Museum Renames Fort Sill Hall for General Sill
The Post Museum at Fort Sill names the former Officers’ Lounge McLain Hall to honor Lt Gen Raymond S McLain, who led the 45th Infantry Division during World War II and later held Army information and comptroller posts. Gaffey Hall honors Maj Gen Hugh J Gaffey. Twenty one roads and loops on the post are named for distinguished officers.
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Sill Museum
McLain
Fort Sill Reservation
Raymond S. McLain
Oklahoma
McClain
45Th
90Th
XIX Corps
France
Ruhr
Rhine
Elbe
Germany
Department of the Army
Army
Gaffey
Hugh J. Gaffey
Third Army
George Patton
Second Armored
Hanour
Stamp collector Mirr nets top prizes at Oklahoma show
Sill Sergeant Ste. Albert J. Mirr, instructor at The Artillery and Guided Missile School, captured two blue ribbons at the Oklahoma Philatelic Society Exhibition. He notes stamps demand skill and patience, citing a long record of blues, seconds, and trophies over fifteen years. His wife also won a prize at the Oklahoma City exhibit. Lawton Fort Sill Stamp Club, led by Lt Col J T Cenaip, invites new members through officers J Crosby, Mrs L W Ozier, and Lt Edward J Talamas.
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Ste. Albert J. Mirr
Oklahoma Philatelic Society
Mirr
Lawton-Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Fort Sill WACs Form Rifle Team
Sergeant Gloria Anderson sparked a Fort Sill WAC rifle unit aiming to enter the Fourth Army small bore tournament. Ten enlisted women and officers trained twice weekly at the post indoor range under leadership of TA&G rifle program head Sfc. Joseph E. Kelley, with Lts Wanda Etheridge Eloise Dotts and several sergeants and privates on the squad.
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Wac
Fort Sill
Gloria Anderson
Sfc
Joseph E. Kelley
Kelley
Ta&gmsc
Anderson
Wanda Etheridge
Eloise Dotts
Lorraine Weisenberg
Bernice Boyd
Ethel Hutchinson
Beatrice Boyd
Pat Welch
Ardys Pratt
Mary Welch
Old North Church Restores Historic Steeple Ceremony
The Old North Church in Boston dedicated a new steeple echoing the original spire that hosted the lanterns for Paul Revere’s ride. Bishop Norman B. Nash presided as the Honduran ambassador sat in the pew honoring Bay of Honduras donors from 1740.
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Boston
Old North Church
Paul Revere
Massachusetts Episcopal
Norman B. Nash
Carol
Bay of Honduras
United States
Carlos Izaguirre Valladares
Firemen Busy With Demonstration Delays WAKEFIELD Week Event
Five neighboring communities gathered with Wakefield firefighters to stage a fire prevention demonstration in a wooden building. A two alarm fire in Cambridge drew units away, then Stoneham and Reading crews responded to a hospital recreation building. Melrose and Medford covered Stoneham stations as Wakefield finally extinguished the blaze.
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Wakefield
Mass
Cambridge
Stoneham
Reading
Melrose
Medford
World Wide Oddities Spark Confusion Across Time Zones
In Spokane a police desk operator miscommunicates with Bethlehem and Youngstown as a visitor mystery unfolds in a public safety building. In Tokyo Noboru Higasa, head of a crime prevention society, is arrested on suspicions of watches smuggling into Japan. In Los Angeles Matthew Everett accuses Eunice Russell of firing a pistol after a $75 horse bet dispute.
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Spokane
Wash
Sherman Wakeley
Bethlehem
Public Safety Department
Youngstown
Ohio
Tokyo
Noboru Higasa
Japan
Higasa
Los Angeles
Matthew Everett
Eunice Russell
Everett
Russell
Tokyo Fireman Arrested for Farmer's House Fire Confessions
Sanzo Sato, 32, was arrested on suspicion of setting a farmer's house ablaze and admitted starting four additional fires. Officials say he has an abnormal urge to ignite fires when intoxicated, and he works as a fireman.
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Tokyo
Sanzo Sato
Sato
Bank robbery thwarted as suspect stopped in stolen car
McCallsburg Iowa authorities report Charles Layton Cox 22 told police Thursday he canceled his plan to rob a Zearing bank after being arrested driving a stolen car near McCallsburg.
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Mccallsburg
Iowa
ULP
Charles Layton Cox
Zearing
Airline executive uncovers prank site in Van Nuys yard
Don Fray, an airline executive, found a five foot depression on his Van Nuys front lawn intended for a 40 foot tower and air raid siren. Public works officers said they did not know who ordered the dig.
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Los Angeles
Don Fray
van Nuys
City Public Works
Johnson Poised to Resume Senate Duties After Heart Attack
Lyndon B. Johnson, recovering from a heart attack last July, may return to Washington next week to meet with administration leaders on foreign policy if his doctor approves. He appeared healthy during a stop at the State Fair of Texas honoring Speaker Sam Rayburn and himself and urged restraint while President Eisenhower is ill.
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Texa
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Johnson
Eisenhower
Ske
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