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FORTY-NINTH YEAR—No. 104 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16 1940_TEN PAGES TODAY_★ ★ ★ ★_5c A COPY
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Heavy Registrations Zoom Valley fs Draft Estimates»
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THERE'S A TAILOR DOWN IN
Mexico City who to this day
doesn't know that his shop—his
trademark—was the subject not
so long ago of an FBI investiga-
tion and a lot of loss of peace of
mind of some Brownsville and
Dallas people.
The original story came to this
writer in somewhat vague form
but aroused his curiosity to the
f point that he decided to follow it
up.
Here is the original story after
passing through three persons:
Two men came from Mexico
City came into a Dallas hotel in
the company of a man from
Ercwnsville.
P They came by automobile late
In the day. Their clothes were
mussed so they asked that they
be sent to a pressing establish-
ment.
This was done.
• • •
COME LITTLE TIME PASSED.
^ The presser telephoned the
hotel clerk or it may have been
the manager to come to his place
at once. It was important.
When the hotel man arrived the
presser man looked around in
somewhat mysterious manner and
beckoned the hotel man to come
close.
He opened a coat and there in-
. side was what seemed a swastika.
* tii" German Nazi emblem.
Here w as something I
• YVhat should be done?” asked
tin* presser.
'Lets Inform the FBI" the ho-
tel man replied.
Thl> was done. FBI men look-
T «<i the living over. Said they
would check the visitors. How-
ever. they said there was no law
against a man wearing a Nazi
emblem. If the men otherwise
Ha-i e allrignt there was nothing to
be done except to keep them un-
der observation.
• • •
'j’H ATS THE STORY AS IT
1 came to this writer at Browns-
ville. We tried to determine from
our Informants whether the em-
blem was a pm or a label or w hat.
They were uninformed on this.
Some two weeks later the
Brownsville man reported with
the men from Mexico City hap-
pened around.
“By the way" we asked him.
“were you in Dallas on such and
41 such a date and at such and
such a hotel?"
He answered “Yes."
“Were you with two men from
Mexico City?" He replied In the
affirmative.
^ “Did you know one or both of
^ them were suspected of being
Nazis?"
He didn't know It. So we told
him the story.
His surprise was manifest. “It's
at range.” he remarked and he
told us his reason for being with
the two men. their purpose in Dal-
las.
• • •
COME TWO WEEKS LATER
the Brownsville man returned
to our office.
He discussed some business af-
ter which he recalled our former
conversation.
We had noted that when he
came in he carelessly threw an
extra coat over the back of a
chair.
“I have just come from Laredo.
There I again met one of the men
A i was with in Dallas several
weeks ago. You asked me about
a suspected Nazi emblem. I have
with me the coat in question and
here Is your Nazi emblem."
* He opened the coat. There was
a label which bore the name ot
a well known tailor in Mexico
City A. Velarde. On one side of
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Valleyites Throng Boxes To Register Early
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James nea. Houston traveling salesman was me
first man to be registered for conscription at the
Cameron county courthouse Wednesday. Re» ar-
rived well in advance of 7 a. m. and was at the
head of a line of 25 prospective registrant* a* re-
gistration opened. He 1* employed by Charles P.
Wagner & Co. a bakery machinery concern.
-* * * * *
I'l'df Sam’s rail for the country's young men to
sign up for the draft brought ail types of eligible
registrants to various registration places through-
out Brownsville Wednesday. Above second from
x- * * * * * *
L_
right. Claude d'Hemerourt. Braniff Airways ticket
agent awaits his turn in a long line outside Wash*
ington Park school. Behind d'Hemecourt smoking a
pipe is Frank Fix Braniff Airways radio operator.
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Orient Tense As
British Prepare
To Open Burma
HANOI. French Indo-China—<AP>— Major General Raishlro Sumlta
chief of the Japanese military mission in Indo-China. declared Wednes-
day that Japan ‘'is resolutely determined to prevent war materials supplied
by the United States or any third power Irom reaching Chiang Kai-Sheks
armies ’*
Sumlta spoke on the eve of the reopening Thursday of the Burma
Road lifeline for supplies from abroad for the Chinese armies.
Tne Japanese leader in an inter-
view declared the Japanese air
•orce would ‘make the utmost ef-
fort to strike a fatal blow” to
China's supply lines from air bases
newly acquired in northern Indo-
china. but added “don’t believe
any of our blows will fall until the
war supplies for China have passed
through British Burma and actual-
ly entered Chinese territory.”
The veteran artillery officer echo-
ed the puzzled reaction of Jap-
anese elsewhere to the United
States government advice to Amer-
icans to leave Japanese-dominated
areas ol the Far East.
“If both the United States and
Japan spent the same huge sunu>
they now are devoting to prepara-
tions for a possible future conflict
on promoting trade between the
two countries there would be no
conceivable question of war" said
Sumita. "If only the United States
would understand Japan's posi-
tion.**
He declared that “every question
| between our countries could and
must be settled upon understand-
ing and acceptance of the principle
that Japan is the stabilizing force
in the Far East.”
Russia Maps Military
Alliance With Turkey
—
(By The Associated Press.)
The critical situation in the Bal-
kans grew rapidly darker Wednes-
day.
Reports that Turkey and Soviet
Russia are near agreement on a
"stop the Axis'* military alliance
spread through Balkan capitals and
the Turkish press declared bluntly
that neither Turkey nor her “close
friend'* Greece could be "intimi-
dated'' by Germany or by anybody
else.
Massed thousands of German and
3oviet Red army troops faced each
other across the Danube river near
the Rumanian port of Galati—pois-
ed for action in what may develop
in a tltantic struggle on continental
Europe.
Nazi Plane* Tank*. Arrive
' The German troops were support-
ed by squadrons of warplanes and
300 tanks which rumbled into the
port Tuesday. On the Russian side
of the frontier were an estimated
150.000 to 180000 Soviet soldiers.
Tension between Germany and
Russia—brought into the open on
Tuesday when the Soviet govern-
ment said Germany had not given
satisfactory advance notice of
sending Nazi troops into Rumania—
underwent a new aggravation.
Refuse Nazi Request
Russian authorities flatly refus-
ed a German request for more time
beyond Nov. 15 deadline to evacuate
90.000 German minority residents in
I See BALKANS Page Tw o )
Hordes Of Nazi Bombers
Devastate London Areas
By The Associated Pres#
Nazi quarters in Berlin threat-
ened a triple-force “typhoon stage”
;n the aerial siege of Britain Wed-
nesday after an armada of 1.000
German bombers reportedly dropped
1.000 tons of bombs on London dur-
ing the night and left the British
capital a scene of “indescribable
chaos.”
Even that terrific assault was
only a “zephyr” compared to the
storm ahead the Germans said.
London dispatches said diving
Nazi warplanes machine-gunned
the streets and dropped the big- 1
gevt explosives yet rained on the
empire capital.
Giiman airmen returning from
the dusk-to-dawn assault told of
deafening detonations.terrific
concussions_skies reddened by
great fires..."
Schoolhouse Destroyed
Many v ere feared killed. and
wounded in the smashing of a 2-
story London schoolhouse used as
an air-raid shelter. The building
lht squarelv by two huge bombs
was levelled.
Fire and oil bombs known as
tSee LONDON. Page Twoj
A
GLAMOR BOYS
OF MOVIES IN
DRAFT LINEUP
Some Go to Register
En Masse
HOLLYWOOD— P— The Gla-
mor boys of the rnov.es marched
to 'their precinct polling places
Wednesday right alon gwith the
rest of the nation's young rren to
register for selective service.
There famous bandleadsr now
working In pictures planned to
lead the members of their orches-
tras to group registration near
their studios.
Takes Whole Rand
Kay Kyaer said he and his '•boys''
would assemble along with their
musical instruments at a voting
place late Wednesda upon comple-
tSee ACTOR Page Two)
CLUB WOMEN
SET ELECTION
M rs. R. A. Dennison
L p For President
• —. ..
MERCEDES—Mrs. R. A. Denni-
son of Weslaco was nominated for
president of the Valley Federation
i l Women's dubs at a railed meet-
ing of the nominating committee
Tuesdcy afternoon at the Elks hall
here.
The date of officers named by
the committee will be presented
for vote to the Federation at the
'emi-annual meeting in San Juan
Oct. 21.
Others nominated were; first
\ ice-presidents. Mesdames H L.
Murphy of Pharr. Percy Herman of
McAllen. John Prentiss of San Be-
r.ito; second vice-presidents. Mes-
dames II. A. Baldwin of Donna.
Charles Thompson of Edinburg
• See FEDERATION. Page Twoj
Almazan Estate
Is Ordered Sold
MEXICO CITY— V — The pala-
tial suburban estate of Gen. Juan
Andreu Almazan. unsuccessful can-
didate in recent Mexican presiden-
tial elections has been ordered put
up for sale November 11 to satisfy
a judgment of 12 800 pesos (about
W.560i obtained by Frank Gibler
tormer Texas Ranger and former
city editor of a Houston paper Tor
services as publicity representative.
Gioler said Almazan hired him
to handle publicity in the United
States for his presidential cam-
paign. Almazan contended there
was no agreement to pay Gibler.
Almazan’s estate a showplace of
the outlying village of Coyoacan
contains a 14-room residence a
large office building. *iled swimming
pool tennis courts garages .va-
bies. hothouses and servants hous-
es.
They Vie For First
To Back Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam called for volunteers
in his new conscription program
Wednesday and young men from
points as far away as Arizona and
Louisiana answered the summons in
Brownsville during the morning
Schoolhouses and other polling
places in the city were jammed with
(prospective registrants well In ad-
vance of 7 a. m. and there was a
general rush at that time to see
DRAFT BOA )'
EASES RULING
No Permit Needed For
“_ J
Brownsville's men of draft age
breathed a sigh of relief Wednes-
day.
They’ll still be able to visit Mat-
amoros without risking arrest for
evading the craft.
The local draft board deluged
with a hundred queries on the regu-
lation forbidding a registered man
from leaving the country without
permission from a draft board ruled
' that the regulation did not apply
to daily visits * across the river or
(See BOARD Page Two.)
Fair and Cool
Is Forecast
The season's first "wet norther"
will end a two-day stopover in the
Lower Valley region Wednesday
night and will probably depart for
parts unknown Thursday according
to local U. S. weather bureau offi-
cials.
Accompanied by a heavy rain the
norther moved into Brownsville
early Tuesday morning. Tempera-
ture dropped to a low of 56 degrees
Tuesday night and a total of 2.10
inches of rain fell.
Forecast for the Lower Valley is
fair and continued cool Wednesday
night fair and warmer Thursday.
Weather bureau officials said
temperature will probably be around
56 degrees Wednesday night but
there Is no prospect of the mercury
faling much lower than that.
There will be a slight to moderate
rise in the Rio Grande in the Val-
ley during the next 24 to 48 hours
officials said.
100 Detectives Hunt
Savage Slaying Clues
NEW YORK—<&•— Nearly 100
i detectives searched Wednesday for
clues to the savage slaving of a 38-
1 year-old mother of two children
and wife of a tuberculosis special-
ist found bludgeoned in the fam-
ily's Bronx apartment late Tues-
day.
The victim was Mrs. Leah Rubin
teacher of Hebrew and wife of Dr
Eli H Rubin chief of the tuber-
culosis division of Montefiore
1 hosmuL
who would be first to register at
each point.
In the words of Manuel Esparza!
1034 Ninth: ' We all wanted to be j
the first to sign up for our country.
There were 10 or 15 of us at Wash-
ington Park school before 7 a. m..
and when registration opened we
all made a rush to see who would
be registered first. I think I was."
Officials at the school said the
first card turned in there was Man-
uel Ramirez Garcia who lives at
7th and Madison. E-parza. who Is
a WPA worker was a close second.
At the Cameron county court-
house a traveling salesman from
Houston was waiting bright and
early for registration to start. Bv
7 a. m. he had been joined by
other young men.
James Rea. an employe of the
Charles I*. Wagner bakery ma-
chinery company was the sales-
man.
CLEAR LAKE. Iowa— —The
seven sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
P Joynt of Clear Lake registered
today for the draft.
AUSTIN — i.APl — Registrars at
one Austin polling place turned
away numerous 20-year-old souths
who insisted on registering for se-
lective service.
The youths were commended
hy officials who told them to
await another registration day in
the future.
Although he was not required to
register according to conscription
regulations Willard G. Smith of 27
Hawthorne. 27-year-old member ot
the volunteer naval reserve re-
ported to the registration place at
West Brownsville school and filled
out a card.
Around the corner from the
school a woman walked into a
grocery store with her “teen-age'’
son.
• Well thev didn't sign him up
• See SIDELIGHTS. Page Two.i
Alice Ann-First
Graham Girl In
Forty-Two Years
——_ *
Alice Ann Graham six pounds
broke a 42-year tradition wth her
birth at Mercy hospital in the
early hours Wednesday. Daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs F T •Dut'
Graham she Lx the first girl child
to bear the name of Graham
since the birth of her aunt. Miss
Bernice Graham daughter of
Mrs. James A Graham and the
late Judge Graham.
Alice Ann spoiled a potential
football eleven but in later years
she may persuade her five older
brothers and her four cousins.
»ons of Judge and Mrs. James S.
Graham to let her pinch-hit on
an entirely Graham baseball
team. *
Both mother and child are
doing well hospital attendants
announced.
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1). S. MEN 21-36
I FIRST R-DAY
OF PEACETIME
•
Government Lxpects
To Have 5000000
Trained In Next 5
Year Period
By The Associated Press
For the second time in the
life of most Americans the
young manhood of the na-
tion registered in mass Wed-
nesday for military service.
"It is a day of deep and purpose-
lul meaning in the lives of all of
us.*’ President Roosevelt said in a
brief early-morning address prep-
ared for delivery as registration
places across the country were
opening for a 14-hour day.
Millions of men who answered
the same call 23 years ago last
June 5 saw their sons step into
line for registration at election
precincts and schools.
Some Vets Re-Drafted
Even some veterans of the A. E
P—those who lied about their ages
then and enlisted at 12 or 13-re-
traced their steps after nearly a
quarter of a century to enroll again.
From the pool of 16.404.000 regls-
'See DRAFT Page Two*
RAF Hammers Germany *s
Wharves Freight Yards
LONDON The mam
strength of the Royal Air Forces
nocturnal raiding .squadrons roar-
ed over the North Sea Tuesday
night and dropped tons of high ex-
plosives on Germany’s naval bases
at Kiel and Hamburg hammering
away at shipping and wharves the
air ministry declared Wednesday.
The weather was spotty—clear in
places in others so bad that blind
flying was necessary and some of
the RAF planes with assigned ob-
jectives elsewhere in Germany did
not reach their destinations. The
ministry said.
The raids on tlie whole were not
as destructive as Monday's v;hen
the RAP demolished buildings
■moke stacks tanks and reservoirs
at the vital synthetic fuel prodtic-
| ng plant at Politz. near Stettin the
ministry’s communique indicated:
i>ut considering the weather it mas
successful.
British bombs mere dropped on
oil plants at Gelsenkirchen. Magde-
burg and Salzerbergen. Two oil
depots near Kiel also were hit the
communique said.
Seeking to dr.mage the powerful
German war machine other planes
pitched their bombs at freight
yards at Schwerte. Krefeld. Hamm
and Soest. end railroad junction®
at Nordhausen and Halle.
TEXAS RANGERS ON WAY
WITH PARENTS’ SLAYER
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| AUSTIN —up— State police re-
ported Wednesday rangers would
arrive Thursday with Howard Pier-
son. 26-year-old parricide who was
j raptured in Minneapolis last week.
Pierson escaped from the Austin
state hospital In April. 1938.
District Attorney Moorhead haa
filed an affidavit that in his opln-
I j ’on Pierson is sane and has re-
quested District Judge Ralph Yar-
' borough to order a sanity hearinf.
Pierson was judged Insane after
j the Having of his parents and waa
committed to the state hospital.
SUPPLIES ARE
EXHAUSTED IN
INITIAL RUSH
Cameron and Hidalgo
Counties Fur n i s h
Surprise; 1 otal Is
Placed At 27000
Expected Valley selective
service registrations jumped
to L’T.<><»<> at noon Wednes-
day as the result of an un-
expected rush to register ip
Cameron and Hidalgo coun-
ties where 12 precincts ran
out of cards before 11 a. m.
Previous estimates were 23-
00<>.
Willacy and Starr coun-
ties are reported as staying
within their first estimates. County
Clerk Lai.ro liarza of Starr coun-
ty «aid his original plan for 2.500
to 3 000 would hold for the day.
County Clerk V/. F. Brownfield at
Raymondville said Willacy county
hed experienced no rush and no
rails for additional supplies from
| its precincts and that his first
estimate of 2.000 might not be
reached.
Heavy at Harlingen
Harlingen carried the heaviest
increases where three precincts
rent emergency calls for more fil-
ing cards. Precinct 31 where 300
were expected were entirely out of
forms by 11 a. m.. and precinct 32
clso slated for 300 had registered
230 by 11:30 a. m. and called for
300 more cards. In both these pre-
cincts. among the larg&t in the
county registrants were directed to
other places awaiting the arrival
of the "flying squadron* from
Erownsville with additional supplies.
Precinct 33. also in Harlingen wna
'See REG LSI RATION Page Two>
...
JAPS GET DEAL
ON MEXICO OIL
Firm Obtains Exploit
Rights In Veracruz
MEXICO CITY —jn_The Jap-
anese-controlled Veracruzana Oil
Company has government approval
to exploit 247 000 acres In Veracru*
state.
Sub-Secretary Modesto Roiland
of the ministry of economy ap-
proved a contract under which the
Japanese firm will have five-year
exploratory rights subject to ex-
tension it was learned Tuesday
night.
If oil is found the contract pro-
*$M a five per cent royalty will
go to the land owners and an equal
amount to the government.
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