Senator Thomas Opposes Inflation Controls Emphasis
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma voiced doubt that Americans are ready for wage price controls and rationing. He said prices likely must rise to preserve a sound economy and urged adjusting inequities from current price levels, including possible wage increases. He introduced a bill to form a Senate committee to study stabilization levels.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Truman
Oklahnoma
Tromasx
Tre Xenaire
Congress
Tomas
Oklahoma
Thoma
Thomas Ard
Senate
Army Flier Dies In Capital City Fire
An Army inquiry probes the death of First Lt. Thomas O Brown, 22, at Tinker Field Oklahoma City. He perished in a room fire apparently started by a cigarette while awaiting transport with the 5th Troop Cargo Squadron to Elmendorff Fort Richardson Alaska. His parents reside in Saginaw Michigan.
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Oklahoma City
Thomas O. Brown
Army
Io Force
Tinker Field
Brown
Saginaw
Midh
Elmendorf Field
Fort Richardson
Alaska
Missouri Train Crash Is Probed
Otterville Missouri January 2 Fourteen people died in a Missouri Pacific wreck near Otterville as Lane Harlan Cooper county prosecutor planned talks with officers and crew to determine how and why the crash occurred. Identifications were nearly complete including Ambassador Alexander W Weddell and his wife along with five members of the Frank M Ryan family San Los Angeles. The passenger train hit a second section during a heavy snowstorm, collapsing the Pullman roof and derailing five cars while signals failed due to the storm. The trains were traveling from St Louis to Kansas City.
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Otterville
Alexander W. Weddell
Missouri Pacific
Lane Harlan
Cooper County
Harlan
Boonville
Weddell
Zeentina
Spain
Frank M. Ryan
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Kansas City
Fox Criticizes Revenue Plan As City Spending Questioned
Bear Fox ward three councilman said criticisms of the city administration’s spending policy should be specific. He defended recent funding for equipment, warned against revenue hikes, and urged clarity on whether council or administration is blamed for “spending the city’s money.” The leaders consider water rate increases as a main revenue option, while raising salaries to retain staff is debated. Hutchins calls for wage increases. a committee including Fox, Tague, Share, and Johnston studies revenue sources.
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Bear Fox
Ward
Milo Tague
Ward One
Fox
Altable
Tague
Hig
Lawton
Oklahoma
Ita
Ayor
George Hutchins
Harold Share
Juius Johnston
Martin Is Boosted As Nominee Of Republicans
Washington January 2 The Republican drive to nominate House Speaker Joseph W Martin for president begins with Rep Leo Allen who rates his chances at one in five Allen says Martin is aware of the campaign and plans to let supporters talk him up while reporters note he could not refuse the nomination if asked.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin
Republican Party
Leo Allen
R-N
Allen
Martin
Brooks Pushes Change In Marshall Plan Oversight
Senator Brooks a sharp critic of current policy says operation of the Marshall plan should be divorced from the State Department and pressed in the senate for businesslike management of European recovery funds. He warns that using any other method would be a costly waste.
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Brooks
Washington
R-I
Department
Senate
Louisiana Tornado Toll Rises From New Year’s Eve
Stunned residents in Cotton Valley Louisiana faced freezing weather and flood threats as searchers counted at least 28 dead and hundreds injured from a New Year’s Eve tornado. Police noted 17 deaths locally with officials fearing higher tolls. National Guard and disaster workers combed wreckage while Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee towns reported additional fatalities.
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Cotton Valley
H. J. Wilson
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
More Traders Are Revealed In Senate Disclosure
Washington January 2 The senate appropriations committee disclosed the names of 17 upper bracket Department of Commerce employees who have speculated in commodities since July 1 1946. Acting Secretary of Commerce William C Foster supplied the information to the committees upon their request for compliance with the regiment.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
William C. Foster
Senate probes drug longshoremen and Graham case
Bulletin from Washington reports that Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham’s brokerage records have been turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The senate committee also asked various federal departments to identify executive and professional staff who traded on inside information since that date. Forrest G. Warren of the Commerce Department is named as a business economist in the office of international trade. The committee did not disclose the types of commodities or the extent of trading. The note adds that further details appear on another page.
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Washington
Uth
William S. Knowland
Ry Cal
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate Committee
Commerce Department
Forrest G. Warren
Office of International Trade
Foster
Commie Probe In Panama Slated
Chairman Thomas announced that the House Committee on American Activities will conduct an on the spot investigation into Communist infiltration in the Panama Canal Zone late this month. The Panama inquiry is part of a five point program including Hollywood influence probes and hearings on atom bomb information, indoctrination of Negro groups, and the spread of Paciam. Thomas will lead the Panama probe with chief investigator Robert B. Stripling. other members' plans to accompany are undecided.
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Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
House Committee
Panama
Robert B. Stripling
Sill Building Burns In New Year's Fire At Fort Sit
A New Year’s Day fire at Fort Sit damaged the frame Sill Building and its contents, unofficially estimated at $25,000. The warehouse, completed in 1943 and carrying a loss well above 15,000, housed items from non appropriated funds including two pickup trucks, slicing machines, pianos, movie projectors, chairs, furniture, and flags. Firefighters arrived minutes after an alert from a passerby as icy streets hindered progress.
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Fort Sill
Central Post Fund
David Moore
Fort Sit
Lawton
Property Listed For Taxes Here
County assessor Ruby Moore's office opened a 10 week 1948 tax assessment period listing intangible real and personal property including homesteads and tractors. Deputy assessors will meet residents in 11 outlying communities next month with March 13 as the deadline for delinquency penalties and homestead renderings. The office will be open until 1 p.m. Saturday to accommodate reporting.
Lawton Banks See Deposits Decline Hinting at Stabilization
Local observers note a drop of over a million dollars in Lawton bank deposits at year end 1947 as a possible sign of price stabilization. Total deposits across four banks and Fort Sill reached 516,435,613.86, with loans rising to 3,680,410.64 for the year. The shift suggests funds are being reinvested in local industry while banks continue to extend credit, including City National and American National among others.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
City National
Spme
American National
Fort Sill National
Fort Sil National
Storm Grips U S Area. Lawton Gets Relief Today
Damage mounts as ice wind and snow crippled transport and utilities across a wide area. Lawton area sees partial relief with repairs underway and service near normal by tonight. temperatures plunge to season lows before warming into Saturday.
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U.S
Lawton
Houston Educator To Head Armed Forces Research Unit
Washington dispatch reports the armed forces research and development board forming a committee to study basic physical sciences for military problem support. The group is led by Dr. W. V. Mopston, president of Rice Institute.
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Houston
Armed Forces Research Unit
Washington
Armed Forces Research and Development Board
W. V. Mopston
Rice Anatltute Jin Terns
Last Of Convicts In Break Captured
CANON CITY Colorado AP James Sherbondy 28 year old murderer was captured at a ranch house three miles north of Canon City today the last of a dozen incorrigible convicts who escaped the Colorado prison Tuesday He surrendered without a fight armed only with a boguga gun The warden said his legs were badly frozen from the knees down but he offered no real resistance He had hid in a hay barn on George Smith’s ranch since the escape
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Canon City
Colo. Dan
James Sherbondy
Colorado
Roy Best
Snerbondy
Aged Woman Leaps To Escape West Side Fire
A five alarm fire on Manhattan's west side spread to six buildings around Columbus Circle. Firefighters rescued about 40 people in night clothes as Mrs Mayse McLain escaped by leaping from a rooftop. Several firemen were injured amid heavy smoke and collapsing walls.
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Dun
Manhattan
West Alde
Columbus Circle
Mayse’ McLain
Ciremoen
Elllaren
Hieven
West 58Th
Wiames
West 57Th Street
Broadway
Tremener
Icy Streets Cause Multiple Minor Mishaps in Lawton
Lawton police logged at least six minor accidents on icy streets with no injuries. Details include ambulances struck while backing into driveways, cars skidding into parked vehicles, rear-end crashes at intersections, and stop-sign violations on Second and Lee. Vehicles involved include Frank D. Kalbfieisch, Dec A. Nelson, Dale William Hilton, Arthur Cavanagh, Lonnie Rice, W.M. McCowan, Balser J. Smith, W. Watson, Roger Lt. Lecomte, HB. L. ONeill, M. L. Cook, and Charlie Oliver, with locations around Garfield Bell Arlington and 42th Taylor intersections.
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Lawton
Frank D. Kalbfieisch
Garfield
Dec A. Nelson
Nelson
Fee
Dale William Hilton
Arthur Cavanagh
Lonnie Rice
W.M. McCowan
Arlington
McCowan
Bell
Balser J. Smith
W. Watson
11Th
Ferris
Smith
Roger Lt. Lecomte
Fort. Riley
Kana
HB. L. O'Neill
Eagle Butte
Second
Lee
Lecomte
O'Neill
M. L. Cook
Charlie Oliver
Dearborn
Tillman County Farmer Dies While On Visit At Muskogee
Marvin Turner a 58 year old Tillman county farmer died unexpectedly in Muskogee Oklahoma while visiting his son in law Chester Norman and his wife. Turner collapsed near a drinking fountain after complaining of feeling ill and was pronounced dead by a doctor on arrival at the courthouse. The body was sent to Frederick. A grandson named Mike accompanied the party.
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Muskogey, Olela
Marvin Turner
Tillman County
Frederick
Turner
Chester Norman
Mike
Gotham Blizzard Brings Pale Ice And 60 MPH Winds
A 60 mile per hour wind storm swept from Iowa to the Atlantic coast spilling freezing rain sleet and snow. The blitz crippled transit and communications affecting over 60 million people with New York City commuters hit hard for a second time this month. Deaths rose to 172 in New Year accidents nationwide and 18 in Missouri Pacific derailment near Otterville. Weather moved northeast with more snow forecasts for New England and surrounding areas.
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United Presa
Iowa
Atlantic Seacoast
Oklahoma
New Yene
New York City
United Press
Missouri-Pacific
Otterville
Claims Studied On Fair Building
County commissioners and free fair board members planned an afternoon meeting to approve a 1 975 claim tied to a one mill free sale fund levy in the current budget. They aimed to certify that the stock barn built by M A Smith and Co meets board specs. decision could allow the claim today. Commissioner Pete Wynn noted the claim filed last Sept 9 and tabled after utility firms warned of a protest over exceeding the 15 mill maximum. protest period ended last Saturday.
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Free Fair Board
Fair Board
M. A. Smith and Co
Pete Wynn
Western District
Frms
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