New Cubmaster To Be Named For Cut Scout Pack
Officials of the Cub Scout pack were to select a new Cubmaster this week after T. W. Daniels announced his resignation. A monthly pack meeting awarded many Cubs with Bear and Lion badges and silver arrow points, including Bennie Kachin and Jimmy Thomas. Den 4’s den mother, Mrs. John Ward, led a program on stars and the January theme Eyes to the Sky, while Den 2 won the attendance award.
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Cut
T. W. Daniels
Dratk Whitaker
Klonty Wagner
Siler
Bennie Kachin
Latre Gredipi
Faye
Atke Hanson
Rebaul Traddon
Wuld
Gregg Walker
Jimmy Poerer
Jimmy Thomas
Charles Woodward
Badine
John 24
Woodward
Den 2
Fort Sill tales link Moore clan to artillery arts
The interview recounts Col Dan Tyler Moore Sr mapping indirect firing tactics at Fort Sill, noting World War I and II use of innovations. Moore and descendants claim Fort Sill as a world leading artillery school and describe training methods, spy liaison roles, and his postwar writing and Middle East consulting work.
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Moore
Germany
Fort Sil
Ts Consi
Roosevelt
Schall
Kaiser
Theodore
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Jailer
Colliers
Reader's Digest
Science Fiction
Blue Book
Middle East
Cleveland
Ohio
Moore Anil
Elizabeth Gakes Moore
Luvie
Harriet
Elizabeth
Dan Tyler Moore
Washington
Strategic Services
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tne
State Department
Cairo
Sheffield School of Science
Yale
George Washington University of Law
Wall Street
Counter-Intelligence Bureau
Funeral Rites for Thomas A. McArdle at Fort Sill Chapel
Funeral services are set for Thomas A. McArdle aged 62 who died Thursday night at Brooks Army Hospital San Antonio Texas after a long illness. Rosary is at 9 p.m. today at Lawton Funeral Home chapel. Mass follows at 19 am at Sheridan Road chapel Fort Sill with Chaplain V T Dossogne officiating. Burial will be in Fort Sill Cemetery.
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Lawton Funeral Home
Thomas A. McArdle
Brooks Army Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
Sheridan Road
Fort Sill
V. T. Dossogne
Oklahoma ROTC assigns two Lawton students to Army branches
Two Lawton students are among 78 Army ROTC seniors at the University of Oklahoma assigned to Army branches for active duty and future schooling. Johnny Amburgey is headed to Artillery and Jack Warkentin to the Signal Corps.
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Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Cpl
Mettious W. May
Johnny W. Amburgey
Artilery
Jack J. Warkentin
Signal Corps
Amburgey
Charles W. Amburgey
A. Warkentin
Ted R. Warkentin
Gere
ROTC
Army Reserve
Rtlery
Lhat
Ordnance Doys
Chor
Stolen Car Sought In Girls Slayings
Chicago police seek a stolen black car as detectives pursue the murders of Barbara Grimes 15 and Patricia Grimes 13. A skid row dishwasher, Benne Bidwell, remains jailed after failing to post bond amid conflicting confessions during three days of hearings. Investigators follow a driver report of two youths in a black coupe seen December 28 near the Grimes sisters before their nude bodies were found January 22 along a southwest roadside.
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Chicago
Benne
Bidwell
Barbara Grimes
Patacia
City Entertainers to Star in Wichita Falls Benefit Show
Lawton entertainers will perform in a Hungarian relief benefit program in Wichita Falls Texas on February 22. The show is sponsored by the Lawton Woman's Forum led by Miss Mary Lavinia Youngsant and features vocalist Mrs. Rachel Epel, Aika Gavigan, Tosiko Woods, Tokuka Petrella Japanese dancers, Storey and Barton dance students, and requests others such as University of Oklahoma cellist Ernst Friedlander and Duncan vocalist Tohmanna MecLaughlin. Lawton High School dance director George Walters could not attend due to prior commitments.
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Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tes
Last Minth
Lawton Woman's, Forum
Mary Lavinia Youngsant
Texas
Rachel Epela
Aika Gavigan
Toshiko Woods
Tokuka Petrella
Two Airmen Killed In Jet Crash At Moody AFB Georgia
Two Air Force officers died when their T-33 jet trainee crashed near Moody Air Force Base in Georgia during a weekend navigational training flight. The victims were 1st Lt. James Thomas, 23, of Tripp City Ohio, and 1st Lt. Ralph E. Delaney, 23, of Los Angeles California.
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van Osta
Upi
Air
Moody Air Force Base
Tames
Thomas
Tripp City
Ohio
Ralph E. Delaney
Los Angeles
Calif
Judge Disposes Of Heavy Docket In Municipal Court
Judge J Merle Gaks disposed of 24 cases in a heavy municipal docket this morning. Bond forfeitures totaling 226 covered reckless driving and related offenses. multiple defendants from Fort Sill and nearby areas faced $20 bonds, with others fined for speeding, following too closely, running a red light, or drunk in public. Several individuals were cited for vagrancy and liquor charges, while a malicious prosecution claim was dismissed.
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J. Merle Gaks
Rebert E. Moran
Fort Sill
Homer A. Davis
Dearborn
Max &. Hedgepath
Lee
Samuel Rosechequetah
Sp. Barna G. Stennett
Kenneth 5. Campbell
Elijah Whitley
Audry K. Givens
Ralph C. Landato
Robert E. Moran
Thersa Ferber Lee
S. Third
Eva Lois Apauty
Cache
Bernice Edwards
Washington
Willie Banks
E. Bell
Don Briley
S. 24Th Place
Disease Hospital Plans Prepared for Memorial Hospital Addition
Plans and specifications for Memorial hospital's 300000 chronic disease hospital addition will go to the county commissioners this month for final approval. They are being checked in Fort Worth by U S Health officials under the Hill Burton Act which will provide matching federal funds. Commissioner Emil Woesner said a special meeting will be held to approve once returned. Bids can be advertised only after final specifications are approved. The addition was approved last April in a 150000 bond election, with Hill Burton matching funds doubling the total. Hospital officials nationwide monitor as the project would be the first chronic disease hospital built under the act.
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Memorial Hospital
Fort Worth
Tex
U. S. Department of Health
Emil Woesner
United States
Bill Love
Lawton Bandsmen Attend 12th Annual Clinic at OCU
Lawton high school bandsmen led by George Walters will participate in the 12th annual band clinic at Oklahoma City University directed by OCU music professor James Neilson with clinicians Pat Ars ers and R. B. Watson. Participating bands include Chickasha El Reno Norman and Putnam City as Walters stays for panel discussions on Contest Schooling School Band Budgets and Contest Adjudication.
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Lawton
George Waltere
Oklahoma City University
James Neilson
OCU
Pat Arsers
San Antonio
Tex
R. B. Watson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Chickasha
el Reno
Norman
Putnam City
Walters
American School Band Directors Association
The Old Masters Shown At City Schools
The Old Masters, a colored slide prepared by the Cultural department of Lawton Junior Service League, will be shown to elementary students in local schools. Ten bookings are free to school children. First showing is 1:20 p.m. Tuesday at B.C. Switney Elementary. second showing is 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Roosevelt School.
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Cultural Department of
Lawton Junior Servi League
B.C. Switney
Roosevelt School
National Guard training shift faces opposition from officials
Maryland Adjutant General Reckord said a six month active duty training plan would jeopardize enlistments and that certain Pentagon officials could delay the Guard. President Eisenhower promised not to reduce Guard strength as leaders advocated 11 weeks of basic training for under draft age enlistees while reserving longer courses for specialists.
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Reckord
Maryland
Wilson
White House
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Taylor
National Guard
Congress
Maxwell Taylor
Army
Ellard A. Walsh
Guard Attasion
Walsh
Serology Course on Tap at County Health Dept Tonight
A refresher training on syphilis serology begins at 7 p.m. at the County Health Department, 10 East B, and runs 7 to 10 p.m. tonight and again from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. Tuesday, open to all interested persons.
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Country Health Department
No. 10
East B
Amvet Leader Strada to Visit Lawton Post 16
Amvets national commander Dominick L. Strada will visit Lawton Post 16 Friday for a nationwide inspection. A 7 p.m. barbecue will honor him, open to Amvets and guests, with Mayor C. R. Ellsworth invited.
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Dominick L. Strada
Amvets
Lawton
Clarence Madden
Strada
Madden
C. R. Ellsworth
Alvin M. Keller
Amvyects
Washington, D. C
Jerry Hood
Wilbur Prestage
Gov
Gary
Amvet
Ada
Ardmore
McAlester
Altus
Department of Oklahoma
Wreck Leaves Four Injured. Five Month Old Girl Dead
A head on collision 3.1 miles south of Cyril on U S 277 Saturday morning killed five month old girl and injured four others. Teresa Jean Ellis, daughter of Kenneth L Ellis and wife of a Cement resident, died in the crash. Mr and Mrs Ellis and Mr and Mrs Thomas Jefferson Bradley, Oluslee, were taken to Memorial hospital with critical injuries and others. Elis, basketball coach and principal at Cement High School, was in fair condition with bruises and shock. Bradley, 90, in fair condition after chest injuries and multiple bruises.
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Cyril
U.S
Teresa Jean Ellis
Kenneth L. Ellis
Cement
Ellis
Thomas Jefferson Bradley
Oluslee
Memorial Hospital
Bradley
Elis
Cement High School
Butter Steady Amid 916000 Receipts In Chicago Market
Chicago butter prices hold steady as receipts total 916000 with wholesale buying unchanged. Oklahoma City livestock report shows mixed cattle and hog bids with firm to slightly lower tone on some sexes and weights, pigs and lambs active with notable price ranges across regions.
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Chicago
Oklahoma City Livestock
Oklahoma City
USDA
Taxes Paid In January Reach $327,003.98 In Ad Valorem
Lilian Ward, county treasurer, reported January ad valorem taxes totaling 327,003.98 with collections through January 31 at 32,511,980.15. An additional 431,540.99 in intangible taxes brings total January receipts to 4,543,477.41 with the second half due April 1.
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Lilian Ward
City Man Waives Assault Hearing
Layton Broomfield aged 21 of 1501 Monrap waived preliminary hearing after arraignment before Justice Marvin Cameron on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He allegedly struck a Lawton woman with a rubber hose last year causing severe facial injuries. he wished to plead guilty, with case transferred to Superior Court before Judge Robert Landers.
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Layton Broomfield
Monrap
Justice of Peace
Marvin Cameron
Broomfield
Lawton
Cameron
Robert 8. Landers
Area Man Denies Abandonment In Indianoma Case
A 30-year-old Indiahoma man pleaded innocent to a charge of child abandonment and posted a $7,000 bond. The case against Allen Tahehawwickah was set for further hearings before Justice of the Peace Marvin E. Cameron. Willie T. Guice, 29, of Pennsylvania, faced a charge of failure to provide for his children and withheld his plea at arraignment. he is scheduled for a Tuesday arraignment.
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Indiahoma
Lawson
Allen Tahehawwickah
Justice of Peace
Marvin E. Cameron
Willie T. Guice
Ana! Pemnsylvania
Cameron
Guice
Prison Debates Hay Sales and Furniture Items
Oklahoma lawmakers question prison official McLeod about hay sold to individuals and sale of bedroom suites and a toy chest for the governor. Witness Bedingfield describes furniture costs and lack of labor charges while noting a small gift to the governor. Questions address prison profits, food costs, and sewing work for Norman and Griffin hospitals with cost disputes and policy explanations.
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Aigaydeu Ruby
McLeod
Johnston Murray
N. M. Bedingfield
Burch and Mason
Ruby
Bernard Calkins
Tulsa
Milam King
F. A. Sheppard
King
Griffin State Hospital
Norman
Griffin Hospital
Area Men In Service Area Men In Service
Sherman L. Pence, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pence of Fletcher, is scheduled to complete recent training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. He is finishing 12 weeks of instruction in basic military subjects and the firing of infancy weapons.
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Sherman
Sherman L. Pence
Ait
Irs
Col
Pence
Fletcher
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Two Men and Woman Indicted as Spies
A federal grand jury indicted Jack Sobie Nisvile Myra Sobie and Jacob Albam on espionage charges with possible death penalties. The defendants include a Russian official's co conspirator in a plot to send U S defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Sobie Albam are Lith uanian natives and Mrs Sobie is Russian. The Sobies entered the U S before Pearl Harbor via Japan and became citizens.
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New York
U.S
Soviet Union
Jack Sobie
Nisvile
Myra
Jacob Albam
Sobie
Albam
Russia
Sobles
United States
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Comanche County Commissioners Record February Fees
The Comanche county commissioners met in the County Clerk office for routine business. Fee reports show City Court clerk Lawton receiving 1,661.50 dollars, County Clerk 2,033.35, Sheriff 285.40, and Court Clerk 3,021.44. All fees except the court clerk’s go to the county general fund. court clerk fees go to the court clerk fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
City of
Lawton
Fed
County General Fund
Stolen Secret Papers Found In City Basement
FBI says janitor found secret government documents believed stolen from a physicist en route to a South Bend guided missile plant. Donald Hostetter, FBI chief, said the items were mostly classified and appear discarded by a thief yet intact overall. Edward Merk reported the discovery.
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FBI
South Bend
Ind
Donald 5. Hostetter
Chicago
Edward A. Merk
Hostetter
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