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THE BORGER (TEXAS) DAILY HERALD
Wednesday, Jonuory 8, 1941
THE BOHGER DAILY HERALD
at lot north Main Staroet. Borgtr Texas Every Ertnlng
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Turn Light On The War Committees
If it be true that one man's meat is another man's
poison, it is equally true that one man's truth is an-
other man's propaganda.
A half-dozen committees are now deluging the
country with material aimed at influencing United
States foreign policy in one way or another.
There are the Committee to Defend America by
Aiding the Allies, the America First Committee, the
No Foreign War Committee, to name only the most
vocal.
Let it be said at the start that no particular good
will come of trying to dismiss any of these committees
with an epithet. "Pro-Nazi" or "Pro-British" is not
good enough. So far as we know every one of these
committees is a purely American committee, actuated
by the single desire to lead this country in the path
that will prove best. It is true that one group tends
to advocate policies which one presumes the Ger-
mans would like; another, policies which would bring
cheers in England. But they are not to be dismissed
by calling names. They are too important for that and
it is essential that we know exactly and in detail what
is represented by each.
The U. S. Department of State registers and re-
quires such information from representatives of for-
eign governments. And that is good. We know, for
instance, when Sir Wilmott Lewis, Washington cor-
respondent of the London Times, issues a weekly
news-letter called "Foreign Correspondence," that
this is British propaganda, and it may be read as such.
Sir Wiimott is duly registered with the Department
of State as a British representative. You can take
what he says or leave it.
But the domestic committees, while they certain-
wield more power in molding American destiny
an foreign propagandists, perhaps even more than
political campaigns, make no such accounting.
These committees, naturally, wish the people
to trust them. Their purpose is to crystallize public
opinion. There is nothing wrong in that. It is part of
our democratic process. Citizens with pronounced
opinions have not only the right but the duty to ad-
vocate opinions. Modern technique demands organi-
ation in such advocacy.
But already there have been demands for con-
gressional investigation of such committees.. This
seems scarcely necessary. A policy of complete and
utter frankness as to sources of support and objectives
sought by all organizations seeking to influence pub-
lic opinion is the answer, and the only answer which
will inspire public confidence in what they have to say:
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Y' Pays Fer d' Perfection, See?
An ugly, black-visaged, insinuating chap leans
across the counter of the little store, "See?" he leers.
"Ya pays fer d' perfection! You joins our association,
see, an' nothing bad happens to ya. It's onny 30 bucks
a week. If ya don't pay ..."
That scene has been enacted all too often in
the United States We are familiar with it. It is a
racket.
Now change the scene. We are now in the Czech-
Moravian Protectorate. It is the second year of the
German occupation. The Man has come around for
400,000,OCX) crowns, twice last year's payment. That
is payable to the German Reich in exchange for which
the protectorate is relieved from paying for certain
administrative, military and other costs. These have
been taken over by the Reich as "guarantor of the
protectorate's security and sovereignity."
That is the New Order in Europe.
Up From The Depths
A war always produces its share of those stories
which are stranger than fiction. But surely no strang-
more weird story has come out of the war than that
the submarine Thetis, resurrected from a watery
to send another undersea monster down to take
Thetis was on a trial run in the Irish sea in
9 when she sank and carried 99 men to their
months later she was laboriously raised,
onditioned. Now the British Admir-
is same Thetis, recommissioned as
which sank on Italian submarine,
raised from the watery depths
for this resurrection by sending
place on the serene, unearthly
is a deed ng fictioneer has yet even dared
a
National Budget
Given In Nutshell
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—<£>>—
President Roosevelt took 1,071
closely printed pages to give Con-
gress all the details of his "total
defense" budget, but here are its
essentials in a nutshell:
Spending — •17,485,528,049 In
fiscal year beginning July 1; $13,-
202,370,970 In current fiscal year.
Defense — •10,811,314,600 near
year; $6,403,923,900 this.
Aid to Britain and other dem-
ocracies — all extra, amount un-
determined.
Revenues — $8,275,435,000 next
WilWW opotbifc..,
Deficit — $9,210,093,049 next
year; $6,189,440,970 this.
Public debt — now $45,000,000,-
000; on June 30, 1941, $49,156,972,-
000; on June 30, 1942, $58,367,065,-
056.
Defense summary — appropria-
tions, authorizations and recom-
mendations since June, 1940, and
including today's requests: $28,-
480,000,000, including $13,704,000,-
000 for army, $11,587,000,000 for
navy, $1,902,000,000 for expansion
of industrial plants; and $1,287,-
000,000 for anti-sabotage and other
defense activities.
Non-defense costs — $0,674,000,-
000 next fiscal year, reduced from
$7,078,000,000 this year.
Taxes — President asked more
taxes but ie't types and amounts
to Congress.
Turkey's President
Visits His Soldiers
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. « -
</P)— President Ismet Inonu wol>
reported unofficially today to be
conducting an "incognito" visit to
troops stationed in European Tur-
key. principally those marshalled
close to the Bulgarian border.
Train service between Turkey
and Bulguria was suspended, pre-
sumably because of floods on the
Bulgarian side of the frontier
The Ankara radio, praising
President Roosevelt's utterances
on war aid to Great Britain, said
they showed the destinies of the
United States and Britain had
been joined.
TREE KILLS CHILD
RUSK, Tex., Jan. 8—(/P)—Char-
les Corbln, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Corbin of Rusk, was kill-
ed yesterday when a tree fell on
him.
County To Hold
2 Birthday Balls
Members of the Hutchinson
county Committee for the Cele-
bration of the President's Birthday
last night voted to hold two halls
this year in order to raise funds
for the fight to stave off dread
infantilo paralysis among both
children and adults.
The regular Thursday night
dance in the Moose Hall will be
held as usual, all profits of which
will go directly into the yearly
drive.
The second dance will be held
on the night 'fff'ff&rt. 29 fti the Am-
erican Legion hall, with Witt
Thoma and his orchestra — direct
from the Nat in Amarillo — fur-
nishing the music.
Box suppers are being planned
by civic leaders in Sanford, Stin-
nett, Fritch and Spring Creek for
their part in the birthday celebra-
tion. The suppers will take place
at 7 o'clock so all persons in these
towns may come to Borger for the
Birthday Ball.
Due to other arrangements, plus
the desire to have a Class 1 dance
band, the usual Jan. 30 ball was
moved back to the 29th so local
dancers could get the very nest
music in this entire section.
In an effort to give everyone
his money's worth, the Amarillo
orchestra was contracted and $1.80
set as price of admission. All pro-
fits will go into the national fund
after local recognition has been
given
Present at last night's meeting
in the office of the Borger Her-
ald were R. Kay Smith. H R. Wil-
liams, D. E. Metz, Ralph Curry,
Joe Sargent, Harry Turner, Frank
L. Ivey, Tom Duvall, W. R. Sever,
Don Baker, C. G. Goldsmith and
Wayne Lanham.
Other members named on '.he
committee are Mrs. Howard Culp,
Bob Bradshaw, Ray Brock, E. C.
Carver, Homer Franklin, Fred
Houth, C. E. House, Homer Pruett
Ed Ralston and John Turpin.
Oil Industry Becomes
Target For More Taxes
AUUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 8 ~-(>P)—
One of the first specific proposals
to increase taxes on natural re-
sources at thiss session of the leg-
islature which convenes r.ext week
would seek to raise $23,000,000 ad-
ditional revenue from crude oil
and natural gas.
A bill which Rep. Ben Sharpe
of Paris said he would intro-
duce would boost the tax on crude
from the 2 3-4 cents a barrel now
levied to five cents and would
tax natural gas one cant per 1,-
000 cubic feet as It came from
the processing refinery instead of
at the well.
Sharpe said oil now yielded
$21,000,000 and the larger tax
would up the return by $18,000,-
000. Income from the gas tax
would be increased from $500,000,
the current yield, by $5,000,000.
"If those who want additional
revenue run wild," he cannoned,
"they likely will get nothing."
MIAMI BEACH CLUB
TO GIVE FREE FEED
Continuing a past courtesy, the
Miami Beach club will sponsor
free feeds every Wednesday night
throughout the year.
The first of the feeds will be
given tonight.
Borger Herald Want Ada Oet
Results.
Woman Shoots Nan
Who Thon Boats Har
TROY, Ala.. Jan. 8—(>T )— A
young matron, battered sbout the
head, and a man with a bullet
through his abdomen were in a
hospital here today and Sheriff
Ben Reeves said the man beat the
woman with her own gun after
she shot him in a holdup.
He said the woman is Mrs. Kath-
crine Ward, 35-yea. old former
Dayton, Ohio, resident now living
in Montgomery and the man Is
Fonzo Rainey, 30, filling station
operator at nearby Brundidge.
Reeves said he had issued a
warrant charging the woman with
robbery and assault with intent to
murder. TÉ? hospital reported
Rainey in critical condition and
the sheriff said he would change
the charge to robbery and murder
if the man dies.
Thvee Lessons In "Mow Not To Point A Gun
REDS MAKE
NO COMMENT
MOSCOW, Jan. 8—IJPb- The
Soviet Press gave prominence to-
day to dispatches reporting Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Monday message
to Congress, including his pledgee
of aid to Britain.
Pravda, organ of the Commun-
ist party, publisl>ed a 700-word
abstract of the address under a
two-column headline at the top of
Its foreign news page.
There was no editorial comment.
The aiM-totta'
Brothers are model examples ol three desperadoes who should certainly
according to these postures, taken from their latest laugh eple, "Go W
the Rig screen. From left to right are Herpo. Oroucho and Chico-et I
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Paul was sarcastic about the way Suzanne set the table,
took over the task himself. "It's simply not your line, Sue.
Martha moved in between them then, laughing, ordered
Paul into the living room. Suzanne was furious.
SERIAL STORY
CONSCRIPT'S WlfE
BY BETTY WALLACE
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a ron«rrl|M'« wlf' no *."
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PAUL FOLLOWS ORDERS
CHAPTER III
TyjARTHA MARSHALL stood on
the platform, watching with
tear-blurred eyes as the lights of
the train grew dimmer and dim-
mer in the distance. She scarcely
noticed when the crowd of l>eople
began pushing toward the stairs.
Someone behind her said wearily,
"Well, that's over."
For Martha, It wasn't over. It
was just beginning. She thought
of the empty apartment—the
silence and the memories that
were waiting for ner—and her
throat tightened.
Paul touched her arm. "You
didn't eat dinner," he said. "Do
you want to stop somewhere und
have something now?"
"I—1 couldn't, Paul."
Out in the car, Butch was whin-
ing, his nose pressed against the
glass. He bounded out as Martha
opened the door. He licked her
hand. Then he looked behind her.
His head cocked to one side, in-
quiringly. He seemed to be ask-
ing, "Where's Bill?"
"He's gone, boy," murmured
Marthu. "Gone for a long time.
There's just you and me, now."
"Well," Paul said, gently.
"There's me, too. Remember, I
promised Bill I'd look after you."
Martha didn't answer. She
potted the dog's head and remem-
bered the far-away day she and
Bill had first seen him. He'd been
a scrawny little pup in the arms
of a weeping small boy.
"My father don't want him,"
the boy saiu, huddled up on the
curbstone. He had looked at them
with tragic brown eyes. "I just
can't take him to the pound.
They'll g-g-gas him."
The puppy had pathetic bowed
legs and a funny, wrinkled little
muzzle. Martha had reached for
him and the little boy asked
eagerly, "Do you want him, Mis-
sus? Do you? He's a good dog.
He don't eat much. Honest, he
don't."
BUI coughed. "I'll give you a
dollar for him."
"Gee, Mister!"
For nights afterward Martha
had had to get up to feed the
crying little puppy. He had to fc-i
house broken, and there was th"
problem of what to do about him
while they worked.
Bill cursed himself for ever
having bought the animal. Yet
he was the one who said, "It's
tough on you, coming home from
the office and straightening the
dump, anyway. Let's get a woman
to help—she could fix our dinner,
too—and then she'd be here to let
the pup out during the day."
"Martha," said Puul, touching
her arm. "Martha, what is it?"
• * *
CHE shook the memories from
° her. She mustn't go off into
dazes like this. There was so
much to remember—but she had
to keep going, had to bear up.
After all, she thought, trying to
whip herself into being sensible,
she had been alone before she
married Bill.
Butch scrambled back into the
car. Martha got wearily in behind
him. Paul didn't ask if she wanted
him to drive. He simply held out
his hand for the key.
They were almost home when
Martha said, "Walt, Paul. I—I
CO^YHIOMT. 1041,
nca oenvicc. inc.
guess I am hungry, after all." She
couldn't face the empty apart-
ment. Not just yet . . .
"You must have been hungry,"
said Paul, in a restaurant a few
minutes later, as she lifted a roll to
her lips and put it back without
tasting it. "Now, listen, Martha.
You've got to be reasonable. He's
not going off to do or die—no-
body's going to take potshots at
him. It's Just training."
"T know," she smiled wanly.
"I know."
"Well, for Pete's sake, buck up!"
"I'll try."
He Addled with his fork. "I
promised Bill I'd take care of
you." There was a wry Uttle smile
around his mouth. "I'm not going
to let you mope. Why, you won't
even have time to miss the guy.
Because you and 1 are going to
be very gay. Very patriotic, see?
The chin up, the spirit fearless,
and body parked in a movie every
night."
But she couldn't summon even
a smile, so he took her home.
After he had said goodnight,
Martha threw herself on her bed,
The tears which had been dammed
up so long come freely then. She
cried with her face in the pillow
where Bill's head hod Iain, every
night. She cried with her lists
balled up and Butch worried and
restless on the floor under her bed.
After a while, he crawled up and
licked her comfortingly.
"Oh, Butch," she wailed. "BuU-h,
how are we going to get tlirough
a whole year without htm?"
Butch jumped up on the bed and
did his doggy best to assure her
that it could be done.
« • *
IVEXT morning, in the office, she
was ashamed of having been
such a fool. She greeted Paul
with a cheerful smile. "The flood
is over," she said. "From now on,
it'« stout heart, iron control, and
bring on the gaiety."
Paul grinned. He wasn't hand-
some. he had none of Bill's dark
good looks or the boyitjh charm.
But when he smiled, like this, his
plain, bony facc became oddly
charming.
"You call up Suzanne right,
away! The first thing to do ig
drive the blues out of the apart-
ment with a steak dinner, ifedip|'
music, and loud talk."
So at 5 o'clock Suzar
up to the plBnt in her
coupe. Martha and Paul squeezed
in, They stopped at a super-
market and bought quantities. at
food. In the kitchen, Martha
donned an apron and Paul, appro-
priating the only other one avail
able, begon supervising produc-
tion, He was sarcastic about the
way Suzanne net the table, took
over the task himself.
"It'i simply not your line,
"Oh, isn't It? I'm vary doma
underneath."
"You make the coffee, Sue. Any-
one cun make coffee. Just measure
it right, add—"
Martha moved in between them
then, laughing ordered Paul ttifo
the living room. Suzanne said bit-
terly, "If I walked around twtth
Hour on my nose, I suppose he'd
admit that I'm domestic."
After dinner, they went out ta¡
a movie. Martha hung back in
the darkness of the aisle so that
Suzanne could sit nex,V. to PauL r
She thought, triumphantly, "fm
so tactful! I hope Sue appre-
ciates it."
But then, the figures on the
screen became blurred. Having
Paul and Suzanne for dinner had
not chased the ghosts out of til*
apartment at all. It had simjtly
reminded her of those other din-
ners, when Bill was home. She
wondered, achingly, what hér
husband was doing now at that
Reception Station. Was he Tying
somewhere on a eot, in a ton?
perhaps? Was he thinking of her?
It was—she tried to look at her
wristwatch, but it wos too ct>rM ~<
it must be 10:30, Did '
have to turn in oarly?
Paul leaned across
"What's the matter,
"Nothing." She gave 1
tion, determinedly, ta the btoBdU
tomado on the screen, who? wHp
whirling through the mad mottaMt
of a very torrid rhumba.
(To lie Continued)
American
(Continued from PAOE ONE)
proceed with the emergency relief
shipment under certain conditions.
These conditions were not spe-
cified but they were believed to
involve assurances of complete
freedom for Red Cross authorities
in distributing and handling the
supplies.
In the case of France, Davis out-
lined the following relief program
which he said had the approval or
President Roosevelt:
1. Relief ahipments to be con-
fined to medical suspplles in the
strict sense, dried or canned milk,
children's clothing and with cer-
tain exceptions, vitamin concen-
trates.
3. Distribution to be effected
solely by the American Red Cross
whether direct from its own ware-
houses or under strict supervision
to chlldrens hospitals and clinics.
3. Extent of this program to de-
pend on developments and the ful-
fillment of the general conditions
of the agreement.
Tan BilHans
(Continued from PAOE ONE)
unpatriotic,.
The anticipated federal debt of
$58,367,0(15,096 — it was $18,185,-
308.000 when the annual deficits
started in ID31 and now stands at
$45,000,000,000 — would require
raising the present limit of $49,-
000,000,000.
Congress might want to set a
new limit as u fiscal monitor," the
President said, but "I question the
significance of a statutory debt
limit." Congress, he explained, can
automatically regulate the debt by
limiting appropriations.
The big question mark left by
the President was how much more
money would be needed for the
United States to buy airplanes
and other weaporis and "lend"
them to "democracies" abroad re-
sisting the "aggressors." The Bri-
tish already have submitted a de-
tailed list for $3,000,000;000 worth
and some officials have put the ul-
timate cost as high as fl 0,000,000,-
000.
Hutchinson
(Continued from PAOE OWE)
next fiscal year, |3,447,3R4,000>
went to the navy, $5,966,000,600 to :
the army $407,320,000 to scatter-
ed agencios Including the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and 11,-
000,000,000 was left blank for fu-
ture allotment.
Mr. Roosevelt visualised a pro-
gram necessitating the sale of gov-
ernment securities on a scale pos-
sibly rivaling the World War days
when "four minute- speakers" in-
terrupted theater programs to sell
Ltbenfer Bonds.
Failure of financially able per-
sons to buy bonds, he told report-
ers, might In fact, be considered
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were cleared for baskets and 57
families, repprosenting 189 chil-
dern, registered for toys. All were
called for with the exception of
one family.
Mrs. Julia Rlley, chairman of
the recent toy project, reported on
the number of toys repaired, and
a unanimous vote of thanks to
the Boy Scouts who participated
In the work was made.
A letter of thanks will be sent
to H, H. Beavers, Scout executive,
by the chapter officials.
Mrs. Wait Heard was named
chairman of the entertainment
committee for the coming annual
meeting, and Mrs. Qill Freemon
was selected hospitality chairman.
There was no Roll Call report
and the detailed report on Junior
Red Cross worn will be printed in
tomorrow's Herald. * *
Present at last night's m'eetfog
were:
A W. Nelson, Mrs. J. O. Cool-
baugh, Mrs, George Cory,, Mrs, S.
P. Hamrick, R M. Means jbf San-
ford, the Rev. Wallace Jones, W.
L. Fox, Mrs, Julia Riley, Mrs.
Walt Heard. Mrs. Bill Freemon,
Mrs. Selmer Kirby, Atis* Wanda
Honey and Mrs. Hugh Cypher.
'Rome' Torpedoes
British Destroyer
ROME, Jan. —<A>)*£> The Ita-
lian high command reportad today
Italian planes had torpedoed a
British destroyer off the north
African coast, near Saliün.
The result of the attach wag not
known immediately.
In the dessert front In Libya, the
high command said there was pa-
tro! activity und artillery fire be-
tween Bardla and Tobruk.
The high command also report-
ed in its regular communique that
"numerous rolls'* had been made
by Britain'* Royal Air Kbrce on
various localities In Eastern Libya
and the City of Tripoli where, it
said, four persons were killed and
some 10 Injured.
• Hoipttal Hawi
Mrs. Clifford Salter i« a medical
patient In North Plains hospital.
" Shankle is a medical pa-
tient in North J la|ygs hospital,
G. W. Carter undf
atlon in
last night.
G. W. Carter underwent an op.
oration in North Plains hosoltel
last night. . "«wwi
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