Dewey Sees Half of Oklahoma Delegates Secured
Oklahoma GOP reports half of the state's delegates to the Republican national convention pledged to Gov. Thomas E Dewey of New York. Six district delegates elected at Anadarko are Dewey supporters, with two more awaiting the fifth district caucus in Oklahoma City. Altogether Oklahoma will send 20 delegates to the June nominating session.
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Anadarko
Okla
Oklahoma
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Oklahoma City
Cliff Hutton
Hennessey
Walker Hubbel
Walters
W.F. Funk
el Reno
Anna Maxhall
Canton
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
H. H. Sayre
Ardmore
Perry Brown Anadarko
Tulsa
W. P. Thompson
Thompson
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Det
Tulsan
W. G. Skelly
Skelly
Olney F. Flynn
Taft Forces
Gerbert HK. Hyde
U. S. Senate
Hyde
Reynolds Declares He Has Had Enough Of Adventure
On April 6 Reynolds arrived from China and chose to stay with his wife and two children instead of heading to Chicago. His pilot Bill Odom faced a $1900 fine for a prior landing without notifying customs. Reynolds defended aborting the China expedition to search for a world high peak and cited visa issues while Chinese authorities had impounded the Chicago plane at Shanghai amid the Amne Ma chin survey controversy.
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Reynolds
Milton Reynolds
China
Chicago
Bill Odom
Forday
Odom
Honolulu
Shanghai
Calcutta
Bald Reynolds
Reynalogy
Chicagosn
Native policy resolutions urge citizenship and strong defense
The document section outlines proposals granting full citizenship to all Indians and immediate enactment of a temporary draft. It also calls for a strong air force, exclusive U S control of the atomic bomb, and continued support of the United Nations.
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U. S
United Nations
Negro Democratic Group Meets Here
Maj. Robert J. Murphy of Fort Sill served as the principal speaker at a Douglass Armed Services YMCA gathering of Negro Democratic leaders Monday afternoon. Special guests included Police Chief Joe Cable and Sheriff Ed Gartrell. The event drew numerous community members and local officials from the area.
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Robert J. Murphy
Fort Sill
Douglass Armed Services
YMCA
Joe Cable
Ed Gartrell
Ruby L. Wright
Lem Raglin
Cecil Bell
Mable Williams
G. W. Harbert
Fannie Graham
Myre
Mona Lee Goosby
Emma Ackermen
J. §. Browning
Alice Watson
Minnie Alexander
Ola Montgomery
Edith Stoneham
Florida Brown
Mary Helen Henry
Robert Phelps
Tolle Bogan
Lexie Clay
Early Allen
Quaner Dewberry
William Banks
John H. Nelson
Tom Tipler
R. L. Dewberry
F. A Owens
State Solon Calls On Truman To Withdraw As A Candidate
Rep. Glen D. Johnson of Oklahoma urged President Truman to withdraw from the presidential race. He spoke in Tulsa while meeting with county supporters for his Senate bid, saying Truman should step down for a leader like Gen. Eisenhower who has broad public confidence.
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Guthrie
Clarence B. Barnes
Senate
United States Senate
Bob Kerr
Robert S. Kerr
Carl Morgan
Ted Fisher Watongs
House
Joe Hart
Chickasha
GOP
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Wents
Dewey
Congress
Solon
Truman
Culsa
Okla
Glen D. Johnson
Johnson
Tulsa
Tulsa County
Eisenhower
Discussion on Community Hospital Plan Tonight
A public meeting on the proposed community hospital is set for 8 o'clock tonight at the Douglass Armed Services YMCA. Dr. P. W. Sawyer, a Lawton Negro physician, announced the event with Rev. Perry McArthur and County Commissioner E. L. Woessner listed as speakers. The public is invited. Pan Muni and his wife arrived in Gothenburg to study for a motion picture about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel prize fund.
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Douglass Armed Services Ymca
P. W. Sawyer
Lawton
Perry McArthur
E. L. Woesner
MUNI
Sweden
Goteborg
Gothenburg
Pan
Alfred Nobel
State's Highway Toll Reaches 104 in 1948 toll rise
United Press reports Oklahoma's traffic fatalities for 1948 rose to 104 with the death of 70 year old David Evans in Henryetta struck near U S Highway 70 and Glass Factory Road. Police Chief Jess McDonald said the car was driven by Jay Mumford 28 of Henryetta. Another fatality was not counted as it did not occur on a state or county road. Wallace Melvin Booker 33 of Oklahoma City died from injuries after a head on crash with a Santa Fe locomotive yesterday.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Henryetta
David Evans
Henrryetta
U. S. Highway 70
Glass Factory
Jess McDonald
Jay Mumford
United Nations observers under fire in Greece border clash
United Nations observers near Kastaniani on the southern Albanian border faced a three hour attack as Greek guerrillas defending Mount Murgana opened fire with mortars and machineguns. One Greek soldier was wounded in the exchange.
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Greece
United Nations
Mount Murgana
Kastaniani
Benes Returns to Prague Palace after Communist seizure
President Eduard Benes went back to the presidential palace in Prague today for the first time since February 28. He had been at his country home at Seximovo Usti after the communist seizure of power in Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Seximovo Usti
Czechoslovakia
Commies Call Strike In Italy To Sway Voters
Italy faces a one hour general strike on April 12 called by the Communist led labor confederation ahead of parliamentary elections. The move, framed as protest against killings in Sicily, aims to project strength and boost Communist prestige ahead of vote.
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Ialy
Rome
Labor Confederation
Italy
Confederation
Sicily
Giuseppe di Vittorio
Woodward Phone Workers Honored for Heroic Service
Oklahoma City April 6 The American Telephone and Telegraph company honored Woodward Oklahoma Southwestern Bell Telephone employees with a group medal for heroic service after last April’s devastating tornado. Manley L. Pearcy announced awards to three other workers with individual citations. The Woodward exchange received the Theodore N. Wall medal for speedy and un tiring work in re establishing service. More than 194 people in the tornado area were aided by prompt emergency communications and rescue efforts, credited with saving many lives.
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Oklahoma City
American ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company
Woodward
Okla
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Manley L. Pearcy
Southwestern Bell
Oklahoma
Branz Theodore N. Wall
Woodward Exchange
Olsithoma E Bty
Body Of Chickasha Farmer Found In Washita River
Chickasha April 6 The body of Omer H Long 57 year old farmer who disappeared March 26 was found in the Washita river three miles southeast of Bradley yesterday It lay hung over a rib of a dead tree in a drift with all but the feet out of water The river level has dropped three feet since his disappearance
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Chickasha
Cisa
Omer H. Long
Washita River
Bradley Iate
Rush Springs
Washita
Private services held for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr
The 73 year old wife of the multi millionaire died yesterday in her New York apartment. Funeral services will be private and at the family's convenience. She will be cremated and the ashes placed in the Sleepy Hollow family cemetery near Tarrytown.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
Kellogg's All Bran Promises Laxative Benefit
An advertisement urges readers with constipation to eat Kellogg's All Bran daily with milk and water. It claims noticeable relief after ten days and offers a money back guarantee: send an empty carton to Kellogg Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan for double your money.
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Henry Witkowski
Kennywood
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg's
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Police Strike in Egypt Ends After 22 Slain
In Alexandria and across Egypt the police strike caused rioting and arson, killing 17 civilians and seven officers. With a government go back to work deadline near, strikers deserted HQs and began returning to duty, ending the stoppage as looting and property damage mounted in the seaport.
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Alexandria
Interial Ministry
Galo
Han
Cairo
Suez Canal
Alexandris
Npon
Docks Idle As Workers Fail To Appear Today
Docks remained idle as workers did not show up for today’s shift causing a halt in loading and unloading operations. No additional details on reasons or impact were provided.
3000 Acres Of Cookson Hills Park Burned By Blaze
Approximately 3,000 acres in Cookson Hills park southeast of Muskogee were burned today in a wildfire that resisted control by a small firefighting force. Discovered late yesterday, the blaze burned in the park section east of Greenleaf Lake and involved Camp Grover fire department and volunteers. Deer fled the flames, some swimming the nearby river to escape.
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Muskogee
Okla
Cookson Hills Park
Here
Greenleaf Lake
Camp Grover
Indy River
OConnell Named Chairman of CAA Board
Joseph J. OConnell Jr of New York becomes the sixth chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board succeeding James Landis. The board now has full membership for the first time since Clarence Young resigned in October to manage the Los Angeles airport.
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Washington
Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
Auce
James Landis
Clarence Young
Los Angeles
Stomach Distress Clears After Ten Years of Suffering
A man reports ten years of stomach pain and constipation eased after using INNER-AID, a 12-juice plant formula. He says the brick-like feeling vanished the second day, with regular bowels, no gas or headaches, and renewed energy. INNER-AID allegedly cleanses the liver, removes old bile, and aids digestion, sold at drug stores.
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All
Adv
Walter Crow in Temple Hospital Seriously Ill
CHATTANOOGA Special report Walter Crow prominent local resident and former Comanche County commissioner is seriously ill in a Temple Texas hospital after a major operation a week ago local friends say his condition remains grave during this period of medical care in Temple
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Chattanooga
Walter Crow
Comanche Sounty
Temple
Texas
Lawton Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Adrian William Forsyth aged 45 of Star Route Lawton was fined 25 dollars and assessed costs by Justice John Manning after a reckless driving arrest three miles north of Lawton on highway 277 Saturday night. Patrolman Johnny Duke of Lawton highway patrol made the arrest.
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Adrian William Forsyth
Star Route
Lawton
John Manning
Johnny Duke
Bing Crosby to Receive Army Day Merit Certificate
In San Francisco on Army Day Crosby was to receive a presidential certificate of merit for outstanding fidelity and meritorious conduct in aid of the war effort at Presidio exercises.
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Bing Crosby
San Francisco
Presidio
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