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Y, JANUARY 12, 1938THREE CENTS THE COPYAllofofSamoan Clipper DeadCity Adopts NewRegulation For Reporting DangerTwo Disposal SystemsFor Salt Water PlannedJ. H. Pryor Designated To Receive Reports On Con- . dition PropertyFitts Area Association Has Begun on Gathering System, To Take Fluid to Disposal Wells; Magnolia Has Approval For Disposal System.A resolution clarifying the method for notifying the city of defects or dangerous conditions • existing in the streets, sidewalks, bridges or public ways was pass- i ed by the commissioners in their ( regular Tuesday afternoon session.The resolution merely designates and provides the manner in which the city shall be notified.This method was taken because it was explained, there seems to be confusion in the minds of resident's -as to the manner and the person to whom notice shall be given of any needed repairs to city property.Pryor DesignatedSalt water disposal for the Fitts field is,getting plenty of attention'now —and something is being done about getting rid of this fluid in a-way. that will not interfere with anybody.Always a 'problem around oil fields, the salt water now being produced along with the oil in the Fitts field and estimated at between 5,000 and -5,000 barrels a day now, has two attacks being made On its disposal.The Fitts Area Association has acquired leases on approximately 1,100 acres of land' in Sections 10, 11 and 12 in 2N-6E, and Sections 7 and 8 in 2N-7E.On that acreage two wells have already been drilled to the Wilcox sand, below 2,100 feet, testshave been made of the capacity of the sand to “take” the water, and work has begun now on a system to collect college the water and pump it into the dry. sands of the'wells.The Association members already “in” on the project represent about 65 per cent of the salt water disposal problem. MAGNOLIA PLAN OKAYEDMeanwhile the Magnolia Petroleum company has just secured approval-of the state planning and resources board for a $200,-000 disposal system to serve 155 oil wells in-the Fitts field.The .Magnolia company may use the Augustana lease in Section 26-2-7, east of the body of(Continued on Page 2. No. 2)Big .Aircraft Believed to Hav« Been Blown to Pieces By ExplosionHO SURVIVORS FOUNDEarly Reports of Safety 01 Pkne Proved False By DiscoveriesBy the terms of the resolution J. if. Pryor, commissioner'.' of public works and property, will be the authorized agent of the city to receive notification of any conditions which should' be cor-reeled.The resolution sets out a definite manner of. posting notice, being designed to facilitate repairs and corrections of faulty conditions.Under the terms of the resolution no other person, agent, servant or employe of the city will be authorised to receive the reports, and unless Pryor is notified, in case of an accident the city will not be liable.Lost LawsuitThis does not apply to the other members of the council, Mayor Bill Crawford and City Clerk Albert Chamberlain. However, if they receive notice'of needed repairs, “they will immediately call' it to Pryor’s attention* No' otheremployes of the city may' receive the notice.The resolution was the outgrowth (V a damage suit heard during the recent term of district court when Mrs. Laura Criswell received a judgment of $750 for injuries' she received when she fell through a faulty footbridge. There was some question during , the trial as to whether or not the : city had been properly notified.H. E. Morris was given permission to lat?4scape and improve the condition of the parkway adjacent to his home on South Broadway. Morris explained that the improvements would in no way interfere with public property, merely wanting approval in writing of his plan to add to the beauty of that vicinity.Will Be Taken to Sulphur For Questioning About Wife’s DeathF1Reservations Should Come Early To, ExecutiveSecretaryCurb-Guller Work Being Continuedesidents Offered Chance To Get Work Done Cheaply; Have WPA ProjectytleisSCity residents who want to iave curbs and gutters and side-valks constructed in front of heir property still have the opportunity to get the work done nuch cheaper than by private :ontract, J. H. Pryor, commissioner of public works and property, :a?d Tuesday.Through a WPA project spon-:ored by the city, labor is fum-shed free, the property owner iemg required to furnish only the :ost of materials.Arrangements for getting the work done may be made through Pryor. •The cost for a three foot curb and gutter for a 50 toot lot is a trifle less than $25, Pryor said. For sidewalks the cost is approximately $15, this being for a four foot sidewalk across a 50 footnfSULPHUR, Jan. 12 (-^—Sheriff Bose Johnson said today a charge of murder had been filed against Albert Neal, 52-year old laborer held at Denton, Tex., who vanished shortly after his wife’s funeral here Sunday.Johnson said he was leaving immediately for Denton to return Neal with the understanding he was ready,to waive extradition. '. County Attorney Jesse H. Dunn filed the charge in the justice of the-peace court of Luther Chaudoin at nearby Davis.“The charge was based on an autopsy report of physicians here,” Dunn said:“Their examination showed traces of poison in the stomach.” He said he still *wss awaiting a complete report' from Taylor Roberts,, state chemist.At Denton, Sheriff Dallas Cur-singer said- Neal. admitted^ his identity but denied knowledge of extraordinary circumstances in his wife’s death.Chemist’s Report Awaited Dunn sent the stomach of Mrs. Neal to state health department laboratories, for examination after receiving a report of an autopsy performed by Dr. Ernest Rose of Sulphur.Dr. Hose said the stomach was “eroded” but declined to say whether he had found evidence of poison, and Taylor Roberts, state chemist, said it probably i would be tomorrow before his ■ examination was completed.Physicians said Mrs. Neal was I found critically ill Friday aftcr-! noon when they were summoned to her home by her husband.-Neal said his wife had. eaten some candy as they walked home from church services. Mrs. Neal died Saturday morning.Dunn said Neal told-neighbors after the funeral he was going to Denton to visit relatives. He was arrested at nearby Irving, Tex., at the request of Dunn.WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 —, — Juan T. Trippe, president Of Fan American Airways, said today it had been “definitoly established” that Captain Edwin C. Musick and six other members of his crew aboard wrecked Samoan Clipper were dead.Trippe said on _ the basis of radio reports received from the United States naval station ' in Samoa it had been determined that the seven men were killed at approximately 8:30 .o’clock (Samoan time) when the . big flying boat “was destroyed by fire of unknown origin.” •“It is apparent from the facts now available ” he • said, however, “that the fire developed incidental to the discharge of fuel necessary to trim the ship to proper landing weight, which was in line with conservative and normal practice.” .The Samoan clipper, which left Pago Pago, American Samoa Tuesday morning for New Zealand carried only air express. It was flying over a new route to Australia which had not yet been opened to passenger traffic.Reservations should be made early for “Old Grads .Night” which will be held in the dining room of Knight Hall, January 21, Friday evening. Some surprise bits of program have been provided for the meeting Friday that will make it a delightful occasion.The principal speaker for the ‘ evening session is Dr; A. Lin-scheid, recently returned from a tour r .. Europe and a visit to the Holy Land. Dr. Linscheid is expected to use material from his travel as subject matter for the address of the evening.FeesEach graduate or alumni nem-ber is expected to bring to the meeting Friday evening, one dollar or a book. The proceeds from books and dollars will go into the alumni association loan fund to aid needy students on East Central campus. Earl E. Emerson, Cromwell, will assume responsibility for marketing the books and depositing the funds with the loan committee.Reservation EarlyExecutive Secretary W. B. Morrison said, this week, that reservation should be made early in order to prepare the administration of the dormitory for arrangements for the suitable accomoda-j tion for the group Friday.] A blank for making reservations will be found in this issue of the East 'Central Itshould bo filled ou: ana forwarded to the executive secretary as early as possible.Outstanding Meet The meeting Friday evening is one of the outstanding events in the activity program of the alumni association. It presents one of Oklahoma’s best speakers in the role of feature for the program. Music will be provided, and the whole affair promises a delightful occasion.__SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 GPU-Wreckage identified by the navy as from the Samoan Clippe* was found today 14 miles northwest of Pago Pago, where the big flying boat and its crew of seven men disappeared suddenly yes-1 terday.The brief message did not men-* tion survivors.“Navy has motor launch recovering parts of wreck, identification satisfactory,” said.the navy communication, which was'given to Pan American officials.Francis Walton, Pan American publicity representative, said ho understood .the phrase “identification satisfactory'' to mean the wreckage was that of .the big clipper.The navy at Honolulu also' received word that the aircraft tender Avochet had sighted an oil slick near Pago Pago ana dispatched a motor launch to pick up parts of a wrecked plane.Soil ProjectMeet ThursdayDiscuss PlansFor Stock ShowHearing to Determine If Interest Sufficient , to Call For Vote on ItRules And Regulations Studied For Show To Be Held Here In MarchRules and regulations for the first annual junior fat stock show to be held here in March were considered in a meeting of offi-PAGO PAGO, Tutuila, American Samoa, Jan. 12 UP*—A navy plane, after two flights in futile efforts to locate the missing Samoan clipper and its crew of seven. planned to resume the search today with the air of a surface vessel.Reports that the clipper was sighted afloat 74 miles due west of Apia, British Samoa, were received from Dunedin, New Zealand, but the concensus here was that disaster, possibly from a midair explosion, might7 have overtaken the craft.Observers here pointed out that the Dunedin reports may have followed a misconstruction of first unconfirmed reports the clipper wqs down at Apia. .Pan American headquarters in San Francisco, discounting the belief the plane had burned, said a navy plane would take off again at dawn in attempts to find the clipper.Samoan time is six hours behind central standard time.Two extended flights ground the islands were made late yesterday and the naval plane returned to Pago Pago at nightfall.The belief grew here that the 21-ton flying boat’s gasoline caught fire as it was being dumped into the Pacific ocean, and exploded the ship..The plane was only an estimated three minutes out of Pago Pago and dumping its gasoline preparatory to landing when last heard from at 8:27 a.m. yester-(Continued on Page 2, No. 6)
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