Marshall Urges Nation to Prepare for Any Emergency
General Marshall warns a rich nation must stay armed amid terrifying new weapons and urges continuous military research. He calls for a peacetime citizen army, a strong regular force, and a ready mobilization plan to deter aggressors and enable quick deployment.
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Washington
Staf
United States
Secretary of War
New York
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Chicago
San Francisco
Navy
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Wait And See Sign On Marshall Training Report
Washington October 18. Congress put a wait and see sign on General Marshall’s recommendation for compulsory peacetime military training. Lawmakers weighed volunteers versus conscription, with opinions split. Marshall’s call for universal training and strong funding for scientific research drew broad support from some, while hearings and action remained uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
Pume Rayur
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcola
Senate
Austin
R-Vi
Anl
Vuiers
Gurney
FSD
State Department
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Wing Thomason
D-Tex
National Guard
Bis
House
Liberated Sgt. Tilford Smith Returns Home
Sgt. Tilford E. Smith 28 year old Lawton coast guardsman, held prisoner after Corregidor, is reported returned to military control and en route to the United States. A Manila posting and a later Osaka liberation note confirm he is in good health and expected home soon. The family, including sister Ruth Turner, awaits final details as communications reached only sporadically.
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Tilford E. Smith
Lawton Coast
Ruth Turner
Lawton High School
Miss Turner
Manila
War Department
Sg Smith
Sgt. Smith
Bill
Philippine
Wolverine
First Baptist Church
Corregidor
Osaka
Battery Charging While You Shop Downtown
An ad invites customers to have their batteries charged while they shop downtown, promising quick service and hotel drop by options. It mentions a phone contact for arrangements and showcases a storefront offer.
Lawtonian Told Of Son's Death
A Lawton citizen receives a letter claiming his son Charles King, a marine captured in the war, died August 5 in Kobe Japan after taking poison during a hike. The letter from Charles A. Kirklen USMC, mailed from New Orleans Naval Hospital, arrives care of Clerk's Box, raising hopes of a prisoner’s release before confirmation from the war department.
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Lawton
Fain King
Federal
Charles King
Lasyton
Okla
King
Charles
Charles A. Kirklen
USMC
Naval Hospital
New Orleans
Pal
War Department
Kirkten
Koxako
Japan
War's Cost In Lives Shown On Map Of Europe Front
The map details huge losses in personnel for Germany and Italy in combat with American, British and French forces in Europe. It lists a total captured figure on the western front of 1,404,949 disarmed enemy forces. Data excludes losses in the war with Russia.
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Germany
Italy
Russia
French Execute Vichy Official
Paris reports that Pi Joseph Darnand police chief of Vichy era’s Laval government was executed at Fort de Chatillon for treason. Laval himself was sentenced to death, with his counsel Alberk Naud appealing to de Gaulle to set aside the verdict citing trial prejudice and absence of fair hearing.
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Paris
Joseph Darnand
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Fort de Chatillon
Laval
Charles de Gaulle
Aecause
Alberk Naud
Naud
de Gaulle
Brussels
Fresnes
Col. v
Lawton Nurse Is Transferred To Duncan Health Unit
Mrs. Helen Culp Hawley, senior nurse with the city county health department for almost five years, is transferred to Duncan to serve in the Stephens county health department. She reports this afternoon to begin her first clinic there under Dr. Thomas Berry, director of the unit. Hawley has worked here since 1941 and helped establish county health programs. In 1944 she was commissioned an assistant nurse officer in the U. S. Public Health Service.
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Helen Culp Hawley
City County Health Department
Duncan
Stephens County Health Department
Hawley Way
Thomas Berry
Truman Calls TVA Dam a Nation Best Step Forward
President Truman told a Ken tucky audience that the Tennessee Valley Authority dam embodies common sense and will spur full development of America’s river valleys. He urged regional decentralization to harness waters for power flood control and navigation as other river valleys are organized.
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Gilbertsville
Truman
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky
TVA
America
Tennessee
Dex
Detroit Tigers Clinch World Series With 9-3 Win
The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 9 to 3 to take the world series in seven games. Attendance was reported near 41,590 as Detroit built early leads and held on through the later innings.
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Detroit Tigers
Cubs
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Pickets Arrested In Movie Dispute
Hollywood reports 600 AFL painters pickets were arrested by 200 deputies aiding Burbank police to end a five day siege around Warner Brothers studio. The dispute stems from a jurisdictional fight since March 12 between AFL unions. In Washington, John L. Lewis and soft coal operators failed to reach a compromise on miner strikes affecting 186,300 workers after a three hour talk.
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Hollywood
Sherkffs
Warner Brothers Movie Studio
Burbank
AFL Painters Union
AFL
Washington
UMW
John L. Lewis
Jobar Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
Stoicker
United Mine Workers
Lawton’s Joe Porter Named District Kiwanis Governor
Lawton bank official and real estate man Joe L. Porter was elected governor of the Oklahoma Texas Kiwanis district at the Galveston convention. Porter, a 1922 Kiwanis charter member, has served as lieutenant governor of Region eight and led Lawton Kiwanis as president in 1928. The selection places Kiwanis leadership focus on Oklahoma and Texas for the coming year.
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Joe L. Porter
Lawton Bank
Kiwanis International
Galveston
Tex
Porter
Texas
Oklahoma
Qtr
Lawton Club
Severa
Suncey
Grover Ralston
Carlos S. Hickman
Jap Policy Parley Slated For Oct. 23
Secretary of State Byrnes announced the Allied Commission for the Far East will hold its first meeting in Washington on October 23 to formulate postwar Japan policies. He also named Mark Ethridge to investigate conditions in Romania and Bulgaria, and cautioned against a Russian plan for a pre meeting Allied control council in Japan.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Allied Commission For the
Far East
Japan
Byrnes
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Ramanang Bungaria
Unite States
London
Jo‘pan
United States
Control Council
Advisory Commission
Ger
Douglas MacArthurs
Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Russia
32 Divisions Be Disbanded Soon
Army orders activation of 32 of 89 World War II divisions, including 21 infantry, airborne and armored units. Several units already left France or are returning home. some National Guard divisions listed. Discharged soldiers receive point-based separations. others reassigned.
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Washington
War Department
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65Th
Sth
7Th Infantry
le Havre
France
43Rd Infantry
Pacific
26Th
Massachusetts
39Th
Ron Biarviend
Virginia
District of Columbia
Mth
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
36Th
Texas
Poke
Maine
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Soldiers and civilians take citizenship oaths at Fort Sil
Four Fort Sil soldiers and two civilians were sworn in as U S citizens Tuesday afternoon in naturalization ceremonies led by District Judge Toby Morris. Immigration examiner Thomas J. Fowle presented petitions. soldiers filed Tuesday morning, civilians admitted on prior petitions. Names include Lomiker, Shearer, Sardela, Jenner, Kleos, and Bertha King among others.
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Fort Sil
United States
Toby Morris
Thomas J. Fowle
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of Justice
Pvt
Frederick
Wiliam Lomiker
Géremany
Robert Vernon Shearer
Pft
Donate Sardela
Frederico Antonio Jenner
Republic of el Salvador
Mike Kleos
Bertha King
Duncan
Christian Bessemer
Walters
Jugoslavlen
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