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1950
H istoricr.l. S oc.
Capitol,
or.r City, Okla.
The El Reno Daily Tribune
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New Attempts
To End Rail
Strikes Futile
More Workers
Leave Jobs In
Token Walkout
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—<AV-
Another White Home attempt to
settle the rail strike failed today as
more workers left their jobs.
John R. Steelman, assistant to
President Truman, spent two hours
and a half trying to find aome way
to bring representatives of the
striking unions and a commute of
railroad officials into a joint con-
ference.
At 11:30 a.m. he announced that
both groups had left the White
House without getting together
with no definite plans for further
meetings.
But Presidential Secretary Charles
O. Ross said they may be called
back for further conversations later
today..
Ross had said earlier that Mr.
Truman had given this instruction
to Steelman: "Keep on trying."
So far the trying hasn’t produced
much results.
Railroaders struck today in Pitts-
burgh and Chicago despite a White
House pica to stay on the job.
Like those called yesterday in
Louisville, Cleveland and Minneap-
olis-8t. Paul, these are five-day
token strikes. The idea is to call
attention to a wage-hour dispute
that has dragged on for 17 months.
All the strikes are comparatively
small, but they are in such key
spots union leaders have estimated
they will put 50,000 men out of work.
An attempt to settle the dispute
last night dragged on until after
midnight—but got nowhere.
There still was no indication that
Mr. Truman planned to seise the
railroads.
In Canada, meanwhile. 128,000
non-operating railroadmen launch-
ed a nationwide strike that halted
almost every train in the dominion
and closed down postal and tele-
graph services.
The Canadian strike, staged by 17
International and Canadian, unions,
was the first shutdown in the do-
minion's history and officials feared
it would jar the national eoonomy.
While the strikes in the 0.8. were
■dhsMtt'te yctt tally fire days,
there was no time limit on the Can-
adian work stoppage.
The U. S. unions called the strike
to enforce demands for a reduction
In the work week of yard workers
to 40 hours with a Jl-cent hourly
pay boost to make up any loss in
take-home pay and a higher pay
scale with differentials adjusted to
the weight of hauling locomotives
for road service employes.
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Threatening North Korean
Roadblock North of Taegu Is
Knocked Out by Americans
Ball Tourney
To Be Played
Softball League
Sets Competition
Two Mishaps
Are Reported
Two car accidents In El Reno
Monday caused slight damages, but
no injuries, according to records of
Lee Harvey, chief of police.
The first mishap occurred in the
afternoon at the Intersection of
Watts street and Choctaw avenue.
A 1949 sedan driven by Murray
Freed. 25, Lynn, Mass., was heading
south on Choctaw avenue. A 1938
sedan driven by Mrs. Henry Ron-
spier, 1400 West London street, was
going east on Watts street. The ve-
hicles collided at the intersection.
Damage was undetermined.
Early in the evening a second
accident occurred on North Admire
avenue when one car attempted to
pass another which was making a
left turn.
A lfl38 coupe driven by Harry
Hummel. 16, of 113 North Admire
avenue, was going south on North
Admire avenue. A 1939 sedan going
in the same direction was being
driven by Miss Mable Parks. 604
North Admire avenue. Police rec-
ords state that Hummel was making
a left turn and Miss Parka was
Wising
collision
occurred.
Kingfisher Man
Reported Wounded
Private First Class John W. Gar-
rison, Kingfisher, was reported
wounded in Korea today by the de-
partment of defense.
He is the son of Mrs. Alzadle
Garrison of Kingfisher.
Two other army privates from
Oklahoma were named as casualties
in the Korean area. They were
Isaac Hi ckmon. Tulsa, wounded,
and Arthur A White, Pauls Valley,
missing in action.
El Reno's softball association will
have a tournament of its own,
starting Thursday night at Legion
park.
The new playoffs were decided
at a meeting Monday of softball
dub managers here.
A doubleheader is scheduled for
both Thursday and Friday nights
in Legion park. At 7 p. m. Thurs-
day Conoco will tangle with Re-
formatory. In the second game,
BARE will play I OOF.
Schedule Uncertain
Deardorff is slated for a Friday
battle with First Christian church,
but the Oilers may be busy else-
where at that tune. They arc now
in the state tournament at Clinton
and play their first tiff tonight in
the hopes of pushing to the top
and entering the national tourna-
ment at Phoenix, Arlz.
If Deardorff cannot play on Fri-
day night here. First Christian
church will probably get a bye,
according to Eugene Dozier, acting
secretary of the softball association
here.
Semifinals Set
The second game at Legion park
Friday pits Jaycees against Quality
Dairy.
Semifinals in the local tourna-
ment are set for Monday. Aug. 28.
Finals will start—barring delays
because of rain—on Tuesday, Aug.
29, Dozier said.
War Expected
To Last Six,
Eight Months
Defense Secretary
Says Rearmament
Will Be Continued
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—(U.R)—
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson
expects the Korean war to last six
to eight months, It was revealed to-
day.
Johnson made the estimate July
26, a month after the war began,
tf he is right, the fighting would
end sometime next winter. But he
emphasized that heavy rearmament
would continue for another two or
three years.
The statement was in the pub-
lished record of closed hearings by
the house appropriations committee
on President Truman's urgent re-
quest for $16,000,000,000 in extra
domestic and overseas military
spending to fight communism.
Navy Figures Listed
The record revealed for the first
time In detail the mobilization rush
precipitated by the Korean invasion.
New revelations Included the an-
nouncement that the navy has
called up 53,000 reservists, plans to
call up another 35,000 and will take
in recruits at the rate of 15,500 a
month.
Johnson, Secretary of State Dean
Acheson and the military chieftains
who testified agreed the money is
only a first Installment if trouble
breaks out elsewhere. The fund In-
cludes $4,000,0001)00 In emergency
arms aid for our allies.
After the current year's buJM-up.
*"*"*"■• «$■*"» w,,cu *n en*uie orone awny i estimated to cost $25.600400.000. tt
high over the Colorado Rockies early today and the big ship will take just short of that amount
landed here with one dead and seven injured. annually to keep the forces on a
The four-engine DC-6 was bound from Los Angeles to I“readlness basis” Johnson said.
Chicago, carrying 62 passengers and a crew of five at 21,000
feet near Eagle, Colo., when-
the right inboard engine sud-
denly broke from its wing
moorings.
Part of the propeller or a piece
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER—Captain A. M. Knler, army chaplain from Kiel, Wls„ administte
last rites u> some of the 22 American soldiers found executed with hands tied on Hill 203, Wsegwan. South
Korea (NEA Telephoto.)
Broken Engine Slits Cabin Of
Airliner; One Passenger Dies
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Airlines plans was ripped open when an engine broke awsy]estimated to com
high over the Colorado Rockies early today and lU~ U!~ -u:- l-"M *-*- *—*
landed here with one dead and seven injured.
of the shattered engine slashed
through the top of the passenger
compartment, tearing a hole about
four by eight feet over the forward
three rows of seats and releasing
the air from the pressurised cabin.
Pilot R. K. Baker reported the
mishap to the Denver CAA office,
obtained clearance for an emer-
gency landing and brought the
ship about 100 miles into the Den-
ver airport In 1$ minutes, landing
without further trouble.
Here it was found that one pas-
senger was dead and seven others
Injured. All of the injured were
treated at Denver Oeneral hospital
and released.
A preliminary examination of the
dead man. Jack Kreboy, 54, of Lis
Angeles, disclosed no sign of Injury
and it was believed he died of a
heart attack.
.Former Resident b
Injured in Accident
W. H. "BUI* Randell of Wichita
Falls. Tex., former n Reno resident.
Is undergoing treatment in Wichita
Falls Oeneral hospital for Injuries
noeived recently In a three-car
collision near Henrietta. Tex.
Randell to a aan-ln-law of C. L.
Joreley. 701 South Rock Island ave-
Football Players
To Vocalize Too
CUSHING. Aug. 23-OJ.Ri—Foot
ball players at Cushing Junior high
may not make the team this year
unless their singing is as good as
their blocking and tackling.
Principal Oeorge Rush said ath
letes would take a "music-physical
education" course when the school
term starts next month. They wlU
go to the gym one day and the
music room on the next.
“We decided to try to get the
boys to cultivate their voices as
well as their muscles,” Rush said.
"Well probably turn out aome
mighty musical athletes."
K. P. Schafer Issued
Permit for New Garage
A bdiding rurralt vu Ihum!
Monday to K. P. Schafer, 61$ South
Williams avenue, for construction
of a garage addition next to hie
The addition will cost an esti-
mated $1400 and to to be com-
pleted by Oct. L lfiae Ethel Dowell,
city clerk, issued the penult.
Search Begun
For Fishermen
MIAMI. Fla.. Aug. 22 —(U.R)— A
new-born hurricane packing 100-
mtle - an - hour winds apparently
rolled over the little British Island
of Antigua today as a search was
being organised In Nova Scotia for
50 fishermen missing in an earlier
storm.
Two fishing vessels carrying 50
men were unaccounted for after
the first big tropical blow of the
year lashed the northeastern coast
on its way out to sea
However, search and rescue offi-
cials at Halifax said the boats may
have ducked Into some remote area
for shelter.
The second atom, meanwhile,
was just beginning to rumble over
the Atlantic far to the south of
where the first one was headed
over open water.
The weather bureau here said
Antigua, a speck of land southeast
of Puerto Rico, had not been heard
Iron since pesteday afternoon.
Its communication* ware preaom
down.
Sixth Atomic
Pile Starts
New Furnace More
Deadly Than Ever
UPTON, N. V., Aug. 22—«J.R>—
The newest and moat powerful
atomic furnace began operating for
the first time early today.
It was exactly at 2:30 a. m. when
the critical size was reached in the
pile of uranium flux, thereby set-
ting off a chain reaction which
could keep the pile going on for-
ever at Brookhaven national labo-
ratory.
New One Better
The new pile, construction of
which was started after the war,
is the sixth atomic furnace now
operating in the country. The
commission said it was "several
times" more powerful than the
atomic energy pile in Oak Ridge.
Tenn.
The Brookhaven atomic plant Is
operated by several eastern uni-
versities under direction of the
U. S. atomic energy commission.
Canada has one. two are located
Outbreaks Expeteed
Acheson and General Omar N.
Bradley, chairman of the Joint
chiefs of staff, said the Korean war
proved communism can be expected
to use force whenever and wherever
it thinks It can win.
“How speedily can we be prepared
by this additional appropriation to
cope with the world conditions that
now confront us—six months or six
years?” Representative L. F. Sikes
(Democrat, Florida) asked.
“I do not think that either figure
is right," Johnson said. “I think
this program is going to run across
j the next two or three years. The
Korean situation, I hope, is a six
or eight months' proposition."
Johnson said that one of the "im-
ponderables is that this may be but
the beginning of larger things."
Bradley said that American troops
sent to Korea were far short of their
war strength. Infantry regiments,
he said, had two battalions when
they should have had three. Over-
I seas, units now are at 65 percent
of war strength, he said, while a
"state of readiness" is 85 percent.
Texas Cattle
Banned Here
SEX CLASS VOTED
ADA. Aug. 22—(UJ5—Only lire out
of 107 highschte pupils, in • pod
conducted by East central State
lege, believe that are education
mid ta bant rat af the
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 22—</n
—Oklahoma has posted guards at
the Red river across from north-
vMwua tias one. iwo are located i ^retern Texas counties to block the
In England, and one Is in France, shipment of cattle Into the state
It is not known whether Russia ^rom *hat area,
has an atomic energy pile. But it Harold Hutton, president of the
is believed the Reds would have sUt* board of agriculture, an-
needed one to develop the material nounced the action following an
for an atomic explosion. | outbreaw of anthrax, a highly con-
tagious cattle disease. The quar-
__ _ „ . | antlne Is to prevent spread of the
Til* Brookhaven pile here is de- disease Into this state
kilowatts which. If It could be con- <jays before we beard of It," Hutton
verted would be enough electricity ..We.ve ^ B guard on
to supply the needs of a small town | Mligt down there. *
UN Troops Hold Firm Along
Entire 120-Mile Beachhead
TOKYO, Wednesday, Aug. 23—(AP)—American troops
and tanks wiped out a threatened Red Korean roadblock 10
miles north of Taegu Tuesday. Their mates took three
commanding hills to block the coastal gateway to Pusan,
port in the south.
The Reds’ behind-the-lines roadblock near Taegu had
choked off all allied supplies from Taegu for two hours and
threatened to trap troops of the U. S. 27th "Wolfhound"
infantry regiment.
The central front and extreme southern fighting was the
most bitter of the 24-hour period ended Tuesday midnight.
All along the 120-mile perimeter of the allied beachhead,
united nations troops held firm or advanced.
Tuesday’s air action was topped by a fleet of 70 B-29s
bombing Chongjin with 700 tona of explosives. Chougjin is
not far from the Soviet Siberian border.
The Reds have shoved 90,000 men—nine divisions—
against the allied defense line. For the third straight night
the North Koreans tried to---
push elements of three divi-
sions down the same road to
Taegu.
American tanks and men stopped
them 12 miles north oi the city.
On the blazing southern front
the U. S. 25th infantry division and
the fifth regimental combat team
from HawaU held firmly astride the
bloodstained road to Pusan, 35
miles to the east.
Negro troops of the 24th Infantry
regiment retook nearby “battle
mountain" for the fifth time In four
days.
North of this fierce action, the
battle weary C. S. 24th Infantry
division dug in along the winding
Naktong river's east bank. It kept
a close watch on a small Red
bridgehead thrown across the river
at Hyonpung, 14 miles southwest of
Taegu.
East of Watgan. on the curving
central front, the North Korean
first Infantry division advanced In
We mountainous country between
Msngjong and Indong.
One South Korean patrol knifed
a mile and a half Into enemy ter-
ritory.
The 30-mile arc from this battle
zone to thq .allied drive forward
north of Poh'ang, No. 2 allied port
on the Sea of Japan, was quiet. But
Red forces were there and their
feelers were noted by allied troops
all along the line.
AP correspondent Bill Shinn re-
ported South Korean marines aided
by United States air force men were
cleaning out Red forces that tried
to occupy Kofe island south of
Chlnhae, six miles southeast of
Masan. Chlnhae is a naval base.
on a 24-hour basis.
When a pile reaches a so-called____
critical slie, a chain reaction starts homa."
automatically, and If control devices | Counties
were not available the chain re-
action would get out of control,
and the pile would no longer be a
Idle. It would became an atomic
bomb.
“As far as we know none of the
Infected animals got into Okla
Man Takes Array Over
Facing Jail Sentence
KONAWA. Aug. 22—OJJb—Dennis
sentence here.
He admitted trying to steal some
$70 worth of judge
F. B. Blair agreed to «**—"(— the
___ charge If
Harjo tewed Um army.
under quarantine are
Titus, Hopkins. Lamar, Delta
Bowie, Morris, Franklin, Hunt,
Camp and Red River.
Hutton said that Texas has not
yet quarantined the counties but
has sent men Into the area to vac-
cinate every head of cattle within
two miles of a herd known to be
Band Is Forfeited On
Charges of Speeding
WHUam J. Smith. 22, Banner, for-
feited $8 bond In police court today
on charges of grading within city
nMe. according to reoartto at Lee
Paving Bids
Received By
City Council
The El Reno city council Monday
night considered three bond and
two cash bids for paving district 25
—all of them under the estimate of
the project’s cost made months ago.
M. A. Swalek and Company, Ok-
lahoma City, entered a cash bid of
$44,085.74 and a bond bid of the
same amount.
Myron Groseclose of Bethany
offered a cash bid of $43.583 28. But
his bond bid was $46486.74.
Oppenheimer company of Okla-
homa City bid only for bonds. The
company offered to pay par VBlue
of the bonds plus Interest—and
$5.60 for every $1,000 worth.
The bids will be awarded Wed-
nesday night at a special city coun-
cil meeting, c. A. Bentley, city
manager, said today.
'Tf the bid is swarded on a cash
basis, we would have to issue non-
paysble. Interest-bearing warrants
of 6 percent," he said, “on each
monthly estimate of work com-
pleted.”
After the special meeting to make
the award, another special meeting
is slated for Aug. 28. It will be a
hearing on methods of assessment
for the paving project. Bentley
said the assessments probably will
follow previous methods In similar
projects.
Game Expert
Briefs Lions
DeBusk Tells Club
Fishing Is Industry
The principal purpose of the state
game and fish commission as ex-
plained by Kelly DeBuak. commis-
sion director, during the noon meet-
ing of the IJons club today to to
‘produot, protect end harvest."
Production to under direction of
the state game farms and hatch-
erlaa. protection and harvesting are
carried out In coopwatta with In-
dividual hunters and fishermen and
organized sportsmen's groups.
Fishln^snd^huntlng In nfcw^Tl.*
out, "cresting retail tniitnees of $63,-
000,000 annually In the state.” The
figure to based on the 500400 Boon-
ers who each year hunt and fish
In their state and the 50400 out-of-
staters who purchase licenses here.
“The average person spends ap-
proximately $134 annually on equip-
ment. gasoline and other items In
the state.” DeBusk stated.
He added that, in contrast to
other natural resources such as oil
and coal, which eventually will be
depleted, hunting and fishing to a
renewable resource" if properly
protected.
Number Doubles
"8ince 1940, the number of
licenses Issued by the state game
and fish commission has doubled,
DeBusk said, “in 1950. 235,000 fish-
ing licenses and 87,000 combination
licenses have already been Issued."
The commission issues 18 types of
licenses including permits for the
trapping of fur-bearing animals.
The speaker was Introduced by
William A. Gaines, superintendent
of the state quail farm at Darling-
ton. The program, followed by a
question and answer period, was
arranged by E. D. Freeman.
Asa Mayfield and H. D. Ooad are
program chairmen for the Aug. 29
meeting.
Red Divisions
Still Capable*
Of Big Battle
Reinforcements Are
Coming Despite Air
Pasting by Tanks
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 —<UJ6—
North Korean Communists "still
have the capability of puttta* on a
major attack" despite their heavy
losses, a military spokesman said to-
day.
The spokesman said that the
Communists have effected a “fairly
good-sized ' ainju
area on th< | (ttn
have at 1 of
troops wea river
in the Was orth-
weet of Te
Di
He said forth
Korean dlv ms
obviously t | be-
cause the w$n
making atti mgth
whereas til hrow
only battall into
the battle 1
Oeneral 1 1 re-
ports show r de-
velopment tttte-
front, the 1 ten
at a briefln
He said 1 Ko-
rean battl ran
"fairly quit
4
An air ft wte
that the at ran
than 12400 te
Korean wa
A* prqof
Jet _
operational jhter
being used , in-
cluding tli F-$|
Mustang*
He ate 1
flying a so days
out of 42 ■ tea
said that th ralr
half of the rttoo
through Aug. 20.
Weather
Two Girls Killed
In Gas Explosion
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. Aug. 23—
(U.R)—Two young girls were crushed
to death under debris when an ex-
plosion occurred In a building ad-
joining their sleeping quarters early
today In downtown Springfield.
The victims were tentatively iden-
tified as Dorothy Msclcey, 10. and
her sister, Charlotte, 7, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mackey.
The explosion, caused by escaping
gas. occurred In the Dixie Creme
Doughnut shop shortly before 2
a.m. Three women In the shop at
the time of the blast crawled to
safety through a hole made by the
terrific Impact.
H-Bomb Plant
Site Unsure
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—<UJD—
Congressman Mike Monroney said
today any statement that Arkansas
is slated to get the new H-bcmb
plant is "entirely premature" and
that army engineers have been re-
quested to recommend tentative
sites.
"No site has been definitely de-
cided upon.” he said, “but the
general feeling is that 4t will go
somewhere in the southwest, pref-
erably in some semi-mountainous
region where an ample supply of
electric power, water and govern-
ment land is available."
Monroney. Democratic nominee
for the U. S. senate, said he be-
lieves the Grand River dam area
in eastern Oklahoma has been In-
spected by engineers but Informa-
tion Is not available as to which
sites “are getting serious consid-
eration and which are getting cas-
ual Inspection.”
The H-bomb plant, which may
cost around $200,000,000, will be
approved finally by the atomic en-
ergy commlztoon and the DuPont
firm, which will build it, Mon-
roney said.
■tale Fennel
ParUy cloudy tonight and Wed-
nesday. Scattered, afternoon and
evening showers In west and ex-
treme south. Sightly warmer Wed-
nesday. Low tonight « to 15.
El Bene Weather .
For the 2$-hour period Hiding at
I a. m. today: High. 7$; to*. M;
at I a. m, 10.
■tale of weather: Fair aad coot
Precipitation: Tease at Vtat Brno
France Will Send
Troops to Korea
RAMBOUILLET, France. Aug- 22
—(4*»—France's cabinet decided to-
day to send a Flench land farce
to fight with united nation* troop*
In Korea.
Franofs contribution will he
an infantry hattahwi.
My mitartag m uliWi
of wham wffl ha
Snake Population
Takes Quick Drop
The snake population in the east-
ern sector of El Reno eras
substantially early today altar
Clarence Chappell and his brother,
Alvin, saw a bullsnake crossing the
road In front of the Chappell homa
at 1900 East Rogers street.
As the brothers were psepeitow *•
kill th* large snake, they discovered
it wa* being accompanied aerate tfea
street by 41 little snake*, each Mmol
four
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