Auto Workers Vote on Strike Question Amid Picket Arrests
Hollywood police arrested 300 to 400 strikers at Paramount and RKO studios while 325,000 CIO auto workers prepared to vote on a possible strike against General Motors. Pickets were restrained by authorities under a temporary order limiting protests to 22 per site. negotiations and government wage plans loomed over the industry as unions pressed for higher pay and broader walkouts.
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CIO
United Press Hollywood
Paramount
RKO
CIO Auto
General Motors Corporation
Paramount Studio
RHO
General Motors
Company
UAW
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Frost Warning Signals First Cold Snap Across Oklahoma
Forecasters issued the season s first frost warning for north and west Oklahoma with light frosts in the southeast. Lows range from 30 to 35 in the west and north, 39 to 40 in the southeast, while drizzling rain and clearing conditions follow a statewide shower. Lawton area picked up 0.14 inch, Winita 0.22, Oklahoma City 0.12, with temps from 44 this morning to 70 Tuesday afternoon. Overnight lows sank to 33 in Guymon and 36 at Waynoka, Frederick reached 76 for the high.
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Oklahoma
Worth
West
Lawton
Winita
Oklahoma City
Guymon
Panhandle
Waynoka
Frederick
Plans For Training Reserves Revealed
Washington dispatch reports President Truman seeks universal training to produce about 975 000 reserves annually. Army would gain roughly 700 000 and the Navy about 275 000 from a yearly class of 1 200 000 18 year olds and high school graduates. Training would occur in large installations to allow unit training up to division size. Trainees would wear distinct uniforms and insignia with uniforms dyed darker. A civilian agency would enroll reserves using a draft pattern modeled on wartime selective service.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Truman
Sharp
War Department
Toral
United States
Peller Appointed To Kiwanis Post
Joseph R. Peller Gowton insurance man was named executive secretary treasurer of the Texas Oklahoma Kiwanis International district by district Governor elect Joe J Porter He will oversee 180 clubs and about 10000 members and attend the Chicago International Council meeting Oct 29 to Nov 1 A WWI infantry veteran and former army recruiting and induction officer he recently returned to civilian life becoming partner and manager of Babbitt Peller Insurance agency in Dallas He is the oldest member of the Lawton Kiwanis and helped organize the 1921 chartered club and the 1924 two state convention leadership roles underline his longstanding civic involvement.
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Joseph R. Peller
Gowton Insurance
Kiwanis International
Joe J. Porter
Geo
Internacional
Perter
Wil
Chicago
Mr. Porter
International Council
Peller
Ray H. Babbitt
Babbitt-Peller Insurancee
Mgr. Peller
Lawton Club
Frank A. Parkinson
thin @ Jeader
Navy Air Group No 6 to Reach States Today
Navy air group No 6, stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, was due to arrive aboard the carrier Hancock in California today. The group will be disbanded and members dispersed to points nationwide.
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Navy Air Group
States
Angeles
Navy Air Group No
Petrl Harbor
Cave Tier Hancvelt
Navy
Kerr Declares Victory Loan Day For Monday
Governor Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma proclaims next Monday Victory Loan Day urging all Oklahomans to subscribe to Victory Bonds quickly and generously to ensure ample funds in the federal treasury and preserve the peace won.
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Gov
Kerr
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Okahomas
Army To Continue Electronic Study
Washington reports Secretary of War Robert P Patsor announced a continuing program of electronic research by the National Bureau of Standards to keep the United States prepared. The effort aims to develop superior weapons and countermeasures, with peace time use allowed for discoveries that do not threaten national safety. Proximity fuse work will be among initial projects, alongside radar and the atomic bomb as leading allied weapons.
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Washington
Robert P. Patsor- Hor
Ue Army
Balelnge i Idkdan
Pearl Harbor
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Pattersor
Distorting News Charged To Jap Papers
Tokyo reports say a MacArthur spokesman ordered Japanese papers to stop distorting news and to adopt independent editorial policies. Col Dyke outlined a four point program for full, truthful domestic and foreign reporting and open discussion of issues affecting Japanese welfare.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Ken R. Dyke
Will
Ae 1
Yominti Hochi
John J. McCloy
Washington
Dyie
Community of Nations
Japan
Shoes Rationing May End This Fall in Two Dates
Washington officials weigh ending shoe rationing by October 28 or November 1 with a December possibility for lifting other controls. OPA plans include cutting butter ration values and ending passenger tire rationing by late December. Track tire output nears a lift.
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Marvin
Arrowsmith
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Senate
Greater Tax Cut Forecast Likely To Rise by Eight Million
Senate Finance Committee projected next year’s tax cut higher by about 8 million dollars, setting total reductions at 5.633 billion. Individual income taxpayers would gain 2.644 billion, corporations 2.849 billion, and auto and boat owners 140 million via repeal of the five year use tax. Over two years 1946 and 1947 taxes would exceed the House version by 1.336 billion. Chairman George argued corporate profits taxes hinder recovery and could be acted on soon.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Coorge
D-Ga
George
Military Control Ends In Hawaiian Territory
President Truman ordered the end of military control in Hawaii, suspending the October 1944 order that gave the military commander broad power over evacuation detention travel radios and the publication of foreign language newspapers. The action ends wartime authority in the islands and returns governance to civilian channels.
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Hawaiian Territory
Washington
Truman
Hawaii
Hawaiian
New 1946 Ford To Be Displayed In Lawton Friday
Lawton dealer Jake Witzel announces the first postwar display of the 1946 Ford models, a black super deluxe Tudor, with deliveries subject to OPA rules on prices and priority. The event signals the return of civilian production after years of war.
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Lawton
Jake Witzel
Mr. Wheels
Ford Motor Company
Purchase Of Airport Site Be Made Soon
Negotiations for the purchase of Lawton's new municipal airport site are to begin, with abstracts on 966 acres nearing completion. City attorney B L Richardson said abstracts will be finished soon and condemnation suits can start once ownership is clear. Funds for the purchase are assured by a bond issue, and W W Godlove will return to the post November 1.
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Lawton
B. L. Richardson
Richardson
W. W. Godlove
Godlove
Lawtonians
PFA Wit
Meyer R. &. Glenn
Milo Tague
J. H. Schlumbahn
Joe Irwin
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Arlington
Anti Tuberculosis Group Organized In Comanche County
A group of Comanche county citizens organized the Comanche County Tuberculosia association at the Old South cafeteria. Officers include W T Burleson president and R B McCoy treasurer. The meeting also elected an executive committee and numerous board members from Lawton and surrounding areas. Dr W D Parker outlined county tuberculosis control methods and activity.
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Comanche County
Old South
Cache
Joe McCallister
Elgin
H. ¢. Branton
Indiahoma
Mary Pokeras
Lawton
Milas Nelle Peace
J. S. Kuntz
Helen Bennett
Consuelo Addie Alexander
Lela J. Wilson
B. Forbess
B. C. Swinney
R. E. Stafford
Clarence J. Scott
H. A. Angus
Millan Keating
Charles Bledsoe
Lee Pylant
M. Valerian
Dorothy Rhodes
Charles M. Conwil
George Horton
R. Ellsworth Elgin
C. N. Stoops
R. J. Odes
Walter Oswalt
C. M. Martin
L. C. Gadberry
Kuntz
Kiwanis Club
Lawten
W. DP. Parker
Mighty Missouri Star Of Navy Day
New York on October 24 1M The mighty Missouri the U S navy s 45000 ton superdreadnaught took her place in New York harbor as the star of the Navy Day review to be held October 27 Thousands of visitors viewed the historic deck where Gen Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan s surrender in Tokyo Bay A plaque marked the spot recalling September 2 1945 when the instrument of surrender was signed Rain and fog delayed the ship s arrival but it slipped into New York harbor with a chorus of whistles and bells nearby The heavy cruiser Macon followed to join the sister ships awaiting the presidential review
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo Bay
New Fork
Farbhor
Macon
Missouri
Husband Of Notorious Trunk Slayer Dies in Army Home
Det. 4 F Dr William Judd 62 husband of Winnie Ruth Judd the trunk murder convict died at the national military home in San Pedro California He had been ill since Oct 1949 and was admitted to the hospital He and Mrs Judd were linked to the 1941 slayings and dismemberments of Hedwig Samuelson and Agnes Leroi nurses whose bodies were found in a trunk sent from Phoenix to Los Angeles
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Los Angeles
William ©. Judd
Winnie Ruthmuad
Arizona
Santele
Firing Squad At Oslo Ends Treason Case
Vidkun Quisling, Norway’s arch traitor, was executed by firing squad before dawn in Oslo. Witnesses were few, the execution kept secret, and the royal ministry of justice confirmed the sentence carried out. Quisling’s body to Telemark, brain to study, and his family notified of the action.
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Ned Nordness
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisting
Ministry of Justice
Quisling
Telemark
Foreign Affairs
Anneaus Schroedt
Pallied
Henrik Bergh
London
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice
Supreme Court
Ding
Adolf Hitler
Vidkun
Abraham Lauritz Quisling
Hig
Petrograd
Helsinki
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