Cityan Charged In Clothing Theft
Lee Barton Williams 43 listed as Lawton address charged with second degree burglary under alias James Wilson for theft of about 500 dollars in clothing from Coy Thomas northwest of Walters. Williams held in Comanche County jail with Valina Davis 42 of Duncan. about half the clothing recovered. Car search turned over 300 dollars in clothing and jewelry from Pam pa Texas and 500 dollars of clothing from McLean Texas found and given to Texas officers.
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Cotton County
Hugh Fitzsimons
Lee Barton Williams
Lawton
James Wilson
Coy Thomas
Walters
Valina Davis
Duncan
Williams
Comanche County
Thomas
Everett Hale
W. O. Adkins
Pampa
Tex
Charles Cousins
McLean
Texas
Butter markets steady with wholesale prices unchanged
Chicago butter receipts total 1 053 397 with prices steady or up slightly. Eggs remain Connecticut's self sufficient product with about two dozen per week per family in the state.
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Chicago
Connecticut
Funeral Rites for John Van Aernam Held in Becker Chapel
Funeral services for John Van Aernam were held in Becker Memorial chapel with burial in the Spanish American veterans plot at Highland Cemetery. Military honors were given by the 264th FA Bn led by Lt Sammie L Greene. Bearers included Cpls Schumacher Bel lamy Johnson Johnson Hart Hill with Sfc Blankinship in charge. A Masonic oration was delivered by Fuzz Barnes, and Ike Stothard bore the Bible. Dr Ralph Holt presented the flag.
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John van Aernam
Becker Memorial Chapel
Highland Cemetery
264Th FA Bn
Sammie L. Greene
Vernon G. Schumacher
Garland D. Bellamy
John J. Johnson
Verle D. Johnson
Kenneth O. Hart
Robert D. Hill
Sfc
John G. Blankinship
Fuzz Barnes
Ike Stothard
Ralph Holt
Walter A. Elsner Dies at 59 in Tipton Farm Community
Walter A. Elsner, 59, a well known Tipton valley farmer, died at his home southeast of Tipton Friday at 10 45 am. Born July 14 1894 in Arlington Nebraska he moved with his family to Lawton then Tillman county as a boy and served in World War I after Tipton High School. Burial was in Frederick Memorial Cemetery with Tipton Masonic lodge graveside rites. Survivors include his wife and other relatives.
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Frederick Memorial Cemetery
Tipton Valley
Titon
Tipton High School
Mrs H A Cherry Rites Set in Edmond
Mrs. H A Cherry of Edmond dies in Oklahoma City after a long illness. Funeral services are at Paas Funeral Home Edmond with burial in Davis Cemetery beside her husband. Survivors include daughter Mrs Thomas A Flesher and son Henry A Cherry Jr of Baltimore, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The family moved from Lawton to Edmond about 15 years ago.
Charles II’s attempt to suppress coffee houses over politics
The monarch Charles II sought to curb coffee houses accusing them of spreading political agitation and dissent. He argued they hosted discussions undermining authority and aimed to suppress their influence in public life.
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Charles II of England
Farmer Fined $100 For Drunk Driving
Walter Rogers, 23, a Hendrick farmer, pleaded guilty to drunken driving after a 75 mph spree east of Lawton Tuesday evening. He paid a $100 fine and costs as assessed by County Judge S. R. Harper and was released from jail. Patrolman Lt. Clyde Awtrey said Rogers forced several cars off the road. his five-year-old son cried as the trooper stopped the car 13 miles east of Lawton on SH 7. Deputies kept the boy under watch while his mother arrived.
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Walter Rogers
Lawton
Rogers
S. R. Harper
Clyde Awtrey
SH. 7
Awards Planned for Former POWs in Oklahoma
The American Legion service officer has opened applications for the Oklahoma Cross of Valor to honor former POWs from World War II or the Korean conflict. Eligible recipients must be Oklahoma residents at enlistment, honorably discharged, and listed as captives by the enemy.
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American Legion
Oklahoma Cross of Valor
Legion
Oklahoma
Lowery-Whitehead
County Broiler Project Eyed
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce Agriculture committee plans the 1954 broiler project in Comaniche county. John Keathley chairs with Leo Craig and Bob Dawes as members. About 100 sponsors are needed to fund 50 to 150 baby chicks per child. Participants receive five dressed birds per 50 sponsored after 10 weeks and show them at the annual broiler show tentatively set for May 8.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Comaniche County
Jack Carter
John Keathley
Leo Craig
Bob Dawes
Chamber
Lawton
Churchill Denies Retirement Rumors in Commons Prattle
In London the Prime Minister, in his 80s, dismissed persistent retirement rumors as a delusion. Laborite colleagues pressed him in the House of Commons as he checked his hearing aid and denied plans to resign within six months.
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London
Churchill
Laborite Eriers
House of Commons
Cox Hires Purman Wilson For Defense
Purman Wilson a Purcell lawyer has been hired to assist the defense in the Jim Cox murder case. He will likely work with Lewis Derke Lawton attorney who has served as Coxs counsel. Cox a Cache cattleman is charged with murder in the Dec 28 rifle slaying of Floyd Roberts in the Indiahoma area stockman. He was bound over Jan 7 for trial in superior court and released under a 20000 dollar bond later this month.
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Purman Wilson
Purcell
Jim Cox
Wilson
Lewis Derke
Lawton
Cox
Floyd Roberts
Indiahoma
Streetcars Collide In Baltimore Seven Hurt
Seven people were hospitalized as two streetcars collided near City Hall during the afternoon rush hour in Baltimore. Motorman Anthony Kramer, 22, suffered chest injuries from the crash when a second car went through an open switch. A Baltimore Transit Co. sign on the struck car urged residents to take a trolley.
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City Hall
Anthony Kramer
Baltimore Transit Co
FBI Catches Top 10 Crook In California
Los Angeles police and FBI announce the arrest of Alex Richard Bryant, 47, one of the ten most wanted fugitives. Bryant, living as Edward Lawson, was captured at a Los Angeles trucking company where he worked as a spotter, unarmed and resisting. He has a long criminal history dating to 1924 and had been serving a life term for armed robbery before escaping Michigan’s Jackson Penitentiary in January 1952. Bryant expressed expectation of a return to the pen.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Alex Richard Bryant
Bryant
Michigan State
Jackson
John F. Malone
Gladys
Michigan
Malone
Hoover
Los Angeles County
Sink Says Seat Sorry In Court SatireHeadline
Judge H Hoyle Sink ordered a new chair after the old seat nearly collapsed at the start of Madison Superior Court. The News-Record ran a humorous headline claiming Sink sat in a sinking chair and the seat apologized.
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H Hoyle Sink
Madison Superior Court
the News- Record
Sink
In Memoriam Coffee Cup Passes at Chicago Shop
A humorous In Memoriam notes the old 10 cent cup of coffee in a Loop shop has died after a period of illness. Interment will take place immediately in its own grounds as the price rises to 15 cents a cup.
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Chicago
Mayflower Captain King son Jones River origin noted
Mayflower era notes recall that the Jones River in Kingston, Mass was named for an English emissary or crew member connected to the 1620 voyage. The fragment suggests a captain linked to the ship's arrival and naming details.
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Kingson
Mass
Jones River
Esne
Sten
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