White hosts after Jaycee-ABC softball game at Mattie Bear Park
Dr and Mrs Larry White hosted a hot dog and watermelon feast at 1105 Laird after the Jaycee ABC softball game at Mattie Bear Park. Attendees included Mr and Mrs T A Hamra and several members and guests, among them Wayne Aldridge Joe Cash Manville Redman Harold Lanner and several doctors and their spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry White
Laird
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Mattie Bear Park
T. A. Hamra
Wayne Aldridge
Joe Cash
Manville Redman
Harold Lanner
John W. Spencer
Cuffie Ward
Ernest Winter
Harold Anderson
Earl Botkin
Les Brauer
Bob Chandler
Warren Chrisman
Wes Elkins
Harold English
William L. Hanney
Henry F. Howell
Marlin Keathley
Fred Larrance Jr
Bill Peters
Ted Ralston
Capt Warren Loud Visits City Relatives on 30-Day Leave
Capt Warren Loud arrived for a 30 day leave to visit parents Mr and Mrs Wilbur Loud and sister Peggy at 1505 Columbia and sister Mrs F M Diener and twin nephews Mike and Mark at 1122 Maple after 18 months in Japan and Korea. He will be stationed at Donaldson Air Force Base Greenville SC with the 17th Troop Carrier Squadron piloting a C 119, the flying boxcar, and then leaves for OU. Robert Forbess leaves for Norman to join rush week and study pharmacy at the University of Oklahoma after Cameron College last year as a sophomore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Loud
Wilbur Loud
Peggy
Columbia
F. M. Diener
Mike
Mark
Maple
States
Japan
Korea
Loud
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
S. C
17Th Troop Carrier Squadron
Robert Forbess
Jess B. Forbess
Bell
Norman
Cameron College
University of Oklahoma
School of Pharmacy
Cleaning Fluid Sip Kills Hugo Infant
An 11 month old infant of Albert Brown Jr. died yesterday in Hugo Oklahoma after ingesting cleaning fluid. The child belonged to a family with a World War II veteran and the father is hospitalized in Booneville Arkansas as a tubercular patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo, Okla
Linda Brown
Albert Brown Jr
Brown
Booneville
Ark
Burglaries Reported Across Jacksonville In One Day
In Jacksonville Florida burglars struck repeatedly in one day taking an outdoor motor from a residence a suit and an electric fan from another and a 44 foot extension ladder from a third. They also took 25 dollars and clothing from a Wash-O-Mat and 136.50 worth of hair clippers from Lee's Salon of Beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Lee
Salon of Beauty
Editor Faces String of Misfortunes in Lakeville
Lakeville Journal editor Stewart Hoskins reports a tough month with a house fire, burglarized home items including clothing and silver, a broken press at the newspaper plant, and an office safe burgled.
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NEWS
Lakeville, Conn
Lakeville Journal
Stewart Hoskins
First Known Lincoln Photograph Captured in Youth
The article notes that Abraham Lincoln was nearly 40 years old when the earliest surviving photograph of him was made, marking a rare visual record from his younger adulthood.
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Abraham Lincoln
War Writes New Enoch Arden Tale For PW Soldier
Lexington Tennessee report details Ava Nell Cogburn who married James Hern after her husband Sgt Jimmie Cogburn was reported missing. Cogburn was released by the Communists and Ava Nell plans divorce and remarry Hern. Hern vows support. the couple has a 6 year old son and a month old daughter.
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War
Enoch Arden
Lexington
Tenn
Ava Nell Cogburn
James Hern
Jimmie Cogburn
Cogburn
Hern
James
Ava Nell
Cecil Manley
Ardmore Fire Burns Family
A Wichita Falls mother Mrs Marion Webb and her daughters Maribeth four and Melissa two were burned when a lake cruiser motor caught fire on Lake Murray near Ardmore Oklahoma. They were treated at Hardy Sanitarium Ardmore then transferred to a Wichita Falls hospital with non serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Okla
Marion Webb
Maribeth
Melissa
Hardy Sanitarium
Eggs and Axes at Yalu Barter Tale from a POW
Lt. William P. Wyatt of Venice California recounts how 500 pounds of eggs blocked a Chinese supply for an American ax. Reds freed him and fellow prisoners after months of pursuit for a tool to chop wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom Village
Korea
William P. Wyatt
Venice
Calif
China
Yalu River
Nixon Freed After Months Missing In Korean War Exchange
Seattle flier Ens Edwin A Nixon Jr listed among prisoners released in Panmunjom swap. He had been reported killed in action after a March 1 1953 North Korea air crash near the front, with a daughter born two days earlier and his wife Marianne Davis. His father, a Seattle physician, awaited formal confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Ens
Edwin A. Nixon Jr
Panmunjom
Nixon
Marianne Davis
Edwin A. Nixon
Philippine Sea
North Korea
Power Failure Puts Cities In Darkness
A 69,000 volt Grand River Dam Authority transmission line fault cut power to several cities and rural areas in northeastern Oklahoma. GRDA field superintendent R. G. Medlock said the fault occurred between two switches and was repaired in four hours. Affected communities included Collinsville Claremore Chelsea Catoosa Cleveland and part of Cushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklah
Grand River Dam Authority
Oklahoma
R. G. Medlock
GRDA
Collinsville
Clarmore
Chelsea
Catoosa
Cleveland
Cushing
Drunkard's Match Aims to Save Fingers in 1882
A special match devised in 1882 to end the flame at mid sprint was created for drinkers, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, to reduce fire hazards and finger injuries during use.
Salvage operation recovers 280000 from Flying Enterprise
London officials say divers retrieved about 280000 in currency from the sunken Flying Enterprise. The recovery, led by Patrick Webster of Tyler and Company, aims to raise more as the salvage dives continue in the English Channel off Cornwall. Bank vaults in Brussels will count the notes after drying. Captain Carlsen’s bravery is noted as a global hero's welcome follows his rescue attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Flying Enterprise
Patrick K. Webster
Tyler and Company
English Channel
Cornwall
Kurt Carlsen
Brussels
Bank of
Ostend
Rostro
Carlsen
New York
Webster
Kansas City Bomb Blasts Auto Firm
A bomb hit Bert Berry Ford in northeast Kansas City early today the third blast at firms in three days. Four plate glass windows were blown out and a car damaged with no injuries reported. no motive yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bert Berry Ford
Freed Pilot Claims B-26 Sabotaged On Night Mission
Air Force navigator 1st Lt. James T. Witt of Cameron Missouri reported on August 31 that his B 26 bomber was sabotaged during a May 24 1952 night mission. He described an explosion in the tail as the first bomb was dropped and said captors later attempted germ warfare confessions. Witt parachuted to safety after landing near the coast and was later handed to North Korean then Chinese captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom Village
Air Force
James T. Witt
Cameron
Witt
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Hugo
Builders’ Equipment & Supply CO
Joe Ford
Russell - Ford Insurance Agency
Jean
D Ave
Y Aea Serves, Inc
T. M. Reg
U. S
Kirby
Guy Kleeman
Smith
Lawton
D Street
Enterprise
Fairmont’s
Reicher
U.S.P
Mrs
Geo
Darline) Bridges
Social Courtaciac
Dearborn
Pe Ls 7 & Company
Eae Corel Aes
Singer
Free-Westinghouse
Pfaff
Bill Schwartz
Women’s Wear
Coats & Suits
Rothmoor
Schwartz
Featu Forstmann
Stroock
Ring Mirelga
Sheilana Confetti
Tweed
Valona
Bolivia
Miron’s Mirabeau
Mirabesque
C Avenue
Fourth Street
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