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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1945
Page
2
Markets and livestock notes from Chicago and regional cities dated October 24. Butter receipts, grain, and cotton prices show firm or varied moves while Fort Worth and Oklahoma City report cattle, calves, and hogs with gains and steady tones. Stock listings reflect mixed declines and modest advances across major industrials and commodities groups.
Peller, aition, Mr. Porter, a local bank official and real estate man, was named governor of the district at the Group's annual convention in Galveston Texas. He had just completed two terms as lieutenant governor of Region eight, which includes 18 Oklahoma counties.
Company officials said wage hikes are unaffordable under current policies while CIO leader Philip Murray pressed for action. A short strike at Allegheny Ludlum Steel in Leechburg Pa ended with 1,500 workers voting to return to regular contract procedures. Pacific Greyhound buses resumed normal schedules after a wage settlement across seven western states that kept 2,700 drivers and baggage handlers out for 18 days. AFL warehouse workers picketed Houston terminals in support of wage demands.
About 18,000 CIO glassworkers continued a walkout at 12 plants of Libbey-Owens-Ford and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Federal postal employees joined calls for higher hourly wages to compensate for overtime loss. The AFL association of past office clerks, representing 40,000 federal workers, petitioned Congress for a 30 percent wage increase.
Baton Rouge state treasurer Tugwell ruled New Orleans entitled to a $30,000 drainage and road repairs appropriation despite the claim deadline missing fiscal year end. City fathers worried as New Orleans remained the sole parish missing the filing cutoff. VFW Auxiliary Meeting Set for Thursday at 8 pm in the VPW Hall.
The article chronicles a Norwegian political figure, from early relief work in Russia and Crimea through military service and a quarrel leading to resignation. It covers his 1932 defense minister role, disarmament, 1933 party creation, electoral defeats, and later collaboration with German authorities, ending with a death sentence by the London exile government in 1942 as German control waned.
Ford officials announced a tentative plan to reintroduce civilian cars as wartime rationing continues. Priority will go to doctors, police, Red Cross and mail carriers, with deliveries delayed until OPA pricing is set. Dealer orders already placed await new rationing rules and full production.
An old advertisement invites customers to a tire shop located at Dearborn and 2nd Street. It promises vulcanizing and retreading, tire repairs, and new Pennsylvania tires and tubes with plenty of parking for old customers and new.
Mr. Wilaet outlined a new Mercury model with about 0 divas and a Lincoln by land, as the company shifts from war production to peacetime output. The Dallas branch now assembles cars, Kansas City opens today, and Oklahoma City maintains a large stock branch supplying the region. Current models list four tires and a 109 horsepower motor. Deliveries are expected in November and December, but actual first-car delivery depends on dealer action, with many months before showroom delivery for prospective buyers.
McCloy visits Japan as MacArthur reports over 400000 soldiers eligible for U S shipment by November. About 239118 with 70 points or more eligible for return Oct 1 and the rest with 60-69 points by Nov 1, depending on shipping. Asahi newspaper resignations cited for duties during the war. Summer dresses offer cooler fits with looser fabrics.
Public property committee reviews Bou Gibbs lease extension for Industrial addi tion lots 1 to 10 with ten year leases expiring 1949 and planned improvements include an office building north of Presenci hatchery. Bostock seeks permit to remodel a 26 by 20 foot frame building into a grocery store for 150 dollars. Insurance settlement of 4292 dollars approved for Lawton airport damage to shop and hangar. 87 dollar cab truck collision damage settled. city to receive full amount. Pigeons remain a nuisance with no relief. police to shoot birds when shells available. 23 parks meters straightened. fire pups repainted. curb stenciling updated with no parking signs.
Dr Parker urged routine chest X rays for those exposed to tuberculosis as the best early detection method, protecting others from exposure. He presented a moving picture on TB and Dr Carl Puckett of the Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association spoke on the purpose of the organization and its eradication plans funded by Christmas seals. The X-ray machine, provided by the Christimis Sent fund via Kiwanis, was showcased as a key diagnostic tool.
The text describes a plan to use postage-stump screening to identify TB cases in the general population, predicting 900,000 X-rays in Oklahoma within five years. It mentions budgeted Christmas Seat funds for health education, X-rays, defect correction, patient travel, rehabilitation, and federal-financed campaigns, plus partisan views on modified training and volunteer military service, noting leaders wished Truman had not raised the issue.
Washington lawmakers weighed President Truman's universal military training proposal as Congress contemplates a year of service for physically able youths between 17 and 90. The plan envisions eight weeks of basic training, follow-on instruction, unit training, and eight weeks of maneuvers with holiday furloughs and mostly southern training sites for weather reasons. Congress awaits public reaction before proceeding.
Captain Stuart S S Murray of Keneflek Oklahoma commanded the Missouri during a one day docking at Norfolk Virginia. About 44 000 visitors boarded the ship illustrating the size of crowds anticipated in New York. Murray is brother to Col Clive Murray Oklahoma state selective service director and nephew of former governor William Murray known as Alfalfa Bill.
W. E. Slaten received a city permit today to add a bedroom and washroom to the residence at 311 Arlington. Estimated project cost is $330.
An individual reports using ERB HELP for three days and experiencing drastic health changes including relief from headaches skin eruptions and rheumatic pains. The product claims to cleanse bowels stomach liver and kidneys with 12 herbs and is sold in Lawton at local drug stores.
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