Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 137, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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MAYOR ANDRRSS
PRESIDES OVER
HIS FIRST MEET
City's Annual Audit
Approved; Bonds
Determined
City commissioners, meeting
in special session last night. up
rroved iho aiiuuii| audit or the <■¡iy
records. and approved the bond
drown for city Manager l. M
lluvia. who takes office today.
Til body deferred the task or
nilecting ii commissionerto sue
nod former Mayor Davis. who
iPHlKiH'd Friday Mayor Barney
Andres* lust night presided over
Ills firm commission meeting.
Slev Matthews, in office as
r:iy manager until midnight. hade
official farewell to in,- rotnmis
tiion. thuiikiiiK f\icli member and
i'll olhero for fine co-operation Hutchinson,
extended to hi* administration.
•Mutthew* leave* today to heroine
«•Ity nuuiiiger of Fannin
The commission voted to relieve
I'lin of Ills hond luxe. Davis' bond
wus made out for $4(UI0fl, the
«nine amount carried hy Mail
Itrw#
It wan suggested that the city
should curry bonds on all em-
ployes hundliiiK money, Including
Corporal ion Judge J D. Miller
and Mrs Sanan Hoard, assistant
clerk.
Mai I hews recommended and the
commission approved a motion foi
publishing of a statement of the
city's finalicen, taken from the
audit report, in the Horger Dully
Herald for the benefit of cit liens.
The annual audit cover the fis-
cal year ending March 31,
Members of the <'01111111(01100
audil report, in the Horger Dally
it emed In no haste to uppoini nri-
olher member of their body, und
no names of possible pro peels
foi the position were mentioned
The po t probably will be filled
iit the next meeting.
Mentioned but not discuaned In
detail or voted upon was an or-
dinance drawn up hy Mntthews
end City Attorney Joseph Aynes-
worth on milk and dairy inspec-
tion. The bill, which eommlsntoo
1 rtt proliably will pass on al their
next meeting 1 similar 10 one
in effect In Amarillo and prohib-
its the sale of milk In Horaer
from dairies outside the county.
City Inspection does not extend
far beyond the city and the ord-
inance In designed to ban sale of
puateurixed milk from outside the
realm of local inspection.
The commission also heard (he
complaint voiced by three Jeho-
vah's Witnesses, a religious sect,
against arrest for nlleged viola-
tion of the city' "Oreen River"
anti-sollcitlng ordinance.
A woman selling Bibles and
oilier religious lit era 111 re and
playing a religious phonograph
record from house tcr<lutu c was
arrest id by city police last week
alter several women complained.
Hhe pleaded guilty to the nul-
sance charge 'and was fined S25
by Judge J. D. Miller. The case
was appealed 10 the county court.
A man spokesman for the group
asked the commission to exempt
the member of Jehovah's Witnes-
ses, who he said were carrying
(Continued on PAOK I'lVE)
18 Members Of
School Band To
Go To Waco
■eighteen llieillliars of the Hor-
ger Nigh Hand, win.iers in solo
and ensemble events at the stale
meet iu Plulnvlew. will enter ihe
national contest* at Wncn May «1.
In. II.
They are directed by Mandinas-
ter Clyde Howe.
Those to make 1 he- trip are;
Solos, Afton lid wards, saxo-
phone, Hetty Lou Hockley dar
Inet, l.orena Haiton, saxophone,
Raymond Mayes, clarinet
Saxophone quartet, John Kv-
ans, Hob Kvuns. Virgil JolllM,
and Louie Colin.
.Saxophone quartet: Aflon Kd-
wi.rd - Batty Lou Buckley. Jltnm.v
I'l'lltlps and Lorena HiiKon.
Clarinet quartet: Joe Lee, Joe
M'.irrlmuu, Leonard Sbipman, and
Uaymonrl Mayes.
Urnas sextet : Jack Fox. Ben
Shlpnian. Chan McNulty. David
Hasberry, Hoy Morrison and Hill
VOL J 4—NO i:i7
NKA St'i'vice
HOKí IKU,
PKX AS. WKDNKSIIAV. MAY I. lf)4<l
ijjf&ljb
As.H«>c¡ut.Ml I'ivss PRICK KIVR OEKTS
RHBEM-niOWOOM J
TWISTER TAKES
Storms Whip Texas,
Arkansas And ?
Missouri
%
die
Briti&h Prisoners In Norway, Say; Germans
Smedley
Speaks In Pampa
Many Horger and Phillips mem-
ber^ of the American Legion and
V P. W and others will hour
tHneral Smedley D. Butler, one
of America's most distinguished
and colorful fighters Friday night
at I'ampii.
Cien. Butler will speak ai 8 p
10 '.it the Hampa High School au-
ditorium under allspices of the
Kerley-Crossinun pot of the Am-
erican Legion.
Saturday night the "fighting
Marine'' will address the Knife
and Fork Club of Amurillo, ap-
pearing before that group for a !
second appearance after he was !
si. well liked iu t year.
Charlie Mainel, of Phillip , past
commander of the tSigtheenth Le
gioh district. 1 selling ticket for
the address.
Butler. nicknamed "Olmle
Lye' will «peak on world affair
and the present war, lending to
his subject the dynamic powei
oí his personality thai he* mod 1
him a milch sough I utter speaker
t v itB tifien of attdl«íM«<
CRUISER AND
5 TRANSPORTS
Many 'Tommies' And
Norwegians Are
('a j) lu red
DEMOCRATS ARE
INVITED TO BE
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Hutchinson
Delegates Are To
Be Named
County's <><•". =« ,
All loyal liemncrat' of Hutch-
inson county an- ¡nvli. il in al 1 end
LOYIHIV, May I —-i.-l'i— The
Will' Office announced toila.\ thai
ItriiMi troops "withdrew to pre-j 1 b. county Democratic 'wnnvnndon
pared positions" lo I lie important jal Hi. Il.irger 11 n. Ii .School audi
Mom!in* area, inn utiles smitfa| 01 torliiiii ai V. :iil p 111. lievt Tuctf
This picture, taken near Lilh hammer. Is of the first Hellish
coriling to Hn< ticraian-ceusoiinl caption on iliis ia.|(o|i)iut<) from
in London reporti'<l Hifii ihe \a/.i Ion es I011I lake a Hie ke\ lovi uof' i
of 1 hi' ^crinan liase of i'toiidiieini. and that allied li-oop-- in lb.- ar
High School Grounds
To Be Beautified By
Grass, Trees, Shrubs
. "Ellzey To Attend
(iuymen Fete Day
Tom V HJlzt'v ..f I'eirytoit.
Claude Ruby And
T. H. Cole Take
Out State Charter
A stale charter ha been Is
sued at Austin to the Texas LI
ijtior Store of Borger incorporal-;
etl by Claude K. Htlby Kveiyn
Htihy and T 11. Cole with a
capital stock of $ I OOn
Panhandle ittsirii t and Cóiikws
iiuin Phil Forgu«on, representa-
tive of the Oklaltiiina Panhaiulle,
will ride together In 'he spelling
parade of the c«u> ilion, Okla .
I'ioneer Celebration today.
J.IHHAHIAN TO CONVCVHOX
County 14lii'ai tan Cagle Smith
han gone so iIk- Toss#* Library
Asso.'ial loij convention In Fl,
Worth. 11- will return Sunday.
Planting was scheduled to siarl
today on .1 p>'1.1 eet io hc'tiiHTy
giounds in frotii of ittirgei High
¡school.
The i-ehiHd hoard last ni.'iti! at
a Hfieclp] meet Inc. appinved plntl.
liU. ...fw the: pt'oNut,. IftV^rgrieeu'
■**> Watt*** worn tlr- "ifrnfl y Me'-iTi
iii'I'n 1 aptiit'ed in Norway, tie-
i. licitWli lollitary spokesmen
liceo tu Niirvuiy. 1Í5 miles miiiiIi
1 «ere in it difficult situation.
( Nl-; \ Teleplioio)
SWEDES REPORT
NORSE CONTINUE
i TO HOLD LINES
fit ish Destroyer Is
Sunk During- Raid
On Allied Base
STOCKHOLM,
I'dixli reparto
Mi y
tliitl
i MPV -
Norwegiiui
Trondlieim, nfiec stubbornly re.
sisiiu^ siiong '•ecmmi attacks.
By LOt IN P. LOCMNCIt
HKHI.IN, May I i/Pi Heavy
new blows in iirttbdi naval power
and steady iJireiigtiii ning of ibe
Nazi hold on Norway were report-
ed Iiv the lliitli rniiiiuaiid. ,|iibll-
allt over lis kwII'I sncceHneM, map-
ped a swi eplun coneenli'le atldek
¡limed ai driving Allied forces in-
to the sea.
The High Coniiimnd's coinuiiini
<tue sj,|(| (Jerimm aerial bombs
liad Hent a Itrillsli cciiisec, a des-
lio,ver and five transports to the
bottom and liud tlamagiil another
ccuisec and five other teauMports.
"The air force attacked llrltlfch
# eti forces succesiifuliy before
NmnBos." 1 lie coniuiiinliine aald
deccrlbliiK yosteriiay's operatlonH.
Dec!ar|n«5 I hat 'ill" Oeriuvin atl-
vain-e in Norway continues," the
High 1 'otiiiiiaml riiHirteil that
Cernían forces had lakeu more
than i.UOil Of the rwni
it sa,d merely iliut "al Tioutlhuitu
oii^rTf*in(T frnst fH^ire' crttt wfrc.-
Alabama's Iron
Industry Booming-
At World War Peak
niRMIN'fHIAM. Alt .. May 1
— I/P) Booming huslnesH
brotiRht Alabama'it iron itidnniry
back to the world wnr production
peokM today with every blast fur-
nace In thin «rea in operation.
Pig Iron output Jumped to ion
por cant when two fumaron, out
for severiiI weeks for repairs and
rebuilding, begnn pouring Iron.
Steel remained at Ihe relatively
high level of «:i per cent, up five
points from the low oí the year,
and nomo observers regarded as
significant the fact thai all nine
of the hlnsl furnaces which sup-
ply steel mills were In full oper-
ation.
Ernest O. Thompson
To Run For Governor
If People Want Him
Farley Favored
By Bay State
son(li wall or ih" biiUtfitiK, ami
gra-s will lie sel isilt III bed" out
from both side', of the walk loin!
tag to ihe main cut ranee.
(•round already llilf- lie,
broken lor thi planting of tie
grana and Khru'iiK-ry, which nil?
brighten the front 01 lie' -ichool.
A fence will )ie built aroiiiid Ue
plants.
The hoard postponed hi 'II !'*
ri guiar meeting action oil plan:
for a proposed jiew ballll house
and manual training shop
Borger Students
To Elect Editor
AUSTtN. Tex., May 1 </P)
Ernest o. Thompson said defini-
tely today ho would run for Gov-
ernor If enough people wanted It
"If enough folks want me to
run. I'm sure going 10 run."
Thompson, member of the tall
road commission, wild.
"I am available. Any good cltl
men ought to he available for file
office of Governor If the people
want him."
He said lie was receiving stacks
of letters from all sections of
the slate urging him to run.
Friday night he will make a
radio address over a statewide
hookup on ihe condition of state
affairs.
Thompson recently withdrew
from the congressional race in
the Amarillo district.
TlfltKK l).lt'OHTHKH
ARK I,RAI YKAK 11RIDKS
PA1NTHOCK. Wyo., May 1 —
Í/P) Three daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Morris liavV been
married In the first four months
of leap year. Mrs. Morris herself
was a leap year bride.
A.A. Meredith, Manager,
W.P.A., To Speak Before
Chamber Of Commerce
A. A. Meredith, district man-
ager of the Works Progress Ad-
ministration. Amarillo, will nd-
dress the Chomber of commerce
here at luncheon tomorrow noon
al the Rlnck Hotel.
HI* talk should bo of eapeclnl
Interest io Romans, since Mere-
dith will toll of the benefits 10
Hutchinson County from W. P.
A. project* and snrpltta commo-
dities distributed in ihe county.
He will Rive Information on
the total benefits from W. P. A.
projects and II coat to the coun-
ty and political subdivisions.
Meredith also will apeak gen-
erally on unemployment, Its
cause, effect, and nllevlntion
through the W. P. A. program
The district head also will point
out how communities can
advantage of W. P. A. to
..III Hk>l.ii>
otti iiu 111 ir worm* pro,
m
BOSTON', May I <tp\ All 1111
instructed Republican delegation
and a Democratic (dole almost on-
t'l'Oly pledged to I'osimaster (¡en-
era! .lames A. Farley emerged to-
day from Massachusetis' presiden-
tial primaries.
Willi Hay State voters rdiowlntr
scant consideration for insurgeiii
groupa. an old age pension slate
supporting Thomas K licwey
without his authorlzutioi.. was
overwhelmed hy the "official" un-
pledged O. 0 P. delegation Demo-
crats gov.- but little more support
¡o Independents who bucked their
state committee's Parley delega-
tion.
Although all the «late' :m Re-
publican delegates will go 10 ihe
national convention without form-
al commitment, Dewey was sure
of al least two votes
Of the 72 delegatus elected by
Ihe Democrat 12 of them hav-
ing a third of a convention vote
«piece 11 nd Uti others leaving half
a vole — (1!) were pledged I o
Parley. Two others broke the of-
ficial Democratic slate and will
i'o to Chicago at Icos! technically
unpledged. The third exception
has recorded himself publicly In
favor of 11 third term for Presi-
den I Roosevelt.
Although a lop heavy majority
of the debíales were pledged to
Parley, there was, nevertheless,
certainty that some of Ihe group
would shlfl lo President Hoose-
vell If he seeks a third term.
WE A T H E R
tonight
warmer
Fair
tly
Rpl
tonight and «
i «Mj-fiy *
Horger High School student
tomorrow will elect the ifllO !l
editor of (lie "Growl," weekly stu
dent newspaper.
In the race are Frank le Nell
Snyder and Heitv Jo Lewis.
j.uffifors and < iiiors will vole
Tlinrsdoy morning 111 home room:
and freshmen .tlH .>ophoniorc< in
assembly.
The campaign reached a peak
yesterday inordlng In assembly
when campaign managers, .lack
Koberis. boosting Pi'ankle Nell.
«nil llrnry Hay. backing Heitv
,io. made talks in beluilt of their
cendidtttes Sup', W. A Mcintosh 'proitdhi-im
spoke oil lb. iiuaHrications of an
edit on
Ooritldine HuriiM. Jerry Hrown
and .lack pro ley gan-g a caitip'algn
roilg.
iHHiH north of the iinporunt rail-
wiiy .tuni'ilon a; Stoiun cam doubt
oday mi Ceriniiii elaiins thai the
N'ani folii'.-i had established land
oiinnun • ation-. lielween Oslo and
'¡'rondheini,
Coupled with these reports were
i:isp,,lichen ,e -ertilie that a Bl'lt-
¡l«h destroyer hod been snuli with
: heavy low 01 life during an 11-
'■our (iemnin air raid on the AI
Ited landiiic ease al Ñamaos and
bat i.h" Hellish gradually were
losing in on a Nazi force isola-
'"d mi Narvik, In ¡he far 110vt.l1.
The stock holm newspaper prill-
nd a disputeh from a special eor
■ -apmident declaring thai a tier-
liiu column moving south from
froiidhoini to meet another Naul
torce advancing uorlhward from
Oslo had been halted before re;tch-
.(i'lUR Storen.
II was not clear whether this
dispatch was written before or
liter the Herman announcement
ves 1 erday that Ihe two columns
had met south of Storen.
The Tklnlngeii slory said the
Norwegians slill were hold i ii|- po
lilonii a mile north of Storen, a!
it'r delay lag (he Herman's south-
viird march at Lunditmti. wln re
a young Norwegian had dynamited
a bridge 11s two Nu/.l cars were
•rousing the span, killing himself
'11(1 Is of the enemy.
{ Lund.'imo is about 1 <1 mlle-
norih of Sioren and 20 miles south
Pay eveniug.
We wmit to llave .1 big crowd
of loyal lleir.ocralH at tills meet-
Ing«" said ('outity ClrairBiun ,lu
Hrlgf: - who will preside.
"All Demoerats of Hie county
are ifivilod id altead and help
select ileleyales to the slate coll-
vinHoi ad decide who members
of tli" parly in this county wlnb
to support for president."
liriggH said precinct committee-
men. who met Monday und plan-
ned ihe county rn< Jug. were "tal-
king up" the meeting to bring
oul a large crowd.
'"this will he local clllüeiis' last
chalice lo make known their pre-
ference for a presidential candi-
date," he pointed out. Delegates
from the county convention will he
sent 10 Hie state convention, wblub
will choose deleítales 10 Hie na-
tional convention where the pres-
iilential and vice-presidential can
diiivitcs will he nominated and th<--
pltttl'orm framed.
Plans for preclnrl conventions
to have been held mutt Saturdny
AshocIi
Tornadle *indn
jcrotiti KWsi Teniis soil!
sotiri and Arkansas killed at least
1 I persons, injured many others
1 and can sed thousands of dollars
j damai;.- last night.
Six were killed and eight lu«
' Jured, one critically, near Heut-
i on. Ark., as a tornado etM u ti-
I tool swath through a sparsely
j seHed rural aeetlon.
I .1 Id MeNeeae. 70, and his son
were killed when a
twister crushed their home near
Richland, Tex., und demolished
Several hams and chicken houses.
Mrs. .1 R. McNeese, 08, died of in-
juries suffered In the wreckage,
Kit 11 erals will bo held for tiiem
tomorrow. 'A¿
At leant three were killed and
an unestlmated number were In-
jured as tornadoes bounced over
southeastern Missouri and «outh*
ern Illinois. Seventeen persona
from both states were taken to a
Cairo. III., hospital. Six wet* hurt
at Marion, til.
Torn From Mother's Arms
Mary Loe Cook, 18-montha-oid
daughter of Mrs. Ted Cook of
Ffankstou. Tex,, was torn from
her mother's arms by a flood and
drowned. A cloudburst washed
the cook Canviiy and others from
beneath a cu'lvort, where thejr
had taken refuge.
Mrs. Ruby Hawks was killed
when a building collapsed during
a heavy windstorm ut Orand Rlv-
(continued on PAGR TWO)
•erdny." "Itfive he 'a 4*tH4*<*d f« «Hniwntrnt^
without indicuilng how near
Trondhtdm ihe battle was raging.
Nill'Se Surrender
The prisoners. It said, were 1(1
(Coiitlnio'd 011 I'AtJK TWO)
on huilillnt: up interest In the one
county wide parley. Saturday Is
the busiest day in Ihe week for
many of (be committeemen and
(Continued 011 I'AtiR TWO)
Borger And Phillips
Seek Scout Executive
For Local Community
Wage And Hour
Amendments Are
Rejected 156 To 96
Maisel Explains
Boy.' State
To Rotarians
Charlie Mn.Uel, Commander oV
IKHi district of the American la--
Itioil, nddresieil (lie Rotary club
jeMordny noon on the subject of
"Roys' ttintc," a project s|Miu>or-
ed by the American Legion.
Hoys nre seb'cted from all over
Hie state nnd gullierod al Austin
'Hie Herman air raid on Nam-
¡nos, apinoxlniiilely 1011 miles
north, was recowiUnd hy the cor-
respondent of the newspaper y-
■ nska Daghludet, who said the
N'lul bombers attacked persistent •
:ly Ironi 7:15 n. m. to i! p. m.
yesterday, de-pile a steady fire
(Continued on l"A<iF, TWO)
Wheat Prices
Drop 3 Cents
It) Fit A Mi LIN
CHICAGO, May I
prices tumbled as much
cents a bushel today to
MILI.1V
(/}>) Wheal
as three
the low-
diirlnn the wix-k inclucllng .Inne ''"l level since lieiote the Ittvns
•lili and ilnne Hull, for tlie pur-
pose of learning I lie fund Ions of
Slate uovorniiient by actually do-
I tig through the various phases
of the work done by Ibe elected
French Alarmed
Over Italian
Attitude
PARIS. May I f/T*)— The
Italian attitude toward the Allies
"lini? become definitely alarm-
ing' in the hint two days, a for-
eign ministry spokesman declar-
ed today.
Tltc spokesman said the for
eign off ice V concern over fui tire
reialious with Km lice's Mediter-
rane.ni neighbor wan "frankly lin-
eas)
Rumania Raids
German Homes
Rt'OJtARKKT. May I OP)
The Uumanla government was re-
poned today lo have signed or-
ders (or the expulsion ot ¡200
(ierniaii- after a canvas of cm)
homes in the oil field dbdrlcls
and btjter stralegic areas of Itu-
manla..
The raiders reported resistance
In one ease near Craiov'a which
teRiiltec iu an exchange of reVolv
er phot .
Police said on a ii H lies of fire-
arms wire found In many houses
inhüfeltOM'd hy Uermons suspeci-
ed of inlng members of a "fifth
Column' which w«« said lo have
planned lo rise In case Hermán
Hoops mnrcli^d across Rumania.
Most raids were made just af-
ter dinvii.
ion of Scandinavia but then re-
covered some of the loss.
selling In connecilon with the
continued heavy marketing of
grain mill Home reports Indicat
and appointed officials at Austin. Inn there will be no sudden change
As explained by Maisel, one buy
is to lie sponsored to represent
Rorger and another from Phillips,
the suggestion permitting two rep-
resentatives from thi* aomiiiunily. j
111 ttniy's non-belligerent posit fon
uncovered stopped loss !lt|u!du~
Hon that «allied headway as prices
declined.
Wheat closod I 7-8 2 7-8 lo-
Otbevs on the program were wer than yesterday. May $1.0 I 7-8
Rett y tiou lleckley and Helen Me-j «l.dfi IN, July *1.04 1-8 -
liona Id. who entertained (lie club! I 4: corn fi-8 7-8 down, May 64,
hone Mini piano nmnoSfuly «4 1-8—1.24 Oat« :t«D 8-S
' lower. tmsSmWmX' ■ !9ISÉS5bí
Davis Assumes
Duties Today
L. M. Onvls Is a city official
again.
This peuuiar druggist who last
Friday i«'signed as mayor this
morning Uok (he oath of office
as etty mummer, «ueceedlnu Steve
Mftllhew«
The oath wa« administered by
City Clerk JK O. inuilbaugh.
Ahonl '¡i, or til Scouters of Hor-
niiln ai the library discussed a
plan in employ a field Scout exe-
cutive to serve Hutchinson and
Carson counties.
The biggest problem connected
with the employing of such au
executive is now to raise the
money to pay him.
The group decided to postpone
action on the plan until the fin-
ance iiuestlon could be investi-
gated further, Severn! money
raising plans were advanced but
none adopted.
Adding the executive would in-
ri ease the local .Scout budget
about $1,000.
It is believed that a field exe-
cutive serving the two counties
could double (¡ho numlAjr of
Scout and iriMips in them.'
AttendliiK Hie meeting were
Karl M. f lure, regional represen-
tative from (he Dallas Scout of-
fice and Hick Hughe?) of Pampa,
Adobe Walls Council finance
chairman.
English Civilians Are
Killed And Injured
Nazi Air Attack
I,ON lit l Y, Mío I •— i/pl— The
crash of a Herman bomber s|io(
down b.v ant bulreruft guns and
the explosion of Its deadly load
of niines and bombs ut the east
coast resort town of l hiclon.on-
Sea late lu i niglit killed Ihe Na/.l
crew of five and caused Knglaii'l'-
flrsl civilian air raid—three dead
and more than ifMi wounded.
All' workers dun charred bodies
from the debris resulting from
the crush. The evploshm destroyed
three bouse , damaged 50 ot.Ji
ers and left a huge crater in
Street,
Although the casual lies were
England's first air raid los: es In
the war, one civilian had been
killed at the Orkmiy islands north
of Hcotlatid during raids on the
«capa Flow naval bin* «ml -dhcr wan
civilians have town wounded
mmm
The spot where the bomber, m
bilge Helukel, crashed, Is at the
busiest junction of the main
street or Clncton, leaa than 80
mile- from Iiomlon.
Ti e eras' occurred shortly nt-
ter three enemy planni had Iwwn
sighted flying at u low altitude
ever the (lumber river estuary-—
a luvored objective of German
mine-laying nlicrtifl,
Apparently crippled by the
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WASH IN'CJTON, Muy
•tubllnnt over defeating the ca
Iroveislnl Harden ame
iHiininlairatlnn forces In the
ptrf!««W c:hábil
i iiaet less sweeping revisions In
the wago-bour law.
The proposals of flep. Barden
H) N"C) were turned down 166
io (its lote yesterday after the
House had made so many chau-
( i s that even their author with-
drew his support.
The original amendments, op-
posed by President Roosevelt,
would havo freed a long list of
processors of farm products from
I nth the minimum wage and max-
imum hour standards.
Against the administration vic-
tory In the House, however, there
developed the probability the Sen-
ate would pasa a Republican bill
to end the treasury's foreign sil-
ver buying program.
Senator Townsend (R-Del). the
author, opened debate yesterday
with the assertion that the seven-
year-old program has been a cost-
ly mistake. He was supported by
«time Democrats as well as by the
Republican minority.
In th« wage-hour right, Repre-
sentative Barden said he was "not
blue" over his defeat, yesterday,
lie luruod his efforts toward win-
i'ig approval of some cf his amen-
i dnieiits — be would not say which,
¡ones — during today's considera-
tion of milder revisions offered by
the House Labor committee.
The committee amendments, re-
puted to have White House sup-
port. would grant hours' concess-
ions to some farm processors —
such as cunning companies -but
would permit only a few excep-
tions from the 30-cents-an-hour
minimum wage.
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the pumos headed
■ C'lacton for half
a landing flare.
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