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ASKS FOR PROOF
Peace Acts, Not Just
Hitler's Unsupported
Promises Required
IIERM.V, (lit. IU —(/J'i—
The first (imiiini n'Hiilim i«
I'lllllc Minister ( IlKllllH'l-
Iain's MIH<I<<<II ill I III' lllHIM' of
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the words or informed «Ir
«•leu:
"This «internum, llltr
Daludici-'s (Prender líala-
illrr uf Kranir) is neither
fish inn- íTesli."
This oft-used German pro-
verb 1 equivalent In the
American expression uf
"straddling."
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'BORGER, THE WONDER CITY—CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD"
Ansociatcd PresM BORUKR, TEXAS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, li>39 NEA Service
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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LONDON, Oct. ia-(,1',- Prime
Minister Chamberlain lulil Adolf
Htlli'i' iodu> In- could have pence
If !u> wunted it bill ll "must l«< ti
roul mid settled peace" 11111I not
that ontlliMMl liy llu> (<1<1<1111111
Fuehrer ill tin- Reichstag lust
Friday,
Itcpl) Inn lu Hitler's peace
wflteMr Chamberlain, in Ills
«eeklj war report lu ih<< House
of ('ominous. •.(■OI<H<<<I «mi uncus,*
ti<n<<<< Interrupted li) cuiimIiiiii
alarm* mid 1<<1X<1<1<<<I threats.'*
H<> sold the proposals of Hit-
ler's speech wine "vague and Hit-
(«llalli and contain no suggest•
Ion for righting the wrongs done
lo Czecho-Slovaklu ami Poland."
"The Herman government mul
tin* German government alone."
( hamberlalu <I<<<I111C<I. •.tumis in
(lie way of the "iH'ni'c we un-
determined to <H<CIII<C."
The Prime Minlater Haiti that
lacking "convincing proof" by
definite acts and guarantees of
Hltler'a will for pence Hritulii
and Frunce "mu«t persevere n
our duly 10 the end.''
When Chamti <rUln finished
hid c«ni|mrtttlv< 'v brief il<<<<l.n
«1I011 ('lorncut II Atllec. (wider of
Mi<' labor opposition, spokt In
support
Brliiilu. chamberlain declared
could not iHsottpt :.uch a bash' foi
peace mm Hitler proponed "with
out forfeiting her honor "
Chambcrfe'ii xi'd that eve
if Hitlers |ir |MiMilk coklmillitl
suggest biu* tw righting Hie
wrong* of Poland «nil I 'aecho-
Slovakia "It would NtUi be niHcmi.
ary I o ask by «lint practical
mean* "ib<< (¿crinan government
intends t<i convince the world
that aggressions M||| cease and
«tul thai |iI<<<Ik<<s ulll be kept."
Look I n -. beyond (lie war,
Chamberlain unset'led. "Whatever
muy lie the Issue of the present
struggle and In whatever wuy It
ujpy b<< brought lo n conclusion
tnc world will not lie the mime
world thai we have known In-
fore '•
TI111 Prime Minister also suit)
thai by ucceptanec of such t<
Imsls Hrllaln would "abandon
her I'lulin that lutoitllillounl dis
PUtes should be anil led by ills
■ usfiloti and not by force "
Acceptance of the Herman
Soviet partition of Poland wus a
prior condition of peace over
ture which Hitler made In his
Reichstag speech lasl Friday
The Prime Minister added
"We are not aiming only at
victory, but rnihor looking be-
yond ll to the laying of a found-
ation of a bettor International
system which will moan that war
l« not to lie the lot of every
HUcccedlitK generation
"It Is for Hermuii.t lo ilia ki-
ller choice," hi' asserted, whether
10 continue 1 li<< war or show idle
Willitj. p<<a<<- li) "definite acts mid
I ) the provision of effective
gniirmilecs" that the underlnk-
Ings Will >N< curried out.
Chamberlain refrained from
KlviiiR a specific ilntamuiil on
llrltaln'M war nltn despite a
widespread dcmAUd in some pol-
itical quarters for fltich a stale-
men I.
"We must take II that the pro-
posals which the (.iermun chan-
cellor put forward for the estub-
Ihdimcnt of what he onII 'the
eortulnty of Kuropean security'
are to be based on recognition nf
(Coulluued on l'tvo F*lVia.
COOK ON BREMEN
TELLS THRILLING
TALE OF ESCAPE
Dodged Blockade In
Dash To Port In
North Russia
(top)light. I , by the
Associated Press
A.MKTKRDAM. Oct. IS—,A'>—A
.Netbi-clands seniiiaii 011 tile «¡fi-
nían liner Itreinen declared today
the vessel 11-Mcheil Muruiiiiisk.
\ortb Itusslan Port, after a
thrlllliiK voyage during ublcli she
fh-w the Hovict llag anil prepara-
tions were made to destt-o) her
rather than allow Iter to fall In
Itrltisb bit 1111s
K Posl. 11 cook ¡mil only Nefh
<tIniidn aeiUMun on the Hi'emen
when she sailed Aug .10 from
New Vork. told his story in a
copyright interview «lili the Am
-.teidani newspapiT llei Volk
after Ills return to hit uutlve
connlry.
lie ald ('aptuiu Adolf AliretiH
nkiried llf blockade "I the liri
tisli fleet with Imirel of ¿aso
line op deck for liu< tiiug lio- <<n
se| ruthei Iban allow her to be
captured by the Hrltish
Tlie «<>)!«<■ was veiled in such
>«• rc<>, ill- suitl. (hut the yn-w
dW not know th<- liner's <l<--(iun-
tliMi. nil ligfit- wen- e\tliigwlwh<*d
dining ihr iitirtb ttluniii ei-oss-
ing and the «ir«*li<ss iiiistvereil no
cull*.
Post said that after tune day-
at sea h<- realized the Bromen
wim Hiilliny tai- to the north, be-
cause III |||I- -old weather, btl'
thai he bail no Idea when ahe
was going
There wen- no pa sctigors 01'
cargo and every procnuHon wait
made lo save the crew in event
of un attack
The vessel I wmm painted grax
ns she sp<<<l ucrtiss tb<< Atlantic.
Mlie frnveh-d mneli or the time in
heav) mist, which helped t<> con-
cent her from uu.V ships near her
course.
Posl said the Hrcmen flew the
Soviet flag and the flag of the
Ninth lieiinan-Lloyd line, but
(Continued ou Pngc SIX)
Gets Life Term In Slaying
JURY OUT SIXS
VAI'WHT
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Rev. Vaught Accepts Post In Alva, Okla.
County Judge Hears
Case Of Man Moving
Mortgaged Property
A preliminary h'-aitup w,u
scheduled t li}>• afteruoon in cottn
iy court before .fudge Norman
t of fee foi a year-old former
I'hillipN employe charged with
moving mortfageii property from
Hie ''oiinfy"
The luán who Itv'i's !n y\rkan
ras. whs arrested by Deputy
Sherif I Klmer ftelmei nighl
floe last .11 Krlck Okla and liebl
for th<- louil county OffIcMR He
war. returned here ycsierday by
liepnty sllteiIff 0 11 "Red" 101
li and tieoige Killer* pedal
Phillip offlceri. and placed 111
the county Jail
The romplalnl ''barges thai he
moved a 11101 'Raged ,<nr and some
niorlRitgei! tire purchHsetl from
the Vildlugtoh Service Station
here
The mail « '' laid off thia
week front the conntructloii crew
at Phillips
Tin- count) oi 1 ¡coin also were
hi Idlug aiioihei man today In
city jail, charged with swindling
by "hot check" il<< want arreMod
here by Deputy Sheriff Dale
Kane
IMIItUANH UKT I'M BI AIi
( OI PON V<U.I ICS
Ten dollars In merehnndiHe
and service for only SO cents
Is what you dtot ft out the Hor-
ner Heriild's Wodne day Cou-
pon Pnge Don't mlsn taking
ndvnniage of lh|tt unusual of-
for
Just bring In your Wodneo-
dny Coupon Pugc to I he Her-
ald office, pay the imshler .In
cents and you have 80 days
lo use the 111 stumped cou-
pons.
There are lio eatclie , con-
Uwtfl or jokers to It.
If you have lost or mtsplav-
od VVodnesday s papar, a few
extra coplea are yet available
at the Herald. So act quickly!
Act now!
Iroquois Passengers Pell
Of Storm And Seasiekness
Making Trip Owe Uf Horror
BERLIN, Oct. 14. _(AP)_ Authoritative
German quarters «aid today they considered the
fact that the refugee ship Iroquois reached New
York safely was "proof that the German navy's
fraternal attitude toward America had yielded
a 100 per cent success."
Grand Admiral F.rich Raeder, Commander-
in-Chief of the German navy, had warned the
United States government that the Iroquois
— ~~ «would be torpedoed.
350 Men Each Day
Enlist In Eighth
U. S. Army Corps
HAN ANTONIO. Oct 12 i/P)
An average of MBit men arc
beliiK enlisted daily within the
eighth corpa urea during tho cur-
rent recruiting drive, artny of-
ficials at Fort 8am Houston said
today. The quota for the corps
Is 17,000 men with the deadline
for the drive sel for Nov. 12.
Requirement* WW Hull unit
1. I'll Icons of the United Suit-
es While Hace I Includes those
of Latlu-Amerlean extraction).
(Quota for colored fll'od at pres-
enil.
2. Arc 18 to 35 years. 1 If
under 21. wrltlen consent of par-
ent of Kuardiau necessary. 1
3. Unmarried and without ac-
tual dependent.
4. Minimum height 5 ft. 4
luches.
ft. Minimum w«-igbt -115 lbs.
>1. Apparently physically fit.
7. Of good moral character.
NKW YOltK Oi l I t/Pi- A
terrific three-day storm.uud an
ever-flowing at renin of sinister
rumor torturen Americana
—577 passengers and 211 crew-
men who reached New York
last night 011 the Utter Iroquois
the ship which the dormán Ad-
miralty warned would be sunk
supposedly by all allied belliger-
ent
Ablate with lights, the 12-year
old vessel dropped utidier to the
cheers of some 2.000 who had
gathered to greet her
Mrs. Mary Ktlegcltnan of
Haltlmorc. one of the passengers,
decftti-ed. "If ever there were u
ship of horrors, thla was ll The
storm was no had that some of
the officers said they expected
the lop of the boat lo blow oft'.
Everyone was ill Then, they
started searching our buggnge
and wouldn't say what for.
"They mude u* go lulo the
holds dark. dirty holds—to
identify our trunks. Home of us
were so sick w<- couldn't go.
When we told them we couldn't
go. they told us iliey would
Rev. E. M. Vaught, who lius been pastor of tho
Church of the Nazarene for two years, ha* recently ac-
cepted a call to the church in Alva, Okla., and plans to
leave for his new home on Nov. 16.
The Na/.arene church has been erected here since
arrival of the Rev. Vaught on Nov. Í), lf .'.7, Sunday
school attendance haN more than doubled and quite a
number have been added to the church membership, un-
de>- directorship of the Rev. Vaught.
Border Woman Says Make
I J. S. Safe And Strong,
But To Stay Out Of War
(Continued on Page TWO)
SHIPPING CURB
m AS HLtfVn
10 U.S. TRADE
Would Destroy O u r
Merchant Marinr
Says Bailey
WASHINGTON. Oct I.: ¡.V)
Chairman Italley (M N'tM nf the
Senate t'ouimercc Conimtltee ib-
clarad today that nhippliiK pro
vlsiofis nf Hie admiuiM 1 atlou's
lientl-sllly hill would disruiil
Atiiei'lciH) commerfi- and deslio)
much of 1 In American men hunt
Marine "
Chairman I'lttman iliNev) of
the I'orelgii relaiious committee
Jitlt the Mlatelnenl ill the Senate
record at the opening of today's
suasion I'ltlinan said Hint al
thnugli he did not agree with
Itmley's estimate of potcntlul
Ioshos to ahipplllK he coiiHlderetl
It un able rttutemenl
Senator Bulo a iD-SI m oponed
the eighth day 01 debate on the
neutrality bill with the argument
that u desire on the pail of some
people 10 profit tin munitions
miles was partly responsible for
efforts, to repeal the arms <yn
bar gp
"We cannot close our eyes to
1 lie I act 1 hut there are people in
this country who ore interested
in inakiiiK a profit, IJ-ulow suitl
"They want to sell suns and
make a profit even If those kuiih
bathe the earth In mothers'
toara."
Hulow commented that Home
people siiy "we our It < to no over
and Imiii; Hitler and muyhc Hit-
ler oug'itl to lie hIInv. "
"But before yon can hung a
horse-lhlef ji.a've not to catch
him," he pointed out, ' and we
haven't Rot our hands on Hitler
InterrupliiiK, senator It«ynolds
(D-NC) expressed agreeiiieul
wilh itulow's views itul Hhoulcd
"Before we attempt to destroy
Hitler and Ktalln and Naniism
and eommuulsm over there we
had belter destroy uasllsui, fusc-
Isin and cominunisin in the Unit
ed Stales."
"We would have to kill off
several million Hermann before
wo could act our hands on him
(Hitler)." Hulow said. "As it
looks now. we would also have to
kill about I O.OOti,OOP Itusslans
before they would let us Iiuuh
him "
And he added several mil
llo,, Allteiicun live# would hitVo
to bo sacrificed.
Kll.l.H II, HHI.I
cmcAoo. Oct. is- i/p)
Thomas All, ft2 shot and killed
his estrangled wife and a beauty
SLAYER'S PATE
Prosecutor Asks 40
Years In Gosnell
Shooting
Joseph I.outs French, confess-
ed slayer of Hoy A "fat" (Sos-
nell last night was sentenced to
life imprisonment in the state
penitentiary.
The jury which received the
case at I 30 p. m yesterday lij,
St tli district court root at Stin-
lietl, deliberated for about six
hours before deciding on the
fate of French. I-'year-old truck
driver and oil field worker
French yesterday entered n
guilty plea to the charge he shot
(¡osnell. 20. also a truck driver,
to death will! a pistol the night
of Sept I | in Hnrger
In an *t'Kumeiif lasting only
two minutes. District Attorney
W L McConnoll recommended a
•iO-year term for French, adding
thli sentence would in effect
amount to a life Imprisonment.
Defense Attorney "Dusty"
Miller 0I Amarillo made no final
argument , '
Judge Jack Allen delivered a
* t"1; *t#'t*< «« "'• lurv ow the case,
(¿erniaiiY I'nshes 0
On Western Front Which Is
Repulsed After Hard Fight
AL^SUNI), NORWAY. Oct. 12.---(AP)~A Norwe-
gian fishing boat skipper asserted today that he was trap-
ped in the midst of an hour and a half North Sea battle
Monday afternoon between five British warships and
about 150 German planes.
The captain of the fishing boat Kvaloy aaid bombs
dropped on all sides and the crew,p fearing their ship
would be sent to the bottom, prepared to take to the life-
boats.
He said his crew could see that noither ship® nor
planes were hit, but after the warships ateamed away
(hey heard an explosion and saw a fire column on the
horizon.
(Both the Gemían and British admiralties reported
a North Sea engagement Monday between planes and
warships. The Germans asserted their bombers scored
10 direct hits, but the British contended there was no
damage.)
AS ONF. WOMAN SKBh IT
ID Mrs. Harry Willis
shop i
operator and himself.
i 'i-Hptieii ' vy'aii
ninn mental process© tell ui
(Slat iM«iM of un do very little
thinking Indeed' Most of our ac-
tion consistes in reflexes We do
thlfiKR tfcrougn force of habit
We «o through life giving Hie
same response* to the same : *l
nitull alni""t without exception
Only when w< are de:m>i;rate or
are obsessed by an overwhelming
desire, de we net down to the
laborious task of forcing the
bialii to produii' Ihoiight.
Now iH a good I line for Ainei
(Can- to filler aiul Mtrengthen
theli desire loi peace, anil their
deicriiilufftlc.u lo stay out of war.
I.et us slop and lb Ink before we
K" on let i inc. ready-made props
ganda pas' our lips I'll confess
thai wli"li th" earliest war re
potts csme lu. I w;is among the
first who talked about wanting
tn crush Hltlftl'lxll The war-de
slie thoughts nail been so com
motilv handled ahoiii ihat at least
! of 10 udnlls spoke tho sanie un-
thinking words Most of us said
that we mustn't let the allies lose
the war, for if we did, Hitler
would descend upon us through
Canada, and make us a German
possession
These war-searo-heads remind
me uf an incident in our garden
this spring. Harry and 1 wore
appalled at the thousands of
tiny grasshoppers that flew up
in clouds around our feet He
.'•aid if these pests live 10 he
grown, everything will lie eaten
for miles around No ' 1 said.
"Something will happen before
thai •' Sure cnoiwih. something
happened! Some cool rains caus-
ad fungi to grow on them, which
destroyed muny faiter, we turn
ed some young chickens In the
gaiib'ti and later still pul out
poison Actually, we had fewer
grasshoppers by June lá than
we hav'e ever had
Something will Slop Hitler'
Already (lie fungi of hate and
tliss<<sNioii Inside his newly ■ ac-
quired lerrilories are al work
The greater number of Herman
poop I e are not Naisls. Internal
revolution may take place at any
moment Injustice has within It
the needs of Its own defeat It
Is not III the nature or thlliK'' for
Hitler to continue to win indefin
llely Ills aggressive cumpulgns
We have only it remember our
histories to rmillxc thai uninter-
rupted suri-"?* !'i iggresslon has
hui given to vory few men and
for brief periods of time only
Well does Hitler know 1 hat 8la
I in cannot he counted upon. The
Sialln whose orders made the
Htttlln government print and cir-
culate counterfeit money could
ulso extend counterfeit friend-
ship liltlm- has made too mapy
cumulo*, aud has ruled with too
(Continued on Page 81X)
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about ;'(><• woldn
Three eyewitnesses of the
shooting. Richard Hill. Alfred
Hill, and Tom Gosnell. brother of
the victim, in testimony yester-
day afternoon told similar atorlef
of th« r,laving which occurred
about in 30 p m In front of
Tommy Gosnell's house at 518
L«C Street and near one of his
trucks.
(¡onlie!I shot through the left
eye was rushed by ambulance to
North Plains Hospital where he
died in about twenty minutes.
French was captured about 2:110
a in that night on the south
Santa F<< trucks by a trio of arm-
ed youths, and Deputy Sheriff
Dale Lane and Phillips Officer
George Fillers French's car was
found driven Into a ditch a short
distance west of Gosnell's resi-
dence, a pistol Inside It.
i, 1 in- testified about the de-
tails of the capture J. H Holder
a truck driver, testified that on
tho night of the slaying French
caine to bin house and asked to
use Herder's car, saying "I just
killed "Fat" Gosnell; I shot him
In the head three times "
nichard Hill, Alfred Hill, and
Tommy Gosnell stated French
shot Gosnell after driving up to
the house and abusing him by
cursing hi 111. Toinn-y Gosnell,
brother-in-law of French, testi-
fied that lie tried lo intervene be-
tween the two and find out why
French was angry with his broth-
(Continued on Pago SIX i
PAH IS, Oct 12 <yp) Ger-
man patrols battered French out-
posts from the Moselle to the
Rhine today, continuing a series
of thrusts reported to havo cost
the Nuil "hundreds" of casual-
ties In tho last three days with-
out gaining "an inch of ground."
French advices, which lold of
"very hot" action In one uniden-
tified sector deriiiR Hie night,
sulil the luletl assiiults had been
repulsed despite heavy prepara-
tion by Herman artillery.
Ai no point had the Germans
been successful in attempts to
I uke prisoners, according to I hose
reports. The French, entrenched
In posit ions from which they i nk-
ed the advancing Germans with
machine gun fire, described their
own losses us "slight."
As the fighting Increased In
■cope, with urdllery thundering
ulong the 100-mlle front, ti/
weather — which has been foggy
and rainy — suddenly turned
cold
The French reported their re-
connaissance planes had taken
some "very Interesting" photo
grapt] of German positions but
.aid li Nar.l airmen bad attempt-
•fed u. & mm rbe ttnes ;¿k<W Oct
10, w,hen one was shot down.
Té* heaviest land action oc-
curred on tho plateau that aalrts
the eastern bonk of the Moselle
north of the town of Perl. Hund-
reds of German Infantry troops
were thrown Into the battle after
strong artillery preparation
The heaviest Herman assaults,
It was indicated, have occurred
In the vicinity of Nuarbnieckeii
ami PirnuuMiMs. Bitter righting
ulso was reported in the area
between Hie Moselle and Maar
rivers 011 the French left wing.
Barbed wire erected in front
of Hie French positions was said
to havo been effective al most
points lt, halting German hand
grenade thrower , who have play-
ed a prominent part in recent
thrusts.
Home French military experts
estimated that to attack the
Maglnot line Willi any hope of
success Germany would have to
throw AO divisions (ubout 750,•
000 men) into the assault, with
1 he prospect of losing 500,000
men.
U. S. REQUESTS
RUSSIA NOT TO
AGGRAVATE WAR
"Finland Asked To
Exchange Views
With Soviet"
CLAt'DE STATION
RK POR TED ROHHKI
County officers bore (oday re-
ceived word ihat a filling station
at Claude wiis broken into last
night and robbed.
Tho loot Included lili automo-
bile tires, flashlights, anti freeze,
and other nutomohtlc equipment.
Department Of Labor
Studies City Affairs
<*-
.1 \V Martin, field agent fot
the United Sisten Department of
Labor with headquarters I11
Houston. I.i making a study of
the city government of Horgei
He Is making a report on the
city government here, noting its
form, payroll, labor. record
forms. au<l „titer phases, for the
Department of Labor. Ills Inspec-
tion of the city records cover
the period of 1928 through 193*.
Martin mhI<I Borgei' was Hie
first uKslgneuient he has been
given on this work and (list he
bail not been fully informed on
the purpose of H10 survey which
ihe department, is cottditeling lu
cities throughout Ihe laud
it might t>e presumed that the
information would lie used for
«(a list leal dula, possibly In con |
miction with the 1940 census I
he >ald
Martin started on the Job here
nl. the city halt yesterday and
probably will bo here for the uext
several day*.
Gallon's Wife
Billed For Theft
ATLANTA, Oct I <j ttf'i -
The Fulton county 1 Atlanta)
«rand lury today Indicted Mrs.
Vera Hunt Gullogly, charging her
with larceny from 11 downtown
unta department store.
Charles Hurisfleld, deputy
clerk, said sho was the wife of
Hlchartl G. Gnllogly, Georgia
life lorin convii l who escaped
from guards while being trans-
terrell from an AHantu hospital
to Tattnall State prison unit lat-
er surrendered in Dallas, Tex,
ATHER
West Texas: Partly cloudy to-
ulghi liuil Friday, warmer In east
and north portion* Friday.
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MOSCOW, Oct. la
l ulled Stales Ambassador L n-
renr? A. Kteinhardt railed at the
Kremlin today for a talk which
reliable sources sakl urged Sov*
let Russia to refrain from mak-
ing excessive demanda on Pin*
land.
It was understood Stelnhardt
unked Premier-foreign Commis-
sar Vyacheslaff Molotoff not t6
aggravate the European war alt-
uation by such demanda.
Stclnhardt'a visit came only
two and half
land's special envoy to
Dr. Jubo
ed the Kremlin for a
at
Finland Was known to be
hoping for American support, to
ward off any demauds anch aa
made Estonia, Latvia and Lllh-
panla virtual Soviet protector-
ates In the paet two w eks,
HELSINKI, Oct 12 — (/P)—
Foreign mlniater Eljas Ergko ex*
pressed the hope today that no
difficulties would arise between
Finland and Soviet Russia In
their Moscow negotiations b<H
said there were "certain Interna-
tional rules which cannot Ua
overlooked."
Tho Foreign Mlniater spoke
In an Interview a few hour be-
fore the conversations began In
Moscow with Dr. Jubo Kuatt
Paaslklvl representing Finland.
"No demands have been pnt
before us jrot," he sald.__ "We
have been asked to exchange
views and we have no reason to
reject such a request, We would
do the same for any other state."
Borgans Asked To
Attend Flood Meet
Fritz Thompson, president,
and H. N. Pruett. secretary, of
the Canudlan Rlvor Flood Con-
1 rol Association have received in-
vltallouh to ttend a minting of
the executive committee of the
Panhandle Water Conserv
Authority at 1(1 a. m. tomorro
in Amarillo.
H N Pruett, secretary of htu
Chumlier of Commerce, yesterday
attended a meeting of the Garza-
Pulo Duro Road Association at
Floydada.
The body decided lo seek an
appointment with the State High-
way Commission at Dallas Oct.
,10 tn press for grading and
age for the proposed highway
Garsa County.
The proposed route would
brace Post, Halls, Floydada,
verton mid come north thr
Palo Duro to Cleude
Hiotioe to Borger. The
nl Commerce has agreed
the organization obtain
way,
SCHOOL* CLOSE
FOR CHILDRESS
All Merger public
dismiss at noon tomorrow
cause nf the Borgeifj
foi .hall game at Ch
morrow night
student will be
011 Hie ltus ea which then
used to transport the
pap squad to Childrear.
Four butfWft.
for the football boys
the trip.
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 278, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1939, newspaper, October 12, 1939; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167804/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.