Valley Star-Monitor-Herald (Newspaper) - May 14, 1939, Brownsville, Texas TOM Partly Cloudy The weather today will partly cloudy except showers near the coast The river will continue to fall slowly all along ing the next 24 hours VALLEY SUNDAY MONITOR 10 Cents FINAL EDITION All news of the World and the Valley Best ures and World's Best Comics THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY HARLINGEN McALLEN BROWNSVILLE SUNDAY MAY 14 1939 WINDS RAIN SWEEP VALLEY FRENCH AWAIT IL DUCE'S SPEECH FLEET MOVED NEAR TUNISIA TOUR OF BORDER IS AWAITED RAINS DELAY TOMATO DEAL FOR SECTION Movement Is Halted Brooks States than three inches of rain over this section Saturday ably halted the tomato ment for several days while prices were not expected to go below the five cents per pound paid last week for No 1 A L Brooks state department of ture tomato expert said Saturday Heavy rains will damage all matoes now ready for harvest and of those that will the first few days of next week but the later tomatoes will be of good quality because of the precipitation Brooks predicted The end of the week found ley tomatoes occupying a strong position occasioned by the fact that shipments have been far less than expected Considerable quantities of the fruit were sold the latter part of the week at to per 100 pounds field run or better than five per pound for U S No 1 Florida shipments have steadily decreased through the week and buyers who had a feeling last day that the price for No 1 matoes should be about two and one-half to three cents per pound have been paying four to four and one-half cents Brooks said Some shippers expected 85 to 75 out last Monday and over 100 cars on Tuesday with ments running better than 100 cars dally through the week Actual shipments by rail were 43 cars Monday 1 cars Tuesday 81 cars Wednesday 70 cnrs Thursday j cars Friday The Yoakum tory has moved only a few cars daily holdings have de- daily Track Friday were 20 cars with Florida shipments the same day only 69 cars Brooks laid the nt this writing is that good quality tomatoes will con- in good demand through week at prices around four cents said leading shippers have aid shipments will not go over 100 cars dally for more than one or two this season whereas normally jit the peak o shipping than 200 cars move daily In addition to these rail figures approximately 10 cars move out by truck daily Brooks said reports were that Valley tomato yards are gaining popularity but poor quality toma Mussolini And Hitler To Make Inspection Of Fortifications After Sunday Talk By The Associated Press France put her armed forces on the alert Saturday night as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini uled significant tours of their der fortifications to follow an anti- FREIGHT RATE FIGHT SLATED DURING WEEK Is Predicted In Senate Chamber WASHINGTON W Southern and western com- plaints against high freight rates are due for an soon in the senate Compromise legislation looking to an adjustment of the rail rate structure on manufactured articles Mine Conferees Finally Agree won approval this week by the anti-French outburst by II senate committee on interstate Duce Sunday A strong squadron of French Mediterranean fleet moved into commerce It became a part of the Wheeler Truman transportation scheduled for senate Tunisian waters following receipt tion in about two weeks of reports in Paris that Mussolini would unloose an extremely bitter outburst against France in a day speech at Turin Italy French Army Ready The French army was ready for any eventuality in the Maginot along the eastern frontier ing formidable German tions which Hitler will visit next week on a Demonstrative tion in Berlin said Hitler also would inspect eastern frontier tions to remind Poland as well as the western powers o Nazi sive strength Mussolini To Border At the same time Mussolini is scheduled to be on a tour of the Piedmont region bordering France inspecting his military ments troop concentrations and public works This turn of events placed the dispute alongside this weekend developments in the intense rivalry between Europe's German-Italian and May Make Concessions With Turkey won over Britain was believed ready to offer im- portant concessions to Soviet sia vital power still missing from the house 130 southern and western Investigation Seen The modified freight rate ure would order an investigation by the interstate commerce com- mission into existing charges with a view to eliminate unlawful dis- In another section it would prohibit carriers from ing rates prejudicial to any section shipper or specific com- munity Earlier this session southern and western legislators had demanded a flat equalization of territorial rate structures These bills developed heated opposition Approval Predicted Leaders of the movement ed the compromise plan would gel senate and house approval They said it offered an effective answer to all criticisms of the earlier The freight rate Issue is an old one to southern and southwestern legislators Relief from rates has been a favorite campaign plank for years in nt least a doxen states Encouraged by the tion southern members of congress renewed the rate campaign when this session began four months ago Five senators introduced bills to wipe out sectional differentials In John Lewis left CIO president and Dr John R Steelman federal mediator are shown ai they announced in New York an agreement permitting miners to go back to work under Individual contracts with operators the Appalachian area Blanket agreement was sought the alliance France found comfort in reports from Tokyo of new evidences of Japanese reluctance to cast her lot in a close military line-up with j Germany and Italy A further stiffening of Poland toward Germany was indicated by a strong protest to the Nazified Danzig senate against denying Continued en 2 Column 4 FOR THE Drive Will Open McAllen Salvation Army Work Opens McALLEN Salvation Army drive to raise in McAllen for relief and spiritual purposes in this community will begin Monday when the Salvation Army local Ad- POLICE SEEK FOG AND ICE KIDNAPERS OF i DELAY ROYAL NEW TAX ACT NOW REMAINS BIG QUESTION Both Houses Debate Pension Funds G Two Men Are Sought In California LOS California peace officers conducted a widespread search Saturday for two men declared by George er Putnam 52 book publisher to have kidnaped him from his North Hollywood home late Friday night and left him bound and gagged in an unfinished house in Bakersfield a few hours Inter The former husband of the late Amelia woman flier said his kidnapers demanded the name of the author of the anonymous novel The Man Who Killed published by Putnam ly He declared they did not hurt him but suggested it would be healthier if he withdrew it from circulation They were just two shadows to PARTY'S SHIP King And Queen Will Arrive Tuesday for the safety of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the Empress of Australia as the liner crawled through drifting ice and heavy fog 250 miles off Cape Race Saturday delayed the royal arrival at bec 24 hours The delay upset the intricate ar- rangements of the ceremonial gram in Eastern Canada and ened Prime Minister W L kenzie King with a political tcm which he solved quickly Originally due to reach Quebec at Monday the sel now is not due until Tuesday morning Canadian naval authorities de- clared the liner was in no danger although the destroyer Saguenay members formed a bloc to demand relief Representative Ramspeck became chairman of the house Continued on Pure 2 Column U me Putnam said One was short and other Canadian naval units may one was tall One spolce not rendezvous with the royal ship lish fluently The other did not ad- until Sunday night off Gaspe dress me but spoke only to his sula The meeting was set for companion Both were German and morning talked with each other in German British cruisers continued to con- Returned to his home here voy the liner throughout the day the publisher said he would j The blanket of fog raised and seek an investigation by federal of- drooped with the winds as Two Department of Justice ing fog sirens unceasingly agents hurried to Bakersfield to j ed warnings and by reverberation j question Putnam but declined to helped the ship's navigators locate FOR THE STATE STRIKE VIOLENCE HIT Will rp -I -I I discuss the case dangerous Ice AUSTIN Whether the senate will accept a tax of some kind in place of the sales natural resources tax constitutional ment repeatedly rejected by the house was the chief week-end debate subject in the capital The lower chamber long ago sent the senate a gross receipts tax but it never has been able to get out of committee Nevertheless many house members voiced the opinion the other branch would prove new taxes in statutory form i when and if a majority of the ators became convinced the ed constitutional amendment was absolutely dead The senate could substitute for the gross receipts levy any sort of a tax plan it Opposition to any statutory tax raises ed strong however on grounds there would be a demand for still bigger taxes two years hence Although the session already was 124 days old members had given up hope of adjournment next week Regardless of future moves on the issue the final draft of any tax program probably will be written by a conference committee which work would require several days The house was far from the end of floor debate on the departmental appropriations one of the most controversial of the six major spending measures The next tax development in the house probably will be an attempt to pass another Many ents of a general sales tax were pushing an omnibus recom- mended Friday night by the on Pare 2 Column M FOR THE LOW FREIGHT STAY Citrus Fruit Price Will Continue Today's safe driver is a woman operator of a tan 1937 sedan bearing license number who was observed while driving between Brownsville and Harlingen Driver was careful in passing other vehicles rave all proper hand signals observed speed laws and all regulations of safety and courtesy She is entitled to receive two free tickets to any Interstate Theatre In the Valley by ing her driver credentials and this clipping within one week from today FOR THE COAL STRIKE IS ENDED BY Contracts Closed By Mine Officials NEW dred thousand soft coal miners idle for six weeks will return to work Monday under the first shop contract ever signed by John L Lewis United Mine Workers of America CIO and a majority of mine operators of the Appalachian conference Fifteen of the 21 coal associations TO TOMATOES IN WIDE AREA Heavy Fall Recorded In All Cities HARLINGEN Rains of cloudburst proper tions amounting to more than three inches in some places inundated the Lower Rio Grande Valley Saturday High winds ed between 30 and 35 miles an hour did serious damage to the tomato crop United States Weather Bureau observers said the disturbance was nothing but thundershower and predicted partly cloudy weather Sunday They said many citizens who were worried about strong winds were needlessly con- cerned Rain Is General No small craft warnings had been posted for the Gulf coast at mid- night The rain and high winds were general over South Texas and the state Official rain gauge at the ville airport read 3.24 inches est official recording Harlingen had 3.2 inches Raymondville and McAllen about two inches in the conference signed the two- ed Jrom a wide year contract Saturday concluding negotiations which began two months ago and were marked by unyielding resistance to the union shop until President Roosevelt sonally intervened The six dissenting associations were all southern groups ing about men and ing tons a year but five individual southern companies j two to three inches While cotton and citrus drank in the needed moisture the potentially valuable tomato crop suffered a serious from too much water and high winds which tore vines and blew off blossoms No shipments could be expected from this area before the middle of next week if no more lowed the majority and signed I water falls experts said tffvh arate agreements There were in- that perhaps two entire j Wind Hits High Mark Wind which reached an official Stern measures I Putnam told sheriff's officers the The Empress of Australia will be will follow renewal of violence on i two men seized him and pushed out of the danger zone as soon as in Texas to Baltimore Philadelphia Houston's water front Deputy him into his car when he went to I she reaches protected waters of I New York and Boston W O Davis leader of a I his garage shortly before j the Gulf of St Lawrence but must The reduced rates are intended to strike patrol warned National evening to call upon Rex Maritime Union pickets at Saturday A few minutes earlier pickets had Board with committees of chased the mate of a picketed the various service clubs meet at I er into a drug store Deputy 2 p.m j dispersed the seamen as they Chairman Wiley speaking i gathered around the store in behalf of the board said the ad- Vandals bombarded a waterfront gifts committee that started store with bricks and escaped in a last Thursday reported splendid re- i sedan as police rushed to the scene It is hoped that every em ployed person will be contacted with the lists sent to them by man Norman Buescher of the toes offered there will kill their j trial canvass committee As soon as popularity in short order rOR THE Destroyer Sent U S Ship To Probe Japanese Advance SHANGHAI Admiral fy E Yarnell of the United States Asiatic Fleet Saturday dispatched a destroyer to obtain information of the tion nt Amo where the tional settlement of was occupied Friday by Japanese val forces t The carrying Captain j x O Stapler commander of the South China patrol was steaming U Amoy from Foochow where the has been looking after ican interests Americans share in the tration of seven live there and one is a member of its international council the lists arc completed they should be reported to the chairman at Salvation Army headquarters The new deputy sheriffs were placed along the waterfront Police Chief L C Brown ed authority Friday to work the force 24 hours a day if necessary and employ extra policemen said he had not found it necessary to increase the force Cole Hollywood actor's agent and his close friend FOB THE Federal Court Case To Continue Monday of the case Albert Ellis against the Continental Casualty Company was continued Friday afternoon to day at 2 p.m at federal court here The suit is for 401 weeks of com- at per week as a result of injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff March 22 1938 in Hidalgo county while working for the American Fruit Growers Inc make full use of her top speed of 18 knots for 50 hours even to rejch i competition of steamship lines from Quebec in time for the i Port Isabel and Brownsville Texas I mines closed and that soldiers j will not operate those mines was I followed almost at once at j fort Ky by the signing of an der by Gov A B Chandler dis- i catching national guard troops to Harlan county which had ed them Dr John R Steelman U S labor department conciliator who was President Roosevelt's personal I in the closing days of WASHINGTON Trie In- j the negotiations said he was Commerce Commission lied at the results and predicted railroads Saturday to con- that anthracite coal operators in effect reduced rates on ploying between 100.000 and 125.000 citrus fruits in carloads from points miners in northeastern vania soon would sign a new hour contract with the They have been negotiating for several weeks FOR THE would break from the high of 25 miles an hour at the southern bloc and follow suit Brownsville airport at the height The six that withdrew were the of the rain there apparently did Big Hazard and j no material damage but telephone Harlan County Coal Operators lines were crossed up in sll Valley all of Kentucky the j sections and power service was Virginal Coal Operators j interfered with intermittently the Southern Appalachian gan Bonito Los and La Coal Operators Association j in this vicinity reported essee and Southwestern showers for an hour or two and the Kanawha Coal Operators 7 p followed by showers Association j a late hour Heavy rains were A statement by Lewis that sound j at San shortly policy requires that they keep those before midnight Santa Rosa in enable the railroads to meet the which have been set back 24 hours FOR THE Father Two Sons Charged In Affray T L Box was wounded seriously in a shooting here Saturday and W S Gunter and his two sons W S Jr and man were charged with assault with intent to kill Box was acquitted in district court this year on a charge in connection with the shooting last year of Hurschell Gunter another son of W S Gunter to North Atlantic ports as well as competition from citrus fruits from California The original for reduced rates from as to North Atlantic ports was scheduled to expire July 1 Saturday's order continues the reductions indefinitely The reduced rate from stations on the Port Isabel and Rio Grande Valley Railway to Baltimore delphia New York and Boston is per hundred pounds The rate from other stations in Texas is Grain Dealers Back Freight Rate Fight FORT j acking the West Texas Chamber tcd Rio Grar back of Commerce in its fight zc freight rates in tch southwest and favoring an increase in the wheat allotment for Texas were light Cameron county received about an inch unofficial sources said Four Inches Reported At Hidalgo on the Rio Grande two inches was reported early night Edinburg reported heavy rains and strong winds for same period Weslaco and cedes reported about three inches unofficially while in the San section unofficial sources said probably four inches had fallen in a short time In the Upper Valley rain began falling about p m Saturday becoming heaviest about p m and slackening off showers later In the Lower Valley the rain began in earnest about 6 p m to 7 p m and continued to 31 m Mexico Rains Seen At Tierra Blanca community eight miles of Mission downpours were reported about p m Saturday Rains of near ons were re- Grandc City and i Laredo dispatches reaching here Feed Dealers here Saturday At the international bridge at a two dav I it was said no travelers Grain and I nad come from the Monterrey Other resolutions opposed any j heavy change in the present tlon Saturday and tion of the Texas feed law or sible severance of supervision by Texas A and M College CITRUS OFFICIALS LOOK TO COMING SEASON Industry leaders rave more thought this week to the season than to the present grapefruit harvest which was due to come to a close at midnight Monday with a final to the canning plants processing Juice for relief distribution by the government Commercial activity had come virtually to a close thla week In both the fresh fruit and canning in- leaving only the Federal Com- Corporation actively in the deal Although grapefruit muit be off the by midnight day the will accept fruit for processing at eight Valley canning plants until noon Saturday May 30 the juice lo be distributed to persons on relief It was estimated this week that approximately 12.700 tons of grapefruit would be delivered to tht canning plants processing for the government during the period of May 7 to 30 during which the had offered to take 14.200 tons John L Peters purchasing agent for the left the Valley Saturday with plaudits of the in- dustry ringing in his ears in appreciation of the manner in which he handled the juice deal lutions from the Growers Industry Committee and other organizations individual letters of thanks and word of mouth praise was given Peters for his administration of the program believed to have aided the Valley in obtaining a major share of the government's surplus disposal program Peters in turn gave the GIG credit for having operated in every way and originated methods of procedure now being copied in Florida and nia Peters left Al Espie In charge of the local office Valencia oranges need not be removed from trees until June IS according to fruit fly tine officials It was indicated that the current season's fruit crop would pass the government estimate of boxes in the Valley of which mately surplus boxes will have been chased by the government by the end of the son and boxes diverted Into and other uses The Industry was encouraged by the fact that an excessive grapefruit crop is not In prospect for next season with light blooms and sets In both Florida and Texas although exceptions were noted in some areas in both states The Industry was giving thought to the next season and the type of control desired S It Smith senior economist with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration waa in the Valley from ton looking into the general situation and was advised it a meeting of shippers and growers in McAllen that suspension of the federal marketing agreement wax desired They contended that since the growers participating in a referendum ed by the state commissioner of agriculture ed the federal agreement and favored price fixing under the state agreement that the federal pact should be cancelled Other Industry leaders pointed out that IP view of the fact that price fixing legislation now pending in the legislature may not get on the floor before end of the session that It would be to caat all control overboard The Growers Industry Com- met and discussed advisability of asking the AAA to call a hearing on an amendment which Would eliminate volume control from the federal marketing agreement It wan felt that objection to the agreement centered on this type of control and that if it were eliminated that there would be no objection to grade and size regulations The GIC was to consider the matter again at a meeting to be held at 10 a m Friday 50 miles south of there Telephones jn this section were out of order in a majority of eases Aside from tomatoes slated to suffer cracks spots puffs snd rot from too much water Valley crops probably from the pour Citrus has not had too much and onions have been virtually harvested in the Raymondville area Rains will benefit cotton and on C FOR THE Today's Weather South Texas slightly cooler mostly fair calm North Tamaulipas slightly warmer fair to possible cloudiness cairn
