The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 76, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1949 Page: 4 of 6
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The El Reno Daily Tribune
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KAY J. DYER
Publisher
budge harle dean Ward
Managing Editor Business Manager
HARRY 8CHROEDEK
Circulation and Office Manager
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____ Friday, May 27, 1949
f°T‘ ,lTi0“ “VM a,,d e,la,tali“n above all men for the ages.
abund"1" ’Te t,ff<,rd U* h‘av,‘ P^Uv rewards, ease and comfort and
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Tighter Supervision Neede<l
don’t like to make a mountain out of an ounce of
i r«**Ium-2.3f». Rut the case of the missing atomic ma-
commiSnn0t aPPear reflwt credit on tlie atomic energy
To be sure, six-sevenths of the lost U-235 has been re-
covered and the search for the other seventh is still going
IlntT? y,MVe" ,f that Heventh w "evef nobody
tan use it to blow up one ot our cities. It would be useful
however, in chemical and physical research,
Here’s the record of the case:
On Sept. 16 last year, roughly an ounce of uranium was
recorded as part of a shipment placed in a vault £ The
Argonne laboratory, an atomic research unit near Chicago
Nearly five months later, on Feb. 8 this year, this
IhT v«M taiilta COnta,ner were found to l)e missing from
the vault. Intensive search was begun.
r.he AKC’s Chicago office was notified Feb. 14 and the
commnssion started another inquiry. When AFC’s Wash-
ington office was informed is not fixed exactly, but a con-
gressman says it. was six weeks after the 14th
* * *
0N March 28. 48 days after discovery of the loss, the FBI
was called into the case. A month afterward Senator
MtMahon of Connecticut, head of the joint congressional
atomic energy committee, learned of the matter in a secret
iep°H apparently withheld from other committee members.
Meantime, careful analysis of processing wastes at the
Argonne unit turned up six-sevenths of the missing material.
Laboratory officials expect to find the rest the same way.
.Commission -spokesmen are confident no theft was in-
no pole K mysS; ™ "toy“l
T,1<® j°IMt congressional group nevertheless has under-
aken its own independent investigation. This move seems
to us thoroughly warranted.
First of all, it is hard to excuse the several delays ac-
knowledged by ABC in reporting the uranium loss to higher
levels, especially to the FBI.
Second, no one has explained yet how material kept in a
container in a vault could turn up in processing wastes.
And the original container has not been found
* * *
°,f uranium involved is admittedly small.
Still Bernard Baruch’s plan for world control of atomic
materials calls for rigid inspection that would account for
every gram. It would make allowance only for tiny proc-
essing losses. In the present case, there could he no allow-
able loss because the material had been stored in a vault.
fool I,wAnfrS- rteHal? acco“nting system hardly looks
vTrP™°f' 9ff‘clals say they make periodic inventory checks.
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By the testimony of our scientists, U-235 holds great
power both for life and for death. We may be greatlv em
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By
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Lawrence
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mates. Maybe he II go straight w hen he gets out.
fire in0anlenh?! »beer Wer! lJfed to Put ont an automobile
thirsty^ople.* t‘*WMnd a" that was blirned up was some
Watch your thimbles, ladies— they may start using
them to serve a five-cent glass of beer.’
Down Memory Lane
ed toWtheDflIinHe’ f°r,mer ^JReno Resident, has been appoint-
salarv o? *2^rtment £*rd, at Indianapolis, Ind., at a
salary of ^2,000 a year. Mrs. DeVine’s brother who has
lenanr to captain in the same department
offices6 lrsT'St51'^Professioaal Women’s club elected
uniters last night. Those named were Miss Ett-i Dalo
, . May 27, 1939
^ of hiy 125 teas SL?5?tiK
corn were destroyed in the fire. Kattir
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HIE STORY; Strangr underrur-
r**nts thrralpn the serenity of Henry
UoURh Harding's “New Eden" on
Speare Island. Already one of the
women candidates to become his
bride has been murdered. The scene
also is complicated by the ship-
wreck of a small yacht off the Is-
land. Harding is attracted by one of
the shipwrecked party, Mollir Stark,
but he is troubled by her presence
c.n the yacht without proper chap-
crons. It is then that Slllwcll tells
Harding that George Bascombe, his
aide, and Nona McGuire arc mar-
ried and that Nona uses her maiden
name for stage purposes.
* * *
XVIII
'TS the same thing as getting
buck on a horse after he’s
thrown you." Bea Insisted. “If I
didn't ride that thing again I’d be
scared of it the rest of my life."
"I can't see that it matters,"
Henry Harding said. "Get in.
since you insist. Miss Firth can
wait up here with me. There's no
reason now to keep the whiskey
down below." He selected a key
from the ring, gave It to Miss Cos-
grove. "When you get down, load
the car. ring the signal button and
I'll send Miss Firth down to help
you.”
“I wouldn't want to ride In that
car," Agnes Firth said. "There's
still blood on it.”
Bea climbed Into the gondola
Harding had partially filled with
broken rock and watched the sim-
ple operation which set the car in
motion. And It was only a few
seconds before the car moved over
the Up to the steeper part of the
Incline so only the cable could be
seen.
It could be done all right, Bea
decided. Perhaps there was a pool
of blood back in some room of the
underground storehouse. Certain-
ly there was not enough blood tn
the car ltsblf. A shot could never
have been heard in the tunnels.
A hand truck would help. A body
could be lifted into the gondola,
a tug at the starting lever and
Lilly Warren could have been sent
down.
It meant even the partial alibis
which had been offered so readily
were worthless.
Lilly Warren with her duties in
the kitchen had the best, oppor-
tunity to discover the automatic.
But Bea could not forget that
genly swinging kitchen door the
first night on Speare Island. Any-
one who had access to the house
could have taken the gun.
* * *
A ND why had Fred Slllwell lied?
ffe' and George Bascombe too
for that matter, had examined the
automatic when they helped take
Lilly's body from the car.
Whatever Fred's reason, Har-
ding had swallowed the tale. It
fitted with what he wanted to
believe.
If she should point out the fact
everyone on the island could have
killed Lilly Warren, she knew she
could not prove a motive.
The car came to an abrupt stop.
She leaped out, ran along the dock
toward the storehouse, kicking off
her shoes on the way. She hurried
down steep stairs to the beach, re-
turned to the water's edge to cross
the 200-foot stretch of coarse sand
to the 100-foot cliff on the other
side of the cove.
A small wave whipped in.
slapped viciously at her knees In
a sudden deepening of water. She
staggered seaward, went deeper.
The water rushed back from the
steep beach, tugging, pushing,
trying to knock her completely off
balance. She leaned toward the
land, swinging her arms.
Then in one instant she was
free, could make the few steps
which were tire difference between
a good chance of drowning and
safety.
* * * |
OHE reached t he cliff, moved
^ quickly along its base. She
found no more recognizable foot-
prints, but Just above high tide
mark a small pile of freshly dis-
lodged rock ended her search. She
looked upward. Far above a light-
er spot on the cliff face told where
the fragments had come from.
Still farther up, the flat moisture-
filled leaves of a rock plant were
crushed.
She retraced her steps back to
the dock, realized the tide was
coming in since half of the line of
prints she’d made were gone. "A
lucky break for me on the tide,”
she said aloud, "but I wouldn't
care If it was going out. I’d rather
leave footprints. Perhaps some-
one else felt that way too.”
She unlocked the storehouse
and began loading the car. Fin-
ished at last, she pushed the signal
button. She returned at once to the
storeroom.
The first scream came to her
faintly. She hurried out the wood-
en entrance to the rock rooms. The
screams were louder, more frantic.
The car had come down with
Agnes Firth.
She sat bolt upright, eyes shut.
A flailing hand hit the lever on
the side. Her fingers gripped it.
Bea yelled. "Don't pull that
lever! Agnes!” She was close
enough to see Miss Firth's white
knuckles on the Iron dump lever.
It moved.
The downward end of the car
dropped open.
Agnes screamed again as she
started sliding.
Bea caught her under the arm-
pits, held her With legs dangling
out over the seething water.
"Help yourself a little. Agnes."
Bea panted. "Grab hold of the
sides of the car. That's It. Pull up
your legs and put one over the
side of the
yourself. I won't let you slide
out."
The two women stood on the
dock, punting with their exertion.
"Didn't Harding warn you about
pulling that lever?" Bea demand-
ed.
Agnes Pirth shook her head. She
was pale. Her whole body trem-
bled. "I—I thought It wasn't going
to stop! He didn't tell me anything
but get ini'*
(To Be Continued)
Look and Learn
L What name is given to two
circles with the same center, one
inside the other?
2. How many inches are there
in one meter?
3. Wiiere is Madagascar?
4 How many feet are there In
a fathom?
5. In what opera is the "Anvil
Chorus?"
6. How many times larger is
Texas, the largest state in the
union, than Rhode Island, the
smallest state?
7. Who was the founder of the
colony of Georgia?
8 Why is a “mural painting”
so called?
9. What Is the capital city of
Bermuda?
10. Who is the author of “A
little learning is a dangerous
thing?"
ANSWERS
1. Concentric.
2. 39.37 inches.
3. It is an island southeast of
Africa.
4. Six.
5. "H Trovatore.”
6. 213 times larger.
7. General James Edward Ogle-
thorpe.
8. Mural means “wall," and a
mural painting is one that is done
on a wall.
9. Hamilton.
10. Alexander Pope, in “Essays
on Criticism.”
Problem a Day
A has 2/3 as much money as B,
and B has 3/4 as much as C. O
has $20 more than A. What is the
total amount of their money?
ANSWER
$90. Let 4/4 equal C’s money;
multiply 3/4 by 2/3; divide 20 by
1/2; take 3/4 of 40; take 1/2 of 40;
car. Now roll, and lift add 40, 30 and 20.
CORRECTION!
In Our Thursday Advertisement The
Following Prices Should Have Read:
WILSON’S ADVANCE
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won’t be because enough people
have not interested themselves
in that particular activity. The
Red Cross has for a number of
years carried on as broad a pro-
gram as the facilities would
permit. The Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club has for
the past two years had swimming
classes for the county children.
Now there is a move a-brewing to
arrange for free swimming three
mornings a week, the bill for
such activity to be paid for by
civic clubs.
It is my understanding that it
is not the purpose of the crusad-
ers in this movement to absorb
any of the other programs but
ana broaden the scope. All of
which Is very fine, and since
Red Cross is the Father of Water
Safety if there are services we
can render we will most certainly
promote and assist the program
in every way.
Now, I want to cull this to your
attention and I'd like yon to read,
mark, learn, and inwardly digest
It. Being one of the regularly
authorized agencies having a
fund campaign every year, I ex-
pect I hear as many gripes about
drives as any one. Every once In
a while some one losses a barb
into Red Cross because we are
not in Community Chests, and
states that Canadian county
should have a Community Chest
and do away with so many dives.
It is my observation that the
greater part of the "drives for
funds" tn this community are for
either services or things which
are customarily provided by
municipalities from their tax-
supported income, which is ex-
actly as it should be, but as long
as we continue to pay an un-
usually low tax rate for a city
the size of El Reno land I have
this on reliable authority) we can
expect to be asked for money for
every progressive project, and we
cannot justifiably cry about it.
Towns, like people, who do not
make sufficient income for their
needs must beg.
Lesson in English
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED:
Avoid "He looks very disgusted"
and “He seems to be very inter-
ested.” Instead, say, “He looks
very much disgusted” and. "He
seems to be very much Interested.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED:
Encomium (praise). Pronounce en-
ko-ml-um, o as In cone, accent on
second syllable.
oft™ MISSPELLED: Indelible;
ible, not able.
SYNONYMS: Jocular. Jocose,
jocund. Jolly, jovial, joyous. Joyful,
merry, gay.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word
three times and it is yours." Let
us increase our vocabulary by mas-
tering one word each day. Today's
word: CINCTURE: that which
surrounds, i Pronounce singk-tur,
last syllable as in picture. I “The
seven hills of Rome were first
united within the cincture of a
single wall.”
EDMOND, May 27— (Special > -
Safe driving instruction will be
given for college credit this sum-
mer at Central State college for
the sixth time, it was announced
by Professor Fred Ives.
Central's safe-car driving course,
which was organized in 1939. is set
up through arrangement with the
American Automobile association.
Their Washington, D. C., office
has Just completed arrangements
to provide a new automobile.
More than 230 Oklahoma high-
schools are planning to offer
courses of this type next fall, Ives
said, under the new state regula-
tions which require their in-
structors to have two college hours
of credit before teaching it.
EL RENO
RENDERING COMPANY
PHONE 43
Mayor, Councilmen
(Jet Big Fay Boost
MINNEAPOLIS, Kan., May 27—
(U.R)—A record in pay rises was set
by the mayor and councilmen of
this town. They voted the hike to
themselves.
The mayor’s salary was in
creased from $1 a year to $100
annually.
The councilmen's salary boost
was considerably less. They now
get $5 a meeting instead of the
previous $1.
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We rebuild from the frame out
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I
MORE NOISE WANTED
BOSTON—(U.R)—Tlie city council
decided that Dorchester's new
trackless trolleys didn’t make
enough noise. So it ordered a
buzzer Installed on each vehicle
to warn pedestrians while the
machine is in motion.”
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