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portion esrly this evening. otherwise fait
night and Thursday.
Vol. 15—No, 142
NEA Service
Associated Press
THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Borger, Texas, Wednesday, May 7, 1941
(Six Pages Today)
Price Five Canta
Road to Suez?
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Confidence Vote Despite Errors
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Borser Selectee
Trades Saw-Horse
For Real Animal
French worker gi.idt deseii roi.d in Afrlcu. Tlii.s might be one
of routes used for attack on Sue/,, ¡ib German* have been accused
oí planning to move troop* ami supplies through Algeria for the
campaign in Egypt.
FOHT BLISS. Tax.. May 7—
(A1)—Salactae Royca Gilki, a car-
pentar from Borgar. Tax. told
tha classification ofiicar upon-
induction to tho army that ha
had had axparianca with "saw
horses."
Thraa day* later he found
himself astrida a raal horse in
tha 7th cavalry at Fort Bliss.
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Kiwanians To Present
"Grandpa's Twin Sister"
Jim Braden Selected
By Phillips Club
Stalin Promotes Himself
To Soviet Premiership
inIo Silencer?
Red Cross Calls
For Volunteers
For Rush Work
With an excellent cast providing
plenty ol laugh , the Sanforci Ki-
wanlB club will present ¡i three
aut comedy, "Grandpn's Twin Sis-
ter", Friday night at 8 o'clock ill
tho Sanford Community hall
Mrs S. M. Jordan is directing
the play, to which admission will
be 15 and 26 ceni*.
Sheriing M Jordan, as the
grandpa, plays the part of a can-
tankerous old man who has made
hi fortune and trie to retire to
it. but has little kucccss be-
of the WrtfOlk who ore!
fling to inherit Ihe lion' share
of his fortune.
•'Grandpa Hatcher", co-star
with "Betty", played by Miss El- \
oisc Hill who conspires with the
old man to defeat the scheming
relatives.
They are supported by the fol-
lowing cast:
"Maggie". Grandpa's Irish cook. D.L Q..II
Kliüe Holderman; "Loulee", Grand- jDull «JwUll
pa's grandneice, Virginia Good
'Clara", a bossy, domineering1
woman. Mrs. F. C. Strech; "Ed-
gar". Clarft's henpecked husband,
Mr Wilkina: 'Ralph", a young doc-
tor and Betty's beau, Milton
Means; "Henry", a scheming law-
yer, Cecil Smith: "Widow Wil-
liam ", after grand) Mrs H L.
Teegerstrom; "Adam".
Clyde Page.
Volunteer workers are badly
needed at the Red Cross pro-
duction department.
The following articles have
to be completed by May 15.
Thev are cut and ready to sew.
WONT SOMEONE PLEASE
VOLÜNTifcft TO HELP-'
There are 2 inlanty gowns,
75 Infants shirts, 30 pair of
stockings 50 bibs and 25 baby
hoods
Lions Sponsor
Revocation Action
Takon By City
The Borger Lions club will spon-
sor Bob Scott at the Boys State
convention in Austin, June 1) to
14, the club voted today Bob
was introduced to the Lions at
their luncheon
L M. Davis, city manager, gave
a Scotch, , n iep0j.| j,, club about the civ-
ic improvements of the past, pres-
ent and future in Borger.
The club was told that they
would be allowed six delegates to
the stale I .ions club convention in
Amarillo .luiie 8, !>. and 10.
Jim Braden, son of Mr and
Mrs. P. B. Braden. will be spon-
sored by the Phillips Civic club
at the annual Boys State camp
at the University i f Texas in Aus-
tin. June 9 to 14. a club commit-!
tee voted yesterday. —————
Braden played football as an end 1 FRANCE GIVEN
on last year's regional champion- 25° DISCOUNT
ship team of Phillips. O" NAZI BILL
MOSCOW. May 7 —i/Pi—Joseph
Stalin, replacing Vyacheslav M.
Molotov as premier, has taken
over open leadership of the Soviet
Union which he had guided be-
hind the scenes a:, secretary-gen-
eral of the communist party.
Molotov. Premier or chairman
of the council ot people's commis-
sars for II years, continues in high
position as commissar of foreign
affairs — the office he took from
Maxim Litvinov two years ago
only a few months before the So-
viet German non-aggression pact
was signed.
• A hint that Molotov's star
might be descending was seen by
some observers last February
when his wife was dropped as a
candidate for the communist
People used to snicker when party's central committee.)
Haille Selassie was called the Molotov, now 50, was relieved
"conquering lion of Judah." but 0f the Premiership at his own re-
the old boy is really getting to c,UP.st cteclared a communique cir-
culated today by Tass, official
! Agenc\ It explained he had said
look pretty tough after all these
wars, us witness this new picture
made in his native Ethiopia.
Siimson Asks
For Use Of U. S.
Navy 'Right Now'
Hitler Corriee U-Boat
Warfare Par Into
This Hemisphere
WASHINGTON, May 7-
(AP)— A blunt plea from
Secretary of War Stimson
for use of the U. S. Navy-
"ritfht now" — in the stra-
tegy is now receiving ad-
ministration consideration.
Special importance was attach-
ed to Stimson's words in muny
quarters because Stephen Early,
Presidential secretary, said it could
Lloyd George Says
I Thank God' For
Stimson's Sp66ch
Half-Million British
Troops Reported Under
Waved'* Command
CAIRO, Egypt, May 7 —
(AP)— Backed up by howit-
zers flown in by the RAF,
British imperial forces have
"ejected the enemy" from
in
dominating positions
Habbaniyah airdrome
Iraq, official reports said to*
day.
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The Civic Club pays the tui-
tion and fees for Bruden. Judge
Foster, a member of the legal staff
cf the Phillips Petroleum company
at Amarillo, has pledged the trans-
portation for Braden. He is try-
ing to arrange to fly him to Austin
from Amarillo.
VICHY, France, May 7—itP)—
It was officially announced today
that Vice Premier Admiral Darían
and German authorities at Paris
had reached un agreement "en-
visaging" a 28 per cent reduction
in the cost of supporting the Ger-
man army of occupation.
Texas State Employment Service
In natii
ation-Wide Drive
To Find Work For Men Over Forty
.. . ..... ... be assumed that the war depart-
repeatedly hu "'t is d'ffiw't for ment chief discussed his address'
him to fulfill the duties of chair-
man of the council of people's
commissars of the U. S. S. R.
simultaneously with the duties of
the people's commissar of foreign
affairs."
This gadget, assembled by W. J.
Haynes, Kansas City broker and
amateur inventor, does every-
thing to soup except eliminate
noise. Bulb cools it, swab gets
last drop for you and there's an
automatic cracker dunker and
salt shaker. Also a thermometer.
in advance with Mr. Roosevelt.
Stimson was the fifth cabinet
officer to speak out strongly In
recent weeks for more dynamic j
action to guarantee the success — ■■ «
of the aid-to-Britain program, but; |J| J^|1Q||0|| J&li
Murder Suspect
He became, instead, a vice chair- , . . . - -•
man of the council and retained 1 he,wus the flrsl to advocate a spe-
his membership in the political bu- ctíic course USL' oí thc noY>'
reau of the central committee of
the communist party, compact exe-
cutive organization
of the tUfvt
communist party since 1922, has
moved increasing^- to the fore in
recent months. Twice during Yo-
suke Matsuoka's visit here last
month Stalin received the Japa-
nese foreign minister, who signed
for Japan a neutrality pact with
Russia.
In advocating this prompt naval
assistance. Stimson told the nation
in his radio address last night
zone of" unrestricted sea wai
into the western hemisphere.
He also assailed the charac-
ter of German submarine war-
fare in the north Atlantic, call-
ins it "illegal" and a "viola-
tion of law and humanity."
The U-boBt tactics, he said,
Orrin J. Brown, slaying suspect
lor the March 20 murder of a
woman h« met through a matri-
monial agency, is being held in
custody in the Hutchinson county
jail at Stinnett it was revealed
yesterday afternoon.
Brown, middle-aged man and
slight of build was placed in the
Hutchinson county jail Sunday
evening by Sheriff H. L. Wilbanks
of Hansford county. Brown is in-
Stinnett Honor
Students Named
itH
Little more than routine busi-
ness and approving the paying of
bills occupied the time of the city
commissioners in the regular meet-
ing Inst night.
Revocation action of the original
dedication on the site of land north
of Tenth street and west of the
highway to Stinnett, where the
proposed FHA residential addition
is to be built, was taken by the
commissioners to clear the way
for the addition.
Old buildings have been cleared
from the site for sometime and
work now is going ahead as
planned.
The city commission again en-
dorsed the YPO and granted the
organization the use of the City
hall auditorium for classes. Office
space in the Chamber of Com-
merce offices also was provided
tho organization.
Dr. L. E. Petty, city health of-
ficer, will represent Borger at the
Fort Worth convention of health
officers May 12 it was decided.
The commission will meet again
May 20.
Congratulations To
til
K
Mr. and Mrs. Fate Hutcheson,
upon the arrival of a son. John-
nie Eugene, at 7:24 this morning
in Pantex hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas,
pon arrival of a 7 pound 13 ounce
daughter. LaVania Mae. 'jorn at
7:3# last night in North Plains hos-
pital.
Miss Ethalea Early, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Jack Early, will be
valedictorian of the Stinnett sev-
enth grade graduaUon class this
year as a result of her average of
1)0.62.
She edged <>'it by .12 points
John Outs, son of Mr. and Mrs
.lack Oats, whose 00.5 average
gives him salutalcrlan honors.
Miss Early luu been active in
basketball and baseball on the
grade school team.
Tuberculosis Society Plans
Local Educational Program
Student Council
Plans Election
Four candidates for the presi-
dency of the Borger high school
student council were nominated
this morning, according to Paul
Scott, present president.
The candidates are Paul Scott,
seeking reelection, and Vance Bnr-
son of the junior class and Paul
Post and Martha Lee Seegert of
the sophomore chiss.
The election will be held next
Wednesday among all Borger high
school students. Other officers will
be elected next year when the
council organizes. Members arc
chosen from the home rooms at
the start of each year.
employer!
and women over 40 who are qual-
ified for jobs," Mr. Beaver slat
ed. President Roosevelt has pro-
claimed the week beginning May
4 as National Employment Week,
and urges the employment of older
workers who have the skill and
training neded during tins lime of
national preparation.
Bian; called attention to the
ffact that among the "over' 40'
group are many World war vet-
erans, men who now average 40
years of age. Many of these men.
he pointed out, are well quali-
fied for jobs in both defense and
non-defense industries.
The E«rly Diagnosis Campaign "The Borger office gives special
and Educational program of the emphasis to promoting job oppor-
when they "caused the President
| and congress to take up arms in
i defense of the freedom of the seas.
; The charge that Germany had
extended the unrestricted zone to
; hemisphere waters and "forbid-
den us to enter" was the first
•swiirvmnnt Wool, t/> Hrino i a « . r, " '! such assertion to come from a high
t raw ?"iD"yJn Bo7"r' *?ny°r administration official. It
attention of emplo>eis. men Bvron Andress has so decreed. ...... ....
Cooperation of the Texas State
Employment Service in the nation
wide observance of National Em-
ployment Week was stressed today
by Mr. Clay Beaver, manager of
the agency's Borger olfice. "We are
making a ¡peeial effort during Na-
tional
to the
Straw Hat Day
Set For Sunday
Next Sunday will be
were identical with those of 1917, dieted with the murder of Mrs.
Lenta Murphy of Marion, Ind.,
AMARILLO BAND
TO PLAY HERE
The Amarillo junior college
band, which is under the direction
of Robert Lewis Barron, will be
featured in an assembly program
nt the high school, Friday morn-
ing at 10:30 a. m.
• Hospital News
Mrs. H. S. Benjamin is confined
to St Anthony's hospital in Am-
arillo, where she is quite ill with
a throat infection.
CORRECTION
J. D. Miller is police judge in
stead of Hugh Miller as mentioned
in a story yesterday In the Herald.
Hutchinson County Tuberculosis
Association was launched Monday
at the monthly meeting of the As-
sociation, held in the local office
In North Plains hospital.
Since the main program of the
local Association is to be reduction
on tuberculosis, the campaign will
extend over a period of three or
four months. ;
The annual education campaign,
which serves as the spearhead of
the year-round activities of the as-
sociation, is a concentrated effort
to impress upon the public the ne-
cessity of early diagnosis and
prompt and proper treatment of
the disease.
The campaign will stress the cor-
rect. modern methods of diagnosis
—the tuberculin test and the chest
X-ray The slogan this year is "A
Good X-ray I Your Doctor's Best
Aid in Discovering Early Tuber-
culosis"
This is the second year the
Hutchinson County Tuberculosis
Association has participated in the
nation wide Early Diagnosis cam-
paign held each April by the Na-
(Continued on Pag* TWO))
PHILLIPS CLUB TO
MEET IN AUDITORIUM
turiities for veterans," said Beaver,
and urged employers to cooperate
in providing Jobs for these men.
"Many employers are finding
that older workers possess the
skills neded to speed up our de-
fense program or to fill other pos-
itions of responsibility in business
ant; industry.
"During the recent labor regis-
tration program, many persons
who are not using their highest'
skills In the present jobs have
(Continued on Page TWO))
Byron Andress has so decreed.
An official cremony will ob-
serve the "Panama derby" day at
the Huber ball park next Sunday
afternoon when the local Borger
Gassers play the Big Spring Bomb-
ers in a West-Texas - New Mexico
j league game. City Manager L. M.
¡ Davis will officiate In the cere-
mony and will present Gordon
Nell, manager of the Gassers, with
a straw bonnet.
In promoting the day, local mer-
chants will give coupons with each
straw hat sold on Friday and Sat-
urday. This coupon when present-
ed at the box office at the ball
game will entitle the bearer to ad-
mission for 35 cents, a 10 cents
due lion from the regular price, if
that bearer is wearing a new
straw hat.
near Spearman on March 20.
Wilbanks said he was taking no
chances with the slaying suspect
and brought him to the Hutchin-
son county jail for (Safekeeping,
fearing that the two-cell Spearman
jail was too risky for his prisoner.
Brown is ir< solitary confinement i
thought that Stimson referred to in jailer John Crawford's cus- j
the fact that the Nazi danger zone tody,
now extends to within a few mil- i The suspect, who was arrested In
(Continued on Paga TWO) 1 (Continuad on Page TWO))
was
LONDON. Mar
Winston Churchill
from the house of
tremendous 447-to-3 vale el con-
fidence despite a strident i
from David Lloyd Q*orf*,'
war premier, that
got to do moro" if she is le
able Britain to beet
The white-haired elder states-
man, in his most outspoken utter-
ance in many months, warned
government about exagff"""'
the speed or amount of
State# aid and declared American
war organization traditionally
"full of disappointments" for X
British.
He demanded a "real war
inet" and "an and to the kind <
blunders which have
and weakened us."
Reds Vote "M«"
Mnfies T l-Ktoit rternf nel^i
nowtvtr, bivyta uivib> www
"I thank God" for Secretary of
War Stimson's speech of last
night, and said it was clear
that President Roosevelt by his
"changed" attitude, and Stimsea
both realised the gravity el
Britain's position. ■
Nevertheless, Lloyd George waa
not among the trio who voted "no"
on the confidence test. They were
Communist William Gallagher,
Socialist Denis Priti and Dr. Ar-
(Continued on Pee* TWO))
ROOSEVELT BETTER
WASHINGTON, May 7—Í/P)—
President Roosevelt's stomach con-
dition was improved today and his
fever had decreased
His physician, Rear Admiral
Ross T Mclntlre, preferred, how-
ever that Mr. Roosevelt remain in
White House residential quarters
both today and tomorrow and keep
a minimum of engagements.
The Phillips Civic club will hold
open house at its regular meeting
May 14 in the high school auditor-
ium at 8 p. m. in order to let the
public hear a vital Americanism
speech by Col. E. A. Simpson, ac-
cording to John Turpin, Phillips
grade principal.
PROCLAMATION
In order to give official recognition to a
national tradition, and to encourage the swing
to comfort for the men of this community, I
hereby proclaim Sunday, May II, to be Straw
Hat Day in Borger.
Be it further known that the official observ-
ance of this event will be held at the ball game
between the Borger Gassers and the Big Spring
Bombers with appropriate ceremonies in Huber
Stadium, Sunday afternoon.
Witness my hand and seal this seventh day
of May, anno domino, one-thousand-nine-hun-
dred-forty-one.
Seal:
BYRON ANDRESS,
Mayor, City of Borger,
County of Hutchinson,
State of Texas.
Phillips Elementary School
To Present Joint Recital 01
Chorus And Band Tomorrow
Kiwanis Club
Stages Banquet
The Stinnett Kiwanis club will
be host at an athletic banquet
tomorrow night at iho First Chris-
tian church at 7:30, p. m. Each
Kiwanian is to bring an athlete
as his guest.
Coach W. W. Nicklaivs of Borger
high school will be the main
speaker of the event. Coach Law
ronce Clark and Principal Henry
Young of Groom high school will
sing a group of numbers. Durmot bass quartet and a woodwind quar-
Meisner of the Stinnett high, tel.
The Phillips elementary school
will present a joint recital of the
grade chorus and the elementary
band as part of the school's ob-
servance of National Music week,
tomorrow night in the Phillips au-
ditorium at 8 p m.
Miss Catherine Gillum is direc-
tor of the 86-voice chorus and
Robert Fielder is director of the
55-piece band. Miss Erma Wyatt
will be the accompanist.
The chorus has made some suc-
cessful appearances this year at
civic clubs, churches and the dis-
trict teachers' meeting at Can-
yon Besides the band there will
be instrumental numbers by
Spring Crook
Gives Contracts
At a regular meeting of the
Spring Creek Board of Education
last night the faculty was re-em-
ployed foi the coming year.
W. Dilard, who has been princ
for the past four years, and the <
tire remaining faculty of Roy ~
lingsworth, Guilford Miller,
Stedje, Ova Webb, Annie
Dcering and Minnie Bonds
given contracts. ^
Several changes are planned tn
the grade arrangement and sub«
ject matter to be taught next year.
The present school is rated «i e
classified elementary school.
Rotarians Plan
To Attend Neat
In Lubbock Soon
school will sing a song and will
be accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. U. S. Nicks.
The main business of the ban-
quet will be to award 30 letters
A group of Borger Rotary and
Rotary Ann members plan to at-
tend the three-day Rotary confer-
;¡ ;ence at Lubbock, May 11, 13 end
13.
Bob Llndsey, who will lead the
local delegation, urges every
member that can make arrange-
ments to make reservations Im-
mediately.
Principal speakers of the con-
ference will be Dr. Allen 0. Al-
The chorus will sing "The Green
Cathedral". "Medley From the
Sunny South", "Little Cotton Dol-
ly". "I'll Set' You Again", "Will
You Remember", "The Two
and jackets to Stinnett high school j Clocks" and "Carmena " The jun „ .
athletes. Eleven girls' basketball j tor band will play "Roll Cnl1 ¡¡3!:,,^', ?'^'^
awards will be made and 25 boys' March", "Angelus", "Firing Line ^ * .V"*
football, basketball and ooxing j March" and Cross Country "«nan of Albany. N. Y„ an Inter-
awards will be given. | March". The brass quartet will
All parents of athletes and all pl'-,v 1 Irl-Siri-Bin^' A mixed trio
will sing "Londonderry Aid.
The chorus personnel is: tx>dema
Armstrong, Betty Braden Phyllis
C'hewning, Peggy Jo Clack, Bry-
ant Clements, Anna Marie Cooper.
Jacqueline Dunn, Junior Fouty,
John Gabol. Anna Ruth Hansard.
Roy Holcomb, Roy Jack Holmes.
Elotse Howard.
Erma Jean Jones. Betty Jo Keil,
Paul Knight. Maydelt Kosse.v, Jo
high school teachers are invited to
attend the banquet. Plates will be
50 cents per person.
DEFENSE GUARD UNIT
MEETS TOMORROW
There will be a meeting of the
Texas Defense guard unit of Bor-
ger in the American Legion hall j ««phine Landers, John U>gan. Bill
l,i ii
tomorrow night at 8 p. m . accord
ing to Captain Charles Maisel.
Every memner is urged to be
present because the business ses-
sion will deal with uniforms and a
proposed barbecue.
Lloyd. Towana McCurley. Eugene
Milsup, Wanda Moffett, Virginia
Myers; Ramona Noland, Gene
Dates. Earl Pfaff. Bob dickens, H.
B Pickard, Lorraine Poulain. Ed-
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Phillips, J. C. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1941, newspaper, May 7, 1941; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168276/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.