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The El Reno Daily Tribune
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VP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Rene, Oklahoma, Sunday, Dcember 9, 1951
OJ.R) MEANS UNITED PRESS
Vol. 60, No. 240
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS SAFETY SUNDAY'—Gov. Johnston Murray, the Rev. Ben Sturdivant. Okla-
homa City, and Dixie Gilmer, state safety commissioner, look over the governor's proclamation designating
Dec. 16 as Traffic Safety Sunday. The proclamation is designed to enlist ministers in a state-wide
safety campaign. (AP Photo.)
East German Uranium Said
Going Into Soviet A-Bombs
Football's Over, Indians
Turn to Basketball Court
It will be a quick-chanjre from football to basketball for
many members of the El Reno tfrid squad Monday when
Coach Jenks Simmons begins last-minute organization for
the season’s cage schedule.
Following a successful football year and revived interest
in a near-dying game, the fans will move back to their first
love when the Indians open their cage season against Enid’s
Wolves here Tnuesday night, Dec. 18.
Coach Simmons has kept plans for this new basketball
team under wraps, but it is a well-known secret that he
was not loafing during the latter part of the football season,
although his strategy is still
on paper.
The veteran skipper of the
Indian cagers is believed to
have coached more champion-
ship highschool teams than
any other coach in Oklahoma.
In addition to one or two new
players, "Mr. Basketball’ will start
grooming the football out of such
players as Charles Wynes. Paul
Hauser, Fred Lechtenberger, Don
Jlmerson. Earl Johnson and others
and get them set to go with Bob
Palmer, Bob Maine and other non-
grid players.
EIIS CAGE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dee. I*. Enid. here.
Friday, Dec. 21. Enid, there.
♦ Friday, Jan. 4. Duncan, here.
♦Tuesday, Jan. 8, Lawton, there.
Tuesday, Jan. 15. Capitol Hill,
“"Friday. j,n. i,. chickasha. her*. **^ ***!**
-Tuesday, Jan. 22, Putnam City, fax' 19'33' VVal,rllta aeored a11 of
here.
Friday, Jan. 25, Clinton, there.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, Capitol Hill,
there.
Friday. Feb. 1. Central, there.
Tuesday. Feb. 5, Central, here.
Friday. Feb. 8. Frederick, here.
Tursdav, Feb. 12, Clinton, here.
•Friday. Feb. 15. Chickasha. there.
•Tuesday, Feb. 19. Putnam City,
there.
♦ Friday, Feb. 22. Lawton, here.
•Tuesday, Feb. 26, Duncan, there.
(• Indicates conference games)
Coach Simmons announced that
the schedule is incomplete, but re-
maining games will be filled before
the season gets underway.
Korea T ruce
Talks Stalled
Six Seniors
Placed On
Loop Teams
Ponca Meets
Ada in Finals
BY UNITED PRESS
Ada and Ponca City today await-
ed the showdown game next week
for the Oklahoma highschool class
A football crown, but for the Adans
It was as close a squeak as they've
ever seen.
The Cougars edged Sand Springs
Friday night on penetrations, 5-4.
after the bitterly-fought game end-
ed in a 20-20 knot.
Ie was an especially bitter loss
for the Sandites. who held a dom-
inant edge, statistically. In all other
departments.
In class B play. Waurika won
over Sayre. 31-12, while Okemah
its points in the first half, then
coasted to an easy win. Okemah
turned on the power as fullback
Pat Custer personally roleld up 194
yards In 17 carries.
Thomas and Davis took the nod
for class C finals. Thomas had an
easy time, downing Medford. 33-0.
while Davis squeezed by Kiefer.
12-6. despite lass of the ball three
times through fumbles.
Gift Drive Opens
For TB Patients
The annual Christmas drive to
buy gifts for patients at the Clin-
ton tubcrc«dar sanitorlum is under
way. Mrs. Joe Maxey, chairman of
the Canadian County Tuberculosis
association, said Saturday.
Mrs. Maxey said a Christmas tree
has been placed In the window
of the El Reno water department
office to help remind the public
MUN8AN Korea. Sunday. Dec. 9
of "the «Ut campaign'.
The tree will be kept in the
window until Dec. 22. at which time
will be sent to the patients at
Clinton. Tills year s tree was do-
rcmalned deadlocked Saturday on
the Issue of policing a Korean ar-
mistice. but the hard-bargaining
stage seemed near.
Subcommittees return to Pan-
munjoin for another meeting today
at 8 a m. CST Saturday.
Five hours of warm debate yield-
ed nothing concrete on the ques-
tion of bchlnd-the-lines Inspec-
tions—a debate that led Into the
separate lsues of troop rotation and
nlllcd-hold islands off North Ko-
rea Distrust and suspicion marked
the tnlks.
However, allied observers ex-
pressed belief that some comprom-
ise might be hammered out soon.
Saturday's session was the 12th
on the armistice Inspection ques-
tion. More than four months were
required to reach provisional agree-
ment on a buffer zone across Ko-
rcn. If It Is to become effective, nil
other armistice questions must be
settled by Dec. 27—only 18 days
hence.
Six of the eight seniors playing
their final game with the El Reno
Indians Friday night have been
selected for the two top teams
in their conference.
Placing on the all-conference
eleven were Franklin Shive, Bob
Vance. Fred Lechtenberger and
Lloyd Smith.
On the second squad, or honor-
able mention list, were Ray Bar-
ton and David Bergner.
Selection was made on season
records by coaches and officials.
Shive. named lineman of the
week in a sports writers' poll ear-
lier in the season, was co-captain
of the 1951 El Reno team.’Re
played regular left tackle and was
selected for that position on the
all-loop eleven.
Vance Is Center
Vance. Indian co-captain and
center, was named center on the
top eleven: Lechtenberger. end.
was placed In the line, and Smith
made left guard.
On the honorable mention list,
Bergner played left end and Bar-
ton filled the right halfback slot
for the El Reno team.
The Indians wound up their
1951 football season Friday night
when they bowed to superior
might of the Ponca City Wildcats,
20-34. in the semifinals of the
state championship playoffs.
Tribe Takes Lead
The Tribe took an early 13-0
lead over the big Ponca club be-
fore the Wildcat backfteld com-
bination of Krider-Harrlson-Long
found their loophole In the near-
lmpregnablc Indian defense.
Sharing scoring honors for the
El Reno team were Paul Hauser.
Charles Wynes and Bobby Val-
deras.
Jolting Jim Krldcr tallied two
of the Ponca counters: Long made
two more, and Harrison crossed
for the fifth.
The game capped the moat suc-
cessful season ever experienced
by an El Reno football team. The
Indians won the district 5-A title
with only one loss In scheduled
play, then went on to the semi-
finals of the state tourney.
City Man Shot
In Robbery At
Service Station
Illinois Youth Held
In County Jail Here
On Assault Charges
An £3 Reno man was In serious'
condition in the El Reno sanlta
rtum and an Illinois youth waa In
the county jail Saturday following
an early morning shooting at the
Liberty service station, about a mile
and a half west of El Reno.
Hospitalized, with a bullet lodged
In the right side of his chest, was
Robert Lee McCracken, 47, of 800
North Bickford, attendant at the
service station.
Held in the county Jail under
*5.000 bond was Ersklne Ramsay
Kelly, 19. Peoria. ni„ student In
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology.
Chargee Filed
County Attorney Ralph A. Myers,
Jr., said Kelly was charged Satur-
day with assault and battery with
a firearm with Intent to kill, and
that robbery charges will be filed
against him Monday. The youth
is taking 24 hour# to make a plea
to the assault charge.
Myers said Kelly admitted the
shooting and told county officers
he had left MIT. where he had
been making falling grades, about
two weeks ago.
He told county officers he stole
a car at Tuscaloosa, Ala., and that
he came through El Reno about 4
a. m. Saturday, stopping at the
service station to get gasoline, and
then leaving to get something tee
eat.
Myers said that the youth later
returned to the service station and
asked McCracken for wire curb
feelers.
Fired Through Door
The county attorney was unable
to give details, but he said that
Kelly fired at McCracken "appar-
ently without v aming.” and that
the service station attendant,
wounded in the chest, fled to an-
other room, closing the door. Four
more shots were fired through the
door, but none of them struck Mc-
Cracken
Kelly then opened the cash regis-
ter. Myers said, but It had not been
determined how much money was
taken.
A .38 caliber automatic was be-
lieved used in the shooting.
Two highway patrol troopers.
Earl Wade and Elmer Williams,
picked up Kelly in Elk City, when
they stopped a car answering a
description gven by McCracken. The
car bore a Oeorgia license plate.
The youth, returned here later
Saturday morning by Sheriff Tiny
Royse. told officers hl» stepfather
was a Peoria. 111., attorney.
Kelly was a mechanical engineer-
ing student at MIT.
Appeal Made to UN for Free
Elections, United Germany
PARIS, Dec. 8—(UP)—West German representatives
charged in the united nations today that the entire produc-
tion of uranium mines on the German-Czech frontier is
going into the manufacture of Russian atom bombs.
A West German political leader, Heinrich Von Bretano,
said 200,000 slave laborers were employed in the mines, of
whom 25,000 were women and children. He added that a
total of 322,000 persons have fled to the west from Com.
munist-run East Germany.
Spokesmen for the Bonn republic appeared before the
UN for the first time to appeal for free elections through-
out Germany and eventual unification of the divided country.
In Berlin, the east German government announced of-
ficially that it had accepted an invitation to send representa-
tives to Paris to take part in the unification debate, but
labeled the UN German pro-
posals as “interference.”
General Assembly President Luis
PadiUa Nervo of Mexico, reporting
the day's only other major develop-
ment, said the Big Four disarma-
ment talks have reached a stage of
• fundamental disagreement" on the
question of banning atomic wea-
pons.
No Agreement Seen
The Big Four representatives, it
was understood, have been able to
Oklahoma GOP
Silent on 'Ike'
Meeting Set Monday
To Slate Convention
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DREAMS OF SANTA CLAUS—Following a round of Christmas shop-
ping, plus the added excitement of the Santa Claus parade, little
Billy Joe Laub. 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Laub. northwest of
El Reno, decided to try the comfort of the "kiddie'' chairs in a
downtown furniture store. Like Goldilocks. Billy Joe found one of the
chairs was "just right" and there he fell asleep. Incidentally, the
photographer did not disturb the youngster’s blissful dreams.
Weather
Sunday fair and cold, high
the 30s; fair Sunday night.
Sacred Heart Cagers
Beat St. Joseph Teams
Sacred Heart basketball teams
carried away honors In a double-
header with St. Joseph's of Enid
Friday night.
The Sacred Heart B team won
26-11. and the local A team won
42-21.
Sacred Heart will play Holy Trin-
ity of Okarche Dec. 11 In the El
Reno highschool gymnasium.
Korean Front
Wavers; Jets
Resume Fight
TOKYO. Sunday. Dec. 9—0J.P)—
A blistering Communist artillery
barrage pinned down a united na-
tions patrol for five hours east of
Kumsong Saturday. Elsewhere, al-
lied Infantrymen regained three out-
posts abandoned to the Reds on
Friday.
Allied counter battery fire neu-
tralized the Red guns which were
firing on the patrol from five dif-
ferent directions and enabled the
UN group to withdraw. It was the
major action during a day which
saw fewer than 1,000 men engaged
In fighting along the 145-mllc bat-
tlefront.
In the air war two Communist
MIG-15 jet* were damaged by
American Sabrejets In a near strat-
ospheric air battle over northeast
Korea. The battle marked the re-
sumption of aerial warfare after a
one day lull caused by bad weather.
The fifth airforce reported the
dogfight took place between 40.000
feet—nearly seven miles up and out
of the sight of the ground—and
25.000 feet. No American Jets were
reported damaged although they
were outnumbered four to one by
60 enemy fighters.
The fifth airforce revealed that
the week ending Friday was the
castllest to allied alrpower since
the Korean war began. UN Jets
knocked down 13 MIOs during six
days of the seven-day period but
lost five planes In air-to-air com-
bat and two to enemy ground fire.
Blind Soon,
Boy, 2, Gets
Wanted Jeep
RUSSELL. Kan., Dec. 8—<U.R)—
A Kansas oil-drilling executive was
back home after a 400-mile plane
trip to make sure that two-year-old
Vernle Smith of Woodward get*
what he wants on the last Christ-
mas he'll ever see.
For Vemlc, Sunday will be
Christmas. His parents set the day
forwnid because next Wednesday
Vernle's one remaining eve will be
removed. The other eye was re-
moved 10 months ago. because of
cancer.
1 Vernle's principal Christmas wish
was for a "toy jeep that will wind
up and run." Thursday a traveling
man who had read of the boy's
plight located a jeep in a Russel
store, but it wasn't mechanical.
With the aid of several hotel em-
ployes he removed the spring ap-
paratus from another toy and in-
stalled It in the Jeep
Yesterday. Don Wentworth of
the Wentworth Drilling company at
Russell made a special plane trip
to Woodward to deliver the toy.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 8—(U.»
agree in principle only that a 12- I —Republicans of Oklahoma who
nation disarmament commission favor General Dwight Elsenhower
should be created. They remain for president, if any. were keeping
poles apart on the Instructions to ! their strategy, if any, a secret to-
be given such a commission. I day.
Nervo denied that he had sub- J None had openly opposed an early
mitted a memorandum on the Big 1 state convention which might choose
Four talks yesterday which made it i delegates to the 1952 presidential
ap|>ear that the Western powers had > nominating convention before the
scrapped some of their fundamental general decides whether he will seek
views on disarmament in favor of the presidency,
the Soviet plan. The Republican state committee
The Big Four delegates met se- meets at % p. m. Monday to fix the
cretly for two and half hours to- convention date and 3tate chair-
day, but failed to complete the re- man jrjoyd carrier is prepared to
port they are to make to the united recommend one in February,
nations political committee on their
discussions. Dr. Philip Jessup rep- !
Carrier and other party leaders
and Foreign Minister Andrei Y.
Vishlnsky, Russia.
First Germans In UN
Von Brentano, chairman of the
they are not hampering the chances
of Elsenhower or any other unan-
nounced candidate.
They argue that the delegation
governing West Oerman Christian will not be instructed and therefore
Democratic Union party, and Mayor | can make up Its mind after all the
Ernst Reuter of West Berlin, pre- ! candidates are known,
sented West Germany's case to the But privately some pro-Elsen-
UN's special political committee. It hower men fear that the conven-
was the first time that the Oerman tion. if held In February, will be
language has been spoken In the set up for Taft, whose backers are
united nations and the first time i organizing their forces and Intend
Germans have appeared before a to see that the 16-member dclega-
world parliament since Adolf Hit- tion Is composed of Taft men.
ler's delegates walked out of the Herbert K. Hyde. Oklahoma City,
league of nations 18 years ago. ! who was once a major power In the
Von Brentano charged that the ! party, said today he is an Elsen-
Soviet zone of Germany Is under I hower supporter but doesn't believe
the control of a secret police force j an early convention will Hurt Ike's
similar to the former Nazi Gestapo, chances.
He said 185.000 persons have been
imprisoned In East Oermany. that |
96.000 of them died in Jail, and |
that 37,000 were deported.
Postmaster Asks Aid
In Christmas Mailing
FINED FOR SPEEDING
Curtis McCollum, 49. Oklahoma
City, was fined $10 and costs Fri-
day In the court of W. P. Crltes,
justice of the |>euce, on a charge
of speeding Dec. 7 on U. S. 66. about
five miles west of El Reno. Com-
plaint was made by Trooper N. J.
Burns of the highway patrol.
nated by Donna Ahern and Bar-
bara Wolklng. of Sacred Heart
school.
Mrs. Maxey said each gift pack-
age should be wrapped and labeled
as to Its contents. She said such
Items as cards, games, pocket sized
books, cosmetics, toilet articles and
embroidery and knitting supplies
are especially welcome.
Other suggestions Include candy,
cakes, rookies, puzzles, stamps,
writing pa|ier. shaving equipment,
pajamas, house coals and house
shoes.
'Laugh and the World Laughs'—Maybe —
Safety Council Collects Y ear's Wacky Happenings
TRUMAN CUTS VACATION
KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 8 —(A»i—
President Truman suddenly decided
today to ent short his Florida va-
cation and fly back to Washington
tomorrow for an Important meet-
ing with state department repre-
sentatives and the Joint chiefs of
staff Monday.
VFW Post Initiates
15 New Members Friday
The El Reno Veterans of Foreign
Wars Friday night Initiated 15 new
members into the local post.
They were Clifford Whiteman.
Thomas J. Holcomb, Clyde Messlk.
John E. L. Williams. William
Thompson. Robert Abies, Oeorge
Martin, Marlon F. Ezell, James Hex-
ton, James U. Fltzglbbon, Don
Kaiser, J. C. Bryan, Max Dull.
Frank Payton and R C. Alexander
Ben Flynn officiated at the ln-
lllatlon, and n social session was
held later.
W'vO you ever have the feeling
iJ that things In the good old
U. S. A. may Just possibly be a
little wacky?
Well, take It from the National
Safety council—you're right!
The council has Just completed
Its annual roundup of odd acci-
dents and dazedly reports some
mighty queer goings-on In the
field of freak squeaks.
A dog that's a hot-rod driver
... a fish that caught a fisher-
man ... an alrplans that crashed
a red light ... a cab driver gave
up his seat for a lady . . . auto
mishap Injures woman, two floors
up—these and many other dizzy
doings Indicate that things have
been slightly screwy In 1851.
The pooch who pined to drive
a hot rod was riding in a truck
with his master, William C.
Hollis of Denver.
As Hollis drove through To-
kepa, Kan., at a prudent pace
the dog stirred Impatiently,
readied over and planted a heavy
paw on the accelerator. The
truck leaped forward, went out
of control, collided with a passen-
ger car. Four persons were in-
jured.
The dog hasn't driven since.
OPEAKINO of dogs, they say
^ that it's news when a man
bites one. Then it must be hot
■tuff Indeed when a fish catches
a fisherman.
But it happened In Bdwards-
burg, Mich. As David Quinn. Jr.,
was Ice fishing, he suddenly let
out a yelp. Hanging on to his
leg for dear line was a four-
pound pickerel.
It took Quinn and two friends
several minutes to pry the fish
loose.
Police In Miami. Fla., are used
to seeing all kinds of traffic on
busy U. S highway l during the
tourist season.
But even they were startled
when Robert Simmons of Dayton,
Ohio, landed his airplane on the
highway one August afternoon,
rolled through a red traffic light
and nudged a truck before he
stopped.
Simmons had been forced down
by carburetor trouble.
Nobody was hurt. No traffic
ticket.
itrpHIS Is going to hurt me
X worse than It hurts you.”
said Ellsworth B. Wilson of Mish-
awaka. Ind„ as he started to
spank his 10-year-old son.
It did. During the spanking
Wilson knocked over a lamp, suf-
fered a head cut, was taken to
the hospital.
The boy's Injuries were not
visible.
To skeptics who believe chivalry
Is dead, here la a note of com-
fort :
Cab driver James Deeds of Des
Moines, Iowa, gave up his scat for
a lady—and did it the hard way,
Helping a fair passenger unload
a big sack of groceries from his
cab, Deeds backed into a passing
car. felt a draft, looked up in
time to see the seat of his pants
disappearing down the street on
the door handle of the offending
auto.
And In Boston, Mrs. Catherine
Mcenan was Injured in an auto-
mobile accident as she sat In her
second floor apartment.
In the street below, a car had
struck n pedestrian, knocked off
his shoe, hurled It 25 feel through
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Installation Held
For El Reno Masons
8. Boyd Wilson. Jr., was Installed
as Worshipful Grand Master of El
Reno lodge 50, A.F. and A.M., Sat-
j urday night In the Masonic temple.
A final appeal to El Reno resl- Other officers Installed were Hu-
dents to get their Christmas mall- | bert Raney, senior warden; E. A.
Ing done early was lsued today by | Jessup, Junior warden; Sam W.
Postmaster James W. Moorman. Stephens, senior deacon. Cortee
Moorman urged that the public ! Hoard. Junior deacon: Fred Coker,
anticipate its needs for stamps as I senior steward; James E. Dyer, Jun-
carly as possible for greeting cards, i lor steward; H. E Bcemblossom.
and purchase them ahead of the I tiler; S. Boyd Wilson, sr., treasurer;
rush, and Clem Cherry, secretary.
He also urged that packages be Officers presiding over the In-
well wrapped and tied with strong i stallatton ceremonies were Leo An-
cord to prevent them becoming un- j this, past master; and P. P. Bart-
wrapped and lost In the mall. lett. past master.
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