The Stillwater Gazette (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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'Vie Supper Held Night Before at
School Incendiary Talk is
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Paw 4ar1y Saturday morning destroyed
Ai of the Round Grove school a one
:rtiom trame structure located five
wed iniles east of Ripley in district No
) in i45 it was announced Saturday at
clide4' 'tlie office of County Supt Vida
May eiewcomer
hing 4 When the flames were discover-
rents ed about 4 o'clock a m by Mrs
Paw- : :Alta Deering teacher at the
t to?hool the building was almost
lurned to the ground Mrs Deer
Ong lives only a short distance
lioiri the school She rushed there
immediately but the fire had
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gained such headway that nothing
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could be done
1 A pie supper and community
program had been held at the
school Friday night and persons
111nanttlille iaeldm etshte re i dhnaidg hilt otI tdetspagretned
erally believed that more than
( likely a cigaret was dropped or a
1
' ' match carelessly tossed aside pos-
sibly in grass to cause the fire
i Want Annexation
I However an incendiary theory on a farm two miles northwest
was injected by the fact that only of Morrison
Friday afternoon a petition was The farmer striking on his
presented at the office of the shoulder and neck suffered a
county superintendent containing broken neck in the fall an injury
pthe names of thirty-five patrons that resulted in his death
asking that the school be annexed Rushed to the hospital here for
to Hillside consolidated district I treatment he first was given an
8 It is the second attempt it outside chance for recovery He
t"1 was understood to annex the dis- had been paralyzed from the neck
trict to the consolidated schoolidown as a result of the injury
the previous effort less than a The attending physician said
Oiciar ago being defeated by a maj- Palovik's condition made a turn
- J'ity of patrons in the district to the worse Thursday afternoon
There was but little to support His temperature moved up to 109
this theory and officials have not I shortly before his death The phy
placed a great deal of importance sician said the neck injury probab
in it The petition for annexation ly caused an injury to the brain
they said in the event it should be la condition nf meningitis
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4successful would not become ef- Funera for Henry Palo-
“ectiv? until May 1 1940 Loss of vik 34-y Noble county
the school leaves a community farmer who died here early Fri-
4 problem until that time even if day November 17 1939 of injuries
the annexation goes through received last Sunday when he fell
Sheriff L L Fisher said here from a pecan tree about two miles
:1 that Deputy Sheriff R R Starr of north et of Moraion will be held
Cushing went to the district to Monday morning 9 o'clock at the
investigate Saturday morning The Catholic church in Perry
fire marshal's office in Oklahoma I Burial will be in Perry cemetery
City has been notified of the fire Palovik is survived by his wife
' and reportedly will send an inspec- and five small daughters The
tor to the district Monday to in- daughters are Mary LOU Thel
vestigate ma Marie 9: Jessie Lee 7 Polly
Building Insured Ann 5 and Betty June 3
' There are five brothers namely
Loss in the building included a
I E Palovik Enid Joe Palovik
library that had been built up over I
Stillwater Tom Palovik Frank
a period of several years and Palovik and John Palovik all of
:0iehich contained about $100 in new
books that had been placed there
only recently new shades that had
just been placed at a cost of about
$50 desks and other equipment in
it Ilene school
It was understood the building
was insured in the amount of
$1000
Mrs Newcomer was in Okla-
homa City Saturday conferring
with the state department Con-
cerning arrangements for immed-
iate continuation of class work in
the district An effort will be made
it is understood to secure a build-
ig in the community to carry on
the class work until a new build-
ing can be erected or the annexa
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Aion effected
Members of the school board are
Ed Kelly Marion Blackburn and
W E Lambert Everything at the
i school was in tip-top condition
the superintendent's office re
Ported and the school was rated
model and accredited
Art Me Ewen Injuried
L Arthur Mc Ewen who broke his
loollar bone in a fall in the Payne
County News' stock room last week
is confined to his home as a re-
suit of the injury He will return
to work in about three weeks
4t
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- Norman Okla —ill—Although
this is a scientific age Dr Benja-
i min Cartwright education profes -
sor at the University of Oklahoma
4 has a collection of 10000 supersti-
tions He began his collection 20
years ago Many superstitions orig-
mated as a means of teaching good
morals good manners or neatness
be believes
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f cloudy find colt vv:eFither dllrintsthne
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k min Cartwright education profes-
sor at the University of Oklahoma
4 has a collection of 10000 supersti-
tions Ile began his collection 20
- years ago Many superstitions orig
inated as a means of teaching good
morals good manners or neatness
ifehe believes
I pa
1tillw1ter vicinity has had ioine
ot cloudy and ell weather miring the
last week but 'irtually no precipita-
i tion Mercury has stood at steady
:I levels throughout the period
A Thursday November 16 opened the
kr week with a cloudy condition Iligh
' re reading Was no low WaS 46' En-
1
d ay brought a contnmed cloudy COn-
ciltion with mercury readings chang-
'I nig but little throughout the twenty-
' tour-hour perial High was 50 and
:‘4 WEIS 48 Skies were partly cloudy
r iiaturday and mercury Was moymg up-
': ward The high reacting was 62- and
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low 42' Sunday was cooler but cull-
- dition was lam Monday brought a
:1 fair condition and mercury readings
vinging from 30' to 5' Tuesday was
'4Airmer the high reading moving up
- to 63 Low was :t8 and colcotion
Wi-18 Idir A I-lightly taoler condition
' 4 prevailed Wectiriida the high 1E
i mg reached at- Ma' Low vrat :10' and
a condition a
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the week was 56' ancl low was 38
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FLIGHT CONTRACT IS
SIGNED BY GU LURIE
Manager Al Guthrie of the
Stillwater municipal airport
and instructor of flying at
the field received the Civil
Aeronautics authority con-
tract from Washington D C
Saturday officially giving the
local training school authority
for the flight training of pupils
under the CAA program
Flying probably will be start-
ed sometime this week Guth-
rie said He returned the sign-
ed contract by airmail to
Washington Saturday
Farmer Dies
From Broken
Neck Injury
Body of Henry Palovik is Taken
to Perry For Services Fell
From Pecan Tree Sunday
Henry Pa lovik prominent
farmer living in Noble county
about eleven miles southeast of
Perry died early Friday morn-
ing November 17 1939 in Stillwa-
ter Municipal hospital of injuries
suffered last Sunday when he fell
to the ground from a pecan tree
Perry Other survivors are two
sisters Mrs Mary Bowers Sumner I
and Mrs Anna Jirous Perry and
his father Steve Palovik Perry !
Palovik fell about fifteen feet to
the ground from a tree into which
he had climbed to shake out Pe- I
cans A limb to which he was
holding suddenly snapped causing
him to fall head first to the
ground He struck on his shoulder
and head fracturing a vertebra in
his neck
GLENCOE CHILD HURT
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
Four-Year-Old Billy J McGinty
Thought to Have Only Minor
Injuries Alter Mishap
Billy J McGinty 4-year-old son
of Mr and Mrs Clarence McGinty
Glencoe and grandson of the
widely-known Ripley pioneer Billy
McGinty was being treated in
Stillwater Municipal hospital Wed-
nesday for injuries received Tues-
day night when he was struck and
run over by a car on a Glencoe
street
The child was not seriously in-
jured but his escape was termed
miraculous since it is believed one
! wheel of the car passed over his
! body The attending physician
i said there were no fractures and
1 that there appeared to be no in
ternal injuries Ilc suffered
bruises about the face and hips
Details of the accident were not
learned here The child was
brought to the hospital about 10
o'clock Tuesday night and the
accident is believed to have oc-
curved about 8 o'clock The child's
father is cashier of the Glencoe
State bank
Mrs Floyd Megauhn Ingalls
received a painful foot injury
state !mini
Mrs Floyd McKauthn Inga lls
:
a painful foot injury
received
Tuesday afternoon about 4:45 o'-
clock when the ear in which she
was riding with her husband col-
lided abcut three miles cast of
Still iv
water with a car driven by
William Larrabee 1714 College
avenuc Stillwater The highway
: showed patrol repot t owed thc accident
occurred as McKaughn attempted
to pass the car driven by young
Larrabee
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What Hidden Taxes Cost
St Louis—ALP)---Hidden taxes
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Oil tOttd COM St IA-Mis families an
estimated $5 827k68 annually ac-
on
cording to a National Czatners
Tax Commismon surver— - -- -
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STILLWATER PAYNE COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY NOVENIBER 24 1939
PAYNE POULTRY SHOW
TO DRAW MANY BIRDS
Premiums Totaling $100 NVill He
Distributed limb Sturdav
C of C is Sponsor
Payne county's annuai poultry
show with a premium list rang-
ing to to $100 will be held next
Sat urday at t he Agricultural
building Fair park in Stillwater
with L E McConkey local hatch-
eryman as superintendent it has
been announced by Cowl y Farm
Agent Word Cromwell
The show will be open to all
exhibitors and will include ex-
hibition of all types of poultry
with the exception of ducks and
geese Bantam chickens will be
judged but will not be eligible to
bring their owners cash prizes
Sponsored by the chamber of
commerce as one of the activities
to promote and stimulate interest
ill pouhry raising the show is be-
ing held at the time of the year
when poultry should be mature
and in the best condition for
showing The county Cromwell
polated out has become one of the
leading poultry areas in the state
and especially has interest mount-
ed in turkeys "We have as good
Lurkeys in this county as can be
found in the state" he said
Tuesday
Is Big Industry
"Regardless of what they say
the poultry industry is one of the
largest in the county and this
show is being held to encourage
poultry raisers to continue to im-
prove their flocks" Cromwell
added
The show will have divisions for
both adult and junior exhibitors
and among the heaviest exhibitors
probably will be the Norfolk and
Deep Rock 4-H clubs the agent
said Members of these two clubs
alone are expected to bring about
200 birds here for competition
Prizes will te in cash and rib-
bons The Stillwater Deily Press
is offerint re' one-year sith-
scriptions ng to the ex-
hibitor shoi4" the bost male
bird one to the o'vrer of the best
female bird and the third to the
exhibitor showing the best pen of
birds
Entries Friday
Birds will be received for entry
Friday afternoon and until 9 o'-
clock Saturday morning when
Judging is to begin R B Thomp-
son of the poultry department at
the Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical college will be in
charge of the judging
Cromwell said Tuesday he looks
for a heavy entry list since
interest in the show has been
growing annually There was a
record entry at the Fayne County
Free falr in September and even
more birds are anticipated Satur-
day beause of the more favorable
tune for poultry competition
He pointed out that early Sep-
tember the time of the county
fair is not the best for poultry
competition since young birds are
not fully matured at that time
and many of them not even ready
for competition
SUICIDE LEAP ENDS
ON WIRE MAN LIVES
Six-Story Leap in Oklahoma City
Gives Only Superficial Hurt
Oklahoma City Nov fl --AN--
Telephone wires intervened Friday
to save C M Massey Jr 20 from
death in a leap or fall from a six-
story hotel window
Police said they found a note
in his shirt indicating he had in-
tended to take his own life
Massey apparently landed on the
wires in the rear of the hotel
bounced to the top of a car and
fell between it and another auto-
mobile in the concrete alley
Ambulance attendants summon-
ed by hotel guests who heard Mas-
sey's groans said he was wedged
between the cars
He was examined at the hospi-
tal and his injuries found to be
superficial Hospital authorities
released shim to police who booked
him on a technical charge pend-
ing further examination
In the note the youth said that
his home was Hobbs N M and his
parents lived at Stroud
Three Die In Fire
Newport Ky Nov 20—(LP)—A
Kentucky farmer his daughter
and granddaughter were burned to
death Monday when fire destroy-
ed their home at Carntown south
of here Pour other members of
the family were burned
Pierce Kennedy 60 a married
daughter Nina 25 and her 2-
year-old child lost their lives
Prisoners Like "Grass Wagon"
Mobile Ala — (LP i — The city
police's "grass wagon" is a popu-
lar with prisoners as the proverbial
band - wagon is with politicians
Since last May 1 approximately
50 prisoners ha c escaped from the
wagon which hauls them over the
city to cut grass and weeds
OUR GOLDEN
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Dru Helpings
Draw Frown
From Patrol
Push Bark From That Bird Mate
or You May Land in Ditch:
Asleep at the Wheel
Oklahoma City Nov 22—(19)--
The state department of public
saiety issued an officiil disap-
proval of third helpings of turkey
and dressing de:am:tied pumpkin
pit as a "menace" and called on
Oklahomans to refrain from bag-
ing more than their limit at
Thanksgiving day dinner tables
Assistant Commissioner Abe
Block warned that over-indulgence
at the table is a dangerous
factor in highway accidents
"We know from experience" he
said "that a lot of motorists will
be so full of food on the next two
week-ends that they will be leth-
argic at the steering wheel
Some of them will even fall
asleep at the wheel because they !
lacked the will-power to say "No"
when the white meat had been
eaten and the platter had been
reduced to backs wings and
neck"
A E BASTION ILL AT
MUNICIPAL 110SPITAL
"Rather Critical" is Report By
Doctor Tuesday Afternoon
Condition of A E Bastion
northwest of Stillwater was de-
scribed by attending physicians
early Tuesday afternoon as "rath-
er critical" in Stillwater Munic-
ipal hospital where he was taken
Tuesday morning for treatment
of coronary thrombosis a heart
alinent
Oxygen was rushed from the
fir- station to the hospital about
12 'o'clock noon to be used in
tre atment Hospital attendants
said the hospital's oxygen appar-
atus was being used on a pneu-
monia patient Wayne Gilkison
whose condition was reported by
his physician to be "very serious"
Bastion is foreman of the Okla-
homa Agricultural ami Mechan-
ical college animal husbandry
farm He reportedly was stricken
seriously Monday at his home and
could not be taken to the hos-
pital until Tuesday morning when
there appeared to be some im-
provement in his condition How-
(NET his condition became more
critical shortly before noon ne-
cessitating the use of oxygen
Mrs A K Willsie 202 Main
street who underwent a tonsilec-
tomy in the hospital Tuesday
morning was reported to be in
a satisfactory condition Tuesday
Efternoon
Two STUDENTS HURT
IN SUNDAY ACCIDENT
Driver Fined For Running Stop
Sign Taxicab Carrying Six
Fasstngers at Time
Two women students at the Ok-
lahoma Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college were slightly injured i
Sunday night at 7 o'clock when
the taxicab in which they were
!riding collided at the intersection
1 of Twelfth avenue and Main street
! with a car driven by Vernon Beyer-
l'age 21 240 Knoblock street
IBeverage pleaded guilty to a
i charge of reckless driving by run-
fling a stop sign when arraigned
Monday morning in municipal
court before Mayor O C Whipple 1
and was fined $10 and costs He
was released on stay bond
The women Miss Zoe Jarrett
Sapulpa and Miss Marielle Sum-
mers Tulsa both living at the Pi
Beta Phi sorority house were tak-
en to College infirmary by police
They were given treatment and re-
I leased Chief of Police Horace 1
P Andrews said Monday he was told
they were recovering satisfactorily
and that their injuries were not
' believed serious
! The Yellow cab was carrying six
passengers in addition to the driv-
er Robert Clark at the time of
the accident police reported Oth-
ers were not injured
! The car driven by Beverage was
traveling east on Twelfth avenue
and failed to stop officers said
before entering tin Main street
Intersection The taxicab was
traveling south
Neither of the cars overturned
but both were damaged heavily
1 according to police records
Newcomer S:riously III
F B Neweower Stillwater was
' admitted Tuesday to Stillwater
Municipal hospital for medical
treatment His condition Wednes-
day afternoon was describeJ by his
physician as serious
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Of 2179 (111114n P11fralitL tr
cently VAIT1111(1 for appointment
las flying cadets only 173 cr 22 pet
cent were accepted
ANNIVERSARY
ER
FARM CLUB FROGAll
PLANNED AM) READY
Aurroval Givt n 31(111110y Program
Act kiln's New ()Mem of
Council Are Announced
The stamp of approval has been
placed on the program for Payne
county farm W0111(113 home dein-
onst ration clubs for 1940 as drawn
up at a recent meeting of the club
couneil with County Home Dein-
enstration Agent Almira Aber-
nathy and the clubs stand ready
to move into another well-planned
mouldy program of activities
Mrs Abernathy Monday an-
nounced names of council officers
to serve during the coining year
as Mrs S A Palmer Good Cheer
club president Mrs J L Savage
Washington Irving club vive -
presi(lent and Mrs J R Brazda
Eureka club secretary-treasurer
Under the program all of the
county clubs will be working on
the same monthly activities and
at intervals program leaders of the
clubs are called in to go over the
programs so that they may be
presented properly and systemat—
ically to their groups
Although the various subjects
have not been assigned definitely
by months the clubs will have as
monthly programs during the conn-
ing year the following projects:
Feeding the family canning
cakes fitting of clothing finish-
ing ol clothing ironing and press-
ing kitchen planning (painting
papering pictures and curtains)
kitchen lighting also lighting in
other rooms) table linens book
review and one-act play insect
control—bousehold garden and
yard insects and for December
the annual Christmas program
These will be the topic of the
various lessons and demonstrations
carried on by the clubs at their
monthly meetings and will be in
addition to community projects
individual endeavors of clubs mein-
bers in many other phases of club
work
COUNTY GETS $5770
PAYMENT FROM STATE
1Payne's Share of Collections
October Arrive Saturday
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Payne county received a $5770-
60 payment ram the state Satur-
day funds that reprosented this
county's share of tax collections
by the state during October
Heading the list was a check for
1$346681 as payment forgasoline
tax collections Of this amount
15 per cent will go to the sinking
Ifund and 95 per cent will go to
the highway fund
Next in line was the gross pro-
duction check in the amount of
1$112088 to be divided eenly be-
tween the county general and the
Icommon school funds Mileage !
tax amounted to $73292 going to
the sinking fund while tractor tax
was received in the sum of $859
to go to the erosion fund for con-
struction of terraces and farm
ponds
The October motor vehicle li-
cense tax collection for this coun-
ty totaled $44140 to be divided
between municipalities and the
county The county's portion will
go to the highway and sinking
funds
Mrs Mi Ifer Operated
Mrs Clinton Miller 317 West
Third avenue underwent a ma-
jor Operation in Stillwater Llimic-
iral hospital Friday morning Her
condition Friday afternoon was
&scribed as satisfactory
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Mimeograph stencils at ILIAC
Sons 620 Main St
J P Hinkels
Their 50th
Tuesday marked the golden wed-
ding anniversary of Mr and Mrs
John P Hinkel Mr and Mrs
Hinkel are observing the day
quietly at their home 1208 West
Third avenue
A communication from John W
Carey managing editor of the
Sioux City tIowa) Journal in
eludes the following story of the
wedding of Mr and Mrs Hinkel
copied from the Washington (D
C) Craftsman and reprinted in
' the Sioux City Sunday Journal
December 1 1889:
' The following from the Wash-
ington Craftsman of November 28
will be of interest to the friends
of contracting parties: 'On Thrus-
day November 21 at 119 F street
northeast this city John P Hin-
' kel and Nellie Bowdlear both of
Sioux City la were married Rev
Charles O Cook officiating Mr
Hinkel came to this city from
Sioux City five or six months ago
and for a short time was compos-
itor in the document room being
then transferred to the specifi-
cations room where he is still em-
ployed He has many acqualn-
tanceS in Philadelphia Ehnna
: Minneacoliz Eloux City and tne
GAZE
RECORD ATTENDANCE i
AT MAHE HORT SHOW'
A I AtiUlI IIUIC I SittlIV
More Than 5000 Attend Annual
Show: Loral rrize Winners
Antmuneed 31ontlay
More than 5000 people viewed
the horticulture display of fruits
nuts eg tables forestry land-
scaping and thlWeES exhibited at
h ‘? 23rd annual Hornell! t ure
show held at Oklahoma Agricultur-
al and Mechanical college Satur-
day and Sunday
Er Frank 13 Cross head of the
hot ticulture department said it
was one of the most elaborate dis-
plays seen here A total area of
14000 feet was devoted in the ani-
mal husbandry arena to the show
Payne county's biggest repre-
sentation came in the nut and flor-
al groups
Adams Wins Jloiior
In the nut group the Adams'
Nut farm placed first in the Queen
River variety first in Money Mak-
er first in McCully first in Texas
Prolific first in Stabler walnut
and third in Moore
The A and M horticulture de-
partment's entries in the nut group
won firsts in Love Major Man-
tura Posey and Warwick varities
Individual entries by L E Hazen
Stillwater won second in the Ok-
lahoma variety third in Texas
Prolific and first in Thomas Black
walnut
In the floral exhibition the Ok-
lahoma and Stillwater Floral com-
pany showed a non-competitive
disr7ay
State winners in the floral show
are as follows:
Hower IVinners
puny Oklahoma City trophy cup
flower exhibit Foster Floral com-
pany Oklahoma City Trophy cup
for the best pot plant exhibit Mil-
ler the Florist Pawhuska: grand
champion vase of Chrysanthe-
mums Miler the Florist Pawhus-
ka second place cut flower ex-
hibit Woodward Flower shop
Woptiward: and best exhibit of
roses Ponca Floral company Pon-
ca City
Ler'a1 winner in the vegetable
group was D H Lewis Mehan
He won five firsts in Irish Cob-
blers Nancy Hall sweet pot Itoes
pumpkins squash and Honey Dew
Other winners in the vegetable
group were Dan Parks Hominy
Campbell Brothers Okemah E W
Pogue Keystone —and Otis War-
ren Wynnewood
Doctor Cross said the fruit en-
tered in competition this year was
of better quality than expected
especially when the drought was
considered He also pointed oti
that Oklahoma fruit was on par in
color and quality with the fruit
sent in by the other states
FORGERY SUSPECT IS
ARRAIGNED SATURDAY
Marion Torrence of near Still-
water pleaded not guilty when ar-
raigned Saturday afternoon in dis-
trict court on a charge that he
forged the name of T N Berry to
a $5 check and cashed the ip-
strument at a local store
Judge Henry W Hoel set bon(
at $1250 an amount Torrence
had not posted late in the after-
noon Grads Organized
Members of the graduate school
of Oklahoma Agricultural and Me-
chanical college organized the O
A M C Graduate club adopted a
constitution and elected officers
this week
Purpose of the new organization
is to promote fellowship and good-
will among graduate students
Observing
Anniversary
1 Missouri river country as far west
as Denver and during his brief
I residence among us has made
many friends and become quite
' popular The bride a very pretty
and charming young lady of 17
came east for the consummation of
the happy event under the care of
Hon Isaac Struble and wife Mr
Struble being the representative
from the Eleventh' congressional
district of Iowa in which the
home of the happy couple is sit-
uated Many handsome and use-
ful presents from the bride's
friends were forwarded (unknown
to her) with her baggage and Mr
Hinkel WP8 surprised a few days
ago by receiving through the
American Express company a box
containing a handsome china tea-
set the gift of Edwin H Brown
proprietor of the Sioux City Tele-
gram A few of his immediate
friends here further surprised him
by placing in his room a complete
' bedroom toilet set of ornamental
china They will go to housekeep-
ing at once in apartments at 119 I
F street nortlient V(here they will
be v1ea?y1 to tee the irgny ha 1
have given them so kindly a vel
come 14 ou ralUt' "
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‘N'Ill'AT LOAN RATES
—
Washington Nov 22-0Pl—
The commodity credit corporation
Wcdnerday established a Wu
rate of 57 cents a bushel on the
1939 corn crop estimated this
1month at 2591000000 bushels
The commodity credit corpora-
tiOn ex ends the loan each year
under terms of the agricultural
adjustment act of 1939 which pro-
I ides that the rate shall be 70
per cent of the parity price for
cern providing that the Novem-
ber crop estimate exceeds a nor-
! mai year's domestic consumpion
and exports by not more than IC
per cent
Mystery Girl
in Dallas Gun
Fray Appears
Coffman Was Talking to Another
1Voman When Shot Monday
By Corinne Maddox
Dallas Tex Jan 21 — (111) —
Tilt "mystery girl" in the Brooks
Coffman killing case the hiona
who was talking to hhn when an-
other blond walked up Monday and
starting shooting appeared unex-
pectedly before the Dallas county
grand Jury Tuesday
She identified herself as Miss
Flora Allen a stenographer who
formerly worked in Coffman's law
office
Miss Allen went before the grand
Jury a few minutes after Miss Cor-
inne Maddox 26-year-old former
stencgrapher who killed Coffman
gave her story of the shooting
- Miss Allen said that she was the
woman to whom Coffman was
talking when the shooting oc-
curred She refused to discuss the
killing
"I met Mr Coffman only casual-
ly" she said "I wit: Just coming
out of the building when I hap-
pened to meet him and he stopped
to speak to me"
Coffman 35 was fatally wound-
ed when Miss Maddox whom he
stabbA with an ice pick during a
quarrel in his auto last May ti a w
him Monday and opened fire with
two guns which the carried for the
purpose
Miss Maddox appeared before
the grand Jury at her own request
and testified for about an hour
She is charged with murder and
bond has been set at $7500
Police revealed that Miss Mad-
dox hated Coffman so intensely
that before shooting him she had
composed a poem of hate for him
to read in his dying momcnts
SHOULD DELETE BERRY
NAME DEFENSE MIES
Ask Mill Plah liffs Be Made to
Show Cause Why Berry's Name
i i i i i i i i i i
Oklahoma City Nov 22---(P)---
An attempt to delete the name of
Lt-Gov James E Berry from a
suit charging the Stillwater Mill-
ing company with violation of
the wage-hour law was made in
fedora' district court here today
Defense attorneys petitioned
the plrintiffs to stat: the rela-
tionship between Berry and the
company
The thre-a employes who
irought the suit should be r:-
(mired to show "in what manner
James E Berry was avocieted in
employment of the company" the
petition said
The employes alleged they were
not paid for overtime when they
worked in excess of the forty-lb-1r
hour week established by law
Their counsel also filed a motion
asking that the milling company
be for:ed to allow :tti! cctien of
the record of the hours worked
by the plaintiffs End the amotr its
paid them
11
BIDS ARE OFENED FOR
NEW FIRE EQUIPMEN1
--
Bids for the city's new fire
truck were opened Monday night
by the board of city coimnissioners
ieven being received They were
laid over the required forty-eight
hours when a snxl meeting to let
contract will be held
North Central addition to the
-ity was discussed at the seS5l011
Mohday night and held up peridira
iettlement of details regarding a
street in the addition
Two building permits were grant-
ed one to Hugh Nester for $4000
it 105 Orchard Lane and one le
a three-car garage to be built by
V A Doty at 923 Duck street at
an approximate cost of $250
Maryland to Alaska
Wrangell (iP)
Pennsylvania hunter stylibed his
toe on a curious-looking case near
here On opening it he learned it
was a AN-rather libservat ton hox
sent alit at i3111MIne MO The '
tall!2en
ently had but“ after d:Ittrz
thouzaaL c
i
NO 3
mient
rogram
tcts 200
—
ds: Awards Are
t Mew' Intuits In
Inien's Club
f the county were
y when more than
at Payne county
lion clubs met on
ultural and Mech-
aampus for their
lent day program
was given over
agnition of club
have perfect at-
i at club meetings
itation of awards
Lth five year or
tendance records
outstanding dem-
ajor projects and
prizes in contests
the program
:hlights of the day
)e C Scott presi-
! board of agricul-
at 12:30 o'clock
college cafeteria
5 introduced by E
kir of the exten-
co recently return-
gton D C
I talk emphasized
veen units of the
king with farmers
! government farm
'ster was the pre-
Mrs Norah Bar-
Palmer Mrs Ho-
rs Gertrude Say-
Willet composed
in charge of the
made to winners
nstration contests
ted by the Still-
of commerce to
nking clubs
nstration contests
$35 presented by
Lior chamber of
to first year two
'er ten year and
monstrators Best
a projects in the
! recognized
have shown out-
st in their club
ince records came
iortion of acclaim
ruing
igned by Scboll
nibaugh and Miss
were given women
ierfect attendance
It women received
senting ten of the
le demonstration
ven women with
rice records for
cerchiels went to
cl received a pin
dance in previous
K IN SOIL
IS PLANNED
rvation Icades in
A and M on
laking Work
officials Tuesday
don to soil con-
as a means or
reliei to Okla--stricken
unem-
)etween relief ad
conservation ex-
it G Bennett of
5 chairman of the
vation committee
be held in Still-
D devise plans for
he U S soil con-
and the WPA in
'ojects
!t of local finances
ar WPA projects
ators announced
ibine soil conser-
with the WPA in
Vide aid for an
rersons hit by the
dministrator Ron
however that he
rk for only sever-
ie obtained out of
tion set-tip
e plans the WPA
ries and labor for
and the conserva-
provide technical
irty-cue soil con-
s are expected to
smaller number
'aims of provid-
ins Parole
1G-3Tar-old Stin-
e was sentenced
'en months in the
at Granite after
to a charge of
ad his sentence
iriet Judge Henry
ry aftFrnoon and
r II B Shared
ti Note
r tq ha-e
Ur lest than o'er
aiteri
NO 3
Achievement
Day Program
Attracts 200
Joe Scott Attends: Awards Are
Given For At hiewunents In
Farm Women's Club
Club women of the county were
honored Saturday when more than
200 members of Payne county
home demonstration clubs met on
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mech-
anical college campus for their
annual Achievement day program
The morning was given over
chiefly to recognition of club
members who have perfect at-
tendance records at club meetings
for 1939 presentation of awards
to members with five year or
more perfect attendance records
recognition of outstanding dem-
onstrators in major projects and
presentation of prizes in contests
held as part of the program
One of the highlights of the day
was a talk by Joe C Scott presi-
dent of the state board of agricul-
ture who spoke at 12:30 o'clock
p m dinner in college cafeteria
annex Scott was introduced by E
E Scholl director of the exten-
sion division who recently return-
ed from Washington D C
Theme of his talk emphasized
cooperation between units of the
government working with farmers
in furthering the government farm
plan
Mrs R L Oyster was the pre-
siding officer Mrs Norah Bar-
rett Mrs S A Palmer Mrs Ho-
ward Moore Mrs Gertrude Sav-
age Miss Mabel Wil let composed
the committee in charge of the
achievement day
Awards were made to winners
in garden demonstration contests
with $25 presented by the Still-
water chamber of commerce to
the ten high ranking clubs
In yard demonstration contests
bulbs valued at $35 presented by
Stillwater's junior chamber of
commerce went to first year two
to ten year over ten year and
tenant class demonstrators Best
demonstratot in projects in the
county also were recognized
Women who have shown out-
standing interest in their club
work by attendance records came
In for a large portion of acclaim
during the morning
Cerrfirst-1 signed by Scno
ML alila r-t:nbaugh and Miss
Anna Lee Dehl were given women
with kng time perfect attendance
records Fourteen women received
this award representing ten of the
count y's home demonstration
clubs
Pills were given women with
perfect attendance records for
1939 an' handkerchiefs went to
women who had received a pin
for perfect attendance in previous
years
RELIEF WORK IN SOIL
PROJECTS IS PLANNED
1VPA and Conscrvalion 1cades in
Conference at A and M on
Means of Making 1Vork
State WPA officials Tuesday
turned their attention to soil con-
servation projects as a means or
providing speedy relieL to Okla-
hema's drought-stricken unem-
ployed A conference between relief ad-
ministrators soil conservation ex-
perts and Henry G Bennett of
Stillwater who is chairman of the
state soil conservation committee
was scheduled to be held in Still-
water Tuesday to devise plans for
joint action by the U S soil con-
servation service and the WPA in
setting up the projects
Faced by a lack of local finances
to sponsor regular WPA projects
relief administrators announced
the plan to combine soil conser-
vation facilities with the WPA in
tin effort to provide aid for an
stimated 5000 persons hit by the
iuturnn drought
State WPA Administrator Ron
Stephens said however that he
believed that work for only sever-
al hundred can be obtained out of
the soil conservation set-up
under tentative plans the WPA
will provide sa'aries and labor tor
the soil projects and the conserva-
Jon service will provide technical
direction
The state's thirty-cue soil con-
servation projects are expected to
be grouped in a smaller number
to speed up the process of provid-
ing einployinent
'loath Wins 'Parole
Edgar Asset 1G-year-o1d Still-
water youth who was sentenced
7?cently to fourteen months in the
sate reformatory at Granite after
pleading 'guilty to a charge of
grand larceny had his sentence
stim)ended by DOrict Judge Henry
W Hod Saturday afternoon and
was paroled to Dr II B hared
Gittfrtlin Ntkit
It L tr bt-Ater tq ha-e gr1
g:Ovx-E Undr yeux feet than ty-er
your head—Mu:alten LinL
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