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T^e El Reno Daily Tribune
Single Copy, Five Cents
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Hero Prefers Civilian Life
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El Reno, Oklahoma, Monday, December 17, 1945
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Volume 54, No. 245
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Former Staff Sergeant Paul W. Bolden of Madison. Ala., holds the
Congressional Medal of Honor, but was rejected for re-enltstment in
the army recently, according to recruiting officers, because of illiteracy.
By the time this objection had been waived. Bolden had changed his
mind about re-enlisting. He is shown as he received the nation's high-
est decoration from President Truman.
15 Discharged
From Navy Duty
El Reno Men Are
Released at Norman
Four Held On
Fraud Charges
Crackdown Made
On ‘Con’ Carnes
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Fifteen El Reno men were given OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 17—(U.PJ
discharges from the navy between —Four men faced charges of fraud
Nov. 29 and Dec. 8 at the Norman today, and County Attorney War-
naval personnel separation center, ren H. Edwards ordered a crackdown
the navy announced today. They on “con" games flourishing here
were listed as follows: j during the first post-war months.
Ralph Weldon Thompson, ship's The quartet charged Included :
cook third class, of 116 North Ad- W. H. McCullough, vice president
mire avenue, who served seven of the American National bank of
months overseas in the European Pryor.
theater of operations. John Rucker. Claremore. a prom-
Truman Joseph Lee. seaman first inent Rogers county rancher,
class, El Reno route 3. whose last Milton W. Newman. Oklahoma
duty station was at fleet postoffice, city ex-convict who served a six-
San Francisco, Calif. ! year term for forgery in 1933.
Richard N. Luttrell, signalman William R. Linder. Oklahoma
first class. 112 South Evans avenue, city, an ex-convict who served four
. He served 54 months overseas in years for fraud in Muskogee county
the Pacific theater of operations. and a one-year jail term in Tulsa
Estle H. lies, storekeeper second county for possession of forged
class, of 526 South Reno avenue, checks in 1941.
who served 20 months overseas in I complaints aguiust the four men.
the Pacific area. filed by Assistant County Attorney
•Mack P. McCabe electricians willium Mounger, charged they par-
mate second class, 815 South Reno ticipatcd in a questionable Sequoyah
avenue, who served 12 months over- county real estate deal.
'Big Three' In
Conference On
Atomic Bomb
Whole Question Is
Raised with Russia
For First Time
MOSCOW. Dec. 17—(U.Ri—The Big
Three foreign ministers will sit
down around the green baize table
hi Spiridonovka palace today for
their first blunt talk about the
atom bomb.
The session begins at 4 p. m. It
will be the second meeting of
Secretary of State James Byrnes
and Foreign Minister Ernest Bevln
With Foreign Commissar Vyache-
slav M. Molotov since their week-
end arrival.
On "Policy Basis"
Bevln told a press conference
that the atomic bomb question will
be discussed on a “policy basis.”
This implies dial the conferees
will not diacuss scientilic details,
and that the whole question is be-
ing raised with the Russians for
the first time. He pointed out
thut the British delegation did not
include an atomic expert.
Late Sunday afternoon the three
men held a brief friendly discus-
sion to settle procedure and tech-
nical details for their talks, which
will continue about two weeks.
They adjourned at 7:25 p. m. so
Byrnes and Bevln could return to
their respective embassies lor din-
ner.
“Strategy" Discussed
During the evening both Amer-
ican and British delegates held
strategy discussions with their
staffs. There were no social events
scheduled, in keeping with plans
to make the confeience a plain-
speaking, cards on the table affair.
Formal social functions will be on
an austerity basis.
Molotov greeted Byrnes and Be-
vin at 5 p. m. Sunday in Spiridon-
ovka palace from the top of a low
marble staircase bordered by bronze
dragons. He led them into the
flag-decked conference room, with
its decorative mouldings and mar-
ble walls adorned with paintings
showing the signing of the Anglo-
Soviet treaty in 1941 and the Mos-
cow conference of 1943
Winter Weather
Is Felt Over
Cold Wave Takes
Rising Number
Of Lives Today
BV UNITED PRESS
Winter took a rising number of
lives today as a cold wave gripped
the nation. Sub-zero weather swept
the midwest and north while tem-
peratures in the sunny south tumb-
led to below freezing.
Twenty five persons were reported
to have died over the week-end
because of the cold, fog, snow and
slippery highways.
Heavy winter fog was blamed for
a train wreck at Kollock. S. C.. that
cost the lives of at least seven per-
sons yesterday, and transportation
in the Buffalo. N. Y., area was par-
alyzed in one of the gieatest snow-
storms in the city's history. Thirty-
two Inches fell during the blizzard.
Winds Move Eastward
Wintry winds moved rapidly east-
ward, and kept a firm hold on
northwest and midwest states. Tem-
peratures dropped sharply along the
eastern seaboard from New England
Four automobile collisions were I to the Carolines. In most eastern
reported to the police department areas thermometers stayed slightly
Saturday. Sunday and today, ac- above zero.
cording to records in the office of Tire mercury was below zero in
Lee Harvey, chief of police. | sections of the north central states
A 1937 model sedarr operated Ialld iu an area extending through
Did You Hear
| IEUTENANT JAMES W.
Lj HURST, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hurst. El Reno route 1. now
Is servUrg with the training
command of the army air forces
at Sheppard Field, Tex. He en-
tered the service Mar. 17, 1943,
unci was commissioned on Dec.
23. 1944. after attending pilot
schools. Prior to entering the ser-
vice he was employed as an air-
craft assembler. Lieutenant Hurst
was stationed at Lincoln. Neb-
before being assigned to duty at
Sheppard Field.
-o-
Captain Willis Rawlins arrived
in El Reno today to visit Ills
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Raw-
lins. 207 North Hoff avenue. Cap-
tain Rawlins has just returned
from Germany where he served
with the 252nd artillery division
of the third army.
Driving Out the Evils of War
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Four Collisions
Are Reported
Extensive Property
Damage Is Caused
seas In the Pacific area and whose Mounger >suid Roy M oheem |
last duty station was aboard the wcallhy Bcaver catUemall> llttd j
U. S. S. Bedford Victory. charged the quartet mulcted $4,700
[• Lclancl Clarence Gustafson, chief from him in the transaction. The |
electrician's mate, ol 1006 West cattleman said he paid $4,900 for 80
Hajcs street. He served 28 mouths acres of land in Sequoyah county
in the Pacific uiul European thea- under the impression it was valu-
ters of operations, with his last able oil property. He later discovered
duty station being aboard the U.S.S. R was worth only $200, Mounger re-
I Bull. lated.
I Timothy Nicholson, machinist's j Edwards called for open warfare
mate second class, 711 West Fore- against "con men" operating in Ok-
| man street. He served 15 months lalioma county. He singled out "con
I overseas, in the Pacific and Carlb- men and former convicts who have
IJ bean areas. gone into the real estate business 111
r| Joseph Cleveland Eades, jr.. baker Oklahoma City.”
, second class, of 523 South Rene Complaints from victims of "con"
I avenue, who served two years over- galnes have bet,n numeroU£ herc
| seas in Ihe Pacific. His last duty during lllc last slx monUlB.
[j station was at the Olongapo navy__
ij yard in the Philippines.
Daniel Lee Stansbury. chief cur-
it penter’s mate, 306 Norili Hoff ave-
li nue. He served eight months in the
• Pacific area, his last duty station INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 17—
I* being at Okinawa (U.R>—Thirteen Oklahoma American
Chester Ellsworth Wallace, spe- Legion members were appointed to
|. tialisL photographic, third class, «>l national committees of the orgun-
r 420 South Roberts avenue. Ho served Ration during a meeting of the
', overseas in the Pacific area 12 nation,U executive committee over
rhey included:
Wilson, Hominy,
Naylon Named To
National Board
north on Rock Island avenue by
Joe Zigler, 22, of 521 South lie no
avenue, and a 1939 model sedan
driven north on Rock Island by
Sidney Greenroy, 20. of 221 North
Barker avenue, collided in the 300
block of South Rock Island at 11
p. m. Saturday.
Right front of the Zigler car
Illinois and Indiana to Ohio. Record
ings were 20 to 25 degrees below
normal for mid-December.
20 Below in Montana
Temperatures ranged from 20 be-
low in Montane, increasing to 8 to
10 above as far east at Pennsylvania.
Unseasonal. below-freezing weath-
er covered Mississippi, Georgia, Ala-
was damaged an estimated $60.1bamu and northern Florida. Browns-
while damage to the left rear of viUe- Tex ■ registered 61 last night,
the
$10. officers said.
A white-robed Japanese Slnnlo priest periorms the ancient ritual
of "purifying" the grounds of war in rubble-strewn Tokyo. The Jap-
anese regard this ceremony as necessary belorc they start the work of
rebuilding their homes. cNEA Telephoto.)
Account Given
On'Death Trap'
Committee Hears
Further Testimony
Road Fatalities
Are Increased
Deaths Reported By
Highway Patrolmen
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17 —(JP)— .
Vice Admiral Theodore C. Wilkinson
related today that he set a death ,
trap for Japanese Admiral Yama-
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Five persons were killed in week-
end automobile accidents in Okla-
homa.
Glenn McFarland Love, 46, and
moto despite tears that the Japan- |,is wile, Myrle, 45, of Shawnee,
esc would thereby learn that the I were killed when their automobile
United Stales was cracking their j collided with a lumber truck near
codes. 'Shawnee.
The former head ol naval intelli- j Mrs^Alhe Calhoun of Addington
Bence and later a seafightcr with vvas killcd wile" filruck by an au,°‘
^8 16 mobile on a highway near Ad-
Admiral William F. Halsey gave the , c|| Um Jefferfi0n count
an/i/timr i/i o eoiiain.iwuien /iniiimii . I *
Andrew Juck Myers, 68. was
account to a senate-house commit-
other car was estimated at ^ Angeles, 47. and even Miami ice investigating the Jupunese at- i v.00’ .,v’us
“* » « »« DCC, 7. ,« ; ITS
Wilkinson's testimony was delayed ; lided wjth allother »
by a political squabble among the _ ‘ ...
members at the opening ol the scs-1 O^n Charles Brownfield, a 53-
j n year-old farmer near Morris, died
' During the arguments, prcclpl- K an OkaiuUfee htxspitttl shortly
alter midnight today of injuries
Zigler, who received slight cuts
on his forehead in the mishap,
was charged with reckless driving
and forfeited a $10 bond in muni-
cipal court today, police record-
revealed. _
dropped to 49 during the night.
Coldest city was Williston, N. D.,
with 22 below-.
Some trains, especially on the New
York Central system, were delayed
because of the Buffalo blizzard.
Many were being re-routed through
A 1940 model sedan driven south
on Bickford by N. J. Atkinson, 25, j
Rocky route 2. and a 1941 ipockl
sedan operated by J. F. Handley I
58. of 419 North Donald avenue,
collided in UlC 200 block of North j
Bicklord avenue at 3 p. in. Sunday
w Idle Handley was backing his cur
trom the curb.
Right front of Atkinson's car |
was dumuged an estimated $60,
while damage to the rear of the
Handley ucr wus approximately j
$25, officers said.
F. W. Sanders, 23, of 212 Sunset
drive, operating a taxicab east on
Russell street, and A. L. Goyer,
28. of Oklahoma City, driving a
truck north on Rock Island ave-
nue, collided in Uie Intersection
of Russell and Rock Island at 8:40
p. m. Sunday.
| months. Ills last duty station being the week-end.
|! at the V-mail station on Okinawa.
‘ Jesse Harvey James, shipfittcr
first class, 511 West Martin street.
Ltwrence Wilson, Hominy, Ed
Dillon, Muskogee, Guy Bartgess,
Pot etui. James T. Jackson. Sem-
inole, Glenn Clark, Midwest City,
L who served 12 months in the Pa-
I cific theater of operations and whose I Payle Scgars, Hobart. Mac Rod-
last duty station was aboard the ; g*rs, Cherokee. J. H. Hatcher.
;. U. S. S. LST 1000. | Chic-kasha, and T. P. Gilmer. Ok-
( Albert Clayton Niles, motor ma- i mulgee. to the distinguished guests
I clianist's mate second class. 203 y- i committee.
I South Rock Island avenue, who | John T. Naylon, El Reno, military
( served 16 months in the Pacific
• theater.
• Edward William Bell. shipfiUcr
(list class, 1002 South Rock Islund
) avenue, who served 30 months over-
• seus In Ihe Pacific. His last duty
J station was at Okinawa.
' Ernest Thomas Keller, boulswain's
Boy, 12, Has
Skull Fracture
Jackson Reynolds
Is Struck by Cur
Jackson Reynolds, 12, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Reynolds, 517
South Macomb avenue, suffered a
fractured skull when lie was struck
by an automobile while crossing
the street in the 500 block of
South Macomb at 12:01 p. m.
Sunday.
Lee Harvey, chief of police, said
the boy was running across the
street when he was lut by a car
operated south on Macomb by
Richard Spurlin, 16. El Reno route
1.
The Reynolds boy w-as taken to
St. Anthony hospital in Oklahoma
City for treatment. He underwent
a head operation Sunday night
and his condition today was be-
lieved to lie satisfactory.
Officers quoted the Spurlin youth
as saying he saw the Reynolds boy
as he had left the curb and war
running diagonally across the
streel. from the northwest to Uif
southeast. The Spurlin >-outh pull-
ed the auomobilc lo the left and
ran upon the curb with the lefl j while the right front of the other
Delay Ordered
In Execution
Court Considering
Yamushita’s Petitions
WASHINGTON. Dee. 17 —(/!•)—
Tile supreme court today grunted
a stay of execution to Japanese
General Toinoyuki Yamashlta. who
was sentenced to death by an
American military commission in
Manila.
The tribunal acted ut a confer-
Damage to the left front of the t ence aner ieaving the courtroom
cab. owned by Bill's Publlx Taxi the completlon ol lts regular
company, was approximately $10. soss-ion for the day. Hie action
w-hile the truck .owned by Fox wa8 taken a few minutes after
Freight Lines. Oklahoma City, wal4|anival of an airmailed petition
from Yumashitu asking review of
taled by controversy over committee
£2? were bounded i^nmny a‘ld T,C°UT “l*imobhe''inTh™he was riding ran
pianes were grounded in many qUiry. Representative Frank Keelc ,.. .. . ....... „ . ,, .__
northern ritie*: n ■ van i vl • off tllC CASt Ot OlUUUlgCC
noimein cities. (Republican, Wlsconsui) demanded > d ovcrturncd
to know at one |H>int. whether the ‘
group was investigating Pearl Har- „ , Childers. 20-year-old
bor or Governor Thomas K. Dewey ”u«° ^hargetl fld*r, died at a
Hugo hospital alter suffering in-
juries in an auto Hccldent which
not dumuged, police said
A taxicab driven east on Woodson
street by L. B. Thomas, 24. of 126
North K avenue, and a 1939 model
couiie oiierated south on Roberts
a decision by the Philippines su-
preme court in his case.
Secretary of War Robert L. Pat-
terson earlier had ordered Yanui-
avenue by L. F. Geery. 94. of 320 shlta's execution stayed pending
South Roberts avenue, collided at final decision by Ihe supreme court
*Jie intersection at 9 a. m. today.
The mishap occurred Just as Geery
had turned south on Roberts, Har-
vey said.
Left rear of the taxi, owned by
Fred’s Cab company, was damaged
an estimated $30, officers reported,
j mute second class, of 137 North N
* avenue, who served 16 months over- (
seas in the Pacific and wnose last ]
| duty station was aboaitl the U S. 8. !
: Gilliam.
I Leonard Victor Lancaster, chief
% electrician's mute, 1912 West Watts
j street, who served six montlls in
* tlie Pacific theater. His lust duly
I station was ut Ihe fleet hospital on
Okinawa.
A. and M. Fraternities
To Be Reactivated
STILLWATER. Dec. 17 —{&>,—
- Men's social fraternities ut Okla-
^ lionni A. and M. college, inactive
since May 1943 because of the war,
* will be reactivated In January.
* President Henry G. Bennett has
| approved rules for * rushing and
pledging adopted at a combined
t meeting of alumni und active mein-
II tiers
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affairs committee.
Fred Laboon. Chickashu. liaison
publications committer.
Earle M. Simon, Oklahoma City,
(.hulrman. national cemeteries sur-
vey committee.
Guy W. Belt, Bartlesville, expan-
sion tuid stabilization committee.
front wheel. The boy was struck
with the right front fender of the
car.
The automobile, a 1946 model
sedan, was owned by the Spurlin
youths father. A. D. Spurlin.
The Reynolds boy was returning
to his home from church at the
time of the accident.
ar was damaged slightly.
Fines Are Assessed
For Disturbing Peace
Burton Allen Roach. 19. of 306
West Hayes street, and Ira Stowe
Yurk. 26. of 418 North Bickford
avenue, booked ut the police station
ut 11:55 p. ill. Sunday oil charges
ol disturbing the peace in the 1100
block of South Rock Island avenue,
were assessed fines of $11 each in
municipal court today. Each defend-
ant entered a plea of guilty, records
In the office of Lee Harvey, chief
of police, disclosed.
Frank Alvin Booker. 38. Johnny
George Booker. 20. both of 518 West
Jackson, forfeited bonds of $11 each
in municipal court today after they
w-ere booked at 8 p. m. Saturday on
charges of disturbing the peace in
the 100 block of South Bickford
avenue
Medical School’s
Needs Outlined
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dee. 17—(>$*)
— Or. Wann Langston, newly nam-
ed acting dean of the University
medical school here, today outlined
a program designed to make the
school the medical renter of Ihe I
southwest.
He said the school's greatest
need at present was a laboratory
of experimental medicine, which
would set up a research program
for heart disease, arthritis, cancer
and tuberculosis.
A $3,500,600 program—to lie fi-
nanced by state legislative approp-
riations and federal grants—has
been prepared for the university
medical school and hospitals.
Meteor Observed
In Night Sky
ELK CITY, Dec. 17—<U.B—Three
highway patrolmen today reported
seeing a meteor zip across the
western Oklahoma sky at 1:26 a.
ni. Siuiday. They said the meteor
turned the night sky "as bright
as daytime." They heard no ex-
plosion.
The patrolmen are Leonard
Ktlsoe. who was on a road two
miles south of Elk City. Ivan Gates
at Clinton, and Alex Williamson,
who was driving south of Hydro.
t-n his petitions. The Philippines
court denied Yamashita's conten-
tion that tlie military commission
was illegal and that Philippines
civil courts should take jurisdic-
tion.
The supreme court also has iui-
der consideration petitions in
which Yaniasluta challenged the
authority of the military’ commis-
sion to try him. He asked to be
brought to Washington for a hear-
ing before the court or one of Its
Justices.
The court adjourned today until
Jun. 2. Attaches said they did not
expect it to announce Its decision
on the petitions before that date.
HORSES SELL HIGH
SAYRE, Dec. 17—tU.fi>—'Tack
Hodgson last week sold 16 head
of horses for a total of $13,835.
0!?e of them brought $2,325
John W. Lanman Given
Discharge from Duty
Aviation Cadet John W. Lanman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Lau-
man. 520 South Hadden avenue, has
been discharged from the army air
forces at the Randolph Field, Tex.,
separation center.
Lauman entered the service In
November 1942. He served overseas
with the lltli air force as a crypto-
grapher for a period of eight
months.
His last duty station was at tlie
San Marcos. Tex., army air field,
a unit of the army air forces train-
ing cvumumtl.
Democrats Talk
Convention Plans
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 17—(U.R)
—State Democratic party officials
today dispatched an invitation to
National Chairman Robert Hanne-
gHii lo be principal speaker at the
1946 convention here In February.
The parly’s executive committee.
In session here veslerday. set the
convention tentatively for Feb. 25—
contingent upon approval of the
date by Hannegan.
State Chairman H. T. Hinds said
two meetings might be held during
Hannrgan's visit to Oklahoma—one
in Oklahoma City and the other in
Tulsa.
Tlie executive committee called
for precinct meetings throughout
the state Jan. 11 and county meet-
of New York.
Along with Wilkinson's testimony,
the committee also received liavul j
documents showing that :
1. Six days before tlie Japanese
ul lacked Pearl Harbor, tlie office ol |
naval Intelligence believed the Nip- j
ponese might soon make some ad-,
vancc against Thailand.
2. On Nov. 15. 1941. a naval in- [
lelligencc summary spoke of "the
occurred in southeast Arkansas,
just over the Okluhoma border,
I Sunday.
General Patton
Is Recovering
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec. 17
-t/T*»—General Gcoige S. Patton,
approaching crisis" In U. S.-Japan-1 _1r.. s;lt up ln 1Uk i10.spilal Ucd lo_
esc relations. '..........
Bomb Disposal
Crew Succeeds
day lor the fiist lime since his
I accident eight days ago and army
authorities said he was “getting
| well like a house afire."
The U. S. 15th army commander,
'who had said "this is a hell of a
way to die after an automobile
—"Operation groundhog" wus coin-1clttsh rendered him almost totally
pleled today and "Hermann," the!paralyzed, was throwing off the
two-ton German bomb which .had' )J;iJiLlysi.s suffered by Injury lo his
Imperiled south Croydon for nearly
j spinal cord with speed reminis-
cent of his wartime advances.
five years, at last was a harmless. „....... ,.rl . . . . _ .. ,
I One army olfielal said Pattons
dud- : recovery was "umazing" and "only
Shortly before 3 n. in., a tired 'Old Blood and Guts' could come
but grinning bomb disposal crew,LU*' d the way he did.”
emerged from a 43-foot hole trium-1 tinny specialists removed a Irac-
phantly carrying the fuse which I !!0" a»u.s which has realised
Mho shattered vertebrae in Pat-
might have set off “Hermann's” | um's broken neck. They subslitut-
3,000 pounds of TNT with disaster to ' <d a plaster cast which encased
tlie disk id. I'he gencruJ’fs neck and body down
They had worked 21 straight hours i
now able lo read and eat sitting
rendering the explosive impotent In! and for the „rst tJme could
a secret "Turkish bath" so that
the sensitive fuse pocket could be
cut out.
Residents of the area had been |
evacuated lo a rest center early I
Sunday morning and only a few I
newspaper men were on hand to
cheer the victorious crew.
"We're bloody well near done in,"
commented Lieutenant G. A. Frakc
who perlormed the operation on
"Hermann" with a non-friction cut-
ting tool. "Let's all go home to bed."
look directly at Mrs. Patton, who
spent the entire day with him.
Sergeant A. D. Marline
Re-Enlisls for Service
Sergeant A. D. Marline, who re-
cently was discharged from the army
at Camp Clmlfee. Ark., lias w-
enlisted there for further army duty.
He now is on a 90-day lurlough be-
fore being reassigned,
i Sergeant Marline, who has been
in the army 20 years, serving with
Ihe quartermaster corps, is visit-
ing his brother-in-law and sister.
Mr. and Mis. W. C. King. 601 South
Roberts avenue, and Ills brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Martinc, Oklahoma City.
t'A TTLEiVIt N MEETING
CHICKASHA. Dei 17— <U.R>—The
ings Jan. 19. District sessions will | Grady County Cattlemen s associa-
follow within 220 days on call of the tion will hold Its luuinal meeting
district chairmen | here tonight
Motorists Warned
Of Ice and Snow
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dee. 17-</$'i
—Snow was reported from several
cities in Oklahoma this afternoon
and highways were becoming
eouted with lee.
Tlie highway patrol warned
drivers not needing lo be out
through the state to leiuaiu off
Hie roads.
Tulsa, Claremore. Pawhuska.
Muskogee. McAIescr. Wewoka. Hen-
ryetta and Okmulgee reported
snow.
U. S. highway 66 ut Chandler.
Stroud and Bristow was coated with
iee. the patrol reported.
Max Dull and Mother
Are Here lor Visit
Max Dull and mother, Mrs. Myrtle
Dull, of Burbank. Calif., are visiting
with their sister and daughter. Mrs.
Lloyd Chiles, and Mr. Chiles, El
Reno route 1.
Dull recently was discharged at
San Pedro. Calif., after spending
five years in the army. He served
nine muiiths with the 97th division
in Europe and spent tliree months
In Ihe Pacific theater of war.
Fact-Finding
Is Started In
Oil Industry
Case Will Provide
First Practical Test
Of Truman’s Plan
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17—(45-
Government fact-finding—tempor-
arily shelved by congress, bitterly
opposed by labor and coolly re-
garded by management—gets un-
derway today in the oil industry’s
wage dispute. The General Motors
strike is next ln line.
The oil case, although actually
engineered by the labor depart-
ment, will provide the first practi-
cal test of President Truman’s
plan to use the pressure of public
opinion to settle industrial strife.
Involved is a demand by the
CIO Oil Workers union for a 30
percent wage increase—an issue
which provoked a strike and navy
seizure of 53 refineries and other
facilities last October.
Eleven properties of the Sin-
clair Oil corporation, Including re-
fineries at Sand Springs, Oklu.,
and Coffeyville. Kan., are due to
be released at midnight tonight
as the result of a wage settlement
which the company said provides
for an 18 percent increase for a
basic 40-hour week. Return of
the Sinclair facilities will bring
lo 15 the number thus far freed
of navy operation.
As a guinea pig for lact-tinding.
the oil panel will share attention
with another beginning Wednesday.
At that time, the OM board will
hold Its first session with officials
of the strike-bound corporation
and the CIO-United Automobile
Workers.
Neither the oil nor GM boards
has any of the statutory author-
ity. Hence they must depend on
voluntary cooperation.
In this connection, the oil in-
dustry 10 days ago served notice
on its board that no company
books will be made public, that
It will present its ease on a plant-
by-plant basis, and that It does not
regard profits as a yardstick to
be used in determining wage ques-
tions.
POLICE CHARGE THROUGH
PICKET LINE AT PLANT
FLINT, Mich., Dec. 17—<45— A
rquad of police, formed in a flying
wedge, charged through a picket
line at strike-bound General Mot-
ors corporation plant here today
but no violence was reported.
The officers, led by Captain Gus
| Hawkins of the Flint police, forced
their way through tlie main gate
at QM's AC spark plug division
here after pickets had refused to
permit them to escort of lice work-
ers into the plant.
SERVICE RESUMED
BY GREYHOUND BUSES
FORT WORTH. Tex.. Dec. 17—
It(5_Tho first Greyhound buses
rolled out of terminals today, end-
ing a strike in tlie Greyhound
Southwestern division that had tied
up transportation In eight states,
Including Oklahoma, since Nov. 4,
and made 2,060 idle.
In Oklahoma City, service re-
sumed at 1 a. m.
Death Claims
Moman Pruiett
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 17—(45
—Moman Pruiett. 73, one of the
most colorful criminal lawyers of
the southwest, died today. Tlie pio-
neer Okluhoma attorney appeared
for the defense in some of the slate’s
most spectacular cases. Pruiett won
acquittal for 303 of the 343 accused
slayers he defended.
He went to school only 19 mouths
yet rose to the top in Ills profession.
He became rich as well as famous
but tlie last of his huge fees was
literally blown away. He Invested
in Florida real estate and lost it
during a hurricane.
fn his last years, Pruiett eked out
a bare existence on a $40 a month
pension. Hts autobiography was pub-
lished this year.
Death was caused by pneumonia.
Pruiett, who lived alone, had been
ill several days but did not enter
a hospital until Sunday afternoon.
Weather
State F o recast
Ram, sleet or snow tonight and
in south and east portions Tuesday:
dealing in northwest Tuesday;
slightly warmer in southeast, colder
in northwest tonight, low tempera-
tures five to 10 above northwest to
30 southeast: colder Tuesday with
strong northerly winds.
El Reno Weather
For a 24-hour period ending at
8:30 a. ni. today: High, 44; low, 18;
at 8:30 a. iu., 33.
State of weather: Overcast.
!ie!u»ai!: None
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