The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 118, Ed. 2 Wednesday, October 30, 1940 Page: 3 of 12
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National Draft Lottery Concludes At Dawn Wednesday
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(FUR FLIES AS
SOLONS QUIZ
MAYORHAGUE
Jersey Chief Calls
Probe ‘Picayune’;
‘Willie and ‘Bird’
Cause Confusion
.
NEWARK. N. J.—<JP—A United
State* senate subcommittee* inves-
tigation of election fraud charges
In Jersev City and other parts of
New Jersey was denounced and
ridiculed by Mayor Frank Hague of
Jersey City Tuesday as a “ten
cent picayune political" Inquiry
j Intended to deprive President
41 Roosevelt of the states 16 electoral
^ votes.
Recriminations
Recriminations flew fast and
furtouslv between Hague and Sen-
ator Tobev tR-NH) consuming *0
^ much of the two-hour session that
little time mas left to the question
of fraud. After the turbulent hear-
ing. to which Hague was sub-
poenaed mhen he refused to ap-
pear voluntarily the committee ad-
journed until after election.
Hague repea tedly asked Tobev
•bout conditions in New Hampshire
when the senator quizzed him con-
cerning his democratic stronghold
of Hudson county.
What's The Debt?
Asked what was the debt of
Jersey City. Hague retorted:
• What's the debf of New Hamp-
shire?" then ixunting to Tobev's
non and secretary he said: "Look
•t Willie mhispering in his ear."
Angered. Tobev Jumped up and
said the youth** name was not
"Willie’ brt Charles and that he
wasn't whispering. He then point-
ed to Hague's nephew and Secre-
tary Frank Hague F.ggers and said:
"How about tha‘ bird prompting
you?"
This time Hague arose shaking
• finger at Tobey and veiled:
"Don't call mv nephew a bird
Don t act like a loafer. I want to
say to you. senator you are very
Insulting I didn’t come here to be
Insulted T resent your attitude
Senator Gillette iD-Iowni fchair-
I man of the campaign expenditures
^ committee* should be ashamed at
putting you on this committee."
CHICAGO VISITOR
RAN BENITO—Mr.v Maud fieng-
er of Chicago arrived Monday night
♦o a lend several months visiting in
♦he home of her sister Mrs. W J
Vmsant.
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HEAD OF THE
r BOURBON
FAMILY
OHE TASTE W/LL
TELL YOU WHY
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Par tor Prwitt. wrn* ter
“TIM tot l HaiUbae* '
|M 11c ta Httiaaal On
Bitan f « •ait?.Wa<lSt
tutw*. tor Tart. N T
‘Life House* Cool
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Pictured above with R. L- Brock-
man Brownsville building con-
tractor is Ralph Helm southern
district representative of Reed Unit
Fans. This fan. shown between
them was installed in the "Life
House" which has Just been com-
pleted on Palm Boulevard. It la a
so-inch Reed Unit Fan capable of
drawing 18 700 cubic feet of fresh
air per minute through doors and
windows. This air is exhausted from
the Attic through various openings.
L. W. Smith. Valley representa-
tive of the Southmost Sash and
Door company. Harlingen assisted
Mr. Helm. The Harlingen firm is
the distributor for Reed Unit Fans
in the Valley.
WAGNER RAPS
LEWIS STA D
Labor Head Position
Shocking He Says
NEW YORK —OF—Senator Rob-
ert Wagner declared Tuesday night
in a reply to John L. L*wis en-
dorsement of Wendell Willkte. "plus
the Republican leadership of today
constitute a most reactionary and
antisocial threat"’ to the rights and
well-being of labor.
The author of the national labor
relations art and other New Deal
labor legislation declared in a
roast-to-roasf broadcast that Lewis’
counsel to workers "shocked the
liberal and humanitarian sentiment
of America ”
The best of leaders make mis-
takes. W’agner continued and
sometimes thev are led into error
bv uncurbed ambition or by long
brooding over some personal pique ”
'The central issue in this cam-
paign.” he went on. "is Just this:
Do the social and economic philo-
sophies of the Republican candi-
date and the companv he ire-
you comfort and assurance for the
future’ Or do they remind you ol
Herbert Hoover?”
K. C. To Attend
Weslaco Event
Members of Brownsville Council
Knights of Columbus will attend
communion and mass at St. Joan
of Arc church in Weslaco honoring
Rev James Cassidy pastor of the
Weslaco church at R a. m. Sundav.
All members are urged feO be
present at the Knights of Colum-
bus Hall Sunday at 6 4' » m. to
leave in a bodv for Weslaco ac-
cording to Grand Knight Ralph
Friedman.
The council will also attend In a
bodv at the blessing of the new St.
Anthony's Catholic church in Har-
lingen on Sunday. Nov. 11. it was
announced at the regular council
meeting Tuesday night.
Bishops E. Ledvina and M Gar-
rtga will sing pontifical high mass
at the Harlingen ceremonies
8tate Deputy F J. Kinane Of
Austin has notified the local coun-
cil that he will be In Brownsville
Dec l to attend the local council’s
initiation ceremonies at that time.
A class of more than 65 candidates
will particimte in the initiation
plans for which were discussed at
Tuesday’s meeting
As soon as cool weather sets In.
coffee and doughnuts will he serv-
ed at every meeting of the local
council it was announced.
Residents of Buena
Vida Aid Red Cross
Women residents of Buena Vida
housing project here have started
six sweaters which when finished
will be donated to the Red Cross
to be sent overseas to war-torn
Europe
Knitting classes which began re-
cently at the project under super-
vision of Mrs L. B Winans. have
an average attendance of 15 wo-
men.
Yam for the classes Is furnished
by the Red Cross and attendance
ha.s been so high that approximate-
ly 20 women have been placed on
the waiting list until more yarn
can be obtained. Mrs Winans said.
Two sewing machines were don-
ated to the knitting class Tuesdav
bv Mrs. H H Boyd and Mrs. Ellra-
beth Hackett.
FLOWERS PLANTED
RANGERVILLE — Plantings of
bougainvillea at the Rangervllla
school was completed this week Or-
namental cedars mark the front
entrance to the building and long
rows of flowers extend from the
lront walk to the building. Laigr.
hybiscus will be planted around
the entire building.
When Itching Feet
Torture You Boo TBCKO
When itching feet torture you when
there are tiny blisters excessive mois-
ture cracked skin between or under
your toes you may he suffering with
Athlete's Foot. On contact TUCKO
stops the itching and aids nature in
healing the infection. Sold bv vnur
druggist an a mon*y-b*ck gumma**.
SIX NUMBERS
LOST DURING
BIG DRAWING
Junior Drawing* Held
And Winds Up With
2 More Numbers
Than It Should Have
(Continued from Page One.)
"Today we have witnessed an un-
precedented event in our peacetime
history—the development of an or-
derly routine for the calling out oi
a vast peace-time army.
Through the Night
"Large military establishments
have been avoided since the first
colonies were established in this
country but It has been demon-
' strated in the last few hours that
when necessity- arises every man.
every woman ts willing to forego
all precedent."
The great lottery which began
Tuesday with such patriotic sol-
emnity and ceremony reached its
early morning hours of almost mo-
notonous routine.
Official and unofficial calcula-
tions were that holders of num-
bers drawn after the first 1500 or
2.000 taken from the bowl would
not be summoned before dratt
I boards the first year.
Enough For Year Quota
More than enough numbers had
been drawn by midnight to meet
the first year's quota of 800.000 men.
| All arbitrary calculations were
necessarily complicated by the fact
that 1.164 of the numbers drawn
wrere higher than those held by
any known registrant in the roun-
* try- The highest yet reported was
7.836. held by a man In the Balti-
more area.
Extra Numbers
j <The 1164 extra numbers were
added to cover late registrations
or possible errors).
Local draft boards will Ignore any
numbers which are higher than
) their total registration making
them blanks on the local list which
shows the order in which their
particular registrants are subject to
calL
Average Of 6.%0 Men
Once this has been done offi-
cials believe it will be found that
an average of 650 men will be ex-
amined in each of the 6.175 local
board areas to obtain the first
vear's quota Of these 650 men an
average of 130 men per board area
v ill be needed to meet the first
\ears quota. It was emphasized
however that the actual number of
men examined and the actual num-
ber of men called may vary wide-
ly from board area to board area
depending on the size of the area’s
registration.
Although the exact size of the
smallest local list of .registrants in
the country is not known here. It
was considered probable that even-
one of the 6 175 areas has a regis-
’ trant holding 158—the historic first
number—unless a mistake was marie
in numbering the registration cards.
Man Hears Number
At least one man sat in the au-
ditorium Tuesday holding that first
number which Secretary Stimson
picked and which President Roose-
velt him.-eil announced to waiting
million* of radio listeners In a slow
and precise voice
The man was Herbert J Ehrsnm.
34. a ci\il service commision exam-
iner and father of two small chil-
dren. With him .vat his wife w-nrg
had a four-leaf clover tucked In
the heel of her shoe—a needless
talisman since Ehrsom probably
will be deferred anyway.
Cry of Surprise
When 158 war called. Mrs Henry
8 Bell of Washington also In »he
audience gave a sharp crv of sur-
prise Her son. Henry Robert 21
held the first number. At the mo-
ment. he was in a downtown store
with his fiancee. Sarah Virginia
Carter. 21. shopping for furniture.
Thev plan to marrv November 8
ten davs before the fir*t SfVOPO se-
lective sc’vice trail: es are lnduc-
I tod Into sendee
I "My God. it’s Bob.* exclaimed
Miss Crrter. when she heard the
number called on a radio In the
the store. Thev dropped a rug
they were examining and went
home. No sale.
Center of Excitement
Young Bell's mother had become
the renter of the only little swirl
of excitement. In the whole draft
drawing Within 10 minute* she
had shaken hands with Dr. Dvkstra.
national selective sendee director
been photographed profusely and
j Interviewed.
Her husband a Washington fire-
man. who had been standing in a
drizzle outside among American
Legionnaires serving a* a guard of
j honor puffed in to participate in
1 the fleeting moment.
CARNIVAL NETS 8300
HA3LINOEN—The Band Booster
carnival held h-re Saturday netted
8330 06. J. L Head carnival treas-
urer. said Tuesday.
WAKE UP
YOUR OWN
LAXATIVE FLUID
Anti Maybe You Too Will Feel Lika
"Happy Days Ara Hera Again"
Do you suffer from constipation? Do too
suffer from fatty indigestion below the Kelt
or sirk headaehe or biliousness due to consti-
pation* Do you fee 1 ornery from being con-
stipated? If so. you may need to buck up the
flow of your natural laxative fluid with
Carter * Little Liver Pill*. Try them accord-
ing t* direction*. These pills made of twe
ample vegetable medicines have doubled th*
flow of thi* laxative juice in aome people at
Proved by medical test*. W hen two pints o»
this laxative fluid flow* through our bowel
every dav the above miseries of the flesh
due to constipation mav go away. Then many
of us may feel like ‘ Happy Day* Are Here
i Again.” Ask your druggist now log CsrtcrY
| Unis Li'ax POis. 10# sad SM
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Jardin Prepares
For Spcoks
Magic potions are reported being
brewed near El Jardin school as
the student council is preparing
for its annual Hallowe'en carnival
to be given at the school Thursday
night Oct. 31.
Proceeds of the carnival will be
used for the school athletic fund.
Newly elected representatives are
Anna Froyd and Betty Crow from
the senior class; Albert Drumright
Robert Ford—Juniors; Etoris Mar-
tin Margal Vivars — sophomores;
Bobby Hunter Don Eddie Hocka-
day—freshmen; Tom Keller Guil-
lermo Guzman seventh grade.
The council has a constitution
which it drew up and adopted un-
der direction of Miss Mildred Han-
j na last year. I* H. Terrell social
I science instructor is this year's
sponsor of the council.
NEW PASTOR IN
RAYMONDVILLE
Rev. C. T. Hardt At
Methodist
RAYMONDVILLE — The Rav-
mondville Methodist church has a
new pastor.
He is Rev. Charles T Hardt one-
♦ ime missionary to Poland for the
past five years pastor of the Ward
Memorial church 'at Austin.
Rev. Hardt is c native Texan
hailing from Medina county. He
attended Southwestern university
at Georgetown Southern Method-
ist university at Dallas and Van-
derbilt university at Nashville.
Tenn.
Mrs. Hardt Is a graduate of
Southwestern and Vanderbilt The
couple have a daughter. Annabelle.
j 12. who is an eighth grade student.
Rev. and. Mrs. Hardt were sta-
tioned for five years at Pojman.
Polrnd. nor/ known as Posen since
the German occupation.
The couple had made only one
previous trip to the Valley.
Pharr Red Cross
Drive Opens Nov. 10
PHARR—The Red Cross roll call
drive for Pharr will open during
the week of Nov. 10. Rev. W. W.
Stewart rector of the Trinity Epis-
copal church who is Pharr roll
call chairman as well as county roll
call chairman said.
The Pharr drive will be organ-
ized on much the same line as last
vear he states with men canvass-
ing the business district and the
women the residential and nearby
rural areas.
Pharr raised a total of S237 last
vear in the November roll call and
expects to exceed tnis amount this
year.
October Recruiting
May Set New Mark
WASHINGTON —<4* - The war
department announced Tuesday as
conscription of manpower was about
to begin that 35.276 men had vol-
unteered for three-vear enlistments
in the army thus far thus month
Predicting that enlistments dur-
ing the full month would surpass
September's record of 42.571. offi-
c.als said the estimated enlisted
Mrength of the army now was 360-
noo.
SEVEN PUPIL’S
MAKE ALLA’S
Lead La Joya Honor
Roll j
LA JOY A—Seven "gilt edge" stu-
dents led the list of honor roll pu-
pils listed this week by Hugh H
Norris principal of the La Joya
! unit of the Tabasco school district.
Based on grades made during the
t first six weeks the list included
also "honor roll” and "honorable
mention'' pupils
Gilt edge- Emma Dell Castleber-
ry Betty Benedict. Myrtle Denbow
Jack Steen Ricardo Zapata Aman-
do Salinas. Gustavo Martinez.
Honor roll: Sam Deckard. Amaclo
Chapa Anna Belle Forquer Betty
Gillespie. Eleanor Daskam David
Reyna G. B Cronfil Josefa Oli-
varez. Tommie Marie Bake. Eva
Mae Hughes Nestor Garza. Lydia
I Gonzales. Margarita de Luna.
Modesto Flares. Ricardo Pena.
Elida Elizondo Elcte Ruth Forquer.
Israel Garza Alejandro Martinez
Luis Martine. Daniel Reyna Isma-
el Martinez. Elsa Elizondo. Miguel
de Luna. Anacleto Longoria Joe
Garcia. Rovce Gene Glover Ima
Jean Walker Donna Thomas. Sigi-
fredo Garza. Guillermtna Cantu.
Gloria Revna. Margaret Dobbs.
Edelmira Flores. E«ter Jimenez.
Cleotilde Flores. Oscar Flores. Fran-
ces Cardenas. Josefina Guzman. El-
|va Zamora Irene Mandujano. Juan
Montalvo. Nieves Garcia. Alberto
Jackson Antonio Fariss. Jose Rios.
Daniel Zamora Dorothy Schulze.
Clara Lee McWhorter Janet Thom-
as Sylvia Niementz.
Honorable mention: Billie Marie
Gillespie Esther Lankford. Mada-
line Hall. Mmif Opal Rainwater.
Eliberto Reyna. Lucia Garza. Wal-
lace Hughes. Alicia Flores. Romulo
Martinez Alfredo Rios. Nelda Mc-
Whorter. Tima Flores Nora Law-
rence. Maximo Diaz.
Alicia Garcia. Betty Irene Hel-
mann. Ofelia Morales. Helen Lank-
ford. Isaura Garcia. Rasie Longo.
Sam Lawrence. Jr.. Oraha Salinas.
Hilda Pena Helen Reyna Sal
\arior Mireles. Silvern Lamas. Leo-
nardo Longoria. Oralia Morales
Aurora Garza. Patricia Offield. Ro-
dolfo Pena. Armando Merrado.
La Verne K*nnemer. Robert Bier-
ba^er. Nellie Cant William Mayes.
Melba Squires. Maria Garza. Anita
Zamora Josefina Zamora. Shirlev
Squires. Frank Niemietz. Lydia
Kato. Richard Hoggard. Josefina
Flores. Elma Flores. Manuel Flo-
res. Bustamante Villarreal.
Sportsman Granted
New Mexico Divorce
ALBUQUERQUE NM — V A
divorce was obtained in district-
M Wtinesdiv bv CMf L Wag-
goner. wealthy Texas and New
Mexico sportsman from his sixth
wife. Virginia Green Waggoner of
Fort Worth.
Accompanvlng the decree. Issued
by Judge Bryan O Johnson was
a prooertv settlement awarding
Mrs. Wacgoner *75 000 in cash and
personal property.
IVoor Motor Will Purr
When You Use Mo-
ilgas and Mnhiloil.
BRACHT’S
Super Service Station
3rd A Elizabeth Brownsville
Bendix Laundry
In Model Home
The Kaaker Home Appliance
Company of La Peria. are happy
to announce the Installation of a
Bendix Horn* Laundry in the
Brownsville -Life House” on Palm
Boulevard in Los Ebanos Estates.
The La Peru firm are pioneers
for Bendix in the Rio Grande Val-
ley with hecdquarters at La rerta.
Mr. Haaker invites people of
Brownsville and the Valley to see
his display of four different models
tanging In price to suit your pock-
et book — some models as low as
j j 24 50.
The public is invited to bring
their laundry and see it go through
tills machine with no attention on
their part. No old fashioned rime
tubs no mess and no work. You will
not be obligated in any way. All we
ask is that you tell your friends
what you saw and how much whiter
and cleaner your clothes looked done
this modem way.
EAGLE PASS
AIDED HOUSE
Furnished Material For
Model Home
The Eagle Pass Lumber company
according to Manager W. E. Hear-
er. has appreciated the opportun-
ity to supply the materials for the
Brownsville "Life House.” “It has
given us a chance to show that we
can supply the very latest in mod-
ern building materials and we did
It.” he said.
Mr. Heaner also stated: "Al-
though you mav not be able to af- !
lord a “Life House” there ia little
difference between renting and
buying living accommodations on
the monthly pavment plan.” he
continued “if you are not paying
enough to buy the place where you
are now living many times the
landlord figures he Is losing
money."
If you plan to build your new
home now. you can do so with Tull
assurance that you are building
at a time when your money buys
more material and labor than in
the nast eight vears and with the j
further assurance tpat no more
liberal terms will ever be obtain-
able he said.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
RANGERVILLE — Thanksgiving
hohdavs for the Rangerville Inde-
pendent schools have been set for
November 28 to December 1 inclu-
sive bv the school otficials.
|
COTTON XMAS
IDEA B04 I
Give Gifts of South’s
Crop Council Urges
MEMPHIS— <>P) —‘Make thi?
Christmas Cotton Christ mas!"
This is the slogan of the National
Cotton Council in its campaign to
increase the consumption of Amer-
ican cotton.
Oscar Johnston president of the
council. In explaining the nation-
wide campaign said;
“I cannot too strongly urge every
man and woman in the nation to
give gifts of American cotton this
year. Loss of virtually all of our
foreign markets during the present
war makes it essential that every ^
possible effort be made to increase
the domestic consumption of cotton
and cotton products."
CHILDREN'S FIRE DRILL
RANGERVILLE — Fire captains
recently were elected from each
room in the elementary grides
here and regular ftre drills are
being given from time to time The
captains are Gordon Morrow
Charles Minor. Robert Hamilton
and Donald Weber.
Decorative as well as useful in every room of your j
home. Consists of glass base etched glass chimney
and candle in your choice of many attractive colors.
OUR Cent.
PRICE Each
ONLY— Complete
OVER A QUARTER CENTURY OF QUALITY
SERVICE AND GREATER VALUES
BROWNSVILLE
HARLINGEN
McALLEN
Broadway at Beaumont
3 BIG STORES
All price* quoted are N>t Small carrying
charge on budget account*.
WANT TO GET THE
I RAZZBERRV?
Try telling folks electric rotes
hove been cut in half!
1 1 work for Central Power and Light Company and the
other night I had aupper over at Jim and Edith's house. “No
fooling” I told them “you really do get about twice as much
electricity today as you did ten years ago for the same money.”
“Maybe you mean the bill is twice as high nowadays” uid Jim.
I said “Your bill probably is higher Jim. Mine is too. But there’s
a good reason for it. Look here ...”
2 And I took them around their house and pointed out their 3 Then I tossed a dime and a nickel on the 4 “Edith” I said “is this
refrigerator and electric washer and percolator radio toaster iron and table real dramatic-like and said "And you get all a bargain or isn’t it?” She
all the other electric gadgets not to mention the big bulbs in the lamps. this service for only about fifteen cents a dav! nodded "Never thought of
And I said "Now honestly aren’t you usin^ a whale of a lot more elec- And with our modern rates the more electricity it like that but it certainly
tricity than you did ten or twelve years ago?” They said that was right. you use> the more you cut youf electric rate.” is” she said.
_#CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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