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El Reno, Oklahoma, Friday, April 1, 1955
OP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
ow With Gary
n School Lands
Disposal of Tract
Leads to Conflict;
Legality Is Debated
OKLAHOMA CITY, April I—ur—
om J. Lee, school land commis-
on secretary, ‘resigned today cf-
ictivc April 15 after a conflict with
overnor Raymond Gary over sale
school lands.
Lee confirmed today reports he
d resigned after being told by
wen Townsend, attorney for the
vernor, Gary “wouldn't be un-
jppy" if he quit.
Gary had demanded the state
sll a tract of school land at less
an the law specifies. Minutes of
e school land commission meet-
g this week showed Townsend
pc a red before the group on be-
if of Gary regarding .85 of an
re of school land desired by Gar-
eld county commissioners for a
irm-to-market road.
Land Valued at $170
According to the minutes of the
eeting, Townsend said private
“Jncrs had given land for the road,
nd therefore the school land com-
lission should reduce its price.
The minutes show the .85 of an
Te in question had an appraised
due of $170.
The minutes represent Lee as
posing sale of land below the
ppraised value, as provided by the
abling act and state law, since
le land is part of the government's
iginal grant to Oklahoma schools.
Avoids Discussion
The commission instructed Lee
ask for an attorney general's
inion on whether it could sell
tie land for less than the appraised
alue.
Lee said today he preferred not
discuss the matter, then added
je incident was ‘‘just the straw
lat broke the camel's back — it
■as just one of a series of in-
iances.”
Governor Gary was in Poleau.
Gary Tolls Choice
Lee, chief attorney for the school
ind commission under former
tovernor Roy J. Turner, was made
icrctary when Johnston Murray
signed to run for governor in
950.
Gary previously has announced
,eo Winters, Hooker, was his
jhoicc for secretary.
Lee has pursued a policy of earn-
lg as much money as possible for
tale schools from the trust fund,
tenters have complained of his
policies of increasing earnings by
aising rent for school land.
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COUNTY'S OUTSTANDING FARMER—Bill Manning, center, today noon was named “Out-
standing Farmer" by the El Reno junior chamber of commerce and received a certificate
befitting the title. Gaylord Reuter was a short jump behind Manning in judging Homer
Smudrick, left, contest chairman, and Jaycee President Stanley Youngheim, right, help
Manning admire his award Both Manning and Reuter will be entered in a statewide “Out-
standing Farmer" contest on April 27. Three top state winners will go on for national judg-
Early Session
Scheduled By
City Council
Members of the El Reno city
ouncil will assemble for their
egular monthly meeting at 6 p.m.
Jay in the city hall—an hour and
half earlier than usual—in order
i get necessary business finished
jn time to attend an openhouse and
edication at the new Thunderbird
Coliseum.
The session is expected to be
trief, with work requiring discus-
ion to be delayed until an ad-
journed session to be held either
Monday or Wednesday night, City
Manager C. A. Bentley said today.
However the council will approve
•ayroll claims for city employes,
■pen bids on water line pipe and
hay receive a petition for the
.polling of Mill street from Hoff
venue east.
The adjourned portion of the
neeting would be necessary, Bent-
icy pointed out. regardless of what
ime the council meets, since the
•ity charter provides that no ac-
ion may be taken in making
■wards on bids until 48 hours after
he opening.
Property Damage
High in Accidents
Two accidents, with property
lamage in one running to an esti-
Tiated $450, were recorded by city
lolicc Thursday.
Most costly was a crash about
p.m. at the intersection of Choc-
aw avenue and Wade street in
vhich a southbound car driven by
farold Ray Olive, 18, of El Reno
oute 1, received about $150 dam-
ge and a west bound car driven
, y Frank Menz, 28, of 704 South
lies, received about $300 dam-
ge.
In the other crash, earlier in the
lay at the intersection of Watts
itreet and Rock Island avenue, a
ar driven by Walter Bullock, 19.
■f 800 North Shepard, received
lamage estimated to cost $10, and
i car driven by Melton Wright. 19,
>f 312 South Macomb, received
•bout $40 damage.
Germany Pacts
Get Senate Nod
Two Votes Are Cast
Against Armament
WASHINGTON, April 1 -•*_ The
Senate today approved the German
rearmament treaties by an over-
whelming vote.
The roll call tally was 76-2, with
Senators Langer (Democrat-North
Dakota) and Malone (Republican-
. Nevada) voting against.
J The twin pacts, which Secretary
of State Dulles said will give west
j European unity an "irreversible
reality" give sovereignty to the Re-
public of West Germany, bring her
into the North Atlantic treaty or-
ganization (NATO) and provide for
a brand new 12-division German
army.
East Germany is occupied by the
Soviet.
The historic senate action, deli-
berately delayed until France and
Germany had approved the treat-
ies, culminates a 5-year U. S ef-
fort to array Germany's potential
military power on the side of the
west in the cold war against Rus-
sia.
Senator George (Democrat-Geor-
gia) chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee, told the senate
in a brief debate on the agreements
that they would "improve the
chances” both for unification of
Germany and for talks between
western and Russian leaders on a
basis that might produce some-
thing "constructive."
Rain (Maybe) in Forecast;
Heavy Snow in Panhandle
Lights remained on in El Reno stores and homes this
morning as a heavy pall of dust hung over the area with little
wind to clear the haze.
Dust and apparently a high layer of clouds held back the
sun throughout the morning, but the weatherman today noon
gave this area an “outside' chance for rain before Saturday
morning.
The Associated Press reported the worst dust storm of
the year abated today in the northwest, while thunderstorms
continued to pop and snow piled up in the Panhandle
Rain began to wash the dusty skies clear during the morn-
tng and moisture was forecast for all sections of the state Visi-j
bility was reduced from a mile 1
One Man Dies, “d a ,0 ,ive miles by
Four Injured
In Auto Crash
I One man was killed and four
j others were injured in a two-car ac-
cident. a mile and a half east of
dust.
The fresh thunderstorms came
after a night of blowing dust, snow
in the Panhandle, hail and turbu I
lent weather which brought torna
do alerts but no twisters were re-
ported.
On* Man Injurtd
A strong windstorm resulted in
Yukon in r.- ---T~ | injury to a Creek county resident.
after 6 a m nn K I' m * Hams0n Cra,‘ of Kellyvillo. whose
4 on state highway No., head was cut by a flying limber
Joseph Frank Kantowski, 64, of
Oklahoma City, was dead on ar-
rival at Mercy hospital, while his
57-year old wife, Pauline, was in
serious condition in the hospital
with broken ribs, a fractured wrist,
concussion and head cuts.
Their two grandchildren, Sandra
Kay Kantowski, 10, and Charolette
Ann Kantowski, 6, also were in
Lightning struck the University of [
Tulsa student activity building. !
Only slight damage and no injuries
were reported.
Heavy snow, ranging from 6 to j
12 inches in the Panhandle, cur- j
tailed highway travel sharply.
U S. 287 and 64 were open to one-
way traffic only.
The highway department said !
min rvdiuuwsKI, o, also Wei*0 1(1 ucpai i.iiicih Haul
serious condition with cuts and j^heaviest snowfall was at Keyes
Quakes Rock
Philippines
MANILA, April 1 —ijfi—Violent
earthquakes rocked the southern
Philippines today, causing possibly
hundreds of deaths and untold dam-
age.
The Philippine news service re-
ported "hundreds” dead or miss-
ing in the tugava district alone of
Lanao province. Earlier reports
said there were 164 confirmed
deaths in four districts of that pro-
vince.
For nearly eight hours the earth
trembled and shook. The ground
split open. Sand and hot water were
reported issuing from cracks in the
ground. Some houses toppled into
Lake Lanao.
The first heavy shock hit the
area—a corn-growing region — at
2:14 a. m. then a series of after-
shocks jarred Mindanao and the
other southern and central Philip-
pine islands of Cebu, Panay, Ne-
gros, Samar, Bohol and Leyte.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, April 1—i/P—
President Eisenhower today sent
the nomination of Werron C. Do-
Moss for El Reno postmaster to
tho senate for final approval.
bruises.
Also hospitalized, with multiple
fractures of the left arm, cuts and
bruises, was the driver of the oth-
er vehicle, bakery’s panel truck,
Billy Edward Stiles, 28, Oklahoma
City.
Trooper Bill Norton reported
Kantowski's car, headed cast, and
Stiles' panel truck, driven west,
met in a near head-on collision,
“left front to left front."
Meanwhile the highway patrol re-
ported that another accident three
miles south of Bessie on U. S. 183,
near Cordell, had resulted in three
dead and two injured about 1 p.m.
today.
Railroad Shop
Tools Recovered
Sheriff’s officers and railroad
workers teamed up early today to
recover an estimated $700 worth
of hand tools stolen last night from
a Rock Island shop.
Sheriff Tiny Royse said thieves
broke into the building through a
window and left with their load of
hand tools during the night, but
that most of the tools were found
early in a fence row north of the
shop. .
The sheriff said railroad em-
ployes helped his men roundup the
tools, and that a search was being
conducted today for the two or
more persons who broke into the
building.
in Cimarron county, 20 miles north-
east of Boise City. Boise City had
six inches of snow on the ground.
The snow had stopped today.
Moisture Helpful
The weather mixture left up to
2.22 inches of moisture in the south-
eastern section during the past 24
hours, but for a change the north-
west received beneficial precipita-
tion as well.
G u y m o n's rain and snow
amounted to 1.44 inches of actual
moisture, the most that arid city
has reported in weeks.
Precipitation was generally half
an inch to an inch in the eastern
half of the state overnight, with
Valliant in McCurtain county the
exception at 2.22 inches.
Guymon Feres Best
Guymon had by far the most
moisture in the west where pre-
cipitation outside the Panhandle
was very spotty.
The month of April was ushered
in by freezing temperatures in the
Panhandle. Overnight lows ranged
from 31 degrees at Guymon to 48
at Ponca City.
The strange weather potpourri
left sidewalks and streets treach-
erously slick with mud at Beaver
which had just enough rain to dis-
solve the dust.
Clean up day was declared to
wipe away the effects of the dust
blizzard, rain, sleet and snow.
Merchants and home owners alike
turned water hoses on the mess to
Mac Q. To
Pinch-Hit
For 'Pink'
Attorney General
Not Likely To
Stampede
rrilANKS to Mac y Williamson,
* state attorney general, El
Reno's coliseum dedication party
this evening it expected to go off
without a hitch.
Things were thrown in some-
what a tizzy yesterday when it
was learned that Lieutenant
Governor Cowboy Pink Williams
had jumped the corral and gal-
loped off Ardmore-way after ac-
cepting a bid to appear on to-
night's program.
Nobody—not even the dedica-
tion planning committee—got too
excited when Cowboy's last-
minute cancellation came
through: word got around to the
popular attorney general and he
volunteered to attempt to fill in
the five-minute spot.
Of course, Cowboy Pink's name
is on the printed program, but
anyone with a sharp pencil can
add "on" to Williams and scratch
out the first two appelations—and
everything will be hunky-dory.
^UITH Williamson on the dotted
line, the force of visiting
and local dignitaries overshad-
ows even the truant cowboy from
Caddo.
For instance. Senator Jim
Rinehart will “emcee" the event,
after Mayor George Edgar opens
the show with a few remarks.
The senator, in turn, will intro-
duce such notables as Represen-
tative Jean Pazoureck, also of El
Reno and chairman of the house
committee on dedications: Sen-
ator John Russell, chairman of
a similar group in the senate;
Major General Roy W. Kenney;
Colonel Fred Snyder; Represen-
tative Bill Burton of Kingfisher
county: Representative “Red”
Andrews, Oklahoma City; and
possibly Representatives Bill
Harkey, house speaker, and J. D.
niOarty, both of Oklahoma City.
/YTHER guests will be basket-
” ball coaches of the state's
three leading colleges — Bruce
Drake, OU; Hank Iba, A. and M.,
and Doyle Barrack of Oklahoma
City University, and several
more.
The program of dedication will
be brief—for instance General
Kenney will be allowed onlly 10
minutes to give a brief history of
the 45th division, and his is the
longest talk.
Senator Rinehart, himself given
to a bit of oratory upon occasion,
will ring the bell on those who
don't heed the clock
Rupert Fogg, president of the
El Reno school board, was re-
hearsing his talk today. He wiH
accept keys to the building for
the schools, and he said he had
been instructed to confine his
remarks to "thank you.”
jyfAYOR EDGAR, representing
the city, and Colonel Wayne
England, for the national guard,
will be allowed similar remarks
when Noland Smith, builder, and
George Aderhold, architect, hand
over the keys.
Considering the near-catastro-
phe of losing comments by Cow-
boy, the dedication program still
promises to be a treat for all
hands.
Ceremonies begin promptly at
7 p. m., then Thunderbird doors
will be opened for a cellar-to-
attic inspection by all hands.
National guardsmen will be
posted in the armory side of the
building to show visitors their
fine facilities, while highschool
students will be on hand to show-
off the other side.
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Vol. 64, No. 28
Congress Urged
To Oppose U. S.
Fight for Islands
Resolution Offered
Ry Morse; Dehate
Opened by McCarthy
WASHINGTON, April 1—OP)
—Senator Morse (Democrat,
Oregon) asked today that con-
gress go on record as opposing
use of American military
forces for defense of Quemoy
and the Matsus.
Morse offered a resolution
to this effect in the midst of a
flurry of senate debate which
stemmed in part from Presi-
dent Eisenhower’s White
House conference yesterday
with senate leaders.
Various senators who attended
the White House session said no
decision had been reached as to
whether U. S. forces would be em-
ployed in defense in event the Chi-
nese Communists attempt to wrest
the offshore islands from the Chi-
nese nationalists.
'Dangers' Assailed
Senator McCarthy (Republican-
Wisconsin) began the debate by
saying Eisenhower is adopting a
“deadly dangerous" attitude in re-
fusing to say whether the United
States will defend the islands.
McCarthy said the president “ap-
parently told some members of
congress that our reaction would
depend on “the nature and
strength” of a Communist attack.”
Senators who attended the ses-
sion with the president yesterday-
described in advance as for the
purr use of a general briefing on
the foreign situation—were general-
ly unwilling to quote Eisenhower
directly, custom frowns on it.
No Aggressjon Soon
However, several said they got
But the Jaycee plan will move1 the impression that Eisenhower
ahead on an individual basis only, I does not expect any early aggresive
with officers of the group to ap-
proach each member to seek his
participation. Stanley Youngheim,
Woolwcrth To Move, d"bP""*.....
T(| and Y Coming In j No one has yet volunteered in-
I dividually for the work, which will! his impression.
El Reno will lose one of its old- | include taking special courses, and “I think the president feels that
cst business firms later this month, probably will be held for an hottr, the Russians do not want to ‘keep
one night each week. | the books’ for a war the Chinese
Those contacted and asked to! Communists might start,” George
volunteer will also be asked to state jsaid
their preference for either work as "But the questions still remain
an auxiliary policeman or as an whether the Russians actually have
auxiliary firemen in case of atomic the power to veto a move by Red
attack, tornadoes or other natural China and whether, even though
I disasters. | they actually would restrain the
last of April, and TG and Y stores [ Those signing to assist firemen Chinese Communists in a show-
will move into the location at 118 will take courses in first aid, Usc[down"
South Bickford as quickly as neccs- of fire extinguishers and other fire
sary remodeling can be completed, control equipment; use of ladders
Paul Liebmann, head of Lieb-!in rescue work and in fire fighting,
mann properties, owner of the how to tie ropes and similar sub-
building, announced today that the lcc,s-
store had been leased to TG and To A$s'sf Traffic
Y and that Woolworth s lease ex-1 A coursc for police department
auxiliaries will deal largely with
traffic control, Youngheim said.
The Jaycee president said if
more than 15 persons should volun-
teer for either course that group
EMBARRASSED —Mrs. Durries franc was “so embarrassed
I could die," Wednesday when she showed up at a reception
for the first lady in Washington wearing the same kind of
dress as Mrs Eisenhower. Mrs. Crane is shown at her home
wearing the dress in question, looking at a newspaper photo-
graph of Mrs, Eisenhower at the reception. Mrs Crane says
she plans to wear this dress "till it wears out.’’ (NEA Tele-
photo)
Jaycees To Boost Civil Defense
As Firemen, Police Volunteers
El Reno’s civil defense setup moved ahead another notch
today with a decision by the junior chamber of commerce to
make the organization more active by joining in as volunteer
workers.
Their decision at today's meeting followed talks on the
need for an active defense organization by Police Chief I^e
Harvey and Fire Chief LeRoy Searcy, and an earlier talk by
.City Manager C. A. Bentley,
! w ho heads the county civil
j defense organization.
Store Building
To Change Name
move by the Red Chinese, and does
not believe Russia wants a war in
the far cast now.
Senator George (Democrat-Geor-
gia i chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee, said that was
but within a few days another sim-
ilar business is scheduled to take
its place.
F. W. Woolworth and company,
located here for more than a quar-
ter-century, is making plans to sell
out or move its entire stock by the
pires on April 30.
Bill Thornton, manager of the
Woolworth store, could give no
reason for the move. He said he
had received orders from the exec-
utive office in New York to close
the store by that date.
Thornton said the store had al-
Railroads Win
Conflict Over
War Refunds
WASHINGTON, April l-i*l_The
interstate commerce commission
. . today threw out government claims
will be broken down into two class- the railroads owe it between two
es to make the study more effee- and three billion dollars in refunds
live.
In other business today Jaycees
ways done a reasonably good busi- heard an appeal by Lon C. Booth,
ness here, but he ventured no guess president of the Park View founda-
as to why the move was ordered.
Liebmann said the building would
be remodeled to TG and Y specifi-
cations, and that the new tenant
would move in when satisfactory
changes had been made.
Weather
State Forecast
Mostly cloudy with scattered
showers and thunderstorms in the
east tonight. Saturday partly cloudy
in the west and mostly cloudy east.
Cooler Panhandle tonight; little
change in temperature Saturday;
dust clearing tonight; lows tonight
30 to 35 Panhandle to 40 to 45
southeast.
tion, for support in a drive for
funds to air-condition Park View
hospital, and continued work on
plans for a joint civic club meeting
next Friday, April 8, when the
Jaycee national president, E. La-
on World war II military freight
bills.
The commission found that the
justice department had no basis for
seeking such refunds. The railroads
contended the governments war-
time rates were lower than those
quoted for any private shipper.
The ICC action involved dismissal
of 17 war materials reparations
W£
Mar Buckner. Ogden, Utah, will bo cases which considcred together,
guest speaker. constituted the biggest money pro-
driveTfined $10 !evcr handlcd by the com-
Robert Charles Maples, Waurika
route 2. was fined $10 and $8 50 ™e ,J“stice dopar'™nt con end-
costs Thursday in the court of cd lhal, b<,ca,use huge volume
J. H. Craven, justice of the peace. of..m,I,‘ary ^ h,ndl,ed by
on a charge of making an improper ra,lroads *or‘h« arm/d f°r,ce?‘ ““
left turn from the wrong lane of barges should be reduced to levels
traffic March 27, a mile and ai[7 much lowcr than those co1'
quarter southeast of El Reno on ,„c ... . ..
U. S. 66 Complaint in the case ®very ra,lroad cAom^ 'n the
was made by Trooper Ira Walkup nat,0.n *as lnvolvcd ,n lhe clal!"s-
_ * r___ which also covered numerous elec-
tric lines, terminal operators and
stock yard companies.
DUSTER—Darkness settled over Pampa Thursday as the worst duster of the year blew into
town Store signs and window display lights came on and motorists moved cautiously with
headlights on at 11 a. m. The weather bureau reported wind gusts up to 60 m. p. h. and
visibility at 1/8 mile on part of the South Plains of Texas. (NEA Telephoto)
Property Blasted
In Strike Violence
BIRMINGHAM, Ala , April 1-qp
— A home and cafe of two Louis-
ville and Nashville railroad em-
ployes who have continued work-
ing during a strike of non-operat-
ing L and N personnel were dam-
aged by explosions today.
The home of T. F. Caldwell,
56, and cafe-resident of John L.
Cook, 49. were jarred by heavy
explosions less than 15 minutci
apart, investigating officers said.
They are in adjoining suburban
areas.
BLAZE EXTINGUISHED
A blaze in the Hutson service
station. Choctaw and Russell,
across the street from the city
fire department, caused minor
damage to the paint about 3 p. m.
today. The blaze, which started in
the grease room, was promptly
extinguished by firemen.
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