Rogers County News from Claremore, Oklahoma • 1

ROGEIRS COUNTY NEWS 61 Years Of Community Service" ROGERS COUNTY'S READING HABIT 5c PER COPY Tuesday. July -13. 1954 VoL 61 NalO Heldm'Hit-Run Funeral Today For Officer Shot Sunday By Ex-Convict if. Hundreds of friends and sympathetic Claremore citizens crowded into Memorial Heights Baptist church this morning where funeral services were held for Joseph C. Hause, 27-year-old policeman killed early Sunday morning in an ambush laid by a drink-crazed ex-convict who later took his own life.

Hause, a strapping Navy veteran who had served 14 months on the police was one of four officers way-laid shortly after midnight Saturday by Henry Paul Miller, 47. Miller shot Hause fatally and wounded merchant policeman Louis E. Smith as officers investigated a report of a stolen Wheat Acreage Allotment Far 55 Reduced In County Farmers To Vote July 23 Turner Withdraws From Senate Race Against Bob Kerr Devo Shepard Demands His Nemo Replace Turner's On Democratic Runoff Ballot OKLAHOMA CITY, July 13 Former Gov. Roy J. Turner unexpectedly quit the U.

S. Servile runoff and hold Tuesday he will not oppose Sen. Robert S. Kerr in the goner .1 election next fall. Drvid C.

Shapard, Oklahoma City attorney who ran a poor third in the first primary last week, quickly filed a demand" Tuesday that he placed in the Democratic runoff balint against Kerr, but Capitol authorities considered his effort futile. Turnei ran about 33,000 votes behind Kerr in the first primary, but he had brer, expected to make a determined attempt to overcome the senator's lead in the runoff election July 27. His announcement Monday night that he would not make the rare came as a big surprise in most political circles. Despite the fact he is a million- i gun at the Page hotel, a walk-up rooming house in the 100 if. block North Catalayah.

Police Chief tua Hixson, who On Quotas For Next Year's Crop, Says ASC Offica The Claremore ASC office has been advised that the 1955 wheat allotment for Rogers county is 8.255 acres, according to Tom L. Riggs, chairman of the county committee. The 1954 county allotment was 9,073 acres. Allotment notices have been mailed to all county wheat growers In order that they will know what Several Overcome As Fire Hits levator 4 BULLETIN Th lira which threatened Cleramore's business district was reported under control at 2:35 p.m. today although the fire still leaped high in the O'Bannon elevator where it started.

The Firsco depot was reported a complete loss and some damage, but out-of-town truck arrive ing to aid in the fight were bringing the fire under con-- trol. Several persons were overcome by smoke in fighting the fire and were laid out near the scene of the fire although they did net require hospitalisation. They included Fireman W. F. Sanders, Police Chief Edd Hixson, Mayor Jim Hammett and Walter Weber.

Ambulances were still making infrequent runs from the fire scene at press time. A raging fire, reportedly started by spontaneous combustion, swept through the OBannon feed elevator early Tuesday afternoon and spread to the Frisco freight depot. Woods lumber yard and other buildings in the trainyard area. At press time the fire was still not under control and was threatening buildings in the main part of Claremores business district. The only eye-witness to the fires beginning, Riley Haggard who is freight agent at the Frisco, said the fire burst out in a great cloud of black smoke which enveloped the towering red landmark ip flames alomst instantly.

By the time both Claremore fire engines made the short four-block run the blaze was mounting 200 feet into the air and within minutes heavy black smoke rose in a column a thousand feet high or more. Firemen were driven away by searing heat of the blaze, which blended with the 118-degree temperature to send a fireman, Dali HcElwain and policeman Hubert Ross to General hospital after they were overcome by the heat. Workers at the Woods lumber yard, which lies immediately west of the tall frame elevator, climbed to the roof with water hoses and began wetting down the buildings. The heat set fire to the composition roof of the freight depot just east of the elevator and at last report the depot was feared lost to the flames. Freight cars standing on a siding nearby burst into flames from the sheer intensity of the fire.

A fire truck from Pryor arrived at about 2:20 p.m. and other units were enroute from Tulsa and Vinita. Although there had been no estimate of loss attempted as the fire still raged at press time it was known that almost $100,000 insurance was carried on the elevator and its Gary, Coe Make Speeches Tonight OKLAHOMA CITY, July 13 The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday ordered a grand jury investigation of campaign spending in the governor's race. The court directed Us order at two Oklahoma county district judges who had refused to call the grand jury on a petition circulated by John B. Ogden, a losing candidate in the first primary.

The court action came as William O. Coe and Raymond Gary, the ninoff candidates for governor, prepared to open their runoff campaigns with radio and television speeches Tuesday. Gary denounced Coe for spreading just plain lies" that Gary intends to make changes in the sidcncies of state college and urged every eligible vergjties if elected governor. aire oilman and rancher. Turner blamed lack of finances for his de- wh-at referendum.

On this date, wheat growers will vote for or against marketing quotas for the 1955 crop. The referendum, according to Riggs, will determine whether or not the quota program now in effect will continue for next year's crop. Two-thirds of those who vote must approve quotas before they can be put Into operation. The current program, which was voted on a year ago, was approved by 87 percent of the voters 390,221 to 57,536. cision to withdraw.

He said he would not make a campaign that waa "inadequately financed. Will Support Ticket Turner said he will support the Democratic ticket in the fall, thus disposing of the possibility he would continue his bitter feud with Kerr into the general election. I don't know whether I will be active," Turner said, but I am not goirvr to oppose the Democratic ticket. I don't know why anybody would question it. their allotment will be was walking up a narrow flight of stairs beside Hause when the latter was shot, miraculously escaped injury.

He told the following account of the incident to a Progress reporter soon after the tragedy: Ilixson, who was working the early part of Hulk's shift so that Hause could attend the test performance of the rodeo, and Officer Hubert Ross received a tail from Mrs. Beulah Tanner, manager of the Page hotel, about 11:39 p.m. Srturday complaining that a shotgun had been stolen from her room. and Ross went to the hotel i nd talked wiiu Mrs. Tanner, teamed the serial number of the gun.

then left. A few minutes later, Hause, who had helped direct tiaffic as cars left the rodeo grounds, called and Ilixson he was ready to go to work. Ilixson and Ross picked up Hause and merchant policeman Smith shortly before they received another call from Mrs. Tanner who aid that Miller a roomer at the hotel, had hidden the shotgun or. the tack porch at the hotel and had gune to a nearby tavern for some beer.

She asked the offices to iind the shotgun before he returned Hixson, Ross, Hause and Smith drove tc the hotel, which is lncacd at the corner of Catalayah avenue and Fidrth street, end stopped at the alley that runs Lchind the hotoi. The officers flashed the stairs and around the back porch but saw no one. Hixson and Hause started up the rickety wooden stairs which were wheat grower in Rogers county to vote. A producer is eligible to vote if he will have more than 15 acres of wheat on his farm for harvest In 1955. In other 'V bl11 to hlrc wore, he can vote If he would aywer they could appear be effected directly by quotas.

before scho1 ard- which apply only to farms with110" or lher Political un-more than 15 acres of wheat. I If quotas are approved, there Tlie Brand fr1-? order of the Su- will be marketing penalties on Pme Court was directed at Jud-anyt fexcess" wheat produced Kes Clarence Mills and Albert Cities 'Cos Rumor' He said that Coe, while serving in the legislature in 1935, introduc C. Hunt of Oklahoma City, who has refused to call the grand jury even though it bore more than the required 100 signatures. Ogden has contended the jury should check the spending of leBd- Turner has been an active party worker for a year, although Kerrs forces accused himof getting Republican support in the campaign. In the first primary the votes of seven other candidates kept Kerr from getting a clear majority for renomination to his second term by 9,780.

Kerr, who was up until 2 a.m. Tuesday receiving congratulations at his state headquarters here, said later in the day he will return to Washington in a few days to work on farm legislation. I again want to express my sin-cerest appreciation and gratitude to the generous and steadfast people of Oklahoma for their unfailing support and confidence," Kerr said. Shapard Submits Petition Shapard went to the election board Tuesday morning with a petition demanding that his name be placed on the runoff ballot as Kerr's opponent. Shapard got 11.071 vote last Tuesday while Kerr received 238,543.

Shapard, a foimer executive director of the United Drys Association, contended no one could be given the nomination without getting a majority of all votes cast, and if one candidate withdraws the third man moves into his place. HOSTESSES TO "MEET Hostesses for Miss Marcia McGregor's shower will meet at 7:30 Tuesday, July 13, in tjie Q. D. Justice home. ins i bareiy wide eoncugh for them to he alleged have spS more de by side' As lhey neared if- I the top Hause was telling Hixson and Hunt, in turning down n.r rodeo when the shotgun roared a originally, said Hits 118 Degrees An unofficial reading of 118 degrees was recorded on the sunbathed Oklahoma Natural Gas companys seven-day temperature chart at 1:30 p.m.

today and estimates on the official reading were as high as 110 degrees at the height of the withering mid-July heat wave. U.S. Weather Observer George Feezell could not be reached for the official reading from the certified thermometer this afternoon, but the ONG temperature indicator showed at 1:30 that it was already hotter than at anytime Monday when an official 109 was recorded in Tulsa. Ogden's petition that while the constitution states they shall call a grand jury in i v.j such cases, they had discretion in The Supreme Court said the word shall" means must" and that the If you fail to rscaiva your Pro- grass call our offica tor ipocial sorvico. This special delivery service tor persons missed on city routes is maintained between the hours of 5:15 and 9:15 Sunday momingi and between 4 and 7 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday. Phono 1101 to register a kick with our trouble-shooter. Joe Haase An Policeman Joe Hause is dead He died early Sunday morning while making a routine call after a citizen had turned in a minor complaint. And this instance once again brings to light a most unfortunate Circumstance. the City ofClaremorehasno means of taking care of Joea wife and small children.

There is no such means provided for in the statutes under which the City of Claremore operates. Joe Hause died doing the job 'he hired out to do. What was just another routine call to keep peace in the city turned out to be a tragedy that saw two lives taken before the smoke cleared. Another officer, Nightwatch-man Louis Smith, was injured by gunfire but not foitur.atele. The only difference fcevien that call to the Page H-te1 earlv Sunday m-rn'-" -i tv hundrod-ard-on- M-5 fc t1! ratr- CM- duties we citizens for vSfV appreciation.

Sr happen all too oft stopped for a mi-or trf'e violation may come out of cor grinning with guilt, or wnivi-g a gin-loaded fortv-five. Claremore should not this instance of a man d'-ing in li" of duty pass without rim1 sort of note. We all should have a greater appreciation of fre fob done nicht and dav. fair wither and foul, bv men in uniform like Joe Hause. If you feel the wav we do youll drop bv the office and drop a few dollars in a special fund for the wife and small children of Joe Hause.

W're not going to make a big hullabaloo about this matter. a tratic event that '-as on liTht side. At bst. the burden can only be lightened for Mrs. Hause and a couple of tots who probably don't understand why their daddy didn't come home Sunday morning as usual in time to be around when they ate their breakfast.

As stated above, if you reel about this matter the way we do, the line forms to the right. And youll feel a lot better if you find a place in that line. Secoad Strike Kalis Os'i Ridge Plants OAK RIDGE. July IS (UP) An unauthorized construction strike, the second walkout In two weeks, idled 8.000 workers at this sprawling atomic city Tuesday despite an appeal by union leaders to return to work. AFL laborers on two huge a-tomlo plants under construction, one the super secret Y-12 project, threw up picket lines Monday after rejecting a warn offer by Associated General Contractors.

Some 8300 other AFL craftsmen refused to cross the plrket lines. AFL leaden said the new strike was unauthorized" and appealed to craftsmen to Ignore Die picket lines and return to ACTRESS Lynn Baggett is shown fa a Hollywood police station after being taken Into custody In connection with the hit-run death of fod Watnick, 9. She was booked On a felony charge. The boy was riding in a station wagon with six ether persons when it eras struck by a car that stopped momentarily theayent OIK (International) Part Of City On Hew 4,160 Lines Only One Mishap In Switch To Higher Voltage Setup A part of Claremores municipal electric distribution system was switched over from 2,200 volts to 4.160 volts Sunday but it may be January 1 of next year before the entire city Is converted to the greater power source. The stepped-up power went out mainly to the northeast and southwest parts of town Sunday.

It will be probably 30 more days before commercial customers are added to the 4460 lines, Light and Water Superintendent Bert Sprangcl said today. Claremore insurance agents received a number of calls Sunday as a result of the only hitch In the switch-over. In the 100 block East Will Rogers, on the south side of the street, motors in a number of electrical appliances were damaged due to inoperative transformers. The appliances, designed to operate on 110 volts, were burned up as a result of the extremely high voltage. The fire department answered a call at the First Baptist church when the high voltage hit fans and other electric-driven equipment there, but damage was not serious.

Insurance agents are referring the complaints to the city council. The switch to 4,160 will almost double Claremore' electric power, wiping out the low-voltage areas that have plagued the town In its steady growth. Although the plan has been in the air for a considerable period of time it has been necessary to wait till a new sub-station was constructed here by Grand River Dam Authority, from which Claremore purchases its power. One Man Tired Of Long Raft Trip Already BAN FRANCISCO; July 13 (UP) A 43-foot commercial fishing boat took off from a southern California port Tuesday In an attempt to find the Ill-fated raft Lehi and rescue her sick and distraught radioman. Dr.

Arthur Fcaron, university professor who helped put the raft to oca on Its scientific" expedition to Hawaii, set out from Ban Simeon, approximate ly 200 miles south of here, at mid-morning in the rescue boat Vcrgen. Fearon sMl! wasn't sure exactly where the Lnhl was floundering around but the latest "fixes" nut the raft somewhere off the southern California coast, apparently abeam Son Lula Obispo county. Radioman Don Smith, auffer-lng from the flu. a hoarse throat and general disgust with the whole expedition, sent a Morse code message Monday demand Ing, ret somebody out here while Fm still alive." outside "ttie" acreage allotmenU-and the full level of price support authorized for 1955 will be available for those who comply with their allotments. If quotas are not approved, there will be no quotas or marketing penalties, and price support forjthose who stay within their allotments will be at 50 percent of parity.

The voting places in the county will be announced at a later date. Roundup Club Will Attend Cavalcade The Will Rogers Round Up Club of Claremore Is one of 50 clubs expected to participate In the 8th Annual International Round-Up Clubs Cavalcade in Pawhuska July 23, 24, 25. There will be five performances with all participants bonaftde members of round-up and saddle clubs. In addition to contest events, there will be three dances and a sunrise trail breakfast The colorful parade will be Saturday, July 24. 10 a m.

As If- Jew feet ahead and Hause, on Ilix- Unto ti police cnicrs arms. Hixsj.i Blruggled back down the stairs. ltalay of them tearing mrough the wooden bannister around the porch and the other piercing the floor of the porch. Neither shot look effect, and MiIlcr fired the shotgun down the ltair, 2gain hitting Smith, who had just advanced to the foot of the step with his gun drawn, in the left wrist and left thigh. Hixson and Ross removed the two wounded men to safety and called ambulances and police rein- (Continued on Page Sis) t.

Will Rogers' people who talk -neibout the weather but never do anything about It" were desper ately trying to do something a-bout it today. The consumption of water and electricity both jumped Sunday, the first day of the extremely hot weather, and was still high Tuesday as air-conditioners and fans ran full blast all day and lines formed at every water cooler. The ONO chart shows that the mercury hit about 118 Monday although an accurate measurement was unattainable. The chart Is designed to register only to 110 degrees but Monday's temperature sent the automatic Inking pen clear off the ruled paper and onto the margin. It threatened to go clear off the chart margin and all this afternoon.

As the blistering heat cut body movements to the bare necessities flipping on the fan or alr-condltloncr and reaching for glass of Ice water the entire nation sweltered In what may prove to be a record breaking summer heat spell. As the heat mounted, water began to run short 'In many cities In the Southwest. Some sections of Fort Worth were completely out of water for a time Monday and Midwest CUy, Okla near Oklahoma City, drained Its reservoirs. Some iwlmmiiig pools In Dallas were so crowded Monday that residents had to stand in line waltinu for room to get In. Clorcmores water supply is holding up well and the level at Lake Claremore was only 123 Inezes below spillway lever today, according to Tommy Cut-singer at the filtration plank Cutslnger said water consumption hit the new peak for 1954 Monday 1,225.000 gallons.

The rats was climbing today, how ever, and was almost certain to go over yesterday's total, he stated. Incidentally, the weather bu reau can see no break in the near future. Five Convicts Are Canbt In Attempt McALESTER, July 13 ffl Five convict on known the "human mole" were in 'solitary confinement Tueidajr alter a Mc- Ale ster atate prison guard caught them trying to dig their way to freedom. Warden Jerome Waters said the five were found Sunday afternoon in a tunnel running under the prison walls to a power plant on the outside. He said they had an acetylene torch and were going to cut through a 14-inch steam tunel line.

Incidentally Aflrr trip to the southwestern part of the state. Bill Howell says he plans to slay in Claremore the remainder of the summer where tlicre Is a little shade. and Mrs. Earl Jones are beating the heat in cool Colorado, where yesterday's temperature hit in ponlofflce postals today from Jean Spurlock in Victorville, California. the Harry McCollmigha In Orlando, Florida, and Mr.

in Spring- field. Miaahuri this should he excellent weather for the eleetrie fan and arri air conditioner boys also a good time to have a blow out driving at high speed. Ceerte Molten la ataylng prdty rinse In the shade these Sdas Clint Miller saya Its like old home week with him out mi the News-Eagle at Enid. the progress Invites I. F.

Hargis slid guest to see "Msn In The Attic showing at the Vale Wed nee day and Thursday please pickup tickets and pay tax at theatre liox tdfiie. LOUIS E. I M1T11, NIGHT MERCHANT POLICEMAN, In General hospital recovering from wounds he received In his left arm and left leg Sunday at the hands of the same man who killed Officer Joe Hause, Smith, who waa riding with Hauae and two other officers when they Investigated a minor complaint at the Page 11 old, was hit In the left wrist and the left thigh by shotgun pellets fired from about 20 feet away. He was hit only a few minutes after Henry Paul Miller, 47, shot Hauae from the top of the Page hotel backstairs, (Progress photo by Charlie Dollard).