Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 282, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1941 Page: 4 of 24
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In 1934-35 manv schi
Six. seven or pl
teachers were^j
actually taught.
Census Shows 221,
Area; Dwelling Units Also Increase
To 69,000; Up 25 Percent Since 1930
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Yes—for the same money (hat you'd pay for one of
the 3 low-price cars, you can now buy this big Nash.
In this Big Nash Sedan you get up to 30 Miles to
the Gallon.. the Widest Seats.. the Smoothest
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a "Sedan Sleeper” Bed for touring...tb«
body—welded-to-frame.
of c«r—with all of Nash's
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■sons. or 9.4 per-
losed Tues-,
I BKRLIN. April 18.—TTie
the** British bad lost a total of 13 i
April 11 and ’13. while the
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EDITOR OF THE TIMES:
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TURN TO THE WANT ADS
* That late-model Used Car that's waiting for
you in today's Want Ads is an investment in
health and happiness that you’ll never regret
making’ For one of today’s reconditioned Used
Cars is a far finer product than any manu-
facturer could have offered you right off the
production line only ten years ago. Turn to
the Want Ads now—and select the car of your
choice from the best-value selection available
in years’
a decrease in school costs. Isn’t it just
_ as unfair for Mr Ashton to use the
dents at 1.7 times that in the grades, period beginning with the depression
If we convert the highschool attend- | year 1935 to show increased school
costs?
701 North Broadway
AasarUK Texas.... Crata Muter Ca.
■arttavUle. Okla.. Panaae Naak Ca.
BtaekwrU. Okla.. Blackwell hash Ca.
Bria tew. Okla. CMy Garage
Claytea. N. M. Jahn Wheatley
Ctavtu, N. M. Clevi. Nash Ca.
KI Rena, Okla. Utter Garage
^NASH
AND SAVE MONEY EVERY Mill
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Pure Spring Water
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PfeoM 1-1475 11 N. Weitern I
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■ The sketch shows the area classified by the census bureau
as the Oklahoma City metropolitan district.
holds in the district as compared with
an increase of 9.4 percent in the
population. The average population
per occupied dwelling unit in 1940
was 3 5. which may be compared with
an average population of 4 0 per pri-
vate family In 1930. This decrease in
the average site of family or house-
hold is consistent with the general
trend throughout the country toward
smaller families, the report said
7.7 Perrent City Vacancies
The average population per occupied
dwelling unit in Oklahoma City in
1940 was 3.4, as compared with 3 8 in
the district outside the city.
Of the total number of dwelling
ton was so alarmed.
I will admit it is unfair for me to
compare the boom year of 1929 to the
depression year 1935 in order to show
Perfect Spade Hand
Is Held at Bridge
LENOX. Mass —Lloyd B Foul da
held a perfect hand of 13 spades in
the last rubber of a bridge gam*.
Chances against him were 634 bil-
lion to I.
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WASHINGTON. April 18—Population of the metropolitan
district of Oklahoma City increased by 19.066
cent, from 1930 to IMO. final census figures
day
fcrcnce. I an gening over *4
miles to the gallon and aaviag
oa oiL tires and even hcenve
plates. Thia Nash air condittem
lag is great”'
—B M K Graarf U0«di. MmA
Housing Expansion Keeps Pace
With Population in City District
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R ASHTON, statistician for the
State Chamber of Commerce, in year in which expenditures were high- bad
an attempt to prove that schools are est. Why didn't he use figures for ! “crj
MEW NASH PRICES AS LOW AS
jfc (IfewvuW) AethaMadoe "600“ Setes.
* defected have .acl-fe
Mmmwem ettd federal tev. Weeteer IbeCafe
dmn—d A.r Jbwma. Sedea Sleeper Bed.
White Side Well I irrv fem per Guardi are
a >1 maul ntn>. See Naak'a Amh^udoe “6“
tad r scrim aa*h tte omaaadtha >atee
kaeei gnu daw!
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latoe
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Stillwater. Okla.. SUUwater Nash Cm
Shawnee. Okla. Them. Caah Mater Cm
Talca. Okim. ...Kiaaebrew Meter Cm
Vtaita. Okla. Canard Meter Cm
Woodward. Okla.. v. . Service Garage
Wateaga. OUa.. .Okla. Egnipaveat Cm
INFORMATION IN TOO TOWN
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in cost of schools. Now. an expert
like Mr. Ashton, can take a table of
figures and prove almoat anything.
Mr. Ashton went
FOR A BETTER^
fftn high command said Wedneada
nines aad four barrage balloons bei-
r____ ~ •• —a . ■ _4.iv. »M.
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German lo—es were placed at 313
planes for the same period.
Bank Heireag Marri^'
Sculptor. Former
NEW YORK. April
that Stanley Martines^ jgTj
a Canadian sculptor, j?*
ence Baker Taller, daug^ ’
late millionaire hanker
Baker eloped last MonitejT^
married in Elkton.
The bride wan divorced
T. Suffern Taller, a rantaJ1’’
golfer who now u in the
Dix, N. J. Martineau Coutu*'
years ago in prise nng»
D. DAN PROCTOR.
Ada. President. Oklahoma Education
Association.
tem
safety of a unitized
It’s a new kind
long-life engineei'ing. Just a pint of gas will
prove it’s far ahead of the lowest-price cart
you used to buy! Erive it—see the amazing dif-
ferences that are
Okemah's Big
Show Features
Indian Events
OKXMAH. April IS— (Special.)—
One of the most attracUve Indian
' programs, featuring tribal dances,
contest* and other Indian activities,
to be presented tn the eastern part of
Oklahoma will be held here during
the thrse-day Okemah pioneer cele-
bration.
J. D. Keser, chairman of this sec-
tion. said colorful dancers will come
here from various state tribes to par-
ticipate.
The Indian program will move into
full swing Monday when archate
testa are scheduled throughMit
day with a large prise list W
More R>1
Husband's Bowling Joy
Cited as Divorce Ground
MIAMI. Fla . April IS —<UP>—The
divorce petition of Mrs Albert* 8.
Miller, formerly of Rochester, N. Y..
recited Wednesday that her husband
was so fond of bowling that each time
he made a strike he would “repeatedly
■else the plaintiff's ankles while she
was seated in the chair and raise her
feet high In the air."
His “boisterous moods'
great physical pain and ’ extreme em-
"My gasoline average ionw*F
twin over app«»sim*«el*
miles ha» been from 29 «o
miles per gallon."
—F. L S, Pen.^n^, Oreg*
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caused her
barrassment,” she related in asking
for a divorce."
NEVERBEFnHEHRS'803
Coming to Town
Such men, the fearsome look-
ing one above, Pat Williams,
chief of the Okemah Bucka-
roo club, will be parading
downtown here Thursday.
Figuring that such attires do at-
tract attention, the men and some
cowgirls from Okemah will whirl-
wind here to Invite Oklahoma City-
ans to visit the three-day rodeo and
pioneer celebration in Okemah. April
20 to 22, a show which will present
such limelighters as Don Wilson,
the plenty-built radio announcer,
and Oov. Leon C. Phillips.
T TERE'S the car—and the price—that are be-
I. J- hind the biggest swing in history to Nash!
Never before has a lowest-price car offered you
so notch snore— in the things you want.
Want the Most Economy? This big, husky Nash
gives good drivers nfs to 30 miles a go I Ion . ; ;
overall savings of $70 to $100 a year!
Want the Roomiest Car? Nash has the most
seating room. Front seat’s nearly five feet wide!
Lots of head room! Sweeping picture windows!
Want the Smoothest Ride? Nash alone among
lowest-price cars has coil springs on allfont wheels
for the smoothest ride any car can give you.
TUnes sella more papers la Oklahoma City than there are
Ionian dtetrict, 64.856 were in Okla-
homa City and 4 843 were outalde
In Oklahoma City, 4.952. or 7.7 per-
cent. of the dwelling unit* wen* vacant
and for Mie or rent compared to 394
vacancim, or 8 1 percent, outride the
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. KINNEBREW MOTOR COMPANY
Phone 2-5286 Oklahoma City, Okla.
Getkrie. OkJa ...C. F. Gerteeh a See
Lawtea. Okla. Naak S*tea Ce.
Miami. Okla. Canard Meter Co.
McAlester. Okla......ReMt Meter Ce.
Nerwma. Okla........Kteta Meter Co.
Paaspe- Tea**......Metear Meter Ce.
P-»c* City. Okla. . .Rendei Meter Ca.
WRITE OR WIRE FOB NASH DEALER FRANCHISE
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Are Ordered
For Objectors
Local Boards Told
To Advise Registrants
Of Appeal Rights
Comcientious objectors to the draft,
conridered a wource at P0**®***
ble.” henceforth may bo brought be-
fore their local board* by
neceaaary. to l« informed at their
rtght to appeal from their eMaaifica-
Uon if dimaUafled.
Iteut Col. CUve K MuW.
draft director. Wednaoday mid he had
been directed by Lewi* B.
arting national director, to notify lo-
cal board* to “require" euch cooacten-
uoua objectora to appear before them
The order applies to “aU regi»-
trante who. by reason of ttwir oon-
setenttoua objection to combat or non-
combat service, have entered a claim
for exemption from training and aer-
vtoe co their questionnaire and who
have not been clarified in accordance
with »uch claim*."
Preaumably. the order wna dealgned ;
to prevent induction of conscientious
objectors into the army, where they.
“may be a aource of potential trouble.
Henbey's memorandum to Colonel
Murray pointed out.
winning a nation to Nash!
Want the Easiest Handling? Owners say
it’s the easiest car in the world to drive and
park. With Two-way Roller Steering—this
Nash grips the curves, and iust scoots through
traffic!
Oh you coullrft eh? Well, 1*11 Cdi.
Mistletoe-Urey always go thru
Draft Hearings In First Half of April
LONDON. April 18.—Brithh
air and ground defenaes in the firtt
half of April destroyed 57 German
night bomben. far exceeding the best
prevjou* full-month total of 44 iji
y>rrh the government announced
Wedneiday.
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it the
both
individual* and team*. More ftlorful,
Kezer said, will be the ctomp dances
at 7:30 p. m. Monday.
An old-style Indian ball game U
scheduled Tuesday morning, with In-
dian ceremonial dances that night.
Indian art will be displayel during
the celebration, featuring the work of
Andy Lester of Stillwater, whose
“Okemah Black Gold*' painting was
on display in California.
TN 1928-29 we spent |S3 547.958 and
*. in 1940 we \pent according to Ash-
ton 833 307.5021 In other words, his i
study covered a 10-year period, but i
he needed only five of it. starting 1
with the depression, to prove hl*
)»int If he had used figures from
1928-29 instead of 1935 his conclu-
sion would have been Just the oppo-
site. les* money and more pupil*!
The Bender report, table 48. page
177, shows the average daily attend-
ance and total expenditures for Ok-
lahoma schools for the years 1920-21
to 1937-38. inclusive From 1928-29
to 1937-38 the average dally attend- i
ance mcreaaed 882 student* m the j
grades and 30,417 student* tn the
highschool. Yet, the expenditures de-
creased 81.133.03845
This table shows that from 1921 to
1938 the elementary attendance in-
creased from 349.438 to 379 998. while
at tendance in Bchschool jumped :
from 41.180 to 112.909 Doctor Nor- )
ton of Columbia university, an au-
/MIDDLE-AGE^
WOMEN
HEED THIS ADVICE!!
Thousands of women
are helped to po .mil-
(ng thru distret'
A M «*u*ed by tbi. period
tn a woman » life (ig
W U wlth LriH* «
*?nkhani • Vegetable
Compound — famous
V for over 60 yr« ! fry It!
Play Ticket Sale Set
Ticket* fer the Capitol Hill junior
highschool play. “Don't Take My j
Penny,” will go on sale Monday. The
plav. to be directed by Mis* Ruth
Redwine, will be shown Thursday
afternoon, April 34, and Friday night.
April 25. '
Gold shipped out of Peru last year
weighed nearly 20.000 pound*.
‘823
Delivered Here
don't move. It calls for Laxative-Senna
to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels,
combined with Syrup Pepsin for perfect
----------gtomach in taking. For years.
i have given pepsin prepa-
thelr taxes. He uses those years as a the school year '1920-207 Oklahoma | JiJi^nemoroagr^MbleKtouchvstem'
base from which to figure increases schools cost 833.547.958. In 1935. | S
‘ ‘ “ * and we’ll use Ashton’s own figures. Syrup Pepsm. IrXist on Dr Caldwell's
the cost w as reduced to 822.920,105. || Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pep-
Yet 41.082 more students entered orj sin See how wonderfully the Laxative
back just far returned to school; 19,000 of these Senna wakes up laxy nerves and muscles
enough to find a period in which the ' were highschool students who lost *n your intestines to bring welcome relief
their jobs during the depression The ’rom constipation. And the good old
decrease from 1928-29 to 1934-35 was Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so com-
inure vnan cue mcre.se I mm th?,
1934-35 to 1939, about which Mr. Ash- p|easaynt famiiy iaxative. Buy Dr. Cald-
well's Laxative Senna at your druggist
today. Try one laxative combined with
Syrup Pepsin for ease to your stomach, too.
< Adv.l
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to 1940. and that
k«\fr>r salaries, but
tekcjiers received
is easy to j
this in an
attempt to mislead the ikiblic.
‘ __‘iopla ran only
M—months, and the
iid for the months
Last year teachers
received pay for nine months (except
seme weak schools which larked four <
and one-half day«i, and there were
1*318 Additional teachers. Teachers
did receive more money in 1940 than
they did in 1935. and the increased
mats were not just increments to su-
perintendents as Mr. Ashton inti-
mated.
~Our Mvitefe m the Nath ’6OO'
has been amply i.stiked. Aver-
aging 24 to 26 miles a gallon al
■pavdi of 45 to 60. Nash it
roomier tnd certainly more easy
”Yoor oew '6OO' tops them a!!
from jmt about every angle I
evetag* 150 milea a day at tbe
wkeel; and four-wheel coil
springing makes a world of dif-
I combined wiu
and teachers’ warrants were discount- ture which is Just as fair and jusf as
ed because people were not paying accurate. bUt on the other side. For in tfe
their taxes. He uses those years as a the school year ------ ---- rations in me
ance to its grade school equivalent
and add the grade attendance to that,
we find the total pupil attendance in- !
creased from 559 880 for the school
year ending 1934, to 578.940 in 1938.
The increase in attendance for any
10-year period previous to 1938. the
last year shown In the table, was
greater than the percent of increase
in expenditures.
expenditures for schools was the low-
est they had been for nearly a quarter M|
of a century, and with this figure as 8239.454 more than the increase” from
a baae he proceeded to prove what he ----““ ' ----
Is employed to prove—that the school
people are money’ grabbers with no
conscience.
Mr Ashton asserts that the coat of
Schools in Oklahoma Increased
percent from 193J
81 500 000 of thif^j
that he ’believed
none of this increase 1
hjake generalizations Ilk;
The 1940 population was set at 221329 compared with 202,103
In 1930
The metropolitan area Includes
Oklahoma City, Britton. Nichols Hill*.
Bethany. Britton township. Council
Grove township, Oreeley township.
Oklahoma township and Mustang
township.
The metropolitan district contained
69 499 dwelling units, of which. 5.345
. or 7.7 percent, were vacant and for
sale or rent at the time of the housing
census April 1. 1940
Little Change Outside City
The population of Oklahoma City
was set as 204.424 and that in the
district outside the city at 16.805 The
population in the district outside the
city represents 7.8 percent of the dis-
trict total
Beta-een 1930 and 1940. the popula-
tion of Oklahoma City increased by
19.035. or 10.3 percent, whereas the
population outside the city gained only
31. or 0 2 percent
Between 1930 and 1940 parts of
Council Grove, Greeley, Mustang and
Oklahoma townships were annexed to
Oklahoma City, and parts of Okla-
homa City were ceded to these town-
ships. These changes affect the com-
parative growth of Oklahoma City and
the apparent non-growth in the rest of
tbe district.
Smaller Families Here
The 63.958 occupied dwelling units
in the Oklahoma City metropolitan
district represents the number of pri-
vate households tn the district, and
maj' therefore be roughly compared
with the 51.030 private families in the
district in 1930.
The difference indicates an increase
of 25.3 percent in the number of house- *’
thority on school finance, places the
cost of education for highschool stu-
ROM 1938 to 1938 the attendance
“ increased 60.990. or 11.9 percent.
1 ;i,“153lM9eSe»!tyU,3S ^wnl^FYom
1921 to 1938 the attendance increased
157,532 pupils, or 37.5 percent, while
the expenditures increased 85 937 -
758 55 or only 23 4 percent. Since Ash-
ton la working for business men. he
should use business methods in com- ;
paring enrolment to school costa.
Ashton's depression figure of 822 -
920.105 was for the school year 1934- |
35. or the second year of the biennium |
in which the total expenditures were comtipetion bnnn on acid in-
the lowest in 20 years. He shows a digestion, stomach upeet. bloating, ditzy
45 percent increase through 1939. the : spells, gas. coated tongue, aour taste and
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Why didn't he use figures for jl "crying the blues” because your bowel's
costing too much, goes back to the last year when the schools took more
depression years when many school* than one million dollars reduction?
had six to eight months of school, Now let me draw a statistical pic-
Pull the Trigger on
Lazy Bowels, with
Ease for Stomach, too
When constipation I
digestion, stomach upeet,
breath, vour stomach is probably
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