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BORDER, TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 17, 1988
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
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PARIS, March 17—f/P)—An immediute increase in
French armaments in view of Europe's war ciouds was
announced by Premier Leon Blum today as he presented
his New People's Front government to the Chamber of
"°deputies.
Shortly before tho announce.
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Allred Will Give
Answer Saturday
AUSTIN, Tex., March 17-H/P)'
(lov. Jumen V. Allred said today
he would answer the politically
Important question of whether
he will seek a third term In a
lS-mlnute radio address Satur-
day nlKht.
The chief executive ntill would
not give any Indication oí what
hi* talk would contain. Capitol
opinion wus divided.
A11 red unid he would know la.
ter In the day the exact time of
the broaden*), which will be over
the Texas Quality network
'•Will your add rea* anawer all
queatiuna?" the go.ernor wa«
a. hia dally press confer-
ettce.
"I don't know what all the
intentions are." he countered.
"Will there be more guessing
afterward?" wme one inquired.
"Oh. no." be replied.
Allred would become the flrat
novel nor In Tsxaa history to
aeek election for a third full term
If he should decide to run. The
apparent ftiájo. opinion the
past three weeka baa been that
he would not hut many persona
clung to the optnlco he would.
DEMAND CHANGE
INCHAMBERLAIN
FOREIGN POLICY
Revolt In England's
Cabinet Threatens
New Crisis
LONDON. March 17 Í/P)
Threatened revolt against his eau-
ment the cabinet uulhorined the
defense mlnlatera to make com-
in it men t h for extraordinary ur.
manienta expenditures of 4.405.-
1(00,000 franca ($184,000,000),
mostly to boy new fighting;
planea.
(lona foreign policy by hia follow-
ers both Inside and outside his
cabinet today drove haraaaetl
Prime Minister Chamberlain Into
n precarious position.
Ilia tenure of power, aald In-
formed sources, was imperilled by
Vt" also decided to ask Partía-1 1vt*oto"R d«manri * hl« y,7""-
■ ful secretary for war, Leslie I lore-
ment to open additional excep-
tional armaments credits.
Blum told a crowded chamber
thnt his government, formed only
Sunday, was willing io go any
length for peace, but he said clr-
cumstunccM compelled It to em-
bark on an Immediate new ur.
■■laments program.
Relishn, that the prime minister
announce a firmer course in deal-
ing with Europe's crisis within to-
morrow.
Closely following this reported
ultimatum came a warning from
u committee of Influential conser.
I vat I ves thnt Chamberlain's for-
¡elgn policy musí be changed
¡quickly or they would join the
WASHINdTON. March 17 </P) opposition.
Secretary of State Hull, declaring j Winston Churchill, key member
America must hold to its rights of World War cabineta. and Robert
In its queat for world peace, laid ¡ J - G. Booth by, headed the commit,
down today n policy of arming tee.
for protection against "interna. I The war secretary's demand,
tlonal lawlessness." confronted the prime minister
"It is my considered Judgment
that, In the present state of
with a virtual ultimatum and fore-
shadowed the possible recall of
world affairs, to do lesa than Is Karl Baldwin, Chamberlain's pre-
now proposed would lay our deceasor, and his resigned Foreign
Businessmen To
Meet At 8 p. m.
country open to unpredictable
haxards." he said, referring to
the naval expansion program.
HuU treated. In measured
pttrafes, every aspect of the
world situation in an address be-
fore the National Press club. His
speech went over an Internation-
al radio hookup to a world die-
Secretary, Anthony Eden, to lead
the conservative forces.
Hore-Belisha was said to be
supported fully by Malcolm Mac-
Donalrf. Secretar? for the Domln.
ions, and possibly also by Walter Trftiltíllg School
Billot, Secretary of State for Scot- ^ c T
land, and W. S. Marrlson. Minis. V/11 dCOUtlltg 1 O
ter of Agriculture. |-|eld Soon
11:31!
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&OR.QL.R. CtTvTENS MAKL
AAAIM oTR-tt-T"
tnrbed by the spectre of war In The war secretary was descrlb. j
Europe and Aaia. |e'1 UB demanding a firm declara
"The momentous question."! (Continued on Page SEVEN)
he said "is whether the doctrine
Fair Directors
Meeting Is Set
of force «hall become enthroned
once more and bring In Its wake,
Inexorable, international anarchy
Burger bus.nes—n will hold . Into barbarism."
a check-up meetl.f tonight to The cabinet officer as Ameri-
chort the progress of Appreela.1ea" '«wlm minister, ex.
Hon Day All retail merchants funded a policy of peace, no al-
are urged to come and discuss Hancea c o I I a b o r a Hon with
this subject at 8 o'clock In the P^eful nation miliary prepar-
V F W Hall atlon, and opposition to th«
Free sandwiches and other re- I «'lu.lonlat viewpoint"
from ...
Educating the public on Boy !
Scout work was discussed yeater-!
Students To Get
Holiday Tomorrow
Directors of Ihe Hutchinson
"¡day afternoon by Borger district Courty Fair will hold an Im.
, Scooters. They decided thnt a! portent meeting at 7:30 p. m.
! training School on the Scout pro- next Monday, March 21, at the
gram could best acquaint the
public with the youth move-
ment's purposes and activities.
The first course has been
V. F. VV. Hall.
H. N. Pruett, secretary of the
association this week notified di-
rector of the meeting In letters
Chink-A-Link to
Stage Big Party
frnshments will be served
7 So until g o'clock
It. N. Pruett. secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, today
urged a full attendance of Bor.1
ger merchants at this planning,
conference and for them to bring
Ideas for Improving Appreciation !
Day and to tell lis merits and de. ;
fects. Pruett has distributed let- j
ters Inviting merchants to at- "pe" „
Auto License
Branch Office
To Open Monday
tend.
Borger has
A temporary office to Issue
1BHK automobile licensee will lie
in Borger next Monday,
Tax Collector Paul O. Richerson
held nix of the announced today
AfSE
thirteen Appreciation Days which
local merchants agreed to spon-
sor with the National Trades Day
Association.
WEATHER
Oklahoma: Pair and
tonight; Friday partly
warmer
cloudy,
cooler in west portion.
West Texas: Fair and waime'r
tonight; Friday partly cloudy,
cooler In west and north por-
tions.
The branch will he established
here to accommodate Rorgnns
and otheis in this vicinity and
save them Ihe trip to Stinnett for
their new lags.
The office, the location of
.which will be announced lat^r,
will open at 9 a. m. Monday,
March 31, and remain open from
9 a. m. to (| p. m, from that date
until April l, Richerson said.
School will be dismissed all ,n nbout two inviting them to attend.
BERLIN—Hitler Is preparing
an Important "declaration" for
the Reichstag tomorrow. It may
deal with Spain.
day tomorrow in elementary and
high schools of both I'hilllpti und
Borger to enable faculty inem-
beiiR to attend the two.day Edu-
cational Conference In Canyon.
Other schools throughout the
county will probably be closed
too.
The Borger girls' glee club, to-
gether with inn other high
school choristers will sing In a
massed chorus on Saturday
morning.
At sectional meetings. W. .1.
Atiklns of Borger. will preside at
ihe "principals" meeting and
Miss Amalla (luenthor will pre-
side as chairman of the "com-
merce teachers" meeting.
Superintendent of Schools W.
A. Mcintosh. Principal J. C.
Knowles, principal Miss Mildred
McChee, Superintendent of Phil-
lips Schools. John Mtxell. Princi-
pal R. V. Raker. Principal John
L. Tuiptn, and County Superin-
tendent of Schools, Mlas Ona
Manahan, will he present at the
conference, as well as all faculty
membei'M In the county.
Mrs. C. A. Carlton, past praal.
weeks. Meetings probably will be
held two nights a week and fin-
ished In two weeks time. It was
said. Everyone Interested In
Scouting Is Invited to attend the
training school.
District Chairman Art W. Nel-
son led the discussion at the
Texas Tech Band
Is Uuded Here
60 Entered In
meeting yesterday.
Boy Scout Troop
A fair slxed crowd last night
applauded long und loud the
numbers presented In the high
school auditorium by the Texas
Tech Matador band of Texas
Technological college, Lubbock.
1) O. Wiley, director, said the
musicians yesterday filled en-
gagements in Amarillo, I'ampa,
A Boy Scout troop will be or- and Panhandle prior to coming to
gaulted under the sp* asorshlp of Borger. Today thay are playing
Sixty Borget high school boys
and girls, all members of the Mix-
ed Chorus, left for Amarillo this
morning at 11:30 to enter the
> 1'iiiihundle Music Festival con-
test. They were accompanied by
their director, B. R. Cockrell and
"one or two parents," according
to Principal W. J. Adkins.
Included III the annual event is
a Speech Festival, that part of the
program scheduled to get under
Everybody is invited to tomor-
row night's party of Chink-A-Link
No. 2, Borger's newest drive-In
stand and one of Its finest.
An attractive opening program
has been completed for this neat,
red and white stand, located on
Fourth Street Just off Main.
The new curb service bust,
nes* will open officially at.
7 p. m, tomorrow night, "Puf-
fy" Orrick, malinger, suiil to-
day. From 7 until It p. m.
Itoyal Pig xaiKlwiehcN, «lililí
Cliink.A-Link Is introducing
into Borger ivill be served
free.
From S until ft p. m. a band
the First Baptist Church as soon tu Stinnett, spearman and other
way tomorrow and continue brought over front Amarillo by
through Saturday. About 150 w «■ "Chisel" Burton, origlnatoi
speech students are expected to Boyal Pig. now nationally
1 fumóos, will entertain the drivers-
In. A loudspeaker system will be
arranged to broadcast this music,
Ori'lak said.
Then front ft until 10 p m. the
HHANOHAI, March 17—
Klglity Japanese naval planea
in a wudilrn thrust into the
south China province of Ki-
te
m
Sweeping over the fields In
relays, Japanese destroyed the
old airdrome of Nanehnng and
si* Chinese planes, they said.
A newer airdrome there alao
was bombed.
Meanwhile Chinese
las were harassing
through a wide area of tthnn.
lung province, Americana r«.
ported from Tstngtao.
rut-
as a competent Scoutmaster can
be selected.
A group of Seoul workers met
last night at the Keith Appliance
Store to complete plans for organ-
ising the troop.
A committee consisting of E.
L. Keith, Jack Avery, Brian
Hooks, W. D. Witt, and Earl Es-
tep will appoint r scoutmaster'
dent of the Weatherly P..T. A.,1 and perfect the troop's orgnnlr.n.
(Continued on Page SEVEN) | lion.
Unable To Care For Her Family, Mother Kisses Six
Of Her Nine Children Goodbye, Then Slays Them
CENTER. Tex,, March 17—(A*)
—A mother who told officers she
was III and unable to provide for
her family killed alt of, her nine
children at a lonely farm home
near here laat night, klsalng each
of them goodbye before and after
shooting them as they were sleep.
Ing.
District Attorney Wardlow Lane
mid IM would file murder charges
against Mrs. LI I lie May Cartlaa,
31, who was under a five-year
suspended sentence for slaying
her hMbnnd. Robert Curtías, 44,
In IMI.
The children rented from
flee In 11 yema of «0e. They
T. O. Curtis, ig.
Justice of the Peace Ben Bd-
dlns who returned an Inquest ver-
diet of "death at ihe hands of Lil.
lie May Curtía" in each case, aald
the children were lying dead In
their bed* In one room when he
arrived at the aeene about mid.
night.
Hheriff 4, B. Sample was
summoned by one of the old.
er children. Travis, Id, who
«ra «pared, the mother snld
"because he rould take ram
of himself." Hheriff Sample
aald he found the woman
alone In the woods 4«0 yards
from the scene of the s la ugh.
Jack, flee, boy.
14 , RM,
i, II.
Lane aald Mra. Curtía In her
statement to htm «aid "I waa un.
able io care for them, that la, not
phyaleally able and not able In
tbe way of money. I bad not an.
t'MRte"'1 vy C v '•rXhivvM,*-
be entered in the contest for
Ings.
Mrs. W. J. Adkins. local speech
Instructor, Is taking the majori-
ty of her pupils to the Speech Fes-
tival. II is Impossible for her to stuittl will distribute Royal I'lg
take all of her pupils because of sandwiches free once more. The
'he age limit. stand will remain open until a late
Those speech students going ov*. hour, so long as business warrants.
1st was remarkable. Each note ¡or tomorrow Include: not only on opening night In#
emitted from Itls instrument dis- Jeanne Watklns, Mary Kuthryn from then on out. Orrick said,
llnctly ami withou'. slUrrinR ! Roberts, Margaret Ann Latimer. ¡Tentative hours of business are 9
north Panhandle cities.
The volume behind the cornet
playing of Richard (iodeke, solo-
sottnds so often unavoidable In1 «loria Anisigan, Roth Witt, Jerry
cornet playing. Broadway, Bobby Llndsey, Sylvln
Archie Montgomery, banjoist, Kotah. Cecil Pruett, Charlene Wll-
scheduled to play a solo was un-j"ttm'1' Moxlno Elmore, Virginia
able to appear as he had been Swearlugen. Juanita Furr, Mary
called home because of a serious
accident in Ills family, Wiley
said.
dressed when I went to bed, and
1 was thinking klnda about kill.
Ing them when I went to bed. 1
knew It waa wrong to kill theae
children. I did not kill the old-
eat one (Jomes Tr«vla) because ha
la btg enough Co work for him.
•elf."
Tho statement, Lane said, alao
I old how the mother moved the
youngest child from lied In an.
other room and placed him with
the other victima In a single room
of the farm home ft miles south
of here at Weat Hamilton.
Imne aald Mra. Curtí*'
atatement aald ahe placed a
.M calibre plato) at the heart
of each ehlld,
d, beginning with
end omNm with >
in bed. The district attorney aald
apparently none of the children
had awakened.
Diatrlot Judge T. O. Davis call,
ed the grand Jury to meet prompt,
ly to investigate Ihe filicide.
Lane snld James Travis
had been awakened by hla
mother after the shooting*
end sent to telephone to Sher-
iff Nample. When the Sher-
iff arrived, the spared boy
*- a— .as-.- .,a a a. i
i OKI mm iiw airffiWR vtt*
mother had taken when ahe
left the house for the wood*
the
Sheriff Sample aald he looked
tor the woman and finally called
her receiving an answer cloae
The sheriff mid Mra. Curtis
Lene aald powder burns were mid Mm ahe bad placed the death
found on each ehlld vlotlm, sndlweepon under atepa of her farm
that ea«h was turned on the aldflklMie, where It waa later found.
Joe Rrlggn and Laura Joan EL
more.
The speech contests will be held
in the auditorium of the Polk
For their "diversion" number ¡street Methodist church.
the b«fid presented a musical ¡
sketch of "The Three Bears,"
causing much laughter from the
appreciative audience. tlodeke
and three trombonists delighted
Ihe younger folk with their sr.
rangement of "Dlpsy Doodle."
Favoring the Phillips hand
youngsters with s special re.
quest, the Matadors played "Cal-
iph of Bagdad." and as a special
request for .1. R. Walker, local
bandmnsicr, they concluded their
Girl Scouts To
Honor Parent."
in. to It a. ill.
In addition to the Royal Pig.
which wil feature the Chink-A.
I.ink's menu, other sandwiches, In-
cluding breaded pork tenderloin
cheese, baked ham, hamburger,
nod others, chill, hot tamales, oth-
er stunt orders, beer, wine, coffee,
lee cream, crituly. etc., will be ser-
ved. Tbe stand also boasts a com-
plete fountain service.
Inside this attractive stucco
(Continued on Page TWO)
1
RAIL HlTI VriON CRITICAL
WASHINGTON, March 17 -<yp)
White House offlcluls. describing
the rullrosd financial situation as
with a dinner in the American
Legion hall.
program with "Spiritual Wwt-.'VlHco^'caíuíñ.^lll^crM
Besides R. L. Newton of Phll-
lipa. bandmasters from Spear,
man, Stinnett and Pnnhandle
were introduced to the audience.
Other numbara on the well ar.
ranged program Included "Bin.
trance and March of the Peera"
from "lolanthe," Sullivan, "Be.
atrloe and Benedict", overture,
Berloic. "tnHtamatua," Waltiea,
Strauss. "Street Scene," New.
man, and "Slavonic Rhapsody,"
Friedman.
in observance of national Olrl
Scout Week, the Borger Olrl
Scouts tomorrow night ot 8
o'clock will honor their parents critical, announced today Presi-
dent Roosevelt had named three
members of the Interstate Com.
merce Commisalon as u special
committe to formulate recom-
dallons for Immediate action by
Congress.
local
mis-
tress of ceremonies for ihe occa-
sion.
The program will consist of
readings by pupils of Mrs. W. J. j
Adkins, musical numbers by pu-l
pile of Miss Oscar Lillian Bllbro. I
and a talk on "Scouting" by MiMBWWJSTON.
Valda Cypher, local Olrl Scont The Coi
founder, and paat captain.
All Olrl Scouts and their n%r.
enta who have not yet made ;aa-
ervatlons for the affair are urged
to do so by telephoning Mrs.
Rodgers at 0t.
PREPARE FOR TEST
March 17—(/P)—
The Continental Oil Company to-
day began moving In material
for a new wildcat teet on the
west bank of the Mississippi riv.
er. St. Jamea Pariah, coastal
Louiaianu. it waa announced at
the oil company's office
VFW Benefit
Box Supper To
Be Tomorrow
Aided by the ladles auxiliary,
the Adobe Walls post 1789 of
the V. F. W. tomorrow night will
sponsor an old fashionad box
supper nnd social ot the hall, 71fl|
North Main Street,
For their part of the program
the ladle will give the Initial
performance of their kitchen
band.
The box supper la being
to raise funds for a widows
orphans cottage for the state
Texas.
The V. F. W. Is the only
ersn'a organization that
tains a home tor widowed
orphaned membera of ei
men. The national heme,
vestment of over a halt
dollnre, la locatad nt
Ids, Mich. Each state
a cottage tor tbelr
orphans In Raton
Is to build a
local veterans
Texas post* lb
wiry
NINE INSURGENT
AIR RAIDS TAKE
BIG DEATH TOLL
"
Windows Shattered
In U. S. Embassy
By Bomb
BARCELONA, Spain. March
IV (4 ) Insurgent alrpianea,
attacking wave after wave, today
1 claimed a toll of deaths in tbia
war shattered capital that was
expected to exceed 500.
Four hundred bodies have
been taken to morgues. Officials
believed diggers would recover
at least loo more from the wide,
spread ruins.
Hundreds were wounded,
many still trapped in demolished
buildings Their cries and the
weeping of women and children
added to the terror. Fires broke
out in many places.
The American embassy had
several windown shattered when
one bomb fell close by in the
ninth of a series of raids that be-
gan last night.
Col, Stephen O. Fuqua, mill-
tary attache, alone In the build,
ing at the time, was shaken but
not hurt. Charge D'Affalrea Wel-
ter D. Thurston said new tempor.
nry quarters would be taken Im-
mediately.
Count t'nofficlnl
Hospitals were still too busy
caring for tho wounded to issue
an official count of the dead but
private sources estimated be-
tween B0 and 00 died in the
ninth rain of bombs.
Deaths In the previous eight
bombardments had been set at
2NL
Thousands of persons were on
Ihe streets when (leneralisslma
Francisco Franco's airmen struck
for the ninth time.
The stricken city was cleaning;
up the debris, gathering bodies
and caring for the wounded of
six nighttime attacks when the
daylight bombardment started.
New Ruin of Bi'atll
At 7.45 a. ra. (2:15 a. in,, C.
S. T.) came a new rain of denth
from the skies. Rescue squada
rushed out to probe the debrln
only to be driven to cover when
bombs started falling Again In
Ihe central pari of the city.
In this eigntli raid explosives
blasted apart homes In a poor res-
idential district. There five or
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