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Daniel Yturria Valley
Pioneer Takenby Death
Daniel Yturria. 81 one of the best known residents of the Valley died
at his home in Brownsville Friday afternoon. Rites were to be held
Saturday afternoon.
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Funeral services were to be held at the Darling Funeral Home here
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Daniel Yturria. 81. one of the best
known residents of the border country who died at his home in Browns-
ville Friday at 4:45 p. m.
The Aurora Boreal Masonic lodge in Matamoros. of which Mr Yturria
. —-—--it was a member was to conduct the
service. The body will be sent to
San Antonio lor cremation and
the ashes will be deposited In the
Buena Vista vault here Monday at
4 p. m following special Masonic
services.
Born In Mexico
Mr Yturria was bom in Guerre-
ro. Tamps. Mexico on May 15.
1859 He came to Matamoros when
still a child Francisco Yturria his
father was then a merchant and
banker with establishments in both
Matamoros and Brownsville.
Francisco Yturria. a member of
one oT the oldest and fcest known
families of northern Mexico and
southern Texas for the past two
hundred years operated a bank in
Brownsville under the name of F
Yturria* Banker. He operated a
merchandising establishment in
connection with the bank and had
a branch in Matamoros which
Daniel managed.
Only Hank Here
The Yturria bank here in the
early days was the only banking
house in the entire section and
handled accounts from many parts
of Northern Mexico and South
Texas. Practically all the finan-
cial transactions in the upbuilding
of the huge King Ranch were
handled through the bank.
The late Judge James B. Wells
attorney for Richard M King in
purchasing properties that went
into the King Ranch would draw
drafts on the Yturria bank here for
sums running as high as $50000
in the purchase of these lands.
With the opening of the First
National Bank in 1891 the private
banking house began to limit its
business to certain large ranches
and Tor many years now its activi-
ties have been confined almost en-
tirely to handling the business of
the extensive YtOrria properties.
Large Holdings
The Yturria ranch holdings in-
clude lands in Cameron. Willacy
Kenedy. Hidalgo and Starr coun-
ties. Some of these properties came
direct from old Spanish grants to
Captain Jose Ignacio Trevifto
grandfather of Mrs. Francisco
Yturria. Others were purchased by
Francisco Yturria.
Most of these were operated for
years by the Yturria Land A: Cattle
company but in 1925 the lands were
partitioned and three new com-
panies were formed the Garcia
Land A: Cattle company to which
went half the proi>erties willed to
Mrs. Isabel Garcia adopted daugh-
ter of Francisco Yturria; the re-
mainder being vested in two new
companies the Yturria Land and
(See YTURRIA. Page Two)
She buys potatoes by the pound.
She buys onions by the pound.
She buys cabbage by the pound
—and bananas and tomatoes and
many other items.
That's the tip-off to the citrus
fruit industry points out Dr. H.
Phillips of Orlando Fla.
If you don't already know It
Dr. Phillips is the owner and op-
erator of the largest citrus fruit
orchard in the world something
like 6800 acres.
He's a shipper as well as a grow-
er. But it was as a grower that
he talked Friday night to a gath-
ering of shippers growers and
businessmen at Weslaco.
Sell grapefruit and oranges by
the pound is the advice of Dr.
^ Phillips to the Texas Industry.
' I tell you that you will increase
the consumption of your fruit by
fifty per cent if you will do that"
he urged.
• • •
r\R. PHILLIPS WILL TELL
^ you that the Safeway Stores
out in the West are selling citrus
fruits by the pound.
A Safeway official told Dr Phil-
lips that between April and Sep-
tember last year three-quarters
of a million more pounds of or-
anges weifc sold than in the same
months of the previous year.
They sold 158.000 more pounds
of lemons In those months over
the same months of the previous
yean
They are not going back to sell-
ing citrus fruit by numbers. They
like the pound system.
Dr. Phillips tried to sell big
outlets in the east on the pound
system. They wouldn't take it.
So he opened stores In Gary
lud.. In Elkhart. Ind.. and several
other small cities
As an experiment to try out the
pound system. It worked so well
that he sold the Idea to many. !
But It still has a long way to go.
A a a a
Justice Krausse
Resigns Post
Justice of the Peace George J.
Crausse for many years justice of
jeace for the Brownsville area re-
igned Friday due to ill health and
isked that his resignation become
ffective at once.
County Judge Oscar C. Dancy to
ihom the resignation was presen-
ed said It would be placed before
he county commissioners court at
i special meeting called for Sat-
irday Oct. 5. The commissioners
ourt has the authority to appoint
k temporary justice of the peace to
ill the unexpired term of Judge
Crausse. who has been seriously ill
or several weeks.
!-Hour Parking
Io Be Enforced
Beginning Saturday two hour
arkmg limits wil lbe rigidly enfor-
ed on all side streets between
Washington and Levee strata it was
nounced Friday by Ben Freuden-
tein. city manager. About 100 new
larkers will be needed before the
ne way traffic experiment recent-
t announced can be put into ef-
pct. These are now in the process
( building. I
THE FLORIDA CITRUS COM-
mission despite his Insistence
based on the result of his experi-
ments. threw cold water on his «
project.
"I once had a man working on
my farms driving a mule plow.
I bought him a tractor. He said it ]
wouldn't work. I bought another. |
another and another. None of <
them would work.** Dr. Phillips !
said. <
•That man didn’t want the
tractors to work. And the Florida i
Citrus Commission didnt want :
my idea to work. I
"In Florida they don't think of i
citrus fruit in terms of pounds t
They think of it in terms of field <
boxes—pack out* field boxes t
That’s one trouble with Florida. i
"But you here in Texas already I
are pound minded You sell fruit 1
by the ton. That's just another I
way of saying pounds **
• • • (
“ALL YOU NEED. YOU FEL- l
lows here in Texas is guts.’’
said Dr. Phillip*.
Be it known. Dr. Phillips is no
namby-pamby. Despite his sev-
enty years—forty of 'em in the
citrus fruit business—he's active
and energetic. I
He came to Texas—to the Val- c
ley—on his own initiative. \
He came here to sell the Valley a
shippers and growers an idea that s
he got several years ago in Pra- r
fue. then Czecho-Slovakia. o
To sell them the idea he 1;
brought along a technicolor mov- f
(Continued cn Page Two) la
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FORTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 86
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BROWNSVILLE TEXAS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1940
EIGHT PAGES TODAY _6c A COPY
COP DEMANDS
TRIAL; PLEADS
HE’S INNOCENT
Constable Keller Is
Indicted On Charge
Of Being Short By
Nine Dollars
Walter H. Keller. Brownsville
constable indicted Friday pled not
ruilty before Judge George C.
Westervelt in criminal district
court Saturday and demanded im-
mediate trial. Assistant District
Attorney Arthur A. Klein moved
to continue the case which was
opposed by Judge H. L. Yates at-
torney for Keller.
Judge Westervelt set the trial for
Wednesday morning and instruct-
ed Sheriff J. A Qoolsbv to have
a jury summoned to hear it. Klein
icquested permission to amend his
motion for continuance on the
ground of the serious illness of
Justice of the Peace George J.
Krauase who he said was a ma-
terial witness to the states case.
“Klein and County Attorney
Jack Wiech. came to me a week
oefore this indictment and told
me that if I would resign as con-
stable. there probably would be no
indictment." Keller declared in a
statement Saturday.
"I refused to resign and was ar-
lested by Sheriff Goolsby Friday
night i wili insist on being tried
at the earliest possible time "
Keller was charged with in one
indictment with failure to give an
official receipt for $3; in a second
indictment for misapplication of
county funds in the amount of $1
and in a third indictment with
misapplication of county funds in
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I Hank Tigers Clean Up
Welles Outlines
Amer* can Policy
TOKYO—(Sunday)—(AP)—Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye warned in
a nation-wide radio address Saturday night that Japan Germany and Italy "are
ready to display the power of their military alliance in case of necessity."
The premier said Japan now "comes not only to settle the China incident but
also to participate in the formidable task of creating a new era in the entire
world."
CLEVELAND—(AP)—Sumner Welles undersecretary of state declared in a new
statement of foreign policy Saturday that there was "no problem in the Far East that
could not be peacefully solved through negotiation" provided "all concerned" desired
to find an equitable solution.
He added however that the United States was preparing "for any eventualities.**
In the most detailed an-*--—...—..—
alysis of foreign policy in
many months by an author-
ized government spokesman
Welles set forth the “re-
quirements of the United States"
In the Orient. The declaration was
considered especially significant
since it followed Friday's announce-
ment that Japan had joined Ger-
many and Italy in a formal mili-
tary alliance.
Continue British Aid
Welles also reasserted Ameri-
can intentions ‘to render all ma-
terial support and assistance" in
the form of supolies and muni-
tions to Great Britain and the
British dominions “in what we
hope will be their successful de-
fense against armed aggression.**
The .speech was prepared for
delivery before the Foreign Affairs
Council here.
The Cleveland Foreign Affairs
Council formed by business and
professional men. was organized to
foster a closer study of Interna-
tional affairs and sponsor the ap-
oearance of leaders in the field.
f'nnHPm ns € nlnn t- Amtaiall
The undersecretary reviewed
foreign policy throughout the
Roosevelt administration anr|
warned that the United States
faced a danger as grave as any
in its history.
Japan's assault on French Indo-
china he condemned as a threat
to "the integrity of the French
colony" contrary to promises of
the Japane.'e government to re-
spect the status quo in that area.
U. S. Requirements
"In essence." Welles declared
"the primary requirements of the
United States in the Far East may
be thus simply set forth:
“Complete respect by all pow-
ers for the legitimate rights of
the United States and of its
nationals as stipulated by exist-
ing trestles or as provided by
the generally accepted tenets of
international law.
"Equality of opportunity for
the trade *>f all nations.
"And finally respect for those
international agreements or treat-
ies concerning the Far East to
which the United States is a party
although with the expressed un-
derstanding that the United States
is always willing to consider the
peaceful negotiation of such mod-
ifications or changes in these
agreements or treaties as may in
the Judgment of the signatories be
considered necessary in the light
of changed condition'."
Japanese Intentions
The Japanese government how-
ever. he continued "has declared
that it intends to create a 'new
crder in Asia.* *
“In this endeavor." the under-
secretary said "it has relief up-
on the instrumentality of armed
<See WELLES. Page Two
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Triple Alliance Most
Powerful In History
WASHINGTON—(AP>—On land at sea. and In the air the
new German-Italian-Japanese alliance present# one of the most
forceful combinations in history.
Authoritative semi-official figures indicate that together the
three Axis governments command trained armies of some 20-
000.000 men. air forces of possibly 35000 war planes and fleet#
aggregating more than 2.000.000 tons.
The figures:
Land forces including reserves—Germany 0.000.000 Italy 7-
500.000. Japan 6500.000.
Air—Germany 25.000 planes; Italy 6.000; Japan 4.000.
Sea—Germany 400.000 tons afloat. Including five or six con-
ventional and "pocket'' battleships; Italy 550.000 tons including
six battleships; Japan 1100.000 tons 10-12 battleships.
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jj The War
Today jj
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By DeWITT MarKENZIE
A potentially far-reaching fea-
ture of the pact which brings Ger-
many Italy and Japan into the new
triple alliance Is an omission—and
one that may bring grey hairs to
the three musketeers.
The trio has coolly partitioned
Europe and Asia into three zones
of influence—one for each of them.
In this grandiose scheme no place
is assinged to Russia.
Bigger World Area
The Soviet in area is the greatest
country in the world. It stretches
across bcih the continents involv-
ed in the triple alliance occupying
the eastern half of Europe and the
northern part of Asia Still there
is no sphere of influence assigned
to the nation which in size and re-
sources could swallow all three
members of the alliance and still
be hungry.
True Nazi Foreign Minister Von
Ribbentrop in signing the pact in-
vited 'any state” to cooperate in
establishing the new order proj-
ected by the alliance. True too.
both Berln and Tokyo have made
gestures whch ostensibly mean a
desire to be friendly.
However all these would seem to
me to boil down to one thing—
that the Muscovites are invited to
contribute to the greatness of the
iContinued on Page Twoj
■ .. ■■ —■ V
SOVIET STATUS
IN PACT CLOUDY
Russia Faced By Axis
Edict on ‘Spheres*
BERLIN —The three sig.
r-uories to the German-Italian-
Japanese military pact have agreed
on the area in which the red star
of Soviet Russia is to be the con-
trolling symbol the authoritative
commentary. Dients A us Deutsch-
land. said Saturday.
The three powers which have
agreed already to the precis#
•spaces'* in Europe. Africa and
A-ua in which they are to have th#
f’nal word have agreed on Rus-
sia's sphere so “that there can b#
no question of encroachment in
foreign spaces by these powers."
the commentary said.
Japan Seeks To
Appease Russia
TOKYO—Japanese reaction
to the new Rome-Bcrlin-Tokyo
pact crystallized Saturday in th#
view that the United States waa
mainly responsible for conclusion
of the treaty through consistent
ptd unfailing opposition to Jap-
anese policies ir. the last nine
•.ears.
U. S. To Blame '
“In short" a highly placed Jap-
anese told the Associated Press
the attitude of the United States
forced Japan to take sides. Wa
heve done so"
Qualified sources asserting Jap-
an's primary problem now- is to
(See SOVIET. Page Two)
Hank Greenburg turned out to be the Detroit Tigers’ clean-up man.
allright when he got in the spirit of the thing after Cleveland fans
greeted the Tigers’ appearance with a barrage of over-ripe vegetables.
Hank grabbed a wheelbarrow and cleared the field so that Detroit
might pound out a 2-0 win over the disappointed Indians. The game
clinched the American pennant for the Detroiters. (NF..A Telephoto)
Almazan Headquarters
Opened In San Antonio
me amount oi so.
Klein stated that Keller had re-
paid the $9 shortage when the
matter was called to his attention.
(See KELLER Page Twoj
CITY LIMITS
WATER SALES
No More Customers
Outside Town
City officials were prohibited from
selling city water to any additional
customers outside the city limits
and from making any further con-
nections to city water mains not
within Brownsville according to a
.esolution passed by the city com-
missioners at their meeting Friday
night.
The resolution declares that be-
cause of the larger capacities of
water mains leading to the Browns-
ville Port and the Airport and the
increasing number of users outside
the city limits water pressure with-
in the city is being gradually di-
minished. and in some cases city
resident* are not receiving satisfac-
tory pressure. The resolution states
that the city’s possibility of furnish-
ing adequate water pressure is en-
dangered.
The resolution does not apply to
connections to be made at the Port
of Brownsville on land owned by the
Port and used for purposes in con-
nection with the operation of the
Port or for occupants of the land
who use the facilities of the Port.
Holding that the proposal of W.
A. King to install parking meters
in downtown Brownsville was in ef-
fect a contract to purchase. Ralph
A. Dunkelberg. city attorney advis-
ed the city commissioners that they
were legally bound under the char-
ter to call for competitive bids for
SAM ANTONIO — W — Off ices
representing Gen. Juan Andreu Al-
mazan. claimant to the Mexican
presidency will be established im-
: mediately in San Antonio it was
announced here Saturday by Fran-
cisco A Cardenas former governor
of the State of Nuevo Lron. and a
j leader in the Almazan party.
AXIS NOW AIMS
AT BULGARIANS
J • -
Pressure Being Put On
Soviet Ally
'By The Associated Press)
Extension of the new German-
! Itahan-Japancse pact to include
Bulgaria and thus bring stronger
1 psychological pressure on Greece
and Turkey who lean towards
Britain was suggested Saturday by
Italian political circles.
Bulgaria traditionally has been
-
The announcement was made
immediately after receipt here by
Cardenas of notice of acceptance
by the State Department at Wash-
ington of his registration as a
spokesman for a foreign political
party—the National Revolutionary
Party of Unification—which sup-
ported General Almazan in the re-
cent presidential campaign.
His function. Cardenas explained
will be "to make clear the poli-
tical situation in Mexico and the
position of Gen. Almazan on all
issues off interest to the people of
the United States."
Another representative similar-
ly registered will be stationed in
Washington or New York Cardenas
said.
Cardenas asserted:
‘Our first aim will be to explain
to the Nortl. American public that
something new. something vitally
important to the United States
has happened in Mexico. On July
7. a huge majority of the people
went to the polls to depose the
existing government by the dem-
ocratic use of the ballot.
"This has never happened before
in Mexican history."
Struggle Goes On
Roosevelt States
MIAMI. Fla. — </F) — President
Roosevelt in a message to Young
Democrats assembled here in a
pre-election rally asserted “there
always will be two parties in this
country and that while their names
may change the issues between
them are definite.’*
Speaking through his son. Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt. Jr. the chief
executive told the Young Demo-
cratic Clubs of America Friday
night that “inevitably the struggle
must be between the forces of li-
beralism and the forces of reac-
tion."
Former Carol Men
Ordered Arrested
BUCHAREST. Rumania — —
Fourteen leaders of former King
Carol's regime were placed under
nouse arrest by the government
Saturday.
One former premier and five
generals are in custody and the
expenditures of Eugen Titeanu
former propaganda minister on
Rumania's exhibit an the New York
Worlds Fair are under investiga-
tion a communique hH
amenable to the Pan-Slav ideas of
Russia whose own position in the
new setup is still publicly unde-
fined. f
One of the aims of Germany and
Italy in the prosecution of the war
has been to keep peace in the
i Balkans sources of food and battle
supplies for the Axis.
I The fighting in the Battle of
Britain took an upturn along with
the diplomatic developments.
German bombers wounded up
their third week of unrelenting air
siege against the bomb-battered
island with a thunderous overnight
assault aimed primarily at London
but which spread over uncounted
other towns of England. Scotland
and Wales.
The British counting more than
133 Nazi planes shot down Friday
night alone said the number of
German planes last over England
in September was over 1.000 for the
second successive month.
Clocks to Be Turned
Back Sunday Morning
NEW YORK —iJf*— It s turn-
back-the-clock time again.
At 2 a. m. Sunday all persons
who l06t an hour of sleep last
April with the advent of daylight
saving time may recover It witit the
return to standard tuna.
Revolution Rumors Spiked By Army
Commander For Northern Mexico
—
CHIHUAHUA. Mexico —CAP) —
President Cardenas declared Sat-
urday that Juan Andrea Alma-
zan. whom the administration has
declared de»ealed for president
may return to Mexico from tho
United States “with an assur-
ance of full guarantees."
Almazan and his followers
never were considered rebellious”.
Cardenas added.
Sporadic outbreaks by bands of IS
or 20 men in remote mountain sec-
tions of Mexico were described as
•of absolutely no Importance" by
General Miguel Henriquez Guzman
of Monterrey seventh corps area
commander during a brief visit to
Matamoros Friday night.
• You could no more call these a
revolution than you would call an
Lmignificant trash lire to a coni la-
f
u -
gration.” General Henriquei Gui-
man declared.
Accompanied by his staff the
youthful corps area commander ar-
rived in Matamoros from Laredo m
a station wagon and left early Sat-
urday morning on the return trip.
He was met by General Baltazar
Chapa Ayala Matamoros garrison
commander. The military men
were dinner guests of Consul Carloe
A. Calderon of Brownsville and mu-
nicipal officials of Matamoros in
the Mexican city Friday night.
Routine Inspection
The corps area commander de-
scribed his visit as part of a routing
inspection of garrisons in his com-
mand.
• Most of the Mexican revolution
seems to be going on north of the
Rio Grande.” General Henriques
Guzman declared. "In Mexico at
(See MEXICO Page Two.)
(See CITY. Page Tmo.)
New 8th Corps Area
Commander Named
WASHINGTON —VP) — Colonel
Richard Donovan now a member
of the general staff of the 8th
Corps Area. Port Sam Houston.
Tex . has been assigned by the
War Department to command the
8th Corps Area and nominated for
promotion to brigadier general He
is 54 and a native OT Paducah. Ky.
THE WEATHER
For the Lower Rio Orande Valiev:
Fair and allghtly wanner Saturday;
Sundav partly cloudy.
High Tide-
Sat urday . 12 noon
Sundav . 1:4« a. m.—1:10 p. m.
Low Tide—
Saturday . MM p. m
Sunday . 7:35 a. m.—7.45 p. a.
* GEN. MIGUEL H. GUZMAN
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