Deaf Mute Is Puzzle A Victim or Suspect
County Attorney Granville Scanland and public defender Charles Moss moved to contest what they call a possible miscarriage of justice in the Daniel Henry West case. West, 36, deaf mute, became the focus after Moss alerted officials and Scanland began his own inquiry with several advocates for the handicapped.
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Henry Burchfiel
Granville Scanland
Charles Moss
Daniel Henry West
Moss
Scanland
Ursday
Missing C-47 Found Nine Die in Mountain Crash
DEL RIO Texas March 3 Sheriff A E Steinmetz said a missing C 47 crashed in the Colorado mountains south of here in Mexico killing all nine aboard The plane on a flight from Hamilton Field California to Kelly Field San Antonio was last reported over Wink Texas at 8 26 am Monday It had landed earlier at El Paso The crash occurred about 100 miles southwest of Del Rio in Tierras Coloradas Two Civil Air Patrol fliers Ray Treadwell and George Vaughn died in the search near Fort McKavitt Menard County The recovered crew listed Maj Lucian N Youngblood Houston Set H B Jones Wellington Colo Capt George N Pennington Chicago Cpl Donald V Nutt Baker Ore Capt William R Barnes Jr Marshall Tex First Lt William W McClure Venetia Pa Second Lt Glen J Werden Warroad Minn T Sgt Marcus Slayton Tyron Ga D H Stewart Navy man address not listed
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Texas
A. E. Steinmetz
Colorado Mountains
Here
Mexico
Hamilton Field
Calif
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Wink
el Paso
Kelly Airforce Base
Lucian N. Youngblood
Houston
Jimmy Doolittle
Japan
H. B. Jones
Wellington
Colo
George N. Pennington
Chicago
Donald V. Nutt
Baker
Ore
William R. Barnes Jr
Marshall
William W. McClure
Venetia
Glen J. Werden
Warroad
Minn
Marcus Slayton
Tyron
D. H. Stewart
Tierras Coloradas
R. A. Whitehead Ranch
West Texas
Ray Treadwell
George Vaughn
California
Treadwell
Fort McKavitt
Menard County
Civil Air Patrol
Fair weather and warmer through Friday
U S Weather Bureau Airport Station notes local fair skies and rising temperatures with winds from the south. Today highs near 57, lows around 40, and Friday highs in the 60s with a slight warm up in most areas. Shippers are advised that the next 24 to 36 hours will see above freezing temperatures in all directions.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Freshmen debaters top Seminole high school rivals
In Seminole, two 14 year old freshmen Frank Gordon Mitchell and Oliver Johns challenged upperclassmen in debate and quickly dominated rounds. They won 27 of 29 debates this year, with losses only to Classen Oklahoma City and a Springfield Missouri semifinal. Their fathers lead the school and district.
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Times
Bob East
Harland B. Mitchell
Seminole
Frank Gordon Mitchell
Oliver Johns
Eminole
Seminole High School
Oliver
Frank
QO. D. Johns
Classen
Oklahoma City
Phillips University
Enid
Springfield
East Central State College
Ada
Mitchell
Fight Pledged For School Bill In Oklahoma House
In Oklahoma Thursday the house rushed to salvage the school bill after the senate rejected it amid a mass farmers protest at the capitol. Representative T Dunlap vowed to fight for a fair bill, while Al Easterly and Al Jenings urged revision to win broad support and salvage the statewide common school system. Senate leaders work on a new bill, aiming to base it on the old proposal if possible, as the session continues. Ferman Phillips of the Oklahoma Education Association comments on the ongoing effort.
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Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Senate
Forks of the Creek
State Capitol
Dunlap
T. Dunlap
Red Oak
House Committee On Education
Alvan
Ben Easterly
Alva
Easterly
al Jenings
Tulsa
Nance
Jennings
James C. Nance
Purcell
Ferman Phillips
Oklahoma Education Association
Rooster Attacks Duncan Man Injures McLain in Fence Jam
C Z McLain 78 was injured chasing a rooster when the bird turned and knocked him against a barbed wire fence. A doctor sewed fourteen stitches in his nose and face. Duncan, March 3 UP.
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Duncan
C. Z. McLain
Statehood Nod Won by Hawaii
Washington report on March 3 notes the house territories subcommittee approved Hawaii statehood in a brief session. The vote was unanimous with no opposition witnesses. A bill to admit Alaska as a state will be reviewed by the same subcommittee Friday.
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Washington
House Territories
Hawaii
Joseph R. Farrington
Redden
N. C
Alaska
Union
Michigan tragedy claims widow and nine children in blaze
A widowed mother Maude Clover and nine children aged 3 to 15 perished in a Lakewood Michigan fire started by an oil stove explosion. A roomer August Tasky also died. A survivor was hospitalized in Muskogon in critical condition. Authorities fear three more Clover children may be dead.
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Muskegon
Mich
Maude Clover
Lakewood
Prelate Leads Clergy to Dig Struck Graves
Cardinal Spellman will supervise 100 seminarians aiding burial at Calvary cemetery Queens as 300 striking CIO cemetery workers press a five day week and $59.40 for six days. Union leaders deny communist links and vow to continue the walkout affecting about 600 unburied bodies.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
George Ehardt
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Msgr. Ehardt
Cardinal Spellman
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
Hawthorne
CIO United Cemetery Workers
CIO Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Joseph Manning
Life Stirs For Dead Executive In Texas Comeback
OUSTON Texas March 3 Chris J Christensen once a San Francisco city supervisor surfaced in a Dallas street hotel as his wife prepared to fly in He admitted he Drifted from Jan 14 1948 death note after political pressure He blamed a lapse of memory and machine politics for his disappearance and said he had been selling Bibles while not working He has two children and no money to reunite with his family.
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Ouston
Texas
Chris J. Christensen
San Francisco
Christensen
Golden Gate Bridge
City Supervisory Board
Juanita Christensen
Mild and Dry Weather Seen in Oklahoma Forecast
Drying weather with bright skies expected in Oklahoma over the next day and a half. Forecast highs in the 57 to 60s, above freezing statewide, with Oklahoma City at 57 to 60 degrees and cool to mild readings elsewhere. Overnight lows ranged from the upper 30s to mid 40s across various cities.
Gls Tighten Siege of Reds
American troops tightened a blockade around eight Russians at the Soviet repatriation mission in Frankfurt, blocking street access after one Russian requested a newspaper. An American lieutenant was kept on duty. Provost Marshal Col. Wood protested blocking photographers, while Berlin Soviet commander Sokolovsky called the action shameful. The Russians refused to leave their mansion without Moscow orders.
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Frankfurt
U.S
Col. S. A. Wood
Wood
Stars and Stripes
Berlin
Marshall Vassilly D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Moscow
Cash-Shy Seamstress Fights Off Thief on Street
In Los Angeles on a March night, Eileen Mainhard, 22, unemployed, defended her purse with a swift counterattack. Officer James Ortega reports a man attempted to snatch her money. she tackled him, throwing him into the gutter and injuring him. Pedro Soto, 22, was jailed.
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Los Angeles
Eileen Mainhard
James Ortega
Pedro Soto
Textiles Exports Top 237 Million In 1948 From Japan
Allied headquarters reported Japan exported over 237 million dollars of textiles in 1948. The United States remained the largest buyer, purchasing about 90 percent of silk exports, with roughly half of the textiles consisting of cotton goods.
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Tokyo
Allied
Japan
United States
Elk City Crash Fatal to Texan
Lawrence Ray Matheson 23 Amarillo taxicab operator died when a car overturned twice on the east edge of Elk City at 5 30 am. Linda E Ray 22 Texarkana and Joe Bryan McKee 22 Amarillo were injured. Patrolman Jim Culwell said driver unclear. The previous fatality here was Darwin Elk 34.
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Elk City
Times
Lawrence Ray Matheson
Amarillo
Matheson
Linda E. Ray
Texarkana
Texas
Joe Bryan McKee
Miss Ray
McKee
Jim Culwell
Darwin Elk
Shell Sealed Hospital Found Buried in 1918 Battle Zone
Arras France March 3 reports say searchers uncovered a subterranean German army field hospital buried since 1918 when a shell cut off its communications trench. Skeletons lay on cots along walls. German rifles and helmets stood by the door. one patient appeared to be in surgery when the shell struck.
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Arras
France
M. Fleury Leblond
Lille
Airliner Lands Safely In Farmer's Pasture
A Capital Airlines DC-3 made a forced landing in a cow pasture on a Frankfort Springs farm near Pittsburgh, 12 miles from the city airport. The craft carried 12 passengers and a crew of four, with no injuries reported to any aboard. The pilot was Captain Ralph Fretwell of Chicago.
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Pittsburgh
Capital Airlines
Here
Greater
Frank Myers
Frankfort Springs
Capital
Washington
Ralph Fretwell
Chicago
John A. Stuart Dies at 64 in Pawhuska Bank Career
John A. Stuart 64 a former Ralston banker and longtime First National Bank associate in Pawhuska died Wednesday night of a heart attack at his home Funeral services will be held in the Catholic church Friday Survivors include three sons Dr John A Stuart Tulsa Albert Waggoner Alexander Shawnee a daughter Lorene Stuart University of Oklahoma Norman and a brother Donald L Stuart Waurika
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Pawhuska
John A. Stuart
Ralston
First National Bank
Tulsa
Albert
Waggoner
Alexander
Shawnee
Lorene Stuart
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Donald L. Stuart
Waurika
Britain Cites Reports Of Israeli Troop Movements
London reports indicate troop movements by Israeli forces in Palestine observed by British officials. A foreign office spokesman cautioned the movements were not yet authenticated for comment. British troops are stationed in Aqaba, where they arrived in January amid tensions with Trans-Jordan.
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Foreign Office
Britain
Palestine
Red Sea
Aqaba
Trans-Jordan
Israel
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