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VOL 18—NO 114
ASSOCIATED PRESS—NEA
ORGER,
SIX PAGES TODAY
Senate Passes Liberalized Pension Bill
MEASURE SENT
TO HOUSE OVER
REVENUE CRIES
Act Provides Grants
For Aged Under
$360 Income
AUSTIN. April 4 -The
senate toduy paused finally and
sent to thn house ii bill liberal-
izing old ttBc pensions. despite
<l"te« Of oppollcllts It WIIM putt-
lug Hit' curt before Iho horno lie-
jrausc new r«venue Tor per. .dons
was not In Might.
I*y « vote of 11 to n, it ap-
proved the nicusure. by senator
Ho Hardin of Waco, which au-
thorises grant* to aged persons
whose aunuwl net lavóme in less
thgn $380. It iiIho placed pen-
sions administration with county
eomii.issloners' courts.
The bill sets up A und 11 class-
es of recipients, applicants In
each class to rucclvo <><|un I puy-
iii*iits which would l c determin-
ed by their previous standards
of living. Sponsors have explain-
ed the It class was intended pri-
marily for iiogroe . The maximum
stste laymen! to members of the
A classification would be $ 15
monthly
Wants I'uihIK lina
A kii I us! opposition nritunicnts
the senate should delay action on
I lie bill pending enactment of tax
legislation for more pension rev-
. ■ ■.. ■ ■ -i | ^ 1.1 W, „ , .
ww *« mwnt bo lit *e ww i Ofttay
to,"go down th6 IffiP^lft iho
money.'
"I don't care where It romos
from." he addnd.
Senator Weaver Moore of
Houston made a vain plea to "co-
ordinate pensions uud taxes." ex-
plaining the Hardin bill might
cost the htate $30.000,000 an-
nually whereas the legislature
might approve tax levies bring-
ing In only $20.000,000.
He was joined by Renntor G.
It. Nelson of Lubbock who said
pension liberalisation without
new revenue would be n slap in
the face of the old folk .
"I don't know whether the
house will semi us a tax bill or
nol." he said,
lienoluilon Failed
"Vesterday we tailed to en
gross a resolution for submission
of a constitutions! amendment
M'outlotted on Page TWO)
475 Votes Cist
At 130 O'clock
A steady stream of Borger
(itiseus had cost 476, rotes in the
city commission election here
today by about 1:30 p. m. this
afternoon, election judges an-
nounced.
The poll at the city hall fire
atution closes at 7 p. m.
Hill Spivey was named pre-
siding Judge when death of F.
H. Klniore's mother caused him
to leave town and realgn the
head judgeship.
In 1 i H7 Borgans cast 1702
votos In the city election. Count-
ing that year was completed at
12:.tl> a. in. the next day.
Britain Warns Italy Not To
March Troops Into Albania
1L DUCE TOLD
NOT TO COPY
NAZI TACTICS
Report Italy Massing
Troops At Ports
Near Albania
Ixmclon, April 4—(AP) —
Great Britain dropped a
strong hint to Italy today not
to copy Germany' expan-
Mioni.st tactics by marching
into Albania.
Informed British quarters
said any Italian action in
Albania affecting that coun-
Streamlining Of Gas Supplies
Plane Fuel For Entire World
DOMIC. April 4 —</Pi—An
Italian government null Mu-
tton announced today negotia-
tion were under «a.v for
strengthening (lie IIM!7 de-
fense alliance between Itnl)
and Albania.
Tlie i.tat..>n tit Ibtri broad-
cast that "at Um> «peclflc re-
' t|Ui*st el «he Kin or Allttt.tln
com versa! ions «ere ttmler va>
"for the ft renal lien Inte 1 f «I
ilefem-ivi- alliance between tin*
tw o collin i les."
IIV HOW ABO W. lli.AKKHI.Kli
AsMiM'fal4'tl Presa Science Kdllor
BALTIMOR 1C, April 1 (/P)
- A new process of streamlining
gasoline which will make alt Iho
high speed aviation gas Iho world
can use in both peace and war
was announced noro today.
Streamlining gasoline is no
figure of speech. Particles of
hydrocarbons, shaped like long
worms, are reshaped to the forms
of fish. In the fish «luípi- they
burn slower and with greater
power.
One hundred million dollars,
II was announced, will lie spent
this year on new apparatus for
streamlining American gasoline.
This Is the start of a new move,
the object ultimately to be able
try's independence would be
a violation of the British-
Italian agreement.
This statement followed
unconfirmed reports in Rome
that Italy had massed troops
at Italian ports nearest Al-
bania i.) order to strengthen
her control over that little
neighbor.
The statement was made as
Foreign Secretary Viscount Hall-
fox concluded the first of talks
with Polish Foreign Minister Jo.
aepli lleck tienigned to cement Po-
land luto a Kitropean front against
further Herman agsression.
A British official spokesman
stressed that the foreign offico
was unable officially to confirm
reports Italy had massed troops
around I he port of Brindis! pre-
paratory to shipping them to Al-
bania. which long has been undor
virtual Italian domination.
While Britain opened conver-
sations with Beck, United States
Minister Joseph I . Kennedy and
Mrs. Kennedy lunched with Prime
Minister uud Mrs. Chamberlain.
Kennedy will have an opportunity
to talk with Beck tomorrow.
The Polish foreign minlster
wus reported to have told I.ortl
(Continued on pago TWO)
to convert all the hundreds o
odd-shaped hydroi itrboutls In
gasoline Into the one ideal
streamlined fish form.
The announcements were
made at a symposium of the
American chemical society on the
catBlyhle processes, atkylullon,
which has nothing to do with
alkalinity, that gives the now
source of aviation gasoline. This
was reported by Dr. Gustnv Eg-
loff of the Universal 1)11 Pro-
ducts t'o., Chicago.
The new aviation gasoline Is
made of natural gas and oil re-
finery gases.
The result is ! o to loo octano
aviation fuel. There are olreudy
methods of making 100 aviation
<Continued on page TWO)
RACE BETTING
BILL IS DEAD
FOR 2 YEARS
House Votes 67-60 To
Table An Approved
Substitute Bill
Army Ready to Start
• THE WEATHER
West Texas Partly cloudy to-
night and Wednesday.
Russia Floods Poland
With War Materials
WARSAW. Arrll * Baw
malcríala lo food Poland's busy
arsenals pot..-ad Into lhe coun-
try today from Kovlet liussla.
Travelers reported ponsonger
train were delayed It leaving
Soviet frontier station by long
freight traína laden with man-
ganose. phoapbales. eotton and
other Soviet producía vital to
I'oUtnd'a war ministries
Despite denials from Moscow
well-informed sources declared
Buaala had promised «he would
send warplattes and war sup-
pltaa to Poland If war should
come With Natl Germany
«0 veracity of the report «aid the
Soviet denial may have been
prompted by rnpor'^d German-
Soviet tblks In Stockholm.
Information reaching the Po-
lish foreign orflce was to the
effect Hitler's emissaries sought
out Busslati representative In
Uto Hwedtsh capital as soon as
Prime Mlnlstor Chamberlain of
Britain announced last Friday
his support for Poland If her In-
dependence were threatened.
Informed sources said the
Fuehrer, fearing encirclement of
Germany, was desperately trying
to avert the cutting off of raw
materlala to the rftich from Bua-
ala at Oreat
Disagree On New
Miners' Contract
N10W YORK. April i (/P)
The Joint committee of bitumin-
ous coal operators and miners an
nouticad toduy they would report
a disagreement to the general
conference on their attempts to
write a new contract to replace
the one which expired last Friday
at midnight.
Announcement of the disagree-
ment wat: made after a half hour
session of the suhcommlttc of
eight, by Charles O'Nell, of New
York representing the operators.
The negotiators hail been at-
tempting since Mnrch 14 to write
the terms of a new wage and hour
contract for :I38,000 miners in
the Applnchlan area.
Work virtually was suspended
following tilt! death of the old
coutract last Friday night
The Joint (lonference was com-
posed of the full scale couimitteos
of both operators and miners.
'>
WASH* "Mil. April i - (ft')
Cleared to wartime speed, the
army Is ready to start factorías
producing the .'l,0()t> now var-
planes antl other munitions au-
thorized in the $:158.000,000 ex-
pansion Hill just signed by pres-
ident Boose veil.
Assistant secretary Louis
Johnson suitl today contracts with
numerous manufacturer* would
be completed as soon us the first
funds became available.
The bill which Mr. Roosevelt
signed lust night at Warm
firings. On., provided nulhorlx-
at Ion for major phases or the
>55 2,000,000 defense program.
The actual money must lie made
available In separate legislation,
now before the senate after puss
(Continued on page TWO)
AUSTIN, April 4 (ft',
Thoroughbred 'tome ruciiig in
Texas. villi Its parl-mutuet
wagering, wan bin k in its Htiiii for
at least another two years to-
day
The bill to bring it out of re-
tirement ran ouI of the money
in the house of representatives
yesterday.
Its closest supporter reluct-
antly agreed the tight was over
for this session. Bare possibili-
ties for Its exhumation still ex-
ist. such us a two-tblrds vote of
th<> house that slapped It down,
or tagging it on as a rider to
¡i lax measure. Sponsors, how
PROTESTS MADE
AGAINST APRIL
OIL PRORATION
Two Firms Granted
Injunction Suits
Seeking Relief
Al HTIN, April -I"—-|/P)"-—Mem-
ber* or I lie lieglNltiliire from
many oil pi-oiliieliiK comities of
«est, south antl MOiitliweat Tex-
as NireniioUMly protested lotluy
lhe April proration order of lilt-
Itnih'oml t'ommission which, dras-
tically slashed allowable of tliosc
arcas.
Comedian Pleads Guilty to 3
Charges Of Smuggling Jewelry
Into United States For His Wife
NKW YOHK, April * (/P) ~
Jack Benny, noted radio and
aereen comedian, pleaded guilty
lo sniUKgllliK charges today and
was fined a lotnl or $10,000 and
given a «impended sentence of one
year and a day in prison, lie was
placed on probation for two years
Benny w.i.s accused of smuggling
$2,181. worth of French Jewelry
into ibis country with the aid of
Albert N Chnperau who wiih In-
dicted Willi him antl who previous-
ly hud pleaded guilty. The Jewel-
ry was a glfi by Benny lo his
pended nontenee of one year, and
a day.
Albert N. Chwperau. a co-de-
fendant with Burns as well a in
the indictment, against Benuy.
pleaded guilty to both charges
and Is still awaiting sentonce. Both
Benny and Burns purchase!}
Jewelry which he hod brought.
Into the country.
TJie government nt no time
contended the two comedian ac-
tually did any smuggling.
Benny's New York attorney,
furl E. Newton, approached the
HOI'HTON, April 4 —(/P)—
Federal .Indue T. M. iiennerly
Itaiay granted a temporary In-
junction sought by .1. H. Alier-
crumble antl the Harrison Oil
compiuiy today against enforce-
mcnl of two recent proration or-
ders of lhe state railroad coin-
ever. snitl the 7!l voles they once t mission In the oltl Ocean Pierce
i. i ii. i i t i ,t ' .....a ikll il... l#
liutl lined up for favorable liai
lotlng on lhe measure apparently
bail dwindled and was insuffi-
cient for effective actions.
Hep Bailey Hiigsdule of
Crockett, youthful author of the
bill, Intimated it wus loo fur
goue for emergency maneuvering
and lost Its chance of passage
yesterday when the house vot-
ed, 07 to (¡o, to table u substi-
tute bill that bad been accepted
in lieu of an original blil that
AUSTIN, Tex.. April 4 (/PJ
- Oil men protesting allowable
slushes in the April proration or-
dpr for Texas crowded capítol
corridors outside offices of the
Hail road Commission today pre-
liminary to another couferenco
with thai regulatory body which
members of the legislature also
planned to attend.
nMsg SJB ..eowssM rs
tu lio nal.
One die-herd, however. Kep.
Put Dwyer of San Antonio, took
up the cudgel again at a night
seswlon und his colleaguos roaring
with his statement ",tho bill Is
not dead It's Just In a «tuto
of coma."
He attacked Bop. Bryan Brad-
bury of Abilene, leader of the
opposition, as "u boy who hasn't
taken his diapers off. up here
telling you fellows what to do."
Bradbury's laughter wus the
loudest. Dwyer repeated his of-
fer to lake members of the house
to the Kentucky Derby us Ills
guests.
Hritlhury In a vitriolic af-
ternoon speecli, bail condemned
logullzt'ii racing antl described
the pending hill us "Jusl as un-
constitutional as any hill ever
(Coutluucd ou page TWO)
ami Mnnvel Oil fields of IIm' gulf
coasl.
Church To Hold
Special Service
Three pastors working In dis-
trict duties of the Naxareno church
will be In Borger tonight at the
7:15 service at the local Nnxii-
rono church, Second and Weath-
eiiy.
They are the Bev. Blbert Hodd,
district superintendent of the !.o-
ulalana district, (he Bev. J. Wal.
tor Hall, district superintendent
of lhe Abilene district, which In-
cludes the local church, and the
Bev. John L . Knight, chairman
of the district Hknday school work
for the Abilene dlntrlct and pas-
tor of the Hlllsboro church.
The main address will bo made
by the Bev. Dodd, while the oth-
er two guest will give Impromp-
tu talks.
The Bev. E. M. Vaught, local
pastor, exlenas a cordial Invita-
tion to tho public.
Four Men Die When
2 Navy Planes Crash
the rftich
Britain
Interclub Track
llUcct Proposed
Glenn Cunningham, Don Lash
and Freddie Wolcotl had hotter
look to their records.
The Junior Chamber of Com-
merce hopea to uncover some re-
oord-hreaking performers for
Unele flam's next Olympic team
(Continued on pegs TWO)
BAHT BUAINTBBM, Mass. Ap-
ril i </p) -Two navy biplanes
trashed 2,000 feet In the air to-
day and fo men perished as the
ships plunged flaming to earth.
The dead wero identified by
navy source as:
Waldo II. Brown, lieutenant
commander, naval reserve
Bilsworth Benson, aviation cu-
tlet. naval reserve.
Walter Kirk, aviation ohlef
carpenter's mate, naval reserve.
John Alístelo, uviation chief
machinist's mate.
Wes Williams, ctiminertial av-
iator and flying instructor, who
was aloft nearby at the time, said
the third plane of a group of six
flying in formation, dived into
one wing of the second pluue.
The second plane "fell apart"
he Haiti and pltimeted downward
fContinued on Huge TWO
VFW Will Elect 1
Tomorrow Night
Veteran of Foreign Wars here
will hold their annual election
of officers for the ensuing yenr
ui iho V.F.W. hull at 8 o'clock
tomorrow night.
Commander B. 3. Tlet* wants
«IIv members to attend this Im-
portant meeting.
Detall of the V.F.W. stag par-
ty to be held Saturday night,
April 8, at the hall, also will be
worked out tomorrow Bight.
Chicago Election
First Party Test
CIIK'ACO. April I (ft') Chi
cogo voters selected u new mayor
today, with the choice between till
nmhlllotts young llepublican.
I)wlglil II (Ircen, and the veternn
Dcniocrnl'c lender. Mayor Kdwuril
.1 Kelly
Computations of lhe election
commission Indicated the vote
in I git i exceed I,¡100,000 for it new
record in ii Chicago mayoral coti-
tosi.
Prepared to Interpret it In na-
tional terms, party headers from
without tile stste awaited the re-
sult as I lie first sample or how
fsr the Republicans may expect
to get in the 1010 campaigns for
(Continued on I'nge FIVB)
Injunctions lo sol aside the order
if relief they have been asking
since the order became ofrectivo
April 1 was not forthcoming.
Co-signer of tho order with
chairman Don A. Smith, O. A.
Jerry Surlier, commissioner mem-
ber since January 1, In u •tate-
men! said:
Increase of wells to more than
8O.000 in Texas and continuing
increase made adjustments lu al-
lowables between wells and fieles
necessary to oliminute discrim-
inations.
Complaints of discriminations
had been reaching the commis-
sion for a long time and mudo
the April adjustment necessary.
No oil group bus been satis-
fied with conditions for a year or
more und protesta against, tho
(Continued on Page TWO)
"Buck" Taylor
Succumbs Here
.lames Btlchnmin "Buck" Tuy-
Jor 7 7, died yesterday evening al
(1:20 in .i local hospital of a fall-
ing heart with dropsy.
Born Aug. 18. 1881, Taylor as
a youiiK man had an exciting life ,
having helped drive cuttle from '
Texas to Kaumis as a cowboy. He j
also worked foi Iho government
keeping Indians on a reservation i
lu New Mexico, and Texas.
Prior to coming to Borger in
1820, Taylor lived In Montana
and Nov Mexico, For lhe last
two year ht> has managed the t'
ami C Liquor store here.
The only known survivor Is a
brother, whose whereabouts «re
unknown
Jack Didn't Wear That Smile Today
JACK BENNY
wife. Mttry Livingstone, who up.
pears with him on the radio.
Judge Vincent Den bell order-
ed Benny, who paid a $250,000
income lax lust year, to "stand
committed" until lie paid the
fines, which were $5,000 oil one,
count and $2,600 each on the
other two in the Ihree-couni in-
dict men i,
George Burns, also a famous
radio and si age comedian, plead-
ed guilty to virtually tho sume
charges last Dee, 12. lie was
finad $8.000 and given a sus
bench when court convened. Ho
looked nt Judge Vincent L. Leu-
bell and suitl:
"The defendant aaks permis-
sion to change his plea."
The Judge glanced down at him
and al Benny who was waiting
nervously,
The comedian was wearing a
nutty brown huU and wine-color-
ed tie.
"How do you plead?" asked
Judge Leu boll.
"Onilty," said Hollywood's fa
(Continued on Page TWO)
125 Will Enter
Music Festival
Approximately 125 students,
representative of Borger, High
School, will leave here tomorrow,
Thursday and Friday for Plain-
view, to enter the stale music fes-
tival.
Those participating In the solo
mid ensemble events will leave
tomorrow afternoon. Clyde itowe.
Funeral services will be held ¡ bandmaster ssiil :ix oloi ts and
tomorrow afternoon at .'I o'clock four enscinblis would lie lu the
in the chapel of the Powell Fun- group.
eral home, with the Bev, .1 N The choral club will leave with
Hunt officiating. Burla! will be their director, I!. B. Cockr«ll, «.n
lu Highland cemetery. Thursdsy morning and remainder
Pallbearers will be T It Can of the band will go down Friday
non, Austin Collard, Ike lingers, morning.
Frank Cruwford, C. K. Owen and j The local musician* will make
George Copel nd ¡ (Continued on pago TWO)
Russians Battle
Manchoukuo Force
TOKYO. April 1- f/P) A
niei (Japanese news ugencv) dis-
patch from Harbin, Manchoukuo,
today said a three-hour battle look
place between Manchoukuoans antl
neary too Soviet Russians Sun-
day on the border of uorthweat-
ern Hringan province.
The dispatch said Hie, Russian*,
armed with light mnchlno-guns,
clashed with Manchoukuo border
patrols, but did not give the num-
ber of casualties.
(The border of the pro vinco
named is in the vicinity of Man-
chilli, on tho northwestern fron-
tier between Manchoukuo and Si-
beria whore numerous clashes
have ecurred In recent mouths.)
British Consul Assassinated
MOSUL, I rati, April I - (ft1)
- G. K. A. C. Monck-Mason,
British consul al Mosul, was as-
sassinated at noon today by a
mob which ruahttd on tho consul-
ote and bu mod it.
Martial law was declared and
order wus rostored four hours
later at -i p. in. (7 a. m. CUT.)
The reason for the outbreak
was not at once made clear.
U occurred during frenzied
mourning for young King Ghaxl,
who was killed In tin automobile
accident n fww hours earlier.
PARIS. April I (4>) - Cir-
cles close to the foreign office
Ish govern menta were negotiat-
ing over the future of Alexan-
dretta, semi-Independent d 1st riot
la northern Syria, but that tho
Turkish ambassador had promts- [ The foreign office circlos '
ed there would be no oi-cupRMon I ''""cd that foreign
of tho region by force. S n, VTJ"ZL
Annexation of Alexandria tor , |AVifi0sitlon of the
was reported lo he Turkey's
price for supporting the "atoo
Hitler" bloc and the conserva-
tive newspaper l,e Figaro said a
Turkish army of 80,000 men was
ready at the Aiexandretta fron-
ttor. f¡L i
government's intentions.
i Java* woe said to have
ed there would lie no
bjr "force." Le Figaro
cupation would be af
by the
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