Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 236, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 25, 1940 Page: 3 of 10
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BUND A Y, AUGUST 25, 1940
Borger Women Volunteer
__ Service To Clothe Pupils
[Library
Gets Scholarship
■
Adds I
9 Biographies
<*hIIm for non-riction books ut
the Hutchinson County Public
.Unary has put ni no now blogru
i hlos on the shelves librarian
'agle Smith reports.
Tho Ihtos of greal people, In-
[treating people, aro a novar end
|Hit source of ItiHptratIon to tho
old us well HK to the young. Bio-
graphy Iiiih the double <tpi> ml of
truth combined wtili narrative
technique and chnruetor protruy-
• I
Osa Johnson's exulting autobio-
graphy. "I Married Adventuro,"
Ik inoro hair-raising I bun any
tales Hlubad the Sailor told. Now
itollg the bent sellers. tills book
inks hlih with other adven litro
because Qua Johnso,, has
Id her atory with a fulthftil ad-
ruco to the facts without de-
nying the power of Km move-
nt In a land stranger than flo-
I*
Representing "those good old
ys," comen the atory of "Ll-
RiIhnoII," the Ion si of the
of pluah. from tho pon of
rrell Parker. The biographer
succeeded III cuptuilng the
iroless Hplrlt ofvtho age when
ivory railroad car boasted of tlx
ldod chandliers and overstuffed
seals. ph
The moat literary of blogra-
phtos to como from the pen of
any América,, Ik Carl Sunburn's
straightforward depletion of
"Abraham Lincoln.' the War
Years."
Claud 0. Rowers present* to
Ibe literary world the first
American author of uote in Ills
"Spanish Adventure of Wash-
ington Irving.'
Contemporary biography comes
to the front with George It. (<il-
hert'H dramatic life-story of
"Forty Yours a Country Preach-
er."
Stepping, but more lightly iu
the footstep of Obh Johnson
comes Mrs. Hache! L. Franck
with her stories of world travel
related In "I Married a Vaga-
bond."
Of the same mood mid of the
same glided era as Lillian Rus-
sell" Is Morroli Parker's "Dia-
mond Jim."
Other biographies available at
the Hutchinson County Public Li-
brary are: "If You Don't Weak-
en." by Oscar Amerltiger and
"lit ban Allen." by Stewart H.
IllitMlil
WYNNE
(Coittlnux'il from P«ffk<
OWK)
the Panhandle In IHSti. In com-
pany with an old buffalo hunter
with a herd of a thousand stock
horses. When Carson County was
organised In 18S8. Wynne was
otocteé its first sheriff.
lie later bought property
throughout the Panhandle and
became a wealthy rancher Wynne
sold h'¿ pasture laud in I III 4 i .id
retired In IMS.
J. 8. Wynne has brought fame
to the Panhandle. In return, the
whole of Tesas honors him as he
goes to his final renting place.
Waste
Gale
HAN FRANCISCO. Aug 84-
MP - Fire laid waste to one of
Treasure Island's moat beautiful
buildings today, but several hun-
dred firemen and more than 50
piece* of equipment kept the
blase from spreading over the
rest of the Oolden (late Interna-
tional Exposition.
Only the ftame-ahot walls of the
California Building remained af-
<«r the aeethlng furnace had con-
sumed everything In the Inter
lor. The huge hall cost *350,000
to build, and housed valuable art,
much of which was saved.
AND GAS LEASE
*•1 of M. K. 1.4 Meo. 114 HI It.
t. MW4X ItII Purvey. Carson Co.
T«*. (bordering Hutchinson
C«.) (N. H. corner adjoins N.
IV. corner Tlmm -Fofcnrly
product lun. Casiiigliead plant
is os adjacent 40) No ren-
tals (part of cured lease)
develop account other
. Ntikfflil host ofivr or
to Kvelyn T.
(HOT Walnut Ht. Kan*
. Mo.
Nine Hurgar women have made
It possible for every child regis-
tered for clothing ut the Hutch
Inson County Red Cross chapter
to be adequately clothed for the
opening of school on Sept. 9.
Mib. Fred Redell and Mrs. I^e-
lloy Dodge were responsible for
the cutting of undergarments.
And assisting with tho muking of
dresses, in udditlon to the House-
keeping Aides, were Mrs H H
Allen. Mrs. Webb Cams and Mrs.
L. i.iickiln.
Mrs. Redell, Mrs. W. Weaver.
Miss Kvelyn McKiuney. Mrs. W.
K. Collins, and Mrs. Leal sewed
the undergarments.
Twenty-two families, register-
ing for 50 children, reported that
they would be unuble to piuco
their children in school without
assistance. '
Several women, anxious to as-
sist. made appointments to use
the chapter sewing machines to
complete the garments allotted
to them, mid the chapter Is now
fairly humming with workers.
Several who registered for the
elothus hud sickness in their
homes and wore unuble to do their
owii sewing. The chapter sent out
un appeal through the Herald
and niue women responded.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Rock, supervisor of the House-
keeping Aides of tho WPA pro
ject here, part of the dresses are
being made for girls
The dresses are properly fitted,
then laundered And hs ii result,
bundles of gully colored prints,
latlstes and other fabrics, com-
bined with new underclothing
will start these youngsters off
to school with lifted morales.
All dresses are made-over gar-
monis and as the volunteer work-
ers sec the possibility of clothing
some little girl for school, zest
is udded to the work of com pie
Hug the garments.
Nothing is wasted. officials
point out. A sleeve off one gar-
ment will make a collar for nn-
t.ther the cufrs of a dress can
lio used for another, u combina
tion of one skirt and a blouse of
something esc completes a suit
for the adolsceut young Miss.
Shoos, pants und shirts for the
hoyi* will complete the outfits
for those 56 children who other-
wise would l>o unable to attend
tcbool because of lack of cloth-
ing.
Two-hundred and fifty gar-
ments will be required to com-
plete the Job Including dresses,
slltts. panties, sucks, shoos, pants
and shirts.
Visitors may Inspect the local
chapter offices any afternoon to
hoc tho work being curried on by
these loyal workers,
Willkie Says Air
Force Is 'Power'
NKW YORK. Aug. 24 -(/P)
Assorting IhiHl "the military
strength of a nation now rests
primarily upon Its air power,"
Wo'lidoll I, Willkie suggested to-
day the creation of a now cabinet
office to handle defense aviation.
"Tho primary reason Germany
was able to crush France nnd
other countries and presently to
bring Knglnnd to such distress
was her development of planas."
tho Republican "presidential nom-
inee told reporters
Ho said that us n long rungo
objective there should he a sec-
retary of dofonso who would have
assistants In charge of air, sea
and land farces. He said, however,
that II would take time to organ-
ise such g setup.
"In the Interim." ho added,
"we should create e cabinet mem-
ber In charge of aeronautics. Tho
emphasis should he upon the
branch of the service that today
is tho most important."
Discussing the ndministutlon'9
defense program. Willkie said:
"My impression is that wo ura
hopelesly unprepared as to air-
plane production, training of men
nnd tho genrlug'trp of our Indus-
trial machinery to produce the
planes,"
"We «re Just floundering
along. Some of (he failures have
boon duo to poor organisation."
Louis Sellgor. so,, of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Sollger, has Just re-
ceived word Unit his high scho-
lastic standing in iho Kansas
City Junior College ut Kansas
City Mo., last year bus won for
htm u scholarship to his second
year's work.
Young Sollgor is mujorlng In
speech, with an eye towaid nidio
work.
In 108# he was graduated
from Horgor High school und iu
that year won first place In the
state contest for boys' dceluinutloti
the first and only Borger speech
student to win a state coutost.
THE BORGER (TEXAS) DAILY HERALD
Scribe Tells Of Contempt
English Hold For Raiders
i.KTON
IB1ÉÉ1
• LITTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Hornitl.
PICKBN8. S. C.. Aug. 24 WP)
John IS. Watson, Confederate
veteran of Pickens county, was
baptized In (ho Second Ra-ptlst
church silting In a chair lie
cause of his age and state of
health while the rites of lin-
meratou were performed.
The llorger Dally
Ikitii'! Texu
libar wlr:
As one who Is still trying to
be neutral concerning a war In
which the evil forces of every na-
tion are ultimately destined to
destroy themselves I am astonish-
ed at the luck of unity of thought
md action which is no prevalent
everywhere today. Is there any
sane reason why we should be so
anxious to help other people und
ether nuttons reap their hurvest
when our own house is so woo
fully In need of being put In or-
der? Tho state of confusion und
feeling of helplessness which Is
^vident Is deplorable Indeed, but,
what seems to me the most re-
grettable of all Is the apparent
altitude of Indifference toward
¿he present state of affairs as they
are related to tho world, tho na-
tion. and the Individual The in-
[luence of mass psychology has
ecomo so great thut tho deliber-
ate. logical reasoning of th In-
dividual huts become almost ex-
tinct oven to tho extent that
when It occasionally does happen
people are shocked and annoyed.
Can we truthfully claim to be
civilised when men and women of
)hc so-called intellectual class of
society are deliberately or other
wise Instigating u war? I believe
that us long as we remain deter-
mined to perpetuate hate we are
beaded toward complete destruc-
tion und ruin We certainly cannot
hope for pcaco to como as u res
ult of intolerance. Some of our
mnsi prominent loaders locally
and nationally are knowingly re-
pudiating tho truth.
I agree, as most everyone does,
that wo should make ourselves
and our country strong in every
possible way, with nil possible
haste and In the most expedient
manner so os to bo propared for
any eventuality. Tho Invasion of
the United States (If that should
pver become a reality) will be
moat likely to come ut u time
when the entire nation will be
almost completely paralysed due
to the coordination and united
action of the subversive groups. I
am Inctined to think that the dan
ger of the evil forces within our
borders Is Infinitely greater thuu
tho danger of the evil torces on
the other side of the ocean.
Notwithstanding the fact that
conditions are not as wo might
wish we still have real reason to
be hopoful nnd optimistic. Incl
dentally, I believe in the divine
predestination of America. Al-
though the impending struggle
probably will be the most trying
In our nation's history when It
Is over, we will he stronger than
I: afore. The grwtnes of our coun-
try today will be us nothing com-
pared to the greatness of our
Amerlca of tho rutiiro.
Signed, an American citlsen (of
foreign nationality) who Is pro-
foundly Interested In the welfare
of America.
Jacob Harder
P. S. Should this letter irppeur
to you as containing any sound,
thought provoking, reasoning you
might publish It, provided, you
think It will do more good than
harm.
II) IIRKW MlDl>l
LONDON. Aug. 25 -
—(/P)- -On the stroots of air-raid-
ed London this morning I came
upon a little old man watching
the scene where an Incendiary
German air bomb had wrought
havoc.
Rubbing Ills clotli-CMp|MHl head,
lie complained querulously, |l
didn't make lialf an explosion. II
musía Iiooii one u' Ilio*o 'oro ln«
oemllary iMimbs."
"I fell on tho floor when I
'ourd 'o come' whistitug down.
Then I wont out ill the street."
Au uir rnId warden ran up.
shouting "better stand In u shel-
ter, Jack There's another oí
those bloody Jerries."
Off to the east searchlights pok
od through the sky. We could
hear the Uorman plane, but
couldn't see it. We stood there.
Presently ii woman walked past.
Traglc-oyod. dressed in nlght-
V'lothing und a man's old great
coat, she clutched u baby to her
breast.
There was silence while she
passed. Tlie men's faces reflect*
od only a sober, floreo miner.
A man name pounding up the
street, buwllng "Stretcher party!
Stretcher party!"
His criea, soon brought four
men carrying stretchers. One or
the stretcher-bearers was Itnmnc-
u Intel y clad In evening dress.
In a few minutes they trudged
past In the opposite direction,
their stretchers occupied. A limp
form dsngled from one. A bloody
tunic was thrown ucross the legs
or an unconscious man.
The little old man in the cloth
cap muttered curses.
Spotting a cub at the corner. I
hailed the drlvor to ask If he
could take me to the office
through the blackout.
"Hell. yes. this ain't nothing,"
and uway be went.
UltllCWN
After last Tuesday and the
"nice things" Ray Brock had to
suy about me. I haven't had the
heart to do any writing. Or for
that matter, much of anything
else I alwiiys did way that un
automobile salesman was u direct
descendant or Ananias, but from
the reaction around the laundry
ii ml around lotvn. ibis bird Brock
had something on the ball!
But bo thai *s II may. and even
though I can't do any good here
ni my own laundry. I did ut leost
help one laundryman out a bit
the other day.
I have ii sister-in-law who lives
in Oklahoma City. Now she Is a
right nice sort of u gal but like
my War Department, she is just
a shade stubborn. Or maybe I
shouldn't say stubborn, but at
any rate when she makes up her
mind to a thing, it sure does lake
a lot of work and arguln' to
chongo it.
Well, she had tho ld«a that a
laundry was hard on clothes, and
for throe years I had been tryin'
to convince her that a laundry
was the only sensible solution to
to the problem of gettlu' the
wushin' done and ut the same
time stayin' young and beautiful.
Bill I had never gotten even to
first base until the weather turn-
ed Imd h month or so ago und
she had to send a bundle some-
where or other, and remeinberln'
my sales talk, she tried the White
Swan plant up there in the city.
The War Department was up
there last week and she tells me
tlml my little sls-ln-law is Just
as well sold on laundry service
now as she was definitely "un-
sold" a few months back.
And am I going to send my old
friend Bau Burnett who owns the
White Swan a hill for my "rnke-
off" on that customer!!
I ** PROJMT NKAR
MD8KOORR, Okla.. Aug. 24-
(JP)-—Three commissioners were
named by Federal Judge A. P.
Murrah today to appraise five
tacta or land In Bryan county.
Okla.. which the government seeks
to condemn (or the Red River
t near Denlaon. Tex.
Classified ats
PARENTS URGED
(Continued from I'ngV O.VK)
dren onter school or need their
certificate for some othor pur-
pose."
Records show 214 Births have
been recorded up to July 81 of
this year. Fifty-nine deaths were
recorded forr the same period.
riguree tor last year show 86<H
births against 57 deaths. "The
Increase this year Is due probably
to our greatly increased popula-
tion," the recorder said.
mm
FIRES SPREAD
(Continued from I'litf.- ONK)
After the all cioni' «Iguul whs
given sometime Hftor midnight,
what was helio*oil to Im> enemy
pianos wvro heard over London.
Later seurchllKhts resumed theli
swing across the skies In search
of enemy plitnos. and distant ex-
plosions were heard.
In one section of the London
urea, u screaming bomb was drop-
ped. Ii started another fh , which
brought fire pumpa rushing to
the scene.
Four liouilis were dropped iu
¡mother section shuttering win
dows. hurling down wulls und
flinging bouth splinters through
the streets. The only seilous cus
unity there was un uir raid war-
den Struck by sllniors.
Firemen were kept busy pick-
ing up und disposing of incen-
diary bomb bits.
The bombs and fragments
hurucd Willi extraordinary Inten-
sity wllllin ii few seconds or ex-
ploding. they set whole buildings
arittine.
Ho iiumorons were ti/.> fires
that It was believed tho tier,
mans .May luivo used large con-
tainers of small bombs stir-It as
tin* IIumsIuiim first ciiiployvd iu
ilie Finnish war.
Within an minutes or iho tinte
I hut unti-ulrciafi gunfire start-
led homeward-bound theater
crowds, miau of tho London area
was lit by flames.
So far as could he learned
there were no fatalities, as the
incoiidlary bombs were small.
Seveiul housetops were sot
afire but householders formed
bucket brigades that extinguish-
ed them.
Long after Hie sirens signaled
"raiders past." the hum of air-
plane motors could be heard and
on into the duwn there was the
occasional cruck of untl'iilrrruft
huiis and tho thud of explosions.
In sliiiultuntous raid ou the
northeast and the Midlands areas
the alarms wore the longest of
I he war. • ii one northeast town,
ir. bombs roll ai intervals or n
few yards .sotting a gas main
«fire. No casualties wore report-
ed. bul Ibero were sonu cases or
shock.
MIS FACK WAS ltF.li:
(HtKNNBAY. Wis. Aug 24
t/P) "Someone stole my punts
with ü¡h In u pocket from my
car." a man reported to police by
telephone.
Detectives who Investigated
were met by a vory red ftneed In-
dividual.
"It's all right." he said. "1 just
remembered 1 hud my pautH on
under my ov'erulls."
Inquiry To Be
Continued In
Two Slates
KANSAS CITY. Aug 24 lA'i
"Documentary evldenet ' of
subversive activities particu-
larly by Communists uncover-
ed in hem Ing,, hero, Hep. Martin
Dies iD-Texi said today will res-
ult In a continuation or an in-
quiry Into sin b movements In
Kansus and Missouri by u special
Investigator from Washington.
I no plans foi tho I
1 i tiro uxeept to rest,
reports, however,
take tho position
iho Hyde Park.
built to house the pre,
ricial papers and expe
opened next summer.
Commerce Post Is
Offered J. Jones
WASHINGTON. Aug M I/P
President Roosevelt asked Jesse
II. Jones, till your old Texan and
federal iouu administrutor. toduy
to tuko over the post of Secretory
or Commerce, succeeding Harry
I. Hopkins In iho cabinet
Announcement of the offer was
made by rile White House In muk
lug public a letter of resignation
from Hopkins who said that be-
cause of his health he felt he
hould not continue iu the office.
Associates of Jones presumed
he would accept, but there was
no direct word fro him. He was
out of the city uud was said to
have tho offer under advisement.
Hopkins wus understood to have
/
ALPINK .Tex, Aug 24
John Plummer, 4?. of Aust
was killed and his wife und
year old daughter, Margaret Ann
were injured when an automobile
overturned on I he highway uesr
Fort Stockton ahottl 6 p. m. to-
day.
Mrs. Plummer received broken
ribs and the daughter cuts and
bruises.
The family was en route homo
from Ruidoso, N. M. where thej
had been vacationing. The car
skidded over when a tire went
fi.it.
Plunuiicr'e body will be sent
to Austin tomorrow for ftiueral
services.
Lout don't oat tin can ; they
chew at the labels in search of
tho glue underneath.
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families in the United
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