House Probers Ready to Put Prison on Pan
Oklahoma House debate heats as ONE-A committee heads to McAlester to probe the penitentiary. A $234,960 supplementary appropriation is proposed to operate the state prison for the remainder of the fiscal year, while reforms and a new board of welfare and correctional institutions are debated. Leaders clash over governance, patronage, and gambling prohibitions at the facility.
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McAlester
House
Paul Harkey
Idabel
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Lonnie W. Brown
Laing
Brown
Phil Lowery
Loco
Charles P. Burford
Gov. Turner
Barrett Brown
Reformatory
Granite
Stringtown
Girlstown
Tecumseh
Boley and
Taft
State Board of Affairs
Board of Welfare and Correctional Institutions
Weather Summary From U S Weather Station
Cloudy with light rain possible this afternoon and tonight. Cold with a risk of freezing rain tonight. Friday mostly cloudy and slightly warmer. Northerly winds, diminishing tonight. Today’s high near 38, low around 25. Friday highs in the 40s. Next 24 to 36 hours show variable temperatures across regions with cooler east and southeast tonight.
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U. S
Atomic leak seen Mexican smuggler held
Mexico City report says a 21 percent inch long uranium slug was found with a Mexican detainee on a highway stop. U S FBI and Mexican agents probe origin amid a broader inquiry into a possible leak in American atomic security and plans to purchase more material. Authorities describe a cloak and dagger investigation with offers of millions in uranium, while analysts warn the sample may be uranium but possibly of uncertain value.
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FBI
Mexico City
U.S
United States Atomic Security
Mexico
United Press
United States
U. S.S
Slug
Woman Coplon Faces New Spy Indictment
Washington reports a second federal indictment against Judith Coplon 27 a former Justice official for spying. The District of Columbia charge accuses her of copying and stealing department documents using data on national defense and FBI reports. Coplon pleaded innocent in New York and was released on bond. co defendant Valentine Gubitchev claims diplomatic immunity and remains silent.
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New York City
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
New York
Thomas J. Donegan
Miss Coplon
Donegan
Washington
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Foreign Agents Registration Section
Oak Ridge Sets Mark For Deathless Traffic
Oak Ridge Tennessee reports a new national record for traffic safety by reaching 45,105,000 man days without a fatal accident as of March 15. With a population around 36,000, the city last recorded a traffic death on December 13, extending a three year plus streak.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
National Safety Council
Jury Asks to Study Godbey Trial Exhibits
A six to six deadlocked jury requested that the exhibits from Roy Frank Godbey murder trial be sent to the jury room as deliberations resumed Thursday morning. Four hours of Wednesday night deliberations yielded no verdict. The case also involves an 18 year old armed robbery conviction and related evidence rulings. Judge Clarence Mills presided as defense and prosecution debated admissibility of past acts, with special assistant prosecutor Jerome Sullivan opposing and counsel Braly testifying.
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Roy Frank Godbey
Godbey
Clarence Mills
Waurika
Jerome Sullivan
Duncan
Turnpike Loan Plea Delayed
Washington report states the Oklahoma turnpike authority’s $35 million loan application is incomplete. A Reconstruction Finance Corp official, speaking off the record, says no action will occur until full information is received and engineers can inspect the project, with hearings unlikely for weeks due to staff shortages.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Oklahoma City Welcomes Conventions Boom of 1948
Crowds visiting Oklahoma City in 1948 spent about 20 million dollars in hotels, dining, shopping, and services. The city hosted 667 conventions with 228,320 attendees, averaging 22 dollars per attendee per day. The era of big business from conventions grew quietly, after early resistance to hosting such events. Cont. on Page 23.
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Gilbert Hill
Oklahoma City
Okla- A
Biltmore
Skirvin Tower
Municipal Auditorium
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Victor E. Harlow
Chamber of Commerce
E. L. Gosselin
Harlow
Officials Refuse to Fund County Revaluation Program
County commissioners and excise board members halted the countywide property revaluation survey, voting no additional funds to finish work started in February 1946. Assessor Cragin Smith said the program cannot be completed with current staff and appropriations, warning that millions of taxable values may never reach tax rolls. Crowe's committee urged $55,000 more, while warning outside oversight would be illegal.
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Cragin Smith
Smith
W. P. Crowe
Citizens
Crowe
Mable
Excise Board
Board of Commissioners
American GI held by Russians in Berlin freed
Pvt. Fred J. Jacobson of Birmingham Alabama was held four days by Soviet forces in Berlin after being kidnapped from a cafe near a Russian airfield. He said captors threatened to harm his family in America if he refused to provide information before he was released and later flown out through the four power channels.
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Berlin
America
Fred J. Jacobson
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas F. Lancer
Jacobson
7773
Signal Service Company
Germany
Red Airfield
Lancer
United States
Four Allen Teachers Hurt in Ada Crash
Four Allen school teachers from Ada were injured when their car overturned on SH 12 eight miles east of Ada at 8 30 am Thursday. The Mrs Glenn Clark Mrs Ruby McNinch Mrs Stella Robinson and Mrs Willie K Moore were hospitalized with injuries whose extent was not immediately known.
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Ada
Allen
Glenn Clark
Ruby McNinch
Stella Robinson
Willie K. Moore
SH 12
Atlantic security pact to be revealed Friday
Washington reports the Atlantic security pact of 1,040 words will be made public at 10 a.m. Friday. Twelve nations have been invited to sign, with the signing expected early in April. Secretary Acheson will speak Friday night at 9:30 p.m. CST on a nationwide radio broadcast. Network carriers include Mutual, Columbia, and American.
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Washington
State Department
Acheson
Mutual
Columbia
American
Granite Junior Class To Present Daffy Dills Play
Granite junior class will stage the play Daffy Dills at the high school auditorium on March 25. Sponsor and coach is Miss Joanna Thurston, speech instructor. Cast includes J. D. Burnett Loyce Stewart Dorothy Woods Margie Reed Billy Carothers Don Leach Eddie Ruth Cypert Rudean Hunt Jerry Gates Dorothy Breedings Margie Lott Glenna Thacker.
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Granite
Daffy Dills
Joanna Thurston
J. D. Burnett
Loyce Stewart
Dorothy Woods
Margie Reed
Billy Carothers
Don Leach
Eddie Ruth Cypert
Rudean Hunt
Jerry Gates
Dorothy Breedings
Margie Lott
Glenna Thacker
Appellate Court Denies State Kidnapper Freedom
The appellate court denied Francis B. Norris’s petition seeking release from McAlester state penitentiary where he is serving a 10 year sentence for kidnapping. The ruling notes no grounds to grant his release.
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Francis B. Norris
McAlester State Penitentiary
Orphaned Tots Find New Life In America
A group of 66 war orphaned children from Germany arrived in New York on March 17 to enter foster homes. Six-year-old Erna Kulmanis cried when offered pot roast while attendants and volunteers welcomed them. The children wore khaki hats and oversized hand me downs, reflecting their uncertain start in a new country.
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New York
Germany
Erna Kulmanis
America
Tito's Downfall Feared As Soviet Troops March
Rome reports Astra says Soviet troops and anti Tito Yugoslav forces gather at Yugoslavia frontiers. Cominform calls for action to topple Tito as he faces alleged split with Kremlin. Trieste sources claim talks with western representatives on Brioni island and near Pola. Albanian border airlift and Romanian border troop movements noted.
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Tito
Rome
Astra
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Soviet Union
Trieste
Istria
Brioni
Pola
Giornale di Trieste
Giornale
Albania
Freezing Rain Dips Into State Across Oklahoma
Freezing rain slipped into northwest Oklahoma early Thursday with cold intermittent drizzle forecast for Oklahoma City and surrounding areas. Temperatures were to stay near 38 in the city, dropping from 68 at the airport, with overnight readings near 25 and potential freezing as low as 20 in the far northwest. Guymon led warmth with 77 on Wednesday while Waynoka fell to 29 and southern towns Ardmore and McAlester bottomed at 60.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Classen Station
Panhandle
Et Gage
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Tulsa
Guthrie
Guymon
Waynoka
Ardmore
McAlester
Couple marks 65 years of marriage at Selman
Mr and Mrs J C Huckaby celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in Selman They wed in Polk county Missouri in 1884 and homesteaded near the area in 1901 later remaining on the farm for decades The couple’s long life together highlights community history and rural loyalty
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Selman
J. C. Huckaby
Polk County
Missouri
Stock Auction To End Show At Oklahoma 4 H Junior Livestock Event
Oklahoma City leaders gather at the Coliseum for the closing stock auction of the 4 H and FFA Junior Livestock show. The auction supports farming in Oklahoma as youth explain how prize money funds foundation herds and future stock. Walter Cummings Jr. notes the yardstick value of these animals for back home herds while beef buyers bid to support younger breeders. The program includes a Skirvin hotel reception and a chuck wagon feed as the auction night unfolds.
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FFA
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Walter Cummings Jr
Frederick Ffa
Armour & Co
Skirvin Hotel
Livestock Page Briefs From Page Seven Column Three
Page seven column three carries livestock notes and market updates. Entries reference cattle prices hog futures and dairy movements with brief price ranges and regional market mentions. No individuals or organizations are named beyond standard market identifiers.
Cities on Mexico Border Celebrate Founder's Day
Calexico California March 17 U P The international boundary between Calexico and its sister city Mexicali Mexico existed in name only Thursday. Civilian and military leaders and thousands of visitors from both countries joined in a three day fiesta celebrating the discovery of the Imperial Mexicali valley in 1775. More than 5 000 Calexico and Mexicali school children marched between the cities in a gesture of friendship.
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Calexico
Calif
U.P
Mexicali
Mexico
Imperial- Mexicali Valley
Calexico and
Tulsa U Scholarship Won by McAlester Senior
Robert H. Smith a McAlester high school senior won Tulsa University's annual scholarship after competitive examinations held Thursday in Tulsa. The award supports higher study at the university.
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Tulsa
U.2
Robert H. Smith
McAlester
Tulsa University
Injection May Prove Radioactivity Shield
Cincinnati report on March 17 quotes Rear Admiral Lamont Pugh announcing a possible injection to immunize humans against atomic explosion radioactivity. He spoke at a Red Cross luncheon after addressing navy medicine officials and said extensive research is underway with little doubt of eventual success.
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Cincinnati
Lamont Pugh
Washingtonian
Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Red Cross
Second Lead Price Cut Made in Tri State Area
Joplin report shows another price drop in lead in the tri state district on Wednesday. The latest cut of 21.60 per ton follows a 34.80 decrease on March 10, bringing concentrates to 234.52 per ton. A mine official said reductions eat almost all profits for some thin mines.
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Joplin
Tri-State
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Mills
Judge Mills
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J. C. Braly
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