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STEADY ON THE BULLSEYE—Judy Halverson, daughter of Mr.
ana Mrs. uuvu nuiversuu, nta cuum aincs, lattes .-acuity mm will
her arrow as she practices archery on the range at Girl Scout day
camp in Legion park. Mrs. E. G. Muegge, instructor, right, watches
approvingly as other young sharpshooters await their turn.
Record Group of Girl Scouts
Turns Park Into Camp Ground
p’L RENO and Yukon Girl Scouts—149 of them—are
swarming over Legion park this week in the eighth
annual Girl Scout day camp sponsored by the El Reno Girl
Scout association.
This year’s enrolment has set an all-time record for the
El Reno day camp. Of the 149 girls attending, 125 are
from El Reno and 24 are Yukon girls.
The girls, ranging from the second grade through the
sixth grade, are enjoying all facilities and supervision of
i a regular camping trip, ex-
cept that they spend their
nights at home.
Activities include handiwork
classes, archery, tennis, swimming
and games, in addition to their reg-
ular camping program. Hours are
arranged by the various unit lead-
ers and their assistants to include
all activities and still give the
youngsters plenty of time for rest.
Mrs. G. E. Etheridge is camp di-
J. H. "Bus" Griffin. Banner route j «• “■«•«» bV Mrs.
1. has authorized The Tribune to | mftde by ^ c Booth and Unlle
announce his candidacy for Cana- j Reiter, camping committee for the
dian county commissioner of the Girl Scouts association.
In addition to training in various
sports, the girls receive capable In-
struction in novelty cooking, sew-
ing and beadwork. Each unit is su-
pervised by one or more adults who
guide the girls through the week's
activities.
Each unit of the Brownies and
Intermediate Girl Scouts is set up
on an age-school grade basis. The
older girls receive more advanced
training based on former instruc-
tion.
In addition to the day camp here,
each of the girls will have oppor-
tunity to attend the annual estab-
lished camp scheduled at Lake Mur-
ray for the week beginning Sunday.
July 6. The Lake Murray camp is
sponsored by the South Central
Girl Scout area.
Banner Man
Seeks Election
J. H. “Bus” Griffin
Wants County Office
GOP May Back
MacArthur For
Vice President
General Is Relieved
Agreeable to Place
On Ticket with Taft
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
With two weeks to go for the Re-
publican convention, all 1,200 dele-
gates named and the top contend-
ers scrapping for presidential nomi-
nating votes, a new note sounded
today: MacArthur-f o r-vice-presl-
dent.
Such a move reportedly was under
discussion by some supporters of
Ohio's Senator Robert Taft, a
front-runner with General Dwight
Elsenhower In the GOP presidential
race.
General Douglas MacArthur re-
peatedly has said he Is not a candi-
date for any office. But some Taft
followers are understood to believe
MacArthur would accept second
place on the party's ticket if Taft
got number one.
Have More Time
The Democrats, meanwhile, were
less than 100 away from winding
up the selection of their 1.230 con-
vention delegates. They have more
time. The Democratic convention
comes two weeks after the GOP
gathering July 7—both at Chicago.
Indiana's 26-vote Democratic del-
egation was being completed today
at an Indianapolis convention. None
of the delegates is pledged or form-
ally Instructed for any candidate,
but the bulk appeared sewed up for
Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson.
Stevenson was expected to leave
a Chicago hospital today after a
kidney operation. He has insisted
all along he is not a candidate for
anything this year except governor
again. He is described as President
Truman’s favorite, although Tru-
man has carefully avoided giving
the appearance of formally support-
ing any of the would-be nominees.
Kefauver Ahead
With 1,130 of the Democratic dele-
gates named. Senator Estes Kefauv-
er of Tennessee has the most avow-
ed and conceded support—246 In the
Associated Press tabulation. His
closely rival is Georgia Senator
Richard Russell, with 114'4. Next
is mutual security administrator J.
Averell Harrlman, who has 95 Vi.
Eisenhower and Taft were driving
hard in the stretch for delegate
votes. Elsenhower, after a radio-
television speech last night in which
he pegged the GOP race to a peace-
or-war-issue, had a news conference
and a meeting with Louisiana dele-
gates today in Denver. Taft met
with the Maryland delegation yes-
terday at Baltimore, then drove to
a date with Pennsylvania's delegates
today In Hershey, Pa.
Taft picked up 10 more Illinois
votes yesterday, when the last of
the total 1.206 GOP delegates were
named.
Atomic Weapons For
Land-Air-Sea Ready;
H-Bomb Test Hinted
JUNE CHRISTMAS—It was 93 degrees in Oklahoma City when this
picture was taken of Donald O'Connor, celebrated Christmas with
the traditional trimmings and one extra—a watermelon. The 19-year-
old 35th division soldier spent last Christmas in a front line bunker
in Korea and his parents decided to hold up their celebration until
their son got home. O’Connor, home now, is awaiting discharge
—<AP Wirephoto.)
6,000 Jaycees Begin Business
Of Staging Biggest Convention
DALLAS, Tex., June 24—(UP)—Six thousand young
men, who’ve been whooping it up over the week-end, today
got down to the business of staging the biggest national
convention in the history of the U. S. jupior chamber of
commerce.
Three thousand delegates to the Jaycee’s 82nd annual
business conference registered yesterday, including an Okla-
homa delegation in full Indian regalia.
The remaining 3,000, including a delegation of Nevadans
with 15,000 silver dollars jingling in their pockets, registered
today as the week-long convention proper began.
The highlight of the convention will come on Friday,
after election of officers, when two Democratic presidential
aspirants — Senator Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee and
Senator Richard Russell of
Georgia—will address the in-
augural banquet.
Before, after and in-between,
there will be a smattering of other
serious business and four days of
parties, dinners, dances, stunts and
parades.
Tepee Set Up
The Oklahomans, meanwhile,
erected a tepee in the lobby of one
of the two downtown Dallas hotels
which have been given over solely
to the Jaycees for the week.
The Nevada delegation will Jingle
New Hospital
Site Studied
By Engineers
Preparations for construction of
a new city hospital were moving
ahead today as a group of engineers
surveyed the approved site west
of the city.
City Manager C. A. Bentley said
the engineers were sent by the
El Reno To Join
U. S. (6 Caravan
City Men To Attend
Claremore Event
Three representatives of the El
Reno chamber of commerce will
leave for Claremore early Wednes-
day to take part in dedication cere-
monies naming U.S. 66 the ‘Will
Rogers highway."
The three, W. C. Samples. S. E.
Burgess and E. D. Lewis, chamber
secretary - manager, will take part
in ceremonies ut Claremore. at
which Governor Johnston Murray,
and Will Rogers, jr„ will officiate,
and will ride an El Reno car, deco-
rated with placards advertising the
city, in a caravan from Claremore
to El Reno.
To Parade Here
The program opened Monday at
St. Louis, Mo., and the caravan will
pass through El Reno on an eight-
state 2,200 mile trip winding up In
California.
The caravan is expected to arrive
in El Reno at 10 or 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, when the group, includ-
ing motion picture stars and other
dignitaries, will parade down Rock
Island avenue and Bickford before
continuing on the Journey.
Group To Change
The group going to Claremore will
drop out of the caravan here Thurs-
day, and will be replaced by another
car, carrying Ray Huddnrt, and
Cecil Ledbetter, which will continue
to the Oklahoma-Tcxas state line,
where another ceremony will be
held at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Markers designating U.S. 66 as
the "Will Rogers highway" will be
set up along the route.
The caravan is sponsored by the
U.S. 66 association. Warner Broth-
ers studio, and the Ford motor com-
pany.
Students To
Give Program
second district.
Griffin, who lives on a farm
three miles north and seven east
of El Reno, has been a taxpayer
and resident of Canadian county
all his life. He Is 42 years of age
and has served one term as com-
missioner of the first district.
Griffin is a registered Democrat
and is the superintendent of the
Richland Nazarene church. He Is
married and has four children. j
Griffin, a farmer, says he feels
he has a good conception of the
needs of rural residents in the
second district regarding good
roads.
“Having had one term of experi-
ence in the commissioner's office,
during which time I believe I dem-
onstrated my capabilities of serving
the public, and after being re-
quested by many of my friends to
again campaign for office of com-
missioner, I decided to seek elec-
tion to the office of second district
commissioner," Griffin said.
“Due to the recent redistricting
of the county, my home is now In
the second district, making it
mandatory that I seek nomination
from that district, rather than
district one, which previously cov-
ered the area in which I live," he
explained.
Griffin said he was making no
campaign promises and that If he
Is elected he will be free of any
obligations, “and it will not be nec-
essary to fulfill any political prom-
ises by spending money In un-
neded projects."
“I do not believe in pre-election
road work and repairs, because I
believe, and my former term in
office will show, that road repairs
should be a year-around project
and as funds will allow,” Griffin
declared.
TWO AUTOS DAMAGED
A car driven by Darrell Deyer, of
the 1500 block on South Dille, re-
ceived approximately 150 damage
in an accident with a parked car
Monday noon In the 300 block on
South Rock Island. The other car,
whose owner was not known, re-
ceived minor damage, the police
Dafflc report said.
Doctor Loses Medical
Kit for Second Time
A city physician, Dr. Malcom
Phelps, was victimized for the sec-
ond time in recent months when
someone, presumably In search of
narcotics, took a medical kit from
his car Monday night.
Dr. Phelps was unaware of the
theft until Sheriff Tiny Royse in-
formed him today that the bag had
been found by Lloyd White, east of
the U. S. 81-66 “Y," where it ap-
parently had been thrown from a
car.
The bag was found about 7:30
a.m. today. None of the contents
was missing.
architectural firm of Parr and jjs 15,000 silver dollars until Thurs-
Aderhold, which will draw up plans day when, during a parade in which
for the hospital, to run contours each delegation is committed to
on the site.
The hospltul location
was ap-
some special stunt, the dollars will
be thrown to Dallas citizens who
watch the parade.
proved last week by the Hospital j The parade also wil, Ulclude a
division of the state health de- covered chuck wagon in which six
partment, which allocates federal Colorado Jaycees made the trip to
funds for construction of hospitals. Dallas for the convention.
Bentley said that considerable Party Is Planned
work yet remains before actual A lavish party from 4 to 8 p.m.
construction of the hospital begins, Thursday also will be a convention
and that work Is not expected to highlight.
start for at least four months.
Yet to be completed are full ar-
rangements for federal participa-
tion, the extent of which has not
yet been decided; work on complete
plans and specifications for the
hospital building, and advertising
for bids for the construtcion work.
There will be an Oklahoma chick-
en leg party, a Virginia ham and
biscuit party, a South Carolina
shrimp and beer party, a Florida
orange juice party, a Kentucky mint
julep party, a Louisiana shrimp
party, an Illinois hot dog and beer
party and a Wisconsin cheese party.
A group of foreign exchange stu-
dents attending the University of
Oklahoma, will present a special
program at the Lions club's nnnual
installation dinner and ladies’
night party to bo held at 8 p. m.
Tuesday, July 1, in the El Reno
Country club.
The students will Include four
from Venezuela, anti one from
Turkey, It was announced at the
club's regular noon luncheon meet-
ing today.
At the same time It was an-
nounced that no regular meeting
will be held next Tuesday, be-
cause of the special dinner meet-
ing that night.
Sammy Goodman, club delegate
to Boys’ State, was introduced to
club members today by Asa May-
field. and related his experiences
during the event, held June 7 to
14. A question and answer period
followed the talk.
First Explosion of H-Bomb
May Be Made Later This Year
WASHINGTON, June 24—(UP)—American scientists
have developed a “complete family” of atomic weapons
which are being incorporated into army, navy and airforce
combat plans, it was disclosed today.
In addition to atomic warheads for artillery shells and
guided missiles, the U. S. atomic arsenal presumably in-
cludes, or soon will include, the dread hydrogen super bomb.
Military and civilian exjierts who described the recent
rapid strides in atomic development to a house appropria-
tions subcommittee did not specifically say that the hy-
drogen bomb has been perfected.
But there were constant references to the H-bomb in the
carefully edited testimony made available to reporters today.
The testimony was in connection with President Truman’s
request for an additional $3,191,000,000 to expand the na-
tion’s atomic energy facilities — the largest single sum
ever asked for this purpose.
After hearing a long off-
the-record statement by Gen-
eral Omar N. Bradley, chair-
man of the joint chiefs of
staff, Representative Albert
Gore (Democrat, Tennessee)
asked:
“You have spoken much about
the hydrogen bomb ... is that in-
volved in this expansion program?”
Bomb Test Hinted
Bradley referred the question to
Chairman Gordon Dean of the
atomic energy commission, who re-
plied that "certain elements" of
the H-bomb will be produced in
the plants to be built under the
expansion program. He added that
the "primary" H-bomb effort "Is
now in the development phase,
rather than the production phase."
Informed quarters have previous-
ly Indicated that the United States
will test its first H-bomb this fall
at Eniwetok atoll In the Pacific.
Chairman Brien McMahon of
the senate-house atomic energy
committe strongly Implied in a
Speech last week that perfection of
the H-bomb Is now assured, and
said that If he were president he
would order the AEC to go ahead
and produce thousands of the city-
wrecking weapons.
Atomir Shells Ready
Other highlights of the newly-
released testimony included:
1. Brigadier General Herbert B.
Loper, chief of the armed forces
special weapons project, confirmed
officially for the first time the
long-reported fact that the AEC
has developed atomic warheads for
both artillery shells and guided
missiles. The army has already
ordered 20 huge cannons to fire the
tomlc artillery shells.
2. Bradley vigorously denied a
suggestion by Gore that interser-
vice rivalry prompted the army to
get in the atomic act by develop-
ing the atomic cannon. He con-
ceded that planes probably could
deliver an atomic bomb "anywhere
that an artillery piece can shoot
But he said that bad weather,
delay in calling up air support, or
other factors might make it im-
possible to hit a "fleeting target”
with airborne A-bombs,
Older Girls
To Play Ball
An effort to expand the girls'
softball phase of the summer
youth recreation program will be
made Wednesday evening, with
all girls between the ages of 13
and 16 invited to enter.
Bob Bodenhamer, coordinator
of the recreation program, said
today that he hopes to organize
two teams from that age group
to go with the two teams of 8-12
year-olds.
He asked all girls interested
In playing softball to meet In
front of the Lincoln school at 6
p. m. Wednesday. The 13-16 age
group will Include girls whose
13th birthday Is before Sept. 1,
and those who will not be 17
before that date.
He said there Is a growing de-
mand for softball teams In that
age group and he said the num-
ber of teams will be limited to
the number of girls showing in-
terest In the organizational meet-
ing.
In the boys' baseball program,
games today will be played be-
tween the Rose Witcher Comets
and Lincoln Dodgers In the 11-12
year-old bracket, and the Rose
Witcher Comets and Lincoln Pi-
rates will clash at Lincoln for the
only game In the 8-10 group.
11 Men Killed
In B-50 Crash
LAKENHEATH AIR BASE, Eng-
land, June 24—(U.fil—An American
airforce B-50 “atom bomber,” the
first of its type to arrive in Britain,
crashed and burned near here
today.
The U. S. airforce said all 11
crewmen aboard were killed.
The airforce said the plane
crashed Into waste ground between
two farms at Bryant Max Bottom,
a hamlet near Lakenheath, soon
after taking off for a routine train-
ing flight from the Royal airforce
base at MUdenhall.
An English police officer who
rushed to the scene said “the
B-50 was burned right out. There
arc no survivors so far as I have
been able to check to date.”
Local firemen and U. S. airforce
fighters rushed to extinguish the
fire.
U. S. Air Raids
Hit Reds Again
Power Plants Razed
Second Straight Day
SEOUL. Korea, June 24—UP)—
Airforce and navy fighter-bombers
teamed up again today to hammer
four of the five Communist hydro-
electric plants smashed yesterday
in the biggest air raid of the Ko-
rean war.
Nearly 200 navy planes from big
fleet carriers off Korea’s east coast
Joined the airforce planes from
dozens of Korean bases to hit the
shattered generating stations for
the second straight day, navy head-
quarters announced.
None of the planes returned to
the smouldering Suiho power plant#
Just south of the Yalu river boun-
dary. But the airforce said P-14
Thunderjeta "completed destruc-
tion” of two power stations near
Changjin reservoir and two on the
Songchon river In eastern Korea.
P-88 Sabrejet pilots exchanged
firing passes with five MIG-15 Jets
south of the Yalu this afternoon,
the airforce said.
Ground Action Increased
The U. S. eighth army reported
increasing patrol action along the
155-mile battle front today. One
allied patrol battled for almost two
hours with a Red unit west of
Chorwon, the scene of bloody fight-
ing during the past two weeks.
Military officials in Washington
said Monday’s raid Inaugurated a
new “get tough” policy adopted as
a result of Red stalling in the
armistice negotiations.
Communist truce negotiators to-
day warned the UN that continued
screening of prisoners at Koje
island may “extend the Korean
war.”
Called "Dangerous Step”
“You are taking dangerous steps
which show that you do not hesi-
tate to extend the Korean war,”
said North Korean General Nam Jl.
Major General William K. Harri-
son replied, “We cannot and will
not barter the right of freedom of
any individual. We recognize the
Individual as possessed of free will,
not a slave bound without choice
to a lifetime of servitude.”
Nam’s warning came during an-
other brief no-progress session at
hot, dusty Panmunjom.
Mill Seizure Wins
Committee's Vote
WASHINGTON, June 24
The senate labor committee today
approved the Humphrey bill to per-
mit President Truman to seize the
strike-paralyzed steel industry.
Along with this measure, sponsor-
ed by Senator Humphrey (Demo-
crat. Minnesota), the group also ap-
proved a broader bill, proposed by
Senator Morse (Republican, Ore-
gon). It would allow the president
to seize any defense-vital Industry—
subject to congressional veto—to
avert a strike.
Weather
GIRL SCOUTS GET TENNIS INSTRUCTION—Gertrude Hix, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hix, 205 South
Roberts, demonstrates the correct grip on a tennis racket to a group of Girl Scouts currently attending the an-
nual day camp in Legion park. The young tennis students are; left to right, Betty McGoffin, Carolyn Goad,
Marguerite Hoard, Judy Remi, Lynda Ward, Pat Sullivan, Pat Offutt, Carol Durham and Patsy Thompson.
State Forecast
Generally fair tonight and Wed-
nesday except for scattered thun-
derstorms in the panhandle area
Wednesday. Cooler in the north-
west portion Wednesday. Low tem-
peratures tonight In the 70s. Highs
Wednesday from the BQs In the
north to near 100 in the south.
El Reno Weather
For the 24-hour period ending at
8 a.m. today: High, 91; low, 75;
at 8 a.m.. 81.
City Repairs Streets
In Business District
City workmen have started their
third round of repairs on streets
In the business district.
Holes In streets, Including Rock
Island, Choctaw and Bickford ave-
nues and side streets, have been
repaired twice so far this year, but
continued crumbling has forced tlM
city to give them still further at-
tention.
City Manager C. A. Bentley aald
that materials for the currant
round of repair work will coat ap-
proximately 8180.
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