Iron City Mayor Fends Off Klansmen With Gunfire
Georgia mayor C L Drake of Iron City said seven or eight cars carrying hooded Klansmen tried to kidnap him at his home at 3 am on July 17. He fired, they fled. No arrests. sheriff notes intimidation claims tied to local politics. Drake described threats and a staged pickup attempt by the group.
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Donalsonville
South Georgia
Iron City
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Atlanta
C. L. Chandler
Seminole County
Chandler
Drake
Rock Pond
Trash Pile Blamed For Night Club Fire
The county night club Ramona's at 2323 S May, formerly the Midnight Sun, burned in a $30,000 blaze. Fire warden R J Potts said arson is unlikely and testimony points to a trash pile outside the kitchen door as the start. Firefighters dragged hoses from blocks away and the recently remodeled structure was a total loss.
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R. J. Potts
Ramona
Lake Texoma Area Effect To Be Studied
Clarence Burch announced a survey on Lake Texoma to assess its economic and social impact on Oklahoma and Texas communities and counties. Dr. Leonard Logan, director of the University of Oklahoma institute of community development, will supervise the study.
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Texoma
Oklahoma
Texas
Clarence Burch
State Planning and Resources Board
Leonard Logan
University of Oklahoma Institute of Community Development
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures and Winds
The Weather Foon reports warm today with highs near 86 and lows around 74. Tonight and Wednesday expect partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers in the northwest portion. Winds will be fresh to strong from the south today and tonight, with a tendency for temperature changes to 60s at night and highs near 95 on Wednesday.
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Foon c. S
Panhandle
Cheeebere
Six Held in $50 Million Numbers Racket Fraud
New York July 26 Six men were booked in a three state sweep over a $50 million numbers racket. One suspect Irving Bitz a former Lindbergh kidnaping figure identified in line up as the celebrated Bitz. The group faced conspiracy and lottery charges for manipulating Cincinnati clearing house totals to fix daily winning numbers. Others include Tony Strollo Dennison Duble and Daniel Zwillman linked to Newark and Cincinnati operations. Police say the scheme used bond figures and local clearing house totals to generate numbers with high odds.
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New York
Irving Bitz
New York Journal American
Harry Hanley
Bitz
Charles A. Lindbergh
Salvatore Spitale
Franks
Hogan
Aids
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clearing House Association
Dennison Duble
Cincinnati Clearing House Association
Cincinnati Bank Clearing
Stckers
States
Anthony Strollo
Tony Bender
East
Strollo
Cliffside Park
N. J
Duble
Newark
Daniel Zwillman
Abner “Longy” Zwillman
Staten Island
Wall Street
Cincinnati Clearing House Daily
Kean, Taylor and Co
New York Mirror
Teasing Showers Forecast Across Oklahoma State
Forecast calls for teasing showers three nights this week with isolated thunderstorms possible. Boise City and Guymon reported 0.43 inches and 0.42 inches respectively, while Edabell saw rain. Oklahoma City highs near 86, lows around 74, Alva reached 103, with statewide rainfall around a quarter inch.
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Oklahoma City
Mr. Maughan
Panhandle
Boise City
Guymon
Edabel
Alva
Oklahoma
Ardmore Relief Fund Reaches 187 For Injured Girls
Ardmore fund for treatment and rehabilitation of Negro girls injured in a highway accident has reached 187.45 dollars. The girls were riding in a truck en route to a swimming party at Lake Murray when the wreck occurred.
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Ardmore
Lake Murray
Miners Vote on Return to Work at Eagle-Picher Plant
In Commerce a meeting of Eagle-Picher Mining & Smelting Co workers drew about 500 attendees. A majority approved a contract offering, which would reduce average daily pay by $3.08, though no company officials were present to comment or finalize.
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Eagle-Picher Mining & Smelting Co
Sdiool
Weatherford Midgets U10s Enjoy Picnic Baseball Tour
Weatherford hosts welcomed Jefferson school boys after a trip to Tribe park for a game with soda pops and snacks. The Oklahoma City visitors stayed over, joined by Weatherford locals for a country picnic and swim. Junior baseball is run by the Weatherford chamber with Crouch directing public relations and several locals assisting.
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Weatherford
City
Jefferson
Oklahoma City
Frank Coleman
Terry Iliff
Yaseatherroes
Employers Hit Jobless Plan
Washington July 26 President Truman proposes a reorganization of jobless services moving U S employment and unemployment compensation programs from the Federal Security Agency to the Labor Department. Walter J Mackey of Columbus Ohio told the Senate expenditures committee that employers distrust the Labor Department s impartial administration. Objections also came from the U S Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Manufacturers Assn.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Federal Security Agency
Department of Labor
Walter J. Mackey
Columbus
Ohio
Senate Expenditures Committee
Labor Department
Mackey
Ohio Manufacturers’ Association
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Manufacturers’ Assn
Move to Halve Europe Arming Aid Is Started
Washington July 26 Republican backers of military aid for western Europe moved to cut Truman’s foreign arms program to less than half. Vandenberg and Dulles irked that state department ignored their advice to submit only a token plan, while working on an alternative that would fund surplus equipment and new gear for NATO signers. The plan aims under $1.45 billion, with $77 million for surplus handling and about $1 billion for eight pact signers, plus $325 million for Greece and Turkey. House hearings expected to begin Thursday as Vorys supports an interim program, while Lucas cautions Congress to decide the total funding.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Truman
Congress
Vandenberg
Dulles
R. Mich
State Department
GOP
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
Mr. Truman
Administration
George
North Atlantic Defense Council
Senate
House
Vorys
Lucas
Illinois
Indian Fighter Bids For Veterans' Pension in Ohio
Indian fighter James Finley of Rehoboth Ohio applied for a veteran's pension on his claim he served with an Ohio unit in the Oklahoma badlands from 1882 to 1885 and was wounded three times by Indian arrows. He told Perry county service officer Harlan Smith that he lost his discharge and never received a pension. A check will be made for a copy of the service record.
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New Lexington
Ohio
U.P
James Finley
Rehoboth
Oklahoma Badlands
Finley
Perry
Harlan Smith
Smith
Barkley Sees Pretty Widow In St. Louis
Vice President Alben W. Barkley, 71, flew in a private plane to St. Louis and attended a social luncheon for Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley, a widow, at the Conners home amid about 15 guests. The visit occurred while Barkley was en route back to Washington from Minneapolis.
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ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
E. M. Conner
Barkley
Washington
Minneapolis
Ecuador Revolt Attempt Defeated By Government Forces
Quito report says President Galo Plaza Lasso’s government crushed a revolt led by Col. Carlos Mancheno. Army troops repelled attacks on the presidential palace while Mancheno tried to seize tanks. Quayaquil remained quiet as rebels faltered.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Carlos Mancheno
Quayaquil
Mancheno
Pleasanton River Flood Reaches City as Damage Mounts
Pleasanton Texas faced fresh flood waters isolating homes after nine inches of rain in the Atascosa river basin. City official Charles A. Dobbin estimated property damage up to $1 million and warned crops including peanuts and cotton would suffer heavy losses. The river remained out of banks and officials feared more flood risk despite passing rainfall.
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Pleasanton
Texas
Atascosa River
Charles A. Dobbin
San Antonio
Atascosa
Red Cross
St. Louis
A. B. Ogden
Dobbins
Ample evidence upholds conspiracy charge against sheriff and whiskey kingpin
U S circuit court of appeals in Denver affirms the conspiracy conviction of Muskogee county Sheriff Eddie Briggs and Fred Payne to run a wholesale liquor business without taxes and records. The ruling cites Briggs own statements and Payne's large roadside operation as proof of the plan. Briggs received a three month sentence and a $1000 fine.
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Paul Robarts
Eddie Briggs
Muskogee County
Fred Payne
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma City
Payne
Briggs
Federal District Court
Dewey Stokes
Stokes
Payne’s Place
Appellate Court
U S Judge Bill Clears Hurdle in Oklahoma Judiciary Bill
U S House conferees backed a senate amendment to make permanent the second western Oklahoma district judgeship, advancing the omnibus judiciary bill. Final House approval remains. Oklahoma would then have five permanent district judges and one appeals judge, with other districts already staffed.
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Oklahoman-Times
Washington Bureau
Washington
House
Senate
Oklahoma
Congress
Western Oklahoma
Edgards. Vaught
Stephen Chandler
United States District
United States Court of Appeals
Alfred P. Murrah
Eastern
Eugene Rice
Muskogee
Tulsa
Roy Savage
Bower Broaddus
Henryetta Man Held Insane After Shooting
Tommy Simpson, 22, was ruled insane by a two-doctor sanity board. He was accused of shooting his wife Norma Ruth, 21, in the back. Simpson will be taken to Eastern Oklahoma hospital at Winita after pleading innocent to assault with intent to kill.
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Henryetta
Sanity Board
Tommy Simpson
Simpson
Norma Ruth
K. D. Bailey
Eastern Oklahoma
Winita
Action on Rent Decontrol Delayed by Bartlesville Vote
Bartlesville city commission delays action on lifting rent controls until the U S Supreme Court decides constitutionality of the rent control bill. A Chicago federal judge declared the act unconstitutional but the government said it would appeal.
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Bartlesville
Despondent pilot dies in cemetery dive at Calif city
Russell Higby Jr., 23, son of a produce merchant, terrorized Terrified City by buzzing and diving a Cessna over the town for an hour. He struck a cemetery at the city limits on his second dive from 2000 feet, killing himself. Debris scattered 1500 feet, the mausoleum partly burned. Higby, an ambulance driver in World War II, leaves two young daughters.
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Sears
Heriff
Russell Higby
Beverly
Higby
England
Have Your Papers With You On Your Vacation
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State
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Jim Lucas
Lindbergh
Commerce
U.S
Mr. Barkley
Bill Clears
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