The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 212, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 5, 1944 Page: 1 of 10
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: El Reno Daily Tribune and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
No. 2 Tin
Standard
Much More
No. 2 Tin
;h
. lb. 43c
lb. 41c
.lb. 18c
IIOULDEK
l and B
I0AST
lilts
.... 25c
JSTED FOODS
_______box 28c
______ box 26c.
____ box 25c
T8 box 39c
box 27c
The El Reno Daily Tribune
igle Copy, Five Cents
\ Letter To
3ear Joe
Items About El Reno
|| Incidents and Persons
■ Are Summarized Here
} For Men in Service
»
Nov. 4, 1944
i KAIt JOE: Here's a little of this
and that about folks you know,
Jllch we hope will be of some
rest to you. wherever you may I
|
torporal Richard W Roberts. I
'umet. serving with a tank divi- |
''. was wounded slightly Oct. 6 in I
*ion in Germany.
Lieutenant Robert L. Parker of
4 first marine division now is in
base hospital at Guadalcanal. |
’re he Is receiving treatment lor
apnel wounds suffered on Pele-
f island in September.
^trs. Jack McKInster, the former
xie Smith, has returned from
Jnple. Tex., where she visited her
|band who now is receiving treat-
,it at McCloskey General hos-
((«1. Private First Class McKIns-
was wounded In France last June
|>le serving with army para-
<U.» MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Sunday, November 5, 1944
Orchard Bivouac
OP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
%
Volume 53, No. 212
Soldiers for the ninth air force service command in their swift movement from Normandy to
Bcigundy rested in pup tents and never tarried long in one place. Engineers repaired the French highways,
aviation engineers built air strips, and food and munitions were brought forward without delay to Amer-
ican combat units.
jAFF SERGEANT HARRY
^ MOSS, who played a lot of
cball for El Reno a few years
tk. lias been awarded the air
- lal, his mother, who now lives
-]Ada. has been notified by the
runanding general of the army
*
Busy Week Ends
For Girl Scouts i
Interest Crowing In
El Reno Activities
''Todav marked the end of Girl
Scout week, a period of intensive
Seoul activities in El Reno, design-
ed to follow the national program
and to acquaint the citizens of El
Reno with what the Girl Scouts are
doing here and what they WHiit to
Lxr do. as rapidly as adequate facilities
it bombardier on a Flying Fort-rcan l,p developed." Mis George R
1
forces. Moss lias been a prison-
!bf the Japanese since May 1942.
j’n he was taken caplive at the
i of Manila. He now is hi Osuka
1.011 in Japan.
echnical Sergeant Herbert Dub-
stein. with the eighth army air
e based in England, has been
I trded a third oak leaf cluster to
previously-won air medal. He
2 for 15c
t. a veteran of more than 33
light missions against German
:ets.
BAFF SERGEANT LEONARD
NILES, who served seven
iths In tlie Euroiiean I healer
a ball turret gunner on a B-17.
ionic on furlough after 31 mis-
ts.
iso home on furlough is Stall
geant Wlii’iuu R Hensley, who
cd eight mon Ills in I lie Medltrr-
|ijean arpn as engineer-gunner on
‘ B-24. making 37 combat inls-
ju>-
(J'orporal Donald Kipper, who has
J.ied 27 months in the Asiatic and
iflc theaters of nitrations with
1 ordnance branch of the army
1,’iices. also is back in the U. 8
W 'lyde McFarland, cliief macliin-
Kls mate in the navy, is spending
Bo-day leave willi ids parents liere
I,er serving 18 months in the
• diterranean area.
.Ilaff Sergeant William J. Mr-
[iftney. a mechanic wlUi tlie army
forces in the European theater
28 months, has gone to Miami.
, for reassignment after a fur-
|:',gh here.
I'niVATE ROBERT WICKWARF
D. has arrived in the Pacific Ml a
J 'orporul Murvel Hlnricksen. serv-
V with the army engineers, lias
hived in New Guinea, where lie
£• assigned from Camp Beale,
Rif.
|lergeant Virdiu Royse. in llie in-
.ifitry. has arrived In England.
JaUL EDWARD STEARNS ha;
been graduated from the mer-
nnt marine arademy at Kings
jiJit, N. Y.. receiving a license as
j.jhlrd assistant engineering officer
.. the nierclianl marine, a com-
Lision as ensign in the naval re-
I jve and rank of ensign in the
jritiitie service. He received pre-
] I nary training Ht Pass Cliris-
|f(i. Miss., after wliicli he served
months as engine cadel-mld-
gfpman aboard merchant slilps be-
reporting In the academy nine
Tlnths ago.
M.'linton E Bowling, private first
|jss. now is a clerk-typist at the
,;at Bend. Kan, army air field.
^LIFFORD GOLDEN, wlio recent-
ly was promoted to gunner's
jte second class In the navy,
fi arrived In the south Pacific
la
S.'lifford Wlilteman. with the 15tli
Ijiiy air force based in Italy, has
f In promoted to corporal.
[oRPORAL KENNETH <3 U I'M BY
and Staff Sergeant Jack Hen-
Lisen now are stationed at the
toe base in Australia
[jSergeant Calvin Strate, gunner
a B-24. lias been transferred from
hgland to Italy. His brother. Liru-
I ant Harry Strate. who lias served
(rrseas. Is completing an instruc-
ts’ eourse in navigation at Mon-
La.
Mansell Keith, aviation cadet, lias
.•n transferred from Santa Anti
[lif., to Gardner Field. Taft, Calif.,
, primary training in the army
forces. His wife is witli him.
Angell. chairman of the El Reno
Girl Scout committee. said Satur-
day.
A total of six Girl Scout troops
and two Brownie packs are now
registered in El Reno, representing
an organization of 136 members,
plgllt. troop leaders, right assistant
leaders and 19 troop committee
members. All these troops were ac-,
tivated last spring and registered
in May as the result ol organization
work- dons -by Miss Gertrude Camp-
bell, field worker, who spent 12
days In El Reno with the local
connnitlee on a re-organization pro-
gram designed to obtain qualified
adult leadership and sponsorship.
Five new Irooiis—two at Central,
two at Irving, and one at Lincoln
school— are now In the process of
formation. Two of these arc Scout
Did You Hear
-o-
nillVATK HENRY COOK.
F serving witli the 79th divi-
sion. has arrived in France. He
Is the son of Mrs. Freda Cook.
218's South Bickford avenue. His
wile and children arc making
their home at Greenfield.
Private Leonard F. Stine, with
the fipld artillery. Is another El
Renoite who has arrived in
France, according to word re-
ceived by liis mother. Mrs. Josie
L Stine. 208 Nortli Macomb ave-
nue. His father. George F
Stine, also lives in El Reno.
-o-
Cadet. Albert Brown, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Brown.
1008 South Miles avenue, has
earned places on both the aca-
demic and disciplinary honor
rolls at Missouri Military aca-
demy. Mexico, Mo.
Cut Asked in
Oil Allowable
Waste Is Alleged In
West Edmond Field
Rites Set For
Miss Ftta Dale
Sehools anti Stores
Closing lor Funeral
Memorial rites for Miss Etta Dale.
veteran El Reno school teacher who | mcnls hurrying northward in an
died Thursday night at her home.! aPP»ient attempt to bulwark the
Americans Open
Terrific Assaults
Against Key Town
MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR-
TERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. Sun-
day. Nov. 5—(A3)—The American 24th
division lias commenced a land and
aerial assault against Plnamopoan,
koy Carigara bay town at the north-
ern terminus of the Ormoc valley
highway, headquarters reported to-
day
The enemy lias prepared "hasty
defense positions" in the hills front-
ing tlie plains north of American
encircled Ormoc. key port of Ley-
te's west coast, the statement add-
ed.
Tlie Japanese are attempting to
protect their last footholds on Ley-
te around Ormoc.
Ceunter-Blows Repulsed
American forces "bloodily" re-
pulsed an enemy counter-attack at
Capookan. midway between Ameri-
can-held Carigara and Plnamopoan,
seven miles westward along Cari-
gara bay.
American fighters continued low
level strafing attacks on enemy mo-
torized convoys rolling northward
from Ormoc along the valley high-
way.
Planes yesterday heavily assaulted
a 10-hiile-long convoy composed of
newly landed Japanese reinforce^
Election Officials Named
For All County Precincts
Inspector, Judge and Clerk Designated For
Each Poll; Voting Hours Are Specified
505 South Rock Island avenue, will
be conducted at 2:30 p. m. Mon-
day in tlie auditorium of the jun-
ior highsrhool building which hears
liOr name.
Flags at all public schools in El
Reno will fly at half-staff Monday
morning, and all schools will close
at noon Monday for tlie remainder
of tlie day. to permit teachers and
students to attend the services.
Faul R. Taylor, superintendent of
schools, is 111 general charge of ar-
rangements for tlie funeral services.
Rev. J. W Hodges, president of the
El Reno ministerial alliance and
pastor of tlie First Baptist church,
will officiate in behalf of the
(hurdles ol El Reno. Rev Hixtges
will lie assisted by other ministers
of tlie rity.
A tribute, in behalf of Miss Dale's I
former pupils, will lie given by Bob-1
by Lee Morrison, now a student in
the University of Oklahoma.
Pallbearers Chosen
Active pallbearers, all of whom
crumbling imperial lines on Cari-
gara bay.
The new aerial attacks forced
“continual dispersal of troops and
vehicles,” said the communique, and
effectively prevented organized
movement along the highway.
Enemy Attacks Limited
American forces also repulsed
night infiltration attempts by Jap-
anese west of Dagami in the cen-
tral Leyte valley.
Enemy air attacks were limited to
persistent “night harrasslng raids
against shore installations causing
moderate damage.”
__________ Anderson-Prichard Oil corpoia-1 are former pupils of Miss Dale, will
troops, the oilier three. Brownie Un" h" flIed «l>Phcatin" with the lie Fred Wewerka, Kermlt P Scliaf-
packs stale corporation commission to re- er, Emerson R Kelso. F Hayward
I cadres llesimaie.l durF ,hp I1''1-*' " "Mowable of (lie Wright. William L Funk and Dr
West Edmond field to 150 barrels or Mnlcotn E. Phelps.
Pi e.sent Girl Lc-out leadership and v.s per day Hearing has been ' Usliers will be El Reno hlghschool I December last year.
o|H ialions in El Reno include. set for Nor. 28. youths who are former pupils ol To the end of September the
Troop No. 1 Mrs Ross Cleaver Tlie company alleges waste is be- Miss Dale, and the choir, directed j ,0111 recovery ironi wells in the
and Mrs. E. F’. Houser leaders, sjion- mg created under the present 200- —_________ ! Canadian county sector of the West
sored by the First Christian church, barrel pci-well allowable, in that the Stores in downtown El Reno will Edmond field was 97,776 barrels of
County's Oil
Output Mounts
Figures Compiled
On Total Production.
Election officials who will serve
In all precincts of Canadian coun-
ty for the general election Tues-
day, Nov. 7. have been appointed,
it was announced Saturday by J.
L. Patman, secretary of the county
election board.
Polls at El Reno will be open
from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m Tuesday,
with polls in all other precincts
of the county will open at 8 a m.
and close at 6 p. m.
Election officials for all prr-
t incts in the county, showing the
inspector. Judge and clerk for each
precinct. In the order named, were
listed by Patman as follows:
El Reno 1-A—J_ O. Irwin, Miss
June Coykendall, Mrs. Sam Wal-
lace.
El Reno 1-B—Mrs. S. E. French,
Mrs. R. W. Thom. Mrs. C. L.
McGill.
El Reno 1-C—ChHiles B Tye,
Mrs. John Caldwell, Mrs. Bill
Martin.
El Reno 2-A—Mrs. G. L. Ohol-
ston. Mrs. Herbert Wleman, Mrs.
G, W. Brown.
El Reno 2-B—Mrs. Robert Bums,
Mrs. James Murray, Mrs. G. F.
Hodgklnson.
Candidates Fire
Heavy Blasts
Roosevelt Criticizes
Republican Tactics
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Roosevelt called Satur- authorized The Tribune to an-
day night for at least 50,000.000 votes nounoe his randldary for re-elec-
on Tuesday and declared himself tion as member of the Canadian
anxious to win because "never be- j county board of commissioners for
fore in my lifetime has a campaign the first district,
been filled with sucli misrepresenta- Stanley is basing Ills candidacy
tion. distortion and falsehood." chiefly upon his experience as a
In the final major address of his Publlc ofn'tal and his long record
fourth term campaign to a crowd of efficient -and economical opera-
assembled in Boston. Mr Roosevelt Uon Be*ore dicing elected to the
declared that never since 1928 "have board of county commissioners, he
there been so many attempts to served as county assessor,
stimulate in America racial or rcli- Programs Supported
gtmis ’fntoleranr.r** • -----
He pronounced the American peo-
E1 Reno 2-C — George Scott,
James Moore, Lula Mae Fibhei.
El Reno 3-A—Tom Avant. Mrs.
H. E. Harrison, Mrs Ed wild
Greenan.
El Reno 3-B—C. O. Shaw, Mrs
Ben Anderson, Mrs. R. L. Steven-
son.
El Reno 3-C- Mrs. Ralph Gam-
ble, Mrs. C. W. Feaglns, Mrs. P.
H. Higginbotham.
El Reno 3-D—C. E. Welden. Mrs
Harold Erbar. Mrs. Clay Wellborn.
F.7 Reno 4-A—Ed Sheets. Mrs.
J. N. Kicker, Mrs. Homer Rick-
etts.
El Reno 4-B- Walter P. Crites,
Mrs. Pearl Oateka Mrs. J. T. Doug-
las.
El Reno 4-C—William McCart-
ney, Mrs. Charles S. Forbes. Mrs
Jess Ozmun.
Calumet—F. M. Laughltn. John
Brannon, Mrs. George Leighton.
Cement—Joe Lodes, Newton Ran-
dall, T. J. Wiewel.
Darlington 1—Louis Anderson, A.
G. Samuelson, Ed Spear.
Darlington 2—J. H. Reichert,
Fred Schwab, Eldon Royse.
• PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8i
Stanley Asking
For Re-Election
Candidacy Is Based
On Public Record
John Stanley, Republican, has
Canadian county has yielded more
than 100,000 barrels of crude oil
to the war effort since first pro-
duction was found here late in
Meetings aie held at the church reservoir Is being damaged, to the close Monday during the funeral of
Membership includes Junior high- rxtent there will lie a reduction In Mias Etta Dale out of respect to her
school girls. ultimate recovery of oil. memory and so that employes who
Troop No 2 Mrs O R Roinhie General erratic condition of tlip wish to «lo so mav attend Ihe ser-
and Mrs. Elmer Schwab, leaders reservoir includes: vires, it was announced Saturday
sponsored by tlie First Christian Increase in salt water on the afternoon.
church Membership includes sixth structure, particularly in the south}---
grade girls from Lincoln school. end of (lie field; decline in reset- by Mrs. Sanford Babcock, will lie
Troop No. 3 Mrs. J. B. Hicks voir pressures; increase in gas-oil pomposed entirely of
and Mrs. R F Wilson, leaders, spoil- ratios; inability of some wells to students.
oil, the state conservation depart-
ment reported Saturday. .
There are seven wells completed
In the Hunton lime zone and two
in the Bartlesville sand zone at
this time Tlie Hunton wells are
permitted to produce 200 barrels
each dailv. while the Bartlesville
her former | wells are doing around 100 barrels
each.
11 tlie Webster P.-T. A make the allowable of 200 barrels T'1'1 body will lie in state In the, First reported oil runs from the
Mselinqs are held at Webster dally. Junior liighscliool auditorium from county, on the state record, was
chonl. Membership bicludes fifth Two weeks ago. salt water show- noon until time for the services, for January when pipeline con-
and fixlli grade girls at Webster. ed up in Hie Anderson-Prichard Hurial will be made at El Reno I nections were made at the Dickey
I roop No. 4 Mrs Weslpy Irwins- No. 1 Merriner. in NE SW of 18- with Benson funeral home in charge • Oil company No. 1 Kate Young
kv and Mrs Asa Johnson, leaders. 13N-4W. and the company’s No. 3 nf arrangements. i In September these runs totaled
sponsored by Ihe First Melliodist Crookham. in NW NE of 17-13N- Mlss Dale, who was born Apr. 5.125.941 barrels, and were expected
• PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8> 4W Tlie wells were working-over 1 *n Cedar county. Missouri, had to exceed this figure for the
I to remedy conditions. taught school in Canadian county j month of October.
During tlie week it was revealed '"*2 years. She taught three years at Production from the entire state
that salt water had moved in on ®anner, starting in 18R9. before be- . totaled 10.363.620 barrels, or a
the Solilo Petroleum No. 1 Funk. Binning Iter long service at El Reno I daily average of 345.454 barrels
In C SE SE of 24-14N-5W. at least'011 Nov- 30- 1B92 daily. This was at the highest rate
Canning Sugar Han
Effective Nov. 15
n mile north of the so-called "wa-
. !at!in!ni. ,b°flrd. .l'!,'\ r*Ce!V.ed working* over 'rhisls a wesT^ge
The Canadian county war price
notice from the Oklahoma Citv
office of the OPA that the Issuance
of canning sugar will be discon-
tinued. effective Nov. 15. The crit-
ical .situation of sugar supplies at.
this time was riled as the reason
for the stoppage.
Tlie OPA announcement pointed
well In Canadian county.
Reckless Driving
Charge Denied
Attorney ior
50 Years at Central | since February of last year, and
She completed 50 years of service , compares with a dally average of
at principal of Central school In 329.241 barrels dally In September
May 1942, and although she resign- j last year,
ed from the faculty that month, she i
re-entered the system in fall of
1942 to teach one more year, as a j
member of the liighscliool staff. She
was principal at Central school from !
Ihe time it was founded until her
Youths Are Given
Suspended Terms
Fred Mayfield. 17, and Junior
John Walker Ellis, resignation. pine. 17. both of Mustang, were
out that in the first yeat of siiRar 27. of Sand Springs, charged with Miss Dale, who taught with ev-! given suspended sentences of three
During Ills,service oji the boa rtf
he has cooperated fully with state
pie conipetent~to judg'e"a"po'liUcal "»«°n»l programs and friends
party which he described as “work- ftaU> thaL h,e *f fu“y qualified
lug both sides of the street “ 10 rooPerate >"i the new programs
„ ... , that are expected to be instituted
A Republican candidate." he said. w,thtn thP nrxt two vpars
asserted here in Boston the Com- construction and maintenance nf
muntsts are seizing control of tlie P0Unf.y roads Jlas ^ ra„.,Pd on
new deal through which they aim dpsplte Revere handicaps created
, governmenl of thc by wartime problems, the candl-
United States. jdate sa,d
“Which Is It?" He pointed out. that most of th“
"On the same day, in Worchester,5 county road equipment is worn
tlie same candidate had declared a out- and that repairs are not avall-
Republican victory could end one- able, and that most of the ex-
man government and remove the perienced workers have been call-
threat of monarchy In the United |ecl Into the armed forces or war
States.
"Now. really—which is It—com-
munism or monarchy?" he inquired.
“I do not think we could have
both In this country, even if we
wanted either—which we do not.”
plants.
Expenses Curtailed
Despite the wartime difficul-
ties handicapping road work and
also other operations of the coun-
ty government, Stanley stated that
he has consistently promoted the
We want neither communism or pPst operations possible under the
monaichy We want to live under circumstances and at the same
our constitution, which has served time kept expenses as low as pos-
pretty well for 155 years.” sible
Dewey Says War Prolonged In addition to supervision of
In New York, Governor Thomas county road work, the board of
E. Dewey asserted Saturday night county commissioners is responsible
that President Roosevelt’s "own for the operation of all other of-
confessed incompetence” has pro- flces in the county government,
longed the war in Europe. making the commissioners man-
The Republican presidential nom-1agera 0 fa "lilllon-dollar business,
inee said that publication of what
he called “the private plan" of Sec-
retary of the Treasury Henry Mor-
genthau "for disposing of the Ger-
man people after the war was as
good as 10 fresh German divisions
to the enemy."
"It put fight back into the Ger-
man army." Dewey declared. "It
stiffened the will of the German
nation to resist. Almost overnight,
the headlong retreat of the Ger-
mans stopped. They stood and
fought fanatically."
The Morgenthau plan was de-
standlng service and exemplary con-
duct" in action against tlie enemy
following operations of the 307th
regiment. 77th division, during the
battle for Guam.
The badge, reserved for army
scribed in published reports as call- I ground troops, is particularly aim-
Spitler Receives
Infantry Bad^e
Private Orville F. Spitler. 20. son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F’. Spitler, Ban- , „
ner route 2. has been awarded the I Ferernc SzalBSi's recently formed
combat infantry badge for "out- "field a,my" which had been thrown
Americans Are
Driven Back
From Schmidt
First Army to North
Holds Firm Under
Severe Counter-Blows
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oerman tanks and infantry Sat-
urday drove tlie Americans from the
forest town of Schmidt—high water
mark of allied Invasion of the relch,
15 miles southeast of Aachen—but
U. 8. first army lines to the north
held firm under a rain of counter-
blows.
A few minutes after the dough-
boys withdrew, swarms of U. S. dive
bombers summoned by the ground
forces flattened Schmidt, making
pass after pass until only the walls
of two houses remained standing, a
front dispatch said.
Allied troops clearing the west-
ern flank in southwestern Holland
for 'the Impending offensives ham-
mered forward two miles in a gen-
eral advance that swept to within
three miles of the last German es-
cape ridge at Mocrdijk. now within
easy artillery range.
A few thousand enemy rear guards
were pressed into a strip three miles
deep on the southern bank of the
Maas river and these were under
aerial assault as their transport col-
umns jammed the roads.
British Spear Northward
Tlie battle spread along the Maas
nearly 20 miles east to a point west
'S-Hertgoenbosch. where the British
under a violent artillery barrage
broke across Aftwaterlng canal, and
fought north more than a mile In
a new drive to unhinge the enemy’s
east flank and shove the last Ger-
mans across the river.
Fighting blazed on flooded Wal-
cheren Island where the enemy gar-
rison of 2,000 to 4,000 was hemmed
In east of Mlddlcburg and exposed
to a terrific barrage from land and
naval guns.
U. S. infantrymen in eastern Hol-
land. defying mud and mortars,
plowed ahead more than two miles
and recaptured Ospel, 16 miles
southeast of the allied base and
Eindhoven, thereby erasing nlmost
all the gains ground out by the
abortive enemy offensive a week
ago. ' • —-
Russian tank forces battered at
Ihe gates of shell swept Budapest
Saturday as other Soviet troops 50
miles to tlie southeast toppled the
Tisza river stronghold of Szolnok
in a great wheeling movement on
(lie imperiled Hungarian capital.
Marshal Joseph Stalin announced
In an order of the dav the fall of
Szolnok on the double trunk railway
Into Budapest.
Tlie Germans were sent reeling
northward. Ilielr direct escape route
into the capital severed.
Rattles Rage Elsewhere
Berlin announced Ihe Russians
temporarily had seized Verses and
Ullo. only five and eight miles
southeast of Budapest, but said they
were then thrown out of those rail
towns In fierce counter-attacks
French radio broadcasts said Red
army tank spearheads already had
broken into Budapest’s suburbs but
this was not confirmed by Moscow.
However, dispatches from the So-
viet capital and Berlin broadcasts
said Russian artillery and planes
were pumping explosives into tlie
capital.
Ding caravans of vehicles jammed
with fugitives headed westward
across Danube bridges out of the
city, the British said.
Soviet dispatches said large Ger-
man tank formations had been wiped
out in the Red army's northward
push between the Danube and Tisza
I rivers.
Hungarian captives were quoted
as saying that Prime Minister
lallonliiK 490.000 tons of sugar were reckless driving, entered a plea of cry superintendent of schools that i vears In tlie state reformatory at'in8 for reductlon °f Germany to an!"1 recognizing the difficult task
“r So ■lo' ^ in u,e E, Reno ever has had. earned Un' Granite when they pleaded guilty I “^cultura! state Wenrl, ° 8^
into the battle outside Budapest
had been wiped not or routed.
A German battalion which arrived
just a few days ago from Germany
also was sent fleeing back into
Budapest's immediate fortifications.
far in 1944. 1.100.000 tons of sugar Justice of peace court of I. W Alex- distinction of holding'a p^ltion'Vn I Saturday Uieir^rmtamfeiU.0'^.!
have lieen released for the same anrler Friday. Bond was set at *50. the same school system longer than fore Judge Lucius Babcock in Ca- I
purposi. This enormous Increase with trial scheduled Dec. 1.
lias disrupted the entire sugar E1Us was as Ulp resu„
rationing program and has greatly of an accident which occurred two
depleted the reserve sugar stocks. miies west of Yukon the night of
Oct. 31 A sedan operated east on U.
any teacher in Oklahoma.
Numerous high honors were won
•PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8)
t'ERE'S a wish that this reaches
you in good health and high
Its.
—Your Hometown Reporter.
Russell Thomas, Pilol,
Spending Furlough Here
Lieutenant. Russell Thomas, wl
lias been serving overseas witli (lie
Navy Lieutenant Home
From Overseas Service
nadian county district court on |
charges of burglary.
Tlie youths were charged In con- j
nectlon with burglary of the;
Brothers in Army Are
Given New Assignments
ler on recommendation of his com
pany commander at the close of the
campaign. Spider's company fought
at Barrigada. where tlie regiment
encountered its stiffest resistance
on the island.
Spitler was Inducted in September
hi me navy, has ai-
rbed in Oklahoma City after 26
county court as yet.
Tlie cabin, from which bedding
and other equipment was taken, is
S highway 66 by John Slielian of
Los Angeles. Calif., and a gasoline
truck, driven west, by Ellis, col-
lided. Tlie Slielian car was dam-
Llpuienant Russell Thomas, who ”grd px,f'"stvplV Mr. and Mrs
Blielian wer« brought, to tlie El
army air forces the past year, ar- aahitafium for first aid treat-
rived In El Reno Friday night to n,Pnt of illJ,lllps-
MH'nd a 21-day furlough In tlie and Ireland ,
home of his parents. Mr and Mrs PAUL MASON DEPARTS j Lieutenant Powell will be reas- l’iw Site “ h“n‘*
R. O. Thomas, 212 South Evans Ensign Paul Mason has depart- signed after a 30-dav leave Mrs
avenue for N«w York City, after spend- Powell is the former Miss Frances
Lieutenant Thomas. .1. a pilot in ing a 16-day leave with his wife Lea Hodges, daughter of Rev and
the air transport command, has at 618 South Williams avenue and Mrs. J W Hodges 704 South
been based in Arabia, flying between his p,rents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A, comb avmiu”^!£. ^Powril‘res^
Africa and India. He is a graduate Mason. 918 South Macomb avenue, in Oklahoma Citv where until rr-
Reno hlghschool and of El Ensign Mason was accompanied by ccntly. she has been employed at
fiininr mii*»o#» Wifp .« — r J
„. . ,,, „ . . , j staff Sergeant Avery L. Slimp ---------------------------
Charles W. Kune cabin In the south- { lias departed for Camp Beale. Calif, 1943 at Fort Sill and sent to Camp
east corner of Canadian county on j after spending a furlough In the Fannin. Tex, for basic training.
' Four other youths also home of his mother. Mrs. Alma Then after three months on the
rPn r*1Hr8od In connection | Baker. 612 North Rock Island ave- west coast he was sent to the 13th
LtriilriiBiit, Joseph Z Powell sun- 1 the °*fensc *>llt have not ^en rue He formerly was stationed at replacement depot in Hawaii and
ply officer in the iihvv has* 1 appa allPd 11 c°unty court as yet. AhprrlpPn PmUm. n-mma* i, ik„ t, ■_ i_
ZettlZ' .T? W!,iCd ! * Knno f»lice captain zt
time he was stationed in England Oklahoma City, and other Oklaho-
of El
Reno Junior college
the Douglas aircraft plant.
BOND FORFEITED
John Adolph Frank Werner. 25.
of Kingfisher, charged with pos-
session of liquor on Nov. 3, forfeit-
ed a 85 50 bond in municipal court
Saturday, according to records of
Lee Harvey, chief of police.
Aberdeen Proving Orounds. Md. assigned to the 77th division in
HLs brother. Private First Class July 1944. shortly before it sailed
Andy K Slimp. who recently re- on the Guam expedition,
turned to the United States after He attended Union City high-
29 months in the infantry overseas, school and worked on his father's
has been transferred to Fort Sam farm before his induction.
Houston, Tex, from Hot Springs.--
Ark. WAGNER HOME
Another brother. Honia W. Slimp. Private Tice Wagner, jr„ serv-
serving at a base hospital in China, Ing with the army transportation
has been promoted from corporal to corps at Camp Roberson. Ark, is
Two Decrees Of
Divorce Granted
Two divorces were granted by
Judge Lucius Babcock after hear-
ings were conducted Saturday in Ca-
nadian county district court, accord-
ing to records In tlie office of Frank
Taylor, court clerk.
F O. Yeoman was divorced from
Alta Yeoman after alleging ex-
treme cruelty, and a property set-
tlement was approved by the court.
The couple was married May 3. 1943,
at Clinton
Alice Maxine Lyle obtained a de-
cree from Ervin Delov Lyle, with
the plaintiff given the custody ol
I wo children. Bette Kae. born Dec.
27. 1939. and Randall D, bom Dec.
27, 1941 The plaintiff also was
awarded 850 per month as malnte-
sergeant. spending a 15-day furlough with | nance for the children. The couple
A fourth brother. Marvin Slimp. his wife and son and his parents, was married Mar. 21 1939 in Okla-
who also is in the army, is serving Mr and Mrs. Tice Wagner, all homa county Extreme cruelty was
overseas. 0f 615 North Evans avenue. I alleged as grounds for the divorce.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 212, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 5, 1944, newspaper, November 5, 1944; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc920974/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.