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THE DAILY ARDMOREITE
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neat fabric effects,
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His Job Was to Assemble
Copy for Anniversary
Issue of Paper
Has Been Printer and
In Newspapers Since
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UNIFORMS and EQUIPMENT!
DEPARTMENT STORE
12.6 inch guns. These 23,000 ton
I were the Guilio Cesalre, the
Calo Duilio, the Andrea Doria and
The Cavour wax badly
or house.
Butter Famine Predicted
A "30-day butter famine in the
BELTS — SOCKS — TIES —
RAINCOATS
INSIGNIAS of Acid Tested Sterl-
ing Silver.
Sizes 2 to 10;
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struct ion. one regular aircraft car-
rier and three auxiliary or converted
car, iers.
Sam Blackbum, city editor and col-
umnist of The Daily Ardmorelte,
whose duty It han been to edit and
assemble copy for thia special 50th
Anniversary edition of this newspaper,
has been in newspaper work for the
past 21 years. He has been with
this newspaper for the past 18 years.
Blackburn was born in Amarillo,
Texas, on Oct. 25, 1903.
He lived In various points in West
Texas and New Mexico, attending
schools of Big Spring. Weed, N. M.:
Childress and Electra, finally gradu-
ating there in 1922. The school had
no newspaper, so Blackburn started
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Bargain Points
For Meat Continued
WASHINGTON. May 29 — </F) - Re-
Kaynee matching shirt and
slacks outfit ... in a lot of
your favorite colors and
fabrics . . . it's designed for
coolness, comfdrt and ac-
tion!
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Blackburn served as editor of the
Dally Press for three years, then went
to Shawnee to help start the Shaw-
nee Evening Journal, when the Ard-
morelte bought the Press. The Jour-
nal folded up 1n approximately eight
weeks. Blackburn had returned to
Ardmore a little before that time,
however, and started work with The
Dally Ardmorelte on Nov. I, 1927. He
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DAUBE'S BOYS' DEPT.
_ i toilers of rationed meats and fats have
two more months In which they may
1 sell merchandise at reduced point val-
ues In order to prevent spoilage. The
OPA- rule which permitted such "bar-
gain sales” would have expired Mon-
day, but was extended today until
July 31z
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Literally Raised
In a Newspaper
Shop, He Admits
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ONI'; Urge room nicely furnished foi
Almost 70 per cent of the aluminum !
that would ordinarily have been used |
was eliminated in the (^instruction of i
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Allied Planes May
End Italian Fleet
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makes a sneak escape difficult.
Unless or until V comes out to fight,
the Italian navv also will be deprived
of maneuverability, which it its main
chance tn beating off a determined air
assault.
A
Fleet May Be Held in
Reserve, U. S. States
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Failure
of the Italian fleet even to delay the
reopening of allied communications
lines through the Mediterranean
aroused speculation today over the
possibility that the battered but still
formidable s*a force la being held in !
reserve for some momentous develop- I
merit In the European war.
Two possible uses of the fleet, which
may include as many as seven or eight
battleships, were considered in in-
formed quarters!
1.  If the German high command
has effective control of the force with
Ito own officers in key spots. It might
be employed at Hitler’s direction to
battle any allied invasion thrust across
the Mediterranean Jnto Europe, Prop-
erly fought, the fleet could offer con-
siderable resistance to a British -
French-American Invasion armada.
2.  If Italians still have effective
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The Wicked Flea column which he j
Some aircraft cannon shells
timed to explode after traveling a
certain distance even though they
have have struck nothing.
Arkansas Flood
Appears Safely on
Way Down Stream
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LITTIfi ROCK. Ark., IWa.^ 29'-.iA>j
—The Arkansas river's mightiest
flood crest slid slowly but apparently
safely past Pine Bluff and into it
carefully guarded lower reaches to1;
day.
Soldiers
Opening to Be Held
June 4; to Be Held
Three Days a
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served as plant superintendent of
The Dally Ardmoreite, has only one I ’
other subject which engrosses hlS at- 1
tention— Masonry.
As he has served in almost every
variety of newspaper work, so has he
served in.every capacity as a Mason. '
“Chino”
OVERSEA CAPS
watch along the Mississippi-type
levees between Pine Bluff and the
river's mouth but engineers were con-
fident there would be no more serious
troubles.
The only apparent danger point wax
nt Reydel. some 25 miles south of Pine
■ '' rl. where i small break In the
“’nL-elly iak^ levee natl CO De patched
with a loop dike.
The river crested at 33.78 feet here
last night, an (11-time high and was
on a stand during the morning for
several hours before beginning to fall
slowly.
i conquest of the island might be over
j within three weeks of its beginning.
| Next Tuesday will mark the opening
ef the fourth week.
Attack on Kiska Expected
The conquest of Attu is expected to
ie followed immediately by measures
to neutralize Japan’s main Aleutians
base on Ktska Island, and reduce the
enemy forces therfc by bombing to the
point at which they will be able to
put up only minimum resistance to
(triphibious attack.
Today’s communique covered two
ays of fighting on Attu. Adding de-
alt to yesterday’s disclosure of a suc-
cessful attack on a ridge extending to
he east qf Fish-hook ridge, the war-
fnilletln revealed the capture of the
"trong Japanese positions on Fish-
hook ridge” and told officially for the
first time in a communique of the
eerie operations on the great steep
ridges above the clouds.
The strong point of Japanese re- i
distance was centered Friday in an |
area formed by "the north wall of
Chichagof valley, Holtz bay pass and
Chichagof harbor." The Japanese po-
sition captured Thursday is on the
•outhern flank of this area, which au-
hojitles here described as extremely
mountainous and consisting of a great
number of precipitous ridges.
While complete details were lacking
grime of the "shop " he became a cub it aiipeared from this and previous
reporter, then city editor, news editor I communiques that American troops
| had pretty well surrounded this area
in which ths Japanese have chosen
to make their last stand. The enemy
forces there were believed to consist
of remnants of troops withdrawn from
earlier battles in the same general
I area—battles which gave the Ameri-
I can force* command of such strategic
j areas as Chichagof valley and most
of the high ground In the vicinity of
Lake Cories, which lies to the south
of the present enemy-held area.
The navy communique said that out-
ride this area there was little enemy
activity in the Khelebinof vicinity to
the east "except for one enemy posi-
tion on the ridge east of the north
end of Lake Cories."
"Other parts of the Island are de-
void of enemy activity," the communi-
que added. i
Daube’s is appointed retailer of Regulation Army Officer's Uniforms,
to be sold at maximum prices established by the Army Exchange
Service.
Shop this special service and be benefited as only Uncle Sam could
possibly bring about values like these.
holding it not so i
powers ax for its valu* as a force with I 1___
which to bargain in case the Italians I vessels
decide to try to make terms with the 1 r-*- •
j the Cavour.
^Exception Stated           i damaged at Taranto and either the
v/oile ths rvior'i os failure of the |
Italian fleet in the past is considered |
Here Are Rules
The official rules as announced:
"Only Carter and Love county pro-
I diicers will be eligible to sell at the
| market.
L "Only a producer wiH be eligible
for a booth or wholesale market.
"Only fresh fruit, fresh vegetables
and live poultry and eggs can be sold.
"All vegetables must be in stand-
ard packages and containers and
must be in good market condition.
"Retail prices will be posted for
commodities sold through the market.
A committee will determine1 the prices.
“Rent of 25 cents a day or for any
part of a day will be charged for
booth to help defray expense of op-
eration of the market ”
It was explained that the first pro-
ducers on hand each market day |
will be assigned the available booths!
as nearly as possible In the order of
their arrival at the market.
Faim Committee Named
At a recent meeting of producers i
held at the market the farmers I
elected the following committee from I
their own ranks to operate the mar-
ket:
Thomas W. Wheat, D. 8. Harris.
Dewey Carroll and Mrs. R. L. Scott.
This committee, with the commit-
tee of citizens who worked in find-
ing location and establishing the
market, will meet at 1:30 p. m. Tues-
day at the offfte of the county agent
to complete plans for the opening.
Leaders pointed out that one thing
' Blackburn
should be borne in mind by all mak-
ing use of the market:
Cooperation Asked
"We have to crawl before we
walk. A farm produce market
Ardmore’s farm produce market
will open Friday morning, June 4, at
m.,it was formally announced
by the committee at a meeting held
FTlday afternoon. The market will
be operated on Fridays, Mondays and
Wednesdays of each week.
Plans are for both wholesale and
retail activity. The retail will op-
erate in the stalls provided in the
building at Stanley and South Wash-
ington; wholesale operations will be
carried on on the lot back of the
building. Merchants are cordially
urged to' be at the market place early
on the assigned days to make whole-
sale purchases of such produce as
they may need for their stores.
Rules and regulations for the op-
eration of the market have been
These
He is now junior grand warden of the
grand lodge A. F. & A. M.. of Okla-
homa, and a 33” Scottish Rite Mason.
He has served every office in the
blue lodge, every office in the York
bodies and is past worthy patron of
Mattle Bruce Chapter, O. E. S.. and
a past master of Bruce Lodge No. 506
A. F. & A. M.
Bom in Pontotoc, Miss., he moved
with his family to Denton and then
to Dallas, and at tile age of 12 to
Portales. N. M. He began working for
a newspaper there Saturdays and extra
while attending school. He graduated
in Portales.
Another graduate in the same class
<vas Miss Frank Hill, Soon after grad-
uation. she became Mrs. Bramlett.
He transferred to Tucumcari as fore-
man of the Sun. There, too, he formed
a partnership with another New Mexi-
can and they established the Tucum-
cari American. After several years, he
sold out to his partner and became
foreman of the Index at Childress,
Texas. He then came into Oklahoma, [
working for a time as linotyper on the j
Oklahoman and then to the Ardmore- |
ite, in the same capacity, in 1918. He !
became plant superintendent in 1924
and has held that position since.
The Bramletts live at 559 Tenth |
northwest. They have three sons—all l
tn the army—Corp. Dick Bramlett, j
I Liouu Jim Bramlett, and Teh.
Ray Bramlett.
M. M. Bramlett
Boys of all ages—and girls, too—go for these
Kaynee Kooltog crew-neck cotton basque sweat-
ers. All colors of the rainbow in interesting com-
binations. . ..
on newspapers in Pennsylvania.
He has served ax managing editor
of The Daily Ardmoreite continu-
ously since 1926 when he came here
from Okmulgee.
He is a member of St. Philip's Epis-
copal church and the Ardmore Ma-
sonic organizations.
He
807 Stanley.
Gall McWilliams, a daughter, is
a student at the University of Ar-
kansas and Lieut. Milton E. McWil-
Whlle congress could, of course,
amend the price control act in line
Lawton Dally News, which sold out 1 wlth thc senate agriculture xubcom-
in 1923 to the Lkwton Constitution. I mittee’s move to forbid such subsidy
He then took a lob with the Electra I Wmfnt" unle“ "PPcltically aiithor-
, j ized by congreae, there was no tndj-
celved an urgent telegram from Stroud I , atlon tonight that such legislation
wanting him to come to Ardmore for I          RCtwi upon "°°n by "enate
work on a special Rotary convention |
edition.
He arrived in Ardmore at midnight. I
Friday May 13, 1923, and went to '
work at 12:05. His six weeks employ-
ment stretched out into yejirs.
can
can
be made an Important and worthwhile
project but xpeh development will
take time. Producers and purchasers I
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of complaining about faults that show ! Btar and stayed there until he re-
up early In the operation, we should I
work together to correct these faults |
and find ways to improve the situa-
tion
"We can make the farm market an
important enterprise if we do not per-
mit handicaps to discourage us and
problems to defeat our purpose.”
drafted by the committees.
are subject to revision as new prob-
lems arise and are set up only ax a
working plan to get the market
going.
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that.
The Italian battleships are of two
classes. The Llttorlo and the Cesare.
The four ships of the Llttorlo class
are modem 35.W0 ton vessels carry-
ing nine 15-inch guns. The Ltttorlo
itself was torpedoed and disabled
(tubing the British attack on the naval
base at Taranto in November, 1940
The Llttorlo Veneto wax damaged hr
P.rltlsh torpedo hits in March, 1941
TO* Impero and the Roma were be- j natives of Tfrah^ India, 240.000 rupees
lleved to be still under construction a year to avoid banditry.
printer’s devil at the age of 12
constantly employed in news-
papers since that time, M. M. Bram- ,
lett, who for the past 20 years has
light housekeeping. 321 C Southwest
BTRATEfi -White face mtiley milch
row. "Z" on aid*, from my farm
near Dickson high Notify N. W
the army Hdntinel observation plane. I Haynes. Phone loop, or Post Office. .
IsOHT -Billfold on Knxt end of Main
Htreet, containing gas book, tm-
portant papers and currency. He.(I
ward. Notify .; p. Williamson,
Route 1, Box 250.
Sam Blackburn
one of. his own which he published
for two years to pay expenses through
school. This led to temporary em-
ployment at the age of 16 in a weekly
newspaper office.
After graduation. Harry Stroud,
formerly editor of The Dally Ardmore-
ite and Daily Press started a semi-
monthly oil magazine for which
worked until it died a
natural death a few months later.
j
i a year ago but may have been put
■ into commission by this time.
The four ships of the Cesar class i
control of their navjf, they msy be were built ptior to the first World
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Control Centralized
“It is clear to us that control must
be centralized, and we feel that such
control properly belongs in the de-
partment of agriculture and the sec-
retary, who is a cabinet member,” said
Representative Jenkins of Ohio, the
committee chairman.
“At the present time, some
federal agencies now have direct
indirect control over food, and It is
obvious to everyone that such a situ-
ation cannot promote even partial
solution of a grave food problem.
"Further and more dangerous, food
shortages will come unless the bung-
ling is stopped and common-sense ad-
ministration applied to this problem.
"The situation Is auch that we
cannot in the interest of Jhe public
welfare, further delay legislative ac-
tion. The OPA has b^rn a complete
fwilure and the sooner we recognize
the fact the more likely we are to
nring a measure of order out of
rhaox."
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Whether you like plain colors, bold patterns or
, we have them in KAYNEE
are all styled in the latest Cali-
of course are fully guaranteed
to give long life and complete satisfaction.
They’re easy on the pocketbook too. Get yours
I United States" was predicted today
by Representative Andresen (R-
Mlnn.) He declared OPA had begun
a government purchase program to
acquire 60,000,000 to 100,000,000
I pounds of butter now in storage at
| the 46 cent level to safeguard the
owners against loss when a rollback
I to 41 cents occurs.
Andresen said the stored butter
I would be restored to commercial
; channels after the rollback goes into
“>e process would
! mean scarcity of' butter for three
j weeks to 30 days.
Representative Fatman (D-Texax)
I has served notice he will eieek to
amend a pending bill to extend the
life of the commodity credit corpo-
ration and boost its borrowing au-
thority by $1,000,000,000. He would
turn control of food problems over
to the food administrator, and In ef-
fect wipe out the office of price ad-
ministration ax It exists today.
In addition, republicans are spon-
soring legislation to abolish the OPA
and transfer its functions to the ag-
riculture department. Immediate con-
sideration of this measure wax de-
manded tonight in a statement by 43
representatives composing the repub-
lican congressional food study com-
mittee. <
about 10 Cruiser*, 90 destroyers and >
They may have lost )
■ some destroyers and (ubmarine* in
! the recent allied serial pounding of
j their main naval paxes. They also
arc credited with a large force of
.    — — { motor torpedo boats.
I T*1* Ktcat weakness rtf the Italian I lifetime of your sutomobile
fleet so far ax»xhips are concerned                            —
has been in aircraft carrier strength. I Although geographically
Butter Subsidy
To Be Started
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ter that will be in trade channels
during the 10-day period.
At the same time, OPA said the
promised 10 per cent subsidy rollback
in meat and coffee prices will follow
shortly. It was understood from other
sources that the meat program prob-
ably will be announced in a week or
10 days.
OPA's announcement came as crit-
icism, in congress and out, of the o»floe'
hf ndlintz of food emblems end nrinex I ’
He began as a
printers devil in a newspaper office
and then served out an apprentice-
ship as a printer.
Liking the looks of the "front of-
fice" better than the noise, ink and
Americans Win
Above Clouds
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and snowy terrain.
Finally they had to scale 60-de-
gree slopes, under a deadly hall of
bullets, to reach the enemy nests
above the clouds.
The battle of the clouds began
about mid-week and apparently was
completed in two days of heavy fight-
ing. It was regarded here as marking
the beginning of the end of the last
Japanese foothold o-f any Importance
on Attu Island.
lad serving ax a | Thus, while the mopping up opera-
tions have lasted longer by a few
days than some observers had first
thought likely, it appeared that the
writes daily, originated in the old
Press about 1924, and aside from the
time Blackburn wax In Shawnee has
run contiguously since that date.
Oh Jan. 2, 1928 he was married to
Mi»s Vera Mayrant. They live at
1-206 B street northwest. He is a
member and past president of the
Ardmore Lions club.
DuiHo or Doria also wax hit. The
Cavour foundered. The authoritative
naval work, Janes' Fighting Ships
any ’ ((aid that although it wax refloated it
one , is believed to have proved virtually
useless as a combat vesael.
Have 10 Cruisers
In addition to their capital ships,
A noted research chemist has stated !
that rubber tires produced from pe-
troleum wil) be used widely after the
war and Will give 100,000 miles of
service.
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Body bolts should be tightened every
5000 miles and not Just once in the
rector
quickly.
Among the things Byrnes likely
will settle are:
1.  The Extent to which subsidies ■
may be used.
2.  Whether food matters should be
concentrated under the agriculture
department or whether all price-fix-
ing that affects farm products should
remain a Joint question for OPA and
Food Administrator Chester C. Davis.
"Roll Back" Approved
OPA officials said the "roll back”
program has been approved by Byrnes,
and that it is assured of going ahead
in spite of opposition-from some con-
gressional sources and Davis.
The subsidy on butter will be paid
by tile defense supplies corporation,
a subsidiary of the reconstruction fi-
nance corporation at the rate of five
cents a- pound at the creamery level,
beginning Tuesday. Next Friday the
prices creameries charge others will
be cut by the same amount. Satur-
days the wholesale price will be cut
by the ftve-cent- margin. The retail
price cut will take place the follow-
ing Thursday, June 10.
Because each part of the butter
handling business added on to the
original cost of the product an extra
profit and cost of operation margin,
officials, estimated that the retail
price may go down an average of
afcout 5^ cents. In different! place*,
and depending on whether the butter
is sold by stores or milk wagons,, the
actual retail cut may vary from five
to six cents a pound.
Some Farm Groups Oppose
Vociferous objections to the sub-
sidy plan has come from some farm
groups. A senate agriculture sub-
committee has drafted legislation, to
forbid such payments without specific
authorization ftom congress. The
! meat-butter-coffee subsidy has been
estimated unofficially to cost $400,-
000 000 a year.
The subsidies are to be paid under
authority of the price control                            h w?th the United
January, 1942. This authorizes OPA
to make subsidy payments to main-
tain and promote production of ag-
ricultural products, and authorizes
the RFC to finance such payments
whenever the president designates to-
be-subsidlzed products as strategic
or critical materials, as has been done
In the case of meat, butter and cof-
TWen he worked tor a month or two ; fw
as "a general hand" for the Electra
News, followed by a year with the
be expected from the Italians in
future naval operations, there is
exception.
Authorities here said that, a battle
in defense of their own shores prob- ...               „„clr         BrnpOi
ably would inspire the Italian officers the Italians are estimated to have
and men to put forth more prodlgi- ;■ ,.
ous efforts in conflict than they havq 70 submarines
yet shown.
The exact makeup of the Italian
naval force is a matter of speculation
but there may be seven at the out-
side eight, battleships capable of ac-
tion. ~ '
zernl and the number of battlewagonx
canable of fighting In the immediate !     ....... v .vrTO(,t„.
future may be two or three leas than j They may have now, cither commix-                           -    .
1 slcned or in the final (tagas of con- ,the *“«tern hemisphere.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
, effect, but that thi
has been with The Daily Ardmoreite
M. E. McWilliams, managing editor,
| of The Dally Ardmoreite. has liter-
ally spent his life in a newspaper
hrndllng of food problems and prices ;
raised the prospect that James F<
Byrnes, the new war mobilization di-
Will have to cope with it