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The El Reno Daily Tribune
Single Copy, Five Cents
(U.B MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Sunday, December 10, 1944
(A1 MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volume 53, No. 242
El Reno Indians I l>rdlof ls Hil 0,er ^
Open Basketball
Season Dec. 15
15 Lads Are Listed
As Top Contenders
For Starting Posts
Fifteen lad now arc top con-
tenders for berths on the El Reno
hfuhsrhool basketball squad which
will ojien Its 19*4-4!i schedule on
Friday night. Dec. 15, In a game
itgMin.U Kingfisher Yellow Jackets In
the El Reno gymnasium.
Couch Jcuks Eimmcns lias been
schooling the hoopster3 since the
end ot the football season and al-
though the El Reno quintet will
lack polish at the outset, the pros-
pects appear bright for an un-
usually formidable quintet.
Lcttermen in the ranks include
Hill Eayless. Jack Ferguson. Charles
Hulbcit. Alfred Needs, Orval Pick-
ens and Jesse Urton, all of whom
earned their “E" with the fn-
diuns Inst s a son. and Richard
Dill, who lettered last season at
Medicine Lodge. Kan.
Seniors Predominate
Oi this group, B yiess. Needs
Pickens and Urton are senior stu-
dents. while Dill. Ferguson and
Hulbert are juniors.
Aspirants who are expected t(
give the lcttermen a run for theii
money in winning assignments ar<
Dan Childers. Ernest Crownover
Richard Dozier. Victor Dubberstein
Eli Hardwick. Pat Kellei, Richard
Preno and Chtries Snow. Of thif
group, Childers, Duhberstein and
Hardwick are seniors. Preno ant
Enow are juniors, Crownover. Doz-
ier and Keller are sophomores.
Simmons lias bv no means
reached a conclusion ns to whr
will get the nod for tartlng po-
sitions Friday In the opening game
he said Saturday. ‘’The race b
still wide open," he said.
The schedule remains incomplet
at this time, with at least five
dales to b" filled, Walter P Marsh
hlghschool prinipal. announcer
Saturday.
Bales Are Shown
Gaines now matched foi the In-
dians. and tlie open dates, wer*
Tiiied US fallows
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Bombs tumble from the bays of an overturned bomber of the U. S. 15th nir force as the B 24
Liberator is caught in heavy llak during its bomb-run over Bleclihammer. Germany. The crew mem-
bers were unaccounted for. (U. S. army air forces photo from NEA Telephoto.)
Dec.
15-
- Kingfisher, line
Dee-
21
Weatherford, lirre.
Dec.
n
-Shawnee, there.
Dec.
29
-Open.
Jan.
5-
Open.
Jan.
8
Anadarko, here.
Jan.
11
Duncan, here.
Jan.
111
-Central, there.
Jan.
19-
- Open.
Jan 23
Anadarko, there.
Jail.
26
Norman, there.
Jun
3<f
Chi-kasha, there.
Fell.
2
Shawnee, here.
Feb
6
Chlckasha. here.
Feb
8—
-Lawton, there.
Feb
9-
Lawton, there.
Feb.
13
Duncan, there.
Feb
16
—Open.
Feb.
20
Central, here.
Feb.
V
—0|>en.
Fell.
27
Norman, here.
Mar
2
Regional tournament
Otpncs
with Anadarko, Ch
Powder Plant
Has Explosion
Bias! Felt as Far
As 12 Miles Away
HERCULES. Calif . Dec. 9— OJ.Ri—
An earth-shaking explosion In the
main nltro powder plant of the
Hercules Powder company today
killed at least two persons. Injured
a "large number” and shattered
windows in nearby towns with a
blast felt us far as 12 miles away.
Sheriff James Long of Contra
Costa county said at least two were
dead and 25 or more injured.
The explosion occurred while
workers were changing shifts.
Claude Christensen a United Press
-mploye. was driving through Pinole
when he saw a blinding flash and
u-ard a terrific roar.
"The windows fell in at Pinole and
cattcrcd fragments of glass over
he sidewalks." he said.
The Hercules plant is a major pro-
ducer of war explosives and arma-
ment materials. It is located along
lie northwestern shore of San Fran-
i&coJiuy. ——
It lies approximately 15 miles west
■f Port Chicago on Sulsun bay,
•cenc of one of the war's worst home
'ront disasters, where last July two
inuntmltlon laden merchant vessels
ilew up. killing 323 persons.
Did You Hear
YfERNON C. MARLF.R, fireman
™ second class In the navy,
has been assigned to the crew
if an LST— landing ship, rank
at the amphibious training base.
Camp Bradford. Va.. where he is
receiving training required of
bluejackets who man the beach-
hit tinr tank carilers. The LST.
one of the bigeest ships in the
navy’s Invasion fleet. Is heavier
than a modern destroyer. The
300-foot craft lands assault forces
and equipment directly opto en-
emy beachheads. Despite its size
and weight, tfic landing vessel is
designed to navigate shallow
approaches to beaches, spilling
troops and tanks ashore through
huge bow doors. Mailer, who
was graduated from El Reno
hlghschool. has been In the ser-
vice since June 1942 His moth-
er. Mrs. Louise Marler. now re-
sides In Wichita. Kan.
Jap Losses On
Leyte Increased
Tokyo Reports New
Superfort Attacks
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jnpanese suffered heavy losses In
the southern sector of western Ley
te island Saturday as doughboys of
two American divisions further com-
pressed the trap in which a sizeable
Nippon force faces total liquidation.
General Douglas MacArthur in
his Sunday communique said heavy
tropical rains again halted air op-
erations and slowed ground action.
But despite bad weather, the Yanks
south of Ormoc port concentrated on
destruction of the trapped Japanese.
Simultaneously. American forces led
County Nears
Assigned Quota
In Bond Drive
I’upils at Central
Establish Excellent
Record in Campaign
War bond sales In Canadian conn- j
ly during the sixth war loan drive
totaled $957,133.25 Saturday mom- ^
ing when the latest available fig-
ures were compiled by John C.
Kerin, county chairman of the cur-
rent campaign which closes Dec.'16.
This represents 81 percent of the
county's assigned quota of *1.183.-
OPO. Kerin pointed out.
E bond sales were shown at *334 -
813.75. or 75 percent of the assigned
quota of *447,000. while other bond
sales amounted to *622.318.50. or 84
percent of the quota of *736.000.
"End in Sight”
"While the end is in sight, many
more sales of war bonds of all types
must be made prior to Dee. 16 If
we are to reach our quota." Kerin
I villi ted out.
He expressed the belief, however,
that the quotas would be attained,
in d pointed to tlie fact that Cana-
dian countv invariably has made Its
quota in each of the war loan drives
previously conducted.
An exceptionally good record in
the current war loan campaign has
been established by Central elemen-
tary school at El Reno, it was point-
ed out Saturday. War bonds Issued
to Central pupils. In their own
names, represent an investment of
$6,525 in 348 bonds having a maturity
value of *8.700.
Gcal Exceeded
AlthouglTonly 320 pupils are en-
roled in Central. 348 bonds have been
sold during the current drive, ex-
ceeding the goal of at least one bond
for every pupil. Many of the pupils
earned the money which was invest-
Big Red—In Plaster |
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Herbert Hateltine# worlds fore-
most sculptor of animals, displays!
heroic-sized plasticine model of I
Man o’ War at New York exhibit
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Nine Former
Instructors Die
1
Crash Victims Known
To Many Persons Here
Allied Policy
Still Clouded
Observers Believe
Discord Remains
Draft Boards
Get New Order
War Industries
Need Manpower
WASHINGTON. Dee 9 UR)
Rrd Cross units set up a first aid Wai Mobilization Director James F. is located
by tank cleared enemy paratroops
ir m. two airfields on Leyte's cast tonds"'/^MayflTldTcen-
_ ,ou and shoved -,hcm lnt0 a nar‘ tral principal, stated Saturday
row pocket. I
As a reward lor their splendid
Tokyo Reports Raid
Meanwhile. Tokyo reported new
Superfortress raids on the Japan-
ese capital and the inland sea
southwest of Kobe. Tokyo said ^
lone B-29 dropped a few incendiary
bomb;; on the city Saturday (Jap-
anese limn and that later two Su-
perforts roared over the capital but
did not attack. No details were
given about the raid on the inland
sea where the great Kure naval base
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—(U.fi>
Diplomatic observers believed today
that the United States and Great
Britain were far from agreement
Nine of the Oklahomans who were
among the 17 ferry pilots killed lale
Thursday in the crash of an army
transport plane near the Omaha, ,, , , .
Neb . municipal airport had served' on allied polici u.ward heated Eu-
as instructors at Mustang Field, ropea.. governmentsi despite British
near El Reno, or Cimarron Field Ambassador Lord Halitax s assei
near Yukon, or at both places, i. “«<- "Hu^UnUa understand-
~ "T“ “•*' * wSn
at Mustang. Churchill’s fighting speech and his
Lawrence Eiclimaiin 32. of u- yote of confjoence irom the house'"'""'''” 17 German divisions" dur-
kon, was graduated from Yukon of tommons yesterday strengthened
highscliool in 19.;‘) He opemted a ^elie! among American authorities
26th Division
Smashes Past
Siegfried Line
Concentrated Drive
Made from South On
Industrial Saarland
by associated cress
The U. S. 'bird army's 26lh In-
fantry division smashed through the
Maginol line and Joined the 35th
infantry division Saturday east of
the Saar river for a concentrated
diive from the south on the indus-
trial Saarland, already Invaded and
under heavy pressure from the west.
Doughboys of tlie 26tli pierced tlie
Muglnol fortillcatlon near Achen,
seven miles southeast oi Sarregue-
mines, where other third army
units are fighting house to house
and pushed ahead two miles to af-
fect a Junction. Tlie 35th Infantry-
men were deepening their three
biidgeheads on the east bank of the
Saur just below the German border.
Other 35tli units that crossed the
Larrcquemines advanced northward
Into Neunkirscn near the Saar ba-
sin frontier in tlie van of a potential
enveloping drive against Saarbruck-
cn, Saar capital city which is un-
der fire from third army field guns
and air attack.-
French t losing In
The U. S. seventh army to tlie
south allucked in the general area
of Ilaguenau, largest enemy base
left in northern Alsace. Farther
south, tlie French llrst army was
closing in on the Alsatian city of
Colmar.
Snow blanketed tlie northern Iront
where the U. S. ninth army smash-
ed the last two enemy pockets at
Julich on the Roer and the U. 8.
first army edged closer to that river,
18 miles south of Julich.
The supreme allied conuiiand
claimed destruction of the equlva-
■I:iiion in the Hercules playground Byrnes ordered tonight that solec-
ind made a house-to-house canvas live service increase drafting men
o treat injured persons. between the ages of 26 and 37 "who
Christensen was driving through arc not now doing their part to
’Inolc. one mile from the plant. | contribute to the war effort.”
vlien I he explosion occurred at 8 :30 Byrnes explained the purpose was
a. m. rhlcfly to replace men whom the
"It jolted my car so heavily I j mmy and navv will release to fill
bought a tire had blown out," he
a id.
These attacks were not confirmed
by American sources.
News dispatclies from Saipan said
the coordinated Yank army and
navv smash on Pearl Harbor day
against Iwo Jima. 750 miles south
of Tokyo, was the greatest single
in part tlie existing manpower short- ®Uack °f. the war 0,1 NiPP°» bases'
B-29s. Liberators, fighters and war-
asho. Duncan and Lawton are ir
Boomer eonfeienee competition.
Enumerators In
Census Needed
Eleven enumerators will be needed
in Canadian county to take tlie 1945
agricultural census, it was an-
nounced Saturday by Jack Laushlin
supervisor for the sixth and seventb
congressional districts. Laughlin’f
headquarters are in the armory
building at Anadarko.
Tlie census will give a complete
picture not only of the number oi
farms, farm acreage, value of crop'
nnd value of farm animals, but will
include latest information on rural
electrification and the progress of
Irrigation in Oklahoma. Tlie figures
for the 1945 census will be used in
planning lend lease and post-war
programs. Lanr.hlln said
A three-day school of instruction
lor the prospcctle enueniators in the
northeast section of the sixth con-
gressional district will be held some-
time after Dec. 15 and the enumer-
ation work will begin Jan. 8.
Eight enumerators will be needed
In Kingfisher county and 10 will be
required to do the work ill Blaine
county. Laughlin said lie would
need approximately 225 enumerators
to take tlie census In the 20 coun-
ties in his district.
The superisor pointed out that all
information collected by the enu-
merators is confidential and can-
not/h" released to other depart-
ments of government for taxation or
investigation purposes
Nelson Confers With
Australia’s Premier
MELBOURNE. Dec. 9 — <U.R> —
Donald M. Nelson, personal rep-
resentative of President Roosevelt,
conferred today with Prime Minis-
ter John Curtin follewing his ar-
rival bv plane irom Canberra.
Details of their talk were not dis-
closed.
Program Set At
Webster School
A Christina* message will be de
'ivercri by Rev.
-.astor of the
hutch, when the Webster Parent-
Teacher association meets at 2:30
i. m Tuesday ill the blue room at
lie school
ships blasted the island, whirh lies
on the Superfortress road to Tokyo.
Pressure Maintained
On Leyte in the bloody Ormoc
corridor north of the port city. Yank
age in war plants.
"Essential war industries," Byrnes
said "must be provided with the re-
quisite manpower to keep military
requirements if full pressure on the
enemy Is to be continued.
«v w "The importance of war produc- forces maintained pressure on the
R A Anderson ’>on schedules has necessitated the meiny in spite of the rains. They
First Methodist' release of men already in the serv- captured a field battery and large
ice. In order that these men may dumps of ammunition and supplies,
j be replaced it Is deemed necessary Tokyo in a domestic propaganda
J if) incraso the number of calls by broadcast, said the life of the great-
| selective service for men between er East Asia war depended on the
; tlie ages oi 26 and 37 who are not outcome of Leyte," for it decides
Other numbers on the program, - now dojng 1|lclr part t0 contributc- whether we lose our sea routes to
response in the drive, all pupils and
teachers of the school were given
rides Thursday, on Pearl Harbor
day. In jeeps furnished by Mustang
Field and Fort Reno.
Flood Control
which is under the direction of Mrs
I. B. Flippen, will be “Silent
418111." sung by the fifth grade pu-
riis; ail accordion solo. "Jingle |
3clls." by Christina Hicks of the
sixth grade; and the national P. T.
A message, "Let Us Keep Chnst-
lias." read by Mrs Masel Pearcy
our southern regions
MacArthur reported widespread
air raids on the Visayns islands and
on Luzon and Mindanao.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an-
Uounced navy planes bombed air
Alfred Needs. El Reno hlghschool field installations at Iwo Dee 7
(o the war effort."
Alfred Needs On
All-State Team
Congressmen Eager
For Breathing Spell
WASHINGTON. Dee 9 —OJ.Ri—
Strenuous efforts are being made in
congress to complete senate and
house action on legislation authoriz-
ing the construction of flood con-
trol. navigation, power, and reclam-
ation projects totaling *1,500.000.
Congressmen are anxious to wind
up their work early so as to get a
good breathing spell before com-
ing back for the new session Jan. 3.
Representative William M Whit-
tington (Democrat, Mississippi),
chairman of the house conferees
meeting todav with a senate group
to Iron out tlifferencas in the bil-
lion dollar flood control bill, said
lie expected final approval of con-
ference report in both house and
1 senate Monday.
| Meanwhile, the senate continued
deadlocked over the attempt of
Senator George D. Aiken (Republi-
can, Vermont) to add an authorize
lion for Hie Great Lakes-St. Law-
Texaco station at Yukon prior to uia^ p0nCy bleach would remain
becoming a flying instructor at unU, thp next Roosevelt-Churchill-
Mustang. and had been serving as at;,|ln meeting
a ferry pilot only two weeks. He is j ' 1)istilM tiu„ Drawn
survived by his wl e; his parent-v Mr reporters that "u.«-
and MrsJoe ^rnann. and Vhree , . cxUted betweell s.
sisters Mrs Mxag e Harmam M.iv ^ ^ ^ ,ibcnitpcl
®sijlr ' ', .' 1 .. ’, countries after conferring yester-
Turlev. all of Yukon. Funeral scr-
vices will be conducted at Turner\^.f*^rytr°f SUte
funeral home in Yukon Monday (WHlt '
afternoon, and burial will be made j Many were quick to draw a cite-
at Yukon Unction between "understanding
, __ t , and "agreement” as it applies to the
Harold David Sanderson. 35. had w(( dLsputc that has caused
made his home in Oklahoma City governments to air publicly
12 years before becoming an In- lh,.lr diVel,L.n, views on the right of
structor at Cimarron He had been g l0 llltcrvene ln the m-
employbd by the Oklahoma Gas of |lberatK, nallolls.
Britain lias claimed the right of
and Electric company. From Ci-
marron he went, to Mustang as flight
commander. Survivors are his wife,
a son. his father, two sisters and
three brothers.
Jack Adams Owen of Oklahoma
City has served as an instructor at
Cimarron. He had been a eo-pilot
will) Pan-American Grace Airways
prior to beginning work with De-
fense Plant corporation as ferry pi-
'ot. His wife. Ills mother, a sister,
i brother and tyvo grandparents
survive.
Olliers Killed
Harry J. Roach. 39. of Oklahoma
City, had served as an instructor
at hotii Cimarron and Mustang. His
•vif- and his parents survive.
Robert M. Kersey. 31. of Oklnho-
jma Citv. had been an instructor at
A business session also "“will be | student, was selected by The and hit other Japanese Pacific bases.1 ^amTl.a^.m bill $500,000'00° "
onducted.
Future Homemakers
To Observe 'Hobo Days'
Daily Oklahoman Saturday as a The Japs continued to lose I
l , . , , There were reports that southern
I member of its North all-star foot- ground in their Invasion of China s , ..... „
_ „ senators opposing the St. Lawrence
j ball team, the Associated Press re- Kweichow province.
I Por,ed. | . T,,c Chinese high command re-
Ncells W!4S among 44 outstanding i ported recapture of the railway town
state hlghschool players chosen for , 0{ shangssu, 82 miles southeast of
the Burma road city of Kweiyang.
El Reno high cliool chapter of [
’’uturc Homemakers of Oklahoma ____
observe "hobo days” Friday '?43 a,ld *a.s a ,rcK"lai «" thp 111
the North-South team honors.
Needs. 17, lettered at El Reno in
vin
md Saturday. Dee 15 and 16. at dia™' Rtartin> linpl"’ fluiin« th-’
which time the club members will !1044 Rta-S011- fullback post
jo available to do jobs for the .
people ol El Reno, it was announced I Nf,eds ls "lc so<'ond El Rp|'° eritl-
Girl Scouts To Aid In
Health Seal Campaign
seaway proposal were preparing for
some old fashioned "log rolling" to
defeat Aiken.
The plan reportedly involves the
so-called "Connecticut compromise”
which Aiken and Senator Warren
■ Austin (Republican. Vermont) spon-
i sored in tlie flood control bill Tlie
Saturday.
Money earned from these Jobs
will be turned to the local club
■o that 11 may make a contribution
to the war bond which is being
purchased by the state F. H. O.
organization.
Persons who desire to obtain the
ervlces of a clu bmember on the
specified dates mav do so by tele-
phoning the registrar's office at
the hlghschool and making bh ap-
pointment. it was announced.
ster to win all-state recognition in
recent years. J. D. Roland having
been designated an all-stater in
1942.
compromise provides for construc-
tion of eight (lower dams on tlie
Girl Scout troop No. 8. whose . upper Connecticut river, giving Ver-
leaders are Mts. K. N Sturdcant | niont the right to pass on flood eon
Union City Highschool
Class To Stage Play
end Mrs. Ruth Bcckley. are assist-
ing Mrs. Robert M. Mallonee. execu-
tive secretary of tlie Canadian Coun-
ty Tuberculosis association, with
the sale of 1944 Christmas health
.-cals in the El Reno postoffice, it
was announced Saturday.
The Scouts will serve as salesgirls
I A
The senior class of Union Citv , , . . , ,
highschool will present a play. No each week d*y fro1
serve
3ni 4
trol projects In the upper river val-1
ley.
The southern strategy, it was re-
ported. consists of bringing pressure
on Aiken to drop his St. Lawrence
seaway fight under threat that oth-
erwise the southerners would drop
the Connecticut compromise from
the flood control bill during the
Cushing Airport
Adding New Beacon
CUSHING, Dec. 9—<U.R)—Installa-
to 6 p. m
Foolin'," at 8 p. m Friday, Dec Scouts who hae volunteered to j current senate-house conferences.
15. in the Union City highschool Iscre during the coming week are j -
auditorium, it was announced Sat- Edwana Gray, Sharon Penwrlght,
urday. Dolores Williams. Nancy Weed and
The thre-act comedy is under • Sara Louise Woods,
the direction of Miss Blanche---
Dempsey I Re-Em ploy yu*nt Flans
Until Cimarron and Mustang. He
was a graduate of Wewoka lilrh-
chool and of the University of Ok-
lahoma. His wife, his parents, and
Iwo sisters survive.
Charles L. Price ol Woodward had
been an Instructor at Cimarron and
Mustang the pnst four years. His
wife and two children are among
the survivors.
Robert E. Horn. 22. oi Oklahoma
City had been an Instructor at both
Cimarron and Mustang before start
ing work with DPC. His wife, his
mother and a sister snrive.
Additional Victims Named
Cornelius F Callahan, 38. was a
resident of Enid before becoming
an instructor at Cimarron, nnd hr
also served at Mustang HLs write
and three daughters survive.
Cecil Helton. 33. of Woodward
bad been an instructor at both Ci-
tnarron and Mustang. He is surviv-
ed by his wife.
All of the victims had been serv-
ing as ferry pilots for the DPC
for a comparatively short time, some
of them less than two weeks, since
they had been relieved of their du-
ties as flight instructors.
The plane, a two-engined trans-
port, based at Cimarron, had ar-
rived at Omaha earlier Thursday
from Kansas Citv and was taking
off for Tinker Field. Oklahoma City,
when It crashed and burned. En-
gine failure was presumed the
intervention, while the U. B has
championed a “hands -off" policy.
Moscow Is Silent
Botli governments. It was clear,
have taken steps to assure future
consultation before acting indepen-
dently on such issues as the Ital-
ian cabinet dispute, in which Bri-
tain interfered without first notify-
ing the United States and Russia.
Italy i a combined Anierican-Biit-
if.l) Russian military zone.
Moscow has maintained complete
lienee on the issue although Rus-
siu's interests aie involved ln politi-
cal problems in Poland. Bttlgaria.
Romania and Yugoslavia—and prob-
ably Italy and Greece as well.
Officials here, it was understood,
are concentrating less on a solution
lo the immediate dispute with Bri-
lnin Ilian on an cflort to prevent n
will iiing of the misunderstanding
ing the first three weeks of the of-
fensive ended Nov. 39.
In the east, Budapest was almost
three-quarters encircled as the Rus-
sian troops scored major break-
throughs north and southwest of the
Hungarian capital from which tlie
Magyar government had fled.
Keel forces AdvaneF
Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin an-
nounced that Boviet lorces had
reached the Danube 13 miles north
ol Budapest, capturing Vac, a rail-
way hub.
More than 700 American warplane*
braved blinding snowstorms and
freezing weather to drop 1.500 tons
of bombs on Stuttgardt. German in-
dustrial center behind the southern
end of the western front. Italiau-
bused bombers were reported to have
hit Munich.
The British eighth army in Itnly
Increased an arc around Faenza
by seizing suburban San Prostero,
to the southwest.
In Greece, additional ELA3 forces
were reported massing outside of
Athens while British troops ocn-
Lhuied their attempts to clear ELAS-
hcld areas.
Costly To Drive
Without License
before the
gether.
'big three" can get to-
Cluirrhes Plan
Sports Program
Representative.' of six El Reno
churches met Friday night in an
organization meelina for the Inter-
chip m Athletic association. The
group named Preston Keely. chair-
man; R".v Buucoin, vice chairman;
and Joe Keith, .secretary-treasurer
An athletic nrogrvm
which will include boy
An Oklahoma driver's license costs
only 50 cents a year, yet In the past
22 months approximately 4,000 driv-
ers each have paid out enough to
provide themselves with a license
annually for more than 20 years, it
was pointed out Saturday by the
stale department of public safety.
They were drivers who neglected to
obtain a current license and were
arrested.
Highway patrolmen alone have
arrested 1,800 delinquent drivers
-luce Jan. 1. 1943. while (lolicc in
cities having ordinances making it a
mtsde&meanor to drive without a
state license have arrested 1.200 in
tlie same period.
Fa trol record, ct.ac'ose that the
average fine for violating the II-
plaiuied cense law in *15. the equivalent for
of school a license fir 30 years.
State Quail Hunters
Respond to Request
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 9— (U.R>
—Jeff Kendall, director of the state
fish and game department, said to-
day that quail hunters of the state | cause.
have responded well to the request The 17 victims, all ferry pilots cm-
that they mail the band numbers ployed to fly surplus planes from |
age in Iwo "limps of junior ml The 1945 drivn.g .mitts now are
"iijor higliMh(Hi) I Klcnts attend- being issued by Charles H. Tonip-
ing the various churches. kins. El Reno tag agent, at his of-
Baskrtball has been named us rice. 107 East Hayes street. Thev
the first participating sport with must be obtained prior to Dec 2t,
schedule, of games to be drawn itg which time the 1945 automobile
Dee. 29 for play to start after n-tnse tags go on sale.
the holidays. It has been sugges'ed i _________
that Sunday school organizations
enter one or more t yams in the
junior and senior groups.
Churches desiring to take part
in this recreational pregram are
urged to notify Keely of the
number of teams they wish to
enter for play. It ls also suggest.nl
that "arh church name an adult
and junior reprr-entotive for a
meeting De-. 20 to approve rules
and arrange a schedule.
firemen called
Firemen were ca'ied to Tor-
Jack Roblyer Completes
Armament School Course
Friviitc Jack A. Roblyer. son of
Mr. and Mrs. B W Roblyer. 703
North Bickford avenue. Is pending
a 15-dav furlough witli his parents
and wife and other relatives here.
He has been graduated from the
army air forces' armanent school at
Denver. Colo., where he specialized
ln gun turrets, and at the end of
his furlough will report to Lemoore
lion of lighting equipment to make M^are^Boninwr.1 D^n'Morri^n, j ,?e DisCUSSCfl
night flying from the Cushing ail- J Elizabeth Hertzen. Mary Ann WEATHERFORD. Dec. 9—(U.R)—
port possible is expected to be com- Menz. Qwendine Vogel. Quinten Weatherford civic clubs and offi- uicj man nam< - • ■■■ —»---- *-...... .... . Field Calif
Pat Fed-! Oklahoma, to discuss post-war^re- prepared largely from the reports transport they were ln was an army . was negligible. L*Roy Sesrcy, fire avenue will Ms bta
steel tower ls among the equipment
being added to the field.
ler. James Legaly and
i dersen.
I employment problems.
>
, hunters mail it.
' raft Ipaned lo the DPC, it was said, chie . said.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 242, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 10, 1944, newspaper, December 10, 1944; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc919797/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.