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Correspondence: War Department constructing an airport; closing of the local dry farming station; paving of Fort Sill Boulevard; the location of a national cemetery at Lawton; bus line competition between Lawton and Fort Sill; the improvement of 11th Street.

Correspondence: educational plant being constructed by the First Presbyterian Church of Lawton; possible construction of an airport; the proposed tunnel between Lake Lawtonka and Lake Elmer Thomas; Lawton as a site for a Veterans Administration office; the adequacy of water sources for Fort Sill.

Correspondence: federal fish hatchery transferred to Lawton; the purchase of Indian land north of Lawton; the War Department's future plans for Fort Sill; the construction of the First Christian Church in Lawton.

Correspondence: Lanham Act; the CAA airport project; the Travelers Aid-USO and the Colored USO; possible purchase of Indian lands; the Wildlife Refuge being open without paying fees to Lawton; Lawton possibly acquiring a Naval Reserve Unit; road damage to war time traffic from Fort Sill; veterans' educational facilities and an infirmary project at Cameron College.

Correspondence: closing of the experiment station; the dedication of the W. C. Austin irrigation project; the purchase of land north of Lawton and two USO buildings; movement of the Soil Conservation Department of the Indian service from Lawton; commercial air service for the Lawton-Fort Sill area; gifts of Lawton bulldogger hats for Senator Thomas and his friend Mr. Martin of England.

Correspondence: government land north of Lawton; a friend of Senator Thomas receiving a Lawton bulldogger hat; a residence on Gore Boulevard; leasing of businesses to the Indians; Lawton's use of the army hospital at Fort Sill; commercial airlines at Lawton; the hospital land amendment.

Correspondence: purchase of the land north of Lawton; problems between Lawton merchants and Fort Sill authorities; water and sewage facilities at Holy City; the paving of Lawton streets; the Kiowa Indian Hospital.

Correspondence: land transaction north of Lawton; the closing of the USO clubs; Elmer Thomas as a member of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce; commercial airlines servicing Lawton; a water line and related facilities to supply the Easter pageant area; difficulties dry cleaners are having securing business from Fort Sill.