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VALLEY SUNDAY
10 Cents
THE WEATHER
Colder
FINAL EDITION
THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY
McALLEN, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940
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Maybe Its Up To Lillie
After All; Joe Stumped
TRIAL OPENS
IN EDINBURG
Counterfeiting Ring
Is Believed Smashed
Valley Police Seek
Hit-And-Run Driver
TO POSTS IN
SUDDEN MOVE
Nuevo Laredo Police
Hold Ship Deserters
Japan Faces Crisis
Over U. S. Pact
Just Wait Until
This Theater Has
‘Gone With Wind’
DERDEN HURLS
HAT IN RING
Breaks Leg While Saving Girl’s Life
Mexico; Says Music ‘Here To Stay
Trade Act Opposed
By Livestock Group
Texas Trio Sought
Near Buffalo
Fair Officials Still Promise Rain For The
Valley’s Thirsty Farmlands
Falls County Man To
Seek Governorship
Nazis, Allies Set For
Big Push?
The Valley : Partly
cloudj’ and much colder
Sunday; Monday fair and
slightly warmer. Strong
northerly winds, diminish-
ing Sunday night.
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The music of the surf sounded an ominous note
nation's No. 1 swing band leader, when he broke
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Vol. Ill, No. 27
BELGIUM MOBILIZES TO MEET GERMANY
Light Norther Is Due
In Valley
Hidalgo Men Convene
To Hold Price
Business Holds Up In
X v x T
New i ear
Almazan Is Seeking
Rebellion, Foes Say
MEXICO CITY—(Ah—Leaders of
the dominant revolutionary bloc of
the Mexican congress Saturday ini- j
tiatcd a movement that threatened
to curb Mexico’s press and charged
that General Juan Andreu Almazan,
leading anti-government president-
ial candidate, was trying to start a
’•ebellion which would lead to in-
i tervention oy the United States. -
Now shift your eyes slightly to the right and you’ll see that The
Farmer's Daughter, theme girl for the Valley Mid-Winter Fair, is
pounding away on a float to be used by tourists in their Parade of
States. It is estimated that over one thousand (count 'em) automo-
miles will be entered by Valley visitors In this unusual event
tax
constitutional
Cold Blasts Sweep Texas, Valley Gets Storm Warning
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Races, Golf Tourney Will MEN CALLED
End Big Fiesta Sunday
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and one-half ounces^ of meat and
all coupons for podded vegetables
—such as peas, beans and lentils—
were invalidated as far as they
were concerned.
They furtner were denied cer-
tain general ration cardr recently
issued to all other Germans to
enable them to obtain certain
extras when the Nazi regime finds
itself able to grant something be-
yond the ordinary daily allotment.
From time to time, for instance,
a small quantity of sweets may
be purchased upon presentation
of a special card from which a
coupon is clipped.
Jews must have the letter J
stamped on their ration cards,
enabling a tradesman to declare
he has not in stock what the
Jews ask for or in other ways
to discriminate against them.
Jews are barred from appear-
MEXICO CITY-OF— Arrest in
Nuevo Lnr 'do o* two deserters from
the German passenger ship Orinoco
now refugeeing in T; mpico was an-
nounced Saturday night by the
government. Th? men ver- re-
turned to the vessel.
Worlds Fair Offers
Dionne Quints Trip
TORONTO —(jP— A plan to take
the Dionne quintuplets to the New
York World s Fair this spring was
submitted to the quintuplets’ board
of guardians Saturday by J. C
Holmes, vice-president of the fair
corporation The guardians have
nn‘ yet considered nr reohed to the
offer.
BRUSSELS—(Pi— Belgium by ra-
dio and courier late Saturday night
suddenly called all soldiers on leave
back to their posts throughout the
Kingdom.
There was no official explana-
tion. Private reports, however, said
that strong German troop con-
centrations and movements on the
frontier seemed to have been be-
hind the order.
Messengers sped through Brus-
sels in freezing weather and enter-
ed cafes, theaters and night duos
to summon soldiers and officers.
No Explanation
Earlier, the defense minute
had cancelled air raid precautions
trials scheduled for Sunday. H^ro
also, officials made no explanation.
There were indications that new
men were being called to the colon.
Several groups of officers living
BERLIN—<P- -Germany's Jews,
already subjected to extensive
restrictions, have received an-
other shock in calling for ration
cards for the period of Jan. 15 to
Feb. 11.
They found that coupons for
a total of 125 grams almost four
3 SLUG GUARD,
ESCAPE PRISON
All th? news of the World
and the Valley. Best Feat*
urea and World’a Best
Comics.
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Humphrey Is Missing;
Defense Ready
HARLINGEN—More philosophical about the business than at first
when the introduction of an interloper was announced. Harlingen Bone-
head Club officials and Harlingen’s Rainmaker, Joe Junkin had cooled
off Saturday, and ••hoped'’ aloud that it would rain before January 23,
opening date for the annual Valley Mid-Winter Fair here.
Junkin. at first furious at the announcement that the Fair would
import Miss Lillie Stoate from Oxford. Miss. to bring Valley farmers
MARSHALL —(Pi— Police Chief
C M. Ezell said Saturday night he
believed an East Texas counter-
feiting ring had been smashed with
the arrest of three men here and
one at Texarkana, and the seizure
of equipment used to manufacture
spurious coins.
Ezell said one of the men. whom
he arrested in connection with au-
tomobile theft, admitted having
made counterfeit money and said
he had passed spurious 50-cent and
25-cent coins at the fair here last
September.
EDINBURG — Citrus growers,
shippers, bankers and business men
of this community will meet Mon-
day at 8 pm. at the high school
autditorium here to draft a pro-
gram for enforcement of the Val-
ley's new $10 minimum price on
grapefruit.
The mass meeting was called Sat-
urday by members of the Texas
Citrus Producers Protective Asso-
ciation. in this area, according to
Jack Berry, local grower.
W. D. Woodroof of Edinburg,
former enforcement officer for
Commissioner McDonald’s $10 mini-
mum price program, which subse-
quently was held invalid by the
courts, will preside.
Can Hardly Wait
Stoate. in letters to Fair
Manager Sidney Kring, who thought
up the idea in the first place, in-
timated she could hardly wait to
put in an appearance in the Valley,
and that she was anxious to bring
relief to this drought-stricken area
When asked why it had not
rained after he boasted "it will rain
within 24 hours.” Junkin said a
week ago that business had been
too pressing for him to concentrate
on the matter, but that he was de-
veloping a technique which would
permit him to manage his business
and sit on the bank of Lake Har-
lingen too. Junkin would not dis-
cuss his technique.
Very Unselfish
Kring said Saturday he and Fair
Association officials still thought
they were "mighty philanthropic"
in bringing a rainmaker here to
NEW YORK -i P Business coast-
ed along this week at close to the
high levels set before the holiday*,
with doubt in some quarters and
optimism in others as to its course
over the next few months.
Snow, cold and ice helped retail
trade to a good showing; industrial
activity gained a little on the
strength of orders booked last fall,
now being hurried to delivery,
while demand for the heavier goods
continued at between 50 and 80
per cent of the present output rate
Federal Loans Administrator
Jesse H Jones said: “I think we
may very v ell look forward to a
good year; in fact, a very satisfac-
i tory year, unless we are too greedy.
... We still must have more na-
tional income, but we can’t jump
too fast or we ll miss the floor."
M APLIN. Tex—(Ah Rep Albert
Derden of Falls county Saturday
I announced his candidacy for the
i Democratic nomination for governor
■ and said he would campaign on a
' platform of increased natural re-
source taxes as against a sales tax.
Derden, 34 years old and unyield-
ing foe of senate joint resolution
12—the sales-natural resource tax
constitutional amendment defeated
m the last session of the legislature
I —said:
"Unquestionably my campaign
will be based largely upon the issue
of a sales tax versus a natural re-
source tax. I expect to take Gov-
ernor O'Daniel to task for his en-
dorsement and personal recommen-
dation that SJR 12 and many other
proposed sales tax measures be
adopted, both constitutional and
statutory."
He said further he would stand
against a sales tax in Texas, either
statutory or constitutional "and
there will be no doubt in the minds
of the people of Texas about my
stand on this.”
TOKYO ,P The cabinet of Pre-
mier General Nobuvuki Abe resign-
ed Sunday, in a decision closely con-
nected with Japanese relations with
the United States.
Japanese army and government
* leaders alike were exerting pres-
sure on Prince Fumimaro Konoye.
former premier and president of
the privy council, to take over Abe's
post. A number of political per-
sonages believed he would accept.
Abe** resignation had been ex-
pected for several days, following
upon predictions that his govern-
ment would fall if the United States
declined to react favorably to Ja-
pan’s proposals for rconenmg the
lower Yangtze tn third power trade, i
This was considered as an overture
_ to facilitate a new trade understand-
a ing with the United States when the
present treaty is terminated—upon
Washington’s initiative—January 26
BUFFALO, Tex—(Ah—Three life
desperate convicts slugged W. R
Crane, penitentiary agent, and
escaped near here Saturday as they
were being transferred to the state
prison at Huntsville.
The trio—Robert Lacy Cash, J.
W. Mann and Andrew Nelson—
threw the unconscious Crane into
a ditch, drove his car to Buffalo
1 and seized another automobile at a
service station.
From Buffalo they drove to Dew.
turned off the highway there and
were last seen speeding through
Teague.
Crane said one of the convicts
had picked the lock of his hand-
cuffs. They persuaded Crane to
stop the car north of Buffalo where
Crane was slugged and the other
i two released from their shackles in
the back of the prison sedan.
DUSTSTORM, E The Farmer's Daughter dr. MONTAGUE
SNOW, GALES
HIT TEXAS
SAN BENITO—City, county and
state police late Saturday night
and Sunday morning sought a man
whom spectators said pulled across
a street at San Benito about 11
p. m. and crushed Juan Hernandez
against the rear of a truck. At Val-
ley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen
attaches said possibly both of Her-
nandez’ legs were broken.
City Officer John Cowart
the man had been identified
jumped from his car and fled the
scene, after ramming Hernandez
against a truck he was loading.
in Brussels hotels checked out sud-
denly.
The sound of constant
fire was heard across the frontier
: from Luxembourg, but the Grand
> Duchy itself was reported
, pletely calm.
In the Netherlands, officials at
The Hague said the cancellation of
Belgian leaves left the situation un.
changed for the Dutch.
rain, said Saturday that "It’ll ram sometime, it always has.” and seemed
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if he had an ace up his
Citrus Style Show
To Be Repeated
In Harlingen
By The Associated Pre**
Gales, blizzards, dust storms and
balmy temperatures was the wea-
ther mixture served Texans Sat-
urday night, as frigid temperatures
rode out of the Rocky Mountains
on strong winds. Livestock warn-
ings were issued for northwest Tex-
as.
Just to add to the picture the
weather bureau ordered storm
warnings on the Texas coast from
Port Arthur to Brownsville.
Gale Hits Odessa
Odessa reported a 62-mile gale
struck the Permian Basin, starting
temperatures skidding from a maxi-
mum of 54 degrees. Bus drivers re-
ported the entire south plains area
whipped by the gale. No damage
was reported but visibility was two
blocks as the year's first dust storm
accompanied the high winds. A
50-mile wind lashed Pecos, bring-
ing snow and sub-freezing tempera-
tures
From Amarillo came reports of
a blizzard with snow, whipped by
a 38-mile wind, covering the entire
Panhandle. In the Stratford vici-
nity, north, several inches of snow
feli with drifts as much as two
feet deep. The temperature sagged
to the low twenties early in the
day and remained there. The snow
was expected to end before mom- .
ing but a mercury reading of as
low as 14 was forecast with con-
tinuation of the strong winds.
A duster, carried on a 35-mile
wind, blew into San Angelo and
temperatures skidded from a maxi-
mum of 72. Colder was the fore-
cast.
Big Spring also experienced a
heavy duster and a 38-mile wind
Temperatures were dropping with
the reading 41 at 6 o’clock. Several
spans of electric light wires were
down.
MISSION—The Sixth annual Mis-
sion Citrus Fiesta will come to a
close Sunday, with a senes of events
including races, a golf tournament
and union religious services.
The union religious meeting, to
begin at the Methodist church here
at 7:30 p.m. will be the Fiesta’s
final event. Harry Hines, state high-
way commissioner, will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
For the second successive day.
there will be midget auto races,
with large crowds again expected
to attend the full card of event* at
the American Legion Speed Bowl.
Tournament Featured
The Golden Grapefruit Golf
Tournament, will be another feature
of the closing day, with golfers
from every Valley city expected
to be in the field that tees off at
Sharyland course in competition for
a handsome list of awards.
Second presentataion of the Cit-
rus Style Show, for benefit of those
who could not see it the first time,
will be given at the municipal
auditorium in Harlingen Sunday at
3 pm. Admission will be 40 cents
with no seats reserved.
The children s parade was judged
in three divisions Saturday, with
total of 78 children taking part
The three divisions were judged
1/ as many groups of judges, all
winter visitors. The children entered
ranged in age from 11 months to
12 years $10 in prizes were awarded
in each division.
Charlotte Gibbs, eight years old.
won first in the pet parade, second
place going to six-year-old Tommy
Walden and third price to six-year-
old Joyce Murdock. Judges were
D-. Paul Juckmcss of Omaha. Neb .
Mrs F E Bennett of Schaller. Iowa,
and Mrs W. R. Thomas of Highland
Park. III.
In the doll buggy division. Prtsy
Lou Lcvens. age four, won first
prize, second gome to Joyce Wil-
son. five years old. and third to
Celia Welch. 19 months old Judges
were Mrs. Lawrence Berglar’d of
Minneapolis. W. A. Thomas of High-
land Park. Ill. and Mrs. Jtoiiie
Kemp of Dallas. Texas.
Bicycle Division
Marilyn Osburn, ag'd e'ght, won
first in the bicycle division, with
June and Joan Bunch, five-year-
old twins taking second, and Patsy
Gay Red. 11 years, third. Judges
were Mrs Pierre Tartoue of Mill-
wood. Va . Mrs. F G Zcy of Butler.
Mo. and Mrs. Paul Juckiness of
Omaha. Neb.
In the fruit packers contest held
at the Mission Theatre at 10:30 a m
Saturday, Mrs. Joyce Carson of
Lindsay Gardens took first in the
ALLIES. NAZIS SEEM
READY FOR BIG PUSH
LONDON —Britain* *ir
force answered persistent Germ -n
reconnaissance flight* and attack*
on shipping with "the greatest sur-
vey flight'' of the war during Fr-
day night and Saturday.
Both sides appeared to be setting
the stage for future aerial on-
slaughts.
As German plane* dodged along
the east coast of England for fho
fifth successive day. the air minis-
try announced that British aircraft
had made mass scouting flights
over Austria and Bohemia, drop-
ping propaganda leaflets in th*
vicinity of Vienna and Prague and
reconnoitering extensively in east-
ern Germany.
It was the first me In the war
that British planes had been report-
ed over the newly annexed parti
of greater Germany. A British war
correspondent in France said tha
flights had been made from French
bases.
The flights culminated a week of
unusual scouting activity by both
British and German air force*
which military experts regarded as
necessary preparation for determ-
ined air offensive*.
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FIRST RED R\ID
OF 194* REFORTEJ
HELSINKI —<jpv— Some
Soviet bombs rained down on Hel-
sinki Saturday in the first air raid
of 1940 for the capital while invad-
ed Finland and all of Scandinavia
weighed puzzling reports of Ru»-
sia's military movements.
Two persons were killed, at least
four wounded and a church and
several other buildings destroyed
damaged by incendiary bombs
Artic Shaw, the nation's No. 1 swing band leader, headed for Holly-
wood with a broken leg sustained while rescuing a girl from
drowning near Acapulco. Mexico, recently. On crutches, and with
his leg in a cast, he changed planes late Saturday afternoon at the
Brownsville airport.
Snow At Luhbock
Snow’ and 16-degroc temperatures
were expected at Lubbock as a 25-
mile wind whipped out of the north-
west. It was 31 degrees there at
••pni. El Paso had a 38-mile w’ind
this morning but it moderated dur-
ing the day. Colder was the fore-
cast there.
A light norther struck Plairview
In the afternoon and there was a
possibility of snow by morning.
Temperature dropped from 43 to
27 at 3 p.m.. but had risen one
degree tu’o hours later.
Snowflurries and a sharp north
w nd accompanied 24-degree we-.-
ther at Borger. Wichita Falls had
a duster riding on a 25-mile wind
The mercury was falling.
Austin reported a balmy 7! maxi- j
mum during the day but awaited
colder weather Sunday. Occasional
rains also were forecast. At Gal-
veston the forecast was for rain and
colder weather Sunday, while Cor-
pus Christi’s promise was occasional
thunderstorms
A north wind carried the storm,
a mixture of snow and sleet, south-
ward into the Oklahoma Panhandle
(fontina** on 4. fol li
BROWNSVILLE
• Artie Shaw, the
leg in rescuing an 18-ycar-old girl from drowning at Pie de la
Cuesta, near Acapulco, Mexico, recently.
Still on crutches, and with his right leg in a cast, he changed
planes Saturday afternoon at the Brownsville airport en route from
Mexico City to Hollywood.
The idol of the jitterbugs has his leg splintered in three places.
—--♦ He rescued Ann Chapman, 18.
student of the Geneva College for
Women, who had been knocked
senseless by heavy breakers at the
Mexican bathing resort.
While bringing her in tn shore,
the huge waves picked up Shaw,
and the girl, and dashed
against the bottom. That broke
his leg
Heroically, and proving that he
is more than a clarinet footer. he
clung to the girl, and dragged her
ashore. Then he lapsed into un-
consciousness.
Bathers lolling on the beach didn’t
offer immediate assistance. They.
thought the pair were playing.
Shaw’ is cn route tn Hollywood
Calif , to negotiate with a motion
picture concern over possibly di-
recting. or appearing in a series of
musical shorts.
His last motion picture
MGM's "Dancing Coed ”
He said he doesn’t know whether
swing is here to stay, but he said.
Harrison Plan Dead,
Conceded By Backers
WASHINGTON — «Ah — Support- i
ers of the H irrison plan to create
a joint congressional budget-making
committee conceded Saturday that j
it was dead for this session, but
Senate economy advocates made it
clear they would wage a vigorous
! fight to prevent any increase in
President Roosevelts budget.
Miss Norma Lou Ewers, duchess
from Mission in the Texas Citrus
Fiesta ending Sunday at Mission,
was awarded first place in the
costume division of the Citrus
Style Show held Friday night.
The costume is a Scarlett O'Hara
ball gown, of inner pink grape-
fruit rag dried to resemble lace.
The first place award was $65.
Miss Ewers was sponsored by the
Women's Tuesday Club of Mis-
sion. (Staff Photo.)
BRISTOL, Conn.——
The Bristol Theatre will
not show “Money To
Burn.” the feature it ad-
vertised for Sunday.
A $50,000 fire destroy-
ed the theatre Saturday.
The American
National Live Stock Association an-
nounced bv resolution Saturday that
. it is "definitely opposed to an ex-
’ensinn of the reciprocal trade act"
i which will expire m June.
EDINBURG—The whereabouts of
P. C. Humphrey. San Antonio sales-
man injured in a shooting last
I April 20 w'hich took the life of Mrs.
I Velma Montague, remained a mys-
tery here Saturday as preparations
j went forward for opening of the
I trial Monday of Dr. L. J. Montague,
husband of the slain woman, who
is charged with her death.
Plans of both state and defense
counsel in the case likewise re-
mained secret. Judge Bryce Fer-
guson in criminal district court will
call the case at 9 a m. Monday.
Whether Humphrey will be pre-
sented as a state’s witness could not
| be learned.
Witnesses Called
Several witnesses have been sub-
poenaed for the trial.
District Attorney Tom Hartley
will head the state’s counsel, aided
by Jack Ross and Truman Sanders,
assistants on his staff.
Lieutenant Governor Coke R
Stevenson of Junction, who arrived
in Edinburg last Thursday, will ’.e
chief of defense counsel. Other
members are D F. Strickland of
Mission and State Senator Rogers
Kelley of Edinburg. The staff rep-
j resents one of the most prominent
groups of attorneys to serve on a
i Valley case in years.
There was no indication from
either side Saturday but that it
would be ready to announce for
trial.
A special venire of 200 has been
summoned fnr the case.
The trial has been postponed nnce
Originally set fnr November 13, it
was called on that date but con-
tinued to January 15 because of
the serious illness of Mrs Steven-
son at an upstate city. Since that
time her condition has improved.
Defense Secretive
far defense counsel has
given no hint that a change of
venue will be asked. Senator Kel-
ley scoffed at reports that such a
motion is planned.
The trial has grown out of an in-
dictment charging Dr. Montague
with the slaying of his wife, a
prominent business woman and civic
leader here for several years. Short-
ly after the shooting, in which the
San Antonio man was hurt. Dr
M ntague gave himself up to offi-
cers. He has been a leading pro-
fessional man here for a number
of years.
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