Raiders Grab 12000 Load In Wild Chase
Oklahoma City liquor seizure ends in a dramatic pursuit. A red truck and a 1948 sedan loaded with 3024 pints valued at 12000 were stopped near Shawnee after shots were fired on the highway. Sam Humphries and John Wendell Call were jailed on liquor charges. Call faced weapon counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Tecumseh
Shawnee
Sam Humphries
John Wendell Call
Oklahoma County
On Call
Call
Texarkana
Ark
L. H. Kolb
P. L. Borden
Glen Roberts
Kolb
J. G. Muse
Borden
Douglas
Roberts
Muse
SH 18
Humphries
Vernon Bowman
Foreign Aid Bill Faces GOP Hurdles In Senate Vote
Senate leaders push the $5.58 billion foreign aid package ahead of a Monday vote while GOP members like Wherry urge delays for extensive amendments. Capehart calls for a $3 billion authorization, arguing focus should be on the U.S. economy rather than European spending. Vandenberg and Connally press for full funding with later possible reductions, noting farm aid and recovery goals amid European economic aims. History notes Donnell’s NC pact speech looms after April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lucas
Senate
Wherry
Neb
Sen
Donnell
Sena
Capehart
Ind
Indiana
Marshall Plantations
Vandenberg
Mich
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Connally
Texas
Congress
ECA
United States
Argentine Union Seeks To Block Cugat Tour
The Argentine Musicians union said it will try to prevent Xavier Cugat and his orchestra from touring here on Wednesday. They threaten a general strike, arguing Argentine musicians cannot play in the United States unless they have six months residency, a rule they say should apply universally. The dispute centers on residency requirements for performers traveling between nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentine Musicians Union
Xavier Cugat
United States
Eeere
Cugat
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau Airport Station
Local forecast notes cloudy windy and warmer today with partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. High near 65 and low around 45. East portion shows showers and thunderstorms ending by noon with overall cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becom
Shawnee Theft Linked to Ring
Shawnee police link Friday Higgins Motor Co burglary to a larger auto theft ring. A $2700 Packard demonstrator was stolen after the safe knob was removed and a notary seal taken. Thieves gained entry through a back door as bookkeeper Mrs. Helen Downey heard a noise around 1 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
H. H. Bonner
Higgins Motor Co
Bonner
Higgins
Helen Downey
Motor Company
Lawyer Seeks to Block Judgment for Railroad
Wisconsin attorney Irving H. Green filed a notice in federal court to block a federal decision on railroad liability. He reports a damage suit is underway in Milwaukee courts for Freeman against the Rock Island Railroad. He says an affidavit was filed in Hennepin county district court seeking damages.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Freeman
Irving H. Green
Hennepin County
Peace Conference Uproar Marked by Protests and Arrests
New York March 26 The three Canadians were seized by federal agents during the world peace conference keynote session as tension ran high. Norman Cousins clashed with the audience amid boos and jeers while 2,000 pickets protested in the rain outside the Waldorf Astoria. Dmitri Shostakovich urged cooperation to defend peace as delegates from many nations filled the room for the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Hiltren Hellman
Cousins
Dmitri Shostakovich
Waldorf-Astoria
State Department
America
Lillian Hellman
Miss Hellman
Tornadoes, storms sweep Texas and the Mississippi Valley
Severe weather swept the western Gulf and lower Mississippi states with tornadoes and wind storms. Springtown Texas suffered a damaging tornado injuring several. Desdemona and Alvord also reported injuries and heavy damage. A Dallas area round saw injuries. El Paso wind storm killed a 36 year old man. Mississippi deaths and injuries rose near Greenwood as rainfall totals topped three inches in Jackson and Vicksburg.
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Associated Press
Gulf
Mississippi River
Springtown
Texas
Fort Worth
Highway Patrol
Desdemona
Alvord
Seymour
Dallas
Benjamin
el Paso
Albert Allen Avery
Greenwood
Miss
Jackson
Vicksburg
United States Weather Bureau
Minnesota
North Dakota
Denver
Crowder Tornado Ravages Indian Town in Oklahoma
Tornadoes struck Crowder Oklahoma and nearby Haywood Westville killing one woman and injuring fourteen. rescuers from McAlester searched ruins as damage topped two hundred thousand dollars. Several buildings were destroyed including three churches and nearly every business in Crowder.
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Times
M’alester
Crowder
Here
Haywood
Rock Island
Jane Coling
Humphrey Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Hospital
Guy Boatright
Rachael Mohler
Henry McClelland
LeRoy Steidley
Albert Pike Hospital
Jewel Daniel
Jewel Hays
Jewel Hays Jr
Henry Dobbs
C. H. Hays
Ray Doctor
W. H. Boatman
Jack Rogers
Westville
Adair County
Arkansas Line
Kate Bigby
Telephone Exchange
Baron Canning Co
Adeille
Twister
Baird Martin
McAlester
Church of God
Church of Christ
J. M. Banks
Martin
Japan to Revive Rotary in April
Asahi reports Japan will reorganize its international Rotary club in April after being disbanded in 1940 by militarists who suspected foreign spies in clubs. Japanese Rotarians later formed The Wednesday Club under a different name.
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Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
International Rotary Club
Britain to Tighten Ban On War Goods to Reds
LONDON March 26 Britain plans tighter export controls on materials with potential military value to communist areas. A confidential U S led schedule aims to bar items used for jet engines and precision instruments and may broaden restrictions beyond current lists. Washington has shared schedules with 19 European recovery program participants as Britain considers new agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Washington
Congress Faces Tough Rent Decontrol Debate
Congress negotiators aim to resolve a rent bill as they weigh a broad home rule decontrol provision allowing governments to scrap rent controls with governor approval. The Senate and House differ on how to handle rent increases and ceilings, with chairmen and Rep. Paul Brown urging a balance of returns and value. Public sentiment shows limited enthusiasm for broad removal of controls before the federal law expires.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Senate
House
Associated Press
Boise
Idaho
Potter P. Howard
Senate-House Conference Committee
Paul Brown
Brown
Sparkman
Officer Hurt Chasing Car in City Crash
Scoutcar patrolman Ray Clark, 31, was injured with a fractured ankle when the patrol car, pursuing two speeding autos, crashed into another vehicle at NW 16 and Broadway. Partner Huel Hamm escaped injury. Driver of the other car, Charles Ray Boyles, 18, Oklahoma City, faces no charges pending investigation.
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NW 16
Broadway
Ray Clark
Scoutcar
Mercy Hospital
Huel Hamm
Charles Ray Boyles
General Delivery
Oklahoma City
Youth Pleads Innocent To Stolen Car Charge
Earl Stephen Jones 18 with address 211 SW 4 pleaded innocent in Wichita Falls on a federal charge of driving a stolen car from Oklahoma City to Seymour Texas. Paul Showalter U S commissioner presiding in the Northern Texas district filed the complaint before a federal judge.
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Earl Stephen Jones
Oklahoma City
Seymour
Texas
Paul Showalter
U. S
Wichita Falls
Youth Married in Jail Spends Honeymoon There
FRANKLIN Kentucky March 26 A man who met and wed his bride in jail is spending his honeymoon at Eddyville state prison. Harry Jones 23 of Bowling Green was transferred Friday to begin a 10 year term for malicious assault. Simpson circuit court set his sentence last week for deliberately running down and injuring Kenneth Traughber 16 with his car. While in jail Jones became acquainted with Miss Ailene Wright 35
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Franklin
Eddyville State Prison
Harry Jones
Bowling Green
Simpson Circuit Court
Kenneth Traughber
Jones
Ailene Wright
Swiss Jail Reds Switzerland
March defendants in the case were sentenced in a Swiss city. Engineers and officials involved faced judgments as authorities described the proceedings and outcomes.
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Switzerland
Illinois Officials Exposed to Mumps
Mrs. Adlai Stevenson wife of Illinois governor is ill with the mumps and 50 state senators have been exposed after hosting dinners at the governor's mansion. The governor had mumps as a child and is not considered at risk. Stevenson believes she caught the illness from her 13 year old son John.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Governor's
State Senate
Board Delays Rail Walkout
Washington March 26 The national mediation board intervened in a nationwide strike by 2100 Pullman conductors planned for March 31 delaying the walkout. The ORC says pay and working conditions under current contracts sparked the action, while the railroad adjustment board remains stalled and Fraser reports no notification yet.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Order of Railway Conductors
ORC
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Harry W. Fraser
Shawnee Jaycees Name Autrey President
Shawnee March 26 Special Hal G Autrey Friday night was elected president of the junior chamber of commerce succeeding Jim Shine. Other new officers named were Curtiss Smith vice president Joe Hiner secretary and Clayton Oliver treasurer. A new board of directors will be elected later. The Jaycees are planning a benefit boxing show to help finance a cancer charity ward at City hospital.
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Shawnee
Hal G. Autrey
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jim Shine
Curtiss Smith
Joe Hiner
Clayton Oliver
Jaycees
City Hospital
United States eases trade to widen Tito split with Reds
Washington officials say U S policy shifts to aid Tito against Moscow. scarce American equipment and machinery, denied to other eastern European nations, have been shipped to Yugoslavia with government approval. More aid expected if Tito remains independent from Moscow.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Weather Outlook Figures Rainfall Across Oklahoma Counties
A warm sunny Sunday is forecast after recent showers. Rain totals over the last 24 hours varied with Ardmore reporting .75 inches while others logged smaller amounts such as Hobart .16 and Tulsa .50. Highs around 64 degrees at the airport and Ardmore, with lows near 37 in Guymon.
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McAlester
Maughan
Classen
Ardmore
Hobart
Fort Sill
Gage
Guymon
Tulsa
Waynoka
Woodward
Guthrie
Mr De Linquent Dupe Seeks Tax Payback
In Los Angeles on March 26 U P the figure calling himself T M De Linquent tried to square with Uncle Sam. An internal revenue collector received a cashier’s check for 100 dollars drawn on a Houston bank. The sender gave no name or address and listed occupation as commission agent. He enclosed six years of income tax returns and wrote that he owed 1171.65 dollars and could not pay all at once. He asked to open a delinquent account and promised to pay someday.
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Internal Revenue
Harry Westover
de Linquent
Houston
Texas
France Italy sign customs union pact
France and Italy signed a treaty to establish a Franco Italian customs union in 1950 with a goal of a complete economic merger by 1955. Foreign Ministers Robert Schuman and Count ee eee signed the document as Paris hopes for ratification before Easter. The pact envisions eliminating duties on Franco Italian shipments in the first year and adopting identical tariff schedules with other nations.
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Paris
France
Italy
Robert Schuman
Countee Eee
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Ewe Amene
Saewe
Cgeewees
Jesse
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Wirephoro Bronx
City
Pittsburg
By Hugh Hall
Autrey
Frisco
Tito
Mr. de Linquent
Los Angeles
U.P
T. M. de Linquent
Uncle Sam
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