Co-Op Housing Gains Support From Builders
Washington January 10 The National Association of Home Builders backs the government co operative housing program as a cheaper option for families. Deputy FHA official Ward Cox cites progress despite West money shortages and some builders confusing the program with socialism. FHA has 610 project applications for 74 354 units valued at 710.6 million with 4 percent mortgages over forty years. Veterans receive special loan treatment.
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Washington
Ward Cox
Co-Operative Housing Division
Cox
Far West
National Association of Home Builders
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FHA
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Georgia
Tennessee
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Connecticut
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Traxler To Appeal To Supreme Court Over Five Year Term
Oklahoma City January 10 UPI Attorneys for Roy Pete Traxler planned an appeal to the U S Supreme Court against a five year jail sentence for a 1937 car theft at gunpoint. Judge John C Powell signed an order letting Traxler stay free during the appeal while his lawyers challenge the earlier Oklahoma prosecution. Traxler, who fled a Texas prison farm, has worked as a plumber in Wharton Texas since his release.
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Oklahoma City
Roy
Pete) Traxler
U.S. Supreme Court
Traxler
Texas
Ooliday
John C. Powell
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals
Wharton
Tex
Oklahoma
Mrs Branch ill at home sent to Chickasha hospital
Mrs Albert Branch was taken to a Chickasha hospital last week after becoming ill at her home. The brief notice records her illness and hospitalization in the local health update.
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Branch
Arts and Crafts Fair Planned At Woodrow Wilson
An art and craft fair, unique in Lawton public schools history, is set for April 18 at Woodrow Wilson. It grows from the Art Idea Swap workshops and will feature 18 art and craft mediums with demonstrations. Hours are 10 to noon and 1 30 to 3 30. Hostesses and chairmen will be announced. planning includes Frances Curb and other elementary school representatives.
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Woodrow Wilson
Lawton
Woodrow Wilson School
Oklahoma
Frances Curb
Opal Brown
Emerson
Barbara Coffield
Howell
Lala Ward
Lincoln
Helen Crutcher
McKinley
Thelman Little
Post Children’s School
Mildred Howard
Roosevelt
Martha Raines
Swinney
Dean Dillingham
Taft
Lorena Pete
Washington
Elizabeth Everly
Whittier
Bernice Owens
Will Rogers
Vivian Oswalt
Auto Tag Sales Lagging Slightly in Comanche County
Comanche county schools benefit as auto tag sales funnel 95 percent of revenue to schools. Lawton tag agent Phil Gafford reports 64,893.97 dollars raised since Dec 11, 3,792 tags issued, with a goal of 10,000 before February 1. Penalty period runs to March 3, revenue base same as last year. Gafford asks buyers to bring titles for quick tag cost reference.
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Phil Gafford
Lawton
Gafford
Father of Lawton Woman Dies in Walters Rites Held
Henry A. Moorman age 55 father of Mrs. R. J. Best of Lawton died January 1 at his home in Walters. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church Walters with burial at Temple. Moorman had lived in the area most of his life and worked for the Rural Electrification Association.
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Henry A. Moorman
R. J. Best
Andrews
Walters
First Baptist Church
Temple
Moorman
Th Rural Electrification Association
Lions Favor Armory Bonds
The FEI Reno Lions club has endorsed a suggestion for a $100000 bond issue for construction of a multi purpose National Guard armory.
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Lions
EL Reno
Okla
FEI Reno Lions Club
National Guard
Life Underwriters Hear Ethics Talk in Lawton Luncheon
About 25 members of the Southwestern Association of Life Underwriters attended a Friday luncheon at Janco's cafe in Lawton. Speaker Phil Noah, state manager of American National Life Insurance, urged a more professional approach and stressed ethics by prioritizing clients’ needs amid the new membership year.
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Southwestern Association of Life Underwriters
Janco
Lawton
Phil Noah
American National Life Insurance Company
Louis Vanderpool
F. B. Barnes
Charles Waller
James Mavity
Lloyd Padgett
Frank B. Hurt
Bryan Ward
Bessie Dale
Tom Ray
Ragan Stewart
Earl Miller
Earl Botkin
Roy Hooper
C. L. Westenhiser
Henry Ford
Joe Richard
A. J. Rawlings
J. H. Crosby
Bob Williams
Glen Dillingham
T. E. Hall
Frank Toews
Jack Danner
R. O. Webb
Joe Narmore
Peace Officers Honor Solons With Barbecue in OKC
Oklahoma City January 10 The Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Associationwill entertain legislators with a barbecue at Blossom Heath Ballroom Sunday January 18 Capt H A Reid announced Saturday The opening event of a three day state convention 1000 expected to attend and registration anticipated to rise Several state and local judges FBI agents and law enforcement officers will speak or serve as panel members during business sessions New officers to be elected at the closing meeting January 20
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma _ Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Blossom Heath
H. A. Reid
Reid
FBI
Suez Canal Opens After Construction Milestone
The Suez Canal was first opened in 1869 marking a major maritime shortcut between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. The completion under Ferdinand de Lesseps linked Europe to Asia, transforming global shipping routes and trade dynamics.
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Suez Canal
Rosenbergs Appeal To President For Clemency
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg asked President Truman to spare them from the electric chair filing at the Justice Department ahead of a clemency decision. Judge Kaufman had set a deadline and a potential stay hinged on clemency. Eisenhower could inherit the case. The couple spied for Russia from 1945 to 1950 as part of a noted espionage network.
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Washington
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Truman
Justice Department
New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Rosenbergs
James P. McGranery
Eisenhower
Kaufman
Sing Sing
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
Welfare Director Receives Donation From Anonymous Sender
Oklahoma Welfare Chief L. E. Rader received a $135 cash donation with a penciled note to place funds for aged, blind and orphans. Rader said the envelope and paper were dime store items and deposited the money in the treasury crediting it to the targeted beneficiaries.
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Oklahoma City
UPA
L. E. Rader
Rader
Oklahoma
Divorces Top Weddings In Choctaw County 1952
In Choctaw county 1952 divorces and annulments totaled 135, nearly twice the number of marriage licenses issued to county residents, according to court clerk Helen Warren on Saturday in Hugo Oklahoma.
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Hugo
Okla
Choctaw County
Helen Warren
Conductor Dies After Door Opens On Steep Cliff
In Steamboat Springs Colorado a Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train halted on a mountain trestle after a rock strike. Conductor Harry N. Ralston age 55 of Denver opened a coach door to inspect the emergency stop and fell about 1,500 feet to his death down the canyon. Passengers recall no cries as the event unfolded and the body was recovered by the crew.
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Steamboat Springs
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Here
Harry N. Ralston
Denver
Ralston
Pest Control Conference Set in Oklahoma
The third annual Oklahoma pest control conference will meet in Stillwater January 10 to study door to door solicitors and bilkers targeting the public. Operators from across the state will discuss new insecticides and itinerant pests while considering a pest control law to curb dodgy service claims. The event is co sponsored by Oklahoma A M College entomology department.
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Stillwater
Okla
State Pest Control Association
Entomology Department
Oklahoma A&m College
Last Of Heroin Ring Captured
San Antonio man, 60, identified as the last fugitive of the Waxey Gordon heroin ring, held in Bexar county jail on a two count San Francisco narcotics indictment. Peter S. Haines of San Francisco detained on $10,000 bond by a federal court. T. H. Bromley, SAC of the San Antonio FBI nabbed Haines Friday in a hotel room. he was unarmed.
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San Antonio
Waxey Gordon
Bexar County
San Francisco
Peter S. Haines
T. H. Bromley
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Haines
Cameron Night Classes Stated
Cameron college announces second semester night classes with registrations Monday at Cameron campus, Fort Sill site, and Educa tion Information center. Civilians and soldiers can enroll in welding or other courses, two nights weekly for nine weeks, at $18 per course except welding and physics. Eight courses tentatively scheduled, with prior term offering four Fort Sill classes and two at the college.
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Cameron College
Fort Sill
Gordon Paine
Education Information Center
the College
Family Together In Hospital in Holdenville
A Holdenville mother, Mrs. Vernon P. Love, and her six children Glenda Dwayne Ronnie Geraldine Margaret and Wanda were admitted to St. Francis hospital together for treatment of pneumonia. The father, a railroad worker, has not contracted the illness.
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Holdenvile
Okla
Holdenville
Vernon P. Love
Glenda
Dwayne
Ronnie
Geraldine
Margaret
Wanda
St. Francis Hospital
Painter Suffers Fracture After Letdown at Fire Station
Cleveland report says painter Matthew F. Chervenka, 41, had a bad fall Friday after stepping back to admire a wall he painted at fire station 31. He dropped about 12 feet through a hole near the brass sliding pole and sustained a possible lower spine fracture from the concrete floor impact.
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Cleveland
Matthew F. Chervenka
Chervenka
Rescuers search for ship survivors
TYOKYO Jan 10 Rescue boats criss crossed the North Philippine Sea in search of survivors from the Swedish tanker Avanti which broke up in a heavy storm The ship s captain and seven other men were missing though believed drowned in heavy seas Survivors totaling 33 were being returned to safety in southern Japan and Formosa
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North Philippine Sea
Avanti
Japan
Formosa
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