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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1940
Highway Patrol Reports
Worst Conditions Are
Found Near Enid
WHERE BRITISi
1GHT—WITH PLENTY OF SAND
Ice blanketing Oklahoma thawed
out today but will freeze again to-
night, Harry Wahlgren, federal
weather observer at Oklahoma City,
told the Associated Press.
The mercury climbed above the
freezing line under a beaming sun
during the day, but it will drop back
to between 25 and 28 degrees dur-
ing the night, and ice will again
make highways hazardous, Wahlgren
predicted.
The state highway patrol report-
ed that the worst ice conditions
in Oklahoma centered near Enid
where all roads were coated solidly.
Guymon, in the panhandle, re-
ported a 7-degree jump in tempera-
ture Just after daylight today with |,- _
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an unofficial low of 7 above.
Crops Undamaged
Walilgren expressed the belief that
the ice storm of the past week-end
would cause no damage to crops.
He said the only danger would be
the "smothering" of wheat from
the ice coating but added that 'the
ice probably would melt before that
occurred.
Officials of telephone and tele-
graph companies said the ice storm
caused only a few broken lines over
the week-end but that the danger
was not yet past. They explained
that the thawing of the ice on the
lines would start them to swinging
and might cause “burn outs."
Colorado, Utah Coldest
Oklahoma's freezing rain, accord-
ing to Wahlgren. was caused by a
storm moving up the Mississippi
valley toward the northeast. Snow
and rain pelted the entire Mississip-
pi valley today.
Low temperatures were general
throughout the mid-west this morn-
ing. Durango, Colo., and Milford,
Utah, with 12 degrees below zero,
were the coldest spots in the na-
tion The cold wave extended down
to south Texas, carrying the mer-
cury to 32 degrees at Del Rio this
morning.
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CAIRO. Egypt, Dec. 16—Their advance guarded by armored Bren machine guns carriers like this
one. British troops struck with crushing fcrce in surprise attacks against Italian legions in Egypt. Aided
by the British sea and air arms, desert troops like the Indian fighters pictured above on recent man-
euvers, forced Italians back in merciless assaults, capturing tens of thousands of the retreating foe.
Did You Hear
El
Directors To He Elected
At Tuesday Session
Federal Government Gets
Broad Authority
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16 —UP)—
The supreme court ruled today in a
far-reaching decision that the auth-
ority of the federal government over
the nation's streams "U as broad
as the needs of commerce."
Election of officers for 1941 will
be conducted by El Reno Junior
chamber of commerce members at
their meeting at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday
in the Neal cabin on East Foreman
road, it has been announced by
Allison Clark, president.
The meeting is being postponed
from tonight until Tuesday night
because of the Elks lodge Christmas
dinner-dance tonight. It will be the
last Jaycee meeting of the year.
Jaycees will elect six directors for
two-year terms to succeed the six
directors whose terms expire this
month The new directors and six
members of the board with one
1 more year to sreve will meet and
choose officers.
Out-going directors are Jennings
B. Newman, Dean Ward, Elmer
Schwab. Roy Kinkade. B. M. Mc-
Oinley and Mr. Clark. Holdover di-
rectors are Homer SklUern, Randall
Marsh. John Flaherty, Lon C. Booth.
Joe Maxey and Jack DeAtley.
Current officers are Mr. Clark,
president; Mr Sklllern, first vice
A UTCMOB1LE drivers in
Canadian county, as well as
those in other parts of Okla-
homa, apparently are learning
to use a little more caution on
the highways when weather
conditions make the roads un-
safe, patrolmen stationed at El
Reno believe.
There was not a single major
automobile mishap in Canadian
county during the past week-
end, although highways in this
county have contributed sub-
stantially to the state's death
toll during the past year.
Despite icy roads, Oklahoma
drivers went through the week-
end without a traffic fatality,
the OP) reported. The state's
automobile death total for the
year so far stood at 445 today,
nine less than a year ago. Only
10 persons have been killed In
Oklahoma so far this month,
compared with 33 during the
same period last year.
Defense Officials Seeking
To Speed Production
Fascist General, Colonel
Reported Killed In
Battle Today
ATHENS, Dec. 16—</P)—An Italian
general and a colonel were reported
killed today when Greeks stormed
an Important position Fascist forces
were trying desperately to hold.
The Italians were said to have
fled, leaving many dead including
other senior officers.
, This was on the southern front
‘ : ! where the Greeks are driving toward
Valona, one of the three remaining
Albanian ports in Italian possession.
"In this sector, our troops scored |
i another great victory by storming
j I 8nd occupying another height which
tire Italians defended with a general
and a colonel at their head," one
report said.
“Signal For Retreat"
' Tliese two senior officers, with
revolvers in hand, induced their
men to defend the position. How-
ever, both officers were hit in the
breast and died.
"Their death was the sign for a
wholesale retreat and abandon-
ment of the height. After occupa-
tion of the height, our soldiers found
the bodies of Italian senior officers."
In a fierce new drive from Pogra-
(ieiz toward Elbasanl. In central
Albania, Greek mountaineer regi-
ments were reported to have smash-
ed through Italian reserves for large
I gains.
Offensive Is Fierce
Dispatches from that battlefront
said the offensive, which had been
held up by storm and tero tem-
peratures. was resumed over the
week-end with greater gains than
had been made there all last week.
Th Greeks said Italians attempt-
LONDON. Dec. 16—War has "blacked out" much of England's famed
pomp and ceremony. One whose brilliance has been dulled is George
Grainger, 69, coachman and lord mayor of London. At left, above, he
is seen in his former ceremonial raiment of scarlet and gold. Today
he appears as at right, wearing dull workaday clothes in his job as
back gatekeeper at the Guildhall.
ID BE TABULATED:
Roosevelt’s Election Will Retain To Learn Berlin’s
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Become Official Stand In Shakeup
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—(U.PJ—
The war department today placed
a $69,722,625 order with the Alli-
son Engineering company, division
of General Motors corporation, I |jig to counter-attack were “repelled
1 Indianapolis, for liquid-cooled air-; and dispersed in such a way as to
craft engines. j lose contact with the bases from
The number of engines, was not, which they started.”
disclosed but it is understood to There were indications that the
call for at least several thousand Greek drive beyond Pogradetz, along
The Allison firm production is now the Albanian-Yugoslav frontier, ln-
bclleved to be about 300 engines! 'uded an effort to flank the Ital-
! monthly - ins bv smashing them back from
1 The order Is m line with ef- ^ W and leafing their
forts by defense officials to speed left ln the
! up production of aircraft engines,
one of the serious bottlenecks in
jthe defense program. William S.
i Knudsen, production chief of the
national defense commission, re-
jcently said that aircraft produc-
tion is lagging 30 percent behind
I estimates made last summer.
Second Largest
The order to Allison is the sec-
I ond largest placed in the auto-
motive industry, for the aircraft
engine program. Ford Motor corn-
president; Mr. Newman, second vice i • I oirmn f’rmin pRny holds 8 U22,000.000 engine
president; and Mr. Booth, secretary- production contract Packard Motor
treasurer.
In addition to the election of
officers, the meeting Tuesday night
To Visit Clinton
Justice Stanley Reed delivered the will Include a buffet supper and an
6 to 2 opinion which held the fed- i entertainment program, the presi-
eral power commission may require | dent said.
the Appalachian Electric Power —-—
company to obtain a standard fed-
eral license for its dam and power
project on New river near Radford,
Va.
The attorneys general of Virginia
and 40 other states had opposed
the effort of the federal govern-
ment to regulate the project on the
ground that it constituted Invasion
of state rights.
Justice Reed said New river was
navigable, adding that "It cannot
properly be said the constitutional
power of the United States over Its
waters is limited to control for nav-
igation."
Tlie opinion broadened greatly the
regulatory authority of the federal
government over the nation's
streams
Senator Contends
Resignation Asked
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 16—t/P'
—Jes.se Taylor, state senator from
Woodward, was at liberty from
Eastern Oklahoma hospital at
Vinlta today under circumstances
which precipitated a controversy
in statements from him and the
institution's head.
Taylor, who had been undergoing
treatment for alcoholism, asserted
that Dr. F. M. Adams, the superin-
tendent, had told him he could
l)e discharged if he would resign
I from the senate.
Dr. Adams, readied by long dls-
1 tance telephone, denied he ever
Mope Abandoned
For Duck Hunter ‘£“haTadvised
company has one for $62,448,000.
In addition to the automotive
industry’s participation in the alr-
_ craft engine field, plans are being
w .0 part*
A delegation of El Reno American
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—</P)— VICHY. Dec 16—UP)—Oerman
Although President Roosevelt’s third Ambassador Otto Abetz, accompan-
term victory is a matter of his- j jed by a Nazi delegation, came
tory, the law of the land made j here late today and it was be
it Incumbent on that anicient and J Ueved that Chief of State Felippe
so little known institution—t h e petain would learn from him how
electoral college—to meet today Berlin reacts to the French cab-
and make it official. inet shakeup
Members of the college will cast Abetz and ills entourage were
their ballots as directed by the given military honors by a French
constitution at sessions held in detachment when they crossed the
the 48 state capitals. The electoral Alller river bridge into Vichy,
votes then will be forwarded here observers expressed belief that
by registered mail, and congress his visit was extremely important
will go through the formality of j for future negotiation between
counting these returns on Jan. 6 Germany and Prance. * ‘ ' r
Mr. Roosevelt, re-elected last! They expected him to inform the |
Nov. 5, will receive 449 electoral French government of Germany's
votes to 82 for Wendell L. WUlkie, attitude toward the dismissal of
his Republican opponent.
AlUDay Program Is Set
For Wednesday
Milo J. Warner, national command
tr, to Clinton for a western Okla-
homa meeting there after the in-
formal dinner here Tuesday night.
The national commander will be
the guest of honor at a special
meeting of the El Reno post at 6
p. m. Tuesday in the Burger grill, more sites one prob-
There will be no program, as he “bly at Tuls8' <**- w111 ch06en
for bombers on a big scale.
Tulsa Site Considered
Omaha. Neb., and Kansas City,
Mo., have been selected as sites
for assembly parts made by the
automotive industry for medium
Plans to remain here only about an JUTS 52TpJS
' Mi'. Warner, of Toledo, Ohio, will wlllilbc about «» 8"-
attend the western Oklahoma meet-j nually' defpn*r °mclals M,lmate-
ing Tuesday night at Clinton after
he leaves El Reno, accompanied by
a large group of El Reno Legion-
naires.
He will come here from Oklahoma
City, where he will be feted at a
luncheon Tuesday by members of
the Oklahoma City posts A number
John W Boehr. dairy specialist
with the extension division of Okla-
homa A. and M. college. Stillwater,
will speak at a Canadian county
dairy day program to be sponsored
i Wednesday by the college extension
division and the El Reno chamber
of commerce.
The all-day program will open
at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the dairy
farm of Asa Johnson, north of El
Reno.
To Serve Lunch
The chamber of commerce will
serve a lunch at noon.
School At Putnam
Damaged By Fire
OKLAHOMA ELECTORS
MEETING AT CAPITOL
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 16—</P)
—Oklahoma's 11 presidential elec-
tors met in the capitol blue room
at 1:30 p m. today to cast their
11 votes for preslci nt.
Although the federal constitu-
tion gives them freedom to vote for
anyone they choose, the electors
were traditionally and morally the cabinet of Chief of
bound to cast their ballots for the phlllppe Petain.
Democratic standard bearers. j Adolf Hitler’s representative in
After taking the oath of office parts, otto Abetz was expected in
Pierre Laval as vice premier and
foreign minister.
FATE OF CONQUERED
LAND AT STAKE
BERNE. Switzerland. Dec. 16-
(/P)—The fate of conquerored
Fiance's Vichy government and
possibly even total Nazi occupa-
tion of her soil was believed here
today to depend on how the axis
takes the week-end upheaval in
State
CAIRO. Dec. 16—</P)—Vanguards
of Britain's army in the western
desert are "well across" the border
in Italian Libya, a general head-
] quarters communique reported to-
day at the start of the second
week of the British drive.
The Italians, however, were ad-
mitted to be "still holding strong-
ly defended positions about Salum.”
Egyptian port five miles east of
the frontier.
After fighting yesterday almost
blindly through dust storms, Brit-
ish forces were said to be forging
ahead in the Salum—Fort Capuzzu
—Bardia sector today In rain.
(The Italian high command re-
ported bitter fighting both In Libya
and Albania with heavy casualties
Inflicted on the British attackers
by Italian warplanes.)
Advance May Be Slowed
Military circles said the British
wanted to keep the Italians on
the run and the desert rain might
cause some delay. The advance is
expected to slow down in any
case, however, because of mopping-
up operations and the extended
communication lines.
Italian troops, battered almost
Incessantly by the big guns of
British warships ranging along the
coast, were said to be fighting
desperately in an effort to halt
the British drive.
“Front Line" In Doubt
A British spokesman declared
last night that although "It is
well nighl impossible to give an
accurate idea where the front line
is, it can be assured that some
British forces already have crossed
the border."
The British headquarters did
not disclose whether Marshal
Rodolfo Oraziannl had reinforced
his frontier stand -Nsn his large
reservoir of Li by as reserves.
The belief was expressed, how-
• **er, Umt the Italian commander
would make a determined effort
to save his important eastern
Libyan base at Bardia. less than
20 miles west of Salum.
the next formality was to sign the
ballots for president and vice presi-
dent.
Vichy today to talk to Petain. ac-
cording to diplomatic reports reach-
ing Berne.
Berlin's approval of the ouster of
| Pierre Laval as vice premier and
I foreign minister, observers said,
j may hinge on what the French
j chief of state tells Abetz.
Sources here said Laval, at first
WASHINGTON. Dec 16—UP)— reported under guard In his own
full military honors the! home, now was rumored to be a
CHIEF OF G-MEN
RAPS AT BRIDGES
I)oportation Recommend-
ed By J. Ed j;ar Hoover
Lothian Accorded
Esteem Of Nation
With
In addition to the address by Mr Unllw, 8Uleji KBVe flirther Cx- prisoner in Chateau de Pellevotson.
srrmr *S5T5i—
dairy cattle and general discussion
of various phases of dairying.
I A main topic for discussion will
be proposed establishment of a
dairy bull ring in Canadian county,
according to M Lee Phillips, county
agent.
Farmers Would Cooperate
Dairy fanners would cooperate
In the purchase of a registered
bull to be available to all members
of the group, promoting better dairy
herds at a minimum cost to the
individual dairyman.
The program will be open to all
FREEPORT. Tex., Dec. 16—00—
Hope was almost abandoned today
for J W Sellers of Houston, miss-
ing since yesterday on a duck I
hunt In a flooded area near here
Two national guard planes from]
Houston searched the Hoskins
Mount sector, where Sellers last]
was seen, several hours. They found
no trace of him. Others afoot con-
tinued the hunt.
duties.
British Bombers
Strike At Berlin
• WEATHER
Foreran!
Generally fair tonight and Tues-
day; continued cold.
El Reno Weather
For 24-hour period ending at 8
a m. today; High. 30; low, 23; at
6 a. m„ 34.
Slate of weather, cloudy.
Rainfall, none.
Sun sets today at 5:30 p. m.
Sun rlaes tomorrow at 7:33 a. oi
wllh dairy projects and all other
persons Interested In dairying.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec 16—OP)
Fire fanned by a stiff north breeae
of high executives In tire Oklahoma destroyed the old Putnam high-
department of the American Legion school building today with a loss
will accompany Mr. Warner on Ills estimated at $25,000 by Herbert K.
tour of the state, which started Hyde, school board clerk.
, todai with visits to Tulsa. Muskogee, H„,e Mlld thf ltMUi WRs covered
had made such a statement and: M,.Alfstcr and Alokll p^s by France
only Uiol for Ut* Mk* of hlo own. *, ,, _ ... I T. - »- STS 5T».ITTISE
n. .noon, op nlo,(Mon Bowl Has H
No More Ticketsroom*
Heating facilities for the entire
DAI,LAS. TexI Dec 16-<UPU M'ho°1 wr,r °‘d 8lruil“" *nd
. classes were ordered suspended un-
The Colton Bowl has been sold u) tfu>r U)c chrl8tmu |10|idpys.
out for the New Year’s day game indications were the fire started
between Texas A and M college from defective wiring,
and Fordham university andl
checks are being relumed to Yoilths ArC
wins allow applications i.mie I j,... . >v rp i I land reporting the vessel was being
late for one of the 45..W7 seats In KlIICCl (111 I TA( KSl^,^ ___________ ,4n m„..
the stadium. James Stewart, sec-1 _ __
________________ SAUNA. Kan. Dec 16 (U.B—
thTanimuncement mlA with the J l,8,d u*Uy I Two young men were killed 8un-
raidcis singling out numerous tin-1 "We've already sold 24 tickets!day when their car was struck by
portant targets (or their bomba
Besides bombing the Inland port | Stewart said
of Frankfurt, the air ministry aald i -
a number of targets near that city ]■ Miss Jerry Kelso, who Is attend- west
were hard hit. I b'K Stephens college, Columbia. Mo..; Archer. 20, who lives near Enter-
the nation's along with the republican leaders
! esteem for the marquess of Loth- who face "war guilt" charges in
ian. honoring his ashes with a the impending trails which Laval
temporary resting place among himself advocated
America's revered dead in Arllng
ton national cemetery.
Under the mast of the battle
ship Maine, a short distance from RaVlPW ( ’hilllpillyP
the grave of the Unknown Soldier. IVcVItW V
a vault was prepared to receive |
the remains of the British atn-
Highest Court To
WASHINGTON. Dec 16 -UP)-
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.. Dec. 16—
UP)—J. Edgar Hoover, head of the
federal bureau of Investigation,
said today the Investigations of
F B I agents convinced him
Harry Bridges, west coast labor
leader, should be deported.
He made the assertion in an
interview while discussing the 3,000-
word report he said will be sub-
mitted to Attorney General Robert
H. Jackson containing evidence
that the Communist party definite-
ly is committed to the overthrow
of the United States government.
"Our report confirms that Bridges
is a Communist and that the Com-
munist party advocates overthrow
I of the United States government,"
I Hoover said.
He added that the public had a
| misconception of the F. B. I.'s ac-
| tlvltles in connection with com-
1 than Ism
bassador who died unexpectedly last The supreme court agreed today "I am often ask«i why we.donT
Thursday.
State Gets Funds
to review a challenge by Represen-
tative Arthur W. Mitchell, the only
! negro member of congress, of the
1 constitutionality of "Jim Crow"
( railway cars in the south
T<> ( Mllllvit FirPS Mitchell ‘Democrat, Illinois) as- Bridges. That's up
1U VAm, “ serted railroads must furnish ac- migration service"
. _ ! commodlattons to members of his -
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec 16—(U.R>
outlaw It," he said. “Only congress
could outlaw the party. By being
investigated it has. In effect, been
outlawed.
"The F B I. can't deport Harry
to the 1m-
LONDON. Dec. 16-OP) The R
A F pounded railways, factories
and public utilities In Berlin. Frank-
furt-on-the-Maln, the Kiel ship-
yards and the port of Bremen, In
slashing overnight raids, the air
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‘Unknown’ Vessel
a • | urn* oil 6IIU |N»*»w
Reports Bombing during the fiscal year 1941
I —Oklahoma has been allocated
I $16,506 In federal funds to help
| meet tho cost of fighting forest
fires on state and private lands
The forest service of the U. 8.
NEW YORK. Dec I6-(U.»- Mac- (department of agriculture said that
under the Clarke-McNary act, the
state Is required to expend at
lens! an equal amount of Its own
or contribute funds for prevention
kay radio today Intercepted a wlre-
laas message from the 8 8 Blcls-
j for the 1942 Cotton Bowl game, a Union Pacific passenger train
near chapman. Kai.,
Lawrence Oray. 19. who llvea
of Chapman, and Deane
still another attack, British j will arrive Thursday to spend the prise, Kan were the victims They
of the 9th en-
bombers were declared to have scor- Christmas holidays with her par- I were members
sd hits on two enemy merchant vea- j ents, Mr and Mrs. E. R, Kelso, 519 glneera, stationed near Fort Riley,
sela off the French coaat.
South Williams avenue.
Kan.
bombed by enemy aircraft 340 miles
west by south of Tory Island, off
the north coast of Ireland
Tire message, Intercepted by Mac-
kay's station at Amagansrtt, N. Y
limed the attack at 5:23 a. m.
Iloyd'a register of shipping lists
no vessel named Blcmland.
Mrs Henry Ritter of Sacramento.
Ctllf., Is visiting har mother-in-law,
Mrs Mary Ritter. 514 Smith Bar-
ker avenue.
of fires on these lands.
Figures made public today by j
the forest nervier showed that j
there was a total of 1.012 forest j
fires on state and private pro-
tected lands In Oklahoma last
race equal to those provided white
persons traveling In Interstate com-
merce, His petition was dismissed
by the southern Illinois federal
dlatrlct court
Jack Walsh Here
After Auto Crash
Jack Walsh. Governor Leon Phil-
I Ups' chauffeur, has returned to his
home at El Reno and will be away
from htR Job two weeks while he
recovers from chest Injuries received
when the governor's ear was in-
volved In a collision last Friday.
Mr Walsh suffered three rib frac-
Presents Aboard
Torpedoed Ship
NEW YORK. Dec. 16—(U.R)—‘Th#
final load of Christmas presents
from Americans to relatives and
friends In Great Britain was aboard
the British liner Western Prince,
which was torpedoed 400 miles west
of Ireland, It was learned today.
The ship was to have been the
last from this country to reach
Britain before Christmas In addi-
tion to the mall cargo, she carried
11.000 noo worth of butter, egga. ham
and other food and her decks were
covered with bombing planes con-
signed to the Royal air force.
year a* compared with 793 In IW9, (urwi and y,p lining of one lung
an Inerease of Ml. | may have been punctured, It was 1
Damage lo protected forests and i nnirt
lands by fire was estimated by Governor Phlllipa received lesser
the forest service as 9175,135 as i injuries In the mishap and was back Hoff avenue, ta 111 at her home with
compared with $4,091,045 on un- at work today, the Associated Preas influensa Rev Pringle has recover-
protected lands. I reported. |ed from an attack of lnfluUHL
Mrs M B Pringle. 714 Bouth
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