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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1942"
Single Copy, Five Cents '* § m means associated press
(U.R) MEANS UNITED PRESS
VOLUME 51, NO. 81
Roosevilt Asks Congress To Declare War Against
Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania as Agents of Hitler
1.000 Bombers
Hurled Against
City of Essen
Rritish Air Force
Rains Destruction
On Nazi Munitions
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Another destructive assault fell
upon the heart of Germany's war
foundries before dawn today when
nearly 1,000 R. A. P. bombers
smashed at the city of Essen, site
of the giant Krupp armament
works, even as the Germans were
reported fleeing in a mass migra-
tion from the Rhineland.
Altogether. Prime Minister Win-
ston Churchill announced, a total ^ among htslntimates. Their
of 1.036 British, planes thundered names made up g ro„ ca„ of
over the reich on missions of ruin Hollywood’s gPeat^and a cross sec-
duiing the night I tion of its unknowns. When Bar-
Greater Raids Promised rvrnore chose his friends he never
Churchill promised, too, that i thought of their official titles,
raids of even greater severity would j No one knew this better than
develop "when we arc Joined, as--
wc soon shall be, by the air force I
of the United States."
It was the second titanic blow
at Adolf Hitler's military strength
in 48 hours, capping Saturday |
night's 1,250-plane attack on Co- !
logne, 35 miles southwest of Essen,
in which private advices to The!
New York Times declared about
20.000 Germans were killed and 54,- |
OOO wounded.
Population Fleeing
The Times dispatch said three- WASHINGTON. June 2—<U.R>—
fiftlis ol Colognes 800.000 inhab- OUlclaIs’ expressing approval of
Hants were being officially evac- ! Mexico's declaration of war against
uated. chiefly to Munich, and that axis 88 added proof of western
the entire populations of Aachen. I hemispheric solidarity, were con-
Duesseldorf, Wuppertal. Mainz and ^ent that It would bring
other Rhineland cities were flee- | *eIf°me Hlri in the flRht *«alnst
lng to saier zones.
Actor's Friends, From Greta Garbo To
Stage Hands, Gather For Farewells
Lionel Barrymore Changes Order To Admit Any or All
Of Brother John’s Intimates To Tiny Funeral Chapel
HOLLYWOOD. June 2 — (U.R)- ;
Friends of the late John Barry-
more, from Greta Oarbo to the j
makeup men who smeared the ;
movies’ yellow goo on the great |
profile, gathered today for their j
farewells.
Rev. John O’Donnell planned
the simplest possible ceremony In
the Calvary cemetery chapel where
Barrymore’s body rested in a silver j
plated copper casket, ready for |
interment in a nearby crypt.
There was room in the concrete
chapel for only 70 guests whom the
60-year-old Barrymore had num-
Barrymore's brother, Lionel, and it
was Lionel who made it possible
yesterday for any who wished, to
view Barrymore’s body as it lay in
state in the drawing room chapel
of the mortuary.
Instructions had been given that
only persons holding invitations
were to be admitted. But When
Lionel heard that friends were
being turned away he changed the
order.
‘By all means," said Lionel,
‘‘admit any of John's old friends.”
After word of Lionel’s instruc-
tions reached the studios, scores
of sound stage technicians, actors,
directors, writers and producers
Joined the already invited list in
a final tribute to the actor.
For active pallbearers there were
John Decker, the eccentric artist;
Gene Fowler, the old-time news-
paper reporter; W. C. Fields, the
comedian and one of Barrymore’s
drinking companions; E. J. Man-
nix. the movie producer; and C. J.
Brider and Stanley Campbell, the
makeup men who always managed
to make Barrymore handsome, no
matter how low he felt.
The honorary pallbearers includ-
| ed Bramwell Fletcher, actor-fiance
!of Barrymore’s daughter, Diana;
| Charlie MacArthur and Ben Hecht,
the playwrights; Roland Young,
j Thomas Mitchell and Alan Mobray,
(the character actors: Herbert Bay-
ard Swope .the industrialist, and
George M. Cohan, himself too ill
j in New York to be present.
The Invited guests numbered
such luminiaries as Greta Garbo,
Frederic March. Clark Gable, Her-
bert Marshall, George Cukor. Errol
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America Hails
Step By Mexico
Declaration of War
Against Axis Welcome
GREAT R. A. F. FORCES
ROAR OVER CHANNEL
FOLKSTONE. England. June 2—
Great forces of R. A. F. planes
roared across the channel today in with
forays which southeast coast ob- j The
Hitlerism.
In becoming
the 10th Latin
American nation to ally herself
with the United States. Mexico
completed the solid bloc of North
American countries now at war
Germany. Italy and Japan,
other nine Latin American
servers called one of the biggest countries actively at war are Costa
daylight operations of the war.
Military Pay
Action Asked
War Department Is
Seeking Compromise
Rica. Cuba. Guatemala. Haiti. Do-
1 minlcan Republic. Honduras. Pan-
ama. El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Senator Tom Connally •Democrat,
Texas), chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, said
that “the free governments fight-
ing the axis for their lives and
their, liberty welcome the com-
radeship of gallant Mexico. She
paid in blood and treasure for her
own independence and freedom.
She knows it is worth fighting to
j preserve We are proud that her
; arms are to be enlisted in the
Did You Hear
rpHE sound of "gasoline Ta-
x' honing” scared the L. O
Jackson family at Watonga, be-
cause they like to go places and
see thing*, The Watonga Re-
publican reports in printing a
picture of the family aboard a
bicycle built for Jour. "Mr. Jack-
son put his ingenuity to work
and now is startling the folks
on Watonga streets with the
oversize bicycle which he made
with the aid of a welder,” the
newspaper adds. The picture
shows Mr. Jackson with Paul,
age 6. in front of him, and Mrs.
Jackson and Don. age 4. about
to take off on an evening of
pedaling.
Mr. Jackson, recently installed
as president of the Watonga
Junior chamber of commerce, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. S.
Jackson, 820 Sunset drive, whiio
Mrs. Jackson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F L. Funke of
Watonga. former El Reno resi-
dents, and is a niece of Miss
Philomena Mann, 214 North
Barker avenue
WASHINGTON. June I —f/P)—
The war department, seeking to,
break a congressional deadlock cause of humanity.”
over the military pay adjustment Ample Cause Found
bill, today was reported to be The “ruthlessness and barbarity"
urging a compromise under which of sxl.s submarines In sinking Mex-
lowest ranking personnel in the l°an ships gave Mexico "ample and
army, navy and marine corps adequate cause for declaring war.”
would receive $40 cash monthly and Connally said.
$10 in non-negotiable government The house foreign relations corn-
bonds. mittee chairman. 8ol Bloom. (Dem-
Authoritative sources said this ocrat. New York) said Mexico's
proposal was advanced as an al- entry into the war was a "mighty
ternative to the $50-a-month pay blow to the axis.”
scale demanded by the house and The declaration defeated efforts
tiie $42 voted by the senate. A of the axis to divide the American
Joint conference committee lias republics, Bloom declared, and
been unable to reconcile the two means an increased tempo In the
figures. effort of the western hemis-
The war department was report- phere
ed strenuously opposed to $50 on j0*phU8 Danlels. former v s
Uie ground that it not only would ambassttdor to Mexico. said the war
boost army maintenance costs sub- declaratlon accomplished for Mex-
stantially but would give sokhers ,co lhe .. ate-t sWp of the many
and sailors too much spending steps she hu already made ln op.
money' posing Japan. Oermany and Italy
ln their program of barbaric world
conquest."
Others Praise Ally
Senator Walter F George 'Dem-
ocrat, Georgia) said the deelara-
Navy Day In
State Planned
Mass Inductions For
Service Scheduled
OKLAHOMA CITY. June 2—(U.R)
—Oklahoma navy day has been
set for next Sunday.
On that day simultaneous mass
Inductions will be held at Taft
stadium in Oklahoma City and
Central park in Tulsa.
The slogan lor the week is ’’Let's !
Avenge Pearl Harbor.” The navy
seeks 1,500 Oklahomans to replace
those whose lives were lost on the
U. S. 8. Oklahoma and at Pearl |
Harbor. .
The programs at each city will
begin at 1 p. m. with the mass
inductions set for 1:55 p. m., the
exact minute six months after the
first Jap bomb fell on Pearl Har-
bor.
Regulations To Obtain
Sugar Permits Explained
, tion strengthens the united nations’
Persons obtaining special permits efforts and "fortifies the United
for purchase of sugar to be used states against trouble in that area.”
in canning must have the fruit on Senator Bennett C. Clark (Dent-
hand before making their appll- ocrat. Missouri) hailed the declara-
tions, it was pointed out today tion as “a very fine result of the
bv Mrs Maxine Crump, secretary good neighbor policy.”
of the Canadian county rationing j ___
board. 1 , _ _
Special permits may be obtained
for purchase of sugar at the rate
of one pound to each four quarts
of finished canned fruit. Also,
sugar may be obtained at the rate Miss Mary Sue Gamer, daughter
of one pound per person per year of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Garner, 708
for making of jam, jelly or pre- South Hoff avenUe, who received
serves. her degree from the school of
Application for canning sugar business at the University of Okla-
may be made only on Tuesdays homa, Norman. Monday, departed
and Thursdays and Saturday morn- today for Tulsa where she will be
ings at the local rationing board employed -in the statistical depart-
offlce. located ln the city hall, on ment of the Carter Oil company,
the west side of the bulidlng be- She will reside with her sister-
tween the police station and cham- I in-law, Mrs. Jack Abernathy, tem-
per of commerce. porariiy.
Mrs. Milton S. Siaijf
Is Employed In Tulsa
Mrs. Milton S. Stalg. formerly
Type of Fever
Is Less Serious
ARDMORE, June 2—(/P)—Dr. J.
C. Canada. Carter county health of-
ficer, reported today that a case of
suspected spotted tick fever in the
Wheeler community near here had
been ascertained to be tick fever
bite, a much less serious malady.
One fatality had already occurred
In the community from spotted tick
fever and a campaign to lessen tick
infestation is underway.
Activity Starts
On North Front
Fury of Battle Near
Kharkov Is Abating
MOSCOW. June 2—(U.R)—Activ-
ity quickened on the northern front
today as the fury of the battle
around Kharkov abated.
The first Red army communique
today and last midnight's com-
munique reported that nothing
important had happened on the
front In the last 24 hours, but re-
ports of sharp local actions around
Leningrad were considered indic-
ative of bigger actions as the wea-
ther grows warmer.
Russian units on some sections
of the Leningrad front destroyed
500 Germans in two days, the mid-
night communique reported.
Artillery and reconnaissance air-
craft destroyed seven fortified dug-
outs, several machine gun nests
and a German supply column,
and they credited a cavalry unit
with driving a wedge into the Ger-
man lines.
Counter-Attacks Fail
It said the Germans had made
furious counter-attacks to regain
lost positions, but failed, and that
on another northern sector Rus-
sian tank units and motorized
troops had destroyed more than
100 Germans, several guns and a
tank.
Recapitulating fighting in the air.
the communique said the Germans
had lost 432 planes from May 24
to May 30. The Russians lost 134.
The Red air force was officially
reported to have destroyed or dam-
aged on Sunday 33 German tanks,
two armored cars. 161 trucks or
supplies and troops, a fuel tanker,
three gasoline tanker cars, 145 carts
of ammunition, 10 guns and 13
machine guns, to have demolished
two railway trains, to have blown
up an ammunition dump, to have
sunk four patrol boats, and to
have dispersed and partly anni-
hilated four companies of enemy
infantry.
River Crossing Frustrated
On the Kalinin front, where
Russian communiques reported
steady fighting throughout the
winter, the midnight communiuqe
said German infantry supported by
tanks had made several attempts
to cross a river, but had given
up after losing 700 men.
(The British Broadcasting com-
pany said that Radio Helsinki re-
ported last night that Russian air-
craft had bombed Vipuri. Finland.)
Steps Taken To
Lease Land For
Flying School
| City Manager Plans
To Negotiate With
Federal Corporation
J N. Roberson, city manager,
I said today he plans to start nego-
\ tiations immediately with Defense
: Plants corporation for signing of
a contract leasing to that federal
I agency the 640-acre tract which
j the city will purchase for develop-
ment as an army aviation school.
The city manager obtained de-
| livery Monday on $150,000 m bonds
voted in a special election last
Mar. 24, but city officials do not
plan to complete sale of the boncle
until after the lease has been made
with the federal agency.
Quick Action Proposed
The city council in a regular
meeting Monday night instructed
i Mr. Roberson to complete arrange-
ments with Defense Plants cor-
poration as quickly as possible
ln order that the bonds may be
cashed, the land purchased and
work started on development of the
airport.
The council also gave Informal
approval of a plan to route a water
main to the field south three miles
on the mill road and then west to
the airport.
Condemnation Possible
The 640-acre site is located five
and one-half miles southwest of
town, described as the east half
of section 35 and the west half of
section 36, all in township 12.
range 88
The city will buy the land, by
condemnation proceedings if neces-
sary. and grade it where required
and extend utilities to the site,
then turn it over under lease to
Defense Plant corporation, which
either will operate It or will con
tract for Its operation as an army
pilot training center.
Russian Leaders—Sketched by a Russian
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VTYACHESLAFF MO LOT OFF,
* Russia’s commissar of foreign
affairs, is a man of surprises. He
astounded his father by Joining
revolutionaries at age of 16; gave
rzarist police fits by escaping from
prison so often; surprised world
with announcement of Nazi-Soviet
accord at outbreak of hostilities ln
Europe. A typical Russian intel-
lectual Communist, Molotoff writes
for Russian newspapers and plays
the violin.
IOSEF STALIN, chairman of the
** council of people’s commissars
for the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, was born in a poor shoe-
maker's hovel in a backward town.
A student for the priesthood until
20, Stalin was master of Russia at
50. Because Lenin considered him
a genius arid because he was able
io oust Trotsky, Stalin achieved
the top Red rank. Rough, brusque
and determined, he is one of
history's most powerful men.
These unusual sketches of Soviet leaders have just arrived in
America and were executed by the famous Russian artist, B. Karpov.
Connally Sees Costs of War
Stronger Bonds At New High
North Russian Port
Reached By Convoy
LONDON, June 2—(/P)—A large
united nations convoy carrying
American and British war supplies
to Russia lias reached a north Rus-
sian port after a running battle of
five days and nights against Ger-
man U-boats and well over 100 Nazi
planes, the British announced to-
day.
Waeger Is Named
Store Manager
Ervin Waeger is being transfer-
red here as manager of the Okla-
homa Tire and Supply company
to succeed Otis Whitfield, who is
being transferred to the store at
Henryetta, his former home, it was
announced today.
Mr. Waeger has been manager
of the company's store at Man-
gum the last three years. He and
Mrs. Waeger are moving this week
into the residence at 1014 Sunset
drive, where Mr Whitfield and
his family had beer; living.
Discord Arises
Over Tax Bill
Treasury, White House
Suggestions Rejected
WASHINGTON June 2 —(U.R)—
The administration and house tax
leaders today are ln acute disagree-
ment over the tax load that should
be Imposed upon the American
people this year to help finance
the war.
The ways and means committee,
near the end of writing the 1942
tax bill, has rejected virtually all
suggestions made by the treasury
and the White House.
Perhaps the most serious issue
now lies in the difference between
the amount oi money the commit-
tee’s Income taxes will raise and
the amount, proposed by the ad-
ministration.
Apparently assuming that the
committee will adopt at least
$1,000,000,000 in new and increased
excise taxes, Secretary ol the 'Treas-
ury Henry Morganthau, jr., esti-
mated that the committee’s bli!
may wind up $2,000,000,000 short
of the treasury’s proposed goal ol
$8,700,000,000. He told reporters he
felt that a sufficient share of the
burden already has been imposed
Ion the low income groups in the
program tentatively adopted by the
committee and that the difference
J should be made up by revising
upward the committee’s rates for
corporations and large income in-
dividuals.
Sales Tax Viewed
Tiie committee, on the other
hand. Is generally of the opinion
that the $2,000,000,000. If raised at
all, should come from a sales tax,
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‘Deeper Consciousness’
Of Obligations Found
WASHINGTON. June 2 .-(UR-—
Senator Tom Connally (Democrat,
Texas), chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, said
today that the war has arounsed
a “deeper consciousness" of tiie
mutual obligations of western hem-
isphere nations.
He spoke at commencement ex-
ercises at National Park college,
dedicated to the "stimulating and
strengthening of the bonds of tiie
good neighbor policy."
"The people of he American re-
publics of the western hemisphere.”
he said, “are today more keenly
conscious of the desirability and
necessity of bringing up and
strengthening our ideals of free
government and economic collab-
oration than at any time ln our
history. Fundamentally and essen-
tially our historical backgrounds
reach back to a common concep-
tion and a common dream.”
Obligation Cited
Connally said that ‘it is the
duty and obligation of statesmen
and educators of our respective
countries to bring about the de-
velopment and advancement of the
influences and forces in such fash-
ion as to rebound to our national
and cultural improvement and ad-
vancement. The good neighbor
policy is but a symbol of our com-
mon purpose to bring about these
desirable ends.”
He listed two handicaps to "eco-
nomic intercourse” between the
United States and Latin American
countries — inadequate transporta-
tion and varying currencies—and
said that both problems are now
being met.
Common Heritage Enjoyed
’’The people of the United
j States." he said, "are heartened
by the fine spirit of cooperation
and support existing in nearly all
of the republics of the western
hemisphere. . . Wc enjoy a com-
mon political heritage, the love of
liberty. We have fought for it ln
the past. We shall fight for It in
the future.”
Cash Outlays Total
$3,552,676,087 In May
WASHINGTON, June 2 —(>P)—
Tiie treasury’s cash outlays for
war activities reached $3,552,676,-
087 in May, a new high.
This represented a jump of more
than $300,000,000 from the April
pace. Illustrating the steady step-
up of war efforts, this May's war
spending was more than four times
the corresponding defense outlays
of the similar months last year.
It brought war costs for the
first 11 months of tiie fiscal year
which ends June 30 to tiie un-
precedented total of $22,130,947,353.
I In the most expensive year of
| the last World war, the treasury
never spent more than $18,500,000.-
000 for all purposes in the entire
year.
In the 11 months period, total
; treasury expenditures for all pur-
poses were $27,960,234,285. Income
from taxes and other sources was
$10,306,802,877, leaving a deficit of
$17,653,431,408.
Terse Message
Delivered By
Chief Executive
President Sees Greater
Military Activities
Against Allied Nations
WASHINGTON, June 2 —</P,—
President Roosevelt asked congress
today to declare war on Bulgaria,
Hungary and Rumania.
The chief executive, ln a terse
message to the house of repre-
sentatives, said that these three
countries had declared war on the
United States as "the instruments
of Hitler.”
They "now are engaged in mil-
itary activities directed against the
united nations and are planning
an extension of these activities,"
he added.
The message did not go to the
senate since it was not in session.
Text Is Brief
The text follows:
"The governments of Bulgaria,
Hungary and Rumania have de-
clared war against the United
States. I realize that the three
governments took this action not
upon their own initiative or in re-
sponse to the wishes of their own
peoples, but .as the instruments of
Hitler. These three governments
now are engaged in military activ-
ities directed against the united
nations and are planning an ex-
tension of these activities.
Declarations Due Quickly
"Therefore, I recommend that
the congress recognize a state of
war between the United States
and Bulgaria, between the United
States and Hungary and between
the United States and Rumania.”
The declarations of war against
these three minor axis partners
were expected to be more or less
a formality.
Mrs. Ralph Whitlock, Mrs. A. T.
Zachary and Mrs. W. G. Crump
attended the graduation exercises1
of the Oklahoma A. and M. col- j
lege. Stillwater, Sunday and Mon-
day Dudley Whitlock received his
degree from the school of arts and j
sciences ln the exercises.
Wltai IfouRuAf With
WAR BUNDS
Washington Has
Practice Raid
Gates Barricaded
At White House
WASHINGTON. June 2—(/JV^As
sirens blasted a practice air raid
warning today, an ambulance and
two fire trucks rushed to the
White House where gates were
barricaded and troops were rush-
ed to stations to give a realistic
demonstration of what would hap-
pen should Washington have an
actual bombing.
The first daylight raid practice
brought business in metropolitan
Washington to a virtual stand-
still for some 15 minutes. Streets
usually well traveled between 10
and 11 o’clock were deserted ex-
cept for air raid wardens while the
warning was in effect.
Ill some instances, even incoming
long distance telephone calls were
delayed until the all clear sounded.
The power of the greatest navy
in the world, our own two-ocean
fleet, rests in large measure on its
backbone—the battleships of the
line. They displace approximately
35.00C tons and cost up to $70,000,-
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Weather
Slate Forecast
Little change in temperature to-
night.
El Reno Weather
For 24-hour period ending at 8
a. m. today: High, 88; low, 64; at
8 a. m., 71.
State of weather, clear
Saififaii, pope.
Navy Patrol Plane
Crashes and Burns
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2—(/Pi—
A navy patrol plane crashed and
| burned today 20 miles south of
I here, near Half Moon Bay.
Five bodies were found by Cali-
fornia highway patrolmen who
first reached the scene.
One survivor, Ensign G. H. Apitz,
22. was burned badly and suffered
from severe shock but managed
to walk to Half Moon Bay and
| report the crash.
The accident occurred near Scar-
per’s peak, shortly after midnight
while the plane was on a patrol
flight. The plane was based at the
]Ai&«eda naval air station.
Nazi Armored
Forces Trapped
CAIRO, Egypt, June 2——Ger-
man armored forces, the cream of
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Af-
rica corps which were trapped east
of the Aain El Gazala - Bir Hachelm
line, are "being ceaselessly harried
and destroyed" by British troops
and planes and are “beiug mopped
up.” the British commander an-
nounced today.
"Latest reports show the enemy
may have withdrawn some of his
tanks through the gap in the line.”
a communique by General Sir
Claude Auchinleck said, "but a
large number of his tanks and many
transport vehicles, however, remain
on the wrong side of this barrier.”
000 We have something like a
score of these hug-, ships in the
Atlantic and Pacific ln the At-
lantic and Pacific.
Eight huge battleships are under
construction and more are content -
! plated. To finance these modem
1 goliaths of the sea it is necessary
for every American everywhere to
buy more and more war bonds.
We can do it if everybody does his
share. Invest at least 10 percent
of your Income every pay day to
| help Canadian county go over its
bond quota.
Oil Production In
Oklahoma Declines
TULSA, June 2—(iP)—Although
United Statos crude oil production
increased 283,475 barrels dally ln
the week ended May 30 to a total
of 3,903,800 barrels daily, the Oil
and Gas Journal today revealed
decreases in several states.
Illinois production declined 18.465
barrels dally to 287,290, Louisiana
10.525 to 294,700, and Oklahoma
3,000 to 383,250
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