The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 167, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 19, 1940 Page: 2 of 16
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76 HERE
INCLASS 1A
43 Are Volunteers In
THis Group
• _
Seventy-six Brownsville register-
ed men are now in Class 1-A ac-
eording to results -of classification
work of the local board announced
Thursday by Mrs. Ethel Hetrick
chief clerk.
Of this number 43 are volunteers
and 33 have been placed in the top
group by the beard.
Prom the first 106 registered men
classified. 33 were placed in class
1A. available for general service;
two were in class ID. students avail-
able after July 1; seven went into
class 2A. necessary in civilian ac-
tivity; *8 are in class 3 deferred
by reason of dependents; 14 went
into class 4C aliens who had not
declared their citizenship while 2
were in the last group 4F obvious-
ly physically disabled.
50 Go Out Daily
Fifty questionnaires will be sent
out daily. Mrs. Hetrick said begin-
ning about Jan. 1. until the first
700 registered men have been class-
ified.
Forty-three registered volunteers
were taking medical examinations
Thursday preparatory to offering
themselves for the Jan. 13 call to
service by the Brownsville draft
board. The local board has not
been informed as to the exact num-
ber of men it must supply but the
total is expected to be about 25.
Doctors Volunteer
Pour Brownsville doctors have
volunteered their services to the
local board to aid Drs. R. F. Breeden
and T. A. Andrews in examining
the volunteers. They are: Drs. R.
H. Eisaman B. M. Works G. R.
Dashiell and B. L. Cole. The board
has requested Gov. W. Lee O’Dan-
iel to appoint all Brownsville doc-
tors on the examining board.
A call for negro draftees is to be
made upon the local board Jan. 18.
Of the eighteen registered two
have volunteered The negro quota
has not been fixed.
Senator Reynolds
Flies Back North
Senator Robert Reynolds of
North Carolina passed through
Brownsville airport Wednesday af-
ternoon on his wav back to Wash-
ington after a tour of Mexico and
Central America.
He arrived here via Pan Ameri-
can Airways from Mexico City and
left on Eastern Airlines Silver-
eleepcr for Washington.
The average Increase In the sale
of electric light bulbs in the United
States Is 10 per cent a year.
THINK
When you buy a
piano.
Quite often Valley resi-
dents have the opportu-
nity to purchase pianos at
unbelievable prices. In
fact our company offers
such opportunities.
However there is a con-
siderable difference in
purchasing a piano from
an established firm such
as the San Antonio Music
Co. that offers
First Line Pianos—
«.
Than in buying from an in-
dividual that offers pianos
of doubtful origin or from
an individual who will not
be able to give the service
his product will certainly
need.
“$2 DELIVERS—
5 YEARS TO PAY
BALANCE SALE”
offers some splendid
bargains.
NOW — THINK WHEN
YOU PURCHASE
A PIANO.
SAVE $100
on a new Spinet piano
VERY SPECIAL—USED
SPINET
*58
San Antonio
Music Co.
HARLINGEN
*
Markets at Glance
NEW YORK
Stock*—Easy; leader* narrow.
Bonds—Lower; utilities most act-
ive.
Foreign Exchange—Steady; maj-
or monies unchanged.
Cotton—Narrow; mill price fix-
ing; Bombay selling.
Sugar—Even; trade covering.
Metals—Steady; copper demand
at 12 cent* exceeds supply.
Wool tops—Improved; trade and
spot house buying.
CHICAGO
Wheat—Firm scattered mill buy-
ing.
Corn—Firm; light receipts.
Cattle—Steady to strong; de-
pendable demand.
Hogs—10-15 up; sharply reduced
receipt*.
New York Stocks
NEW YORK —— Stocks were
without much rallying spirit in
Thursday’s market and many is-
sues were under water fraction* to
a point or so during the greater
part of the proceedings.
Scattered favorites managed to
hold on to fractions throughout
and steels did a bit better at the
finish. .
Slow-downs were plentiful al-
though a few lively intervals put
transfers to around 750000 shares.
The home business picture not-
withstanding tax shadows still was
believed to have kept offerings at
comparatively low pressure.
Losers at one time or another
I included Sears Roebuck Intema-
i tional Harvester J. I. Case Douglas
Aircraft Glenn Martin North
American Chesapeake <fe Ohio N.
Y. Central American Smelting Du
Pont Westinghouse Eastman Ko-
dak. J. C- Penney Loew's Interna-
tional Paper preferred Phillip
Morris Texas Corp. General Mo-
tors and Chrysler.
Resistant now and then wpre U.
S. Steel Bethlehem Great North-
en Southen Railway Standard Oil
of N. J.. American Can U. S. Rub-
ber Youngstown Sheet American
Telephone and Western Union.
Bonds and commodities were
mixed.
NEW YORK STOCK LIST
By The Associated Press
Trade in 100 high Low Close
A1 Chm&Dye 2 1624 1624 1624
Am Can 13 864 86 864
Am M&Fdy 12 124 124 124
Am Roll Mill 14 15 144 15
Am Smelt&R 18 42 414 41 4
Am T&T 4 1664 166 1664
Am Woolen 3 84 84 84
Anaconda 57 264 254 254
A T&SF 32 164 164 164
Aviation Corp 28 44 44 44
Barnsdall Oil 14 84 8 8
Bendix Aviat 26 33 324 324
Beth Steel 48 85 4 84 4 844
Borden 9 19 184 19
Budd Wheel 2 64 64 64
Clhan Z-Lead 5 14 14 14
Case 5 55 53 53
Chrysler 46 75 744 75
Colum O&D 61 44 44 4
Consol Oil 38 54 54 54
Cont Can 22 37 4 36 4 37
Cont Oil Del 54 194 184 184
Corn Prod 30 434 424 424
Curtis Wri 79 84 84 84
Douglas Aire 19 77 4 76 76
El Pow&Lt 19 34 34 34
Freeport Slph 12 38 37 4 38
Gen Elec 103 32 4 32 32
Gen Foods 21 364 354 364
Gen Mot 68 49 4 49 4 494
Goodrich 13 13 124 124
Goodyear 15 184 18 184
Gt Nor Ir Ore 14 154 154 154
Greyhound 18 104 104 104
Houston Oil 74 3 4 3 4 34
Hudson Mot 15 4 4 4
Hupp 20 4 4 4
Int Harvest 8XD 524 514 52
Int Hyd El A 9 14 14 14
Jonhs Many 3 60 60 60
Kenne Cop 61 354 344 354
Loews 42XD 314 304 314
Marsh Field 20XD 154 144 144
Mid Cont Pet 8 144 144 144
MKT 2 4 4 4
Mcntg Ward 42 37 36 364
Nash Kelvin 36 44 44 44
Nut Bisc 56 164 164 184
Nat Dairy Pr 22 134 134 134
Nat Pow&Lt 25 64 64 64
Nor Amer Co 63 164 164 164
Ohio Oil 41 64 64 64
Pac Gas&El 7 28 274 274
Packard 75 34 34 34
Pan Am Air 12 144 144 144
Pnhndle P&R 1 4 4 4
Penney 4 83 83 83
Perm RR 56 214 214 214
Pet Corp 10 54 54 54
Phelps Dodge 34 34 334 334
Phillips Pet 14 40 394 40
Plymouth Oil 1 164 164 164 '
Pure Oil 14 8 74 74
RCA 104XD 44 44 44
Seaboard Oil 2 124 124 124
Sears Roeb 20 75 4 75 4 75 4
Shell Un Oil 6 114 104 144
Simmons 4 194 194 194
Simms Pet 2 14 14 14
Soconv Vac 130 8 4 8 4 8 4
Sou Pac 39 74 74 74
Stand Brands 16 64 6 64
S O Cal 61 184 174 184
S O Ind 38 25 4 25 4 25 4
S O NJ 84 33 4 33 33 4
Stew Warn 2 74 74 74
Stone&Webs 8 74 74 74
Studebaker 17 8 74 8
Tex Corp 28 39 4 38 4 384
Tex Gulf Prod 10 34 3 3
Tex Gif Sulph 8 36 4 36 4 364
Tex Pac C&O 3 54 54 54
Tex PacLTr 2 44 44 44
Tid Wat A Oil 11 94 94 94
Trns&Wst Air 1 174 174 174
Un Carbide 29 68 4 67 4 68 4
Un Oil Cal 24 124 124 124
United Aire 32 43 42 4 424
Un Carbon 1 474 474 474
United Corp 74 14 14 14
Un Gas Imp 53 9 4 9 9 4
U S Rubber 43 224 214 22
U S Steel 142 674 664 674
Walgreen 1 214 214 214
Warner Bros 10 34 34 34
W U Tel 4 204 194 194
West El&Mfg 6 1024 1024 1024
White Mot 20 154 154 154
Wilson&Co 8 44 44 44
Woolworth 51 314 31 31
N. O. SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS—</Pi— Spot cot-
ton Closed quiet 1 point lower.
Sales 565. Low middling 8.87. mid-
dling 9.87. good middling 10.37. Re-
ceipts 2341. stock 534702.
N. O. COTTONSEED
NEW ORLEANS—(/P)— Cotton-
seed oil closed firm. Bleachable
prime summer yellow 5.65 nom; j
prime crude 4.75. Dec. 5.33B Jan i
5.35B Mch 5.41B May 5.50B Jly
5.55B.
B—Bid.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO —<i<Pj— Wheat prices
fluctuated within a range of about
one cent Thursday and after-dip-
ping as much as 4 cent rallied to
small net gains.
Wheat closed unchanged to 4
higher compared with Wednesday
December 884-4 May 844-84;
com 4 off to 4 up December
604-4 May 604; oats unchanged
to 4 up.
N. O. FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS —IF)— Cotton
futures were depressed here Thurs-
day under hedge selling. Closing
prices were steady 1 to 2 points net
lower.
High Low Close
Jan 10.03 B
Mch 10.17 10.15 10.17
May 10.13 10.08 10.09
Jly 9.86 9.86 9 87 N
Oct 9.34 9.31 934
Dec 9.28 B
B—Bid; N—Nominal.
N. Y. FUTURES
NEW YORK—(i^P)—Cotton futures
closed 2 lower to 1 higher.
High Low Close
Jan 10.00 9 99 10.00 N
Mch 10.17 10.12 1013
May 10.09 10.03 1005
Jly 9.86 9.81 9.83
Oct 9.34 928 9.31 N
Dec 9.28 9.28 9.28 N
Middling spot 10.33 N
N—Nominal.
‘KLEBERG BOOST
NOT OFFICIAL’
Garza Spoke For Self
Consul Says
_
Statements by Reynaldo Garza
Mexican consulate attorney boost-
ing Congressman Richard Kleberg
for the U. S. ambassadorship in
Mexico were Mr. Garza's opinions
as a private citizen. Carlos A. Cal-
deron Mexican consul here ex-
plained Thursday.
Mr. Garza addressing a banquet
Tuesday night in connection with
the Kenedy county road opening
said President Avila Camacho
would look favorably on appoint-
ment of Congressman Kleberg to
the post held by Josephus Daniels
reported planning to retire.
• Mr. Garza represented the con-
nection with the ambassador's post
were his own made as a private
American citizen and in no way
reflecting the consulate’s official
attitude** Mr. Calderon said. “It
is not within the province of the
consulate to voice such opinions.
“Mr. Garza represented to con-
sulate to the extent oT presenting
greetings to the men and women
who were guests at the banquet.
When he began speaking of other
matters he was no longer speaking
for the consulate but strictly as an
American citizen and a resident of
South Texas.*’
MERCY DRIVE
HELD SUCCESS
Climaxing what was described as
"the best Roll Call here in 20
years’’ workers in the Red Cross
drive Thursday passed their 1940
quota of $1500 according to D. B.
Briggs chairman of the drive.
"This is the best campaign the
Red Cross has had in the Browns-
ville area in 20 years and we will
probably reach a total of $1550
when all returns are in” Mr. Briggs
stated.
He expressed his appreciation to
the Federation of Women's clubs
and to the Lions and Kiwanis clubs
for their co-operation in the cam-
paign.
"I also wish to thank Browns-
ville and Port Isabel citizens for
their contributions and the men
of Port Brown for their donation
of $275” Mr. Briggs said.
British Destroy
18 Italo Planes
■ » ■ ■—
CAIRO Egypt—(iP—At least 18
Italian planes were destroyed by
the British in a raid on Benina air-
drome in the Libyan war theater
Tuesday night an RAF commu-
nique said Thursday.
The communique described the
raid as one of the heaviest in the
African campaign.
Mexican Coast Road
Plans to Be Pushed
MEXICO CITY—i/P>—The minis-
try of communications reported on
Thursday President Avila Cama-
cho's government planned to make
every effort to complete the long
projected railroad from Puerto
Mexico Vera Cruz state to Cam-
peche capital of Campeche state
important ports on the Gulf of
Mexico.
London Escapes Air
Raid For Third Day
LONDON—tTPi— Londoners heard
air raid sirens shrilling early
Thursday evening for the first time
In three nights. Tuesday and Wed-
nesday nights were quiet.
Officials noted just before the
warning sounded that this was the
third consecutive day in which vir-
tually no bombs fell on Britain.
Immediately after the alarm
sounded gunfire was heard in the
Government vessels of the United
States and launches under 20 tons
do not pay tolls in passing through
the Panama Canal.
KELLEY SEEKS !
TRUCKING LAW
Will Offer Measure On
Loads
State Senator Rogers Kelley of
Edinburg announced Thursday he
will submit a bill amending the
present 7000-pound truck load limit
law at the next session of the legis-
lature.
The bill would change the length
of vehicles recommending a 35-foot
length for truck-tractor and semi-
trailer.
Senator Kelly's bill would permit
gross weight to vary in proportion
to the distance between the first
and last axles of a vehicle or com-
bination of vehicles measured in
feet.
It also states that a wheel may
not carry more than 600 pounds per
inch width of tire and that no
wheel regardless of tire width may
carry a load in excess of 8000
pounds nor may an axle load ex-
ceed 16000 pounds.
It would also prevent placing of
axles within 40 inches of one an-
other and thus increasing the axle
load limit by 16000 pounds for each
axle. Apparent purpose is to spread
the weight over the highway.
The bill would repeal the present
law which permits 14000 pounds
when transporting property from
point of origin to nearest practi-
cable common carrier or receiving
or loading point.
Senator Kelley said a companion
bill will be introduced at the ses-
sion revising the registration fees to
conform w'ith the provisions in his
bill.
CHURCHILL
(Continued from Page One.)
war report before the short Christ-
mas recess of parliament.
“We are not making the mistake
which was made by the French
general staff when they thought
that holding the Maginot line was
all that was necessary” he said.
“The watchword must be unceasing
vigilance.”
“Hitler-and as Churchill
muttered the word he interjected
amid laughter: “I should certainly
deprecate any comparison between
Hitler and Napoleon—I do not want
to insult the dead—Hitler wields
gigantic power and is capable of
wielding it in a ruthless manner.
Describes Africa War
Turning to the war in Africa
Churchill said “the battle of the
Libyan desert is still proceeding...
we are attacking the fort and town
of Bardia with strong and increas-
ing forces.
“This memorable battle spread
over a vast extent of desert these
swiftly moving mechanied columns
circling in and out of the mass of
the enemy and the posts of the
enemy means fighting is taking
place over an area as large as
Yorkshire....
“I am sure that the figure of
30.000 prisoners is even to the
present moment a considerable
understatement.
“One hundred serviceable guns
and 50 tanks together with great
quantities of invaluable stores have
already been gathered by our
troops.'*
Churchill Cheered
Churchill was cheered repeatedly
by the crowded house.
"I hope the house will be con-
tended by the present situation and
by the results achieved by this
offensive” Churchill told cheering
commons regarding the African
campaign.
“It is not by any means at an
end.**
Churchill disclosed that heavy
reinforcements were sent around
the Cape of Good Hope last July
and August when the threat of
German invasion was highest.
“It is not easy in July and August
to send precious tanks of the best
quality and cannon of which we
were then so short on that long
journey around the Cape of Good
Hope to enable us first to defend
ourselves and later to resume the
offensive—but you will not bridge
this war or emerge from it suc-
cessfully unless risks are run."
30000 ITALIAN
TROOPS TAKEN
_________
LONDON —War Secretary
Anthony Eden announced Thurs-
day that up to Dec. 16 British
forces in the western desert took
30 000 Italian prisoners "at a con-
servative estimate” against the loss
of only 1.000 British troops killed j
wounded and missing.
Eden’s announcement was made
at a London luncheon.
The casualty figures were for "all
imperial forces engaged” the war
secretary said.
"There can be few parallels for
such an achievement in the whole
history of war” he added.
Eden declared the "recent brilliant j
victory” by General Sir Archibald
P. Wavell Britain’s middle east
commander was a "simple lesson”
that "given equipment and train-
ing there are no troops anywhere
in the world superior to those of
the British commonwealth.”
Eden himself made an inspection
tour of Wavell’s command a few
weeks before the drive began.
_
Seize Nazi Records
CHICAGO—(TP)— The records in j
Chicago of the German-American
Bund and the Teutonia Publishing
company were ordered seized
Thursday by Judge Oscar C. Cap-
lan in municipal court where both
concerns are being sued for non-
payment of personal property tax-
es. Four officers including two
agents from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation left immediately to
make the seizure.
__
The first cast iron plow in Amer-
ica was patented by Charles New-
bald of Burlington Vt„ in 1797. j
Willacy Refund
Case Under Way
Testimony was taken Thursday In
Federal district court before Judge
William H. Atwell on a petition of
Willacy County Water Control and
Improvement District No. 1 on a
plan of composition for refunding
its debts.
The action is brought under pro-
visions of a bankruptcy law. The
district proposes to pay 35c on each
dollar of its obligations except
those of the federal government.
Hearings were expected to end late
Thursday.
W
(Continued from Page One.)
lng that we are in the front line”
declared this commentator.
“No Guns and Candy Too"
The Mail’s editorial page assured
readers that declarations by Secre-
tary of State Hull and William S-
Knudsen of the national defense
advisory committee had finally
shocked Americans “out of their
smug slumber” in which they
“tried to have their guns and candy
too” by maintaining production of
“peacetime niceties.”
“But America isn't living in
peacetime” wrote Don Iddon the
Mail's New York correspondent.
“She is the non-belligerent ally of
Great Britain. She is Britain’s
supply base and plane and ship
provider.
“Must Give Up Wages"
“It isn’t a role that can be filled
if all old hours and old wages are
not to be given up.”
The London Times declared that
“no one on this side of the Atlantic
imagined the United States would
let us lose the war by withholding
over any question of dollars such
arms as she was able to supply.”
The News Chronicle declared that
President Roosevelt's arms lease
proposal was “a stroke of political
genius” in which he showed “the
logic and genius that make him
the practical leader of the world
democracy.”
U. S. Production
Pushing Toward
War Time Basis
WASHINGTON —VP}— The pro-
portions of President Roosevelt’s
plan lor unlimited aid to Britain
in “mortgaged materiel’* strength-
ened belief Thursday that new
tactics were being worked out to
push armament industries to peak
production as fast as possible.
Approval of the “mortgaged ma-
teriel'’ plan by the new Congress
officials pointed out would mean
an avalanche of additional mili-
tary orders for factories now either
behind in delivery on present con-
tracts or hard pressed to keep up.
Until new plants and equipment
get into sevice and assume a share
of the load these sources said
existing industries must do the
“impossible” in speeding up to the
highest possible peak if munitions
are to be ready when needed for
national defense purposes for
Britain Greece and China and for
the preparedness programs of Pan-
American nations.
Wartime Work
In this connection significance
attached to the statement of Sec-
retary Hull that getting production
as nearly as possible on a wartime
basis was in complete harmony
with Mr. Roosevelt's tentative plan
for supplying Britain on a “lease-
lend” arrangement.
Experts were working out the
details of the - mortgaged materiel”
plan which Mr. Roosevelt said he
would present to the new Congress
and the methods for financing it.
On Capitol Hill however several
legislators insisted that the most
pressing problem was the question
of production.
Get Goods Made
Senator Austin of Vermont act-
ing as minority leader and a pro-
ponent of British aid. declared that
'the first problem is to produce the
goods and get in a positon to give
aid Great Britain.
“As Uncle Remus sad In his re-
cipe for rabbit stew; First catch
the rabbit*.’*
Rep. Taber (R-NY) told the
House the defense program was
lagging because the defense com-
mission has no authority. He said
he had drafted remedial legisla-
tion.
(The New York Times declared
in a Washinton dispatch that Mr.
Roosevelt and the conferees had
reached an agreement “in prin-
ciple" to establish a supreme de-
fense council and speed the out-
put of war supplies. The news-
paper said the council would be
composed of secretaries Knox and
Simson and William S. Knudsen
industrial member of the defense
advisory commission.)
WAR
(Continued from Page One.)
mountain towns and from the
At' tic seaport oT Palermo.
itarv sources where the re-
port of German aid originated said
that each Junker carries 20 fully
equipped men on the short hop
across the Adriatic and that a
crossing could be made several
limes a day.
Alpine Soldiers Used
These quarters indicated that the
Italians were landed close to the
front lines and thrown into battle
without loss of time. Especially
trained Alpine troops were under-
stood to make up the bulk of the
air-bomt reinforcements.
City Briefs
Edward Fry of A. A M. is visiting
his mother Mrs. Ethel Hirschmann
at the home of his grandfather
here W. A. Neale.
February on the average. Is Lon-
don's least rainy month while
October is the rainiest.
| The War ;j
Today jj
Vmmmi »»•#—«?
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
“Why is it" demands my morn-
ing mail “that Hitler doesn’t rush
help to Mussolini in Albania and
Libya?"
With that comes the query:
“Is it really true that Der
Fuehrer wants to see Italy crushed
so that he can take over the coun-
try?"
Well there are a lot of reasons
why the Nazi chief hasn’t inter-
vened to aid his ally—but to my
mind a desire to see Italy knocked
out isn't one of them. The value of
the Fascists in keeping Britain on
guard in the Mediterranean is too
great for that. If Hitler has any
designs on Italy he is smart enough
to hold her fate in abeyance until
he has settled his argument with
England.
May Aid Later
Anyway the fact that Nazidom
hasn't Jumped to Mussolini's aid
doesn't necessarily mean that it
won’t do so. I don’t believe Hitler
will deliberately allow his partner
to go under—there are too many
arguments against it. As for II
Duce being allowed to fight a lone
and losing battle thus far the ex-
planation seems to me to be this:
First off the direct intervention
cf Germany to save the Fascist
dictator would have been a terrible
blow to his prestige both at home
and abroad and consequently to
the prestige of the Berlin-Rome
Axis. Both partners would want to
avoid this but had Hitler foreseen
the extent of the Italian debacle
he undoubtedly would have tried to
forestall it.
Actually Der Fuehrer has been
giving Mussolini a vast amount of
support indirectly in the intensified
bombing of England and the fierce
submarine campaign against Anglo-
Allied shipping. This has compelled ■
Britain to withhold warships and j
warplanes from the Mediterranean
area in order to protect the home-
land and the trade routes.
Invasion Factor
Another prime reason why Hitler
hasn’t wanted to extend his mili-
tary commitments to the Mediter-
ranean zone is because he is pre-
paring for another great attempt
at invasion of England by spring
or maybe sooner. Into that prep-
aration he is putting every ounce
of his strength.
Had it not been for this we prob- j
ably should have seen the German
air force going to Mussolini's help
since the Fascist position has be-
come so grave. Indeed it wouldn’t
be surprising to see this happen yet.
As regards the use of German
troops to bolster the Fascists there
has been no way to send them to |
Libya because the British blockade
has virtually severed communica-
tion with Africa. For that matter
Mussolini can’t send reinforcements
to his own hard-pressed desert j
army or even a keg of drinking
water unless he moves it by air.
The position in Greece and Al-
bania has been different but in no
wise better. There are only two
ways to get Nazi troops and equip-
ment into the mountainous region
of Mussolini’s disaster.
Troops Into Italy
One way is to send them through
Italy but this couldn't be done
secretly and might raise hob with
the morale of the Italian popula-
tion. If this method is employed it
will represent an extreme emer-
gency.
The other way is to move them
through the neutral states of Bul-
garia or Yugoslavia. Such a step
in all probability would precipitate
another war in the Balkans—some-
thing which Hitler wishes to avoid
at all hazards at this time. He
doesn't want war on two fronts at
once.
Another reason for Hitler’s re-
serve has jut been demonstrated in
the French political upheaval
which was in the nature of a defi-
ance of Nazidom by the Vichy
government of old Marshal Petain.
There is danger for the Germans j
in the growing anti-Nazi. pro-Brit-
ish attitude of the French pbp-
ulation.
A tiny dispatch from London
Wednesday gave another cogent j
reason why Hitler must devote his
attention to smashing Britain. This
said the ministry of economic war-
far had received information that i
over 850.000 children had been re-
moved from Berlin. Hamburg and
the Ruhr district to southern and
eastern Germany because of the
intensity of British bombing.
Fish Are Biting
Extremely good catches of trout
are now being made by fishermen j
trolling in Brownsville ship chan-
nel it was reported Thursday.
Catches are large and filh are
good size.
John Dussler and Charles Keran
brought in 29 trout most of which
weighed between 2’a and 5 pounds
each.
FlllCI A —17 j«w*lt. 10K
8ola-flll«d . . . $40.00
Of 0*01 A—17 {•wall. 14K
•o<d-flll«d . . . $47.50
HAMILTON
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R. L. Lackner
THE VALLEY’S OLDEST
ESTABLISHED JEWELER
Brownsville
■ | ■
Installations
Set By Kiwanis
The annual Installation party of
the Brownsville' Kiwanis club will
be held Thursday Jan. 2 at 8 p. m.
at the Brownsville Country club
it was decided at the club's regular
noon luncheon Thursday in El
Jardin hotel.
Members also voted to hold their
regular luncheon at the hotel at
noon Thursday Dec. 26.
Mrs. Jack Daugherty pianist for
the club was presented with a
radio on behalf of Kiwanis mem-
bers.
* The annual donation was also
taken up for waiters at the hotel.
FASCISTSQUIT
KEY POSITIONS
Greeks Set to Enter
Klisura Tepelini
ATHENS — (JF — Unconfirmed
reports from the Greek-Italian
battleTront in Albania said Thurs-
day that Italian forces had with-
drawn from the key mountain
towns of Klisura and Tepeleni.
Another dispatch said that Greek
occupation was imminent.
The Greeks apparently were fol-
lowing the usual practice of delay-
ing entrance until surrounding
areas had been mopped up.
Move to Heights
In the case of Tepeleni and Kli-
sura in the middle sector of the
front the Fascist warriors wfere
said to have withdrawn merely to
heights about the town in position
to fire on Greek troops should they
try at once to occupy the two
places.
“Despite bad weather” said one
dispatch “Greek columns are con-
tinuing their advance especially in
the central sector where after
heavy artillery fire they reached
Klisura.
Abandon Positions
‘’The Italians abandoned their
positions where they had been
lighting for three days and left in
the hands of Greek troops abundant
war material and quite a few pri-
soners.”
The current Greek offensive also
is aimed at the seacoast town of
Chimara.
Meanwhile the British Royal Air
Force told of a “most successful”
attack on the port of Valona
which is in the path of the Greeks’
coastal column 25 miles north of
Chimara.
The British encountered “strong
fighter opposition" and fought a
20-minute running engagement.
Nevertheless the RAF communi-
que said “all bombs Tell on tar-
gets” which included a seaplane
base docks and warehouses.
5000 ALIENS
REGISTER HERE
All Continents Are ^
Represented
More than 5000 aliens have been
registered in Brownsville from
every continent of the world ac-
cording to T. Windsor clerk in ^
charge at registration at the post
office.
A rush of applicants to get in un-
der the I*c. 26 deadine has kept
the office near capacity work for
the past five days Mr. Windsor
said.
Bettter than two-thirds of all the
countries of the world are repre-
sented. he said most coming from
Europe and fewest from Africa.
While no information could be
given concerning the number of
aliens yet to register Mr. Windsor ^
said that close to 90 per cent would
be recorded by Dec. 26.
Recent newspaper publicity and*
many church announcements have
been largely responsible for the
great Increase in registration dur-
ing the past week he said. )
One diphtheria Inoculation will
ward off the disease for several
years.
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WRIST WATCH
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R. L. Lackner
THE VALLEY 3 OLDEST %
ESTABLISHED JEWELER
Brownsville
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I CRANBERRIES .20c I *
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I LETTUCE g^g .6c I *
1 ALMONDS po”:.25c 1
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I Raisins 11 c I
9 ADMIRATION. 1-lb. ba*.22c fl
H V^W I I VW BRIGHT and EARLY. 1-lb. bag 18c fl
I MARSHMALLOWS i£y.ACKAOES:.V/ii I „
I FLOUR SWANS DOWN OAp I
■ l«x^wn PER PACKAGE ONLY . ■ •
nr A r del monte ■ 4
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* Nq 2 CAN EACH only. lGc HI
I Olives fZFSig™.38c |
■ LARD PACKAGE ONLY ... .3':C ■'
fl | | SOUR OR DILL B
m MlPklPQ 100-OZ JAR. EACH . 28c M
B " IV»VIVW QUART JAR . 12c ■
I GINGER-ALE uaraS FOR ONLY . .25c r
1 nninr minr “rosemary brand* - I *
I GRAPE JUICE a I
I CRANBERRY SAUCE sa sa13c |‘
"% PANHV CHOCOLATE. OCft [M
m Wf^ll I l-LB. BOX FOR ONLY ...
B SHELLED B
M KPPPnQ BROKEN PIECES PER LB.42c K3
fl * WWOI IW HALVES. PER LB. 44c If
S§ NUTS. MIXED per pound.«« Hi
M RAISINS SEEDLESS. 15-oz. Package for only. 8c gfjj
S We Have Nice Hams Whole or Half—Please Come H P
B Make Your Selection H
I -MEAT SPECIALS- y
H HAM Boiled pel- lb.42c §j
B PICNIC HAMS Whole per lb.18c
ffl HAM Raw Boneless per lb. only.40c jB
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