The Cushing Daily Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 316, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 7, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Hundreds Flee In ITALY PUSHES
'Path Of Hurricane BRflAIN BACK
Sweeping In TexasjNAFRICAIYAR
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PORT ARTHUR Tex Aug 7--(UP)--The wind began slacken-
ing here this afternoon and the barometer started rising
The wind decreased from an official peak of 77 miles an hour to
gt 64 m p h at 2 p m
The barometer rose to 2910 from a low of 2883
About two dozen persons were reported injured slightly here
but tbst reports after the storm center passed showed no deaths
The exposed region on the coast south of the city had not been
heard from
' - About two dozen persons were reported injured slightly here By JOE ALEX MORRIS
' ' " but first reports after the storm center passed showed no deaths (United Prom Foreign News Editor)
The exposed region on the coast south of the city had not been Fascist armies smashed' a path
' heard from into the British front in East Al-
' 4 I rica today while royal air force
: PORT ARTHUR Tex Aug 7--(UP)--A 90-mile-an-hour tropi- planes bombed famed Le Bourget
'- cal hurricane struck the thickly populated southeastern corner of airdrome at Paris and damaged
Texas today
German bases over a wide area Th
e winds ripped signs from buildings and dotted streets with In Holland and the reich
i''' ' Itay's mechanized forces struck
branches 50 miles across the desert lands of
'I The oil refining centers of Port Arthur and Beaumont were East Africa to occupy three im-
- struck Hundreds fled to safety Officials said there was a "pos- portant bases in British Somali
' sibility of serious damage" land
Roaring through this city of 60000 persons the wind maintained A communique issued by British
an average velocity of nearly 80 miles an hour and a few spurts of 80 general headquarters at Cairo ad-
t Miles Were recorded milted that Fascist infantry ar-
41 The storm sent high tides sweeping the shore along Sabine lake tillery and tanks had occupied the
- near the gulf of Mexico desert bases of Hargeisa and Od-
weina and moved without opposi-
- Two deaths already had been blamed on the storm as it swept tion into the port of Zeila on the
across southwestern Louisiana to hit here There were two imme-
Gulf of Aden
diatc Injuries reported to the north in Beaumont as the winds Inflicts Damage
screamed at a 60-mile an hour clip there The Soma fiend camel tiorps
—
to ' The record-breaking hurricane brought a barometer reading of once a colorful fighting force in
1 ' '' 2887 lowest ever reported here the desert lands but now mechan
Those who died in Louisiana were Simon Alphonso 55 killed by ized was reported to have inflicted
shock when he was rescued at Delacroix island from rising
around his home and Miss Helen Reed 16 who jumped aters severe casualties on the Fascists in
her car' In the !gain near Lake Charles as the wind battered automobiles' back
overturn
- several the Hargesa ales before falling
british sources previously had
i in from h
g
i disLounted the importance of So
The smashing winds were working north-northwestward at 'malliand which is sourrounded on
the rate of 10 miles an hour three sIdes by Italian-held areas
x Communications were disrupted into the stricken area The stateland French Somaliland and ' had
' highway department reported that state highway 87 had been closed indicated that their chief defense
to traffic between High Island and Port Arthur and state highway 124
- 0 was closed between High Island and Winnie Libyan frontier to protect the
Western Weste Union said it had one wire open to Port Arthur from Suez Canal
Houston "and that is an hour and a half behind" efforts would be on the Egyptian-
On widely-scattered Africa fronts
Factory whistles shrilled warnings in the Orange area for lowland
residents to evacuate control of the Suez Canal as their
ultimate objective
oil field workers given ample warning of the approaching storm Hitler in Background
' Adolf Hit!er's war machine re-
virtually deserted Spindletoi) oil field near Beaumont mained momentarily in the back-
The beach settlements near PorArthur had been cleared early ground with continued sporadic
w in the day aerial raids on the British Isles
-The steadily rising winds broke the weather bureau wind gauge but there appeared to be an in
When it was repaired it registered wind velocities of 5040 miles an creked agitation itgarding Pos--
hour 4 - 4: - ' ' - -- me-tb "---41ble pat ticipation by Spainon the
I p
The thickly populated soutlIastern corner of Texas waited tensely &de of the Axis owers I From Rome reports were per-
for the "big blow"
0 Merchants hurriedly boarded their show windows State ' mitted to circulate that another
bombing attack on Gibraltar might
highway patrolmen evacuated residents from beach settlements have involved Spanish planes and
Public buildings and the
I
narrow lead over "boss-bustingl (UP)--Gov Payne H Rainer Re-
) Gm Lloyd C Stark for demo-ipublican and William H Burke
cratic renomination today as
Demecrat will lead their respective
practically all other races appear-I
tckets in the !all race for governor
ed already settled in returns from
yesterday's primary voting of Kansas primary returns showed
In returns from 3964 preciuts today
of 4446 in the state Truman had
9 Each won nomination by a wide
111 fiRA gtark 919 119 sra
rice M Milligan former Kansas
City federal prosecutor 114689
Lawrence McDaniel St Louis
excise commissioner continued to
build up a lead over state Sen Al--A
len McReynolds and two other
candidates in democratic guber-
natorial races With 3754 -precincts
reported he had 274094
McReynolds had 217463 Fred J
Frankenhoff of St Joseph 57021
and Guy W Runnion Kansas City
11 8823 McDaniel was backed by
a strong St Louis organization
and the remnants of the Pender-
gast Kansas City machine which
was showing signs of a strong re-
vival Forrest C Donnell of St Louis
r was far ahead in the race for the
republican gubernatorial nomina-
tion piling up 169115 votes with
3122 precincts reported Of his
opponents Fred A Bottger had
23588 J Grant Frye 29415 and
I-v Claude L Lambert 23502 Don-
I
' nell had the backing of the GOP
"old guard" in the state
sureauteu at a ou-mne an flour cup tncre The Soma fiend camel oorps
The record-breaking hurricane brought a barometer reading of once a colorful fighting force in
1887 lowest ever reported here the desert lands but now mechan
Those who died in Louisiana were Simon Alphonso 55 killed by !zed was reported to have inflicted
shock when he was rescued at Delacrobt island from rising waters severe casualties on the Fascists in
around his home and Miss Heleu Reed 16 who jumped from her car' the Hargeisa axes before falling
In the storm near Lake Charles as the wind battered automobiles I back
british sources previously had
overturning several
i disLounted the importance of So-
The smashing winds were working north-northwestward at 'mailland which is sourrounded on
the rate of 10 miles an hour three sides by Italian-held areas
Communications were disrupted into the stricken area The stateland French Somaliland and ' had
highway department reported that state highway 87 had been closed indicated that their chief defense
to traffic between High Island and Port Arthur and state highway 124 efforts would be on the Egyptian-
vas closed between High Island and Winnie Libyan frontier to protect the
Suez Canal
Western Union said it had one wire open to Port Arthur from
On widely-scattered Africa fronts
iouston "and that is an hour and a half behind" and in bombing expeditions against
The Southwestern Bell Telephone company said it would take I the vital British bases at Alexan-
"at least two hours" to get calls through 0 dria and Haifa the Fascist armed
A teletype news printer circuit into the Port Arthur Daily 1 forces were reported cautiouslY
News ceased functioning at 10:40 a tn punching at enemy defenses with
Factory whistles shrilled warnings in the Orange area for lowland
residents to evacuate control of the Suez Canal as their
ultimate objective
Hitler in Background
oil field workers given ample warning of the approaching storm' Adolf Hitler's war machine re-
virtually deserted Spindlet4 oil field near Beaumont mained momentarily in the back-
The beach settlements near PortvArthur had been cleared early
in the day ground with continued sporadic
aerial raids on the British Isles
a Truman Clings To Ratner Burke To
Lead Over Stark Head Tickets
Senator Has Narrow Mar-
gin For Re-Nomination As
Governor Threatens
ST LOUIS Aug 1—UP)--
Sen Harry S Truman clung to a
Hitler Reported
Visiting Essen
NEW YORK Aug 7--- (1Pf --
The Gerniall wireless said that
Adolf littler visited Essen today In
order "personally to express his
felicitations" to Krupp Von Doh-
a lett mid Halbach German muni-
lions maker on the occasion of his
70th birthday
Knipp the radio said received
the Nazi party's golden medal of
honor an eagle shield of the retch
and the war cross of merit of tile
first class "in recognition of his
merits for German armaments"
Knipp the wireless added was
"Vile first German to reeeive this
high decoration"
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I
Each won nomination by a wide any war leul a um Y '"'"' — I illg WiLil WIC ueinti ILLICIIL
America
!dined to comment Willi(
margin in a primary that capped a Italian opelations in Africa ap- I
Latin
ing receipt of the full
Quiet campaign Neither bothered putted to be prelim:al y to an of-
Cudahy's remarks
I
fensive from Libya against Egypt Welles said this gov
to campaign and the primary in I as well as drives already in pro-
had received no complet
a
c- gress into Kenya colony and Brit-
e
which the Republicans cast a mu thentic information regar
heavier vote showed they had the
ish Somaliland food situation in central
backing cf their party followings He said the government h
On the Republican side all of the mentary ' reports but hi
encumbents won renomination Routine Business that accurate information
along with Ratner Those who had ing crop conditions was
opposition were Frank J Ryan sec-to obtain
rctary of state George L McClen- Occupies Farmers
—
fly superintendent of public in- ''SVeek Today
struction and W C Austin state 1
printer Those who had no op- (Related Niws Farm Page) Backing 01
position were Carl E Friend lieu- STILLWATER Okla Aug 7-1
tenant governor George Robb (IIP)—Routine business matters
o
auditor Walter E Wilson treas- occupied the third days Pmgralr I 114) A e
wet Jay S Parker attorney gen-
eral and Charles F Hobbs insur-
ance commissioner
On the Democratic ticket the
nominees along with Burke were
the undecided winner of the race
for lieutenant governor Lawrence
F Fitzgerald secretary of state
John Meek Jr auditor Jib° He-
witt treasurer Eli Eubanks at-
torney general J A Blair super-
intendent of public instruction
Fi ank DeJaegher insurance commissioner
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Did You See?
THE "radio that looks like a
camera" which Miss Doris
Dalrymple carries about with
her? The handle is the aerial
The young lady lives at 31912
West Oak but radios any-
where Les Sewell taking his seven
months old son into a local
barber shop for his first hair-
cut? The young man is re-
ported as having behaved un-
usually well
PRICE 5 CENT
I
USH
Mechanized Forces Strike
50 Miles Across Desert To
Occupy Tnree Bases
Head Tickets tha-ve been discounted because of
the country's economic position On
Pair Get Nominations Inl the other hand the Falangists
have sought to aid the Axis prop-
aga nda onslaught against the
Kansas For Governor Pri-
!British
—
( IJP)—Routine business ma tOrs I
occupied the third day's program 1
today at the annual farm week
conference sponsored by Oklahoma
A and M college:-
Election of officers of the Okla-
homa Demonstration Council was
scheduled for late today Tonight
the 2500 farmers and their wives I
will assemble in Lewis stadium at
the college for the annual enter-
tainmcnt p:ogram of the home I
demonstration women of Okla- r
I IC
homa fir
Fireside Chats In
Electioneering Will
Mean Rival Time
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 1—
(11P)--The National Association
of Broadcasters decided today that
if President Roosevelt uses his
"fireside charradio technique as
a vehicle for electioneering the
broadcasters will grant equal free
time to rival candidates
The burden of proof however
would fall upon the opposition
parties to show that the president
had utilived his fireside talks tor
campaign purposes
First To
Report Back
Is Sergeant
DAILY LARGEST CIRCUOTION BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY rAND TULSA
&mond Class Metter Mes 4 19211 at the restalike it comma Okle Vadat Ad Musk Deily Itzsept &turd
I -CUSHING OKLATIOMA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7 1940 um FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
Sergeant Pricker Likes
Food And Cheers Yok-
ed Hogs And Pines
FIRST word from the "front" at
Camp Pitkin La where Com-
pany A of the 120th Medical Regi-
ment Oklahoma Natidnal Guard I
is encamped is a report from
Staff Sergeant Edgar O Fricker I
and it doesn't come from Camp!
Pitkin at all but was written en
Route while the army was cross-
ing Texas
The letter is mailed from Aving-
er Texas but is dated at Mount
Pleasant where the army spent its
first night
Dear Cushing Citizen and all
the rest of the citizens:
Well here we are in Mount
Pleasant tired and stiff but in
good spirits even though we
have to stand regimental guard
tonight The guard tonight in-
cludes: Staff Sergeant Burp°
Corporal Gray and privates
Edgar Wyrick A Wyrick
George Webb Junior Spoon and
James A Smith Pongue Per-
cell and Clayton Percell
We followed the schedule to
a second even though we had
some trouble with the trucks
If the eats are as good the
next 20 days as they have been
today everything will be fine
People lined the streets in
every town we came through
especially in Hugo It sure
makes a fellow feel good when
they give him a few cheers
We had an escort highway
patrol and city officers through
Ada Oklahoma There were also
police officers through Paris
Texas
Besides seeing lots of country
some of us saw our first tall
pine trees and hogs running
lopsetvith yokes like cattle': The
yokes are to keep them in the I
highways I guess E O Fricker
1
---" highway patrolmen evacuated residents from ik1111 CLULZMIS V‘‘ sasAs
om beach settlements have involved Spanish planes and
Public buildings and the more stable private homes were opened at Madrid the Falangist newspaper
sserted that Spain was a 0
Ask Cudahy
to many residents A stream of cars moved northward alom thp I Arriba a
Beaumont highway
"moral belligerent" and "on the rl or Explanation
:
The thrashing tropical storm was blowing in from the gulf of I verge of war" against Britain For
Mexico at a forward speed of nine miles an hour from the region of I The Spat!) United States Says No Au-1 !l)
aireariv i )a
Cameron La 30 miles to the southeast where 70 mile winds 1 but tg i stt hepa srotaynisish agopower ve r govern- In 1
s 4 svtnitt rt voi ca n I 1 houri
F 11 a
e winds already to h
MEnt as soug maintain an
hear
ht
LY
Another Destroyer for U S
-F”
Another U S destroyer is launched at Bath Me adding to Uncle
Sam' s increasing naval strength The new warship is the U S S
Livermore named in honor of the late naval hero Chaplain Samuel
Livermore The ship is of 1630 tons 341 feet long and its largest
guns are five-inch caliber
Think British German
Navies War Near Brazil
Cannonading Heard At Sea Northmst of
Rio De Janeiro Steatnship Reports See
ing Armed Ships In Area
x a Noite reported today that cannonading had twen
d at sea northeast of Rio de Janeiro and that it was
'Captain' Is
Expert On
Firing Too
Man Wno Fills Gro-
ceries Also Knows His
"Onions" As a Military
Man
THE man who fills your order at
the Cooksey Grocery—the bru-
nette with the most hairthat is
—doesn't speak in a sharp mili-
tary tone to customers—but he
probably could do so if the occa-
sion demanded
Burl Haber is a Captain in the
Reserve Officers Training Corps
and may within a few months be
training men in the ways of war-
fare He recently signed the army
questionnaire as "available" and
is now subject to call at any time
Captain Babel- has an unusual
record as a result of his five
periods of training in camp and
his ROTC experience at A and
M college
In qualification firing he made
the rank of expert marksman in
the use of an M-1 Garand a 45
pistol and a machine gun In the
first two he made 38 points out of
a possible 50 in firing the first two
named guns and 186 out of a pos-
sible 200 on machine gun firing
In 1937 Baber spent six weeks
in camp on four other occasions
he spent two weeks in camp He
is a captain in the infantry
Spain -Hews
Britain With
'Moral War'
MADRID Spain Aug 7—(IIP)
The Falangist newspaper Arriba
said tod illial Spain was "physi-
cally on the verge of battle'
against Great Britain
Aruba in a front page editorial
declared that Spain is a "moral
belligerent" sharply attacked
Great Britain and asserted that
the government has not the right
to suppress public and press hos-
tility to Brilain
planauon
1 to Er
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil Aug 7—(1:P)—The news: tility
Declar rtain ing Spain was "first al
neutral then non-belligerent and Rites For Mrs
now physically on the verge of I w)
hnttlp " Arrihft dpnclunepd the' bean Are Held
had been reported J I mcnt has sougnt TA) maintain an i
thenic Information Re- battle" Arriba denounce
outward position of neutrality Re- I ! )e11 Are no
"aumed" that British and German armed ships were en-
d the
' pcatedly there have been reports! present official policy of neu- 1 Here Tuesday
TEAM ank nil rin 1 rvi that Spain might join up with the I ceived From Belgium Am gaged trait
fro-n pt
on12t!ii iy a Vietolii rts lf1in I elitt”littt I
that Spain mtgnt Join up vim mei --- -- - - - —
–
Axis powers in o bassado
rder to get Gibral- th
The dispatch dated from e coastal city of V ictori 7:
r
a our official neutrality cannot
tar from Britain but these usually said the roar of gunfire had been heard from the sea in oblige the state to curb and
net Welles disclosed today that —dispatch said "The Brazilian i
the state department has asked t steamship Ararangua s i g h t e d It
John Cudahy American ambas-
sador to Belgium for a text and ! Chief Arranges armed ships which it was assumed I
might be the Alcantara I armed
1— - I -“6 n n I n—r---- VITth 1
the state department has asked
John Cudahy American ambas-
sador to Belgium for a text and
explanation of his remarks at a I
press interview in London yester-
Cwo-i7d-e-11 Hull and it sought to soothe :
1 ed the interview without co-nsult- melte Harry
Routine Business I re-ga-rd- car defense tour which may take
ing crop conditions was difficult him deep into the New England
Occupies Farmers to obtain states
Week Today
ETILLWATER Okla Aug 7—
inciated Nnys Farm Page)
aching Out Cause Of 16 Of
Chief Arranges
Conference With
Wallace Today
t i t onterence
' IV MI
mary Returns Show - I Don't Want Amei lean War
explana it In regard to the Americas the press interview in London yester-
ion of his remarks at a
Fascist newspaper editor Virginto day Wallace Today
KANSAS CITY Kan Aug ayda wrote that the Axis pow-
Cudahy was quoted in London
g 7—
(Ts
(UP)—Gov Payne H Ratner Re-
have no intention now or in dispatches as saying that Bel- HYDE PARK N Y Aug 7—
the future of spreading glum faced a famine unless the 1UP) — President Roosevelt ar-
publican and William H Burke
i i t wacross the Atlant c His is he war
United States could get food to ranged a Etrategy conference to-
Demccrat will lead their respective I was sharply critical of what he the Belgian people through the day with his running mate Sec-
Ockets In the tall race for governor called -alarmist" statements by I British blockade ' retary of Agriculture Henry A
of Kansas primary returns showed United States Secretary of State Welles said Cudahy had grant- Wallace and Secretary of Corn-
I cmfiell 1-11111 and it sought to soothe 1
1 ed the interview without consult- melte Harry L Hopkins conven-
I
war fears fears that may exist in ing with the department He de- tion manager of
America clined to comment further pend- 1 nomination drive
Ilan opel ations in Africa ap-
I ing receipt of the full text of i Hopkins is ext:
'd to be prelimliday to an of- I Cudahy's remarks today Wallace wj
ve from Libya against Egypt Welles said this government ' row to spend the
ell as drives already in pro-
had received no complete or au- ! conference with
into Kenya colony and Brit-
?
thentic information regarding the the summer Whit
omalliand food situation in central Europe The strategy co
He said the government had frag- ranged as Mr B
I mentary ' reports but he added ' out final details (
utine Business 1 that accurate information regard- 1 car defense tour
i ing crop conditions was difficult him deep into tr
r!unies Farmers i te s tates states
ity's 46 Traffic Acc
of the third term
Hopkins is expected here late
today Wallace will arrive tomor-
row to spend the afternoon in a
!conference with Mr Roosevelt at
the summer White House
The strategy conference was ar-
ranged as Mr Roosevelt worked
out final details of a "non-political"
defense tour which may take
him deep into the New England
states
idents
Cushing Makes Effort To Reduce Mis-
haps Analyzes Reports Co-Operates
With State Safety Campaign
Eacking out was the cause of 16 of Cushing 's 46 traf-
fic accidents °miring within the city limits since the first
of the year Police Desk Sergeant Ray Oliver revealed today
Keeping a record of the accidents the causes loca-
tion time day and date is just part of the work that the
officer does in making a study of the mishaps in Cushing
All of the accidents are recorded
in a specially designed book that
will reveal the things policemen accidents so far this year while
want to know about the accidents
pocr vision accounted for six tee-
ords reveal
without having to look them up
iwok Ir the tiles of police records Leading among the other causes
No Fatalities were bad brakes and passing CUIS
No traffic fatalities hktve been Slippery pavement was one of the
recorded in Cushing this year causes and turtling another
while last year several persons had Effort Made to Cut Mishaps
met death by August 7 and a to- An effort has been made with
tat of nine died in the county the city to cut the number of itc-
during the year cidents and reduce fatalities in
Failure to give the right of way keeping with the national safety
was credited as the cause of seven I Mum to Pvgt 3 Column I)
Slippery pavement was one of the
causes and turning another
Effort Made to Cut Mishaps
An effort has been made with
the city to cut the number of ac-
cidents and reduce fatalities in
keeping with the national safety
(Turn to Pvgt 3 Column I)
British merchant ship) and a i
German raider"
The Alcantara was damaged on
July 28 in a fight with a German
raider which also was damaged
but escaped
I Accra Sinks No
IChildren Aboard
i LONDON Aug 7---1UP-----Surtvivors
disclosed today that the
British motorship Accra was sunki
off the Irish coast on July 25 by I
I a submarine Authorities denied
that the 9337-ton ship carried
any refugee children
I The Accra was leading a con-
voy when it was torpedoed and
' sunk about 2 p m
Eight passengers and nine
!members of the crew were report-
!ed missing
'
!Survivors Land
1 About 450 Accra survivors land-
ed at a northwest port They as-
sated there was no panic when
the ship went down
Survivors said one of the ships
lifeboats capsized and one raft
I was overturned by the Accra's
I Pr°Pt
'1101S as the ship went down-
iAll persons on the raft and in the
lifeboat were saved by other ships -
One crew member of the Accra
said:
"Nobody saw the submarine I'
saw the captain of the Accra pick- !
ed up"
Torpedoes Third Time
Herbert Enright steward aboard 1
the Accra said 1
"I Just had finished serving cof- i
(Turn to page 4 column 5 i
Orlando Blackburn
Buys Property From
E U Benson on 3rd
Sale of a house owned by E U
11$011 and located at 1106 East
Third Street Is reported today as
made by the Leo Pringey insur-
ance and real estate agency to Or-
lando Blackburn Blackburn is ad-
vertising manager on the Citizen
The house Is a five room modern
house
strangle the spontaneous impulse
of a people who have adopted the
position of moral belligerency for
many just reasons" it said
"No one can fail to consider
England as the most direct vio-
lator of our destiny: we cannot
overlook how her armed forces
menace the Integrity of our terri-
tory and by what means her eco-
nomic hold have weakened and
divorced fraternal peoples from
our interests"
The newspaper accused England
of aiding and abetting the ene-
mies of the present Spanish re-
gime during the civil war in Spain
and thereby "by prolonging the
resistance of our enemies consum-
mating on our soil the Impover-
ishment which the entire Spanish
people has suffered in its flesh
and blood"
Publishing Company
Damaged By Fire
OKLAHOMA CITY Aug
(UP) —Spontaneous combustion
was blamed today for a fire that
did $25000 damage late yesterday
to the Harlow Publishing com-
pany in downtown Oklahoma City
Victor L Harlow president of
the firm said the lass was cover-
ed by insurance Paper stock and
printing equipment were dam-
aged about $20000 and damage to
the building was $5000
Mercury Reaches
96 Degrees Today
The mercury climbed back into
the high 90's today after Cushimf
enjoyed a break In the heat wave
yesterday
The high was recorded at 3:15
p m of 98 degrees after a low
reading of '70 at 6:30 a m
'Did You Hear?!
Rev John Callan's new
ear being borrowed for 45
minutes in Stillwater Sunday
evening? It was brought back
to the driveway just 45 min-
utes after it was taken
parked and found to be In
Rood condition Officers be-
lieve that the thief developed 1
scruples against taking a
preacher's car--or maybe the
gas tank was loW
Action Deferred
On Mobilization
Of Guardsmen
'Vaa a
Prmi Staif CorrespondenO
WASHINGTON Aug 7—
(UP)—The house military
affairs committee voted to-
day to reopen hearings an
the conscription bill and in- -
vited testimony from former
Secretary of War Harry
Woodring General John J
Pt rshing and others
The agreemem was reached at
what members described as a
"harmonious" session compared
with the heated meeting yesterday
at which "fifth column" charges
were levelled against opponents
of the draft measure
Vote Against Wondring
The committee once had voted
11 to 10 against inviting Wood-
ring a conscription foe and
Pershing a proponent of the mea-
sure Others who will be invited
to appear next Tuesday under the
new agreement include Secretary
of Navy Frank Knox former as-
sistant Secretary of War Louis
Johnson and Brig Gen Hugh S
Johnson
The committee deferred action
on the national guard mobiliza-
tion bill pending its passage by
the senate The upper chamber
began debating the bill under a
20-minute limitation of each
speech
Urge Speedy Enactment
The senate military affairs
committee in a majority report
urged speedy enactment of the
conscription bill as a necessary ad-
junct of the general rearmament
program The majority said- that
"weapons without men are as ft'
tile as men without weapons"
The majority report ' warned
that "it is too late to train -men '
after the emergency is upon
It asserted that "reasonable pru-
dence" ' de mantis-‘ an A"inuaad)ate
and subsCantial Increase u t
nation's armed forces
The committee minority con
sisting of Sens Edwin C Johnson
D Colo John W Thomas R
I Ida and Ernest Lundeen
Minn filed its report yesterday
warning against "hitlerized meth-!
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liners! services ror Mrs
oassaaor said the roar of gunfire had been heard from the sea in !oblige the state to curb and "'"'"'
Bean age 20 who died Sat-
WASHINGTON Aug 7-111P) that area strangle the spontaneous impulse 'Urine urday morning
people tilt) have adopted the
g at the home of her
—Acting Secretary of State sum- '
"It wag assumed that it was a naval engagement" the 11)f a moral ligeren f paitn t ie s 1m and Mrs Robert Cor-
position of belcy or I
Lome bean age zu wno cued oat-
' urday morning at the home of her
parents Mr and Mrs Robert Cor-
tell northwest of Cushing were
hid yesterday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Fair ley Memorial
Chapel with Rev Hubert Durham
in charge of the services Burial
a as in the Bend cemetery
Miss Glena Mae Fowler Miss
Florence Fowler Paul Harrison of
Ripley and Walter Filmore of
Cushing accompanied by Mrs Dale
Holbrook of Perkins at the piano
sang requests of the family They
vt re In the Sweet Bye and Bye"
I"Face to Face" and "God Will
!Take Care of You"
Flower girls were Reba Stevens
Maggie Plunkett Marie Rodgers
i Lilian Thompson Natha!ee In-
man and Marcella Ellwood Pall-
bearers were Raymond Mural) Bill
Lewis Marion Cantrell C H Plun-
kett William Lambert and Allen
Williamson
She is survived by her husband
Mark Bean of Hulbert her par-
ents Mr and Mrs Robert Correll
one sister Beulah Fay of the home
several uncles aunts and other
relatives
IT CAN HAPPEN
TO A FIREMAN
TOO-AND DID
It can happen to a firenmn
too
Martin Gelbhar assistant fire
chief awoke this morning short-
ly after 5:30 am to find his
home at 317 North Cleveland
tilled with smoke
A hurried examination reveal-
td no fire but Ocibhar and his
ivife could smell what they de-
cided was wire burning
The fireman quickly ran to
the attic to see about the wiring
while his wile continued the
search downstairs
She found the trouble-- the
rad10 was on fire The damage
had already been stopped for
the veteran fireman had pulled
the electric switch the first
thing when he saw smoke but
the condenser and several wires
were ruined
"I had Just about decided to
call for help in looking for the
fire" the assistant chief said
"It's a good thing t pulled that
switch first and looked later"
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About two dozen persons were reported injured slightly here By JOE ALEX MORRIS
' ' '' but thst reports after the storm center passed showed no deaths (United Pnms Foreign News Editor)
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: The exposed region on the coast south of the city had not been Fascist armies smashed' a path I s Sergeant
heard from into the British front in East Al- 0
6 - ' li rica today while royal air force '
I Sergeant Fricker Likes
: PORT ARTHUR Tex Aug 7--(11P)--A 90-mile-an-hour tropi- planes bombed famed Le Bourget
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- cal hurricane struck the thickly populated southeastern corner of airdrome at Paris and damaged Food And Cheers Yok-
Texas today
German bases over a wide area ed Hogs And Pines — -
The winds ripped signs from buildings and dotted streets with In Holland and the reich
- t Itay's mechanized forces struck I FIRST word from the "front" atl
branches - 50 miles across the desert lands of Camp Pitkin La where Corn-
' The oil refining centers of Port Arthur and Beaumont were East Africa to occupy three im- pany A of the 120th Medical Regi-
struck Hundreds fled to safety Officials said there was a "pos- portant bases in British Somali- l ment Oklahoma Naticinal Guard I I
sibMty of serious damage" land I is encamped is a report from 1
Roaring through this city of 60000 persons the wind maintained A communique issued by British 1 Staff Sergeant Edgar O Fricke'' I
an average velocity of nearly 80 miles an hour and a few spurts of 90 general headquarters at Cairo ad- I and it doesn't come from Camp!
t Pitkin at all but was written en I
Miles Were recorded mated that Fascist infantry ar- I
0 4 The storm sent high tides sweeping the she along Sabine lake tillery and tanks had occupied the i Route while the army was cross-
near the gulf of Mexico desert bases of Hargeisa and Od- ! ing Texas I
I The letter is mailed from Aving-
weina aad moved without opposi-
- - Two deaths already had been blamed on the storm as it sweet 1 er Texas but is dated at Mount
' - tion into the port of Zeila on the
across southwestern Louisiana to hit here There were two imme- I Pleasant where the army spent its 1
- Gulf of Aden 1
' diate injuries reported to the north in Beaumont as the winds Inflicti Damage I first night
1 1
- - screamed at a 60-mile an hour clip there Dear Cushing Citizen and all
The Soma hand camel oorps '
the 't f the iti
0 I The record-breaking hurricane brought a barometer reading of - le les o le c zens
once a colorful fighting force ii
' '' '' 2887 lowest ever reported here
1 the desert lands but now mechan
Those who died in Louisiana were Simon Alphonso 55 killed by ized was reported to have inflicted Pl Well here we are in Mount
easant tired and stiff but in
' shock when he was rescued at Delacroix island from rising waters severe casualties on the Fascists in good spirits even tnough we
around his home and Miss Helen Reed 16 who jumped from her car' the Hargelsa alert before falling have to stand regimental guard
ht the storm near Lake Charles as the wind battered automobiles
0 " 'back had tonight The guard tonight in-
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british sources previously eludes: Staff Sergeant Burp°
overturning several '
I discounted the importance of So-
Corporal Gray and privates
- - ' The smashing winds were working north-northwestward at E d g a r Wyrick A Wyrick
'mailland which is sourrounded on
' - ' the rate of 10 miles an hour
three sldes by Italian-held areas George Webb Junior Spoon and
James A Smith Pongue Per-
x- Communications were disrupted into the stricken area The state and French Somaliland and ' had
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PORT ARTHUR Tex Aug 7--(UP)--The wind began slacken- Mechanized Forces Strike ' i 4 Action Deferred
ing here this afternoon and the barometer started rising 50 Miles Across Desert To' First To 1 Another Destroyer for U S ! Captain Is
t The wind decreased from an official peak of 77 miles an hour to 1 : 10n Mobilization
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' About two dozen persons were reported injured slightly here By JOE ALEX MORRIS : !Of Guardsmen
but 'Wet reports after the storm center pasth sed showed no deaths (United Prow Foreign News Editor) I 99 i 4!"' 9 ' '' ' ' ' 1 FI:s:w1
' The exposed region on the coast sou of the city had not been ' I
Fascist armies smashed' a path IS Sergeant 4 1 II Itig9 Too (United P 1 no Stott Correonondentt '
heard from into the British front in East Al- Sergeant Fricker Likes WASHINGTON Aug 7—
do 4 t Man Wilo Fills Gro-
or rica today while royal air force ' ' ' ‘ 110 ' ' " (UP)—The house military
: PORT ARTHUR Tex Aug 7--A --A 90-mile-an-hour tropi- planes bombed famed Le Bourget! ceries Also Knows His
cal hurricane struck the thickly populated southeastern corner of airdrome at Paris and damaged ! Food And Cheers Yok- :21 - t :: ' - ' 1 allairs committee voted to-
ed Hogs
Texas today
German bases over a wide area : And Pines u-' ti
SC "Onions" As a Military day to reopen beangs on
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In Holland and the retch 1
- - The' winds ripped signs from buildings and dotted streets with 1
sid ' I Man the conscription bill and in-
t ' brtinchps I Ito ys mechanized forces struck 1 IIIIRSTwordfrom thelfr?nrat 11 k ty ' 6 ': '4r" 147 I v vited testimony from former
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