Rain Drenches Area as Fall Weather Continues
Rain continued across Lawton and area on Thursday into the afternoon, with gauges in Meers Fletcher Grandfield Waurika Temple and many towns reporting two to over three inches. Farmers welcomed the moisture for fall planting of wheat vetch rye and other winter crops, as totals varied by location from about 1.3 to 3.27 inches.
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Lawton
Meers
Fletcher
Grandfield
Waurika
Temple
Medicine Park
Indiahoma
Sterling
Elgin
Apache
Cyril
Faxon
Walters
Comanche
Tipton
Snyder
Charles Cooper
Temple Tribune
William E. Brown
Grandfield Vocational
C. A. Martin
Ralph Lanning
Herman Grizzle
Ben Moore
Homer Knowlton
Willard Teakell
Charles Perry
Roy Windle
Hospital Births and Admissions Report
Births list multiple families with dates Sept 22 23 and weights. admitted and dismissed patients from various towns. medical and surgical notes accompany names and addresses. includes a birth for Samuel Lefthand El Reno and other scattered entries.
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Samuel Lefthand
el Reno
Nannie Mathews
Glenco
Medi- Paul White Horse
Seiling
Lightfoot Hawkins
Calumet
Betty Simmons
Geronomo
Possession Trial On Court Docket
Helen Hudson of Lawton faced a district court jury for illegal possession of liquor. The trial, moved from Tuesday, was tentatively set for today amid questions about her health and legal representation. Judge Morris appointed Lewis Derke as defense counsel after Mrs. Hudson claimed inability to afford a lawyer. She fainted earlier and was carried from the judge’s office. Her City court conviction on June 22 was appealed by her prior attorney Don Fisher.
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Helen Hudson
Lawton
Morris
U.S. Steel Industry Reports Stockholders Surpass Jobs
The U.S. steel sector reports 770000 stockholders and 762830 employees, highlighting a larger investor base than workforce as of the latest figures. The data emphasizes investor ownership in contrast to labor size within the industry.
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U.S. Steel Industry
Cameron Cow Wins Production Honors
Cameron College exhibited Camstace Belmont Minnie a junior two year old Holstein that led the junior two year old division in the Holstein Friesian Association tests. The cow yielded 18041 pounds of milk and 694 pounds of butterfat from thrice daily milkings as part of the Herd Improvement Registry program involving over 70000 cows in 17 classes.
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Cameron College
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Camstace Belmont Minnie
Funeral services for Fred H. Long in Fletcher church
Fred H. Long 83 of Porter Hill died Sept 20 in Springfield Illinois while visiting children. Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Fletcher Baptist Church with Rev Morris Cloud officiating. Burial Mountain View cemetery. Survivors: wife Elvadine Long seven sons two daughters 27 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and four brothers.
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Fletcher
Fred H. Long
Porter Hill
Fletcher Baptist Church
Morris Cloud
Marlow
Mountain View Cemetery
Dalton Funeral Home
Long
Texas
Springfield
Ill
Elvadine Long
Porter
N.M
Eee Getta Abrams
Duncan
R. T. Long
R. J. Long
Elgin
Oscar Long
Kingfisher
Floyd Long
Barstow
Calif
Indians Honorary Chiefs From Brewery Presidents Meet
At a three day gathering in Lawton the Kiowa chiefs plan to name brewery presidents as honorary chiefs with official Indian names. Mrs. Thomas objects saying white benefactors do not deserve such titles. Convention chair man Jack Webb declined to comment while noting arrangements with Robert Goombi, president of the American Indian Exposition.
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Febacher
New Orleans
W. C. Figge
Minneapolis
M. K. Goetz
St. Joseph
Andy Soriano
Kansas City
Jack Webb
Webb
Lawton
Robert Goombi
Cities Service Asks Gas Rate Increase
Cities Service Gas Co of Oklahoma seeks a 3.94 million annual rate rise for wholesale customers in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska, filed with the Federal Power Commission to take effect Oct 23. It is the second increase request in 18 months, following a 1.214 billion dollar ask on March 23 1954. Ben C Adams president of Cities Service Gas Co called the new application wholly unwarranted.
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Washington
Cities Service Gas Co
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Kansas City
Ben C. Adams
The
Gas Service Co
SAIL FROM EUROPE RICHARD FAMILY TO REACH NYC
Mr and Mrs Joe Richard and their children Bobby Peggy J P and Mike sailed from Europe and will dock in New York City on September 30 The Richards have been on an European cruise since July.
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Europe
Joe Richard
Bobby
Peggy
J. P
Mike
Cherry
New York City
Richards
Yankees, Red Sox clash as pennant race tightens
Boston tops New York 8 4 in the first game of a day night doubleheader to delay the Yankees from clinching the American League pennant. The Yankees can still clinch later Friday by defeating Boston.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Yankees
Red Sox
Probe details in county accident inquiry and witness accounts
The article outlines a hospital visit after an accident involving Carson and a farmer named Wade. It covers testimonies about fault, insurance, and police procedures, plus remarks on wrecker assignment plans, alcohol odor at the scene, skid mark measurements, and various witnesses including Johnston and Tompkins.
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Carson
Williamson
Wade
Highway Patrol
Tompkins
Raley
Johnston
Sen. Nix
James Ray
Farm Bureau Insurance Group
Ray
Charles Dierker
Oklahoma City
Thomas Reed Jr
Chattanooga
Reed Farm
Reed
Boots Gent
Albert Hall
Carroll
Routine Arrests Occupy Officers
City police last night made three routine arrests including two Lawton women booked on investigation and a third person booked on disturbance. Two thefts reported by 11 a.m. with hub caps stolen from a 1955 Ford and a 1949 Mercury car theft near Eighth and B. Municipal court actions included Ruth Pomes pleading guilty to public drunkenness and resisting arrest, fined $20 on each charge, and other minor charges dropped or settled. Fort Sill servicemen were turned to military authorities for using profane language in public.
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Lawton
Robert Cook
Lilly May Frasier
Bell
Eighth and
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Ruth Pomes
J. Merle Oaks
Fort
World’s Just A Big Stage
A Providence woman wrote Elgin Watch Co complaining a TV ad shows a tiny watch slipping through a wedding ring. She tried the wedding ring test and now her watch is stuck in her ring, making both unusable. Elgin advised her to consult a local jeweler.
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Elgin, Tl
Providence, R.I
Elgin Watch Co
Elgin
Woman recovers wallet after stranger pays reward
In San Mateo Calif Mrs Elsie Humberg lost her wallet and 32 dollars in a supermarket. A man asked if it was hers and showed a wallet from his pocket. He kept 25 dollars from the wallet, returned it to Mrs Humberg and drove away.
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San Mateo
Calif
Elsie Humberg
Needy Will Get Supplies Monday
The Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board will supply free commodities to the needy in the central district from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the courthouse basement. County commissioners will supervise distribution. Earlier, free food was issued Thursday to certified persons in western Comanche county and eastern district recipients received theirs Thursday and today.
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Central District
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board
Comanche County
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