The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 220, Ed. 2 Tuesday, March 12, 1940 Page: 3 of 10
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$200000000 Expected to Be Added to Farm Parity Funds
M I __ I .. .. -
I ARM SOLONS
JUBILANT AS
RAISE HINTED
Economy Blocs Agree
House Will Uphold
Increases Senate Due
To Make
WASHINGTON —Economy
blocs reluctantly agreed with Jubil-
ant farm state members Tuesday
that the House would uphold some
of the prospective Senate increases
In farm appropriations.
Although the billion dollar mea-
sure will not be debated in the
8enate for several days it appear-
ed likely that about $200000000 for
parity payments would be added.
The House did not discuss the par-
ity issue when it approved the
original bill
The possibility of a parity fund
set House members to talking once
more about a tax bill which they
said would be mandatory if other
economies were not effected and
the statutory debt limit of $45000-
000.000 actually was reached
House Due to Concur
There was general agreement the
House would accept a Senate pro-
posal to add $87000000 to the fund
for disposal of surplus commodities
and to re-establish a $25 000 000
fund for farm tenant loans.
On the assumption that Congress
finally would pass a farm bill of
tout a billion dollars. Rep An-
esen iR-Mlnn.) said he would
propose that a special "war profits
tax1 be imposed on manufacturers
of war materials for foreign na-
tions.
Weather
(For Valiev forecast. »ee Page one)
For Falfurrias-Laredo-Winter Oarden
Sections: Mostly cloudy and colder
Tuesday night and Wednesday.
For East Texas (east of 100th meri-
dian): Considerable cloudiness show-
ers in northeast portion and near up-
per coaat. colder in west and north
much colder in northwest portion
Tuesday night; Wednesday mostly
cloudy and edder.
Fresh southerly winds on the coast
shifting to northerly Wednesday.
WEATHER Sl'MMARY
Barometric pressure was rather
low over Texas. New Mexico and
northern Mexico Tuesday morning
with lowest reported reading 2960 at
Del Rio. Over the balance of the
country the pressure was relatively to
moderately high with highest report-
ed reading 30 60 at Sault Bte Marie.
M.eh Light to moderate preclptta-
t.on occurred practically throughout
the middle West during the last 24
hours. Temperatures were mild in the
aruthwestern state* and seasonable
to somewhat subnormal over the bai- !
ance of the country Tuesday morn-
ing
Brownsville 6 30 a m. (CST> sea-
level pressure 2974 lnchee.
Note- The following minimum tem-
perature* occurred at California fruit-
frost stations Sunday morning. March
10th: Orovllle 37. Salinas 36. Lindsay I
3b. 8*nta Barbara 43. Riverside 51. E'
condldo 47 Imperial 49.
RIO GRANDE RIVER BULLETIN
Stage Stage Change Rain
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Laredo .... 27
Rip Grande . 21 -0 4 —0.2 00 clear
Hidalgo .... 21 1.1 —0 5 00 cloudy ;
Mercedes ... 21 2 6 —0 1 00 cloudy
Brownsville .IS 18-03 .00 cloudy
There will be no material change in ^
the river during the next 24 to 36
hours.
Sunset Tuesday . 6 37
Sunrise Wednesday . 6 41
.
4ITATIONS Highest Lowest preclpi-
last last tation
24 hour* night (laches
Abilene ......... RO 50 .00
Albuquerque .... 61 30 .00
Amarillo . 73 34 .00
.Atlanta . 73 45 .97
Austin . 85 59 .00 ;
Boston . 31 14 .00 i
Chicago . 29 24 .00
Cincinnati . 37 24 .00
Cleveland . 31 12 00
Corpus Christ! ... 06 02 .00
Dallas . 83 55 .50
Del Rio . 81 00 .00
Denver . 17 18 .17
Dodge City . 44 29 .02
Ei Paso ... 67 46 .00
Fort Smith . 53 47 .00
Helena . M 20 .02
Houston . 79 00 .01 '
Huron . 24 17 .13 \
Jacksonville .... 77 58 .00
Kansas City .... 33 32 .44
1 os Angeles .... 60 46 .00
Memphis ... 53 48 .18
Miami . 72 65 .00
*Mpla. St P. .... 23 17 31 i
New Orleans .... 77 63 1 11
Norfolk . 47 32 00
North Platt . 20 19 .0%
Oklahoma City . 73 45 .00
Pa'estine . 79 63 .00
Pensacola . 03 58 .07 ;
Phoenix ...08 41 .00
St Louis . 37 33 .02
Salt take City.. 35.... 22 .10
San Antonio .... 80 00 .00
Shrrveport ...... 81 85 .01
Tampa . 73 59 .00
Vicksburg . 09 on .34
Washington ..39 21 .00
Williston . 25 17 .97
Wilmington .... 59 40 .33
Wtnnemucca .... 41 19 .oo
•DEI. MAR . 78 984
FRUIT Highest lowest Preclpi-
STATIONS last last tatfco
_ 24 hours night (inches
—-TR^EAS—
Brownsville . 85 07 do
Cam so Springs . 90 57 00
Falfurrlas . 98 05 00
Harlingen . 91 06 .00
Laredo . 94 02 .00
Mtaaton . 95 60 .00
- FLORIDA—
Bartow . 90 57 .00
Belle Olade . T9 51 .00
Eustl* . §1 54 .00
r' Fort Mvers . 77 58 .00 *
Gainesville . 78 54 00
Hastings ........ 80 51 [oo
Orlando ... 79 53 .00!
-CALIFORNIA- March 11. 19440
Oroville . 90 33 .00
Batinas .. 60 35 .01
Lindsay . 92 31 00
Santa Barbara .. 07 43 .00
Riverside . 68 38 00
Escondido . 65 41 02
Imperial . 78 54 .00
•Unofficial. Courtesy Chamber of Com-
merce.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
RANGERVILLE — There will be
an election of three new members
of the Rangervllle Board of Trustees
April 6th. The present members
who will be up for re-election are
J. R. Parmer Morgan Buchan and
Carl Kalgler. Mr. Buchan is the
president and Mr. Kalgler is sec-
retary. Other board members are
Henry Jbnag. O N Echols Tom Ho-
ket sad Ernest McIntyre.
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MATCHMAKERS
OFTEN BURN
THEIR FINGERS
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★ He who wants something
good for lothing usually gets
something good-for-nothing. ($5
Prizewinner).
★ Beat reducing exercise is to
move the head from right to left
—when offered second helpings.
(S5 Prizewinner).
★ Dentists are happiest when
they look down in the mouth. ($5
Prizewinner).
★ Some girls use head to get a
man. others use man to get ahead.
($5 Prizewinner).
★ No use for girl to feel fit as
a fiddle if she has no beau. ($5
Prizewinner).
• • • •
Woman’s face is her fortune if
her pace is not her misfortune.
Creditor rarely gets sufficient
eredit—for willing to be one.
It is easier to make enemies by
granting favors than by asking
them.
Way to decrease bad company
is not to mix with it.
“Money talks” but many do not
understand.
CwrrlfM. Ill* bj «!n| Fcaturac lac.
85 each will be paid for five best original Confucius Sayings sent each
week day to King Features Syndicate in care of The Brownsville
Herald. In case of duplications priority will decide winner. Contest
closes noon March 31. This feature will appear in The Herald dally
hereafter.
CONFESSES
lef Leonard Korei. teller of the
Grand Avr. State Bank of Dal-
las. shown attempting to dodge
photographer with handkerchief
after confessing to embezzle-
ment of $16000 from the bank
since Jan. ?8th to bet on horse
races. He is being held on $5000
bond. INEA Telephoto)
Livestock Show
Plan To Be Told
WESLACO — Carl Blasig. mana-
ger of the Mercedes Chamber of
Commerce mill outline the plans
and program of the Mercedes Live-
stock Shorn to be held March 15-16
at the Weslaco Agricultural asso-
ciation meeting at 8 p m in the
Weslaco city hall. Tuesday.
P T. Moore agricultural conser-
vation association director for Hi-
dalgo county will be present at the
meeting and answer questions con-
cerning 1940 work sheets for AAA
program.
R. G. Burwell county agent has
also expressed his intention of at-
tending the meeting and W H
Friend of the Valley experiment
station mill give a short talk on
the successful methods of cotton
planting. Mr. Friend has been very
successful in the cotton production
at the experiment station having
produced over five hundred lbs. of
lint cotton annually on the experi-
mental stations plot
A report of the team captains of
the membership committee for 1940
will be a feature of the meeting
and refreshments will be served.
Picturesque Pioneer
Is Taken By Death
RIO GRANDE CITY — Funeral
services were held in Hebbronville
Saturday afternoon for one of this
section's most picturesque pioneers
Don Francisco B Guerra owner of
extensive properties in Starr coun-
ty and a major owner in the Sam
Fordyce oil field His death occur-
red Friday morning at his home in
Hebbronville after a lengthy illness
He was 75 years old.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs
Maria del Pilar Outierrea O. Guer-
ra of Hebbronville eight children
Horacio B. Guerra of Rio Grande
City Mis. Amelia B Ramirez. F
B Guerra. Jr Dr Manuel B. Guer-
ra and Mrs. Lydia B Champion all
of Hebbronville. and Mrs. Virginia
B Gaja Mrs Aurora B. Castro and
Mr Servando B Guerra all of
Monterrey; and two sisters living in
Houston and Hebbrorville.
RANGERVILLE JUDGES
RANGERVILLE — The Cameron
county commissioners named the
following election officials to con-
duct the coming elections In the
Rangerrtlle district: Presiding Judge
J. ML Passmore; assistant Judges
Floyd Morrow and E. D. Psrmer.
STVDEXT IS ILL
HARLINGEN — Roderick Wof-
ford is confined to his lome with
a case of measles. He is a student
at Brownsville Junior College.
DAM WONDERS
HEARD BY CLUB
Optimists Hear Talk
By R. E. Green
The wonders of Boulder Dam
were told the Optimist club Mon-
day afternoon at the Hotel El
Jardin by R. E Green Browns-
ville attorney who visited the site
two years ago.
“The more I think about It
(Boulder Dam > the more it seems
that it can t be. but it is" Mr.
Green said in describing the mir-
acle of modern engineering.
I Boulder Dam. for instance he
said has a storage capacity of 30
million acre feet enough water to
cover New York state one foot in
depth or enough to supply every
human with 5.000 gallons
The concrete equals the com-
bined weight of every* man. wom-
an and child in the United States
and Canada he continued.
The $165.000 000 project will pay
for itself besides maintenance and
a substantial surplus within 50
years through its power plant.
Mr. Green said that electric
power was only incidental how-
ever. The main purpose of the
dam. he added is to conserve
water for irrigation and to pre-
vent floods in the lower Colorado
Valley.
Presiding was C. Y. Martin
president. The Optimist club meets
every Monday at 12:15 p m at the
Hotel El Jardin. Visitors are wel-
come.
The Optimist club Brownsville's
fourth service club received its
charter March* 4. The newly or-
ganized Harlingen club will hold
charter night next Monday.
COOK IN NEW POSITION
RANGERVILLE — Mrs Harry
Thomas of San Benito who has
' been substituting for A. B. Cook
was elected this week to the teacher *
position in grades five and six. Mr
Cook has taken the position of San
Benito Distiict Manager for the
Gulf Oil Corporation with head-
quarters in San Benito.
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in the trtrld.
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COSSACK R
DUE HERE SOON
Noted Singers to Give
Varied Program
Typical dances of romantic old
Russia in the days of the czars. Rus-
sian songs legends and lullabies are
included in the program to be pre-
sented March 26 at the Brownsville
Junior College auditorium by the
Don Coasack Chorus brought here
under auspices of the Woman'.*
Guild of the Church of the Advent
< Episcopal >.
Known as “the twenty-five sing-
ing horsemen of the Steppes” the
Cossack chorus will give two per-
formances. one a school students
matinee at 2 p. m and the other at
B:15 p. m For the matinee the
central block erf lower floor seats
will be reserved for students and
teachers who will be admitted at SC
cents each. Others may attend
either the matinee or night per-
formance at $1 a ticket.
Tickets have been placed on
sale and reservations are now
being made by Mrs. J. L. Abney
Brownsville who will take mail or-
der or telephone reservations. Her
address is 819 West 16th 8treet and
the telephone number is 1114.
A sword dance by young Ivanoff
will be a highlight of the Don Cos-
sack program. Ivanfcoff holds a
dozen daggers in his hands and
mouth aa he whirls through a
breath-taking Russian dance with
which members of the Imperial bal-
let used to thrill the crowned heads
of Europe during their festivals in
the Russian Court
The chorus is composed of 3S
unaccompanied male voices. The
choir was formed more than a de-
cade ago in Prague where the Rus-
sian community was large. Since
then they have toured nearly every
country in the world.
Their program is of universal in-
terest. and divided into three parts
The first is largely devotional the
second consists of Russian folk
songs and the third part is con-
ceived in a mood of lightness and
abandon.
The choir is proud of the fact that
the incomparable Teodor Chaliapin
expressed his great admiration when
he heard them at the Dom Cathed-
ral In Salzburg.
The Cossacks directed by Nicholas
Kostrukoff. appear in changes ol
military and national costume fea-
turing in their dance numbers the
exciting military dances and knife
throwing.
Their extraordinary singing in-
cludes effects of womens voices so
that the uninitiated cannot be con-
vinced that women singers are not
concealed on the stage.
They have sung in Notre Dame
Cathedral. Paris in Drury Lane
London in the opera houses of Vi
BULLETPROOF
UNIT INVENTED
U. S. Army Navy To
Use New Device
_
WASHINGTON — UP) — A new
“bullet proof" fuel tank—poten-
tially more effective than the much
publicized devices used in the air
fleets of warring Europe—has been
developed by the army and navy
for American military planes.
Details are confidential the War
Department said Tuesday but
authoritative sources indicated that
the new tank like those reported
in use by Germany France and
England depended on raw rubber
to close bullet holes.
Differences are the combination
of the sticky and elastic raw rub-
ber with other materials such as
metal fibre and vulcanized rubber.
The army's newest combat planes
now coming off the production line
were reported reliably to be equip-
ped with the self-sealing tanks
Newest planes also have armor pro-
tection for crews or provision for
armoring later.
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enna and Budapest and In all the
important auditoriums in the Wes-
tern Hemisphere.
TEACHER SLAIN
. . - -. - - -_
Using the same shotgun with
which he shot and killed a former
sweetheart. Mrs. Ethel Dingle
firing from behind a tree in the
schoolyard. Hadley Eaton. 33*
year-old truck driver attempted
to commit suicide at a posse
closed in on him after an all* i
night hunt near Shelby ville. Mo.
Two other persons were wounded
when the fatal shots were fired
at Mrs. Dingle shown above.
(NEA Telephoto)
‘Use of Leisure
Key to Progress’
MISSION—A design for the wise
use of leisure is a means dt en-
riching the life of the Individual
was outlined for members of the
Mission Roury club Monday In a
program presented by R J. Rome
chairman of the International ser-
vice committee.
Rev. Allen O. Roe the featured
speaker emphasised the wise use
of leisure as a determining factor
in building towan success and a
well-rounded life. Urging hit fellow
members to endeavor to spend their
time creatively the speaker sug-
gested such phases a sseeking to
relieve miser}' among the unfor-
tunate. reeking beauty studying
nature and entering into activities
that were definitely enriching.
Weaks Martin was received as a
new member and given the charge
by L. H Ramey.
GIRL TO WHEELER*
MISSION— congratulations are
extended to Mr. and Mrs. Pred
Wheeler of Mission on the birth
of a daughter Sunday at three p.
m. at the McAllen Municipal hos-
pital The baby who weighed six
pounds at birth has been named
Julia Beth.
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