Lawton Father Rejoices as Son Charles Davis Freed
A Lawton father received news that his son Corporal Charles H. Davis was freed after two and a half years in Communist captivity during the Korean War. Davis, released by boat to the United States, had been missing in action since February 2, 1951, and earlier described letters from captivity. The elder Davis, a local cab company worker, plans to greet the returning soldier on the West Coast and share the telegram with his daughter and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ford
Lawton
Cpl
Charles H. Davis
Charles C. Davis
Park
Davis
Dodgeville
Wisc
Charles
Fort Lewis
Wash
Roger
Elsie Mae Chappell
Wisconsin
2Nd
Oklahoma
North Korea
Milwaukee Sentinel
County Court Rut Continues as Jurors Are Excused
Comanche county court stalled in a deep rut with jurors excused again in absence of trials. Barney A. Smith of Lawton was acquitted on a driving charge after a July three car accident on Lee Blvd. The county attorney’s office may trial Friday with two drunken driving cases planned. Ted Atkins of Lawton pleaded guilty to whisky charges with sentencing deferred to September 3.
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Comanche County
Barney A. Smith
Lawton
Smith
Lee Blvd
Ted Atkins
Strikes in France Hit Economy With Broad Walkout
Nationwide labor upheaval expands across railways airlines and postal services as four million workers join a wave opposing Premier Lanier. Police, soldiers and even convicts clean streets while the AFP flags a threatened strike. Tourists face unchecked baggage and transit disruption as unions press for wage hikes. The army operates 900 trucks to cover Paris transport, with subway and bus systems crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFP
Socialist Workers’ Force Labor Federation
Bank
Paris
Typhoon Roars Toward Okinawa
A super typhoon feared to strike Okinawa with winds near 180 mph was approaching Sunday or Monday. Weather officials noted record intensity, with 90 mile per hour winds 250 miles from the center, and U S bases on Okinawa ready to endure the storm.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Weather Bureau
Okinawa
Monay
Weather Bureau
Philippines
Japan
U. S
Japanese Weather Bureau
Maj
M. R. Fowler
Ryukyus
Eisenhower creates 14 member public contract committee
President Eisenhower on August 13 established a new government public committee to police discriminatory employment by firms holding federal contracts. The 14 member body replaces the Truman era government contract compliance panel and includes eight public members, with Negro representatives among them, granting broader powers and cross department cooperation.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Truman
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sill Readies Camp Sill for National Guard Encampment
An advance party of food handlers arrives to set up for Fort Sill’s annual national guard encampment. Over 800 guardsmen from Texas and Arkansas begin training August 16 under Brig. Gen. John L. Thompson Jr. The Fourth Army Food Service team and students will conduct a three day cooking school and field training as Camp 10 closes two weeks later.
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National Guard
Fort Sill
Army Food Service
John L. Thompson Jr
Texas National Guard
XLI Corps Artillery
Texas
Arkansas
Mountains Split Asunder is Last Chinese Returned
The Allies returned the final Chinese prisoner wishing to go home despite a U S threat to withhold some Red captives. Peiping Radio claimed the right to hold Allied prisoners charged with crimes after the armistice. Returning prisoners said charges were trumped up. The United States warned it would withhold prisoners until Communist intentions were clear, in a move tied to the 50 000 North Korean Reds still to be exchanged.
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Panmunjomp
United States
Peiping
Red China
Korea
North
POWs Return From Camps Report Rat Lines And Repatriation
Americans freed from Camp 1 at Chongsong report 10 percent of inmates were rat collaborators with the Chinese while seven chose to stay. The ninth day of the POW exchange brought 75 Americans 75 British and 250 South Koreans home from Pyoktong No. 5 with tales of brutality hunger and indoctrination. Two Oklahomans were released and Sgt. Richard L. Franklin listed as dead. Geneva Peiping radio denounced Dulles accusing him of blackmail and claiming it is too early to confirm full POW return.
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Freedom Village
Chongsong
Pyoktong
Yalu River
Red China
U. S
Dulles
U. N. Command
UNC
No. 5
U. N
Manchuria
Red North Korea
Camp 1
Korea
Richard L. Franklin
Muskogee
Reds
Franklin
Howe, Okla
2Nd Infantry Division
Claud R. Helt Jr
Tulsa
Cpl
Henry G. Huff Jr
Tecumseh
Huff
30 Inch Water Main Will Get Workout Soon
City officials expect to finish the new 30 inch water main from Medicine Park to Lawton within three weeks, easing this year’s water problems. The filtration plant project is about 70 percent complete and should be in operation within 60 days, boosting daily supply to around 25 million gallons for Lawton and Fort Sill. The 30 inch main is nearly finished, with the line across the military reservation and toward Sheridan Road nearly done, and will tie into existing 24 and 20 inch mains at Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Park
Lawton
Fort Sill
Jess McMillian
Military Reservation
Sheridan Road
23Rd Street
Lincoln
Medicine Park Road
Earthquakes Hit Ionian Islands Heavy Damage in Greece
Tremors rocked Cephalonia Ithaca and Zante in Greece causing mountains to split and villages to vanish into the sea. Rescue ships from the U S Sixth Fleet and British forces rushed to aid as the death toll rose with authorities reporting widespread panic and submerged coastal areas.
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Athens
Greece
Ionian Islands
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean Squadron
Cephalonia
Ithaca
Zante
George Lydias
Vradyni
Cephalonian
Argostolion
Lydias
John Voutsinas
Athens Seismographic Observatory
George Kormilas
Kathimerini
V. Maltosos
Hiroshima
Kefallinia
Ministry of Interior
Katherini
Kimes Placed In Hard Labor After Refusing Work
Oklahoma inmate George Kimes, a 1920s outlaw, is in the penitentiary's weed row for defying guards and backtalk. Warden Jerome Waters Jr. notes Kimes, 51, carries a 50 year bank robbery sentence plus a 2 year escape term from 1948 and a prior 25 year murder conviction. privileges were removed on June 2 and he joins a hard labor gang confined in cells during nonwork hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
George Kimes
Oklahoma
State Penitentiary
Jerome Waters Jr
Kimes
Perry Chuculate
Sequoyah
Waters
City Parking Meter Take Continues to Climb
City Clerk records show steady growth in meter revenue over three years with about $28,756.25 in pink ticket revenue last year and total meter income reaching $116,364.45 from 1950 to mid 1953. Penalties remain near $4,000 annually except for a large jump in 1952 as meters expand and debts are retired.
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D. L. Shelton
Shelton
Magnet Sharks Detained In Pinball Rig Case
Four Texas men dubbed magnet sharks were jailed after police alleged they used a five pound magnet to lift steel balls in pinball games for free plays or cash. Detective Otis Waldron demonstrated the magnet’s reach by lifting an ash tray a foot away and pulling a knife and 25 keys from a cigar box. Officers also found exotic tools in a sack in a Dodge occupied by the suspects who listed varying occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Otis Waldron
Waldron
96 Attend 4-H Camp In Hills
A group of 96 Comanche county 4-H youths are midway through the annual Lake Quanah Parker camp sponsored by the county coaches association. George Hull from Stillwater directs sessions as assistant state leader, with Mrs. Bruce Nelson of Indiahoma as assistant camp director. A vesper service was led by R. O. Webb of Cache. Today's activities include athletics and basket weaving classes by Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Queton. the three day camp concludes Friday.
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Comanche County
Lake Quanah Parker
George Hull
Stillwater
County Coaches Association
Bruce Nelson
Indiahoma
R. O. Webb
Church of Christ
Cache
Spencer Queton
Wheat Allotment Vote Set Friday
A national vote on the wheat subsidy program begins tomorrow with farmers east of the Mississippi urged to vote. Referendum polls are set up in Comanche County and surrounding territory as Oklahoma Texas and other states report strong support for strict marketing quotas to maintain parity price. Production and Marketing Administration officials urge eligible voters to participate. farmers with 15 acres or more may vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Texas
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Torch Spark Wrecks Plant at GM Livonia Facility
A welder's spark touched off a massive Detroit area blaze at a General Motors Livonia plant injuring many and killing two workers Dan Staley and William Degner. Officials fear damages could reach 70 million as 3,000 workers fled the inferno. Firefighters battled flames as explosions sent smoke high into the air.
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Detroit
General Motors
Livonia
Dan Staley
Inkster
William G. Degner
Ternstedt Wing
Degner
Staley
Vacation Pac offers paper storage during travel
Advertises a service named Vacation Pac that saves your papers while you travel with no permanent address. No extra cost. Phone Circulation Department at 620 to place the order.
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Charles Davis
Sill
Geneva
Walter Hawkins
Coatesville
TWA
Max Scribner
Great Neck
Long Island
New York
Hawkins
Athens Observatory
Warden Flips Ltd
Texas Sharks
Hills
Livonia Public Safety
James L. Hagen
GM Ternstedt
John Harmon
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