El Heraldo De Brownsville (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 326, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 26, 1940 Page: 2 of 10
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DEATH TAKES
MRS. ALONSO
Brownsville Native
Dies At 79
Mr*. Carmen Espinnaa de Alon-
*o. 79 years old. native of Browns-
vlle and a hfe-lonR resident here
died at 1:40 p m. Tuesday at her
home ns St. Francis Street. SE
after a prolonged Illness
Membei of one of the oldest
families in Brownsville Mr« Alonso
was the widow of the late Salvador
/Ion o. a native of Spain who died
in 1838 He was a brother of the
late Manuel Alonso.
Doha Carmelita. as she wa.s known
to a host of friends here was the
daughter of an officer in Maximi-
lians army. Her father settled in
Brownsville after the French army
was deteated by Benito Juare* tn
the Mexican War of the Reform"
Among other property Mrs.
Alonso owned the Alonso Apart-
ment on Levee and Sixth streets
probably the first modern-type
apartment-hojjvr butlt in Browns-
ville. Tire structure was erected
about 1929
Survivors oi her immediate
family include her daughter. Mrs.
A. W Reed. S40 Levee 8treet. SE:
and two grandchildren. A W. Reed
Jr now in Panama and Miss
Irene Reed Brownsville.
Funeral arrangements are beina
made at the Hmklev mortuary The
funeral will take place Wednesday
afternoon from the Reed residence
with services a» the Immaculate
Conception vnurch.
Bank Chieftain
Visits Airport
Ingeniero Manuel Meza A. head
Of the A era nan Credit Bank of
Mexico City returned to Mexiro
vra Pan American Airways plane
Tuesday afternoon stopping at the
Brownsville airport for several
hours.
The hank official when a’-ked
If he was a member of the Com-
munist Party in reference to a re-
cent magasizne article emphatic-
ally denied he was a Communisl
He said: '’From President Carde-
nas down anyone 1n Mexiro who
has proftnumlv ideas is railed a
Communist.”
Ingeniero Meza A. said he spent
two weeks in New York as a rep-
resentative of the Mexican gov-
ernment to the Pan-American
coffee conference held in the sky-
scraper city.
Consul Carlos A. Calderon
Chancellors Aleiandro M Rravo
and Famuel M Prreyra of the local
Mexican consulate met. the bank
official at the airport.
French In Syria
Ready To Battle
ANKARA 1tirkrv — (API —
Turkrv and Iraq Tuesday sought
to form a common front as de-
velopment* indicated French -
mandated Syria might soon he-
roine a battleground.
As the Iragian foreign minis-
ter Nuri Pasha F.s Said conferred
with Turkish officials authorita-
tive reports from the Syrian
frontier stated French force*
there were determined to resist
to the last and were prparing
for battle.
Svria is not only the key to
Iraq's Mosul oilfields hut to the
domination of the Mediterra-
nean’s eastern shnre.
Dutch Airports
Bombed By RAF
LONDON - V — The bombing
again of Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam airports. Schtphol and Waal-
haven. respectively was announced
Tuesday night by the Britsh air
ministry The airports now are oc-
cupied bv German forces.
Birthday Posy
“Many happy returns” is the
message of the carnations Rep-
resentative Edward T. Taylor of
Colorado admires. They're part
of huge bouquet presented to
tins on his recent 82nd birthday
y clerks of the House Appro-
Dfiations Committee.
i
France Agrees To Stop
War On Nazis On Land
Sea And In Her Colonies
BERLIN—(AD—Germany published the terms of her
armistice with France at 8:45 Tuesday night (12:45 p. m..
C. S. T.)
The first article provided for France’s termination of
hostilities against Germany in Europe on the sea and in
her colonies and mandates.
The terms were published
in short sections through
DNB tho official German
news agency. No English
translation was provided.
Lay Down Arm*
Franc* agreed to order the
French troops surrounded by Ger-
’ man forces to lay down their arms
The second article stipulated
that France north of a line lndi-
rated on a map. which accom-
panied the document of agreement
would be occupied by German
| troops
I'nder Nad Rule
The third article specified that
; in the occupied regions Germans
exercise complete authority with
French officials to be Instructed to
give full and "correct'’ coopera-
i non
• The area to be occupied as de
scribed by the British ministry of
information would be more than
half of France extending south-
ward from her northern coasts on
| the English Channel The line of
J occupation thus •would be rough Is
marked running northwestward
from the Swiss frontier at Geneva
to Just southeast of Tours; then
dropping sharply and almost di-
rectly southwest to the Spanish
frontier in the region of Bayonne >
May Return To Paris
Germany in this .third article
stated its intention of occupying
the West French coast only as long
as was necessary for completion of
the war against England.
The French will be permitted to
set up a government anywhere
i within the occupied region or If
' they prefer to return to Paris.
Today's Markets
Market* at Glance
New York
Storks—Lower; at eels. aircrafts
in slow decline
Bonds—Mixed; German Italian
issues up.
Foreign exchange—Narrow; ster-
ling improves
Cotton—Lower: Wall Street sell-
ing and hedging.
Sugar—Easier; speculative and
commission house selling
Metals—Quiet spot tin conti-
nues downward.
Wool tops—Heavy; July liquida-
tion.
CHICAGO
Wheat—Lower.
Corn—Lower
Hoffs— Largely 10-15 lower; top
5 30 sparingly.
Cattle—Steady
New York StochM
NEW YORK—oP>— Stocks sold
lower Tuesday In a fog of pessi-
mism indured by Prime Minister
Churchill's assertion the French
had violated promises in surren-
dering their navy to Germany.
Many leaders particularly steels
and aircrafts dropped two to four
points after the British chiefs
statement Thev remained close to
their lows toward the close. Trans-
actions approximated 700.000 shares
All sections of the share market
Melded to the downward pressure
Even rails and utilities which
were firm Mondav and steady in
early dealings Tuesday gave way to
the general trend
On the downside were U S
Steel Bethlehem. Douglas. United
Aircraft Glenn Martin 8perry
General Motors. Chrysler. Mont-
gomery Ward. American Telephone
American Water Works. Great!
Nertherh Preferred. Chesapeake A
Ohio. Kennekott Union Carbide
Allied Chemical. U. 8 Gypsum.
Standard Oil of N J.. Caterpillai
and Loft
Bonds were uneven. Commodities
slipped.
NEW YORK STOC
Trade in 100 High
A1 ChemADye 5 152%
Allis Ch 35 -’7 *
K LIST
Low Close
150 150
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14 41
Ain Roll Mill 7 11'
Am Smelt A R 17 37
A TAT 10 157's
Ain Woolen 20 9%
AM Zinc LAS 4
Anaconda
A TASF
Aty Refining 6
Auction Corp 21
Barnsdall Ofl 6 8%
Bcndix Aviat 52 28 %
Borden 12 19
Budd Wheel 48
Cl'han Z-Lead 10
CalumetAHec 10
Case 2
Cerro De Pas 5
Cert a in teed 3
Ciirysler
ColAflOu
Colnm GAE1
Coml Solv
CmwlthASou 322
Consol OH 6
Corn Can
Cont. Oil Del
Corn Prod
Curtiss Wri
Doug Is Aire
Du Pont
£i Auto Lite
El PowALt
Freeport Slph
Gen Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Goodrich
Goodvear
Ot Nor Ir Ore 2 M%
O Hfl R\ Pi 36 22’
d Her B 2
Hudson Mot 1
Hu*p Mot 11
Int Harvest 14 45
mt Hvd El A 27 3’*
Int TAT 12
J Manville
Kenne Cop
Lockheed Aire 82 26%
Loews 3 24 .
Lonllard 3 21'»
Marsh Field 17 11%
Mid Coni Pet 81
MKT 4
Montg Ward 23 39'
Nash Kelvin 27 4’*
Nat Biscuit 11 19
Nat Dairy Pr 18 13%
Nat Distillers 21 19%
Nat PowALt 31 7%
NY C RR
Nor Pat-
Oli o Oil
Pac GasAEl
Packard 7 3'
Pan Am Air 22 14%
Prnnev
Eenn RR
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pat
10%
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Pub 8vc NJ 7
Pullman 6
Pure 011 22
RCA 27
Repub Steel 62
Sears Roeb 23
Servel 10
Shell Un Oil 4
Simmons 8
Sorony Vac 30
Scu Pac 22
Sou Ry 13
Stand Brands 68
• O Cal 4.7
S O Ind 11
8 O NJ 47
Stew Warn 1
Stone&Web 41
Stdbkr Corp 11
Tex Corp 36
T*x Gif Sulph 12
Tex Pac CAO 6
Trx PacLTr 2
Tid Wat A Oil 7
TrnsAWst Air 8
Un Carbide 20
Uii OH Cal 4
United Aire 106
United Carbon 2
Untied Corp 105
Umied Diuk 8
Un Gas Imp 39
U S Rubber 24
U S Steel 144
Walgreen 1
Warner Bros 12
w U Tel 9
West ElAMfg 6
White M || 2
Woolworth 16
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NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK—<.!■—Cotton futures
dropped about SI a bale Tuesday
under Wall Street selling. Julv
liquidation and hedge pressure then
came back a little.
Futures closed 19-25 lower.
July
July
Oct
Dec
Jan
Mrh
May
Old
Open
1025
New
in 49
9 38
9.19
8 97
8 92
8.75
Contract
High Low-
1027 1006
Contract
10 51 10 41
938
921
8 97
8 94
8 79
9 12
8 95
8 97
8157
8 52
Last
1007-08
10 30
912-13
896
885
8 68-70
853
Middling spot <4-inch) 10 82.
MIK A(i() GRAIN
CHICAGO—4”
Wheat
J.
Sep
Dec
Corn
July
Sep
Dec
Oats
July
Sep
Dec
Open High Low Close
79 \ - ■%
80 •»-%
61%
59 *
58%
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GOVERNMENT BONDS
NEW YORK— i4b —Government
Bonds: Treasury
3 % 47-43 50 108 12.
3 % 56-46 3 113 18
4 % 52-47 24 119 14 119 12 119 14
2 % 53-49 1 104.30.
3 55-5! 2 109 24
2 % 60-55 6 107 12 107 3 1C7.4.
Home Owners Loan 3 52-44 2
106 26.
TEXAS COTTON
DA LI AS — — Cotton 10.22;
Houston 10.30; Galveston 10.45
BACK FROM TRIP
MISSION— Dr and Mrs W T.
Gibbs and children. Billv and Char-
lotte have returned home from a
three-weeks trip Dr Gibbs presi-
dent-elect of the Mission Roiary
Club represented that organization
at the Rotary International Con-
vention in Havana Cuba. June 8-16
While he was away. Mrs Gibbs and
the children visited her sister in
Grenada. Miss . and were rejoined
there by Dr. Gibbs on his return to
the states.
VISITOR DEPARTS
SAN BENITO — Departing Sat-
urday evening was Miss Kathryn
Sloan who for the past week ha*
been guest of her parents. Mr and
Mrs. Joe A Sloan. Miss Sloan
will resume her duties as govern-
ment teacher in the Tuerque Pueblo
School at Santa Fe New Mexico
Her brother. Jack Sloan of Gid
dings came down to spend Sat-
urdav with her prior to her de-
parture.
• Cooling
soothing
Menthotatura
relieve* the
Irritation
Promote*
quicker heal-
ing
Looming Bigger
As Wendell Willkic’s candidacy
for the Republican Presidential
norrination looms even bigger
his picture looms pretty big
around the Willkie convention
office. Above Alice Callaghan
of Gloucester N. J. awaiting
the elevator gives you an idea
of the compartive size of the
Willkie posters that decorate
the place.
Scion and Sign
MOMRTck
In case you don’t recognize this
young man. he’s holding up a
sign to let you know where his
political loyalties lie. He is
Robert Taft. Jr. son of the Ohio
Senator. He’s pictured at open-
ing of Philadelphia headquart-
ers from which his father will
seek Presidential nomination at
the Republican convention.
Wartime Romance
)
Mary Marvin Breckinridge
abote daughter of Mr. and
Mrs John Cabell Breckinridge
of York Village Me. who was
re-ently married in Berlin to
Jefferson Patterson of Dayton.
Ohio First Secretary of the U
S. Embassy at Berlin.
Styles Note
mm
Her enthtiMasm for the candi-
dacy of Senator Styles Bridges
of New Hampshire evidently
went to the head of Regina
Casey of Philadelphia. She
showed up at his convention
headquarters wearing this "pic-
ture hat.” trimmed with Bridges
campaign buttons.
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