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The El Reno Daily Tribune
jingle Copy, Five Cents
Roosevelt At
'His Desk Again
After Vacation
First Husincss Today
Is Conference With
Leaders in Congress
WASHINGTON. May 8 — <U.R>—
[resident Roosevelt, rested and eager
pr government tasks after four
[eeks in South Carolina, waded
|do his White House desk work
'day ready to defend Ills seizure
f Montgomery Ward and Cont-
ain’s Chicago plant.
He returned to Washington by
rain yesterday from Bernard M.
laruch's sprawling seacoast planta-
.011 'near Oeorgetown. S C. It*
[3.000 acres lie hi a carefully pre-
~rved section.
His vacation was one of sunbath-
tig, much sleep and poor fishing.
Ice Admiral Ross T. Mclntirc,
hltc House physician, was enthu-
tnstlc over his patient's recupera-
lon.
First major While Hous. business ;
'day was a conference with Demo-
cratic congressional leaders— the |
lg four—in which Mr Roosevelt
as expected to outline his leglsla- I
Ivc plans for the few weeks congress I
•ill remain In session before next :
onth's recess over the national !
political convention period.
"In Fine Health"
Speaker Sain Rayburn. House Ma-
orlty Leader John W. McCormack
if Massachusetts, Senate Majority j
reader Alben W Barkley of Ken-
ucky and Vice President Henry A
(U.R) MEANS UNITED PRESS
FI Reno, Oklahoma, Monday, May 8, 1944
AFTER TOO READ
THE TRIBUNE
SAVE IT
For The Next Salvage Drive
OP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRE88
El Reno Marine
* ^
“t *
Private Nelson O’Nan, of 237
North Donald avenue. El Reno, prac-
tices with dummy amunttion to speed
up hts rifle loading technique. Pri-
vate O'Nan is stationed temporarily
with the marine corps rifle instruc-
tion unit at Camp Matthews. San
Diego. Calif, where he is receiving
part of Ids recruit training. O'Nan
was graduated hi 1937 fropi EH Reno
highachool where he was a promi-
nent member of football and wrest-
ling squads (United 8t«tes marine
coips photo.)
Ceremonies Set
At Air School
Posthumous Awards
To Bp Made Saturday
Jt%^ffensives
In lhv\China
Are Sfep^d Up
Heavy Enemy Losses
Are Reported In
Iniphal-Kohima Sector
BY ASSOCIATE!* PRESS
Japanese land armies stepped up
the pace of their offensives in
India and China but in the Dutch
East Indies an eight-ship Nip
ponc.sc convoy was unable to dodcc
allied aerial might.
Today’s communique aid the
Japanese, with only a few days re-
maining before the drenching mon-
soons set In, have opened up a
strong offensive hi the Imphsl
Kohlma sector nf northeastern
India.
The communique did not name
objectives of the oifen.ivr and
commented only that the enemy is
suffeting heavy losses.
Japs Near toyang
The fall of the historic rlty of
Loyang. In China's northern Honan
province appeared imminent. Jap- |
aese columns had advanced with-
in six miles of the Chinese base.
But In the southwest Pacific j
the alllps held control. Night fly-
ing patrol bombers caught a des-
troyer shepherding seven freighters '
east of Celebes In the Diitch East
Indies Friday night and gave the
ships a heavy plastering.
Aleutian-based planes pounded
Paramushiro and Shumushu in the
northern Kurile islands Friday
night and central Pacific planes
Did You Hear
r|MIE yak leaf cluster. In lieu of
A an additional air medal, was
awarded Apr. 21 to Technical
Pergeant BartheJ J. Classen of
Okarche, serving as an aerial
gunner with the 13th U. 8. army
Ur forces in the .south Pacific
area.
Seigent Jack H Mitchell, son
of Mr and Mrs. Charles H
Mitchell, 1017 South Bickford
avenue, serving with a ground
crew of the army air forces,
has been transferred from Africa
to India.
First Lieutenant Loyal L. Con-
rad, serving in the army medical
corps, was among the officers
who were graduated May 4 from
the medical Held service school
at Carlisle Barracks. Pa„ and
who now are qualified for duty
with troops ’in the field after
six weeks of intensive training.
Lieutenant Conrad, son of Dr.
and Mrs. L R. Conrad. FI Reno
reformatory, received his M D
degree Ironi the University of
Oklahoma at Norman.
Volume 53, No. 59
Dewey Tightens Mrs Robin St8als a Rug
His Control Of
Party Delegates
Two posthumous awards will be
presented In ceremonies at Mus-
allace were Invited to the White tang Field on Satuiday. May 13 it j b** Ponape in the eastern Carolines
louse conference was announced today by Ueuten- TL”1""* ,hP Mar-
Mclntire said Mr Roosevelt was | ,»> w.._ shH,,s
■to perfectly fine" health and In „ ** **d ' pb relations a roinmulquo disclosed other lighi
Is opinion, had thrown off all i °ff Cer al tl,p pllot sch0°* ; aerial activity thimighout the rest
races of the bronchial and sinus I To 8etond Lieutenant Arthur I the theatre Filth air force
Supporters Insist
Nomination Certain
On Opening Ballot
WASHINGTON. May 8 — (U.R>-
Oovernor Thomas E. Dewey of
New York today has a substantial
claim on first or second ballot
votes of upward of 480 delegates of
those so far elected to the Repub-
lican national convention.
His nomination daily becomes
more likely.
Some of Dewey's supporters con-
fidently insist that he will have a
comfortable majority of first ballot
votes when the delegate-election
process is completed and before the
convention meets There will be
1.058 votes in the convention. A
bare majority of 530 is sufficient
hi nominate a Republican presi-
dential candidate.
Bricker Campaigning
Formally committed Dewey dele-
gates. however, number between 50
and W) This year has been notable
for less formal although persuasive
commitments. Governor John W.
Bricker of Ohio will about equa'
Dewev in committed delegates after
next Tuesday's Ohio primaries The
governor will get the entire 50-vote
Ohio delegation. Tile 52 Ohio dele-
M_. , . „ ; 'be Dfinncr a' |( nation.I
MrsJ. A Gamer, executive secre- I convention will be for a fourth
term.
Bricker lias not been intlmidu'cd
b.V the early show of Dewrv
from the stage of the El Reno high- !
...»___ | Haiold F Staasen, former gover-
nor of Minnesota, remains an
Mrs. Garner
Given Award
Presentation Made
During Broadcast
tary of the Canadian county Red
Cross chapter, was presented an
award of merit for her outstanding
war work during a radio broadcast
school at 9:30 a. m. today.
"Who stole the rug?" "I." said Mrs. Cock Robin. And that's what
happened, as the photo shows. Mrs. L. H Brown of Cleveland. Ohio,
airing her kitchen rug. threw It over the porch rail Mrs. Robin, looking
for a new apartment, decided it made an ideal spot and moved right
In. The Browns have given up the rug for as long as it takes to bring
up little robins, as ttiere Biready are three pale blue eggs in the nest
Attention Given \ Traffic Deaths
To Underground Are Increasing
SaholHKe Can Help
Allies in Invasion
31 Pedestrians Are
Among 101 Victims
BV UNITED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY. May 8—(UR)
The Increased attention which j —Traffic accidents In Oklahoma
both the Germans and the allies, have killed 101 persons this year.
rotations which plagued him I w Joyner, navigator of a B-26
hrough the winter and early spring. | blaiic. w ill be awardc 'i the air
“o make scientifically certain. Me- I rap<li'1 wtth two “»k leaf clusters,
ntlre planned n thorough physical I *^,p award Fill be made to his
irlieck this week. (father, the next of kin, Arthur
Hardly ha. the special presidential 1 ^ Joyner, of Arapalio.
rain slopped rolling yesterday To staff Sergeant Thomas E
looming than Secretary of State Johnson, for the destruction of one
nrdell Hull went aboard Mr. Rno.se- ! enemy aircraft while serving as a
feh s car to welcome him home crewman In a bombardment inis-
ull lode with the president to the i 'Ion over continental Europe, will
7bile House They had an oppor- I be awarded the air inedal with
unity to canvass some of the more | one oak leaf cluster. The award
reusing international problems. will be made to the next of kin.
Comment Expected 1 mother. Mrs Agnes Roesen,
The president came home to « °* Clinton.
Presentation was made during avowedly receptive candidate and Rre pay*,,K 10 tbe underground in com pared to 91 for the same period
the "Women Commandos" program. Representative Everett nirk.srn ''be oca,Dle<1 countries of Europe nf 1943 Hie state highway patrol
bombers ranged over a l(*0-mlle ™°«*i by the Oklahoma Natural (Republican. Ill * is campaigning '* not the lpast of thp «»*» that reported today.
stretch of the northern New Ouinea J“* rompany at its regular broad- but has entered no primaries There
coast to drop more than 50 tons L!', , ,"m s,'allon WKT. Oklahoma Is a long shot scattering of fav-
of bombs on enemy installations | y I orite sons,
from Wewak io Hansa bay Satur- ! Mayor B T Marshall Introduced , Baraer* Ceittede Nothing
day Mrs Gamer to Miss Julie Beneli.' Bricker. however
Allied bombers also penetrated producer and director of "Women
Dutch New Ouinea and the East | Commandos," and. during an Inter-
Indies above Australia Mnknier j v*ew with Mrs. Garner, dtscused her
airdrome on Biak island in Oeelvfnk outstanding work that has been done
bay. 450 miles west of Hnllandi.i. I *or **,p Cross,
was attacked again Saturday, and War Bond Presented
the communique revraled that an Mrs. Gamer was presented with
allied bomber was last the lire- j two dozen roses, a war bond, a
vlous day hi combat with cneni| fold merit badge and a certlflcate f er than if he had become
highers
is the prin-
cipal ch«l>naer to a Dewey walk-
over and hts backers concede noth-
ing to the New Yorker The Ohioan
in conducting the only sustained
campaign and this week will speak
in Nebraska. Iowa and Wisconsin
the dav of invasion Ls near It also Among the victims were 31 pedes-
tndteates that the underground is ex-| lr,ans' compared to 20 for the
pected to play an important part ipntirp f,rst. flvP months of last
In aiding the invasion. j ypar-
The ability of the underground AccldplU fatalities for the first
to furnish tangible military aid SPVpn days of May rose to seven
Is difficult to assay exactly and ' comParpd to two for the first week
It is easy to over-estimate it There I of tbttt 1943 month
is the matter of arms and equip- Twenty-five of the 101 victims
ment. which are scanty and mostly Ithis yPar welp 19 years old or
non-existent The allies probably [ voun*er• P*»trol records show.
Strong as his showing has been j arp not poun,ing ou much in that
v) far. Dewey's position is weak- | d,rectlon- except perhaps to some I ®TROUD ( Mil it KIM.ED
urbulent labor situation and be-
fore the week Ls out. he probably
-111 have .something to say on the
implicated situation arising from
government seizure of Montgomery
Hard, an action ahead under con-
gressional investigation.
In the field or foreign alfairs. he
heduled early conferences with
Jndersecetlar.v of 8tate E R Stet-
llinlus. Jr.. Just back from a mission
■o Iondon. and Ambassador Averell
HatTlman. who was a suprisc
arrival last week from his post at
'Moscow.
Tlie.se were the more immediate
Imalters at presidential hand, but the
biggest Items on the agenda were
1941 political decisions and the long-
ttont invasion »t ■ . . _
Flirope There were as many poten- IzHDOT NOllUnl r OT
Hal headaches in these two Items as I wr
lln all the other White House prob- l\HI1SaS F HnilerS
[lems put together I
Mr Roosevelt was In better phys- TOPEKA. Kan.. May 8 -(U.Fi—
leal sha|ie to cope with his grinding Oovprnor Andrew Schoeppel todaj
The awards will be made in j
ceremonies which will begin at 3
p. m. Saturday Ht the field, five
miles southwest of El Reno. There
will be a parade by the cadets of I
the 2554th army air forces base |
unit of the central training com-1
mand. during which the presen-
tation ceremonies will take place.
The ceremonies will be open to the
public.
The air medal is awaioed to
persons serving In Hie army who
distinguish themselves by meritor-
ious achievement while In flight
Instead of additional awards of
the atr medal, oak leaf clusters
are added.
Higher Income
Tax Is Noted
Vandenberg Declares
Many Will Pay .More
WASHINGTON May 8
-<>Ti—
official routlue than he has been in
|h long time, and hla physician In-
tended to fix a schedule that will
keep him fit.
C rash Victims
Leave Hospital
Frank Sprnrer 50, and Bill Ftke.
18 both of Yukon, who were In-
jured In an automobile accident
near Yukon the night of Apr. 29.
have been dismissed from the El
Reno sanitarium, attendants re-
ported today Spencer returned to
his home Sunday while Pike left
th- sanitarium Saturday night
Spender received neck and head
Injuries and a broken left arm
w'hlle Pike suffered scalp lacera-
tions.
toy'd Sellers, 18. son of Mr. and
Mrs W»lter Seller*. Yukon, was
killed In the same accident He died
about three hours after the auto-
mobile he was driving left the
prfvement and overturned.
Charles F vian. 21. Yukon, the
fourth occupant of the car. re-
eel ved only minor injuries In the
accident.
dascribed the farm labor situation
In Kansas as “Increasingly ser-
ious." and predicted It would de-
teriorate further
A statewide campaign to aug-
ment the farm labor supply was
to get underway at Holton tomor-
row will the first of a series of
on the home front. It was pointed
out by Miss Beneli. who stated Mrs
Garner "certainly Ls representative
of these three qualifications "
She also was presented with a
silver bowl, engraved to her as a
Woman Commando."
A short concert by the El Reno
highschool band, directed by Leo
Senator Arthur H Vandenburg! Murray, preceded the broadcast
• Republican Mtchigani declared to- Members of the Squaws and Pep-
day the new tax simplification bill . 'rl'^'*’* pep c,ubs- w,l°
assisted in receiving guests on the
increases income taxes somewhat stage were Nadine Koerner. Billie
for persons without, two or more Hawkins. Shirley aillllan, Barbara
children and “I don't see how you Colt Helen Thontpaon and Jo Ann
can Justify raising 1944 taxes on Roa<*’
Others Partielnate
anybody unless it is absolutely U.- After the broadcast, r^eshmenta
dispensible to simplification " were served to all guests attending
Vandenburg's comment was ai **’•* broadcast by Miss Mildred
the first meeting nf the senate fin- I clar*t’ Mls-s Pauline Sherwood and
ance committee on the unanimously ^***, ? thp ho,np
. . , service department of the Oklahoma
approved house measure. Commit- Natural Gas company. Thy were
teemen generally Indicated approval assisted by a group of students from
of the plan ’ Mrs Donald Richardson's hlgh-
Colin F Stain, head of the joint "Ch^1 ,,ompni"k'ns classes. Includ-
rongresstonal tax staff, said he Ru' 1 A,ln HamPt°n. Mary Ellen
Wagner. Margaret
of award naming her as one of the avowed candidate. Scores of dele-
outstanding "Women Commandos" gates were chosen without instruc-
of Oklahoma The name "Women Hons but who individually have
Commandos" stands for efficiency, j expressed a preference for Dewey
preparedness and worthwhile effort, or whose state party organization
or leaders have indicated that he
would be their choice.
$210,000,009,000 Is
Temporary Figure
WASHINGTON. May 8 —(Ab-
TTie house ways and means com-
mittee approved today a bill boost-
ing the public debt celling from
*210.000.000.000 to $240,000,000,000
after the administration, confronted
pxtent in the mountain regions of AUTOMOBILE
southern and southeastern France 1 STROUD. Mav 8—njPt—Howard
Some Are in llllta °n'p Arthur. 22-month-old son of
Some organized bands are at Mr and Mrs F’ranlt George Ar-
large In the hills there and should1 thur was ktllpf1 whpn ,l''> walked
be of some value, especially If *nto **'e of a car after leav-
they are reinforced by alr-bome! in* the nursery of the Baptist
allied troops and supplied with ichurch herp yesterday morning,
additional equipment The P®ren^ were attending the
Otherwise, patriots can fumtah | 'nd h,d the
great, material aid through sabo- ,dh the n“rsPJy Unn°tl'’ed
tage. especially a^lnst communl-
cations The work of allied bomb- * m t£ ,°f bulldtnK and
ers against rail junctions, switching:
yards, bridges, tunnels, etc., can be, Hp was n,n 0VPr by a Par driven
supplemented by determined Indl- iby Ellzabeth Sue Evans. 18, of
vtduals and groups who can do 8,r*ld- saM she never saw
specific damage to vital Installations!,bp bov unt11 shp fp,t a Jolt and
which are a matter of hit-and-miss K°^ ou* ,spp what had happened
In attack* from the air. | -—--—-
These men know exactly what Is j |<';irm I >1 ■ I ( |l|>U| ll<r
to be donr. snd where They need al 1,1 llll”
no tell-tale maps or drawing* and I{|||nw Hssviwstsl
mi(nirll«. k.. I 8WIIIX . llrV IM (I
had their instruction* by |
grapevine from local or regional' OKLAHOSA CITY. Mav 8—(UP)
bodies which are surprisingly well- j ^Farmers butchering and selling
organized in spite of the gestapol Pork, veal and mutton are no
by vigorous Republican opposition, and local "collaborators" or tral- [ longer affected by rationing, but
receded from an original request * ! those selling beef must collect red
Djimfiirc from Fire
Fstimalcfl at $50
Damage was estimated at about
$50 after a fire ahortly before
noon today In the kitchen of the
reatdence at A1S Sunset drive, ac-
cording to tcRoy Eearcy, fire chief.
Tile fire was believed to have
started from a hot water heater.
A wastebasket beside the heater
burned, scorching a refrigerator
and Uie wall.
Tlie house t* owned hv Henry
Srhwirbert and occupied by Lny
Alexander naonrdtn<* to the fire
chief.
doubted that very many person* I ",1,rRarpt June Setter,
regional conferences In which the would have their taxes increased 8lm“,on,L E1"<»e Fletcher.
and that drafters of the bill thought .I0* Rpnna v
the system necessary otherwise u Marjorie Natison.
" we would delav too long the bene. I .rV.,' ,andlrr a,|d Jeanne Hopkins
fit* of simplification , Borders. El Reno manager
. ... | lor the gas company, and Ren.
The increase which Vandenburg . ell were assisted by Paul R Tailor
mentioned would come about superintendent of school* anl WhL
through a flat $500 exemption for Iter P Marsh. h,gh«3' prtacTi
govermr president. Milton E BXpen-
hower of Kansas State college. J
C Mnhler veteran secretary of the
state board of agriculture, and
other officials were to participate.
The campaign will lay special
emphasis on membership In the
women's land army and on part-
time farm work by business men
and town workers
Cadets Chase Jackrabbit
For Morning Exercise
FREDERICK. Mav 8 ~(U.P>— For
once, cadets at the Frederick armv
air field did not mind taking their
morning exercises
A* the too cadet* and two in-
structors lined up for calisthenics,
they saw a Jack-rabbit nibbling
grass on the obstacle course. The
entire group. Including Instructors,
took out after the rabbit, which
won the race by simply going under
the obstacle* that the cadets had
to go oter.
ID I VI IVEK ARE GUESTS
Cotporal and Mrs Robert Crew,
and two sons. Joseph Lee and Paul
Wayne, were Sunday guests of Mr
and Mr* Richard Whittle, of%1110
8outh Macomb avrnue. Mra. Crew Is
a sister of Mrs. Whittle. Corporal
Crew recently was transferred from
an air base In Florida to Will
Rogers Field. Oklahoma City. The
Crew* now are making their home
In Oklahoma City.
each member of . family A family srrangb.g^ tor tZ £m5cast'
head now has $1,200 exemption with l oroaataM
$350 added for each child
Stain said the slight Increases on
single persons and childless couples
would be offset In many Instances
by a Hat 10 percent deduction for
I contributions, interest and other
taxes
for a $280,000,000,000 limit.
Allies Give Warnings
i Points for the choice cuts still
Daniel W Bel., undersecretary of J That ta ,hp I— f°r redoubled rationed. Joe Ortffln. district OPA
the treasury, told the house ways pfforts by ,bp wstapn and milt- j r«Honing officer, said today
and mean* committee "It would be 1 *^ry ,urP ,hpm ,nt0 hcHnying "When a fanner sell* a quarter’
all right with us' to make the cut J ,,1PnwplvPS prematurely It Is being or 'side' of beef to a -onsumer
back with the undemanding that | 00,10tPrpt1 by BHU'h and American 1 he may consult the revised trade
the administration wiu make a re-1 ln,plliep""r' which has discovered | meat chart which Mis him exactly
quest for a still higher ceiling early! many of ,hp ,r,cfci bP|n« USPrt "nrt bow many Points to collect at the
next year 'l* broadcasting them as a warning I current reduced rate." Griffin ex-
tn patriots. | plained.
The French. Belgians. Dutch. He added that lifting of restrlc-
Danes and Norwegians have learn-
ed by bitter experience and most
The administration originally
asked that the limit be boosted
from $210,000,000,000 to $260.noo.ooo
Patrol's Arrests Include
Boy, 14, for Horse Thefl
OKLAHOMA CITY May 8 (lie
— Tlie Oklahoma highway nntrol
made 810 arrest In /hiding n 14-
year-old boy for homo theft dur-
ing April, Safety Commissioner J
M Oentry reported today
The horse thief, an Olathe. Kan
school boy. was picked up in *Ie-
flore county for taking a spotted
pony from an alley in PotrHU.
The other arrest* Included 102
driver* for failure to obtain lic-
enses; 75 for drunk driving, six
on manslaughter charges growing
out of fatal accidents: eleht for
leaving the scene* of accident*; 318
for reckless diivlng mid siierdltig;
84 for violating rule* of the road:
and nine for operating defective
vehicles.
Lawton Pilot
Breaks Record
A UNITED STATES FIOHTER
BASE IN ENOLAND. May 8-dPi
Captain Robert 8 Johnson of
Lawton, a Thunderbolt pilot, shot
down two enemy ptanes over Orr-
[many today to boost hi* total to
27 all bagged In the air—and be-
came the first American ace In
the European theatre to break
Captain Eddie Rlckenbarker'a com-
bat record of 28 aircraft killed hi the
flrrt World war.
Johnsons two kills today still
were unofficial but there was little
doubt they would be confirmed He
Ls a member of the famous Thun-
derbolt unit which claimed a total
uf six Germans downed today
Johnson thus tied the record set
in the southwest Pacific by Major
Richard I Bong, 23. of Poplar. Wls
In the Europena theatre, Captain
Don Oenthe of riqtia, Ohio, now
m home leave, holds the present
word of enemy plane* destroyed
by an American pilot with a total
I'corc of so, of which
destroyed on the ground.
zsssz'vzrs1 - t z r -5 * srs*
1945 ^ by the device* used, diabolically
! clever as some of them are. The
However, when Republican mem-1 allies have arranged that the call
1 bers of the committee Insisted on to rtsc. when It come*, will be
, a cutback, anc -Tepresentatlve unmlstakeablv genuine
Charles Dewev (Republlran. Illhioi i
I “skpd Bell if the limit of $240,000.-
ooo.ooo wouldn't be sufficient until
next March when the new congress
Is In session, the treasury official
replied we would be perfectly will-
ing to do this and come back In
January to ask for a tiew celling "
Fitzgerald Faces
Another Trial
called for a
$500 fine. The
Four Forfeit Bonds
For Disturbing Peace
Four individuals charged with
disturbing the peace forfeited bonds
In municipal court today, accord-
ing to records In the nfflre of Lee
Harvey, chief of police.
Hershel Roberts, 25. of 218
South Bickford avenue, and Rich-
ard Weise. 28. of Union City route
1. charged with disturbing the
peace In the 100 block of South
Bl' kl'.rd at 7 p. m Sunday, for-1 Ii„w4„| a*
fettod bonds of $8 50 each today. . Bect ipts At
Mr* John Beasley 29. and Mrs. ‘Sharply Ili|illtT
w F niff. 85 both of Yukon,
charged with disturbing the peace
In the ino block of Sunaet drive
Bt 11:30 p. m. Saturday, forfeited
bonds of $11 each today.
tlons on pens, snap beans, splnash.
com. tomatoes and some other
canned foods would permit home
canners to sell or give awav Jars of
vegetables without collecting blue
stamps
However, home canners still are
j required to collect blue stamps for
the processed foods that still are
Ion the rationed list
j Meanwhile, the OPA announced
I increases In the ceiling prices to?
•snap bean,* from $270 to $3 n
| ARDMORE. May 8—(Fi-The sec- j buahel. and cucumbers from $3 4P
j ond of three cases pending here to $4 20 a bushel
; against Robert R Fitzgerald, for-1
i tner state clemency chief Invest) -1 — ■ —-
l gator, will be called up tomorrow
in district court here-the date
tentatively set for sentencing hint
Th* tall, bespectacled defendant ' slate Forecast
hHbe^hlf*? (Sa'Urdav •*hL0,| CTo,'dy. shower* „nd occuton.;
bribery by a jury whose verdict | thunderstorms m east and south
30-day Jail term and j tonight Tuesday mostly cloudy lr
. 3,p ,Wo ntbrr PasP*least with occasional light drizzle
charged harboring a fugitive and,,,, southeast In the morning, be
conspiracy, hoth growing nut of the coming |Mrtlv rloudv in the west
escape In 1940 of Carl Pruitt. Mr-
Weather
Curtain county livestock thief, from
Granite reformatory
Somewhat cooler tonight, lowest
temperature* from 35 to 40 In th*
panhandle to 50 to 55 In the south-
east Brea Warmer Tuesday In the
northwest portion
El Rem> Weather
, .. _ For 24-hour period ending at f
ALVA. May 8 (U.PJ—Postiimsler, a. m. today: High, HI; low, 50; a’
Roy McCormick today reported 8 a. m., 51.
April postal receipts here totaled State of weath.
$4,212.98, mi Increase nf 29 percent unsettled,
over the same month last rear Rainfall: None
Partly cloudy
Germany Hit By
Massive Fleet
Of U. S. Planes
British Members Strike
At Nerve Centers In
France and Romania
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
A sky-blackening fleet of 2,008
American planes struck massively
again today at Berlin and the air-
craft center of Brunswick after
British bombers In great strength
smashed widely at invasion nerve
centers In France and Bucharest
in Romania.
Lieutenant General Ir* C. Eaker.
Mediterranean air force commander.
«id three-fourths of Romanian oil
production had been cut off by
allied bombings.
The Germans have been obtain-
ing about one-third of their oil re-
quirements from the fields clustered
around Ploesti.
Russian bombers intensified tho
fiery siege of Sevastopol In the Cri-
mea where the Germans said "ex-
traordinarily powerful" Red forces
were attacking to free Russian di-
visions for decisive battles of the
summer.
Italian Fronts Active
Artillery spoke louder on all Ital-
ian fronts where signs increased of
Impending allied offensive action.
The Oermans nervously predicted
invasion from Britain wfthin six
or eight days. They virtually banned
civilian traffic on French railroads
after May 15.
Around 2.000 American planes
struck Berlin Sunday. The Swedes
said 1,000 died there yesterday. To-
day, Flying Fortresses and their
fighter convoys struck the Nazi
capital while Liberators buffeted
Brunswick.
Berlin and Bucharest still were
afire from 8unday assault* where
avenging allied air armadas sought
them out. It was the third great
blow at the Romanian capital in 24
hours.
Romania Faces Invasion
Increasing air pressure In Ro-
mania suggested the mighty Rus-
sian armies might soon start steam,
rolling through that unhappy coun-
try.
In great strength" British bomb-
ers last night attacked the Rennes
air Held and other French targets.
A German chemical center north of
Cologne was hit again and mines
were laid.
Striking from Italian bases. R AF.
Halifaxes, Liberators and Welling-
tons concentrated on railway yard*
at Bucharest, which still were blaz-
ing from some 1.500 tons of bomba
dropped on them In daylight yester-
day by nearly 500 American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators.
The night raiders also hit factories
and other targets In their second
straight night of attacks on the
Romanian capital.
Twenty German planes were shot
down Sunday by the American
bombers and their escort*, while
elsewhere in tjje Mediterranean
theatre. 10 other aircraft were de-
stroyed Two enemy heavy bombers
and 12 otlier allied planes were lost.
Ofrman plane* were over the
south coast of England, presumably
In an attempt to spy out invasion
preparations, but caused neither
damage nor casualties.
Stolen Car Is
Found Quickly
Use of the two-way radio In the
police department's patrol car en-
abled El Reno officers to recover
a stolen automobile in record time
Saturday night. Chief of Police
Lee Harvey reported today
J P Moody. 148 North Donald
avenue, reported the theft of a
1938 model coach from the 100
block of South Evans avenue at
5:15 p m Saturday, according
to E D. Wagner, night captain,
snd seven minutes later, at 8 23
p. m, the automobile had been
recovered and Tobias Martinez. Jr
to. soldier stationed at Fort Reno,
had been booked at the police sta-
tion for investigation of larcenv
The soldier, driving the car west
an 8uneet. was arrested in the
1400 block by N. E. Douglas, patrol-
nan, who in the meantime had
oicked up Moody at the scene of
the theft and had started west In
oursuit of the soldier,
Harvey said Martinez would be
turned to county authorities today
for pr isecutlon.
Boy Runs into Car
Hut KNcapen Injury
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