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CTARR COUNTY — RIO
Grande City—is going after a
highway due north from the coun-
ty's capital to San Antonio.
This ls to be a state highway.
About 35 miles of the total dis-
tance of 210 miles is in Starr
county.
The county needs $500000 with
which to construct its share of
the road.
Lake other counties it Ls with-
out the necessary credit to mar-
ket the bonds.
So Starr county's bonds will be
taken over by the state under the
one-cent gasoline tax. Which
means that the interest and prin-
cipal on the bonds when L*«ued
will be paid out of state high-
way funds.
• • •
•"THE STARR COUNTY VOT-
ers will soon pass on the la-
me of bonds with which to build
the road.
The highway Ls partially built
aouth from San Antonio but
there ls still a lot of construction
to be done.
L 1 The Starr county situation ls
® approximately the same as that
which faces voters in the pro-
posed Brownsville road district.
This district is soon to be form*
eri. It is proposed that a road be
built from a point at or near
Cavazos about twelve miles up
the river road across to Highway
281 (the main highway) at a
point just south of Olmitn.
From there the road will con-
tinue across the Parades line
(Los Fresnos) road about five
miles north of Brownsville and
from there on to the Port ol
Brownsville. Length about 14
miles.
"THE PLAN IS FOR THE DIS-
** trict to vote an issue of bonds
to the amount of about $365000.
The bonds would be taken over
£ bv the state for payment without
X any tax against the propert}
owners in the district.
As a matter of fact unless the
eta*e did assume the bonds. It.
would be impossible to sell them.
The credit of the county being
what it is in this respect.
1 State assumption of the bond*.
Y V voted seems to be assured.
'County Commissioner T A. Kin-
der in whose precinct the road
would be located. Is convinced
that this Is true. So is Count}
Judge Oscar C. Dancy.
• • •
•THE DISTRICT MUST BE
formed the bonds voted and
disposed of before January 2. 1941.
This is borne out by a letter
received by The Brownsville
Herald from a bond concern at
Fort Worth which says:
• We understand that it Is <jui*e
likely the next legislature of the
State of Texas will bring in and
make eligible for 100 per cent
payment from the county and
oad district highway 'fund such
nds as have been voted prior to
ary 2. 1941. when same are
do.-„d upon a state designat-
to fi.way «and we understand
«<If. road cross country to
L ^ /.would be designated a
► has bl«ay>.
looked e >£ seems to us that
derer g< rL* issue for the
this window 1 constructing
tmswmaow.i ^ dlMrift tesue
The walk is fle ov could be
of leaves on thtiale. perhaps
have roaked his .’islon that It
• Hugh nodded. «^in cemdt-
him at the winr^ to Cameron
"Togi said he* done so that
dows but tl nent would not
blown open. orem taxpayer*
modernized A
windows ref n t is situai
that swing 'O' b"n'". *;hr"
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illuminate bc 5t*"
Trees b-
tiirtive Revolt Try
Reported In Panama
* ' PANAMA. Panama —P— Gov-
ernment officials reported the na-
tion was calm Tuesday as Judicial
authorities moved to fix responsi- |
bllity for a clash at Chorrera. de-
scribed as an abortive attempt at
revolt in which three persons were
wounded Sunday night.
£2* --
H40-Hour-Week to Go
Info Effect Thursday
WASHINGTON —<'P>— Workers
covered bv the wage-hour law will
Viavp a maximum work week of 40
tours with time-and-a-half for
overtime effective Thursday.
The reduction from the present
42-hour work week applies only to
those engaged in interstate com-
merce. !
Ribbentrop Leaves
On Mystery Trip
By LOt'IS P. LOCHNEK
BERLIN—<AP)—The possibility that France may reenter the war
on the side of the Axis powers was foreseen here Tuesday amid indtca-
tioas that Foreign Minister voachim von Ribbentrop either is on his
way or is about to embark upon a journey to the south west presum-
ably Vichy.
Secrecy surrounded Von Ribbentrop's movements.
There have been rumors here for weeks of a pending amicable ar
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REPORTED • ILL
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
LONDON — <!»Pi — The British
Press Association reported Tues-
day that David Llovd Gror*e
World War prime minister is
•‘suffering from a chill.’*
PRESBYTERY TO
MEET TUESDAY
W. Texas Unit Opens
Valley Session
HARLINGEN—The vanguard of
the 200 ministers their wives and
elders expected here for the three-
day session of the Western Texas
Presbvtery were arriving Tuesday
morning..
The conference opened at ft P
m. Tuesday in the Harlingen First
Presbyterian church with a sermon
by Rev. Paul C. Edgar of Taft rr-
tirmg moderator and former La
Feria Presbyterian minister.
Tlv public is invited to attend
the services Charles Anglin was
in charge of registration which is
being taken in the pastor's room
iSce PRESBYTERY. Page Two)
Medic Says Child
‘Thumb-Sucker
May Be Bored
LANG HORNE. Pa —OTV-An in-
stitute on the exceptional child
heard Tuesday that a youngster
sucking his thumb may be send-
ing out signals that he is ' bored
or unhappy."
Addressing the institute at the
Child Research Clinic of Woods
Schools Dr. Harry Bakwln of
New York University warned
parents against 'shaming and
nagging'' their children and ad-
ded:
"The child should have ample
play outlets and adequate a-
mount of self-expression avoid-
ance of overcriticism and over-
correction.'*
Attempt at correcting the thumb
sucking habit are “generally more
harmful than the habit itself."
he said. "A simple example if
seen in infants whose hands ara
restrained and who are therebv
not allowed to gratify the need
to exercise their developing mo-
tor skills.'*
Canada Puts Ban On
Exports Of Copper
LONDON—— Viscount Cran-
borne. Dominions secretary told
commons Tuesday that "no copper
will be available for export from
Canada except to British empire
countries and possibly to the Unit-
ed States where it may be needed
for the completion of munition
contracts."
!■ arrangement witn prance ror a
fortnight the German press has
retrained from saving anything
derogatory about the vanquished
nation.
Cite Churchill Speech
British Prime Minister Winston
C hurchill's appeal Monday night to
France to refrain from doing any-
thing that might hurt the British
cruse finally gives subtance. how-
ever. to recurring intimations that
German negotiations with France
have advanced to the stage where
a visit by Von Ribbentrop may
clinch them.
Whether Von Ribbentrop. if real-
ly bound for Vichy will continue
on to Madrid also was a question
lor speculation.
Visit To Moscow?
Inquiries of informed sources as
to whether a visit to Moscow is
• See BERLIN Page Two)
VALLEY SHIPS
1600 CARLOTS
I 32 Cars Roll Monday;
Oranges Up
Valiev citrus shipments Monday
included 1021 carlots of grapefruit
and 30 2 carlots of oranges the fed-
eral state market news service re-
ported.
Of that total. 68 carloads of
grapefruit moved by rail and 34 1'
carlots were shipped by truck. Of
the oranges five carlots went out
by rail and 25 2 carlots by truck.
Monday shipments by rail from
all points were: Orapefniit: Texas
68: Arizona. 6: California. 2: Florida
102. total 178. Oranges: Texas 5;
California. 269: Florida. 29: total.'
303 Mixed citrus: Texas. 2; Cali-
fornia. 4; Florida. 11.
Total rail shipments are more
than 200 carlots ahead of last sea-
son.
With shipments past the 1600 car
mark there was a growing senti-
ment Tuesday among growers to
hold the price of Marsh seedless
! grapefruit at a minimum of $10
j a ton to the grower.
The movement was strongest In
Hidalgo county although no organi-
zation had been formed there to
i prevent the price from weakening
| further.
The market has dropped from an
opening price of $25 a ton to about
$10 a ton. Growers are anxious to
end the decline.
MRS. DENNISON
TO HEAD UNIT
SAN JUAN—Mrs. R A Dennison
of Weslaco was virtually elected
president of the Valley Federation
of Women's clubs at the 54th semi-
annual meeting opening here Tues- ;
day morning. Mrs. Dennison's name
was the only one offered for the
post as there were no nominations '
from the floor to supplement the
slate of officers named by a special
committee last week in Mercedes.
Several hundred women dele-
gates and visitors gathered at the
People's rhurch Tor the all-day ses-
sion. Election results In other of-
fices were to be announced at the
close of the session.
Reports of officers department
chairmen and the introduction of
a large assemblage of distinguished
visitors featured the morning ses-
sion.
Mrs. O F Stuart. Harlingen
president complimented the Fed-
eration In even- branch for aid and
cooperation and urged each mem-
ber club to send in a yearbook to
the Federation for a directory of
clubs and presidents to be issued by
the federation.
Cardenas Is Due
On Border Soon
MATAMOROS—A letter^ written
bv President Lnzaro Cardenas to
residents of the “18th of March”
agrarian and repatriate colony
‘outhwest of the city informs them
of his coming visit this weekend.
Other information in Matamoros
stvs that Engineer Rduardo Chavez.
*n charge of the Retamal floodway
project and th*» agrarian and irri-
gation development in northern
Tamaulipas. will leave shortly for
Mexico City to accompany Presi-
dent Cardenas on his tour of the .
Matamoros municipality.
French Troops Watch Japs Invade
Annamite troops who stood guard while Japs landed near Do-Son In French Indo-Thina. march hark to
their garrisons at Haiphong after being ordered not to resist the Japanese invasion which was allowed
under a Vichy-Tokyo accord.
ON THE HUSTINGS
Texas Dems Launch Drive;
Willkie Back In Chicago
By The A»ociated Press
While Wendell L. Willkle return-
ed to the Chicago area Tuesday for
hl.s second campaign appearance
President Roosevelt arranged to j
visit Wilmington. Del and Cam-
den. N. J. Wednesday prior to hLs
address in Philadelphia.
In a speech in Milwaukee Mon-
day night WiUklc accused (he pres-
ident of letting Chicago’s Demo-
natic organization and two others
• try to steal the election for him
without even a rebuke **
Refers To Bern Groups
He referred to Democratic or-
ganizations in Jersey City. N J..
and in the Bronx. N. Y.. as well to
that In Chicago and said:
“Here is a candidate for presi-
dent who has proclaimed himself
(See POLITIC3. Page Two>
LEWIS ORDERS
HUGE NETWORK
CIO Chief Will Make
Speech Friday
NEW YORK — V —John L. Lewis
apparently la strivin: lor ft tre-
mendous audience of at least 30-
000.000 persons in his political
broadcast Friday night—a speech
which will cost perhaps $60000 or
$75000.
All three of the major chains—
NBC. CBS and MBS—were asked to
reserve 8 to 8 30 p. m. <CST • Tor
Lewis' talk in a telephone call
from Washington Monday.
The call was made from the CIO
chief's headquarters but whether
the cost will be paid by Lewis him-
self the United Mine Workers or
the CIO. no responsible radio execu-
tive in New York could say.
In any event a vast combined
network of approximately 300 sta-
tions seems likely for CBS and
NBC have nationwide commercial I
programs on at that hour.
Several of the individual unions
in Lewis’ CIO have endorsed Pres-
ident Roosevelt for a third term.
Lewis tymself has been silent at ;
least for the record. Prior to the
conventions. Lewis criticized the
Democratic administration and said
Mr. Roosevelt would go down in an
"ignominous defeat" should he try
for a third term.
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
Girl With Shoes Too Big Almost
Upsets World War Draft Lottery
W ASHINGTON — f \P» — Any
young lady whose shoes look too
big for her is apt to find herself
persona non grata next Tuesday
if she gets too close to the big
glass Jar from which the capsule-
encased draft numbers are drawn.
A not-too-trim pair of milady's
slippers all but caused a mixup
in the last draft.
Not much has been said about
It bat it happened this way:
All day long and far into the
night little and big number* <
representing men were drawn
from the jar.
One of those whose duties re-
quired her presence was a young
government employe whose name
might as well go unmentioned
because for one thing her shoes
were too big for her.
She was very tired when she
got home to her room that night.
She kicked off a shoe and what
rolled out?
Horrors! One of the draft cap-
sules. Inside was a piece of paper
bearing one of the tell-tale num-
bers.
Badly frightened she got to n
telephone and bared her predica-
ment to a general.
“Get a cab.” he ordered "and
come back down."
Believing she might have up-
set the whole dratt she han4ed
over the capsule.
the authorities decided there
was only one thing to do- They
palmed the capsule and slipped it
into the bowl and no one at that
time was any the wiser.
Historians fail to record what
they had to say privately on the
subject of that young lady*
I shoe*.
BONHAM. Tex. — ‘tt’) — Speaker
Sam Rayburn's fellow townsmen
hung up the bunting for his home-
coming celebration Tuesday but for
Democratic leaders it meant break-
ing out the colors in a militant
campaign for Roosevelt votes in
the southwest
~ Ravburn. who started public life
as a country school teacher in
northeast Texas came home to
grasp the horny hands of hundreds
of farmers and scores of old cron-
ies who knew him years before
anyone entertained the though he
would ever become speaker of the
House. He held open house for a
small group of those old friends
and told them confidently he
(See RAYBURN. Page Two)
Young Roosevelt
Proposes Debate
To Loud Heckler
DES MOINES. Ta -fjT—Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt Jr.. Tuesday of-
fered to debate a heckler during
a Drake University student*
meet mg here.
Interrupted by occasional shouts
ow "Yea Willkic" the presidents
son said:
"I asked that fellow once to
come up here and say that. I
would Just love to debate him."
"Why didn't your father ac-
cept?" somebody asked.
"Why don't you ask him?"
Roosevelt countered then con-
tinued :
"I'll tell you why he didn't ac-
cept the offer to go and speak in
Baltimore on the same platform
with Wtllkie. If you are going to
ask a friend to your house for
dinner you send a personal in-
vitation. don't you?
"Willkl** asked the president
throjigh the press Do I go and
take an ad in the local paper
that I want Mr Jones to come to
my house on a Saturday night.
If he happens to read it?
"Besides if the president ever
got on the same platform with
Willkle. Willkie would withdraw
his nomination far the presidency."
The crowd applauded.
(See DEBATE Page Two)
BRITISH ACTOR DIES
LONDON —< V—Tlie death of At-
hole Stewart. 61. actor and produc-
er. was announced Tuesday.
ITALIANS CLAIM
VICTORY AT SEA
Damage Cruiser Sink
Other Ships Report
ROME— TP—An R000-ton British
cruiser oT the Sydney type was
damaged badly by repeated hits
and six merchant ships were sunk
in a midnight-to-dawn naval battle
in the southern Red Sea Monday
the Italian high command report-
ed. One Italian torpedo boat was
damaged in the action.
The British cruiser was caught
in the fire of naval coast defense
batteries on nearby islands the
Italians said and was forced to
retreat later halting “in serious
difficulties while other English
warships hastened to her aid.”
The communique did not Identify
the islands but neutral sources
concluded they were a group lying
off Assab. on the Eritrean coast
near the strait of Bab El Mandeb
through which convoys pass to and
from the Gulf of Aden.
Italian torpedo boats made three
separate attacks on the convoy oT
merchant ships which was -strong-
ly escorted by cruisers and destroy-
ers." the communique said.
At dawn. Italian warplanes at-
tacked the convoy and battled Brit-
ish pursuit planes shooting down
one of them it was reported. Ita-
lian bombers also struck at the
British naval base at Alexandria.
TROPIC STORM
OFF NICARAGUA
JACKSONVILLE Fla.—<*•>—'The
weather bureau said Tuesday a
tropcal storm was central at 6 a.
m. <CST) in the Caribbean sea
about ISO miles east of the Nicarau-
guan coast near latitude 14 degrees
north and was moving slowly In a
northern direction apparently still
increasing In intensity.
An advisory Issued at 9:30 a. m.
<CST» said "caution advised all in-
terests in western Caribbean sea
until this storm passes *' The dis-
turbance first was repos>d by tha
weather bureau Monday night.
Ken Maynard Cowboy
Film Star Married
YUMA Ariz.—<A*\—Ken Maynard
cowboy actor and circus star and
Bertha Rowland Denham circus
prformer. were married here early
ruesday. He formerly lived at Mis-
i sion Texas.
Bait Offered To
• _
Vichy For Move
Against Britain
(By The Associated Tress)
A Rome-E.erlin Axis attempt to lure France into de-
claring war c>n her former ally Great Britain was wide-
ly reported Tuesday—with easy peace terms as the “bait**
dangled before the Vichy government of France *
Premier Marshal Philippe Petain.
Britain has long since discounted the potentialities of
French aid to Germany and Italy however especially;
at sea. __
Much or France s navy tne see-
ond most powerful In Europe before
the war. ha* been effectively crip-
pled in naval actions at Oran. Al-
giers and Dakar. French West
Africa or bottled "up in Alexandria
harbor and English port*.
Doubt French Action
Moreover neutral observers
doubted that France would fight
against Britain pointing out these
factors:
1. Economically. France would
be of little help to Germany. The
vanquished republic has repeat-
edly been reported in desperate
straits to feed her own populace.
2. As traditional allies of Great
Britain France’s demobilised sol-
diery presumably would be looth
to take up arms against British
tommies at whose sides they
(ought against Germany for four
years In the World War. In rf-
(eet the comparison might be
like making prisoners fight their
old I rlends.
Dispatches from Berlin and the
French-Swiss border town of Las
Verneres said a move to bring
France into the conflict anew wax
underway. Germany’s Foreign Min-
uter Joachim von RHrtientrop. Hit-
ler’s No. l coup-maker was said to
be either on his way or about to
start toward Vichy.
Italy Claims Victory
On the military front Italy
claimed a naval victory over Great
Britain with the damaging of an
8000-ton Britsh cruiser and smk-
iSee WAR Page Two)
QUAKE SHAKES
BALKAN AREAS
tL'rfjl -
Rumania and Bulgaria
Feel Temblor .
BUCHAREST. Rumania — Tt—
A violent 90-second earthquake
damaged business buildings and
homes Tuesday in Bucharest and
oil field works In northern Ruma-
nia. There were no reports of any
loss of life.
Hours after the shock was first
felt at 8 30 a. m. <12 30 a m . CST>
thousands of persons in Bucharest
Jammed the streets still fearful to
return to their homes despite ra-
dio assurances.
The temblor had Its renter In
the Carpathian mountains about 50
miles north of Brasov.
The population of northeastern
Bulgaria was thrown into panic
when that portion of the Balkans
was severely shaken. •
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CITRUS CULLS
SMALL FACTOR
I .
Onlv 179 boxes of culls—lew than
06 per rent of the total citrus
shipment—have been sent out of
the Valley so far this season fed-
eral marketing figures revealed
Tuesday.
U. S Combination and No 2
grades led the shipments. Very few
No 1 boxes were shipped.
Here are the ficures:
U. S No 14 boxes by rail 52
by truck; total. 56.
U. S. combination- 85.145 boxes
by truck 235.718 by rail; total 320.-
363.
U. 8 No 2: 191561 boxes by
truck. 6390 by rati; total. 58.073
Culls: 179 by truck none by rail.
The total boxes shipped thus far
is 657730. or 1647 43 cars.
National Farm Co-Op
Discussed In Capital
WASHINGTON—</P\— A group
of 25 growers shippers and offi-
cials of farmers' cooperative mark-
eting organizations discussed with
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
Tuesday a proposal to organize a
national farmers cooperative to
Improve the distribution and tale
of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Plans for organizing such a co-
operative are to be discussed by
grower* at a meeting her* Thur*-
Iday.
BRITISH BLASTC
NAZI SHIPYARD
Reich Convoy Struck
Blow In Channel
BY THE ASSOC IATED PRESS
British RAF warplanes struck tw®
crippling blows at German ship-
ping the London air mimtry re-
ported Tueday. dumping ton of
high explotve and at leat 1.000
fire bombs on Hamburg dockyard!
—where German warships were
i under construction—and blasting A
Nazi convoy in the rhannel.
The air ministry said bomba ex-
ploding around the convoy almost
lifted ome of the hip out of the
water In an hour-long assault on
Hamburg numerous fires were
started in the shipyard and sur-
rounding dock# the ministry said.
Two more British spokesmen
meanwhile amplified Prime Min-
ister Winston Churchills ar-sertlo®
that Britain would launch an of-
' tensive and gain control of the alv
in i»4l.
Lord Croft war undersecretary
declared * the war can never be
won without a military decision
cast or west or on both front*.
Another authorized spokesman lit
London forecast an increased use
of air pov er In British land opera-
tions Thus was an evlccnt refer-
ence to heralded big-scale warfare
in the MediterraneanEgypuau
1 theater.
Big Fires Set By
Nazi Plane Raids
_
BERLIN —• /»’>— Nad bomb-
I carving fighting planes left a
series of fires in overnight raids on
London. Liverpool Birmingham
and other key points in central
and south England the German
high command said Tuesday.
Its communique cited particular-
ly heavy damage on an airplan*
works in Levland. north of Liver-
pool. and two other armament
works
Troop concentrations airport*
warehouses and port facilities wer#
other Important Nad targets.
10 Greek Sailors
Rescued After 27
Days of Drifting
BUENOS AIRES A new
chapter in the thrilling saga of
the sea was unfolded Tuesday by
10 Greek sailors who tossed on
the South Atlantic for 27 days
in an open -boat after their ves-
sel. the 5.366-ton Antonios Chan-
dris. had oeen sunk by a German
raider.
Th* 10. weak from lack of food
and water were landed hero
Monday by the British ship Ena
de Larrinagn. which picked them
up while they were trying to
reach the South American coast.
Twenty-three other survivors of
the Antonios Chandris—the re-
mainder of the crew—were land-
ed at Rio de Janeiro by another
i vessel Oct 13.
Skoyfalos Antonios mate of the
Greek ship said he and his nine
companions had sufficient food
for only seven days and water
for only three when they took to
their lifeboat.
* High sees and a burning trop-
ical sun made their plight dif-
ficult from the start. After the
tirst few days the mate limited
the dally rations to two marine
rrackers which were shared by
the 10 men.
Mrs. Jack Young To
Build $2500 Home
A building permit for a five room
frame brick veneer home estimat-
ed to cost 12 500. was Issued Tues-
day to Mrs. Jack Young by the city
engineer's office. The house will
be built near the city on the Boc*
Chica cutoff road. W. E Adam*
is the contractor
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