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Blanket* daily except Saturdays the
oil, gas and carbon blaek commun-
ities, and the treat North Plains
farm region. A home newspaper
itotftef Paila Jlerali)
"BORGER, THE WONDER CITY—CARBON BLACK CENTER OP THE WORLD"
Standü behind every movement for
¡improvement of Borger and the city's
trade territory. Contains all the news
i while it is news.
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VOL 12—NO 183
(ASSOCIATED PRESS—NEA SERVICE)
BORGER. TKXAS, TUESDAY. JUNK 21. 1938
■■■■RIHBSBHMnHBVRSR'BRsnBBWRR
SIX PACKS TODAY
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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STUDY OF RAIL KTZÍÜÜ^¡ {HULL UUNCHES pnwrnunD irino [Í1
STUDY
PROBLEM NEXT
FAII PROPOSED
A Special Session To
Consider Financial
Aid Talked
WASHINGTON, Juno 21 -
(/P)--Some of President Roose-
velt's legislative advisers propon-
ed today that congreaalotial com-
mittee* begin a thr rough at udy of
i hp railroad financial problem
early next fait.
There haa been unofficial talk
that a (pedal aoaalon of congreas
might he called in September or
November to consider the problem.
Mr. Rooaevelt declined to dlacuaa
the report yesterday
Prominent Democratic con-
gressmen, however, were said by
Informed persons to have told the
president recently that nothing
could be iiccompllahed until com-
mittees take testimony from offl-
dala of the government, the roads
and railway labor uniona.
One Congreaatonal leader who
declined to be quoted by name re-
called that although cominitteea
were drafting a new farm bill
during the 1037 special aoaaion,
the Renato and House actually did
nothing while waiting tor them to
report.
He proposed that the Interstate
Candidates
Listed In
Are
Order
iWWHWH*
I.ONGKsT DAY
Tlie Milliliter solstice will
be at K:tN |i. in. Central
Standard Tinte tonight, mak-
ing this tlie longest day In
the year at all |M>lnts In the
Northern Hemisphere and
ushering In the start of I lie
summer season.
i HWWH W HW WWWW
PARKING LIMIT
APPLIES TO ALL
DRIVERS TOLD
Meeting at the Court House at
Stlnn- tt ye.tterday, the comity
Demotestic Committee arranged
l>v drawing the order of names
of candidates for county and
state offices in the Democratic
primary July 23.
Announcement was made today
that Raymond Jarvia, farmer liv-
ing Hear Spearman, had filed and
had been certified for commis-
sioner of Precinct 4. Ilia name
UNCHES
HIS PROGRAM OF
HUMANIZING WAR
Objective Is To Halt
Aerial Bombings
Of Civilians
MINNEAPOLIS, June 21 half the precincts reports, wns:
(/Pi Gov. Elmer A. Benson. Benson 112.K9C; Peterson 107,-
Minnesota, pushed ahead of hi* ,267.
challenger HJulmar Petersen, for j The two Farmer-Labor candi-
the Parmer.Labor nomination In! dates polled 75,000 votos mor -,
Monday's primary election, us ad-; than four Republican aspirants,
their re.
WASHINGTON, June 21
- Secretary of State Hull has
begun developing a program to basis of lTsit "of
(lltionul returns were complied to-
day. The lead had changed hands
(&> | frequently.
Henson had a 5,(128 lead on the
H:.19 precincts
lul bombing of civilians
Persona doae to the State De-
. , , , . , ,. ,, . . purtment disclosed today that Hull
in Í withheld until he waaI devotln(f of „„ t),„e
humanize warfare, with the par- ln ,h(1
>u'm margin.
titular objective of stopping aor- ,ll||lt „„ w(th votmit W1|H
slushed heavily when a hutch ol
ballots came in front Hennepin
County i Minneapolis I, Benson
positive he would run.
Numes of both E. J. Pickens
and Joseph H. Aynesworth were
not entitled for the ballot pend-
ing •( " outcome of a controversy
on whether this la an election 1
year for district Judge, the post diplomatic discussions with other
they seek | nation .
The candidates In the ordor in ¡ State Department officials. how-
Two ovc-rparkers forfeited $1 which their names will appear on j over, viewed with sympathy the
this subject, brought to hla at-
tention by airplane attacks on
Spanish and Chinese cities.
Details are not yet toady, nor
has the secretary entered into
stronghold The vote with about
lending credence to the belint
that thouaunds of Republican ¡
voters had jumped the purty
fence In a move designed to eli-
minate Henson from tl«e general
election In November.
The farmer-Labor race over
shadowed the Republican and lie
tnocratlc contests. Harold Htas-j
sen, Republican and Thomas Gal-
lagher. Democrat, both young
lawyers, were leudlng
spedlve fleida.
In the Republican column where
the total v*ote of the four candi-
dates was !)7,000 ln 1,249 pre.
cincts, as compared with IHH,.
000 for the Farmer-Labor candi-
ales, the vote stood Stassen 47,-
,'!fi2; Martin Nelson 25,:i9«; May-
or George Leach of Minneapolis,
2,1.207: llarson Northrop 1,439.
The Democratic vote for gov-
ernor. in 1,219 precincts, has
Gallagher 9,227; Fred Sehllplltt
7.75 7; Michael Murray «,*72;
A'lrlor Anderson 3,4#ft; Charles of obtaluing a truce.
GROUPS WOULD
STRIVE TO OUST
FOREIGN FORCE
Britain Hopes Truce
Will Come From
Proposal
LONDON, June 21~~(dP)—Del.
egatss of Europe's major nations
today agreed to send evacuation
commissions to Spnin In an effort
to remove foreign troope from the
23-months-old civil war, and Bri-
tain strove to make thia a means
Lethert 2.1 IK and Joe Anderson
1.272.
bonda In corporation court today.
Three were fined $6 for drunk-
enness and disturbance, one for-
feited a $6 fine for drunkenness
and one forfeited $5 for reckless
driving. A hnrber wan fined $10,!
charged with violating the open-;
ing-hour ordinance.
Chief .if Police Hill Hales to-
day cleared up a misunderstand-
Commerce Commission advance jnR on overparklng fines by de.
the date of Its annual report to
Congress from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1
or Nov. 15 and that the commis-
sioners bo called as the first wit-
iwxsn at the pre.Congress hear-
Inga.
Just before Congress adjourn-
ed, leader* shelved a bill to per.
zjssmm^"z
railroads without certification by
the Interstate Commerce Comrnls.'
slon that they could meet flaed
charges.
Another railroad measure
which failed to pass would .have
eliminated preferential rate to
land-grant railroads for carrying
certain government traffic. The
carriers estimated this measure
would have added from (T.OOO..
000 to «10:000.000 to their gross
revenue,
Senator Borah (R.Idaho) sug-
gested that at least a partial so-
lution of the railroad financial
problem might be found In par.
Ing down the Interest charges
paid by the roads,
• discriminations.
iwrlilng ordinance passed
City Branch Of
library Opens
The Burger branch of the coun-
ty public library opened yester-
day on the second floor of the
city hall. Mrs. Kenneth Dally la
the librarian.
Following hours will be obser-
ved for the Borger branch:
Monday from 8 a. m. to 0 p. m.,
Tuesday from i p. m. until 6 p.
m.. Wednesday from 1 p. m. until i0 *9
9 p. m.: Thursday, closed all day;
Friday from # a. m. until 6 p, m.;
and Saturday, item 1 p. m. until
9 p. m.
A cordial Invitation Is extended
the public to visit the library.
daring, "the law appllrs to nil
alike."
Out-of-town motorists will no*
be exempt from the traffic pen-
alty, he said, and City Manage'
Claude Alexander repeated his
statement that the city police de-
partment would make no oxcofl-
tlons or
the | i
last winter at the request of local
businessmen prohibits the park-
ing over two hours on Main street
blocks between Fourth and Seven-
th streets from 8 a. m. until 7
p in.. Sundays excepted.
Chief Bates said that in the
past the department had tnad>' a
few exreptlona In cases of strang-
ers totally unaware of the law.
but thai everybody Its this area
now should know about and ob-
serve the ordinance.
City Manager Alexander said
that the city soon would stencil
"Two Hour Parking" signs both
on the sides and the tops of the
curb In the restricted area an
that motorists would have no ex-
cuse for not observing the rule.
The City Manager also said.
"Until the parking ordinance is
repealed, we are forcod to abide
Is* lis provisions regardless of
the fact that it is no pleasure to
fine good and otherwise strictly
law abiding cittsena.
"There Is no duty moro dis-
couraging than the one of en-
(Continued or. page SIX)
KTOCKS ADVANCE
NKW YORK. June 21 i/P) ~
The stock market swept upward
again today with galna of $1 to
Iff a share, and a few as much as
the ballot;
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
O T I.ackey.
W. L. McDonnell.
SHERIFF
Veru IJndcrhlll.
Dan Hardee.
Dale Lane,
DISTRICT CLERK
W L Kelley.
John F. Lackey.
COUNTY CLERK
G. V. Moss.
T. L Wright.
Russell Brown.
COUNTY JUDGE
Norman Coffee.
k re^ousKv
COURTY TREASURER
Flo Candín.
ASSESSOR.COLLECTOR
OF TAXES
Paul O. Richerson.
COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
c. L. Sone.
Ona Manahan.
COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT
H. H. Tarry.
COMMISSIONER. PRECINCT1
Everett Watkins.
J. N. Barron.
Fritz Thompson.
COMMISSIONER. PRECINCT
S. B. I«asater
Raymond Jarvis.
J. J. Harvey.
COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT
D. B. Kirk.
J. B. Patterson.
COUNTY SURVEYOR
8. H. Chlsum.
JUSTICE OF PEACE,
PRECINCT ¡I
Ram E. Stradley.
CONSTA BLLE, PRECINCT i
Marion Rodgers.
Bob Ayers.
JUSTICE OF PEACE,
PRECINCT 2
O. C. Knight.
W. W. Bearden.
E. L. Butts.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Joe L. Brlgga.
J. A. Robinson.
suggestions advanced yesterday
In London by Norman H. Davis,
chairman or the American Red
Cross.
Davla proposed neutralised hos-
piial tones, an International con-
vention prohibiting or restrict.
ing bombing of "open" towns
and cities and r.ones of Immunity
lor women and children within
cities under attack. SHANGHAI. June 21 </P)
Undersecretary of State Welles ¡ China reorganised and strength,
emphasised that Davis spoke hi ened Hankow's defenses today
Jews Flock To Berlin
Because Of Prosperity,
Hitler's Paper Charges
JAP OFFENSIVE
DELAY BENEFITS
CHINA'S ARMIES
his Rod Cross capacity rather than
as a representative of this gov-
whlle Japan's offensive against
the temporary capital remained
eminent. Nevertheless Davla, who a,ll(.k )n ,lte mud hy the spread-
haa boon President Roosevelt'#
Ambassador - at - Large and dls.
armament < Xpert, is In dose touch
with the Statu Department.
Hull probably will not wait,
until the next session of Congress
to proceed with his program. He
can sound out other nations with-
out walling for Congressional ap-
proval.
Chairman Pittman (D.-Nev.)
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee declared the storm of
j1 protests in this country against.
! bombings of cities in the Far East
| and Spain raised a question lo
" tho military worth of such at-
tacks.
Ing flood of the Yellow River.
Every day's delay to the Japan,
ese, the Chinese said, has been
used to bolster strategic point#
blocking what la expttciod to be.
Japan's line of attack deeper intb
China's heart
They said Chinese lines now
were virtually prepared to with-
stand any onslaught while Ja-
pan's mechanized army «till was
bogged In the mire of the flooded
battlefields and her air squadrons
were grounded by rain.
Sixty new divisions, numbering
about 600,000 men, we said to
have been prepared to take up
positions In Hankow's last line of
defense.
The unexpected delay also was
vitally helpful. Chinese declared.
In assembling new equipment. In-
BERLIN, June 21 (/Pi Stung
by eye-witness reports in Ameri-
can and other foreign newspapers,
the German press today broke its
silence on the anti-Semitic drive
which seems aimed at "cleansing"
Berlin of Its 140,000 Jews.
A scornful editorial in the lead-
ing Nn/, I organ, Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler's own Voelkiselu".
Reobnehter, sought to justify the
drive as an "act of self-defense
by the people against Jews who
are swamping Berlin, especially
from Austria."
Although the drive begun June
i continued, the ministry of eco.
noiny exempted foreign Jews llv-
ing abroad from property regis,
(ration regulations which the
United States had protested. Now
regulations also relaxed the rules
as they apply lo German Jews
living abroad.
"Paradoxical though It may
seem," the Beobacbter declared,
"the louder the foreign press has
railed about antl-Jewlah perse,
cutlons, the more the Jews have
wanted to come hero,
"II Is the material prosperity
of the Reich that attructs them
and makes them submit willingly
lo any restrictions placed upon
them for the Jews are notoriously
thick-skinned."
The Heohachter charged the
CANDIDATE SAYS
HIS EXPERIENCE
AIDED TAXPAYER
Thirty-five-year.old Ralph Yur.
borough, who In 1920 built oil
tanks In this boom field, told
several hundred Morgans here last
night how this experience en-
abled him as assistant attorney-
general to save Texas taxpayers
$ 10,000,000 a year, as he plead
for voles thai would make him
he Democratic nominee for at.
tornoy.general July 23.
Speaking with persuasive Vi-
gor and taking no time to joko.
this presiding Judge of the Third
Administrative District, on leave;
eluding a large number of planes new influx consisted primarily of
from Soviet Russia and elsewhere, j "smugglers of drugs and curren-
1,200 Russian tanks, 380 Russian Vies, counterfeiters and profes.
guns and 300 other guns. siouul swindlers." It accused the
Blocked by the floods, the Jap- Jews also of "behaving with In-
únese were reported in a great re-' tolerable Impertinence" to Aryan
treat from the Houan province women and girls.
iront where, two weeks ago. wa- j f, increasingly clear,
verlng Chinese resistance placed however, that emigration of Jew#
(Continued on page SIX) Í (Continued on page SIX)
Weather
Where Scores Died As Train Plunged Through Bridge
Property Of Oil
Company Bombed
HONGKONG. June ÍI — (/p)
— Eighteen Japanese air raiders.
It was reported today, bombed
properly of the American-owned
Texas Oil Company In an attack
on Wuchow. In Kwangal pro-
vlnee.
One bomb. It waa said, fell In
the Texas Company's grounds,
another on property of the Brlt-
lah-ownrd Asiatic Petroleum
Company and three other barely
mlased Standard Oil Company
grounds, near a Chlneae air field.
Damage was said to have beun
slight No casualties were report,
ed.
Merchants Back
Fireworks Show
Subscriptions toward the Le-
gion sponsored Fourth of July
fireworks exhibition hy the bust.
iiess and civic leaders of Borger
and community are coming In
very satisfactorily, reports Coin-
in under Tom Duval!.
This promises to be a big show,
will be well advertised, and most
certainly will draw large attend-
ance. West Texas: Partly cloudy to!
"This spectacle, whldj Is to be unsettled tonight and Wednesday
free to nil children lfi years old Oklahoma: Partly cloudy to.1
and under, most surely is deserv- ! night and Wednesday becoming
Ing of generous support," Duvull unsettled In west portion Wed. PORTLAND Me.t, June 21
. nesday. i (JP)- Governor Lew Is O. Harrows'
claim that a "business-like admin-
istration" entitled him to nomin-
al Ion tor a second term wan up.
held overwhelmingly today by
Maine's usually dominant Repub-
1 Ilea us.
Harrows endorsed by the Re.
, publican state Senator Roy L.
Fernald of Wluterport, attd won
the right to face former Gov.
Lottie .1. Brantt D) In the septem-
! Iter state election. Harrows' ma.
jorlty waa more than 40.000.
Maine's Governor
Upheld At Polls
Jane 81 — —
A severe earthquake shook parts
of Greece today.
buildings collapsed at
on the gnlf of Corinth,
miles west-northwest of
-
'' t ' -
.v,
urn
Old
Galaxldi.
100
Athena.
The acene of Indescribable horror and confualou resulting when the
Milwaukee railroad's crack "Olympian" plunged through a bridge
near Miles City. Mont., causing an appallng toll of more than two
aeore deaths. Is graphically depicted In the above aerial photograph
Atmost entirely submerged beside one of the concrete bridge pilings
Is one of the cars (No. 1) In which many died. Rescue workers
were forced to cut this car open with acetylene torches before being
able to reach the bodies Inside. 0tlll standing deaplte the trsmendou
•
j force of the "flash flood" which swept down Custer creek are the
I wo concrete pilings (No. 2¡i which supported the bridge. Cars front
which some passengers were nb'e to escapo are shown (No. ), piled
up on the banks o) the creek. No. 4 shows the train's locomotive
! which succeeded in crossie* the bridge, but was overturned and
: wrecked when the cars behind broke through the structure. The
¡ wrecking engine, which pulled the cara from the water with ,i crane,
is shown near the overturned locomotive.
ÉÉ®
Inferior Society
Warning Sounded
Dr. L M. Draper warned
i against a slump Into the depths
of moral decadence and mental
defectiveness unless efforts are
msde to Improve our American
stock In a talk before the Junior
Chamber of Commerce al lunch-
eon yesterday.
He stated that the group he ad.
dressed must reproduce in greet •
let- numbers and thuM ffghl against
Inn Inferior society by Increasing
, superior stock.
I Some tuitions have risen rapid-
j ly In culture and efficiency and
subsequently failed with equal
rapidity because of their abund-
ance or lack of leadership, he
said.
Prime Minister Neville Cham-
berlain. defending his govern,
incut's failure lo halt Spanish In-
surgent bombings of British véa-
sela, Indicated to' the House of
Commons that an utmlstlce waa
the only practical way to end "all
these difficulties."
"All we can say," he went on,
"Is «hat we shall from time to
Una try and take some meaus
with a view to seeing whether
there are any favorable prospects
of success and that when the time
comes we «hall lie only too glad
to offer our services, either aloua
or In conjunction with others, in
bringing this lamentable confllut
to un end."
Agree Today
Agreement on the evacuation
commissions, feature of a revised
British plan for withdrawing
alien soldlora from Spain, was
reached in a morning sitting at
the chairman's subcommittee of
: the 27.nations nonintervention
committee.
Even Soviet
without pay, from a truck bed
on Border's main corner told for- L."*2 H vlet Rtiaaia, which
titer townsmen how he bucked 30 ..
pipeline companies before th«
state railroad commission and
won an order from that body for
dug these firms to pay taxes on
lOO per cent of their oil Instead
of making a 2 per 'cent "strap-
page" reduction before assess,
meat.
Blades to the powers'
a Spanish peace, bowed to the
will of tho other powe.a,
The subcommittee was to meet
ngqjn late today. Meanwhile mem-
haré worked on lext8 of notes to
be sent the Spanish government
I and the insurgent regime, seok-
: ing approval for the evacuation
'Every taxpayer and every pro- ¡commissions plan.
ducer in the state profited from
that order," Yathorough sa,d.
With an oil production of $500,-
000,000 that order means $10,-
000.000. Those people now are
paying $ 10,000,000 more now
than they would have had I not
been a tank builder In Borger,"
In a brief autobiographical
sketch Yarborough outlined his
Britain Kxert.s Pressure
The British government exert,
ed pressure on Franco and Italy,
respectively friendly to the gov.
eminent and Insurgents, to get a
truce in Spain to permit the com-
mission to operate.
Necessity of obtaining accept,
nuces of the warring Spanish
factions for the evacuation plan
East Texas rearing, his Uulversl. j now becomes the biggest hurdle
ty of Texas Law School education, > to be taken in the program of
Britain's Prime Minister, Neville
Chamberlain, for general Htirop.
his private practice at El Paso,
(Continued on page SIX)
Parties For Aid
Of China's Needy
Are Successful
NEW YORK - Terming the
Howl of Rice parties held recent-1 Francisco Franco, the
ean appeasement.
Much depends on Premier
Mussolini of Italy. Informed
sources disclosed that. Britain
suggested to him that If he real-
ly wanted Hie Anglo.Italian pact
I In April lfi to become operative
I he should persuade General
Insurgent
ly In 2,000 cities to aid China's chieftain, to accept a truce.
destitute noil-combatants "a —
magnificent success," Colonel) By The Associated Press
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., nation-1 Hopes of ending one of the
al chairman of the United Coun-1 world's wars, or at least of lea*
clt for civilian Relief In China. ' '"'ulng Its perils to the rest of
today urged cities which did not j 'he world, were brightened today
hold parties to swell the Chines? although the carnage continued
refugee futid hy contributing di. l t,lh In Spain and China.
rectly to the rutted Council In
New York.
Colonel Roosevelt stated that
all those who forward coiitrlbu-i
lions now will have their names
entered on the "Humanity Rost-
er" which Americans who at.
tended the Bowl of Rice Parties
slKtied on J tille I Till "as a force-
ful and yet peaceful means of
registering their hatred of wars
of conquest."
"Anyone who desires to join
in this humanitarian movement
may forward his donation, no
matter how great or how small,
direct to H. D R, Hurgo ,
National Treasurer of the Unit-
ed Council for Civilian Relief in
China, 40 Wall Street, Nisw
York." Colonel Roosevelt con-
cluded.
ln London Britain secured
(Continued on page SIX)
BIRTHS
SON TO H. G. IIKKNH
Mr and Mrs. H. G Deen aro
the parents of an s pound. 9 ounce
son. born nt 8:50 yesterday aft-
ernoon in North Plains hospi-
tal.
DACGHTBR IHWN
A 7 pound, ü ounce daughter
was horn to Mr and Mrs Paul
Post at 3:80 yesterday afternoon
In North Plains hospital.
Black's Confession
Introduced Today
AUSTIN Tex June 21 <* )
The ghastly confession of Francis
Marion Black, Jr.. that he wrest-
led with I:i.year-old Marvin Hale
Noblitt atop a 100-foot Big Bend
cliff before tossing him to death
in Rocky Canyon to collect insur.
nuce money was admitted Into ev-
idence at Black's trial today.
TWINS AHK HORN
Twins, a boy nnd girl, were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Orvles Loves
at 8 o'clock last night In North
Plains hospital. The boy weighed
« pounds 2 ounces, the girl i
pounds 11 ounces.
SON IN HORN
An S pound 14 1-3 ounce son
was horn to Mr. and Mrs.
Press at S:16 this morning In
North Plains hospital.
■m
¥l
HON TO R. C. DAVIS'
Mr. and Mrs R. C. Davie aro
the parents of a 9 pound ft l-i
ounce son. born at 4 o «tosí
morning ln North Plains
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