Colorful Parade Highlights Lawton 44th Birthday Fete
Lawton hosted a 30 minute parade featuring wagons, Indians, cowboys, floats, and riders from miles around for its 44th birthday. Nancy Braggs led the procession with performers like Bart Brady and Chester Ztrick tepards, as well as Lawton Rangers riders and out of town groups. The event included pioneers in 1901 costumes, Lawton Lions contributions, and a Lawton high school band under Harrily Suggs amid prize announcements and a community get-together at Union Park later in the day.
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Samuel Leggett Pioneer Resident Buried Today
Services for Samuel L Leggett former Frisco railroad agent and Princes resident were held at 10 am today at Ritter funeral home Rev Thompson Gene Hodg e pastor of First Presbyterian church officiated Mr Leggett died Thursday night in an Oklahoma City hospital after a six week illness Selections were sung by Mrs Charlotte Kimbel and Miss Mary Bard Pierce with Val Frakes as pianist Bearers included W J Davis J N Babb C A Hardin F W Wright J C Proneberger and Milo Tague Burial was in Highland cemetery under Ritter funeral home direction
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Oklahorma City
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Val Frakes
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F. W. Wright
J.C. Proneberger
Milo Tague
Highland Cemetery
Ritter Funeral Home
Chinese Troops Seize Strategic Yeungkong Port
Chinese forces have broken into the strategic port of Yeungkong on the southern coast of Kwangtung province and are fighting Japanese troops in the streets for control. A high command communiqué announced today.
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Pioneer Women Parade Highlights Lawton Birthday
Mrs J. Carlock and fellow Pioneer club members parade in Lawton as decades of attire, lace and heirloom garments echo their long ties to the town. Abe Mazel, Mel Ann Ingraham and Mrs Lilie Uttninger share memories of pioneership while noting personal dresses and keepsakes from 1865 through 1901.
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Chuck Wagon Breakfast Opens Lawton Birthday Festivities
Rangers and special guests attended Lawton's 44th birthday celebration at the LO ranch this morning. The Chuck Wagon breakfast drew more than 500 attendees, with Pioneer Women and local officials present. The event featured eggs and bacon, with coffee and group singing, as Distyier sludge Toby Morris opened the program and introductions of Mayor Dick Jane Lawton and Pioneer Women’s Club leaders.
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Solons clash on postwar universal military training plan
In Washington, House and Senate military affairs members criticized postwar universal training proposals. They cited friction between Congress and the War Department over heavy army spending, keeping 7,000,000 troops, food stockpiles, rail and mine workforce mobilization, and warned peacetime training could be run by a non Army administration if adopted.
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President Truman Tours East Coast Seaside Service
President Truman visited churches aboard the USS Augusta as the ship neared the U.S. East Coast. Attendees included Secretary Byrnes and Chaplain Kenneth Parks. He planned a return to Washington by week’s end and would radio the Berlin discussions with Churchill and Stalin.
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Curfew Lifted for Soldiers in Five-State Eighth Region
Dallas Aug 6 A curfew for enlisted personnel in the Eighth service command’s five states Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and New Mexico was lifted by Lt General Wallon HB Walker the region’s new commander The curfew had been moved from 1130 p m to 1 a m three months earlier allowing soldiers to stay off streets or return to stations later in the night.
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Oklahoma
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New Mexico
Gen Allen Commands Third Armored Unit
Paris Ag 6 AP Brig Gen Frank A Alon former chief public relations officer of supreme headquarters has been named acting commander of the third armored division at Braniefort. He previously led a task force with the First armored division in Italy. Col Francis V Fitzgerald acts as director of public relations for U S forces in the European theater.
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Francis V. Fitzgerald
U. S
Final Rodeo Performance Tonight at LO Ranch Arena
The annual Pioneer Rodeo concludes tonight with a $2,000 purse. Top ropers including Toots Manshiel and Walton Pogue will compete in fast call and steer roping events. About 3,000 fans expected as crowds enjoy trick riding and Ram-Rey pantomime.
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Command Setup Details in Pacific Area Outlined
Guam Aug 6 (UP) Admiral Chester W. Nimitz retains command of navy and marine personnel on Okinawa while General Douglas MacArthur assumes command of the Ryukyus. A navy statement clarifies a three way command of the Pacific after conferences July 21-22. Nimitz keeps control of naval and naval air forces and bases. MacArthur leads U.S. army forces in the Pacific including the Fifth and Seventh Air Forces and the 10th Army in the Ryukyus, plus the Sixth and Eighth Armies and the 10th Army Air Force in the Philippines.
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Bombers Strike Tokyo Area in Major WWII Raid
U S fighter bombers hit Tokyo and five prefectures after a dawn wave of nearly 600 B 29s blasted industrial targets across Japan. The attack marked a rare total of three home islands targeted in a single assault while Canada announced expansion of Pacific forces.
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Senator Hiram Johnson dies in Bethesda hospital
Washington Aug 6 Senator Hiram Warren Johnson California Republican elder statesman died in his sleep at Bethesda Naval Hospital he would have been 79 on Sept 2 Johnson long served in the Senate since 1917 his death creates vacancies on five committees including foreign relations where he was the ranking Republican Johnson opposed the League of Nations and the United Nations charter reflecting his isolationist stance Funeral details were not provided.
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Rites Today for Mrs Emma Sauers 87 in Comanche County
Emma Sauers age 87 longtime Comanche County resident since early days died Saturday night at Fort Supply hospital after an admission Friday She came to the county over 50 years ago with her brother AH O Duhrin and lived on a farm near Me Services set for 3 PM today at Lawton Funeral Home chapel officiated by Roy Stefford Burial in Highland Cemetery
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Ada Rodeo Performer Recovering After Injury
Ada Oklahoma rodeo performer Pete Danley, 27, is in satisfactory condition after a skull fracture and severe facial lacerations from a Brahma bull. He remained conscious after Friday’s bull riding and is recovering at the local hospital.
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Petain Trial Opens Third Week With Lacaille Testimony
Paris on August 6 1945 Gen Charles Lacaille the tenth witness for the defense testified that France had only 50 planes and no ranks in Indo China for the Oriental colony defense. Lacaille a former Indo China staffer and member of the national defense committee spoke as the treason trial continued.
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Atomic Bomb Used On Japan First Time
President Truman announced that an atomic bomb was used against Japan for the first time. The blast on Hiroshima produced power far exceeding 20,000 tons of TNT and more than 2,000 times the Grand Slam. The president outlined plans for a commission to control atomic production in the U S and said more powerful forms are under development. He noted German science failed to harness atomic energy and credited Allied researchers for the breakthrough amid the war.
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