The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 285, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 16, 1940 Page: 3 of 14
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FREIGHT RATE
PARITY FIGHT
TO CONTINUE
West Texas Chamber
Of Commerce Meets
BIG 8PRINGS Tex —^—Con-
tinuation of the fight for parity
freight rate* a proposal that con-
gress control the national debt and
protests against a heavy reduction
in the Texas cotton allotment were
major platform planks Thursday as
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce opened its annual conven-
tion.
The fight for removal of allegedly
“discriminatory'* freight rates in
the Southwestern area included an
appeal to the state railroad com-
mission to take the lead by im-
posing parity rates within the state
as well as efforts to secure inter-
state commerce commission action
toward equalizing the national rate
structure.
Spending Curb Favored
A proposal that congress control
national debt incurrence rather
than hold to debt limitations was
in the hopper for early submission.
Under this resolution a spending
curb was favored rather than a sta-
tutory limitation.
The works committee which
clears resolutions also was expect-
ed to study proposals to oppose
federal oil control that the railroad
commission hold crude stocks to the
“proper economic level'* anil for
tariff protection Tor raw materials
producers
Other Resolution*
Other proposed resolutions called
for an appointive state school super-
intendent named by an elective
f board apportionment of state
W school funds on an atendtanre
rather than census basis legislative
redistricting on the basis of the
1940 census abolition of ad valorem
taxes for state revenue purposes a
moratorium on further natural re-
sources taxes as a step to stabilize
the producer's position and support
of a move to secure a cotton fiber
ginning laboratory for this area
Based on the contention that
Texas is called on for a 47 tier cent
of the national cotton reduction
while producing only 30 per cent
of the crop the convention will
ronsider asking an AAA amend-
ment to require the national cotton
Quota to be based on the normal
ability oT each state to produce.
Railroad Commissioner J e r r v
Sadler was listed as the princioal
speaker of the first general session
Thursday afternoon Gov. W. Lee
ODaniel wUll address the conven-
tion Saturday.
Midland warn and Mineral Wells
net up headquarters to bid for the
1941 convention.
Weather
(For Valiev forecast «ee page onel
For East Texas teas! of 100th meri-
dian' Partiv cloudv Thursdav night
and Friday; not much change in tem-
pt rat ure. 4 _
Moderate southeast winds on the
roast.
WF.ATIIF.R CONDITIONS
Barometric pressure was relatively
to moderatelv low over the Rockv
mountain region and over the Great
Lakes region Thursdav morning and
relatively to moderatelv high over the
balance of the country Lowest report-
ed readings 29 7* at Phoenix. Art/
and 29 8* at Chicago and highest
30 28 at Portland. Ore. l ight to mo-
derate rains occurred In the Great
Lakes region and scattered showers
tn the southern Plains states during
the last 24 hours. Temperatures rose
considerably over the Plain* state*
W since Wednesday morning and fell
throughout the Lake* region and the
Ohio vallev.
Brownsville * 30 a m (CSTl sea-
level pressure 30 03 Inches.
RIO GRANDE Rl\ KR BULLETIN
Stage Stage Change Rain
Flood Present 24-Hr 24-Hr
Laredo .. 27 2 7 - 0 4 OO pt cldy
Rio Grande 21 2 9 02 .00 pt cldy
Hidalgo 21 5 1 0 9 oo pi cldv
Merced-* 21 8 2 0 2 .00 pt cldy i
Brownsville .18 * 4 - 02 .00 clear
The river will fall alowtv all along
during the next 24 to 3* hours.
Sunset Thursdav . 7 op
Sunrise Friday . 5 43
STATION Lowest Highest Precipl-
last last tatlon
light 24ho.ua (Inches
Abtlene . 86 89
Albuquerque .... 31 82
Amarillo . 54 85 .02
Atlanta. Ga. . 54 82 01
Austin .... 85 93 .00
Boise Idaho . 40 73 .00
Boston Mass .... 48 81 .00
Brownsville .... 71 88 .0(1
Brvlllf Airp't ... 70 88 oo
Chicago. Ill . 38 48
Cincinnati. Ohio. 50 — 03
Cleveland. Ohio . 48 82 12
Corpus Christ 1 .. 88 84 .90
Dallas. *4 82 .00
Del Rio . 88 87 00
Denver. Colo ... 50 78 00
Dodge City. 51 72 01
E Paso .. 85 PI 00
Fort Smith Ark . 51 73 00
Helena. Mont ... 43 71 00
Houston .. 83 90 .00
Ht iron 8 Dak ... 32 59 .00
Jacksonville Fla *9 83 OO
Kansas City . 44 68 .00
Los Angeles. Calif. 57 77 .(8»
Memphis. Tenn . 4R 73 .00
Miahl Fla .. 71 80 00
Mpls S. r Minn 40 44 oo
Modena. Utah ... 41 ai no
New Orleans. la 70 88 on
North Platte. Neb 40 70 .00
Oklahoma City.. 5.7 7» ..*>5
Palestine .. ... 88 85 .00
Ftnaacola Fla .. 81 79 00
Phoenix Art*. ... 78 104 00
Fort Arthur . 70 85 .on
Portland. Ore... 48 85 00
Roswell. N M .. 57 86 00
St Louli. Mo ... 4 5 54 . 02
Balt Lake City .. 53 82 00
Ban Antonio .... 69 92 00
Ban Francisco ... 32 64 oo
Sheridan Wyo. .. 48 73 .00
Shreveport La. ... 59 82 .oo
Tampa Fla .... 68 84 00
Vicksburg. Miss .80 78 00
B Washington D C 58 88 .34
" Willlston N Dak 48 84 .00
Wilmington. N C 69 75 oo
Wlnnemucca. Nev 48 80 00
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• DM MIR . 74 RHi;
•Cnorficiai Courtesy Chamber of Com-
merce.
LUIS SERATTA
Funeral service* for Luis Serrata.
39 who died Wednesday at 3:30 p
m.. were to be held Thursday at 3
I* m . with Interment in the city
cemetery under direction of Garza
Funeral Home.
A Brownsville resident he is sur-
vived by the widow. Mrs. Aurora
Vega de Serrata. and two children j
NAZI SOLDIERS EXAMINE FRENCH TANK
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This exclusive photo shows a Red Cross nurse as she passes out food to
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GMC TRUCKS IN KGFI HEARING ~
SPRING DISPLAY SET MAY 22ND
1940 Models \\ ill Be
Exhibited Here
The Rio Grande Valley Sale^ and
Service. Brownsville distributor ol
Genet a] Motors Trucks will ofter a
gala spring showing of GMC com-
mercial vehicles the week of May 20
It was announced today by Walter
B Enck. sales manager of the local
dealership.
This special exhibit will be held
in cooperation with the General
Motors Truck and Coach Division
of Pontiac. Mich and other GMC
dealers throughout the United States
to acquaint truck operators with the
many exclusive GMC features avail-
able in the extensive line of 1940
model*. Mr F.nrk said.
Special window posters announc-
ing this exhibition of GMC models
will be displayed on showrooms prior
to the event for which more than
200 000 Invitations have been mail-
ed to truck users throughout the
country.
Explained Mr. Enck:
“Weve arranged this special
spring showing «o every truck user
in this community can see for him-
self how much extra value GMC of-
fers—at prices right down with the
very lowest.
•This exhibition will enable truck
users of this locality to see the ex-
clusive GMC Super-Dutv engine
feature* that contribute such re-
markable pullinR power and great
gas mileage; it will give them the
opportunity to test the improved
roomv comfort of GMC Rider-Ease
cabs; and permit them to check
the dimension and construction of
the GMC model be*t adapted tc I
their particular hauling job.**
Further Testimony To
Be At Washington
F F fJacki Wilson president of
the Eagle Broadcasting Company
operators of radio station KOFI.
Brownsville has gone fo Washing-
ton. D. C. where a hearing Is sched-
uled May 22 before the Federal
Communications Commission on a
tentative license revocation order.
The Washington hearing is a con-
tinuation of a recent hearing held in
Houston at which Commissioner
George Henry Pavne ruled thnt fur-
ther investigation was necessary.
The commissioner heard the cases
of seven Texas broadcasting stations
and revoked licenses of all except
that of KGFI.
The question of "hidden owner-
'hip” of the various radio station*
was brought up at the hearings.
Physical control of KGFI was ch-
ained recently by the Eagle Broad-
casting company through a court
order issued by Judge James S
Graham which ousted Lawrence D
Vales who had been operating it.
Officers of the Fjigle Broadcast-
ing company are E E 'Jack* Wil-
son president; Ernest W. Wilson
idee president and secretary; and
F. R Wilson treasurer All are
-esidents of Corpus Christi.
Valleyites Honored
HARLINGEN - Supt. F C Deer-
ng of Harlingen Supt. E H Po-
eet of Mercedes. Supt. J. L Stan-
jaugh of Pharr and Principal Leon
L Graham of Mercedes are on 1940
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C-p- t*«n t<y K'vt* fVwitMBjr ^
MADE BY KELLOGGS IN BATTLE CREEK
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committees of the Texas Sta»e
Teachers Association according t<
a list recently made public.
VALLEY K. C.
GET HONORS
Murray Dominguez
Are Elected
_
Two Valley men were elected to
offices in the Texas organization
of the Knights of Columbus at the
state convention at Corpus Christ! |
that drew to a close Wednesday
night.
Menton J. Murray. Harlingen.
! district deputy for the Valley dis-
trict. mas elected state advocate
Raul Dominguez marden of the
Brownsville council mas elected
state marden.
From the Brownsville council
those attending the state conven-
tion mere Grand Knight Ralph
Friedman. Chancellor Reynaldo
Garza. Mr. Dominguez Arnold
Bassett and Florentino Ramirez.
Fred J. Kinane OT Houston mas
elected state deputy at the Corpus
Christi session. Nem’ officers mill
l - installed in June.
The state convention of Knights
of Columbus m-ill be held in 1941
in Galveston.
Captive lions although not mel?
muscled like those living m the mild
state develop more beautiful manes
Cars Stolen In Valley
Recovered In Mexico
Two cars stolen recently in the
Valley were at the Matamoros. Mex.
customs house Thursday awaiting
official technicalities before being
returned across the international
boundary Brownsville police said
The vehicles are a 1939 blue Ply-
mouth sedan stolen the night of
April 25 from before the Browns-
ville Chamber of Commerce anO a
1940 Plymouth sedan stolen April 29
from a parking place near the Pal-
ace Theatre at McAllen
The car stolen at Brownsville is
owned by Charles O. Lord. Miami
Fla. Pan-American Airways me-
chanic here for training on the air-
line's new strato-liners.
Mr Lord said Thursday he hid
positively identified the vehicle. It
was stolen the night of April 25
while he was at a downtown the-
atre.
The McAllen vehicle also mas
'•tolen White III owner. Pat Lee. Mc-
Allen auto dealer mas at a theater
Brownsville Police Captain H D
Lozano said Mexican customs offi-
cers recovered the tmo vehicles
abandoned the McAllen car near
Linares in Nuevo Leon state and
the other near Monterrey. The ve-
hicles were brought to Matamoros
early Tuesday by customs officer*
from Matamoros and Rio Rico.
Sheriff R. T. Daniel of Hidalgo
county and Captain Lozano confer-
red with Mexican officials about re-
turning the two vehicles to the
United States.
Captain Lozano opined both cars
were stolen by a band of interna-;
tional car thieves that has taken 16
cars in Hidalgo county the past few
months. Theft of the Lord car was
the first iheft in Brownsville for
several months.
Mr. Lord said Thursday after ex-
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With More Comfort
FASTEETH. a pleasant alkaline
inon-acid* powder holds false
teeth more firmly. To eat and talk
in more comfort. Just sprinkle a
little FASTEETH on your plates.
No gummy gnoev. pasty taste or
feeling Check ;>late odor (den-
ture breath* Get FASTEETH at
• any drug store.
Churchill Thanks
Fleet For Its Acts
LONDON— <>P) —Prime Minister
Winston Churchill relinquishing di-
rect control of the naval affairs
thanked all officers and men of th*
British fleet Thursday for their ac-
complishment* In the first eight
months of war.
Of the first lord of the admiralty
in the coalition government. A. V.
Alexander Churchill said:
*'I leave you In good hands both
afloat and ashore."
amining his automobile that It had
been stripped and had received
rough treatment.
—its action is twofold. Being oily its
reliable medication ttayt tn rnntnrt
with the pimply spots and quickens
healing as it aoothea irritation.
Restnol Nap ia agreeably cleansing
to tender akin.
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« 1 I M l BIG VALUES FOR BIG SAVINGS—MAY 17th and 18th. 1940
W PRUNES IQc
H (Limit 2). Giant Can....
COFFEE 19' PEAS
PEACHES =~. 25c COFFEE
_ _ . _
II I Regular sue pott<« - -■
- . _ _ EXTRA FANCY 15c
apples 15c
LEMONS wss'dTSj'sp. 7c
LETT U1C E «uro»rsHSv.23e
ORANGES VALENCIAS Doxer.
rS^STl 6RAPEJUICE
I From Our Own P}®" I • a • Quart 25c
IM all Valley Stores Except! p|nt ] VU
11 Pint . • 12c| SNOWDRIFT
IQuart . . 19c 3 |b. can . . • 47c
11 -- —
I * pure RI° . 8 c
C°FFEE >—ji-ssi-..9e
| PRUNES . 3c
MACARONI .-ss; 9e
IP E A N U T 5 i-w- ^. |
BREAD ; 0cl
Mlf H. t. 15. KKAINLI "| O ■■
I L IX 6 Small or 3 Tall. IOC §•
COFFEE cp"uAnsdEBtgSANBORN.22c I
BUTTER SES—.29c 2
SHORTENING IJtSL39c 1
BACON “ *.. '
Bacon Squares PICNICS I I
"NOT SLICED"
lb. 12c Tenderized lb. II II
CHEESE 15e I
KRAFT ELKHORN Center Slicee. lb.
lb. 19c 21c |
HENS ™.21* !
WIENERS —. 15*
CEREAL rfL"'J“T. 10c
OLEO Rio pound .... 13c
COFFEE Embassy pound ... 23c
SOAP Palmolive 3 cakes... 17c
I CHAD LADY AUCE I Ac HEB ICc
4 Cakes.. Iw r« ^ox. IV
ft ft H it CRYSTAL WHITE Af. Betsy Roes. 6 lb. 25c; Af r
SOAP 7 Giant 25 » '»• «« .4 U 85 I
J||||| | GEBHARDT 1 EC Dependon. 12 lb. 32c; COC I
LpHILI with Beans. 15 os.. 10 48 lb. $1.18; 24 lb.. Dw I
DC AIIC CEBHARDT Age WALDORF |QC I
DCAIld SPICED 3 Cans. 3 Rolls. |0 I
L FRUIT COCKTAIL ™
COFFEE lb. . . . 23c KLEK . 17c flf - ZyUp / I
CRYSTAL WHITE TOILET BRIC.HT A EARLY W 6 lL t
SOAP 3 cokes ... 14c COFFEE lb. ... 19c W /2 [b• 2$-k •
CONCENTRATED CAMAY TOD FT M ^ ^ #6 - C K
SUPER SUDS . 20c SOAP 3 cokes . . . 17c W <* J*c f 11
PARD—1« ot. LIT TOILET M * OA M
DOG FOOD 3 cans . 25c SOAP 3 cakes . . .17c ||
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