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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1948

Page

2

Gold in the Hills at Lawton High Auditorium Tonight

The play Gold in the Hills, sponsored by the Lowery White American Legion post, runs at 8 o'clock in Lawton High School auditorium. Tickets are available downtown. at the door on show night. Cast members are from the Artillery Center Dramatic club with Lt. Col. Hubert Ross directing.

Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post Lawton High School Artillery Center Dramatic Club Hubert Ross

Berlin crisis cited as Western breach of four power pacts

Times and News Times charge the West violated four power agreements by undermining the legal basis for Soviet participation in Berlin. They blame the Marshall-Begin plan and Moscow talks collapse on Western moves and say the UN assembly opened amid this dispute. British sources expect no UN action before Monday to avoid stamping the body.

Times Berlin Noto Security Council Moscow Devlin Assembly of the United Nations News Times Marshall-Begin

Oklahoma Governor Advised Three Action Paths On Segregation Issue

The Oklahoma governor proposed four possible state actions on segregation issues. He suggested a November special session, but favored awaiting the January regular session to amend statutes before enrolment at the university. He warned a special session would be costly and urged deferral if possible.

Oe Turner Oklahoma Turner

Cash Jingles and Open Class Results

Eve Wis, adjudged third, Bobby Lewis fourth and fifth in the same class. Carrol Sims and Son with John Sheets east of Lawton won first in the open class with a junior Angus Keifer. Second place for a pair of two-year-old Angus entries including a bull and two heifers.

Eve Wis Bobby Lewis Tifth

Oklahoma City Livestock Prices and Closing Stock Totals

Oklahoma City markets report cattle and calves steady to weak with slow demand in other classes. Early sales include 1000 lb steers around 29.00. cows 16.00 to 18.00. stockers 16.00 to 27.00. hogs and sheep with mixed bids. Closing stock quotations list Am Airlines to Woolworth, showing varied gains and losses across multiple industrials and utilities.

Oklahoma City USDA Am Airlines Can Armour and Co Barnsdall Oil Beech Air Beth Steel Braniff Air Ches and Ohio Chrysler Curtiss Wright Doug Aire Dupont den Uh Fastman Kodak Elec Gen Foods Goodyear Int Harvest Int Shoe Ty Johns Manville Kennecot Lion Oil Loews Inc Pet Mone Ward Nash Kelv Nat Biscuit Nat Distillers NY Cent RR Uy Us No Am Aviation North Amer Co Northern Page Packard Met Pan Am Airways Param Pictures Ss Penney (Jc Pepsi Cola Philips Pet Plymouth Ql Pure Oil Radio Corp Rexal St Joseph Sears Roebuck Sinclair OU Sou Pac Cat Ind Stan Oil NJ Studebaker Corp Ae F Swift and Co Tex Co Tex Tex Gulf United Air Lines United Aircraft US Steel West UN Ua oRh Wilko Woolworth An

Bennett Next Friday Chamber Talk by Gov Roy Turner

The week’s program will climax Friday noon with Gov Roy J. Turner addressing the Chamber of Commerce. City National Bank and the Women’s Forum sponsor the event and Chamber officials urge attendees to make reservations by calling telephone 41.

City National Bank Women's Forum Roy J. Turner Chamber of Commerce

Lawton Council benches several projects and bids

Lawton council debated mayor consent for hiring an engineer, considered a merit system for police and fire, and referred jewelry auction regulation to a committee. It accepted bids for two 1 ton trucks, sewer equipment, coal stoves, and tires, and discussed street lights, stop signs, water restrictions, tank maintenance, and a bicycle rack program.

Bert Fox Lawton Jewelry Association Charles G. Ogmun Jewelry Association Planning and Zoning Commission L. A. Gilham Green-Phillips Chevrolet Company Lincoln Street Lawton Heights-Williams Water and Sewer Committee Flexible Sewer and Equipment Company Los Angeles Calif Woo Miller Hardware Lawton Wu Committee Eck Lawton Construction Company Jim Thornton Julius Johnston Airport Committee W. Simpson County Excise Board Roy Johnson Wardone Stadium Dearborn Green-Phillips Company Bob Williamson Ward Two Medicine Park i Dink Coombs Fourth Washington Sixth Garfield Marvin Cameron George Hutchins Andy Crosby Charles Gallaher State Highway Department Sheridan Road Catholic Service Company Gallaher Fields Buddy Day Joe Cable Cable C. R. Bradshaw Oklahoma A and M Federal Bureau of Investigation Hoss Julian Eugene H. Boland Purman Henderson Holand Earl Christmas

Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Lawton Oklahoma

Notice is given of the sale of Lots 13 14 15 and 16 in Block 26 of Lloyds addition to Lawton Oklahoma. The sale is set for Monday October 1948 at 10 a.m. at South 16th street Lawton Oklahoma. Executrix Lesh B McCaskill estate of Jatin W Fox deceased.

Lloyd's Addition Lawton Oka Lesh B. McCaskill Jatin W- Fox

Water Program Seeks Broad Conservation and Development Plan

A speech stresses sustaining land and water resources to support crops cattle and timber. It cites potential gains from river development in Oklahoma Texas and the four-state region including irrigation power and navigation to boost industrial growth while warning against losses from floods and droughts.

Ross Arkansas Red River Oklahome Texas Regimiese Southwest Federal Reserve Board of Dellas Corps of

Tulsa industrial growth eyed in regional water plan

Ross and Barnett urge integrated control of land water and resources via interstate compact among four states. Tulsa officials cite rising non farm and manufacturing employment and a $17 million water expansion to Spavinaw and a planned second lake. The Tulsa supply could meet five times current needs with Verdigris river water as a further backup.

Armyngineers Bureau of Reclamation Soil Conservation Service Department of Agriculture Southwest Power Administration Ross Barnett Tulsa Tulsan Spavinaw Ozarks Southwest Drafting Board J. G Kennedy Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee Chamber of Commerce

Fragmentary Piedges Update Hints at Incomplete Agendas

Partial OCR reads like a continuation note listing individuals such as Nelson, Nita, Jeneanne Layton, Scott, Ruth Boil in a community or organizational context. The fragment suggests ongoing coverage or roster details from page one, but lacks clear events or actions.

Home Recipe Promises Quick Fat Loss and Curves

An ad like home remedy claims to melt fat without hard exercise or dieting. It prescribes four ounces of Banex concentrate mixed with grapefruit juice to a pint and two tablespoons twice daily, promising rapid slimming of hips and waist. It urges returning the bottle if not satisfied.

Hera Salang Wingeiing Weilsht Banex

Aggre-ettes Pledges Listed From Oklahoma towns

A roster of Aggre-ettes pledges and officers names numerous members from Apache to Walters and Cache. Jon Johnston June Pursley Jeen Dunlap June Baker Ann Long Ramone Tzhsuda and others from Lawton Denver and Duncan appear among the pledges. Officers include Mildred Safely Grandfield president and June Brubaker Grandfield vice president.

Duncan Derris Williams Cache Jean Hunt Tipton Jo Ann Dillard Apache Erma DeYong Pergie Sorrow Walters Patt Harlin Phoenix Ariz Mela Williams Denver Jaycee Williams Walters Mary Cooper Aggre-ettes Mildred Safely Grandfield June Brubaker Barbra Harrell

Cityans Enjoy Tea Honoring Mrs Truman and Margaret

Hale Edwards chaired the Lawton Woman's Forum event at City Municipal building’s Zegra room welcoming Mrs Truman and Margaret. Guests included Raymond Fields Lela Wilson Elizabeth Reifschneider Zona Gene Edwards and others as Congressman Toby Morris sang Home on The Range.

Hale Edwards Lawton Woman's Forum Secret Service Jack Moore M. V. Shaw Roy Turner Tracy Marie Sha Okishoma

Head-Cold Relief Promises With Vicks Va-Tro-Nol Drops

An advertising pitch urges instant relief for a stuffed nose from head cold using Vicks Va-Tro-Nol nasal drops. It claims rapid action at the source, easing congestion and improving breathing, and suggests early use can prevent further colds.

Oklahoma Democrats Welcome Truman on Special Train

The president joined a party including Ltate Sen Bill Logan and local attorneys John Thomas and Durwood Mathis for a pre parade gathering. Elmer Thomas traveled to Gainesville to board the train and head to Washington, while Art and Colleen Cavanagh helped host a reception for party faithful.

Truman Turner Washington Oklahoma E.le

Yaks Proximate to American Planes Spark Protest

Reported Russian aircraft executed dangerous maneuvers within 109 feet of U S planes and harried the Berlin ferry service carrying about 2 500 000 people in the American British and French sectors. Officials called the incidents among the gravest of ongoing provocations and pressed a strong protest.

U. S Berlin

Protest Denounces Soviet Interference with Airlift

The protest charges that prior verbal protests to Soviet authorities achieved nothing. It argues the cumulation of incidents shows neglect and recklessness in Russian flying, with American and British authorities not taking such airlift hampering seriously.

A. Gookin U. S

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