Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 15, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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WEATHER
West Tmu: Variable cioudinese. scattered
showers tonight and Wednesday* otherwise
(air with little changa in temperatura.
Voi. 15—-No. 123
NEA Service
Associated Prots
Borger, Texas, Tuesday, April 15, 1941
(Six Pages Today)
Frica Five Canta
Four Slain And Many Injnred As Gunfire Breaks Out In Southeast Kentucky Coal Field Strike Zone
Sissl Wages And
Prices Increase
As Strike Averted
Staady improvement In
Labor Situation Saan As
Man Go Back To Work
By the Associated Presa
Cuntiré in Ule southeast Ken-
tucky solt coal fields killed lour
men this morning and resulted
in wounding of more than 20
others.
Officers said they could not
determina at once what led to
the shooting near a mine which
has not stopped operations in a
general shut-down due to a wage
dispute.
Patrolman Quy Harrell of
Middlesboro, Ky.. said the battle
started on a road leading to the
Fork Ridge Coal company mine,
about a mile from the Tennessee
line.
Mi- said motorcades of miners
had assembled there last night
apd headed toward the mine,
which has operated throughout the
shutdown of operations in ad-
joining Harlan county since the
union-operator contract expired
April I.
The outburst in the coal fields
came quickly after wage increas-
es for hundreds of thousands of
the nation's steelworkers hud
averted a threatened strike against
the industry. Many small steel
mills were following the lead set
yesterday by United States Steel
Corporation and other big-produc-
ers m granting wage increases of
If-cents-an-hour.
492.000 Get Increases
While the wage hikes and other
concessions swept away most of
U|B rough «pots in steel-labor rela-
tions, the soft coal tie-up remained
In effect despite the appearance
of Secretary of Labor Perkins be-
fore management and union rep-
resentatives deadlocked on terms
of a new contract.
About 432,000. or more than
two-thirds of the stcelworkers in
the nation, were informed by last
night that their pay envelopes
would I í $4 fatter each week
United States Steel, with 240,-
000 employes, led the way. Beth
with 90,000, followed
Critically 111
President Of
Coal Company
Slain By Nob
Strikers Concentrate
On Mine That Operated
During Present Strike
MIDDLESBORO. Ky., April 15
—(A*)—Four men were killed, eight
others were in hospitals and an
estimated 15 to 20 received medi-
cal treatment early today after
gunfire in this southeast Kentucky
soft coal field.
The dead:
C. Rhodes, 45, of Middlesboro, ¡ pleted ton, fifteen, twenty, twen
44 Glllf ElliplOyCS To Got s Wife Charged In Ex-Dancer's Death
Awards At Dinner Tonight
1 ill ' V
Diamond and ruby-studded la- in attendance will also the the
pel buttons will be awarded to 44 wives of honored employes and
employes of Gulf Oil Corporation 43 other employes, and their wives,
and Gulf Refining company in the
Panhandle at a banquet and
dance to be given tonight at 6:30
in the Blue Mirror Room at the
Amarillo Hotel, in recognition of
having completed 10 or more
years of continuous service.
Awards will be presented to all
employes who, during 1940, eom-
pi esldent of the Fork Ridge Coal
¡company and of the American As-
ty-five, thirty, and thirty-five
years, of continuous service. L. P.
; sociation, a combination of soft Garrett of Houston, vice-president
who received awards last year.
Other officials present will be: N.
H. Perry and C. B. Northrup oí
Houston; and H. M. Craig, M. O.
Rife, W. F. Rollins, O, C. Need-
ham, and M. O. Boring, Fort
Worth.
Employes who will receive
awards-
Fifteen years: Marshall M. An-
drew, Oscar J. Aylor. Burén W,
Bettis, Samuel C. Churchill, Leo
nard C. Collingsworth, William O
Dangerously ill in Worle.v hospi-
í tal in Pampa today is "Catfish"
Smith, former Borger Bulldog
1 coach, who last evening at 8:30
: o'clock underwent an emergency
'operation for a ruptured stomach
i ulcer
In a telephone conversation with
the attending physician this after-
noon at i :30 o'clock, the doctor
told the Herald the former Borgei
'mentor was dangerously ill. that
peritonitis was present and that he
would not pass the crisis for "sev-
eral days '' He is doing as well as
can be expected," attendants at the
hospital said.
Smith had been practicing with
the Pampa Oilers, with whom he
signed up last week, when he was
stricken.
(Draft Board
HI act iff PC
The local draft board met yes-
terday and classified 95 men from
whom questionnaires had been re-
ceived Yesterday's classifications
leaves only 52 men that have re-
ceived questionnaires up to today
to be classified
The board decided to send only
five questionnaires n day this
week At the end of the week the
hoard will decide whether to con-
tinue at this rale or discontinue
lehem with 90,000, followed, as sending questionnaries until a later
ditt Republic Steel, 50,000: Youngs-,c,alr
town Sheet and Tube, 26,000: Ten- of those classified yesterday,
nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Co, there was not a single Class I-A
17,000; Otis Steel (Cleveland', «,- m«" 1,1 the «roup Thei-e were 90
000, and Acme Steel, Chicago, 2, Class 111-A men
■ coal mining Interests which found-
ed Middlesboro.
E W. Silvers, Middlesboro, vice
president and treasurer of the
coal company.
Bob Robinson. Tazwell, Term,,
a former Tennessee highway pa-
I trotinan.
Sam Evans, Middlesboro, a min-
I er.
Patrolman Guy Harrell of Mid-
dlesboro said the shooting oc-
curred just on the Kentucky side
of the Kentucky-Tennesse line
near this mountain town and fol-
lowed a concentration of miners
from this county—Bell—and ad-
joining counties where union min-
ers have sought to stop all opera-
tions pending settlement of work
contract negotiations between the
CIO United Mine Workers and
coal operators of the Appalachian
i field.
Harrell said motorcades of min- It's not much, but it helps bring
era assembled here last night and happiness and cheer into the
proceeded toward the mine, which homes of Borger's underprivileged,
has worked throughout <he stop- The local post of American Le-
page of operations Ih adjoining «Ion is asking Borger and Phillips
Harlan county subsequent to the merchants to Install Legion gum
expiration of the union-operator vending machines in their places
Appalachian contract April 1. of business in order that the city's
Five men were killed in two poor can be fed and clothed and
of Gulf Oil Corporation, will make Conner. Wirt E, Davis, James R.
tiie principal address and present Duff, Keith Edelen, Cline A. Bri-
ttle awards F. J. Adams of Fort monds, John F. Eubanks, Lee E
Worth, general agent of both Fowler. Druey T Fuller, Thomas
companies, will be toastmaster, i S. Hasbrook, Ward B. Nash, Er-
and E. C. Kindade of Houston, nest L. Henson, Paul M. Jenks,
vice-president of Gulf Refining Custer Kent, Mary McDonald, jr.,
Company, will also speak. 1 (Continued en Page TWO))
O'Daniel Stales Program
Legislature Must Approve
If He Enters Senate Race
Mr . Juanita Bart, wife of Eddie Barr, newspaper columnist,
was charged with murder in connection with the slaying of Mrs.
Blanche Woodall who was found slain In her apartment in Dallas,
Texss. Mrs. Barr was released on S26.000 bond. The above photo
shows Mr. and Mrs, Barr in the kitchen of their home at a
recent party.
(NEA Photo)
Legion Asks Borgans
To Help Charity Cause
gunshot affrays in Harlan coun-
ty on April I and ¿ us union min
cr-pickets sought to enforce a stop-
page of mining there All Harlan
mines since have suspended op-
erations under a truce arrange-
ment sponsored by Gov. Keen
Johnson.
Deputy Sheriff C. C Harmon of
(Continued oh Page TWO))
their medical needs given immc
díate attention.
Entire proceeds of the little
machines go to the Legion welfare
fund, which in turn is handed over
to the underpriviliged of this vic-
inity.
Merchants desiring to install the
vending machines are urged to call
Karl Klein or Frank Ivey.
800
Even before the move by Unit-
ad Slates Steel .Corporation, the
National Steel Corporation had
raised the wages of 20,000 em-
ployed by 10 cents an hour, und
similar increases had gone to
about 5,000 workers in smaller
mills. In all, more than 456,000
men have been effected.
The new basic steel wage became Moore County Man
$5,80 a day, retroactive to April u_ij .
1 Other steel companies were ex- wn_wrunnen
pot ted to fail into line rapidly. ! Driving Charge
Steel Prices Affected
The rest of the classification
consisted of one Class IV-A, one
Class 1V-D and three Class 1V-F
Three colored men were classi-
fied, one being placed in Class
III-A. one in Class IV-F, and the
other in Class IV-D.
The board classified 57 men Sat-
urday also
Germany Trying To Make It Appear
Great Britain Plans To Desert Allies,
As Nazi-Turk Friendship Talked
The big question .. norig • steel
consumar was whether the wage
increases would cause a rise in
the price of steel. Many steel men
guessetl yes, especially if soft coal
wages and prices go up as well.
Secretary Perkins reported "a
very pleasant meeting" with the
soft coal negotiators at New York
last night, but no Immediate de-
(Continued en Peg* TWO))
A Moore county driver, held on
charges of driving an automobile
while Intoxicated, was arrested by
locale police yesterday, Jeff Dun-
ham, police chiéf, said this morn-
ing.
He was turned over to P. F.
Younger from Dumas, sheriff of
Moore county, yesterday afternoon
and will be held there pending
trial.
BMstnilbve pogram
Offered BfUtenDavid
Walter David, executive of the
Huber corporation, addressed Le-
gionnaires and guests informally
last night after the regular Legion
meeting, and told them how they
could do constructive things for
this community while the world is
engaged in destruction.
David's talk was the first in a
series of address** which the Am-
erican Legion is planning in which
prominent local and imported
speakers will be reatured.
The Huber executive outlined
three principal obectlves for which
local cttlsens should strive. They
were possible votes this area may
give in dividing Texas Into as
many as four other states, educa-
tion and direction of youth after
graduation from high school; ob-
taining a municipal auditorium for
Borgei.
David, an enthusiastic booster
for Borger. dwelt at length upon
the subect of the need for a muni-
cipal auditorium here and how it
can be obtained under a NYA set-
up for very little cost.
He proposed that such a build-
ing be erected where the Legion
hall now stands, and that it should
contain lunch rooms, boy scout
rooms, Legion auditorium, voca-
tional shops, and a general audi-
torium for civic affairs.
The crowd applauded the prop-
osition.
Commander John Oliver indi-
cated that, committees would be
appointed to meet with commu-
tes of other civic clubs to work out
details in preparation for securing
the building.
David started his talk by telling
(Continued on Pag* TWO)
By Louis P. Lochner
BERLIN, April 15—i/Pi-Eng-
land's behaviour In Greece was
castigated by authorized Germans
today as "the most shameful
crime ever perpetrated on an al-
ly."
These sources declared the Ger-
man high command, through luft-
waffe reconnolterlng. obtained in-
disputable proof that the British
were preparing a hasty retreat
from Greece, leaving their ally in
the lurch.
London radio reports purporting
to give Greek news of victories
such as repulsion of the SS Adolf
Hitler guards were declared to be
"infamous and silly lies.''
When asked where German forc-
es now stand in the Balkans and
Africa, these sources said:
"As you know, our high com-
mand loves surprises and com-
pleteness. We don't propose to
dish our military news out piece-
meal. You'll learn soon enough
just what the military situation is
—it's certainly not unfavorable to
us."
Diplomatically, Germany also
was vigorously active.
Adolf Hitler, acting with II
Duce. personally recognized the
establishment of an
Russians And Turks
Have Heads Together
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April
'Delayed*—(/P)—Political talks of
an undisclosed nature were re-
ported underway tonight between
Soviet Russia and Turkey,
The talks were understood to be
in progress at Ankara, Turkey's
capital.
Turkish reaction to the new Jap-
anese - Soviet neutrality pact
was that "it is of direct concern
to Germany."
With the Balkan war beating
at Turkey's door, foreign circles
heard that a delegation would ar-
rive from Iraq shortly to discuss
relations of that country's new
government with its Turkish al-
lies.
Rotary Elects
Hew Directors
Croatian state from the old Croat
province of Yugoslavia.
On the other hand, the Mace-
donian question was left open
"while arms speak."
Authorized sources declined
adamantly even to discuss Ger-
man-Turkish relations.
To some observers this indicat-
ed the time may be about ripe for
another diplomatic coup. This im-
pression was strengthened when It
was learned ttijkt both the Turkish
embassy and Turkish correspond-
ents here expect an early signing
of some sort of friendship or neu-
trality pact between the two coun-
tries. Negotiations, however, would
to be
Election of directors featured
today's luncheon meeting of the
independent ¡ Rotary club with members eiect-
appear
kara. not Berlin,
conducted at An-
ing six new officers. President
Dave Met* automatically becomes
a director when a new president
Is chosen.
Directors elected today were L.
M. Davis. Dr L. M. Draper. Dick
Mauidln, Dave Metz, the Rev. H.
G Scoggins, Bill Seeger, and Ed
Webster.
During the counting of the bal-
lots, Alton Hanklns and Fred
Chastain presented a humorous
program in which Chastain acted
as an attorney and Hankins act-
ed as the manager of a lending
agency.
Herbert V. White was inducted
as a new member with Dr. W. G.
Stephens directing the induction
(Continued on Page TWO))
AUSTIN. Tex.. April 15 —Í/P
— While the capital today await-
ed Governor W. Lee O'Daniel's
choice of an interim successor to
the late U. S. Senator Morris Shep-
pard and call of a special election,1
a number of state legislators were
of the opinion the Governor him-
self might campaign for the post. ¡
Tfae Cíu\ otnor tulri the reptes-1
entatlvcs that if the legislature'
cnacted essentials of his program, j
it would enable him to decide
whether to bccomc a candidate for
the senatorship. He also asserted
he would not resign to be appoint-
ed to the position
The program he asserted the
legislature must approve before
he would decide whether to run
for the U. S. Senatorship was as
follows:
First — Raising $35.000.000 to
S40,000,000 by a transaction or
other broad base tax to pay bigger
old age pensions, aid to dependent
children, aid to the needy blind
persons and teachers retirement:
raising $11,000,000 in natural re-
sources and public utilities taxes
and diverting $9,000,000 now going
to social security, thus placing
$20,000,000 annually into the de-
ficit-ridden general fund, allocat-
ing the amount as follows: $5,000,-
000 for an eleemosynary Institu-
tion building program. $2.500,000
for institutions of higher learning,
MRS. BLANCHE WOODAI.L
Hitler Recognizes
Independent State
Secretary Knox
Favors Cooling
OH ProvisionCfjj
U. S. Warned Of Efforts
To fobota§i National
Defense in Industry
WASHINGTON, April 15 —
</V\~ Navy Secretary Knox told
the house naval committee today
that he approved of a provision
in the Vinson bill to provide a
"cooling-off" period before a
strike could be called in defense
industry.
The secretary had told the
committee that "we are in the
midst of the decisive period of
this world war."
He was called to testify on the
bill introduced by chairman Vin-
son <D-Ga> which would among
other things gives statutory status
i to the national defense mediation
board.
Discussing labor, and warning
against being rushed into restric-
tive legislation, Knox said:
This most important ground to
occup.v in this crisis lies in pro-
BERLIN, April 15—(/in
Nazis Break
Through AUiad
Line In Greece
Hitler's Troops Force
40-Mile Setback
On Foas
BUDAPEST. Hungary. April
14—{£ >—Official quarter said
today that Yugoslavia
asked for an armistice.
ROME. April 15—l/P)—A 1
lin report that Yugoslavia
asked for an armistice with the
Axis was received today in Ital-
ian newspaper circles.
By the Associated Press
Adolf Hitler's blitskrieg in-
vaders have cracked the point
of the V-shaped Allied detente
line in Greece, capturad the key
town of Phlorina in a drive
from Bitelj pass, and torced the
British and Greeks to retire to
a deeper front in the center. It
was acknowlede*d in Athens to-
day.
Hitler's high command reported
that Nazi troops occupied Ptole-
mais and nearby Kozane, 40 miles
south of the Albanian-Yugoslav
border junction.
If true, this means that the Al-
lies suffered at least a 40-mile
setback before taking a new. stand.
Near Ptclemais, 30 British ar-
mored cars were reported des-
troyed
In Yugoslavia, the high command
said German and Italian troops
were speeding th« "pursuit and
encirclement" of remnants of the
Serb army, which was said to be
putting uo "localized" resistant*
in the Mostai-Sarajeva sector
On the right flank, the British
announced better aucceas In stem-
ming the Nazi onslaught.
Armistice Rumored
British troops were said to have
hurled back a series of assaults
by German panzer columns, in the
Mt. Olympus sector in eastern
Greece,
Athens dispatches said that the
Nazis were advancing into the
Aegean kingdom on the left after
occupying Phlorina, the north-
ernmost hinge of the old Allied de-
fense line, and that the Greeks
wre battling the Germans near
Ptoicmals.
In Rom*. Italian newspaper
(Continued on Page TWO))
Adolf viding an opportunity for both
Hitler formally recognised the ,
$^'?0í7^nfnnnthfe co?Mnon schools new '"dependent state of Croatia u,'Kl u ^Ul meet the approval'^ ¡
and $7,500,000 for four years to, today in a telegram to'Ante Pav-jthe American people."
'^Wnííri "fehc. veteran Croat leader. At the same time Donald M. j
1111 H U,n'S It was announced that Croai Nelson, opm purchasing chief,'
and Axis representatives would itoW th{' house military committee,
meet to discuss mutual problems. investigating the defense pro-
gram. that public opinion should
tutional amendment to aboli h
(Continued on Page TWO))
Germans Blast
Piraeus Harbor
ATHENS, April 15—(TPi—The
German air force made five as-
saults this morning on the harbor
of Piraeus, the port for Athens,
the RAF announced, and five
dive-bombers were shot down and
"many others" severely damaged.
The communique said the at-
tackers caused "slight damage to
RAF property,"
British fighter planes were cred-
ited with shooting down the five
planes, Junkers-88's. The British
said they lost no planes.
including the designation of
boundaries brought to bear "On the is-
Tho fuehrer's message, author- « ~ anil before the strike oc-
iged sources said, was sent in ans- j curs" when strikes were threaten-
were to messages Horn Pave He and ietl
General Sladko Kvaternik advis-
ing Germany of the Croatian pro-!
clamatfon of independence and;
asking recognition.
ipfivelic has been described in
dispatches from Budapest as pres-
ident of the new state and Kvat-!
ernik as his premier.)
Questioned by committeemen.
Knox said there was "a consid-
erable element in America who
are trying to sabotage our na-
tional defense" 'and expressed
the opinion that machinery
ought to be created to ferret
(Continued on Page TWO))
Knudsen Pleased
With Lessening Of
'Strike Epidemic'
BOSTON. April IS —i/P)—
With new pcace In industry.
American dótense production Is
now racing the clock, Wtlliam
8. Knuds*n said today in a b*-
fore-breakfast interview which
indicated a double cheerfulness
over present accomplishments
and future gains.
Hailing til* and of th* "strike
•pidamic" th* dir*ctor-g*n*ral of
th* office of production man-
agement said "th* greatest n**d
today is Urn*" when he arrived
in Beaton for a swift survey of
New England manufacturing.
First Of Salesmanship Lectures
Gets Underway Tomorrow Night
Byron K Lopp. noted human and | Lopp describes the course as a
business relationship analyst. good opportunity for self-improve-
whose lectures here arc being ment „B practlce and a dc(init0
sponsored by the Cnaittber of , Á . .
Commerce, will open his first ^eterminaUon anyone can acquire
meeting in a series of lectures on
Salesmanship at the High School
; auditorium tomorrow night
Thursday night will be enroll-
ment night in the course, with all
1 local business men and women
¡ urged to attend and benefit by the
i outstanding lecturer's pointers on
a pleasing personality, the first
outstanding quality of a success-
ful salesman'' he says
"A pleasing personality consists
of a blending of many qualities,
the most important of which are
good showmanship, harmony with-
in self, definiteness of purpose,
sales personality and technique, appropriateness of clothing, pos-
The Black Hotel will be the scene ture and carnage of body, voice,
of this enrollment meeting, with I Sincerity of purpose, poise, a keen
the two concluding lectures, next j sense of humor, unselfishness, fa-
Tuesday ana Wednesday nights, to cial expression, positive thought,
be held in the same place enthusiasm, a s«>und body, imagln-
Tomorrow night's lecture is free, i at Ion, tact, versatility, the art of
with no obligation to attend the being a good listened, the art of
following meetings on the part of forceful speech, and personal mag-
those who attend tomorrow night. ¡ netism," the analyst declares.
j' 'MfeteMfiflB:SÍBÉH
Goldsmith Wins
School Position
Complete official results of thq
recent county school trustees elec-
tion, in which county trustee at
large and trustees for Precincts
Three and Four were elected,
show that the three winning candi-
dates won by overwhelming ma-
jorities. County Judge Norman
Coffee said this morning.
C S. Goldsmith, local Chambei-
of Commerce president, woh the
county trustee at large office with
139 votes.
E H. Guinn, who had enterad
the race and then withdrew after
Goldsmith filed, received two vot-
es.
Five of the seven school dis-
tricts In the county voted fo * the
county trustee at large. Judge Cof-
fee said. The remaining two
no school board elections
therefore did not vote for the
county trusteeship.
Incumbents for trustees of Pre-
cincts Three and Four were re-
elected.
J L. Lackey gleaned 118
in Precinct Three, while
Sheets gathered 94 ballots In
einct Four.
In both precincts only a
number of write-in votes were «eat
as opposition.
Terms In the three office* run
for two years each.
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