Snow and sleet hit Oklahoma from Panhandle to Miami
A winter storm blanketed northern Oklahoma with mixed snow and sleet, causing dozens of minor accidents and dangerous highways. Miami saw six inches of snow, Nowata three, with Okla City area also affected as conditions deteriorated. The Weather Bureau warned of a cold wave and temperatures plunging to near zero in the north, forcing drivers to stay off roads.
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Panhandle
Miami
Oklahoma City
Nowata
Taloga
Sauntine
Big See
Highway Patrol
Der
Federal Weather Bureau
Tulsa Oil Company
J. J. McCrea
Seminole
Wewaka
Weather Bureau
Gage
Woodward
State Highway Department
Oklahoma City Weather Bureau
Ardmore
Tulsa
Enid
McAlester
Lawtow
Mt East JO
N.Y
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Stroagh
Monana
Nebraska
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Indiana
Ohio
Asalny
Minn
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Las Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Rockford
Chicago
South Lend
Ind
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Cleveland
Brookfield
Pittsburgh
New York City
Buffalo
Ifty
Lackawanna
Joseph J. Kelly
Winter Grips Much Of U S Across Broad Cold Wave
Nationwide brutal cold gripped the United States with record lows in the Midwest and Northeast. Buffalo faced heavy snow and seven deaths were linked to the storm while New York and surrounding areas battled mountainous drifts and widespread isolation.
Stores Set Night Hours For Holiday Shoppers
The Lawton Main Street stores will stay open from 6 p m to 9 p m on Thursday Friday and Saturday nights for holiday shopping. On Monday Christmas Eve, stores close at usual times. The change was approved by the Chamber of Commerce wholesale committee after prior late hours.
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Lawton's
St Main
Epon
Christnas
Chamber of Commerce
Dils
Wis
Committee Will Recommend Site For New Legion Home
The building committee plans to propose Dee Dee park as the site for Lowery Post 29 American Legion. They will present the terms to the membership at the regular meeting and open discussion. The proposal includes purchasing the park, with Frank Dougherty as chairman, and may involve the Coliseum building project east of the Doo Doo swimming pool and five acres of parking space.
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Dee Dee Park
Lowery
American Legion
Legionnaires
Frank Dougherty
Mon Varelius
Dougherty
Toiseum
Coliseum
College Farm Purchase Set for Cameron Area
College leaders announce a pending probate action for a 160 acre tract adjoining Cameron College to be used as a college farm. The board of regents approved the purchase at 8500 dollars from the revolving fund as part of postwar expansion. The land includes 50 acres tillable and 90 acres grass, with use centered on livestock projects for a 100 head Jersey Holstein Hereford herd and plans for crop work and a future bottling plant serving Lawson and southwestern Oklahoma.
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Cameron College
C. M. Conwill
Board of Regents For Higher Education
5. W. Aurell
Conwill Yard
Conn
Lawson
Oklahoma
Lyle Ozman
Services Pending For Layton Child
Five week old Turmes Rickey Layton, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Layton, died at 9:20 p m Monday after one day illness in a local hospital. He was born November 10, five hours after his father, a machinist mate third class, arrived home from eight months service in the South Pacific. Surviving are the parents maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of the father from Florida. Services will be announced by Beelsor funeral home.
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Turmes
Rickey Layton
Charles
Layton
Navy
Servien
Francis Elizabeth Brown
Wan Tanking
Pis
Frank J. Brown
Laird
Florida
Beelsor Funeral
Edward F. Layton
South Sixth
Faye Blesing
Frantecin
Ind
Lord Haw Haw Loses Appeal and Faces Execution
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw had his appeal denied by the House of Lords. The panel rejected the bid to prove American citizenship, confirming the treason death sentence. A public heckler disrupted the chamber as Joyce, not present, faced imminent punishment.
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London
Wiliam Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
House of Lords
Joyce
Hitter
Ory
Home
Chute Ede
Mrs Cunningham Dies After Week-Long Illness
Mrs T J Cunningham a prominent 11 year resident of Comanche county died after a week long illness at her home one mile west of Porter Hill. Rosary Wednesday night at home Mass Thursday at St Anthony’s Church in Wilain by Father Mee. Burial Apache cemetery. Born Agnes Berradine Lang in Germany Sept 15 1884 she had five daughters Wilma Agnes Kansas City Lawton Roslin and Agnes. Surviving husband James B and sons Joseph H Sgt John Nelson Charles Moore and others. See page 2 column 4.
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T. J. Cunningham
Comanche County
Porter Hill
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Wiain
Michael Mee
Apache
Agnas Berradine Langforman
Germany
Hartington
Aso
Lawton
John Nelson
Kansas City
Chares Moore
Apnene
Roslin Cunningham
Onursa
Qalning
Oklahoma
Theen
James B
Min
Joseph H
It Ao Larada
Pexito Slsters
Sophia Pa Wargo
Lords approve 41.4 billion American loan on vote
London dispatch reports the House of Lords approving a 41.4 billion dollar American loan by a vote. Washington bulletins note the agriculture department releasing final crop production figures for the harvest season with wheat and other crops listed in busy terminal figures.
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London
House of Lords
Wight
Washington
Spriculture Department
Lawton Urges Outside Yale Decorations Drive
Lawton residents planning the outside Christmas decoration contest were urged by Mrs. Lon Parks, chairwoman of the decoration committee, to display lights and schemes promptly. Churches may stay open and lit during Christmas week as judges from the Lawton Garden Club assess homes for notable exterior displays despite no cash awards this year.
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Lawton
Lon Parks
Mr Arts
Parks
Cas
Probers Reveal Japenses Read American Pearl Harbor Codes
Senate and House inquiry hearings showed Japan intercepted a December 6 1941 U S broadcast detailing Pearl Harbor ship movements and numbers. Witnesses described Japanese access to American messages and a plan to attack ships outside the harbor with warnings potentially altering the assault timeline.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Douglas Mac.Arthur
Theodora S. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Wrahington
Tahini Roads
Hiewhiinn Anchorage
Pearl Hargar
Jinemy
MacArthur
Cmdr
Tomo Tachibana
Japanese Naval Inteligence
Col
F. P. Munson
Tachibana
United States
Wilkinson
Harald BR
Stark
Avait
Lens D-I
Wilkinsom
Liens
Neil
Cale
East
W G Smith 84 Dies Yesterday in Lawton
W G Smith aged 84 died yesterday at his Lawton home after several years of illness. Born September 21 1901 in Garwin Indiana he moved to Oklahoma in 1901 from New York and settled on a claim mount, later moving to Lawton in 1969. Surviving are a sister Miss Jones and a niece and nephew. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Lawton Funeral Home.
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Williams George Smith
Lawton
Sinter
Mary C. Jones
Rewis
Garwin
Olahoma
New York
Columbia
Ares
Miss Jones
Nora Jones
Stalin Returns to Moscow After Vacation at Sochi
Stalin came back to the Kremlin from a nine week rest as the Big Three foreign ministers met in secrecy to push an atomic policy. The announcement highlighted his return just days before his 66th birthday on December 21. Byrnes Molotov Bevin held a two hour meeting with no news releases promised.
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Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Sochi
Black Sea
Stain
Dee
Vin
Chesglay M. Molotov
James Byrnes
Tarvnga
Ernest Bevin
Wath Byrnes
Wired
Union Sticks To Goal of 30 Per Cent Hike
DETROIT Dec 18 The CIO United Automobile Workers Union today backed Ford Motor Company's 15 cents an hour pay raise as the highest proposal so far while insisting on a 30 percent industry wide wage boost. The union noted that talks were in progress during the session and that further discussions were adjourned to 8 a.m. Thursday. Ford’s offer tied the raise to car and truck production reaching 80,000 units, and included an anti strike guarantee and a 30 day cooling off period.
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Uy Kay
Forrest
Richard T. Leonard
UAW
Ford
John 5. Bugas
Leonard
Buegas
Former Nip Prison Guard Faces War Crimes Trial
On December 18 a former Nip prison guard pleaded not guilty at the opening session of Japan s first war crimes trial. Maj Louis Golfon, Atlanta, head of the prosecution, said the defendant known as little glass eye chose an American prisoner to subject to torture and heat, with plans to seek the death penalty. The arraignment occurred in a small courthouse as the defendant entered a not guilty plea to beating Allied prisoners at the Mistushima camp using ropes, clubs, rubber hoses, and other devices.
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U—Tata
Japan
Louis Golfon
Atlanta
Tsuchiya
Glass Eye
Geffen
Tayehiya
Mistushima
Firms Seek City Land For Plant Sites
Two firms have asked the city to purchase sites for plant expansion. The requests, including a $2,000 shop by Sullins to repair welding machinery, were to be discussed by the city council in tonight's session. The plan calls for a 100 by 10 foot shop to employ four workers at start and expand later to service farm machinery and oil field equipment.
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Double Cola Bottling Company
Rock Island
Sullins
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