The Wagoner Tribune from Wagoner, Oklahoma • 1

2 JLA LU 7 With which is combined The Porter News VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 50 County Chairman Jones ITALYe1 eecorsic MAJOR OMOHUNDRO 10 Gain Over 1941 42 TSSEiSKS preserva 1 a of in action on July 13 Aldrich and to the arny that the dam ed (potatoes onions etc) 19 232 Rarfram Tnl A rruxx Dfi Dll ill in nrHat tri VArlimn i i meat return Therefore we can still Besides the regular business Hominy and Dick Branson Mia i wituuui success wul uie wra recommenda at 10 0 clock have their cases presented before tion could be ready before the end I np Km1T farm tC lonntnl A 1 11 wv The official said three facts (1) The valley land below the demonstration plot is one of only three placed in Oklahoma by the they had staged a daylight robberv areal OUnhnrm A IDT znit a vwcxjr I wxx uuij 4 1JUUU Both were taken without fight and ert Jeffrey announces fixed that up soon We captured Silas Cold 87 Dies two Italian trucks and two motor JT 'BASLE SALZBURG 'INNSBRUCK? (GENEVA UDINE (MILAN (VERONA TURING 'fiume GENOA nice RIMINI LANCONA jg ROME NAPLES Rho Theta Sigma was incorpor porated as honorary society of the to plant the hope will per Neither was ever wounded as was none of their crew members al though the waist gunner Staff Sergeannt Getts had shrap nel go through his trouser legs miles south one mile east and one half mile south of Wagoner I I i Mont who was navigator for Om ohundro when they flew the fam ous four motored bomber hai subject of many news stories on some of her most thrill ing missions Among many exploits they hold the distinction of having taken part in the first raid on Naples on Bank Robbers ace Grand Jury Soon (series bonds against its assigned quota of $15705 In the series bonds the coun ty did better buying $2096250 of its $35600 assigned quota The August quota for the coun ty is again $35600 in series bonds $15705 in series and bonds Organization of Wagoner Coun ty for the $15000000000 third war loan drive which opens September 9 will be started tonight (Tues day at a meeting called by County Drive Chairman Dick Jones All city chairmen committee members and unit leaders will meet this evening at 8 in WPB To Decide Whether Will Offset 9 5 tl Prime Grain ed Steer Listed as War Casualty Wright Washington as an in structor Major Omohunaro was returned home as an instructor after piling up 350 hours of actual combat time in 11 months of combat fly ing far above the total combat time usually permitted a flier be fore transfer 1 1 At ort George Wright Major I Omohundro has been joined by County Canning Budget Cut Over 327000 Quartsj Report Shows feed steers to high good or low i meeting the fraternity initiated choice and get a relatively cheap two new pledges Miss Ruth Logan I tne ilrst raid on Tripoli as well as I the last when that city finally fell to Allied troops Their plane was forced down in neutral Turkey during the early operations against Italy and they were interned for over two months The war struck home with heavy hand in Wagoner this week with three soldiers reported by the war department killed in action and one missing in action in the early days of the Sicilian cam paign Killed in action were CPL DOYLE BERTRAM son of Mr and Mrs A Bertram living northwest of Wagoner SGT CLIORD A ALDRICH son of Mr and Mrs Aldrich living southeast of Wagoner SGT COLLINS son of Mr and Mrs George Collins living northwest of Wagoner Missing in action is: CPL TROY TROTT son Mrs Claude Trott Wagoner Collins was reported killed (2) It suffers from recurring floods which damage food crops Wagoner County sales tax col lections in the 1942 43 fiscal year showed a 1001 percent increase over 1941 42 it was reported this week by the Oklahoma State Tax Commission Collections' in 1942 43 totaled $5229632 compared with $47 53883 in 1941 42 the statement of annual sales tax collections by counties disclosed In the state as a whole collec tions Of $1523047472 in 1942 43 represented a gain of 1363 per cent over the $1340352555 re ported for the previous year and reflected sales at retail totaling approximately 785 million dollars Of particular interest in the re port are the increases and de creases in purchases among the 77 counties influenced primarily by location of war industries and activities Nine of the 77 counties reported less sales tax than in the previous year The greatest decrease 1995 percent was reported from Semi nole County while the greatest in crease 9027 percent was shown in Pittsburg County Other counties reporting a de crease were Cotton Jefferson Lat imer Lelore Marshall Nowata Okfuskee and Pushmataha Major increases were reported by Cleve land Comanche Greer Jackson Mayes Muskogee and Tillman counties Bertram on July 14 Trott was re ported missing in action on July 14 The cryptic messsages from the war department announcing the deaths were received Saturday the report of Trott reaching here Sun day All were members of Co A 180th Infantry 45th Division leaving Wagoner with the national guards in September 1940 1 and the lapel on his shoulder missing him by that narrow mar gin After engaging in more than 35 missions which won for each the Distinguished lying Cross and Air Medal Major Omohundro and Major Gordon were relieved of their assignments in the Middle East and returned separately to this country They did not see each other again until they met at ort George Wright i The two majors are now team ed together again both being as signed to the Plans and Training Division of the Second Bomber Command Major Omohundro as executive officer and Major Gor don in charge of the training de partment It is a matter of policy that two such experienced men should be assigned to the command respon sible for the training of new men for combat crews and units for heavy bombardment groups in overseas organizations I Major Omohundro is a gradu ate of Wagoner High School and Oklahoma A and College Major Gordon who has also been in action in Java and India is a graduate of Montana State College Virginia Hersman Wagoner newly elected president of Rho Theta Sigma scholastic fraternity on the campus of Northeastern State College Tahlequah presided LEGAL BLANK ORMS Chattel Mortgages Agricultural Leases Oil and Gas Leases Quit Claim Deeds Warranty Deeds and other legal forms for sale by the Wagoner Publishing against northern Italy should the Germans set up a defense line along the Po River Sardinia would have to be taken be fore Corsica could be occupied and used for that purpose but Allied bombers taking off there (1) would fly only 200 miles to Turin (2) Milan and the Po Brenner Pass (3) is only 320 miles northeast from Corsica and planes heading there could carry heavy bomb loads The War Production Board this week asked the War ood Admin istration to show that the proposed ort Gibson dam Grand River would increase food production enough to offset the use of criti cal materials and the loss of farmlands which would be inundated by the reservoir The action was reported by White chief of the conservation programs branch of the WA who is in charge of an Investigation which the agency has begun at the request of WPB to determine just how much effect the dam would have on vital food supplies White who is from Little Rock Ark said it was true that the WA had expressed interest in the before the army en gineers recommended its immedi ate construction to the WPB A month ago Representative Cravens democrat Arkansas told reporters the WA had recom Soybean Test Plot To Be Shown Public Public observation of the soy bean demonstration plot on the Blair farm southeast of Wag 1 Convening of the federal grand jury in Muskogee on September 7 to investigate more than 100 al leged violations 'of federal laws was announced this week following the selection of the jury panel Judge Eugene Rice of the' Unit ed States District Court for the eastern district of Oklahoma will Just how seriously May floods and July and August drouth have combined to cut Wagoner Coun food supply is shown in the estimate of food preservation for 1943 compared with 1942 released this week by Wagoner County Homoe Demonstration Agent Ha zel Hensley In 1942 a total of 817369 quarts of food fruits vegetables were canned in Wagoner County Tli is year only 411084 quarts are estimated to be canned to date Of the 1942 total however Miss Hensley points out approximately 80000 quarts were of meat At least that much meat and possi bly more is still to be added to the 1943 estimate total women who in the past canned large quantities of vege tables and fruit reported this year that they have been able to can little or none because of adverse weather Miss Hensley said farm women reported that after their first vegetable gardens were wiped out by the May floods they immediately re planted only to have the gardens killed by drouth before they could the county home dem onstration agent added In spite of all this Miss Hens ley said most farm women are optimistically preparing a large fall garden in that weather condtions mit full production The estimate of food tion work done in Wagoner Coun ty from January 1 1943 to date follows: Estimated quarts of food canned (fruits vegetables meats) 411 084 quarts Estimated pounds of food dried 2730 pounds Estimated pounds of food cured or frozen 44200 pounds Estimated bushels of food stor ed (potatoes onions etc 2080 bushels The food preservation report for 1942 was: Estimated quarts of food canned (fruits vegetables meat) 817360 quarts Estimated pounds of food dried 254242 pounds Estimated pounds of food pured or frozen 368680 pounds Estimated bushels of food stnr organize each school district in Pe3emter 4 1942 Beth were in I tna fivt l' maM tne county into a compact organ ization if Wagoner County is to reach its assigned quota in the third war loan County Chairman Jones said this week While the county quota has not yet been announced Jones said he had every reason to expect it will be much than the second war loan drive quota Wagoner quota in the second war Man drive was $125 800 with the quota oversubscrib ed by $3078125 In addition to this $1558125 the banks of Wagoner County pur chased an aggregate total of $107 000 in bonds making a combined total in bond purchases of $263 58125 for Wagoner County in the April drive I the quota is in this drive it will be much harder to reach than in Chairman UULLbO WaXJXCU "This time we will not have any outside assistance as we had last (time from the Oklahoma School Land Commission and other sour ces But we will reach and pass whatever our assigned quota is if at all Jones asserted The goal for the largest financ ing program in world history is $2000000000 above that of the second war loan drive in April which brought in a total of $18 500000000 but of that amount banks bought more than $5000 000000 The third war loan drive will i offer essentially the same tyles of securities as those sold in the sec ond war loan to individuals cor porations insurance companies and other non banking sources The first war loan drive held last December aimed at a $9000 000000 goal but actually raised nearly $13000000000 In both of the previous drives banking sour ces have been limited to approx imately $5000000000 Although none of the securities in the September drive will be available to commercial banks ik'ia Historical Society WAGONER WAGONER COUNTY OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AUGUST 17 1943 (Sales Tax Report Shows ratiea 1 Missing In Sicily 180th Infantry Band Captures Two Trucks ow Rides in Sicily One solution to the transporta tion problem in capture and use of enemy was re ported by Cpl Richard Wal lace in a letter received this week in Wagoner by his parents Mayor and Mrs Wallace Corporal Wallace who left Wag oner with the national guards in 1940 is a member of the 180th in fantry band of the now famed forty fifth division this band really gets around" Wallace wrote his par ents hit the island we had to walk everywhere but we uexu montn 1R onH nn WPTP PviHnrri T'llA XX7q trnnay 4 auyueuu were captured tne home of fpI mnnsfratmn nlnf ia mu auvra Hwe wiuun Z4 hours after uam Sire is a Major Thomas Omo I hundro the Wagoner flier who uuvviuvvu xvi gaxicuxuxy in aerial operations in the Middle East and East Africa war theaters Calls Meeting Tonight now stationed at ort George Of Coommittee Members The island of Corsica taken from the rench by the Axis will make an excellent base for Allied air operations I aerainst northern Ttalv shnnld tha hormnno Is Buried at Coweta Silas Cole 87 for 12 years a resident in and near Wagoner died Saturday at the home of his daughter Mrs Otis Starling in Coweta uneral service for Cole were held Sunday afternoon in the Co weta Baptist Church with the Rev Garland Anderson pastor clfi clatlng Burial was in the Coweta cem etery under the direction of the Green uneral Home Besides his daughter Cole is survived by one son Everett Cole Hulbert cycles and now we ride all over the In another letter also received this week Wallace reported that cattle we must remember that aA xvc vietuu was ouxxxg ou cents a cupper 1 he wrote am likely to be broke for the rest of the I see how this Island can hold out much Corporal Wallace added we are just pushing them all over the The merchant who advertises HIS merchandise and prices pro tects YOU against profiteering State Livestock Output Increases Uneven eed Distribution Report vttWtXWUft Will charge the jury and receive theiknow report oi its deliberations we piesemea to tne ana it we con grand jury by United States Dis Iclude that it will the food admin Oklahoma A and College and of the irst State Bank of Hulbert the United States Department of on Julv 7 Agriculture YlUlUUt 11U11I mere are 43 differen varieties after a weary cross country trek of soybeans growing in various after being forced to abandon plots on the Blair demonstration their car when it ran out of gaso area Wagoner County Agent Rob 'line Countg Business War ood Administration Asked Increase Shown or Report on ort Gibson Dam loods Drouth Make Deep Cut In Countg Canning GERMANY SWITZERLAND I (3) ort Gibson dam is design I ed as a flood control project Thus the dam for which con gress has already appropriated funds could be expected to reduce flood levels to some extent and save food White said But whether it would save enough to make up for the inun dation of farm lands by the new reservoir in addition to justifying the use of critical materials lor the dam White said he did nnt homa has increased to the point where there is developing an un even distribution of feed and stock Al Darrow head of the ani mal husbandry department of Ok lahoma A and College Still I water declared this week I Beef cattle producers should ad just the number of cattle to the point where they have some as surance that the cattle can be wintered properly Darrow advised the standpoint of state and national planning I feel that the wise thing to do would be to assure the range man enough high protein feed to the millions of acres in the state can be the A and head suggests Another problem of the beef producers is whether we must eliminate all grain feeding of steers It is pretty well agreed that the prime steer is a war casualty However steers that are too thin to go to market off of grass need some grain in order to make suit able meat The grain required to put these iast week when the fraternity held cattle killing condition rela its last official meeting for the tive small compared to the total summer Organization or Loan Drive Is Underwag equipment As a matter of fact that is one thing we need to keep in mind all the time When we say decrease hog" and increase poultry or de 1 crease poultry and increase dairy r' cattle we must remember tbsf tn ifc was rmored there individual operator can do so only within limits Darlow points out I 60 a(dPPer as soon as his farming program is out of line with his own abili ties inclinations and equipment and even though he is producing food production and that the WPB wanted such a report White said the WA would as semble the facts decided whether it believed the prospective saving of food crops would justify con struction and make a recommen dation White also said the speed of his investigation would be determinpH partly by the availability of army usuiw uu me estimated effect of Albert Cecil Pergeson' and Ernie the on water levels in the Irvin Moses the two Wagoner Arkansas valley youths Who a naraar iv 1 Ha ftririari 1 oner will be held this riday bank robbery without success will thought the WA recommenda rnnmjncr Aumiei OA tn 1 in MULU1C wv LUaUY W1Ure rnp ppri ine uiair xarrn is located four a federal grand jury in Muskoeee of this week mavbe later 1 lac cmnh Wagoner Pilot Thos Omohundro Navigator of Bomber Lilf Joined Again at ort George Wright as Instructors may be the dam will do just a lie sain if 4 LU1I trict Attorney Cleon A Summers 1 istratlon certainly will recommend uiiu oe ount one time Wagoner County attor ney and his staff Chattel Mortgages Agri ultural Leases Oil and Gas Leases Quit Claim Deeds Warranty Deeds and other legal forms for sale by the VVagoner Publishing Co me uuui ea ipoti ue uum oraer to reduce floods bushels which damage crops But White added that the Wa! Nn Jnkp PTP did not attempt to determine the rr rr full extent of the effect on PopCOm REALLY Virginia Hersman Rho Theta President Livestock production in okia Presides at Meet the district courtroom of the i Major Merrill Gordon Cascade Wagoner County Courthouse to work on plans for the campaign Present at the meeting and ad dressing it will be A Bradshaw chairman War inance Commit tee for Oklahoma and Gra ham reserve district chairman both of Tulsa "It is going to be necessary to meat This meat is cheap from the mi suanupoint or ieea tnat could be used for other purposes If we eliminate all grain feeding college in ebruary 1934 Its mem Morganthau said shortly after the would mean that thousands of bership consists of students mak drive terminates a 2 percent bond steer calves that drdinarly go into ing and keeping a high scholastic and seven eighths percent certifi the feed lot would either be win record Its purpose is to encourage cate of indebtedness will offered tered on grass or go to slaughter a greater degree of devotion to so to such banks it these calves are killed it will Vlue rostering nigh tnean that there will be a shortage teUectual attainment in prepara jf beef two or three years hence on or teaching ft is impossible to winter all these lalves on grass so we come back Wagoner Countyo the proposition that some ofhem will either go into the feed 1 tJilOri ots or go to the kiiiers I On Bond Quota Little of the beef cattle country Oklahoma could be used for Wagoner County fell far short production The native grass of war bond purchase quota inn which beef cattle are produced buying only $370 of and this state should never be plow id Even if we think of those sec ions of the state where cattle are wintered on roughage other than still they are wintered he kind of produce that is vir ually worthless for other pur ioses Drastic reduction of beef attle in those sections would not dd to our total food supply We will also have to adjust hog reduction in Oklahoma We have icreased hog production mate ially during the past two or three ears perhaps more than our own ormal grain production would istify It would seem poor econo ly to raise a great many more ogs than we can feed and try to lip grain in from distant points 1 order to get hogs finished the nimal husbandry specials says On the other hand iust a blan statement that everyone should something of a more vital need hog production would be the chances are that the sum to long because some farms are so tai of his production will be less ranged that the production of than it would be if he were mak ags is the best way that the ing complete use of all his facili rmers can use his energy and ties Pops in Brady ield rank Brady farmer living east of Wagoner has proof that it has really been hot Brady was in town Monday with popcorn ears found in the Held which actually had popped heard that old joke about popcorn popping in the field all my Brady said "but darned if I believed it until Wagoner however Monday night got relief from the extreme heat of the past three weeks if no relief from the drouth A cool north wind reaching here about 6 Monday evening and continuing throughout the night sent the thermometer to a low of 67 degrees A promise of "showers nnri is still held out by the weatherman Coweta Pioneer Moore Dies William Howard Moore 75 pio neer Oklahoman and long time resident of Coweta died Saturday at the home of his son Howard Moore a printer on the Barties ville Examiner Enterprise after a illness Moore came to Oklahoma in 1890 and lived in Muskogee Eu faula and Coweta He had made his home in Coweta since 1902 uneral services for Moore were held Monday in Coweta with bu rial in the Coweta cemetery Walker Jr To Lubbock School Aviation Cadet Walker Jr son of Mr and Mrs Walker Wagoner has been trans ferred to the flying school at Lubbock Texas rJ a 1 Ji I I 'M go Iwoanrf 'ft i5tioe 3 fell BASLE SALZBURG INNSBRUCK? UDINE MILAN VERONA TURIN? IUME GENOA NICE RIMINI a'anconaJSS ROME NAPLES i I 3.