OCS Graduates Hear Gen Horton at Fort Sill
Brig. Gen. John B. Horton delivered the commencement address for 64 Officer Candidate School graduates at Fort Sill. Honor man was Stanley K. Nodland. other notable graduates included Frederick J. L. Burbach, John L. Kitchens, and John R. Wallace. Horton urged officers to embody integrity and train thoroughly in their assigned duties. The ceremony, introduced by Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Watlington, took place at Theater No. 1 at 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Horton
Lees Center
Fort Sill
Stanley K. Nodland
Washington, D.C
Frederick J. L. Burbach
Hartington
Neb
John L. Kitchens
Coral "Gables
Fla
John R. Wallace
Baltimore
Horton
Thomas M. Watlington
Artillery School
Gen. Horton
Touhy Freed After Judge Rules Conviction Void
Judge Barnes voided Roger Touhy’s 199 years for prison break citing perjured testimony in a case tied to Factor and Capone’s crime network. Touhy, tearful, plans to start a fishing tackle business after bond posted by his sister and brother-in-law. Atty. General Case ordered an immediate appeal as Touhy awaits family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Teuhy
Factor
England
Touhy
Thomas A. Courtney
Daniel A. Gilbert
Roger Touhy
James Alesia
Latham
United States Court of Apeals
Hubbards Return to Lawton Highlight 38 Year Gap
Mr and Mrs Hubbard and two children visited Lawton on Monday renewing old ties and marveling at growth in Lawton They left in 1916 and now run a ten million dollar bank in Florida Their tour included Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains, recalling early local business links and a gymnastic club run by Exall English decades ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Hubbard
Lawton
Hubbard
Frank English
Bay Beach
Florida
Hubbards
Fort Sill
Wichita Mountains
Mr. Hubbard
Mat Koehler
Williamson's Cleaners
Exall English
Exall
Frank Jdr
Fifth and A
Comanche County
American Red
Hospital Births and Admits Highlight Late Summer Records
Births list several newly welcomed children with parents and addresses including Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Moore and Mr. and Mrs. George M. Hardy. Dismissals note patients returned home after surgery or medical care. Admitted and medical entries cover multiple towns and clinicians across Kiowa and Southwestern areas with diverse patient names and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Joe Moore
S. 26Th Place
Penenter
George M. Hardy
Andrews
Milton Dischof
Marvin Walker
Monroe
Hoover
John T. McMenis
Jefferson
Ee Slick
Medica
Mary Foster
D. W. Ferguson
Lake
Bobby Ford
Don Mahaffay
Emanuel Armstrong
Washington
Theodore Chant
N. 21St Place
Kiowa
Lloyd Tomnwin
Hinton
Yeahquo
Dick Tahdooahnippah
Cache
Ao Lorentz
Gracemont
Jane Toyebo
Anadarko
Joyce Ann Alford
George Alford
Shawnee
Thelma Poolaw
Garfield
Albert Wermy
Cynthia Fox
Lawton Schools Map Enrollment and Faculty Meetings for 1954
Enrollment and faculty meeting plans outline the start of the 1954-55 school year in Lawton. Faculty gather September 1 at 10 a.m. in the new high school cafeteria, with a 1:30 p.m. wrap, then elementary teachers meet September 2 with principals. Subsequent grade enrollments run September 2 and 3 across junior and high schools. Labor Day is September 6, marking the first official holiday with classes resuming September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Shoemaker
Douglass
Douglass High School
Hout
Setve Ae
Shooter shoots burglary suspect near Grand Lake
Jay Oklahoma August 10 A retired oil man known as shooter Howard Green shot and wounded a 17 year old burglary suspect and a second man believed involved was captured later at Nowata Evidence at the scene led officers to arrest a 26 year old Delaware Oklahoma man Green fired two shots to scare intruders in the Lackey cabin and hit one in the hip Green said he aimed to deter the men who fled toward the lake as Lake Chicago area homeowners had long faced burglaries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
John Waterfallen
Anderson
Vinita
Delaware, Okla
Nowata
Waterfallen
Farm Bill Sparks GOP Split Over 1952 Pledges
Young accuses Republicans of breaking farm promises and predicts the farm battle will backfire on Republicans in November elections. Senate Agriculture chair Aiken counters that no seats will flip. 60 of 82 close House votes supported flexible farm measures, with Republicans largely backing the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Young
Senate
Congress
George D. Aiken
Rvt
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Aiken
Fred Wampler
Virginia
Capital Mother Hurt By Gunman In Oklahoma City
A 24 year old mother of two told police an intruder broke in through a window and threatened to shoot and harm her if she screamed. The assailant spoke calmly and claimed a public safety item. She woke neighbors and alerted police after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Livestock and Dairy Prices Report
Oklahoma City market notes show cattle and calves trading with steadier to higher cows and bulls, mixed hogs, and sheep activity. Prices for steers, yearlings, and heifers largely steady. cows strong to 50 higher, hogs uneven with some gains, stocker demand modest. State poultry and egg prices listed with regional variations in wheat and butterfat rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture Today
Alva
Bison
Hobart
el Reno
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Yukon
Enid
Fairview
Medford
Vici
Blackwell
Clinton
Lawton
Frederick
Hooker
Guyman
Broilers
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
McAlester
Chickasha
Elk City
Laverne
Chandler
Durant
Pauls Valley
Watonga
East German Relief Aid Labeled International
The East German Communists plan to conceal the origin of American food shipments for the Soviet zone. American donated food will be distributed under an international aid label alongside relief from Soviet Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia, the Neue Zeitung said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Aad Neue Zeitung
Tony
Soviet Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Training deadline for veterans pending VA processing
The notice states that personnel who left service before August 20 1952 must enroll and be in training before August 20 1954. It notes that VA paper processing takes time and offers assistance. The text suggests the school operates continuously.
Young Re Named To Realtor Post In Lawton
Charley Young, prominent Lawton realtor, is reappointed by Gov. Johnston Murray for a new three year term on the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. He serves as chairman with John D. Martin of Oklahoma City and Bob Adams of Tulsa on the three member body. The commission enforces the 1949 real estate license law governing brokers and salesmen, with over 4 500 registered statewide and about 50 from Lawton. New entrants must pass exams before licensing. exams are monthly, next on Monday Aug. 16 in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Young
Lawton
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission
Young
John D. Martin
Oklahoma City
Bob Adams
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Commission
County program sets feed relief via farmers groups
The Farmers Home Administration will assess eligibility and the county ASC will issue a purchasing order for relief feed. Farmers buy at market price minus 60 cents per hundredweight, dealers get a 60 cent per hundredweight dollar certificate to buy surplus feed grains. A one day program may be offered through state agencies with information released if implemented. The 1953 committee will recommend to the state committee, then the governor selects disaster counties based on range, pasture, feed prospects, and on hand supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
ASC
Commodity Credit Corporation
USDA
Indonesia ends rule over Netherlands colony ties
Indonesia and the Netherlands agreed to end their uneasy partnership, cutting the last ties between the former East Indies colony and Holland as of today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indonesia
Hague
Netherlands
Holland
East Indies
Murray to Dedicate Oklahoma Guard Building
Norman Oklahoma August 10 The state maintenance building worth a quarter million dollars for the Oklahoma National Guard will be dedicated August 27 with Governor Johnston Murray as the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Norman
Okla
Oklahoma National Guard
Johnston Murray
Funeral Rites Held For Eva J. Mathieu 83
Eva J. Mathieu aged 83 died Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were officiated at Se in Ritter Funeral Home chapel. Members of the Nal Rebekah lodge and telephone office employees attended as groups. Bearers were Claude Harned Bill Campbell Bill Getz L. E. Wyatt and Matthew Newman. Burial was in Highland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva J. Mathieu
Ritter Funeral Home
Nal Rebekah Lodge
Claude Harned
Bill Campbell
Bill Getz
L. E. Wyatt
Matthew Newman
Highland Cemetery
Infant Brundage and Sgt Curl Remembrances Headline Fort Sill Burials
Infant Michael K Brundage died at 5 03 a m Tuesday at a local hospital with graveside rites planned for 2 p m Wednesday at Fort Sill cemetery officiated by Chap John C Ruback Pvt Brundage 2nd Enlisted Student Battery 4050th ASU Fort Sill had been stationed there four months Survivors include his parents and extended Brundage family in Phoenix and San Francisco Sfc Alvin Curl 42 died July 24 in Frankfurt Germany He served 14 years in the Army and is survived by his wife and daughter Deborah Ann The burial will be at Fort Sill with arrangements by Becker Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael K. Brundage
James D. Brundage
Hoover
Brundage
ASU
Fort Sill
John C. Ruback
J. D. Brundage
Phoenix
Ariz
Jim Cardin
Fred H. Knowles
F. H. Knowles
San Francisco
Calif
Sfc
Alvin Curl
Frankfurt
Germany
N. 15Th
Curl
1279Th Engineers
H&s Company
Camp Polk
Pryor
Okla
Oklahoma
The
Bristow
Lorene Fitzgerald
Henryetta
Sgt. Cur
Deborah Ann
Lester L. Cur
McKinley
George Harshaw
Okmulgee
Becker Funeral Home
Two State Hunt For Kidnapper Spreads Across Borders
Madill Oklahoma authorities and Arkansas officials chase a gunman after a kidnapping involving Joyce Maddox, 22, a Hot Springs woman, and an crew member. The incident centers on a vehicle and cross state pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madill
Okla
Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
State Solon Quits To Take Ag Post
Guthrie Okla Aug 10 State Rep Lewis F Wolfe of Guthrie resigned his House seat to become executive officer of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office at Stillwater He had served in the House since 1948 and will carry out ASC regulations without policy making authority Wolfe sent his resignation to Gov Johnston Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Lewis F. Wolfe
Stillwater
Wolfe
Johnston Murray
Department of Hevedians
Bank Bandits Narrate Flight From Oklahoma to California and Back
In a San Francisco interview prison fugatives recount a bank robbery spree. Holland and Spangler fled via Las Vegas to Los Angeles after tossing marked money bags and two guns into the ocean. Rine describes a long, wandering route back toward Oklahoma, including Seattle Salt Lake City Pueblo and Borger with narrow escapes at roadblocks and an attempt to surrender to worried family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peth
Tim
Roy
Auare Holland
Lo Angeles
Las Vegas
Holland
Rine
California
San Francisco
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Pueblo
Borger
Seattle Air Terminal
Inchinson
Stinnett
Oklahoma
Spangler
Tander Yard
Oklahoma City
Federl Court
Calif
Desto
Amarillo
Victim of Firing Accident Dies in Training Incident
Maj. S. Seeh PIO reports a firing accident during rehearsals for a firing demonstration. A gun crew from Battery F, 967th Armored FA battalion, discharged two rounds in the turret. personnel were rushed to station hospital and later flown to Brooke Medical Center for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Seeh Pio
San Antonio
967Th Armored FA
Brooke Medical Center
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OCS
Toury
Henry Zitterkoch
Indiahoma
Rey Hillard
Euclid
Lee Hurst
S. 10Th
Eva Mae Nolen
I Avenue
A R. Hastings
Roy Choice Sr
Mobile
Ala
Evelyn Stuart
John Wilson
Roosevelt
Shelby Pittman
H. Thompson
Temple
B. Farley
Lincoln
Lee Livingston
Faxon
Oye Roberson
K. Dowlen
Walters
Amos Zimmerman
Mountain View
Mack Vaughn
Texas
Nola B. Freel
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E Pho
Ccasdiabatntamanshess
Chicago
Dalton Business College
Frank H. Austin, M.D
Angus
Realtor Post
Aathes — Coler
P&m
C Avenue
Solon
Hood-Donley Agency
FOX
TV Curlee’s TV
Kingsbury
Service
Geese Insurors Realtors
M&d
E Ave
Wolverton Harware
JO G. Andrews
D Ave
Berry
Libby Crystal Glassware
Waterproof
California Pottery Reg
Berr — Jewelers
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