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The El Reno Daily Tribune
Single Copy, Five Centa
UP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Sunday, January 23, 1944
OiJPO MEANS UNITED
Volume 52, No. 279
fto *-EAp"yeAR
JUlt boys come HOME
Hrdy's Winning
Pig Exhibited
At Denver Show
Four Club Hoys From
County Receive $439
At Livestock Exhibit
Letter From
Home Folks
Interesting Events
Of Past Week Are
Summarized Here
For Men in Service
Allied Troops Near Rome
After Amphibious Blow
The sign held by the pretties above, dancers in Hollywood’s “Cin-
dciellu Jones." promises they will ignore 1944’s leap year possibilities
until Johnny comes marching home However, the girls still retain
woman's ages-old privilege of changing their minds
Paralysis Fund
'Tag Day' Set
Collection Efforts
To End During Week
Saturday. Jan 29 will see the
final clean-up of collection efforts
In
At the National Western live-
stock show in Denver. Colo., last
week, a major attraction at the
daily rodeo was a Canadian county
pig—the grand champion Poland
China barrow exhibited by Milos
Hrd> of El Reno.
Saturday morning Riley Tarver,
county farm agent, along with
Milos and Gene and Francis Hel-
muts returned home with their ^ Coullly Agent Riley Tarver,
honors but minus their pigs which #nd wveral plgl> The ^ are ex_
El Reno. Ckla.,
Jan. 22. 1944.
]'SEAR JOE We have had a
” series of “beautiful mornings" I
here in Oklahoma that nearly have J
erased our memory of the heavy
snow. Despite thawing tempera- i
tures, however, ;ome county loads |
still were blocked by drifted snow i
as late as Friday.
A group of county farm youths
entrained by boxcar for Denver,
Colo., accompanied by their spun-
Vikings Spank
El Reno 24-15
First-Half Flurry
Sews Up Hall (lame
Again taking it on their chins.
El Reno higlischool Indians were
lhe infantile paralysis fund administered a hard spanking. 24-
„ , 15. Friday night when Coach Dick
drive which ends Jan 30. Mrs I Krue({cr.s maIOon-clad Vikings of
W Douglas, chairman for the Northeast highschool traveled over
drive, reported Saturday. from Oklahoma City to rule the
The day will be designated as roost in the local basketball gym-
“tag day.” Mrs Douglas said, and naslum.
contributors to the fund will re- Never for a moment were the
eeive badges indicating their con- El Reno lads able to question the
tribution. authority of the Invaders. The
One ol the days major events Tribe was so completely off on
will be an auction sale at the shooting form that El Reno failed to
Wranglers club corral. 100 block register a solitary field goal dur-
Fa I Rogers street Articles of fur-: ing the first half The Norsemen
nlture and farm produce con-' led 7-1 after the frtst quarter, and
trlbuted by Wranglers club mem- had doubled the count at 14-2 at
bers will be sold and all money ■ the halftime Intermission T>o cha-
re eiveri will be given to the tund rity tosses, one by Junior Loyall and
Other persons desiring to make ■ me other by James Palmer, were all
a contribution to the tund by mat showed on the Indians tally-
IHittlng up some article for sale1 sheet.
have been Invited to do so. After the interlude with Coach
Saturdey night, president's birth- Jenk^Simmonv the El Reno quintet
day dances will be conducted at appeared much stronger through- j
ol Columbus and out the last two quarters, but the
ball game was already lost
Tribe Pay* Dearly
The Vikings’ defense was not!
nearly so good as the box score I
might Indicate The Indians got j
dozens of shots, many of them close |
drive is $1,300 Hail of this amount enough, but they simply couldn t
Is used nationally to fight infantile sink 'em. Inability to hit the
paralysis. The balance is left In basket—the only route by which
the county to assist infantile paral- ball r.ames can be one — is costing
ysis victims here. the Tribe dearly, for Viking vic-
- tory marked the sixth straight loss
. for El Reno this season, after win-
K lira I Schools "**»« me flnt three starts
gained top honors at the. Denver
show.
The pigs were sold at auction
Wednesday in Denver.
Tarver reported that the three
4-H club boys who accompanied
him to the show and Fred Mc-
Weth.v. who sent an exhibit, re-
ceived a total of $439 20 from the
pigs they showed. Cf this amount
$127 represented premiums. In-
cluding two grand championships,
a breed championship, three firsts,
four seconds and two third pre-
miums.
Hard l.uck at Auction
Tire balance was received by the
boys when their pigs were sold
at auction.
The county agent explained that
the boys ran Into bad luck at the
auction Wednesday. Because of a
truckers’ strike transportation of
the pigs to the auction could not
be found until after buyers had
gone When the pigs finally reach-
ed the auction block Milo's grand
champion brought a total of $47.50.
and a grand champion pen of
three pigs exhibited by Francis
Helmuth brought $136.80
Gene Helmuth's second place pen
of pigs exhibited by Francis Hel-
muth broughet $90 67. and Fred
McWethy's second place heavy
barrow brought $37.23.
Benefits Derived
Tarver pointed out. however,
that the boys received treat bene-
fits from the trip Not only did
they get to view the best
stock of the nation exhibited at
the show, but they enjoyed a | has been killed in action. H^
hiking trip and snowball fight at i was Sergeant Samuel C. Stephens
•i.. Great Divide In the Rocky
pected home this week-end with
premiums which include two grand
championships and an assorted
collection of firsts and seconds
from the National Western live-
stock show.
Booming business iiit our county
treasurer’s office Monday at the
courthouse as collection of taxds
began. Taxpayers, after they trans-
acted thetr business, wished Patil
Scott, treasurer, good luck in the
army—which he is joining Jan. 28.
About 100 local business men
and women ate at the Mustang
Field mess hall Monday night with
aviation cadets. Occasion was the
annual chamber of commerce din-
ner meeting. After inspecting the
$1,000,000 establishment which the
army is using and will some day
become El Reno’s own. the group
was bursting with pride. The oc-
casion was especially enjoyable for
B. T. Marshall—whose son. Billy,
is a cadet there.
Another Nazi
Industrial City
Left in Flames
Germans Unwrap
New Night Raider
In I^ondon Assault
‘Major Action’ is ‘Major Attraction’ Aboard Ship
Frank E. Payton Tells
Of Excitement at Sea
Daring Stroke
Takes Hitler
By Surprise
When the big guns of your ves- | where stars for
sol begin to roar, men in the “major actions
engine room bow their legs against
the shock and take eager reliefs
from their duties to go “upstairs”
and see the action.
1 Action may be the sad sight of
one of your own ships going down.
It may be the glad sight of a
broken Jap vessel sinking to Its
LONDON. Jan 22 —(/Pi— The
central German industrial city of
Magdeburg, twice destroyed by fire
centuries ago, once more was ablaze
tonight after a terrific hammer-
ing by the R. A F which brought
to a climax a mighty 26-hour
aerial battle Involving perhaps 3.0C0
allied planes.
Large sections of the city, a rail
junction harboring a wide variety
of war industries, were left in
tlames by a deluge of more than class, now home on leave for 30
2.000 long tons of explosives and days and preparing to enter' the
incendarles dropped with saturat- 1V-12 program of the navy to
ing effect in 34 minutes by planes study mechanical engineering—at
which (lew more than 500 miles o. U., he hopes,
to reach their targets. Payton has been In the navy
Berlin Rocked Again since Jan. 5, 1942. He has Kiska,
The assault brought to at least Attu and Tarawa to remember.
6.300 tons tlie total weight of bombs Bougainville is "Boogleville" to the
hurled on Europe by allied air men of the south Pacific fleet.
death. Or it may be landing barges
under a screen of fire heading at
dawn for an enemy shore.
So says an El Reno boy wearing
four stars representing four major
naval engagements.
The boy is tall, lean-faced Frank
E. Payton, machinist's mate second
partiulpation in
not been
Slight Resistance
Encountered During
Pre-Dawn Operations
have
awarded since October 1943. be-
cause the action Is so fast andi
constant that no more room can j
be found for them on campaign
ribbons.
For the men on his ship, 'major . ._.. .. .
action ' Ls a “major attraction. ” the aqd British troops by the thousands
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
. 1 ALGIERS. Jan. 22 —</P>— American
■sailor asserts. Where he works
below decks the men—growing dis-
satisfied with loudspeaker reports
landed practically without opposi-
tion on the beaches south of Rome
and moved inland today in a daring
of action-argue for the privilege I successful sea-bo^e blow that
of going above decks In order to ““P**** surp.Ued the Germans
sec the battle of which they arc ,alld dppp»' outflanked the powerful
a par, “Gustav and "Adolf Hitler” de-
’’Therc Is excitement and ner- fense lines,
vous tension.” says Payton in The Oermans placed the scene 16
describing tlie feelings of the men to 28 miles south of Rome on a 30-
as the zero-hour approaches. "There ‘ mde B*t coast between the Tiber
ls no comparison from our life at r*vpr mouth and the resort town of
home which can give an Idea of Nettuno. and they admitted loss of
the feel of battle." he adds. Nettuno harbor.
"When the t kipper says ’stand! Allied headquarters merely said it
by for anything.' Payton continues. south of Rome, but officially
“you have to be ready for any- described the assault as "another
thing—the expected and the un- phase In our objective to take
expected. Your blood pressure Rome."
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T
(trmadas in two nights and a day.
While the R. A. F. was pulver-
HERE arc three promotions to1 l^ng Magdebuig. 83 miles south-
1 west of Berlin, smaller fleets of
four-engined Lancasters and ply- ,
wood Mosquitos again visited bomb-
scarred Berlin and the Oermans
unwrapped a new type of night
raider to make the heaviest assault
report today Will A. Thomas
has been promoted to captain and
has oecn transferred- from Avon
i’ark, Ha. to Harrisburg, Pa.
Roy Pearce lias been promoted
to sergeant at Camp Adair. Ore. , H H
Roy C. Kce from the Mustang >n_a >ey Agalnrt London.
community lias been promoted
from corporal to sergeant. He is
with the 45th division in Italy
A Calumet man, veteran of ser-
A vice in the army since Jan. 28.
mountains
Milas' grand champion barrow
was exhibited each day at the
of the 45th division. According to
the war department,. Stephens was
killed Nov. 4.
Missing in action since Jan. 4 ls
while LeRoy Merveldt’s two free Second Lieutenant Allen L Cor-
flips and Loyall's charity marker
completed the El Reno profits.
The Indians this week are de-
voting their entire time to the
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the Knights
Eagles halls.
Mrs Douglas said that receipts
from the "penny parade" conducted
in schools of the county are be-
ginning to couie in.
Canadian county's quota in the
Bond Campaign
Has Slow Start
dray, bombardier in the army air
forces. He was in the European
theatre of action.
It was at Arawe that Seaman |
First Class George Alfonso "Bud"
Rattcrman received the wound
1 from which he has been recover-
ing at a New Caledonia hospital. >
Bud ls the most recently decorated
i of local boys, having received the
| Order of the Purple Heart.
Waste Paper
Is Contributed
37,000 Founds Are
Gathered Saturday
Quartermaster corps trucks trom
Fort Reno worked until after dark
b<en involved so that the losses »n El Reno Saturday, carry ing scrap
probably were kept down to 5 per- P“I*r in overwhelming supply of
cent the collection point.
Few Reach London Paul R. Taylor, superintendent of
In an effort puny by comparison. El Reno schools, said that because
Hitler sent 90 planes against Bri- the trucks could not possibly col-
tain In two waves but only 30 lect all the paper contributed Sat-
reached London and at least 10 urday. they would pay return vis-
were shot down by British night its Monday morning to clean up
fighters and ground defenses. They the drive. If any papers are missed
dropped 90 tons of bombs on Brl- Monday morning, contributors are
The widespread night operations
cost the British 52 bombers, one
of the heaviest losses suffered by
the R. A. F, although a total of
1.000 planes were believed to have
Nazis Pursued
From Leningrad
Red Army Registers
Sweeping Gains
tain
The landing caught the Nazis by
“complete surprise" and “constitu-
tes a grave menace" to enemy com-
munications. headquarters said.
Troops who splashed ashore met
“slight” resistance and are making
"satisfactory progress' in their drive
inland, it was announced hours aft-
er the pre-dawn onslaught.
Deadlock Ended
Admittedly a hazardous gamble,
the great amphibious stroke that
ended the Italian deadlock was
timed perfectly with a new general
LONDON. Sunday. Jan. 23 —</P> j fifth army offensive on the land
The Russians, pursuing the beat- fro„t which fully occupied the stub-
en Oernian besiegers of Leningrad. ^ German 10th army,
have closed to within six miles of (The NBC correspondent lit
the great rail hub of Krasnogvar- Naplea rpported y* Germans tac-
deisk. controlling the trunk rail- ing the old front ln the Uri valjey
ways to Estonia and Poland, while ..have started to break and Plmny
other force# to the east have clear- vehlcle# now are reported moving
ed a second Lenlngrad-Moscow rail northward.' )
route and are advancing to free An Associated Press correspondent
the third. who dew over the beaches south of
Tlie Moscow midnight buUetln Rome said German anti-aircraft
said 70 towns and hamlets were fire at a road junction town was so
captured and over 2.500 Germans slight that the Nazis either were
were killed In the Leningrad area, dispersing their weapons or retreat-
In one sector, a group of Oer- ing.
mans fled in panic when a Soviet ■ Another (/Pi correspondent who ac-
advance surprised them and on companled the amphibious force
all sectors many prisoners and wrote that the 2 a. m. landing “was
so easy and simply done and caught
the Oermans so completely by sur-
XTOW at Camp Plauclie. New
Orleans. La . Ls Major Ray K.
Bannister, who is commanding of-
ficer of the second training bat-
talian at the transportation corps
replacement training center. He
Bad roads throughout Canadian! formerly was head of the officers'
Only One-Tenth Of
County's Quota Sold
county probably have caused the
Win Citations
■ Stocky little Bob Jennings was Mow |lart lndlcated in the first few I “ ‘ ™
the best on the floor Friday night. 1 (xecond claA*
section at Fort Sill.
Bill Whitacre. pharmacist's mate
ln the navy, has ar-
posting three field goals and hitting ' dav* of lhe fourth war loan drlve rived at Mare Island. San Fran-
wliich began Tuesday. John C Ke- cisco. Calif. after
of duty in the
Citations from the United Slates all of his three chances from the
treasury department are being for- foul line to garner 9 points for the rfn, county chairman, reported Sat-
warded to seven Canadian comity visitors. Leon Holt, another star lirday
rural schools. Miss Glen Evelyn for the Vikings, was second with 5
asked to call the chamber of com-
’ merce. which will have trucks avail-
able throughout the morning to pick
up any stray contributions
25 Tons Anticipated
Taylor estimated that 25 tons of
scrap paper would be the total of I much booty were captured
I Saturday's collection. At 5 p. in. Many Lay Down Arms
Saturday 37.000 pounds had been Many Oermans laid down their prisp tllat a® 1 *rltp dlsp«tch.
brought in and the four trucks had arms and surrendered ln the for- **“ ** ““ ’ *“
! returned for another load. 1 ests west of Novgorod less than
Tlie trucks were manned by sold- too miles south of Uningrad as
iers from Fort Reno, school custod- ' the Russians cleaned out the last
tans and boys from the city's ele- pockets of surrounded Nazis,
mentary schools, all of whom ren- Oains were also made ln south
dered yeoman service. Taylor said. 1 ern White Russia where
To Combat Paralysis j communities were taken as
The salvage committee expressed j forces of General Constantine Rok-
Mcf’arly. county superintendent of
public Instruction, announced Sat-
urday.
The awards are given for 90
percent partlelpat Ion by pupils In a
regular war bond and stamp pur-
chasing program. Schools recelv
Pickens Uads Male*
Orval Pickens topped the El
Reno totals with 5 points, three c'ounty'g $912,000 quota
of them from the free line, while
Charles Hulbert finished second in
tlie Indian column with 4. hitting
two nice shots from the floor. The
other Tribesman to connect bi
scrimmage, emerging with 3 point*,
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Rosemary I/odes
Gets New Duties
a long stretch
south Pacific
theatre of war. His folks are ex-
pecting him home on leave in'
Kerin says he believes sale* until. February.
Saturday had totaled approximate- •"Somewhere ln India" is the
ly $90,000. about one-tenth of the ] „ew address of Sergeant Walter
Vaughan York, and another in-
A. Francis Porta, chairman for tercsting yarn was received from
tlie El Reno part of the drive, said India this week:
Saturday he believed sale of E Corporal Hoina W SI imp. who
bonds for the first three days of i Is stationed there, was able to
the drive totaled about $25,000. - spend a furlough with his brother.
In the residential area of El . Private First Class Andy K. Slimp.
Reno volunteer workers for each 1* w*a 'he Brst time the brothers
precinct are canvassing to sell bonds. / *,ad met dnc* ^an
Andy entered the service
Civic Breakfast
Monday Event
Membership Drive
To Follow Kick-Off
Civic workers will gather at 8
a. m. Monday in the Southern
hotel for the chamber of com-
merce kick-off breakfast which
Inaugurates a membership drive
for the body appreciation for the donation of the ossovsky reached out from captured , , _ .
No outside speaker has been ob- trucks from Fort Reno as well as Kaltnkovlchi through the Prlpet _ .. *e les ° ... . ? one”
tallied for the event, but members for the assistance rendered by sold- marshes,
will be reminded of the chamber's iers. citizens and youths. * i Railway Opened
.program for the coming year. H. Money received from sale of the 1 xhe Leningrad fighting saw the
six hours after the landing. Amer-
ican troops are literally standing
with their mouths open and shak-
ing their heads in utter amaze-
ment.”
“I still don't believe it.” a fifth
seven army Infantryman, veteran of oth-
thr er amphibious operations, told him.
Air Opposition Weak
While landing craft swarmed on-
"A majority of the precinct cap-
tains placed ln charge of a definite lrnD1Mat,tnc
area In town have responded, and *
I hope that every worker called up-
; on. Including precinct captains and
include that
lug such an award have the privilege hard-hustling Palmer was the only
of flying n special treasury depart
men I flag
Schools to receive the citations
include SptUm Creek district No
23 taught by Miss Iua Snyder;
Shell Creek district No 32. taught
by Mrs M F. Branson; I .one Valley
district No 98. taught by Miss Jewel
1-11<ri"t1 u-t Na 30. Second Lieutenant Rosemary block workers, will obtain their | B*>al''
taught by Mrs Walter M reay; , 8^‘ " UiU ""ppltes Immediately and help. " 1 who ,ha* *'Pn ^ n r"
Prairie Queen district No. 44. <>i in* army nurses corps uns j »e v naval station at Sail Diego, Calif.,
taught by Miss Estelle 8herrlll; ■ ** assuming new duties at the I to the naval reserve midshipmen's
Rich Valley district No 33. taught AAF 8fh,,0, of A,r Evacuation. Each township of the county has sclux(l „t chlcago in
by Mm Walter Wilson; Lmr star Bowman Field. Ky . In preparation , been assigned a quota which adds, Pr|vaU, u.<IIIHId F. sttne has
district No 43 taught by Miss1 becoming a night nurse." I up to the county quota total. FJ wno from P(jrt Worth, Tpx lo
i May Stewart. Saturday Lieutenant Lodbs, | 5^no s quo,H ,or l*ie dr,v‘' ls *350. -1 Lewis. Wash, and Pm
O. Keller, secretary, said Saturday, paper will be donated to the In
QnphasL on agricultural de- fantile paralysis fund.
vrlopment of the county has been -
placed In the 1944 program of the
gi up with an Increased budget DC(t(ll(H*K liOOHIS
T
* Private Fred Upton, from the
Fun Sill Induction center to Long
Calif., and Jack Murphy,
called for to take care of Increased
activities.
The budget for the year 1944
has been set at $6,300 by a com-
mittee composed of Wetzel 8. Wei- I
den, chairman. H. Merle Woods
end Ray Maher. This Is an In-
crease of $300 over the 1943 budget.
Irrigation-conservation work In
the county will receive lacking
of j of the organization In the new
bathing resorts, allied airmen said
German air activity was practically
non-existent. The battle-wise Brlt-
, tsh and American troops lost no
day's greatest advances as General tlme ln taklng advantage of the stt-
Leonld A. Govorov s »orces cap- ua(jon by smashing straight inland
lured two Iosmis six miles north- toward the Appian way and at thJ
west of Kalinkovlchl. roads leading to Rome. Severing
In the north, after capturing of these routes. 12 and 22 miles from
Mgn Friday, the Russians opened the coast, would trap the bulk of the
the railway from Leningrad to Oerman 10th army. 13 division*
Moscow. However, the Russians strong, and leave the path to Rome
OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 22 —now were driving for a double- itself virtually undefended.
Foreman John L. Dryer reported tracked main line through Kal- There appeared to be little clianee
i to District Judge A. P. Van Meter mi,,, the most efficient route be- n,„t the enemy could bring other
tonight that he believed the Rob- tween the Soviet union's two larg- division* southward from tlie Pa
ert R. Fitzgerald Jury was "badly est cities.
In ‘Payoff Trial
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lodes.
Okarrhc. left her post at the sta-
tion hospital of tlie Walnut Ridge.
Ark., army uir field, where she had
to
00(1
Sentence Is Suspended
On Child Nealect Charae bctn •'*i»«>*’d»>*•»* <° rpp°rt u
» ■ Bowman Field where she will be
Fred Ruecom. charged with fall- come one of the “glamour girls of
urc to provide for Ills minor civil- t*,c a*r corps '
dren, was given a suspended *en- An article In the Walnut Ridge atr
teller of six months ln Jail and a field paper rails the Okarche girl
fine of $100 and rourt cost* when “a pretty brownette with green eyes
he pleaded guilty at Ills arraignment and a cheery smile for all her pa-
Itefore Judge Baker H. Melone in tlent*."
Canudlan county court Saturday Flight nurses are selected on the
Intormatlon filed by Wtlltani L basis of ability, length of service.
Funk, county attorney, charged Rok- and health status, attending a six-,
com with neglecting to provide for week course where they learn to
flair children. Beryl Fred. 8. John care for wounded overseas. Lleu-
Wavne. «, Judith Marie, 3, and tenant Lodes probably will be ns
Jane Elizabeth, 6 month* old. The signed to a C-47 transport plane
complaint wn signed by Alice H where she will be In full charge of
Roacom, former wife of the defen-1 the wounded as they are evacuated
dant. from combat area*
Youth Ordered to Serve
15-Day Term in Jail
Lawrence Ronsptee. 17, of El
Reno, was given a 15-day Jail sen-
tence and was ordered lo pay court
costs Saturday when he pleaded
guilty at his arraignment before
Judge Buker H Melone In Cana-
dian county court on a charge of
disturbing the peace.
Information filed by William L.
Funk, county attorney, rharged the
youth with disturbing the peace at
the William Ronsplcz home on
Cheyenne street Jan. 21. The com-
plaint was signed by William Rons-
plez. father of tlie defendant.
James T. Murray of the field
artillery also Is stationed at FViri
Lewis.
Sergeant William Walluec of
Okarche has moved from tic
Mu'kogee air field to the Laurel
army air base at Liurel. Miss.
Home this week visiting his lolks
whs Eldon E. Bootsina, who has
lieen transferred from Camp Peary,
Williamsburg. Va.. to Camp Pendle •
ton, O'CHiiside, Calif. Boorsnet |
; 1* a machinist.'s mute third class I
| In the Seabees.
Porter Beard ha* left for the
Induction center at Fort Sill.
I -
rP!ir folks at home, who arc
* digging deep for extra money
to Invest In extra bonds In the
fourth war loan drive, send you
all of their regard* and practically
all of their thoughta.
-Your Hometown Reporter.
year and additional funds lor the
Junior fair and llower and veg-
etable show has been provided.
Did You Hear
pitIVATE GEORGE AHTHtJH.
* son of Mrs. Della Zwctacher
of Ontario. Calif., formerly of El
Reno, has won the right (o wear
the wings and boots of V. 8. army
volunteer paratrooper*. He re-
cently made hi* fifth and quali-
fying Jump, a night tactical leap
Identical to actual combat In
Sicily, which completed his four
weeks of Jump training at Fort
Bennlug. Oa.
Joe Ozniun. son of Mr and
Mr*. J. W Ozniun, 1014 South
Hoff avenue, recently eomplcted
a course of training at the Uni-
versity of Toledo. In Ohio, and
now 1* stationed at the classifi-
cation center at 8un Antonio,
Tux., where he lut* been classi-
fied for training as a pilot In the
array air (orces. He will be as-
signed to a pre-flight school Feb.
1.
Dubberstein To
Head War Dads
valley to protect Rome ovar the
bomb blasted road* and highways.
However, a violent German counter-
attack was expected to develop in a
desperate effort to stave off what
might become a Nazi catastrophe.
To assure this, allied heavy bom-
deadlocked" as deliberation of the
parole conspiracy case was carried
into the second night.
Tlie Judge whs Informed that tlie I
Jury's vote stood at 8 to 4. but no
Indication was given as to what j
decision tlie majority favored. Rev. A. C. Dubbersieln, pastor of tier* today attacked railroad yard:
How long the Jury might be ask- Trinity Lutheran church, wa* elect- in cities north of Rome,
ed to continue Its study of the case cd president, for 1944 of the El Reno Finn establishments of the beach-
was not indicated bv Van Meter cimptor No. 8 of American War heads below Rome apparently wu
but he pointed out that It might Dads at a meeting conducted Fri- far easier than at Salerno last Sep-
tic excused at any time the court day nigiu in the Knights of Col- tember. and allowed a quirk drive
saw fit. or upon agreement of state Umbus hall. Inland.
and (lrien.se counsel. other officers elected Include W. The secret of the success appu-
H. Hardwick, secretary-treasurer; rently was close coordination with
Rev. Paul O. Whittle and Rev. O. the new ground offensive and the
L. Trabant. chaplains; and Albert uninterrupted allied air onslaught.
Houle, sergeant-al-arms. -
Eight vice presidents, who will be
| Mr and Mrs. D. B Hebberd, 507 act,n« ;“^nn*n v-r«au« eommit-
South Choctaw avenue, r.rc moving I *fCh" **™*^™y™
loday to Cushing where Hebberd ha. *“«• J**9-* Ro1'
been named manager of the F. W., M‘r,vloc,: " “°V'
Woolworth company's store. Their •mmwt5 J *tk*1,y' pfr<*r™;
daughter. Miss DoJene. who t* em- »“rry (UrrrU' : ,''H" "
ployed in the advertising depart- OW’11 membership.
: ment of Kelso * department .tore. I H*r,r'" *ocU1: and ■h"pl UUlc'
plans to Join them at Cushing with-1 puNirt|lr-
In tlie next lew days. Meetings will be held at 8 p. m.
Heblierd nerved as manager of the lhe first Friday of each month ln
Woolworth store here the past 15 j the KntghU of Columbus hall,
i years. Tlie store was destroyed by Members ol the organization will
fire w heil three building* ln the | canvass downtown E3 Reno thl, driving on U. 8. highway 88 gg|
100 block of South Bickford avt- | week In the Interest of war bond and one-half mile* southeast of
Hebberd Is Assigned As
Cushing Store Manager
Uci'kUsh Driving
Fine Is Assessed
John Mike Gales of Okarche
charged wlih reckless driving, war
i!L, u tt«**»pd a ft lie of $10 and tour
finance, John H. 00Bt|1 whp|1 h(1 p|Padpd 8Uuty befor
lolnt4S I W Alexander In Justice of peagt
court here Jan. 17. Virgil M. Shaw
assistant county attorney, reporte*
Saturday.
In a complaint signed hr R
Arthur state highway patrotoigr
Oale* was charged with recklez
nue burned last Dec 23
sales In the fourth war loan drive Reno Jan 17
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 279, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 23, 1944, newspaper, January 23, 1944; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc920075/m1/1/?q=Cadet+Nurse+Corps: accessed June 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.