Taft Signals GOP Drop of Controls Law
Washington January 31 The Eisenhower administration plans to let price wage controls end April 30 while undecided on standby machinery Taft Ohio Senate Republican leader said he opposes any standby controls law He argues for a free peacetime economy and expects Congress to act quickly only in a major war emergency Taft favors continued controls for some strategic materials but rent ceilings should be state handled Michael DiSalle releasing his final report urged against abandoning price controls if military activity increases He warned indirect control methods risk a dangerous recession and suggested pulling the Seventh Fleet could trigger commodity speculation See TAFT Page 2
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Washington
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Formosa Strait
Red China
Pageant Seeks Financial Boost For 1953 Easter Pageant
The 100 club will be reactivated this week to raise funds for the Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service association and the Holy City pageant. First meeting is a 7 30 a m Friday breakfast at Old South cafeteria, inviting current members and new residents. Members pledge 25 or more annually, supporting the Easter Pageant and service upkeep. Bad weather last year reduced donations, depleting reserve funds, as the association prepares for the 1953 season. See PAGEANT, Page 2.
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Old South
Lawton
Wichita Mountains
Cox
Rifle Gunners Get Well Top On 34th Shot
On a patrol boat in the Gulf of Mexico a 73 mm Army recoilless rifle team blew off the top of a blazing offshore gas well on its 34th attempt. The platform was two stories high and under 250 feet from the fire as flames shot skyward. S. Sgt. Leon Smith became crew chief, replacing Chaney who is on leave to marry. Over half a billion cubic feet of gas have burned since the explosion six days earlier, about 90 miles south of New Orleans and 10 miles offshore.
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Gulf of Mexico
Leon Smith
Ada
Okla
Robert Chaney
Noblesville
Ind
Chaney
New Orleans
Soviets Claim Secret Atomic Bomb Yet Seek Global Ban
Moscow radio says the Soviet Union holds the secret of the atomic bomb but advocates a worldwide ban under international control. The broadcast contrasts Soviet support for prohibition with American resistance, recalling Truman’s 1950 assertion of Soviet atomic tests and Stalin’s 1951 remark about more bombs.
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London
Moscow
Russia
United States
Harry S. Truman
Soviet Union
Truman
U. S. Congress
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Ussr
Josef Stalin
Communist Party
Pravda
Stalin
Viktorov
Twice A Day Mail Delivery Eyed In House Hearings
Chairman Edward H. Rees on the House Post Office committee pledged early hearings on a bipartisan bid to restore twice a day home mail deliveries. He said hearings will begin once the new postmaster general Arthur E. Summerfield gets his feet on the ground.
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Washington
Edward H. Rees
House Post Office Committee
Kansas Republican
Arthur E. Summerfield
Thomas Fears Deflation Plan May Ruin U. S.
Former U S Senator Elmer Thomas visiting Lawton warns against restoring 100 cents to the dollar arguing deflation would crash the economy. He says a stronger dollar would double the national debt and shrink property values while risking a Democratic House and Senate in two years and a Democrat president in four. Page 2.
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Lindsey Whitten
U. S
Elmer Thomas
Lawton
Sooner
Thomas
Republican Party
Senate
Congress
White House
Lawtonian
U. S. Senate
Washington
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Band Clinic Set Monday
The first annual Southern Oklahoma Band Directors Association clinic will bring about 145 band students to Cameron auditorium. Practices start at 9 a.m. with a tea dance for guests from 4 to 5 p.m. Lawton High School’s Tim Guzzell leads the dance band for the social. Visiting directors guide sessions until 4 p.m. and some will direct selections in the evening concert. Thirteen schools represented, uniforms will make a colorful sight.
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Cameron Auditorium
Southern Oklahoma Band Directors Association
Lawton High School
Tim Guzzell
Princess Victoria Sinks Off Irish Coast In 115 MPH Hurricane
A British coastal hurricane sank the ferry Princess Victoria near Donaghadee in the Irish Sea. 128 of 177 aboard died. 49 survivors listed. Winds reached 115 mph driving huge seas, flooding coastal towns and scattering lifeboats. Authorities warned of further dangerous weather as troops aided flooded areas.
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Irish
London
British Isles
Thames Estuary
Irish Sea
Thames
East End
Cley
Norfolk
Red Cross
North Ea
Clan MacQuarrie
Hebrides
Yorkshire
Dis- Menapia
Withernsea
Donaghadee
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Ireland
Belfast
Maj
John Maynard Sinclair
Sir Walter Smiles
Ulster Union
James Ferguson
Ferguson
Britain
Royal Naval
Contest
Michael Griffiths
Hebrides Islands
Collins Defends Operation Smack After Korean Tour
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff, returned from Korea and defended Operation Smack as sound and legitimate. He supported Gen. James A. Van Fleet and his staff against congressional critics who likened the T-Bone Hill raid to a gladiatorial spectacle for invited guests.
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Washington
Collins
T-Bone Hill
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Wonsan Bombarded as Navy Fires 16-Inch Guns
Allied forces blasted Wonsan on the East Coast with 16 inch Missouri salvos and carrier aircraft from Kearsarge Oriskany and Philippines Sea. The siege since 1951 left the harbor a blackened mass while destroyers joined the attack and Fifth Air Force pilots reported heavy enemy losses.
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Seoul
Won San
Missouri
Navy
U. S
Wonsan
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Adm
James
Jocko) Clark
Vicksburg
Dimes Donations Fall Behind 1952 Campaign Totals
Comanche county reports only about one third of its 1952 March of Dimes total as of Saturday. Chairman T A Hamra notes funds will come from the Ugly Man contest, coin boxes, and Fort Sill Payday, with Sill at $500 last week versus $18,000 last year. Final tabulation due Monday at Norton Kitchens Buick, 521 E. Open 8 30 p m to midnight with police on site for protection.
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Comanche County
T. A. Hamra
Comce
Fort Sill
Sill
Lawton Business & Professional Women’s Club
Norton-Kitchens
Buick Company
Police Department
Mary Pokorny
Joe McCain
Elgin Com- See Dimes
Fate Up To Dulles Over Vincent Loyalty Case
Washington January 31 Dulles dis missed a special board set by former Secretary Acheson to reexamine loyalty charges against veteran diplomat John Carter Vincent. The State Department released letters between Judge Learned Hand and Dulles confirming action. The Loyalty Review Board found reasonable doubt about Vincent's loyalty and the case was reopened by a Hand headed five man panel with Acheson and Truman approval.
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Washington
Dulles
Acheson
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Learned Hand
New York
Vincent
United States
State Departent
Eight Comanche boys enter stock event at Fort Worth
Eight Comanche county boys have entries in the Southwestern Livestock Exposition at Fort Worth Texas. Indiahoma Future Farmers Bobby Coffelt and Don Geiger each bring two Hampshire lambs. Elgin FFA members lead with three boys entering two steers and six Shropshire lambs. Larry McIntosh Francis Ingram and John Abrams accompanied entries. McIntosh and Ingram plan to return for Elgin's basketball tournament this week. Merle Palmer helped at the site Wednesday for the others.
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Indiahoma
Bobby Coffelt
Don Geiger
Hampshire
Elgin Ffa
Soviet claim US Sweden sign secret pact
London dispatch says Moscow radio quoted Tass News Agency that the United States and Sweden concluded a secret military agreement in the summer of 1952 after talks in Washington and Stockholm.
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London
Moscow Radio
Tass
United States
Sweden
Washington
Stockholm
The Flying Wiests Win Title of Flying Family
Lawton aviation story recounts Harry Wiest and wife earning the title of flying family after solo flights begin in 1945 with Klaus King at the airport. Caroline Wiest, 16, became the family’s solo pilot, joining Harry Jr. as they pursue licenses and continued aviation.
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Harry Wiests
Harry Wiest
Lawton
Caroline
CAA
Comanche official Kleeman fails to resign as promised
Commissioner Kleeman of Comanche County eastern district did not submit a resignation by Saturday as planned. Western district Commissioner Pete Wynn noted he may delay until Monday when the board meets. Kleeman cited heat from a report on irregularities in road fund handling and had said July 1 would be effective. Wynn said a Friday statement was recorded in county clerk minutes.
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Bill Kleeman
Comanche County
Eastern District
Pete Wynn
Western District
Kleeman
Board of Commissions
Wynn
Woman Dies In Guymon Pedestrian Crash
A 65-year-old woman, Mrs. Pearl Bailey of Hardesty, was killed crossing U S 64 in Guymon when struck by a car driven by 15 year old Ana Dea Calvert of Hooker. She was hurled 65 feet and died 15 minutes later as Trooper Guy Parks continued the investigation.
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United Press
Guymon
Oklahoma
Pearl Bailey
Hardesty
U. S. 64
Highway Patrol
Ana Dea Calvert
Hooker
Guy Parks
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Turner
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Radio Free Asia
Constitution Press
Bill Dixon
Mrs. Wiest
Mr. Wiest
Harry Jr
van Fleet
Defense Department
Battlefront
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Kearsarge
Oriskany
Philippines Sea
United Nations
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Korea
Vincent Fate
Fort Worth
Tex
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