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ALL AMERICA
LINED AGAINST
ANYMASION
Foundation Is Laid
For Strengthen i n g
Peace Structure In
New World
'By The Associated Frees*
President Roosevelt'* dream of a
western hemisphere of natrons mov-
ing toward permanent peace stand-
ing "shoulder to shoulder" against
foreign aggression and pledged
against a war of conquest found
realisation at least In part in the
Inter-American peace conference
which ended Wednesday.
Foundation Laid
The fiuenoe Aires parley through
sixty-nine projects laid the founda-
tion for strengthening the American
peace structure providing for Joint
consultation if general American
peaoe le threatened from within or
without non-intervention by one
American country in another’s Af-
fairs and removal of some of the
horrors of warfare.
The representatives of the twenty-
one American republics put into
concrete form the general proposals
laid down by President Roosevelt
in his notes to the other American
republics last January and in his
address at the opening of the his-
. toric conference December 1.
Argentina's Insistence on not com-
pletely severing her ixmda with her
mother continent. Europe and the
United States’ policy of remainuig
aloof from European entanglements
prord only minor stumbling blocks
and difficulties were honed out
quickly.
Seven Projects Approved
Seven major projects for bolster-
ing the American peace set-up won
unanimous approval and en eighth
Pad the sanction of all but the
United States which refrained from
voting because the proposal was link-
ed to the League of Nation.*'
TTie peace proposal to which the
United States declined to adhere
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League of Nations which signed the
Kellogg-Brland anti-war agreement
and the Argentine anti-war pact of
1933 cooperate with the league in
its attempt to prevent and end wars.
INTER-AMERICAN
PARLEYS CLOSE
BUENQB AIRES. Dee. 23 <*>—
The Inter-American peace confer-
ence. which In three weeks has set
up machinery to discuss all war
threats to the American continents
drew to Its close Wednesday a1th a
plea for settlement of the Bolivian -
Paraguayan territorial dispute.
Other than action on a resolution
that Bolivia and Paraguay definitely
finish their border dispute the chief
business of the formal closing cere-
mony late In the afternoon consisted
of speeches by United States Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull. Argentine
Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra
Lamas and the head of the Peruvian
delegation Carlos Concha.
-Float Cotton-
Lion* Raise Funds
To Aid Children
i Special to Ths Herald t
HARLINGEN Dsc. 23—Ap-
proximately ITS wa« turned over
Wednesday to the underprivileged
children’s fund here by the Harlin-
gen Lions club from proceeds from
the lions Charity Bat! Tuesday
night according to A. F. Dabney
chairman of the dance committee.
Oil Industry Closes
One of Best Years
In Entire History
TULSA Okla. Dec. 23 </P>—The i
promise of 1936 to the oil industry
nas been fulfilled.
Its Christmas is merry.
In an analysis of the factors con-
tributing to the present state of pros-
perity one thing stood out—the sus-
tained and increasing demand for
refined products.
Leading executives called it amaz-
ing.
That demand led to the greatest
production of crude oil in the na-
tion's history. Production was con-
trolled. however by the direct de
mands on tha refineries by the con*
sinner.
Thus a healthy balance brought
the Industry to gratifying increases
in the price of oil company stocks
the granting of wage increases
declaration of dividends even to the
payment of Christmas bonuses.
This is the picture of the strong
statistical position of the industry
at the Yuletide:
1. Estimated consumption of gaso-
line based on actual iigures for ten
months and estimates for two
months was about 464.820.000 bar-
rels compared to a consumption ol
<34.800.000 barrels in 1935.
2. Estimated production of crude
cil for the year was 1095.000000
barrels against 993900000 barrels
last year.
3. Storage stocks of crude were
about 385000000 barrels with about
58.000000 barrels of gasoline on
hand compared with 337000.000 bar-
rels of crude and 55.000.000 barrels
of gasoline at the end of 1935.
4. The refiner was paying general-
ly speaking about ten cents a barrel
more for crude this year than last
and the motoring public about two
cents a gallon more for its gasoline
At the beginning of the Christmas
ve*k an authoritative estimate of the
market trends showed these encour-
aging positions:
1. Crude market tight. Buyers seek-
ing January supplies.
2 Gasoline even in a season of
ordinarily declining consumption
firm and in good demand.
3. Demand for kerosene and burn-
ing oils usually strong.
4. Lively demand for prune white
distillate and light fuels with stocks
increasingly scarce.
In May production of crude took a
jump over the 3000.000 barrel daily
point for the first time in history.
Tome apprehension resulted state
regulatory bodies clamped down but
the consuming public demonstrated
its ability to use up the gasoline and
industry was producing in huge
quantities.
After the middle of August the I.-
000.000 barrel figure became almost
a regular thing
In the first week of December came
a real climax to the bright picture
of Vie industry e horizontal increase
in the posted price of crude oil. sev-
enteen cents a barrel announced by
the Continental Oil company effec-
tive January 4. next
That heartened the rank and fil*
of the Industry as nothing else could
Other major companies did not fol-
low the increase immediately. It gen-
erally was the opinion Wednesda
that the action of all state regulatory
bodies in setting January allowables
would be awaited before a decision
would be made by other major com-
panies.
-Plant Cot toe
In Our Valley
(Continued from Page One)
hood that a great deal of lower
gratr fruit will mo\e under this
federally sponsored plan.
• • •
"THE DALLAS NEWS QUOTES
1 the McAllen Monitor as report-
ing that an unworried citrus grow-
er In that community received
$22 50 per ton for his grapefruit
when others were getting around
$7 50.
The News calls on The Monitor
for more details. How does this man
manage to squeeze two thousand
two hundred and fifty cents out of
two thousand pounds of grape-
fruit—with others getting a third
that much.
Indeed It would be Interesting
information to every grapefruit
grower in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
-Wilt Cottos-
PROTECTS ROVING CATS
NORRIS. Tenn. 1—A city or-
dinance makes Norm safe for cats.
When 3.000 persons moved from
the Norris reservoir area last sum-
mer several hundred cats were left
stranded
8portsmen fearing the animals
would become nuisances offered a
10-cent reward to youngsters for
each pair of tabby paws turned In
Reservoir cats became scarcer
Then Norris feline animals started
disappearing.
Some charged youths were stalk-
ing houaecata.
As a precautionary measure elty
council passed this ordinance: “No
child under 1$ may carrv a gun In
Norris loaded or unloaded.”
-rust Cotton——
‘After Talking Two Weeks.
Memphis Child Now Is recovering.”
And incidentally how are the
parents doing?
At the Theaters
RIVOLl. SAN BENITO
Paul Galileo a smash Saturday
Evening post atory of the romance
of a pair of scatter-brained news-
paper reporters. "Wedding Present.”
opens Wednesday at the Rlvoll the-
atre In film form with Joan Ben-
nett and Cary Grant in starring
roles. The picture was produced by
B .P. Schulberg for Paramount and
directed by Richard Wallace.
Grant and Miss Bennett are co-
workers on a large dally planning
to marry until one of Grant s pranks
halts the wedding. Shortly after.
Grant becomes city editor to suc-
ceed hard-boiled George Bancroft
and his former partner quits the
paper to flee to New York and a
spite marriage” when she sees him
becoming “a big t wo-telephone man”
like Bancroft. Grant follows snd
with the sid of s New York gangster
who owes him a debt of gratitude
proceeds to celebrate at a bar. while
planning the biggest wedding pres-
ent of all time for his former sweet-
heart. The nature of that present
brings a reconciliation.
CAPITOL
Concerned fully as much with the
business of entertaining and amus-
ing its audiences as with the more
familiar one of mystifying them
•Mad Holiday” shows Wednesday
and Thursday at the Capitol theatre.
Brownsville presenting the amus-
ingly different phenomena of a mur-
der mystery "kidding” murder mys-
teries.
Edmund Lowe snd the sophistic at •
ed Elissa Land! prove apt choices
for the leading roles In the diverting
entertainment for Lowe cast as a
temperamental Hollywood player of
detective charscterlatlon. has actu-
ally appeared in several of them In
hla professional career tncluding
Philo Vance In "The Garden Mur-
der Case.**
QUEEN
Loretta Young and Pranchot Tone
form a delightful romantic screen
team in Metro-Gcldwvn-Mayer’s
The Unguarded Hour. ” showing
Thursday only at the Queen theatre
Brownsville.
The new picture filled with ro-
mance. drama and mystery gives
both players an excellent opportuni-
ty for their talents.
Satisfied Patients
Dr. W. D. REA
COMING TO TEXAS FOR YEARS
At Brownsville. El Jardln Hotel
Wednesday and Thursday.
December 30th and 31st
TWO DAYS ONLY
HOURS—9:30 A. M. TO 4:00 P. M.
Dr. Rea specializes in stomach
liver kidneys bladder bowels rec-
tal diseases as complicated with
other diseases without surgical op-
eration.
Some of his satisfied patients:
John Turn bow Shamrock. Texas.
8tomach Ulcer; R. H. Rogers Post
Colitis; Mrs. T. L. Parker. Tulla
Obesity; Mrs. B. R. Richardson
Palestine. Pellagra: Mrs B. E
Howell. Big Springs. Heart Trouble;
T .rs. A. J. Bradshaw Winnsboro.
8tomach Ulcer; Mr L. K. Wardlow
Santa Anna. Gall-Bladder; Mrs. C.
O. Brown. Amarillo. Goiter: Mrs.
George Nixon Perryton. Rheuma-
tism
Mrs. J. 3 Reynolds. Borger. Gall-
Stones; Mr. Tom McNeill. Richland
Springs. Cancerous growth on nose;
Mrs. Thomas Rogers. Douglas.
Goiter; Herbert J. Blaachke. Schul-
enberg Acid-Stomach; Mrs. O. H
Smith. Memphis. Stomach Ulcers;
Mrs. J. E. Edwards. Lipan. Chronic
Appendicitis; J. B. Swanxy. Rose-
bud. Gad-Bladder; P. M. Mitchell
Texarkana Stomach; Ignats Krom-
icky. Wallis. Stomach-Ulcer.
No charge for consultation and
examination. Married women come
with husbands children with par-
ents.
Drs Rea Bros. Medical Labora-
tory. Minneapolis Minnesota. Since
1898.—Adv.
Send Flowers
This Christmas
California Cut Flowers and
Pot Plants of all kinds
Los Ebanos
Greenhouse Co.
- PHONE 1588
TEXAS KIDNAP
SUSPECT D
■—i 4 ■
Wounded Man Caught
At Fort Worth
FORT WORTH. Dec. 23 (/^-Fo-
il ce arrested a man early today In
the kidnaping of a Fort Worth man
and the holdup of a filling station
last week at Buffalo.
He said he was Del mar Chandler.
32. of Dallas. He was taken into
custody at a downtown hotel and of-
fered no resistance. Officer? said he
made a statement admitting the
kidnaping and robbery. They quoted
him as saying he came back to rob
a bank "somewhere east of Dallas.”
The prisoner told police he was
released from the state penitentiary
last May 13. He had a minor flesh
wound in his left arm.
8henff J. R. Sessions of Fairfield
fired at a man last Thursday night
after the Buffalo robbery. One bul-
let struck the man's automobile
which was later abandoned at Mexia
and identified as one taken from
Royer Walker of Fort Worth who
was forced to drive to a spot near
Dallas by hla abductor.
-Plant Cotton
$1366 Is Sought In
Donna 3-Way Crash
Damage* touting $1 366 are asked
of J. C. Setver of Donna as the re-
sult of a three-way traffic crash
at Donna December 5 in a suit
filed In 103rd civil district court
here by H. I* McKinney. Sllvestre
Sandoval and Jose Luis Sarabia.
According to allegations of the
petitions. McKinney s coupe was
struck from behind by a sedan
driven by J. C. Setver. Jr. son of
the defendant and McKinney’s
car was knocked in front of an
onrushing sedan driven by San-
doval. Brownsville taxi driver.
McKinney asks $582 actual and
exemplary damages Sandoval $509
and Sarabia $275. Saraba was a
passenger in the Sandoval ear. ac-
cording to the petition.
The McKinney and Sandoval
oars were practically demolished
and all three occupants of the
two cars suffered minor cuU and
bruises the petition contends.
-Plant Cotton-
Sheriff Shops For
Jail’s Xmas Dinner
Shenff J A. Goolsby a-ent mar-
keting Wednesday and If he finds
the prices right ninety-eight pri-
soners In the county jail will be
his "guests” at a turkey dinner
Christmas.
He is following out an old Jail
custom here of giving the prison-
ers a good feed on Christmas to
make them forget their woes.
-Plant Cotton-
Jury Trials Here
To Begin January 4
The v eeks beginning January 4
11 and 25 will be jury weeks in the
terms of 103rd Civil District Court
opened here this week by Judge A.
M. Kent. The docket was set
Tuesday at a session attended by
approximately 120 attorneys from
all parts of the county.
Traffic Officer Is
Uninjured In Wreck
• Special to The Herald •
DONNA. Dec. 23— Even the men
who try to make Valley highway*
safe county traffic officer* have
accident* occasionally.
Speeding to the scene of a reported
accident Tuesday about 6 p. m. Ear]
Hersh. Hidalgo county traffic offi-
cer. riding his motorcycle collided
with an automobile.
Hersh was thrown several feet but
mas not Injured In the mishap
Hersh continued his trip and in-
vestigated the reported accident
which occurred a mile west of Donna
when cars allegedly driven by Mrs
A. O. Jury. McAllen and the other
owned by D. R Givens. Mercedes
were In collision. None was Injured.
■-■
Weather
■_■
Bast Texas least of 100th meridian I:
Partly cloudy Wednesday night and
Thursday slightly warmer In porthwea:
and north-central portions Wednesday
Bight.
OenU# to moderate easterly winds on
the coast
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change In
the river during the next 24 to 36 hours.
RIVER BULLET IN
Flood Present 24-Hr 34-Hr
8tsge Stage Chang Rain
Laredo . 37 26 00 uu
Rio Grand* .. 21 *2 4 0 0 00
Hidalgo . 21 4 7 -0! .00
Mercedes .... 21 6 7 -SI U0
Brownavllla .. It 63 -0.1 .UO
MISCELLANEOUS DA1A
Sunset Wednesday.S 45
Sunrtae Tburaday . 7:14
WEATHER SUMMARY
Barometric pressure was still moder-
ately high to high over practically the
entire United State* Wednesday morn-
ing. with highest readings over the
eastern states (20 70 at Washington. D.
C ). Over the far Canadian Northwest
and the extreme northwestern states the
pressure appeared to be rising slowly.
The weather continued mostly fair to
partly cloudy throughout the country.
Temperatures roe* more or leas In the
Mississippi valley and in the southeast-
ern states and fell in the northwestern
states since last report. _
Brownsville 7 a. m. (C3T) se*-level
pressure 30 2* Inches.
BULLETIN
i First figures lowest temperature last
oight; second highest yesterday; third
wind velocity it S a m ; fourth prec-
ipitation in last twenty-four hours).
Abilene . 36 56 .. 00
Amarillo. 36 58 10 uo
Atlanta . 36 56 .. 00
Austin . 46 70 .. 00
B00>0B.. 13 28 UO
BROWNSVILLE .. 60 74 10 00
Br'vUS* Alrp't .... 52 76 00
Chicago . 30 38 10 .01
Cleveland . 34 32 IS 00
Corpus Christ: .... 60 68 .. 00
Dallas. 40 62 .. .00
Del Rio . 50 72 .. 00
Denver . 28 52 00
Dodge City . 28 50 13 00
El Paso . 42 64 12 00
Fort Smith . 44 50 02
Houston . 56 70 10 00
Jacksonville . 50 62 12 .00
Kansas City ..... . 42 50 .. 00
Los Angeles . 58 78 .. 00
Louisville . 30 40 .. uo
Memphis . 46 58 .00
Miami . 70 74 14 .00
Minneapolis . 34 34 10 U0
New Orleans. 50 88 .. .00
North Plttt*. 2 * 48 00
Oklahoma City .... 42 46 .. .00
Palestine . 54 63 .. .00
Pensacola . 50 64 13 uo
Phoenix ... 44 72 .. .00
St Louis . 34 40 13 00
Salt Lake City .... 30 52 00
San Antonio. 56 70 10 00
Santa Fe .. 30 48 .. 00
Sheridan . 26 58 .. .00
Shreveport . 50 84 00
Tamna . 54 70 13 00
Vicksburg ... 48 62 .. .00
Washington . 22 38 .. .00
WtUlston . 34 50 .. 00
Wilmington . 34 56 .. oo
Wlnnemucca . 24 S3 40
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7290 CARS OF
PRODUCE MOVE
About Third of Fruit
Crop Shipped
The Valley's citrus and vegetable
movement of the 1936-37 season
continues to soar on toward new
all-time records as me year draws
to a close the total Wednesday
standing at 7390 cr loads as
against 4647 at the same time last
year.
Vegetables which have been be-
hind are now catching up and
were only two carloads behind the
1935 figure according to tabulation
made Wednesday bv the U. fi
Market News Bureau here.
A total of 6071 carloads of citrus
fruit have been moved from the
Valley so far. It is estimated this
is about one third of the season
total
Demand for both vegetables and
citrus Is weak due to the holiday
period.
Sunday School Yule
Party Plana Made
The Intermediate division of the
Methodist Sunday school will be
entertained at a Christina* party in
the church parlors Wednesday
evening according to Mrs P E.
Shelton head of the department.
Hostesses for the party will be
Misses Elisabeth O'Banion Miss
Alma Jane Anarew* and Miss
Betty Jane Hawks.
Entertainment will include sing-
ing carols playing games and ex-
changing gifts.
-Plain Cotta»-
A date palm will bear fruit for
one or two centuries.
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PHONE 337
PLANT MOSS COTTON
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The time is getting short
and you will have to buy
your men s gifts in a hurry!
“The last minute” shopper can be served
promptly at The Fashion. You ean rush in
and rush out. You don’t waste time in
choosing here—we did that for you when
we selected our holiday stock.
/
We still have plenty choice selections . . •
courteous salespeople to help you choose—
and in no time you’re on the way home with
gifts for all the men and young men on your
list.
Haste is not waste at The Fashion. “We
know what HE wants” has been a feature
here for eleven years.
Even if you must wait until Christmas Eve
to do your shopping for Him we’ll be wait-
ing to serve you quickly—in time to rush
back to trim the tree.
50c will do for many gifts we offer. You s*
can go right on upward to $50 if your list '
calls for something more exclusive.
Packages boxed for mailing if you desire.
We’ll be open Christmas Eve until the last
customer is served.
Be glad to see you—
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