Professor names 34 former fellow Reds before World War II
Chicago hearing reveals former professor Herbert Fuchs testifying to HUAC naming 34 alleged fellow Communists. He identified 16 NLRB lawyers as part of a party cell from 1937 to 1942 and claimed ties to War Labor Board and other agencies. Some named denied the accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Herbert Fuchs
House Un-American Activities Committee
Law
American University
Washington
NLRB
Fuchs
Communist Party
Old War Labor Board
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Asher
Lester Asher
Ruth Weyand
David Rein
U.S. Marine Corps
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
Rein
House
Denver
Edward Scheunemann
Fitch
Hole Cave-In Kills Two Men in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas two men are trapped beneath tons of dirt after a 28 foot shaft cave in. Fireman Lee Otis Sivley aged about 45 and 18 year old Donald Daggs construction worker from Hartford are believed dead. Rescue attempts continued as walls kept caving in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autry Barnes
Fort Smith, Ark
Lee Otis Sivley
Donald Daggs
Fort Smith
Ark
Hartford
Cecil Atchison
Hoyt Kirkpatrick
Four Farmers Turned Cops Target Bootleggers in Oklahoma
Cotton County Sheriff Bill Dyer and deputies, once farmers, have earned a reputation as experts at intercepting bootleggers moving contraband from Texas into dry Oklahoma. The group, including Undersheriff Alvin Clifton and Deputy Bob Simpson, watch roads from Wichita Falls crossings.
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Cotton County
Bill Dyer
Texas
Oklahoma
David Hooper
Lawton
Dyer
Hooper
Alvin Clifton
Bob Simpson
Wichita Falls
Tex
Farmer Cops
Water Canal Talks Planned
Plans for a canal to draw surplus water from Lake Elmer Thomas to Lake Lawtonka will be discussed in a meeting between city officials and Ernest Greenwalt, manager of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The council authorized the meeting after years of study, with questions about easements and feasibility of plans from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Elmer Thomas
Lake Lawtonka
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Ernest Greenwalt
H. D
Hastings
Warren Chrisman
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
C. R. Ellsworth
See
Officers Basic Course No 7 graduation Friday
Graduation exercises will honor 91 student officers of Officers Basic Course No 7 in Snow Hall Auditorium at 2 p.m. Friday. Brig. Gen. J E Theimer will deliver the speech. The 12 week course began Sept 30 and ends with the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hall
J. E. Theimer
Artillery and
E. T. Whiting
Artillery and Guided Missile School
Lausche Enters Democratic Presidential Race
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche announces candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. He will seek Ohio's 56 delegates to the 1964 Democratic National Convention, entering the May 8 Ohio primary. Lausche, 60, signals support for Eisenhower at times and joins Adlai Stevenson in seeking the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Kiowas Comanches Apaches To Split 2 Million Settlement
The Indian Claims Commission awarded about 7 000 Kiowa Comanche and Apache members in Southwestern Oklahoma a $2 067 166 settlement for land taken in 1900. Distribution will be by a general council. gratuities and possible deductions were not yet decided. The case covers land across multiple counties opened for homesteaders under the Jerome agreement of 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Gibson
Indian Claims Commission
Oklahoma
Commission
Edgar Monetathchi
Roosevelt
Comanche
Kiowa
Tillman
Cotton
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Washita
Jefferson
Monetathchi
Washington, D. C
Lawton
el Reno
Jerome
Sill Sergeant Becomes Medicine Park Local Icon
Sgt Charles Klink, longtime 77th FA Group chief and Medicine Park resident nicknamed unofficial mayor, reflects on a winding Army career from 1927 to 1940 and back to service. He recalls early resignations, wartime service from England to Africa, and finding fulfilment near Fort Sill and Lake Lawtonka.
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Charles Klink
77Th FA
Army
Fort Sill
United States
Valley City
N. Dakota
Klink
Silk
Medicine Park
Army Colony
Mount Scott
Lake Lawtonka
Sill
England
Africa
Fort Sill To Honor Gen Horton Friday Review of Brig Gen Horton at Lucas Field
Fort Sill plans a 3 30 p m Friday ceremonial review honoring Brig Gen John B Horton Deputy Commanding General retiring December 31 after 33 years in the Army More than 1400 soldiers from eight units will take part Col E S Hartshorn commands troops and the 602nd Field Artillery Battalion will escort colors Units include 522nd and 534th Field Artillery 537th and 548th Artillery Battalions 97th and 77th Army bands and the Army Aviation Unit Training Command Horton who graduated West Point in 1923 is a long time Fort Sill figure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Horton
Fort Sill
Lucas Field
Horton
E. S. Hartshorn
17Th Field Artillery
602Nd Field Artillery Battalion
R. C. Maling
Offi
Cer
2Nd Field Artillery
534Th Armored Field Artillery
537Th Field Artillery
Army Aviation Unit Training Command
77Th Army
West Point
West German ex-intelligence chief Otto John returns
Chancellor Adenauer and cabinet discussed the dramatic return of Otto John to West Germany. An Interior Ministry spokesman said John is being interrogated and may be held four to five days more. Officials noted no charges are yet filed and treason seems unlikely. East Germany issued a brief note praising his defection stance.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Otto John
Interior Ministry
John
West Berlin
Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
Wohlgemuth
East Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Schroeder
East
Reds
ADN
Late store hours extend for Christmas shopping run
A large number of businesses will stay open until 9 p.m. starting tonight as Christmas shopping accelerates. Late hours were to begin Thursday. retailers chose tonight instead, says Loyd F. Lowry of the Chamber of Commerce retail committee. Hours run through Dec 23 with 5:30 p.m. closing on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd F.lowry
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Churches Open To PW Turncoat
ALDEN Minn UP The doors will be open for Richard Tenneson who returns home Friday though he has lost faith in prayer Two ministers in southern Minnesota say they will not try to restore his faith immediately but hope his attitude may change after he is home Rick’s mother Portia Howe prays she has faith The ministers are Rev A C Swenson First Baptist Church Clarks Grove and Rev Forest Strand Alden Methodist Church
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Alden
Minn
Richard Tenneson
Minnesota
Rick
Portia Howe
Tenneson
A. C. Swenson
First Baptist Church
Clarks Grove, Minn
Forest Strand
Alden Methodist Church
Cold Weather Moves In Southwest Oklahoma
Cold air from a cold front moved into the state, with Lawton recording a 29 degree low and a 38 degree midmorning. Today’s high near 40, low about 22, and Thursday expected to stay cold with possible light snow or rain and snow flurries tonight in the Panhandle, northwest, and southwest regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Northwest
Lawton
State Weather Bureau
Christmas Eve Children's Movie Party At Dome Theater
The Lawton Ells lodge announces a Christmas Eve morning party at the Dome theater at 10 o clock for children up to sixth grade. After the film, Santa will greet attendees and distribute favors fruit and candy. Elks officials expect several hundred guests. co sponsors include Lawton Theater corporation and local movie operators donate services.
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Dome Theater
Lawton Ells Lodge
Santa Claus
Elks Lodge
Lawton Theater Corporation
Cowboy Pink Williams Loses Highway Additions Bid
Lt Gov Cowboy Pink Williams pushed to place a 30 mile farm to market road through Caddo into Oklahoma’s state system. After a Senate showing, the Highway Commission withdrew the action and ordered a survey with a January report. State senators influence highway approvals.
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Oklahoma City
Pink Williams
Williams
The
Highway Commission
Johnston
Bryan
Caddo
Keith Cartwright
Durant
Beaten Boy Prompts Tough Police Action On Teens
Police Chief Ralph Hennessee announced a crackdown on juvenile delinquents and gang members after a series of assaults since school started. The case of a 14-year-old boy accused of beating classmate Kenneth Fahner, 15, was set for judge S. R. Harper’s courtroom with statements that Fahner did not provoke the attack.
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Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
S. R. Harper
Kenneth Fahner
Walter Asbery
Fahner
Asbery
Aeld Boy
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