Council Reverses Stand on Park in New Addition
City council votes 5 to 3 to reject including a 32 2 acre Lee addition in the corporate limits unless two acres are set aside for park and playgrounds. The panel also approves an easement for Rock Island Railroad and a pay raise for the fire chief is rejected by some members. SimpsOn resigns as city auditor, effective May 6, with a plan to possibly stay on under the incoming mayor.
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Lee Addition
Ernest Cease
Paul
Harold Shore
K Coombs
Joe Invin
Guster
Waldo Ward
Cable
Ward
Intial
Rock Taland Railroad Co
Milo Tague
Shore
John Schlumbohm
Charlen Gallaher
Rielbfon
A W. Simpson
Simpson
George Hutchins
House Hearing On Textbooks Is Set
Oklahoma City April 2 Hearing was set this afternoon by the house on a bill to appropriate 3 700 000 for a free textbook system in the state The hearing was set at the request of the measures author Claud Thompson speaker pro tempore Gov Roy J Turner and his legislative readers oppose funding for the program The house passed the bill 103 to 0 and sent it to the senate though no financing provisions were included The free textbook amendment was approved by voters last November and the attorney general says the legislature is required to implement the amendment
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Oklahoma City
House
Claud Thompson
Roy J. Turner
Rouse
Senate
Attorney General's Office
Senate Action On Turnpike Measure Delayed In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City April 2 final senate action on the Oklahoma City Tulsa turnpike was delayed pending a public statement by Gov Roy Turner. Turner said he would issue a statement after completing a study of the bill as amended by the senate roads committee. The amended bill was placed on the governor’s desk with new provisions requiring the toll road run within half a mile of Stroud Chandler Bristow and Sepulpe.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Obama City-Tulsa
Roy Urnes
Turner
Senate Roads Committee
Stroud
Chandler
Bristow
Sepelpe
Negro Women Plan To Organize Civic Group
Negro women announce plan to form a civic group at a Douglass USO club event. Mrs. Reba Chaney, chairman of the club's women's auxiliary, says a special organizational meeting is set for tonight after the auxiliary meeting at 8 p.m. W. R. Patterson heads the organizing committee with M. Matthews as secretary.
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Aieason
Douglass Uso Club
Reba Chaney
USO Club
P. m
W. R. Patterson
Dirs
M. Mathews
Bevin Loses Support Within His Own Party
London April 2 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has lost majority support within his party members of parliament. Predictions surfaced that he will quit the foreign office after the Moscow conference and take over direction of Britain's home front economic drive.
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Bevin
London
Ernest Bevin
Inber
Foreign Office
Britain
Markets Mixed Prices in Early April Trade Across Grains Butter Cotton
Chicago markets show powder and grain prices versus early April quotes with butter unsettled and grain futures mixed. Oklahoma City reports cattle, hogs, and sheep trading with steady to higher tones. calves strong and stockers up, hogs steady to firm, lamb market modest gains amid volume around 2,700 cattle and 1,500 hogs. Cotton futures closed lower across May through December, with May 35.27 to 28 and spot middling at 36.82, as NY closing stocks list varied across major equities and industrials.
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Oklahoma City
New York
Catton
N.Y
Am Airlines
Am Can
Am Tel and Tel
Anaconda Cap
Up & Armour and Co
AT and SF
Aviation Corp
Barnadall Oil
Beech Airc
Beth Steel
Braniff
Alr
Brown Shoe
Burr Add Mach
Chea and Ohio
Chick Cot Oil
Chrysler Corp
Cous Cola
Columb
Curtiss Weight
Douglas Aire
DuPont
Down
al Cent
Int Harvester
Int Shoe
Johns Manny
Kan City Low
Kennicot Coppey
Liggett and
My B
Lion Oil
Loew's Inc
Martin Gl
McKess
Rob
Mid Cent Pet
Mo Kars Texas
Montgomery Ward
Nash
Kelvinator
Am Aviation
North Ameria
Nor Pac
Ohio Oil
Packard Mtra Pan Am Air
Penney IC
Penn Rar
Peps Cola
Phillips Pet
Plymouth Oil
Radio Corp
St Joseph Lead
Seare Roebuck
Sinclair Oil
Sog Vacuum
Common School Bill Faces Few Major Changes
Oklahoma senate house conference committee signals the $18 million common school finance bill will keep the core features, including district reorganization, but exact structure remains uncertain. Gov Turner attended, noting open-minded mood and focus on sensible reform. A sub-committee will propose reorganization tweaks, while money provisions stay around the $18 million level despite strong push from school groups for higher funding.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Turner
Roy J. Turner
Quesson
R. Ruys Yivany
Senate Appropriations
Raymond Gary
Byron Dacus
Gotebo
Achsel
Oklahoma Education Association
Bul
Father Of Army Officer To Be Buried At Altus
Lieutenant Lay’s father George W. Lay died after brief illness in Altus at 85. A pioneer Oklahoman and railroad employee, he lived there since 1913. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon with Lt Lay and his wife, daughter of Mrs. G A Hilderbrand, attending before returning to Fort McClellan, Alabama.
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Hermit R. Lay
Altus
Lieutenant Lay
George W. Lay
Lay
G. A. Hilderbrand
Fort McCiellan
Ala
Tratt Purchased Club Grows to 360 Members Plans April Meeting
Tratt Purchased Club, started last summer with $250 shares, has 250 members and $82,500 capital stock. Directors approved by-laws and charter filing. Club aims for 360 members before house plans finalize and membership closes. A district court meeting set for April 14 to consider by-laws. Stock market snippet follows.
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Wolverton
Ataeisneldbre
District Court Room
Secretary of State
Surgery at Southwestern Hospital Reports
Four patients receive medical treatment at Southwestern Hospital today. Major operation performed on T. D. Stewart of Altus and Woodrow McCarty. Minor surgery on Mrs Floy Hughes. Discharged after medical treatment is Mrs C E Saliday. Others listed include Mrs Mary Pokorny Mrs P Evatt Kenneth Ray and Mrs Minnie Hoover.
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Southwestern Hospital
T. D. Stewart
Altus
Woodrow McCarty
Bell
Floy Hughes
Mary Pokorny
P. Evatt
Kenneth Ray
Lawton
Minnie Hoover
Mountain Park
C. E. Saliday
Apa
Fort Sill School Hosts Red Cross Benefit in Geronimo
Under the Geronimo Home Demonstration club leadership of Herbert Pine the Fort Sill Indian school presented a Red Cross benefit Thursday night March 27 with traditional dances including buffalo war snake and round dances. Door receipts totaled 41 dollars.
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Geronimo Home Demonstration Club
Geronimo
Herbert Pine
Fort Sill
Red Cross
United Nations set special Palestine session confirmed
Bulletin Lake Success New York April 2 The United Nations announced that Russia France and China agreed to a special session of the General Assembly on the Palestine case clearing the final barrier to Britain filing the explosive case with the international body.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United Nations
Russia
France
China
Palestine
Britain
Devers Schedule At Fort Sill Includes Tours And Talks
General Devers will visit Fort Sill with a full slate of activities on Friday and Saturday. Highlights include a 3 am review on the old race track grounds, an aerial demonstration at 10 pm, museum tours, a press interview at 11:15 am, gunnery demonstrations, and a post luncheon on Friday. He and General Andrus plan a conference on Saturday morning and a radio program in Oklahoma City before returning for another dinner. A Sunday Army Day address is planned at Fort Bliss.
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Fort Sill
Polo Grounds
Drvars
Artillery Center
Andrus
Chamber of Commerce
Andeus
Oklahoma City
General Devers
Devers
Pageant Safety Plan Near Lawton High Setup
Local pageant preparations include safety and logistics with Explorer posts from Duncan Marlow Chickasha and Lawton. Volunteers coordinate transportation, medical aid, seating, and accessibility with a Red Cross tent and planned nurse coverage for spectators and participants.
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Holy City
Chanel
Ushers
Sunrise Service Stand Attracts Record Crowd With Coffee and Sandwiches
A permanent stand will operate from 2 am Saturday to dawn serving coffee and sandwiches. About 800 gallons of coffee and 2,800 gallons of water will be taken to the site. Officials plan 3,000 sandwiches for the non profit stand. Larrance has staffed the refreshment table for years. Joe Porter will run a one man information service and maintain a loudspeaker to help instruct and assist visitors for what officials expect to be the largest crowd at the sunrise service.
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Overton
Red Cross
Noriie Clark
Alre
Fire Department
Jacke Cease
Gease
Pauline English Han
Keap Records
Oklahoma City
Fred Larrance
Baxter
Larrance
Joe Porter
Pagcant
Porter
Sunrise
Solons Speed and Bell Labor Policy Debate
The committee plans to use every parliamentary tactic to bring the bill to the floor authorizing the president to direct the attorney general to seek federal court injunctions against public utilities strikes that threaten health and safety. NFTW calls Bell system a monopolistic labor policy and seeks a full congressional investigation while pressing for a 12 week pay boost and better conditions. Bell rejects wage proposals and counters with no counterproposal.
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Rules Committee
Publica
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell
Settees
House
Charles A. Halleck
Senate
GOP
Wallace’ H. White, Jr
NFTW
Bell Companies
Langley Collyer Skips Brother Funeral Mystery Deepens
Relatives attended the Cypress Hill Cemetery burial for Langley Collyer’s brother, aged 65, while Langley Collyer, 61, who has been missing since his brother’s body was found March 21 in their Upper Fifth Avenue brownstone, did not attend. Police had hoped Langley would appear at the service.
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York
Cypress Hill
Feaver Collyer
Langley Collyer
Upper Fifth Avenue
Langley
Bell system unions press for unified labor policy and bargaining rights
The union claims uniformity in Bell system publicity and asserts that A T and T clings to a fiction of independent local companies. It says the Bell system operates as a unit, denying local collective bargaining authority and demands an up to date labor policy aligned with federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell System
A. T
Jawa
United States
Chinese Planes Bomb UNRRA Relief Ship at Shihkhlusa
Chinese government planes bombed and machine-gunned an UNRRA relief ship at Shihkhlusa today seriously wounding the British captain and two other crew members. The relief office said an unidentified U S warship was asked to rush medical aid to the LST Wanshen in Shihichluse. Capt. William Lee was critically wounded and Chief Mate William Haining, a Canadian, seriously hurt. The third wounded man, a quartermaster, was not identified.
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Shanghat
UNRRA
Shihkhlusa
U. S
Wanshen
Shihichluse
William Lee
William Haining
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UN Tel
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Urnutt
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Russell Rhoads
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Jack Crow
Doris Crow
Vanda Morris
Mozelle Jones
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Roy Wood
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Charles Brooks
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George Cox
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Odis Dunlop
Mervie Dunlop
Chattanooga
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Geronimo School
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J. A. Turner
GHS
California
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Dwight Rhoadsend
Myron Thomason
Bulletin
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