Bus Operators See Eventual City Ownership
Eugene Jordan and Robert S. Bowers of the Oklahoma ailway Co. forecast that the city will eventually own the mass transit system as franchise talks begin September 1. They note the 十四 month move from streetcars to buses, a 90000 dollar annual city tax, and a blizzard related loss last year. If no franchise is approved by December 31 the present agreement extends automatically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Jordan
Oklahomaailway Co
Robert S. Bowers
Bowers
Transportation Board
Jordan
City Concertmaster Returns From Eastern Trip
Robert Rudie concertmaster of the Oklahoma State Symphony Orchestra completed a Dumbarton Oaks visit. He joined a string orchestra under William Strickland of the Nashville Symphony as the sole western musician invited. The program was one of six annual exclusive Friends of Music concerts at Mrs. Robert W. Bliss estate.
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Robert Rudie
Oklahoma State Symphony Orchestra
Dumbarton Oaks
Friends of Music
Rudie
Mississippi
William Strickland
Nashville Symphony
Robert W. Bliss
Balmy weekend with chances of showers in Oklahoma
Warm weather is forecast for the weekend with a high near 84 in Oklahoma City and 86 on Thursday. Showers may reach western Oklahoma Saturday afternoon and spread east, with a slight chance of rain Tuesday or Wednesday in the west. Thursday’s high did not reach the 1893 record of 94, nor did the low approach 1938’s 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maughan
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Weather forecast from S Weather Bureau station
Partly cloudy and warm through Friday night with a high near 84 and a low about 52. Saturday will be partly cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms, especially west, spreading east by Saturday night. Temperatures stay above normal with warmer days through Monday and a cooling trend by Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Eight Pact Nations Ask U.S. for Arms and Dollars
Eight European allies urged Washington for both arms and financial aid to bolster defense under the North Atlantic pact. Acheson said Congress may be asked to authorize a military aid program, but no total cost could be estimated yet. The batch included Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, and Italy, with Portugal, Iceland, and Canada not voicing pleas.
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Washington
America
West
United States
Congress
Acheson
United States Senate
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Western European Union
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Canada
Allance
Truman
Arms Finance Fight Brewing
President Truman moves toward a fresh clash with Congress over funding Western Europe arms. He hints at more money beyond the 15.9 billion proposed for national defense, drawing Republican and some Democratic opposition while Senate leaders weigh tying such funding to tax increases and domestic defense. Myers expresses optimism congressional aid will flow if the pact is ratified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Wherry
Sen
Nebraska
GOP
George
Senate Finance Committee
City Business Leaders Visit Amarillo from Oklahoma City
Fourteen Oklahoma City business men toured Amarillo, spent Friday with the Amarillo chamber of commerce, lunched with the board of directors, toured the city, and began the return trip via Rock Island railroad facilities Friday night. The group arrived Thursday night under sponsorship of the Oklahoma City chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Treaty Coverage On Page Two Column One
The item refers readers to page two for details on treaty news. It notes ongoing negotiations and related political actions, citing official statements and parliamentary briefings from the period. The notation implies a continuation of a larger treaty report presented earlier in the issue.
Isolated Labrador Families Starving
In St John s Newfoundland on April 8 a nurse in a northern Labrador hamlet urged help to avert starvation of 100 winterbound fisherfolk. Premier Joseph Smallwood ordered planes to fly supplies to St Mary s Bay where Dorothy Jupp reported babies fed flour water and molasses water.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Labrador
Joseph Smallwood
Canada
St. Mary‘s Bay
Dorothy Jupp
Jupp
Fire Destroys House Leaves 11 Homeless
Fire Friday morning destroyed a two story house at 1136 NW 56 leaving Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kennan and nine children homeless. Mrs. Kennan saved her 10 month old daughter Phyllis and an old suitcase. The house and contents were valued at 12000 dollars. Neighbor Carroll Freeman’s home suffered several hundred dollars in damage.
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Claude Kennan
Banquet Set Tonight For Rehabilitation Club
The Oklahoma City Rehabilitation club for the physically disabled will meet for its annual banquet at 6:30 p m Friday in the Venetian room YWCA. Dr Oliver Hodge state superintendent of public instruction will speak. To be installed as officers for the year are Earl W Howard president Ala V Moulton vice president Maxine McCartney secretary and Pearl Shankins treasurer.
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Oklahoma City Rehabilitation Club For
YWCA
Oliver Hodge
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Earl W. Howard
Ala V. Moulton
Maxine McCartney
Pearl Shankins
Son Justified In Shooting Father In Pampa Texas
Justice of the Peace D R Henry ruled the 14 year old Larry Frey justified in the fatal shooting of his father Jack Frey 53 a pumper for the Shamrock Oil and Gas Co at the family home in Pampa. The sheriff said the boy shot to protect his mother and himself in a case described as justified homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa
Texas
U.P
Justice of the Peace
D. R. Henry
Jack Frey
Larry
Frey
Shamrock Oil & Gas Co
Shell to Build Elk City Area Gathering System
Shell Pipe Line Corp announces plans to construct a gathering system for Shell Oil Co. wells in the new Elk City field. The company bought an 80 acre tract eight miles south of Elk City on state highway 41 and will install gathering tanks and pumps sized to meet field needs. A network of gathering lines will converge at the station, according to Vice President H. H. Anderson of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk City
U.P
Shell Pipe Line Corp
Shell Oil Co
Pipe Line Corporation
H. H. Anderson
Houston
Anderson
Shell
Proposal Ends Fair Site Fight
City officials reached a tentative agreement with Frank Sneed owner of Sneed's Nursery to vacate land southwest of NY 10 and May within three years for 175000 to move nursery stock. Appraisers valued Sneed's preference right lease and nursery stock at 279000, a figure Sneed challenged as insufficient. the city council will consider next week.
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NY 10
Frank Sneed
Sneed
William Gill Jr
A. L. Jeffrey
May Street
Britons to Blast Ship In Test of Atomic Energy
London April 8 U P The 5220 ton British cruiser Arethusa sailed from Falmouth for Portsmouth on a secret mission to be bombarded with gamma rays from atomic energy. The test aims to study effects on ship and crew with no crew aboard, off the south coast near the Solent in June under tight security.
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London
U.P
Arethusa
Falmouth
Portsmouth
Admiralty
England
Solent
Isle of Wight
America
Britain
Two Children Feared Aboard Derelict Schooner Keewatin
Coast guard planes and cutters hunted the drifting two masted schooner Keewatin off the U S coast after the Parrot family sailed from the Bahamas on April 1. Donald Parrot of Salem Mass his wife and two children were said to be aboard or afloat. Authorities feared the children David four and Steven one were locked below decks as crews battled a storm threat and the derelict was sighted seventy miles off Charleston by a passing tanker. The Keewatin was described as abandoned with sails drooping and rigging tangled.
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New York
Coast Guard
Charleston
S. C
Keewatin
Donald Parrot
Salem
Mass
Bahamas
Parrot
Maine
Florida
Elizabeth City
N. C
Army
Navy
Airforce
David
Steven
Hadley Parrot
Baltimore
N. W. Ries
Gloucester
Nassau
Charles F. Hansel
Capella
Great Bahama Bank
Hansel
Cape Charles
Great Abaco Island
British West Indies
S. S
Richard J. Cleveland
Cleveland
Man Offers To Sell Eye To Save His Mother
A 40 year old Kansas man from Wichita offered to sell one of his blue eyes for 10000 dollars to pay for his 78 year old mother's eye operation. He and his wife traveled to Tulsa to avoid shame and hope to find a buyer within days. if unsuccessful, he fears his mother may go totally blind by May 1 due to cataracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iene Eee
Kansas
Wichita
Tulsa
Tulsa County
J. J. Billington
Tulsa Training Center Commissioning Set in Tulsa
Rear Adm. L F Reifsnider commander of the Eighth naval district will give the principal address at the formal commissioning of the naval and marine corps reserve training center in Tulsa This marks the completion of the $1 million facility equipped to train reservists for radar gunnery and other services.
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Tulsa
L. F. Reifsnider
New Orleans
Eighth Naval District
Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Governor Opens Door to 1950 Bond Vote Amendment
Gov. Turner signaled the end of a multi million road bond issue but urged a public vote on it in the next administration. He also called for a 1950 vote on a constitutional public building bond amendment exceeding 20 million dollars.
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Turner Friday
Laborites Lose Control Of London in Election
The British Labor party lost control of the London county council for the first time since 1935 as Conservatives gained many seats. Final returns show 64 seats each for Conservatives and Laborites, with Liberal Sir Percy Harris holding the balance. Middlesex swung to Conservatives, and other counties saw Tory gains while communists faded.
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London
British Labor Party
London County Council
England
Liberal Party
Conservatives
Laborites
Percy Harris
Berkshire
Worcestershire
Oswald Mosley
Kensington
Northamptonshire
Labor
Easter Boosts Shopper Purchases in New York
Dun and Bradstreet reported Friday that good weather and the approach of Easter lifted shopper purchases this week in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Canada Police Battle Pickets on Halifax Waterfront
In Halifax Nova Scotia on a waterfront Friday police battled rock-throwing Canadian Seamen's Union pickets beside strike-bound ships. Fire hoses lashed the SIU ranks after more than 200 Seafarers International Union members arrived by special train and boarded ships. Two CSU members were lightly injured as police blocked and restrained pickets. The CSU had called a strike a week earlier after shipowners signed with the rival union.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
CSU
Seafarers International Union
AFL
SIU
Cabinet Parley Canceled By Truman on Friday
President Truman canceled the regular Friday cabinet meeting as several members were out of town or unavailable leaving the session without a quorum or agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Young Father Freed In Tulsa Strike Attack
Municipal Judge W. N. Randolph freed 20 year old husband and father G. O. Rodecker on state assault charges tied to a drivers strike against Veterans Cab Co. Rodecker, who appeared without counsel, offered to plead guilty but the prosecutor sought a charge reduction. He testified he beat Joe J. Thompson, a non striking driver, for 20 dollars to pay hospital and doctor bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
W. N. Randolph
Veterans Cab Co
G. O. Rodecker
Rodecker
Joe J. Thompson
Bogus Bill Suspect Admits Federal Charge
Byron Lee Tillerson 22 Lawton pleaded guilty in federal district court before Judge Stephen Chandler to passing a counterfeit $20 bill with a $1 back at American National Bank in Lawton. He waived grand jury indictment and was placed on probation. A.S. Pugh dismissed four other charges on note splitting.
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Byron Lee Tillerson
Lawton
Stephen Chandler
Federal District Court
American National Bank
Tillerson
Federal Reserve
Chandler
Haskell Pugh
U. S
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Frank Crider
Emma Lee
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Baby
Nurseryman
Atlantic
David Parrot
Marblehead
Tulsa Training Center
Bulletin
G. F. Rowe
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