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The El Reno Patty Tribune
A Bin* Ribbon Daily Newspaper Serving Oklahoma's Blue Ribbon Area
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UP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1943
0JJ5 MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno Gives
Enid Quintet
Furious Battle
Plainsmen Finish
Ahead 28-26 After
Thrilling Exhibition
It wa.s another of those panics!
Spectators which filled the El
Reno gymnasium Tuesday night
were treated to eight full min-
utes of incessant thrills through-
out the final quarter of a wild
caging session which saw the Enid
Plainsmen finish in the lead by
a nose, 38-26.
The visiting Plainsmen were in
command the first three periods,
leading 10-4 after the first quarter,
ahead 18-9 at the half, and still
in control after three stanzas, j
24-17.
Then tilings started to happen. I
Enid elected to use a stalling
style, while the Indians suddenly
caught on fire.
While the crowd roared and the
rafter rocked from the ear-splitt-
ing din, big Norman S.vbert spear-
headed the Tribal rally which all
but won the ball game
111 Reno Steals Ball
Flashy J. D. Roland and husky
Kenneth Qulmby began stealing the
ball—and S.vbert, who had been
missing his shots all night, set the
nets blazing with 9 points during
the first four minutes of that
furious final period.
Tile revival was good enough to
pull Coach Jcnks Simmons’ charges
up to within one point of the
mighty Plainsmen. 27-26
But with the blue chips down
and the white heat applied Sybert
wa.s assessed his fourth personal
foul and had to leave the game
with three minutes remaining on
the clock. Only 40 seconds later
Quimby went to the bench on his
fourth foul. With these two stal-
warts missing from the lineup in
the crucial, all-important minutes
at the end of the game, tile In-
dians simply couldn't get over the
hill.
Unbridled I’ury Is Krynote
A free shot by Don Buelow gave
Enid a 2-pninl margin 28-26. with
a full minute of play remaining
and that's the way it stood
Unbridled fury wa.s the keynote
of tile final quarter. Everything
was happening — and with such
rapidity that the screaming funs
could hardly keep check. Only a
few seconds before it was over,
Buelow was pulled to the side-
lines by Referee Fielrieamp on a
tecluiical foul. Buelow. protesting
violently, was all bul dragged from
tile lloor by the husky official who
didn't approve of the Enid for-
wards demeanor.
It marked the Indians' filial
show on the home boards this
season—and it was quite a show,
everybody agreed.
El Reno came so closr to winning
that it is hard to understand why
they didn't. But it was one of
those "if-fy" affairs which the
funs like to rehash.
Hustling Is Delayed
If the Indians hull hustled all
night like they did in the fourth
quarter, it would have been dif-
ferent.
If Sybert. and then Qulmby. hud I
not fouled out. it might have been I
different.
If Neal Hampton hud not been |
able to hit six long "impossible" I
shots in the first half. Coach |
Rod Youngmun's prides never would
have built up such a wide margin j
But Uiat's how it was.
Slender, durk-haired Hampton
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Man of Malta cals bread in big Barefoot girl carries sack of
hunks' as more food arrives. seed to her Malta farm.
Farmers earn on and convoys bring in supplies in increasing vol-
ume for the sturdy people of Mal a, the world's most-bombed spot
Here arc some oi the faces of Malta’s rural population, tire folk who
farm the rocky soil to feed Hie fighters who have held this Mediter-
ranean island through three years of air raids.
Private Antelope
Held by Japanese
Private First Class lleorge W. * 1
Antelope, formerly or Calumet, has j
been rejiorted by the war Depart-
ment to be a prisoner of war of |
the Japanese in the Philippines.
The telegram from the war de- ;
parlment concerning Private Ante-!
lope was received today by Ids;
brother. Henry Antelope. El Rene,
route 3. Private Antelope Is a •
Cheyenne Indian. He attended |
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian I
school at Concho, and another of |
his brothers. Charles Antelope.]
now Is attending school there. J
Private Antelope, 27. had been ]
in the army five years at the time
of his capture. He was stationed
at Fort Sill for four years and
later was transferred to Corregl-
dor. In the Philippines, where he
was on duty with the coast artil-
lery at the time of his capture.
Operations Suspended
By Texas league
DALLAS. Tex. Feb. 24—i/Pi—The
64-year-old Texas league suspend-
ed operations for the duration ol
the war today with six clubs vot-
ing to call a halt.
Cage Contests
To Benefit USO
Fliers, Reformatory
(’lash in First (Janie
First basketball game in Lite
benefit program slated lor Thurs-
day night in I lie El Reno high-
school gymnasium will lie between
teams from Cimarron Held and
the El Reno reformatory, it was
announced today
Originally it was planned lor
these teams to elusli in Hie sec-
ond hall of (lie double-header, hut
the schedule has been revised to
permit the Cimarron and the re-
formatory cagers lo lake the floor
at 7:30 p. in
Second game in lli< twinbill will
be played between Troop A from
Fort Reno and Sacred Heart acad-
emy.
Proceeds from ticket sales will
be applied to Canadian county's
quota for the UHO.
Many former raging stars will
up|>rar In the first game. The Cim-
arron lineup Includes Major "Huey"
Long. Lieutenant "Shock,v" Needy
and Don Hendricks, while among
the reformatory employes are Dan-
ny Doyle, Bill Doyle. Hugh Wil-
lingham Leniel Thompson. Virgil
Tillinghast. Maurice S. Auslcy, Sid
Sclunoyer, L. D. Gilley. Jack Fer-
guson and John Kauger.
During the intermission between
games. Private First. Class Cyril V.
Beach ol Troop A. who is a trick
roping and whip-cracking expert,
will give a demonstration.
M. E. Whitney Is in charge of I
(lie charity entertainment.
Drunk Driving
Fine Assessed
James Alex Thrasher, 35. of
Yukon, charged with drunk driv-
ing, was given a suspended sen-
tence of 30 days in jail and was
ordered lo pay a $100 fine and
court costs after lie pleaded guilty
at his arraignment before Judge
Baker H. Melone in Canadian
county court Tuesday.
Thrasher was charged witli op-
erating a motor vehicle on Hie
Tenth street, cutoff a hali-mlle
west of the North Canadian river
bridge while in an intoxicated con-
dition Feb. 20. The complaint was
signed by C. A. Morris, state high-
way patrolman.
Thrasher also wa.s charged with
operating the vehicle without a
driver's license in a second infor-
mation filed by William L. Funk,
county attorney. Pleading guilty on
this count, tlie defendant was
assessed a $10 flue and costs.
Sailor Smith
Sees Action
Twice Wounded In
Battle, Smiling Youth
lias Taken Part In
Six Major Engagements
TjlOK rive hours W. R. Smith, gun*
* tier's mate third class, float-
ed in tlie water between Guadal-
canal and Tagulu islands in tlie
Solomons. His heavy cruiser had
been shot from under him during
a naval engagement, and Smith,
wounded, was clinging to a rubber
life raft when a heavy P-T boat
picked up the exhausted sailor and
removed him to a naval base hos-
pital
That is the story which this
smiling and modest son of Mrs.
Nola Smith McCawley. 321 West
Walt1- street, is able to tell ills
mother and sister. Miss Irene
Smith, wliilr lie is home on sick
leavr
Smith lias been twice wounded
in action. In the attack on Pearl
Harbor, Dec. 7. 1941. lie had been
in tlie navy for nearly 13 months
and lie suffered minor injuries at
that time.
Since war began lie has been
engaged in six major battles and
he now w ears on the gold bar upon
his left chest the five stars the
navy lias awarded him for his par- i
ticipation in battle. Another star
soon will be added.
A FT EH, the attack on Pearl Her*
‘ * bor. Smith's mother was In-
formed that lie was "missing hi
action." And Smith's explanation
of the way tills Information prob-
ably got out sounds like an Ernest
Hemingway story.
'Hie ship on which lie was serv-
1 ing was sunk in the holocaust at
i the harbor. Smith Jumped over-
I board sans his clothing and was
' picked up shortly by a smaller ship,
j Action wa.s fast and furious. As
1 no sailor's uniforms were available,
he donned a marine corps uniform.
His ship and officers gone, lie
| spent days and nights driving an
ambulance. When lie finally found
a naval unit to report to. tlie list-
ing of Ills being “missing in action”
already hud gone through.
OMITH says there was one thought
in his mind during eacti of the
actions In which lie was engaged
—to get tlie job done. He assures
everyone that Is all you have time
to think about when tlie dive
bombers are swooping down and
tlie big guns are pounding.
In Ills last engagement, in wliicli
lie was wounded, 8mith states his
officers informed him that the
anti-aircraft gun he operated ac-
counted for three Jap planes be-
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Ration Books
Will Be Issued
Until 9 Tonight
Schools Are Open
To Accommodate
Late Registrants
Five El Reno schools will remain
open until 9 p. m. tonight to per-
mit registrants who have not yet
received their war ration book No
2 to register for tlie boons.
Paul R. Taylor, superintendent
of El Reno schools, reported to-
day that 7.192 books were issued
Monday and Tuesday at the
schools, and expressed satisfaction
with the smoothness with which
the registration was proceeding.
Schools where registration Is tak-
ing place arc Lincoln elementary
school. Irving elemental y school.
Webster elementary school, Eua
Dale junior highschool and iioosei
T. Washington negro school.
It originally was announced that
the registration points would close
at 6:30 p. m. tonight, re-opening
at 7:30. but it lias been decided to
continue registration straight
through the afternoon and nlgiu
until P p. m.
Heaviest At Dale School
Largest number of registrants on
the first two davs was reported oy
the Etta Dale junior highschool.
which registered 990 on Monday
and 1.350 on Tuesday.
Next was the Lincoln elemen-
tary school which registered 833
Monday and 990 Tuesday.
Tlie Irving elementary school
reported 653 registrants Monday
and 895 Tuesday. Webster ele-
mentary school registration was
308 Monday and 567 Tuesday, and
Booker T. Washington negro school
reported 293 Monday and 313 Tues-
day.
Registration points are belAg
kept open tonight as a convenience
for those who work during the
daytime hours or have been un-
able to register before.
Volunteers Aid Teachers
Work of registration is bruit;
done by teachers ol tlie schools
assisted by other volunteer worti-
ers. including 75 junior anti .‘OTt-
ior students from the El Reno
highschool.
To avoid congestion, an alpha-
betical system was used lor reg-
istering. witli family name initials
A through F being registered
Monday. G through M registering
Tuesdav, and tlie balance today.
Mr. Taylor stated that registra-
tion had been large enough the
first two days to make it unneces-
sary to continue registration past
tonight.
All El Reno schools have been
dismissed the afternoons or Mon-
day. Tuesday and today in order
to allow tlie teaching staffs to as-
sist in registration.
31 Promoted
At Fort Reno
Advancements Are
Announced Today
Thirty-one promotions ol enlist-
ed men in the quartermaster detach-
ment at Fort. Reno were announced
today from tlie office of Lieutenant
Gilbert L. Chitwood, public rela-
tions officer. Promotions were list-
ed as follows:
To be technical sergeant—Staff
Sergeant Arthur G. Sweet, Tech-
nical! Third Grade diaries A.
Piatt, Corporal Paul D. Evans.
To be staff sergeant—Sergeant
William L. Collins.
To be staff sergeant technician—
Sergeant Robert A. Gerkin. Ser-
geant John C. Bryson, Technician
Fourtli Grade Thomas J. Kirk.
To be sergeant—Corporal Rialto
D. Adams. Corporal Robert E. Mc-
Coy. Corporal Frederick D. Regain.
Technician Fifth Grade Richard T.
Waggoner, Private Entry Blrdwell.
To be sergeant technician—Tech-
nician Fifth Grade Charles E. Be-
lew. Technician Fifth Grade Joseph
R. Murphy. Private First Class An-
drew W. Valentine. Private William
J. Robinson. Private William R.
Loyal).
To be corporal—Technician Fifth
Grade Conrad J. Allison. Private
First Class Arvid W. Wlnquist, Pri-
vate First Class Harvey H. Powell,
Private First Class Francis J. Mc-
Swiggin. Private First Class Paul
H. Quandt. Private John W. Profitt,
Private Eric R. Carlson. Private Carl
A. Smith.
To be cotporal technician—Pri-
vate First Class Flank A Booker.
Private First Class James A. Stark-
nian. Private First Class Elmer F.
Ashton. Private First Class Cecil J.
Thompson, Private William J. Scott.
A new member of tlie post is Pri-
vate First Class Harry E. Webster,
Lieutenant Chitwood also an-
nounced today. Webster was trans-
fei red to Furt Reno from the New
Qrleaus port of embarkation.
Authorities Are Expected To Place
El Reno In Defense Housing Area
McGregor Is ‘Reasonably Sure’ Permission For
Priority-Preference Rating Will Be Forthcoming
Additional ussuruucc of tlie
eventual placing of El Reno in a
defense housing area lias been
given local citizens by Duliald Mc-
Gregor, area representative for
the national housing administra-
tion.
H G. Keller, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, said today
lie had talked to Mr. McGregor,
who stated that although lie had
received no official confirmation
he was reasonably sure permission
from Washington for inclusion of
the El Reno area in the priority-
preference area would be forth-
coming.
Mr. McGregor explained that
Washington had asked further de-
tails concerning several cities he
had investigated since leaving here,
but had requested no additional
information from him concerning
El Reno. He assumed from tills
that tlie application would be ac-
cepted as it now stood.
He stated lie would be in Okla-
homa City this week-end Hiid
would take up the El Reno matter
with Washington at that time,
adding lie probably would be back
in El Reno the first of next week.
Mr. McGregor was In El Reno Jan.
28 and conducted a survey of local
housing conditions alter explain-
ing housing regulations to a group
of interested citizens. At that time,
he stated he was certain relief of
some kind would be found for the
El Reno housing problem.
It has been indicated that ex-
tension of present facilities by re-
modeling and by building of a
few new residences will be allow-
ed by tlie government.
When a city sucli as El Reno is
placed in a defense housing area
it means that higher priority rat-
ings may be obtained for building
Rommel Forced
To Retreat In
Central Tunisia
American, British
Troops in Pursuit
Of Fleeing Columns
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's
armored columns were in full re-
treat toward the Kasserine gap
in central Tunisia today, and field
given to defense housing areas is; dispatches said American and Bri-
ttle .same as that for government j tish troops, reinforced by 40-ton
"Churchill" tanks, were pursuing
living quarters to house workers
engaged in defense efforts. Mr.
Keller explained.
A large number of properly own-
ers and contractors have shown
interest in building and remodel-
ing as soon as this priority rating
iAA-3) can be obtained for the
city.
The priority rating which is
projects and would make it pos-
[ sible for Improvements and exten-
sions to be expedited here.
Mr. McGregor came to El Reno
to investigate housing after Mr.
Keller and John C. Kerin, presi-
dent of the chamber of commerce,
visited tlie national housing ad-
ministration offices in Dallas. Tex.,
on Jan. 23 to seek action on the
application which had been made
to include El Reno in u defense
housing urea.
Federal Aid To
Stales Trimmed
99 Percent of Funds
Fisted for War Needs
WASHINGTON. F’cb. a*— a
$6,298,530,435 appropriations meas-
ure—99 percent of which Is listen
for direct war purposes—was turn-
ed over to the house today alter a
sub-committee eliminated funds
for three federal-aid-to-states pro-
grams.
On the ground that they lacked
“the sanction of enabling legisla-
tion," the committee trinuned
from tlie new fiscal bill these ied-
eral contributions:
1 The sum of $2,973,000 for Hje
payment to stales for care ol chll-
dren ol employed mothers.
2 An allocation of $3,182,000 lo
aid In Hie cost of the highschool
victory corps
3. Grants amounting to $1,200,-
000 [or emergency maternity and
infant care for wives and iniants
of enlisted men.
Farm Labor Fund Deferred
Tlie committee deferred action
on a request lor $66,075,000 "lo re-
cruit and distribute an adequate
supply of farm labor for tlie l»4.i
farm year." explaining that tlie
subject was so important it would
be handled in a separate bill.
Missing from Hie measure also
was a $200,000 allotment which tlie
national resources planning board
sought to help pay its expenses tor
the rest of the fiscal year. Tlie
house earlier tills month eliminat-
ed all financial provision for the
1944 expenses of the board, which
is headed by President Roosevelt's
uncle, Frederick A. Delano.
Serious Shortages Viewed
An 800-page transcript ol testi-
mony which accompanied the bill,
a supplemental appropriations
measure to meet extra needs, re-
flected mouthing concern over the
possibilities of shortages Impeding
the war eifort—of manpower, of
critical material, of shins, foouanu
fuel.
By far the greater part ot Hie
huge new deficiency allocation was
earmarked for tlie war shipping
administration to pay the costs ol
an ever-increasing number of
merchant ships now building.
A highlight in the hearings was
the testimony of Rear Admiral
Emory s. Laud war shipping ad-
ministrator. that shipbuilding fa-
cilities have been standardized lo
produce 20.000.000 toils a year and
his opinion that further expansion
should not be attempted, because
of materials limitations.
Did You Hear
/ lORUER PAULEEN. son ol
Hans C. Paulsen, Southern
hotel, lias been promoted to
lieutenant Junior gradr in tlie
navy and lias been transferred
to the navul air station, Roose-
velt base. Terminal Island.
Calif., where lie will report for
duty Monday as assistant pay-
master. For the past year lie
has been stationed at the San
Diego base, with tlie rating of
storekeeper second class.
Jesse T. Denwalt, son ol Mrs.
Sara F\ Denwalt. near El Reno,
has been graduated as an aerial
gunner at the army air forces
gunnery school at Tyndall Field,
Fla., where he was promoted to
rank of staff sergeant and re-
ceived a pair of stiver wings.
James W. Pennybaker, son of
Mr and Mrs. O. H. Pennybaker
of Hope. Ark., former El Reno
residents, has been graduated
from the officer candidate de-
partment ol the eastern signal
corps school at Fort Monmouth.
N. J., where he was commission-
ed a second lieutenant. He has
been assigned to duty in ttie
army signal corps.
Madam Perkins
Is 'Told Off'
.led Johnson Makes
His Views Clear
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24 — <jp,_
A veteran Oklahoma legislator lias I al'd British plane swept into the
told Frances Perkins, secretary of I attack against the battered Nazis,
labor, what he thinks of absentee- j delivering Hie heaviest blows of the
ism and strikes—and it is not very j Tunisian campaign.
Frontline reports said Rommel
began his retreat last night after
the enemy from Thala.
Thala is 25 miles north of Kas-
serine. Raked by bursting bombs
and machine-gun fire from hund-
reds of allied planes, Rommel now
was reported attempting to make
a stand only three miles from
the mouth of the Kasserine gap.
Tills indicated a retreat of at
least 14 miles from the high-water
mark of the axis advance.
Dispatches from allied headquar-
ters said tlie Germans apparently
were keeping their tanks neaj- the
mouth of the pass to cover thotr
retreat against onrushing American
and British armored forces.
Small Arms Captured
American troops driving down
tlie Hatab river were said to have
captured 300 axis prisoners and
enough small anns to equip an
entire battalion.
Almost every available American
More Money For
Institutions Due
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 24—t/pi
—Oklahoma penal and eleemosy-
nary institutions would receive
$8,515,081 from the state general
revenue fund for operations in Hie
next two fiscal years, an increase
ol $892,612 over the previous Dleti-
nium. tinder a bill prepared lor
introduction late today in Hie
senate
The bill—first of tlie big money
measures to be completed—appiu-
prlates $4,258,792 from the general
revenue fund for the fiscal year
starting next July 1 and (4.256-
298 for the following year.
Higuer costs of living under
wartime conditions are reflected
in tlie increases. Former Governoi
Leon Phillips was forced to dip
frequently into his emergency
fund to supplenunt appropriations
because ol rising costs.
Funds Sought
For Boy Scouts
Drive for Finances
Is Opened Today
! Tlie Boy Scout drive for funds,
under the direction of the district
1 finance chairman. George it. An-
gel!. got off to a good start today
with 42 men in attendance at the
kirkolf breakfast in the Southern
hotel
The breakfast program was con-
ducted by Don Blsnop. leader of
Hie eitv division. Chairman Btsli-
op set Ihe group otf to a good
start with a challenge and expla-
nation of the sustaining member-
ship plan The challenge was ac-
cepted by the worker group and
they pledged to increase the sus-
taining group’ so that Hie need Tor
. tlie annual drive may some day be
eliminated.
The federal division, under the
leadership of J. T. Douglas, was
well represented
G. W Timberlake. co-leader of
the railroad division, explained
liow the railroad division wont era
are attempting to reach all tneir
men by the use of mails.
The workers will make their llrst
report on the progress of Hie drive
at a "report coffee" at 5 p. in. to-
day in file Oxford cafe.
complementary
A record of house appropria-
| tions sub-committee hearings, made
public today, disclosed that the
congressman. Representative Jed
Johnson, criticized the attitude ol
Manpower Commissioner Paul V
McNutt toward the problem of
; farm labor.
"Congress is going to do some-
1 tiling about this absentee and strike
i racket in war industries, whether
: you can or not.” Johnson told Sec-
i retary Perkins when she appeared
j in behalf of a 1943 deficiency ap-
! propriation.
It Just Reminds Him
"And that reminds me," he de-
clared. "that a great many citizem
J and taxpayers in Oklahoma anc
[ the rest of Hie nation, who have
given their money, their time, anc
their sons to this war effort, feel
i that you. as secretary of labor, art
much more concerned about 'socia
gains’ than in winning the war
or stopping these strikes that art
sabotaging tlie war program."
Secretary Perkins replied that
: lie was sorry if anyone imagined
| she had "encouraged strikes at
any time.” All her public utter-
■ Bttces. site said, "Invariably pointed
| out. that that sort of tiling is a
i situation that cannot be tolerated
particularly in wartime, and that
methods must be developed to pre-
vent strikes.”
Citizens “Deeply Disturbed"
Johnson told the secretary that
| "thousands of good citizens, many
of whom have boys in active ser-
j vice in the armed forces," were
"deeply disturbed about this shock-
ing situation of absenteeism."
“There also Is a deep-seated feel-
ing that you. Madam Secretary,
are not very much disturbed or
j even concerned about it. That's
I the point I ant trying to drive
home,” Johnson said.
"We have done the vtr.v best we
| can," Miss Perkins said. "W<
have pointed out these tilings as
often us possible, We are very
I hopeful that, with a little more
money and tew more people in tlie
field, possibly we can mane the
local unions in the locality con-
scious ol Hie particular absentee-1
ism problem of their particulai ]
members in their particular I
plants ”
"More Than Money" Needed
Johnson replied he
allied troops, bolstered by strong
aerial support, rallied and check-
ed the 10-day-old axis offensive
which had threatened to split tlie
iOO-inlle front.
Rommel's forces, spearheaded by
new 60-ton Mark VI tanks, were
last reported to have been halted
within three miles of Thala. gate-
way to the vast Kremomsa plateau.
Full Shock Absorbed
The Nazi withdrawal followed
three days of furious battle in
which U. b. troops and their Brl-
Ish allies absorbed the full shock
of Rommel's powerful armored
iffensive and inflicted severe losses
in the enemy.
On the Russian front. Ked army
headquarters noted for the first
ime In week that Adolf Hitler's
ladly mauled invasion armies were
■ttemptlng a rally in the Donets
yasin north of Stallno, and Mos-
’ow* reports said the Germans had
•uslied 22 divisions to the eastern
rout in the last 24 hours.
A Russian communique said the
Germans were hurling masses of
‘auks and mobile Infantry into
he Donets battle and throwing
'arge aerial forces into the fight
west of Rostov.
"Our troops, however, are hold-
ing back the Hitlerite onslaught
uid causing them heavy losses,"
the communique said.
FURIOUS BOMBINGS IN
SOUTH PACIFIC REPORTED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24 —(/Pi—
Furious bombing of air bases and
trounci positions In the south Pac-
ific was reported by the navy to-
day in telling of a Japanese air
raid on the United States base on
Espiritu Santo island and five
U. S. aerial attacks on Japanese
bases.
Tlie series of attacks began Sun-
day and continued through yes-
terday.
Laird, in Navy,
Reported Missing
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Laird. 720
South Rock Island avenue, receiv-
ed word Tuesday from the navy
thought li i department that their son, Bill
Roosevelt Gives Medal
To Lexington Marine
WASHINGTON, Feb 24— „Pi —
President Roosevelt personally
conferred the congressional medal
of honor today on Major John L.
Smith. 28, whose home is at Lex-
ington. Okla.. and who command-
ed a marine fighting squadron
which shot down 83 enemy air-
craft in the Solomon islands be-
tween last Aug 21 and Sept. lj.
would take "a whale of a lot more
than giving you a little money In
order to make tlie local laooi
unions, or this 10 percent of the
workers who are letting America
down iti this crisis, absentee con-
scious."
Later the house appropriations
committee denied a $337,000 allot-
ment sought by Secretary Perkins
lor her department's work in curb-
ing absenteeism in war factories
and improving working conditions.
Laird, was missing in action.
Laird was a signalman in tne
United States navy. The tele-
gram stated Uiat. he had jeen
serving aboard a merchant vesse.
at the time lie was reported miss-
ing
He was 21 years old. and was
graduated In 1940 from El Reno
highschool.
He enlisted in the navy May 18.
1942.
Churchill Recovering
From Pneumonia
Farmers To Receive
6-Month Gas Rations
WASHINGTON. Feb 24— iJPt —
Farmers were authorized today Dy
OPA to get gasoline lations for
their tractors and other non-hlgn-
wav equipment for six months at
a time instead of tlie present
three-mouth basis.
State F oreeast
Much cooler In cast and south
portions tonight
El Reno Heather
For 24-hour period ending at £
i a. m. today: High. 59; low 31; at
I 8. a. m., 31.
State of weather: Fair and
colder.
Precipitation:
None.
LONDON. Feb 24—</P'—A bul-
letin from No. 10 Downing street,
residence of the prime minister,
disclosed tor the first tune 'oday
that Winston Churchill has been
suffering front pneumonia.
Announcing that "there is a
I general improvement In the prime
| minister's condition." the statement
said "the pneumonia is clearing
but hts temperature lias not yet
settied”
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