The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953 Page: 4 of 8
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1S5U
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SERVING THE CENTRAL. RIO GRANDE VALLEY
THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE
Miss Hilda Ramirez, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Ramirez of
Mercedes, became the bride of Julian Adame, Jr., of Donna, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Adame, July 25 with Rev. Father Jacobs offi-
ciating at the double ring ceremony held at Our Lady of Me)rcy
Church in Mercedes.
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(Photo by Harman)
Senator McCarthy
Answers Questions
On Investigations
A. I, of course, have no way of
knowing whether Attlee ever ac-
tually joined the Communist Party.
He, however, is a publicly avowed
Q. Senator McCarthy, you very
recently made a speech in which
you strongly criticized Britain’s
former Prime Minister, Clement
Attlee, for a speech which he made
in the British House of Commons.
Why did you object to Attlee’s
speech ?
A. For a number of reasons. For
example, he was quoted by the
press as having stated that while
he agreed with the proposal for a
peace conference by the heads of
the various countries, “he doubted
the wisdom of President Eisen-
hower’s attendance” and that “the
presence of any American would
only hinder talk.” As I stated at
the time, I was not so much con-
cerned by what Attlee said. This
sort of thing could be expected
from Attlee, from Mao Tse Tung,
or from Moscow. However, I was
very deeply disturbed by the fact
that the Majority Party in Britain
sat idly by and made no protest
when the former Prime. Minister
suggested that this nation should
not be represented at a peace con-
ference. Apparently they forget that
the United States has suffered over
130,000 casualties in Korea as com-
pared to 3,700 British casualties.
The financial burden borne by the
United States as compared to Great
Britain is even more dispropor-
tionate.
According to the news reports,
Attlee also criticized the American
people as being isolationists and
our American Constitution as “not
particularly well suited since it
was framed for an isolationist
State.” In this connection, I would
like to call attention to an article
which appeared in the May 15th is-
sue of “U. S. News & World Re-
port,” in which there is set forth
a careful review of the amount of
foreign aid given by us since the
end of the .shooting part of World
War II. The figures total $39,000,-
000,000 .If you add to this the
$6,000,000,000 of foreign aid which
the President has asked for this
year, it makes a total of $45,000,-
000,000. This figures is so unbeliev-
ably large that it is almost impos-
sible for the human mind to pic-
ture it. Therefore, let me break the
figure down. If we were to spread
that $45,000,000,000 in foreign aid
over the past 2,000 year — start-
ing at a time before the birth of
Christ — it would amount to a
payment of $22,500,000 per year. If
the figure were broken down fur-
ther, it would mean $61,643 per day
or $42.80 per minute — $42.80 in
foreign aid for each and every
minute that has ticked off since
a considerable period of time be-
fore the birth of Christ. Neverthe-
less, Britain’s Attlee says we are
isolationists and indicates that we
are not doing enough for Europe.
Socialist and has publicly pledged
ihimself to the Communist type of
program of overthrowing capital-
ism and abolishing all private proT
perty. I showed the Senate and
the newspapermen a picture of Att-
lee reviewing Communist troops
with the Communist General Miaja
and Communist Commissar Anton.
A1 lthree were pictured giving the
Communist clenched fist salute. I
also presented to the Senate and
to the press a letter in Attlee’s
handwriing to he Communist Bri-'
gade in Spain in which Attlee
praises the Communist soldiers for
their devotion to freedom and
uses the usual Communist jagron
such as “workers of the world
unite.”
Ad No. 3 of a series
Pan American College
Annual Report
THE FACULTY
Pan American College now has
61 members on its faculty. Their
college work was done in the out-
standing colleges and universities
of North America, ranging south-
ward from Laval University to
Quebec, to the University of Mexi-
co, Mexico City, and westward
from Columbia University of New
York to the University of Califor-
nia.
The average Pan American fa-
culty member would be a person
approximately 43 years and six
months old; he has studied in col-
lege slightly more than seven years.
He has taught for 16 years and his
annual salary is between $3600 and
$6100. Of this amount, he and his
family spent approximately 95%
(after taxes) on food, clothing and
shelter in Hidalgo County. He has
one car and about $500 goes to fil-
ling stations, mechanics and car
dealers. The majority are home-
owners and they live in communi-
ties from north of Mission to south
of Weslaco.
Here’s a Quick Look at his train-
ing and experience as compared
with a Numerical Cross-Section
from other Four-Year Colleges and
Universities:
(Degrees in Percentages)
Ph.D M.A. B.A.
Private College
(Church related,
Texas) _______13.2
(Univ. of Texas
College of Arts
& Sciences)__22.5
A Texas Teacher’s
College _______18
58.5
59.5
69.7
28.3
12:3
As I staated on the Senate floor,
however, I feel that Attlee no more
represents the English people ,than
Acheson represented the American
people. The British areour natural
ally. If we could attain allo-ut,
wholehearted cooperation between
Great Britain and the United States
it would do much toward estab-
lishing world peace. However, “co-
operation” between two great na-
tions, if it is to be effective, can-
not be a one-way street. Benefits
must flow in both directions.
Q. During a recent Senate speech
you referred to Britain’s former
Prime Minister as “Comrade Att-
lee.” Does this mean that you have
proof that he is a member of the
Communist Party?
Teachers’ College
Memphis,
Tenn.
Pan American
22.5
48.5
29
College
29.5
59.0
11.5
Reasons for Coming:
A. Believes Pan American has
bright future, intends to move for-
ward with it.
B. Believes this new-type com-
munity college is more flexible,
moie challenging and offers great-
er opportunities for service than
the conventional type college.
C. Likes the Valley, its climate,
its people and its unlimited possi-
bilities.
Controlling Weeds
By Labor Saving
Methods Is Told
By W. H. FRIEND,
Associate County Agent
The control of weeds which are
intermingled with crop plants is
usually a job that requires large
amoujnts of hand labor. In row
planted ve^etablq crops, which are
“planted dry” and “watered up,”
the cost of hand weeding may
amount to fully 50% of the total
cost of producing the crop. Un-
timely rains, while the crop plants
are small, may create a weed
problem of the first magnitude.
Several labor saving methods of
controlling weeds in certain speci-
fic crops have been developed, but
weeding must be done the hard
way in most crops. Planting in
well prepared, pre-irrigated soil is
one way of reducing the weed pop-
ulation in the drills of crop plants
which can be used for most vege-
table crops. Pre-emergence spray-
ing and flaming to control weeds
can be used on a wide variety of
crops, but is more successful on
the types which require more than
five days to germinate and emerge
from the soil. The use of selective
herbicidal sprays is confined to a
very few vegetable crops.
Pre-emergence spraying and
flaming have been widely used on.
slow-germinating crops like pep-
pers and parsley. These methods
ean be used on other crops, but
the timing of the treatment must
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be exact. Spraying with contact
type weed killers or flaming the
tops of the beds must be done
after the weeds appear but before
any- apreciable number of crop
plants “break ground,” ‘ as the
treatment will kill weeds and vege-
table plants alike. Oil sprays such
as naptha or kerosene can be used
in low pressure-medium volume
sprays for the same purpose. The
fortifying agent may be pentaeh-
lorophenol, dinitrophenol, or dini-
troorthocresol. The oil used may be
high flash naptha or kerosene. The
heavier (less colatile) types of oil
are not so satisfactory. Since pre-
emergence treatments are usually
applied soon after an irrigation,
it is necessary that equipment be
used which can travel over muddy
fields or be carried by laborers.
Many growers use low pressure
spray rigs mounted on tractors
with steel wheels. Others use hand
powered (knapsack type) sprayers
and “pear” burners.
The use of selective oil (naptha)
sprays on young carrots and pars-
ley has become standards practice
on most valley farms. This labor
saving method of weeding carrots
has greatly increased the popular-
ity of this crop with Valley farm-
ers. The chemical properties of the
naptha used, the atmospheric con-
ditions at and following applica-
tion, and the size of the weeds and
crop plants are factors affecting
the results secured with herbicidal
oils and with acid sprays on on-
ions. The use of dilute (4%) sul-
phuric acid sprays to weed young
onions gave satisfactory results on
a number of Valley farms last
year. ^
There are several selective her-
bicidal sprays which are applied
as pre-emergence sprays for the
control of weeds in specific crops.
One of these — Alanap — will
probably be used in an exploratory
way on ’ cantaloupes next season.
Most of these materials are still
in the experimental stage and
should not be used until they have
been proven trustworthy under lo-
cal conditions.
Horome type weed killers of the
type extensively used as selective
herbicides in plantings of corn,
sorghum, and othr members of
the “grass family” should not be
used on vegetables. Even sweet
corn appears to be damaged by
2,4D. Many vegetable crops are
highly sensitive to 2,4D.
Detailed information in regard
to labor saving methods of weed
control may be obtained from the
County Extension Service offices
in this area.
Lawler Hospital
Mr .and Mrs. Harold Rippert of
McAllen are parents of a baby
girl, born July 29.
Imelda Dominguez of Mercedes
was a medical patient. <
Mrs. Reyna Garcia of Mercedes
underwent minor surgery.
Mrs. J. H. Vittoe of Weslaco
underwent minor surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gazier of
Mercedes are parents of a baby
boy born July 31st.
Sherry Helms of Mercedes un-
derwent minor surgery.
.Mr. W. F. Rogers of La Vil’d*.
underwent major surgery.
Mrs. Grady Hester of Weslaco
underwent minor surgery.
Mrs. Connie Wililams of Weslaco
underwent minor surgery.
Mjk and Mrs. John W. Roark of
Weslaco are parents of a baby girl
born August 5, 1953.
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Ragsdale, Paul. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953, newspaper, August 6, 1953; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060750/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.