Seminole County News from Seminole, Oklahoma • 4

THE SEMINOLE COUNTY NEW Seminole Oklahoma Thursday July 6 1944 TAGE 4 Theft of Gas Ration Coupons Becoming Serious in Oklahoma HOW YANK ASSAULT TEAMS BLAST PILLBOXES Seminole Man Is Injured In Truck And Bus Crack-Up Seminole Boy Plays Important Part In Education 01 Sooners The Seminole Indians Are Again On The Warpath They Have Many Members Fighting SHAWNEE (Special) persons W'ere brought to City hospital Tuesday following a hit-and-run accident cn the Dale bridge west of here with all three treated for cuts and bruises and dismissed A cattle truck driven by Willie Bruce Sharp Oklahoma City collided with a Turner Transportation company bus loaded with defense plant headed for Oklahoma City Fain Henderson highway patrolman who investigated said Several on the bus were cut and bruised when two window glasses W'ere shattered by the encounter Ri ought to the hospital Jessie Spike and Torn Dennison both of Shawnee and William Flinchum of Seminole Others received minor cuts and bruises but were not treated at a hospital The truck driver Henderson said was stopped by the patrol at Seminole where he explained that he thought no damage W'as done and so drove on Figures released today toy the OPA -how that thefts ot gasoline ration coupons in Oklahoma have opcij increasing at an alarming i ate During the past 30 days coupons the value of over 100000 gallons were stolen from tilling stations Larger thefts reported by the OPA include: Tri State Construction Company SE 29th Oklahoma City 11000 gallons Crosby Oil Company 1608 Agnev Oklahoma City 2500 gallons Art Longson Stroud Oklahoma 1000 galli Phillips Petroleum Company stations in Oklahoma City 5000 gallons Texaco stations in Oklahoma City 5000 gallons and Conoco stations in Oklnhi ma City 5000 gallons we can do is to urge and Insist that lilling station operators exercise more caution in preventing thefts of those said an OPA official "Our regulations provide that we can replace stolen gallonage nly in those cases where it is proved that the filling station owner took eveiy precaution to prevent thefts When the thefts are due to careless handling coupons W'P simply replace Tighter rationing by local boards is seen as the reason for the increase in this black market activity Current pi ice being demanded by black market operators for stolen coupons is 50 cents Several months ago 10 cents was top price NORMAN July 5 Mum ice Ogden of Seminole who formerly was a staff member of KOMA in Oklahoma City plays an imp riant role us ehiel rnnounecr the pait WNAD the University of Oklahoma's non-commercial lariio station is playing in edtioiitin-l Ok h( mans WNAD on your dial" ve the fifth statu in the United States to obtain a license to operate John Diinn station director says It began in 1012 us i ten-watt station in the basement of a Norman Msidenee and ha- giown continn usly since now occupies two complete studios on the fifth and sixth floois of the Oklahoma Memorial Union building Although WNAD is now an outstanding educational station it has not always been so It has grown only with the support and cooperation of the faculty and the university Like other Oklahoma institutions its progress has been in keeping with the rapid growth of Oklahoma as a state Erly schedules of the infant station buck in 1922 were limited to a few phr nograph record broadcasts and accounts of the athletic events Today nearly 22 years later programs include symphonic hours religious forums childien's cinceits newscasts dramas and other special programs including the popular dandy faim hour young lieutenant who was their jump master With concentration he could whip them singly and frequently had to He could never have commanded them otherwise He knew it and so did they It was this respect for courage and fighting prowess that earned the white his relationship with the group When proved himself in a bloody senes of fist fights and wrestling matches the leader ot the group a (young Seminole) giant took out a glittering hip knife and deftly picked both their forefingers Mingling the drops of blood he declared the Yank a blood brother When thet eve of D-Day arrived and the signal was given to move out the Filthy Thirteen lined up on the runway with the rest of the squads In the dark their painted features had a savage glare It was near a little town that they jumped into a blob of darkness And as they went plummeting down all hell broke loose from flak and machine-gun bat- terios As they swung away from the run and started home several pilots thought they heard a deep roar come rumbling up from the ground like TNT No one was certain No one knows yet just what happened to the Filthy Thirteen But all agree on one thing Pity the poor Nazi who encounters them about them but no one minded that much They were a suicide squad who'd volunteered for a mission that no one hankered idemolition asked for the "chance" to land behind enemy lines and blow up everything in sight So no one challenged their arrogance During the difficult days when the men waited in isolation from the outside world waiting and sweating the Filthy Thirteen kept active They sharpened their knives their machettes and the other evil-looking weapons picked up in addition to their regular equipment It gave everybody the creeps to watch them As tne oay grew near they made other preparations for battle preparations traditional with their ancient tribes They shaved off their hair leaving only the scalp lock They took cosmetics and daubed their features with war paint And they acquired habits that were somewhat of a trial to the officers at the base They refused to pitch their tents They refused to use blankets At night they flung themselves on the ground in full battle dreY their beloved knives and machettes close to them And they refused to wash Not until after D-Day they said In their spare moments the Filthy Thirteen lought Tl'ey fought in pairs in free fm all groups or with the powerful EDITORS The Inllnu'r ory recently I'niienreri In liu Ftir and It uas written bv a war correspondent for that paper lom Hot who has been an eye witness to modi that has gone on in the recent huge inva ton 1 he storv has been written from the personal Interest angle We feel that it is well worth re printing If Andrew Narcor station ed in Kngland ma ed the clipping to Ills Mher I Nnrrnmey We woka Okla Pfc Karcomev Is a full-blood Seminole Indian He has tr ree other brothers In service two of them Phillip and Billy arc serving somewhere overseas and Jim ntte Is stationed at Ft hill Okla BY TOM IIOGE Stars and Stripes Staff Writer A NINTH TROOP CARRIER BASE England June 8 They called themselves the and took pride In the reputation they had of being the ornariest meanest group of paratroopers that ever hit this base And on D-Day they went over as a suicide squad Twelve were full-blooded American Indians The 13th a Yank had won their respect the hard way and was made a blood brother in Indian tradition They boasted that they washed since Christmas and men here will testify that this was only too true so true that it earned them a secluded spot on the leeward side of the other barracks Time enough to wash after D-Day they said There was an air of arrogance Sketches above show' some of the salient operations of the specially tiained picked assault teams that spearheaded the attack on French beachhead- and are foigmg ahead blasting heavy pillboxes and other strong points of the enemy fortification in depth They opeiate in assault sections of 29 men and one oflicer divided into seven specialized teams Firt men to reach objective uira locate lmdin: ics maik safe lanes with special tape Inner Tubes May Be Purchased Ration Free OPA Announces GOP Presidential Nominee And His Family Stale Banks Play Important Role in 5th War Loan Drive Any type of tube can be purchased now without a certificate but motorists are cautir ned by Joe Griffin acting director of OPA not to anticipate early action along this line as regards tires "The tire crisis still Griffin said we have no indication of early improvement in pri Removal of tubes from the ration list brought many inquiries to the district office regarding tires Griffin also cautioned that tire dealers must not sell tires to any person who does not first present a certificate of eligibility from his local War Price and Rationing Board Several dealers recently have been penalized for infractions of this regulation Mechanics Needed By U5 Civil Service Civil Service announced today that No 1 on their priority list of jobs to be filled is a wide range of mechanics end mechanics helpers needed for the naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii and West Coast Navy Yards The Central Office cf the Civil Service Commission has advised that on June 23 the production executive committee placed maintenance and repair of the Pacific Fleet on the list The National Office of the War Manpower Commission has released information to all its regional offices that the following recruiting programs are to be shifted from a secondary pattern to the first or list The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard point Drydocks Mare Island Navy Yard and Puget Sound Navy Yard are among those reclassified Get your pencil and paper ready fir this next list of job openings Qualified men and women to fill the following jobs are urgently needed now right here in Oklahoma: Foresters and Nurses Aids Topographical Draftsmen Junior Agricultural Engineer Rationing Field Representative In-dustrid' Analyst and Priority and Order Specialist If you are not engaged in essential war work contact the local secretary at any first or second-class post office visit the local Employment Scivice or write Department Civil Service New Fedeial Building St Luis Mo Two New Plants Are Discovered On Tiip By Experl From OU Two man bazooka teams follow up riflemen aim their rockets at anrtures In enemy pillbox to silence his fire Barbed wire entanglements must be cut This is done with Bangalore -metal pipes about eight foot long filled with high txposive Under covering fire assault team member crawls forward shoves torpedo into barbed wire sets fuse aid scrams Bangalore explosion teus tcrrilie hole in barrier enabling rest of team to follow through Conccntiated high-power fire of rifle team protects others Following them come Browning automatic Banks of Oklahoma which have played such an important part in pievious war loan campaigns aie making un intensified el fort in the Fifth War Loan as part of a mtion-vvide program tf the hanks to canvass all their customers for the purchase of war bonds puiti-culariy bonds A Bradshaw' St-ite Chairman of ie War Finance Committee announced today Major emphasis in the Fifth War Loan Bradshaw said is being placed on sales to individuals for which the nation 1 quota has been fixed at $8 billion or $700-00(1000 mere than lias been sold to individuals in any previous wa-bond campaign bond sales are lagging In order to reach our bond quota of $15000000 we must sell nds to thousands of individuals who have not bought bonds in previous campaigns as well as to sell more bonds to those wh have participated in one or roue of the pievious war loan drives Ti tai individual quota is $60000000 for Oklahoma is imperative that we top our state goal by a substantial margin as I can think of no better evidence our support that we can give our fighting men" Banks Tie equipped to furnish full inhumation and descriptive literature on each of the eight dil-ferent government securities which comprise the basket for the Fifth W'ar Loan and to advise prospective purchasers on the investment best suited to their individual needs Banks savings and loan associations and other wur bond issuing agencies receive no lees i commissions of any kind for their services although their work costs them thousands of dollars rr nth-Iv in employees' salaries and lost time NORMAN July 6 There is something new under the sun Two plants new to science have been found in eastern Oklahoma by Dr Milton Hopkins head of the department of plant sciences at the University of Oklahoma who spent several days on a field trip in the region of Boteau and Wilburton in Latimer county One of the plants is a brilliant purple ray flower with a bright yellow disk belonging to the aster goldenrod and dahlia family The ether is a new species ot sedge Hopkins reported More than 500 plants were gathered on the trip all in sets of three and five whenever possible One set has been placed in the Bebb heitojiium at OU which has approximately 100000 specimens while the other sets were sent to other leading herbariums of the nation Gasoline Rationing Interfere With Polilics This Year Commercial Drivers Urged To Apply Al Once For Coupons Truckers taxicabs and other commercial operators are advised by Joe Griffin acting district director of OPA to apply at once lor their third quarter coupons as the second quarter coupons bec-me invalid June 30 The -lew coupons will be valid through September 30 Operators who have been issued second quarter eeupons as special rations and which did not expire on June SO may exchange them at their local War Price and Rationing Board for third quarter coupons Gasoline retailers have until July 10 to present their see m) quarter coupons to their sup- mg we believe the rationing bars pliers to replenish their stocks of should be lowered on election day gasoline and distributors have un- so that everyone will be able to til July 20 to deposit these cou- get to the polls" said Joe Grif- Wartime restrictions will not interfere with the long-established American custom of political candidates providing transportation for voters to and fim the polls for the coming primary July 11 right to vote is fundamental in this country and the shortage of gasoline notwithstand- State Deposits Of Volcanic Ash Used In Cement Methods the summer touring Euiope in a jalopy and on a bicycle and returned that fall to begin his preadmission clerkship with a good but nt prominent law firm Admitted to the bar in 1926 he was attiliated successively with two firms until 1931 ALL OR NOTHING In connection with a case whieci his firm was delending young woik made a great impression on George Medalie one of New York's best-known lawyers who then was United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Mr Medalie invited Dewey to join his staff Dewey bargained all or nothing he would accept only the post of chief assistant that very important office Those who know George Medalie as a hard-headed unimpressionable veteran as independent as Dewey feel that he must have seen farther than others could then because he accepted trms and made him chief assistant They have remained the closest of frinds ever since In the next two years Dewey convicted among others the racketeer king" Costaldo Deputy City Clerk McCJcrmick a powerful Tammany district leader Irving Wexler better if less favorably known as When Medalie resigned late In 1933 Democratic and Republican judges of the District Court unanimously chose Dewey to succeed him until President RcUse-vclt could get around to name a Democrat At the end of 1933 Dewey set up his own office and went into private practice In 1928 he had married his music senool sweetheart who mean- while had been concert and revue singing They have two sons Thomas Jr and John Martin Dewey Tiieii home is on steps of Horace Greeley Instead he got himself a job one summer on a farm In spare time he clerked in a local drugstore and distributed newspapers He was not by testinUny of one of his teachers particularly popular among his playmates A major trouble was that he knew all the answers not just in his own mind but in fact Even more important he was impatient with those who did not know the answers or could not think of them In high school he played at football tootled the bass hum and nerhaps to give the senior class prophet something with which to work participated actively in public speaking At the University of Michigan he majored in political science (nvue material for the seer) bui the scholarship that he won was not for academic honors It was for his singing SINGING PAID EXPENSES According to one version he was considered shy and retiring by his college classmates Whether or not this was true he seems to have taken little active part in activities other than music In the fall cf 1923 using his scholarship he came to New York to study for a musical career At the same time he matriculated in the Columbia University School of Law He helped to pay expenses by singing in the chlair of the Church of St Matthew and St Timothy and in a synagogue Meanwhile he was courting Frances Hutt born in Sherman Texas but then from Sapulpa Okla a fellow student at the school of music with a pleasing personality and a good mezzo sopiano voice Dewey was graduated from law school in 1925 having completed a three-year course in two years By BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Correspondent By twisting a few details Horatio Alger could have based one of his better rags-to-riches books on the rise of Tom Dewey from devil to Republican candidate tor the Presidency There really any rags father came from tne of Ihe earliest colonial lamilies (the first American Thomas arrived in Drchester Mass in 1634) und himself was publisher of the weekly Owosso Mich Times postmaster and un active GOP able and willing tozpro-v ide all necessities and moderate comforts for his family Nor did the family have to lhok back toward Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrim Fathers to justify Itself George Martin Dewey this grandfather was a delegate to the convention at Jackson Michigan which lounded the Republican party A fifth ccusin was that crusty old Vermonter Admiral George Dewey hero of Manila Bay another relative (degree vague perhaps because he W'as a Democrat) was Nelson Dewey first governor of Wisconsin ON SCHOLARSHIP So Tm Dewey did not literally start from rags any more than actually he has achiev ed riches He started from small city middle class comfort and has arrived at metropolitan middle class comfort plus a little As a schoolboy Tcm became in his printshop which is to say that he was the lowliest member of the staff privileged to do all the dirty work that nobody else would do or had time to do In such spare time as he could find he could learn the printer's trade Apparently he was allergic to printer's ink because he did not even begin to follow in the fort- ns in their ration bank account NORMAN July 5 Volcanic ash which has been one of the in mineral le-sources of the state may have large scale possibilities in the future it is disclosed by A Bur-well chemical engineer of the Oklahoma Geologoical survey with headquarters at the University of Oklahoma Engineers have shown that the structural strength of concrete is enhanced through the additional of volcanic ash to the mix Bur-well pointed out Not all deposits of volcanic ash will prove satisfactory he explained but certain Oklahoma deposits ared efimtely known to be suitable and base been used In the past most of the state ash has been used mainly abrasives and detergents (Umax of operation delivered by flame thrower whose terrific heat about ends resistance Final coup delivered bv "pole riflemen who blast portholes of pillbox force enemy to keep his head down Next come the bazooka boys w'hose famous rockets smash apertures in the emplacement to silence enemy fire Finale of the opciation is duet by flame-thrower operator and soldier with "pole charge" Latter is a demolition charge of TNT carried in device that looks like hod with extra long handle design enables them to place entire charge against pillbox fin acting director of OPA Applicatims for special rations to carry voters to the polls on election day should be filed by owners of the cars with their local War Price and Rationing Board Applicants are required to estimate the amount of extra gas they will need and the gasoline allocated to them can be used only for this purpose Car owners also- were instructed by Griftin to arrange their trips so that they will have their cars filled with passengers cn all trips Sooners Graduate At Quartermaster School In Virginia CAMP LEE Va July (AP) Six Oklahomans were in a class graduated recently from the non-c nunissicned officers and supply course at Camp Lee quartermaster school They vveie Hubert Bluford Claunts Stigler: Oberis Oempsey 1130 8th Oklahoma City David Charles Jones 710 2nd Heavcner Samuel Lee Methvin 709 Alabama Anadarko Paul Mcrley Willis 1121 3rd Mc-Alestcr and Harodl Emerson Wisdom 1601 19th Oklahoma Ctr FIONEER DIES STATE MEN WOUNDED ON NORMANDY BEACHHEAD WASHINGTON July 3 (ITI-The war department made public today the names of 463 United States soldiers wounded in action including two Oklahomans sening on the Normandy beachhead three serving in Italy and two in the Southwest Pacific The Oklahomans were Normandy: 1st Lt Bernard A Mulder parents Mr and Mrs A (12'A Sdtb nrrat) Tul- 1st Lt William Sammons guatdian Judge Monroe Osborne Oklahoma City Italy: Cpl Eugene wife Mrs Ola Fulk Stillwater Pfc Chester Knight father Robert Knight Muskogee Pvt Henry Rimmer mother Mrs Ida Rimmer Picher Southwest Pacific: Clifford Andrews wife Mrs llene Andrews Idabel Pvt Owens father man -ns Non frsfcns He spent a 300-acre farm in Pawling YV in by Patrol porcupines traffic A 7-year-old school buy suffered fatal injuiies when he was bounced off the flat bed of a truck when the vehicle hit a rough spot In the road Driver was the 1 OKLAHOMA CITY July 8 (UP) John Shields pioneer real estate dealer died early today at an Oklahoma City hospital He had been in retirement several years He was 68 years od wheels on the paving and the rear wheels on the road shoulder turned over and traveled 39 feet nvre before stopping Troopers estimated he vas driving at 60 nuh-s an WHEEL TRACKS INDICATE HOW OFFICER DIED RANDLETT July 8 Strom eat discarded deer evidence from the car wheels VfC in mnerals -s car the va? asleep 11 as Ja 1 1.