Faxon Bits Of News About Folk In Faxon Vicinity
Mrs Jolly Bord and two children finished visits with relatives in Arizona and California and returned with Mrs Clyde Potts and baby Clay pool from Arizona. Several attended funeral rites for Mrs A O Holiday in Lawton. Harry Adkins Guyman visited family in Faxon. Lane Watts and daughter from near Cache joined Brewer Watts in a weekend visit. Annie Armstrong Week of Prayer observed by Baptist Women’s Missionary Society in Mrs Oran Carson’s home with 13 members and guest Mrs Jen Capshaw. Luncheon served and gifts exchanged. Visitors from Lawton and California spent Sundays with local families. Byrd home hosting Pete Whitley and daughter from California and Ivy Boyd from New Mexico for a week-long visit.
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FAKON
Jolly Bord
Arizona
California
Clyde Potts
Claypool
Ariz
Faxon
A. O
Lawton
Harry Adkins
Guyman
Belle Adina
Fred Anderson
Frank Watts
Jen Capshaw
L. C. Paden
L. J. Cloud
Co. F. Perry
Karol Austin
Baby
Dick Roberta
Virgil Goodwin
Lamoin Chaprip
Court Awaits Verdict in Vernon County Case
Court awaits outcome as affidavits place Riley in Vernon at 1:30 p.m. while police question alibi witnesses. Attorneys dispute time of alleged offense linked to a 10:50 a.m. incident and a burglary record, with medical statements from a Vernon physician supporting the in-office claim.
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Filey
Jess Vena Vernon
Riley
Owen
Vernon
Vernon Ozie
Riley Wan Te Ce
Bam
Moncrief
Overton
Indianapolis
Ind
Cucci
Wichita Fails Clinic
Lawton Army Store
Curd
Cameron Senior Graduation Process Changes
Cameron High outlines new graduation policy requiring students to file for graduation. Former practice notified eligibility. now students must complete required hours this semester or risk being scratched from the graduating list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Fire destroys shed at residence of Mrs. Opa Kelly
A shed at 1203 J belonging to Mrs. Opa Kelly was destroyed by fire early this afternoon when thawing a water pipe in the shed. Damages are estimated at 75 dollars. Firemen from Station No. 2 answered the alarm.
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Opa Kelly
Nop. 2
Hill’s Story Undergoes Further Police Tests
Duncan resident Cornelius Corky Hill, 24, remains under police scrutiny in the Helen Beavers slaying case. Investigators report an inconclusive lie detector result and plan additional tests this week after Hill’s 30 hour interrogation. His former wife had previously named him as the killer.
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Cornelius
Corky) Hill
Duncan
Helen Beavers
Lawton
O. K. Bivins
State Bureau of Investigation
Hill
Hil
Hin
Ooal Smith
Tulsa
Harry Stege
Bivina
Bill
New
Joe Cable Aid
MacArthur considered for 1948 nomination in busy race
The piece notes Oregon filing day and Dewey Stassen dynamics as MacArthur supporters push for a possible presidential bid. Congress may hear him, with Miller claiming MacArthur would testify on Japanese tactics if summoned.
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Oregon
Portland
MacArthur
Brewster
Fi-Me
Wisconsin
Miller
R-Neb
Japan
Washington
City Council References Lease Contract With Earl Ethell
The council notes a contract between the city and Earl Ethell for the old commodity warehouse. It is referred to a committee with a requested report next week. Councilman Johnston asks the city attorney to review the contract alleging the city is leasing cheaply and that Ethell has not met contract terms.
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Earl Ethell
Johnston
Ethel
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report March 10
Cattle 1,000, steers weaker. best at 27, heifers steady to weak. cows 22 to 26. calves 26. hogs 400 up 50 with top 23.50 to outsiders. sows 27.50. lambs 21. ewe 12. Stockers steady, feeders steady. Prices shown for Oklahoma City market.
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Oklahoma City
Whisky Foray Brings Charge
Rastus Nichols, 34, posted his second $500 bond on whisky possessing charges since Dec 13 after pleading innocent to a new charge before County Judge G W Horne. Nichols, arrested Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriffs L L Tomlinson and Jess McLain, is charged with possession of two pints and eight half pints of whisky, two pints and two half pints of gin. He was released after spending the night in county jail and faces another possession charge from the Dec 13 case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus Nichols
G. W. Horne
Nichols
L. L
Skinny) Tomlinson
Jess McLain
Personal notices from local hospitals list multiple admissions and surgeries
Charlene Pursley eighteen and her brother Robert fourteen, children of Mr and Mrs L W Pursley of 1602 Park, underwent tonsillectomies at Angus hospital. Glenn Duckworth of 112 Arlington was admitted for medical treatment. J C Halbert of 1706 N 16th, admitted for medical treatment. Mrs Odell Giles of 908 S Fourth admitted for medical treatment. Mrs James W Reid of 211 Columbus underwent a major operation at Southwestern hospital. Milburn Charles Duvall, three, son of Mr and Mrs M C Duvall of 204 Gore, underwent a tonsillectomy at Southwestern Hospital.
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Charlene Pursley
Robert Fursley
L. W. Pursley
Park
Angus Hospital
Tuanay
Glenn Duckworth
Arlington
J. C. Halbert
Odell Giles
James W. Reid
Columbus
Southwestern Hospital
Milburn
Charles Duvall
M. C. Duvall
Gore
Virginians Delay Action On Amended Anti Truman Bill
In Richmond Virginia the senate postponed action on Governor William M. Tuck s amended anti Truman bill after the house approved it 74 to 26. The privileges and elections committee deferred the measure until tomorrow amid suggested amendments.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
William M. Tuck
House of Delegates
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Welfare Group To Scale Down Aid Pay Boosts
Oklahoma City March 11 AP Bill Peterson chairman of the Oklahoma welfare commission reversed a prior stance and said there could be one immediate increase in old age grants. He found a real surplus of 3.715 million dollars, not six million, prompting a scaled down boost plan.
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Oklahoma City
Bill Peterson
Oklahoma Welfare Commission
Peterson
Commission
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission
Treasury
The
Welfare Federation
Ora J. Fox
J. Fred Spear
Spear
Fox
Fire Sweeps Destroy Cars in Balding Garage Fire
Fire swept a Champlin Refining Co. garage in Balding, destroying two Kaiser- Frazer cars and badly damaging a third new model, plus harming a used car. Lawton and Apache units reported ample water pressure. The building owner is Champlin Refining Co. and insurance coverage is believed present.
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Warner
Brnest
Sheffield
Delbert Pickett
Lawton
Champlin Refining Co
Bald
Anti Poll Tax Action Delayed Until After Hearings
The senate rules committee, yielding to demands from southern senators and governors, agreed to defer action on an anti poll tax bill until after public hearings. The measure is part of President Truman civil rights proposals that have sparked rebellion within the Democratic party.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Truman
Moscow Claims U S Flour Kills Japanese in Tokyo
Moscow radio charged that thousands of Japanese were poisoned by imported American soybean flour. A Tokyo dispatch cited by Japanese newspapers said over 2,000 deaths in Tokyo were attributed to American food poisoning.
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London
Moscow Radio
Tokyo
Witness Testifies Meyers Offered Cash for Help
Calvin Mittee, Meyers' former aide, testified in federal court that Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers offered $2,000 last Oct. 25 to any witness who would be helpful. Mittee did not state the offer tied to the perjury case.
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Washington
Bennett BE. Meyers
Calvin Mittee
Meyers
City Dad Really Is A Father Now
Wart Fox of ward three announced support for shortening council meetings during Tuesday sessions. He handed out cigars as his daughter Mary Susan, born seven pounds four and a half ounces, reached one week old. Mrs Fox plans home rest while Fox plans evening floor walking duties.
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Cuncilman Wart Fox
Ward
Anya
Doctors Outline Service Program for Comanche County
The Comanche County Medical Society plans an expanded public service program aligned with the Oklahoma State Medical Association. Executed by committees, the effort will stress emergency readiness and public education with authentic information, announced by Dick Graham at the regular meeting. Attendees included Dr. Bryan Aycock and numerous local physicians.
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Comanche County Medical Society
Dick Graham
Oklahoma State Medical Association
Tocal
Graham
County Society
Bryan W. Aycock
B. Stanley Berger
O. L. Parsons
Donald Angus
H. M. Evans
GG. Downing
Walter Wicker
Fred T. Fox
Lealie T. Hamm
Willam Cole
L. W. Ferguson
J. N. Mitchell
W. F. Lewis
BE. B. Dunlop
Scribe Begs For Weather Clues In Snowy Dilemma
A reader laments unexpected heavy snow after misfired forecasts. He mocks forecasts and recalls farm days, joking that an old mule’s weather sense—facing north for warm, south for cold, east for rain, west for dry—could guide predictions.
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Den
Lindsey Whitten
Masaryk as Foreign Minister Through War and After
The Czech foreign minister Masaryk, a non party figure, served in exile from July 8 1940 and returned to Prague in 1945 after liberation. He kept the post under the postwar government and was retained when the Communists seized power on February 25. Rumors of imprisonment circulated briefly but were denied by the Communist press.
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Masaryk
Prague
Czechoslovakua
Russian bomb threat rejected by Hungarian authority
Imre Kavocs told a Lawton audience that Russians do not possess the atomic bomb and would deploy it if they did. He described Slavic peoples as opposed to the Communist regime and cited prisoners punished for disrespect to Communist leaders. Kavocs noted many Russians seek asylum in U S zones only to be returned and face death. He urged congressional action and supported a UN led world police idea.
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Imre Kavacs
Balkans
Central
Europe
Lawton
Emerson School
Audditorhant
Asia
United States
Congress
Townes
Palestine
United Nations
Rotary Lab
Cheater M. Tobin
Emerson Auditorium
Child Support Sentence Deferred for Cooper Delinquency
J A Cooper faced a 60 day jail term for contempt of court over unpaid child support for their 14 year old daughter. District Judge Jackson delayed the term conditional on Cooper meeting the court order and completing delinquent payments.
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J. A. Cooper
Cooper
Jackson
Gooper
Hena
Taft Signals Support to Trim ERP to Four Billion
Senator Taft pledges to vote for a four billion dollar ERP cut and opposes reducing the total below that figure. Congress targets April 10 for final passage of the Myershall Plan, aiming to influence Communism before Italian elections. Taft expects Senate action on a five point four billion dollar measure soon.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Myershall
Senate
Severe Winter Strands Oklahoma Roads With Snow and Wind
Lack Of Fuel reports widespread closures across the state as a winter storm hits. Roads closed, visibility zero, and schools shuttered, with Ada Duncan and Shawnee areas recording heavy snow and drifting. Bridges listed as dangerous near Manchester while air travel concentrates routes through Oklahoma City.
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Panhondie
Northwestern
Ole- Jabbma
Clinton
Panhandle
Ugeleas
Ada
Shawnee
Wewoka
Norman
Purcell
Blanchard
Duncan
Accur
Ardmore
Perry
Kansas Line
Oklahoma County
Anadarko
Manlester
Take Off Ugly Fat With Grapefruit Juice Recipe
An OCR fragment touts a grapefruit juice fat loss recipe. It instructs mixing Linuld Bancx Concentrate with grapefruit juice, filling a pint bottle, then taking two tablespoons twice daily. The text promises fat loss with this simple method.
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Conte Ville
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