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RESTORATION
OF ELECTRIC
POWERRUSHED
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BEN IX) Sept. 9 —Restora-
tion of electric service in Valley
towns has progressed rapidly Wes-
laco Mercedes and Brownsville be-
ing furnished with electricity Fri-
day and Raymondville Lyford Se-
bastian Rio Hondo and Santa
Rosa being cut in Saturday accord-
ing to F. C. Ludden district man-
ager of the Central Power and
Light Co.
Crews Rushed In
The chief engineer of the com-
pany and his entire staff rushed *o
the Valley and have been here ail
week directing not only local crews
recruited up to full strength but
Clews from other districts of the
company. Several hundred addi-
tional men have been employed al-
together to make all water and
electric and facilities again avail-
able.
Repair of the line to Brownsville
and Matamoros was rushed so that
these cities might have water and
light. Brownsville water pumps are
electrically driven and repair of the
C. P. and L. line gave citizens there
fresh water from their mains for
the first time in days. The Browns-
ville Herald was publisned from its
own plant for the first time Friday
evening as a result of this restored
service.
The San Benito and Harlingen
water plants were the only com-
pany plants shut down but *hese
Started operations again Wednesday.
These plants would not have been
shut down but for the fact that
sanitary e* ers were flooded. If
water had been provided there
would have been an added burden
placed on the overtaxed sewers.
Water Is Filtered
There is no reason why purity
of the water should be questioned
Mr. Ludden said because the water
it being filtered as always and
chlorlnlzatlon has been increased
slightly.
It is estimated that the company
damage will amount to $50000 or
more to electric lines alone.
J. C. Kennedy president. E. B.
Neiswanger. general manager and
others have been ir. the Valley look-
ing over the properties.
The company has warned that all
loose wires should be treated as if
they were energized. Mr. Ludden
pointed out that company employes
themselves adhere to the policy of
fdways considering a wire -hot”
and handling It that way. no mat-
ter what the circumstances.
Stab Wounds Fatal
(8pecial to The Herald»
HARLINGEN. Sept. 9.—Victor
8alax?r. said to have attacked Eus-
taclo Flores was killed by Flores.
Balaaar was dead from knife wounds
when he was brought to the hoepi-
tal. Flores waived examining trial to
appear before the grand Jury.
Thorough Study Of
Price Control In
Retail Trade Asked
WASHINGTON Sept. 9. VP)—
Newly raised objections of the
NRA consumers’ advisory board to
price control provisions in codes of
competition engaged the attention
of the Industrial administration to-
day while it awaited the filing of
objections by bituminous coal op-
erators to the new compact draft-
ed for their industry by Hugp S
Johnson.
The board asked that the master
ONE DEATH AT
SANTA ROSA
SANTA ROSA Sept. 9— The
hurricane took one life and dam-
aged practically every building in
the Santa Ro6a territory the latest
check reveals.
A laborer on the farm of J. R
Lester whose name is not avail-
able was killed and another on the
farm was seriously injured.
According to Tom Phillips every
house In the district was either
damaged or completely destroyed.
The schoolhouse roof collapsed and
the flying tiles did considerable
harm to the new high school build-
ing.
The hotel roof was stripped and
the north wall was partially blown
away. There was considerable dam-
age to the hotel and stores on the
ground floor from water. The Ben
Washburn store was dumaged by
water when the roof went off.
Ten of the 12 local shipping sheds
were completely levelled and the
remaining two were blown off their
foundations.
Power and telephone lines were
broken all over the city and the
water supply was cut off until the
Ewing Ice company established a
temporary pumping plant.
Dr. W. C. Schley is in charge of
sanitary and health conditions and
warnings are being sent everywhere
to take proper precautions against
disease through impure water.
Not taking into consideration the
fruit and vegetable crops damage
in this section is estimated at
$150000.
Mrs. Housel Dies
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Set. 9.—Excite-
ment of the hurricane this week is
thought to have hastened the
death of Mrs. Jennie Housel Wed-
nesday although she had been crit-
ically ill for some time.
Mrs. Housel is the mother of F.
B. Housel city ccfimissioner and
gin man. Other surviving relatives
include: Dr. William Housel of
Nebraska and Dr. C. L. Housel of
Colorado sons and Mrs. Margaret
Sheldon of Iowa a daughter.
The boay was sent to the family
home at Broken Bow Neb. by Mit-
tanck. She had lived here for
many years.
code for retail trade be held up
pending investigation by a special
committee into the entire sub-
ject of minimum price control
which it regarded as a major ques-
tion of policy.
However Deputy Administrator
Arthur D. Whiteside—in charge of
the retail codes—had no plans for
delay and regarded it essential to
get the master charter covering
dry goods drugs food dealers and
all other classes into force as
quickly as possible.
Major developments in the coal
situation were expected soon after
word from Johnson yesterday that
in view of the opposition of the
coal men the code would have to
be revised extensively. He still
clung to hope of obtaining agree-
ment of the mine operators so as
to avoid imposing the code on
them by presidential edict. All
factions of mine men were engaged
in meetings.
Meantime the national labor
board was taking an active hand
in adjustment of two strike situa-
tions. The first had called out
thousands of workers in silk mills
of the New Jersey area and was
being dealt with by mggtings in
New York preliminary to a hear-
ing on the silk code which is to
be held here next week.
The other the Cleveland street
car strike brought plans from both
the chairman Senator Wagner of
New York and Edward F. Mc-
Grady assistant NRA administra-
tor to be in the Ohio city next
Monday agents of the board al-
ready are on the ground.
PLAN HOLIDAY
FOR COTON
COLUMBIA S. C. Sept. 9.—
—South. Carolina under a tobacco
marketing holiday today faced the
possibility of a holiday in an even
greater crop—cotton.
In calling a mass meeting of
farmers and “their friends’’ here
next Tuesday to consider what
steps to take Gov. Ibra C. Black-
wod revealed he is considering pro-
claiming a cotton ginning holiday
until the price of cotton and cotton
seed goes up.
The chief executive who last
week joined Gov. Ehringhaus of
North Carolina in proclaiming a
voluntary holiday in tobacco mar-
keting until the government moved
prices higher planned to commun-
icate with Pres. Roosevelt on the
situatfon.
Governors of other cotton states
would be urged to join a move-
ment to raise prices the governor
said terming this “a great emer-
gency.”
ROOFING
We have two large
truckloads of composi-
tion roofing on hand
and will have a car-
load here early Monday
t
morning to be sold at
our usual low prices.
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Sears Roebuck and Co.
HARLINGEN TEXAS
FARM INCOME
TO INCREASE
OVER BILLION
WASHINGTON Sept. 9—(JP)—An
increase of more than $1000000009
in the gross farm income this year
as compared with 1932 was fore-
cast today by the department of
agriculture if the present improved
demands continues.
On the basis of a preliminary
estimate the bureau of agricul-
tural economics said the income
this year would approximate $6-
360000000 against $5148000000 last
year.
The 1938 estimate consisted of
$6100000060 from the sale of farm
products plus at least $260000000
in rentals and benefit payments 1?7
the agricultural adjustment admin-
istration.
Most of the increase was attrib-
uted to better prices for crops.
Prices of most types of livestock
have averaged slightly lower this
year than In 1968.
Corpus Club Women
Plan Benefit Party
The Corpus Christi Bittiness and
Professional Womt/i’s club has
planned a benefit bridge party for
the Valley Monday night at 8 o’-
clock in the Nueces hotel accord-
ing to announcement in the Cor-
pus Christi Calley Saturday.
Members stated: "Realizing our
own good fortune in having escaped
with no more damage than we
have we feel eager to do everything
possible to assist and render aid to
those who were less fortunate.”
Recently several members of the
Corpus Club attended a Valley Fed-
eration meeting of the B. & P. W.
clubs in Mission.
Camels and pig6 are said to be
the only animals that cannot jwiijj.
Harlingen School
Delay It Foreseen
HARLINGEN Sept. 9.—Harlin-
gen schools may not open until
Monday Sept. 25 and possibly not
until a week later on account of
storm damage to buildings ac-
cording to Frank E. Davis presi-
dent of the board of trustees.
The North and South Ward
schools. buildings escaped . with
slight damage but all others suf-
fered heavily the roof being torn
off the high school and the negro
school being a total loss.
No buildings are available In
Harlingen in which classes might
be held.
Definite opening date is expect-
ed to be set later. Sept. 18 had
been the original opening date.
STUDY EASTERN
FRUIT DAMAGE
WASHINGTON Sept. 9. W—The
government crop reporting board
said today it would indicate on Mon-
day the extent of damage to eastern
fruit and vegetable crops from the
August storms which swept the Vir-
ginia coast.
It probably will be too early for
the board to estimate damage from
the hurricane which struck Florida
and Texas although the board said
today that early reports from Flor-
ida Indicated heavy damage to
grapefruit in Martin Indian River
Refreshment!
Dancing
Eats
Matamoros
Old Mexico
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Matamoros
Cafe and
Casino
Everything
Moderately
Priced
Mrs. Emma Leonard Prop.
George Leonard Manager
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and St Luce counties. Other reports
indicate damage in Polk and High-
land counties.
Reports show that damage to
grapefruit from the Texas storm was
heavy the board said but there was
difficulty in getting details. After
the regular crop reports on Mon-
day the board probably will issue
a supplementary report on grape-
fruit damage by the storm next
week.
Man Kill* Self
ROCKDALE. Sept. t. {*V-J. B.
Tyler shot and killed himself today
at his home nine miles* south of
Rockdale after warning his wife and
son not to follow him when he left
the room where they were sitting.
Leo Harris coroner returned a ver-
dict of death self-inflicted. No reas-
on was assigned for his act.
Napoleon wus only 37 years old
when he won the battle of Jena.
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The Ford V-8 will go 80 miles an hour. But how many people wish to drive
80 miles an hour?
Hardly any. The speed is there for another purpose. If a car is to be
alert and comfortable and economical at 50 or 60 miles an hour it should be
capable of going faster than that. ^
A car like a mem or a horse should have reserve power to do ordinary
things well without showing strain or effort.
ffhen you drive at your usual moderate rate and yet to keep up that rate
your car runs at nearly its top speed you are not getting an easy ride and
your engine is not doing an easy job. It is wearing itself out.
That is why the Ford V—8 is built to precision standards and engineered to
do 80 honest road miles (not speedometer miles) an hour — so that it might go
60 or 70 miles an hour all day with the utmost ease and with no strain on car
or driver* Let us add and without excessive use of gas and oil.
It is the margin between what you have and what you use in an engine that
makes for oomfort longevity and economy.
It is much safer and far more economical to run 60 or 65 miles an hour in
a car built to do 80 than it is to run at the same speed in a car built to
do 65 or 70. There will be no excess noise — no overheating — no heavy
laboring — no straining mechanism — because there is power in reserve.
The benefits to the customer of having a Ford V-8 able to do 80 miles an
hour are numerous. In the first place such a car must be extra strongly built.
It must have a better steering gear. It must be perfectly poised and balanced.
Its wheels* springs axles* frame and brakes must be of the finest strength and
design.
In the second place a car thus built for the higher speed ranges proves
most alert in the lower speed ranges. In traffic it is not speed you want so
muoh as quickness. You want instant response and quick acceleration. The
high speed reserve of the Ford V-8 gives you that.
The advantages of a high speed car are not in the speed alone. You may
never drive at high speed. Few people do. But to make speed possible the car
must be built to last longer to run smoother and to use less fuel.
Everything must be up to the 80—miles-an—hour standard to give you super-
lative performance at the lesser speeds.
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September 8 1933
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