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The Brownsville Herald from Brownsville, Texas • Page 16

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PAGE EIGHT THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD. BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS FRIDAY, JDLY 3, IM2 Higher Wages For Cotton Pickers Indicated In 1942 10 MILLION DOLLAR CROP IS INDICATED Rain Has Hindered But Prospects Are Bright For Bumper Crop Higher wages are in prospect for thousands of cotton pickers as the 1942 Yalley cotton season, which may gross this agricultural area a $10.000,000 to started underway Thursday. It the third time In history ot the 40-year period or the Valley's first, bales thcit It came on July 1. The opening dimmed a little by rain Is nevertheless the brightest In many years with a bumper crop In about "400,000 acres on both sides of the Rio Grande, In ten days the season will get fully underway.

Already Thursday the race was on In various Valley areas for the second and third bales. One Is due from McCook, another from Har- llnRen and another from San Be- nlto. LATINS LEAD DEFENSE WORK They Also Served--While Husbands Bombed Tokyo receive distinguished flying Pleased proud wives of five flyers who bomb'cd Tokyo see husbands Field ceremony are, left to right, Mrs. John A. Hilger Mrs.

Charles R. crosses Watching ciosscs. TM Ml Harol(J watson and Mrs. Ted W. Lawson.

Texas Politics Kiwanis Club Told Of Work Here Latin Americans comprise the majority ot Brownsville people who arc taking Civilian Defense Work nnd who are enrolled In Texas Defense Work nnd who are enrolled In Texas Defense Guard units, Klwanlans were told at their "defense luncheon meeting" held Thursday at the El Jarclln hotel, with, Travis Jennings In charge of the session. Otto Manskc. representing the Civilian Defense org.anlzatlon. said that It Is the Latin Americans here who have shown greater Interest and who have completed more Civilian Defense courses than the other residents residing here. He said that it Is patriotic duty of every person to participate in someway In this work.

C.ipt, Speaks Captain Bob Brings of Company B. Texas Defense Guards, told the group that the Guards are a combat unit under direct control of the war department and a regular army unit, "Don't tell me a you do not have time," Captain Erlggs said in urging more participation in defense work, "because you can make time. Military training will not hurt any of you." he added. Brings snld that the star which the Texas Defense guards wear on their shoulders means us much to them as army Inslgnlas worn by U. S.

army soldiers. He particularly praised the Latin American boys enrolled In the Texas Defense Guards. Tells of CAP Travis Jennings, in speaking of the Civil Air Patrol of which he Is a said that this unit has a definite basic training program, with a 72-hour training course and an advanced course of 150 hours. He snld that men who feel that they are qualified for this work could obtain detailed Information in Room 413 at the First National Bank Building here. School Warrants Released By Wood AUSTIN iVPi State Superintendent L.

A. Woods today announced release warrants In payment of a $1.00 per capita apportionment aggregating on 1,362,881 scholastics. With this payment. Woods said, $21.50 has been applied on the current per capita apportionment of J22.50. The superintendent said another $1.00 per capita apportionment would be pnld early in August, completing the liquidation of the $22.50 per caolta apportionment for the scholastic Moody And O'Daniel Make Talks Three Blocks Apart By The Associated Press Two U.

S. senatorial candidates invaded the same west Texas town last night, while a. third spoke In the central Texas town of Temple. Separated by a scant three blocks, Dan Moody and Senator W. Lee OTDailel addressed crowds in Lubbock.

James V. Allred, taking his campaign to Temple, devoted much of his talk -to O'Daniel's senatorial Moody asserted that O'Daniel was "impairing our war effort by his foolish misinformed statements that tend to destroy confidence in our military and political leaders, that tend to create a feeling ol false confidence and complacency." At another point Mcody said that the Junior senator much about the. constitution of the United States as Hindu language, and that's ab-x- solutely nothing." O'Daniel, without mentioning names, declared that his opponents were "talking about silly, sissy things that don't mean a thing to us" and charged they were "acting in a disgraceful manner to even drag the war into the campaign." Hits Unions Again The Junior senator reiterated assertions that "wild-eyed labor racketeers" were opposed to him, later on declaring "I had hoped "knows as do about the lor no mud slinging in this campaign but I was disappointed 1 have never thrown mud in my i Allred said that O'Daniel voted with Senators Wheeler. Nye, Vandenburg and others against extension of draft -training last fall, that O'Daniel was absent when the vote on pensions for congressmen was taken, although he had answered present on the clay's opening roll call, and that the junior senator sot one vote--his own--for an antistrike violence measure he introduced in the.senate. "Wouldn't Understand" Remarking that O'Dnnlel had professed to understand why Allred had resigned a a-year federal juclgeshlp to run for another Job.

Allred said "no man who was 27 and single In the last war and watched 19-year-old boys march off to the fight could understand It." BULLETIN BOARD FRIDAY, JULY 3 Brownsville Plane Spotters School, courthouse. Raymondville Plane Spotters School. Meeting of Public Relations Officers of Gulf Coast Training Center Area.Duncan Field, SATURDAY, JULY 4 FOURTH OF JULY celebrations at Valley towns. McAHert Fourth Celebration under auspices of American Legion, SUNDAY, JULY 5 Magnolia vs. Moore Field, Mission, baseball.

Hngs vs Fort Brown, Harlingen. baseball, Mission 30-30 vs. San Benito Merchants, San Benito. SCHOOL SITES NOW OFFICIAL The first European settlement in the western hemisphere was In Santo Domingo. Auto Stamp Is Stolen Here The first Instance of theft of Fin automobile use tax stamp occurred In Brownsvi 1 last nigh' when Gilberto Ccrda, Herald employe, said his stamp was removed from the windshield of his car.

Several similar cases have occurred in other Valley cities, Henry Gordon, chief of Brownsville polk, said today that in metropolitan areas ef Texas tax stamp thefts were common, but the practice. had not spread to the Valley generally. President Of Firm Leaves Half Million To His Employes MILLVILLE, N. The Intc Burdctte Tpmlin. told his employes he wouldn't forget them--and he remembered.

The president of the'New Jersey Silica Sand company in his will named- 40 employes as the chief beneficiaries of his $500.000 estate, leaving them the majority stock in l.ls company. Each is expected to receive stock at $10.000. The cost of producing automatic guns has been reduced 40 cents in the last two years. DOES IT PAY? The first policy in the VALLEYWIDE BURIAL ASSOCIATION was issued July 3rd, 1041 To Date 75 DEATH CLAIMS hive been paid in full In the Brownsville area contact Darling Funeral Home Or Hinkley Mortuary Dedicated to U. S.

For Building HARLINGEN E. H. Poteet, school superintendent, said Thursday that sites on, the campus of the Junior'High School and of the Central Ward High school CSam Houston School) have been deeded to the federal government for erection of two annexes which will add 12 classrooms to the local school system. Bids on the two buildings will be opened at 3 p. tn.

July 15 in the office of R. Newell Waters, archly tect Weslaco. The bids are being asked on a basis of brick construction for the junior high annex and frame for the central ward school annex. Increased Rationing Of Tires Sought By Hidalgo Officials EDINBURG Oliver C. Aldrich of the county war price and ration board is going to Fort Worth to confer with state administrators in an effort to obtain increased al- 'lotments for tires in this county.

An Increase in both truck and passenger tire allotments will be asked, Edinburg Postal Receipts Increase EDINBURG--Postal receipts for the quarter ending 3 totaled $8,443.83, compared to receipts of the corresponding period a year ago of $7,240.16. War -bonds sold in June amounted to "512,356. SUN GLASSES RAY BAN C'ALOBAR Efts Examined Any Lens Duplicated R. L. LACKNER JEWELER-OPTdMETRIST 1110 Elizabeth Phone 641 Brownsville MORE RAINS ARE FORECAST Scattered Showers Continue To More thunder showers are headed for the and tonlgh! Valley this afternoon but they will be of a loca-1 and "spotty" type.

Waterfall will not be excessive, but will come frequently in Intermittent showers. Yesterday's showers i but brought sorie rain- rail to Harlingen, a sprinkle to Rio Grande City and 1.20 inches to Laredo. Corpus Christ! also got showers. Only four of the past 18 days have been entirely free of, rain, the Weather Bureau said today. Mr.

S. Bunch, U. S. forecaster, said that sufficient, warning would be given Valley residents on hurricanes, but complete details would be withheld, No notice will be given in cases where storms, pass close to the city unless wind directions Indicate it wiU strike here. Only communities in the path of the disturbance will be notified, nnd 24 to 36 hours notice will be given.

Moore Field Graduation Held McALLEN-- Parents and sweethearts arrived here Thursday to attend the commissioning exercises at Moore Field which were held this morning, with members of class 42-F receiving' their wings which made them second lieutenants of the array air forces. Plenty Of Sugar Says Louisiana 'Relax Rationing' BATON ROUGE, Louisiana's legislature sent to President Roosevelt today an appeal to relax consumer sugar rationing in the United States to make space In crowded warehouses fcr an expected. bumper cane crop. Reprisal Attack On Paris Woman Seen VICHY, Unoccupied France --Two bicyclists shot and seriously Wounded the woman manager of a Paris apartment house in an attack which police termed reprisal for 'informing German authorities on subversive activities of a tenant, reports reaching here today said. It was the first recorded shooting of a woman in the series of assaults against pro-Nazi collaborationists.

Moore Entertained EDINBURG Enlisted personnel of Moore Field will given a a. watermelon treat and enjoy a dance at the country club Saturday night. Mrs. H. O.

Schalaben said Thursday. MINOR SKIN IRRITATIONS Neurocalometer (nerve heat- meter) and X-Ray Service L. W. OSHER Chiropractor 343 Southeast Levee Phone 851- VV Brownsville WHO? Will Fay Your Hospital and Surgery Bills? Hospitalization and Surgical Benefits The American Hospital Life Insurance Co. 206 1st National Bank Bldg BROWNSVIULE BOMBER BOND DRIVE PUSHED Cameron's Quota Is Set-At $278,000 An intensiifed Cameron County "Bomber War Bond Drive," opened in this county July 1st of 'this week with a quota of $278,000 set to be raised during a 30-day period, Marshall Watson, with D.

B. Dunkin of Harlingen said today. Due to the short period of time residents throughout the-county will find it necessary to make a concentrated effort to raise this quota, Mr, Watson said. Quotas set for the various towns ase as follows: with Robin Pate, chairman; with L. Bog- glls, chairman; San with W.

W. Housewright as chairman; La With B. H. Dunlap, chairman; Los and Cleve H. Tandy, chairman; Port with J.

J. Jaudon, chairman. War bonds may be bought in Brownsville at the First National Bank an'd the 'Office. Two days of the month--the 1st and the 15th have been set aside for the buying or stamps and bonds with fifty booths to be mainlined by local clubwomen who will take orders for bonds. Offer To Pay For Marriage Licenses For Soldiers Costs Man Over $400 HARMSBURG, Pa.

-r-W)-- An offer to pay marriage license fees for all soldier-comers has cost Walter M. Mumma $415.50 so far this year but he's glad or it. The Dauphin county registrar of wills, who has a son in. the army, 'cheerfully handed over $2.50 each to 160 soldiers during the first six months of 1942 and he doesn't look for any let-up the rest of the year. 2000 Britons Taken ROME (from Italian broadcasts) The Italian high command repprted today that 2,000 more British soldiers were captured in the battle of Egypt and said Axis operations had developed favorably southeast of El Alamein, 65 miles west of Alexandria.

Harlingen Gunnery Contract Is Let HARLINGEN--With the letting of a contract to Cage Brothers and J. Palmer of Uvalde by the Wai- Department nearly half a million dollars will be spent on paving of streets at the Harlingen Gunnery School. DITTMANN Washington St. Prices lie 17c NOW SHOWING INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS" Also PATHE NEWS! QUEEN Now BOB STEELE TOM TYLER RUFE DAVIS "Westward Ho" MIDNITE SHQW TONITE AT 11:30 "I feel someone should do something for these kids," said Mumma. "I'm not kicking." The extra paid for consent papers when parental approval was needed.

War Plant Razed By Terrific Explosion Fire followed by explosions heard several miles away destroyed the war production plant' of Hagin Firth and Sons early today in suburban Abington township. No one was ported injured. The explosions were said to have been caused by chemicals used in. the company's work. CAPITOL ACROSS SOUTH PACIFIC SKIES! NEW QUIZ KIDS JOHN NESBITT'S "WE DO IT BECAUSE!" LATEST WORLD NEWS POPEYE THE SAILOR in 'BLUNDER BELOW' I AGAIN! BROWNSVILLE'S MONDAY-JULY 6th Come Down Shop and AMPLE STOCKS OF MERCHANDISE DEEP PRICES ASSURE ANOTHER HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DOLLAR DAY! surveys by The Herald, published from time to time in the news columns of this newspaper, show that the merchants of Brownsville have large and ample stocks of merchandise on hand.

In spite of war conditions. difficulty of securing deliveries, and shortages in many lines. local merchants have kept faith with and are prepared to prove it with bargains! A STUDY of the Dollar Day specials in Sunday's paper will convince you that Brownsville merchants are on the firing doing their part to protect the home front by keeping down the cost of i i and keep.inff up morale! Read The Ads Of The Merchants Participating In The Dollar Day In Sunday July 5th EDITION OF.

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