Vandals Sought After Tile Tossed In City Manhole
Police seek culprits who tossed 75 dollars worth of sewer tile down a city manhole at 11th and Summit during sewer work Wednesday night. Investigators also probe theft of 100 gallons of gasoline from a storage tank at Mc Mahon auditorium and a pried open tool box at the site with no items missing. Burglary reported at Stark Cleaners on Tuesday night. back door forced but nothing taken.
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11Th and
Summit
McMahon Auditorium
Lawrence Sheffield
Sheffield Motor Co
Lee Blvd
Stark Cleaners
McCarthy Hearings Focus On Espionage Act and Classified Material
McCarthy claimed a spurious document came from an Army intelligence officer who feared officials were not acting. The Army denied any officer or civilian employee supplied the document and said such acts violated the law. Lawmakers planned to introduce sections from the Espionage Act and rules on classification, declassification, and reporting violations, plus oaths of office.
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McCarthy
McCarthy Army
Army
Th Army
Watkins
Sen. Case
R-Sc
Case
E. Wallace Chadwick
Polio Cases Leveling Off Says Public Health Service
The Public Health Service reports a definite leveling off in new polio cases with the peak nearing. National total shows 2,210 infantile paralysis cases last week, up from the prior week and slightly lower than the year-ago figure.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Country Fair planned by St Andrews Episcopal Church
Members of St Andrews Episcopal Church organize their second annual Country Fair on Saturday from 10 a m to 10 p m on the Exall English home lawn at 10 Fort Sill Bird. The event features a country store, bulbs from Mrs M B Dickson, home baked foods, clowns for children, and proceeds to fund the church building at 14th and C.
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St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Exall
Fort Sill Bird
M. B. Dickson
14Th and C
Three Comic Books Recalled by City Bookstore
W. L. Wade Lawton manager says three comic books Franksen stine Forbidden World Out of the Night were recalled as objectionable for youths. The Sooner News Agency reports publisher cooperation with a new self regulating comic code committee to weed out crime type content.
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W. L. Wade
Lawton
Frankenstine
Forbidden World
Paul H. Sampliner
Wade
National Comics
Altus
Citizen Council On Education
Frank Crawford
Marlin Keathley
Howard Hamilton
Crawford
Cunningham Seeks Oklahoma Utility Rate Probe
Oklahoma City Representative Robert O. Cunningham announced a plan to probe utility rate increases since the Legislature adjourned. He opposes a 10 cent pay phone rate and seeks reviews by the Legislative Council and Corporation Commission, with a possible permanent House investigation if needed.
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Oklahoma City
Robert O. Cunningham
Oklahoma
Cunningham
POW witness ties Batchelor to Ex-POW for Peace clubs
Bohas Janda testified Batchelor led the living affairs committee at Camp No. 5 and helped run prisoner welfare. He said POWs were urged to form Ex-POW for Peace clubs that would join a postwar Communist underground. The defense sought to void the trial after a court member declared Batchelor a traitor.
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Camp No. 5
United States
Dunn
Joel Westbrook
Camp
San Antonio
Edward R. Schowalter
Schowalter
Korea
First Cavalry Division
North Korea
Apache Farmer Found Slashed In Hotel Room
A 78 year old Apache farmer was found with a lacerated throat in a hotel room in Apache. He was treated at Southwestern hospital and listed in fair condition. A razor blade was found nearby. officials see no clear motive for an attempted self-harm. He had lived in Apache for 50 years.
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Pranet
Apache
Shaver Former Democratic National Chairman Dies at 87
Clem L. Shaver, 87, longtime Democratic figure and former national chairman, died in a Fairmont hospital. Named chairman at the 1924 New York convention, he led the unsuccessful Davis–Bryan campaign. An attorney, he left law around 1930 to trade coal lands and lived in Washington before his December hospital admission.
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W. Va
Clem L. Shaver
New York
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Shaver
Washington
Louisiana man 25000th OCS graduate at Sill
Ten years ago the Constitution notes a Louisiana man becoming the 25000th graduate from the Army Officer Candidate School at Sill. Other items include Bishop W Angie Smith speaking locally and a hospital ship named for former Lawtonian Col Louis A Mine.
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Louis A. Mine
I. v. Johnson
Alias warrants to collect back taxes in Tompkins county
The county treasurer said alias warrants will be prepared within six months as unpaid taxes from prior years surface. Some taxpayers owe personal property taxes for up to ten consecutive years, with most warrants over 100 dollars filed against county business owners. The sheriff can only collect for the previous year when taxes backlog.
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Tompkins
Lillian Waid
Miss Waid
Hale
County to Start Emergency Food Aid Circulation
The board will certify lists within a week and store relief commodities at the OK Transfer and Storage warehouse on D avenue for Central district recipients. Over 1,200 destitute residents across Greer Creek Cherokee and other counties will receive food at designated distribution points as counties join the program. Oscar Stone will lead meetings in Winita and Okmulgee to explain eligibility and rollout.
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OK Transfer and Storage Company
D Avenue
Greer
Creek
Cherokee County
Oscar Stone
Winita
Okmulgee
Bomber Lands Safely Near Joplin After Oklahoma Trouble
Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a B 26 bomber in distress over Oklahoma landed safely at Joplin Missouri. Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth Texas notified patrol of the landing and no injuries were reported.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Joplin
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Woman Elks By Con Game In Broad Daylight
Ann L. Thomas of 614 E Wednesday reported two Black men swindled her out of 210 dollars by claiming they found money and offered to share. One man engaged her while another pretended to recover a purse. They fled with the cash after she produced change for a hundred. Detective Waldron said an investigation is underway.
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Ann L. Thomas
Otis Waldron
Poison in sorghums and plants sickens cattle. antidote helps
Authorities warn cyanide poison from Johnson grass and sorghums has hit the county, especially the north and east areas. Cattle die from cyanide and metal poisoning while some storms bring lightning fatalities. An antidote exists and veterinarians stand by for cattle on new fields.
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Cache Creek
Stone
Oklahoma
Heller
German Defense Contribution Talk With Adenauer Leaders
Germany ill and Foreign Office officials on a new form of German defense contribution. He left shortly after his arrival to confer with Adenauer.
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Adenauer
Early NATO meeting urged on Germany defense role
U S officials push for an emergency NATO foreign ministers session in New York late this month to agree on West Germany’s place in Western Europe’s defense. The plan envisions Germany as a NATO member with safeguards against re militarization amid Western capitals’ evolving proposals after the European Defense Community setback.
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United States
New York
West Germany
Western Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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French Assembly
European Defense Community
Disappointed Mother Kills Daughter in Chicago
Chicago police report a 66 year old mother Kathrine Kirby confessed by phone to killing her 34 year old daughter Mary Jane Kirby to avenge being left behind on a California trip. The daughter was found murdered in her bed with a flatiron and a razor.
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California
Katherine Kirby
Mary Jane Kirby
Prisoner’s Son Dies. Forgery Conviction Confirmed
A man identified as a parolee from a three year sentence for forgery is found dead at 1:45 a.m. The victim, son of Mr and Mrs James Kayley of southwest Carnegie, was identified by tattoos and scars after a state prison check. Investigators will continue the probe.
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James Kayley
Carnegie
Strike Hits Brazil Industrial Center
SAO PAULO Brazil the first of a threatened series of strikes since the death by own action of President Getulio Vargas Aug 24 hit Sao Paulo the nations greatest industrial center. About 30 percent of buses and half the streetcars operated as stores opened under police protection and violence injured two police. A gasoline storage tank was opened flooding part of the city.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
South America
Charges Filed In Burglary In Washington Home
Two men and a woman were arraigned on second degree burglary charges for the Red Walker home burglary in Washington. Joe McBride 57 and Wilma Jean Davis 22 pleaded. McBride innocent, Davis guilty, both held on $2,000 bonds. Sheriff Hale recovered most loot, missing $60.50.
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Woodrow Iles
Red Walker
Washington
Joe McBride
Wilma Jean Davis
Davis
Th McBride
Giles
Everett Ray Hale
Yankees Rally To Beat Indians In Tight AL Fight
New York beats Cleveland 3-2 as Allie Reynolds finishes, two unearned Yankees runs come on Cleveland errors. Mantle belts his 27th homer while Larry Doby homers in ninth. Seaborn Collins elected national commander of the American Legion.
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Whitey Ford
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Vic Wertz
Yankees
Larry Doby
Ford
Mickey Mantle
Washington
Seaborn P. Collins
Las Cruces, N. M
American Legion
Opponents of Gas Boost Are Beaten
In Oklahoma City the Corporation Commission overruled opponents seeking to block Lone Star Gas Co. rate hikes. City attorney Henry Montgomery argued late notice and short preparation time while the utility cites 320 percent expense growth. About 26,000 customers would be affected.
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Lone Star Gas Co
Corporation
Henry Montgomery
Purcell
Star
Marshal Newcomb
Dallas
Planning Group Given New Role in City Expansion
Mayor Joe McCain assigned long range city planning duties to the planning and zoning board. The board will study and recommend on all requests for extensions of city services and new additions. Harry T. Miller was asked to draft a policy statement on expansion capabilities and plans.
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City Planning and Zoning Board
Joe McCain
McCain
Harry T. Miller
Planning and Zoning Board
BPWC Hears Talk On Tour
Law ton Business and Professional Women hear Mrs H Tom Wiles recount her recent Holy Land tour. Miss Frances King, president, announces postponement of the regular board meeting from Sept 6 to Sept 13 due to Labor Day. Guests include Minette Zak Beulah Foster and Betty Waldon.
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Lawton Business & Professional Women's Club
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
V J Day Reflections From Cache And Fort Sill
The report notes the death in a Japanese camp of Pvt Jolly E Terry on December 14 1944. It also covers William B Reynolds evacuated from Japan after Corregidor capture, with initial missing in action status converted to prisoner of war. Fort Sill reports quiet holiday with recreation and minor accidents.
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Jolly E. Terry
W. A. Reynolds
William B. Reynolds
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Corregidor
William
Fort Sill
Walters
America
Weather forecast predicts heat wave with rising temps
The forecast calls for a warm period with temperatures near 100 degrees, highs around the century mark, and lows about 72. Readings show 95 at 11 am, with recent 100 degree days and no relief seen soon as sunny skies persist. A local observer quips that rain may come someday.
Norman to Start With Half Day School Sessions
Norman public schools open Tuesday with 8 a m to noon classes during the first week due to heat. Superintendent J Don Garrison notes no space problems this year thanks to the new James Madison primary school.
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Norman
Okla
J. Don Garrison
Garrison
James Madison Stary School
Road Project Bids Awarded in Oklahoma
The State Highway Department awarded four road projects totaling 1,463,369 dollars. The tests include SH-66A east of Edmond, a four-lane Portland cement road by Dahlgren and Brooks, an asphaltic concrete four-lane by Metropolitan Paving Co., and a Tulsa bypass by Standard Paving Co. plus three bridges on SH 68 Hughes county.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
C. A. Stoldt
Edmond
Metropolitan Paving Co
Standard Paving Co
Tulsa
Detroit
Wheeling Ave
SH 68
Holdenville
SH 9
Hughes County
Brewer and MacMichael Co
Attlee critiques Red China on reforms and Formosa stance
In conversations about China, Attlee praises public health and anti-fly campaigns, notes reforms and hardships in Red China, and observes strong Communist sentiment on Formosa. He contrasts with Russia, cites housing and education efforts, and questions forced detentions while opposing listing American prisoners.
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China
Attlee
Formosa
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Quintuplets Born Near Choza Colombia Farm Wife
Five daughters were born to a farmer's wife near Choza Colombia as reported by Diario de Colombia. One infant died soon after birth while the remaining four were reported in good condition.
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Colombia
Diario de Colombia
Choza
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