Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 215, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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Stands ba*¡ d every movement for
improvement of Borger and the city's
trade taAtory- Contains all the new*
while y 1" news.
gtotger Paila Jiernlb
"BORGER, THE WONDER CITY—CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD"
Blankets daily except Saturdays, th«
oil, gas arid carbon* black commun-
ities, ami the great North Plaint
farm region. A home newspaper.
VOL f8—NO 215
ASSOCIATED PRESS—NEA SERVICE
BORGER, TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 81, 1939
(SIX PAGES TODAY)
PRICE FIVE
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Actors In The Audience
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It must have been a good show, to keep two such good actor as
these in auch a state of animated interest. It's Norma Shearer
leaning over to make an enthusiastic comment to Burge** Meredith
as they attended the Los Angeles premiere of "Ladies and Qen-
j tlemen" with Helen Hayes and Herbert Marshall.
FHA Interest Cut With
Monthly Payments $5.81
On Each $1000 Of Loan
WASHINGTON, July 31—(AP)— Families planning
to borrow money for new hornea on government-insured
mortgages will get a lower interest rate beginning tomor-
^Itftg _ ISMAaeemaanvs Jik^dfefln
l WIBlgjii )Ml nlM a laaeigni 'S« msximum rase w
FHA-Inaured mortgages for small homes would be cut
from S per eent to 4y* 'per cent, and that the maximum
rate on large-scale rental projects would be reduced
from 4% to 4 per cent. It does not apply to mortgages
already insured.
Steward McDonald, housing administrator, said the
new rates would extend to the public "the benefits of
generally lower interest rates now prevailing in the money
market."
Under the new rate, be said, a family could buy a
home on terms a low as 10 por eent down and average
monthly payments of $S.8l on each thousand dollars.
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Bathing Beauty Revue I
At Swimming Pool Will
Seek '39 "Miss Borger"
CARBON WORKER
DIES OF PISTOL
BULLET WOUND
"Pete" Barlow Shot
In Head Inquest
To Be Held
Sylvester "Pete" Qurlr.w, 30-
year-old caibon black worker of
Hanford, died lit 12:45 o'.lock
Ihi afternoon nt North Plains
hospital of ii pisiol bullet wound
In Ills head.
Harlow was found about 8: 30
o'clock last night liy worded fel-
low workers about a quarter of
n nilli> from Ihe camp at Sun-
ford where lie lived, with 11 liul ■
lei hole in Itis right tempi*'
They took him by oar to the
hospital hire.
He had era wind or walkel
about 90 feet from the spot where
lay u 32 caliber slxshooter, thst
held five loaded chambers and
and one empty chamber from
which a bullet wan fired, county
officer sold.
A note left in the house sail
he could not get well and bade
hit* wife (ioodby. Mrs. Barlow,
who survive , returned from a
show to fir'' vite noie and asked
workers nt the camp to search fo¡
her husband, the officers said.
Justice of the peace O. C.
Knight this afternoon said he
would hold an Inquest inquiring
Into Barlow's death. He said he
would call together officers and
witnnsscs at the camp either to-
day or tomorrow.
Sheriff Vein Underbill. Deputy
Dale Lane, and City Policemau
t nnta Merer iiWesÜgaíé* *t the
scene of the wounding last
night.
Barlow came to this territory
four years ago from Swart*, La.
The body is at the Carver
Bros. Funeral Home pending ar-
rangements. Interment will be
In Swartt.
LSU Supervisors
Asked To Resign
BATON RQtWB; I.tt,. July 31
(/P) Governor Hi'.rl K. Long to.
duy said State Representative N.
Smith Hoffpauit resigned this
morning as a member of the Lou-
isana state university board of
supervisors. The governor said he
would offer the board post to 13.
Y. Smith of Monroe.
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At Dalhart Aug. 7-8
The Borger High School Band
will take part In the annual XIT
celebration at IMlhart. Aug. 7- .
Director Clyde Rowe announces.
All raemuera oí iSiO band are
asked to report to the bandhouae
for. rehearsal at 8 p. m. tomor-
row night.
Rowe also Invites any othei
playera, including thoae home
front college, to Join the group.
If enough players turn out. the
bapd will march in the parade'
nntl compete for the marching
prflre.
July 81
the head, the body
her unconscious
¡vby police as
Washing-
louston, «ere
car on the
' town today.
tilico sMit the woman appar-
ently had been beaten with a
bltitit Instrument. The body waa
Treadwny was lying on the
trailer car floor.
Physicians said lie hsd but a
alight chance to mover.
Identification of the woman
was established through s let-
ter frovt h sister In tan A u. on to
i man WSs Identified by a se-
curity cart); He had been
<i grass cutter along
way.
captain
apparently
about day-
Miss Borger," the young lady
judged the most beautiful in this
city, will be selected In the an-
nual bathing beauty revue next
month.
The Rig Theater, which Is of-
fering the prises la co-operating
with the Borger swimming pool
in staging the contest.
Merchants may register en-
tries by calling Pool Manager
Jack Adkins or Adkins will come
I*y and see them.
To enter a girl must be over
IS year* old, a resident of Bor-
ger. attd sponsored by a local
merchant. There Is a $1 entry
tee for each contestant.
•elimination will be bald at
the pool Aug. 15, and finals
will he neld at: the Rig Theater
Iqter. ,, ^ .
A cup will be awarded to the
Winner of the "Miss Borger"
title. A 60-day pass good for the
Rig. Reg. and State Theaters,
wilt be given to the second plaoe
winner, and a 30-day picture
show pass to the one rankiitg
third.
Movies will he made of the
contest.
3 Who Seek To
Save Girl Drown
McCoy, Cvj., July 1 —(AF)~
Three persons were swept to
death in the Colorado River near
Glen siding yesterday while try-
ing to ssve a girl who was re-
scued by others.
The victims were Mrs. Ray
drill. 38. of Yampa, Colo.; her
son Virgil, i J; and William
Klumpker. 35, of Topanaa.
They went to the aid of Irma
ghellmus of Yampa, a niece of
Mrs. anil, when ahe got beyond
her depth in the river They were
dragged into the swift current
and drowned.
Auto Owiwrg Warned
Their Cara Must
Have Tasas License
The sheriffs off loe today aga*n
warned alt persons living 1b Tea-
as to have Texas license plates
on their vehicles nnd to carry
Texas driver's license.
All those who work In the
state are considered residents.
Coanty officers said that the
warning applies now and thoae
working in the stste and without
Texaa licenses are violating the
law sad subject to arrest and fine
on con vie ton.
WEATHER
WB8T TEXAS: Partly cloudy.
thundershowers la
portion tonight
O'Daniel Urged To
Study Panhandle's
Industrial Scope
AMARILLO, Tex.. July 31—{#)
—Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel was
urged today by a cowman to get
out In the field and see at first
hand a section of the state "with
almost unlimited possibilities of
Industrialisation" — the Pan
handle.
George E. Nance, president of
the Panhandle Hereford Breeders
Association. invited the governor
to join a tour or Panhandle Here,
ford herds to be sponsored by the
association Aug. 1 . 10 and 11 and'
promised him. as a special In-
ducement. tours of the plains gas
and oil fields on the side.
Nance also Invited J. E. Mc-
Donald. state commissioner of
agriculture, and Elliott Roose-
velt. son of the president, to Join
the tour. Roosevelt owns a Here-
ford herd.
Trades Relation Body
To Hold Joint Meeting
With Officials Of Fair
Homer Pruett, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
and the Hutchinson County Fair Association, today called
a meeting of the Trades Relation Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce to meet with officers of the Fair
Association tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock.
¿ince the fair is essentially supported by the business
and professional men of Borger, it ia felt that the Trades
Relations Committee, representing these businessmen,
should help determine to what extent the Fair Associa-
tion should so in promoting
the entertainment for Sept-
tember 6, 7, and 8, thia fall.
Whether or not to Invest in
permanent buildings at this time,
anil jiisi what kind of buildings
anil at what cost, as well as ihe
type and location of the fair, are
mutters on which a definite de-
cision is to be mude at this meet-
ing
Officers of the fair association
hesitate to "go ahead" with their
plans, or with any plans. unless
meeting with the full approval of
the merchants who are culled upon
for their financjal backing, mer-
chants who have already finan-
ced the catalog which is now rea-
dy for distribution.
Staging a fair Is too much re-i
sponsibllity for a small group to
assume, and like all promotional
projects designed to benefit a
community, a few interested cit-
tsens sacrifice their time and mon-
ey to get it started, but once
started and at the stage where
a matter of "going iuto debt for
improvements Is Involved," it be-
comes a matter that in all fair-
noes should not be berne by t> -few
and Its future activities should
be subject to the will of every-
one concerned.
In this case, every merchant
of Borger, who coutrlbutes to the
support of the fair, has a per-
sonal interest at stake. The fair
belongs to the businessmen of
Borger, Its financial backers, and
those responsible want to coop-
erate in stsglng the kind of fair
desired, where desired, and nt
whatever cost that is satisfactory
to everyone.
BATON ROUGH, La.. July 31 —
(/P)—The Bast Baton Rouge par-
ish gr. .nd Jury recommended in
a report to district court today
that all members of the Louis-
iana slate university board of su-
pervisors serving during the re.
gime of Dr. James Monroe Smith,
indicted former university presi-
dent, resign immediately.
The grand jury reported It felt
the supervisors bad been negli-
gent in tbelr duties and that with-
out tbtfc ne®Usenle the university
would have been spared its cur-
rent scandals.
Among the Indictments already
returned by the grand Jury, L. P.
Abernathy, resigned now as u
board member and as chairman
of the state highway commission,
is the 6nly board member under
grand Jury charge.
University alumni for weeks
have been clamoring for mass
board member resignations. Two
members have resigned since the
scandals broke and one other. At.
torney General David M. Klllson,
was replaced after he ruled him-
self as serving on the board Ille-
gally.
Those who resigned outright
were Abernwthy and T. 8. Lan-
dry, general manager of the state
penltentinry.
JAPS PROTEST
AGAIN AGAINST
GREAT BRITAIN
15,000 Mass Before
Embassy-Talks
Deadlocked
TOKYO. July ill i/f'i Fif-
teen thousa'io Japanese gathered
In front or tiie British embassy
today after two mass meetings In
which spei-ters accused Omit
Britain of refusing to live up to
the spirit of her agreement on
Japanese right-of-way in occupied
portions ol China.
The demonstration, similar to
Ihut pu| un by a much larger
crowd July 14 oil the eve of Ihe
Hrtlish-Japanese conference to
settle the Tientsin dispute, fol-
lowed week-end reports negotia-
tors of that dispute were dead-
locked anew.
(Informed quarters in London
expressed fears ihe ra Ik*. In which
Britain already had acknowledged
"special requirements" for Jap-
anese forces In territory under
Japanese control In i'hlnn. were
beaded for a breakdown.)
The conference reached a dead-
lock Saturday on Japanese Insis-
tence Britain agree to surrender
of 48,000.000 Chinese dollars
(about 13.888.000) deposited in
banks iu the British and French
concessions at Tientsin money
of the central Chinese govern-
ment for Its war against Japan.
Japanese demanded the money
lie turned over to the Jaimnese.
sponsored Peiping government
which has outlawed the Chinese
eulrroasrfcrwawit China ant ts
trying to rep:ace It with its own
banknotes.
A subcommittee was to have
met toduy to discuss this question
but the session was cancelled for
some undisclosed reason and a
general meeting of the conferees
set for this afternoon.
Another factor in the reported,
deadlock was Japanese Insistence
on British support for the new
North China currency and on
withdrawal of British support for
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Newcomer for
• Netherlands
CIO WORKERS
TRY TO MAKE
PLANT CLOSE-
At Least 300 Tear
Gas Shells And
Bombs Thrown
Crown Princess Juliana of the
Netherlands, reported expecting
her second child, gases fondly
at first born. Princess Beatrix.
25 Million More
Lopped Of! Bill
Garner Reported
Planning "Front
Porch" Campaign
WASHINGTON. July 31 —
— Vice president Garner was
reported authoritatively today to
be planning a ' front porch" cam-
paign for the democratic presi-
dential nomination in 1940.
Garner's clrre friends said he
had no thought of making public
appearances In rare the parly's
national convention early next
summer. They cdcled he already
has turned down numerous invi-
tations to sncttR to attend pub-
lic functions
Neither is he expected to is-
sue political statements during
the months before convention. He
was describe*! by associates as
believing there should be no ela-
boration of published reports he
would seek the presidential nomi-
nation even If president Boose-
velt should 11 y for a third term.
The vice president will return
to his ttValde, Texas, home Im-
mediately after adjournment of
congress. There, his Intimates
said, he will receive any party
leaders who wish to call on him,
voicing his vtews on national
Issues and democratic strategy
for the next campaign. First,
however, he will go on a fishing
trip in his auto trailer.
Associated Press Editor
Ends 40 Years Of Service
Full Of Interesting News
NEW YORK, July 31 —(IP)—
Forty years of newspaper work,
many of them in important and
exciting roles, end today for
Harry French, retiring day west
wire editor of the Associated
Press.
That prosaic title means French
hns directed operations of the
biggest news-wire circuit In the
world a vehicle of news which
in recent years has been extend-
ed over approximately 24.000
mlle«. Today It not only weaves
westward but forks up and down
the Pacific Coast and loops Into
New England and the south from
the New York home office.
Unless an unforseen flash or
bulletin delays action for a few
seconds. French will Issue the
order "give em 30" to Ills oper-
ator on this trunk circuit prompt-
ly at 4 p. m. todny — for the
last time in his career.
As the phrase "thirty on the
day report" speeds many, many
times faster than a bullet Into
the offices of about 1,00 after-
noon papers, French Is likely to
take a sharper bite than usual
In his ever-present corncob pipe.
Ordinarily It simply means "so
long until tomorrow."
But at that moment today
French. 5ft years old, In the
best of health and with only a
ft* vagrant gray strands in his
red hair, retires on an (/p) pen-
sion.
li marks the end of 29 years
and 3 7 days of service to the
Associated Press. For more than
13 years — since Jan. 1", 1920
he edited andvjdlrected the
sequence in which ! 00,000 words
of news from nit parts of the
world went every duy to after-
noon newspapers. For five years
prior to that date he was night,
west wire editor, serving In a
similar capacity for nearly half
as many morning papers.
For many yeurs he directed
(fP)'s elaborate New York Stntc
election service and helped es-
tablish similar services In other
states. The fastest and most com-
plete tabulation of election re-
turns, this special (/p) service has
brought the first actual news of
their fates to presidential and
other candidates.
A red letter day for French
was Oct. 7. 1918. He was assist-
ing In the iiansmlsslon of a play-
by-play account of un exciiliiK
world's series baseball game in
Boston. At 2:29 p. m. the ac-
count on the wire was broken off
In the middle of a sentence by
a flash from Newport, H. I.
"A Herman submarine lias ar-
rived here."
The harrassed Boston bureau
Continued on Page TWO)
' WASHINGTON. July 31 —(#•)
— The senate's hl-pari$en eco-
nomy bloc foiced an additional
$25.000.000 reduction in the ad-
ministration s lending bill to-
day.
The chamber accepted, a pro-
posal by majoiity leader Barkley
II' KY) to ut from $100,000,-
000 to 17T.000,000 ,11 proposed
new lending ftntliorlsallon for the
export-Import bank,
Barkley offered the amend-
ment as a compromise after sen-
ator Taft (R-Oblo) had demand-
ed the authorization be reduc-
ed to #25,0<MU'00.
Action on th>' Barkley amend-
ment brought thu total of the
lending bill down to $1,815.-
000 noo compared with a total of
$2.800.009,00(1 when the mea-
sure originally was introduced.
Barkley'.. amendment also
coutallied <t leoVlslon requiring
that borro e,-s from the export
Import bunk Mi the money in
the United States.
Army Masses For
Practice Battles
WASHINGTON, July 31 —tfPl
V conception of military
itiIrIii undaunted by any peace-
time mohollzntlon on this con-
tinent since the civil war will
'• begin this week In preparation for
jtwo great practice battles,
With neai'ly 70.000 officers
: and men under arms, the first
! field army virtually the en-
tire combat ttrength of the east*
! ern seaboard trom Maine to Vir-
ginia — w|tl take putt In the
war games. From them the army
high command hope* to g-'ln new
in formación >n eu'h military
problems is technique «r rapid
! mobilization and value of nio-
j dimmed >arnlry In a rough ter-
! rain.
CLEVELAND, July 31 —(ft
New violence broke out Iste
today at gone ra I motors' slrtke-
houud Fisher Body Corp. plant,
where clashes between unionists
and police loft 42 injured thia
morning.
In full vi<-w of mayor Harold
H. Burton an>l safety director
Fillet Ness, who had Just ar-
rived for an inspection, mounted
police charged the CIO United
Automobile workers picket
to clear the wuy for a
car.
In the melee that folic
picket smashed windows of
automobile with rocks and
arrested throe.
Military Staff Talks To Start
CLEVELAND, July 31 —(*)•—
A club.wielding, brick-tossing,
and tear gas bomblug riot at tke
strikebound Fisher body plant of
Genernl Motors Corp. today In-
jured 34 persons, none seriously.
A crowd of CIO United Auto-
mobile workers, estimated by po-
lice at 5,000 to S,000, massed at
the rates to "stop the plant."
Pollco ('apt. Michael J. Black-
well said fighting started after a
brick was thrown through the
window of an automobile carry,
ing several non-strikers Into the
plant.
j, A Went fdt tear gcc skulls and
bombs were thrown In the rioting
ih'at ensued, Bladkwood add.
Twelve persons were arreatad
and released later on waivers.
A short time later a truca was
effected by Polloe Chief George
J. Matowits.
Plant Operating
Company officials said the
plant was operating, as It has been
throughout the strike, called
throe weeks ago bv skilled tool
and die workers to press de-
mands for a supplemental agree-
ment.
Tho company said 463 persons,
Including office employes, entered
the plant today. About 700 nor-
mally are employed at this sea-
son.
"Police were ordered not to
fire any bullets unless the strik-
ers stormed the plant," Capt.
Blackwood said.
Two fire department pumpers
played streams of water into the
shouting crowd dispelling dem-
onstrators.
Officials of White Motor Co..
three miles away and not affect-
ed by the strtke closed their
plant today because only 400 of
the regular work force of 1,200
reported for duty.
Many of those Injured were
non-striking employes attempting
to enter the pkace.
Tear gas bombs thrown by po-
lice were picked up and tossed
back by pickets iu several in-
stances. When the gaa failed to
disperse the crowd, police turned;
fire hose on the pickets.
100 Police On nuty
Police quickly rounded up 12
men from the picket line, loaded
them In cars and took tkem to
the nearest precinct station.
About 100 police were on du-
ty at the plant today sent there
after a CIO organiser had urged
all union men to turn ont to
"stop this plant." When rioting
started. 100 more police were dis-
patched to the plant.
Police O let George Mato-
wtt* said strikers hsd agreed to
' a truce pending a union oommtt-
lee conference.
Police Capt. Michael J. Black-
wood said mt teaat 800 tear gas
shells and bombs were discharged
In the course of the rioting, which
lasted abont an hour.
"Rioters had tear gaa shotguns
with shells whteh we believe were
from Flint. Mich., and tear 0m
bombs, which we believe
from Pittsburgh," Capt.
wood said.
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Dispatch ot joint British-
French military missions to start
Immediate staff talks In Mos-
cow was announced today In the
house of commons.
Prime Minister Chamberlain
said the military talks would
procesd "sido by side," with cur-
rtnt three-power conversations
at bringing "(ovist Bus-
A
sia into n mutual assistance pact
with France and Britain.
Russia Ready Por Peace
In Moscow the communist
party newspaper Pravda said
Russia wac ready to help organ-
ise "a real peacc front."
Anti-British demonstrations
were staged outside Britain's
Tokyo embassy amid growing
of grave difficulties in
British-Japanese negotiations for
settling tho far eastern disputo
between the two powers.
Informed London quarters
feared the Toky., talks, lpit<ated
after Japan imposed a blockade
June 14 on the British and
French concessions In Tientsin,
were headed for a breakdown.
The ne«o latlons were dead-
locked over Japsness demsnds
that Brltsln surrender about $3.-
888,000 deposited In British
Tientsin banks by the Chinese
government,
In t^entsln the Jspauese army
spokesman declared there was
no danger of the antl-Brltlsh
movement gaming an anti-Amer-
ican tinge tweaase of the Untted
states' abrogation ot her 1 U
trade treaty with Japan.
Searching of an American
woman aud a Briton by Japa-
nese conic>tled customs officials
Was reported at Tslsgtao.
Europe's propaganda "battle
of the mall*" took a new tqrn as
a number of French professional
men turned over to police let-
ters they had receive;*, from Oer-
mnny describing a "Polish
ace ' in the Uanrig Issue.
Hidi.
SOUTHAMPTON
SOUTHAMPTON, ft.
81 -{*)-- Beaded by
fending chai
and the newly-Crowned
tltleholder
America's major
players moved todey to
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