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•BORGER, THE WONDER CITY—CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD"
Stands behind every movement for
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VOL. 12—No. 129
(ASSOCIATED PRESS— NBA SERVICE)
HORUEK. TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 1! . 1938
KlflHT PACKS TODAY
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Killer Sought
At Ft. Worth
PORT WORTH Tex.. April II
(/Pi County officers here
today watched every exit from
Foil Worth unci systematically
]>jil i'iillfd all streets In an effort
to rupture Howard Piernón, S3,
escaped kilter of his parents, Su-
preme Court Justice and Mr .
William Plnrsoii,
Twlrc In pro-dawn hour lie-
wiih seen here by a Htllsbort
fl'ting Hint Ion operator who lliot
and knew him wt<ll shortly be-
NAVY BILL FOES
TRY TO PREVENT
PLANE INCREASE
WASHINGTON" April I!)
(JP) Senate opponents of the
$1,15(1,000,000 Naval K vpiinalort
bill attempted today t"* kill an
How John Bull and II Duce Composed their Differences
ANGLO-ITALIAN ACCORD
COVERS A LOT OF GROUND
ÍHUGEINCREASE
IN CCC FUND IS
ALSO APPROVED
S'.R.
foro thr crime that shocked the ntitliorlnatioii for 9!>n additional
HnVy airplanes,
Chairman Walsh (D-Masx.) of
the senate nuval committee. start-
ing debate mi the floor, express,
ed confidente. htwcver, of over- ¡
wtH li"lng approval.
Heun I or Nye (H-N.D.l, one of
the principal foe*, contended that
the navy's pich.nl 2,0fio planes j
ire sufficient and that Innd-tmsod
alrrraft ire more effective for
defense purposes.
A proponed minority
«out It went In April. 19 :s 5.
Km It time, flemón wearing
n iwo.day growth of heard din- i
appeared before police arrived.
Searching divulged no ciñen
The youth, who authorities suy
«sed a key to escape the state
insane hospital at Austin, was
first seen by William T. Jacobs.
•Jf, ai a cafe at 3819 Hemphill
Street Later, Jacobs again saw
the fugitive ut Third and Main.
Street here
Positive of Identity A proposed minority report]
Jacobs, who for several months from the navul committee cited,
lived in Austin at the home of testimony by Major (¡ene.nl O
his uncle nor* door to the Pier- Westover Chief of the Army Air
son residence, was positive of Corp*, that an inciense In naval
the identity of the suspect. aircraft would "seriously (lis-1
"I'd know him «ty place. He turb the existing distribution of
has a face you can't forget." ' «• nation's aerial resources."
Jacobs last Monday night was Senator Bone til.Wash ), a
hired by a local commission cattle member of the committee, said
buyer, James C Walsh to drive he was preparing sotn.« "obseiva-
Wslsh ear to Fort Worth from Hons" on the flnnncial outlay. I
Hlllsboro. The senate cuminittee increased
"We stopped si the cafe for the authorliiAtion $85,000,000
coffee," Jacobs recounted, "and above the $1.121,000.000 ap-
proved by the house
As approved by th ' senate com-
mittee, the bill allthorli.es con-
struction of 4ft warships, includ-j
ing three 46.000-ton battleships,
wo 20.00fl.ton aircraft carriers.
tt* first pnrftéfl T saw was pier
(Continued on Pago EtGHTj
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Vessel Moves
Following Riot
On Waterfront
KAN FRANCISCO. April 1
t/P) The Shepard line freighter
Sen Thrush, chusc of a Jurisdic-
tion41 dispute between CIO long-
shoreman and the unaffiliated
sailors union of ihe Pacific in
which fists and clubs were wield-
ed yesterday, moved across San
Francisco Bay to Alameda this
morning.
The vessel's departure v.ns a
mil-prise Longshoremen had been
ordered to go through i sailors'
picket line again today Phe ve ,
sel was to load cargo i<> Alameda
and Oakland suiting Wednesday
for San Pedro, Calif.
A thousand men wee in salve,!
in yesterday's waterfront linHle
which r n policemen ended after
n ten minute struggle Move than
20 longshoremen and sitltors «ere
Injured.
Longshoremen refused to re
ognlxe the picket line because it
Involved a Jurisdictional tispuic
between the (.independent) sail-
ors union of the Paelfl" am. the
(cit>i national maritime union.
The longshore contraci forbids
stopping work because of juris-
dictional disputes.
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EMOLANO
POLAND Í
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FRANCE
¿OKNtVA/^.m
HAY or BISCAY
Both nations to avoid
British to safeguard
Italian interests if
BHtoin yields her
mandate over P0I14.
tine
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Treaty nol effective
until Italy withdraws
alt her torees from
strengthening of Med-
iterranean and
Sea bases
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Bill
SPAIN
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AN SEA
turkey
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Status quo of Arabian
(tales confirmed
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Italians agree to keep
08 Spain ( European
and African «01Í.
us
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Italy and Britain rec-
ognise each other'«
'interests" in Medi-
terranean
All ships to he per-
mitted to use Suez
!!:••! i
j Canal tn peace ut u«a^
LIBYA
• EGYPT
FRENCH
WEST AFRICA
S*AUDI
ARABIA '
Italy U educe her hihyan garrison
HO pit"
Italy recognise* Aden
Protectorate estttbfluh-
ed by Bntun last
year
wwm
EK\T TfEA
nntmn to seek to end
Ltragpuf of Nations
Italian
'ipipp
9 j nbjegi an* to It ah
é ' j cün^t/ of Ethiopia
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S'lM MILAN
'if l^-f
> ETHIOPIA
nmeefnt negotiation
for settlement of bor
\ der dispute
EÉiMifiSwi
Lord Perth
Sen. Glass Charges
New PWA Program
Duplicates RFC
WASHINGTON. April 19
Oil Firm Head
Stenographer Shot
By Lease Broker
Count Ciano
nine cruisets. 2¡i destroyers and Uniikp most recent maps of the Old World which have shown spots of actual or threatened war, the map above illus-
ntne submarines (rates points of differences settled between Great Britain and Italy in their "treaty of friendship" just signed in Rome
The house foreign affairs com- )jv Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and the Karl of Perth, British ambassador.
mlttee, meanwhile, whs consider-
ing « resolution by Representative
Scott < D.Calif. 1. to require the
state department to name any
nations which have violated
treaties signed by the United
States. Action on the proposal. |
either by the house or by the
state department, was uncertain i
Aside front legislation to carry ,
out the ndmlttlslration's new re
covery and relief program, the
imvv expansión bill In the las!
major measure certain of const,
deration this session
Leaders weiv going ahead with
plans to adjourn between May
20 and June I The only pos-
sible obstacle, they said, would
he a continued deadlock over the •
tn* bill,
t^rize Baby Show ■
Entries Near 150
arvin Waits Is
Given Two Years
Yankees Defeat
Red Sox, 5 To 3
MOSTON April I! iTPt
Charles (Red) Knifing's pinch
Appeal Strikes A
Responsive Chord
>I\V HOllHON 74 TODAY
HOLLYWOOD, April 1 </pi
May (Muzr.yt Rohsoti, the only
great grandmother among the
movie slurs, observed her 74th
birthday today by getting up at"' more^ about wnnt Scouting
CI a. m to go to work.
HON IK IIOHN
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mulnna* are
the parents of a 7 pound 114
ounce son. bom at 13:05 Sunday
night in North Plains hospital.
DAt'OHTHK MO It ft
Mr. and Mrs. T, W. Ward an-
iiour.ee the arrival of a 0 pound
6 ounce daughter, born at 1:25
yesterday morning In North
Plains hospital.
weather
Oklahoma: Mostly cloudy, cool-
er In northwest portion tonight:
Wednesday showers and cooler.
West Texas: Partly cloudy e*.
eept showers and cooler in the
Panhandle tonight; Wednesday
mostly cloudy, showers and cool,
or in north portion.
Scouting Course
Starts Tonight
A course to give general In-
formation on the program of Hoy
Scouts will go Into its first session
at 7 :10 o'clock tonight in the
basemen I of Ihe First Ituptisi
Church.
All men over IS years old are
invited to attend till course,
which will continue for three sue
resalvo Tuesday nighi. nnd learn
ac-
complishes and plans for devel-
opment of the program for boys
In HorgW.
Scout Executive Fred M. Bob.
erts. who will give the lectures,
today said the course was not be.
iug put on in order to draft men
for Scoutmasters or lenders
"We're not going to put the bee
Four persons had responded
generously by early this afternoon
' 'he appeal run yesterday in
'Ills paper for household furnish-
ings for a needy faintly.
The family Of four Is now rich.
I or by two iiililes, four chairs, a
double bed with springs and mat.
■ tres , a baby bed, dishes, and
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 19
(¿ ) — j. r. Porter, vice-pre-
sident of the Watehorn Petroleum
Company. and a stenographer
were shot today by a tease brok-
er who climaxed an argument In
the company offices with a burtst
of gunfire.
Porter and the stenographer,
Miss Wlila Mae Simmons, were
(/Pl The House, accepting one reported in serious condition,
of Presiden I tloosevett's recovery The lease broker who gave his
suggestions, decided tentatively name as Sam Bennett, 68, of
today to more thuii double the Kort Worth, Tex., was booked
$t00.000,000 highway approprla- at the police station for investi-
tion In the pending agriculture gallon. Frank Haiper, secretary,
supply hill. i treasurer of the petroleum com-
A few minutes earlier. the puny, said the broker was over-
senate completed final congres. powered by office workers after
storm! action on another phase the shooting
of the president's pump priming j Harper said the shooting, rti
plan, approving a $50,000,000 the downtown First National
increase in the appropriation for ¡Bank building, resulted from an
CCC Camps for the fiscal year argument over a gas lease,
beginning next July t, j "The broker came up here to
Opposition appeared, however,' demand that we return the lease,
to another phase of tits program. We refused, and he look out a
Senator (¡lass (l).Va.), charged ( pistol and fired at Porter." Harp.
Hint, the administration's pro- er lieounted. Hospital attend-
poticd revival of public works ¡mts said two bullets struck Por.
duplicates a program which is ter nnd that one of the> anna*
possible under authority recent. , ntly passed throne' f
ty given the Reconstruction Fi-
nance Corporation.
(iliisH chairman of the senate
appropriations committee, said
ho would support President
Roosevelt's recommendation for
í 1,2511,000,000 for relief, but
would nol vote for a $1,000,000.-
000 fund to provide public works
loans and grant to cities and
states.
The newly-enacted RFC lend-
ing bill, which Class sponsored,
authorine that agency to make
public works loans to state and
municipal governments The
same statute also assigns the
agency "blank check" powciu in
milking loans to business. As far
as is publicly known, however,
only business loans have been
considered.
When he introduced the bill,
Class said, he believed it would
"<a «e cat public works." . . . .
"Otherwise I would never have •
Introduced It." he added.
Some legislators Interpreted
the situation as evidence of keen
rivalry between the RFC and the
Public Works Administration for
control of the btg new lending
program. Class was understood
to have favored RFC control be-
cause of the known conservatism
of Chairman Jesse H. Jones.
Jones discussed the general re
and hit Mtss Simmon*.
Harper said only two shots
were fired.
The Watehorn Company is
headed by Robert Watehorn, Red-
lands, Calif. Porter directed Ok-
lahoma operations,
M PRICES
w those!
OF YEAR AGO
CHICAGO. April t!> </P> -
With the start of the 193 8 cycle
of farm harvests only a month
away, market prices of major ag-
ricultural commodities today are
lit to 50 per cent less than a year
ago and 2ii to 57 per cent below
Marvin Walls received a two
year sentence and W N. "Hutch'
Mowery was assessed ¡1 two-year «Ingle |n the ninth drove In the
suspended term last wijek in their |V|„K a,u| winning runs today as
KniHe in the American I.e. | burglary trial In Spearman ill*- n,,. world champion New York
gion Grand Prize Malty Show are trie court Yankees whipped the Boston Red — -
Hearing tie 150 mark according ¡ a third Borger member of the ¡^nx, in the morning game ''ov, l-v Program in a ladio speet. i t;oll(!eq,,ently. government statis.
to official word received from the , trio. "Short" Dormán received l>r „ Patriots' Day double.head- lnHl "iglit. declaring tidans have forecast a drop in
Baby Show offices, located In the two years Borger officers, who ct "w"' mUBI have confidence In f|lnn |nc<jni(a compared with th
Legion Halt. arrested the men testified again- Ruffing's hit broke up a light «''mntry and confidence j <.|ght*yMr high record of li*:t".
It,It game In which neither of!"' ' government, and If we do.
the Starting southpaw ces, Vern- mousirate that confidence by *c-
However, prices are ¡W to
177 per cent higher than the
low* recorded during 111112
and IIHCI.
Farmers have larger quantities
of produce to sell compared with
a year ago, but the increases sup-
ply will nol. fully offset the se-
vere price drop that lias accom-
panied the business stump, an-
alysis of statistics in Chicago
! commodity markets disclosed.
"There are three sets of twins | hi them
entered now and it would be Jusi
fine If we could got about two
more sets," said I0d Ralston, gen- !
eral chairman of the three day
celebration which begins .May •!
The "Million Dollar" baby pa-
rade is to lie uni(|ut> in every
way, for It Is all miniature. "The
parents wilt decorate every kind
Junior Chamber
Hears Dr. Boecl:
mi Comer of the Yankees and
Bob Crove of the Red Sox. was
around lit the fiiiirili
The victory put the Yanks all,
Nt|iinre with the Red Sox who
won yesterday's opener, K.L
pots and pans. Mrs Hugh Cypher, nf perambulator that they can
Red Cross
i cported
executive secretary.
Auto Workers Are
Idle Again Today
FLINT, Mich . April i (/P)
Billions of dollars of public A Senate committee approved
debt wore made comprehensible today the Copelaiid til I to -et up
by means of charts and Ihe ac a murlime labor hoard
compunylng explanatory talk on j
"Trends tn Public Finance" given
yesterday at the Jay cue luncheon ¡
tiy Dr. AI Boeck of Ft. Worth.
on anybody," he said. "Since Bor.
ger has contributed so generous.
find, and believe me they decor-;
ate them pretty nice." said Dr. It
H. Crosby, bnliy parade chair.
man.
The expenses to put the show
on are raised through the sale of
tickets lo th. baby show. Bvery. j , Wr' Bowk vice-president of
one Ik urged lo liny one of these,""' l*"1'1 Worth Junior chamber,
valuable tlfcketH Hiitd Comtitittitier■ ¡ '''^ol of Hn n««w School of
Tom Dttvnll. The tickets are good Business al I.( .It., explained that
for the Baby Show that will bring , 'H "f fm"' Hi'eukors in rex-
For the second time in us to a climax National Buliy Week!"8 °ul ",t' l!- s Junior
many days Fisher Body Plant at the Legion Hall on Muy 7 ; Chamber to stimulate interest in
No t and the assembly tine of Additional entries in the baby'1'1® study of economics.
the Bulbk Motor car plant were ¡ show are, Fran/.el la Pearl, 39- i He spoke to the Pampa Jay-
dosed today when the United months-old daughter of Mr. and i cees ut noon today and wilt visit
Automobile Workers of America Mrs. C. M. Sharp: Frances Marie J the Amarillo giViup tomorrow,
renewed their dues collecting Coffey, 2:i.t|)ouths.old daughter The federal public debt rose'
drtVe at the body company gates „r Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Coffey of from a Utile over a billion lu j
About 8,700 workern of the Stinnett; Ronald James McOre- 1915 to a war peak of üR¿ blt-
Flsher plant and 1.500 Bulck as- gor, 17-inonlhs-old son of Mr, t Hon In 1919, receded to 1«J htl-
sembly line workers were sent and Mrs. J. D. McGregor; Marie Hon in t9:to at the beginning of
Hon. bettei business wilt follow.'
\VF. FLAYS VAVAl HILL
WASHINGTON, April 19 —
(VP) Senator Nye (R.N.D.), con.
detuned the * 1,L58.ft4n.0O0 nav-
al expansion progriim today as
a "challenge" lo other na lionas to
increase their shipbuilding.
Farmers who begin hurvent :>f
winter wheat in the Sotithwest
late next mouth are expected ta
lake the biggest crop in seven
years from their fields but the
price of wheat is US per cent less
than a year ago and 4a per cent,
below the recovery peak Farm-
ers have SO.ooo.noo tiuHhetj( more
wheat on theii farms than a year
ago nnd the current prospect of
winter wheat production is (J per
cent largei than last year's crop.
Farm slocks of corn are fino..
000 000 bushels larger than a
year ago but the price is f,0 per
(Continued on Page SFVK.Vi
Japs Rush More
Troops to Front era*
Wallace Initiates
Wheat Insurance
OMAHA Neb Api 11 1''
home, The Bulck management Lynn Dounhoo. 19.months-old j the depression, then soared again ¡ Secretary of Agriculture lleniy
said «.000 additional workers daughter of Mr and Mrs, F. H. ' In 193 to :I6 billion. tntfti-Mit ¡ Wallace placed his wheat crop In-
. would be out of work If the Fish. Donahoo; Loretta Ruth. 40. rates followed the same trend, surance plan holme grower* and
J iLo?" •• '""""y I er plant dt.I not resume body pro- months.old daughter of Mr. and Boeck said, and were low In farm group leaders from the na-
(taction within two days. Mrs. 8. A. Moore; Shirley Paul-¡1930 because of the surplus of Hon s wheat stale, her- t >dtty
Police estimated today's dues ytie. 3R.ttlonihB.old daughter of money and short-term govern- unit conselled them to "feeog.
- collecting picket tine at the Mr and Mrs. C. L. Matheney of nient borrowings 1 nl*e thin this is an experiment
Fisher plant at approximately White Deer; Jacitueitne Hue P«e. ' Interest rates always rise Declaring such plans help
1,200. All workers who did nol pies, 8-nionths.old daughter of when government debts are fund-i make democracy work Wallace
popsess nnlon credentials were Mr. and Mrs Ben W. Peoples; j ed on a long.term basis. Boeck | explained how the growei can in
turned hack at the gates. I Jerry Brian. 44.mouths.old son
A number of fights occurred, J of Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Keith;
hut no one was Injured seriously, Mary Kllzabeth. 8<Lmonths-o!d
Union workers of the ChevrO-! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
let plant here and those of the *■ Peeplss.
ly to Scouting, we want the do
nors to get their money's worth
by finding out
Is being spent.
"Catfish" Sinlih, as district.
leadership training chairman, will
have charge of (he course. He
inviten ull men interested to at.
tend It.
WINN KNNAY COXTFKT
Word has reached hero that
Zena Mae Masstngate of Borger
High won first place In the essay Bulck factory, both General | The Snye Twins. Ronald and
coniest of the district Interschoi- Motors units, are to take a strike Donald, 22.months.old sons
asile League meet tn Pampa last vote Wednesday, because of dts. j Mr. and Mrs Snye: Lnqulta
week.end Zcua Mae was awarded pules Involving seniority rights 7-months-otd
n blue ribbon for the honor. ,and grievance adjustments, j (Continued on Page SEVEN)
of
dnughter of Mr.
aald. ¡sure his 1*19 crop for elth. i one.
Boeck also presented and ex- hair or three (jtisrlers of the av
plained charts to show the reía-1 erage yield.
tion of federal with state and lo-i Agriculture and th« nation
cat obligations In the whole debt ¡'both have n big stake in the out
picture, relation of income and come of the crop insuia ice un
expenditure, and the fluctuation
of interest.
A brass sextet under the dl-
(Continued on Page 8BVBN)
ognlse that thi*
Blent," he toW Ms attentive lis
tetters.
SHA N' 11AI April 19 (VP ROMK. \pril 10 . ,jp, -
V- .i prelude to a grand new of-, j,„,y ,,u| France agreed today to
fetislve in south Shall tn tig pr begin Cün versa Hons immediately
vittcc where they have met unit r^og^hlWt their traditional
severe reverses. 6,00" Japanese fr¡Ktu|,,hlp, sMattared by tho
reinforcement* have arrived n Kthiuplmi war.
the Yi rtx• r. four miles from ltHiy'n readiness to bury the
Lint. ' hatchet won expressed to Jules
The) fought their way ovor-j Rlondel. French Charge D'Af-
l.ttid. despite constant Chinese fairs, by Foreign Minister. Count
harassment, frftlft Tslngtao, f hsn.( Ouleaiso Ciano, officials reveal,
tun,! port 130 miles a .vay. alrti 1 «.4
rti-i:,nce. Rlondel ott Saturday
Lint. SO miles northeast of Count Ciano If Italy were
Sncliow rapidly was becoming pared to open negotiations, and
th. Ciller of a t'sttli which milt-! Ihe affirmative answer was hand,
tary experts said in: .hi develop ed to him today when he ciftjtlif ftt
into a major engagement of the the foreisn office.
¡t men' lis- old undeclared war. France took tke taitlatl
Snother Japanese column was formed inarter* said,
reported «weeping to the south- a desire to hsva «omet
of Litti. 1 crete underway bofora
l-'ietli Divisions 4reive , pressed her to support
Cl.lp. se sources said five fresh i h tvsolution at
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Shantung from Japan and l*or- ctgnition of Italy s
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oanlite that this Is an expert- ' ami For- .oanltit
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