Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 2

kiiw i rn 1 wri qphnni Ph irst 5 MillKTT IK 11 PROSUCCTED? MvAliy 'T CONQUEST ADDS SStV HAf a aw convicted Throng srjfsse yuiiMvy1 nwwv jn Lucfcy Seven bcnoiastic jneet Aghi ii IN COURT TERM rmH onthe He said I sampling of public opinion as sup'g 2600 SQUARE Here With Grov PwJw1 GKJRr Urn js fcVVV vvim 4 5 1 5 Li 'n: Afaatenr carnival ex from the bill in conference with the major faptor in the American po MILES IN WEEK had emors AUUliay tutu VKlanonia Ulvy vCiepnuxM? iavc i YirewA Cnmnoe Thi IP Walton have opened headquarters auctions eliminate the extra hand nhone lobbying which was an un OBITUARY Main and Central The advertising is good news £4 hit ILINGS TO GIVE STATE POLITICS PUSH THIS WEEK OPINION GIVEN ON OIL GRAB BARES INTRIGUE AIMED AT NEW WORLD The Want Ads get results cheap try them! Cabinet to Consider Refugees Problem In Monday Session trade began in 1503 when the Portuguese landed the first shipment of Negroes at Santo DomingO COLUMBUS DIGS AWAY AT DEBRIS in downtown Oklahoma City early next week He plans a trip through Southeast Oklahoma to make contacts Two former gov ernors Murray and Jack The questions Were' taken from the state adopted text whert there were adopted ones for the various subjects Questions were of the completion true fqlse multiple choice and matchingAype 1 Next riday and Saturday Lucky Seven will compete at the junior college in the fine arts con tests The first event riday will be at 7:30 Schools will pre sent their one act plays in the audi torium On Saturday contests in clude public speaking also numbers and quartet selections Winning of first place in each of the fine arts events will participate in a special program at 7:30 The public will be invited to at tend the program scheduled for the college auditorium major faptor in the American po litical picture' They read the straw vote "returns as insuring a weeding oufof anti New Deal Democrats in the primaries And they give plain indications of administration' intention to assist in that weedng' directly or indirectly When Congress Quits There is another lesson as some observers see it to be drawn from experience with the American po litical system It is that the pres i a tige of second term Presidents in variably wanes while Congress is in session and waxes when Con gress quits Congress is in a hurry to quit and get at its essential political X1 fence mending tasks at home When it goes Jt will leave the Washington loudspeaker to the President By every sign he wilt make vigorous use of it As politi cal Observers see Mr Roosevelt has put his party foes on notice that there will be few dull mo menfs this summer and 'fall in Washington except when he takes that loudspeaker along with him on speaking tours that take him into the critical areas of the pri mary and election contests JSUNDAY APRIL 3 1938 COLUMBUS April Working on an emergency basis Red Cross officials today prepared to send case workers directly into the 1 field Monday Betts in charge of the relief work an nounced that his staff was pre paring a budget estimating the money needed for rehabilitation Work proceeded slowly in the reclamation of the damaged area Streets were cleared but little ac tual progress had been made in disposing of the wreckage No further deaths were report ed and but one additional injury victim waS admitted to City hos pital' herel red Adams 28 years oldj was being treated for shock and lacerations suffered in the storm An estimated 80' persons were receiving treatment in private homes At City hospital all of the patient? were improving ac wording to Mrs A Wright in charge there Miss Esther Olsen one of the teachers in the High land school who was scheduled to be released yesterday was still un der treatment for shock The babies were all along Mrs Wright said Of the remaining victims in hos pitals in surrounding towns none are believed to be in any immed iate danger although the recovery of Some of them may require sev eral weeks No additional fatalities are anticipated among the victims Citv officials and leaders of the Red Cross joined In the plea that visitors refrain from coming to Columbus Workers are handicap ped by swarms of sightseers Ad mission to the ravaged area is de nied and the section is still being patroled by guards Welch high school students cap tured the Lucky Seven conference scholastic meet here irday by compiling a grand total ot 47 Dean Dobbins of Northeastern Junior college who made final tabulations innounced that Grove finished next with 38 and Commerce third with 34 points Pupils competed in 28 subjects ive pointswer awarded winners of first places with second and third place schools getting three and one points respectively in each event Other Point Totals' Point totals for other Lucky Sev en schools: Quapaw 31 Picher 29 air land 22 Wyandottg 21 Af ton 16 and Jay 12 tie Kill in aAnfaeanHa will Hia AIVIU 4O M4 1WVM VMM Senate Boileau said the President him self in his recent letter denying any inclination to be a dictator had questioned ritht iunder th Constitution to veto executivd action by a' concurrent resolution not requiring the sig nature The projected compromise pro vides that concurrent resolutions which do not require "presidential signature be employed by Con gress to pasf ijfpon reorganization farders 1' Rep Pettengill (D Ind) at tributed what he called 'the row between Hhe President and the I Ate nOmAmV WlliyUl gcasesaa a 'fusal of the: Iatter'vofficial to ap Sam Owens of Picher chargea with petty larceny second offense 1 was fcftmd guilty by Judge AduV Coppedge He had waived jury trial 1 1 1 redi Long of hear' airland pleaded guilty to $rand laromy charges I 7 Ed Miller Miami pleaded guilty to check forgery received a year prison sentehce and then whs paroled to the complaining witness Roberts 'r 3 Bill Ritchie of Council Hollow' district waived jury trial and wm found guilty of grahd larceny by the judgei '7 i Several Plead A Buckner of Hcher pleaded guilty of grand larceny a ope year sentence' and was paroled Estel Mashburn of Picher plead ed guilty to burglary charges and received a two year prison sen tence Oren of Commerce fohnd guilty of phtty laretay by jury Waiter Wheeler of 'Commerce convicted of drunken 1 driving by jury fined $75 and deprived Of license for one year Smith Gets 15 Years "Walter Lee Smithfound guilty of robbery with a dangerous wea pon His punishment was fixed by jury at 15jrears in McAlester penitentiary Earl Maddox charged with' rob bery with a dangerous yeapow sen tenced to serve 10 years Leo Martin of airland waived jury and was found guilty of larc eny of dpmestic animals by the court A Douglas Minton of Picher plead ed guilty of unlawful possesfcion'(of narcotics and received a five mdnth prison sentence1 He has been at liberty on a five yOar federal pa role Some Cases Continued i Several cases were continued ov er the term One was that of Clara Mae Shears of Promenade Mrs Shears charged with drunken driving asked continuance The 'Promenade woman also faces a murder charge She is free from county jail under $2500 bond in connection with the kitchen knife slaying last November of her husband Bill Shears Sheriff Vigilant Meanwhile Sheriff Walter Young instructed his jailers to take every precaution in watching two of the convicted 'prisoners Smith and Maddox Smith the county attorney and sheriff said served 15 years of a life term for murder San Quentin The county officials said he was paroled after serving that length of time Sheriff Young said Smith nothing to lose and he might take some chances Jo get for their comeback drives Ira in ley president of the Veterans of Industry of America and Dr ffwler Border: of Mangum round out the list of seven Democratic candidates Congressman Disney who repre sents the irst district in north eastern Oklahoma went back to Washington in mid week without announcing his decision on the Sen ate race Many observers believe he will stand for re election raker Is Undecided Elmer raker Chickasha high school principal I and former State commander of the American Le gion loomed as a possible candi date against Senator Elmer Thom as re election and Gov ernor Marland only other an nounced candidate for the Senate post raker said today he had re ceived many missives urging him TT a aammazI kirrt Publisher Charges Presi dent Would All iWho Oppoee Policies Anew YOUR April na No 1 attempt alt citizens who dare raisetheir voices in protest against his grab for more power is an un precedented piece says rank Gannett of Gannett newspapers: Roosevelt can not abridge the constitutional right Of citizens to petition their govern ment nor can hi frighten them into silence by branding their telegrams of protest as attempts to the Senate I Roosevelt face the facts Senators Of his own party charge him witli misuse of patronage and the promising or withholding of re lief funds and govemmentprojects as well as misuse of his control over state political organizations to whip senators into line The pages of the Congressional Record arc authority for this Roosevelt has caused to be appropriated for use at his discre tion fifteen billion dollars nine times more than all previous Presi dents combined He promised im partial and non political adminis tration of thip most gigantic trus teeship in history Its misuse to in fluence votes in Congress to build a personally controlled political machine to fill Congress with men subservient to his will means the destruction of representative demo cratic government Yet this is ex JOHN CONNOR John Eugene Connor 11 yeabs old died late riday as was being taken to a Joplin in an automobile from Commerce Efforts to revive the boy by means of oxygen were futile Death was caused by an infection Lof an ear He was the son of Mrs Lee Sults of Commerce Besides the parents he is sur vived by brother Charles Con nor uneral services will be conduct ed at 2 this afternoon at the Church of Christ in North Mi ami by the Rev Martin Woodard Burial will be in A ceme tery under the direction of the Mitchelson uneral home Com merce Glendening Again 4 Wyandotte Supt 'WYANDOTTE' April' Glendening has Nieen 're elected superintendent of the Wyandotte schools for the 1938 39 term Glendening is now completing his first year as head of thA local system3 Prior to becoming super intendent he was principal of the high school here He also was chemistry instructor one year at Pittsbig Kas high school He was principal at Welch for fi be yealb The local superintendent holds? both bachelor of arts and degrees His work is especially outstand ing this year in vocational agricul ture ifty boys are enrolled in the class Coats and i REDUCED Big 3 w5 (Others $795 to $2750) All mats and suits reduced iiist in tine for EaSter Printzess Mary Lane and! Laverne suus ana cuaia The Best All the good styles and colors gressive of the con Jess Larson secured a three and a half months leave of absence as secretary of the State School Land commission to direct campaign Headquarters will be opened here Monday Assisting Larson will be Ratliff Jack Hitch former head of the state highway patrol George Stephens of Lawton Mrs Tom Gammie and (IK Gettle Marland Sounds Keynote To a meeting of county commis sioners from over the state Mar land announced he favors a nation al old age pension Jaased on age rather than need and called for giving state and local authorities direct of the spending of WPA mbnfey 'git back to local self government said Marland who added he wai tired of long range administration The commissioners claimed they had secured sufficient' signatures to their initiative petition which would give counties cities a much greater share of highway rev enues but announced the drive would be continued toward a goal of 150000 names Administration of old 'age assist ance remained a tense problem The National Social Se curity board made one concession It announced it would reimburse the state board for its share of grants made March where cases had been reinvestigated and proved eligible But the board de clared it would continue to withhold future payments until its agents in the state reported the Okla homa plan was being administered substantial with the federal social security law Oklahoma administrative offi cials said they weqe unable to esti mate what the March refund would total Miss Jane Hyey a representative of the federal board wrote ox that the old age pension Initia tive petition sponsored by his or ganization would not be approved by the beard if it were voted be cause payments would bi uniform and based on individual need ox scoffed at the opinion as and declared' the not rule on his plan until it became1 law It provides fqll $30 a month pensions financed a sev erance tax on natural resources Initiative petitions filed by Nate McCutchan Tulsa proposed 2 per cent transaction tax gift tax and severance tax to finance $100 4 month June Walker: Enters MinG Inspector Race 1 'j June Walker of Miami announc ed Saturday he 'will be Democra tic party candidate for district mine inspector Walker is the former president of the Ottawa County League 'of Young Democrats He headed that organization for two years Rfeady to Wear for Every Purse 14 North Main A Miami Okla PRE EASTER'SALE'' General Electric radiosale (Continued from Page One) with an announcement from Ed alkenberg northwestern Okla homa Democratic leader that he would spend most of his time until the July 12 primary in the head quarters of Leon Phillips of Okemah former speaker of the House alkenberg whose home is in Medford declared the sentiment of voters in his section was for Phillips we need a red head ed alkenberg added Headquarters Opening Another gubernatorial candidate State Treasurer Hubert Bolen said Justice Osborn Speak Up Chief Justice Monroe Osborn made his bid for re election to the supreme court with a declaration that fewer cases remain undisposed of before the tribunal than at any time within 25 years He said at th? present rate' of progress court will be caught up with its docket during the present calendar year a condition that has not existed since Clayton Russell 30 son of the late Campbell Russell announced he would run for corporation com missioner on a progressive ticket Ray resignation as as sistant tax commissioner became effective and he prepared to devote He full time fn his race for cor poration commissioner 1 actly what President Roosevelt is The commission to which he ak doing A pires made a notable stroke during informed Washington knows the week An agreement was vir that over the wfeek end the Presi tually completed with the South dent got nPnty agamst the western Bell Telephone company c6nvlChon of Hie Senate by pres to wipe extensive litigation off the sure exerted books give subscribers in Tulsa and agentsand by Inmseh ca ling wa Citv telenhone rate re king senators on the telephone I ATeVrrt Ini Ltelfi auctions enminare we exwa uuu mj set charge when it has been ipaid I 6 xx xn I warranted interference with the in for 18 months boost intrastate toll dence of the legislature left rates give the company report and installation charges and set a Thus vast powers of a sa state wide rate hearing I trusteeship were misused to Mrs Huff Determined get mdre power than the Constitu Mj5 nmhanc tion provides for any President to of the Western Oklahorta Orphans fcave The al to tetabUsh home at Helena repeated hsr 'de oneman 6ver country was termination to run against Mrs Levealftd in the first draft of Mr Mabel Bassett for commissioner of Executive Reorganiza charities and corrections if I have bjlh which was anaiyzed and to campaign on a bicycle with a tin widey circulated by the National cup tied' tothe Committee to UpholA Constittition Bailey resigned as assist al G6wrnmenti Hence Senator Min ant state commissioner of public tong open al the in safety and was replaced by Joe nuendOj attacks Love urcen wno nao woriwu NoW) to distract attention from assistant director of motdrvehicle Kjg own obbyjng the President registration has the effrontery to charge that Although the state filing period citizens who spent their own monfey extends from Monday through May to express their alarm to their reu 7 the filing period for county of resentatives in Congress attempted fice does not begin until April 13 to their votes! These running through May citizens were speaking for such or ganizations as the American ed deration of Labor the Railway Brotherhoods the National Grange the association educa tors men interested in our forests and conservation men interested in I Mvil miwa tViA Cans erf tlift Aitteri (Continued 'ropi Page One) Can Revolution as well as the thou spoke of the danger of ultimate sands in our own organization nf the Monroe doctrine have come to a sorry pass during their talk on the naval when anyone who protests against bill This came at a time when tfte dangerous legislation must be government was estimating that by rubber stamp agents there were 900000 Germans 177 of the White House or by the Presi 000 Japanese and 4054000 Ital dent himself Criticism of govern ians in Brazil ment may a Russiq implied this with Germany and Italy but it not children and our grandchil yet a crime in the United States dren may live to see the day in President statement which in its own defense Amenia however reveals how far we have may off the coast of Brazil fight gone toward a dictatorship under the first navalbattH of a war which any expression of honest dis brought igainst her by aggres sent re not tolerated sor People may say that no Euro his teprific efforts and pean or Asiatic country at of unlimited power the tempt to gain xa lodgement in President won by the narrow mar South America I gm of three votes Twenty six cour in Brazil ageous Democratic senators voted Maas too said at that time nd voters next fad is an enormous settlement sould remember them of Germans in Brazil and already for our commjttee has no 7 tot in money with which to purchase any the first step haa been taken in to0ljmited £ndg are Brazi se UP America for t0 Pay for a educational wor pet state in South America for I going qn in Germany thfeir government in Washington conquest of Brazil even on tg from voluntary c6n the same basis a Germany dom tributions19i000 of averag inationof Austpa is just as sen ing from men and women who ous a threat against the I tn keen democratic erovern as a military operation ment for themselves and their chil Germany in boutn America dren This moneyhas been spent It was before this too naval af for lettgrgi pogtag printinst) radio fairs committee members said that etcv But the President American army officers were given and bjg offjcebolding supporters leaves to accept contracts Bra uged taxpayers money for their jl zil to train that country military Intimate propaganda forces: Soon after they undertook The reorganization bm must not these duties they were paid in full pags Tbose who telegraphed or and tojd they nut needetany 040 their senators should now more Committee members said repeat their protests by wire or Brazil had accepted the offers ofmaf to their congressmen rand Europeans to do the job for nch 1 thout delay There is still time ing for Americans opposed to the ex Committee mem tier ssaio sue 1 tension of one man rule' to make pected espionage operations op the their congressmen hear the voices west coast heightened the concern frorn home The government began an investi of unprecedented gation of 24 Japanese fishing craftl power to this President1 who his off the California coast It has not! proved to be insatiable in his' greed been oncluded for more power is now keeping th4 political and economic life of Norman James Wins this country in a st Vitus fonee Rural Spelling Bee was second Giannis Richardson 4 who captured the county title hire Norman James' Hudson Creek two tveeks ago finished third pupil won first honors Saturday Scott said the two winners will at Coffeyville Kas in a spilling return to Coffeyville April 30 for match for 19 of Ottawa an inter county mateh best rural school spellers1' Nicholson went down on the Howard Scott county super word The Richard intend4nt of school said John son girl Bowed out on Nicholson South No 8 district spelling the word with two 1 special trade in OER I A table model wfth 7 tubes Large speaker Bass compensation Short and broadcast tuning range Regular $7495 Now! With yourold radio A Schmedemann See the' New 1938 Refrigertors Miami Okla (Continued from Page One) awards have paid the tax since that Giffin said 3 Griffin said he know what immediate affect the opinion will have upon contiuance of here He said he knew of no test cases being brought in the state More than one half of the Cali fornia legislators serving in 1Q37 38 were born outside that state PORTER INANT Shirley June Porter 2 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs rank Porter of Wilburton' died nt 1 Saturday" morning at the family home Death was due to pneumonia Surviving besides the parents are thrfee brothers burn Willard and Wayne Porter and two sisters Mary Ida and Ge neva 'Bell POrter all at home The body will be taken to Cassville Mo today1 by the Durnil fieral home where services will be held in the Corinth thurch at 2 The Rev Siler pastor will officiate Burial will be in the aCsB ville cemetery MRS EMMA DEWEES 'Mrs Emma Dewees 67 years Old died at 1 Saturday morning at thq home of her daughter Mrs Raymond Creek South Connell avenue Surviving are a son Har vey Dewees of Picher three daugh Mrs Callie Graves of Picher Mrs Martha Underwood of Ren tornr Wash: and 'Mrs Creek a 4 brother1 Verner of McAles ter and a sister Mrs Mary Ani i Smith also of McAlester: 12 grand children and two great grandchil dren hTe body is at the Durnt: uneral home A HENDAYE rance April Seizure of strategic Gandesa by the insurgents today capped the concentrated driye in Eastern Spain which has an esti mated 2600 square miles to their conquests in a week The fall of Gandesa placed the insurgents within 21 miles of the Mediterranean their objective in the offensive to split in two the territory controlled' by the gov ernment The official insurgent an nouncement of the fall said 2000 prisoners were taken and other government troops were surrendering Only six miles mountains that make up the Sierra de Pan dos southeast of Gandesa separ ated its Navarrese captors from the wide valley of the Ebro river which forms a natural highway to Tortosa and the sea The advance was described by 1 some military observers as one of the most important the civil war now in its twenty first month At the northern end of the in surgent front Benabarre' impor tant road center in the northern Aragon also fell With the sweep eastward gain ing momentum rench officials he woud open state headquarters Paris maoe preparations ior quick evacuation of rench citi zens from Barcelona Spanish government provisional capital Small border towns in the vi cinity of Bagneres de Luchon still jammed with 'refugees They ere certain of the "refuge until Monday at least when the perplexing question of whether to send them back to government held areas in Spain was to be put to the rench Only at Lerida almost due north of Gandesa and 80 miles from Barcelona was' ad vance slowed by the government militiamen whose resistance forced the insurgents to use the full strength og their mechanized equipment jiavnival AY hibltad professional skill riday night luring patrons? into attrac tively decorated booths at the high School gymnasium' Their efforts were'justified in the result at tained A approximately $il25 A in nickels and pennies into the fund toward replacing the school ra dio stolen Staged? by he Teacher association of 'daw? Pershing school the 'event pas" tended a success from all angles floor show preceded "the crowning tofJthe Master of Sammy Barnes pre sided The rhythm' band of the fhst eradet captivated the audi enceV A 3 tap dance by Deloris comptroller general to tne re GilMiel was wel nceMd' Vir of the latter 'official to ap ginia Zajic in hill billy costume Pve expenfoturt of 'funds for to with tW modern Panting of trees rural selection Apple Canada to the Gulf of Mex solo tap danee "by sunny llco 'v haired Ank 1 Veirs Chairman McReynolds El pleased the crowd and a group Tern) of the House foreign af tap dance by children Donna committee Said Presidents of Jean Slayman Agnes Jane Hoff United States for 40 years man Allee TerHl and R6sa Lee pave been asking for government Hampton drew favorable com ment The 'first dancer was Chairman Cbdiran (D Mo) of trained by the Virginia Lee Pat th reorganization committee told rick School of the Dahce the oth 1 reporters: ers by Doris Wright Bomford not going to make a mo i Counting of ballot revealed that tion to close debate again until Safah Hilliard of the third grade sure everybody has talked had been 'elected uten with Polly who wants to If It will run as long Pat Smith a close eecond as they want it to The booths included a Asxea wnetner tne fish pond a hamburger stand one was offered because of fear that for one that dis the bill might be defeated thb pensed confetti a pop corn ais wwuuu pensarj a fortune teller a booth jp' ximra an1i4 a faf" I COT1CSSIOT1S tooed man and a country store! 1 bben agreed on before the bill A' provdied fun wm submitted to the House with cakes as prizes a I Prizes were donated by 'mer JD rjeaces chants The hamburgers were puTTptT A TITCT1 supplied by the rBanfield Packing ''IV VIAD1 HiD 1 company Leaders in the A LEADERSHIP expressed their thanks to the mer 1 I 'chants of Miami who co operated (Continued from Page One) in order that the event might be r1 or successful from except on election days will have their say in Democratic pri urnvv maries and in November to con UY found his critics His own maneu WITH MAJORITY 1 vers can be interpreted as nothing t'a less than a determination to see to VOTE PROPOSED it that the voters know his leader 4 ship and his New Deal conceptions (Continued from Page One) are as much at stake this year as Just as sternly he rebuked those who haveMd the bill would make the President a dictator The Presi dent also has been called a com munist he observed only one' thing teft and to call him a reactionary I think ever come to Many legislators stood and felled their approval when he cdncluded with an appeal to his colleagues not to permit 'campaign of to destroy great hu manitarian the day ranklin Delano Passage orecast Even some opponents of the bill said the decision of administration leaders to com'prpmise'made pass age of the measure probable chances of passage have been said Rep Mapes (R Mich) Republican Leader Shell of New York said the oppositidn would at tempt to the bill to but that passage in some form was likely Democratic suppdrters of the legislation agreed with Speaker Bankheid that thq 'fight yas One Charges But Rep Ditter (R Pa) in the first Republican speech of the day called the compromise proposal held out to members to get them to pass a bill that was still bad I 'Representative differ'd (R Mass) wAmed his Colleagues the concilia tory nronosals bv the leadership were designed solely to get the biU i through the House after which it could be revised in conferences with the Senate A declaration that if Congress was ready to its pow ers it should atid go i came from Representative Short (R Mo) am unwilling to admit my'in i he said pass this bill whose father was iniquity whose mother was dissension and whose offspring Vill be3 The fiery Missourian declared if jt passed the bill would be surrendering powers to the' President which jt could recap ture only by a two thirds vote you want to be crazy enough to stick your head in a noose and be hung until you are dead go Short shouted: i you do just going to stop woyying and to hell with the rest of The House adjourned at 450 without concluding debate Representative Watren told re porters that 6 the telegram which he said had been sent to every congressinanmade a shock ing personal attack ppon the Presi It was anonymous and un printable he said and he declined to divulge its details Progressive Denounces Move Befofe the adjournment Rep Boileau (P Wis)floor leader of the Progressive and armer Labor 11 a JDiUv UTSilvUllvdA uaiw proposal as greatest pidee Of deception ever seen practiced J' iV i I1 Jr Bed Cross Shapes Relief annoT i a self as a young man witn pro i ivgraiu iiijuiru me Showing Improvement I ii i ii ini 1 I Sy Vr i A Aatf.