Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 2

I PAGE TWO MIAMI NEWS RECORD MIAMI OKLAHOMA THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 1937 14 North Main Coats with ox trims Persian Lamb Caracul and other furs All Printzess Coats Coat Sale or RIDAY and SATURDAY Our Printzess Mary Lane and LaVerne Coats The Best Are all good values at regular prices Nowe have them at Greatly reduced prices $g8S $12 75 $1475 $1675 Values to $2975 Sport and ur Trimmed Styles Printzess Coats and Suits READY TO WEAR OR EVERY PURSE A WINTER IO i' Jk COMORT BmO WITH A GAS SPACE HEATER or Homes Without urnaeo or Basement rtf terr The Gas Space Heater provides dean healthful heat any time you want it Just light the burner and you got clean instant heat This heater was made especially for homos without furnace or basement There is a size to fit your requirements at a real low price INVESTIGATE NOW! SEI YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR PRICES ON A CIRCULATING SPACE HEATER I I i The Gas Service CompanyA Cities Service Company City of Nanking StrewnWith Corpses American News Photographer Relates rioW far distant Panay was sink I OBITUARY Shop Early ior Christmas! Uniforms Discarded by leeing Chinese Soldiers To Escape Slaughter VIVID STORY ATTACK IS TOLD BY EYE WITNESS VANATTA INANT uneral rites were held for the infant aon of Mr and Mrs ClaudVanatta who live six miles north west of Miami at GAR eemeteryi this afternoon The infant died at the family home last night Burial waa under direction of hte Cooper uneral home' EDITORS NOTE: The following dexrlptioa et the ic end rapture of Nanking by the JapaneM waa wire Isaned to the Associated Preas from the United States tunboat Oahu by Arthur Menken Paramount newsreel cameraman) fireman) appeared and I jvueu mem ne aeciaed to make the best of it going into Japa nese occupied territory We walked to a Chinese mountaineer's hut where we stayed Sunday night The Chinese hut owner appeared at nightfall but disappeared again before daylight into the hills be ing afraid of the Japanese ound Mission Hospital decided to keep walking hoping to find assistance We walked 17 miles to Taiping and found a foreign mission hospital hut foreigners had departed There was no food We were seeking med ical aid for our wounds (Marshall suffered wounds in the neck chest shoulder and ab domen Hodge and Vines also were wounded and all three of the ref uges ere suffering from exposureand strain) We met a Japanese army cap tain Yone Masuda who did every thing possible We were taken be fore a higher Japanese officer I believe a major general who ques tioned us as to what had hap pened They arranged to send us to Wuhu by motor truck There we obtained medical aid at the general hospital That night I lay uneasily in a hospital bed while artillery and machine guns roared unceasingly i (The Japanese army capturing Nanking was still fighting fiercely with Chinese defenders along a wide frontjextending into the Wuhu sector) Chinese Refugees Vanish Wednesday a Japanese plane came to take us to Shanghai In ad dition to the foreigners aboard the ill fated caft (Panay and Stand ard Oil tinkers) there probablv ere 300 Chinese employes of Standard and their women and chil dren seeking to escape from the fighting downriver What happened to them I know When I reached shore saw many Chinese wounded and dead littering the ground As we walked into Taiping the countryside showed the results of hostilities It was practically laid waste with dead Chinese numer ous Many carcasses of animals were seen There also were remains of animals the Japanese had killed for food as their army was living off the countryside as much as pos sible JARS ORCED REUGEES BACK TO OIL SHIPS (Continued rom Page One) able height they began power divea the omnioua and terrifying rcay of their motors drowning out aU 'other noises He Dived Under Table I knew what was coming and ran into the Meiping's dining salon diving under a heavy table What others on the boat did 1 know It was every man for him self In an instant there came the crash of an exploding bomb in our superstructure It shook the ship and engulfed me in debris I don't know how many bombs hit us in that first attack but the super structure and the very table under which I had taken refuge collaps ed The eiping's' skipper with great presence of mind had gotten the ship under way for the south bank of the river and other 'So cony (Standard) vessels were at tempting to do likewise when the attack came 1 do not know what happened in those first few min utes aboard theLPanay Bomba Set Ship Afire We managed to reach the south bank with the Japanese planes simultaneously repeating their at tack Bombs had set the Meiping By ARTHUR MENKEN NANKING (By Radio rom Gunboat Oahu) Dec 16 The once proud capital of ancient China waa strewn today with the blood splotched corpses of its defenders and civilians killed in the bomb ing shelling and fierce fighting to which the city was subjected Scattered through the city were hundreds of uniforms discarded by fleeing Chinese soldiers who had tried to escape death at the hands of the Japanese by substituting civilian garb During the Chinese retreat from Nanking after their defense had been smashed by the terrific Japa nese onslaughts I saw some dis organized looting bv fleeinr Chi i nese soldiers and when they had afire and as the ship was laden gone some Japanese carried on the ith gasoline and oil I was afraid looting she would explode Japs Respect Safety Zone Japs Respect Safety Zone The crew fearlessly battled the The Japanese refrained from flames finally extinguishing them shelling and bombing the Safety 1 looked across to wnere the zone which was set aside under now far distant Panay was sink sponsorship of American and Ger She as going down bow first man residents of Nanking More and 'seemed to turn over as she than 100000 Chinese sought' refuge 1 sank into the Yangtze's muddy in the zone (waters Despite the fact that Chinese! The tanker Meishia also reached troops were slow in withdrawing! shore close to us while the Meian from the zone and planted guns was beached on the north bank far along its edges the Japanese did distant The Japanese bombed us not attack there Ohly a few stray again as the crew fought shells fell in the zone and only a flames How we all escaped death few were killed in it is a miracle Yates McDaniel the Associat Troops Sent Them Back ed Tress correspondent in Nankingj Along with about 100 Chinese and I saw many policemen shedding! and other foreigners I got ashore their outer clothes and walking Japanese troops lined up on the around in underwear searching for shore inimediatelv ()UegtIoned old civilian clothes land told us to return aboard ship To make sure that the The pan thcn returned man at the American embassy was ped more bombg not executed for having arms Mc dashed ash fleej Danel took away hs Pt stol road tracks toward Wuhu made hm ty insde This prob Jjm abl saved his life 1 Eastern writer) and John Hodge loHrnfi nf Sinking We first learned of the I sinking from a young Japanese navy lieutenant on the gunboat Seta After Nanking's fall we had gone to the riverside to request the Japanese to radio the Tanay and ask it return to Nanking The lieutenant answered: "Oh so sorry Panay sunk'1 Unbelieving we heard him re peat that the gunboat had gone down He could give no details We advised other Americans and for eigners of the Tanay sinking but did not tell the embassy's Chinese staff not waiting to terrify them Chinese Planes Vanish During the final days of the siege we saw no Chinese planes in the air and Chinese anti aircraft weapons were hopelessly ipeffec tive in keeping off Japanese bomb ers although one Japanese plane was believed shot down The American supported Uni versity of Nanking a haven for thousands of terrified refugees was not hit or disturbed To me the unsung hero of Nan king's fall was an unknown Chinese private whose action probably saved me and Tillman Durdin New York Times correspondent whose home is in Pecos Tex Walking along Chungshari road near the Metropolitan hotel we were motioned out of the way by the private who with a small group of soldiers was putting up a last stand fight We ducked into the safety zone just before Japanese j1 tanks roared down the street with machine guns firing When they had passed we found the private and his comrades dead In the street The tomb of Dr Sun Yat Sen first president of China came through the battle without dam age OKLAHOMA LIVESTOCK COMMISSION rrsaji Gwaua Cei "BUI" Neff and Mim late Cattle and Calf SateeaM Bemlee Karr Becretety MIAMI STOCKYARDS 3 Mile North of Miami Phone 220 Patterson Manager Hal Patterson Secretary MAXSON LIVESTOCK COMMISSION Maxsea John Henieen A Maxsaa Ceech Ji Nichole Be an Shoo 11 Cattle and Calf Balaam Ralk artrw Secretary MIAMI LIVESTOCK COMMISSION "Datdi" srrle tay HaWra Peel Raldan Da Pkaaalx Bayard arria He and Shoo Seleeaen Cattl and Calf Saleeaen reda Cabrial Beeielery Today's Picture Story Sk Canos Garcia Martinez as the hour approached for him to face a firing squad embraced his cellmate in farewell in the Puebln Mexico prison Martinez was convicted of beating an aged woman to death ir stealing $12 worth of valuables I tJIj 1 1' IMIoV Mie mgSL MBs a iSR Carlos Garcia Martinez cigarette in mouh takes his plica against a wall in front of which a sandbag has been placed to prevent firing squad bullets from ricocheting Martinez was executed in Puebla Mexico for murder our bullets in his heart the body of Carlos Martinez slumped to the ground after the execution squad had done its work in Puebla Mexico where he was executed for murder IL'e Nk PICKER Avant Club An outstanding and delightful event on the social calendar of the Yuletide season was the Christ mas part of the Eq Avant club at the home of Mrs EvE Burkhold er 401 North rancis street Wed nesday afternoon with Mrs Burk holder as hostess The spacious living room in the Burkholder home was artistically decorated in the Christinas motif with the lighted Christmas tree being the center of attraction and under which were placed the many beau tifully wrapped gifts for Santa to distribute Mrs Parker president of the group presided over the meeting and a short business session at which time Mrs Brashear and Mrs Allgood were welcomed into the club as new members The sec retary was instructed to call the roll which was answered by each one present giving a Christmas thought A program in keeping with the season was presented and included the following numbers: A story Out on the and a vocal solo Infant by Mrs Ross Ehrenman vocal solo Mrs Brumfield and singing of Christmas carols by members of the club led by Mrs A Weigl and accompanied at the piano by Mrs George Wash burn The program was conclud ed by singing "Jingle Bells" at which time Santa with his messenger" (little Ann Parker) made his appearance In present ing his gifts Santa very cleverly used assumed names for each member This novel idea furnished much enjoyment and laughter among the members His list of names included the following: Mesdames Allgood (Kate Smith) Barry (Lillian Rus sell) A Brewer Mary Pick ford) Elizabeth Bristow (Kather ine Hepburn) Brumfield (Grace Moore) Butler (Mrs Katzenjammer) Brashear COLD ALL ADOS T06ASBUSINESS Company Within 50 Meters Of All Time Peak Dis trict Manager Reports Holland district manager of the Gas Service company said here today his company is within 50 gas meters of the all time high peak reached during the winter of 1929 and 1930 Holland said the November to tal of meters in the local district was 8126 a gain of 240 meters over November 1936 He at tributed the heavy consumption of gas to the coldest fall and early winter here in many years The gas office manager also said his company gained 83 meter installations from Oct 1 until No vember last The increase from last Jan 1 to November waa 222 meters throughout the district Territory serviced by the com pany in this district includes Mi ami North Miami Commerce Cardin Century Picher Blue jacket 'and Welch (Wallie Simpson) Burkhold er (Mae West) A Dawson (Carrie Nation) Ross Ehrenman (lorence Nightengale) ield Perkins) Hale (Eleanor Roosevelt) rank Hills (Jeanette McDonald) Clyde Hock er (Ginger Rogers) Old Nyberg (Greta Garbo) Simmons (Sally Rand) A M'eigl (Maude Adams) Parker (Maggie Jiggs) Bartlett (Mrs Santa Claus) and George Washbum (Ignaz Jan Paderew ski) A delightful social hour fol lowed during which refreshments were served Whitebird Progrsni The Whitebird school A will meet at 2 tomorrow afternoon in the school auditorium with the following Christmas pro gram to be presented: Christmas song by Mrs Mattie Sue second grsde pupils reading Night Before Gene Huffman Christmas story Thomas Sanders sixth grade pi ano and yiolin selection by Susan Parker assisted by her mother Mrs Parker reading Jack Smith fpi(rth grade reading "Merry Sam my Lou Swango fourth grade Christmas carols by group of fifth grade pupils Mrs Leona Penrod president of the organization will be in charge of the meeting State Tests Given 2200 Rural Pupils Howard Scott county super intendent of schools said today state tests have been given to all county rural school children the examinations being the basis of accredization for rural institutions Approximately 2200 children from grades five to eight Inclusive have taken the tests The results will be forwarded to the state board of education at Oklahoma City The state will be compiled there after averaging the results from the 77 counties Last year 37 of the 42 rural dis tricts were accredited following the tests Another examination will be given during the second se mester of school Courthouse Yuletide Party to Be Held Courthouse officeholders their deputies and wives will hold a Christmas party in the district courtroom next Tuesday night A Christmas tree will be deco rated for the occasion Members of the courthouse family will ex change gifts The party will continue from 6 to 8 to be followed by re freshments A program will be prepared this week Miss Georgia Hamilton deputy county treasur er said Carburetor Stolen Auto Catches Afire ire Chief A Seay said today a car parked in front of the Pick Pay grocery on A street and irst avenue northwest caught on fire after a carburetor had been "stolen from the vehicle" He said he believed the loss was slight to the owner whose name was not learned Gas released from the fuel pump ignited causing the blaze iremen extinguished the blaze of to Hold Election riday The'local Knights of Pythias lodge will meet riday night at 7:30 to elect officer for a one year term ONE TRIPLET SURVIVES MUSKOGEE Dec The only survivor of three son born to Mr and Mr John Miller wa 'reported doing nicely at a hospital nere today The survivor i being kept in an incubator He weigh approximately three pounds The two other infants died a few hour after their birth Monday MARKET REPORTS Produce price being paid in Miami today (subject to change tomorrow): Cream 36 Eggs 4 Heavy hen 13 Light hen JO Heavy spring 16 Light spring 14 Rooster 07 Cow hide 08 MIAMI STOCKYARDS Market opened active 20 cents lower than av erage top 750 bulk good to choice 140 to 220 pound 7300750 bet ter 230 to 260 pound 690720 sows 575 0 600 stock pigs 7000 750 stag 600 down Cattle Market fully steady on killing classes of cattle Stockers and feeders steady quoting good to choice feed steers and yearlings up to 1000 good to choice short fed kinds 800 down good to choice short fed heifers 5500 650 extra choice offering 750 good butcher eow 425550 choice kind 600 up cutter cow 3750425 can ners 300350 good to choice butcher bulls 400 0 550 common canner bulls down to 300 good to choice stock steers 500 0 650 medium grades 400 O500 stock heifers 400500 choice grades up to 550 Calves Market 25 cent higher top 1150 bulk good to choice veals 102501150 medium grades 650 0900 plain and common light veals 4000650 good to choice heavy killing calves 600 0 700 common and medium heavies 400 0500 Sheep Market steady on lambs top 800 on good to choice natives in between grades 500700 slaughter ewes 200 0 350 Kansas City Livestock KANSAS CITY Dec 15 (V Hogs 3000 slow uneven 20 to 30 lower than average top 785 on choice 170 pounds down good to choice 140 to 240 pounds 760 780 250 to 325 pounds 7000765 sows 640C675 Cattle 2000 calves 400 beef steers and yearling opening most ly light yearlings and she stock little changed bulls vealers and calves steady Stockers and feeders loW at week's decline of 25 to 50 part load choice around 1100 pound steers 1000 choice yearlings held higher several loads short fed steer 700 835 good to choice heifers 775 butcher cows cutters 325435 se lected vealers up to 1000 Sheep: 3000 lambs 25 to 50 lower sheep around 25 off early top native and fed lambs 850 some held higher' many shipments at 850 fed ewes 325 Kansas City Grain KANSAS CITY Dec 16 (Ab Wheat 78 cars lower to 34 higher No 2 dark hard 991X)194 No 3 100 103 No 2 hard No 3 9509554 No 2 red nominally 92149614 No 3 nom inally 8954 9414 Close Dec 9114 May 8854 July 8114 Com: 44 cars 54 lower to 14 higher No 2 white 6054 No 8 nominally 5754 60 No 2 yellow 5854 No 3 5754 54 No 2 mixed 6054 No 3 5854 Close: Dec 5554 Mav 5754 July 57 higher No 2 white nominally 3054 Oats 2 cars unchanged to 5432 No 3 nominally 303154 Chicago Grain CHICAGO Dec Ap proximately 2 cent tumble of wheat prices took place late tody largely because of increased liqui dation sales on the part of recent speculative buyers Transient fractional advance of wheat yalues failed to hold despite North American export purchase totaling 500000 bushel Russian shipments of mor than 1000000 bushels and prospect of larger clearance from Argentina were bearish factors together with fast disappearance of ice in domestic winter wheat areas At th close Chicago wheat fu ture were 154 to 1 under yester finish May 91 9154 July 8554 14 corn 54 to 54 down May 595414 July 5954 and oat un changed Kansas City Hay KANSAS CITY Dec ('Pl Hay: 10 cars prices unchanged Kansas City Produce KANSAS CITY Dec (Ab Egg 25 Other produce and poul try unchanged Chicago Produc CHICAGO Dec Poultry live 21 trucks steady hens less than 454 pounds 18 springs 4 pounds up colored 20 Plymouth Rock 22 less than 4 pound Ply mouth Rock 23 Leghorn chickens 16 other prices unchanged Dressed market steady turkeys hen young 27 tom young 16 pound up 25 other prices un changed Butter 8455 easy creamery extra (92 score) 3854 39 other prices unchanged Eggs 297L weaker fresh grad ed extra firsts local 27 firsts lo cal 26 current receipt 2454 re frigerator extra 1954 (tandard 1954 first 19 OUTLAWS CHASE SOLDIERS MANILA Dec Phil ippine loldier hunting Moro out law Lanao province were chased by "th outlaw 'today for th fourth time in two week The Moro drove th soldi right out YULETIBE IRE HAZARDS CRED Chief Seay Warns Holiday Merrymakers to Use Cau tion in Decorating ir Chief A Seay warned holiday merrymaker her today to use caution in their selection of Christmas tree decorations tree haserd ar great because decorations figure in hundreds of fires each year" the fire chief said course there are other hazards but I do recommend that costume orna ments and imitation snow should be The fire chief pointed out that the local task of re pairing old toys for the enjoy ment of needy children is only a part of the work engaged in an nually by the firemen at the Christmas season He said they are continually on the watch for inflammable objects must be careful with holiday electrical displays includ ing Christmas tree he said wires should be checked to ascertain whether they are in good condition and that circuits are not overloaded" The fire chief said electrical equipment is a of many fires in this district each year" of the fort at Taraka our times the soldiers have driven the Moros from the fort and four times the Moros have recaptured it EIGHT HURT IN AUTO CRASH LAID TO DOG POPLAR BLU Mo Dec 16 (AV Eight persons four of them members of the Ellsinore Mo high school basketball team were seriously injured last night when two automobiles collided on High way 60 Driven of both can said dense fog was responsible Striker Testifies in Joplin Labor Hearing JOPLIN Dec 16 VanKirk a miner formerly em ployed by the Eagle Picher com pany who said he went out on strike in 1935 testified today be fore a labor board examiner that his shift foreman attempted to persuade him to to re turn to work during a back to work movement which culminated in organization of the independent Blue Card union Another witness this morning John Dame 67 former smelterworker testified that during the 1935 strike (Mike) Evans then Blue Card union president told him in substance that he could not hold a Blue Card and obtain a job while maintaining a damage suit against the Eagle Picher SJOOO Employes of :5 and 10 Called but NEW YORK Dec 16 Un ion leaders called out on strike to day 5000 employes of 124 Wool worth 5 nnd 10 cent stores in the metropolitan area Union officials said they ordered the strike after the ersident mana ger of the company failed to re ply to their contract proposal The union asked a 10 percent in crease an 8 hour day and a pref erential shop Coincident with the strike call Countess Haugwitz Reventlow the former Barbara Hutton Wool worth heiress sialed for Europe last night on the Europa Read the Advertisement too!.