Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 303, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 20, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Laying «f bfick on the NYA Youth
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gan yastorday with 65 boya and two
fwtman at work.
Fbunfetloni far the building have
been completed for some time, but
orders hare just recently been re-
ceived to go ahead on the brick-lay-
ing. With the larger number em-
ployed, it la expected that work will
now program more rapidly.
When completed the building will
be used for MY4 project* for young
men and women from 18 to 85. One
part of the kgikHng will be used for
shop work, another for girl*’ weak
and the third part for a recreation
center.
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Mexico Stops U. S.
Ship; Destroyer
Investigates
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 80—Fol-
lowing the boarding of an American
freighter by an armed party from a
Mexican gunboat Monday, a United
Stake* destroyer was raported to be
in Mexican waters to investigate the
matter. _____________
The freighter, Herman Frasch, was
reported in a radio message to have
been stopped off the Mexican coast
and was not allowed to proceed. The
ship was carrying lumber loaded at
Pacific northwest porta and consign-
ed to New York. She was manned by
an American crew. I
The message said: "Stopped and I
bearded by Mexican gunboat G22, 70.
miles west northwest Acapulco. Not*
allowed to proceed. Now being board-'
ed by armed forces.” *«—’
An anaoaueement from Mexico
City stated that the vessel was stop- j
ped as part of the Mexican policy j
of watching against attempts to land
arms for a political revolution, but'
Thursday evening, August 22. J the vessel was “detained for only g.j
few minutes and is now on her way
again.”
Acapulco is in the state of Guer-
rero, a stronghold of Gen. Juan Alma-
san, independent who claims election
to the presidency over the adminis-
tration favorite, Gen. Manuel Avila
in the turbulent July 7
World’s Youngest Mother to Visit U. S.
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FHA to Have Meeting
Mere Thursday Night
Rise Ob Brazos Washes
Out Bridge Just Below
Possom Kingdom Dam
U. S. - Germany At
Odds Over Ship .
In Mined Waters
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. — The
, United States and Germany today
continued at -odds ovrr xsfrty- of APT wore
American war refugees aboard the
On
at 8:00 o’eleck, the Federal Housing
Administration will hold a masting at
the Memorial Auditorium in Graham,
for the purpose of explaining to the
employees of the business firms, and
ether salaried ptopls in this city the
■tups by which they can buy or build
their homes malar the Insured Mort- j Camacho,
Pit Plan of this Administtation | elections.
At this mfeting them will also be Officially, the government was
rt iwn thirty-six slides, in color, ol
houses ranging in cost from 81000 to
f' tOO which have been built and fi-
naneed under the PHA plan in North-
west Texas during recent mouths. At
the conclusion of the meeting an op-
Llna Medina, seed live, the world's yeuagest mother, with her IV
munthvold sou Jerry, who. It is reported, will Journey from Lima, Peru,
to Chicago to uudergo an Investigation of her strange case by scientists
and mettcal authorities. The ysung Peruvian mother will celebrate her
sixth birthday aa September 13. 8be has attracted world-wide attention
among seienfMa and laymen.
Royal Air force Bombs German Bases
At Boulogne, France, In Three Raids
From a southeast coast t<*wn in
England this morning came reports
that Royal Air IForce bombers had
bombed German military bases ' at j
lent Monday afternoon on the ahip Boulogne. France, in three raids last;
detention, but it was learned authori-' night and early this morning, white
tatively that “Mexico is watching the' watchers on the English coast
Coast, particularly Guerrero, to pre- cheered.
vent any trouble.*, I Meanwhile, Naxi raiders were seen'
It was also explained that Mexico over every section of England.
Rodeo Comm.
Plans Bigger
Show For Fair
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PW tunity will be given those present] was co-operating with the United) There were repeated hrilliant flash-
'to ask questions concerning the PHA j States in watching the coastal areas es on the opposite side of the Eng -, ^
plan of home ownership. £ became of “the present disturbed lish channel, about 22 miles distant.;0 J*. .
■ ■ ■ — ■■ | state of affairs in the world.” ] They obviously were made by demo- *n *o, n
. , _ J There have been numerous reports, lition - bombs of the heaviest sort,
Wichita Falls Plana . none confirm*!, that German subma- Following one such flash, a huge
Celebration for I rines hud been sighted in Mexican fire flared up, hlaxing for so long
U. 8. army transport Amariean Lo-
gion, which is now moving through
f mine-infested waters of the North
I Atlantic on its return trip to the
J United States.
| The, , vessel is in “grave danger,"
I the German embassy has warned, and
j will he through today, because It iit-
taking a course through mine-strewn
water* north of Scotland. No Ger-
man ship or plane will attack the
vessel but ‘‘we cannot control the
mines,” the German embassy said.
Three days out from Petsamo, Fin-
land, where it embarked the refugees,
the American Legion was pointed for
areas branded in advance by the Ger-
raana as military tones, a warning tht win 7.
the state department rejected with , _
the terse statesaent that Germany
will be held strictly accountable for
any damage to the vessel through
German authorship.
Embassy officials reiterated their
government's position at a press con-
ference after issuing a bulletin re-
counting the diplomatic exchangee
preceding and following the trans-
A rise on the Brazos River
by reeent rains washed out the bridge
across the river immediately below
the Possum Kingdom Dam and also
cut into the south bank of the river
just above the dam. Water was
hacked up the river for 10 or 15 miles.
The river Saturday and Sunday waa
running high, filling the lake with
water than' couT3 'h^~cirrTeJ~
through the three holes left open in
the dam. Water was still running
through the holes Monday afternoon.
Since the washing away of half of
the bridge below the dam, there is
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no way to cross the river at the dam
by automobile, and probably will not
be until bridging of the river for con-
struction of a highway further below
the dam.
Finishing touches are being done
on the south end of the dam and it
is expected that the contractors will
leave by September 1. Machinery foe
the power plant is now being installed.
Framework has been made for fill-
ing the three holes in the west side
of the dam, but it is not known when
Members of the rodeo committee port's uncertain argosy. They argued
Air Raid Alarms
Are Sounded In
Berlin
October 3, 4, 5
falls. Aug ao^-. WiHkie “Simple,
Wall -
ShegfLawye*
meeting this morn-
ing gave final approval to a program
designed to attract top rodeo per-
formers of the nation to participate
that observers in England were sure j"the four-performance show to be
an ammunition dump must have been he,(1 on th« tw0 d»y» of f»ir
speech Monday night,
WKSHTA
Papas and
ten, aunts and
do the square dance
efttaen in the Wichita' Falls ayaa who
la under 100 yean of age, la invited
to he the gqeat of Wichita Falla, up
October 8, 4, and 5th, as the * ‘
of this North Texas city stage aeele-fc*^^ rcke, replied*^ aceipt
they plan to make aaj______v „_J.„ „,lu.
annual event, according to Informa-
tion received here this
•For the fjnt time I* % history
of celebration*, the dtjuna of Wick
' aUgfng a. Hfimfen
celebration with spay in
events to hq
tt out to tem*
home folk fur the prim *4
to pay for fee visitor*.
destroyed. ------ —
The British raids were apparently
the strongest yet directed at the
French coast in three successive
nights of ever-heavier attack.
From the seafront of this harbor
town (apparently Dover), the French
shore seemed to be lit by repeated
shouts of "heat lightning.1
Anti-aftreraft shells and tracer bul-
lets stabbed up into the clouded heav-
speech of Wendell WiUkle, Re-Jens like Roman ctndles.
■inee, by terming the The attack seemed to extend along
candidate a "simple, barefoot Wall several miles of 'ch*st on both side
Street lawyer,” and accused M*» of.of Boulogne.
‘‘unpatriotic demogogopry” and ‘‘un-j Indicating - the likelihood of even
pandpnable refenmeee” to President farther-ranging RAF raids, the Ham-
~ — | burg and Bremen radio stations went
Mpnrfe’s challenge to, off the air abruptly at 11:15 p. m.
a^e platform la joint debates, fdmslon ISngland listed death of three dv-
| i1iwn> and injury of a number of oth-
when "a bomb
celebration wRlifh a radius of 1W ^ qj1aiMcrao,i''hed th« c0™*r of * *mithy
out once inviting her friends to pay( without Uyin(t
— *<Mte a. SJSre^fiS^SS
«•- -n.. x___ — * ^ dent of the United Steles to o about demolished the corner of a
to the
More Entries In Girls
eetus ^ UTh*Tgin^ rn ~heajl Softball Tournament
.....
Inrtuda^ far the peagti
hospitality aa
I hr the program are a horse
show, dppcee, rtyle view in the
■hoots and aail boat
and. old fiddlers
contexts, and they are
"The gravity of Mr. Willkie’s of-
fense consist**} of the fact that he
was reflecting upon the dignity and
striking at thi prestige of an office
which, aa a candidate himself for the
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CS t^uTa^ba ^ h«tU« °f
i which vriS snttUa him to on* ™ ™
. iae*, free for oqr visitors,
srs'ii'sr
to ride tie circuit with
The presidency is nkt
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Acceptances were received today
from Burkbumett and Ahrord for
entrance in the Graham Girls Soft- . „
ban Tournament which win begtafco*^
here Wedneaday night with prise* of
876 and $26.
Other teams entered include Min-
eral Wells, Lenders, Eastland, Gra-
ham and Sweetwater, and Abilena.
Answers are expected today from
Wichita Palls, Varnon and Stephen-
in Graham, September 17-21
The program, as set up by the com-
mittee, includes even more widely-
! known" attractions and even greater
prise* than were offered at the rodeo
here last year.
Frank Ruxh of Crnterville. Okla-
homa, has, again been secured as
arena director for the Friday and
Saturday afternoon and night ahows,
and will he assisted by his wife and
her horse, Ace of Spades.
Other attractions will be Elmer,
master trick rider, roper, clown and
bronc rider, with hia work mule, and
Senor Patrida and helper Enrique Or-
diales, Mexican trick ropers and per-
formers from Monterrey. Both El-
mer and Senor Patrida have appeared
at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo
ip New York City, in which only the
world’s best perform.
Liberal prises ' will be offered in
calf roping, steer riding, bronc rid-
ing and steer bulldoging contests in
the open division. Awards will be
8150 in each of the four events, with
entrance money-sol**- three-way.---
Calf roping and cow milking, re-
•tricted to amateurs, will each provide
JiA in prises. A special calf roping
event will be offered for "drugstore
“mine-free' route originally chosen
for it—from Petsamo to Iceland and
thence to New York.
Acting Secretary of State Sumner
Welles countered that the route fin-
ally chosen—somewhere off northern
Scotland—was approved by naval of-
ficials as the safest.
When asked why the vessel was
not taking the more northerly route,
he said that the ahip, being an armyi^f
transport, was subject to technical
consideration* and orders of the war | 9^^
and navy departments in the course
she would follow, along with any saf-
ety precautions to be taken.
In this connection it was revealed
that on July 22 the navy hydrograph-
ic office issued a special warning
saying the British admiralty had an-
nounced that the waters between the
Orkneys and Iceland and between
Greenland and
mined. Thus the American Legion
woul have been forced to traverse a
mine field by taking the northerly
nun. - : —--
j BERLIN, Aug. 20.—For one hoar
and 40 miniates early today, man
than 4.MO.0M) residewta of Barita htd
in air raid shelters after aw air raid
alarm waa sounded at 12:48 a. am
The all clear signal waa given at
2:22 a. m. (6:22 p. m.. central stand-
ard time Monday).
The alarm was Berlin's fourth of
the war The last nil hi Handed
warning came shortly alter midnight
last Wednesday morning and lotted
The city aaa net bomb-
ed and later it waa reported that
planes were turned hack ad
Potsdam, about 13 miles east.
Mor« Matches
Are SeiioMtei h
Tennis Doubles
BMMCTT STBWART
HERE FROM FLORIDA
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Iceland had been tournament for this week Bill Beeap
and Sonny Martin will play Herman
Vaughn and Kenneth Edwards. Win-
ners of the Brock-Alien tx. Steal
Greene match wit) meet Malcolm
Stewart and Bobby Ashley.
Final match in the men’s singles
tournament between Donald Jones and
Robert Porter will be played next
Brackets for the first round of play
will he announced Wedneaday morn-
iag. • „---
Separate sponsor* contest* will be j
held for visiting sponsors and for'
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Stewart of
St. Petersburg, Florida, are visiting
relative* in Graham this week, and,
meeting many old friend* here.
Mr. Stewart is manager of a large j
ice company in St. Petersburg and
] wax formerly in similar business here
He is the eon of Bill St^rart of J
to o a m
In the consolation match of boys’
single*, Billy Sipes Monday defeated
Lriaad McCloud, 6-t, 3-6, 6-0.
FAIR BENEFITS
m fl—nr mmsnm—
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home town girls with prixes of sad- j TR,p ^ LAgE BROWN WOOD
die, boots, and blanket and hat*
offered. | Mrs. W. F. Cooney and children
Other events for the rodeo will Bill and Shirley, spent last week with
a Colorado relay race and, relatives at lake Brown wood They
a me potato race. J report a most enjoyable time, the
M. Thomas and wife and two
Charlie Clew of
Mr*. H. I. Trout Saturday and Sun-
day have gone to Big Spring to viait
relative* while on a vacation trip.
Mr. Thomas is Mrs. Trout's brother
and is ‘manager of the AU-8tate<
5*-
Most of the income of the Haeth
Central Distrito Fair and Rodeo gees
right back into circulation in Graham.
Especially i* this true on the labor
side. All of the people eospleyad a*
the ^Mr lari' pear wee,
will be provided this highlight of the week being that one job* at the that,
spectator* and other plans of the member* of the party caught] their salary must have pane for kaoie
40-pound catfish.
NG COUNTY MEN
IGNED TO I.OWRKY FIELD
Mr and Mrs. E. W. Trimble hare
"recently moved here from Staphen-
ville and are at home at the Griffin*
Apartment* on Fourth Street Mr.
Trimble to employed as a salesmen
for the Graham Mill and Elevator
company. ,
'Co!
made hy V. C. Sicola, recruiting off!
eer. whose office is in
Pb«t Office building.
commedHtts like
clothing; rent.
Sfifetv Sfcoite
old debt*
frtd mgkteMp
before, during^ gpd* after the Bklr.
Here’s the labor bill spent In Gra-
ham - Ctton-up and repair* 8Ml.lt:
watchmen, 8816. Ttekto sellers and
taker* at the Went amte. 8M48| tick-
et tehees ee the Oartevel rife* end
•hexes, |Wbto 11 a total to 8kMl.il
that bafeMltef directly or
every pmuta ta the city to
J" Mr. and Mr*. W. F. Cooney had a* Then*
their guests during the week end Mr.
and Mr*. R. J. Hanks and children of
Abilene and Mia* Barbara Neeley of
Mra. Chaa. E. Thigpen, 814 East?Fort Worth. *
and John N. Booser of South
haw* successfully paaaed alt ca-
tions for the Army Air Corp
Maintenance and have been
to service at Lowrry Field, I
. TM. announcement *m*1.. T* ff°m
the on Bhft Safety Bound:
Small -toHfj~- are fa*etn«$«d hy
a whirring MMmmower tbq) think
H’e fen tt -aktt around Dud to big 1 Shirley Guthrie, too
brother wlflto fee grass it M^g cut. J Mr*. *. C. Ctobrir,
TTkl 1T8I81 fittMn III ed thorn1
fall ta frongtoMtegg' hlafee
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front to tern* AgM mb should he
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 303, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 20, 1940, newspaper, August 20, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1064826/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.