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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1954
Page
6
Early 1953 corporate earnings show about a 12 percent gain over 1952 based on the first 70 companies across industry utilities and rails. Net profits total $1,073,332,778 vs $962,062,398, with 19 firms down and steelmakers leading gains after prior strikes.
Births list multiple families with times and weights including Pat Brown Jan 5 at 2 p.m. weight 5 lbs 7% oz, Lloyd Not tingly Jan 26 2:06 a.m. weight 6 lbs 72 oz, Everett Lockwood Jan 25 11:28 p.m. weight 6 lbs 14 oz. Dismissals note families Beavers and Du point with birth details and regional admissions at Southwestern and several locales including Cache and Lawton.
The Labor Department reports a survey of employers suggests unemployment may rise above two million this month but a tide of job gains is possible by March. About half of 149 major labor markets expect little change, while one third anticipate slight to moderate gains. a few areas foresee more unemployment and others a moderate surplus with 3 to 6 percent jobless levels.
In Indianapolis Mrs. Rozella Featherston, 65, filed a divorce after saying she left her husband a day after their marriage. Charles Featherston, 91, who wed her last June 3 following a prior divorce, reflected on the match as Judge John L. Niblack warned him against another marriage.
William Estep 58, free on 7500 dollar bond in Dallas on federal mail fraud charges, was arrested in San Antonio on state theft by fraud charges. The self-styled atomic scientist was indicted by a Dallas federal grand jury, then arrested and accused of selling stock in Atomotor Manufacturing Co Inc and claiming a fuelless perpetual motion motor.
Until the end of the 17th century poor people in England were buried without coffins wrapped in cloth or sometimes only covered with hay and flowers.
Army Secretary Robert Stevens announced that fewer American soldiers will be sent to Korea as vacancies in infantry are filled by units from the 40th and 45th Divisions returning home on paper. He stressed the Eighth Army will remain vigilant until peace is achieved and denied plans for further force cuts. Morale among troops was described as excellent during this period of watchful waiting. Stevens departed Korea by plane and planned stops in Okinawa Formosa Hong Kong Manila and Japan.
Fifteen individuals appeared in Monday afternoon police court. Bonds were forfeited or fines imposed in cases including public drunkenness. Names include John E. Stokes of Fort Sill and Marie Casey with a suspended fine, among others.
School lunch personnel and home economists from Comanche and Cotton counties will attend a fish cookery demonstration by Dorothy Robey of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service tomorrow at Swinney School. The two hour program showcases six fish dishes without frying, illustrating economical protein use.
Lawton public schools issued report cards to more than 8,000 students for the third six weeks and the first semester. Junior and senior high honor rolls are being compiled this week as class work for the second semester and the fourth six weeks began Monday.
District court trial of Lonnie Glasgow on a second degree burglary charge ended in a hung jury late Monday. Trial on an arson charge later this week seemed unlikely given the jury's findings. Glasgow's trial was moved from Cotton county after a change of venue. He was charged with burglarizing and burning a house near Walters.
Laws ton schools will adopt new textbooks today after circulation to teachers for several months. A Pann 6 to Rees Senos committee will oversee the process and finalize selections from the circulated volumes.
A Fort Sill man pleaded to drunken driving before County Judge S R Harper after a Saturday incident at 10th and Ferris. Several Fort Sill residents face speeding, passing in a marked zone, and stop sign violations in Giles and Came ron courts with fines ranging from 5 to 15 dollars and costs.
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