Kingfisher Sodas Tops For Briton
David Noble an 18 year old farm youth from Coed Mawr Dolwyddelan North Wales visits Kingfisher Oklahoma and the United States as one of 15 exchange members of the National Federation of Young Farmers clubs to 4 H and FFA chapters. He tours meat markets, farms in multiple states and will return to Great Britain next Friday. The exchange program broadens practical farm knowledge and offers a new view on farming challenges back home.
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Mark Sarchet
Times
Ingfisher
United States
David Noble
Coed Mawr
Dolwyddelan
North Wales
National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs
FFA
Noble
Oklahoma
Pittsburg
Kay
Canadian
Kiowa
Texas
Beaver
Payne Counties
Great Britain
Ros David
Ernest
Joe Miller
America
David
Ernest Hellwege
Kingfisher County
4-H Club
Pat Walter
Loyal
W. E. Davis
Kingfisher
Two Killed by Blast at Kingsbury Ammunition Plant
Kingsbury Ind Aug 13 Two men were killed at the Kingsbury ordnance plant when a 20 millimeter shell touched off several crates of ammunition. The dead were Martin Combs 29 Knox Ind and Wyse Connelly 37 Groveton Ind both explosion operators.
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Kingsbury
Ind
Kingsbury Ordnance Plant
Martin Combs
Knox
Wyse Connelly
Groveton
Weather summary from U S Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today and Sunday. Windy this afternoon and tonight. Maximum near 98 today, minimum around 75 tonight. Sunday highs in the 90s. Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered thundershowers west today and tonight and in the east Sunday. Highs 95 to 100, lows 65 to 75.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Chairs Upset School Office at Roosevelt District
Federal suit by William A. Berry seeks 160.20 against independent school district No. 7 Roosevelt Kiowa for buying about 36 chairs and office furniture from War Assets Administration at Tinker Air Force Base between September 12 and November 2, 1946. Elroy Owens, former Roosevelt superintendent, is named among the defendants.
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Independent School District No. 7
Roosevelt
Kiowa County
William A. Berry
U.S. District Attorney
War Assets Administration
U. S
Elroy Owens
Moore Backs Vinson As Wentz Successor
Tulsa August 13 Bailie Vinson of Tulsa has won support from former U S Senator E H Moore to be Oklahoma’s Republican national committeeman replacing the late Lew Wentz. Other contenders include Richard Lloyd Jones Tulsa Tribune publisher and Herbert K Hyde Oklahoma City lawyer. The GOP committee meeting Monday will name the new national committeeman.
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Tulsa
Bailie Vinson
U. S
E. H. Moore
Oklahoma
Lew Wentz
Richard Lloyd Jones
Tulsa Tribune
Herbert K. Hyde
Oklahoma City
Jones
GOP
J. Noble Thompson
George L. Nicholson
Petition seeks paving of SH 41 gaps in Oklahoma
A 1400 signature petition headed to the state highway commission asks to hard surface two unpaved segments of SH 41 between Minco and the Texas line. State Rep. Bill Wallace of Chickasha circulated and mailed the appeal, noting impassable nine and fourteen mile stretches under certain weather.
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State Highway Commission
Minco
Texas Line
Bill Wallace
Chickasha
U. S. 81
Sweetwater
Beckham County
Wallace
Probers Find Forgery and Seek Conspiracy Tie
County investigation into tax title manipulations uncovers forgery on transfers and hints at a conspiracy. Assistant county attorney Russell Holloway says charges may follow a thorough probe, with officials awaiting further evidence and a lawyer’s visit.
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Henry Burchnel
Russell B. Holloway
Granville Scanland
Holloway
Sudden Illness Strikes Hoover on Train Trip
Former President Herbert Hoover suffered an internal ailment aboard the City of San Francisco en route east to New York after a stop in Elko Nevada. A Southern Pacific physician examined Hoover and said hospitalization was unnecessary. the train paused 30 minutes while EMTs were ready.
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Ogden
Utah
Herbert Hoover
New York
Southern Pacific Railroad
Hoover
Streamliner
City of San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
California
Elko
Nev
Dale Hadfield
Hadfield
Hot Winds to Stay After Sprinkles in Oklahoma City
A windy, hot pattern persists in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas after Saturday sprinkles and thunder showers. Classen station reports traces of moisture, the airport 18 inches, and Lindsay leads with 0.67 inches of rain. Temperatures in the next 24 hours are expected around 98 to 75 degrees, with statewide highs touching 100 in several locations including Poteau at 103.
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Classen
Mercury
Poteau
Tinker Awaits Funds and Possible Payroll Cuts
Tinker Air Force Base faces fear of plantwide layoffs as Congress delays fiscal 1950 appropriations. A statement from Col. O W Howland says no general reduction is under way, but hiring is limited to critical posts and payroll totals about 3 million monthly plus 300 thousand for military pay.
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Tinker Airforce Base
Congress
O. W. Howland
Army
Airforce
Navy
Trash Can at Airfield Saves Bomber, Crew
At Tinker airbase a repainting of a trash can helped three airmen radar operator Pvt. Bill M. Arnold T/Sgt. Gerald Peltier and Pfc. Vito Spinelli detect a distress call from a B-45 jet bomber at 29 000 feet over central Kansas. They guided the plane feet under 400 mph to a safe landing, earning Arnold a special Air Force commendation.
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Reco Tinker Airce
Pfc
Vito Spinelli
Bill Arnold
Gerald Peltier
John McWilliams
Tinker Airface
Hubert Hartley
21St Airways and
Air Communications Service Group
Bill M. Arnold
AACS
Kansas
Forbes Airforce Base
Topeka
G. M. Townsend
C. N. Clemence
F. B. Carlson
F. L. Corb
Wright-Patterson Airforce Base
Dayton
Ohio
Tinker
Tinker, Pvt
Arnold
Airforce
Prowler Shot During Early Morning Confrontation
A 38 year old former convict, William Roger McIntosh, was wounded in the upper left arm when he tried to flee after being caught ransacking a Railway Express truck near SW 7 and Robinson by Special Officer Charles L. Clark. McIntosh, with a long record for car prowling and larceny, was taken to Mercy hospital. a bundle under his arm contained cigarets, oil, and a jacket.
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SW 7
Robinson
William Roger McIntosh
Mercy Hospital
Clark
McIntosh
Holdenville Girl Dies Of Polio In Oklahoma Toll Rises
Oklahoma's polio fatalities reached 48 with Margaret Jean Anderson eight from Holdenville dying at St. John’s hospital Tulsa after being kept in an iron lung. State totals show 634 cases, 343 hospitalized. Crippled Children's Hospital reports 118 patients, two more admissions overnight a 7 year old from Oklahoma City and a 10 year old from Ardmore.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
St. John’s Hospital
Margaret Jean Anderson
Holdenville
Roy S. Anderson
State Health Department
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Lake Victim's Rites Held
Durant services were held Friday for Marvin Ladd 53 whose body was recovered from Lake Texoma after he drowned while fishing August 2.
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Durant
Marvin Ladd
Lake Texoma
Manager Left Bound Gagged By 2 Robbers
Two robbers bound and gagged Rexall drugstore manager L Eldon Wood at 1930 NE 23 Saturday morning and escaped with a large haul of narcotics valued in the thousands of dollars. The raid followed a similar Friday night holdup at Connie’s Prescription shop.
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Rexall
Connie
Walker
H. J. Archerd
H. L. Hefner
Archerd
Wood
31 Years Can't Blot Out Past
A 64 or possibly 75 year old African American man, John Elliot, held in Oklahoma City jail after Texas officers traced him through FBI files to his 1918 prison escape. He admitted the 1912 killing in a Texas cotton field and says he hopes to forget his past. He faces return to Huntsville prison to finish a term, believing his long freedom may end.
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City
Texas
John Elliot
Oklahoma City
John
Jeannie
FBI
Elliot
Rabbi Hunted As Swindler In Israel Aid Scheme
New York police hunted Solomon Eich enstein a Manhattan rabbi accused of swindling congregation members out of thousands by claiming funds would aid Israel. His wife, charged as an accomplice, was arrested after giving birth. Police say frauds may total up to 100000, with deals surpassing market prices by about 15 percent. A diamond merchant later gave him 58133.95 to buy jewels through Israeli merchants before Eich enstein disappeared.
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New York
Israel
Solomon Eichenstein
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Sidney Genack
Irish Minister Art Patrick O'Brian Dies at 77
Dublin reported the death of Art Patrick O'Brian, aged 77, who served as Ireland's minister to France and Belgium from 1935 to 1938, with the passing occurring Friday.
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Dublin
Art Patrick O'Brian
France
Belgium
Vacation readers get Daily and Sunday Oklahoman overseas
Special arrangements let Oklahoman visitors obtain home papers in vacation spots. Call 2-1211 and ask for Out of State Circulation Department or arrange mail delivery before leaving.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
National
Washington
U.S
Bill
Moore
Vinson
Wentz
Probers
Pvt
Hartley
Prowler
Chase
Charles L. Clark
L. Eldon Wood
Gladys Shockley
By Jim Owen
E. B
Salty” Mears
Huntsville
Virginia
Gotham Police
Society
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