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The El Reno Daily Tribune
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Wood house Serves Six and One-Half Years
County Draft Board
Has*Final Meeting
When the Canadian county local board. This number includes
selective service board members only those who were inducted
met lor their final session Mon
day night only a few hours before
the system expired at midnight,
it marked the end of six and one-
half years of volunteer duty for
Chairman Earl R. Woodhouse, 1200
South Macomb avenue.
Woodhouse, an electrician for
the Rock Island railway, was a
member of the original board
which set up the local office where
6,150 were registered and classi-
fied during tlie war years.
J. Charles Burger, employe of
the El Reno federal reformatory,
who served as the first chairman,
and Walter C. Neal, Yukon tarm-
cr, were the other two members
who registered with the board be-
fore or after enlistment. The board
does not have records for men
who volunteered before they were
required to register and who re-
mained in the reserve programs
when they were released
active duty.
An additional 2,700 men in the
county were registered by the
Red Cross solicitors in Canadian
from county have collected $8,534.27
during the month of March de-
signated for their annual financial
drive, and Mrs. L. A. Garner, cx-
board, but because they were over ecutive secretary of the county
45 years of age they did 'not re- Red Cross chapter, said today that
ceive classifications.
Vincent Harper, 1119 Sunset
drive, government appeal agent,
also terminated ills duties Tuesday.
George O. Demke was the first
clerk of the board which opened
of the original board. Neal later I its office in the 200 block North
resigned and was replaced by F. E. Bickford avenue. The office later
Loomis, retired business man. was moved to 216 South Rock Is-
When Burger resigned from the land avenue before moving to the
board he was replaced by Sam second floor of the city hall about
Timberlake, operator of an El Reno one year ago.
book store, and Woodhouse was 8everal clerks have operated the
elected chairman. office, but only Mrs. O. B. Gustaf-
During the time the five men son was on hand when the official
served on the board there were »wk closed. She will be in the
2.666 county men who were In- office for several days to close out
ducted or who enlisted for military all records maintained in flies of
duty and were handled by thi | the office.
Plans Are Set
For Soil Clinic
Program To Include
Tour to Ball Home
Representatives- of the El Reno
chamber of commerce and agri-
culture groups of the county will
attend sessions of the annual Okla-
homa Save-the-Soil clinic in Okla-
homa City Friday and Saturday
which will include a tour and
field day program at the home of
Frank Ball, south of Yukon.
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson is headline speaker
for tlie fourth annual clinic which
begins at 11 a. m. Friday with
registration at the Oklahoma City
chamber of commerce office. An- i.jo p. m. n was announces nw> $221.25; East Walnut $100 90
denon will speak *4 11 a. m. gat- that the government and Paul later Walnut $55.36
urday
C. E. Merveldt, Hayward Wright
and David DeLana are members
of the soil conservation committee
of the El Reno chamber who will
attend sessions, and make arrange-
ments for others In the county to
attend the clinic.
Saturday noon there will be $
luncheon at the Ball fann one,
mile west and five miles south of,
Yukon. A field day tour has been
arranged to show results of soil
conservation and other improve-
ments on the Ball farm. Clay
Potts, Oklahoma A. and M. col-
lege, wil have charge of prepar-
ing and serving the noon lunch.
A number of farmers and stock-
men from the county as well as
members of tlie chamber of com-
merce, one of the sponsoring
groups, have indicated they will
attend the clinic.
Heart Ailment Is
Fatal to George II
ATHENS, Apr. I —UP)— King
George II of Greece died unexpect-
edly today of a heart ailment at a
critical period hi his nation’s his-
tory, and his 45-year-old brother
Prince Paul was called to the throne.
Tlie 56-year-old king had been
complaining recently of pain from
agina pectoric, an ailment arising
from a disease of the coronary arter-
ies, former Premier George Papan-
dreou said. Papandreou said tlie
monarch died at 2:30 p. m.
Prince Paul was to take tlie royal
oath at 7:30 p. m. It was announced
Graduation Date
Is Announced
Commencement exercises for
graduates of all Canadian county
rural schools will be held at 10
a. m. May 15 In the El Reno
htghschool auditorium, according to
Miss Glen Evelyn McCarty, county
superintendent.
Dates for competitive examina-
tions and for other examinations
also were announced today by Miss
McCarty. All students In the sixth,
seventh and eighth grades in non-
accredited schools will take county
examinations on Apr. 11 at 9 a.
m. in the El Reno highscliool build-
ing.
At the same time on Apr. 11
the eighth grade students over the
county who are competing for
honors at tlie graduation will take
tests in arithmetic, civics, composi-
tion, grammar, health, Oklahoma
history, U. S. history, reading and
spelling. Rural and consolidated
school students are eligible
would issue messages to the people.
The death of the king came six
months after his return to his throne
from London after a plebiscite fa-
voring the monarchy.
Greek Question Debated
He died at a time when the ex-
plosive “Greek question" was being
debated in Washington and in the
capitals of tlie world, and when bis
country’s bloody guerrilla warfare
was being investigated by a united
nations commission.
George took over the reign of
Greece in 1922. When his father.
Constantine, abdicated in 1917,
George was barred from tlie throne
because the allies feared he had
pro-German leanings. His brother,
Alexander, became king. Alexander
died from the bite of a pet monkey
in 1920, and Constantine returned
to the throne. But Greece again was
beset by hard ttmes and Constan-
tine. in 1922, had to abdicate again.
George succeeded him. Soon after-
ward he faced his first plebiscite,
was defeated, and went into exile
as Greece became a republic.
Recalled In 1935
He was recalled by a plebiscite
in 1935 after the royalists staged a
coup d'etat, and reigned but did not
rule. The dictatorship of John Met-
axas was in power.
Tlie king went into exile again
when Germany Invaded Ills country
in 1941, and he was last recalled by
a plebiscite last September.
Volume 5b, No. 27
Solicitors Collect
$8,534.27 During
Month of March
final reports from several areas
are expected to bring the total
near the quota of $10,791.
The largest report is expected
from Yukon where the quota was
set at $1,340. The only money
credited to Yukon is $15 from a
company which contributed, and
no report, has been made by the
town where the drive is being
completed.
El Reno Falls Short
The city of El Reno fell about
$300 short of its quota of $6,368.
The residential area and advance
gift solicitors topped their quotas,
but complete reports have not
been received from special groups
and the business district.
Branch and rural contributors
have raised $2,482.15 of their $4,596
quota. Areas which have met their
quotas are Heaston, Calumet. Un-
ion City, Center Grove, Banner
and East Walnut.
The areas where quotas have not
been met, or where reports are in-
complete, include Okarche. Mus-
tang, Piedmont. Mount Zion, Con
Did You Hear
JIMMIE ELENBURG, son of
J Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Elenburg,
El Reno route 3, has been placed
on the deans' list of distinguished
students at Oklahoma A. and M.
college. Stillwater, where he la
enroled in the school of engineer-
ing. Elenburg was graduated from
El Reno highschool with the class
af 1944, after which he spent two
years in the U. S. navy, being dis-
charged in June 1946. He was
pledged to Phi Eta Sigma, na-
tional freshman fraternity at Ok-
lahoma A. and M.
-o-
Paul G. Myers, seaman first
class, is In El Reno to visit his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Myers. 121 North Donald avenue,
on a 30-day leave from navy duty.
Myers, a communications man,
recently returned from China and
Japan where he was on duty
aboard the U. 8. S. Mansfield, a
destrojer in the Asiatie destroyer
squadron. He enlisted in June
1946. and is a former student at
El Reno hlghachool where he was
a member of the band.
/ Non-Partisan Group
Forms Committee
OKLAHOMA CITY, Apr. 1. —
<U.R>—New life was breathed today
into the fight to submit repeal to
u*ug, meamont. Mount Zion, Con- 1116 people of Oklahoma when a
cho, Red Rock, West Walnut and P011-partUa11 *roup formed a steer-
rural El Reno. 11118 committee to draft an inltia-
. . live petition.
Figures Announced
Money for Red Cross funds re-
ported and deposited to date in-
clude: « •
Special groups. $575.33; El Reno
business district, $2,486.95; Rock
Island, $261.50; advance gifts, $1,-
852; residential El Reno, $876.34.
Okarche, $212.25; Heaston,
$294.05; Mustang. $103; Calumet,
$393; Union City, $399.05 Piedmont,
$29; Center Grove, $207; Mount
Zion, 113.50: Yukon, $15; Concho,
$143.10 Red Rock, $13155; Ban-
and rural El
Reno, $64. . .
Figures compiled show a balance
of $2556.75 for the county quota
if the drive is to reach the goal
set. Plans are being made for a
scrap paper drive as a benefit
for the fund.
Burford Named
Prison Warden
Clarence P. Burford, former
farm manager at the El Reno
federal reformatory for five years,
has been named warden of the
state penitentiary at McAlester by
Governor Roy J. Turner.
Burford assumed duties Monday
afternoon to succeed R. B. Conner,
warden for the past four years,
who resigned. Buford was connect-
ed with the federal prison system
compete. ifor 12 years.
On May 9 at 2:30 p. m. students In 1933 farmer-stockman be-
from seventh and eightn grades came manager of the El Reno
in rural schools will compete In reformatory farm and remained
the current events test to deter- here unty ig3g When he was trans-
mine winners for the John Palmer ferred McNelll ln Puget
Davis medals to be presented at {sound, near Tacoma, Wash. He
commencement. (handled from 100 to 125 prisoners
--(While at El Reno. Three years ago
| he returned from Washington to
make his home near Bradley.
Five Forfeit Bonds
For Overparking
Five persons booked at tlie po-
lice station Monday for overpark-
ing forfeited bonds of $1 each in
municipal court today, records of
Lee Harvey, chtfl- of police, reveal -
ed
Vole Deferred
On Phone Bill
Hartley Declares
Measure ‘Urgent’
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 —(AV-
With some members protesting they
needed more time to study the meas-
ure, the house labor committee today
deferred for 24 hours a vote on a
bill designed to block Monday’s
threatened nationwide telephone
strike.
Chairman Fred Hartley (Repub-
lican, New Jersey) announced the
committee will meet again tomorrow,
and told reporters:
“They will either vote the bill up
or down at that time."
Hartley called the bill “urgent.”
House leaders, however, regarded
the measure as considerable less ur-
gent than Hartley. They conceded
that chances for passage In the
house alone this week are slim be-
cause of plans to recess tomorrow
for on Easter holiday from all im-
portant business.
Top union and telephone company
officials were called here by the
government today for conferences
aimed at heading off the nationwide
telephone strike set for next Mon-
day.
Edgar L. Warren, labor depart-
ment conciliation chief, set 1:30
p. m. for the start of a bargaining
session between officials of the Na-
tional Federation of Telephone
Workers and tlie Bell system.
Warren said the conferences were
shifted from New York to Washing-
ton “in the hope a change of at-
mosphere" may bring a settlement
of their wage dispute.
A 10-man steering committee
voted to meet at 7 p. m. Thursday
at the Oktohoma club, select five
additional members and map stra-
tegy for submitting the petition
to the voters.
An organization meeting attend-
ed by approximately 200 persons
was held at the municipal auditor-
ium last night. E. J. O’Conner, ex-
ecutive vice-president of the As-
sociated Industries of Oklahoma,
ivas elected chairman of the com-
mittee.
To Enlarge He (ay .
At Thursday night's flmQhg five
additional members will be chosen
.to bring the full committee to 15.
The committee of 10 chosen last
night Included four legislators,
three college student veterans, a
Tulsa policeman, an Oklahoma City
public relations man and one wo-
man.
Light Voting Is
Being Recorded
In City Election
Three Councilmen
Being Selected
In Today’s Races
Light voting wa» being recorded
In all El Reno precincts (luring the
morning hours In today’s city elec-
tion. it was said, with some pre-
cincts having no more than 15 or
20 ballots cast prior to noon.
Heavier voting was expected to
develop during the afternoon, par-
ticularly during the period from 5
p. m. until the closing of the polls.
Voters arc selecting three city
councilmen to serve three-year
terms. All three members of tlie
apuncil whose terms expire this
i^onth are candidates for re-elec-
tfcn. They are Henry Behne, Lucius
Babcock. Jr., and A. Francis Porta.
Kmr others who are candidates for
election to the council are Homer T.
Richardson, John Morris, Jerry D.
McDaniel and Lyle A. Bross.
Two Questions Included
Two questions arc Included on to-
y's ballots. Both deal with the
ed sale of property in Texas
id Kansas which was bequeathed
the city from tlie estate of the
Jjfcte Lawrence G. Adams.
The three members of the El
Reno school board whose four-year
terms expire this month were as-
sured of re-election. They are Steve
Lucus. ward 1; Rupert M. Fogg,
fard 3; and J. M. Burge, ward 4
[one drew opposition In the filings.
Polling Places Specified
Polls will be open until 7 p. m.
oters are casting ballots In the
following specified places In the pre-
cincts:
El Reno 1-A—Irving school build-
ing.
El Reno 1-B—Central Methodist
church.
El Reno 1-C — Webster school
building.
El Reno 2-A—Courthouse.
El Reno 2-B—Coca-Cola Bottling
company.
El Reno 2-0—Booker T. Wash-
ngton school auditorium.
Reno 3-A—City hall, west en-
-ce.
!1 iteiio 3-B—Lincoln school audi-
torium.
El Reno 3-C—Hutchens garage.
825 South Miles avenue.
El Reno 3-D — Schwab garage,
1001 South Hadden avenue.
El Reno 4-A—Trinity Lutheran
, church.
El Reno 4-B—Central school base-
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Voted the outstanding athlete at the Texas relays, Jerry Thomp-
son, left, University of Texas track star, receives his award from Ward
H. Haylett, track coach at Kansas State college, who was the relay ref-
tree. Seated In the center Is Miss Del Bradford, queen of the relays.
(NEA Telephoto.)
Legislators were Representatives ment* north entrance.
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Weather
State Forecast
Generally fair tonight and Wed-
nesday; cooler central and east to-
night, low temperatures near 50;
warmer Wednesday.
El Reno Weather
(or 24-hour period ending at 8
Charles Ozinun of Lawton and Bill
Shipley of Morris, co-authors of
the repeal resolution rejected by
the house Representative Dave
Wood of Muskogee and Represent-
ative J. W. Densford of Shawnee.
Others On Committee
Others included Ned Fanning of
the Tulsa police department who Is
chairman of that department’s leg-
islative committee; Jacob Stern-
bach, Tulsa university night stu-
dent and president of the league
to reduce taxes by repealing pro-
hibition; Cal Cantrell, Oklahoma
City rancher; Miss Reta Moore,
Muskogee, past sectary of the
state League of Young Democrats;
A1 Fiegel, Oklahoma City univer-
sity student veteran from Loyal;
John Kelly, El Reno, an A. and
M. college student and former
mayor of Veterans’ village at 8U11-
water and Ben Brlckell, Oklahoma,
City public relations man.
Ozmun was named vice-chair-
man and Wood permanent secre-
tary. Shipley acted as chairman at
last night's meeting. He said he
believed the people really wanted
to vote on repeal and suggested
a non-partisan organization should
take the lead and perfect tlie in-
itiative petition and methods of
circulating it.
The initiative petition must bear
at least 72,000 signatures and be
suomitted to the secretary of state
within 90 days. Wood predicted
that would be ample time.
a. m. today; High, 77; low, 53; at j Bonds were forfeited by Mrs.
Postoffice Department
Will Sell 'Air Letters'
WASHINGTON, ADr. 1.-<U.P>-
The “air letter." which resembles
wartime V-mall, will make its
debut Apr. 29.
The postoffice department said
the 12-by-8Vi-lnch letter, which
folds Into ordinary envelope size,
may be sent anywhere outside the
U. S. for 10 cents.
Unlike V-mali, the air letter
will not be photograoherl and
8 a. m., D9
jC. Hight, 524 South Miles avenue;
Extension Asked
On Rent Controls
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 —(/P)_
President Truman today asked
congress to extend rent controls
a year beyond the present June 30
expiration date.
In a message to the two houses,
Mr. Truman said the nation "Is
still faced with a critical housing
shortage," and that “rental units
particularly" art still radically out
of balance with demand.”
The president’s message went to
congress as tne house banking
committee voted tentatively for a
10 percent Increase In rent ceilings
and to repeal all government con-
trols over building materials and
construction.
Mr. Truman told congress he
now has no objection to pending
legislation transferring rent control
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produced at Its destination. The (functions to the housing expediter, llded In the Intersection
Damage to tne left front of the
to such points as Shanghai and . igmally recommended to adminlst-, motorcycle was approximately $15,
and unsettled.
Rainfall: None.
El Reno 4-C — Garage at 1108
South Barker avenue.
Automobile and Truck
Collide Head-On
Two persons suffered injuries in
a head-on collision which occurred
18 miles west of El Reno on U. S.
highway 66 at 10:15' a. m. today,
Earl Janssen, state highway patrol-
man, reported.
W. J. Clevenger. 42, Geary route
3, driving east in a 1930 model
sedan, started to make a left turn
off the highway and pulled out in
front of a truck operated west by
Clinton F. Sparks, 49. of Midland,
Tex., the patrolman said.
Tlie automobile and the heavy
truck, loaded with farm machinery,
met head-on.
Clevenger and Jim Shawver. 62.
of Geary, a passenger In the auto-
mobile, both suffered Injuries, Jan-
ssen said, and were brought here
111 a Hinton ambulance for treat-
ment In the El Reno sanitarium.
8hawver received a head injury*
and lacerations. He was unconscious
when admitted to the sanitarium,
the patrolman reported. Clevenger
received cuts and severe bruises.
Tlie patrolman said the automo-
bile was “a total loss" and esti-
mated damage to the truck at $200.
Tlie truck driver escaped Injury,
Janssen said.
Coal Miners
Now Are Idle
Six-Day Stoppage
Ordered by Lewis
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
John L. Lewis' United Mine Work-
ers quit their soft coal pits today
beginning a six-day stoppage to
memorialize the tragic deaths of 111
Centralla (111.) miners.
The 400,000 AFL-UMW member*
began the mourning period at one
minute after midnight, starting on
the east coast and extending to the
Pacific through tlie time zones.
All was quiet lu the nation’s an-
thracite mines, too.
Tlie hard coal miners laid aside
picks and shovels for traditional
holiday observances, celebrating the
miners’ winning of tlie eight-hour
day nearly a half-century ago.
Industry, In the main, seemed un-
perturbed. No coal-dependent firms
were expected ,tq curtail production.
Lewis’ timing of the "holiday" comes
in a period when little coal is
brought to tlie. surface.
Officials of the solid fuel adminis-
tration declined to express an opin-
ion on whether the miners would
return to tlie pits after the six-day
mourning observance.
If the stoppage continued through
next Monday, would it be considered
a violation of the supreme court's
mandate to John L Lewis?
That remained a big question.
Walter Thurmond, secretary of
the Southern Coal Operators as-
sociation at Charleston, W. Va.,
flatly called the six-day mourning
subterfuge,” adding:
"Lewis was forestalled by the
court in his attempted strike as of
Apr. 1 and this ostensible mourning
period is only a method of bringing
to pass by subterfuge what he could
not accomplish by direct action.”
Slight Property Damage
Is Caused in Accident
Property damage was caused in
a traffic mishap which occurred
at 2 p. m. Monday at the inter-
section of Woodson street and
Barker avenue, Lee Harvey, chief
of police, reported. '
A taxicab owned by Bill’s Pu-
blix Taxi company, driven west on
Woodson by Mrs. Ida Pearl Gam-
bill, 313 South Grand ave-
nue, and a motorcycle operated by
Marvin D. Ballard, 26, of 138 South
M. avenue, who was turning east
onto Woodson from Barker, col-
Curb on Sugar
Is Extended
Spare Stamp No. 11
Becomes Valid Today
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 —(U.R)—
Spare stamp No. 11 became good for
10* pounds of sugar today as the
sugar rationing program got a new
seven-month lease on life from con-
gress. •
President Truman signed the ex-
tension bill late yesterday but re-
proved congress for not voting the
full year’s extension he had re-
quested. He said he would ask for
another extension in the fall if the
supply situation warrant*.
No. II was the fhjst regularly is-
sued stamp since sugar rationing
began to carry an allotment of 10
pounds. Heretofore sugar stamps
have been good for five pounds. The
congressionalfy extended bill guar-
| antees housewives at least 20 pounds
of »ugar between now and Oct. 31.
Housewives Would Benefit
Consumers already have received
five-pound ration this year
Reich Payment
Discussions Are
Blunt and Bitter
Marshall May Seek
Direct Meetine:
With Premier Stalin
Hill, 808 West Arapaho street. ' Cairo.
er rent controls.
Harvey said.
Supreme Knight
Visits El Reno
Judge John E. Swift, supreme
knight of the Knights of Columbus.
Boston, Mass., was a visitor in El
Reno Monday as the guest of John
H. Compton, 215 South Evans ave-
nue, state deputy of the K. of C.
Judge Swift and Compton were
entertained at luncheon by L. C.
8chllder, warden of the El Reno
federal reformatory, Monday noon
along with the following other
Knights of Columbus officials:
Msgr. J. Mason Connor, state
chaplain. Oklahoma City; J. Frank
Martin, supreme director, Oklahoma
City; John E. Layden. past state dep-
uty, McAlester; and P. J. Horan, dis-
trict deputy, Oklahoma City. Father
Don Kanaly, Catholic chaplain at
the reformatory, also attended.
Judge Swift’s visit to El Reno
Monday followed his attendance
Sunday at a celebration In Okla-
homa City In observance of the 65th
anniversary of the founding of the
Knights of Columbus. He was the
principal speaker at a banquet Sun-
day evening at the Oklahoma City
Golf and Country club, which was
attended by members of the Knight*
of CWlumbux from all parts of Okla-
homa. Governor ana Mrs. Roy J.
j Turner also were among the honor
I guests at the banquet.
Moscow. Aor. 1 —up\— The
for-ltm mlni*t»rx doHotort n—rnnn
ren» rations anrf the l»v»l of (nriiia-
trv for more than three hours to-
day without reerhlnv a decision.
A renort from the rn»<»Hn<r said
the discussions were “often hlunt
and bitter.” Rnd n A R-e-etsrv of
State George C. Marshall, it was
renoried, mav now seek a direct
meeting with Prime Minister
Jo«enh Stalin.
This was to have been a show-
down meeting expected to Indicate
Dosslbtlitles of a German settle-
ment of current, problems at, Mos-
cow. The fact that, no decision was
reached was considered bv some
diniomats as r>os*|hiv indicating
little or no «rn<"pss towards break-
ing the deadlock.
An sereed-HOon statement s-td*
‘The discussion todav was limited
to the sublect of level of Industry
and reuaratlons and no decision
was reached. It was agreed to re-
turn to formal sessions tomorrow.
Secretary of State Marshall was
authoritatively rennrted to have
gone Into the meeting todav deter-
mined to find out whether Russia
would negotiate' for a gene-aiiv
aceentable arrangment on her re-
narat.ions demands nr whether her
demands were entirely firm as
uresented.
Marshall’s Views Noted
In the absence of Indications
from Russia’s V. M. Molotov that
) a compromise could be arranged,
Marshall was said to have decided
prior to the meeting to urge that
the council proceed with other
Questions because In his view the
stalemate on major German eco-
nomic problems would then be un-
breakable.
The American view had been
that there must, be a total settle-
ment on German economic anes-
tlons before any aereem»nt could
be made on a single aspect, such
a* Russia’s insistence upon getting
reparations out of current produc-
tion.
Before agreeing to this demand,
the American source said, the
United 8tates will insist on spe-
cific understandings with Russia
as to how much reparations will
be granted, when they will be
delivered and how long a period
of time they will be provided.
Tlie American viewpoint was
presented as the U. S. delegation
awaited the reply of Foreign Min-
ister Molotov to the challenge
that they begin making concessions
on Germany or postpone Indefin-
itely German peace negotiations.
Turning Point In Parley
through sugar stamp No. 53 which' Brltlsh and American auarters
expired last midnight, Under the ylewed Sw:retary Marshall’s chal-
extension bill, any extra sugar avail- Btatement yesterday as the,
able would go to housewives. The lnft polnt of the conference,
amount of sugar each consumer will E th.er agTeements be forth-
get after the scheduled end of ra- ?°mIn8 80on’ they felt’ or the mln*
tioning Oct. 31 will depend uponitater? would ,K0 home and make
supply and demand. The Individual jan Kher latei-
ration last year totaled to 25 pounds. | Marshall’s assistants In today’*
Also signed by the president was sessk>n wele Ambassador W. Bedell
a bill for a three-months extension , Smith> Ben Cohen, state depart-
of controls over such short supply men*; counselor, and Charles E.
Bohlen, interpreter.
Marshall made it plain that hfe
is willing to wait, and that con-
cessions must come from the So-
viets. He accused them of stand-
ing on “ultimatum or immovable
Industrial and food Items as tin,
manila fiber, fats and oils.
Controls Shifted
The sugar bill shifted sugar con-
trols from the OPA to the secretary
of agriculture, who was directed to j"**...
end rationing whenever he deemed It, „tloins’
no longer necessary.
Mr. Truman made It clear, how
ever, that he did not think this “““ “ ™ nr
would be soon. He said "we shall th r U United statPS or
not benefit by an increase in new
crop supplies until early In 1948.”
‘If it becomes apparent later this
year,” lie went on, "that hopes for
supply Increases are not material-
izing and that discontinuance of
He is convinced that the soviets
want and need a Big Four agree-
ment on Germany more than
Bri-
tain. The Anglo-Americans are
working as economic partners in
the western occupation zone.
Marshall is willing to return
home from here empty handed If
the Soviets refuse to yield. In that
event, the ministers presumably
sugar controls by Oct. 31 would not j would meet again in some other
be in the public interest, I shall
ask congress to reconsider tlie pres-
ent terminal date.”
The president warned that end-
ing controls prematurely might have
damaging economic consequences
both here and abroad.
capital at an indefinite date.
Pin Is Awarded For
Ability in Shorthand
Jack Tomlins, a first-year short-
hand student in El Reno highschool,
has been awarded a pin by the
commercial department in recogni-
tion of his ability in passing a short-
hand test dictated at 100 words a
i minute for five minutes, and a
j transcription of the test with 99
percent accuracy.
He also will receive a certificate
from the author of the shorthand----------- —_______
text. Tomlins Is valedictorian of the objectionable features were ellmln-
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TnrnDike Bill Is
Given ‘Do Pass*
OKLAHOMA CITY. Apr.
The Oklahoma turnpike authority
bill was given a “do pass” sign by
the senate committee on roads and
highways today but will come to
the senate floor, possibly Wednes-
day, In a greatly modified form to
that originally drafted two weeks
ago.
One of the major amendments
provides the route of the proposed
toll road between Oklahoma City
and Tulsa will run within one-half
mile of the city limits of Sapulpa,
Bristow, Stroud and Chandler.
James A. Rinehart. Ei Reno, com-
mittee chairman, said many of the
1947 graduating class, treasuter of
the student council and the Thes-
pian Debate and Dramatics club. He
also belongs to the Senate dabating
society and the National honor so-
ciety. He Is the grandson of Mrs. t - - - —----
Jessie 8mith, 217% East Woodson ,road8 to the proposed road
street. | Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
ated and the bill will be subject to
further revision on the senate floor.
Other amendments adopted by the
committee included UiuitaLou of Uie
authority’s power to construct toll
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