Fund Drive Lagging in United Fund Red Cross Campaign
Lawton Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross drive reaches 70.1 percent of its $96,314 goal with $67,552.59 raised. Only 141 of 455 workers completed assignments and 535 of 1,369 distributed cards reported. Rotary, Optimists, Altrusa, Northwest Kiwanis, Kiwanis, Lions, B&PW, Frogs and ABC clubs show varied progress, with total shortfall over $28,700. Campaign chair Mrs. Latha H. Prosser urged full card work to reach the target.
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Lawton- Fort Sill United Fund-Red Cross
Latha H. Prosser
Rotary Club
Rotary
Optimists
Altrusa
Northwest Kiwanis
Kiwanis
Lions
B&pw
BEPW
Frogs
ABC
Svengali-Style Manipulation Tied to Bank Thefts
A Bend Oregon case details Tex Worden using hypnotic control on a wife to extract 90000 dollars in cash, 45000 home in San Antonio, and jewelry. She claims coercion continued during a marriage, with bank deposits and a motel payment. Sheriff Scarborough notes Worden’s threats may be boastful fiction while fingerprints are being checked nationwide.
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Tex
Worden
Mr. Worden
Trilby
Canales
Bend
First National Bank of
Portland
Ore
Davis Court
San Antonio
Scarborough
United States
Escaped prisoner riot at Washington state prison shocks staff
William B. Bracey 20, and fellow inmates including lifer Ollie Wiles 42, along with three others, escaped from the State Penitentiary amid ongoing riots and uprisings that have plagued the facility. Several escapees faced long sentences for crimes from grand larceny to murder, with guards briefly held as hostages during a two day riot earlier this year.
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William B. Bracey
Tacoma
Ollie Wiles
Washington
Oregon
Wiles
State Penitentiary
Gene Kensler
Ralph Elmer Lockerby
William Paul Lee
State Reformatory
Monroe
Walla Walla River
Delay Granted In Auto Theft Case
Chico Cortez a 23 year old Lawton Mexican accused of stealing a 1949 Chevrolet sedan from Mrs Clarence Madden car lot at 401 N Second was given 24 hours to decide action at arraignment. Peace Justice Woodrow Giles granted the extra time at a Friday morning hearing following arrest after officers found the car in his possession.
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Chico Cortez
Lawton
Clarence Madden
Woodrow Giles
Cortez
Sill private arrested after heavy drinking at police HQ
Police report a Sill private, arrested after appearing intoxicated, had over $50 on him and claimed to have spent about $30 of his $110 monthly check on Christmas gifts. Investigators checked his statements amid a separate burglary at Pursley’s Grocery, with $15 in cash and five cartons of cigarettes taken from 202 Dearborn. Jimmie Branscom alerted Lawton Patrol to the break‑in, with finger prints taken by Frank Garrett. A prior attempt failed to enter the store. Burglars broke a door glass and reached through to open the door, per patrolmen Frank Murphy and Jack Wheeler.
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Pursley’s
Dearborn
Jimmie Branscom
Lawton Merchant Patrol
Frank Garrett
Frank Murphy
Jack Wheeler
American Airlines Official Dies in Cambridge
Jay Crum 38 New England director of public relations for American Airlines died today a week after a heart attack. Tulsa native, WWII navy flier, former Tulsa Daily World reporter, joined AA in 1946 and worked in Dallas and Los Angeles before Boston posting in 1953. Survived by widow Frances and mother Edith Crum.
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Cambridge
Mass
Jay Crum
New England
American Airlines
Crum
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Daily World
Dallas
Los Angeles
Boston
Frances
Edith Crum
Robbery Suspects Sentenced After Fort Sill Case
Pleas car and Craig fled during a robbery at Fort Sill. Lamb was shot in the shoulder and pistol-whipped while preventing the crime. The robber escaped with about $60. Cubine and Craig were arraigned, sentenced, and returned to county jail awaiting transfer to McAlester state penitentiary. Their wives attended the proceedings.
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Lamb
Craig
Cubine
Fort Sill
Northwest Hit Hard By Flood
One of the worst rainstorms ever to hit the Pacific Northwest forced evacuations and millions of dollars in damage across western Washington and British Columbia. A new storm with 80 mph winds struck Thursday night as rivers rose and sandbag crews worked through the night. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer called the situation desperate.
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Pacific Northwest
Washington
British Columbia
Midwest
Great Lakes
Altrusa Club Supports Fort Sill Theater Production
Altrusa members voted to contribute to the production costs of TDY 55, a show at Fort Sill to be staged in Lawton soon. The group met at Bryan's Coffee Shop for its regular session, with reports from delegates to the Seventh District Conference in Little Rock. Local delegates were Mrs. Hazel Martin and Mrs. Marie Detty. Mrs. Latha H. Prosser presided.
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Altrusa Club
Fort Sill
Lawton
Altrusa
Bryan
Altrusa International
Little Rock
Hazel Martin
Marie Detty
Latha H. Prosser
Christmas Leave Planned for Early Navy Recruits
Chief Robert E. Barkley of the Navy Recruiting Office announced that recruits enlisting before November 18 may take Christmas leave, replacing the usual two weeks after training. Recruits joining after the 18th miss holiday leave as they must finish a three week shot series. The holiday leave runs December 17 to January 2 at three training centers.
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Navy
Robert E. Barkley
Navy Recruiting Office
Barkley
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Svengali
Norelco
America
Orga Branono
Novelco
Peta
Zale
Cash
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United Press
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Kid Fort Sill Theater
Rio Grande
U.S. Navy
St Joody Co. Inu
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Phione
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