Volume 10 , Issue 22

December 24, 1946 News Headlines - ARC

Some of the headlines in The Alva Review-Courier, Alva, OK, Tuesday, December 24, 1946, went something like this: "State Traffic Death Total Is Increased," "Russians to Keep Control of Port Until Treaty Signed," Alva Closes Deal to Get Camp Property," "Funeral Rites Pending For Mother, Son," No Snow For Xmas Is the Forecast," "Police Judge is Fined by Himself," and "Houston Creek Bridge completed."

The headline: "Alva Closes Deal to Get Camp Property" had to do with the project for the City of Alva to secure possession of the former Prisoner of War camp site a mile south of town. The project was completed after members of the committee voted with the War Assets Administration district headquarters in Tulsa Monday. The deal was closed with purchase price for the 150 buildings on the property, and it will become final when it is issued in Washington.

The committee arranged details concerning all phases of the prisoner of war camp salvage project. A meeting had been called for Thursday night at which time the citizens who posted as to how the lenders were to make the payment for the buildings and selected a committee to assume the responsibility of salvaging such buildings, materials and equipment as they deem advisable.

At that time it was expected that there was to be sufficient items to enable them to be able to supply a wide area with critical building material.

It was reported that, "The city last week (Dec., 1946) receive a priority to buy both the buildings and the land on which the camp is located but the land's not expected to be offered for sale for some time."

It was also reported, with time too short to call for a bond election and the city did not have the necessary funds, a group of citizens agreed to "underwrite" the project with the money to be repaid out of proceeds of the salvage operations with the property to belong to the city after they have been repaid. -- December 24, 1946 News Headlines - Alva Review-Courier, Alva, OK.
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