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El Reno, Oklahoma, Sunday, November 16, 1952
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Vol. 61, No. 221
Servicemen On
Doomed Airship
Tried To Escape
44 Persons Killed As
Attempts To Leap
From Transport Fail
SEOUL. Sunday, Nov. 16 — (U.R>—
ISome of the 44 servicemen who died
lin tire worst plane crash of the Ko-
Irean war tried desperately to para-
chute to safety before the twin-en-
Igined transport, smashed Into a
Imoimtain 20 miles from Seoul, an
(airforce ground party reported to-
|day.
Thirty-seven of the men aboard
Iwere returning to the frontlines aft-
ler a rest and recuperation leave in
■Tokyo where they bought Christ-
Imas presents for their loved ones
land gifts for their buddies. The oth-
ler seven were crewmen aboard the
IC-119 "flying boxcar" when it crash-
led Friday.
Strapped on ‘Chutes
The ground party which reached
I the scene said some of those aboard
Iliad been strapping on parachutes,
(aware that the plane was in trouble
la few minutes from its destination.
(The bodies were found among the
llltter of the Christmas presents —
I pajamas for a child, a lady’s wrist
(watch, satin slippers and similar
I gifts.
Four bodies with opened para-
I chutes were found alongside the
1 plane. Death came with such sud-
Idenness they were unable to leap to
| safety before the flying boxcar
I splintered itself near the top of
(Mount Yebong.
Other men were found in huddled
| positions as if they had braced for
I the crash in a last fearful knowledge
| of approaching disaster.
Farmers See Attempts
Korean farmers in the vicinity
(said they saw four or five para-
chutes stream from the plane but
(they said this was only seconds be-
jfore it hit the crest and scattered
(wreckage over a 100-yard-wide area.
A ground search party set out at
I dawn and reached the wreckage
(Saturday afternoon to begin the
I task of bringing down the bodies by
| stretchers over the steep and rocky
| slopes.
Duffle bags burst open and spew-
(ed forth their contents — toys for
(children, pictures of loved ones, bot-
Itles of whiskey for Christmas cele-
brations, souvenirs of Japan.
Reporter Reaches Scene
Patricia Scott of the Tokyo Nip-
(pon Times, who was in the area on
(another assignment, was the only
(reporter to reach the scene yester-
day. She said bodies were mangled
| horribly.
“It was pitiful." she said, "as I
I walked through the w reckage I
1 found many Christmas presents that
the fellows had bought while in ”R
and R" in Japan. There were many
| gifts for women and children.
"One of them was a little pair of
I pink pajamas for a child. They were
partly burned. One duffle bug con-
tained a lady's wrist watch and a
small record player. I also saw sev-
eral pairs of satin embroidered sllp-
| pers of Japanese make."
She said bodies were "horribly
broken" and burned. One lay crush-
ed under an engine which was torn
from the plane.
"There could have been no suf-
fering," she said, "death was swift."
PREPARE FOR SILVER TEA—Young students in £1 Reno's new Hirtfrest Primary school are shown as
they prepared a display of art work, tinder supervision of Mrs. David Wright, second grade teacher,
for a silver tea to be held at the school from 2 to 5 p. m. today under sponsorship of the recently
organized Hilicrest Parent-Teacher association. The tea will be a fund-raising event, for purchase of
“extra" items such as drapes for the school office, wall pictures, dishes, glass and silverware. The children
shown are. reading left to right, Sue Ellen Varnell, Daisy Lee Dresser, Joe Dorman and Bobby Robertson.
Five Persons
Hurt in Freak
Train Crash
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio. Nov. 15 —
(U.PJ—Five persons were seriously in-
jured and 91 passengers were shaken
up today when a fast freight train
ripped Into a derailed car of the
Pennsylvania railroad's crack Man-
j hattan limited.
The freak accident occurred at
'2:58 a m. one mile west of here in
Indians Blank An
Meet Mighty Enid Next Friday.
pLAYING in Memorial stadium Friday nijrht, the Warriors
1 of Anadarko fell before El Reno’s trrid powerhouse. 35-0,
making the sixth of the Tribe’s opponents this year that has
failed to cross the El Reno jroal line.
All the strategy Coach Frank Lucas could pull out of his
hat, including a variety of offensive formations, turned cold
against the mighty forward line produced by Kenneth Kamm.
Scoring for the Indians came in the first three quarters.
Fullback Paul Hauser anil Quarterback Charlie Wynes
counted one each in the first stanza; Halfback Bobby Val-
deras scooted across for the third in the second period, then
Thad Seeley, senior reserve
halfback, climaxed his season
Missouri To
Triumph 47-7
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The University of Oklahoma ran
roughshod over the Big Seven con-
ference leaders. University of Mis-
souri, today, downing the Tigers.
47-7.
The Oklahoma Aggies made a
fighting bid to upset the University
of Kansas, but the Jayhawks final-
ly .squeaked out a 12-7 victory.
Oklahoma, in beating Missouri,
now leads the Big Seven. A win over
Nebraska next week would clinch
the championship.
Merrill Green scored three touch-
downs for the Sooners. Eddie Crowd-
er, Jack Ging, Buck McPhail and
Jack Van Pool each chipped in one.
The Tigers passed off the spread
formation in nn effort to overtake
the nation's leading rushing and
scoring team, but only once did it
pay off.
Williams Is Eyed
For Cabinet Job
Matter Is Discussed
In Talk With General
north-central Ohio, about 60 miles
south of Cleveland, on a section of
track which had been undergoing
, repairs recently.
Two of the Injured passengers and
! the others are railroaders.
J Five box cars and a double-header
I Diesel engine pulling the eastbound
t freight were wrecked. Eleven of the
12 cars with 96 passengers aboard
|' the limited were knocked off the
• tracks. Including the engine pulling
|; the westbound New York-to-Chlcago
l< train.
I* Deputy Sheriff Harold Maxhlmer
|' nf Ashland county said the limited
; had been halted when a broken rail
i caused one of the cars to become de-
f railed. The fast freight travelling on
a parallel track struck the deruiled
passenger car. causing the pile-up,
1 he said.
All the pnssenger cars remained
i upright, although one tilted pre-
cariously and another rested at an
| angle against a boxcar.
TO OFFER ASSISTANCE
A representative of the railroad
retirement board will be in El Reno
Tuesday, Nov, 18, in room 104 of
1 the Rock Island office building
from 11 a. m. to noon to assist
persons wanting Information or
help with retirement problems.
of fine football by counting
his first touchdown of the
year.
Jim McOInley, Indian right end,
was on the spot to recover an Ana-
darko fumble in their own end zone
to tally the 1 iftU six-pointer for
his team.
Charlie Wynes again turned in
a perfect game with his educated
toe. He booted five conversions
In that many attempts.
A T about the middle of the third
A quarter. Coach Bob Boden-
hamer began pulling the first team
from the held and substituting re-
serves. Mo it of the El Reno
second string saw action during
the latter part of the game.
The loss to El Reno gave Ana-
darko a season standing of six
defeats, three wins and one tie.
The Warriors play Chickasha's
Chicks next Friday night in their
season finale, and again they are
Judged the underdog.
Coming up for the Indlnns next
Friday will be their season-capper
against Enid's Plainsmen, rated
the No. 1 prop team in the state.
Enid took advantage of several
Wolverine fumbles Friday night to
humble the strong Lawton squad
20-6.
El Reno school officials, antici-
pating one of the largest crowds
ever gathered in Memorial sta-
dium, have announced that the
entire north side of the stadium
will be reserved for next Friday's
Enid game. Tickets will go on sale
Monday at the hlghschooL
Christmas Seals
Ready for Mailing
Christmas seals will be placed in
the mail Monday by the Canadian
County Tuberculosis association in
the continuing fight against tuber-
culosis.
Boyd Wilson, county seal sale
chairman, said the stamps, bearing
a picture of n white candle in a
brass antique candlestick, which is
a replica of the tuberculosis asso-
ciation's symbol, will be sold until
Dec. 25 to raise funds to combat
the dread disease.
Wilson said the lighted candle
on this year's Christinas seal sym-
bolizes the work of the tuberculosis
association in "lighting up the
dark corners or Ignorance," and
declared that ns county residents
use the seul this year they may
look toward this candle and "feel
that we have made its light
brighter."
AUGUSTA. Ga., Nov. 15 —UP)—
President-Elect Dwight D. Eisen-
hower conferred today with Walter
Williams, Seattle businessman, and
Williams said afterward they dis-
cussed "in a general way" the pos-
sibility of his taking a cabinet post.
Williams, who headed the nation-
al citizens for Eisenhower commit-
tee during the campaign, said in
response to questions at a news con-
ference that he feels his back-
ground might qualify him to serve
either as secretary of commerce or
secretary of the interior.
He declined to say whether Eisen-
hower actually had offered him a
cabinet assignment in the new Re-
publican administration.
Williams, 57, heads Continental
Incorporated, in Seattle — an in-
surance. banking and mortgage firm.
He said he came to Eisenhower’s va-
cation retreat primarily to discuss
the future of the Citizens for Eisen-
hower committee, generally credited
with having played a major role in
helping to win the presidential nom-
ination and the election for the gen-
eral.
The organization’s efforts were di-
rected mainly toward winning the
support of independent votes and
disgruntled Democrats.
After meeting Williams. Eisen-
hower issued a statement saying
the self-styled political amateurs of
the Citizens committee must "main-
tain an active interest in politics
and government."
FINAL REHEARSAL FOR ALL-SCHOOL PLAY—The cast of "Stage
Door," annual all-school play, completed final rehearsal Saturday
and will be ready for first night of the production on Monday
evening, then a repeat showing will be held Tuesday at 8 p. in.
Members of the cast pictured above nre, left to right, background,
Lnrry Masters, Veva Robison, Sammy Goodman, Arlene Moyer,
Victorious UN Forces
Drive Enemy Troops
Off Strategic Peaks
Reds Open New
Front in Orient
Attacks on Hungyen
Halted by French
HANOI, Indo-China, Nov. 15 —
(U.P) — Communist-led Vietminh
troops opened a "third front”
against the French today in the
fast-expanding Indo-Chinese war,
hurling three bloody but unsuccess-
ful attacks against Hungyen, only
28 miles southeast of Hanoi.
French and native troops guard-
ing the lower Red river town on
Hanoi’s southern defense perimeter
poured artillery and mortar fire into
the ranks of the screaming Red at-
tackers.
French headquarters said the
Communist rebels were beaten back
before they reached barbed wire en-
tanglements on the outskirts of
Hungyen. Casualties on both sides
were undisclosed.
Stabs 'Important'
The French rushed reinforce-
ments southward from Hanoi to
meet the renewed threat to this cap-
ital. Officials called the new stabs
in the southern delta area the most
important which have taken place
in the past year."
On the Red river front, north-
west of Hanoi, there were mounting
indications that French tank raiders
who pierced 45 miles through Com-
munist lines toward the fortress of
Yenbay may be preparing to pull
baeje.
A French armored spearhead
yesterday advanced to within 10
miles of Yenbay, an important Com-
munist staging area for the Reds’
Black river offensive to the south-
west.
Makes Inspection
In Saigon, U. S. assistant defense
secretary Anna M. Rosenberg arriv-
ed by air to make a one-day inspec-
tion of American aid facilities.
“America Is conscious of the im-
portance of the fight in Indo-Chi-
na," Mrs. Rosenberg said on her ar-
rival. "We recognize the job the
Franco-Vietnam forces are doing
and we are happy to have them in
our camp.”
Schools To Begin
Used Clothes Drive
El Reno city schools will begin
their annual collection of used
clothing for needy children Mon-
day, with all students receiving lit-
erature appealing for assistance,
to take to their parents.
Asa Mayfield, chairman of the
"Children's Clothing Crusade”
here, said the schools will contin-
ue with their part of the campaign
through the remainder of the week.
He said a large number of ship-
ping bags have been ordered from
the sponsoring Save the Children
federation, and that the Associated
Motor Carriers of Oklahoma will
furnish free transportation for all
clothing collected.
U. S. Sabre Jets Bag First MIG
In Nine Days of Aerial Battles
TOKYO, Sunday, Nov. 16—(UP)—United nations rifle-
men drove Chinese Communists from vital Sniper ridge and
Jackson Heights on the central front Saturday while napalm-
carrying fighter bombers poured flaming death and destruc-
tion on a huge Communist troop center.
American F-80 Sabre jejts scored their first MIG-15]
claim in nine days when they shot down one of the Russian-
made jets in a clash between four Sabres and four MIGs in
northwest Korea.
South Korean infantrymen, after failure the previous!
day, battered the Chinese from Pinpoint hill at the crest of
Sniper at 6:45 a. m. then charged ahead and rammed the
Chinese back another 400 yards along the ridge line.
To the west at Jackson heights, one of two peaks guard-
ing the Chorwon valley invasion route to Seoul, other allied I
soldiers recaptured the peak in a two-hour battle.
It was one of the biggest days of the month for the air-
force.
F-84 Thunderjets, zooming in at 50 feet, dropped thous-
ands of gallons of jellied gasoline on the troop concentra-
tion north of the North
Book Week Is
Observed By
City Library
El Reno's Carnegie library will
observe the 34th annual National
Book week Monday through Satur-
day this week, with a display of
three national award winning
children's volumes.
Mrs. Richard Horton, librarian,
and Mrs. G. F. Gateka, adult
librarian, said that while Book
week is primarily for children, new
books have been added to shelves
in all departments.
The three children's books to be
displayed are "Ginger Pye,” by
Eleanor Estes, winner of the John
Newbery medal for the most dis-
tinguished contribution to American
literature for children; "Finders
Keepers” by Nicolas Mordvinoff.
winner of the Caldecott medal for
picture books, and "All-of a-kind
Family" by Sydney Taylor, winner
of the Charles W. Follett award.
Mrs. Horton said teachers in city
schools have planned to bring
children to the library in groups
during the week, for reading and
book reviews.
The book week slogan this year
is "Reading is Fun," and the poster
has been prepared by Roger Du-
voisin.
The Carnegie library is open daily
from noon to 6 p. m., and from
7 p. ni. to 9 p. m. for adults only.
Saturday hours are from 9 a. m. to
5. p, m.
Walter Starry
Dies in Hospital
Short Illness Fatal
To City Educator
Walter E. Starry, 205 South
Choctaw, teacher of special sub-
jects in thp EH Reno school system,
and one of this area's most widely
known schoolmen, died shortly af-
ter noon Saturday in a local hos-
pital.
Mr. Starry was taken to the hos-
pital following a heart attack on
Nov. 7.
A resident of El Reno for the
past seven years, he was born at
Hale, Iowa, April 2, 1887. He re-
ceived his bachelor of science de-
Weather
State Forecast
Partly cloudy Sunday and Sun-
day night with occasional showers
west and north portions Sunday
night; slightly cooler northwest por-
tion Sunday and northwest and ex-
treme north portions Sunday night;
high Sunday 50s northwest to 70s
southeast.
Thomas Hardwick, Gary Tesch, Oary Smith, Fred Singleton, Tom
Stewart, Jane Bnlley, Karen Searcy and Perry Elchor. Seated in
front nre Donna Sue Dresser, Buddy Babcock, Bill Causey and
Florence Peck. Stage Door will show In the hlghschool auditorium
both Monday and Tuesday nights. Director Is Mrs. Walter P. Marsh,
Jr,, hlghschool speech Instructor.
i
Ko-
reatl capital of Pyongyang.
Pilots said they left the entire '
area burning. Some 70 buildings I
were destroyed, they said, and one
immense explosion set off.
Havoc Described
"I saw one napalm tank hit
squarely on a big building," said
Colonel Robert H. On, Arlington, Va.,
commander of the 94th fighter
bomber wing. “One wall seemed to i
jump out and then the whole build-
ing exploded, sending burning splin-
ters and black smoke 3,000 feet into
the air.”
Victor Kendrick, United Press war
correspondent on the central front,!
■spui. Republic of Korea troops on
Sniper pushed the Communists back
toward Rocky Point, a height on a
ridge jutting out at a sharp angle
from the main hill mass.
There the Communists dug in
among huge boulders and halted
their withdrawal.
Troops Reinforced
Both sides sent in reinforcements
during the day and a battle of small
arms and automatic weapons con-
tinued after dark last night.
American planes and artillery
teamed up in blasting Communist
caves and bunkers on the Yoke at
the northern end of Sniper ridge.
The Yoke has been in Red hands
constantly and is used as a base for
attacks on the Sniper crest.
A general who did not wish to be
identified told Kendrick he was en-
couraged by the Communists' fail-
ure to reinforce their troops on
Sniper after capturing the crest
early Friday.
Enemv 'In Bad Way’
"An enemy who fails to take full
advantage of the positions that the
Communists were in yesterday," he
said, "must be in a bad way. It seems
obvious that he is hurting.”
The far east airforces in Tokyo
announced the united nations lost
three combat planes in the past
week. One Thunderjet and one F-
80 Shooting Star were lost to ground
fire and one B-26 to other causes.
Credit for destruction of the MIG
went to First Lieutenant Calvin C.
Davey, Flint, Mich.
Army To Use
Helicopters
In Korea War
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 —<U.R)—
General J. Lawton Collins said to-
day the army plans to use helicop-
ters to carry companies of troops
and cargo into battle In Korea.
The army chief of staff told re-
porters the army will have one com-
pany of Sikorsky H-19 cargo heli-
copters In Korea “before long," and
the windmills will be available to
move troops.
One H-19 carries eight men. Nor-
mally, there are 21 cargo helicopters
to a compnny.
Asked If additional cargo-troop
helicopters would be sent to Korea.
Collins said, "we will send more if
they are needed.” He said this will
depend on production, and how sat-
isfactorily the helicopters perform In
Korean operations.
The marine corps pioneered the
use of the helicopters for both move-
ment of cargo and transportation
of assault troops.
Late last winter the marines mov-
ed more than 200 troops up Hill 884
on the east Korean front by heli-
copter.
WALTER E. STARRY
gree from Central State Teachers
college, and his master’s degree
from Oklahoma City university.
Worked With Boys
An enthusiastic worker with boys,
Mr. Starry combined his hobby
with his vocation in this field, and
many underprivileged youths, and
boys from broken homes had been
placed in his care during the past
several years.
He also was well known in this
area in the field of music, compos-
ing some songs which were per-
formed by various groups of boys
under his direction.
Mr. Starry began teaching school
at Mustang Valley, south of Yu-
kon, in 1915. He served as princi-
pal of the Putnam City junior high-
school for a time, and was superin-
tendent of schools at New Castle,
Deer Creek and Enterprise.
He was a member of the Kiwanls
club and the Methodist church.
Survivors Named
Survivors include a son, William
Starry, and a daughter, Mrs. Gloria
Ballard, both of Yukon; three
brothers, Max Starry, superintend-
ent of schools at Blanchard. Char-
les Starry of Yankton, S. D„ and
Sam Starry, of Yukon: five sisters,
Mrs. S. C. Bralnard, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, Mrs. L. J. Berg, Jackson,
Miss., Mrs. Dick Rnmsey, Alex, Mrs.
F. B. Davis and Mrs. Raymond
Lynn, both of Oklahoma City: six
grandsons and one granddaughter.
Services will be held at 3 p. m.
Monday In the Turner funeral home
at Yukon, and burial will be In the
Yukon cemetery.
Rock Island Accused
Of Polluting Stream
Charges of contaminating a
stream have been filed in county
court against the Chicngo, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad, court-
house records showed Saturday.
The Information, filed by County
Attorney James V Phelps, alleged
that the railroad hnd contaminat-
ed Four Mile creek, by permitting
large amounts of crude oil. boiler
washing fluid and other fluids to
flow into the stream from n 24-inch
concrete sewer lfne, 300 feet east
of the roundhouse here, and from
a large sedimentation oil pit.
Tills caused water in the stream
to become unfit for man or wild
life, or ns a habitat for fish, the
information said.
RETURNS TO OFFICE
City Manager C. A. Bentley re-
turned to his office in the city hall
Saturday after attending sessions
of the Oklahoma Municipal League
In Oklahoma City and a civil de-
fense school at Oklahoma A And
M. college In Stillwater for the past
week.
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