Red Cross Campaign Passes One Third Mark in Comanche County
Comanche county's 1948 Red Cross drive has surpassed one third of the $21 500 goal with $3 561 60 reported. A large number of workers contributed and a kickoff for residential areas was held at the Douglass YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Comanche County
American Red Cross Fund
Exall Eng Hshe
Business District
English
Posazibie
Fred Melton
Henry Ford
Lawton
H. L. Shegog
Lemuel Harkey
Negro Arcas
Douglass Army-Navy Ymca Club
Douglass School
Former State Proxy of Young Demos Seeks Post
Oklahoma City March 10 Woody Hunt former state president of the League of Young Democrats announced his candidacy yesterday for state representative from Oklahoma County sixth district. Incumbent B B Kerr will not seek reelection. Hunt is a special land appraiser for the U S department of justice and previously served as sales director for the state school land commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Woody Hunt
League of Young Democrats
Oklahoma County
B. B. Kerr
Hunt
U. S&s. Department of Justice
State School Land Commission
Sill Mighthawks Play To Capacity Crowd At Post
Y Sg t Leonard Keyes and his Nighthawks draw a capacity crowd at Service Club No. 1 on Sunday afternoon. The dance, sponsored by the 53rd Transportation Truck Battalion, was the second in a post series. The Nighthawks perform on Fort Sill show at 9 30 Monday night March 15 on station KSWO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Keyes
Nighthawks
Service Club No. 1
53Rd Transportation Truck Battalion
Fort Sill
Kswo
Army Transfers and Retirements Reported in Detail
The release lists numerous officers and soldiers moved between commands and stations, with retirements effective Feb 29 and reassignment to various units. Notables include Maj. D. Stanley Rosa at Fort Monmouth, Lt. Col. John C. McLendon to the Third Army, and Capt. Henry C. Lindsey reassigned to a seacoast branch artillery school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Evans
USAF
Fitzgerald , H
Denver
Colo
Joan FP. Smallwood
Ft. Hamilton
N. C
Bragg
N.C
Glen W. Smith
the Artillery School
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ft. Bragg
D. Stanley Rosa
Sp.s. Ataft Vand
Sp. Sch
Ft. Monmouth
M. d
Fourth Army
401Th Asu
FL Sil
James T. Spangler
Ft. Benning
James V. DeCoster
Don T. Kohler
Artillery
Third Army
ASA Ha
US Army
USFA
Atlanta
Francis MM. Day
Washington, D. C
US St Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Silver Springs
Joint Research and Development Board
Henry C. Lindsey
CAC
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Seacoast
Winfield Scott
Catlf
Cnl
Donald B. Wilson
AGO Casuals
Ccaft
Army Comptroller
General Staff
GSC
US. Army
Boniface Campbell
Perry W. Brown
F. A
Lawrence M. Scarbrough
Robert G. Logan
Henry H. Burchard
Field Artilery
Albert L. Runkle
503D FA
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Sixth Army Br. Usdb
Camp Cooke
Calif
Murray Declares Oklahoma Constitution Satisfactory
Former governor William H. Murray says Oklahoma's 1907 constitution needs no revision. In a letter to Gov. Roy Turner he notes some provisions could be improved but are not as bad as alternatives. He also criticizes recent legislators for racial issues and school funding shortcomings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klahoma City
William H
Turner
Murray
Schuol
Plans Drawn For Speedy Relief In State Disasters
Oklahoma officials and 12 state agencies, led by Public Safety Commissioner Paul Reed, study a mobilization outline for rapid disaster relief. The plan centers on a main headquarters in Oklahoma City and advance prep for field action, ambulance and supply readiness, evacuation readiness, and clear appeal channels. It builds on lessons from the Woodward tornado last April and maps interagency coordination among the highway commission, game and fish, forestry, education, funeral directors, embalmers, and safety, military, health, agriculture, welfare departments.
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Oklahoma City
Woodward
Oklahoma
Army
Air Force
Red Cross
Paul Reed
Reed
State Highway Patrol Center
Achoola
Highway Commission Board of Affairs, Game and Fish Commission
Rangers
Division of Forestry
Board of Education
Board of Funeral Directors
Public Safety, Military, Health, Agriculture, and Welfare Departments
Atoka Man Pleads Guilty in Murder Case
Atoka Oklahoma March 10 Ben Gould 42 pleaded guilty before District Judge Sam Spili van to the slaying of Mary Lynn 50 a feed store clerk at Atoka. The death resulted from beating choking and stabbing with no sentence date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoka
Okla
Ben Gould
Fort Sill invites bids on twelve used vehicles
Fort Sill offers twelve vehicles for sale to the highest bidder announced by post salvage officer Lt. George Matoy. All items need major repairs and include a Chevrolet sedan two 1941 Ford station wagons a 1939 Mack truck three 11 ton Chevrolet trucks a three quarter ton Chevrolet pickup one solo motorcycle and two Columbia bicycles. Bids can be submitted or vehicles inspected at the post quartermaster office Fort Sil with the sale opening at 6 a.m. March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George GC Matoy
Fort Sil
Leutenant
Matoy
Post Quartermaster Office
Elda
Extension Seen For Rent Control
Washington March 10 Rent control will be extended at least a year said Chatynan Wolcott R Mich of the house banking committee speaking after a closed meeting He said Congress will approve a bill and send it to the White House before the current extension expires at month end The measure likely will modify present controls and the committee also voted to drop controls on scarce building materials used by amusement venues except for school or church recreation buildings and stadiums used by schools churches or community groups later when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chatynan Wolcott
R-Mieh
House Banking Committee
Duninl
Senate
Wolcott
Congress
White House
House
Civil Service Exams Announced For Numerous Federal Posts
The Civil Service Commission announced nationwide examinations for many vacancies. Qualifications include Health Program Specialist in Public Health Service Washington and nationwide, with salaries from 43 397 to 7 102. Maintenance Superintendent in Public Housing Administration with Oklahoma postings. Medical Administrative Officers CAPF to CAF. registrar and executive officers in Veterans Administration hospitals. Occupational Therapist grades P-1 to P-3 with salaries 2 444 to 8 179. Contact officers of grades CAVR-8 to CAP-12 in the Veterans Administration. Also notes intercity travel by boat accounted for less than one per cent of U S passenger travel in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Public Housing Administration
Oklahoma
Veterans Administration
Eight Births Recorded At Fort Sill Hospital
Eight births added to the quarters aid rations list at Fort Sill station hospital in the past week. Attendants report three girls and five boys born to service members and their spouses between February 28 and March 7. Names include Cowley Hawkins Watson Crenshaw DeArment Reed Minson Buber Seymour and their units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
T-3
John J. Cowley
Ernest T. Hawkins
FA Bu
Thomas BE. Watson
FA Armored
Leon Crenshaw
17Th
Harold DeArment
18Th
Dewey Reed
84Th Ordnance, Company
Borcoe T. Minson
SL. Buber
Martell Seymour
364Th Ordnance Company
Bishop Clayborn to Speak in City Chapel
Bishop J. H. Clayborn, presiding bishop of West Africa and Oklahoma, will speak Friday at Barnett Chapel AME in this city. A veteran missionary, educator, and former president of the American Missionary Selinor of Belgiuma Shorter college, he now leads the Try. urna} Council of Negro Churches in America and travels widely as a writer and speaker. Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Clayborn
West Africa
Oklahoma
Barnett Chapel
Ame
Clayborn
AMM Selinor
Little Rock
Ark
Try.urna
Bishop Clayhorn
Rattlesnake Hunters Plan Annual Event For April 4
The International Association of Rattlesnake Hunters will meet here April 2. Orville von Gulker, the president, announced the annual hunt on Sunday April 4 at Okcene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osle
International Association of Rattlesnake Hunters
Orville von Gulker
Okcene
21 Sill Men Make Galveston Trip
Twenty one Fort Sill enlisted men and one officer have been selected for nine days of temporary duty at the Galveston Recreation Center Fort Crockett Texas. They are Capt. Jack W. Mc Knight Sgt James H. Howell T 4 Clyde L. Edward Pfc Everett Donough T 4 Richard J. Oliver Pic Harry B. Leiber Cpl Charles J. Stanford T 5 John A. Stegman T 4 John A. Guy T 5 James A. Younger T 6 Earl M. Green Pvt Russell H. Miller T 5 Eugene Austin and T 5 Gerald Darker T 5 Gerald J Edwards T 5 Pac Furhart Cpl Nolan Miller T 5 J G Crow Pfc Bobby Boyd Pvt George Hardin Pfe August L. Kuhacak and T 5 Frank J. Betterman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Galveston
Fort Crockett
Texas
James H. Howell
Clyde L. Edward
Everett Donough
Richard J. Oliver
Harry B. Leiber
Charles J. Stanford
John A. Stegman
John A. Guy
James
Americans Trip Travel Rise From 1916 to 1940
Per capita travel for Americans rose from about 400 miles a year in 1916 to about 2400 miles in 1940, reflecting growing mobility and transport development across the United States.
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Shegog
R L. Dewberry
Negro Business District
Mamie Herd
Lenora Robinson
Branier Newberry
P. W. Sawyer
William Smith
Ora Bridgewater
W. M. Ticard
Marthe Ray
P W. Sawyer
Texas City
New England
D. A
Young Demos
Sill Mighthawks
Galbraith
Koehler
Bidg
Lawton Olle
Mercury
Mike
H. P. Mercury
H.P
Buster Wyatt Motor CO
Grace
Funny Business
Blo
Wea Service
U.S —E
United States
Vogue
MAX Mayer
Haster
Doeskin
Bagster
Bishop Clayborn
C. H. Mason
Ave
Egee
P.M. & Thurs
Comstock Pie
CTE
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