Six Cotton Farmers Of Area Honored and Cash Prizes
Six Comanche county cotton producers were honored with prizes totaling 300 dollars at the Lawton Chamber of Commerce luncheon. O K Johnstone won the top 100 prize for 30 acres yielding 168 pink pounds per acre and a 46.33 dollar per acre profit. Other winners included Cleo Stringer 75 dollars, Ruben Zimmer man 40 dollars, Guy Clopton 38 dollars, Thomas N. Wooldridge 25 dollars, and J A Hall 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lawton
Morrison
Chickasha Cotton Oil Co
E. O. Gibly
Agriculture Committee
K. Johnstone
Cleo Stringer
Lawton Route
Ruben Zimmerman
Guy Clopton
Thomas N. Wooldridge
Fletcher
J. A. Hall
Johnstone
Oklahoma
W. M. Osborn
U. S
Osborn
Gibb
FFA
Lawton High Aboa
19Th
Lee
Chamber
Ron Stephens
Mr. Gibb
Solons Seek Marshall Report On Russian Ties
Washington April 25 AP lawmakers urged a first hand report on American Russian relations from General George C. Marshall. The move followed Secretary of State Acheson’s Moscow trip as he heads home to a tight schedule that could see replacement for his top aide. Reports circulated that Dean Acheson may resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Moscow
Acheson
Capitol
Dean Acheson
Ace Marshall
Marshall to give 36 minute Moscow conference radio report
Secretary of State George Marshall will deliver a 36 minute radio report on the Moscow conference at 3 37 p m CST Monday the State Department announced six weeks ago that he would be relieved soon to return to private law practice If Acheson steps down within a month or two Robert Lovett is considered a possible successor Senate Foreign Relations Committee members with Balkan peace treaties pending said they want more detail than Marshall is likely to provide The report was anticipated as reporters awaited more detail See Page 2 Col 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George ©. Marshall
Moscow
Monelay
Thetate
Tate
Ore Shan
Acheson
Robert Levett
Truman
Ang
Errors Delay Final Action On Tulsa Super Highway Bill
Oklahoma City April 25 report that errors in the Tulsa super highway bill delay final enactment. Senate leader James Nance said the measure cannot be left in its present form after new provisions were added without removing outdated sections. The bill likely returns to the House for correction or goes to a conference committee, with final action expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Senate
James
Nance
House For Correction
Auto Workers Reach 1 1/2 Cent Hike At GM Plant
Detroit April 25 AP The UAW and General Motors settled a wage package including an 11/2 cent hourly increase plus six paid holidays and extra vacation pay. UAW President Walter P Reuther said the total economic gain exceeds 15 cents per hour for about 220,000 GM production workers. The agreement supports the auto industry drive for a six months labor peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Auts
General Motors Corp
Instran Ii
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Prefer Corporation
Union Sures
Setafizstern
Auto Indus
Wece
General Motors
Faye Ts
Rescue Workers Search For Trapped Gold Miners
Moranda Que April 25 Rescue workers seek 11 gold miners trapped over 1000 feet underground at the Malartic mine. Fire brought under control but dense smoke may have suffocated the men. Gas suit rescuers working day and night report hearing no signals from the trapped miners as smoke hinders assessment of spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moranda
Que
Malartic
Waothera
Park Monument To Honor Pres Theodore Roosevelt
Washington April 25. President Truman signed a directive providing for the creation of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and the erection of a monument to the former president at the village of Medora North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Truman Jonay
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park
Medora
Newburyport price cut plan sparks varied local response
Federal officials monitor Massachusetts test as Lawton firms join the Newburyport plan offering 10 per cent cuts on many items. Holley Furniture and several merchants push blanket reductions while others argue price drops must come from producers and wholesalers. Commerce officials praise the spirit but caution until wholesale prices ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Newburyport
Massachusetts
Furniture Store
and &Furniture Store
Lacey
Wesley Holley
Holley Furniture Store
G Cole
Elmer Ramsey
Misticie
Ramsey
Sprague
Robert Sprague
Washington
Gand
Walter Morrow
American Retail Federation
Mass
Truman
Commerce Department
W. Averell Hardmant
Lee
Philip M. Heuser
Do Harriman
Trouman
New York
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Morrow
Middle West
Miracle of Christ Rescues Eight After Ship Sinks
Miami April 25 The captain of an American freighter recounted how The Miracle of Christ rescued eight men from a lifeboat after an engine room explosion sank the vessel. Captain Howard Nickerson and seven crewmen survived five hours afloat praying until a distant vessel spotted them and identified itself by its name on the prow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Howard Nickerson
Nickerson
Banquet To Fete Indian Athletes At Fort Sill School
A banquet honoring members of the Fort Sill Indian School boys and girls athletic clubs and Lawton allies will be held at 6:30 PM in the student dining room. Indian athletes will review highlights of the 1946-47 sports calendar, with Youngs Academy and School of Dance providing entertainment. The 28th Signal Aires band will play. Emmett L. Keough will be master of ceremonies. Mayors Everett Glenn and George Hutchins are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliba
Fort ‘Sill Indian School
The
Lawton Constitution
Everett Glenn
George Hutchins
Lamotte T. Cohu Becomes TWA President Today
Lamotte T. Cohu, 41, formerly board chairman and general manager of Northrup Aviation Corp, is named president of Transcontinental and Western Airlines in the Hughes reorganization. He replaces Jack Frye as the airline seeks to recover from a $14 million loss last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U—A
Lamotte T. Cohu
Western Airlines
Howard Hughes
Cohu
Northrup Aviation Corp
TWA
Jack Frye
Hughes
Trans World Airlines
Capital City's One Per Cent Sales Tax Measure Killed
OKLAHOMA CITY April 25 The state House of Representatives killed a bill that would have let Oklahoma City vote on a one per cent local sales tax. The measure reached the floor via substitution, a shucking process, while a separate bill allowing cities over 150,000 population to levy a one cent sales tax was introduced. The house, in committee of the whole, voted down the shucked bill after a motion by Paul Washington of Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State House of Representatives
Paul Washington
Glainhoma City
President Cabinet Discuss Phone Strike But No Action Revealed
President Truman and his cabinet discussed the nationwide telephone strike with no indication of federal action. Conciliators move to renew union management talks. workers in Philadelphia and across the country picket and protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Gordon Clapp Approved As Chairman Of TVA
The Senate confirmed Gordon R. Clapp as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority by narrow margins, backed by Republican support for McKellar. The vote totals showed a late surge of strength for the nomination despite initial opposition. The confirmation follows a drawn out debate over the agency’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Clapp
TVA
Washington
Senate
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
D-Tenn
County Grassland Tour Aims to Boost Lawton Pastures
Lawton Chamber of Commerce and county farm leaders sponsor a May 7 field day starting 9 a m at the U S Field Station north of Lawton. Herb Hyer directs with Ted Krisher assisting. visitors will see grass drills, seed production talks, and plots at Kelly Johnstone, Connie Hill, and Max Brock farms. A noon luncheon features A H Abrburg on grass and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lawton
Ted Krisher
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Walter M. Osborn
Dry Land Experiment Station
James Be.smith
Soil Conservation Service
Woodward
Kelly Johnstone
Cash
Connie Hill Farm
Woodward Aid Fund Climbs To 1702 In Tornado Relief Drive
Oklahoma towns rally for Woodward after April tornado with state-wide drive now at $673 new total. Woodward Relief committee reports $64,000 raised to date. goal is $500,000 for rehabilitation, schools, and public buildings. Roy Turner to survey damage. Red Cross reports additional $250,000 sent, total $560,000. 928 Woodward families seek aid. detailed contributor list includes Nehi Bottling, Howard Insurance, Miss Betty Ginter, J A Collins, J Plemions, Dr J H Mullin, Lawton postal workers, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward Relief Committee
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Woodward
Red Cross
Nehi Bottling Company
Black Metoe Company
Soper Brothers
Roy Dunning
Howard and Howard Insurance
Brady Peterson
W. E. Tom- Hinson
H. T. Upjohn
Hamra
Dept
Cleva M. Joyner
Brs
Harry Franch
Betty Ginter
Hattie Garlinghouse
Ethel Perrin
Anonymous
J. A. Collins
Harry A.williams
Arch M. Parmenter
W. P. Stovall
F.C. Mathews
Griffin Gro
E. W. Vail
Cecil Cast
B. H. Good
Miss Long Lee Pollard
Leon Clayton
W. J. Howard
James Plemimons
Louis Davidson
Jessie Locke
Cleabron Davis
Eddie Hughes
Dr. J H. Mullin
Walter Fullen
Lawton
Fort Sill
VA Checks On Complaints Filed By House Purchasers
Thirty five Lawton veterans filed with the Washington VA office to renew GI loan guarantees on homes in Lawton Heights Williams addition claiming the houses are unlivable. An inspection found seepage in some concrete block structures with reports of good workmanship in others. Local appraisers and Oklahoma City officials will review loan records to ensure proper inspections met government standards. The Veterans of Foreign Wars backs the veterans and urges action as complaints rise with bad weather.
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Lawton
Washington
The
Veterans Administration
Lawton Heights
Williams Addition
Ruiuwil
lRnsley
Dunlop
Oklahom City
Lewey
Gilatrip
Paul A. Delke
Dunlap
Oklahoma City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Baker Hearing Set Saturday for Mannering Case
Billie Baker, 26, Lawton, accused of beating her 9-year-old stepson to death on March 17, will be arraigned at 10 a m Saturday before Justice of the Peace John Manning at the courthouse. Bond fixed at 1000. Preliminary hearing tentatively set for late next week. She was returned from Norman after physicians declared her sane following a 20 day observation. Trial for first degree manslaughter is set for May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Baker
Lawton
Justice of the Peace
John Manning
NeXtweeds
Norman
Former Hot Springs Mayor Wins Breach of Promise Suit
Leo P. McLaughlin, former Hot Springs mayor, won a $200,000 breach of promise case in federal court. Miss Lucille Griffith, 22, formerly of Hot Springs and now in Oklahoma City, alleged he failed to marry after promising marriage in 1944. Jury verdict favored McLaughlin amid the legal dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Leo P. McLaughlin
Garland County
Lucille Griffith
Oklahoma City
McLaughlin
Griff Li
Walter Jadwin rites set for Saturday
Last rites are planned at 4 30 p m Saturday by Ritter Funeral Home for Walter B Jadwin 70 veteran schoolteacher and Law ton merchant who died at 7 p m Thursday in a local hospital. Born January ninth 1877 at Houston Missouri he taught and supervised schools in Missouri and Oklahoma for over 20 years. He married Emma Ablow October 1900 at Houston. The couple moved to Oklahoma City in 1923 and came here in March 1940. Kirk Jadwin proprietor of (See Page 3 Col 7).
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Ritter Foneral
Walter B. Jadwin
Lawton
Dadigin
Houston
Jadwin
Missouri
Oklahoma
Emma Ablow
Oklahoma City
Kirk Jadwin
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Marshall
CIO Auto
Jefferson Memorial
Washingington
Thomas Jefferson
Capital City
Krug
Rosen
San
Francisco
Arresia
Atrilsers
Long Lines
American Telephone’ and Telegraph Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
David Dubinsky
AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
AFL
Woodward Aid Fund
Lawton “Help
Baker
Walter Jadwin
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