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The El Reno Daily Tribune
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• uk means unn *d press El Reno, Oklahoma, Tuesday, June 16, 1953 or means associated press
El Reno, Oklahoma, Tuesday, June 16, 1953
UR MEANS ASSOCIATED
Vol. 62, No. 92
Vital Ridge Captured
As Enemy Offensive
Mounts Along Front
A
Governor Signs
New Voter Law
Re-Registration To
Be Required in ’54
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 16-UR
—Governor Johnston Murray sign-
ed the new voter registration law
today, requiring all Oklahoma vot-
ers. with a few exceptions, re-
register before they can vote in the
1°54 elections.
Legislators adopted the law in
the dosing days of the session. It
was offered by Democrats as a
chance to clear up any irregularit-
ies before Republicans can make a
campaign issue of K.
There were complaints of voting
Irregularities In the 1962 election,
particularly in some eastern areas
of the state.
The law sets March 1-31 for the
re-registration and requires county
commissioners provide adequate
funds to pay the casts. It provides
exceptions for counties which can
satisfy the state election board
their registration books are in good
shape.
Murray also signed a bill creat-
ing a psychiatry and neurology ser-
vice at University hospital. During
the day he signed eight of the bills
left him by the legislature, leaving
34 still to be acted upon. So far he
has not vetoed any since the legis-
lature quit about 11 p. m. June 6.
Still on liis desk are some import-
ant measures. Included are the 62
million dollar common school bill,
the 33 million dollar appropriation
for state colleges and the con-
troversial $375,000 appropriation for
building two state parks and pur-
chase of Turner Falls from the city
of Davis.
Film on Rabies Shown
At Lions Club Meeting
Members of the Lions club held
a "hot weather” meeting today with
showing of a film on prevention of
rabies as the highlight of a brief
program.
In other business W. A. Gaines
and Sidney Pratt were introduced
as new members, and W. C. Samples
was presented the birthday gilt.
Guests were Mahlon Ozmun and
Rev. Harold Enz. both of El Reno,
and Dr. H. A. TTlller, Menomonee
Palls. Wis.
WHEAT PROFITS TURNED TO ASHES—Wheat field fires such as the one pictured above are con-
tinuing to plague Canadian county farmers as they rush to complete the harvest. This fire was on land
farmed by Marlon Watson about a mile north of El Reno. City firemen buttled the blase for nearly two
hours before bringing it under control, but not before about 40 acres had been destroyed. It was
thought at first that the lire was on the county larm, operated by Bill Jordan, but firemen learned
later that they hud saved Watson's wheat.
Wheat Price
Drops, Bins
Filling Fast
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahajna farmers, harvesting an
unexpectedly good wheat crop, were
plagued by storage shortages and
dropping prices today.
Union Equity elevators at Enid
announced next Monday would be
the last day they would receive any
shipments.
Prices over the state today were
down from 17 to 10 cents a bushel.
Altus quoted »1.70. down from $1.87;
Frederick. $1.85. down $ and El
Reno and Oklahoma City 81.75.
down 10. A year ago prices were
running from $1.97 to 82.04.
The average government wheat
loan price is about $2.10.
Farmers In the Oklahoma City
and Clinton areas began dumping
their wheat on the ground when
elevators stopped taking any more
grain.
Some 15 carloads of wheat were
dumped on the main street at Erick
leaving only one lane open for traf-
fic. The same thing occurred four
years ago and the valuable grain
was ruined by a big rain.
The wheat was brought in to the
farmers co-coperative elevator at
Erick but couldn't be stored. Of-
ficials are trying to get the wheat
moved into Amarillo, by train.
City Council Stuck With
Hog 'Hot Lunch' Program
The state’* new “hot lunch program” for swine was given
study by city councilmen Monday night at a session con-
tinued from their regular monthly meeting, as City Manager
C. A. Bentley reported on the need to comply with a new
state law requiring cooking of garbage to be used as hog feed.
In other business councilmen opened seven bids on equip-
ment to blacktop city streets, and eight bids on rental bf
Mustang field acreage for planting in wheat next year.
The city has until August to comply with the hog feed
law. and Bentley pointed out thait one alternative is to bum
and bury alt garbage collected--
College President
In Governor Race
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 16-OP)
—Bruce Carter, president of North-
eastern A. and M. college. Miami,
said today an organisation cam-
paign for his candidacy for gov-
ernor next year is underway.
Carter, president of the college
for 11 years, has been considered
a possible Democratic candidate
since the election In 1860. However,
he has never officially announced
as a candidate.
The college president pointed out
that he has not become an official
candidate but added .that "it looks
mighty good.”
Local Players Trade Victories
With Oklahoma City's Teams
Two El Reno Boy’s baseball
teams traded victories with Ok-
ahoma City players In games
here and In Oklahoma City Mon-
Jay.
The win was chalked up by the
El Reno Rebels. 12-year-old
team, which poured six runs
across the plate Its first time at
bat in Oklahoma City, and de-
eated the Gatewood Gators
7-2. The game was called at
■nd of the fourth Inning under
he 10-run lead regulation.
Meanwhile the Veterans of
belgn Wars Hornets, presented
"rahoma City a game on a plat-
j studded - with 10 errors on
-J El Reno diamond. The locals
♦e held to three hits by the
ichlng of Hoskins and Stiver-
a. Oklahoma City.
in the Rebels triumph) the
lire team joined In the at-
ck with Dennis Dlcke's triple
.ie only extra base blow, being
eld scoreless in only the second
inning. El Reno battery was
Mike Fire, Maxey in the fourth
and Manuel Heusman.
In the Hornet’s clash, El Reno
hitting was confined to Smith
who got two hits and Wynes who
got the other one. El Reno start-
ed with a two-run lead in the
first, and maintained the lead
until the third when the Hor-
net infield fell apart and Okla-
homa City pushed across live
runs.
Pitching for El Reno were Joe
Smith, Chuck Janssen and
Charles Perry.
It was the second loss of the
season for the VFW Hornets,
both to the same team. The next
game will be with the Falling
15-year-old team of Enid in
Adams park Wednesday night.
The Rebels trill step into fast-
er company Wednesday after-
noon at Legion park when they
meet the Enid Patting 13-year-
old nine.
in the city. But this, he said,
would cost the city approxi-
mately $500 per month.
A second alternative, he said.
Is to get housewives to agree to
separate their kitchen garbage
from dry waste, in order that the
city could pick up the garbage one
week and dry trash the next, and
deliver the garbage for cooking as
hog feed.
Complaints Foreseen
In this way. he said, the prob-
lem could be met without the need
of incurring extra expenses, and
increasing garbage and trash col-
lection rates.
However, in event the house-
wives do not like the idea of the
single collection each week, ar-
rangements might be made, he
said, to pick up dry waste once
each week, and make two collec-
tions of kitchen garbage each week.
Councilmen took no action on
the problem, pending further study.
Awards on the bids opened
Monday night are to be made at
a meeting Thursday night, after
city officials have had opportunity
to make a complete survey of the
offers.
Since bids submitted on black-
topping equipment ranged from
two to three pieces of equipment,
Bentley said the council must take
each Item individually to deter-
mine which will cost the least.
Mustang Bids In
The bids were submitted by the
Herd Equipment company. Okla-
homa City; Wiley Stewart Machin-
ery company, Oklahoma City; Vic-
tor L. Phillips Equipment company.
Oklahoma City; Butler-Sparks
Road Equipment company, Okla-
homa City; Bert Smith Road Ma-
chinery company. Enid; Leland
Equipment company. Oklahoma
City, and the Boardman company,
Oklahoma City.
Under all bids submitted the city
is to pay rental on the machinery
for 24 months, after which the
equipment will become city prop-
erty.
Bids on the Mustang field prop-
erty were submitted by Darwin
Blanc, El Reno; Cecil Cassell,
Geary; O. M. Ayers. Calumet route
1: Calvin Bleigh. El Reno, Buck
Halverson, E3 Reno; Luther D.
Murphy and Harry Von Tungeln,
Jointly; Hubert Brbar and Harry
J. Von Tungeln.
Bentley said further study
would be necessary to determine
which Is high bidder.
TRAFFIC CASE COSTS 815.50
William Thomas Hash rook, El
Paso, Tex., charged with passing
in a no-passing zone on U. 8. 66.
about 11 miles west of H Reno on
June 14. has been fined $5 and
$10.50 costs in the court of J. H.
Craven, justice of the peace. Com-
plaint was made by Trooper Ira
H. Walkup.
'Old Brownie'
Has Edge On
Michigan Hen
/-OWNERSHIP of the country’s
” oldest living—and producing
—hen was claimed today by Mrs.
E. L. Potts. 917 North Evans.
Her claim was advanced after
appearance of a United Press
report In The Tribune Sunday. In
which Cranbrook school, Detroit,
Mich., was reported claiming a
record for Esmeralda, an experi-
mental hen which died recently
after her 12th birthday.
The age itself is not a record,
according to the UP. which said
the oldest known chicken died
at 14. However, the Michigan
school said its record lay in the
fact that the hen had a 50 per-
cent laying record right up to the
time she died, while the 14-year-
old chicken stopped laying at the
age of 9.
■OUT Mrs. Potts believes she can
A* beat both records with her
hen, “Old Brownie,’’ a cross be-
tween a game and bantam, that
is to celebrate her 14th birthday
the first part of next month.
Despite the fact that she has
reached this advanced age, which
compares with more than 100
years by human standards, the
hen still lays regularly, and still
takes time out for setting.
“In fact,” her owner proudly
declares, "she wanted to set the
other day. but It’s too hot and I
wouldn’t let her. But she’s a real
fighter when she has chicks."
If Mrs. Potts’ contentions are
borne out. “Old Brownie." hatched
out more than 13 years ago at
Shawnee, may be a real record-
breaker.
The UP report said few hens
lay 50 percent of the time after
their second year.
Threat of Fire
Added to Area
Wheat Hazards
Dry Weather Helpful
To Harvesters, But
Increases Danger
Canadian county wheat farmers
*ere racing against the elements
to complete their below-average
wheat harvest which may reach
the final stages by Saturday—pro-
viding the weather remains favor-
able.
However, a new nemesis Is taking
a mounting toll on the standing
grain—In addition to the ever-
present threat of wind and hail—
and that Is fire.
Several wheatfield fire* have al-
ready causes thousands of dollars
In losses to county farmers during
the past week, and although dry
weather makes for favorable har-
vesting conditions. It adds to the
possibility of wheat blazes.
Firemen Save Wheat
The El Reno fire department has
been Instrumental In saving a con-
siderable amount of standing grain
Irom wind-whipped fires. Their
latest call was Monday afternoon
to a farm about a mile north of
El Reno where they battled a long
fire-front for nearly two hours,
saving a good portion of the field
and neighboring fields, although
more than 40 acres of wheat and
-atubblr were ruined.
The fire was at first thought to
be on the county farm, which is
leased by Bill Jordan, but the fire-
boys later found that they had
fought down a blaze in wheat
owned by Marion Watson. The
field adjoined the county farm.
Mare Care Urged
In an effort to spotlight the
ever-present danger of wheat fires,
the county agent’s office today
Joined area farmers in an appeal,
especially to motorists, to exercise
more care with cigarets and cigars
thrown from car windows.
The highway patrol added a
sterner note by reminding that it
is a violation of state statutes for
anyone to thVow lighted cigars,
matches or rigarets from cars on
public roads, and that a stiff fine
is possible for offenders.
Fireworks Hazard
Pre-holiday “shooting” of fire-
works was listed today as another
hazard to both wheat farms and
city property. El Reno firemen had
only returned from the Watson
field blaze Monday when they were
called to extinguish a grass fire in
the 1200 block of South Boynton
which was started by a child shoot-
ing a firecracker.
Parents were asked to supervise
children's fireworks displays in the
rural areas, since it is unlawful to
light fireworks within the city
limits. Children were cautioned
that less than another week would
be needed to complete the wheat
harvest and asked to exercise ex-
treme care until the danger period
had passed.
City firemen have saved consid-
erable burning wheat, but in more
distant areas there would be less
possibility of saving the valuable
grain.
Deardorff, Hinton
Take Tourney Lead
The Deardorff Oilers and Hinton
kept in the winning column as they
defeated two Oklahoma City teams
Monday night in the El Reno in-
vitational softball tournament.
In the first game the Hinton nine
defeated the Classen Meteors 36-4.
and in thd second game the Oilers
scored four runs in the last of the
seventh to break a 7-7 tie and go
ahead to win the game by a score
of 11-7.
In tonight's games Page Aircraft
will be pitted against the Deardorff
Oilers and the Hinton nine will
meet the Cooper Motor company
of Yukon.
Crude Price
Hike Spreads
TULSA, Okla.. June 16—OP)—The
Carter Oil Company, a Standard
Oil of New Jersey affiliate, today
joined two of the nation’s leading
domestic crude producers in post-
ing a 25-cent per barrel increase
in the price it will pay for oil.
Two large producers. Humble Oil
and Refining Company of Houston,
Tex., and Phillips Petroleum com-
pany, Bartlesville, posted price ad-
vances yesterday.
Humble was the largest domestic
producer lest year and Phillips
ranked eighth.
Cferter buys crude oil In six stat-
es—Oklahoma, Texas, Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado and Mississippi
—and has production in several
others.
Carter President John W. Brice,
in announcing the price boost, said
‘There has been no general increase
in I he price of crude oil In over
five years
JL-'
—Photos by Irelands
BOB POWERS
Powers Shines
In North-South
All-Star Game
DOB POWERS, lanky center
"on Coach Jenks Simmons'
state championship basketball
team, returned to El Reno last
night from the national North-
South basketball classic Saturday
at Murray, Ky„ where he was ac-
claimed "the greatest defensive
hlghschool basketball player in
America."
Powers defensive trainln* at the
hands of Coach Jenks was high-
lighted in the final quarter of the
annual all-star game when he
helped his South team hold a
nine-point lead for an 86-77 easy
win.
He netted six points In the six
minutes he played for the South
squad, playing both post and
guard positions.
The annual all-America high-
school classic was played in the
Murray State college gym, fea-
turing the cream of the nation’s
prep stars. Another Oklahoman
on the South team was Jimmy
Peck, all-state guard from Leedey.
The speedy little five - foot,
eight-inch dynamo proceeded to
play rings around his tree-top-
per opponents.
AN hand to watch the annual
v/highschool feature were Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Powers, proud par-
ents of Bob. They were accompan-
ied to Murray by daughter Myr-
na and John Powers, Bethany, a
brother of Otto’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Powers had high
praise for the general hospitality
at Murray, describing the Ken-
tucky city as one of the friendli-
est places they had ever visited.
Son Bob had a great deal of re-
spect for his team and also for
their opponents on the North
squad, but he said he was convinc-
ed that Coach Simmons’ all-state
champs could handle the ball
better than most players on either
team.
TN addition to receiving schol-
arship bids to several top
“basketball" colleges, Bob receiv-
ed a small gold basketball com-
memorating the national cage
classic, also his playing suit and a
jacket with tbe North-South game
emblem.
The six-foot-six cage star is not
making any hasty decisions on his
future college. He plans to con-
sult Coach Jenks and accept his
counsel.
But, regardless of what that de-
cision may be. the young basket-
bailer gives the veteran cage men-
tor all credit for his basketball
successes, modestly stating, “If it
hadn’t been for Coach Simmons
they would have never heard of
me."
Maybe so, but Bob Powers Is off
to a fine start, and with proper
guidance the nation’s basketball
followers have not heard the last
of him.
Red Planes Stage Biggest Raid
Of War On Seoul Area; Allied
Mountain Mass Is Threatened
SEOUL, Wednesday, June 17—(AP)—Thousands of Chi-
nese Reds Tuesday seized vital Finger ridge in their big
offensive and attacked a mountain mass nearby whose loss
would imperil the entire allied position on the blazing east-
ern front.
In the air, 15 Communist planes made their biggest raid
of the war on Seoul’s environs, touching off huge fires
visible for 40 miles from the capital’s port of Inchon, where
a big fuel dump blew up.
Far to the north, U. S. Sabres tangled near the Man-
churian border with Russian-built MIGs in a fierce renewal
of air battle, shooting down four Red planes and damaging
three others, the Fifth airforce said.
The powerful new ground punch by 6,000 Reds in the
east gave fresh weight to an offensive unleased while
both sides were nearing agreement at Punmunjom on a truce
in the three-year conflict.
Capture of Finger ridge at the western anchor of a blaz-
ing 50-mile front gave the Reds one-third of the vital Kyoara
mountain complex. Loss of Kyoam itself would open* the,
gates to a valley and many miles of allied territory.
Fragmentary reports from the front said South Korean
soldiers were battling savagely in an attempt to hold the
dominating positions on Kyoam.
Deep behind allied lines, Communist guerrillas stepped
up their activity. They wrecked a freight train laden with
army supplies Monday night near Pusan, southeast port
and temporary capital of-
South Korea. It was the sec-
ond such train wrecked by
guerrillas in 48 hours.
The night air raiders, believed to
be Russian-built PO-2 light bi-
planes, also started fires at Kimpo,
airfield northwest of Seoul. The
war-ravaged city was blaoked out
while anti-aircraft fires criss-
crossed the skies and searchlights
sought to pick out the low-flying
raiders.
The Chinese offensive, largest
since the spring of 1951, showed
no signs of abating.
Truce Meeting Set
Meanwhile top level negotiators
Weather
State Forecast
Generally fair south and partly
cloudy north tonight and Wednes-
day, with scattered thunderstorms
extreme northwest this evening;
cooler extreme north through to-
night; low tonight 60s extreme
north to 70s elsewhere; high Wed-
nesday Mb north to near 106 south.
meet in PanmunJom In a few hours
for a fateful session which could
pave the way to a quick end of
nearly three years of lighting In
Korea.
The meeting was set for 11 a. m.
Wednesday.
It was requested by the UN com-
mand even as fresh Chinese regi-
ments hammered weakened allied
lines on the east central front.
Approval of an armistice agree-
ment by the negotiators would pre-
cede the official signing by top
military commanders of both sides.
Staff officers who have been put-
ting the finishing touches on an
armistice since June 10 will meet
after the top brass session, the UN
command said, indicating they are
not through with their work.
Draft Detailed Plan
One group of officers has been
reported drafting a detailed plan
for exchanging prisoners of war.
Another group, armed with maps,
has been drawing a line of contact
which has changed almost continu-
ally along a 40-mile sector where
U. S. and South Korean troops
battled perhaps 40,000 Reds.
Staff officers drawing the demar-
cation line worked long after dark,
indicating to some observers they
hoped to complete the line before
the full-dress meeting.
The UN command said Wednes-
day’s session will be secret, as all
meetings have been since May 25.
Two Communist news corre-
spondents at Panmunjom said the
big Red offensive was ordered to
“teach the ROKs a lesson.” They
said Red leaders didn’t like bitter
South Korean opposition to the im-
pending truce.
7AM Women Parade •
Seven thousand women paraded
through Seoul under banners read-
ing “Women—tighten your skirt
belts and spring up! Give us
death if not unification!” But
there was no resumption of the
angry anti-truce demonstrations
which flared through South Korea
last week.
The women protested the pro-
posed use of Indian troops to guard
prisoners who refuse repatriation.
Some carried banners reading: “We
will forcibly oppose landing of In-
dian troops.” South Korean offi-
cials have called India pro-Com-
m uniat.
Hopes still were high for an ar-
mistice within a matter of days,
but Secretary of State Duties
warned that the big-scale Commu-
nist offensive could become a seri-
ous obstacle to a truce.
Judge Disposes
Of Liquor Cases
Many Change Pleas'
As Jury Term Opens
Jack T. Foreman, charged with
unlawful transportation of Intoxi-
cating liquor, was fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to 30 days in
the county Jail Monday by Judge
Roy M. Faubion as a variety of
cases were disposed of in advance
of the Jury term of court which
opened today.
Foreman previously had entered
a plea of guilty to the charge.
In another case Monday. Ralph
Henson, charged with liquor pos-
session, withdrew an earlier plea
of Innocent and pleaded guilty to
the charge.
Jail Term Suspended
He was fined $100 and costs and
sentenced to 30 days in the county
jail, with the jail term suspended
on condition he no longer engage
in the liquor traffic In Oklahoma.
Cecil Marshall DeSpain withdrew
a plea of innocent to a charge of
drunk driving and entered a plea
of guilty. He was fined $100 and
costs.
Case b Continued
Continued to June 18 was the
case of Harold Henry Hoover, Ok-
lahoma City, charged on March 23
with drunk driving. The continu-
ance was made on motion of the
defendant.
Ray Daggs, charged with unlaw-
ful possession of intoxicating liquor,
withdrew a plea of innocent, and
upon pleading guilty to the charge
was ordered to pay a fine of $75
and costs and to be confined in
the county Jail 30 days, beginning
Aug. 15.
T. H. Palmer, charged with
drunken driving, also withdrew an
early plea of innocence and entered
a plea of guilty. Aug. 14 was set
as the date for pronouncement of
sentence.
Eastern Berliners
Ask Shorter Week
0
BERLIN, June 16 — OP) — Five
thousand East Berlin laborers par-
aded through the Soviet sector to-
day carrying signs which demanded
a lighter work day.
It was such a remarkable sight to
see anyone demonstrating against a
Communist government edict with-’
out being clapped into jail that
thousands of passersby stopped and
gawked. Communist police stepd oa
the sidelines, .smiling
Obviously it was a planned rail);
executed aa part of tbe Communist
regime’s breast-beating campaign of
de-SovieOiatkm that is intended to
make East Germany a mare attract-
ive partner for tbe west tat thl new
unity drive.
Leading the parade was a I
looking man with a atgn whiel
reduction at tbe voek i
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