Third Guard Unit Activated Here
A third Oklahoma National Guard unit will be activated soon as Company A of the 700th Ordnance battalion in Lawton led by Lt. Lawrence E. Underhill. The unit will drill weekly and attend a summer encampment at Fort Hood, Texas, Aug 9 to Aug 23, with pay. Other 45th Division units in Lawton are led by Lts. Benson Hargett and Wayne Hendrix. Further details via Lt. Underhill at Phone 5244-J.
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Oklahoma National Guard
Toay
700Th Ordnance Battalion
Lawrence E. Underhill
1812 Lake
Underhill
Fortill
45Th
Lawton
Benson Hargett
Wayne Hendrix
179Th Infantry
Ordnance Company
Ordnance
Norman
Fort Sill
700Th Ordnance Company
Fort Hood
Texas
Bank Expresses Appreciation At Open House Event
The article notes the Social Security Administration will move to the new building on January 31. Exail English, president of Security, expressed humility and pride and thanked the thousands who visited, with many flowers received. Various out of town bankers and local officials attended, including executives from Security State Bank, First National Bank and Trust Oklahoma City, National Bank of Tulsa, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell McClain
Philip Rhoad
Tom S. Myers
Tom G Hilborne
First National Bank and Trust
Oklahoma City
J. R. Cobb
National Bank of Tulsa
R. T
Dick) Pendleton
City National Bank and Trust
Kansas City
Carl Charison
Commerce Trust Company
Wayne Lawler
First National Bank
Tipton
James M. Bohart
Tom Manor
Apache
G. W. Smith
National Bank of Frederick
B. R. Stephens
H. E. Leonard
Bank of Elgin
W. G. Davis
Marietta
T. B. Moore
M. B. Alliizer
First State Bank
Indiahoma
Swan and
Spence A. Miller
City National Bank
Jerome Dilling
Fletcher
John V. Rose
Bank of Roosevelt
Eugene Sprague
Dallas
R. B. Patton
R. E. McConnell
C. E. Whaley
Buddy Lewis
Ray Dawson
Lola Massey
All
Security National Bank
Duncan
Emmett Massey
Oklahoma National Bank
Benson to name John H. Davis CCC president
Secretary of Agriculture designate Ezra Taft Benson announced that he will appoint John H. Davis of Boston as president of the Commodity Credit Corp. Davis is an agricultural economist and currently general manager of the National Wool Marketing Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
John H. Davis
Boston
Commodity Credit Corp
Davis
National Wool Marketing Corp
Births and admissions at area hospitals report
Birth announcements include sons and daughters born to Morris Armstrong Smith Deaton Farmer and others with weights and times. Admitted patients list with surgeries and medical cases from multiple towns. discharges noted and several newborns and polio cases mentioned.
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Jim Morris
S. 14Th
B. R. Armstrong
Cornell
John J. Smith
John Deaton
S. Sixth
Calvin Farmer
Lawton
Vietminh Rebels Massively Attack French Posts in Annam
Communist led Vietminh rebels launched a massive assault on French outposts in central Annam. French command said reinforcements were rushing to Na Khe, a key road head in the Annam mountains, to aid beleaguered defenders.
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Saigon
Annam
Sip
Monay
Vietnam
Na Khe
Apartment House Damaged By Fire
Fire Sunday afternoon caused extensive damage to a bedroom and clothes closet in a Council Heights apartment at 620 E B O K Markham. Central station firemen said flames destroyed clothing and the closet interior and spread to the bedroom. The bed was ablaze on arrival. Occupants L. C. Strickland and family were away. Heat smoke and fire heavily damaged wall facings and furniture upstairs.
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Council Heights
Markham
Central Station
L. C. Strickland
Grenade accident kills two stepsons of auto dealer
Fort Sill officials probe a rear garden blast that killed Jack Annis and injured Robert Annis, stepsons of Clarence Madden, a local auto dealer. Investigators say the anti tank rifle grenade likely dud entry. Robert died at Memorial hospital after injuries, Jack died on arrival. Robert born April 6 1946 at Belton Texas. Surviving relatives include his mother, paternal and step-grandparents and Aunts in Pittsburgh and Iowa. Rosary and Mass dates are listed.
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Clarence Madden
Fort Sill
Robert
Madden
Jack
St. Mary’s
Memorial Hospital
Robert Annis
Belton
Tex
Sg Oral Annis
Camp Carson
Becker Memorial Chapel
Church of Blessed Sacrament
Katherine Gerhold
Pittsburgh
O. L. Annis
Guthrie
Thomas Madden
Littleport
Anna Peters
Lillian Behers
Plane Neptune shot down off China coast amid war blackout
Navy imposed a full news blackout on the disaster after a patrol plane failed to locate survivors. Reports place the Neptune near Swatow or Shing-Hai, with authorities in San Francisco stating the craft was four and a half miles from Red controlled shores. Distress message fixed at 22 57 N 116 36 E.
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Navy
Neptune
Swatow
Shing-Hai
San Francisco
Red
Draft list of named individuals from multiple locations
A long roster of persons including James L. McFarland Bobby L. Beaty D. B. Wheat Robert S. Gibson Jackie F. Dees Virgil L. Brewer Charles W. Maxley Raymond Reece Charles A. Armstrong Cecil Stevenson Albert L. Ryans Thomas Pearson John Bostick Jr. James Thomas Van Huse Johnny L. Merefka Wilfred Ralph Niedo John K. Brewer Edgar L. Rhodes Franklin D. Scroggins Donald L. Mitchum Hixles Waller Freddie Ralph Fisher Jack Koch Thomas Dillard Moore Elgin Dean N. Phillips Elgin Genn W. Crabtree Medicine Park Carl M. Schroder Fletcher Arvie A. Adkins Fletcher Bonnie Lee MaHan Fletcher Charles L. Lutowsky Rush Springs Jerrell Jones Chattanooga L. V. Woody Fletcher Reford Curtis Ulrick Cache.
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James L. McFarland
Bobby L. Beaty
D. B. Wheat
Robert S. Gibson
Jackie F. Dees
Virgil L. Brewer
Charles W. Maxley
Raymond Reece
Charles A. Armstrong
Cecil Stevenson
Albert L. Ryans
Thomas Pearson
John Bostick Jr
James Thomas van Huse
Johnny L. Merefka
Wilfred Ralph Niedo
John K. Brewer
Edgar L. Rhodes
Franklin D. Scroggins
Donald L. Mitchum
Hixles Waller
Freddie Ralph Fisher
Jack Koch
Thomas Dillard Moore
Elgin
Dean N. Phillips
Genn W. Crabtree
Medicine Park
Carl M. Schroder
Fletcher
Arvie A. Adkins
Bonnie Lee MaHan
Charles L. Lutowsky
Rush Springs
Jerrell Jones
Chattanooga
L. V. Woody
Reford Curtis Ulrick
Cache
Markets and Livestock and Produce Prices Oklahoma City
Auction notes from Oklahoma City January 19 cover cattle, hogs, and sheep trades with bids on steers and yearlings, calves, and heifers, plus utility cows and bulls. Hogs steady to up, lambs strong, with several price points across stockyards and regional grain and produce quotes, including broilers and hens.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
Oklahoma
State Department of Agriculture Today
Muskogee
Vinita
Poteau
Seminole
Cordell
Alva
Tulsa
Ardmore
Blackwell
Chickasha
Lawton
Durant
Elk City
Buffalo
Laverne
Enid McAlester
Foreview
McAlester
Enid
el Reno
Lower
Fairview
Rogers
Ark
All Colors
Pecans
Traffic Division Appointment and Public Service Plan
The Traffic division will be appointed by the mayor with council consent in the same manner as police appointments. Miss Goodey, records and analysis secretary, will assist motorists with traffic reports. Traffic tickets will be redeemed in the Traffic division office. The Traffic quarters are separate from city hall’s jail section.
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Isdiction
Police Department
Bradford
Miss Goodey
Snowball Incident and Local Theft Reports
Weekend patrols noted one wayward snowball breaking a back window at 2 Pontiac convertible driven by Neva Compton near Sixth and Ferris. Police logged three liquor raid bonds for Lawtonians Dean Sills Raymond Gilbert and Jack Shaw with posted amounts of 40 40 and 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Compton
Ferris
L. D. Hagler
Laird
Kater Inn No. 2
Cache Road
Jack E. Gilmore
Fort Sill
L. Woodward
S. 11Th
Shaw
Funeral Rites for Pvt David Jackmon Killed in Korea
The body of 22 year old Pvt David Jackmon will arrive in Lawton Thursday for last rites set for Friday at Union Baptist Church. Private Jackmon son of Mr and Mrs Charley Jackmon of 2028 Garfield served since February and died in Korea while with Company A 17th Infantry Regiment. Burial with full military rites in Post Cemetery. Survivors include parents a sister and five brothers and several sisters and relatives. Funeral arrangements by Shaw Funeral Home. Born June 20 1930 in Grathdfield he moved to Lawton in 1947 and attended Separate School at Loveland as a senior when called to service.
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David Jackmon
Lawton
Jackmon
Charley Jackmon
Garfield
17Th Infantry Regiment
Union Baptist Church
H. P. Parris
Post Cemetery
Shaw Funeral Home
Jackman
Grathdfield
Wilma Parchman
Loveland
Parchman
Charley Jackmon Jr
Portland
Ore
Freeman Jackmon
Seaside
Calif
Joseph
Elmer Jackmon
Charles Stroud
Georgia Lee Chapman
Stockton
Maevelyn
Thelma
Stella Jackman
Emanuel Houston
Austin
Tex
Taylor Arrives For Sill Inspection
Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor deputy chief of staff for operations and administration of the Department of the Army arrived by plane to inspect Fort Sill training. He will depart this afternoon for Oklahoma City to visit his parents before returning to Washington. The visit had been planned but postponed.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Department of the Army
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Washington
Taylor
Ten Years Ago in Lawton and Cameron College Dates
The Constitution's Yesteryears highlights a 10 year glimpse: Army Air Force Technical Training Command opens a school at Cameron College for potential clerks as mercury hits 12 inches in Lawton. Sheriff Myers finds 254 pints of cheap liquor east of Lawton. Ron Woodhouse, a Lawton native, is a Japanese prisoner. Milk price caps set at 14 cents per quart. Faxon school reports 175.55 in war bonds and stamps sold in early January.
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Army Air Force Technical Training Command
Cameron College
Mercury
Lawton
George Myers
Ron Woodhouse
Faxon School
Winter Leaves Area as Warm Weather Returns
The last remnants of Old Man Winter faded as warm, fair conditions were forecast through mid week. After a weekend low near 30, temperatures climbed from the lower to upper 40s and into the 60s for today and tomorrow, with Sunday at Lawton around 25 and today near 44.
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The
Mercury
Lawton
Rosenberg calls tighter draft deferments for larger force
Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna M. Rosenberg in her final report urged tightening draft deferments to ensure a 3,600,000-man military. She said men deferred to complete college should be drafted immediately after graduation as she leaves office with the Truman administration on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anna M. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Truman
Triplets Born To County Farm Woman Two Survive
Two tiny premature girls survived at Memorial hospital after triplets were born on a farm near Sterling. The third baby died after birth, the two survivors each weighing about three pounds at birth. They remained in incubators as doctors expected weight gain toward five pounds to gain independence.
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Sterling
Memorial Hospital
Clarence R. Schulte
Mary Cecila
Mary Anna
Firms Listed as Bidders for Oklahoma Projects
A list of bidders with plans and specifications taken out for multiple projects. Firms include Sherman Machine and Iron Works Oklahoma City Paul H Nun Oklahoma City Standard Paving Tulsa Pennington-Winter Oklahoma City Young Construction Kansas City Jones Construction Oklahoma City Russ-Mitchell Houston Zenith Construction Bethany Don P Pray Monett Missouri Summerville Construction Ada Michigan Snyder Company Tulsa Viking Supply Dallas Municipal Service Kansas City R E Mattison Oklahoma City B M Construction Oklahoma City Capital Steel Oklahoma City Dresser Mfg Oklahoma City Dresser Mfg New Orleans Robert L Yocum Dallas Asplund Construction Enid E W Baker Bethany Larrance Tank Lawton Clyde Shelton Lawton American Cast Iron Kansas City Infilco Tulsa Armco Drainage Houston H J Happel Tulsa Lock Joint Pipe East Orange New York Bethlehem Steel Tulsa E W Bacharach Kansas City Redding and Associates Lawton Roberson Steel Oklahoma City F W Dodge Reports Oklahoma City Tulsa Construction Kansas City Charles F Smith and Sons Dayton Wyche and Hammond Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Machine and _ Iron Works
Oklahoma City
Paul H. Nun
Standard Paving Company
Tulsa
Pennington-Winter
Young Construction Company
Kansas City
Jones Construction Company
Russ - Mitchell, Inc
Houston
Zenith Construction Company
Bethany
Don P. Pray
Monett
Summerville Construction
Ada Mich
Snyder Company
Viking Supply Corp
Dallas
Municipal Service Company
Transport Arrives San Francisco With 3300 Troops
More than 3,300 soldiers and sailors from the Far East and Honolulu arrive today aboard three Navy transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Far East
Honolulu
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Burr Speck
Altus
Brenda Jean Bentley
E. E. Bentley
Sue Linda Boucher
R. W. Boucher
Kenneth Riley
Doyle McCune
Rosa Lee McCune
Ollie Hi
Joey Pittman
Marvin Pittman
Rt. 1
Medical
Emma McCauley
Marlow
Sally Watts
Patricia Grey High
D. B. High
Kingsbury
Mary Cecilia Schulte
D. R. Schulte
Mary Anna Schulte
E. J. Flahart
Oak
Callie Robinson
Mabel Oldham
Willie Jones
Doris Jean Shook
Abe Shook
L. T. Shuler
Lee Thomas Shuler
Foster
Polio
Linda Jo Powell
Ralph Powell
Virgil Tingley
Anadarko
Royce Cozad
Faxon
Cannon Norton
Mede
Howard Niyah
Charlotte Niyah
Jim Bobb
A. Nahper
Verna Maynahonah
Hoover
Komardley
Germansaddle
Cyril
Augustus Stevens
Cathy Large
Star Route
Wallace Horse
Meers
Cuarien Pebeahsy
John Tomahsah
Belle York
FORD
C Avenue
Annis
Chicago
Joe Ford
Russell - Ford Insurance Agency
D Ave
Lawton Boot and
Glenn Fuqua
Reo
WIEST
S 33 Auto Service
Jewelry and Loan
Ronson
Lee Roy L. Lewis
Tal Adore
Chrysler
A& M
Harry U
Fred Melton
Lewton
Okla
South 23Rd
Nelsons
Yesteryears
Constitution
Tilford E. Smith
Logan “Stelly” Stollenwerck
Red River Valley
Snyder
Rock Island Railway
New City
Arthur McAvoy
Jack Cross
C. B. Case
C. C. Case
Lawton High
Business College
Paul Revere
Tom
Ray
Ron Stephens
Security Bank
Mfgis
D Inc — At
FOX
French L Worthen
Optometrist
DR. W. B. Coachman
John E. Barnes
Francis A. Hald
Optometrists
Bo Eal Degara As
CSP
M. E
Cuffie
Waid Optometris
Lawton Business College
Edwards School
Insurors Realtor
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
M & D Finance CO
JO G. Andrews
Wolverton
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