U S backs Soviet UN plan to halt fighting in Holy Land
American delegate Warren R Austin endorsed a Soviet resolution calling the United Nations to force a 36 hour halt to fighting between Jews and Arabs in Palestine or face UN sanctions. He contrasted it with a four week cease fire proposed by Britain and Arab supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Austin
Warren R. Austin
Palestine
Holy Land
Aubrey Bhan
Israel
Security Council
Associated Press Meet Scheduled in Lawton
Representatives from Oklahoma AP member papers will converge in Lawton for the Oklahoma Associated Press Editorial association spring meet. The session runs Saturday afternoon through Sunday with hosts the two local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press of Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma Associated Press Editorial Association
USO
Ned Shepler
Fort Sill
Wichita Mountains
Bob Kniseley
Craterville Park
Frank Gorrie
Associated Press
Kansas City
Noland Norgierd
Oklahoma City
Harmon Phillips
Tulsa Tribune
E. J. Murray
John L. Stone
Muskogee
Lawstonian Convinced 10-Year-Old Is Jesse James
Lawtonian E. W. Park of 1706 Taylor reports belief that visiting 10-year-old J. Frank Dalton is the real Jesse James. Park recalls stories from his father and hears Jesse James recount a burned schoolhouse tale. Other locals dispute James’s death and claim alternate identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Park
Taylor
Teachers Committee To Meet With School Board
Members of a new study committee for the Lawton Classroom Teachers association will hold their first meeting with the board of education. Association president Jack son Hill reports Travis Anthony named chairman. other appointees include Miss Frankie Van Hoozer and Mrs. Lorena Fullerton. The committee has no formal instructions for tonight's talks. They plan to attend all regular board meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Classroom Teachers Association
Board of Education
Jackson Hill
Travis Anthony
Frankie van Hoozer
Lorena Fullerton
Hill
Arab Victory In Jerusalem Area Reported
TEL AVIV reports the Arabs completed the conquest of the old walled city of Jerusalem. They claim 400 to 500 Jewish defenders surrendered after a 10 day bombardment with heavy fighting and rubble around the ancient quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Holy City
Old City
United Press
Sam Soukl
Ammen
Jeff
Aucrender
Am- Man
Arab Legion
Smuts Resigns After South Africa Election Loss
Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts resigned after Tuesday elections in which his party lost its parliamentary majority. Daniel Malan, winner of the election, is to form a new government. he advocates racial segregation and leads the Nationalist party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Daniel Francais Malan
Vieter
Malan
Smuts
Nationalists
Lawton Readies Memorial Day Observances and Closings
Lawton area prepares for a three day holiday with store, bank and government closures Monday. Fort Sill holds a memorial service at 9 a.m. and Highland cemetery chimes tower dedication set for 3 p.m. Sunday. Traffic is expected heavy as rain delayed harvests resume and drivers are urged to slow for old model highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Highway Patrol
Social Security
Gervie
Lawton Opens Soft Drink Policy On Watering City Plans
Mayor Hutchins warns violators of the water zoning ordinance they will face one notice and court action. The city plans to add water meters for violators while seeking aid from a horticulturist to optimize lawn water use. City wells and storage tanks are ready for peak use as engineers study zoning methods and storage needs before next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Hutchins
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Gallaher
Larton
Lawton Heights
Lee Blvd
Lee
Dedication of Tower Slated in Highland Cemetery
A memorial chimes tower in Highland cemetery is dedicated Sunday at 3 p.m. The $16 500 project is sponsored by the Lawton Business and Professional Women's club led by Pauline Joyner. Rev Morgan W Van Tassell will conduct the service with E Oliver as piano presenter and Mary Pokorny presiding BPW federation head. Mayor Hutchins will accept the chimes for the community. The ceremony closes with America the Beautiful and the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregations
W. D. Hamilton
Lawton Highway Patrol
Highland Cemetery
Lawtenn Business and Professional Women's Club
Pauline Joyner
Morgan W. van Tassell
First Congregational Church
E. Oliver
BPWC
J. Houser Prichard
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Pokorny
BPW Federation
George Hutchins
Chimes
Business Women’s Organiza
Boy 14 Admits Smothering Eight Year Old Neighbor
Chicago May 28 A quarrel over comic books led a 14 year old boy Roy Adams to smother eight year old Waney Schuler to death with a pillow. Lt Patrick Coughlin said Adams admitted pressing two pillows on the girl’s head for five minutes. The child was found on Roy’s bed by Consid Adams 9 after Roy’s brother. A fire department rescue squad failed to revive her.
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Shicago
Patrick Coughlin
Coughlin
Roy Adams
Waney Schuler
Roy
Consid
Adams
Fire Department
Poppy Day Planned in Lawton by Legion Auxiliary
Saturday in Lawton proceeds from Poppy Day will aid disabled veterans. American Legion auxiliary members will pin poppies on downtown streets, led by chairman Alice Brogdon. A 2 PM Poppy Day dance at the Bateman Darling Legion hall concludes the event with funds benefiting veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice Brogdon
Analiary
Bateman-Darling
American Legion
We Dance
Simmons Named Assistant Coach at Cameron College
Former Oklahoma Sooners star Homer Simmons, a Marine veteran of three invasions, was named assistant football coach at Cameron College to aid the Aggies. Pending approval from Cameron’s president and the Oklahoma colleges board, Simmons plans to join July 1 after a visit to Lawton. He currently coaches at Seminole High School under Gene Corratto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Simmons
Oklahoma University
Cameron College
Seminole
Aggies
Oklahoma
Seminole Today
Darwin Richardson
Cameron
Jn Ault
Vernon Howell
Board of
Regents
Ohlahome A
Simmons
Seminole High School
Gene Corratto
Lawton
Richardson
Mike
Sooners
Philadelphia Eagles
Marine Corps Reserves
Quantico
Pacific
Fleet Marine Force
Saipan
Marianas
Okinawa
Burns Suffered By Lawton Man At Ace Radiator Shop
George J. Zimmer 1007 Gore suffered second degree burns to his right hand and forearm when a car backfired as he primed a carburetor at Ace Radiator and Body Shop 209 Third Thursday. He said flames showered his arm. shirtsleeves buttoned at the wrist limited injury. Treated at Southwestern hospital and dismissed. Also, Jeanette Wilson 5 fell on a broken bottle at home and cut her hand. she was treated with minor injury at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Zimmer
Gore
Ace
Zimmer
Southwestern Hospital
Jeanette Wilson
J. M. Nelson
Washington
William Piper to Visit City Next Tuesday
William T. Piper Sr the Piper Cub aircraft pioneer and Fort Sill artillery liaison officer will visit the Lawton Rotary Club next Tuesday noon. Piper Jr son of the founder and a Piper corporation secretary helped evolve aircraft for artillery spotting and air observation during World War I training at Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Piper
Illiam T. Piper, SR
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Lawton
Sill
Fort Sil
Wiliam T. Piper
Piper
Reconnais- Saancce
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S. Steel
Lorraine
Ohio
Wntil
Bradford
Berrée of Directors
Taylor Brotasis Aircraft Corporation
Appointments Made to Direct County Grand Jury Probe
District Judge Floyd Jackson named W W Godlove and Jack Cummins as special attorneys to direct the grand jury in inspecting the county attorney's office. Lawton Burton declined. Cline was ruled disqualified. The two appointees were sworn in and directed to work for the jury, with Memorial Day weekend possible adjournment and a plan to announce aims later. The grand jury includes foreman Harned Hain and members Marvin Millspaugh Earl Austin Robert Baird Cecil Green George Whitten Carl Crossland A Franklin Stanley Bates C Darling David Morris Gus A Kluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Godlove
Jack Cummins
Jackson
Floyd Jackson
Lawton
Bur
Burtentes
Buseton
Grand Jury
Ralph H. Cling
Cline
Icknon
Arthur Marmaduke
Duncan
Stephens County Juriat
Harned Hain
Foreman
Marvin Millspaugh
Earl Austin
Robert Baird
Cecil Green
George Whitten
Carl Crossland
A. Franklin
Stanley Bates
C. Darling
David Morris
Gus A Kluck
Communist Party Refuses U S War Support Against Russia
William Z Foster, head of the Communist Party, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the party would not back the United States in any imperialistic war with Soviet Russia. He said Communists would seek to end such a war quickly and pursue a democratic peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
United States
Soviet Union
Security Council
Alexandre Parodi
France
U. S
China
Canada
Syria
Belgium
Washington
William Z. Foster
Senate
Communist Party
Soviet
Russia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Plans Completed for Fort Sill Brownie Day Camp
Final plans are set for the second annual Fort Sill Brownie Day camp to open Tuesday under the Post Girl Scout association. Camp director Mrs. Eugene B. Conrad reported the event runs 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Bucher park near the Girl Scout hut through Friday June 5 with special programs and a pony end cart rides for the Brownies in Troop 1 led by Mia F. G. Rains and a list of participants including Beverly Beachamp and Judy Nelson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Frank A. Fober
Albert Marchiano
John ‘W. Vessey
Mia
F. G. Rains
Beverly Beachamp
Mead Burpo
Pita Durton
Carol Jean Dykes
Karen Hampton
Patricia Ann Hood
Kerr Campaign Planned Here In Oklahoma
Woolsey Godlove of Lawton led a gathering as a county committee was organized to support Robert S. Kerr for U S Senate after a Thursday meeting in the district courtroom. About 100 people heard Kerr, a former Oklahoma governor, outline a platform stressing national strength, world leadership and broad conservation programs for soil and water. E D Best Sullivan introduced Kerr, who was elected county chairman by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolsey Godlave
Lawton
Comanche County
Robert SB. Kerr
U. Senate
Oklahoma
U. S. Senate
America
E. D.best Sullivan
Mrr. Godlove
Kerr
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Lawstonian
Jesse James
Mr. Park
Jesse
Park
Mara
Ater
Naac Lawton
Frank James
Hayneaville
St. Joseph
Pearl Beach
Bill Hutchison
Amber Hutchison
Red Buck
Belle Rodgers
A Hodgers
Rodgers
Fannin County
Texas
Mrs. Rodgers
Anthony Costanzo
Buffalo
N.Y
Hinabors
Godlove
Cummins
New Cameron Football Aid
William T. Piper, Sr
Wilian H Darley
Clark M. Shaw
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