The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • 1

4 4 ORTY SEVENTH YEAR (AP) AMoeiaUd Pre (UP) U8 pn THIRTY TWO PAGES Price DAILY EDITION Of orld Peace Beaten At Lawton High And Cameron 1 jfher (land Is Sought As Jesse Rides for Hosnital ikS of curious citizens swarmed in warrior was IL GEORGE CROSS 1 ton the points Tass said: Phone 620 stsnedln Wiinning StrPBk that ofni43 started In Wisconsin and Nebraska I the PhiladelnhStassen at Minneapolis said he (See pl of nurses and I r'Tii Wi tt I1 been week Air Mail Aggie Seniors To Hear ields wayelfl lias non complaint attitude (See age 2 Cut 3 BLAZE BATTLED iremen from No 2 station Sat urday afternoon extinguished a grass fire between highway 277 and the risco railroad about 2 miles north of Lawton There was no damage reported Cut In Wafer fe Rafe Is Seen Zc A modifirhf inn of th WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued warm Sunday and Monday Hlgh est for Sunday near 96 Low Mon day morning near 60 high 92 low' 67 before 7:30 i and 10:00 a Sunday morning and a paper will be delivered AwrnianGV rance she "aaect the to her title tn the'RhinUSt befOre the of long 18 months Mla says that only five to weaVTh nbUrSeS are the lhe bronze arrowhead on the European theater ribbon The arrnwhood srnj jrs Df( I REV ORREST A IELDS pas tor of the Centenary Methodist church will deliver the Cameron baccalaureate sermon at o'clock tonight and the college season will be closed Wednesday night by the commencement ad dress by Dr George Cross presi dent of the University of Oklahoma Diplomas Wednesday night will be handed to 192 members of the graduating class Including the graduates from the first semes ter there are 225 Broken down into departments the graduates have the following classifications: agriculture 41 arts and science 59 commerce 45 en gineering 41 and home economics six 'Will Honor Parents Each member of the graduating class has been given two tickets for the commencement to assure his parents a place of honor in the auditorium Space for a limited number will be provided in the balcony The OU president has had a1 meteroic rise since he joined the University of Oklahoma faculty as i 1934 Baccalaureate Is Set Tonight or Graduates IJUNDREDS of Comanche coun ty Studente will dose their school books for another summer tins week as Lawton high school and Cameron college commence ment exercises lead an extensive nst of end events aculty members will be compil ing last minute reports and award ing final honors for the 1947 48 term in buildings ranging from Cam Plans or Drafting Of Youths May Be Junked WASHINGTON May (ZP) All congressional plans for drafting 18 year old youths were reported junked Saturdav A member of the senate armed services committee said 12 of its 13 members have agreed to revise its selective service bill to strip out the section calling for one year of compulsory military training for 161000 of the 18 year olds The member asked not to be by Chairman Gurney (R SD1 refused to comment but it tITQ a 1 1 ne nas been check ing the committee members on this CIO Auto Workers Hurl New Charges At Chrysler DETROIT Msiv CIO United Auto Workers Satur day accused Chrysler Corp of plan ning to use foremen and office workers as strikebreakers Monday and hinted the plan might lead to violence Norman Matthews leader of the 11 day 'Chrysler strike made the charge wlwn inrAumsu the two non striking groups would be used next week to take inven tory a task normally assigned to UAW members Responsibility for any disorder on the picket lines resulting from this policy will rest squarely on the shoulders of the company and we are so informing law enforce ment Matthews declared a telegram to Chrysler officials 1 OKLA HIST SOCIETY CO'4? Twenty persons Are Called A Witnesses Before Gtahtf JuryTTiatWill Start Its DeliRn ing and Chaplain rank A Tobey bort Sill will pronounce the bene diction The high school orchestra dliect cd by Vernon Hurtman will pro vide the processional and recession al Commencement rxercNcs at 8 Col 51 the public schools there He recclv "wwts sm a le gree trom South Dakota college Only five years out of high school he was granted a doctor of philoso phy degree from the University of Chicago A star athlete as well as a seho P'ayed guard on fetate football for three years In 1924 the Dakota team won the Cen tral Intercollegiate championship Today he is the No 1 Sooner fan He attends all home games and when time permits he accompanies teams on some of their trips He usually sits on the bench during the warmup session then climbs to a higher seat Came To in 1934 At the age of 29 Cross came to OU 1934 as an assistant profes sor of botany By 1938 he had be come a full professor and head of the department of botany He served as assistant dean of the graduate college and in 1942 was made actig dean of the University of Oklahoma Research Institute In January 1944 ho actingpresident of the university day plus three" one of the fi Marilyn Naumam nununu u'mm rwoo i iiiirxpu rz i dent Cross who is 42 but looks young er knows how to get things done Since he became president en rolment has increased from 3595 (not including army and navy units on the campus) to 12351 for the present year Rto nmhiown with the sky rocketing LOI U) 1 bib i i i 1 1 iku 1 1 iu nr nil' 4 vuuuus citizens swarmed in downtown Law lion Saturday afternoon to view and hear the centurv oklW Dalton has identified himself to the world as I JesAe James legend of the Missouri hills extreme effort the old warrior was jOm 118 bed in a local tourist court to the front seat moder" convertible automobile The oldtimer was at 1 tired fullv with QTY r4 4 I Jii XV a i mil' uuic If auueu snan iriM una support from iirotrnn Dewey arriving inf Sacramento Gov Earl Warren express ed his deep gratitude Saturday aft loXn the votegiven him ihaVe' enjoyed the privilege of taking part in the Olegon primary and am deeply grateful to the people of Oregonfor their cordial welcome and gen erous he said h'Zheaactive so many hundieds of volunteer workers were particularly heart warmingIJWant t0 exPrass my deep giatitude to each of them MS Delegales fiivc a th? Ph 43 P'cdgod delegates for id rnnvontiAn Jrage 2 CoL 6) of the largest to ever thronq inousanas or cur ori avenue faied when constitution btaff Photo Stassen Concedes Victory To Dewey In Oregon Ballot Almost rnmvdx i 1 the Oregon primary ballotingshow In Wie! his coWatulations to Hxartss streak anrf Porters claimed inatiok hW nom ination should now be nothiv? trend became more Ppsitive Sen Irving Ives iv said: ernn Victory Places Gov thD Very definitely ahead Ind hCnn the ncminstion Zured now Stassen Concedes Dewey led 85682 to 80 745 for Stassen with 1736 of 1861 pre cincts in The rio the hotly contested balloting in the state snapped singed the grand jury petition Be an ambitious young botanist in department of interior to session resolution signe to Chamber of said irr ih i ii'iu iv times i intensifying their effortto racorcTlA the government Clerk Ollie i yse i louowing Civic leaders are making tenta wei? Bn? to send a delegation to VVashington to add impetus MiIton Keat ing Chamber of Commerce secre tary manager indicated acts Are Cited In their letter to the agency commissioners pointed out federal aid is anticipated for the commun ity hospital in the amount of an proximately $350000 homliert it nv an Army photographer atormandyVrancThn1 ftCtL're of herself made by nnrwc ri 'lurmanay trance lhe picture shows Mrs Mini nurses are saa to be the first nurses to land at Normandy Signal Corps Photo A 1 '5 County commissioners Sat uiday took another step for ward in their efforts to obtain JO acres of government land north of erris avenue fof the new million dollar com munity hospital ormal Request Slade Cbmimssioner Emil Woesner re JohndTa Mtter has been sent to dem superinten dent of the Western Oklahoma Consolidated Indian agency mak foraial request that the Indian seU tha land to the prepared as com i miss oners signed a resolution ask 1 authorize interior to every one of the 122 who a farm near Woonsocket has bed turned lo alncd will be subpoenaed Mr Cline I2 1805 Cross attended mg final honors i one room rural schools to the eron college campus Graduation exercises have comnletprf Gr am Tzs 1 'OMJWU tins weeK dents completing 24 rural TeIsht county town high t1? WJ?" high so11001 and lunior high Douglass high school bt Mary school and the nine ele mentary schools' All county town schools have been dismissed County Superinten dent Clarence Scott reported A half dozen rural schools will com plete the term this week Commencement Set Wednesday night will be com mencement night for 192 Cameron college sophomores ort Sill In dian school seniors were graduated rnday night and graduation cere monies are scheduled this morning for St school seniors Graduation next ridav nbbt uougiass high school Lawton junior high school will bid farewell to some 270 ninth graders in promotion exercises Thursday morning John Shoemak er city school superintendent has announced most elementary schools will also have promotion programs that morning HUffh Ll 1 1 uigu suriooi principal Saturday announced names of 182 seniors who will the staRe t0 receive diplomas Thursday night BaccalaiirPQtzi a I i 4L Or 730 this evening in the high school with Dr Tom Wilesr irst Baptist church pastor as guest speaker Baccalaureate Program The baccalaureate program will include special music by a vocal en semble under direction of Miss Ira Jean Sn6w The group is to include Alice Bulghum Sue Worthen Kay isby Jan Gartrell Elizabeth Allison Jacquetta Davidson Thay er rankie reest Jeanette Bot kin Page Martha Wilrnvm 7Wrrl1if "NT 1 Lyndon Jackson will pive fl 1 tl tloorri muuiucauun oi tne re cent increase in the water rate appeared likely Saturday as newly elected councilmen continued unofficial discus sions with holdover members the administration Hutchins Silent Mayor George Hutchins de clined comment but observers forecast that he will relent his former stand and agree to the modification It was the vote of the mayor that broke the tie several months ago to pass an ordinance increasing the water rate from $2 to $3 per month our councilman who were elect ed the recent city primary ran on a platform of reducing the newly hiked water rate They took OTT1oo tbia Lt I I I ine mayor is a strategic posi tion If as many as three council men will vote with him he can override any attempt on the part of the new councilmen to reduce ivquires six members to the veto i newly appointed members of the finance committee pvaiponea each week a re jport on proposed raises for city That was originally one tof the purposes of the increasedwater rate I Compromise Seen knd of a compromise is reached it possibly will reduce tlie 'TUiL 1 Per month itself would be a concess 1 councilman who ran wJ? JmS Ot the old rte of 52 Per ePan3 for an egreement on tM tnerate is tied Ifl rlncoltr ttN 1 preparetions for the new fiscal Si See 2 Col 41 i Tass Takes Poke Al Stand Of May 22 official Russian News agenev lirrfav hkiMAj tt fnk uie united States for the present state of Russo Amprinan Wf AMaauuns i and said le attitude of the United government is not conducive i international af a "ews agency Tass released 13 page statement which it said i rejected attitude of leading C1raics in the Soviet Lf vS the spheres lnofadSTeenCnt Which had by Minister Josef a rapiy to an open let Xnited CTry A The 3 ate on I Th 9 detaded its own Position 4 tbesa Points charging that Rus settlements Jn each i' LA(fier C1fing the Russian position 1 Pomts Tass said: I boveT that has bpen said a Wfebove dls cear Who bears the re Sl Present ate of 1 reations 91 statement added that the ISt the a eition of State that Rus pre JESSE' RID AGAIKJ A I I lermea oy observers as one of thp lr Lawtons business district formprl li ious attempted to get a alimose of Cnl I if Qs thousands legendary Jesse Jaes At who pealed that he thfl muhu auiyeu our or controLand blocked his automobile xiic yuunu record in the office ifrt list 4 a inc LJLU Dersnnq snhnnnnnizi Glenn Stinson 903 Columbia Leon Maddox 702 13th Dan Bolton 911 Milam 1411 Gore 'Ralph Wertz 1602 ort Sill1 boulevard Wigington 202 East Walter Young 1505 Allen Bilbrey 1308 Elm Mr and Mrs Bob Byars Big Corner Wil liam A Munson 407 ifth Ira Baumwort 1707 Liberty Wirt Holsinger 1114 Maple Howard Ash Chambers the Glenn Dunks m408 rnitnTv eVery Person in the Clark Botkin 913 Dearbbrn and colTrtKfc Bruner 2007 advised Mr Montgomery they are offering al price of 5350 per acre plus $5 per acre for mineral rights in accord ance with the value set for public use by ederal Land bank apprais The resolution iiLuer Irt nov uw yMunan consioeration of ef forts to purchase the land for com munity purposes similar to resolu tions passed by the city council and Chamber of Commerce follows in WHEREAS heretofore the State Health Department for the State of Oklahoma conducted a survey (See Page 2 Column 7) Mrs Roosevelt May Resign UN POUGHKEEPSIE May 22 Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt wi dow of thn lafft nrsacizlAn L4 Saturday that she may goon relin quish chairmanuhln nf V4 U4C UllJLCU Nations human rights commission She told an audience at Vassar college that the work was now approaching the phase and indicated she believed leadership should be taken over bysomeone versed in international has been headed tion Ce lts Lawton Baby Is Struck By Aufo A 16 months old baby escaned with severe lacerations about the face head Lne struck by a car backing from drhmway here Saturdaymornng I nriX I Persons received I minor injuries in two other acci dents reported here I The child was Linda Kay Loth I Jmn TghtTeruOf and Mrs 8 ia" Lothrop 609 Summit Who was reported resting satis 1 tt0 at Southwestern hospital Saturday night I In a second traffic mishap Oli ver Hunt Apache received a se vere cut on his nose when the car winch he was a passenger ran into a parked truck about 300 yards north of the Porter Hili in bighway 82 riday Patrolmen said the car In Hunt was riding was (See Page 2 Col 3 Monday Assistant Attorney General Will Giv am THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION EST ABLISIIED AUGUST A ton LAWTON OKLA SUNDAY MAY 23 1948 i I rnct DAILY EDITION Jiirv Tn Start US Proposal To Brand (L Twenty citizens 'were sub Palestine War Breach Hli NABOR I I wish somebody would figgerout a way to trans plant aold fel ler's whiskers to the top his head W8 Sun and Time 4 western felt hat atop his sil very white crown Talks Briefly He gave the crowd the thrill they had been expecting After driving through the mass of people to a station just north of the court house he accepted a microphone and made a brief address When he was moved from his tourist court room Colonel Dalton refused to sit in the back seat ol lowing the tradition of his lif he wanted to be in the front geat1 i vThes automobile for the event tne Uiick Lock company and was driven by one of the owners Riding in the back seat was Joe Hunter Lawton who was on the trail of Jesse treasure for 15 years before he amazed the world by coming up with uimself Notes Changes I "This country has changed a lot WerOde In the hills of the Wichitas" the oldtimer told his eudience in a voice only athmrei xt wuisper Not once did he refer to the James family or attempt to deny or confirm th i ht xt un every 1 Vi is really Jesse kutuci ne eiecten tn tniu events of the early day which to day represent facts recorded In uie average person Determined to follow the an nounced schedule the colonel In sisted on making a tour on the where S'd tbe court house where again he addressed a group Tbe crowd quickly assembled to catch a fleeting glimpse of the old trawrth his flowing beard and sea blue eyes In estive Mood At his suggestion the car paused at a drive in while its occupants WI drinks The old chief laughed and joked with his companions during the brief pause tbe autoniobiie were Lee Howk close friend of the old and Mrs Emma Hardy Norman 72 who came from Atoka today to visit with the man she Irnain in sue was only 15 bi il 'vas Jesso James and his brother rank who came to her home at Greenbriar Ark to visit her father John Hardy They remained two days Unon nwnfinnu Dalton today she was amaJied that he recalled the incident vividly He things that aIe had Mrs Norman said she did not Page 2 Col 2 Years inal Programs Slated an Is ravored Asighting Rages lake success' May The United Nations security 'council Sat urday defeated an American proposal to declare the war in Palestine a breach of world peace Proposal Is Killed The action paved tlie way for the expected passage of a far mild er Britisli proposal that would call on Arabs and Jews to ceasefire within 36 hours but would not back this up with any threat of punitive action 1 The American formula would have ordered a cease fire under threat of possible UN economic and military actions in case Arabs or Jews or both refused to comply lhe American formula was ef defeated When tho council idn Paragraph brand th Palestin war a threat to th the Punitra section That 3ection onzes the use of sanctions ranging blockade t0 themse the in this key pars flVC nations voted in the affirmative two short of tha uXaryer tlkt wmied states the Ukraine rance and Colombia All six othe council members abstained Britain CrlttrNa yt: the fates warmakers Hn Weg8 AbdXi Jordan he oecmen tlm to support the TpOn 7 Austin scoffed au Ei of the fact Kaole View he said' making lrrkw a tri uracK passage of the estlnc the Pal i the w7v would open 1 sanction uscof economic rnvr 'unary torce bv the se Arabs or Jews nr het tueo comDly with usun pounded the council table liee Page 2 Col 2) Battle Stars Twinkle or Sill Mother North Africa Tunisia and Sicily are well known rcan i paigns to thousands of World War II veterans add to these the cam paigns of Normandy Northern rance Central Europe Rhineland and Ardcnnes Alsace for a brief resume of an army war experiences Miss rances arabough the army nurse who spent 35 months overseas as A gurainnl UUIDC W1LII the 128th Evacuation hospital can recount stories from these including a non combatant Love You Truly I venture with a young officer at Castle del Gulfo Sicily on Sept 22 1943 that utl name to Mrs John Mial Went Separate Routes The young couple first met at vriP and ab0it a year later saw each other in North Africa and decided that the little hoatterin Coast SiciIian city was the best place to say the A month ha went lu jihiv land En8dand In Eng Juia in the train ing of hospital units preparing for tlie invuemo re "xr I After landing at Normandv dav nine I nurses to land at 13 rim wiii vivn ravnMtles across rance she again invocation Rev McQueen XdthyTg zfficer (who had to Scripture read poenaed Saturday to be the first witnesses interrogated Monday afternoon by the grand jury when it is formed accordance with a petition from the people State Aid Due Ralph Cline county attorney said Saturday he had received a letter from Gov Roy Turner as suring him that a representative ot the attorney office will be here to assist in directing the' Jury Mr Cline said lie had not yet I been informed who will aid himJ but understands it will be one of three assistants who normally per form these duties They are Sam Lattimore Owen Watts and Harry Johnsnn ti stcofl that Mr Lattimore probably ysxx mu ciiKaKeu uirecttng a grand 144 4U153 vuiuuy The task of selecting 12 grand jurymen will be the first order of business Monday morning Twen ty four citizens have been notified by the court to report for jury ser vice Twelve names will be drawn in itially from a box These first ones called will Ha Hul LU determine if they can qualify Any one who disqualifies will be replaced in similar fashion Jackson To Preside District Judge loyd Jackson who called the grand jury for Mon day upon receipt of a petition from the people said the jury will be in session in the district court room ast grand juries have been con vened in private quarters obtain ed specifically for that purpose by the judge However Judge Jackson indicated he believes the jury will find more conventient to con duct its operations in the court room The procedure of selecting the jury Will be open to the public However when the jury takes its oath the sessions will be secret Mr Cline said the first 20 per sons subpoenaed are those who XJt: fore the grand jury completes its Lil HI 1 1 i 11 rM TT Tsar 4 gi 4 4 it if 1 i I 1 ''CC ITu'i 2 Onl I 1 ae 2 IQlWRIMRPf sflBM BRB 11 1 1 JI Miss your paper? 4 "1 JU a fc HHHk iSWl I I S' jp 111 lifl Io Ilk' I 1 way.