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Threatened Oil
Strike Nay Put
Nation on Foot
March 5 Walkout
Is Scheduled By
275,000 Workers
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 21—(U,R>—
An oil Industry spokesman said to
J day that within three weeks many
‘ of the nation’s motorists will be
"afoot" If 278,000 oil workers make
good their threatened strike.
Representatives of the workers
announced after a Joint coordinat-
ing meeting last night that a na-
tionwide strike would be called
March 3 to back up the unions'
demands for a Straight $2 a day
wage Increase.
The industry spokesman said such
a strike would have motorists "afoot
I within 10 days” alter it was called,
j For the first time In history, 22
I CIO, AFL and independent unions
1 Joined In a common effort to force
J the Industry to accept their de-
I mands.
To Complete Vote
| strike—if it comes off—will
I hit refineries, pipelines, production
plants, sales forces and in some
Instances, chemical plants.
The deadline of 12:01 a. m. March
3 was chosen to permit the AFL
union to complete the strike vote
now in process.
The CIO union completed Its
strike ballot of 300 bargaining units,
and a spokesman said 90 percent
of the membership favored a strike,
Not all of the 275,000 oil workers
represented wUl walk out In the
“1 str|ke. Instead, key workers will
’1 strike In a move "aimed at crlp-
■ Pling the heart of the Industry.”
Locations Secret
Members of the committee meet-
ing here refused to disclose the
location of the plants that will be
picketed.
“Were not going to tell the oil
companies whose plants are going
to be shut down," said O. A. Knight,
president of the CIO Oil Workers
International union.
"We're going, to keep them on
the hot seat," he said. "They'll
know which plants we're striking
when we go out, and then we'll tell
the press which ones will be struck."
Principal areas that will bear the
brunt of the all-out union effort
will be the gulf coast of Texas and
the rim of the Oreat Lakes.
Companies Named
"Companies In which we have
the most significant membership
are Sinclair, the Texas Company.
Shell, Tidewater Associated. Gulf
and Socony-Vacuum." Knight said.
Members of the negotiating com-
mittee that set the deadline in-
cluded V. O. Cottengim of Cov-
ington, Ky.. and O. V. Clover of
East St. Louis. 111.. AFL: J. J. Mc-
Kenna of Whiting. Ind., Independ-
ent. and Knight of the CIO group.
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“BIRDMAN" OF THE FUTURf—Marine Sergeant Daniel Murphy
of Pittsburgh, Pa., shows the navy's "hoppi-copter," a one-man
helicopter which it is ho|x><i will some day enable a fully-armed
man to get about the battlefield more quickly. Engine and gas
tank are strapped onto the marine's back: his less are the landing
and takeoff "gear." Performance details of the flying machine are
secret, but navy spokesmen said this model did lift a man and
hover over a field as early as 1947.—(NEA Photo.)
Vote Asked On
Ouster Probe
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21-07*,_
Senator Mike Monroncy <Democrat,
Oklahoma) said today he will press
for a senate vote on whether to
continue an inquiry Into demands
that Senator McCarthy (Republi-
can. Wisconsin i be ousted from
congress.
Monroncy said he plans to pro-
pose at a meeting of a senate
elections subcommittee next week
the senate be given a chance to
decide on the Investigation. The
Oklahoman, a member of the sub-
committee. added that he wants
the inquiry continued.
Demands that McCarthy be ex-
pelled have come from Senator
Benton (Democrat. Connecticut!i,
simn.sor of a resolution aimed at
ousting the Wisconsin Republican.
The resolution has been before
the elections subcommittee for
study since last August. In October
the group instructed its staff to
conduct an independent investiga-
tion of the Benton contentions,
which included charges McCarthy
had committed perjury and fraud
and had engaged in "calculated
deceit" of the American people.
Filing Period Set
For City Offices
Filing period for candidates for
city offices will begin Wednesday,
Feb. 27, at the office of J. L. Pat-
man, county election board secre-
tary. at 108 East Hayes, and will
continue until March 7.
Four city offices are to be filled
In this year s election, including the
offices held by Mervil J. Meyer,
city treasurer: and those of coun-
ctlmen Arnold SawalUsch, Herman
Merveldt and Roy Stevenson.
A primary, if held. Is scheduled
for the third Tuesday in March,
and the general election will be
held the first Tuesday In April.
The city treasurer Is elected to
a two-year term, while oftlces of
the councllmen continue for three
years.
Registration of voters for the city
primaries opened Monday.
Three Spans
Planned For
Trouble Area
The state highway department
has been hesitant, at times, In
granting funds for new bridges
believed needed on Oklahoma's
roads, but Thursday It reversed
procedure—where one bridge was
asked, three will be constructed.
The three spans are planned to
eliminate that perennial trouble
spot at the North Canadian river
on SH 4 north of Yukon, caused
by natural floods, and those re-
leased from Canton reservoir.
State Highway Director C. A.
Stoldt said the new structures
are Incorporated in an estimated
SI88.629 construction Job on which
the highway commission will
open bids March 4.
The present bridge across the
unpredictable North Canadian
will be raised nine feet and will
be enlarged by 25-foot concrete
slabs on both ends.
In addition, overflow bridges
will be built on both sides of the
present structure. They will be
concrete slab bridges. 125 and 175
feet each in length and 26 feet
wide.
Specifications allow the smaller
bridge five spans and the larger
bridge seven spans. Each span
will be 25 feet long.
The overall project includes
more than a half mile of new
paving along the route where
floods have ruined the present
surface, and grades to stop the
overflow.
Work is expected to get under-
way soon after contracts have
been awarded.
Engine Plant
To Open Soon
Aircraft and Engine enterprises,
latest addition to El Reno's grow-
ing list of industries, is still en
gaged in moving equipment and
machinery to Mustang field, where
the firm will operate an airplane
engine rebuilding plant.
Roy A. Good, head of the com-
panv. said production is expected
to get under wav in about 10 or
12 days, with approximately five
employes at the start.
The company has been turning
out one and two rebuilt engines per
day at the former plant in Moore,
but the amount Is expected to be
Increased to five to 10 engines per
clay as soon as an assembly line
process can be set up. Good said.
A labor force of 15 to 20 persons
will be probably be at work at the
plant in the near future, he said.
Sportsmen Win 52-51
Over Bethany College
The El Reno Sportsmen inched
past Bethany Nagarene college for
a close 52-51 victory In a basketball
game Wednesday night on the
Bethany court.
High point man for the winners
was Bob Plsel, with 15 points, fol-
lowed by BUI Propper, jr„ with 13
points.
Others playing on the local team
■were Ray Bowling, Arthur Croak,
Bill Curtis. Jesse Urton, Richard
McClarin, Jack Cully, Jack Reuter
and Melvin Corn.
The Sportsmen wUl meet Mlnco
on the El Reno highschool court
at 7:45 p.m. Monday at the El Reno
invitational basketball tournament.
Motorists Pay
$189 tor Errors
Fines in JP Court
Are $125, Costs $64
Eight persons were fined for
traffic law violations in Justice i
the peace courts here Wednesday.
In the court of WUliam H. OU-
bert, Justice of the peace. Jim Blair,
45, of 714 Sunset drive, drew
suspended fine and 88 costa on
charge of driving on U. S. 66, two
miles east of El Reno, without
driver's license on Feb. 12. Com
plaint was by Trooper Oarland
Richey of the highway patrol.
Judge Oilbert fined Tommy Ter-
ral Bradford. 17, of 209 South Rock
Island. $25 and )8 coats on a charge
of driving without a driver's license
Jan. 24 on U. 8. 86. a mile east of
El Reno. Richey made the com-
plaint.
Leaving Accident Charged
James Willard Higgins, 24, of El
Reno was fined 810 and *8 costs
by Oilbert on a charge of leaving
the scene of an accident on U. 8.
281, south of deary, on Feb. 10.
Trooper N. J. Bums of the highway
patrol filed the complaint.
Paul Eugene Harris. 24. of Wood-
ward, charged with speeding on
state highway 3, northwest of Yu-
kon. on Jan. 19, was fined $10 and
$8 costs by Judge Oilbert, after
complaint was made by Highway
Patrol Trooper John Osmond.
W P. Crites, Justice of the peace,
fined Benjamin Lee Howard. Okla-
homa City, tio and (8 costs on a
charge of speeding on U. 8. 66, 11
miles west of El Reno on Feb. 12.
Complaint In this speeding case
also was made by Osmond.
S50 for Overweight
Carl Edward 8chr.ver, 41, of Kan-
sas City, accused of reckless driv-
ing Fob. 19 on U. S. 66, two miles
west of Yukon, in a complaint made
by Trooper Richey, was fined 810
and 88 costs by Judge Oilbert.
William Von Werder, 1219 West
Wade, charged In a complaint by
Trooper Osmond, with reckless driv-
ing Dec. 8 in El Reno, also was
fined 810 and 18 costs, by Judge
Oilbert.
Kenneth Wayne Russell, 24. Ma-
dlll. was fined $50 and 88 cosit by
Judge Crites on a charge of driving
an overweight vehicle Feb. 12 on
U. S. 81. a mile south of Union
City. Complaint was made by
Trooper O. E. Etheridge of the
highway patrol.
Chairmen Name
Committees For
Chamber Work
Groups To Direct
Complete Program
For Current Year
Twelve chamber of commerce
committees, to operate during the
current year, have been selected
by committee chairmen named last
month.
The committees are as follows:
Industrial—Verne Roberts, chair-
man: E. D. Freeman, vice chair-
man; M. S. Morris, J. L. Pazoureck,
Kenneth Brown. Morris Stock, J
L. Patman, D. M. Clawson, Stan-
ley Youngheim and Tate String
field.
Agricultural - H. M. Henaley,
chairman; Boyd Halverson, vice
chairman: Norman Schroeder. Aaa
Johnson, Jr., Ramsey Hardy. Elmer
Schwab. Fred Hlx, Olen Brown,
Walter Shuttee. Duane Logan, Miss
Margaret Edsel, tester Bowling.
Dennis Adams, Riley Tarver, Mar-
lon Watson, A. D. Bpurlln, Henry
Girard, T. L. Pike, Cleo Deather-
age, Rev. Ernest Hicks, Ed Koelsch,
J. S. Foltz, Jim Pelfrey, Harry Platt.
Joe Sherer. Leonard Smith and
Dewey Condry.
Civic Improvement
Civic Improvement — Mrs. Don
Allison, chairman: Rev. Oilbert
Curtis, vice chairman; P. H. Hutch-
inson. Malcolm Qarrett, Mrs. O. E.
Etheridge, Lon C. Booth. Bob Evans,
Walter Ross, Pate Oakes. W. H.
Hardwick. Rev. J. W. Hodges. J.
N. Roberson, Arnold Sawallisch. Dr.
C. Riley Strong, and Miss Mary
Burge.
Traffic and transportation—B. T.
Conway, chairman; Hebe Ooad.
vice chairman; Cortez Hoard. Jack
Walsh. O. C. Hinds, 8. E. Burgesa,
Cecil Ledbetter.
Retail trade-Mervil J. Meyer,
chairman; Warren DeMoss, vice
chairman: W. L. Holloway, Melvin
Leflett. Arlie Bowling, Paul Brink-
ley. Charley White, Harvey Dozier.
Roy Stevenson, Mark Hoover. Har-
ry Schroeder, Jim Bass. Olin By-
en, E. M. Arenson. E. R. Slocum,
and Johnny Wilson.
Aviation — a. Francis Porta,
chairman: Dr. Malcom Phelps,
vice chairman; Bill Schulte, E. R.
Kelso and H. Merle Woods
Woods Heads Publicity
Publicity—H. Merle Woods, chair-
man; Fred Wewerka. vice chair-
man: Bruce Haynes. Mrs. L. A.
Garner, and Clyde Fisher.
Membership—E&rle E. Garrison,
chairman; Earl O'Neal, R. h.
Bourne, Dan Warren. Dr. Francis
Hollingsworth. H. M. McOinley.
Carlos Weaver, C. E. Jackson. Bill
Marshall and Prank Cantrell.
Rural relations — Jim Smith,
chairman: Bill Maberry. vice chair-
man: Marie F. Powell, Ray Tech,
George Hurst, and Prank Waller.
Public relations—Lloyd Anderson,
chairman: Jim Wilkinson, vice
chairman: Rvan S. Morris, Rev.
Otto Bcrgner. Mrs. Hallie McCart-
ney. H. B. Kiker. Cliff Chapin. Don
Arnold. Bill Ball. Elmer King and
Asa Mayfield.
legislative—Bill Schulte, chair-
man; J. A. Rinehart, vice chair-
man: Bill Fogg. L. C. Oadberry,
J. L. Pazoureck, Noland Smith and
Paul R. Tavlor.
Fire prevention—Clyde Maxey.
chairman: G. W. Tlmberlake. vice
chairman; Neal Golden and R. A.
Bruce.
End of War in Korea
Predicted Next Spring
President
'Satisfied'
With Work
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21-(U.R)—
President Truman confessed today
that he is quite happy with the
job of being president.
Adding new fuel to speculation
about his political plans, the
president discussed the presidency
at a Masonic breakfast and said:
It is an all-day and nearly
all-night Job, and Just between
you and me arid the gate post
I like It.” '
Mr. Truman was the top speak-
er at a breakfast of more than
500 Masonic leaders. The break-
fast is given annually in his
honor by Frank Land of Kansas
City, Mo., founder and secretary
general of the order of DeMolay.
Dixie Split Predicated
The president's remarks were
made as a leading Dixie Democrat
predicted that a third party will
be formed in the south this year
if Mr. Trumart and Senator
Robert A. Taft are the majority
party nominees for the White
House.
Mr. Truman told his audience
that "this year is leap year and
a most Important year in the
history of the government."
Then he rapidly told how
Washington. Jefferson and Lin-
coln were vilified by the news-
papers of their time. He said
that Washington was attacked
so bitterly that he retired and
would not run for a third term,
lie Expects Abuse
Obviously identifying himself
with these presidents who suf-
fered severe attacks by the press,
the president said philosophically,
"A fellow in this office if he Is
not roundly abused, docs not do
very much."
The president's s|ieech was
largely devoted to explaining to
the Masons, most of them grand
masters of local and state lodges,
the function of his ranking staff
members, all ol whom attended
the breakfast.
STERN HALF OF THE FORT MERCER
Northeaster Threatens Crewmen Aboard
New Storm Threatens Seamen
Stranded Aboard Broken Ship
BOSTON, Feb. 21—(UP)—A new northeast storm bore
down today on the 13 “stay put” seamen riding the battered
stern of the tanker Fort Mercer, which was split in two
during a nor’easter Monday.
Two tugs had the Mercer in tow but they moved at a
crawling pace of three knots and could not outrun the storm.
The tow was headed for Martha’s Vineyard and the
coast guard estimated it would require until 9 a. m. (CST)
tomorrow to cover the 115 miles to the lee of the island.
The storm, however, was
South May Bolt
Party, Okay Ike
Eisenhower Backer
Says Split Possible
State Cattlemen
To Meet Saturday
SEMINOLE. Feb. 21—(U.R)— The
Oklahoma Cattlemen's association
will hold its annual meeting Sat-
urday tn Oklahoma City, it was
announced here today.
Association Secretary Lyle Bo-
ren said cattle thefts and price
ceilings are expected to be the main
topics of discussion during the one-
day session, to be held in the Bilt-
more hotel.
The convention expects to hear
proposals to abolish the office of
price stabilization, Boren said.
Dr. Oliver S. Willham, newly ap-
pointed president of Oklahoma A.
and M. college, will be guest speak-
er at the convention dinner.
Dr. W. E. Orlzso, association pres-
ident. and vice president H. D
Binns wUl preside at the meetings.
New officers will be elected before
the convention cloaea.
Three Dead In
Refinery Fire
ARDMORE. Feb. 21 —UP*—Three
men were kUled and another criti-
cally injured in an explosion and
fire which blackened the heart of
the Ben Franklin company refinery
northeast of here today.
The dead were identified as
James R. Sons and Fount Duston.
48. and J. A. Bradshaw, 38, all
three are from Ardmore.
Homes over a three-mile area
sere shaken by the blast, which
occurred at 6:10 a.m. Company and
Ardmore firemen battled two hours
before bringing the fire under con-
trol.
The refinery is owned by the
Bell Oil and Gas Co., Tulsa. Capa-
city Is 7500 barrels of crude oil a
day. The gasoline cracking plant
has a 4,500-barrel capacity.
Officials said the fire apparently
started In the chemical area of the
plant, causing an expolsion. Dam-
age wasn't estimated.
Weather
Stale Forecast
Cloudy and warmer tonight with
occasional light rain east portion
late tonight; Friday occasional rain
east portion; partly cloudy and
turning somewhat colder west por-
tion; low tonight In 30s northwest
to 45 to 50 southeast; high Friday
45 to 50 northwest to 60 southeast.
El Rene Weather
For the 24-hour period ending at
8 a.m. today; High, 55; low 29;
at 8 a.m., 38.
GREENSBORO. N. C„ Feb. 21—
,/Pl—Thp south is ready to boll the
Democratic party and vote for
General Elsenhower if he is nomi-
nated Republican candidate for
president, a leading Elsenhower
backer declared today.
Senator Carlson (Republican,
Kansas! said in a speech prepared
for an Elsenhower rally that
“thousands of southerners" who
were ready for Ike in 1948" have
been "joined by millions of others,
sickened by graft and corruption
at home, and by fumbling In inter-
national affairs."
The senator is director of the
national Eisenhower for president
headquarters In Washington.
Carlson said the south is not
merely interested in ousting presi-
dent Truman's administration.
“The south Is not ready to vote
out the Truman party unless it
feels that it can help elect as pres-
ident a man who is equipped to do
the Job the south wants done," he
said.
In Washington. Senator Morse,
(Republican. Oregon) said the elec-
tion of Senator Taft (Republican,
Ohio i to the presidency "would de-
feat the foreign policy for which
General Elsenhower stands." Sen-
ator Brewster (Republican Maine)
disagreed.
With Taft as president, Morse
said, it would be "impossible to
carry out our obligations In Eur-
ope under the North Atlantic
treaty."
“Senator Taft has made it per-
fectly clear that as president he
would carry out our commitments
under the North Atlantic pact,”
Brewster declared.
expected to strike some time
after 7 a. m. (EST) time to-
day with winds of 25 to 30
miles an hour, snow, sleet
and accompanying heavy seas.
The stern of the Fort Mercer was
taken In tow by the Canadian tug
foundation Josephine and Ihe M.
Moran of New York after coast
guardsmen completed the rescue of
57 other seamen from the Fort
Mercer and Its 10,000-ton twin
tanker, the Pendleton, which also
broke In two in Monday's storm.
14 Seamen Lost
A total of 14 seamen were lost
!n the double tragedy.
The bow and stern of the Pen-
dleton ran aground in shallow wa-
ter at Chatham bar after its crew
was rescued. The coast guard sank
the bow of the Mercer as a menace
to navigation.
Most of the sea seamen on the
Mercer's stern stayed aboard in an
attempt to salvage the ship's ma-
chinery, which is in that part of
the vessel, and what remained of
a cargo of oil.
They secured lines shot to them
by the tugs and also took aboard
medical supplies to treat two of
their number, one of whom was
suffering from pleurisy and the
other from n back Injury.
Plant Gives Light
They had plenty of food aboard,
according to the chief cook who
was one of those rescued, and since
the stern contained the vessel's
power plant, they had heat and
light.
Those rescued from the Mercer
arrived in Boston yesterday as a
coast guard board of inquiry open-
ed an investigation and heard
charges that the tanker Pendleton
was "not in top shape."
Chief Pumpman James E. Young
of Galveston, Tex., said the Pen-
dleton had one "fractured bulk-
head" and "three leaks on the no.
4 starboard tank." He also charged
that there was no inspection of the
vessel after it ran aground In the
Hudson river last July.
Crew members of the Port Mer-
cer will testify today.
Accused Slayer
Enters Hospital
Woman Is Mentally
III, Attorney Says
EL PASO, Tex., Peb. 21—OP)—
District Attorney William Clayton
today acknowledged that Mrs. Mary
Parsons may never go to trial on
a charge of murdering her army
lieutenant husband.
Instead, Clayton said, defense
attorneys through their successful
maneuver in getting the 21-year-
old former Tulsa girl into a Dallas
mental Institution have paved the
way for a sanity hearing.
E. D. Lewis To Speak
At Jaycee Luncheon
E. D. Lewis, secretary-manager of
the El Reno chamber of commerce
will be guest speaker at the regular
noon luncheon meeting of the Jun-
ior chamber of commerce Friday.
Lewis, who has made a study of
beekeeping, will discuss the "Habits
and Peculiarities of Bees."
600 Attend C of C
Farm Clinic Dinner
Canadian county farmers turned
out In force today to attend closing
sessions of a two-day crop and
livestock improvement clinic, with
the chamber ot commerce feeding
approximately 600 persons at a
free luncheon in Etta Dale junior
highschool.
The luncheon figures indicated
an increase in attendance over
Wednesday, when approximately
350 persons were guests at the
luncheon, and when nearly 500
copies of programs were handed
out.
Estimates were that at least 400
persons were attending the live-
stock Improvement program in the
Junior highschool building, while at
least 200 women were present in
Rose Witcher school lor a home
clinic.
DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 21 —(U.R)_
Tw ice-wed Mary Jean Parsons,
slayer of her second husband, en-
tered Timberlawn .sanitarium here
last night.
Her chief attorney, O. B. Fisher
of Paris. Tex., said yesterday he
had no doubt" Mrs Parsons wbs
suffering from a mental disorder.
"Her conduct as related by those
who have had occasion to be with
her, her statement to the officers
and her conduct in jail," made It
obvious to him, Usher said.
The length of her stay at Tim-
berlawn sanitarium has not been
determined. Fisher said. He said
it would depend upon the district
attorney In El Paso. Mrs. Parsons
is under the care of Dr. Guy F.
Witt "and other members of the
staff," Fisher said.
The blonde blue-eyed former
University of Oklahoma co-ed ad-
mitted shooting her bridegroom of
six weeks, Lieutenant Richard O.
Parsons, of Pleasantville. N. Y.. as
he lay in bed at their El Paso
apartment last Saturday.
A quarrel about help that the
girl's wealthy Tulsa parents were
giving the young couple preceded
the fatal shooting.
Mrs. Parsons now is free on $20,-
000 bond from E3 Paso county,
where she waived preliminary hear-
ing on the murder with malice
charge filed against her.
Mrs. Parsons married the slain
lieutenant last Jan. 2 after he
completed officer candidate school
at Ft. Sill.
Korea Peace
Chances Good
Acheson Says
LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 21
—(AP)—U. S. Secretary of
State Dean Acheson was re-
iwrted to have told the At-
lantic allies today that there
are good chances for peace in
Korea by the end of the
winter.
Conference sources said the
statement was made behind
closed doors to the 14 foreign
ministers of the North At-
lantic treaty organization
(NATO) during a session de-
voted to an up-to-the-minute
study of Russian intentions
in the world.
Far from cheering the
NATO partners, Acheson's
analysis was said to have
stirred up their fears of new
troubles in Asia. Their rea-
soning was that the Commu-
nists would be free to under-
take some new adventure.
Reports from the confer-
ence room said Europe’s pro-
jejeted defenses may have to
be sealed down becauuse of
an apparent shift of Soviet
attention to the Far East.
Approve Big Force
A spokesman sold Acheson and
his colleagues heard and thrashod
over top-level reports on the So-
viet Union and Its latest pollciaa
toward the free world.
Earlier, allied defense ministers
in less than one hour approved a
military committee report c.iiir.g
for 50 to 60 divisions to he In the
field by the end of 1952.
The report now goes to the coun-
cil. There the full-dress assembly
of foreign, finance and defense
ministers must settle a conflict be-
tween the allied chiefs of staff and
W. Averell Harrlman's temporary
council committee.
Elan Air Bases
The committee says the 1954 tar-
get of 100 divisions on active duty
or in Immediate reserve must be
sealed down 12 percent because the
European economies cannot afford
the full goal.
The military wants to keep the
100 division target, planning pro-
duction so that many divisions
could be armed and supported.
Meanwhile, the top military and
financial brains of the North At-
lantic treaty organization (NATO)
were hard at work on the problems
of how defensive air bases can be
strung across Europe before the
1952 building season is over.
VFW Speech Winners
Enter District Event
Jane Bailey and Thomas Hard-
wick, El Reno highschool students
and winners of the Canadian coun-
ty speech contest sponsored by
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will com-
pete In the sixth district contest
In Duncan Friday, it was an-
nounced today.
Highschool students from four
counties, including Stephens, Blaine.
Caddo and Canadian, will compete
for entry In the state finals on
March II.
Judges of the contest from the
speech department of the university
are Dr. E. A. Kretstnger, Dr. inursl
Schendel and R. R. Wlschmeier.
Navy To Get
Its Second
Atomic Sub
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 —(U.P5_
The government today ordered
"immediate coastructlon” of a new
atomic submarine engine of ad-
vanced design.
The nuclear power plant, to be
built by the General Electric co. at
West Milton, N. Y., will be a land-
based pilot model. If successful. It
will clear the way for early con-
struction of a sister ship to the
USS Nautilus, the navy's first
atomic submarine, which Is due to
be launched In 1954.
Atomic submarines are expected
to revolutionize naval warfare, and
the United States has assigned a
very high priority to building a
fleet of them as rapidly as possible.
The navy has estimated that the
Nautilus will have a top speed of
35 knots, and will be able to cruise
"tens or thousands” of miles with-
out refueling.
Because its atomic engine will re-
quire no air, it will be able to run
submerged for very long periods.
Banks, Public Offices
Will Be Closed Friday
Observance of Washington's
birthday will close El Reno's two
banks and some public offices Fri-
day.
The postoffice will be closed, and
no mall deliveries will be made
Friday, Postmaster Jim Moorman
said today.
Doors of the county courthouse
also will be closed tn observation
of the anniversary of the nation's
first president.
However, the majority of atom
and other bualnemea, the etty
and chamber of
will continue with 1
during the day.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 303, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1952, newspaper, February 21, 1952; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc923917/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.