Top 10 Criminal Caught Doing His Christmas Buying
Fort Smith Arkansas December 22 UP One of the nations ten most wanted criminals left his hideout to shop for Christmas and was arrested by two policemen who followed his impulse to drink coffee John Harry Allen 44 fled from a Kansas penitentiary and was living with a Gore Oklahoma family when arrested He faced armed robbery charges in Oklahoma and Kansas after a spree that included several holdups this year
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Fort Smith
Ark
John Harry Allen
Cookson Hills
Oklahoma
Ape
Kan
Allen
Arthur Emmert
Earl Withers
Square Dean
Jones Floyd
Emmert
Withers
FBI
Floyd
Carroll County
Tennessee
Idaho
Alabama
North Dakota
Kansas Penitentiary
Bartlesville
Ponca City
Tulsa
Miami
Coffeyville
Topeka
Okla
Labor Magazine Labeled As Red Propaganda Vehicle
Washington AD HOC committee study labels March of Labor a Communist front with disguised propaganda. John Steuben named editor and owner, described as a long time Communist functionary facing denaturalization. Headquarters listed in New York. Vincent Hallihan, former Progressive candidate, sentenced for tax evasion with prison term and fine.
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Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
March of Labor
Pubas
New York
John Steuben
Steuben
Communist Party
Vincent Hallihan
San Francisco
Progressive Party
Hallihan
Santa Visits Rotary Club Christmas Party
Santa Claus visited 173 Rotarians their wives and children at the Rotary club annual Christmas party in Cameron college cafeteria. The event began with a banquet and featured 15 Rotarians as waiters. Dr W F Lewis served as program chairman with special music by a local high school ensemble and Christmas film strips shown by Royce Makin.
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Santa Claus
Rotary Club
Cameron College
Santa
W. F. Lewis
Betty Watson
Sherrie Griser
Carol Montembery
Leonard Gregory
David Whitwell
Royce Makin
First Christian Church
Lily Pons Denies Divorce Rumors in El Paso Escape
Opera star Lily Pons left El Paso by train for Palm Springs after ridiculing divorce reports. She dismissed rumors of a split from conductor Andre Kostelanetz as a New York journalist dream, noting no divorce was forthcoming despite juarez gossip.
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EL Paso
Tex
Lily Pons
Palm Springs
Calif
Juarez
Mexico
New York
Andre Kostelanetz
Library to Close for Christmas Holidays
The Carnegie Public Library will close at 9 p.m. Thursday for Christmas and reopen Monday. Librarian Mamie Small made the announcement.
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Carnegie Public Library
Mamie Small
Hospital Births and Discharges Recorded
Births list multiple newborns with parents and addresses including Cook Walters Harrell Indiahoma and Smith 812 H. Notable weights and times given. Admissions include Davis Duncan Durbin Nix Barnhart Reed Nease Boudreaux Singleton Featherstone Kerr Riddles Pahdocony Horse plus discharges for Redin and Telee.
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Melburne Cook
Billy McCarter
Walters
Clarence Harrell
Indiahoma
Ronald W. Davis
W. J. Davis
Duncan, Medical
Billy Durbin Jr
Billy Durbin
L. T. Nix
Medicine Park
Reed Barnhart
Dearborn
Homer Nease
Paul Boudreaux
Lake
Charles Singleton
Bell
Guy Featherstone
Altus
William Kerr
Frederick
Roy Dean Riddles
Bobbie McCammon
Junior Music Speech Groups Present Christmas Assembly Program
Lawton junior high music and speech departments staged a Christmas assembly in the school auditorium with two performances. Directed by Mildrege Roberts, George Walters, and Effie Wickman, the program featured carols, Scripture readings, solos, and group performances by mixed chorus, girls’ glee club, boys’ and triple trios, with piano preludes and a pantomime.
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Lawton Junior High
A. Richardson
Mildrege Roberts
George Walters
Effie Wickman
Adams
Jesus
Jesu Bambino
You
Nellie Carter
Art
Forrest
Cain
Girls’ Glee Club
Riegger
Bethlehem’s Town
Mueller
Brahms
Frederica Hammond
Wilhousky
Clokey
Krones
Calkin
Waring
Boastful Bandit Taunting Letters To FBI Revealed
Oklahoma City reports that John Harry Allen, named among the nation’s top 10 public enemies by the FBI, wrote taunting letters to FBI agents and officials in Kansas Alabama and Tennessee. He also wrote to the Daily Oklahoma and claimed innocence in a bank robbery while boasting of his escapes and warning of stool pigeons. Allen was captured by Fort Smith police after hidden in Cookson Hills. The FBI kept the letters confidential until after his capture.
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Oklahoma City
John Harry Allen
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Allen
Fort Smith
Daily
Oklahoman
Cookson Hills
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Lansing
Kansas
Alabama
Tennessee
Daily Oklahoman
Picher
Okla
Brock Named Partner in Local Law Firm
Jack Brock, a Lawton attorney, will become a partner in Logan Godlove Cummins and Brock effective Jan. 1. The firm will be Logan Godlove Cummins and Brock. Brock, Cameron College and University of Oklahoma Law School graduate, has long practiced with Logan and served on the Comanche County Excise Board and as president of the county Law Library trustees. The Brock family lives at 1807 Hoover.
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Jack Brock
Lawton
An, Godlove and
Cummins
Logan, Godlove, Cummins and
Brock
Cameron College
University of Oklahoma Law School
Bill Logan
Logan, Godlove and
Comanche County Excise Board
Comanche County Law Library
Larry
1807
Hoover
Community Christmas Tree Scheduled Thursday Night
The public is invited to a community Christmas tree event at 7 30 p m Thursday hosted by Lawton Auction Company at 1914. A special children's program will accompany the ceremony.
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Po Lawton Auction Company
Comanche Man Fined For Speeding At Night
Jack Weems of Comanche pleaded guilty to speeding at night. He was fined fifty dollars and costs by Peace Justice Marvin Cameron after highway patrol reported a 90 mile per hour speed. County Attorney Manville Redman filed the charge.
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Jack Weems
Comanche
Marvin Cameron
Weems
Highway Patrol
Manville Redman
Christmas Program Set at Gospel Lighthouse Church
The Christmas program will be held at Gospel Lighthouse Church located at 1816 Monroe. Rev. Dora Anderson, pastor, announced the event for 7 30 p.m. on Friday. Gifts will be exchanged.
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the Gospel Lighthouse Church
1816
Monroe
Dora Anderson
Oklahoma City Markets Receipts Show Active Trade and Mixed Beef Demand
Oklahoma City dairy and livestock market report notes active trade for beef steers and strong prices up to 25 higher, cows 25-50 higher, stockers scarce, hogs in demand with steady to higher quotes, lambs steady with top woolled lambs around 18.50. Regional price quotes for eggs butterfat pecans and multiple local markets listed.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Frederick
Alva
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Blackwell
Enid
Medford
Vici
Clinton
Hobart
Lawton
el Reno
Yukon
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Watonga
Elk City
Pauls Valley
McAlester
Chickasha
Laverne
USDA
Hearings Resume On Phone Rate Hike In Oklahoma
Hearings resume Thursday in Oklahoma City on General Telephone Co. rate hike request. Attorneys clash over depreciation figures as the Corporation Commission weighs a $51 000 yearly increase across 16 northwestern Oklahoma cities. Company and protesting cities dispute data on depreciation and plant investment totaling 1 713 472 36 with 419 541 04 depreciation deduction.
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Oklahoma City
General Telephone Co
Corporation Commission
General
Oklahoma Cities
John B. Ogden
Lee B. Thompson
Ogden
E. C. Brink
Wage hike proposed for city workers in two tier plan
The ordinance would raise pay for new city employees by 4 to 5 dollars monthly and 25 dollars for those with over one year of service. Those under one year would reach the higher figure after one year. Most workers would see payroll rise just under 5 000 dollars. Return to council next Tuesday for final action. effective January 1 if approved.
Holiday Driving Tips Warn Against Reckless Travel
Hoyday cautions motorists to avoid driving to Christmas and New Year events. If driving, limit speed and plan safe travel with a simple coffee stop for the road. The advisory urges buses or taxis and ends with a somber reminder about fatalities in the morgue.
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Raley
Sam Sheppard Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
The jury found Sam Sheppard not guilty of first degree murder but guilty of second degree murder after a lengthy trial. He proclaimed his innocence while lawyer Corrigan said no appeal plans. Judge Blythin scheduled a December 30 hearing as family supporters reacted with tears.
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Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Stephen
Richard
Betty
Dorothy
Long Wall
Sam
James Thurber
Sam Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Arthur Petersilge
Edward Blythin
Blythin
Corrigan
Richard Sheppard
Betty Sheppard
Killer Upton begged to be locked up before murder
Ex convict James Upton, awaiting death sentence for killing Donald Dilley near Albuquerque, asked his mother to have him locked up to prevent harming others. His mother, Annie Wood of Bakersfield, says Upton suffers violent fits like his late father.
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Santa FE
N. M
James Upton
Annie Wood
Bakersfield
Calif
Nowata
Okla
Upton
New Mexico
State Supreme Court
Donald T. Dilley
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
Living Costs Hit New Peak As Inflation Remains High
The November index reached 60.45, up 1.98 from a year earlier and 0.61 above October, with factory wages still at record levels. While overall costs rose, the food index fell to its lowest since January 1951 and meat and egg prices declined from pre Korea levels.
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Vember
BLS
Aryness Joy Wickens
Christmas celebrations at schools mark holiday season
PTA meetings feature special holiday meals in school cafeterias with turkey ham or fried chicken. A record 800 junior high students attended the Christmas party Tuesday night, bringing in two large boxes of toys for Salvation Army and City Mission. Home room activities include gifts, treats, movies, games and dancing across buildings.
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PTA
Salvation Army
City Mission
Scouts Gift to City Mission from Fort Sill Troop 83
At the annual Scout Christmas party, about 50 scouts from Fort Sill troop 83 presented gifts to the City Mission. Captain Thomas Deen, scoutmaster, announced the gifts and Indian ceremonies highlighted the program Monday night.
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Fort Sill
Thomas Deen
Miss Eleanor Kuntz Arrives for Holidays in Lawton
Personal Miss Eleanor Kuntz of Washington DC arrived in Lawton to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Justin S Kuntz and sister Mrs Harold Wilson west of the city. Miss Kuntz is employed by the Armed Forces Security agency in Washington.
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Eleanor Kuntz
Washington, D. C
Lawton
Justin S. Kuntz
Bell
Harold Wilson
Surprise Christmas Party for Boy Jimmy Ray Cann
A surprise party is planned tonight for Jimmy Ray Cann a 10 year old whose heart condition and rheumatic fever keep him bedfast for a year. The event honors him at 1602 Columbia Avenue hosted by Mrs Lillie M Cann.
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Jimmy Ray Cann
Lillie M. Cann
Columbia
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FOX
Paul Pahdocony
Elgin
Jennie Horse
Star Rt
Irene Redin
Anadarko
A Tselee
Fort Cobb
John Smith
Wesley A. Bennight
Jack Beatty
Scheetz
Bob Taylor
Henry Taylor
Fletcher
Medical
Gordon Wolf
Kenneth Wolf
G. T. Pipes
Bill Corday
Gore
Melvin Hennessee
Park
Clarence Phillips
Eepetany
Harry Allen
Tom Holt
Huntington
Tenn
Cene
Hoyday
Eugene L. Bowman
Killer
C. M. Pike
Koehler
Southwestern Realty
Sheridan Rd
Larrance Tank Corp
Larrance Industries, Inc
East B Avenue
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Owency
G. Andrews
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Bales
Baylors
SSR
Ps Ch
Federal
NicCord
Lorance M. White, M.D
Security Bank
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