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INSIOJE Bulletin Board Farm Income i 3 6 6 TODAY Serial Valley Oil The War Today Flag Covers 5 3 1 6 For Fifty Years a Service Institution of and For the Valley. THE WEATHER For the Valley: Occasional ers Saturday afternoon and night with little chaugc in temperature. High Tide Sundny .....10:12 fum. Low Tide 3:38 a 5:39 p.m. "An overheated tire and on wet pavement Is the formula tor bruised tomorrow's blowout." tJ.

S. Weather Bureau. FIFTY-FIRST YEAR--No. 1 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1942 PAGES. TODAY 5e A COPY BRITISH TAKE OFFENSIVE IN EGYPT D7 AT men Borrow rlanes, Raid Nazis SIX BOMBERS MADE IN U.

S. IN DAY RAID July 4 Sees Initial American At a On German Held Land LONDON" (AP)-- The United States nir corps and the RAF made a joint raid this mornlnjr on three air fields in Holland, the ministry announced, LONDON United States army airmen borrowed six American made bombers from the RAF today and participated with tho British in a low-level daylight attack on German-held territory. Two of the American-operated Doiifrlas planes failed to return from this Independence-day inaugural of American air assaults on German positions in western Europe. Results and the place or places nttacked were not disclosed In com- munique No. 1 of the U.

S. army headquarters In the European theater of operations, Issued through the British ministry of Information. Here's Communique The text of communique No. 1 by headquarters of the European theater of operations of the U. S.

"In joint operation with RAF light bombers, six American air crews attacked targets in Ccrman- octtolecl territory today, "Two American plnnes are missing. "The American crews flew A-20A type aircraft (Douglas Bostons) In daylight, minimum-altitude attack." The Doglns A-20A is a light attack bomber, the United States army's version of the DB-7A which Is supplied to the British and which they call the "Boston." It Is a throe-seat mid-wins: monoplane powered by two Wright double-row "Cyclone" engines. Its weight, loaded, is 19,050 pounds. No data on performance arc available. Its speed has been estimated at nbout 350 miles an hour, however, making It one of the fastest war- plnnes of Its size In existence.

First of Many? Their attack on German-held territory across the channel was believed to be the Inmujurntlon of raids which will gradually Increase to considerable force hi keeping with the long-promised heavy pounding of German positions. British nir sources applauded the raid ns "a daring event which, occurring on July 4, symbolized the American ability once more to strike hard for freedom." In Valley They Learn To Fight So Flag Of Freedom Flies On WORLD HONORS U.S.ON166TH MEXICO NABS BUNDLEADER BIG BIRTHDAY I But Wheels Of Wai- Roll On During Celebration Nation WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Roosevelt declared today that the spirit of democratic freedom' symbolized in America's Independence day had spread over the entire globe. The Fourth of July, lie said, was being celebrated this year "not in the fireworks of inakc-bclievc, but in the death dealing reality of tanks and planes and guns and ships." A grim, proud United States observed its 166th Independence day. today and voices from friendly lands chimed in as the nation's youth fought to insure more independence days. In England, China, Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Ecuador, -Cuba and other distant places, Old Glory was saluted and cheered as celebrations were held.

By The Associated Press But i a the United Nations, as in Africa, the wheels of war plants whirred on. Australia. Was First Australians, with- a- 24-hour head start on the Staies because Rommers Advance Halted; Russian Front Unchanged German Claims of Red Victory Vague Today; Sevastopol Costly Win, Says Russia BY ROGER GREEXE Associated Press War Editor British imperial headquarters indicated today that Gen. Sir, Claudo Auchinleck's revitalized 8th army had seized the initiative in the four-day-old of the bottleneck" in Egypt and British hopes for a favorable turn in the conflict mounted as long columns of reinforcements moved vp to the frontt, "Our forces yesterday attacked the enemy, who was attempting to thrust eastward in the El Alamein British GHQ announced. El Alamein, the anchor of the British defense line, is 65 miles west of Alexandria.

"Allied air forces, cooperating with land forces on a scale unprecedented in the Middle East, hammered the enemy all day," tho British communique said. An unconfirmed Italian dispatch declared "several thousand excellent equipped American troops" were already fihgting alongside tho British at El Alamein. U. S. army fliers were also apparently bolstering the British in tho furious aerial counter-offensive.

Meanwhile, S. army bombers attacked German-occupied territory today for the first.time. (See Story in Column One). On the Egyptian- front, British GHQ said a determined counter- assault by Gen. Auchinleck's reinforced armies had at least temporarily I "s- checked Rommel's thrust toward I Alexandria and the Suez canal amid some of the fiercest fighting! of the campaign.

1 A Cairo communique said defenders of the S5-milc-wldal "bottleneck" knocked out a number! of enemy tanks, slashed relentless-l ly at the invaders in bitter fighting and captured several drcd prisoners and 40 guns. Planes Rush to Aid Allied fighter planes swarming great numbers over the battlefield were credited with shooting downj 24 Axis planes and destroying foua THE WAR TODAY Japan May Seize Chance To Raid Reds THE Hitlerian challenge to Egypt 1 and the Middle East has created a diversity of grave threats to the Allied cause and among these we shouldn't overlook the possibility that Axis successes would inspire the Japanese to attack Russia or India, or perhaps both at the same time. You can gamble that the little men of Nippon are hanging on every move in the.western theater of war. They are opportunists, and. the' fact that they have a non-aggression pact with.

Moscow more on the ground. Italian field headquarters' ceded that the British 'had the initiative, declaring that divisions repulsed British attack in sharp fihting "east and sout! of El Alamein." The Italian command also ackJ nowlcdgcd Allied aerial superiority but asserted that Axis planes shof down 28 RAP aircraft. "The enemy attempted to stofl our advance," the Fascist communl- -wouIdnTvrestrairr-them from-dolng qu "GraduaT VALLEY CELEBRATION CENTERED AT McALLEN All Valley highways lead to McAllen today as the vanguard of an expected 300,000 people began arriving early for a full day of celebration that opened with a kid and pet parade at 8:45 a. m. was to close tonight with a street dance on South Broadway.

As festivities moved into high gear this afternoon, the Weather Bureau predicted light thunder showers in and near McAIlcn, possibly extending into the evening. S. Fuehrer Kunze Jn Mexican Jail NEW KAVEN, Conn. The tall, dark, acting "fuerher" of the Gcrmnn-Amerlcan Bund, Gerhard Wllhclm Kunze. whom a federal grand Jury In Hartford charges plotted to aid Germany nncl Japan by furnishing them with United States military information, today was being held.

FBI officials, said, In a Mexican Jiill. The arrest of Kunze, a self-described "third-generation American aiming for the establishment of a white mnn's United States." was disclosed here nncl in Washington by Federal Bureau of Investigation heads who declared It could be safely assumed that, steps would be taken to return tho national Bund leader to this country. (In Mexico City, Police Chief Gen. Miguel Z. Martinez said a man believed to be Kunze was arrested in a small coastal town near the Gulf port of Veracruz, where two Mexican tankers were torpedoed last week.

Police agents who were shown clear picture of Kunze declared: "That's the man." but Martinez would not officially commit himself. (The Mexican police were reserv cd about the whole case because, it was learned, they had evidence the man they seized hns been In con- with a number of German ftfrents operating in Mexico.) The Valley may well of the part it is playing in preparing the nation for defense. Many of its' acres are pockmarked by bullets fired by of Harlingen Army Gunnery School and Moore Field. And on the Fourth of July, these men carry-on without halt, learning to fly and fight and fire. The symbolical composite photo above'was prepared specially for The'.

Brownsville Herald'by-the Harlingen Army Gunnery School. QUAKE IS REPORTED NEW University's seismograph recorded four earthquakes of slight intensity late last night and curly today. They were believed to have occurred 2,700 miles southward. PLANT CLOSES FOR 3RD TIE Mosquitoes Delaying Ship Building The The Brownsville Shipbuilding plant was forced to close again last night, for the third time, because of.mosquitoes, while early this morning help arrived in the city's spray truck with a crew and covering nil open water. The plant experienced its worst night last night, S.

Finley Ewing, president, the pests being thicker than ever. Twelve men were kept 'working last night on special jobs that could not be allowed to slow down. While twelve worked, six other, men with spray guns kept the men in a constant cloud of insecticide. Mr. Ewing said plans for tonight could not be determined until late nights, this afternoon.

The National German People At Last Told Of Raid Damages Press Censorship Relaxed As Nazis Admit Numerous RAF Attacks, Heavy Losses i BERN, relaxing a strict press, censor-' ship, finally is beginning to tell her.people of the damage caused by repeated RAF raids on the Rhineland and Ruhr district in three years: Heat Wave Fatal To 22 In Oregon PORTLAND --(IP)-- Twenty-two persons died of heat prostration In Oregon Into this week as soaring temperatures held the state in' a record-shattering grip. Fifteen of the deaths were reported yesterday, six Thursday and one Wednesday, 'of war, especially the mass raids of 1942. Hitherto, German' accounts were confined chiefly to newspapers in areas concerned, but since the bombing of Cologne, papers through- 1 out the. country-have taken up the discussion. The by stressing the necessity for preparedness, implied' that Germany expected continued heavier raids in a.

British effort, as' the Munich, Nachrichten "to destroy economy the industrial heart.of the Reich." An Essen paper said there had" been 10,000 raids on Germany, that some towns had had more than 300 alarms and thai some had' experienced alarms on 3, successive the 'county jail today charged with 'assault with intent to murder following an attack yesterday morn- FLASH FLOOD HITS VALLEY with the Yanks down under in sporting events, contests and oratory. At Canberra; Australia, Nelson Johnson, minister, laid the cornerstone of a $300,000 American legation building and said the project signified the faith- the United States has in Australia, The president of Ecuador decreed a July 4 celebration as a' friendly gesture toward the United States' "heroic "struggle for the defense of democracy" Havana. Cuba, scheduled a parade with more than 50 American and Cuban groups Mexican congress held a special meeting in its first such celebration Flag In London Paper The London Daily Express blazoned the American flag in color atop its front page and the Chinese press, too, paid The governments in exile of Nor(See JULY 4, Page Two) the Pearl Harbor to the Reds. Certainly India would 1 be meat for the Mikado's captaine if its defenses looked, Japan May. Striks So far Russia is concerned, there are ample indications that the Nipponese are rushing preparations to get set for a lightning assault on the in Siberia if and when the right moment 'comes.

It probably still'remains true that Japan would prefer not to tangle with the Reds before her gains in Indonesia, but she would strike if it seemed that this was essential for a defeat of the Allies. The menace to "India would be multiplied if Nazi Marshal Rommel's of Egypt should be or if Hitler should crack the Russian front in a big way. The Japs might take quick advantage cf the situation, and especially in view of the continued "insistence of Mohandas Gandhi and his host Nationalist followers that they will refuse all cooperation with Britain in the war effort until India has complete independence. U-Boat Sinkings Now Total 335 U. S.

Ships (By The Associated Press.) With Hitler's promised unrestricted U-boat campaign against United I Nations' shipping in its second More 1 hundershowers, week the unoffi ciai Associated Also Predicted Murder Attack Charged Here Two. Santa Maria men-were'in Zeltung of Essen acknowledged "considerable" damage to dwellings and other civilian property, but said dmaage to military objectives by comparison was relatively much.less. Other newspaper articles told the people'they'must avoid mass flights from bombed towns, declaring--as did the Munich Machrlchten--that this was one of the RAF objectives. will not succeed," the paper said, ing on John Abrigo, 55, Maria. at' Santa Jailed were Benito and Jose Cavazos, 30 and 27,, both- neighbors J.

A. Gerusa, Los Indios justice of the peace. Bond was set at $1500 each which the pair were unable to make, According to Will Cabler and. E. Cavazcs, deputy sheriffs who made the investigation, fired at missed.

four shots- were but. all; of them' A forecast more thunder showers, coupled with a flash flood coming down the Rio Grande, dampened prospects for week-end outings as the few Lower Valley- residents not in McAllen planned, beach and picnic trips. Thunder rains will be scattered, frequent and light, according to the U. S. Weather Bureau 'here and probably, etxend "over most of' south Texas.

There, will-be-little change in temperature. There will be a rapid rise'in the I Rio. Grande at. Hidalgo and Mer-. I cedes: tonight tmd'Suaday, going up-from 7 9 feet.

At Brownsville, the rise will be from, 6 to 8 the river probably will'stay-within its banks, the forecast said. Crest of the rise will arrive in Brownsville Monday, but it is expected to' stay under IS feet, flood stage. France Gives Back War Property Grab VICHY-- (fF)--A decree ordered today the restoration to the original owners of. all German-owned was- sequestered after France- entered-a: state-of. war with- Germany.

Press tabulation of Allied and neutral losses in the western Atlantic reached 335 today. At least 77 lives were lost 54 burned to death 23 killed in blasts --in sinkings announced yesterday. Two of the vessels went down in Caribbean, one in the Gulf of Mexico. Agriculture Fund Sought By BaVkley (JF) --Majority Leader Barkley.indicated today the Senate would try to gee money for, agriculture department by a- resolution pending settlement of a dispute with the House over the annual appropriation bill. Betwi i India and Britain Under normal circumstances this imbroglio regarded as a matter between India and Britain.

The war emergency, however, makes it very much the business of. is fighting under the Allied banner. India only is a military base of vast strategic importance but it is one of the world's great arsenals. One of the major problems is the split between the Moslems and the All India Congress The Moslems claim that past experience in provincial government has shown that they could- to get fair representation in a central federal government. Some observers close to the situation, however, believe that this difficulty might be overcome if the Congress party would guarantee the Moslems proportional representation by Moslem-chosen representatives.

There are signs that outside influences may make a further effort to bring the warring together in view of the critical position of the enemy centers of resistance is pi-ogress." Kommcl Digs In. Front-line 'dispatches a that Rommel's armies, brought -to jarring halt after a' 240-mile sweel into Egypt, were attempting to in along the western outskirts of Alamein after retreating three four miles Thursday night. British military quarters sa there was still no indication tha the German-Italian forces been- permanently stopped. Thq declared, however, that.Gen. Audi inleck's battered Eighth Army, heavily reinforced and rested afti the long retreat across the Libyal desert, had recovered and was fighting with confidence.

A military commentary said German attacks were steadily minishing in numerical strength, not in vigor, and declared: "Things could be very muo worse." Reinforcements to British Sugar Bonus Of Two Extra Pounds Is Due In July WASHINGTON Ration card holders will get a two-pound sugar bonus in the July-August pe- Barkley'said Congress should pass a simple' resolution continuing last year's, appropriations temporarily: because, "the department can't op- crate indefinitely without funds." 1293 Czechs Killed For Heydrich Death STOCKHOLM A total of 1,293 Czechs' were killed by German firing squads, excluding, those slain in the obliteration of the towns of Lidice and Lezaky, in Nazi reprisals for' the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Berlin con-espondent of the newspaper Swenska. Dagbla- dct today. somewha than expected. extra two pounds may.be bought any time between July 10 and Aug. 22 upon presentation of Coupon.

Originally coupon'7 for use beginning Aug. 22. Under the bonus. 8 will come into use on that day. STEEL STRIKE ENDS LACKAWANNA.

N. Y. A strike at the Bethlehem Steel' Company's huge Lacfcawanna plant ended today as members of the CIO United Steelworkers cf America returned to their jobs on two open hearth An Italian communique said thai British had brought "notable reiii- Torcements of men arid material" into the battle. The German' high command. I which the capture of Ell Alamein several days ago, reported, tersely today: "The bluer struggle for tlu strongly fortified El Alamein tlon continues.

"Counter-attacks undertaken by, I the enemy with retaf orcements I were beaten off in hard fighting; I and further nests of resistance were defeated. In the Russian campaign, Hitler's I field headquarters declared vaguc-l ly that German troops "are ad-l speedily toward the after what was described as a gigantic a in Ukraine. The river lies 200 miles of the present scene fighting. Berlin Claims Won A Nazi communique asserted that I Axis troops attacking in the Khar-l kov and Kursk 120 miles! apart, "have beaten the enemy! along the whole of the front," whilel the Russians declared they beaten, off a series of violent tacks in the same regions. Soviet dispatches said Marshall Semeon Timoshenko's armies had! crushed the German drive acl Kursk and launched a counter-at-I tack which hurled the Nazis backl across a strategically important! stream.

"In one day's fighting," army headquarters said, "the ene- (Sce WAR, Page Two) Today's Smile LITTLE ROCK, Homer M. Adkins was slightly nonplussed at his motion picture debut. Principal figure in a state defense council educational film, Adkins spoke his piece as the sourd cameras rolled, then stepped back, mopped his brow, and came up with that.old remark: "I hope I didn't break the camera." Filming of the picture had to be stopped when the camera almost simultaneously burned out a bearing..