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EL RENO (OKLA.) DAILY TRIBUNE
The El Reno Daily Tribune
A Blue Ribbon Newspaper Serving a Blue Ribbon Community
Issued daily except Saturday from 207 South Ttock Island avenue,
And entered as second-class mail matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
RAY J. DYER
Editor and Publisher
MIDGE IIARLE
News Edilor
DEAN WARD
Advertising Manager
The ASSOCIATED PRESS is exclusively entitled to the use of re-
puoiicatlon of all the news dispatches credited to it or not credited by
this paper, and also to all the local news therein.
Ali rights of publication of special dispatches herein also are reserved.
MEMBER
SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS ASS’N.
MEMBER
OKLAHOMA PRESS
ASSOCIATION
E
Horses Are Replaced By
Automobiles and Planes
DAILY SUBSCRIPTION KATES BY MAIL IN CANADIAN AND
BY CARRIER ADJOINING COUNTIES
One Week _______$ .15 Three Months------------$1.50
Three Months____________$1.75 Six Months-----------------$3.00
One Yeai ______________ $7.00 One Year------------------$5.00
Including Sales Tax
TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1940
TRUST HIM ALWAYS: Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust I Iso
in Him.—Psalm 37:5.
WINNIPEG. Man., July 23—(U.R)
Equipment, the necessity of mod-
ern warfare, has been enlisted by
the Royal Canadian Mounted Po-
lice in the never ending battle a-
gainst crime.
Though scarlet tunics are not in
evidence for mast routine work,
and the "mountle’s" horse lias been
(Published in The El Reno Daily Tribune, El Reno, Oklahoma, July1
22, 23, 1940).
Financial Statement Of The Various Funds For The Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 1940 and Estimate Of Needs For Fiscal Year Ending June
30, 1941, Of Board of Education Of The City of El Reivo
School Dist. No. 34, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Statement of Financial Condition General Fund Building Fund
as of June 30, 1940 1939-40 * 1939-40
Assets:
Cash on hand June 30, 1940 $ 888.78 $14jtl30.50
Net Bal. 1939 Ad Val. Tax uncollected 2.120.56 761.69
TUESDAY, JULY 23,1940
but
Total Assets . ___
Liabilities and Reserves:
1938-39 Warrants Outstanding _ 3.178.91
Claims and Contracts Pending_____ 262.97
$3.009 34
$14,792 19
2,678.32
12.549.B9
Total Liabilities and Reserves
$3.429 88
$15,228.21
$ 436.02
Deficit $ 420.54
“M"—Estimated Needs For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1941
________ ___________ __________ GENERAL FUND
replaced by automobile, airplane {Salary of Superintendent _ ___________________________$ 4,600.00
and motorcycle, members of the Salaries of Clerk and clerical help_____
IIOLLYWOOD, July 23 -(U.R*— I For George McCall, Columbia
I 1 An art exhibition in a down- Broadcasting system commentator
town hotel revealed the courageous who held a contest, to find the
story of Goodie Montgomery, who champion autograph hunter, they
was u prominent actress until disclosed some of the secrets of
force in Manitoba have received
new radio equipment that ha:,
opened up a greater front for the
forces of law and order to carry
out a strong offensive against the
underworld.
The new equipment used by the
R. C. M P. is not only the two-
way type, permitting the central
controlling station to converse with
radio cars, but also enables patrol
cars to communicate with one an-
other.
The 500-watt controlling station.
VYBT. situated on the outskirts of
Winnipeg, is manned by three day
Office supplies, printing, etc.
Annual audit
Enumeration
Other General Control Exp.
Salaries of teachers
1,800.00
600.00
150.00
100.00
650.00
Barkley pounded for ‘‘order,’
there was no order.
“We want Roosevelt.” many yell-
ed in unison, as they clipped their
hands and stamped their feet in
an effort to drown out those who
insisted on reading their lengthy,
| “alleged” orations.
* A *
__Senator Lister Hill of Alabama,
l conGR&trman J6D JOHnron i in his peculiar southern drawl.
Y17ASHINGTON ml,, •» went over 111 * big way with his
WASHINGTON. July 23-1bpe- speech nominatin the presldent
' , ,^atfCht ^lllkle Wilt " (They liked the youthful senator
That was the first badge we saw because he put all he had into
cp arriving in Chicago for the j that speech; also because he did
Democratic convention. It was not ,ead it. In fact, his was more-
woi n by a delegate from Okla- l)r iess extemporaneous, as Sen-
oma’ I ator Hill was given only a few j
Later we saw many such bad-! hours’ notice that he would be ac-
ges, as well as many other taking [corded that much-sought-for hon-j
wisecracks at a much-talked-of: or.
gentleman by the name ot Willkie, J Senator Hit1 had fully expected !
One delegate wore a large pla-[t0 place ln nomination Alabama’s I
caid dangling from hfs neck to; native son. Speaker William B.
his knees. The sign, in large Bankhead, but when the speaker
[exercised his good judgment in
the great commoner j following the lead of Senator Bur-
ODOR FOR SAFETY
WORLAND, Wyo., —(U.R)— The
Wyoming Gas company figured
its gas didn’t smell enough—that
is, from a safety standpoint So
it odorized the fuel with calodor-
ant. Residents are complaining
letters, read
“Willkie,
92,500.00 ianct southern gentleman — Com- j ton K. Wheeler of Montana by |
Instructional supplies and Other Exp. Inst. ________________ 2,000.00 llnonweahh and Southern." [gracefully withdrawing, it gavel
j Other signs depicted Willkie as;Alabama, the first state to be j
The Hero oi the Battle of the [tailed, a chance to steal the show, 1
School library
Library -supplies
Salary of Librarian
Janitor’s salaries
Janitor's supplies
Light, power, fuel, water
Ollier plant operation
Maintenance of buildings
Up-keep of grounds
Repair of furniture and fixtures
800.00
200.00
900.00
8.250.00
1.000.00
3.200.00
300.00
1.000.00
300.00
100.00
a year ago.
Miss Montgomery left the Broad-
way stage and came to Hollywood
where .she played in such films as
system has a maximum radius of
10 miles, patrol cars in contact
with VY8T. under favorable at-
mospheric conditions have a work-
ing radius of approximately 70
miles. Even under poor atmos-
pheric conditions the station can
communicate with its ears over a
their hobby.
Autographs are not easily ob-
tained along the film colony’s
thoroughfares where novices pes-
•’Mountain Music" and “Stolen ter the stars, the Johnsons dis-
Harmony.” Last year she suddenly losed. They get most of their
went blind ln one eye and lost j signatures by a systematic search
her health. !of cafes, station wagons, night
It was found that a vertebra had spots,
been injured. The Injury hud oc- [ Their accomplishment they flt-
turred six years before when she tribute to “tact, courtesy and ap- radius oi jo miles,
was struck by an elbow while she proach." Sometimes they seek
and her husband. Director Frank out the help of third parties. For
McDonald, were celebrating their instance, they found that Luise
wedding in a night club. Rainer's was the hardest signature
Placed In a plaster cast from to obtain, but four scouts brought
neck to waist, and in great pain, her ln.
she turned to her old hobby for * * *
diversion. Between scenes on film Selznick International Pictures
sets, .sin* had spent her time J and I.oew’s, Inc., got no sympathy
sketching. She brought out the, from the county supervisors on
old sketches and began placing' their complaint that $433,705 was
them on lamp shades und match | too large a lax assessment on the
covers. negatives of "Gone with the Wind.’’
Today, out of the cast blit never J The supervisors arched their
again to return to her film career, i eyebrows, looked ai. a record stating
she has built up such a business in "G W. T. W “ had grossed nearly
an work that she lias a factory $13,000,000 and still was playing
to reserved seat uudiences, and
decided Selznick and Loew's could
survive the assessment.
* * *
Shirley Temple, who "retired" ut
the ripe old age of 11. took a
postman's holiday and visited
Deanna Durbin, young singing star,
and night shifts, thus giving Manl- Replacement cf furniture and fixtures ____ 200.00
toba complete crime coverage. I Repair of instructional apparatus
Calls Heard 70 Miles [Replacement of instructional apparatus
Where the average police radio ou*'> »lant maintenance
Kilowatt."
AAA
So, despite the fact that all
seemed to be cut-and-dried so far
as the nomination for the presi-
so far as nominating speeches!
were concerned.
AAA
The nomination of Secretary of j
Agriculture Henry Wallace for the
and employs a staff.
Only her friends knew of her
illness, and the Industry generally
learned her story only when the
exhibit was announced.
♦ * A
Colonel Eugene L. Mar key, 74.
father of Gene Markey, motion
Transportation of pupils—Drivers .
Maintenance and operation of vehicles
Rental or Hire of Vehicles
Insurance
Paving costs ________ ...
Furniture and Fixtures—New
Instructional Apparatus—New
dency was concerned, the Chicago;vice presidency did not meet with;
convention was a verv good show. [ the approval of many delegates
Almost everyone appeared in a from the south. In fact, had the I
happv frame of mind, except those[ President not passed the word;
delegations from states having fav- along that he wanted Wallace as !
some of whom had|his running mate, many believe!
kidded themselves into believing Paul McNutt would have been]
they were reallv running for the the choice of a majority of dele-
100.00
200.00 orite sons
100.00
1.075.00
2.000.00
270.00
1.450.00
450.00
Total General Fund
Financed
Primary Aid Allocated
Homestead Sub. Est.
Secondary Aiil Est.
$126,795 00 I
Total Deductions
Total Building Fund
picture producer, died at the Holly- on a set at Universal studio.
Shirley said she didn’t know it
was so much fun to watch a pic-
ture ln the making. After the scene
was filmed, the young stars had
ice cream sodas In Deanna’s dress-
ing room
* * *
wood hospital Sunday His son was
at his bedside Colonel Markey re-
tired from business five years ugo
ln Evanston. 111.
: ' y * * *
Paulette Goddard and Marlene
Dietrich were announced as c|p-'
turns of the two teams In that I Actress Bette Davli has completed
wlerd melee of rubber bats, ex-1 her part. In Warner Brothers new
ploding balls and jumping bases
which Hollywood calls its "annual
Comedians versus Ia-adlug Men"
baseball game.
The game, in contrast to others
which usually broke up in I lie
fourth or fifth Inning, will be run
tills year according to a script all
written out by Director George
Marshall, It was announced
■ Proceetls of the game, to be
Mfegect at Wrtgley field, go to
charity
• * A
Vera and Phnme Johnson, who
have collected more than 12.000
signatures since coming to Holly-
wood six years ago, explained that
combined persistence und courtesy
la the key to their "art "
lUn>-_____
picture. "The Letter." and will leave
for a three-month vacation on her
new larm home In New Hampshire.
Her next role will be "Calamity
Jane.”
A Problem A Day
The highlight of the system, the
first of its kind ln western Canada,
is the comparatively low cast at
which It can be Installed. With
expansion the system could form a
network to combat crime through-
out the dominion.
Another feature of (he equip-
ment Is that radio equipped planes
can communicate wilh both the
controlling station and curs patrol-
ling the highways.
VY8T has all the conveniences
for the mounties’ comforts. Sleep-
ing and cooking accommodations
as well as air conditioning are part
of the compact concrete building
For the business purposes the j county Apportionment
control room walls are covered j Beverage Tax
with maps showing the location of Tuition Indian
nil Manitoba police detachments, other Tuition
Directly in front of the dispatcher
Is a lighted map of all highways In
the province and on it are marked
the position of eBcli car. A glance
at the lighted map shows the dis-
patcher the exact location within
a few miles, of each patrol car and
the dirrision ln which It Is going
But Thrills Live
Old timers of the force, who
trudged behind dog teams or rode
horseback for days “to gel their
man" would find tlmt even with
the new equipment the thrilling
aspects of the mountle's work has
not diminished Today's force finds
it just as thrilling, as well as
more efficient, to "get their man"
by cooperating with one nnother
by radio.
j Listening to the technical ex-
I planations of Lance Corporal D. F
r I Tul'lne iiihn im In nh ft tma ||*A
$15,870.00
9.614.62
18.752.33
Estimated Misc Revenue Including Transfers 14.513.61
$ 58.750.5u
Balance to Raise from Ad Valorem Tax . _______ $ 67,044 44
Building Fund
Erection of New Buildings -----------------------------------$20,000.00
Balance to Raise from Ad Valorem Tax ___________________$20,000.00
ESTIMATED MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
General Fund
{State Apportionment ______________________________________________$ 4,098.92
................. 569.90
------- 3.470 80
----------- 639.00
--- 137.48
4 2(14 115
. 1,377.00
----------------------------------- 9 86
DOWN MEMORY LANE
July 2.‘l. 1925
Dr. James T. Riley broke his wrist at noon Wednes-
day while cranking h Ford car. The accident occurred .just
aa the doctor was starting home for lunch.
| j Taylor, who is ln charge of the
^ (station or Constables W E Mur-
A boy agreed 10 work In a gro- shall «'«1 W. R Browne visitors
to VY8T are Immediately Im-
pressed by the enthusiasm these
men show for their work They
are proud of this small building,
with Its confusing maze of wires
and equipment, that is helping to
carry’ on the traditions of the
force
Maybe they don’t ride horses or
mush a dog team, (not that they
couldn't If called upon to do soi
but they still get the same thrill
and satisfaction that old timers
experienced when they brought a
criminal to Justice.
SHIP BARNACLES
MAY HE BEATEN
cerji for a year at $480 and a sec-
ond-hand automobile If he quit
work at the end of 7 months,
receiving $200 and the auto, what
was the value of the auto?
ANSWER
$192 Explanation Divide 4H0 bv
12 (months); multiply by 7; from
this result subtract 200: subtract
7-12 from 12-12; divide 80 by 5-12
Transfer Fees
Intangible Tax
Other miscellaneous
$14,513.61
Total General Fund ___________
CONDITIONS OF SINKING FUND INCLUDING
HOMESTEADS, June 30, 1940
Assets:
Cash cn hand 6-30-40 ______ _______________________________ $ 57,038.39
Inveetmenta -------------- 107,140.001
Nei balance 1939 tax In process collection_________________ 1 353 52 I
Total Assets .......................................$165,531.91 I
presidency.
It was evident from the be-
ginning that no one was ever
in the running tor the presidency,
500.00 j so far as the Democrats are con-
1.200.00 Icerned, excep* President Roosevelt.
Jk sfc sfc
It was not particularly surpris- J
! nig that the names of both vice-1
(president John Garner and Senator)
Millard Tydings of Maryland were
presented to the convention. Both
had got out so far on a limb I
that they and their friends evi-1
dently felt Urey could not afford |
to back up.
But Just why the usually astute
big Jim Farley permitted his name;
to be presented to the convention
was a surprise, to say the least.
It did not enhance jovial Jim's i
prestige to be shown up with so
little actual support. But the big
“hand” given Farley by the con-
vention was a real tribute to him
>1 *
And those long-winded nominat-
ing speeches read on behalf of
both Garner and Tydings Irked
the impatient onlookers who pack-
ed the galleries.
"Sit down!" came the cry from
all over that vast audience that
had waited long after midnight to
hear for the first time ln the
history of the nation a president
nominated for a third term.
Time after time Chairman Alben
gates.
But it was pointed out that the
farmers have voted consistently
for the Wallace farm program by
large majorities, especially in
Iowa. Illinois. Indiana and other
midwestern and doubtful states.
YOU’VE ALL
BEEN WAITING
FOR-
Iflif!
An IKO Indio llttur* wHh
Roland YOUNG
Alan MARSHAL
May ROBSON^
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
\ Criterion
$20,000.00
^SSfrS^A
MMTlM coit ^
li T'
rSeT SERlr'EL ELECTROLUX NOW ATI
MALLONEE MUSIC CO.
I’hon e44 113 South Rock Island
AS LOW AS $5.00 A MONTH
Reserves:
Accrual on unumtured bonds ______________________________ $172,78500
Total Liabilities & Reserves .............. ........ $172.765 00
Grady Skillern, El Reno highschool coach, returned
this morning from Alva, where he has been attending
normal school the past six weeks. During his work at the
school, Skillern kept himself in good physical condition by
teaching two swimming classes dally.
Mrs. C. F. McDonald and daughters, Margaret and
Muxine, and Miss Olga Kivett left this morning for Sulphur
to spend a few days.
Miss Margarette Marlow, Miss Hornier Hutchins, Jack
Kitzmiller and Milford Dever are visiting in Oklahoma
City and attending a line party Wednesday evening given
by MisH Dorothy Louise Milam.
Miss Mary Shuttee is expected home Saturday from
West Plains, Mo., where she has been visiting.
Mrs. LeRoy Jones entertained with a party Wednesday
afternoon honoring her daughter, Miriam, on her birthday
anniversary. Games were played after which the HO guests
were taken to a soda fountain where refreshments were
Mrved. - « -
The Happy Hour club was entertained by Mrs. Guy
Lanmnn Wednesday afternoon at Legion park. In the
clever contests the favors went to Mrs. Robert Reed and
Mix. J. C. Pnvy. At the close of the afternoon an iced
coui'M was served.
Mr, and Mrs. E. T. Montgomery and Mr. and Mrs. 0
K- ( urr.v enjoyed a picnic supper at the El Reno Golf and
Country club Wednesday evening, which was followed by s
potting party.
LA JOLLA. Calif , July 23
—Sclent lata are quietly conducting
experiments here which may rid
U. 8 navy ships and merchant
marine craft of a rank nuisance—
ship-fouling, or barnacle growths
Four savants working on the test
hope to announce soon to »he
world that they have solved the
age-old problem of growth on
ship’s bottoms, whlrh imposes u
toll of millions of dollars annually
by retarding continuous operation
of vessels
Tlie fouling not only withdraws
ships from service for dry-docking,
but reduces speed of a vessel bs
much ns 50 percent, scientists
pointed out
Dr W. Forrest Wliedon, marine
microbiologist, said they were at-
tempting a different nppronch
from the trial and error methods
of the past "We are trying to
learn the processes Involved ln
formation of film on submerged
surfaces and Its relation to the
mechanism of the fouling growth."
Whedon said,
COTTON IS FIRST CONCERN
BERLIN. Okla (lift) Berlin’s
first coucern this year la getting
ln the cotton crop Consequently
the public school will open July
29, continue until the beginning
of the harvest, and reopen when
tha last of tha ootlun has been
stored or baled.
Deficit ...................$7,233 09
1940-41 Needs of Sinking Fund Including Homesteads
Inter* l earnings on bonds $ 9.557,50
Annual accrual on bonds ___________________________18,995 00
Commission lo fiscal agency _____________________________ 25.00
Daffcrti ' 1 Annual need! to maturity 1,65329
Total Sinking Fund Needs . . ........................ 30,220 79
Balance to nlee from Ad Valorem Tax $30,22079
< FltTIFH ATF—GOVERNING BOARD
STATE OF OKLAHOMA. COUNTY OF CANADIAN, ss:
We. the undersigned duly elected, qualified and acting officers of the
Board of Education of Hie City of El Reno. School Dist. No. 34. of said
County and Slate, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the Governing
Body of the said District. held on the first Monday in July 1940 pursuant
to the provisions of Section 12674 O S. 1931. as amended by Chap. 115,
Session Laws of 1933 the foregoing statement was prepared, and Is a
true and correct condition of the Financial Affairs of said District as
reflected by the records of the District Clerk and Treasurer. We further
mtlfy that the foregoing estimate for current expenses for the fiscal I
year beginning July 1. 1940 ;ind ending June 30. 1941, os shown are rea- ]
Nonablv necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the said
Municipality, that the Estimated Income from sources other than* ad !
valorem taxes ns shown may reasonably be expected to be collected as a !
revenue during the ensuing flacnl year, and Is not In excess of 90"v of the I
amounl collected from the same sources during the fiscal war ending I
June 30. 1940 And that the said estimates were prepared at a meet- I
, !"k 1u>I(I the first Monday in July. 1940. the same being the 1st dny i
of July, 1940. j
FHED H HAMl’TON. President of Board of Education
WALTER WILSON, Clerk.
L. C. OADBERRY, Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to beiore me this 20th dnv of July 1940
FRANCIS WYNEGAR, Notary Public.
My Commteaton Expires 5 - 31 - 43.
RICHLAND
Mrs Edward Gramkow was host-
ess Thursday a/ternoon when the
Women's Missionary society met In
her home for the July program
After a business session conducted
by Mrs 8. Schubnell, president,
-4$} Lechtenberger. Mrs. Frit* Lechten-
berger. Mrs J Wetnkauf. Mrs Ctlo
Bcheln. Mrs B F Ornham. Mrs
W. Z. Thomason Miss Amy Schub-
nell. Mrs. Walter Bcheln, Mrs
Alva Ortfftn, Rev. and Mrs O. L.
Trabnnt, Mrs Mary Kregar of
8loux Fulls, 8 D„ Mrs 8 Schub-
nell, Mlsacs Pauline Ortffln, Nellie
four girls of the young people's Schubnell, Ruth Bcheln, Lois and
circle gave the lesson from ' Right i Norma Oramknw and Lula Mae
Here at Home.”
Ruth Bcheln read the scripture
and In a very Interesting manner
told of the problems of the
American Indian
The problems of the American
negro was presented by
Schubnell
Pauline Ortffln discussed "Way*
the Christian Church Can Solve
These Problems "
Lol* Gramkow gave a reading
"Praying Day." She also
"Chapel Bell "
The next meeting place will be
announced later.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed by the hostess to Mrs. Omma
Rowland.
Mrs. Mary Kregar of Sioux Falla.
8 D., visited several days the past
week with her aunt, Mrs Emma
Lechtenberger. and other relatives
Mr and Mrs Duane LeForce and
Nellie I daughter. Anna Jane, of Oklahoma
City arrived Saturday for a visit
with Mr and Mrs Otto Bcheln
and daughter Ruth
8unda,v dinner guests at the
W H Barrett home were Mr and
played | Mrs Harold Barrett and children,
Jarry and Wanda of Enid, Mr
and Mrs. Urcl Barrett and children
of Shawnee, Mr. and Mrs Fletcher
Chiles and daughter, Sandra, and
Vesta Mae Htnrlduen of B1 Reno.
WEDNESDAY
NIGHT
is the NIGHT!
VTi
Chit fun
_ in tHl
Rough
THE FINEST IN FOODS
AT POPULAR PRICES
FREE GIFTS WEDNESDAY-
\V<* want to show our appreciation for the grand business we
luive enjoyed since completing the construction of Ihe “Y" h.v
iiwarding a number of sittcndunce prizes during our Formal
Opening,
No Increase in Prices for Our Formal Opening
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