The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 193, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 14, 1940 Page: 3 of 10
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Jap High Command Suggests Chiang Kai-Shek Seek Peace
50000 SLAIN
► 200.000 HURT
IN 0NEREGI0N
JOireat of Further
Slaughter Given
Reason For Ending
Warfare
HONGKONG — OP) — Declaring
50 500 Chinese have been killed and
200.000 wounded in Kwangsi pro-
vince fighting the Japanese high
cor nmand for South China sug-
gei ted Wednesday to Chinese Gen-
ei lissimo Chiang Kai-Shek that he
stv k peace under threat of further
slu ughter.
In messages to Chiang and other
Cli inese generals the Japanese
cot nmand adde that 50.000 Chinese
ha«i deserted or been captured and
ask ed careful consideration wheth-
er ‘ you should add to the depletion
of your fighting forces or seek
peace.”
C hinese dispatches Wednesday
reported that 3 000 Japanese sol-
di^-s had been killed in the pro-
vince since Monday and that Chi-
ne a* airmen had repelled a raid by
27 Japanese planes on the Hanoi-
Kin irmng railway.
To Install Pastor
M ERCEDES — A called meeting
of 1 he Western Texas Presbytery
was held at the F.rst Presbyterian
church here this week to receive
and arrange for Installation of
Rev Charles A Tucker as pastor
□f due church.
R» v. Fl>nn V Long of Harlin-
gen was moderator and H T Siot-
ler i if Mercedes was cler' . Rev.
Tucl :er was received into the Pres-
bvtci y of Western Texas from the
Pres by ter y oT Mangum Okla.
HOLM’S STUDIO
NEW LOC ATION
I'lth Street opposite Capitol
Theatre
Tour Films Developed Free
NEW CITY HALL IS READIED
XVA youths are shown above reconditioning the old First National
Rank building to make way for the new city hall which will be located
there. Gaining experience in painting and refinishing an average of
15 youths will be employed for 60 days.
NOT AS EASY AS
THAT YOUNG LADY
TULSA —— A young woman
stormed into the district court
clerk’s office and demanded: "Give
me a divorce!”
The clerk. Paul Burney suggest-
ed she have a lawyer file a peti-
tion for one.
"Oh. she said. "I thought all you
had to do was ask for it.”
Lyford Schools Shut
LYFORD — Influenza mca. les
and chickenpox became so wide-
spread here that all classes in the
public school have been dismissed
until next Monday.
Superintendent J. M. Auld and
City Health Officer J. C Strawn
asked parents to keep children at
home all week in order to prevent
spread of the epidemic.
Federal off fleers arrested 538 per-
sons for robbing postoffices in 1939
and convicted 510.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
•ON FEEDING DOGS’
JOLIET. III. —f/P>— The young
couple were profuse In their apolo-
gies for the condition of the book
which they were returning to the
library. It ha* been chewed by
their dog. The book: “How to Train
Your Dog.”
Sanders Child Better
DONNA — Lye swallowed acci-
dentally by Doralea Sanders. 18-
months-old daughter of Mr and
Mrs Truman Sanders severely
burned the infants mouth and
throat. Sanders is assistant dis-
trict attorney for Hidalgo county.
40 & 8 to Meet
HARLINGEN — Child welfare
work will b? discussed at 8 p. m
Wednesday in the city hall at a
regular meeting of Voiture 231
Forty and Eight of Cameron and
Willacy counties.
- MARY LAKES
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II 0 DENIES
DAVIS IS AGENT
Contract Terminated
Government Says
MEXICO CITY —UP)— The gov-
ernment petroleum distributing
agency published a statement Wed-
nesday denying reports an Ameri-
can oil man had been given ex-
clusive representation for sale of
Mexican petroleum products in
Europe.
The statement said trade jour-
nals had announced "E R. Davis”
had been given such representa-
tion but it declared Davis had "no
commercial relationship whatever”
with the agency that “his contract
for purchase of such products was
terminated several months ago.”
The government recently can-
celled an oil barter deal whereby
W. R. Davis exchanged Mexican oil
for cash and merchandise in Ger-
many. Oil men said the statement
apparently was intended to mean
W R Davis and that the initials
E R” were probably a stenograph-
ic error.
The statement made no men-
tion of rumors that Mexico had
been negotiating with Centralamer.
Ltd. of London for sale of a large
quantity of oil to the French
government nor were the rumors
confirmed in official circles.
Weather
(For Valley forecast see Page one)
For Palfurrlaa-Laredo-Winter Garden
Bection: Partly cloudy and warmer
Wednesday night.
For Bast Texas (east of 100 meri-
dian (; Partly cloudy warmer Wednes-
day night; Thursday partly cloudy
warmer In Bast and South port tons
Gentle to fresh north-east to south
winds on the coast.
WEATHER SUMMARY
A field of moderately high atmos-
pheric pressure covered that section
Wednesday morning from extreme
northeastern Mexico and the extreme
northwest Oulf up into Missouri (Cor-
pus Christ! Texas 30.22); low pressure
prevailed in the West and in the east-
ern states (Winnemucca Nev. 29 58
Norfolk. Va. 29.16). Scattered rains oc-
curred during the last 24 hours in the
eastern third or the country and m
the far Northwest. Cooler weather pre
vailed Wednesday morning In the east-
ern and southern states and in th*
far West and weather was warmer else
where.
Brownsville 6 30 a. m. (C8T) sea-
level pressure 30.19.
RIO GRANDE RIVER BULLETIN
Stage Stage Change Rain
Flood Present 24-Hr 24-Hr.
laredo . 27 2.3 0.0 .00 cloudy
Rio Grande . 21 0 3 0 0 00 cloudy
Hidalgo .... 21 14 —01 00 cloudy
Mercedes .... 21 2.9 —0.7 .00 cloudy
Brownsville . 18 0.7 —0.7 .00 cloudy
There will be no material change In
the river during the next 24 to 36
hours.
Sunset Wednesday . 6:22
Sunrise Thursday . 7:06
STATIONS Highest Lowest Preclpl-
last last tation
34 hours night (inche-
Abllene . 53 29 .00
Albuquerque .... 45 21 .00
Amarillo . 43 22 .00
Atlanta . 62 30 .34
Austin . 56 30 .00
Boston . 37 27 .00
Chicago . 27 18 .02
Cincinnati . 33 22 .62
Cleveland . 26 18 .22
Corpus Chrlstl ... 66 38 .00
Dallas . S3 28 .00
Del Rio . 59 42 .00
Denver . 40 25 .00
Dodge City . 41 28 .00
IS Paso . 52 28 .00
Fort Smith . 41 23 .00
Helena . 32 26 .00
Houston . 54 32 .00
Huron . 33 24 .00
Jacksonville . 70 44 .00
Kansas City . 29 23 .00
Los Angeles . 70 49 .00
Memphis . 36 27 .21
Miami . 77 70 .00
Mpis. 8t. P. 21 12 .00
New Orleans .... 71 37 .00
Norfolk . 62 46 .01
North Platte .... 42 22 .00
Oklahoma City .. 46 24 .00
Palestine . 50 33 .00
Pensacola . 66 35 .08
Phoenix . 68 38 00
8t. Louis . 32 23 .00
Salt Lake City .. 38 34 .00
San Antonio . 60 36 .00
Sheridan . 32 13 .00
Shreveport . 49 29 .00
Tampa . 67 51 1.73
Vicksburg . 60 30 .38
Washington . — — .32
Wllllston . 27 22 00
Wilmington . 67 51 .13 1
Winnemucca .... 43 32 .06
•DEL MAR . 67 U<i
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FRUIT Highest lowest Preclpt-
8TATION8 last last tatlon
34 hours night (inches
-TEXAS—
Brownsville . 78 48 .00
CarrUro Springs ..83 42 .00
Falfurrlas . 71 41 .00
Harlingen . 71 40 .00
Laredo . 68 43 .00
Mission . 70 47 .00
-FLORIDA —
Bartow . 70 50 107
Belle Glade . missing
Bustle . 74 48 .31
Fort Myera . 75 58 1.78
Gainesville . 73 41 .03
Hastings . 75 44 .22
Orlando ...... 75 49 .45
—CALIFORNIA— Feb. 13. 1940
Orovtlle . 55 44 .00
Salinas . 61 38 .00
Lindsay . 61 39 .00
Santa Barbara ... 67 41 .00
Riverside . 89 34 .00
Escondido . 69 33 .00
Imperial . 75 40 .00
•Unofficial Courtesy Chamber of Com-
merce.
Rice Is Chairman
SAN JUAN — W. O. Rice was
named chairman of the board of
trustees of the People’! church at
the board's February meeting. O.
H. Stugard Is vice chairman and
A B Cron Is clerk. Other board
members are J. C. Doedvns. E. A.
Reichert. J. E Wilkins. G. C. Ritch-
ey. T. J. Thompson and T. E.
Thompson.
POSTAL WORKERS HONORED
f—“ -- ———' — » — ■■ ---
Gregory L. Baker left and Henry Lindhorn. above parcel poet track
drivers for the Brownsville postoffice received national recognition
recently when they were awarded safe driving medals by Washington
postal officials.
37% of Brownsville High
Students on Honor Roll
Thirty-seven percent of the
Brownsville high school students
made the first semester honor roll
for 1939-40. Principal Ben L. Brite
announced Wednesday.
There were 214 Eagle students on
ine honor roll out of a student
body of 572. The honor roll in-
cluded 32 drill squad girls 10 on
the “A" roil and 22 on the “B".
As usual the girls outnumbered
the boys with 125 co-eds setting
scholastic records compared to j
only 89 boys.
The “A” roil totaled only 38
names 22 of them in the senior
class where honors mere close be-
tween the boys and co-eds. Twelve
senior co-eds made the “A” roll
and 10 senior boys.
The boys of the Junior class
were the only group not to place
on the “A" roll. Principal Brite
announced the semester honor roll
as follows:
SENIORS
“A”
Girls: Gabriela Acosta Rose Alice
Bishop. Elr.ine Dorfman. Harriet
Hardin. Mary Katherine Hillyer
Evangeline Longoria. Peggy Mc-
Polk Katherine Myers. Ida Ora-
son. Barbara Ann Pendleton Lila
Lee Prosser and Eva Yznaga.
Bovs: Carlos Calderon Harry
Carson. Joe Hahn. Henry Havre.
Harold Henderson George Martin
Cesar Mascorro. Harold Munson
Charles Pennel Richard Pierce.
"B”
Girls: Beverly Black. Esperla
Baker. Luz Maria Morja. Mary
Margaret Chapa. Maria Lydia Cor-
nejo Elvira Calderon Hortencia
Cavazos. Mildred Cole Ella Den-
nett Mary Dennies. Ruth Edel-
stein. Stell Edmundson.
Also. Bobbie Jean Green. Guada-
lupe Garcia Anna Ginn. Elvira
Gutierrez. Lupita Gutierrez. Jean-
ette Hofheinz. Gloria Hayes Anne
Mae Highsmith. Olga Laulom. Ly-
dia Longoiia. Billie'Lee. Maria de
Jesus Martinez. Ernestina Oliveira.
Beatrice Perez and Lydia Perez.
Also. Beth Personette. Emily
Pitt Thelma Pope. Bette Pruden
Westelle Ramsower. Olga Rodri-
guez. Helen Rollins. Florence Ripke
Hayden Swansey. Gloria and Mi-
nerva Solis. Isabelle Tallon. Dolly
Tough. Maria Teresa Trevino. Iris
Vaughn. Elizabeth White and Mar-
jorie Wilson.
Boys: J ear el Lee Adams. Robert
Bell. Alfredo Cisneros. Alfredo Car-
denas. Leonor Delgado. Jimmy Dor-
ris. Robert Finkelstein Joe Flores.
J. E. Givens. Guillermo Gutierrez.
Eleazar Gonzales. Marshall Gra-
ham. Santos Gonzales. Miguel Gar-
za George Hunt. Richard Huff-
aker. James Hargis. Alan Huffman.
George Lova James McNair. Phil-
lip Miller J. D. Orason. Pierre Van
de Putte William Reed. Charles
Richardson. Robert Rowe. Tom
Stevenson. Humberto Tames and
Fred Tough.
JUNIORS
“A"
Girls: Lena Holland. Esther La-
Madrid. Agripina Osoria. Gladys
Rollins and Marion Smith.
Boys: None. . 1
“B*
Girls: Ruth Andrews. Billie Jean
Chestnut Frames Clark. Goldia
Cockrill. Mary Louise Curling. Lou-
eila Dickey. Imogene Graham. Bel-
va Gunn. Frances Goolsby. Win-
nonah Hanna. Audrey Hockenson.
Ora Lee Lamberth Maude Layton.
QUICK RELIEF FROM
Symptoms of Mstross Arising from
STOMACH ULCERS
MIC TO EXCESS ACID
FrooioofcTollsofHomoTrQBtmontUml
Most Holp or It WIN Cost Yon Nothing
Orer one million bottle* of the WILLARD
TREATMENT here been eotd for reUefot
rymptom* of dMreao artatns from ttemech
and Duodenal IMcor* due to Iimm Add-
Peer Olfodten Seur or Upee* Stomach
Ccttinni. IIcmtfew n Sleep!*Mem etc.
due to Caceoo Add. Sold on 15 dayi' trial!
A*k for *‘WMIerd*o Maoeepo” which fully
explain* thla tresumnt—tree—a*
MrKiy’l Pharmacy
Vegetable Laxative
Has Important Points
Most people want a laxative to do
three things: (1) act punctually
<2) act thoroughly (S) act genUy.
Here's one that usually fills all
three requirements when the easy
directions are followed. It’s an all-
vegetable product whose principal
ingredient has medical recognition
laa an “intestinal tonic-laxative." I
That's the ingredient which en-
ables BLACK-DRAUGHT to help
tone lazy bowel muscles. It is the
main reason for the satisfying re-
lief from constipation that gener-
ally follows next morning when
BLACK-DRAUGHT is taken at
bedtime. The millions of packages
used are proof of lu menu
Nola Jean Libbe. Sara Martinez
Caroline Monroe. Mary Alice Myers.
Lorene Schroeder. Marie Shultz
Jimmie Lee Tallon Adelaida Tre-
vino. Maria Vallejo Barbara Wil-
liams Josephine Yglesias and
Olga Zarate.
Boys: Gilberto Borja Ernesto
Cruz. Ramon Delgado. Tiburcio
Hernandez. Prank Hubbard. Mike
MacManus. Gene Parker. Bill Ras-
co. Lean Stein. Victor Lee Stewart
Carlos Villarreal
SOPHOMORES
"A”
Girls: Blanca Gloria Outierref.
Florestella Lerma Berta Recio
Gloria Recio and Rosa Sobrino.
Boys: Ruben Alvarez. Jesus Lu-
cio. Jimmy Rerrtfro Jack Shiner
Harrison Whitnev and Lee Works.
"B"
Glrls: Carmen Acosta. Hlnelda
Alcala Evangelina Betanzos Mil
dred Blanton Ruth Cavasoa Ma-
rla Cavazos Janice Cease. Petra
Cuellar Lydia Delaunay Anna Ma-
rla Ellas Louise Flnkelstein Larla
Galvan Ruth Garcia Blaslta Oar-
*a and Becky Glenn.
Also Emu Oomez. Gail Hard-
castle. Peggy Hayes. Caroline Hud-
son. AdeU* Jauregul Elsa Killing-
stad. Josephine King. Geraldine
Lauver. Emma Lartigue. Sara Lo-
pez Della Martinez. Janice Mc-
Kay Wanda McMillan. Lena Ruth
Moran. Maria Munoz. Caroline Ro-
driguez Pearl Souther. Kay Sasse
Dorothy Sheaier.
Boys: Ambrasio Acevedo. John-
ny Allgood. Virgil Bell Richard
Brandt. Leonal Briseno. T. W. Ce-
laya J. B. Coulter Encarnaclon
Cuellar. Ewing Day * artln Galvan
Salvador Garza Charles Glemser
George Gcfforth. Lynn Hakes. Carl
Jackson. Charles Jarratt Juan Lo-
pez. Abel&rdo Oliveira. Joe Pierce
Brent Pruden. Armando Ramirez
Joe Soliz. Ciprlano Saenz. Roy
Spencer. Jack Sutter. Wenceslno
Sanchez. Bobby Satcher. B o r 1 *
Vega Joseph Ward. Stuart Wood.
Thomas Washington. Hector Yzna-
ga and Alfonso Zarate.
THAT'S WHY SHIP
IS KNOWN AS 'SHE'
WASHINGTON-WPi-Why is a ship
always referred to as •she”? Rear
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz gave an
answer to the Society of Sponsors
of the United States Navy: Be-
cause it cost so much to keep one
in paint and powder."
MISS ROBERTSON ILL
8AN BENITO — Mrs Prank 8
Robertson is reported to be ill at her
home on North Dowling Avenue.
. .—■ — .—..■■■
Dr. Godbold to Speak
Before Church Group
Dr. Edgar Godbold of Kansas
City secretary of the Missouri
Baptist convention and a noted
Baptist educator and layman will
be the speaker at the regular
meeting of the Baptist brotherhood
Thursday at T:1S p. m. in tha
church basement
Dr. Godbold is • former presi-
dent of Howard Payn« college
Brown wood.
THREE ADDRESS KIWAMANS
HARLINGEN- Sidney Krtng. C.
H. Hamilton and Nate Berry were
speakers at the weekly Kiwania
dub meeting here Tuesday. Krlng
spoke of civic progress. Hamilton
called attention to the housing pro-
blem created by the forthcoming
Baptist State Sunday School con-
vention. and Berry announced
opening of the Texas Entomological
Society convention Wednesday. Har
ry Eagleston was program chair-
man.
Count on Penetro. Call your drug-
fiat right away and order a jar of
stainless white Penetro. Be prepared!
to save minutes in those times when
minutes count just everything in
comfort and in added feat—which Is
one of nature's own greatest aids in
fighting a cold. Get Penetro today*
PENETRO
enjoy that 1
i OLD-TIME BOURBON ELAVO* 1
Soft and Mellow as a A
| Kentucky Sprinp-Time Breeze^j
The model illustrated it the Bvicx Super model51 four-door touring sedan 11109 delevered at Flint Muh.
White sidewall tires additional *
CNE of these days the itch is going
to hit you to get out and get in on
the fun a Buick can be in the spring-
time.
You’re going to feel an irrepressible
yen to touch off that husky sweet-sing-
ing Dynaflash power plant and swing
out in gentle coil-spring comfort to take
in the fresh spring landscape.
Maybe like others we know of you’ve
even got the model picked out and are
just "waiting a few weeks" to do some-
thing definite about it.
But may we emphasize in purely
friendly interest that a lot of other
people probably have the same idea.
And that when they start buying in
droves—as they do every year about
the ides of March—even Buick’s big
factory has trouble keeping up with
them.
Of course we’re doing all we can to he
ready for everyone.
But you can get only so many cars in
a warehouse.
And a full warehouse can empty aw-
fully fast.
And what with everybody wanting
Buicks this season we can’t say how
long we can promise the delivery we
can give now.
So why not play the early bird this
year? Why not get the jump on your
neighbor and be driving your Buick
while he's still talking about getting
his?
You’ve nothing to
lose a lot o! fun to
gain —and you'll find
the address of your i
Buick dealer in the I
phone book. 1
Http Pmmett Sa/ftf—Dm Yomr Ugktj When Paitimg
'SkstSms
EX'IMHAR or CEMEX Ai MOTORS VAIUC
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