The Stillwater Daily Press (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, January 13, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 21 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
12 1941
e American
Force He
fly lighting
the United
would have
he learned
the R A
ionth
Germany
larder time
)11 thinks in
lancl The
lone it long
sy task he
—
Divorce
') — In the
J and Mrs
compromise
d whereby
was award
75 O'Brien
:mut order
the dog at
There were
1
ZS"
Inger
you
Iding
be
are
) are
t the
ts in
sider
all
Ilings
Co
ne 2285
111111111111101
(G
It!
LI id
you
vhy
ials
at
at
I
a i
U
4
That Boston bull pup mentioned
i herein Sunday was home by 10:30
o'clock Sunday morning fetched
lin by a reader of the illustrated
Hedrick advertisement ' Gee
that's keen
Now that we have got so in
terested In the want ad page it
might be well to check today's
' most unusual entry Bernice
Creech we note has loaned three
books forgotten to whom would
like to get 'em back That would
be under Classified 41 Let's see
the books are "Anthony Adverse"
"Gone With the Wind" and "Be-
yond Dark Hills" Oh why you'll
get 'em bask Bernice that Mar
garet Mitchell book and the
Anthony thing are such long yarns
the guy who borrowed the volumes
probably hasn't got more than
half way through yet
This isn't national book week
but it would be a good time to
look at your book shelf note any
volumes you have borrowed from
a friend and take them home
Better telephone first the owners
might faint All of us are a bit
lax in returning borrowed books
and sometimes they are highly
valued
44 VOLUME 32 — No 11
A Cultural Center
In An Agricultural
Community
V6
i6"
-
So many roundtable discussions
go round and round and then are
tabled
STATE YOUhii
SWEEP DENVER
STOCK EXHIBIT
Judges From Oklahoma Grab Top
Honors Right and Left Aggie
Teams Among Winners
Steel is going uo at Lewis field Guthrie Harry synar warner
stadium where the north bank Bill Carter Sayre Don lad Dickey
of seats is being enlarged and Weatherford and Cleo Dupy Bill
where under-stadium dorm ac- ings finished 92 points above the
commodations will be built in nearest rival
The concrete work is more or less In the F F A competition
completed Sidewalks at the field- Kidd was the high scoring indi-
house are in a great boon to foot vidual with 728 points Scott was
travelers 'Tis a wonder more second high with 722 Griffin was
4 ankles weren't twisted on those fourth and Scott held the high
board walks as crowds hurried to individual scoring honors in the
games By next fall the Aggie sheep judging and third in Judg-
sports establishment should be ing horses Kidd was second in
prepared to meet all needs for Judging horses and Griffin second
I many seasons to come and we in judging cattle
presume the stadium will have I The F F A team was eompet-
t Its first capacity crowd in the fall i ing in the show for the fourth con-
of 1942 when the Sooners and I secutive year and in that time
Aggies swap glares in football has won three firsts and one sec-
here Tulsa and the Aggies might ond Charles Hogan vocational
fin 'er up next fall if the game agriculture teacher at Hydro is
brought here and both clubs coach of the team and is consider-
larp traveling ed at vocational agriculture head-
quarters here as "one of the top
Meanwhile it begins to look like men in the state"
near capacity Friday night when I The Oklahoma F F A team
Creighton comes storming down scored a total of 2154 points to
'for a Valley cage epic with the win first In second place was a
Cowboys team from New Mexico and third
went to Colorado
Individual Honors
Since last Thursday the No 9 Besides winning first as a team
7 well second of the new ones added in the collegiate contest the A
r to the city water system at nine- and M team grabbed numerous
miles corner has been on the individual honors Cooper was
f line and the city now has an high individual in the contest
estimated capacity of 112 mil- Dupy was third Synar was fourth
lion gallons daily from water and Dickey was seventh
wells However only six of the The team won all five places in
wells including the two new ones cattle Judging as individuals
are being pumped at present Cooper was high man in fat stock
three getting a rest The six are judging classes to win the cham-
? being pumped twenty hours a day pionship trophy and also received
the Country Gentleman award as
: !During winter months the city
result of being high man in the en-
'
tire contest
uses something under 1000000
The team won temporary pos-
gallons a day Sunday for ex- session of the Challenge trophy
ample the usage totaled 944000 and was awarded the Fulscher tro
gallons phy and the Sweatt tiophy There
were ten teams in the contest
The procedure at present is for Another team representing the
the city to take off its near-mil- Oklahoma 4-H organization is in
lion gallons at the plant and such Denver to compete Tuesday in the
excess as the wells produce goes livestock loss prevention demon-
into Boomer lake stration contest Members of this
team are Lloyd Barby isnd Berton
S
Boomer now stands at 17 feet tarcher both of Beaver City
7 inches and is rising slowly The This team is accompanied by Wal-
ter Schnelle Beaver county farm
rain of Monday had started no
agent and the livestock judging
run-off A series of running team by A R Jacobs Alfalfa
s rains would transform Boomer to county farm agent
a real lake in a hurry and it is a Nine club boys Jacobs Schnelle
reasonable wager that we'll have and Forrest Beall of A and M
awet spring are in Denver to represent 4-H
clubs
A drive over the area joining
Stillwater on the northeast pret- BATTLE LINE FORMING
ty rough country for two or three
sections there you know shows 1 AGAINST BLANK CHECK
every pasture pond filled at pres-
ent ' Whittenberg lake above I Washington Jan 13 — (LP) —
Boomer still is running over Congressional opponents of Pres-
sending a trickle of water on down ' ident Roosevelt's bill for all-out
to Boomer We're all set for a aid to Britain selected Senator
big rain on the north watershed Burton Wheeler Democrat of
Montana to be co-leader of their
Willkie is for the president's bi-party group
aid program with certain reserva- At a meeting early this week
tions but before talking too much they will name a Republican eith-
' he is going to London to see for er Taft of Ohio or Vandenberg of
himself We still say that big guy Michigan to help Wheeler lead
has a nice curve on his pitch— the fight against a bill they
not that we are asking for a re-
charge is equal to a "declaration
of war" and a "dictatorship for
count
the U S"
—
THE WEATHER Their first objective will be to
limit drastically the powers to be
— granted the president
Cklahoma forecast: Light rain and Organization of the opposition
drizzle tonight and Tuesday except
partly cloudy In southwestern por- yuk is similar to the one set up
tion not much change in tempera- in 1937 to fight Mr Roosevelt's
ture proposal to reorganize the Su-
Temperature extremes downtown
for the 24-hour period ending at I tr preme court
clock this afternoon were 47' and so' The opposition battle line was
Condition was cloudy formed even before congress be-
HOURLY TEMPERATURES gan work on the proposal to give
(Courtesy of Central States Power
and Light Corporation) Mr Roosevelt blanket power to
2 p m ag 10 p m 0() 0 m 48 lend or lease war materials to the
Oklahoma livestock judging
teams swept the National Western
Livestock show in Denver Colo
of all the major livestock judging
honors during the week-end as
Future Farmers of America 4-H
club and Oklahoma A and M
college teams grabbed the coveted
first place team awards in their
divisions and members of the
teams brought back to this state
the highest individual scoring
awards
It was Oklahoma all the way as
the judges announced results in
the livestock judging In 4-H club
competition a state team of Jack
Fetzer Helena Tom Morford
Amorita and Phil Whayman Gob-
try all of Alfalfa county took the
first place honors with Wyoming
scoring second and Colorado third
F F A Comes Through
At the same time over in the
F F A judging ring a state team
of Burton Kidd Ted Stott and
Paul Griffin all of Hyrdo was
walking away with first place in
that division and in the collegiate
competition an Oklahoma A and
M college team of Bill Cooper
Guthrie Harry Synar Warner
Bill Carter Sayre Don lad Dickey
Weatherford and Cleo Dupy Bill-
ings finished 92 points above the
nearest rival
In the F F A competition
Kidd was the high scoring indi-
vidual with 728 points Scott was
second high with 722 Griffin was
fourth and Scott held the high
individual scoring honors in the
sheep judging and third in judg-
ing horses Kidd was second in
judging horses and Griffin second
in judging cattle-
The F F A team was compet-
ing in the show for the fourth con-
secutive year and in that time
has won three firsts and one sec-
ond Charles Hogan vocational
agriculture teacher at Hydro is
coach of the team and is consider-
ed at vocational agriculture head-
quarters here as "one of the top
men in the state"
The Oklahoma F F A team
scored a total of 2154 points to
win first In second place was a
team from New Mexico and third
went to Colorado
Individual Honors
Besides winning first as a team
In the collegiate contest the A
and M team grabbed numerous
individual honors Cooper was
high individual in the contest
Dupy was third Synar was fourth
and Dickey was seventh
The team won all five places in
cattle judging as individuals
Cooper was high man in fat stock
judging classes to win the cham-
pionship trophy and also received
the Country Gentleman award as
result of being high man in the en-
tire contest
The team won temporary pos-
session of the Challenge trophy
and was awarded the Fulscher tro-
phy and the Sweatt trophy There
were ten teams in the contest
Another team representing the
Oklahoma 4-H organization is in
Denver to compete Tuesday in the
livestock loss prevention demon-
stration contest Members of this
team are Lloyd Barby hnd Berton
Starcher both of Beaver City
This team is accompanied by Wal-
ter Schnelle Beaver county farm
agent and the livestock judging
team by A R Jacobs Alfalfa
county farm agent
Nine club boys Jacobs Schnelle
and Forrest Beall of A and M
are in Denver to represent 4-H
clubs
Cklahoma forecast: Light rain and Organization of the opposition
drizzle tonight and Tuesday except
partly cloudy In southwestern por- is similar to the one set up
tion not much change in tempera- in 1937 to fight Mr Roosevelt's
ture proposal to reorganize the Su-
Temperature extremes downtown preme court
for the 24-hour period ending at 1 tr
clock this afternoon were 47' and so' The opposition battle line was
Condition was cloudy formed even before congress be-
HOURLY TEMPERATURES gan work on the proposal to give
(Courtesy of Central States Power
and Light Corporation) Mr Roosevelt blanket power to
2 p m 8g' 10 p m 52 !I a m 48 lend or lease war materials to the
43 pP n 55811 1121 pP nmi g aa mln 88 anti-Axis nations
a p m 57 1 a m 48 0 a m 47 Supporters Of the bill were en-
s p m 52 2 a in 43 10 a m 47 leouraged by the announcement of
7p mfil 3 a m 48 11 a m 48 ' "
dell Willkie that he favored
8 p m 52 4a m 48 12 ro 48
Op M 51 ba mis lp za ta IC with modification
Payne's Boys IL DUCE FIRES
March Off to HIS MIMI
Year of Drill
Officials and Relatives Gather
To See the 46 Soldiers GO
the Usual Army Joshing
Forty-six Payne county men
formed two abreast in front of city
hall Sunday and marched to the
Santa Fe depot to board a "troop"
train for Oklahoma City where
they were to take final examina-
tions to see if they are physically
fit for service in Uncle Sam's
growing army
The train already had picked up
men at Pawnee and Burbank and
the Payne county quota was the
last to climb aboard it
The men reported at city hall
draft headquarters at 1 o'clock
Sunday afternoon where they
heard talks by the secretary and
chairman of the draft board Lieut
1Gov James E Berry and Mayor
Jim Bradley
Training Valuable
Bradley who asked each of the
men to sign his name to a list for
his personal file told them they
were lucky to have a chance to
receive a year of training "if we
do have to go to war" Many men
in the World war went to the
battle field with only a few
months training he recalled
Berry an officer in the army
touched on things "an old soldier
knows and does all the time" but
which are not covered in the rule
books A B Alcott chairman of
the local draft board also an ex-
service man advised the men "it is
an honor to serve in the army be-
cause not everyone can belong to
it" Paul Boone draft board sec-
retary who said he was a "buck
private" in the Spanish American
war added a bit of advice to aid
the "rookie" through his first days
with the regulars
So They March Away
Dan McDole and John Fennell
were named leader and assistant
leader by Alcott They gave the
order to "march" and marched at
the head of the column
On the city hall steps women
hovered about their men before i
they "fell in" for the march to
the railroad station Cars lined
the parking as friends and rela-
tives came to see the men off to
the army '
As they fell in line the men'
who will receive uniforms and
equipment if they are accepted for
a year's training at Fort Sill gave
a last check to the things they
were taking with them and several
discarded an overcoat or other
article handing it to someone
standing on the curb
They wore civilian clothes Sun-
day—a dark dress suit next to a
red wool shirt a bright sport coat
beside blue denim overalls Sev-
eral carried brand-new suit cases'
some carried well-worn grips A
few had paper-sack packages un-
der their arms
At the depot where they arrived
as the train pulled in J E Mose-
ley 94-year-old veteran of the
Civil war and "Capt" M McDon-
ald a veteran of many battles1
were on hand to look over the
youngsters ready for a first taste
of army life
Albert Stahl first to be called
in Payne county in the draft was
the last to board the train paus-
ing to say goodbye to Veterans
Moseley McDonald Alcott and
Boone
All but one car of the train was
filled with draftees and volunteers
picked 1111 at previous stops They
hung out of the windows with
shouts and greetings to those on
1
the platform
A husky young Indian brave 1
was among them leaning out a
window like the rest The first
thing you noticed about him how- 1:
ever was a bruised and swollen
face and the blood-spotted white
handkerchief wrapped loosely
around his left hand
Ile Must Be Fighter
"Hey chief" a platform kibitzer
shouted "You going to the war'
or are you coming back"
It was like that down the line as
those already on the train made
advances of comradeship to the
Payne county youths about to
climb aboard
Civil War Veteran Moseley likely
would have snorted had he heard
this conversation between two men
as they leaned from adjoining win-
dows: "Do you know why Jeff Davis
wouldn't allow Confederate sol-
diers to eat apples?" asked a tous-
led headed man who said he was a
volunteer
"I'll bite" replied the second
youth who was not to be taken in
"Because he was afraid they
would be Northern Spies!"
So the train started moving and
friends on the platform reached
quickly for' a final handclasp
"Pull in your head rookie"
came from in front ''Here comes
a mule car"
"Yeah and the same to you"
someone answered "the wood-
peckers are flying"
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Francis Caugh lin 26 Blackburn
and Ida Mad Queen 21 Blackburn
STILLWATER OKLAHOMA MONDAY JANUARY 13 1941
FOR FAILURES
Greeks Take Important Ground
British Push on—So Italy
Changes Quarterbacks
By UNITED PRESS '
Premier Mussolini reshuffled the
lItalian high command again Mon-
' day in the face of important
Greek gains in Albania fresh-
punishing raids by the British
R A P and a tightening ring of
British steel around Tobruk
General Ubaldo Soddu Italy's
under-secretary of wcir' was sent
only two months and four days
ago into Albania to retrieve the
disasters of the fascist campaign
Today Soddu qult for -what'
were descyibed as ' reasons of
"health" and General tigo Caval-
lero who took over the Italian
high command from General Pie-
tro Badoglio a month ago as-
sumed personal charge of Alban-
ian operations in addition to his
post as Italy's chief of staff
Greeks Press Hard
London reported that Greek
strategic successes near Klisura
had forced the Italians to throw
almost 15000 men into the area
to meet the Greek threat against
Valontt
The retirement of SoCidu seemed
to indicate he had failed to stiffen
Italian resistance sufficiently to
check the Greeks Athens said
Monday Greeks are moving up the
coastal road south of Valona and
advancing at Tepelini
The London air ministry re-
ported that a terrific bombard-
ment of the vital Italian northern
industrial triangle of Milan Tur-
in and Genoa was carried out and
the Italian communique admitted
bombing of Italian cities
The air ministry said the at-
tacks on Italy were part of a
sweeping air offensive over the
continent in which great damage
was inflicted on oil refineries near
Regensburg Germany and Ven-
ice and Ostend
A New Leaflet Barrage
The British planes which raid-
ed Italy also dropped leaflets be-
lieved to contain Prime Minister
Churchill's appeaL to Hey for the
overthrow of Mussolini
Other R A F planes made
quick hopes to the French and
Belgian coasts attacking troop
concentrations along the beaches
the submarine base at Lorient
Brest and LeHarve and German-
occupied airdromes
German air action over Britain
during the night was on a moder-
ate scale
In the Balkans Bulgarian Prem-
ier Piloff's statement that Bulgar-
ia "would defend her interests
and freedom" by force of arms
was interpreted by some as in-
dicating resistance to any Ger-
man occupation proposal
The Russian news agency as-
serted that Russia had made no
agreement concerning movement
of German troops into Bulgaria
WOULD MAKE AN ARMY
POST OF STRINGTOWN
Investigation of Fish and Game
Department is Being Asked
Oklahoma City Jan 13 — (Li')
— Resolutions proposing to give
the Stringtown sub-prison to the
federal government for an army
post and another recommend-
ing an investigation of the fish
and game department were draft-
ed Monday by Ferman Phillips of
Atoka
Phillips said he believed Okla-
homa would benefit if the entire
8000 acres in state land at String-
town were turned to the federal
government for the establishment
of any sort of military or air
base
The proposed probe of the fish
and game division has been talked
about at the capitol for the last
year
Phillips said he wished the sen-
ate to consider a mass of affidavits
he had collected conéerning the
duct of persons connected with
the department
Other developments:
1 The governor said he was
opposed to any legislation provid-
ing free textbooks as recommend-
ed by the ten-member joint educa-
tional committee The governor
said he favored the plan in
theory but believed the state
could not afford them now
2 Rep William tatting nil-
as said he would ask quick action
in recommending a resolution for
a constitutional amendment plac-
ing fraternal properities on the
advalorem tax rolls
3 The governor said he would
recommend to the legislature that
the governing board of Oklahoma
Military Academy Tonkawa pre-
paratory school and the Oklaho-
ma College for Women Chick-
asha be abolished as state schools
and the management of the
schools be vested in the propTed
board of regents for the state
schools
-t
Leader Item
of Groceries
Is Attacked
'Legislature Studies a Bill to
Knock out Leaders Listed
I Under Actual Cost
—
Oklahoma City Jan 13—(tP)—
The Oklahoma legislature entered
its second week Monday with an
act prohibiting the sale of grocery
merchandise below cost as the
first controversial issue to reach
the house floor
Administration leaders were in
conference during the morning
seeking a means of delaying the
vote on the "unfair sales act" in-
troduced by Rep George Miskov-
sky and James D McCarty Okla-
homa City and Claude Cherry El
I Reno
The treasure last week was re-
ed to the committee on labor
and arbitration of which Miskov-
sky Is chairman It was reported
out "do pass" It was the first
measure to reach general order
today
Administration leaders said they
favored "slowing down" progress
of the bill by referring it back to
a committee or blocking it at least
temporarily
The measure Miskovsky said is
aimed at grocery stores that offer
"leader" items at below cost to
attract week-end grocery buyers
The measure would force mer-
chants to add shipping costs and
at least 6 per cent handling
charge to wholesale prices
--
TAG AGENTS WOULD
BE DROPPED BY BILL
Oklahoma City Jan 13—UM--
A° bill to abolish tag agents will
be introduced in the state senate
today by Senator John Boyd Mc-
Keel of Ada
The 1938 Democratic platform
endorsed a move to abolish tag
agents who received their remun-
eration from a 50-cent notary fee
charged for each license issue
Governor Phillips backed the
plan in his gubernatorial cam-
paign but no bill was introduced
in the 17th session
The new bill would transfer the
work of issuing tags to county
clerks who would be permitted to
charge a 10-cent fee for extra
clerical help
LES M'CONKEY TO FLY I
TO ILLINOIS MEETING I
Boards Plane in Tulsa Tuesday
Morning For Sterling Ms
-
L E McConkey local hatchery
operator and president of the In-
ternational Baby Chick associa-
tion will board a plane in Tulsa
Tuesday morning for Sterling
to attend the annual meeting of
the the Illinois Baby Chibk asso-
ciation He will fly to Chicago and from
there will take the train to Ster-
ling a distance of about 100
miles
Following the meeting in Ster-
ling he will fly to Washington
where he will attend a meeting of
the Poultry and Egg association
and will remain there to witness
the inauguration of President
Roosevelt and Vice - President
Henry A Wallace on January 20
Since taking office as president
of the International Baby Chick
association a few months ago Mc-
Conkey has flown more than 3000
miles by commercial airline to at-
tend various state unit meetings
of the association
Mexico proves to be a rich new
source of calcite crystals impor-
tant in making polarizing pribms
for optical imtruments
xkt"'
LIQUOR CHARGE TRIAL
OPENS COURT SESSION
Luther Loving Case Reaches The
Jury Wolf Fails to Appear
A county court Jury took the
case of Luther - Loving Negro
charged with possession of liquor
for cliberation shortly before
noon Monday and preparations
were being made to move on to
the next defendant listed on the
docket of a session of court open-
ing Monday morning before Judge
Paul L Myrick
Loving and his wife were arrest-
ed on August 3 and charged with
possession of liquor The woman
claimed liquor taken in the raid
on their home and entered a plea
of guilty She has completed her
jail sentence
Next case listed on the docket
was the liquor possession charge
against Dwight Mitchell Oklaho-
ma City but Judge Myrick said
he understood the defendant now
is ift the:federal penitentiary and
that it would be necessary to pass
the case until a future session of
court
In such event Porter Howerton
farmer living near Stillwater was
due to be the next to stand trial
He is charged with resisting an
officer
O H Wolf the first listed on
the docket for trial Monday morn-
ing on a charge of leaving the
scene of an accident failed to ap-
pear Judge Myrick ordered his
bond forfeited and issued a bench
warrant for the man's arrest
I
LICIEMIEREENAVAr&49MWANA0444
MATHEMATICS—Senator Pat Harrison left chairman of Senate Finance Committee and James
F Byrnes chairman of Senate Audit and Control Contingent Expenses Cornmittee take course in
higher mathematics in Washington as they study President's budget that totals $17485528049
These Times
Make People
So Forgetful!
Cabbies' Storks Interesting
Now There's The Woman Who
Left Iler Baby in Cab
By HAYS CROSS
docket of a session of court open-
Cab drivers in Stillwater wish
ing Monday morning before Judge
Paul L Myrick this war would end It make4
Loving and his wife were arrest - people absent-minded about some
ed on August 3 and charged with of the other important things in
possession of liquor The woman life'
claimed liquor taken in the raid A few days ago a young moth-
on their home and entered a plea er thinking about what would
h
of guilty She has completed her happen if the family breadwinner
jail sentence were marched off in khaki left
Next case listed on the docket her baby in the back seat of a
Yellow cab that took her home
was the liquor possession charge
against Dwight Mitchell Oklaho-
after an afternoon of shopping
The
ma City but Judge Myrick said baliy was just one of those
bundles she missed
he understood the defendant now
is in the:federal penitentiary and The driver heard something be-
that it would be necessary to pass
hind him after he had driverilive
b
the case until a future session of blocks and glancing back discov
court
eyed that he had a non-paying
In such event Porter Howerton passenger Pay or no pay the
farmer living near Stillwater was cabbie delivered the baby to his
due to be the next to stand trial rightful owner
He is charged with resisting an That's Good News
officer And so it goes In a confusing
w
O H Wolf the first listed on world The drivers believe that
the docket for trial Monday morn-
college students waiting for their
ing on a charge of leaving the draft numbers to appear have
scene of an accident failed to ap-
suddenly "gone serious" Drink-
pear Judge Myrick ordered his
ing parties
e
a ue h
they s t se"c o' 1 laergei a nf es waerre'
bond forfeited and issued a bench possibly
warrant for the man's arrest saving their money
"A girl's lucky if she gets a coke
GRAND LAKE RISING out of her date nowadays" one
of the Yellow drivers explained
COVERS MANY ROADS With the war fever and final ex-
aminations worrying students at
No Authority Given By National the same time business is slow at
'
Officials to Open Gates Oklahoma A and M" Since business Is slow the driv-
Vinita Jan 13—UPI—Waters of
ers had time last week to spin a
tale or two Anyone who thinks
32000-acre Grand lake spread over
more roads in this northeast Ok-
funny Incidents or touching inci-
lahoma area Monday adding to
dents seldom occur in Stillwater
is misinformed they declared
the hardships of many communi- There was the time not long
ties facing partial isolation and ago when one of the cabs burrow-
severe financial loss of steadily- ed its way into an acre of mud
decreasing trade
The lake was rising about 6 and refused to budge in any di-
rection
inches a day Heave ilo Mates
Where once through roads car-
r A good-hearted soul appeared ied farm-to-market traffic in the from nowhere and offered to help
populous districts cars trucks and
ille pushed and heaved covering
school buses edged along over
h
rocky detours that wound through himself with mud to his midriff
the Ozark foothills but the cab still wouldn't move
"
The Grand River Dam author-
Wait a minute" he said "and
I'll et
ity builder of the mile-long dam g help"
at Disney its hands tied by a He came back with three slight-
federal court injunction forbidding ly tipsy Negroes who pushed and
interference with filling of a fed-
shoved and skidded in the mud
for ten minutes without helping
eral reservoir recognized damages
to the countryside but awaited matters
word from Washington before it "Wait a minute" one of the
would allow flood gates to be open- Negroes said "and I'll get help"
ed He came back with two more
Negroes After that people began
SEAL TOTAL REACHES to gravitate to the spot The cab
aided by a crew of nine Negroes
$726 IN STILLWATER I and the one white man finally
reached terra firma
Christmas health seal revenue 7ne cabbie gave them a dollar
bill and what did they do with it?
They g
had reached $72684 Monday
Chairman Phil Bennett In charge ot another round of beer
Possibly the tavern keeper who
of the 1940 Yule seal sale re-
and everybody was happy—except
had to clean no after the muddy
tported he m a i al s campaign acontributions yn con tcontinued e from o tmo
horde descended on his place
come in It is hoped that the
1940 drive can be cleaned up Away Goes The Bride
The cabs have aided several
soon newly-wed couples One of the
"Oklahoma compares unfavor- Yellow drivers is especially proud
l
ably with the rest of the nation about his performance after a
in co church marriage recently The
nettsnt
tartoeldof60tuurrcautelosiisnc" Ben-
Increased
newlyweds wanted to make their
slightly in 1940 while the re- getaway without hindrance so
inainder of the country showed a 1 they rehearsed their escape act
steady decline Part of the rea- i at 7 o'clock on the morning of
son for this poor showing is in-Ithe ceremony and as a result there
difference That is shown by a was no hitch in their plans
Christmas seal sale in Oklahoma l They hid their car on a side
of one-third the average of the I street and hopped Into a cab
lwhich carried them to it immedl-
United States
I ately after the wedding
"If you have not paid for the
Cab Orivers have to be detectives
seals sent you in Deceinirr or for
occasionally as in the case of the
as many as you can afford please I eight junior highschool boys who
do so now" the drive chairman were hot on the trail of 'one of
added Continued on Page rive
horde descended on his place 1
Away Goes The Bride
The cabs have aided several i
1
newly-wed couples One of the
Yellow drivers is especially proud
church marriage recently The !
newlyweds wanted to make their !
getaway without hindrance so !
SINGLE COPY PRICE: Daily 2c Sunday 5c
FIRST HURDLE
AHEAD OF AID
BILL CLEARED
Winkle Going to London He May
Confer With Hull Some Limit
to Roosevelt Power Seen
Washington Jan 13---UP)---The
house with a shout Monday up- t
held Speaker Sam Rayburn's de-
cision placing the administration's
aid-to-Britain bill in charge of
the foreign affairs committee
rather than the military commit-
tee Chairman May of the military
affairs committee sought to win
Jurisdiction over the bill on the
grounds that it was primarily a
defense measure
His motion to get the bill was
defeated so soundly that no effort
was made to obtain a record vote
irrst Controversy
This issue of jurisdiction was
the first of many big and little
controversies surrounding the
legislation which would give Pres-
ident Roosevelt unlimited author-
ity to provide the British with
American ships planes and mu-
nitions Isolationists organized around
the leadership of Senator Burton
Wheeler for a fight to the end
against the bill There was evi-
dence of support for proposals to
place limitations on the presi-
dent's power
A time limit of oneor two years
wyr the most popular suggestion
Rayburn said Monday he did not
care to discuss any specific time
limit but would not oppose an ar-
rangement that would terminate
the president's power when this
emergency passes
Wit Ilde to London
Secretary of State Hull mean-
time said he would be glad to talk
with Wendell Willkie who Sunday
night announced his support ' of
the bill and who will leave soon on
a trip to London
The Question of a possible con-
ference before Willkie leaves for
London As raised at Hull's press
conference Hull said this was up
to Willkie 4
Rep Tom Jenkins Republican
of Ohio recited all the powers
which Mr Roosevelt would have-
under the bill and then gave his
own reaction in four words: -
"God Save the Country" !
The opposition Was busy set-
ting up informal organization es-
pecially in the senate
PROPAGANDA EFFORTS
ATTACKED BY WILCOX
During War Period Nation Must
Keep Its Civic Programs In
Order Klwanians Told
W H Wilcox commending the
Stillwater Kiwanis club in its work
with under-privileged children and
with Boy Scouts Monday discuss-
ed a type of literature some of
which he had received which was
aimed at children and designed to
instill in them a hatred of the
United States government
Addressing members of the Ki-
wanis club at their weekly lunch-
eon meeting in the banquet room
of the Grand Coffee shop Wilcox
urged the continued hearty sup-
port of the Boy Scouts and other
youth organizations
"Because of our intense interest
in the current war in Europe and
in our defense program" Wilcox
said "there is a danger we will
neglect some of our civic duties—
those things which are close at
band including necessary things
in the training of our youth"
He displayed copies of pam-
phlets he had received They were
primers and a book of children's
plays "plainly directed at the
'capitalist' and our present form -
of government and placing in a
favorable light the government of
Russia"
"I was appalled" the speaker
stated "that such literature as
this is available to children in this
country in which we enjoy living
so much"
"Moreover" he continued "all
through the text of this literature
runs 6 theme designed to instill
hatred and derision of Boy
Scouts"
Wilcox took as a cue for his talk
the death recently of the founder
of the Boy Scout movement—Lt
Gen Robert Baden-Powell who
died January 8 at his home at
Nyera Kenya in east Africa -
The club entertained nine guests
at the Monday meeting They
were Harry Anderson Chester Ov-
erholt John Gage Charles Focht
D P Hervey Dr C W Thompson
Roscoe Pulver C P Livesay and
Cooper Andres of Oklahoma City
Vinita Boy is Shot
Vinita Jan 13 — (LP) —
Vernon Solomon 14 son of
Mr and Mrs Claude Solo-
mon of Vinita was in a critil
cal condition Monday from an
accidental gunshot wound in-
flirted by a youthful hunting
companion Sunday
-
- toill --x LJLA I 11 I
k- — - - - — - - - — - — -
1 Payne's Boys IL Duc F1Rs
)
ilta ':L
IR March Off to 0
Year of Drill I tsk
To See the 46 Soldiers Go
f -t $
1BIT Officials and Relatives Gather
' k " 1 N
FOR 1)
k 11-'
t
'ab Top Greeks Take Important Ground
the Usual Army Joshing
A Forty-six Payne county men ggi British Push on—So Italy e Lek t s '
i
-
rs Changes Quarterbacks 4
A
formed two abreast in front of city — 1 r ''
e k
ill ' I
Judging hall Sunday and marched to the By UNITED PRESS l4NS3
et'
Western
Santa Fe depot to board a "troop" Fremier Mussolini reshuffled the'
Colo train for Oklahoma City where Italian high command again Mon- 0' t s
I
' 110040c itc ''
Judging they were to take final examina- day in the face of important ir's ---- - st:tr ‘ —
end as
tions to see if they are physically Greek gains in Albania fresh '1
:a 4-H 7 -o-
Iv ' i 1
service R A F and a tightening ring of e in Uncle Sam's punishing raids by the British -
tnd M growing ' -411—00 ' ' '
coveted xr 1
The train already had picked up British steel around Tobruk ' 1611 - :x '
1
men at Pawnee and Burbank and General Ubaldo Soddu Italy's '' '
i
n their :"
f the the Payne county quota was the under-secretary of war: was sent
is state last to climb aboard it only two months and four days - 0000014'14 it
scoring The men reported at city hall ago into Albania to retrieve the '
draft headquarters at 1 o'clock disasters of the fascist campaign 6 '
way as Sunday afternoon where they Today Soddu qult for -what'
'tilts in heard talks by the secretary and were descyibed as ' reasons of I 1
-H club chairman of the draft board Lieut "health” and General Ugo Caval- 1
E STILLW4E' DAILY PRESS
T
'
V ft
r Acre NI
n I
!011‘ c: ::----
l ---4--------------- 1--: -------:2-F-1------ ------- 1
1
11-1
1
a
cII i 0 11
O
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Wile, Otis. The Stillwater Daily Press (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, January 13, 1941, newspaper, January 13, 1941; Stillwater, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2163021/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.