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(U.R) MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Wednesday, June 23, 1954
UP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
rain Growers
ill Get Vote
n Price Pegs
New ‘Catch-AH’ Bill
Would Pass Support
Problem to Farmers
ASHINOTON, June 23 — (U.R)—
e house agriculture committee
nts to let grain farmers in the
itically-important midwest de-
e how high the government must
their prices in the 1956 presi-
tial year.
t has unanimously approved leg-
tion that would allow the
wers to determine by majority
in a government-conducted
loting next year what price sup-
t programs will prevail lor wheat
u corn in 1956.
lthough they could not vote in
proposed referendum, city con-
ners and taxpayers would have
important stake in the outcome.
Would Make Choice
nder the committee plan wheat
wers could vote into operation
"two price plan" that would
■ninate costly wheat export sub-
*es, but add about one-fourth of
*ent to the cost of wheat that
is into a loaf of bread,
roducers of corn, the nation's
jor feed grain for livestock,
uld choose between continuance
mandatory high supports and
ible, lower supports recommend-
by President Eisenhower. The
rket price of corn, which is in-
-nced by the government price
ort level, is a major factor over
long run in determining' the
ce of meat, milk and eggs.
Okay Due Friday
‘Ians taking the politically hot
ce support controversy directly
the farmers were approved by
committee and written into its
tch-all" farm bill in secret draft-
sessions during the last two
-S.
"he committee expects to finish
fting the bill late today or to-
rrow and vote final approval
the measure Friday. House led-
hope to call it up for floor ac-
l next week.
t is a far cry from the farm pro-
m requested by Mr Eisenhower,
would extend for another year
present law under which wheat,
and other basic crops must
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Iowa's Capital Fights
Flooding River; Dike
Breaks, Water Rising
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BOOK WORK—Mrs. Woodrow Barton, deputy county school superintendent, left, and
Mrs. George Witcher, right. Banner school teacher, work rapidly to get the county
schools’ cooperative book library ready for young students following receipt of more than
100 new volumes this week.
supported at 90 percent parity.
Jons Officers
re Installed
uesday Night
italph A. Myers, Jr, was installed
^ president of the El Reno Lions
r Tuesday night at a joint in-
.lation-ladies night dinner in the
sbyterian church basement,
jte will replace C. Riley Strong
July 1. Strong presided at the
irting and made a brief talk
'ering the club's past activities
1 future plans.
|im A. Rinehart was installation
cer. Rinehart, in turn, was pre-
ted a 20-year service pin, and
D. P. Richardson of Union
received a pin for 25 years
|/ice with the Lions,
lem Cherry, program chairman,
[•oduced Phil Enz, Lions club
..■gate to Boys State, who showed
ores and discussed the 1954 ses-
ji at the University of Oklahoma,
firs. Harry Kenaga, north of El
lio. demonstrated production and
shing of various types of cere-
re.
ther new Lions officers installed
e Don Arnold, secretary-treasur-
I Earle Garrison. Lion tamer:
id Beckett, tail twister: and Kes-
1 Dorman, W. L. Holloway. H. D.
d, Asa Mayfield and Jack Bur-
jer, directors.
.rrors Cost
rivers $79
•affic charges have cast four
ers a total of $79 in fines and
it costs in the court of J. H
wen, Justice of peace, records
lie county courthouse showed
y-
tree of the cases involved
ges of speeding, with John C.
es, Enid, accused of speeding
J. S. 66, about 11 miles west of
teno, paying a fine of $13 and
1 costs.
mes Kenegos. Los Angeles,
f., accused of speeding on U. S
Iso about 11 pules west of El
0. was fined $10 and $10.90
implaints in both cases were
e by Trooper Ira Walkup.
the third case Stanley E.
id, Martinez, Calif., accused of
ding on U. S. 66, two miles west
'ukon, was fined $10 and $850
1. Complaint was made by
per Joe Dunn.
omas Carris Brock, 218 North
: Island, accused in a complaint
Tooper Walkup of driving to the
of center of the road on U. S.
st of Yukon, was fined $10 and
costs.
Turner, Kerr
Battle Warming
Fox User! To Cloud
Issues, Turner Says
By The Associated Press
Roy J. Turner, democratic can-
didate for the U. S. senate, has
charged that Ora J. Fox, a candi-
date for governor, is a "paid hench-
man” of Senator Robert S. Kerr,
incumbent senator seeking a sec-
ond term.
Turner made the charge last I
night in a Carter county campaign]
rally at Lone Grove.
He accused Kerr of helping get
Fox in the governor's race for the
purpose of criticizing Turner in the
senate race.
His speech at Lone Grove follow-
ed a speech last night in which
Turner charged Kerr was conduct-
ing a smear campaign and declar-
ing a letter of "vilification" is now
being mailed to voters over the
state. A smiliar charge of "smear"
was made against Turner in an
advertisement by 512 employes of
the Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, inc,
The advertisement charged numer-
ous statements made by him in his
campaign are false.
Cites Senate Attendance
Turner also, in his Carter county
speech, said Kerr is "playing poli-
tics with cattlemen" and described
Kerr's attendance record in the
senate last year as the "main is-
sue" of the campaign.
Turner charged that Kerr "craves
wealth, and he craves power."
Turner said the Kerr-McGee fin-
ancial statement shows its property
to be valued at $34,000,000, compar-
ed with $6,000,000 when he left of-
fice as governor.
Wealth Questioned
“How has he piled up this great
wealth in so short a time?" Turner
asked. “He has done it partly thro-
ugh deception, partly through using
the office of senator for his own
personal benefit, but mainly by nev-
er letting the duties to which you
elected him interfere with the build-
ing of his own personal empire."
County School Library Readied
For Use by Area's Youngsters
School vacation time means no slackening in work for
employes in the county school superintendent’s office.
Something new is always coming up. This week it’s a
shipment of 161 new books which must be numbered and
cataloged for the county
Square Dance
Classes Lure
City's Youth
CJQUARE dancing
Ot
apparently
holds a top popularity spot
in this year’s summer youth re-
creation program.
That's the conclusion reached
by Kenneth Kamm, coordinator
for the program, after noting a
heavy attendance of approximate-
ly 75 youngsters at the opening
session of square dance sessions
Tuesday night.
The first meeting was held In
the IOOF hall under direction of
Mrs. Earl Janssen, and Kamm
reported today that the unex-
pectedly high turnout will force
divisions of the classes into age
groups when the program finally
gets into "full swing" next week.
Under this plan a 12-year old
and under group will meet on
Tuesday evenings for their ses-
sions while youngsters over the
age of 12-years will convene on
Thursday evenings.
Both groups will meet next
week in the large pavilion at
Adams park, but this week both
classes will meet at 8 p. m. Thurs-
day in the Eagles hall, as origin-
ally scheduled.
Kamm said plenty of room is
still left for more players to take
part in tennis classes, slated to
meet from 7 a. m. to 9 a. m.
Mondays through Fridays. Be-
tween 10 and 20 tennis enthusiasts
have reported for lessons to date,
he said.
Another phase of the summer
youth program will get underway
with archery lessons, scheduled
to start as soon as the necessary
equipment arrives.
schools’ cooperative book li-
brary in the county court-
house basement.
The books arrived Tuesday, just,
in time to complicate the job of
reorganizing the library—a task
being undertaken by Mrs. George
Witcher, teacher at Banner school,
and Mrs. Woodrow Barton, deputy
county superintendent.
The new volumes were purchased
Rebels Set To
Extend Siege
On Guatemala
Both Sides Claim
Overwhelming; Wins,
I’lanes Hit Honduras •
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. June
23—-(4*1—Carlos Castillo Armas said
today his anti-Communist forces in
Guatemala "are prepared for a long
or short battle" in efforts to take
over the government.
The rebel leader was interviewed
by correspondents at his headquar-
ters in Esquipulas, Guatemala. Ask-
ed how long he thought would be
required to unseat the government
ol president Jacobo Arbenz Guz-
man. he responded:
"It depends on how long Arbenz
keeps thinking he can win "
Esquipulas, a town of 12,000, is six
miles inside Guatemala. Col. Castillo
Armas was dressed in khaki, with
black boots and a leather jacket. He
appeared very weary.
I’lanes Hit Honduras
Last night the government of
Honduras where Castillo Armas
hatched the plans for the revolt,
reported this country had been at-
tacked by mystery planes.
From Guatemala City came an
army communique reporting govern-
ment troops victorious in battles
cud skirmishes at Puerto Barrios,
Chiquimula and Santo Tomas. It
said "the enemy was defeated wher-
ever he was met." A number of
rebels, the total unspecified and
arns, ammunition and explosives
were reported captured.
(HI Company Strafed
A Guatemalan national radio
broadcast recorded in San Salvador
with $440 made available this year said a lone air raider today strafed
through contributions made an- ' Shell Oil company, properties in
nually by each of the county's1 Guatemala City, the Evangelical
dependent school districts for both
the cooperative book library and
movie film library, and through
limited funds set up in the county
superintendent's budget for th<
purpose.
Topics Are Varied
None of the newi books are text-
books. but all cover a wide range
of subjects, from children's fiction
books to historical and scientific
works for students.
Books included in the library are
available to all children in the
county, while other volumes, in-
cluded in a professional section,
consist of recognized authoritative
books for teachers In all fields, and
which are available
church and a radio station owned
by North Americans.
A communique from the rebel
army claimed the capture of three
additional small towns about 25
miles inside Guatemala. These
towns—Vado Hondo, Jacotan and
Camoatan—are all northwest of
Esquipulas. •
New Cabinet Ready
The communique said the anti-
Communist forces have not yet be-
gun their real air attack on govern-
ment installations. A few air raids
have been made, the communique
added, but these were merely to de-
monstrate air superiority and give
Guatemalan government forces an
to yield and "prevent
Britain's Eden Suggests Asian
Defense, Non-Aggression Pact
LONDON. June 23 —(/P)—For-
eign Secretary Anthony Eden to-
day suggested a southeast Asian
defense system that would include
non-aggression pacts with the
Communists.
Just back from the Geneva con-
ference, Eden told the house of
commons:
“I hope it will be possible to
agree on some system of southeast
Asian defense to guard against
aggression.
"I hope we could have a reci-
procal arrangement for both sides
to take part, such as Locarno,
and we could have a defensive
alliance such as NATO is in Eu-
rope."
Locarno was a series of five
treaties negotiated in the Swiss
city of that name in October 1925
between Germany on the one
hand and France, Britain, Italy
and Poland on the other. The aim
was to guarantee continuation of
peace and existing territorial
boundaries. It proved effective
until the rise of Hitler.
Eden spoke in a voice charged
with emotion and some members
took his remarks as critical of
U. S. Secretary of State Dulles as
he declared:
"My belief is that, by refraining
from any precipitious move to-
ward the formation of a NATO
system in southeast Asia, we have
helped to create the necessary
conditions in which both systems
can properly be brought into
being."
Dulles, in a speech at Seattle
June 10, rejected British and
French arguments against joint
action on Indochina before the
breakup of the Geneva conference.
to all teachers 1 opportunity
in all county schools. , bloodshed."
The library already has in excess A rebel broadcast heard in San
of 2,000 volumes, and while school. Salvadro made additional claims—
officials do not yet feel that the I possibly for propaganda purposes,
libraiy is "up to standard" it is it said rebel forces were in control
considered already sufficiently di- of key points of three Guatemalan
versified to meet most needs. provinces—Chiquimula. Izabel and
Maintenance Cost Low Zacapa.
It has been estimated that once j Castillo Armas said he will an-
the library reaches standard size,, nounce soon the composition of the
funds amounting to $l per child per j cabinet in his provisional govern-
year will be sufficient to maintain I ment.
it.
Fnd of the current cataloging job
this week won't relieve the two
office workers, however.
Next week it's more books.
Several cases of free text books.
REV. J. W. HODGES
To Rest and Write Book
Veteran Pastor
Plans To Leave
Rev. J. W. Hodges
To Resign Position
Rev. J. W. Hodges, pastor of the
First Baptist church for the past 20
years, will present his resignation
Sunday, June 27, to be effective on
Sept. 5.
The minister, called by the El
Reno church in August, 1934. ar-
rived here the following September
to assume his duties. He said today
his farewell sermon probably will
be delivered July 4, before he leaves
on a vacation.
Led Hospital Drive
Active in civic affairs for many
years, he has been a member of
both the chamber of commerce and
the Kiwanis club, serving as head of
a chamber committee which launch-
ed a drive to secure a new munici-
pal hospital here, and working as
chairman of the Genera] Hospital
committee, which pressed success-
fully for calling of the bond issue
which resulted in construction of
the new Park View hospital.
Since the veteran Baptist minister
came to El Reno the church here
has grown from a membership of
662 persons to more than 1,400: the
church building has been thor-
oughly remodeled, two education
building wings have been added and
two residential properties have been
purchased.
Heavy Debt Erased
At the same time the church has
long ago erased a $16,000 debt which
existed when the minister arrived.
Dr. Hodges, who currently lives at
704 South Macomb, has three sons
and three daughters, all graduates
of El Reno highschool.
He plans to establish a residence
in Oklahoma City where he will
spend several months continuing
work on a book, tenatively titled
"Christ's Coming and Kingdom,"
and plans later to return to a pas-
torate somewhere in the Oklahoma
City area.
National Guardsmen Called
To Bolster Dikes; One-Fifth
Of Des Moines May Get Wet
DES MOINES, June 23 —(AP)—A dike on the flooding
Des Moines river here broke today sending about five feet
ol water boiling toward a north central section containing
about 500 residences.
Tlie area had been cleared of people earlier and it was
not believed anyone was endangered.
The break occurred near Birdland Park and the affected
area included chiefly homes on low ground along Saylor road.
It was not immediately clear how many of the homes would
be flooded.
An army engineer said it would be necessary to move
about 60 more families due to the dike break which he des-
cribed as secondary.
The river, already at the 28-foot mark and still rising,
was 18 inches above the previous record mark in 1947’s dis-
astrous tlood. A crest of 29 to 30 feet is expected in Des
Moines about 8 a. m. (CST) tomorrow.
Emergency evacuation o f---
Weather
financed entirely separate from
the cooperative library, already had
arrived this week and are a wilting
their turn in the catalouging pro-
cess.
Clerical employees, carefully keep-
ing their eyes averted from the new
shipment of boxes, declined to es-
timate their number in advance.
"We’ve got enough on our hands,
already," they claim.
Guatemala Appeal
To UN Is Studied
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y„ June
23—(4*i—A United States source said
today the American president of the
UN security council was giving "a
careful consideration" to Guate-
mala's request for a second urgent
council meeting on her troubles.
He noted that no such request
as before the council president.
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr„ of the Unit-
ed States, when Lodge said last
night the council "should not inter-
vene further" in the Guatemalan
situation.
State Forecast
Generally fair, hot and humid
through Thursday. Low tempera-
tures tonight in the 70s. Highs
Thursday generally near 100.
BOSS FORGOT
EAST HARTFORD. Conn., June
21—(U.R)—Hoblle L. Potter received
a "reminder" in the mail that he
had overlooked sending a contri-
bution to the Easter Seal drive.
Potter was director of the Easter
Seal campaign for Greater Hart-
ford.
Workers Open Chamber Drive
Bolstered by Coffee and Donuts
Teams of workers led by five
newly appointed "captains” began
the opening phase of the annual
chamber of commerce member-
ship campaign this morning
lowing a kickoff breakfast of
fee and doughnuts.
The five captains, heading
groups of 10 workers each, were
named at the breakfast by Jim
Bass, membership drive chair-
man, as campaign materials were
issued for the drive and workers
were presented a lengthy list of
prospects to contact.
Those appointed as captains
the drive are Fred Beckett,
Harrison, Joe Ozmun. Stanley
Youngheim and Marion Higby.
Their teams are subdivided into
groups of two men each which will
fol-
cof-
in
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contact a list of six prospects per
group during the week.
While the groups are expected
to report on progress throughout
the week the first formal reports
will be heard at another break-
fast meeting at 9:30 a.m. Friday
in the Bradford cafe. The break-
fast will be followed by a mop-
up phase of the campaign, pro-
vided any possible new members
have not been contacted.
At today's breakfast Rev. Harold
E. Enz, minister of the First
Christian church, delivered the
invocation, and Earle E. Garrison,
chamber president, outlined aims
of the civic organization and
stressed the importance of the
membership drive.
------o — V...VUUHWII u i
7.500 persons from threatened
areas was completed this
morning.
Volunteer workers and national
guardsmen were doing levee work
around the clock and emergency
calls were out for more workers.
City officials were pessimistic
over whether all the levees would
hold. They were designed to with-
stand a 28-foot crest. Sandbags
were being hastily emplaced again-
st the anticipated 29 to 30 foot
peak.
Hundreds Homeless
If the levees give way a fifth of
the city will be flooded and 3,000
to 4.000 persons will be made home-
less.
"Nobody knows what will hap-
pen." said city public works di-
rector John Tippee.
Other evacuations were occurr-
ing throughout the length of the
river's course and Red Cross offi-
cials said hundreds of families were
homeless. One evacuation center was
nearly filled and two others were
being readied.
At the north edge of the city,
where the river enters Des Moines,
flood waters closed the Euclid Av-
enue bridge which carries transcon-
tinental U. S. highway 6 traffic
through Des Moines. Detours were
available. Some 40 miles northwest
of Des Moines, U. S. highway 30
was closed west of Boone and traf-
fic was being re-routed.
Sand Bags Top Dikes
In Des Moines, city officials said
they believed sandbagging could
keep the levees from being topped.
But they were doubtful whether
they could stand the continued
pounding of the angry waters.
Gov. William S. Beardsley asked
President Eisenhower late yester-
day to declare 19 Iowa counties dis-
aster areas. Des Moines Mayor Jos-
eph Van Dreser had already pro-
claimed a state of emergency in
the city.
Hundreds of Des Moines families
moved from their homes in res-
ponse to pleas from city officials,
who warned against panic.
Guardsmen Help
Three national guard companies
joined the Des Moines levee crews
early today. The river was rising
five inches per hour and workers
raced to raise levees which had
been built to withstand a 28-foot
crest.
The expected crest was the worst
in 150 years of Des Moines records.
The worst previous hit in 1903 at
27.3 feet.
However. Des Moines experienced
its most disastrous flood in 1947,
when the river crested at 26.5 feet
and submerged one fifth of the
city.
The flood waters were swelled by
the swollen Racoon river which
joins the Des Moines river here.
The Racoon was expected to crest
Thursday.
Two Cars Damaged
In Street Accident
Two cars were damaged in an
accident shortly after 8 a.m. today
in the 300 block on South Bickford,
police traffic records show.
A parked car, owned by Jimmie
Ray Cooksey, 130 North K, received
an estimated $25 damage in the
accident, while a truck, backed from
a parking place by Joseph Rufus
Jones. 31, Oklahoma City, and own-
ed by the Merchants Biscuit com-
pany, Oklahoma City, received about
$10 damage.
V ICTORY—Senator Margar-
et Chase Smith smiles happily
as she reads telegrams at her
home in Skowhegan, Maine,
congratulating her on her 5-1
victory over Republican aspir-
ant Robert L. Jones in Main’s
senatorial primary. Jones is a
follower of Senator Joseph
McCarthy of Wisconsin.
(NEA Photo)
French Destroy
Five Red Bases
62 Tons of Bombs
Used in Air Attack
HANOI, Indochina. June 23— (U.R)
—Fifty Fiench B-26 bombers de-
stroyed five Communist Indochi-
nese bases 50 miles east of Hanoi
today with 62 tons of bombs.
The French high command an-
nounced that an hour before the
B-26’s pulverized the bases near
the Hanoi-Haiphong supply life-
line, fighter planes dropped leaflets
warning civilians of the forthcom-
ing attack.
This method of warning the
populace was developed by the
French airforce as the best way of
hitting Red build-up bases without
killing civilians.
Targets Hit Squarely
The bombers dropped 500 to
1.000-pound delayed action bombs.
Photo-reconnaissance planes pro-
duced aerial photographs showing
bombs had hit their targets
squarely.
The raids took plare as French
union troops fought an all-out
battle with rebels 30 miles north-
west of Hanoi.
The French high command dis-
closed a "veritable battle" has been
raging the past four days around
the defense ring of concrete forts
and blockhouses built at Sontay by
the late Marshall Jean de Lattre
de Tassigny to keep the rebels from
driving into the heart of the
river delta.
No Details Given
But the high command did
disclose details of the progress „
the battle or the number of casual-
ties, which was expected to
heavy.
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