Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 61, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1940 Page: 3 of 8
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Activities
As "Help Finland
Week Approaches"
SANFORD
itJliiitlnuod from PACK (INK)
II) Tlic I'fcn^
KiiI'tíiiu tItit homcstretch for
observance of "Ik-ip Klnlnuil
W.oek ," B'úb. I -1 u, various divi-
sions of till' PlunUdi Relief Fund
I o«l a > speeded preparations lor i lie
SUOI'en Of locltl illlll national pro-
grams scheduled for thill week.
Although hi' reports receipt of
iftrin* Dinn 11 oo.iioo in cash ¡mil
pledges oi . quarter million dol-
lars towurd Hi.' million tlollttr
goal set by mu Industrial IHvl
«ion. Frederick \V. (Mile of the
OhlUtc N)il lonal Hank. IWreeior
of 111 ' division, bus <u I led a sec-
o|id lunthuou of industrialists anil
lender* at ilu> Wuldrol-
Astoria tomorrow (Saturday) hi
urge spending u|i of collections
from corporate business. Herbert
Hoover. national ehairmail o| the
Fund will lie a guest of I lie busi-
ness men.
I'll Maxwell U going to do her '
hit for the drive, loo At Hie!
request of Mary Pent laud, direr
lor of (tae Women's Hlvlslon. Mine
Mux well is heading the general
committee lo iiromote an ice «.art:-
Ivul and supper da nee at Uouke-
tor of the National Uibur Orguu-
zatlon Division. was pressing
plans for "Finnish l^uhor Buy"
'in Keii He mild that to dato
l o hud received word from Stale
Fedtr..tlons iii more Ulan 50 per
cent of the stales, agreeing to
push plans for observance of tills
duy an part of labor's program
to i tine funds. He said thul 18
stales bUVe completed orgunlza-
lion of state and eity committee*.
Hurry M. KdwanU. acting
chairman of the Metropolita!! Mew
York Division, headed liy Mayor
Horello H. I.afiuurdia. aunouuu-
ed lhut a mulo cliorUK of ¡10(1
voices will give u concert in Car-
negie Hull on Feb. 6, the pro-
ceeds to go for Finnish Relief
PurlleipaitiiK choruses are lite
University (Hue ('lull of New
York the University (¡lee Club
of New Haven and the Yale (¡lee
<"luh. The concert In to he Klv-
eu under allspices of the Inter-
collegiate Musical Council and thu
International Student Musical
Council
Mr*. Ueorge H. st IJeorgv.
chairman of the committee ar
feller Plana on Pel. 8, from 11 | ranging the Finland (¡nil-
I'- or to I a. in. With the utdiuret". to lie held In the (¡land
of many of New York'* leading
Saeialttcs. MÍHS Maxwell Ik Inllsl
inn the Hi'ivirim of several skat-
ing stars for the Finnish lee tarn
ival 'I'o complete the almos
pherc of Klntand. a smorgasbord
supper will lie served In the rent
nut-nuts surrounding the rlnk She
Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria,
on Kelt, 7 atuiouiieed that Shop
Fields and his Rippling Rhythm
orchestra will play for the event,
which Im heíim rIvcii for the bene-
fit of the KIiiiiIhIi Itellef Fund.
Site also reports thai a spcctuctilur
«how by will known radio. mu«e
has set the price of tickets at and screen stain already has buen
16 and Is liiiiiiiiiK the imitations urrunged
to J.iioo person - j Metropolli4.ii DlvUlon also
(HtHtavus W Kir by cluilrmuti j l puwhlnií j-luiis í r «ala Kin
of the horsesbott to be held lit i uicch fair and (hince at the Kooho-
the Siiuiudl-ou A' Armory on ; veil Hotel en Kelt. «-10. The
thi' afternoon and ewttlim of fuir will be held In five ballrooms.
K*b for the benefit of Kin Stage and screen atara will give
ulsh el villana, today predicted the
show would be a sellout Mrs.
John Hay Whitney chvtirman of
a committee arranging a hunt
Ineakfaat to follow the horse ahow,
was equally optimistic «hour the
sale of ticket#
111 Alexander 8 Mpaetl, diret-
speclal pei'forniauces, noted au-
thors will autograph and Bell
their hooka, rartooniats and art-
Iats will aell aketchen. John f'ow-
era models will dlapluy the lateat
atyloH and various merchandise
will be sold at hoot ha, all receipts
to be turned over to the Fund
SILVER SHIRT PELLEY
OBJECT OF F. B. I. HUNT
IN DIES INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, Keb tA>)
lii'tem; t,f ueltling the Ulea
committee controversy over the
' I'ellwy" letters tailed for-
Iterles In aecret testimony a
turbulent house debate left un-
HiiBwered today the (jueatliMia of
whethor they should be utricken
from the coniiiesalonal record.
Hep Hook ili-Mlchi placed
thu letter* In the record last
week Then the committee de
elared that David Muyue of
Washington hud admitted forg-
ing them, and Hook tried yes-
terday to withdraw them.
But Hep Keefe tltWIal
blocked liim on the ground that
the letter* reflected on chair-
man files t O Tex I and that Hook
himself had not admitted their
falalty The letters purported to
link Die* with William Dudley
Kulley, ehiel of the Silver Shirt
Legion.
The argument In the house
which followed Hook's unsiic-
eiMMifnl altempt brought from
Hep Voorbls |D Calif I. a com
ittlttoe niemher. the atatemeni
that Wayne once served :ia a
committee a «en I
Voorhls. who described tile let-
ter an "rank forgeries," told
the bouse or u long — «"«I *'lll
ucllvr —- M'urcli for I'elley.
MayueVooi Ills conilinfed. pie-
seiited himaulf lual Decern bur and
s id he could turn |ip I'elley Ho
wua dtHpatched to North Caro-
llutt. I'elley's home, Willi the
coin ut titee (laying his expensen,
hut I'elley never has appeared at
committee liearlnxs
•"We never felt Mr, Maync was
a patagolt of virtue Voorbls
aaltl. hut we were clutchfllg at
.straws and lloplitK he UllglU tie-
complUh that ptirpime "
The letter were aald by Hook
in his original statement last
week to have been add reused to
Mttyne und ilgned by Pelley
Denplle committee member*'
UiBlsteiu-c tito letters were Bptir-
lojw. Hook refused to call them
false until the RlgnatureM were
checked by the justice depart-
ment.
Hep. Doinpaey tD-NMi broke
In to say that a Justice depart-
ment agent had advlted the com-
mittee all the letters were wrH-
t«„ on a typewriter owned by
"llook said he still would wait
oil the Justice department.
MKXiro TO <tf MK 1*1 MÍT
TO JAI'ANKHK KSMKIJH
IIKI.SINKI HumbIu tlirowh
uruiored s|ed«es into Karelian
isthmus offeiiHlve. warplunes
driven back at capltai'M oulaktrtN
HHLOHADK Hit I k a it Kit
tente weighs middle course ill
trade with belligerents to keep
out of Muropeun war,
HKHMN Nazis says Italkaus
hava nothing to fear from them,
only for lirltalti. Kranee
LONDON Britain -eeks I o
keep (lermutiy trom ueltlug up
per baud in Itumunia trade.
a'KW YOKK Kx Kaiser
quoted as favorluit peace among
It ri t ii I it France and (leruiuuy for
teuinlUK up agaluHt Itussia
TOKYO Brit lab-Japanese
compromise on seizure of Her-
man seamen reported under
wlilt h some ^l prisoners would
be returned
Southern Women
Oppose Lynching
HY ,\l. It. Itl( 'H AKDSO V
ATLANTA, (ia., Keb. 2 {&)
Soiih- -10,000 housewives end
mothers, pied Red to HkIii lynch-
ing "done falsely in the name or
woinau's honor." may soon be
asked to study news reportIuk
tot-hiil(|iic. speclallglug iu lynch
bent mobs.
The objective: To Increase
I heir ability to help stamp out
all lynching below the Mason
and Dixon line.
Discussions of the best meth-
ods tor report Iuk mob activities
waH placed on the agunda of Keb
8 meeting here of the Krerutive
Committee of the Association of
Southern Women For The Pre-
vention Of Lynching by Mrs.
Jessie Daniel A nes, exf cutí VI)
director,
"if the oitlken of a small
community come to realiae that
they are not going to be able
Ut keep a lynching secret, It will
be another tool to use In pre-
ventinif lynching," Mrs. Ames
said
Mrs. Ames advocates Instruct-
ing strategically situated per-
sons In 15 southern states how
lo arrange contacts that will in-
form them of forming mobs. She
would haVe them learn to keep
In touch witii new papers and
press associations.
"We want lo Improve our
ability to report Inception and
progress of motto." she declared.
"ho that in every section we
may cooperate with the press. It
is our thought that in this way
we may assist and encourage the
keep as a "live issue" the orl
glliiil Snuford-Kltuucli routings
This agreement was the final
decision reached by a group ol
llorgcr, Sitnfiird. and Amarillo
citizens meeting yesterday af-
ternoon al Amarillo mid the cs
itouce of what the liorger Chain
bet of Commerce decided upon.
Winding up a lengthy discus
«¡on of the issues. C. K Stalil
offered the resolution that tin
original designation of the San
ford - Stinnett route be kept and
i hul the llorger-Suuford-Fritcb
rotnl be named aK all alternate
designation The resolution pass
cd and the meeting udjourned
A Hun lord group. including
llurolo Tcegerstrom, Wayne
Sever, Harry Miller and Tom
lloodenpyle attended the cham-
ber luncheon at the Black Hotel
A fair-sized delegation of Hot
ger Chamber of (linunercc mem
hers also attended the Amarillo
meet lug. called on the suggestion
of President Bob Dindsey. as well
us Sanford citizens and a group
of Amarillo Jobbers and others
from that city.
Those atiindiitg from liorger
included Fritz Thompson, Steve
Mall hews Dr. W. (i Stephens,
Weldon Jolly. Hob liiadsbaw. K
L. Keith. Hob Llndsey, Dale
Johiison. Hill Seeger. II. N
I'ruott, 8 M Clayton, t). W
Dip pa and Herb Wllklson.
From Manferd came Ilurfltl
Teegerstroni. Wayne Sever, C
A. Mulitas. Tout lloodenpyle, aud
Hurry Miller.
County Judge Norman Coffee
was named chairman of the
meeting
After Coffee took the chair
utul Llndsey pointed out the pur-
pose of the meeting. County
(UimmisBiouer Thompson review-
ed (lie situation and represitiiita
lives of the lliree cities repre-
sented gave their views oil the
controversy, or, as some preferr-
ed to call It, the "misunderstand-
ing."
Ijjhe issue suddenly came Into
prominence when a group of San
ford citizens wont lo Amarillo
and protested lo Carl Ilinton.
secretary of the Amurillo Cham-
ber of Commerce, the proposed
rerouting of Highway 131!, pav-
ed i'f> mlles north of Amarillo, as
outlined before the State High-
way Commission at Auatlu last
month by a Joint Hutchinson and
Potter County delegation.
In the group at Austin were
Hutchinson County Judge Cof-
fee. Commissioner Thompson,
Rorger City Manager Stev'e Mat-
thews, Larry Williams. Texoma
superintendent of Frltch, State
Legion Commander Lou ltoherts
of Burger, and Potter County
Commissioner John Winter of
Amarillo.
The highway commission up
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^ ¡spread of news of an Impending | peared to favor and ordered a
The ministry or foreign ut
fait disclosed today negotia-
tions are going forward with the
Japanese navigation company to
have a line's ship plyinr, bet ween
Japan aud South America stop at
the Mexican port of Acapuco.
It was said that such a serv
lee would tighten Mexico's bonds
of friendship with the American
and with the orient, as well as
aid in expanding Mexico's for-
eign commerce.
HKLI' FINLAND IHUK
TO STA RT FMIKIABY 15
NEW YOUK, Feb. 2 -(# )
A nation-wide campaign to raise
money for Finland's military
forces is to begin Feb 15 under
Mnj. (¡ton. John F O'Hyan, com-
mander ot the 27th division. AKF
during the World War.
O'Ryan look the cbslt inansliip
or the newly organised "right
Ine funds for Fliilaud Inc.. af-
ter conferring with Herbert
Hoover, whose campaign Is on
ly for civilian relief In Finland
lynching In time for level beads
in a community and a state ff
bring counter attack "
Now in its tenth years, the
association will review methods
found effective in spreading Its
doctrine that "publii opinion l"<B
ac-epled too easily the claim
of lynchers and mobsters that
they were acting solely in the
defense of womanhood."'i iThls
doctrine was formulated In 1980,.
based on a survey ot the <1.2117
lynehlnRs In the Cnlted Stutes
since lSKfi showing only 21 per
cent were motivated by crimes
against white women.)
H.M PTMAN CHILD
AWAKDi:!) 8Jit,5(Mi DA.MVOKS
NRW YORK. Fob. 2
Tbe «-year-old son of Bruno
Richard Hauptniann. executed
kidnaper of the Llndtiergh luiby.
has bee uawa .leil $2:i,fitto dam
ages against Frank Moser. a
t'ai-noonlst. lor allegedly per
matteul leg injuries sufrercd
when lie was struck by Moser's
car.
County Stock Show
To Be Held March
1
What i" A liorger Slacker?
Canse Discomfort
Hutchinson County 4-11 hoys
will soon display Hie results o(
constant attention. plenty of
labor and carefully following (he
advice given them by their coun-
ty agent. Clyde Carruth.
The 4-H'er have fed twenty
bend of Hereford calvo , begin-
ning In April of 1038 and will
.display them In Borger Mareh
1st.
"We arc1 proud of the Job the
boys have done und we will be
glad to have everyone see these
calves whilti they are In Borger,"
the agenl stated, "we are proud
of the Job the hoy,, have done."
We purchased the best calves we
could flud and the boys haVe
mnyed on the Job caring for
them. It Is Impossible to tell
Just how far the hoys are going
to get at the Amarillo Fat Stock
Show as we don't know anything
about I ho competition they wilt
have; wo are expecting (tome
rather strong competition and we
expect to furnish some, too
Boy Snyder, Meat Specialist
of the extension Service, College
Station, will Judge the local
show. "In all probability the en-
tire twenty hend will Hot be tak-
en to the Amarillo Show. The
«roup will be sifted anil only
the better ones taken," Cnrruth
-aid.
The number that will lie Ink
en wlH depend on the quality of
the calves at show time and on
sale plans
"The Rorger merchants and
business firms realize (lie neces-
sity und the good that Is being
done by i-H work mid hnve itl
ways given u„ sp' idid coopera
lion, und we Intend to cooperate
with them. I believe u sale pint
can lie worked out to everyone's
benefit." the agent staled.
Ill the latter part of Deceit',
her most ol the calves were
weighed and their weights var-
ied from 640 io «¡10 pound , and
were bolter finished then than handle Wftter Conservation
were any of last year's calves at
Aft«r showing In Borger on show lime They are enling from
survey of the rerouting to Bor-
ger und Phillips.
At the chamber meeting I
Thompson, and at the Amarillo
conference Thompson and Wint-
er pointed out that for many
years 11 ule bin sou County luid
pleaded before the commission |
for the Sanford-Slinuttti pave-
ment .and thul falling in (his I
request they turned With the ap-
proval of the commission 1° 'he |
Borger Phillips terminal, deemed |
easier and quicker lo obtain.
The proposed Canadlnn River
dato entered the picture when I
the Sanford group, protesting to
the Amarillo chamber, and the
Pauhaudle Water Conservation
Authority, viewed the proposed
route change n„ a threat to the |
dam.
Teegerstrom told the two]
gatherings Sanford citizens did
not oppose the Sanford Rorger
route and that all they wanted
wus to prevent Sanford being |
left at a dead end.
lie said that ritiens títere]
hoped that with part of the re-
fund from the state soon to be
come available to Hutchinson
County under the roud bond as-
sumption act a paved road might
be built to the north aud the
south hunks or the Canadian and]
ii crossing provided ell her
through a red celling of the pres-
ent Rock Island railroad span orl
const ruction or a new bridge, or
through the dam supporting a|
road
Itorguu* aud Hlntoii pointed j
out that although a redecklng,
considered not too likely, and a
liridfte would perhaps solve the
proplem they would remove one
of the primary arguments for the ]
dapi. The local citizens, pledg-
ing to keep alive the plea for I
|he Sanford-Stinueit road, hoped'
to see the roud cross the river
over the dam. eonstructoln oM
which Hlnton, working ou the
projeeti in Washington. Visual-1
led at leasl six years heucG.
Commissioner Winter, hack
Ing up Thompson's view that
the Rorgct-Sanford route because|
or county mid stale co-operation
and pust retusai of the Stinnett
route. Beamed lite most expedient
of the tuco, predicted that "nil I
lass a grant protest is raised. I
think the Borger-Sanford road |
will he built within a year."
Hlnton. John MK'arty. Pat |
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 61, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1940, newspaper, February 2, 1940; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167900/m1/3/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.