TNT Found Hidden in Freight Aboard U S Ship
In Jersey City 26 cases labeled industrial machinery contained 5 pounds 9 ounces of TNT. The crates were loaded for Palestine bound voyage on the S S Executor. FBI and customs halted loading and moved the crates to a government depot for inspection under export control laws amid fears of arms shipments to the Middle East.
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Jersey City
N. J. Dan
Palestine
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Customs
Holy Land
Patrick Finnanganagli
Jersey
Hudson
New York
Becaues
Middle East
United Nations
Prestine
S. S
U. S. Corps of Engineer
Gravesend Bar
FBI
Mrs Rodgers rites set at Chickasha after Duncan move
Jeter was divorced and resumed her maiden name. Survivors include daughter Mrs Othy Brannon Cash Oklahoma City mother Mrs Bertha White Detroit three brothers Jim Rodgers Milan Wayne Rodgers Long Beach Calif and Carl Rodgers Detroit and half brother Charles Cooper Detroit. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ritter Funeral Home officiated by Rev Ivan J Young with burial in the family plot Chickasha cemetery at 4 p.m. Arrangements are by Ritter Funeral Home.
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Jeter
Lawton i
Duncan
Othy Brannon Cash
Oklahoma City
Bertha White
Detroit
Mich
Jim Rodgers
Milan
Wayne Rodgers
Long Beach
Celif
Carl Rodgers
Charles Cooper
Reeder
Little Rock
Ark
la Hera
Senator outlines county money use and transfer plan
Senator Logan argues that surplus county funds could cover court officials salaries if transferred. He warns that relying on current transfers would echo prior issues. He plans to submit the bill to the legislative council for study. The council, a standing body, meets regularly when the legislature is out of session.
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Logan
Legislative Council
Councilmen Adept At Finding Stolen Cars Here
Two Lawton city councilmen recounted personal experiences recovering stolen vehicles. Councilman Dink Coombs said he located a car stolen in Clinton and used in a hijacking, abandoned near his home on South Sixth Street. Councilman Marvin Cameron said he found a 1942 Chevrolet stolen in Wichita Falls, Texas, before New Year’s, parked near Plitz Motor Co.
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Lawton
Second Ward
Hutchins Says Budget Surplus Target For Next Year
City aims to start the new fiscal year on a cash basis with a projected surplus of 122 285.76. Utility collections sum 144 917.88 for six months, with 27 000 transferred to the general fund to round out cash. Estimated total from utilities 1947 48 projected at 54 000, leaving 107 617.94 in utilities before warrants of 42 254.74. Water department monthly receipts ranged from 20 185.16 to 23 851.68 across July to December.
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Miaking
Water Department
Attlee Outlines Britain’s Mixed Economy Vision
In a speech, Attlee defended Britain's position between the United States and the Soviet bloc. He argued the nation must blend individual freedom with a planned economy and democracy with social justice, not achievable by fascist or communist totals.
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United States of America
Britain
Europe
Attlee
Missing Co Ed Located in Florida Apartment Hotel
Florida officers said Barbara Virginia Berry a 14 year old coed from Merchantville New Jersey was found in an ocean front Florida apartment hotel on New Year Eve. She called her parents by long distance in the presence of police and identified herself after verification of papers and photos.
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Cantona Beach
Fils
Jan. B
A. O. Folsom, Jr
Barbara Virginia Berry
Merchantville
N. J
Alice
New Jersey College For Women
Folsom
Indy
Ohio Governor And Bride Honeymoon In Florida
The Ohio governor Thomas J. Herbert and his bride Mildred Helen Stevenson are honeymooning in Florida, arriving at Miami International Airport aboard his private converted B-23 bomber. They wed Saturday in Indianapolis and will spend a private week away, with exact honeymoon plans not disclosed.
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Miami
Fin
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Mildred Helen Stevenson
Indianapolis
Truman Assigns Agencies to Create Voluntary Allocation Plans
President Truman directs four federal agencies to design industry wide voluntary allocation programs for scarcity items. Agriculture, Interior, Labor, and Commerce will prepare plans with hearings before allocations, requiring Attorney General approval and offering immunity from antitrust actions. The move mirrors wartime WPB practices to ease cost of living concerns.
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
Yelatos
Ntarce
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Aattorney
Tom
Clark
More Speculators In Grain Revealed
Washington Jan 3 congressional investigators disclosed Saturday that six internal revenue field employees including the New York office chief were speculating in grain and commodity markets. The Senate appropriations committee released the names as part of its probe into whether government insiders profited from grain trading during 1946 and 1947. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderman issued a new list of 786 registered commodity traders. The names included Edwin W Pauley and Ralph K Davies, both previously cited in the inquiry. The committee provided the list after a Treasury survey led by Secretary John W Snyder.
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Washington
Lpi
Congress
Internal Revenue Field
New York
Senate Appropriations Committee
Clinton P. Anderman
Alica Conkresa
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Ralph K. Davies
Pauley
Senate
Okishoman
All Internal Revenue
Tula, Okin
Dognaping Ring Exposed In Denver
Denver district attorney investigator reports a real dognaping racket. Police logged night thefts of pedigreed dogs. gangs case homes, lure or seize pets, then take them to other states for high prices.
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Denver
Ray Humphreys
Humphreys
Hogan Leads Open At Los Angeles At Midway
Little Hen Hogan repeats last year’s surge to lead the Los Angeles Open at Riviera Country Club at the halfway mark. Hogan shot 68 70 for 124, two strokes ahead of the field as El Paso’s Jack Harden fell back to 77. South Africa’s Bobby Locke and other challengers wilted under the course.
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Los Angilles
Little Hen
Hogan
Riviera Country Club
Bogan
Jack Harden
el Paso
Tex
Bobby Locke
South ‘Africa
Bill Spiller
Los Angeles
Lloyd Mangrum
Fight Brews On Free Sub Rule
New York January 3 A pair of nation’s football coaches announced that the NCAA convention will center on the free substitution rule and softened equipment to cut injuries. Lou Little of Columbia chaired the 60 men rule group and said 1500 coaches favored revising free substitution and keeping T formation quarterbacks at least a yard behind the line. Coaches also want safer equipment and to define backfield players receiving signals from center.
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New .York
NCA
Lou Little
Columbia
Ncaa Rules Committee
Savannah
Ganesalans
Little
K State Notches Tenth Victory in Philadelphia Showdown
Kansas State extended its unbeaten streak to ten with a 11 44 victory over Saint Joseph's in the first game of a basketball doubleheader at Convention Hall Philadelphia before about 3 000 fans.
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Philadelphia
Kansas State
At, Joseph's
Helms Foundation Honors Chappuis For Grid Feats
LOS ANGELES January 3 1948 Bob Chappuis of Toledo Michigan was named the outstanding player of the 1948 Rose Bowl by the Helma Athletis Foundation He passed for two touchdowns completed 14 of 26 passes and gained 81 yards on the air despite a leg injury that kept him from peak form
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LOS ANG@LES
Bob Chappuis
Toledo
Michigan
Helma Athletis Foundation
Chappuis
Enn
No 1 Grid Argument Ends In Fines For Two Rabid Fans
In Kalamazoo on January 4 192? two angry football fans Richard Lance and Bruce Hendershot clashed over a college game in a restaurant. Justice Carl Blankenburg fined each man for brawling, declining to reach a broader judgment on the dispute.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Nottre Dame
Michigan
Carl Blankenburg
Richard Lance
Three Rivera
Bruce Hendershot
Marshall to lead drive for foreign aid plan
Secretary of State Marshall returns to open an administration push for the 17 billion dollar European recovery program bearing his name. He will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after appearing in Madison Wisconsin and will take field command of the campaign with aides, while critics focus on the program’s cost.
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Washington
Marshall
Charles E. Bohen
State Department
Madison
Wis
Truman
Camer Alen
Thenewata Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Taft
Ohio
Marsunttle
Pinetutist
N. G
Big Pour
Landon
Navy Plane Finds Survivors Of Ship Wreck Near Kodiak
A Navy search plane from Kodiak located the wrecked vessel on the rocky coast opposite Kodiak and picked up six survivors who reported none injured. The crew’s total count was unclear as rescuers dropped notes requesting information while a Navy tug moved toward the scene amid an approaching storm.
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Navy
Kodiak
Alaska
Gannety
Spencer
Sgmala
Wen
Boise City Woman First Traffic Victim of 1948
Oklahoma reports its first traffic death of 1948 from Dimarron County. Boise City resident Venice Christene Thompson, 24, driving home from work, collided with a truck driven by her brother-in-law Hershell Thompson, 26. Her husband Homer Thompson, 27, was a passenger in the truck.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Dimarron County
Boise City
Highway Patrol
Venice Christene Thompson
Hershell Thompson
Prat Walsh
Homer
Thampnom 27
Knife Found Near Scene Of Calf Theft In Wichitas
Deputies in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge area report a hunting knife found near a calf theft scene. The calf was taken from the Bryse ranch near the refuge after a hole was cut in a fence. Two men's footprints were spotted near the fence break, and the knife appears unused in the slaughter.
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Wichitas
Sheriff's
Noacabbard
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Indishoma
Bryse Ranch
Wild- We
Offleera
Theyrensurer
Texans Asked To Draft New State Constitution
Texans urged to back a campaign for a modern Texas constitution. Three regional chambers of commerce associations ask the state legislature to convene a constitutional convention in January 1948. Gov Beauford H Jaster supports the move noting some provisions are archaic while others are fundamental and should be kept.
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Austin
Tex
Texan Chambers of Commerce
Beauford H. Jaster
Texas
Army Secretary Begins Eight Day Guided Missile Tour
Army Secretary Kenneth C Royal departs on an eight day flying tour of southwest and west military installations. He will inspect Fort Worth Army Air Field, the Cyrusbtron at University of California Berkeley, Inyokern naval facilities in California, Muroc proving ground, Fort Bliss Texas, White Sands New Mexico missile proving ground, Sandia New Mexico guided missile project, and Los Alamos New Mexico atomic bomb plant. He will speak in Los Angeles San Francisco and Denver next days.
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Washington
Army
Kenneth C
Royat
Fort Worth
Tex
Aly Cield
University of Californian
Berkeley
Naval
Inyokern
Cali
Muroc
Calif
All Proving Ground
Fort Bliss
White Sands
N. M
Missile Proving Ground
Sandia
Los Alamos, N. M
Royal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Thure- AY
Black Market Steel Probe Opens With Major Firms
Washington January 3 officials from eight leading steel firms were summoned to testify on Monday about alleged black market operations in a $1 billion yearly trade. The inquiry, part of a broader probe into price and supply distortions, will explore outside dealings across industry sectors including automotive, housing, and public works. Testifying companies include U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Inland Steel American Rolling Mills Jones and Laughlin National Steel Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
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Washington
Congressional Investigating Committee
Congress
Macy
House Public Works
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Inland Steel
American Rolling Mills
Jones and Laughlin
National Steel
Republic Steel
Youngetown Sheet and Tube
Tawton urged to expand industry and boost investment
A continuation notes a push to increase local industry by inviting residents to buy shares, move from one to ten shares, and encourage others to invest. The text frames participation as a civic opportunity to grow Tawton's economy and appeal to residents to support expansion.
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Tawton
Norman Man Is Named Sales Head Of OU Press
Glenn P. Bradley, sports editor of the Norman Transcript, was appointed Saturday as sales manager of the University of Oklahoma Press. He and Press Director Savoie Tottingille will succeed L. J. Carrel, who leaves to take a similar post with Harvard University Press on Feb. 1. Bradley and Tottingille will lead promotional activity for the university publishing division.
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Norman
Qkla
Glenn P. Bradley
Norman Transcript
University of Oklahoma Press
Savoie Tottingille
Bradley
L. J. Carrel
Carrell
Harvard University Press
Lottonville
Anlies
Former King Michael Begins Exile Journey from Bucharest
Former King Michael of Romania abdicated and left Bucharest on a one way train ticket labeled Prince of Hohenzollern. He travels with his mother Queen Helen and 22 royal household members aboard a train from Sinai palace to Switzerland after delays at the Hungarian legation.
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Bucharest
Romania
Pai
Michael
Hohenzollern
Switzerand
Helen
Sinai
Visna
Melton Predicts Shorter Session For Legislature
Oklahoma City January 3 L D Melton director of the state legislative council said on radio apace that the 27 member council will yield a shorter more efficient legislative session He spoke during Gov Roy J Turner weekly Report to the People explaining the formation and duties of the council.
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Oklahoma City
L. D. Melton
State Legislative Council
Melton
Roy J. Turner
Legislative Council
Campaign for $300 million yearly federal aid to public schools
Washington Jan 3 AP A drive by the National Education Association seeks congressional approval of a $300,000,000 annual federal-aid program for public schools. The plan, supported by Senate and House panels, would distribute funds to states and cover District of Columbia and insular areas. First-year funding set at $209,000,000 with rising allocations thereafter. emphasis on equalizing elementary and secondary schooling across states amid wartime wage contrasts.
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Washington
National Education Association
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
House Education and Labor
NEA
Willard
Givens
New York City
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Smith
Cooper
Tobey
Hill
DeAl
Givenn
Congress
Oklahoma
Texan
Texas
Man Facing Death Penalty Admits 10 Other Killings
Tacoma report says Jake Bird, a 40-year-old transient awaiting death for two murders, confessed to ten additional killings across multiple states over a 20-year span. He described a pattern of robbery as motive and killing anyone who resisted or discovered him.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jake Bird
Washington State Penitentiary
Ana
Pierce County
Togeph
lIown
Indilang
Péraansa
Nebraska
Illinola
Utah
Colorado
Bird
Disabled Pumps Threaten Henryetta Water Supply
Henryetta Oklahoma faced a water shortage after the second steam driven pump at Lake Henryetta failed. The first pump stopped three days earlier and repair crews struggled to fix the breakdown. Officials warned that 10 000 residents and nearby communities could endure a severe water shortage within a day or two unless a pump is repaired or replaced. The reserve supply is expected to be fed up quickly once fixed.
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Henryetta
Okla
Lake
City Water Department
Churchill Improves After Chill During Marrakech Visit
Former British prime minister Winston Churchill, aged 73, is reported "all right" by a secretary via phone from Marrakech Morocco after taking ill while writing memoirs. Close friends say precautions are needed to prevent a recurrence due to his age. Churchill and his physician Lord Moran traveled from England to Marrakech.
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Paris
Winston Churchill
Marrekech
Morocco
Churchil
Mia
Churchill
Lord Moran
Bneumonia
Marrakech
England
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