Eight Injured In Car Crash Near Hinton
A 16 year old Texas boy Billy Joe Thedford was in critical condition after a crash on U S 66 one mile west of Hinton. His mother father and five siblings were injured with varying seriousness when their car overturned three times after slowing to avoid a dog.
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Texas
U. S. 66
Hinton Junction
Billy Joe Thedford
Hinton Community Hospital
Lioyd Matthews
Lewis C. Mints
Quanah
Albert E. Patton
Mints
L. W. Thedford
Fritch
Therford
Thedford
Wealth is Exaggerated, Film Magnate’s Heirs Say
London brothers Herbert and Frank Bernhard deny a Los Angeles court estimate that their late brother, British film magnate Carlos F. Bernhard, was worth 20 million dollars. They claim the fortune is greatly inflated as heirship is being contested by widow Jane Liddell Bernhard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Bernhard
Carlos F. Bernhard
Los Angeles
Herbert
Frank Bernhard
Pasadena
Calif
Jane Liddell Bernhard
City Construction Man Is Injured in Borger
Frank Beveridge, a 62 year old Oklahoma City construction worker, fell 25 feet from a scaffold at Borger's new senior high school building. He suffered a broken right shoulder fractured right hip a right eye gash and severe facial contusions.
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Borger
Frank Beveridge
Oklahoma City
New Borger Senior High School
Arson Suspected in Salvation Army Tent Fire
Captain Warren H. Fulton of the Salvation Army asked police to investigate possible arson after a 50-foot circular canvas tent at 500 S Hudson burned to the ground Friday afternoon. He said several young boys were seen acting suspiciously nearby and estimated the damage at 900 dollars. Salvation Army envoy William Schneider preached outdoors to his congregation despite the blaze.
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Warren H. Fulton
Salvation Army
Hudson
Fulton
William Schneider
Weather Summary for Fair Region
The forecast from the Weather Bureau station calls for fair and continued warmth tonight and Sunday. Daytime highs around 88 today, with 85 to 90 across the region and 90s Sunday. Lows will be near 68 tonight and 65 to 70 tonight with Sunday high in the 90s.
Torture by Russians Charged by Freed GI
A freed American GI testified in Berlin that Soviet guards beat him and tortured him for five months while held as an alleged spy. Christus Rangraves, 21, New York, described living in the same clothes 142 days and 140 days without daylight, and said he endured icebox confinement and rigid postures under threat of beating. Army probes and high level intervention followed his release. He also claimed guards raped women in nearby cells.
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Berlin
U.P
Haggard
Christus Rangraves
New York
Rangraves
Thomas Lancer
George P. Hays
Death Claims Whitney Fiery Trainmen Chief
Alexander Fell Whitney, 76, fiery labor leader and head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, died of a heart attack at his Bay Village home after a day at office and an evening with friends. A critic of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, he helped guide infantile paralysis fundraising and served on the 1936 Buenos Aires peace delegation. His clashes with Truman over the 1946 railroad strike and claims of broken promises followed him into public view.
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Cleveland
Alexander Fell Whitney
United States
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bay Village
Dorothy Mae Whitney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whitney
United
States
Buenos Aires
Truman
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
White House
Congress
Revolt Against Speaker Fades in Oklahoma Parley
Sub surface rebellion against Rep Walter Billingsley of Wewoka as speaker of the Oklahoma House appeared to fade. Fewer than a dozen members attended a Friday night meeting to discuss unseating him. Governor Turner’s support for Billingsley was noted as key, with McCarty of Oklahoma City saying he would stay with Billingsley.
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Walter Billingsley
Wewoka
House of Representatives
House
Legislative Council
Billingsley
Turner
J. D. McCarty
Oklahoma City
McCarty
Ponca City Opens New Dial Phone System
Ponca City is launching its new dial telephone system at midnight Saturday after preparations since 1948. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. built a central building and completed the $1.2 million installation with new directories issued as nearly all numbers changed for automatic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Social Welfare Board Plans October Meeting
The executive board of the Oklahoma Social Welfare Association met Saturday to discuss plans for a state meeting October 5 6 and 7 in the Municipal Auditorium. Dr M L Wardell Norman is association president. Mrs George Calvert is conference chairman and Margaret Roberts chief social worker for the veterans administration is program chairman.
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The
Oklahoma Social Welfare Association
M. L. Wardell
Norman
George Calvert
Margaret Roberts
Veterans Administration
Patient Holds Out Taft Chief Draws Rebuke
James Rosenfelt, 62, a Black patient at the Oklahoma State Hospital for the Negro Insane, refused to leave a ward after Friday. Commissioner Buck Cook criticized hospital superintendent Dr. E. P. Henry for placing 69 other mental patients in the ward with the armed inmate and removal followed, as deputies fired tear gas and James fired at them.
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Taft
Times
Rosenfelt James
Oklahoma State Hospital
Buck Cook
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
James
Muskogee County
E. P. Henry
Cook
Dr. Henry
Turners Patience To Be Rewarded Song Broadcast
Governor Turner will finally hear his song My Memory Trail on a coast-to-coast network. T. T. Johnson said the July 23 WKY broadcast will bring the tune to the Oklahoma governor after months of nationwide airings without Oklahoma stations.
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Turner
Oklahoma
New York
London to Evacuate Area Over Dormant 2500-Pound Bomb
London officials ordered evacuation of about a half square mile as a 2500 pound World War II bomb buried near University College Hospital is lifted and removed. Major Knight led a seven man disposal team after workers found the unexploded device last week. The plan aims to avoid detonation while a hospital keeps 58 patients in place and moves others to safety. An animal ambulance ferries pets from the danger zone.
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Knight
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Five Die In River Blast At Sorel Quebec
In Sorel Quebec five members of a seven person family were killed when a motor boat exploded on the St. Lawrence River Friday night. Survivors include Yvan and Lucien Cournoyer. Police reported the explosion occurred about 150 feet from shore as a backfire triggered the blast. Details remained sparse Saturday.
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Sorel
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Herve
Marcel
Lucienne
Giselle
Therese Cournoyer
Yvan
Lucien Cournoyer
Grandma Gloomy Tarpon Catch Stuns Anglers At Port Isabe
Port Isabel Texas July 16 A spry 1 year old grandmother refused congratulations after landing a 41 pound tarpon. Neighbor Clara Thomas Alvin Texas called it small. She previously landed a 70 pound tarpon on her first offshore trip July 4.
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Port Isabel
Texas
Clara Thomas
Alvin
Major Generals Ousted in U S Contracts Probe
Washington July 16 two senior army major generals have been temporarily relieved of duties amid an investigation into alleged influence in awarding government contracts. Army Secretary Gordon Gray and the army inspector general acted on evidence from senate investigators. The action, taken independently by the army, follows inquiries led by Senate special subcommittee chair Hoey and counsel William P. Rogers.
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Washington
Hoey
N. C
Special
Senate
Gordon Gray
Army
New York Herald Tribune
William P. Rogers
Senate Group
Inspector General of the Army
Foreign Spies Get U S Visas Report
CIA told a Senate subcommittee that 32 foreign representatives with spy records and 29 high ranking communist officials are among 100 aliens with visas to enter the United States. CIA Director Hillenkoetter said 21 of the group have been active in underground or subversive communist activities abroad.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
CIA
Intelligence Agency
Communist Party
Roscoe H. Killenkoetter
Sen. McCarran
Nav
State Department
United States
John E. Peurifoy
Department
Errand for Mama Ends Tragically Boy Shoots Grocer
Seven year old boy calmly tells police he shot and killed 67 year old grocer Fred Throckmorton with a 32 caliber revolver after asking if the gun worked. The incident occurred after visits to the store with his sister and a note seeking a hamburger. Police traced the event through statements from the siblings.
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San Francisco
Fred Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Terror Probe Juror Exposed As Klansman
A Birmingham grand jury investigating hooded terrorists learned one juror, Alexander Brewis of Gardendale, Alabama, is a former Ku Klux Klan member and has been excused from cases affecting the Klan. Judge George Lewis Bailes ordered a review of all jurors for possible disqualification.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Lewis Bailes
Grand Jury
Bailes
Alexander Brewis
Gardendale
Brewis
Maughan Uses Fair Record Forecast Saturday Weather
Fine summer weather with clear skies and moderate temperatures marked Mr. Maughan's forecast. Highs near 88, overnight around 68, with a warmer Sunday. statewide showers varied with Idabel at 1.12 inches and 97 degrees the warmest reading.
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Hobart
Beaver
Clinton
Classen Station
Alva
French Launch New Drive in Indo China Near Hanoi
Saigon July 16 French armored forces supported by planes began an attack against Indo Chinese Nationalists around Hanoi. The communique said troops reached Plu Lang Thruong, 26 miles northeast of Hanoi. Nationalists led by Ho Chi Minh have ringed the city since the uprising after World War II.
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Saigon
Driver Elbows Into Jam in Explosive Accident
A 19-year-old driver said his elbow hit the door handle causing the car to lurch, go through a hedge and crash into the brick wall at Leonard L. Bachle’s residence. An 18-year-old passenger shattered the windshield. both were slightly injured, no charges filed. The car fled four blocks then returned. police expect restitution for the wall.
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Leonard L. Bachle
Mrs. Bachle
Ven
Bachle
Jail Fugitive Slips From Window In Courthouse Fall
Henry A. Hallowell a 25 year old Ed mond war veteran remained in critical condition at Mercy hospital after a five story fall from an eighth floor window at the county courthouse Friday. Held on kidnap and auto theft charges he tried to escape by sliding down a wire clothes line suffering severe lacerations and internal injuries. He allegedly stole a car and kidnapped a Harrah man forcing him to Shawnee, and was arrested at a Shawnee bus station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Hallowell
Edmond
Mercy Hospital
Hallowell
Shawnee
Chile Ousts New York Consuls for Red Ties
Santiago says two Chilean consuls in New York have been dismissed for communist links. Guillermo Astria and Luis Enrique Delano were asked to resign after the government said it lost confidence due to proof they were or had been members of the Communist party. Communism is outlawed in Chile.
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Santiago
Chile
New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Guilllermo Astria
Luis Enrique Delano
Communist Party
Vacation papers available nationwide prints for you
You can buy your papers this year on vacation anywhere you may go and find a news dealer who can serve you with your Oklahoma daily and Sunday. Dial 2-1211 to reach the out of state circulation department for name and address before you leave or have the papers mailed to you.
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Fort Sill
Field Artillery
Field Artillery Reserve Officer Training Corps
Times Staff
Jim Lucas
University of Oklahoma
Hinton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Brotherhood
Social Welfare Board
University College Hospital
F. S. Knight
Sevenman Army
Grandma
U. S
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Herman Feldman
U.S
Peurifoy
Mama
Grocer
Maughan
Indo-China
Enee
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