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VOL. LX. NO. 54.
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shoved a remarkably low market price
for stolen goods.
Nightgowns were priced at 5 cents
each and corsets at 75 cents. A "light
green two-piece suit" was marked said
was presented a birthday cake. More
than 1,000 diners Joined in singing
"Happy Birthday" to her.
afternoon, and two shows at
night, through next Sunday
afternoon.
You can watch the Hve show be-
ing broadcast in the northwest cor-
ner. or you can watch it being re-
ceived on every kind, site. brand,
model, or what have you television
set. made by any manufacturer, at
almost any point in the huge dis-
play room.
Take
display.
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gill
BOSTON, April 2—Winston
Churchill gave up the spotlight for a
while Friday night,
erally known, but
Churchill's birthday.
At a dinner honoring her famous
husband and Harold R Stassen. Unl-
it wasn't gen- gree burglary pleaded guilty Friday in
it was Mrs. superior court here and were each
SPOKANE April 2—(JP)—The tale
of a bookkeeping burglar was told by
police Saturday. Frank Nelson. 26, was
charged with grand larceny.
Detective Capt. John Domlt said
Nelson had kept a careful record of his
thefts and compiled his own price list
for stolen goods.
Nelson told police orally, Domlt said.
Aggie Campus Is Loaded
With Beauty Candidates
STILLWATER, April 2—(U.P)—A
committee to find coeds, one of which
will be a candidate for Miss American
Coed, on the Oklahoma AAM campus
has done its job too well. It was
supposed to submit the names of some
10 girls, but at present the list in-
cludes 3,000.
ChurchiWs Wife Grabs
An airforce
the Boeing
Canton’s Dam
Show Canceled
By Weather
CANTON, April B-r( Times
Stgff)—A preview showing of
the $15 millions Canton dam to
press and radio men has been
postponed until April 11 because
of the weather, it was announced
here Saturday.
The preview showing had been
scheduled for Sunday for 150 repre-
sentatives of newspapers and radio
stations from this section of the coun-
try.
Rains here Friday night and a
promise of more for Bunday caused
cancellation of the preview showing.
Meanwhile residents continue to dig
out from the tornado wreckage with
several volunteers crews on hand Sat-
urday to assist in the cleanup work.
The preview showing of the lake
had been planned by the Canton reser-
voir dedication committee and news-
paper and radio men had been ex-
5>.-< ted from 30 area towns.
The lake created by the 73-foot
earthen dam is more than three miles
long and covers 6,400 acres of ares.
The Mam itself is 16.438 feet long,
topped by a gravel road.
Four persons have died as a result
of the tornado that slashed through
here early Wednesday.
Waltham Watch Plant
Will Reopen April 13
, WALTHAM, Mass.. April »—(*>—
Twenty-three hundred Waltham
Watch Co. employes. Idle since New
Year day, had good news Saturday.
They are going back to work April 13.
This to made possible by a 15 mil-
City.
Typical rainfaB reports averaged
about a quarter-inch, including Enid's
37-inch, Boise City .16, Elk City M,
and Geary 42. as the heaviest on
the western side of the state, while
in that section.
In Oklahoma City temperatures
reached 55 at the airport, and S3 at
the Ctaaeen station Friday afternoon.
Both reported a rainfall of ,10-inch.
Shippers were warned to expect
temperatures near, or slightly below
freeing in the northern half of the
state overnight. Highest temperature
ever recorded here for this date was
n tot 1846. vtoto Rwert was 36
in 1335. Last year temparataree here
r were at held brtwesn 58 and 44.
st 25 cents. But coffee was 40 cento a
pound
Other sales entries: a new green coat
$8, an expensive motion picture pro-
jector 510, shoes 10 cents, pink blouse
10 cento, sheets two for $1, rouge 5
cents, compacts 15c. and pillow cases
two for 5 cento. Sales records were
. . found of lumber, rugs, canned goods,
that he took thousands of dolars worth underwear and bacon.
through a car, Domlt said? The'man
who owned the car felt sorry for him
when Nelson said he was hungry. He
took back the blankets removed from
the car and took Nelson to dinner.
"Nelson told me he wasn’t hungry,** _ . __
Domlt added, "but he suffered through tanpharie is oo th. -ted maid** an-
A sales book recovered by police the dinner anyway.
But Carl Fry, another Spokane res-
ident, wasn’t so charitable. Domlt said
he caught Nelson going through his
ear. threw a half-Nelson wrestling
hold on him. and held him for police.
Modern Materials, Gadgets Go on Parade Here
Modern materials even can add a new touch to the old wish-
ing well, J. C. McClurg tells Dorothy K. Smith of the Home
Builders’ association. The well is one of many exhibits of
nome materials and appliances at the annual Home show, that
opened Saturday in the Municipal auditorium.
efficiency of the backbone of democ-
racy—our school system."^
gte. Ons paragraph of the letters
reed*
"Some day you may be a lost worn-
an teaching in ttw worst matrimonial owpuur »>*>**•*• —
Heart Specialist Called
For Imprisoned Petain
PARIS. April 2—(JV-A heart spe-
cialist was summoned Saturday to
visit Marshal Philippe Petain. 93.
The government announced that a
specialist had been asked for by the
regular army doctor of the 93-year-old
Petain who now to imprisoned on the
Isle dYeu. Petain, chief of the old
Vichy state, has been a prisoner since
hie conviction in 1945 on treason
charges. He got life.
Fliers Still Aloft
MIAMI. Fla., April 2—Piloto
Dick Riedel and Bill Barris, attempt-
ing to set a new world's endurance
record for airplanes, have logged 418
hours Howard their goal to beat the
736-hour record. The pair, from Ful-
lerton, Calif., hopes to begin a leisure-
ly trip westward in a day or so to
complete the endurance flight over
their home town. At 12:44 a. m.
< BST) they had logged 418 continuous
hours of flight.
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combat range to figured as "over 2,30®
mites,” but a B-50 with standard en-
gines flew around the world non-stop
last month by refueling tn mid-air
enroute.
VFW Draws Plans
For New Clubhouse •
Officers of port 1857 of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will meet with con-
tractors at 7:38 p. m. Thursday to dis-
cuss plans for construction of a new
VFW hut at 321 NW 8. George Morris,
commander, announced Saturday.
"We expect to spend around 850.000
on a new. strictly modern hut.” said
Morris. "It win include an auditorium,
club room and snack bar which win
offer all types of clubhouse facilities
for members and the auxiliary.”
KTOW Asks Approval
Of New Stock Issue
WASHINGTON, April >— (F) —
Sooner Broadcasting Co., operating
KTOW at Oklahoma City, Saturday
had asked communications commission
authority to issue 1,250 new shares of
stock, to be bought by present stock-
holders for 812.508- Under the dis-
tribution, George H. McElroy win ra-»
tain majority interart in the company*
Widow Granted Seed
To Support Children
HENRYETTA, April 3—(JPh—A young
widow who plans to fam an acre tot
with a garden plow has been granted
her request for “just a little seed.” •
"I cant leave my child and go get
a Job,” the 28-year-old mother told
the Red Cross, "but I can watch her
and work the garden at the same
time.** Another child, crippled, to in a
state hospital.
When offered 810 worth of seed,
she said, "It won't take near that
much.”
It has all the glitter of a Hollywood opening—with movie
and television stars.
It’s called the biggest home show in the history of Okla-
homa City, and was opening Saturday at the Municipal audi-
torium at 1 p. m., with all those stars present for a few minutes.
Home gadgets, everything from television to electric knife
■sharpeners, to make the home more beautiful, more comfortable,
and a handier place to live, will be shown. The show will con-
tinue all of next week.
Television has arrived in Oklahoma City—in the basement
of the Municipal auditorium. WKY will give one show each
one electrical power
__ r_ jfew beattag cable, for
instance, that can be used in a hot
bed by the home gardener.
Lights Chase Shadows
Or. in the summertime he can use
the hedge clippers to get the job
done quickly. In the evening, when
the work Is done, there’s a lighting
gadget which will take up to five
huge spotlights. You can tip them
in any direction, give practically
shadowless lighting, for instance, for
a badminton court or a night party.
You can sharpen your knife with
an electric sharpener that will end
many an argument between Mr.
and Mrs., and then there’s an
"electric sheet,” which can be used
with those present nice covers you
don’t want to throw away, but
which will give you all the advan-
tages of modern living.
Incidentally, that electronic-con-
trolled toy train did much to delay
the schedule in getting the show to-
gether. Workmen just couldn't re-
sist the thing when they started it
running.
Stove Is Built In
Why didn’t someone think of it
before? A cook stove doesn't have
to sit off by Itself. It can be built
right Into the cabinet, like a sink,
and have things handy for a
change. You’U see that at the show.
They’ll tell you about music, an
electric organ, pianos, or radios. Or
they’ll discuss refrigerators, kitchen
stoves, and the latest of quick freeae
apparatus.
You can team how to cool a home
by pumping hot air from the sur-
face deep underground and then
getting it back Into the home—and
warm the home in the winter with
the same process, all with a very
cheap power method.
Air Conditioning Displayed
There are modem kitchens of
every description, modern living
rooms, modem methods of flooring
a home, or covering a drain board.
If the bugs get in the place there's
expert advice tor killing them.
Every kind of air conditioning,
warm or cool, is displayed all in the
big room. And you can see almost
any kind of an awning, or metal
blinds, or storm doors about which
you’ve been curious.
of property, mostly from parked can.
He cleared up 31 reported thefts and
gave details of a dosen more that had
not been reported.
Police found 27 boxes and suitcases
of loot at one address Nelson fave
them. Other stolen goods still was
coming in.
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Nebraska Drifts Play Springtime Return Engagement • ■
Less than a mile and a half from the O’Neill, Neb., airport, where an anny
spent almost a week opening a road in January, this week’s snowstorm left a drift!.«»*««*
long that tied up traffic nearly three days. First traffic moved on the highway late Friday
after a rotary plow cut through the 8 foot drift, ___
Check Artist Nicks City Enid Fugitive
For $1,570 in 3 Hours
The Weather
Prom V. a Wmtiier gurowB
LOCAL—Clmsdy wihrrin er smsw,
•ad HtUe change in temperatwre
today and tonight. Swnday partly
cloudy and warmer. High tempera-
ture today abswl 45, tow tonight
■ear 37.
STATE—Mo*Uy cloudy today, to-
night and Sunday, with light rain
nod of state today except
■ght snow northwest. Bain
tinning east and north central
tonight. Warmer Sunday. High
today 35 to 49 Panhandle, to upper
4Uu and tower 59s remainder of state.
Lows tonight 39 to 35 Panhandle
4®s rest ot state.
SHIPPERS—Prepare fur trmpsrs*
tares next 34 to 38 hours, northwest
27 to 32. northeast M to 35, south-
east and southwest above 33 d^
grata.
VOWS. i
Mrs. Wagner, whose husband died
recently, has known Noble, a widower,
for 15 years. She hu three children,
two daughters and a eon.
His bride receives an old-age pen-
sion of 85S a month, but Noble saye
” We*re going to stop that. FU take
care of my wife myself.”
Bartlesville Baby Dies
In Farm Home Blaze
BARTLESVILLE. April 2—Re-
becca Lee Holman, 8-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Ray Hol-
man, was burned to death Friday
night when an oU stove exploded in
their two-room house a mite west at
here
The parents were able to carry an-
other child, 2-ysar-old Candle Ray, to
safety before the flames became too
fierce. A third child was vieitingrel-
atives in Blackwell.
Father and mother were treated for
severe burns.
Cushing Pair Gets Prison
Terms in Burglary Case
DRUMRIGHT, April 3—UP)—Two
rushing men charged with second de-
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superior ~ court' here and were each
sentenced to three years in the state
penitentiary.
They are Lawrence Osborn, 31, and
Harold Treat, 24, who were arrested in
what Sheriff Emil G. Schroeder called
the smashup of a burglary ring. The
pair waived preliminary bearing.
New Plane Superior t
At High Altitudes
WASHINGTON, April J—
The airforce has ordered 44 B-54
bombers, an esperliBental plane
designed to operate at extra-
high altitude,
spokesman said
bomber is a new, larger version
of the B-M, which tn turn '
mote powerful model of the
time B- 29 superfortress.
It already has been disclosed that a
combination piston-jet engine win go
into the B-54. The earlier announce-
ment said the new engine will enable
bombers to climb farter and reach alti-
tudes "of nearly eight mites.**
mgineer* hope that the 5,000-
horsepower Pratt and Whitney engine,
using jet thrust in addition to the
power developed by the 28 conven-
tional cylinders, will provide about the
same horsepower output aF 45,000 feet
as at sea-level takeoff. Normally, en-
gine power falls off steadily as an
airplane climbs into the thin upper*,
air.
The trade publication "Aviation
Dally” estimates that the new engine
wiU give the B-M IB percent more
power and 20 percent more range than
the B-M.
The B-M has a wingspread of 141
Bigger, Faster -
Bomber On Way
Elderly Couple
Married at Tulsa
Townsend Meeting
TULSA. April 3—On—The minutes
of Friday night's Townsend chib meet-
ing contain thia closing paragraph:
"Members Garey Noble, 88. and
w Mrs. Etta Wagner, 71, were married
The ceremony earns aa a surprtos.
Aa the meeting was breaking up, Mr.
Bhaw said be had "something impor-
largert in the bond issue, 855,000. Mu- ^ple
we
Heads for Bed,
Is Recaptured
ENID, April 2—(Times Staff)
—A jnllbrenker with homing in-
stincts was captured asleep In his
own bed a few hours after he es-
caped from the Garfield county
jail here Friday night.
David Oran Morgan, 40, was one
. of four men who sawed their way out
of the fourth floor county JaU. Held
for car theft, Morgan went to his
horns, put his fates teeth in a glass of Muskogee’s .18-lnch was the heavtart
water and went to sleep.
The break was discovered at 8:05
p. m. by a JaU trusty and a few hours
later Morgan was captured at his
home by Ralph Tennison. Garfield
county sheriff. He was returned to
the Jail.
A second man, Waldo Petty, 35,
held for tn Testi ge t1nn of check for-
gery, also was recaptured shortly after
ths break, about 1® mitec northwert
of here, and r2*31— * “ * "
Two other
large Saturday. They are Jenere Mar-
tin, 21, and Albert Campbell. 38. Mar-
tin is being held for investigation of
bogus checks and Campbell for armed
robbery.
Del Qty Bonds Get
Attorney’s Approval
Del City cleared the tert apparent
legal hurdle to the physical fruits of
its recent incorporation aa a town Sat-
urday.
Map Strategy
12 Foreign Ministers
Meet to Study Treaty
WASHINGTON, April 2—(*>—
Foreign ministers of all 12 At-
lantic pact powers were csdled
into their first huddle Saturday
to start drawing up grand
strategy machinery for the non-
communist western world.
The officials were first expected to
make a formal check of the treaty
which was completed here early this
month, then Informally talk over the
kind of agencies needed to carry out
ths aims of the alliance.
Two Strategy Groups
Two strategy groups are specified
in the pact itself: A consultative coun-
cil-and a defense committee. AU 12
member nations presumably wiU be
represented on each of these bodies.
The council, according to the treaty,
must be so organised that it can meet
on short notice to deal with any
emergency. It is the Jtody
for example, if one of the members of
the alliance should be attacked.
The defense committee presumably
wUl get the task of drawing up de-
tailed plans for rearming the Atlantic
nations—mainly through a proposed
American aid program—and defend-
ing the Atlantic region in case of
attack.
Resources Pooled
British Foreign Minister Bevin de-
clared Friday the treaty would mean a
"pooling" of manpower, armaments
and other resources among the mem-
ber nations.
It also may bring about eventually
a settlement of the problem of base*
in such strategic Atlantic islands as
Greenland. Iceland and the Asoree.
Diplomatic Informant* said no deci-
none could be expected until after the
treaty cornea into force.
That is at least several weeks off
because the United States cannot
the cooperation of creditor banks and
the independent American Watch
Makers union.
Daniel J. Lyne, one of three trustees
ratify the pact until it is approved by appointed to reorganise the company,
two-thirds of the senate. The pact told the
wiU be signed Monday afternoon. JX” H?a^tl^erIndies an-’ SP°tll*ht °n Birthday
* nounced the reopening schedule for
AprU 13.
Under the reorganisation plan, three
Boston banks and a New York bank
would discount 81,600,000 from the
face of their loan* to the company
ph^gSdCtotthe^RF? The stock would versity of Pennsylvania president, she
be returned by the RFC when the---------- ‘
86 mlUlon loan is repaid with 6
percent Interest.
Texan Is Denied Bond
* In Hospital Death Case
WICHITA FALLS. April >— (Spe-
cial)—I. C. Saucier. 33, former atten-
dant at Wichita Falls State hospital
under indictment charging murder
with malice, was dented bond Friday,
following a day and half hearing for
a writ of habeas corpus before Judge
DavkFBeck. 40, former attendant,
blow rt democracy by lowering the Aiurjedjatatjr.l w£*,n^tedto
- * 87,500 bond. Judge Heard announced
his ruling after bearing testimony
from six witnesses presented by the
state attorney.
The men were indicted in the March
4 death ot Thomas Houston Gibbons,
47. Sulphur Springs, who was pro-
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admitted to the hospital.
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Seeking Speedy
Aid Approval
Defeat of Two Moves
To Trim $5 Billion
• Fund Cheers Backers
WASHINGTON, April 2—
(/P>—A major victory under
their belts* senate leaders
pushed Saturday toward final
approval for the $5,580,000,-
000 European recovery pro-
gram.
While a pile of policy-chang-
ing amendments lay ahead,
what was probably the biggest
threat to the bill for a second-
year Marshall plan was smashed
Friday night. That was the pro-
posal of Sens. Taft (R., Ohio)
and Russell (D., Ga.) to cut the
cash outlays for foreign aid 10
percent.
Delay Seen en Final Veto
The senate beat back the Taft-
Russell amendment by a lopelded 54
to 23 vote, but because of the stack
of amendments still awaiting action,
there was a chance a final vote would
be delayed until next week despite
Saturday’s unusual seerinn.
Tn any case. Democratic
Lucas of Illinois said all remaining
amendments seem sure to be defeated.
He said he was surprised at the mar-
gin by which the economy move lost
out, and added:
"The psychological effect through-
out the world win be tremendous. The
communists cant use this for propa-
ganda and they cant say we welshed
on our promises to Europe.”
Ren Byrd <D., Va.) observed the
vote probably seals off any efforts to
cut the budget this year. He discount-
ed the promise by Sen. Vandenberg
(R^ Mich.) that the appropriation*
committee will have a free hand to ,
cut actual cash outlays on the aid
bill.
Gillette Only North Foe
Fourteen Republicans and nine
Democrats voted to cut the authori-
sation—which serves as a ceiling over
later appropriations. Of the Demo-
crats, all were southerners except
Sen. Gillette of Iowa. Voting against
the Taft-Ruseell proposal were 35
Democrats and 19 Republicans.
Before the crucial tart oo that
amendment, the senate defeated, 68
to 14. an amendment by Sen. Wherry
of Nebraska. GOP floor leader, to
lower the ceiling oo the aid fund by
15 percent., Wt and Russell both
voted aggint this. .«
For the bipartisan managers of the
authorteatioo bill, the mart trouble-
some proposal remaining appears to be
that of Sexi. Brewster OU Maine) to
cut off aid to the Netherlands until
the Dutch quit fighting in Indonesia
Duteh Ban Called Subterfuge
Vandenberg was reported ready to
support a plan under which aid would
be dented only if the United Nations
took some positive action against the
Dutch.
But Sen. Morse (R- Oro.) said of
this proposal: "It isn’t worth the
paper it is written on. It is a subter-
fuge. a face-saver.”
During Friday night’s debate, Van-
denberg argued that congress should
not "put a price tag” oo a matter
that may Involve "our own national
security.”
Okeene Snake
Hunt Delayed
Famed Rattler Roundup
la Reset for April 10
OKEENE, April 3—(Special)—The
rattlesnakes of the gypsum hills near
Okeene were given a week’s reprieve
Saturday by officials of the Interna-
tional Association of Rattlesnake
Hunters.
Because of the rain and light snow
which fell here during the night, the
Junior chamber of commerce, sponsors
of the tenth annual rattlesnake round-
up slated for Sunday, postponed the
huge snake safari until April 10.
Leonard Bulter, president, said many
members of the eUte international as-
sociation had already arrived here
from points as far as California and
Wisconsin, but most would remain un-
til the hunt is held. Photographers
from Pathe News were to have ar-
rived Saturday for the filming of the
fabulous sporting event.
Since this is the time of the year
rattlesnakes come ouB-of hibernation
to bathe in the sun and awaken from
their winter’s sleep, the roundup is
always scheduled for -the first week of
April. However, the slightest gust of
cold wind sends the reptiles back into
their caves and holes.
Farmers Welcome Steady Fall on Plowed
Fields, White Flurries Fail to Stick; More i
Moisture Promised in Forecast for Weekend
voted 8360,000 bond issue for munlci-
P*LeZSSgrtbT'urt to 8130.000 for a
water system. Sewer system to next
targw* u> wie oma i*Bua, vvs.uuv. mu- ~~ ~m The B-50 BBS a WingspiWaa OS 1U
nicipal building bonds total 853.000. T’1* J^?**,*^ feet, and to 88 feet kmg. with a maxi-
Fire fighting equipment will cost 815.- tiSTbride? mum bomb toad of 10 tons and a top
000, and 88.000 was voted for a garb- *speed of 400 mites per hour at ite
Me truck. «cnan^g
Fire Alarm Fails to Aid
Ailing Sister f Boy Pained
WASHINGTON, April 2—()P>—Cafl-
ing out eight fire enginee tent the
way to take care of a rick sister. Judge
Thomas D. Quinn told IS-year-old
Paul L. Marshall.
Judge Quinn sentenced the youth
to a 850 fine or 30 days in Jail for
turning in a false alarm to which
eight pieces- of apparatus responded.
Marshall said he did it because his
sister was suffering stomach cramps.
U. S. Probe Asked
Of ‘Plof Against
Women Teachers
WASHINGTON. AprU 2—(JP—The
government ha* been asked to in-
vestigate a chain letter type of cam-
paign the National Education asso-
ciation says is designed to discourage
women from bewnlng taachsre
Willard E. Givens, NKA secretary,
said the tetters describe the teaching
profession ss "an old maid factory."
Women attending teacher colleges in
at least 16 states have received them.
Students are urged to copy the tet-
tars and pass them along to five or
Once Nelson was caught going alx friend*. Givens said they are too
expensively printed to point to a - ----
-crackpot.- Inrtead. he reld they Fr^ Ikard of ^tric^urt
seem to be "an attempt to strike a
Mild-Mannered Man Takes Tulsa Stores
For $780; Evidence Handed Over to FBI
A top-notch hot check "artist" has cashed In on Oklahoma
City, it was learned Saturday. In a three-hour stroll down Main
street, he parlayed worthless pieces of paper into a $1,570 jackpot.
Nineteen of the city’s largest stores fell prey to this little,
mild-mannered man who cashed twenty $78.51 bogus checks then
apparently vanished.
At the same time, Sgt. BUI Raiford of the Tulsa police force
disclosed 10 identical checks—all worthless— were cashed in that
-----city the same day for a total of
$780.51.
FBI Gte* Eriiiass
Bill Pickney, police detective, and
Harold Hooper, head of Stores Pro-
tective service, have been working on
the case two weeks. Saturday they
turned their evidence over to FBI
headquarter* in Washington. D. C.
"A man ns skilled tn this stuff as
ba to must have been mailing chaeta
an over the country," the officers ex-
plained. "The FBI taboratories with
their chemical testa and handwriting
analysts may be able to pin him down.”
The detectives had admiration for
the artist’s workmanship. Every check
was printed in the name of a city firm
and made out to the same man. The
amounts of money were Imprinted by
a stamp protector, the dates with a
rubber stamp. Bach check bore the
number 5686.
Meter Club Used
"The checks were just about per-
fect,” remarked Hooper. "I doubt if
clerks in any store in the city could
tell they had aU been forged. AU were
cashed March 18."
In their investigation, the officers
learned the artist visited a motor club
here that Saturday morning and took
out membership. He gave ihs age as
34 and said be was salesman for an
electrical company in Texas and Okla-
homa.
It was that membership card the
man used for identification in every
store be visited. Clerks said be wore
rimless glasses and a brown suit. He
was very quiet and polite.
Slow, soaking, crop-making rains, ranging upwards to
,70-inch at Frederick, and occasionally mixed with heavy,
snow showers, fell throughout Oklahoma during the nightg
with more promised before clouds break early Sunday.
Only in the Panhandle, did the snow stick, with the
mercury dipping as low as 25 degrees at Boise City, 32 at
Guymon and 27 at Beaver. ■
But over most of the state the snow melted before it
struck the ground, aa it did in Oklahoma City early Satur-
day when there was a heivy snow flurry about 5 a. m., andl
later in the morning when snow was mixed with slow rain.
But temperatures here during the night dipped no lower than
34 degrees—the same as early Saturday—and weather observers
said there has been little or no frost damage because of both the
wind and moisture In ths air.
Actually, the moisture was welcome to most farmers who have
their land prepared and planted. Heaviest fall apparently was in
the southwest where farm work Is most advanced, while It was
lightest In eastern Oklahoma.
But the storm Saturday still was
moving in that direction.
Snow was reported in northeast
Tuesday Is Decision Day!^
Have you decided who will represent you best on the city
council? !
Decision day sterts when the polls open at 8 a. m. next
Tuesday. They close at 7 p. m.
The next four years hold many decision days for the coun-
cil, and the decisions will be on such matters as bond is-
sues, streets, sewers, parks, library, fairgrounds, river
channel improvement, garbage collection, rates, revenues,
arming, traffic.
Win YOUR choeen member of the council be In there
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 54, Ed. 3 Saturday, April 2, 1949, newspaper, April 2, 1949; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1769338/m1/1/: accessed June 9, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.