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VOL. 14
NO 246
NEA Service
.M HER 5, 1940
Associated Press PRICE FIVE CENTS
Destroyers For Naval Bases
\M • 1 A • m.
Mexico Guaras Against
Revolution
Ex-Soldiers Organize
Concrete Ports To
Resist Invader
|^)NIH)N) llept. ft —{/p>— A
(British N«'w« Agency)
iMfUdi Mkl louiglil Huh heavy
(Nrihg wmn going on in Buclmrcsi,
of Hiiuiunia, im Irun
demonstrator* «iMlml *i-
'■ the main national tht*
«quart* tonight. Troop , ur n-
Ml with machine kiiiih wen1 clear
lag III* NllfH , tile dls'uilfll N«id.
SATU-MAHK IS atmar-Nem-
etli. Transylvania. Sept. 5 (fl>)
Hungary'! regent admira!
Nicholas Hoi-thy. astride a will ta
horse. led ilie Hungarian army
into I hit* Transylvania city early
today, beginning occupation of
til* war-lost territory Hungary
regained by Die Vienna Flat or
Germany and Italy.
file trlumphiai entry Into tilia
old frontier city started the Jun-
garían army'n push toward the
KaBtem Carpathians, ages-old
barrier to invai>-.on of Central
Europe front the East.
The 72-year-old regent thus
symbolically Inaugurated Hun-
gary's new and enlarged role ax
the military ally of the Rome
Berlin axis in protection of the
nublan Basin against Russia,
first unit of 2,000 men
eroated into Transylvania at
Ktsinnrja at 7 u. in. (midnight
C. a. T. as vanguard for an oc-
cupying force or 80,000.
By the arbitral award of tlie
Herman and Italian rorelgn mlu-
sstera at Vienna Aug. 2 . Human-
la handed baeK northern Trust-
sylvanla. an area oí more than
square miles wHh u popu-
or some J.600.000.
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S-siv
I It roup of overage, fluidideck destroy "* I minding I'SN i-eiiry, iiuiuIh-i I.1H. and I'HH Kliul
IMIM, in New York Navy Yard. Thiwe .ships aw or tit e, sume lypv and luay l e the «une one which
going: to Hie British Navy for Wcslcrii Hemisphere naval and air buses.— (MpA Teloplioin).
Flower Show Gets Off To
A Colorful J MusicaliStart
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an Admiral's
accepted the
city ou lienalf of Hungary in a
Manare where Jubilant Hungar-
ian# threw flowers until the prln-
(CoMiüMMl on I'age TWO)
• 1 11 1 ■■ —
Wheat Men
Wheat farmers of Hutchinson
County are invited to enter the
special wheat milling and buk
Ing contesi which will be held In
connection with the Trl-Stnle
Pair at Amarillo, county agent
Clyde Carruth announced today.
The Texas Wheal Improve-
ment association sponsors the
contest whoae purpose is to stltnu
lata Interest in the utility value
The utility value is not
by <he external ap~
of wheat, Carruth ex-
plained but by the milling and
baking testa.
One gallon samples of hard red
winter wheal grown In the l#30-
40 crop season aie eligible tor en-
try. These gallon samples should
be lit addition lo the regular In-
dividual entries.
A sample will be entered un-
der one of four variety class,
namely: furkey lype. Blackhull
and Tenmarqor miscellaneous
variety class.
The samples will be pluce
within aaoh variety classification
ah external appearance*. Semilles
a highest on external up-
within each variety
tjftMl will Hym be milled
and baked.
Prise money offered for the
first fIVo placing samples will be
as follows: first $10; second 16;
third I ; fourth It; and fifth
ft. Thin prise money will be
MM direct to the winners by
the Texas Wheat Improvement
Association.
A total of
«anta had
|_A.
noon lowjjf
from principal W. J.
ores
Tomorow freshmen
WASHINGTON Sept. fi (A>)
— Acquisition of hases In the
Gnlapattog and Cocos Island to
protect the Panama Canal in the
Pacific was urged today by Rep.
I sac (I)-Callf.i
"With the perfect screen which
the new Atlantic and Caribbean
bases will afford." laac told news-
men "all we need now to make
our deíense setup virtually
complete are bases in the Gula-
pagos and Cocos Islands."
Spokeman for a congressional
group which has advocated such
action I*ac Indicated the destroy-
er-base exchange with Hrltain
would bring a renewed campaign
for facilities on the Pacific Is
lands.
Secretary of Navy Knox at San
Francisco yesterday said there
had been "some dlsccusslon" on
the subject of the possible leases
or purchae of the Galupago from
Ecuador and the CocoB from
Costa Rica.
New Committee Head
Named For Auxiliary
Child Welfare Work
All welfare agencies working
In co-operation with th„ Legion
auxiliary am advised that new
committee head* have been nam-
ed and Mrs. W. W. Coppock Is the
new chairman of child welfare,
succeeding Mr*. H. H. Maxwell.
Those having occasion to inquire
or report ex-service cases are ask-
ed to telephone Mrs. Coppock at
8S4.
All cases are kept strictly con-
fidential.
Libel Suit Holds
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. R —(/Pi
— A 9X00,000 libel suit halted
today the sailing of the Japanese
freighter Baklto Maru which
rammed and sank the fl*V,!*ig
barge Olympic 11 yesterday with
a probable loss of eight lives.
The freighter scheduled ¡to
have departed for Kobe, remain-
ed In San Pedro channel for
minor repairs.
Seventeen men, women and
children were rescued after tho
collision In havy fog two miles
offshore fforn Son Pedro. The
bodies of two victims were re-
covered. Six other person* are
mlaatng.
The libel rait wot filed by the
Hermosa Amusement Corp. own-
•t-s of the barge, against the N
It. K. line and the ship's cap
tala, B. Sato.
A miniature replica of n Pair
if. in progress at the American
Legion Hall where the annual
n?
Carnival of the Better Homes
and Garden Club got underway
early this morning Tor a iwo
day showing.
Hundred# oT bouquets of
brilliant marigolds. pnnsles
gladiolus, dahlias and many,
many other varieties of flowers
are entered in the Flower show
and are displayed in colorful
array ou the stage at the west
end of the spacious hall.
Tlieee is no admission charge
and llie public Is Invited lo drop
In llie hull iiny time today or
tomorrow lo see the munj dis-
plays.
Over 20o had entered flowers
In the contesi at 11 o'clock this
morning according to Mrs, Ed
wards Thomni, general rfhuir-
nmn of the event.
Outstanding anil particularly
interesting Is the needlework
booth situated In the checking
room, where some lovely hand
work Is displayed. II Is In I his
booth that registrations are be-
ing taken for the two big bas-
kets of food to be given away
tonight and tomorrow night.
Climaxing both days wtll be
the style shows, one lo be giv-
en tonight ut K o'clock and iho
other to be featured at the same
hour tomorrow.
K. C. Store. Dunlap's, Sol"
Store. Anthony's will all spon-
sor models, as will the Harden
club who will also have a model
In tho style parade.
Coiffures will be through
courtesy of the Primp and Red
Bird Beauty Shops and music,
will be furnished by die Megeri
Music Co.
The two day fiesta got off to
a musical start this morning,
with the Borger High School
band, under direction of Clyde
Rowe. making Its first rail
appearance - and a good one
at that.
The Phillips High school
Robert Field-
crowds ex-
pected to throng Ihe hall to-
night.
The Borger musicians will be
presented again tomorrow night.
band directed by Ho
er. will jilay for the
Five Freighters
Torpt
Convoy
In Reiliak
eh Drown
COLON. Panama, Sept. fi - (/p)
-- Passengers of the 16,6 2 7-ton
British liner Orduna. reported
today five freighters In the same
convoy with her from (England
ware torpedoed and sunk five
day* out of Liverpool.
The orduna arrived here last
night carrying «90 passengers.
Including 800 British children
of whom six were to remain In
Panama.
The Borger elementary band
will be^ln oi'icanlr.ation next
week, band director Clyde Rowe
announced today.
Beginners throughout Hie grad
es and high school students who
want to start learning some bund
instrument tire eligible for the
class, Ilowe stated.
A few school Instruments are
still available and parent an- urg-
ed to see the band director about
getting their children started as
soon as possible.
Schedule for this year's band
classes Is au follows:
West Ward Junior band: 8:¡10
a. in. to 9: :tu.
High school senior hand: . S0
a m. lo 10:30.
High school orchestra: II a.
m to 12.
Weutherly grade band: 12:lf>
p. m. to 1:25.
High school theory class: 1:4B
p. m. (o 2:46.
High school training band:
2:45 p. in. to 3:46.
Six German
Merchant Ships
Sunk Near Oslo
NEW VORK Sept. 6 — (>P)
St* German merchant vessels
were sunk near Oslo. Norway
during the week of Aug. 18 20,
Ihe British broudcastlug corpora-
tion reported today In a broad-
oast heard hero by NBC.
The report added that between
Trondhelm and Tromso. Norwuy
hundreds or bodies of German
soldiers had been washed ashore
recently. The radio «aid they
were believed to baVo been from
troopships carrying men and ma-
terials to am! from Norvlk, Nor
way.
IUKXICO CITY Sept. f. (/P>
The administration oí Presi-
den! Cardenas took precautions
today in to rest all any public dis-
orders as a resiiii of the claims
of genera I Juan Andreati Aimu-
xan'x political supporters thai he
«¡IN elected Cardenas' sticcesor
In I In July election.
A statement by Angel Trech-
uclo. who claimed to be an ese
eutive of Altiuuan's parly that an
armed uti >-inpt to selte power
inislii shortly begin was repu-
diated by ihe Almaaau party.
HStnllo Hitdero, head of ihe party
suid he had "never heard'1 of
Tiecliuelo and had heard no
such reporta.
NKW VOKK, Sept. « —(/P)—
Me \ it-itii i oiikiiI Uei.'.-ral Kafael
Be La Colina today disputwl re-
port* or revolutionary outbreak*
In Mexico and asserted govern-
ment officials in ill,' Mexican
cuplinl bad assured liini by leie-
plione I hat "complete tranquili-
ty reiKiis."
At Hie sume time. Manuel
Keuchi aide to Hen. Juan An-
drea Almutan opponent of the
administration, denounced a ver-
sion of purported plans for a r&
volution related in Mexico by
Angel Trechuelo described there
as an executive of Almutun's
party.
"Trcchuelo is not a member OI
our party." Reaehl said. "We do
not know him uud we know
nothing of him."
Trechuelo's account of the re-
volt plans of the Aiabaxanlsts
he added, was "a product of his
own mind or possibly, of the
mlndii of Albusuu's opponents."
Friends of Alunizan they be-
lieved (he party leuder who
Phillips Pool To
Close Sunday With
10,000 Attendance
Mor<> than 10,000 person* will
have attended the Phillips swim-
pool when It closes Sunday after-
noon. A. D. Little, lifeguard an-
nounced today.
Recent warm weather has pn*h-
ed the attendunce to the 9.960
murk and Little I* confident that
people who want lo get I heir last
swim of the t#40 season will be
crowding the pool the next few
days.
"We have had no accident* or
frightened swimmers," Little *ald,
commenting that th. season had
iu I one In
*|ilte of the cool weather.
CLASSES OPEN
MONDAY
claims he was elected recently to perform their present duties, as-
the Mexican Presidency was now
in Baltimore where relatives liv'e.
Ft. Worth Objects
To German Seamen
Settling There
FüItT WORTH, Sept. 6 </P)
"Of course If we're not liked
here. If we're not wauled, we
sliull seek u locution elsewhere
for our seamen."
With these words Capt. VVII
helm Uaehue, former master of
the scuttled Gormtui liner Col-
unibtiB, replied today to com-
plaints of Fort Worth business
men who have objected strenu-
ously to the establishment or a
lamp for the Naxl crew of 460
in this area.
Capt. Daehne was lo start out
this afternoon to look over the
abuudonud civilian conservation
corps camp ut Lake Worth an-
other COC camp near Cleburne,
and several near Hullas.
If iio suitable location is found
in this area or If objections of
Fort Worth residents continue,
the Nasi Captain and bis compan-
ion N. I). Colluer, immigration
service Inspector of the ESI Paso
area will carry their research in
to West Texas.
Sites at Albuquerque, N. M.
and Photienlx. Arl*. also will be
Inspected.
Chamber of Commerce direc-
tor* had authorized a resolution
of "complete opposition" lo tl.e
establishment of the camp "any
where In Ihls vicinity."
Jesse Jones To
Hold Two Major
Posts In Gov't.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 5 (/P)—
The House Banking committee
approved unanimously today u
resolution permytting .lesee H.
Jones to old the office of Fed-
eral Loan Administrator and Sec-
retary of Commerce at the same
time,
Jones, now loau administrator,
ha* been asked by President
Roosevelt to take over the cabinet
post us well. In that task he
would succeed Harry L. Hopkins.
Adult Registration To
Begin Friday,
Sept. 6
..
"Part-time classes In commer-
cial subjects," announces Supt.
W. A. Mcintosh, will begin Mon-
day, Sep) 9 Adulln planning to
enroll should register Friday,
September if, or Monday from 4 :16
to 8:16 p. m, Room 15, Borger
High School.
These classee, under local su-
pervision of Hupt. W. A Mcin-
tosh uud in cooperation with the
Borger Board of PJdiicution and
the State Boad for Vocational Kd-
ucatlou, will meet on Monday,
Tuesday. Weduesduy and Thurs-
day of each week from 4:16 to
0 15 p. in.
Instruction will be offered In
beginning shorthand advanced
dictation, typewriting, bookkeep-
ing business English, business
arithmetic, filing and secretarial
duties. Needs of students regis-
tering now will determine which
courses will b> offered during the
firat semester.
To be eligible for enrollment,
students must he employed, eith-
er full or part-time, and must be
at least sixteen yearB of age.
Part-time classes in commerciul
subjects are designed to Impart
Information to ofrice workers
which will enable them better to
4W AWAITS HLKKPKR
COLBBRT. Oklu . Sept. 6 ~<>P)
The Methodist church I* offer.
Ing $6 «uh to anyone who can
go to sleep during revival serv-
ices.
sume additional responsibilities,
or enter employment in closely
allied commercial pursuits, both
the employee and employer bene-
ftlng through increased efficien-
cy of th,, worker.
Further Instructor regarding
these classes may be obtained by
contacting Miss Hazel William .
Instructor, ut the high school
(telephone: 41M ) or ufler U p. in,
at 111 West Grand Avenue ttel-
ephone -, 374).
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Sept S
MP) Bulléis today cancelled two
more convicts' names from the
"wanted" list of Arkansas' whole,
sale, l<ulioi- Day prison bieak.
.State patrol headquarters here
announced guards fom the Cum-
mins prison farm shot to death
two of the fugitives in u gunfighl.
In rural southeastern Arkansas,
and reported recapture of another
felon
Pul rol radio operator Luke
Barber said those killed in a bat-
He at a cabin between Winches-
ter and Tillar were James Scott.
21, and Raymond Harrell, 23. He
said ihe mían recaptured was B.
G. Holtzdaw, 47. a convicted
sluyer.
This left at large only 11 of
tlie iUI men who broke from the
CummiiiN farm Monday after klB-
iiig a guard. Four have been shot
to death, 91 recaptured.
The Columbia. La., section
breathed easier after the release,
unharmed, of three high school
¡VuderiiK kidnaped b<y six con-
victs all of whom now are dead
or retaken.
A report earlier today told of
five or six convicts being sur-
rounded near Watson, and It was
believed the t/wo reported killed
may have been part of this group.
Still another was reported spot
'■ted near Natchex, filias.
Frank Conley, 34, a ringlead-
er, was killed by possemen near
Columbia Tuesduy a few hours
after Frank Gartinan Columbia
automobile dottier, was fatally
wounded while hunting the das-
•peradoes. Another convict. Bruce
Fowler, 28. wa« shot and killed
at the Vlcksburg, Miss,, river
bridge yesterday.
Conley and Fowl*r were two
of the six felons who kidnaped
Vonclle Williams, IB, Gladys
Diamond. 16, and Jerry Harriglll,
17. high school sludentB, Monday
and held them captive in the
swaimw near Colombia, i
l.ooo posssmen closed In y estate
day and reilcúed them unharmed
while cupturing three convicts.
Tho other desperado of the six
wa8 Fowler, and surrendered
whon tho shooting started at the
Vlcksburg bridge. Two kidnaped
women In the cor. Mrs. H. L. Ir-
win of Uenison. Tex,, and Mrs.
C. IC. Kldrldge of Monroe, La.,
escaped Injury but their nephew.
Woodrow Wall, suffered a scratch
bullet wound.
Nitroglycerin
Plant Wrecked
In Explosion
KLBCTRA, Texac, Sepl. fi-~(JF)
•—A nitroglycerin plant 16 miles
from here was wrecked this inorn-
Ihg by an explosion.
The blast was heard 40 miles
away
Three men who wert, mixing
explosive fluids escaped by run-
ning when fire broke out near-
by They were 300 feet from the
plant when the blast went off.
Debris was blown over an area of
a mile.
The plum Is located on Ihe
Wichita River near an oil field.
Damage wus estimated at more
tliun $3,000 and included the loss
or 300 (juuris of nltrogycertn and
some dynamite. The operating
firm Is ihe Toxjuh Torpedo Co..
managed by Mr . Edua Rapp and
her son, Paul.
Willkie To Speak
In Amarillo Soon
DALLAS, Sept. 17—</K> To
llow full time for Wendell Wll-
kie's address at Amarillo Sept. 17
only two Texans will speak on
the program, Joseph W. Bailey,
Jr, Chairman of Texas-for-WIII-
kle clubs, said today.
Charles H, Keffer, chairman of
the Amarillo Texas-for.Willkle
club will preside and Mike Hogg
of Houston, leader of thp no third
term Democrat,, will introduce
Wlllkia.
Tho special Irain carrying Will-
kie and the newspapermen cov-
ering his campaign will arrive rt
Amarillo ut 10:30 a. m.
Wlilkie will go directly to Rl.
wood Park where he will speak.
Plans to take care of visitors
from Tesa*, Oklahoma, Mew :
Ico and Colorado are being mi
by the Amarillo club, Bailey said
Parliament
American exchange
and defense bases
United State* "to
ihe throat whilst
ilreds or milt
warned the
(bat America is not
Tbo Prime Minister,
for a time during
don air raid ahirm.
ever, that Hitler "no
pay the 0. S. out if be
the chance."
Nwertiieliwa, he
boundleo*
Rtnplre of the
pao* at
mure
leon'*
without any of It*
nr."
ChurcbUI told the
Commons that no one
into the British-American
ment anything more
its face, and ha stre
did not affect "In the . ,
degree the non-belligerency i
Lulled State*."
Turning to the battla
land, oven while
the capital itself, tb
Ister declared the
used a greater pr
air
tl*h; famed of
to come and predicted:
"The whole nation '
up to it, grim and
While he w*„ j
bleat of- the London
ded the "All Oleit*."
British
Ing over the first of i
«ge
are
in
Phare 9
nouncod only
reported.
That, ho i
"Is a case of
the
kjm.
mm
Merchants Invited
To Credit Parley
All Borger merchants are re
quested to register at the Borger
High school next Sunday morn-
ing, í'.ept 8. between 9 and 10
o'clock for u Joint confereuce of
credit merchants and credit bu
rea us.
A large number of out-of-town
merchants and credit bureau
managers will be present J. H.
O'Neal, secretary of the Borger
Retail Credit Association said to-
day.
An outstanding program has
been arranged O'Neal said The
natlonul and state president of
the credit bureaus and the state
president of the Retail Merchants
or Texas will be Included on the
program, he said.
Saturday night the group will
hold au Informal dance at the
Black Hotel and a large crowd
Is expected,
"It will not only benefit you
as a Borger business man it you
are present" O'Neal tfald. "but II
will help to give the out of town
people a good impression of our
city."
Registration fee will be one
dollar and Include* a barbecue
luncheon at Huber Park under
thp direction of Bob Grimes.
m
Local Milk Case^
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Hospital News
Hllllllllinilll «IIHIIHHHIII
Aaron Ros* Is In North Plains
hospPal ufter cutting his left big
toe off last night with a post hole
digger. He wo« working with bis
uncle six mllea north of Gruver
when the accident occurred.
T. L. Bt'i
from Pantex hi
was dismissed
Hut last uight.
Ronald McClellaii, son of Hr.
and Mrs. H. O. McCleltau of Phil'
lips wo* treated in I
pltal for a broken rl|
week, received when
knocked from his trleycl,
over by a motorist.
Mr*. O. H. Shipley
sed from North
thl* morning.
Judge Jack Allen of the Dis-
trict court at Panhandle took tho
case of Prsscott vs. Petty under
advisement yesterday after s«v-
eul hours of court procedure In
which seven witnesses were call-
ed to the stand.
The case has been pending for
several weeks and concerns sor-
eral out-of-town milk dealers who
are seeking a mandamus to t0|
the Borger health officer. Dr.
IS. Petty, to laaue them a
to sell dairy products here.
Briefs from lawyers of
parties were filed with
Allen at the close of
session. The judge's
be announced probably
three or four weeks,
er L. M. Darla said
Wltnesaes for the
were Dr Petty, SHI
(.Borger health Inspector,
vl*.
Witnesses for, the ]
Prescott, t«ie Amarillo
spector. a representative
Plains Creamery Co.. and the ,
arillo city attorney.
NYA Air Mechanics
Center Initiated
Near San Antonio
AUSTIN Sept. 6 —<py~
«ration of a national youth
ministration air -rehanlcs ;
dent center it Duncan
San Antonio, was init
J. C. Reliant, state
announced.
The center will train
youth* in the repair, cot
and maintenance of
airplane engines and will ba
senior unit for NlTA i
les project*
Houston Marshall.
Worth. Ran*#.
and pallas.
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