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RUSTY TRUSTY
TANKS SLATED
* FOR TRANSFER
Canada Will Get 229
Iron Monsters Used
By This Nation In
World War
FORT GEORGF O MEADE. Md
—-'£*>—Army officers indicated Sat-
urday that 229 rusty but still trusty
World War tanks here were slated
for tran.yier to Canada for train-
ing purposes.
Holding somewhat the same In-
ternational trade status as did 50
destroyers recently turned over to
Britain the 22-year-old obsolete
monsters would figure in further U
8 -Canadian deals for air and naval
bases these sources explained.
Gen. George C. Marshall army
ehief of staff forecast the tank
transaction at a Washington press
conference Thursday.
Only one of the 229—lined un in
an overgrown field officially listed
" as a “tank park’—now is tn oper-
ating condition. Justifying its pre-
ferred rating by uprooting trees
towing and clearing land on the
post
But. tank experts contend the
others needed Ittle more than new
spark plugs batteries fuel and a
healthy yank on the cranks.
Despite rusted exteriors of the
79 ‘heavies.’* (battleweight. 80-
000 poundsi the interior machinery
Is in good condition immersed In
oil and grease The ‘ heavies'* are
34 feet long have a maximum
speed of six miles an hour and
mount five machine guns and two
2 24-lnch guns firing six-pound
shells.
U. S. FEELS LOSS
OF DUTCH MART
Sales to British May
^ Offset Part of It
WASHINGTON —(X*— Increas-
ed shipments of livestock products
to Great Britain may to some ex-
tent eventually offset the blockade
loss of the Netherlands market for
United States farm products thf
office oT foreign agricultural rela-
tions said Saturday.
"But any advantage gained in
this direction" a statement from
the office said "will be small com-
pared with the loss of the market
for other products in the Nether-
lands.”
As a market for United States
agricultural products the Nether-
lands formerly ranked first in con-
tinental Europe and fourth among
all countries of the world.
Most important of United States
agricultural products imported by
the Netherlands annually in 1936*38
in point oT value were 5 800.000
busheLs of wheat and 406.000 bar-
rels of flour together valued at
58'400.000 Other exports from this
country to the Netherlands includ-
ed 101 000 bales of cotton worth
$6300000 : 5.200 000 busheLs of corn
valued at $3 800.000; uo.ooo.ono
^ pounds of fruit worth $3.400 000:
17.600.000 pounds of tobacco valued
at $2300000 and 73 000 tons of oil-
meal and cake principally linseed
meal worth $2 400000
Shipyards End
Eight-Hour-Day
WASHINGTON —07*)— The
House merchant marine committee
spproved today legislation per-
mitting private shipyards to sus-
pend the eight-hour work day re-
quirement for construction alter-
rtton and repairs to ships for the
maritime commission.
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oianaara wu win
Cut Gasoline Price
NEW YORK—/P—Standard Oil
Co of N. J. will cut by 'i cent a
gallon the tank car and tank wagon
price for iegular' and extra grade
gasolines throughout Maryland.
District of Columbia. Virginia West
Virginia North Carolina and South
4 Carolina the company announced
The company said the price cut
was due to weakening prices in
primary markets.
Solicitor General
Aide Is Nominated
WASHINGTON —Charley
I’ahy of New Mexico general
counsel of the labor board was
nominated by President Roosevelt
Saturdry to be assistant solicitor
general of the United States.
Off to College
SAN BENITO — Miss Jean Brady
and Mica Dorothy Dodds departed
Saturday morning for San Antonio
where they will Join a group of
Texas girls going by special train
to Columbia Mo. to enroll at fa-
mous Stephens college.
Mrs. E. F. Brady and Mrs Stan-
ley S. Dodds mothers of the popu-
lar local girls accompanied them as
far as San Antonio. Both young
collegians were graduated in May
from the local high school their
comment enient being marked by a
® round of parties in their honor.
POSTAL FIGURES GAIN
PHARR—Postal receipts of the
••Pharr Post Office for the month of
August shoxved an Increase of
129 05 over August. 1939. according
to Mary A. Hogan postmaster
receipt* for July were also above
♦hose of July. 1939 Receipts for
e\erv monfh of this year have
shown an increase over the same
month of last year.
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® * Entertainment * •
jpMMKFZlLWl'lf - J —fw ..**
John Garfield. Frances Farmer and Pat O’Brien as they appear in the
thrill-parked production of the Texas oil fields. "Flowing Gold." which
opens with a midnight show Saturday and continues Sunday and
I Monday at the Capitol.
Above are .loan Fontaine and l.awrenre Olivier who are co-starred in
••Rebecca'’ which opens with a midnight show Saturday and plays
Sunday only at the Queen.
Today’s Radio
—
COLLMBIA N-RFD N-BLUt
wabc 860 wfaa 600 kfdro 560
kntoi 1090 winan 670 krgv 1260
ktrh 1290 anal 1190 km "*#
ktsa 550 kprc 920 kivz 1440
ktul llt<0 ktb* 1450 »tnr 870
kwkh 1100 abas 800 »j* 760
wwl 850 *n( 660 wts 870
wbbm 770 wlw 700
wim 850
J 5 p m C—People * Platform NR -
Kindergarten Kaper* NB—Mes-
sage of Israel. KRGV—Birthday
Party.
5 15 NR—John B Kennedy news.
5 30 NR—Yvette »ong*. NB—Joe Yen
utl orch krgv
5 45 NB Joe Venutl orch. NR—H
V Kaltenborn. news.
6 00 NB—Oordon Jenkins orch krgv
NR- Listener Piav house
6 20 KROV Fishing Forecast and
Baseball Scores.
6 30 C- Thr Human Adventure NB-
Sporngh’ on Youth krgv. NR
Don Orlando orch
6 55 C - Elmer Davis. New*.
7 00 NR Aik* Seltzer National Barn
Dance C Your Ha Paradr NR
Will Hudson orch KRGV—Ty
Cobh. Valiev comment.
7 15 NR -Will Hudson orch krgv.
7 30 NB Radio Guild drama. KROV
4 —News and Weather.
7 45 C Saturday Night Serenade
KROV —Dance orch
8 15 NB Vaughn Munroe orch. C—
Public Affair*
8.30 NR Grand Ole Oprv NB—Mel-
odv in the Night krgv. C— New*
of the War
8 45 C Michael Lortng. song*
9 00 NR Glenn Oarr orch C—Mar-
riage Club. NB—Bob Cheater
orch krgv
9 30 NB Alvino Rev orch krgv C—
Bob Crosby orch. NR Ben Cut-
ler orch
10 00 NB New* Ahe Lyman orch C—
Guv Lombardo orch NR New*
Russ Morgan orch. KRGV-New*
and Sport*.
10 15 NB—Abe Lvman orch krgv.
10 30 NR Ted Wrrm« orch NB Gray
Gordon orch krgv. C—New*
Leighton Noble orch
i 11 00 C Chuck Foster orch NR— and
NB Herbie Holme* orch. KROV
Sign Off
11 30 NR and NB- Sterling Young
orch. C-Henry King orch.
KRGV WESLACO <!?6«)
Stinduv—September 8
7 00 New* Roundup NBC
7 20 Coast to Coa«t On a Bu* NBC
8 00 Valiev Radio Chapel
8 30 Southernalre* NBC
9 OO Chuck Wagon Gang LSO
9 15 Rea! Estate Hour
10 00 Latin American Hour
11 00 Listen and Live NBC
1 1% Vass Family NBC
11 3p AI A- Lee Reiser’s Orch NBC
12 00 Treasure Trails of Song NBC
12 30 Tapestry Musical NBC
1 00 News and Weather
1 15 Your Future
1 20 Dance Music
1 45 Eve* of Hollywood
2 00 Sunday Vespers NBC
2 30 Fun With the Revuer «NBC
3 00 Christian Science Program
3 15 Dance Orchestra
3 30 Voice of Hawaii NBC
5 r.O Orav Gordon s Orch NBC
* 30 Parade of Year* NBC
5 00 New s Roundup NBC
5 no Birthday Party
6 0O LT S Navy Program ■
6 20 Baseball Score*
« 30 Sunday Night Concert NBC
1 7 00 Tv Cobb
7 15 Mu*lr for Reading
7 .30 News and Weather
7 45 Dance Orchestra
8 30 Human Nature tn Action NBC
8 45 The Voice Beside You NBC
9 00 A P New* NBC
9 05 Ou* Steck s Orch NBC
9 .30 Ted Lewis' Orch NBC
10 00 New* and Sport*
10 15 Sterling Young * Orch NBC
10 30 Cecil Golly * Orch NBC
11 00 Sign off
Mary Martin who gathered fame
and fortune singing "My Heart
she was giving some of it to Ring
Crosby in the above scene from
Paramount’s “Rhythm on the
River" which plays for the last
times Saturday at the Capitol.
Tonight’s Movies
Brownsville' The Capitol - Bin*
1 Crosbv. Mary Martin and Ba.«‘.l Rath-
i bone in "Rhythm on the River *' The
Queen—Gene Autry. Sm.lev Burnette
land Frankie Darro in Radio Ranch."
I San Benito The Rivoli Errol Flvnn
| Btenda Marshall and Claude Raina in
• The Sea Hawk "
Harlingen- The Arcadia — Henry
1 Fcnda Henry Hull and Jackie Cooper
In The Return of Frank Jame« " The
Rialto—George O Brten and Virginia
Va> in " Prairie law ”
Mercedes The State — The Three
Mestjuiteera in "Rocky Mountain
Rangers "
Weslaco: The Rtts—Jane Withers
and Gene Autrv in "Shooting High "
Pharr The Texas—Gene Autry in
Gaucho Serenade "
McAllen The Palace William Po-
! well and Mvrna Loy In "I Love You
i Again The Queen —Johnnv Mack
! Brown and Fuggy Knight In Son of
| Roaring Dan "
Mercedes Gins
Have Increase
MERCEDES — The three Mer-
cedes gins with the 1940 ginning
season almost at a standstill report
an increase of approximately 27.i
bales over the 1939 run. with a
combined total of some 4650 bales
to date.
All the gins expect to cease opera-
tions Saturday following a season
which saw the market price hold
an even keel to end on nine cents
for second and third picking cotton.
All the bales ginned in Mercedes
have been sold to date to the do-
mestic market with some of the
gmners unable to fill all the orders
on hand. Cotton seed going pri-
marily to Harlingen. Corpus Chris-
t-i and Seguin concerns has brought
a steady price of 119 a ton through
the season.
STEWARTS RETI RN
PHARR—Rev. and Mrs. W W.
Stewart and children. F.thvl. Wil-
•iam. and Mary of Pharr have
letumed to thus city after a
month’s vUsit s;*ent. in Cambridge.
Ohio He is the rector of the Pharr
Episcopal Church.
DITTMANN
BROWNSVILLE
— LAST DAY —
“FRONTIERS OF ’49”
— Midnight shnv Saturday —
Sundav and Monday
Spencer Tracev Mickev Rooney
"BOYS* TOWN”
FETE TO MARK
ST. AUGUSTINE
ANNIVERSARY
Oldest City In Nation
Has 375th Birthday;
First Mass Will Be
Re-Enacted
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. — (At —
This oldest city in the United
States began three days of pagean-
try Saturday to depict its founding
375 years ago and to re-enact the
first mass of the Catholic church
in North America.
A sloping greensward in the shad-
ow of historic old Castillo de San
Marcos— known to tourists as Fort
Marion—was the setting Tor the
opening scenes portraying the
landing of Pedro Menendez de A-
vties and his company of soldiers
and retainers in 1565. and their par-
ley with Indians at the site of
what is now St Augustine.
Sunday the actual anniversary of
the city's founding will be devoted
to a church celebration at which
the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Ci-
coganni of Washington DC . apos-
tolic delegate to the U- S. will
preside. Many high-ranking offi-
cials of the Catholic church in the
United States are here for the
ceremony.
_
Defense Topic
Of Club Meet
PHARR—An open forum discus- 1
sion on the national defense situa-
tion was held at the Pharr Klwan-
is club meeting Thursday with
members of the Phsrr and Mc-
Allen clubs making brief talks
Speakers were H. H. Hensley. Si
Casady. J. W Puckett Joe Gold-
berg. E G. Chapa. J. Lee Stam-
l<augh. John Bovce A. A. Kelley
George McCullough.
A motion was passed that the
club members write to their con-
gressman and senators expressing
their viewpoints on defense prob-
lems.
H L. Murphey presided over tty
lorum.
Carl Klinger. Roy Brewer and
Gene Darby were elected delegates
to the district convention in Okla-
home City. Oct. 6. 7. 8 with C. B
Vinsant. D. C. Hogan and E. E
Wagner being named alternates
Ella Beth Melton club ‘sweet-
heart" an1 pianist for the last
three years was presented a lo\y-
ly gift by the club for her lovanv
and service. Lt -Gov. McCullough
made the presentation on behalf
of the entire club.
Other visitors were- Dr W F
Nicholas. Georg» Schulz. Sam
Wright. Monk Wilson. E E. Porter
end William H. Meara all of Mc-
Allen.
Safeway Stores To
Open Buying House
MERCEDES — Mercedes’ newest
business concern is the Safeway
Stores. Inc. which has opened its
produce buying division for South
Texas in the Hidalgo County Bank
and Trust company building.
A. W. O'Brien who will move
with his family to Mercedes soon
will be In charge of the local of-
fice. Manager E L Price Jr . of
the entire produce buving division
of the stores is in Merce es. super-
vising the establishing of the of-
fice here.
73 COMPLETE COI RSF
PHARR- B’rths exceeded deaths
San Juan-Alamo Future Home-
makers have completed their sum-
mer course announces Mrs. Joe
Ellis instructor. Among the out-
standing projects completed by the
members this summer are the fol-
lowing- Eleven pieces of furniture
refinished and renovated four
bedrooms improved three bedroom
closets improved. 25 quarts of veg-
etables canned five pints of jelly
and preserves canned. 63 meals
prepared 75 garments made. 10
garments renovated and 20 gar-
ments mended.
BIRTHS LEAD DEATHS
PHARR—Births exceeded deaths
by more than two to one in Pre-
rnct 8 for the month of August.
Total births were 35 compared to
16 der ths. A breakdown of the
statistics shows 12 births and three
deaths for the city of Pharr with
23 births and 13 deaths for all of
Precinct 8 outside of Pharr.
Yellow-billed cuckoos have fur-
lined stomachs from eating furry
caterpillars their favorite food.
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160 Jurors Are Called
By Brownsville Court
Brownsville; William A Velten.
Brownsville; Carrol Drew. Browns-
ville; Ed. Roller. Harlingen; Sidney
L. Rousette. Brownsville
J. B. Seymour Harlingen; C. L.
Chat telle. Los Fresnos; Lloyd H.
Thompson. Harlingen; J. R Bar-
nard Brownsville; H. C. Scrog-
gins. San Benito; A. D. Holmes.
Harlingen; W F Fields Browns-
ville; L E. Gre-ham. Harlingen;
H. L. Wade. Harlingen; August
Shuclcman. Brownsville.
S. D. Earley Rio Hondo; L. I..
Bailey. Harlingen; Rudolph Weig-
nnd. Harlingen; N. L. Ledbetter
Rio Hondo; C. D Splicer. Harlin-
gen; F. L. Gay San Benito; E A.
Daugherty. San Benito; A. C. Pate. •
Harlingen; Charles Harpin. La
Feria; Paul W. Hombeck. San Be-
nito.
F H Criswell. Harlingen; Jim
T. Shoemsker. Brownsville; A D.
Denman. Santa Rosa; C. W. How-
ell. Harlingen; A S. Gay Browns-
ville; Luis Cortez. Los Fresnos;
Enrique Cuellar. Brownsville; 8. S.
Griffin. San Benito; G E. Osborne.
Harlingen; Leroy R. Morris.
Brownsville
R. B Wilkin-on. Harlingen; J.
M Watson Brownsville; Eddie
Valent. Brownsville; Alfred Bishop.
San Benito; T. W Jones. San Be-
nito; J. B. Vallejo. Harlingen; A.
jW. Armstrong. Harlingen; Caliztro
Chamberlain. Harlingen; Dan Mur-I
phy. Harlingen; Harry Olson Har-
lingen.
H. L. Clarev. Los Fresnos; T. W
Ward. Brovnsville; Joe L Gavtto.
Jr. Brownsville; O F Burke. Har-
lingen; O. C. Greer. Los Fre.-nos;
W. S Kirby La Feria; John H.
Sample. Brownsville; J F Brown.
La Feria; Murav B Higgins. San
Benito; J H Tucker Harlingen.
L. W Pratt. Harlingen; II. If.
Rodgers. Harlingen; Joe M Brown.
Ia Feria; Marion S. Geier Brown-
vllle; C. W Cain. Los Fresnos; O
H Hawk. Harlingen; U. F Bar-
reda. Brownsville; John Morris. Jr..
Harlingen; Tom Phillips. Santa
Rosa; H J. Howell. Harlingen
R J. Malone. Harlingen; F. Earl
FD ASKS FUNDS
FOR TEXAS DAM
Can Be Finished
One Year Early
WASHINGTON — 'Ah — Preai-
dent Roosevelt forwarded to Con-
gress Saturday a request that a
deficiency appropriation bill ex-
pected to be introduced tn tha
House next week contain S2.500.000
for completing construction of
Marshall Ford dam on the Colo-
rado river in Texas
With that amount the dam would
be finish d at a cost of 123 §71 000.
said Representative Lyndon John-
son fD-Tex». This would be SI 200 -
000 below the original estimate. Tho
dam will tower 263 feet and pro-
cure hydro-electric power for dis-
tribution to a central Texas area
M well as Houston Fort Worth
and San Antonio-
The requested appropriation tha
Texan added would make possibla
the completion of construction by
Julv 1 1941. a year ahead of sche-
dule.
Texas Bridge Okehed
WASHINGTON —'/Pi— The W’ar
Department has approved construc-
tion of a bridge across Ovster Lake.
1 3<M) feet south of the entrance
into Tres Palacios bay by Mata-
gorda County Texas.
Davis. Harlingen; H J. Wallis
Brownsville; D. M. Carter. San
Benito; M R. Mat*. Harlingen; E.
u. Brice Brownsville; H. W Hol-
lowed. Brownsville; C. H Hard-
astle Brownsville; Ralph T. Agar
*»n Benito; Ralph Cowan. Browm-
rtlle
Petit jurors to hoar pending cases
in criminal district court were
drawn Friday and 100 were sum-
moned to appear for service. Two
panels of 00 each one to serve the
week beginning Sept. 10. and the
other to serve the week beginning
Sept 25. were called Ralph T.
Agar. County Tax Assessor and
Collector was one of those summon-
ed.
The list called to serve Sept. 10
follows:
Charles E La Turno. Harlingen:
E. J. Wells. Brownsville; V. M.
Jameson Harlingen; Herman C. E.
Jaenisch Port Isabel; H P. Rob-
rrts Brownsville; 8am Bennett.
Brownsville; Elijio Vera Browns-
rille; H. J. Thompson. Combes; W.
Strommg. Harlingen.
J. G. Winkler Harlingen; Alfonso
Salmas. San Benito; R. Bates. Rio
Hondo; Orland B. Baker. Harlin-
nen; P. R. Crockett. Brownsville;
Homer Gray Brownsville; Henry
Jorgenson. Brownsville; W. W. Wil-
»on San Benito:
Tom Gann. San Benito; C. H.
Ritter. La Feria; W E. Hall. Har-
lingen; C. V. Welch. Harlingen;
Abel Esparza: E. V. Wingate. Bar-
-eda; C. T. Tredwav. San Benito;
3. L. Turner Brownsville; Hughes
3mith. Harlingen; Carl H. Peters.
Harlingen.
H. E. Dunn. Harlingen; John
Vorthdurft La Feria; J. A Rob-
jins Harlingen; Stanley B Crock-
ett. Harlingen: George A. Gunn.
3an Benito; B L. Bergland. Rio
Hondo; George A. Hollida. Har-
ingen; I. E. Wyrick. Santa Rasa;
A. D. Purdy. Harlingen; E F. Val-
>ntm. Brownsville
Ernesto Perez Brownsville; T. W.
Stevenson. Brownsville; J. A. Hath-
away La Peria; E E Alcott Jr
Harlingen; J. B Carter. San Be-
nito; Frank Matz. Harlingen; C.
A. Goode. Rio Hondo; Virgil V.
Lehman. Harlingen; Juan Leal. La
Paloma; J. E Diggs. Santa Rosa;
J. W. Hand. Harlingen; J. C
Taylor. Harlingen; J. C MeCand-
less. San Benito; C. R. McCall.
Harlingen; Alfred Cisneros La
Feria; C. H. Hamilton. Harlingen;
R. H. Forren San Benito; J. W.
Martin. Port Isabel; Charles Rell.
Brownsville; F. B. Housel. San Be-
nito.
C. E. Nichols Brownsville; Thom-
as J Yoe Jr.. Brownsville; A. G.
Purdv. Harlingen; George Barclay.
Brownsville; Hugo Wittenbach. Har-
lingen; Dee Adrean. Brownsville;
Thomas A. Johnston San Benito;
J. C. Duncan. Harlingen; W B
Weber. Harlingen; R. A. Ewing. San
Benito.
William C. Bendix. San Benito;
Clarence E. Swank. Los Fresnos;
Juan Trevino. Brownsville; A. J
Bennett. Harlingen; Earl A Brown
Harlingen; Arthur McMillan. San
Benito; Jack West. Jr.. Harlingen;
Fred Winkler. Harlingen; J. D. Ha-
nes. Harlingen; L. E. Noe. Rio
Hondo: Allen Denman. Harlingen;
J A. Wilhite. Jr Harlingen
The following jurors have been
summoned to appear for the
fourth week of the term beginning
Sept. 25:
Roy Wallace Brownsville; Tilton
Garrison. San Benito; D. H
Spreckels. Harlingen; Dee M.
Young. San Benito; W R FJdridge
Harlingen; A. L Copenhaver.
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