Army Orders List Far East and Europe transfers
Department of the Army orders issued in Washington DC assign brigadier generals to Far East and Europe. Numerous lieutenants and captains across Fort Sill Fort Meade Presidio of Monterey and other posts are directed to training schools retirement or reassignment, with many slated for Far East duty and several to the United States Europe commands. Names include Oakes Futch Porter Willard and many junior officers with destinations and retirements noted.
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Army
Washington, D.C
John C. Oakes
Wash DC
Far East
Theodore L. Futch
USA
Europe
Robert W. Porter, Jr
Wash
Robert A. Willard
Charles E. Bryant
Arty
Sill
George C. Fifield
Tenn
Sammy D. Myers
Oakland Army Base
William R. Phillips
Polk
Daniel S. Pope Tit
Ft Sill
Paul D. Ross
Fred R. Whitehead
Bliss
David C. Ahearn
Ft Banks
Henry J. Bahr
Harry H. Baird, Jr
Philadelphia
Robert B. Be
Kearny Shipyards
Charles B. Jenefsky
Robert W. Short
William H. Tomlinson
Ft Bliss
Julius W. Ryall
John W. Dwyer III
Presidio of
San Francisco
Dennis C. Holtz
Ft Meade
Ft Hood
Kenneth L. Kitzler
Hanford
Alfred R. Rogers
Gov ‘Sland
William E. Wollenberg
Gov Island
Theodore J. Capka
Stoneman
Topeka
Kans
Stuart F. Brady
James M. Cake
Dale T. Davis
George L. Gogan Jr
Jack E. Hembree
Harold D. Herrig
Charles R. Hill
Paul ©. Hunt
Richard B. Maucere Jr
Albert W. Miller
Thomas A. Mutch
William Nelson
Hood
Raymond N. Brown
Bragg
Bruce E. Elmblad
Campbell
Hugh C. Larkin
Daniel F. MacNertney
Detroit
Marvin E. Mikes
James E. Rice
Stephen O. Standock
Ft Bragg
Lewis N. Tarbett
George N. Wortherspoon
Camp
Polk J. Atkinson
Thomas J. Badger
Noisy joy ride and marriages in Lawton era notes
A historic Lawton page lists Edith Childs and Joe Holt as popular newlyweds, Harry A. Williams buying the Palace theater, and a Pow Wow near Lawton with dances. It also notes a Fort Sill soldier’s death by blood poisoning, two bandits sent to prison for life, and local civic updates including a new store opening at Sixth and D and retirements.
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Edith Childs
Joe Holt
Lawton
Harry A. Williams
Palace Theater
Pancho Villa
Ethell and Stafford
Lawton Furniture Firm
Sixth and D
Fort Sill
Safeway
Bill Laird
Rosie
Pioneer Court House Square
Tulsa Jet Pilot Gains 10th MIG
Lt Col Vermont Garrison of Tulsa was credited with ten MIGs in Korea air action, becoming the nation's ninth double jet ace. He has three probables and four damage claims. Lt Robert J Sprazier of Watonga also scored a kill and a damage during the engagement that saw nine MiGs down and four damaged.
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Seoul
Vermont Garrison
Tulsa
Korea
Garrison
Robert J. Sprazier
Watonga
Teen-Age Girls End Six Day Crime Spree In Nevada County
Three teenage offenders aged 18 surrender to a 30 man posse after a six day crime spree that began in San Francisco. They face charges including kidnapping armed robbery car theft and escape from officers. Deputy Elmer Oates recounts being held at knife point before the group finally surrendered.
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Nevada City
Calif
Elmer Oates
Nevada County Jail
June Charlotte Wood
San Francisco
John Pearman
Vallejo
Albert Gervais
Oakland
Reno
Oates
Funeral rites for Dennis Kieth Wre infant son of Mr and Mrs Kieth Ware
Infant Dennis Kieth Wre died after ingesting cleaning fluid Saturday. Born March 6, 1951 in Lawton, he dies at 6:15 p.m. in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held in Elk City with burial in Canute Oklahoma, arrangements by Savage Funeral Home Elk City and Becker Funeral Home local, survivors include parents and extensive grandparents and great grandparents.
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Dennis Kieth Wre
Kieth Ware
Elk City
Canute
Funeral services for Mrs Fanny Martin in Grandfield
Funeral services for Mrs Fanny Martin 59 of 1201 Washington will be held in Grandfield with burial in Grandfield cemetery. She died Saturday at 7 30 p m after a heart attack. Survivors include husband John Martin three daughters K N Beasley Pete Tipton and J D Cheek four sons Leon Lester Ray Clifford and Emery two brothers Henry Watson R A Watson and one sister Mrs Ted Taylor.
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Fanny Martin
Washington
Grandfield
Lawton
K. N. Beasley
Oklahoma City
Pete Tipton
Eldorado
Tex
J. D. Cheek
Loveland
Okla
Leon
Galveston
Lester Ray
Earlimart
Calif
Clifford
Brunswick
Emery
San
Area Men In Service Ensign Callicott Stationed in California
Ensign Jack D. Callicott son of Mr and Mrs William D Callicott 1921 Arlington has been stationed at the naval training command in San Diego for an amphibious warfare indoctrination. He is a USNA graduate and will report to the USS Merrick after training.
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Jack P. Callicott
California
Jack D. Callicott
William D. Callicott
Arlington
Naval Training Command
San Diego
Calif
Callicott
USNA
Merrick
Crewmen Rescued From Sinking Dorotea Freighter
A rescue tug reached the Panamanian freighter Dorotea floundering in the Gulf of Mexico with 16 crew aboard. The ship, a 30 year old wooden construction, lay without power about 120 miles southeast of Mobile Alabama. The tug planned to inspect the leaking vessel and its cargo of logs in hopes of saving both.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Mobile
Ala
Indian Escapees Back In Prison
Two Indian convicts from Ponca City escaped McAlester state prison farm crew Saturday and were recaptured near Holdenville by former Pittsburg county Deputy Sheriff Clinton Gladden. Noear 24 served a three year term for forgery and Buffalohead 25 a two year term for burglary.
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Mcalester
Okla
McAlester State Prison
Ponca City
Benjamin Noear
Robert Buffalohead
Pittsburg County
Clinton Gladden
Holdenville
Noear
Buffalohead
Antenna boosts reception for Lawton viewers
Kansas based KWFT V in Wichita Falls announced a new 465 foot five bay antenna rising about 500 feet above terrain. The chief engineer estimated the range to extend up to 100 miles, improving reception from channel 6 in Lawton from poor to clear for thousands of viewers. The station began broadcasting March 1 as the first of its kind in Wichita Falls.
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Lawton
Channel 6
KWFTV
Wichita Falls
Kenyon Brown
Dr. O W Davison to lead Columbia citizenship project
Norman Oklahoma July 20 Dr. O W Davison director of school and community services at the University of Oklahoma will assume the southwest regional directorship of Columbia University s citizenship education project on September 1 He will oversee programs in the region involving community education and civic instruction at colleges and schools under Columbia University s initiative
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Columbia Post
Norman
Okla
O. W. Davison
University of Oklahoma
Southwest
Columbia University
Citizenship
Red Refugees Provide Facts For Bomb Plan
Refugees fleeing Russia and its satellites are giving the United States Air Force crucial data on where to strike in a potential retaliation. The material complements technical intelligence on Russia’s air fleet, obtained from former Soviet personnel who escaped with jet fighters. A Harvard study from 1950, contracted by the Air Force, examined the psychological and sociological effects of strategic bombing, details of which were disclosed in a Senate subcommittee hearing.
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Washington
Russia
United States Air Force
Soviet Union
United States
Air Force
Harvard University
Soviet Empire
Senate Appropriations
Metal Containers In Navy Mine Sweepers Require Careful Placement
Metal food containers must be distributed across the Navy's new non magnetic mine sweepers to avoid forming magnetic concentrations that could trigger nearby mines.
Oklahoma Hospital Plans To Borrow Funds
Dr. George Cross president of the University of Oklahoma says next year budget funds will support operating facilities at University Hospitals not in use due to a funding shortage. Regents decide to tap new income sources to finance hospital operations and open a new wing at Crippled Children’s Hospital, two floors of idle beds, and a new psychiatric unit.
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Oklahoma City
George Cross
University of Oklahoma
Cross
Medical School
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Edwards Family Returns Home From Wyoming Vacation
Personal Mr and Mrs William McBrit tain Edwards and children Beverly and Bill left this morning for Houston Texas after a weekend visit with his parents Mr and Mrs J Hale Edwards at 815 N 17. They were en route home after an extended vacation spent in the mountains of Wyoming.
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William McBrittain Edwards
Beverly
Bill
Houston
Texas
J. Hale Edwards
Wyoming
Ritz Brothers member Jimmy wed in Beverly Hills
Jimmy Ritz, 48, of the Ritz Brothers, married July Lee, 21, of Beverly Hills. Brothers Harry and Al Ritz served as attendants.
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Jimmy
The
Ritz Brothers
Beverly Hills
Calif
Jimmy Ritz
July Lee
Harry
al Ritz
Civil Service Exams Slated at Fort Sill
August 12 closes 21 Civil Service exams at Fort Sill to certify applicants for future federal openings. The executive secretary notes exams do not guarantee jobs but create a certified list for future vacancies. Openings span model maker to cook across engineering, maintenance, and support roles.
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Fort Sill
Former Oklahoman Killed In Kansas
Sprigman Murphy Williams of Blackwell Okla a 35 year old Boeing shipping inspector was killed when his car plunged off a road two miles west of Mulvane Kansas on Sunday He is survived by his widow two daughters and a son.
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Wichita
Kan
Sprigman Murphy Williams
Boeing Airplane Co
Mulvane
Blackwell
Okla
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
An advertisement for FASTEETH powder promises firmer, more comfortable false teeth with no gummy taste. The alkaline non acid formula claims to prevent slips during eating and speaking and even odor control. Available at drug stores.
Applications Due For Field Checks Comanche County Farmers
Comanche county farmers may request a field inspection for crop certification this month. County agent Lewis Haydock said the Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association program will survey planted acreage to judge crop condition insect damage and weed presence. Inspections cover sorghum cow peas native grasses peanuts castor beans corn buffalo alfalfa cotton mung beans broomcorn soybeans and sweet potatoes.
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Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
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Constitution
A. B. Bowling
Billy Hoyt Littlefield
Bert George
Geronimo
Seabees
E. N. J. Meier
Ennedy A” & Company Insurdrs Akeng Shee
Kwanty Roofing Co
Summit
Dennis Ware
Diversified Services
Yevestors
Hevestors
Chevestors Syndicate OF America
Terry Cowdrey
Atlanta
Ihre
Radio & Television Service Co
E” Ave
Army Reserve
U.S. Army Reserve Unit
U. S. Army
Army Reserve Unit
Army Reserves
Frigidaire
Wolverton
General Motors
Kansas
Oklahoma Crop Improvment Association
Stillwater Peting
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