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tUARY 10,1941
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FARM CONTES! IS
Many Divisions Are Open
In Home Improvement
Competition
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MA, HE’S MAKING E a aS AT ME
Registration for the annual Cana-
dian county farm home improve-
ment contest, sponsored each year
by the El Reno chamber of com-
merce, must be made before Mar. 1,
it was announced today by John
C. Kerin, chairman of the chamber
committee in charge of the program.
The 1941 contest will be similar to
that conducted last year, the ma-
jor change being the elimination of
the bedroom improvement class and
the addition of a living room and
dining room Improvement class.
Classes will include yard improve-
ment, four placings In each owner
and tenant division; home gardens,
four placings; living room and din-
ing room improvement, three plac-
ings in each owner and tenant divi-
sion; kitchen improvement, three
placings in each owner and tenant
division; total room Improvement,
four placings in each owner and
tenant division; and club class,
three placings to home demonstra-
tion clubs with the highest average
Improvement per enroied member.
Cash, Merchandise Offered
To start Mar. 1. the contest will
close Oct. 1 when judges will begin
scoring of all projects entered now.
Awards will be made on the basis
of Improvement made as indicated
by pictures, reports and scoring by
judges.
Cash and merchandise awards
will be presented by El Reno mer-
chants.
The contest is open to all rural
families who occupy and operate
farms of 40 acres or more in Cana-
dian county and to rural families
in adjoining counties who hold
memberships in Canadian county
farm women's clubs. However, the
home garden improvement class will
be open to all farm families regard-
less of the size of their farms.
Other ProvhrioiH shown
Landlords may not receive awards
for improvement of tenant homes,
and no contestant may enter in
the renter class who lives on a farm
owned by a relative.
The first-place winner of any
class cannot win again in the same
division until three years later, ex-
cept in the garden contest.
Prior to Oct. 1 each contestant
must make a report on each phase
of the contest entered and submit
a story of the improvement work
which Includes description of the
room or yard before the Improve-
ment was made, what improvements
were made and Itemized statement
of the cost in labor and materials.
Photographs Required
Each contestant also shall supply
two photographs of the home or
yard, one before and one after the
improvements have been made.
The annual contest is conducted
by an advisory committee which
includes Mr. Kerin, chairman of
the farm home Improvement com-
mittee of the chamber of com-
merce; H. O. Keller, chamber of
commerce secretary; Miss Doreen
Plckcl and M. Lee Phillips, county
extension agents.
START LIST UP
'OFCAGE SEASON
Junior College Quintet To
Oppose Carnegie In
Opener Tonight
PLANES LOCK IN MID-AIR, THEN MIRACLE OCCURS
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RANDOLPH FIELD, Tex.. Feb. 11—Puzzling as an army pilot's
dashboard is the phoromeler, used in testing eyesight of potential fliers
at Randolph Field, near San Antonio. Look sharply and you’ll see
the cadet's right eye peering at you.
Resignation of Merveldt Is Commercial Subjects Are
Accepted By Council Most In Demand
Resignation of Herman Mer-j Commercial subjects led the list
veldt as a member of the El Reno of courses to be offered under the
board of city commissioners was „ight school adult education pro-
accepted by the. council in a spe-1 uram being started at El Reno
cial meeting late Monday after- > hlglischool when 120 enrolments
noon’ were made in 12 different classes
Mr. Merveldt. a member of the Mondav night, c L McQlUt direc.
council two years, offered his resig- |or of thc school ,.eported ^
nation Feb 7 for business reasons.
The board Monday took no action, Enrolments included 38 in typing
on naming his successor to com- 81ld shorthand courses, 28 in home
plete the term, wlrtch expires m ousing. 20 in home beautification
and gardening, and 10 in blueprint
reading and aviation ground train-
ing.
Furl her Enrolments Permitted
April.
The special session was called
by the commission to open bids
for a street paving project.
Bids for the paving were receiv-
ed from C. E. Merveldt, El Reno; Bt g p
El Reno Construction company.1 (.iasses
El Reno; Earl W. Baker company, i courses
Bethany; and Myron Orosedose,
Oklahoma City.
Bids for the purchase of bonds I
were made by E. R. Kelso, El
Reno, and R. J. Edwards, Inc., , .
Oklahoma City. toM Montlay
No action can be taken on the ; Spanish
bids until 48 hours after they are | Spanish will be offered in place
opened by the council. The com-; general Latin American study,
mission is expected to convene for B,lcl 'he public speaking course
another special meeting later this will be broadened to include
week to act on the bids, but a def- speech study for retail salespersons,
inite date was not set at the Mon- Three types of courses are avail-
day session. able, non-credit studies for cul-
ture or recreation, highschool
credit courses and Junior college
credit courses. Classes will meet on
Monday and Thursday nights of
each week for 12 weeks.
El Reno highschool Indians will
enter the home stretch of their
1941 cage campaign tonight, fal-
tering lamely or striding along
smoothly only time can tell,
against the Boomer conference
Duncan Demons.
The highschool fracas,, however,
though it marks the beginning ol
the final drive for the Redrr.en,
may become an anticlimax for
the junior college contest that will
open the double-bai reled basket-
ball program.
Carnegie, one of the two clubs j
that has dumped the El Reno |
Chieftains, will meet Coach Dick
Horton's quintet in a return match j
at 7 p. m. tonight in the El Reno
tepee.
The highschool clubs will square
off immediately after the opener,
about 8:15 p. m.
Central Here Thursday
After tonight the Indians meet
Oklahoma City Central here
Thursday night, Enid there Fri-
day night and Anadarko here
next Tuesday night before the
start of the tournament, cam-
paigns Feb. 28.
Biggest question mark for
Coach Andy Green tonight will be
Everett Sweezey, who returned to
school Monday after spending a
week in bed with influenza. The
swarthy veteran probably will play
and might even start, the mentor
said, but probably won't be able
I to stand the pace more than a
few minutes.
Other Starters indicated
If Sweezey starts lt will be at
center, Coach Green added, with
Roy Hahn and Clifford Golden
at forwards, Reese Thompson and
Zennon Gill at guards. Joe Mon-
gold may start in place of one of
the smaller boys.
Glenn Stroud, lanky center, and
Floyd Funderburg, diminutive for-
ward, are expected to ice plenty
of action, and the rapidly improv-
ing Richard Boynton may handle
a big slrare of tire assignment.
On Jan. 10 at Duncan tiie In-
Immediate, Long - Term
Assistance By U« S.
Called Necessary
MacLEOD, Alta., Canada.. Feb. 11—It couldn’t happen—but it did. Two training planes of the Cana-
dian Royal air force crashed in mid-air, interlocked and then were landed safely with no casualties.
The planes were not damaged extensively and soon will be used again as trainers at the MacLeod
training school. <NEA Telephoto.)
SOONER STUDENTS
GIVEN SUBPOENAS
Applause For Witness Is
Irksome To Senators
Did You Hear
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Enrolments also may be made ; dians blanketed the Demon i 33-18,
m. Thursday when regular but Coach Green still retains plen-
will be started in all ty of respect for the Boomer clr-
Mr. McGill said. cult foe
■| Some of the proposed courses are
; being dropped and others estab-
lished in tiieir places to meet the
requirements of persons who en-
night.
To Be Offered
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 11— </P)
—The senate’s "little Dies" commit-
tee called three University of Ok-
lahoma students to their feet and
subpoenaed them today after they j
had laughed and applauded a negro
witness.
“I'm not subpoenaed.” said Duane
Spradling, Pauls Valley student,
hesitantly when Chairman Joe
Thompson demanded that he give
his name.
"He will be," interposed Senator
Paul Stewart. “Sergeant at arms,
serve him with a John Doe sub-
poena.”
Geary Minister Included
Thompson then singled out four
others, two of them university stu-
dents.
They were Rev. Ronald Osborne
of Geary, a graduate student. Quin-
ton Maule, student from Sand
firings, and Mr. and Mrs. Hi Doty.
Oklahoma City. Doty is employed
by the Oklahoma City Community
Fund.
Witness Room Crowded
The five were conducted to a wit-
ness room already crowded with of-
ficials of the Oklahoma Federation
for Constitutional Rights who had
,'RANK WESLEY VON TUN-
GELN of El Reno is one of
32 students at Oklahoma A. and
M. college in Stillwater who
made straight-A grades during
the first semester of the cur-
rent term, according to a report
released today by the registrar's
office.
In addition to the 32 straight-
A students, 607 others received
a B average or better during
the semester, to be included on
the deans' list of distinguished
students. This list is made up
of students passing all courses
taken, aggregating not less than
15 hours with an average grade
of B or higher and with no D,
incomplete, conditional or fall-
ing grade.
NAZI WARPLANES
Anxiety Is Mounting
Balkan Capitals
Hcaston Dinner Planned
For Monday Night
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fleets of German transport
planes, identified as the type used
to drop Nazi parachute troops in
the 1940 blitzkrieg on the western
front, were reported flashing south-
ward across Hungary today in an
apparent sequel to Britain's rup-
ture of diplomatic relations with
Rumania.
The planes were reported speed-
ing in the direction of Rumania
and Bulgaria.
Balkan capitals nervously specu-
lated that Adolf Hitler might be
starting a thrust into Bulgaria for
(an invasion of Greece or Turkey.
Informed sources In London said
Britain was expected to break
diplomatic relations with Bulgaria
if Nazi troops were admitted into
that Balkan country.
Explanation Lacking
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—(/P)—
Urging passage of the British-
aid bill "with modifications,” Wen-
dell L. Willkie proposed to the
senate foreign relations commit-
tee today that the United States
should furnish Great Britain with
five to 10 destroyers a month.
The 1940 Republican presidential
nominee, who returned to this
country Sunday from a flying tour
of the British isles, declared in a
prepared statement that Britain
needs both "immediate" and “long
term” assistance.
As an example of Immediate
aid,” he told the committee that
"if we are to aid Britain effec-
tively, we should provide her with
from five to 10 destroyers a month.
We should be able to do this
directly and swiftly, rather than
through the rigamarole of dubious
legalistic interpretations.”
Mayor LaGuardU Testifies
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of
New York City told the commit-
tee earlier that "complete plans
for Joint defense of the United
States and Canada now were in
existence.
LaGuardia. chairman ol a Joint
commission created to coordinate
defense plans of the United States
and Canada, said the plans em-
braced tactics, questions of terri-
tory and coordination of forces
and were based on the assump-
tion that equipment and personnel
would be available to carry them
out.
Flatly asserting that "tire axis
powers must be defeated." Dr.
James B. Conant, Harvard uni-
versity president, told congress to-
day that "as a last resort to de-
! been summoned to explain
Three Replacements Are
Called For Induction
Federal Flmployes
Meeting Thursday
1
Christian Church
Event Scheduled
^rmTVo^mere,r. Defendants Deny
ployes lodge No. 171 and auxiliary f / ,i
win be held »t 8 p. m. Thursday | Larceny Charge
in the lodge hall at El Reno, lt _____
has been announced.
There will be a business session i
of tiie auxiliary.
their
syn-
Flve more Canadian county men
will be inducted into thc selective
service army next Sunday and
Monday at the Oklahoma City j
induction station, it was disclosed
today by Charles Burger, chair-
man of tiie county draft board.
I Three men will report Sunday
A church night dinner and a
mid-week service, tiie second in
a scries of special services in
collection with the program. "Eight
Weeks with Ood," are scheduled
Wednesday night In the First
Christian church. It was announced
There also will be dancing, card
games and other entertainment,
and refreshments will be served,
according to the announcement.
Yukon Resident
To Await Trial
today by Rev. M. B Pringle,
pastor.
The covered dish dinner will be
served at 7 p. m. After the dinner
there will be general discussion
period upon the topic. "Promises
of Ood that Mean Most to Me.”
All church fsmllies and friends
of tiie church are being Invited
to attend this service, the pastor
said
Tax Assessment
Deadline Mar. 1
Ralph Brown, 22, of
| charged with contributing
Yukon,
to thc
delinquency of a minor, pleaded
not guilty when he was arraigned
before Judge Wutnett Thompson
in Canadian county court at El
Reno today. Bond was fixed at
8250
Information filed In the case
alleges Brown aided ,a minor In
the possession and transportation
of Intoxicating liquor on Feb 9
_____ | as replacements for three rejected
Edward Pope, 18, and Howard i hi the of 32 men called two
Rugg. 18. both ol El Reno, plead-1 weeks ago. while two men not yet
ed not guilty when they were ar-! selected will report Monday In a
ralgncd before Judge Emmett | new county quota of two.
Thompson in Canadian county | Replacements going Sunday are
court Monday on a Joint charge i Torn Wallace of El Reno, Orvil
of grand larceny. | Thomas Watt of Yukon and Wayne
Each waived preliminary hearing Hlllls White of Banner, all volun-
aud was bound to district court {tcers*
for trial under bond of 81,000.
Information filed by William L.
Funk, county attorney, charges
the pair with theft of a suitcase
of clothing, a camera and a
flashlight, of a total value of
864. from Frank Hromada of El
Reno on Feb. 1. Officers said the
property was taken from Mr,
Hromada's parked automobile.
opposition to the criminal
dacalism prosecutions.
The remark that provoked the
demonstration was made by Roscoe
Dunjee, editor of The Black Dis-
patch here, who had been asked to
name the provisions of the bill of
rights which the federation said lt
is out to defend.
“Why So Interested”
After the committee had recess-
ed until tomorrow. Thompson said
he had no intention of holding the
five in contempt but wanted to
know why the students were so
interested as to come to Okla-
homa City for the hearing.
"I want to lind out," he said,
"whether there is any campus
organization that has any con-
nection with this movement (tiie
Oklahoma Federation for Consti-
tutional Rights.)"
Officials of
eluding five university professors
who had waited in a witness room
through most of the morning, were
Goodwill tour to the Heaston
community southwest of El Reno
will be staged by the El Reno
junior chamber of commerce next
Monday night, it was decided at
the Jaycee session last nigjit in
the Southern hotel dining room.
Residents of the Heaston com-
munity will serve the dinner and
present the entertainment pro-
gram, while the Jaycees will
sponsor attendance from El Reno.
The dinner menu will include
country sausage, chicken and
noodles, Heaston baked beans,
mashed potatoes, creamed com,
buttered peas, turnips with back-
bone and sparcribs, apple sauce,
carrot and pineapple salad, relish,
celery, hot rolls, angel food cake
with whipped cream and coffee.
Ticket Sale Scheduled
A group of persons from Heaston
will be in El Reno Thursday with
tickets for the dinner-program,
according to Roy Klnkade, Junior
chamber chairman for goodwill
tours.
Tiie Jaycees also made plans for
their annual membership drive at
tiie meeting Monday night.
Lon C. Booth, membership chair-
■nun. distributed 1941 membership
tne fedeiatlon. In- CHrds iq the jaycees present. All
members will be asked to work in
the campaign but they will not
be divided into competing teams,
Whoa!
Canadian county proiierty owners
must declare their assessments for
1941 taxes before Mar. 1 to avoid
payment of a penalty, Sam Hul-
bert. county assessor, has an-
nounced.
Homestead exempt Inns also must
be claimed by Mar 1, he said
Homeatrad exemption must tie
claimed every year
Assessments on real estate, per-
sonal properly and Intangible
property may be made at Mr. Hill-
belt's office in the courthouse at
E) Reno before Mar 1 without
payment of a penalty.
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and save yourself all that
energy and expense.
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Probe Ordered In
Krivitsky’s Death
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—(tPl-
Repreaentatlve Martin Dies, (Dem-
ocrat, Texas), chairman of the
I house committee Investigating un-
American activities, today referred
to the death of General Walter
Krtvttsky as "the biggest story of
the year" and Indicated he would
produce "evidence” later relating
to the case of the former Rua-
I slan secret agent,
Krlvttsky, who was a wltneiui
| several months ago before the Dies
Six Volunteers Report
Six volunteers from Canadian
county reported at the Oklahoma
City Induction station today. They I
were Ted Fletcher Jenkins
Melvin Trammel, Howard Thomas
Hill. Melvin Lawrence Sikes, Clin-
ton Eugene Bowling and Thomas
Allen Smith, with Billy Franklin
Quliett as the replacement in case
one of the first six should fall to
qualify In the final medical ex-
amination They likewise were all
volunteers.
excused after only five had been {
heard and will return next Tues-
day.
Continuing hearings tomorrow,
tire committee will resume ques-
tioning of Robert Wood, state
Communist party secretary, and
Ell Jaflee.
it was decided.
Two Arraigned In
Theft At Calumet
i Charges Against
Robert Morgan, 40, of Okla-
! homa City, charged with petit lar-
i ceny, pleaded guilty at his ar-
Negro Dismissed al8i,ment *n cun*dia|> county
alone, swooping so low their mark-
ings were plainly visible.
There was no immediate ex-
planation of the hurried reinforce-
ment of Germany's armies massed
in the Balkans, already estimated
to number in the hundreds of
thousands.
Military and political observers
in Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia,
declared, however, that events were
moving rapidly toward a climax in
southeast Europe.
The crisis was accelerated, these
observers said, by reports that
Soviet Russia had notified Bul-
garia she would not oppose a Ger-
man march through Bulgaria to-
ward Orecce, Turkey and the Dar-
danelles.
Major Possibilities Forseen
As a result of swift-breaking
developments in the past 24 hours,
diplomatic circles in Belgrade fore-,
saw two major possibilities;
1. That Hitler would serve an
ultimatum on Bulgaria demand-
ing passage of Oerman troops; or
that Nazi columns now massed on
the Rumanian frontier would
simply begin moving across the
Danube.
2. That Britain would declari
war on Nazi-dominated Russia and
bomb thc kingdom's rich oil fields,
a vital source of Germany's fuel
supplies.
Troops Reach Bulgaria
Tiie Turkish official newspaper
said that Oerman troops were
arriving steadily In Bulgaria, their
officers declaring:
"Our goal is the Bosporous and
Mediterranean.”
Free Way of life” b Issue
The issue In the European war.
he testified before the senate for-
eign relations committee, "is the
free way of life, opposed to a
totalitarian way of life.”
Senator Robert Reynolds (Demo-
crat, North Carolina) asked Con-
ant how long American soldiers
should fight if ever they were
sent abroad, and Conant replied:
"I would like to see the axis
powers made so Innocuous that
they could not continue to threat-
en us as they are threatening us
now.”
Tiie Harvard president had ar-
gued in behalf of the British-atd
bill that "more terrible" than in-
volving this country in war would
be the responsibility for silently
accepting “policies which might
lead to the wiping out on this
continent of the free way of life."
Called "Religious" War
He described the present war as
more “religious" than "imperial-
istic" and asked his hearers to
imagine the position of this coun-
try in a world dominated by the
German dictatorship.
“If the enemy is as I believe,”
he said, "is there any escape from
the conclusion that our best hope
for the free way of life rests ln
the defeat of the axis powers?”
Under questioning by Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg I Republi-
can, Michigan), the educator said
he would be willing to go to war
to smash the axis nations "if it
were absolutely necessary as a last
resort."
The "bald fact" about tiie pos-
sibility of war, he asserted, is that
| court Monday at
I was ordered by
which
Judge
Thompson upon motion ol Wtl-
As volunteers have filled every, „an, L rounly attornf,
quota assigned to the county board
under thc compulsory military
service program, thc local board
has not been required to draft
any registrants
Legion, Auxiliary
time he
Charges of child desertion filed w“ u,ue,eu Emmett
In Canadian county court last No- Thompson to serve 30 days In Jail
vember against Russell Jones, 24- und puy a fine of 850 and court
year-old El Reno negro, were dls-j <-obu,.
Joe Felts. 42, of Oklahoma City,
i charged Jointly with Morgan, en-
: tered a plea of not guilty and is
Jones was charged with aban- being held under 8500 bond pend-
donment of three minor children. { |„K trial.
missed Monday by Judge Emmett
Betty Ann, Russell Lee Hiid Ger-
aldine, on Sept. 30, The com-
plaint was signed by Aline Jones,
wife of the defendant.
Arrange Dinner * WEATHKR
Members of the El Reno Amct'.
Icon LcrIoii post and auxiliary will
committer, was found shot to* convene In Joint session Thursday
(truth in the Bellevue hotel here
I yesterday. A certificate of suicide
was Issued but police are holding
I the case open pending further In-
vestigation after a friend of the
dead man speculated that "an
I assassin might have counterfeited"
I the apparent suicide notes found
I hi the Russian's room.
evening In the Legion hall.
A covered dish dinner will be
served at 6 45 p m„ after which
nn interesting program will be
presented under the supervision
ol Mrs Edna McMahan Kelly.
Paul R Taylor, superintendent
of S3 Reno schools, will be the
principal speaker.
Forecast
Increasing cloudiness, not so cold
tonight. Wednesday unsettled, with
light rain In west and north por-
tions by afternoon or night; warm-
er in northeast and extreme east
portions
El Reno Weather
For 24-hour period ending ut H
a. m today: High, 65; low, 30;
at 8 a. m . 37
State of weather, clear,
Rainfall, none.
Morgan and Felts are charged
with theft of a tire and wheel
from Glen Henrlchsen of Calu-
met on Feb 7 Tire complaint
was slgnrd by Lloyd Palmer, dep-
uty snerlff.
El Reno lodges
To Observe Day
Lincoln's birthday. Feb. 12. will
Ire observed by Odd Fellows and
RebekHhs of El Reno with an
appropriate progrum at 7:30 p. in
Wednesday In the I. O. O F hail,
it has been announced.
The public is Invited to attend
the special program, according to
the announcement.
i 'any step we take, or even failure
"Oerman soldiers wearing civilian | lo lake any slep at a„ w long „
overcoats were taken from Dobruja . Hltler ,g ln the ascendant, may
and the Bulgarian Black sea port iead to war.*
of Varna to the Interior of Bul-
garia In trucks," the article said.
"About 200 truck loads of these |
soldiers have been seen passing
througli a village of Tobrusln."
Turkish newspapers all assailed
Bulgarian policy but gave little
hint of Turkey's own Intentions
should Oermany occupy Bulgaria
In an attempt to get at this coun-
try or Oreece
Four Killed By
Gas Explosions
PHILADELPHIA. Feb U-0F—
At least four persons were killed
and two score Injured early today
In Illuminating gas explosions that
wrecked two homes In south Phll-
| adclphla and cauaed a lire which
destroyed seven others.
One of the dead was Patrolman
n im p, ,i l James Clark, who waa crushed to
Burned lo Death I «1e«th by a falling wall when he
ran into a house in an attempt to
rescue its occupants. Three bodies
dug from debris were not Imme-
diately Identified.
The first blast occurred at 5
a, m and was followed ln about
15 minutes by a second. A third
came lours later, as rescuer* were
diguing ihrouih the ruin*.
The fourth of the explosion*
era eked the pavement, In nearby
streets, and hulled chunk* of as-
phalt into the air. Burning gas
shot through the crevice* Window*
were shattered In houses for two
blocks, and many residents |
»ci earning from their bunas.
Mother and Baby
COVINGTON. Feb 11—(AV-A
young mother and her 3-year-old
daughter were burned to death to-
day In a kerosene explosion which
also Injured her husband serious-
ly.
The blast came when the mother,
Mrs. Ray Devery. 22, attempted to
kindle a fire with the fluid
Her daughter. Ola Rae. died In
an Bjntd hospital a few houra after
the oxploalnn.
The husband, also taken to an
Enid hospital, was not expected
to live.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 297, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 11, 1941, newspaper, February 11, 1941; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc923273/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.