Shift Is Seen In Alignments By City Dads
A lame duck Lawton city council faces a Tuesday oath for three new councilmen Roy Johnson Bob Williamson and Henry Schlumbohm as part of a changing administration They may ally with Ward One and Ward Five incumbents to form a majority while opposing a water rate hike The resulting group could try a 50 cent or 25 cent increase but could be blocked by Mayor Hutchins and other veterans Also discussed are a possible change in pro tempore and salary and leave policies for city workers The council directed street work estimates and approved improvements near the new Ford plant plus an ab initio airport project cost 315700 but the airport plan was later dropped
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Lawton
Herold Shore
Dink Coombs
Roy Johnson
Bob Wiliamson
Henry Schlumbohm
George Hutchina
Earl Fox
Marvin Cameron
Julius Johnston
Johnston
Harold Shore
Milo Tague
Tague
Shore
Srefley
Fox
Hutchins
Cameron College
Jake Witzel
Ford Agency
Third and
Alt
Wyatt B. Hendrick
Radio star Tom Breneman dies at 47
Hollywood AP reports Tom Breneman a radio host famed for Breakfast in Hollywood died of a heart attack at 47 after breakfast at home in Encina. He recently returned from a Palm Springs vacation and had a popular show attracting over 600 fans at his Vine Street restaurant broadcast location.
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Hollywood
Tom Breneman
Billie Dunn
Encina
Brenemen
Palm Springs
Vine Street
Breneman
New Road Projects In Area Announced
Southwest Oklahoma unveils a $150 000 highway program. Senator Bill Logan criticizes earlier inferior roads while detailing five Comanche county resurfacing projects. The plan includes 18 miles from Tillman county line through Chattanooga and Faxon to U S 27T and a $75 000 section from Burnburnett Texas bridge along U S 277 to the Comanche county line just south of Lawton.
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Oklahoma
Bill Logan
Lawton
Comanche County
Tillman County
Chattanooga
Faxon Oo
U. S
Burnburnett, Texas
U. S. 277
Commanche County
Logan
Highway Department
Porter Hilworth
Caddo Line
Cache
Taxon
Sill Construction Fund Over Hurdle
The House armed services committee approved bills authorizing 417 620 255 dollars for army navy and air force public works including 573 000 for Fort Sill family quarters and utilities. The total is down from last year by 81 36 809 and the committee asked further reductions before floor action.
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Washington
UPI
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Fort Sill
House Rules Committee
Armed Services Committees
Accidents Costly On Comanche County Highways
Highway patrol data show 45 accidents in three months in Comanche County caused 23 injuries and one death. Property damage reached 14 826 dollars, with 28 crashes tied to traffic violations. Reckless driving and speeding top the causes, often on weekends around 4 pm to midnight near Lawton.
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Asiovea
Lawton Division
Highway 277
Lawton
Utes
Flower Show Opens In City Third Judging Underway
Flower show opened at the First Christian church basement sponsored by the Lawton Garden council with judging continuing this afternoon. The theme Spring Song appeared in bronze and yellow arrangements featuring bluebonnets, irises, roses, and daisies. Judges from multiple Texan towns evaluated horticultural, arrangements, and junior gardeners divisions as state judges arrived to begin at 1:30 p.m.
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Lawton Garden Council
Ben O'Neal
Wichita Falls
Tex
Carl Morrison
Burkburnett
R. J. Wenthe
Hellis
Stephen Scatot
Paul Up- Negraff
Norman
Don FB. Baldwin
Anadarico
Iumior Gardeners
Lawton Giants to Attend Chamber Meet in Lawton
Lawton Giants will be guests of honor at the Friday forum luncheon of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce announced by president Jake Witzel. Manager Lon Brower will introduce players and discuss prospects for the 1948 season. The team opens the season in Lawton against the Duncan Cementers tomorrow night at Memorial Park.
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Lon Brower
Lawton Giants
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Jake Witzel
Brower
Giants
Lawton
Duncan Cementers
Memorial Parle
British Tanks Swing Into Action In Jaffa Area
British tanks moved against Jewish forces near Jaffa as Arab forces pressed the navy near the city. The fighting closed in on the Arab stronghold beside Tel Aviv with strikes from northeast and south. Civilians attempted to flee as the battle intensified and tensions rose in the Palestine frontier.
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Jaffa
Jerusalem
Ingen Zyai Leumi
Tel Aviv
Krill
Bellah Army
Arab spokesman charges conspiracy over Holy Land crisis
Faris El Khouri of Syria told the United Nations General Assembly that a conspiracy seems to be under way to block a UN agreement on a new Holy Land solution. He urged a formula by May 15 when Britain ends the mandate as the special session stretched 127 days without results.
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Lake Success
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
Holy Land
Faris el Khouri
Syra
Special Assembly
Siege of Jaffa Escalates As Arab Reinforcements Suppressed
The report details a Zionist operation surrounding Jaffa with Menashi and nearby suburbs captured, Arab panic spreading as evacuees flee to ships in the harbor. Hagana and Irgun coordinate strikes on routes to Jerusalem while Arab forces reportedly head toward Jaffa by sea, signaling a major combined offensive.
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Menshiya
Jewa
Fonr
Hagenah
Plan To Draft 18 Year Olds Brushed Off By House Group
The House Armed Services Committee rejected a compromise plan to draft 19 year olds for a year of military training. The proposal, backed by the Senate Armed Services Committee, sought a modified universal military training law. Chairman Walter G. Andrews said the committee discussed the plan and declined to support it.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Senate Armed Services Committer
Walter G. Andrews
House Armed Services Group
Sheriff Race Expands As Third Candidate Enters
Everett Ray Hale, 30, Lawton auctioneer and resident, files for sheriff as a three way GOP primary race forms. Otis Waldron and Carl Phillips already in. State officials report other filings for state representative and county posts including Ozman, Rigg, O Neil, Luther, Bubaniss, and Finnagan amid a busy election week.
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Everett Ray Hale
Lawton
Enat
Otis Waldron
Carl Phillips
T. O'Neil
Supreme Court
State Board
Luther
Bubaniss
Catton
Stassen Leads in Pennsylvania Presidential Primary
Harold E. Stassen led in Pennsylvania with about 10 000 vote margin over Dewey as returns from 7 396 of 8 249 precincts were counted. Dewey matched with 68 164 votes while MacArthur and Vandenberg polled strong showings. In Democratic column Truman topped all. Write-in votes for Martin appeared strong in rural areas.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Ead
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Edward Martin
Stassen
Dewey
Matchin
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur Vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Henry A . Wallace
Eisenhower
Martin
Lumbermen Convene in Lawton for District Meet
The Oklahoma Lumbermen's association group from nine counties of the sixth district will gather in Lawton Thursday for a noon session led by district head R.T. Cur rel. The meeting, at the Old South Cafeteria, features a principal address by Fred Stephenson of Chickasha.
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Sixth District
Lawton
Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association
R.T. Currel
Gawlon Lumber Dealer
Old South
Fred Stephenson
Same Tract Eyed As Site For Hospital City School
Lawton area GOs eyed a vacant block owned by Harry Buccingham between A and B avenues and 12th and 14th streets as potential site for a county hospital and a future junior high. County commissioners and the Lawton school board discussed purchase or condemnation, citing central location and accessibility.
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Commanche County
Harry Buccingham
Lawtonian
Emil Woesner
Buckingham
Lawton School Board
Lawton
Waa
Woesner
Final effort to avert nationwide rail strike
A three-union rail strike set for May 11 would paralyze U S rail. The national mediation board held a last-ditch meeting in Chicago with railroads and unions, after mediation and an emergency panel recommended a 154 cent hourly wage rise, rejected by unions led by a Cleveland spokesman. Union leaders in Chicago declined comment while preparing for action. In related labor news the CIO urged a nationwide boycott of meat processors Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell and Rath, and asked a Justice Department probe into a Kansas City clash.
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Cleveland
Chicago
National Railway Labor Act
National Mediation Board
Frank Douglass
Truman
Jet Cleveland
Toynt Guilock
Ines
CIO
Philip Murray
Justice Department
Kansas City
Kans
Murray
Swift
Armour, Cudahy, Wilson, Morrell and
Rath
Washington
Services Set For Retired Farmer W E Wooley
Apache April 28 Special W E Wooley 89 retired farmer died at daughter Mrs Cloud Johnson home Apache after six months illness. Funeral at Apache Methodist church Thursday 3 p.m. Rev A B Carson officiating. Burial in Apache cemetery beside wife. Born Ohio married Ella Bailey Caldwell Kansas 1893. Led Cherokee strip opening, later farm nine miles north of Carnegie. Survived by two daughters Mrs Karns and Mrs Johnson and two sons Chad Phoenix and Bowie Wooley. Burial arrangements Crews Funeral Home Apache.
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Apache
W. E. Wooley
Nene Carnegie
Mra. Cloud Johnson
Apache Methodist Church
A. B. Carson
Apache Cemetery
Ohio
Mr. Wooley
Ella Kelly Bailey
Caldwell
Kans
Cherokee Strip
Grant County
Wooley
Carnegie
D. T. Karns
Wrtonga
Apna
Chad Wooley
Phoenix
Ariz
Baliy Wooley
Crews Funeral Home of
Apactis
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Bem Ash
Oklahoma‘Garden Club Association
Henry C Johnston
Lake
First Christian Church
Sill Construction Fund
Hinabor
State Election Board
Charles G. Ozman
Dick Rigg
Oklahoma City
Beverly Smith
Helen Zimmerman
Children’s Hospital
Akron
Physisians
Beverly
Peonsylvania
GOP
R. T. Currell
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