The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 47, No. 305, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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^RENT-TEACHER
ROOSEVELT WILL
ELUDE
TWO-DAY EVENT
lany Educators Appear
On Speaking Program
For Short Course
Annual Parent-Teacher associa-
tion short course sponsored by the
111 Reno P.-T. A. council for all
Canadian county units was being
loncluded this afternoon with a
rounder's day tea alter two days
|f business programs.
The short course was opened
Thursday afternoon in the Etta
bale junior highschool auditorium
then Mrs. Cecil R Kinder, council
(resident, gave the welcoming ad-
Iress and Dr Eugene S Briggs,
(resident of Phillips university,
Enid, discussed Putting First
'hings First in Education" as the
principal speaker.
Second general session was held
Thursday night in the highschool
Auditorium, at which time a panel
(iscussion featured the program.
Mrs. Edyth T Wallace, home
■ounsellor of Oklahoma City public
Ichools. and A. L, Crable, state
Juperintendent of public instruc-
lion. scheduled to speak at this
morning's session, were prevented
Iroirt appearing by condition, of the
highway.
Frank Fuller Substitutes
In place ol Mr. Crable. Frank
I’uller state highschool inspector
vho this week inspected Canadian
Jaunty schools, spoke at the P -T.
meeting. A substitute speaker
Jor Mrs Wallace was not arranged.
Last general session, this after-
loon in the junior highschool audi-
torium. was devoted to a program
In founder's day. with an appro-
priate playlet directed by
IARVEY SLADE basked ill
' the limelight at Oklahoma
MID-STATE RACE
Clean Sweep Is Needed
To Keep El Reno In
Pennant Chase
El Reno's Indians tonight will
| begin their home-stretch drive for
] Mid-State conference honors need-
| ins four straight victories over
| Chickasha, Classen. Capitol Hill
I and Central.
Even with a quartet of wins
over those four clubs, the Indians
might wind up no better than
second, but with anything less
than a clean sweep they would
be hopelessly out of the running
So they won't take any unneces-
sary chances when they tangle with
the Chicks at Chickasha tonight.
Couch Andy Green declared today
The affair is scheduled to begin
at 8 p m. The results may be
obtained by persons who call The
Styles of grandma's day a-, compared with those of the present
made an interesting and amusing di play in a fashion pageant re- ,j"'
rently at Barnard college. New York. Above nr; Barbara Reade in
a 1905 afternoon dress Evelyn Hagmoe in ■ 1981) af trr.oon dress, and
Tribune office, telephones Ncs. 18
and 19 The sccre at the half should
be available by 8:45 p. m. and
the final score by 9:15 p. m.
In their earlier-season encounter
El Reno quintet walloped
Chickasha 44-19, and the Indians
will be favored to repeat tonight
Z ISim-Uon00” ^ ^ ho" part | against the Chicks, who haven’t
A and M college last night
when Coach Henry I bu s Aggies
beat the University of Oklahoma
82-22 in a basketball classic
watched by 6.500 Ians who spill-
ed over the ramps of the big
A and M. fieldhouse.
The game was dedicated to
Slade and his picture appeared
on the front cover of the pro-
grams.
Tiie El Reno athlete scored 9
points for the Aggie cattwv to
take second honors on the A.
and M scoreboard. Gene Smel-
ser, who once peppered the bas-
kets for Classen highschool. led
the victory march with 12
Slade, a junior at A and M..
was selected on all-state high-
school teams three limes during
his years with the El Reno In-
dians
STUDYING PLANS
TD RETIRE DEBT
Funding Rond Issue May
Re Approved At
Conference
When a truck slipped off the
highway shoulder into the ditch
along Elm street today, the dri-
ver was not unduly disturbed.
For his load consisted of two
big dralt horses, harnessed and
ready for duty. He led them out
of the truck hitched them to
the vehicle and pulled it back
into the highway in record
time.
Oklahoma
Oddities
BULLET STRIKES
won a single conference start this
year.
Jensen Uncertain
Coach Green's club will be handi- |
VOTED IN HOUSE
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb, 17—.-(*> |
—A five-member sub-committee on
roads and highways was instruct-
ed today to confer with Governor
Leon Phillips and the highway
commission on the question ot
funding the department's huge
deficit to get it back on its finan-
cial feet
The committee on road- and
highways suggested to its sub-
committee that the debt be funded
by pledging a percentage of gaso-
line tax lnccme so that the moun-
tainous pile of claims could be
paid off in a hum-
Manv claim holders have been
; waiting for years to get their
monev. the debt running back to
the William H Murray admiaistra-
I lion, .
Chairman Homer Paul of the
roads and highways committee was
placed at the head of the sub-
committee He said he would or-
ganize and call for a conference
with Phillips and the commissioners
at once.
Estimated At 85,000,000
The size of the debt lias been
estimated at approximately $5.-
17. by the uncertainity of Bob
Jensen, another stellar guard, and
• by undoubted improvements in the
Attempt Apparently Made:C ^nsot^hlTm
capped, however, by the perman-
ent loss of Roy Loyaii. who scored ; ]{oa(] cleared To Create
21 noints against the Chicks Jan I .
New Pension Roard
back in-
TIIREE SPEAK IT
ANADARKO. Feb 17—'UP -Four
Miss I persons lined up before Mayor F 'PParei.il> .Mime Jensen has suffered a
uth Torpey, highschool dramatics | j. Callahan in police court, They On .Mussolini’s Life jury ancl lias piayed only tw0
nstructor. i planned to plead guilty to intoxira- _
Mrs. J P Mattox of Oklahoma I tion charges. Albert
City state founders day chairman,
[lelivefpd a founders day address,
ind Mis. G. W. Brown concluded
the program with i brief, historical
(ketch
Officers of the El Reno P.-T. A
J'ouncil are Mrs. Kinder, president;
Irs Joe Howarton. vice president;
Its. W C Elliott, secretary; and
Irs. Roy Mitchell, treasurer.
Members of the reception cotn-
Inittec lor the short course were
Irs. William Cosgrove. Mrs. J. E.
liggert. Mrs. Victor Brame. Mrs.
orrest Conklin and Mrs. Wilma
Gholston. The registration com-
|rnittep was composed of Mrs. Ar-
thur Ream. Mrs. L A McCullough
fend Mrs H J. Crowley.
!PKH Will! IS
[Franco Mill Re Queried
On Peace Program
LONDON. Feb 17—<U.P>— Foreign
I Secretary Viscount Halifax has
(indicated to conservative members
|Of the house of commons foreign, ....
affairs committee that the climax *a recent ca,tle thcft herP Sheril:
vou
charged with being drunk.
ROME Feb. 17
Rumors
mavor began. “Are you guilty?" 'bal a demented man had shot, it
Three ol the lour answered All auard «' ^-mier Benito Mmsolini's
three mens first names were Albert 1,: ;,n apparent attempt on
___ II Di ice’s life last Wednesday spread
DOGS OVERWORKED in RomP toni-hl
ALTUS. Feb. 17—UJ.R—Farmers Officials first denied there was
attempting to safeguard chicken any truth to the tumors, then they
American Fleet To Test
Eastern Defenses Of
Panama Canal
ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN.
ENROUTE TO KEY WEST. Fla.
Feb. i7—oP>—President Roosevelt,
traveled southward today to watch
the greatest peacetime concentra-
tion of American naval power test
the eastern defenses of the fleets
lifeline—the Panama canal.
The chief executive left Wash-
ington on a special train shortly
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 17-
Jewish girl with rifle and cart-
900.000 and Paul pointed out any ridge belt, is ready to repulse a
attempt to pay it off without a possible raid by Arab terrorists
funding bond issue would de- while her menfolk are busy in
moralize a road building pro- fields of the Jezreel valley ot
gram Palestine Many Jewish girls do
At Senator Murrell Thornton’s sentry duty like tills.
P' i suggestion the sub-committee a- j---
—The house cleared the way today
for a special election Mar 7 on
creating a new state pension board
quarters of the last three games
for El Reno
Leading the conference with an
undefeated record. Central will
clash tonight with Capitol Hill's . 0 .
„ . , 6 , proved bill appropriating $68.,->00
Redskins, nosed out cnly 16-la _ ____
by the Cardinals in their first
greed to bring back from the con-
ferences figures on the amount of '
money neded to match federal road
if three holdover members fail to , funds and for maintenance so that
resign.
The lowei chamber passed and
sent to the governor a senate-ap-
meeting.
If the Cardinals should lose two
of their four remaining games and
and turkey flocks, blamed failure s<iid they
■oulc! neither confirm Indians win all of their last
of a wolf hunt here on a super- ,;nr deny them,
lluity of wolves There were so The most per.dstei.i version of
many wolves that dogs were di - the •vend nirnois y.;,s that a man
traded—they could not fellow a loitering outride II Ducc': pacious
scent without branching off on < -. o w ., k* by a guard to
another trail. Sometimes they were identify hiinsel: Thereupon, the- , „ , ,
' i port ..,d '!, man ,Hn a pLstol I ar)f Cent™‘ herC’ TOe Cardmate
from hi )>< a l aid Take this! mUS
four, the two clubs would wind
up deadlocked for the circuit title
with 10 victories and two losses
apiece.
After Chickasha the Indians meet
Classen there. Capitol Hill here
chasing three wolves
oik e
meet the same four
hot the
TOO WELL ADVERTISED to your tu-i'ci nd
STILLWATER. Feb 17 UP u,u m Ihi groin
••We advertised it too well.” ex- Mussolini at the i me wa due to
Plained Fire Chief Ra\ Pence . 0ffu , Venice
requesting contributions to mi- Hl. ;on -,GU.- yas wait-
prove the city's resuscitating up- 1IU, to, •
pa rat us. Persons in a wide area
; clubs.
learned the equipment was lien
Pence said, and it has proved in-
adequate to meet their demand
He said the apparatus has been
called to Fairfax and Enid, ami
cnee to San Antonio Te\ on life-
saving emergencies.
LIKE WEARING GLOVES
WATONGA Feb 17-UP—Tin
tracks, often valuable in appre-
hending rustlers, were missing after !» ill> >1,0’"-d i‘" once had
Names Withheld
Mussolini hoard the shtoting
end emerged from the villa just
.* member.- of his .stall were
pTiineiiig on th' man and giving
firs’ am to ,he wounded detective.
nam< the .. sail nt and
ol tin- wounded detective were not
revealed. The assailant, it was
stilted wn released from an insane
osylitin only la-t week and papers
for a special election and another
designed to protect the measure
from delay through attack on the
ballot title after it is approved
by the attorney general.
Then, swinging to attack the
pension tangle on another salient,
the house voted authority to a
special impeachment committee lo
spend up to $759 for witness fees
in an investigation of the old
Ma Hand-appointed commission.
Farm Art Repealed
In a brisk two-hour session, the
house passed eight other bills, in-
cluding one bearing the admin-
istration tag repealing the farm
landlord-tenant act passed by the
last legislature.
The controverted runoff primary
restoration bill failed to come be-
fore the house on motion to re-
consider.
Governor Leon Phillips said he
j before midnight last night.
Mr. Roosevelt will board the dc-
I stroyer Warrington in the shallow
j waters off Key West Saturday
| afternoon and then transfer at sea
I tothe cruiser Houston for a 10-day
j journey in the Caribbean
His exact destination has not
i been disclosed, but he hopes to be
{ on hand when opposing ship and
| air forces make their maneuvers.
I simulating an Atlantic attack on
| the canal and efforts to ward it
j off.
Increased Forces Approved
On tiie results may hinge de-
cisions whether to build 5 supple-
mental canal across Nicaragua or
additional Panama locks for di-
version of ships if existing locks
should be destroyed in war.
The president already has pro-
posed increase of army forces in
canal zone and the house lias ap-
I proved this step.
Engaged in the mimic warfare—
| to last until Mar. 5—are 149 ships.
, 600 planes and more than 55.000
officers, bluejackets and marines,
largest Ever Assembled
Never before has such a war
, game force assembled in the At-
lantic This also is the first time
I so many aircraft have been em-
ail idea could be obtained ol how
much would be left for funding
purposes.
To Introduce Rill
Floor Leader H M. Curnutt said ,
the committee’s findings would b? I rf’hin Rllllikot of It'C To' 1)lo-vod
made the basis of a funding bill I , .
to be introduced RlSUppCiir Quickly
Curnutt said some highway com-j _
missioners believed the debt should - . ,
, , . , , A thin blanket of sleet and snow
be paid off the first year Du |n0Bt n, Oklahoma today
Senator Joe Whitaker pointed out ,hp f(1{ie|.a) weaUier bureau
would'have'thc same offer! because | mcST wether a” attack of intestinal *rlP»*
the bonds would be sold and flam,, * return Saturday.
holders would get ho.r money aouthwest was chillier today
lrom the proceeds within 30 days than ^ Canadlan norUlwest
therealtei. | Temperatures in Alberta and Sas-
Atehewan. Canada, rose above
William D Hassett, acting White
House secretary, will set up tem-
porary ol flees in Miami during the
president's absence. Hp was sub-
stituting for Secretary Marvin H.
Mclntire. who entered Naval hos-
pital in Washington yesterday with
LORI RENO SHOW
E
freezing from far below zero A
af tiie Spanish civil war is expected
st any moment, it was understood
|today.
Confident ally it was reported in
diplomatic quarters that both the
(British and French special envoys
(to the nationalist government had
peen instructed to ask Generalissimo
(Francisco Franco how far he would
lgo in accepting the three-point
(peace program advanced by loyal-
ist Premier Juan Negrin just be-
|fore the fall of Catalonia.
These points were outlined by
(Negrin at a meeting of the loyalist
(cortes. or parliament, near Figueras
[on the night of Feb. 1. just before
[the fall of Catalonia:
1. A guarantee of independence
|and integrity for Spain.
2. Freedom from all foreign in-
Ifluences and a free life for the
(Spanish people.
been certified insane
New- of tiie Incident was not
in :med in trh circulated in Rome,
cedar branches behind their truck) W;llC1'“ the pubhr cnyrnsscd wlth
..... . 1 the funeral ceremonies for
R. C Scott investigated found
that the thieves evidently dragged,
to obliterate imprints in the sandy
Pope
Last of Masses Is Set Forjjfn
Monday
road. Vanished were 19 head
cattle.
Pius anei the approaching election
NEIGHBORHOOD “ALARM"
ANADARKO. Feb 17 'UP— The
whole neighborhood hears the
"alarm clock" of Lester and Lewis
Pitts, twin brothers and operators
of the L and L Taxicab company
Bach morning at 7:15 a in. a
cab driver steps in from of their
home and honks. They awaken E1 R^nn negro who formerly lived
and walk to work.
at Guthrie, was ordered held for
_ trial in district court on a charge
ANYWAY, rrs AN IDEA , .
NORMAN. Feb. 17-iU.R'- Green ’ Preliminary hearing was conducted
peppers are hollow. Thus, if pep- in Canadian county court Thurs-
per growers follow up this lead1 day- Bond was set at $1,009 by
they may be able to double prn- Jud»e Emmett Thompson
duction without Increasing acreage. Drummer allegedly broke into
VATICAN CITY. Feb. 17—«U.P>—
Members of the congregation of
cardinals completed arrangements
today for the last three of the
nine-day series of masses for the
late Pope Pius XI.
Cardinals will be celebrants on
each of the three final days of
the "novendiall” commencing to-
morrow. Cardinal Gasparri. pre-
fect of the Supreme Tribunal of
the Apostolic Signature; Cardinal
Dalic. archpriest of the Liberian
Basilica; and Cardinal Ascalesi.
archbishop of Naples, will be the
celebrants.
For the last service. Monday,
Monsignor Angelo Perugini. secre-
tary of Latin priests, will pro-
nounce the last eulogy, and four
cardinals will impart absolution.
On the occasion of the death of
, . , , , i previous popes, the last three
of second degree burglary after a i ; ,___
_____ . , . , i masses have been held in the
Slstine chapel. This time all are
; the three holdover members of the
Oklahoma public welfare commis-
sion and would wait for the Mar. 7
special election on their ouster.
“It’s going to cost us $67,090."
he said, “but it will be worth it
even if we are broke."
Three Jumping ( lasses In
Public Exhibition
cold wave still gripped the north-
ern middle west, but it had de-
creased in intensity, t lie United
Press reported
At Chicago. U S. Forecaster H
A Downs predicted warmer tem-
peratures through most of the
nation. He said there should be
a light snowfall over extreme
northeastern areas, fair weather
throughout the north central states,
and partly cloudy weather in some
PATIENTS ESCAPE
EIRE AT ASYLUM
of a new pepe
It was the first known attempt
on Mussolini’s life in recent years.
Trial Is Ordered
In Burglary Case
O'Neal Drummer. 20-.vear-old
Woman Surviving
Rattlesnake Venom j
Mrs. Anna Barry 318 North Hoff
avenue, was reported improved to-
An informal horse show will lx- eastern states
•staged in the post riding hall at Dust Settled
For' Reno at 2:39 p. m. Sunday, it Mist and light showers helped
has been announced by Captain settle dust that swept into eastern
C. H. Prunty, recreation officer 'and central Oklahoma from the
Jumping exhibitions are scheduled i panhandle yesterday. Heaviest pre-
in three divisions. cipitation was .32 inch of sleet.
The class of green jumpers is snow and rain at McAlester. Mus-
open to horses now under training ' had a freezing mist with a
and capable of negotiating a course *ow temperature of 24 degrees. It
i of jumps two and one-half feet was ^2 degrees at Ardmore with
I Tiie class of novice jumpers Is
Militia Aids Rescues In
Sub-Zero Weather
day at the Catto hospital, where! °1>en t0 horses capabIe of jumpin«
03 inch sleet, and 22 at Tulsa with
03 inch sleet.
Precipitation missed northern
a course up to three feet. and northwestern Oklahoma, al-
The open Jumping class is open though skies were cloudy. Ponca
to any horse, the course of ob- city reported an 18 degree mini-
.............. ____ stacles varying from three to three .mum for the state’s lowest. Elk
state museum service, had clean- j and one-half feet. city had a trace of snow as the
ed the snake and was inserting Seats for spectators are provided mercury fell to 20 degrees, and it
she was taken Thursday morning
after being poisoned from the
fangs of a dead rattlesnake.
Mrs. Barry, an employe of the
it into a bottle of formaldehyde
when the reptile slipped from
>• - -«»" snsnz•sS'X'-Z'.zs?z
Is charged with taking $5.50 in
(population and no reprisals.
Lord Halifax made his statement,
In long and detailed one. at a
(secret meeting last night at which
I not only the conservative members
1 of the house foreign committee
j but nearly all members of the
|cabinet were present.
Indicating that the climax—that
(is. an end—of the civil war might
be expected at any time. Lord
Halifax added that Franco still
insisted on unconditional surrend-
er and that the loyalists were
holding out for conditions.
one green pepper and found an-
other inside. The smaller pepper money, five packages of cigafets
looked as if it had matured itt anf* 1° cigars,
the open air.
being held in the Basilica of St.
Peter’s.
Dignitaries To Attend
The last three masses will be ot
tiie most solemn character, and
members of the sacred college, the
papal court, the diplomatic corps
and the Roman aristocracy will
Farm Adjustment
The cafe, located at 109 East I attend. The Sistlne choir, under
Russell street, is operated by a. | the direction of Monsignor Lorenzo
Kuczynski. I Perosi, wil lsing.
------ i The sixth of the series of nine
j masses was held today.
Endless lines of people continued
to visit St. Peters, waiting a chance
Board Will Meet'MYERS T0 speak
noaru "in i»ieti ()N PENSI0N Bii.i,
Canadian county’s farm debt ad-
Cecil A Myers of Elk City, state
Mrs. J. F Johnson, Mrs. Alice
I Warren, Miss Lida Dashiell. Mel-
| vin Johnson and Don Allison were
among those from here who at-
tended a stage production of
"Whileoaks." starring Ethel Barry-
more. in Oklahoma City Thurs-
day evening.
..... . ty. will speak at tiie courthouse
ministration s office in the city in E] Rcno at 2 m Saturday.
hali at El Reno at 10 a. m. Mon- ,t wns anncunced 'txxlav by NoJ,
day Feb. 20 it has been announced N Webb of Oklahoma City, member
by Loren L Ware, county FSA; of ,hp exccuUv, board of the
supervisor. Oklahoma Welfare federation.
William H. Thomson, district, Mr Myers is author of house
farm debt adjustment supervisor. I bill No. 50 which seeks to provide
will meet with the committee All, a $30 minimum old age itension,
farmers who are debt-distressed, and he will discuss merits of the
are privileged to contact the com- | measure in his address at El Reno
mittee at that time. j Saturday afternoon.
to descend into the crypt and pray
i before tiie tomb of the pope. Even
though the size of the crowds has
been reduced in the last few days.
Vatican attendants estimated that
there were now 200,000 visitors a j
day.
her hands, breaking the skin of j Prunty says, "but seating capacity
one hand with its fangs. j is limited and the public is ad-
The snake had been dead 18 [vised to arrive early if seats nre
hours, but its poison made Mrs. > desired."
Barn- ill and she was taken to j The eates opens to lUe pubUc at
the hospital, where a special serum 2;15 p m Thp show lasts about
in the cast end of the riding hall, was 20 at Waynoka. Maximum
•Visitors are welcome." Captain vesterday ranged from 46 degrees
at Elk City to 62 at McAlester.
Girl Scouts Will
(onduct Service
prepared at the University of Okla-
homa and brought to El Reno
one hour.
;EI Reno Masons
by state highway patrolmen was I
administered.
Seriously ill Thursday, the was
reported greatly improved and rest- j \ f
ing well today by hospital attend- YAl OtctlC UC33IUU
ants. --
Six officers of El Reno lodge No.
50. A F. and A M.. and two
Otto Hess, student at the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma. Norman, at- Yukon Masons returned late Thurs-
tended funeral services here Thurs-
day afternoon for Mrs. B L. Lewis
of Shawnee, a former resident of
this city.
PERRY TO PREACH
Colonel E. H. Perry of Okla-
homa City, acting rector of Christ
Memorial Episcopal church in El
Reno, will be in charge of ser-
vices at 11 a. m. Sunday.
Forecast
Generally fair tonight and Sat-
urday; continued cold tonight.
Warmer Saturday.
El Reno Weather
For 24-hour period ending at 8
a m. today: High. 55; low. 19;
at 8 a. nt., 21.
State of weather, cloudy.
Moisture, .07 melted sleet.
day from the annual Masonic
grand lodge meeting in Tulsa.
P P Bartlett, district deputy,
attended a school of instructions
which began Sunday. Others from
El Reno attending the grand lodge
Wednesday and Thursday were H.
E. Harrison, worshipful master: E.
N. Potts, senior warden: Clyde
Maxe.v, junior warden; S Boyd
Wilson, secretary; and Vincent
Harper, past master.
C. C. Coyle, district deputy, and
Fred Latham, grand senior deacon,
both of Yukon, also attended the
Tulsa meeting.
Next year the annual meeting
will be held at Guthrie, it was
announced.
Girl Scouts will have charge
I of the services at the First Method-
] 1st church at 10:50 a. m. Sunday.
I it was announced today by Mrs.
| Joe Waldron, who is chairman of
I the Girl Scout council.
Not only all Girl Scouts, but
all persons who are interested in
the Girl Scout work, were urged
to attend. "An attempt is being
made to make the city Girl Scout
conscious as jvell as Boy Scout
conscious.” Mrs. Waldron said.
Miss Kathryn Shankland. Chi-
cago. 111., national staff executive,
is scheduled to arrive early in
March to conduct two weeks' Girl
Scout leadership training here, it
was announced.
QUEBEC, Feb. 17—(U.R)—Fire and
fuel tank explosions completed the
destruction of the Beauport in-
sane asylum early today alter 1,797
hysterical patients had been led
nr dragged to safety into a 15-
below zero temperature under the
direction of a battalion of militia
The fire had been raging in the
east wing since 8 a. m. yesterday
but did not get completely out of
control until last night. Then it
reached the central building, which
with five wings comprises the vast
institution operated by the Roman
Catholic Order of Grey Nuns Oil
tanks began exploding, hurling
flaming embers 1.500 feet. A hur-
ried call was sent for troops and
the 1.300 inmates still in the build-
ing were evacuated.
Many of the patients were vio-
lent. Some had not been out of
their rooms for years. They strug-
gled with their rescuers—nuns,
firemen and volunteers, before the
troops arrived. Some had to be
restrained forcibly from darting
back to their quarters, which
would have meant certain death.
Soon after midnight, however,
all patients had been safely quar-
tered in other parts of Quebec—
in jails, hospitals, barracks and
even in private homes.
Meanwhile, firemen continued a
losing battle in the bitter cold.
The scene was a panorama of fire
and ice. The water supply was
inadequate and holes were chop-
ped through the St. Lawrence rivet-
ice. a mile away, and hose lines
stretched from there.
The casualties so far reported
were: One pat*ent dead of a heart
attack: two firemen injured: one
fireman missing.
FIREMEN CALLED
TO WHITE HOME
Damage was only a few dollars
when fire broke out early Thursday
AT KINGFISHER SUPPER
Lee J. Stoneman. Pete Bargeliot.es | njgbt In the residence of Charles
and George O. Demke attended a white. 512 North Rock Island ave-
supper of the American Legion
pest at Kingfisher Thursday night.
Milt Phillips of Oklahoma City,
department adjutant, was the
principal speaker. His topic was
"Isms in Schools.”
nue. it was estimated today by C.
G. McCain. El Reno fire chief.
A short in a light socket caused
the blaze, which burned several
articles of clothing before it waa
extinguished, the fire chief added.
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 47, No. 305, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1939, newspaper, February 17, 1939; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc924272/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.