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jj The War
11 Today j|
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New* Item: Istanbul Turkey
Oot. 18—The Turkish radio < gov-
ernment controlled) warns the Axis
power* that If they attempt a drive
across the Dardanelles to Egypt and
the Suez Canai. they will find
Turkey a toucher nut to crack than
the Netherlands Belgium or Prance.
The threatened \x\n thrust down
the Balkans into the Near East
naturally creates another danger
to the life of the British Empire
bu". on the basis that it's a nasty
wind which doesn't cool the fever-
ed brow at all I can see some bene-
fit for England—much benefit if
Hitler and Mussolini start their
push ana are stopped at the Dar-
danelles.
Banks on Blockade
England is depending on her con-
trol of the seas to pull her through
the war. She* banking on her
naval blockade to strangle the
enemy.
This being so. the destruction or
dissipation of enemy supplies while
the blockade prevents replacement*
Is mil to the good for Britain.
When the Nazi and Fascist armies
are on the move they're burning up
precious military supplies.
Exhaust Countries
That's only part of the picture.
W'hen Hitler occupies a country fas
he has Rumania for example) It's
true that he may profit at the out-
set by fresh supplies. However the
occupied country soon is exhausted
by this extra burden and becomes
a liability to Nazidom.
That has happened in every one
of the countries Hitler has overrun
in western Europe.
There’s still more of It. Every one
of these countries w'hen free was
working like a beaver to create
supplies for the omnivorous Ger-
man market. In rendering them
Impotent the Nazis have killed the
geese which were laying the golden
• eggs.
If They Break Through
Complete stoppage off supplies
due to the holocaust which bids
fair to sweep the Balkans would
put Herr Hitler on a tough spot—
providing that Turkey with the
naval aid of Britain holds the
Axis forces at the Dardanelles. But
supposing the dictators do break
through into the Near East?
That will increase Britain’s danger
and add to the resources of the
Axis powers. Still. It doesn't neces-
sarily mean they can reach the
Suez Canal a vital link in Britain’s
lifeline of empire and naturally one
of the principal Axis goals.
Mere Obstacle*
There seems to be a widespread
Impression that if the German and
Italian forces can get into Syria
and Palestine there's nothing to
prevent them from sweeping on to
the canal. However there's plentv
to discourage an army to the East
'y of the big ditch.
‘V Tha* is the Sinai desert—a water-
lev. smoking Hell if ever there was
one It a a fin* natural defense
from attack from the East.
Thus on the whole I should sav
that the British aren't dismayed
because of the likelihood of the war
spreading to the Balkans.
YMCA
(Con tan tied from Page One.)
mittee will begin Immediate work
of finding a building suitable for a
Y M. C A location and arranging
for furnishings.
“The entire project depends upon
local co-operation." Col. Talbot
said. “If Brownsville citizens and
merchants can provide a furnished
building for the purpose the na-
tional Y. M C. A council will fur-
nish the rrcrea’ional program and
the tiained personnel to carry it
out.’*
H. L. Stokrly chairman of the
military and naval affairs commit-
ter of the chamber of commerce
will immediately form a commit-
tee composed of commanders of the
local American Legion and V. F. W.
jests heads of service clubs and of-
ficers of the Brownsville Minis-
terial association it was announced
This local committee will have
charge of all preliminary arrange-
ments for the project and will be
responsible for raising operating
expenses of the building each year.
It was said.
“We are definitely in need of a
Y If c A for soldiers here and I
believe Mr. Fullers visit Is the most
important step that could be taken
toward realization of such a pro-
ject." Chaplain Cronin declared.
The Y M C A with Its .V'
years' experience L< receiving a
maximum amount of co-operation
from army posts all over the Unit-
ed States in establishing centers of
this nature for soldiers" Mr. Ful-
ler stated.
Mr. Fuller will leave Brownsville
by train tonight for New York City
to present the results of the local
survey to the national council.
No estimate was made as to the
cost of establishing the center here.
• since the amount to be spent will
be dependent upon local co-opera-
tion in the project it was announ-
ced.
HEAVEN
(Continued from Page One >
- Deeds on Hie at White Plain*
show that S3«.noo in r*ah was
paid for the estate.
There are 11 hath* In the
house and farare* for seven
automobiles.
This Is the third ••heaven’*
which Father Divine has acquir-
ed in Westchester county. Pro-
bable the best known of his Hud-
son Vallley estates is the old How-
land Spencer home across the
river from President Rooaevelt'a
Hvd* Pnfc estate- I
Today's Markets |!
Markets at Glance |
NEW YORK
Stocks—Slightly mixed; leaders
narrow.
Bonds—t Sea dy; rail* improve.
Foreign exchange—Quiet; minor
changes British. Swiss. Canadian
currencies.
Cotton—Quiet; routine trade aup-
port.
Sugar—Narrow; trade selling in-
creases.
Metals—Steady; export topper
tirmer.
Wool tops— Higher; short cover-
ing in October. •
CHIC AC 1
Wheat— Weak buying power ab-
sent.
Com—Weak sympathy with
wheat.
Hogs—steady to strong active
buying.
Cattle—Steady demand slower
New York Stocks
MBW YORK — m — The stock
market bumped Into considerable
profit taking Fridav but managed
partially to regain its balance after
a forenoon stumble.
losses of fraction* to a point or
more Tor steels and other recent in-
dustrial favorite* were cut or re-
placed with small gains at the
close.
The pace quickened on the recov-
ery attempt Transfers were around
*00.000 shares.
The morning set-back was at-
tributed by brokers mainly to the
customarv cashing in on the eve
of a week-end following three suc-
cessive rising sessions. Business
news was still helpful.
General Motors and Chrysler
were about even the greater part
of the dav. although this week’s
automotive production was estimat-
ed bv Ward’s at 114.457 units a
new top for the \ear to date It
comiwred with 108457 In the pre-
vious week and 70 114 a year ago.
Among supported stocks were
American Telephone. Douglas Air-
craft. Bears Roebuck. Paramount
Santa Fe Pennsylvania. Chesa-
iwakc A* Ohio. J. I Case and In-
' ternational Harvester.
Backward most of the time were
U. S Steel. Bethlehem. Crucible
Steel. Du Pont. Dow Chemical. Am-
erican Smelting. Standard Oil of
N. J. and Consolidated Edison.
NEW VORK STOCK LIST
By The AMorliird Preas
Trade in 100 High Low Close
Al ChmArDye 5 171% 170% 170%
Am Can 1 94% 94% #4%
Am MAFdy 1 13% 13% 13%
Am Roll Mill 14 12% 12% 12%
Am SmeltAR 11 42% 42% 42%
Am TAT 22 183 164 164%
Am Woolen 3 9% 9% 9%
Anaconda 48 23 % 23 23%
A TA3F 17 17% 17 17%
A\iation Corp 32 4% 4% 4%
Barnsdall Otl 2 8% 8 I
Bendix Aviat 18 31% 31% 31%
Beth Steel 33 82% 81% 82%
Porden 4 19% 19% 19%
Btidd Wheel 17 8 5% 5%
Ci'han Z-Lead 2 1% 1% 1%
Caff 2 58% 56 56%
Chrysler 55 81 80 % 81
Colum GAE1 45 8 .5% 8
Consol Oil 15 5% 5% 5%
Cont Can 4 39 38% 38%
Cont Oil Del 22 17 18% 17
Corn Plod 8 48 47% 47%
Curtis* Wit 80 a 7% 7%
Douglas Aire 20 82% 80% 82
FJ PowALt 58 3% 3% .5%
Freeport Sulh 3 33% 33 33%
Gen Clee 53 33 34 % 34%
Gen Foods 19 39 % 39% 39%
Gen Motors 77 49% 49% 49%
Goodrich 8 12% 11% 12%
Goodyear 9 15% 15% 15%
Ot Nor Ire Ore 16 15 14% 14%
Greyhound 18 11% 11% n%
Houston 011 1 3% 3% 3%
Hudson Mot 33 4% 3% 4%
Hupp Mot 10 % % %
Int Harvest 17 49% 48% 49%
Int Kyd El A 5 2% 2% 2%
Johns Msnv 1 67% 67% 67%
Kenne Cop 28 31% 30% 30%
Loews 14 28% 26% 26%
Lorillard 2 20 % 20% 20%
Marsh Field 9 14% 14% 14%
Mid Cont Pet 1 12% 12% 12%
MKT 2 % S %
Mont Ward 33 40% 40% 40%
Nash Kelvin 33 5% .5 5%
Nat Biscuit 13 18% 18% 18%
Nat Dairy Pr 12 13% 12% 13%
Nat PowALt 10 8 7% 8
Nor Amer Co 23 20% 19% 20
Ohio OH 8 6% 8 6%
Packard Mot 8 3% 3% 3%
Pan Am Air 17 18% 15% 15%
Panhandle 2 % % %
Penney 2 89'. 82% 89
Penn RR 108 23% 22% 23%
Pet Corp 2 6% 8% 6%
Phelps Dodge 13 31% 31% 31%
Phillips M 7 34% 34 34-.
Pure Oil 11 7 8% 8%
RCA 36 6 4% 4%
Sears Roet 22 79 78% 79
Shell Un Oil 13 » 8% 9
Simmon* 4 18% 18% 18%
lOtOBjr Vae 69 I 7% I
Sou Pac 31 8% 8% 8%
Stand Brand* 48 8% 8% 8%
fl O Cal 1 ] 17% 17%- 17%
£ O Ind 29 25 % 25 25
3 O NJ 52 32% 11% 31%.!
Stew Warn 2 6% 6% 8%'
SioneAWebs 8 8% 8% 8%
Sid'okr Corp 26 8% 8 8
Tex Olf Sulph 5 33% 33 33%
Tex Per CAO 3 5% 5% I .
Tex PacLTr 8 4% 4% 4% ;
Tid Wat A 011 1 9% •% 9%
TrnsAWst Air 3 18% 18 18
In Carbid* 13 74% 74 74% .
United Aire 25 40*. 39 % 39%
Un Carbon 1 51S 81% 31%
United Corp 42 1% 1% l‘A»l j
Un Gas Imp 20 11% 11% 11%
U S Rubber 30 21% 20’ 20% ;
U S Steel 122 81% 81% 81%
Walgreen 9 20% 20 20
Warner Bros 12 2% 2% 2%
W U Tel 3 19% 19% 19%
Vest F-lAMfg 7 107% 107 107
White Mot 25 15% 14% 18
Wilson A Co 5 4% 4% 4%
Woolworth 8 33% 33% 33%
N. O. SPOT C OTTON
NEW ORLEANS —<JPv— Spot cot-
ton closed steady. Unchanped.
Sales 2.564 Low middling 8 16. mid-
dling 9 41. good middling 9 86. Re- .
ceipts 7.383. Stocks 568 362
TEXAS SPOT COTTON
DALLAS—A* —Cctton 9.01; Hous-
ton 9.23. Galveston 8.24
X. O. COTTONSEED
NEW ORLEANS —<JPi— Cotton-
seed oil closed steady. Bleachable
prime summer yellow 5 25N. prime
crude 4 374. Oct 4.95B Dec. 4 93B
Jan 5.O0B. Mch 5.09B. May 5.16B
Jlv 5 22B
B-Bid.
N. O. FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS —A**— Cotton
future* closed steady 2 point* net
lower.
Open High Low Last
Dec 9 51 9 51 9.50 9 52 N
Jan 9 42 B 9 44 B
Mch 9 48 9 49 9 47 9 49 B
Mav 9 38 9 40 9 38 9 39 B
Jly 9 20 9 20 9 19 9 20 N
Oct 878 878 875 8 78
B—Bid; N—Nominal.
N. Y. FUTURES
NEW YORK —<AV- Routine trade
buying in cotton future* was offset
by light hedging Friday and prices
ciosed 2 to 5 higher.
Open High Low Last
Dec 9 47 9 49 9.45 9 49
Jan 8 38 9 38 9 38 9 40 N
Mch 9 44 9 47 9 43 9 46-47
May 9 35 9 37 9 35 9 37
Jly 9 16 9 18 9 14 9 18
Oct 8 80 8 81 8 70 8 72N
Middling Spot 9 78 N
N—Nominal.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO —**•>— The wheat
market drifted around with a
•■what'* the use” air Friday.
Price eased downward fraction-
ally in a listless session. There was
no particular reaction to an offi-
cial report that next years wheat
acreage would be approximately
the same as that seeded a year
ago.
At the close wheat was 1-2—3-4
cent below Thursday’s finish. Dec-
ember 85 *•-*» May 84t«-%.
corn was 1-4—1-2 down December
60'-S.. May 81S. oat* *•-
3-8 off and lard 2-7 cent* down
DRAFT
(Continued from Page One.)
SX5 000 guardsmen already have been
mobilized.
The conscription schedule con-
tained one definite surprise—word
that 18000 of the men called up
would be assigned to the elite corps
of modern mechanized armies—the
armored divisions
Secretary Stimson said adequate
housing facilities would be avail-
able for ail men Inducted Into ser-
vice.
Outlining plans for the first
KtW.000 conscription trainees
Stimson «aid (he initial contin-
gent of 30.000 would he summon-
ed about November 18. The sche-
dule thereafter: December 2.
*MW; January 3. 80.000; Janu-
ary 15. 00.000; February 10 180»
000; March 5 200.000 and June 15.
MNMNM.
Elated over the comparative
smoothness of a nation-wide reg-
istration which exceeded advance
estimate* by over 200000. national
draft headquarters gave assurances
its far-flung organization could
keep pace with army needs In clas-
sifying and selecting men for the
call to service.
Headquarters predicted 400 000
Class 1 volunteers and conscripts
fit and ready for service would be
classified bv January ! about 50-
000 ahead of the army's schedule
Volunteers will not be accepted
until classified and found to be
qualified but then they may offer
themselves if they wish to dis-
charge immediately their obligation
for a year s service.
Noting the quirk response to reg-
istration. headqua. >ers forecast
| that all or most of the first 30 000
men sent to camp vould be one-
year volunteer* between 18 and 38
Some official* expected 200 000 to
volunteer eventually giving a re-
prieve to an equal number not
anxious to go.
VALLEY
(Continued from Page One.)
Commerce has long been urging
Pan American to take on another
route. From the Matamoro*-
Brownsvllle gateway west to Mon-
terrey and on to the Pacific
coast at Maratlan. which Is al-
most due west from Brownsville.
• • •
'T'EN YEARS AGO THERE WAS
a line from Brownasiile across
Mexico's middle through Mon-
terrv. Torreon. Durango and on to
Maratlan.
The line gave up after a few
years of operation. Conditions
now. however are different.
There is more activity in min-
ing than there was ten years ago.
And many believe that line
would be a paving proposition.
Besides giving the Monterrey
area a quick outlet to the east by
way of Brownsville connections
with Braniff and Eastern
Laredo. Texas is building a
great new airport. On a tract of
land amounting to about 500
acras.
Hills are being moved about on
the tract to make it level for
runways.
Laredo propose* to put itself
into a position where it will be an
inviting point for commercial air
lines of which it ha* none as
ytt.
If the Tampico-Victoria-Mon-
terrey-Nuevo Laredo line is es-
tablished. there is likelihood that
Braniff will extend down to La- 1
redo from San Antonio.
130 Valley Youths
Sent to CCC Camps
One hundred and thirty Valley
youths who were being temporarily |
stationed at Port Brown were sent
Thursday to Civilian Conservation
Camps in New Mexico
Port Brown u a departure point
for the CCC. in hla area. I
BLAST WRECKS
PRINTING PLANT
7- I
Building Occupied By
Italian Newspapers
PHILADELPHIA —VP- Two ex-
plosions. which Detective William
Martucci said apparently were caus-
ed by ‘incendiary bomb*." early
Friday WTfcked a two-story brick
building where several Italain
language newspapers are printed.
Flames swept through the struc-
ture into an adjoining plant before
being brought under control.
Window* Shattered
The blast* shattered windows of
homes near the publishing build-
ing. in the heart of a populous Ita-
lian district.
The building is owned bv the
Metropolis Printing Company. A-
mondo Forte owner of the plant
said he could give no immediate
explanation of the blasts.
After questioning Forte and
making an investigation Detective
Martucci said:
Kereived No Threat*
‘•He had no labor trouble and
got no threat*. We are Inclined to
believe from what we have seen
that this was started by incendiary
bombs"
Among the newspapers printed In
the plant is the daily II Popolo Ita-
liano.
Not Pro-Fascist
Reno Zuecca. publisher of II Po-
polo Itallano said his newspaper
is really an Amerlc.. newspaper
printed In Italian and added:
* W eare definitely not pro-Fascist
and I can't imagine this was aimed
at us."
VESSELS
Brown band motorized units from
th# 12th Cavalry at Fort Brown
American Leglonalres. Sea Scouts.
Boy and Girl Scouts. Girl Mariners
and others participating
The vessels were tied up at the
docks by the United States Coast
Guard stationed here.
Because of strict naval regula-
tions. visitors were not permitted
aboard but were allowed a full
view of the ships from the dock.
Friday night the local American
Legion poet will entertain the of-
ficer* and men of the visiting
ships with a smoker at Pate’s Cafe.
H L. Stokely. chairman of the
military and naval affairs commit-
tee of the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce said arrangements are
romplete for welcoming the two
vessels at Brownsville Saturday
morning.
Thousands Expected
Thousands of people from all
parts of the Lower Valley are ex-
pected at Port Isabel and Brow*ns-
vllle to see the warships.
Mayor Royre Russell will wel-
come the officers and men to
Brownsville. He will be accom-
panied* by members of the citv
commission county officials presi-
dents and delegations from the
\arloua local civic club* members
of the Brownsville American Le-
gion post the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and other civic and patriotic
organization.**..
Officers of the vessels will be
entertfined by officers and ladies
of Fort Brown at a dance to be
I held Saturday night at the po*t
The enlisted personnel of the
Tautog and Balnbridge will be en-
tertained bv the Rio Grande Yacht
Club members and their guests at
a dance to be held Saturday at the
club.
The dance Is invitational and not
open to the general public.
Open house will be held at the
tacht club all day Saturday and
.Sunday for personnel of the ves-
sels and the general public.
Navy Mothers clubs of the Val-
ley will assist yacht club member*
lit arrangements for the dance. Dr.
O F Celderoni and R W. Ptttl
head the yacht club dance com-
mittee. while Mrs. Roy Schultz and
Mrs. W D Bennett are in charge
for the Navy Mothers.
Arrangements are also being
made to hold a baseball game Sat-
urday or Sunday between crews of
the two vessels. Mr. Stokely said
Officers of the Balnbridge. be-
sides Lf. Commander Greehan. In-
clude; Lieut. Arnold H Holtz ex-
ecutive officer; Lieut. K B. Foley
communications offirer; First Lieut.
J. Daul*. Jr : Rr. icn Hugh M
Robinson engineer officer; Ensign
Paul G. Adams. Jr. commissary
officer; and Lieut. L. L. Haynes
medical officer.
Besides Lt. Willingham officers
cf the Tautog include; Lieut E S
Carmick o' Washington. D C.;
Lieut. O. C. Robbins of Selma.
Ala; Lieut. N D. Cage of New-
port. N. H : and Eivign W. B
Mason Jr . of Orange. Va.
Th*> dance Saturday night at th*
Rio Grande Yacht club for crew-
members of the visiting navy ves-
sels will be broadcast oyer station
KOFI from 10 to ll p. m it was
announced Thursday.
Mission Postoffice
Nearing Completion
MISSION — Installation of the
plumbing and heating sy«tem and
laying of the tile floors in the
new Mission past offiqe building
will be completed the latter part
of this week according to an an-
nouncement made Thursday by
James A. Bark:dale construction
♦ ngineer for the Public Building
Administration of the Federal Works
Agency supervisor for the construc-
tion.
Painting and minor miscellaneous
jobs and cleaning up the building
a ill require only two or three days
alter the installation work is com-
pleted. Mr Barksdale said. An in-
spector from the public buildings
administration will arrive early
next week for the final Inspection
cf the construction work. Present
indications are that the building
will be completed and ready to be
turned over to the local post of-
fice authorities sometime between
October 2S and November 1 the
►nrlneer indicated i
WAR
(Continued from Page One)
It was the first official British
admission that Adolf Hitler had
actually suited his troops across
the Channel to .storm the island
kingdom.
Taken Off Ship
“On Sept. 16 many German troops
were embarked but were later taken
off ship." the news service declar-
ed. adding that the sea-borne In-
vasion plans were “not adopted
because of the sustained offensive
of the Royal Air Force" on Inva-
sion ports along the German-held
Channel coast.
"Alter German troop* were
loaded onto their ships prepara-
tory to braving the Channel
crossing RAF bombers sped over
there and made their departure
impossible by the ferocity of their
attack it was said.
Presumably tens of thousands of
German soldiers were embarked for
the cross-Channel assault. An RAF
communique on Sept. 16 told of
smashing of troop barges at Ham-
burg. Wilhelmshaven. Antwerp
Flushing. Ostend. Dunkerque Calais
Boulogne and Le Havre.
Million Troops Massed
Some estimates have placed the
number of German troops massed
along the invasion coast at more
ihan 1000.000.
Previously reports seeping out of
Nazi-conquered France and the
lowlands brought to New York by-
refugees from the war area have
told of many thousands of German
soldiers being drowned in the chan-
nel—either in “rehearsals" or In
actual movemenu to invade Eng-
land.
Berlin Plants Wrecked
Along with the smashing of the
Nazi Invasion thrust the air min-
istry's news service also reported
that the RAF “master scheme* ol
bombing Germany had “partially
wrecked several war factories in
Berlin.. .Almost gutted the 'Berlin
general postoffice.. .Seriously af-
fected rail and water transport...
And damaged great industrial
plants over a wide area.**
Nazis Deny Damage
By contrasts. Hitler’s high com-
mand has repeatedly insisted that
the RAF was “planleasly” bombing
the Reichland without hitting mili-
tary objectives.
In Friday's communique the Nazi
high command repor’ed that Ger-
man destroyers “advanced to aea
battle at the exit of tha Bristol
channel" and attacked a Britl-h
cruiser unit protected by destroyers
scoring a torpedo hit.
“The foe thereupon broke off the
fight" the high command aaserted.
and was chased by German planes
Speedboats Routed
The German communique report-
ed that British spedboats attemp-
ted to approach the Flanders coast
but were routed by Nazi coastal ar-
tillery. which also shelled a British
convoy irt Dover Harbor.
British and German long-range
gun* blasted away at each othA
across the 22-mlle strait of Do-
ver Friday as bad weather ham-
pered the rival aerial armada*.
Firing through a heavy mist the
big British gun* opened the duel
after dawn. tossing shell* into the
Calai* region. Several hour* lat-
er. the Nazi cannon began retali-
atory fire and salvo* thundered
from both side* at 20 minute In-
tervals.
The British atr ministry news
service amplifying its report on
RAF damage inflicted In Germany
said that the great North Ger-
man port of Hamburg only seven
out of the 75 giant cranes on the
quay were left in operation after
bombing assault*.
Electric Work* Smaahed
At Eitterfield. the news service
said a large aluminum works was
•closed for some weeks alter a
heavy raid " and in the Rhineland
the Westphalia electric works was
! “so badly damaged that it will be
some time before they come into
full operation again "
On the diplomatic front. Rnme-
Berlin Axis quarter* dropped
broad synchronized hints that
Spain will soon be used for an
attempt to break Britain s 276-
>ear-old command of Gibraltar
guardian rock of the Mediterra-
nean.
Commenting on the Spanish go'-
emment shnkeup which resulted ui
the appointment of pro-Axis Ra-
mon Serrano Suner as foreign
minister nad-fascist sources gave
these interpretations:
Spain Shakeup Aids Axis
In Rome. Italian quarters des-
cribed the shakeup as "a prelude
to decisive events through which
Spain is to reach coveted goals
including Gibraltar and Morocco
The German air force rave
l.nrdon its longest night raid of
the war during the night strik-
ing with fast fighter-bombers
whose effectiveness mav force
Pntain to take the wraps off the
vaunted new fighting planes she
has been secretly developing in
recent months.
The British press association said
the latest German tactics had
presented to the air ministry the
question "whether the moment Is
opportune to Introduce our new
and tremendously fast fighters.”
Liverpool Bombed
The Liverpool dock area and an
un-naixied town in the industrial
midlands shared with London the
brunt of the German overnight at-
tacks Fires were started but the
government said they were confin-
ed mostly to dwellings
Despite the length of the assault
on London a communique said
"total damage to dwelling houses
ar.d industrial buildings was not
severe” and casualties were re-
ported comparatively few.
More Sea Warfare In View
A winter of intensified sea war-
fare was foreseen by the London
Press in the promotion of Vice Ad-
miral John C. Tovev to command
the British home fleet. Tovey. 55
years cld. is a destroyer expert and
is credited with having trained the
destroyer crews in the Mediterran-
ean which the British claim have
scored notable successes against
the Italian navy.
A flurry of diplomatic activity
was reported from the troubled
Balkans. Reports from Istanbul
where the official Turkish radio
breathed new defiance to the
Ax.-a power* and their aspirations
In the Bast. r-ttfafc dt-
•
WPA ROLL PAD :
CHARGE DENIED;
.— —■
Senators Also Hear
Coercion Claims
WASHINGTON—®/P>—The senae
campaign committee heard Friday
an official denial that the WPA
was padding Its rolls in a political
maneuver and also listened to two
witnesses' charge that WPA work-
ers were being coerced to vole lor
President Roosevelt
Howard O. Hunter acting WPA
commissioner testified that instead
of being swollen WPA rolls on elec-
tion day would carry a ‘smaller
pereentage of unemployed" than at
any comparable time since the be-
ginning of the WPA program.
The relief official denied conten-
tions that relief rolls were being
increased to influence the national
clettion and charges tnat this prac-
tice had been followed in tha elec-
tion years of 1932 and 1936.
Richard N. McKibben. president
of the Workers Alliance testified
“thst every form of vicious Intimi-
dation possible is being employed
from threats of loss of WPA Jobs
to the formation of an administra-
tion -supported ‘company union.’ to
force WPA workers to vote fer
Roosevelt."
U. S. PROBES
PAIR’S STATUS
—— •
Immigration status of two pur-
ported “draft dodgers” nabbed here
late Wednesday night and Thurs-
day was still being Investigated
Friday according to U S. District
Attorney James L. Abney.
Meanwhile the men are being
held In Cameron county jail on
suspicion until word ran be receiv-
ed from the United S'ates attorney
general in Washington. D. C. on
what charges should be preferred
against them.
Both men were arrested bv U S
immigration officers here who said
neither of them had registration
slips in their possession.
One of the men. a resident ot
Budn. Texas stated frankly that he
was going to Mexico to avoid con-
scription” the officers said.
The man was arrested at 11:30
p. m Wednesday on a downtown
street between the Missouri Pacific
bus depot and the international
bridge.
Officers said he stated at the
time of his arrest that he had come
to Brownsville bv bus and was on
his wav into Mexico to avoid being
drafted.
”If you turn me loose I'll go into
Mexico.” they quoted him as paying.
The other man was apprehended
on a dewntowm street at 9 30 a. m.
Thursday. He was quoted by of-
ficers as saving he “didn’t know
anything about conscription "
Both were placed in the custody
of U S Deputy Marshall E. E
Sadler here.
City Briefs
Frank Crockett chief of the
Lnited states immigration service
at Laredo. Is in Brownsville con-
ferring with D W Brewster of the
Brownsville office on border prob-
lems and to atten da federal court
MMion. Mr. Crockett formerly was
stationed at Brownsville as an in-
spector. transferring to Hidalgo and
later to Laredo where he has been
chief inspector for many years.
Wills Carter Southern Pacific
Valley executive agent at Harlin-
gen. was in Brownsville Friday on
business.
British Positions In
Egypt Hit By Italians
ROME—yp— The Italian high
command announced Friday fur-
ther sir bombardments of British
defense positions in Eevpt includ-
ing air fields at FI Daba. Matruh
and FI Dt Kheila near Alexandria
as well as on British forces along
the road between Matruh and El
Daba
The British were reported to have
bombardrd the residential quarter
of Neghelli. causing slight damage
---
plcrrats In the Balkans were
planning In meet there soon for
an important mnferenre.
The British minister to Bul?a-
na already was at Istanbul and the
minister to Yugoe slavia and
Greece were expected there with-
in a few days.
Parleys At Kremlin
At Moscow the Grrman ambas-
sador. Count Friedench Werner Von
rler Schulenburg. newly returned
from Berlin \lsited the Kremlin
Thursday right to confer with
Russian Premier-Foreign Commis-
sar Vyacheslaff Molotoff. The
Turkish ambassador Haidar Ak-
tav. saw Molotoff Tuesday.
At Athens the German and Ital-
ian ambassadors were received
Thursday by Premier-Dictator
John Me»axas of Greece
In the Far East attention was
centered on the re-opening of
the Purma Road over which
Chinese trucks loaded with war
equipment were alrradv rolling
toward Chungking rapilal of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's
goxermrent.
Some confusion marked the role
cf Honckong. British crown colony
in the Burma Road reopening.
Gas Ran Remains
British officials first announced
that Britain had lifted a ban on
the shipment of gasoline oil and
railways materials to China via
Hongkong Later. It was officially
announced that the ban would re-
main in effect indefinitely.
Dispatches from Rangoon. Bur-
ma. said the flood of war traffic
along the Burma Road mounted
steadily as fleets of munitions
trucks—defying the threat of Jap-
anese bombers—roared into Chi-
-«*• '--v
Sin Is Universal
Revivalist Says
—
Taking his text from the words
of John the Beloved Apostle. Rev.
C. S Cadwallader of Dallas spoke
on "An Old Mans Message to His
Children" at First Beptlst church
revival series Thursday night here.
Services are held daily at the
church at 9 a. m and 7:30 p. m.
The eight-day revival will close
Sunday night at the church
Excerpts from Thursdav night’s
sermons:
"The fart of the prevalence of
sin is evidenced by the universality
of sin. by the fact that the history
of the world Is the history of the
sins of the people.”
"The prevalent of sin is also
evidenced by taking an hot.est look
on the inside. There we will see all
of the problems of the world Therr I
we will notice that e*try part of !
our nature is tainted and scarred
by sin.”
"Theer are many preventatlves
for sin that the Lord has given. It .
is the preventative of Gods Word
God's Word In the heart changes !
the life completely."
CUT RED TAPE.
BOARD URGED
Common Sense Is Rule
On Draft Problems
“Be guided hv rommon aense
rather than technicalities/' was the
rule that gained major attention
when regulations rec-ived Thursdav
governing draft boards were read
by Sherwood Bishop. W O Wash-
ington and Harbert Davenport
members o' the Brownsville board
Tile Brownsville board was well
along with its job of numbering
registration cords Fridav. After
eliminating cards not within Its
jurisdiction 3 250 erds were shuf-
fled. so that numbering would be
purely chance.
Sherwood Bishop president of
’he Brownsville hoard said num-
bering would be completed Fridav.
A complete list of all registrants
will be pr"oared and made public
next week Thr list Is tn b» posted
in the draft board office and will
te availab’e to the public
With the publication of the reg-
istration list the work of the local
board will await the national lot-
tery to tv* held In Washington
sometime jet ween Oct 26 and Nov
2. when the order of men called
will broom" known. In the mean-
time quotas for Texas and Cam-
eron county probably mill be an-
nounced.
DRESS REVIEW
SET AT FORT
Eight hundred armed and mount-
ed men will parade in a giganti
review and Inspection for the en'ire
12th Cavalry regiment here to be
held at For» Brown drill field at
3 45 a. m . Saturday according to
Capt C K Darling adjutant.
Col. Arthur E. Wilbourn com-
1 manding officer at the post will
review and inspect the troops with
Col. Frederick R Lafferty of Fort
Ringgold as his guest.
The event is being held as part
of the United States army's new
training schedule and will be open
to the public.
Military police will be on hand to
direct automobiles of citizens to
positions around the drill field.
Capt. Darlmgen said.
Machine guns and other equip-
ment of the fort will be included
in the parade.
Troops will wear full packs and
will pitch shelter tents as \ art of
I the program.
Federal Court
Opens Saturday
"r
Openlnz of n two-day session of
federal court southern district set
for Friday morning her* was post-
! poned unnl Saturday at 10 a. m
upon announcement that Judge
James V. Allred will not be able to
reach Browmsville until that time.
A federal grand Jurv was con-
vened. however and remained in
session here throughout the morn-
ing according to U S District At-
torney James L Abney
Approximately 40 criminal cases
are scheduled to be called for trial
during the session Mr Abnev said
These will include about 30 immi-
gration cases and eight customs
cases.
No civil ca«es are definitely set
lor the session.
Strike Halting Big
Vessel Called Off
SAN FRANCISCO—P — Effort
to load the liner President Taft
for ouick departure to Hawaii with
deferr** supplies were pushed Fri-
da*- after spokesmen for emoVv ers
and longshoremen announced set-
tlement of a dispute which had
halted cargo handling since yester-
day.
Six gangs of stevedores were or-
dered to complete loading of the
4 00fl-ton cargo of which 1.700
tons were described by shippers as
defense materials for the islands
The big American Presidents
L'ne ship was due to eominue to
the Orient and bring Americans
leavmg that troubled area.
WRECKING CREW
GETS JERRY’S AID
| LONDON—P—Demolition work-
ers found Friday that a bomb
dropped during the night had done
their work for them on two con-
demned structures.
"This is the first time Jerry has
done us any good.' one of the la-
borer* said
September Toll W
Of English Raid
Deaths Is 6954 <
LONDON—/Pv— The mlnisuy
of home security announced Fri-
day that during the month of
September 6 354 civilians wera
killed and 10.615 seriously injured
in air raids on the United King-
dom.
The ninisUy faid classified re-
turns so far as received wera
divided thus:
1.920 men killed. 4171 serious-
ly injured
2 210 women killed. 3 629 srrt-
ously injured.
694 children under 16 killed
675 seriously Injured.
Of the remaining 2130 killed
1.157 were males and 973 acre fe-
males. Of the remaining 2131
seriously injured. 1.231 weie male*
and 602 females.
Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill announced in commons Oct.
8 that British civilian casualties
from the start of the war up to **
Oct. 5 were 8 500 killed and 13 000
injured.
BURMA
(Continued from Page One>
Friday on that Chinese lifeline.
Under the imminent threat of
bombardment irom close-at-hand
Japanese air bos*1* In French Indo-
China. supplies for Generalissimo
Chtang Kai-Sheks war machine
started rolling in the earlv dark-
new after a three-month ilo*'ire in
a British appeasement gesture to-
ward Japan.
Observers brlie\ed the immediate
result of the reopening would be
release of large storks of arms arid
ammunition now stored in West-
ern China which had to be kept
there for three months as a reserve
against the possibility that the road
would remain closed.
Now. with fresh stocks rolling in
arrow the Chinese-Burmese border
depots in the border region may be (
emptied of the old stocks and these
rushed into Central China for wide-
spread Chinese counter-attacks on
advanced Japanese positions.
Thus China was held likely to op-
pose a possible new overland drive
from Indo-Chma bv the Japanese
against Chungking and southwest-
ern China seat of Chiang's govern-
ment and center of his war-makir.g
strength.
JEWS
(Continued from Page One>
*nd from the colonial administra-
tion
Unofficial estimates placed th#
number of Jewish citizens of Franc#
and the colonies at alightly mor#
than 400.00> Estimates of the num-
ber of foreign Jews in Franc#
were slightly higher
Exceptions Made
The only exceptions made to th#
ruling- of the Pet a in government
were for Jews vho were decorated
titlier in the v.irs of 1914 or 1919
cr for Jews who “rendered dis- ^
anguished service*’* in literary art-
istic or scientific work.
The government aho promulgat-
ed a decree giving local prefect*
the right to confine anv foreign
.lew to concentration camps to b#
set up in each dnpartment or to
fix the places of residence sim-
t.ar to the Central European ghet- 'i
to*. I
Revere Acts In Pari*
More severe measures already
have been taken in Pans bv Ger-
man authorities The activities of
Jews there have been strictly lim-
ited. even in commerce and they
are not perniittd to pass from the
unoccupied to the occupied zone.
The new French measures forbid
lews to head any company sub-
sidized bv or holding public fund*.
President Proclaims
Armistice Day Fete
WASHINGTON —• T — President
Roosevelt in proclaiming November
11 as Armistice Day declared Frt-
dav that the anniversary would
"direct oui minds” to the need
not only for peace but also for
peace with understanding not only
lor a cessation of hostilities but
lor mutual repp*rt in the inter- y
course between nations'*
Th- proclamation directed that
the [lag be displayed on all gov-
ernment buildings and railed on the
people to observe the day with ap-
propriate ceremonies in school* and
churches and other suitable places .
ATTORNEY TO SWAP l
LAW FOR LYRICS
Claude Carter. Htrllngi'n attor-
ney am ed m B: le Fri-
day that he plans to go in for
song-writing a-- an avocation.
*T cot many ideas for songs dar-
ns the last wer. mt-ading to fol-
1 low them up." he said ‘ However
tne business of making a living
shunted these ideas aside until
now. All this war activity has re-
turned these id'a* of long ago. so
I am taking them up again aer-
| .ouslv.
‘T hope to hsve my first e-m-
position completed in a few days."
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appreciation to our friends for
their sympathy and beautiful floral
offering* during »he illne** and
death of our husband and father
Martin B*mavid<' . Signed: Mrs.
Paula Flore de Benavides and son*.
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