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Hie Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
The El Reno Daily Tribune
Single Copy, Three Cents
W MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Blue Ribbon Daily Newspaper Serving Oklahoma’s Blue Ribbon Area
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941
Yon Can Boy It For
Leas In El Reno
(U.PJ MEANS UNITED PRESS
VOLUME 49, NO. 294
BUDGET IAW TO
PAV STATE DEBT
State - Printed Textbooks
Viewed Favorably
By Committee
These Pictures Reveal Meaning of Germany’s New Order
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OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. "7—
—Governor Leon Phillips, squaring
away for a fight to pass his bud-
get-balancing amendment, declar-
ed today the current debt of a-
round $12,000,000 could not be
funded without it.
Citing the last supreme court
opinion on the subject, which held
that last funding issue could be
made to pay the debt but de-
clared there could be no more in
the future, Phillips said:
“It would be a job to write an
opinion Justifying another funding
debt without this amendment.”
He referred to a clause in the j
referendum to be referred to a
vote Mar. 11, providing that the
legislature may issue bonds to pay
the current debt.
The governor praised the legis-
lature for passing the referendum
and predicted the current session
would be a short one.
“Faster Than Ever Before”
"We’re getting along faster than
ever before in history," Phillips
said.
The house education committee
reported favorably today a bill for
state-written, state-printed text-
books to be rented to students at
10 cents a year each. f
Setting up a new textbook com-
mission. the measure would pro-
vide for a publishing plant on the
capitol grounds and make It a
felony for sabatoge in book prep-
aration or inserting subversive ma-
terial in a book.
While chances for the measure
may be regarded as doubtful, one
of the authors, Tommie Jelks,
Orady county, said it had gained
support He said parents and
teachers had expressed approval.
Coordinating Board Favorrd
Phillips said today he hoped
to show legislators the need for
adoption of the coordinating board
constitutional amendment when all
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OF ARMYPLANES
Testimony of A1 Williams
Evokes Statement From
Secretary Stimson
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14 Former Exalted Rulers
Attend Elks Meeting
Fourteen past exalted rulers of
the El Reno Elks lodge were honor-
ed at a dinner-meeting of more
than 200 members and women guests r
roii'egT'p^s"denulinaiKiaV's'ecr”e" Thursda>' nl«h' ln the Elks home
These uncensored pictures out of Poland provide a <$"
comprehensive story of how the Poles are faring under
the regime established after the German blitzkrieg re-
duced their country to a vassal state. At the left, chil-
dren wait in line to get a pail of water at a public foun-
tain in Lublin. A pail costs one pfennig. Entire sections
of the great Polish industrial city have no water o r
sewage pipes. At the right, a Jewish boy, barely of
school age, spreads chlorine along a sidewalk as an hy-
gienic measure against the ever-present danger of epi-
demics in the humanity-packed Warsaw ghetto. Note
the German soldier. (NEA Photos.)
Both Automobile Drivers)
Exonerated
tariea and board of regents mem-
bers met Feb. 14 at the capitol.
The proposed amendment would
place the state’s 18 institutions of
higher education under a single
board of regents and a chancellor.
Phillips plans to get all of the
presidents and members of various
boards together to show the com-
petition for appropriations exist-
ing among Oklahoma's Institutions.
After the dinner the guests were
entertained at bridge while mem-
bers attended a lodge session con-
ducted by the past exalted rulers
present.
Past exalted rulers present were
Charles O. Wattson. A. T. March,
Two El Reno boys were Injured
Thursday in two similar accidents,
on-’ boy walking into an automobile
and the other riding a bicycle Into
the side of a passing car, police de-
partment traffic records showed to-
day.
Victor Cash, 15, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Cash. 411 North Bick-
ford avenue, received a serious
shoulder injury when he rode his
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 —<yP)—
Secretary Henry L. Stimson In-
formed the senate foreign rela-
tions committee today the war de-
partment expected "accelerated de-
liveries" to the army air corps of
the latest type of combat planes
’’within four to six months."
Chairman Walter F. George
(Democrat, Georgia) placed in the
committee record a letter from the
secretary of war containing this
assertion after Major A1 Williams,
former navy speed flier, had test-
ified that he believed there was
“not a single seater, Interceptor
fighting plane In the United States
today that is modern in any sense
of the word, either ln armor, fire
power or performance.”
Williams said the United States
armed forces have no fighting
planes that can "hold a candle" to
the British and German pursuit
I ships clashing in combat over Eng-
I land today.
Air Forces "Stripped"
Williams, opposing the administ-
ration lease-lend bill before the
senate foreign relations commit-
tee, asserted that this country's air
forces were being "stripped” of
planes needed for the secondary
training of military pilots because
such ships were being turned over
to Great Britain.
A policy of "no more concessions"
on the administration’s aid-to-
Britain bill was agreed upon by
the house democratic leadership
shortly before the fight over fur-
ther amendments to the measure
was resumed on the house floor.
Second Precaution Taken
Alter writing into the Brltlsh-
aid hill a second prohibition against
use of convoys, the house refused
to exclude Soviet Russia from
countries for which defense ma-
terials might be produced.
By a teller vote of 185 to 94, the
house defeated an amendment by
Representative George Tinkham
(Republican. Massachusetts) mak-
ing Russia the only specific ex-
ception among nations “whose de-
fense the president deems vital to
the defense of the United States
and which conceivably could be
provided with military equipment
from the U. 8.
Did You Hear
r’RANCES LEA HODGES,
* daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
J. W. Hodges. 704 South Ma-
comb avenue, Is one of 18 stu-
dents In Oklahoma Baptist uni-
versity, Shawnee, to be listed
on the first semester honor roll.
Miss Hodges, a senior in the
university, was graduated from
El Reno hlghschool in 1937.
Since matriculation ln O. B. U.
she has become a member of
B. S. U., College Players, Court-
ney, drum and bugle corps, Ha-
tharean social club. Interna-
tional Relations club. Sigma
Alpha Iota and Y. W. A.
Less than 3 percent of the
student body make the dis-
tinctive scholarship list which
requires all grades o( A and B,
with more than 50 percent A.
D. Q. Bradford. 21, and Ed-
ward D. Massey, 22, both of
Calumet, have enlisted for
three-year periods of training
in the army air corps have been
assigned to Mather Field, Calif.
Yukon highschool Millers have
been presented with a trophy
from officials of tire Okcenc
invitation basketball tourna-
ment, ln which they participat-
ed Jan. 24 and 25, for "the
most sportsmanlike team” in
the tourney. Thirty-five teams
from Oklahoma hlghschools took
part, and this trophy went to
the squad displaying the best
conduct on and off the court.
Members of the Yukon team
are Leslie Compton, Dorman
Barrett, Don Hines, Marvin
F*ry, Ralph Myers, Jr., Jack
Rose. John Benne, Warren Niles,
William Manning and Billy
Bob Kroutil.
Desert Troops Strike In
Blinding Sandstorm To
Capture Bengasi
Prestop. Haydn J. Davis, Howard
Collins. John T. Naylon. Hans C.
Paulsen. George M. McLean. Dr V Jrw|> Q ams dtolrict super.
P. Cavanaugh and Robert M. Mai- V1W of voutb personnel for the
lonee 1 National Youth administration, will
McLean Seeks Office visit El Reno and several nearby
During the dinner program Mr
Ship May Have Carried
Secret Bomb Sight
Public Works ‘Reservoir’
Proposed
L O Higgins. Lucius Babcock. N. A. |)ateS For Interviews In 200 Articles Are Shipped bicycle into the side of a car be
Nichols. S S. Mac, George W Announced From Canadian County * a Shacklett^j,
- | - Chief Lee Harvey reported today.
Almost 200 articles of clothing The injured youth was taken to
made by volunteer workers under1 the EH Reno sanitarium for cmer-
the supervision of the Canadian gency treatment by the driver of
..., . f . . | county Red Cross chapter were l,le car anc* tllen wus letmned ,0
points within the near future to [ bjs |lome
Mallonee, representing the past ex- inl„rviptt v'ouths for einulovmcn: shipped Thursday for ultimate des-
alted rulers, announced the candl- NYA“gram. TZ an- ,.nation in Europe for civilian war Hl"“ ** ,
dacy of Mr. McLean, also past ounced loday. I relief. It was reported today. Bl‘lv °e,‘e ^e“’0,d -
nresident of the Oklahoma State . ... „„ of Mrs. Louise Hines who lives with , ,, >, , ...... .
Elks association and pas. grand es- J™.?" « “I “u"1* c^er hto grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. R. | 14 Brotherhoods Will (.et
LOVELOCK. Nev., Feb. 7—OP)—
While a cordon of CCC camp en-
rolees stood guard and camp fires
lit the gruesome scene, army In-
vestigators early today sought to
determine why a new bomber
crashed on a mountainside near
here yesterday cremating Its crew
of eight.
It was the fourth air disaster
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Striking ln a blinding sand-
storm, Britain's desert troops have
captured the Italian stronghold of
Bengasi ln eastern Libya. British
general headquarters announced
today, and cut the Fascist line of
communications south of the city.
The headquarters announcement
said the Italians were “demoral-
ized and outmaneuvered" In this
latest British triumph of a west-
ward sweep that has carried the
imperial army of the Nile across
400 miles of desert in 61 days.
British headquarters also report-
ed more than 3,500 Italian pri-
soners have been taken since the
British knifed Into the Red sea
colony of Eritrea, In East Africa,
“and many more are coming in.”
Last Big Stronghold
Bengasi, the capital of Bengasi
province, ln North Africa, was
Italy's last big stronghold In east-
ern Libya.
The fate of 25.000 Fascist troops
garrisoned at the Mediterranean
seaport, former headquarters of
Marshal Rodolfo Grazianl. was not
disclosed Immediately. Dispatches
from Cairo, however, said Italian
forces throughout the whole east-
ern region were capitulating or
fleeing.
In London, British military quar-
ters said Marshal Graziani’s posi-
tion in North Africa now was so
bad that Premier Benito Musso-
lini might be forced to risk the
Italian fleet ln an attempt to
move reinforcements and supplies
across the Mediterranean to Libya.
Weygand Issues Denial
These quarters also pointed out
that capture of Bengasi gives the
British a short-distance base ’’from
which we can hammer German-
occupied bases in Sicily."
Recurrent rumors that Hitler
might be planning to send troops
to bolster Mussolini's faltering le-
gions ln North Africa prompted
a statement by General Maxim
Weygand. commander of France's
armies In French North Africa.
Weygand declared no negotia-
tions were underway for the land-
ing of Nazi troops at Blzerte,
French Tunisia, and he denied
I many use the Bizerte naval base.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 —(»*)—
President Roosevelt disclosed at
a press conference today that plans
have been undertaken to build
up a reservoir of public works j named to have charge of ticket dls-
projects to take up the slack of trlbutlon and sales.
qune. for the pos^on as .rand J Vh, StS j The tueS i I
treasurer cJ the Benevolent and (0 offpr work PXperience to every I bc (onipletcd by May 31. according " ^^ t ^ I
Protective Order of» Elks youth whose Interests ae know t0 Mrs Lester Vocke, production l »
and on whom we have complete | chalrman. hind a parked automobile Into.a car |
Ballots By Mail
| It also was announced that the
annual Elks minstrel will be pre-
sented this year on Apr. 17 and 18
Mr. Mallonee was appointed busi-
ness manager for the show and Ray
Maher and Luther C. Gadberry were
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
The possibility that about 750.000
defense employment after the war.
He said these projects, such as
highway construction, hospitals,
airports and housing, would be put
on a shelf and be brought out
when the need develops.
They would consist. Mr. Roose-
velt said, of any kind of public
works but especially the type that
would provide some kind of return
of capital to the government.
During the current congressional
session, the chief executive said. |
Fogg Replaces Craden
In the lodge business session Lu-
norsnnnri records" I . , being driven by John Wright. 17,
w , ... . . . \ Made by volunteers ln the past , 0f ga south Gresham avenue. Re : class 1 railroad employes, members
1 tms incrary w 1U 1 ‘ .three months and sent to national was gjVPn ftrst-ald treatment at a of 14 standard brotherhoods, might
ii o dwnui appo im . headquarters Thursday were 15 I physician's office and then taken strike for paid vacations centered
Hinton—Hinton highschol at 9 women's sweaters. 5 men’s sweat- ho|ne | labor s attention today
ers, 30 children's sweaters. 40 boys' , . .. . . „ ! ..... .
shhts. 15 men s pajamas. 20 sur- Drlvers °' both “UtoniobUea were! Harrison, spokesman
10 women's wool PXOnerated of any blame for the ac-1 for the 14 unions, announced ln
children s wool cldenU ^ P°llee Investigators. ' Washington that—barring a last-
in the west since December In-
volving United States war planes, j France Intended to let Ger-
The plane, one of the army's
newest four-motored bombers,
carried equipment for experiments |
in cold weather flying and might
have had installed the air corps'
Jealously-guarded secret bomb sight.
Sabotage Suggested
There was an unofficial sugges-
tion of sabotage.
The accident was the nation's |
ninth fatal one Involving an army | Bar I* Seeking To Force
or navy plane since the first o. C„mmjttee Report
the year. The toll: 21 army filer) ( r
killed. 12 navy fliers killed. It oc- j
curred yesterday, on the same day OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 7—i/pi
a Canadian air liner crashed near ] —A house-senate row broke today
a m. Monday Feb. 10.
Geary—City clerk's office at 10:4f>
a m. Monday, Feb 10.
Kingfisher — Kingfisher high-
clus Babcock. Jr., current exalted school at 11 a. m. Tuesday, Feb
ruler, appointed Rupert, Fogg as 11-
Armstrong, Ont., killing 12. An
army flier was killed near New
York City, bringing the day’s air-
plane accident toll to 21 lives.
over a bill to give counties and
cities relief by letting them use
road funds for general purposes.
Representative Robert Barr of
geons' gowns,
dresses and 55
dresses.
minute settlement — strike ballots
would bc mailed to the membership
Feb. 15.
Truck Blocks Vision
New quota Announced Bhacklett was drlvUig east in a
The nra (,noU includes >o wo- 1B39 model coach shortly before 1 .
esquire to complete the term of Dr El Reno—Nv A youth center. 600 ' 1 .. ‘ . . . „ ,n tn u,P inn bic< k West Lon- i Thirtv davs would lie allowed for
. J cm*., who rpslgned «h» south Choc.......mo. .. ■:»1 « C,L ..ml C.TrSE*. IZl ,, S, “ C
shirts, 45 convalescents’ robes, 23!of “ service station drive on the coupled with the 60-day “cooling
A civilian employe at McClellan Kingfisher served notice ln tl.e
resigned
he accepted a U. 8. army commis-
sion at Fort Sam Houston. San An-
tonio, Tex.
Past exalted rulers temporarily
occupying the lodge offices at the
meeting were Mr. Wattson, only
p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Mlnco— Minco hlghschool at 4 p.
i m Tuesday, Feb. It.
Piedmont—Piedmont hlgiiscliool
at 1 p. m Tuesday. Feb. 18.
Yukon—Yukon highschool at 3:30
charier member of the El Reno, p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 18.
the passage of various authorlza-1 lodge still active In It, exalted
lion bills may bc expected | niler; Mr. Paulsen loyal knight; Mr.
Naylon, leading knight; Mr Nich-
ols. lecturing knight; Mr Mallonee.
chaplain; Mr March, t.vler; Mr.
Davis, esquire; hjhI Mr. Preston. In-
ner guard.
To Be "Filed Away"
These, he emphasized, will not
carry appropriations. Once the
projects are authorized, he ex-
plained, they will bc filed away
and be ready to start when the
Teachers Protest
Fund Earmarking
TULSA. Feb. 7—<£*)—A resolu-
tion promising support of Oover-
inen's sweaters, 56 women’s sweat- north side of the street and did
ers, 112 children's sweaters and j not sec the approaching autoihoblle
15 pounds of shawling ' because of a parked truck that
From material furnished and:blocked vb>lon' chlef Harvey ex’
cut by the Red Cross, volunteer Plul|icd.
workers sew the articles of cloth-' Wright was driving north In a
Ing and medical supplies In thetr 193,4 niodel sedan about 4 p. m. ln
own htfBM 01 dub rooms. Hie 100 block North Rock Island
More Workers Needed
eff' period provided under the rail-
road mediation act. would prevent
an actual walkout until late spring,
provided a strike were called.
Mediation Proponed
Meanwhile, efforts would be made
avenue. The right front fender of I r,,c 14 labor organizations In-
Ills car struck the Hines boy when volv,,d tl'rllldf »" standard
field. Sacramento. Calif., from
which the four-motored bomber
took off yesterday morning for
Lowry field. Denver, reported that
the wings and ailerons of planes
In repair shops had been slashed
Army officials wouldn't confirm
or deny, saying they knew of no
attempt to sabotage the flying
fortress.
Extra Precautions Taken
Nevertheless, extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken. Officers ring-
ed the seared wreckage and would
not let spectators approach nearer
house he would move to strike all
senate measures unless the bill
is reported out by the senate rev-
enue and taxation committee.
The measure permits counties
to use part of the 40 percent of
motor vehicle licenses, now ded-
icated to retiring county and
township road bonds, to pay coun-
ty commissioners' salaries and ex-
penses.
In the same act Is provision
that cities and towns can use
gasoline tax revenue for general
purposes.
*"7. r" M Z«?™» *„„d .. I bnKhert-oa. ««pt t» MM taM <o un w « O. ™*.
than 100 yards. Undertakers went j .
for the bodies and were not al- ( OllC^C IlCHUS AlC
needed If the new quota Is filled. |
it was pointed out.
So far Individuals and groups |
In all communities ot the countv«
bile parked at the curb.
necessity arises for giving Jobs to I-Jui***!/ I lnlik Ills, Is; ,101 *,con Phillips' mandatory Htato |,avc volunteered thcli services for LiindL)(^r^ll (lIVtMl
people now engaged In defense pro- Ilrtll > I1U|II\IIIF* 1!N budget balancing amendment If lbf Red war rellrf program ta 1 1 ■ ris
Kehllke 111 iBXRS the national defense production pro-
Leaving England
all future tax revenues are placed
In the general fund for approprla-
- UOIU l>\ the legislature was ap-
IjONIXJN. Feb. 7 - ()H)—Harry L. proved today by the resolutions
Hopkins. Presldenl Roosevelt's per- committee of the Oklahoma Educs-
sonal representative who has spent non association,
almost a month In England, left „ „,u offer U rejected by the
riuctlon
The president's discussion ol the
subject developed when he wits
asked whether a new highway
might be built from Washington to
Baltimore, passing near Fort
Meade and the army's proving
ground at Aberdeen. Md.
National Roads Suggested
Such a highway, Mr Roosevelt
said, would tie tn with the Idea
of building up a reservoir of
works projects, ,"”7,7.7 *7,7“*777" Quire that all revenues be placed
He disclosed that he was going >h ttm* to catch the Unci Excam- f. n1
to discuss the question of high- bion which Is Milling tonight 1. |
way construction with Thomas H 1 | O,hor rst0l",‘o''* favor#d frw
MacDonald, federal roads com-| FINK ANHBHRED 'exibooks a teacher tenure law
mlaaloner, today, and said they I Lor Jolinson forfeited $5 bond 11,1,1 inclusion of teacher* in the
would canvass not only the pos-1 Thursday night In municipal court I*0*'11'1 sp,urllv program,
slbllttles of building national roads at El Reno on a charge of speed- The recommendations will be act-
but also the matter of excess con- ing, according to records of Lee rd upon by the O. E. A. general
demnatlon. Harvey, chief of police, | session later today,
and engineers, dispatchers and Pull-
j man conductors.
Meanwhile, strikes continued ln
{several of the nation's Industrial
centers with consequent delays to
stale administration, the commit-
tee recommended that the O. E. A.
sponsor an initiative petition to
amend the constitution to prohibit
London this morning enroute to
the United States.
He planned to travel by air to
Lisbon. Portugal
(In Lisbon. It was believed, he, ...... . _. . ,
,. . , ,, , , ,, car-marking of state funds and ,f-
would arrive tn thr late afternoon ,, , ,, __________ _____, j
111 time to catch thr liner Excam-;
blon which Is sailing tonight 1.
Listen, Pal!
line's a Up! People III
Canadian County read (lie
Daily irlhunr Walll-AUa
with as much Inlerrat as
front-page news. It's a
fad! Try one and see.
Phone IH
AUSTIN. Tex,
resolution urging
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh If
he did not prove his loyalty to the
American government, and an-
other asking the Dleti committer
to Investigate him, drew cheers
and boos tn the Texas house of
representatives today
Tlie former, which slso recom-
mended Lindbergh's reduction to a
buck private," was sent to a com
I gram.
^ I At Chicago 6.5IX) employes of the
,, ,| International Harvester company's
deportation ol . . .
tractor works remained out. ss did
Pel) 7—<A’>-
7,000 workers at the Allls-Chalmers
company In Milwaukee. Wl*.
Discord Flares Elsewhere
The United Rubber Workers <C.
I. o.) at the Sleberltng Rubber com-
pany. Akron. Ohio, voted to strike
for higher wages. However, the
men remained at work while lead-
ers of thetr union prepared to
Retained By Board
STILLWATER. Feb. 7 —(U.R>—
Dr Henry G. Bennett was re-
turned to the presidency of Okla-
homa A and M college, and the
• WEATHER
mlltee. Tlie effect of such action 1 (U>cn negotiations with the man-
usuall.v is to kill a resolution *l.'agement "
though technically It rematna alive
and may be considered again.
The resolution requesting the
Dies Investigation was killed out-
right by the adoption of a mo-
tion to table
A strike of truck drivers which for
six day* had tied up deliveries of
nil except perishable and emergency
goods in Dayton Ohio, was settled
Inst night when 18 hauling firms
agreed to a union contract.
The wreckage still was hot early
today when undertakers removed
the bodies. Biid they burned thetr
hands. Die victims were so muti-
lated and charred by the explosion
of 2.600 gallons of gasoline that | heads of five other state agrlcul-
officer* doubted they would ever | tural schools were renamed by the
bc able to tell one from another state board ot agriculture ln a
_ j meeting here late yesterday.
Announcement of the retention
of the six presidents, and several
changes In faculty members, was
made by President Joe C. Scott
Those returning to head their
Institutions along with Bennett
arc Jacob Johnson. Connors. War-
ner; C M Oonwill, Cameron. Law-
ton; Ed Morrison, Panhandle,
flood well; Claude C. Dunlap. East-
ern. Wllburton; and M C Oouri-
nev, acting president, Murray,
Tishomingo.
Courtney replaced dive
laat fall after Murray
In the state
up.
Forecast
Generally fair In east portion:
Increasing rloudlness In west por-
tion tonight. Saturday snow or
rain In west portion tnereashtg
cloudiness In east portion. Sunday;
rain.
Kl Kruo Weather
For 24-hour iierlod ending at 8
a. m today; High, 48. low. 20; at
S a. 111. 23
State of weather, partly cloudy
Rainfall, none.
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