Truman proposes new housing and home finance agency
President Truman asked Congress to create a permanent national housing agency by consolidating housing functions from the current National Housing Agency and related programs. The plan aims to improve efficiency, maintain housing as a national objective, and regroup housing activities under three agencies within a single housing and home finance framework.
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Housing and Home Finance Unit
Truman
Washington
Congress
Housing and Home Finance Agency
National Housing Agency
NHA
House
Mr. Truman
Teromotmt
Home Land Bank Board
Medural Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Hearings Set On Bell Firm Conduit Proposal
Mayor George Hutchins announced public hearings next week on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. plans to expand underground conduit across a broad city area. Council members study the project may require pavement cuts. meetings Monday and Thursday will show residents a detailed view and mail notices to affected property owners.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
George Hutchins
Lincoln School
Lawton
Hutchina
Ercd
Connor
Plant Superintens
Gor
Cith
Ferris
Laith
Lee
Ponca City Boy Accidentally Killed by Shotgun Blast
In Ponca City Oklahoma on May 27 an accidental shotgun discharge killed John Earl Tully while he and Roy McGraw aged 17 were in a second story bedroom at the Tully home.
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Ponca City
Okla
John Earl Tully
Roy McGraw
Tully
Gilbert Holloway Dies Here Today
O C Gilbert Holloway 29 year old Army veteran died in a local hospital today after a brief illness. He had entered hospital for a severe heart condition and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Born March 26 1918 in Gaines county Texas he married Murlene McBride on November 23 1940 and served in Europe with the 711th Infantry Tata Lightning division being twice wounded. Discharged October 28 1945 as technical sergeant he worked as assistant sausage maker at Lawton Meat Supply Co. Surviving are his wife two sons Larry and Rodney eight months his parents Mr and Mrs C J Holloway Fort Cobb and two sisters Mrs Lillian Dixon Shreveport La and Mrs Inez Kaeshnock Dearborn Mich Services to be announced by Lawton Funeral Home.
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O. C. Gilbert Holloway
Mr. Holloway
Roosevelt
Gainesse
Texas
Muremaze
McBride
Fort Sill
Fort Cobb
Lillian Dixon
Shreveport
Inez Kaeshnock
Dearborn
Mich
Yes
Lhe ‘Law Ion Funeral Home
Dice Tables Asked In Trial
Subpoena issued to Bell Transfer and Storage to produce a dice table as evidence in Wednesday's trial of five defendants charged with armed robbery at a Lawton gambling venue. The table and warehouse receipts may be used to reenact the December heist where $4080 was taken with two 32 caliber pistols. The defendants Carl Eugene Duncan Emil L Crowell Sam Agrista Perry Pugh Vernon Joe Loveal face joint charges. severance requests may be filed.
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Lawton
Skinny Tomlinson
Cy Bell
Bell Transfer and Storage
Bell
Jack Greer
Jack Cummins
Cummins
Jacl Creer
Habeas Corpix
Vernon Joe Loveaul
Greer
Snell
Carl Eugene Duncan
Emil L. Crowell
Sam Agrista
Perry Pugh
Vernon Joe Loveal
Ralph H. Cline
Cling
Elk City Man Ordered Held For Murder Trial
SAYRE Okla May 27 UP Bera V Garling 50 Elk City bakery owner pleaded innocent to murder in the shooting of Weldon Buddy Burris. County Judge RB L Minton ordered him held without bond for district court trial after Garling surrendered to Sheriff Sam A Montgomery. Garling said he fired when Burris a man he had just discharged appeared to draw a knife during an argument.
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Sayre
Okla
Bera
Jap Destroyers to be Divided by Allied Nations
In FORYO May 27 report the commander of naval forces to the Far East announced that ninety two former Japanese navy destroyers and destroyer escorts held in reserve at Japanese ports will be divided by lot among the United States, the United Kingdom, the U. S. S. R., and China. Each country will receive six destroyers and seventeen escort ships.
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FORYO
JPI
United States
United Kingdom
China
Far East
Bozo the goat joins the Keathley family
Mrs John Keathley and husband welcome a month old goat named Bozo Bo for Katy Kay and Mary Louise The kid weighs about four days old and will grow horns and legs with clover rose bushes and plum trees as preferred nibble targets Bozo is bottle fed three times daily and is already curious about the yard He is to stay at 1120 Elim while the family vacations this summer with plans to graze near the Kensh ley ranch
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Bozo
Katy Hay Heathley
John Keathley
Constitution Staff
Katy Kay
Mary Louise
Bows
Katy
Maury Louise
Kindh
Boxo
Kouthley House
Kenshley Ranch
President Truman says mother "holding her own" in hospital
In Ghandlinw Missouri on May 26 President Truman reported that his mother Martha Truman was "holding her own" after a setback. He said she had a bad night but came through in fairly good shape and was sleeping comfortably. The president noted the situation was similar to the day before as she endured days without improvement and grew weaker.
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Ghandlinw
Truman
Martha KE. Truman
Negro Policeman Quits Post Here
Mayor George Hutchins indicated he would seek a change in the Negro district policeman post at tonight's city council session. Perry Clay, appointed after Chief Cable refused to reappoint Tom Tipler, resigned due to his wife's illness. Victor R. Lee has been mentioned as a successor. A special police department meeting was called for 5 p.m. Friday with no details disclosed.
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George Hutchins
Hutchins
Perry Clay
Joe Cable
Clay
Tom Tipler
Nero Offlcnr
Cable
Tipler
Victor R. Lee
Bell
Day
Hutchings
Summer classes open with 100 plus enrollments
More than 100 students had enrolled by noon for summer studies spanning grades one through 12. Hugh Bish, high school principal elect and summer school director, reported 109 students enrolled for the nine week session, a drop from last summer. A new state rule limits summer units to one per student, reducing enrollment. High school classes run 8 to 12, elementary 8:30 to 11:30, with enrollment continuing this week.
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Hugh Bish
California Woman Killed in State Highway Accident
In an Oklahoma state highway crash near Meeker, Hazel Ruth Reardon a 37 year old resident of Long Beach California died last night. Earl George Dennison 28 also of Long Beach was critically injured. Driver Shubert Sykora 50 of Prague Oklahoma was severely injured and hospitalized in Shawnee.
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Shavwivom
Okla
Meeker
Hazel Ruth Reardon
Long Beach
Calif
Earl George Dennison
Shubert
Sykora
Prague
Shawnee
Michigan 16 year old arrestee linked to flower patch killings
Slender 16 year old Oliver Terpenning Jr was arrested near Toledo and charged with the murder of four neighbor farm children Barbara Smith 16 Glorys 12 Janet 7 and Stanley 14. Authorities say he confessed to shooting the youngsters and led troopers a route from Fort Huron to Erie before hitchhiking toward Michigan. The bodies were found near a swampy grave pit while a statewide manhunt followed.
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Imlay GrPy
Mich
Oliver Terpenning, Jr
Toledo
Albert Perkins
Kenneth Smith
Lapeer County
Terpenning
Barbara Smith
Barbara
Gloriys
Janet
Stanley
Willian
Smith
Here
Ohio
Michigan-Ohio
Carl Siem
Michigan
Erie
East Lansing
Vic
Sat
Seim
Fort Huron
Athena
Detroit
Normin Dombrussy
Cal
Hoover Urges U S Relief For Europe
Former president Herbert Hoover pressed Congress for a 725 million dollar civilian relief fund to aid occupied nations and urged faster world economic recovery, warning that Russia and France must cooperate while criticizing food leaks to core markets and calling for tighter action against wartime price controls.
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House
Germany
Japan
Hoover
Ciles
Tle
Buty
Sco
Gerow Ends Visit to Fort Sill After Liaison Tour
Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow commander of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth concluded a two day liaison visit to the Arc artillery school at Fort Sill. He inspected the Department of Air Training, toured posts and conferred with staff and department directors before departing by plane this afternoon.
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L Pletary Bolly
Thia Page
Leonard T. Gerow
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Fort Sill
Arctillery School
15Th Army
Europe
Department of Air Training
Post Field
Gerow
Clift Andrus
TAS
John Millilsin
Fort Bilas
Texas
State Collect
Taft
General Andros
Kinison
Iu. S. Army
Four Still Missing After B-17 Crashes In Nicaragua
Army officials at Morrison Field say four men remain unaccounted for after a B-17 crash in Nicaragua's jungles. Five survivors reached safety and six men were later found near Alambamba. Survival kits were dropped and signals guided the group to a camp awaiting ground rescue from Managua.
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Wiest Palm
Bach
Bla
Morrison Field
Nicaragusan
Alambamba
Managua
Mrs Salmon 71 Dies After Short Illness in Lawton
Ella Salmon a Lawton resident since 1936 died at 6 10 p m Monday in a local hospital after a short illness from a cerebral hemorrhage She was born September 25 1875 in Birmingham Ala and moved to Lawton in 1916 from Mount Pleasant Texas Survivors include two sons Robert in Oklahoma City and Jack serving with the 10th Engineer Air Squadron in Germany a daughter Thelia Fosheney of Short Creek Ohio two sisters and two brothers A grand daughter and great granddaughter are named Services set for 3 30 p m Wednesday at the Sixth and Arlington Church burial at Highland Cemetery next to late husband Mr Salmon Funeral arrangements by Lawton Funeral Home
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Ella Salmon
Lawton
Birmingham
Ala
Mount Pleasant
Texas
W. C. Salmon
Salmon
Dearborn
Church of Christ Sixth
Arlington
Robert Salmon
Oklahoma
Judy Kasperit
Gore
Arlington Church
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
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Trula Robinson
Mildeed Coltharp
Miss V Fooster
Vernon Hartman
California
Hinabor
School of Experience
Uncle Sam
Tribnis
America
Ewip
Ste Lote Fildes Fianous
U. S
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Russia
France
Fort Sil
CIVIG
Hugo
Oklo
Carl A. Sager
Sanger
ER. L. Jones
American Legion
Nicaragua
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