Mystery planes bomb U S artillery battery behind front
Unidentified warplanes reportedly struck a U S artillery battery nine miles behind the Korean front, killing and wounding soldiers. The attack, described as totally unexpected, damaged tents and trucks while investigators sought to identify the aircraft amid censorship and conflicting testimony.
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Seoul
U.S
Eighth Army
Tokyo
William P. Nuckols
Far East Air Forces
George McArthur
Air Force
Truman and FDR Spending Clash Sparks Tax Debate
Washington January 9 President Truman claims record taxes and spending over eight years totaling about 348 billion with 367.235 billion in expenditures dwarfing FDRs 375 billion over 12 years. He argues higher taxes needed while Congress resists, creating an easy money market as the dollar buys less. See TRUMAN Page 2.
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Washington
Truman
Ranklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Fdr
Roosevelt- Truman
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Summer Weather Brings Warm Stretch Through Next Week
Old Mother Nature delays winter with spring like warmth. Temperatures rise four to 12 degrees above normal with highs near 60 for five days. No rain in sight, moisture scarce for spring crops. Lawton station hits 64 Thursday, 38 low expected tonight in the mid thirties.
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Lawton
Draft Officials Lye Collegians Lye Collegians
Washington draft officials may tighten deferments as rising calls test age limits says Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey director of Selective Service. He notes students not only targets but overall growth in necessary deferments and impending need to draft fathers while college deferments for ROTC total nearly 100,000 more than those granted for agriculture and industry combined.
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Washington
Director of
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Gen. Hershey
Solons Aim To Trim 10 Billion From Truman Budget
Washington lawmakers debate President Truman’s 78.6 billion dollar budget as Republicans vow to slam spending and cut taxes. Eisenhower’s incoming administration expected to revise the plan after Jan. 20, with projections of up to 12 billion in reductions and a sharp cut of foreign aid. Bridges calls for team effort to pull the country from a long deficit path while lawmakers push for immediate belt-tightening.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
House
Solons
Early Work Order Seen On Sill Hangar Project
Construction of a hangar and administration building at Fort Sill Post Field for the Department of Air Training and a Medicine Creek bridge at White Wolf crossing north of the post should begin by February first. Harold Redding and Associates bid $65,711 for the bridge and Harmon Construction Company, Oklahoma City, bid $468,900 for the hangar and administration building. The Corp of Engineers will verify bids and sign a contract within about 10 days, with 270 calendar days to complete.
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Post Field
Department of Air Training
Medicine Creek
White Wolf Crossing
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Lawton
Harold Redding and Associates
Harmon Construction Company
Oklahoma City
W. T. Moore
Fort Sill
Corps of
Truman Budget Seeks Third 60,000 ton Supercarrier
President Truman sent a $46.3 billion military budget to Congress aiming to order 5,500 more aircraft and build a third 60,000 ton supercarrier. Pentagon officials project higher spending, noting December hit a four billion dollar monthly total. Air Force wings grow to 143 by 1955, while overall force levels reach about 37,500 by next summer. The Navy plans at least 12 supercarriers, a plan opposed by the Air Force. MILITARY, Page 2.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Pentagon
Department
White House and Budget Bureau
Defense Department
Iruman
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Ary
Army
Defense
Wilfred J. McNeil
Truman Seeks 78.6 Billion Budget To Fund National Safety
President Truman asked Congress for a 1954 budget of 78.6 billion dollars, urging continued high taxes to finance national security. He warned tax cuts would jeopardize military and foreign aid programs, and called for pay-as-you-go financing, balanced by substitute taxes if cuts proceed.
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Dayton Moore
Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Republican Congress
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Mr. Truman
Salvation Army Plans Big Drive For Center
Salvation Army leaders in Lawton outline building a $125000 campaign to fund a new activity center outside the business district. Judge Camille Kelley will address the kickoff dinner at First Christian church, with Joseph R. Peller directing the seven county effort and Ross Malson heading the advisory board.
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Lawton Salvation Army
Camille Kelley
Citadel
First Christian Church
Salvation Army
Kelley
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph R. Peller
Lawton
Cam
Paign
Ross Malson
Fort Sill
More Service Time For Draftees Urged
Republican leaders push to unify forces and revise draft law to boost Korea fighting efficiency. Saltonstall calls Unification Act a compromise and urges study of Joint Chiefs of Staff and defense secretary staff. Van Zandt seeks six to eight month draft extension and 30 to 36 month terms, citing Korea duty and 75 percent efficiency before rotation.
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Washington
Korea
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Munitions Board
Saltonstall
Eisenhower
Rep
van Zandt
R-Penn
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Flares Spur Hunt For Missing C-46
A Union Pacific freight train reported seeing vari colored flares near Cokeville six miles east and two miles south as a missing C 46 carrying 40 people, including 37 Korean veterans, remains unfound. The plane disappeared near Malad City Idaho after last contact on Wednesday morning, triggering a major Rocky Mountain search with reports of an F51 Mustang missing nearby.
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Montpelier
Idaho
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Green River
Wyo
Cokeville
Bonn
Bud Lund
Utah
Malad City
Rocky Mountain
Area Weather Forecast Fair and Mild Conditions
Forecast calls for fair, mild weather with daytime highs in the low 60s and clear skies. Tonight’s low around 34 degrees, with today’s low near 38 and yesterday’s high at 64. An 11 am reading shows 47 degrees.
Dixie Store Expansion Set for Corner Space Annex
The Dixie Store at Fourth and C will expand and remodel by annexing the corner space left vacant by the Security Bank and Trust Company. The bank will relocate to Fifth and C into a new three story building. Lewis C. Zorbis and David E. Zorbis announce the lease agreement with Koehler properties via W. S. Thomas to take over the bank corner.
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Dixie
Koehler
Fourth and C
Security Bank and Trust Company
Fifth and C
Lewis C. Zorbis
David E. Zorbis
Lawton Dixie
Koehler Properties
W. S. Thomas
Bank Corner
Old Cognac From Napoleon Stock Presented to Eisenhower
President elect Eisenhower received a 152 year old cognac from Napoleon Bonaparte’s private stock. Max Blouet of the George V Hotel in Paris presented the bottle, noting it was a unique keepsake the general could not obtain elsewhere. Blouet said there may be few or none left in France.
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New York
Eisenhower
Napoleon Bonaparte
Max Blouet
George V
Paris
Eet
Blouet
France
Increased Indian Funds Are Asked to be Raised
Congress is urged to raise the Indian Affairs Bureau budget by 13 percent in the coming fiscal year. President Truman requests 99,350,000 for the bureau, up from 86,080,407 this year. Key allocations include health education welfare 57,576,920 resources management 16,504,080 construction 20,869,000 and general administration 4,400,000. An extra 3,670,400 is sought for creating Indian job opportunities.
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Washington
Congress
Indian Affairs Bureau
Truman
33 Men Rescued As Tanker Splits
A Japanese patrol ship Kusagaki reported 33 crew members of the shattered Swedish tanker Avanti rescued near Kyushu Island. Eight more are dead or missing. Twenty-one remain aboard the Japanese freight Kanazu Maru. The Kanazu Maru and the British vessel Eastern carried rescued seamen. eight fatalities were noted as the tanker broke in two during a gale on Thursday.
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Tokyop
Avanti
Kusagaki
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Kyushu Island
Oe Yen Ping
Taipei
Formosa
Floods Stop Train At Dunsmuir California City Hit By Floods
Torrential rains dumped 4.47 inches in 24 hours flooding Dunsmuir California population around 2,500. Water flooded basements and stores and sparked a landslide that delayed a mainline Southern Pacific passenger train.
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Dunsmuir
Calif
Southern Pacific
Train Mishap Kills 3 Youths in Oklahoma
Three teenage boys from Perry and Pawnee died when a 1952 Chevrolet pickup collided with a Frisco passenger train northwest of Morrison Oklahoma. The crash on SH 40 left the pickup crushed in the cab and the diesel locomotive shoved the vehicle 75 yards before it toppled. Investigators believe Silas Weaver drove and did not see the oncoming train. The engineer was W H Stone of Enid and conductor L K Hines of Enid. This marked the year’s worst highway tragedy in Oklahoma with eight deaths statewide.
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SH 40
Morrison
Justus
Silas Eugene Weaver
W. H. Stone
Enid
Okla
Murray Rebuffs Phone Group Over Rural Telephone Bill
Oklahoma City January 9 Governor Johnston Murray accused backers of a rural telephone bill of breaking an agreement to discuss the measure before the new session. State Senator Roy C. Beecher charged Murray vetoed the 1951 bill and vowed the Legislature will pass it again. Beecher alleged Bell Telephone influence and said the veto message bore propoganda hallmarks.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Murray
Roy C. Beecher
Kingfisher
Beecher
REA
Edward M. Box
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone System
Southwestern Bell
Box
Oklahoma
Fluoride Study Could Cut Child Tooth Decay In City
Mayor R E Glenn will study costs and advisability of adding fluoride to Lawton's drinking water to reduce childhood tooth decay. Lawton dentist Dr A S Andrews cites data from a Magic Circle Industrial association program noting fluoride lowers decayed teeth in children and does not alter water taste. The film presentation highlighted safety and enamel benefits.
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R. E. Glenn
Magic Circle Industrial Association
Comanche County Dental Society
A. S. Andrews
Lawton
Magic Circle
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U.S. Artillery
Lye Collegians
Sclons
GOP
Pate
Jo Sae
Eraess
Salvation Army Center
Lke
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