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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1945
Page
2
Oklahoma City market notes show weekly cattle and hog trends. Steers and stockers largely steady to lower, heifers mixed, calves down, sows and lambs mixed, sheep steady with slight gains. Prices feature weekly top quotes and overall market movement.
Fragmented report shows a Kansas City strike in flux with a compromise discussion among a national emcee committee and milk producers. The piece also notes agricultural concerns around chick production and tax collection, plus local sports mentions and community updates.
A person faces charges after an incident in which a bystander was struck. Police report details remain incomplete as prosecutors review the case. The outcome hinges on pending findings and signatures on official documents.
Oldsmobile division of General Motors announces a limited run of 1946 cars with Hydra-Matic four speed auto shifting as war production ramps. The program, labeled Combined Operations, prioritizes munitions while resuming automobile output after wartime restrictions. General manager S. E. Skinner says postwar cars will feature new styling and performance as supply allows.
The good roads committee of the chamber of commerce asks for frank answers to survey questions to guide future road planning and rebuilding in the state. The Oklahoma City survey team visits Chickasha where a survey was just completed. Secretary Keating notes the survey’s value hinges on public participation.
A daily update cites Chinese and Allied projections on Manchuria and north China battles with 4,000,900 Japanese troops in the region. It notes American air blockades and Allied naval pressure around Japan, while discussing cautious expectations for a late next year confrontation and potential shifts in Japanese defense.
A clipped classified style notice advertises autonsurance services for Brigham Young automobiles. It mentions a 202 Koehler Building location and a contact phone number 838 for inquiries about fire coverage and premium savings.
Reported after a blackout preceding last Saturday’s event as Kumaishi was installed. Apologists argued the emperor’s fleet air forces would not engage until Yank forces invade. Unrest in Nippon is so strong that the envoy minister conceded Japan’s resentment toward war duties.
President Trumian moves to Senate and United Nations charter issues as Pacific concerns rise. Churchill Stalin and Eden attend Roosevelt Churchill talks with Premier Stalin at the Kremlin. Private dinners and advisory meetings follow, with top shipping and foreign affairs officials planned to join future sessions.
Tire shop in Lawton Pennsylvania offers truck tractor and passenger tire repairs and recapping. Contact 415 South 8th or phone 2207 for service.
Last night President Truman hosted a cordial state dinner at the Little White House. Reporters note concern in Soviet and Allied compounds over the absence of the foreign secretary. Eden prepared to rejoin foreign policy talks focusing on three key decisions after conference progress.
County officers in a day held a middle aged Leawten Nina, accused of making naughty threats during her arrest by Deputy Sheriff L L Shinay Tominson. Another suspect, Yr Ap Near, faces charges of breach of peace and threatening behavior in the deputy's presence.
In this continued page piece, defense units including the Indian Head outfit and Fifth Infantry Division maneuver toward key targets. General Abern Brown of Charleston commands a force of 53 regiments and 12 liberated prisoners, with units such as the 14th and 20th field battalions and 44 signal company listed among the assembly. The Panther division details and pierhead movements toward Piermont, NY, are noted, with troop processing at Camp Shams, WY. General Ben Seal returns to Boston with Marine reinforcements and two thirds of Rampo-mo casualties reportedly shifting.
Fragmentary text mentions high ranking officers and transfers including a general, deputy commander, and a colonel linked to the Millllergy and Cull Peninsula Herald. It references World War I service, a wound at Prsaue, and a division's regimental command with an infantry patrol. A Lt General Lewes is described visiting a wife in a Boston hotel.
The piece notes a million shortage of fires for Cefa and O-1% transports used as hospital planes and says daily production is stopped. It warns that unless the supply of arms for forces on Okinawa and nearby regions improves, operations in that theater will suffer severely.
Australian forces push to bring fields and refineries into production, stressing allied supply lines as air transportation demands increase. In China, Chinese troops bombard southwest front, recapture Lalpo, advance toward Yangso, and engage Japanese forces near Yangso and Chitase with ongoing fierce battles.
A reported communique says heavy fighting along the southern shore near Atopoi and adjacent areas. Chinese troops push from positions around Tespile bay toward Yortngiong while targeting enemy supply points and warehouses.
The report describes ongoing fires near Talyo on the Moushy coast as bombardment continues at night. It notes the 4,000 logs of fire bombs dropped, with fishing crews and local defenses affected by the attacks.
Local tire dealers listed as EW Trainor Tire Reo and Laxton Tire Soop with address 415 So. Chicago Pho and Pennsylvania Tires.
Reports describe heavy Allied bombing of Japan during a 12 day period with 21 000 tons of bombs and shells. Japanese records claim mines damaged by B 29s near Niizata while Liberators and a Superfortress patrolled central Asia to assess damage. Navy and Marine air units report losses off Korea and in the Ryukyus as MacArthur’s forces sweep the Asiatic coast with intensified air strikes and ground operations.
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