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Sunday, December M, 194t
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Congratulations
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
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To Our Citrus Growers and Other Valley Friends
To Make Necessary
Peggy Sage
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Conquest Of Europe Termed Top
Story Of 1940; Top 10 Listed By AP
----Special Notice----
To Dining Room Patrons
Repairs, Our Dining-Room
Will Be Closed
All-States Program Is
Due In February
Draftees At Mission
Inducted Jan. 20
CHRISTMAS DINNER
ON THIS
Visitors To Compete
For Cash Prize
Pope Concerned For
Children In War
Boy Scouts Collect
Supplies Monday
McAllen Tourists To
Stage Party
Total 250 Draftees
Now Called Here
RELIEF DRIVE
IS POSTPONED
(For Ten Best Valley
Stories, see Monday’s Val-
ley Morning Star.)
XMAS EVENTS
ARE PLANNED
near Joinerville.
Officers said the youth died of
“Cinco generaciones”
Have enjoyed their fine “sabor,”
And the little ones still come to lisp
•Naranja, por favor,”
As with longing eyes they gave apoa
The ancients’ golden store.
FIESTA SETS
TOURIST DAY
PORTLAND. Ore.—i/P»—Apart-
ment dwellers in a west side dis-
trict thought it was quite splen-
did of the city water department
when they turned on their kitchen
faucets and got charged water.
Right at the start of the holiday,
too.
— BUNDAY — MONDAY —
TUESDAY
by Miss Mary Berchmans of Brownsville, and are
of November 10th. for their historical and poetic
They have stoutly stood time's testing.
Fierce high winds and hard eold, too,
One winter frozen to the ground.
Springtime saw them sprout anew.
And again their scented blossoms
Opened in the morning tew.
He has often told Mis story.
How he watched the seedlings grow,
And, a child, with other children,
Ate the golden fruit aglow.
And he grew up with those orange trees,
From seventy years ago.
Canadian and British immigrants
comprise by far the greatest portion
of Detroit's foreign-born.
Shrimp. Fruit or Papaya Cocktail
Chicken a la Royal Soup
Celery. Pickleg and Olives
Baked Turkey and Oyster Dressing
Giblet Gravy and Cranberry Sauce
Choice of Several Other Meats
Candied Yams Fresh String BeoM
Buttered Asparagus Tips
Home Made Hot Rolls
Pickled Peach Salad or
Stuffed Celery Salad
Ambrosia with Fruit Caka
Fresh Strawberry Short Cake, Whipped Cream
Ice Cream and Sherbets
Parfaits an^ Sundaes
75c
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But It All Turns Out To Be Mistake
Now that “Magic” which they planted
In our citrus fruits doth glow,
And if to Laguna Seca
In your travels you should go.
You would see our first “narajoa”
Standing proudly in a row.
Would you like to hear the story
Of those ancient orange trees?
Then hearken to the whisperings
Of their branches and their leaves.
As they rustle and they murmur
In our “Magic Valley's” breeze.
Alto Theatre
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’Twas Hie “Padres” put th« “Magic”
In the “Valley” long ago.
As they rode upon their missions
Mid our ranches, to and fro.
In this land, along whose border
Rkj Grande s waters flow.
"SKYPET"
Now the seedlings grew and prospered
’Neath the sun, so bright and gay.
Which lights up our “Magic Valley”
And its products, day by day.
But which shines with special splendor
On our citrus fruits’ array.
From the Mother Church at BrownsvHle
He had traveled o’er the land,
And he bore, as was his custom,
Presents, for the ehtldish band
That ran eagerly to greet him,
And to clasp his kindly hand.
Now this day rt was an orange.
Shining golden in the sun.
And the seeds were duly planted
When the simple feast was done.
By the Padre” tired and weary,
And a happy little one.
PIUS PLEADS
FORPRAYERS
DURING XMAS
Roosevelt’s Third Term Ranks Second With Defense
Program Third; War Stories Predominate
The following verses were composed
reprinted from the Valley Morning Star issue
value pertaining to the Rio Grande Valley's most important industry:
MISSION — Congratulations are
extended to Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Jenkins of Mission on the birth of
a daughter Friday morning at the
Medical Arts Clinic in Mission. The
baby, who weighted eight pounds. I
1. Munich conference.
2. Republican gains in off-year
elections.
3. Anti-Semitism.
4. New England hurricane.
5. Douglas Corrigan's “wrong
way” flight .
6. U. S. rearmament.
7. War in China.
8. Business recovery.
9. Martian invasion scare.
10. The Whitney case.
The secretary was asked at his
press conference if he would give
the views of the American govern-
ment on the question and replied
in the negative.
There have been some seventy harvests
Since this "rancho” that you see
First became the “hacienda”
Of the Vela family
Now we count five generations
Of that great old family tree.
The offspring of the earliest
Were but children, so I’ve heard.
When there came a weary Oblate.
Riding circuit for his Lord
And he. at Laguna Seca.
Stopped to preach the Master's Word.
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first call quota of eight men sent in |
November.
Comment Refused On
Foreign Ship Sales
WASHINGTON —</Pi- Secretary
Hull declined Saturday to comment
on statements made ir. Berlin to
the effect that Germany would con-
sider it an unfriendly act if the
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City Pays Cop For
Bill At Dentist’s
AUSTIN —(Ah— City Motorcycle
Officer John Ott collided with ■
city fire truck several months ago.
His dental bill was $125.
Saturday Acting City Manager
James A. Garrison announced tha
city would pay the bill.
Now. tf you think the citrus trees
To a ripe old age can grow.
Then, go, plant yourself an orchard
Of these fruit-trees, row on row;
Enjoy their springtime crown of whits
And their harvest's golden glow.
—By S M B
Do you see those rings around them?
“Looks like concrete.” aid you say?
They are Mexican “adobe.”
Made of hardened, sun-baked clay.
And they’ve guarded these, our vet'rans,
Oh! For many and many a day.
See that old “vaquero.” seated
In the shadow of those trees.
He remembers well their planting,
Saw the “Padre” on his knees.
And the little child beside him.
Laughing gaily in the breeze
Hospital Releases
Auto Crash Victim
OLNEY — (A3) — Arch S. Under-
wood. Lubbock cotton man, who
was injured in an automobile acci-
dent near here Thursday, was re-
leased from a hospital Friday and
was being returned to his home at
Lubbock in an ambulance.
Mrs Underwood was only slight- 1
ly injured.
MISSION-Winter visitors from
various states will compete for a
cash prize to be offered by the Texas
Citrus Fiesta, to be held in Mission
next month when Tourist Day will
be held Saturday. January 18. The
award will be made to the largest
representation from any certain
state entered in the Tourist Parade
which will be one of the entertain-
ments planned for the special day,
it was announced this week by
Vance H Glasgow, general chair-
man of the celebration.
All winter visitors in the Valley
will be contacted ar.d invited to
participate in the events. In each
city, the president of each tourist
club will be asked to line up other
tourists and explain the plans.
Paul Vickers. McAllen Chamber
of Commerce secretary, will deliver
the sermon at the Union Service, to
be held Sunday night. January 19,
as the closing event of the three-day
celebration. Mr. Glasgow said Sat-
urday. Vickers will talk on “Ex-
emplified Americanism.’’
berson will replace on the three-
man regulatory agency expires
January 1.
It is the sincere wish of the management and
all employees of the Reese-Wil-Mond that the
holidays may bring you the best of all things
. . . happiness . . . contentment . . . and the
joy of fellowship; that’s our wish for you.
American Is Taken
From U; S. Steamship
ABOARD THE S.S. EXCAMBION
AT BERMUDA—uPi—British au-
thorities removed an American citi-
zen. Oscar Stabler, barber on the
Excambion, when the ship, en route
to New York, called at Bermuda.
The charges were not disclosed.
Stabler was born at Stuttgart, Ger-
many.
ing nearby. Funeral services will imn Ine rMO- 1 p,^.ace*xl1r?e,J\^,naer' i compared with his cousins in almost
Along came Wendell Willkie. a
' new kind of presidential prospect. :
The former Democrat and utilities
I executive, with his amazing candor,
captured the fancy of anti-admin-
istration voters. Despite his Wall
Street background he won the Re-
publican nomination to kick the
props from under another political
tradition.
A Tradition Is Broken
Then shortly after midnight on
July 19. Joe Doe listened at his
radio as a President in shirt sleeves
New and ultra feminine. Skypet
contains four famous Peggy Sage
preparations and six implements.
The silky inner ease, with bottles
upright in plastic tray, lifts out
leaving a stunning evening purse
in dark green or bright red
“quilted” crepe.
PRICE..........
is the granddaughter of Sheriff and
Mrs. R. T. Daniel. She is the first
baby born in the new clinic.
By MORGAN M. BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer
The battle of the headlines also was news in 1940!
World shattering events jostled each other for front page positions
the nations newspapers. And the newspapers, before they could
print these stories had to GET them.
exceeds more than four times the noj ijne” and “the crack French
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chutists.
John Doe began to wonder how
long England could hold out and
whether “it might happen here.”
His demands for super-defense
turned a budget-minded Congress
into the No. 1 peace-time spender.
Along came Wendell Willkie. a
“MEN AGAINST
THE SKY”
and
Penny Singleton, Arthur
Lake, Larry Simms and
Daisy in
Blondie on *
Budget”
McALLEN—Christmas events will
feature activities of tourists in Mc-
Allen during the coming week. A
party will be held Christmas Eve,
Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m. at Legion
hall and a dinner will be held Christ-
mas Day at the Casa de Palmas Ho-
tel.
Monday at 4 p. m. there will be
a conducted tour to Reynosa, Mex-
ico, with a wild game dinner at 6
p. m. The advanced Spanish class
will meet at the regular hour at
Legion hall. All other classes will
be suspended until the following
Friday. Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. there
will be a Christmas tree at Legion
hall. All tourists and winter vis-
itors are asked to bring a 10-cent
gift and place their name in a bas-
ket so that each person present
may receive a gift from Santa Claus.
Wednesday at 11:30 a. m. there
will be a pre-luncheon reception in
the Spanish room at the Casa de
Palmas; at 12 noon a turkey dinner
will be served and the afternoon
will be spent in playing novel
Christmas games. Tourists are ask-
ed to register by noon Tuesday.
Thursday at 1:30 p. m. there will
be a tour to the “Ever Green”
fields and Engelman Gardens. The
tour will leave from the chamber
of commerce building. Friday at
9:30 a. m. the Spanish club will
meet followed at 11 a. m. by the
Sewing club. At 2 p. m. the regu-
lar game party will be held in Le-
gion hall.
Officers Dine With
Men Before Arrests
ROXBORO, N. C.—OPt—Sheriff J
W. T. Clayton and deputies sur- i
prised a trio distilling moonshine 1
whiskey—but mingled with the
odors of alcohol was another odor,
that of a cooking stew.
So the officers Joined the distillers
in a good old-fashioned outdoor
feed before taking them to jail.
army” still were
a most potent
pair of military
aces.
Then on T"
10 came the Nazi
HARLINGEN—An additional 100
questionnaires, making a total of
250 sent out by the Harlingen draft
board, have been sent to selective
service registrants and 31 men are to
be sent for a year's military train-
ing from the Harlingen area Jan-
uary 16. said Ralph Ormesher.
clerk. Seven men were furnished
on the first call in November.
Not as many volunteers are now
being received as desired and there
is a fine opportunity for young men
wishing to get their year's military
training behind them to do so.
Ormesher said. The opportunity is
especially good for those whose jobs
are not of the best at this time be-
cause thev can enlist, serve their
And the third-term time in the service' and then be
But it didn't last. Sid Bene-
dict. water engineer, finally lo-
cated the cause of the efferves-
cent beverage which the city was
serving.
A service station attendant in
the neighborhood by mistake—at
least he told Benedict it was a
mistake—had attached an air
compressor hose to a city water
pipe instead of to the stations
air pipe.
Benedict said the department
got a lot of complaints after the
error was corrected.
Eddie Schrage of Mission, driver of this tank truck, said that he lost control of it on
the slippery pavement west of La Feria Friday morning when he felt a sneeze com-
ing on. The sneeze failed to materialize but the truck ploughed through the mud and
sheered off an ornamental palm tree. The tank is shown here being emptied of its load
through a hose attached to another truck. The truck is property of J. C. Kelly of
Edinburg.
Wk. A. ROGERS
COMPOTE DISH
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SILVEI J M I T N S'
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increase in factory payrolls and farm [
income. Not so good was a rising
cost of living.
Balancing it all at year's end,
. John felt that he was sitting pretty
I United States requisitioned foreign
I flag ships now in American ports
and sold them to the British govern-
; ment.
And enable us to give you again an
impartial well-informed estimate on
the years big of the fighting underdog. Without
stories. it. they'd have been sideshows.
More than a
score
editors and other
newsmen
men who helped
gather and put
together your
daily budget of
news around the
world — helped
pick these Big
Ten stories of
1940:
1. German in-
vasion of Nor-
HENRY FONDA in
“The Return of
Frank James”
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— Wednesday — Thursday —
MAUREEN O’HARA. LOUIS
HAYWARD. LUCILLE BALL
and RALPH BELLAMY in
“Dance Girl Dance”
And
BARBARA STANWYCK and
JOEL McCREA in
Banjo on My Knee
Henderson Boy Dies
In Fall From Horse
HENDERSON—(A3)—T. Grant Mc-
Lemore. 6. was killed Saturday
HARLINGEN—Rain forced post-
ponement of the collection of food,
clothing and toys for Christmas
baskets to be distributed by the
Salvation Army and allied organ-
izations, Legion Commander Dan
Heslop said, but that scouts would
make the house-to-house canvass
Monday beginning at 9:30 a. m
The canvass was set originally for
Saturday afternoon. Salvation
Army, the Legion, churches and
other civic organizations have co-
operated in the Christmas Basket
Exchange, and some 500 baskets are
being filled at the Army's head-
quarters on North Commerce ave-
nue. Baskets will be distributed
to needy families Christmas Eve.
Considerable amount of canned
food, staples, new and repaired-toys,
and clothing has been assembled at
Salvation Army headquarters, but
Heslop and co-workers indicated
more supplies are urgently needed,
and appealed to citizens to donate
these items. They will be collected
Monday morning by the scouts.
Repaired toys assembled by the
firemen here have been turned over
to the Christmas Basket Exchange,
whereas in past years firemen have
distributed gifts to tots of needy
families.
ready to accept any better position
that is offered without being faced
by prospects of taking military serv-
ice. Ormesher pointed out.
“Speaking as a former service
man. I would say that a year's mil-
itary training is a fine thing for a
young man.” Ormesher said.
January 20. the board was notified usuaj preliminary fireworks heralded the presidential contest, but
Morgan M. Beatty
By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE
AP Feature Service Writer
Much of the world that John Doe, average American, learned to live
in blew up in 1940.
For a few months, events abroad and at home were comparatively
placid. The European conflict seemed a “phoney” war. (Remember?)
BOARD SENDS
1110 BLANKS
The Lagune Secas are the oldest known orange trees in this Valley and ar* evidence of
their endurance.
There has been great progress in citriculture as well as other lines since Its beginning,
and we can now grow far superior quality trees to what we planned 25 years ago, which was about
the time commercial planting started, or 10 years ago. Elimination of the seedy varieties and con-
tinuous selection of best stock has improved quality until we now have very desirable commercial
varieties. Tanberg’s Nursery will continue to grow trees propagated from the best proven stock.
The tree prices are now as low as quality trees can be grown for. Remember that any
•ther kind is dear at any price.
I appreciate the opportunity of discussing the subject with any prospective buyer and
wish to thank my customers for their patronage the past year. Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas
and Happy and Prosperous New Year to all.
VATICAN CITY—(A3)—Pope Pius
XII asked the world’s Catholics
Saturday to pray at Christmastime
for the sufferers of war and to
remember in charity these "little
brothers who are without bread,
without clothing and without fam-
ily”
In a letter to Cardinal Magilone,
the Papal secretary of state, the
Pontiff expressed concern for the
children and urged that “everyone
do what he can, where he can, how
he can.”
He expressed once again hope the
warring countries would “do honor
to the good traditions of civilized
life by not permitting the children
of belligerent countries or those in
any way involved in the war to
suffer unmerited pain . . .”
He had done all he could, he said,
to avert the ills of war, but he had
met “difficulties at all times more
serious still than those in the past
World War—some of them inher- way. the Low Countries and France,
ent to the very nature of the scourge
which is raging; others, we must
also say, interposed by the will of
men.”
Thus, "armed only with the arms
of truth, justice and Christian char-
ity. that which we can do still once
more is to invite all propitating
prayer and significant beneficent
action.”
County Judges Back
FD In British Help
AUSTIN—(/Pi—The executive and i
legislative committees of the Coun-
tv Judges and Commissioners Asso-
ciation Saturday telegraphed Presi-
dent Roosevelt their approval of
his “efforts to rush all possible aid
to England as well as our own de-
fense”
The judges said they spoke as the
elected officials "closest to the
people of Texas.”
McALLEN—Representatives from |
several states in the Valley called
by Roy Johnston, president of the
“All States" picnic, met Friday
morning at Legion hall to discuss
the event.
Each state president or state rep-
resentative was asked to appoint a
committee from each state in order
to decide on registration badges
representing their home state and
to plan stunts with which to answer
the roll call at the picnic to be
held in McAllen the first week in
February.
Johnston also urged each person
to send a card back home asking
their friends to come down to the
Valley in time for the all-day cele-
bration. Those attending the meet-
ing here were Mrs. J. H. Humble of
Colorado, Fred Clapsaddle, presi-
dent of the Iowa group: Miss
Frances Golong of Missouri. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Rice of Michigan, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A Hall of Minnesota.
Mrs. Spencer H. Sterling of Mon-
tana, Mr. and Mrs. Holman of North
Dakota. Mrs. P.azor and Mrs. G. M.
Baldwin of Ohio and Mrs. Flitner
of Wyoming.
HR- ;
A. R. George
1. France and Great Britain
declare war on Germany.
2. British royal couple visits
U. S.
3. Congress repeals arms em-
bargo.
4. Pacelli becomes Pope Pius
XII.
5. Hitler escapes death in Mun-
ich bomb explosion.
6. Will F DR. choose to run?
7. Thanksgiving date debate.
8. Sit-down strikes outlawed
by Supreme Court.
9. Dies committee battles
“isms.”
10. Fascist Franco wins Span-
ish civil war.
Hard working reporters and skillful editors enabled the papers to
get this news and to play it properly.* »
nish set-to—edged into seventh and
eighth places because of the appeal
of the fighting underdog.
The Axis-Japanese pact which
took No. 9 position was historically
significant because three powers
“ ! publicly planned a redistribution of
world wealth before they had that
wealth to divide. Odd, audacious,
perhaps ludicrous, depending on the
future course of events.
Last in the Big Ten. but far from
least in the long list of important
stories fo 1940, comes the Act of
Havana.
The quality of the leftovers is
surprisingly high. Take “Galloping
Gertie.” the Tacoma bridge that
shimmied into oblivion. Or Leo-
pold's surrender, or Carol’s abdica-
tion, or the Windsors going to the
Bahamas and, eventually, the United
States.
The kidnaping of Marc de Tris-
tan, Jr., the Trotsky assassination,
the threat of famine in Europe in
the midst of world plenty, the
smashing British victories in the
Mediterranean, the Knox and Stim-
son appointments to the Roosevelt
cabinet, and John Lewis' bet on the
wrong presidential horse—all war-
ranted Big Ten position in any year
save crowded 1940.
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shrapnel, saw his son register for
> war service, along with
16.400.000 other young men. The
fury of‘the campaign sent John Doe
and his cousins to the polls on No-
vember 5 in greater numbers than
ever before.
tradition was broken.
Japan and liberty-loving France,
meanwhile, had gone totalitarian
Churchill had been given dictatorial
powers to fight the Battle of Brit-
ain.
“All out” aerial warfare put mil-
lions of Europe's civilians into the
front lines. Apprehensive John Doe
saw the first batch of draftees set
off for training camps but he heard
criticisms of a “lag" in arms pro-
duction.
He read of power plant explosions
with hints of sabotage.
But good news came too—the J
boom in industrial production, the |
than a
of news i
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Culberson To Take
Oath On January 2
AUSTIN —iA’i —Olin Culberson.;
railroad commissioner-elect, said
Saturday he would take the oath
of office January 2 at 2 p.m. in
the senate chamber.
The attorney general's depart-
ment has ruled that the term of
Chairman Lon A. Smith whom Cul-
r™ "—~~i t-!
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2. Renomination and election of
Rooosevelt for a third term.
3. National defense program, cli-
maxed by the peacetime draft.
4. Batti” of Britain.
5 Evacuation of Dunkerque.
6. .Trade of U. S. destroyers for
British naval bases.
7. Greco-Italian war.
8. Russo-Finnish war.
9 Axis-Japanese pact for redistri-
bution of the world s wealth.
10. The Act of Havana, providing
i for common hemisphere defense.
The judging job was worse than
! filling out an income tax return.
I For first place the board of judges
! was almost evenly divided between
(1) the precedent shattering renomi-
nation and election of the President,
and <2) the German spring inva-
sions.
Fuse For Many Bombs
I cast the deciding vote, giving the
German invasion the edge because
I felt that continuous event set off .
the whole string of news explsions
that shook the world in 1940. That
put the Roosevelt. election in sec-
ond place.
An extremely close third was the
American national defense program,
headed up by the unprecedented
drafting of American manpower in
peacetime.
The battle of Britain easily com-
manded fourth place. But the selec-
tion for fifth position presented a
strange problem in news judgment.
Upon first thought, the escape at
Dunkerque seemed to be a part of
the battle of France. But the edi- '
torial board insisted on giving that
parcel of British heroism a ranking
position.
Destroyer Deal A Surprise
The deal between the United
States and Great Britain, trading
50 old destroyers for future leases
on British territory in the western
hemisphere, developed over-whelm-
ing pressure for sixth position. It
had the elements of surprise con-
tained by only one other story of the
year—the German invasion.
Those satellite wars—the Greco- |
Italian affair now commanding front
page headlines, and the Russo-Fin- I
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MISSION—Thirty-eight men will
be called from Hidalgo County
Draft Board No. 2, Mission Selec-
, tive Service program, to report at
; Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio,
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folks were not greatly steamed up.
Even Germany's quick gobbling up of Denmark and Norway, and
the ground. His arm was mangled
by a road maintainer that was mov-
And Customers Think It Fine Stuff b' held Sunday-
Saturday. All of the men must be fo]^ were not greatly steamed up.
white. They will be inducted into ; Even Germany's quick gobbling up of Denmark and Norway, and
the army Monday, January 20, leav- Brjtjsh retreat from the northern*----------------------------------
sat before a microphone in the
White House and told the nation
that because of “over-riding pub-
lic danger” he would accept a third
term if the people drafted him.
John Doe, showered with political J
kr.a?j ’ Possible
lightning. Across
Holland and Bel-
gium, which had
staked their
safety on pledg-
es of neutrality,
and into France
rolled the Ger-
man juggernaut.
Within 40 days.
Hitler pushed from the Rhine to the
English Channel. The soldiers of a
new Napoleon held western Europe
from the Arctic Circle to sunny
Spain.
John Doe was awed by the swift
and annihilating onslaught of this
new military machine, with its tanks,
flame-throwing infantrymen, dive
| bombers, fifth columnists and para-
when he fell from his bucking horse !
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Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 22, 1940, newspaper, December 22, 1940; Harlingen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1327189/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .