Bruton Freed After Preliminary Hearing In Fatal Shooting
Justice of the Peace Fred Kinmonth ruled there was insufficient evidence to bind Will Bruton over to district court on first degree manslaughter charges in the slaying of his son in law Franklin Vernon Cranfill. Bruton testified the fatal shot was accidental, supported by his wife Estelle Bruton and daughter Mrs Cranfill who is Cranfill’s widow. The testimony described Cranfill’s forceful entry, a scuffle, and the gun going off as Bruton tried to restrain him.
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Bulleils
Justice of the
Fred Hinmonth
Will Bruton
Franklin Vernon
Crapfill
Bruton
Estelle
Jae
Cranfill Aa
Scouts To Stage Overnight Camp Comanche district
Scouts from Comanche district plan an overnight camping series at Fort Sill Four-Mile Crossing starting Friday 5 p.m. under Lt. Col. John Dishle Jr. with Troop 86 Sterling in charge. Sanitation, meals, and possible fish permit headline the weekend event, plus site inspections and a full fall winter schedule led by Fort Sill units and Scoutmasters.
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Comanche
John Dishle
Fort Sill
Sterling
Green Bar
Dibble
David D. Hulsey
Wayne Whiting
Council
Camp George Thomas
Explorer Post 46
Buford Morgan
Maj
al Welcher
Gene Johnson
A. Wild Plant Wfe
Efn Leva
Camp
George Thomas
Apache
Markets. Chicago butter and Oklahoma City cattle report
Chicago butter prices drift lower with receipts near 590 thousand pounds as traders note weak demand. Oklahoma City livestock markets show slow trade. steers, cows, and calves mostly steady to lower with slaughter calves down, hogs sharply lower, and sheep steady amid modest demand. New York cotton and stock futures close mixed with modest gains and losses across commodities and equities.
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Chicago
Oklahoma City
USDA
Olmstead Heads Comanche County Aggies Group
Col M B Gouseau, district 18 node for Oklahoma A and M Former Students Associa tion, named chair of Comanche county unit formed with Tri county district. Sam Durham as vice chair Miss Mary Goddard secretary treasurer. Meeting set for fourth Monday monthly. About 25 Aggies attended to plan support for the Stitheater college and hear 4 0 Machin talk.
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M. B. Gouseau
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Comanche County Age
Comanche County
Tri-County
Old South
Sam Durham
Mary Goddard
Stitheater College
Machin
Farmers Students’ Association
Two Lawton Women Face Prostitution Charges
Two Lawton women Jewel Hicks and Pauline Autry were brought before County Judge G. W. Horne on prostitution complaints. Both of 1112 Washington were free on $1,000 bonds, and each posted a $1,090 bond today. Soldiers Robert C Hurst and Lilburn Jordan signed the complaints. pleas not yet entered.
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Ard
Lawton
G. W. Horne
Jewel Hicks
Pauline Autry
Washington
Robert C Hurst
Lilburn Jordan
Fort Sill
Delay Seen in Lawton Water Project Vote Follows Clash
Lawton council faces a stormy session over water project plans with Councilman Williamson pushing a motion now blocked by a single member. The debate centers on Hendrick’s supplemental proposal and the role of Black and Veatch versus Hendrick in a potential engineering contract tied to a bond issue, with budgeted preliminary fees and possible per diem services. The mayor cited a 1944 Health Service report to argue against Hendrick, warning against personal favoritism and urging cost-conscious engineering choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Lawton
Julius Johnston
Hendrick
Shore
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Society of Engineers
U.S. Public Health Service
Paul Cernpy
Aday
Florida shelters hold 8200 as flood hits Miami area
Florida residents remain cut off as communications fail with Glades City 70 miles west of Miami. A Red Cross survey counts 8,200 people staying in Miami shelters overnight amid continuing flood impacts.
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Glades City
Miami
Headon
Red Cross
Trio Questioned In Car Accident East of Lawton on Highway 7
Three men were held for questioning after an early morning automobile mishap two miles east of Lawton on state highway 7. Gary J. Covey, 21, Vallejo California, was listed as driver as the car ran off the road, skidded 285 feet, crossed the highway and ended in a field. Passengers J. A. Whitaker, Fort Sill, and Charles M. Cadwell, Flint Michigan, were also questioned. None were hurt.
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Lawton
Gary J. Covey
Vallejo
Cali
W. D
Bill) Hamilton
J. A. Whitaker
Fort Sill
Charles
Cadwell
Flint
Mich
Tax Revenue Boost for County from August Receipts
County records show August tax revenue totaling 13,793 dollars, part of three month receipts reaching 45,288.69 dollars per the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The largest item is 5,620.68 dollars from the 4 cent gasoline tax for county roads, with 3,202.51 dollars for the county route fund from the half cent gasoline excise tax and 2,884.64 dollars for schools from automobile and farm truck license revenue.
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Comanche County
Olahoma
Central Meat Cutting Plant Feasibility Studied at Fort Sill
James 4. Klear, meat cutting and refrigeration specialist with Headquarters Fourth Army, will survey Fort Sill to determine feasibility of a central meat cutting plant. He arrives on September 28 and stays until October 1.
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James 4. Klear
Fourth Army
Foret Sill
Klear
Arthur Preuitt Dies in Texas at 55
Funeral services for Arthur C. Preuitt of Snyder Texas will be held at 4 30 p m Thursday in Snyder. The World War I veteran and former Lawton resident died at his home in Snyder at 1 p m Tuesday He is survived by sisters Mrs Bertha Preuitt Comanche county clerk and Mrs Claudia Lindblad and Mrs Frances Byars of 1614 BH and a brother J A Prewitt of Dallas. His widow and other children resided in Texas and Oklahoma
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Arthur C. Preuitt
Lawton
Bexis
Roscoe-Snyder Railway Co
J.B. Dickey
Corpus Caristi
H. F. Claris
Robert Prewitt
J. A. Prewitt
Dallas
Fred W. Mackie
Lonnie Crow attends Okmulgee college training fall term
Local notices summarize Lonnie E Crow of this city enrolling at Oklahoma A and M College School of Technical Training Okmulgee branch for the fall semester with veterans and non veterans eligible through Oct 12 Ada and Falls Creek visits by Bertha Brooks daughter Ruby Schmidt Earl Jr and relatives Mrs Huddleston and Mrs Oliver Ada visits by various relatives Henderson Texas trip to Seeley Lake Mont and back home W T Cannon to reside with daughters in Elm Street for a few months Several other families return from vacations in Nebraska Iowa Colorado Corpus Christi and Boulder Colorado with extended travel and rest periods
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Lonnie E. Crow
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Okmulgee
Bertha Brooks
Ruby Schmidt
Earl, Jr
Sul- Bphar
Ada
Falls Creek
Brooks
H. J. Huddleston
Mayor Huddleston
H. C. Oliver
Olivar
T. PB. Cannon
R. B. Cannon
Henderson
Tex
W. F. Eckhart
Willie M. Patton
Seeley Lake
Mont
W. T. Cannon
Eckhad
Elm
Comanche County Junior Fair Awards Effect Large
The Comanche county junior fair drew many rural and city visitors over a three day run with exhibitors and coaches honoring stock ribbon winners in sheep Hampshire and Southdown divisions and fat lambs goats and hogs. Local officials noted potential fair expansions and future facilities funded by the 1948 49 budget with emphasis on class and club competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Clarence Wilson
Free Fail Board
Hospitals report admissions and births in two towns
Southwestern Hospital lists Miss Betty Dodson and others admitted for major operations and medical treatments. Dismissals include Mrs McKnight and an infant daughter. Angus Hospital records Mrs Nobles and Ellen John admitted. Harold Wimple discharged after foot fracture. Birth announcements note a Cook daughter and Owens daughter with weights and times.
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Southwestern Hospital
Betty Dodson
Arlington
Oscar Thompson
Kenneth Cooper
Rush Spring
Jack McKnight
Fort Sid
George W. Blackburn
Robert Zellner
Maple
George Meyer
EB. G. Johnson
Park
Angus Hospital
B. T. Nobles
Ellen Louise John
F. E. John
Harold Wimple
W. W. Harris
Walters
Tannes Cook
Cadha
Robert Owens
Five Special Events To Be Observed In State In October
Oklahoma City Sept 22 Proclamations by Governor Roy J Turner set October observances for five events United Nations Day October 4 Nursing Progress Week October 14 to 20 Linda Richards Day October 16 Bible Week October 18 to 24 and Oklahoma Historical Day October 11.
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New York
Am Airlines
Armour and Co
Aveo
Barnsdall Gil
Beeca Air
Beth Steel
Braniff Airw
Ches and Ohio
Chrys Corp
Coun-Cola
Colum Gas
Curtiss-Wright
du Pont
Eagle-Pich
Kodak
Dawn
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Gulf Oil
Hercules Powder
Illioms Central
Int Harvester
Int Shoe
Johns Manville
Kan City South
Kennecott Cop
Liggett and Myers
Lion Oi
Liquid Carsanic
oLew's
Martin
Montgom Wabash-Kelvinator
Net
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Disciliers
Central RR
No Am Aviation
Ti North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Ohio
Ohio OV 33% Up Packard Motor 4 Pan Am Airways 9 Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penn RE
Pepsi-Cola
Phillips Pet
Plymouth Oil
Texas Co
wTesas Gulf Prodiss Texen Gul Sylph
Tide Wat
United Air Lines
United Aircraft
Oklahoma City
Gor
Roy J. Turner
United Nations
Linda Richards
Okishama
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Farley
Olmstead
Aggies
Thority
Board of Trustees
Hutchins
U. &, Rubber
U. S Steel
West UN Tel
Wilson and Co
Woolworth
Am Light
Ark Nat Cas
Cessna Aire
el Bond
Humble Oil
Nat Bellas Hess
Piper Aire 2) Ltd Oil Ky
Utah-Idaho
Florida
Ite
Whisler's
Tle
Forsele
Whisler
Arthur Preuitt
Texas
Otto Priorny
Terry
Kate
Nebraska
Iawa
Leo Pokerny
Gore
Colorado
Raymond Rust
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Rust
Charity Commissioners’ Office
Lena Whitten
Euclid
V. 5. Henderson
Artesia
Claudia Lindblad
Corpus Christi
Ralph Dickey
Dickey
Tee Lindblad
Fred Mackie
Billie
Lindblad
A. W. Putthamer
Dearborn
Boulder
Colo
Ltd
Varmaetta
Molets
Zephyr
Lawton Tent & Awning Co
Phon
FSIS
Sheep Hampshire Ewes
Donnie Dale Powell
Messing +H club
Ewe Lambs
Murrey Lewis
Lawston Ffa
Homer Coady
Elgin Ffa
Hampshire Ene
Murray Lewis
Edward Roll
Fletcher
Dale Coady
Wayne Robison
Elgin Pfa
Richard Lilly
Southdown Ewes
Paul Taliaferro
Southdown Ewe
Ewe
Ewe James
Karen Sue Tomlinson
Bobby Lewis
Lawton Ffa
I Rems
Ram
Ram Lambs
Fat Lambs
Cora Kay Tomlinson
Karen Sue
Tomlinson
Francis Ingram
Elgin
Parker
Ingram
Richard
Lilly
Kenneth Fraley
Elgin Fra
Paul Taliaferra
Shropshire
Parker Ingram
Elgin Fpa
Francis’Ingram
Dorset Bowes
Betty May Wege
Cache
Homer Coody
Paul Wege
Cache Fra
Jay Dale Nichols
County +H
Southdown
PFA
Don Herrin
Donnie Bill Sessums
Kenneth Tackett
Pleasant Vesley
Dee Nix
Lynn McIntosh
Elgin Fsa
Bill Sessums
Bobby Jackson
Cache Fpa
Charles Townsley
Slgin Ffa
Lewis Wayne Cshe
Cache Ffa
Chester White
Edward Roli
Poland
China
Roger Lee Smith
Lawton Fpa
Donnie Boggs
Kenneth Fisley
Laird
Edward Fo
Forrest Smith
Hampshire
August Ziegler
Elgin Pra
Douglas Cowley
Donald Cowley
Lawton Fra
Mack Cox
Edgar McDonald
Doughley
Barrow
Harlan Hall
James Green
Har Wall
Darrow
Berkshire Light Barrows
Virgil Dinse
John Mitchell
Lawton *H
Ponca City
American Business Club
National Fund
Farl Drug
Mihac Tel
Earls
Conoco
Conoco N
Comrise
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