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".VASHINGTON, Jan. !i <yji)
President UooHi-vott'M "píate-
le cliut" to Ja&kson Day diner*
«tiding Independent political
PltltikliiK imrt Joshing «'Voryone
loin republicans Co himself,
brought cheers anil laughter
but left unanswered today the
buestlon of his futura plant-.
lusband Beater
Gets No Mercy
Democratic leaders who heard
the chief executive talk at last
it Ik h t 'h flOU-a-pluto celebration
Interpreted hia remarks various-
ly an an indirect hid for a third
term, aN a valedictory, or merely
a studied effort to "keep 'em
guesning."
Mom of the party bigwigs
agreed with Mr HooseveltV own
|COininenl, lt#wi \'er. that In- was
la "self-made riddle" mid predict
led that thu riddle would go un
¡ solved for i ok h in until i tiM
Kve„ though the president
i failed to allude to the third term
I Ihhiio, secretary Wallace. speak-
| lug in Des Moines. said flatly thut
he hoped the "nominee In 104:0
¡would he President Hooievelt."
and at Cleveland llohert
oil. newly appointed
H. Jack
attorney
[general, came virtually as close
| to advocating a third term.
Frivolity was the keynote of
! the dinner here, lint Air. limine
I veil's speech had no me serious
! moments.
TitkltiK as his theme "by their
motives may he know them,'
| told his liearers in Washington
and at II other dinners that it
was not mo much the party to
; which ii leader belonged. lui' tile
deeds he performed In the inter-
jest of the general Welfare III,it
i counted.
"People tell me," he went on,
; "that I hold to party ties le * ten-
aciously than moni of my predo-
|(f.-nor In 'he presidency, that I with III ." «rise political lead
have tou many people In my ad "who realise that ilie great pi;
! ministration who are not active ¡lie is Snterenied mtn
party democrats.
and don't let
pendent voter
us forget it."
, n govern | Again putting "motives" above
inent than In politics; that the political ties, the president said
"I admit i)|jo soft Impendí-' independent vote In this country .iti xander Hamilton. Jefferson,
inent. My answer is that I do b< has lieen steadily on the increase I Lincoln, and Jackson were all
lleve in party orcuni/.ailou, but | x >. x. heroes to him because they "did
1 uuty In pro port ion t its proper "Party regulars who want to i a Job which had to be dono. * x.
¡win must hold their utllle- and j "If leaders have good motives
rted, lie I supporters among those
place in government
'flhe future, lie as*
Inde-
(Continued on PAGE SIX)
.The modern age of feminine
[ascendancy reached iltt climax
: when Mrs. Ethel Wolfson, 20,
was convicted in Wheeling, W,
Va., on charges of beating her
husband. She is shown In jail
where she will spend the next
20 days.
WHEELING. W. Va., Jan. !
Í/P) Mrs, Kthe] Wolfson klss-
ed and made up with her hus-
band at fhe jail where she Is
nerving a 30-day sentence for
bunting him with a hair brush
But police Judge Charles Hon-
eitetuieu wasn't Impressed. lie re-
fused to set ni-lde lite sentence.
MILLION
REQUESTED TO
IMPROVE GUAM
Navy Chiefs Stand
Outburst
)m Critics
WASHINGTON, Jan !) (0>)
— Admiral Harold H. Stark told
congress today that the navy is
seeking $4,000.00(1 to carry out
dtUK'b <tf the proposed improve-
ment program at the tiny Pacific
Island of Otinnt which the iegis-
Jatorn rejected last year.
Stark's statement caused un
outburst of questioning by mem-
bers of the house naval affairs
committee who fought the (¡nam
project.
Stark, chief of naval opera-
tions! .sti'd- the request for the!
fUMt,< had neeti Included In the ¡
budget for the I lilt niu'at die-,
i riel the Hawaiian are and
explained fit at procedure wns
adopted because Hie navy did not
need any congressional authori-
sation for work In thiit district
"We want you gentlemen to
know exactly why we did It that
way." 8t« )< said. "there wan ah
solutely mo Intent toll of trying
to cover it up,"
The work proposed, Hlark
(Continued on PAGE SIX)
DANISH VESSEL
BOMBED, SUNK;
CREW RESCUED
11 Boats Attacked
Within Sound Of
British Shore
LONDON, .han. !! f/P) Thirty-
three men were wounded, most-
ly by inachim-Kiiu fire, and one
Danish vessel was bombed 'and
sunk as German warplnnes were
reported to have attacked eleven
ships off. Britain's coast today.
Crowds on the cliffs of lite
northeast Scottish coast saw a
bomb hit (lie stern of a Danish
vessel which sunk in alioul three
bouts. The crew of this ship,
the name of which was not dls
closed, was rescued by nearby
vessels.
So near the coast was part
of the encounter that onlookers
heard the rattle of machine-guns,
hire Hakes Deck
One of the vessels attacked.
It was reported, was a lightship
which was murhfne-Kunnnd Inter-
mittently for half an hour, one
man being killed and Sii injured
us the net ¡at lire raked the deck.
This vessel was relieving another
lightship oif Hi ' east coast of
Scotland when attacked.
Another ahlp was attacked In
the saine region and two tiwo
farther south. A fifth ship lo-
cation of which was not given,
was reported damaged by bombs
froto a German Helnkei. The
attacks wore made uuder the cov-
et of mists.
I'i-hlitg Smacks Maided
German planes also were re-
ported to have machine gunned
five ri(thing «mucks off the east
coast of Scotland. The boats
were said to be returning to shore
safely.
BERLIN, Jan. 9 (JP) -Ger-
man planes scouting along the
English and Scottish coast to-
day attacked and destroyed "sev-
eral armed" patrol ships and
merchant vessels they were con-
voying. DNB, official German
lievrs agency. announced.
Pa iln
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Borger Above-Average
As A Superior Market
INational Figures Show
NEW YORK, Jan. 8—(Special)—How prosperous a
city is Borger? How doe# it compare with other cities?
How much money if earned and soent there each year?
The answers to these questions, valuable to merchants
and advertisers, are contained in the most comprehen-
sive study of the subject ever made, recently completed
by the Department of Commerce, and covering every town
in the United States larger than 2,500 pooulation.
Borger is shown to be an above-average community.
It accounts for .0109 percent of the nation's business
with a nooulation of only .0053 oercent of the total.
It suooortr 126 retail estaolishments which do an annual
business of $3,600,000
The yearly sales volume in the city is $551 for
each resident. This figure, for the entire country, is $270.
Borgcr's fine consumer purchasing power is indi-
cated by figurer showing that federal income tax returns
were made by 52 out of every 1,000 residents, whereas
the national a verane was 38 ner 1,000. Twelve national
magazines o^rou^at^ m J^orger to the extent af 175 .per
100 families. The national average is 94.
REPUBLICANS OF ¡French Fight As
IN KM I'M IV Kl> Ml I III IMZKII
Jan. ü (4')
The llelgiait cabinet ordered to-
day the mnhollKtitlon of x.tini)
unemployed men to make pos-
sible the release of 7,500 I'llth
erH of three or more children
from lint army.
Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs And
roy (Vint Johnson. 3;i who died
Sunday night uflor a lengthy
ill new. will be held ill the Car-
ver funeral chapel al I o'clock
tomorrow, with tile Rev, II. It.
Ketchuin. Church of God pas
tor, officiating.
Interment will be ill Memor-
ial I'ark in Amarillo.
Active pallbearers will be
George Gastiiieau. George Moar,
Glen Maris, Henry Williams, Jim
ScroggliiH. Hill Germany, Hugh
Gibbons anil Dick Gat)III.
Honorary pal boa rers will |;,> D.
A. CavinesH. G. YV. (Uirler, I. J.
Howard. Jera Id Moar. Henry llns-
eoe, and Henry Karri .
Texas Democrats Raise
130,000 To Aid Party
At Jackson Day Dinner
BV KAKNKHT (I. KlNCHKIt
Associated I'ivhm Htilff
Tcxiis demócrata came to lite
aid of Uielr party — to the tune
of aiKiut lao.nuo - ¡.'nt niRht
I Monday i. but orator at the
Jackson Day dinners were divid-
ed between the nomination of
vice president John N. Garner
and a third term for President
Roosevelt
At the f25-per-llliito dinner in
Dallas, two speaker*. 'lV'tn Oe-
herry of the slate board of con-
trol slid John W. Manes, former
underrerrelary of the treasury,
praised Garner. At another meet-
ing In Dallas, a dlnnerleSs affair,
a resolution wns passed urging a
third term for Roosevelt Muyor
Maverick oí Tan Antonio
rl Worth democrats I he
«rent Into dfcellne when
declined to rttli for n
¿North Texas democrats, meet-
ing near Garner's birthplace in
Hed Rivet Goutily were told by
Col. James C a Illness that "John
Garner will give us the same kind
Of democracy aa that line of de-
mocrats represented by Andrew
Jackson." In Garner's home town.
J^vnldc. the Jackson day dinner
developed Into the organisation
of a Garner-for-prnsldnnt club.
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel, who
said the press of official buslnesi
kept him from the Dallas |26-
pet-plate dinner, went to a two-
bit liotdog dinner In Austin The
entertainment was marked by a
mock trial of Garner, uecused of
being "an evil old man."
Rome of the sessions lasted
far Into the night - almost to
the magic hour of 1 a. m.
It was at 1 n. m. about 115
yenrs ago thai Gen. Andrew
(Continued on Page BIX!
TEXAS OPEN TO
ANY CANDIDATE
Delegates Going To
Meeting- Instructed
Held Uncertain
ACSTIN. Tex.. Jan. !i ú¡| )
The Texas delegation to the
republican national presidential
nominating convention very pos-
sibly will be instructed to vote us
a unit, but whether 11 will bear
Instructions to vote for any spe-
cific candidate is an open ques-
tion at tftlfi time.
That is the latest information
from R. H. Creager of Rrowua
ville, republican national com-
mitteeman fot Texas and long a
powerful leader In Texas repub-
lican circles.
Although the república,, vot-
ing strength in Texas chronical
ly Ik very weak the great ex-
ception was IMS when Texas
went for Hoover the matter
of representation in the national
convention Is never of small Im
porta nee.
National republican leaders in
presidential years always have
their eyes on the Texan delega
Hon hccausc of Its tsl*e, In the
last convention 25 Voles. These
voteH were about tile same as the
number cast by Minnesota. Indi
ana. Wisconsin, and Iowa, more
than those of any other southern
stall' and much more than those
of some smaller rock-tihbed re
publican states.
Every aspirant to lite repuhll-
(Continued on Pago SIX)
NAVY PI.ANN III IIJllMi
OK 52,tl<NI TON SHII'H
WASHINGTON, Jan. H ./I*)
Admiral Harold It Hlark.
chief of naval operations, dis-
closed today Ilia, present similes
"Indicate"* that the navy will
build 50.000 or 52,000-ton bat-
tleships. Larger vessels, lie said,
are not Indicated.
Stark gave thl« Information
to the house naval committee In
response to questions as to what
he thought of talk In congress-
ional circles about building silp-
er-lmttleshlps of 70.000 or 80.-
000 tons.
West
fnetis I
He change In
high cloud
ay; lit-
are. "'! 1
Parliament Opens
PARIS. Jan. n -(/P)~ A
fight between rightist members
a d a handful of former com-
munis! 'deputies 'today marked
a rlotiotts beginning of the 1040
session of the French pnrftymetit
The communist party in
France was outlawed shortly af-
ter 111* siart of the war.
As lite session opened 12 for-
mer communist deputies some
of tliem In uniform appeared
on the floor of the chamber,
George I.evy-Alplintidery, dean
of the chamber, was about to de-
liver a speech Just after the ses-
sion was declared open at 3:40
p. in. (!):•! a. m. CSTi when
rightest deputies objected to the
presence of tlio former commu-
nists.
In the uproar that followed,
I.ev.v-Alphandery temporarily sus-
pended the session.
Premier Daiadier did hot at
tend because of u fractured foot
Daiadier'.. Injury also caused
postponement a cabinet meet-
ing scheduled earlier. The Injury
was announced yesterday hut it
win not disclosed how it hap
poned.
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Essay Contest
Prizes Raised
Mary .lean Karnham. then a Mi-
year-old high school girl of .Mos-
cow, Id.iho. wrote ihe essay which
last August was announced as
winnIn . orine tn,the fourth
annual Natioiiul Ksauy Contest of
the I.adles' Auxiliary. V. F. W.
The subject lust year was "True
Americanism How Rest to Ach-
ieve It/'
Miss Karnham won $200 and
a «old medal Tills year Hie for-
tunate essayist who wins first
will receive $1,000 cash. The
Ladles' Auxiliary decided ai the
national encampment in Boston
to make the essay con tost this
year, because of the apparent
growth of antl-Amerlranlsm In
recent months, the chief enter-
prise for the Americanism depart
ment in the 1030-40 fiscal per-
iod.
By reason of that decision, the
second piaCft winner will receive
$5titt cash — contrasted to the
$50 and gotil medal given lust
August to Maileila Sella hen. Wash
Ington. D. c.. high school girl.
Pearl Hegar. Cregon City. Ore .
won $25. as tfljrd place essayist
in the fourth National event,
(Continued on rngo SIX)
EQUIPMENT TO
BE PLACED IN
HOSPITAL HERE
Lodge Presents Gift
To Commissioners
Of County
To express its appreciation trt
tie- community and the county
for their support, tin' Moose
l,o due of Horger yesterday at
Stlnnell offered to the Hutchin-
son County commissioners a
$l t hi iron lung.
'Itho lodge offered Ihe iron
lung to the county court for trc
In the North Plains Hospital here
operated by the county.
County ¿ronimMotiers gra-
eiottsly accepted the gift of the
lodge.
A committee representing the
Moose now ijs negotlullng for
the nurc.hasoj|J the Iron lung,
used iti Hie ireiitniKiii of a mul-
titude of respiratory diseases, and
is expected to close the deal
soon.
Appearing before the commis-
sioners to announce the presenta-
tion were the members of the
committee, composed of K. C.
Carver "Puffy" Orrifik. W. K.
Mlxnr. Cecil House, and Dave
Thoyts.
The Moose Lodge soon will
announce plans for a hall pro-
ceeds from which will help pay
for the new equipment.
The iron lung, the only one
l„ litis immediate vicinity, will
be purchased from a concern
whose product Is approved by the
American Medical Association.
Although moat popularly
known for Its use In the treat-
ment of Infantile paralysis cas
es, the lung also may lie employ-
ed effectively in treating such
cases as carbon monoxide poison
i rig. electric shock, severe pneu-
monia. and alcoholic coma.
Movea To Phillips
Former Governor
Of Kentucky Dies
l.fiI'lSVILLIi. y.. Jan. !i f/l'i
,1. C. Racklutm. former demo
era tic governor of Kentucky and
Culled States Senator, died at ii
a. tu. i central standard time t to-
day lie w.'i.t " 1.
Beckham, then Lieutenant
Governor, became governor in
I'tlio al'tci lite assassination o!
William fiofdiel,
The veteran politician and
lawyer, ill since a stroke of prira
lysis last August, was a leading
figtiri In Kentucky political his
lory nearly a half century, lie
fftitniuft with his election over Ills
own prótesis as a slate repres-
entative when lie was 21.
He was 'decried to the United
Slates senate in Hill and served
one term.
In recent years lie tried 111
vain to win again Ihe election tot
both I lie governorship and the
senate,
VI AIL OKT FOOD
IN PAPKK IIAGK
imoPI'KR FltOM A lit
VIENNA. Mo.. Jan II MPt
Rollle (wliai will lie do next)
Ilemsley Is bunting quail by ait
plane. Rut tile Cleveland Indians
catcher is furnishing dinner for
the birds, not they for hint.
Heinsley and other sportsmen
are scattering 4,000 pounds of
grain «ver a large section in cen-
tral Mtmouri. where quail are
hiring a difficult time rinding
food because of heavy snow The
grain Is dropped in paper bugs,
which hut st when thev bit the
ground.
Charlie Maisel has moved to
Phillips from Pampa, to assume
managership of the Acme Lum-
ber Co., taking the place of the
late Jim Aldrldge. Ills duties
with the lumber company began
the rirst of the year.
Mrs MaSsrfl and Mieir tinee
children. Charles. Jr., 12, Robert
Men I. 2 1-2, and Ralph four
months will move «ver here
about the first of next mouth.
.Maisel has lived In Pampa for
the last ten years and lias been
with the Acme I.timber Co., the
last I S months.
ile Is district commander of
the American I.egion, and In
Pampa belonged to the Lions
Club, chamber of commerce, V.
F. W. and was an honorary mem-
ber of the junior chamber of
commerce.
Nazis Take First
British Officer
BERLIN, Jan. H i/p) The
official German News Agency,
DNB. today reported the capture
of tlie first British officer on the
western front
The officer, a seriously wouud-
ed artilleryman wtio inter tiled In
a hospital was íniiitiretl i-itindtiy
by German advance guards. DNB
said
The IiN 11 report, an explana-
tion of yesterday':, army commu-
nique lelllnii of repulse of (111
enemy scouting troop, >¿a,id the
enemy group was {detected do
spite a fog and retreated hastily
after short hut sharp fighting.
It «¡ii, after litis that the Rri-
t lt.it el fleer was found said liNK.
T"
LULL INDICATES
SOVIET PLAYED
OUT, FINN SAYS
War Approaches A
Standstill New
Drive Due
HBLSINKI. Jan. !i </| >
A high Kiltnlsh official waId to-
day thai a lull prevailing on all
fronts Indicated the invading Rus-
sian forces ware "momentarily
exhausted" and were gathering
strength for a new assault.
The Kiuulsh-Russlali war came
almost to a standstill on nil fronts
during the lust I.H hours us fur
as significant military actions
were concerned, an army com-
munique indicated.
It was the shortest thin, far
issued by the Finnish command
■irid mtld:
"Land; Except for patrol and
fWtillery activity on both sides
Jan. S passed quietly everywhere.
"Sea: uNo operations.
"Air: On the air front noth-
ing worth mentioning."
The spokesman said he be-
lieved no important Uussian of-
fensive could :>o expected for some
time.
President Kyosil Kallio receiv-
ed Ihe foreign press at. the presi-
dential palace >.ud told them the
Russians had bombed about 100
localities during the first month
of the war and lopped nearly
•LOCH bombs.
"Although the losses caused
are relatively «light, they are Of
a dreadful nature," Kallio said.
The president disclosed that
anti-aircraft weapons captured
from the Russians were being
used to strengthen Finland's air
defense.
Kallio said that "for more than
a month we have fought an en-
emy lift times our sipe," and he
declared that he hoped "to draw
attention to the Iniluman treat-
ment by the Soviet Union of our
civilian population behind the
front."'
BRITISH AID TO
FINLAND TO BE
NO 'FORMALITY'
Finn-Soviet War Is
Only Preliminary,
Says Premier
LONDON, Jan. 9 — f(/p> Via
Radio)—P'lme minister Cham-
berlain lu a militant addres„ to
the British empire today declar-
ed Britain's aid to Finland "will
be no mere formality," and said
that events ln the war with Ger-
many thus far were "merely pre-
liminary" to the main atrugglo
lo come.
"It is only on the sea," he
said, "that the war may be said
to be in full operation."
The Prime Minister, speaking
In a voice choked with emotion
declared the British-French alli-
ance should become permanent In
the interests of "peaceful recon-
struction" after the war Is over.
For 55 minutes. Britain's war
leader reviewed the progress of
the hostilities to date in an ad-
dress at the Lord Mayoi"H lunch-
eon at Mansion house. It was
Chamberlain's first public ap-
pearance of the new year, a year
he Btild would be a fateful one ln
the history of the world.
He said the "unbelievable"
quiet or the first months of the
war could only be Interpreted as
"the quiet of the calm before the
storm.''
The solemn words of the Prime
Minister were frequently inter-
rupted t y cheer and applause.
Speaking of Finland, Cham-
berlain said:
"And now It is the turn of
Finland to be attacked by the
power (Soviet Russia) with
whom Germany made an unholy
pact and for whom she sets the
example of aggression. Finland is
fighting against the forces of un-
scrupulous violence just as wo
are ourselves. She Is fighting for
the same thing, for liberty and
for justice.
"That valiant people can rest
asured that our response to that
resolution (for aid to Finland)
which was passed so recently at
a meeting of the league in Gen-
eva will be no mere formality."
ANDRIIW JACKSON
ATTENDS DINNEU
Washington, Jan. II - (/p)
Andrew Jackson in person attend-
ed I lie Jackson Day dinner here
last night. At least a man by
that minie was listed among the
$ HHi a plain subscribers in the
program, lie conldu'i lie located
in ilie crowd.
Barron Chapman
Heads Jay cees
Union Chapman was elected
presidem of tin Junior Chamber
of Coin mere- lot the ensuing year
here last night by the board
of illreetot:
Chapman, active tn Jaycec
work has served ihe organiza-
tion us secrelur.v for the past
yea r,
Other officers named by tho
directors are: Ray Brock, first
vice-president; Tom Davidson,
second \ ice president; Hugh An-
derson. secretary: and Kenneth
Axelrod. treasurer.
New director* named yester-
day at the luncheon meeting of
the Jaycec* are: Hack Sauder-
son 11 S Benjamin. Tom David-
son. Barron Chapman. Kenneth
Axelrod, and Hugh Anderson,
Alternates are "Puffy" Orrlck,
H R Williams. Harold llard-
esty, Bert Poland. and Filtr.
Thompson
Holdover directors are Rity
(Continued on PAGE SIX)
Pioneer Resident
Of Panhandle Dies
James E. O'Keefo, 91, died at
(1:35 o'clock this morning at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Roy
Jenkins. Panhandle, where he bad
made his home for several yea^s.
Funeral services will be held
at iv 30 o'cloci- Wednesday af-
ternoon at the First Bwpllst
Church. Pauhiindle. by Ihe Rev,
George Thompson, pastor. O'Neal
Funeral Homo Is lu charge of
arrangements.
Survivors include throe sons,
two daughters. 10 grand children
and ti grciit grandchildren. Pall-
bearers probably will be grand-
sous
Mr O'Keofe was born In Geo-
rgia 'and moved to Bills county,
Texas, its a young man. HI
wife died about 10 year ago.
Ills surviving children are: Ruf-
us, J. Sid and John O'Keofe,
Panhandle: Mrs. Levi Fry, Tex-
as City, Texaif and Mrs. Jen-
kins. Two of the grandchildren
are Karl and Wayno O'Keofe of
Amarillo.
Burial will be lu Panhandlo
cemetery at the side, of Ills wife.
The O'Keofe family moved to
Carson county about 115 yenrs
ago, and Mr. O'Keefo was among
the county's oldest residents.
BARRtiN CHAPMAN
DR. WALLACE APPOINTED
TO HOXPITAI, BOARD
l r. HI. CI. Wallace was
ill ! • ('aunty
terday to ttai
fill the vacancy o^B^HMÜBl
o*i Iml term of Dr. L. "
Terms of two
Dr. Arthur
G. Stephens,
thrrn1 doctors
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