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The El Reno Patty Tribune
A Blue Ribbon Daily Newspaper Serving Oklahoma’s Blue Ribbon Arse
Single Copy, Five Cents
10,988 Register
At El Reno For
Ration Books
County Tabulations
Remain Incomplete As
Reports Pile In
While county rationing board
ificials still were receiving reports
om scores of rural schools, E)
teno school officials reported to-
ay that they had issued 10,988
’ar rationing books In the four-
lay period ending Thursday.
1 Mrs. Maxine Crump, rationing
>oard secretary, said today that
her office was being swamped with
reports froin rural schools and
hat it. would be at least late Sat-
irday, possibly Monday, before a
ounty report could be made.
In the El Reno school district,
lowever, Paul R. Taylor, superin-
endent, said today that 350 per-
sons registered and received ra-
ioning books Thursday night at
he five grade schools here to
bring the El Reno total to 10,988.
| By schools in El Reno, registra-
tions Included 3,790 at Central.
L’,727 at Lincoln, 2.243 at Irving.
1,402 at Webster and 916 at the
Booker T. Washington negro
School
“Good Cause” Required
I Persons who failed to obtain
iheir war rationing books may reg-
lister at the rationing board office
after May 21 and, "upon good
Irause being shown" why tney did
not register in the May 4-7 period.
|then receive rationing books. In
,e meantime, they simply cannot
urchase any sugar.
To replace books accidentally,
lost or destroyed, consumers must
apply to the rationing board, but
the board cannot issue replace-
ment books until after two months
from the date of application.
In urging that eveiy single per-
son, without exception, obtain and
keep a war rationing book, of-
ficials have pointed out that at
the present time the books regu-
late only the sale of sugar but
that at any time the books also
may be used to ration other com-
modities.
Provisions Explained
I Stamp No. 1 in the book will
jmtitle tile registrant to buy one
pound of sugar any time before
May 17, stamp No. 2 will entitle
the holder to buy a pound of su-
gar any tune during the next two-
week period, and so on through the
first four stamps.
However, a person may obtain
a special permit from the ration-
ing board for as much as five
pounds of sugar per person per
year for canning purposes, In ad-
dition to the regular ration gov-
erned by the book stamps. Ap-
plication in writing must be made
to the rationing board.
UP MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1942
OUS MEANS UNITED PRESS
VOLUME 51, NO. 60
Fired First Shot by U. S. in World War
The gun crew on the destroyer U. S. S. Ward stands by the 4-
incher which had the distinction of being the first naval gun to speak
America's reply in World war No. 2. The honor gun sank a Japanese
submarine off Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7. Tills picture
was approved for publication today by U. S. censors at Hawaii. (NEA
Telephoto.)
New, Drastic
Proposals Rise
Effort Made To Stem
High Living Costs
WASHINGTON, May 8— i/H)— A
host of new and drastit proposals
to keep down the cost of living
emerged today on the heels of a
sudden decision by the treasury
to ask congress for a cut in per-
sonal income tax exemptions.
High administration sources and
that since one of the purposes of
the anti-inflation program was to
"soak up”, excess purchasing power
that might be used to bid up prices,
consideration had been given to
such ideas as a federal retail sales
tax (In addition to all other tax
increases), doubled social security
taxes, and compulsory purchases
of war bonds.
These steps were advocated pri-
vately by some influential admin-
istration leaders before President
Roosevelt sent his "cost of living"
message to congress last week
Tile president did not mention
these items but promised further
legislative recommendations "If
necessary."
Two Japanese
Columns Routed
Smashing Victories
Claimed By Chinese
Oklahoma Has
Power Pool
Maximum Efficiency
Will Be Insured
CHUNGKING, May 8 — (/»■> —
Cfaiming a smashing defeat ovei
two Japanese columns driving into
China along the Burma road the
Chinese high
tonight that one force of 1,000
Japanese was "wiped out” and that
half of another unit, 1,000 strong,
was killed find the rest was trapped.
The scene of the fierce counter-
blow delivered by Lieutenant Gen-
eral Joseph W. St.lwell's Chinese
troops was given as the sector near
Chefang, 25 miles inside the Yun-
nan frontier from Burma.
(The communique might indicate
the destruction and pocketing of
the invasion spearheads which the
Japanese claimed had penetrated
past Chefang to Lungling. 25 miles
deeper Into China.)
Police Fuehrer
Deputized To
Quell French
Increasing Terrorism
And Sabotage Hinder
German War Effort
BY UNITED PRESS
Adolf Hitler deputized a brigade
general of his vaunted storm troops
as “police fuehrer" of occupied
Prance today to suppress increasing
terrorism and sabotage of the Ger-
man war effort.
With Reinhardt Heydrlch, deputy
chief of the gestapo, in Prance to
Install General Obcrg for the polic-
ing of the occupied territory, three
more hostages were shot yesterday
at Romarantin, which wras an Amer-
ican army base in the last war. The
executions brought to 93 the num-
ber of reprisal killings in Prance
during the last few weeks.
Heydrich, appointed "protector of
Bohemia and Moravia” to suppress
unrest in Czechoslovakia, arrived
unexpectedly in Paris this week.
To Strike Fear
Because he had ordered the exe-
cution of 500 persons in Prague, his
presence xvas intended to strike
fear in the hearts of French patriots.
Only last week, he ordered 34 more
reprisal executions.
The importance attacked by Ber-
lin to sabotage in occupied France
was indicated by Heydrlch's pres-
ence, on orders of gestapo chief
Heinrich Himmler, to install Oberg,
who is ranked also as a general of
a police division. There had been
several reports that a police chief
would be named for occupied Prance,
Prince Josias von Waldeck having
been mentioned.
Further Raids Anticipated
It wres understood in Vichy that
Oberg was charged with suppressing
terrorism among the French peo-
ple while Field Marshal Gerd von
Rundstedt policed the coastline to
prevent repetitions of the British
commando raid on St. Nazaire,
where French eivllians were said to
have aided the British.
The Germans published a military
decree threatening to impose a
state of siege on the entire district
surrounding Brest and any citizens
found in the streets after an inva-
sion alarm has been sounded will
be shot on sight.
Sabotage continued on Europe's
chief "underground fronts.” Two
major explosions were reported In
Belgium war factories, the latest
occurring at Kortrijk, Flanders, near
the French frontier.
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 8-(U.R>
—Are-Oldahoma power peel, co-
ordinating three of the state's
largest producers of electricity, was
command declared in existence today to assure maxi-
mum cooperation and efficiency
for tiie duration of the war.
The pooling agreement was sign-
ed late yesterday by the Oklahoma
Gas and Electrict company, the
Public Service company and the
Federal Works administration
which operates the Grand Rivet
dam power project.
The three systems will be inter-
connected and power generated will
be pooled to keep war industries
going at top speed, it was' an-
nounced.
Purchases Authorized
Tlie agreement provided that the
The high command said the bat- ^KDA will purchase power from
tie occurred yesterday afternoon ^wo companies when the peak-
when the Japanese, moving up the )oad the two private companies
Burma road from the border town is at its minimum,
of Wanting with truck loads of The two steam energy companies
reinforcements, split into two units w’d power at a rate of 3 mills
and attacked the Chinese on both Pcr *t^owa^ hour to the GRDA
flanks, in some cases penetrating *° PertT'-h' closing of the Grand
to the rear of the Chinese line. river dam outlets at night during
Tlie evening struggle was de- dry seas0,is- Authorities said this „
scribed as "most ferocious.” Tlie 'vould pcrmit impounding of water i conference request for comment:
high command said that the rein- t0 maintain most efficient lake
nants of the attacking force - *eve's-
dwindled to 400 to 500 men—itself To Supply Reserves
was being cut off. George Ade Davis, president of
----the O. G. and E., released a stale-
M. Lee Phillips, east of El Reno, ment in which he said that the
will spend Sunday with his par-1 agreement had been drawn in an
Scrap Metal and Rubber Salvage Drive
Moves Into Canadian County Today
Persons With Material To Sell or Donate To Government
Are Urged To Contact WPA Office or Chamber of Commerce
8crap metal and rubber salvage
campaign being staged throughout
tlie nation by the war production
board moved into Canadian county
today with the mailing of circular
letters to all box holders on rural
and star mall routes in the county.
The bureau of Industrial conser-
vation, a sub-dtvislon of the WPB,
and the Work Projects administra-
tion are cooperating in the drive to
salvage all possible scrap metal
and scrap rubber.
Everyone Is being asked to gath-
er all their scrap metal and set op
rubber for collection by the WPA.
Residents with scrap material,
which they may sell or give to the
government, should call either the
WPA office In the courthouse here
or the chamber of commerce of-
fice in the city hall here.
At a later date not yet desig-
nated the WPA will start collect-]
lng all the scrap materials. Work-
ers will collect only from persons
who have notified them, however,
and will not make a house-to-
house canvass of the entire county.
The WPA will sell all the scrap
materials on high bids to dealers
who must prepare it and ship 1*
to war factories or mills within 60
days. Money raised from sale of
scrap donated will go to the gov-
ernment, while money raised from
sale of scrap sold to the govern-
ment by individuals will be re-
turned to the individuals in gov-
ernment checks or defense stamps,
as they prefer.
Donald M. Nelson, WPB chair-
man, wrote in the circular letter:
“The plants producing planes,
guns and shells need more iron,
steel, brass and other metais. And
our war machines must roll on
rubber reclaimed from the scrap
pile.
"Your abandoned binder can be
melted down to make the steel for
an anti-aircraft gun. That oid
copper tubing lying in the barn
may become part of a shell that
will blow up a Jap cruiser. Your
scrap rubber can be reclaimed for
use in a jeep tire.
“You should, therefore, turn in
now what you will not need.”
Cordell Hull Is
Much Elated’
Great Naval Battle
Is Watched Closely
WASHINGTON, May 8—(/P>—Sec-
retary of State Cordell Hull said
today he and his colleagues in the
government were "much elated” over
preliminary reports which have
come to them on the great naval
battle of the Coral sea.
press
it:
"Government officials are much
elated with the preliminary reports
and are eagferly seeking every fact
relating to the entire battle which
has been raging bet ween the oppos-
ing fleets.”
Pair Held On
Second Count
Larceny Is Charged
Against McLemores
Walter McLemore, 27, and his
brother, Eugene McLemore, 20, both
Of Lawton, who earlier were arraign-
ed on a charge of second degree
burglary in connection with theft
of automobile tires here, appeared
in Canadian county court Thursday
for arraignment on charges of
grand larceny.
Each pleaded not guilty and was
ordered held under $2,000 bond
pending a preliminary hearing
scheduled at 10 a. m. May 20 before
Judge Baker H. Melonc.
Charge* Set Forth
Information filed in the grand
larceny case by William L. Funk,
county attorney, charges the de-
fendants with theft of an automo-
bile wheel, tire and tube, valued at
more than $20, from N. A. Nichols
on Apr. 21.
In the case alleging second degree
burglary, the brothers pleaded not
guilty when they were arraigned be-
fore Judge Clarence Mills in Cana-
dian county district court May 2, at
which time bonds were set at $2,500
pending their trial scheduled in dis-
trict court May 18.
McNay Garage Entered
The information charging burglary
against the Lawton pair alleges they
broke into the garage at the dwel-
ling of Captain G. H. McNay, 800
South Ellison avenue, on the morn-
Did You Hear
DOY L. MORROW of El
■** Reno now is stationed at
Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma
City, where he is assigned to
a bombardment school for
training. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Morrow.
Before entering the army,
Private Morrow was employed
by Merveldt Motor company.
Prior to reporting at the army
air force bombardment base,
he was on duty at Fort Sill.
-o-
Ivan D. Cates, superintendent
of schools at Calumet, has
given fair warning to tlie people
of Calumet, who have storm
cellars, not to be unduly alarm-
ed should a group of youngs-
ters stampede into their back
yards in search of storm cellars
for protection from an imagin-
ary or real storm. Twenty-
three cellars have been located
up to this time and regular
drills are planned so that an
orderly evacuation of tlie school
buildings can be made in record
time.
Survivors Tell
Of Nazi Attack
German Submarines
Strike In Caribbean
Martin Blames
Priority Rules
Aircraft Producer
Reports Shortages
BALTIMORE, May 8—(U.R)— The
j Glenn L. Martin company, one of
the nation's major military air-
craft producers, could make five
times as many planes this year as
it did in 1941, but it won’t be-
cause of a shortage of materials.
Glenn L. Martin, president and
manager, said the principal short-
! age was in aluminum, and he
blamed prioritly ratings.
"Our production is nearly four
times what it was a year ago,”
he said. “We have enough plant
tools scheduled to deliver more
than five times last year’s colume
this year, but apparently it will be
about four times last year’s pro-
duction—not five—because we can’t
get materials soon enough in the
quantities we need.
Ratings Discussed
“We were given a priority rat-
ing of A-l-D when battleships,
trucks, tanks and guns got an
A-l-A rating, but we soon dis-
covered that we were in A-l-A,
group three, with battleships,
tanks, guns, and even four-
motored planes grouped ahead of
us.”
Labor Is no problem, Martin
told correspondents who are tour-
ing more than 50 war plants
throughout the United States un-
der sponsorship of the National
Manufacturers.
ents. Mr. and Mrs.
in F&'rvlew.
E. I.
Wiiai Ijoufdiuf. With
WAH BUNDS
Phillips, effort to provide full cooperation
of power facilities for the war ct-
- fort.
Davis said that the GRDA will
make all of its power available for
war industries while tlie two pri-
vate concerns will supply needed
reserves to tlie hydroelectric power
project.
, , . _ KEY WEST, Fla., May 8—(U.R)—, — ----
lng of Apr. 21, and alleges they p0llrteen survivors, landed here i Association of
McNau'ir alUi ,U''S °lf tlle after t'vo medium sized United His payroll has been more than
' States merchant men were at- doubled in the last year. Between
The Lawton youths were arrested tacked and sunk in the Caribbean, j 300 and 1.500 persons apply for
by El Reno policemen at about 3 reported angrily that two Ger- j jobs every day and from them the
a. m. Apr. 21 while they were in man submarines machine-gunned company pick those with the
the Nichols garage at 520 South members of one crew who sought greatest aptitude.
Rock Island avenue, according to temporary safety in the fore
Lee Harvey, chief of police, who castle of thelr burning ship. .
said the wheels and tires which were ~. . New personnel is trained In out- cations
taken from the McNay car were . ,”e .t^° ■Uac“ were made; side schools until it is able to do
found in the defendants’ automo- pu. 11 oday by the nayy whleh one operation, after
I said 28 men from one ship and
j 27 from another apparently lost
I their lives.
bile parked nearby.
Personnel Is Trained
L
to
which it is
trained in the plant. More than
200 foremen are serving as in-
Allied and Jap
Warships Lock
In Death Battle
Fight Appears Biggest
Naval Engagement In
All American History
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Allied and Japanese warships
fought to the death today in a
mammoth five-day-old battle in
the Coral sea northeast of Aus-
tralia In which American, British
and Australian gunners already
have sunk or crippled at least 13
enemy warships.
United nations headquarters an-
nounced that nine Japanese war-
ships were sunk, including an air-
craft carrier, two cruisers, two
destroyers and four gunboats.
Four other enemy warships and
three non-combat vessels were
damaged.
The fateful struggle still rag-
ing appeared to be the biggest
naval engagement in all American
history and perhaps rivaled in
magnitude the historic battle of
Jutland on May 31. 1916, between
the British and German grand
fleets.
Tokyo Claims Sinkings
Imperial Tokyo headquarters
claimed a toll of five united na-
tions warships including the sink-
ing of a huge U. S. battleship of
the 32.600-ton California class,
the 33,000-ton U. S. aircraft car-
rier Saratoga, and the 19,900-ton
U. 8. aircraft carrier Yorktown.
In addition, Tokyo asserted, a
British battleship of the 30,000-
ton Warsplte type was damaged
heavily, perhaps sunk, and a 10,-
000 - ton Australian cruiser was
damaged and may have gone
down.
In London, the admiralty quick-
ly denied that the Warsplte or
any other British battleship had
been sunk or damaged in the
Coral sea.
The running battle apparently
started Monday off the Solomon
islands and swept westward to
the Coral sea. flaming across
hundreds of miles of the south
Pacific.
.laps Push Into China
Other developments:
Burma—Tokyo headquarters re-
ported Japanese troops driving up
the Burma road had advanced
50 miles into China proper, cap-
turing the town of Lungling.
India—The British said they
would be able to protect the north-
ern entrance to India.
Russian campaign—Adolf Hit-
ler’s field headquarters acknow-
ledged Red armies were striking
heavily in the Ukraine on the
Staray-Russa front and along the
Volkhov river about 60 miles below
Leningrad.
Soviet dispatches said German
warplanes were pressing a futile
offensive against Russia's far
Northern rail and war communi-
Fine Ordered In
structors In outside schools, and
Four men were saved from one J Martin estimated that it costs $750
I merchant man from a crew of to train an average employe.
Tlatf Controversy 32 and were broueht h«e by a He sakl that S1X m0Ilths
, j Norwegian ship that there were no women ,n the
ALVA, May 8—(U.R)—Mrs. Beulah 1 lsked destruction to make the plant; now there are 4,500 on the
Carter Mort, head of a private j rescue. Ten of 37 on the other (loor and 3 000 more are going ln
school in a Woods county communi- vessel were saved by a navy plane
ty in northwestern Oklahoma, has which kept vigil above them
been found guilty of violating an throughout tlie night and picked
Oklahoma law requiring that ap- them up at daylight,
proprlate flag ceremonies be con- j Preston Carpenter, 26, fireman
ducted in all schools. from Beaumont, Tex., said he
A county court jury returned the j could see one large German sub
He keeps 700 women constantly
in school, and as soon as they
are able, they go to work and 700
more begin studying.
WHOLE COURSE OF WAR
MAY BE AFFECTED -------------- ------------- I----------------
LONDON, May 8—<*>>—Naval and verdlct yesterday in the first of i marine plainly, a large black
several trials involving members of swastika painted on '
a religious sect. Tlie Jury recom- tower, after the merchant
mended to County Judge J. J. Gias- was hit.
er that a $250 fine be assessed----
against Mrs. Mort.
A dozen patriotic Americans,
each buying one $18.75 U. S. war
bond, will provide $225 for the
cost of one parachute. We need
one for every man in every plane,
thousands of them. And we need
other thousands for training and
use of paratroops.
New Type Ship
To Be Developed
military experts agreed tonight that
the great sea battle raging off the
Solomon islands was the beginning
of the battle for Australia and that
tlie result would have a tremendous
bearing on the whole course of the
war.
Tlie immediate objective of the
Japanese warships appeared to be
to sever the commonwealth lifeline
to the United States.
Warmer Weather For
Oklahoma Is Forecast
Temperatures climbed in Okla-
homa only slightly in the past 24
hours but Weatherman Harry Walil-
gren at Oklahoma City forecast
wanner weather over tiie state, tlie
United Press said.
Highest temperature reported In
the state yesterday was at tlie Ok-
lahoma City airport, which had a
reading of 73 degrees; lowest tem-
perature was at Guymon and Mc-
Alester. which reported 44 degrees.
Tlie high at El Reno was 69. com-
pared to a low of 46 early todRy.
Wahlgren said there was no rain-
fall reported.
WASHINGTON, May 8—(U.R) —
President Roosevelt has ordered
further development of the "sea
otter” type of cargo ship and an-
other experimental model will be
built, it was learned today.
New designs have been prepared,
changing some of the revolutionary
features of the earlier design to
meet objections raised in connection
with the trials of the first full scale
experimental model. The new ves-
sel will bear a new name.
The "sea otter" was projected as
a type of small cargo ship that
could be turned out quickly in large
number. Tlie original design called
for propulsion by gasoline automo-
bile motors, attached to a vertical
hi milady's shaft in the center of the vessel witli
The school operated by Mrs. Mort YVn 1*11 i 11 fr lucnnrl
was closed several weeks ago by a I&SUCll
permanent injunction decreed by A(ruincf I n/ifimr
District Judge O. C. Wybrant. Mrs. LiUUlIIlJ'
Wybranl.
Mort testified she was a member of
Bennett Staying
her'conning I On College Job
*•“**“*•* ship
STILLWATER. May 8—UP—Dr
Henry G. Bennett put himself
definitely out of the gubernatorial
j campaign today by accepting the
presidency of Oklahoma A. and M.
college for another year.
He was re-elected to the col-
(U.R)—Looters lege position Wednesday but made
announcement then regarding
Silk formerly used
silk hose and other finery now goes j the propellers below the hull line,
into parachutes and for every
parachute manufactured. 20 wo-
The new ship will have the pro-
pellers in tlie stern, £s in the case
men will have to lorego tlie pur-|0f conventional type vessels and
chase of a silk dress each. But ! will have them above the hull line
they save money to buy war bonds | s0 that the ship will draw only about
every pay day. 11 feet of water.
Texas Slayer
Pays Penalty
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., May 8— (U,R)
—Lips sealed and his Bible left in
his cell, James M. Alford, 27, paid!
with his life today for the brutal i
murder of a San Antonio, Tex.,
engineer-salesman,
Alford was strapped in the electric
chair at Huntsville penitentiary at
12:02 a. m„ and at 12:12 Dr. M. B.
Hanson, the prison physician, pro-
‘ nounced him dead.
While awaiting trial Alford was
dubbed Bexar county jail's pastor
because of his spiritual ministra-
tions to the vagrants, drunks, pick-
pockets and petty thieves in the
lockup. He organized Bible classes
and preached earnestly to jailers.
A district couid, Jury found him
guilty of bludgeoning R. L. Agnew
with a pistol butt at San Antonio in
tyafeb 1(141.
OKEMAH, May
the Jehovah Witness religious sect. ln the tornado areas have ..........................
ic as a '°ma eg s ature en- warned they are subject to severe the governorship campaign,
acred a law requiring all schools, flne(s ,f convlcUd of stealing
public and private, to provide reg- propert found ,n debrls
ular flag ceremonies to pupils. The
he Issued this
charecs anlnst all members of the I R°y Parham- county attorney
marges against all members of he here sald t ^ w
sect involve alleged violation of tlie
statute.
Judge Glaser said the remaining
triuls would be held immediately.
Picnic Scheduled For
Spanish War Veterans
El Reno members of the United
Spanish War Veterans are plan-
ing a picnic supper and social meet-
ing for all Spanish-Ainerican war
veterans in Legion park on Satur-
day, May 16, it was announced to-
day.
All Spanish war veterans in this
community and also in Oklahoma
City are invited to attend the spe-
cial program, it was said.
There will be a picnic supper at
7 p. m. and afterward a program of
speaking and entertainment.
This afternoon
statement:
"With firm conviction that I
heavily for stripping an automo- can ‘"f serve the stat€ 0fMOkla;
bile near Welty hit by the big *oma " my prese,n‘ poB,Uon’ :1
wjnds have today accepted reappoint-
Any property found was to be "lent,t0 th* pre,f *"Cy „0f °kla*
advertlsed in the mast convenient homahoma A. and M. college.
manner ln order to locate the
rightful owners before anyone
could asume possession, Parham
said.
Relief Corps Planned
To Aid Rehabilitation
Weather
State Forecut
Somewhat warmer late today and
tonight.
El Reno Weather
For 24-hour period ending at-8
a. m. today: High, 69; low. 46; at 8
a. m„ 54.
State of weather, clear.
Rainfall, noue.
WASHINGTON, May 8-t)P>—Gov-
ernment officials are planning a
relief corps to rush into territories
tlie United nations reconquer, car-
rying food, medical aid and other
supplies for rebuilding the axis-
shattered world.
Three Die In
Blazing Truck
Eight Fatalities On
Highways Recorded
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three persons perished in a blaz-
ing truck near Blackwell last night
to bring to a fiery conclusion one of
the blackest days on tlie road that
Oklahoma lias seen this year—a total
of eight dead.
State highway patrolmen tenta-
tively identified the driver of the
truck as W. H. Snodderly, 32, Mount
Ida, Ark., but a woman and child
found in the blazing wreckage were
burned bej-ond recognition.
The truck crashed into a bridge
six miles east of Blackwell.
Frank Harrell. 23. Oklahoma City,
died early today in an Oklahoma
City hospital of head injuries suf-
fered when the car ln whicli he was
riding and the Rock Island Rocket
collided five miles southeast of Ok-
lahoma City yesterday. His father.
Claud E. Harrell, 57. died instantly.
Oklahoma City's streets took two
other lives—Charles Roland Brink-
ley. a prescription clerk, killed when
his motorcycle and an automobile
collided, and 2-year-old Kenneth
Rades, struck down by a hit-and-
run driver.
Irby R. Elkner, 54. Altus motor
car dealer, was killed when the car
in which he was riding overturned
in loose gravel near 8nyder.
BOND FORFEITED
Raymond Nail, 25. southwest ol
town, forfeited $5 bond Thursday
night ln municipal court on a charge
of speeding, records of Lee Harvey,
chief of police, showed today.
Three Trainmen Die
As Engine Explodes
i BAINBRIDGE. Ga.. May 8-lU.R)—
Traffic was resumed over the At-
lantic coastline route tluougli here
after removal of wreckage from a
passenger train, the engine of which
exploded, killing three of the train
crew and derailing several coaches.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 60, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1942, newspaper, May 8, 1942; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc920741/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.