County HD Club Women To Leave For State Meet
Comanche county Homemakers will depart Tuesday for the 36th Farm and Home conference at Stillwater on the Oklahoma A&M campus There are 14 educational short courses covering all homemaking fields The event features mass singing led by Mrs Lloyd Merritt and includes numerous local club representatives.
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Comanche County
Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m
Oklahoma
Clara Kelley
Lloyd Merritt
Kelley
Merritt
Carl Elling
County Council
W. O. Morrison
M. E. Reid
Fred Davis
Burford Allan
Nick Carras
Roy Creamer
C. E. Logan
O. P. Landgon
J. M. Worley
Weather recap of Oklahoma and Lawton area
Weather continued with Lawton light outage and a lightning strike near Fort Sill. Rain totals ranged from trace to 0.7 inches across the region, with Guthrie reporting the state’s heaviest rainfall and Hobart the day’s high of 101 degrees. Forecast calls for mainly cloudy conditions and scattered storms, with highs in the 90s and normal temperatures elsewhere.
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Lawton
Peter Stone
Fort Sill
John Stone
Col. Stone
Indiahoma
H. E. Wolf Farm
Germanimo
Snyder
Hennessey
Guthrie
Hobart
Guymon
Oklahoma
North Central
Oklahoma City Markets Report Highlights Mixed Livestock and Produce
Oklahoma City markets show light trading across broilers eggs and butterfat with steady to mixed quotes. Cattle and calves in Oklahoma City reflect a slow market with declines, hogs and sheep steady to easier, receipts light and several regional price references included for Muskogee Ardmore Lawton Enid and other towns.
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Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Altus
Shawnee
Vinita
Seminole
Poteau
Cordell
Ardmore
Blackwell
Tulsa
Chickasha
Lawton
Alva
Durant
Enid
Elk City
Laverne
McAlester
Fairview
el Reno
Frederick
Hobart
Guyman
Hooker
Vici
Medford
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Rush Springs
Oklahoma City Livestock
USDA
Dixie Store Manager Kahn Dies in Lawton Funeral
Dixie Store manager of the Men’s Department, Mr. Kahn a native of Pruzany Poland born June 29 1886 came to the United States at age ten. He lived in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Duncan in 1923 and Lawton in 1929. Survived by his wife a son and two grandchildren graveside rites in an Oklahoma City cemetery will be by the Masonic order with Lawton lodge pallbearers named Robert H Jelley A D Sly George Schutz Lee Cleveland Fred Larrance Sr O C Darling.
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Page One Dixie
Kahn
Pruzany
Poland
United States
Oklahoma
Texas
Duncan
Fort Worth
Lawton
Masonic Order
Oklahoma City
Masonic Lodge
Robert H. Jelley
A. D. Sly
George Schutz
Lee Cleveland
Fred Larrance Sr
O. C. Darling
Enid to host four day Quarter Horse show and races
Enid Oklahoma opens its annual Quarter Horse show and racing meet on Wednesday with competitions in halter, roping, cutting horse and reining. The four day event features a busy schedule of classes and racing events in ENID.
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Enid
Okla
Taft Memorial Service Draws Nationwide Walk of Honor
Thousands in 90 degree heat file past Taft’s bronzed casket in the Capitol rotunda as dignitaries and generals attend a brief memorial service. The 22 minute ceremony features Ohio Senator Bricker’s eulogy and a Marine Band rendition of the National Anthem. The bier is moved for the service and families occupy key seats near the widow Martha Taft. The event precedes religious rites in Cincinnati and burial at Indian Hill Episcopal Church.
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Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
William Howard Taft
John J. Pershing
Indian Hill Episcopal Church
Taft
Cincinnati
Church
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Bernard Braskamp
House
Marine Band
Bier
Martha
Eisenhower
Congress
Milk Price War Cuts Aisle Costs Across City
Processors dropped wholesale prices from 21 to 15 cents, with stores lowering to about 18 cents. Delivered price set at 18 cents. Managers claim costs are below new levels and demand weakened by competition, causing some producers to lose business. Fort Sill buys via monthly contract, selling milk at commissaries around 18 cents, aligning with Lawton’s new retail price.
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Lawton
Milan Citizens Pay Annual Tax for Cathedral upkeep
Citizens of Milan finance a yearly special tax to maintain their cathedral. The measure supports ongoing preservation and religious heritage amid city finances and civic duties.
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Milan
Italy
Curtis R Jeffreys Commissioned In Army Reserve
Curtis R. Jeffreys son of Mr and Mrs London Jeffreys Sterling was one of 124 Infantry ROTC cadets commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army Reserve at Fort Benning Georgia. He attended Oklahoma A&M and has trained at the base six weeks in infantry tactics.
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Curtis R. Jeffreys
London Jeffreys
Sterling
Army Reserve
Fort Benning
Jeffreys
Oklahoma A&m College
Funeral rites for Mrs Ethel Burns scheduled
Last rites for Mrs. Ethel Burns 63 of 1323 Monroe will be at 9 AM Tuesday in Becker Memorial chapel with Father Westerman conducting the Rosary and burial at Highland Cemetery. She died Friday night July 31 after a lengthy invalid condition. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Mabel Pearson of Hyattsville Maryland and two grandchildren Vickie and James McLain, also of Hyattsville.
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Ethel Burns
Monroe
Becker Memorial Chapel
Westerman
Highland Cemetery
Burns
Mabel Pearson
Hyattsville
Vickie
James McLain
Senate acts on four debt and aid bills plus Taft successor
The Senate completed action on four major bills including a 6.65 trillion foreign aid measure, an extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act, a 616 million supplemental aid package with Korea and defense funds, and a 1.1 billion state, commerce and justice appropriation. Also in play is removing a 12.5 million airport item. A Taft successor is expected to be elected after Knowland’s anticipated confirmation. The chamber sent to Eisenhower two key measures: admitting 214,000 aliens over three years and authorizing 100 million dollars in government-held food surpluses to aid overseas populations.
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House
Senate House
Senate
Tariff Commission
U. S. Information Agency
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Sen
Taft
Ohio
New York
Knowland
Eisenhower
Reservists Arrive at Post Field for Training Camp Near Little Rock
Reservists arrive Sunday at Post Field with units including the 330th Highway Transportation Group and the 209th Truck Company. Home station is Little Rock. About 109 officers, 18 warrant officers, and 258 enlisted men will train on the post until the camp ends August 15 in the 5400 area near Post Field.
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Post Field
330Th Highway Transportation Group
209Th Truck Company. Org
Little Rock. Rk
Elementary Coordinator Finds Stacks Of Books After Journey
Thelma Talla returning from a month away found 365 boxes of state textbooks, 21,000 pounds total, stored for unpacking and cataloging for the September start of the 1953-54 school year. 325 boxes for white schools and 40 for separate schools will be checked against invoices in August.
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Thelma Talla
Lawton
Ike Group Studies Atom Plant Strike
At Oak Ridge Tennessee President Eisenhower’s atomic energy labor relations panel arrives to examine the wage dispute that halted work at two atomic plants two days last week. AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council called off plans for a midnight strike after a Washington conference. Union leaders, urged by Labor Secretary Durkin, voted to delay while the panel reviews the situation. Roy Gourley of Atlanta says the union may resume its demand for a 15 cent hourly raise, 1.41 cents more than initially asked.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
AFL, Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Washington
Martin Durkin
Roy Gourley
Atlanta
Forest Festival Dates Changed in Sequoyah County
SALLISAW Okla Aug 3 Wilburn McClure of the Oklahoma Forestry Division said Sequoyah countys fourth annual forest festival will be held here Aug 29 instead of Aug 22 as previously announced.
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Sallisaw
Okla
Wilburn McClure
Oklahoma Forestry Division
Sequoyah County
Boundary lines prepared for board approval
Lawton public school system will have boundary lines for district schools recommended to the board by Superintendent John Shoemaker. The proposal aims to balance student load, reduce overcrowding, and cut transportation needs while also addressing personnel hires, purchasing instruments for junior and senior high bands, and painting light towers at the stadium. Shoemaker will report on summer repairs to city school buildings, with Architects Noftiger and Lawrence present to discuss progress on the new high school building.
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Lawton
Board of Education
John Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Noftiger & Lawrence
Pompeii Remains One Third Still Uncovered
A historical note states that one third of the ancient city of Pompeii remains to be unearthed. The remark underscores ongoing archaeological exploration and the potential for new discoveries within the site.
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Pompeii
Attempted Rape Probed By Cops
Lawton Indian woman, 19, says four men picked her up and beat her after resisting their advances early Sunday. She described the car and unit they claimed affiliation with, but CID found no match to the Fort Sill unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Fort Sill
Post Cid
Polio Foundation Names Nowata County Chairman
Bruce Carnet appointed Nowata county chairman for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Oklahoma. He succeeds Mrs. Bernice McCain who resigned after eight years of service.
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Nowata, Okla
Bruce Carnet
Nowata
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Bernice McCain
Stone Mountain Stands as North America’s Largest Rock
Stone Mountain in Georgia is described as the largest stone mountain in North America, a geological landmark noted for its massive granite formation and regional prominence in the United States.
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Georgia
North America
Freedom at last for prisoners in Korea amid return plans
U N Command moves 74,800 captives to holding near Munsan and Seoul. Reds to receive 2,400 able bodied men and 360 sick daily. Additional groups to Inchon and Panmunjom, with transfers to camps and ships for voyage to Seattle or San Francisco. Some may go directly to the United States. Armistice Commission approves a new demarcation line headquarters and Jain Blackshear Bryan outlines.=
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Koje
Cheju Islands
Inchon
Panmunjom
Pusan
Kore
Freedom Village
Liberty Village
Brittanica
Munsan
USA
U. S. Treasury
United States
Seattle
San Francisco
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Blackshear M. Bryan
U. N
Farm Bureau Leader to Speak at Hobart Meeting
Roger Fleming secretary treasurer of the American Farm Bureau Federation will speak in Hobart on August 5 at an area Farm Bureau meeting. The address highlights the federation’s outreach to local farmers and updates on rural policy.
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Hobart
Okla
Roger Fleming
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Moon Phases Shape Tides With Sun's Help and Opposition
The text explains that full moon and new moon align with the sun to enhance tides, while during quarter phases the moon counteracts the sun's effect, moderating tidal influence.
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State Poultry & Eggs
Chicago
Frigidaire
Hewett
D Ave
H. J. Crigger
Fage One
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Frank J. Lausche
Mrs
Schools OF
Practical Nursing, Inc
Lawton Constitution Press
Lawton, Okla
Ike Group
St.Joseph Too
Journeyer
Flight
PAN American World Airways
Typewriter Serv CO
Typewriters
J. D. Suggs
Wolverton Harware
E Ave
M & D Finance CO
F Ave
JO G. Andrews
D Avenue
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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