The Wagoner Tribune from Wagoner, Oklahoma • 1

VOLUME 28 WAGONER WAGONER COUNTY OKLAHOMA TUESDAY MAY 25 1948 Eastern Hotspot stout ST AIT JAPAN rzCHECJU1 con tion to a condition of economic here shortly after midnight Mon 1 though no treatments will be tnvpn nr rno nlimn iVna the civil Want Ads Two cents a word Carter Withdraws rom County Race America human energy has oper ntAfi mnrn PROCLAMATION Look at the label the 5 1 48 for SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE this Americans Burning More Cigarettes Poppy Day in the city of Wago I ner and urge all citizens to ob I Vte a the May 28 ceipt Books for sale by the Wag wearing paper replicas of the wild'is expected throughout the nation oner Publishing Co poppies of rance and Belgium in this vear poppies of rance and Belgium inthis year Turn to UNCERTAINTY Page 4 KOREA rafflEHD' IQNEl of of a was key tracks and the federal basis any accomplishments of the American way of life in the short span of way for a the unions cavalcade of 20 automobiles carry Wagoner supporters of Ledgers Journals Day Books Cash Books Counter Books Re The merchant who advertises HIS merchandise and prices pro tects YOU against profiteering on the upper right hand cor ner of this paper If it reads tribute to the war dead was start ed at the 'close of World War I fight to regain lost health in the hospital The most general observance of Poppy Day since the custom of Crippled Child Clinic Date Set Defnocrat Meet Well Attended recommendations are carried intosub'commiltee effect limited andor nrovisions nt tho the de of the the dam vet the Verdin 4 non a 7 xxau pwvibions 01 me con ua i 1 wmu 1V1 Ul lue cuun suiuuon' resepectinff the office nf oe constantly nient project has been called tv hpnith office whom nvominn fooinfpd Allt cn fVioir vtrill 4 Wagoner Tribune Record Democrat Nation Way of Life Must Be Preserved Graduates Are Told Meeting at Oolagah Tonight One of Series In VVA Organization democratic leadership of all poli tical ated more effectively than any where else question is and the Whereas citizens of the City of Wagoner served gallantly in the defense of the United States of America in two world wars and many sacrificed their lives in that service and Whereas the memory of those who so died will always be held in highest honor in this city and will always be a source of patriotic inspiration for us all and Whereas this memory is brightened each year and honor paid to the war dead by the wearing of the Memorial Poppy on Saturday before Memorial Day now Therefore I I Weidman mayor of the City of Wagoner do hereby proclaim Saturday the twenty ninth of May to bo Preservation of the American way of life in peace as well as in war is the and at the same time the privilege of every American William Coe Okla homa City attorney and former Wagoner graduate told members of the Wagoner High School 1948 graduating class at commence ment exercises riday night Commencement exercises cliimaxed the week long gradua tion activities and marked the close of the school year here al though pupils in both grade and high schools were required to re port back Monday morning to re ceive term grades The extra day of school to meet state requirement was necessitated because of one day lost during the heavy snow storm here in March which forced dismissal of school Pointing out that the four great institutions in American are home the church the school and the Coe selected the government as the subject of his commencement address delivered before a crowd that overflowed thb high school auditorium today stands as the last bulwark of the democratic way of Coe asserted "the American worker under our sys tem of freedom enjoying the greatest benefits of any nation he warned subtle campaign is going on here today and has been for a number of years to cause discontent with our system if you ask a young per son is he will immediately think of something he pointed out' "It is no ac cident It is the result of careful subtle propaganda "And yet he con tinued means the right of every person to acquire property in his own right and name and to reap and keep the fruits of his own labor in any lawful way he governor should be changed: sa lary length of term qualifies 'rinns nnwov ntri1)" i serve the day by wearing tbj Memorial Poppy I WEIDMAN Mayor it all comes back to the mat ter of applying human energy to the things and forces of nature and the plain fact is that here in A will the Oolagah dam on the Verdigris River to a Verdigris Valley As sociation meeting being held this (Tuesday) evening at Oolagah The meeting tonight at Oolagah is one of a series of meetings call ed by President Robert Jeffrey Wagoner to organize local units in the Verdigris Valley Association formed to work for flood contort and irrigation in the lower Verdi gris River valley Taking cars filled with Wago ner dam supporters to Oolagah to night will be Wayne Weishaar Gaston ranks June Jeffers rank Snedaker Kraker Penn Walter Harvey Jack Bullington Cradow Smith Arch Lancaster Evert Stacy rank Piersail Don Heathcock Robert Jeffrey Martin Cochran Coats Powell loyd Wilkey Paul Hersman and John Cocke of the Oolagah dam on the Verdigris River will mean far more to Wagoner than the ort Gibson dam on the Grand Arch Lancaster president of the Wagoner Chamber of Com rwa Historical Society xxx vfRR Sft i Historical Bldg' By that time President Truman had built up a full head of steam and he opened the throttle wide The could not stand nation wide such as the rail strike would be he said Acting under the sanction of a 1916 law which authorizes the govern ment to take over the railroads dur ing the time of war (U is still officially in a state of wartime emergency) Mr Truman seized the entire vast network trains in the name government That move paved court order restraining from striking for eight days ed eral District Judge Alan Golds borough issued the order and the nation's trains kept running for the time being at least Possibly proving that there is no wind so ill that it doesn't blow up some good for somebody one of the major influences leading to cancella tion of the rail strike was John or any date prior to that it shows your subscriptions has expired Under government regulations and paper con servation necessity we can not continue to send papers after their expiration date All unpaid subscriptions will be removed from our lists on stagnation and inequality of op portunity endose the administration of democrats in the nation the administration of Gov Roy Turner and all democrats of the state and county and express appreciation to all loyal democrats for their cnrvrinvt nnd aooiouuiue ih me aem ocratic organization' endorse and recommend to the delegates of the second con total output of 370 billion cigarettes last year was 5 per cent greater than in 1946 capita cigarette consumption in the has followed ah upward trend with minor interruptions since prior to World War the bank reported On a per capita basis consumption jumped from 161 in 1914 to 2 400 in 1947 Christ Raabe 86 Service Thursday Latest area to emerge as a pivotal point in the world wide drive against communism is south ern Korea where about seven mil lion registered voters went to the polls to elect 200 representatives to what is known as the Korean national assembly Prior to the election Communist trained agents were reported to have been attempting to stir up trouble in the zone to influence the bal loting Cigarette consumption in the in 1947 ascended to an all time '5 high for the 14th consecutive year despite spectacular wartime gains which would have made a subse quent postwar decline no great sur prise to the industry 1 According to an article in the May edition of bulletin of Northern Trust company cue rum uuiuiK an almost con itinual rizzle Nichols Receives Doctor's Degree rom A College Nichols superin tendent of the Bristow Okla schools will receive his degree in education at the com mencement exercises of the Okla homa A and College to be held May 31 in Stillwater Nichols is the son of Mrs Argus Nichols Watroner and a hrnther 'of Mrs Ketcham He is a graduate of the Wagoner High I He previously had received hisBA degree from Tulsa University and his master's degree in educa tion from Oklahoma A and He has been superintendent of schools at Bristow the past six years going there from Nowata Historic old ort Gibson founded on April 20 1824 to quell Indian uprisings has been an Oklahoma landmark for more than 1100 years and is a for Sooner state tourists The old fort reconstructed in detail stands today almost exactly as it was at me time Sam Houston frequented it after throwing away the gov ernorship of Tennessee and before going on to Texas greatness! Houston during this period lived in a house northwest of the fort in what is now Wagoner County which still stands ort Gibson is now under the supervision of the Oklahoma Planning and Re sources Board pid is open the year round with no admission charge Pictured above are the old well and barracks at the fort Wagoner County democrats met in convention riday afternoon at the court house Vol Odom county chairman presided The meeting was well attended and harmonious loyd Green Sallisaw second district chairman was the guest speaker He reviewed the record of the democrats since 1932 and the measures enacted into law during that period All of the democratic county candidates were introduced The speech of County Attorney John Moss was one in which he re counted that President Truman had said at a meeting of democrats in Washington: will be a democratic president in the White House next year and you are look merce pointed out to of ing at John turned it around members last week in urging full and said: will be a demr Wagoner representation at the ocratic county attorney in the Oolagah meeting courthouse next year and you are I Representatives from Wagoner looking at I Coweta Porter Broken Arrow Judges Wayne Bayless and Claremore Muskogee Collinsville Johnson candidates for the su and Tulsa are expected by Jeffrey preme court were introduced and to be present at the Oolagah made short talks meeting All democrats who attend the Also expected to be present on state convention from Wagoner invitation of Jeffrey is Newt Gra County at its meeting in Okla ham Tulsa member of the Okla homa City June 7 are inyited to homa Planning and Resources sit as delegates Wagoner Coun Board and long time proponent of ty is entitled to nine delegatesa comprehensive development pro They will cauctis at the Huckins gram for the tire' Arlrors hotel at 9 PM on convention day IRiver Basin' The delegates were instructed to Each community in the lower vote as a unit The following resolutions were adopted by the convention: "Tlie Democratic Central Com mittee of Wagoner County Okla homa meeting to elect delegates to the democratic state conven tion hereby resolve commend favorably to the citizenship of our nation the pro gressive record under democratic leadership which has carried into the political economy of this na tion beneficial legislation ad vane best in the Arkansas River tions are to be held ms me sianaaros oi ure tor the wnn oenencs lar exceeding PTPatnet nnmkov mC 1 4 4 I VllIlCllUU UUGlO greatest number of the American people deplore the reactionary 193 Inch Rain spirit permeating the leadership of the republican party which be Monday Morning ux oi vision would iii returned to Dower restore thn no I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Soviets Express Desire for'Peace Agree to Discussion of Differences role as chief executive? In what niay vitany important Amen tralization desirable? asserted in expialn ciiuice oi suojecc lor his Wagoner Sends 20 Car Group To Dam Meet Each community in the lower Verdigris Valley is being organiz ed separately to' work for develop ment of the Verdigris one of the few remaining major flood control projects in Oklahoma still unap nrnvArt Continued delay in the develop The clinic will be held Tuesday onr az tKA iisnz i mmvxm nows White to Attend' Catholic Rally Louis White will Sunday May 30 for rCity to attend the state wide HU luuui rcany I uciiiui iii vuc High School will take part in the three day youth leadership course' and will be a melnber of the cast' in the pageant of Two which closes the youth rally on June 2 weta Wagoner County Oklahoma To Be Sold Saturday by Legion VW uue ui meir two delegates to the national convention I Wagoner will join the rest of the recommend to the Ameri nation this Saturday in paying can people a continuance of the honor to World War dead by wear mg ineuiunai poppies Memorial poppies will be offer ed for sale on the streets here all day Saturday by both the Hanes 1 inley Post of the American' Legion and the Sandlin Boatright Memorial Post of Veterans of uneral services for Christ oreign Wars Raabe 86 who died at his home No price will be asked for the one half mile south of Wagoner! memorial poppies but contribu last Wednesday morning following tions received from sales will help1 a two weeks illness were held the veteran organizations in their! Thursday afternoon in the service work for disabled veterans their room of the Hersman uneral families and the families of the Home Iveteran dead Services were conducted by the Poppies to be sold are manu Rev Seeds pastor of the factured by disabled veterans in irst Christian Church Burial was veteran hospitals each flower in Elmwood Cemetery carefully and tediously shaped by Raabe a resident of Wagoner hand from crepe paper wire and since 1931 is survived by three'ulue daughters Mrs Stella Wilson I This work not only offers re Wagoner Mrs Rose Burris Drum 'lief through labor to veterans but right and Mrs Celia Blackstan1 permits them to supplement re Bristow jquently meager incomes in sup Eighteen grandchildren and 10 Port of their families while they great grandchildren also survive Ifight to regain lost health in the Odom Named on Sub Committee To Study Odom Wagoner Wagoner sub committees this past week was County member of the citizens ad made to speed up study of both visory committee to the constitu the and officio tional survey committee this week was appointed a member of the! Named with Odom on the "long sub committee on the bal sub committee were James by Bill Logan Lawton chair A Vessey Tulsa chairman John man of the survey committee Holliman Bartlesville vice The next meeting of the con chairman Wash Hudson A stitutional survey committee and Mitchell Mrs Matofsky Mrs' citizens advisory committee has Galley and Mrs Victor been scheduled for Sunday June Barnett Tulsa Roy Wilkinson! 13 in Oklahoma City jsapulpa Milam Claremore appointment of the two Matthew Kane Pawhuska and a uapps Delaware The following are the questions on the suggested by Logan for sub committee study: the long ballot seriously interfere with the proper dis Carter Route 2 Wagoner this week filed his withdrawal as a candidate for democratic nomi answer because each person has nation for county commissioner! Trn from this second (Wagoner) dis t0 C0E gL 4 trict with Castle iiit uy uie wagoner county Election Board I Withdrawal of Carter makes the contest for democratic nomi 1 nation a two candidajte contest! John Cocke opposing Commis I sioner Pierce Hays for renomina tion rank Gartner Is unopposed ior repuoiican nomination commissioner leave Oklahoma1 By Bill Schoentgen WNU Staff Writer N0TE: rB expressed In these columns they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper OVERTURE: Peaceful All of a sudden the air between Washington and Moscow was filled with talk of peace and desire for co operation Exactly what had happened to bring about the quick flow of the milk of human kindness between the and Russia was not clear Certainly there had occurred no basic change in the potentially ex plosive relationship It began with a statement of position voiced by Bedell Smith ambassador to Russia in the pres ence of Soviet oreign Minister Molotov Smith apparently speaking offi cially suggested that the way is clear for a discussion of differences with Russia Said the am bassador: present state of Soviet relations is a source of grievous disappointment to the American people As far as the United States is concerned the door is always wide open for full discussion and the composing of our reply as broadcast by the Moscow radio expressed a positive attitude toward improving Soviet American relations and stated that Russia in with a proposal for and settlement of existing Although these developments re ceived a big play in the press and radio of both nations indications were strong that the aura of mutual hostility separating the and Russia might not be dispelled by the willingness to our differ Neither side had modified its for eign policy Rather each had em phasized it in the exchange of notes The statement said in part: concern and the determination of the people of the United States have been intensified by the inexpli cable hostility of the Soviet govern ment to the European recovery pro gram a measure which in its in ception and subsequent develop ments is so obviously only a meas ure of American assistance for re construction on a co operative without menace or threat to In their reply the Soviets trasted What they termed military threats against the Soviet Union with the Russian pur suit of consistent peace At least there was a definition of terms and a preliminary agree ment to talk things over Whether or not any good would come of it was at this stage problematical There was a suspicion abroad that Russia balked in its ambitions to expand into western Europe by the European recovery program might be ready now to try to make some kind of deal ALL ABOARD: Trains Huh economy escaped being a victim of railroad paraplegia at the eleventh hour when three rail broth erhoods yielded to a restraining order brought against them by the government and called off their im pending strike Events leading up to that climax had run a course which has become familiar to strike weary Americans Negotiations between the railroads and the three dissenting brother hoods engineers firemen and had been fruitless As the strike deadline approached they remained miles away from any kind of agreement on wages and working Diagnostic examinations specialists in crippled of the responsibilites of work will be give in a clinic to be the chief executive? held Tuesday June 1 in Tahle 1 coordination now exists quah for crippled children the office and Cherokee and adjoining counties! tbe other elected executive of including Wagoner Jicals? Would a shorter ballot Im Crippled adults who may be in coordination and terested in some type of vocational the present constitution training are also invited nt hamstring the governor in his irswri ao vine a executive? in tnAnnAw1) Tn Kirtner executive cen 1 rvci rm zxi L1 A A 1 UCdUUDier mem oi me veraigns nas come June i opening at AM from strenuous opposition to the 'continuing until all persons are should the govenois commencement address that the Oniaffah Hom fnr lrx4 aaMva1 PYominnH vunuiux uc purposes from areas above the All persons should register not iiuivi iror i pumiea out so tney will not be i wuuo aiv uu uciu uary length oi term qualifica 1 111 rgetung oe The clinic is under the auspices tions power I misled by false ideas based on of the Oklahoma Society and Com voters handicapped in the thinking" mission of Crippled Children the selection of qualified officials by' is no the Tahlequah Kiwanis Club the reason of the long ballot? Is this speaker emphasized to the mem county health unit and the State susceptible of proof? What elective bers of tbe Wagoner graduating I Division of Vocational Rehabilita offices should be made aooointivp class and to hls audience as well I A rain which started falling tion if any? How this be Tbe only way to create weaJtb i a 41 I Tn IS nV ti rkYklvinrr hitwinv a mu Buu commiLEee is 4uuom uuaxy A lull 1 notirenl day morning totaled 193 inches glven at tne cunlc' the children xxjgan to nie a report June 13 before it ended will be examined their conditions outlining the studies made its In wben get right The rain was accompanied by a' diagnosed and recommendations conclusions and recommendations down 10 nothin is a natural violent electrical and thunder made for treatment No charge and be prepared to present and until after men have storm wi11 be made for the examina defend same before the full com Iound ways to make 11 useful to Another 65 of an inch of rain tions mittee human beings i So it is not natural was added up to noon todav I Local officials and other inter Odom has not yet been notifi but the uses thac men icbieu viuzens win cooperate in an 4 vimuman James A veasey uuiuiaA iwumvud vuau effort to see that the the first meeting date of his reaby counts SCA JAPAN: Coe Stresses Duty of Citizen To Government Lewis who have a word to say about it But Lewis had sag the pattern The rail union Alvanley Johns ton of the engineers Robertson of the firemen and A Glover Jr of the switchmen were uncomfort ably aware of what happened to the mine chief when he disobeyed an in junction to call off his soft coal strike They knew that if they disobeyed Judge restraining order they would be exposing them selves and their unions to whopping big fines and possible jail sentences It was becoming apparent that the government had hit upon a hard fisted way of delaying crippling strikes With labor unrest destined to grow this summer that method though far from ideal might come to be the basic formula for Induc ing arbitration and settlement of strikes DIXIE: Anti Truman Although President Harry Truman 1 had not held forth publicly on the 1 subject of civil rights for some time I now the echoes of the civil rights I program he advanced earlier this year were rattling around like sabers south of the Mason Dixon line Alabama voters had expressed themselves as being anti Truman In the primary election they had given majorities to candidates pledged to cast electoral votes against the President because of the civil rights issue It was the first concrete indica tion that a bolt from the regular Democratic party nominee might not be unlikely next November if the nominee (like Mr Truman) is committed to supporting rights program And in Jackson Miss Democratic rally noted with a flat prediction that President Truman would not be re elected because he is not acceptable to the nation or the southern Demo crats Gov Strom Thqrmond of South Carolina defined the stand when he told the rally that the South Is not in revolt against the Demo uressional district that they elect Pnunipsi IT fl tint! Tier Wfll TkpnH cratlc party but against its present the Hon Lumpkin of Co ci XlUllULlllg ndi 17 call leaaersnip Spark that kindled the political fire in the South was Mr espousal of proposals to pass fed eral laws outlawing lynching poll taxes job discrimination and segre gation of races Legislation like that Governor Thurmond asserted would violate the historic principle of the right of states to determine their own attitude toward such mat ters So far it was only talk but anti Truman feeling had crystallized in the South to the point where party leaders were badly worried If Dixie Democrats carried their fection to the ultimate point nominating their own candidate big wigs might as well throw in sponge for the '48 elections and start looking to 1952 Seizes Strike Off 2 Illi JSjwIjl I 110 II 'NiilllllJiiill I II MANi I I 7aMHa i I liy rir 7 1 1 CWUQ WIXIAN SMKNQsV A VXJA KOREA ONE.