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The El Reno Daily Tribune
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El Reno, Oklahoma, Monday, April 25, 1955
W) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
PREPARE FOR EGG-POULTRY SCHOOL—Tom Fox, marketing specialist with the state
board of agriculture, admires a plump broiler which will be used in Tuesday’s poultry
and egg classes at Rose Witcher school. Mrs. Margaret Edsel Fitch, left, county home dem-
onstration agent, and Miss Hermina Dohogne, foods specialist from Oklahoma A and M
college, spent the day preparing for the two classes.
Housing Probe
Reaches State
100 Law Violations
Found in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON, April 25 -AJP-
"Right at 100" violations of the
veterans housing law have been
uncovered in Oklahoma City, the
house veterans affairs committee
reported today.
The committee said the abuses
involving buying and selling of GI
home loan privileges are centered
in “three or four rather organ-
ized groups.” The offenders were
not named.
Oliver Meadows, staff member
of the committee, said the infrac-
tions have been traced to a small
minority of Oklahoma City builders
and real estate men.
Mortgages Sold
Meadows said the pattern of the
violations runs like this: The vet-
ern buys a home on an easy-credit
loan guaranteed by the Veterans
administration. He then sells the
mortgage to someone not entitled
to veterans loan privileges.
“The sad part of it is that even
though there's no successful prose-
cution in court, the VA can waive
the veterans’ rights forever, in-
cluding disability payments, insur-
ance and everything,” Meadows
said.
No Special Probe
Meadows said “right at 100“ vio-
lations were unearthed, without a
special investigation, indicating
there are many more. They were
discovered by VA, FBI agents
and other established investigative
agencies, he said.
Meadows said veterans sold their
home loan rights for anything
“from a drink to $400." The of-
fense is punishable by fines up to
$5,000 and five years in prison.
Tuesday's Poultry-Egg Sessions
Promise Variety for New Menus
^OBODY’S going to answer that old puzzler about “which
came first, the chicken or the egg?” but just about any
other question coming up at Tuesday’s two poultry and egg
cooking schools will be answered by’poultry specialists
There will be a class at 1:30 p.m., then another at 7:30
p.m., both at Rose Witcher school.
Miss Hermina Dohogne, foods specialist from Oklahoma
A. and M. college, and Mrs. Margaret Edsel Fitch, Canadian
county home demonstration agent, are working today in
^preparing attractive and tasty egg and poultry dishes which
will be exhibited during the
School Land Agent
Switch Completed
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 25—(Ah
—The state school land commission
today let Ralph Fillmore resign as
its oil and gas agent and immedi-
ately appointed Robert Shipman,
former Caddo county treasurer.
Appointment ended a political
scrap which earlier in the month
caused the resignation of Tom Lee,
school land commiasion secretary.
Lee quit April 15 after he re-
fused to recommend that the com-
mission sell at less than the ap-
praised price some school land
desired by Garfield county com-
missioners for a highway.
Today, Attorney General Mac Q.
Williamson told the commission, in
effect, that Lee was right in re-
fusing to recommend sale of the
land at less than the appraised
value.
CUB PACK TO MEET
A meeting of the Hillcrest Cub
Scout pack has been called for
7:30 p.m. today, it was announced
by Mrs. Charles Wendorff, publicity
chairman.
Rock Island's
Schedules To
Remain Same
Rock Island railroad passenger
schedules through El Reno will re-
main unchanged, the railroad has
decided.
The announcement changed origi-
nal plans to consoliate trains 111
and 112 with trains 51 and 52, al-
though the lines have never filed
formal application for abandon-
ment of 111 and 112.
Announcement that the consoli-
dation will not be made came
through C. L. Warren, district sup-
erintendent of the postal trans-
portation service in Oklahoma City,
who said he had been notified of
the decision in a letter from A. M.
Allison, Chicago, 111.
The decision followed railroad
conferences with civic leaders in
principal cities along the Memphis,
Tenn., Tucumcari, N. M. run, in-
cluding talks at El Reno.
Protests to the move, which
would have resulted in a single
trajn daily east and west between
Amarillo and Memphis, had been
lodged by McAlester, Shawnee,
Oklahoma City and Amarillo, Tex.
Two El Reno Girls
Win Music Honors
Two El Reno music students won
honors Sunday afternoon in com-
petition at St. Gregory’s college,
Shawnee, open to highschool stu-
dents from over the entire state.
The two are Betty Piatt, daugh-
ter of Harry Piatt, northwest of El
Reno, who received recognition as
a violinist after scoring 95 points
out of a possible 100, and Adele
Kastner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Kastner, 1000 Sunset drive,
who scored 98 out of a possible 100
points and was one of the top three
who received trophies.
The girls’ music teacher is Sis-
tc- Redcmpta, of Sacred Heart
school.
class sessions,
They were being assisted by
Mrs. J. D. Rinderhagen.
Marketing Specialists Tom
Fox, with the state board of
agriculture, and Sewell Skelton
from Stillwater will be on hand
to give pointers on selection of
poultry and eggs for both quality
and economy.
TMIE two sessions—sponsored
jointly by the chamber of
commerce and local produce
houses, along with the extension
service and state board of agri-
culture-will be open to all home-
makers.
Men, too, are invited to walk
right in and possibly learn a
few things about what goes on in
the kitchen before the baked hen
and giblet gravy are served.
For instance, the trio wilt dem-
onstrate new ways of using both
chicken and eggs in the family
menu, and how it is economically
practical to stockpile poultry and
eggs in the spring and summer
when prices are lower and
quick-freeze them for later use.
"WOW, don't start holding your
’ nose. It’s a fact that frozen
eggs—removed from the shell—
can be successfully stored for
as long as nine months and re-
main as fresh as the cackle on
the production line.
Mrs. Fitch says it can be done,
and—as hundreds of county home
demonstration club women have
discovered—she knows a great
deal about such things.
Both classes will be identical
in nature, so if you can’t make
the 1:30 session make a note
to be there at 7:30—it’s all free.
Like that glib-tongued dog
food salesman says on TV—
“How can you lose?’’
Senate Leader
Would Halt U. S.
Handout to India
Nehru’* Position In
Communist Cold War
Hrings Stir in Congress
WASHINGTON, April 25 _«p_
Senate Republican Leader William
F. Knowland questioned today whe-
ther U. S. foreign aids funds should
be allotted to India in view of that
country’s neutral position in the
cold war.
His attitude reflected a viewpoint
widely held in congress among
members who are questioning or
objecting to the continued inclusion
of India in the foreign aid program.
Knowland gave his views to re-
porters in commenting on the line
taken by Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru at the Afro-
Asian conference at Bandung, In-
donesia.
Btlitvti Talk Backfired
He expressed the belief that the
conference had “backfired” on the
neutral Nehru and Red Chinese
Premier Chou F.n-Lai because the
anti-Communist countries in Asia
had made an effective case against
“the dangers of communism."
Knowland also said he thinks
those countries were more willing
to make their case because the
southeast Asia pact and other
treaties gave them “a sense of
stability.”
Meantime, Senator Hubert Hum-
phrey (Democrat, Minnesota)
urged a reassessment of this na-
tion's Asian policies. He said the
Bandung conference has provided
background "which we have not
had before” and from it “we can
better measure the effectiveness
of our own policies.”
Would Favor Pakistan
Humphrey, a member of the sen-
ate foreign relations committee,
said in a statement the conference
has showed "how terribly impor-
tant it is” for the United States
to work with its “allied partners”
in forming policy in the far east.
"No one questions Nehru’s sov-
ereignty and independence,” Know-
land said. "If he feels encumbered
by the mutual aid program, he has
the right to stay out but he'
shouldn’t object if Pakistan or Tur-
key don’t feel confidence in Com-
munist China or the Soviet Union.
“I don’t know anyone in the gov-
ernment who wants to force a pen-
ny on Nehru if he feels it is an
affront to India. I think that allo-
cation could be used by Pakistan
to build its defenses.”
The $3,500,000,000 foreign aid
program submitted to congress by
President Eisenhower last week
contained no breakdown showing
the amount earmarked for India
The program submitted a year ago
included $95,000,000 for that coun-
try.
Vol. 64, No. 48
Atomic-Powered Ship
To Make World Trip
In Search for Peace
HOOSIER SOIL JUDGES—Dave Williams, left, assistant Canadian county farm agent
shows visiting Indiana farm youths points in judging Oklahoma soils—(grounded variety)
—as the erout) joined Canadian countv bovs for a soils school nt tho pi
Former Tribune Writer
Spends Weekend in Cuba
Miss Marilyn Hoffman, columnist
for the Christian Science Monitor,
New York, spent the weekend in
Cuba, compliments of one of the
larger airlines.
She is the daughter of Mrs. A. L.
Hoffman, 818 South Mitchell, and
sister of Harvey Hoffman, 807
South Duane, and sister of Mrs.
Milo Leeper, 1108 West Wade.
House Committee
Favors Beer Ban
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 25-OE
—After taking out some of the
“stingers," the house ways and
means committee today approved
a controversial bill allowing coun-
ties to vote a ban on beer sales.
The bill permits counties to hold
elections and outlaw Jhe sale of
3.2 beer.
Committee changes include the
elimination of a provision barring
beer advertising in dry counties.
DRIVER POSTS BOND
Harry Douglas, 35, Enid, has
posted $5 bond in city police court
on a charge of speeding, police
records showed today.
Four Calumet
Youths Hurt
Four Calumet highschool boys
were injured Sunday afternoon
when their car crashed into a large
tree as they were returning from a
fishing trip northwest of Calumet.
C. L. Langham, 18, was driver of
the car. His companions were his
brother, Jerry, 14, Jim Crawford,
16, and Larry Crawford, 14.
The four were taken to Okarche
hospital where C. L. Langham was
treated for facial lacerations and
bruises. Jerry suffered a fractured
pelvis and lacerations. Jim re-
ceived cuts about his mouth and
nose and Larry suffered a severe
head laceration.
Phil Todd who reported the ac-
cident said two of the boys were
believed in critical condition.
Mites Take Toll
On Wheat Crops
Damage Found In
Drouth-Hit Fields
Publicity No
Help To Law,
Gary Claims
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 25-1*1
—Governor Raymond Gary had
some advice today for persons
who want his help in eliminating
bootleggers — let the governor
know before the press is advised.
He referred to a letter from a
Canadian county man last week
who asked his help in shutting
down an illegal liquor dealer on
the Canadian-Oklahoma county
line. The letter was also sent to
newspapers, thus getting publicized
before the governor could act.
“It would be better if they want
help, to contact the governor be-
fore the press,” he said. “If they
want the governor to help, they
shouldn’t publicize it.”
“If he (the bootlegger) is placed
on public notice he's going to be
raided and he’s going to be ready.”
Gary, an active supporter of the
dry cause, said he will be willing
to help anytime a citizen has a
complaint but he needs a chance
to do something before it is pub-
licized.
Canadian county wheat growers
were warned today that spots de-
veloping on their wheat may indi-
cate insect damage rather than
the results of drouth conditions.
The warning came from County
Agent Riley Tarver who said some
infestation by the brown wheat
mite has been found in the county.
During dry years, he said, the
insect may appear as far east as
Stillwater, and often their injury
may disappear after a good, hard
shower.
Turns Plants Brown
He said farmers may confuse the
damage with drouth injury since
wheat fields heavily infested with
brown mites show a scorched, with-
ered appearance.
Tarver said wheat in this area
has shown little damage from
greenbugs this year, but added
that control measures for brown
mites also will get greenbugs.
Poisons Suggested
Several chemicals have been
tested for control of the brown
wheat mite. Parathion, when used
at the rate of a half pound of ac-
tual chemical per acre has given
best control, and sulphur, when
applied at the rate of 30 pounds
per acre also is effective, he said.
The chemicals do not destroy
mite eggs, and if the weather stays
dry a re-infestation may result.
Parathion is applied as a spray
and sulphur is used as a dust.
Concho School
To Host Public
The public was invited today to
attend an open house at Concho
Indians school on May 1, when all
school facilities will be open for in-
spection from 2 to 5 p.m.
Diamond Roach, principal, said
some 265 Cheyenne-Arapaho and
Navajo children will be on hand
with the faculty to greet visitors
and show them through the insti-
tution.
'Don't Fence Me In' Not Sung
Around County Bastile Today
by L. D. WARD
gL RENO'S jail-wrecking “Tennessee cowboy” was ar-
raigned in county court today on charges of second-
degree burglary, grand larceny and jail-breaking—and not
a minute too soon to suit Sheriff Tiny Royse.
The lanky self-styled sharpshooter has been a large
economy-size headache to the sheriff ever since he was ar-
rested here on “April Fool’s Day" following a burglary in
the Rock Island yards.
Whether the prisoner, Herbert Jack Crabtree, 22, is a real
honest-to-goodness cowboy is questionable, but he has
demonstrated two times in the past week that he admires
the wide open spaces and -----
Blast Rocks
New Orleans
Plant, Wharf
NEW ORLEANS, April 25—(An—
A series of explosions rocked the
downtown industrial canal area to-
day, destroying a chemical plant,
damaging several houses, and set-
ting fire to the Galvez street
wharf.
The blasts hurled heavy steel
drums through the air. One flam-
ing cylinder rolled down a street
and bounced into a rosidcnce,
knocking two holes in the side of
the house.
The top of a tank damaged the
roof of another residence.
Two firemen suffered slight in-
juries.
Residents in the area reported
10 or 12 explosions destroyed the
Crescent Chemical company on
North Claiborne street, about 1:15
a. m.
Sparks from the fire which fol-
lowed the initial blast ignited
creosote pilings at the wharf on
the industrial canal, which con-
nects the Mississippi and Lake
Pontchartain.
All fires were brought under
control by 3:30 a. m.
CORN FOR TITO
CHAMPAIGN, 111. —<W— Illinois
corn soon will be growing in Yugo-
slavia. The Illinois Seed Producers
Assn, reported it has shipped 40,-
000 pounds of foundation hybrid
seed corn to that country. This will
plant 6,000 acres to hybrid seed
production in 1955 and 40,000 acres
in 1956. Its potential for 1957 is
300,000 acres.
can’t stand hobbles and
don't like fences,” as Gene
Autry said.
However. Crabtree is in jail
again ((or he was at press time)
and chances arc he's trying to
figure out a way to make his
third unauthorized exit from the
badly battered county calaboose.
He took leave of the pokey
Saturday night-the second time
in the past week—and managed
to elude a posse of deputies, po-
licemen and highway patrolmen
until Sunday afternoon when he
was corraled in a wheatfield
north of Fort Reno.
I TNLIKE his first AWOL junket
^ here, the broad-shouldered
towheaded Tennessee lad was
unarmed on his last nocturnal
tour of the countryside.
When he made his first break
here last Monday, Crabtree car-
ried enough artillery to hold off
a small army—his favorite 44-40
pearl-handled sixshooter which
he wore slung low on his right
hip, movie cowboy style, along
with an automatic and a smaller
revolver which he lifted from the
jail safe bclore leaving.
Saturday night's exit was made
through a cell door with an assist
of a toilet commode which he
ripped from its moorings and
used to batter bars from the
door.
Eight fellow prisoners in the
county clink told officers Sunday
morning that they “didn’t hear
a thing.”
/CRABTREE wa* first charged
with second-degree burglary
and had a good chance of re-
ceiving a suspended sentence;
however, after the county attor-
ney’s office received his record
from the FBI, listing several pre-
vious convictions, it was decided
to take a closer and longer look.
The Tennessee rover, however,
decided not to hang around to
find out their plans. He decided
a good whiff of clean Tennessee
mountain air would be just the
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Cunningham Won't
Join With Murray
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 25—UP
—Representative Robert O. Cun-
ningham, Oklahoma City, today re-
fused to join former Governor
Johnston Murray in testifying be-
fore a house committee investigat-
ing the department of education.
Cunningham made public a let-
ter he wrote to committee chair-
man Representative Hugh Sandlin,
Holdenville, in which he denounced
the group for “floundering around”
and turned down a request to ap-
pear with Murray, probably Wed-
nesday.
Ike Discloses
Dramatic Plan
In Talk Today
President Tells Editors
‘Dictatorships' Create
Periodic Fears of War
NEW YORK, April 25—(^_
President Eisenhower today
unveiled plans to send a new
atomic powered merchant ship
around the globe in a drama-
tic demonstration of Ameri-
can’s determination to win “a
just and lasting peace.”
The new vessel, the presi-
dent said, will travel thous-
ands of miles without refuel-
ing and “will demonstrate to
people everywhere this peace-
time use of atomic energy
harnessed for the improve-
ment of human living.”
Eisenhower disclosed his inten-
tion to ask congress for funds to
build the new ship in a speech pre-
pared for delivery at the annual
luncheon meeting of the Associated
Press at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
About 1,300 of the nation'a publish-
ers and editors were on hand for
the start of newspaper week In
New York.
Staks Tax Cut*
The president coupled his sur-
prise announcement of plans for
the atomic-powered ship with a
new plea for congressional enact-
ment of the administration pro-
gram to cut tariffs 15 percent over
the next three years.
Eisenhower made no direct men-
tion of Red China’s weekend offer
to negotiate with the United States
to relax tension in the Formosa
area. But in an obvious reference
to Communist China and Russia,
the president said "certain dicta-
torships have engaged in a deliber-
ately conceived drive which peri-
odically creates alarms and fears
of war."
“Either we foster flourishing
trade between the free nations or
we weaken the free world and our
own economy," Eisenhowr said.
Ship Plans Drawn
The administration’s bill to ex-
tend the reciprocal trade act three
years has passed the house but still
faces rough going in the senate.
In announcing plans for the
atomic powered merchant ship
Eisenhower said:
“We have added to the United
States program for peaceful uses
of atomic energy an atomic power-
ed merchant ship. The atomic
energy commission and the mari-
time administration are now de-
veloping specifications. I shall
shortly submit to the congress a
request lor the necessary funds to-
gether with a description of the
vessel.
"The new ship, powered with an
atomic reactor, will not require
refueling for scores of thousands
of miles of operation. Visiting the
ports of the world, it will demon-
strate to people everywhere this
peace-time use of atomic energy,
harnessed tor the improvement of
human living."
Driver Sentenced
For Drunk Driving
Raymond Willingham. El Reno,
charged with drunk driving, re-
versed an earlier plea of innocent
to a plea of guilty in county court
Saturday and was sentenced by
Judge Sam Roberson to serve 30
days in the county jail.
In addition Judge Roberson sus-
pended his driving license for a
year.
Willingham had been accused in
an information filed on complaint
of City Policeman Ralph Monroe
of driving in El Reno on April S,
while under influence of intoxi-
cating liquor.
Weather
Stitt Forte*it
Fair and warmer tonight. Tues-
day, increasing cloudiness and
mild. Scattered afternoon or
ning thundershowers in the
west. Increasing southerly
in the central and
night 55 to 65.
85 to 95.
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