Lawton C of C Sets 1948 Hospital and Water Goals
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce lists hospital facilities and a robust water system upgrade as its top two 1948 objectives. Additional priorities include revised traffic rules, acquisition of government land north of Ferris Avenue, sewage expansion, sanitation, street paving, Christmas decorations, and stronger civic outreach. The agricultural program covers 4-H and FFA shows, grass tours, farm education, and pork and dairy events, all aimed at balanced farming, conservation, and market-grade produce.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ferris Avenue
Oklahoma
Agricultural Advisory Committee
Greater Lawton
Southwest Oklahoma
Lawton High Schoos Ffa
Parrish
Fair Board
Next Action Upon Hospital Studied
A Travery-Whitehead American Legion pest No. 2% committee plans to meet with Comanche County commissioners to discuss building a 100 bed hospital costing about one million dollars. The county and federal governments would each fund one third with local clubs to be asked to support a bond issue or initiatve petition.
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Travery- Whitehead American Legion
Board of
Comanche County Commissioners
Buddy Garber
Charlen G. Ozman
Leslie T. Hamm
Ray Stephens
Garber
Tinc
Board of County Commissioners
CIO Auto Union Seeks Pay Hike in 25 Cent Raise
The CIO United Auto Workers announce a 25 cent per hour wage rise plus five cents for benefits in upcoming negotiations with the motor car industry. Approved by the union's 22 member executive board, the demand targets a third postwar cost of living adjustment, adds a guaranteed weekly wage, and seeks a three week vacation for workers with five years seniority. The 25 cent increase would lift average pay to about $1.75 per hour.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Farmstead Improvement Program and Community Services
The plan outlines water supply with tested and treated water, farmstead pump and pipe systems, kitchen and bathroom plumbing, a septic tank, safe electric lighting, adequate housing with space heating and storage, landscaping with drainage, fencing, and paint, and telephone service for farm families. Military affairs urge cooperation with Fort Sli and National Guard units, seeking a naval reserve unit and an Army day parade.
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Fort Sli
Lawton
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Thousands Of Germans Idle In Ruhr Cities
Berlin reports some 75,000 German workers idle in four Ruhr valley cities amid food shortages protests fueling fear of spread through Germany's industrial heart. About 50,000 walked out at Duisburg Muehlheim and Dinslaken. 26,000 in Oberhausen.
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Berlin
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Reda
Marshall Tian
Duisburg
Muehlheim
Dins
Moscow Radio
Ruhr
Communist Party
Dewey Likely to Accept GOP Nomination at Philadelphia
Albany January 18 AP Gov Thomas E Dewey will accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered at the Philadelphia national convention next June. Hagerty said a group of Dewey's Oregon friends have entered his name in the Oregon preferential primary.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia
James C. Hagerty
Dewey
Oregon
Comanche County Demos Name Central Committee Leader
Final plans set for the Comanche County Democratic Convention in the district court room at 7 p.m. Saturday. Delegates will name the county's central committee chairman. The meeting was called by retiring chairman Robert Landers. Delegates were named last Friday at precinct meetings across the county.
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Comanche County
District Court Room
Robert 5. Landers
Central Committee
Government to set price and rent controls amid rising costs
Ottawa reports that Canada will reimpose price controls on meat and butter to ease living costs. The government plans to ask Parliament to extend rent controls until March 31, 1049, signaling broader relief measures for households facing inflation.
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Ottawa
Annual Stockholders Meet Of Greater Lawton Is Slated
Greater Lawton Inc will hold its annual stockholders meeting on the third Monday in January in the district court room. Exall English, president, urged attendance or proxy delivery to ensure orderly business and officer elections. A recent campaign to boost holdings yielded little response.
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Greater
Lawton
Greater Lawton, Inc
District Court Room
Exall English
Greater Lawton
Full Information On Use Of Loans Urged
Senator Vandenberg urged that tracking how ERP funds are spent would reduce criticism of the Marshall plan. John J. McCloy said no fuzzy loans should be made to avoid waste, citing the 3.75 billion British loan as criticized for unclear usage. Hearings continued as Taft and Marshall sparred over costs, with calls for a cut to the administration’s 16.8 billion first‑year budget.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Ferguson Jr-Michel
Appropriations
Ferguson
Fergusson Tan'c
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. McCloy
International Bank
Ausagasane Aerocess
McCloy
Great Britain
England
Marshall
Taft
Falt
Europe
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Ball
R-Mlinn
William Brophy Resigns As Indian Commissioner
William A. Brophy resigned as Indian Affairs commissioner, as announced by Interior official J. A. Krug. No successor named. Brophy has been ill in a New York sanitarium for months. The report notes resignation received but not yet acted upon.
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Washington
Willan A. Brophy
Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krog
Krug
Brophy
New York
Comanche Girls Burned in Gas Blast at Gym
Three Comanche high school girls were seriously burned in a restroom gas blast during a girls basketball tournament at Comanche High School. Joy Statham 17 Thanksie Salmon 16 both of Comanche and Joyce Biffle 14 of Waurika were hospitalized in Oklahoma City. spectators escaped injury as blast blew open a door and a window. Gas leak traced to an abandoned gas liner.
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Comanche
Oklahoma City
Joy Statham
Thanksie Salmon
Joyce Biffle
Waurika
Alva
Clyde Awtrey
Lawton Highway
Oklahoma City Today
Treasury chief warns tax cuts need higher revenues
Secretary Snyder told the Ways and Means Committee that any income tax reduction must be offset by higher revenues from other taxes. He endorsed the president's plan a 40 tax credit and a $3.2 billion bite of large corporate profits as best means to avoid budget gaps. He cautioned Knutson's measure would shrink revenues and widen deficits, urging a balanced revision focusing on bottom income relief.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Knutson
R-Minn
Elesewhere
Blast Snyder
Knutson Hill
Welker Named Director For Senior Scout Bivouac
Henry Welker an architectural engineer and longtime Camanche district scout was named director of the sectional Senior Scout bivouac at Fort Sill April 23 to 25. The Black Beaver council hosts the event expected to draw Sea Scouts Explorer Scouts and Air Scouts from five central and western Oklahoma councils. Welker, 15 years in scouting, will head arrangements and appoint committees at the January meeting assisted by Lewis McCoy and Bob Fastua. The bivouac will feature three major crew events a survival problem a physical fitness obstacle course and unit ceremonies with plans for a model airplane show sail boat race rifle range and bait casting demonstration amid about 206 eligible youths.
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Henry Welker
Fort SA
Welker
Black Beaver Council
Oklahoma
Co Manche
Janiba
Ragwar
Kins
Lewis McCoy
Lawton
Bob Fastua
Altus
Scout
City Faces Freezing Gusts as Oklahoma Warms Then Drops
Avtonians shivered under subfreezing temperatures and 40 mile per hour winds as winter gripped Oklahoma. Snow failed to arrive despite forecasts. Lows around 22 degrees with noon readings near 26. Forecasters expect clearing skies Saturday with 40s, then a warmer Sunday with overcast. A colder rush predicted next week without moisture.
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Oklahoma
Okahoma
New Cold Wave Grips Midwest Heating Crisis
United Press reports a severe cold snap across the Midwest as dwindling heating oil and natural gas supplies trigger cuts. Toledo industries cut output by 90 percent due to gas curtailment aimed at heating homes, with hotels bakeries and stores facing possible shutdowns if temperatures fall further.
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Presley
Midwest
Toledo
Ohio
City on Overcome By Gas Fumes
James McClain Jr., 34, of 01 901 F, remained in critical condition in Glen Falls, N Y, hospital today after carbon monoxide poisoning. The OK Transfer driver was found slumped in the cab of a truck at a filling station in upstate New York Wednesday morning. Police noted the cab window was down, suggesting he may have rolled it down before collapsing as the truck engine ran.
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James McClain Jr
Glenn Falls
McClain
OK Transfer and Storage Company
New York
OK Transfer
Glen Fails
Constitution
OK Transfer Office
Lawton
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Robin
the Humane Society
William Brophy
Russia
Soviet Union
Alexander
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Hinabor
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