World Bank cannot be stop gap aid to Europe
Vice President Robert Garner ruled out the World Bank as a stop gap source for Europe before the Marshall Plan. He said the bank loans must serve productive needs and cannot cover food or consumer goods, with Italy and France seeking $250 million each to bridge the gap until Marshall funds arrive.
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World Bank
Europe
Washington
Robert Garner
Garner
Robert A. Lovett
Foland
Governmenta
Italy
France
Europe Must Hike Output to Self Support, Report Says
A secret government study concludes Europe must raise postwar production above prewar levels and will require U S help. The 49 000 word report, prepared amid the Paris Marshall Plan talks, outlines cooperation to expand trade and lower barriers, notes reconstruction needs, and states output must exceed prewar levels as exports must exceed imports to cover losses.
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Washington
Europe
Marshall
Paris
Food and Agriculture
United States
Services Set For Mrs Meshwert In Beal Heights Church
Services will be held at 3 30 p m Wednesday in Beal Heights Presbyterian church for Mrs Ora Meshwert 43 longtime Lawton resident who died Monday in a local hospital Born Ora Reid April 21 1904 on a farm in eastern Comanche county she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Reid Now of 211 Columbia Moving to Linton with her family in 1909 she attended Lincoln school and joined Beal Heights Presbyterian church Married to Martin Luther Meshwert in May 1992 Mr Meshwert died in 1924 Survivors include her parents two sons M H Meshwert Sr navy petty officer at Inyokern CA two grandsons five brothers and a sister Burial in Aighland cemetery burial directed by Ritter Funeral Home.
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Beal Heights
Ora Meshwert
Lawton
Ora Reid
Comanche County
W. A. Reid
Columbia
Linton
Lincoln
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Martin Luther Meshwert
Meshwert
Aona
M. IL. Meshwart
Inyokern
Calif
Wilbur Meshwert
Galveston
Texas
James Reid
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Reid
Memphis
Tenn
Raymond
Russell Reid
Carl Reid
Inglewood
John Schulte
L. L. McCutchen
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Aighland Cemetery
Ritter Funeral Home
Island Queen Steamer Explodes Killing 20 in Pittsburgh
The Island Queen excursion steamer exploded and burned at a Monongahela river dock in Pittsburgh. Police estimate 20 dead while at least 16 people were rushed to Mercy hospital. Crew of about 90, including maids, were tossed into the river as two blasts rocked downtown. Rescue divers searched the murky water for crew members.
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Monongahela River
Mercy Hospital
Remen
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Truman Faces Initiation At Crossing Of Equator
President Truman declared the first family seeks no favors during Neptune and Davy Jones rites at the equator crossing on the battleship ABUAKO Souri. He paced the deck twirling a cane and noted the high office should not bar the planned playful initiation for Thursday, including his daughter Margaret.
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Truman
King Neptune
Davy Jones
Equator
Washington
Margaret
Two Lawton Veterans File Home Suit Against Hinsley
Two veterans Vearl L. Bradley and Porter A. Hood filed district court suits against Louis H. Hinsley builder of Eusley Spanish Village in Lawton seeking about 4000 each plus damages to clothing and furniture. They allege foundations eight to ten inches thick walls not FHA compliant excessive sweating water seepage and cracks making homes unfit for habitation. Hinsley says he has not been served and notes he offered restitution in a prior recission. The cases echo earlier Veterans Administration scrutiny over water intrusion and interior sweating at the village.
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Lawton
Louis H. Tinsley
Eusley
Vearl L. Bradley
Williams
Porter A. Hood
Ensley
Armong
Bradley
Hood
Hinsley
Veterans Administration
Anti-Communist Provisions Upheld in Labor Law Case
Fort Worth Texas September ruling upholds anti-Communist provisions of the Taft-Hartley act. Federal Judge T Whitfield Davidson says government has constitutional right to restrain agencies that would destroy representative government by communism. CIO Oil Workers Local petitioned for injunction to bar NLRB from compelling union officials to sign anti-Communist affidavits.
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Fort Worth
Tex
T. Whitfield Davidson
CIO Oil Workers International Union
National Labor Relations Board
War Contract Settlement Act Repeal Recommended
Washington action notes E H Fisher general counsel CAO urged repeal of the 1844 act before a House expenditures sub committee. He said most war contract terminations are complete and the law is unnecessary given accrued settlements already made.
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Washington
E H. L. Fisher
General Accounting Office
House
CAO
Flaher
Two Wounded Squirrels Taken In By Nurse Ozman
Dopey and Speedy, about ten days old, were rescued after their nest was shot near a schoolhouse slough. Game Ranger L E Crawford delivered the injured kit and they are now under care of Mrs. Charles Ozman, a registered nurse, at 210 Bell. Dopey, with a damaged tail, and Speedy, with a back wound, are fed every three hours with a milk syrup formula as they recover.
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Dopey
Speedy
Ozman
Spundy
Ozmans
Jews Landed After Battle in Hamburg Transport Clash
British troops cleared Exodus 1917 Jews from skaf hrne transports in Hamburg after a pitched battle. Jews fought with improvised weapons and were dragged from the ships. An official report cites 43 injured including 13 women, and three British soldiers hospitalized.
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Hamburg
Germany
Sfolds
Runnymede Park
Tand
Eden
Lens
Russia Proposes UN Police Force Strengths
The Soviet delegation to the UN military staff committee proposed a UN police force with 12 divisions of troops, 1,200 aircraft and five or six cruisers. They did not propose any ships or carriers for the UN force and based these figures on the size and strength available to Security Council members.
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Lake Sucumss
Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Security Council
Intermittent Showers Break Heat Wave Here
Intermittent showers cooled a long Labor Day heat wave in the city with temperatures dropping to the mid-80s. The forecasts had warned of continued heat, but residents welcomed the relief as rain spared nearby areas in the county and brought smiles to Lawton residents wary of drought conditions.
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Oklahoma
Sime
Chiat Lin
Wind gusts wreck shed at Birdsong service station
Lawton reports heavy showers caused a freak wind that lifted a corrugated iron shed from its moorings and toppled it onto a building. Birdsong and local smiths deny involvement as townspeople speculate if the storm was rainmaker or heaven sent. Downtown Lawton endured 93 degree heat before the unexpected shower cooled temperatures. See page 2, column 4.
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Birdsong
4Th and B
Mother Nature
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One Killed Two Hurt In Jeep Accident Near Pawnee
Orville C. Richards, 40, was killed and two other men were seriously injured in a jeep crash on highway 64 two miles west of Pawnee. Benny Cook and Cole Penney were named as the injured. The wreck left the jeep demolished and a draft card tied Richards to Guthrie. State Trooper Joe Boyce provided details.
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Pawnee
Olen
Cap
Navy Fires Rocket At Sea Marks New Naval Weapons Era
The Navy tests a 15 ton sea launched rocket from the carrier Midway in the Atlantic. Rear Admiral D V Gallery calls the launch a new era in guided missiles. The rocket reportedly exploded after six miles, suggesting land targets could be pounded from offshore. The test, witnessed by military and civilian personnel, follows WWII V2 similar weapon precedents and hints at evolving sea based strike capabilities.
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Midway
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
D. V Gallery
Missien
City Schools confront crowding as enrollment climbs
Lawton board members study rising enrollments showing 5252 students across 13 white schools and two segregated schools, with sixth grade surge threatening junior high. Lincoln, Will Rogers, Woodrow Wilson and Whittier crowded. Lincoln adds seven classrooms but many rooms double as halls and storage. Friday inspection will review a $75,000 Lincoln addition. further expansions likely within three years.
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Lawton Board of Education
John Shoersaker
Ind
Lawton High School
Mrr. Shoemaker
Will
Rogers
Woodrow Wilson
Whittier
Will Rogers
Lincoln Swinol
Shoemaker
Elees
Iss
Aus
Wttter School
Lincoln
Woodrove Minton
Adionts
Kiowa Hospital Cut Opposed By Lawton Leader
S Rep Toby Morris led curtailment of Indian hospital budget in Chicago to the commissioner of Indian affairs. He advised that a proposal would cut the hospital from 125 beds to 75 beds, a severe handicap to Indians in the area who depend on the hospital for treatment.
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Toby Morris
Chicago
Lawton
Lawton Police Chief requests firing of Wallace
Police chief Joe Cable announced he would ask the city council to discharge Patrolman Thomas L. Wallace who has been suspended for several days during an investigation into a robbery and assault. Barster accused Wallace after a drinking party, but the chief said the officer’s conduct was unbecoming an officer.
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Joe Cable
Thomas L. Wallace
Fort Sill
Wallace
William Barster
Lawton View
Lawton
Cable
Ikely
George Hutchins
Tom Tipler
Negra
Tipler
Victor ‘Lee
Marshall Wit Head U.S. Delegation To MN Parley
Secretary of State George C Marshall will leave Washington for New York to head the U S delegation at the United Nations General Assembly opening next Tuesday. The move, announced by a State Department spokesman, marks Marshall spending part of the next two months personally directing the U S delegation.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
New York
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
Marshall
Lintols
Cameron College First Day Enrollment Totals 742
Cameron College reported 742 students enrolled at noon on the first day. Dean Lee McDonald said 320 were sophomores and irregular freshmen, with all sections in history, speech, and mathematics. A faculty meeting was held to plan additional elections and adjust classes as late arrivals continue over the next two to three weeks. Vernon Howell, president, will explain procedures at Wednesday’s assembly.
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Lee McDonald
Sre
Donnald
McDonald
Plana
Vernon Howell
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