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The El Reno Daily Tribune
Single Copy, F: *e Cent*
UP) MEAN3 ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Friday, February 11, 1944
<U.PJ MEANS UNITED PRESS
Volume 52, No. 296
md Yotry$~\ 124 persons Are
Relieved Dead
?lane Crash
/ CHARLES E MALONE. <
^ ■ Mrs. Helen Malone,
North Bickford avenue, has l
promoted from corporal to se,
geant at the Spokane. Wash.;
army air field where he Is on
duty as chief clerk In the base
operations section.
-o-
Private First Class Willard E.
Riggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Riggs, 217 North William;;
Winged Victory
IK -. ' ■J
avenue, has been graduated from
the radio school of the army
air forces training command at
Scott Field, 111., and is qualified
for duty as a member of a
bomber crew.
-o- v
Floyd J. Raddilf of El Reno
route 2 has been promoted to
corporal at the Frederick army
air field.
Cadet Jim Phelps, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Mulcom E. Phelps.
801 South Hoff avenue, earned
a place on the disciplinary hon-
or roll at Missuri Military aca-
demy, Moxbo, Mo., for the
month • of January. He was
awarded the maroon bar with
one star for not having re-
ceived any demerits during the
past two months.
-o-
Major General Charles H. Cor-
lelt. who commanded the seventh
Infantry division of the U. S.
army which successfully Invaded
the Kwajalein area of the Jap-
anese mandated Marshall is-
lands last wee*. is a cousin of
Mrs. R. C. Shiflett of Darling-
ton, and a nephew of her moUier.
Mrs. Henry Corlett. and the late
Henry Corlett of Kingfisher.
Oeneral Corlett and ills division
wiped out Japanese forces on
Attu island, in the Aleutian
group, last June
Airliner Submerges
Seconds After Plunge
Into Mississippi River
^ ::
'v:i
Teen-Towners
Will Assemble
To Clean Hall
Marines Await Burial at Sea
Allied Forces
Below Rome In
Vernon McCinley Is
Elected C hairman Of
Youth Organization
Grave Danger
Roosevelt Declares
MEMPHIS. Teiui., Feb 11—(/Pi
—Twenty-four persons were believed
killed last midnight when a trans-
continental American Airlines plane
crashed into the Mississippi river
and sank mimed lately in the 22-
foot channel 15 miles below Mem-
phis.
Several crewmen with the U. S j
engineers heard the plane flying
low and one said he saw it hit.
tlie water and sink seconds after
being enveloped in flumes.
“There was a terrific explosion
and fire.” said Charley Williams,
watchman for an engineers crew.
"It was quite low and appeared
to be tipped a little to the right,
but the engines seemed to be all
right."
•<yst
rJtar
Kerr Preparing
TJ' Day Message
Willkie Declares
He Has Mission
At. least 10 of the 21 passengers
were members of the armed forces. '
Tli" crew included Stewardess j
Doric Holybec. based at Fort |
Worth, former resident of Ard-
more, Okla
Wreckage Urea led
Wreckage of Uic airliner, has
been located in the river 15 miles
below Memphis. Chief Petty Offi-
cer, W W. Billings of the coast
guard office reported today.
Billings said Lieutenant Charles |
Suttonof the shore patrol Inform-I SEATTLE. Feb II—*•,—Wendell
ed trim that the plane had been j L. Willkie describes himself as “a
located and that two coast guard
boats were standing by waiting for
a derrick boat to raise It.
Captain H. K. Holloway, of the
Bond Salesmen Find
Roost Is Needed
OKI-AHOMA CITY. Feb 11—(U.PJ
—Hundreds of Oklahomans who
have toiled on behalf of tire fourth
wur loan drive mere hoi ring today
that "U” day will be a badly-
needed shot pi the arm for the
bond selling campaign
*‘U” day plans were made yes-
terday and will be released to-
morrow when Oovemor Robert S.
Kerr issues a special proclamation.
It Is believed tliat nearly every
citizen In the state will be af-
fected. directly, by the program.
The failure of the war bond
drive to reach Its quota so far
has been attributed by state lead-
ers to the poor sale of "E" series
bonds, the type generally bought
by the smaller investor. At last
reports, the western Oklahoma dis-
trict hud 57 percent of Its "E”
quota, or sales totalliU' •3150.974.
Reports lrom Tulsa on the east-
ern district's quota were slightly
army engineers ofliee here said
! his men stationed on Cow island
I apparently had seen the plane
I crash. He said he received the re-
port from one of his men on a
barge moored to the bank near the
scene.
“He may not have seen It go
into the river directly, but his
attention apparently was called,
and when he looked around he
thought he saw it go Into the
river.” Holloway said
Running Hour Late
Holloway relayed the report to
W. J. Weisinann. Memphis traf-
fic manager for the airlines. The
plane, etiroule lrom Little Rock.
Ark., to Memphis, was running
an hour late when It was last
heard from at 11:30 p
night.
Overalls and aprons will be tbe
attire of the younger generation in
El Reno Monday night whan Tetn-
Towners gather on the third floor
of the city hall for a clean-up per-
ty.
Plans for the affair were made
by the youths Thursday night at a
meeting in the city hall auditorium
when 73 boys and girls in the age
group of 13 through 19 years gath-
ered to perfect plans for a Teen
Town center here.
Present plans contemplate use of
the third floor of the city hall as a
center for the organization.
Preparing for Activities
Buckets, soap, cleansers, floor wax
and mops will be brought to the city
hall’s third floor Monday night by
the boys and girls to clean the space
in preparation for further activi-
ties there.
An engineer has consented to
check The space for tlie youths to
I determine tlie extent of repairs j
I needed to make it satisfactory tor
1 use as a recreation center.
A permanent organization was
formed and by laws for tlie group
adopted at the Thursday night ses-
sion.
Officers Designated
Vernon McGinley is chairman;
I Lou Ann Feistel. vice chairman; Pat
; Schilder, secretary; Walter Blair
young man with a mission, and | treasurer; and LoVeUe Porter,ie,d.
the mission Ls freedom j assistant treasurer.
"Long continuance In lower The executive committee is ooiii-
meaiis loss ol freedom and |^*! pased of Glenn Harris. Geneva
1
‘Very Tense’ Situation
Exists in Italy
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
\
Bombs (bottom of photo) from
tills R. A. F. plane form a symbolic
“V for Victory” as they plunge to-
i ward enemy installations on the
I Rome-Pcscara road in Italy.
Flag-draped bodies of three American marines
island In the Marshalls. 'NEA Telephoto.)
ansport await burial at sea. off Roi
President Roosevelt said today
that a very tense situation existed
in the terrific fighting in the Rome
beachhead where tlie Germans as-
serted they had captured the rail-
way station of Carroceto northern
stronghold In the slender allied posi-
tion.
Mr. Roosevelt said we were pray-
ing for good weather to permit ap-
plication of our sea and air power.
Algiers advices said the outnum-
bered Americans and Britons had
turned every available plane against
the enemy, although a dispatch from
the front itself said heavy rain
yesterday ourtailed aerial opera-
tions and permitted the enemy to
reform his attack.
Candidate Would
‘Preserve Freedom’
dedicated to ending such power." Qreen. Lois Williams Bill Thomp-
he declared in an address at a I son. Wilma Mathew- Tommy Schi!-
political rally last night. j der and Leon Smith.
Willkie. 1940 Republican pre-st-. The Teen Town center is to be
dential nominee, accused the ad- 'self-governing, with an initiation
ministration of fighting a soft, jec and smau monthly dues to be
w" V' the pe0plf wo,Uri paid by youths joining the
willingly bear an Increased lax ,jan„n
burden If the government made Bov./ alJd olrls Ul Ult. a gIt>up
an effort to halt the "reckless ex- 13 th h ,9 are eligible lor
pend me of their money 'membership regardless of whether
Alter the war we should re- , Uicy atu>nd Iocal ^
verse our luxatiou system In order
oiggn-
to stimulate our economy and pro-
vide the largest possible national
Income " Willkie told an' audit-net-1
of 2.500 person*.
Confident of Nomination
"If the Republican nominee Is
a forward-looking leader, the rank
last j and life of the parly will rally as
Indians Making
Bid at Central
Mercury Drops
To 9 Degrees
Continued ( old Is
Forecast Tonight
Improving Quintet
May Surprise Cards
j a unit in his support." he said
Two picket boats from the Mem- i Earlier in the day. lie told a
phis coast guard station, manned j press conference he was confident
*rre sem 10 the Ille *“-s “soing to be nominated,
viritiii) of Cow island. They were j for the presidency on the Repub- | Coach Jinks Simmon* and his
keeprng in contact with the coast hcan ’Icket.” j El Reno higlischool Indians, vle-
uuardsmen here via short wave Tlie Democratic party is 'deca-1 torious in two of their last three
! dent and falling apart" and Presi- starts, will
Officials from the Memphis of- ■ den; Roosevelt. If re-elected, would
lice of the airline went to Cow be frustrated
Island and Weismann said other ip, ranks
officials were nylng from New Democrats Divided
York
by the division in
better, with
362 084 or 08
. Tlie Democrats are hopelessly
Army eiiginecis said Cow bland. : divided mid. in my judgment, per-
scene ol the crasii. is a sand lor- manently divined as long as this
tnation in the Mississippi directly I administration remains in
sales touting (3,- jon tbe line of flight from Little I
power.
another
try to put
basketball game Into the winning
column tonight when they oppose
Central Cardinals in Oklahoma
City. Tlie game is scheduled at
8 p m In the Cardinal cage |
A cold wave tinged with snow
pushed the mercury as low as 9
degrees above zero in the panhan- j
die overnight and threatened to j
become more intense, causing agri
culturists to feel apprehensive about ,
fruit and grain crops, the Associated
Press reported.
High wind rolled wiUi tlie told
and made Us effect bitter. Hope
for relieve lay in signs the wind (
was diminishing.
Shippers were warned to prepare
of temperatures of 0 to 4 in north- |
west, and 10 to 14 in southeast and
southwest during tlie next 24 to 36
hours.
It wes the second norther er of 1
the VnHcr to engulf all of Okla
horna and no relief was In sight
before Saturday.
Winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour
which continued through today will
diminish tonight. This morning, the
strong winds made tlie cold more
bitting than the temperatures show-
ed. Lowest reported at observation ,
time was 9 above at Guymon.
The maximum today was expected
to range from 15 to 25 degrees.
Occasional snow flurries at scat-
I tered points will continue. No Ok- !
lahoma point had reported more
than a trace of snow overnight.
Tlie wintry blast sent the mer-
J cury tumbling fro mhlghs yesterday
Patterson Denies Army
To Raise Draft Age
WASHINGTON. Feb 11 !
Robert P. Patterson, acting secre-
tary of war. denied Thursday a
report that the army will raise
the upper age limit for draftees
from 38 to 45
“So far as I know that's not
true.” lie said in response to a
question at a news conference.
“You recall that when the a e
limit was reduced from 45 to 38
ill the autumn of 1942. It was
done as a result of army and
navy experience that men in the
higher age group were less effec-
tive. There are. of course, a good
many men in the service above
38 anil a lot of them are perfect-
ly fit. but to take them by and
large is quite a different mat-
ter.”
Army Inductions
Behind Needs
Patterson Opposes
Rlanket Deferments
Oil Discussions
Are Scheduled
Statement Due On
Foreign Developments
percent of quota ) Rork to the Memphis airport
Allen L (ordray
Is War Prisoner
Second Lieutenant Allen L. Cord-
ray. a bombardier in the army air
forces who previously was reported
missing in action, is being held by
the Germans as a prisoner of war
in the European theatre, according
to official notification received
Thursday by his mother. Mrs. Mary
L. Cordray. Okarchr route 3. from
tlie war department.
Mrs. Cordrav was notified by the
war department last Jan. 19 that
her son had been reported missing
in action since Jan 4 In the Euro-
lieail I ileal re.
Lieutenant Cordray. who received
his commission last May at Child-
ress, Tex., has been overseas since
November
| FORMER TULSAN
j AMONG PASSENGER*
TULSA, Feb 11—(4*/—Lawrence
| B O'Connor. 35. one of 24 per-
I sons believed killed last night in
the crash of an American Airlines
plane near Memphis, is a former
Tulsan and son of the late Charles
B. O Connor, first dlsiiid n.n-
?res*man from 1928 to 1930
For the past three years. O'Con-
nor had been field eoordlnutton of-
ficer In the compliance branrh
of the war production board
Washington
he said.
"I am going to break this power
in Washington if I can.” he add-
ed, "for if I don't everything I
hold precious will disappear.”
Oklahoma City. 20 at Ardmore and
21 at Tulsa.
Bolivian C abinet
Changes Due
snapping out of their tailspin,
have shown marked improvement
in their lust four coutests and they
may be able to give the fast-
stepping Cardinals a run for their j
j money.
Against Enid Plainsmen, state
j champion of the past season, the
. Tribe was able to win a 27-251
verdict aflei two overtime periods' HOBART. Fell u—«Pi Mrs. Rob
last Tuesday night, giving rising I Fox' 20 ftnd 1,pr «*month-old
to the local fans' hopes tliat ihe : J,K*V ***• arr t,Pllri nl,d tllr I British inteir
Indians might develop Into a for- 1 fal Ier wa> in * criticHl condition | g0|nr criticism,
midablc machine before the an-! In “ here today altei j f, , r,.,.,
nual caging tournament* roU | ?1u,rx^osou .ilK* flrp dp8lr°Vfd has .111
around.
Flames Fatal To
Mother and Baby
WASHINGTON
Acting Secretary
R. 6tettimes said
eminent is going
discussion* with tl
matters in a retail
The discussions
will be with the B
they are to center
areas where otlie
our allies do not
interest.
An American
to nave nome
ic British oil oil
ely short period.
now planned
itish alone since
on near eastern
otliers among
have a primary
pla
Fortresses Hit
Frankfurt Again
LONDON. Feb. 11 -i/P>— Amer-
LA PAZ. Bolivia. Feb.» 11— opt—
Several changes In the Bolivian
rabmet are expected to be an-
nounced tomorrow.
The independent newspaper Ul-
ln j tima Hora said today there have
I been no resignations in the govern-
ment as yet but several changes are
I expected. It denied reports brond-
. cast aboard that Major Alberto Ta-
I borga. the interior minister ol the
government which seized power Dec
30. had been Imprisoned but said
Starters lor El Reno tonight j
will be Crval Pickers and Junior j
Loyall. forwards: LcRoy Mcrveldt. j
center: James Palmer and Jesse 1
Urton, guards.
Coach Clarence Breithaupt of j
Central has announced his start-
ing quintet will Include Cal Me-
lean Fortresses blasted Frankfurt
Many Pre-Pearl Harbor
Fathers Being Inducted
j with tons of high explosives again 1 Alfrklo Pacheco, chief of air forces
i I
port renter for the second tl...ei|hp oualberto VUlarroel I
Llsli and Vernon Bowen, forwards;
it was rumored lhat Taborgu would j Ray Carr, center; Bob Rubrccht j ouUsl
be replaced by Lieutenant Colonel .1 T k(.v guard*. I ,hry
• father was
In a hospital here t >day altei
an explosion and fire destroyed
their farm home southwest ol
here early last night.
The family had returned from
Hobart and Fox was attempting
to light a fire when n can of
fluid he was using exploded, en-
veloping all three in a sheet ot
flame.
The father grabbed the baby
and. with his wife, fought his way
outside. Their dothes in Haines,
ran to a creek ifxi yards
pipeline from the Persian gulf to
! die eastern Mediterranean was rils-
j closed last week by Interior Sec-
retary Harold L. Ickes. This plan
1 subsequently was mentioned in
1 Britain’s commons where “Foreign
I Minister Anthony Eden affirmed
in the project.
Senator E.
Oklaholn.u
WASHINGTON. F>eb. 11 —//Pj—
Asserting the army alone is cur-
rently 200.000 men In arrears of
its Induction needs. Undersecretary
of War Robert P Patterson to-
day declared emphatically against
blanket draft deferment for any
Industry.
Testifying before a house military
affairs ub-coininittee. Patterson
opposed a pending bill by Rep-
resentative Philip Philbin (Demo-
crat. Massachusetts) which would
authorize deferment by local draft
boards of inen found to be es-
sential to the logging and pulp-
wood industry'. Philbin said it had
been estimated there was a short-
ae of 22 000 men In that in-
dustry.
"The more determents congress
provides, tlie harder it is going to
be for the military service to fill
Its needs.” Patterson said.
He said labor shortages were
more critical in other war indus-
tries as important os, or more
necessary than, the logging Industry.
In this connection he mentioned
railway transportation, textiles, coal
gov- miles, radio and radar.
Representative Paul Stewart
'Democrat. Oklahoma) asked If
farmers, draft-exempt under the
Tydint’s amendment, were not being
dratted II they worked hi logging
for a few months. Patterson said
it wa.s up to local boards but he
favored continuing their exemp-
tions if they worked on fanns
| eight months out of the year
build a «nd in essential logging four
The Berlin communique said 4.-
000 allies had surrendered in the
beachhead and that 89 tanks had
been captured or destroyed. Tlie
assertions lacked confirmation
• Air Attacks Are Furious
Algiers described the allied aerial
attacks as one of the greatest
ground support operations ever un-
dertaken by air forces.
The enemy hunted Incessantly 1
with tanks and men and cannon
for a soft spot in allied defenses
and rolled up a fifth division for
the attack. All indications were
that the big German blow. In an
effort to throw the Americans and
Britain* into the sea. had not yet
begun and that intense air blows
of yesterday behind enemy lines
may have delayed It. The Germans,
however, retained the initiative on
the ground.
it'd
montus
Recruiters Flan
FI Reno Visit
d i>\
jres
etettinius sai
statement on
negutia UoiM for
II lent would br
III a few days.
comprehensive
H. plans ami j
ri di oil develop- 1
Bombs Poured On
Marshall Islands
and plunged Into the Icy
tn four days and the fourth time
{ since Jan. 29
OKIAHOMA CITY. Feb. 11—«U P> I. Lll>Pr*lors “lushed at military
.,11_____ 1 Installations In France
who seized the presidency In last
December's coup
Fancy Prices Recorded
At War Bond Auction
last night,
No Closed Season For
Fishing Is Necessary
More than 35 percent of all men rr.mcc and A-----
Inducted Into tl.c armed services \ ,c"n Marauders. In their
In January were pre-Prurl Harbor ®Ppra,*orJ *n 11 days, struck other
fathers. Colonel Clive E Murray. ,argrt\,n thc rockrt *un *pp,°l
state selective service director, re- ”, northern France, Todays opera-
yen |pd today Itton* kpP’ UP thp unprecedented
Murray >at<l the continuing heavy j B'!‘Pd *"*> a**au,lt thr"u«>' 1 fl , ,
demand for men has made it nec- H*hour p>Tlp followed [ »n Oklahoma lakes and streams
essarv to re-examine many men »Wty attack In I hat no closed spawning season
previously classed as unfit phy- • whlch Amertca» bombers and fight- !l* necessary. Jelf Kendall. fLsh
sleolly. and tliat 20 percent of
stirh registrants may be sent
OKLAHOMA CITY. Frb 11 (U.ft)
There Is such an abundance of
OUTHRIE, Feb. 11 —«U.«>— A
I fourth war loan drive nuctlou
held recently at Crescent brought
| $750 for a bushel of crawder pea*.
•1.000 for n bottle of hair oil. and
"mystery box” was sold for *2.100
and then resold for $1,500 more
In bonds at the "country store"
event, It was announced today by
Alvin Klndel. Logan county drive
committee secretary.
nway
water.
The buby died
mother today
Mrs. Pox'* parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Mti.snravp. live In Oklahomu
City
ers downed 84 enemy planes and j «'id game warden, reported today
lost 29 bombers and eight light- "111 previous yean spawning a«*a-
through the station Induction cen- 1
ter here a second time.
HERE FOR VISIT
Delliert A Corlee. seaman second
rlass In tlie navy, arrived here Wed-
nesday with Mrs. Corlee from Wich-
ita. Knn . for a few days' visit with
Ills parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Corlee. 821 South Bickford avauue.
Bcumaii and Mrs. Corlee will re-
turn to Wichita Saturday. He Is
on a 15-dny furlough from his
post at Farrugut, Idaho.
Dance Arranged For
New (’lass of (’adds
Members of the new cadet elus* I
at Mustang Field will be honored '
at a dance tonight In the field’s
recreation hall, officers for the ,
field have announced
'son closed tUhlng bodies for 45
I days," said Kendall, "but this year
j only those ow ncr* wishing munlci-
j iad lakes and streams to be closed
will be ordered fenced for the
season."
Medical Congress To
Discuss War Problems
Weather
OKLAHOMA LEADS
j OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb 11—lU.fi)
—Oklahomu City's navy recruiting
A bus to transport cadet wives station leads the eighth joint ser-
and Junior hostesses of the Elks vice induction area tn the enllst-
fratermil center to the ru-nt wllljmrnt of men to attend the navy's
lean the Elks home at 7:30 p. m 'radio instruction schools
Slate Forecast
CHICAGO Feb. 11 (UP War-
' time medleal problem* will be dis
i cussed here by the nation':; top-
j flight physicians and Mirgeoas Feb
j 14 and 15 at the 40th annual con-
1 gross on medical education spoil-
j sored by the American Medical as-
| soda Mon
The doctor will discuss such sub-
jects as "Tlie Problems of Post-
U 8 PACIFIC FIEET HEAD-
QUARTERS. PEARL HARBOR,
Feb. 11—t/P) - Fighter planes, Mit-
thc chell medium bombers, Dauntless
dive bombers, big Liberators, and
navy scnich plane* arc teaming up
with shelling warships tn blasting
away at Japn: esc-held Marshall
Wand* now gravely imperiled by
American conquest of Kwajalein.
Admiral Chc*U;r W. Nimltz dis-
cloced that Monday, Tuesday mid
Wednesday, the planes dumped 114
tons of explosives on enemy liases
In the group Irt the MursihdlK.
Three recruiters from Oklahoma
City naval recruiting offices will
be in El Reno throughout thc week
of F''b 14-19 to Interview prospec-
tive members of the WAVE8.
The trio will establish headquar-
ters at the C. R. Anthony's store
wiih-f*,ere “«* will be available to give
I any Information desired concern-
ing the service.
Two motion pictures. “Chief
' Neeley Reports” and "That Men
May Fight," will be available for
showing before local clubs during
the week tlie recruiters are here.
Personnel of the recruiting team
coming to El Reno consists of En-
sign J. C. Nickel*. Elisabeth Husch-
er. yeoman second class, and Ruby
Weldon, seaman first class.
Even Fortresses and Liberators
were drawn from strategic bombing
tasks to support the beachhead posi-
tions. The action was reminiscent
of campaigns in Tunisia and at Sa-
lerno when overpowering use of al-
lied air power tipped the scales for
victory.
"Time Crushes'' Executed
The bombers added their terrible
explosive* to the blasts tossed upon
the enemy by allied artillery in
"time crushes.” a method of fire
control by which hundreds of big
gun* all place shells upon a single
target area In a matter of a min-
ute or so. often erasing the target
tn a single blast.
The violent battle of Cassino, 80
miles to the east, raged on without
decision although Algiers said the
Americans made progress and re-
pulsed a strong counter-attack Tlie
progress was capture of five large
building* and destruction of the
Cassino jail, a German defense
point.
TTie Germans said 150 planes,
presumably Russian, bombed tlie
Finnish town of Kotka. 70 mile*
east of Helsinki, for two hours last
night.
Russians Narrow Trap
Tlie Russians pyramided their
death blows on ten of Hitler's fine -1
and most experienced divisions
forming his eighth army, encircled
at Korsun In the upper Dnieper
bend. Tlie raid of death and sur-
render Increased as seven Russian
columns pressed in from all idr*
Tlie death trap was narrowed at one
place to five miles, and shortened
to 15.
In the north, tlie drive toward
Luga reached within seven miles of
tliat rail center.
As the battle of Italy neaied I!;,
decisive stage, the allies gave the
Badogllo government control of
conquered Italian territory.
Russians (aptiirc
Railway Junction
Morrisson Is Appointed
To McLean's Position
Moscow
Fair and contUiucd cold tonight. 1 **r Medical Education and War-
. . [time Problems In Medicine and
Saturday fair and warmer
El Reno Weather
For 24-hour pciiod ending ul 8
a. ni today: High 43: low. 13; *t
8 a. m, 14
State of weather: Generally clou-
dy with rupldly lowering tempera-
ture
Precipitation: None
Kalinin Predicts
Victory in 1944
LONDON. FYb. 11—(4‘
i adlo. in a btoodcaxl recorded licro
by the Soviet monitor, quoted
President Michael Kalinin ns tcll-
lng a group of Russian workers:
"I believe that this your we will
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 11—<U.»
Mulrolm Morrisson has been
| named assistant to t;,e president of
I the Oklahoma Gas and Electric
company, to fill the vacaucy left by
the death of George MoLean. El
Reno. McLean died suddenly Feb.
4 while on a business trip to Wash-
ington.
George AUe Davis, president of
tlie utility, announced Morrisson's
appointment. Morrisson formerly
was director of me company's
municipal franchise department.
'Medical Education ' ■9W 'he filial blow to IlM Fascist
Scheduled speakers Include Roar Invaders and completely dear the
j AUiniial Ross T. Melntlie. surgeon hum all ltu> it ol lie
J general of the navy, and T>r Thorn- union."
j hs Parran, surgeon general of the —
U. 8. public health service, ItUDF.O DATES til.C
LONDON. Feb 11—<AV-Premier
I Joseph Stalin today announced the
capture of the rail Juu
I Shepetovka. 45 miles southeast rtf
i Rovno and 24 miles east of the
old Polish frontier
Chepotovka is on the Junction of
i the Berdlchev-Warsaw main line
I and Is an important rail station
and vital link in the German de-
| fense system.
Stalin's order of the day was ad-
dressed to Oeneral Vatutin, com-
mander of the first Ukrainian front
whose troops In other areas are well
into pre-war Poland near Lutsk
Allies Occupy All
Of Iluon Peninsula
J.\r LOSSES MOUNT
GUADALCANAL, Feb. 11—<4V-
Allirel ah men destroy ad 64(1 Jap-
j.meso i/lanes at Rabaul. New Bri-
ISi lain, betwewi Dec. IT, 1943. and
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, of Stan- ELK CITY. Frb II <U.P' Dates i Feb. 8, South Pacific liewdquarteiw
ford unlversllv will be chairman for this year's annual Elk City announced today Our tusoes
of tlie session;. (rodeo will be Sept. 9 und 10. | listed os 130 pious*.
ALLIED HEALXJUAKTERA 11
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Feb. II— .
; (A*—Complete occupation of Huon
i peninsula. New Guinea, mid th
| end of a five-month catnpalgi
which cost the Jnpune-r >. dlvtstoi
i t~
' of 14.000 men was annouucod
, day by Genet ai Du tut la* M>
| tliur.
Australian and American not
Joined forces on the ooaital
were
yesterday, chopping off utothnr *
| piece ol Japan a caplurwd tnrvHoor. 'Tl
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 296, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1944, newspaper, February 11, 1944; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc920057/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.