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Reduction Of
*Excise Taxes
Is in Prospect
Commerce Secretary
Says Retail Sales
Are Being Affected
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29-IU.R)-
Prospects Increased today that con-
Kress will reduce excise taxes next
year.
Secretary of Commerce Charles
Sawyer reported to President Tru-
man last night that he Is convinced
that the excise taxes are "very sert-
ouxly" hurting retail sales.
8awyer said he considers that the
taxes on furs. Jewelry, luggage and
admission* are harmful.
t, . H',WPVPr' his report .said that
J bdslncfis pros|x>cls for the immedi-
ate future arc good, If taken with
well tempered optimism."
Report Seen as Prod
Sawyer's report was seen as u
prod to Mi. Truman to beat the
Republicans to the gun and make
a presidential request for excise tax
reduction after congress goes back
to work next week.
Republicans, and some influential
I Democrats, want the excise taxes
reduced, or In some cases repealed.
Some of Mr. Truman's congres-
sional lieutenants have urged him
to take the lead in asking for i
moderate reductions.
House Republican Leader Joseph
W Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts,
fears that Mr. Truman will offer
reduction of such taxes as "bait"
to Increase personal and corixuate
Income taxes.
;. The government will go Into the 1
red an estimated *5,300,000,000 this i
fiscal year, and is faced with deficit
spending next year. Representative
J. Aime Forand (Democrat. Rhode
Island), member ol the tax-writing
house ways and means committee,
believes the budget could be bal-
anced without new taxes by plug-
ging existing laws and forcing "tax
dodgers" to pay up.
Extensive Survey Made
4 Sawyer's 15,000-word report to the
White House was the result of a! MANILA Dec. 28—(Pi—A heavy! ADA, Dec. 28 — (U.R) — Funeral
Klx-month survey ol the country, earthquake «J|Ubk Luzon, main. services will be held in Ada to-
He traveled 15,000 miles and talked island of the Philippines, for two morrow for Dr Adolph Linscheid.
to 3,000 business men and l.OCO and onc-half «nutes today. 70. president emeritus of East Cen-
labor representatives Isabela proVhue. on the north-1 tral State college who died here
The report, he emphasized, con- j fast coast, was reported hardest yesterday,
tained their recommendations, not hit. with sea wave* and landslides rlles wl|j be at 11 a ni in
He said business men, labor: The Manila Bulletin correspond-1 the First Christian church ol Ada
ent said the tt.ock was rated at; Llnscheid's 28 vears as head of
Intensity 7 there That Is the third East Central was believed the
h*V1CSt'i ““ ‘*r‘UTnhr '"** | kweeat service record -among the
An unidentified woman was nation's teachers college presidents,
dence that the declines experienced crowned by the seismic sea waves at jn poor health for the past two
during the first half of the year the town of Mercedes. A boat with years, Ltnscheid retired last June
were natural and necessary adjust- I pt«ht passengers capsized near the as president of the school here He I
merits from the high inflationary i Malalan ferry, but all were reported was succeeded by Dr Charles F
levels of 1948," he said. saved. Spencer.
Sawyer added that the readjust- In the town of Naguillan. about
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REST CHRISTMAS I'KESENT EVER—Mrs Ruby Smith
with her son. Michael. 21*, reads Joyous news at her Long Beach.
Calif., home. TTie telegram contained the first acknowledgement by
the Chinese Communists that her husband, William C. Smith, navy
chief electrician's mate, was alive and well. Smith and a Chicago
marine sergeant, the telegram stated, were being held in a Com-
munist military camp near Tsingtao, Chuia. (NEA Telephoto.)
Luzon Shaken
By Earthquake
Isabela Province
Is Hardest Hit
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Former College
President Dies
Services Arranged
For A. Linscheid
Conference On
Phone Dispute
Opened Today
Governors Making
Effort to Forestall
Threatened Walkout
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 28—<U.R>—Gov-
ernors of five states and a repre-
sentative from another met with
labor-management officials today
in an effort to forestall the
threatened Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone company strike.
Besides Missouri Governor For-
rest Smith, who arranged the con-
ference, other state executives oi.
hand Included Governors Adlat
Stevenson of Illinois. Sid McMath
of Arkansas, Frank Carlson of
Kansas and Roy J. Turner of Ok-
lahoma.
A state official represented Gov-
ernor Allan Shivers of Texas.
Board Suggested
In Jefferson City, Mo., yesterday,
Smith said the six-state parley
may result in the establishment of
an arbitration board for settle-
ment of the impending walkout of
50.000 CIO Communications Work-
ers.
The governor appeared optimistic j
about chances of ending the wage
dispute between Bell and the union.
He noted that both sides were
“very anxious to get the thing
settled and would lean over back-
wards to do so."
Smith added that conferee.- nt
today's session “hope to set up the
machinery (or taking care of differ-
ences so there can be no strike."
Arbitration Favored
Tribesmen Entering Boomer Tourney
At Chickasho Friday and Saturday
El Reno highschool Indians,
I lexuming their basketball ac-
i tlvitles after a 10-day layoff, will
| make their next appearance in a
j Boomer conference tournament
I set for Dec. 30,and 31 at Chlck-
j usha. -
For the first time In the history
I of the conference, a tournament
has been arranged separate from
the regular playoff to determine
the Boomer championship.
El Reno, Chickasha. Duncan.
Lawton and Putnam City arc
members of the conference while
Pauls Valley has been Invited
to participate In the tourney to
provide a six-team field.
Pairings for the first round in
the tourney Friday are as fol-
lows:
Lawton vs. Putnam City; Dun-
can vs Pauli Valley; El Reno,
bye; Chickasha, bye.
Views Given On
Three-Day Week
Railroads Are Hit
By Lack of Coal
WASHTOOTON, Dec. 29 -dP)—
Senator Wayne Morse (Republican,
Oregon i contended today that the
three-day mine week—which has
so cut coal production that a slash
in rail service threatens— cannot be
halted by President Truman.
Morse stated that view on the
heels of a report that the lnter-
A similar meeting called by the j ;stat* rol"mercc commission, meet-
Missouri executive paved the way 1118 *oc*ay* might order a 25 percent
for eventual settlement of the re-1 ';Ut 1,1 pft“engtr servlce on coal-
cent Missouri railroad strike1 burnlng railroads.
Ihrough arbitration.
Vice President Frank P. Loner-
! gan of the union's division 20 said
1 his group was in favor of arbitra-
tion as a means of settling any or
i all the Issues.
A company spokesman declared
Bell was adopting a wait-and-see
attitude on any arbitration pro-
posal that the governors may make
at the conference.
his.
and government officials in all
I ^ sections believed "that our economy
1 |^ls essentially sonnd.* ■**•'«**.■ _
“I was given the Impressive evl-
The roads report they are low
El Reno's first tilt in the tour-
nament will be at 7:30 p. m
Friday against the winner of the
Uiwton-Putnsm City clash.
Finals In the event will be Sat-
urday night.
After this week. Coach Jenks
Simmons' Tribesmen will get back
Into their regular schedule and
will oppose Clinton Red Torna-
does at 8 p m. Tuesday. Jan. 3.
in the El Reno gymnasium.
Coached by Otis Delaporte, the
Clinton club is composed largely
of the same players who com-
prised the Clinton squad last year,
and the Red Tornadoes are rated
as one of the top quintets In
■western Oklahoma
On Friday night of next week,
Jan. 6, Duncan Demons will come
to El Reno for a conference en-
gagement.
Thus for, Simmons' new squad
Train Stalled
By Drawbar
VJORRISON, 111., Dec 29 (UP)
—A drawbar dropped by an-
ot|icr train ripped open the diesel
' fuel tanks of the Los Angeles
Limited and stalled the Chicago-
to Los Angeles train here for
three hours, a North Western
railroad spokesman said today.
The heavy bar ripped through
two 40O-gallon fuel tanks but did
not derail any cars of the 15-
coach train. The spokesman said
no one was injured In the mishap
yesterday.
All fuel was lost, the truJnmcn
said. Some of the train’s wheels
were flattened as the truln was
braked to a quick stop on the
oil-smeared tracks.
A steam locomotive pulled the
train on to Omaha, Neb., after a
three-hour delay.
has played three games, losing
two of them. The Indians opened
their campaign Dec. 13 with a
37-33 victory over Weatherford
highschool Eagles
On Dec. 16 the Tribesmen
played a special benefit game
against E! Reno's state champion
squad of the previous season; the
Indians falling 40-25 before the
onslaught of the 1949 kings Hits
contest was arranged to obtain
funds for the purchase of a new
electric score clock for the El
Reno gymnasium. The new clock
l.as been obtained and will be In
use for the first time In next
Tuesday night's game against
Clinton.
Tlie Indians' third start of the
season was Dec. 20
El Reno cagcrs were shaded,
32-30, by Central Cardinals In a
double overtime at Oklahoma City.
Volume 58, No. 257
Russian Ships
Are Reported
In Caribbean
American Authorities
Keep Wary Eye On
Mysterious Vessels
Tax Payments
Are Picking Up
Saturday Last Day
For First Half
BV ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three mysterious Russian ships
have been reported In the Carib-
bean area where the biggest U. S.
peacetime maneuvers In history
soon will be held. American author-
ities are keeping a wary but diplo-
matically correct eye on the ves-
sels.
The three ships are the Trepang,
Peramutr and Clilaka. reportedly
when the | enroute from the Baltic to Vladi-
vostok by way of St. Thomas In
the Virgin islands.
Authorities said this brings to
15 the number of similar type So-
| vlet vessels that hava crossed the
j Caribbean on their way to Rus-
sia's important Siberian seaport iu
the past two and a half years.
Doubt Expressed
One Informant expressed doubt
I that the Russian ship*’ primary
aim Is military Information. He
suggested that Russia may be
planning to take over fLxhlng
grounds that the Japanese used
before the war.
But naval men recalled that last
Payment of taxes Is progressing
rapidly. It was reported lodav bv i ... „
Sr..5f“ "r* <! Tm
treasurer, who also reminded that
persons have only until Saturday
to pay their first half levies with-
out penalty.
Just a few weeks
before spring maneuvers were held.
U. S. military planners are com-
pleting arrangements for combined
ȣ saar
Tax Assessor's
Schedule Ready §;
Hulbert Prepares
Annual Itinerary
on coal due to the short work week
ordered by United Mine Workers
President John L. Lewis.
Southern cobI operators, accusing
Lewis of unfair labor practices,
yesterday asked the national labor
relations board to take court action
to force a return to full production
Earlier, some operators had urged j
Mr. Truman to use his separate
emergency Taft-Hartley act powers
—including a provision for an 80-
day strike - halting Injunction — I
toward that end.
But Morse said his opinion as a
a strike.
j "There is a great difference,"
Morse told newsmen, "between
President Will
Give Message
Joint Session
To Hear Truman
house next Wednesday.
her office will remain open until
4 p. m Saturday In order to ac-
commodate persons who have not
been able to visit her office pre-
viously for the payment of taxes.
It would be safe to say. Miss
Caribbean area
due to bo held from January
through mid-March.
Hungary's Communist govern-
ment today seized a large number
of loreign-owned companies, charg-
ing they were being used “to build
March said, that approximately 75 up “Ptomige sabotage rings."
percent of the taxes already have Among those ordered nationalized
been paid although only 46.2 per- was the Standard Electric works,
cent have been entered on the a subs*<Hary of the American-
books. owned International Telephone and
Staff Keeps Busy j Telegraph company. Two foreign
The treasurer explained the wide °HlcJals—»n American and a Briton
difference by pointing out that very! —and a Hungarian manager of the
little of the payments made by r|)mpany «>'e In a Hungarian Jail
mail have been entered on the
books since her staff has been too
busy caring for across-the-countcr
payments.
charged with espionage and sabo-
tage.
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Sam Hulbert. Canadian county dispute which causes economic
Llnscheid's family moved from 1 assessor' wU1 make his usual swing losses and suffering and one which
ment was almost complete by fall. mile* northeast of Manila, a Germany to Minnesota when he i through the C0l"uy during January i imperils national health or safety,
although the process was “unfortu- JppP was reported to have been! was 2 vears old He became a rural and Pebruar5’ t0 assist persons in J "A coal dispute could very well
nately interrupted by the coal and swallowed up by a fissure in the; teacher in Minnesota in 1896 After assesslng thclr property. It was an-I reach the latter proportions, but
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steel stikes."
Safety Rules
Are Repeated
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 —KJ.R1— New
earth. Several nearby towns were attending Springfield State Nor- I nounced today. obviously the present one has not I
isolated by landslides. j mal school, Springfield Mo he assessor will visit the various done so to date, nor is there anv
The national Red Cross reported came t0 Oklahoma in 1903 ’ town* an<l communities In the I likelihood It will If the three-day
•several fissures spewed black water „ i v i i county in order that county resl- week is continued"
therr was badly damaged. f ^ 10 "px “lnc >eols- l!; 1812 courthouse In Ei Reno
! he received his bachelor of science , .
On Cabanatuan. 70 miles north; decree from gv-mnnt „„i_l Assessing of property officially
The White House announced hooks at the first opportunity,
today that this time was decided *n addition most of the corpora-
on in talks the president had with j Uons operating in this county have
the "big four” congressional leaders I Pa*d their first half taxes by mall,
by telephone. j although only a small amount has
He talked with Vice President j h^n entered on the books.
Alben W. Barkley In Washington; I $377,084.95 Entered
Senate Democratic Leader Scott | Miss March said that $377,084.95
Russians Raise Charge
The Russians, trying 12 Japauese
Many taxpayers make their pay- °u war crimes charges, today ac-
ments to banks In smaller towns in I cused the United States of pre-
the county to avoid making a longer Paring to use disease as a war
trip to El Reno. The banks send weapon.
the payments to' the treasurer's! The Communist party newspaper
office and they are entered on the Pravda said the U. S. is maintain-
ing a bacteriological warfare
experimental station near Wash-
ington, D. O.
The Russians also declared a
Japanese germ warfare unit in-
fected 3,000 Chinese war prisoners
with typhoid fever in 1942 and
then released them to start an
In Illinois; Speaker Sam :bas bppn entered on her hooks as epidemic among civilians.
if
Plane Does
1,989 MPH
Rayburn in Texas and House Demo- Iof the close of business Thursday,
cratic Leader John McCormack in [ In addition she pointed to a
Boston. | large stack of mail payments. In-
Presidentlal Pre.vs S e c r e t a r y j tluded In this stack were checks
Charles G. Ross said the exact time i l‘°m the Rock Island railroad and
East Germany's liberal Demo-
cratic party — apparently acting
under Communist pressure — has
suspended five of its deputies in
the Brandenburg parliament from
of the president's talk has not thp Southwestern Bell Telephone; party membership
K, AI. fiu..i i___1 1L.1 11 .. rninnomr Intallnn ten zne 1C
bion fixed, but that it will be
I around 11:30 a. m. (Oklahoma
time}
company totaling *56.405.45 i „
Total amount of the taxes to be Learller Hcharged
collected this year is *815,918. lnH .. Wlth ^f n,8 rTacHonarles
I and attacking Soviet culture."
stampede In a movie theater I ~r .......... since the first dnv nf the I LOB ANOELES. Dec. 29—(U.R>— R°ss could not say the exact! First hall payments are due prior
Thp c°u"cl1 sald the death 1011 Throughout the 500-intle lemith! f‘Ch°° ' Durant’ ln l®12 fall* on Sunday and countv office.' Thr al1 force's X-l rocket plane; length of the president's message Jan l although Miss March said
on the highways will be that high of L , every able-bodied ,Jn 1920 h<“ ret'elvcd his master , wm observe the holiday on Monday lla-s flown 1'98S mlle's an hour, or I hut said It would require about 35 that the majority of persons are
,m “am ^ ^ C0Un‘ry ™ fled into the open for Lfetv « fS* Y"* Hulbert announced his basing """" ...... ................ ''............ -------------------
f
up tight.”
Ned H. Dearborn
dent, urged Americana to "depend
on themselves and not on the
weatherman." by observing four
precautions:
1. Leave the car in the garage
and use public transportation, espe-
cially If you intend to do any
drinking.
2. Go on the theory thut the
Damage to many buildings was ,appolnto<i
_______ President of East Central.
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nearly three times the speed of lo “l® minutes to deliver. The presi-1 pa-vin£ a11 of their taxes at one
Large c^jT^aretf in
some of Manilas tallest structures.
During Llnscheid's tenure, the
school changed from a two-build-
Ing, two-teacher college lo a seven-
building institution with a four-
year course and offering five dif-
ferent degrees A modern library
completed on the campus In 1949
. was named for Linscheid although
... i YK AHOMA CITY, Dec. SB—</P) he had wanted it given the name 3, 6. 7 and 8.
other fellow, driver or pedestrian, -Democratic Slate Chairman Jim | of the first librarian Union City-Feb 9 and 10
may be woozy and allow for It. H. Arrington of Stillwater will M ~
3. Don't ride with a drinking seek re-election. ,, «*>$ Awards Medal Mustang-Feb. 13 14 and 15.
Arrinirt . . . . Linscheid was a member of the i DeFrance s-orc—Feb. 16. ------- — —> »«, me
II mnmri , , 6fe“ ru‘ Oklahoma textbook commission West Walnut (Highland schooli- x‘* repeatedly has exceeded the
!!lv, vlY Y “Y !0t 8overnor from 1925-1931. president of the Feb 20. speed of sound by many hundreds
Rumors About
Arrington End
■ Itinerary as follows:
Piedmont—Jan. 9, 10 and 11.
Centtr Grove—Jan. 12.
Mountain View—Jan. 13
Okarche—Jan. 16. 17 and 18.
Oeary-Jan. 19 and 20.
Calumet—Jan. 23, 24 and 25.
Richland—Jan. 26
Banner—Jan. 27.
Yukon—Jan. 30 and 31. Feb. 1,
sound, the Los Angeles Times said dpnt usually speaks at a puce of
today. | about 120 words a minute.
Quoting "reliable Informants,” j H°ss said Mr. Truman hopes to
the newspaper said the sturdy little f,end his economic message to con-
plane achieved the speed during ^ress on Friday, Jan. 6 and Ills
tests at altitudes between 60,000 | 1,udKpt message on Monday, Jan. 9,
ant! 80.000 feet above Edwards air ljut that the schedule Is still tenta-
H. Arrington of
a drinking | seek re-election
driver.
4. Double your caution
weather Is bad. I next vear. made that announce- I Xi7i"\
midnight Monday. It Includes only would .seek the govenor's post or ! c0neKes oil of Teacheis
immediate traffic deaths, and the re-election as the party head in Tal in ,
council emphasized that the ulU-; the state. gRVr ’Ym
I a Modal of Liberation in 1946 for |
his "contribution to Denmark's !
force base at Muroc, Calif.
"Less reliable sources" indicated
2 earlier that the needle-nosed plane
had hit 1.922.7 miles an hour, the
j Times said.
| The air force declined to com-
ment on the report but said the
tlve.
The president called off his usual
Thursday news conference In order
to work on the messages. He plans
to go over them tomorrow ln a
meeting with Ills cabinet.
Guard Using
Waiting List
j the (date.
mate toll. Including Injured persons i Precinct committee meetings for
who die later, undoubtedly would party organization will be held
be higher. i Jan. 13. County meetings are set
The predicted total was less than [ for Jan. 21 and district meetings
the final United Slates tabulation will follow within 10 days,
for the long Christinas week-end,
ln which 420 died in traffic acci-
East Walnut (U. G. 2i—Feb. 21. of n>Hp-s nn hour. Speed flier Cap-
tain Charles Yeager was to try |
flying the plane up to 1.700 miles
i an hour, the air force announced
118 months ago.
VFW Cagers Are
Defending Record
Wade Walker
Most Popular
$10 Fine is Ordered
For Traffic Violation
I#
executive committee in session to
fix a defenite date after the coun-
ty meetings.
The aimual fund-raising dinner
-this time for *100,000 to retire
the party debt Incurred during the
Donald Nowlin, 37. Oklahoma, 1948 c“mpaign— will be March 15.
City, chained with a traffic viola- [ Oovern01' **oy J Turner is ex-
tion, was ordered to pay a *10 fine pe<lPd 10 endorse Arrington for
and court costs Wednesday when Rllotl'pr torm.
he pleaded guilty at his arraign-1
ment before Walter P. Crites In
Justice of peace court
Information filed by Bobby Lee
Morrison, Canadian county attor-
ney, alleged that on Dec. 25 the
defendant operated an automobile
mole closely behind another ve-
hicle than was reasonable. The
violation allegedly occurred on U. S.
highway 66 seven and one-half
miles east of El Reno.
.. i Meinbei* of the El Reno VFW
cupatloii*”1,8 yea‘S NaZ‘ °C‘ ! baskctba11 defend theh
, I undefeated record at 8 p. m tonight
Hnd 'two s^i l ' When thrV f''dP' ta"> "he Phillips
Tlie tentative date for the state 1 member of the East central Pfac 68 16801 °f Oklahoma cll.v i» the
centra, committee meeting is Feb. | “ nrt I “i8
The Phillips team has played five
dents and a total of 611 died accl- 20. Arrington said he will call the j Campion*1 Calif & ^
dentally from various causes. [ -----.i—---, . . I v
mentioning Major Pete Everest as
an alternate.
Weather
Stale F'orecast
Generally fair, mild temperatures
tonight und Friday. Lows tonight
35-40.
El Reno Weather
For the 24-hour period ending at
8 a. m. today: High, 52; low, 29; at
8 a. m„ 35.
State of weutlier: Clear, windy.
Court Imposes
Speeding Fine
Fines Odes Traweek, 44, Gi an-
bury, Tex., charged with speeding,
was assessed a fine of *10 and court
costs Wednesday when |r pleaded
guilty at his arraignment before
Walter P. Crites in Justice of peace
court.
Information filed by Ralph
Myers, assistant Canadian county
attorney., charged that on Dec. 28
the defendant operated an auto-
mobile on U. S. highway 81 seven
miles south of El Reno at a speed
tn excess of 65 miles per hour dur-
games this season and has a record i
of four victories against one defeat.
Few of the squad have had anv
college basketball experience but 1 tCa“ ^
have had considerable highschool ! ““Td V ,
and independent team experience ^7 st,ck 10 cowboy and
it was reported here ^ 8ames- Fl(',n now ««. P>ay-
| mg postman Is out.
Postal Inspector Virgil Nidiffer
got a hunch yesterday while he
watched the boys, one 5 and the
other 4 years ago, playing around
, mall boxes from which a $71 gov-
Sale of 193U automobile license j ernment check and seven fountain
tags at the El Reno tag office has [>eiis had been stolen,
been fnirly steady since the sale He questioned the boys, and they
Sale of Auto License
Tags Is Fairly Steady
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec 29—(U.R)
.. „ , —Wade Walker, University of Ok-
eager, the first man to fly j lahoma tackle, has been numed
faster than sound, presumably was Oklahoma1* most popular player for
the phot who opened up the X-l to: the 1949 season, Paul Hunt, pub-
its top speed, the newspaper said. Usher of the Oklahoma Football
Guide, has announced.
Walker added the onk leaf cluster
to his sports honors ln a poll
conducted among readers of the
Football Guide. The Gastonia, N.
C., player won over contestants
from O. U., Tulsa university and
Oklahoma A. and M. college.
He will be awarded a wristwatch
and a certificate when he returns
from the Sugar bowl and an oil
portrait of him will be given O. U.
to hang ln the trophy room.
Former O. U. quarterback Jack
Mitchell received the award last
year.
Playing Postman
Now Ruled Out
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 29—<U.R)—
opened a couple of weeks ago. It
was reported today by Mrs. Blanche
Fischer, tng agent.
A total of 1,560 of the 1950 pas-
admitted they had tired of play-
ing cowboy and Indian and turned
to playing postman. They “deliv-
ered" the mall to other boxes,
. „ . . . , 8en*er car tags already have been they said
ing daylight hours. The complaint i purchased by car owners, she said The Inspector learned that the
hiahwa^n S ,°Crald Abb°U' StalC De8dli06 f0r °bta,nln8 “cense j check tlT^n Sed but^
highway patrolman. j plates without penalty Is Jan. 31. i could find no trace of the pens.
time.
Persons who full to pay lirst half
taxes before Jan. 1 will be charged
1 percent per month penalty until Future enlistments ln El Reno's
the amount Is paid. I Company B of the Oklahoma na-
Sccond half taxes become due I tional guard will be made from a
Jan. 1 and are payable without I waiting list of Interested men, It
penalty until March 31. | was announced today by Lieutenant
| Paul G Hutchinson, commanding
officer. This has become necessary
because of the maximum strength
celling Imposed on national guard
I 'mits, established at the strength of
I the unit as of Dec. 20. 1949
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 29 -(/l,i ! Mcn ln tores ted In enlisting In
-Depletion of reserve funds may |lhe na,l°“al guard should contact
Cut Foreseen
In Assistance
force a cut ln old age assistance
payments by April 1, Virgil Stokes,
state public welfare director, said
today.
At the rate the state now ts
drawing on reserves, assuming
sales tax collections do not In-
crease greatly and tf checks re-
main at the *52 monthly average,
the last of the reserve will be
needed to pay March pensions. The
sales tax provides funds for the
assistance payments.
The welfare commission did not
meet this month. A meeting is
scheduled Jan. 17.
Chickasha To Have
21 New Stop Sijfns
CHICKASHA, Dec. 29—(U.R)—The
Chickasha city council has au-
thorized stop signs for 21 city In-
tersection*. The city now has 150
intersection* under control.
“Our problem now is to control
the drivers," one of the councllmen
said.
Temperatures in Alaska
Range lo 50 Below Zero
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Dec. 29—
(U.R)—Alaska whs ln the grip of a
cpld spell today with temperatures
ranging to 50 below zero.
The mercury dropped to 23 be-
low zero In Anchorage Tuesday
night -with an unofficial reading
of 35 below reported tn the suburbs
of the city. Fairbanks reported 40
below, while Northway saw 50 be-
low.
Even southeastern Alaska was
cold. In Juneau, the temperature
was 3
First Scrgoailt J. Walker Juhan at
Lucus hall, Fort Reno, and be
placed on a waiting list to be en-
listed as iieisoimel are terminated
from the unit. Personnel will be
terminated from the unit after
more than one absence, without a
valid excuse, from drill. This pro-
cedure will make training available
to all men Interested in the na-
tional guard, it was pointed out by
Hutchinson.
Juhan reported that the quar-
terly payroll issued to this unit
amounted to *3.449.67 and was paid
Dec. 21, Just In time for last-minute
Christmas shopping. Now that the
enlistment requires regular attend-
ance, all future quarterly payrolls
will total between (5,000 and $6,000
regularly, it was said.
Two Bonds Forfeited
In Municipal Court
Two bonds posted for traffic vio-
lations were forfeited ln munici-
pal court today, records of Lee
Harvey, chief of police, disclosed.
Aubra G. Williams, 21, of 821
South Ellison avenue, booked at
10:10 a. m. Wednesday on a charge
of speeding, forfeited a $5 bona.
A $2 bond was forfeited by Harry
below zero, while usually ] Heupel. 18. Baimer route 1, booked
temperate Ketchikan had a read- at 5:30 p. m Wednesday for mak-
ing of 17 above zero. |ing an Improper turn.
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Harle, Budge. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 58, No. 257, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1949, newspaper, December 29, 1949; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc924661/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.