Okmulgee Daily Times from Okmulgee, Oklahoma • 1

WHtfc-te-aCii 7, Stan wafl Httw mim Ski sal Stanfe 1SW. SMm to Oktaasa QUilm Price 5 Cents DEMOCKAT. Vital 44btr 'K OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, J) Pictured are members of the class of Okmulgee Council No. 17, Royal and Select Master, initiated Saturday night at the Red Room of the Masonic Temple. Front row, left to right, are Carl W.

Williamson, John Summers, and Victor Clevenger. Back row: Dr. C. N. Gray, Dr.

Rupert Culver, Earl Dooley, Joe E. Post, Dr. W. S. McCurry and Earl Fosdyke.

Peiping Talks Described As Useful' By Officials By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER UNITED NATIONS, N. Jan. 10 U. N.

Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Red Chinas Chou-En-lal described their secret Peiping talks as useful in a closing communique today. It gave no hint whether Chou will free 11 U. S. airmen failed as spies. The two expressed a hope to be able to continue con- tact Sponsors of Town Boys Club are pictured operating a fire department water pump, which became a life-saver Sunday evening.

The basement of the club, located at Seventh and Seminole, became flooded with sewer water after a line conjested and a check-valve housing broke loose in the game room. Members of the fire department, city water department and police force, plus the clubs sponsors turned out to tote dripping furniture and game room facilities from the room. The water was finally drained from the basement, but Ben Thorman, one of the sponsors, said damage to furniture and equipment, including a refrigerator and stove, is great. Pictured, left to right, are Ted Prater, Harry Strubble, and Ben Thorman. By JOE N.

CROOM Okmulgee will be bolt again thla yew to the county baiketball nament The datea are Jan. 24-Inclualve. The tourney games will be held In the National Guard Armory, which- haa the largeat available pL.ylng floor and aeating capacity' in the county. That and because. Okmulgee la centrally located make the Armory an ideal location tor the tournament The Armory was Jam-packed at every game of the tournament laat year.

Some 20 girls and boys teams participated In It and there were aome highly exciting gamea. i 1 1 the tournament waa r. moved to the Armory In Okmulgee It waa passed around among the various schools from year to year. Last year Nuyaka waa the host achool and brought the tourney here. The rules have, been changed thla year.

The net profits from the tournament went to the host school lase year. Now they will be divided equally among the participating schools and the tourney la being managed by a county-wide commlt- tee headed by Frank Preston superintendent THEBELL BE A LOT of people at the tourney games rooting for their own teams, but if you like basketball Just for the sake of the Ene and regardless of whos play-, you'll want to be there, too. Okmulgee Is delighted to have the county schools teams and their supporters and hopes they will come back each year, 1 During the bitter Gary-Coe race for the Democratic nomination for governor last summer and that between Johnston Murray and- Coe years before, I wonder why nobody thought of an equally bitter one in 1930 between. William H. Murray, who won, Frank Buttram, and M.

E. Trapp. Alalfa Bill, who Is the stUl-iv-lng father of Johnston Murray, who retired yesterday as governor, was doing moat id the offensive work in 1930 campaign and did he lay it on? His old-time friend and later Oklahoma tax commissioner, Sam Hawks, published The Blue Valley Farmer as a Bill Murray campaign newspaper. He blistered Buttram and Trapp and also rung in E. K.

Gaylord, publisher, and the Daily Oklahoman and Times, and the late Carl McGee and the Oklahoma News, of which he wai editor. CERTAINLY NO PUNCHES were pulled. The only reason that campaign comes to my mind so vividly Just now Is that Curtis England, one of our proofreaders, was cleaning out Via desk drawer the other night and eame across a July 10, 1930, ef The. Blue Valley Farmer, Ed H. Hillman, SIS West Ghero-.

kee, has a complaint that I think will Interest readers of this column and should be of more than passing interest to some parents. For the past six years, that la since I retired, I have raised pigeons and rabbits as a bobby, he wrote. my stock increased and multiplied, I have from time to time sold some of the couples. I ray sane of the' couples' advisedly, because some id the boys who eome to see and price the birds during daylight hours, and at the same time become familiar with the layout just come back after dark and help themselves. To put baldly, aome buy, some steal.

This la especially bad where the male Is taken from- a nesting pair, or the hen right off her eggs. THIS IS, OF COURSE, another form of juvenile delinquency. Parents would do well to take enough Interest in their boys pets to know where they come from, how much was paid, and where the boys girt the matey, -I have raised two boys myself and I know that all boys need discipline. I believe parents should, and generally do, know, If their boys are stealing. In the past six years my lofts and pens have been raided a dozen times.

My loss In dollars Is, of course, not great, but I think of the loss of self-respect to the boys and the bad effect on their morals. lv It seems a pity that In this great an old man cannot raise a few pets free of Interference from thieves. Weather Closes County Scools They wound up their talks with an 80-minute meeting today. Their communique said they, talked about questions pertinent to tha relaxation of world tension. U.N.

delegates and officials speculated that Hammarskjold, seeking freedom for the fliers, must have achieved some measure of success or he would not have permitted use of the word useful in the communique. The communique drew an expression of satisfaction from an Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman In New Delhi, where Ham-martkjold had received a cool reception on his flight to. Peiping. From what tha communique aid, the Indian spokesman commented, the release of the imprisoned U.S. airmen does not seem to be imminent, but at the.

same time it seems such a release is only a question of time perhaps after some further clarification and talks. Andrew W. Cordier, executive assistant to Hammarskjold, said in a television comment (NBC), all the talks took place In a friendly atmosphere and both parties discussed the Issues involved In the Hammarskjold mission in a thorough manner. He said thla provided a solid basis for the continuation of the contact established in Peiping. Hammarskjold Is expected back at tha U.N.

Saturday. Secretary of State Dulles win be in New Yak tomorrow fa an address and It wai reported he will confer on the case of the filers with Chief U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge jr. Lodge had no comment today on the short, uninformative message from Peiping heralding the end of the talks for which Hammarskjold flew halfway around the world. Mercury Drops After All-Night Snow JANUARY 11, 1955 ured Up to seven Inches; the heaviest being measured at Rush Springs.

Altus had 616 inches and Frederick five. A belt extending from southwest to northwest generally had from three to four Inches of anow. Much of it melted during the afternoon butnsds wjtte sliU. hazardous as new ice began to form when cold temperatures moved In. Temperatures Monday afternoon ranged from 34 at Hobart to 46 at Tulsa after overnight lows of 11 at Guymon to 32 at McAlester and Ardmore.

The west generally had a hard freeze. Loyally Oath Battle Flares OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 10 LR-The loyalty oath battle flared anew In the state Senate today when Sen. Paul Ballinger, Holdenvllle. called It a danged silly thing, and said it is too long.

He drew a spirited retort from President Pro Tempore Ray Fine, who helped write the anticommunist oath four years ago. Fine said it will stay on the books until original supporters are willing to rewrite It Ballingers blest came after he and about 5,500 other persons watched Gov. Rayfond Gary and other state officials take the long oath on the cold south steps of the Capitol Building. Its come to a pretty pass when the Communist oath la three times long ns the governors oath, Ballinger declared when he took the floor. I thought It was a bundle of asslnlnlty when It passed through here four years ago.

Everytlme you turn around someone shoves the anticommunist oath at you. It's kind of silly and Ignorant thing to make these school teachers sign the oath I dont know whether you could introduce a bill to repeal It without being called a Communist but its a mighty dang silly thing. Thousands Attend Chinese Reds Stage Biggest Raid Of War Guns Destroy Two Attackers By SPENCER MOOSA TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. 10 (ffj At least 100 Chinese red planes today pounded the Tachen Islands from dawn until late afternoon in the greatest air raid of the civil war, the -Defense Ministry announced. Nationalist defenders on the vital outpost Islands 200 miles north of Formosa threw up fierce anti-aircraft fire.

They claimed two attackers were destroyed and two damaged. There was no indication whether Nationalist planes were engaged. It was too early to say whether the air blows presaged an Invasion which the Nationalists believe la bound to eome. The Communists threw Into the attack propeller-driven light bomb-era and fighter bombers, which were escorted by at least 28 swift MIG Jet fighters, a communique laid; All three types arc made by Russia. Tha Ministry reported more than 500 bombs were dropped but aa-serted most of them splashed Into he sea.

It conceded, however, that there were considerable" civilian casualties and said more than 10 houses were destroyed. Emergency relief 'measures were ordered. The Ministry said only that military losses were being investigated. The estimated 20,000 defenders of the Tachena, northern anchor of Nationalist offshore Islands, are well dug In. The raiders In seven waves earns from the big network of Red bases in the Shanghal-Hankcbow-Ningpo triangle from 100 to 200 miles noth of the Tachena.

The Tachen attack la bound to be a subject of dose consultation between the United States and Nationalist China. It was possible the Nationalists might think the situation called for their air force to raid the Red air bases on the mainland. Unofficial quarters were convinced the Red attacks were Intended as a pointed challenge to the United States, whose 7th fleet guards Formosa and the nearby Pescadores from Red Invasion. The United States naturally haa a distinct Interest In what happens to the offshore Islands. Soma circles thought It possible the- Communists already have refused U.N.

Secretary General Dag Hammsrskjolds request for the release of 11 Jailed U.S. airmen and deliberately planned todays attacks to emphasize an uncompromising, get tough policy. Ike Asks For Lower Tariffs WASHINGTON, Jen. 10 LR President Elsenhower asked congress again today for power to lower tariffs 15 percent as part of a program to Improve foreign trade and bulwark the forces of freedom In their struggle against communism. It is essential for the security of the United States and the rest of the free world," Elsenhower said In a special message, "that the United States take the leadership In promoting the achievement of those high levels of trade that will bring to all the economic strength upon which the freedom and security of all depends.

Weather Blamed For 7 Deaths Fatality Toll Stands At 1 5 Til ASSOCIATED F1EU Weather conditions were blamed for seven traffic deaths in Oklahoma Monday the largest one-day toll this year. Five deaths resulted from snow and Ice laden highways and two later fatalitiei came during a heavy fog which enshrouded much of southeastern Oklahoma about nightfall. The seven deaths increased the itate'i 1955 fatality toll to 15 compared with 17 for the same period lait year. A collision in the fog six miles north of Chlckasha on U. S.

Highway 81 claimed the lives of 38-year-old Otis R. Eskew, basketball coach at Pocasset High School, and hit 13-year-old son, Ed. Hia wife, an 8-yeaivold daughter, Ann, and Mrs. Bert Heisler, a Pocasset schoolteacher, were injured critically. The Highway Patrol said that the truck driver, Russell Hobart Ford, 29, Chlckasha, attempt-a dto pass another car and collided headon with skew's car.

Ford was not injured. Charles -Everett Graham, 60, Norman, died in a Seminole hospital several hours after he was injured in a two-car collision 2VL miles west of Seminole on State Highway 9. Highway patrolman said Graham's car ran off the road, went out of control and skidded into the path of an auto driven by Albert Dayton Johnson, 59, Seminole. Johnson was in serious condition In a Seminole hospltaL A 65-yeaold retired Army colonel, Robert McBride, and his wife, 64, were killed in a 2-car collision one mile south of Randlett on U.S. 277.

Their 2-year-old granddaughter, Irene Riedel, also died in the accident The McBrides arc from Austin, Tex. Earl Edison 44, Sayre, was killed when hia car and a truck collided on State Highway 93, nine miles west of Elk City. Cityan Treated For Stab Wounds An Okmulgee man was stabbed several times Sunday by hia wife during a family quarrel, according to police records. The men is bring treated in the City Hospital for wounds in each forearm and his left leg. According to Policeman Joe Farrimond, during the quarrel, the man was reportedly holding hia wife down in a chair and was twisting her legs end striking her, He said the womans hand fell on a pair of scissors which she grabbed and stabbed him.

Policeman Farrimond said when he arrived at the couples home, the woman was under a sedative gven by a doctor. He added that charges have not been filed. I 0 A Ik Probe Dictate House Votes To. Make Inquiry OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 10 Dr.

Oliver Hodge, state superintendent of public Instruction, revealed tonight he personally asked the House of Representatives to conduct an Investigation into activities of his own department The House' earlier unanimously voted to make the inquiry on Its own but no mention was made of Hodges request As department has been under fire aince. this aummer when an Interim committee headed by Rep. Robert O. Cunningham elicited testimony that department employee bad accepted commissions for selling supplies to school districts and took loans from publishing firm representatives. The House Rule Committee recommended a 5-man inquiry at a meeting thla morning before the House convened at 10 a.m.

for a brief session. Rut Hodge later gave newsmen letter dated laat Friday and addressed to House Speaker Bill Harkey. asking for an investigation. Harkey said he will appoint a committee tomorrow. In his letter, Hodge said ha realized his request waa unusual and added ha believed circumstances justify It Because of misstatements that have been made.

Insinuations and half truths that have been distorted, I believe the educational program of our state would be beat served if the House of Representatives conducted an Investigation of iha activities of.the Department of Education, Hodgea letter stated. It continued: No one likes to be Investigated because of the Inevitable publicity Involved, but I have no fear of what a fair and Impartial group will find. The state Board. of Edueitinw la a group of high typo men attempting to do the beat job they ean with responsibilities entrusted to them. I am sure they would Join me in laying that If there la or has been any misconduct on the part of any employe, they want to know about It.

On the other hand, I am sure you will agree that they have a moral obligation not to alt idly by If their employes are being subjected to unwarranted and malclous attacks. Accident Results In Traffic Charge Jack Fisher, Morris, Sunday was pinned beneath Ms 1948 model ear Billowing an accident which occurred four miles cast of Okmulgee on U. S. Highway 62. Second offense drunken driving waa filed against him yesterday In county court According to Highway Trooper O.

L. Rauch, two employes of Halliburton OWC Leo Roy Young and Willie A. Morgan, released the man. The accident happened when the right wheels of the car went off the edge of the pavement end threw the ear Into a skid. It overturned Into a bank.

Trooper Rauch estimated that 0600 In damage waa done the car. Fisher suffered a bruise over the right ear. Boy Critically Hurt By Gun TULSA, Jan. 10 LB A 14-year-old boy was critically wounded with a J2 caliber automatic today while playing cowboys and Indians. Police said Tommy Campbell waa accidentally shot In the abdomen by Richard Vincent Rube, 15.

He waa given emergency treatment and underwent surgery at St. Johns HospltaL Police said the boys believed the weapon to be empty. The clip had been removed but a cartridge remained In the chamber. State Doctor Critically Hurt OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 10 LB Dr.

J. W. Frederickaon, 11, Oklahoma City, who survived a pain-wracked night with a shotgun wound In hia chest, remained in critical condition at a hospital hen tonight Frederick! on said he accidentally shot himself in a cabin at Lake Overholser with a 410 gauge gun while preparing for 6 rabbit hunt about midnight last night Trees Offered To Okmulgeeans Any Okmulgeeans who would like to have free elm trees have been asked to contact J. O. Miles, park superintendent.

City Manager Marshall Bingham said yesterday, Mr. Bingham stated the trees are too thick in the Hospital Park and will have to be removed. He added that anyone who is Interested can get in touch with Mr. Miles the latter part of tha week. The city manager also announced that due to the weather, the garbage service will be slowed up again.

He said that mud hampers the workers. However, he said, garbage will be picked up once a wocke Mr. Bingham stated that at the next city council meeting the city will receive bids on a new bulldozer. He added that the council will also consider the new contract on the street lighting system. The new contract tells what new lights were put in aince the old contract was made.

It includes the 85 light system which will be Sut up on Wood Drive sometime i March, Mr. Bingham stated. He said the charge fa the street lights will remain the same ag before. ed to line Interference. At midnight Sunday the mercury atood at 24 and at 9 p.m.

last night It was 32 degrees. The cold wave chilled all of Oklahoma Monday night Just 24 hours after a wet anow storm laid a blanket of white over all sections except the north central and northwest Temperatures dived below freezing at nightfall and were expected to drop to 5 degree In the northeast to 18 in the central portion. The snow stopped falling during the day, when temperatures rose to the 30s and 40s, but the forecast called for rain or snow again Tuesday night Little warmup was expected Tuesday. The snow, sleet rain and Ice storm was followed by ground fog Mpnday, making state highways a treacherous death trap for seven persons. The fog wu particularly dense in the southwest where visibility' was cut to 25 or 50 yards In some spots.

The snow Sunday night and Monday was the second In two weeks, but was not so heavy as the year-end storm which paralyzed commerce and traffic. The fall meas- 300 Attend Chamber Dinner Approximately 300 Chamber of Commerce members and their wives lut night attended the annual banquet and ladles night held In the cafeteria at AAM Tech. Cayce Moore, philosopher and humorist, was special speaker at the event. Mr. Moore, with hia dry and down-to-earth humor, kept the audience almost steadily laughing.

He spoke about everything from the fact that there are dogs in the United to nudist The Okmulgee High School Har monalres sang several entertaining selections following the dinner. The group la under the direction of Miss Mary Lou Finley. Following the talk given by Mr. Moore, John L. Allen, retiring president, turned the gavel over to the new president, T.

P. (Putty) Gilmer. Mr. Gilmer commended the wall of Mr. Allen and the board of directors on their fine work In 1954.

IcADav A commercial traveler decided suddenly to spend a week end at home. He wired his wife and took the next train. On his arrival he found hia wife In another mens arms. Furious, he left home, checked In a local hotel and announced he'd apply for a divorce. The next day hia father-in-law celled.

I'm quite sure my daughter harf. an explanation for her ho said. Will you wait until tomorrow before doing anything about a divorce?" Reluctantly the husband agreed. On the next day the father appeared, beaming. I knew Dorothy have an explanation, he said.

"She didn't get your A iMvering drop of the mercury climaxed an all-night wet anow fall In Okmulgee yeaterday. An expected five to 10 degrees la expected ai low here today. Tie moisture was beneficial to farmers, but the wet slush left level, county schools closed yesterday. Closed were Morris, Rocky Hill, Wilson, Schulter Preston. Southwestern Bell Telephone and Public Service companies were having tha usual amount of trouble from the ice weight on lines.

Tree limbs heavy with snow add- Three Persons Slightly Hurt In Car Wreck Three persons received minor Injuries in a 2-car collision yesterday at 8 a.m. one mile east of Dewar of U. S. Highway 268. They were treated at the John Taylor Henryetta.

Harvey McFarland 26, Kirkland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N.M., waa treated for a cut over the left eye. His wife, Trula, 22, received treatment for face abrasions. Cecil Edward Miller, 54-year-old Okemah man, was treated for face abrasions and bruises on his knees. According to Highway Patrolman Earl Glenn, Mr. McFarland, driving a 1949 Mercury sedan, was traveling west and skidded to the left when he Mt a pile of snow and struck a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Mr.

Miller. Trooper Glenn estimated the damage on the Mercury at S500 and 6200 on the Chevrolet 1 He reported another 2-car collision which happened Saturday at 2 p.m. one-eighth mile west-of Henryetta on U. S. Highway 62.

The accident involved a 1947 Chevrolet, driven by Joel Richard Hammer, 20, Henryetta, who ran into the rear, of a 1950 Nash coach, and trailer, driven by Mrs. Ome Lee WMte, 36, Montgomery, who wu stopped for passing traffic. Trooper Glenn stated that a reckless driving charge will be filed on the man and driving without a license on the woman, Court Denies Red Request WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 LB-The Supreme Court today closed Its doors to any escape from prison terms meted out to the Communist partys No. 1 woman leader In this country and 12 codefondants convicted of subversive conspiracy.

The high tribunal refused to review the conviction of Elisabeth Gurley Flynn and a dozen secondary party leaders tried with her In New York City. A few hour later in New York, Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman revoked the 625,000 bail put up for each of the 13 and ordered them arrested Immediately to atari serving their sentences. WEATHER VASTLY CLODDY OKLAHOMA fmrUy cloud? Tuudsr, bth 40c west to Mi Mit; Wed node? Incruulsf doudlMu followed nia or i- null tiapintun chaos. Inaugural Ceremonies Gary Takas Over As 15th Governor Of Oklahoma i Morse Given.

New Assignment WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (i -Sen Morse, the Oregon Independent who lost his two big committee posts two years ago after he broke the Republicans, got a prized pew assignment today. He'll serve on Foreign Relations. Democrats filling the majority ides of all the Senate committees also ditched the cherished seniority yule enough to give coveted assignments to two veterans newly turned as freshmen Sens. Barkley of Kentucky and OMahoney of Wyoming.

Barkley was assigned to Foreign relations and also to the Finance Committee; O'Mahoney to the Judiciary and Interior Committees, Man Denies Murder Charge OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 10 LR-Oren John Nettles, 56, pleaded Innocent today at arraignment on charges of murder in the fatal tabbing of a 62-year-old acquaintance. Nettles was ordered held without bond pending preliminary hearing rJan. 26 in the justice court of Howard Boyer. He 11a accused of stabbing Stonewall Jackson Skaggs to death last night In a downtown hotel In an argument oyer criticism of Skagp cowboy boots.

ed crowd on the Capitols south steps by outgoing Gov. Johnston Murray, who wished the incoming chief executive well on the start of a glorious administration." Chief Justice Harry L. S. Halley administered the usual oath to Gary followed by the lengthy loyalty oath required of all state officials. Justice N.

B. Johnson of the state Supreme Court then administered similar oaths to Lt. Gov. Cowboy Pink Williams and other elected state officials. After the Inaugural ceremonies the Gary family participated in a family dinner to the executive offices end then were presented to a long line of well-wishers in a reception in the Blue Room.

A heavy snow which blanketed Oklahoma City last night took some of the luster off the elaborate inaugural ceremonies, A parade which was to Include 35 bands and other military units wu cancelled early. However, military units and a host of other workers early cleared the snow off the south approach to tha Capitol and a bright sun helped make the scene dry under foot Snow covered shrubs, trees and lawns In the entire capitdl area gave a picturesque touch to the setting. Gary assumed hia high office with humility, saying: I consider this government servant of God, and aa your governa. with the help ef God, we will run this government in such a way that the Christian principles we believe in will become more end more evident in its operations." The new governa departed slightly from hia prepared text and in hia speech made no reference to a long-range program which hia text had called the most pressing problem If Oklahoma la to grow. Garys text had said I want this legislature to adopt a long-range water program to mat the needs of the jeople of Oklahoma fa many years to come.

Suck program la contained in thru Mill already before the state senate. He took a leaf from hia business experience In giving another pledge. I will help lead tha way, he laid, in doing a better idling Job of Oklahoma to Oklahomau and the people throughout the world." Gary uid Oklahoma had tha re-' sources and scenic beauties to grow and prosper as no other state in the union. He Invited the counsel and advice of the good people of this state and said he wished to stay close to the people to be able to keep our government cleaner and better and more like a true democracy. About 9 a.m., Gary and hia party met with Murray fa the traditional hand shaking.

With Gary were two aides, who probably will be his close advisors, Clarence Burch and Jenks Craig. By Bill. BACHMAN OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 10 UU Raymond Gary, a handsome 46-year-old former state senator and busineaiman from Madill, today took ova at Oklahomas 15th governor In colorful inaugural ceremonies held In a Chris tmas-card letting before 5,500 persona. Gary In a brief Inaugural address pledged himself to contribute all I can to bring about improvements in your state government and added he would present a "progressive program" to tha legislature tomorrow.

The new governa said hia program will not meet the approval of everyone because some persona oppose progressive government" He revealed hia address tomorrow, howver, will contain proposed improvements in education, mental health, hospitals, care of orphans and the disabled, highway work and a better balanced state economy. Gary waa introduced to the chlli- v. Xf Tv rrr.