Single Military Commander For U S Defense Considered
The United States weighs a single national defense commander under a unified high command. Secretary Forrestal said no decision yet, though the plan aligns with unification goals. Proponents say it would prevent jurisdiction disputes and blur of lines between services in coast and interior zones.
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Washington
Continental
United States
Unified High Command
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Armed Forces Unification
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Innes and Son
Naw
All Fecce
State Fair Ribbons Awarded to Comanche County Youths and Clubs
Twenty more prizes at the Oklahoma City State Fair were given to Comanche county 4 H club youths and farm women's club exhibitors as judging neared completion. Blue ribbons went to Mrs. Bob Kirk Meers for a street dress and Mrs. Mark Landall east of Lawton for a family poster. red ribbons to Mrs. G. C. Corwin and Mrs. Louis Schuman for a braided rug and kitchen curtains. white ribbons to Ada Swiercinsky for a made over coat or suit and to M. E. Reid for a boy's suit and a new coat or suit. The county food preservation exhibit also won a white ribbon. In sheep, Avi club exhibitors Richard Lilly Fletcher placed second with a Hampshire lamb and fourth with a Shropshire. In swine, Tilward Sco Page and Chl...
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Oklahoma City
Comanche County
Capital City
Bob Kirk
Meers
Mark Landall
Lawton
G. C. Corwin
Roseland Club
Louis Schuman
Ada Swiercinsky
M. E. Reid
B. W. Hammond
Roseland
Richard Lilly
Fletcher
Hampshire
Shropshire
Cora Kay Tomlinson
Piitcher
Tilward
Tropical Storm Not Severe as It Moves Northward
Tropical storm Charlie and CG center passed through Florida and Georgia, then Carolina coast, with winds near 45 mph. Rain flooded streets in coastal towns. warnings stretched from Hatteras to Manasquan. Florida west coast saw minor storm damage. citrus crop escaped.
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Charlieston
API
Caribbean
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Miami P
Charleston
Gusta
North Carolina-Virginia
Cape Section
Squanrand
Hatteras
Manasquan
Brunswick
Bradenton
Sarasota
Mrs Roosevelt Letter Read In Sister Hearing
Washington dispatch reports a House committee hearing where Eleanor Roosevelt’s letter to Sumner Welles from 1940 was read. The exchange concerned admission of Humsy Eisler, a former Communist, as the committee probes how Eisler remained in the United States. The letter was identified by Welles, who testified on the circumstances surrounding Eisler’s entry and stay.
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Washington
Eleanor Froorevelt
Sumner Welles
Street Repair Works Urged By City Engineer
Lawton faces soil heaving that lifts concrete and pavement cracks. City engineer Charing W. Gallaher urges immediate asphalt sealing before winter rains, citing Fort Sill expansion and a lifted four story building as an example. Council supports sealing cracks and extending the White Way west to Seventh Street, asking Public Service Co. to install conduit ahead of concrete paving, with details in the finance committee’s page two report.
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Lawton
Charing W. Gallaher
Fort Sill
Th and Gore
Ond
Rvenue
Seventh Sire
Public Service Co
Milo Tague
Flnance
Chattanooga 4-H Girls Win State Fair Ribbons
Janell Wilcoxson of Chattanooga 4-H earned a second place ribbon with a third-year school dress at the Cinehoma State fair. Thurma Aschamy of Fort Sill Indian School 4-H placed ninth with a seventh-year dress.
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Janell Wilcoxson
Chattanonge
Iit
Thurma Aschamy
Fort Sill
Special Cabinet Parley Reviews Food Situation
President Truman convened a special cabinet meeting to study the general food situation and possible Western European relief appeals. The session aims to gauge the impact on U S living costs while awaiting a White House statement on the European emergency aid program, with a press conference planned for tomorrow.
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Washington
Truman
Cabinnet
Europe
Ebon Ayers
White House
Rep. O'Toole
D-Ny
Big Three move to speed Nazi gold handout to Europe
The allied Big Three commission agreed to rapidly distribute part of the $330 million Nazi looted gold seized during the war to support European countries in financial distress. Under-Secretary Lovett said the plan aims to restore gold to nations from which it was looted, with a preliminary distribution target by October 15.
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Washington
Robert Lovett
United States
Britain
France
Lovett
Paris
Germany
Albania
Austria
Régium
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Yugoslavia
Lavell
Marshall
New York
Truman
Congressional leaders invited to parley in Washington
Senator Taft said President Truman invited congressional leaders to a Washington meeting next Monday to discuss world aid and the Marshall plan for Europe. Taft, unable to attend, noted he spoke with Senate President Vandenberg about the plan.
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Seattle
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Vandenburg
Michigan
Trivman
Congresziannal Ieatera
Sidunion
Europe
Truman Cabinet Meets On Food Prices And Aid
President Truman weighs measures to ease high prices with key cabinet members and economic advisers. Nourse cautions on frost risk to crops while Western Europe needs prompt action. several officials travel or confer in Washington and New York ahead of the meeting.
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Ne Sa
Nourse
Truman
Anderson
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Marshall
Harriman
Western
Europe
United States
Washington
Robert A. Lovett
State Department
United Nations Assembly
New York
Treasury
Snyder
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Archibald L. M. Wiggins
Labor
Schwellenbach
Seattle
David A. Morse
Wise
Noursa Tald
Nelvinovy Eatin
Perumal
U S Tells Slavs To Cease Ultimatums
The United States calls on Yugoslavia to end dangerous ultimatums in Trieste. Ambassador Cannon protested in Belgrade after Tito's troops demanded border changes. Airy ordered to keep provisional boundaries until treaty terms.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Robert Lovett
Cavendish Cannon
Belgrade
Marshall Tito
Lovett
U. S
Terence Airey
Laoveti
Airey
City Fish and Game Board Takes Charge Of Inspections
A new three member fish and game commission was named by Mayor George Hutchins last night and began an inspection tour of Lake Lawtonka and the hatchery south of Lawton. Members Sam Chapman Latyton contractor Dick Jackson and John Japp joined Julius Johnston to review operations and set hatchery repairs as top priority.
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Thiree-Min Fish and Game Commission
George Hutchins
Lake Lawtonka
Lawdon
Sam Chapman
Latyton
Dick Jackson
City Sporting Goods
John Japp
Julius Johnston
Covnerl Fish and Game Committee
Ieft
Lawton
Flah and Game Department
Ity
Consolidated Gas Chief Inspects Local Properties
Consolidated Gas Utilities president toured properties in Lawton after the firm acquired assets from Public Service Company of Oklahoma. He discussed plans with division manager Ford Mugg who announced extensive development, including a possible office building and warehouses.
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Lature Clege
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation
Lawton
Seeview Company
Okhahama
Pord Mugg
Meteor Shower Set to Light Night Skies Next Month
Earth moves toward Halley’s Comet debris for an annual meteor shower peaking around October 22. Hayden Planetarium curator Gordon Atwater predicts visible meteors from 7 PM to midnight, with a possible hot fall of iron-rich fragments. The comet’s fate remains uncertain as scientists debate its continued existence and orbit.
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Hayden Planetarium
IL Pom
Get
Erron
Earth
Mary
American Museum of
Atwater
Halley
Maniles
Lawton High School Office Girls elect Betty Johnson president
Betty Johnson was named president of Lawton High School Office Girls at a club meeting of 21 members. Nancy McCrory became vice-president and Peggy Loud was chosen secretary-treasurer. The group, sponsored by Mrs. Dickens, includes 13 girls serving in the principal’s office and others in the board of education offices.
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Betty Johnson
Lawton High School
Office Girls
Hugh Bish
Board of Education
Nancy McCrory
Pegey Loud
Charles Dickens
Widow Of FDR Selected To Speak At UN Debate
Mrs. Brannin D. Roosevelt was chosen by Secretary of State Marshall with White House approval to answer charges by Andrei Vishinsky on war-mongering in the United States. The decision, announced today, places the late president's widow in the United Nations assembly debate after Marshall's meetings with President Truman earlier this week.
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Laice Success
Brannin DD
Roosevelt
Marshall
White House
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
United States
United Nations Assembly
Truman
Four Crewmen Die As Freighter Hits Tanker
MESSENA N Y Sept 24 41 The coal freighter Milverton collided with a fully lashed oil tanker on the Saint Lawrence River today, killing at least four crewmen and injuring more than a dozen. Only one body was identified William Robertson of Toronto Ont at Hepburn hospital Ogdensburg. Three other bodies recovered were unidentified.
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Messena
Milverton
Saint Lawrence River
Wiliam Robertson
Toronto
Ont
Hepburn Hospital
Ogdensburg
United States and Russia Agree To Delay Debates At U N
United States joined with Russia to block immediate debate in the United Nations trusteeship council on issues amid a boycott by Russia. US support helped delay the discussion until next week as Francis B Sayre urged an end to the Soviet boycott and the council grew to ten members with South Africa absent.
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United. States
Russia
Britain
United . Nations’ Trusteeship Council
Ite
Watcha
U.3
Trygve Lie
United States
Francis.b. Sayre
Trusteeship Council
Councik Jrk
Hueata
Flushing Aneasdee Park
New York
Balkans
Uncer Assembly
Warren R. “Austin
Assembly
Manhattan
South West Africa
South Africa
Nore
Hutchins to Discuss City Budget at Chamber Luncheon
Mayor George L. Hutchins will discuss the city budget at the regular Friday noon Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Milton Keating, secretary manager, announced the event. Other city officials are expected to attend as guests.
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George L. Hutchins
Regulas
Chamber of Commerce
Milton Keating
Chamber
Cold Front To Bring Frost Tonight Across State
United Press reports a cold front nears Oklahoma with near freezing temps predicted. Weatherman W S Maughan forecasts Panhandle lows around 35 and 40s elsewhere, frost expected in Panhandle and near the state’s northern border Thursday night as skies clear tomorrow.
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United Press
Parhandle
W. 5
Maughan
Aald Ft
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