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THE WEATHER
For the Lower R:o Grande Valiev:
Moatlf cloudy and cooler Monday
Bight with thundershowers Tuesday
partly cloudy to fair.
High Tide—
Monday . 3 47 p m.
• Tuesdav . 4 3* p. m—4 41 p. m.
Low Tide—
Monday . 10 16 p m
Tuesday . 10:36 a. m —10 46 p m.
VALLEY
EDITION
FORTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 46
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By DEWITT MACKENZIE
LJITLER8 VASTLY INCREASED
pressure of attack on England
Indicates a purpose of forcing the
* issue to a quick show-down if pos-
sible.
We are in the heat of the fueh-
rer's great effort to 'annihilate’'
Britain—undoubtedly not at the
peak yet. but likely close to it. A
dispatch from Berlin Monday morn-
ing said popular belief had it that
this was the crucial week
The Nazi chief is trying to beat
the calendar which decrees that
barring very' exceptional weather.
October will call a halt to big-scale >
aerial operations. Control of the
air is essential to his success and
he may be expected to strain every
nerve to achieve that in the imme-
diate future.
• • •
ALMAZANISTA
CHIEFS HELD;
RUMOR ‘PLOT
Former Head of Army
Aviation Is Among
Those Taken Intc
Custody
MEXICO CITY—(AP) —
Dispatches from Acapulcc
Monday said four army gen-
erals. all prominent director?
of the independent presiden-
tial campaign of Genera
Juan Andreu Almazan had
been taken into custody by
military authorities.
The dispatches caused
speculation whether Presi-
dent Cardenas' administra-
tion had decided to take pre-
cautionary moves apainst Al*
mazan's followers who have
been the center of persistent
rebellion rumors and re-
norts.
■"THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT
1 which has grown out of the
intensified bombardment during the
past week is to my mind that the
tight little island not only has witn-
atood the shock but continues large-
scale offensive operations against
the enemy on the continent
That is significant. There is
e nothing more certain than that the
Nazi leader is all set for immediate
Invasion if and when England is
down and shows marked weakness
That he hasn’t leaped yet is prooi
patent that his foe's strength hasn't
A yet been sapped. Indeed only this
morning the British were making
a violent attack on German posi-
tions along the French coast.
• • •
VIJT. DONT KNOW. OF COURSE
what material damage has
been done In Britain by the deluge
of bombs any more than we know
what hurt thie English have inflic-
ted on the Nazis by raids over the
continent.
In life and death warfare you
don’t deliberately show your weak-
nesses to the enemy
The real point however is that J
n« matter how we read the rival
claims it seems clear that nothing
approaching collapse has yet been
* Inflicted on the under-dog. who is
up to this writing. J. Bull. More-
over. careful analysts of dispatches
Indicate that the morale of the
British people has grown stronger
with adversity.
' 40 & 8 ELECTS
3 VALLEY1TES
Ambassador Daniels
At Laredo Meet
LAREDO— -F>— American Legion-
naires holding their annual state
convention here were counselled
by State Highway Commissioner
Robert Lee Bobb'tt to take the
lead In the nation's preparations
r for defense.
’’Let's build a few concentration
ramps now.” Bobbitt said in an
address Sunday and put therein
every communist fifth rolumnist
and spy who Is trying to wreck
this go\ ernment."
The commissioner said he be-
lieved conscription was the fairest
way of supplying the nation with
trained manpower.
' But w hen we send our sons to
the front.” he added "lets draft
the capital of these United States
Too. Any person or firm who
comes out of war. If we must have
a one with more money than when
the war started is and will be a
traitor "
General Alfredo Le-zama
former head of the air force
and director of Almazan’s
campaign in Sonora state
and General Jose Domingc
Ramirez Garrido head ol
the Tabasco state campaign
the dispatches said were
known to be held incom-
municado.
Wire Flashes
ICKES TO SPEAK
WASHINGTON —(API— Sec-
retary Ickes will open the Demo-
rratir fire on Wrndell W illkie *
acceptance speech Monday night
and capital politicians expected
him to answer the proposal **f
the Republican presidential nom-
inee for a series «f joint debates
with President Roosevelt on cam-
paign issues. Ickes will broadcast
an address arranged fyr by the
Democratic national committee
• at 7:.10 to 8 p. m.. C.S.T. over
NBC |.
NAVY RILL OKEHED
WASHINGTON — *AP) — Tlie
senate appropriations committee
approved Monday a $5008169277
appropriations biil providing funds
for beginning construction on a
"two-ocean” navy and for equl-
ping an army of 1200.000 men.
BCLLIT ASSAILED
WASHINGTON— (AP) -Sena-
tor Clark (D-Idaho) told the sen
The 40 ana 8 organization eiectea
Fred Army of Dallas to its high-
fSee Legion. Pace Two)
Candidates Push
Drive in Run-Off
»Bv The Associated Press.)
Candidates in the run-off for two
state offices Monday began a heavy
schedule of speaking accelerating
their drives in the last week of the
campaign.
Pierce Brooks stopped in Dallas to
predict his nomination by a ’ large
majority" and headed for East Tex-
as where he will speak in Tyler on
Monday inight. Olm Culberson his
opponent in the railroad commis-
sion race spoke at Bowie. Herietta.
Wichita Falls and went on to Elec-
tra for a night rally
Culberson Tuesday will campaign
? in North Texas and Brooks will
continue his speaking in East Tex-
as.
H S. Lattimore. candidate for
chief Justice of the supreme court
campaigned in South Texas at Se-
• guin and Bastrop and was scheduled
to be in Austin Tuesday. James P.
Alexander in the some contest;
spoke to voters in Mexia. Fairfield.
Palestine. Rusk Jacksonville. Ath-
ens and was scheduled for a night
speech in Tyler.
AUToVlCTlM ASKS
IF AIR RAID OVER
GALVESTON—(AV-After riding
m an ambulance with its siren
screaming an English seaman
victim of a hit and run driver
turned dazedly to hospital attaches
with the question
a -Is the air raid over yet?” .. ..
He had experienced numerous
air raid siren warnings in England. I
ate .Monday the address of Am-
bassador William C. Bullitt pre-
dicting a German attack on the
I'nited States if Great Britain Is
defeated was "very very little
short of treason."
LAREDO — i API — "Friendly
continental solidarity” was advo-
cated by Josephus Daniels am-
bassador to Mexico Monday as
the American hemisphere’s pro-
tection from "outside permea
tlon.” He spoke at the American
Legion convention.
NAZI FINED
BALBOA. Canal Zone— (API —
Dr. Emil Wolff. 52 German
chemist was fined $2000 and giv-
on a suspended sentence of three
months in the penitentiary Mon-
day on a plea of guilty to acting
as a foreign agent without reg-
istering as such as required by
law.
NET MEET POSTPONED
BROOKLINE. Mass. — (AP) —
Slippery courts and overcast skies
forced a 24-hour postponement
Monday of the national doubles
tennis championships.
513 NAZI PLANES DOWNED
LONDON —<APi_ The air
ministry announced Monday night
British fighter planes during the
past seven days had shot down
513 German planes.
British Leaflets Are
Scattered In Italy
ROME — i/P' — British bombers
showered leaflets on northern Italy
Monday telling the Italians they
were shedding their blood "that
Germany. Italy’s hereditary enemy
may become greater.”
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY AUGUST 19 1940
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Nazi Wasp Fleet Ready For Blitz Attack On England
ITALY CLAIMS
HUGE VICTORY
IN SOMALILAND
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ROME—(AP)—Italian troops have broken the sec-
ond British defense line outside the port of Berbera in
British Somaliland and the defenders are retreating to
their ships the high command announced Monday.
Monday’s communique said an Italian column had
cantured La Faruk and* —
pressed on beyond it.
It said the troops were in
pursuit of the British whose re-
treat was made additionally diffi-
cult by the fact their ships in the
harbor of Berbera were being ham-
mered “constantly” by Italian
bombing planes.
The high command also reported
British air raid* on the important
northern Italian industrial cities j
of Milan and Turin as wrell as.
Cunec. but said there were "no I
victims” and insignificant” dam- j
age.
The high command claimed "ef-
fective’’ bombardment of the air
port of Sidi Barrano. Egypt and
of encampment and armored cars
southeast of Solium.
All the Italian planes were said
to have returned to their ba<es.
One British plane was reported
shot down by Italian fighters at
i Berbera. „
BRITISH DAMAGE '
ADDIS ABABA BASE
CAIRO. Egypt—*)—British air-
men fighting to arrest the Italian
drive on Berbera capital of Brit-
ish Somaliland have tnflicted
"considerable damage" on motor-
ized columns and infantry while
others have heavily damaged the
military air ba«* at Addis Ababa j
capital of Italian Ethiopia the
Royal Air Force announced Mon-
day.
HITLER ARMY
MASSING FOR
‘LASTATTACK’
Constant Patrols Are
Maintained; Great
Numbers Of Pilots
Held In Reserve
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN—Nazi air scouts
were reported ranpinjr the
British coasts Monday as
Germany multiplied sipms
that she was prettinpr ready
to try a decisive blow against
Britain.
Two British planes were shot
down near Ramsgate at the mouth
of the Thames estuary and a
third was seen falling in flames in-
to sea. DNB. official German new»
agency reported
But the air fighting apparently
was minor as the German fliers
rarried out what was described as
“armed reconnaissance*' to check
up on the effect of their air siege
Designed to tear at high speed across the bumpy waters of the
English C hannel sw.-rms of fast armed ••wasps” of the German navy
are cast in a stellar role In Nail plans for conquest of England.
4k WKm --mm x*
Their anti-aircraft turn are expected to make British planes keep
their distance while dependinr on the little boats' turn-on-a-dime
maneuverability to escape British destroyers.
HANDS OFF SHIP
NAZIS ARE TOLD
•U. S. Transport Nears
Blockade Zone
WASHINGTON —Germany
has been advised in a formal note
that the United States expects her
refugee-laden army transport Amer-
ican Legion to complete its voyage
home from Petsamo. Finland with-
out •‘molestation’ by Nazi armed
forces.
As the transport with 900 Amer-
icans aboard neared waters which
Nazis said were fraught with “ex-
traordinary dangers.” the state de-
partment Sunday night disclosed a
formal note had been sent to Ber-
lin. stating the United States “ex-
• peels that the vessel will not suffer
molestation by any action under-
taken by the German armed forces ”
The American note followed
closely the announcement of the
German government Saturday
which disclaimed all responsibility
for the ship's safety IT it entered
mine-infested waters near Britain
which are now specified as part of
Germanys new total blockade
area.”
The note reminded the German
government that it had been ad-
vised in advance of the course the
ship would follow and that the
German government had stated
that the transport did not require
a safe conduct since it was a U S
army transport and not a privately
owned merchantman.
The American Legion’s course as
originallv set was to take her be-
tween the British island of North
Rona and Cape Wrath off the
northern coast of Scotland.
PIONEER DEAD
HOLLIS Ok la.—•A*'— J N Del-
amar. 92. a pioneer of the south-
west. died here Bundsv night
Delamar accompanied his father
to Waxahachie. Tex. in 1M7
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Plane Loss Claims
• By The Associated Press!
The box score of conflicting claim* ot planes destroyed in the
eight days of heavy air fighting over Britain
GERMAN CLAIMS BRITISH CLAIMS
British losses German losses German losses British losses
Aug. 8 49 10 60 16
Aug 11 93 21 65 26
Aug 12 89 24 62 13
Aug 13 132 28 78 13
Aug 14 28 12 31 7
Aug. 15 153 32 1 80 34
Aug. 16 92 31 73 22
Aug 18 147 36 141 22
TOTALS * 763 194 692 153
On the omitted dates—Aug. 9. 10 and 17—there were no heavy raids.
VALLEY TO GET
COOL WEATHER
5 to I 0 Degree Drop Is
Possible
Summer Isn’t over but the rip
of cool autumn weather was felt
Monday in north and west Texas
and there are indications the Valley
might get a liglrt touch of the
norther."
Northerly winds and thunder-
showers. are expetfled In the Val-
ley Monday and temperatures
might fall five to 10 degrees.
Weatherman W. J Schnurbusch re-
ported.
The wind was gradually veering
from the southwest to northerly
Monday.
If the thundershowers strike
here during the night there is a
possibility the cool weather might
IlnnOp
German Aluminum
Plant 1* Bombed
BAZEL. Switzerland—**>—British
raiders which caused air raid
warnings all over Switzerland dur-
ing the night scored hits on one
of Germany’s largest aluminum
lartories just across the Rhine
from the Swiss town of Rhein-
felden
The bombers dropped red flares
over the Rhine area about mid-
night. then dived low to drop thetr
missile* despite heavy fire from
German anti-aircraft batteries.
Nazi Air Fleet
Strikes Again
LONDON As Germany
moved to forge her announced
• ring of iron" blockade about Brit-
ain. an estimated 650 swastika-
marked raiders swarmed acro&s the
coast starting Sunday morning af-
ter a lull Saturday and continuing
into the night.
The Nazis thrust twice at Lon-
don environs during the day first
bombing suburban Kenley. Biggin
Hill. Sutton and Crovdon. Croydon
airport they said was left in
ilames.
The second thrust the British
said was turned back at the out-
skirts of the capital.
For the number of planes at-
tacking they declared the RAFs
success was “the greatest defeat
Germany has yet suffered' in the
aeual warfare.
niiu. jm rruiiinui* cn at i 11 tvt »«v »»
targets.
•■Little Hindrance"
German reconnoitering planes
accompanied by fighters were able
to take photographs at low alti-
tude over Southern England with
little hindrance DNB declared.
British Spitfires tried to form a
barrier to the German planes it
■•aid hu onlv in a few InetaMM
were able to engage them in bat-
tle
Through Swiss diplomatic chan-
nels Adolph Hitler warned the
British to treat his parachute
troops according to international
laws applying to other troops or he
would visit reprisals upon British
aviators held prisoner
Aside from this implication that
Germany may be about to attempt
'he landing of men to hold vital
landing of men to hold vital land
objectives in Britain authorired
spokesmen declared
“Give la Three Days"
"Just give us three days of good
weather” intimating that the Oer-
man military is convinced the air
war rapidly Is achieving its pur-
pose of "softening up” the British
(See WAR Page Two)
War at a Glance
I
i Child Refugee
Bill Is Passed
WASHINGTON—(JT—The senatr
approved unanimously Monday leg
islation to permit American ship!
to remove child refugees from wai
zones.
The bill had already passed th(
house and now goes back to tha
body for action on minor senatt
amendments.
As passed by the senate the bil
would permit unarmed and uncon
voved American vessels to transpor
from war zones children under 11
years old. provided safe conduct wa<
promised by belligerents Hereto-
fore. American vessels have beer
barred by United States law fr^r
visiting war zones.
Ten Burned Fatally
In Traffic Crashej
AUSTIN—£*)—Traffic death ata-
tistics:
Ten persons burned to death ir
traffic crashes during July repre-
sented the highest number of fatal-
ities by burning ever recorded b\
I Texas state police for one month.
Second highest was five last
November.
I
Moby Dick Turns
Out To Be Great
Pain In The Neck
1 VELASCO. Texas — ^ — Mobv
Dick the whale which gave little
Velasco its biggest thrill in decades
by plopping his great bulk on the
beach. Monday was Just a pain in
the neck.
His value as a tourist attraction
1 was diminishing rapidiy under the
hot Gulf sun.
Instead of a prize exhibit at the
1 Freeport docks near here the
' chamber of commerce saw only
visions of a repugnant odor float-
1 ing over the town from the corpse
1 of the whale.
The reason for the dismay was
the simple fact that Moby Dick
couldn’t be budged from the shal-
low water and sand which manacled
» him when he got out of bounds
and drifted in here two days ago
Until early this morning two of
the finest craft in Captain Carl
Muchovjnch’s sporty fish in#; fleet
equipped with winches tugged
vainly at the big beast.
Finally the captain and his part-
ner in the enterprise Jack Grove*
of Galveston gave up.
Mission was reported to have had
a high d! 106 degrees Sunday but
Gulf of Mexico breezes kept the
temperature down to 94 m Browns-
ville.
People In north and west Texas
tSee WEATHER. Page Two)
New Agriculture
Chief Is Named
WASHINGTON—OP— Claude R
Wickard. Indiana farmer. wa-«
nominated bv President Roosevelt
Monday to succeed Henry A Wal-
lace. the Democratic vice-presiden-
tial nominee as secretary of agri-
culture
Since last winter Wickard has
been undersecretary of agriculture
Mr Roosevelt also sent to th«
j ?enate the nomination of Paul H
Appleby of Maryland to succeed
Wickard as undersecretary
iBy The Associated Press.)
BRITAIN STRIKES BACK
British bombers launch thun-
dering attack on German channel
bases scene of reported Nazi
troop concentrations as aerial as-
saults on England lag; claim 141
German planes downed Sunday
put British losses at 32; all Brit-
ain made "defense area."
ZERO HOUR NEAR
Nazi leaders promise intensified
attacks on England coupled with
blockade and Berliners believe
"crucial week" at hand; British
plane losses Sunday put at 147.
Nazis' at M
WAR IN AFRICA
British Mediterranean fleet
bombards Italian positions on
Egyptian frontier to forestall In-
vasion; Italians close In on Ber-
bers. British Somaliland capital.
SWITZERLAND IN MIDDLE
Bombs fall on Swiss railroad aa
German munitions plants and
Zeppelin works near Lake Con-.
stance undergo air attacks; Swiss
anti-aircraft guns in action.
HEMISPHERE DEFENSE
President Roosevelt and Pre-
mier Mackenzie King reach un-
derstanding for coordination of
1 nited States and Canadian de-
fenses; Joint defense board plan-
I ned.
■ 1111. .1 ...
Brownsville Resident
Victim Of Stabbing
Trinidad Guerrero was In the
hospital at Brownsville Monday
alter being stabbed twice early
Sunday morning. police said
The man. stabbed once below the
right shoulder and one below the
l abdomen was said to have named
his assailant.
The stabbing occurred shortly after
midnight early Sunday morning.
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Nazi Bombs Explode
Several Hours Later
A TOWN IN SOUTHEAST
ENGLAND—4»<— Delayed action
bombs dropped during the earlv
morning hours exploded several
hours later Monday.
Ten houses were damaged and a
bus garage burned by the bombs.
WA TCHMAN HIRED
FOR COUNTY JAIL
WALHALLA. S. C. Prisoners In
Oconee county's ancient Jail break
out so often the county has had
to hire a night watchman to keep
an eye on It. The prisoners were
in the habit of digging holes
through the walla.
HOME ON THE RANGE
Langtry Texas Ranch Town Offers Bomb Refuge
To Daughter Grand-Daughter Of Famed Actress
LANGTRY. Texas — A»» — This
southwest Texas ranch town Mon-
day offered a haven from Ger-
man bomba for the daughter and
granddaughter of Lily Langtry.
English stage beauty for whom It
was named.
Postmaster Harold Dodd cab-
led Lady Ivan Malcolm daughter
of the famous actress of the 90s.
that Langtry s 200 citizens would
1 be godparents to you and Lady
I Mary Barties# of London."
The cable wm sent to Port
Alloch. Kilmartin Argyllshire
England.
Dodd recalled that “our Judge
Roy Bean who was the law West
of the Pecos named the town In
honor off your beautiful mother."
adding “he would have wanted
us to offer refuge to the daugh-
ter of the actress he so admired "
Judge Bean who dealt frontier
Justice during the 1880 s and 00 s
never saw the Jersey Lily but was
bom on the island of Jersey.
But he corresponded with her
and plastered her pictures on the
walls of his combination saloon
and courtroom.
When Lily Langtry came to
America In ilK)5. she stopped her
transcontinental tram for a 10-
minute visit at Langtry but Judge
Bean had died two years before.
I She was met by a delegation
wearing white shirts for the oc-
casion.
Postmaster Dodd reminded Lady
Malcolm that his father Justice
Of the Peace W. H Dodd present-
ed her mother with Juge Beans
guns as souvenirs.
Other presents included a span
of mules and a vinegarroon In a
silver cage.
Judge Bean’s saloon which he
named tl.e Jersey Lily now u a
state museum.
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