Defense Spending Still Plays Big Role In Economy
Defense spending remains a substantial economic factor shaping industry in peacetime. The plan to stockpile lead and zinc steadies civilian demand while shipyards, textiles, and metals industries benefit from government contracts. Private plants will be kept ready with maintenance deals and packaged production teams to surge into war output if needed.
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New York
Oo Ae
Reads
Army
Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
Black To Attend Postal Safety Parley In Dallas
Otis Black a Lawton post office clerk will attend a national motor vehicle accident prevention instructor program from Monday in Dallas Tex Postmaster Bennie Stephens announced Black as local representative to the five day conference opening this weekend in Dallas
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Otis Black
Lawton
U.S. Postice Department
Bennie Stephens
Black
Dallas
Tex
Jerry Brandon Aids Planning For 1955 Fraternity Event
Jerry M. Brandon of Lawton chairs Comanche county arrangements for a state wide celebration marking the 50th anniversary of fraternities in Oklahoma. The observance will be held in Oklahoma City and Norman on Armistice Day weekend 1955. Kappa Alpha, first fraternity at Oklahoma University, members organize the event.
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Jerry M. Brandon
Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Norman
Kappa Alpha
Oklahoma University
Pachuco Spotlight Turns To Lackland
SAN ANTONIO Aug. 26 UP The Pachuco tattoo probe moved to Lackland Air Force Base where Maj. Gen. John H. McCormick ordered 25 000 trainees checked for the cross mark linking them to the Pachuco gang. Chanute Field and Sheppard and Detroit police also pursued leads amid a broader crackdown on illegal weapons and gang activity among airmen.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Pachuco
Grant Lackland Air Force Base
John H. McCormick
Lackland
West St
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
Detroit
Los Angeles
Chanute Field
Rantou
Ill
Chanute
McCormick
Cruits
West Coast
California
William D. Old
Sheppard
Robert D. Whitley
Ilinois
Whitley
Eddie Skinner
Snyder Adds Two New Teachers in School System
Snyder introduces Forrest Sweet and Ted Savage as two new teachers to the district staffing. Sweet, a Oklahoma Baptist University graduate, will teach English and speech, while Savage, trained at the University of Texas, Austin, will be temporarily employed. They replace Mrs. Evelyn Connor and Garland Hollars as part of the district’s current faculty changes.
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Forrest Sweet
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Ted Savage
University of Texas, Austin
Evelyn Connor
Garland Hollars
Dad Held For Killing Wife Two Children
In Gardenton Manitoba a young mother Olga Storooe 24 and her two children Jean 442 and Brian were strangled at a farm. Her husband Walter Storoschuk about 24 was arrested and charged with murder after confessing in a hardware store. No motive determined.
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Gardenton
Man
Manitoba
Olga Storooe
Jean
Brian
Walter Storoschuk
Grand Jury Probe Sought for Cooperton Oklahoma
District Judge Weldon Ferris was asked to convene a Kiowa County grand jury to probe Cooperton affairs. The petition, signed by 161 residents, also requests examining the county attorney’s involvement in Cooperton matters.
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Hobart
Okla
Weldon Ferris
Kiowa County
Cooperton
Windmills Urged To Water Desert
German born aerodynamics expert proposes giant windmills to trigger rainfall over deserts. At the 130th annual American Meteorological Society meeting he described 150 foot blades revolving horizon tallying about 10 windmills per 500 square miles as triggers to start updrafts that lift warm desert air and induce rain.
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Rochester
N. Y
Werner Spilger
U. S. Air Force
Holloman Air Force Base
New Mexico
American Meteorological Society
Spilger
Robber Kidnapper Caught in Arkansas
Eugene W. Walters, 25, held in Washington County jail awaiting return to Tulsa to face kidnapping and grand larceny charges. Walters was arrested at Prairie Grove while visiting his former wife. He admitted stealing a car and kidnapping James R. Dunn, a Tulsa car salesman, who was forced to accompany him to Muskogee before being released.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Eugene W. Walters
Washington County
Tulsa
Okla
Walters
Prairie Grove
Bruce Cridet
James R. Dunn
Dunn
Muskogee
Toscanini Looks Much Better Now
Arturo Toscanini, aged 87, appears in improving health at Lake Maggiore after his New York retirement, according to Richard Tucker. Tucker says the conductor rests, studies music briefly each day, walks in the villa garden, and chats with visitors during his recovery.
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Milan
Italy
Arturo Toscanini
New York
Richard Tucker
Lake Maggiore
Tucker
Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Encephalitis Epidemic Peaks in Northern India
An outbreak of encephalitis has peaked across 11 northern Indian cities, resulting in at least 347 child deaths. Health authorities report continued monitoring and response efforts as the toll rises.
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New Delhi
India
OU Grads Parley Tonight Reorganization Meeting Held
OU graduates plan a reorganizational meeting at 7 30 p m in the district courtroom with speakers Dr Pete Kyle McCarter OU regent and Sooner Lyle Nagel Ray Nagel. Guy Brown assistant alumni secretary will attend. Ewing Gafford leads arrangements and invites all alumni former students and guests to attend.
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Pete Kyle McCarter
Lyle
Ray Nagel
Guy Brown
Alumni Association
County Sooners
Ewing Gafford
Gafford
First Shoemakers Union Founded in Philadelphia in 1792
A landmark trade union began in Philadelphia when shoemakers organized the first successful labor group in 1792. The craft workers formed a collective to address wages, hours, and working conditions, laying groundwork for future labor organization in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Music Festival Set In Venice Palaces
Venice hosts the 27th Festival of Contemporary Music from September 11 to 26. The event features innovative sounds in historic palace venues and will include the premiere of a new opera, adding a notable highlight to the program.
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Venice
Turn of the Screw and Britten's Porgy and Bess in Italy
The note cites Benjamin Britten's Turn of the Screw and announces five days in Italy devoted to Porgy and Bess as a new focus, signaling an upcoming program shift and performances.
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Benjamin Britten
Italy
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