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Dies Seeks Man That Can Give Orders to Browder, Communist Hea
CASH NEEDED TO
CONTINUE PROBE
OF FOREIGN LSMS
Witness Beaten For
Being Opposed To
Communism
wanhington, xov. a. —.</pj
—Chairman Dies (IMV\) of the
House Comi.iiltce o|, uii Viiii rl-
ranlsm ilie JunIIcc Depart -
today to help get
mony from George Mink, descrlh-
ml by « committee witness us a
Nov let secret |tolicc agent In Oil*
country.
William McQulstlun. self styled
former Communist and u former
leader < f the CIO'* National Mar-
ítimo Union, told the committee
recently that Mink could Rive or-
ders to Karl Browder, general
secretary of the Communist party
in the United State*, and that he
wan the "power behind the
sceues" in maritime work on the
weal eoast.
MeCui.itlon, who was taken in-
to police custody Tuesdoy in con-
nection with a New Orleans slay-
in*. said he believed Mink was
now on the west coast.
Dies directed Rhea Whitley.
committee counsel, to confer with
the Justice Department on pros-
pects of K«etinit a subpoena for
Mink
McQuiNtiou resumed the stand
today end commit!ee counsel
asked him about a number of per-
sons described us figures In the
labor mo'iment.
The wltncNh contended that Jo-
seph Curra it, president of tlie Na-
tional Maritime liilon, bait ap-
pointed w> union agent al I'orl
Arthur. Texas, a man named Me-
Cabe hIio, he declared, was a
former organiser for the lorn-
munist part) and a former or*
Kanlxer for llir Cafeteria Work-
ers or ««mi' such iinIon.
While McCabe was an organiser
for the latter organization. Mc-
Quistion said It was discovered eontiirt Ing
that there was a short age in the
union funds and that he had been
"a little too personal with the
union mem? hers, who were all
girl ."
After McCabe was removed as
organiser for the Cafeteria Work-
era, and had obtained less than
6 points experience at sea, the
witnes/« continuad, futran ap-
but the membership rebelled
(Continued on Page TWO)
LAID FOR
OUGH DRIVE
FOR ROLL CALL
VOL 13—NO 296
Opie Read, Wit
And Writer, Dies
Chapter Will Finish
Hospital Gowns
By Dec. 1
Hutchinson County Red Cross
chapter will fulfill Its obligation
of ninety hospital bed gowns by
Dec. 1 with the help of volun-
teer church service workers. The
response has been pleasing and
the following churches are work-
ing on the garments-
The Klrst Christian Church,
Presbyterian Auxiliary. Christian
Science Church, Missionary So-
ciety of the Methodist Church and
the Junior Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church.
Roll Call workers met In the
city hall lust night for finnl In-
struction*. Miss Mary Cunning-
ham. fle.'d representative of the
National American Red Cross, i
was present.
Kvnry plant, every business j
house and each home in liutchin- !
son County will be visited by o
a Roll Call worker with an invi-
tation to Join the Red Cross j
With the Knowing demand for!
assistance to the stricken popu-
lation of Kuropc's warring na-
tions and preparing for the local
activities, the workers present
promised fullest cooperation.
Kvery home In the rural dis-
trict* will be contacted by Hoi
Morgeustern and bis assistant.
Ctietta Lieii of Prlngie, Plans for
the Rorger schools j
were reported by John Klek- j
Inisch. The residential section 1
campaign was outlined by Dave ¡
Met/ for which he has seven key
workers assigned under his <11-
rect ion. j
I) W. Page In contacting the French City Is Hit As
industrial plants with the assist- ¡ "Waiting Wai'"
ppib
NEA Service BORGER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939
Associated Press PRICE FIVE CENTO
Russia Controls U. S. Ships—Dies
U. S. Efforts To Prevent
Attacks On Finland Were
Recently Lauded By Soviet
Phillips Plays
Mobeetie In
Afternoon Game
Phillips Itlackhawks play
Mobeetie lu a football game at
S p. tn. Friday afternoon and
not Friday night aN stated In
hls paper yesterday.
A game has been matchod
bet ween the Blackhawks and
the Claude Mustangs, to bo
played the afternoon of Ar-
mistice Day, Nov. II, at Phil-
ips.
GERMAN HEAVY
GUNS KEEP ON
SHELLING LINES
auce of E. E. Schneider. Supplies
are being distributed this week.
R. M. Means reported every-
thing lu readiness for Snnford and
PrReh communities. Means com-
mented much Interest being
shown tilts year in those cotn-
munitie* in the Red Cross Roll
Owtt,
Mrs Von Winkle who Is re-
: sponsible for the memberships at
! Stinnett will start work with her
(Continued on Page TWO)
Predicted
CHICAGO. Nov 2. - (/P)—Ofile j
Head, last of a pioneer American '
literary line that included Mark
Twain, Eugene Field and James
Whitcomb Riley, died today of
infirmities Induced by Septem-
ber's extreme heat. He would
have been 87 years old Dec 22.
The Rental wit. novelist and
raconteur died In the south side
home of Mrs Belle King, widow
of a devoted friend or yore,
where for many years celebrities
and obscuro persons fraternised
at open houso celebrations on
Rad's birthday anniversaries.
Read was founder of the Ar-
kansas Traveler, humorous paper,
utithor of fifty-two liooka and
coiner of opigrains unnumbered,
and even lu his advancing years
had few peers as u teller of sto-
ries.
Junior Hay To
Start Tonight
The curt-nlii will go up tonight
in the Rorger high school audi-
torium for the first of a two-
night presentation of Louisa May
Alcott's story of "Eight Cousins,"
eiidcr auspices of the junior class.
The play begins at 8 o'clock to-
night and also tomorrow night
when the second and last per-
formance will be given.
Admission Is :i5 cents for
adults. 26 cents for high school
students, and 10 cents for grado
school pupils.
Money derived from the play
will go into the fund for tho an-
nual junior-senior banquet.
Scout Training Planned
or Borger Businessmen
To make Boy Scouting effective, leadership, strong,
purposeful, is an absolute essential.
And for that reason Fred M. Roberts, Scouting
executive of the Adobe Walls council, will be at the
Weatherly school auditorium neat Monday night to launch
a six-hour training course in Scouting.
Every civic organisation in the city is expected to
be represented by the scout committees, and every Scout-
master in this council will also attend. Too, every other
man interested in becoming
Scoutmaster or assistant
Scoutmaster is urged to
attend the meeting.
Klaewhere tn the Herald will
be found a coupon that Inter-
ested persons are naked to fill
out an dmall to Ray Brock, Box
08 . Borger.
Leadership positions In Scout-
ing, directly misled to' boys,
must, absolutely be held by men
who have volunteered their serv-
iré men who, beennse of their
interest in boys and their en-
thusiasm for those principles and
activities which constitute the
program of Scouting, rind there-
in a fascinating and constructive
hobby.
But mere wlllingnsM on the
part of men to step in aH Scout-
masters is not in itself sufriclenl.
The most able volunteer recog-
(Contlnued on Page TWO)
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PARÍS Nor i" -f/pi- Ger-
man heavy urtilleiy is continu-
ing its pounding of French posi-
tions on the western front, mili-
tary reports said today, disclosing
that the town of Forhach was
slid led yesterday.
Korbatfi. two miles Inside the
French frontier on the eastern
edge of the Warndt forest, was
believed to be the town mention-
ed by the French as having been
attaiked unsuccessfully Tuesday
by a German raiding force of 1.-
ooo men.
French dispatch«g said dam-
age to the town was minor.
German artillery also directed
lis fire uga.nst French positions
on lite left bank of th«- Bile*
river, near Saareguemlue*. There
were a few encounters of small
infantry detainments.
Premier Daladler conferred
with Generalissimo Maurice Gus-
tavo Gntnellti to review the war
situation.
Despite the artllleiy activity,
the war ministry noted a gen-
oral lull In operations on tho
western front and military com-
mentators predicted a winter-
long "waiting war."
These commentators express-
ed belief that Adolf Hitler hnd
decided on the urtvice of his gen-
em! stafr to postpone any general
Offensive until spring. They the-
orised that recent German feelpr
attacks had been singed to de-
monstrate to the Fuehrer the
Impracticability of u winter cam-
paign.
Comparative Inactivity on the
war front wa« reflected lu Paris
Ity the opening of more than 150
motion picture theaters after
they provided air raid refugos.
Football and other spoils were
rovlewod.
War Departmen
Q+flaiJ pJ| j fltlaaaPM <
wuiQifi niinwft
Foot-By-Foot
>ent
yi
W tHHINGTON. Nov. 8 —
(/Pi— From a mass of «lain
never before available, the
foot-by-foot fact* on more than
ao,ooo miles or strateftlr niitl-
lary roa«l« mm being assemb-
led for «lie war department by
llie public ronda administra-
tion. .,
Tlios the
ableit tS
de-
part men Is exactly what lm>
pro vent cms are needed on
roads thai might become vital
to
army will be
arm the art ml
slate highway
en-
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WASHINGTON. .Nov 2 iA>,
•Striking buck Indirectly at
Russian Premier Molotoff's crlt
idem of his lending "moral sup
port" to Finland. President
Roosevelt has produced a six-
months-old Soviet statement
which focused capital attention
today on American relations with
Moscow.
Without explanation or com-
ment, the While House reissued
iusl night a cablegram from Pres-
ident Kalinin of Russia express-
ing "profound sympathy" for Mr.
Roosevelt's efforts to prevent m-
tlicks on Finland, Poland and
other countries. It was first
made public in April.
The unusual action followed:
1 White House speculation as
to whether it wvis "purely coin-
cidental" that Molotoff's speech
Tuesday came as the House was
debating neutrality legislation.
2. Demands by Rap. McCor-
tnack (D-Masst that the American
ambassador be recalled from the
"anti-God" Soviets.
Molotoff, In a speech to Soviet
deputies, had said that Mr. Roose-
velt was "intervening" In Rus-
slan-Finnish negotiations "in con-
tradiction of the I'liitwd Spates'
policy of neutrality."
He said also that If the United
States repealed its arms embargo
it would "Intensify, aggravate
and protract" the European war.
The riareups over Molotoff's
address came while the State De-
partment still was Inquiring into
Russia's course lu the City of
Flint case The American freight-
er was seized by a German prize
craw and taken to u Russian port.
It now is en route down the Nor-
wegian coast, with the prise crew
in eliarge and the Americans still
aboard.
Country Doctor Freezes Cancer Victirr
m
jüt m
REDS CONTROL
MARINE UNION,
WITNESS SAYS
Soviet Directs N'MU
More Than U. S.,
He States
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 — (IP)
FINAL DRAFTS
ON NEUTRALITY
EXPECTED SOON
Congress Will Quit
After Vote, Says
Bankhead
WASHINGTON, Nor. % — <£■)
— Administration leadera pre-
dicted today that congress would
complete revision of the nation's
neutrality law in time to adjourn
Saturday night.
Ag the bouse moved toward a
showdown on repeal of the arms
embargo, key Issue of revision,
«peaker Bankhead disclosed that
he expected neutrality legislation
would be put Into rtnal form by
joint committee cf senate and
house members tomorrow or Sat-
urday.
Then, despite republican in-
istenee that eon^res# remain in
esslon both to consider domestic
™..„ ,. j 'egislation and be ready to act
- Chairman Dies <D-T«) of. international problems, the
house committee on un-American U-peaker Indicated hi« belief that
nctivities oxprees.-d the opinion the democratic tnn! ri*!es would
An army of hopeless cancer victims is calling on Dr. V. D. Cunning-
ham. country doctor of Pryor, Okla., for help since he adapted a
freezer from an icebox to use the "hibernating sleep" method of
treating the disease. His home-made apparatus, circulating re-
frigerant through hose coil to reduce temperature of 86 degrees,
here is used on Mrs. Homer Stout, 46.
Italy And Greece Talk
Non-Aggression Treaty
Youths Bound
Over To Jury
Two Borger youths, W. N.
Mowory und R. C. Mowery, bro-
thers. yesterday afternoon were
bound over to the grand Jury on
charges of criminal uHsnult upon
two young Pampa girls, aged 17
anil is
The men, pnperhnugct'H aud
palntcy), are chargod with an
attack upon the girls near Dixon
Creek east of Rorger night be-
fore last after picking them up
in their car at Pampa. The com-
plaint was signed by Comity At-
torney K. H. Dally.
They were arraigned in the
court of Justice of the Peace
G. Knight. Bond for each was
sel at $1.000. Deputy Sheriff O.
It. "Rud" Kills took the Mow-
erys to the county jail nt Stin-
nett. They hnd not made bond
this morning.
W. H. Mowory had a prelimin-
ary hearing before Judge night.
R. C. Mowery waived hearing.
They were represented by H. M.
Hood, local attorney.
The girl whom, it Is charged,
W. H. Mowery attacked testified.
Dr. I<. C Hansen, county physi-
cian, testified regarding his ex-
amination of the girts.
ZSiWBm
Mercury Dr
To 33 Degrees
Accompanied by a sharp wind,
a cold snap sent the temperature
tumbling here to ¡IK degrees, one
degree above freesing .early this
morning.
By 2 p tn. today the mercury
had risen to 47 degrees.
CHAMBERLAIN IS
UNDISTURBED BY
MOLOTOFF TALK
Says Speech Caused
Disappointment In
Berlin
TALLIN. ESTONIA. Nov.
(¿Pi—Soviet Russian troops today
completed their movement to Ks-
tonlan liases allotted by the re
cent mutual asslsieuce pact.
LONDON, Nov. 2 (/P) -
Prime Minister Chunibeilain,
making his weekly war report
to the house or commons, today
declared Russian Premier Molo-
toff's foreign policy speech hnd
"occasioned some disappoint-
ment" In Berlin.
Chftmberiaitt said he refused
"In disturb myself over .the
flights of fancy in which Molo-
toff indulged when describing tho
aims of the Allies."
(The Russian Premier Tues-
day accused the allies of fighting
Germany primarily to protect
their Colonial empires, and de-
clared the restoration of Poland
could not be considered.
(lie dwelt at length on friend
ly relations with Germany, but
made no mention of any aid
other then economic and politi
cal to Berlin.)
Despite losses to British ship
ping since the war started the !
Prime minister said "nothing hits
occurred to shake our confidence
in our ability to overcome the
suinnarliie menace.
"We have continued to take
toll of enemy submarines" al-
though "a certain number" of
British merchant ship* have been
lost, ho declRt'ed
Baying that stormy weather
had slowed the war. Chamberlain
described a„ particularly "gal-
lunt" the flights of Royal Air
force reconnaissance planes over
Germany.
Fn discussing Molotoff's
speech. Chamberlain recalled a
declaration made by the Rus-
sian Premier May 31, that the
Soviet union stood for peace and
the prevention of aggression.
That also i„ the position of
the British Government. Cham-
berlain declared adding that
Britain's war alms hnd been stat
ed in plain t^rms.
The presence in London of
Dominion Ministers ho called a
'striking deinonsiritlon of the
united determination of tti<
pin ."
ATM KNS. Nov'. 2 i/P) The
government announced today
that letters had li exchanged
with Italy "contributing to the
p-eservation of peace In this part
of Rurope,"
(liiploiitalic sources in Rome
said Tuesday night thai Italy ami
Greece ivere expected to sign a
itou-njrgrcssioti pact soon. Italy
promised to respect Greece's ter-
ritorial Integrity earlier this year
after the conquest of Albania put
Italian troops on the Greek bor-
der. )
ROMK, Nov. 2 (/p|— Athens
dispatches reporting an Itallan-
Gt'eek pence agreement were re-
garded In diplomatic circles to-
day as fresh evidence of Premier
Mussolini's leadership In effort
to keep wat out of the Hnlknns.
(The Greek government an-
nounced an exchange oí lett| s
with Italy "contributing to the
preservation of peace in this part
of Kuiopc.")
Nothing hns been disclosed
here concerning the Italian-
Greek negotiations, but diplomats
heard two days ago that the two
«tali's were about to sign a uon-
aggresMion pact.
Foreign circles pointed out
that. Italy now Is on good term
¡with the Mullían countries which
lie within Rome's sphere of influ-
ence
Not only Italy, but the Medi-
terranean area of Kuropo ft'om
Spain to Turkey was snared war.
In the view of many observers,
because of Mussolini's choice of
a non-belllgorenl status for his
country.
Meanwhile, the Fascist press
reaffirmed lite ttallan-Geitnan
military alliance signed last May
and declared It remained un-
changed.
Newspapers reviewed mention
of the alliance, which had been
missing from their columns since
the outbreak of the Ruropean
war. ill comment on Tuesday's
shiikeup lit the Kalian govern-
(Continued on Psge TWO)
Congratulations To
day that Soviet Russia was
"virtually In control of tho situa-
tion here as far as our ships are
••oncerned."
He made the comment after
hearlb# testimony of Frederick
C. Phillips of New York that 80
per cent of the leadership in the
national ma tit line union wus
communist and that "the other
20 per cent are afraid to opeu
their mouths."
"Then the union Is virtually
under the control of the com-
munist party," Dies asked.
"Yes." was the reply.
"Then you might say," the
chairman continued, "that Rus-
sia has mow control over tho
situation Ulan the United Btat-
"You might," Phillips agreed.
"It seems to me that the
Soviet union is virtually in con-
trol of the situation here ao far
as our ships ore concerned,"
Dies said.
"At the present time I believe
so." Phillips replied.
After Phillips, a former Un-
ion official, testified that an at-
tempt had been made to murder
hint because of his opposition to
communism in the NMU, Dies
urged liltn to present Ills case to
the justice department. William
McCitistion a preceding witness
who related a similar story, com-
plained to the department yester-
day.
Phillips said he was a volun-
teer in the air corps during the
world war und a member of the
American Legion at Dover, Del.
Ho expressed belief that tho
communist party in Russia was
trying to control the marine In-
dustry in the United States be-
cause it was "paralyzing indus-
try."
a THE WEATHER
West Texas: Fair, colder In
south and central portions, tem-
perature below freezing In the
Panhandle, trost in north and
Central portions tonight: Friday
fair not quite so cold in north
portion.
Okla h o in a Considerable
cloudiness aud colder tonight;
Friday fair, warmer Friday af-
ternoon: killing frost In ex-
treme north and light to heavy
frost in south and central tonight.
nt over ü vot' to <*tv! the ses-
sion.
Such a quick conclusion has
been desired by president Roose-
velt. Adjournment this Saturday
would mean congressmen could
go home for eight weeks, unttl
the regular session begins Jan-
uary fl.
Fitting its schedule into
plans t0 speed the bill along,
the senate met briefly and ad-
journed until 4 p. m., (CUT),
about tho time the house may
have finished with the bill in its
present stage. The routine ac-
tion then up to the senate will
he to authorize a conferenco with
the house to work out the final
form of the bill.
Chairman Plttman CD-Nev),
of the foreign rotations commit-
tee told reporters the joint con-
ference committee would meet at
9:30 a. m. (08T) tomorrow. Ma-
joilt;, '.Slider Barkley said si*
foreign relations committeemen
(Continued on Page TWO)
Low Wage Area* To
Feel Enforcement
Of Wage-Hour Law
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.
-A concent ml Ion of wage-hour
enforcement activities In nrens of
low wages and long working hours
was forecast today by Lt. Col.
Philip Fleming, who took, over
direction of the wage-hour ad-
ministration 10 days ago.
"Our efforts to enforce tho
law,1' he said in an Interview,
"should he concentrated on tho
areas haviug the largest numhér
of workers who have been get-
ting less than 30 cents an hour
or working more than 43 hours
a week."
A recent survey by the Bureau
of Labor atatlstlcs showed that
the bulk of such workers woro
situated in the south and the in-
dustrial states of the northeast.
The minimum wago under the
law increased Oct. 24 from 36
to 30 cents an hour, and tho
maximum work week was reduced
from 44 to 4 2 hours. Time and
a hair compensation is required
for work done in oxcees of 42
hours.
Fleming Indicated that he
would check up on compliance
with the new standards by send-
ing port or his enlarged field
force Into affected establishments
to cheek payroll uttd employment
records.
"Pseudo-War" Begins
o Reveal Mysteries
Mr and Mrs R W. Hedge-
coke upon the arrival of a 7 pound
j 14 ounce son. born nt 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon In
North 1'lnin* hospital.
HV DKWITT MACKKNJ5IK
The pesuco-war between the
unglo-Fretich allies and Germany
has now boiled down to a point
where one can begin to get an
Idea of 'Vhut it will look like
when it jells — If It does jell.
What with Soviet Premier
Molotoff's categorical reiteration
of Russian 'neutrality." and
.Mussolini's purge of pro-Nasi of-
ficial to insure a tum-belligereat
positItm for llaiy, the conflict
rinally lias been restricted «•£• for
ilie present, at least «•— to the
chief contestant*.
That < to say. we have the
economic und military resources
of Germany stacked up against
the combined stiength of Kng-
land and France. Outside sup-
plies may be open lo sll belllier-
ents — if ihey have any way lo
pay for them.
It is a matter of statisHci
the Joint resources of tlie
in men, materials and money,
greatly exceed those of the Re Ml,
That leaves It to tho Nasi* to
offset this advantage either
better military machinery
leadership of by
outside help, or both.
Since the start of the
been little doubt that Mu
whole wish hafe bsen to
clear of German
observers ¡
believed that
lug ti
against
mate
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