El Heraldo De Brownsville (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 69, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 11, 1940 Page: 3 of 10
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ARMY SET TO
SPEED DRAFT
k MINUS DELAY
Separate Registry Is
Planned For Men In
Age Brackets of 21
Jo 30 Years
WASHINGTON —Although
congressional agreement vu still
in abeyance on conscription age
limits the W’ar Department has
marie plans It was disclosed Wed-
nesday. to register men from 21
through 30 years old as a separate
group on event the broader 21-
through-44 age bracket eventually
receives approval.
The War Department's decision
was said to be in the Interest of
minimizing delay on the actual
*rart of the compulsory military
♦ervice program once the Burke-
Wadsworth legislation becomes law.
The age question continued the
. Major problem as the joint Sen-
f ate-House conference committee
sought to compose differences in
the varying drafts of the bill voted
by the two chambers.
House conferees were to give
their answer to a compromise pro-
posal by Senate members for fix-
ing the upper age limit at 39 in-
stead of the 44-vear maximum pre-
viously approved bv House vote.
The Senate -.rr'ion of the mea-
sure called for registration of all
men from 21 through 30.
Chairman Sheppard <D-Tex> of
the Senate military committee said
no appreciable progress had been
made by the Joint committee on
the second important controversial
point—the House amendment de-
terring conscription Tor 60 days
while attempts were made to fill
the army’s initial quota of 400.000
men by voluntary enlistments.
SAFETY WORK
IS STRESSED
Mercedes Pr o g r a m
Outlined
MERCEDES— Safety and *11 It.*
phases are being emphasized in the
Mercedes school including a unit
In careful bicvcling. a unit in pro-
per highway etiquette several
units In fire prevention and a
health unit stressing PT immuniza-
tion acainst and prevention of all
common discs es. according to Supt.
E H. Poteet.
In keeping with the program.
State Highway Patrolman J. O.
Mustek will address junior-senior
i •.* Monday after-
noon in the high school auditorium
here on "Safety on the highway!
to and from acool **
In additon. the state highway
department and the 20-30 clubs of
the Valley are placing 16 "Safety
Sady" slgrs near the local schools
and at prominent streets where
crowds of students cross daily.
Planning for the next semester
which begins In January an ac-
credited course in high school for
a boys and girls 14 and over will be
4 riven and will include a driver's
I 1 training course. Part of a safety
course will include road signals
a'atp laws governing traffic tests
oT students in class to determine
color blindness hearing tests etc.
Another unit a study of the au-
tomobile in relation to visibility
' at niaht effect of rain on wind-
shields. dancer of reflection in
glass and importance of good tires
lubrication etc. It is also hoped to
have students do actual driving un-
der the supervision of a trained
person or a highway patrolman Mr.
Poteet added.
Way Is Cleared For
Nomination of Jones
WASHINGTON— (If) —Congres-
sional action cleared the wav today
for President Roosevelt to nominate
Jes.se H. Jones as secretary of com-
merce and still have him retain his
position as federal loan administra-
tor.
The senate passed unanimously
Tuesday legislation exempting
Jones from federal laws prohibiting
one person from holding two fett-
er a 1 posts. The measure previously
Approved bv the house would limit
Jones' salary to the SI5.000 annual-
ly paid a cabinet member.
Aid Starr’s Fair
RIO GRANDE CITY-The third
bazaar held over as many weekends
netted the mounting funds for the
Starr County Fair and Rodeo a to-
tal of $70fi4 as a result of last Sat-
Iurdav and Sunday nights’ show
Held at the main plaza where booths
ha^e been erected for the event the
entertainment is sponsored bv the
Woman’s Civic Auxiliary club and
the Civic Luncheon club.
The genera! committee in charge
of the bazaar Is Mrs Maria L Solis
chairman. Mrs M F Garcia. Mrs.
John A Pope Jr . Mrs H P. Guer-
ra Jr. Mrs. M J. Rodriguez and
Mrs. Jose Adan Garza.
WATERMELON FEAST
SAN BENITO — Clyde Hollo-
man. secretary of the local camp.
Wednesday announced that the
San Benito unit of the Modern
Woodmen of the World will hold a
watermelon feast Friday evening
^The meeting will be held at the
Ward-King Electric shop beginning
at 7 10 p. m. All members of the
San Benito Camp are cordially ln-
to attend.
GIRL TO SARGENTS
MISSION — Congratulations are
extended to Mr. and Mrs Ben C. I
Sargent on the birth oT a daughter
Tuesday afternoon ta the McAllen
hospital. The baby weighed eight
pounds and ten ounces Mrs. Sar-
?Tit is the former Miss Dorothy
Herold.
1
Nazi Flyer Captured
In !*»r hsttle. a German aviator parachutes to safety. He’i
seen over the roofs of a southeast England town. . . .
The fallen airman lard* In n field r«*»r fhe ler-» lJ~Mn nj*
cigarct while answering questions of an English policeman. . . .
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L / / i .
Thr raptivr's guard* produrf a bottle and he fortifier himself for
the Iona days ahead in an English prison ramp. ...
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OfT he goes to internment flanked by British soldiers. He'll fly
no more against England. Note Iron Cross. •
LOANS TO HALT
NAZI INFLUENCE
Senator Explains Aim
Of Bank Extension
WASHINGTON - e— Senator
Wagner «D-NYi told hi* colleagues
Wednesday that the proposal to
make $500000000 available for
South American loans was intend'd
tc prevent Germany from obtain-
ing the kind of control In this
hemisphere that Hitler had estab-
lished in the Balkan*
Wagner made this assertion In
res|»on.se to a question bv Senator
Panaher iR-Conn* as to whether
the measure which would Increase
iendable fund* of the Fxport-Im-
port Bank did not amount to ex-
tending “our political control over
South America instead of letting
some other country extend its con-
trol.-
GIRL TO BAGGETTS
RIO GRANDE CITY — Mr. and
Mrs. O. J. Baggett announce the
birth of a six pound three ounce
daughter Shirley Ann. on Sept. 2
at the Martin hospital . I
Handful of GAR Men
Left In Annual Meet
SPRINGFIELD. 111. —<>qp*— The
Grand armv of the Republic was
on the march a sain Wednesday
but only a handful of the graying
veterans turned out to walk be-
hind the colors they defended al-
most 80 years ago.
Opening their 74th national en-
campment in the home town of
their war-time commander-in-
rhief. Abraham Lincoln most of
the old soldiers were resigned to
ridtnc in automobiles for tne six
Mock parade.
Texan Appointed
KANSAS CITY— -Pi—Dr. Charles
A Orr. 33. has been appointed an
instructor in economics at the Uni-
versity of Kansas City. He comes
here from the University of Texas
where he has been an instructor the
last two years.
RODC.I RS FAMILY HOME
MISSION—Mr and Mrs F H.
■ Slabs i Rodg“rs and two children
returned Sunday from a five-weeks
business and pleasure trip to
Mississippi Mr. Rodgers was ful-
filling contracts for dusting at
cotton plantations In the area dur-
ing their stay.
PLANE OUTPUT
IN U. $. BOOMS
Army Navy Get Large
Combat Squads
By DEVON FRANCIS
Associated Prev» Aviation Editor
BUFFALO— (A*> —In 19 months
the army and navy will have ap-
proximately 11.000 combat airplanes
—fighters and bombers—William E.
Knudsen. chairman of the national
defense commission said Wednes-
day.
Almost through with a nation-
wide tour of aircraft plants in the
company of General H. H. Arnold
chief of the army air corps. Knud-
sen said "we know the United
State* is making the best airplanes.’*
He added:
"I believe that presently we can
say we are making the most air-
planes.’’
1942 Production Cited
The figure of 11.000 was based on
a total production by April 1. 1942.
of 33.000 planes. 14.000 destined for
Great Britain and 19.000 for the
armed services of the United States.
General Arnold said that of those
to be delivered to the army and
navy approximately 60 per cent or
slightly tnore than 11.000 would be
so-called combat types.
Knudsen said the current Ameri-
can airplane production including
both military and large commercial
types of 900 a month would be
doubled in the next 12 months.
Three a Day
The defense commission chairman
seated in the office of Burdette S
Wright president of the Curtiss
Aeroplane division of the Curtias-
W'right corporation fixed at three
a day the delivery of new Curtiss
P-40 fighter planes to the air
corps
General Arnold said 524 P-40's.
one of the newest types of American
fighters were on order for the air
corps and that 140 had been deliv-
ered.
Knudsen estimated the total
I United States engine production at
' from 2 200 to 2 400 a month of all
horsepowers and said that by July.
1941. production would be up to 3-
500 to 3 600 engines a month.
TEXAS COTTON
OUTPUT RISES
20 Per Cent Increase Is
Forecast
AUSTIN—'/T—Cotton production
in Texas on Sept. 1 was forecast
at 3.479000 bales a 20 per cent
mcrea.se since Aug. 1. the agrl-
cltural marketing servire of the
U. S department of agriculture
leported Tuesday.
The forecast compared with 2-
846 000 bales produced in 1939 and
3 876 000 bales average production
for the 10-year period beginning m
1929
Although the graeter part of the
increase in prospects occurred in
the northwest production indica-
tions were above those of a month
ago in all districts except the south
central and extreme south. South
(entral Texas alone showed a kv-
due primarily to weevil and *boll
worm In counties receivin'* exces-
sive moisture In June and early
July and to unfavorable drouchtv
conditions for late planted cotton in
the coastal bend counties.
Brownwood Is Named
Air Squadron Base
BROWNWOOD—4*— Announce-
ment was received from the army
air corps Wednesday that Brown-
mood s municipal airport has been
approved as headquarters for the
air squadron of the 36th division.
Barracks hangars and machine
shops mill be erected and upwards
of 150 soldiers will be stationed
I there. Field lighting water and
gas will be installed and paved run-
way* built.
City officials said the location of
the air wing would not Interfere
mith the Civil Aeronautics training
school for Daniel Baker and How-
ard Payne college students. Neither
mould it bother commercial use of
the field they said.
Non-Stop Commercial
Flight Spans Ocean
NEW YORK—<>P'—Making the
first step in long-range plans to
span the Atlantic by air from New
York U» Europe without halting a
Pan American airways clipper Tues-
day completed the first non-stop
commercial flight from Bermuda to
Lisbon. Portugal.
It was the first such attempt In
regular trans-Atlantic commercial
service and was over the longest
non-stop link on a regularly oper-
ated airline—3.112 miles.
Heretofore the clippers have stop-
ped at the Azores for refueling.
Communist Party Is
Off Arkansas Ballot
LITTLE ROCK—oPi—Acting un-
der authority of an opinion from
Attorney General Jack Holt. Secre-
tary of State C. G. Hall has barred
the Communist party from the 1940
general election ballot In Arkansas
The attorney general advised
Hall he had the right to bar the
partv from the ballot If he had
j conclusive*• proof that the party
advocates overthrow of the go\em-
inent.
Feet Itch or Burn?
1st TICKO for Relief
If you have itching between and undec
toe* you may have Athlete's Foot.
TL'CKO on contact stops the itching
kills the fungi and aids nature in check-
ing and healing the infection. Start to-
day using TUCKO. Your druggist gives
an unaualtked money-bath guarantee
on TUCKU
Baby Takes a Bow from the Duchess
Accustomed to receiving bows the Duchess of Windsor seems to be
giving one while putting at her ease the bashful little Bahama girl
who has just presented a bouquet. Spectators and the Duke of
Windsor right look on with amusement. The occasion was the
formal welcome for the new Governor given by the native popu-
lation of New Providence Island to the Ouke of Windsor.
ACTOR SEEKING
ALIMONY EDICT
Portanova Divorcing
Rich Oil Heiress
LOS ANGELES— —How he
gave his son-in-law a $300 a month
job and otherwise sought to bring
happiness to his daughter and her
husband were described in a depo-
sition filed Wednesday by H. P
Cullen wealthy Texas oil man. to
divorce-child custody litigations
brought bv the couple.
The daughter. Lillie Cullen Por-
tanova. and her film actor husband.
Paul Portanova. are suing each
other for the custody of their two
children. Enrico Ray Paul Porta-
nova. 7. and Ugo Fabio Massimo
Portanova. 4. She is asking for a
divorce and he is seeking $400 a
month support from her
In his deposition. Cullen describ-
ed how he endeavored to get Porta-
nova interested in the oil business
in Houston gave him an office witn
his name painted on the door and
■•rontinuouely urged him to work "
He declared Portanova spent lit-
tle time at the office although he
was paid a total salary of $13.155.
Cullen said he gave his daughter
and her husband $5000 to purchase
the ‘ first house built bv Rudy Val-
entino” the late actor in Holly-
wood and another $4500 to renovate
it.
Speech Calls Unions
Democracy’s Bulwark
PORT WORTH—'#5— The state-
ment of England's great prime
minister. William E. Gladstone
that ‘trades unions are the great-
est bulwark of Democracy.” was
brought up to date Tuesday by
Joseph S Myers of Houston com-
missioner for the United States
Conciliation Service in a talk be-
fore the Oil Workers' International
Union conventoin here.
•‘You will notice.” he told the
convention delegates “that one oT
the first act* of Hitler and the
other dictators was to abolish labor
unions.
‘ And democracy has disappeared
from every country except ours and
Great Britain.
Dollar More In Your
Purse During August?
WASHINGTON — iJP— A $1 28
jump in cash in circulation per
person in the United States was
reported bv the treasury Wednes-
day as having occurred during
August.
The averaee citlren went Into
th** month with ».V> 88 of currency
and coins in his purse and wound
up the month with $80 91. There
was $R.057.566.697 to divide on
August 31.
RESIDENCE BURGLARY
INSURANCE
$500 Blanket Protection on
this new low cost policy.
WOOD & DODD
AGENCY
Phone 100 Brownsville
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ing to direction*. The*# pill* mad# of two
aimpl# vegetable medicine*. have dotihl#d th#
flow of thi* laxative juice in some people a* !
proved by medical teat*. When two pint* of 1
thi* laxative fluid flow* through our bowel |
every dav. the above miaerira of the flnh
due to ennatipatinn m»v go away. Then many
of ti* may f#e| l.ke "Happy Pay* \r» H*r#
Aram.” A*k >nt»r druggiat now for Carter •
Little U'«r Pdia. log mad SM.
16000 Students Get
Part Time NYA Jobs
AUSTIN— <*»>—More than 16 000
high school students will be given
part time Jobs under National
Youth Administration auspices
when schools open this month J.
C. Kellam. state administrator an-
nounced Wednesday.
When the new school year ends
more than 22.000 students will have
been employed he added
Of $12509161 allocated for NYA
work this year. Texas received $637.-
166 More than 2.500 schools in
eluding parochial and other pri-
vately operated non-profit Institu-
tions. will participate. Local school
authorities are responsible for th«
selection of eligible students who
will earn between S3 and M a
month.
We D«
CUSTOM GRINDING
Highest price paid for
snapped corn.
W\ R. JAC KSON. FEED A SEED
1036 Washington St
Brownsville
To HOUSTON • *12!** • 2 »/3 HRS.
Effective Sept. 15. Braniff announces these new 30-dav. round-trip
excursion fires: Only S10.15 each ssay* to San Antonio: 15.17 each
way to Corpus; SI 3.40 each war to Austin. Now. the luxury of new
21-passcngcr Super-B-Liners and com-*
p'.imentary full-course meals actually
costs less than driving! See travel
agents or Bramff. Municipal Airport.
Phone Brounsville 1200
BRANIFF AIRWAYS
AT PENNEY'S
Thursday • Friday - Saturday
4000 Yards
FACTORY DAMAGED
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