Jury Chosen in Robbery Trial of Five Defendants
Jury selection concluded with twelve jurors in the armed robbery case from December at a local gambling office. Defendants include Duncan Crowell Pugh Agrista and Loveaul facing a $4 060 theft charge. Evidence includes a gambling table sought by the defense and testimony by W G Snell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Jack Cummins
Ralph HK. Cline
Robert 5. Laugers
Charles S. MecCuistion
Elgin
Fred Burch
Fletcher
Elmer Richey
Otto Bussanmas
Indiahoma
Cleo Stout
Lawton
Vernon Joe Loveaul
Sam Agrista
Los An
South Pacific
Percy Pugh
Emil L. Crowell
Voth
Los Angeles
Calif
Carl Eugene Duncan
Lawton Cook
W. G. Snell
Cy Bell
Bell Transfer and Storage
Jack Greer
Bell
Duncan
Crowell
Agrisia
Pugh
California
Lovea
John T. Martin Rites Slated in Ohio Funeral
John T. Martin 72, a retired Ohio farmer, died at 3 15 a m in the home of a daughter Miss John Brooks Lima following a 19 month illness. He married Harriet S Burgess Feb 15 1896 in Lima. Survived by a daughter Mrs H N Pangle four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Thursday Ritter Funeral Home chapel with Dr H Tom Wits officiating burial Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Martin
Ohio
John Brooks
Men County
Mr. Martin
Harriet S. Burgess
Lima
Brooks
Ars. Martin
van Allen County
Churea
H. N. Pangle
Gaia
Ritter Funeral Home
H. Tom Wits
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
End of Season at Alaleah Park Flamingo Hatchery
With the racing season over the famous Maminxoes of Alaleah Park Miami enjoy quiet and rent. Flamingos nest by building a mound of earth and lay eggs reaching hatch in about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaleah Park
Miami
Fla
Irate Citizens Plan To Form Own Town
Residents of the Airport addition plan to form a separate town after repeated refusals to join Lawton. Led by William E. Berry they will hold a meeting at Calvary Mission No. 1 to decide on a 51 percent owner action to trigger a town creation and elections for officers. A north strip of the addition was annexed while the larger 180 acre area would form a new town pending voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport Addition
Wiliam E
Bill) Berry
Monroe
Lawton
Addition
P. m
Calvary Mission No. 1
Berry
Lee
Washington
Second Street
Fifth
Milo Tague
Harold Shore
North Airport
Tague
Council Studies Parking Policy In Special Session
City council planned a special session this afternoon to fix a parking policy after Mayor George Hutchings twice used his privilege to break a deadlock. The move to grant loading privileges to Motor Equipment Co. sparked opposition and a fresh clash with dissenting members over reserved spaces for doctors and dentists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hutchins
Hig
Hutching
Motor Equipment Co
Harald Shore
Joe Irwin
Milo Tague
Dinki Coombs
Shore
D and
E Avenue
Paul Calaway
Earl Fox
Marvin Cameron
Julius Johnston
Hutchins
Chief May Return Soon To Capital
President Truman plans an early return to Washington as his mother Martha E. Truman shows remarkable improvement. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said if there is no setback today the president may safely consider returning to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Truman
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Martha E. Truman
White House
Lawton Designates Memorial Day Holiday 1947
City of Lawton proclaims Friday May 30 1947 as a legal holiday honoring the dead of Civil War and all wars. The proclamation urges citizens to pay tribute to loved ones who sacrificed their lives for democracy and national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oklahoma
Lawton
City Veteran Memorial Day Observance Details Announced
Four veterans organizations announced a Friday Memorial Day program led by G. Brooks as Mayor Hutchins declares the day a legal holiday. The event at Highland cemetery features Judge C. H. Madden as speaker, Maj. William L. Cooper giving the invocation, State Sen. Bill Logan reading Gettysburg, a Civil War telegram reenactment, firing squad from Fort Sill, and music by the 97th Army band under CWO Juventino Aranda. Veterans groups and auxiliary members invite all county residents to attend and decorate graves with poppies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Brooks
George Hutchins
Highland Cemetery
C. H. Madden
Hollis
United Spanish War Veterans
William L. Cooper
Artillery Center
Bill Logan
Lincoln
Fort Sil
Sard
97Th Army Band
CWO Juventino
Services Pending For A. J. Allen
Local rites are planned for A. J. Allen a former Lawton railroad worker who died in Phoenix Arizona after years of ill health. His body will arrive in Lawton Thursday. He moved from Durant to Lawton in 1928 and later to Fletcher then Phoenix for health reasons. He belonged to Magonic lodge and survived by daughter Mrs Sylvester Howard son John Allen granddaughter Paula Gayle Foward and a deceased daughter Argle buried in Highland cemetery beside her grave.
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A. J. Allen
Lawton
Phoenix
Ariz
Allen
Durant
Frisco Railway
Fletcher
Sylvester Howard
Chickasha
John Allen
McAleater
Paula
Gayle Foward
Lawton Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Argle
Cameron college teachers to get pay hike amid 21 percent raise
Vernon Howell, president of Cameron college, forecasts a substantial salary increase for faculty following a 21 percent boost in the college’s operating allocation for 1947-48. The board of regents approved 100,972 for the year, enabling raises and additional hires though capital requests were deferred. Enrollment is expected to exceed 1,000, up from 947. Other state allocations are listed, with detailed figures for OU, OU medical, and related institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Howell
Cameron College
Board of Regents For Higher Education
M. A. Nash
Howell
Oklahoma
Froma
University of Oklahoma
OU Medical School
University Hospital
Geological Survey
A, and M, College
Periment Station
Oklahoma College For Women
Panhandle A
Cold Wave To Hit Oklahoma Tonight Despite Snow Storm
A Nebraska snow storm is forecast to strike Southwestern Oklahoma this evening driving temperatures to the mid forties. Thunderstorms are possible in scattered areas with Panhandle residents urged to protect livestock. North winds ease by Thursday morning bringing partly cloudy skies and a risk of cold rain.
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Nebraska
Plans Formed to Gather Relief Wheat in Comanche County
A Tuesday meeting of church and agriculture officials in Emerison school outlined steps to raise relief wheat and clothing for Europe. R J Christian and Ted Krisher were named to lead county farmer donations of this summer's bumper harvest. They work with Church World Service and Oklahoma Council of Churches to mobilize a statewide effort aided by a film about Europe’s needs.
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Comanche County
Europe
Emerison School
R. J. Christian
AAA
Ted Krisher
The
Plin
Church World Service
Tne
Arnold W. Lambert
Stillwater
Germany
Austria
Balkan
UNERA
United Church
Lambert
Denial of Drunken Orgy Report At Helena Training School
Oklahoma City May 28 Brade Conk commissioner of charities and corrections said an investigation failed to substantiate reports of a drunken orgy at the state training school for boys in Helena. He noted inmates stole sugar yeast and malt to make home brew on May 3 and Thomas Joe Hates of Lawton received an extra three month sentence. A separate incident on May 14 saw a boy attack a school attendant with a blackjack made from a leather glove and iron. The report also named Col Walter B Downs, training school superintendent, and indicated punishment for that offense is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Brade Conk
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Helena
Royev. Turner
Cook
Thomas Joe Hates
Lawton
Hales Bhoy
Walter B. Downs
Safecrackers Sought After Kansas City Election Vault Raid
Safecrackers invaded the Kansas City election commission vault and stole ballots from 32 of 34 studied precincts. Graves, board chairman, said 48 ballot envelopes were missing while 16 remained. The thieves left behind ballot envelopes and tally sheets. The FBI intends to pursue the case with the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Election Commission
Ludwick Graves
Graves
18Th
Grand Jury Room
FBI
Washington
Reid
Mrs Lovett 64 Dies After Illness In Lawton
Coman che County resident since 1908 died at .30 a.m. today at the family home 268 Lee after a long illness. Born Lenora Olive Reed in January 1879 in Franklin County Missouri she wed W A Lovett April 9 1899. They moved to Sterling in 1908 and to Lawton in 1924. Survived by husband daughter Mrs WM Glottock son Jick Lovett grandson Earl L Miller great granddaughter Andrea Jeanne Miller two brothers and a sister. Services at Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Rev J C McQueen officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lovett
Comanche County
Lee
Lenora Olive Reed
Jan. &, Bay
Franklin County
Missouri
W. A Lovett
Sterling
Lawton
City Street Department
Andrea Jeanne Miller
H. Reed
James Reed
Leenburg
Mao
Fan
Nle Pratt
Michigan
Lawton Muneral Home
J. C. McQueen
Assembly of God Church
Highland
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Wis
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Phiadelhia, Pa
Groves
Tom Clerk
J. Edger Hoover
Senate
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Mis‘sori
Roger C. Slaughter
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