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West Texe: Partly cloudy this
night and Wednesday, with scattered
noon and evening showers and
ars over the Panhandle. Warmer
Prico Five
Another "Ugly Duckling" Launched In Shipbuilding Drive
Continual target of RAP bombing raids is Germany's great Ruhr
valley, called the world's most powerful center of industry, as
Britain seeks to destroy an important source of Nazi iron and steel
products, munitions, and synthetic oil. Most of Ruhr cities shown
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Toward Hutchinson's Part
In National USO Program
The United Service Organiza-
tion? drive for $2,000 in funds in
Hutchinson county received its
biggest boost recently when the
J. M. Huber Carbon company
submitted a check for $100 to
treasurer R. L. Grimes, according
to Sol Morgenstern, chairman of
the general soliciting committee.
*—*•1*11 the mrtwii sup* do-
nation. five mare businesses en-
listad in the USO drive with
contributions In addition to the
namoa of SS concerns printed
yesterday. The new ones on the
ISO percent honor roll are the
Panhandle State hank. Borger
post office, Jim Mix grocery
•toro, the carpenters union and
Dr. 1. C. Morris.
The Hutchinson county branch
is especially grateful to Ross Rog-
ers for donating space on one of
his billboards near Border for the
display of a patriotic USO pos-
ter. The new billboard sign will
be put up within a few days,
Rogers says.
Woman Reeognisod
The women of Borgfr are to re-
ceive national recognition for
their splendid support of the plan,
according to E. B. Germany, state
chairman. The story which ap-
peared in the Borger Herald on
June 10 entitled "Borger Women
Make Splendid USO Contribu-
tion" has boon sent to the New
York office for use in the nation-
al bulletin.
The Huber donation is a gift
of the firm and their employes
are yet to be contacted, accord-
ing to J. O. Ward, chairman of the
special gifts committee. Due to
payroll considerations, Ward's
committee has played a waiting
game in their solicitations of the
Industrial plants of the county.
However, that committee ex-
pects to submit a favorable report
from the Industrial workers soon.
Rod Croas Backs USO
The programs of the United
Service organisation and the Am-
erican Red Cross while closely
related do not conflict or dupli-
cate, Norman H. Davis, chair-
man of the national Red Cros
central commute*, points out In a
er to the local chapter.
avis has reference to the USO
has launched a notion-wide
appeal of $10,768,000, of which
Hutchinson county'* quota is $2,-
000, to provide recreational facili-
ties for our soldiers and sailors in
communities adjaeent to the mili-
tary camps and nival station.
"The Red Cross has defenlte re-
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Japi Say U. S. In
'Reckless Challenge'
TOKYO, June 17 —</P)— The
United States' action in closing all
'German consulates is "a reckless
challenge to the .*.xis powers," the
widely circulated Tokyo news-
paper Nichi Nichi said in ah edi-
torial today.
Domei, Japanese News Agency
with close government connec-
tions, said the American move was
"considered an indication of a de-
finite sustained national policy
to take every possible measure
short of war."
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BeMpel Frldey
The annuel father and son ban-
quet sponsored by the Sons of the
American Legion is scheduled for
Friday night at the Legion Hall
at 7i45 p. m.
Tickets are now on sale by
SAL members. The prices Is 50
cents per plate. Ladles of the Aux-
iliary will serve at Uu> banquet.
It is hoped that as many fath-
ers and sons as poeeible of the
community -on attend the ban-
quet for which an Insuring pro-
gram la now belni planned.
New WPA Paving
Project Started
Work on the new $103,000 WPA
paving, guttering, and sidewalk
project of the city was started this
morning. L M. Davis, city man-
ager. said today.
The first block to be paved
under the new project is on
Weatherly street, between Second
and Third streets.
Although work on the new
project is underway now, Davis
said' that work on the old project
merely had been "suspended" and
not completed. Completion of the
old project will be dependent
upon supplying a material short-
age which now exists, it was said,
and the completion probably will
be effected within the next few
weeks.
Several blocks remain to be
completed under the old project,
YPO Plans Adult
Activity Program
A new program for adults is
being planned by the YPO of
Hutchinson county, according to
Homer Pool, director.
If enough adults, 18 years of
age or above are interested, the
gymnasium can be obtained for
basketball, volleyball, ping pong,
tumbling or other recreational
games from 3 to 8 p. m. each eve-
ning. Interested persons are asked
to call Hjmer Poole, the director,
at the Chamber of Commerce of-
fice.
Other YPO activities featured
last week were hikes and nature
study by ii girls enrolled <n the
program; claases In lap dancing,
Virginia Reel and the Congo;
swimming classes for both boys
and girls and o free picture show
at the Rex theater.
A ping pong tournament for the
boys was started today.
Lodge Appoints Young
College Graduate To
Aid social Center
Lewis "Sponle" Ortega has been
appointed by the Borger Moose
club as membership director of
the Mayor Barney Andreas class
of 500 new members.
The purpose of the Andress
class is to Interest 500 Borger
people in the new social center
to be built by the Moose club
with money they now have on
hand. The new recreation center
which is to be built at the ap-
proximate cost of between $15,-
000 and $20,000 is to be an en-
tertainment and recreation place
for Borger, which is lacking in
recreational facilities.
Ortega was accepted for the
position because of his knowledge
of Borger, thfe community, its
needs and familiarity with a ma-
jor part of the people
Ortega's work in the interest of
youth and his interest for civic
improvements which the recrea-
tion center will be, prompted him
to take the directorship.
"I think the Moose recreation
program is a great benefit to the
work inn man because of the bene-
fits derived from the club which
are essential in life for the work-
ing man," Ortega says.
In regards to the business man.
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On ways greased with 8,000 pounds of ripe bananas, the maritime
113th in the maritime commission's long-range 500-ship
river at Beaumont. Texas under the impetus of a well swung bnttl «f champagne in the hands of
Mrs. Daniel Brierly of Washington, D. C„
program.
motorship. "Cape Hutteras,"
hits the waters of the Nuches
fe of the commission's maintenance and repair division.
(NEA Telephoto)
C. R. Stahl Elected Chairman
Of Committee For Celebration
Of Historical Indian Battles
Police Seeking
Slayer Of Girl
Victim Of Rape
Finnish Press Concerned
Over Baltic Situation
DAMASCUS, June 17—(API—The rumble of
cannon was heard for several hours through this an-
cient Biblical city today and the battle between French
and British forces was believed to be very near.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adolf Hitler was reported massing "large num-
bers" of German troops today on the west coast of
Norway—possible springboard for invasion of Scot-
land—and advices reaching London said a steady
stream of troop trains and sea-going transports wos
moving toward coastal bases.
Only a few days ago, Soviet Russia announced
officially that German soldiers were moving bock
into northern and north-
eastern Germany from Hie
for different tjfpe# of recreation
and a place to go in order to. rest
his mind from worries, if he has
any.
There is an initiation fee oí $5
and the yearly dues are $13 paid
quarterly.
Besides having access
to all the recreational facilities
offered by the new center the
dues entitle the member to:
1. In case of sickness, he re-
ceives $7 for 13 weeks after the
first week of sickness.
2. In case of death the organ-
(Continued (rom PAOE TWO)
KPDN Entertainers
On Rotary Program
A group of studio entertainers
from station KPDN oí Pampa pre-
luncheon today.
The "Co-eds tn Blue", a vocal
trio consisting of Meribelle Haz-
ard, Clarabel Jones and Betty
Jean Tiemann, sang two numbers,
"Who Done It" and "Until To-
morrow." They were accompan-
Although plans are still in a
formative stage and tentative dat-
es have been set for August 21
and 22, the possibility for a mam-
mouth Indian and historical pa-
geant far Borger in commemora-
tion of the Adobe Walls of con-
flicts of IIMJ4 and 1874, was pro-
pelled forward at a meeting of
the general committee last night.
C. R. Stahl, general manager of
the Panhandle Power and Light
company, was elected general
chairman at the meeting last
night. Other members of the com-
mittee are: chamber of com-
THAT'S LIFE
CHICAGO, June 17—</P>—De-
fense Attorney W. W. Smith pro-
pounded a hypothetical question
to an alienist in a murder trial.
The question took 4,800 words
and covered 10 pages.
The answer was "No".
ied by Maxine Holt at the piano . , „
and Fred Warren on the clarinet. merec, ■' 1 HiHlpa. cliff Hag-
Warren played two clarinet «ard' J- °- Wi!rrl- Jack w«lls and
solos, "Old Man River", and
"Your Eyes Have Told Me So,"
Miss Holt played a piano solo,
"Wise Old Owl."
SEEK AIR CORPS RECRUITS
Sergeant Robert D. Short, sub-
station commander uf the army
recruiting station of Amarillo, was
in Borger at the postoffice today
interviewing candidates for the
army air corps The army is try-
ing to fill vacancies at Biggs and
Kelly fields, Texas.
Philip Murray Scores Current
"Slander Campaign Against The
Loyal Americans" In CIO Unions
Firemen To Attend
Texas A. And M. School
At least two members of the
local fire department will attend
the summer session of the Texas
A. and M, firemen's school from
July 20 to July 2B, J. D. Miller,
fire chief, said this morning.
Miller said N. O. "Duck Leo-
nard and he will attend the
school, which Is expected to cen-
ter around defense activity, and
possibly one more of the depart-
ment will go.
The men will leave here July
10 and return July 26.
KREI8LER GOES HOME
NEW YORK, June 17—(A )—
Frit* Kreisler, 06-year-old violin-
ist, who was seriously Injured
when he was struck by a truck
in April, was discharged from
Roosevelt hospital last night by
physicians who said his condition
was "good."
JAPS DID NOT
AIM TO DO IT
SHANGHAI, June 17 ~(/P)—
A Japanese navay spokesman said
today the Japanese bombing of
American property Sunday at
Shungklng, provisional capital of
China, was "unintentional" and is
under Investigation.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holmes
upon arrlvat of a 7 pound 9 ounce
daughter, horn at 0:15 Sunday
morning In North Plains hospital.
By the Associated Press
A jurisdictional strike at a
Detroit auto parts factory today
threatened enforced layoffs for
40,000 workers in automobile
plants which depend upon the
struck factory for parts.
A Michigan state labor media-
tor declared that employes of
Plymouth, Briggs, Ford and
Dodge truck plants might be
made idle unless there was a
speedy settlement of the walkout >
of CIO United Automobile Work- ¡
ers at the Douglas and Lomason
company. The UAW-AFL has a ¡
union shop agreemnt with the !
R. R Lindse.v: American l egion,
B. T. Brinton and T. B, Crocker:
Borger Rotary club, F. L. Keith,
Sanford Kiwanis club Harold
Teegerstrom, Harry Miller and I.
S. Mullins; Phillips civic club, Roy
Cullison and Jack Millsny. Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, H M Mc-
intosh and A. L. Morrison; and
Stinnett Kiwanis club, W. R.
Goodwin and T. E. Piper.
Incomplete plans for the two-
day celebration are to have In-
dian agencies furnish the pageant
which will necessitate the attend-
ance of hundreds of Indians; a
large parade to include Indians,
cowboys, floats, old-time traveling
conveyances and pioneers as well
as floats, bands, probably soldiers
and war veterans; old time and
modern dances; and the main fea-
ture, the unveiling of a memorial
to the Indians and whites who
participated in the famous Adobe
Walls skirmishes at the battle
ground.
"We intend to make this cele-
bration rival other celebrations in
this areo and make it a pageant
that Borger and Hutchinson coun-
ty will be proud of. "chairman
Stahl says.
HCPA To Stage
Dinner Meeting
Pilots and all associate mem-
bers of the Hutchinson County
Pilots' Association will convene
tonight at H o'clock sharp for the
monthly meeting of the Associa-
tion at June's avern.
A special sound picture will
be the feature of the program.
All pilots living or visiting in the
Borger area not members of the
association, as well as others in-
terested in aviation are cordially
invited to be present at the show-
ing of v.ie film. The ramous line
«ckbeed planes including the
famous P-3JI will be shown both
under construction and in tests,
in the movie loaned for the Bor-
ger showing by the Lockheed
Aircraft Co., of Burbank, Califor-
nia.
Dinner will be served promptly
ui 8 o'clock to pilots and mem-
bers. The public is invited to be
present at 9 o'clock for the pic-
tures.
Leading Artillerist
Dies In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, June 17 —</P>
— Major Gen. Ernest Hinds. U.
S A. retired, Gen. John J. Per-
shing's Chief of artillery in the
firm, and has contended that the A. E F, and widely known army
..-i— u... ..i. oifjcer in Sun Antonio, riled today
rival CIO union has tried to raid
its membership. This the UAW-
CIO denied, describing the walk-
out as a "spontaneous vacation
period."
While other strike* continued
in important defense industries,
CIO President Philip Murray
issued a statement decrying
what he termed "the current
slander campaign against the
loyal Americans who represent
the CIO and Its unions." • He
denounced as "malicious gos-
sip" stories of "splits, purges
and Red-hunts" in the orgsnisa-
tlon.
Labor difficulties broke out in
a new' quarter last night when
1,300 employes of two large Phil-
adelphia sugar refineries walked
out us a climax to a wage dis-
pute. The AFL longshoremen's
association asked that the wages
of laborers be increased from 68
to 80 cents an hour, with boosts
(Continued on Pago TWO))
at the station Hospital at Fort Sam
Houston.
Gen. Hinds was one of the fore-
most artillerists of his time. He
had been ill for several weeks,
living In retirement here until a
few days ago when he was taken
to the army hospital.
HONEY BEES NOT
'HONIES' THIS TIME
HOLLYWOOD, June 17 —
Irene Rich went to a bee—and
learned so much it hurt.
The screen and radio star, who
recently went in for bees as a
hobby, forgot to smoke out her
honey factories before going to
work on the hives with a hammer.
The bees reminded her — and
stingingly.
Miss Rich, with 30 reminders of
her carelessness, spent a day In
bed with a temperature of 102
degrees.
WASHINGTON, June 17—i/P)~
Detectives searched through one
of the capital's best residential
sections today for the missing
clothes a comely young war de-
partment stenographer wore Sun-
day before she was waylaid,
raped and strangled.
Police counted <>n the finding
oi the clothes to give them a val-
uable lead in the mystery sur-
rounding the death of 23-year-old
Jessie E. Strieff whose nude body
was found yesterday, sprawled
in the garage of a retired profes-
sor. near fashionable DuPont cir-
cle.
All evidence indicated that the
crime had been committed else-
where and that the girl's body
was thrust into the garage for
temporary concealment Abra-
sions on her back and legs led au-
thorities to believe that she had
been druggt^i some distance
Meanwhile, investigators in-
clined to the theory that the
slaying took place during a tor-
rential mid-afternoon storm which
plunged the city into sudden
darkness.
Better Off Than
Year Ago, Petain
Tells France
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
June 17 —(/P)— Marshal Philippe
Petain, reviewing the situation in
France on the first anniversary
of his assuming the leadership of
the state, told the French people
today they had been "neither sold
out nor betrayed" and asked them
to gi\e him their confidence.
In a broadcast address, the aged
Marshal described the situation as
improved since the day a year
ago when he announced to a shat-
tered nation that he has asked
for an armistice with Germany.
But, he warned, there were many
trials ahead.
He summed up matters this
way:
"Today you hove for the most
part gone back to your homes.
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Balkans.
The Soviet announcement said
"it must be assumed" that the
Nazi troop movements were not
directed against Russia, and the
British declared talk of friction
between Germany and Russia
might be a feint to mask prepara-
tions for Hitler's long-awaited
attempt to invade the British Isles.
Finland Concerned
Coinciden tally, the Finnish
newspaper Sanomat In Helsinki
declared that the military situa-
tion in the Baltic was ripe for
surprises likely to affect Finland,
"We have no right to shut our
eyes to what is happeni
around us," the nev
and Helsinki was all;
ors of troop movements on both
sides of the Russian frontier with
Finland.
War tremors stirrod again In the
Balkans, too, us all Rumania, was
ordered blacked out, beginning
tonight, for the frst time since u
general blackout was lifted a
month ago.
Mennwhile, Undersecretary oí
State Sumner Welles declared in
Washington that the United States
governments basic charges
against Germany for the sinking
of the Americun steamship Robin
Moor were unchanged by the res-
cue of the 35 remaining survivors.
In the Middle East, Britain
faced a rising tide of French re-
sistance.
French military dispatches said
French troops had counterattack-
ed and driven the British out of
the strategic town of f rdjayoun,
only six miles -from the Palestine
frontier.
British columns storming to-
word Damascus, the ancient cap-
ita of Syria, claimed a 4-mile ad-
vance, but it was acknowledged
that the fighting was becoming
heavy on all fronts In the 10-day-
old Allied invasion.
Allies Reinforced
British headquarters in Cairo
said strong Allied reinforcements
had been sent to the south Syrian
front, where Vichy French troops
were lashing out in fierce count-
er-attacks.
The British communique said
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ftttonfer Gener4|hiui
To Speak Here Tomorrow
Senators View
Separate Air Arm
WASHINGTON. June 17 —(TP)
—- A proposal for the creation of
a separate air force under a new
"department of aviation" attract-
ed ready support in the senate to-
day
Senator McCarran <D-Nev>, who
introduced the legislation yes-
terday, told reporters that "we
must have an air force second to j
none In the world. The only way I
to get it is to establish is under 1
an independent department, !
where will have a voice at the ¡
President's cabinet table."
He conceded that the- measure
was bound to arouse formidable
opposition from the army and
navy.
Chairman Reynolds <D-NO of
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Carrying his campaign into the
Panhandle, Attorney General Ger-
ald C. Mann, candidate for the
United States senate will speak
in Borger tomorrow afternoon at
1 30 o'clock on the Thompson
Pharmacy comer at Fifth and
Main streets.
One of the strongest contenders
in the race, Mann is leading a poll
conducted by prominent Panhan-
dle and West Texas newspapers
and also is reported as leading in
most of the viol Is taken over the
entire state.
One of the foremost Attorney
Generals the state of Texas has
ever had, Munn is expected to at-
tract the largest crowd yet to
hear a campaign speech in Borger.
Condemning those responsible
for nation-wide strikes, which are
holding up defense orders, Attor-
ney Mann says.
"The President should use his
emergency powers to see that the
wheels of industry continue to
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