Lions Hear Government Cost Warnings From Grimes
I C Grimes told Lawton Lions that citizens pay a third of government costs via taxes, mainly federal, and urged members to contact lawmakers to trim federal spending. He cautioned Oklahoma may face fewer surpluses next session and urged vigilance to prevent rising state taxes.
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I. C Grimes
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council
Lawton Lions Club
Grimes
Younge
Oklahoma
James
Chamber of Commerce
Rites Conducted For R. E. Bishop
Rites held for Raymond E B Bishop 41 Lawtonian since 1942 at Eighth and Lee Church. Pryston Cothnin and Loyd Smith officiated. male quartet sang. Bearers listed. Bishop, garage operator at Second and Arlington, died in Oklahoma City after six weeks illness. Burial at Highland Cemetery, directed by Lawton Funeral Home.
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Lux
Raymond EB
Lawtonian
Lee Church
Probe Asked Of Oil Firms Taxes
Senate war investigating committee asked the treasury to study tax avoidance by two American oil firms. Standard Oil of California and the Texas Company paid no taxes on profits totaling 117 million dollars through two overseas subsidiaries. The firms wholly owned Cal Texas Oil Co Bahama corporation and the Bahrain Petroleum Co. incorporated in Canada.
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Washington
Senate
The
Treasury
John V. Snyder
Owen Brewster
Standard Oil of
California
Texas Co
Callfin-Texas Oil Co
Bahama Corporation
Bahrein- Petroleum Co
Canada
U.S
Brewster
Treasury Department
Cameron seeks name band for spring college prom
Cameron student Senate announced plans to hire a name band for the all college spring prom set for next May. The 1948 opting prom will be the first held by Cameron students since before the war.
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Cameron
Largest Land Plane Tested
In San Diego on November 24 the XC-1, world’s largest land plane, completed a flat aerial feat. The six engine, double decker craft designed for 400 troops rose after a 4000 foot takeoff, then cruised for an hour over the city with a nine man crew. Co Pilot Russell P. Rogers praised the flight and the plane’s handling.
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San Diego
Calif
Lindbergh Field
Rassell P. Rogers
Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft XC-20 Transport Planned at Local Plant
A readable fragment describes the XC-20 transport version of the B-38 bomber. It notes dimensions about 183 feet long and 67.4 feet high, uses 300 horsepower power, pusher engines, and a top speed above 200 miles per hour.
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Vultee Aircraft
Services Held For Victim OF Drowning In Oklahoma
Funeral services were held today for Adam Karcher a 40 year old county farmer whose body was found in shallow water of nearby Lake Perry Thursday. Karcher a native of Russia died from a heart attack.
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Perry
Okla
Adam Karcher
Lake Perry
Karcher
Russia
Chairmen Named For Fund Drive In Oklahoma City
Gov. Roy J. Turner announced chairmen for eastern and western divisions of a fund raising drive for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. John Rogers of Tulsa will lead the eastern division covering districts one through four, while William M. Cain of Oklahoma City heads the western division covering districts five through eight. Subdivision chairmen will be named later. The campaign aims to raise 3 million dollars for the foundation near the University of Oklahoma medical school, to be conducted next February.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Roy J. Turner
John Rogers
Tulsa
William M. Cain
Charman
Merlieal Research Foundation
University of Okinhoma School of Medicine
Farm boy loses arm in gear accident at farm
Leon Wayne Wyckoff, 13, of Tonkawa Oklahoma, was injured when his glove was caught in a power driven post hole digger. He is reported in fair condition at a local hospital after the accident on Saturday. A Navy Antarctic Expedition reported more than 5400 miles of coastline mapped, including some of the highest Byrd peaks for 1946-47.
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Ponca City
Okla
Tonkawa
Leon Wayne Wyckoff
Navy
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