Attlee pressed Churchill on rearming Germans plan
London dispatch reports Labor MPs urged Prime Minister Churchill to provide details of his 1945 order to arm defeated Germans if needed to check a Soviet advance. Attlee criticized the move as risky for British Russian relations while campaign rhetoric builds toward a possible general election.
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Bake Sale Set Here Saturday by Cameron Circle K Club
The Cameron college Circle-K club plans a Saturday bake sale with help from Lawton Kiwanis wives. Cakes cookies pies and candy will be sold in front of Townes Men’s store and J C Penney to fund club projects including a Cameron auditorium parking lot. Members will work but need funds for materials.
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Circle-K
Cameron College
Lawton Kiwanis
Townes Men's Store
J. C. Penney Company
Cameron Auditorium
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Lawton School Board Attends State Meeting in Oklahoma City
Five Lawton board of education delegates attended the State School Board meeting in Oklahoma City led by President Glen Dutcher. Attendees included Sam Joyner Jr and Mike Brandon along with Superintendent John Shoemaker and Board Clerk Justin Kuntz. Principal speakers included J. G. Stratton of Clinton and Dr. Oliver Hodge, state superintendent.
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Lawton Board of Education
State School Board
New Balance Of Power Formed By Red Pact
United Press Foreign Analyst Charles M. McCann reports a new balance of power in Europe as Moscow and Soviet satellites form an eastern European military alliance. The move counters NATO actions and arms East Germany, signaling a broader East West confrontation and showing satellite nations resist communism at home even as they obey Kremlin decisions. The piece notes Molotov's calls for security talks and the rapid Russian-led alliance, highlighting potential strain on Russia from satellite unrest and the ominous reshaping of European security dynamics.
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Germany
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Arctic
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Europe
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
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Kremlin
Army Officer Transfers and Promotions Across Posts
The notice lists numerous army officers reassigned or promoted across forts and bases including Ft Lawton Ft Sheridan Ft Bliss Ft Sill Ft Meade Ft Benning Ft Baker Oakland AB Ft Campbell Cp Kilmer and Ft Hood. It names ranks from 1st Lt to Lt Col with new duties and aeronautical senior army aviator designations for selected officers.
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William M. Hon
Lawton
Boston
Mass
Robert A. Feiler
Sheridan
Bliss
Leslier Co. Meyer
Sill
Benning
Robert A. Irish
George BE. Markis
Meade
Richard 5S. McKee
Floy W. McGinn
Ernest L. Bush
Andrew R. Lolli
Fred H. Meinert
Frederick J. Cooke
Paul Burns
Raymond T. Chapman
Evander F. Kelly Jr
Silas R. Langlois
Charles P. Bak
Franz H. Ross
Edwin H. Druley
Chester
Yeas
Robert H. Conk
Arty
Ft Bragg
Finning
James W. Bates
Ft Benning
Keith
Weteenany
Buss
Joseph A. “Lame Oe Jr
Kilmer
Donald D. Berman
Raymond V. Brown
Arthur H. Bruske Jr
Ft Sill
Johnston Visits Hirohito With Rare Jellyfish Gift
Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Association of America visited the imperial palace in Tokyo to present a rare jellyfish with hair-like tentacles named gonionemus for Hirohito’s marine collection.
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Tokyo
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Imperial Palace
Hirohito
Five Heroes One Crash Heroine in Mountaintop Rescue
Five Northeast Airlines survivors on Mt Success in New Hampshire praised stewardess Mary McEttrick known as Merry Mac for 45 hours of courage after a crash near Milan Airport. Co-pilot George McCormick and flight supervisor John McNulty died. Captain Peter Carey survived but with a crushed face. Survivors described a wing fire and a bucket brigade of mess trays to shovel snow and extinguish the blaze before helicopter rescue.
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Berlin
N.H
Northeast Airlines
New Hampshire
Mary McEttrick
Merry Mac
Miss McEttrick
George McCormick
Boston
West Hurley
N.Y
John McNulty
Peter Carey
Carey
Mt. Success
Milan
Revival Under Way At Freewill Baptist Church
A revival is underway at the Freewill Baptist church in A and will run through Saturday night. Rev. Pixley of Duncan and Rev. D Arthur Yandell, evangelists, are leading the nightly services.
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Freewill Baptist Church
Ne Pixley
Duncan
D. Arthur Yandell
Seminole Trucker Killed In Wreck Near Wetum
A 43 year old Seminole truck driver Sam Brown died today when his pickup left a county road four miles north of Wetum and plunged into a ditch. Passenger John T Burlson, 37, was unhurt. Oklahoma highway fatalities rose to 520 for 1954.
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Sam Brown
Wetum
Charles Dawson
Brown
John T. Burlson
Oklahoma
Airliners Boost Scandinavian North Pole Route to Los Angeles
Copenhagen reports that new Scandinavian flights over the North Pole to Los Angeles are flying more than half full, with sources noting growing reliability. The route expands polar air travel as carriers push for quicker long haul connections.
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Copenhagen
North Pole
Los Angeles
Friy
The Constitution's Yesteryears Ten Years Ago
War bond sales in county total fifty thousand dollars. Jess R. Cowell retires as fire chief after twenty years. Sooners win Big 6 championship. November building permits total twenty three thousand five hundred. A cemetery work day is set. Robert Chant is installed pastor of the Comanche Indian Mission. Don Blanding visits Lawton. Annual county poultry show plans announced. The Gossipers three act play at Lincoln PTA. Fort Sill Indian School students attend state poultry show.
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Jess R. Cowell
Sooners
Robert Chant
Don Blanding
Space for rent rear of building at 524 S Third
Desires to rent or lease a 40 by 40 foot space in the rear of the building at 524 S Third. Suitable for a shop or other small business. Available December 1.
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