Woodward Daily Press from Woodward, Oklahoma • 1

aW4 No 54 A BLUE RIBBON NEWSPAPER GIVE TO THE CANCER UND IRST IN ADVERTISING Society H0i Gliding Alahoma City (5)SOkla Woodward Daily Press I LARGEST PAID CIRCULATION IN OKLAHOMA Entered second class matter September 11 1023 at the Postoffice of Woodward Okla under the Act of March 1872" OKLAIl(WAVEJ)NbfttMV 1 REYNOLDS PLANE NEARS HOME DANCER HELD IN YACHT SLAYING rS Ut ft Chemical Blast were an attempt to break How down and Consistent 'Work' Only Road To Avoid front Engulfing Inflation Baruch Stales Athe salvage committee headed by gram from St Louis until reports Boyle Woodward Residents Warned to Take Health Precautions the home of their daughter WEATHER I Galveston newsman reported the tme 2( were dead and Bud Mr planning and zoning commit snid that idl persons must ob bu'dding permits from the city before starting construction such the they time that tribute their supplies riday from 1:00 to 4:00 Every tenth Swede In the home land Ilves In Stockholm Mr nnd Mrs Kay Hans and daughter are visiting in the homes of Mr Haas' patents Mr nnd Mrs Jacob Haas and Mrs Ilans' mother Mrs Ed Hamblip nnd other rela tives busy Mon plant our Of Nine Missing Located 7 Plant Explosion Rocks 140 Mite Industrial Area State Strike Director Reports Man "Virtually Run Oyt Of Town" Hughes' globe in Hemisphere Bed Cross estimates were that nni 200to 7oh persons were dead More Than 200 Killed In Texas CONSTRUCTION CONTROL All contractors and builders will be compelled to comply with ord ers of the committees to eliminate the danger of shyster contractors electricians plumbers etc doing work in the city Evidences of this have already been noted nge 1 Toe Tlmpken chairman of the sanitation commitlee snlithnt a chlorinator had been set up on the south side of the river which would purify the water after the tornado water had washed through but that there would continue to be a dang er of dlstase He said plans were formulated for making tests of the water and that tank trucks for hauling water to the areas whoreuiQluuiraJluliin hi lunls liavw buan placed in He added that a location for a ditch to dispose of garbage was being sought nnd that garbage service will begin In Wellington Knn The two women hadwit 11 Mr and Mrs since the storm 9( if i ri'1111 lzxl I11 at mi' uu hhu ijuu Aiy iso(tlie lloustouErcsse'stlmat Tfie total number oi itcu ciwl personnel engaged In service to the nrmed forces os Of Jan 1 19 17 stood nt approximately 600(1 About one half were Overseas Seven Of Ctey'c Sixteen Churches Demolished In Storm LOST AND OUND A lost nnd found department will be set up In the police 'depart ment with the chief of police ns chairman (if the committee ol take all unclaimed property to the fire department RATION BOOKS Persons who lost ration books nnd sugar stamps during the tor nado have been asked to make ap plication for new books at the In formation desk In Die Community building Homeless Woodward Man Dies Of Heart Attack All homeless persons who are now living in the homes of others are asked to their present addresses to Mrs Wa lter Bowman at the general information desk at the Emergency center in the Community) building so that they may be located by relatives and by relief agen cies for telegrams and mail city wont off at 9:15 a CST ho moment the explosion occurred They snid nil attempts Io raise the i ITninn irrnile Willi reconstruction the all occupying task of every cilizen as well as the general reconstruction committee the city must eye many dynamic factors in planning action Woodward finds herself a week after the devastation of a tornado with one foot still in the past taking immediate care of the homeless and one foot in the future having to pattern the immediate action with the requirements of the future About fifteen foremen have been appointed to work on JQi equipment from 1 heo nt ire gulf efuist men was on the scene Wilson Riley iThe group' will meet in the office of Hlghlpy in Ithe Anderson 3 Thursday Salvage w'ill begin riday at 8 a The service will be free to property owners It is also believed that eyery engine of the power plant will be in operation by Thursday Htilil'IW uf Wip conf puny said that the plant would be in regular operation by that time They are waiting for a final ship ment of parts When the salvage operations be gin Mr Riley said that it will be desirable that each property own er be rfn hand that they may desig nate what items Hint he desires to salvage It is necessary To have the owners permission to remove and burn fhe debils hut it is absolutely necessary to remove if because of fire hazards The owners In the areas are to report to sound truck while in the urea Those not contacted in this manner are to report to Alvin Adams al 913 Main between 1 and 5 tn autliorize snlYage opera don Joe Higginbotham in charge of trucks appealed for more trucks He asked volunteers to register at the office of John Kephart at 913 Main Volunteer labor is also sought Gas and oil will he furnish ed the truck owners and flats nnd incidentals will be repaired The WAA has sent a representa tive 'Skin' Rohman of Wood ward to remain here during the emergency to relay needs to the regional director Equipment that the administra tion has put at the disposal of the various construction committees In Woodward Include: 118 hutments one bulldozer seven water tanks 500 gas tnnks three 29 passengcr buses and seven dump trucks Additional equipment which has been requested: six hnlf yard shovels six 20 ton trailers two motor cranes plx bulldozers 25 6xC trucks with winches nnd 12 250 gnllon water trailers the whereabouts of any of the above five persons should report at once to the Community building Relatives of Joan Gay Croft were trying to trace the child after her sister Jerry said she was taken from the Woodward Memorial hospital during the night of the storm by a group of men The child is a blond four year old with light blue eyes A neigh bor of the Croft family in the 2100 block on West Main picked up the two girls and took them to the hospital for treatment She report ed that Joan had a leg injury Since the child could not talk plainly it is feared she has been unable to give her name correctly thereby been miss listed at some hospital in the state or in a home to which relief workers may have taken her Both of her parents were re ported dead but her father IL Croft is alive though badly in jured uneral services' were held for the mother Sunday Atwell Alfred Baker Tom I Beasley Dorlene of it appeared in newspapers He said however that he had received a telegram forbidding operators from going Woodward Ac cording to Evans that telegram did not tell the operators already in Woodward to stay xff the job the Evans said "we did not feeljhat the girls should bo forbidden to go back to OKLAHOMA CITY April 1( (UP) Southwestern Telephone Workers union rep resentative said today that he had met when he went to Woodward to investigate a rumored mass resignation from the union by telephone operators there George Evans state strike di rector for the union said his in vestigator had found "resentment high" both among Woodward citi zens nnd the operators "He was virtually run out of town" Evans said "Some men warned him to get out of town at once or the boys would get him" The union investigator went to Woodward following reports that 30 operators there had resigned from the union because of an or der from St Louis headquarters forbidding them to work during the emergency The operators who had joined the walkout against the Southwestern Bell Telephone com on April 7 returned to Work to help supervisory personnel handle emergency calls The local shortly received a tele gram from national headquarters in St Louis telling members not to return to work Meantime Evans said that ho had known nothing about the tele ARMY MESSING Policy of army as far ns feeding is to let local people take over ns soon as possible They hope to tncss by he of the week Any Individual fam ilies who do not have rooking fa cilities and are eating at army mess will be taken care of by the Red Cross MrScM Haley qnd tyer mother Mrs Sarah Spitler who wore In jured severely during the tornado were taken to St Luke's hospital on Tuesday been staying John Cily's Tornado Death Toll 89 OKLAHOMA Generally wad southeast nnd extreme enst tonight Low tonight 25 39 Pnnhnndlo to middle 30s southeast Tocal frost west and north considerably war mer Thursday INANCE AID The American Red Cross has as sured Woodward that ample funds are available through that organi zation for the relief and rehabilita tion of families affected by the dis aster These funds will be made available and expended for the families who will require assist ance beyond the limit of their own lesocrces CHILDREN NEEDS The department of public welfare has set up temporary offices in Hie high school building' in charge of Mrs Cornlie Ktizmlc Woodward county director and Mrs Gladys Wyatt Texas comity director Two workers from the division of child to offer crippled needing ces nnd braces Geismar general rhairman for the Selman day committee that Sel man day has been cancelled INSURANCE Contact your Imai insurance agents regarding your losses Ad vise them where you may be con tacted Death toll still stores 89 in Woodward but more names have been removedfrom the missing list as searches continue for inform ation of five others whose whereabouts are unknown! More than 400 persons given in dead and injured list received hospital treat ment for wounds Mrs Rex Allison and Mrs Lawson have both been reported safe and in Woodwand6 while Leon Winkler and Phil Brewer listed safe at Chester 1 Still on the missing list are Mrs Jimmy Dotson Milton Owen Mrs Maud Mrs Mary Lukes and Joan Gay Croft Anyone knowing Huge fires were raging Image areas along the vaterfront The 19000000 unto Chemical company ippod by Masis which followed the (ship explosion was on fire Chemi cal fumes covered the city hore the explosions piled debris and in 1 juidl perhaps hundreds BUILDING PERMITS George Goelzinger chairman of ho lee tain hall on cither business houses or resi dences He added that all building must be in compliance with city' ordin ances and be declared so by offi cial Inspectors ODD ELLOWS The grand master of the 1OO lodge has called on state lodges for Woodward aid Trucks of ma terial has arrived from Beaver and Hominy The lodge will help nny Office at the City hall Beaver will bring 20 men here Thursday to reconstruct lodge members houses All Odd ellows needing lots cleared see A reed at the CIty hnll before Thursday noon A total of 1500 typhoid shots A have brtin given by state health depiii ImonL officials at lie lilgh scnooi ix nunoreo snots i given Wednesday The staff ex pects to remain on duty there from 8 a until 9 for several weeks and all Woodward citizens arc urged to report for the scries of three Injections Residents who have hnd typhoid shots recently while In government service nro requested to tnkd boomer shots by Dr Hoercn lives under better conditions in route from Houston body and spirit? That Is the way to guinself respecUond jegnln human dignity deliberately de stroyed by totalitarianism' regard less of what label Is wears "It me ns sweat and thrift to make the things the world needs to start anew the physical things which it must have in order to feed clothe and house the ueoples to educate spiritualize medicate transport nnd entertain them Work Is the alchemist that changes drudgery Into joy Tluil Is every mini's goal that is every man's "Who if' left alone is not eagcr i()Wn on Western to work if through his labor he had failed A repair crew was en till! coast and or jn tired several hundred per BlU'fflllJ Ruj 1 Catlett Johnny Gottschalk Catlett Mrs Raymond Chance Cooley Betty Coombs Lorenzo' Croft Mrs Olin Crowl Mrs Bill Crowl Bill Cunningham Carl Jr Damoh Paula Gayle Dart red Dais Mrs LaVina Davidson Ernest Gaylord Doughterty Ray Dean Duke Robert Harrison "iel Eldeen Marie iel Eldeen Bert iel Roberta Jean ilkin Mrs Grayson Wilton Owen Grimm Beryl Giesweln Mrs John Glass Clyde Hagerman Ann Hagerman John Harper Henry Jr Harper Roy Lee Harper Montey Harper Lou Ellen Hawk Mary Hayei Cliff Hingston Georgia Mae Houlette Sue Ann Hutcinson Jimmie Hutchinion OlinHollter Treana Dale Irwin George Irvin Mn Buck Johmton Delores Alice Jordan A Keeler Mrs Dollle Knight Louii Kollar Mn Joe Kreger Catherine Kreger Mn Glendola Continued on page two) Salvage Operations To Begin Thurs Nears Regular Production Information SELMAN DAY CANCELLED Birth Announced Mr and Mrs Glen Brewer Ok lahoma City are announcing the birth of a nine pound ounce son Nod Benton April 1917 at Wesley hospital Mrs Brewer is the former Miss Lois Murray daughter of Mr and Mrs C1 Murray Mr and Mrs Murray I are spending a few days In Ay Hawkins GG died at the home of friends on East Madison nt 5:30 o'clock this morning suffer ing from a heart attack His homo was destroyed during the recent storm 1 He is survived by his wife Mrs Vivian Hawkins of Woodward two stepchildren Shirley and Gary and a nephew Hawkins Wood ward uneral arrangements will he announced from the Armstrong uneral home upon completion of arrangements Mass Service or Tornado Dead Planned May 25 "During the Bn ruch said "I always contended that six (jays week and eight hours a day was the fastest pace nt which wo could go in a long war That too would be the limit for peace But if we adopted wholeheartedly a 5'i day 41 hotir week with no strikes or layoffs to January 1 19 19 the result Would be Baruch said it was up to America to put back together ti wot Id torn apart by hate "We cannot do it by loans grants subsidies bonuses or pious he said "We ctiuduJLonjy by shuwhgfl the real might'cif America by jus welfare are at the office boarding home children services for those glasses artificial Myers said fires in the refineryea covered a mile and a half Black smoke over the dis scene was' visible for 10 In holds Rocket is nearing the Wester A 2G bomber prior' Io its I akeof from New York pilot William pd42pilloslyriNmy and flight Tornado Takes Duggin Mail To Kansas Bad news travels fast and far Relatives of Mrs ay Hawkins mailed her a clipping from a Kan sas newspaper Stating that an envelope addressed to Albert Duggin had been found near Tu ron Kan Roger Lightner farmer div ing four miles south of Turon found the envelope In his yard early Thursday Puzzled ht first heard about the storm and decided the envelope hnd' blown In from Oklahoma Airline distance petwecn Woodward and the Turon fnrm Is 107 miles Duggin who with his family Is now nt home with the Georgo Lziwiays reportad that the enua lope bore the return address of the Oklahoma Tuberculosis association In Oklahoma City He Is Wood ward county (treasurer of the or ganisation Pastors of the Nazarenc and churches also at tended the meeting and the group voic'd to offer their churches to any religious group now without a Church' home Sects desiring ai rangements should contact pastor of the church in which wish to meet and arrange which will not conflict! with church's regular sessions ather McGurk slated that St Peter's Catholic church will hold mass each Sunday al 8 in the Presbyterian church until a Catholic building enn be erected Members of 1 he ehurchsalvngnd useable furnishings from the de stroyed church grounds Monday and Tuesday sending them to Buf falo The Lutheran church people will hold services each Sunday at 2:30 ti the Presbyterian building until their structure can be made ready to use United Brethren members plan to meet from 2 un td 4 each Sunday in the Chi 1st inn church Out of Woodward's 1G churches (Continued nnpage three) "Undue Hostility" In Woodward Says Phone Union Mari Lawmakers Draw Special Bill or City Schools OKLAHOMA CITY April Preparation of a special bill permitting Woodward schools to receive state funds despite a shut down of classes forced by the tor nado emergency was rushed today Lawmakers said the measure probably would sift through the two houses without debate in time for the governor's signature next week The bill wns drawn by depart ment of education officials niter a conference with Russell Woodwhrd school superintendent Rutfcell here today from Woodward to give a first hand re port on the problems facing his school system All Woodward teachers none of whom were slorm casualties have been recruited for relief work Russell said Three elementary school buildings in Woodward were put out of use by the twister Two of them were destroyed complete ly The Woodward schools will not re open until next autumn Russell said This means that a special bill would be necessary to enable the schools to qualify for state aid I TEXAS CITY Tex April Hl (UP) A rench lines blew up at a Texas I City dock todav toug'liiiig' off chemical plant explosion licli rocked a 1 IO mile in i lucling te(()rd of 91 hours 'll minutes the Rey on its 20000 mtle Ihglit Showtq in the tunvci led aie lelt to right: mtlllnaire Miltop Reyrmldsj engtpr er Carroll Sallee of Dallas Texas C0UUMB1A April Bernard Bartini Amei' elder statesman today advocate a five and one hal day 14 hour work week until January 19 19 with no strikes or layoffs to put the nation back on its feet Today we are on the brink of an inflation There is only one way out That is by Baruch said Baruch presidential industrial a i during bdfh World wars addressed (Im Sotlh Cnrnlinn lu R1mn a unveiling ol his portrait in the state eapitol A It has been announced by Alex Little Central Horace Mann and uiuiMni OUHUtngS Will (Its I GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS Th schedule Joe children Io ob tain their school supplies which were loft In the school building has boon announced by Mrs Margaret Walt to be ns follows: Third fourth nnd fifth grades Thursday 9 to 12 sixth grade Thursday 1:00 to 4:00 seventh grade riday 9:00 fo 12:00 eighth grade riday 1:00 to 4:00 The In chnrtfn nf Iho ctntn honhh unit i i In the Woodward at ea I Any child not on a formula or Residents were warned th pre 1 breast fed who is pot receiving cautions should bo tnken 0 ward boiled wnter to drlnlA should have off any possible epidemic Water the three shots regardless of Its I Thursday i dancer held in Havana Cuba alter report that she admitted holding pistol which fatally wounded: Chicago lawyer John JMee 33 right aboard his yachtin Havana harbor Mee is shown with his wife dancer Marilyn ra Re' (i 'Ch'i ea go (NEA Telephoto) the city pipes should not be used for drinking tiiiruoses unless boiled first Teeth should not he brushed with unboiled water nnd saladvegetables raw fruits should not be rinsed In the water liven dishes should be washed in hoik'd water A solution of one teaspoon of wash blenching with clorlnc hi it fo gallon tof water should be prepared to rinse dishes In Silver ware should not be dipped In (his may ba drliid In an HOUSING Jimmy arrier chairman of the emergency housing lommlttee an nounced that 118 plywood hut ments 16xlG feet already assem bled will be set up ut the air base to be used by those who nre with out homes Adequate bathing nnd sewerage facilities were available He added that all persons wishing to live lnlhese hutments are to register with Mrs Margaret Peeb les Walt at the emergency housing desk In the Community building The' University of Loulsvlelle school of law founded In 184G Is one of the two schools In the South which did not suspend operations during the Civil War or nny of the wars which followed It A Texas City telephone operator I lashed Houston to "send the Red Cross thousands are injured" The explosion was felt ns far un lie gulf coast as Beaumont midi Port Arthur 7n airline miles away reeport 45 miles down the const was shaken Residents in the Hous ton area 38 miles to the north thought nn earthquake lind hit The Coast Guard said firej broke out nn the rench linos shin I Grand Camp a 'former American 1 Liberty ship of 717G tons The boat was loaded with ammonoum nitrate the Coast Guard said and it exploded violently 15 min May 25 the Sunday before Mem utes after the fire brokq out orinl Day has been selected by the The first frmn lhe scene report Ministerial Allinnce as the date to came in a telephone message from I hold mass community service for the Americnn Refinery al1he tornado dead Texns Cily to Magnolia Oil com 1 Plans begnp to lie formulated pany officials in Dntins The Pnn for the evenbnt a meeting of the American officials said lie rench group ailed Tuesday evening by ship wns nt sea train dock when Rev rank Ward piesldent it blew up They said several hun whorls pastor of the irst Chris dred persons were in the area tinn "church The session was held They also said the nearby Mon I in the home of Rev Allen Polen santo company plant was in flames Kirst Methodist church minister following the series of explosions They had no estimpje of the depd or injured The flames were visilile in Gal ilee by helpfulness which insists i 'cston 19 nirihie miles away across upon self help and finally by pro duction and still more I cs i said all power In the blast shaken I 1 on fri i 1 I 4 niiuiil gtini kiiiui HlUM UNI newly gained power for leadership in or lose that power 4 flu Hr PwTIjPk wf! io A (J H' in Jrn Patricia Schmidt 21 left loledo Obit OMMMi i 'U A "Ssw MOI a iUSUSkM' I ft 1A' I a i i.