Navy Admirals By The Score From A Confederate Joke
Washington Aug 24 A humorous hoax grows as Nolen Wall and Don M West, both soil conservation workers and former soldiers, issue fake Confederate Navy commissions to admirals across the nation. What began as a gag with a test ad has spawned real interest, with genuine orders surprising staff at the soil conservation service.
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Washington
Nichols
Nolen Wall
Don M. West
Soil Conservation Service
Carolines
Nolen
Don
Union
Army
Navy veteran clings to ledge in Brooklyn hospital stand
Sidney Herman a 23 year old Navy veteran spent 13 hours 17 minutes threatening to jump from a 14th floor ledge at a Brooklyn hospital lodge before being coaxed back inside. He remained on the hospital’s ledge after eluding three rescue attempts and ignoring pleas from clergy and his brother. Thousands watched the tense drama as Dr. Harvey Kay urged him to seek help.
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New York
Lodge
Brooklyn Ministration Hospital
Sidney Herman
Herman
Harvey Kay
Pigs Crossing Road Trigger $20,000 Suit in Akron
In Akron on August 24, Eleanor Bossel of Northfield Center sues Jack Kiddy of Kent for 20000 dollars claiming neck injuries after her car stopped for a herd of pigs crossing the road and was rear ended by Kiddys vehicle.
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Akron
Ohio
UPA
Eleanor Bossel
Northfield Center
Jack Kiddy
Kent
Bossel
Appel's Jewelry Store Opens Tuesday in Lawton
Lawton welcomes Appel's Jewelry store at 414 D opening Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Manager Charles F. Appel invites the public to visit the new shop offering diamonds watches jewelry silver China crystal and radio. Visitors receive figurines. insurance covers diamonds and customer life for unpaid balances.
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Appel Jewelry
Charles F. Appel
Lawton
Appel
Alvin Wright
Lawton High School
Cameron College
Ferris
Lucile Henderson
Pioneer Lawton
Winston Parker
Columbia
Harry Kriss
Arlington
Kansas
Mary Beth Brown
Nadine Vaughn
Charlene Gunter
Appel’s
Vermont Homes Show More Rooms Than Nation
A survey reveals the average Vermont home contains 5.8 rooms, higher than the national average of 4.6 rooms, highlighting regional home size differences.
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Vermont
Funeral Rites Held for Claude Davis in Lawton Chapel
Claude Davis dies in local hospital after 15 months illness. Funeral conducted by Rev C H Davis at Lawton Funeral Home chapel with burial in Highland cemetery. Bearers named. services at 3 p.m. with Dr H Tom Wiles officiating. Survivors include daughter Mrs Conway Garner and extended family.
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Lawton
Claude Davis
C. H. Davis
Bethel Assembly of God Church
Highland Cemetery
Colman Hogue
Paul Tate
Charles Toegel
Donald Jackson
Jessie Giles
Ronald Reese
Nannie E. Langfitt
Conway Garner
Dearborn
Nannie Weber
Arkansas
Joseph Langfitt
Gainesville
Tex
Langfitt
First Baptist Church
Dorcas
Garner
J. Z. Watkins
Bell
L. L. Chesher
Iowa Park
R. H. Chesher
Holiday
Ed Callahan
Elm
John
Medicine Park
W. E
Ferris
R. C
Richardson Principal and Wife Called to Dallas
A. Richardson Lawton junior high principal and his wife were called to Dallas by the death of Mr. Richardson's father A E Richardson. Richardson had been seriously ill about six weeks. Services are tentatively set for Tuesday in Dallas.
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Richardsons
Dallas
A. Richardson
Lawton
Eisenhower Son Receives Korean Distinguished Medal
Maj John Eisenhower son of the president is awarded the South Korean distinguished military service medal with gold star for outstanding professional skill resourcefulness and ingenuity by the army announced Sunday in Seoul August 23.
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Maj
Eisenhower
Seoul
John Eisenhower
Army
Wetbacks Flood Border Described as Invasion by Migrant Labor
Washington reports that about 200000 Mexicans will cross legally to work on American farms for up to six months. Estimates say roughly double that enter illegally. Atty Gen Brownell weighs more guards or armed forces as border control. The piece notes a 1951 Truman commission deeming the influx an invasion and discusses penalties and enforcement gaps for hiring wetbacks.
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Washington
Brownell
U. S
Truman
Commission On Migratory Labor
Rio Grande
Congress
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Security
Labor Security Bureau
Mexico
Imigration Service
Lawton Visitors From Phoenix Briefly Stop
Personal Mr and Mrs Alvin Clark and son John, residents of Lawton before moving to Phoenix Arizona about a year ago, today were visiting briefly in Lawton Clark now operates a general merchandise store in Phoenix.
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Alvin Clark
John
Lawton
Phoenix
Ariz
Clark
Weekend Personal News from Arlington and Audubon
Mr and Mrs C G Bower and Mr and Mrs R E Mack Lewis return home Saturday from a three week vacation through New Mexico and Colorado including Estes Park and Grand Lake Mr and Mrs Leroy Stone depart Audubon Iowa after visiting her father Ira Potter and Mrs Potter 508 N Fifth Newlyweds on a Colorado wedding trip stopped here en route to Iowa Weekend guests John Shirley Cecil Moline Tr Miss Lillian Ward Miss Lou Sparlin Miss Hallie Hanna and Mrs Willie M Patton return Saturday from two weeks in Nebraska Minnesota with days in Kenora and Port Arthur Canada and a visit with friends in Lockport Illinois
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C. G. Bower
Arlington
R. E. Mack Lewis
New Mexico
Colorado
Estes National Park
Grand Lake
Leroy Stone
Audubon
Iowa
Ira Potter
Potter
Stone
Beverly Potter
Lillian Ward
Lou Sparlin
Hallie Hanna
Willie M. Patton
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kenora
Port Athur
Canada
Lockport
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Navy
Chrysler
Airtemp
Oe of England
A&m
Harry Routh
Fred Melton
C Ave
Oklah
Chester
Appel's Jewelry Store
Hewett
D Ave
Builders’ Equipment & Supply CO
Lawton, Okla
Guns & Novelties
Nannie Langfitt
Cache Road
By James Marlow
Commission
Zwaan
Wiest
B Ave
Walter Shirley
Cherry
John Shirley
Cecil
Moline
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AIR
FLY Back Airlines
Gene
D Avenue
Adolph Fietz Motor CO
Chrysler-Plymouth
Okla
California Proving-Ground
America
U.S
United States Rubber Company
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