Truman Confers With Cabinet On Talk To Congress
President Truman discussed the draft message for the extra session with his cabinet. The message will address inflation measures and may involve price and ration control ideas. Former OPA head Paul Porter was enlisted to aid in preparing needed legislation amid mixed expectations of congressional action.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
OPA
Paul Porter
Gapite Hill
Mc Truman
White House
J. Howard McGrath
House
Congress
Rep
Brown
Rohlo
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Kiwanians Hear Of School's Work At Okmulgee
Lawton Kiwanis heard L K Covelle describe the Oklahoma A and M College School of Technical Training at Okmulgee. He said the aim is to equip students to return to farming or business, with fields in agriculture, business, food trades, and industrial trades. The campus sits on 17 acres under one roof, built in wartime as a hospital but unused. Covelle noted many students have limited education.
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Oklahoma A. and
M. College School of Technical
Okmulgee
L. K. Covelle
Lawton Kiwanis Club
J.C. Crawford
Cameron College
J. 3. Morrison
Coveile
Demonstration On Canning For Comanche County 4-H Girls
Thirty Comanche county 4-H club girls gathered at Cameron college for a two hour canning demonstration led by Ruth Petermann of Stillwater. She demonstrated hot water bath canning for tomatoes and peaches and pressure canning for chicken while outlining yearly canning requirements and answering questions. Mrs. Juanita Benson assisted, with several mothers in attendance.
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Comanche County
Cameron College
General McNair VFW Post To Sponsor Hill Billy Dance
General McNair VFW Post will sponsor an eight Hill Billy dance at the VFW hall Building T-2 Fort Si from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. on August 6. Tickets go on sale next week. Members and guests invited, couples welcome.
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General McNair
VFW Post
General McNair Veterans of Foreign Warts Auxiliary
VFW
Fort Si
Best buy in town service station for sale
For sale a good service station with equipment and stock invoiced about 3800 dollars. Will sell at that price. Strong in labor wash grease and oil work. Coll 2999-W.
Lady Frank Buck Sighting Caps Wild Animal Dealer
Genevieve Cuprys, 23, travels for Zap Supply Co to seek bargains on exotic animals from anteaters to orangutans. She recounts a Singapore deal where a pig was fed to a python, chooses not to complete it, and returns to New York with a cargo of exotic creatures. Her prize is a baby orangutan named Peli.
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York
NEA
Genevieve Cuprys
Mise Cuprys
Genevieve
Anteaters
Zebran
Singapore
Foot
New York
Henry Treffich
Bose
Dughter
Arthur Foehl
Africa
India
Foehl
Trefflich
Borneo
Gibraltar
Peli
America
Frank Buck
Sumastra
Bangkok
Batavia
Graham Elected Regents Head
A I Graham of Broken Arrow was elected chairman of the new constitutional board of regents for all state colleges at an organizational meeting. John C Fisher of Marlow was elected vice chairman. The regents oversee Southwestern Institute of Technology Weatherford East Central State Central State Edmond Northwestern State Alva Eastern State Tahlequah and Southeastern State Durant.
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Oklahoma City
A. I. Graham
Broken Arrow
Constitutional Board of Regents
Stata
Sbat
Roy J. Turner
John C. Fisher
Marlow
Regents
Southwestern Institute of Technology
Weatherford
East Central
Statida
Central State
Edmon
Northwestern State
Alva
Eastern State
Tahlequah
Southeastern State
Durant
Doctors and Nurses Sought for VA Hospital in Muskogee
Veterans Administration officials request fifteen doctors and 47 nurses for the Muskogee VA hospital under permanent civil service. Salaries range from 6,000 to 11,500 for doctors and 2,944 to 5,400 for nurses. Contact Robert R. Wright at Fort Sill 8194 or apply to VFW Hospital Chairman Peter J. Grimmer Box 952 Muskogee. Great Salt Lake is fed by four rivers and has no outlet.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Muskogee
Veterans of Foreign Work
VA Civil Service
Robert R. Wright
Fort Sill
Rites Conducted For Mrs. Bible
Funeral services were held for Susie Bible 77 a former Lawton resident at Centenary Methodist Church with Rev. Howard W Roberts officiating. Music by D R Grimes and Raymond Alion with Morgan Roberts at the organ. Grandsons Hilly Chafflin Joe Bellman Paul Bellman Ernest Bible Benton Mason and George Cole served as pallbearers. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery beside her husband Henry Bible who died in 1927. Arrangements were by Ritter Funeral Home. Mrs Bible died Tuesday after a brief illness in Duncan.
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Susie Bible
Lawton
Centenary Methodist Church
Howard W. Roberts
Wesley Methodist Church
D.R. Grimes
Raymond Aliaon
Morgan Roberts
Hilly Chafflin
Joe Bellman
Paul Bellman
Ernest Bible
Benton Mason
George Cole
DeMolay Degrees To Be Conferred
DeMolay degrees will be conferred upon four candidates at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Masonic Hall. Officers Eddie Morris T J Dell and Regan Bradford will head the ceremony with the public invited. New officers slated for installation at 7 p.m. August 4 in the Masonic Blue Room include Regan Bradford Bobby Sims and Richard Logan. Maj Louis A Vanderpool serves as the new DeMolay advisor. The Rainbow Girls will meet and then attend the installation in a body.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Eddie Morris
T. J. Dell
Regan Bradford
As & P
Masonic
Lawton Social Study Unit Hears Talk By Green
Dr Charles Green a Lawton pediatrician spoke at the Lawton Social Study group meeting in the city county health department. He discussed rheumatic fever treatment and the roles of nurses and social workers in aiding child patients with referral and service needs amid local medical problems in Comanche County.
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Charles Green
Lawton
Another Square Dance Session Is Slated Saturday
Recreation minded Lawtonians will assemble Saturday night in Union park for another square dancing session set to roughhillbilly music. Julius Johnston expects about a thousand attendees if weather holds. A teen section is reserved in the pavilion with loudspeakers, while a nearby court will host a children’s movie. Capt and Mrs Thomas Davies of Fort Sill will help Lawton Rangers teach dancing, with hosts Mr and Mrs Julius Johnston and Mr and Mrs Dillard Wiseman.
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Union Park
Thomas Davies
Fort Sill
Wil
Lawton Rangers
Julius Johnston
Dillard Wiseman
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Cabinet
Cyprus
Python
Pound
Graham
Great Salt Lake
Business College
Eer
Mason
Mrs. Bible
Burrows Insulation & Weatherstrip, Inc
Lawton Top & Trim Supply
Ben Journeycake
C Ave
Green
Ave
Ace Radiator Shop
VAL Frakes & Sons
John J. Schott Insurance Agency
Autoamobile
American Nail Bank
Roy Stephens Bey
Lawton Storage and Transfer CO
Orwell
Cnty
Zeke
Peoria
Jake
Bas
Ayl
Carol
Seeker Dow
Blendidines
WEA Service, Inc
McKee
Lia
IRS
Wsuor
Ars
Zu Her
Jever
Aeta Rip
Paz
Sians
Senor Ure
Hamrick
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