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U. S. Advocates Americas Hold European Colonies In Joint Trusteeship
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HITLER AWAITS
REPLY TO NAZI
"PEACE OFFER"
Fuehrer "Willing" To
Wait Longer Should
Churchill Quit
BERLIN. July 22 - (fl>)—
Kngland's "kgio hour" will come
after for**! it secretary Lord Hull,
fax and Crime Minister Winston
Churchill have replied to Adolf
Hitler's "final" proposal for
pence, authorised (•erman sourc-
es said today.
These sources Intimated that
official British answers are all
Hlller In waiting for before
starting Ilia threatened great of
fetiKlve on the Brltlah laleo them-
selves.
It wax na Id It wait apparent
However, that the Fuehrer la
wlHlua to wait even longer lit
«•UHe the Knglfoh people disavow
the leadership of Churchill,
whoae anawer to peace propos-
ula, II wua taken for granted here
likely will be negative.
The German high command re-
peated Ha luteal air raid* oil
England had cauaed deal met I ve
flrea and explosions at ulrdromea
aeaportN and itllNlorage tunka.
while au attack on a convoy In
the channel sank a tanker and
four merchantmen!.
Brltlah aircraft losses yester-
day were Hated a eight plauea.
one of them a large Sunderland
flying bout brought down off
German - occrpled Trondhelm
Norway. Four German planea
ret urn the army comtnu-
fallwfr~m retui
(|É<fue Hfctd.
' Authorised
sources auld It waa
not quite clear why Lord Mull-
fax would apeak before Church-
ill.
(Lord Halifax la scheduled to
make a radio address ut 2:15
C8T, today; Churchill In
to apeak In the house
"liter protoiwia r
A* for the Pun-Amfcrlc.au c.ott
fereuce at Havana it wna laid
< ¡erman v Intend to pluy the role
sjlAely of Interested observer.
, Borgans Display
American Flags
^ Borger me.chanta displayed Am.
eriewn flaga today In honor of the
demoni nation unit of the regular
army which was acheduled to pa-
rade down Main Street at :t o'-
clock this afternoon.
The unit, according to word
received by B. T. BHnton, com-
mand! r of the local Legion poat,
Is componed of about fifty sold-
lera, three officera, the Fifth
Cavalry band, two light armored
cars, and new Oarund rlflea.
Following the parade, ihe unit
waa to have «topped at the Am-
erican Legion hall, where the
equipment waa to be examined and
explained. National defense
apeechea by elvlc leudara of Bor-
ger were to follow tilia part of
the program.
TOKJifnEII
inncHilulu
KíisKífewl
VOL. 14—NO. 207
NEA Service
BORGER, TKXAS, MONDAY, .JULY 22. 1940
Associated PresB 1 RICE FIVE CENTS
HEM1N E10HBORS ,fD RASKS
English Cheerful
MRM. TOM liAWO'H
«RAMIMOTHKR IMKH
Mra. Tom L*ng left today for
Ranger on account of the death
thl morning of her grandmother,
Lltile Arrendáis.
Funeral aarvleea will be held
tomorrow at Ranger.
Lung la employed by the Gun...
Hlnernran Tire Co. here.
Aynssworth Is
Critically III
Judge Joaeph H. Aynesworth.
Borger city attorney, toduy re-
mained In critical condition a'
Providence HuapHal in Waco.
Mra. Sue Hoard, hla daughter,
tilth morning talked Willi Mra.
Ayn« «worth by phone and learn-
•■(I that the local lawyer'# con-
dition remained about the same.
Mxact nature of hi* ailment, which
came rather suddenly lasi week.
Ik not known, «he stated.
Mr und Mr . Ayueaworth and
their Hon Hiram left here hy car
Wednesday for Waco.
Marrion Newberry
To Speak For
Gene Worley
Phillip and Panhandle are pre-
paring for lurge crowd* tonight
to welcome Gene Worley, candi
to
«*
Cunningham.
Newberry i head of the Mr
Worley floes to Washington (Mu!
In I'hillliiH. mid Cunningham in
bend of the Panhandle club. Wor.
ley la scheduled to tulk In both
town tonight, at fi:3« o'clock in
Phillip and K::tu o'clock in Pan-
handle.
The Shamrock candidate will
be accompanied by the Pampa
Club band, composed of high
school student , several speaker? ,
and Bill Kenton and his accordion.
Helen Dudley, the sixteen-year-
old former Borgan who spoke
here Saturday afternoon, will also
be In the Worley group. Miss
Dudley lust week spoke ten times
before approximately R.000 per-
sona over the state In the Interest
of Worley's candidacy.
Newberry recently waa award-
ed the honor of representing
Phillips ut the Lone Star Boys'
State convention at Austin.
Dies At Perry ton
Friends today learned of the
death of Mrs, Charles B. Hlley.
natlte Spearman woman, who
died at 2: IB this tnovnin In a
Ptfryton hospliAI. following u
lengthy Illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ril-
ey, who has a number of friends
here, will be held tomorrow af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock In the
Christian church In Spearman.
Lord Halifax Says
BMiskWimright
f>* *
LONDON,
Halifax,
tarjr, aw
peace offer
Hon that
July 91—(/P)—Lord
Itish Foreign Secre-
Adolf Hitler's
with a declara-
Brltaln will "not
«top fighting
oareelpM
freedom for
la eecara.vj
the straggle may
coat us everything,' the Foreign
Secretary said In a ««tie broad-
let are Worth any
a noble privilege
of things an
In hla July
tag. Hall-
plctnre of
lording
whom he
liaa one by one deprived of their
freedom."
|i; Britain's picture of En ropo,
Halifax Mid, Is one of "a free
amoelatlon of Independent «Hatea,
and becauae of that contrast, we
remain unmoved Hy threats nn-
accompanled by any appeul to onr
senae of right or Justice."
In every part of Briton, he de-
clared, "there la a spirit of In-
domitable resolution." "The peo-
ples of the British commonwealth
along with those who love truth
and freedom nnd Justice will nev
ar accept thla new world of Hit-
ler's." Lord Halifax said.
Ho assorted that "across the
wide Atlantic there are mighty
(Oaatkmed om PAOI TWO)
By Ml I/O THOMPSON
LONDON, .luly *0—(/P)—Hur
If in swing music, <|iiip mm tu #
danger of (totrniuu bomb lilts, und
winner lake all aweepsinke draw
on air mid alarms an- spicing (lie
monotony of Kngliuul under acr
lal le«e.
While scatfemd bomber* iwked
the Island* I set out to survey
the war time life of Britons whom
the (¡crinan* describe us "qimk
log" al Killer's lb reals anil so
fearful of "fifth columnists" tliat
they someilines shoot each other.
I wen' Into a rural "pub" or
bar on the exact spot which was
a target of Qerman raiders in the
last war. The door opened Into a
dark vestibule and, drawing aside
the heavy blackout curtains, 1
wltneHHed a strange spectacle.
Instead of solemn groups hud-
dled In the gloom, I saw score
of couples executing a lively form
of Harlem awing on the dunce
floor, while a band played Am-
erican (a** hits. Men grouped a-
round the bars were singing vo-
clfeiously,
1 stepped outside, expecting
darkness. Instead, the blacked-out
street scene was brilliantly, eerl
IH Wy ¡r pnrachnfe On re
to earth.
Car above, I could hear the
drone of plwne but still came the
liluiv nf the Jatr. band and th '
sound of stumping feet.
Though none knew what might
come, motorists cheerfully utH-
Ised the light of the flares to
find their parked cars. The light
also disclosed that the Home
luard and ntr-rald precautions
groups ware on the alert.
A factory worker told me that
his plan nearby bun an electric
clock sjistem which stops the tno
men! an air-raid a term sounds,
and that the workers have sweep-
stakes In which they draw the
minutes In an hour at sixpence
(about 10 cents) each. The wfn-
fakes all as they troop to
shelters.
A' a London private ballroom,
I found a gay "flannel dance" hi
progress so called because it Is
permissible to attend in cricket
or boating flannels.
An interesting sidelight of the
wor Is the edticution It Is giving
eára.
Listening for the distinctive
hetrodyne beat of flerman motors
In the sky, one becomes super-
sensitive to sounds, and many
wager are laid on the kind oí
vehicle pusslug on a distant road
or the number of planes In a
flight somewhere far overhead.
The slogan of the English Is "be
ready, keep cheerful." There are
plenty of signs they are doing
both.
lit!
City Hopes To
Get Park Soon
The deed 40 the property be-
hind the Methodist Church I
still unsigned, although city of-
ficials are bending every effort
to niske nil Immediate trnnsfer.
City Manager L. M. Davis said to.
day.
The churoh plans to turn over
the land to the city for further
development aa a municipal park.
Davis explained that aa soon as
the title Is transferred to the
city, City Engineer W. K Brynn
Will draw Up exact plans for Im-
provements and locutions.
This will be presented to the
park board for rinal approval
and then turned over to W. P A.
officials, tf they accept the plan
as It stands, the WPA will fur-
nish 7fi per cent of the building
funda
The other IS per cent will have
lo hi raised locally. Dnvla said.
Clvlo clubs and ether organisa-
tion will sponsor the drive for
id needed money,
RAISE BANK'S
LOAN POWER
HE REQUESTS
Congress Gets Plea
For 500 Million
Increase
Willkie in Familiar Role
WASHINC'ITON, July 22 (dp)
President Hoosevelt asked Con.
grass today to Increase the lend
In* power of the export and Im-
port bank by ?B< 0.0«>0.000 so
th\it it might be "of greater as-
sistance to our neighbors south of
the Rio (¡runde."
In a special message coincident
with the Pan American Confer-
ence ¡it Havana. Mr. Roosevelt
said that war In ISurope wan pre-
venting the flow of surplus pro-
ducts from the western hemis
phere to their normal markets,
Should Help With Problems
"It Is to be hoped." he said
"that before unothei' year world
trade can bo established, but,
pending this adjustment, we In
the United States should Join
with the peoples of tb< other re-
publics of the western hemisphere
In meeting their problems. I call
the attention of Congress to the
fact that b.v helping our notgh-
we wHI.be helping aursaiMH.
"It Is in the interests of the
producers of our country, a well
as in the Interests of producers
of other American countries, that
there shall not be a disorganised
or cutthroat market In those com.
lucidities which we all export."
AxUv Curb Remo veil
The bank's present capital Is
$L" o.000,000 and the 1'ieslde.nts
asked Congress not only to In-
creuse this to $700,000.000, but
to remove certain restrictions on
its operations. These restrictions
were not described In detail.
Nazi Editor Blames
Roosevelt For
British Attitude
BWRLIN. July 22 (¿P) Hy Ra-
diol- President Roosevelt Is de-
scribed by the editor of the
Frankfurter fcietung n(< "to a
gigantic extent responsible" for
the present adamant British at-
titude.
The newspaper the radio re-
port said today, "blames Roose-
velt for the illusions still prevail-
ing In England with renard to
foreign reaction to the Fuehrer's
speech und said, the world at
large, apart from Kngland, un-
derstood correctly the reasons
which Induced the Fuehrer to
make this lust and stirring ap-
peal.' xxx
"Roosevelt Is lite mail who
ought to hang his hend if I lie up-
|M*itl I reason is In end In the
ih-slrucilon of Rnglmwr."
"Now that he wants to lie
elected- he openly admits that be
systematically agitated for years
against National socialism. For
seven yenrs it it the United States
(lovnrnment I has agitated and
nourished many illusions among
those whose belief In active help
from America has been their
strongest hope, France until the
day of her collupse. In Kngland
still today'."
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Hospital News
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W. c. Cory, Jr., underwent an
appendectomy in North Plains
hflnpttul yesterday morning.
Mrs. J. H. Bngley underwent U
major operation In North Plains
hospital thla morning,
The condition of Mrs. Ray Met-
tor. who underwent a major op-
emtlon In North Plains hospital
Saturday morning, was described
by attendants today as "much bet.
ler."
Hull Warns That II Would
Be Suicide Not To Prepare
Against Forces OtConca
(ADVANCE) HAVANA. JULY 22—(AP)—The
United Stilton advocated to the 20 other American He-
publics today a joint trusteeship for any European Colon-
ies in the New Worltl threatened with tranafer to any
• later European powers and called for cooperation in a
sweeping program to bolster and safeguard the economy
of this hemisphere.
Secretary of State Cordel! Hull defined the position
( f the United States on presaJr.g problems of the Ameri-
can Republics in an address at the second meeting of
American Foreign Ministers and prepared to submit
olutions embodying specific proposals for dealing
them.
T
An Indiana farmer in his own right, Wendell Willkie was on fam-
iliar ground in the photo above. The G.O.P. Presidential nominee
is pictured climbing out of the pen after recent inspection of cattle
at the typographical union's home for retired renters at Colorado
Springs.
Attendance Urged
At Legion Meet
Commander B. T. Prlnton. of
the Rorger l,cejonnairc post lias
sunt out an urgent call for local
legionnaires and auxiliary nieiti-
bars to i>e present Wednesday al
the district monthly meting.
The meeting will bo ut the Mr-
Clellan Creek Conservation Pro-
ject, located 25 miles south of
Pampa.
First event on th<> program
will be a bartiecue. held ut the
picnic grounds at the park. This
will get under way at 7 o'clock
and lll be followed by a html-
ness meeting one hour later
At !l o'clock the group will
stag ' a dunce In the recreation
building. Ken Bennett and hi
orchestra will furnish (hi music
Charlie Maiael. former Pampan
and now of Phillips, will preside
al the business meeting for the
Inst time as district manager, M '
has been elected fifth division
COtnttinud T. and Is su<' ''eiled as
district leader by .1. .M Johnson
of Canudiun.
Thompson Man
Talks Tomorrow
.loe Kllgnre will speak here to-
morrow afternoon 111 the Interest
Of BIt. .1 0. Thompson's candi-
dacy for .fo ernor.
Kilgor will speak at 1:30 p.
M. at the Slvth and M'ulu Utront
bank corner.
Craig Will Speak
In Rorger Tonight
Klfthjird f'raig of Miami, youth-
ful candidate for state represen-
latlv. of the 1241b district, will
sp >ak here tonight, aeeklng Bor-
giuis' votes.
Craig Will speuk al 7:15 p. m:.
Hi is evening at Sixth and Multi
streets near the bank.
VKTRRASH MKKT TONIGHT
All ex service men and their
families are reminded Of the
monthly get toglther at the Phil-
lips Community bull ut 7:3o o'-
OlOek.
All of I he ladies ur ' asked to
bring a covered dish.
His 4,2lM)-word address point-
ed the way for consultations
aimed al concrete action hy all
the Americas to sufeguurk ihe
Western hemisphere against mili-
tary or economic tlireals from
nbroiid or foreign-directed sub-
versive activities.
In 11 nIiui'p condeiiiinilloll of the
"forces of rutlllesH co:M|neeit"
which lie Hiihl "Hbi'lnk from no
iik>uiin of ulliililiiiK their ends."
Hull declared it would lie "suici-
da) not to ii'cog^llKf In time ami
not lo picpni'c tu iiu.V fully anil
dwlslvely" the danaers to the
American Nat Ions."
Warning again that the Unit-
ed Stales would not tolerate any
effort "to modify the existing
status'' of Wuropoati possessions
In this hemisphere "whether
by cession, by trunsfer, or by any
impairment whatsoever in the
control heretofore exercised" —-
he declared "we must be In a po-
sition to move rapidly and with-
out hesitation."
"It bus been suggested," Hull
declared, "that our action take
the form of ihe establishment
of a I'olle/lve (trusiteeshlp, to
oe exercised In the name of all of
the American republics, The gov-
ernment of the United «tutes en-
dorses this sUKgestion and Is
prepared to cooperate, should the
occasion arise, in its execution."
He said that "as soon us con-
ditions permit, the region should
be restored to lis original so
ereign or be declared indepeu
cut when able to establish and
maintain stable self-government."
In the economic Held in which
most of th« other república
looked to ihe United States for
financial leadership und aaai*
tauce. the secretary of stale pro
posed u four-point program of
cooperation:
"J. .strengthening and expan-
sion of the activities of the Intr-
Amerlcun financia! und economic
advisory committee as an Instru-
ment for consultation with respect
to trade mutters. Including espe
dally the sltuutlou immediately
confronting the Americun Repub-
lics as a result o® the curtail-
ment and i-hanged character of
important foreign markets.
"2 Creation of facilities for
the ti-mporury handling und or-
derly marketing of accumulated
surpluses of those commodities
which are of primary importance
to t lie maintenance of the econo-
mic life of Ihe American repub-
lic whenever such action becom-
es necessary
"3. Development of commodity
agreements with a view to as-
suring eqttHable terms of trade
for both producers and consum-
ers of the commodities concern-
ed.
"4. Consideration of methods
for improving the standard of
living of the peoples of the
Am 'i1cas. (Including? public
health measures, nutrition stu-
dies, and suitable organizations
for the relief distribution of some
part of any surplus commodi-
ties."
Hull usserted the Inter-Ainer-
icun system "carries no Impli-
cation of aggression und no
threat to any nutlon" but Is bas-
ed solely oil u policy of self-de-
fense.
t m>
with
Girl Dies After
frimiital AttiíÉ
AUGUSTA. Ark July 19
— A I «-year old farm girl
criminally assaulted and
bludittoned In the White
bottom country. 1 :t miles
oí here by an unidentified
who attacked her und her
companion as ihey walked
from a rural eliuroh service
night.
Tito girl. Misa Ruby
ery. daughter of Mr.
tleorge Montgomery,
clinic here early today.
la
FT.
8NEIXING.
22 - UP) The brutal
the It-year-old daughter of
S. Army Sergeant wh
was found jack-knlted
old oil drum 3undajr set
agents to work behind a
secrecy today In
trace Ihe killer.
The girl. Mary Jane
daughter of Sergeant
William A. Massay.
u week ago last
body was found
the oil drum In a
covered ravine a tew
her home.
niirnunl fliuMM
For Paying
TUCM Early
If Boner
aave a little|, .
taxes. City Manager
has the solution.
There will be 8
count on taxea
fore the end of
plained.
Notices have been
already, and Davis
the response has been
Taxes may be paid |n
clerk's office in the
santa
sent
Better Sanitary
Army Recruiting Sergeant
Will Be In Borger Friday
To Enlist Men For Service
lyi
Is Tuesday Night
Women of the Moose tomorrow
night will sponsor a Candidates
Bally al K o'clock Hi the hall.
Cake and lee cream will be serv-
ed ,
All politic tana are Invited to
uttetul,
Borger Boy Taken
Into CMTC Band
.loe Charles Huberts, non of
Mr. ind Mrs. Floyd Roberts of
Borger, hits been «elected to play
in tike Citizens Military Training
Cunin Band at Ft. Sill. Oklu.
A rílense from the camp, which
six HOiner youths arc attending,
stoit<'d ihut on July IK, 43 trainees
were named to rompoe« ihe Itand
because of their ubllHy to play
and march
The bund, under Ihe capable
direction of Sergt. Vito Alfredo,
member of the famous 1st Kletd
Artillery Hand, will phty at all
reviews, purndes. entertainments
si'.i receptions and In uddltlon
will give several concerts during
the ' tttup period,
,lo< Charles plays the bass horn
He Is a member of the Borger
High School Hand.
Sergeant Jack Costello. of the
Army Hecrulting Service, will
arrive In Borger Friday afternoon
for the purpose of accepting nnd
conducting physical examinations
for applicants who want to en-
list In the Regular Army.
There are a great number of
vacancies still existing In all
branches of the service und alao
a great opportunity for the youth
with Initiative who wants lo pre-
pare himself for later life or to
make his career a military one.
A* 10 expenses, Uut'Je Sam takes
mre of that. All who are accepted
by Sergeant Costello will have
their expense* puld from Borger
to point of cnllstmeut, where they
will he put en the pp.y roll of the
flovernmeiit.
All voutiK men who are Inter-
ested can contact Hie Recruiting
Sergeant In the lobby of the Poet
Office Friday evening from # p.
in. until I p. m. where they will
enlist or be furnished any
tnatlon tbey desire.
Although the official
has not yet been received
tue state sanitary Inspector
his recent inspection trip
city officials believe Borger
come through with fl;
In an un-offlclal
the Inspector told
L M. Davis that Borger
restaurants are In
shape. He stated that eating
here are showing much
ment and co-operation
slate office.
Annmiberi
Way To Enter
nwrii rnm
CHICAGO, July 21
L. Annenberg aurren
United States Marshal
begin u trip to the U. I
tlary at I.ewlsburgh
he must serve a three
for evasion of Income
Marshal William H.
said he and deputy Ji
nes would drive the
Luwlsburg in McDonnell
BIC1 HPRIN'C) WINK
O vim J ft- UAH
BIG SPRING. July >9
Big Spring defeated
0 and 17-0 In a
the American Legion
baseball tournament
Sunday,
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