Missing Records Spotlight Low-Grade Wheat Shipments
Dallas CCC official says records on shipments of low grade Canadian wheat are unofficial desk papers. Senate demands impoundment triggered questions about mismanagement and blending of low and high grade wheat, with shipments subsidized by the U S government in 1951.
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Dallas
Tex
Commodity Credit Corporation
C. H. Moseley
Production and Marketing Administration
Commodity
Welker
R-Ida
Washington
Moseley
Dallas CCC
General Accounting Office
GAO
Latham White
Houston
New Orleans
Million Dollar Relief Fund Sought for World Aid
Church World Service seeks one million dollars this year to aid refugees from Communist Eastern Europe and the homeless of Korea. The overseas relief arm of the National Council of Churches plans to extend help to India and the Near East, with the drive ending on One Great Hour of Sharing Sunday, March 8.
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New York
Church World Service
CWS
National Council of Churches
Harper Sibley
Europe
Korea
India
Near East
Thule the Ancient Landname North of Known World
Thule is described as the ancient Greek and Roman name for the farthest northern land believed to lie beyond the known world. The concept reflects early geographic imagination and the search for distant icy realms beyond Europe and Asia.
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Thule
Officer Supports Korean War Veteran Facing Deportation
CAMP CARSON Colo Jan 30 UP An Army lieutenant said he would fight an order to deport wounded Korean War veteran Sgt Janusz Clucinski to Poland where a Communist execution awaits him. Lt Charles W Brooks of the 11th armored cavalry urged citizenship for the veteran citing his wartime heroism and injuries in Korea.
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Camp Carson
Colo
Poland
Charles W. Brooks
11Th Armored Cavalry
Janusz Clucinski
Red Poland
Brooks
Clucinski
Plucinski
Optimist Event Ups Polio Funds at Charity Stunt
Lawton Optimist club raised 108.50 for the March of Dimes Ugly Man contest with guests competing for a 75 suit donated by Ben Stein Towne's. Dr. J W Spencer, a guest, won the suit. Elmer L Fraker Oklahoma City Legion official spoke on citizenship programs and Boys State. Buddy Garber introduced him.
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Lawton Optimist Club
Arch Parmenter Jr
Ben Stein
Towne’s Men’s Store
Dr. J .W. Spencer
Elmer L. Fraker
Oklahoma City
The
American Legion
Legion
Buddy Garber
Sixth District Legion
Phone rebate delays county official in lengthy court process
Fred Francis, Will County official and New Lenox banker, received a five cent rebate check from Illinois Bell. He faced a tangled sequence of forms and indorsements across county offices, delaying deposit until the check was finally accepted. A parking ticket added further delay before his return home.
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Francis
Steel Profits Drop Uncle Takes Beating
New York reports show 1952 steel company profits down about 22 percent from 1951, with taxes to the Treasury down an estimated one billion dollars and refunds expected under the Excess Profits Act. The decline stems largely from last summer’s strike, though expansion costs and defense demands also reduced earnings.
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Uncle
New York
Uncle Sam
Steel Company
U. S. Treasury
Iron and Steel Companies
American Iron and Steel Institute
Steel earnings lag after 1951, 1952 quarter profits dip
Three months of 1952 show most companies setting new output and dollar sales records aided by post strike price hikes, but few report earnings above late 1951. Steel officials note costs rose even more than sales, so fourth quarter profits lag 1951. Twelve firms report earnings totaling $369,530,562, down $107,522,968 or 22.5 percent from 1951.
Reservoir Lease Bids Invited for Tenkiller Ferry Tracts
The U S District Engineers invite bids to lease 46 land tracts totaling about 2250 acres in the Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties. Leases run 10 months from March 1, with five tracts for farming and grazing and 41 for grazing only. Bids close February 16 and will be opened publicly at the engineers office.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.S. District
Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir
Cherokee
Sequoyah
Tenkiller Ferry Dam
Lightning flash energy estimate linked to 3000 kilowatt hours
A scientific estimate describes a lightning flash as delivering about 3000 kilowatt hours of energy. The figure underscores the immense power of a single strike and relevance to atmospheric electricity studies.
City Youths Take Top Jobs In Hi-Y Model Legislature
Oklahoma City January 30. A model Oklahoma legislature opened in the State House as regular lawmakers left for a long weekend. More than 150 youths convened the second Hi Y legislature to tackle issues from rewriting the constitution to abolishing school segregation. Bob Aldrich of Tulsa, newly elected governor, prepared to deliver his inaugural address. Also on the program were former Gov. Roy J. Turner Lt. Gov. James E. Berry and House Speaker James C. Nance. The session brings controversial bills including a constitutional convention, increased school funds, a national presidential primary and highway patrol pay hikes to 500 dollars monthly. Legislative officers named include Lt. Gov. Bill Morgan Senate Pro Tempore Don Williams House Speaker Bill Alexander Senate Secretary Mike Wilkerson Senate Floor Leader Mack Roark Secretary of State Wes Whittlesey House Floor Leader Don Davis Reading Clerk Chester Brooks.
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Oklahoma City
UPA
Oklahoma
State House
Bob Aldrich
Tulsa
Roy J. Turner
James E. Berry
House
James C. Nance
Senate
Bill Morgan
Shawnee
Don Williams
Lawton
Bill Alexander
Duncan
Mike Wilkerson
Mack Roark
Blackwell
Wes Whittlesey
Sapulpa
Don Davis
House Reading
Chester Brooks
Father Of 5 Tots Killed In Cave-In
In Joplin Missouri Ed Tuber Webb 52 died when earth collapsed in a sewer ditch while working on a sewer project. Don Roberts of Joplin suffered shock possible leg fractures and was treated as fair. Webb and Roberts were about 12 feet apart in a ten foot deep hole when the collapse occurred.
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Joplin
Tuber) Webb
Don Roberts
Webb
Roberts
Bixby Woman Dies Of Injury
Mrs. Tom Simmons aged 72 of Bixby died in Tulsa from injuries suffered December 20 in a highway crash southwest of Bixby. Her death raises Oklahoma 1952 highway fatality toll to 592.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tom Simmons
Bixby
1000th soil sample tested at Canadian County lab
The Canadian County Soil Testing Laboratory in El Reno received its 1,000th sample this week. Established two years ago, the lab continues to process soil tests for local farmers and researchers.
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EL Reno
Okla
Canadian County Soil Testing Laboratory
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