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BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
Rome Saturday repeated Berlin’s
blunt warning of Friday that Ire-
land is within the Nazi blockade
zone and that American ships
attempting to reach Irish ports with
supplies for Britain will be subject
to warlike action.
This will hold true if the Amer-
ican neutrality law should be
amended to exclude Ireland from
the danger zone.
i The corollary to this warning is
obvious. 'If the United States has
ships sunk and doesn't like it. she
can go to war about it.
Associated with this situation
though not actually a part of it
is Britains’ imposition of restric-
I tions on life-blood exports to Eire
9 (.Southern Ireland ! These meas-
ures. which if carried to their
finality would plunge Eire into an
economic crisis bear the earmarks
of being reprisals for the refusal of
the Irish government to grant
^ Britain naval bases from which to
operate against the Nazi submarme
menace.
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The resulting position is full of
dynamite. It increases fears that
issues growing out of the war may
0 result in the renewal of the ancient
Anglo-Irish feud which the world
hoped had been buried by the
agreement of 1938.
Apropos of this Pemier Eamon
DeValera of Eire injected a strik-
ing remark into a Christmas day
► talk which was carried by the
Columbia broadcasting system. In
the course of an appeal to Ameri-
ca to help Eire secure arms and
foodstuffs “should the blockade
grow tighter” he said.
"The overshadowing anxiety at
the moment seems to be today’s
Pk possibility of incitement which
would force our people once more
to battle against Britain and the
British."
Savors of Rebellion
Premier DeValera didn't amplify
this statement and I’m not going
|i to try to interpret it but it seems
to speak for itself. It perhaps is
natural that my mind should fly
back to Southern Ireland's bloody
Easter week rebellion against the
English in 1916 during the World
« war. I was in Dublin at the height
w of that terrible conflict and Mr.
DeValera was wielding a rifle from
the windows of the postoffice as
one of the leaders of the revolt
t The days of rebellion are past
for Eire is independent. But the
possibility of war between the two
sovereign states is present.
This crisis goes back to 1938
when the British and Eire negotiat-
4 ed an agreement which among oth-
er things provided that England
should clear out of Southern Ire-
land. transferring to Eire British
admiralty property and rights at
several strategic bases. These are
Bantry bay Cobh cQueenstowmi
a and Lough Swilly.
^ British Denied
That was the last stroke of the
pen needed to make Eire indeed a
wholly independent unit within
the British commonwealth of na-
tions.
Along came the war and the
4 German submarine campaign which
is raising havoc with British ship-
ping.
Eire fearing invasion and count-
er-invasion by the belligerents has
maintained rigid neutrality refus-
ing to allow British use of bases
y Feeling in Britain has grown bit-
ter. Many people have declared
that Ireland should be deprived of
imports brought from abroad by
British convoys. Now—without any
suggestion of reprisal—Britain has
placed restrictions upon re-export
to Ireland of several vital com-
• modifies including fodder for cat-
tle. and fertilizer. These cannot be
re-exported without special license.
To understand the full force of
this you must know that cattle
raising is one of Eire's chief in-
dustries. She exports most of
• these animals to England. But she
can't get along without imported
fodder and its lack would create
a grave situation. Cutting off of
fertilizer would further aggravate
this position and would also affect
the food supply for human con-
^ sumption.
Torpedo Misses
« Panama Vessel
PUNTA DELGADA. The Azore^-
(P—a submarine of unidentified
nationality fired a torpedo inef-
fectively Saturday at a ship which
^ had just left the harbor of this
* city in the Portuguese Azores.
The torpedo piled up on the
beach near Santa Maria and ex-
ploded. damaging several houses.
The ship flying the Panaman
flag. Immediately put about and re-
* entered the harbor without mishap.
PUGSLEY VISITS KIN
SAN BENITO—Burrus Pugsley of
Corpus Christi. junior student in
the University of Texas school of
— engineering arrived Thursday eve-
* ning to visit with friends here. He
Is also visiting in Harlingen with
his sister. Mrs. Clyde L. Fincher
and Mr. Fincher. Burrus is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Pugsley Sr.
former San Benitans.
d The angle at which the moon ap-
pears to be tipped has nothing to
do with the weather.
A .—.....
We have a complete Stock of
^ Native Arts and Handicrafts from
“OLD MEXICO ’
RIO GRANDE IMPORTING CO.
• Across from Chamber of
Commerce — Brownsville
“Let’s you and me . ▼i
Build a Home!** In
easy FHA terms J§
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® * Entertainment @ ®
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1 .m m iww r'waaraarriiffl' iir^iwffnBi^r
“Northwest Mounted Police” which is now showing at the Capitol
Theatre includes such stars as Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll and
Paulette Goddard. The play is particularly interesting in that Cooper
portrays a Texas ranger who goes to Canada to get his man.
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Today’s Radio
COLUMBIA N-RED N-BLUE
ktsa 550 woai 1190 —’w 700
kwkh 1100 wfaa SOO krev 1260
ktrh 1290 wbau k.90 kris •' 0
kmns 1090 kprc 920 kfdm 560
wwl 850 wsm 5^ kxyz 1440
ktul 14C0 wbbm 779 wenr 870
wabc 860 ktbs 1450 wjz 760
weaf 660 wls 870
wman 670
5 p. m. NR—Johnny Long orch. C—
Report to the Nation. NB—El
Chico Spanish Revue. KRGV—
News and Weather.
5:15 KRGV—Birthday Party.
5:30 NR—Religion In the News. C—
Elmer Davis news. NB— Vass
Famllv.
5:45 NB—New World News krgv. C—
The World Todav.
6:00 NR—California Breeders Stakes.
C—People's Platform. NB— Mes-
sage of Israel. KRGV—Swing-
time.
6:15 NR— John W. Vandercook news.
6:30 C—Gay Nineties Revue. NB—
Rose Bowl Preview. NR—Yvette
tongs.
6:45 NR—H. V. Kaltenborn news.
KRGV—Prize Parade.
7:00 NR— Knickerbocker Playhouse.
NB—Three Cheers. C—Your Mar-
riage Club. KRGV—Ty Cobb
Valiev Comment.
7:15 NB—Man and the World. KRGV
—News and Weather.
7:30 C—Wa' ne King orch. NB—Little
Ol Hollywood krgv.
7 :55 C—Elmer Davis news.
8:00 NR—Alka Seltzer National Barn
Dance. C—Your Hit Parade NB—
Song of Your Life krgv.
8:30 NB—News Listener's Playhouse
krgv.
8:45 C— Saturday Night Serenade.
9:00 NR—Station E-Z-R-A krgv. NB
—Symphony orch.
9.15 C—Public Affairs.
9:30 NB—Symphony orch NR— Grand
Ole Opry. C— Jack Leonard
songs. KRGV—Dance orch.
9:45 C—News of the World.
10:00 NB— Symphony orch. KRGV—
News and Sports.
1C :15 NB—Symphony orch C— Everett
Hoagland orch NR — Sonny
James orch. KRGV — Dance
orch.
10.30 NR—Lou Breese orch. NB—Mai
Hallett orch. krgv. C—Hal Kemp
orch.
11:00 NB—News Glenn Miller orch.
NR—News. Fats Waller orch. C
—News. Guy Lombardo orch.
KRGV—Sign Off.
11:30 C—Ramon Ramos orch news.
NR—P.uss Morgan orch. news.
NB—Bobbv Bvrne orch news.
KRGV WESLACO (1269)
Sunday December 29
7:00 News NBC
7:05 Peerless Trio NBC
7:15 Cloister Bells
7 30 Tone Pictures NBC
8:00 News Roundup NBC
8:15 Valley Radio Chapel
8:45 Masters of Music WBS
9:00 Chuck Wagon Gang LSO
9:15 Bible Forum
9:30 Real Estate Hour
10:00 Latm American Program
11:00 Vincente Gomez NBC
11:15 I Am An American NBC
11:30 Wings Over American NBC
12:00 Radio City Music Hall NBC
12:30 Josef Marais NBC
1:00 News and Weather
1:15 Your Future
1:20 Dance Orchestra WBS
1:30 Tapestry Musicale NBC
2:00 Great Plays NBC
3 :C0 Christian Science Program .
3:15 Bovstown
3:30 Behind the Milk NBC
4:00 Richard Himber's Orch. NBC
4:30 Lutheran Hour
5:00 Birthday Party
5:30 New Friends in Music NBC
6:C0 Jack Benny NBC
6 :30 Fitch Band Wagon NBC
7:00 Ty Cobb
7:15 News and Weather
7:30 Hits and Encores WBS
8:00 Music for Sundav WBS
8:30 Little Short WBS
8:35 Vocal Varieties WBS
9:00 Pop Concert WBS
9:30 Medley Time WBS
10:00 News and Sports
10:15 Isham Jones Orch. NBC
10:30 Bernte Cummins' Orch. NBC
11:00 Sign Off.
Dennis O'Keefe appearing in "The
Girl From Havana” which plays
a midnight show Saturday and
shows Sunday at the Queen Thea-
tre.
W. C. Fields now funnier than
ever appears at the special mid-
night show at the Capitol Thea-
tre Saturday night in “Bank
Dick.”
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Tonight’s Movies
Brownsville: The Capitol — Gary
Cooper and Madeleine Carroll In
“Northwest Mounted Police." The
Queen—Bob Steele and Bob Livings-
ton in “Under Texas Skies.”
San Benito: The Rivoli—Lucille Ball
and Richard Carlson in ’Too Many
Girls.”
Harlingen: The Arcadia—Gary Coop-
er and Madeleine Carroll in “North-
west Mounted Police.” The Rialto—
Roy Rogers and Jacqueline Wells in
"Young Bill Hickok."
La Feria: The Alto— Henry Fonda
and Gene Tierney in “The Return of
Frank James."
Raymondville: The Ramon —The
Weaver Brothers and Elvirv in
“Friendly Neighbors." The Rio—
George O'Brien and Virginia Vale in
"Stage to Chino.”
Mercedes: The State— Kay Kvser
and Peter Lorre in “You’ll Find Out.”
The Rex— Charles Starrett In “Thun-
dering Frontier.”
Weslaco: The Ritz— Clark Gable.
Hedy Lamarr and Oscar Homolka in
“Comrade X " The Gem—The Three
Mesqulteers In “Trial Blazers.”
Pharr: The Texas— Charles Starrett
in “West of Abilene.”
Donna: The Plaza— Wayne Morris
and Edgar Kennedy In “The Quarter-
back.”
McAllen: The Palace— Gary Cooper
and Madeleine Carroll In “Northwest
Mounted Police." The Queen—William
Boyd and Russell Hayden in “Three
Men from Texas.”
Edinburg: The Valley—Richard Dix
and Florence Rice in “Cherokee
Strip.” The Aztec— Tex Ritter In
"Trailing Double Trouble."
Mission: The Mission— The Weaver
Brothers and Elviry In “Friendly
Neighbors.”
Movie Sidelights
When 20th Century - Fox's pro-
duction of Maurice Maeterlincks
"The Blue Bird’’ comes to the Ditt-
mann Midnite show Saturday and
Sundav-Monday it will bring to
life on the screen a world-renown-
ed play that has been presented on
tlje stages .of 45 nations and has
been translated into 32 languages.
Darryl F. Zanuck has done the job
and advance reports indicate he has
done it to perfection. A brilliant
cast is featured including Shirley
Temple Spring Byington Nigel
Bruce. Gale Sondergaard Eddie
Collins Sybil Jason Jessie Ralph
Helen Ericson Johnny Russell
Laura Hope Crews. Russell Hicks
Cecilia Loftus. A1 Shean and Gene
Reynolds. Walter Lang directed
"The Blue Bird” in the gorgeous
new Technicolor process. It is one
of the first pictures to be made
using this new development.
Camacho To Remake
Mexican Railways
MEXICO CITY —(TP)— Despite
rumblings oT employe dissatisfac-
tion. informed sources predicted
Saturday that President Avila Ca-
macho would undertake a thorough-
going reorganization of Mexico's
financially distressed national rail-
ways shortly after the first of the
year.
Armed with congressional ap-
proval of his plan to replace the
worker administration of the 9.000-
mile system with government man-
agement Camacho was reported
drafting a ‘comprehensive program
of economies for the lines.
Camacho was said to be deter-
mined to liquidate the railway’s
13.000.000 peso < $2600000) deficit
and to improve the service which
has been characterized by constant
delays and frequent wrecks.
TOM RICHEY VISITS
SAN BENITO—Arriving this week
to visit with friends in the Valley
was Tom Richey of San Antonio
president of the senior class at
Texas A. <Sr M. College. Tom son
of former local residents Mr. and
Mrs. McMurry Richey of San An-
tonio is a frequent visitor here.
Valley White wing
Preserve Is Urged
EDINBURG — Establishment of
a 1 000-acre whitewing dove pre-
serve on the Rio Grande south of
Alamo was suggested Friday by Hi-
dalgo County Judge Oliver C. Aid-
rich here.
Judge Aldrich urged Valley
sportsmen and other Texas hunters
to raise a $20000 fund for the
purpose.
The federal and state govern-
ments are anxious to establish and
maintain the preserve but lack the
money with which to buy the land
he said.
Location of the proposed preserve
is owned by the First National
Bank of Chicago which will sell
the land but will not lease it the
judge said.
Mexico to Remain
In Geneva League
MEXICO CITY —UP i— Foreign
i office sources said Saturday that
Mexico could continue her member-
ship in the League of Nations and
that Isidro Fabela Mexican dele-
gate. would return to Geneva soon
There had been support in gov-
ernment circles for a suggestion
Mexico withdraw from the League
both for economy and because ol
dissatisfaction with its work.
I -
LID’S OFF
WATERBURY Conn. — The
American Brass Company will clos<
its plants New Year's Day for th(
lirst time in history.
Vice President Clark Judd saic
there is “too much celebrating 01
New Year's Eve these days to maki
it pay to operate the next day.”
EDITOR DIES
NEW YORK—UP')—Harold Mac.
Donald Anderson. 64 war corre
spondent and author of the Ne?
York Sun’s famous editorial “Lind-
bergh Flies Alone” died of a hear
attack Thursday.
TEXAS OUTPUT
OF OIL ABOVE
FORK YEAR
Gas Production Has
Big Increase Over
1939; Industry In
Good Shape
AUSTIN—Estimated 1940 Texas
oil production of 486.448.449 barrels
increased 8900703 over that of
1939.
Total gas production of approxi-
mately 1.541.327.000000 cubic feet
was 243014000000 over that of the
year previous.
Reflecting growth of the industry
a possible 9768.000000 barrels of oil
underground also testified to some
extent to conversation efforts of the
railroad commission which regulates
the state's gigantic oil and gas in-
terests.
In the opinion of the commission-
ers the end of 1940 found the in-
dustry on a stable basis. Policies of
the state agency however have
been severely criticized in some
V| U«4A Wm U.
Ready for Emergency
Largest producer among the
states Texas has been declared
ready to supply any demand for oil
or lubricants in a national emerg-
ency and observers point out the
Federal Bureau of Mines demand
forecast of 1297500 barrels daily in
Texas for January 20500 higher
than December’s was large for the
winter low consumption period.
While some oil men clamored for
a new state agency to regulate oil
others noted the commissioner’s
membership and possibly its poli-
cies were due for a change with
Olin Culberson former director of
the commission’s utilities regulation
division succeeding Lon A. Smith
who did not seek re-election.
Commissioner Jerry Sadler re-
cently asserted that while the
agency collected $50000 more than
last year it spent approximately
$93000 less in salaries and other
expenditures.
Stay In Limits
With Chairman Ernest O.
Thompson former chairman of the
interstate oil compact commission
asserting Texas production would
remain within the federal bureau’s
demand estimates the state entered
1941 with a yield slightly under
that forecast.
Estimated total production for the
past year figured a fraction of a
percent under the mines bureau es-
timates as compared to 6.75 per cent
below for 1939 which witnessed a
15-day shutdown.
More than 500 fields containing
nearly 95.000 wells were producing
in 1940 during which the commis-
sioned granted 10.919 well drilling
applications 159 more than 1939
Records disclose 6.734 completed of
which 297 were gas wells and 1.647
dry holes. The year previous. 6671
were completed 217 of which were
gas wells.
The huge amount of gas. gathered
by 12000 miles of pipelines in the
state and supplying 27 states came
from 471 reservoirs as compared tc
388 in 1939 3.698 dry gas wells as
compared to 3.987 and 49704 oi;
and gas wells as compared to 45-
148.
Gas Increase
Of the gas produced an estimated
477.422.000. 000 cubic feet went intc
pipelines an increase of 15350.000-
000 over the previous year. Thirty-
six carbon black plants three les<
than the year before consumec
327.692.000. 000 cubic feet as com-
pared to 316804.000.000 and pro-
duced 479069.248 pounds of carbon
black as compared to 450780000
The bulk of carbon black is used in
tire manufacturing.
Natural gasoline production from
gas totaled 816.242407 gallons as
compared to 784.984.000 in 1939. The
gas also yielded 186879796 gallons
of butane 62988796 more than the
year before.
Of general interest was the in-
crease from 10 in 1939 to 31. in re-
cycling and repressuring plants in-
tended to conserve natural resources
by saving gas and recovering great-
er amounts of fluids.
Bond Issue Goes
To Camacho Desk
MEXICO CITY —'VP)— Approval
of bond Issues for railways and
j irrigation projects totalling 62.000-
! 000 pesos ($12400000) was trans-
| nutted Saturday to President Avila
Camacho by the Chamber of Depu-
i ties.
Funds from the bonds will be
used to expedite work on railway
: construction in southeastern Mex-
; ico and on irrigation dams in
I northern Mexico.
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N. Y. Tourist Bureau
Planned By Mexico
MEXICO CITY—(VP—An office tc
supply American tourists with in-
formation on Mexico will be estab-
lished shortly in New York City
the ministry of the interior report-
i ed Saturday.
The ministry said it was acting
on a suggestion from Vice Presi-
dent-Elect Henry A. Wallace tha
tourist traffic from the Unite<
States to Mexico would be great);
increased if Americans had mor<
information about this republic.
DRESSED FOR DINNER
SEATTLE — Accused of pan
handling door-to-door in full dres
coat and silk trimmed pants a cit;
jail “guest” told Sergeant Martii
Hanson:
. : “There's nothing like hittini
I somebody for dough with a sou]
and fish on. All I needed was i
I derby and white gloves then no
i body would ask me to chop wooi
> for a handout. They’d just bow am
give it to me.”
ENEMY SUB USED
BERLIN—UP''—DNB. official Ger
. man news agency said Saturda
7 that the German navy is using :
former Britsh submarine the 2300
; ton Seal in operations agains
England.
Defense Orders Pass Billion Mark in Three States
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■1 Mora Than $1000000000
B858 $500000000 to $1000000000
$100000000 to $500000000
T777) $10000000 to $100000000
{ 1 Lew Than $10000000_ _
Three states have received defense contract awards totaling more than one billion dollars since last
June and three others are approaching that mark. Map shows distribution of defense spending among
< *he states in thousands of dollars for the period June 13 to Nov. 30. 1940.
Army War On Vultures
Preying On New Troops
his ease play the nickel “juke box-
es” for music and have a beer or
two. In some of these the girls
who serve the beer will dance with
guests.
‘‘The boss takes the girls home
himself” offered a bartender “be-
cause the army authorities are aw-
ful strict. But the boss doesn't
know what they do when they get
home and he doesn’t care.”
Columbus rounded up 200 va-
grant women not long ago; those
from out of the state were released
1 on their promise to leave the city.
But more kept drifting in.
The farther you get from the
i military reservation the tougher
' the joints become. Just across the
> bridge in Alabama you will find
‘ battered-faced lookouts at the
doors of dives games of “knuckle
rummy” in full swing with one
i man dragging down the house’s
1 ’’take” guards at bars with nasty-
looking short - barreled pistols in
• holsters.
Columbus is planning further
* cleanup steps after the holidays
’ but Phenix City remains a problem
i Army officers of long experience
have doubts of any measures be-
' yond control and inspection for
they say that where there are sol-
: diers with pay there will be wo-
men. gamblers and bartenders just
■ as inevitably as night follows day.
I The problem revealed so starkly
■ in communities near Fort Benning
’ is evident around every large camp.
Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Mar-
shall has several times appealed for
co-operation in restricting and
! regulating these resorts of soldiers
| relaxation and the army as a
whole has been appealing to civil-
’ ian agencies like the Y. M. C. A.
Knights of Columbus Salvation
■ Army and others to provide facili-
> ties for soldiers on leave so that
i they will have some alternative to
risking both their pay and their
■ health in greed-promoted dives.
By PETE CRAIG
NEA Service Special Corresponden
COLUMBUS. Ga.—Army officer:
and leading citizens of this defense
boom town hope to emerge soor
with a long-time plan for alleviat-
ing local vice conditions brought or
by the rapid expansion of near-*)]
Fort Benning.
The real fifth columnists of the
i community are the women cami
followers who filter into town or
j pay days do their deadly wort
in silence and then thumb thei:
way back home till the next pa]
| day rolls around. And the exten1
of their operations will be knowr
only when the monthly inedica
reports are compiled.
Columbus itself nearest town t(
Fort Benning’s 60000 men is pret-
ty well restrained but across th<
river in Phenix City Ala. ha:
arisen a problem typical of tha'
faced by all large army camps
Unscrupulous and greedy proprie-
tors have quickly set up shad]
| establishments designed to taki
i soldiers’ pay with maximum effi-
ciency and minimum regard for th<
soldiers' welfare.
The situation around Ft. Ben-
ning has become so flagrant tha
Secretary of War Stimson himsel
has referred to it as an outstand-
ing example and Gen. Lloyd Fried-
endall Ft. Benning commandant
has had to write Governor Dixoi
of Alabama asking for additiona
police help in cleaning up vice con-
ditions across the Chattanoochei
River from the fort.
More than loo military polici
tour the Phenix City joints in :
flying wedge from time to time
i The whole district was once placec
“out of bounds’’ for troops. Bui
;! the cupidity of proprietors and th<
irrestible urge of certain types ol
i women to go after soldiers’ pa]
whenever it blossoms in grea
quantities have thus far balked al
efforts at cleanup.
Specially trained military polic<
squads “ride herd’’ on the knowr
joints on pay days. The police ar<
stationed in pairs in the joint;
themselves and cruise the wholi
Phenix City and suburban Colum-
bus areas in trucks.
The trucks stop in front of t
i “spot’’ marked on the map of th<
1 lieutenant in command of the de-
tachment and armed with night-
i sticks and pistols the police fornr
a flying wredge with the lieutenan'
■ at the apex. Into the joint the]
i crash looking over the situatior
: and asking questions.
Dead silence always greets th<
arrival of such a patrol. But an]
r soldiers engaged in riotous conduc
' or giving evidence of too close asso-
• ciation with the bottle are round-
; ed up packed into the trucks anc
taken back to camp to await dis
■ ciplinary action by their compan]
; commanders.
I Columbus is too small to havi
- normal recreational facilities fo
■ the men at Ft. Benning. Much o:
the whoopee is therefore prett;
i impromptu and presents a grave:
1 problem than established “joints
■ would constitute.
: Not all the piaces of soldiers rec
reation are vicious. Directly acros
■ the line of the military reservation:
i are restaurants and “juke Joints
. where the soldier on leave can tak<
• SERIAL STORY
DUDE COLLEGE
BY OREM ARNOLD_ gaSgft
I'ESTERDATi Anns join* Wf».
ley and after brief target prac-
tice they ait nnd talk. Wesley
lapses into Spanish is surprised
when I.ona displays ignorance of
common Mexican dialects but he
says nothing. He hardly has a
chance for I.ona snuggles closer
then suddenly kisses him
* * *
ANDRE BUYS A DRUM
CHAPTER XXVII
« ft/HAT happened to it? Where
V did you go?”
Andre Girardeau looked hard
at Lona Montoya.
“Where do you think?” she
snapped back eyes afire. “Am I
a child not to be trusted? Am I not
a part of the organization myself?
Was I not the one sent here to
work with you?”
“Oh come Lona!” he was im-
patient. “You know what I mean!
I’m not being personal I’m just
—anxious. Don’t you understand?
We risked our lives to do a thing
and then you—!”
Lona shrugged expressively.
“You come here with a chip on
your shoulder Andre. Sit down.”
“Don't be a fool!” he almost
snarled that his face lined in
anger. “I let you take the thing
because I had a heavier front to
maintain a cover to keep up. But
I am running this show under-
stand? I am the one who got the
instrument but now one night
later I do not have it in my pos-
session and my hands are tied!
You—you are a girl!”
He said that last almost con
I have you beside me. You
Andre!”
Andre didn’t know yet where
the precious instrument was hid-
den but he would find out—later.
* • •
BECAUSE Ronica had no classes
after 2 p. m. Andre Girardeau
called at the Rocking R ranch next
afternoon and again was profuse
with his sympathies. The fire loss
had upset Mr. Bailey rather badly;
not the monetary loss but the sen-
timental the fact that his newly
discovered resting place was sud-
denly consumed.
Andre arrived to 'find four
trucks there and several other
men talking to Ronnie and her
dad.
“We heard you aimed to rebuild
out of this red sandstone Mr.
Bailey” one man obviously a
rancher was saying. “So we just
thought we’d cart a little of it
over to you in our spare time
like.”
Thomas U. Bailey looked at the
bronzed westerner.
“Thank you” he said. “I appre-
ciate your coming. I’ll be glad to
pay you gentlemen whatever you
wish for your work and—”
“Hold on! I didn’t say it clear
I reckon sir. We didn’t come here
hunting jobs. We—well the fact
is Mr. Bailey we was trying to be
neighborly. Now out here in the
southwest when a man gits burnt
out why we all mostly pitch in
and help rebuild him see? It don’t
talcA Vi a r H1 v nn timA anH xirnrlr tViot
look around. Ronica was fingering
some brand-new Navajo rugs but
Andre turned suddenly to a huge
drum that stood near.
The drum was large as Indian
tom-toms go. This one was Apache
made Mr. Wilson said. It was two
feet across and nearly three feet
high a barrel-shaped thing with
heavy rawhide stretched and laced
over each end and painted with
Indian designs. With the accom-
panying drumstick Andre thumped
out a crude oom-oom oom-oom.
The tone was deep commanding.
Suddenly Andre brightened.
“Remember the business associ-
ate I introduced you to down in
Guaymas Mexico? Do you Ronnie?
The man named Pico?”
“Yes. Why?”
“He'd love this. He has a new
hacienda on the edge of town big
home like yours will be. He asked
me to keep an eye open for real
Indian things. If you also like it
we can order two.”
“Oh by all means get it for him
Andre. You are so thoughtful!”
ft ft ft
XJE purchased the drum — $35.
L And then he moved to the
jewelry case. Wilson a picturesque
gray-haired gentleman who had
expert knowledge of Indian crafts
and artistry showed him hand-
wrought bracelets and rings of
silver set with turquoise with
petrified wood with tourmaline
and all manner of native semi-
precious stones. He purchased the
prettiest ring and bracelet set for
Ronica.
When he observed which Navajo
rugs Ronica admired most Andre
ordered them for her and when
they discovered a great arm chair
made skillfully of the light but
astonishingly strong ribs from
sahuaro cactus Andre ordered
that especially for Mr. Bailey.
Ronnie looked up at him. "You
are just too generous Andre. I
know Dad will love you for it
though.”
She wandered down the store to
inspect a collection of Mexican
and Indian dolls hanging there
and kindly Mr. Wilson smiled at
Andre and said confidentially
“She is a very lovely miss isn’t
she?”
Andre acknowledged the com-
pliment by nodding. "The ‘Miss’ is
temporary however. I shall change
that in a day or two Wilson. I
know how to pick ’em eh? Eh
Wilson?”
His open conceit seemed almost
to have a nasty smirk to it so
that Wilson looked up in surprise.
1 But the storekeeper just repeated
courteously “A very lovely girL”
* (To Bo Continued) *
an attitude of melodramatic men-
ace.
He had slipped thus to her
apartment at 1 a. m. as he had
often done in the past weeks. No
one had observed his coming and
going he felt and he had made
: sure that all windows and shades
1 were closed now. But he u*as not
7 the suave Andre of past visits
■ here. This call was not for pleas-
ure it was a business call by a
definitely nervous man.
Lona Montoya was staring off.
■ “ ‘Fool’ is a strong word Andre.”
3 He looked narrowly at her. Then
7 he walked to her little kitchenette
i and got himself a drink. He
paused drank another glass of
1 liquor and let his feelings cool.
> He came back to her smiling
i “Listen kid” he purred "I’m
- all on edge tonight. Can’t help
i being jumpy. Forget it.”
i Lona looked up at him with cold
calculating gaze—and all at once
she appeared satisfied m turn. She
lifted her arms to him.
“Of course Andre. The thing
7 is hidden safe. We can ship it to
i New York whenever the excite-
- ment dies down ship it easily too.
t There is no worree eh? Not when
away. No sir we couldn’t take no
pay!”
“Lordy!” Thomas U. Bailey sort
of rumbled that. His voice wouldn’t
behave very well. “I can’t buy that
in New York ... I can’t buy that
any where in God’s world gentle-
men! . . . I—I want to shake your
hands.”
• • •
'THE scene apparently touched
Andre Girardeau too.
When he had looked approving-
ly at plans already roughly drawn
for the new ranch home he took
Ronnie in his car and drove the
eight miles in to town with her.
As he parked at Wilson’s Indian
Trading Post he turned to the girl
at his side.
“Ronnie” said he “I can’t very
well haul in rocks to build with
but I want you to know that I feel
just like those ranch men. And I
can show a little of my feeling.
Now you have said that the new
house will be furnished with au-
thentic Spanish and Indian things
—so come in!”
They went in the store—which
; was more like a museum in truth
—and Fred Wilson in person came
I to shake hands and invite them to
MEXICO TO AID
SMALL FARMERS
Camacho to Develop
Two Plans
MEXICO CITY — (JPI — Parallel
development df two radically dif-
ferent systems of farming in Mex-
ico is expected for 1941 as a result
of President Manuel Avila Cama-
cho's determination to protect
small individual farmers.
Intense promotion of collectiva
farming characterized ex-Pre&ident
Lazaro Cardenas’ regime.
In a decree regulating applica-
tion of a recently enacted small-
holding bill Avila Camacho declar-
ed that the government will aid
small farmers to straighten out
their title deeds.
In the preamble of the decree
however the President stressed
that the Ejidos (collective farms)
represent the ’ greatest achievement
of the Mexican revolution.’* aid
that the small-holdings act cannot
be considered as an attempt to re-
vert to the old baronial system oT
the large "haciendas” prevalent
thirty years ago-
Weather
(For Valley Forecast see page one)
For Falfurrlas-Laredo-Wlnter Garden
Section: Fair Saturday night and Sun-
day; not much change In temperature-
lowest temperature Saturday night 35
to 40.
For East Texas (east of 100th meri-
dian); Fair not much change in tem-
perature Saturday night and Sunday.
Moderate variable winds on th*
coast.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Atmospheric pressure was low Sat-
urday morning over the eastern two-
thirds of the U. S and moderately
high over the far West (Atlanta Ga .
29 37 Abilene. Tex. 29 57. Huron. S D.
29 57. Salt Lake City Utah 30 11).
Precipitation was quite general during
the last 21 hours over the eastern
portion of the country and over the
northwest quadrant. Unseasonably low
temperatures occurred In south Texas
and the Lower Rio Grande Valley Frl
day night but were not low enough
to damage crops
Brownsville 6 30 a. m. (CST) sea-
evel pressure 29 79 inches.
RIO GRANDE RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Change Ram
Laredo . 27 2 1 0 0 00 clear
Rio Grande. 21 0 7 —0 1 .00 pt cldy
Hidalgo .... 21 5 2 —0 8 00 clear
Mercedes .... 21 8 0 —0 4 .00 clear
Brownsville . 18 5.8 —0.7 .00 clear
* _
The river will continue to fall slow-
ly practically all along during tha
next 24 to 48 hours.
Sunset Saturday . 5 48
Sunrise Sunday . 7 16
STATION Highest Lowest Preclpl-
Inst last tatton
24 hours Night (laches)
Abilene . 59 35 00
Albuquerque .... 51 35 .00
Amarillo . 58 32 TK)
Albany N. Y. ... 41 35 .22
Atlanta . 65 53 .34
Boston . 42 39 .02
Chicago . 33 37 .01
; Cincinnati . 56 45 .49
| Cleveland . 52 41 .79
j Corpus Chrlstl .. 65 36 .00
Del Rio . 65 37 .00
Denver . 53 30 .00
Detroit . 39 36 .07
Dodge City . 53 35 .00
El Paso . 53 41 .00
Port Smith . 49 3J .19
Port Worth . 54 34 .00
Galveston . 64 44 .01
Havre. Mont. 38 27 .00
Huron . 33 33 .09
Jacksonville .... — — —
Kansas City .... 39 32 00
Los Angeles . 72 56 .00
Memphis . 55 43 .25
Miami . 78 64 .32
Mobile . 65 50 42
Mpls. St. P. 38 39 00
New Orleans .... 62 52 .01
New York City .. 48 42 .20
Norfolk . 64 51 .41
North Platte .... 48 35 .00
Oklahoma City .. 46 32 .00
Palestine .. 46 33 .02
Phoenix . 69 47 .00
Pittsburg . 57 49 .63
St. Louis . 40 37 .15
Salt Lake City . 47 27 .14
San Antonio .... 65 39 .00
Sheridan . 40 25 .00
Shreveport . 52 41 .10
Tampa . 72 62 .24
Washington . 53 47 .00
Willlston . 35 22 .00
Wilmington N. C. 72 63 .33
FRUIT Highest Lowest Preerpl-
STATIONS tat ion
(Inches)
_TEXAS—
Brownsville (City) 68 43 .00
Br'vllle Airport.. 63 38 00
Harlingen . 70 42 00
Raymondvllle .... 70 40 .00
Weslaco Exp. Sta. 72 40 00
Mission . 71 41 00
Falfrrias ... 79 36 .00
Laredo . 71 36 .00
Csrrlzo Springs .. 67 37 00
—FLORIDA—
Bartow . 73 59 .53
Belle Glade .... missing
Eustls . 72 60 .12
Fort Myers . 76 62 48
Gainesville . 70 60 38
Hastings . missing
Orlando . missing
—CALIFORNIA— D-c. 27. 1940.
Orovllle . 58 47 1 33
Salinas . 53 50 62
Lmdsay . n 50 .73
Santa Barbara .. 68 58 00
Riverside . 70 40 .00
Escondido . 69 37 00
Imperial . 70 41 ioo
* DEL MAR . 66 4314
•Unofficial courtesy Chamber of Com*
mere*.
14 DIE IN PLANE
TOKYO—</P)— Fourteen persons
including a communications minis-
try official were killed when a
commercial plane on a test flight
crashed at sea near Chiba penin-
sula the government announced
Saturday.
Christy Mathewson. baseball
pitcher often was referred to as
“Big Six.'*
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