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THE WEATHER TRAFFIC TOLL
For Lower Rio Grande Valley: Fail When yon drle* Um Valley's highways ra*
Monday night and Tuesday. m*mbu these figures for 1»»:
H “h tides- JJ112L.
T esday. 5:24 a. m and 2:23 p. m. alSET-.-.
Low tides- Accidents.12J
Tuesday ...... 10:39 a. m. and 10:23 p. m.
FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 12 t*. van« t» n# van* BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY JULY 17 1939 * * * * EIGHT PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
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pORT DIRECTOR P. W. HOF-
mokel of the Port of Browns-
ville tells the cotton Interests of the
Valley that If they want to save
lor make) $50000 they need merely
to designate their cotton be sold
“Brownsville delivery."
Between $5000000 and Sfi.OOO.nO0
have been invested by lotal and
federal governments to bring sea-
going vessels right to the ccast ol
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
But deep water means nothing
the port director points out. if the
shipping interests that are intended
to use it do not taken advantage
of it.
The port director says that lacK
of ships is now nothing to worrv
about. The sailing schedule for the
Port of Brownsville for the month
of July and more to come for
August and September reads like a
map of Europe.
• • •
J^aW YORK. OF COURSE; AND
other eastern seaboard points
*uch as New Bedford. Jersey City.
Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore.
And Los Angeles. San Francisco
Oakland Portland Seattle and Ta-
coma.
And across the Big Pond. London
Antwerp. Rotterdam. Amsterdam
Havre. Ghent Dunkirk. Liverpool
Manchester Oslo. Gothenburg. Cop-
enhagen and that Polish port in-
land twelve miles from much dis-
cussed Danzig and Bremen and
Hamburg and Genoa. Naples end
the Leghorn.
Steamships and motorships will
leave Brownsville port all during
the month of July for these famous
European ports They will carry
cotton perhaps some of them will
carry’ citrus fruit juice and other
Items now being assembled at the
Port of Brownsville
• • •
QIRECTOR HOFMOKEL HAS
done hard work to schedule
these sailings for the Port ol
Brownsville during the cotton ship-
ping season.
He is calling the attention of the
ginning and other cotton interests
to these facts and others. A letter
he is distributing says:
84.000 bales of cotton. 75 per
cent of which originated in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley last year
found their outlet to domestic and
foreign markets through this Val-
Jey s own port—Brownsville.
'For twice as much we prepare
this year. More we are prepared
■’Two additional warehouses now
under construction are being rush-
ed to earliest completion. Thus
well now have available close to
3.V).000 square feet of under-cover
floor space to adequately and safe-
ly accomodate this years crop and
it—your cotton."
• • •
pOMPRE88 CHARGES AT
Brownsville are now no obstacle
to concentration of cotton at this
pert he tells his readers.
The charges at both the Aransas
cctton compress and the Port com-
press as well as ocean rates from
Brownsville to any domestic or for-
eign port are definitely at par’
with all other Texas gulf ports in-
cluding such as Houston and Gal-
veston.”
In addition cotton concentration
privileges are about to be extended
to the Port of Brownsville. The
privilege has been approved
This means that cotton from the
interior can be assembled at Port
of Brownsville and rerouted back
\'ia rail rates based on the rat»«
from point of origin This is au
Important benefit to a port having
ambitions to become important in
the matter of handling cotton.
The sales talk continues:
•••••Ay other port facilities sec-
ond to none plus a complete list ol
sailings to practically even domes-
tic and foreign port of any conse-
qrrnce definitely committed *
Under such circumstances he de-
clares. "there should and cannot oe
any reason why you and our Rio
Grande Valles growers should not
reap the benefit of our $6800000
investment the availability of which
row translates itself into a saving
for you of between 35 and 50 cent*
for each bale of cotton when routed
through the Port of Brownsville ’
Compare the rates and draw your
own conclusions urges the dynamic
director of the Port of Brownsville
Ex-Louisiana Chief
To Face Jury Probe
BATON ROUGE — 4>)_ Three
weeks after he stepped out as gov-
ernor. Richard W. Leche arranged
Monday to face a determined grand
jury probing muddled state affairs.
Also summoned were Associate
justice John B Fournet of the
Louisiana supreme court and Gen-
eral Louis F Guerre superintend-
ent of the state police who were
present at the executive mansion
June 25 when Dr. James Monroe
smith resigned as president ot
Louisiana State University and dis-
appeared.
GUNS GUARD COAL MINE COURT
••• «««««« ••••••
Bodies of Nine More Found Deep in Kentucky Mine
RESCUE SQUAD
BEGINS TAKING
VICTIMS OUT
Explosion Death Toll
Mounts to 28 With
Discovery of More
Dead
PROVIDENCE Kv.—oP —Bodies
of nine men were found deep m
the Duvin coal mine by a rescue
crew early Mondav raising to 28
the death toll from an explosion
last Friday night.
From rescue workers. F V. Ruck-
man. president of the mining com-
pany located near this western
town receiving by telephone the
woid that crushed last half-heart-
ed hopes the nine might still be
alive after a search of nearly 80
hours.
Bodies of the other 19 victim*
were found Saturday Ten men es-
caped safely from the mine follow-
ing the blast.
More Ventilation Needed
John Darnel state mme inspec-
tor. explained additional ventila-
tion was necessary to clear air in
mme entries.
Earlier a rescue squad had be-
gun the task of taking bodies of
the 19 men found previously to
the surface but Daniel said poor
air conditions slowed the work.
Company officials listed the nine
men whose bodies were found Mon-
dav as Arch Gold. 43. a foreman:
Ruddell Little. 30; Charles Wallace.
34; Sike Bovd. 48 negro; Clyde
Cole. 26; Gordon Hodge negro and
Elmer Sales. 48 All were married
A spark igniting gas fumes is
believed to have caused the ex-
plosion.
A hastily-organized Providence
citizens committee issued a plea for
between $100 000 and $125 000 to
care for •destitute" families of the
victims.
VIOLENT DEATH
TOLL HITS 14
Week End Accidents
Fatal to Texans
1 Bv The Associated Pr*“-«•
Fatal shootings and automobile
accidents accounted for nine of tne
fourteen persons who died violently
in Texas last week end.
Two were drowned one died from
heat one was hit by a train and
one was electrocuted.
Julio Ramos. 23. of Caracas. Vene-
zuela. was injured fatally and Ar-
mando Schwarck. 19. also of Cara-
ras and Elmer Morrell. 23. of Berk-
ley Calif were hurt seriously when
an automobile overturned 15 miles
north of Dalhart.
Other traffic victims were Mrs
Paula R. Davis. 42. of San Antonio
killed at Schulenberg; James Oscar
White. 34. Corpus Christi. killed
near Banquete. and A. B Ellis 45
Houston architect.
Accidental gunshot wounds
brought death to Mrs. Louise Nitscli
of San Antonio and E. H. Fairchild
60. of Rockport. W. A. Ray was
shot fatally at his farm home near
Burleson and a charge of murder
was filed against his wife. Rufus
Johnson. 32. a farmer was shot to
death near San Augustine and L
C. Conn. 60. another farmer was
held under $10000 bond.
M W. McVev. 45. Kilgore inde-
pendent oil operator who was vice
president of the East Texas Oil
association died of a gunshot wound
in the head which a justice of the
peace said was self-inflicted
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Box of Tra-
wick. Nacogdoches county drowned
in the Sabine mer near Bon Weir
They were 28 and 24 vears of age
respectively. The mangled body of
Raymond Sparks. 35. was found on
a railroad right-of-way near Farm-
ersville%
Howard Pickett. 30. power com-
pany lmeman. was electrocuted at
Lufkin and at Houston an uniden-
tified man died from what a justice
of the peace in an official verdict
said was overheating.
Brownsville Band
Boosters to Meet
BROWNSVILLE — The Band
Boosters club will meet at 7 30 p m
Mondav at the First Ward school.
411 West St. Charles street accord-
ing to Sam Perl.
Scheduled for discussion at* the
meeting are ways a.»d means cf rais-
ing money to pay for new instru-
ments for the school band. The
$2000 worth of instruments ordered
for the band have arrived. Mr. Perl
said.
The city-wide barbecue to be
sponsored by the club on Labor Day
will be discussed also he said and
committees to handle arrangements
i probably will be named.
I
Collegians Get a Beauty-ful Welcome
A quintette of college beauties hostesses at the New York World's Fair welcome with kisses five
beauty prize winners from as many colleges when they arrived to be hostesses too. Doing the kiss-
ing. left to right are Libby Rice. Indiana U.; Treva Louise Berry. Purdue; Rosemary Best. Illinois
U.; Edith Prior-Leahv. Iowa U : Sally Douglas. Northwestern Being kissed left to right are Frances
H. Goodwin Ohio State; Marcia Connell Michigan U.; Marion Elaine Elisberg Chicago U.; Adelame
Salmon Minnesota U.; Joyce B. Francke. Wisconsin U.
RECEIVERSHIP
TO BE SOUGHT
Taxing Agencies May
Control Wells
EDINBURG — Appointment of a
receiver for Samfordyce oil wells to
protect ta liens will be sought in
an impleaded suit to be Tiled here
Monday by the La Joya Independ-
ent school district.
Tne district which makes other
taxing agencies co-plainuffs. asks
appointment of the receiver on
grounds that oil production may be
exhausted beTore it can foreclose its
tax lien.
The district claims back taxes m
the amount of 12.000 while state and
county taxes in the same property
are said to total $6 000.
This suit believed to be the Yirst
of its kind in South Texas will be
the forerunner of all similar suits
if Judge W- R. Blalock grants re-
ceivership.
Major L. C. Dill
Will Leave Soon
Post Officer Is to Enter
Philadelphia School
BROWNSVILLE-Major Lois C
Dili of the Quartermaster Corps at
Fort. Brown will leave m a few da vs.
to enter the Quartermasters' school
at Philadelphia Pa after a short
vacation.
Mrs. Dill their son. Edward and
Major Dill's mother lelt Fort Brown
early Monday and will be joined by
Major Dill In thre o- four days.
Major E. C- Atkins was expected
to arrive at Port Brown Monday to
till Major Dill's post. Major Atkins
recently completed his work at the
Philadelphia quartermaster s school
and has been on a short leave be-
lore coming to his post here.
Major and Mrs Dill were hmon-
ored with a dinner dance a going
a wav event arranged by the Of-
fers' club. Saturday night at the
tennis court. Officers and their
ladies of Fort Brown were Invited
to attend the affair. The post or-
chestra played.
Barkley Sees Little
Adjournment Hopes
WASHINGTON — — Demo-
cratic Leader Barkley reported * no
decision had been reached" on tne
next move in their congressional
deadlock over neutrality legislation
Monday for a conference with
President Roosevelt attended by
Secretary Hull.
Alter the usual Monday-morn-
ing meeting between Mr. Roosevelt
and his congressional leaders. Bark-
ley told reporters tha whole mat-
ter including an adjournment date
for congress was in the study stage
He added however:
"I don't believe congress would
adjourn in the face of an overwelru-
ing duty It might be called to per-
i lorm.'’
“EAST IS TRIGGER
FOR BIG CONFLICT”
BROWNSVILLE—The Orient was
described as the danger zone of the
worl<^ not Europe by Mano Viez-
zoli of Genoa. Italy who passed
through Brownsville late Saturday
enroute home Trom Mexico City.
Debunking the idea of any war in
turope the Italian .said that of a
world conflict started it would like-
ly originate m the Par East.
He empnasized. howevere. that
the European people don't want war
including Germany and his own
nation. Italy.
Regarding German and Italian
territory demands he said that
even-thing is going to be * arrang-
ed” smoothly.
Viezzoli arrived at the Browns-
ville airport by Pan American Air-
ways and left by Braniff Airways
Tor New York via Dallas
He was described on the PAA pas-
senger list as a business man.
CORRIGAN WEDS
SANTONE GIRL
Pair Plan Honeymoon
By Airplane
SAN ANTONIO —<JP~ Aviator
Douglas Corrigan and Miss Eliza-
beth Marvin of San Antonio who
wed Monday on the anniversary of
the "wrong way” flight from Amer-
ica to Ireland which brought him
lame plan a honeymoon trip by
plane.
Corrigan's ship was checked and
readv for use after the ceremonv
in the First Baptist Church at 3
p m but their destination had
not been announced.
The two have been friends since
childhood Both are 32. Miss Mar-
vin is a school teacher.
Corrigan took Miss Marvin for a
30-mmute flight Sundav and gave
air rides to some of his in-laws-
to-be.
Many Valleyite* Go
To Beach On Sunday
DEL. MAR—Thousands of Valley-
ites and summer vacationists were
at the beach here Sunday to enjoy
some of the best water of the sum-
mer season.
The water was clear and rela-
tively calm.
DEBT IS CUT
BY MERCEDES
Composition Effected
By Schools
MERCEDES--A federal court de-
cree was on the books Monday com-
posing debt of the Mercedes Inde-
pendent School district at a con-
siderable saving to the taxpayers-
Fred Johnston secretary of the
board and J. B Taylor chairman
of the finance committee returned
Monday after the debt composition
was effected in federal court at
Houston Saturday.
Tne districts $468000 five per
cent bonded debt is being refunded
at par with interest cuts as follows:
1 1-2 per cent first year; 2 per cent
next four years; 3 per cent next five
years jour per cent next five and
five per cent thereafter.
Great reductions also have been
secured on the delinquent debt for
which a supplemental bond issue at
25 cents on the dollar will be is-
sued. The original delinquent
amount was $80170.
The Austin American bank will be
fiscal agent in the transaction.
•—
Navy Diver# Probe
Squalus’ Condition
PORTMOUTH. N H—Navy
divers prepared Monday to descend
15 miles off this port to deter-
mine what damage was done when
the ill-fated submarine Squalus'
bow rocketed abo\e the surface last
week then plunged back to the
muddv bottom.
Preliminary dives Sunday regal-
ed that two of seven pontoons used
in the first unsuccessful effort to
raise the sunken craft which ear-
ned 28 men to death May 23 were
in good condition Divers located
the ponderous barrels 80 feet below
(he surface.
-—
Mexican Governor’#
Palace I* Looted
EL CENTRO. Calif.—•*»—Deputy
Sheriff Park Burritt. said Monday
he had been informed the treasury
vault in the governor's palace at
Mexicali. Baja California was loot-
ed of 700 pesos about 1140 late
Saturday.
Three Texans Will Fight
Fire 10000 Miles Away
NEWARK. N J. —/*»*— Three
men flew in from Texas in a
hurry to put out a fire 10.000
miles away.
They don t know* much about
the fire. They aren't sure just
where it is. All the* know 15 they
received a rush order to fly to
southern Arabia where a wildcat
otl well blaze has been raging
since July 8.
The three. Myron M. Kinlev
Cleo Jobe and Charles Hengst of
Houston are experts in the dan-
gerous profession of fiRhting oil
well fires and their jobs take
them ail over the world.
They stepped off a plane late
Sunday and some time Wednes-
day they'll beard the Atlantic
Clipper for Marseilles. France.
Then if will be Egypt and Arabia
via airline.
Here* how Kinley tells it:
“We «ere fighting the largest
underground fire in the worla in
Greta Texas. Been burning three
years I received an order from
San Francisco to go to Arabia
and put out a fire there.
“It's our business putting out
fires. That's all there is to it.
“How do we fight them? We
shoot 'em out We shoot cm out
I with explosives.
CITRUS HEADS
WILL PARLEY
ON NEW RULES
Session Is Called For
Wednesday; U. S.#
State Officials [To I
Assist j.*
WESLACO — Committees repre-
senting two major factions of the
Lower Rio Grancte Valley citrus
industry will meet with representa-
tives of both state and federal de-
partments of agriculture here Wed-
nesday to start the work of draft-
ing amended citrus marketing
agreements under which the 1939-
40 grapefruit crop will be moved to
market.
S. R Smith of Washington se-
nior marketing specialist of the U
8 Department of Agriculture will
arrive from the east to assist m
drafting amendment* to the federal
citrus marketing agrement and a
representative of the state depart-
ment was expected to reach here m
time for the opening of the confer-
ence
Valley men who will participate
in the conferences are J. Q Henry
of Mission. E. B Ballard of Weslaco
H. H. Banker of Brownsville and C.
L. Bernard of Raymondville repre-
l senting the Growers Industry Com-
mittee; and Ralph G Bray of Mc-
Allen. W R. Gwathmey of Donna
and W G. Rice of San Juan rep-
resenting the Growers Committee.
Members of bo»h the GIC and
Growers Committees which have
been warring over certain angles of
the marketing agreement* for sev-
eral months have agreed to remove
volume prorat ion of grapefruit
shipments from the amended agree-
ment They also agreed to ask co-
operative marketing omanizations
not to exercise their legal right to
vote their respective memberships
• en bloc in any public referendum on
citrus matters. Rio Grande Valley
Citrus Exchange the Valley's larg-
est co-op. has already suggested to
Its member-associations that they
consider refraining from using their
so-called "block votes in citrus ref-
erendums.
NEGROES FLEE
AFTER MURDER
———
Entire Population Goes
From Western City
LOYTNGTON N. M — (JP\ —The
early Sunday morning lulling of a
white man placed three negroes in
Jail here Monday one accused of
the slaying and brought what was
believed to be a complete exodus of
the towns small negro population.
Sheriff Horace Owens said he
would file murder charges against
Clarence Martin. 39-year-old negro
whom he quoted as confessing in a
signed statement the slaying of Gor-
! don Reynolds. 40 a garage employe.
Reynolds' body was found earlv
Sunday near the home of a friend
he had said he a as going ro visit
when last seen about midnight His
head was crushed and a coroner s
Jury found he had been beaten to
death with a rock.
The sheriff said he had learned
Reynolds and Martin had quarreled
while matching coma.
Held with Martin were Joe Hut-
chings. 31. negro whom Owens said
would be charged with harboring a
fugitive and Raymond B. Hill. 28
negro arrested as a material wit-
ness
II was believed most if not all.
the estimated 30 or 40 negroes in
Lovington had fled the city leav-
ing behind their belongings when
they became alarmed at threats and
muttering*.
Raymondville Man
Bound to Grand Jury
BROWNSVILLE — Juan Cristo
Davila of Raymondville was bound
over to the action of the Tederal
grand Jury ior alleged smuggling
toUowing a hearing Monday before
U. S. Commissioner Carlos G. Wat-
son.
Customs officials here chained
Davila had attempted to smuggle 20
pints oT mescal across the Interna-
tional bridge Saturday night in a
Chevrolet coach. Commisioner
Watson said that Davila pleaded
guilty. Bond was set at *200
fULISH TALKS SLATED
LONDON—/P —The new inspec-
tor-general of the British overseas
forces Major-Genera. Sir Edmund
Ironside took off from Croydon air-
port for Warsaw Monday Tor staff
talks with the Polish high military
• command.
11 .— --11 1 w
Cuts Surplus
Success of Won-Up leads G. O.
McDaniel (above) sales manager i
for Engleman Gardens association
to believe that the soft-drink
fieid well may be the Valieva
salvation from the citrus surplus
problem. Great success has been '
met by Won-Up. the association's
neatly canned grapefruit juice he
states.
a a a a
CANNED JUICE
SEEN SUCCESS
Soft Drinks Are Said
Big Valley Field
EDINBURG — Hope that Texas
citrus fruit growere will be saved
from the curse of over-production
through sales of canned grapefruit
juice in the soft drink market was
expressed by G O. McDaniel sa.es
manager for the Engleman Gar-
dens association of Edinburg can-
ners of Won-Up. pure Valiev- grape-
fruit juice According to McDaniel
the nickels spent for grapefruit
Juice in the 5** ounce can may
within a very short time complete-
ly reestablish the Texas citrus in-
dustry. w hich is one of the state s
leading agricultural pursuits.
There is a potential outlet he
says through the soft drink trade
for approximately 10 million of its
15 million boxes of grapefruit an-
nually. and in order to obtain an
outlet of this size it would only be
necessary to get an estimated l-40th
of the cold drink business.
' An actual shortage soon of cit-
rus fruits instead of a staggering
surplus is easily possible." Mr Mc-
Daniel explained. * in view of the
ready acceptance this year through-
out Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana
of Valley grapefruit Juice as a
healthful thirst quencher. In
April when we placed Won - Up
canned grapefruit juice in soft
drink outlets over the state he
said “we were hopeful that the
idea of undiluted chilled juice as a
hot weather drink would appeal to
enough people to give us an addi-
tional outlet for our surplus crop.
The results were astounding With-
in a few weeks more than six nhi-
lion cans of Won-Up have brougnt
healthful refreshment to the parch-
ed throats of Texans."
The grapefruit Juice under the
Won-Up brand has no sweetening
or carboratlon. and McDaniel fur-
ther explains that each sale of a
small can of grapefruit juice is a
complete cycle of business as the
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Shirley Temple
‘Packs Them In ’
South of Border
BROWKSVH LF. -Shirley Tem-
ple is sun the “big shot' in Cen-
tral America according to Wil-
liam Sullivan. Caribbean mana-
ger for 20th Century-Fox Films.
The motion picture executive
who stopped here Saturday after-
noon. said the Latin Americans
have really taken Shirley Temple
to their hearts.
Within the last year he stated.
74 000 requests for photographs cf
Shirley were received from the
region between Costa Rica and
Guatemala alone. “Shes a mar-
vel.’’ he added.
As for the male heart throb.
8uilivan said that Tyrone Power
has ben making “tremendous
strides' in Latin American popu-
larity.
Seventy-five per cent of the
films exhibited in Central Ameri-
ca are American-made he said
the o'hers mainly Spanish FYench
and German
American films contain the
usual sound track and characters
sneak English but Spanish sub-
tii cs are super-imposed on them.
Sullivan who makes his head-
quarters at Colon In the Canal
Zone arrived here by Pan Ameri-
can Airways and left by Braniff
Airways for New York via Dallas.
Hollywood Is still holding ita
own In Latin America.” he em-
i phasued.
ARRAIGNMENT
IN DEATH OF
TWOJSBEGUN
Second Victim Dies
In Pitched Battle
Ending In Arrest Of
Participants
HARLAN. Ky<*>>— Machine
guns bristled m the sun ouiside the
courthouse Monday and national
guardsmen searched even one en-
tering the courtroom fur arms at
the arraignment of 246 men and
women on charges growing out of
last weeks pitched battle between
coal mines pickets and militiamen.
The arraignment was delayed *>7
conferences of attorneys
At the same time this troop-
guarded soft coal field awaited
eagerly results of a “pcace’ confer-
ence at Knoxville. Tenn —‘neutral’*
ground—between representatives of
the Harlan coal operators associa-
tion and the United Mine Work-
ers <CIO)
Contract negotiations broken off
June 9. were renewed over the
week-end bv the UMW and the op-
erator's association las producing
group resisting the UMW’% ‘‘union
shop" agrenr.-nt.
The g?cond victim of last Wed-
nesday’a skirmish at the Mahan-
Ellison co#i mice. Daniel Noe. 39.
died in a hospital Sunriav Dock
Caldwc.l. a muon miner also was
killed.
Bondr for those taken into custo-
dy tc**l $257 000 Nearly all art
chare d with banding and confe-
derating an ail-inclusive charge.
DRUNK CHARGE
FU.ED ON KUHN
Bund Leader Neglects
SOUTHBRIDGE. Mass —hF>— A
man who identified himself u Fritz
Kuhn leader of the C»«r nr an-Amer-
ican bund failed to appear at the
appointed hour at the Southbridge
district court Monday morning to
answer charges of drunkenness and
using profane language after a
brush mlth a We osier. Mas . police-
man.
Nearly two hours after Kuhn waa
supposed to be present in court
his case mas called by Judge Louis
Rieutord. No one answered. The
court adjourned for the day a few
minutes later.
Nemspapermen asked Judge Rieu-
tord If he «as gomg to default
Kuhn and declared hia bail for-
feited. or whether the case had
been continued.
*T don't want to talk about it.
was the only answer the court s
presiding justice would give
Kuhn was arrested Sunday by
Motorcycle Officer Henry Plasse
after the former allegedly had ad-
dressed some uncomplimentary re-
marks at him. and was held four
hours before being released in *54
bail.
Kuhn was with a party of friends
at the time and Plasse said he
stopped the group became the man
w ho was about to drive the party a
car had been drinking He said he
held the keys until a man wrho
was entirely sober appeared to
claim them.
He added that Just as the party
drove off Kuhn made remarks
which caused him to be placed un-
der arrest and booked for arraign-
ment Monday morning.
Navy Builds Record
Peace Time Fleet
WASHINGTON — The ex-
panding navy listed Monday 101
warcraft and auxiliaries of all
sizes as under construction a rec-
ord peacetime fleet which by offi-
cial estimates will cost g 1.000 000.000.
Included for the first time were
nine small vessels of the new
*15 00c .000 mosquito** fleet of sub-
marine chasers and motor torpedo
boats for which congress last year
provided an initial *3000 000. Aside
from the ships under construction
the navy by its latest compilation
included 69 vessels of all classes
and ages with an aggregate ton-
nage of 1.265.690.
Soviet Warplane*
Attack Jap Center
SINKING. Manchoukuo —<4*—
Manchoukoan advices received here
reported eight soviet warplanes at-
tacked the railway center of Hal-
unarshaw Sunday—the fourth such
‘raid within a week.
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Stein, J. M. The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 12, Ed. 1 Monday, July 17, 1939, newspaper, July 17, 1939; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1405158/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .