Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 1940 Page: 3 of 36
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VALLEY SUNDAY STAR-MONITOR-HERALD
Sunday. November 17. 1940
Pa^e 1
Interpreting The War News
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Budget Plan
Terms
by the Bigeloic Weavers
at "ready-to-wear'’ prices
Calls Wife ‘Sister’
So It Won’t Hinder
Social Activities
Cewte
Weekly
Matamoros Man Buys
Apartment House
Little Theatre Cast
Being Selected
I Chapin. At the restaurant of Henry Kruschen Salts in a glass of water
Found Dead On Road
VALLEY PLAY
SLATED SOON
SPECIALLY
PRICED AT ONLY-
Dooley.
won
I giving date. Fredericksburg merch-
ants voted 99 to 1 to observe me
traditional date. Nov. 28.
convictions.
Their county.
Grapefruit track holdings in 18
markets totalled 101 cars Saturday
Make This Famous M-Day Teat!
Ladies.' If ugly bulging fat is mak-
BETTER
FURNITURE
BUDGET
PLAN
TERMS
ONLY—
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By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Five months ago when France fell before German blitzkrieg and
left Britain fighting alone. Prime Minister Churehill solemnly assured
Valier-Made
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Bed in Your Home.
BEIRUT Lebanon—oPv-Well-in-
formed circles sa>d Saturday that
"free French’’ followers of Gen.
Charles DeGaulle were working
feverishly in French mandated Syria
to sway opinion toward a revolt
behind Gen. Maxime Weygand and
Gen Auguste Noguea.
Weygand is military and political
chief in North Africa, sent there by
the Vichy regime, and Noguea is
resident general and eommander in
Morocco.
Morale Unbroken; RAF Repulses Air Raids;
Churchill Has Reasons For Cheer
In Operation After
Strike Arbitration
Willkie Voters Pick
Old Turkey Day
CARPET GRASS SOD
I am cutting down the wise of the
rluh house yard and have a lot
of fine rarpet grass sod u hirh I
will cut on sour order in con-
venent 8 inch strips at a price
that will gl^e sou sufficient to
plant LOOT
for $2.00.
KEITH McCANSE
LOWER PRICES ON
LARGE ORDERS
Phone No. 6011-Ft—Harlingen
Adams Gardens Club House
l‘» Miles South of Hwy.
CHICAGO—iP-By order of the
court. Irving Kiehn. 31. a prize-
fighter. must cease introducing his
wife as his sister.
The wife. Harriet 35 complained
to Judge Rudolph Desnrt that she
was tired of oemg represented as
a sister.
Kiehn explained the sister angle
by saying that he goes tn social
functions where it is a handicap to
Priced From
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WITH THE PURCHASE
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VISITS DAUGHTERS
RIO HONDO—Mrs Mabie Bing-
ham of Rio Hondo spent the week-
end with her daughters. Elizabeth
and Katherine Bingham, m Austin
where the two girls are enrolled J
contributed by i in the university.
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WHot oo opportunity? Yow get the worWi Snort Coder Chart—
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School Dedicated In
Mexico To U. S. Men
CANOITAS. Mexico— i.4*> —With
U. S Ambassador Josephus Daniels
as the principal speaker, state and
federal officials dedicated a school
here Saturday to the memory of
Bronson Rumsey and Daniel Roose-
velt, Harvard University students
' who died in a plane crash near
i Canoitas April 18. 1939.
The ambassador said the school
built with funds < - ■ - -
G Hall Roosevelt, father of Daniel,
by Charles Rumsey, brother of
Bronson, and by the Puebla State
government, “is recognition that I
universal education is essential to .
universal democracy.”
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Blaclt gram leather, green dll
interior. Convenient pockets
and mirror. Size—It" wide,
IIV high. SV deep,
beautiful spring-double lock.
Weighs ortu 4 •/< pound!
the annual
high school
,4>«—Fred-
by their
Britain Seeks All
Sorts Of Weapons
NEW YORK—&■—Britain wants be known as a married man.
weapons—all kinds of weapons,"
said Arthur B Purvis, director-
general of the British purchasing
commission m this country, as he .
departed on the Dixie Clipper for
bomb-battered London.
Purvis was en route to the Brit-
ish capital via Lisbon to report to
his government on the millions of
dollars of purchases nsade here since
November 7. 1939.
Make Your Selection Tomorrow at Our Nearest Store.
“Valley Best” Studio Couch provides extra beds when guests ar-
rive to spend the night in your home.
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President Roosevelt nomi-
nated Harry A. Millis. above,
Chicago educator and eco-
nomist, to a five-year term
on the National Labor Re-
lations Board, taking the
place vacated by Chairman
J. Warren Madden.
• ganuint Lane Cedar Hope Chest offering guaranteed Meth
pretectiea. Be lure te »ee eur disp^y this week Art befere our
Club b eempleted.
One week wrwre ef ttwa great **-*1—
Made Rug Karat! Better huel i >■
■nd bring yurwrif ap «• 4me m Am
•mart new iwespraaire way te get the
right eve mg far war parti.aiai
mom. Jew bring along yner mmmo
meaaurrsneami... we’ll ahow vea doa-
rwa of ebanaing paMmw and mdora
and teH yeo abnot aS the rmdv-to-
wae aiara at "rre«ty-Se-wewr*’ priera.
Every TaiUr-Madr R^ fe wore* of
ODESSA. Tex —The body of
Ector County Deputy Sheriff Bill
Jones, veteran West Texas peace
officer, was found beside his parked
car near the Crane highway some
four miles south of here Saturday .
A bullet wound pierced his head
above the right temple. The offi-
cer s fun lay on the running board
of the car.
All Prices Quoted Are Net. Small tarrying
Charge on Budget Accounts.
What he then dubbed “the battle of Britain” enters its sixth month
next Monday, November 18. At that point and despite a grievous toll
of destruction and civilian taaualtiea in Nazi bombed England, the prime
- -— .......——^British h >pe has been realized.
England remains uninvaded and the
will of her people to fight is un-
broken. She is striking back at her
German-Italian foes with telling
blou’s from the air and her domina-
tion of the seas at home and
abroad is firmer, not weaker, than
it was five months ago.
Churchill Poses Inoue
Churchill boiled down the war is-
sue for Britain on June 18 to one
“great question."
“Can we break Hitler's air weap-
on?”
Five months later it has been an-
PA'zNZil
t X "AtfT
EDINBURG—Casting is now un-
derway for tiie Valley Little thea-
tie’s production of "The Women,’’
scheduled for the Edinburg Junior
College auditorium Monday night.
Dec. 2. Director Paul Moore said
Saturday.
All-star in its scope. "The Wom-
en.” from Clare Booth s famous
Broadway success, is heralded a-
nne of the season s most ambitious
productions.
Moore said the follow ing will b«
included rn the cast: Arlen Kam-
iah. Connie Green. Shirley Fogel-
berg. Frances Wood. Freddie
Saunders. Shirley Burk. Jean
Righter. Cordelia McMahon. Mar-
garet Ow ings. Mildred Downs. Imo-
gene Brennan, Mrs. Clara Casberg
Bess Ennis. Annette Ciosner and
Mane Miller.
True to the original stage pro-
. no men appear on the
stage The production is 100 per
eent feminine and nothing is being
spaied tn make this comedy an ex-
ample ef outstanding modern femi-
ninity.
East Tennesse town of about 200 in- i
habitants is still hitting the ball
for Uncle Sam.
Its perfect record of sending
every eligible male into military
service as a volunteer was upheld
w hen Olas Gene Thomas, just turn-
ed 18. enlisted in the armv.
Thomas was the 28»h volunteer to
enlist from Morley. Now recruiting
officers will have to wait until the
other lads grow up before Morley
can send another.
BROWNSVILLE — The Alberta
apartment building, southwest cor-
ner of Elizabeth and 13th streets,
has been bought by Lcocadio M.
Montemayor, Matamoros, from Lee
J. Butler. Lake Geneva. Wis, for
a eash consideration of $13,000. ac-
cording to a deed filed with the
Cameron county clerk's office. The
building is directly across the street
from the Miller hotel.
Gillespie.
Texas ecu
pite her mounting non-combatant | in< Wendell Willkie a majonty
casualties in the world's first great
New Mexico Wants
More Plane Service
WASHINGTON—New Mexi-
co's tourist industry, potash deposits,
and oil fields were cited to the
Civil Aeronautics board S&turoay
as three of the major reasons why
that stale wants and needs more
direct air connections with Texas.
Testifying before a cab examiner
at a hearing on four airline appli-
cations for extensions in Texas and
eastern New Mexico. Gail S Carter
of Santa Ft and F. O Davis of
Carlsbad, stated that present air
facilities were inadequate.
MIDLAND Pa — uP» — Crucible
Steel Company Mills here again
rolled out armament steel for the
United States and British govern-
ments after employes voted bv a
slim margin to end a week-long
strike that had production at a
standstill.
The local steel workers organiz-
ing committee union announced that
approximately 4.300 strikers voted
52 per cent in favor of resuming
w ork pending conferences w ith the
company on several grievances, in-
cluding a demand for a w age in-
crease of 12 1-2 cents an hour in
one department
’39.50
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Given FREE with each “VALLEX «S**‘
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FREE
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given with ooch Lane Chest.
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your choice of beautiful
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and 65% cotton, with
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Harlow. 1325 S. E. Elizabeth, an I hour before breakfast. Cut
awning was set afire by a cigarette i out pastry, fatty meats and go light
thrown bv a pedestrian. Damage ' on potatoes, butter, cream and
was estimated at $25. sugar.
Thousand* who followed
‘ Kruschen plan found they not
' ly reduced unssghtly fat from hips.
, bust, waits, thighs and ankles and
gained a more stylish slimness but
, ALSO gained m charm and attrac-
i tiveness
Now go tn it. girls Make up your
mmd youll follow this Kruschen
; plan for 30 days.
Get a bottle of Kruschen Salts.
I plain or new effervescent—sparkling
—pleasing, at Brownsville Agents—
Den-Rush Phcy , Mc-Kays Phcy.;
1 Harlingen Agents—Day Drug Co.,
| Central Drug Store: McAllen Agent
i —Palmer Drug Store and leading
i druggists everywhere. Lasts four
Winnert Are Named
In Oklahoma Meet
ENID. Okla ——Oklahoma City-
Central won first place in a one-
act play division of
Phillips University
speech tournament. Prof. John A
Morns announced.
Oklahoma City
awarded second place.
Dick Dooley. Oklahoma
Classen, won a $100 scholarship
awarded the best actor and Georgia
Lee Mathis. Oklahoma City Central,
a $100 scholarship
actress
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RETURNS HOME
COMBES — Clarence Roller, son '
of Mr. and Mrs. B. Q Roller. hi\i
returned home after spending a
year at Pennington Gap. Va. He
was accompanied home by his aunt.
Mrs. Fay Robinett of Fairview. Va.
sister of Mrs. Rooller. Mrs. Rob-
inett plana io visit hart a month.
WESLACO—Lesser quantities of
Valley citrus were offered on the
auction markets during the week
just closed and returns for Marsh
seedless increased 12 cents per box
and the average for pink grapefruit
--------------------- .. . increased 31 cents a box. according
his countrymen and the world that there were “good and reasonable lo a report tgjued by the Federal-
hopes” of ultimate British victory. Slate Market New s Sen ice here.
The average during the past week
was $1 86 per box for 19.939 boxes
of Marsh seedless grapefruit as
compared to an average of $174
for 26.295 during the previous week
and the return on pink varieties
increased from $2 25 per box for
13.439 boxes two weeks ago to
$2.56 per box for 11.729 boxes dur-
ing the past week.
Florida, on the other hand, show-
ed a decrease of seven cents a box
on white grapefruit and an increase
of 16 cents a box on pink varieties
Then again, there appears to be
a relationship in the amounts of-
fered for sale. Florida white grape-
fruit sak- during the past week
having © i»scd to 72.860 boxes
swered in part in Britain’s favor Ias compa.,4 to 56.660 boxes while
Nazi air power has failed to shat- Pink sales decreased ^rom- 1.33fJ
ter British morale or crack Britain's : boxes two weeks ago to 1.2 <5 the
sea blockade of her foes The Roy- P«st
al Air Force at home has lived up I •"
to Churchill's prediction that it
would sax e England “from the * hl,« orange track holdings amount-
deadliest of all attacks.” invasion. 1° ^30 cars and mixed citrus to
Its far ranging bombers have ham- , eight cars,
mered at German targets and dealt I
a smashing blow to Italy in the ’
eastern war theatre.
Britain's stand has done more than
’ that. It has compelled complete re- •
vision of Hitler-Mussolini war ,
plans to shape them to a long war 1
patter and the odds in a long war i
are with Britain She has sea access
to vast material resources around FREDERICKSBURG
the world to aid her. encksburg folk stand
Reason For ( onfidenea
After five months of single-hand-
ed battle for survival. Britain, des- | <»< °n|y a *«*'
. w as one |
■exas counties giv-
in
J the recent general election. Gilles-
battle of the air. has more reason for P‘* voter» opposed Roosevelt about
cheers than for tears. 8 to 1.
..... Saturday. the Fredericksburg
D___ I Ti • -I- credit bureau announced that while
DOyg in 1 HIS I OWI1 Nov 21 is the state s official Thanks-
Join Army As Soon
As They Are Of Age
morley. Tenn *» This intie Free French Seek
To Foment Revolt
In Colonial Area
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Brownsville Blazes
Cause $175 Damage
BROWNSVILLE—Two fire calls
were answered Friday night and I
fires extinguished with a total loss Ing you discouraged—here s a safe :
estimated at $175. i reducing plan—a TESTED and
Damage nf about $150 was caused PROVEN—inexpensive, almost ef-
by a cigarette in a mattress at an fortlesa home method approved by
apartment house at 535 N W. Ehz- ! thousands of doctors—
abeth street occupied by Glen | Just take a half teaspoonful of
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