Regular Saturday Visit To Hudsons Home Nets Booze
City police raided Ralph M Hudson at 715 Douglas seizing 103 half pints of whisky nine pints of whisky 48 half pints of gin five fifths of whisky four cases of wine and booked him on liquor possession and operating a joint. Hudson faces multiple county liquor charges with a prior docket and a delayed sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M Hudson
Douglas
Hudson
Otis Waldron
Preston Williams
Jerry Paul
Wal lop judge bears walnut knot faces assault case
The judge displayed a walnut sized knot when Foster filed charges against Cox for assault and battery. Justice of the Peace Cameron issued an arrest warrant as Cox did not appear in court. Cox’s employer pleaded guilty for him to cover a $62 fine to avoid custody and continue cattle feeding duties.
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Arthur Cavanagh
Foster
Cox
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Cameron
Cameron
Cotton Prospects Mixed Across Oklahoma Counties
Field reports show smaller plantings than 1952 with some losses from early summer drought. Estimates place 12 to 14 thousand acres under cultivation in one area, while Caddo County remains green though washed floods damaged some plots. Cotton County reaches 15 thousand acres with bright prospects if August cools. Experts stress boll worm eggs may appear soon and boll weevils could migrate with continued cool weather. Hart inspected ten fields this week finding no immediate insect spraying needed, but vigilance advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Haydock
Caddo County
Washita
Jasper Hart
Harl
Hart
Twins Born After Death Of Mother
In Laurel Mississippi on July 25 a Caesarean birth produced a girl and a boy just minutes after their 36-year-old mother Ruby Pulley died of a heart attack. Mrs Pulley died about five and a half hours after admission to Masonite Hospital. The girl weighed five pounds and was in weakened condition while the boy weighed six pounds and was deemed stronger by doctors.
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Laurel
Miss
Ruby Pulley
Masonite Hospital
No Left Turn Signs Success Downtown Intersections Tested
The police department set six no left turn signals at downtown intersections on C Avenue Third Fourth and Fifth and D Avenue Third Fourth and Fifth. Captain Tom Phipps says the trial reduced congestion and traffic flowed smoothly. The new model traffic code allows the police chief to place the regulation as needed, with signs kept in the intersection centers during active hours.
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Tom Phipps
C Avenue
D Avenue
Phipps
Bootleggers Foiled In Jail Serenade Drink Plot
In Lawton a jail jive session drawn from a nightclub incident reveals bootleggers Ludwig and Atkins sharing a cell as authorities recover half pint bottles. Ludwig denies drinking. Sid allegedly coordinated a signal to bring in the band. A courthouse secretary notes the risqué scene and warns bootleggers about serving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Ludwig
R. E
Snake) Atkins
Lawton
Atkins
M. T. McCracken
Sid
School enrollment dates set for Lawton seniors and juniors
Lawton High School schedules enrollment for the senior class on August 28 and the junior class on August 29, with sophomores and younger students enrolling August 31. Similar dates will be announced later for Douglass and Dunbar schools.
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Lawton High School
Douglass and
Dunbar
Wedding Plans Dashed By Crash
Wayne Oklahoma report recalls a Marine air transport crash in Florida that killed 24 University of Oklahoma midshipmen including Billy E Mills 20 the groom to be. He was to wed Patty Roberts August 14. The wedding was replaced by a funeral with about 500 attendees and the choir performing the funeral music. Best man served as pall bearer and the front row held the bride-to-be weeping.
Oil consumption at speed in automobiles
The average automobile driven continuously at 60 miles an hour uses ten times as much oil as at 30 miles an hour.
Police arrest woman in cafe extortion case
Chief Ralph Hennes and Hennessee rushed to the cafe where a Negro girl, noted by the cafe manager as using the phone moments earlier, sat in the kitchen. Hennessee jailed her for FBI questioning. Becker identified the woman as a frequent customer. Flecks, jailed on federal extortion and forgery counts, was arraigned before Commissioner Campbell with a $3,000 bond. transfer to federal custody expected. A 24-year-old Negro man was earlier arrested for forging a hot check at Becker’s store after a pursuit and later escaped from city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Fied
Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
FBI
Becker
Flecks
U. S
C. D. Campbell
Fleeks
Becker’s
Forces Report Ongoing Front Skirmishes and Air Losses
Amid scattered reports of light fighting along a 150 mile front, high winds hindered Allied air operations as the 5th Air Force logged 422 sorties, far below normal. The service disclosed 10 planes lost over North Korea last week, with two Sabres shot down Monday, while Sabres claimed 14 MIGs. At Quantico the U S 3rd Marine Division prepared to ship to Korea, loading at Camp Pendleton and potentially relieve the 1st Marine Division in the Western Front, suggesting the administration sees the war nearing its end.
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5Th Air Force
Air Force
North Korea
Quantico
U. S. 3Rd Marine Division
Korea
Camp Pendleton
Calif
1St Marine Division
Truce efforts described as propaganda by Red forces
A cautious live-and-let-live mood among troops surfaces as Red attacks press for a peace signing. Reporters flock to the Munsan camp while communications are bolstered and censor staff expands from two to four. A message from Gen. Mark W. Clark may signal the ceremony that could end the costly war.
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Page
Associated Press
John Randolph
Central Front
Munsan
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
U. N
Tierney and ex-boxer arrested after Broadway dispute
New York police charged actor Laurence Tierney and ex-boxer Mike Sands, 24, with disorderly conduct after a confrontation on Broadway. About 200 bystanders watched as Tierney tossed his coat and exchanged insults before police separated the men. No injuries reported and the cause of the quarrel remained unclear.
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New York
Lawrence Tierney
Mike Sands
Broadway
Sands
Fox Youth Fatally Shot During Play in Oklahoma
George Edward Cuff, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cuff, was accidentally shot to death yesterday at the Cuff home. Several youngsters playing nearby as a .22 caliber rifle discharged, striking Cuff in the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Okla
George Edward Cuff
Harry Cuff
Cuff
Reds Try Fast One at Panmunjom Armistice Signing
Reported by Robert Eunson from Tokyo describes a Soviet backed plan to simulate an Allied surrender during the Korean armistice signing. General Clark rejects the feint, doves of peace removed, and word circulates of a secret signing to bypass the table meeting. Kim Il Sung faces internal shakeups, heightening the risk of a delay or altered venue.
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Robert Eunson
Tokyo
Panmunjom
Mark W. Clark
Robert Tuckman
Tuckman
Clark
Korea
Kim Il Sung
Kim
Pyongyang
Strike Appeal Hearing Set
Oklahoma City July 25 The state Supreme Court set 9 30 am Tuesday to hear an appeal by striking electrical workers from a District Court order banning the walkout of Grand River Dam Authority employees. The AFL IBEW Local 796 and two officials were cited for contempt for violating the temporary restraining order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Grand River Dam Authority
GRDA
High Court
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 796
Josh Evans
Train to Camp Ripley Disrupts Guard Muster
Wreck flier and enlisted men from Companies L Bernie C Marston, A D Headquarters 1st Battalion aboard a train due to pick up at Marston Sikeston. Train to arrive Camp Ripley Minn tomorrow. Miss Lilyan Zindel of Perryville Memorial Hospital says 34 guardsmen admitted, two serious, five fair, others to be discharged tonight after minor injuries.
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Bernie
Marston
1St Batallion
Sikeston
Camp Ripley
Minn
Lilyan Zindel
Perryville Memorial Hospital
Six Drivers Charged In City JP Courts
Six drivers were charged in Lawton JP courts Saturday following highway patrol arrests. listed by name are Tony Arthur Gilson Amarillo Texas speeding Edward Gordon Packer Fort Sill allowing an unlicensed driver to operate John Collins 1904 Lee reckless driving ershel Lee Corbin Duncan owing unlicensed driver to drive Dale Wilson Coody Rt 1 Lawton speeding and Pauline Mary Corbin Duncan failing to dim.
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Lawton JP
Tony Arthur Gilson
Amarillo
Tex
Edward Gordon Packer
Fort Sill
John Collins
Lee
Ershel Lee Corbin
Duncan
Dale Wilson Cood
Couple Suspects In Texas Murders
Oklahoma City July 25 officers shift focus to two Texas murders in questioning Wayne Martin Walker 34 and Gloria Williamson 29 accused of mutilation slaying. Kansas soldier Cpl Robert Wayne Smith headless body found near Perry May 25. Oklahoma agents assist Texas officers. sheriff calls suspects hottest yet in Lipscomb Alabama hammer slaying.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
O. K. Bivins
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Wayne Martin Walker
Gloria Williamson
Kansas
Perry
Okla
Robert Wayne Smith
Cimarron
Kan
Bivins
C. V
Buster) Kern
Houston
Hope
Ark
Eugene Sullivan
Lipscomb
Ala
Wichita Publisher Louis Levand Dies
Louis Levand, 67, publisher of the Wichita Beacon, died after pneumonia following an intestinal operation. He was part of three Cincinnati born Levand brothers who built a Wichita newspaper partnership with Frederick G Bonfils and H. H. Tammen influence and bought 65 percent of the Beacon in 1928 from Henry J. Allen.
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Wichita
Louis Levand
Wichita Beacon
Levand
Louis
Max
John
Frederick G Bonfils
H. H. Tammen
Denver Post
Levands
The
Beacon
Henry J. Allen
U. S
Kansas
Max Max
Corpora
Phn
Non-Existent Bishop Names Tied To Communist Suspicions
GRAND RAPIDS Mich The Rt Rev Henry Knox Sherrill says a published list of clergy with Communist sympathies includes a non existent Iowa bishop and a dead Atlanta bishop, denouncing the article as irresponsible while defending clergy from smears He comments during the consecration of Rev Dudley B McNeil of Western Michigan.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sherrill
J. B. Matthews
U. S. Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
William Short
Iowa
Short
Walker
Atlanta
Dudley B. McNeil
Episcopal Diocese of
Western Michigan
Red Semyonov Absent from Food Shipment Interference
The newspaper accuses provocateurs of misrepresenting German aid as relief and claims Soviet high commissioner is blocking it. It asserts American food is distributed by American-run German agencies not for relief but sabotage, citing a June 17 American-planned action by American-run gangsters.
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Semyonov
Lightning Strikes 4 Picnicking Girls
In Miami at Crandon Park a lightning bolt struck a group of picnicking children. Gloria Flynn, 12, was killed while three other girls were injured Sandra Gechman 11 Marilyn Stevens 12 and Roxane Bildner 9 are recovering.
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Miami
Fla
Crandon Park
Gloria Flynn
Sandra Gechman
Marilyn Stevens
Roxane Bildner
State grants 119000 increase in workmen's compensation
Oklahoma City July 25 The State Insurance Board approved a 119000 rise in workmen's compensation rates following mandatory occupational disease coverage enacted by the Legislature. The board said statewide annual premiums would total about 67000 with specific employer costs around 52000. Some occupations such as brick mills quarries foundries and smelting are covered while welding and cutting were not given a specific disease hazard designation.
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Oklahoma City
State Insurance Board
Oklahoma
Insurance Board
ROTC Cadets Honorednes and Command Names Revealed
Gen Styron will award 121 commissions to ROTC cadets after finishing college work and summer camp. Cadet commander for the review is Jack Wilder of Texas A&M with battalion commanders C L Klotz M M J Hines J Ss Bin BM Knight L D Hoffer and B A Reynolds named.
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Far East
Styron
Jack Wilder
Texas A&m
C. L. Klotz
MM. J. Hines
J. Ss. bin
BM. Knight
L. D. Hoffer
B. A. Reynolds
Toll Road Cafes On 24 Hour Service
H. E. Bailey, manager of the Turner Turnpike, said Friday that restaurants along the toll road will stay open 24 hours for 30 days after complaints the Howard Johnson division of the Proud group closed early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
H. E. Bailey
Turner Turnpike
Turnpike Authority
Howard Johnson
Area Men In Service Lee H. Moore Visits Lawton
First Class Petty Officer Lee H. Moore, son of Mr and Mrs R G Moore of 603 F, returned home on brief leave after 21 months in the Pacific with the navy. He will stay until mid August before reporting to a new assignment. He did not know his station yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee H. Moore
R. G. Moore
Pacific
Navy
Moore
Mad Muskie Target For Lake Anglers
NORTH BAY Ont a large aggressive muskie described as about four feet long is terrorizing Trout Lake and has bitten toes and damaged a paddle. Mothers warn children away as six swimmers report nudges and brief encounters while local fishermen hunt the creature.
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North Bay
Ont
Trout Lake
Cee Cole
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