Post Office Denies Illegal Discharges
Sen. Olin D. Johnston accuses postmasters of being ousted by political pressure. The Post Office Department calls his charges wholly misinformed and outlines that only four removals were for illegal political activity. Johnston cites hearings across multiple states amid investigations into postmaster firings and alleged sales of jobs.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Post Office Department
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Johnston
Norman R. Abrams
Detroit
Abrams
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Concordia
Kan
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Michigan
Texas
California
Ilinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Postal Inspection Service
Eisenhower
Hitler
Tee
Sen. Johnston
Department
Organist Burns Herself To Death In Car Fire
Mrs Mildred Hit z man 48 a church organist disappeared a week ago. pastor and a youth found her car south of Leavenworth Kansas burning after she ignited it minutes after he tried to speak to her. coroner said interior soaked with gasoline.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Charles Larkin
Mildred Hitzman
Paul W. Burres
Mr. Burres
Wesley Methodist Church
Kansas City
Kan
Loren Land
Here
U. S. Highway 73
Death Of No 2 Nazi Is Finally Established
United Press reports the death of Martin Bormann, deputy chief of the Nazi party, confirming he died after Hitler. Linge described seeing Bormann enter a tank hit by shellfire and burn, ending years of uncertain reports he survived. The revelation closes the record on the Nazi leadership including Hitler Goering Himmler and Goebbels.
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Martin Bormann
Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Gestapo
Germany
Hermann Goering
Air Force
Nuernberg
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Bormann
Spain
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Goering
Hans Linge
Linge
Storm Troopers
Ernst Boehm
Fuehrer
Rudolph Hess
Scotland
Britain
New Publisher Named for San Francisco Chronicle Editor
Tuesday Charles Deyoung Thieriot was named editor and publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle succeeding George Toland Cameron who died of a heart attack a week ago. Thieriot, grandson of M H Deyoung founder and first publisher, has been assistant publisher since 1952.
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San Francisco
Charles Deyoung
Thieriot
The
San Francisco Chronicle
George Toland Cameron
M. H. Deyoung
City FFA Officers Named for 1955 56 Term
Jerry Rummage serves as president of the Lawton high school Future Farmers of America chapter for 1955-56. Other officers include Curtis Boyd as vice president Albert Boynton secretary Darrell Musgrove treasurer Perry Brown reporter and Don Martin sentinel. Marvin Bicket vocational agriculture instructor notes several students put pigs and steers on feed for spring livestock shows. Martin and Lee Carnahan recently bought two Angus steers from Angus Valley Farm near Tulsa.
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Jerry Rummage
Lawton High School
Future Farmers of America
Curtis Boyd
Albert Boynton
Darrell Musgrove
Perry Brown
Don Martin
Sentinel
Marvin Bicket
Martin
Lee Carnahan
Angus Valley
Tulsa
Phillips Petroleum declares 75 cent quarterly dividend
Phillips Petroleum Co. board in Bartlesville Oklahoma on Monday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents per share. The dividend is payable December 1, 1955 to stockholders of record November 4, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Escape Stirs Taft Girls School Head Myriad Inmates Escape
Acting superintendent Mrs Essie Smith described 12 inmates at the state training school for Negro girls as wandering away from the dormitory after midnight Monday they were said to be happy and well cared for. The escape was not noticed until about 6 am Monday and reported to the Tulsa county sheriff's office around 3 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Okla
Essie Smith
State Training School For
Area Men In Service Career Updates for Mangum and Wells
First Lt. Robert G. Mangum Jr., son of Col. (Ret.) Mangum, has completed the instructor pilot course at the 7th Army Aviation Center in Echgerdingen Germany. He serves with the 20th Field Artillery battalion, entered service in 1942, and his wife Clarissee resides with him in Germany. Billy R. Wells, 20, son of Mrs. Katherine Wells of 1427 Monroe, is finishing Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Base in San Antonio Texas.
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Robert G. Mangum Jr
Robert G. Mangum
N. 16Th
7Th Army
Aviation Center
Echgerdingen
Germany
Mangum
20Th Field Artillery Battalion
Army
Clarissee
Billy R. Wells
Katherine Wells
Monroe
Air Force
Lackland AF Base
San Antonio
Tex
Reds Make Treaty Offer to Japan in Peiping Meeting
Mao Tse-tung offered to free all Japanese war criminals held in Red China if Japan signs a peace treaty with Peiping government. The proposal was disclosed by Japanese parliamentary members returning from Peiping, who said Mao presented it personally to Fusanosuke Kuhara.
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Reds
Tokyo
Mao Tse-Tung
Red
China
Japan
Peiping
Mao
Fusanosuke Kuhara
Push-Button Lubrication Transforms Mercury Car Experience
Dont read this if you want to stay in love with the car you now own Even some cars only 6 months old seem out of date compared with PUSH-BUTTON LUBRICATION Think of it Press a button and you're driving a freshly lubricated car You save service time prolong your car's life Optional BALL-JOINT FRONT SUSPENSION Exclusive in Mercury's field Makes handling easier control surer cornering track-level and Mercury's new ride velvet-smooth.
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Mercury
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Wolverton Electric Co
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
City
FFA
North Addition
South Port City
A Ave
the McKee CO
Pho
Roaches
Scorpions
Virgil Laird
D. D. Raibourn
Chester McCord
Billy RR. Wells
iCeareeer Rs
Wyatt
Southwest Oklahoma
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