The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 104, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 1940 Page: 2 of 10
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|| The War j
Today |
1***«»*«< *##*»»» .
Ill DEWITT MACKENZIE
This k one of the big moments
of the European war—ol world his- j
tcry for that matter—.since Soviet !
Leader Stelrn may hold in his
hands the oalance ol power between |
the Berlin-Rome Axis and Britain
as he debates Russia's attitude to- j
wards the conflict at this critical
juncture.
Tense Drama
It is a moment of tense drama
too lor they say that Fuehrer Hit-
ler is trying to jockey the Red
chief into another horse-deal that
Germany s Japanese ally is M -
ing a non-aggression pact with the
Muscovites to stabilize the position
and that England is trying to
crash the party within the fore-
boding walk of the Kiemlui.
British Premier Churchill has
given us an unlorgetable flash ol
what this crisis means. Members ol
commons Tuesd .y pressed him with
question as to Britain & war alms—
whether England was trj.ng to
maintain the status quo of the na-
tions. He parried them until final-
ly he flung bark tills grim retort:
(hurt hill's Answrr
' Wt are not if the war '
merely to maintain the status quo.1
but among other things in order to
survive. When our capacity to do j
that is more generally recognized
throughout the world we shall pe
in a position to take further view
©i what we shall do when victory
has been won."
Stalin Is juggling the balanre of
power and thus far lus hand has
been quicker than the eye.
Balkan* Seething
The Balkans are seething with a
report that Russia and Turkey are
about to conclude a military alli-
ance to block any Axis drive down
the peninsula and into the Near I
East. The Turks defiant behind
their barrier of 2.000.000 bayonets
again have declared their determi- !
nation to resist. Greece appears to
be with them and Bulgaria is in-
sisting on neutrality.
It is difficult to see how Stalin !
can afford not to challenge Hitler i
no*' If the latter tries to .-mash lus '
way across the Dardanelles. No
territorial bribe which Hitler could
effer would reimburse Russia it
this strategic strait should Tail
under German domination.
Gate To Near East
This great waterway Is at once
the gateway between the Blark Sea
•nd the Mediterranean and to-
gether with the little Sea of Mar-
mora and the Bosphorous forms a
vast water-barrier between Europe
and the Near East.
Russia either must control the
Dardanelles or have It under
guardian; hip of friendly hands-
like Turkey's. Were the Dardanelles
to fall to Hitler it would to all
intents turn the great Black Sea
into a landlocked body of water.
Russia no longer would have free
access to the Mediterranean and
this represents her only opening to
southern writers. And it would en-
able the Germans to send a naval
fleet into the Black Sea against
Russia.
Ukraine In Danger
Stalin cannot overlook that Hit-
ler lone has wanted the rich Rus-
sian Ukraine—perhaps the Soviet's
greatest treasure house of supplies.
Weather
(For Valiev forecast see pRg* one>
For Eru Texa* (cast of 100th m«*
Id
wr«t portion Wednr day n«h'. Thurs-
drv fair w .th rising temperature.
Lij;)| to moderata north and north-
e • wind* on the r< :« •
for We*t Gulf of Mexico <wr t o.
9 h mondial”: Morie-atr to fre h
northerly winds locally strong over i
ea t nnd south portion*: fa r to partly
cloudv weather Wednesday night and
Thursday.
W| WIIIIT CONDITION#
Tfc* li.gh pre. sura area noted over
the central portion of the United .
e'at<- > the ia*t two dava ha« moved |
rci'theaatward and *» ere*ted over
the lower Great l akes region Wednes-
day morning. Pressure fell a!-o over
the western half of the country since
la it r cport Highest reported reading
38 37 at Bufalo N. Y and lowest 29 9*>
at Fat go. N Dak. Moderate to heavy
rain occurred tn the Lower Rio Gran-
de Valiev dtrmg the la*' 24 hours i
s’ n In t
es-tem rnd extrema eastern starr
Temperature* fell throughout the
southern and rantern elate* sine-
Tuesday morning end ha\e r.«en
acme what over the Northwest Frost
occurred a* fa- south a* Abtiene and
Fort Worth. Texes Tu**d.v n sht
Brownsville 6 30 a m tCSTi aea-
l*vel pressure 30 19 inches.
—
RIO GRANDE RIVER BULLETIN
..
Flood P: !->cnt 24-Hr 24-Hr
Stage Stage Change Ram
Laredo .77 18 no no pt rldv
Rio Grande 21 JO 457 12 clotud
Hidalm ... 21 3 0 *0 9 1 08 p'cldv
Mercrd • .21 4 1 *0 1 pt eld
Brown*uile .18 0 5 —0.4 1.57 cloudy ^
There will he a slight to mode-a'e
nee in the Valiev during the next
24 to 48 hour*
Burnet Wednesday . 002
Sunrise Thureda'. . 8 3°
STATION Lowest Highest Preclpl-
last last tation
Night 24 hours Uncbe* ■
Abilene . 32 #6
Albuquerque .... 47
Amarillo . 38
Atlanta. Ga. M
Fol*e. Idaho .... 41
Boston. Ma*s .... ?■'
Brownsville .... -'*8 74
Br’rUle Air Pt .. 34 75 1 37
Chicago III .... 37 34
Cleveland Ohio .. 38
Corpus Chrietl .. 32 87
Denier. Colo. ... 41 70 .00
Dodre Cltv. Kan. 40 82 .00
E! P.-»*o . 48 87 .00
Fort Worth . 44 87
Fort Smith. Ark. . 42 88 .00
Houston . 49 88 .00
Huior. B D.ik .. 38 88 00
Jacksonville. Fla. . 59 87 .On
K.ansa* Cttv .... 35 82 .00
Laredo . «8 74 .oo
to* Angele* . 58 82 .On
Miami. Fla. 84 85 .00
Mrle St p Minn 37 54 Jn
New OHesn*. La. 58 .5 .0°
North Platte Nebr 35 88
Oklahoma City .. 41 84 .00
Palestine . ..... 49 87 .Ph
Pensacola. Fla. . 58 84 *n
Phoenix. Am .. S7 97 .<D
8t. Louts Mo 38 81 .00
Salt Lake City... 42 <3 .00
San Antonio .... 44 70 .00
Ban Diego Calif . 81 74 .00
Ban rrtaclsoo ..48 .4 .00
Sberllan. Wyo. . 38 31
Bhrexeport. La... 42 88 .00
Tampa. Fla. 89 84 oo
Washington. D C 47 80 oi
WilllBton. N Dak 41 6. O
Wilmington N. C. 58 84 .0*'
• nil VAR .5# 74
•Unofficial courtesy Chamber of Com-
Rjerce.
•NAME AGE. ADDRESS’ IT’S CONSCRIPTION
I.mil Hartman Pan American employe 515 North-
west Jefferson. Is shown shove registering W"dnes.
dav morning at Brownsville grammar school In ae-
ro i dance w ith •government conscription require
ment*. Firing the question* i* Mi** Betty Rockwell
tearher as Lo* Ebano* school. who was a volunteer
registrar. Practically all public school tearher* in
the city volunteered to aid in the conscription work.
Conarription hrnucht *n many rlictbln reentrant* In
Fourth Ward vhool Wednesday mornln* that part
of the crowd were obliged to stand outside the school
to await their turns as shown above.
FREIGHT CUT
TO AID BOARD
Matamoros Gran ted
Big Reduction
MATAMOROS — Anxious to co-
oprra'e in every way with comple-
tion of tne Matamoros-Victoiia
highway the Mexican government
this week agreed to a 50 percent
reduction in lreight rates on all
materials coming loin Monterrey to
Matamoros for the project.
The reduction in ra.es was an-
nounced Tuesday as a result of a
met ling Monday attemoon of the
Matamoros board of public improve-
ments with General . esus Marla
Ga rs. Mexico* undersecretary ol
communications and public works.
Jesus S. Salcido chairman of the
Matamoros board announced that
tha reduced rates will also apply to
a.l materials used m the Matamoro*
public works program.
Twenty-seven city blocks are
now being pared In the city limits
of Matamoros to connect with the
highway. Six blocks have been
complet d but only three are open
to traffic. Mr. Salcido said.
Mr. Salcdo said tne city plans to
expand the .aving projeot after
completion of the present program.
A small percentage of fund. lor the
project comes lrom import duties
and the rest of the money Is fur-
nished by the city and tne state.
The Brownsville and Matamoros
chambers of commerce aie receiv-
ln: co-opciation in thatr wove i r
the highway completion from all
t ;>«n Tex-
ik>
Governor Marie R. Gomez of
Tamaulipus made a special trip to
Matamoros and Brownsville recent-
ly to confer with ofllcials on the
project. He hinted tn*t his govern-
ment would ask for funds from the
Unit-’d States T nport-Export bank
for completion ot the highway.
if completed the road would cut
164 ru les off the loute from Hous-
ton to Mexico CPy. It would join
wit it the Hug-the-Coast • h.ghway
and the militaty highway at
Brownsville.
F timated cost of comple*ion of
the h.ghway Is about $1500000.
BOARD
(Continued lrom Fage One)
to another country or to absences
of less than one day.
Until further notice the board
decided no special permission will
be required to enable those having
busine.'s in Matamoros. or in an-
other country to go ahead as they
formerly have done.
If a longer trip or a trip Into the
Mexican interior is contemplated
special ] ermiss on must be obtained
lrom the board.
The board members. Sherwood
Bishop chairman; W. O. Washimv
ton and Haibert Davenport said
the purpose of the regulation was
to keep the registrants In constant
touch with the board.
The boards liberal interpretation
of the regulation also applies to
crews of airplanes flying to for-
eign countries—If the crews plan
an immediate return.
Ot 'er draft boards In the Valley
are expected to take the same ac-
tion. enabling Valley residents to
cross the Rio Grande at any point.
Duce Paper Says Burma Road !
Crisis Driving U.S. To War
ROME—'/P1—The possibility that
BritainSs reopening of the Burma
war supply road to China Thurs-
day would provide the spark to
touch off an American jiowder keg
and bring the United States into
the war was advanced Wednesday
by Mario Appellus. military com-
mentator of Premier Mussolini's
newspaper 11 Popolo d’ltalia.
Appellus characterized the re-
opening of the road as Winston
Churchill's challenge to Japan
which was almost sure to bring the
^roops of the two powers into the
conflict.
•'What will the Americans do If
British provocation and stubborn-
ness bring about a Bntish-Ja.»-
anese conflict along the Burma
Road or around it?” AppeUux ask*»d.
“The 1 unction of the tripartite
pact (Rome-BerUn-Tokyo military
alliance! Is closely linked to events
which may occur. The seventeenth
of this month the tripartite pact
which now lies in a state of •non-
belligerency’ will move into an
alarm phase or that of ’the pos-
sibility of belligerency.”’
The us-* of American arms by
mug to resist an Im-
pending Italian of tensive in Egypt
was hinted by Vlifinio c»ayda. au-
thoritative fascist editor writing in
II Giornale Dltalia.
He declared the Italians had
.
ram to Bur Alem Talut In prepar-
ing for their next thrust against
the British stronghold at Matruh.
ACTORS
f Continued from Page One )
tion of film york and Just before a
radio broadcast.
Bob Crosbv and Orrin Tucker
had similar plans Tucker posed the
question of whether a bandleader
could list hu orchestra as • depend-
ents.”
A number of actors on location or
vacationing made arrangements to
register out of town. They included
John Garfield and Gene Autry in
New York and Tvron Power
• somewhere In the southvest.”
Some like 30-year-old Don Amr-
che with his four sons will have
families to mention when the ques-
tion of dependents arises later on.
Most however are unmarried or
married and childless.
Draft-aze actors who arranged
to register included Ray Milland
a Welshman but now an American
citizen. Mischa Auer who won’t be
36 until next month. Robert Stack
former national skeet champion
and the following:
Robert Cummings. Broderick
Crawofrd. John Howard. I eb is
Howard. Andy Devine. Dick Faran.
Franchot Tone Lon Chaney. Jr.
Noah Beery. Jr Eddi" Albert.
Dennis Morgan William Lundigan
Jeffrey Lvnn. Wayne Morris.
George Reeves James Ellison.
Richard Carlson. Gene Raymond
Kent Taylor Ot u Welles Tim
Holt. Eddie Bracken.
Also John Carradine. Henry Fon-
da. John Pa- ne. C< Rw
Alan Curtis. Laird Creager. Lew
Ayres. Lee Bowman. John Carroll.
Tonv Martin. James Stewart. John
Shelton Robert Taylor. Robert
Yeung. Bruce Bennett iHerm
Brix*. Glenn Ford William Hol-
den. John Wayne and Cow boy |
Siars Roy Rogers. Don 'Red Ryd- j
en Barn- and Bob Livingston.
SIDELIGHTS
(Continued from Page One )
riirt they?" a friend asked smiling.
’No” the mother said “He’s not
of age. but my other two sons were
there on time.”
TULSA Okla — (P* —A short
heavyaet negro anaarered the con-
scription registration questions in
a trembling voice. But when he
was handed his card he ap peared
disappointed He boomed:
“Mister. Just wheah does ah git
mah gun?”
Workers said that a number of
aliens reported during the morning
to sign up.
MARKET NEWS
OPENS MONDAY
Service Offers Citrus
Reports
WESLACO — The Texas-Federal
market news service will resume its
distribution of citrus reports Mon-
day morning.
George E. Winfrey will he In
charge again this year In the in-
terim. the Texas Federal inspec-
tion service will continue to keep a
record of shipments.
The purpose of fhe news service
is to proude shippers growers
transportation companies receivers
and others with all possible infor-
r auon on the amount of lnnt be-
ing shipped A leased wire service
will be maintained
FEDERATION
• Continued from Page One >
n n Graham of Elsa; third \ :• e-
pr e s Id en t«. Mesdames Stanley
Crock*tt of Harlingen. Effie Roe of
Alamo and Miss Robin Brooks Rio
Grande City. Secretary-treasurer
Mesdames Leon Brown of Mission
and R. B. Caldwell of M'rced'*$.
Mrs. J. J. Murray of Harlingen
acted as chairman for the follow-
ing committee: Mesdames Harry
Rouse of Mercedes. Walter Weaver
cf Donna. C. J. Scott of Ravmond-
vilJe. U. J Boehnke of McAllen. H.
O. Schaleben of Edinburg. Belle
OM^ara of Rio Grande City A E.
Buddemeyer of Alamo Neil Mc-
Naughten of Weslaco. Graham
John«on of Mission. Charles Har-
pln of La Fena and C. B. Cramer
of Pharr. The session was railed
by Mrs. O. E. Stuart Harlingen
president of the Federation.
BALKANS
• Continued from Page One.Y
Fe^arabia. which Rus'ia regained
from Rumania last summer.
Authorized Nazis in Berlin insis-
ted flatly that Russia was Inform-
ed of Germany’s intention to send
troor into Rumania.
YI nrts from Sofia. Bulgaria
said President I«mrt Inonu of
Turkey was expected to announce
a Russian-Turkish military pact
en Nov. 1. aimed at blm-kir* fur-
ther Rome-Berlin Axis thrusts
Into southeast Europe.
REGISTRATION
<C mtinued from Page One.)
near exhaustion of supplies befora
noon.
Rush In Hidalgo
Hidalgo county reported a sim-
ilar early rush and five precmct*
called on County Clerk Oscar Kirk-
land at Edinburg for more form*.
Hidalgo estimates at noon Jumped
to 11.000 from trie previous of
9.000.
Cameron county where 9.000
were expected was forced to in-
crease estimates before noon to
11.000. County Clerk H. D. Seago
oeclared that early estimates baaed
on poll tax receipts issued were
inadequate as several thousand
cligibles were registering who had
not taken out poll tax receipts.
A«k More Supplies
In Brownsville County Clerk
Seago kept a squad of a dozen
emergency cars on the Jump with
seven precinct* reporting out of
supplies by 11 a. m. and other*
coming in rapidly. He said suffi-
cient supplies were available at the
courthouse to register up to 20.000
and that the only problem was to
deliver material to remote section*
quickly.
Precinct 26 in La Terla. where
400 were expected requested addi-
Uonal supplies as did Precinct 21 1
at San Denlto. Precinct 20 at Rio
hondo and Precinct 9 the Wash-
ington’ Park school in Brownsville.
During the morning additional
volunteer workers were sworn in
&t many of the Valley precinct*
where long lines of eligible* waited
their turn. Additional volunteers to |
swell the 1.502 already appointed
were expected to be pressed into
service lor another expeetd rush
aftr 4 p. m. Of the 71 precincts
m the Valley only about 15 were
expected to be working at capacity
manpower for the entire day.
Light at Pet. S
Precinct 5 here the Victoria
Heights school was one of the few
place* were registration was com-
paratively light 90 being recorded
up to 9 a. m. Except for the open- 1
mg hour the staff was not required
to work at capacity.
The Fourth Wr*rd school house
in Precinct 6 had one of the heavy
runs in the morning more than
100 being recorded In the first
hour. Albino Estrada. 32. 1517 Ring-
gold was the first to register.
At the courthouse. Precinct 7.
James Rea 2215 Congress street
Houston was the first to register In
the line of 100 who waited for the
poll to open. He Is a salesman Tor
the Charles P. Wagner Ac Bros
bakery machinery firm of Houston;
Heavy Registration*
Heaviest registration of the morn-
ing came at the Resaca School in •
Precinct 8. where a line of close
to 100 applicants was maintained
throughout the morning More than
400 are expected to register hera
where 300 had been anticipated.
Another rush to register occurred
at the Washington Park school.
Precinct 9. where Manuel Ramirez
Garcia Madison at 7th. was tha
first to complete his registration.
St Josephs Academy in Precinct
10 was one of the places where
work was light during the morning
period a small line being formed
only at the opening hour. Adolfo
Garza Trevino. 29. 219 Fourth street
was first to register.
Reservist Register*
At the First W'ard school in Pre-
cinct 11 about 75 had been i/gts-
terpd up to 9 a. m. and total regis-
trations are expected to equal the
quota of 350 on the day.
At the West Browns villa school.
Willard O. Smith 27 Hawthorne
a volunteer naval reserve officer
exempted from draft call was reg-
istered among the 60 to report up
to 9 a. m. The heaviest work will
ruf after 4 p. m In this area it
*■' expected and the quota of 250
iiav be reached or exceeded.
At the Old Junior High School.
Precinct 13. Indications were that
the quota of 300 would be exceed-
ed as 130 had been enrolled be-
fore 9 a m. Juan Bautista Tijerina
333 Adams was first to register
and John Barron county superin-
tendent of schools was second in
me.
Information Given
A bulletin of information con-
cerning the draft was given each
registrant. All registered men are
required to keep their identifica-
tion cards with them at all times
and if it is lost to apply to the
local draft board for a duplica’e
Registrants mu.st find out which OT
the draft boards has his card so
that he may keep in touch with the
board and mast notify the board
in any change of address.
Registered men may enlist as
volunteers in the Army. Navy or
Marine Corps in the same manner
as though they were not register-
ed In such case the local board
must be notified.
All registrants will be placed in
1 the four following classes for draft
purposes.
1. Ihnv available for training
service in the armed forces.
2. Those deferred because the
public interest is best served by
their staving on their usual Jobs.
3. Those deferred because
others are dependent upon them
for support.
4. Those deferred by law. or
lor physical disability or other
reasons.
Registrant* will be put la Class
2 if their employment in industry
is found by the local board to be
necessary to maintenance of pub-
lic health or safety.
Placed in Class 3 are those hav-
ing dependent* for support.
Class four will have men alreadv
in some exempted branch of the
services who are physically unfit
to serve who claim alien citizen-
ship or who may describe them-
selves as "conscientious objectors.**
All deferments are considered
temporary and classification* may
be change*’ by the draft boards.
Only persons put in Class 1 will be
given physical examinations.
VALLEY PICKER SCORES
HARLINGEN — Jose Hernandez
of Harlingen won third place and a
$100 prize in the world’s champion-
ship cotton picking contest at
Blytheville. Ark. Tuesday the As-
sociated Press reported Wednesday.
London Bridge Still Stands
r* - «*■ '
NEA cable-telephoto shows inr drnris-littrrrd approach to London
Bridge famous Thames River crossing as it stood through the most
violent Nazi air attack of the war.
•la sl« ml* ml* W» .... “. ■ ■MMMUm I
(Continued from Pace One)
Goermg cocktail*." started count-
less fires throughout the metropol-
itan area and Germans said tha
havoc recalled the wreckage of
Warsaw. Rotterdam and Dunkerque. I
Hitler's high command com- i
plaining angrily that British RAF
bombers were "ptanlesaly’* attacking
non-military targets "and thus
primarily against the German civil-
ian population" said retaliatory
attacks on London "therelore were
considerably increased."
Big Fire* Visible
“Big fires following strong ex-
plosions in the city's heart the
Thames bend as veil as the Vic-
toria docks were visible from the
channel coest on the return flight"
the German communique asserted.
One bomb exploded near a shelter
under a building m which 110 per-
sons had taken refuge lor the
night. Bv mid-morning rescue
irews had taken out seven dead
and many wounded.
Some Buried Alive
Two large bombs scored direct
hits on the two-story schoolhouse.
In which t-n undetermined number
of Londoners had taken refuge.
Rescuers reported they had dug
out most of those buried alive and
all still In the rums were believed
to be dead. Most were women chil-
dren and old men. it was said.
Manv Injured
Tons of tumbled masonry and
woodwork had to be moved to reach
the entombed. Many were serious-
ly injured.
In one London area 28 bombs
fell rithin a small radius hitting
a Roman Catholic church a school
apartments factories and numbers
of shops and small houses
15 &•>>» Re*«urd
Rescue workers digging In the
debris of a youth hostel had given
up hope of finding anyone alive
when a policeman heard the muf-
fled sound of voices. Renewed
digging unco\ered 15 boys who had
been asleep In the casement. Most
o! them were unharmed but two
or three others were known to be
dead.
DRAFT
(Continued from Page One)
tering Wednesday selective service
officials expected to draw 5.000.000
men ready and able to undergo
military training in the next four
and a hall years—nearly 750000
more than were mobilized to fight
the war of 1917 Hnd 1918.
Where some 12 000 000 men from
21 through 30 registered for the
first draft in 1917. thos« from 21
through 35 are registering Wednes-
day.
Another Tistinction
The president made another dis-
tinction. too. between this call and
that of 1917 when he stated in his
message:
“We prepare to keep the peace in
this new world • • • It is a pro-
gram obviously of defensive prep-
aration and of defensive prepara-
tion only-'*
To the 16.404 000 approaching a
new experience for America—peace-
time conscription the president's
words were:
•The Cause of Youth*
“Democracy is your cause—the
cause of youth. • • • Your-act to-
day affirms not only your loyalty
to your country but your will to
build your future for yourselves.”
The message from Wendell L.
Wilikie. Republican presidential
nominee was this:
“You are registering one more
chance for freedom—your chance
for freedom.** He pledged his effort
to “release-* the power of American
industry to arm the young men
who may be called to duty.
Few Fxcrptiorw
With a Tew specified exceptions
all men between 21 and 36 were
obligated to report to the 123000
registration places between 7 a. m.
and 9 p. m. w ith special provi-
sions for those ill or unavoidably
Could Henry VIII Have
Had Stomach Ulcer Pains?
Hiftorv tell* how Henry VIII would
forge hlmaelf with food and *uffer
afterward. Don't ignore your suffer-
ing* Try a 25c bo* of Udiw for re-
lief of ulcer and •‘tamaett pain* in-
digestion. ga« pain- for heartburn
burning actuation bloat and other
condition* caused bv exrr»« acid Udca
Tablet* must hr.p 0- mo-ir refund-
ed At M-Kay* Pharmacy and drug I
■torn STerywhera. I
„ *
VOCATION AID
FOR STUDENTS
Valiev Conference To
Explain Jobs
—
HARLINGEN —Efforts are bring
made to obtain four outstanding
.speaker* for the vocational guid-
ance conference for students of 12
Valley high schools. Supt. E C.
Draring. general chairman said on
Wednesday.
The conference designed to aid
student* in choosing iheir future
work w 9. in and 11
at the following Valley centers:
Edinburg Mission. McAU e n
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Dcnna.
Weslaco. Mercedes La Feria. Har-
lingen. San Benito. Brownsville and
Raymondvllle high schools. Three
speakers will visit each of the a
schools. In addition there will be
one speaker to take up one hour
each at Rio Grande City. La Jn\a.
Edcoueh-El^a. Santa Rosa Lyford.
San Perlita. Rio Hondo and Los
Fresnos. Students of the e schools
will go to the nearest of the large
schools for the night sessions.
All high school students will be
included in the program. About
6.000 Valley students are expected
to hear these speakers.
*
Colonel Besson '
Visits Valley ' „
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Bes-
son. United States army district en-
gineer. and Mrs. Besson arrived tn
Brownsville lat“ Tuesday by auto-
mobile from West Texas points
where he has been on official busi-
ness.
Colonel Besson woke highly of
the new highway from Laredo east
which was recently opened. It was
his first trip over the new road.
He will Inspect work going on at
the Brazos Pass Jetties Wednesday
after which he will return to his
headquarters at Galveston.
Colonel Besson will return to the
Valley for the October 25 hearing
at Harlingen on tne Intracoastal
Canal extension.
1750 South Texans
Enlist In U. S. Navy
HARLINGEN — Since the navy
recruiting drive was started in Se '-
tember. 1939. Sou'll Texas haa con-
tributed some 1.750 men to the
service. Robert A. Kern. Valiev re-
cruiting officer said Wednesday.
On Sept. 16 of this year the ac-
tual strength of the navy was 160.-
613. making a net increase of 11.
687 neceaaary to attain the present
allowance of 172.339 The full figure
is expected to be attained by Dec
1.
detained and stern penalties for
willful evaders.
President Roosevelt has one son.
John registering Already in reserve
units the other three sons are
exempt from registration.
Khown as the youngest veteran
of the A E F. Frank Sauhere. a
rejiorter for the Miami <Fir » Daily
News who will not be 36 until
January 24. will sign up again but
probably will be deferred benause
of * his wife. He enlisted in the
World War at 12 telling authorities
he was 16. and served 13 months
with the 18th Engineers.
Budget Terma
On Cameras and supplies Small
down payment and terms up to
12 mo. on balance
a. rogers prr
Across from El .fa-din Hotel
Phone 99 — Brownsville1200 Children *
Get Health Exam
Approximately 1200 Brownsville
twhool children have been given
nil Miai examinations b' local phy-
sician* and dentist* our ng the past
lew week* in n-cordanca with the
gram* sc-
cordniR to e. C. Dodd supermten-
cent of public schools.
Mr. Dodd siia all students of West
Brownsville. Prst Ward. Los Eba-
nas and Victoria Heights schools
have been examined end work sill
continue until plusical examina-
tions have been given to all local
students.
Volunteers from the Brownsville
Junior Service League have been as-
sisting th medical men in their
work. Mr. Dodd said.
He estimated that approximately
3CCO students remain to be given
examination* The program may
not take In the junior and senior
high schools he said.
Jobs Are Offered
At Fort Ringgold
RIO GRANDE CITY—The boa£f
of U. S. civil service examined
Wednesday announced opsn com-
petitive examinations for 12 jotxi
in construction work at Fort Ring-
gold. Rio Grande City.
The jobs and rat *• j’cr day arc-
Bricklayer $3; carpenter. $3: cement
finisher $3; packer. $3; plasterer.
$3: painter S3; electricians helper
$2 50; painter's helper $2.50; plast-
erer’s helper. $250; plumber’s help-
er. 12.50; sheet metal worker. S3;
sheet metal workers* helper. $2.50
Details and applications may be
obtained at the quartermaster’s
headquarter* at Fort Ringgold.
Central American
Chiefs Fly North
Fix high army officials of Cen-
tral American countries came
through Brownsville Tuesday after-
noon on their wav to inspect Unit-
ed States defense*.
In the party were General Fran-
oiaco Ponce chief of the general
Maif «nd Major Herman Baron
bo h of f.1 Salvador; General Fran-
cisco L. Urquizn and Major Eduarde*^
H. PR’mer. both of Mexico an<\r
General Ricoberto Reyes and Cap-
tain Julio C. Morales both of Ni-
caragua.
The group left Immediately for
Washington.
Draft Heads Named
HARLINGEN — Paul G Green- «
"ood and Grafton I. Burdette have ~
been named chairman and secre-
tary. respectively of the Harlingen
draft boar.i Larry J. Powers is the
. third member.
Ralph Ormcsher w s appointed
clerk of the board. Mrs. Elizabeth
Nurkola Is .stenographer. The board
will have Jurisdiction over commis-
sioner a precinct No.. 4. Including
j election precincts 26 to 33 inclusive.
This is all territory in Cameron
county north of the arroyo.
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