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THE WEATHER
For the Lower Rio Grande Valley t
Fair Tuesday night; Wednesday part-
ly cloudy.
High Tide—
Tu*«**y . 3:31 p m.
Wednesday . 3:04 a. m -4 25p m.
Low Tide—
Tuesday . # 23 p m.
Wednesday .... # 27 a. m.—10:13 p. m.
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FINAL
EDITION
FORTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 89
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUESDAY OCTOBER 1 1940
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
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INSPECTION IS
COMPLETED IN
AREATUESDAY
Valley Grapefruit Is
Estimated At About
70 Per Cent Of Last
Year’s Crop
The first truck or carload
of citrus fruit probably will
move out of the Valiey Wed-
nesday night or Thursday
morning according to esti-
mates of R. D. McLeaLsh general
manager of the Rio Grande Valley
Citrus Exchange at Weslaco. About
one carload of grapefruit and a
smaller quantity of oranges had
been passed by inspectors for the
maturity division til the State De-
partment of Agriculture Tuesday
morning m the Weslaco area.
70 Per Cent Crop
Holiday Planned For Registration;
Trainees May Get Commissions
___ ML M. Aft M U U u O u
Spain-ltaly
MeetOpens
(By The Associated Press)
Authoritative fascist quarters in Rome predicting that
England would probably “shout victory” and say that
“Spain resisted Axis pressure” acknowledged Tuesday
that immediate Spanish entry into the war was not an
issue at conferences started between Premier Mussolini
New Measures Are
Announced By
Draft Heads
WASHINGTON—(AP) —
The war department incor-
porated in its conscription
program Tuesday three more
; measures to facilitate train-
ing of men drafted for service to
encourage their initiative and to
faster their morale.
Top item was creation of an en-
tirely new peacetime system of armv
tactical corps commanders whose
•principal function” will be to train
regular army national guard and
drafted troops.
Opportunity Offered
The army simultaneously made
known Us Intention of giving
trainees an opportunity to qualify
for officers’ commissions and also
announced the allotment of $2594 -
152 for athletic equipment books
service clubs and motion picture
theatres to provide additional en-
tertainment at training centers.
Disclosing for the first time that
draftees would be given an oppor-
tunity to raise above a sergeant’s
grade General George C. Marshall
said plans were being made for
•candidates’ schools ’ which picked
r 'yr nr*
Draft Chief Studies Quotas
r —■—-—-
Draft Proclama t i o n
Being Prepared
By Mayors
Plans for a city and coun-
ty wide holiday on Oct. 16
draft registration day mov-
ed swiftly Tuesday as Mayor
Royce Russell issued a pro-
clamation setting the day aside as
• National Defense Day.” Other Val-
ley mayors were reported preparing
similar proclamatons. This action
loliowed the statement Monday of
H. D. fieago that he would ask the
FIVE W*S ON
CONSCRIPTION
Who? All males over 21 and
under 36 alien and cititrns
alike.
What? Register in person or
by agent.
Where? Where you vote or
other designated places.
When? 7 a. m to 9 p. m.
Wednesday October 16.
Why? To determine fitness
to serve in the II. 8. armed
forces.
county commissioners court to is-
sue a similar edict. #
Cooperation of Brownsville mer-
chants ana the chamber o1 com-
merce was asked in the proclama-
tion by Mayor Russell.
Justifies Holiday
a I___a_ a_AM mm _
'THIS IS NATIONAL NEW8-
paper Week.
We never heard of Newspaper
^Ifeek before. But there is every
{Tether kind of week and there is
more reason today than ever to
observe a week dedicated to your
newspaper.
Other • weeks'* are made pos-
sible by the newspapers. Some
bright mind must have said to
himself:
-Now. why shouldn’t there be
Ta National Newspaper Week?”
No sooner said than done
Presto! We have National News-
paper Week.
Sometimes folks forget what a
close relationship exists between
them and their daily newspaper.
Because their newspaper is al-
ways on the doorstep or available
from a newsboy on the street or j
at a newsstand—and often at the |
neighbor's across the street—ex-
actly when they expect it they
take the newspaper pretty much
for granted.
• • •
MEWSPAPER SUBSCRIBE R S
forget how important it is to
them—how lost they would be
without it. •
So that's why newspaper pub-
lishers all over the country got
together and decided to sponsor a
National Newspaper Week. The
date. October 1 to 8.
They wanted to remind their
subscribers that not only is the
daily newspaper a vital part oi
everyone'* life but that the read-
ers are a vital part of the news-
paper—that without the friendly
attitude of the public and its tol-
k erance in hearing all sides oi
* every question there could be
no free American press.
• • •
’THE IDEA OP A WEEK DE-
voted to American newspa-
pers really belongs to H. R. Hel-
sby editor of the Olean (N. Y.)
_ Times Herald.
Mr. Helsby got his inspiration
more than a year ago. On August
5. 19$9. he told his readers about
It in an editorial. He wrote:
"After all the American news-
paper is one of the bulwarks of
American democracy—one of the
safeguards of Americanism and
we know it.
'And it is not only a safeguard
It is a safeguard which belongs
to the people themselves.”
Mr. Helsby talked things over
with his readers at that time—told
them what an indispensable part
they played in the operation ol
kn nnlrnmplpH nrpss:
and Spanish Minister Kamoi
Serrano Suner.
These quarters assertei
that no such pressure ha<
been brought to bear 01
Spain—despite an apparently syn
thronized barrage of dispatche
from Berlin and Rome recentl:
stating that Spain was expected fc
join the Axis as a full-fledged
partner.
Well-informed sourer* in Berlin
said meanwhile that German
diplomacy is lending a “helping
to bring together the Axis’ new
partner Japan and her old foe
Russia in a non-aggression pact.
While fascists cast doubt on th
possibility of a formal Rome-Ber
lin-Madnd alliance at present th
Italian press teemed to take 1
for granted that Spain could b
used anyway ar an Axis base fo
attack on Bibraltar.
Would Relieve Spain
Bv this means the Nazi-fastis
.strategists apparently hoped t<
relieve Spain of a forthright dec
Icration of war against England-
By The Associated Press
London estimates 5.000 dead.
8.000 injured in almost incessant
September air raids receives ’'of-
ficial assurances" new defense
system being developed; number
of casualties reported in 24th
consecutive night attack by Nasis;
RAF swarms over western Grr-
many gives Berlin longest alarm
of war.
British admiralty reports Ger-
man submarines sank 159.288
tons of shipping In week ended
Sept. 23—three times average
weekly loss.
Italian circles indicate Gener-
alissimo Franco intends keeping
Spain out of war “until the
right moment" while cooperating
with Axis powers; Spanish Envoy
Ramon Serrano Suner reaehrs
Rome to confer with Premier
Mussolini.
I ALMAZAN
! FRIEND
SLAIN
monterrey’ Mexico—
(AP)— Police and soldiers
Tuesday shot to death Brig-
adier General Andres Zar-
. zo&a old friend of Juan An-
1 i dreu Almazan. laving candidate for
el pi trident. to sma.vh what they de-
t flared was a revolutionary plot to
* j seure the garrison governor a pal-
r ace and other state and local of-
fices here.
Authoritl-a aaid they now had
t restore dorder and that all was
. quiet in Monterrey.
Several Arrested
’ Several persons were reported
under arrest.
The newspaper Tiempo said mil-
itary authorities descended on
<See MEXICO. Page Two.)
The Valley grapefruit crop will
be about 70 per cent of last year's
harvest while oranges will show
less decline from the previous year
according to estimates made by
Mr. McLeaish and L. A. Boory
manager of the Brownsville Citrus
Association. The crop in Cameron
county was said to be slightly better
than that in the Upper Valley.
Quality on Par
Both oranges and grapefruit will
be on a par with last year as far
as quality is concerned they said
but tonnage generally will be low-
er. as much as 50 per cent lower in
some sections a hot and dry sum-
mer was held responsible for low-
er crop estimates. Only a small
quantity of fruit is expected to pass
tests as to juice and sugar content
this week. .
Shipments Last Year
Last season the Valley shipped
approximately 18.000 carloads ol
grapefruit 5500 cars of oranges and
600 cars of mixed grapefruit and
oranges.
At Pharr 16 shippers operating
19 plants were ready Tuesday for
the opening of the season. One ad-
ditional plant is still under con-
struction and wrill be completed
within two weeks. Since most of the
citrus plants at Pharr have enlarg-
ed their capacities shipments of
citrus by rail and truck are expect-
ed to exceed that of last year.
Eggs Hurled At
Willkie Party
In Pontiac Mich.
Lieul. eoi. Lewis Mershev. left temporary draft director confers over
a divisional map with Maj. Ben Howell center chief of manpower
division and Maj. C'hanneey Parker chief of finance and supply divi-
sions of Selective Service Committee. Each section blocked off on
map will be assigned a conscription quota in proportion to eligible
population. (NE.% Telephoto)
¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥
Army Drawing Highest
Pay Since World War
WASHINGTON—fAP)—Army and marine corps enlisted men Tues-
day began drawing the highest pay since the World War thanks to the
decision of congress to raise a new citizen soldiery.
With the increased rates effective October 1 it may be possible for
selective service trainees to earn as high as $66 a month as privates even
more if they become sergeants.
However all rookies will start at $21 a month. The pay rises to $30
after four months except for nwnf
enu.si*a men might attend for the
last three or four months of their
year's training to work for lieu-
tenants' commissions.
Name Tactical Corps
The chief of staff also announced
that nine tactical corps would be
; t rested to control the training of
the regular army and national
guard units into which draft traine-
es will be absorbed.
By that method training will be
.separated from the supply and
•housekeeping" functions now per-
formed by the commanders of nine
army corps area which are geogra-
phical units. The tactical corps will
consist of army divisions not geo-
graphical regions.
HOUSEPASSES
PROFITS BILL
Recess
End of Week
WASHINGTON — Legisla-
tion levying on corporations an
excess profits tax of 25 to 50 per-
cent was voted finally Tuesday by
the House. The action put con-
gress one notch nearer an elec-
t-on recess which leaders hoped to
start this weekend.
The measure put into present
compromise form by a Joint com-
mittee after House and Senate
had passed differing versions now
goes to the Senate where approval
expected Wednesday would sent it
to the White House. In addition to
its tar sections it carries provi-
.sons designed to speed up arma-
ment production and furnish a
system of insurance for the n«_
a general holiday” Mr. Seago said
not only to permit all eligible men
to register but to impress upon the
public generally the urgent need
of national defense In addition a
declared holiday will practically as-
sure completion of the tremendous
Job in one day. when it will be ne-
cessary to register about 10.000 men
in Cameron county.”
Many Volunteer
Volunteer workers began offer-
ing their services to the county
clerks office in volume Tuesday
iSee DRAFT Page Two)
WHEREABOUTS
OF M’RAY HAZY
Ex-Chief Fails to Get
Railway Ticket
John A. Me Ray. former Browns-
ville chief of police has disappear-
ed asatn.
Located in Portland. Oregon Sept.
21. he dropped from sight shortly
alter according to a statement
issued Tuesday by Ben Freuden-
stein city manager Both Freuden-
stein and Mrs M Ray. received air
mail letters from him on Sept. 21.
He expressed a desire to return
home.
Acting at the request of Mrs.
McRav. Freudenstein w ired railroad
transportation to Portland. Since
then nothing has been heard of
him. The ticket awaiting him at
Portland has not been claimed.
KELLER TRIAL
SET TO START
County Official Are
Summoned
Subpoenas were served Tuesday
on County Attorney Jack Wifch
Assistant County Attorney H. A.
Garcia and Assistant County Audi-
tor Ja. k Eidman. to appear as wit-
nesses in the trial of Walter H.
Keller constable charged with
shortage rtf $9 in three grand Jury
indictments.
Trial has been called for Wed-
nesday morning.
Orders to appear were obtained
by H. L. Yates attorney for Keller.
LA FERIA MAYOR
GETS RECEIPT NO. 1
r A. H Moore mayor of La Ferla
I drew 1941 poll tax receipt No. 1
i at the office of Ralph T Agar
; county tax assessor and collector
• Tuesday when he was first to ap-
ply for payment of the 1940 tax.
I! Mrs. Moore obtained receipt No. 2.
. j A total of five had been issued by
i; noon Tuesday
who are adjudged U> be inefficient
or otherwise unfit.
That rate equals the World War
wage of $30 for service in the
United States. Overseas pay was
$33. plus $15 a month given to the
family of any man who made an
equal $15 allotment to his depend-1
ents.
Voted by congress in the selective j
service act. the new pay increase
was intended to equalize difference
betwen the army-marine and navy
rates and to make army life more
desirable for conscripts.
Mexican Teachers
Planning U. S. Visit
MEXICO CITY—Two hun-
dred Mexican school teachers
lormtng a permanent ‘Teachers' *
Cultural Embassy.” Tuesday an-
nounced plans to visit the United
States during October.
The group will seek to acquaint
Americans with special aspects of i
educational progress here during I
the past six years. ' i
FDR MESSAGE
ON CONSCRIPTION
WASHINGTON — <API —
President Roosevelt's message
to the men subject to conscrip-
tion is “that each of us must
willingly do his bit if we are
to hold fast our heritage of
freedom and our American way
of life—our national existence
itself."
The president’s message will
go to every man who registers
on -Oct. 16 in the guide book
which is designed to provide
the registrant with all the in-
formation he needs on the
workings of the selective ser-
vice machinery.
_
FOOOD RATIONED
VICHY. France — <A*>— Stringent
rood rationing went into full effect
throughout France Tuesday as res-
aurants were ordered to serve no
estneted food—such as meat
wead and cheese—without receiv-
ing ration tickets from patrons.
Chinese estimate 49* killed <*r
injured in Japanese raid Monday
on Kunming capital of Yunnan
province; Japanese news agency
reports border incidents between
Thailand (Siam) and French
lndo-t'hina "multiplied.**
v.iih the inevitable consequence o
p British blockade being clam pet
on Spain—and yet to utilixe Spair
for an assault on Britain’s grea
rock fortress which guards th<
west gate of the Mediterranean.
Italian circle in Rome indicate!
that Spanish Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco intended to ke?p Spair
out of the conHict "until the right
moment.’*
Spain Mill Wait
Foreign observers interpreted thli
to mean Spain would wait unti
Britain's collapse appeared immi-
nent before jumping off the neu
trality fence—much as Italy waitec
until France was virtually pros-
trate.
Amid this seeming reversal to
Axis diplomatic coups the Brit
ish admiralty acknowledged that
British shipping suffered its worst
jolt of the war in the week end-
ing Sept. 23. with a loss of 19
British three Allied and five
neutral ships totalling 139.288
tfiee WAR. Page Two)
New Vice Consul In
. Matamoros Arrivei
Henry T Smith Atlanta. Ga.. hat
assumed his new duties as vice con
sul at Matamoros. following his ap
pointment recently by the State De
payment.
Mr Smith and hi* wife are liv
ing in the Los Ebanos section o
Brownsville and drove to the Va!
ley from Atlanta where they wer-
irarried last June Both Mr sn<
Mrs. Smith are graduates of th<
University of Georgia. They ex
pect to return to Washington nex
year to attend the foreign servici
school conducted by the state IX
nartmant.
J • • •
•v<A NEWSPAPER to be sic
cessful. must appeal to the
rank - and - file of people. It
roust provide information enter-
tainment and inspiration. It is
entirely dependent upon the good
k will of the public; and nothing
* its owners or its staff can do can
perpetuate it if that good will is
forfeited.
**Thfc unassailable fact ts an
irrefutable answer to those who
so continually charge that a
newspaper is 'controled' by this or |
that interest
“A newspaper is controled. pri-
marily. by its subscribers who like
it wreil enough to buy it If they
don’t like it well enough to buy
it there simply isn't any news-
paper." •
• • •
XT EVER BEFORE HAS THE
* " newspaper played such a dom-
inant role in American life as
during times like these as it cata-
logs and interprets national and
international events. Seldom has
the public leaned so heavily on
the daily press.
When Germany. Italy and Ja- <
pan signed their alliance a few
ago. their diplomatic repre-
trives in this country quickly
newspapers from all over c
e country to obtain the reac- s
tlfcn of the American people. F
When the kidnapper of the de t
istan child in California picked q
p the newspapers and saw the
storm of protest the pictures and b
the articles he became frightened t
When Cecil Wetsel. the eastern b
California logger came on the l
iContinued on Page Two.) k
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:'rVklhj.'.-.Hii:.. 9 *
ABOARD WILLKIE TRAIN
THROUGH MICHIGAN —wP>—
Wendell L. Wlllkie charged the
Roosevelt administration Tuesday
nth trying to solve its problems
by one of two methods—•appro-
priating more money or grabbing
more power."
Boos were mingled with applause
rom the crowd surrounding the
Pontiac court house where WUl-
kie spoke from a specially erect-
ed platform.
While he was driving back to
the railroad station an egg was
thrown into his car. It broke I
against the back of the front seat.
and splashed over Mrs Willkie.
Willkie scowled his car stopped
for a moment and one of his
bodyguards pointed to the direc-
tion from which the egg was
thrown. A minute later another
egg hit a truck carrying photo-
graphers ahead of Willkie s car.
\TRINGLESS BEAN
CROP HERE READY
What is reported to be the first
rop of green stringless beans this
tason in the Valley is now being
icked at El Carmen farm on the
lUtary highway owned by Enri-
ue Gonzalez of Brownsville.
Mr. Gonzales has PO acres of the
eans under cultivation and said
iat picking would be in full swing
y Monday. Pickers started to work
'uesday morning This crop is said
> be 30 days earlier than usual.
Wire Flashes
NEWSOM TO PITCH
CINCINNATI — — Manager
Del Baker announced Tuesday
that Buck Newsom would pitch
the first game of the world series
for the Detroit Tigers Wednes-
' day.
f ' I'
THE STORY OF
YOUR NEWSPAPER
Would you like to know
what goes into the mak-
ing of your newspaper
. . . all about the daily
^ grind the excitement
the thrills that newspa-
| permen experience?
Then be sure to read
the six articles on “The
Story of Your News-
f paper” to appear ex-
clusively in The Browns-
ville Herald during Na-
tional Newspaper
Week Oct. 1 to 8. First
t story on an inside page
tion's fighting men.
Including a 3.1 percent boost in i
the normal corporatian income
tax. the bill will produce tax au-
thorities said. 1500.000.000 In rev-
enue the first year and about
$1 000.000.000 thereafter. Chairman
Doughton <D-NC» of the ways and
means committee told the House
that enactment of the bill was
necessary to meet a “dire need * of 1
the government for more income
in these days of heavy defense I
spending. ■
When the tax bill clears the Sen- ’
ate. Congress anil have onlv one
majo ritem on its calendar—a
$1469993636 defense appropriations
measure which carries funds for
the conscription program and ex- j
pansion of the standing army. This
has yet to be acted on by the sen-
ate.
Mexico Proposes
Security Measure
MEXICO* CITY —fjpu- a social
security bill has been sent to Con-
gress by President Cardenas. Its
contents were not announced but
it was described as one of the last
items on the social reform program
of Cardena* j
Prof. Einstein Becomes !
Citizen; Freedom Lauded
Mary Martin Is
Named Bachelor's
Ideal Companion
HOLLYWOOD—ijft—Mary Mar-
tin. a recent bride doesn't know
it yet but she has been chosen the
"ideal companion for the modern
bachelor.”
Portrait-painter McSlelland said !
the winsome twice-married Miss 1
Martin had been given the title ‘
by the "American Association of
Bachelors." which has headquar-
ters in New York and Hollywood.
The Association's Pacific coast
executives are Barclay writer John
McLean and Cartoonist Peter
Arno.
"We've been crazy about Mary.*
said Barclay “every since she first
sang Mv Heart Belongs to Dad-
dy* in New York.” The actress is
yachting in the Pacific with her
husband. Story Editor Richard
HaJiidar. _
■ U
TRENTON. N. J. Federal
fudge Phillip Forman welcomed
ihrofessor Albert Einstein to Amer-
can citizenship Tuesday with an
>bservation that the scientists
presence here becomes Americas
tain.'*
Judge Forman pointing out that
le himself was the son of Jewish
>arents. said *1 am deeply cog-
nizant that only m America would
t be possible for me to occupy the
>osition whch I do as the represen-
ative Of my country • •
“In our concept he was created
(qtial with all men." said Forman
if the German-bom scientist in
emarks prepared for induction of
00-odd :*ew citizens including the
efugee who is now living in near-
ly Princeton.
"You will observe.” Judge For-
nan said that Einstein "is admit -
ed to citizenshp here in the same
(£«• EINSTEIN Page Two).
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