Mile-O-Dimes event delayed by snow and cold
The Mile O Dimes annual March of Dimes rivalry between city police and fire departments was postponed from tomorrow to Saturday January 24 due to snow and freezing temperatures. The Ugly Man contest grows with eight entrants including Arch Parmenter Jr and several local club nominees. A downtown fundraising drive for Nebeling and a benefit square dance at Cameron College gym are planned for January 24 with local clubs and polio patients as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy “Hoss
Julian
Arch Parmenter Jr
Optimist Club
Eyesore
W. F. Glasgow
Shutin Club
Woman’s Forum
Henry Nebeling
Retired Service Personnel Association
L. E. Morgan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
T. A. Hamra
Lions Club
J. R. Montgomery
Col
Joseph C
Joe” McCain
Kirkpatrick Feed and Pet Store
David Aubrey
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Aubrey
Northwest Kiwanians
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Nebeling
Lawton
Karl Holzapfel
Cameron College Gymnasium
Wesley Langford
Chickasha
Charles Waller
Ernest Hunter
Memorial Hospital
Walter Lattimore
Paul Harris
Wyatt Hendrick
O. C. Aubrey
Mesdames Milo Tague
H. P. Hiester
E. K. Caldwell
Frances Bean
Clyde Hines
Bill Pierce
G. A. Roberts
Ray Babbitt
Everett Cox
W. E. Cox
E. H. McKinney
Wilbur Rice
R. P. Youngblood
Births and admissions listed in Southwestern hospital notices
Southwestern Births report multiple new arrivals including a son for Calvin Woodall at 7 pounds 234 ounces and daughters for Theron White and William R. Kirkpatrick with weights 6 pounds 8% ounces and 8 pounds 15% ounces respectively. Admitted and dismissed entries name patients by name and residence with medical or surgical status, and other births and patient movements across listed Oklahoma area facilities.
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Calvin Woodall
Theron White
Sgt
William R. Kirkpatrick
Houston Rice
Columbia
Medical
Billy Lawin
Sterling
J. E. Willis
Lawton
John Scott
Arlington
B. F. Butler
Fletcher
K. R. James
Robert McBride
Euclid
Willie Fixco
Okemah
Susie Tawkoyty
Anadarko
Wallace Horse
Meers
Kate Tahdooahnippah
Geronimo
Priscilla Chocpoyah
Ataddlery
Mt. View
Nonabah Begay
Kiowa Hospital
State funds shift shores up road maintenance plans
Gov Johnston Murray and Budget Officer Jim Smith approved a plan to transfer funds to cover maintenance, with annual availability lasting until July. Regular upkeep costs about four million annually plus another four million for emergency maintenance, while revenue trends suggest a surplus used to replace borrowed money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston ‘ Murray
Jim Smith
Stoldt
Highway Department
Highway Commission
Murray
Reds Arrest East Berlin Minister
East Germany’s purge reaches foreign minister Georg Dertinger, charged with high treason as a Western spy. Western radio later reported the arrest of Max Keilson, head of the Soviet department, and his wife. Dertinger helped found the non Communist CDU in the Soviet Zone and was seen as unstable by Western observers. The Red Army press described the arrest as activity against the German Democratic Republic for an imperialist espionage ring.
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Berlin
East Germany
Georg Dertinger
East Berlin
Max Keilson
Dertinger
Kielson
Christian Democratic Union
Red Socialist Unity Party
Keislon
Socialist Unity Party
East Zone
Prague
Rudolf Slansky
Der
City Prowler Horse Nightly Rubbing Homes
Police report a stray horse prowling the south part of town nightly, rubbing its head and neck on houses and provoking daily calls to the station. Chief N C Adair notes the suspected owner lives outside city limits, outside his jurisdiction, while the horse continues its nuisance inside city boundaries. An officer expresses frustration at the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Adair
Adair
Canton Man Killed In Auto Accident
Robert Smith a 38 year old farmer living west of Canton died when his car left a county road near Canton and overturned. The Highway Patrol said he was pinned in the wreckage 12 hours before his body was found today by his father on a lonely road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Robert Smith
Canton
Highway Patrol
Smith
Jury report may key Brinks cash robbery clue
Boston January 16 a 71 year old federal judge expected to file a grand jury report that may hold the clue to the nations largest cash robbery. Judge Francis J W Ford praised the jurors as faithful before taking a sealed envelope from the foreman and retiring to chambers. U S Attorney George F Garrity praised the jurors as an unusual faithful group of citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Francis J. W. Ford
U. S
George F. Garrity
Little Theater Officers Named in Lawton Group
Mrs F E Weller was elected first permanent president of Lawton's Little Theater at a Thursday meeting in Storey and Barton School of the Dance. Officers include Mrs Elizabeth Killian secretary Mrs J L Dalton treasurer and Jack Peace historian. Board governance will guide artistic and business affairs. Next meeting will name boards and committees. Casting for the second play will begin soon after the first production Night of January 16 was well received. Next meeting is 8 p m Tuesday at the Lawton Youth center. all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Weller
Lawton
Little Theater Group
Storey & Barton School of the Dance
Elizabeth Killian
J. L. Dalton
Jack Peace
Charles Suggs
University of Oklahoma Drama Department
Durkin Talks Labor Law and Defense Nominees
Durkin notes there was little Communist presence in unions with one local unit expelling a member. He backs repeal of Taft Hartley but seeks possible revisions. In a closed hearing four defense appointments were reviewed, including Charles M. Kyes and Robert B. Anderson amid Wilson GM stock concerns. Senate delays possible, House aims at party organization. no Senate business planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durkin
Taft
Armed Services Committee
Charles M. Kyes
Defense
Robert T. Stevens
Army
Harold E. Talbott
Air Force
Robert B. Anderson
Navy
Armed Services Group
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Capitol Hill
House
Demonse
Senate
Illness causes widespread absences in schools and workplaces
A flu outbreak affects students across grades with 10 percent absences at Roosevelt Washington Taft and Woodrow Wilson. Pox and measles appear in places. High school attendance remains high due to exams. Classes adjourned this afternoon for grading. Businesses face similar sick days as many employees stay home. Families report at least one flu patient with some multigenerational illness.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Markets Oklahoma City Prices for Livestock and Poultry
State Agriculture Department reports mixed poultry hogs and cattle prices on Jan 16. Broilers and hens show slight declines in several markets while eggs and butterfat fade. Oklahoma City and Muskogee areas list weekly shifts with various regional figures for f.o.b. farm and delivered, plus local production and imports impacting egg markets. Cattle and calves small offerings price ranges. hogs steady but limited, sheep and lambs not quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Seminole
Poteau
Cordell
Alva
Tulsa
Ardmore
Blackwell
Chickasha
Lawton
Seven More Hotel Suits Filed in Lawton Court
Lawton Community Hotel Inc filed seven more suits in superior court against stock subscribers behind on installments. Defendants include Juanita Tisdel $60 Raymon V Patton $90 Travis Riley $70 J D Powell $90 W Terry $180 Sam McCarter $90 and Roy Tedder $160 with the judgments sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Community Hotel, Inc
Superior Court
Mrs. Dunn Ill. Ogden Pioneer Family of Lawton Ties
Mrs. John Dunn of Ogden Utah critically ill her family has been advised. The former Topsy Shipley sister to Frank Shipley and Mrs John Timmons of Lawton. Her husband an ammunition expert with the Ordnance Department at Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dunn
Ogden
Utah
Lawton
Dunn
Topsy Shipley
Frank Shipley
John Timmons
Ordnance Department
Navy Orders Four New Moon Rockets
The Navy has ordered four Martin Vik ing rockets designed to travel fast enough to reach the moon in a weekend. The design would permit a maximum speed of 5,800 miles an hour. With enough fuel the moon could be reached in 41% hours at this speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Hearing Delayed In Yank Spy Plot
Two former army intelligence servicemen Otto Verber and Kurt Ponger were brought into U S District Court in shackles. Their arraignment was postponed to Monday to review the sealed indictment and to consult counsel. They are accused of spying for Russia as part of an international ring directed by Yuri Novikov. Walter Lauber remains in custody for questioning in Vienna. Bonds set at 50000 dollars each.
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Washington
Army
Russia
U. S. District Court
Monay
Alexander Holtzoff
Otto Verber
Kurt Ponger
Verber
Ponger
Vienna
G. I
Yuri V. Novikov
Walter Lauber
Lauber
Cecile
Austria
Holtzoff
U. S
Red Trial Jury Still At Odds
A New York federal court jury remains deadlocked in the case against 13 leaders of the U S Communist Party on conspiracy charges. After nearly 24 hours of deliberation, the 12 jurors paused for lunch as they requested documents including a 100 year old Communist Manifesto, a 1945 party convention resolution, and a 1944 letter by William Z Foster criticizing cooperation between Communism and capitalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Z. Foster
Foster
Earl Browder
Red Led Students Riot in Havana Over Desecrated Bust
In Havana on Thursday hundreds of rioting students clashed with police. An effigy of President Batista was hung, eleven students, a policeman, and two bystanders were injured, with two students in critical condition. Police blamed Communist influence, while student leaders linked it to resentment over desecration of a bust of a University of Havana leftist leader killed in Mexico in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
University of Havana
Mexico
Oklahomans Readied for Presidential Inauguration
More than 50 Oklahomans in three special railroad cars will depart Tulsa at 9 30 tonight to attend the presidential inauguration in Washington next Tuesday. They will join a larger Oklahoma group already in the capital or en route. Bailie W Vinson of Tulsa and Mrs Pearl M Sayre of Ardmore lead the delegation. both are already in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Washington
Capital
Bailie W. Vinson
Pearl M. Sayre
Ardmore
St Andrews Talent Project Boosts Church Building Fund
The St Andrews Episcopal church uses members talents to fund its building program. About 200 members reported profits from a $5 stake, totaling 4100, with 60 more projects pending. A charity song project by Mrs Prigmore will donate royalties to the fund. The mortgage on the rectory was burned, and a church site was accepted from the W S Thomas family. Vestry officers and diocesan delegates were named.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal] Church
Russell Rauscher
William Prigmore
The
W. S
Fletcher Pioneer Seriously III
Fletcher Pioneer M. E. Cuffie Ward a well known Fletcher settler lies seriously ill in Southwestern hospital with heart and circulatory problems worsening in recent days. Several of his children are visiting including Guy Waid Norman school system Lillian Waid county treasurer Bryan Waid local insurance man Dr Cuffie Waid optometrist Velma Nelson Carter Waid Belin NM Finis Ward near Los Angeles CA expected to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Cuffie) Ward
Fletcher
Southwestern Hospital
Guy Waid
Norman
Lillian Waid
Bryan Waid
Cuffie Waid
Velma Nelson
Carter Waid
Belin
N. M
Finis Ward
Los Angeles
Calif
Comanche farmers kick off spring crops early in decade
The Constitution's Yesteryear notes 30 years back that Comanche county farmers planted spring crops sooner than usual with wheat in fine condition. Other items include Lawton D A R chapter planning a memorial public drinking fountain for World War I veterans and local figures such as Charley Demon Bartell potentially wrestling in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution Files
Comanche County
Lawton
D.A.R. Chapter
Charley
Bartell
Victor Pink
Jim Hennessee
Tinney
Waldman
LHS Group Set for Shut-In Radio Appearance Saturday
Four members of Lawton High School's interpretation class will join Lawton Shut-In Club's program from 6 30 to 7 p m Saturday. Peggy Ellege Kay Young Sandra Mathes and Pat Kytle are named as participants and their parent addresses are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LHS Group
Lawton High School
Lawton
Peggy Ellege
Oe Ellege
Taft
Kay Young
N. Young
Elm
Sandra Mathes
Harvey Mathes
Arlington
Pat Kytle
Jack Kytle
Maple
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Joe Williams
Duncan
Bonnie Lyle
S. Sixth
Mis Nita Ammons
Snyder
James Medlock
Faxon
N. R. Rainwater
James Hall
Stedman Springfield
S. Seventh
Harold Reinwand
Garfield
Reds
Aewett
Little Theater
CBS TV
Hollywood
Calaway
Durant
el Reno
Enid
McAlester
Elk City
Fairview
Buffalo
Laverne
Rogers
Ark
All Colors
Pecans
St. Andrew's
General Brittingham
Harold Crosby
Arville Sanders
Clay Hewett
Henry Ford
Yesteryear
Lee Cruce
Oklahoma
Detroit
Fort Sill
R. E
Daddy” Pool
Sid Hutchins
Asa Lee Mayes
State League of Young Democrats
Berry’s—Jewelers
BERRY
Jarold Shop
Industrial
C. A. Lashbrook
Lawton Telephone
Koehler
Bill Thomas
Mgr
Cuffie
Waid Optometris
French L Worthen
Optometrist
DR. W. B. Coachman
UC Ave
John E. Barnes
Francis A. Hald
Optometrists
Eae Ie
Lawton Business College
Edwards School
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Eipance M & D Nce Co
JO G. Andrews
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