Water Survey Parley Slated With C.O.F.C.
Mayor George Hutchins said he hopes to arrange a meeting this afternoon or Thursday with Chamber of Commerce officials to study employing an engineer to survey Lawton's water and disposal plant facilities. A council meeting to select a firm is anticipated next week after preliminary talks. The council later heard reports from five engineering firms and debated inspector appointments for electrical and plumbing work.
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George Hutchins
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Tater
Chamber
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
C. H. Guernsey
Oklahoma
Wyatt EB. Hendrick
Pate Engineering Company
Tulsa
Benham Engineering Company
Oklahoma City
Charlie Mankin
City Plumbing, Electrical and
Plumbers Union
Firma
George Pollard
Ralph W. Wolverton
Bob McCoy
Ron Stepheny
C. W. Krauss
B. H. Gold
Forrest Roth
A. W. Langston
C. C. Mitchell
Jack W. Smith
C. R. Doyle
K. C. Fuga
Hugh Williams
O. T. Love
Paul Pickett
M.L. Huddleston
Coy Suttie
David V. Powe
First Soap Box Entries Filed for Lawton Race on Elm Street Hill
Lawton Constitution reports early entries for a Soap Box Derby on Elm Street Hill west of Laird. Contenders must gather at 9 36 a m with their vehicles for a 10 o clock start, entry blanks due by Friday noon, track roped off for safety, Mayor Hutchins to present trophies in two divisions for ages 10 to 14 and 10 and under, with racers named including Rod Thompson, Johnny Griswald, Jackie All, PeeWee Williams, and others.
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Lawton Constitution
Elm Street Hill
Laird On
Elmsbrest
Office of the Constitution
George Hutchins
Rod Thompson
Johnny Griswald
Jackie All
PeeWre Willams
Ronald Yancey
John Inglis
John Williams
Robert Countryman
Eddie Cole
James Maynard
John Kilgore
Dick Bullock
Bill Bullock
Questionnaires Sent Draftees in Gomanche County
Questionnaires for draftees are being mailed as Selective Service registration continues at the American Legion hut. Carla Williams reports 81 men aged 25 and 20 men aged 24 in line to receive forms. 166 two-year-olds registered Tuesday and 187 men born in 1924 remain to be completed. Registration runs through Sept. 15 with volunteers aiding agencies and employers urged to cooperate.
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Gomanche County
American Legion
Carla Williams
Ace
Nona
Actor Mitchum Faces Dope Charge in Hollywood Raid
Hollywood September 1 UP film star Robert Mitchum and three companions arrested on narcotics charges after police raided a marijuana party at the home of blonde starlet Lila Leeds. Also nabbed were dancer Vickie Evans and Robin Ford. If convicted, they face from 30 days to 10 years. Mitchum mourns the possible end of his career and family life as his wife and two children head toward the scene.
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Hollywood
Robert Milthum
Mittnim
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
Mitchum
Ford
Miss Lect
Palier
Miss Evans
Miss Leeds
Son Of Huey Long Leads Louisiana Senate Race
Russell Long, son of Huey Long, moved ahead of Judge Robert F. Kennan in the Louisiana Senate race as country parish results came in. With 1646 of 1878 precincts reporting, Long held 232,275 votes to Kennan's 227,398, boosting his margin to over 3,000 votes.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
Robert F. Kennan
Minden
Kennan
Former Lawton Boy Becomes National Cartoonist
Jack Chancellor, once a Lawton resident, now based in Fort Worth, Texas, runs Cartoon Ad Service turning out about 7,000 Crazy Capers cartoons on milk subjects for over 400 creameries in 25 states. Began at Lincoln School and published in The Constitution after an editor encouraged him, his work now reaches an estimated 48 million viewers through nationwide advertising.
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Lawton Schoolboy
Jack Chancellor
Fort Worth
Texas
Cartoon Ad Service
Jack
Lincoln Schopl
the Constitution
Lawren
Scripps- Howard News
Cache Grade School Opens With Neighbor Help
Good neighbors and three church buildings keep Cache grade school on schedule after a major fire. Principal Miss Callicott and teachers arrange classes in Methodist, Church of Christ, and Baptist venues for grades primary through six while officials search surplus buildings from Camp Gruber and arrange bus routes. Community volunteers haul desks, and local leaders pledge support for temporary facilities and a possible new site.
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Cache
Grace
Andymnasium
T. V. Smart
Board of Education
Methodist
Methodist Church
Church of Christ
Baptist Church
Smart
Viona Callicott
Smart Seid
Meers
Pecan
Devo
Clarence Ritter
Veterans Agriculture
Carl Billing
Archie Wood
Frank Rush
Graterville Park
Alga
Cerche
Muskogee
Camp Gruber
Toby Morris
Air. Morris
WAA
Teg Burris
State Agency
R. Burris
Cache High School
Mr. Smart
Weeman
Lewton Fire Department
Ernest Greenivelt
Wildlife Refuge
M. P. Treadeway
Tommy Good
Archie Duplez
New Tropical Storm Forms Far Over Caribbean
A tropical storm developed far out over the Caribbean today after a five day hurricane threat to the Atlantic coast. Acquittals sent shockwaves as notable figures, including Adolf Hitlers tr nmumee minister, were involved in postwar trials and internment, with one case arising from Ludwigsburg camp.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Atlantic
Stuigart
Seph
Staimar Schacht
Adolf
Faxon Culvert Construction Advances in Comanche County
Initial concrete pour completed on a farm to market road project 31 miles east of Faxon as Comanche County commissioners move to approve a $44.77 million Nolan Smith contract for 47 miles of road improvements from Faxon east. Tom Moran reports the contractor is ahead of schedule with completion possible in 60 days.
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Comenche
Lawton
Tom Moran
Anadarko
Faxon
Cache Creek
Nolan-Smith
GI Reno
Bethel
Poston Sand and Gravel Co
Phone 620 for delivery timings this week
A phone number 620 is provided to arrange paper delivery. Weekday deliveries begin before 7 32 pm and Sunday mornings start at 10 00 am.
Berlin Blockade Seen Near End as Governors Meet
Four military governors in Germany convened to push plans to lift the 74 day Soviet blockade of Berlin and establish the Russian mark as the city’s sole legal currency under four power control. Reports said Western trains are ready to supply Berlin and two western newspapers began accepting Soviet currency.
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Berlin
Germany
Allied
Central Council
Transport Committee
Financial Committee
Tagesspiezel
Telezrat
Vets weigh pay while in jail for on the job training
The article reports a dispute over whether veterans can legally draw pay for on the job training during 24 to 30 day jail terms. Vernon Frank Cranfill and F. Spiva faced questions about eligibility while designated as trusties. Vocational agriculture instructors recommended training, but officials noted jail status complicates pay eligibility and require trusties to attend classes during limited leaves.
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Vernon Franklin Cranfill
F. Spiva
Cache
Comanche
Oris Waldren
Surance Githen
Ehoads
Indiahome
Paul Livingston
Plans Formed For Industrial Week In City
Southwest Oklahoma restaurants the Chamber of Commerce announces Industrial Week from Sept 24 to Oct 1. Local firms will display exhibits at the Y M C A USO with out of town participants given booth priority until Sept 10. Booths cost 15 dollars and proceeds fund the weeklong exposition with lectures by industrial leaders.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Reachmge
Southwest Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
J. C. Kennedy
Milton Keating
Chamber
Rock Island Oil and Refining Co
Duncan
Wyatt B. Hendricl
Communitter
Chamber of Commerce
Snyder and
Hobart
James B. Sanders
Chickasha
Fred Lacrance
Duncen
Ralph Wertz
Frederick
Grandfield
Altus
Hendrick
Cyril
Waukila
Kennedy
Apache and
Mangan
Harold Redding
A. D. Siy
Lane To Address C. Of C. On Friday
Oklahoma industrialist Ro W. Lane of Tulsa will speak at the Lawton Chamber of Commerce weekly forum luncheon after a two month summer recess. Lane, president of Public Service Company of Oklahoma, will discuss Common Interests of Management and Labor with illustrated projections. Jake Witzel urged strong turnout to start the fall winter forum series in record numbers. The event meets in the Old South cafeteria banquet room at Fourth and B.
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Oklahoma
Ro W. Lane
Tulsa
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Lane
Jake Witzel
Charder
Old South
Fourth End B
State funeral plans for Soviet official Zhdanov
London dispatch reports elaborate funeral plans for Cal. Gen. Andrei A. Zhdanov secretary of the Communist party central committee who died of a heart ailment aged 32. He ranked among the four top Soviet leaders and vied with V. M. Molotov for power after Stalin.
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London
Padio
Moscow
Cal
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Communist Party Central Committee
Zhdenov
V. M. Molotov
Josef Stalin
Services Slated For Mrs. Niedo
Alice Niedo 1924 obituary notes death at Shawnee sanitarium after illness. Funeral at Nazarene Mission Thursday 2 p.m. Rev C B Hilzrandt to officiate. Burial Post Oak Cemetery. Born Faxon, she married Jay Niedo about 20 years ago. Survived by husband two sons four daughters two sisters and father Albert Naquaddy. Arrangements by Cache Funeral Home.
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Faxon
Nieda
Jay Niedo
Cache
Wilford Niedo
Darrell Niedo
Margie Niedo
la Verna Gladys Niedo
Cuartenedo
Albert Naquaddy
Henry
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Tom Bullocks
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M. P. Treadway
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