The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 1

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Morning and Sunday TWENTY-TWO PAGES 500 N. BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1939. inks 706-to: Afrlcf dOn British tanker Officers Frame r's first Indian ocean at-Oberlain discounts naval a -price we pay for command Strickler, His Inspired sta.cmcnt say; 111 Germany to wage offensive war to "1 berate With Malice Toward None Bill Murray to Compile History of Constitution New Challenge By Nazis Seen As Whistle In Dark Empire Destruction Threat May Be To Hide German Split Claims German Raider Takes War To Indian Ocean Armed Vessel, Perhaps Pocket Battleship, Sinks Tanker Off East African Coast LONDON. Nov. 16.

(P) The European war at sea jron continues. Questions Infer Jealousy of Record As Car Detective (MOSCOW against Finland light industry de- ENID, Nov. 16. (Special.) I norUW'estern frontiers regard- Jake Strickler is the victim of a William H. Murray, a mellowed historian, statesman and gentleman farmer, came to town Thursday ready to talk nicely even to the Chamber of Commerce, and prepared to start writing with malice toward none some of the turbulent, early-Oklahoma history he helped make.

The former governor's arrival here for a rare speech to Hie Chamber of A new declaration of Nazi Germany's prime war aim as destruction of "British supremacy in the world" due to allied rejection of peace proposals sounded oddly against the actual war background. Progress reports from all the battleless battlefronts of the war. afloat, ashore and in the air. had faded to a mere murmur of activity as that challenge was uttered in Germany. The new Nazi war purpose, credited frameup in which jealous peace officers, irked at his remarkable I success as a stolen car detective, have played a part, defense counsel intimated Thursday in 1 rough and tumble cross-exami- I nation of key state witnesses.

The trial of the former chief investigator of the department of public safetv will move into its fifth day Friday with the state's case still not completed. Indications pointed to the likelihood that the trial will last over into ifttr tbeir convictii that Murray reached the Indian ocean Thursday with the reported sinking of a British tanker off the east African coast by a German raider. Dispatches from Capetown, Union of South Africa, told I of the raider's attack on the 706-ton Africa Shell and said the captain was taken prisoner. I Some reports said a "warship" sank the British vessel but authoritative Capetown circles described the raider as an armed merchantman of about 10,000 tons. The ship went down 180 miles northeast of Lourenco Marques.

Mozambique. This is the Mozambique channel, an arm of the i Indian ocean between the Portuguese colony of Mozambique on I the east Africa coast and French island of Madagascar. I The German pocket-battleships Deutschland and Admiral Scheer. both warships, have been at sea for months. Some reports have said the Admiral Scheer rounded Cape Horn after operations in the south Atlantic.

rt directing complla- jfciy comes to town to niloii and the first, leg- fur divorce suit nry G. Bennett, president of a A. and M. college and the H. Murray foundation, an- Kftds tafce over a judge.

European wi i i 1 of hi nateriitl 1 jrapiKW orchestra. strickler claims falling asleep. The sinking of the Africa Shell was the lirat report oi open In the World tions by German raiders in or near the India Oklahoma's' fui Oklahoma's British War Dog Slips Into U. S. Port fundamental law in which Murray is ready to i sit down and write with the objectivity he participated.

hied Enid last Inch Strickler hart handled i of an historian even the records of some of the fights ho fought. He was reminded that behind the i actual compilation will lie a personal I drama in which he found and fought; R. S. Worthy, head of the Irs Jury Convicts General Motors On Anti-Trust Law Indictment; ngm Stockholder Sues Firm Officials r.ionej At City ohce depart testified that Strict! ficce, free, shuns the spotlight Wheeler pieaas tor uemo- OS ptf harmony Roosevelt Th(, car ha(j to fill Butlers place -will be bCforo from H. G.

Harris aid. The car SOUTH BEND. convicti the renera Corp. of tel the Hitler plays a bum game union OfSjnternational chess, DOROTHY THOMPSON. What's jy General Motor.s Sale- Corp.

Mis Presence Explained G.MAC Of Indiana. d1 had ''phone caH rom Okfa- Tne r-v acquitted 17. ftv that thi car could be S. Knudcen. president of Ge the will to Keep on snovoi- Motors and Alfred P.

Sl jtt Jajgests EDITH JOHNSON. '2xsrrelt could strong-arm a labor ip itak ALSOP and KINT.VEH. ifcfcsdj are cheating the pravc dig- at Kingfisher and that he took man of the board. from Enid to Kingfisher the Jurors reported to Special Judge Walt ng of October 15 to recover the IH that tnn, had rpacrJed a verdict rSiV SsidVaS after they began deliberations. Kusted.

former head of the Ok- Judge Lindiey adjourned a City police stolen car division, to 10 a. m. Friday. Undo Career Men Cheer ZS ROGER BABSON. Stocks rally substan-tially under leadership Lijht showers fail to keep market down Cotton cceded Strickler as head Sherman act.

the corpora i of the det fined up to $5,000 rrfent of public tea tack after Wednes 5 City Appointment by Hai The indictment charged roiLSpiracv to monopolize defense attorney which Do Her uray paint streaked with rust, the British cruiser Saradoc slipped into San Diego harbor under cover of early morninq fog Thursday, She sailed Thursday night for an unknown destination after inking on enough fuel to reach a Canadian port. She is the first British warship to visit a U. S. port since the war began. (Wircphoto.) the Indian ocean became On cn praised about "he time-sales financing of automo biles.

$155,000,000 Squandered By Officers, Suit Charges kler headed the Of OllieJ. Black Assistant Treasurer To Head Department He Served 22 Years Fran; when and where one of the main theaters of operations of such vessels. Among those raiders there in the World war was the famous little cruiser jtispess notice as 33 Eoot 1 te Titn Missouri Saturday tej-Ssg's Coach Johnny Law en: equalize' educational opporit Oklahoma. In preparation NEW YORK. Joy Riders Steal Three Autos From City Firm's Yard British aihes in tne west n.

whether there rhould be tack at all. Thai, rumor eirci a tune when both allied and trnl observers are wonder.n- vhv ful fiaures Thursday Emden. Lloyds Golribugs end hoi ight against Emporia General Motors Corp. lists the Afn tanker built the work throuR cleaning up thi; City car thieves ve the Oklahom. pang of Okl! officers and v.hun leged $155,000,000 had been "nr.

propriated, wasted and squanderec Index of Features 0 Bmes race oanninc City police department wore biamed by Russell 1 two ir detective, for the theft; she! before dawn Thursday she car lot of the Hall bean with a 23-foot of these thieve. ekholder cider Kirkcndall asked. E. Si Davis, nii Northv.es! Seven-street has been appointed fi- objected. Kirkei bizh ar Did von send Gi stolen Amdng lhe defendants named were top irm The ptirpow the foundation to abjU) west bey to sell "strickler that fcly Television street and Franci abandoned si vered by ioIiee asked Kirk -I did Conservative Ge The fe Far in Future Stle" Sate defendants be SS ie turned thumbs dowj i Kirkcndall referred Ed to a car sto.et med that a mM JMmm nu attack ped off the world off Newfoundland Oct' professional he Norwegian ship Hai Jlc the ears On Sentembcr 30 bv the frewhter CSfc.meut was wc-e ke'ot Brazilian coat bv a ears 'weren't identified by British sou are suspected rr.iral Scheer.

Aftr th: from J. W. Nt Strickler to So If You're Worrying About Cost, Stop illy fam rlin just pi Wichita rails. 'elfviska sach as is being de Furness Line Transfers Ships to North Atlantic the Municipal auditc duties of the Murra 'Arkansa Sliiffiaa introduced i patrolrr.an, caused a meat Thursday wh two Texas 1938 lici he said Strickler foot bluff in Ozark F'KSaal stage, ft Wspect for wjd M. general MAK Is and Mas- wvative army opinion.

i fV.C tZ Armv Leaders Fail to Talk If this Version of the split between (J, Nazi diplomats and army leaders over policy is correct, it would do more to explain the strange leuiarey in.o mission; Judse Tom lina! court of appe.i i B. Murray, Oklahoi hCEEP ON 6IVlfMG ranging from DANOV CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY OF G(FT (r sh ship- would 1 Canadian Warship uFtetSl Fires Across Bow i1heaSSrt- Boat 1 the tween the Nazi foreign Then Armstror Junior is right. A year's subscription to the Oklahoman and Times at these low rates would be a dandy Christmas gift. Place your order today and save 25c'o to 34 on next year's mail subscription. Capone Quits Prison for Hospital IS.

An Amer who arrived Thurs-an trip, reported a esscl had fired a Hitlers inner councils About all that can be made of It at this distance is a conclusion that at least an important urns of German victory" possible to Germany is a negative one. Nazi soldiers have stoutly maintained that they could hold the westwall. Talk of -bloodbath" air war" came whollv from Nazi political had a spotless rec- Canadian naval asurer." said Black, "and shot across the i-as any scandal in this the North Coast, As far as I'm concerned. 3. C.

ZIP-OFF i we. WKY. which led which carried 1 ew of 75. said the Snndar nieht when figures, including the fuehrer himself Canadian vessel thought the! lever will be." said no promotions of the employes in the depart- would be made until he dis- the matter with Black. He expects to follow Black's rec- idation on this point.

I Other Tlaccs List promotions are made auto-Orvin Cri first i employed in the department; vears, is expected to be made mough when ordered to do so. Borkland said he thought it wa; safeguard against Grounding, bu; 19 stopped the ship immediately ai aore than 25.000. a taxed caracrtv of 22 tbe fourth day. em Lines Will iister. I American Planes Can Be Pushed, Not Flown to Canada I WASHINGTON, Nov.

1 6. (i?) I American warplane.s can be pushed or pulled across the border for delivery in Canada, government officials held informally Thursday, but they can i endLow Rates MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS ONLY In Okla. and Texas Daily and Sunday Oklahoman by rnott 7,45 Times and Sunday Oklahoman- by moil 7.45 Oklahoman. Week Days Only by mail $5.45 fiYr Oklahoma CityTimes Only by mail $4.95 T't-t More Rain Forecast For Today, Tomorrow fa niL-oads 'rh-r aa-oau- Pr- tS3e fiie xVh5 confererxT a as educated in the Oklahom; hools. He is married, lives a orthwest Thirteenth street, ant daughter.

Oilie Mae Biack. V. This is their conclusion after days of discussion of one of the most in- iricate problems raised by the neu- trality act. The officials held that export of airplanes to a belligerent is permit- occasional light rain over the i state except in the extreme the northwest xas forecast for and Saturday oy Mr. Whitney dav night.

He saw no drouth his charts. Tlve temper- is due to remain about the ifall in Oklahoma City amunt- i as recorded a Mc. st er. v. i ted under ir.e neatrauiy at under international law ti of Holiday? Take Your PECOS.

Texac. Nov. 16. Mity-i ed war planes to a belligerent consu- iT xould permissible, they a.y. i to fly a plane to the Canadian bor- rj-'oody happy.

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