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VOL. XXX. NO. 11.
REAT WIND
LOWS FROM
SEA INLAND
Itrricane Lashing the Coast
of North Carolina Brings
Destruction Threat
140 MILE BLAST
'rcmendous and Damaging
Tides Are Expected to
Follow ir. Sto , Wake
SAPULPA. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1944.
FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR
YANKS SWEEP TO WESTWALL FORTS
RUSSIANS BESIEGING WA RSAW
Nets $14,000
ALLIED LEADERS, WIVES PICTURED DURING IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
BEAUFORT. N. C.. £>.__131
|_A killer" hurricane -
upon the North    poor
a t early today and Its c.
I- nliu; winds of sufficient
Lcity to wipe out towns and kn.
lores was expected to hit' in the
firinity of this town before noon.
Weather bureau advisors lndi-
tted it was the worst hurricane
Ince the (treat story of 8ept. 3,
L that killed 300 persons In j
Florida keys. The wind velor-
1' center was placed at 140
|m hour and the convuln-
),], ere so extensive that storm
tamings were posted as far north'
Atlantic City, N J.
Ton the possibility of a sudden
i F|haiige In direction, the federal
I Tit .me w arning service placed
1 ,,f the east coast northward
‘Jr m Florida to Eastport. Me., on
1    1 hurricane alert.
n f Rupidly falling barometers and
1,1 sIo*ling winds mounting in fury
■ a sound heralded Its arrival
long the low-lying Carolina coast
tom Wilmington northward. Seas
itcre running heavy and residents
[j beaches and coastal lowlands
id fled or were fleeing Inland.
Tremendous and destructive
ies were expected to accompany
jc center of the storm.
The weather bureau located the
rm center at 5 a. m. at 100
lies south of Beaufort, advancing
approximately 18 miles an hour.
-Strong winds and gales will ex-
|md over northeastern South Car- |
___ and the Interior of eastern
lorth Carolina northward today
nd early today," the advisory
lid "Precautions against de-
ductive winds and extremely
gh tides should be taken on the
orth Carolina coast northward.
dents of. low lying areas and,
sposed beaches of North Caro-
jia and Virginia coast and lower
hesapeake bay should seek high-
terrain. Emergency. Warn all,
iterests. *
• Hurricane warnings are dis-1
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APPARENTLY A HAPPY MOOD, me iwo teade.s or the tinned
Nations are shown in a get-together at Quebec. Canada, with their
wives and their Canadian hosts. From the left are Mrs. Churchill,
the Earl of Athlone, governor-general of Canada; President Roosc-
mu
> wgk<:.' va
velt Princess Alice, the earl’s wife; Prime Minister Winston
Churchill of Great Britain; Mrs Rooseyelt and William JtacKenrie
King, Canada's prime minLster. The Anted leao rs are homing
conferences on Pacific war strategy.
(International Soundphoto)
Well Known Physician Is Injured
In Attack on Street By Father,Son collision
Dr J. B. Lampion, city physician
and long time medical practioner
Story Features Red Cross Plans s v,*..« «.«>* ." * «*■
Mrs. Tom Dewey Rural Program
yesterday, having been knocked un-
conscious and taken to city hos- ««
pital. He recover'd consciousness *v
early last night, and was thought
to be almost over the shock he Number
Train Collision Near Terre
Haute Early Today Shows
Mounting Death Toll
KNOWN DEAD
will
enl. I
ich and north
[apes to Atlantic
. _    . suffered, according to hospital au-
The Creek county Red Cross is thorities an(j was expected io go
planning an Intensive educational home today
laved from Myrtle Beach. S C..I Mrs Thomas E Dewey, the for-
i Virginia Cape and storm warn- mer Frances Hutt of Sapulpa, wife
ws from Savannah to Myrtle { ,he ReDub.lcan presidential nom-
i dt Virginia mec u featured in an article which campaign throughout the county in One of his aUwkcrs, Jesse Manr-s
City Hurricane wU, apprar ln forthcoming issues an    U) teach the public fiAt JJ- ; 20-r ar-o.d Sand Springs re 1-
One of his attackers. Jesse Hames
id Springs resi-
led extends northward to East- of    magazine to be released “jd^p accidents and sickness, nurs- dent, is held In the count> j.i.l
jort, Me."    to readers September 19.
A circle of screaming winds 500 The articles, written by
of Soldiers Killed
and Many Persons Are
Injured, Reports Say
COLUMBUS. O.. Sept. 14. <UPI
The Fifth seryice command pub-
lic relations olfice announced
mg and nutrition    without charge for the present ^    of 7 a. m. 20 dead at the very gates of Warsaw. He datles The engineering depart- “C^hfn fottf n
M!'s- Mrs D R Beeler, chairman of He told a He™ld    u«s victims and 64 injured had beeri was obliged to bght vtoUnt bat- ment 0, lhe highway commission is Aachen nlght.
N AZIS MAY
EVACUATE
FIRST LINE
•
First Army Is Making Good
Progress Into Reich Now
in West Wall Works
RESISTANCE LOW
Germans Retreat From Albert
Canal Positions in Bel-
gium Before British
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS.
AEP, Sept. 14.    (U.R>—American
first army tank and infantry divi-
sions swept into Germany on an
85-mile front today, overrunning
the outer works of the Siegfried
line at a number of points.
First army fordes are making
a general advance on their entire
front tnio German." United Press
War Correspondent Joseph W.
Grogg reported ln a dispatch from
12th army group headquarters ln
the fl'ld. «    ..    .
Several small towns Inside the
reich were captured as the Ameri-
cans broke across the border and
struck into, the Siegfried fortifica-
tions.
The invasion of Germany was on
in force everywhere along the first
army front from the Aachen sec-
tor in the north to the Moselle line
below Trier    where Lt. Gen. George
S. Pattons    third army pounded
thanks, guns and men across the
river to Join In the assault on the
Nazi homeland.
The first army spearheads, re-
inforced steadily by long columns
of men and armor moving ln from
the west met surprisingly tittle
I opposition ln their initial advance
into the reich and headquarters
flareup,    a    new    ituasian    uuc..*.*-      spokesmen    intimated a general
of    the    southern    end    of    the    Polish A surveylng crew from the state J^dra_,    from the Siegfried line
front cracked the last German po- highway department Is conducting    . nder way
sitlons before the Czechoslovak a surVey between Sapulpa and    Germans also were pulling
frontier and Cossak cr.lvarymen Brtetow along highway 66 with the    thelr formidable defenses
were reported storming across th" idra 0f eliminating curves and . lbc Alt)prt canai in northern
Transylvania mountains, wrestling shortening the route.    Helvlum in the face of a powerful
from Hungary the territory taken The crew is headed by W. N.    seJond army offensive that
from Romania with Nezl approval. McLaughlin of the highway en- .    Holland at a number
The capture yesterd ry of Lomza. gmeer's staff and Is now doing the ^    ..j,
keystone base or the German de- prenminary work before getting the    Resistance In North
fens's northeast of Warsaw and survey under way. An office has    northern end of the
south of east Prussia, evidently was    been secured at 6 East Dewey where    A    ilne were the first army
the signal for the full scale renewal    the crew    is making it's headquar-    lnvaderg    me, ting determined re-
of the battle for the capital.    ters.    ^(stance    United Press War Cor-
Seveii Weeks Ba tie    Capt. George W Mitchell of the r ndeB| Jack PrankLsh report-
The battle began soma seven w s engineer corps Is working th t a famous Infantry division
weeks ago. 91x German divisions    with the    survey for a short time    fou_ht    its way up through the
arrived and checked Kokossovsky    while he    Is on leave from his army    Aachen    state forest from ihe south
within four miles of less of
REDS START
FIGHT FOR .1
POLE CITY
Final Attack Believed Being
Launched After Long
Delay; Other Moves
LOMZA IS TAKEN
Seven Weeks Battle Ended
When Nazis Finally Yield
Strategic Border City
Bv Henry Shapiro
United Press Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW. Sept 14    (UP>—Mar-
shal Konstantin Krokossovsky's r"-
freshed and reinforced Red army
stormed the eastern suburbs of
Warsaw today, and front dispatch-
es indicated that the battle for
the Polish capital was entering Its
final phase.
(The German high command re-
port'd that Russian assault forces
had penetrated Praga. the War-
saw suburb of the east bank of
the east bank of the Vistula, where
violent street fighting was going
on. It said the fighting before
Warsaw now had "reached a new
I climax ' »    ... „
The long lull on the Vistula front
TESTIFYING before a House sub-
committee which Is investigating
aid for handicapped persons. Earl
Richardson, blind operator of a
refreshment stand ln the treasury
annex. Washington, amazed lis-
teners by announcing that he
didn't want to be a congressman
because they earn only $10,000 a
year Richardson said he netted
$14,000 last year out of a gross
tuke of $122,000 at his stand. He
employs 12 persons, one of whom
II blind.    (International)
appeared definitely ended Big bat- CITD VEY BEING
ties were raging In all sectors /V-T
northeast, east and southeast of JV1ADE OVLK
^Coincident with the Warsaw HIGHWAY 66
flareup, a new Russian offensive
lilies ln diameter radiated from Raymond Clapper, widow of the th‘e nursing committee and Mrs. his attack °n Pr .ri^nfdor and removed from the wreckage of
the storm center.
SSSJ iSSi “SggE s ss
hldenta being taken to Winning- woman wh0se first interest is her ,ng rura, schools and community n«^0^ ■nJh«JjJ™ today.
ties    in    order    to    absorb    the    impact    so short (landed    that Capt    Mitchell    _    rfiapateh    was delayed many
and    beat    Off    powerful    Nazi attacks.    aRreed to help    out while    he was    ln translt    and jt was believed
Now Rokossovsky. as well as Gem on ieavc    '    nosslble the Doughboys might al-
Georgi Zakharov on his right and    captain told a Herald re- ' d haye yegche,! the big com-
__    _ JMHi    Marshal Ivan S. Konev on his left, ported that his understanding was munjcatlon3 center which would
«“Srr: IISks 5b    ™ s SrS ^ ~
^     i ksii    a r»nr- i a_    Lnr rtHiiHrpn so even tho _j o  mnch ovorv nprinn him right over matter oi meuicai «    ^ 3.. _#    micaon anrf    Berlin radio commentator and that the prraent survey would    fierce fight in the Aachen
1J    O/Miiai ♦ Vs ron( ‘‘froch f C\T m H -   .. laa> im in with Ihol IHpfl ^    w    __ . T®."
— -    . -    J    ...    lca*»o wv.v -.wv...e ahead steadily,
would    surveyed    and    straighten-    Aachen a^0 was menaced by a
ed as    much    as    possible    at    present.    second A |led forcei possibly Amer-
but that the    full proJec; *°u1^    lcan    and British, that headquar-
probably be delayed until    the wars    ters    sajd had    driven across the
end    Belgian border Into Holland near
---Maastricht. 17 miles northwest of
Aachen, threatening to outflank
the city.
wrightsvUle beaches have a nor- l0 keep her children so even tho Rpd Cr08S to reach every person him right over mat    ‘ senger ,,rain 0f the Chicago and <A Benlin radio commentator and lhat the pr'sent survey w°n!d put up , flerce figh
rr.al population of 2.000 and 3.000 lheir fath»r Is more than    ever In jn cyery rural community with the    ^Jj .L^he    t^ought Eastern Illinois ia..road, collided    said th-" Soviet threw fresh forma- more or less Ue ‘n    that    forest but,franklsh
respectively, many of whom are the national limelight.    ldca 0f carrying education In these    the doctor replied that    head-on with a northbound mail    tlons into the battle east of War* He thought that the    whole route    jcans w(,ref moving
matters to where first ftid, nursing u® «bci.    « .. (rain <n » hpavv fog &t North
and proper nutrlUon will be com-    Terre Haute early today, and first
■respectively,
l.ar workers ln nearby Wllming-
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ton    .SAPULPA NAVAL    ana proper nuiriuon wu .......    - ---■    .    _ Lnmu- Terre
Red Cross disaster units were CRITICAIJ-Y ILL    mon knowledge.    |he Han>es ana a y ■    renorts were that many persons, | cr’Ll/'Nrf’YI I I TM/^U
lobilized in the Carollnas and E.dred Sherrill, radio technician    Lester Katz enthusiastic Red }°"' d°^r”wTs aUegwl tof have most of them soldiers, were killed SCHOOL LUNCH
Virginia and additional workers third class. United States navy, c supp0rter, is assisting Mrs. the doctor as R    Terre Haute police estimated pD/")(r''D A IVf OPENS
- sss-tja“J"szSTti    jsssviasxtfuxz    w* -j-=r PROGR^LOKfcN5
A group of Washington school 8. SOT. GURK 18
patrons met at the cafeteria last BACK IN STATES
■Washington.    | Calif., hospital
Hotels ln Beaufort and nearby: luekemla, a
■inland
»1 ^r treatment of the program under full headway ^    m“?Pnd were killed but H E. Harrington,
blood ailment, is lm- and others a list of whom is not but the blow missed its mark    n    ,,,    ,,, conductor on the
.rding to word receiv- available. are a)so enlisting In th; »ns«td landed on young Hamcs Danville •• wpre aboUt 18
inland cities were jammed and proving, according lj wuiu    available, are also emitting in u    ® hiJk    Fiver said there were about ib pairuiu$ »»» ■»    ~''w*** . „ ataff c;at nmrup Ourr of Saoul- Ten miles soutneast oi Aacnen.
:s, sss.vs. u,    w —srrsa
s- ptember ... ________________ ?£?,?!£o.nnu, tan ol Row™. 1% m.R.
r»- — —    "S.
i
hm
ed at Pearl Harbor before his ill- fall and winter.
night as home owners and
cants boarded windows
Cape Hatteras, feared by sea-
men as one of the roughest storm ness
areas in the world, was directly In
toe path of the hurricane.
silverware and cooking utensile.
som" bystanders and held although said the wreckoccurredi.t ^aI’' Those attending were Mr and =>    Hard hittinr American thunder-
here yesierday.
S. Sgt. Gurr wired his mother, e®*t.
“ Parties To Wage Intensive
Campaigns For Sooner Votes
ESS    r*Sl~
LEADERS FOR
GIRL SCOUTS
NEEDED HERE
the Girl Scout Oklahoma voters
ther attack
Police called ™    o»u<. »..v—    —— ----- —    . -
ed the 20-year-old lad and later first car which was. .,“t*mo n
lodged him in the county jail. and at least 15 were killed.
County Attorney Chuck Coryell    One Engineer Killed
intimated that charges may be    The dead also Included the en-
tiled against both the Haines’ to-    (Continued on page 6.
day, depending somewhat on the----
condition of Dr. Lampton. The    IX
e.der Hames had not been ar- BAND BEGINS
Ray Wilson.
. you soon.
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■ OKLAHOMA cl™ f>*• "Cs-.    ™ APPEARANCES
Membershln In the Girl tscouc uklahoma voters is about    g .    located not far from the west end    --
organization has reached the na- noticeably increasing in both parties.    of Taft strecti ^1^ sald chief    Sapulpa high RChool band under
:onal membership goal of a mil- Thc republican interest—to^reach a_peak w'tht?a,_CLJth.*...Caf! the Ladershlp of Millar_d B. Mean*
National Safety Congress To
Meet In Chicago October
and strafing targets marked for
destruction by the ground com-
manders.
There were no official reports on
the progress of the first army col-
umn thaj opened the Invasion of
anf ln the Trier area Mon-
unconfirmed French
had been cap-
Germanf
CHICAGO, Sept. 13._The 1944 National Safety Con- parintly blinded as a result of the
lion members for' 1944    It was an- . . ' *** .r.epU jjXT.-'of^Gov Thomas    E.' Dewey,' GOP presi- would probably be turned    over to will * begin "participation In school    gres8    to be held in Chicago, October 3-5, will be stream- Allies oven*sMkesmen* ^e-
Uon members for 1944. w ..    wide rad,o address of Gov. Ihom    county authoritlw today: .......... «tlvlU^ tomorrow with three pub-    f)ned    |o do . wartime job under wartime conditions, the ority, ^quarters    ^
flounced today by Miss Margaret
Dodd, registrar for the Leo White Par,le8 to wage    —
Girl Scout association In Sapulpa. The Republican interest^ to re h
Tabulations made July 31 reveal a p' ak with the natlon c -
«.> .««. 8lrU in th, yntal    «<£*!£££. K:
>Ia
»mes
evu-
hear
German Lack Air Power
With the Oerman armies ap-
Gets Air Medal
States were registered members. OOP. presidents nu'...u .    —    EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOM- "aTsQ “ marnr" “na nv
The Sapulpa group has grown to lahoma City Sept-^ nPA0N ,^?7oN E, Jand S Pt 14
221 members but
until additional adult
MlIlUAlmaM[^uIR«dBcr8 o. the Smong^heseJ.'Pechv.    co.pllol oI an eighth air force B-
.nf'Su.r'S'.d t;„lh.y £ ‘,Trrw.,..«.. «*    ^    “d«-    thr„
Hames place last night but that high school assembly tomorrow The congress program this year will P _____
no one was at home The younger morning then in the downtown mid-week days and nights to avoids
Hames Is married and living In football rallv parade ln the after- week-end traVel From start to    AT"
inc child. noon and will furnish music at the finish. It will be given over to dis- 1’llL, 1 11C/Lei 3 O
pinpoint
ttost army's Invading columns,
ietti dispatches indicated, how-
(Continued on page 2)
EHri    ES5--nsns. etj^sssszvz fall seminar
>odd. stated known Republicans.    19 w Burnham, Sapulpa. Okla.. Tulsa, he said.    tn the stands at the gam" tomor- tory, and iCcldeijt problems which    Methodists were ln at-
FIRST ASSEMBLY
WILL BE HELD
Oklahoma Field staff Is ln Sapul-    ^ yi^presldenUaT’noml- n Flying Fortress, has been award
sessions for leaders and holding nee. Congresswoman Ctore Booth ed the alr medal for
The opertlng assembly of this
pa this week conducting training Brlcker.
conferences with board members Luce
in an effort to obtain more
«* so that Sapulpa will
lo»ed to increase their member-
shln    f    W. J. Otjen.
The need for recruiting troop u S. senatorial candidate
leaders was explained
Charles Todd, president,
mee.ing held Monday
ihe court house.
Hold that line," Is
meritorious GUNNER'S MATE
Connecticut, one of_ the achievement" tn bombing attacks    ^^^^^
exercises here
row "night, at ihe first "game of the loom as formidable post-war Sapulpa    seminar
season, but preparations are now threats. Thereof the congress *n    *a Society of Christian school year will be held tomorrow
_ “Iris::    w
l. Prince, superintendent of schools
Conf rence olficers were pres- as principal speaker; Wanda Mor-
Hl -— ----------- .    „    — -    ent to review study books and give rts, student chairman; Ruth Crow.
was George J. Blanche Hartman Kathryn* Hari- for wounded veterans.    outlines of the work for the fall devotional leader; vocal solo by
N Elm Sapulpa. man. who pr sides over the band 3 Training and retraining abe-    VeniU Austin and a trumpet solo
this year as queen, will be crowned |jodled war veterdhs for their post- t    conference officers pres- by Ralph Parks.
ent were Mrs Walker Milan of All schosd assemblies are open
Providing built-in safety for ciieWsa. conference president. Mrs. to the public
embers Luce of Connecticut, one u*    achievement in ou...u...*    "    rirfat 1 akfs    Til Sent    il—    Elected to office ln tne oana are. Among saiety proD.ems to    oe
• lead- foremost needlers of the New Deal-    „n German ftrdustrlcal targete    and    « REAT LAK^    111 ^ S 1 ^    11    Greenberg, student leader: considered at the congress are "t St
be al- “nd Mrs. Ruth Hanna Me- in supp3rl 0f ground troops in    Waiuce Brentltnger. drum major. 1. Post-war traffic jam    • Tttta.
ember- Cormirk Sims. Albuquerque. N. the battle of Prance, It h^s been J    ■■ atr^rnl 8ervicc scto>ols and librarians. Pat Atha and 2 Fmdlif safe and suitable Jobs Com
... t ion Enid. Republican announced by Col. Robert W AVer-    . ®    __    . nuHMw« uaetmon tfAthrvnp Hart- #«•. wnnnHeH vpfpnms
group commander.
year
director
Means
Mrs George Pickering, esapuipa new ............... R„. ----- „    .jg,.K    specialized courses taught here at pella choir for
e --— J£    i S. ou7* b.t 50
r year SS^STt."    ^ /^noSn    ^    ^ ^    ^'<Z *    Mrs^j"' S*JS£
Oklahoma develop- Both l’Hrn'    in pre- ford Breeders association have set    ......... officers Accompantot. Heton ^^^ of food tor freedom during and ^ Ulla Davenport. Mrs M J.
them.    kogee.
5. Reduction of the farm acci- Sapulpans attending wereMr.
trough the
ment plan.
Anyone interested
SSE^&'SSF&V.;. taiiS »>e ter ~x. m ».
assisting paration for the majoi
•‘th 'seout traln'ingY* requested to lng for voles.    ^ ^ number anfma^in \he‘sale of the University of ■Oklahoma since retary and treasurer, Martha Ann « ^Unued'on "page 'iV, w”'M^ore"and Mrs. h7c'' Smeltzer. tonight and Friday.
«>ntact Mrs. Todd or Mrs. Picker- The Democrat; are mas    ^ 100.Uv( tQ each breeder.    “    ‘    “
,. ... H L. Muldrow. Norman, has been burg; president. Wendell Evanson,    ^e war
to limit secretary of the Dads’ association vlce-presld< ni. James Charter, sec-
6 Halting the rising child ac-
Cantr'U, Mrs O B. Pickett. Mrs
Golden. Mrs. Floyd Coll. Mrs. S.
Weather
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy, warm-
er today with showers northeast;
highest temperatures 85 to 90.
Fair, little change in temperature
tog.
I (Continued on page 5>
it was founded in 1925.
True.
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