Corn Turmoil Ends Hinting Market Stabilizer Near
Chicago Board of Trade saw a wild session with corn limits hit as May and July contracts plunged eight cents, later rallying and dropping again. Wheat showed signs of leveling, oats rose slightly, and soybeans fell to limit. Stocks edged higher in New York after the holiday, while Senate debate blamed the December wheat law for recent price declines and considered repeal proposals.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Securities
Washington
Congress
Young
R-Nd
Bushfield
R-Sd
Europe
United States
U S approves meeting of 16 Marshall Plan nations
The United States tacitly approves a gathering of 16 European nations under the Marshall Plan to discuss their recovery needs at the end of the month, according to the state department.
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U.S
Washington
United States
State Department
Rites Held For Cache Resident Freddie Doyebi
Funeral services for Freddie Doyebi a Cache resident since 1940 are set at Mount Scott mission with Rev Iv Nolenburg officiating. Doyebi died in a Lawton hospital after a long illness and blindness. Survived by wife Emma Odletesin, a son, four daughters, two brothers two sisters and 41 grandchildren. Burial in Mount Scott Cemetery.
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Cache
Freddie Doyebi
Mount Scott Mission
IV. A. Nolenburg
Nazarene Indian Mission
Mount Scott
Kiowa County
Emma Odletesin
The
Baptist Church
Edgar Doyebi Horse
Saddie Mountain
Juanita Toi- Tigk
Mountain View
Marie Wright
Star Route
Lawton
Abbie Stoop
Lena Mae Dovebi
Nathan Dovebi
Truman Still Favors Some Price Control
President Truman maintains price controls are needed despite a grain market drop. Republican leaders doubt congressional support for controls, with Wolcott proposing a short extension of rent controls and a pause on broader economic proposals. Truman endorses a cautious program including standby price and wage measures and a savings bond drive set for April through June.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Wolcott
Change Banking Committee
GOP
Young
Bushfield
Trinin
Sparkman
D-Ala
U S Criticized By Chinese Reds
In San Francisco on February 13 AP reports a Chinese Communist radio broadcast that one of five U S Marines captured in North China died of wounds. It accuses the United States of imperialist aggression and claims U S forces have long carried out aggression and reconnaissance against liberated areas with unreasonable demands.
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San Francisco
Communist Radio Today
U. S
China
United States
Pic
Guearles J. Brayton, Jr
Fort Jay
Governors Island
N. Y
Carroll Dickerson
Olathe
Kans
Chiang Kai- Shek
Williams in Texas court martial reduces sentence on gun use
Fort Sill authorities in Decatur Texas reduced a three month hard labor term and $180 fine for Williams found guilty of unauthorized use of a self propelled howitzer during a night ride to Lawton. The original six months hard labor and $30 fine were cut by the reviewing authorities.
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Williams
Decatur
Tex
Fort Sis
Paul Revers
Lawton
Wallock Enters Texas Hospital
Rev A M Wallock, founder and director of the Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service, was moved from his Lawton home to Wichita Falls clinic hospital for observation and treatment of a serious heart ailment. He departed Lawton at 1 am in a funeral home ambulance, accompanied by his sisters Mrs Pearl Barre and Mrs George Werren. He remains under a heart specialist watch for an indefinite period with oxygen therapy ongoing since Wednesday.
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A. M. Wallock
Holy City
Wichita Falls Clinic
Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Lawton Funeral Home
Wallock
Pearl Barre
George Werren
Wichita Falls
M. Martin
Elgin
Rites Set For Mrs Manning In Medicine Park
Mrs Lena Manning 75 died at her Medicine Park home at 9 25 PM Thursday from complications after an accident that fractured her pelvis last Nov 6 She was born in Florida married in Tallahassee Wisconsin and moved to Comanche County in 1925 settling in Medicine Park by 1936 Survived by her husband Funeral services at Lawton Funeral Home 3 30 PM Saturday Rev Don Harrell officiating Burial in Highland Cemetery
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Lena Manning
Mediccine Park
Florida
Manning
Fred Manning
Tallahassee
Wla
J&dd
My. Manning
Comanche County
Medicine Park
Manning Wan
Methodist Church
Lawton Funeral Home
Don Harre
First Methodist Church
Highland Cemetery
Understanding commodities trading in the ABC on futures
A guide explains what a commodity is and how futures work with speculation and hedging. It covers May wheat futures, buying to win when prices rise, selling short when they fall, and hedging via direct farmer purchases and warehouse storage to offset market moves.
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Washington
ABC
Winter Grips State as Coldest Reading Hits Beaver
The Associated Press reports Oklahoma's weather shows the northeast and southeast hardest hit while the Panhandle stayed brutally cold. Beaver recorded 15 degrees below zero overnight, with 10 below at 7:20 a.m. as temperatures rise. Local radiation caused the extreme low, and sub-freezing readings were noted across the state.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Beaver
Cunningham
Oklahoma City Weather Bureau
Highway Department
Warmer Weather Foreseen for Saturday in Oklahoma
The forecast promises fair, warmer weather tonight and Saturday, lifting spirits of Lawton residents anxious over frozen pipes and icy streets. Temperatures near 18 degrees rose to 30s by Saturday in the Muskogee division, with snowfall reported in several towns including Minami, Poteau, Vinita, Antlers, Madill, and Thisel. Road conditions improve as crews sand and clear drifts, though a few NW roads remain closed.
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Muskogee Division
Minami
Mercury
Poteau
Vinita
Antlers
Cherokee County
Pittsburgh County
Clinton
Buffalo
Guyman
Gage
Whrynola
Hereford Show Slated Sunday for Lawton sale preview
Lawton hosts its ninth annual purebred Hereford cattle sale preview this Sunday afternoon and Monday. B A Darlow of Oklahoma A and M college will judge and the animals stay on display until sale time. The event, urged by Southwest Oklahoma cattlemen, follows a strong Hereford market with eight of ten carloads at Chicago made up of Herefords. An Angus sale is planned for next year as breeders in the region expand consignments.
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Lawton
B. A. Darlow
Oklahoma A
M. College
D. Campbell
Southwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
Chisago
Stat
Campbell
Eleven Die In Utica House Fire In West Side Collapse
A deadly Utica blaze left eleven family members dead and fourteen others injured as a two story frame dwelling burned and collapsed. Firefighters recovered six bodies from the ruins, including Mrs Ruth Hoage and nine children aged from five months to 19 years. Several relatives leaped from windows, with victims and survivors taken to St Elizabeths hospital for treatment.
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Utica
Ruth Hoage
Hoage
Richard Hoage
Fir Prevention Bureau
Shirley Hoage
Virginia
Dan
Mary
Catherine
Geraldine
Abdray
Charity
Michael
Lee
Shirley Henge
Richard Idnge
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Ella ‘Paye
Dana Paye
Mary Henge
Richard
Permanent Rank of Officers Announced Major Generals and Brigadiers
The Army announces permanent rank promotions including Maj. Gen. Clift Andrus and Brig. Gen. J. D. Balmer from Fort Sill. Other new major generals listed include Manton S. Eddy, J. Lawton Collins, Matthew B. Ridgway, LeRoy Lutes, John F. R. Hodge, John E. Hull, Lucius D. Clay, Albert C. Wedemeyer, Raymond McLain, and Stephen J. Chamberlin with effective ranks in 1942 and noted page references.
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Department of the Army
Clift Andrus
Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Balmer
J. D. Balmer
Field Artillery School
Ft Sill
Manton S. Eddy
Army Education System
Command and General Staff College
USA
J. Lawton Collins
United States Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Military Staff Committee of the
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Raymond
Texan Denies Card Beating
Jackson W Riley 21 Vernon exes held on 3000 bond after pleading innocent to assault with intent to commit a felony for the brutal beating of Mrs P B Curd 711 B in Wichita Falls. Charges filed by County Attorney Ralph H Cling before Justice of the Peace Joh Monti. Riley arrested in Throckmorton Texas Feb 4 and identified by Mrs Curd in a Wichita Falls jail show up as the man who broke her jaw in three places in an unprovoked attack Jan 2.
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Jackson W. Riley
Vernon
Exes
P. B. Curd
Ralph H. Cling
Joh Monti
Phiy
Riley
Throckmorton
Texas
Curd
Wichita Falls
Break in Gas Line Halts Oklahoma Industry
A high pressure natural gas pipeline break on a Norman area farm caused temporary shutdowns of industrial gas service in several northeastern Oklahoma cities. The break, blamed on cold weather, was repaired within hours and normal operations were expected to resume before nightfall, says Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. president Joseph Bowes.
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ULSA
Osle
Oklahoma
Norman
Joseph Bowes
The
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co
W M Matthews Services Slated for Local Farmer
William M Matthews a Lawton farmer and prominent Comanche county resident died of a stroke at his home 801 Arlington around 3 35 p m Thursday two days before his 74th birthday He had farmed in Pecan and Dee areas since 1911 coming from Kansas He married Mary Hepinstall in 1904 survives include wife daughter Mrs Leon L Cole son Eugene R Matthews three grandchildren brother Rodolph Manning and sister Mrs William M Wunseh Funeral services 2 p m Saturday at Lawton Funeral Home with Rev Don F Harrel and burial in Highland Cemetery
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Wiliam M. Matthews
Lawton
Comanche County
Arlington
Mr. Matthews
Kansas
Pecan
Dee
White City
Kans
Renfrew
Oklahoma
Mary ©. Hepinstall
Dee Mission
B.C. Dee
Matthews
Leon L. Cole
Eugene R. Matthews
Lake
Rodolph M. Manning
Los Angeles
Calif
William M. Wunseh
Goddard
Methodist
Wesley Chapel
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