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The Heart of the Rich
Canadian Valley
The El Reno Daily Iribune
You Can Buy It For
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Single Copy, Three Cents
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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939
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|Tonight’s Ceremony Will
Climax El Reno’s
Homecoming
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Win, lose or draw on the foot-
Iball flekl, rain, snow or fair in
Jtiin 'sky. ei Reno hlghschool stu-
Idents are going to have a home-
Icoming celebration tonight at Leg-
lion park.
Beginning to brew their spirits
■several days ago, by 8 p. m. to-
|night Indians of this year and
st seasons will have worked them-
|selves into a frenzy.
An alumni assembly ana tea was
■held this afternoon beginning at
|2 p. m.. and shortly aiterward uni-
formed bands and pep clubs cf the
Ihighschocl staged a parade through
tile El Reno business district.
Tie climax will be reached to-
light at Legion park, when festivi-
ties will open at 8 p. HI. with a
|Mid-State conierence football tilt.
Jlast home game of the season for
|E1 Reno
Norman Furnishing Opposition
The Indians will meet the high-
ly touted Norman Tigers in the
pigskin fracas.
During the halftime intermission
Bf the football game a homeeom-
|im: prouram climaxed by the coro-
nation of the football queen will
be conducted
The three pep clubs. Ogimas,
|Squaws and Pepetts. all unilcrnied.
will form the letters EHS while
Itlie band drum and bugle corps
[play as an opening stunt
Then the queen, Juanita Town-
send. accompanied by her attend-
ants, will drive up before the
grandstand and Raymond Rollin,
paptain of tire grid squad, will place
crown upon her head.
The queen's attendants will be
Jarjorie Perkins, Dorothy Shumate,
luth Steddom, Virginia Timberlake
knd Billie Jeanne TO
Tigers Are Tough
Before and after the halftime
Ireremonies the Indians may not
|be so liappi for the Norman
Tigers are said to be much faster,
^jiorc ( d smarter foot-
ball players than the green In-
dians.
Also, the Indians Will be handi-
capped i; dMt by minor ln-
1 , to a quartet nt regulars
(Dewey Kessler, whose arm has been
Rore lately, will not play. Coach
ienr.v Avery said today. Kessler
lias bom the best blocker and
tatter in the El Rena backfield
purtng BO i of tile sea
Bob Fetstel, a regular tackle, and
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City Manager Dismissed
By El Reno’s Council In
Vote At Special Meeting
n POST TO
VENUS MOVED TO SAFER PLACE
Unanimous Action Taken
In Declaring Office
Vacant Dec. 1
8
NEW YORK. Nov. 10— UP* —
Among recent arrivals in New
York from abroad was Minnesota-
born Countess Sylvia de Flogny.
who returned with a year-old
cheetah. She said she might give
her pet to the Now York zoo.
George M. March, city manager
of El Reno the past two years, wa. j
dismissed effective Dec. 1 by the
board of commissioners at a special
meeting held Thursday night.
The council has made no of-
ficial move toward selecting a
successor.
Although Mr. March has been |
under fire for several months, the
action Thursday night dismissing
him was unexpected by observers
of the municipal government.
After a motion was made and |
seconded that the office be de-
clared vacant as of Dec. 1. Mr. I
March was asked if he preferred
to offer his resignation, but he i
stated that so far as he knew hej
had no reason to resign.
Vote on the ouster, moved by
Robert L. Hadley and seconded by
Otis Cox. was unanimous. Mayor
Roy Leas, Councilman Hadley. Cox.
Henry Behne. Roy Stevenson.
Charles B. Tye and W. C. Grove
were present. Councllmen Herman
Merveldt and R. B. Feistel were
absent,
Mr. March today had nothing
to say in defense of his administra-
tion cr about his plans for the (
future after Dec. 1.
"A man who has just had
his head cut off doesn't usually
have much to say." Mr. March
asserted this morning.
“I have enjoyed my work in
El Reno. I have enjoyed living
here the past two years, and
I am happy and proud to think
that I have made some friends
here whom I shall be sorry to
leave.
GEORGE M. MARCH
Individuals Subscribe
Money For Oxygen
Thirty-two individuals and groups
had contributed $86 to the El Rene
| fire department oxygen fund by
! noon today. C. G. McCain, fire
j chief, reported.
Goal is $100. which Chief Mc-
Cain said most likely would be
, reached Saturday if donations con-
tinue coming in.
Firemen, who maintain and op-
Two Hoodlum Wagons
And Bull Pen Will Aid
In Campaign
Assisted by two hoodlum wagons
' and the traditional bull pen. mem-
bers of trie American Legion post
at El Reno Saturdav will conclude
thdir annual membership cam-
paign.
1 At a meeting held Thursday
night it was reported by S. Boyd
Wilson, post adjutant, that 272
members for 1940 had joined to set
a record for this time of year.
The post s quota is 350 mem-
bers. This year 428 veterans join-
ed the ia-gion. and post ofiicers
expect a total of 450 for next year,
although many of them will join
after the membership drive ends
Saturday.
The hoodlum wagons will begin
canvassing the city at 11 a. m
Saturday, transporting veterans
who should be members but
haven't joined to the bull pen
where they will suffer the stares
of the curious.
Dance Saturday Night
At noon Saturday the Legion
will conduct a Uuich lunch lor
members only in the post hall.
The Armistice day program will
be concluded with a dance Sat-
urday night in the Eagles nail for
members ol the Legion, the auxil-
iary and their guests.
J. A Wheatley oi Yukon is com
inander of post No. 34 of the Le-
gion for 1940. and other electlv-
officers have beer. Inducted as j
follows:
R F. Ma.vnue, first vice com-
VOLUME 48, NO. 221
NEUTRAL NATIONS
NEAR WAR ZONE
SPEEDDEFENSES
Fear of Invasion Mounts
In Netherlands And
Belgium
PARIS. Nov. 10—tu.fil—Among famous urt pieces removed from
public view in the Paris Louvre to a safer place, because ef the war.
Is Venus de Milo. The sculpture, believed too fragile to
the Louvre, goes through the floor into the cellar.
second
> vice commander; Mr. Wilson, ad-
He does not have another job. I during the past three years from
Mr. March said, and is undecided Public contributions, are 'asking
as to whether he will maintain additional donations of $100 foi
jutant; Ray Maher, finance offi-
cer; H. Merle Wooas. historian; A !
“* *'“r 1|lhiiSrSTt2«“Ti
j or return to Lawrence,
former home.
Boys Spending Week-End
In Outdoor Program
’ri/es Being Offered For
Winning Displays
Bov Scouts of the Chisholm
Trail district are conducting their
first districlwtde camp today and
tomorrow at Foil Reno's "Stagger
Inn.” according to C. S. Forbes,
district commissioner.
Troops of Scouts from all over
this district will hike from El
Reno to the site at 4:30 p. m.
and will remain there under di-
rection of their Scoutmasters until
about the same hour Saturday, the
I commissioner reported.
Purpose of the trip is twofold
it was said Besides boys actually
enjoying a week-end in the out-
doors. Scoutmasters will be given
an opportunity to practice better
| camping with instructions given
throughout the encampment by
Ted MacDonald of Oklahoma City,
field Scout executive.
Although most of the boys tr,
attendance will be from El Reno
Okarche reported yesterday that
20 of the Scouts from that troop
Kan , his
__ given the emergency treatment are
The ouster vote Thursday night unable to pay for the oxygen they j txeeuMve committee
culminated a long series of reports consume, it has been explained
that individual councilmen were and that oxygen must be re-
dissatisfied with the city manager placed from a revolving fund maln-
Whlle no formal action ever had talned by the firemen,
been taken by the board relative' However, the fund has been put I
to his position, it was known that ■ *64 in the red by unusually heavy
some members had considered his | demands recently, and firemen
removal from office. ; need M®® with which to pa> off
In declaring the position vacant [ debt and buy more oxygen
at the end of the current month jfor future use.
the council merely mentioned gen- Donors Listed
eral dissatisfaction with Mr March's The donors who so far have
administration and did not go Into contributed $86 were listed by
detailed discussion of specific in-.Chief McCain as follows:
Charles H. Tompkins, W R.j
Carrigan. H. G. Crum, Charles
Brandley. T. Gundy of Enid, Bob I
Newsom. J. M Flippen. Herman
Dittmer, Carl Merveldt. E. G Miles,
Haywaid Wright. Roy Leas.
Davidson and Case Lumber com-
pany employes. Phillips "66" com- |
Bargeliotes and Frank J. Gatz
Union City, members of the
George O
Demke. Lee J Stoneman and
George E. Purcell, trustees.
Appointive Officers Listed
Appointive officers have been
listed as follows:
R. A. Myers Yukon outpost com-
mander: Will O'Daniel. Union City
outpost commander; Richard Dole
Calumet outpost commander. E
N. Potts chaplain: W. J B. Mil-
ler. service officer; Lee J. Stone-
man membership committee chair-
man Mr Demke. publlcitv chatr-
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Just 40 Days
Motorists Mast Take Examina-
tions Alter Jan. 1 To Renew
Drivers’ Licenses; That's Wh\
Early Shopping Is Urged Bv
Tag Agent
rpHERE remain only 40 shopping
^ days for renewal of state dri-i
vers' licenses. Miss Daisy Braden.
El Reno tag agent, warped pro-
crastinating motorists today.
If every license Issued during
1939 is renewed, she will have to
issue 222 cards a day until Jan. 1,
the deadline for receiving
Business Houses Remain-
ing Open Saturday
El Reno banks and all public
buildings will close all day Satur-
day in observance of Armistice
day but business houses will re-
jmain open as usual, according to
license announcements.
renewals without examination. I The
After Jan. 1. 1940. all persons | Reno
El Reno, city hall, tile Ell
postoffice, the Canadian
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Netherlands and Belgium,
1 anxious neutrals between the north-
! ern flank of allied and Oerman
| forces, speeded defense precautions
today.
Sections of the Netherlands were
flooded, leaves in the regular army
were cancelled and public build-
ings were guarded following a
shooting incident on the frontier
with Germany
German authorities investigating
the explosion Wednesday night In
Munich's Buergerbrau cellar 11
minutes after Adolf Hitler left were
confronted with a new mystery in-
volving their fuehrer.
A window of the Berlin store of
Hitler's personal photographer was
smashed during the night The
target apparently was a large pic-
ture of Hitler.
German Plane Destroyed
In London, the air ministry an-
nounced that two British fighting
planes destroyed a perman aircraft
today In the North sea off the
east coast A second German plane
escaped.
Official explanations of defense
precautions by the Netherlands and
Belgium, where new trenches were
take from i being dug in the east, were lack-
| ing.
The moves in the Netherlands
were quickened after the border in-
cident in which occupants of an
I automobile from Germany walked
into the Netherlands at the Venloo
I customs station, fought a gun bat-
| tie with occuplants of a car there
and r.Vreated with several persons
I from Uie latter machine One re-
I port said two persons were killed;
another that only one was wound-
ed.
"Big Blow" Possible
On the western front the Ger-
man army high command noted
livelier scouting activity and ar-
tillery fire and acknowledged the
loss of a German plane.
A French general said a "big
blow” is possible on the western
front and that French armies are
braced for any eventualities
For three weeks autumn storms
regardless of age and regardless I county courthouse at El Reno, the have drenched the countryside.
stances.
Although the position could be
left vacant for a time after Dec
1. the council may convene in an-
other special session before then
and name a successor to Mr March.
It is expected that a number of
applicants will be considered by
the board.
Twii Offices f'omhineri
When Mr March was given the
post two years ago the offices of
manager and city engineer were
combined, and he had served since
his term began Nov. 1, 1937. in
pany employes. John T. Naylon,
W. Timberlake,
Kroeker. Switchmen's union, .. u ii- u.i,.js
Deck, Homer Remi, Dr T F. Mrs. H. H. Rollin Heddb
Football Club
would be transported to El Reno the combined position The council
from where I hey will hike with
Hie others. Yukon and Calumet
are also expected to participate
A big Ho-Est (Cheyenne for
"council flre''» will be held in the
evening Fridav with both sur-
prises and traditional ceremonies
making up the program
Saturday will be taken up main-
ly with the pas.-Ing of Scout re-
quirements and games
Specia'. emphasis will bo given
this afternoon and tonight, to
teaching the boys how to make
as to
Annual hobby show sponsored by j
lie El Reno Parent-Teacher as-
odation council will be held Tues-
iay and Wednesday Nov 21 and
2, in the hlghschool gymnasium, j
it was announced today.
Prizes will be presented winning
tsplays of antiques In two classes,
me for dealers and one for private
jollertors. and also prizes for
lobby displays.
Entries Required Monday
All entries must be made by j
loon on Monday. Nov. 20. ac- | their M In WCh a manner
wording to Mrs Cecil R Kinder, | sleep warmk nnd eomforUblv
-T. A. rcunnl president
Entries may be with Mrs. Kinder
Mrs Roy Mitchell, council vice
president; Mrs William Cosgrove.
•ounell secretary: Mrs Hugh Flip-
pen. Webster unit president: Mrs
W. Douglas. Etta Dale unit presl-
lent; Mrs. Btyan V Brady, Central
president; Mrs E A Newman.
Lincoln president, or Mrs Wayne
Learli. Irving unit president.
Exhibits To Be Guarded
Watchmen will be stationed at
the gymnasium 24 hours a day
luring the |>eriod when exhibits are
n display In order to guard against
theft or destruction, It whs ex-1
plained
The lobby show is conducted
(hi bj the M A ......
to raise funds for the council.
now may continue the two jobs
I under one man, with one salary,
or employ both a manager and
1 an engineer,
A member of the American So-
| clety ol Civil Engineers and a
member of the Scclety of Mechan-
j ical Engineers. Mr. March has had
a long and varied career as an
engineer, but his administration
Oscar Howard, G
P N.
R A. Deck
Clifford. H C Rlsse. J. M Burge.
S. Boyd Wilson. C. O Wattson,
D F, Flikins. E. H. Harrison,
George LeVan, John W Woods,
American Legion post and John
Roush.
of the fact they may have passed: Carnegie library and both banks
an examination or Held a license J in El Reno will remain closed
previously, will be required to stand | all day Saturday,
examination. I Schools held Armistice day pro-
j This year. Miss Braden pointed , grams today In observance of the
| out. she has issued 8.870 licenses . hour on Nov. 11, 1918, when hes-
I both originals and renewals, oper- J tillties ceased to end the last
I atom' and chauffeurs' permits com-. World war.
| bined ! Ofiicers of American Legion 1
Thus if motorists plan to renew i P°st No. 34 conducted an Armistice I
(heir licenses—well, they better do I day service at 11 a m. today ini
it soon, not wait until the last i a highschool assembly program. j
'minute when the Christmas holt-1 The American Legion, Veterans |
swelling streams and flooding val-
leys but now there is Indian sum-
mer.
If the weather holds and the
terrain hardens, the general said,
a German attack may come.
Sentence Heard
day rush will add to their ww.
ICENSES were received
of Foreign Wars and ether patrio-
tic organizations will hold various
in celebration
todav I !)r0Kmms Saturday
.... „ . , . of the date.
.13 bv Miss Braden and a few of, w t No 382 wU1 dimBX
the 1940 permits were issued. Her ltg ArmlsUc^()ay program wUh an
'.<• ~=r;;; ssrs
ternoon a Football Mothers club The tag office also will be closed jQr refreshments and an informal
was organized to promote interest Thanksglving-Nov 30-and Christ - j m
in the game. mas lpavln« on'y riava bplwepn | Tire Legion will conduct its Ar-
The club elected Mrs. H. H. Rol- j now anc' 'hit'll in which diWing mjstjcp ^ay program with a dance
TERMED 1EGAL’
Roosevelt, However, Will
Study Human An«le
* lln to serve as -•— , •
Kv ( unmnirnam; other officers nre Mrs. W. E York Everv person desiring a
J ^ —cidrn*' Mr® rnrt.is Mvers must annear at the tae
president, while permits mn.v be obtained
at El Reno was his first position \1 day dle m
as a city manager al McAlester penitentiary Jan
Mr March's grandfather. Colonel for u,e murder of hls aoclally
Indian prominent wife, Eudora
agent at Darlington in the 1870 s' Herbert K. Hyde defense at-
grew up at the torney, served formal notice of a|>-
! peal on grounds that the verdict |
DAII.Y TRIBUNE
CLASSIFIED AD FAN
John D. Miles, was an
1870's
and hls mother grew up at the
agency northwest of El Reno.
vice president; Mrs. Curtis Myers,
OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov. 10-.J7 ]aecre,ary; *nd MfS HaITy
...________11 treasurer
1 Mrs Lloyd Palmer was elected
chairman of the membership com-
mittee for the hlghschool. Chair-
men for the Junior hlghschool and
the four elementary schools will be
—Roger Cunningham was sentenced j
die Ui the electric chair
15
must atvpoar at the tag
office II now holding a ,
the driver must present it In ap-
plying for a renewal.
Persons obtaining their renewal
licenses befnr*» Jan. 1 will not be
required to stand examination, Miss
Braden explained
| Saturday night in the Eagles hall
license. j0|. Legum and auxiliary members
Youth Preparing
was "cruel and inhuman.' Motion, d
........... overruled by' .
A?
WEATHER
Forecast
Fair tonight and Saturday; cold-
Irr tolllg. t. colder in east an(<
Icenlral portions Saturday; light to
Iheavy frost tonight
El Rtnn Weather
For 24-houi period ending ai
I ft n Ml tMtay: H'rli 7(1; low. 41;
|at A H 111 . 44
State of weather, cloudy.
Rainfall, 60 inch
Sun rises tomorrow at 8 46
Sun sets today at 5:23.
“You, Adrlie, this office
Proves to me
That what you say
Is true;
Wiint-Arts can net us
Quick results
If we'll just
Ask ’em to."
El Reno Persons
I loi a new triai w.-.s
District Judge Ben Arnold
—, . Cunningham, who oonfMaad t
1 0 1 all ter ( Oiliest ■>* strangled ills wife and pleaded
i insanity, heard the passing of
Jem KM) president of the|aen‘*O0e WiU»0U* <‘moUo"'
Canadian county 4-H club federa-
| tlcn, Is attending a special train-
! inR school today and Saturday in
Stillwater for the Oklahoma crop
Judging team which will partici-
pate tn the International Livestock
expcsitloti De« 2-9 at Chicago.
Htdy. member of the Sailors 4-H
club, won a place on the state
team al the Oklahoma«City state
fair.
selected later
Special Section At Game
Walter P Marsh, hlghschool
he would ar-
range for a section of the grand-
stand to be reserved for football
mothers at tonight's game in Le-
gion pat k where El Reno Indians ngfl JI|p , ri.
oppose Not man Tigers in a Mid- | stan^ a regular examination
State conference engagement. This j on 22 VPftrs nf naP <vho
will be El Reno s final home game
of the current gridiron season Ii
agent s | all(j (peir guests
license,
IN HOSPITAL HERE
Miss Almeta Station, Calumet
| route 3, Is receiving medical treat-
ment at tlie F.1 Reno sanitarium
where r.hr was admitted Thuraiay
night
NY iierson who does not now
have » license, who is 22 years
of ace or older nnd applies for
a 1939 permit will not be required
to stand an examination, but
should be fall to obtain a 1940
license before Jar 1 be must
Did You Hear
J
iohn inn
'island avenue, was
, also was announced that if fathers
At Guthrie Event!of p,*yers wlsh 10 ln * s*>eciBi
section of the grandstand ar-
- i rangements will be made to ae-
A delegation oj iour member* I commodate them
Srotn the El Reno unit attended Session Scheduled
Thursday's sessions ol the Wo-1 Next meeting of the newly or*
men's Christian Temperance j 8anizcd club is scheduled for 2:30
union s state convention program, | p m Wednesday Nov, 22. in room
which was to be concluded today xo6 at the hlghschool All football
at Guthrie T.ie state meeting mothers are being requested to be
opened Tuesday. present at that time.
Attending from here were Mrs,' Football mothers who attended
To Distress E A oreen Mrs Hattie Lord. Mis, | the organization meeting Thurs-
I Anna Rowland, local president, and
Mrs C. R. Miller state parliamen-
tarian. They were accompanied by
Rev Oreen.
Mrs. Miller presided over the
flection ot officers during Hie
morning session and was re-ap-
pointed state parliamentarian
One of the highlights of the
Any person 22 vrars,
I has at any time passed an Okla-
! hotna examination will not be re-
quired to stand examination in
I order to obtain a 1939 license.
Liji'lit Rains Fail
Light rams Drought relief to
some sections of arid Oklahoma
today but failed to end generally
the record autumn drouth, the
Associated Press reported
McAlester gauged 112 Inches to
top the state Pauls Valley had
State Money For
Schools Received
First and second payments to
Canadian county schools for home-
stead exemption substitution and
primary aid were received today
from the state treasurer, nccord-
dav were Mrs Palmer. Mrs. Mvers “w to Miss Olen Evelyn McCarty.
Mrs York. Mrs Garrett. Mrs Rol- ,rminty superintendent,
lln Mrs W H Hardwick. Mrs j The funds will be distributed
Joseph A Smith, Mrs A Dewey I by W J B Miller, county treas-
Kessler Mrs H H Williams and | 'tier, to every
Mrs M M Golden.
86. Elk City 82 Ponca City and | dnv’s program was a talk by Mr*.
Bartlesville 80 and El Reno 60 i irlw p wise Smith, Evanston, III ,
Frank Wlilinev. federal weather national president, In which she
observer al Oklahoma City, fore-
cast n return of generally fair
I weather tonight.
gave a resume of tlie life of Fran-
ce' E Willard This year is being
marked as her 100th anniversary,
ANKLE SPRAINED
8am Wallace, 218 North Barker
avenue, suffered „ painfully sprain-
ed left ankle nt Lnwton Thursday
wlille working on the Rock Island
railway freight service. He Is ex-
pected to remain at Ills home here
for several days.
school district In
I the county. Tile state aid is ached-
[ uled to be received In five puy-
! mentx during the current school
ve«r
Primary aid payments totaled *6.- j
872 76 and $6,890 76, wlille tin |
homestead loss substitution totaled j
I $3 736 40 and $3,473 according to i
Mis* McCarty, making n total re-
ceived today of $19,971.92.
Not tli Rock
t o oldest
alumni ol El Reno hlghschool
present at the liomccomm , pro-
gram coiidiu t(d tins uflemoon
at the hlghschool. He was a
member ol tlie graduating class
of 1899, which wn.< the third
class tn be graduated here.
—-o-
Four El Reno youths will de-
part Monday lot Dallas where
taey will lake then Until phy-
sical examinations lo complete
enlistment tn the United States
navy, after which they will be
assigned to tlie training station
at Sun Diego. Calif.
They are Richard Lultrell,
on cl Mi and Mrs J W Fow-
ler. K>2 South Evans avenue;
Henty Lewis Oraves son of Mr
ur.d Mrs J H Graves, 816
South Rock Island avenue;
George Io*w!s Bnrth son of Mr
and Mrs. George Barth, south-
east of El Reno; and Hugh lid-
wsrd Godfrey -on of Mr and
Mrs E B Godfrey, 818 South
William: avenue
Rv enllstinv fnur-al-n-eilp
thrv hope to thwart the possi-
bility of nostalgia overtaking
t'em when the' are far ftom
home
WA8HINOTON. Nov. 10 -(J’
President Roosevelt said today that
transfer of eight United States
lines vessels to foreign registry
would be legal but that the ques-
tion of whether to permit tt. still
wns being studied Irom a human
as well as a property augly
Discussing at hls press confer-
ence tlie situation created for the
I nation's North Atlantic sea line.
I us a result of shipping restrictions
I of the neutrality act. Mr Roose-
| veil also reported that he would
recommend to congress that sea-
men thrown out of work be placed
under the social security program
iThf neutrality act forbids
American ships to visit belligerent
ports'
Training Program Suggested
He said he would discuss with
maritime labor leaders the pros-
pects of wot king out with the
maritime commission a project to
give training, under commlsson-
ed offeers, to officers and seamen
thrown out ol work. They would
he paid by the government durtrvq
such training
Mr. Roosevelt said he also w,p
considering use of the 26 to 35
American llagshlps taken ou' of
the North Atlantic trade in fetch-
ing materials Uie government Is
purchasing under a $10,000,(inn up-
prom latIon for a reserve of stra-
tegic war supplies.
British Aftcenirnl Cited
In this connection he referred
to the agreement with Oreat Bril-
aln to exchange American cotton
for British rubber and tin. Amer-
ican ships, now idle, may be used
to bring the rubber and Un back
from the East Indies while the
British ships carry American cot-
ton back to the British Isle*
The nresident emphasised ttia,
both shlpa at id men In North At-
lantic trade were being laid un a*
« result of an act of oongrem.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 48, No. 221, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1939, newspaper, November 10, 1939; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc923870/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.