Truman Prods Leaders On School Aid
President Truman summoned Democratic congressional leaders to the White House seeking passage of a controversial federal aid to education bill. The plan would use public funds for auxiliary services to parochial and private schools, a provision that has stalled House action. After a conference, Chairman Lesinski declined to state if the Education and Labor Committee will schedule a vote.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Lesinski
D. Mich
House Education and Labor Committee
Heat to Be City's Weekend Guest Forecaster Says
Ardmore Durant and Poteau reported Boise City's high 71 degrees on Thursday while 57 degrees marked the morning. The record high for the date is 105 set in 1918 and the low 55 occurred in 1894. Last year saw a mild range from 78 to 60 degrees.
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Ardmore
Durant
Poteau
Boise City
Beaver
Weather forecast summary from U S Weather Bureau station
Local partly cloudy conditions with minimal temperature change. Today high near 90, low around 68, and Saturday likely 80 to 95 with a few thundershowers in the south and west. Northwest areas warmer, extended period trending 2 to 4 degrees above normal into midweek.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
S. State
New Arms Bill Limits Truman Aid Powers In Europe
The administration sent a rewritten arms for Europe bill to Congress removing power for President Truman to decide when and where aid is given. The $1.45 billion program is now restricted to NATO members and Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines, with mechanisms drafted by Acheson and Johnson and approved by Connally. Critics from both parties demanded full funding and wary of expanded authority.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Connally
D. Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Kee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Acheson
Bill Connally
Defense Johnson
Senate Armed Services
Johnson
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
52 563 Water Meters Keep 5 Readers Busy
City water meter readers work to cover 52 563 meters with five readers. Readings must avoid estimates except in rare cases, and corrections occur when actual readings resume. Readers cover 250 to 300 meters daily year round to keep up with weekly bill mailings.
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Water Department
Cunningham
Uniform Law Group Appointed by Turner
Gov Turner named four-year commissioners to the newly created state uniform laws commission. Appointees include Dr. M. H. Merrill University of Oklahoma law instructor Hicks Epton Wewoka attorney and Matthew J. Kane Pawhuska lawyer. Oklahoma cooperates with other states to promote uniform state laws.
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Commission of Uniform State Laws
Turner
M. H. Merrill
University of Oklahoma
Hicks Epton
Wewoka
Matthew J. Kane
Pawhuska
Oklahoma
Increase Seen in U S Car Output This Week
Detroit Aug 5 Ward's Automotive Reports estimates U S vehicle production this week at 144373 units. The total includes 121927 cars and 22446 trucks, versus last week's 113800 cars and 22707 trucks. In 1948 period, factories built 811359 cars and 25860 trucks.
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Detroit
United States
Ward
County Fund Battle Ends With Authorized Claims
The county commissioners approved 4860.89 in disputed mileage and supply claims by the assessor. Deputies mileage for the re valuation survey totals 1934, supplies 2926.89. Warrants to be issued by County Clerk Joe Pitts from a 5000 supplemental appropriation. Assessor Cragin Smith to return remaining balance to the general fund. Payment delayed pending attorney review.
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Charles A. Litton
Joe Pitts
State Supreme Court
Cragin Smith
County General Fund
Nate Sherman
Test Tube Baby Case Ends in Divorce Battle in Oklahoma
Julie Strnad seeks divorce from Antoine Strnad after gaining exclusive custody of their daughter Antoinette, a pioneer test tube baby. District Judge Baker H Melone granted custody and barred molestation. case may proceed before Judge Clarence Mills as Melone is absent.
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Julie Strnad
Antoine Strnad
New York City
Antoinette
Baker H. Melone
Strnad
Midwest City
John Zahorak
Straad
New York
Melone
Clarence Mills
Twilight Pete Feature Brings Gags to Edgemere Show
Tonight at 8 30 Twilight Time presents one of the season final musical shows at Edgemere amphitheater NW 36 and Walker. Tracy Silvester leads a program with vocal and instrumental music as Bunny Lane Doris York Don Estes and Bobby Smith perform. Dancer Gene Stockwell actress Carolyn Rexroat and Robert Rudie rejoin for a comedy night with Rudie as chief comedian. Admission is 65 cents. The final Twilight Time program of the summer airs at 8 30 p m Saturday.
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Twilight Time
Edgemere Amphitheater
Walker
Tracy Silvester
Bunny Lane
Doris York
Don Estes
Bobby Smith
Gene Stockwell
Carolyn Rex
Paralyzed Man Jailed After Drunk Driving Arrest
Fort Worth police detained a Burleson man in jail for drunk driving after his car struck a taxicab near a traffic circle west of the city. Paralyzed, he required a wheelchair and special steering gear in his vehicle.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Shriff’s
Air Lift Crews Race Home From Berlin Airlift Victory
Westover Air Force Base at Mass hosts the finish of a three plane transatlantic race for bragging rights in Operation Vittles. Capt. George Peabody of Seattle lands first at 10 16 am followed by Capt. Gerald Pearson of Spokane and Capt. Warren Delker of Chapman Kansas at 10 40 am. Col. Barzynski hails the phase out as the operation's victorious close. The winning crew includes Lieuts Dunn Davis Dowd Kuhlman Scott, Cpl Waller and M Sgt Leonard.
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Westover Airforce Base
Mass
George Peabody
Seattle
Wash
Gerald Pearson
Spokane
Warren H. Delker
Chhapman
Kan
Westover
Joseph E. Barzynski
Peabody
John J. Dunn
Elsa
Texas
Norman Davis
Wilmington
N. C
Robert H. Dowd
Miami
Fla
Wallace Kuhlman
Sacramento
Calif
Robert Scott
San Mateo
Thomas Waller
Plainview
David C. Leonard
Altoona
U.S. Surrenders China To Soviets Warn Reds To End Asia Conquests
Two Fort Sill soldiers died and four others hospitalized when a convertible crashed into a stopped truck on State Highway 7 near Lawton Oklahoma. The victims were Black servicemen from the 969th and 949th battalions. fatalities raised Oklahoma’s 1949 highway toll to 317 for the year to date.
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U.S
China
Asia
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
SH 7
Lawton
Hell Creek Bridge
Leavy M’pherson
969Th Field Artillery Battalion
Eddie E. Jones
Johnnie Barnett
949Th Field Artillery
Billy James Hurst
Second Field Artillery
Willie Hinton
Harold Vernon Jones
Ted Payne
Acheson Blames Corruption In Chiang's Regime for Fall
The United States released a white paper showing China is lost to the communists. It blames Russian intrigue and Decay of Chiang Kai-shek's regime, cites the Wedemeyer report, and warns against further Soviet expansion in the Far East while promising to encourage developments toward a nationalist revolt.
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Acheson
Chiang
Washington
United States
China
Russia
Far East
State Department
Wedemeyer
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations
U. S
Reasons Cited For Red Gains
Washington report outlines why the communists gain strength in China. It says the Kuomintang decayed in 1948 with leaders incapable of handling the crisis, troops losing will, and government losing popular support. It notes aid could not have prevented defeat and cites battlefield losses due to nationalist ineptitude and defections. The piece cites failed unification efforts by Marshall and Hurley missions and predicts China will reassert democracy and throw off foreign yoke.
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Kuomintang Party
Manchuria
China
Two More Die In Polio Wave
Two polio deaths raise Oklahoma toll to 43. Hubert Forney a 23 year old Perry dairy operator and World War II veteran died in Guthrie Benedictine Heights hospital after a week as a patient. Ada girl Amita Faye McWhirter died in Valley View hospital after being placed in an iron lung. State health officials predict a decline in cases within two weeks with statewide total at 553 and 119 cases in Crippled Children’s hospital.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Hubert Forney
Perry
Guthrie
Benedictine Heights Hospital
Amita Faye McWhirter
Valley View Hospital
E. E. McWhirter
Oklahoma State Health Department
Judy Williams
Pawnee
St. John’s Hospital
Tulsa
Bruford Peters
Bone
Don’t give your papers a vacation this summer
The Daily and Sunday Oklahoman can be bought daily at vacation spots through special arrangements with state dealers. Call out of state circulation dept. 2-1211 to learn the dealer in your area or inquire about mail service.
Beaten For $4 Loot In Robbery Motive
Charles William Cater, 77, was found unconscious on the back steps of his apartment at 307 SW 4th. He suffered a compound right knee fracture, multiple bruises, and lacerations and remained in serious condition at Mercy Hospital. Neighbor Oral David George, 29, reported seeing two men emerge from a doorway after Cater said he was robbed of $4.
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Charles William Cater
Mercy Hospital
Cater
Oral David George
Bank to Erect $500,000 Center City Bank Building
Cen tral State bank plans a $500,000 three story building at 304-06 NW 1 across from the courthouse. L. D. Lacy says the glass front and full air conditioning reflect expansion needs with space for banking, lending, offices, and vaults. Contractors Ellis Nicholson Cramer to start demolition of the present structure.
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Central State Bank
L. D. Lacy
Oklahoma City Federal Savings & Loan Association
A. F. Williams Furniture Co
NW 1
Civic Center Park
Lacy
Ellis, Nicholson &Cramer
Truman Names Two For High Army Posts
President Truman nominated Tracy S Voorhees for under secretary of the army and Archibald S Alexander, 1948 Democratic candidate for senator from New Jersey, to be assistant secretary of the army.
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Washington
Truman
Tracy S. Voorhees
Archibald S. Alexander
New Jersey
Liberty Names Vice President Roy G Glass
Roy G Glass, who joined the Tradesmen National banking staff in 1922, was named vice president of Liberty National Bank by the board of directors Friday morning. Frank Sewell, Liberty president, announced Glass will assume duties immediately. Glass had been cashier at Tradesmen National and later served as vice president after the merger with First National Bank & Trust Co.
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Roy G. Glass
Tradesmen National
Main and Broadway
Main Street
Liberty National Bank
Frank Sewell
Liberty
Glass
Liberty Bank
Sewell
Tradesmens National
Tradesmens
First National Bank & Trust Co
Deed Returned Foiling Tax Sale Court Test Ends
District court test of county tax deeds stalled when Mr and Mrs Garrett delivered a quit claim deed to Liberty Plan Co and the Neal homestead four miles south of Ni coma Park stayed in their hands after a $6.67 tax deed dispute. Arnold Britton offered to represent the Garrets pro bono while depositing costs. the case won’t proceed as title restoration will nullify it.
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R. W. Garrett
W. H. Neal
Nicoma Park
Arnold Britton
Britton
Garrett
Liberty Plan Co
Arnold
Liberty Plan Company
Neal
W. T. Bill Hale
Border opening pondered for Lower California trade
The National Federation of Chambers of Commerce said it was discussing with the government a 90 day opening of the Lower California border to United States goods. The ban has hit the Baja California peninsula hard and the issue was raised in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
National Federation of Chambers of Commerce
Lower California
United States
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