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WASHINGTON
MEWS
•A. N behind
BEHIND THE
NEwS
WORLD
The El Reno Daily Tribune
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Canadian County: The Blue Ribbon Community of Oklahoma Served by a Blue Ribbon Daily Newspaper.
The Heart of the Rich !
Canadian Valley
PRESS
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1933.
(U.R) MEANS UNITED PRESS
VOLUME 42, NO. 172.
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(Editor'!, Note: This fraturc
is published tor its extraor-
dinary news value and the light
It gives on important current
events, and is not an editorial
expression of The Tribune).
• • •
(COPYRIGHT 1933)
LABOR TROUBLES
■ j Union men privately attribute
Ef many of the rapidly growing labor
disturbances throughout the coun-
try to General Hugh Johnson's
|1| concession to automobile manufact-
urers. He let them bar closed
shops in they NR A code,
i Johnson has publicly admitted
Efj he erred, announced that similar
1,1 clauses would be barred from all
|| other codes. Despite these assur-
| ances, labor leaders argue, the
auto code is a major factor be-
lli hind recent strikes and lock-outs.
The workers; they assert, have be-
T come distrustful, while the employ-
I ers have stiffened their resistance
■i te unionization.
The auto code Is also causing
plenty ol trouble behind the scenes
in the NRA itself. Over 50 of
jjthe big codes still pending have
II labor clauses similar to that secur-
ed by the auto industry. And so
l| Insistent are the sponsors of these
2' codes that they be given the same
treatment accorded the auto men
that a jam has developed.
MORE MEDALS
General Douglas MacArthur.
famous as eviclor of the Bonus
IjiAnny, hus devised a new decora-
Irtlon for those serving on the gene-
“ ral staff of which he is still chief.
It consists of the coat of arms
of the United States superimposed
on a blaek-cnameled star. "In
each reentrant angle of the star,"
according to General MacArthur's
orders, 'three transparent green
enmeled laurel leaves; the shield
and glory to be in enameled colors,
stripes of white and red, chief of
blue, and the ■■ ky of glory blue."
The star is to be two inches in
diameter. But for the chief of
stall It is to be three inches.
This applies also to former
chiefs of staff.
Note—General MacArthur is to
retire soon.
Nominating Committee
To Select Chairman,
Six Members
Did You Hear
D EPORT3 from the Sooner
In Freshman grid camp have
it that Ferd Ellsworth, “Tee"
Connelley and Lee Beck, El
Reno youths, are showing up as
well as any of the first-year
team candidates.
Pour of the 12 men chosen
on the jury for the Urschel kid-
naping trial are from Canadian
county. They are R. B. Cobbs
and Leo Anthis, El Reno; C. W.
Vogel, Banner; and Ralph Tay-
lor, Yukon.
It Is about time that Halloween
decorations are putting In their
annual appearance, and this
calls to our mind that there
are only 82 more shopping days
until Christmas.
ITALY AND SPAIN IN ROYAL MATCH
Selection of a local NRA com-
pliance board will be effected at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at a
meeting of a nominating commit-
tee in the chamber of commerce
office, H G. Keller announced to-
day.
The compliance board will be
composed of a permanent chair- |
man and six additional members,
according to instructions received
from Washington and from the
state recovery board.
Composing the board in addition
to the chairman will be one em-
ployer and employe In industry,
one employe and one employer In
letail or wholesale trades, one con-
sumer. and one lawyer.
Nominating Committee
The nominating committee, which
consists of representatives of the
chamber of commerce, retailers as- .. „___
sedation, labor organizations, worn- Quotations on the El Reno and
en's federation and local Bar as- Canadian county grain market
sociation, has the following nine I T,uesday re?ealed a" advancement'
members: H. C. Hicks, Jack!0' two cents n wheat and three
Moore, Will Maher, W. C. Elliott “"if ta. “d pr|®*' . , , on
W D. Patterson, J. T. Douglas *heat ‘° f°
Miss Etta Dale, J. L. Trevathan ‘ c*nts ,per bashc' besl °”er( ln
■ — - - several weeks. Oats were bringing
4«amBnn
Government Faces
treme Difficulty
Ex-
In
(’hocking Uprising
10 80cL0CALLY
Oat Prices Also Jump
Sharply Today
Princess Maria
Don Juan Carlos
Full pomp and splendor are to ( Spain, shown above. Carlos is the
mark the approaching marriage of heir pretender to the throne held
Princess Maria of Italy, 19-year- j for so many years by his father,
old daughter of King Emmanuel,, Premier Benito Mussolini will
and Don Juan Carlos, 20-year-old ! sponsor the wedding, accofding to
son of former King Alfonso of1 dispatches from Rome.
1 MORE STATES flit W IS
GALLED BY DEATH
Havana, Sept, la (U.R)—A strong
government force under Captain
Benitez, accompanied by a large
body of armed students, left
Cienaga today for Moron, pusulng
Capt. Juan Bias Hernandez, who
with 300 followers was stirring an
uprising in the Moron district.
The government claimed that
Hernandez, one of the bitterest
opponents of the Machado regime,
who ceased fighting only when De
Cespedes became president, is sup-
ported by not more than 100 of
his die-hards. Other advices placed
his force at triple the number.
Extreme difficulty In putting
down the Hernandez movement
was expected because of the rough
nature of the country through
which the forces must march.
Hernai dez was reported moving
towards Santa Clara, along a route
parallel to the Northern railway.
and H L. Fogg
The board is empowered by the
federal government to <a) handle
all complaints on non-compliance
with the President's Agreement.
'b» handle all petitions for excep-
tions under paragraph 14 of the
President's Agreement. <c» take ac-
tion on all petitions for permission
to operate on longer hour sched-
ules of existing union contracts in-
stead of the maximum hours of the
President's Agreement.
£.sr“h* *££ W«t Victory Claimed For John T. Frathcr, 72, Dies
Idaho, New Mexico This Afternoon
markets.
WHEAT ( LOSES FIRM
AT CHICAGO BOARD
Chicago. Sept. 19 </P)—Wheat
advanced briskly in late dealings
today, much more than overcoming
the effects of sinking spells en-
countered earlier.
Wheat dosed firm at virtually
In considering any complaints the day? top P01"1' 1 ' 10 2 * .“L15
the board will first contact the cm-! ?Ver ye4*rday' cor" wa8 up 8 ‘«hl‘
plover against whom the com- 1
SUCCESSFUL SCHEME
The Knife reason for the pro-
tracted delay on the coal code was
a secret scheme by non-union ope-
rators to obstruct NRA negotia-
tions while Urey piled up tiuge
slocks of coal at low cost.
Hilarious stories ure told by the
operators of railroads, mills, and
factories calling them up and say-
ing: "Stall oil that code a few]
days longer, will you, so we can
get another 100,000 tuns of your,
coal."
Assisting the operators in their
stalling has been a group of crafty j
southern coal lawyers. For weeks
■ Ithese legal snipers have been sit-
I [ ting In Washington dishing up dlla-
I |tory objections and grievances.
I ‘Every time an understanding was
I ‘effected, they had another batch
ioi obstruction ready and waiting.
When there was no specific is-
sue to be raised, they worked up
llmaglmm (HIM. Half the briefs
submitted by the operators on
Johnson's code dealt with provis-
ions that were not ln it.
Miners' leaders, and even some
of the operators, warned Oeneral
Johnson that he was being taken
for n ride Frank E Taplin, Cleve- j
I land s Independent coal operator!
u who owns both union and non-
■ union mines, bluntly tofd Johnson |
A he was being made a 'sucker."
A But fearful of a court fight,
ftl should the administration use force
E| and impose a code. Johnson held
l| grimly to hU policy of negotiating.
I But what the miners want to
■ I know Is this: What good will the
|! rode be nltrr the long delay? The
operators now have nil the coal |
they need for weeks to romr, can
Hay off thousands of men. That
Is ihe reason for the wldeapread
walkput In the aoft roal fields.
NO ROSES
Rendering disinterested public
service la no bed of roses for the
Dig Tims- of the NRA a Industrial
Advisory Board.
Business and soelul friends are
furious at Walter C Tragic, presi-
dent of Standard Oil, Girard
pwope. head of Oeneral Electric,
and Lou la E Kirsteln. merchant
prince of Boston These men. their
friends say, are betraying their i
I own claax
I Some of (lie critics have gone aol
far as to intimate that unless the
I But Three change their altitude
and take an anti-labor
Will withdraw business front their
firms.
Teaglr, Swope and Kirsteln are
giving their time and labor to the
' ’ »nlively without rnm-
Hxmsntlon They are to be round
In atuffy little NRA offices from
J) (early morning until late at night ,
Oeneral Hugh Johnson character-
liars them as "pillar atonea" of hla
organization.
plaint has been registered, secure
ms viewpoint regarding the na-
ture of the complaint, and if the
board finds the complaint to be
justifiable, admonish the accused
that It must be rectified at once
If the employer falls to comply
with the request of the board, he
must then appear before Ihe
board, at which time every possible
means of mediation will be utilized
tu secure the proper adjustment.
Final Alternative
In the event the employer still
refuses to comply, his case will be
l reported to the board at Washing-
ton with the recommendation that
unchanged to 5 cents decline.
DEADLINE NEARS
County Applications Still
Being Received
BY THE UNITED PRESS John T Prather, 72. a resident
Idaho and New Mexico, the 30th oi Canadian county since July
and 31st state, balloted today on J1889. died at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday
repeal of the 18th amendment.: afternoon at his home, 221 North
Impartial, conservative observers IK avenue, following an illness of
predicted they would enter the! the past five weeks,
unanimous wet parade, which Arrangements for funeral services
would make It necessary for re- will be announced later from the
peallsts to obtain the approval of Benson funeral home. Mr. Pratli-
°nly five additional states to end t. born in Bartholomew county,
national prohibition. | Indiana, in 1861. moved to Tennes-
Congresslonal tax experts in j see in 1875 with his parents. Later
Washington drafted new liquor
levies designed to drive the boot-
legger out of business when re
he went Into Kansas and from
there came to Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Prather settled on
peal becomes an actuality. The La claim three miles north and two
proposed taxes would be so low as | and a half east of El Reno They
lo allow good whiskey to retail at moved to El Reno 16 years ago.
$1.50 to $1.75 a quart.
New Mexico, where drys staged
only a passive campaign, was ex
Mr. Prather had served as inspec-
tor of the election board in city
precinct 1C for some time.
Mrs. Keener Improving
From Explosion Burns
Mrs. Elma Keener, 44. 907 North
Evans avenue, who was taken to
the El Reno sanitarium Monday
afternoon with serious burns suf-
fered when a gasoline stove in her
home exploded, was reported Im-
proved Tuesday.
She was burned about the body, I
the most severe wounds being on
her arms. The stove exploded 1
when Mrs. Keener attempted to
light it, according to reports. The
accident occurred about 3:30
o'clock.
RETURN FROM CHICAGO
Mrs. Bertha Hall and son. Mel-
vin, 508 South Barker avenue, have
returned from a fortnight's visit
ln Chicago, 111., where they were
guests of Mrs. Hall's sister, Mrs.
Lena Herndon and attended the
Century of Progress exposition.
We Saw Today
JACK K MOORE and "believe
J It or not" his co-workers tell
us that he's plenty hard to get
along with these days—You see
Jack Is the proud papa of a
fine daughter and he actually
broke down and admitted to us
that the little lady (Mary Ann)
took her good looks from the
mama.
Mrs. H L. Bryant all elated
over the fact that there are now
four families residing in El Re-
no from her "old home town"
i Marion, 111.)—Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Sherertz. daughters, Miss-
es Mary Louise and Kather-
ine, who live at 113 South Wil-
liams avenue. Mr and Mrs.
George Cutrell, daughters, Miss-
es Caroline. Katherine anc
Georgia, who mv temporarily
located at 408 East Cooney
street, and Mrs. Fannie Karr
Gross. 406 South Hoff avenue,
for many years a resident of
this city—Messers. Sherertz and
Cutrell are employes at the
Southwestern reformatory.
F. D. R. UNABLE 10
Mrs. W. R. Jarrett Claims
Principal Suspect As
Abductor; Two Others
Testify on Knowledge
Of Abduction
Conference Demands Left
At White House
m*. m ,W«V tf ss,r,r!TiC--,“!a ““,l p"“lK'-01 ■“»»-
pec ted to be wet by three or two’ , Survivors include the wife; a
to one I daughter, Mrs._Mabel Chappell, of
I
William E Borah, veteran dry.
lun wmi hr- rciummenaanon mai v,. h , Iw f8 expected to rpthm a bus. Ind ; three sisters. Mrs. Mae
his Blue Eagle be removed by fede- ty* *lthJ>u*JV r#* Wairener. Mrs. Jessie Oiler, of
ral authority, according to the In- 1.1 vl?ine ^.reved 18 amcd a 4 t0 1 vlc,ory Wichita. Kan., and Mrs Ora Mar-
1934 acreage are being received Virginia votes Oct. 3; Florida shal. of Caldwell. Wyo.; three
dally from Canadian c°umy farm- Oct 10. and Ohio. Pennsylvania grandchildren. Dorothy. John and
dMHitfe^Monrtavn Sent w North and Soulh CaroUna- Utah Virginia lx;e Chappell of south of
deadline Monday. Sept. 25. J W an(1 Kentucky, Nov. 7. If the wets El Reno
Lorcnzen, chairman of the allot-1
ment committee here, reported
structlons received today.
Once appointed, this eompliance
board Is separate from every other
local organization, it was em-
phasized
No provisions have been made by
the government for salaries or ex-
penses of the board In any way
except that the franking privilege
will be allowed for all official
comm unirat ion*, the orders stated.
Along with the operations of the
NRA eompliance board getting un-
derway this -week, eomes the “Buy
Now” campaign sponsored by Presi-
dent Roosevelt This is another
step in the national recovery pro-
gram with the purpose of quicken-
ing the pulse of business and In
RETAILERS WILL
E
Association to Hold
Luncheon Thursday
Tuesday
The allotment committee was
busy Tuesday considering the ap-
plications from district No 3 that
have been passed on by the com-
munity committee and published
Those from districts No. 2 and 5
were handled Monday. Remainder
ot the week will be taken up with
similar work.
Applications for allotment con-
tracts have to be complete by next
Monday, ready for consideration
tr.and.
dustry through an increased de- by thc community committees. The
process of final approval may be
conducted after that date, but the
contracts must be signed and In
Washington by Dec. 1, It has been
announced.
(’rude Output Slumps
Duo to Texas Decline
win both elections today, they will
SSL ■" M ,h'“ •*” Local Lions Club Will
Plans for the annual tall open
I house to be sponsored by the
Hold Itunnnni TonLrlsi Kl R,’n0 Retailers association will
Mold lidnquet lonight |>0 forwarded at a luncheon of thc
I .EAVES MONDAY EVENING ____________________________
Mrs. L. W Wright. 200 North J it* regular semi-monthly meeting
accompanied by at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday night at
Mrs. E. t. Woods, of Enid, left the Southern hotel. Will Maher
Monday evening for a two weeks ! president, announced
_ _ . organization Thursday noon at thc
The El Reno Lions club will hold Oxford cafe, W D Patterson, pres-
Ident announoad today.
Definite date and other arrange-
ments will be planned at the ses-
sion Thursday noon, and every
«nL!u«Hh!h* w n.H- 'Tt' they,’ Rrv T 0 Mowry '« scheduled to member'ofThe R^iaUw'"s S
II). Worlds Fair mak- ;p„i talk tonight to attend this important meeting.
OVERLOOKED SOMETHIN!;, HAVEN’T WE?
Tulsa. Sept 19 lA*)— A big drop
In Texas production rut the coun-
' 1 try’s dally average crude oil out-
I'nion - Wheatland Strip,pul by a !0UL?32'5 barTu
' week, say* the- Oil and Oas Journal
1 O Ik* Improved The Texas figure was 986,4(17 bar-
_____ reto. or 260.787 barrels decrease
o\er the preceding week.
Bids will be opened Orl. 3 on Oklahoma's output waa up 50.-
conatruetlon of black-top aurfarlng 780 barrel* to 564.640 dally,
of the road extending from Union Total United State* production
City east toward Wheatland. It1 waa 2.4R2.386 barrels as compared
was announced today by the state | to 2.715,801 barrels _ the previous
highway rommlsalon ' week.
Tin contracts Ort, 3 will be let
op 4H miles of grading and drain-
age, eight mile* of paving and
a number of brldgea. to roal about
$790,000 This worn la the fourth
art of projects to be let under
the national rrrovery program.
Meanwhile today Oklahoma'* $4 -
900.000 proposals for Improvement
of feeder mads and of federal aid I
highway* within cltle* waa enroutc ——
of advlrTCd LoCaI (*Uar,Cl N'PS Wifh'
ita in Finals
MAIL BAG
C. R A. Kverett. Wash -Sena-
tor Bone made a very derided
rlmpresaion during hi* find aea-
Udun In rongrea* The opinion
jtmong hla colleague*, both on (lie
||tepubllrnn and Democratic aide, la
|Chat he la one of the ableat new-
comer* In the aennle . * . OH,
flialax. Va. Hixlc smith. Senator
UHass's aecrelary, 1* generally ac-
cepted aa the dean of aenatorlal
.were tar lea , . , . L. If., Dea Mollies,
fowa Edward F MrOrurty Is both
A habitant Hecretary of Labor and
yjibor Adviarr to Oeneral Hugh
Johnson, but ha draw* only oiv<
|»ay cheek, He la paid ailghtly
>ver $8,000 n* Aaalstant Secretary
|if Labor, McOrady made a aacrl-
Rice to accept the tabor poal lie
k*a* getting considerably more aa
dm NRA adnilntatrator .... O. C
,, Philadelphia, Pa Your com-
^ 1 NEI<! NO, I, PAGE : ■
F. S. Soon as Likely To
kt'i'P Natal I'roifram i won the chan
— ship title of the aecond annual
Washington. Sept 19 <4*i- Confl- polo tournament and race meet
dent aaaertlona that the United sponaored by th* poat by defeating
Htutea will maintain Intact Its Wichita Palls, Tex, 7 to 6 In the
$238,000,000 naval building program Urals Monday afternoon
wen- heard In naval circle* today j Large crowds attended the event*
In reply to reports that Great 1 ol uw annual program, which was
Britain has suggested abandon-1 lield In connection with the twen-
ment of the plan
Weather
Forecast
Thunder shower* thla afternoon I
or lonight Cooler tonight. Wed-
neaday partly cloudy, cooler In |
soul I least
El Hcnn Weather
For 24-hour period ending at 4
p m Monday high. 92; low, 71;
al 4 o'clock, 90
Atate of weather, parity cloudy
Precipitation, none.
Mun rises tomorrow a I ft 4a
Hun aeU today al 0:04.
ty-thlrd annual atate Elk* con-
vention In Kl Reno Four teams.
were entered III the tourney. Okla-
homa City and Wichita, Kan.. In
addition to the finalists Wichita1
won the mnanlatton
Race horses from all parts of
the atate participated In thc races.
EN ROUTE TO ItLAUKWKLI.
Mia* Helen Hellwcg. who waa i
er route from l«n* Angela*. Calif., |
to her home In Blackwell waa an
overnight gueal Monday of her
uncle, Theodore Hellwcg and Mr*
Kellweg, lOftK North Bickford
avenue Mr and Mra Hellwcg
accompanied Mis* Hellwcg to
Blackwell Tuesday morning I hey |
plan lo return Wednesday.
Washington, Sept. 19 lAh — A
copy of thc demands of thc cot-
ton conference for inflation of
currency to increase farm com-
modity prices and to guarantee 20
cents a pound for cotton was left
at the White House today after
I the members were Informed Presi-
dent Roosevelt was unable to re-
ceive them.
The indisposition which kept Mr.
Roosevelt confined yesterday still
required him to be careful today.
He was reported as having a slight
cold.
The resolutions were presented to
a presidential serretnry by Srmn-
tirs Thomas of Oklahoma. Smith
of South Carolina, and Neville
Bennett of South Carolina.
Thomas said Secretary Early
told them President Roosevelt re-
gretted very much he was unable
to receive the delegates, number-
ing approximately 200, from nine
southern states.
Early notified Secretary Wallac-
the group was lenvlng the Whits
House to wait on him and to pre-
sent their demands for Inflation
and for suspension until Jan 15
of the cotton processing tax of 4.2
cents a pound levied under the
agriculture adjustment act
State Elks Elect Two
Trustees Late Monday
Two trustees of the state Elks
association were elected at the
closing business session of the 23rd
annual convention here late Mon-
day.
Harry Tucker of Blackwell was
ehoaen to fill the vacancy left by
the resignation of J. V Miller of
Tulsa. His term will be for three
years. B. B Barefoot of Chicka-
sha was elected to serve a five
yt ar term.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 19 </P) —
Youth and age threw verbal bomb-
shells at the defense of Albert
Bates, a principal among the 12
accused ln the Urschel kidnaping
trial in a breathtaking first hour
of testimony.
Pretty, petite, Mrs. Walter R.
Jarrett, a guest at the Charles F.
Urschel home the night the wealthy
oil man was kidnaped, today iden-
tified Albert Bates as one of the
abductors. She pointed an ac-
cusing finger at Bates during the
trial of 12 defendents on conspiracy
trial in federal district court.
A boy of 18 walked boldly to
within a few feet of Bates and
pointed to "that fellow wearing
the blue tie” as one of two men
who boasted at noon July 22, that
there would "more than likely be
a kidnaping in Oklahoma City
soon."
Urschel was seized the same
night.
Aged Grandmother Testifies
The boy, Gay Coleman, was fol-
lowed to the stand by his aged
grandmother. 74-year-old Mrs
Mary Coleman, who too feeble to
walk, was brought to testify in a
wheel chair.
Shaking nervously, Mrs. Coleman
lifted her arm weakly to point
also to Bates and say that he was
the man who told her he had a
kidnaped man In his possession
early one Sunday morning lair
in July.
The government alleges that
Urschel was taken by his captors
to the Coleman farm near Strat-
ford. 50 miles south of here, and
the kidnapers stopped there (or
food and rest before taking him
Into WUe county, Texas, where
he was held until after a huge
ransom was paid more than a
week later.
Fed Rateti. Kelly
i Mrs Coleman testified she had
Delegation Honored At
Banquet Last Night
Eight member* of the Okla-
homa City Junior rhamber of com-
merce goodwill party were honored
guests Monday night at the reg-
ular weekly banquet of the El
Reno junior chamber at the Ox-
ford cafe
Those composing the goodwill
party and who made brief tatks on
housed and fed Bates and Geo.
"Machlncgun" Kelly while they
plotted a kidnaping Kelly and
his wife, Kathryn, are fugitives
in the case
"That's the man,” Mrs. Coleman
said meekly. In a voice barely
audible as she pointed at Bntes.
She explained she knew him as
George Davis and that she hud
heard him say at her home. "There
is going to be a kidnaping in Ok-
lahoma City."
1 A physician accompanied Mrs.
Coleman into the courtroom.
Grandson Testifies
Her 18-year-old grandson. Gay
Coleman, the first government
witness had testified Just a tew
minutes before that Kelly had told
him (hey were going to pull a
kidnaping In Oklahoma City
The boy who said his home was
at Coleman. Texas, testified he had
visited at his grandmother's farm,
July 20. 21 and 22 Urschel was
kidnaped July 22.
Mrs. Coleman related that Kelly
and his wife and Bates spent many
hours at her farm prior lo the
Urschel kidnaping.
Young Coleman said he saw
Kelly transfer what looked like a
"fiddle" case from one automobile
to another at thc Stratford farm.
He ts it nephew of Mrs. Shannon
Hyde i- 1 Iwj
Fiery words poured from the
Ups of Herbert K. Hyde, youthful
U. 8 district attorney as he de-
tailed the government's version of
how Urschel waa kidnaped and
held nine days for ransom.
"This scene begins In Oklahoma
I City," Hyde began hla opening
| statement to the Jury. "It's going
to be closed In thla courtroom "
Hen Lnskii. of Denver, attorney
for Bates, alleged to be one of th*
two machine gunner* who seized
Urschel from s bridge game, rose
to hla feet with an objection.
"That's argumentative," Judge
Edgar Vaught told Hyde "Con-
fine youi | If to what you Intend
to prove "
GIN lii.iinutlc M.irv
Hyde then begun a dramatic
story of "purple rider* In the night,
bearing muchtnegun* aa arms, to
hold "one of Oklahoma'* finest
citizens "
Aa rourt opened, no seats were
empty and the spectators chiefly
were gathered from the upper level
of Oklahoma society, attending to
learn at ftrat hand the true story
of how the home of one of their
the Junior chamber of commerce. members was Invaded and Ita
actlvltlea in the state are R E head 'akan from hta family by
committee force
Mattlaon, national
ehalrman; T J Murphy, state di
rector; Byron Dnnlcla, secretary
ol the Oklahoma City organization;
and Paul Whlttamore. Oscar Moore,
Lloyd C. I .line, Robert Sherman
nnd Wynn Warnlek
A committee compoaed of Ro-
bert Aahbrook. Dr Frederic T
Btarkpole and Leonard Moran wa«
appointed by Jack Moore, president,
It, work with the Kl Reno school
board on the proposed school proj-
ect* under Ihe public work* pro-
gram.
Several committee reporta were
also mad# al the session.
Convicts Musi (ict
Passes From Warden
The dozen defendants sat solidly
a* Hyde began by reading the
lengthy indictment.
Bailey, called the brains of the
kidnap gang sat quietly beside hla
attorney, a* did Bates, the alleged
"strong arm" man of the ring.
Shannon* shift
The Shannons shilled slightly In
l hair seats a* Hyde got underway
with hta scathing dcnunrlatton ui
the crime. Occasionally aa Hyde
spoke harshly of the kidnaper*,
Mra Urachrl, who sat Just inside
the rail, nodded vigorously
'The evidence will show that
Bate* and hi* companion went in-
to the home of Mr Urarhel under
cover of darkness." Hyde declared
"that they kidnaped him and aped
I into the night out of Oklahoma
| county and Into Pottawatomie
ounty to the home of a relative
Oklahoma Cltv, Sept 19 i<»v-
Warden Ham Brown of state's
prison said here today that con-1 nf 'oeo Kelly
i vlcta henceforth will be permitted Thr lJroor wlll ,how th,t Ul„M
m go nutable ihe prison walla only lwo men were In Oklahoma City
mi, passes Mniiei, i* immelly by Die___ _ -
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