Japan warns Reds to keep planes away from Japan
Tokyo criticized repeated border violations as 20 to 30 intrusions since last summer. A Foreign Office spokesman said U S backed Japan and that defense planes would shoot down intruders if needed. Tokyo and Washington pledged joint steps to deter Soviet aircraft over Hokkaido and nearby waters.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Foreign Office
U. S
Mark Clark
Far East
Mitsuo Tanaka
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Europe
United States
Tanaka
Lawton 1952 Traffic Toll Totals 1 546 Wrecks
The Lawton yearly traffic tally shows 1952 produced 1 546 vehicle wrecks with 191 injuries and one fatality. Property damage reached 296 734, December had most injuries 25, while May led in accidents with 149. January was the slowest month despite an ice storm.
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Lawton
Arber
New Witnesses Testify in DeWolf Murder Probe
Tulsa January 13 state Senate committee hearings called twelve witnesses in the 1946 murder case. Police officer Austin DeWolf faces execution January 27 for killing Detective Jerry St. Clair, with allegations he framed the convicted man.
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DeWolf
Tulsa
Okla
State Senate
Austin DeWolf
Jerry St. Clair
Convict Testifies of Frameup Ties in DeWolf Trial
Roy E. Jones, an inmate at McAlester Penitentiary, testified that Jack Smith Jr and Jim Neely plotted a frameup for DeWolf’s case. Jones also alleged Everhart’s involvement and that Everhart later died in a jail break. Oklahoma hearings shifted to Tulsa to hear more officers connected to the case.
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Jack Smith Jr
DeWolf
Roy E. Jones
McAlester Penitentiary
Smith
Jim Neely
Neely
Jones
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Committee
Kirksey Nix
St. Clair
Victor Everhart
Everhart
Jurist Talk Fuels Army Fund Plea for Lawton Center
Judge Camille Kelley, veteran Memphis jurist, opened Salvation Army fundraising for a Lawton center. She praised the Army's welfare work and urged residents to fund facilities to aid its mission. Joseph R. Peller will lead the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Camille Kelley
Memphis
Tenn
Lawton
Joseph R. Peller
Lee
West Virginia man detonates dynamite in court
Denzel McCray wired dynamite to his waist and blew himself up in a Weston courtroom in an apparent attempt to kill his former wife Vella Merle McCray and her attorney Charles Bland. McCray died. Mrs. McCray was critically injured with facial and body lacerations, while attorney Bland received multiple injuries. Evidence showed parts of McCray’s body scattered in the courtroom and adjoining areas.
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Weston
W. Va
Denzel McCray
McCray
Vella Merle McCray
Charles Bland
M. S. Fultz
Fultz
Brannon
Soviets Purge Nine Doctors As U S Spies
Moscow reports from Tass announce the arrest of nine doctors, mostly Jews, on charges of killing top leaders and plotting more deaths under directions from British and American intelligence and Zionist groups. The doctors allegedly killed Zhdanov and Scherbakov and targeted other military leaders, though Tass said the plan failed. The nine professors named include Vovsi Vinogradov Kogan B Kogan Yegorov Feldman Etinger Drinstein Mayorov, who allegedly undermined patient care with incorrect diagnoses.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Alexander S. Scherbakov
Tass
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Ivan S. Konev
S. M. Shtemeko
Leonid A. Govorov
Finland
Adm
G. I. Levchenko
Navy
M. S. Vovsi
Vinogradov
M. B. Kogan
B. B. Kogan
P. I. Yegorov
A. I. Feldman
Y. A. Etinger
A. M. Drinshtein
G. I. Mayorov
Flu Epidemic Halts School In Muskogee
Statewide flu outbreak forces Muskogee to close schools including one high school and ten grade schools. About 1,500 pupils absent, 25 percent of students out, with seven eastern counties hit hardest and multiple districts closing for the week. Oklahoma City officials call it seasonal, urging precaution.
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United Press
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
G. F. Mathews
State Health Department
Harry D. Simmons
Stilwell
Westville
Watts
Adair
McIntosh
Haskell
Sequoyah
Cherokee
Wagoner County
Supt
J. W. Martin
Oklahoma House rejects probe into state safety chief Gilmer
Oklahoma City January 13 The House Rules Committee refused to pass a resolution to investigate State Safety Commissioner Dixie Gilmer who denied taking protection payments from a bootlegger about two years ago. State Rep. Cunningham and a business group push ongoing probes, citing a Salisbury confession and testimony from former FBI agent Crowl. The session touched on clemency records, payoffs, and alleged whisky dealings in Tulsa from 1938 to 1940.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House Rules Committee
State Safety Department
Dixie Gilmer
Robert O. Cunningham
Okla City
Cunningham
Oklahoma
U.S. Senate
Gilmer
McAlester
Henry Salisbury
Tulsa
Salisbury
Tom Phillips
State Pardon and Parole Board
Phillips
Arthur H. Crowl
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Waldo Stephens
James C. Nance
Crowl
Nance
Maurice Burson
Tony Ser Pol Benson
Benson
Bombers Hit Manchuria Korea Bridge Complex in Largest Raid
United Nations fighter bombers staged two 200-plane strikes on the Manchuria Korea supply route north of Sinanju aided by Sabrejets that destroyed or damaged four MiG-15s. The raids marked the biggest air action of the year and the fifth straight day of attacks on the bridge complex amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Manchuria - Korea
Sinanju
North Korea
Carl J. Copman
Pontiac
Mich
Judge delays oil company antitrust case for incoming administration
Federal Judge James R. Kirkland refused to dismiss the antitrust action against five major oil firms and postponed any ruling pending review by the incoming Eisenhower administration. The decision preserves the case for further government consideration and possible policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James R. Kirkland
Eisenhower
Three Candidates Open Ugly Race for March of Dimes
Nomination of Col Joseph C McCain retired veteran now with the VA and J R Dolph Montgomery of City National Bank leads as dark horses in the annual March of Dimes Ugly Man contest sponsored by the Lawton Business and Professional Women and Lawton Lions. Hamra as March of Dimes chairman pledges not to divert more than half the receipts to his own campaign.
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March of Dimes
Lawton Business & Professional Women’s Club
Lawton Lions Club
T. A. Hamra
Hamra
Joseph C
Joe” McCain
Veterans Administration
Kirkpatrick Feed and Petstore
Joe
J. R. “Dolph
Montgomery
City National Bank
Cyppcrgive
Mild Weather On Tap Here
Oklahoma forecast calls for a brief cool down in some areas while Lawton and nearby enjoy springlike temperatures through today and Wednesday. Highs in the upper 60s, a 71-degree Monday, and a 44-degree low tonight. Rain possible in the southeast, but no moisture expected elsewhere. A cooling spell late Wednesday or Thursday gives way to a weekend warming trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lawton
Brodie Twins Still Alive After Month
CHICAGO The Brodie Sia mese twins enter their first month as separate individuals with uncertain survival. Rodney Dee, stronger, recovers from two plastic procedures to cover exposed brain but a quarter remains bare and he stays on the critical list until fully protected to avert infection. Lee has been unconscious since the separation on December 17, with doctors astonished by his continued life.
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Chicago
Brodie
February Hike In Job Rolls Seen After Low December
January layoff of extra sales staff for holiday buying boosts Comanche county unemployment to 2.9 percent of the labor force. By mid February or early March several large construction projects should raise employment, weather permitting. December 1952 total employment fell to 16,725 as trade gains offset losses in construction and manufacturing. Clerical jobs are available for permanent residents. there is an over supply of casual labor. See JOBS, Page 2.
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Comanche County
Lawton
State Employment Security Commission
Virginia Kidson
Frisco to discontinue westbound passenger service
Frisco Railway proposes ending westbound passenger service from Lawton to Quanah to cut a $60,000 annual deficit. M. D. Riggs announced the plan to Lawton Chamber of Commerce directors. Hearings will follow filings with the corporation commission while freight service remains strong and a Lawton–Oklahoma City run is kept.
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Frisco Railway Company
Lawton
Quanah
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
M. D. Riggs
St. Louis
Corporation Commission
Lawton Chamber
Riggs
Lawton Group
West Coast
Oklahoma City
Frisco
Dulles and Stassen to Tour Europe for NATO study
President-elect Eisenhower ordered Secretary of State designate John Foster Dulles and mutual security director-designate Harold Stassen to travel to Europe to assess political trends related to U S participation in NATO and the economic aid program. They plan to depart late this month for about ten days, joining a round of meetings at the Commodore hotel with top aides and Major John Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security
Europe
U.S
NATO
Commodore Hotel
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
John Eisenhower
Korea
City Tragedy Prompts Warning Against Explosives Handling
Six year old Bobby Annis remained in critical condition at Memorial hospital after an anti tank rifle grenade exploded near his home wounding him and killing his eight year old brother Jack. The Lawton family of 2408 Atlanta was nearby when the device detonated. Fort Sill ordnance experts identified the shell as an anti tank rifle grenade, a standard item used at army camps nationwide. Lt Thomas J Girkout Jr and Capt J G Doka led the investigation and noted the grenade was probably a dud. No lot number could be found to identify the issuing army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Annis
Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Jack
Atlanta
Clarence Madden
Bobby
Fort Sill
Girkout
Doka
GOP Senators Bump Morse From Key Senate Panels
The Conference of Republican senators rejected a compromise and bumped Sen. Morse from major assignments on Armed Services and Labor Committees. Morse, who left the GOP during the campaign, will remain on two minor panels District of Columbia matters and public works. The Senate plans to confirm all 48 GOP committee slots and chairmanships by seniority as expected.
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Washington
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
GOP
Armed Services Committee
Republican Party
District of Columbia
Senate
GOP Committee On Committees
Bodies Hunted In Plane Debris
A large search party gathered at Beaver Basin Idaho to reach the wreckage of a C46 troop transport that crashed last week with 40 aboard. Two paramedic troopers who spent a night in subfreezing weather found no survivors as they parachuted in. The 37 Korean veterans on board were en route home. a three member crew included a young stewardess.
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Fish Haven
Idaho
Beaver Basin
Here
White Pine Ridge
Air Force
Forest Service
Seattle
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Southland
13 Inches Of Rain Hits South Africa
An overnight storm in Durban dumped 13 inches of rain in 17 hours causing floods that stranded thousands, swamped homes and offices, and paralyzed railway traffic. It was the heaviest rainfall on record in the area and rainfall kept pouring.
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Durban
South Africa
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