Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 19, 1940 Page: 4 of 36
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Sunday, May 19,1940
VALLEY SUNDAY STAR-MONITOR-HERALD
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New Fuel Tank Shows It Can Take It; Including The Most Intense Type Of Machine Gun Fire
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"Do not enter the war tn assist any nation "until that nation un-
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When You Buy A Piano
BE SURE ITS A
mechanical age is spread over •
inquest.
‘Hooverville* Help
THESE ARE
FIRST LINE
PIANOS
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You Can Buy With Safety And
Confidence From The:
San Antonio Music Co.
WE ALSO HAVE
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M’ALLEN MOTOR COMPANY
ISAAC BLEDSOE, PrM.
117 N. "A” Street
HARLINGEN
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Be aura that It’s guaranteed by a repu-
table local firm.
Don’t Repeat 1918 And Its Pitiful Peace
Urges Yarnell; Urges Navy Boost
Drink Analysis In
Girl’s Death Still
Is Not Received
Graduation Exercises
Are Scheduled
Pittsburgh Readied
To Make Munitions
In Defense Program
San Benito School
Manager Is Given
Topnotch Birthday
Co-Operation Urged
For Donna Building
to 15 million dollars worth of ex-
hibits.
We are backed by a million dollar rating and have
been in business for 50 yearsl We will be here to
make good our guarantee should you need to call on usl
Be sure the dealer Is PERMANENT and
FINANCIALLY ABLE to carry out his
obligation io you.
Special Introductory Offer:
Bring this ad with you. It
it good for S1.00 cash on
first loan of S10.00 or more.
STEINWAY
CHICKERING
KIMBALL
WURLITZER
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S10.00 OR MORE
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YOUNKIN MOTOR CO.
HARLINGEN McALLEN
LANDRETH AUTO SERVICE
BROWNSVILLE
We will advance amounts as low
as $10.00 and up to $50.00 on your
plain signature.
Ako Secured Loans
$50 to $100.00
Border Finance
Company
Sit Rio Grande Bldg.
Harlingen
Also Suite CAI) Nelson Bldg
209 >4 So. Main—McAllen
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Dead Horses. Mule*. Cowl and
lloga. Will remove them free
Phone Collect. 9539 Harlingen
JThis to a Valley wide service
ANIMAL BY PRODUCTS
COMPANY
Harlingen. Texas
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Postmaster Harry Merts will send
the signed petition to the postal au-
thorities.
Members of the McAllen Chamber
of Commerce board of directors
signed the petition at their meeting
Friday night.
PITTSBURGH —This great
industrial center which turned out
80 per cent of the nation’s muni-
tions steel in the World war is
geared to begin work at once help-
ing to arm again unJ*r President
Roosevelt's proposed $1,182,000,000
defense program.
That was the report Saturday
from leaders of strategic war in-
dustries. They said the railroad and
industrial "bottlenecks” that slow-
ed output in 1017-18 had been brok-
en and 811 industries were in ’excel-
lent position” to commence produc-
tion for the armed forces. Mary al-
ready have received •’educational j
orders.”
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New Loan Plan
For Salaried Men
And Women
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McALLEN—A petition was being
circulated throughout the city Sat-
urday for presentation to United
States postal authorities seeking di-
rect air mail service into McAllen.
Petitioners said they did not ex-
pect the paper to have any "revolu-
tionary” effect but would serve as
proof of the interest of McAllen
i citizens in the proposition.
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Oil Show Opens
TULSA—'4*'—Man’s ingenuity !n ance of the home; home gardening;
trans- getting along with the family, and <
DONNA—Dr. Richard M. Still of
Omaha. Nebraska, has opened an
office in the Raney Bldg., sharing
reception room with Dr. J. B. Webb, [
Dr. Still is a gradual of the Uni-
versity of Nebraska, and has just
completed two years of hospital
work in Florida.
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New Aide Named In
Collector’s Office
BROWNSVILLE — Mrs. Irene
Espey will replace Mrs. Ivy Ednng-
ton in Cameron County Tax Asses-
sor-Collector Ralph T. Agar’s office.
Mrs. Edrington ended her employ- «
ment in the office Saturday. She
will be married in New York June
1 to Glenr> H. Dye of Salamanca.
N. Y., a former resident of La Fena
Mrs. Espey, a sister of Mrs. Ed-
rington. was employed in the tax
assessor-collector's office at a pre-
vious time.
McAllen Is Seeking
New Air Mail Links
McAllen—Petition asking co-op-
eration of the local chamber of
commerce in securing a McAllen-
Corpus Christi air mail link to speed
postal service, was presented at a
meeting of chamber directors Fri-
day night.
Petition was presented at the sug-
gestion of a group of citizens inter-
ested in aviation and the possibili-
ties of securing first rate air mail
service for business men here.
BROWNSVILLE—E C. Dodd,
superintendent of Brownsville
schools. Saturday afternoun suf-
fered from “writer’s cramp.”
The superintendent Saturday
finished signing about 375 dip-
lomas for graduating Brownsville
High School and Junior College
students.
He also managed to find time to
sign 300 perfect attendance certi-
ficates. and about 1,000 "near’’ per-
fect attendance certificates.
Superintendent Dodd signed
each certificate personally and
disregarded use of a "rubber
stamp.”
He actually wore out a fountain
pen. The diplomas were signed
with India i k. and Superintend-
ent Dodd on several occasions had
to cease writing and clean the pen
with rmmonia.
Spinets
As Low
As
We sometimes have repossessed pianos that may be had for a
considerable saving under the new price! We carry our own
papers and consequently are in position to offer very reasonable
terms.
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HIDALGO TOLL
BRIDGE SEEN
Miller Submits Bill
Before Congress
Woman Is Spurned
So Shoots Herself
HOUSTON — — Justice Ben I school auditorium.
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AFTER BULLET I A R R A G I-Research•Director
R. B. Grav examines a new plane fuel tank, tested at Glenn Mar-
tin plant in Baltimore. The tank, which is inside a robber-like
casing, was peppered with .30 caliber machine gun bullets.
Though the tank wall Itself tin right hand) wasJern by bullets,
the casing had sealed the holes, to prevent full leakage.
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UP IN FLAME S—Riddled by machine gun bullets dur-
ing a test at the Glenn Martin plant in Baltimore, this old style
airplane fuel tank, which held 40 gallons of gas. bums merrily,
illustrating the ever-present danger of plane explosions and fires.
Engineers now seek a fuel tank in which the ehances of leaks
and explosions from bullets are minimized.
DODD WEARS OUT EDCOUCH-ELSA
pen in signing
GRADS’ DIPLOMAS
HOW FUEL IS LOST—Water streaming through
bullet holes in this old style gasoline tank, pierced by .30 caliber
machine gun bullets at a Baltimore test, shows how gasoline
might be lost by a plane in flight. The test introduced a new gas-
oline tank for planes, in which a rubber-like exterior casing
’ seals up” or “clots over” holes made by the bullets.
Admiral Urges Nation WPA EXHIBIT
To Stay Out Of Europe STARTS SOON
------------ Brownsville Showing
Opens Monday
Rccio said that he could
not return a verdict in the case
until he received the report from
the state laboratory not only on
contents of the bottle but of the line, will be represented in the 10
| girl's stomach. All else appeared
' regular, he said.
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Mail Connection Is
Requested
McALLEN-Agitation for a free
bridge across the Rio Grande River
at Hidalgo took a new turn here
today when S. L. Miller, McAllen
banker, revealed he has submitted a
bill to the US. Congress asking
authorization for construction of a
self-liquidating toll bridge on the
site of the present privately owned
structure.
Miller presented his bill to Cham-
ber of Commerce directors at a
meeting Friday night and received
unanimous endorsement of the pro-
ject from that group.
Bill Was Revised
Miller told directors he sent a
similar bill to Washington several
weeks ago but objection had been
raised to some featurer of the bill,
prompting him to revise it
The bill has been placed in the
hands of Milton West, congressman
from this district with a request
that it be introduced this week. The
bill provides that Miller be given
authority to ’’construct maintain
and operate a bridge and approaches
thereto across the Rio Grande, so
far as the United States has juris-
diction over the waters of such
river at a point suitable to the in-
terests of navigation, at or near the
town of Hidalgo, Texas. ’
Under terms of the bill Miller
would be given power to condemn
property needed for the location,
construction and operation of the
bridge.
Land Is Bought
Miller told directors no condem-
nation proceedings would be need-
ed. however, declaring he recently
had purchased a large tract of land
along the river from Joe Pate of Hi-
dalgo, including the land on which
the present budge is located.
■ We will try to work out an equi-
table deal with the present bridge
company. ’ Miller told directors, "it
would be different if a permanent
bridge was there now, but since it
isn’t we must take advantage of
this opportunity to get a free bridge
or we ll all be old men before wc
have another chance
Toll would be charged on the [
proposed bridge until it had paid
for itself. In this connection the.
Miller bill provides: The authority
herein granted and conferred is
granted and conferred . . . upon the
assurance that that portion of such
bridge within jurisdiction of the
United States will be transferred
and set over to proper authorities
of the State of Texas for the use
and benefit of the public as a bridge
free of tolls if and when the tolls
that shall have been received from
operation of same be sufficient to
pay in full the cost and all operat-
ing expenses of such bridge and ic
addition thereto shall have accumu-
lated a surplus in money sufficient
to pay off and reure m full the
capital investment together with
interest thereon.
Details Not Complete
"The rate of interest, the amount
of expenditure, cost of administra-
tion and all such other expenses
necessary to the construction opera-
tion and administration of the
bridge shall be subject to the ap-
LEAVE ON VACATION
McALLEN—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Cameron and two daughters left
Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Mil-
ton Gwin at Matador and Dr. ano
proval of the proper authorities of Gaylord Schwartz at Wichita
the State of Texas ’ “ “ ------ •— * •—----* -
The present national defense
crisis, directors pointed out in dis-
cussing the bill at their meeting,
should encourage passage of the bill
as an aid in providing a bridge
adequate for military purposes in
case of emergency.
The bridge now across the River
at Hidalgo is a pontoon structure
built to replace the suspension
bridge which colapsed several
months ago. killing one man. The
Valiev Bridge Co., operators of the
present bridge, has announced it
contemplates building a permanent |
bridge in the near future.
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DONNA—Need for co-operation
and work In building a city with
the aid of a chamber of commerce
was stressed in a talk before th<a
Donna Rotary Club by L. F. Boling,
local chamber manager, at the
luncheon meeting Friday.
Other talks were made by C. P
Wood. Albert Kammer and Maur-
ice Bell, president on the chamber
work. Presiding at the meeting was
Orvil Stites Visitors included
Packard Barton. Mercedes, and Dr.
J. B. Still.
Science made a new in-
vention in REXAIR to
eliminate dust in homes.
It was first tried out
from 1925 to 1936 and
since then has been
cleaning homes, rugs,
carpets, tile, linoleum,
hardwood floors, Vene-
tian blinds. Also cleans
the air in the home with
water, no dust bags. Eli-
minates vacuum cleaners,
dust mops, brooms, etc.,
which are germ spread-
ers. R E X A I R brings
prompt relief to Asthma,
Sinus, Hayfever, Lagrip-
pe, Colds etc. Prescribed
by eminent physicians
and nationally known
elerqist. Write Mr. Man-
tel at Crossland Home
Appliance Company,
Harlingen for demonstra-
tion or send me the name
of someone that may buy
and if I sell will send you
$2.50 cash at once confi-
dentally. Also have bar-
gains in good used Vac-
uum Cleaners. This
week’s bargain saves you
over $50.00 on a Electro-
lux.
Asked In Weslaco
WESLACO — Plea for clothing,
shoes and food for residents of
what he termed “Hoovervilles” in
this section of the Valley was is-
sued here Saturday to pastors of
the Valley by Rev Robert A. Mar-
tin. pastor of Grace Episcopal
Church
Rev. Martin said Sunday. May 26.
would be dcMgnated "Inasmuch
Sunday.” when congregations would
be requested to bring an article of
clothing, shoes, and canned fruits
nr vegetables to church for persons
in these camps who need help until
coming crops are harvested.
HARLINGEN—Quinton Lou •
than, San Benito school dis-
trict manager, Saturday re-
ceived his best birthday gift
yet—a seven-pound daughter.
The baby was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Lou than at Valley
Baptist Hospital here at 7:20
am Louthan was said to be
"doing nicely.’’ Judge James
Q Louthan, city manager at
San Benito, is the baby s-
grandfather.
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weeks.
NEWPORT. R T.—'4*1—Rear Admiral Harry E Yarnell. USN, re-
tired. declared Saturday that America should keep out of war until she
is assured that her men and money "will be spent to a far better end
than in 1918 ”
In a speech to the naval war college graduation class, he saiA
"Do not enter the war to assist any nation "until that nation un-
reservedly pledges itself to support a treaty of peace that will be fair
------------------------------------^to all and will be of some value in
discouraging in the future the use
of war as an instrument of national
policy.”
In the event, however, that the
United States should reach the end
of its endurance. Admiral Yarnell
said, the war should be made “pure-
ly a naval war,” and no troops
should be sent beyond the limits of
the continental United States.
“The Atlantic Ocean still remains
a large body of water and the prob-
ability of plane attack from overseas
on this country will remain remote
for some time to come.” he assert-
ed “Command of the sea is and will
remain th«* primary factor in our
plan of national defense and as long
as we have it we are safe from suc-
cessful enemy invasion.
"Bear firmly in mind that sea-
power defeated Napoleon and it
will be seapower, today and tomor-
row. that will prevent another dic-
tator uho lacks it from acquiring
domination.”
project during the day. 28. of Baton Rouge, La.
Sponsor of the Brownsville sew- Mrs. Luttrell was shot to death
ing room is the city, with the c<mn- while she sat in the back sent of
ty also aiding the project finan-jan automobile driven by J. C. ^’or-
cially.
BROWNSVILLE — Open houfc.'
with a style show an:l program of
speaking and music Monday night
at the Brownsville sewing room
will open "This Work Pays Your
Community Week” here.
The week is being observed
throughout this WPA area, to ac-
quaint the public with the admin-
istration's program nf work for
women and for professional and
clerical workers.
Monday's open house will be held
from 6.30 to 1 pm. Cameron coun-
ty Judge Oscar C. Dancy and
Brownsville City Manager Robert
Runyon wil speak. The Brownsville
school band wil play during the
open house, and a radio broadcast
from Washington will present talks
by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and of-
ficials of the W.P.A.
Tuesday through Saturday open
house will be held each day in the
sewing room. Tuesday and Friday
evenings the sewing room will be Moorehead returned a verdict of
open from 6 30 to 8 30 p m., for the suicide Friday in the death Thurs-
benefit of tho e unable to visit the day night of Mrs. Ludy Luttrell,
project during the day.
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iris. Galena Park refinery worker
the shooting occurred as they wait-
ed at a tram crossing.
Norris told Moorehead he had
been arguing with the woman, tell-
ing her she should return home.
He said he met her six weeks ago
in Baton Rouge.
BROWNSVILLE-A report from
the state department of public safe-
ty on analysis of the contents of a
bottle held by Edemencia Audeha
Garza. 19. when she became sud- i searching out crude oil and
denly ill at school May 2 and died forming it into the life blood of j
shortly afterwards, has not yet been : a i____*" “ J 1
received, according to Fred Recio. [the 25 acres which the 11th Inter-I
justice of the peace, who held an national Petroleum Exposition open-
“ ed Saturday.
i Every phase of the oil industry,
from exploration and drilling to
the manufacture of airplane gaso-
Champi^
T E S T OF PLANE TAN K-Taklng a hint from the
European war, tT. S. military experts now see the need of a fire-
proof and leakage-proof gasoline tank for airplanes, and here a
how a test was recently staged at the Glenn Martin plant In Bal-
timore. Above, a gunner flres .30 caliber tracer machine gun bul-
lets at an old style gas tank. See it In the sandbagged dugout.
HARLINGEN—District At-
torney Joe P. Hatchitt form-
ally announced Saturday
that he would be a candidate
to succeed himself. Mr.
Hatchitt, busy at present in
criminal district court at
Coruus Christi, announced
that he would make formal .
statement in regard to his I
record and aqualifications !
at a later date.
EDCOUCH—Baccalaureate serv-1
ices for the senior class of Edcouch-
Elsa high school will be held in the I
high school auditorium at 7:45 p.m. \
Sunday.
Rev. J. W Shepherd, pastor nf ■
the Edcouch Methodist church, will ‘
deliver the address.
Members of the class in Jude Shir-
ley Mae Beaver. Corenne Burke.
Kathleen Crenshaw. Betty Doehier.
Emms Garza. Marjorie Graves. Julia
Hill. Ruth Hughes, Ruth Overhue.
Marie Nattinger, Consuelo Solis.
Marie Thurlkill. Sarah Williams.
John D. Brown, Rr»el Garza, Ar-
mando Gonzales. Robert Hughes,
Lnwell McClaugherty. Lon Norris.
Melvin Odom. Orville Renfro,
James Rower. Hubert Stephens. Col-
lis Stovall, Raybnn Thomas. War-
ren Turberville and Terry C. Bow-
ers.
Commencement exercises will be
( held Tuesday evening at the high
. Graduating ex-
ercises will also be held for mem-
1 bers of the seventh grade Monday
evening at the auditorium.
Summer Studies
Will Be Offered
MERCEDES—A special course in
home economics will be offered
students beginning June 12, in Mer-
cedes schools, under the instruc-.
tion of Mrs. Virgil Thompson. This
course has been given for the past'
several summers and offers one- |
half elective credit The types of ,
work include clothing selection and
construction; giving old clothes new I
appearance; improving the appear- ;
getting along with the family, and
home preservation of food.
Kiwanis Official
Visits Mercedes
MERCEDES—Lieut. Gov. George
McCullough of Pharr was the guest
speaker at the Mercedes Kiwanis
Club Thursday at the luncheon
n reting. W. E. Perry was in charge
nf the program.
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