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Tuesday, May 26, 1943
El Reno (OldaJ Daily Tritiune
SOCIETY
1
fAHMNGS ANNOUNCED
roa GOLF GAMES
' Mrs. J. L. Trevathan and Mrs.
P. E. Arnold will be hostesses to
the Ladles Golf club at the El
Reno Golf and Country club at i)
a. m. Wednesday with pairings
announced as follows:
Championship flight: Mrs. H
Drown, Mrs. L. A. Garner, Mrs.
V. Mordy and Mrs. S. R. Re-
ville; Mrs. Ekneraon Kelso, Miss
Betty Lou Rice and Mrs. C. A.
Evans.
Class A flight: Mrs. P. B. My-
ers, Mrs. Ouy Hobgood, Mrs. Mar-
vin Chambers and Miss Jerry Ma;
Kelso: Mrs. E. Sonne liter. Mrs.
William J. Schulte, Mrs. Treva-
than and Mrs. Arnold.
Calendar
WEDNESDAY
American Legion auxiliary. Meet*
Ing In Legion hall.
Home and Child Study club.
Hostess to members and their
children at a picnic, Mrs.' E. H.
Bomeman, east of, H Reno.-
Every Woman’s Bible 8tu(ly clul>.
Hostess. Mrs. O. L. Dale. 501 South
Rock Island avenue. Topic of les-
son, ’•Lydia.”
THURSDAY
Royal Neighbors of America. Meet-
ing in I. O. O. P. hall.
F. and N. club. Hostess at all-
Class B. flight: Mrs. Robert Hel-jday meeting and covered dish
Ion, Mrs. Paul Mason. Mrs. Wil-
liam Laughton and Mrs. Larry
Boggs; MTs. P. s. Clason, Mrs
Gordon Montgomery and Mrs. C.
W. Drake; Mrs. William Munn
and Mrs. George Blackburn.
# * *
Binder served
ON ANNIVERSARY
Misses Geneva and June Hol-
land. 502 West Wade street, enter-
tained Sunday at a dinner honor-
ing their father, Hugh Holland, on
his 90th birthday anniversary.
Covers were laid for Mrs. Harry
Van Buskirk and daughter. LaVon
of Okarche, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Palmer, Private First Class Clar-
ence Magness and the honorec.
* * *
EASTERN STAR
HAS BUSINESS MEETING
Regular business meeting of the
Order of Eastern Star was con-
ducted at 8 p m. Monday In th^
Masonic temple.
One guest, Mrs. Lottie Bishop, a
member of the chapter at Walters,
attended the meeting.
The next social and business
meeting Is scheduled June 14 in
the Masonic temple.
luncheon at noon. Mrs. Wilson
Senn, northwest of E3 Reno.
FRIDAY
Cro-Tat-Em club. Hostess at,
annual club party. Mrs. Morgan
Stafford. 1106 South Hadden ave-
nue.
Woman’s culture club. Hostess
nt annual picnic at 1 p. m., Mrs.
M. B. Cope, 634 South Ellison ave-
nue.
Early American Glass club. Host-
ess at 2:30 p. m„ Mrs. J. N. Rob-
erson. 811 South Barker avenue.
Ladies Auxiliary to Order of
Railway Conductors. Meeting at
2:30 p. ni. in the Eagles hall.
Victory Sunday school class of
the First Christian church. Host-
ess at 2 p. m„ Mrs. Vernon SIs-
ney, 1116 South Hoff avenue.
CuitecR Receives $25
Frew Reformatory Group
Mistake, OWI Insists,
Was Purely Accidental
WASHINGTON. May J&MU.B—
The office of war Information put
out a story today about Iftxls urg-
ing mothers to have more children,
adding that the plea had originat-
ed in the official newspaper of
"Nazi stork troopers.’’
The mistake. OWI assured, was
"purely accidental.”
SERIAL; STORY
C. C. Holden
Taken by Death disdlrCfyuda WAAC
Three
Former City Manager
Dies of Heart Ailment
BY LORETTE COOPER
srxack'ts
LOST
CHAPTER XIV
served four years as El Reno’s city' Th',f^an,ese'fed ®eth te,t
manager and who was one of the1 80methta* p,uck her ,eft sleeve’ *s
Charles Calvin Holden. who
first commissioners elected
the clt ymanager foim of
under
ment. died Monday In anTirt j ‘“'un“orln
Lea. Minn., hospital. " ~
years of age.
though someone had stuck a point-
ed instrument through that port of
The shot had come
------ If U had not been for the
He was 5o | unsteady air. it might have been
Mr. Holden was elected to |
city commission -in 1928. when the /unharrttetl or even silver •’ <
the city manager form of goveni-
was adopted. He served on the
8he went over the top of the
, . . , two plunging, rolling, fighting men
commission until July 10, 1933. [ln the * *
to accept the ; p]ane was getting difficult to con-
which post hejtroj The jap turned momentarily
to the controls, then bock to Beth.
when he resigned --------- " ..... CentCr °f *** Cabln'
city managership,
held four years.
Making his residence In Okla-1 He had deJaye^ too iong'
homa City since 1941. he had been | Beth was rlghtlng wlth aU her
employed as an administrative i strength she had hcard of ju_
analyst for the United States jttsu and the supposed advantage
health service He was stricken [ it glves the man who knowg it
with a heart attack Friday. May —and she did not doubt that this
21, at Albert Lea while on his way I Japanese naval officer was sur-
from St-. Paul to Kansas City. He passingly expert. But If she could
was ln the hospital until Monday | on)y gPPp him occupied until Brit
morning, when he suffered an- i could subdue Rick. ... If she could
other attack and died. ! only do that, even If It cost her her “I haven’t the slightest Idea where
Funeral arrangements are to be, life! this plane was headed. It’s only
announced later. The plane was doing a number , by dead reckoning that I can flg-
He Is survived by his wife, of 0f crazy things now. The Jap no ure out where we came from. We
the home; his mother. Mrs J. If longer was speaking English, he should get back ln a couple of hours.
Holden. Granite; a son, John C. j was talking excitedly ln his native But whether we’re going to be able
Holden. Oklahoma City: and two tongue. to land, or whether we’re going to
“He’s tied, Brit," she reported.
“Check the back compartment
door, Beth,” Brit then said.
She did. Llta was cursing and
screaming.
“Miss Danton doesn't like it back
there,” Beth said.
“It's more comfortable than the
cell I'm going to take her to—or
the firing,squad all three of these
hples'ougHt to skid fftmly.
“Rick Moth Is really Ulrich von
Mothc, who disappeared ln Man-
dalay about a year ago while doing
a Job for you know who. I don’t
know how Llta got tangled up with
him. but I’ll bet It wasn't because
she wasn't willing.’’
“What do we do now?” Beth ask-
ed.
"We're going back. That's sim-
ple enough, isn’t It?"
“That part is. Do
our secret Is safe?”
Brit thought quite a while.
“That's puzzling me,” he said.
you suppose
daughters. Mrs. Tom Capps. Okla-
homa city, and Mrs. Don Newell,
Nash.
Many Say Gasoline And
Alcohol Won't Mix!
Brit and Rick were rolling around be merely the harbingers of a swarm
again. Rick was snarling in a lan- of Jap planes after we do land, I
guage Beth did not recognize. Now can’t say now.”
Brit was up. He held Rick’s arms He pulled a switch, and the In-
firmly. Rick kicked viciously. Brit terior of the plane was dark. Beth
swung him around toward the end had forgotten completely that they
of the cabin, away from Beth and had been traveling at night. Her
the Jap. i eyes adjusted themselves, and she
As Rick and Brit neared the end looked out onto the Pacific, as bright
of the cabin they gained momen- as It ever could be under the full
I turn. Brit pulled Rick's body moon.
“Can. we spot thc island in this
Members of the athletic associa-
tion at the El Reno federal re-
formatory once more have shown !
their appreciation for the work of;
the Red Cross with a <26 check
presented to the Red Cross can- | ol the E! Reno Rotary club, L. C.
teen, it was announced today. Schllder. warder at the HI Reno
During the 1943 war fund drive J federal reformatory, discussed some
for the Red Cross this group pur-1 of the problems to be considered
chased a <50 membership in addl-jin post-war planning.
Schilder Discusses
Post-War Planning
At the regular Monday luncheon
tion to a large number of indi-
vidual memberships.
This luncheon was the first reg-
ular meeting under the club's new
S Reno persons can well be officers for the ensuing year. They
Proud of the part, that reformatory — ...
employes are taking in the com-
munity,” the announcement added.
“More than 10 percent of their
payroll goes to buy victory bonds,
and 75 former employes of the re-
formatory are serving ln the
armed forces.”
Burglary Staged Under
Policemen’s Noses
CHICAGO, May 25—(U.R)—Burg-
lars took three cases of whiskey
valued at <100 from a saloon store-
room. and the proprietor reported
the theft to the police station next
door.
are George H- Angell. president.
John Domke, vice president; Bill
M. Bcnebrake. treasurer; J. N.
Arthur, secretary; and Paul Ma-
son. sergeant-at-arms.
| Members of the board of dl
I rectors are Aiigtll,
! brake'. Arthur,
Whiter J. Aycock and Shannon
Ahem.
tMg«ll> Domjie.', Bone-
V Hermit P! Schafer
Local Briefs
WASHINGTON, May 25 —(U.R)—
Petroleum Administrator Harold L.
Ickes is experimenting with a mix-
ture of gasoline and alcohol which i around 80 tll?t wt>en they hit Rick
may help to increase the supply of took tile fu^ “npact of both of light?” she asked.
arm secure bllown to bits by one of our own
. Then Brit turned to the battle for gu,nfi't Jou \™w'
the seaplane's controls. ’ ' 8re tw0 sldes 10 thls sP°ttln8 bus‘-
Had he not done so voluntarily,
he would have involuntarily, for
the plane was diving swiftly down.
* * *
Hie Jap fired again, and yet
again. Then he was overwhelmed—
not only by the two Americans but
also by the weight of Rick’s body,
which had come pitching down on-
to them.
Brit grabbed the pistol from the
Jap's hand and brought it down
on his head. He wasted no extra
strokes. The pistol blow did what
was necessary—it was as quick and
much safer than attempting to shoot,
tn that mass of four tangled people.
Then Brit shoved the Jap from
May 25 — [ the pilot’s seat and grasped the
ments now are being made on the
feasibility of mixing industrial al-
cohol with gasoline—10 gallons of
alcohol with every 100 gallons of
motor fuel.
"Preliminary results of the tests
indicate that the mixture may work
very satisfactorily,” it was said.
Should the experiments prove
practical and workable, the petrol-
eum administrator would have to
request the war production board,
which had jurisdiction over indus-
trial alcohol, to release a limited
quantity of It for that purpose.
Bond Goal Is Raised
For Victory Dinner
OKLAHOMA CITY',
(iPi—Governor Robert
s- Kerr and controls. At first It seemed they
other Democratic leaders laid fur- were jammed. Plnally they respond-
ther plans for tlie June 14 victory ed. Just when it appeared that the
dinner of the Democratic party at a seaplane was about to plunge to
breakfast Monday 1
might
Mr. and Mrs. M C. Bates, 615
Sou Hi Reno avenue, have as their
guests for a few days Mrs. Carl
Gamer of Terral and Mrs. Lottie
Bishop oi Walters.
Heart of Cattle Country
Is Without Beef Steaks
LAS VEGAS, N. M, May 25—,
tU.W—Thousands of beef steak* on-
the-hoof grazed in nearby postures
today, but Las Vegas, ln the heart
of the cattle country, -had nq
meat. - - •- ....
Chairman Charles R. Keyes of
the food distribution committee
said slaughterers had used up
their OPA quotas. He said the
quotas were based on 1941 popu-
lation and “arc much too low for
' our present population.”
Mrs. Pearl Putnam, son. Bill,
and Mrs. William Lambert of Ok-
lahoma City attended iuneral ser-
vices for Lieutenant Jack Evans
in El Reno Monday.
Second Lieutenant Raymond Ur-
ton of Blythe, Calif., is spending
a furlough with his mother, Mrs.
Opal Urton, 514 South Evans ave-
nue. and relatives and friends
here. lieutenant Urton is pilot
or a Flying Fortress.
Mrs. W. C. King, 601 South Rob-
erts avenue, and Technical Ser-
geant A. D. Martine of Fort Clark,
Tex., were guests of their brother.
C. J. Martine. and Mrs. Martine.
of Oklahoma City Saturday. Ser-
geant Martine departed Sunday
for Dallas for a brief visit with
another brother. H. A. Martine,
before returning to Fort Clark.
Assault Charge Is
Denied at Arraignment
Keith Woods of Piedmont,
charged with assault and battery,
entered a pica of not guilty when
he was arraigned before Judge
Baker H. Melone ln Canadian
county court today. He was re-
leased under <100 bond pending
trial.
Information filed by William L.
Funk, county attorney, charges
Woods with assault and battery
upon Opal Thomason on May 24.
&a 1?Tt he’ £6 a 1 for sale of war
bonds had been raised from <2,-
000.000 to <3,000.000 and it
even go to <5,000.000.
Roy Turner and B D. .Eddy, both
of Oklahoma city. we?c named to
head competing teams to sell tickets
and bonds. Each of them picked
members from those attending the
breakfast and other party workers.
Edsel Ford Reported
"Tie up the Jap.” he ordered
Beth pulled herself from the place
where she had been wedged be-
tween the two insensate bodies of
their enemies. She yanked Rick
Moth away from the Jap, then tied
the Jap's hands in the same way
that Brit had tied Rick's.
ness . . . the airplane pilot’s, and
the ground gunner's. A plane this
slow would be a clay-pigeon target.”
Brit left the lights off, except
for the instrument panel. They
cruised for some time—Beth’s watch
said It was long after midnight. In
another couple of hours It would
be dawn.
Her eyes wandered over the panel.
She saw something and realized
that Brit must have been looking
at the panel and must have seen It.
too; for he pointed to the gasoline
indicator expressively.
"We’ve only got gas for three
more hours,” he said. “My navi-
gation had better be correct and
we’d better be awfully lucky.”
(To Be Continued)
DETROIT. May 25 —<>P>— Edsel
Ford, president of the Ford Motor
company and only son of Henry
Ford, is gravely ill at his home on
Lake Saint Clair.
He is suffering from undulant
fever. Ford’s condition improved
materially over the weekend. Ford
will be 50 years old Nov. 6.
MISS MARY GRAY SAYS:
“PUT NEW CHEER ON YOUR OWN FOUR WALLS
WITH GAY, SPRING PATTERNS OF
Mrs. Ola Mae Powell. 240 North
El Reno avenue, returned today-
after spending a week with her
aunt, Mrs. Omma Neal, and uncle,
Edward Patton, of Tulsa.
IT'S
a...
Miss Evelyn Lorenzen. student
ln Cornell university, Ithaca, N.
Y , will arrive Saturday to spend
two wdeks ln the home of her
mother, Mrs. Dorothy Lorenzen.
706 South Ellison avenue. Miss
Lorenzen. who is doing graduatq
work in the
nomics at Cornell, also Is a stu-
dent Instructor ln the department.
GIRL—Mr. and Mrs. McCord
Steele. 307 East Hayes street, are
the parents of a daughter, weigh-
ing five pounds and eight ounces,
born today in the El Reno sani-
tarium.
“MAN AGED 94
walks to town most every day" says
Oklahoma druggist. “Used AU5R-
IKA last 15 years.” ADLERIKA con-
tains 3 laxatives for quick bowel
- _ -----„ ------ action, with 5 carminatives to relieve
school of home eco- \ iu pains. GET ADLERIKA today.
SCHOOLING DRUG CO.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Knunm and I
Miss Hayden Painter. 607 South !
Miles avenue, visited in Oklahoma
City Sunday with their niece.
Mary Elizabeth McCray who re-
cently underwent a major opera-
tion ln Hub baud hospital.
TYPEWRITERS AND
ADDING MACHINES
MUI — RENTAL* — REPAIR!
Now aat BaoMtfftMiat /
HENRY BEHNE
Jtft* m
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“Now that spring is in the air . . . and you’re getting all set for a grand
stay-at-home summer .. . it’s time to think of your own four walls. Be
sure they look their morale-boosting best by decorating now with New
Spring wallpapers. The Canadian Lumber Company has patterns that
are just right for every room in you r home.”
SEE OUR NEW SPRING
PATTERNS. ROOMS LOTS
« LOW AS $J QQ
Thinking Of Doing Some Interior Painting?
Before you start, be sure to investigate the new Texolite wash-
able interior paint. You can paint it yourself, and it’s wash-
able. Dries quickly and is easy to keep clean.
CANADIAN LUMBER CO.
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South End Barker
Boy Describes
Fatal Beating
WICHITA. Kan.. May <5 —(/P>—
A Jury of 11 men and one woman
heard a 6-year-old boy testify to-
day that his uncle, Walter Ray
Sevems, 37, had beaten his sister
“a dozen times” before the night
the girl died of Injuries which the
state charges she received while
being punished.
The boy, Johnnie Burling, test-
ified that his uncle had held his
sister, 1-year-oM Inez Burling, by
the ankles and bumped her head
against .the floor.
The girl died last Feb. I. Sevems
and-.his, wife’, Frances, with whom
the children had been living while
their mother worked, are accused
of first degree murder. Mrs. Sev-
ems has been granted a separate
trial.
Markets
El Reno Markets
i Corrected to 2 p. m May 25 >
Wheat ------------ <1.22
Oats _______________ .72
Barley.............. .95
Kaffir com. No. 2 100 lbs_______2.15
Corn. No. 2 shelled________1.15
Butterfat ___________________ .48
Eggs ----------------- .32
Heavy hens______________ .22
Light hens _____________ .20
Roosters ______________ .12
New York Stock
Boy, 10, Drowns In
Lake Overholser
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25—(U.R)
—A 10-year-old school boy. Dean
Edward Pickens, was drowned last
night in Lake Overholser when he
stepped into an offset of the lake.
The boy was at the lake with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Pickens, when the accident occur-
red. A fire department pulmotor
squad worked over the body for 90
minutes.
Pioneer Columnist
Is Dead in Texas
DALLAS. Tex., May 25—(/Pi—Dr,
Joe J Taylor, editor-in-chief of
The Dallas Morning News and au-
thor of the paper’s editorial pagq
column called State Press, died
Monday. Hie. was 73 yeara old.
Editor Taylor, one of the News'
more pungent enters and regard-
ed ln the southwest as a master of
the English language, had been ill
for mors than a year. Funeral
services - were held at 3 p. m. to-
day..
NEW YORK. May 25—i/t5—As In
the previous session, Individual
spots of strength were present in
today’s stock market although
many leaders continued to display
a lack of rising stamina.
Dealings again were among the
slowest of the year to date In-
decision ruled at the start, and
near the fourth hour, prices wero |
well mixed.
Officials Bothered By
Puppy Tracks on V Mail
a
CHICK ASH A, May 25 — i/PI —
There's no accounting for an im-
pulsive youngster's whims—police
and postal authorities know that
after going to no end of troubla
to keep puppy tracks off the V
mall.
At the police station Desk Ser-
geant Clyde Hall's Sunday after-
noon was disturbed by a call ad-
vising a 5-year-old boy had drop-
ped the pup into a comer mall
box. and the pet was walling its
grief over confinement to thq
neighborhood.
New York CoHon
tions about the opening of mall
boxes. Police put in a busy hall
hour going through proper chan-
nels before the mail box was
opened and the pup liberated. The
young master now knows that the }
postoffice isn't receiving mail of,
that character, particularly when)
not properly wrapped, packed, ad-
dressed and with postage prepaid.
NEW YORK. May 25—(/Pi—Fur-
ther trade price-fixing against1
government textile orders, particu-
larly in the July delivery', easily,
absorbed hedge selling and liqui-
dation ln cotton futures today.
Late values were 5 to 20 oenb)1
a bale hlgficr, July 20.20. October i
19.92, December 19.78..
WALLPAPER - FAINTS
Get Our Low Prices
CANADIAN
LUMBER COMPANY .
Phone 364
Chicago Grain
CHICAGO. May 25— (A'i —Rye
prices advanced 2 cent* a bushel
today on the strength of large
purchases by commission houses.
Rye closed exactly 2 cents
bushel above yesterday's linish,
July 93 to 93 1-8, September 94 7-q
to 95; wheat was 5-8 to 7-8 high-
er; com unchanged at ceilings:
and oats 3-8 to 5-8 advanced.
Livestock
Hospital Notes
Bobby Gene Marquardt, 13-year-
old son of Herman Marquardt, 401
South Roberts avenue, underwent
a minor operation today in the El
Reno sanitarium.
James Lamont Wright, Long
Beach, Calif., who is visiting in El
Reno, underwent a minor opera-
tion today in the El Reno sani-
tarium.
Altie Smith wiclc. 239 North N
avenue, underwent a minor oper-
ation today ln the Bl Reno sani-
tarium.
Miss Lula Frances Lestemense,
Geary, underwent a major opera-
tion Monday night in the El Reno
sanitarium.
Ray C. Bates. Ingersoll. who en-
tered the El Reno sanitarium May
7 for medical treatment, returned
Monday to hl6 home.
Harry W. Reed, Pond Creek, who
erased, the ,81 Reito • sanitarium
Monday for ihedical treatment,‘re-
turned today to his home.
1 OKLAHOMA CITY, May 25-<A5
—Cattle 1.600. calves 200; steady;
I steer top <15.65: vealer top <14.50.
Hogs 4,300; mostly steady: top
1 $14.10.
Sheep 1.200: steady; top <15.25.
KANSAS CITY, May 25—m—
Hogs 5.000; steady to 5c higher:
top <14.25.
Cattle 4.800. calves 400: slow;
steer top <16; vealer top <15.50.
Sheep 7,000; steady; top <15.75.
Mrs. Arthur Slayton. 246 North
Foster avenue, is spending the
week with friends in Ponca City.
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