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El Reno, Oklahoma, Monday, October 31, 1955
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Vol. 64. No. 207
Farmers Face
Increases In
Marketing Cost
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31-<UP)-
he agriculture department pre-
cted today that increased mar-
king charges will cut the farm-
•'s share of the consumer’s food
>Uar to 40 cents in 1956.
The farmer’s share of the house-
ife's food dollar in 1955 is esti-
ated tentatively at 41 cents, two
;nts less than in 1954. The de-
irtment in its publication, "The
arketing and Transportaiton Sit-
it ion," said charges for proces-
ng and distributing farm prod-
.■ts in 1956 are expected to av-
age near the level of the third
isrter of 1955 when they reached
new high—three percent above
year earlier.
Price* Decline
Prices received by farmers for
■od products in the third quarter
ds year were seven percent less
lan in the same period of 1954.
Because of the increase in mar-
king charges, less than half of
lis decline was passed on to con-
imers, the department said. Re-
iil prices of farm food products
ere down an average of one per-
;nt.
Meanwhile, Senator Paul H.
ouglas (Democrat, Illinois), said
mate Democrats will introduce
gislation next year for direct sub-
dy payments to farmers to bol-
er skidding farm prices.
Make Up Differtncs
He said the bill probably will
ke the form of an “income sup-
irt” plan to “allow market prices
> be relatively free and then, so
‘ ir as the small farmers are con-
i !med, make up the difference by
.rect subsidy.”
Douglas said, “I think we need
system of income support, not
icessarily price support, but in-
>me support, at approximately 90
jrcent of parity." He said such
program “probably is a better
»n” than a rigid price support
/stem.
The subsidy-incentive plan is
milar to one advocated a few
jars ago by Charles F. Brannan,
ecretary ot Agriculture in the
ruman administration. Congress
;ver has approved the plan but a
mited form now is in effect to
elp wool producers.
Fall Meeting Set
By 25-Year Club
Members of the Rock Island 25-
ear club will hold their first an-
ual fall reunion at 6:30 p.m. Tues-
ay with a dinner in the Etta Dale
inior highschool.
The club, organized in 1939, has
reviously held its annual meet-
lgs in the spring of each year.
A program will follow the din-
er which will be served by Fu-
me Homemakers of America girls
-om El Reno highschool and will
e prepared by members of the
atholic Daughters of America.
Current officers of the club here
re Mrs. Florence Roberts Laird,
hairman; B M. Knight, vice-
hairman and Charles S. Forbes,
ecretary-treasurer.
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^onToM! Du||es To challenge
Respations Of I
Russian Leaders On
Board Members
KINGFISHER, Oct. 31 -WL-
Delegates to a sixth district Amer-
ican Legion convention here voted
yesterday to ask for the resigna-
tion of the Legion's two members
on the state war veterans com-
mission.
Nearly 300 state legion mem-
bers attended the meeting and vot-
ed to ask Jack Newman, Ponca
City and Fred Frey, Chickasha, to
quit as a result of the firing of
Don A. Davis as war veterans
commission director.
Davl* Is Praised
Other resolutions approved at
the Kingfisher meeting praised I
Davis’ work, called for an audlt Margaret said tonight she will not
of the state legion’s books and 1 Peter Townsend
East-West Barriers
No Marriage,
Princess Says
LONDON, Oct. 31—(AS—Princess
threatened a court suit to tie up
funds unless the audit is started.
The resolution seeking the re-
signation of Frey and Newman ac-
cused the two of harming the
veterans’ program by firing Davis.
It declared their action “brought
disrepute to the American Legion
by insult and abuses of the gov- my doly 1° the commonwealth, 1
The princess said in a statement
from Clarence house:
"I would like it to be known that
I have decided not to marry group
Captain Peter Townsend.
"But, mindful of the church's
teaching that Christian marriage
is indissoluble, and conscious of
GETTING ACQUAINTED—Canadian county’s new farm agent, L. D. Warkentin, seated at
the right above, will start duties Tuesday after spending most of today “talking things
over” with personnel in the office. The new agent would not comment on future plans say-
ing, “you folks know the others up here, what they have been doing and what they can do.
I’ll work myself in with them.” The new agent comes from Arnett, Ellis county seat, where
he became county agent in the fall of 1946. He has been in that position continuously since
then except for 1951 and 1952 when he was called back into the service. Before going to
Arnett, he served as assistant agent in Custer county for eight months. Seated with War-
kentin is Mrs. L. V. Lancaster, clerk. Standing behind him are Mrs. Eugene Fitch, home
demonstration agent, and Dave Williams, assistant farm agent.
ernor. ’
Vet* Disclosed
George E. Young, El Reno,
member of the sixth district re-
solutions committee, said the vote
for the resolution was 167 to 104.
Davis was discharged as com-
mission director Aug. 16.
The third member of the com-
mission, George Bourland of Over-
brook, representing the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, supported Davis
as did Governor Raymond Gary.
Vandals Sought Cal umet, Okarche Cage Tearns
As Bridoe Burns ^°®Pen^eason"^ues^ay^'9^
Calumet highschool basketball players—boys and girls—
will roll up the curtain on their 1955-56 season Tuesday night
City police and tirenum wxlay with an invasion by Okarche.
Interest in the sport is running high with more reporting
for both teams than in a number of years. Of the 27 girls
reporting, seven are senior letter holders. They are Gayle
Crawford, Margie Gleason, Carol Griffith, Dolores Reimers,
Steak Dinner Set
By Calumet Legion
An “on the house” steak dinner
ill feature an “out of debt” cele-
ration by the 1956 membership of
alumet's Junior Lee American
egion Post at 7 p.m., Nov. 10 in
le post's hut.
Commander Patrick O. Mooney
xplained today that most eligible
egion members in the Calu-
let area have paid their 1956 dues,
le added that the few who have
ot, may pay them the night of the
elebration and attend the dinner.
“We are debt free for the first
me in a long time,” he said. “A
leak dinner seems a good way to
elebrate. Our building is paid for
s is the ground it is on. Our in-
urance is paid up for the year and
/e have a sufficient balance in the
>ank to really set out a good feed
sr our 1956 members.”
About 100 men are expected to
ttend, he said.
were looking for vandals who Sun-
day night set fire to the bridge at
1500 South Shepard and the Rock
island tracks and who blocked sev-
eral streets in the southwest part
of El Reno with trash cans and
other rubbish.
Near the bridge that was fired,
police found a five-gallon tractor
lube transmission grease can that
apparently had been used in start-
ing the blaze which is the second
at the location in the past month
or six weeks.
Contained Fuel
Fire Chief LeRoy Searcy said
the can had contained both kero-
sene and gasoline, he believed. Po-
lice Chief Lee Harvey said he could
not identify the smell.
Damages to the bridge were de-
scribed as from light to fairly
heavy by officials and it was de- (hreCi the Colorado-Missouri game,
cided that most harm had been the Texas A. and M.-Arkansas tie,
done to the bridge bannisters. It and the Pittsburgh loss to Miami
was thought about $100 would be 0f Florida. To Mrs. Carson goes
necessary in repairing the struc- the entire $10.00 first prize.
ture' „ . , Sharon Callahan, 1000 West
Rather Blama Pranks Woodson, missed only four of the
Resident Of
Okarche Wins
Grid Contest
In a 20-game listing of football
games last week where half the
games could, and did, go either
way, a selection of 14 wins was
extremely good. However, one
contestant, Mrs. Marie Carson,
Okarche. route 2, missed only
The police chief believed the fire
and the block streets could be
games. She also missed the Ar-
| kansas-Texas A and M tie, the
blamed on youthful vandal^ Searcy ! Rice loss t0 Kentuckyi Auburn's
saw the possibdity of a ’’firebug" ]osg to Tulane and Navy.s ,oss ^
Notre Dame.
Sixe contestants missed five of
area.
Judging Continues
In Home Contest
r Mrs. John Waller, Reformatory
lircle, today was making a final
r>'‘judging of yards entered in the
" 'ounty Home Demonstration club
Chamber of Commerce-sponsored
, lome improvement contest and the
vinners will be announced Thurs-
day.
Of 37 yards originally entered in
1 he contest, 11 are up today in the
, inal judging.
Mrs. Eugene Fitch said the win-
ners will be announced at the ap-
preciation dinner Thursday which
t s given annually by county home
lemonstration clubs for the Cham-
-'!*« ef com mere*.
-1 Many other winners will be an-
nounced at the time and the awards
'^presented by chamber representa-
tives.
Firemen's Pension
Fund Is Increased
El Reno’s firemen’s relief and
pension fund has been boosted to
$71,668.61 by the latest allocation
sent in by Joe B. Hunt, state in-
surance commissioner and custo-
dian of the firemen's relief and
pension fund.
Mervil J. Meyer, city treasurer,
said the latest allocation amount-
ed to $13,489.54, a percentage from
fire insurance sold in El Reno
during the past year.
Previously the fund had been
built up to $58,179.07 from this
source plus two percent of city
firemen's salaries, and some addi-
tional money from investments.
in action but added that, "I'd rath-
er blame it to pre-Hallowe'en
Pr’£Sbridge fire was the third in ‘he ga™es’ 8,1 AS1X “g the Ar:
the area in recent weeks. A week kansas-Texas A and M Ue and
ago, the old county fair livestock They were Dennis
building was demolished by fire r)‘cke 901 South Wilson Jim Mur-
and before that firemen answered Reformatory C.rcle JoAnn
a call to a residence blaze in the Murphy' Reformatory Circle, Paul
residence blaze in the c EUig 920 West Wade street Mr
Don W. Davis, 520W South Rob-
erts, and Mrs. Bill Alexander, 805
Thompson Drive. L. E. Sheldon,
101 North Williams, also missed
but five.
Twelve contestants missed six
of the selections.
They were: Fred W. Hutson, co-
winner of last week's contest; Cur-
tis Callahan, 1000 West Woodson,
Mrs. C. O. Borchers, 1305 West
Watts; Alfred Steinbruck, 516 West
Martin; Mrs. J. L. Skidmore,
101M: South Rock Island; L. E.
Sheldon, jr., 101 North Williams;
Ray W. Marks, 506 East Wade;
Carl C. Grulkey, 420 North Choc-
taw; Tommy Harris, 805 Allison
Place; Mrs. R. L. Chappell, El
Reno, route 1, Mrs. Leon Gregory,
528 South Francis, Ralph A. Myers,
jr., box 705, El Reno.
Tuesday’s edition of The Daily
Tribune will carry listings for this
week’s contest. Bring or mail
your entry to The Tribune office
not later than noon on Friday to
be eligible for this week’s contest.
Piano Course Added
By Calumet Schools
Piano music study has been add-
ed as a subject in the Calumet
schools and Mrs. Marvin Thomp-
son has been enf^loyed by the
board of education as the
structor.
Peggv Stas, Virginia Stults and
Sue fully.
Eleven senior and one junior let-
terman return in the boys' compe-
tion. Senior lettermen are Claude
Baca, Jim and Sam Crawford,
LeRoy Girard, Art Gragg, Jack
Heffron, Bob Kennedy, C. Lang-
ham, Wayne Miller, Charles Reese,
and Kent Thompson. The junior
letterman is Don Kennedy.
Other Juniors
Other junior boys reporting are
Bob Girard, Ronald Hopkins, Bob
Lawless, Allen and Dean Snyder.
Sophomores out for the club in-
clude Fred Bushyhead, Darrell
Crawford, Jerry Hunt, Don Mans-
field, Harold McMahan, Charles
Penwright, Clarence Rohwer, Ed-
die Spear, Bill Tech and Jesse
Sherman.
Calumet's opener will be follow-
ed Friday night by Calumet host-
ing a conference cage festival.
Calumet girls will host a similar
tournament Nov. 11. Teams enter-
ed in both tournaments include
Calumet, Mustang, East Walnut
and Piedmont.
Schedule Listed
Oklahoma Athletic association
rules call for the one-day comple-
tion of such tournaments. Hence,
four games are scheduled in each
of the one-day festivals.
Complete schedule for the Calu-
met school follows:
At Home
Nov. 1, Okarche; No. 4, boys’
festival; Nov. 11, girls’ festival;
Nov. 18, Piedmont; Dec. 2, Union
City; Dec. 13, Holy Trinity; Dec.
22, Sacred Heart; Jan. 13, Geary;
Jan. 20, Mustang; Jan. 27, East
Walnut; Jan. 31, Yukon, and Feb.
10, Loyal.
Away
Nov. 8, Loyal; Nov. 22, Mustang;
Dee. 5-10, Yukon tournament; Dec.
16, East Walnut; Dec. 20, Yukon;
Jan. 6, Piedmont; Jan. 10, Union
City; Jan. 12, Hinton; Jan. 17,
Sacred Heart; Jan. 24, Geary, and
Feb. 7, Okarche.
A district tournament is sched
uled Feb. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18,
but the place is undecided.
Prison Term
Is Given Man
For Burglary
Arthur C. McCormick Saturday
was sentenced to two years in the
state penitentiary at McAlester on
his plea of guilty in district court
to a charge of burglary in the
1 second degree.
The defendant was accused of
entering the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank O. Miller, 10 miles east,
five south, and another half-mile
East of Yukon, and taking wea-
pons valued at about $120.
The sentence will begin at the
time of his delivery to McAlester.
have resolved to put these consid-
erations before any others.”
Rsached Own Decision
"I have been aware that subject
to my renouncing my rights of suc-
cession it might have been possi-
ble for me to contract a civil mar-
riage.
"I have reached this decision
entirely alone and in doing so I
have been strengthened by the un-
failing support and devotion of
group Captain Townsend.
“1 am deeply grateful for the con-
cern of all those who have con-
stantly prayed for my happiness.”
The message was signed “Mar-
garet" and dated today.
Signs Accumulate
Signs accumulated today that
Princess Margaret and Townsend,
secluded by the fireside in a Sus-
sex country mansion, had come to
the fateful decision on their ro-
mance.
Captain Oliver Dawnay, secre-
tary to Queen Mother Elizabeth,
arrived on the scene, giving rise
to speculation that the couple was
preparing a public statement on
their plans after 18 days of ro-
mancing.
Calumet Lettermen
Officers Are Named
In a recent meeting of the Calu-
met highschool Lettermen’s club
In the only other criminal case [with Coach Jesse Urton, sponsor,
heard by District Judge William officers for the year were elected
O. Fogg Saturday, Walter Lee
White received a suspended sen-
tence of one year in the state peni-
tentiary on his plea of guilty to a
false and bogus check charge.
He was accused of having given
last July 16, a false and bogus
check in the amount of $23 to Lyle
Brass for which he received $18
worth of merchandise and $5 in
cash.
and certain club rules established.
Becoming president was Wayne
Miller. Art Gragg was voted in as
vice president and Charles Reese
became secretary-treasurer.
In a vote by members, it was de-
cided that to letter in basketball
at Calumet, players must compete
in at least 16 quarters; in baseball,
the requirement is participation in
28 innings of play.
Soviet Economic Grip, Radio
Jamming Up for Discussion
GENEVA, Oct. 31—W1—Secretary of State Dulles planned
to challenge the Soviet Union in the Big Four conference
today to lower some Iron Curtain barriers.
The foreign minister agreed to take up the question of
the Soviet Union’s economic grip on eastern Europe and the
jamming of western radio broadcasts inside Russia at the
outset of today's session.
Both sides were reported hopeful that in this field at least
some progress could be made toward reconciling east-west
differences. The task of working out details on these issues
was to be turned over to a committee of experts with instruc-
tions to report their recom-
mendations before the confer-
ence ends in about three
weeks.
Dulles will fly to Madrid tomor-
row for talks with Spain’s General-
issimo Francisco Franco and five
days later will go to meet Yugo-
slav President Tito at his AdriaUc
retreat on the island of Brioni.
Some Hopes Fade
On the leading issues up for
negotiation here, western leaders
had about given up hope of wring-
ing any concessions whatever from
the smiling but intransigent Soviet
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov.
The possible exception was the
problem of disarmament, which
has not yet beben touched on in the
conference talks.
This was the situation as the
parley of foreign ministers entered
its first full week;
Stalemats on Gormany
1. German unification and Euro-
pean security: The western powers
and Russia are completely dead-
locked.
2. Middle East: Dulles protested
to Molotov in a private talk yester-
day against the sale of Communist
arms to Egypt by Czechoslovakia.
Indications were that Molotov gave
Dulles no hope for any change in
Soviet policy. Dulles also met with
Israeli Premier Moshc Sharett and
was told that “Israel considers her
very existence now menaced.”
3. Disarmament: Talks on this
issue will begin in a few days.
Harold Stassen. special assistant on
disarmament to President Eisen-
hower, was flying here to sit as an
adviser to Duties. The key issue
is development of an adequate sys-
tem of inspection and control of
any arms reductions which may be
agreed on. Russia and the western
powers have long been deadlocked
in a UN subcommittee on this ques-
tion. ,
Drivers Fined
Over Accidents
Two drivers paid fines in county
and justice of the peace courts to-
day as aftermath to weekend high-
way crashes.
Alice Larue Fritz, Oklahoma
City, was fined $100 and costs by
County Judge Sam Roberson on a
charge of reckless driving, after
she had been injured in an acci-
dent late Saturday on the Mustang
field road, south of El Reno.
Car Demolished
Trooper Joe C. Dunn said her
car, headed north, apparently went
out of control as she attempted to
pass another car, and overturned.
Her car was demolished and the
driver was treated at Park View
hospital for cuts and bruises, and
dismissed.
The other fine, $10 and $10 costs,
was paid m the court of J. H.
Craven, justice of the peace, by
Ray Gene Smith, 19, of Yukon
route 1, accused of driving to the
loft of center of the highway in
meeting another vehicle.
Two Cars Crash
Dunn said the charge followed
an accident shortly after 7 p. m.
Sunday at the intersection of U.
S. 81 and State Highway 152 at Un-
ion City.
He said Smith, traveling north
on U. S. 81, made a right turn on
to State Highway 152 and his car
crashed with a west-bound car
driven by Henry Albert Allen 56
of Lubbock, Tex.
Damage was estimated at $350
to Smith's car and about $200
damage to the Allen car.
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ALL BUT ONE
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. —(IF>—All
in-1 states in the Union except South
Dakota now require tests of driv-
Weather
W. H. Fore, superintendent of ing ability and vision for new ap-
Calumet schools, said the addition plicants for driving permits, a sur-
was made so students in this field vey by the American Optical Co.
may secure credit for it. disclosed.
Stats Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight becoming
colder panhandle and warmer cen-
tral and east portions; Tuesday
partly cloudy with scattered show-
ers extreme east and turning cold-
er northwest portion; lows tonight
35 panhandle to 45 to 50 elsewhere;
high Tuesday 50 panhandle to 75
southeast; further outlook for Ok-
lahoma: mostly cloudy and much
colder Tuesday night and Wednes-
day.
Calumet Man
Faces Charge
After Crash
Earl Eugene Moore, 25, Calumet
route 2, early today posted bond
of $20 with city police on a liquor
possession charge after a car he
was driving was involved in an ac-
cident with another driven by E. E.
Smith of Mustang Field at a point
180 feet west of Miles street on
Sunset.
Police reported that the Moore
car could not stop after the one
driven by Smith entered Sunset
from Miles street and that the
driver continued on to hit the re-
taining wall of the Rock Island
vioduct.
Damages to the car driven by
Moore amounted to an estimated
$300. It belonged to Leo Moore of
Geary. Smith reported the pickup
truck he was driving belonged to
H. K. Hardy, also of Mustang
Field. Damages to it were estimat-
ed at $30.
Damages amounting to about
$7.50 were done about 2:45 p.m.
Sunday when a car driven by Mrs.
E. C. Crosswhite, 120 North M, and
Dob Hays, 110 West O, were in-
volved in a minor accident at
Woodson and Hoff. Police report-
ed that the Crosswhite vehicle had
stopped at a stop signs and hit the
right front fender of the Hays car
as it left that position.
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LESS PARKING PROBLEMS—Work started this morning, as shown above, on a new park-
ing lot that will occupy most or all of the northwest corner of the “courthouse block” across
the street south from the county jail. County workmen are doing the work which con-
sists of the removal of eight large trees, the removal of some dirt, the hauling in of other,
a complete levelling of the space so no water will stand on it, and a blacktop surfacing of
the area. Commissioners said the lot probably will be operated on a “first come first
served” basis.
Drs. Laughton Plan
To Attend State Meet
Two El Reno representatives
will attend sesssions of the annual
meeting and postgraduate study
program of the Oklahoma Osteo-
pathic association to be held Nov.
8 through 10 in Tulsa.
They are Drs. William and
Eleanor Laughton who will meet
with other delegates at the Hotel
Tulsa. Sessions will be held with
Dr. Ivan Penquite, Sapulpa, pre-
sident elect, taking over the gavel
from the outgoing president, Dr.
E. Frank Nelms, Wagoner.
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