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OiilEflOG'.c Hietoriorl Society
817 Loo Bldg, Cct.p.
Ok labor.?. City, Oklr,
The El Reno Daily Tribune
ingle Copy Five Cents
</P) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Wednesday, November 23, 1955
0J.B MEANS UNITED PRESS
Volume 64, No. 227
Marketing Quota Election
[On Cotton Slated Dec. 13
Canadian county and other cotton growers will vote Dec.
1, to decide if marketing quotas will be in effect for their
)56 upland crop.
This announcement came today from Leslie Patzack, Yu-
Jon, chairman of the county Agricultural Stabilization and
I onservation committee.
j R. C. Stephenson, county office manager of the ASC, an-
lounced that voting places are being arranged and will be
-1 announced, with voting times,
•. as soon as they are definitely
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(Photo by Irelandsf
H. T. Townsend
Illness Fatal To
I. T. Townsend
[Halstead Turner Townsend, 2400
[inset drive, retired pioneer retail
[id wholesale grocer, died Tues-
liy night in a local hospital foi-
lwing a heart attack.
Mr. Townsend, born May 30,
|(64 at Waterloo, Iowa, came to
lanadian county in 1891 from
Jaryville, Mo., and was in the
|-ocery business here for 60 years.
1 His survivors include four sons.
Jihn R. Townsend of the home;
(aroid A. Townsend of 405 North
i,ark; Edward H. Townsend, 2401
[owns End drive; Chamberlin
Townsend, Yukon, and a daugh-
Ir, Mrs. H. Albert Taylor, 1209
|>uth Macomb, seven grandchil-
(•en and 10 great-grandchildren.
| Funeral services will be held at
30 p.m. Friday in the Wilson
kiapel with the Rev. Frank Co-
J>on, rector of Christ Memorial
Episcopal church, officiating, as-
L.stcd by Dr. A. W. Coleman, min-
uter of Wesley Methodist church.
The body will be taken to Tulsa
y the Wilson funeral home for
'emation.
"If at least two-thirds of the
growers voting approve the quot-
as, they will be in effect on all
farms growing upland cotton in
1956," Patzack explained.
Penalties to Apply
With the approval of quotas, he i
said, penalties will apply on all
"excess" cotton, and price sup-j
ports to those growers who comply i
with cotton acreage allotments
will be available at the full level j
of effective supports," he said.
Under current logislation, this
support will be between 75 and 90 |
percent of parity, the level depend-1
ing upon the supply situation at
the time the determination is made.!
"If more than one-third of the
voters disapprove quotas, there
will be no marketing quotas or j
penalties but prico supports to |
eligible growers (those who com-
ply with allotments) will be avail-
able at only 50 percent of parity,"
Patzack said. "In cither case, |
acreage allotments will continue
in effect for the 1956 crop."
Need Two-Thirds Lead
The county committee chairman
pointed out that the secretary of [
agriculture is directed to proclaim
marketing quotas for the next up-
land cotton crop when the cotton
supply exceeds normal. Quotas are
not put into operation, however, I
unless they are approved by at
least two-thirds of the growers vot-
ing in a national referendum on’
the question.
“All farmers who produced cot-j
ton in 1955 are eligible to vote in
the referendum," Patzack said.
A referendum committee to con-|
duct the election is in the process
of selection and members will in-
announced soon.
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PRACTICE SESSION—Three regulars from last year’s El Reno highschool Indians cage
team return to the court at Thunderbird Coliseum to practice for a new season which will
begin at Will Rogers in Tulsa on Dec. 6. They are, reading left to right, Jerry Tillery,
Walter Land and Jody Farris. , _ _____
Holiday Cheers
Victim of Polio
State's Deer
Season Opens
By The Associated Press
| Thousands of hunters flocked to
woods today for the opening of
Iklahoma's 5-day deer season in
Jmtheast Oklahoma and in two
[her sections of the state,
j Deer will be stalked in Atoka,
jatimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and
lushmataha counties and in Pitts-
jurg county east of U. S. highway
)) and Haskell county south of
| tate Highway 31.
Hunting will be permitted for
I iree days beginning Thursday in
equoyah county, southern sectors
Cherokee and Adair counties
end in the western edge of Mus-
kogee county. The same season
(ill prevail in Cimarron county in
tie panhandle.
' Shotguns firing rifle slugs will
lie permitted for the first time this
liear.
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[[Aggressor Gains
'.In Army Exercise
' FORT POLK, La., Nov. 23—(IP)
[l-“Aggressor ground forces, sup-
ported by atomic artillery, stormed
liulf coast defenses yesterday and
Inemy planes ranged over the en-
Jre southeast as the army com-
peted the first combat phase of
Ixercise "Sagebrush.”
; Army umpires halted the action
[fter "aggressor” infantrymen
frossed the Red river in the face
stiff opposition and penetrated
nth army defense lines.
s "aggressor” sixth air army
lad gained complete mastery of
lie skies over the 13-state air
lianeuver area to give the enemy
apparent victory in the initial
[ombat phase of the giant "atomic
ge” maneuver.
I It will be a day of true Thanks
j giving and an entire weekend of
I thanks for Mrs. John W. Pavy
I who Thursday morning will see
her home two and a half miles
south of Calumet for the first time
since Dec. 11, 1954.
Since that day last year, Mrs
Pavy, known to all in the commun-
ity by her given name of Norma
Jo, has been confined to Crippled
day It is questionable whether ma- Children’s hospital, Oklahoma City,
jor national farm organizations as a severe polio patient,
will be able to agree on measures Out of Iron Lung
to raise farm income. Mrs. Pavy is out of the iron
Chairman Allen J. Ellender | |ung nearly all the time these
(Democrat-Louisiana) of the sen-{days; but a rocking bed has been
moved to her home as a precau-
tionary measure.
Farmer Unity
Is Doubted By
Group's Head
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—OPt—
President James G. Patton of the
National Farmers Union said to-
ate agriculture committee yester-
day wrote leaders of major farm
groups, which differ widely on j
government aid programs for
farmers, urging them to meet and
agree on a program.
Patton, in a statement issued
through his organization's office
here, said the Farmers Union is
ready "to join hands with any
legitimate group of citizens” to
improve farm conditions.
But, he added, in view of the
conflicting stands of the Farmers
Union, the American farm bureau
federation and the national grange,
the "success of the appeal for
unity is questionable."
Patton said the administration's
flexible farm price support pro-
gram, which has the farm bu-
reau's backing, is now in effect.
“It is not realistic to expect other
farm organizations to yield to a
policy which is a demonstrated
failure,” he asserted.
Tentative plans, if everything
goes well, are that Mr. and Mrs.
Pavy and thre sons, Curtis, 5,
Donnie. 4, and Ricky, 2, will have
Thangsgiving dinner with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Pavy,
just a few hundred yards away.
Parents To Como
They will be joined there by Mrs.
Pavy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.
C. Thomas of Okeene.
j Mrs. Pavy’s physical condition
is not such that she is permitted
to have visitors, relatives have an-
nounced.
She must return to the hospital
for another indefinite period Sun-
day evening.
Mustang Cagers Beat Calumet
Boys; Girls' Picture Reversed
Benson Appeals For
Public Suggestions
On Farm Problems
The “last second” field^goals Tuesday night gave Mustang
-—, ^11 u
vs led in ..[tie tilt, played at Mustang, until
just one second of the third period remained. The score favor-
ed Calumet 22 to 16 at halftime but was 37 to 35 with Mustang
in the lead at the three-quar
highschool boys a 55 to 50 victory over Calumet after the
Calumet girls had walloped the Mustang lassies 38 to 23
The Calumet boys led in..the tilt, played at Mustang,
reather
State Forecast
Fair and colder tonight. Thurs-
lay fair and cool except warmer
Li the Panhandle. Low tempera-
lire tonight 15 to 20 to 30 in the
loutheast. High temperature
Ihursday in the 50s.
Charge Is Denied
By Accused Mayor
HOLDENVILLE, Nov. 23—Wt—
Herman Darks, 47-year-old mayor
of Wetumka, was charged with
drunk driving yesterday and re-
leased on $500 bond. He pleaded
innocent.
The charge was filed by Hughes
County Attorney Max Darks, the
mayor’s cousin, following a two-
car accident Monday night on the
outskirts of Wetumka.
Highway Patrol Trooper Charles
Dawson arrested Darks, a former
state legislator, two hours after the
accident while the mayor was
walking toward Wetumka.
Driver of the other car was
Eckert J. Earley, Wetumka rural
mail driver. Neither was injured
in the accident.
Arab Compromise
Is Urged by India
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov.
23—(UV-India today urged the Arab
nations to accept a compromise
which would eliminate UN debate
on the touchy Algerian question
and bring France back into the
general assembly.
Informed sources said that if
agreement was reached a resolu-
tion proposing that the yasscmbly
"will not proceed” with the Alger-
ian item would be put before an
afternoon meeting of the main poli-
tical committee.
The 12-nation UN disarmament
commission resumes work on the
world's arms reduction problems,
left deadlocked by the Big Four
foreign ministers at Geneva.
$200 Damage Caused
In Two-Car Accident
Damage amounted to approxi-
mately $200 in a two-car collision
late Tuesday at 200 West Elm,
city police records showed today.
The damage was done to a car
driven by Mrs. Art Senge, 800
South Hadden. Police reports
showed that this car hit another
driven by Cecil Chapel, 710 North
Miles, as he made a right turn into
a driveway. His car was not dam-
aged.
Minister Speaks
For Civic Group
A talk' on Thanksgiving thoughts
was presented today by Rev.
Harold Enz, minister of the First
Christian church, at the regular
weekly luncheon meeting of the El
Reno Kiwanis club.
A musical program was given by
the Marsh Melodiers at the ses-
sion, at which members voted to
sponsor Christmas gifts this year
for children at the Concho Indian
school.
Martin Graumann, El Reno, was
a visitor at the meeting along with
four members of the Chickasha
Kiwanis club.
Judge Fights
Clemency For
Killer Doctor
McALESTER, Nov. 23—UP—Di«-
trict Judge W. A. Lackey, the
judge who tried Dr. Ben Galbraith
for the slaying of his wife, today
declared that Galbraith "is a men-
ace to society and should never
be given clemency."
Lackey wrote his opinion to the
state pardon and parole board.
Galbraith is serving a life sen-
tence for the death of his wife in
the burning of their home here
March 17. Three other murder
charges are still pending against
him for the deaths of their chil-
dren, Frank, 7; Jere, 5, and Sarah
Ann, 4.
The former heart specialist told
officers he drugged all four with
hypodermic injections before set-
ting the house afire. The deaths
were recorded as accidental until
details of the crime were brought
out in a later investigation.
“The defendant pleaded insanity
at the time of the commission of
the alleged crime and the jury
found against him, and assessed his
punishment as aforesaid,” Lackey
wrote in reviewing the case.
"The reason I am writing you
this letter is that 1 understand un-
der the present practice of our
board, he will be eligible for pa-
role after having served 15 years
and I want, at this time, in the
event I should not be living at any
time that he should make applica-
tion for clemency, to enter my pro-
test against the same . . .
"In my judgment the man is a
menace to society and should
never be given clemency. So long
as I am in office, I expect to have
the three remaining cases set for
at least once a year as to put the
burden upon him of asking for a
continuance.”
El Reno Due
To Get One
Day Off Job
OAY folks, that business you in-
tended to take care of down-
town today, and didn't, now will
have to wait until Friday.
And if you were planning to get
a few books at the library to read
over Thanksgiving, you better do
it prior to 9 p.m. today. The li-
brary will close then and not open
up until Friday morning.
Ona-Day Holiday
In all cases except that of public
schools, Thanksgiving Day only will
be observed as a holiday. County
offices, except the sheriff's de-
partment, city offices except the
police and fire stations, will be
closed.
Mervil J. Meyer, manager of the
Retail Merchants association, said
all "general downtown businesses"
will be closed. He explained that
Thanksgiving is one of six holidays
during the year which virtually ail
merchants observe.
Faw Places Opan
It was believed that some filling
stations, some restaurants, and
some outlying groceries will be
open at least part of the day.
All offices and merchants check-
ed will be open for duties and busi-
ness Friday morning as usual.
The Dally Tribune will publish
early Thanksgiving with press
time scheduled as 11 a m. to per-
mit employes to enjoy the holiday.
ter period.
Charles Reese, towering Calu-
met forward, took all scoring hon-
ors in the game as he hit for 21
points to bring his season’s total
to 94. Don Kennedy raised his total
to 71 as he connected for 15 tallies.
Peggy Stas Leads
From the opening whistle, there
was little doubt as to the outcome
in the girls’ contest as Peggy Stas
started hitting from all angles for
Calumet. Individual scoring honors
went to Calumet in this encounter
too as Peggy notched 21 counters.
Mustang boys seeing action were
Bejeek and Krivanek both with
14 points, Welch, Waldron, McDan-
iels, Briscoe, Winter*, Klepper and
Robinson.
In the fight for Calumet besides
Reese and Kennedy were Bob Ken-
nedy, Kent Lee Thompson, Wayne
Miller, Jack Hcffron and Art
Gragg.
Full Squad Used
For the Mustang girls, Husmann
hit 11 points to take the scoring
lead. Playing with her were Stew-
art, Myers, a pair of Krivaneks,
Lamb, Butterman, Winters, Stev-
ens, Acree, Johnson and Carlile.
Calumet Coach Jesse Urton used
every girl on his squad in the con-
test. Those in the action besides
Miss Stas were Sue Tully, Virginia
Stults, Roxie Paulk, Linda Hunt,
Pat Stroud, Shirley Reichert, Gayle
Crawford, Delores Reimers, Mar-
gie Gleason, Carol Griffith, Kay
Powell, Alberta Laughlin and Clara
Hawkins.
W. H. Hardwick
W. H. Hardwick
Dies in Atlanta
Assistant Agent
On Hunting Trip
Assistant County Agent Dave
Williams, 915 West Wade, left El
Reno late Tuesday for Idabel, to
do some deer hunting.
Others in the county agent’s
office are hoping for a successful
trip and hunt for he has promised
to share the venison ... if he gets
it.
Wiliams was assistant agent in
McCurtain county of which Idabel
is the county seat before coming
to El Reno. He will return Sunday
night.
French Drive
Morocco Red
Leader Away
RABAT, Morocco, Nov. 23—<W—
France today kicked the leader of
the outlawed Communist party out
of Morocco.
Police nabbed Party Secretary
General Ali Yata when he got off
a plane at Casablanca airport last
night while demonstrators roamed
the streets of the great port city
they shut down with a general
strike.
Yata was held overnight in the
airport police station and authori-
ties put him back aboard a plane
this morning for France. He has
been barred from Morocco since
1952.
Violence was widespread in the
protectorate. French troops and
planes battled a punitive expedi-
tion by extreme nationalists who
sought to punish residents of two
mountain villages for not celebrat-
ing the return of Sultan Sidi
Mohammed Ben Youssef.
Fowler On Mend
After Surgery
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23—W-
Gene Fowler, film writer, former
newspaper editor and author of
numerous books, was reported in
‘good condition” at St. Vincents
hospital today after undergoing
major surgery.
His physician, Dr. Carl Rusche,
said the operation was successful
and that Fowler was recovering
satisfactorily. Dr. Rusche did not
disclose the nature of the opera-
tion, which was performed yester-
day.
Soldiers in Korea To
Mark Thanksgiving
WESTERN FRONT, Korea, Nov
23--(jD— More than 30,000 American
soldiers will observe Thanksgiving
camped in the bleak hills of Korea
guarding the 2V4-year-old Armis-
tice.
The 24th and seventh infantry
divisions, grouped just south of the
armistice zone, arc providing near-
ly one pound of turkey for each
tnan, with such trimmings as
shrimp cocktail and oyster dress-
ing.
Ike's Medical
Report Good
GETTYSBURG, Pa., Nov. 23-
Ri—President Eisenhower got an-
other glowing report from his
doctors today after a 50-minute
Thanksgiving eve checkup.
They said he continues to prog-
ress satisfactorily in his recovery
from his Sept. 24 heart attack and
3hows "no symptoms or evidence
of fatigue from the activities of
his office or at the farm."
William H. Hardwick, Atlanta,
Ga., former warden of the El Reno
federal reformatory, died early
this morning in an Atlanta hospital
following a heart attack.
Mr. Hardwick was taken to the
hospital following the heart attack,
suffered while he was preparing
to go to church Sunday morning.
He had been warden of the fed-
eral penitentiary at Atlanta since
leaving El Reno July 17, 1954.
Bern In Indiana
Mr. Hardwick was born in De-
catur, Ind., Jan. 15, 1900, and at-
tended Adrian college at Adrian,
Mich. Associated with the federal
prison system for the past 25
years, he came to El Reno in 1934
as a lieutenant on the reformatory
staff and was promoted to the
rank of captain in 1940.
He became associate warden
here in
pointed
capacity until his transfer to At
lanta.
Active in civic affairs in El
Reno, Mr. Hardwick had served as
a member of the Wesley Method-
ist church board of stewards, was
a past president of the El Reno
Rotary club, and an active mem-
ber of the Canadian county Red
Cross chapter.
Survivors Named
Survivors include his wife, Fern,
of the home; three daughters, Mrs.
Don King, 1000 block West Wade,
Mrs. Robert Biggert, 205 Under-
wood, and Janice Marie Hard-
wick, of the home, and five sons,
Rev. William Howard Hardwick,
Wink, Tex., Lieutenant Willard Eli
Hardwick, stationed in Germany,
Captain George Franklin Hard-
wick, Fort Meade, Md., Carol Lee
Hardwick, 616 South Miles and
Thomas Marion Hardwick, 605
South Hoff, and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
p. m. Saturday in Wesley Meth-
odist church with Rev. L. B. Saltz-
giver, reformatory protestant chap-
lain, and Dr. A. W. Coleman, min-
ister, officiating. Burial will be in
the El Reno cemetery, under di-
rection of the Wilson funeral home.
Troubles Loom
As Major Issue
CIJWELAND, Nov. 23—W)
— Secretary o f Agriculture
Benson appealed to the public
today for ideas on how to help
solve farm problems of over-
production, surpluses and de-
clining grower prices and in-
come.
These problems appear like-
ly to become major issues in
next year’s election.
In a speech prepared for the an-
nual convention of the national
grange, Benson promised that
every letter will receive a personal
reply and every suggestion will be
considered except one— the sug-
gestion that the government re-
turn to high, rigid price supports.
Own Party Critical
Some Democratic critics of the
Eisenhower administration farm
program urge restoration of the old
support program.
Benson has not been without
critics even with his own party
but he came to the grange meet-
ing with new backing from the
White House.
James C. Hagerty, presidential
press secretary, was asked yester-
day about a New York Herald Tri-
bune story saying President Eisen-
hower’s brother Milton, head of
Pennsylvania State university, had
been instrumental in blocking de-
mands that Benson be let out of
the cabinet. The story said Milton
Eisenhower advised his brother
against any such move.
Dafliat Suggestion
Hagerty said no such thing ever
happened and the president has
never "entertained any suggestion
whatsoever of the secretary of ag-
riculture being replaced.” There
was no backdown from an Eisen-
1940 and in 1947 was ap- hower statement of confidence la
warden, serving in that Benson, issued last month in Den-
ver.
Benson conceded, however, that
flexible price supports—a feature
of the administration program —
“are not and never will be enough”
to boost farm prices in the face
of present surpluses. He said
nevertheless that such supports
can be helpful and should be used.
Benefield Given
Boost From Gary
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 23-W’i
—Loyd Benefield, Oklahoma City
attorney, received another boost
from Governor Raymond Gary yes-
terday as his choice for Demo-
cratic state chairman succeeding
Smith Hester, Purcell.
The governor said he wants the
choice for the important party post
to come “from the grassroots.” He
added he had received more sup-
port for Benefield for chairman
than anyone else.
Gary said that Benefield first
wants to know if he will have ap-
proval of the state’s congressional
delegation before deciding on the
job.
The governor said he would not
make any official statement on
party organization until after the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Six Persons Die
In Navy Accident
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—UP)—’The
navy has reported the death of six
men and serious injury to another
in an aircraft accident aboard the
carrier Ticonderoga in the Medi-
terranean Monday night.
The accident occurred when a
jet fighter piloted by Ensign Otis
C. Lightner of Altus, attempted a
landing during night exercises. The
tail hook of his plane failed to
catch the arresting wire, jumped
over the barricade and skidded
down the deck, striking eight peo-
ple.
Lightner was picked out of the
water 20 minutes later by a boat
from the destroyer Goodrich. He
suffered only scratches and bruises
and was not considered injured
seriously.
Hagler Waits
For Release
From His Cell
SULPHUR, Nov. 23—iff)—David
Fred Hagler, jr., Fort Worth mur-
der suspect, waited calmly in the
Murray county jail today while his
attorneys sought means of gaining
his release on a habeas corpus pe-
tition.
Hagler is charged with murder
in the torch death of an unidenti-
fied man near Davis, Oct. 10, 1954.
He has denied any knowledge of
the fire which swept the station
wagon owned by his former wife.
Officers first believed the body
to be Hagler’s, but the Texas man
showed up several days later. He
said he had been attacked by some
man but couldn't recall the circum-
stances because he had been drink-
ing.
Hagler had been free on $15,000
bond posted shortly after his ar-
rest. He bypassed an extradition
hearing before the Texas court of
criminal appeals, scheduled today,
by surrendering to Oklahoma offi-
cers yesterday on the Oklahoma
side of the Red river.
SYMPATHETIC CROUP
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23—wv-
Three hundred members of the
Associated Plumbing Contractors
of Los Angeles voted unanimously
today to make honorary master
plumbers of football coaches who
were hung in effigy this year.
Water Softening
Plant Repainted
Federal Reformatory prisoners
have started another painting job
of the El Reno water softener at
the north edge of the city.
City Munager C. A. Bentley ex-
plained this morning that by an
agreement between the city and
the reformatory, the institution
cares for the upkeep of the plant,
except for $500.
“The reformatory built the sof-
tening plant in conjunction with
the city and in that way obtained
a 20-year special water rate which
has about five more years to go,”
the city manager said.
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