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THI C A R D O N BLACK CINTIR OP THI WORLD
NEA Service Borger, Texas, Wednesday, October 8, 1941
6 Pages Today
Price Five Cents
Point-Blank Fire at Russian Tank
Solid German Front Pierces Line
In Break-Through Toward Moscow
Viereck, Naturalized
American, Faces Trial
Kansas City Twister Kills 3, Injures 60
Injured Boy
'About Same
The condition of Paul Smith
West, who was critically injured
when struck by a car on Hedge-
coke street Monday evening, was
reported by North Plains hospi-
tal attaches today as “about the
same .”
The son of Mr, and Mrs. P. H.
Wt st. Paul is suffering a fractured
skull, concussion, minor abrasions
and three stitches over his right
eye.
The boy had not yet fully re-
gained consciousness at 1:30 this
afternoon.
(NEA Radiophoto)
Official German picture of front-line warfare shows, according to
Berlin caption, a German anti-tank gun crew firing point-blank at
a Russian tank.
Chapman Takes Charge
Of Legion Directory
Arrangements have been com-
pleted by the American Legion
through a committee of which Lou
Roberts is chairman for compil-
ing a new and up- to-date city
directory for the City of Borger
and the immediate industrial
community.
Actual work on the directory
started today when Willard C.
Chapman, employed by the com-
mittee for the purpose of selling
the supporting advertising, com-
piling the names and handling
general details of publication, took
charge.
Chapman, an experienced sales-
CIO Publicity Man
Guilty Of Perjury
In Bridges' Case
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8—</P)
—James O’Neil, former CIO pub-
licity man, was convicted of per-
jury today for his testimony in
Harry Bridges’ deportation hear-
ing.
Federal Judge Martin I. Welsh
sentenced O’Neil to three years
and fined him $100. He brushed
aside attempts of defense attor-
man, plans to watch all of the ma- neys to gain a delay for argu-
terial that goes into the listing ment on a motion for a new trial,
of citizens, their correct initials,
spelling of names, addresses and
telephone numbers.
"We want to make this direc-
tory as nearly accurate as it is
humanly possible,” Chapman
says.
"The population in Hutchinson
county is on the move, since more
families are changing into better
homes, men are leaving to serve
m the army and navy, and many
new industrial employes have
moved to Borger and Phillips dur-
ing the last six months, and we
want to list all of these people
where they now reside, that our
publication might serve a most
useful purpose," he explains.
but after protest said he would
hear such argument in Sacramen-
to Saturday.
Borger Band Needs
To Be Provided By
Band Boosters Club
Sons Of Legion
To Hold Auction
Of Box Suppers
A box supper auction for the
benefit of the Sons ol the Amor- j
lean legion will be held at 7
o’clock Friday night in the Amer-
ican Legion hall.
Capt. William O’Dell promises
an entertaining program follow-
ing the auction, during which a
prize will be given to the pret-
tiest box, none of which are to
cost more than $1.50.
The SAL will use the proceeds
of the auction to secure instru-
ments and drums fur their bugle
corps.
Scouiers Meet
Tonight At 7:30
Scouters from the area served
by the Adobe Walls council, Boy
Scouts of America, will meet in
the Borger efty hall tonight at
7:30 o'clock.
Scout financing and participa-
tion in the Adobe Walls cele-
bration next week will be led by
R. C. Hughes, council president,
and Fred Roberts, both of Pam-
pa-
i A beginning on providing the
needs of the Borger high school
bund was made at the meeting of
the Band Boosters club last night,
i when the purchase of an instru-
ment, the oboe, and a drum muf-
fler was ordered by President Sol
I Morgenstern.
The oboe in the estimation of
i the conductor. Jack Mahan, was
one of tho ossontial needs of the
; band. It is used to create the sym-
| phonic effects which are neces-
: sary if a band is to reai^i state
music contests standards, Mahan
| said.
It was learned today that the
Borger high school band is to play |
in the parades which are to pro-
ceed the Adobe Walls pageant i
Oct. 17 and 18. I
U. S. Expects To
Get 'Something'
In Trade For Aid
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—<7P)—
Tiie United States expects to re-
ceive “something that will be of
; value to this country, tangible
or intangible" as reimbursement
; for lend-lease aid, congress was
! told today, but no specific agree-
i ments have yet been made.
Dean Acheson, assistant, secre-
tary of state, testified before a
! house appropriations subcommit-
teetee that if the war should end
while the amounts due under
lend-lease were relatively small,
settlement would likely be made
by check but that if it goes on
for three or four years and the
sum involved reaches 15 or 20
billions of dollars "it would just
be fantastic to believe that there
could be any transfer of tangibles
in that amount from one people to
another.”
During testimony of Edward R.
Stettinus, jr„ lend-lease admin-
istrator, it was brought out by
Rep. Taber iR-N. Y.> that the
only lend-lease reimbursement
appearing in a memorandum sub-
mitted to the committee was for
$4,206,440. There was no explana-
tion of the item or of possible
other reimbursements.
Army Deserters
Held In Jail
NEW YORK, Oct. H —i/T'i—
(leorge Sylvester Viereck, 56-year
old journalist, was described by a
government prosecutor as “one of
the most serious menaces in this
country" today at his arraignment
on a charge of withholding infor-
mation when he registered with
the state department as an agent
of a foreign power.
U. S. Commissioner Isaac Platt
held Viereck in $20,000 bail pend-
ing his removal to Washington to
plead to the indictment.
William Power Maloney, special
assistant to the attorney general
in requesting that bail be fixed at
$25,000 said that the German-born
defendant for years had been the
chief propagandist of the German
government in this country.
"He is one of the most serious
menaces in this country." Ma-
loney told the court. "He has
received from the German gov-
ernment as much as $40,000 in
one year to carry on his propa-
ganda work.”
Maloney added that because of
Viereck’s connection with the Ger-
man government, “there is a great
possibility that he will never he
here for trial, and that is the rea-
son we are asking this high bail.”
“This man is a German propa-
gandist going back to the last
war,” he continued. “He has writ-
ten books on German propaganda.
As to his connections with the
German government, he admitted
that in his registration with the
state department.”
The defendant waived removal
proceedings.
Ciereck, a naturalized American
who once acknowledged before a
congressional committee that the
German consul had paid him for
publicity favorable to Germany, is
subject to a maximum penalty of
five years imprisonment and
$10,000 fine if convicted.
Viereck, author and editor, list-
ed in who’s who as being born in
Munich, Germany, emigrated to
the United States in 1895 at the
age of 11.
A spokesman of the FBI said
Vereck would be arraigned pro-
bably this afternoon.
He is credited with having
predicted the sinking of the
Lusitania four days before that
passenger laden ship went down
in the north Atlantic—an event
many persons believe was the
direct cause of the United States
entering the world war 1.
William Dodling carefullv hands his 2-vear-old son. Jimmy, to his wife after the child miraculously
escaped injurv while in the arms of his grandmother next door. The grandmother was seriously
injured in the tornado that ripoed through the eastern part of Kansas City. (NEA Telephoto)
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Mrs. L. M. Davis
Dies Following
Recent Illness
Neutrality Revision Only
Allows Arming Of Ships
Two army deserters from the
Fort Devens, Mass., post today
were being held in city jail pend-
ing word from the commanding
officer at the training camp.
Both young men gave as their
reason for "going over the hill”
the fact that they weren’t allowed
to transfer to other posts, accord-
ing to police who picked them up
last night.
This makes the second time
within the last few weeks that
army deserters have been appre-
hended by local police. Two
youths were picked up not long
ago for desertion from the Fort
Sill, Okla., training site.
Private Greens
Almost Make The
Corporal See Red
CAMP WOLTERS, Tex . Oct. 8
—(A’i— Six men reported to Wil-
liam J. Chernoff, corporal of the
guard on tho rifle range
"Give me your names," com-
manded Corporal Chernoff.
"Private Green." said No. 1.
“Private Green," said No. 2.
"Private Green," said No. 3.
"Now wait a minute,” said Cor-
poral Chernoff. "No funny busi-
ness. Go ahead."
"Private Green," said No. 4.
“Private Green.” said No. 5.
"Private Green," said No. 6.
"There’s one thing sure," said
Corporal Chernoff, a patient man.
"I can’t be seeing red. Let’s have
your first names." He got them:
Loiaby, Samuel, H. B., Joseph.
John, and Julius, no kin, all from
the same platoon.
C. P. Buckler Talks
At Lions Luncheon
C P. Buckler, manager of the
White Deer Land company from
Pampa, today traced the growth
and development of the company
for the Lions club at its regular
noon luncheon meeting.
Buckler, while discussing the
development of the tract of land
that covered all of Gray, Carson,
and Roberts counties and part of
Hutchinson, gave interesting side-
lights on the happenings in the
Panhandle in the early 1900’s.
At the conclusion of his talk ho
lauded civic clubs as the principal
movement behind the develop-
ment and progress of cities such
as Borger and Pampa.
Dam Committee
To Hold Meeting
Directors of the Canadian river
flood control association repres-
enting twenty-six counties, will
hold a luncheon meeting at the
Black hotel in Burger Saturday
Oct. 18.
The directors will discuss new
developments on the south Cana-
dian and the projected dam on the
river, and elect new officers.
The present officers are Fritz
Thompson, president: O. W. Lipps.
vice president; and H. N. Pruett,
secrotary.
Mrs. Anna Louise Davis, 57.1
wife of City Manager L. M. Davis,
died in a Wichita Falls hospital;
at 6 o’clock last night, following
stroke Monday night.
Funeral services were scheduled
for 3 o’clock this afternoon in
Aledo.
While in ill health for a number
of years, Mrs. Davis’ stroke was
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—(/P)—
Legislative leaders reported to-
day they had agreed that neutral-
ity legislation to be introduced in
the house tomorrow — following a
message from President Roosevelt
—would be confined to permitting
American merchant ships to car-
ry arms.
Those who attended a White
SUSs!desH<L%hisMMr.‘. "o'nvis j Huuse conference said it was
survived by her mother, Mrs. Ross
her at the time of death,
of Aledo, and several sisters, one
of whom lives in Aledo and is I
named Nell.
Doors of the city hall were!
closed today and the following
left Borger at 5 o'clock this morn-
ing to attend the funeral; Jeff!
Dunham, J. O. Coolbaugh, Frank
Davis and Jim Miller.
Missing Baby Boy
Found Wandering
In Marsh Near Home
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., Oct.
8—(/P) Dennis Ludlow, 2 1-2
year old boy missing since late
yesterday, was found today, alive
and well, wandering in a marsh
about a mile from his home.
The baby was found by Alfred
Hinckley, one of 1,200 students
: who had been dismissed from
i school to aid in the search.
The child disappeared from the
front of his home at 5:30 p. m.
yesterday with his bulldog "Di-
do.” The dog returned home
later in the evening but no trace
; was found of the child during the
: night despite a search by hun- :
! dreds of townspeople.
agreed that such legislation could
be sent through the house before
the end of next week.
It was said reliably, however,
that the president. Secretary
of State Hull and Harry L. Hop-
kins. the lease-lend chieftain,
still were hopeful that congress
eventually would also amend
!he existing law to life the pres-
ent prohibition against Amer-
ican ships traveling to belli-
gerent ports or designated com-
bat areas.
Hopkins, who had been report-
ed taking the lead in an effort
to have the law revised to permit
the arming of ships and to allow
them to truvel anywhere, was
said to have expressed disappoint-
ment at the decision reached at 1
today's conference.
One of those who attended the
meeting told reporters that if the
legislation providing for arming
ships went through the house by ;
a substantial majority it was pos-
sible that the senate foreign rela- !
tions committee would consider j
broadening the measure to clim- ;
inate the restrictions on ship j
movements.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, j
the majority leader, told report- I
ers he coilld not say in advance
what the message would contain
(Continued On Page TWO)
Oil Problems
To Be Placed
Before Ickes
TYLER, Tex., Oct. 8—i/P)—
Resolutions embracing financial
problems of East Texas oil men
and royalty owners will be placed
before federal oil administrator
Harold L. Ickes and the Texas
congressional delegation.
The action was voted yester-
! day at a meeting called by H. P.
i Nichols, executive vice president
j of the East Texas Oil Association
j to thresh out price difficulties
which members claim threaten
production.
Despite increased taxes and la-
bor costs, Nichols declared at the
meeting, the current posted
price for East Texas crude is
$1 25 a barrel, 10 cents below the
July 1, 1938, price. Nichols said
a lair price for Texas crude would
| be $1.75.
Independents wer warned by A.
11 Tarver of Shreveport, La., that
taxes may put them in a critical
position between Jun 1 and
March 15.
Adobe Walls Ceremonials' Success
Assured As Merchants Back What
Should Be Profitable Annual Event
W. O. W. TO MEET
The W. O. W. Camp No. 40S6
will meet Thursday night in the
I. O. O. F. hall, at • o'clock.
All members are urged to at-
tend as important business will
be discussed.
Anything worth while must
have its beginning, according to
C. R. Stahl, chairman of the
Adobe Walls Ceremonials commit-
tee who, today, stated that he was
pleased with the cooperation on
the part of everyone.
"Each individual committee
chairman and members of his
committee are on the job. doing
that part of the work assigned
to them, and with this kind of
cooperation, the big event is
bound to be a real success."
Stahl states.
“This Indian celebration ran
easily be the beginning of an an-
| nual affair that in years to come
i will attract thousands to Hutchin- j
| son county as similar Indian pa-
geants in Oklahoma and New ,
Mexico now draw people from all .
sections of the nation, year after !
year.
"Over 40.000 people paid to
see the same show in Anadarko.
Oklahrma, this year, where,
from just a small beginning, the
citizenship has supported the
event until now it has become
one of the major attractions and
revenue sources of the commu-
nity.
"The Tri-State fair, the Dallas
I State fair, the many World’s Fairs '
‘ have all had to start at scratch.
and through the unstinted efforts
of those who pioneered these
events, they are nuw annual at-
tractions bringing more and more ■
people and cash into their respec-
tive communities each succeeding
year.
"What other places less en-
dowed than Hutchinson county
have accomplished, local citi-
zens feel can be produced here.
Their confidence is shown in the
support given the finance com-
mittee. by the many signed $50
notes turned in to underwrite
the beginning of what should
become a profitable annual at-
(Continued On Page TWO)
Phillips Tri-Hi-Y
And Hi-Y Hold Joint
Induclion Ceremonies
The Tri-Hi-Y and the Hi-Y held
a joint dinner and induction cere-
monies for seventeen new mem-
bers in the Phillips high school
Monday night. Four visitors from
Amarillo were entertained at the
program.
Miss Esther Rudolf, sponsor,
said those entering the Tri-H-Y j
were Garnetta Cornelius, Kath- !
(een Wade, Deloris Smith, June j
, lz ichliter, Sireta Moore. Claud- j
ette Fun is, Mary Louise Robert- j
son, Virginia Millsap, Laverne j
Millsap, Betty Joan Rempel, Ora
Jean Redding, and Belva Hope |
New members of the Hi-Y are j
Everett Epps, Billy Wright. Oth- j
ol Perry, Willis Winters, and El- I
; !>ert Hays, E. T. Evans, sponsor
I of the group, said.
Hitler's Armies
Only 125 Miles
From Red Capital
Soviet Southern Wing
Broken By Powerful
Thrust Along Azov Sea
By The Azsociated Press
Adolf Hitler’s invasion
armies fighting a giant bat-
tle of annihilation 125 miles
from Moscow have thor-
oughly shaken the outer de-
fenses of the Russian capi-
tal, a Nazi spokesman said
late today, with several Red
armies trapped and facing
destruction.
“Not detached raiding groups
which forged ahead, but a solid
German front is within 125 miles
of Moscow,” the spokesman said.
The German high command as-
serted that Moscow’s defenses had
been breached in the 7-day-old
grand offensive.
In the south, too, the plight of
the Russians appeared to be grow-
ing more desperate by the hour.
Nazi military dispatches said the
entire south wing of the Soviet
army had been broken by a Ger-
man drive which has already en-
gulfed Ossipenko and Mariupol,
on the sea of Azov, and is threat-
ening the Don river port of Ros-
tov, gateway to the rich Cauca-
sian oil fields.
German battle flags were re.-
ported within 100 miles of Rostov
after a 450-mile advance from the
Prut river boundary between Ru-
mania and Russia where the Nazi
onslaught started 15 weeks ago.
Soviet reports, acknowledg-
ing that the Germans had won
some initial advantage as the
war’s mightiest battle raged to-
ward a climax on the road to
Moscow, declared that the in-
vaders were striking "with the
fury of a mad beast . . . strain-
ing all efforts regardless of
cost."
The Russians said that there
was no sign of a major break-
through, and that Red army
troops were holding on grimly
against the assault of Nazi tanks
and dive bombers.
In the seige of Leningrad, the
Russians drew a brighter picture,
(Continued on Page TWO))
Classes For Store
Workers To Organize
Store workers will met tonight
at the Borger high school at 8
o’clock to organize classes in sales
English, commercial art, practical
business law, and practical book-
keeping, Malcolmn Davis, area
coordinator for adult education,
said today.
W. P. A. TEACHING
FOLK DANCING
WORK TO START ON
BUILDING HOUSES
FOR INDIAN SHOW
Construction work on the four
houses and corral which are to
form tho background and the
-rene of action for the Adobe
Walls pageant has begun.
The pageant, directed by Mark
Hamilton, wifi be given at the
baseball i»ark the nights of Oct.
17 and 18.
WPA recreation program lead-
ers are holding classes in folk
dancing, along with their help to
social organizations, Homer Poole,
director, said today. He is taking
reservations for the classes, which
are held in the city hall auditor-
ium.
Selected leaders are supervis-
ing the children at the different
playgrounds, and others are
studying the problems of pre-
school child play.
Congratulations To
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Humph-
ries, upon arrival of a 6 pound
2 ounce daughter, bom at 7:20
last night in North Plains hospi-
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wilker-
son, whose 7 pound son, Jerry
Mack, was bom at 5:10 yester-
day afternoon in North Plains
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs Ralph Sangster,
upon arrival of 7 1-4 pound Gary
Dean, who was born at 10 09 this
morning m Pantex hospital.
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 274, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 8, 1941, newspaper, October 8, 1941; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth735667/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.