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EBRUARY 9, 1933 H
KENS STOLEN
OKARCHE AREA
xlmately 100 hens were
om two places near Okai cho I
me last night, John Har-1
anadtan county sheriff, re-•
today.
F. Reuter, who lives on m
ith edge of Okarche, lost
40 and 50 mixed chickens,
I, and 50 white leghorns
olen from Ed Luber, one,
nth of Okarche.
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Canadian Valley
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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938
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GIRLS GET FIRST-HAND STUDY OF RURAL LIFE
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|1t El Reno highschool band
| jplay Sunday afternoon at the Rock
I ‘“Island depot when 68 El Renoltes
tf*board the new Rocket train to be-
|(%ln their two-day excursion to
I, ‘Kamas City. It was announced to-
V6jr.
I The band will play from 4 p m.
luintU the ultra-modern streamliner
J. ipull* out at 4:29 p. m. H O. Kel-
lner. chamber ot commerce secre-
ji lary, said.
I> Definite schedule of the Rocket
jjwas received this morning by the
l^secretary of the chamber, which
,Ji sponsoring the trip to commem-
orate placing the new train on the
Kansas City-Oklahoma City route.
Arriving At 4:t8 P. M.
I* On its first northbound run. the
‘Rocket will arrive In El Reno from
[^Oklahoma Uty at 4:28 p m Sun-
day and stop one minute to take
j*i passengers
it In order that ail 68 of the El
,Renoltes may board the train In
one minute. Mr Keller said, every-
one who !s going should be at
the station by 4:10. p. m
Then baggage can be checked
ind preparations made for board-
ggig
Fifty-five girls from Lincoln highschool, New Y ork Oily, make a first-hand study of rural life In
Georgia through cooperation of Habersham college. a National Youth administration project. Above,
Sally Sells and Rosemary Short learn about rural conveyance on a farm near Clarksville.
Free Diagnostic Services
Provide*! By Club
I?
Did You Hear
1 UTHER C OADBERR/ fa-
i-* ther of a 3-months-old girl,
-and Ralph Costln. father of a
7-months-old daughter have
made a bet on which girl would
walk at the earliest age. The
baby has to walk unassisted 10
feet, and the losing papa will
stand treats for the entire court-
house personnel.
., The Rock Island's stresmlined
™ rocket train will make a test
run from Kansas City to Okla-
homa City and return Friday,
according to information receiv-
ed at El Reno today by R. L
Hadley. Rock Island agent here.
The run is being made without
passengers to test the tracks and
roadbed along the route which
the high-speed train will follow
on Its regular run. which is the
same as that to be traversed on
the El Reno excursion On the
test run Friday, the rocket Is
scheduled to arrive in El Reno
from the north at 2:37 p m.
and will return from Oklahoma
City a short time later, reach-
ing El Reno on the northbound
run at 4:19 p m
Henry and Karl Dtttmer. Roy
and Charles Faubton—four El
Reno school boys—are finding
their puppet show Is meeting
with ever-increasing approval.
During the past year they have
filled numerous requests to pre-
sent their show—which pertains
to Popeye" and other comic
characters—at numerous public
programs. In fact, they have
been getting so many invitations
that their parents are fearing
their studies may suffer, and
are threatening -o call the whole
thing off!
the train without any delays.
ie explained
From 3 30 to 4 p. m 8unday
adlo station WKY in Oklahoma
"Ity will oroadcast a special pro-
ram in honor of the new Rocket
(PLEASE TURN TO PAOE 8)
More than 20 crippled children re-
ceived free diagnostic service Wed-
nesday afternoon at the Klwanis
clubs diagnostic clinic In the First
Baptist church building. W C
Elliott, chairman of the committee
in charge, said today
Most of them were new cases,
he added, and most of the cases are
curable
Arrangements now are being
made for treatment of those whose
defects were diagnosed at the clinic.
Most of the cases can be cared
for locally. It Is believed
Preceding the clinic, which began
at 2 p. m . the Klwanis club was
host at its regular luncheon-meet-
ing to Joe N. Hamilton, secretary |
of tire state crippled children's!
commission, and other members of j
the clinic party
Hamilton Is Heard
In observance of Boy Scout week
the luncheon program featured
Frank Cochran. Harry Oarrett. Jr .
and Jimmie Hodges. Boy Scout', i
who gave the Scout oath, the Scout
law and a brief review of the his- Canadian County Farm-
tory of the organization ... ... *
Mr Hamilton gave a brief add- K®J®Ct I IOfMJSSl
resa. In which he praised Miss Anna - - .
Picklum commission field nurse state and federal soil
whose home Is in El Reno tton officials todav took under
IESSASKE
FOB BELIEF FID
Industrial Centers To Get
Bulk of Appropriation
VOLUME 46, NO. 291
Virginia Dove To Direct
Specialty Numbers In
Musical Comedy
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 -Uft-
Presldent Roosevelt asked congress
today for Immediate appropria-
tion of $250,000,000 to meet relief
qe?ds during the next four and a
half montns.
"Funds available at this time."
the president wrote Speaker Wil-
liam B Bankhead, "will not only
not take care of the additional
burden caused by the recent In-
crease in unemployment, but will
require a sharp reduction in the
near future of the number on the
Works Progress administration
rolls."
WPA oilicials. anticipating the
president's request, said most of the
money would be used in industrial
renters, especially the automobile'
manufacturing cities.
The money would be in addl-j
tton to approximately $407.000 000
which WPA now has remaining
from Its o-tglnal allotment for this
fiscal year.
"The funds available on Jan 1.
1938." sakl the president, “would
permit employment of an average
of only l.VOOfino persons for the
six months ending June 30. 193k
The number of persons on the
Works Progress administration rolls
conservH- today Is 1.950000"
Demands Increasing
WPA officials said the sum M:
"Love Goes South." El Reno
highschool musical comedy to be
presented Feb 22 in the highschool
auditorium, will feature a group of
specialty dances under the direc-
tion of Miss Virginia Dove
Appearing in the opening chorus
will be Elizabeth Cox. Dorothy
Merveldt, Olodys Norma Colt and
Evelyn Lorenzen.
The Spring in Dixie" chorus,
with Dixie dancers, will be com-
posed of Sara Ann Preston. Betty
La; Rauh. Eleanor Davis. Betty
Jean Rempel and Zeta Crawford
Specialty dancers In the "How
Many Rhymes Can You Make?"
chorus will include all those who
appear In the opening chorus, In
addition to Norma Helen Cole and
Connie Morgan.
Ballet Prepared
Scene No 3 will open with a
ballet presenting Sara Ann Pres-
ton. Bettv Lee Rauh. Eleanor
Davis. Zeta Crawford and Betty
Joan Rempel.
Takirg oromlnent parts In the
southern n-gro scene will be Phyl-
lis Jean Hunr.icutt. Eloise Flet-
cher. Jackie Fletcher Mary Fran-
ces Fink, Huth Brown. Mary Ellen
Martin, Cai.ion Booth. Wilma Ma-
thews. Jeanette Crawford. Juanita
Farris. Peggy Wright. Margaret
June Seiwer, Palsy Cosgrove. Carol
Jean Chambers. Anita Gill Patti
Rae Collins and Billie Jean Haw-
kins.
The Hi-De-Ho number at the
opening of the second act will
feature Elizabeth Cox. Gladys Nor-
ma Colt. 'Evelyn Lorenzen and
Dorothy Merveld; in a special dance
sequence.
Others To Appear
Margaret Fischer, a member of
the cast, also will give a solo tap
version of the Hl-Dr-Ho
Otner dance numbers will feature
Norma Helen Cole In a rhythm
lap. and Dorothy Merveldt and
Bryc* Woodman in a waltz num-
<rr
‘MI.v Dove has been assisting
in the production of highschool
operettas at El Reno several years.
In addition to her own pupils who
are featured In specialty numbers,
she Is directing three other cho-
puscs of students from the high-
school glee clubs.
Kelly Resigns Place As
El Reno Football Coach
Indian Grid Mentor To
Become Instructor In
Texas College
A:-!’
At a meeting of the El Reno ]
board of education Wednesday
night it was voted to accept the
resignation of Rex Kelly, football
coach and Spanish Instructor In
the highschool. who wlH be re-
leased from his duties Mar. 1, It
was disclosed today by H. M. 1
Hensley, chairman of the board.
Mr Kelly, who became a mem-
ber of the highschool faculty last |
September, plans to enrol at Baylor
university in Waco. Tex., for the
spring and summer terms where
he will complete work for his
master's degree and where he also
will teach two courses in Spanish.
At the beginning of the 1938-39
term. Mr Kelly will assume the
place of a Spanish Instructor In
a state teachers college In Texas.
Mr Kelly came to El Reno from
WIFE BE CLOSED
£ STATE EVEN!
r teachers Taking Part In
dT Annual Convention At
Oklahoma City
REX KELLY
tinue until the close of the term
in May.
It is probable that the board
Yoakum. Tex., highschool where | wln not elect a football cirach be-
he was football coach seven years 1 fore summer, the board chairman
following his graduation from, added. wlth the spring practice
Baylor He succeeded Frank Crl- | period to be conducted by Ander-
.■‘Kan • it a
der here when the latter resigned
to become director of athletics in
Norman highschool.
A teqipcrary Instructor will be
named to succeed Mr Kelly In the
Spanish department. Mr Hensley
said, with the new teacher to con-
son Green, who now Is serving as
basketball mer.tor here. Before
coming to El Reno from Thomas,
Mr Green was in charge of the
football teams there and he served
as assistant to Mr. Kelly during the
past football season here.
SENATE TO VOTE JAPANESE REPLY
Passage By Nightfall Is Prince, Prime Minister In
Predicted Conference
WASHINGTON. Feb 10 —UP)—
The senate, amid predictions of
passage before nightfall, took up
the revived administration farm
program today
In so doing, it laid aside, for the
time being at least, the antl-lynch-
Ing bill against which southern
senators have filibustered since the
session started in January
Debate was delayed at today's
convening when Senator Hiram
Johnson ‘Republican. California>.
forced reading of the full report
TOKYO, Feb 10—Premier
Prince Funttmaro Konoye and Navy
Minister Admiral Mltsumasa Yonal
conferred tonight on Japan's reply
to requests of the United States.
Great Britain and France for in-
formation on Japan's battleship
plans, which Toyko newspapers said
would be refused.
The official spokesman of the
navy, however, declared that "If In
future a naval conference is call-
ed to discuss quantitative Umlta-
of a Joint senate-houar committee tlon as of first Importance. It Is
larland Discussing Plans
For Old Age Help
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb lO-HJP
-Governor E W Marland and a
Lommlltcr fiom the Oklahoma pub-
lic welfare commission agreed to
bieet this afternoon with backers
Bf Initiative measures designed to
ptcreasr old age pensions to $30
month oy means of a supple-
nental 2 percent severance tax on
|»tural resources Including oil
Marland who took credit (<n the
Action of the commission yester-
day in orocring average pension
ayments boosted from $13 to $30
month Apr. 1, said he was ln-
erested In finding out Just what
old people want.
Marland and the committee will
neet with O. J Pox. president
the Oklahoma Association for
Age security. Inc., and Tom
!>. Drake, attorney.
The pension organisation has
I lied typewritten oopks of Its ini-
Ji..tHe pennon with the secretary
nf state but has not begun a drive
|or si unsure!
Since the petitions have not been
Tinted. It was considered possible
I hey might be withdrawn and
lino mini iieiore being rln ulated
During the fiscal year 1936-37. Kingfisher counties, and small por-
Mr Hamilton said In his talk crip-
pled children from 101 families
In Canadian county were granted
commitments and already this year
78 commitments have been granted
Of the 101 who received care In
the last complete fiscal year. 04
were treated in local hospitals 36
were admitted to the Mate crip-
pled children’s hospital In Ok la
na City, and one w
at a private hospital in Oklahoma
City.
Dr John F Burton, plastic >urg- consideration plans lor a proposed _____ _________ __
eon with the commission, also spoke soil conservation district includ- RooKVtU Mind would enable'them
brM,,ly- ing most of Canadian Logan and; to give relief to an average of 1.-
POO.OOO persons during the four
tlon* of other counties and a half months period. Be-
They conducted a series of public iause of heavv winter demand
hearings In Outhrte. El Reno King- ,h*>' addwl more than 1.000.000
fl&lier and Watonga earlier this I l,robably would be added now with
week, and will use the data gained, rurtalln*nta ,n **»• *Prln«
at them for outlining tentative, *ame officials have reported
boundaries of the district I,hat 11 additlonal funds were not
„____ , .... . forthcoming, they planned to prune
. P one with headquar- lhe. rolu down ,0 , 500000 by the
,----- V...™.,,.. v™»- a Guthrie which would in- fnd ^ the flgc4l yew. The WPA
homa City, and one was treated r,"d!‘ " ' o( Canadian county north announced there were 68.479 more
of the South Canadian river. on relief on Jan
At Uie El Reno meeting, tanners 29 than there were a week be-
from Canadian county argued for fore.
and against including this county Tie president Informed Bam •
in such a district and by a voice bead that a deficiency appropri. -
■ I I I l> ~ v°le resolved to decline any In- llon °f $250,000,000 would "per-
il ll^llIHIHI I rogram nation to participate in that dla- m,t the continued employment"
_____ I trict. during the remainder of the fiscal
Boundaries proponed so far arc vfaf ending June 30 of persons
nude at Wednes-1 on|V tentative, however, and when now or' wnrlt a,Kl
of the Highland 4-H definitely determined, pertlctpatlon p.ro'l<le • reasonable measure nf
Childers. Canadian' *“
Investigators Baffled By
Chicago Slayinjf
on Its revisions of the farm meas-
ure.
Beforehand. Alben W Barkley
of Kentucky, majority leader, pre-
dicted the senate would complete
action before adjournment for the
day The house voted approval
of the crop control bill yester-
day.
The farm bill shared capItol In-
terest with President Roosevelt's
lequest for $250 000.000 additional
for relief during the next four
and one-half months
Peace Advocate Heard
A peace advocate, meanwhile.
likely Japan will Join."
He expressed belief Japan would
participate In a formal effort to
prevent a world naval building race.
He pointed out the queries of the
three powers dealt with qualitative
limitations—size and armaments or
Individual shipk—to which Japan
had declined to suta'-ribe, but ex-
pressed readiness to corutder anew
quantitative restrictions—on the
total tonnage of navies
Japan at the 1936 London naval
conference refused to adhere to
qualitative agreement after the
(lub Is Preparing
Plans for a
program were
day s meeting
club. Janies R
. __________participation. „ ,
tlie work will be voluntary wlUi 1rel,rf for Ul0"r who ha'e
become unemployed and are In
need"
county ag»nt reported today 1 the Individual farmers
Oladvs White, president, presided _________
over the meGlng when timely riuieoo fnnBmiAJ
topic* were given by Frankie Shaw ' DllFSO t Oil! 111110(1
and Robert Russell, and team dem-
onstrations were given by Charles
8haw and Jack Starbuck. Louie
Russell and Alim Brooks. Appointm<-tit of a R*d Cross,
A brief business smslon consist- committee to carry on home hv- 8AN FRANCISCO FVb 10—-ti
ing of reports ard Instructions on giene and sick care work was an- _A howling gale that struck norl! •
projects made up the Big Four 4-H uouncfd today by Mrs Hsrvev De" rrn Ca,,fornla kl|led Nve persons.
In Homo Hygiene
California leashed
By Howling Gale
club meeting yesterday at East
Walnut school. Mr Childers said
Poultry Thefts In
County Continuing
Another flock of approximately
|>" chickens was stolen last night
In Canadian county. Sheriff John
RhHMI said today
'ire tracks am! l—.t,,1 mi
Intlli iitrthiit the robliery was coin.
pitied I" .lie hum Itataos who the
lilglit liefore raided Iwo other roosts
1
jicrlll Han I si .11 KMkl
Ham Biiillh, seven miles north
bod one and onr-half miles rasl
k>f El neon, was the Wednesday
$ Ifht victim John P Router,
■ ikarrhc anil BN UIW DM
V.11II1 or Okarrhe each lost apptnx-
imulcly 30 chkkuu Tuesday night
Aderhold Injured
In Auto Accident
Injuilrs >ecelvt-d in an automobile
accldeni Wednesday by Dr T H
Aderhold. El Reno physician, were
ver, chairman
Members are Mrs Baker H.
Melone, Mrs Charles Standard.!
Mrs F R Bendler. Mrs Sam
Roberson tnd Mrs Wilfred Ward J
They plan to organise home hy-1
uieiv classes and work In connec-
lion
lee
Injured scores of others and caus'd
property damage estimated at mil-
lions of dollars
Tie wind, which at several plan s
along a 300-mlle front reached al-
most toniadlc force yesterday, came
as a shrieking climax to 14 da's
with the nutrition commit- of ’aorm H d,ed down lpavlng m
Its wake broken communlc*ti< >i
Tic r.utrlUon committee 1. spon- *5"?™ bl,orkrd h*h«ya” !'
d escribed icday m not serious bv ’•w'hg a aortas of Mx weekly classes ™‘<' " . . r°'1'
hospital attendant* 1 thf arP°nd of which will be held "‘ld,nonal raln* Pml,clrd for ,0*
HU car. of which he was the only "Mt Monday, on the relation of .. .
occupant left the rtaul and over-1 * tmMi Extending northward from Ban
turned several limes shortly after___ Francisco, mldwgy between Ban
noon yesterday on the northeast *, .NKWK_,.„ franclsco and Los Angeles 10
rutaklrts of Oklshoma City, while' ALARM ANMUKMi iitireka. Just south of the Oreguii
Dr. Aderhold was enroute to Bnpul-1 Firemen answered a call sliortly N<atf »««•, It tore through cities
i>a ' before irkiii today to 910 Bouth |Hl>d tAW,,a a“d rampaged Inland
He received numerous bruises, the Bickford avenue. t|M. residence of|fw 1,00 ra"a,n* da»»age even
worst of which were about hU Eva L Morris when a bucket of '* ,nland va|Fy» of the Blrrrg
dicst, and suffernl fnan shock, but | floor wax liccame Ignited It was Npva<ta
.....Mtea wrrr broken ............. before flmnn. ZZ-
tuven emerpney treatment In .cached U,e -*.,., ......... damage „ .. P*"M,T »>"TAINM.
Oklahoma Ollv lie then *•». was reported. HuiUllug permit for the coualruc•
brought to 'hr El Reno sanitarium! ___ Hon of a residence at 303 West
vlicic gtWndMRl *aki he would Owens Street was Issued Wedni-
remain In bed » week or 10 day* l-ee Plerco, 03ii BouUi Rook ts- day to fra Roaaon, according to
!)i Ad' 1 hold * automobile was land avenue, who lias been ill with j records of Mias Ethel Dowell, oily
almost demolished, according to re- influenza since Sunday, was re- dark. Coal of the building was not
Port* ^ported Unproved today. ,Indicated
CHICAOO. Feb 10—iA*i—Investi-
gators pried into underworld rack-
ets today in search of a motive for
the slaying of one man and wound-
ing of three others by three smil-
ing gunmen.
Rivalry between racketeers in il-
licit alcohol and gambling enter-
prises offered the only immediate
explun.ii ion for thr shooting
The three killer*, disguised as
hunters, entered a bakery in sub-
urban Chicago Heights yesterday
"Hello. 8am." said one of them to
Sam Costello.
As Costello extended hts hand in
grreUng, the gunmen opened fire.
He fell mortally wounded with nine
slugs In the abdomen He was
wearing one of the diamond belt
buckles given by Al Capone to hla
clc*e friends during the turbulent
prohibition era.
The 43-year-old victim's brothrr,
Nick. 32. and two companions were
wounded
Sheriff Defended
In Federal Trial
TULBA FVb 10 — tA’i — County
Attorney Everet 8 Collins came to
the defense of men with whom
he originally was accused In the
government's Creek county liquor
conspiracy case by testifying today
that Sheriff Lew Wilder, principal
defendant, never had failed to
make a liquor raid when requested
by the county attorney's office.
Tie Indictment against Collins,
one of the 19 original defendants,
was dismissed in January on rec-
ommendation of Whit Mauay. Unit-
ed Slates district attorney, and
with Uie observation of Federal
Judge Franklin K Kennamer that
circumstances involving Collins
“weren't even Mi»pl< ioit,< "
Collins was the first defense wit-
ness today alter Federal Judge A.
P Murrah, presiding In the trial,
had overruled all but one ot sev-
eral defense demurrers and reduced
the list of delriulanu remaining on
trial to six.
cmdbark°^8T h^^Chk^TflS “lh'r P°wm rpJe‘tPd |'pr dem*nd‘
last fall on a "policy of threat ,or * 'commo,‘ upper “mlt
and bluff which can end only In °* 10181 tonnages.
humiliation or war." "If the powers would approaih
Frederick J. Libby, executive sec-
retary of the National Council for
Prevention of War. made this as-
Japan with the idea of quantitative
limitation uppermost it would make
a favorable Impression." the spokes-
sertion belore the house naval | man said in •» dtacmiw cl means
committee while opposing the pro- 1 to end the threat of a world naval
posed $800100 000 naval expansion building race,
program. | _______
When co.islderatlon of the farm
bill began In the senate, each sen-
ator found on his drsk a bulky
195-page volume containing In
parallel columns three different
I arm bills.
There were the original bill ap-
proved by the house, the bill ap-
proved by tile senate and the com-
promise bill written by senate-
house conference committee from
the first two
All schools In the El Reno
public system will be clcsed Friday
so that teachers may participate
in the annual convention of the
Oklahoma Education association
now in session at Oklahoma City,
it was announced today from the
office of Paul R. Taylor, super-
intendent.
Although the state convention
opened this morning, classes In
El Reno schools were being con-
ducted as usual today but will
be dismissed Friday The con-
vention continues through Satur-
day. \
All rural schools In Canadian
county were dismissed today and
will remain closed Friday for the
convention, according to Miss Olen
Evelyn McCarty, county superin-
tendent.
Students On Program
Five El Reno highschool students
wx>re to appear on the program at
L45 p. m today, demonstrating
tempo as related to stage direction
with a scene from "The Queen's
Husband," by Robert Sherwood.
They are Bill Putnam. Jerry
Kelso Bob Dale, Arthur Sunmiers
and Billie Jeanne Torpey They
were accompanied by Miss Ruth
Torpey, Instructor in the speech
department.
Twenty-eight persons from Cana-
dian county plan to attend the
banquet tonight at which Frances
Perkins, secretary of labor, will be
principal speaker.
They are Miss Elisha Larkin. Miss
Gertrude 8harpe, Mrs. Ollle Jones,
Mrs Leone Chambers. Mrs Olyn
Derigo, Miss Theresa Roach. Miss
Lauretta Jensen. Miss Don EUla
Standard. P. L. Howe
Others At Banquet
Miss Elsie Mae Wright. Mrs.
Helen Roether. Miss Etta Dale, Miss
Rose Witcher. Miss Hessie Smith,
Mrs Orace Pavy, Miss Louise Drap-
er, Miss Nellie Petticrew. Mrs.
Oertrude Branson. Miss Cecil Irene
Smith. Mrs. Helen Kuilman Mias
With Steanson.
Miss Lula Vandersllce, Mias Olenn
(PLEASE TURN TO PAOE 81
Payroll For 11-Day Period
Exceeds $5,000
Presbyterians To
( ondnet Sessions
Rev T O Mowry. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church at
El Reno. Is one of a group of
representative Presbyterian minis-
ters from various sections of Okla-
homa who will attend a three-day
pastors' round table which convenes
at 2 p. m Monday. F>b. 14, tn
the First Presbyterian church of
Oklahoma City
Dr Edward P Westphal and Rev
William F Wefer. both of Phlla-
Paul R Taylor, superintendent! dalphiH. Pa will be leaders at the
of El Reno public schools. Wed- roulKj table Tie former Is director
neaday night was elected to serve, Qf adu|t eduction and men s work
in this capacity for another term. of lhf p,Mbyterl,n lK)ttrd of chrl)t.
Taylor Is Elected
For Fourth Term
Canadian county's WPA payroll
for the last 11-day work period
totals more than $5000 John
Woods, county supervisor, announc-
ed today
Almost 200 men were employed
by the WPA during the same
period, which ended yesterday.
Biggest of the various proj-
ects was tlie countywide farm-to-
market Job. which paid 106 men a
total of $2,769, according to the
report submitted by the foreman
The El Reno street project
paid 14 men $339, the Webster
school Job paid 21 men $688.80
and the Darlington gam* farm
project paid 14 men $418 80
While Ume reports have not
been received for the county sani-
tation project and the Yukon sewer
Job. Mr Woods estimated the Yu-
kon work as paving 30 men $650
and the sa citation project as pay-
ing to men $300
The Okarche street protect Is
belnj handled Jointly through
Canadian and Kingfisher county
WPA agencies and a report on It
could not be estimated here
It pas announced today by H. M
Hensley, chairman of tlie boaid
of education,
Mr Taylor now Is completing hla
third term as superintendent here.
He assumed hla duties In El Reno
at the beginning of the 1936-36
term, coming to this city from Ida-
bel where he was superintendent
of schools for II years.
faculty members at El Reno will
not be elected until later In the
current term. Mr. Hensley said.
WEATHER
Forecast
Partly cloudy to unsettled tonight
and Frldsv; somewhat warmer In
west portion tonight and In north
and west portions Friday
Kl Reno Weather
For 34-hour period ending at 4
p m Wednesday high, 81, low.
6$: at 4 » m , 70
Htate of weather, clear.
Rainfall, none.
tlan education, while Mr Wefer Is
assistant director of the same work.
Report Denied By
Alcatraz Warden
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb 10—1>8»)
—Out of a welter of conflicting
reports today came a flat denial
that Al Capone, ex-gangster, was
confined In a stralghtjacket In
Alcatras Island's penitentiary prison
hospital.
Tie only thing definitely cer-
tain Is that the once boastful
Chicago gang chief Is on a hospital
cot In the prison for Americas
most hardened crlmliiala, under ob-
servation tor Insanity
"Capone la being given the best
nf attention," said Warden Janie*
A Johnston "He has shown no
signs of violence since entering the
hospital and has not beetr In a
stialglitjackcl."
Debt Ad just men!
I nit To Convene
A monthly meeting of the Cana-
dian county farm debt adjustment
i committee will be held at 10 a m.
Monday, FVb 14. In the office
of Uwwn L Ware, rural supervisor
tor tlie Farm Security administra-
tion. In the city hall at D Reno
William L. Crittenden, atate farm
debt adjustment supervisor, will be
present. All fanners needing as-
sistance are Invited to attend lha
meeting
Fanuers who are III need nf help
and counsel In their debt ditliriil-
Mra ure privileged to contact Mr.
Ware who will refer their appllra-
Uons to Uie local cunmltta which
Is composed of Paris V n«ary,
Blirrman Schubnell and Bert A
Brown. This assistance la wtUinut
coat to clUiar debtor ot creditor.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 46, No. 291, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1938, newspaper, February 10, 1938; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc921179/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.