The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 46, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1937 Page: 1 of 10
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The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
You Can Buy It For
Less In El Reno
A Blue Ribbon Daily Newspaper Serving Oklahoma's Blue Ribbon Area.
ingle Copy, Three Cents
yp) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1937
din MEANS UNITED PRESS
VOLUME 46, NO. 13
Yes
and
■By R. J D."
a RENO PM
EXPANSION FID
IS URGED m
Trouble With Water Sup-
ply Reported By Former
Bureau Head
''HE record of American disas-
. ters will reveal few if any
equal In magnitude, swift trag-
and horror that which occur-
yesterday in the little east
xas community. New London. I__
•Vhile no accurate figure is yet
available indications point to a i Congress received today a re
eath list of almost 450. all <1e-1 quest
stroved In u single flash
by the Justice department
for Sill 000 to improve Its reform-
ntorv at El Reno, the Associated
One moment the ltttleWwii layl^ burp(m at Washington, D C
quiet and peaceful In the warm 1 rCnoriotf today-
im of an early spring afternoon. ,rclw>n™
machinery In the 'world's rich- (appropriations sub-committee con-
es!" consolidated school could be ^derlnR the animl Ju.stlce depart-
uard tlie hum of classroom reci-
tation where children of oil field
workers were busy with their daily
tasks.
ment supply bill that It approve
the addition to 37 employes to the
staff of the United States South-
western reiormatory at El Reno.
.u Kv a lor ' in addition to epproving on ex-
Thcn the air was rent by a t r dUllrc of 153.000 for a water
rifle rumbling blast. ™ |.storage tank, installation of a gas
Motners ra. jn(| ])(„v farm buildings.
Week-End Church Program
Here is a brief outline of the week-end program to con-
^Ren^lSiistertal^AJlia^*. a,iutS^^ythe>^>ra-^^er!Sp^tr*^
will continue throughout the week, only the openmg events are
listed here.
liiSsfgs
commerce offices.
1:30 p. m. Saturday—All entrants In the parade will meet at
the courthouse to form line of march under direction of John T.
Naylon and Major E. M. Daniels. Each church will furnish Its
own marshal.
2pm Saturday—The paraae. In which 5.000 Canadian coun-
ty Sunday school children and adults are expected to appear, will
be staged through the business district.
9:30 and 11 a. m. Sunday—Special services in observance of
Palm Sunday will be conducted in all churches. Tickets for par-
ticipation in the Kiwanls club's annual Easter egg hunt the fol-
lowing Saturday will be Issued during Sunday school services.
3 p. m. Sunday—Mass meeting for young people of all church-
es will be held at the First Baptist church where Rev. John R.
Abernathy of Oklahoma City will appear as principal speaker.
3 p. m. Sunday—Mass meeting for adults of all churches will
be conducted at the First Christian church with Dr. L. C. Walter
of Oklahoma City serving as principal speaker.
7:30 p. m. Sunday—Special services in all churches.
All church members are being requested to furnish automo-
biles for the Saturday parade
L0 SESSION OF
Mrs. William A. Browne
Receives Praise Of
Many Hearers
SHE SHOT AT HER TEACHER
ment all was chaos
screaming to seek children In the
ruins; fathers dashed in from their
work In a few minutes bedlam
reigned.
Still today, stunned weeping uar-
rnts searched the debris or wan-
dered through improvised morgues
paring upon tangled, mangled little
bodies, trying to pick out their
own among the hundreds of torn
victims or the blast; mumbling
dully to themselves .or to stricken
companions of the cruelty of a
fate which could not have withheld
its bolt another fifteen minutes
when the building would have been
vacated bv the dismissal of classes
for the div. A quarter of an
hour's time spelled the difference
between a serious costly explosion
that might have been, and a life-
time of tragic memory that is to
he In hundreds of homes in the
stricken community
I think that the sentence in
early news dispatches from the
scene of the disaster which affect-
ed me most deeply was this:
“Many bodies were carried to the
school gymnasium and there dis-
SY EL RENO ELKS
Testimony Published
"We have had trouble with the
water supplied bv the city of El
Reno." Bates told the committee |
In testimony published when the
bill was reported to the house.
"Last summer our analysis of
the water which we have been pet -
ting from thr city water supply I
showed that it was polluted, and t ,____ _______ _______ _
lor several months we had to lioil William Foifir ( OlltilUlCS the structure was one of the finest
. ... . ..... .1 .,1, t’l - O IS ~ I tl,a* nnthtnu
NEWS FLASHES
ON DISASTER
HOUSTON. Tex.. Mar 19—'/P>—
T. Roy Ainsworth, whose llrm of
arichttects designed the New Ion-
0011 school building, said today
all water that we drank at El
Reno.
' We now are faced with three
alternatives We have either got
at a not heT'pl.ce^ or we have'“got' ' Elks lodge during the next year .......
to set up a treatment plant of our were elected at the annual bual-|The tnBses
own. or else we have got to co- 1 [iess meeting
As Exalted Ruler
Officers to serve the El Reno
I in the nation a nd that nothing
j but a terrific blast could have
wrecked it
The two-story structure had a
steel frame and was built of hol-
low tile and brick with stone trim.
'Vhe trusses In the rooms were
..... .... ............... lhe Hks homr|cteeI. partly covered with concrete
operate with the cilv in the ex- Thursday night slab. On the slab was a tile roof,
tension and purification of their The group includes William L The building, fireproof through-
own water system Fogg, exalted ruler; Dr V P Cav-;0Ut,. was plastered.
Murare Essential anaugh. lending knight; Lucius --
* . . . Babcock. Jr. loyal knight; A Fran-, OVERTON. Tex.. Mar. 39 —ifl’i—
In any event, we mast hate a porta lecturing knight; How- 5 shriek, half of anguish, half
storage tank to guarantee •so'"'’ .,rd Collins, secretary; Marquis terror echoed in the American
emergenev water supply in the S|0ne MorrLs treasurer; and Harm I Region auditorium. Another mo-
ment of fire" Wagner, tyler. ither had identified her child
miiuui ................. — , With *26.000 proposed for build- Dr Cavanaugh who formerly j among those who diedi in the New
traded mothers di. pitted kientlfl-jings. Bates^ said___the^ department j)Cjd lhp .fico of lecturing knight,|London rehrol^explMlcm
cations In some instances several j proposed to construct
succeeds Emmett Thompson
The scene was described today
claiming a single body as that of building and auxiliary equipment lpadj|lg Knight. Mr Porta was,by a visitor. Mrs.
James
their child and all unable to make
positive identification, so badly
mangled were most of the victims
Heavy Indeed must be the grief
which has added to the knowledge
that their loved ones are gone,
the rending misery of being unable I
to determine which among the |
hundreds of torn bodies are those j
of their own children, of brine
denied even the small comfort o* j
privacy with their dead
* * *
IT takes such a tragedy as this j
1 to bring home the need for a j
system of identification for all
persons Universal fingerprinting ,
would do it but until the feeling j
held oy many that linger-
He said he thought "we can do t0 the place of lecturing, Laughead "Mattresses spread row
very well with careful farming. . . . h n j-^. Cavanaugh re- |on row bore the mangled, smash-
when asked if El Reno is in the Jaw, Judge niompson. All oUiersled and torn bodies of 116 victims.
dust bowl
SCHOOL IS HELD
fl
shuffled a
women and chll-
agalnst hope they
in the present staff of officers]children and adults
were re-elected to offices which! "To the big hall
, they have filled the past year. |rrowd of men.
I 1 WWo^-inBw’fs,e,ntdmed to wwld no? find a loved one among
succeed “"0;“ on “* —
term as trustee Other trustees |‘r^ys
are Neill B Waldo and N A Ntcli
Now and then a woman sc ream-
jed and listeners knew she hod
ols , 1 come upon her child among the
Appointive officers will be named jdead ..
by the exalted ruler after the elec-,
Despite unfavorable weather, final
session of The Tribune's four-day
cooking school was accorded larger
attendance this afternoon than any
previous lecture, with many special
features presented by Mrs. Wil-
liam A. Browne during the closing
demonstration.
Attendance has averaged approxi-
mately 500 dally, with women at-
tending from Banner. Oeary. Fort
Reno, Okarche. Union City. Yukon,
Calumet and Piedmont, in addition
to the large number from El
Reno and vicinity.
Praise for Mrs. Brownes ability
as a lecturer has been expressed
by scores of her hearers.
Merchants Cooperating
Cooperating with The Tribune in
conducting the cooking school were
the following El Reno merchants;
El Reno Mill and Elevator com-
pany. Kelso's department store.
Davis Electric. Canadian County
Co-Operative. Bake-Rite bakery.
Burr's department store. Evans and
Fales. Lynn's Millinery. Rector's
Hardware. Oklahoma Oas and
Electric company. Henry Behne.
Oklahoma Natural Gas company,
Preston Floral company. Cox Furni-
ture. Vanity beauty shop. C. R.
Anthony company, and Southern
Hotel coffee shop.
Products Used
Nationally advertised products be-
ing used by Mrs. Browne In the
cooking school include Mrs. Tuck-
ers shortening. K. C. baking powd-
er and Kellogg's cereals.
In addition to her lectures. Mrs
Browue demonstrated new and fas-
cinating devices, efficient and ur-
able home equipment which help
to do away with much of the lab-
orious side of housework
Site also explained how to serve
meals artistically, giving the pro-
per methods of food preparation,
and showed how to plan better
yet more economical menues.
Mrs. Browne is regarded as one
of the nations foremost culinary
experts, and her suggestions on
how to make the household money
go further In purchasing nourish-
ing. appetising foods were received
by her large audiences.
I AUTHORITIES SEEK
OF TRfflC EVENT
! Oilfield Gas Accumulation
In Basement Consider-
ed Responsible
Ramona Porter. 16. grinned through the bars at Muskogee where
she was held after shooting at her hlghschool teachci. Miss Charlotte
Kennedy. Tuesday afternoon
BULLETIN
NEW LONDON. Tex.. Mar.
19—0F1—Laborers erased digg-
ing into thr ruins of thr New
London ronsolidatrd school this
afternoon, and wearily said:
“Thr job is finished." after 425
bodies had been removed from
thr pile of debris. Colonel C. E.
Parker, national guard com-
mander. said every brirk had
been turned In the basement
of thr explosion-wrecked struc-
ture and that the job of seek-
ing bodies had ended. Hr said
final rlcaning up would take
only about an hour longer. He
said about 425 bodies had been
lifted from thr pile of sterl
and brirk. but that "there may
have been a few more than
that."
a plea.
n.ci»«rU . ________ _______ She fussed at me and gave me low NEW lqnDON Tex.. Mar 19 —
wades." Ramona*said °i the Muskogee teacher. The gill was sen-j (/p,—cemetery authorities viewed
tenced to the stale training school at Tecumseh after her father, j wreckage of the New London con-
W P Porter, unemployed carpenter, entered a plea of guilty when the :,olidated school In driving rain to-
uirl was charged with Juvenile delinquency. Ramona, who showed no , day and immediately called a
remorse, said she was "net sorry" for her actions and refused to enter 1 court of inquiry to fix the cause
of an explosion that yesterday
rrushed an estimated 425 children
beneath tons of rock and steel
Dance halls, roller skating rinks,
churches, hotels, hospitals ant1
morgues In six nearby cities were
filled with dead
Hirrno TltAIMIKIP' CIPLIT CriU I II I LV as workers boring into a." almost
impenetrable mass of ruins wear
led. calls for replacements echoed
over the vicinity from a powerful
Some fc'i
‘NEEDS TRAINING’ DGHT FOR TITLES
public address system.
Instructions Submitted ,ivc Eroi") lnM*'!ed dJirj^ r,Tc'; durant okia , Mar. i9.-ia>i-
IH 51 1 unions nuiriiiuivu monlcs to iM, conducted Thursday ,Us tcrr|bie.’' said Mrs. Franklin
Bv Martha Mcrrificld night. Apr 2 These include the j j, 'RoosCve]t. and an expression of
* inner guard esquire, organist and. tjumay spread over her face when
chaplain news of the New London tragedy
sewing Serving In appointive offices the reached her.
First Lady Gives Thought Muskogee Stages Upset exhausted as others, stripped to the
To Startling Case
In ( lass A Bracket
!waist, stumbled out of dust cloud
for fresh air and then plunged
back.
Theories Advanced
Born of oil. many authorities
printing carries with some mark j sci 100I ol Instruction _ ........ ... ,______
of disgrace or opprobrium is dls- j was conducted Thursday nl the |WSt year were Melvin Johnson.; -
pellet! universal fingerprinting will B(lslness alu| professional Women's csqulrr; Ted Torpev. inner guard: | nftw LONDON. Tex.. Mar 19
make slow progress , I club rooms bv Miss Martha Met- Glen Skinner, organist; and W R ii/pi—"Ten seconds more and It
I have talked todav with P ul home economist from Okla- Snook chaplain would have been in a part of the |
ravlnr. ••uperintcudenj " ;™^,||,(jm, A and M college. Stillwater. Ocorge M McLean was electee building wnere everyone was kill-
M, is ready for the D Reno schoo Canadian county 4-11 club alternate delegate to the national id." sale F F Wagoner, prhuipa
system to . iK)t«-ratc in . rogram >nd homp demonstrators convention to be held at Denver, of a nearby elementary-school
fingerprinting all students ami • .. Co|0 ln jujv Mr Fogg, as exalt- never want to enter another school
n,c morning was devoted to 4-H CokL,in.^ becomes building."
DURANT Mar 19—(IIP' — Mrs. OKLAHOMA CITY Mar 19—'UP' ^ ^ ^ ........ . ............
Franklin D Roosevelt today recom- ihf ^.ck^R
mended "occupation and to oppose Wewoka in the class ^ de^ueUon thp Mme m;in.
lor Ramona Porter. 16-year-old h seml-fiiwls today a-s the Held in npr
Muskogee hlghschool Made,a who the sdale Superintendent W. C Shaw who
emptied a revolver at her leachet 1 stood outside on the grounds and
because the teacher gave her low_ ^ a,w cl(M?sen w;ere th.e^tav-
El Reno Represented In
Special Contests
teachers Miss Hcssic Smitl'. di
in tor Of NY A work here, ts pro
i lub work when Miss Merrlficld
pared to i units!' youths to carry | instructed the girls tit preparation
on the protect T C sharkin', j upproprlutr dress contests and
the delegate from tin* El Rcim
lodge
OVERTON. Tex. Mar 19. <A'
orltes Tulsa whipped Ada
grades
Mrs Roosevelt left Durant by' yesterday and Classen
train this morning to resume her A,tlls ia*t night 40-25
will ’
circled 300 vards ln
downed •'aid il WRS "Quite possible
tinbumed gas" from the nearby
that
. ... held had accumulated in basement
lecture tour in Texas. wl , Die eight cla.v- C teams that rrannjes nd hollow tile and fuud-
go from here to Houston. Tex have been ntting on the sidelines ,. gave Wav to spontaneous com-
The president's wife said Ra- thus far were scheduled to go p^stuai.
mona's difficulties probably rc- lnto action today Six girls clubs -p|)p 0[ gas been strong
suited from "lack of sufficient remained In the running, and lour jor weeks, he commented. and
food and proper discipline." The (;ass It Ixns' teams advanced to M vend survivors of the tragedy
girl Is the daughter ol an unrm- the semi-finals of their division SH|d gns fumes had bothered Uiem
poliec rhie- and II A Murphv
police department ftngcrpri't i\-
pnt are willing l<> assist in in-
sirueilng a gioup to do the work
The federal government will tiro
vide necessary materials wtltmu.
charge
When I think of those hundred,
o! children dead today, mam of
Highway Measure
Is Facing Struggle
OKLAHOMA CITY Mar 19—<A’i
bowed them articles required this
year
Fillj-scyrn persons. 41 of wliom
were 4-11 club members, attended
the morning's program when clubs
represented were Peppy Trio. Ameri-
can Eagles Valley Star. Enter-
prise Pleasant Valley and Center
wrom must he fore'er In name-• Grove The Peppy Trio club had
less graves because without linger- [he largest representation, a dele-
print records Identification h gallon of 14 members
impossible. It seems to me ilia,
no better project could be under-
taken 111 E! Reno nr any other
community than that of procld-
ine rereads which would prevent ,
suVa thing being possible , phasning point, necessary to score „r w„n,
Wo don't Ukr to think of such well in thr annual cotton dress g stan(jSt and neillier will a ma-
striking us or any of: revue here June 9 Jority of the house." declared the
Twelve El Reno Junior higli-
__________ _ school students were participating
Bodies were placed on cols here ■ todav tn a ,.pecial junior hlghschool
in a building formerly used as a I debate and oratorical tourney he- | w|,o ate not in that social plat"
skating rink, while frantic parents , (ng ronC|lu ted al the Capitol Hill i Mrs Roosevelt observed "Unless wav into
moved from coi lo cot. A KiK't j hlghwhool tn Oklahoma City | they learn to discipline (lit-mscl- i trig Ponca City 27-24
overhead read; “Ocntlemen will | ^ g Bradley, coach, entered ves. they might do exac tly the Class B
please remove hats while skating, j (wo sjx.member teams the first j same thing."
_________ _ _ .... ... I including Sam Shuckriford Jimmy | Rumona was given an unden i-
NEW LONDON Tex . Mar | glair and Charles Blake defend-j sentence at the state m-
Tcqum-
-Senator Allen G Nichols propos- , v,-Only a few houra after tlie . ^ ^ affirmatlve. Byron Gam-1 qu^irtal school for girls at
ed $55,000,000 highway construe- explosion came tills cable ble Jimmy Canon and Bobbv I .
non program, financed by revenue sincere sympathy." Signed. Canto ; W(XKlhousr, defending
anticipation notes, ts conceded easy Commercial school. Tokyo. Japan ,
passage in the senate but faces Another from Maracaibo. Vene-'
Twenty-eight home demonstra- lnsurm0imt*ble objections in the kuela. Inquired for the safely oi
lion club women attended the af
and
the
Roosevelt visited thr
a tragedy
nega- Tecumseh school and believed K
I mona might get proper naming
On the scrond team were Ge- J there.
two 'grandchildren enroled in the i neva Flowers Royalyn Hildebrand] Mrs. Roosevelt addressed u ppruxt-
. M. „ , house under present conditions, a fandcWWrC and Boyd Wilson. Jr . debating U'e j nlalelv 75 000 pe, ,0us 111 10 rittr,
ternoon sr.s.slon MLss Mrrrifirld poWPr(u| housr loader dorlared to- srno01 _ affirmiUvr: Billie Jeanne Tnrpr> a wccks tour oi Oklahoma
KMC helps on cotton dresses, cm- dav I 1GNDON Tex Mar 19 Elirabcth Cox and Mildred Gard-j . --
I wont vote for tt the yva.v T>|_Tw0 righus ’ ago George M iner, arguing the negative
Davidson, oilfield driller and war
time hero, visualized tragedy in
our family: we sav to ourselves | Miss Merrlficld discussed mater- leader who declined to be nanud drPgm Thursday morning before
Hint "It cent happen here " Isn't |als. patterns, decorations, seams bv name breakfast he told members of his
Ilia, Hhout what the mothers and I an cl I hushes suitable for work and T have got lo know something rrpw about the dream. They wam-
I at hers r.f New London Tex would | wtm.t presses various stitches, about w here the roads will be ,.p p was an 111 omen to relate
hi ve said vestonlny morning. d 1 bound button holes, tailored col- built. All the representatives will dream tragedies before the morn-
such a proposition had been pre- : ,ani npt.g finishes and how to want to know just how their coun- mg meal
apply rlck-rack and other trim-1 ties will benefit "
settled to them? , , „w..
We Itope and pray that none ol .
[is mav ever lie railed upon to fare , "
such tragedy, but If we should be 1
wouldn't there bo some eonsolatlon
In knowing that liecause we live
In a progressive, forward looking |
community which lu«l tlte fore-
sight to provide means ol identt-l
Oration for all ils residents, we
could find the bodies of our own
lost ones and rive to their remains
such rites as our love and sot row
would dictate
I hope that the expressed willing-
ness of various agencies to co-
onerate In a program of establish-
ing fingerprint records for all resi-
dents of El Reno and if possibly
Canadian county will evoke frotr.
all orgauired groups and from
every mother and father tn the
ccuntv an earnest ready response
and an attitude of Joining in lo
make such a program a speedy
reality It can be done, and to my
wav of thinking. It should be done,
and now
I
ployed carpenter. Muskogee staged a mild upset recently
"A lot of children need discipline hist ni|.ht by eliminating Capitol Bricks, steel, and childrens boi.
Pul 27-34 Wewoka earned Its i s shot skyward in the -widen
In semi-finals bv whip- . xploslon. All landed In a Iwlsl.r
heap
suits yesterday Torches ( ut Girder'
j> wev Ik Atoka 16. Hollis 36 Today acetylene torches cut nit"
p, shorn.1 7 Thomas 37 Elmore the prrUel-likc steel girders tn a l
cit\ 28. Stroud 28. Sclmlter 22 parts of the wrecked building
Girls results: Gould 51 Fanshawe part of an elaborate $! OOO.Oti't
!j Bvng 34. Aloka 13 school plant—as workers reach'
u basement floor, pissing n
FOUR FINES PAID ^ “ hl)ndred yard, from
IN POLICE (’Ol R T hlghschool building, which w:i.s cb -
nicllshed. were scores of the doom-
Fom lines for traffic violations >d rlilldren's parents who were a'
Vrr assessed m municipal court tending a Parent-Teacher nssoclf-
,t El Reno Thursday night and thin meeting They raced into the
e 1 rlr todav n was dl:.rlosed by blinding d'st fog. debris rainlne
records ol Tom Shacklett. chief d"wn upon them
ol .J(,jUT Mob lines of workers formed quo
R W Billow Loren Ware. A T hands rubbed raw and bteft
Richardson and James R ChUder*. ••‘S-'** framework and torn bn
each charged with leaving auto- 'vrrr l'"ss<*d along, hand to has
111 restricted zones National auardsmen patroled rt>e
two hours forfeited «rra l>“,<’fd '"'der martial law b
Oovrmor Janies V Allred
All Victims Have
Fractured Skulls
Four entries also were made in j /
each of the other two contests of
the tournament Charles Blake j
Jtrnmv Blair Bo' d Wilson Jr. and
Sum Shackelford were to compete 1
ln the extemporaneous s|ieaking NEW --------- h, nlirl,pd
In the oratorical division Genev: | Doctors at various hospiula where obilw p,i.k><
Flowers ________ I rlAllmv nf flip NpU' Iiiluloil COI11- *‘l (XCl.v OI
LONDON Mat 19
........ Ten hours later he stumbled Into
Both houses were In recess today, an Overtou morgue and idenlihed
----three bodies as those of two
daughters and a son. HIGHSCHOOL TEAMS
---- IN TOURNAMENT
Wage Agreement
Jimmv Blair. Charles I victims of the New London com- >» ' '
Blake and Byron Gamble were \ munity school blast were taken 5,1 Ju' s
the local contestants,
Basketball Banquet To
Feature Entertainment Formed At Tulsa
TULSA.
Mar 19—1 Ah—Wages at
com-
Entertainmcm for the eighth an- ed entertainers A vocalist of un- -f
nual All-Biate basketball banquet usual talent. Miss Oilstrap *U1 rompames tll the same
Reno Monday sing three numbers Her selections petitt'e compa
a Scotcli ar<'11 llme
lime, and
and a half for over-
freedom for workmen
lo be held in El
night is expected to surpass that will be "Annie I-aurie
of any previous year, it was an- song arranged by Lira Lehmann; labor organliation they
nounced today by ollicers of the "Ah. love. But A Day. by Mrs terms mcluded ln a
Junior chamber ol commerce who H. H. A Beach, and “Song of a ' . and bll(nP(j today
sen sssi sMP
Dyer acting as toastmaster. W Pike | _1______
Carl nionqison. professor of aid- Hie men's quartet from 8outh- SENTENCED
Two four-member debate teams
represented the El Reno hlghschool
(in the speech tournament which
opened Friday at the Oklahoma
City university They were ac-
companied to Oklahoma CUv by
E. E Bradley, coach.
One of the teams consisted of
Reba Jane Test and Margaret
Lanman affirmative. Olsen Hod-
ges and Hairy Lowe, negative 1 (bol|t spvp„ had ^.n
Members of the other tram In- | Uierp 71lprr was
elude Charles and Frank Ogden
on the affirmative. Marjorie Hunt
and Pauline Bruce, negative
said today that almost without
exception every child suifered a
fractured skull
Each hospital was a scene ol
watchful waiting by parents, mo-
thers weeping freely ut bedsides of
mangled children
Fathers sal m grim silence Sur-
geons worked frantically to save
some ol thr children but admit-
ted their ei forts in most cases
would be in vain
At one hospital an anxious lather
inquired if a "black haired girl"
brought
none of that
PRAYERS OFFERED
IN HOUSE SESSION
WASHINGTON. Mar lg-iAA-
Thr house session opened today
with a prayer by the chaplain.
Rev James Sliera Montgomery,
for those affected by the explosion
yesterday that snuffed out hund-
reds of lives In a Texas school-
house.
TO REFORMATORY
mal husbandry at Oklahoma A western State Teachers college,
and M college, Stillwater, will ap- Weatherford will sing several num-
pear as principal speaker. bers Die quartet includes Steel
Thompson who Is winning recog- Hutto. Joe Ooodrlch. Dixie Snod- KANSAS CITY. Mar. 19—'
nilton as "Oklahoma's own Bob grass and Virgil Singleton. pudge Albert L. Reeves Imposed
Burns." ts regarded as one of “Stars" T« Get Awards sentences ranging from three
the state's most entertaining after- Members of the AU-8tate team, months in Jail to three years ln
dinner s|iealters He headlined the to be chosen at the conclusion a federal reformatory today upon
gridiron banquet program of the of the state tournament tomorrow six persons convicted Monday
WEATHER
description.
As lie left the room, a doctor
said he knew the child was ln a
nearby morgue, crammed Into a
small room with some 20 additional
children “1 simply cannot tell an-
other parent his child Is dead."
he said He will have to go to
the morgue to find out"
VISIT SON
Mr and Mrs C C Kegelman.
Highland addition have returned
from San Antonio, Trx. where they
Oklahoma Press association earlier
tills year
Singer Is Featured
Miss Christine Oilstrap. student
at the University of Oklahoma ln
Norman, will be among the fealur-
night. will attend the banquet as the third vote fraud conspiracy case
guests of honor. They will be ec- here.
companied by their coaches Pre- Three—Gilbert Stevens. James E.
rentattoo of awards to the five Maxey and Purest C. Holman
"star" players will be made by were given terms In the B Reno
(PLEASE TURN TO PAGE I) I reformatory.
Fare east
Partly cloudy, cooler tonight. Sat-
urday generally fair. Strong shift-
ing winds this afternoon and to-
night.
El Reno Weather _____
For 24-hour period ending at 41 vJa||*d the oast week with their
p. m. Thursday: high. 74; low. 31; | aon. Clark Kegelman. a student at
at 4 p. m . *4 ; Randolph Field flying school
State of weather, clear
Rainfall, none
Sun rises tomorrow at 6:0t.
Sun sets today at MS.
Mrs T V. Powell. 106 North
Hoff avenue, will spend Saturdaj
in Oklahoma City.
Did You Hear
IOHN HAY ROSS 11-vet.r-old
•I Central pupil, won penny
today and invested it without
any hesitation
He recent d lourth prize lor
his contribution in ,1 display
of covered wagons arranged in
Miss Etta Dale's filth grade
room as . part of a -tucly of
the Oregon trail His prize was
a penny
Miss Kathryne Morris. Cen-
tral teacher, asked the young-
ster what he was going to do
with the money.
"Why I am going to give it
to Miss Dale's portrait fund."
was his answer.
John Ray ts the .son of Mr
and Mrs John R Ross. 1107
South Rock Island avenue
Miss Helen Fast, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs T V. Powell. 105
North Hoff avenue will be In-
itiated Saturday night into the
Drlta Delta Delta sorority at
the University ol Oklahoma tn
Norman, where she Is a Junior
student in the school of educa-
tion.
Ilattered Forms Viewed
Families gathered in narbv
morgues to pass the long, shroud-
ed lines ol figures covered with
white sheets.
Mother* and father* shrank from
earh lifted short as the\ studied
the bartered forms of Hie voung
victims, few of whom were over
18 vears old
"The worst disaster in modern
times involvuig children" was
punctuated with shrll' rereams as
purento claimed tlieii dead
A mother sat sllentlv n the
early hours of dawn beside the
body of her son I can't ao
away I can't." she wept M(
baby may be alive in there* ai*a
railing for me "
Amelia Is Facing
Greatest Problem
HONOLULU Mar 19- UP*—A ma-
jor problem in navigation—piloting
an airplane across 1.500 miles of
the Parlfie to a rand bar two
miles long and a half mile wide-
lay ahead of Amelia Earhart and
her crew today on the second leg
of her world flight.
The avlatnx. who set a sneed
record tn flying here from Oakland.
Calif yeaterdav, said she probably
would start for Unjr Howland island
; late today.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 46, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1937, newspaper, March 19, 1937; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc919447/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.