Valley Morning Star (Newspaper) - January 1, 1949, Harlingen, Texas v Md warmer on 1 VALLEY MORNING STAR BALTIMORE TODAY'S No Press January 1949 Press Sunday Two Prisoners Escape Cameron County Jail Briscoe Retained Temporarily Over Ramsey Protest New City Manager Citrus Week To Be Appointed On January 19 Publicizing Plans Discussed Cooperation of banka World Ushers In New Year With Fervent Hope For Peace NEW YORK An uneasy world bade farewell to troubled IMS Friday night and welcomed with the fervent hope It would be the postwar year to bring true peace In America where 1948 been a bustling the were largely gay and Joyous Even so there were some Floods Bring Death in Six Northeast States 1 i VMS elected Interim city to 2nd and with the postwar boom by Mayor Hugh Karrsey at a special rexas c Fiesta in Mission reeling of Oily commission Friday afternoon Stuart Jennings signs the bloom was fading on the motion to re employ Briscoe until a new city is seconded the motion and A fl Chapa with them W C Anderson and J B Hicks voted against it Jennings offered his tion Immediately Saturday morning Europe there like counting of Cold and report d pni s for of he co mmi tee t0 NeW if he feeli BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Torrential rams turned sti earns and rivers into raging currents leaped Pair Gets Hour Slip Away While Others Eat 20 to 29 at a nf prisoners escaped from the jail currents here fu mght and had a one hour head start before discovers of largest cities the break Sheriff Boy ton Fleming that 11 federal traditional northeastern rmg gtate and ln South Texas had been on Banks are to be aske 1 again as were In December to sene fret citius juice Moat countries abroad can look didn t include the drinks back on 12 months of progress in Still night spots report d pni s for a traditional stat A t g th T h on the town ranging from property destru lion added he t t the to at liberty very 50 to 00 per person And that disrupted communications F described the as very long wholesale evacuation of families uer tu said Property damage ran Into the irac serve ire rimis HUPP recovering from their tariffs were than last hundreds of thousands of dollars objected Jennings had moved that nre to be tJQ tlon of the second war In New York in New York New Con be asked to remain as city nn ng the escapees Canute Hernandez Torres 22 5 feet 8 inches tall and 120 be asked to remain ai nrls on t n until the city commission special can study hire a encouraged In But most of also still hasc going begging as wav to go to regain even climactic hoi i neared standard of living No Jam theaters which look to In the United States it was a New Year s es e as the biggest night brave man who set out with his of the sear were not all jammed without to as base been in recent vears neis on their arp to In grocers stores manager and he can take office throughout the nation California I object to that motion Florida divisions of the com said Briscoe has alBO sre preparing nlrencly resigned He said he ror the week desotel for a resign as city on oranges lemons tangerines it will be a Dec 31 I nm willing to cooperate grapefruit rare night who counts anv with the city commission on the since citrus week comee during but small change from the manager deal but Briscoe re the Texas Citrus t in Mis signed before the campaign slon starting Jan 26 of f I ed saving he would quit on the pointed that C I HI I want to go on lecord as each would help publicize the I O I the motion Is being made other over my protest On The fall f loan Applications Jan 19 do not want to hoin in on Rudolfo Reyes Caballero 18 S Vermont feet slx and 136 and Maine Railroad lines and on fl charge highways were inundated Fleming all radio re- Two deaths were reported one tg were the men as in Massachusetts and one in New on tncir as York traces of the material found The village of Mass the escape route taken by population 300 feared for a time the Next to mones New York total evacuation would be needed on Page i Attempt In 12 Hours Works Jennings then offered a motu n Citius Fiesta one member of BROWNSVILLE A Browns I dent which took the life of Santos which was unanimously adopted youth died late after- of Harlingen last Friday on the Housatonic river es er only a few families had to be taken out aa crews threw up barricades around tories and homes Flood conditions around N Y forced the New York Cen hour their no Fleming said the men slipped the evening meal while all prisoners were being fed in the yard With tht upper floors of the jail still Tamm Quits As City Engineer After 30 Years Alfred Tamm severed his 80 year connection with oily of ss part time Friday and In his letter of resignation urged thf hiring of a Ml lime that the city commission ilosc applications foi the position Jan 10 and that the new city manager elected at the regular commission meeting of Jan 19 I am sorry that this has hap Ramsey said after tho taken on Briscoe In all my ten vears as mayor only once before has theie been dissention in the city commission That was a number of years ago over some Insurance policies tho took out I went on as protesting of Mi Briscoe an city manager until a now one Is elected because Mr Briscoe hag resigned I thought It was all settled at the previous meeting Previously said after the meeting adjourned had been no meeting of the city com- mission but the the matters that came up over a cup of coffee The said It was not a com who began doing the mission meeting and no action ville died late after- noon a result of a sel inflicted gun wound in his stomach after having made three attempts in 12 hours to end his own life Salinas been the third man In the truck and approached ties after the Olmito youth had In a deathbed statement been apprehended Cisco Salinas 18 svas quoted bs Late night Deputy Sheriff Walter Keller as drank some In an at- then transferred to New Haven beer to hang on to their kite tall Thone who discussed citius pro motion at the meeting Friday In- cluded Charles Rogers Alamo chairman of the National Citrus Merchandising committee Alden M Drury general manager of the Citrus Exchange Austin Anson manager of the Texas rus and Vegetable Growers and Shippers and Jack Drake mana ger of the Chamber of Commerce Rogers suggested that trucks to utilized as much as possible in spreading the word about citrus the driver of the pickup truck and before he died made the N Y forced me w to m water tral railroad to reroute its g feeding must be done in the trains m yard tne said York City to reach The apparently slid Go Roundabout under the main building through a manhole used by wiring and When the trains reached Albany repairers and came In Salinas they went to New York city and contact that had deposited there for having said I committed suicide tempt to take his life That failed railroad tracks to get to Boston reasons Then when the out of remorse at having informed and Fr dav morning he took a Tens of thousands of telephones waa dear they slipped into on a very good friend drink of That also in the vast area were put out of the laundry in the old part of the Wednesday Salinas came to of failed and late morning he commission bv the rain storm r fleers here and told them that his turned a gun on himself and fired flood conditions verv good friend and not a the shot Most of the major chemical and Olmito youth had been He inhered until about 6 p m textile factories and foundries in press and be ed to give the week as much pub as possible Baskets Sent Drake said that baskets of rus are being sent to the State receptionist in the capitol build Ing In Austin along with tme and Information about citrus fruits The which was Involved in the ment to Keller Dutch Claim To Have Halted Java Fighting As Ordered the lime trail showed Wall of The wall in that part of the jail is made of dry adobe brick and accord ng to Fleming apart under your hand The men streams and creeks were ened an already turned marauding with a screwdriver and a piece of the North and Mass were closed Adams rents by a sections of two-day rain Some New England were on Page first citrus week featured lemons and attracted little tion but the second In got nationwide due chiefly to committee of the Texas work of a fee taken Just OIK alter ho After had been ma from Mission has for tho short term until his sue been talking of retiring foi six cessor is selected Phillips asked monthx urged that him if he would consider the commission sel up n city in office until that time department nn I up I will on until the new rn nl a t me nt I i nd ItV manager Is selected hist tlir i i la TK inn coc said only on one ial I Is notion that Is there will s little It h a B be no Infringement on the duties to thi point It needs of manager anyone else mi and a Iho duties of the commission fnl pnglnrrr the and the city manager And 1 don t want In br that full me set out in the A meeting Members ot the illy and I will remain on if Harlingen Fire department and Uig there Is no infringement on the members of the ex volunteer de- But even his post has of the city manager which had been called Him u part time one Willing for 7 p m was called off hr on a fee for l vou say you would re- by Mayor Hugh late Jnb thn had sign on Dec 11 Ramsey following a storrm of him d do ramm him commission an purl In the Briscoe answered but Ramsey in calling off the of all his I am willing to serve until the THE HAGUE The Netherlands 5 Dutch hostilities In Java can no additional announcement was necessary The spokesman said that and Florida on Page Ramsey Calls Off Fire Dept Meeting be considered to have ceased that statement of at midnight j H Roven Dutch delegate Java time am without to the instructions were the issuance of a formal cease given to The Netherlands in Indonesia Dr Louis J M Beel for Dutch forces to The explained that a cease hostilities bv that deadline fire order a Netherlands govern ment spokesman said metal they found In the laundry and squirmed through the hole to freedom Fleming said it was first sup posed the break had planned but Jailer Hugh Barnes reported the crack there foi some time had been inspected several hours earlier and had not tampered with cease-fire order had not been an and would not be an since Holland had in formed the United Nations ity Council on Dec 29 that hos Van told the Security Council the end of hostilities on aii the island of could not Old Plane Wreck Seen In Bahamas New Year in Bahama 1 IS I l- V fl 1 1 P V W III d GOES TO NEW JOB Floyd Lynch d i i t r I et agricultural agent for South with headquarters In Is being transferred oy the Ex- tension service of to College where he will be in charge of boys and club work for the State of He plani to leave about Feb 1 planes lighted the wreckage of pUne on desolate Andros island dav but one pilot believed it marked not the re missing Tue effected until two or three days dav 30 aboard later in Java would cease at course He added it would remain necessary to midnight Dec 31 at the latest against disturbing elements who said he examined The government spokesman said would endanger public at iow altitude the wreckage sight Leonard Thompson of Nassau The Weatherman started the off in fine shape New Years with a prediction of act piloting a Bahamas Airways ed earlier bv both s plane nnd s Florida Guard warmer weather and slowly rising But he failed to plane from I include any rain in his initial fore- cast he hm new manager can take over supri Intend Jennings then said that he had s f a city commissioner canceling it had to nml Ins UK of anil nisi out nf thr of the new nml mix tn thi city I was the reason he had asked Troops Guard Bike Rider Matamoros Becomes After Clash Valley Victim MATAMOROS Mexico alien ridin al troops ordered out bv Gov became the Valleys where toia native of the and nd warmer al fa of early on According to the pilot the were ln for most Thompson said the wreckage was Temperatures Saturday will burned completely leas ing range from a maximum in the two engines and tank ernoor Of to 82 degrees down that he could tee He said the to an overnight low of Fri line tank appeared rusty si Hit hsd ranKe between 68 and been there a long time Thompson landed his amphibian temperatures and fair Ing told firemen that he did not MATAMOROS Mexico ft alien riding a mlles north the wreckage over most of Texas think anything could be at the meeting so he w as Raul Garate of the state of of the d native said he knew of no recent of on a platform advocating a city The meeting had been called patrolled this border city I when he turned his bike into the crash m the but football v eather form of government for the City of Harlingen and that Its Inception In coe to stay on until the close of department been said earlier in the for the purpose of discussing re- instatement of the old volunteer Into the Friday on the eve of the induction of a car driven by a of Ernesto L as mayor auxiliary n onr thr more applications Jan 19 unless a replaced the de day night s of the Zoning und on Page nearly two years ago Matamoros nnd s nf ns a of Hr has not resigned from tlie UQl I Oil hut hus I hi the new engineer should take his place mi the Ix in I At the nnd of hr gen man two miles west of here Officers said Trinidad Cavazos In a flare-up of violence 28 who had been living south of and children sched led for the H P crew classic at Dallas and 27 Puerto Rican men Cotton Bowl Years Says East Texas Legend ATHENS An old East Texas in- H fl flB 111 i i thr outstanding in will be up on fir by of tables Eat Superstition has become a legend and tradition In eaily days black of thi Star In had been for his altruistic unselfish ami work on thr s major work for water the year Used to white horse 01 a red-headed vou You irrigation has tlon nm bron I n m mi f ells r and the year s work to soon li native of to mda in and In southward for his tn 1913 from to five to and a payroll for canners they said seeing they pop up as a delicacy on some of the best menus Now they are shipped to distant markets Legend which thinks of itself as world headquarters for black eyed peas cherishes the New s das legend The Chamber of Commerce says the legend dates back to cisil war hear that much any maybe It hasn't met the test Clover And there a always the left hind rabbit foi a four leaf clover folks cnn find them in or a their quarters when took over Friday nicely The Southern plantation da But for sure down knowing their masters peace and t h t saying to the black made it an an- cant beat black eyed practice to serve the entire r peas cooked with hog Jowl on New household a big plate of b 1 a c kiNO Major VII died Instantly after he policeman svas was struck bs the car driven by shot to death McK Duncan 26 of Har was elected after one lingen of the most turbulent campaigns in the history of Matamoros He EDINBURG Fike Jr was scheduled to be Inducted 21 Of Edinburg sustained serious dav night Herrera Villareal was shot while aboard the missing plane when it left San Juan Rita And Aly Khan Arrive In Swiss Alps Aboard Flight BERLIN Capt M Pat back injuries early Friday Haywor the car in which he was Khan arrived Switzerland Film I ton of Harlingen Friday was Hayworth and at this police were rounding up a over two mlles north of akl resort night and went of men In connection with the cir on Highway 281 to Palace hotel With them Rober driver of leaflets which County Macias said incited armed violence against the constituted municipal officers Three men were arrested and several other suspects escaped while being taken to police quarters Governor Garate removed of police Ricardo Chapa Monday WASHINGTON His brother W illard 17 and uas Wherry 20 of Donna the old daughter Rebecca ere not injured Hayworth s four-year pilot on the American plane that completed the flight of the Berlin airlift The plane flew a coal Martin Selected Extension District Agent Ted assistant county agent of Hidalgo has been named agent placing Lynch who Is to College Station to in of all 4 H club boys and girls work tn state It was announced day afternoon ty Louis Franks tension editor of A M college The change Is to be made Feb first Martin was In Cory ell tj Texas and was from Crawford High school In 1939 he graduated from Texas college and for a time worked for a commercial hatchers In August he county agent of Hidalgo counts whtie he remained until he was ramed county agent of Zavalla county He went to A M college aa poultry specialist of the Extension service In January 1944 and had remained there except for the riod from April IMS to March 1948 when he served in the U S Martin will have his ers In Weslaco at the Texas cultural Experiment station butt svill not move to the Valley until he can dispose of hU home In College and find In the Franke said Lynch has been district in load from a British loading base the 18 South Texas counties sine to A Trench landing field here Postal Rates Go Up Today Admiral Of Texas Navy Heading For Mediterranean WASHINGTON ft Naval Rear age should stand me well when on Postal rates Admiral J J Clark just duty with the Texas he said Ap il 1947 was red from College Station In nrw position he will be In charge of all boy s and girl's club work in the state with approximately 000 youths participating Tennessee Gas and appointed Capt Antonio go up at midnight night on appointed by Texas Gov Beauford Originally Camilla to the post Matamoros everything but first class Jester as an admiral at the Texas Admiral Clark was In charge of the police were ordered confined to mail and penny postcards the Navy In charge ot carrier command of an aircraft carrier WASHINGTON Wi The Power Years day That s one serslon Most folks maintain just black eyed peas are his many projects was enough Some mix them with rice out UM towa eyed on New Years day to bring good luck all through the year The custom thus spread all through the and even Into to John You can all parts of our continent M gat them ia a can WASHINGTON Barring un expected complications no major surgery will have to be performed on former Undersecretary of State Sumner hit troops The biggest so far allowed Friday 11 aoon during fighting in the Pacific commission suspended a the average post customer Is have ample experience for new His wife is the former Shannon posed rew rate schedule of concerned are m air mail rates and assignment prominent Pharr Tex see Transmission Co and order the cost of sending Lunching with Rep Lyte banker who also resided at June ed two separate hearings on their ing cards said he will leave this week for Tex here Jan 31 Air mail postage goes up from 5 to Europe and Mediterranean waters Retired U S Naval Admiral The changes were to have 6 cents an ounce on letters and in charge of a force Chester W Nimitz ia commander effective bi One small parcels weighing up to 8 flagship will be the of the Texas NaTy which placed specific volume ceilings on ounces Bigger packages which are carrier U S 8 Philippine Sea comprised of ant the Tennessee s obligations to supply to handle will at he 11 be gone about four months V B certain customers The other tht postal zone m tba
