City Man 58 Beaten by Hoodlums in Home Invasion
Lawton police seek two youths after a 58 year old man, Joe Bass of 114% A, was beaten with a heavy instrument during an attempted robbery at his home shortly after midnight. Bass suffered a fractured skull and other injuries but no money was taken. He was found later by a taxi driver and rushed to Southwestern hospital. Police expect possible leads soon.
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Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Joe Bass
Bass
D. Moncrief
Arnold Overton
Moncrief
Red Bass
Aging Lawtonian Burns in House Fire Incident
James Dodson, 83, of Lawton View, suffered second and third degree burns from ankles to hips when his trousers ignited while warming himself by a stove at 2011 Washington. He smothered the flames by jumping into bed. attendants at Angus Hospital report his injuries.
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Washington
Angus Hospital
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Prison Aid Denies Taking State Cash
A D Martin of Oklahoma City pleaded innocent to eight indictments accusing him of embezzling canteen funds from the state penitentiary while serving as secretary to former Warden F B Conner. He was arraigned in McAlester with bond set at 19000. dates and amounts listed for 1945 46 embezzlements totaling thousands of dollars.
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Okla
A. D. Martin
Oklahomaity
Martin
State Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma City
W. A. Lackey
Pittsburg County
F. B. Conner
Judge Lackey
Agather Maartin
Farm Leaders Back Aid and Hospital Bond Drive
Leaders of two major farm groups voiced support for the Marshall Plan as they told the senate committee. Initiatives circulated for a May 11 bond election to fund a community hospital at about 7500000 dollars, with modifications lowering the petition request to 430000.
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Taft
Ohio
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France approves withdrawal of 5000 franc notes
Paris reports both chambers pass government plan to remove 5000 franc notes from circulation. The finance ministry promises repayment to holders and says the move is not expropriation. Council of the Republic ratified the measure by 67 to 126 after Assembly approval 308 to 288.
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Finance Ministry
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National Assembly
Crash of Rescue Plane Reported
U S Air Force HQs reported sighting wreckage in the lower French Alps and said a second plane, likely a B 17, in the search party crashed 20 miles east of the wreckage. The first plane, a DC 3, vanished Tuesday en route from France to Italy with three American women and five children aboard.
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U S Warns on Americans Fighting in Palestine
The United States will seize the passports of any American citizens found fighting in Palestine and return them only after they agree to go home, per a statement from the U S consulate general.
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United States
Palestine
U. S
State's Reply Awaited In OU Negro Action
Oklahoma Attorney General Mac Q Williamson said he had not received the regents of the University of Oklahoma's new question regarding the legality of admitting six Negro applicants to graduate schools. The board announced it would ask yes or no whether the university, in light of U S and Oklahoma Supreme Court rulings, could proceed with admission.
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Oklahoma
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Williamson
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Oklahoma Supreme
Negro admitted to University of Arkansas law school
Fayetteville Arkansas January 30 estimates say a Negro, Clifford Davis, will be admitted to the University of Arkansas school of law after court rulings allowing such admissions if separate facilities are not available President Lewis Webster Jones announced today. A separate student demonstration at the University of Oklahoma opposed black admission and called for separate schools with several speakers voicing opinions.
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University of Arkansas Achool of Law
Lewis Webster Jones
Williamson
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Ada Laig Sionel Fisher
University of Oklahoma
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Lone Wolf
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Seminole
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Oklahoma
Texas
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Steele
John
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Jackson To Present Probe Evidence To State
Judge Floyd L. Jackson says he will personally present evidence from an investigation into the release of a Comanche county prisoner by Sheriff Ed Gartrell before completion of sentence. Commissioners considered possible ouster actions after consulting the attorney general, who may advise charges a grand jury or dropping the matter.
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Oklahoma Attorney General
Iygan
Comanche County
Mate
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Howard Barbee
Lawton
Ed Gartrell
Barbee
Board of County Commissioners
Ralph H. Cline
Gandhi Shot Dead Triggers India Riots
New Delhi reports Mohandas K. Gandhi was assassinated at 78 by a Hindu extremist. Rioting erupted in Bombay and other districts as India faced a potential communal crisis. Nehru and Patel were present at Birla house as Gandhi died.
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Mohandas KE
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India
Plane Missing 28 Feared Lost
Sir Arthur Coningham, World War I air hero, is believed missing with 24 others on a British Airways Tudor Ty plane en route to Bermuda. Overdue eight hours, Bermuda dispatches report crash 440 miles northeast of Bermuda as seven search planes scour the area. most passengers are British.
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Arthur Coningham
Bermuda
British South American Airways
Mile O Dimes Drive Set With Police Fire Team Race
City students and adults plan the Annual Mile O Dimes on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in blocks 300 and 490 with police and fire crews competing to raise funds for infantile paralysis. Mayor Hutchins chairs. Chief Cable and Fire Chief Julian lead shifts across D avenue.
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Agd
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George Hutchins
Joe Cable
LeRoy (Hess) Julian
Snowbound Roads After Snowfall Hits Oklahoma Panhandle
Winter storm dumped up to 12 inches in the Panhandle then moved northeast. Road crews labored as state and U S highways remained closed or icy with three traffic deaths blamed on slick conditions. U S 64 near Boise City was blocked by drifts and ice. Southeast roads from Antlers to Wilburton and near Broken Bow were described as extremely icy. Forecasters expected the precipitation to end in the northeast this afternoon with calmer skies and warmer temps ahead.
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U. S. 64
Boise City
Panhandle
U. S. 271
Antlers
Wilburton
State 21
Broken Bow
Gas consumption hits record in Lawton Oklahoma
Lawton endures its severest cold wave of the season as Consolidated Gas and Utilities reports record fuel use. Ford Mugg says there is no fuel shortage despite peak load last Tuesday with temperatures in the low 20s and teens. He cites 1000 plus new residential units in 1947, 222 in November and 68 in December as drivers.
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Lawton
Ford Mugg
Consoldated Gas and Utilities Corporation
Southwest
Oklahoma
Lawkon
House Democrats Seek Substitute Tax Bill
Democrats search for an alternative income tax cut to block a GOP 6 billion plan. Leaders face a long debate on Harold Knutson's Ways and Means tax bill as votes loom Monday. Some Democrats oppose Knutson while many back tax relief and push for a substitute.
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House
Harold Knutson
Rminn
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Laleen
Bloodied trousers tied to ex convict in Curd case
Blood stained trousers found at the suspect's sister’s home belong to a 21 year old ex convict. He admitted seeing blood on the trousers but denied assault and blamed a cut on his hand. FBI lab in Washington will test if the blood matches Mrs. Curd. Investigators seek link to Monday beating.
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Washington, D. C
FBI
Mrs Jensen 64 Dies on Cache Farm After Heart Attack
Mrs Victor Jensen 64 longtime Comanche county resident died unexpectedly at her farm two miles northeast of Cache about 9 10 p m Thursday after a heart attack Born Fannie Seal Harpending Dec 36 1883 Atchison Kan She was married to Dr Edward J Eckhardt Lawton in 1909 and later to Victor Jensen Aug 8 1936 She worked as a civil service dietitian at Fort S Indian School for seven years and was a former member of First Methodist Church Lawton and affiliated with First Methodist Sadie at death She belonged to Union Valley Home Demonstration Club of Cache Survivors include her husband and other relatives See pages 2 col 5.
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Comanche County
Cache
Fannie Seal ‘Harpending
Atchison, Kan
Ane
Eoward J. Eckhardt
Lawton
Eckhardt
Civil Service
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