Young Boy Fined For Carrying A Gun
A 16 year old runaway from New Jersey was fined 2 dollars for carrying a concealed weapon after being found atop the police department records building. The youth named Joseph F P Cawley had a .32 caliber pistol when arrested for the second time in 10 days. He previously ran away from Atlantic City and was delivered to his home, later making detours to Kansas City and Duncan before returning to Lawton. Other fines included 20 dollars for vagancy by loitering and 20 dollars for public drunkenness. one bond for drunkenness was forfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Police Department Records
Joseph FP. Cawley
Atlantic City
N. J
Cers
Kansas City
Duncan
Lawton
J. Merle Quks
James Winkler
Pile
Maryin D. Wall
Richard L. Wall
Fort Sillmon
James Mosley
Funeral Rites for F Thomson Held in Oklahoma
Funeral services were held for Frank Jackson Thomson 75 at an Oklahoma chapel following his death Sunday in a rest home after an extended illness. He was a Tillman county farmer and stockman, married in 1908, with survivors including wife four sons two daughters and numerous grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Oklahoma Chapel
Frank Jackson Thomson
John B. Shelton
Frederick Baptist Church
Thomson
Tillman County
Edna Gilson
Roy L. Thomson
F. J. Thomson
Lee St. Thomson
Fresno
Calif
D. P. Thomson
Fort Worth
Tex
Paul Nicholson
Arthur Endres
Detroit
Mich
Fred Gooding
Fort Collins
Coto
Irvin Redeker
Ralph Keith
Mack Newman
Marshall Akin
Roy Knight
P. Baird
T. J. Burns
Walter Duncan
Will Wraver
Hugh V. Akin
E. A. Hetner
Tom Flowers
Rolin Baird
Sewell Marconi
Church of Christ
Cornell
Zetta Pierce
H. R. Cornwell
Faxon
Lawton Funeral Home
Fierce
Decatur
Charley Pierce
Fox
Commwell
Jennings
Turon
Roy Clark
Thelma Boyd
Velma Pierce
J. O. Walker
Pauls Valley
Hubert
Floyd
Paul
Oscar
John Pierce
Duncan
Serviers
Fletcher Funeral Home
Reatha Blackman
Lawton
Doc Owens
Oklahoma City
Joe Owens
Kasas
Hettie Owens
Eartha Owens
Okmulgee
Alumni Banquet Date Changed to April 20
Lawrence Mc Cullough announces the Broxton School Alumni banquet relocation from Friday April 19 to Saturday April 20. The president notes the change is official and impacts attendees and scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broxton School
Lawrence McCullough
Mrs FDR Lecture Details At Fort Sill Oklahoma
Mrs Roosevelt activity list includes a 10 am press conference at the McMahon Foundation 716 C a 1 pm workshop for UN education attendees limited to 100 with a 4 pm luncheon at Fort Sill Officers Club Emmett Keough presiding and 1 50 tickets for the 7 45 pm McMahon auditorium lecture introduction by Dr Randall T Klemme Dallas trip follows with AAM meeting and a large local planning committee named including Mrs Black and Mayor Ellsworth from Fort Sill Oklahoma participants from Waldo Stephens Oxlatonia City and other state residents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Stephens
Oxlatonia
McMahon Foundation
Roosevelt
United Nations
Fort Sill
Randall T. Klemme
Oklahoma
AAUM
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Mrs. Roosevelt
McMahon Auditorium
C. R. Ellsworth
Woman's Forum
Ejchelberger
Dallas
Tex
Genral Planning Committee
Black
Thomas E. de. Sharo
Ross Porter
Milton Neating
Woolsey Godlove
J. Hale Edwards
J. R. Montgomery
Ned Shepler
Five Drivers Face Traffic Charges in County Court
County Attorney Warren Crane filed traffic charges this morning against five motorists in Justice of Peace Woodrow Giles court. Oscar Kenneth Jump, 17, of 1911 Taft, charged with driving with improper muffler. Billie Martin Dove, 38, Durban, charged with speeding at night. Clyde Willard Vaughn, 30, of 1410 Taylor, charged with operating an improperly registered vehicle. Roger Pete Williams, 28, of 403 McKinley, charged with operating an improperly registered vehicle. Edward Gray Carter, 56, Wichita Falls, charged with speeding at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles
Oscar’ Kenneth Jump
Taft
Billie Martin Dove
Durban
Clyde Willard Vaughn
Taylor
Roger Pete Williams
McKinley
Marvin EB
Cameron's
Edward Gray Carter
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma prosecutors push for liquor law change
Three state prosecutors urge a shift to information and belief warrants in liquor cases and seek harsher penalties for bootleggers. They propose making prohibition violations felonies and deny advocating repeal or retention of prohibition, calling the issue a decades old disgrace to Oklahoma.
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Berry
Common Pleas Court
Oklahoma
Army Hunts For Object In Back Yard San Gabriel
In San Gabriel California sheriff deputies guarded a yard where demolition experts searched for an unidentified object believed to have crashed. A small crater ten feet wide and deep was dug by ordnance teams from Ft MacArthur with no explosion detected. The object may be a missile meteor or duct bomb about six inches in diameter. locals reported a sonic boom earlier and several Air Force planes were in the area at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Ordnance
Scar Murphy
San Gabriel
Calif
Army
San Gabriel Valley
Los Angeles
Pat Murphy
Oscar
Murphy
Sherif
Ft. MacArthur
Easter Pageant Fans Write From Across States
The Easter Pageant at Lawton continues despite Army land seizures. Executive director Jack Batten says the pageant will go on as in 32 previous years, except when hail halted a crowd. Letters to the chamber and Holy City offices from Oklahoma and nearby states express interest and request bulletin board material.
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Robert de Blonk
U.S. Army
Fort Sill
Jack Batten
Theodore L. Frazier
Springfield
Central Bible Institute
Oklahoma
Lawton
Aghkin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Rule
Marshall
Groom
Denison
Albany
Houston
Mesquite
Amaville
Pasadena
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Greenville
Stephenville
Slaton
Carthage
Linden
McGregor
Galveston
Crosby
Bryan
College Station
Arlington
Petersburg
Madisonville
Copperas Cove
Gainesville
Overton
Kansas
Kingman
Oberlin
Wichita
St. Jon
Cedar
Hepler
South Haven
Caldwell
Missouri
Robbery Hijack Documented In Oklahoma Texas Chase
Victims Mrs Gower and Shouse report two teenage brothers as suspects after a gunpoint hijacking at a Frederick area store. Bandits demanded cash, warned not to use a pistol, and fled in a car tracked by Texas patrol into Vernon. Incorrect tag numbers sparked arrests that were later cleared.
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Shouse
Frederick
Tilman County
Texas
Vernon
Duncan
Red River
Chillicothe
Oklahoma
Correspondence list spans many U S towns and states
The communication includes field towns in Kansas City and St. Louis plus Hume Warrensburg and Sylacauga Alabama. It cites Atlanta Rossville Georgia Athens Louisiana Boswell Danville and Louisville among others with letters from Texarkana USA and Oklahoma City Durant Woodward and more.
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Jackson
Miss
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Durant
Woodward
Blackwell
Midwest City
Henryetta
Drummond
Stillwater
Rolston
Pryor
Broken Bow
Bethany
Edmond
Ardmore
Frederick
Texarkana
USA
Interstate Designation Sought for Oklahoma City Wichita Falls Route
Three Grady County lawmakers Sen Walt Allen and Reps A J Lance Jeff Davis asked the Highway Commission to have the U S Bureau of Public Roads add a proposed four lane highway from Oklahoma City to Wichita Falls Texas to the interstate system. They said federal funding would cover about 90 percent and cited routing near Tinker AFB Fort Sill and Shepherd AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Tex
Grady County
Walt Allen
Chickasha
Reps
A. J. Lance
Alex
Jeff Davis
Rush Springs
Highway Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Tinker Afb
Ft. Sill
Lawton
Sheppard Afb
Gas Leak Sends Gas Clouds Over Ellwood City Area
A chlorine tank car at a Frisco chemical plant released a deadly gas plume early Thursday. Thirty nine people were treated for gas poisoning at Ellwood City hospital and many residents sought care from local physicians. Over a thousand evacuated as fumes dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Frisco
Ellwood City Hospital
Elwood City
Fort Sill Prepares Command Inspection Tour
General McClure will lead a 15 member Fourth Army command inspection at Fort Sill visiting Quartermaster Special Services Honeycast Gym Service Club Post Library and the 159th FA Rocket Battalion with a demonstration of the Honest John rocket. A Thursday critique will review inspection findings for Fort Sill officers in Theater No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Library
Honest John
AAUTC
Post Ordnance
Post Engineer
Sill
Fort Sill
McClure
Fourth Army
Army Engineer
Army Aviation and
Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter In Tulsa Traffic Death
Donald Lee Washburn of Tulsa pleaded guilty before Judge Lewis Johnson to second degree manslaughter in the traffic death of 61 year old Myra Lewis of Turley. He faces a $500 fine and costs as recommended by Assistant County Attorney Earl Truscott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Donald Lee Washburn
Lewis Johnson
Myra Lewis
Turley
Washburn Syas
Earl Trucsdell
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Frank Thomson
Mrs
R. Blackman
Benjamin Griffin
Humphrey Chapel
McAlester
Benjamin LeRoy Griffin
Lecal
Becker Funeral Home
Mrs. Fdr
Thor
Page
Cache Road
Gent
Baylor
Zale Jewelry CO
Plessa
Ronson Lighters
Glia Mette
Proctor Steam Iron
Westbend
Dominion
Buleva
Reauler
Pho
Aeek
Edwards & Edwards
Pat Brandon
Fort Sill Stvd
Lincoln
FHA
Fountain Home Hardware
Sheridan Rd
Gore
Mr. Wochr
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