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VALLEY SUNDAY STAR-MONTTOR-HEHALD
Sunday, May 19, 194R
Pag** 2
the Allies still were falling hack, rooted by the wind and some houses
over
dispersed
the
the
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an-
ed them in effect
WASHING MACHINE
French military observers is that
This Week—This Month
or This Year
U. S. PLANES
Then by All Means See This Amazing Value
APEX
SPEEDLINER
Electric
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U. S. BUSINESS
WASHER
in
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which he formerly
the
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V
the Germans appeared to he with-
He called rep- might shift a portion of its activi-
secretary of war.
OUR SPECIAL PRICE
Hl
69.95
SPECIAL BUDGET PLAN
FREE
President Roosevelt's proposal for »day was master of ceremonies. The
nearest store.
defense budget helped
the case by tracking down clues
the
stem
Sunday will see election of dis-
(Continued from Page I)
the officers worked all Friday night
a
estimated about $200 worth of the and leave expanded arms industries
Si
of
European
the
HARLINGEN^John F. Miner
All prices looted are Net.
1
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Oxydol
You Get More
Budget Plan Terms
For Your
Money, Always
Family's Income
i
Airplanes, Fire Throwers
Decisive Factors In War
Twelve
Packages
Oxydol
CITRUS RATE
IS SUPENDED
WATER CHIEF
TO BE HEARD
It’s Beautiful — Massive —
Durable
British Figh Off
Nazi Attack By Air
Nazi Air Superiority Is Proving Almost
Unbeatable; Attack Method Explained
Hinojosa Is Given
Suspended Term
Delegates To Elect
Officers Sunday
Chavez To Outline
Mexico Project
BOY BURGLARS
ARE ARRESTED
retreating enemy” southward
the upper Oise, more than 20 miles
south.
This is on the western end of the
VALLEY RAILROAD MEN
RECEIVE NO NOTICE YET
HARLINGEN—R. W Moss, execu-
| France.
Unaware of
PETAIN NAMED
VICE PREMIER
stripped, oats
crop was se-
Trees were up-
BETTER
FURNITURE
BROWNSVILLE
Elisabeth and 13th
l
WASH &
GREASE
$1.00
Pan Americar
24-Hour
Service Bts’lon
14th, Monro*
Brownsville
HARLINGEN
207 West Jackson
ROY IS KILLED
MARSHALL—*4^—W H Lawless.
With
Thii
APEX
Washing
Machine
Oxydol
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in-
air
re-
but
r j
95-
Weekly
Oxydol
McALLEN
Broadway at Beaumont
Small earrytng chart* on budget aeeowita.
IRON LEGIONS
ADVANCE ON
ALL FRONTS
“IBRETZ, LILES
NOT GUILTY
(Continued from Page 11
view the candidate showed close
concern over latest developments
in the European situation. He was
particularly interested in the ap-
pointment of Marshal Henry Petain
as vice premier of France.
He said he had heard President
tacks was individual rifle fire. A the commission and asked for
suspension of the tariff which plac-
Shippers contacted by The Star
said that they would need more de-
tails before they could comment
They said they had not been ad-
vised of the ICC order.
like the
headed.
The
swiftly at “flf t
gers—police hr
the first tim.
aliens have L«
nation has beer. ,
ther ration
Dr. Monger Better
At Local Hospital
HARLINGEN—Dr. Neal D Mon-
distinguished visitors who arrived ger. San Benito physician, who has
State Commander been ill at a San Antonio hospital
the past month, has been brought
to Valley Baptist Hospital here, at-
taches said somewhat improved, for
convalescence.
(Continued from Page 1)
British killed 29 civilians in Ham-
burg and 11 in Bremen in raids on
nonmilitary objectives. DNB, offi-
cial German news agency, hinted
that these deaths would not go un-
avenged.
The British reported success also
Nine British Hurricane fighters
were said to have emerged unscath-
Presiding will be Fred J. Khoun ,rom ,ir battles over France in
new effort.
Fighting at the southern extrem-
ity. he said, reached down to the
Aisne river (here four words were
(Editors: H Taylor Henry is back in Pari* after nearly a week
under bomb fire in the battle sone of northern France. This 30-
year-old war correspondent of the Associated Press with the French
armies Is a West Point graduate and former Texas-Oklahoma news-
paperman. In Palestine and Austin. Texas, and Blackwell. Oklahoma.
He has been attached to the Associated Press Paris bureau for two
years.i
By H. TAYLOR HENRY
PARIS—(>P>—German superiority in the air. backed by mass attacks
of armored divisions of shock troops using flame-thmwers. has been
the main factor in carving out the pocket in the French line from
I Mons to Sedan.
During the five days of heavy fighting which I have just seen on
I------------------------------------*the northern front, I have learned
i how heavily air superiority counts
Artillery Being Ignored
German tactics have ignored the
had dropped back for refuelling.
DRAW "SECOND WIND”
Some inkling that perhaps the The public is invited.
Germans were preparing to draw ! ——
Hail Damages Corn,
Oats Near Temple
TEMPLE— (/Pl —Hail caused ex- paper warned the public that
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^OXYDOL
tar Ototaa Utaita
tar UnatarM.
id
found Bretz and
He found Hino-
three counts.
ten armored divisions of medium
and heavy tanks crashed against the
narrow front, spewing fire from
j their flame-throwers.
Trailing the tanks, light motor-
situation Serious
Asked if he thought all the Ameri-
can countries should follow the ex-
ample of the United States and im-
mediately begin arming, the candi-
date replied that he thought the
situation not yet well enough de-
fined. but added that “If the totali-
tarian countries win. we will not
have a minute to lose. The situa-
tion looks serious.”
camera and
ment Thev had hidden many of the
stolen articles in their rooms, the
officers said
Ross added that the arrests clear
up all but possibly one recent bur-
against another.
The best defense
Laguna Club Opena>
Season
Make? Stained Discolored
Fake T«»eth
Look Like New—No Brushing
Simply place your denture in a
Kleenite bath—leave for IS or 20
minutes, while you dress or over-
night Rinse—replace- No Brushing
Now look at vour teeth—gleaming,^
lustrous, stainless, natural looking; F
plate clean and sweet—free from all
unpleasant taste and color Ask for
and get Kleenite—the dentists plate
cleaner All druggists
Cavett* Central Drug. Harlingen
Palmer Drug Store. McAllen
McKay's Pharmacy, Brownsville
waiting for envelopment of retir-
ing Allied troops by the right wing
of the army.
To Cut Off British
The right flank, indeed, seems to
be employed in seeking to cut off
British forces from seaport* and
make their return to England im-
possible.
rural buying power might be hit,
rally before
growing crops reach the market.
The break-through in stocks.
I after months of narrow fluctuations
while the struggle in the West was
stalemated, contrasted strikingly
with further evidence of a tardy,
spring business pickup
placing of additional
here by the Allies.
(Continued from Page 1)
ish fliers harried German bases ’
and communications lines and bat-
tled Nazi air fleets over the front
The air ministry announced over-
night aerial bombardments rang-
ing from Bergen. Norway, to France
and Belgium ”on a very heavy
scale” and said no British planes
were lost.
At Bergen. Bremen and Ham-
burg, It said. British filers at-
tacked German oil storage tanl*.
destroying some and heavily dam-
aging other*.
It also told proudly of disaster
that British hurricanes and spit-
fires wrought on Junkers dive-
bombers leading the Nazis’ mech-
anized drive toward the heart of
Troy, 10 miles north of here, was*
hard hit by the hail.
the I „ ' ~
had been broken in two places.
On the left wing, in France, the
st/sx — =
Jronuer fortUiction., d.sperwd mo„,h SU5pfnd,d
two Allied divisions beyond the up- . . .
Swnbre rtyer .nd pur,ujd-th. - h j
RttMUnl enemy Knthward Io A||r f ng ,/Houeton Ove.
the ueck-end
through the Delegate! to the district V F.W.
i Auxiliary meeting will also meet
at the Reese-Wil-Mond Hotel for
business sessions Sunday. Among
See how the spiral agitation of the Apex
Spiral Washer quickly builds a bountiful
supply of Oxydol suds, and gently re-
moves all traces of dirt. Results of re-
cent unbiased testa show that the Apex
washed 35% more effectively, or ac-
complished a given degree of cleansing
81% more quickly, and was 43% more
consistent in cleansing performance than
the average of the four other washers
tested.
Saturday were
D. A Dunlavy, District Commander
Rex Vickery. Corpus Christi. Mrs.
Icie Shoop. Corpus Christi, Auxi-
liary commander, and A. O. Wil-
man. Legion service officer.
Delegates had arrived from posts
at Corpus Christi. Aransas Pass.
Sinton. Kingsville. Brownsville, San
Benito and McAllen.
Place your order at our
grocery and the Southern Pacific
depot Their largest haul was $153
in cash from a semi-vault at the
college office, which they opened
with a key found in the office, into
which they forced entry Twice lat-
er they entered the same place, tak-
ing a small amount of cash once
and failing to get anything on the
other trip. The Henshaw store yield-
ed several tools and about $15 in
cash, nothing was taken from the
Nicholson station, clothing and a
radio with a total value of about
$200 was taken at the Penney store,
four cartons of cigarettes were miss-
ing at the Bright firm, and a few-
minor items were taken from the
courthouse and the railroad dennt.
Sheriff Bob Darnel and Deputies
Roy Teer. Dick Gilham. A. M. Al-i g lary in Edinburg.
T
and
war orders
Federal court recessed Friday un-
til Monday morning i
troops m Belgium were indignant tgyDt Defense IS
Boosted By Allies
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt—ufh-The
The spokesman estimated that at
least half of Germany’s entire
mechanized army had been thrown
into the battle in northern France.
Light Tanks Better
The French declared their own
light tank* had proved superior to
the German giants in combat where
they met.
Only the formidable French 75’s
were able to penetrate the heavy
armor of the biggest Nazi tank and
the French were said to be firing
point blank at them with good ef-
the Sambre.
The main Natl effort appeared
to be in the Vervins vicinity. The
French there were pouring tons
of artillery shells against the
enemy tanks and were said to
have brought up enough of their
own tanks to match the German*.
The French said the experience
of the last few days had tautfht
them how to deal with German
tank thrusts.
The British military spokesman. Saturday.
Corn
OVER A QUARTER CENTURY OF QUALITY, SERVICE, AND
GREATER VALUES
claimed southward gams to widen
the east end of their French pocket
where the Meuse forts approach
th* western anchorage of the main
Maginot Line.
From the glowing reports of
operations in the west German
writers are turning to Italy’s posi-
tion in the Mediterranean
One of the most influential nf
them. Karl Megerle of the Bocrsen
Zeitung. wrote:
“The government and people of
Italy are at an end of the pati-
ence with which they have en-
dured eight months of measures
and effects of the British-French
blockade war. To establish freedom
of the seas for all is the task, ac-
complishment of which would bring
good to all nations."
Possibility of Italy’s entrance into
the war again pushed the fat* of
Switzerland to the fore, because
a campaign in southern Europe
might, for strategic reasons alone,
envelop this historic neutral
Europe* bonfire
Swir.* Not Neutrals?
There have been hints in
German press that Switzerland is
not as neutral as she might be.
The official news agency. DNB,
Saturday told of the German en-
try into Brussels, relating that the
German troops entered the Belgian
acpital yesterday without a fight,
enemy (British* troops withdraw-
ing beyond the city.
Heavy enemy losses, and rela-
were
censored'
arresting the lad* last night They
were i
Chapa and Hollis Rankin of the1 five markets
district attorney * office. Most of week end.
had a better chance of using a light I
rifle, which he could swing about1
to follow the plane, than the more
combersome machine-gun
Nails Staking All
The general opinion among the
French military observers is that _,. I
the German high command is stak- FD 1O SELL
ing everything on a complete break-
through before the United States
has a chance to realize the situation
and bring effective aid to bear (here
43 words were censored*.
German air attacks on refugee-
fined road system behind the lines
have increased the difficulty of the
Allied tank*, jamming the main
French communicatidn* with ter-
ror-stnken ten* of thousands who
have to be supplied with valuable
gasoline and food so they can keep
moving.
At the same time the Germans
line*, with large attendant loss
life, tn hamper th* movement
supplies.
temporarily anyway, two er* with government officials here
, at which airmen
in aerial bombing of German col-
umns west ot Namur, Belgium, in-
cluding destruction of bridges, rail-
way* and flying field*. The French
claimed similar successes in the I
unremitting war of the air.
The still-fighting Belgians *a*J
the forts at Namur and Liege were
holding out. even though the Ger-
mans already had passed them
and captured Brussels and Ant-
werp.
Although the French told of still Tamalipas south of Donna, and will J France,
violent German assaults all day ! discuss various phases of Mexican ir-
Saturday. they theorized that some I rigation.
on their second wind was given in
a German report that "pacitication"
of the Netherlands, nearing com-
pletion. would release another 800.-
000 Nazi troops for the surge into
France. tensive damage to crops in this area
The British military spokesman.' Saturday,
who contended the Saturday situa-1 Corn was
tion certainly was no worse than ruined and the fruit
Friday, wkiie acknowledging that jverely damaged
engines together to devise means GEN. ALMAZAN
VISITS AREA
vain and Malines, now in German
hands.
Now that Antwerp. 28 miles from
Brussels, is in German hands, au-
thorized Nazi sources expect the
Allies to make a stand from below
that city to Lille in northwestern
France to shield such port* as Bel-
gian Ostend, where the Belgian
government has moved; and French*
Dunkerque. Calais and Boulogne
The possibilities of bombing at-
tacks on England from such ports
as these were underlined Saturday
by a DNB report hat 29 civilians rect
had been killed and 51 injured in
an Allied air raid on Hamburg
last night, coupled with high com-
mand assertions that raid* on •’non-
military objectives’’ in Hamburg t’hroUgh’the Avesnes region toward
and Bremen has especial signific-
ance "in view of subsequent conse-
quences
11 Civilians Killed
DNB Saturday night said
civilians were killed and 83
jured in Friday nights British
raid on Bremen.
DNB reported that of 71 Allied
air attacks on Germany since May
10. fifty one were on non-military
objects.
brecht and Walter Lysinger "broke" a $1,182,000,000 boost in Uncle Sam’s I affaT
the case by tracking down clues defense budget helped stem the Hp*n
over a periou ot several week* and torrent or selling but the scope of
• V. .. Imo, l'h,v K’... t V. a in
■ i H U< i vv/i «-» • • va »«n. w*a w-nwaa a • a « -
assisted by Jack Ross. Joe French defense line* kept opeCula-1 ^rctj>fficer* (brutha Jwo-year,term
nervous
French ’ package rates were published, those
confined to Zeeland province and
deep and wide pocket which the FRENCH SAY
Germans have gouged into north- TT'C CCDTClI TC
ern France. 11 ottvlLJUo
Infantry divisions now are fol-
lowing up these troops in "tremend-
1 “ j French
prisoners and large supplies have was reported to have bombed com-
been taken, the Germans said.
Gain* Near Sedan
South of Sedan, too, the Germans
- 2' i shipment was made. The ICC or-
As soon as the crack blitz divi- dered publication of the per pack-
sions had smashed into one sector. rates, which varied according
they suddenly were shifted in an to estimated weights of packages
effort to strike a demoralizing blow based on test weighing done over a
against another. period ot time. When the per
The best defense the French package rates we.c
brought against the constant air at- who were dissatisfied protested to
tacks was individual rifle fire. A the commission and asked for a
staff officer explained that an in-
fantryman in an advanced position
tively small German ones,
claimed in the fighting for Lou- !
(Continued from Page 1)
markets. 1
important trading and manufactur-1 Monday, at which airmen said
ing nations. The Belgian steel in- ‘ means of speeding up plane deiiv- to remove to Vichy. France, if Swit-
zerland should be invaded, an offi-
fore-
ru* industry.
"Oral argument was held before
the ICC last Wednesday and at that
time the attorney for the Southern
rail lines said the earners were
losing $500,000 annually on the
weight rate basis." Crenshaw said.
"Our attorney then was quick to
point out that if the rails were out
that much, the industry must have
realized the same saving."
NAZI ADVANCE ICAII RAfFC
SLOWS DOWN lvnvL,a
SET SUNDAY
ed up like this:
BELGIUM—Allies apparently de-
termined to hang on m east and
west Flanders; Germans in con-
trol elsewhere except for compar-
atively isolated opposition from the
Liege and Namur forts; Antwerp oc-
' cupied after cracking of its ring of
| forts m two places.
FRANCE—Germany driving h»-
to the triangle formed by the
Aisne and Oise Rivers, swinging
westward and southward into
France on the route toward Paris,
possibly intent on a hydra-headed
attack aimed at taking both Pzris
and the channel ports
NETHERLANDS—Nature of
maming resistance uncertain
Accompanied by masse* of planes
and followed by lighter units and
| infantry, great numbers of the Ger-
man tank* struck through the Ver-
vins region toward the Oise end
pean upheavel. Against the pm*, n.oocOOO.OOO. the Anglo-French pur- Roosevelt's defense message to Con-
rtf tvsir inHncfrv UYnantiAn frar *_ ... _z_ — i i--. •««*>. I _ t
P05**^;* eral thousand additional plane* had absolute reason for saying all
. slump in would be ordered shortly. I republics m the west must form a
| complete bloc to defend democracy
j and th* western hemisphere. In
answer to question concerning re-
port* of Nazi and Communist ac-
I tivities in Mexico. General Alma-
zan said that the "serious part is
that radicals have come from Rus-
sia and European countries, and
some politicians and labor leaders
have joined with them, but I don’t
think the Mexican people are with
them.”
PORT ISABEL — Despite th*
threat of northerly winds, the La-
guna Sailing club will open it* rac-
ing season Sunday at 3 p m. on th*
Laguna Madr* here.
“Were going to hold the race*
whether it* windy or not," Captain
R W. Pitt*, skipper of the club,
said Saturday.
Prior to the races, the Laguna
seamen will hold a meeting at 1
p. m. to discuss summer cruise*,
handicaps and other matters.
The club had originally intended
to open the Valley racing season
two weeks ago. but wmj hampered
by strong winds.
Captain Pitts said that spectator*
will be given free sailing ride*
.after the Sunday afternoon race*
(Continued from Page 1)
tion of relaxing legislative restric-
tion* on shipbuilder* to hasten naval
construction.
Tentatively, the committee ap-
proved legislation giving the pres-
ident broad power* to ignore wage
and hour regulations, profit limi-
tations and other federal law* in
order to hurry construction of fight- >
ing ship* and planes for the navy.
War Board Hinted
Bernard M Baruch, financier and
the w-ar industries
the World War.
Mr. Roosevelt but
afterward he had
BOOM SLATED? heard of no plan to establish * board
like the one which he formerly
at being ordered back he said.
The military situation, although
too fluid for exact definition, shap-
1 Allie* pushed a rapid reinforcement
Saturday of their near eastern force*
and tightened Egypt’s defense*
especially on the western deseri
frontier with Italian Libya, m th«-
face of increased uncertainty
: Italy's war plans.
NEW WELL SLATED
HAMILTON Bob Waters.!
Hico oil man. said Saturday a wild- —« — — .
cat well would be spudded in Sun- 12. of Latex, was killed Saturday
day seven miles northeast of Ham- when an automobile struck the
I ilton on the Art Oates tract. I bicycle tht lad w-as riding.
Germans Claim Wins
In France
munication centers outside the cap-
, ital. but lost four of their number
in the attack.
A general speed-up of French
arms production was ordered by the
armaments ministry, ruling that all
factories turning out national de-
fense orders must work 24 hours
a day Aviation plants started 12-
hour double shifts
Rush Arms Factories
This is designed to overtake
eventually Germany's numerical
superiority in planes and tanks,
which largely have been respon-
sible for the Germans’ swift ad-
vance
A fleet of up to 3000 German
tanks, some of them 80-ton mam-
moths compared to the biggest
French land battleships of 70 tons,
battered the French lines around the
pocket bulging into France's north-
ern plains, while the Nazi air force
blackened the skies
Against these forces the French
wheeled their mobile artillery,
especially 75 milimeter guns. Into
action and massed their Infantry,
both outueirhlng the parallel Ger-
man arms In numbers.
The battle was reported especi-
ally heavy Saturday night from the
Sambre to the Aisne river on the
west side of the pocket.
(Here 22 words were censored*.
It appeared Vervins (here one word
was censored' was occupied
Per Package Basis Is
Changed
IXJNDON — The drone ot
; planes and heavy gunfire was re-
j ported off Britain's southeast coast
j late Saturday night.
The firing cont’nued for atx>ui
an hour and was beliexed to have
j come from naval units. Uoaet
I dwellers said they saw streak* of
| tracer bullets and the play oi
J searchlights
A war ministry spokesman said dustry. a big factor in the export eries to the Allies would be among
_ — J A— 1— — _..IaL. fWk as 1* AS * BkAAkaA **H,a>*i mm a a Ata. m — . • • • •> - • m
holding some tank column* for a 4.000.000 tons abroad, according to by Loui* Johnson, assistant saw the possibility that the League
“ ‘ trade estimates. secretary of war He called rep- might shift a portion of it* activi-
Holland sold a variety of goods r„enUtives of more than 40 prin- to the United States.
in the foreign markets bought raw m.nufacturers of planes and
material* and food in this country. i H
The prospect that the United I
States might be called upon to PuttlP« lnt0 HfeCt
supply much of this toa* in export i Roosevelt, recommendation that
markets, including steel for the Al- *he nations productive capaci y e
lied war industries, was only one expanded to 50.000 planes a year,
aspect of a rapidly shifting econo- Crowded with contracts for ex-
mic picture. j panding army and navy air force*.
With the Mediterranean and the American plants have been able re-
Balkans threatened by the spread- cently to turn out fewer than 200
ing war. analyst* could only speeu- planes a month for the Allie* An-
late vaguely on the long-range nouncing that the Allies' war orders
business significance of the Euro-1 of all kinds already had exceeded
the officers worked all Friday night j Among the variety nf explana-
on the case tion* advanced in brokerage circle*
In addition to the burglaries, auto for the precipitate retreat of the
pilfering was admitted by the boys, markets were these:
both sons of prominent families (1) Dumping of holding* from
Several cars were looted at the margin accounts, both from Europe
March 21 Cultural Arts program in *nd at home.
Edinburg. | (2) Possibility lightning war in
Assistant District Attorney Ross the West might protend early peace
to i«»asa urwvrv n v* was w* wise . fl I IKS iva v e
loot hsd be< n recovered. All the out on a limb.
cash was spent by the boys, who . (3) Apprehension of far-reaching
admitted purchase of considerable reorganization of ihe European
photographic equip- economy in event ot a Nazi vic-
I (4* Readjustment of speculative HARLINGEN—John F. Miner was
positions to the U. S trend toward fined $10 bv Judge Menton Murray
a war economy and Ins* of im- in corporation court here Saturday,
portant foreign markets for farm on speeding charge filed by City
I product* 1 Officer H. H Crossett. |
methodically have bombed railway
nf
of!
j chairman of
iboard during
' lunched with
told newsmen
When the
The action opened almost as soon
as the French had rolled into action !
m Belgium and dug their h\y
combat trenches behind rocks and
under trees
Junkers "87” bombers I
persed 10 others.
Man Of Destiny
In the dark day* that seemed
ahead. Briton* looked on Prime '
Minister Churchill as the nation’s ‘
man of destiny.
Spokesmen by radio and news-
re-
verses might come and urged Bri-
tons to maintain the tradition of the
were “bulldog breed” as personified by
, thc chunky Prime Minister,
government has struck
column" d so-
been armed lor
i S.MM enemy
med—the
.pa.-d for fur-
res fiction*: wider
dispersal of children in the event
of air raids has been ordered and
’50.000 volunteer* have been en-
listed a* » home guard against
parachutist*.
This corps was given the status
of soldiers Saturday by an order in
council.
The government also was report-
ed reliably to be seeking a "new
and more friendly approach" to the
improvement of relations with So-
j viet Russia.
probably slight as Germans
nounce seizure o f Walcheren.
Schouwen and south Beveland Is-
lands, all in Zeeland and north of
Antwerp
GERMANS ARE ELATED
Although the Germans were elat-
ed at their capture of Antwerp in
nine days, compared with the 66
required by the Kaiser’s army in1
1914: they still were not near the {
lartherest points of German advance
tn the World War
To duplicate that penetration,
they would have to cut a gigantic
slice from just south of Nieuport.
Belgium, on the North Sea. through
! Amiens. France, to the very su-
burbs of Paris near St Dems and
thence eastward across the Marne 1
j to the vicinity of Nancy.
Amid the glowing accounts nf
the war. the Nail press turn *«
beckoning eyes on Italy, the axis
partner which so far has remained
nnn-belligerent. and the Italian
pres* was openly joyoua In de-
| tailing German successes.
Some Italians kept watch on the
Balkan situation as the influen-
tial Fascist editor. Virginio Gayda.
who often reflects Premier Musso-
lini’s opinions, called attention to
the "natural naval bases” on the
Au.-iatlc from Yugoslavia to Greece,
and said Italy's safety depended on
The conference of industrial lead- conditions on that shore.
LEAGUE MAY MOVE
The League of Nations prepared
dived and bombed French nests in Pacific Lines, said Saturday that
each sector. he had not received notice of an
Double Attack : Interstate Commerce Commission
As fast as they swooped—at some ; order suspending the citrus fruit
200 miles an hour—to drop bombs package freight rates but indicated
from a height of sometimes no | the question had been subject of a I
«na more than 100 yards, they turned | hearing in Washington May 15.
and swooped again to machine-gun Rates in the past have been based
soldiers who remained. | on hundred pound weights but ship-
After the air attack, as many as pers ugualIy quo|ed the rate to
i customers by package. Sometime
ago the ICC held a hearing on pub-
lishing the rates on a per package
basis so that it would not be n6ces-
j ized infantry rushed to take over f*8ure the rates each time a
the territory. ; shipment was made. The ICC or- ,
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eheren Island and mor* than 2.000
Dutch and Fmch troop* reported
captured on the islands of Schou-
wen and south Seveland. all in Zee-
land above Antwerp.
New Men Available
When Zeeland's cleanup is com-
plete this will release 800,000 men
for a drive on the Belgian and
(French channel ports.
■ With these ports occupied, it is
^believed in some ci roles that the
*British will be given a chance
“capitulate or deal with swarms of!
/German bombing planes.
The spectacle of the German
armies of the Left Lancing straight
toward Pans seems to justify the
conjecture among military observ-
ers here that Hitler has changed
the classic Graf Von Shliffen plan
for a flanking mov on Paris.
Instead it looks lik the German
"bullet troops" are taking a short
and dis-
l BROWNSVILLE—Three defend-
cut to the heart of France without ants received suspended sentences
« i , _« were found not guilty by
the court, in connection with al-
leged narcotic cases Friday at Unit-
ed States district court here.
A jury failed to reach a decision
in cases involving Luciano Hino-
josa. L. Paul Bretz and Joe Lyles,
and the defendants submitted then
cases to the court for trial.
The German entry into Antwerp. ' Federal Judge James V. Allred j
which is one of the worlds ten who presided,
busiest seaports in normal times. Liles not guilty
was effected. DNB said, after the josa guilty on
outer ring of the city’s heavy forts gave him an 18-month suspended
| sentence.
Eugene and Leon Laney, who had
case*
18-
this strategy.
HARLINGEN—Some 150 delegates
to the bi-annual district encamp-
ment of Veteran* of Foreign War*
here Saturday closed the first phase
of a two-day meeting with a banquet
and dance at Knights of Columbus
the' Hall.
Paul T. Vickers of McAllen spoke
; at the banquet at which Polk Horn-
maIm*. aa>mm AArUmon i a* as
• followed diversion for chil-
i dren of delegates and a Julge Roy
Bean Court during the afternoon.
Nazi conquest and the breach in
market, had been selling more than th* subject* diseuwed. was called cial quarters in Washington
trade estimates.
ORLANDO. Fla -<An-J R Cren-
shaw. executive manager of the
Growers and Shippers League of
Florida, said here Saturday that
he had been notified that the In-
terstate Commerce Commission had
ordered suspension of all citrus
fruit package rate tariffs from Flor-
ida. Texas and California.
Carriers recently had announced
they would institute a su piemen tai
order basing freight rates on cit-
rus by package rather than by
weight and the ruling immediately
caused the Growers and Shippers
League to demand a hearing and
argument on the question.
Crenshaw said that the ICC order
was at least a temporary victory
traditional artillery preparation but)for the league and the Florida cit-
have gained the long-sought com-
bined effect of preparation and sur-
prise by substituting attack avia-
tion for artillery.
I The Germans made the initial
opening in the pocket by attacking
on a restricted front and then shift-
I ing the force of attack to a neigh-
■ boring sector so quickly that it
seemed almost a simultaneous ac-
tion.
said the British and Belgian with-1 were damaged
conform to the German advance in ■
Fleets of 300 to 400 German planes • tive general agent for the Missouri
BROWNSVILLE - The extensive
I irrigation projects being carried out
by the Mexican government will
be discussed at the Open Forum
here Monday at 8 p. m. in the
Brownsville high school auditorium
Principal speaker will be Eduardo
G. Chavez, chief engineer in charge
of Mexican irrigation works in
Northern Tamaulipas.
Mr. Chavez will show motion pic-
tures. slides and photographs ot
the Retamal project in Northern
German assaults all day! di
thev theorized that some I ri,
ot the great flame-throwing Ger-
man tank* which lead the charge [ (jg'the Bro^svilie\igh~*cho^-jun^ which they shot down 10 German
ior college faculty.
There will be no admission charge
pects of war industry expansion, for chasing mission indicated that sev- i gres*. and said the American leader
instance, they had to weigh possible eral thousand additional |-----* - - - -
effects of the abrupt slump in j would be ordered shortly,
stocks, bonds and farm commodities
The crash—the biggest concen- vr ri nr
trated decline in stocks Wall Street 1/ I* 11/ I nnVOITPC
has seen since July. 1933—wiped , ▼ •" • VvIlVCllvO
out billions nf dollars in quoted
values. Merchant*, watching the
fall In cotton, grain* and other
farm products, were apprehensive
unless commodities
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