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Organization
Brings Victory
To Kerr's Camp
By HOWARD WILSON
AKLAHOMA CITY July 164SP)—
kJ The story of Robert S Kerr's vic-
tory in the race for governor can be
teld principally in four words— or-
ganization and hard work
Now that the race is over and
everybody is shaking hands some of
the behind-the-scenes stories can be
told without hurting anyone's feelings
Supporters and managers of Kerr
actually were scared in the closing
two weeks of the campaign—scared not
so much of Oomer Smith but of
Frank Douglass They were afraid
that the strides the district judge
was making would cut deeply into
their own vote
But Kerr had something which
Douglass lacked Be had organization
—the kind of organization that sees
to it the voters get to the polls on
election day Douglass had workers
but not enough of them
Another thing which made the Kerr
camp fearful of the outcome waa the
failure to produce a federal "nod"
which had been widely advertised as
corning Kerr supporters today ad-
mitted it was a bonehead to adver
Use that Eugene Casey administrative
assitant to the president was on
his way to Oklahoma for the purpose
of delivering the nod Douglass as
they ruefully recall got busy and
had Paul V McNutt federal security
administrator put At stop to any such
activity on the part of Casey—and
Casey never did get to Oklahoma City
Tz ERR'S followers then began to
1-1- fear they had made a mistake
In not attacking Douglass as well as
Smith The Douglass campaign un-
doubtedly was gaining and if it
had been given a ' financial shot in
the arm Douglass might have gone
over the top As it was Douglass
got more votes per dollar spent than
either of the other two candidates
The race revealed one postive fact
Oomer Smith's strength was overes-
timated by practically every observer
The bclief that most of Smith's senate
vote of 190000 in 1938 would still be
with him was false Not only was
the total vote in the election far be-
low the 1938 figure but Smith lost
' Jr the percentage column as well
As for Kerr himself he proved that
be was able to weld an organization
that would hold together throughout
a strenpus campaign Many times
during the campaign there was ad-
mitted discouragement and its must
be to the credit of Kerr and his
campaign managers that on election
day the organization remained intact
TZ-ERR proved another thing to °k-
n- 19homa He proved that a well-to-do
oil man can be elected gayer
tor Certain wise politicians in the
Ernith camps had declared that the
Oklahoma which elected William H
Murray the cheese-and-cracker can-
didate over Frank Buttram the oil
millionaire would never elect Kerr
over Oomer Smith
This contention was wrong—as the
vote shows Even more so was the
contention wrong when it is con-
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COTTOil 101111 IS
To BE EMBED
Indefinite Extension Made
By CCC Stamper Told
The 1942 cotton loan has been ex-
tended indefinitely by the Commodity
Ciedit corporation W C Stamper
Garvin county AAA administrative of-
ficer was notified today by the CCO
"This means" Stamper said "that
producers who have not liquidated
their cotton loans by July 31 will
retain title to their cotton until
such time as the Commodity Credit
corporation chooses to terminate the
loan
"We are giving this information at
this time in order that the producers
of Garvin county may know that
It will not be necessary that they
sell their equities this month"
The Vleather
State Forecast
Continued warm today and tonight
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Paula Valley Weather
Maximum 97
Minimum 72
Total precipitation during 24-hour
period ending at 7 a in today:
000 inches
Total precipitation to date this year:
2650 inches
Total precipitation last year
b370 Inches
Gardner Cowles Jr appointed
assistant director of Office of War
Information in Washington ac-
cording to announcement by Di-
rector Elmer Davis He is president
of the Des Moines Register and
Tribune of Look Magazine and
of Iowa Broadcasting Co
OILERS MATCH
THREE Gil IltIES
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Four tlew races To Appear
In County Official Family
Newsman District 2 November Vote
All That Is Needed To
Complete The Lineup
Seminole All-Stars Play
Here Sunday Clothiers
Matched For Two Battles
NeOMIMIOS
The Pure Oilers here today an-
nounced scheduling of three games
during the next 10 days two of them
at home and also said that work
got under way this morning on
larging the field at the watery
diamond
The Oilers will play here Sunday
afternoon against the Seminole All-
Stars and during the following week
will meet the Bell Clothiers of Okla-
homa City in a two-game home and
home series going to Oklahoma City
Thursday night of next week for their
first game away from home this sea-
son Such stars as the two Indian pitch-
ers who are Well known in state base-
ball circles Harjo and Fexico will
make up the Setrdnole team to play
here Sunday afternoon The team will
be considerably stronger than the
Seminole team which took a drubbing
at the hands of the Oilers here ear-
lier in the season local team of-
ficials were assured
The Oilers expect some stiff opposi-
tion in all three of the games The
Clothiers lost to the oilers 3 to 2
here July 4th in the best game here
in several seasons A week from Sun-
da i the Clothiers will come here for
another game
Part of the cornfield on the Boyd-
ston place adjoining the baseball
I diamond on the east side has been
purchased and work of leveling it to
make a larger outfield started to-
day : It also was announced the Oilers ex-
pected to be strengthened soon by
addition of Dutch Prather outfielder
1 and Illenn Alexander pitcher to the
roster -
Reorganization Of
NYA In Oklahoma
Now Is Complete
OKLAHOMA CITY July 16---(SP)
—Reorganization of the state Na-
tional Youth Administration to am-
inate the state administrative office
has been completed with the setting
up of eight master shops to direct ac-
tivities in each area Bruce Carter
state NYA manager said today
Carter listed the eight master Shops
and the project manager for each as
follows:
Durant Earl Hamilton Cordell Vir-
gil Church Tonkawa Johnston Mur-
ray Shawnee Lou Allard Tulsa
Charles Johnson ' Muskogee Fred
Settles Chickasha Ed Berrong Okla-
homa City Paul Staas:
The project manager In a master
shop Carter said handles admin-
istration work for not only the master
shop but all the shops in its area
The operations chief in each master
shop Carter said is the shop lore—
man
Rev W T Reynolds was a visitor
in Oklahoma City today
l'AULS VALLEY GARVIN COUNTY OKLAII(31A THURSDAY JULY 16 1912
Garvin county's official fam-
ily will contain at least four new
members during the next two-
year term as a result of Tues-
day's election in the county
of the 13 offices in the county
which were filled by vote of the
people only cne had not been settled
Eight were filled Tuesday and four
candidates seeking re-election had no
opposition and it was not necessary
for their names to appear on the
ballot
The general election in November
will complete the lineup At that time
voters of the second district will
choose between C E McKeY Demo-
cratic incumbent and Sam Muse Re-
publican both of Elmore City for
county commissioner in that district
McKey Nominated Tuesday
McKey won the party nomination
Tuesday over J 0 Sparks also of
Elmore City in a close race He de-
feated Muse in the general election
two years ago
Charlie Callahan one of the other
two commissioners will serve his sec-
ond term in district 1 and palms
Brown will succeed C A Watts Strat-
ford present chairman of the board
when the new commission takes office
Brown won in a field of four can-
didates for the district 3 commis-
sioner's post at the Tuesday elec-
tion Other New Officers
In addition to Brown the new officials-elect
are Willis Morgan county
superintendent Ernest Wall county
treasurer and Jess C Daniels county
assessor but none is a newcomer in
the true sense Wall is serving his sec-
ond term as county superintendent
moving over to the race for treasurer
when the incumbent treasurer George
Phelps did not seek re-election
I Morgan served two terms as super-
intendent being elected first in 1934
and re-elected in 1936 He was not a
candidate four years ago when Wall
was chosen for the first time
Four Had No Opponent
Daniels is the present deputy
assessor He entered the rare for the
assessor s job when his chief Ed Cales
decided against seeking election to
the office again
County Judge R B Garvin County
Attorney M J Ewert Court Clerk Ed
Craig Jr and 8urve3ror Elmer Fields
had no opposition for re-election and
Sheriff Claud B Swinney County
Clerk Claude Parsons and Weigher
Preston Talley were re-elected in
Tuelselo's voting
Eight of the 13 will take office in
January and the other five in July
of 1943 at the beginning of the fiscal
year
The three commissioners the treas-
urer and the superintendent will take
office next July the others in Jan-nary
FIRST AID SHOW
To BE TONIGHT
All Interested Persons In
This Area Are Invited
—
Alt persons who have completed
first aid courses in recent months in
Pauls Valley and anyone else in-
terested were invited today to attend
a free saowing of official Red Cress
first aid talking pictures here to-
night The four-reel pictures provided by
the Red Cross midwest area office in
St Louis will be shown at the NYA
building beginning at 8:45 o'clock ac-
cording to Dr Hugh Monroe first
aid instructór
A class in advanced first aid will
begin at the NYA building at 8
O'clock Friday evening Dr Monroe
said Any person who has completed
the regular first aid COUTO and is in-
terested in the advance coursa was
asked to contact Dr Monroe if he or
she wishes to enroll in the advanced
course
Parrott Resigns As
U S Reports Chief
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OKLAHOMA CITY July 113—(SP)
—Forrest Parrott who has been state
director of the office of government
reports o announced his resignation to-
day effective immediately He 8150
said that Frederick D Behringer who
has been his assistant succeeded him
Parrott was one of the first men
named in the federal war effort setup
He was an appointee of Senator Josh
Lee
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scene in roOm in Justice Department building Washington where eight Nazi saboteurs are on trial
Military commission of seven members at rear of picture Attorneys for government right defense
counsel left 1risoners extreme left (U S Army Signal Corps Photo)
Ceres Lead Continues To Grow With All
DLit Few Precincts In Cartwright Loses
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DE GilUILE NOD
Publication Of tan On
Warships In Egypt War
Zone Is Expected Next
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VICHY July 16--41—The Vichy
government officially protested to-
day to Washington against assignment
of military representatives to General
Charles DeGaulle declaring this
"constitutes an attack on the sov-
ereignty of France"
An authorized source declared it was
"inadmissible" that the American
government "which is maintaining
normal relations with the French
government also maintain relations
with a rebel force"
(The United States department of
state announced July 9 that Admiral
Harold R Stark and Brig Gen
Charles L Bolte had been assigned
to consult in London with the Na-
tional Committee of the Fighting
French headed by General DeGaulle
"on all matters relating to the con-
duct of the war")
The protest of Vichy was announced
pending publication of the French
stand concerning French warships In-
terned at Alexandria The latter was
understood to reject all proposals to
move the ships elsewhere than to
French territory on the grounds that
to do so would not conform with
French-German armistice terms
(The state department announced
in Washington two days ago that
Vichy had already rejected two pro-
posals by President Roosevelt for re-
moval of the nine demilitarized
French naval vessels from the EPP-
tian war zone) -
Vichy was warned that rejection
would justify the British in ordering
the ships moved or in destroying
them if removal orders were not
heeded
(As indicated by the following the
French public apparently was in-
formed concerning the Ametican pro-
posals only today and still did not
know that they had been rejected by
Vichy)
The papers this morning for the
first time published parts of a state-
ment by acting U S Secretary of
State Sumner Welles on negotiations
over the French squadron but
cautiously refrained from all comment
while awaiting publication by Chief
of Government Laval of details of the
negotiations
30000 Tons Alfalfa
To U S Stations
OICLAHOMA CITY July 16-(SP)
—Oklahoma has furnished 30000 tons
of alfalfa hay to the U S govern-
1 ment remount stations throughout the
nation President Joe C Scott of the
state board of agriculture said to-
day Scott also said that this spring the
state furnished 100000 crates of straw-
berries for the lease-lend branch of
government The berries were pro-
cessed at Stilwell The state is also
furnishing the lease-lend program
With 500000 pounds of cheese per
month
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Decoration For
Gallantry Given
Earlsboro Flier
GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS AUSTRALIA: July
(Th---Capt Nathaniel H Blanton of
Earlsboro Okla today was cited for
gallantry in action as leader of a
formation of eight planes which
intercepted nine Japanese bombers
and six Zero fighters February 18
over eastern Java
Lieut Gen George I Brett coin-
tuander of the allied air forces in
Australia announced silver star
awards for gallantry in action to
Captain Blanton and four other U
S air corps officers
The Oklahoman's citation said he
split the Japanese formation allow-
ing members of his flight to pick off
the stragglers at will '
Be personally accounted for the
Japanese leader and the citation said
by "fine leadership and extreme dar-
ing" helped to make a Ilerfct attack
Nine bombers and one Zero fighter
were shot down and all of Blanton's
formation returned safely
TWO VEILS tin
TO PLUG BIM
Cashion-Teter And No 8
To Test Pennsylvania
Two wells in the city oil field which
failed to get production at lower
depths planned to plug back to the
Pennsylvania for further tests They
are the Pure Oil company's No 8
Teter and the same company's Cashion-Teter
No I on the east edge
The No 8 on the northeast had
salt water on a drill stem test and
was to plug back for further efforts
at a test of the Pennsylvania
The No Teter was waiting on
cement and was expected to be com-
pleted later in the weck It showed
for production on drill stem test
The Ohio's Teter-Ringer No 1 was
reported below 4000 feet and the
Texas company's O W Patchell was
continuing operations The Puree
Williams Consolidated No 1 was drill-ag
at 2055 feet
K P Meeting To
Be lick! Tonight
Two candidates will be up for the
rank of knight when the Knights
of Pythias lodge meets this evening
at the lodge hall at 8:30 o'clock of-
ficials said today
All members were asked to be pres-
ent Refreshments will be served
TWO SHIPS SUNK
WASHINGTON July ' 16—(4')—The
navy announced today that two
medium sized United States merchant
vessels had been torpedoed one in'
the Atlantic off the coast of South'
America the other in the Gulf of
Mexico Survivor a have been landed at
east coaGt and Gulf coast ports
PICCRAT
Douglass Congratulates
Oil Man On Victory In
Contest For Governor
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OKLAHOMA CITY July 10-0P1—
While the official canvass of Tues
day's primary vote proceeded today
Robert S Kerr received the congrat-
ulations of one of his leadkng oppon-
ents on his apparent triumph for the
Democratic nomination for governor
Judge Prank Douglass Oklahoma
City who ran third in the unofficial
tabulations offered his support to
Kerr in the general election cam-
paign Gomer SmIths former congressman
who was second in the unofficial
count was silent at his home He
had no comment on totals which
showed him about 12000 votes behind
Kerr
The figures from all but 135 scat-
tered precincts of the states 3614
gave Kerr 143109 Smith 13123i
Douglass 93717
In the meantime unofficial figuees
from 490 out of 505 precincts in the
third district gave State Senator Paul
Stewart Antlers publisher a better
than 1000 margin over Rep Wilburn
Cartwright for theDentocratic nom-
ination for Fongressman The totals
Stewart 29618 Cartwright 28310
TIRE IIIVENTORY
TIME EXTENDED
Dealers have Until July
25 To File Information
Extension until July 25 of the time
for all tire dealers to file quarterly
inventories has been made Mrs Rath
Farmer clerk in the county ration-
ing office said today Wednesday orig
Melly was the deadline -
Mrs Farmer announcing receipt of
information on the extension said
every dealer in tires and tubes of
any kind were compelled to file the
quarterly inventories with their ra-
tioning board office
Necessary blanks for filing the re-
ports may be obtained from the near-
est postoffice said Mrs Feltner
Dealers were urged to get their blanks
and file the necessary information if
they have not already done so
Highway Department
To Aid Rubber Haul
OKLAHOMA CITY July 16--(SP)
--Governor Phillips today revealed
that he and Harold L kkes national
petroleum co-ordinator had worked
out a plan whereby the state high-
way department will cooperate in
hauling scrap rubber to central points
"Highway department trucks will
take the rubber any place in the state
Mr Ickes wants it taken" Phil-
lips said
The governor has been active in
the scrap rubber drive which Is in-
tended to ward off gasoline rationing
in the middiewest
DRAFT CHANGE HINTED
WASHINGTONo July 18--P1—secretary
of War Stimson expressed his
belief today that young married men
and youths of 18 to 20 would save to
be drafted for the armed forces before
a victory over the axis is won
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Germans Are Believed To
Be Flying Help In From
Greek Island Of Crete
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CAIRO July 18-44)--Heavl
bombers of the United States
army air forces made a daylight
attack on the axis base of Ben
gas! Libya yesterday starting a
large dock fire The bombing was
One phase of the continuing battle
of the western desert in which
RAF and allied airmen attacked
the axis armies "in force at the
front
My Tut ASSOCIATED PREss)
A German foothold some 20
miles inside the northern Cau-
casus and another on the north-
ernmost rim were officially con-
ceded today by the Russians while
the bloody struggle for Voronezh
on the north flank of the enemy's
menacing bulge along the Don
river attained a degree of fero-
city In the battle of Egypt the western
world's other active war theater axis
troops had forced some rectification
of their position before El Alamein
"partially" re-establishing themselves
on a coastal height
The African conflict however still
played second fiddle to that in Rus-
sia 25000 Square Miles Taken
Since launching their latest all-out
effort in Russia on June 28 the Ger-
mans have won effective control of an
additional 25000 5quare miles of Jailsw
sian territory—somewhat mars than
the area of West Virginia—although
not all Russian forces therein have
been mopped up
Pressing behind two spearheads
eastward from this bulge the Ger-
mans threatened to crash on through
to the Stalingrad elbow of the Volga
river less than 200 miles away effec-
tively spindling the Caucasus and eas-
ing the way for direct penetrations of
the oil bearing region farther south
Other tosses Implied
These were the implications of the
Russian communique admitting loss
of Boguchar just outside the north-
ern Caucasian territory and Mille-
rove 75 miles farther south and in-
side the territory on the direct line of
rail communications between Moscow
and Rostov
If repeated axis reports are cor-
rect the German advance through
Boguchar has carried well beyond to
the southeast These advices last
located the points of this spearhead
at Migulinsk 160 rnlies northwest of
Stalingrad industrial capital of the
lower Volga
The British said today that a Ger-
roan light infantry regiment flown to
North Africa from the Greek island
of Crete had been incorporated In the
forces of Marshal Rommel before El
Alamein
Axis Positions Blasted
There was the suggestion here that
the allied watch over the seaways
and bombardment of African ports
had forced the Germans to ferry their
reinforcements by air
Allied airmen were smashing day
and night at Rommel's air fields front
line positions and supply bases far to
the rear
The Germans declared that part of
the dominating heights facing El Ala-
mein 5 miles west of Alexandria
had fallen to the axis and that an
Australian battalion staff had been
captured
The Italians also claimed that a
British cruiser had been damaged in
the Mediterranean by German and
Italian airmen
Muskogee Man On
Welfare Board
OKLAHOMA CITY July 16---(SP)
—Appointment of Garland Jackson
Muskogee as a member of the public
welfare commission for a term of
eight years -vas announced today by
Governor Phillips
The governor also named two new
members to the board of professional
engineers Ellis C Baker StMwater
was named to succeed Col Phillip S
Donnell Stillwater now with the
armed forces and Richard V James
Norman was named to succeed O C
Wemhaner whose term expired
PINNACKER INDICTED
OKLAHOMA CITY July 18—(SP)
—Indictment of tarry Pinnacker
former chief clerk of the house of
representatives for perjui7"was an-
nounced today by Charles E Dierker
federal district attorney following fa
session of the federal grand jury
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