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FORTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 41BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14 1940» » + +TEN PAGES TODAY6c A COPY
ALMAZAN NAY
TRY TO REBEL
LEADERS FEAR
Ballot Tabulation Ii
To Start Thursday
Almazanistas Gel
Protective Writ
MEXICO CITY—(AP) —
* Political circles Wednesday
called the Havana broad
cast of General Juan An
dreu Almazan revolutionar:
^ -and the go\ernment took string
ent precautions to prevent dis-
orders during congressional tabula
tion of election results beginninj
Thursday.
The gist of comment by vanou;
deputies and senators was that th<
independent presidential candidati
has adopted a frantic attitude o
violence had placed himself out-
side the law and that all his fu-
ture activities should be regardec
•s illegal anc subversive.
Injunction Granted
Even as armed guards wen
thrown around congress to protect
it against a rumored attempt bt
Almazanistas to seize possession
172 candidates for the chamber o:
deputies and 58 for the senate or
* Almazan's ticket filed a joint in
junction suit to re-strain the fed-
eral attorney general from de-
priving us of liberty."
They charged he had issued or-
ders to take them into custody tc
* prevent them from organizing theli
own legislature.
The capitals second civil rour
<See MEXICO. Page Two»
SCHOOL BUDGET
SET $19356/
Public Hearing to Be
Held Aug. 20
The 1940-1941 budget of thi
Brownsville Independent Schoo
district was tentatively set ai
0 $193567 bv the Brownsville Schoo
board Tue^dav. an mrrea.'e of $7-
246 over the 1939-1940 appropria-
tion.
There is to be a public hearini
on the proposed budget August 2(
* at 10 a m at the offices of John
P. Maher Jr. secretary and ta>
collector.
The increase in the budget wai
attributed largely to the five new
teachers added to the school staff
here.
Tax rates will be the same a«
last year $130 per $100 valuation
a with 80 cents going toward main-
tenance. and 30 cents toward bonds
Valuation rolls decreased from
$9 235.000 of 1939-40 to $9072721
for 1940-1941. however.
The board went on record tt
t restrict first grade to half-day ses-
sions The youngsters will be able
to go to school either from 8:4.'
to 11:45 a m or from 1 to 4 p
m
Simultaneously the board de-
cided that children must not be
under six years of age as of Aug
31 to enter schools here.
Five new teachers were also ap-
proved by the board.
The 1940-1841 budget appropria-
te SCHOOL Page Two*
Mexico to Pay On
Sinclair Oil Deal
MEXICO CITY—OP'—'The gov-
ernment. oil administration announ-
ced Wednesday a second check foi
one million dollars would be deliv-
I ^red to the Sinclair Oil Company
under the terms of the $8500000
settlement agreement last Mav for
the company's expropriated prop-
erties.
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Douglas Announces
Big.Expansion Plan
SANTA MONICA. Calif — <4*. -
A $20 000.000 expansion plan for
Douglas Aircraft company whicr
supplies large numbers of United
Spates and foreign war planes was
announced Wednesday by Presi-
dent Donald Douglas.
♦ Nazis Ban MGM Filmi
BERLIN—<4»»—Motion pictures of
Metro-Goldwyn-Maver will be ban-
ned from German screens beginning
Thursday in what Informed sources
\ said was a countermeasure against
the making of alleged anti-German
films by the company in the United
States.
Cudahy Back After Recall
r .
John Cudahy in light suit ambassador to Belgium as he arrived in
New York aboard the Dixie clipper from Lisbon. Cudahy was recalled
to Washington after giving an unauthorized press conference.
(NEA Telephoto)
WASHINGTON—(AP)—John Cudahy United States
ambassador to Belgium will present his Version of an
“unauthorized” London interview about conditions in Bel-
: gium at a conference with Acting Secretary of State Sum-
i ner Welles late Wednesday.
Cudahy who arrived in New York Tuesday from
Europe said he was “shocked" by reports in most British
I newspapers of an interview’ in which he discussed Belgian
food conditions and other questions related to German
occupation of that country.
Knox Urges Speedy
Draft Act Passage
I -
WASHINGTON —/P>— Secretary Knox urged the house mihtar>
committee W’ednesday to approve compulsory military training legis-
► laiion because if England should be defeated "we will be left without
a friend in the world.'*
Repeatedly asserting the United States faced the most serious
VI WI.1 Ml IIIOIVI 111^ Iia » ovv*
:ary declared:
“In the event that England
goes down—and I pray lo God
that that won't happen—we’ll be
left without a friend In the
world.”
However. Knox said in event of
? British defeat there would not
be an immediate attack on the
United States but rather a Ger-
man effort to "calm our fears" and
to ‘interrupt preparedness meas-
ures we are taking ”
Knox recalled that previously he
had sard a 300.000 ma narmv would
be adequate with a two-ocean
navy.
Before France Fell
"That was said before the col-
lapse of France” he added. "What
I may have said about a long force
then does not apply.”
He testified that “even if we
weren't confronted with imminent
menace the principle underlying
this legislation Is sound.”
• See DRAFT Page Two)
I
Reds Oust Political
Directors From Army
MOSCOW —1P\— Russia's armed
forces henceforth will be led into
battle by soldiers. Political com-
missars. long a familiar feature of '
the Soviet military set-up. were
ruminated Wednesday in a decree
desinged to strengthen the au-
thority of military commanders.
Political commissars heretofore
hr Id equal rank with commanding
officers and counter-signed their
orders.
Hungarian to Talk
To Rumania On Land
BUDAPEST—i/Py— A Hungarian
delegation is leaving by Danube
steamer for the Rumanian-Yugo-
tlav frontier to talk with Rumanian
representatives this coming week-
end on a Transylvanian settlement.
It was Officially Mated Wednesday
WHY THEY TELL IT TO MARINES
Japanese Get Tougher And Tougher
But Col. Peck Gets Still Tougher
(Editor'* Note—.A* * new crisis
develop* in the Far East over
Japanese demands for rontrol of
the British sector in the inter-
national settlement world atten-
tion again focuses on Col. Be
Witt Peek. LT. S. Marine com-
mander in Shanghai who once
replied curtlv to Japanese charg-
es. “It’s a lie."
WASHINGTON — “Come
to think about it Peck is a
positive fellow .... comes
ripht out with what he has
to say.”
It takes a little time for friends
end fellow officers to explain the
* orthnghtness of Col. DeWitt Peck
marine corps officer who landed
in the headlines when he used
strong language U the Japanese in
Shanghai.
Ordinarily the 46-year-old Peck
is regarded as such a quiet book-
ish fellow that his associates are
punled to find him in the role
which grew out of the treatment
accorded armed Japanese plaln-
clothesmer arrested by U S ma-
nnes
Known As Scholar
Colonel Peck has an enviable
I - V-1
Colonel Peck ... “a positive
fellow."
&
i reputation among his fellow offi-
cers as a scholar.
Graduated from Annapolis in
1915. he later took the field offi-
cers’ course at Quantico. gradu-
ated from the army's Chemical
Warfare School at Edgewood. the
General Staff School at Leaven-
worth. and the senior Naval War
College at Newport. He was on
the teaching staff at Quantico for
a while.
Prematurely Gray
Prematurely gray slender the
colonel stands .something under
six feet la amiable but reserved.
He Is definitely not the dashing
military type but on expedition-
ary duty* in Haiti. Cuba. Nirara-
gpa. and with the A E F. in
France he distinguished himself
under fire.
He was decorated twice m Nic-
aragua. received the Victory medal
for his part in the battles of St.
. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. has
the Marine Corps Expeditionarv
medal for his service in Haiti and
Cuba and wears the medal of the
Purple Heart
Likes To Dance
Colonel Peck 'ikes to dance but
is not fond of “society.’' He’d
much rather spend an afternoon
io hi garden than at the club.
When not gardening in his spare
1 (See PECK. Page Two)
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NAZIS PIERCE COAST DEFENSE
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U. S.-JAPAN TENSION MOUNTS
ASIATIC FLEET
CHIEF RUSHES
SOUTH IN SUB
Admiral Hart to Join
Col. Peck In Talks
With Nipponese On
Zone Control
Bt The Associated Press
SHANGHAI — Admiral
Thomas C. Hart. United
States Asiatic fleet com-
mander arrived by sub-
marine Wednesday from
Tsingtao and immediately con-
lerred with Col DeWitt Peck of
the 4th U. 8 Marines regarding a
foreign defense council meeting
Thursday at which Col. Peck is ex-
pected to oppose Japanese demands
lor control of the British sector in
the International Settlement.
Some observers believe the meet-
ing might result in a compromise
whereby the American Marines
would take over certain important
downtown areas from the British
i See JAPAN. Page Two*
VALLEY CITRUS
UP 1 PER CENT
Grapefruit Condition
Placed At 54"'
The indicated condition of the
Valiev's grapefruit crop on Aug 1
was 54 per cent of normal as com-
pared to 62 per cent for the nation
as a whole according to U. 8 De-
partment of Agriculture estimates
The Valiev estimate improved by
one per cent over July figures.
At the same period last year the
Valley’s per cent of normal was 55
as compared to 74 for the nation
as a whole The nations average
for the period 1929-1938 has been
66 per rent as compared to 61 for
the Valley area.
The nation produce 34.575.000
boxes of grapefruit last year. 13.-
900.000 of which came from the
Valley government figures show
The Valley's average yearly pro-
duction for 1928-38 has been 3.-
538.000 boxes and that of that na-
tion as a whole has been 18.923000
boxes.
This section's orange crop as of
Aug 1 was estimated at 64 per cent
'See CITRUS. Paae Two*
.
“Blitzkrieg On!” Says London Papers
Mt MBMHaMMNIf •' '»y. '"“T" JB
This NF.A Cable-Telephoto shows how the London All arreed that Hitler had opened his fight for
newspaper* headlined the news of Germany's most Britain but reports varied greatly on farts of the
intensive bomb attacks of the war on August L» raids. (NEA Telephoto'
LONDON—(AP)—Newspapers used their largest type Wednesday to proclaim
the destruction of German raiders in Tuesday’s battles over the channel and southern
coast.
“The biggest day vet” exulted the News Chronicle and front paged this: “One
a minute crashed at battle peak.”
Said the Herald: “69 down yesterday—191 in three days—all records beaten.”
The Daily Mail said “69 more” adding that “whole Nazi squadrons driven back.”
The Express observed dryly: “Blitzkrieg—by the RAF.”
Be Kind To Umps
Night Scheduled
At Indian Field
OKLAHOMA CITY—A*-Ba.se-
n*l! fans continually hungry for
the scalps of umpires won t be
happy at Holland Field here the
night of Aug 23
Owner John Holland of the
Oklahoma City Indians .of the
Texas league Wednesday desig-
nated the night as “be kind to
umpire night."
Instead of “kill im.*' Holland
wants the fans to shout some-
thing like: "I like . because
he looks good in his blue suit;*
and will give away about 100
ticket' for the best rhymes about
umpires.
Weather Cooling
Off Over Nation
Cooler weather with the excep-
tion of a few scattered spots
throughout the nation was report-
ed Wednesday by the Brownsville
weather bureau.
Hot spots on the nations weath-
er map the last 24 hours were
Phoenix with 105 degrees and
Salt Lake City with 101 but the
nation generally was comparative-
ly cool.
San Francisco. Cal. had a low of
54 degrees and the mercury stood
at 56 there Wednesday at 7 30 a
m.
•Partly cloudy Wednesday night
and Thursday” is the Valleys
torecast The temperature here
Wednesday at 10 a m. was 89 de-
grees.
High for Brownsvflle the last 24
hours was 93 degrees Tuesday
afternoon. The low during the night
was 78.
Supreme Court Asked
To Pass on Wage Rule
WASHINGTON The su-
preme court was asked Wednesday
' to pass on the constitutionality of
an order issued by the federal
wage-hour administration fixing a
minimum wage of 32‘a cents an
hour for textile workers.
The Opp Cotton Mills. Inc. of
Opp. Ala . and other concerns
sought a review of a decision by
the federal circuit court at New
i Orleans sustaining the wage order.
FLASH FLOODS
HIT TENNESSEE
Rivers Swell 20 Feet
During Night
ELIZABETHTON. Trnn —/pi—
A flash flood swept out of the
hills here Tuesday night killed
one or more persons and drove
scores in panic to trees and roof-
tops.
Fed by 24-hour rains the Watu-
ca river surged up 20 feet from
nightfall to midnight and while
one body had been recovered early
Wednesday. Highway Patrolman
Claude Buckles expressed fear sev-
eral more had been trapped in
their beds
Family Trapped
The sheriff's office directing
rescue work said Mrs. Bob Shell
54-year-old mother of seven chil-
dren. was the only known victim
so far. She was trapped in an au-
tomobile with her husband and 83-
year-old mother when they fled
their engulfed home in the Rio
Vista suburlan area beside the
• See FLOOD. Page Two>
Adkins Wins In
Arkansas Vote
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.—Tall
bespectacled and soft-spoken Hom-
er M Adkins one-time Little Rock
pharmacist Wednesday apparently
had won the Democratic nomina-
tion for governor of Arkansas
climaxing a 17-vear political career.
His victory at Tuesdav's prefer-
ential primary over Gov. Carl E.
Bailey and two other candidates
crowned with success the first per-
sonal bid for high office made bv
a man who for more than a decade
has been popularly credited with
sparking the campaigas of at least
half a dozen winning candidates
for state and national posts.
The vote was: Adkina 125.088:
DaiUv QA QAA
Adkins one-time Pulaski 'Little
Rock) county sheriff was active-
j ly supported in his bid for the
governorship by the Arltansas
senators. Hattie W Caraway and
John E. Miller. Senator Caraway
returned to the state In the clos-
ing days of the campaign to speak
in his behalf
A victory in the pnmarv la
tantamount to election in Ark-
ansas
)
German Guillotine
I Claims New Victim
BERLIN —i/P)— Germany's guil-
lotine Wednesday took the life ol
the 25th person sentenced to death
so far in 1940 for treason He was
Myndert Meeuwissen. 30. of Ams-
terdam. convicted May 23 of be-
traving military secrets to an
unnamed foreign power.
King Tours War Zone
LONDON— <*»> —While British
planes were beating off a furloui
Nazi air attack over the south coast
Wednesday King Oeorge toured
eastern anti-aircraft defenses 111
Kent visiting gun crews search-
light and sound-locator stations.
BIG AIRCRAFT
SHOPS HIT BY
SKY RAIDERS
English South Coast
Howling Center Of
Battle As Blitz On
Island Goes On
LONDON— <AP> — Seventeen
parachutes bearing German mark*
ingi were found Wednesday in
Midland villages a* the ministry
of home security appealed to tho
public to report urgently any in*
formation they may hare about
parachute troops landing In Lng*
land.
Police and home guards stop-
ped all traffic in the area where
the 'chutes were found.
(The Midland is England's
great Industrial area an da few
parachute troops might be able
to conduct estenslve sabotage
there!.
By The Associated Presa
Nazi raiders turned th«
south coast of England into a
howling battlefield in a se-
ries of fights involving 300
planes Wednesday — the
fourth straight day of blitzkrieg-
after British bombers raiding be-
fore dawn had carried the war to
' the root tope of her Axis enemies.
Flying high out of sight. German
Heinkels penetrated British coast
defenses and bombed the Indus-
trial Midlands while swarms of
Messerschmitt fighters engaged
British Spitfires and Hurricane
pursuit planes at lower altitudes.
Spectators said the British
quickly broke up the German
strategy of “flying circle" attack
diving Into their midst and chas-
ing them into Individual dog-
fights.
First reports said at least ten
Nazi planes were shot dorm.
Big Berthas t'sed
A Berlin dispatch meanwhild
said inquiry in competent quart-
ers elicited no denial- of reporta
that Germany was using long-
range Big Berthas to shell tha
Englisn coast from emplacementa
across the channel
Striking bark. Britain sent her
airmen on a 1.600-mile round
trip arrow the Alps to rain death
<See WAR. Page Two)
War Bulletins
Hl'GE FIRES AT DOVER
BERLIN— i AF> —Thundering
through the aerial defenses of
southern England. Nazi raiders
smashed at the island kingdom in
great waves Wednesday in spite
of the fierce opposition of British
planes and guns.
At 6 p. m.. (1« a. m. C8TI said
DNB. the official German news
agency the raiders still were
going over in droves from German '
Dutch and Belgian bases and had
started huge fires at Dover.
DNB declared that 25 British
planes and five German planes
had been destroyed In the Inten-
sive fighting over the channel and
coastal area and that British
planes had fallen "like flaming
torches" into the sea. Nine bar-
rage balloons were also shot
down DNB said.
ITALIANS ROl’TED
CAIRO. Egypt—*AFl—A Brit-
ish patrol penetrated 35 miles into
Italian Libya Tuesday fought an
Italian patrol and compelled It to
retreat the British command an-
nounced Wednesday.
A similar battle was reported in
the Gallabat area of the Anglo-
Egyptian Sudan where after a
brief fight "the enemy made a
hasty withdrawal behind his de-
fenses losing one officer and 32
other ranks.” British casualties
were six. the communique said.
The Italians have Invaded the
Gallabat region from Ethiopia.
MIDLANDS HARD HIT
LONDON— (API —The Mid-
lands England’s great industrial
1 oenter waa subjected to tbs lane*
Ml and severest bombing of the
war Wednesday. Several per-
sons were killed when bombs hit
three buildings.
A number of residence* were hit
by high explosive bombs bet no
casualties were suffered there.
The German planes came over
in great wave*.. Anti-aircraft guns
hammered away at them as
searchlights picked them out in
the dark skies. The raids occur-
red in the early morning.
The raiders hew extremely high
and apparently were bombing by
guesswork.
ADEN FLEET LEAVES •
ROME—(API—II Giomale* D’-
Italia reported Wednesday the
Eritish fleet which had left Aden
Arabian port across the gulf from
Berbers toward which Italian
troops are fighting in Somliland.
Although unable to explain the
fleet actions the paper said there
was “intensive movement in the
Gulf of Aden."
'
ir v A
Z5 Years Ago
<By The Associated Press)
Aug. 14 1915 — Hindenburg
takes charge of German arm-
ies In drive against Russians
near Kovno; French repulse
German assaults In Argonne
Forest
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