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KWRMNl I
Hlanketa daily except Saturday* th«
oil, gaa, and carbun black commur
¡ties, and the great North Flalna
farm region. A home newipaper.
'BORGER, THE WONDER CITY—CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD"
Stai.da behind every movement for
improvement of Borger and the city'a
trade territory. Contains all tha news
while it in newa.
VOL. 12—NO. 100 (ASSOCIATED PRESS — NBA SERVICE)
Bt'ROER. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16. !9ÍÍ8
EIGHT PAGESTODAY
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ULTIMATUM TO
LITHUANIA HAS
HITLER WORRIED
Polish Note Causes
Quick Trip Back
To Berlin
RERUN. March 1« I/Pi A
German army source wild today
(hill Relchafuehier Miller whh re.
turning hurriedly to Berlin be.
cause he had received word that
Poland hud presented an ultlma-
liiin to Lithuania expiring late to.
da>.
Detalla of the Ultlmallllll were
iioi known, liui li wan believed
baaed on a frontier clash on March
11 for which I'oianirwns demaiid-
iug satisfaction.
Arrive* In Berlin
Hitler. returning from bin trl-
timphai annexation of Austria
left Munich for Berlin at 8:46 |i.
m (8:46 a. in.. K. 8, i today.
He arrived here ai 8:02 p in.
( 1 I :02 n. in E S T i
The army source said originally
lie bad Intended to remain several
days Ioniser In Vicuna. whore he
concluded his historic four day
Austrian vixii yesterday. but that
the Polish-Liihuanluu crisis call-
ed lilin back to Berlin.
The Polish prrss ha« been at.
lacking Lithuania angrily over
the border fight between frontier
guards In which a Pole wan shot
and killed /rile newspapers said
the man was deliberately ambush-
ed.
tfc'lij Aiinctalloil Idea
There have been reports Poland
want* to annex Llthuaula. but of.
fiejal clivlea In Warsaw emphasl?.
yd I ha I Pnliipd re jelled any ttlich
Idea
Nevertheless the view was ex-
preased the Lithuanian clash had
clearly disturbad the peace of
Kiirope's Hiiltlc region. Poland
it whh «aid h i in m at paelflcutlnn
of I Ilia area, and not only wants
satisfaction for the border dash
but also a drastic revision of
Lithuania n attitude toward Po-
land.
Officials, however, would not
say jusi how they expected these
nanita to be achieved.
Dispatches from Kaunas t()v.
no i, capital of Lithuania, by way
of Danzig indicates Lithuania whh
ready to pay compensation for the
killing of the Polish frontier guard
if alt Investigation «bowed the
Lithuanians were to blame.
The Lithuanian goveruincul
proposed dial both side* name en-
* oyti for negotiations to elear up
the March li Incident and also to
seek an agreement to prevent fu.
ture border clashes.
Relations between Poland and
Lithuania have been strained
•Inco the Polinh tieneral Xeligow-
skl I* years ago seised Wllno
iVIltiai, which the Lithuanians
Mill i luim should ¡ie ihulr capital
Britain Asked to
Work For Truce
liu.li roritT j.'.\iI,H TO
ItlAIKU "lil't-li Mt.HT"
AUSTIN. Tex.. March Iti t/P>
The Supreme Court declined to
Piish on the legality of "buck
night," a method used by some
theaters to stimulate attendance,
because the question assertedly
was not submitted lo it in proper
form.
MATADOR BAND
PLAYS HERE IN
CONCERT AT 8
Í >
PA HIS, March It; </|'i Pre.
tiller Leon Ilium today dispatch-
ed an urgent appeal to British
Prime Minister Neville Chamber-
lain to join li I in In Immediate at-
tempts to bring about a Spanish
armistice.
At the saine time Blum re-
quested that Britain take con-
certed action with Fiance to
ward off the danger which ho
declared the great number of
Italian and Gcrmuii troops in
! Spanish Insurgent ranks const!,
i' tnted for French and British
; communications tn> the Mediter-
1 ranean.
It I ii tu ' s communication to
Chamberlain was dispatched late
last night Mild a *w| was ex.
pooled as the people's froijt eali-
' inet assembled late in the after-
noon.
PA 1MB. Ma i h 16 (fp)
France and Kusslii a arced today
that both would Unlit to defend
Czechoslovakia If <*in were « .-
! tacked
Jacob Klli'ltz Soviet atUbaSStl-
dor to France, called on Foreign
MInisier Joseph I'aul-Boncour at
the Qua I D'Oisay and delivered
assurances sitnllai- to those de-
livered by the Soviet ambassador
lo Praha that Russia would
fight for the defense of her
Cteuh ally.
Paul-Boncour replied to the
assurances with a
France too would
same caiiMc
Adolf Hitler Fuehrer of a
' realm expanded bloodlcH^lv lasi
week by ins Austrian coup, had
proclaimed himself the "proteo.
(Continued Oil Pace FIVE)
Man Says He Was
Assaulted. Robbed
gg , ,
Officer .loe (iiuhhs early yes-
terday afternoon picked up Pete
Vanderford badly beaten up, near
the railroad trucks in the north
side of town.
Vanderford told lb' police
somebody assaulted 111 in and rob-
bed hIin of $7n When tlruhhs
found him following a telephone
tip by a neighbor who saw him,
Vanderford was lying down, with
sand covering Ills i lotftcs.
ills face, badly battered and
bloody Irom blows, was dressed at
the police station. Where be spent
Inst night.
3 More Arrested
In Junk Robbery
Three more men were arrested
and bound ovet to the grand jury
yesterday on charges of burglary
and theft In the recant looting or
(lardón Hurch's, drilling equip-
ment warehouse,
Hill Morrison, Ernest Roberta,
and Edward Ogle were taken to
jail at Stinnett yesterday when
(bey failed make bond of $600
each In the court or Jusllce of
(he Peace E L, "Buddy" Bulls,
Deputy Bberirr "Red" Kills
arrested Robería and Ogle, and
Cily Policemen P, I , Campbell
and Jack Low* arrestad Morrl.
son.
Arrest or the three brings the
lotal charged to eight, throe Ne.
groes and two white men having
been urrestod previously.
DAI OHTIOIl IN IIOIIS
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Swatfcr
are the parents of a t pound 2
ounce daughter, born at 6 o'clock |
this morning In North Plains
hospital.
hcwkhm ilwo IKJI RT
Mrs. Sallle Prltchard. promt,
not Stinnett resident. fall yeater-
day afternoon and suffered a leg
Injury and Is now In Panta* hos-
pltal for treatment.
Mrs. Prltchard was to have left
this morning for Oklahoma City
to rwalve treatment for a hip
injury
The Matador*. renowned Texas
Tech College band, will play a
concert of both classical and
popular numb'is lonigtit a! K
o'clock In the Borger High School
auditorium
Tile bund will be directed liy
O. O. Wiley, who formerly dl.
i noted the (anions llaidln-Sitn-
mons Cowboy liaud on lt^ Kuro-
pean lour, when Kiev played be-
fore Royal Heads of Europe.
The senrlct.clud musicians are
Including Borger in (heir fourth
concert tour of Texas towns.
The concert personnel is cho-
sen from IH5 players Kacb muni-
clan appearing on the program
presents the hext talent available
at the college Wherever (he
Tech b'iid has pia>e<\, tlu unit.
as a whole has be n hlrltiy up.
pill tided
li Iihh presented concerts In
wavcra' of the largest bigti
school' in Ihis Angeles Twice
itie group gave concerts at the
Pacific Southwest and interna-
tional Exposition in San Dingo
Broadcasts have been made over
stations KNX and KF1
The band is one of ibe major
musical organisations of the
Southwest Whereat, many col-
lege bauds have developed swill?
music exclusively. Tech players
concentrate on composition- cre-
ated by classical and modern mu-
sical genius, playing swing music
only occasionally. Special per-
formers will lend attraction to
the program tonight
Admission will be JIG cents fot
adults, an cents for students and
10 cents for grade school chil-
dren,
Mobilizing Rill
Passes In Japan
TOKYO, March IB (/Pi The
House o( Representatives today
paused without dissent and with-
out amendment the arntyspon
sored national mobilisation bltl.
against which House member*
bad fought bitterly until a few
days ago.
Opponents of the hill had de-
clared I' would place dictatorial;
wartime powers in the hands of j —
the government mid that it was!
copied after the laws of Fsselst ROME. March 11 t/P> Benito
Italy and Nazi Germany. .Mussolini today promised his peo.
!pie ihut the PaiMiermiiit expan-
STOOKHOLM. March Mi '¡¿Pi "lo« never would penetrate ItaL
Sweden decided today lo linmo Ian frontiers but at the same time
pronounced a benediction on Adolf
Hitler's absorption of Austria.
H Once said that the Plebiscite
the ousted Austrian Chancellor,
Kurt Schuscbnlgg. hud called for
March 10- hoping to get a man.
date to right for Austrian freedom
wt « "unforeseen."
"An emissary of Schuschnlgg
asked my opinion." he said, "It
i , was the first time in many
I months. I tod him In the most
meeting P^'^mptory manner thai
a mistake.
"'This bomb will explode in
your hands. 1 told him."
To those who have asked why
Italy did not Intervene In Austria.
Mussolini naid he replied:
"We never assumed any obit.
Ration. Austria never asked us
for armed intervention In defend
Its own Independence with force.
"A nation which needs military
aid against Its own people ia no
longer worthy to call Itself h na-
tion.
"When the Austrian drama had
reached Its fifth act, thare wore
the usual opponents of Fascism
who alert to see whether the mo-
ment for a clash between the two
totalitarian states had arrived.
"That cla*ti would have been
(Continued on Page 8RVIBN)
EUROPEAN AND
U. S. MARKETS
FALL SHARPLY
Leading Issues Off
81 to 85 On N. Y.
Exchange
N'KVV VORK. March I ii </P)
lOiiropean and New York security
muikelH broke sharply today in
the midst of pessimistic reactions
to the war fears abroad.
Prices of leading Issues on the
New York Slock Kxcliatige were •
down $1 to around at midday
in the heaviest selling volume In
some weeks.
The London Slock Exchange.
Amsterdam Bourse and Purls
Bourse closed weaker. British
yovernnieiil issues were down I i
to 2¿ points.
I iirrencles Break
Leading foreign currencies
again broke sharply in the High!
of capital from European coun-
tries to find a refuge in (he Amerl.
can dollar.
Wall Street houses wüh foreign
connections said there was consid-
erable soiling "I slocks in the New
i oi k market by Buropean holders
and the decline here was also at-
tributed partly in a sympathetic
reaction to the general weakness
of security markets hi Kunpc.
Tornadoes Hurt
Scores, Kill 18
NEW YORK March iti ,/i>,
The heaviest wave ot selling in
| weeks lilt tin stork m.'.i'k' i today
after a rally failed to carry
from the previous sea.
promise i bat I hrough
fiebt in the slott.
i lililí- III Nil Low
Neur tin fourth hoilr. Iossch of
I In a lion I í> points were general
throughout the list. Kail ebni
finding Utile inspiration in Htr
White House conference <>n car
rter prohh ms. suffered, many
dropping to new lows for the year.
Major i inniuodlties. including
rrnins and rot toll, held better than
recti rl ties.
Nervousness over the European
5 STATES WILL
CONVENE HERE
Tonight lis Hie Ualliarl Shrill-
er; night in howl. Next Mon-
day li will be Borger Slit it! rs'
turn. And Hhrlnera Dun (John of
Borger and "Dutch" Jucobs of
i'lilUlpi will lie on hand in Dal.
Iicri tonight io extend the Invita-
tion to the fez-lopped lodge mem-
bers tit attend the Borger celebra-
tion.
Shriners from Kansas, Oklaho-
ma, Texas, New Mexico and Colo,
ratio .Mil converge on llorge; for
the rally and good fellowship
meeting sponsored by Khiva Tem-
ple of Amarillo.
Sbriner Colm said this morn-
ing already inn out-of-town rcser-
vutiotiH have been made for ihe
hniKjiiet, which will climax the
day's activities Monday. All those
who intend to be present at the
banquet must make reserva!Inns
wlili Colin til the Mayflower Cafe
before 0 [ in. Saturday.
( i)hu said. "We want ail Sbrin-
er.-s on the High Plains of these
five states to attend the rally, re.
gurdlcHs of whether or not they
re now active or have their dues
paid."
Austrian Press
Clamp Tightens
By ill" Associated Cress
Willi IK bodies recovered, au-
thorities in eight Mississippi
valley slates directed searches
today for possible additional vie.
titus of a windstorm of tornadle
propoi I ions.
The gale lilt portions ot Missis-
sippi. Alabama. Tennessee, Ar-
kansas, M'ssouri, Illinois. Iowa
and tioorgia yesterday, leaving
an estimated 1,000 persons
homeless,
Front lime to time, as the
storm swept northward up the
Mississippi. It developed "twist-
ers" which mowed paths foi
miles along the country below.
The moat damaging twister
struck directly on Belleville, 111.,
killing til least eight persons. In.
jjirlng scores, and wrecking T1 .-
00(1,000 property damage. Sever-
al persons were reported missing.
Six persons were killed over a
long stretch of territory In Mis.
sourl. Three were known to have
been killed in Alabama and one
in Georgia.
WELDER SAYS
OFFICER LOWE
USED'OBJECT'
Witness Backs His
Version inquiry
Continues
10 i
for
BKLI EVILLK. 111., March
i/Pi Weary searchers dug
additional dead today in
left In the wake of a spring tor-
nado which took at least eight
lives and injured scores, many
seriously.
The twister, striking with ox-
plosive fury, lipped through the
city's residential sections last
nigh i and wrought dumage eat I.
mated by Mayor tieorge Remn-
stiiditr at more than |1> 100,001).
iu an uncomfortably jammed
city clerk's office Krwlu Davis, a
Horger welder. Insl nigh! tesli. '
fled io the city commission that I
City Poilcoman Jack Lowe beat
him into scmi-unconsctnusuefis at I
the police station recently.
A. B. Leonard, a chemist at j
Phillips, made a dramatic appear,
atice as "the other man" who hap-
pened to be iu the police station
whom Davis mentioned but was
not able to identify. Leonard mup-
ported Davis' version of the ul.
Icged beating which last week set
off an Investigation of alleged po-
lice irregularities.
To Continue I'ltibe
Following the testimony which
concluded the regular meeting of
the city body. Mayor John R. MlfJ.
er announced that the commissi^
would continue its Investigation j
of alleged mistreatment nt the
blinda or city officers and take up
the probe at Its next meeting.
Lowe last Saturday night ad-
ruins ' niltted knocking down Davis three
times when the welder, lie
said, cursed him ana made fun
of him, but the oftlcer denied
kicking Davis.
Lowe arrested Howard Rey.
nolds, with whom lluvia was rid-
ing, for speeding, and the dispute
a rose when Reynolds was being
boofcwfl ut the st a Hon, «ecoVdlitg
to the testimony of the two wit.
nesscs last night.
Seven Indicted In
Railway Robbery
FORT WORTH. Tex., March
16 (VPl Federal grand Jurors
here today returned an indict-
men I against seven men in I ho
theft ot a $2K.! 5n cash shipment
rroin a railway mail car nt Taho.
kn last November.
The indictment climaxed a
case given wide attention In Ihti
south and southwest.
Those indicted were Jack Ci-
they, Roy L Cat hey (tnd M. I.
Cat hey of near O'Donnell, (he
point of destination for the mo
ney shipment, Jumes Oscar Pet.
ty, O'Donnell. James T, Morris,
Kerrvtlle; Sidney A Miller, of
Spur and Dallas; Rutus H. Mc.
Nurlen, south or Runger.
VIENNA. March Iti- (>'P) Ail-
(liorittos today Increased pressure I'd a üO-niile path through
on newspaper correspondents. . souri's "Bootheel" today,
j Uniformed S. A. (Storm Troop i , toll of a roaring tornado.
' men entered the oftiee of the As- 1
¡sorialed Press and took Into cus-
j situation again seemed to account tody Willy Jscobson, German-
¡fu large meiuoiri for the unsettle- born veteran photographei who is
ni en t. Trader here noted Euro- half-Jewish
pean markets mostly were weak. There wus no charge and
with further liquidation In Central'explanation.
no
Duce Says Italy
IsFienna
European loans. Spanish develop. photographer <>r Acme, Atiier-
menta were considered approach lean picture agency, who had a
lug a crisis and minors of French Polish passport, was detained and
aid for the Loyalists stirred specti- bin office padlocked.
lutive circles. Alfred Tyl'iiauer. a representa.
Quickly relBninlshing lite pre- live „r iit, Inteniallotisil News
cedilii; rally gutus. metal, Steel. . Service, was arrested twice and
farm implement, chemical and bis Austrian PHsspttri confiscated,
other industrial groups led the deJ Three attaches ni ihe United
•dine, some falling to the lowest States Legation were busy
quotations since early February, ¡throughout the morning iuvestl-
In the forefront of the reinyiC gating seaches of at least two
homes of Americans and the As-
sociated Press office
In the bittei four picture* were
j confiscated Two of them, show
! ing ,t Viennese night club scene.
I were in ire than two years old.
Leaping from Northeastern
Arkansas late yesterday, 'he
twister demolished everything
before it In a straight sweep
through a thickly populated ru-
ral area iu cotton .growing Dun-
kiln County.
Scores were injured, many ser-
iously. Survivors said "ll was a
miracle" tbe loss of life had not
been much greater and that more
were not grievously hurt.
' Continued on Paire FIV k i
dlntely strengthen her national
defenses. Piv-miar Pet Alhln
Hanason told Parliament consld-
erable additional defense credits
would lie asked.
District Scout
Meeting Is Held
A district Boy Seoul
wan held al 1 o'clock this after-
noon in the office of Supi. W. A.
Mcintosh.
Those scheduled to attend are
"Catfish" Hmlth, W. A. Mcintosh,
Cliff Berrien, H. H. Beavers, Art
Nelson, Ray Armstrong, Wayne
O'Keere. and Scout Executive
Fred Robert .
Scout workers will meet at 7
o'clock tonight In the Keith Ap.
pi I nil re fltore with R. L. Keith lo
plan for organising a Scout troop
sponsored by the First Baptist
Church.
FDR May Propose
Rail Stockholding
Firms Regulation
it was
WEATHER
West Texas: Fair tonight
Thursday; warmer In north
Hon Thursday.
and
por.
WASHINGTON, March It: !/!>)
Strict legulaiion ir not outright
abolition- ot railroad stockhold-
ing companies may be proposed
at this session of Congress, ad-
ministration advisers said today.
Although Chairman Wheeler
i D-Vmnt i of the Senate railroad
investigating cotttmlttee said no
. legislation had been drafted yet,
ho Indicated the problem was
; undergoing thorough s'.udy.
i The action would be one result
| of President Roosevelt s search
for ways to relieve the financial
distress of the nation's rail lines.
At his press conference late
yi-aterdav. Mr. Roosevelt said the
need for continuing holding com-
panies had been discussed by Ihe
representatives or railway labor
and management, government or.
f ida la and Congressmen who met
with hlni earlier In the day.
There waa general agreement,
he aald. that such companies
were not much In the public In-
terest. Their abolition or control,
other Informed persons said,
would be designed both to end
"abuses" of ownership attttbut-
ed to them and to aae the finan-
clal burden* Imposed on some
roada by their holding company
ohllgatlona,
Wells Held On
Bond Of $25,000
S A N ANTONIO, Tex., March
!«'• (aPi Harry Wells, I'ti, fugi-
tive front Arkansas slate prison,
was In Id in Bexar county Jail
here today on a federal charge
of robbery of the <'Ititens stale
Htink at Ltillng March fi. His
band was fixed at $25,(100,
"I II be seeing you," Wells told
officers as he went to jail He
Franco's Troops
Meet Resistance
11 EN DA V K, France, III the span.
Isli Frontier, Man It 1 •> (/P> -
Stubborn resistance by govern
men1 forces brought (letieralissl-
uto Francisco Fran no's swift drive
to Hie sen (•• an abrupt halt today.
The Insurgent general sialf or.
tiered a heavy concentration of
troops east of Alcanln to speed
back :t0 miles to Cnspc fearing
their offensive may Intve over-
reached itself and exposed their
left flank.
Although Insurgent dispatches
lawi nlglit announced their motor-
ized foicer. had completed occupff
tInn <il ('aspe with little or no
legislante, today they said a heavy
battle was being fought In the
city's outskirts
Dispatches Indicated govern-
ment troops still controlled part I
w is captured early yesterday at of th" strategic city of 20,000 pop.
ulfltirm at 'he hincll-in of the most ;
Important highways between Cai.j
it loll In in northeastern Spain and
Aragón in ih< east central part.
Borgan Denies
Murder Charges
LAWTON. Ok la.. March 1 ! --
(/Pi Jess Penland, ¡14, or Borger,
Texas pleaded Innocent In .lustlee
Court yesterday to a murder
charge In the highway death Sun-
day night of John M. Clark, (13,
(leronimo.
Clark *as struck down by a
ear backed up after striking Clark
seven miles south of here. R. H.
Big bee. Lswtou. who witnessed
accident, said the driver of the
car barked after striking Clark
and drove away.
Penland was arrested by Sheriff
Dunk Cook soon after the acci-
dent at Ihe home of a brother,
Cuy Penland, 10 tnllea south of
here.
fire's Damage Is
Not Finally Set
—
A complete estimate of datn-
; age done when fire demolished
! the homy of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
double-garage and
unrters of Mr. and
I Mrs. (jeorge Finger, and the
garage and wash-house of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Davis at 8:30
o'clock Tuesday evening could
not be cbialned this afternoon at
1 o'clock Insurance adjusters
are still busy estimating the loss.
The fire, the origin of whiclt
is unknown, started In the Hanks
unfinished new home on Spruce
Street. Although the home waa
incomplete the family was resld-
Ing in it. Mr. and Mrs. Hanks
wore visiting friend* and Wer.)
not hoifttf at «Mk time of the mill-
hap. The house and everything
iu it burned to the ground Dam-
uge was estima led at |4B0ü,
Flames leaped high and wore
blown by strong winds to the
backyard fence and garage ot
the Fingers on the north aide or
the Hanks' home and to the Da-
vis buildings on the east side.
The double.garage and ser-
vants' quarters, which were be-
_ ^ ^ lng used as storerooms by the
¡with "some"ohjec't 'Da via said i I'"i,,S',rs. were also deiaolishud.
Damage to this minding has been
estimated at between $500 and
$«00. It Is believed the only
thing that saved the Finger
home was the fact (hat It. is a
stucco building.
Damage has not yet been esti-
mated to the Davis' loss. A ga-
rage, containing a car and truck,
and pulling machine equipment
with a hydraulic jack, and a
wash-house and washer were
completely rar.etl by the flamea.
Cabbed Elected
Elks Lodge Head
KENNKTT Mo , March Hi Made Hiimorou* Remark
(/)., six persons were known fi «« <' >'"«"> apparently
dead and hundreds of homes, Irl'angered when Davis
splintered like matchwood, litter-1 n'jd® * "umoloUH rw"al k
Mis. i""' officer was searching Rey.
Hi,, nolds. warning Lowe to be curefttl
sime he might rind a shotgun iu
Raynolds' breeches.
Then. Davis stated. Lowe struck
him rirst with Ills rists and then
he never attempted to strike buck
but only to protect himself by
raising his bauds over his head.
Locked In Jail
Then while iu a semi.conscious
state, Davis supposed lie was
locked in bill, rrom which he waa
released about 10 o'clock at night
(Continued ou Page FIVE)
Soviet Executes
18 Defendants
• .
men-
Qladewnter where more than a
score of officers cl'ised In on Ills
shanty hideout.
Officers said he was the rii'in
who wounded three officers in
a pistol fight near Reevllle and
Rosenberg In his fl.y^_aHHHÍH
South Texas Saturday. He was
treated for a gunshot wound in
his foot.
l'lTTMAN STATES l( 'KES
"MKIHM.EH" TOO MI CH
WASHINGTON. March 16 (/p)
Senator Plttman (D-Nevi urging:
modification or the administra-1
lion's reorganisation bill, told
the Senate today "there is tioin.
lug on earth but what Secretary
Ickes wants to meddle with It."
The Nevada Senator argued
for adoption or the W.ieeier
amendment to the bill, saying he
had received "authoritative" in-
formation thai If the bill passed
President Roosevelt planned to
transfer some of the functions of
the forest service to the depart-
ment of Interior hended by
Ickes.
MOSCOW, March I •; //p)—
The 1st defendants sentenced to
death in the latest purge trial of
Soviet Rusa la have been
ed.
A cryptic ttUUOUUceinOUt,
tioiiing neither time nor place,
yesterday informed ihe world the
sentence had been carried out.
Chief among the conspirators
against the Stalin regime who
were shot Were Alexia [ Rykoff,
ft)'- In years premier of Rusa fa,
Nikolai Rucharla, Soviet journu-
lls'.. and Cem'lkh V a goda, who as
bead of the OOPC (secret police)
war most feared man in the coun-
try.
Only three or the 21 defend,
aitfs won rlttiiu'iit y. Tfn'y received
long prison term*.
Rotarians See
Film On Mexico
Beautiful colored scenes, pic.
luring parts of old Mexico re.
cenlly visited by Rotarían Rob
Lindsey, were shown by Llndsey
yesterday at the weekly Rolarían
meeting.
Visiting Rotarians included P.
H. Carmlchael of Pampa and A
R. Hendricks of Llltlefleld.
tinenta -,f the day were the
Rev J. Draper. Fred Roberts. R.
L. Crimes, "Catfish" Smith and
B. R. Cockroll.
Don Alexander and H. U.
Dodge were inducted na new club
members, with W. A. Mcintosh.
Kmmel Kills and H. S. Benjamin
admlftsterlng the necessary
rlies.
Yesterday's meeting was the
14th one with a one hundred pe"
cent attendance,
last niel}) was
Leader of tin lo-
Jack Call be I!
named Exalted
execut. en I Elks Lodge
Other officers selected follow:
M. Otbsiin, Ksteenied Leading
Knight: George Cain. Esteemed
Loyal Kulgh': Frit a Thompson
Eslcetned Lecturing Knight; R. K.
Sharpe, secretary, and Don Baker,
treusti rer.
Bob Llndsey and Elisle Turner
were initiated into the lodge.
Opinion May Widen
Well Spacing Rules
j ACSTIN, Tex. March lrt (/* >
The third court of civil uppeals
' 4««e .1 opinion today which may
have the effect of broadening oil
well spacing regulations of the
Railroad Commission and there-
by developing many small tracta
of land.
in another case tho court aleo
emphasised that lower courts
can not restrain orders of the
commission in oil const (Walton
unless the commission Is given
advance notice and a hearing Is
held.
Regarding oil well drilling on
smalt tracts, it held the com.
mission waa rtght in granting •
permit to drill on a .53.aero
tract In Gregg County.
The Shell Petroleum Coitwra.
Hon had appeared from a
court decision upholding
commission.
In sustaining the trial
the appealing beuch ruled
fically It la not a
division of land, a
by the Supreme Court.
oral partition of a
ratified by deeds
discovery of oil in the
s
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Sercomb, William A. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 100, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1938, newspaper, March 16, 1938; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167142/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.