Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 209, Ed. 2 Thursday, July 26, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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Working; together in close har-
mony, eliminating all petty
jealousies, and pulling in uni-
son for the greatest city in the
Panhandle plains should be
our goal.
' ' OFFICIAL PUBLICATION CITY OF BORGER, TEXAS
Phone 13
ALL DEPARTMENTS
VOL. 2—NO. 209.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORGER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CRUDE PRICE HIKED 2 TO 24 CENTS
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PLANE CRASHES AFTER LEAVING FOR SWEDEN TODAY
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CREW unhurt
AFTER PLANE
eOHES Mil
Heavily Laden Ship In Air
Only 26 Minuter Be"
fore Fall
WELL EQUIPPED
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Proposed Flight to Chart Mys-
tery of Ocean
Travel
RICH HEIR SEEKS
OWN FORTUNE
i
July 2 IS < A I'
stop flight In ;
(if tlii' airplane.:
' was I cmporar-:
ROCKFOUD. III..
The proposed mtc-
Stoekholm, Sweden.
"CJreater Rock ford,1
Jly il not permanently postponed this,
morning when the plane plunged to
tile earth soon after the take off for]
lhe firsl I 'g of ihe flight.
The crash was unavoidable, pilots
l!ert. allssell and Parker Cramer
raid, and was due to excessive |
w ight and loggy air ecu Jit ions, j
Neither of tin- men were hurt In the]
fall anil returned to the airport leav-j
ing the plane lying nose down, en
Mine in the ground with the lft wing:
ruined
Th ■ wreck occurred six miles (vest I
of Uockford jusi 26 minutes after |
th' lake-oil.
Tiie first hop of the flight was ■ n i
hati been to Ml Kvans. New Found-
laud which is about half the distance |
oi the flighl approximately I.2IHM
miles.
The. plane was to carry an enemy i
of the fog and sfjua.ll.'. perched on j
• (Ik1 -wing* lt> wfru of danger and. to
chili'! llip bureau's whims for others i
wlio ma;, folow.
The mechanical "lookout'" is sim-j
liar lo the instrument in use at na-
val air stations where it is carried]
ttboul the sky by flyers daily to read;
tli. upper al mosphere and forccasi
win iiings of dangerous storms.
Haliors have lit*■ ■ 11 traversing l lie
lane between Europe and America
loi hundreds of years, but little is
known of the more important seal
current. South of Greenland, for
• xample, where great storms are
born, scientists believe now that I lie
salty south current of tin Atlantic!
sinks deeper in the ocean where ii
meets the frigid waters of the Arctic.
This, however, is a surmise and
Mussel's expedition may help to provi
if true or false. The flyer will co-
operate with the Mount Kvans oil
scrvatory in Greenland and exchange,
recordings obtained on his oversea
journey.
Th • story the aerograph tells may |
aid future transatlantic pilots.
Woman Politician
Censures G. O. P.
DALLAS, Texas (AIM Mrs Mill
nle Fisher Cunningham, candidal'
for United States Senator from Tex-
as has said thai she. was convinced !
that there was no place for a sincere
prohibitionist in the Republican rank
"since that party is responsible lor
the. corrupton and failure of pro-
hibition enforcement."
Mrs. Cunningham charged thai j
the G. O. P. must admit either to!
inefficiency or dishonesty in connec-
tion with liquor law enforcement.
Candidates Make Last
Stand Two Days Before
County's First Primary
CRASHES IN TAKE OFF
William Woorlf. Pankinton, 21-year
<1(1 licir to > .'iiin.iHHr, has <111 it the
job ;r building engineer's a.-:istant i
that pai dhim $20 a week but, visit-!
ing in Milwaukee the other day, ho j
• aid lie still war determined to j
make a fortune in his own name, j
He is lo take another job in New j
York, not paying much more, but i
"with a future."
Governor to Support
Present President
In Mexico Mixup
Man Charged With
Statutory Offense
Being Held Today
llerl Nix was being held to-
d. .\ mi e. statutory (liaise for a
preliminary hearing in .justice
of pea e i * court this afternoon,
lit was unable lo make $10,-
ooo bond and is being b id h.\
county officers.
The complaint ( barges I lie
man with atcniptcd assault on
a 1-I-year-old girl, Kathleen
Hague.
venue mmm
TO PANHANDLE
m INJUNCTION
Today, just two days before tiio
first primary election Hutchinson
county ha > ever experienced, county
candidates arc; making the most of
the short time remaining.
The races have been long and
1 hard fought, but someone! must be
beaten. Some good men will
to defeat, but they will
say they went through
Case t Come Up In Judg
Ewing's Cr.-rt; About
Utility ,/ranchise
go down
l)r able to
me of Hie |
j hottest, county c ampaigns evr r known
I anywhere. Horger men say, andj
| some of them have been through
I other booms in many parts of the)
j country, they have never seen such!
la hotly conte.'ted election.
' The polls will be open al 7 o'clock j
Saturday morning and remain open!
until 7 o'clock in the evening. Re
turns will be received at The Bor i
ger Herald office and will be an-
nounced to the crowd ju front of the
building.
Supervisors to have charge of the
voting boxes throughout the county)
have been chosen and have been up- j
proved by c.mnty Chairman W. S. I
Christian Four men were chosen |
for
WW
lerograpn which was to
l>" carried on Bert llassel's
flight from Illinois to Sweden
nr. Greenland, is shown tier
ill two pictures. The plan
shed shortly after takin
ii. toda\
Vfej ■Ml'
HIGH GRAVITY
OILS SHOWN
PREFERENCE
Reduction of 2 to 16 Cents
on Lower Grades An-
nounced
LOCAL FIELD
Hutchinson County Increase
Represents Varied
Levels
HOrSTON, July 26 (API A gen-
eral advance in the price of crude oils
except coastal grades, became effec-
tive today. A few Texas crudes
wen cut from 2 to IK cents, but the
2 to 2 4
below :12
cent per
including
mi:xiro (.Try, July 28 (aim
Aaron Hai'ii/.. governor of Xeuva i
on. who has assumed the leadership!
of I he various groups of follow ers I
( pou an agrement reached yes-
terday afternoon by attorneys for
I he Paiiliaudb Power and Light Com-
i panv ami for I 17 utilitv users of
I
| Horner. 11t
ransfererd
each voting box and a commit
tee later picked two of each four.
Every effort is being made by
election officials and candidates to
make this a clean election so there
will be no protest whatsoever.
Some few of the candidates have
closed I he active part of their cam-
in.iunction case was j pajgns and are content to rest up-
to ('arson county on a j on their oars, clinging to ilie idea
BOTH fighters
weigh ii for
mm ToiPT
Call Oil Merger
False at Wyoming
Investigation Today
Cll
CASPER. Wv
mbers of tin
the Standard
ina. inspecting
July 26 (API
board of directors
Oil Company of In-
properties here call-
Hcenoy Has Advantage
11Vz Pounds; Speak as
They Pass
of n
w ho
ago,
port
>nera 1 Obregon. president-elect
was assassinated several days
laid today that they would sup-
President Calles.
IN made the declaration in a
statement setting forth the views and
policies of tin Obregouists
Villa ll.'imosa dispatches slated
that the legislature had taken action
chaw
tera,
■ name of the
.'i'o Obregon City.
Kron-
change of venue. In all probability
tiler, will be a bearing on the in-
.iunction before' Judge ISwlng at the i
in <i session of the 1 hi district court I "l
ii: Panhandle
Twelve Burger citizens motored to
Stinnett yesterday afternoon for the
hearing lo learn that it had been
continued when the venue change
wa '. granted.
The plaintiffs maintain that the
liower company is not permitted to
ilsicontinue service on gas, water
lid electricity upon failure on the
part of the merchants to make a
i larger meter deposit. The conten-
! tion is based on the contracts made
' with utility users before the granting
i of the franchise to the local company
I by the cily commission.
The franchise, granted recently,
makes a provision for an increased
in di poisl requirement ('. It. Stahl.
manger of the company, says the de-
posit measure was necessary to in-
hey were hardly in con- sure a greater margin of safety which
n after tile exceedingly i permits the company to give a lower
over the past week-end, i tati to users. Seven percent inter-
jection were | est is paid on all deposits.
a raiu which j
NEW YORK, July 2(1 (API Tom
that voters do not wish to be worried lieene\ '"ill have an advantage of
too much. Others are still working j ii pound.' over dene Tiyinty,
.. 1,11,1.. i, • t !
Rain Started Following Short-
ly After Midnight
Heavy Fall
erishly to cover every possible bit
territory before the polls open,
A number of men are expected to
speak tonight at the candidates dance
at the Tokio club, which will be the
last unified speaking. The activities
for tomorrow evenng show only
scattered speeches here and there.
The voting places of the county
uis been designated as t'olows:
Pond school, north of. the MVElroy
lease; Weatherly school, Isom: .Mar-
land school; Plenums; Holt school;
Cicwhitt; Oil City; Phillips school;
County courthouse at Stinnett; San-
lord school.
worlds heavyweight champfdn. in
their heavyweight championship
fight tonight.
Weighing in at the Yarlree Stadi-
um here this afternoon Tunney i
weighed 102 pounds and Heeney ;
tipped the scales at 203 1-2 pounds.
The- champion, bronzed and smil- i
ing. was the first to step on the
scalos in a dressing room of the sta-
dium. He was pleased and waved to
iriendr in the dressing room as the;
camera flash boomed.
Heeney followed and was quickly
weighed and photographed.
As the two fighters wjnt back
their cV.ressing rooms they pas:
Hefo
d it Ion
hea v>
the dh*t road:- in this
ji"aiu dam; sed today by
- tari «! failin,' about I
morning and continited
hour.
.\ comparatively hard
this morning made tli
slieU, but no one had
lock t
a bout
;in
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n
LIONS DISCUSS
COUNTY RACES
Heated Arguments Turned
Into Clever Ruse at
Luncheon
to
ed
Moth
bower early i
roads very |
much trouble I
ptes mmm
mi lr
i a mi
COIll)
. eling them Before a hot
nit later in the morning
l ,'1\ dried l lie mull, -eri
sun
had
i of
I'.aril showers about the middle
day refilled the puddles and
goiiif. much worse.
There have been no reports
III tile
made
how
County Chairman Busy
ranging the Final
Details
A.-
Very 1 iff It
i the absentei
interest
voting
was shown in |
in Hutchinson 1 '
ovc I .
road.
of travel being halted on any
con nty
closed
Hoy gangs a re
Eondoll has
rlllil.
terrorizing
a cos me
lasgow.
•'buying
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Fight Results at
Herald Tonight
Fans of world champion
uliip lights will receive the
blows Of III,. Tuilliey-I leeile\
fight round In round from
the associated press reports
from the Herala office this
evening. The tirst returns are
expected lo come in shortly
before 8 o'clock.
Through an arrangement
with the associated press, the
reports will come in every
few minutes and he read to
a crowd which will probably
grow in numbers lo crowd
tl« street in front of the of-
fice.
All persons wlsltlng an ac
curate account of Hie chain
plouship bout are invited lo
til is office tonight.
i>
.>
. >
Ii
W lit threatened to be a battle roy-
al was slak d at the I.ion's club
luncheon at noon today in the form
oi a political discussion, was turned
into a ruse much to the relief of sev-
eral members Hugh Patton, Lion
of the day. consipirng with other
Lions- arranged the disconcerting
program.
When the meeting opened. G. ('
RlcBride arose and after a lengthy
oration on the merits of selevting
a ticket and supporting a group of
candidates suggested that the Lions
club back a group of men lie bad in
mind. When lie started to read liis
ticket, N'eal Norris objected
■asl absentee I "iat "ll! c'ub should not support a|
vote before I 'a,lt' "lat 'l's (''l0'ue8 were dif-]
MEXICO CITY (Al'i Eleven notarj imblic and send the vote to|lero1" "om Mt'Hr,ri1, r Stahl 1
vouiig ladies and more than !>0.0 men i ilie countv clerk, or to vote in person Wils "le "ext man to take the tloor, j
have applied lor instruction in a I befort tlie clerk. | he said in his opinion McHride was ,
proposed school of commercial avia-j County Chairmen W. S (Christian! capable ol choosing the ticket !
lion here. The Mexican Aeronau- wa busy today arranging voting i ''liscussioii was carried to ev- j
tical Association, composed of a i boxes at all voting places in tbei'l% "lembei of tile club attending the |
group of civilians anxious to en-!couniy, checking that electioon of- 'uucheon. At last it was decided |
courage commercial flying in Mex-|iicjals were ready for their duties:''1'" McHride should read his ticket, I
ico, has announced it will open a j and making oilier last minute m-■ 1(1 11 l>I'oi>«-'y ballot,
school to train pilots as soon us riingenients. ! suPP0lting l)\ke ( ullum tin slierifl |
planes can be bought, instructors! Heavy showers which hit most . ",tl "'"n1 interested
secured and a field eslasblished. | parts of the countv today were not''" l)oliti(''s
expected to interfere with Sutur-I J' M,llpr- who ha" rp,urnc'1 1
Italic Survivors i'i'1"' '<'«< « ^Mll prob-1 llom th'' encampment with the Hoy
liana survivors ^ I ably 1... eompletelv drv again hv mat S,""'s ;|I Camp Carl Freeman, re-
Back to Ci vilization time and even if Hi •>• an muddy, | port,,d "'e eptional accompllsh-
I local politicians pointed out. tlie> >' ",s
each other 10 or 12 feet away
I smiled and nodded.
"Hello Tom." said the champion,
(and the challenger replied with a
j cherry "Hello Gene."
Tunney had arrived in New York
j in a plane, landing on the Hudson
[ river two hours after taking off
| Lake Pleasant in a dual motored ship
I this morning. Every man. woman,
I and child in Speculator, the New
j York town near which he has been
trailing, gathered at the lake's eilg.
land wished the champion success as
I he entered the plane.
Heeney left hn camp early this
| morning and ram ■ lo the city by mo
tor.
Robinson Will Be
Notified August 30
By Claude Bowers
Mexican Girls Eacrer
To Become Air Pilots
which started July IS and
Tuesday of this wee. Only
N votes were cast by absentees, re-
cords at the county clerk's office
showed.
Persons wishing to
votes were required to
notary public and send
l he. county clerk, or to v
liel'ort the clerk.
County Chairman W. K. (
was busy today arranging
boxes at all voting places
Ark., July 2(1
■ph T. Robinson
•e for the vice-
formally notlfed
here by Claude
if the notification
even-
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! •1 jouriK \
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HOT Si'UINC.S,
(AP) -Senator .Jo:
democratic nomint
saving | presidency , will be
of his nomination
Bowers, chairman i
committee, at 7 o'clock on the
ing of August :!0.
The ceremony will be broadcast
over a nation-wide hook tip of radio
stations.
The affair wil be held in front ol
the Arlington hotel on a platform
facing a grass covered area with seat
ing arrangements for more than in.
(MM) people.
Late News
1
!
OSLO, Norway. .Inly 2(1 (AP)
The Citto l)i Milano. ship of General
I'mlierto Mobile's ill fated Polar
flight, arrived at Narvik today with
survivors of the Italia disaster.
The ship will dock al Navik and
survivors will continue their
lo Italy by train.
is so much interest
that very few voters
tie mild to interfere
tivilies.
in (lie conti
will allow a
• with their
ere
'sts
I i I -
nc-
ltaly expects a bumper w heat crop.
Marriages ill France are decreas
llig.
Only Fid.1111(1 people
viiKin are out of work.
ill C/.echoslo
(Ml, I COM I!I Illicit
SINGAPORE! (API Rubber plant
ers are interested iu demonstrations
of a process for extracting oil and
spirit from rubber scrap. Produc-
tion costs for oil are said to be about
ten cents a gallon. It has been found
list fill in eombatting mosquito pests
anil in malaria prevention work,
t he rl ip. After he had told
j of the work, the Lions club went
! on record as sponsoring a Morger
| troupe under leadership of Mr. Mil-
i l0'v
There was a large attendance at
j Ioday's inneheon.
TltlPOl.l OKI'S LOW
TRIPOLI (AP) Tripolitania and
Cyrenaica are soon lo benefit from
a 100,000,0011 lire loan (about $5,-
260,0001 authorized by a recent roy i
al decree. This will facilitate road j
building, irrigation and reclamation |
projects already under way.
(By Th« Aanociated Pr«M>
of-
L.MtHIH>.—Two Mexican
licer* and two civilian* were ex-
ecuted al sanltiis PotoM Mon-
day on charges of selling arm*
to rebel*, according to informa-
tion sent to the \niericaii con-
sulate today «t Nuevo Laredo.
\<)KT|I T1U HO. Mass.—
The unofficial .American recoi'd
fin glider flights was establish-
ed today In 1'etei HutVelbach.
(ierinan pilot, who remained
aloft 57 minutes.
cd "unciualifi'dly false in its emir
Jty" the recent Xev York report con-
cerning the possibility of the work
im combination of that company and
ihc Sinclair Oil Corporation.
Robert \Y. Stewart, chairman, de-
clined to e >mment on the report
-that lte had ' orralled " 1 per cent of
tin Standard Indiana Mock whereby
| ch.jck mating tiie efforts of John D.
j Rockefeller, jr.. to oust him
TO INVESTIGATE
WAR RECORDS
Questionnaire Approved For
Examination; New Com-
mittee Decided
— —— ! highc
A questionnaire will he sent to all I 'I'll
members of the local American Le- "P
| gion jiost to ascertain if ever> man ' lioma
011 the membership list lias records wells
and docuiiieiils showing tli. t he took ; gravi
part in the World War and is there- each
j by entitled to membership, il was "T
1 decided at the regular weekly meet I t gr
illg of the Legion at tin new home leach
! last night. The meeting was well at-1 mark
tended and much interest shown ity
The questionnaire was suggested !
| and approved because of several per-
son.- iu th" past few weeks having
made application for membership
wii hunt being able to show the nei
i . sary credential-
It was also decided to found an
Americanization committee of tile
j Legion, th" duties of which will be 1
I (' see that the spirit of Americanism
| is observed during national holiday-
funerals and other similar tcremon-
i ies, and to help educate the popu
lac in matters of patroitU etiqu- :
otte. Committee members liavi not ■
>et been appointed.
I A report was made oil the east
of Mrs. Anna Markham. who was
1 yesterday admitted to the Malouc
j hospital as a temporary county pa-t
ilent while a Legion committee in-1'
| vi ftigat.es t he wonina
] iieilig a Red Cross mi
I World War and bavin
sa who is an e\-servii
, The woman, who i*-
old is in a serious
members say. and
'iving 'ii a shack in an outlying dis-
trict of town with no one to care for
he.', until Legion members look up'
' the case and gained th 1 woman's ad-
mittance to the hospital
No Damage From
Early Morning Fire
firemen were called shortly be-
fore i o'clock thi> morning to (lie
plant of tlie Amarillo Producing and j
Refining company whei'e fire had [
been started by lightning striking I
a gas condenser
The gns was shut off by a safety |
valve and only burned about -'0 min-
utes N'o damage was done. Be-
cause of a serious file al the same
plant about sj.v months ago when
firemen were busy all niglit, both
trucks were sent out last night.
majority advanced from
: cents.
Carson and Hutchinson,
gravity, (i cents with a
grade increase up to and
■ - !i: gravity at SI cents with a
"i cent per grade increase up to and
including 4t: above at $1.38.
Cray county, below ^'ii gravity 6S
cents, below (I gravity. 75 cents
with a 7 cent per grade increase up
to and including :'2.9; below .14,
> 1.01 with 5 cents per grade increase
up to and including 14 and above at
$1.56.
Wheelet
i ci,ts with a
crease up to
low M at !• 1
belt
Hid
entf
Crane. Upton,
and Poclios, all y
a cent increase.
' Hunger. N'orlli
ell, Richland, \Yi
Matona. below '1.
and including 25
ginning at 27
a 7 cent Per
3<l gravity,
■lit per grade
including ,'!2:
above 44, $1
8 5
in-
be-
4 4
Crockett, Winkler
rades 8 5 cents, or
| eMexia, Pow-
rtiiam, Pierre and
'. Hit cents, up to.
.!(. 6 7 cents. Be-
cents with
ase up to
gravity, Si
grade incr.
TULSA, Okla.. July 26 (AP) —
Mid-Continent oil men are jubilant
today over the fi''st increase in oil
prices for months.
Mid-Continent crude prices chang-
ed from reduction lowest grade J 4
i lits iu an increase
14 ceni.
on
• t
' Carter anno
'sled market
and Kansas
will be $1.16
ith a 5 t
tj
degree above .">2.
he maximum will lie 1
a vit .v a mi n I 4 cent dee
degri-i below :!2, ma
mcement follows;
prices for Oh'a-
crude oil i: * ihe
tier barrel for S2
Mil itnrea.ie for
pnee
(i
•ntf
for
1.76 So*
ease for
ling 'h
-T. ",r«v-
Married Men Outlive
Neglected Bachelors
Ol
BKRLIX
tical bure;
ic « videnci
iter than
Facts bast
tion. how
te th • ,pi
nship bet^
tj Bach
men
od conduct.
The differeu
•re mos
AP The (Jerman atn-
iii has uncovered scien-
that married men live
bachelors
'<i oil a national investi-
ver, failed to Hiihstan-
>pular notions of rola-
vcen marriiige and mor-
elors widowers and di-
took all the prizes for
•es in
ommiti
claims as to
e during: the
a son in Tul-
man.
!v about 45 >lears
on tlii ion, Legion
as destitute and
cent
men
ratio
Th
long*
more
meal
nktli of lifn
marked for men between
am 20 and ~r> when 60 pei
ore untnafried than married
With advancing years the
nds to become even.
chief reason given for the
t> of married men was their
ordered existence, regular
uid sleep.
$ r.lection Returns
Rrazil has a
live association
new sugar coopera
1 o Be Announced
To ervc the people of Mor-
ger Is receiving returns from
the election Saturday, a large
board i being arranged on
which >thi' returns from every
i lection box will be given
I uteres) in H utcliiuson
count> races has been acceu--
tuated during the past two
week- with Aery speeches
from (ml i ii at es for the var-
ious offices and Tin Herald
is seeking to serve Its patrons
by offering the returns as
quickly as they can In slated
'ifier I In cental fs taken.
The public is invited to
■ome early and receive the
returns as they come iu.
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Witten, Frank. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 209, Ed. 2 Thursday, July 26, 1928, newspaper, July 26, 1928; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209506/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.