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Blanket* daily except Saturday* the
oil. cae, and carbon blaak commun-
ities, and the great North Piataa
(arm region. A home newspaper.
íilailt} Hcrnlíi
OI
'BORGER, THE WONDER CITY—CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD"
Stands behind every
improvement of Boryer «ad the city**
trade territory. ContaJnu «11 the newt
while It is newa.
VOL 12—NO 141
(ASSOCIATED PRESS — NEA SERVICE)
BORGER. TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 3.1938
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
PRICE FIVE
CENTS
MIE HMB IKE UVti MIOI M
Chinese Report Sweeping 7-Mile Advance
Shadowed Her;
Now Wed* Her
Goodbye Until 1958
that's
It' not goodbye forever—merely goodbye for twenty years-
cxpresaM by the fervent kiss implanted by J. B. Sheffield on the
a few weeks. The scene above took place in
just before Sheffield left for Alabama peniten-
KÍn serving a 20-vear sentence for burglary.
lips of his bride of a few weeks.'
Birmingham, All
REPULSE TEN
JAP ATTACKS
ON VILLAGES
Defenders Draw Net
Tighter Around
Tanchenjr
SHANGHAI, May .1 (ff>)
j Chinese infantrymen repulsad ten
| Japanese assaults on three fort-
ross.llke village** today and then
advanced their own lines a mile,
in counterattacks drawing their
net lighter about Tnncheng.
Ocnerslisslnio Chlojng Kal-
Slink's veterans were fighting to
nut Japanese back on their heels
a second time In somh Shantung
province, despite the fact Japan-
use wore reinforced for n supreme
effect to atolle tor defeat Ihey
administered at Taierhchwang al-
most a moni It ago.
Try Hiicirelemoiii
The Chinese were attempting
in encircle Tuncheug. 22 miles
j north of Hie Ltinghal Hsilway
and on the right hank of the Yi
Hiver. I>v attacks at Matowchan
to the northwest.
southwest.
Ma Positively
Out Of Running
AUSTIN, Tex., May 3—W)—Former Governor Mir-
iam A. Ferguson reiterated today she would not run for
governor this year.
Sometime ago «he said she would not be a can-
didate, but more recently several mass meetings of friends 1
''urged her to reconsider.
FRANCE ORDERS
INCREASES IN
ARMED FORCES
More Man Power To
Boost French
Tax Bill
WIDOWS PENSION
SYSTEM STUDIED
AT FDR REQUEST
WASHINGTON. May 3 (/P)
A new pension system for
widows and their minor children
"I want to tlinnk the inuii.v
friend nil over Texas rlmt have
urged me to make I lie rare for
governor," «lie Maid.
"It In « compliment I shall
never forget, and I tliank litem
from the bottom of my henrt.
"However, after careful
ttmiiKht anil consideration, I
have decided not (o make the
rnci
Apparently her statement
PA Firs. May 3 (/pi In-
j crcHses in man power for all
; France's armed forcea ware or-
dered today hy Premier FQdouard
¡ Daladler, head of the "national
I defense" government now ruling
ihe nation hy decree,
An edict which became law this
morning demanda more soldiers,
sailors and aviators, along with
many new sacrifices from french-
men to enable ihe nation to sup-
! port the cost of the modern tuach-
cli-! inery of war.
tiarv to
Ik receiving study hy the social maxlng renewed speculation over Dec reos In the same series In-
Hfcuriiy hoard al the request of'the intentions of herself and her creased franco's annual lax hill
President Roosevelt, It was learn- husband, former Governor James , 49,00,000,000 francs ($120,000..
ed today. K Ferguson, definitely conclud-j 000), levying a flat eight per cent
Benefits would go to the fam- ed any possibility there would increase In all direct and hidden
liles of workers who pay social In- a Ferguson entry in the gu-' taxes.
security laxes hut who die he- heruatorisl contest. | Announcement of the govcrn-
fore reaching the retirement age After the mass meetings were men's Intention to enroll addl-
and to the of GB j held Mr Ferguson called ¡Uten- ¡ ttonal fighting men was contain-
Under present law, the heirs Hon to previous declaratloua of od in the Premier's report lo Pre.
rf a worker who dies before the his wife und said It was up to Hldent Albert Lehrun on a decree
retirement age receive only a | (Continued on Page EIGHT) opening n new credit of 1.71 !!.-
sum equal to 3.5 per cent of his _____ 1 B0.000 francs (about II 41.8TB,-
New Deal Issue
In Florida Race
to
.SHANGHAI, May 3 (tp>
Chinese dispatches tonight report-
ed a sensational seven.mile ad-
'vence on the southern Shantung
i front, focal point of the w**. and
I declared that the Jupanesu lines
hud buckled completely tinder tho substantial aid to widows knd
earning* from Jatt. 1, 1937
the time of his death.
The hoard, however, is seek-!
ing some means of giving itfor#
Narcotic Trial
j Chinese onslaught.
HI to,OOO Men Bendy
NRW YORK. May 3 Í/P)
Ity Ihe Associated Press
Florida Democrats chose their
nómino* for liulted stato sena
tor today in a fivn-eoruefeíl con.
lest, whose national aspects made
it outstanding among primary
elections In four slates
Senator Claude Pepper asked
renomlnation a a consistent sup.
poller of President ItooHevell's
policies. He bore the endorsement
of James Roosevelt, the presi-
dent's sou and secretary.
One ml his opponents was Rep.
resentí live Mark Wilcox, who has
opposed several White House rec-
ommendation*. Wilcox as it cam
pslgtier criticized the "brain,
storms of brain trusters."
Former Governor Dave ShoiU,
millict candidate, aligned him.
self with the administration at
Washington, calling at the same
time for Irss "governmental Inter,
forcner" with business.
florida Republican* also had a
Senatorial primary, (heir first
contest in history for a statewide
nomination.
Ill South Dakota Alabama and
Indiana, local interest was high
but national issues were not so
dlrecily involved. All four states
wore selecting nominees for Con-
press and various stale offices
The South Dakota campaign
witnessed a last.minute Injection
of religious Issues. Anti-Catholic
• Continued on Page RIGHT)
Fronte Suspect Is
Taken To Del Rio
HAN ANGRLO, May 3 (/P)
Border Patrolman Richard
Martin this morning left for Del
Rio with a Russian doctor who
has been held here for Investiga-
tion of his entry Into the United
States and In connection with the
Investigation of the frome mys-
tery slaying*.
The Rumian physician could
not he held here further unless
complaint was filed and author-
ities thus evolved upon taking
him to the regional Immigration
headquarters at Del Rio, where
he can he legally held until his
entry la Investigated In Washing,
ton. He will remain in Del RIo
Ht least two weeks, authorities
here said. In the meantime the
story of his Itinerary from 1.M
Cruces, N to 8an Diego, Tex.,
is being Investigated.
The doctor assigned custody
of hie sport roadster to his two
lawyers her*.
OFFICERS WILL
PROTECT BABIES
DURING PARADE
When the American Legion
"Million Dollar" Baby Parade
pusses In review on next frlday
afternoon, the huge tusk of pro-
tecting the liny tots has been ac-
cepted hy Police Chief Mill litttns
and his stuff and Sheriff Dan
Hardee and his deputies.
No traffic Mtli lie allowed to
Interfere with the miniature par-
ade that parent* from ten cilios
and towns in the Panhandle have
been preparing for the past mon-
th slated Dr. II H Crosby, the
parade chairman and Hob Llndaey
co-chairman of the parade tha'
once before set the citizens of
ibis oil metropolis to talking for
vears. That was five years ago,
and many say that parade was
liorger's best, but you haven't
seen anything yet. according to
General Chairman Kd Ralston and
Carl Mather, the assistant sen-
eral chairman oi the big show
Must galore will he in the
parade for the Stinnett High
School band, the phllllps High
School baud, the Rorger High
School baud and Korgor Junior
band will be In the parade, blar-
ing out the latest in marching
mugir according to Tom Duval!
the post commander. We aro ex-
pecting to hear from the Pan-
handle baud soon, said Comman-
der I'll Villi.
Rf forts are being made to have
all schools dismissed to see the
parade according to Dudley Holl-
umiin. the nominating chairman
t Continued on Page KIGHTl
children. Although no one plan
has heon accepted, one of those
The advance was said to be the j receiving serious consideration
j first thrust of a general Chinese | would provide monthly payments1 Forty-five persons who th gov.
I offensive, in which SOO.OOO men i of between $10 and $20 to the eminent charges are members of
] were declarad ready to partielp- ' children until they reach 1*. '"a gigantic and closely organized
«te. I The widow would be pensioned narcotics ring" were placed on
j The reports said the advance! for life when she reaches 60, get- ¡ trial before Federal Judge Muv-
was made between Taierhchwang. j ting between $20 and $40 a ray Hubert today charged with
scene of u major Japanese defeat
early last month, and Plhslen,
IB miles to the southeast. In
Klnngsu province.
j In this sector the Japanese
| had been making the most intense
efforts of their recent drive to
] wipe the stain of Taierhchwang
; and reach the vital Lunghsl rail-
way.
However, said dispatches from
the front to Hankow, these Ja-
panese forces are retreating ra-
pidly northward.
month. Her pension would bo de-
termined by a per centage of the
average annual wages of her hus-
band
This pension system would be
000) for national defense, Da-
ladier said ihls would be used
V for:
Caw /IK Strong thing the army by Incur-
tilflllo Pill it) porating an unstated number of
'reserve officers Into the regalar
service:
Increasing the nnvy's ntanpow.
er fro® 69.BO0 lo 72.BOO men;
Increasing the alrforce man
power from 44,000 to B2.600 non-
commissioned officers and men.
The decree authorizes the navy
ministry to begin construction
before Dec. 31. 1039, of two
battleships, one cruiser, savtei
submarines and u number of
(Continued on Page RIGHT;
The romantic troubles oi
as Warner, Jr., heir to millions
and blond divorce, the former
Mrs. Jean McDohald, appealed
to be all over when this affec-
tionate picture was taken a few
seconds after their marriage in
Las Vegas. N. M. Warner onta
employed detectives to shadow
Mrs. McDonald to test her Uhu
for him, but now ail's well be-
cause it has ended well.
VOTE ON FINAL
PASSAGE TODAY
RECORDED, 56-28
House Gets Bill Again
For Its Action On
Amendments
WASHINGTON, May 3—
</P)—The Senate approved
today the adminicitration's
$1,156,000,000 Naval Ex-
pansión Bill.
The vote on final passage
was 56 to 28.
The measure now goes hack to
the House for action on several
major amendments, including a
provision to limit to 35.000 the
tonnage of three battleships to
be built under the measure — un-
less the president finds that oth.
er nations are building larger ves-
sels.
The Senate authorised total
battleship tonnage of 135,000,
compared with the 106.000 ap-
proved by the House. It al*o in-
creased to 20.000 tona eaeh th*
alxe of two aircraft carrier*, ap.
proved at 15.000 ions each hjr
the house.
The bill would
struct ion of 4«
airplanes and HB
•"•Is but none contri be
until emigre** actually ntrs
1
Whistle-Blowing At
AH Hours Makes
Everyone "Screwy"
possession, selling. Importation
and transports I ion of drugs, and
with conspiracy. Seven women are
among the defendants
A few minutes after the court
separate from the grants which i clerk began calling the names of
the board now makes to help prospective jurors a number of
Continue Drive On
Traffic Violators
The police department's cur-
rent traffic law drive continued
in full force today as 13 persons
paid or forfeited fines. Ten were
charged with overtime parking,
one with Improper parking, and
one with running a red light paid
or forfeited $1 fines. One porson
forfeited a $10 bond for speed-
ing
states pay needy widows for the
support of dependent children.
Other proposals before the
board would grant the widow her
pension for a limited number of
years Immediately after her hus.
band's death. Instead of pension,
ing her at 60 for life.
The board also was asked by
the defendants signified their In-
tention of pleading guilty and
Jtidge Hulhert adjourned the case
until afternoon to give those who
wished to change their pleas an
opportunity to do so.
Assistant United «tales Altor,
ney Joseph Martin described Vin-
cent Vallone, of Chocolate Bayou
As approved by the Senate, th*
bill carries authorisation tor •
115,000,000 appropriation *lor
experiments with light. fast har-
bor defense craft. Th* Renata cut
out House-approved Item* of tl.-
000,000 for eonstrSktlon of a
lighter.than-alr craft and
000,000 for development at'■
ventions.
Just prior to passage the Senate
adopted an amendment offered
This whistle.blowing foolish, by Senator Johnson (D-Colo.)
ness at the Horger Stentn Laun- which would permit the Secretary
dry al all hours during the day of war to place "educational or-
lias Rot to slop, it gets people dors" with manufacturing eon-
' bum.fur.xled." jcerns to familiarice them with
one (lay last week ihe whistle 1 production of war munition*,
was blown al 11 30 and all the Senator Walsh (D-Mont.) said
Mechanical fellows in the Herald 'be amendment would In no way
Wheat Damage By
Hail Very Slight
the president to consider advanc- I Road. Houston. Tex., a night club
lug to 1940 the beginning date owner, as one of the key defend,
for paying monthly pensions to ; ants.
retired workers over BB. These)
pensions now are scheduled to
begin in 194 2.
Farmers, seamen. domestic,
government employes and work-
ers In educational or charitable
Institutions are not included in
the social security act, and Utile
change In this list Is contemplat-
ed. it was learned.
H. D. Club History
Given At Jr. C. of C.
|i.fflce took off their uprons and
went home for lunch. A call to
the laundry revealed that Herb
Wilkinson has burned out a gen-
erator and sent his employes
home. The whistle was being
blown to toll them thai all was
well and to report back to work.
Then yesterday in the middle
were
The third thunderstorm within
a week In this area struck here of the afternoon citizens
about 2 o'clock this morning with
a heavy pelting of rain and hail.
As In the two previous distur-
bances the downpour waa preced-
ed by dust and accompanied by
lightning.
Spearman, where the storm
struck about the same time, re.
ported hail damage to wheal as
very slight If any in that Imme-
diate vicinity, with moisture to-
talling .Kit inch
affect the navy department.
WASHINGTON, May a — </Pf
Senator Clark (D-Mo.) asked
the Senate today to plgeon.hola
the administration's 11,150,000,.
000 Naval Kxpansion bill.
Clark moved to recommit the
measure to the Naval Affairs com-
mittee, saying the leglalaMon
startled to hoBi guttural sounds! would Piwldo for "squandering"
of ih > whistle. Again o Herald j u" unknown sum of money.
reporter culled the laundry.
"Where's Herb," the reporter
asked "That's what I'm blowing
the whistle for, trying to find
him," the elder Wllklson replied.
The same reporter, when re.
printitndluR Herb for Ills unruly
actions thin morning got the fol-
lowing explanation;
"When I blow the wbltle at
H. 12. ) and B, thut'K for business
people. When it blows any olher
WASHINGTON. May 3
Speaker Bsnkhoad wan in a
wheel chair today. He stubbed
and broke a toe Sunday.
RAY CITY. Mich., May 3
Striking members of the I'. A. W.
</P) evacuated the parts plant of the
Chevrolet Co. here I his afternoon
after holding the factory for al-
most eight hours.
Final Tribute
Paid Dr. Nunn
AMARU,LO, Tex.. May 3 —
(fl ) friends gathered here lo.
day and paid tribute nt funeral
services for Dr. Joseph Blbert
Nunn. Rft. minister, educator and
former newspaper publisher, who
died yesterday at Colorado Spr-
ings
After services were conducted
at 4 p. m. by Dr. J. Howard Will-
iams. pastor of the First Baptist
Church. Dr. Nunn was burled in
« local cemetery.
H i
Class Strife Hit
. of C. Head
ByC
1 A general report could not be
. .laycees learned yesterday about obtained because of telephone
the widespread activities Of home trouble at Spearman, caused by ¡time, don't pay any attention,
demonstration women and 4-H lightning [that's for personal reasons."
'Club girls In Hutchinson County. ■—
Miss Luclle Chance, county
¡home deuYonstration agent, out.
lined the history of the home de. j
tnonstration movement from lis
origin In the Smith.Lever Act.
and Its establishment In Texas
in 1903 and its program
Miss Anno Reno. Sanford girl
who won fh'st place in stale com-
petition on tomato canning and
selection, told how tomatoes are
scored.
Mrn, Raymond Jarvls, an active
Home Demonstration Club work-
er, discussed how the women
sought to become bctler home.
Although attempting the re.
rommflal procedure, opponents of
the bill, rechecklng their strength
as the Senate approached a vote
agreed they had virtually no
chance to defeat the program.
Allred Is Invited
To Crown Winner
Hitler Arrives
For State Visit
I
! makers through several phases
ests flr^t. Davis warned that such f activity: pantry, gardening,
a course "leads to chaos," clothing nnd bedroom arrange.
"Obviously everybody cannot went. The women of the county
have everything he wants." he1 have planted Ilion trees as a
Babies' Revue Is
Thursday P. M.
WASHINGTON. May 3 (yp>
President George H. Dnvls of tho
t'niled States Chamber of Com-
mcrcc declared today that class
antagonism Is the greatest men., said. "Differences must bo com. wlPdhreak in their current pro-
ace to hUSlUMa.
"Kxperience bringing home
ihe realisation that We can not
get very far by penalising the
good In order to ,'ostraln the bad,"
Davis said In a speech prepared
for the chamber's annual con.
volition.
"tinder ihe American system,
organised as It is. held together
by a mesh of reciprocal relation,
ships, we all sink or swim to-
gether.
Pointing out that the worlrer.
the consumer, the Investor, and
the shipper are disponed to eon.
slder their own Immediate inter.
lif!
*■ * # Mu-m •mmmm *
I promised. If the American system
Is to endure, it muat be eoutem-
plated as a whole and not with an
eye lo benefiting one class or a
group to the detriment of other
classes or groups.
"Instead of solving our prob.
lems we complicate them hy ap.
ject. she said
Joe Sn.'gent, head of an enter-
taining committee, announced a
Original plans have been ch.iltg
ed anil the Raby Rathlng Revue
Willi he staged Thursday afternoon
al 3.30 o'clock in the Rex Theu-
ter instead of Ihe Rig as aimnutic.
ed, Carl Barber, theater manug.
er
the Raby Week activities, said
ROM I-., Mu> !t Í/P) —
Vlolf Hii lee arriveri at
ItouieV OstieiiMr station to-
night ior the Mill** vi«lt
which Is to ilriHUHtixo Hie sol.
Iilarity of K11 rope's two greet
Pftscist slates.
Wadsworth read s letter of Invl.
t at Ion from the Tulsa Jaycees.
addressed to young oil workers,
ponllng to Individual or class pre-1 Guests were W. M. Vlnnedge.
judíeos, by setting one segment | A- Woodward, Ira Powell, and
off ngulnst another. The cort of Mitt Vance.
our business system Is voluntary j —
cooperation. Its greatest menace I HON' IS ROUS
harbeque was being planned and ¡this morning.
will he held soon. Secretary Jack \ Raby Rorger and Raby Pan.
handle will he selected fiom the
bevy of very young ladles, all
KOMK. May 3 - - The
German Fuehrer Hitler's special
l ra I it nosed through the Rrenner
and one of the dírectoís"^' Hn'' 1"'" ",,ly
ing toward Rome and « reunion
with Premier Mussolini in «ira-
malino the strength of Kurope's
great Fascist states
Rands played as the train pull-
Is class antagonism."
He criticised "the reformers,
the theorists, the prophets of the
(Continued on Page KIGHT)
Mr and Mrs. H. L. Aylor are
the parents of an 9 pound. 4
onnce son. born at 13:50 last
night In North Plains hospital.
of whom will be between the ages rM' 'n,° ,,u' newly constructed
of 2 and fi. railway station itt Rrennero, la-
Judging will be left entirely vlshly decorated with flowers and
up to the audience. bunting.
—— , The Fuehrer wax up to receive
HON TO PAI L KKLLYM the emissaries of the King VIU
A six pound son was born to Kmnnucle and Mussolini.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Kelly et 9 •*"' "> welcome him to Italian
o'clock Sunday evening in the soil 'Ihey won :he Duke of Pis.
Pnntex hospital. (Continued on Page WIGHT)
The American Legion "MiMf
Victory" trip to the New Yorlt or¡
San Francisco World's Fair con.
test committee at a special meet,
ing this morning Invited Gov.
Jimmy Allred to attend the corop.,
at Ion ball on the night of May 14
and crown "Miss Victory," stated
Jack Kstst*. the chairman of Ihe
Victory contest.
We are leaving no stone un-
turned to make this the highest
hall ever staged In the Pauhan-
dle territory, officials said. Th'
nine remaining girls In the men
snd their friends arc all dcterm.
Ined that they nre going o ¿lit
their choice (or the "i|tte"
across on the night of Ma*U4-
The pace the candidates are «Bi-
ting Is furious at this time, and
will continue to got even hotter
(Continued on Page KIGHT)
WEATHER
Oklahoma: Unsettled. local
W
east and aouth portions Wedties.
day: slightly cooler In
north portions Wednesday
noon.
Wast
night and
local tl
southeast portion
Panhi
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