The Stillwater Daily Press (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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In a recent pledge examination
given the freshmen of a local co-
ed fraternal organization one
question required the student to
name three faculty members of
more than local prominence Along
with the Makovsky Blizzards and
DOI-11101S nearly every girl named
flank Iba For goodness sakes
Henry you'll have to write a book
or something!
Now we shall take up the case
of Dr A B Smith whose wilo
better not go visiting and leave
him to keep house again The
good doctor missed a night's sleep
recently and the details of his dif-
ficulty have reached our ears
Smith had allowed the dishes to
We haven't been able to put the
bite on a single fellow at the of-
fice here for a "dollar until Sat-
urday night" since Skeezix of the
comic strips has been gouged for
loans by Wilmer and chap at the
boarding house That comic strip
Is playing the cat and banjo with
the small loan business!
England is now ready to send
50000 men to Finland What far
to take excursion trips to
see the battle monuments?
Looks like a good party at Wil-
lard hall tonight as the C of C
holds its roundup Those in char7e
have promised to hurl enough 4J- Fire Is Caught
cular insults to make it interest
ing The boys who framed the Firemen were ca
program made a vow that this I gn" a grass fire IA
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would be cne C of C meeting in igi Friday at 1:24
which no back-patting would be 1 at the home of the
indulged No mutual admiration I smith 812 Lowry sti
iterrs are intended Members of age was done excel
the board of directors are advised 1 the Sard firemen !
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to brace their feet when the ques-
tions start flying in their direc- 1 THE WEA
tion 1 -
- - I Oklahoma forecast:
WILSON CHARGED WITH '
Saturday and Sunday
I In temnerature
- - l Oklahoma forecast: Fair tonight
INTILSON CHARGED 'MTH 'Saturday and Sunday: Little change
in temperature
POSSESSION OF S1ILL1 Temperature extremes downtown
for the 24-hour period ending at 1 rt
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I clock this afternoon were 75' and 211
l Condition was fair
Ben W Wilson Cushing plead-1 HOURLY 1101PERATI'llES
cd not guilty to a charge of
pos1 (Courte4 of Central states Potter and
I ' Light (orporation)
Session of a Still when he was ar- :2 p m 53 10 p m 37 8 a m 29
p m 52 11 38 7 a tn 36
raigned Thursday evening before!:
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County Judge Paul L Myrick and 15 P imn: N 1? la': IT' :: : aa uml: ::
Friday morning he was being held 16 p m 48 ' ' 2 a tn 33 10 11 ni 63
in county jail in lieu of $500 bond 7 P' rn 11 3 a' to 33 it a' I'm -It
8 p nt 41 4 a ni 32 12 tn 74
bet by the court I 9 p tn 39 5 a In 30 I p m 73
Dinner-Program of
C of C is Tonight
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1Vhat's Needed to Go "Forward in
'40" Chamber Members Hope
to Find The Answer
Stillwater chamber of commerce
members will voice their answer to
the querry "Forward in '40?"
when they meet in the annual dinner-program
of the organization
at 7:30 o'clock tonight Willard
hall campus
Question box inquiries are to be
fired at civic big-wigs including
directors of the chamber and an
attempt will be made to take a
glimpse of Stillwater "as a strang-
er might see us" program commit-
teemen have announced
bMILI1 Ilit LI aliow et' we cosnes to ' ler- '-:1- -Avi $-:1i:::- In other words it is to be some-
pile up and the rugs to get lit- c'n'Y'4 11::-4 it::!--ii4
thing of a "fact-finding " session
tered and all that sort of thing ''f''''''''''-'''t:4: 4 :4 w m
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::::::: ith humor and oratory mixed in
while the missus was visiting in ::' 4i'j:::'q'ii0 what the committee on arrange
Antonio So he called in a tr3-''':''-i'1 N4 'i:iiif
ments hopes will be pleasing pro-
maid to clean up the place before lZ3cit:ikiail'4 ::' 441' '2t:'-i'
portions
his wife's return intructing her Among guests are to be college
Joe C Scott above and mem-
to leave the key under a doormat administrators the members of the
bers of the state board of agri -
at a neighbor's house board of agriculture of which Joe
Ccming home late that night culture of which he is president
C Scott is president The board
vill be guests tonight at the an-
after the maid had given the of is in session today on the campus
nual i
1 house its sweepirg and dusting dinner-program meetng for one of its regular monthly
0 the Stillwater chamber of com
i nouse its sweepirg aria the Stillwater chamber of corn-
ausung - 1 for one of its regular monthly
H
q "Doc" was weary the hour was meetings and is planning to at-
merce in Willard hall campus
I late and he was looking forward ! tend the civic rally in a body
1 to a night of repose in a bed that i Reservations were cut to 225 Fri-
'' WilON NOW OF AGE had been made for the first time I
In several days He tip-toed to the I day noon but it was understood
that a handful of tickets remain-
neighboring house and felt around 2Ist Anniversary of Veterans' ! ed for persons who had not earlier
: for his key No go lie burned a Organization Observed By t
made requests for reservations
1
pocket of matches and still the Carter Banner Post !Those attending the party are ad-
'xy was missing So he went back I vised to enter the Willard hall din-
and tried the front door the back 1 in room from the west entrance
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-'--- '" " '-- "'"' EGION NOW OF AGE 1 CLUZiCINUL10113 were CUL LO ZZ3 rri-
had been made for the first time L
i day noon but it was understood
: in several days He tip-toed to the I that a handful of tickets remain-
neighboring house and felt around 21st Anniversary of Veterans' I ed for persons who had not earlier
for his key No go He burned a Organization Observed By l made requests for reservations
pocket of matches and still the i
Carter Harmer Post
!Those attending the party are ad-
'xy was missing So he went back I vised to enter the Willard hall din-
and tried the front door the back I ing room from the west entrance
dor and all windows of his house The boys who followed the flag
to the building on Monroe street)
It was locked up tighter than a in the World war celebrated I e
Li - Parking is available on Monroe
jug and the hour was late 21st anniversary of the founding ' through the campus and in White-
Reluctantly Smith woke the of the American Legion Thursday I hurst hall drives
neighbor who knew nothing about night in an anniversary celebra- The hour is set at 7:30 because
the key "Doc" didn't know the tion at Carter C Harmer Post:6 it is necessary to clear the hall
phone number of the Iraqi but weekly dinner after the regular dinner of the co-
hought maybe Mrs Strode knew I Principal Speaker GeGorge Ade eds housed in the hall The party
it There seemed no other course 1 DAVIS of Oklahoma City was is not formal committeemen an-
0 he called her The maid it I prevented from attending at the flounced but a meal of banquet
leveloped couldn't be reached by last moment but the resourceful proportions has been arranged It
phone A doctor has to sleep some veterans of Post 129 here did their is being served by the regular staff
time so "Doc" hauled out his tire on speaking of Willard hall
tools and took a door off his house
- Carl Andrew in charge of the Final plans for the program were
That was the night after the day
program opened a round-table I completed at a Friday afternoon
by telling where he was
in which the gas pressure was off rehearsal of those taking major
- session I
here When Smith stepped in a ! parts in the program President
twenty-one years ago Thursday
strong smell of gas greeted him
d sailor I R V Frye of the chadber will
night and each soldier an
The furnace had died and the I preside with R B Thompson serv-
i
: place was literally swarming with did the same a program that 1 ng
i as master of ceremonies
fostered some tall tales
gas
"Doe" threw the place open cut M M McDonald sgt maj ret LONG DISTANCE RATES
off the gas and decided he better who was discharged from the
call the fire department and have army in 1906 after thirty years of ARE ORDERED REDUCED
the oxygen content checked Pret- service but who has maintained
ty late to be calling Ray Pence his military connections from that Washington Mar 15—(LP)—The
however Alter waiting in the time until this as custodian and federal communications commis
yard a few minutes Smith dashed one-time commandant at A and sion Friday announced that on
upstairs holding his breath and M college cut the birthday cake May 1 long distance telephone
opened the upstairs windows McDonald who headed the R O rates throughout the United States
Gas odor still was stout P nd T C at A and M during the war I will be cut drastically effecting a
Sirith was growing very sleepy in- period is Oklahoma's oldest le- I saving to the public of approxi-
deed He had been swamped with gionnaire if not the nation's old- mately $5500000 a year
calls all day and evening and had est He is a past commander of The reduction will apply to calls
a tough day ahead So he put a
- Post 129 covering distances of more than
bed in front of an open window Post Commander Paul Kling- 520 miles The reductions in-
left all windows open in the house
t presided an World war crease with mileage so that the
sted d v
piled on all the bed clothes he maximum cuts will affect trans-
coulti find and turned in That songs were led by Earl Kennicutt
and Hal A McNutt continental calls
was the night the cold wave sent
t
temperatures below freezing "Doc" Charter members of the post As an example of new rates the
- - awoke in his igloo before dawn were introduced together with station-to-station day charge be-
tween New York and Oklahoma
after a couple of cat-naps and he members of the Legion who have
City will drop from $375 to $290
was practically frozen The house been members for twenty-one
The cortimission's announce-
was colder than an ice man's years
ment followed a series of studies
shoulder But more slumber was - -- — -----0 —
out of the question so Smith dress- SENIORS ALREADY ARE inaugurated January 24 The
new rates were agreed upon after
ed and hunted up an all-night cafe GETTING THE 'BOERS
discussions between the commis-
for breakfast
sion and the American Telephone
"Wot a night" sez he and one and Telegraph company
concludes that Mrs Smith better May 24 when Stillwater high-
take him along next time The school commencement exercises Person-to-person rates will be
lowered the same percentage as
guy is one with all husbands the are to be held still is weeks away
station-to-station calls
pampered rascals who may be im- But there are 172 seniors who are
portant tycoons at the office but looking forward to leceiving their FAVORABLE VOTE FOR
can't run a household for sour ap- diplomas on that day
pies Eight students completed work CI PAN POI l'IleS RI! I
program opened a round-table I completed at a Friday afternoon
r
session by telling where he was rehearsal of those taking major
twenty-one years ago Thursday parts in the program President
R
night and each soldier and sailor V Frye of the chadber will
did the same a program that
preside with R B Thompson serv
fostered some tall tales -
I ing as master of ceremonies
I -
May 24 when Stillwater high-
school conunencement exercises
are to be held still is weeks away
But there are 172 seniors who are
looking forward to receiving their
diplomas on that day
Eight students completed work
toward a highschool diploma at
the end of the first semester The
remainder plan to finish this
spring
Forty-seven per cent of the
prospective graduates have
spent all their class room
days so far in Stillwater
schools according to records
kept by highschool officials
Fifty per cent of the senior
class have chosen vocations which
they would like to follow
The number of seniors in the
1939-40 class falls short of the
1938-39 class by ten students
There were graduated 182 seniors
in the spring of 1939
Fire Is Caught In Time
Firemen were called to extin-
guish a grass fire of unknown or-
igin Friday at 1:24 o'clock p rn
at the home of the Rev Elgin I
Smith 812 Lowry street No dam-
age was done except to grass in
the Sard firemen said
THE WEATHER
Washington Mar 15--(1P)—The
federal communications commis-
sion Friday announced that on
May 1 long distance telephone
rates throughout the United States
will be cut drastically effecting a
saying to the public of approxi-
mately $5500000 a year
The reduction will apply to calls
covering distances of more than
520 miles The reductions in-
crease with mileage so that the
maximum cuts will affect trans-
continental calls
As an example of new rates the
station-to-station day charge be-
tween New York and Oklahoma
City will drop from $375 to $290
The conimission's announce-
ment followed a series of studies
inaugurated January 24 The
new rates were agreed upon after
discussions between the commis-
sion and the American Telephone
and Telegraph company
Person-to-person rates will be
lowered the same percentage as
station-to-station calls
FAVORABLE VOTE FOR
CLEAN POLITICS BILL
Washington Mar 15---(19)---The
senate after days of dispute to-
day voted 47 to 30 to approve the
key section of Senator Carl Hatch's
amendment to the clean-politics
law a provision extending the
ban on political activities to state
emiAoyes paid with federal funds
The senate action was expected
to bring to an early close the
continuous fire to which the bill
has been subjected for ten days
The section of the bill approv-
ed by the senate was the princi-
pal provision to the amendments
of the act
The senate also approved an
amendment which specifies that
to be subject to the ban employes
must be engaged in an activity fi-
nanced in whole or in part by fed-
eral loans or grants
The amendment has the effect
of excepting some employes who
may be connected only in a minor
way with work financed with fed-
eral funds
CALVARY PASTOR IS
BACK FROM MEETINO
The Rev R Orville Yeager
pastor of the Calvary Baptist
church returned Thursday
afternoon from a Bible con-
ference in Booneville Ind
He will conduct sessions of
the Bible Institute of the Cal-
vary church at Katz Hall Fri-
day night from 7 o'clock to 9
o'clock
STILLWATER OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MARCH 15 1910
I
GOOD FLYING IS SEEN
FOR A AND M SQUAD
—
Oklahoma City Mar 15—
(Lpwith prospect of "per-
fect" flying weather ahead of
them the Oklahoma Aggie
basketball team is expected to
arrive in Oklahoma City at
2:50 o'clock Satuiday after-
noon American Airline offi-
cials said here Friday
Coach Henry Iba and his A
and M team is scheduled to
leave LaGuardia field New
York at 12:45 o'clock a m
making a night hop to ChicaT
go Ill thence southwad via
St Louis Mo The team flew
the southern route going east
Itocsewlt Says Senator Urging
Violation of Law in Fight
oil Income Questions
WALLEN DEATH TOLL
IN CRASH REACHES 27
i tims died accidental deaths
-
I vutimur rinri
Washington Mar
President Roosevelt through his
secretary Friday attacked Sen-
ator Charles Tobey Republican of
New Hampshire as the first U S
senator ever openly to advise the
American people to violate the
law
Secretary Stephen Early in
conveying Mr Roosevelt's view
did not mention Tobey by name
But the criticism of an "anony-
mous" senator who advised cit-
izens not to answer census ques-
thins was plainly directed lat
Tobey who has led the senate
fight to eliminate from the census
questions on personal income
The president's attack followed
action by Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins to insure that the census
income information would be kept
confidential Hopkins announced
that citizens would be allowed to
place their income figure on an
unsigned blank for mailing in a
sealed envelope direct to the
census bureau
Early acted as Mr Roosevelt
Friday when the president can-
celed hir press conference because
of a cold Had the president been
able to meet the press Early said
he would have said:
"For the first time in his knowl-
edge a U S senator has openly
advised the American peopke to
violate the law and holds himself
out as the one person who will not
answer the two income questions
when he knows full well that an
answer would be unnecessary since
the enumerator would know that
he earns more than $5000 and
that the only answer necessary
would be he earns '$5000 plus' a
year"
Early said that there is no
common denominator of informa-
tion on the income of millions of
part-time employed and unem-
ployed persons whose salaries fall
in the lower bracket and that the
census question is in the only
means of ascertaining this vital
information
ART EXHIBIT TO OPEN
HERE SLAM EVENINO
SENATOR RAPPED FOR
LIS FIGHT ON CENSUS ft
McAllen Tex Mar 15—(1P)---
Relatives Friday claimed bodies
and parts of bodies of twenty-seven
Mexican fruit pickers killed in !
Texas' worst railroad crossing
crash
The crash toll was raised to 1
twenty-seven when another work-
er died at midnight
Fifteen injured crowded McAl-
len municipal hospital Two of
that number may die
They were the victims of a
train-truck collision Thursday at i
an open crossing near here
Justice of the Peace R L Say-
age conducted an inquest and re-
turned a verdict that all the vic
Exhibit of art work of Colora-
do school children will open in
Stillwater Public library Sunday
afternoon for a seven day run
but sponsors announced Friday
the exhibit will be closed Sunday
night
The exhibit will continue
through March 24 at 2 to 5 o'clock
daily it was announced
Teachers in rural school con-
solidated schools and city schools
were urged to bring their pupils
to the exhibit The local chapter
of the American Association of
University Women is responsible
for bringing the- group of pictures
here
No admission charge will be
asked and the general public has
been invited
IA survey of some of the larger
lefties shows that Monday is the
favorite E hopping- day of women in
Houston Tex and Birmingham
Ala: Wednesday ranks first with
Akron O female citizens: Friday
is the big day in Washington D
C: and San Diego's ladtes favor
Saturday
IN LIONS CLUB RACE
4 4
War is Tame
Darn Army to
March Home
Gen Ledbetter Says Ills Troops
Can't Find a Fight—Words
to That Effect Anyway
Oklahoma City Mar
Adj Gen Louis Ledbetter said
Friday he would recommend to
Governor Phillips that martial law
be lifted at the Grand River darn
Earlier Phillips said he planned
to confer late Friday with Led-
better and probably would follow
Whatevtr course he suggested
State officials believe that the less
than a dozen guards patroling the
hydro-electric project would be
withdrawn tonight
Phillips established martial law
to keep dam officials from inun-
dating 18000 acres of dam prop-
erty "Officials of the dam and the
Massmart Construction company
have promised they will not lower
the gates and flood the land"
Ledbetter said "For that reason
1 see no reason to retain troops
at the dam site"
Phillips said that the Guards
'weren't hurting anybody" but
offered to withdraw them if he
received "adequate assurance"
that state property would not be
damaged
Phillips indicated belief that
differences between himself and
federal officials might be settled
vapidly in the courts Work at the
dam has been limited by a re-
training order obtained last night
by Phillips at Miami
The order simply prevented
closure of' the last arch on the
dam scheduled for April 1
Meanwhile the dam's authority
ordered its attorney to "resist
Phillips' action with every means
in behalf of and in the name of
lPhillips' action with every means
in behalf of and in the name of
the authority"
likplying to criticism of his
martial law decree by U S Sen-
ator Josh Lee Phillips described
Lee's comment as "just an excuse
for his failure to get the PWA to
put up funds to protect Okla-
homa's interest"
REPUBLICANS ISSUE
PRECINCT MEET CALL
In compliance with the official
call of the state Republican cen-
tral committee the county organ-
ization has ailed pret:inct meetings
ization has called precinct meet-
ings in Payne county for the night
of March 25 In the cities with the
meetings set for 2 o'clock p m
in rural precincts
Selection of delegates to the
county convention is the purpose
of the precinct sessions Each
precinct is to name a committee-
man and committeewoman of the
precinct and there will be named
also a delegate to the county con-
vention Date of the county convention
is April 6 It will be held in the
district court room court house
Sitilwater at 2 o'clock p m when
a county chairman vice-chairman
and state committeeman and
committeewoman will be named
Delegates will be named at that
time for the district and state con-
ventions The call is issued by Mrs
George Taylor chairwoman
I
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R B THOMPSON
Stillwater Lions club members I
looking forward to their June !
convention in McAlester have
launched a drive to name R B I
Thompson member of the local
club as district governor of Lions
clubs The A and M faculty
member's mune will be put in
nomination officially soon it was
announced by club leaders here
Friday Thompson gets a chance
to "warm up" his presiding ability
tonight when he serves as master
of ceremonies at the annual dm- i
ner-program of Stillwater chamber
of commerce Willard hall
Can Stay Out of War
But Not Out of Peace
r Agar Diseumes Situation SAFFTV HEAD TO TALK
as Pertains to NeutralitY
Stand of United States
Editor Agar Discuses
Ity HAYS CROSS
"We may stay out of the war
indefinitely if we play our cards
right" Herbert Agar soft-sooken
Southern editor said Thursday
night "but we cannot stay out Of
the peace If we take the at-
titude that Europe can go to hell
we will get the worst kind of
peace"
Arar exposed the raw side of
American history in his lecture On
"How Long Can This Country Stay
cut of the War?" in College audi-
torium Ilk was the fourth pro-
rram in the spring Allied Arts
series
Ile devoted most of his time to
the development of two points (1
that our chance of remaining out
of the conflict depends on our
ability to face the facts at home
and abroad and (2) that we must
use our good will toward human-
ity in such a Nv a y that our con-
science will always be clear
' science win always De clear
Face The Pacts
KyAgacrouicideritof
of
ur the Louisville f
the possibility that we will fail to
J
face the facts abroad than the
possibility that we will tail to face I
the facts in our own country
He holds that if we decide all
I Europeans are bad and all Amer-
leans good our conscience will not
be clear and we will be a "sucker"
for any great idealistic scheme
which offers the opportunity to
I redeem ourselves
Agar pooh-poohed the idea that
the United States is the world's
most peaceful nation pointing to
the fact that we fought rrore wars
than any other great power be-
tween 1776 and 1914 Included
were two of the "worst wars" that
I have ever been fought the Mex-
Iran and Spanish-American con-
! filets
We Have Black Mark
Agar compared the United States'
squabble with Mexico to the cur-
rent Russian - Finnish fracas
pointing out that we prodded the
Southern republic into giving us
an excuse for fighting at which'
time President James K Polk de-'
declared that "the conscience of
mankind is exhausted" and war
Iwas duly declared
The Spanish - American war1
IAgar said was caused in large
part by two journalists Joseph
I Pulitzer and William Randolph
Hearst Pulitzer Agar reported
said at one time that he wanted a
short war that would arouse inter-
est and increase his circulation
Agar incidentally won the Pu-
litzer prize in history in 1934 with
his book "The People's Choice"
Twenty-four hours before Pres-
ident William McKinley finally
decided to go to war with Spain
he was told that Spain would give
In 100 per cent to the United
States' demands Mar said Mc-
Kinley he added was too coward-
ly to go before the people and tell
them they couldn't have their
war
Our Responsibility
Between 1914 and 1917 this
country decided to enter the Euro-
pean conflict and bring about a
dictated peace rather than a stale-
mate the speaker continued to
today we must take the responsi-
bility for our entrance
mate the speaker continued so
ward the betrayal of the 14
Points" Agar advised "After the
war we did our worst to see that
the world economic system could
not get on its feet Our tariff put
things in an ultra-extra hopeless
mess
ALEXANDER '10 SPEAK
IIERE FRIDAY NIGHT
The Rev NV H Alexander pas-
tor of the North Shore Christian
church in Chicago and formerly
of Stroud spoke on "The Most
Perfect Young Gentlemen I Ever
Met" when delegations from Eden
Center Payne Center and mem-
bers of the Boys club and college
students attended services Thurs-
day evening at First Christian
church
Representatives of the churches
last week visited rural churches
In the county and last night's del-
egation from the two rural schools
came as return visitors
Members of the Boys' dub were
guests at an oyster supper in the
church basement following ser-
vices Vernon Stark Jim 33rad-
ley and Oliver Cromwell were
3ponso1s Approximately seventy-
five were present The college
group also were entert allied in an
adjoining downstairs room follow-
ing bervices
Rev Mr Alexander is to speak
Friday night on "A Big Party that
Was Broken Up"
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SINGLE COPY PRICE: Daily 2c Sunday 5c
I E I Vredenburgn shown above
assistant national director of the
health and safety service of the
!Boy Scouts of America will be
the guest of honor at Smith's cafe
at a luncheon Saturday noon and
' will speak at that time Curtis
I Williams president of the Still-
water district of Boy Scouts has
announced that all Stillwater
Scooters and others interested in
community health and safety are
invited to attend the luncheon
!and hear Vredenburgh's address
LOW COST WU PLAN
DISCUSSED THURSDAY
Details concerning a "Low Cost
Home Program" to be launched in
the near future in Stillwater were
discussed Thursday night at a
meeting of lumber dealers con-
tractors realtors and representa-
tives' of financial institutions
newspapers and utilities with rep-
resentatives of the Federal Hous-
ing administration
Hugh Askew assistant state di-
rfctor and John F Pratt Jr con-
tact representative attended the
meeting which was held in the
Municipal building
The "Low-Cost Homes Pro-
gram" sponsored in Oklahoma by
the state department of labor in
cooperation with the FHA Is bas-
ed upon a new home financing
plan which is designed to fit the
need of independent wage earners
in the lower income bracket
With down payments of 5 per
cent and reasonable monthly pay-
ments it is now posisble under
this new plan for families with
Incomes of from $700 to $1500 to
acquire home of their own
In the past according to FHA
officials large initial down pay-
ments and high monthly financ-
ing costs have prevented thous-
ands of lower bracket wage earn-
ers from owning their own homes
Maximum amount which may
be borrowed under this plan is
$2500 with interest at 41i per
cent plus a service charge of
per cent and FHA mortgage in-
surance of !'2 per cent The loan
must be paid back in equal
monthly payments within fifteen
years and five months
It was suggested at the meet-
ing that local builders construct
several 'sample houses" to be
offered for sale under the new fi-
nancing plan in order that the
public may learn how a small
modern home can be made more
attractive and livable and still be
priced within the reach of fam-
ilies with small annual incomes
Other phases of the FHA pro-
gram including the financing of
grain 'rimming tne linaneing
"We must give careful and 1 more expensive homes under the
heartfelt aid in the next peace insured mortgage system" and
We're in the position of children
if we don't" tho
1 the repair of all types of Property
the repair of all types of property
under Title I of the National
Housing Act were also discussed
at the meeting
All FHA loans are made by pri-
vate lending institutions with
government insurance affording
protection to the lending institu-
tions against loss
It was pointed out at the meet-
ing that more than $863093 in
FHA home financing loans in-
cluding new construction repairs
and repairing have been insured
In Payne county since the FHA
began operations
DEFUNCT PERRY BANK
MAKES LAST PAYMENT
Oklahoma City Mar 15--api
State Bank Commisioner Linwood
Neal Friday announced that a
twelfth and final payment in the
liquidation of the Farmers and
Merchant s bank of Perry will be
made April 15 to depositors and
creditors
Neal said the final payments
will be Ili per cent of the out-
standing indebtedness of the bank
which closed in 1932
New York City hotels have 500-
000 rooms available—more than
any other city in the world
IMEIM
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$tillwateem elev
tion TtlemblY Morel 19 tie
prepared to ote osely Own
remember to tote
SIX ARE DEAD
IN HOTEL FIRE
AT CHARLOTTE
Trapped Guests Jump From Ilotel
Windows Several Injured in
Efforts to Escape
' Charlotte N C Mar 15---(12)--
Fire caused by a boiler explosion
In the basement swept through
the three-story Guthery apart-
ment building in down-town Char-
oltee early Friday killing six per-
sons and injuring a dozen others
The flames mounted quickly
from the basement through a
freight elevator shaft spread
ing through the twenty-four tam
ily building and causing more than
twenty-five persons to flee clad
only in night clothes into sub-
freezing weather
Die In Long Jumps
Four of the victims were trap-
ped on the upper floors The two
others were killed when they
jumped and landed on the con-
crete sidewalk A score of occu-
pants of the second and third
floors were rescued by firemen or
jumped safely
At least three of the injured
were in crieical condition in Char-
lotte hospitals
A fireman was injured when a
woman jumped from a third-floor
window and struck him
A brisk wind whipped the flames
through the building which was
of brick construction
Loss Put at $100000
V J Guthery one of the owners
of the building estimated the
damage at more than $100000
A cold rain had been falling and
Ice covered the streets and side-
walks in some places hampering
rescue efforts
Firemen said a dozen persons
were forced to leap from the win-
dows and ledges of the second and
third floors Most of them were
injured
A dozen others were carried
down ladders by firemen
Bodies of the four persons who
were trapped inside the building
were recovered several hours la-
ter Fire Chief W H Palmer said a
thorough search of the ruins of
the building yielded no additional
bodies and that he felt certain
there were no other victims
ANOTHER NAZI SHIP
SCUTTLED BY CREW
London Mar 15—UP)—The ad-
miralty announced Friday that the
German steamer La Coruna 7-
414 tons was scuttled by its crew
Wednesday when it was intercept-
ed by a British warship The war-
ship picked up the crew
The ship intercepted in "north-
ern waters" was the thirty-fifth
German vessel scuttled since the
start of the war
In addition to opening the sea-
cocks of the La Coruna the Ger-
man crew set the vessel afire the
admiralty announced
The crew included ten officers
and fifty men
SHAWNEE GOING DRY
AS RAIDS CONTINUE
Shawnee Mar 15----(LP)---Ray
Mogridge investigator for the
state department of public safety
and three state county officers
confiscated 1353 pints of liquor
In two raids last night in Potta-
watomie county It was the sec-
on draid by state officers in the
county
Nine men were taken into cus-
tody in the raids No charges had
been filed today
Last night's raids followed State
Safety Commissioner Walter
Johnson's attack on a "whisky de-
pot" Wednesday nig'nt at Shawnee
CHANGE CHARGE BUT
FINE MAN $50 COST
—
Charges of operating an auto-
mobile while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor filed against
Bentley J Yokum were dismissed
Thursday evening anid he was
fined $50 and ordered to pay court
costs on a charge of public intox-
ication in peace court of Cermet
D Greiner
41
THE WORLD WAR
25 YEARS AGO
March 15 1915
Russian army defeated Aus -
trians in counter-offensive near
Smolnik in Carpathians
British Order in Council pro-
hibited all traffic to and from
Germany
Battle of St Eloi continued
with Germans shelling British
lines touhetvit of Ypres
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Wile, Otis. The Stillwater Daily Press (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1940, newspaper, March 15, 1940; Stillwater, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2163515/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.