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Sunday, May 1, 1949
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Six Oklahomans
Are Left Dead
After Tornadoes
16 Areas in State
Hit by Storms
During Week-End
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
The violent rage of Oklahoma’s
week-end tornado crisis gave way
today to the grim and dreary
aftermath in 16 stricken commu-
nities.
Six were killed all told in the
rapid-fire series of twisters that
raked the state for 100 miles from
southwest to northeast Saturday
night. Nine remained In critical
condition, and another 30 to 40
were still hospitalized. About 30
more suffered minor hurts. Prop-
erty damage may reach $2,000,000.
The dead:
Jessie Harvey, 60, a farmer,
Spencerville.
Calvin West, S9, Antlers, killed
in collapse of farmhouse.
Newt Pruitt, 30. Utica, killed In
farm home.
Hettle Pain, 11, McLoud. killed
when her parents' home was de-
stroyed.
Anita True. 7, Tulsa, killed when
her parents' car was blown off the
road near Meeker.
Mrs. Jessie True, 33, Tulsa, mother
of Anita.
Other States Hit
Tornadoes that bounded destruc-
tively across Oklahoma, Texas and
Kansas left 10 known dead and
more than 90 injured today. Pour
persons were killed in Texas, near
Bonham.
The week-end series of twisters,
second big blow of the spring,
caused damage estimated between
$1,000,007 and $2,000,000 In Okla-
homa alone, claiming six lives.
Two other twisters, riding the
tail of a thunderstorm, belted
western Kansas, at Great Bend
and Oakley, but caused only slight
damage. No injuries were reported.
Windstorms Continue
Windstorms and heavy rain
struck northern Mississippi Sun-
day. destroying houses, uprooting
trees and cutting off electric power.
However, no casualties were re-
ported, and serious damage was
confined to tlie towns of Houston
and Okolona.
In Louisiana, 12 Negroes were in-
jured. three seriously, when toi-
nadic winds hit a small plantation
southwest of Homer and blew down
several tenant homes late yester-
day.
Tlie Texas tornado hit first at
Fannin county, 80 miles northeast
ol Dallas. Heaviest hit in Okla-
homa was Norman, at the north
campus of the University of Okla-
homa, a former naval training
base.
Dispute Arises
During Hearing
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 2—</F>
An effort oy drys to make Secretary
of State Wilburn Cartwright start
a name-by-name check of repeal
petitions brought a temporary halt
In the hearing for a special election
today.
Charles E. McPhcrren, attorney
for the Oklahoma Economic in-
stitute. objected and agreed to
strike all names which do not have
postoffice addresses listed.
He declared that a method pro-
posed by George W Miller, attorney
for the United Dry association,
would drag the case out "perhaps
months." He also said it was cus-
tomary and proper to submit the
evidence and let the secretary's
office check.
The dispute started when Miller
attempted to have a secretary start
reading the names of each signa-
ture to the repeal petitions that
did not have a correct postoffice
address listed.
Cartwright overruled an earlier
objection by Miller to the form of
petition on file In the secretary's
office.
Ponca Cily Woman Is
Named Federation Head
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 2—(U.R)
—Mrs. F. B. Hudson, Ponca City,
is new president of tlie Oklahoma
Federation of Business and Pro-
fessional Women's clubs.
She succeeds Mrs. Mary Porkoney,
Lawton. She was elected at the
group's annual convention, which
closed here yesterday.
Red Cross Office
In New Location
Tlie office of the Canadian coun-
ty chapter of the American Red
Cross was moved from one part of
the second floor of the El Reno
city hall to another over the week-
end.
The new quarters are those for-
merly used as the council cham-
bers. Entrance is from the Choctaw
avenue side of the city hall.
I Senge Family
Having Reunion
The three sons and three daugh-
j ters of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry
I Senge of Alma, Kan., this week are
holding a reunion in El Reno—
the first time in 38 years that the
six have been together at one time.
It also is the first time in 38
years that one brother and one
sister have seen each other.
Scene of the reunion is alternat-
ing between the home of the young-
est, Art Senge, 1010 South Macomb
avenue, to the home of two of the
sisters, Mrs. Columbus Hall and
Miss Hattie Senge, 508 South Bar-
ker avenue.
Henry Senge, 72, of Seattle,
Wash., is the oldest of the six
chilren. He and his wife are here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Senge came
from Topeka. Kan., and Mrs.
Newman Herndon came from New
Smyrna, Fla. Mr. Herndon was un-
able to attend the reunion.
Henry and Mrs. Herndon are the
two who are getting acquainted
again after a span of nearly two
score years.
All of the six Senge children were
born In Alma, Kan. Their father
was a stone cutter and at one time
or another all three of the boys
have followed the building trade.
Of unusual note Is the fact that
only one child was born among the
six brothers and sisters. He was
Melvin Hall, son of Mrs. Hall, who
died seven years ago at the age of
24.
Decline Noted
In Job Oilers
Colleges Graduating
Record Numbers
BY UNITED PRESS
Fewer job opportunities are be-
ing offered the expected record
turnout of 1949 graduates, com-
pared to last year, major colleges
and universities reported today.
In a survey of 43 schools across
the nation, 34 reported slightly
fewer to a sharp decrease in job
offers from business and industry.
Six said the number of offers was
running about the same as last
year. Three, including a teachers'
college, reported a slight increase
because of special factors.
The most job opportunities are
in tlie sales field in most sections
of the country because the down-
turn hi inflation and the resultant
buyers' market have brought an
increase in demand for salesmen.
Other fields drawing the most
|ob offers are primary grade teach-
ing. electrical, civil and mechani-
cal engineering, physics and chem-
istry, in that order, the survey
indicated.
Salaries Higher
Starting salaries generally are
higher for all fields than before
the war. the schools reported.
Some of the universities said
there are plentiful openings avail-
able for primary grade teachers
because of the reluctance of college
graduates to teach elementarv
grades, as compared with high-
school and college teaching.
The payment of low salaries to
elementary grade teachers also is
a factor.
The survey showed that in some
areas such fields as agriculture,
pharmacy, nursing and home eco-
nomics offer better job opportu-
nities than sales, engineering and
chemistry.
More Firms Selective
Many of the universities empha-
sized that there is more of a de-
mand for students with master and
doctor of philosophy degrees, re-
gardless of the field. They said
thei firms requesting graduates
v, ith bachelor degrees were becom-
ing more selective, specifying that
they wanted students with the
highest scholastic records
Increasing Interest was reported
among graduates-to-bc in atomic
research and development, but
there appeared to be no rush into
this field.
Starting salaries for engineering
graduates range from $225 to $300
a month, depending on the locality
and type of industry
Salaries for teachers showed a
wider range, starting with a low
of $1,800 to as high as $3,500 a
year'.
Some teachers With doctor of
philosophy degrees may start with
salaries of $5,000 a year.
Starting salaries for accountants,
the survey showed, average $200
to $255 a month.
Thousands 01
Workers Idle
Across Nation
New Strikes For
Higher Wages
Are Staged Today
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
About 6,500 Philco corporation
workers in the Philadelphia area
struck today for higher wages.
About 7.000 Singer sewing machine
workers went on strike at Eliza-
beth, N J.
Other strikes crippled public
transportation in Atlanta; kept 2,-
600 workers idle in four New Jersey
industries: and shut down the Ben-
dix Aviation corporation produc-
tions plant at South Bend. Ind.,
for the 13th day.
In the soft coal industry, under
the Taft-Hartley act, this was the
day for John L. Lewis to give the
60-day notice if he intends to end
his United Mine Workers contract.
Pensions Sought
The Philadelphia Philco workers,
through the CIO United Electrical
Workers union, are asking for a
15 cents an hour wage increase and
pension plan. A contract expired
Saturday.
The General Electric company,
traditional wage policy setter in its
field, said in New York that it
will oppose an increase in wages
and other benefits for electrical in-
ciiistry workers.
The 7.000 workers at the Singer
Manufacturing company plant
struck for a change hi what they
claim is a speed-up system in in-
centive payment. They are repre-
sented by the CIO Electrical Work-
ers.
Bus Service Stops
In Atlanta, thousands of citizens
were without bus and trolley ser-
vice as a result of a strike by 1,300
trolley and bus drivers.
The other 2,600 New Jersey work-
ers who are idle include 1,000 AFL
textile workers at 13 label-weaving
plants; 600 AFL Iron workers at
North Jersey iron shops: 800 AFL
steamfitters in the plumbing in-
dustry; and 200 CIO United Elec-
trical Workers at a South Jersey
auto engine repair shop. All went
on strike last month.
In South Bend, no settlement
was in sight in the two-week-old
strike of 7,500 Bendix Aviation
workers.
Red-Imperiled Shanghai Prepares for Sfalingrad Stand
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As Communist armies closed in, Shanghai, China's largest city, was faced with currency collapse, mounting unrest and outbreaks
of violence as residents rushed to evacuate the city and troop reinforcements prepared for a "Stalingrad defense.” At top left, a man pulls
a handcart loaded with trunks, household goods, and two housewives perched on top. At top right, a truck jam-packed with Nationalist
troops arrives to help defend the Red-imperiled city, after evacuating towns along the Shanghai-Nanking railway. Below is a typical
scene as citizens join the great stream of evacuees flooding the streets to leave the city by whatever means of transport available (NEA
Telephotos.)
Officers Seek Dr. Richardson Has His
Jail Escapees Birthday Party Sunday
Approval Seen
For Labor Bill
Rayburn Supporting
Five Amendments
Weather
State Forecast
Fair tonight. Increasing cloudi-
ness Tuesday with few showers or
thunderstorms late Tuesday. Warm-
er in east and south.
El Reno Weather
For the 24-hour period ending at
8 a. m. today: High, 74; low, 50;
at 8 a. in., 61.
State of weather: Rain, high
wind over week-end.
Rainfall: .08 inch.
WASHINGTON. May 2 —fl»>—
Speaker ' im Rayburn announced
today ’ , support of five amend-
ments to the administration labor
bill and said he believes they will
assure passage ot the measure.
Rayburn told a news conference
the amendments are being drafted
by a group of house members in-
cluding southern Democrats. They
will be offered tomorrow when the
house resumes debate on labor
legislation.
Briefly, he said, here’s what thej
would do:
1. Give the president authority
to intervene, either by injunction
or plant seizure, in a threatened
strike involving the public welfare.
2. Make it "perfectly clear” that
there is to be freedom of speech on
both sides in a labor controversy.
3. Require non-Conununist affi-
davits to be made by leaders of
both labor and management.
4. Make certain that financial
reports of labor organizations are
available to members of the unions
and perhaps to the public generally.
5. Require that both sides in a
controversy must bargain "in good
faith."
Central Takes
Highest Honor
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 2—(U.R)
—Central highschool today held the
Tau Kappa Alpha achievement
trophy for points accumulated over
a period of years at national speech
tournaments.
Jerry Janger. who reached semi-
finals in original oratory at the
national meet at Longmont, Colo.,
last week-end, brought the trophy
home to his school. Hts points were
the iiual ones necessary to give
Central the award, the highest
honor possible in the contest.
De Vier Pearson, Oklahoma City
Classen, placed first in extempo-
raneous speaking in the tourna-
ment.
Two Captured In
Stolen Automobile
PRYOR, May 2—(U.R)—North-
eastern Oklahoma officers today
sought the last of five escapees
from the Muskogee county jail,
after nabbing two in a stolen auto-
mobile here yesterday.
Still sought was William Fern-
baugh, 24, of F<ort Smith, Ark.,
who fled from Pryor city |>oltce
and highway patrolmen as they
attempted to shoot him down.
Bloodhounds were brought here
from McAlester penitentiary later
Sunday in an attempt to track
Pernbaugh, but the dogs were un-
able to pick up his trail.
Car Is Halted
Fernbaugh. who may have been
wounded, escaped as officers halted
a car which approached Pryor on
U. S. hikhway 69 Other occupants
in the machine were David Oxen-
rider. charged with armed robbery,
and Raymond Thomas, charged
with forgery.
Two others who fled from the
Muskogee jail Friday night, Frank
Penal, an AWOL soldier, and Rob-
ert Mucciolis, booked for auto theft,
surrendered voluntarily Saturday.
Police Chief Jim Bougess said
Oxenrider and Thomas said they
and Fernbaugh stole a boat from
a sand company ki Muskogee Fri-
day night, after making their get-
away, and drifted several miles
down the Arkansas river. Then they
stole a pickup truck near Okay,
Okla., and drove it to Wagner.
Road Block Set
In Wagoner, they took an auto-
mobile and headed for Pryor.
Pryor police were tipped off con-
cerning the car theft and Highway
Patrolmen Louts Barnes and Bob
Rainwater, with the help of local
police, set up a road block near
here.
Fernbaugh, who had been held
for auto theft and assault with
intent to kill, was described in
pickup messages as a dangerous
man.
He was arrested In Muskogee
three weeks ago after a brief gun
battle with Muskogee police.
Dr. D. P Richardson of Union
City will be 80 years old Wednes-
day, but he's already had his birth-
day party.
As many as 500 persons from the
Union City community, Oklahoma
City, Chickasha, Norman, Purcell,
E3 Reno and a score of other places
in Oklahoma joined in celebrating
Dr Richardson's birthday anniver-
sary at a basket dinner and pro-
gram in Union City.
He has been a practicing physi-
cian at Union City for 55 years,
and since the turn of the century
he's been the town's only doctor.
In addition he is president of the
Bank of Union, the town's only
druggist, and its former postmaster
—an office now held by his wife.
He has been mayor more times
than he can remember. He also
owns a number of farms in the
county.
Dr. Richardson is widely known
over Oklahoma, having served as
president of the Oklahoma State
Medical society and as state bank-
ing commissioner.
Norman Official Is
Considering Offer
NORMAN, May 2—(U.R)—City
Manager T. E. Thompson of Nor-
man has been offered the city
managership of Scotts Bluff, Neb.,
and has been Invited there to dis-
cuss the offer. Thompson said he
is considering the proposition.
Four Booked For
Traffic Violations
Four persons were booked at the
police station during the week-end
and early today for traffic viola-
tions. records of Lee Harvey, chief
of police, disclosed.
Kenneth L. CJordray, 23, of 1419
South Dille avenue, booked at 11:35
p. m. Saturday for speeding, for-
feited a $5 bond in municipal court
today.
Bob Lyle, 23, EH Reno route 2,
booked at 1:20 a. m. Sunday for
making a U-turn at a restricted
point, forfeited a $2 bond.
Charles R. Hampton, 806 South
Miles avenue, booked at 1:30 a.m.
today on a charge ol speeding, for-
feited a $5 bond later in the day.
Joe E. Riley, 23. of 703 East Rogers
street, booked early today for
operating an automobile without
having a driver’s license, pleaded
guilty in municipal court and was
fined $10.
Traffic Mishaps
Are Reported
Accidents Occur
During Week-End
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iree traffic accidents were re-
ported to the police department
during the week-end, Lee Harvey,
chief of police, said today.
A 1938 model jeep operated north
on Moore avenue by Mrs. C. I.
Dollison. 110 North Moore, and a
1948 model coach driven east on
Sunset drive by Rex A. Little, 35.
Oklahoma City, collided in the
intersection of Sunset and Moore
at 6:30 p. m. Saturday.
The vehicle driven by Mrs. Dolli-
son was not damaged, officers said,
but she received numerous bruises.
Damage to the front of the auto-
mobile driven by Little was esti-
mated at $75.
A 1947 model coach driven south
on Choctaw avenue by Mrs. Mildred
Girard. Calumet route 1, and a
1933 model sedan operated west on
Rogers street by Edwin E. Wilson, 19,
114 North L avenue, collided in the
intersection of Choctaw and Rogers
at 7:03 p. m. Saturday.
Damage to the left side of the
Girard automobile was approxi-
mately $65 and damage to the
I right front of the other vehicle
was estimated at $15, Harvey said.
A 1948 model pickup which Bob-
by Gene Brodersen, 16. El Reno
route 1. was backing from a parked
position in the 200 block of South
Bickford avenue collided with a
1935 model sedan owned by Wil-
liam J. Doughty, 39, of 210 North
Hoff avenue, which was parked at
the curb, at 1:05 p. m. Sunday.
Damage to the left front fender
and left front door of the Doughty
car was about $30 while the pickup
was not damaged, officers said.
Court Assesses Fine
For Reckless Driving
Alton Roy Bogle, 27. Clinton,
charged with reckless driving, was
assessed a fine of *10 and court
costs Saturday when he pleaded
guilty at his arraignment before
Walter P. Crites hi justice of peace
court.
Information filed by Bobby Lee
Morrison, county attorney, charged
Bogle with operating an automo-
bile on U.S. highway 66 at a point
one mile west of El Reno April 24
at a speed greater than reasonable
and proper. The complaint was
signed by Vernon Butler, state
highway patrolman.
Still-
and
Truck Driver
Hurt in Crash
Drakes Fail On
Bridgeport Hill
Harry Oscar Coir le, 44,
water, received a broken leg___
other injuries and extensive prop-
erty damage was caused when the
brakes on the truck he was driving
failed to function while the vehicle
was traveling west down the
Bridgeport hill, 19 miles west of
El Reno, on U.S. highway 66 at
9:10 a.m. today.
Ear] Janssen, state highway pa-
trolman, said the brakes appar-
ently failed and the heavy diesel
truck gathered greater speed as it
traveled down the hill, out of con-
trol. The entire motor flew apart,
Janssen said, scattering the motor,
transmission, gears, clutch and
other parts among the road. The
driver also was hurled out of the
cab.
The truck was pulling a 16-wheel
trailer loaded with a power shovel.
The vehicle traveled a distance of
750 feet out of control, leaving the
highway and coming to a stop in
a wheat field.
The patrolman said Colme suf-
fered compound fractures of one
leg and other Injuries. He was
taken to Mercy hospital in Okla-
homa City by a Geary ambulance.
Highway Death
Toll Reaches 161
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 2—(U.R)
—A Westville truck driver today
was Oklahoma’s 161st traffic death
victim of 1949, the state highway
patrol headquarters reported. Last
year at this time, 141 persons had
died on Oklahoma highways.
The victim was Albert Pardue,
21. who died when his gasoline
transport truck overturned yester-
day on U. S. 62-64 one-fourth mile
east of Taft. In Muskogee county.
Trooper S. O. Lowry said Pardue's
vehicle apparently went out of con-
trol after it slipped off tire pave-
ment onto a soft shoulder.
$3,(100 DAMAGES ASKED
STILLWATER, May 2—(U.PJ—
Luther Francis of Stillwater has
filed a $3,000 damage suit against
the Cushing Coca-Cola Bottling
company for allegedly finding a
small mouse in a bottled soft drink.
Francis asks $3,000 for "the nause-
ating effects left after faking two
swallows from the bottle."
Ruling Made In
Borgman Case
Williamson Finds
No Law Violation
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 2—4/P7
—Attorney General Mac Q. Wil-
liamson ruled today there was no
law violation by Board of Affairs
Chairman Russell Borgman in the
Leland Equipment company’s sale
of $162,000 worth of road equip-
ment to the state highway depart-
ment.
A1 C. Beckuer. vice president of
the firm, told a legislative investi-
gating committee last week Borg-
man helped finance the company
and owned stock in it.
Tlie committee resumes its hear-
ings today.
“The mere fact that a member
of the state board of public affairs
has an interest or is a stockholder
in a firm or corporptlon does not
make it illegal or against public
policy for another state department
or institution to enter into a con-
tract with said firm or corpora-
tion." the attorney general’s opin-
ion held.
Representative Kirksey Nix, Mc-
Alester. and Representative Dave
Smith, Claremore. launched the
house of representatives’ probe into
board of affairs activities two
weeks ago with a demand that all
members be ousted and civil suits
be brought to recover $500,000 in
alleged illegal expenditures.
Aside from Borgman's connec-
tion with the Leland company, the
probe has centered around the
board’s ,use of emergency purchase
orders—limited to one per month
per institution.
The attorney general, however,
ruled It was not illegal for the,
board to issue more than one a
month in view of another statute
vesting members with board au-
thority to fix their own purchasing
procedure, upon approval by Budget
Director Roger Phelps.
Communist Assault
On Chinese City
Appears Imminent
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
The last railway escape route
from Shanghai was reported sealed
off today as residents wondered
when the expected Communist as-
sault on the great Chinese city
would begin.
The semi-official Chinese central
news agency said rail service had
been suspended between Hangchow
and Nanchang, both below Shang-
hai. It is the last remaining com-
munication artery to the south.
This was the first indication the
Communist offensive might have
penetrated so deeply into south
China.
Inside Shanghai there was no
sign of any Impending attack.
Within the city troop movements
were not especially evident. Hun-
dreds of Chinese soldiers, however,
boarded Chinese navy vessels which
steamed down the Whangpoo river
toward the sea.
Money Market Crashes
Economic panic gripped the city
The chaotic money market crashed
after garrison headquarters out-
lawed free trading in pre-war
sliver dollars on threat of death.
Just where the Communist war
machine was headed no one seemed
to know.
Communists throughout the
world cheered on their Chinese
brethren yesterday as they turned
out to celebrate May day 1919—
60th anniversary of a day pro-
claimed to demonstrate unity
among the world’s workers.
The Soviet union put on the
biggest show with its traditional
display of military might In Mos-
cow's Red square. The emphasis
was on Jet planes.
Western diplomats predict a date
for the lifting of the Russian
blockade of Berlin may be set in
New York some time this week.
Agreement Anticipated
Present prospects are that a
meeting, probably in New York,
will hatch an agreement on the
ending of the blockade and setting
a date for a foreign ministers'
meeting on the German question.
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman said in Paris today it
"seems more and more probable"
that a four-power meeting on Ger-
many will be held this spring.
The United States urged the UN
general assembly today to speed
action on Israel's application to
join the united nations.
Election day shooting In La Paz,
Bolivia, yesterday resulted In two
deaths and injury to 18 other per-
sons.
Romania has asked Britain to
close both consulates she maintains
in Romania outside the capital.
There were indications similar re-
quests soon might be made to Italy
and Turkey. They are the only
other non-Soviet block powers with
provincial consulates in Romania.
Large Supply Of
Marijuana Seized
DALLAS, May 2—(U.R)—Federal
ofllcers and Dallas police yesterday
seized more than $22,000 worth of
marijuana and arrested two men
who allegedly were connected with
an international dope ring.
Tlie arrests in Dallas followed the
arrest Friday in San Antonio of a
man said to be the buyer for the
ring.
Warren Heddens. chief of tlie
federal narcotics bureau here, said
the Sail Antonio man purchased 16
pounds of high-grade marijuana
in Brownsville last Monday. He said
the narcotic was placed In a suit-
case and consigned to Dallas.
Officers were tipped yesterday
that the drug was enroute here and
a watch was set up at a bus station.
When a 28-year-old mechanic called
for the suitcase yesterday, he was
arrested.
On lnfonnation furnished by the
man held in San Antonio, Dallas
police and federal men also arrested
a tavern owner. He made a verbal
statement In which he said he met
the buyer in Brownsville Wed-
nesday and picked up the claim
check for the suitcase full of
mar) Jana.
Fine of $315 Is
Assessed Today
Hobert, Church, 24. Fort Reno,
charged with failure to stop after
an accident, was ordered to pay a
fine of $315 and court costs today
when he pleaded guilty at his ar-
raignment before Judge Roy M.
Faubion in Canadian county court.
Information filed in the case by
Bobby Lee Morrison, county attor-
ney, charged Church with failing
to stop and give information after
a vehicle he was driving collided
with another automobile at the
Intersection of U. S. highways 66
and 270. seven miles west of El
Reno, on May 1. The complaint
was signed by Earl Janssen, state
highway patrolman.
A 1941 model coupe driven by
Church and a 1948 model coach
operated west on highway 66 by
John W. Hall, 49. Elk City, col-
lided at the intersection while
Church was turning east on to
highway 66 from highway 270.
Janssen said damage to the Hall
automobile was approximately $200
while damage to the vehicle driven
by Church was estimated at $75.
Two Divorces Granled
Afler Court Hearings
Two divorces were granted by
Judge Baker H. Melone after hear-
ings were conducted in Canadian
county district court Saturday
afternoon, records in the office of
Flank Taylor, court clerk, disclosed
today.
Frank J. Stropek was divorced
from Ann Stropek after alleging
I gross neglect of duty. The couple
| was married Nov. 22, 1948, at Okla-
homa City.
Joseph M. Waddell obtained a de-
j cree of divorce from Mae Waddell
after alleging extreme cruelty and
j gross neglect of duty. The couple
■was married at Winfield, Kan., on
| Nov. 37, 1946.
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Harle, Budge. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 54, Ed. 1 Monday, May 2, 1949, newspaper, May 2, 1949; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc924355/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.