Nominations For Posts In Legion Here Are Made
Arthur Young named for commander of Lowery Whitehead Legion post with no opposition. Two nominees for first vice commander Ralph Townsend and Roy Ehler. Vernon Biesterfield also on vice commander slate. Second vice commander candidates Harry Knight and Bill Dafter. Sergeant-at-arms Royal Gant and Jack Kessel. Chaplains James Primm Homer Hyden H L Williams. Historian Roy Ehler. Executive committee includes Dr Leslie T Hamm Bill Dafter W T Miller Roy Mayer Joe Meredith plus four others. Buddy Garber announced firing squad members to report at 6 30 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Young
Lowery Whitehead
Royal Gant
Jack Kessel
James Primm
Homer Hyden
H. L. Williams
Roy Ehler
Leslie T. Hamm
Bill Dafter
W. T. Miller
Roy Mayer
Joe Meredith
New Charge Filed In City Shooting
Robert Singleton 40, Lawton Negro, faced an assault with a deadly weapon charge that was withdrawn after a preliminary hearing. A lesser assault and battery charge was substituted for the shotgun shooting of J D Copeland 25, with Copeland claiming he took $20 from Singleton while sleeping in a Lawton tavern. Copeland was shot in the left shoulder later in an alley as Singleton pursued him. Elmir Blackwell 48 suffered a minor abdominal wound. County attorney Githens Rhoads withdrew the deadly weapon charge after questioning Singleton about the money theft. Singleton posted a $1000 bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Singleton
Lawton
Copeland
Singleton
Railroad
First Streets
Elmir Blackwell
Githens K. Rhoads
Lawton Accountants Attend Chickasha Meeting
Lawton accountants from the Lawter chapter attended a Friday night meeting of the Oklahoma Association of Public Accountants in Chickasha. Attendees listed include J. B. Gosselin Darwin Williams William Gross Earl Turley Edwin Wright Lloyd Bendre and W Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Ater
Chickasha
Oklahoma Association of Public Accountants
Lawter
J. B. Gosselin
Darwin Williams
William Gross
Earl Tureley
Edwin Wright
Lioyd Bendure
W. Morrison
Youthful Victim and Suspect Identified in Driveaway Case
Police disclosed the May 25 shooting death of a man in a car with his wife, with another man initially identified as Glenn Beard Gschwind, a 24 year old Fremont navy veteran, whose body was later found in a roadside park. Authorities said the victim was not Gschwind, leaving unresolved whether the roadside body was the authorized driver of the truck involved in the final roadblock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
Glenn Beard Gschwind
Fremont
Gschwind
Flooding Neosho River Crest Hits Iola Kansas
Flooding Neosho river surges to a record crest at Iola Kansas flooding electric and water plants and cutting off air power and water service to the 7500 population. Early today the river stood at 24.65 feet, about 10 feet above flood stage with southern and western sections under water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Kan
Neosho
Kansas
Police Patrol Cairo As Emergency Is Declared
Cairo remains under a state of emergency with police patrols in the capital’s main streets. Mounted units and police trucks clinched the patrol, and extra cautions were set for the Al Azhar Mosque square ahead of Friday prayers. No reason for the emergency was given, possibly censored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
al Azhar
Woman Trades In Ice Box After Drain Incident
Kansas City report notes Miss Alms Murphy a 0 year old spinster ready to trade her old ice box for a modern refrigerator after spending seven hours yesterday with the middle finger of her right hand stuck in the drain. She said she would go modern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Alms Murphy
Markets News Breadth of Prices Across Commodities and Stocks
Market reports show cream, eggs, hay, and barley prices alongside Oklahoma City livestock weights and Chicago grain futures. Grain and cotton futures ease in midweek trading while New York stocks edge lower with airlines and some industrials advancing modestly.
Curb stocks mixed as late session moves sway values
In New York on July 23 closing curb stock activity shows varied shifts among major names. Am Light and Power up, Northern Pacific higher, while Plymouth Oil and Ford shows declines amid a broad mix of percentage changes across industries. notable gains include Nat Can, United Aircraft, and Studebaker, with several commodities and utilities posting mixed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Am Airlines
Tel
Anaconda Cap
Avco Mfz
Barnsdall Oil
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Braniff Aire
Frown Shoe
Burr Add
Ches and Ohio
Gen Motors
Goodyear T
Oil Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Co
Tex Gulf
Wilson and Co
Wellworth
Am Light
Ark
Nat Gas
Cessna Air
Ford Met Ltd
Humble Oil
Nat Bellas Hess
Piper Airc
Utah
Idaho Sugar
Hammond Couple Headed South for Florida Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hammond of 1109 Ash depart for a two week trip to Miami Beach Florida. They will stop in Baton Rouge en route where they will be joined by their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marshall. Mrs. Hammond is Co manche county school representative Mrs. George Ezell. Elgin suffered a fracture of the left arm in a fall at a Lawton department store this morning. She was treated at Southwestern hospital and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hammond
Ash
Miami Beach
Fla
Baton Rouge
Florida
Bob Marshall
Hammond
Comanche County
George Ezell. Elgin
Ann
Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Hospital News Items From Southwestern and Angus Hospitals
Admitted Mrs. C. M. Ousley 1015 G appendectomy. Dismissed Mrs. H. H. Wader Apache medical treatment. Mrs. Walter Girard Duncan major operation. Betty Hardin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hardin Toute 1 Walters eye operation. Russell Lee Biles son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Biles Route 2 Elgin medical treatment. Birth Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. LV. Pollan Platcher born 3 52 am weight 6 lbs 7 oz today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Hospital
C. M. Ousley
Apache
Walter Girard
Duncan
Angus Hospital
Betty Hardin
J. C. "Hardin
Toute
Walters
Russell Lee Biles
Leonard Biles
Elgin
LV. Pollan
Platcher
Burglars Find Doors Open Across City Churches
Police report multiple break ins as juveniles suspected. Thieves rifled churches including Centenary Methodist First Christian First Baptist and Emergon school, plus the U S O building and post office substation examined. several drawers and cabinets torn, locks broken, window left unlocked. An ostrich egg note appears among the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson School
Centenary Methodist
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
Fifth
Emergon
Rainfall Lifts Crop Prospects Across Southwest Oklahoma
Farmers in Sterling Fletcher area report one of the best peak nut crop prospects in years. Cotton is in excellent condition with few hollweevils. Corn is recovering from drought with early corn expected to yield well while late corn lags. Rainfall totals varied from 0.2 to 1.32 inches across towns including Lawton, Chattanooga, Walters, Hollis, Chickasha, Frederick, Carnegie, and Guthrie. In Oklahoma City a high wind shattered glass at the First National Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Fletcher
Lawton
Chattanooga
Walters
Hain
Jackson County
Hollis
Harmon County
Jackson
Chickasha
Frederick
Carnegie
Waurika
Clinton
Elk City
Geary
Guthrie
Shawnee
Ada
Alester
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma City
First National Bank
Berlin airlift tensions and Soviet stance
Soviet rejection of preconditions for talks on all German issues contrasts with Western demands to lift the Berlin blockade first. British charges allege Soviet violations in the Berlin air corridor as American and British aircraft ship a record load of food and fuel to Tempelhof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Sokolovsky
Moscow
Berlin
Hersess
RAF
Skymasters
Tempelhof
British Charge USSR Breaches in Berlin Corridor
British officials said a RAF York transport sighted three Soviet Yak fighters trailing a sleeve towing aircraft in the Berlin Bueckburg corridor. The sleeve is used for target practice. Authorities claimed two additional flight rule breaches by Russia in the same corridor yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
York
Berlin-Bueckburg
Dewey to Hold News Conference on Berlin Crisis
The article notes Dewey set a 7:30 p m Saturday news conference at his farm, fueling speculation on whether he will outline a Republican stance on Berlin. It mentions Eisenhower previously rejected candidacy talks, while Dewey hints at a bipartisan approach to the Berlin issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Dewey
Berlin
Truman
Soldier’s Court Proceeding Details and Liles Funeral Note
The record notes Watts as special assistant and outlines defense counsel assignments with Captains Birnbaum and Williams. Col. Hopkins presided as court president. A letter from Liles’ parents sought no grudge and invited a visit. Watts received the note from the guard escorting Liles’ body to Phoenix. Liles died at Fort Sill hospital after the shooting, no longer conscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Myron L. Birnbaum
William H. Williams
J Special Defense
Edward O. Hopkins
Liles
Military Guard of Honor
Phoenix
Ariz
Fort Sill Station
Excellent business opportunity at Blackmon Drive Inn Lawton
Cafe and bar fixtures offered at below replacement cost Located at the Ft Sill Blvd and Cache Road corner known as Blackmon Drive Inn No 1 and No 2 More than five cars pass per minute at this corner Lease offered to responsible party Building remodeled inside and out Contact C D Kab Brown for appointment between 12 and 1 pm 6 30 and 8 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Sill Blvd
Cache Road
Blackmon Drive Inn
C. D
Kab" Brown
Wallace vows to end segregation in armed forces in speech
Wallace, continuing from page one, says if president he would end all segregation in the armed services. He dodges Berlin questions but pledges to tackle U S Soviet tensions in Germany. He refuses to discuss the New York federal indictment of 12 Communist leaders and vows to stay in the race. He arrives to a crowd chanting support and upbeat songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Berlin
New York
Truman
End
Situation on Page One Promotes World Peace Hope
The piece notes a shift in official thinking as the Soviet Union has avoided military moves near Berlin. It cites hope for cooperation with Western nations toward a settlement short of war and mentions the Soviet restraint on air corridor actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Berlin
Russians May Seek Escalation in Crisis Over Flights
The passage notes Washington officials fearing that Soviet planes and larger craft near the corridors could be aiming to provoke an incident. While Russians appear reluctant to provoke, top officials remain concerned about the risk of an accident and the ongoing tension in the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Building Permits Issued For Three New Homes On N 22nd
Building permits issued to E. M. Band for three residences at 703, 707, and 713 N. 22nd, each valued at 5000 dollars. A separate permit granted to Cles Brammer for a 5000 dollar home at 1205 Lawton.
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K. 22Nd
E. M. Band
N. 22Nd
Cles Brammer
Lawton
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Chicago
USDA
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Spota
Lourdes
Mary Anne McMahon
Our Lady At Lourdes
France
Little Albany
Salif
Westminster Kindergarten School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Euclid
Christian
Fred Toomason
Otis Waldron
the People's Choice
Mesonic
Berrys
AMD
Herald Shop
Bouthwear
Zephyr
Canves
Lawton Tent & Awning Co
O Avenue
Earl
Bh&c
Grocery & Market
Lee Hunter
Ott Pokorny
South 11Th Street
Coca-Cola
Bdgers
Babo Cleanser
Fuk
Pkga
Bev
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