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nnicrviCAL sccizr vc -'n STATS CAPITOL ELtO CHUCTTCXLA r-v Tli Only Newt and Advertising Medium tha WksAa Wida World Serving Seminole and th Community Araa Solely and Ixduaivaly 'wun (Mgggg: VOL XXVI NO 34 SEMINOLE OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY APRIL 9 1952 EIGHT PAGES NEA Features (UP) Leased Wire FIVE CENTS "I Taft Victor In Illinois Ike Drive Misfires Kefauver Romps To Easy Win Stevenson Trails Steel Industry Voices Protest On US Seizure Appeals Made To Federal Courts Hearing Slated Rocked Tremor Are Reported Sets Stage at 10:30 am Seminole Area By Earthquake Buildings Sway As Earthquake Hits Southwest No Casualties Tornado Scare For Rumblings Shed Is Named Head of City School Board Mitchell Is Re-Elected HS Principal John Shed was named president of the Seminole school board and Johns superintendent was re-elected for another year at the meeting of the Board Monday evening Cecil Stanfield retiring president announced today Earl Martin was re-elected vice president of the board Easterling and Newell Lynch complete the five-member board Mitchell was re-elected principal of the high school: Smith Jr was re-elected as grade school principal Randy Wilburn was named again as principal at Lincoln and Janie Adair as principal of Central and Travis Pyron was re-elected as vocation al agriculture instructor Gene Corrotto was re-elected as high school coach with Homer Simmons as assistant Don Slagle Wv- re-elected basketball coach and football coach of the junior high school Mrs Nellie Smith was named again as instructor in homemaking: J- McCoy as instrumental music instructor: Estellee Worsham as vocal music instructor and Turney as trades and industrial instructor Irene Cunningham was re-elected nurse Johns released a list of the (Continued on Page Five) Union Services Are Scheduled GOOD NEWS Schools here will close May 23 Johns superintendent of schools announced today Baccalaureate exercises are scheduled May 18 with commencement set May 22 at the high school Johns said Plans Set For Masonic Riles Here Thursday Seminole Consistory members and their guests will hear one of the outstanding speakers and one of the most distinguished group of singers when they conduct their Maundy Thursday service and banquet here Thursday evening Ed Whitbeck general chairman announced today The banquet committee was making a final check of tickets for the dinner today and those who have not secured their tickets late today will be unable to secure tickets it was announced Tickets have been available at Main Waffle House or from McElhaney or Howard Jacobus The musical numbers will be by the International Rainbow Girls Sextet of McAlester The speaker for the dinner session will be Guy Tetirick executive secretary of the Tulsa Council of Churches Tetirick is a 33rd degree Consistory member and a member of Delta Lodge Nq 425 AFAM He is a past commander of both the Plcher and Tulsa American Legion posts and a Ufa member of the Miami Oklahoma Legion post The speaker was born in Kansas reared at Blackwell educated in Oklahoma Kansas and the Boston University School of Theology He served with the 172nd FA In WW 1 and as Army chaplain in Letterman General Hospital during World War II He has served as pastor of the Methodist church es "it Plcher McAlester Miami and Tulsa and spent several years las religious director of the Tulsa be held shortly to raise more funds for the purchase of baseball uniforms CHICAGO April 9 Sen Robert A Taft surged to a decisive victory In the Illinois Republican presidential primary Wednesday as a write-in drive for Gen Dwight Eisenhower misfired It was third Midwestern triumph in a week and it was poorest showing to date in the torrid GOP presidential race The Ohio senator held a six to one lead over Harold Stassen on the GOP ballot with Eisenhower in third place In write-in votes Sen Estes Kefauver or Tennessee unopposed on the Democratic presidential ballot romped to an easy victory A write-in effort for Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois gained little support CHICAGO April 9 Sen Robert A Taft rolled up his most impressive victory in the Illinois Republican presidential primary Wednesday over Harold Stassen and Gen Dwight Eisenhower i Returns from 6387 of the 9611 precincts gave Taft 515406 votes to 88886 Eisenhower had 72504 votes in 6286 precincts Kefauver got 344386 in 6173 precincts And Stevenson 6781 in 2185 precincts Taft seemed assured of at least 40 of the 50 delegates to the GOP convention elected in Tuesday's balloting He also appeared sure of getting 10 more delegates to be named later in a Republican state convention Illinois delegates are unpledged but a pre-primary poll showed that 66 of the 91 delegates candi dates favored Taft After a weak showing in New Hampshire and Minnesota Taft won in Wisconsin and Nebraska last week and swept to a runaway victory in Illinois Wednesday for his third in a row Taft drew solid support from the Illinois GOP organization which apparently handcuffed all opposition The Eisenhower organization in Illinois did not issue a formal bid for write-in support but sent Gov John Lodge of Connecticut on a two-day stumping tour in the behalf Similarly Stevenson's supporters made no statewide appearl for write-in votes on the Democratic presidential ballot Stevenson was unopposed on the Democratic ballot for governor and was renominated easily County Teams Entered In Driving Training Contest at McAlester Students from a number of county high schools were In McAlester today competing in the annual district Oklahoma driver education contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and other state organizations to select the top team in Oklahoma The three top teams from each of the eight district elimination contests will compete in the regional competition on April 16 Finals of the contest won previously by teams from Shattuck will be held In Oklahoma City April 23 jfc Seminole area residents visibly worried about tornado threats were stunned again by Mother Nature Then an earthquake tremor rattled the area at about 10:30 am today Loss of Sleep Is Biggest Wind Damage By UNITED PRESS A night of tornado vigilance apparently left Oklahoma none the of sleep i Forecasts rumors and glimpses worse Wednesday except for loss of tornadoes kept thousands of Sooners awake Tuesday night far past their usual bedtime but no serious damage was reported as thunderstorms and rain swept most of the state At least six tornadoes were spotted in northwestern Oklahoma Radio stations began broadcasting unofficial tornado alerts early in the evening for a large section of western Oklahoma Tho Weather Burec issued a formal tornado forecast at 9:15 pm for west central Oklahoma expanding it an hour later to include eastern Oklahoma and parts of Texas Arkansas and Louisiana Second Warning The second warning extended until daybreak At 6 am the weather bureau in Oklahoma City said apparently all danger was past lor Oklahoma It 'was cloudy and raining in eastern Oklahoma at that time but no severe thunderstorms were occurring Highway patrolman Brown said he saw a tornado funnel in the air near Alva at 1030 Tuesday said he it In his patrol car and raced to warn Cherokee and other communities in what appeared to be the path Kansas authorities also were alerted by the patrol but the twister was not seen again Tinker Air Force Base severe storm warning officers had predicted tornadoes for a limited portion of western Oklahoma several hours before the official weather bureau warning was issued it was learned Wednesday A tornado alert by' -a (orecaster on the staff of an Oklahoma City television station WKY-TV sent western Oklahomans on a cloudwatching binge early in the evening Many Woodward and Alva residents as well as thousands of farm families spent the night in storm cellars The Tinker alert embraced a triangular area extending from Hollis to Laverne and east of Enid The Air Force prediction called for tornado activity between 8 and 11 pm Tuesday The cold front which brought on the turbulent weather pushed Into Gage at 10:25 pm Tuesday The temperature dropped 15 degrees in a brief span and read 51 at pm Tuesday and dropped to 36 by 430 am Wednesday Thunderstorms also hit Gage earlier Tuesday evening The rumbles which shook the southwest from Kansas City to Wichita Falls Tex however did not result in any known casualties in the Seminole area Police and fire department phones were busy as cityans anxious to learn what caused a varied number of disturbances kept lines clogged One Seminole resident thought an atomic bomb had fallen but many cityans remembering gas explosions which had snuffed ou the lives of several county residents in recent months thought another LLot had rocked the area and perhaps had claimed more lives Mrs Alton Parker 1315 Eurkea street was phoning a news item to The Producer when she proclaimed table is shaking Another Seminole man Bennie Hines 1419 Smith avenue a Co employe now on vacation was relaxing in a rocking chair at his home when the temor roared Hines who thought a wind had caused the rumbling rushed to the street to try to team the cause of the disturoance In downtown Seminole the streets were crowded with persons eager to "see what was going At the Marshall Shoe Store cash register did a jig on the counter and a pile of scrap metal at service station on North First street became scrambled when the disturbance hit the city Mrs Scott 202 North Highland thought her floor furnance had Mrs Scott said had turned off the fur-cce for several days because of the warm weather and had turned It on today However a bowl and silverware In the Scott home fell the floor In the tremor but the bowl break The incident had at least one humorous connotation A shopper at the Standard Food market got a sack of groceries and dashed to the without paying for the groceries Weather predictions and rumors of tornadoes keep SeminoU residents jittery most of last night and set the stage for the tremor which disrupted the city's routine At noon today no casualties or fires had been reported by policemen or firemen y- No CkcseiOn Friday Here The fact Easter falls on Sunday won't keep Seminole's youngsters from enjoying an extra day away from the classroom Supt Johns made the of city schools Tuesday to announce there will be no school Friday in observance of Good Friday had been contemplating thi for quite some Johns said "but heretofore we feel like we could spare the day because we had missed so many through WASHINGTON April 9 Ilfl-Tbe steel industry tried In federal court Wednesday to break President unprecented seizure vi its properties to forestall a nationwide strike Arguing that Mr action was illegal and htat Congress has rejected the seizure device as" a means of settling labor disputes steel company attorneys argued their case before Federal -Judge Alexander Iloltzoff WASHINGTON April 9 HP-Steel companies appealed to the federal courts Wednesday to nullify their I seizure by the government in the most controversial federal action ever taken against private indus- try By direction of President Tru- man Secretary of Commerce I Charles Sawyer at midnight took nominal possession of the industry to prevent a strike by 650000 CIO United Steelworkers set for that hour Mr action set off these events: 1 Federal Judge Walter Bastion ordered an hearing at 10:30 am cst) on a petition by two big steel companies for a court order blocking the 1 seizure 2 CIO President Philip Murray ordered his steelworkers to stay on the job putting off a strike for the fifth time 3 Acting defense mobilizer John It Steelman set up meetings with the union and steel company negotiators at 2 pm cst Wednesday Industry spokesmen saw little hope for early settlement i Industry managers In Pitts- I burgh said it would take about three days to get open hearths which had been banked Sunday i into full operation again They said morning shifts Wednesday would go to work as usual In keeping with the request to ke -p production going for defense 5 Sawyer sent telegrams to the presidents of the 86 basic steel companies designating them as managers" of their plants and ordering them to fly the government taking possession He told them to set up separate books for the period of government operation although profits Will revert to the private owners Draft Notices Received by 18 Eighteen youths have been noli- fied to report to the Selective service office here April 16 to be sent to Oklahoma City for physic- al examinations for the armed forces Those who have been notified to report are: Joe Young Fred-I rick Turner Hershell Don Pack William Barnes Allen Manning Jr Harvey Dale Bethany and Billy Joe Jackson all of Seminole Also Jackie Don Peercy Edgar I Jtalph Wilson Benjamin Harrison and Donald Fredrick Goss all of Wewoka Also Richard Harjo and Lyman Ray Postoak Sasakwa Billy Kepi-'er'Earlsboro William Murray 5 Kona wa Alvin Neale Odessa Tex- as and Claud Joe McQuerry Keys Oklahoma Wewokan Is Arrested I On Drunk Charge Only one arrest was made here by city police during the past 24 liours A Wewoka man Guinn arrested here early today on a drunkenness count I WEATHER i Temperature at noon today at Municipal airport was 41 trees The overnight low wss 41 I accompanied by 13 Inches of I rainfall high read wag 81 Everybody knows good thing the minute the other fellow sees if first ci hu Oklahoma city April 9 A violent earthquake which shook perhaps 360000 square miles of the southwest and midwest this morning was centered in the vast underground Nemaha mountain range extending from Nebraska to Oklahoma a St Louis university geophysics department spokesman said today OKLAHOMA CITY April 9 (IPi-An earthquake shook parts of Ok lahorna Kansas Arkansas Texas and Missouri Wednesday making tall buildings sway as much as six inches It shook Kansas City Fayetteville Ark Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls Vernon Sherman and Amarillo Tex and smaller points in between LAWRENCE Kans April 9 (IP) Kansas had its first earthquake in history Wednesday But it went unrecorded The seismograph at the University of Kansas was out of paper At Wichita Falls Tex taller office buildings swayed for several seconds between 10:30 and 10:35 am Ray Arnholtz an architect who was in the Kemp hotel said the corner was in his view and swayed at least six Buildings rocking in Kansas downtown section set off a chain i of telephone calls which swamped newspaper and radio stations At least one building swayed enough to break a number of win-dows' Dishes rattled and shook in Oklahoma City cupboards and residents reported hearing a loud rumble There were no Immediate reports of serious damage or Injuries The quake also was felt at Shawnee Blackwell Norman Wewoka Guthrie Seminole Chickasha Edmond and Lawton Okla At Vernon Tex Editor Cliff Cllns of the Vernon Record said the town had a shake which was reported from rural areas all around the city as well as from the residents of the city Desks "played hop-scotch for 15 to 30 seconds in all downtown he said One woman reported her sewing machine doing a jig and went several inches away from Hundreds of others said their homes were bounced violently Wallace Baird a West Texas farmer who formerly lived In California said hls home vibrated for several seconds like it used to be out on the Chamber Will Host Holy Week Program Rev Glenn Cadwell pastor of the First Christian church will be guest speaker when members of the Chamber of Commerce host a Holy Week program at noon Thursday at Shed's Silver Grill 1 lr Seminole Chamber of Commerce board of directors meeting scheduled for noon Friday at Shed's Silver Grill has been postponed until Friday April 18 Charles Sims president announced today 1 In another highlight of the event Rev and Mrs Phillips will present a muaiCul number Rev Phillips is pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness church Charles Sims Chamber head will preside at the session mits: Cut off electricity gas and other fuel lines Move workers to sections of plant offering greatest protection 6 Keep calm It will not help to become excited People have been critically Injured by running into streets or by turning back into the path of a tornado Even though a warning is issued chances of a tornado striking home or location are very slight 7 Keep tuned to your radio station for latest tornado advisory information Do not call the weather bureau as your Individual request may tie up telephone lines urgently needed for receiving special BOB WOOLWINE Legislative Post Sought By Woolwine Bob Woolwine county clerk announced today he would seek the State post in district two being vacated by Charles Sims Woolwine a Navy veteran of World War II Is serving his first term as county clerk He unseated the veteran Dee Bruce two years ago A graduate of East Central State College Woolwine is married and lives in Seminole He has one child Ho is the first candidate to announce definitely he would enter the race for the legislative post since Sims announced his decision to not seek reelection Con Long former legislator and local attorney has indicated he would be a candidate but has made no formal announcement Edwards local attorney is also considering entering the race friends here said today Kenneth Higdon local restaurant owner was also being mentioned Tuesday as a candidate Street nt in Seminole Tuesday and today indicated Sims announcement would bring several candidates for the legislative post Forensic Meet Will Begin Here Thursday For the second consoctivc year Seminole high school will host the National Forensic League district tournament here Thursday Mitchell principal announced today First place winners of the meet will duality for the National tournament to be held at Boston university June 23 through 27 Mitchell said the only other way a contentant can qualify for the national tournament is to win the state tournament provided the school is a member of the National Forensic League The tournament will start Thursday with debate and original oratory events beginning at 8:50 a Boys and girls extemporaneous contests and finals of the tournament will be held Friday Ardmore Enid Miami Wewoka Muskogee Central Purcell Law-ton Yukon Chandler Central of Oklahoma City Classen and Seminole high schools will be repre-sentated in all events Contestants from Edmond Northeast High School of Oklahoma City Sand Springs Covington and Sulphur will participate in the individual events Mitchell said About 130 students will compete In the tournament The contest will be judged by representatives from Oklahoma university at Norman East Central State Teachers College of Ada and Central State Teachers College at Edmond Mitchell said last year Seminole high school won first place in the district meet and second in the national tournament 55-Gallon Oil Drum Is Reported Stolen An empty 55-gallon oil drum was stolen from Che docks of the CRI it railroad here over the weekend Bross agent reported to police late Tuesday The drum belonging to the Gulf oil company had the word painted on it and was to be shipped to Port Arthur Texas 1 B-PW Luncheon Set Seminole 3-PW club will hold a regular monthly ldncheon at noon Thursday at cafe At that time plans will be discussed relative to the state convention at Tulsa April 25 26 and 27 i No Fires Reported No fires were reported in the Seminole area during the past 24 hours Bo-vaird a she to -rounds bad winter Johns said the only time school has been dismissed this semester was during the recent county meeting A holiday Friday he said will give students "a nice before they start their final exams The superintendent says he believes this is the first time Seminole city schools have been dismissed for Good Friday He said it has not yet been decided whether the Friday holiday will be an annual affair Wetumkan City Man Involved in Mishap An auto driven by Arthur Preston Bryart 70 Wetumka and a truck driven by Marsh 34 Seminole were involved in an accident here Tuesday at the Fourth street and Broadway intersection The car driven by Bryan was traveling north on Fourth street and the truck west on Broadway when the collision occurred -The BryaK Suto was damaged an estimated $75 The truck was not damagd 1 OUR GUEST JIM MARTY and guest are invited to use this coupon (plus tax) as guests of the Producer at "Sailor Beware" now showing at the Semmole Theater Rev James DeFnend pastor of Presbyterian church here will) serve as presiding minister at the' Union Good Friday services to be conducted from 2 to 3 Friday in First Pentecostal Holiness church Rev Glen Cadwell chairman of the program announced today The call to worship will be by Rev Gish pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Rev DeFriend will lead the unison prayer Rev Don Collins assistant pastor of Assembly of God church will bring special music and Rev Irving Smith pastor of First Methodist church will give the responsive scripture reading Lt Gerald Hastings Salvation Army will give the pastoral prayer and Rev A Richardson pastor of First Church of the Naza-rene will bring the statement on and Tithes and Rev Phillips pastor of First Pentecostal Holiness church will lead the New Testament lesson and John Ward director of music and education of First Baptist church will bring special music Rev Paul Conner pastor of First Church of God will preach the sermon and Rev Johns pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church will bring the benediction The public Is invited to the services Cadwell emphasized He said the ministerial alliance had not requested business houses to close for the service but expressed hope that all business houses would permit employes time off to attend the services wherever possible Ada Firm Low Bidder In Wewoka Creek Job Hunter Construction Co Ada was apparent low bidder on the Wewoka Creek drainage rectification project one-half mile northeast of Wewoka In state highway commission letting Tuesday In Oklahoma City the Ada firm bid $1143550 Estimated cost of the project was $1093040 YMCA A son Lt Craig Tetirick was killed in the Pacific in 1943 while serving with an Air Force Fighter Squadron and another son Sgt Ted Tetirick was killed in a traffic accident tn 1949 The Maundy Thursday service for all Masons who have attained the 18th degree will be conducted in the Masonic lodge hall at 7 followed by the banquet in American Legion building with the wives and guests at 8 Whitbeck announced jj Okfuskeean Will Keynote Demo Meeting Jess I Miracle district judge of Okfuskee county will be keynote speaker at the Seminole county convention at 2 Saturday in the district court room at Wewoka Don Baker Democratic county chairman announced today Baker urged all persons who have resolutions to submit to the convention to prepare them in advance so the meeting could be expedited Large attendence is expected in view of the interest shown in precinct meeting where county delegates were elected Twenty-seven delegates and 27 From Seminole high school Mau- alternates to the state convention rine Neely Louise Sowers a W1 elected Bruce Hood are competing with Don Willingham as alternate Freeman driver training instructor accompanied the group Pleasant representatives are Jackie Stotts Pavmond Turner and Lois Turner Clint Merrill Is driver training instructor Bob Bratton Bob Replogle and Shirley Duffey with Patty Speer Here's What To Do If One Hits Seminole Slants A sudden change of the wind blowing a door shut and breaking a window at (Doc) place of business Had it happened 30 minutes later the earlh-quake probably would have gotten the blame The quake was the subject of conversation from 10:30 a to noon today and kept telephones lines to the police sta tion fire station and Producer office humming Ace Parker arriving at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Alton Parker on a 21-day furlough from Army duties at Ft Lenoard Wood Happy birthday greetings today to McWilliams Jr Jassamine Chase Helen Siler and Charles Whitson Arthur Choate being a good Samaritan this morning He helped a Producer reporter dodge the rain Another good Sam is Patrol Trooper Bill Cooper who toted an engraving to Wewoka for The Producer Winnie Hallaway Sharon Saratt Ola May Welch and Donald Pointer getting their daily exercise by pushing a car Events Tonight Devotional period in observance of Holy Week 7:30 Church of Immaculate Conception as alternate are presenting Bow legs at the meet Mace is the instructor Tornado? OKLAHOMA CITY April 9 (IB-The weather bureau Oklahoma highway patrol and Oklahoma office of civil defense issued a joint bulletin Wednesday on safety precautions to be taken tn case of a tornado It follows: 1 There Is no universal protection against tornadoes -except caves or underground excavations When time permits go to a storm cellar or cave 2 In open country: If a tornado is bearing down on you directly move at right angles to its path Tornadoes usually move ahead slowly or at moderate speed of 15 to 40 miles per hour If there is no time to escape lie flat in the north and east doors and windows ts i to help reduce damage by equalizing pressure differences 4 In schools: In city areas: Especially if school building Is of good steel reinforced construction stay Inside away from windows remain near an inside wall on a lower floor avoid auditoriums and gymnasiums In rural areas: Seek shelter in a ravine or ditch if storm shelter not available 5 In factories and industrial plants: Post a lookout to warn of a tornado on approach If time per- nearest depression such ditch or ravine Si void Windows 3 In a city: Seek inside shelter preferably a steel reinforced building Stand against Inside wall on a lower floor Stay away from windows In homes: The southwest corner of the lowest floor or in the basement if available offers greater safety People living in brick or stone houses should seek other shelter preferably the basement of a frame house or storm cellar If time permits: Turn off the gas and electricity Close south and west doors and windows open.