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tlttlM i vwwrmi 4 3 ACE TWO fHI LAWTON (OKLA) CONSTITUTION riday Ivenlig May 27 1949 7i aid of I at City Youth Held its THE TELEPHONE NUMBER Telephone 137 to accomodate The Lawton Constitution At 5 AWNINGS Is June 19 umjuw a Auxier 1 Lawton and Lovd BirkmtafI lngs for the Only two or TP A innmripc had keen fnnaivAA Lawton 5 SPECIAL 1750 BEORE YOU BUY SHOP AT BERRY'S! BLACK Motor Co 2nd and Avenue Phone 2500 2) Avenue half brother and Burn did SV for of to in it to Two from up and nearby a win to 'the hams red Yeahquo and Zimmerman i INSULWOOL Smartly carved cameo set in rugged gold mount ing est'e selec pat Ex oursomo for smoother quicker thavM AC DC operation REMINGTON SHAVER $2350 USE YOUR CREDIT ARDMORE May Ard more crime was at a standstill to day as more than 300 policemen sheriffs and peace officers from over the state prepared to end their annual convention In most danger of being arrested during the convention were pros pective speakers Carter County Sheriff Howard Johnson threaten ed to take into custody mem ber or outsider who dares to make a speech or bring up a business Officers using fish hooks and baits as warrants also were trying to the fish at Lake Murray near here during this first outdoor convention One officer said all fish remaining in the lake at convention end will face a mass charge of dis turbing the peace This familiar looking object is not newspaper made doubly useful in a shower but is a scarf of waterproofed cotton designed by Brooke Cadwallader Place your or der now for new or re placement can vas awnings SWANK CU LINKS LEATHER WALLETS $350 Many style some sei with stones some inhraled CHARGE IT Tiger Eye CAMEO RING More Rain Seen or Oklahoma in rec inquiries naa been received The city council in response to petitions has called a special elec tion for June 14 when the citizens will determine whether they want to write a charter for the city If a majority cast ballots in fa vor of the measure freeholders elected in the special election will write a cnarter and submit the council within 80 days freeholders will be elected each ward Denver Used Car Dealer Swamped In One Cent Sale Posse Hunts (Contlnued from Page One) i drove into the Clarence Loe service station at Cache and told Mr Lee to When the tank was full the driver drove off with i out paying not even allowing Mr Lee an opportunity to put the gas cap back on the tank Sgt Clyde Awtrcy and Trooper loyd Hays of the Highway Pa trol were informed immediately of the infraction and took up the trail i A few minutes later just north ot tne skating rink at Craterville the suspect jumped out of the stol en automobile ran to a cabin and escaped through dow Into the underbrush west Sheriff Hale enlisted the airplanes provided by local flying enthusiasts to search for the pris oner He was accompanied this morning by Joe Howenstine who reported spotting a man In the area of the Boy Scout camp near Craterville Hale said that generally the sus pect fits the following description: he has reddish hair and a three day growth of beard wearing a White shirt and khaki trousers and about 5 feet 8 Inches tall and weighing about 140 pounds The officers hope to observe from the air to prevent the suspect from escaping from the brush and making his on the high way All last night officers were posted on the highway to effect a road block Searchlights were em ployed to illuminate the dark un derbrush During the night the officers found further proof that the sus pect was in hiding in the area northeast of Cache Traces of a fire that had been used to cook a young chicken were found A check was being made at ort Sill to determine if the suspect is an escapee from military confine ment rhe Best Gifts Th Be Had nuntpft) DM) An 18 year old Lawton youth was committed to the county jail Thursday in default of $2000 bond set by Justice red Kinmonth on charges of second degree forgery Arraigned Thursday in Kin court the youth waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to district court re cords show the suspect and two others were first arrested May 5 on charges of disturbance of the peace Having failed to pay his fine for disturbance he was again arrested May 23 The second degree forgery complaint is signed by Garvin local merchant Sill VW Club To Meet Saturday or Buffet Supper The General McNair Post No 5263 will meet at 7 Saturday in the VW club at ort Sill for a buffet dinner after which a scavenger hunt will be held Spa ghetti and meat balls and their ac companiments will be served All members are urged to parti cipate and prizes will be awarded St Joseph aspirin WORLD'S LARGEST SELLER AT 104 417 Avenue Phone 3350In The Jarold Shop EVER LESS? low as $445 Custom Made beat Covers South largest tlon of terns pert tailor ing from 'quality fab rip Convertible tops Happy Home Life Seen Essential The grandson of two Lawton families will be among graduates of the Sacred Heart Kindergarten of Duncan to receive their di plomas in a ceremony tonight He is Bryan Padgett III six year old son of Mr and Mrs Bryan Padgett Jr of Duncan The Law ton grand parents are Mr and Mrs Bryan Padgett of 1125 Cherry and Mr and Mrs Perry McWhorter of 805 The young graduates attired in white oops and gowns were guests of downtown Duncan business firms Thursday ather erdinand will deliver the commencement ex ercises Bryan Padgett Jr is a former Lawtonian He now is associated with Montgomery Ward in Duncan as the manager of the new furni ture department Out Continued rom Page One her father the late Swinney longtime city school superintendent Justin Kuntz school board clerk who worked with Mr Swinney for many years read the congratula tory letter from the donor who ex plained he was repaying a kind ness Mr Swinney had rendered him Other awards were conferred as follows: McClure chemistry award pre sented by Miss Lily Stafford to Don Cutler American Association of Uni versity Women's award in Ameri can history by Mrs Kennedy with 14 precision odroncM World's most wonted pen riends Raising Money To Buy Paralyzed Boy Television Set DAVENPORT bkla May riends of Billy Richardson 18 have started a fund drive to buy him a television set as an un official present Billy would have graduated from Davenport high school today but for an accident that paralyzed him in 1844 He dived from a bridge into Deep ork river thinking it was eight feet deep The water was only 16 inches and he broke his back He has been paralyzed from the shoulders down since Billy played right guard on the Davenport high school football team before the accident Payroll (Continued from Page One) as a clerk in the house Mrs Newberry delivered the $5350 to Mrs Michaels May 5 She explained she had intended to take it to hear earlier but forgot about It On a fourth count Mrs New berry was accused of failing to deduct the federal withholding tax on a $50 warrant issued to her son Newberry who worked 10 days as a page in the house The committee recommended this information be turned to the district attorney Two speed axle Size 1000 tires Looks like new Lowi mileage Sold new for $4000Now only Indian Land (Continued rom Page 1) gation who spent several days Washington many at their own expense were unanimous in their praise of Sen Thomas and Rep Morris and their staffs for the co operation given at all times A1R BUND Outside blinds Operate from in side without op ening window VEN ETIAN BLINDS Wood steel or aluminum Low price custom 1 made I DENVER May A Den ver auto dealer who advertised used cars for one cent each with purchase of another car at the regular price was swamped with business today Elwood Edwards the dealer calls the cars He started the sale on the first day of the states fish ing season Edwards got the idea from the one cent sales long conducted by drug and cosmetic manufacturers He said he believes he is the na first auto dealer to try the plan He advertised the sale yesterday and today and was ringing up sales almost as soon as the papers hit the streets Last night he made 28 sales 20 of them one cent spe cials Edwards said the cars were not the latest models but usually sold for about $200 to $250 Some of them are 1837 models In order to buy one of the penny specials customers must purchase a new or late moael used car the regular price OKLAHOMA CITY May (IP) patrol officials today were asking a second group of would be troopers about their wives and and a lot of other things The interviewers were prying into the personal lives of the ap plicants on the theory men with domestic troubles make good troopers The first group went up for examination yesterday The screening board is headed by Safety Commissioner Paul Reed Other interviewers include Assist ant Safety Commissioner Thaxton Patrol Chief Low ery and Patrol Captains Ralph Thompson Dale Petty and Norman Holt The applicants were undergoing stringent physical examinations at patrol headquarters They must also pass a driving test to prove they can drive in the manner they will be expected to promote on state highways Applicants being interviewed to day include: Charles High Walters David Jones Roosevelt Gerald Abbott Snyder Everett A Auxier By United Preess Scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers expected in Ok lahoma during the next five days will deposit rain averaging one half to three fourths of an inch over the state the weatherman predicted today Meanwhile the highway depart ment reported 15 roads still closed or limited to light or one way traf fic over the state due to recent storms Northeast Oklahoma escaped more rains yesterday and last night but many western Oklahoma points reported small amounts of moisture Cityan's Grandson To Be Graduated In Duncan Rites Ganulno leather sturdily crafted plenty of room CHARGE IT to Jacquetta Driggers i Schubert club music award by Mrs James A Black to Edwin Harris Lions club award for athlete with highest scholarship by Glenn Beck er to Neil Donley i club best athlete award byh Coach Glenn Dosser to Delpheus Winkleman Kiwanis club scholarship award by Gilbert to Neil Donley' Carolyn Hunt club homemaking award by Mrs Ruth Spencer to Jan Hutchins 4 Presents Award Veterans of oreign Wars award to A boy with highest scholar ship by Rust to Rusty Ramey uture Homemaking award to' Miss Carrie isher to Phyllean No lan Hook American Legion citizenship award by Art Young to Richard Carmichael Legion" auxiliary citizenship award by Mrs Grace razier to Peggy Loud In bidding farewell to his seniors Principal Hugh Bish reminded them is no substitute for real knowledge and your charac ter what is in your heart will continue to be your greatest as set John Shoemaker city school su perintendent introduced board ot education members and Mr Kuntz Roy Burt board president confer red the diplomas as candidates were presented by Mrs Opal ord speech department head Promotion exercises for 58 Lin coin school sixth graders were con "i Thursday in the school au ditorium Mrs Louise williams principal reported today The closing program Included a guitar solo by Leslie Lusk a mu sical reading by Bryan Dun lap and two selections by tne sixth "grade chorus Dreamer" and Wings of Song" Choristers directed by Kathrine Burnett were Irene Atchison Bet ty arrow Carrell Tallent JackCarter Oleta Wainscott Colleen Poindexter Mike Russel and Jlm my Gollimore Award presentations were an nounced as follows: David Stovall representing Low ery Whitehead Post 29 American Legion and auxiliary citizenship awards to Bryan Dunlap and La velle Davis Mrs Louise Williams ACE awards to outstanding fifth grade boy and girl Myrna Kay Langley and Roger Mikeal Dave King coach track awards to boys who participated in the re cent community tournament The principal made the' official promotion Students promoted whose sixth grade teachers have been Mrs Lala Ward and Mrs Iva rene Williams included: Irene Atchison Ruth Belcher Hattie Carlton Jack Carter Emma Cartright Dorothy Cast Burl Cast lebury Virginia Caudill Gloria Chandler Gary Conner Phyllis Cook Louise Cooper Edrie Cul lins Billy Cummings Lavell Da Vis Bryan Dunlap Betty arrow Tex aulkner Jimmy Gallimore Elma Garrison Anna Gilly Mary Gonzalez Larry Groce Tony Guinn Bobby Hamm Arthur He wett Jimmy Hughes Bobby John son Novella Johnson Gene Jones Paul Landers Donald Langley Vina ay Lawson Sherry Lee Charles Lewis Leslie Lusk De lores Martin Barbara Newman Paul Nicklas Durwood Parks Col leen Poindexter Charlotte Rags dill Emma Rein wand Melvin Holding Mike Russell Bobby Speck Mar garet Smith Roy Sullins Carrell Tallent Maunan Taylor Donald Vowell Oleta Wainscott Jimmy Walden Burt Walden Peggie Wig gins Joan Whitlock Jerry Wil Jerry CHAMPION ARCHER Ann Marston 10 British junior champion carries her arrows on a New York pier after arriving on the liner Washington to Join her father In Detroit Roll Curtains Auto Upholstery and Tarp Repair Slats Wood Awnings 1 22 Matched Patterns in Beautiful Drapery Materials urniture Upholstery Slip Coven Duratlle Metal Wall TU chance for an early vote on legaliz Wets were wrung out finally in the Senate Thursday by a 25 17 roll call turning down a resolu tion to submit repeal at the Sept 27 special election It was the last of many "death the issue has received in its turbulent life during the 22nd session Each time it has raised its head for one more try Served as you like it! AMILY STYLE MEALS 3 times a day! WILLIAMS blNING ROOM 612 Ave Phone 2067 PARKER SET $1975 Prosecution Rests In Briggs Ouster (TP) The prosecution rested ouster case against Sheriff Eddie Briggs shortly before noon to day It closed out its testimony by re calling red (Slim) Payne ad mitted bootlegger to the stand to tell of protection payments he al legedly made to the sheriff dur ing the first term which ended Jan 2 Earlier the prosecution present ed witnesses to tell the district court that five prisoners In a jail break April 28 were gone more than an hour before jailers dis covered their absence Defense Attorney Mount castle sai dhe would argue at the arternoon session the point whether evidence pertaining first term could be used the ouster proceedings Mr and Mrs Weller 404 ort Sill Boulevard Has Been Changed from 623 to 59 Sixth Grade Pupils Promoted In Lincoln Rites Repeal Backers Cling To Hopes OKLAHOMA CITY May (LP of repeal finding the cork too tight to pull out in the legislature looked to the State five trains proceeded at Supreme court today as their last I Pace into Berlin yesterday through Half Brother In Guam Rape Death GUAM May Pvt vin Dennis 27 Seguin Tex who has been sentenced to death for his part in the rape murder of pretty Ruth arnsworth last De cember today accused his half brother and another soldier of raping her 'Dennis testified In' the 'trial of the third soldier involved Sgt Robert Burns 32 Spokane Wash His half brother Pvt Herman Dennis 20 Calvert Tex was sen tenced to death at an earlier trial Dennis said he drove the weapons carrier into which the unconscious girl was thrown after she was i struck down in the Jade shop 1 where she worked nights He denied taking part in the rape but said nis Ardmore Host To State Officers More CIO (Continued rom Page One) suspect was cleared last night The maker of the gun the Stevens Arms company Chicopee alls Mass reported that it was one of 2000 of the same model manufactured In ebruary The serial number on the gun was the same on each of four lots of the model Chief of Detectives Jack Harvill said that if any additional informa tion can be obtained by taking the gun to the manufacturer he will order it flown to Massachusetts He pointed out that the fact the gun was made in ebruary ruled out the posibility that it could have been the same gun used 13 months ago in a similar attempt to kill brother Walter Reuth er president of the 1000000 mem ber UAW Police released ord Motor com pany striker Charles Barabash 47 who had been held for investiga tion Detective Henry Russell said drunken mutterings about a some 14 hours before the attack stemmed from misinformation gathered from a friend bor you have learned to work with your neighbor and to play with your neighbor This Is an ingred ient sadly lacking in many of the larger cities and you will be bet ter men and women for this most desirable MR KEOUGH cited Southwest Oklahoma as the ideal area for young citizens to pursue rich useful lives as you search for your niche in life that the grass is green at and you are needed Treadway school board president diplomas as seniors were presented by Mr Smart The graduates are Colleen Bishop Betty Jean Goodman Lynn Greenwait Chester Horse Leonard Hutson Alene Jackson Beverly Johnson Herman Miller Elton Pahcheka Jr Sherman Stewart Nicholas Tahchaw wickah Paul Wegei Jr end Kathleen Tread away Worley Robert Gemmell high school principal called honor students forward for special recognition in cluding Scholarship pins to' outstanding students for each upper class Aud ie Wayne Woodard seventh grade Judith Cunningham eighth grade Mary Cook ninth grade Charlene Boydston 10th grade and Connie Trest 11th grade Valedictorian and salutatorian pins to Lynn Grepnwalt and Leon ard Hutson American Legion citizenship awards to Sally Rowe and Buck Adams as outstanding eighth grade graduates and Beverly Johnson and Lynn Greenwait as best all around senior students Cache townspeople had turned out last August to watch their building burn They turned out in October to vote a $44000 bond is sue The town rallied Thursday night to settle proudly into thp structure which has again become the hub of community activities Young Old Hit Record High WASHINGTON May (AP) very young (under five) and the (over 65) both reached record highs in number during 1 1848 the census bureau reports There were 15106000 children un der five and 10850000 persons above 65 out of a total population of 146571000 last" July 1 the bureau said The median age was 298 years signifying that half the population was older the other half younger than that The median for men alone was 294 years against 302 for women The overall median age figure was the same in 1948 as a year earlier reflecting what the bureau called a "temporary in a long time tendency toward a heav ier proportion of old people Cache Graduates Continued from Page One could have a full basketball schedule They didn't gush last night and they excited about the new building But there was a stir of justified community pride as the crowd streamed into the building neatly marked "auditorium gym nasium" RJIANY patrons were there to see1 their sons and daughters graduate or perform in the pro gram Their pride was matched by' others who just came to be a part of the new first com mencement one smiling businessman explained "No I don't have any one graduating tonight Then turning to his wife he murmured "It looks even better tonight than at baccalaureate Incoming parents and friends stopped to peer into the bare room which will be a modern school lunchroom by next fall They look ed approvingly at the shining ma roon stage curtains The audience mind the four light bulbs which furnished overhead Illumination because ev erybody knew the big new light fixtures will go into nlace snon They paid little attention to the bare base planks on the floor be cause the new oak flooring is piled up ready for installation right away AAA Ilnt I U4 LUC UC $67000 is incorporated in that building to date but the patrons thinking about money Thursday night They were listening to a com mencement speaker say "It's sym bolic that this class should be graduated tonight from this new building EMMETT KEOUGH news paperman representing neighbors at Lawton gave the ad dress He was the one who took pictures there last fall when Cache was pitching in to meet the school emergency a lesson to be learned he told the seniors The fire was a serious blow yet it welded the community together into con centrated action leadership arose to meet the crisis and out of it came this new and perhaps finer it will be in life In the business and professional world there are many disappointments Yet oftentimes a bitter disap pointment will bring out in an in dividual new self confidence new fibers of character and leadership and a fuller cup of Emphasizing the fine back ground a midwestern town offers its youth he continued "Here in CtCche you have learned first hand the value of community action You have seen its fruits No matter where you take roots in later life the community lessons you have learned here will make you better men and better citizens in Cache you have learn ed to know your neighbor you have learned to respect your neigh 1948 ORD 3 TON TRUCK TRACTOR reeholder iling A (Dick) Jones pioneer Lawtonian who has served several terms as the chief executive indicated today he probably will file for office as a candidate for freeholder from the third ward At noon there had been no fil Lawton Tent Awning Co Phon 436 Bids Due June 1 On Road Projects OKLAHOMA CITY May (IP) Bailey? state highway di rector said today 41 projects in 27 counties estimated to cost $3 151405 will be subject to bids at the June 7 meeting of the highway commission Included are 138 miles of high way and bridge construction Thirteen primary road jobs divid ed into 19 projects call for 58 miles of paving four bridges and three culverts At an estimated cost of $2251186 This includes 36H miles hard surface paving Blds also will be received on twenty two farm to market and county road jobs consisting of 86 miles of construction three bridges a bridge repair and four culverts Hope Held (Continued rom Page 1) west marks Instead of Russian ucuAtu currency The new Soviet move tied nasspntrpr mitito 1 1 mnii ana freight trains between Helmstedt and Berlin But the Russians al lowed some American and British passenger trains through yesterday after the western powers had pro tested that one them lacked ruvuaLuiis ana arinking water Clocks Draped (Continued trorn Page One) this morning The Senate passed non controver sial bills at the rate of one every 10 minutes during the first two hours of its final session but the pace was expected to slow when controversial legislation reached the floor Several measures supported by Sen Arthur Price received first consideration so Price could be ex cused for special duty in the en rolling and engrossing department ast exchange ot measures be tween the two houses vital on this final day was assured with the assignment of the Tulsa senator as a special supervisor over the department Bills receiving final annroval in eluded measures prohibiting the use of white canes except by blind persons providing that state board of health members will be paid their expenses in attending meet ings or for travel in I Ih with their dnKoa auu SCWU stricter regulations o'ver the light ing of trucks and other vehicles at night Other Bills Cleared The House passed without diffi culty the bill to combine the purchasing of state agencies and institutions under the board of affairs Colleges and uni versities are not covered in the bill Bills receiving early approval in the House included measures ap propriating $25000 to establish a pecan experiment station in Lincoln county to be operated by Oklahoma A and college and $30000 for a cancer control program to be ad ministered by the health depart ment Also sent to the governor was a measure returning $28000 in un used funds from the defunct elec trical board to the general fund The House must also decide whether to follow the lead in repealing immediately $5000 salary increases for supreme court justices and judges of the criminal court of appeals The central pur chasing bill is likewise on the cal endar for final action The calendar is jammed with bills recommended by the chil code commission a measure extending the legislative investiga tion of pension leader Ora ox the issue of allowing Negroes to attend white institutions for cer tain courses and changes in judicial proceedings for com pensation cases Repeal of prohibition will not be an issue on the last day of the leg islature The resolution calling for a vote at the Sept 27 election was killed by the Senate yesterday 25 to 17 The two houses must agree dur ing the day on the type of legis lative council it wants during the interim between sessions A con 1 ference will work out the details 'The administration is interested I in a bill to increase the cosmetology I board from three to eight members A bill to repeal the runof pri mary in Oklahoma ran into a wall of resistance in the House yes terday and was virtually killed ELGIN Deluxe 17 JEWELS Only wckh with the famed DuraPower Malr pHfig )p foodstuffs and drinking ive trains proceeded 1 inft Phrlin I lillliugu switch blocks from which Soviet strikebreakers had been pulled ear lier Abandonment of the switch blocks made it impossible to move the trains into yards where turntables were located These switches originally were manned by west Berliners who struck against the Soviet Railway administration I IHHK org Count i A nan raa i 111 i Considering VW: If Suspect Accuses I I i 1 rjs'tc it1' a '1 Uli I III III I Uli 7 "Tinflrtr rn rhiniMnrtrmraii a L' 1 I Igl A wL I WjW 1 VW' vL I Demi's lie 5 St Joseph aspirin WORLD'S LAJ1GEST SELLER AT 104 Si.