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gas hungry adults as wall as young»-«rs ,
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your bicycling and avoid accidents.
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on hour, or jump at least
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pen between intersectieni.
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fire hoiard and helping pa-
per salvage drive.
Two our of three drotvnings happen in
four months. May to August. See that
children in woter are supervised.
\ All Fronts
’otent Airdrome
i. Jw Britain Is
Captured by Marines
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Japan's far-flung forces were
pounded by heavy aerial blows the
length of their Pacific defense peri-
meter. were set back in their fal-
tering Indian campaign and were
repulsed by a sharp counter-attack
in China's northern Honan province.
The Wakde lsland-Sarnii area In
Dutch New Guinea. Japan's closest
base to the new allied air field at
Hollandia. was blasted with 295 tons
of explosives, an allied communique
reported today. Other planes rip-
ped enemy defenses In the Schou-
ten islands. 140 miles farther north-
west, for the third time In 24 hours.
Nine Interrep tom Downed
Fighters from Hollandia's air
fields assisted by downing nine Jap-
anese interceptors.
Other allied planes pounded tar-
gets off New Guinea's west tip and
hit Rabaul. New Britain, and Woleai
in the Carolines.
Marines captured the once-potent
Cape Hoskins airdrome In New Bri-
tain's north central coast without
enemy opposition.
Guam Bombed Again
These sketches, prepared front data or Ute national ui.iu ,, ! ^*,*tral Pacific land-based bomb-
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thinking drivar ml
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Accidents In
Industry Climb
Mishaps Kill More
Thau Enemy Gunfire
8T LOUIS. Mo. May JI-(U P>—
saff. Instead of sorry.
Scout Awards
Are Presented
Recognition Given
At Court of Honor
Bov Scout awards were presented
Hannegan Says
Roosevelt Will
Get Nomination
Democratic Chief
Considers Dewey
Republican Choice
NEW YORK. May 9—(/PI— Robert
E Hannegan. chairman of the Dem-
ocratic national committee, predict-
ed flatly last night that President
Roosevelt would be renominated for
a fourth term and he left no doubt
that he considered Governor Thom-
as E. Dewev of New York the likely
Republican nominee.
The predirt ion was uttered In the
presence of James A. Farley, former
national chairman, who is known
lo be opposed to a fourth term as
he was to a third. Farley gave no
indication of what stand he would
take.
Dewey Draws Criticism
Hannegan. Farley and Senate Ma-
jority Leader Alben W Barkley of
Kentucky spoke at one of the blg-
I rest Democrat powwows of the year
in New York—the annual Thomas
Jefferson *50-a-plate dinner at the
Hotel Commodore
National Chairman Hannegan. be.
; aMea expressing a personal belief
; fhe president "will complete the
i assignment which destiny has giv-
| en him." criticized at length Gov-
ernor Dewev by name.
Barkley criticized Dewey also, but
I not by name
Farley Gets Ovation
Farley. Democratic state chair -
the second time in the war 1 Johnson- 24 toP ranking American i man and a convention delegate-at-
Did You Hear
-o-
DEBGEANT ROBERT G.
^ CHILCOTT, serving oversea*
with the army air forees. writes
his parents, Mr and Mrs. J.
H. Chilcott, 618 North Evans
avenue, that he and Sergeant
Billy Kucz.vnskl have completed
several, bombing missions over
Germany and that both have
received the air medal. Ku:zyn-
ski Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A Kuczynski of Salt Lake City,
Utah, formerly of El Reno
-o-
Private James R. Streitenber-
ger. son of Mr and Mrs O. A
Streitcnberger. 735 South Elli-
son avenue, has transferred from
Richmond. Va.. to an aerial
gunnery school at Buckingham
army air field. Fort Myers. Fla
-o-
Private James Fleming re-
cently arrived In the Hawaiian
Islands, according to word re-
ceived by his parents. Mr and
Mrs Jack Fleming. 1008 South
Rock Island avenue. He has
spent the past 14 months in
the southwest Pacific with the
321st depot repair squadron of
the army air forces.
Her Dream of Romance
Is Somewhat Shattered
Correspondence With
Johnson Hopes
To Visit Home
i
Top-Hanking Pilot
Is Awaiting Word
U. S. FIGHTER BASE. England.
May 9 —(U.IS— Captain Robert 8.
‘Pen PaY Ends
In Disillusionment
VIANCHESTKR, Mo.. May 9—(0.R)
iT1 —Mary Louise Carr, 15. was back
home today, her dream of a ro-
mance with a magazine pen pal
Bob O’Keefe.” and a life of ease
surrounded by 20 servants in a1
luxurious mansion in a New York i
suberb, shattered completely
The love-letters which she treas-
ured. she learned, were written by
two prankish girls at Wingdale
N Y
Mary Louise ran away from home
to meet her lover at Wingdale.
but was met instead by a state
trooper and held until her father!
arrived to bring her home.
The fat her< Orant C. Carr.!
bundled In overalls, raincoat and i
ear muffs and hard at work again
at the chores of running a farm and I
a greenhouse, said that no action
was planned against the prank-
sters. It was all his daughter's
foolishness, he said
Mary Louise's mother flatly re-
fused to discuss her daughter's
action Mary Louise remained in
her room, sobbing Into her pillow.
Air Veterans
reported the Japanese now are on
| the defense on the Indla-Burma
| tre. wants
I Okla , for
while and he thinks
He welcomed the guests.
m!,t!ihllw ^ft T* than 750 J Permission will be granted, although but said nothing about the president1 ~~ed.
Fellow air veterans are Captain
Warren L Johnson of Elmhurst,
Ind.. and his battlewlse dog. "Lleu-
- : tenant Shortsnorter Gremlin," who
JT all started last February when are pictured at Santa Monica. Calif.,
Mary Louise, a slim, pretty girl, In cockpit of a Douglas Havoc dlve-
began correspondence with Theresa bomber after their return from duty
Townsend. 15. of Wingdale, through In the southwest Pacific. “Lieu-
a "pen pal” column In a children's | tenant Gremlin" has flown 225
magazine. j hours, 75 of them on combat duty.
Theresa and her girl friend, He has his own parachute and Is a
Jane Williams of Dover Plains. | genuine "shortsnorter," carrying the
also 15. decided It would be fun ' regulation dollar bill with his paw
if Jane wrote to Mary Louise pos- print and autographs of crew mem-
ing as a man. So the malls soon bers and other fliers,
were
dead on the Kohlma battlefront In
northeastern India In a sharp clash
May 4 to 6.
China's hard pressed troops rallied
to the defense of Loyang and have
driven the Japanese Invaders back
acroas the VI Yl river south of the
Honan city. Chungking said the
enemy Is within six miles of Loy-
ang
I-mIu trial clenu U»k a lughrr a. . M tMMT conducted Mon
toll of American lives fr-mi Pearl j day night In the Etta Dale junior Truk- lhe main Japanese base Ul
L&t Jan. ! than mill-; highschool building by the Last lhf Carolines, was raided Saturday
Frontier council of the Chisholm *ucf*“‘ve d“y
Trail ,i. . I “a*111*1 Pacific planes which also
Trail dtstftrt Presentations were attacked Ponape 436 miles east of
made by members of the district, T™k twice during the week-end
committee. ' and Ulul. iso miles northwest of
TVub
Second class awards were received
by Jack Dyer and Dean Rinehart,
Harbor to
tary action, a u.gr production
board official today told the na-
j tional conference of industrial hy-
gienists.
John M Fewkes. Washington,
chief of the Industrial Valili and
safety section of
official approval still was lacking !or 8 fourth term,
today Hannegan's confidence that Mr.
. . 1 Roosevelt would be renominated and
Johnson finished the second ex- re-elected was bolstered by corn-
tension of his original tour of duty i putations showing that a score of
yesterday by shooting down enemy states or state leaders already have
planes No 26 and No 27 over pledged or in some degree commit-
Brunswick to pass the World War ted more than 500 convention votes
I record of Captain Eddie Rlcken- j to a fourth term A bare majority
backer and tie Major Richard 1 ! of 589 of the 1,176 convention votes
Bong. Poplar. Wls, who has bagger! necessary to nominate
27 planes in combat In the south- A total of 136 Democratic dele- THE hoa* on » more serious
west Pacific, as America's ace. gala, will be selected this week In
Johnson has used. Ufi Jit* Thun- six states. The president Is ex-
derbolt fighters In his career peeled to have an actual convention
flooded with billets-doux,
by one “Robert William
OKeefc" (Jane), who was "an 18-
vear-old heir with saddle horses
all over the place, liveried footmen,
parlor maids and a 20-room man-
sion.”
"Robert William O'Keefe" grew
In stature In the fertile Imagina-
tion of Jane with each succeeding
letter, and Mary Louise answered
all with fevered, childish Interest
Laundry Unit
Is Proficient
El Reno Soldier With
Group in Ireland
last week when "O’-
WPB s , »>oth of troop No 374. The presen-
of labor production, said 37.00*, rations were made bv J A Van Als-
Amerl-an workers were killed dur- line.
lng the period, compared to ap- w-,,, . . _ .
proxlm.telv 3noon military dead ed“v J C ScN.^i'T PrWnt’
Workers permanently disabled to- I ^ ^ ^ T'
taled 210.000 while 4.500 000 were ...a-,, M . ,p 4 These In-
dLsabled temporarily^approximate ’t*,, craw^fort" wood'writ^id'iu
zsz * r"1 pub,,r h~,th
"InjuriesPrwkes said, "ac- ThP stBr “ward was Presented to
count for approximately 10 times !|4ahlnn Owoun h>' his father. Dr.
as many lost manhours as strikes M. Oemun.
•Deaths and Injuries on the Job The 30,,> anniversary award was
are occurring now at Ihr rale of maf|p to Hubert Rackett. Seoul mas-
270 million lost man-davs a vear. ,Pr troop No. 374. for having reg-
the eqlvalent of the withdrawal of wpred more than 30 boys In acout-
an armv of 907000 workers from ln* The presentation was made by
the production lines every year." Barr>' Garrett The silver Jubilee
he Mid award for growth also was Present-
Describing basic 'r-sponslblhtv ed <ri Rackety with the presentation
for safety programs as falling on '* "
made bv R B Smith of Oklahoma
City, assistant executive In charge
of Scouting In this area
Ozmun. Van Alstlne. Oarrett, Mc-
Na light and Baker H Melone were
presented their 1944 membership
cards as members of the district
committee.
8ongs and games were included
as part of the program for the court
of honor.
management, Fewke.s also called
on labor lo participate in a cam-
paign to reduce the accident toll
Tesl Awaited On
Coin Machines
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 9-(llD
—Oklahoma county officers sere
under orders today not to interfere
with operation of coin amusement
marhlnes which the state attorney
general ruled last week were vio-
lating the anti-slot machine law
County Attorney Oeorge Mis-
kovskv requested officers to permit
the machines to continue operation
pending preparation of a test suit
to determine their legality In -ourt
He pointed out that many of
the machines had been purchased eroua spoaking' eiigMemenuli.""^
by business men with no intention mayor of Sasakwa
of violating the law. and that the
Anti-Poll Tax
Bill Debated
Connally Terms It
‘Political Gesture’
WASHINGTON. May 9 _(/Pv_
Senator Tom Connally ‘Democrat.
Texas* opened debate today HRainst
~rtloTl;?r,,hUd T thf — " ,U""V «*>"<« Plane drive uni1
Oie ^n.re-1 rL P ^ g “P me wlth two Thunderbolts on
whicr w li 1 mal,er his tall. They hadnt caught him
nrciudl-es which Z PHMt°n* and I >Tt 10 1 roll«< over and went down,
£ RP?'? *m°ng 100 1 f,red °°» and missed Then
tne people In this crucial period “
Flying a sliver Thunderbolt "Sam
and Penrod." he passed Rlckenback-
er's record of 26 by blasting a Mes-
serschmltt 109 near Brunswick.
Five minutes later he shot down a
Focke-Wulf 190 coming out of a
cloud to tie Bong
Details Are Given
"We were flying northeast of
Brunswick looking for enemy fight-
ers" Johnson said. "I hadn't seen
a thing and we had started In for
a bomber formation when I turned
around for one last look
"I saw a bomber coming down I
Immediately wheeled around and
started climbing Into the sun to get
me a spot, f looked out again and
majority behind him when those
contests are settled Missouri Dem-
ocrats named their 32 delegates yes-
terday. Other states selecting dele-
gates this week are North Dakota.
West Virginia, Ohio, Washington
and Wyoming.
MTREKTMAN TO KPKAK
4T KICKOFF BREAKFAST
Frank Streetman. chief clerk for
Mir state board of affairs, will be
the principal speaker at a kickoff
breakfast for workers In the ap-
proaching drive for funds for Boy
Scout work al El Reno. 11 was an-
nounced today
StreeUnan. a humorist, nils num-
He contended proponents of the
measure to ban payment of state
poll taxes as a prerequisite for
voting In federal elections had
been driven to "this political ges-
ture" under the "lashing whip" of
minority groups who by threaten-
ing punishment at the polls forced
them to seek to "repudiate the
constitution.”
8enator Patrick McCarran , Dem-
ocrat. Nevada) whose Judiciary
committee approved the bill by
a 12-6 vote, said In his opening
statement that poll taxes In effect
place democracy on "a basis of
wealth alone.”
Ward Employes
Balloting Today
amusement devices had
censed by the city.
been 11-
Lincoln School Exhibits
Open fo Public Tonight
School exhibits at Lincoln He-
men tan’ school will tie open to the
publlr this evening from 7 30 to
* 30 p m, It was announced today
by Jennings B Newman, principal
The week of May 8 to la. inclu-
sive. la being observed as school ex-
hibit week In I he
The drive for funds will be con-
ducted May 15. 18 and 17 under the
direction of William L. Funk, fi-
nance chairman The kickoff
breakfast for the workers will be
served at 7:30 a. m Monday in the
Southern hotel.
he started to turn and I turned with
him 1 fired again but don't know
whether I hit him
“Then he rolled over on his back
and I rolled over on mine We Just
kept pln-wheellng and I hit him
about every half turn, finally his
wing fell off and I figured he had
It.
M Fighter* Appear
'We were down fairly low by that
time and when I looked up I saw
about 30 enemy fighters starting
down through the bombers
"My wlngman cabled and said
there were two more at about 3.000
feet I told him to go after them
and I would cover him but he went
under a eloud chasing them both
out and I had to go around the
other side. When he came out
there were four of them on his tall
"I radioed him to climb and turn
Three
CHICAOO. May 8—>_ Mont-
gomery Ward and Company cm- i *'hlle I chased them away. ______
oloyea voted today on whether they I ot th«n l*ft but the fourth was still | bu*
wished to be represented In col- Ion wlngman's tall Then we |
Three Japanese
Women Indicted
Treason (’barged After
Germans Escape
DENVER. May 9—Ofy-A fed-
eral grand Jury today indicted
three Japanese women on a charge
of treason which grew out of the
escape of two German prisoners of
war from the Trinidad. Colo., ramp
laat Oct. 17.
The women were residents of
the Amarhe relocation center In
southern Coloraco
They were accused of comfort-
ing and aiding in the escape of
Corporals Heinrich Haider. 31. snd
Herman August Leoscher. 31 The
prisoners were captured at Wat-
rous. N. M . Oct 19
Investigation of the women fol-
lowed publication of pictures
showing men prisoners embracing
Japanese women.
The indictment said the women
were employed on the Winger farm
near Trlntdsd and accused them of
furnishing the eoepnrsls with
money, a flashlight, clothing, road
maps, a railroad timetable and
providing them with an autotno-
HEADQUARTERS EUROPEAN
THEATRE OF OPERATIONS,
receiver! . , May 9—<8pecial to The Tribune)—
received a telegram. In care Wlthln l0 dayH aIt„ thry havp
Mary defenses of Europe
that
Friday
aspect
Keefe
of Theresa, stating
toutse would arrive
"marry” him.
The panicky girls scraped to-
gether enough money to tele-
phone Mary Louise's father In
Manchester, and tearfully explain-
ed things. It was too late Mary
Louise already had left home; re-
ported by police there as missing.
| Orant C. Carr, the father
he would come at once.
said
Bombs Rain On
Nazi Air Fields
And Rail Yards
Creeping Paralysis
Is Spreading Over
German War Machine
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Around 2,000 American planes
bombed seven air fields and three
rail yards In France, Belgium and
Luxembourg today In perhaps the
heaviest day of aerial offensive the
world ever has known, spreading
creeping paralysis upon the Nazi
war machine now tensely awaiting
Invasion
In the bright light of a bombers'
moon. 750 British Lancasters and
Halifaxes poured up to 3.360 tons of
bombs Into tactical targets In
France. Belgium and Oermany. rip-
ping up railways, air fields and
defense points. Ten bombers were
lost over Belgium A seaplane and
base and airdrome near Brest, the
French Invasion coast, the Ruhr and
the German city of Asnabruck were
struck
In 25th Straight Day
It was the 25th straight day in
which the allied soldiers of the
sky had ridden the enemy airways
as If they were their own
Russian artillery blasted away at
the beleaguered survivors of two
axis armies in Sevastopol, the main
defense belt of which was shattered
yesterday In Soviet advances up to
four miles over the bodies of 4.000
enemy dead.
Sevastopol was under attack from
all three land sides and the Oerman
and Romanian survivors were trying
frantically to escape by any kind of
boat.
A dozen evacuation ships, includ-
ing four transports, were sunk yes-
terday
German forces withdrew In the
mountainous sector of central Italy
and allied troops followed to posi-
tions approximately nine miles be-
yond their last announced front
line.
Artillery Is Active
Artillery was active on other
fronts Weather grounded heavy
and medium allied bombers although
lighter planes destroyed 34 vehicles,
damaged 39 and demolished a Oer-
man headquarters at Orebtc in Yugo-
slavia
A Lisbon dispatch said Portugal
probably would gratify the allies by
curtailing or suspending wolfram
(tungsten) shipments to Germany.
Some 4.500 planes flew against the
In swirling
FPHE rest of the week wasn't any
1 fun for Theresa and Jane
Mary Inulse. of course, arrived
ahead of her father, and was met
not bv "Robert William OXeefe"
In a long, shiny limousine, but by
state troopers, who took the dis-
illusioned girl to the Salvation
Army home In Poughkeepsie to
await the arrival of her father,
who came Sunday
The antl-eUmax to the situation
came yesterday when Mary Louise's
battered suitcase, containing her
trousseau, arrived It was shipped
back to Manchester.
air battles over Berlin. Brunswick
and Prance, destroyed 119 German
fighters.
The Americans lost 41 bombers
and 13 fighters manned by about
400 fliers
Arrest Made In
Theft of (on pons
El Reno police todsy were holding
a man booked as Luther Sattlemyre,
30. of Dalhart. Tex . for Investlga-
United States army shock troops
will be given the opportunity to
bathe and to have their clothes
laundered by mobile units operating
under the quartermaster corps.
Organized and trained to follow ,
combat troops and to make poss-1 8unday„and'
Ible such bathing and sterilization ° ” ~ “
facilities, these units are now tak-
ing advantage of the period of
pre-invasion training to perfect
their .systems Meanwhile, they are
providing laundrv service, at a
reduced cost, to soldiers who
otherwise would have difficulty In
obtaining such services regularly
So proflrlent have they become
that one unit, operating at. a
Northern Ireland port. Is set up
to provide a bath and clean clothes
for a soldier within 10 minutes—
under combat conditions At pres-
ent. however, the task of launder-
ing almost 50.000 pounds of OI
laundrv per week la Its prime
concern
Special Training Given
Commanded by Lieutenant Col-
onel Raymond E Zlekel of Modla,
Pa, the unit Is made up largely
of men who have had specific
training as well as experience In
this field Long ago. Colonel Zick-
el selected key met) of his organi-
zation and sent them to the mo-
bile laundry school In England The
^ chicles Damaged
In Collisions
Damage to the 1938 model sedan
owned by Jess Culver. 35. El Reno
route 3. was estimated al *20 by
city police after a collision lata
Monday afternoon In the 100 black
South Rock Island avenue.
The automobile was double-park-
ed and another car backed Into It
while the driver of the second car
was attempting to get out of a park-
ing place, according to records of
Lee Harvey, police chief. Driver of
the other vehicle left before officers
arrived and his Identity was not
learned, the chief of police said
The right front door of the Cul-
ver sedan was mashed In and the
window glass In the door broken.
Damage was slight In another coi-
tion into the theft of a targe quan- preren, amoothly-functioning group | „stan ,He M^daTaf tar^nat £
tlty of gasoline coupons three * the result. j intersection of Woodson street and
needs. Rock Island avenue. Chief Harvey
months ago In Texas.
In combat, the soldier's
Federal bureau of Investigation *dUld bf rared for something like | also reported today
Mrs Homer Reml. 825 South Miles
his I avenue, was driving a 1940 model
this:
agents from Oklahoma Cttv were
here this afternoon to check on the j . Vlldlfr
man's record. 'clo,h,n*
Weather
Stale Forecast
Scattered showers and thunder-
storms tonight, ex; *pi In pan-
four elementary b»i»dle; warmer In west and north
schools, the Junior highschool and portions with lowest temperatures
the highschool. Superintendent Paul *0 In panhandle to 86 in
R Taylor has announced All southeast portion Wednesday part-
rlaaees have on exhibit some of >>' cloudy in west and scattered
the work the students have done ahnwers ond thunderstorms In
during the year, with the public In- *a*t: little change In temperature.
El Reno Weather
INir 24-hour period ending at
k *. m today High, no, low, 47;
at 8 a. ni.. 52.
State of weather: Partly cloudy.
Rainfall None.
vited to Inspect the displays
Arrangements were made at Lin-
coln arhlol to open the building
an hour thla evening so that persons
employed during the day might vis-
it the exhibits there.
lectlve bargaining by a C I. O
union, a fundamental question In
a labor dispute which led to gov-
ernment seiaure of the firm's
Chicago plant.
The balloting, under jurtadlctlon
of the national labor relations
board, proceeded In orderly fash-
ion. Each eligible employe was
assigned time to vote at company
time at one of-11 polling places In
the huge plant or he could vote on
his own time at lunch hour or
before or after a shift
settled Into each other The wing-1
man broke away g»d I hit the Oer-1
man with a snap shot head-on
"I was pretty lucky because 11
was only trying to chase him awav
When I got home another pilot told
me he saw the German plane burst
Into flame when he went through
the cloud again and that he burned
when he hit the ground
Kerosene Quite Unlike
lemonsde, Baby Finds
HOLDENVILLE. May 9 -<Ug'-
Tlilrteen-months-old Jerry Single-
ton. son of Sergeent and Mrs.
Clarence Singleton, of Oerty, Okla.,
Sinatra Is Reported
Resting Comfortably
NEW YORK. May 9-PP)—Frank
Sinatra, radio and screen singing
star who Is suffering from a
throat Infection and with a fever,
was reported In a comfortable
condition today at. Mount Sinai
hospital.
Flnatia was removed from his i ■*v«r»l days was srrleuslv
hotel quarters to the hospital 8un- | HU father U stationed
has been released from Holden-
vllle hospital after learning well
that kerosene U not lemonade
Jerry sampled a small bit of the
fuel one dav recently and for
III
In Green-
land a* the present time.
Drannon, Nail
Held For Trials
J O Drannon. 33. and Ravmond
Nall, 25. both of El Reno, entered
plaas of not guilty when they were
arraigned before Judge Raker H.
Melone In Canadian county court
Monday on charges of assault and
battery and of resisting an officer
In separate Informations filed by
William L. Funk, county attorney.
Drannon and Nall are charged with
committing assault and battery up-
on Jim Doyle of El Reno on May 8.
Bond for each was set at *500 pend-
ing trial on thU charge
In other Informations filed against
the defendants, they are charged
with forcibly resisting H O Btarkry,
deputy sheriff, when he attempted
to place them under arrest Satur-
day High) Rom for aarh was set
at *1,000 pending trial on this
The man was held for Investiga-
tion after local officers arrested him
here early thU morning for Im-
proper parking and found In hU
possession several of the gasoline
coupons luted as among those stol-
would turn In hlsi avenue, was driving a ______
as he undressed, and upon *dan west on Woodson and turn-
completion of his bath he would ln8 south on Rock Island, while Mrs.
be issued clean clothing He would Pauline.Lowry. Banner route I. was
be allowed a maximum of 10 min- driving a 1939 sedan south on Rock
utes for bathing, broken down ac-; Island and turning east on Wood-
cording to a specific schedule.
He could spend one minute un-
en In a robbery of the ration board dr*wln8 Roc 'wo minutas he
office at Farwell. near Amarillo, i wo,l>d be under hot water making
Tex., last February * lather One minute would be
The man. driving a 1937 model devoted to applying the lather
coach, had four passengers he was Two more minutes would be per-
said to have been taking from Ami- mlt,M under the hot water, fol-
rlllo to Oklahoma OHy, but they ,owed bf • minute under cold
were released after preliminary In- w'ater, a minute for a final scrub-
son.
Mrs. Lowry's car was not dam-
aged. officers reported, and damage
to Mrs. Reml'a car was estimated at
*6
No one was injured In either of
the accidents. Chief Harvey said
vestlgatlon.
Wng, another minute under cold
woter. for rinsing and a final
minute which would be allotted
for dressing
Prepared To Fight
Everv man In the unit has re-
Farmers Arc Reminded
Acreage Is Unresfricfed
Since the time for planting cot- 'elved ,^*^r Wantrv training and
ton la at hand. William Schwara.
chairman of the Canadian county
agricultural conservation associa-
tion. today called attention of Ca-
nadian county farmers to the fact
there are no restrictions on the
acres that may be planted to cot-
ton In 1944
Schwarz also printed out that
there are no restrictions on the
acres that may be planted to wheat second class
end peanuts during the program
Is qualified and prepared to fight
It out hand-to-hand If the oc- i
caslon arises
Members of the laundry unit |
Include Corporal Ary Jester Jones
33. of U3H North Rock Island
avenue, w Reno. Okla
ear 1944
VISITING PARFNTS
Robert Shlrey, electrician's mate
In the navy, la vUlting
his parents. Mr and Mrs. George J
Shlrey. 735 South Miles avenue.
Wrangler's Club Lists
Five Winners in Parade
winners of five cash prizes In
various divisions of the parade
Saturday afternoon that featured
El Reno's annual pioneer dav cele-
bration were Hated today by the
Wranglar's club, sponsor
Chosen as the best child nder In
the pageant was Deraid Riggt. 217
North Williams avenue
Ernestine Ownby. *31 South El-
lison avenue, was designated the
1 best modern cowgirl, and O. J Pe-
<ers of okarche was named aa the
bra* m"dern cowboy.
Carl Wagner. 402 Uouth
| avenue, was salecUd aa the
neer man In the parade.
Ed Novy. Okarche route I, \
in at tha best tuuuaa
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 60, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 9, 1944, newspaper, May 9, 1944; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc924281/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.