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Factories, Transport
Demoralized By
Red Raiders
— W#WI WMUNRIt
(OI'KNHAGKN, March I*—</p)
—Now that tin* iluHHluii-Klnnlxli
W I over some of the mont oh-
rtiiKWu Influencing tin*
l*M III tllttll* llt'cixioil (O Ni||ll
«• run be dhrlowi).
Willie I lie IionI lilt les continued
lUe censorship |t licy iiatiirull)
dictated suppression or minimis-
ing oí l lie damage done by I lie
Soviet air raids to industries and
transport vllnl lo continuance or
armed resMuncc.
The havoc wrouRhl by tho bom-
bers wuh tremendous.
Not a single sUeuble town In
all Finland escaped punishment
(rom the air.
Till* wits bad enough ror I lie
civilian , hundreds of whom were
ItJUeil wlille count les* ollierN nmw
their homes demolished, burned
or badly damaged.
But damage to the factories and
railway transport ua well as har-
bor facilities wus rtipre a vital
tactor in crippling Finnish de-
fense.
Hauko and a number of other
towns m act leal ly ceased to exist
Some railway junctions had lit-
tle left hut the tracks and the
movement or troops through such
Ints to the front was a most
Ifflcult and dangerous task.
In late February when 1 pass-
ed through the junction of Bllsen-
vaara near the western shore of
Lake Ladoga, trains were crowd-
ed with reinforcements, some
southbound toward the Karelian
Isthmus, some travelling to the
northeast of Lake Ladoga.
Tile troops with whom I trav.
died moved through wlilt the ut-
most difficulty for . Kittenvaara
had been bombed rivé times dur-
ing tfte night before tktir arrival
and bombers raided us rour times
during the dag.
My censored dispatch did not
mention soldiers but It was tho
movement of rolnforcemeents to
the front that the Russian raid-
ers were crippling.
Kllsenvaara already was In
rutns wJj«B''i e left but ll was
bombed again repeatedly In sue-
ing days.
y
fropt, whs
It was
he-
lo within easy artillery range.
Turku, vital western seaport un l
Industrial center, was raided al-
most dally and bomb damage to
harbor facilities and vital fact-
ories was disastrous.
Lote A Pretty
i? Maybe
Tltoic Is a pretty male Pekin-
gese dog that's probably wonder-
ing as much where Its master or
mlstresH is as the owner is won-
dering where the pet has gone
The do* has attached hlmseir
at Allen Roger's House No. 2 at
the Rock Creek Camp and ha
been given froe board and room
there for a week or so.
Rogers said today the dog would
be turned over to anyone proper
ly Identifying the dog as his ot-
her pet.
Is Summoned
Sheriff Vern Underbill and dep-
uties are summoning a special
vénlre for the retrial of R. C-
Mowery, charged with rape.
The venire Is called to meet
next Thursday. March ál, The or-
Iglnal Jury was dlsmlBMd last Fri-
day because of the sudden ill-
ness or H. M. Hood, defense at-
ttorney.
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BORGER, TEX A¿J, THURSDAY, MA
Mussolini Free-Lancing
To Gain Most Advantage,
For A Prosperous Italy
H 14, 1940
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS
iiL
in Bank
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Of highest Importance - o«-
pecially with all Europe iu fer-
ment over dio liusso-Flnnlsh
"peace" and Its potentalities —
Is Italian undersecretary Soddu's
announcement that Italy is ready
to defend Its Liberty ot action
with a million trained men un-
der arms and with a rorliried
bulwark across it* Alpine fron-
tiers.
The general added that the
Frontier business facing both
Go nil an y and France had been
strengthened. That's making dis-
trust, or caution, out both ways.
This supplements, accidentally
or otherwise, the straight-front-
the shoulder message which Nazi
Foreign Minister Von Hlbbentrop
is understood to have taken back
to Fuehrer Hitler from Slgnor
Mussolini earlier this wuek
thai Italy will slay out ot war so
Uttig as the Fascist chief consid-
ers ll advantageous.
What these two announcements
amount, to is that II Dure
who is a Very practical man
Is free-lancing. And he will light
to maintain his prerogatives. You
couldn t ask for « > 0rc Nunt dc- ^ 0|| „ lllRhW)iy ,mral.
flnitiou ot tiollcy though you pio- ... ,l uw,i .......w
hably would like more detalla. *í«OUri^a lUc u-oak.
It Isn't that Hitler wunls his
partnei iu the Berlin-Home axis
lo come Into the war, for I don't
believe he does. Hut there inusi
he an anxious iiuestlou In the
Fuehrers mind us to which way
the Itlaian leader will go if and
when he does get Into the con-
flict.
The Huce's statement oí policy
stops short of clearing up that
point, so far as the public knows.
And It Is u vital point for Hit-
ler.
Wisdom dictates that 11 Ducw
refrain rrom being rough with
powerful Hitler, and cautions
him againat raw-hiding Kngland
and Mrai«|ie enough to draw
French troops across his border
and set the Anglo-French navies
to blockading his almost never
(Continued on PAGE FIVE)
Borger Band To
Go To Shamrock
Returning the vlalt of the
Shamrock band here on Border's
Birthday last Friday, the Borger
High Band will visit Shamrock
next Monday and take part In the
St. Pat's Day festivities.
The band will march In the
long parade and take part In the
marching exhibitions.
Accompanying the Borger
band will go Katharine Clark, re-
cently elected band queen or
sweotheart. and Helen McDonald,
the duchess who will attend Miss
Clark.
Band, Manual Training
By
Heads
■re
Borger school officials
•wing up plHlis for H proposed
baud uhd manual training
bulld n<( or buildings In lite north-
wwt corner of the high school-
W«t Ward block. Junt north ot
tbe gym.
Plans for the projoet. for which
W. P. A. funds will bo «ought, are
In a tentative stage but are
formulated rapidly.
school board, mooting last
tho pro-
it. W. A.
outline
itlCllt,
and attthi
.
IUK|H!<;t the nut nil ii I I mining shops
in ilie A uta ril lo schools, shops
built during Melntosh's superln-
letnloney at Amarillo.
Mcintosh, Claud Lear, man-
ual training Inlrtruclor, ami Clyde
Rowe. band director, have drawn
up preliminary sketches of the
proposed building or buildings.
II has not been decided definitely
whether to erect two separate
buildings or have tho units share
a common wall on one aide.
Mcintosh, Loar and Principal
Jack Adklna yesterday afternoon
at a «visited the Dumaa school shop.
According to the presont «ketch-
es, subject to change by the school
t«t,
med
CAR ON CROSSING
Described As Worst
Similar Accident
In History
sr.ú'.i.
Mc.VIXK.X, Tcv., March 14 —
(A1)— Twenty five persons were
killed today when it Missouri.
Pacific passenger train splintered
a truck loaded with fruit pick-
••ex at a crossing six mile east
of litis lower liio Grunde Valley
town.
Mevenlceti were injured, niany
critically.
Three eyc-vvltnesscH to the
grade croKslng crush six miles
eiist of here that look at least
25 lives today gave word pictur-
es of Texas' worst crossing acci-
dent In hl«tory.
Johu Boeye or McAllen, who.!
with Frank Brady of Mercedes
said:
"I saw u big dust cloud when
the train reached the crossing.
When we arrived at the scene we
naw there had been a wreck. We
rushed up to fitttl bodies rolling
cround on the ground. The train
was still moving.
"The dust wan so thick tor u
moment wc couldn't tell what
had happened, but when wc saw
the mangled bodies we knew
something awtul had taken place.
"We ran to a telephone to call
the Sheriff's office and ambul-
ances and then looked iif'ountl
to see if wo could help any of
those people it looked to me like
moat of thain were beyond help.
A few minutes later deputy
sheriff (leorge Ingram of the
Sheriff's office caroruliy tried to
aount the bodte*.
"Wo found at least 08."
"I have nevor «eon anything
worse In my lire. Wo round one
child without Its huad. Wc round
a man's body severed ut the
waist. We round another man
without head and arms. We
found perilous of bodies scatter-
ed from the polut of impact to
the front of the engine, u dis-
tance or two blocks."
Miss Mary Ann Wall, secre-
tary of the Alamo Citrus Asso-
ciation. who said she nearly al-
ways looks out the window of
her office, facing th* crossing,
when the train comen through,
said she was busy today and
didn't look up "until I heard that
terrible crash."
"When I looked. I saw bodies
flying In every direction through
a sheet of flame. It seemed to
me that the gasoline tank of the
truck must have exploded. I tried
lo yell but I couldn't say a thing.
"Then my boss. Albert Jensen,
ran out on the loading platform
and yelled back to me lo call
all the amhulancoi. I made the
calls and when I looked out of
lite window again bodies were
piled up all along the tracks.
"Its the most, horrible thing
I have ever seen."
ftupt. rj. <'. Kennedy of the
Missouri-Pacific at Ktngsville
described the iragotly as tho worst
"similar accident on the division
since the Branch wan built In
iwm,"
GOVERNOR ASKS
DAMAGE FROM
in J
i
Congratulations To
Mr. and Mr«.
Borgans, upon
DU pound «on.
ton,
her
Loven, ex-
arrival of a
March 7 In
Loven if
iVV1
mjk
Dnvld M Warren of Panhandle, weti-knowti newspaper pub-
lisher ot this section of the Southwest, yesterday bought the co'n-
trolliug Interest of the Panhandle Stale Mtink of Borger from C. 10.
Deahl. Panhandle bunker uttd ranchman.
Whitcii. president of the Panhandle Publishing Co., operating
the R'ftrget Bally Herald, the I'nnhiiiidle Herald, and the Hpeai'man
Reporter, «-.i^ named chairman of the board, «uerogdíng Dénhl re-
tiring to devote full tltne to his ra||hlng interests.
Warren has served as n director of the bank since its founding
iiv January, iwati,
■0.
ank Here Expands With
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An Improved Service Since
Founding In January, 1936
National Honor
Students Present
One-Act Plays
Boys and girls of the Nation-
al Honor Society of Borger High
this afternoon wore scheduled to
stage two one-act plays In a
boys-girls contest.
Miss B Angle Boyle directed
both of the plays to be Judged
by a faculty committee pro-
ceeds ot which will go to the
honor society to purchase pins.
The boys were to present
"Deadline," a newspaper dnima
with Otna (lllbreth. John McLaln
and Henry Ray In the cast.
The girls were scheduled to
stage "Too Many Marys," In tin-
cast are Frances Watson. Betty
Lou Beckley, Betty Btiggs. I.in-
lool Ueyer, Joan Hltouso.
Borgan Charged
In Chicken Theft
Btirger officers lodny planned
to return from Panhandle a young
floi-Raii nboul 35 years old to
tills clly to face a chickeu I licit
churgo.
He and two other youths
of While Deer were arrested by
Policeman Lttnnlc Story and
Walt ('tinttiitgh im 'ttiostlay.
The young men are acciniitd ol
stealing some chickens, n tiro
pump, and two ham., a; While
Doer and selling some of the ar-
ticles. Including tho chickens,
here.
Chief nt Poliee John Oliver
bus signed a felony theft com-
plaint against the local youth
The other two will he tried In
Carson county.
Advocate Of State's
Rights Says Word
Was Not Kept
BY KDWAHD ( I BTIS
DIHNKV, Ok la., March 14
(/Pi— Fifty-seven Oklahoma Na-
tional (itiartUineii reached the
Uritnrt River dnmsitc today, then
turned around and went back to
their moholteatloii point at Wag-
oner, leaving a handful of offi-
cers to carry on tíov. Leon ü.
Phillips' "State's Rights War.
After a conference with I N.
Towne, construction superintend-
ent, Adjutant General Louis A.
Ledbetter said It would not bo
necessary ror the troops tjj remain
at the damsite becnuse "we are
getting splendid co-operation
from all officials here.'
Major ll. B. Purris, command-
er ot the guard compuuy, urrlv-
ed at the site of the $20,Uft(U)00
power and Hood control project
last uiglit He ordered Towne to
stop all construction which would
cause water of the river to back
up in the raiarvolr.
Phillips declared martial law
to prevent completion of tho dam
before the public works admlnlH-
tration pays the state'
(Continued on PACK FIVE)
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Retain
Management
i;:/.
Sale of the controlling
Panhandle State Bank was
terday with C. E. Deahl of Pi
and chairman of the board
of the bank in January, 1
trolling atock to David
president of the P
publisher* of the Boiílr
handle Herald and Spearman Report
In the election of officers following
of Deahl from the bunk, R. L.
who has actively managed the
tablishment, was elected president,
his interest in the bank by purchase
stock held by Deahl.
Warren was elected t
F. Crow was advanced to
and Ralph E. Bay
Mayor W. L.
Universal Oil Co., wag
700 REGISTER
From the day of Its founding,
Jan. 21, 1936. the Panhandle
State Bank litis expanded steadily
vtnd surefootedly to meet the
Stowing needs of u fast develop-
ing city and section.
tn addition to enlarging Its
resources, the bank also has Im-
proved and perfected Its service
to Its depositors and the people
and the community It serves.
The bank, founded in a bleak
time of adversity following the
failure of a previous bank here,
has won the confidence of de-
positors and others It serves and
has come lo be regarded as one
of the safest institutions of Its
kind in the Btate.
Pounded with an original cap-
ital of $60.000 through the ef-
forts of Ed Deahl, the retiring
president and chairman of the
hoard of directors, the hank has
increased lis capital, sbrplitH, and'
undivided profits to ¡fllMtJO at
present.
It is planned to increase Ibis
fund to fl¿0,000 or more, if in-
crefect) deposit warrant.
The hank was built up by reg-
ular increases in capital by the
directors. In lt« four years of
operation the firm tías returned
.i net profit or 178,000
At th< end of the flrsl year a
Hi per •eat dividend wa-. paid.
$6.000 wiik ;icl naide as surplus
and $4,750 was carried over ua
undivided profit.
The next year a secoutl 10 per
rent dividend was paid and the
capital stock was lurrcunod by
$10 000 through voluntary sub-
H-rlptlon, The surplus was IU
creased flft,00o and the undivi-
ded profits or *5,a7t!.7;i
In 1038 another $10,000 sur-
plus was act aside, a 10 pereení.
dividend was puld. and undivided
profits of lll.3M.06 curried over.
In 1839 the surplus was $10.-
000 vtnd the undivided profits
carried over amounted to $11,600.
(Continued on Page
Here Tomorrow
Hoxlng teams or Borger and
Suhrord, both sponsored by Boy
Scouts or the two cities, will clash
hero at the Borjter Arena tomor-
row night In fourteen or more
bouts.
The fights, likely to be supple-
mented by additional scraps in
heavier classes and severul ex-
hibitions. begin ut 8 p. tn.
The list oí bouta, Sanford boya
first:
Carrol Lunhum 6fi. vs. Bobby
Louis; Junior Gillespie, 68, vs.
David Hale; Raymond Sever, 73,
vs. Lee Maya; Joe Mean . 75, vs.
Tom Mays; Derel West, 81, vs.
Glenn Higglna; Donald Williams,
83, vs. Jimmy Vnnn.
Kenneth Cox, 71 , vs. Clay
Hinds; Howard Ayler, 98, v«. Bert,
Scarborough; Claude Turner. 98,
vs. Hobby Mclclier; Cliff Wil-
liams, 106. va. W. C. Bills; Her-
sliel Lee Palmer, 116, vs. Joe
Seward; David jtfeeley, 136. vs.
Buddy Vunu; Kenneth Lanham.
14 8, vs. Noel Nowberry; Bernard
Hartley. MB; vs. Don Fisher.
Dies To Expose
Communists In
U. S. Government
WASHINGTON, March 14 -
</P)— c hairman Dies (D-Tc\) of
the colli mil lee of lnvi f igiilitw
tin-American activities atiiiouuc-
ed loda) that "the head of the
Soviet militar) police In Hie Unit-
ed States" Mould he called before
the com till I tee nooii In na expone
lie saltl would Involve "people
In government circles."
Dies declined to name the
prospective witness.
"The purpose of this," Irtt*.
n>sirtcd, "Is lo expose the limit-
her In which tho OGPt (Itusshtn
secret police) operóte In the Unit
etl States."
It wait Indicated that the fed-
eral bureau of InvestlRHtlun hart
arretted the alleged Soviet agent
KIVK AftHKMTKD I'NUKK
•GM-.KN HIV Kit" (HIDINANCIO
City Poilcemcn l.onnlc Hto-
rey and Walt Cunnlughuui this
morning at 11 ii m. arrested four
wotuen and one mutt, who were
hooked tor violating tho city"
"Green River" solicitor ordinance.
Their cases Irad not beun disposed
or at noon today.
Police said the group had been
selling floor wax la violation ot
dtnnniá.
Hill Delivers
Address-Speaks
Tonight Too
Up until the noon hour today,
a total of 700 bad registered and
more were expected to swell tho
attendance to 1200 this artomoon
at tho District Ton Convention
underway at tho local Baptist
church.
The first session ot tho two-
dmy program, with the theme,
"Porward With Chrlot," got un-
derway at 9:45 o'clock this morn-
ing, with President Perry F. King
presiding. Arthur -Nalson of pampa
lod a ftlng-song, followed by the
welcoming address by Mayor L.
M. Davis of Monger. The reaponse
was made by Judge G. C. Bishop
of Wellington,
The keynote address, stressing
the convention theme, was made
by Dr. R. ('. Campbell of Dallas.
The morning's main address
was given by Dr. John L. Hill of
Nashville. Tenn., who Is acheduled
to give three other addresses he-
fore the close of the conclave.
An address on activities ot the
W. M. U. was given by Mrs. 8.
F. Martin of Memphis and special
music, arrauged by NelRon. pro-
coded Dr. Hill's excellent ad-
dress.
Sunday School conferences high-
lighted this afternoon's session,
with Dr. G. W. McDonald of Way-
land College, Plalnvlew, scheduled
to give an address. Dr. Hill was
to give his second discourse at
o'clock.
An added feature of this after-
noon's program was the reception
and tea for district and assocla-
(Continued on < AGB FIVB)
te Bank,
served as
institution
vol
is
Merchants To
Plan Sanford
Trip Friday
Droxel Chapman, chairman ot
the good will committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, has called
a meeting of the trade relations
committee and all other Interested
Borger businessmen tor 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning at the Cham-
ber or Commerce.
The group will decide the dato
of the good will trip to Sanford.
to be made some night next week,
and will plan the excursion.
All retail dry goods merchants
ure especially Invited to attend
the planning meeting tomorrow.
The Klwnnls Ctttb of Sanford
recently invited tho Chanihor of
Cóntinerco lo visit Sanford.
«mi * . ' *
until it
.sest.
handle of
circles the
be as sound
stitution as it ia
operate.
After
month, the «tata
ment. wrote to
®ftl*e mat
comment, recommendation and
requirements,"
Tills letter was written Vy ,T.
W. Faulkner, who delivered tho
charter to tbe bank ot opening
day and who is now bade with
tho department.
Officers and directors say that
the praise is the highest that can
be ffiven and reflects most faVON
ably on the active managomept.
Because Deahl Is past 66 year
ot age ,he decided that It, would
be best to dispose of hl« stock.
He expressed this desire mora
than a year ago.
It was entirely because of;
«Ire to maintain the same
agement that Warren became
tereated In purchasing Deahl's
stock, Warren has been a di-
rector in the bank since its e«-
tabliahraent.
Warren lives In Panhandle,
but represents one of the oldeiit
business Institutions In Borger.
He and his former partner, J. L.
Nium. established the Hutchin-
son County Herald. April 2&,
^92«, when Borger was only sev«
on weeks old.
In tho
launched HHHH
aid. Through his close, bualne
"Warron
tttt iu
said fo wm'"
the welfare
Deahl plans to
time to ranching.
tens of thousands
ranch land tn Opta
has holdings all
handle, and plans to
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BRI
B. T. Brlnton,
confined to a veteran'i
In Albuquerque,
i * wit
day. Brlnton,
11 weak*, it
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devote more
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Twenty debate declamation,
und extemporaneous ¡-peaking con-
testante arc scheduled to leuvo
here tomorrow afternoon ror Lub-
bock, where they will lake part
In a practice tourtmnieut Satur-
day
.diss Lillian Hopping and Mrs.
Glen Henderson, sponsors of these
extra-curricular speech activities,
will have charge of those students,
whom they have coached. The
delegation will return to Burger
Saturday evening.
Loving clips will he awarded
the winners In all divl«1ou of
tournament at Ubijoclt. a
up for the dlstfk
Twp tWb
lected from the
of boy deb
Mac Cunne
lla Walll
hM-tl Hill
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