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Vol. 60, No. 188
Senate Inquiry
On Loan Graft
fill Continue
RFC Influence Side
Tty Kansas CiJjr Jin*
Is Still tinder Fire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1»—<UJg—
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, (Demo*
crat, North Carolina), said today
that the “preliminary inquiry” into
the alleged RFC dealings of Wil-
liam M. Boyle. Jr. will be continued
despite President Truman's clean
Mil of health for the Democratic
rational chairman.
Hoey. chairman of the senate'*
permanent investigating sub-com-
mittee, said the Inquiry should be
finished in a' few daya. The sub-
committee then will decide wheth-
er a full investigation is needed,
he said.
Mr. Truman told his news con-
ference yesterday that he had In-
vestigated and found that Boyle
had nothing to do with Recon-
struction Finance Corporation
loans totaling 8585,000 to the Amer-
ican Llthofold corporation, St.
Louis.
Mr. Trupian said he had full
confidence In Boyle and that he
would remain as party chairman.
Truman Backs Boyle
The president said In a state-
ment that he would never condone
any party chairman taking fees
for using Influence with federal
agencies. He was confident, he
said, that Boyle had nothing to do
with arranging the RPC loans.
Hoey declined to comment on
the president's statement.
“The sub-committee Is not pro-
ceeding under the assumption that
anything is wrong." Hoey said. “We
are merely trying to find out If
there is anything that warrant* an
investigation.”
Chairman John I* McClellan,
(Democrat. Arkansas), said the
senate eaecutive expenditures com,
mlttee, parent body of the Hoey
group, probably would discuss the
Inquired at Its next meeting on
Tuesday.
Flag tag* Awaited
He said the question of a full
Investigation would depend largely
on the findings of the iub-eom-
mittee.
Disclosures by the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch first linked Boyle to the
Llthofold loans. Boyle said he
represented Llthofold at legal
counsel for a short time before
becoming vice-chairman of the na-
tional committee, but not In con-
nection with the RPC loans.
However, the St. Louis paper
said Boyle got a total of 11.300 in
“commissions" from the firm over
a period of more than a year, part
of it after becoming an official of
the national committee.
Senator Harry P. Byrd, 'Demo-
crat, Virginia), one of Boyle's loud-
est critics In the case, introduced
legislation yesterday to ban em-
ployes of national political com-
mittees from "influencing'' govern-
ment agencies.
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TO VISIT U. 8. IN OCTOBER—Princess Elisabeth and her
huaband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who are due to vlait the United
State* in October, are shown with their two children. Prince Charles
and Princess Anne, in first official photo of the four together.—(NEA
GOP Senator
Accused Of
Smear Work
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — (UR)—
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Re-
publican, Wisconsin) and the state
department clashed today over Mc-
Carthy's disclosure of 26 depart-
ment employes whom he claims
have been charged with Communist
activities.
The department accused Mc-
Carthy of a "callous” indifference
to facts and of "indefensible smear
tactics."
McCarthy retorted that the de-
partment did not answer his chief
complaint: Why were the 26 per-
sons allowed access to secret data
while their loyalty was in question?
McCarthy's list Included An-
bassador-it-Large Philip C. Jessup,
diplomat John Carter Vincent, in-
formation specialist William T.
Stone and Policy Planner John Pat-
on Davies. Jr., who recently was
cteared by the department's loyalty
board.
The other a employe* generally
were consultants, economists or ex-
perts in the department's various
Information field*.
Several of the persons named by
McCarthy Issued statements cate-
gorically denying that they are dis-
loyal.
McCarthy's senate speech late
yesterday stemmed from his recent
correspondence with deputy Under-
secretary of 8tate Carlisle H. Hum-
elslne. in which the senator de-
manded that M Individuals form-
ally accused of being security risks
be denied access to secret informa-
tion.
State Forecast
Partly cloudy today, tonight and
Saturday, with a few widely scat-
tered afternoon or night time
thundershowers. Cooler southeast
tndav. High todav near 00; low to-
night 65 northwest to 70 to 75 cast
ami south.
FI Reno Weather
For the 24-hour period ending
nt 8 a. m. today: high, 68: low. 65:
at 8 a. in.. 72.
Rain Today
Appreciated
By Farmers
A heavy downpour accom-
panied by wind from the west
crossed Canadian county this
afternoon and brought relief to
crops, In addition to an added
break In the heat wave.
Spot checks over the county
revealed no wind damage, and
the 230 Inches of rainfall (Port
Reno gauge) was received with
appreciation by county farmers.
Ed Reding, farmer of about a
mile north of town said that corn
was still standing- despite the
wind, and that “we sure needed
the rain.” Similar information
came from J. E Hunt.-five miles
south of El Reno, who said about
an Inch of rain had fallen up to
2 p. m., and that it all went into
the ground.
“It was Just what we needed,”
Hunt said.
Everett • Pedderson. wear Heas-
ton, west of B Reno, said one
and a half Inches of rain fell on
his farm, Mrs. E. H. Bornemann,
five miles east also reported
heavy rain.
None of the fanners reported
any hail.
Indications at 3 p. m. were
that rainfall would continue
through the rest of the day.
COFFEE-TIME SPEAKER—
Russell B. Holloway, Oklah
City attorney and president of the
State Laymen of Christian
Churches, will srtdram the Beerett
Poole BIMe dees 9
In the basement of
church. Spedal finals of the
user*- wtU r
' of the state council of TMain of
Wars whe will fatter tare
and Unity.
Drouth, Heat
Scorch Texas
DALLAS. Aug. lO-fll.Ri—Restric-
tions in water consumption were
ordered as sun-baked Texas swelt-
ered today In one of the worst
heat waves In weather bureau his-
tory. Al-eady, IB deaths were at-
tributed to the hea(.
■ The hot spell has gripped the
Lone Star state for a month. And
the past week has been the worst
with temperatures soaring as high
as 116 degrees.
The blazing sun dried up range-
land water holes, forcing ranchers
to ship their livestock to market.
Farm experts said the crop loss
would be in the millions.
Many cities enacted water con-
servation ordinances.
The situation reached emergency
proportions at Temple, in the cen-
tral part of the state. Water re-
servea there were down to a 20-day
supply and users of outdoor hyd-
ants were subjected to fines.
Cooling devices were a scarce
commodity.
“Sold out” signs popped up on
hardware and appliance counters.
Dallas dealers reported few air
conditioning units left after per-
spiring residents entered rush
orders. Unusual odd measures to
beat the heat were common.
Construction Bill
Approval Is Seen
WASHINOTON, Aug. 10 -UPh-
The house was expected to approve
today a 85.768,000,000 military con-
struction bill aimed at bolstering
U. 8. defense* here and abroad
against any Communist aggression.
The house foreign affair* commit-
tee last night okayed a 87048,750.000
foreign aid bin to help friendly na-
tion* strengthen their military and
economic muscles. The house may
vote on this next week.
Both measure* together would add
another I1M18.7M.MO to the record
peacetime 864083,406890 military
budget pamed yeeterdey by the
home. Mf votes to two. Both pend-
ing mamma will require senate
approval and amarah
Faculty Set
At Calumet
The Calumet school faculty has
been completed, and classes will
open Sept. 3.
W. H. Pore, superintendent at
Calumet, said T. C. Beare. former- j
ly of Irving school In Jefferson i
county, had been appointed high-1
school principal for the new term.
Other hlghschool teachers will be
Viola Hart, commerce and mathe-
matics instructor: Mrs. Mary Ann
Hicks, vocational home economics
teacher: Ernest Dokc. Jr., Eng-
lish teacher: Fore, history teacher,
and Shelby Sherrill, athletic coach.
Pearl Howe will be grade school
principal and fourth and sixth
grade teacher, and othrr instruc-
tors will be Mrs. Holllc Hlngcr,
fifth grade: Mrs. Gladys Spain-
hower, third grade: Aline Massey,
second grade, and Mrs. Pore, pri-
mary.
Fred Laughlln will be building
custodian.
Pore said one new school bus
has been purchased for transporta-
tion of students, but that bus driv-
ers have not yet been named.
M. J. Meyer To
Attend Institute
Mervll J. Meyer, manager of the
El Reno retail merchants associ-
ation. will leave Saturday for Law-
rence. Kan., where he will attend
a credit bureau and collection ser-
vice management Institute at the
University of Kansas.
This Is the second year, in a
four-year series of institutes,
Meyer has enroled In the one-week
course. The Institute will begin
Monday, and he expects to return
to El Reno about Aug. 28.
In his absence the office will be
managed by Mrs. Ann Stevens.
Approximately 50 retail merchant
association and credit bureau man-
agers from Kansas, Missouri, Ark-
ansas, Nebraska and Colorado
have enroled In the institute.
RECEIVE BHA DBOBEF8 AT OU
Two H Reno men who received
their bachelor degree* in business
administration at the University
of Oklahoma this semester were
Pat Wrtgley. son of Mrs. Ethieen
Wrigley, 1214 North Rock Island
and Waller Blair, mb of Mrs. Lu-
rile Blair. llOg South Soft.
Army Verifies
Mule Program
For Fort Reno \
Commanding Officer
Finds No Shortage
In Civilian Workers
Judging from call* at the newly-
founded army quartermaster head-
quarters at Port Reno, there will
be no civilian employe shortage
when the ECA horse and mule
program gets underway later this
month.
Major C. D. Ramsel. who ha*
returned to Port Reno to get the
local phase of the foreign aid pro-
gram started, said today that his
office Is being flooded with appli-
cations for employment.
He announced tnat he has not
vet been officially authorized ta
hire his civilian staff, but he ext
pects to receive orders within th)
next two weeks.
The office of technical informa-
tion . army quartermaster corps,
wired verification of the planned
animal program to the B Reno
chamber of commerce today.
Slated for Tarkey
The message revealed that ap
proxlmately 5,800 horses and mule*
will be purchased by the army
under the Economic Cooperation
Administration foreign aid pro-
gram. and processed at Port Rend
for shipment to Turkey.
The animals will be collected
on a 600-acre plot which has been
“borrowed” from the agriculture!
experiment station.
The telegram to the chamber of
commerce further l'evealed that
first shipment of animals to Tur-
key la planned for Nov. 1, and will
extend over a nine-month period.
It added that there is no plan for
increase In the number of horses
and mules for the U. S. army.
Major Ramsel said today that!
the army quartermaster depot at
Port Worth. Tex., will handle all’
actual purchase of animals and
forage.
Local Market Been
He said it is the army’s policy
In programs of this nature to pur-
chase all supplies possible as neaf
as posilbla to the. ana. h*
they will be used. Which indicates
that Canadian county farmers will
have a local market lor a large
quantity of hay, grain and fodder
for the next nine months.
Major Ramsel said he expect-
approximately 100 enlisted men
and nine officers to be assigned
to the program. He said about 30
civilians will be employed largely
from this area.
The quartermaster officer was
stationed at Port Reno from 1917
through 1949 when a simlllar pro-
gram was In process to obtain ani-
mals for shipment to Greece.
At Least 12 Dead, 60
Injured in Train Crash
Marine Troop Train Hits
Streamliner Head-On
‘QUIT, OR BE BOUNCED’—Senator William Benton, Demo-
crat, Connecticut, placed Sen. Joseph McCarthy, left, Republican,
Wisconsin, In a new role when he called on McCarthy to resign his
senate seat, or be kicked out. Benton introduced a resolution directing
the senate rules committee to investigate McCarthy's role In last
year's Maryland senatorial race and "other acts” with a view toward
“expulsion.”—(NEA Photo.)
Two Persons Hurt
In Auto Accident
Two persons, a child and his
grandmother, were taken to the
El Reno sanitarium today after a
car in which they were riding
left the road, on U S. 66 about
four miles west of El Reno, and hit
a fence post shortly after 10 a. m.
The two. taken to the hospital
In a Benson ambulance were Steve
Evelt. 5. of Oklahoma City route
11. and Mrs. Margaret Ford. 70. of
Hnmmon. The child suffered a
broken leg. and Mrs. Ford re-
ceived a contusion of the fore-
head.
The boy's mother, Mrs. L. E.
Evctt, driver of the car, and a
brother, Gary Evctt. 4, were un-
injured.
Farmers Increase
Cattle Production
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 —OP)—
The agriculture department report-
ed today that farmers are raising
about 6 million more head of beef
cattle this year than last. But they
are staying on the farm Instead of
coming to slaughter market.
It looks now, the agency said, as
If cattle slaughter this year will
run below last year'* level. In the
first half of the year commercial
cattle slaughter was down nine per-
cent and calf slaughter down 18
percent from a year ago. Some In-
crease was expected In the year's
last half.
Iron Curtain Youths
Continue To Desert
BERLIN, Aug. 10—UP)— Eluding
tightened police controls, additional
tens of thousands of Iron Curtain
youths deserted the Communist
work! peace festival today to visit
free West Berlin.
It waa the second great invasion
wave, staged by a new mass of
youths whom the Communists had
brought to Bast Berlin festival from
the surrounding Russian occupation
me. Shortages of supplies and
housing for the two-week show re-
quires that the delegatee be brought
in shifts tor rWte of about five
days each.
OPS Fights
To Finish
On Rollbacks
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—<U.R>
—Price officials admitted today
that their hopes of rolling back
prices on everything from shoes
to sofas had all but vanished.
One of the last government at-
tempts to roll back factory prices
floundered when the office of
price stabilization indefinitely
postponed some 828 billion in
rollbacks on manufacturers'
prices.
The postponement late yester-
iaa>wadf .Ut give the gov-v
eminent time to formulate a
phlicy for price ceilings under
the new controls law. But OPS
officials admitted that chances
for many future manufacturing
price rollbacks were slim.
The rollbacks—and some In-
creases—were due to go Into el-
ect next week on clothing, furni-
ture. machinery, cotton and wool
textiles and thousands of other
products.
Manufacturers now may go
ahead with increases provided by
the regulations, but they do not
have to comply with rollback
provisions.
OPS had drawn up Its rollback
regulations under the old con-
trols law which permitted only
part of a manufacturer's direct
cost increases to be added to his
pre-Korean prices. The new law
requires OPS to let celling prices
reflect all "reasonable” cost In-
creases through July 26.
Program Set
For VFW Meet
Program lor the stale VFW de-
partment council meeting to be
held In El Reno Saturday and Sun-
day was announced today by Jack
DeAtley, post commander.
District commanders and ladles
auxiliary presidents of the eight
Oklahoma districts; the state com-
mander: state adjutant, and other
state officers will attend the two-
day meeting.
Registration for delegates will
begin nt 1 p. m. Saturday at the
post clubhouse. J. B. Clendenning,
post adjutant, will be in charge.
A dance will be held In the club-
house Saturday night.
8unday morning, members of the
Q Reno post and out-of-town
delegates will be guests of the
LVerctt Poole Bible class in the
Presbyterian church. They will
mce at 9:30 a. m
A meeting of the council will
be held et 11 a. m. Sunday in
post clubhouse.
Sundav at noon, a dinner will be
held for the delegates of VFW and
auxiliary In the clubhouse. Dinner
will be served by the local post.
At 1 p. m. Sunday, a formal
meeting of the council will be held
in the clubhouse. Representatives
of all state posts will be present.
The remainder of Sunday after-
noon will be spent Informally at
the clubhouse.
Waste Paper
Drive Started
Jaycees To Collect
Wednesday Evenings
Members of the Junior chamber
of commerce will conduct waste
paper collections every Wednesday
evening until Sept. 19, when the
campaign will be closed with a
main drive.
Announcement of the plan was
made at the regular noon luncheon
meeting at the Jaycees at the Ox
ford cafe by Oar land Parker,
chairman Of • the- paper collection
committee.
Truck* Supplied
He said trucks will be supplied
for the pickups by the Arnold
Monument company, Western Auto,
Hammons Motor company, the El
Reno Seed and Peed company and
the Booth-Relter Furniture com-
pany.
The campaign Is to raise funds
for community project*. Residents
have been asked to tie paper In
bundles or put It In boxes, and
place them on the porches or curbs
before their homes on Wednesdays.
Parker said the committee Is
trying to arrange for a series of
telephone numbers which residents
may call when they desire to have
waste paper picked up at other
times.
Jaycees See Film
Program at the meeting today
Included showing of a film on the
state poultry Industry, produced by
the state department of agricul-
ture. Harold Rector, representative
of the state department of agri-
culture. was narrator.
Kenneth Hammons. Jayccc vice
president, conducted the meeting
In the absence of the president,
Mark Hoover, who is on vacation.
American Legion
Elects Officers
Chester C. Taylor was elected
commander of the El Reno post of
the American Legion Thursday
night, succeeding Alfred Plaut.
Other officers are L. T. Jenkins,
first vice commander; Rudolph
Schaff, second vice commander;
J. Charles Burger, adjuant; Louis
Reiler, finance officer; Earl E.
Nunn, chaplain; John Wolfe, ser-
geant-at-arms; H. Merle Woods,
historian; and George Young. Lee
Stoneman. L. R. Holland. Kenneth
Hammons, executive committee
members.
Trustees elected are W. E. Bales.
Raymond Lorenzen and S. Boyd
the Wilson.
All new officers will be Installed
Sept. 13. at the first regular meet-
ing following the state convention,
to be held In Tulsa Sept. 2 and 3.
MEXICO GUARDS FISHING
VERACRUZ, Mexico. Aug. 10—
(U.B—Mexican coast guard cutters
petroled the Oulf of Mexico today
to guard against dozens of “pirate”
U. 8. and Cuban flatting boats that
have Invaded Mexican waters. The
last guard said the patrol* will
be continued “until pirate fishing
in Mexican territorial waters la
wiped out.”
Dcardorffs Lose In
Softball Tourney Finals
The Oklahoma City Comptrollers
emerged as winner of the first an-
nual El Reno Invitational softball
tournament Thursday night, when
they defeated B Reno's Deardorff
Oilers 4-2 in Legion park.
The Comptrollers were unde-
feated throughout the tournament,
and last night's game represented
the second loss of the aeries for
the Oilers, the first being to the
Hinton Merchants last Friday
night.
The Deardorff Oilers will play
In another tournament at Hinton
later *****
if;
SIMMESPORT, La., Aug. 10— (AP)— A head-on crash
of a Kansas City Southern streamliner and a 300-marine
troop train today killed at least 12 persons and injured 60
or more, state police reported.
None of the dead were identified immediately. The
bodies were en route to nearby Morganza, La.
The wreck occurred about 7 a. m. in a desolate swamp
area 60 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, La.
Telephone lines paralleling the railroad were knocked
down and only death messages could be telephoned out
of the area.
Casualty reports varied widely but a Kansas City
Southern employe at the scene verified the state police
report that the known death toll was 12 persons.
Several of the cars and both diesel engines caught fire
after the smashup. A passenger on the Southern Belle
said marines told him three or four officers were trapped
in a burning car.
A marine corps spokesman in Washington said that
one marine was killed in the wreck and five others injured.
Louisiana police listed an unidentified child bystander,
as one of the dead.
The troop train, also operated by Kansas City South-
ern, was en route from Camp Lejeune, N. C. to San Diego,
From the sketchy police reports it appeared that most
of the casualties were from the troop train.
Truce Talks Reopen, But
Reds Keep Stony Silence
UN ADVANCE BASE BELOW KAESONG, Korea, Aug.
10—(UP)—Communist negotiators Bat in stony silence for
two hours and 11 minutes at the resumed cease-fire talk*
today, then flatly refused to consider any compromiae solu-
tion to the dfadlock over an armiatioe buffer zone.
A united nations communique called Chief Come
Delegate General Nam It’s silence “historical and
dented.”
He broke it, the communique said, only to refuse ad-
amantly to discuss:
1. The battle line area as a possible location of the
cease-fire line or buffer zone.
2. Any line other than the 38th parallel as a possible
line of military demarcation.
3. Any other item on the military armistice conference
agenda.
Despite the seemingly hopeless deadlock, the negotiators
agreed to meet again at 11 a. m. tomorrow (7 p. m. today
CST).
The meeting was the first since the UN command broke
off the negotiations last Sunday in protest against the
presence of armed Red troops In Kaesong. It also was the
longest since the conference
began July 10, lasting for
four hours and 12 minutes.
Chief UN negotiator Vice Ad-
miral C. Turner Joy opened the
20th session at 1:30 p. m. (9:30
p. m. Thursday CST) with a state-
ment suggesting the possibility of a
compromise on the buffer zone
question.
The negotiators first took up the
Issue two weeks ago Friday and
had striven for agreement at nine
previous sessions.
UN Willing To Talk
Joy said he was "completely will-
ing” to discuss a demilitarized zone
"located generally In the area ol
the present battle line." This ex-
tends 20 to 30 miles north of the
38th parallel In central and east-
ern Korea.
He also said he was willing to
discuss "possible adjustments of the
proposed zone, which thus far has
been defined only in general terns.”
“Admiral Joy completed this
statement at 2:44 p. m. and from
then until 4:55 p. m„ there was
utter silence on the part of the
senior Communist delegate,” the UN
communique said.
Nam II finally responded with his
blanket refusal to consider any
ccase-flre line other than the 38th
parallel, pre-war fronUer between
South and Communist North Ko-
rea.
Plan Te Skirt Irene
U. S. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson has said that the UN
never will agree to withdraw south
of the parallel because It would
mean a retreat to Indefensible po-
sitions.
Still in hope of finding possible
areas of agreement. Joy then pro-
posed that the conference tempor-
arily drop the deadlocked Issue and
go on to the next item an the
agenda—concrete arrangements for
“the realization of a military ar-
mistice and the resultant cease-
fire.”
Said the UN communiques , _
Tor the second
afternoon, Ocoerai Nam B
equivocation refured to (Ha
point otter than the Mlt
and Item No. 2 (Urn buffer
Both side* had appeared,
their tint muting store I
Enemy Jabs
Allied Line
AtKumsong
EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR-
TERS, Korea, Aug. 10—0J.R)—
Communist troops Jabbed re-
peatedly today at united nations
positions below Kumsong. Red
buildup base on the central front,
but failed to dent the allied line.
At least three such minor prob-
ing attacks were repulsed in the
pre-dawn darkness and others
followed during the day.
Farther east, a Communist
squad engaged a UN patrol north
of Hwachon on the east-central
front Thursday night. The Rede
were thrown into retreat and the
UN patrol gave chase until it i
Into Communist reinfa
Communist Jet fighter
challenged UN Jets over North
Korea Thursday for the first
time since July 28, but fled
north across the Yalu river Into
Manchuria after a tew exchange!
of gunfire.
Fifteen B-29 Superfortreaere
dropped more than 2800 180-
pound bomba on two important
railway marshalling yards in
western Korea. The bombers ran '
into considerable antl-ali
fire and some were damagm*
all returned safely to thw
awa bases.
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