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The Weather Widely scattered thunder thoweri. on Page 2 04th Year No. 261 UnumtmJflte Serving The Rio Grande Valley For Over SO Sunday Edition Sunday, May 5, 1949 Browluv lie Price: 10 TRUMAN SWINGS BLOW AT COAL STRIKE Two-State Manhunt On For 'Phantom 9 Lewis Conns ID for Denunciation While Starvation Stalks Across Face Of Europe, Food-Hundreds Of Tons- Is Wasted By Army Of United States Notn The fnllnwlnf NEA Serrlre rtUpntch wm nhulnril for the Hrnwmvllle HrraM bjr Gaynnr Mndrfnx, r-HI- Inr of Ihr popular SEA fond column Bv GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Stuff Ciirrnpnndcnt (Cpyt. by NEA Service. Jnc .) NEW YORK Hundreds of of tons of food have heen wasted by the U.

S. Army while narvntlon has stalked across Europe. That. Is the appalling story br- hlnd the report to Secretary of War Patterson by a nine-man civilian committee which Investigated Army food handling processes In 42 po.it.' throughout the United States. Information has Just been obtained by NEA Service which and point by point, the charge.i of waste, Inefficiency and CHre-lewmenM made by the committee In Its report.

Excerptu from the report were released by Patterson April 29. The If port, was based on 12.076 miles of tvtyel by committee which Inspected 250 messes, commissaries, warehouses and ment cutting plants In the 42 posts nncl depots. The committee. headed- by John I Henessy. Chairman of tho Koard of the Hotels Staler, In- eluded four men who hnve received, the WM Department's highest ward to civilians the exceptional -j civil service citation.

Vnllee O. Appel, Chicago. liend of the largest cold stornge plant In the country, and Hobnrl A. Ross, Dea Monies, who operates 24 retail and wholesale grocery outlets. are typical of the experience which Into the survey.

Here a breakdown of the Fifth Person In Community Shot To Death Husband Is Killed, Wife Wounded At Home Just A Year Ago Today- By Some SoIoDS a harkfround of piled-lip food In in npen-alr Army fnhd "warehouse," one of Europe's hungry Into his empty dinner bowl Salil the Army's food rcjinrt, "serious losses, principally perlihnhle. major topics covered the committee's report giving "first the comment from the full text, report and then the Illustrative examples obtained by NEA from Its sources: Hlornff Report: "Serious losses, principally In perishable supplies, are caused by Improper storage prnc-1 Lain correct cold stofnRo tcmpom- tices. Crates of upolled beets, peaches, were found ut one post, Contamination of butter, and eggs, stored with fish and onions, mixed storage of dairy products with smoked meals, fruits and vegetables and to mnln- turcs were commonly noted." A A A Tex. --(fP) A phantom killer believorl to bo responsible for five murders here in six weeks, Saturday continued "to a concentrated a by both Texas nnd official's," A stunned, tense Texarkana was shocked by details of Friday night's killing of popular Vlr- gll Starks, 36. and the serious wounding of his attractive, 30-year- old brunette wife In their farm home near Homan, a few miles from here.

Tt. was the third such attack since March 24. The other two were double slayings on remote country Two Sheriff W. E. Davis of Miller loiinty, said Snturrtny officers iad two major clues.

HP said th" a bullets were, fired from .22 ca'lbrr vrovnon. nrobnbly a rifle. He said the killer drooped a flnsh- llrht In thr erass near the window Uirniiffh. which he had shot. -I.

S. ntiptt fingerprint px'inrt of the Fedrrnl Bu'oau of Investigation and Cool. Knrl Scogglns of th" Arkansas State Police are checklnsr It for fingerprints. 1 Prom bi's 1 of Informn- t.lon nou''ing hysterlcBllv from Die lips of Mrs. Stark as sh" lay on nn Hie story of la't nlchfs attack as told! lo P'T-rlff David: 'I hnd given Virgil hot pad to i Cheering Dimes welcomed British troops' arrival in Copenhagen on May 5, 1945, taut gunfire In celebration of the entry touched off rlols -with German troops awaiting surrender.

The last large group of Germans surrendered in southern Germany, leaving only' the Seventh Ocrman army opposing the Allies. Historic Alcatraz Seige Comes To End Saturday Cancer Control Water Conservation Head Drive To Open Here Tuesday Service League Be Sponsor Will Says Rio Dams Opposed A. L. Cramer Five Bills Remain Threat To Construction Program Byrnes Offers Plan To Settle Border Dispute nlorht. At an Army hospital-200 put on hit hack.

He wns In TM 1 1 I SAN- FRANCISCO The' i historic siege of Alcnlrnz ended on Friday S(Uu df ith the official nn- 'nounccment that the last of the, was lying in the next room on a nad becn takcn lnlo a bed. I heard noise in the back custo yard and asked Virgil to turn on Two KMrds and Ul( ce con victsi are known to have died in the struggle. Fourteen guards were, wounded. Three convicts are dead In i He wns listening to radio nrnsrnm charge. 1 Of the meat cooling room, he always listens to- His qualification-Tor that post was i -FOOD, Page Two.) the radio down a bit.

"The next thins: I heard sounded like the breaking of glass. I thought he had dropped something and went Into his room. "When I reached the doorway, he wns standing- up. Suddenly, he shunned Into a chair nnd I saw the hlnnd. I ran over to him, and then WE8LACO--Expressing belief that California hns nol given up Its attempts to embarrass the Valley's water program and possibly dn- i lay construction of the three international dams on the Bio Grande has been hlch would provide the Valley with Us first permanent adequate supply, A.

Cramer of Elsa, president of the Valley Water Plebiscite i Opposition I ran to the telephone. "I rang It twice." wns had the total number of not made casualties was Immediately. Conspirators Taken Federal Prison Director convict known James! V. Bennett nnd Warden James A i Johnston announced a the of the conspirators were taken i custody when the TM their wea- i struck her in the fnce. A Dead Sliot PARIS Iff')-- U.

S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes Saturday night- proposed holding plebiscite In tho "no man's land" between boundaries projected by thn Amor- Mrs Lurry Llghtner Tismed chslrmar, of the local 1 watct raising committee for the American Conservation said here Saturday That "five bills" have been, intro Cancer Control drive which begins duced and still remain a threat to the dam construction prorgam. In Brownsville Tuesday, It was a Cramer said passage of the appropriation bill making avnilulilc nounced today by Frank C. Smith for the first of the throe dams proposed under the leans nnd Russlfms tn scltln of Houston, state co-rhnlrmnn project docs nothing to remove the California, opposition, i Italian-Yugoslav border dispute Texas Division.

American Can- which hus been in evidence every Amorlcnn sourer reported society. Mrs. Wendall Prnlt, damn a mentioned i I Hc a oppowd liio Soviet nnrl BrllLsh foreign ministers, who any plebiscite should cover aren rlnlinrcl bv bnth I a and Yits'oslnvla. But Byrnes nskod Thc killer, Sheriff Davis said, Is dcnd shot. She crumpled to the floor, then (Sec KILLER.

Page Two.) will serve us treasurer nf com-; Washington, nov, c. C. Shnfe of Sail; The live bills wore Introduced Brnttn Is of the Cngneron by three Democratic and two Re- County drive. CoiiKrrsumiin from Cnll- Voluntnty- workers will conduct i Crniner said, and he as- rnmpa'lKii In Brownsville, I SIT led i i of them concorncd aim of locnl conimltlve Is I Hie of matters covered fo wr Mint every person has an I by the. 1 U.

water treaty, rpportunity lo contrlbiile to this humanitarian cause. The local drive Is sponsored by members of the Junior Service League. In accepting the appointment head cancer control fund cnm- pslsn here, Mrs. Llghlner pointed out that cancer Is one of the greatest killers of men. show One of these bills.

House Resolution No, 5045 was Introduced by Rep. Hurry Shcppai'd and wns Introduced In the House on March barely week before 11 House sub-committee WHS due to make its report on the appropriations bill which Included funds for beginning work on the first Cinco De Mayo Observed Here cnncrr killed B07.000 Americans! Rio Grande dam, The other four CANCER, Two.) DON PEDRO was full of words Mid business last night. "I really should not be wasting time here," he by way of opening conver- Mitlnn. "Thru wliy do It wr replied. not looking up.

"Simply because I have something tell you," he mid. "1 am working on it food conservation Krnm and am muklng plans to uld In the cancer bills were Introduced by Reps, Ed Ijinnc i John. Phillips Chct Holllfleld i i and Carl Hlndhaw Crnlner stated. Colorado River Bill" Ail of bills refer to the hiiiKlllng of water on the Colorado River, Cramer pointed out, but it wns hln opinion that they endangered the Rio Grande treaty (Sec DAMS-Page Two.) nr num.vlll. ac Htl hnvn IL ilebrntlon ccjeDiation In the Missouri Pacific Ilclal near by Dr.

Aurcllo I he other mlnlfil.ers to i over Ills proposal before another meeting today, It wns snld. Cnld Reception Earlier. Foreign Minister Vyn- cheslnv M. Molotov received' cold reception on an offer to meet Italian Interest's on coloninl nnd reparations questions if the was prlvnn Housing Measure Hits Real Snag House nnd Senate conferees failed to agree Saturday on a key provision of the administration's hous'ng bill--nu- thority for $800,000,000 iii subsidy pons recovered. The announcement came from the two officials in the form of answers to questions which had been Hked him by press services.

"At the end of the battle Snlur-i dny morning," the statement "there wns no resistnncc." Tho Btntcmciu snid Crctzger, Coy and Huggnrd "probably died result-of gun shots In the tunnel or utilities corridor in cell block. Hubbard. according to the doctor's report, probably died Salurdav around fl n. in. The others rnr-Iier.

Pmbnbl.v Coy died Friday evening and CrcUger somcwhnt IrUer." The ofl'iclnls snld the tot.nl nuni- Joseph Paul Crelzer, 35, convicted for life for the murder of a U. S. Marshal at Tncomn, 2ft years for bank robbery and five ypiir.s for r.sc:ipp Irom MrNrill Island prison, hns been identified n.s the ringleader In the riot singed by convicts nt Federal Pi'lson. Hr wns one of three convicts killed. i ATelcpholoi.

President's Is Compiled By Agencies fVP) a issued report Saturday callinjr the effects of the coal strike "national disaster" a WHrninjr that its full impact lias only "barely beprun" to be The i-rport came as the Senate rnllR with demands for government arlinn and denunciation of John L. Lowis. Whether it wns designed tc lay a basis for government seizure of the struck mines became Immediately a matter for conjecture. "Manufacturing plants clos- IIIR down all over the country us a result of the month-old soft coul strike." the report said. "And vet, the American people have barely begun to feel the full impact of thit national disaster," The report was prepared for the 1 Chief Executive by the Office of War Mobllir.at.ion nnd Reconversion from fnct.s gathered by the Civilian Production Presidential Secretary Charles O.

ROM said Mr. Truman released It br- rausp he desires a puollc should have full information to the seriousness of situation." Other Thr report cnmc amid developments: 1. Senaior Lucas (D-J11) demanded that the government soft coal mines "unless John L. Lewis l)ows to reason." 2. The Railway Express Asrncy.

announced it would embargo all express shipmrnts of covered by Uic freight embargo effective May 10. The action takcn nt the request, of the of Defense Tran.MXrtalion lest shippers who will be affected by the freight embargo xceic to uxe Expi-etss instead. 3. The nr(iilUtionK and the which thr gnvernmrnt been trying to keep alivr were refomed. In a deadlock, until morning.

The ismr of paj-mcnt of $3.000.000 in buck pay for ntytnied the necotUlionx. 4. The Solid Fuels Administration reported it Is drafting orders for still further curtailment of home deliveries of coal, already sharply cut. The report isMied by th' president, snld ihnt. "t.iic basic industries --pnrticularly steel--- hnve thr i i i a body blow from strike.

The Impact on even COAL, Pnge Two,) Gene Smith Out Of Willacy Race Collado, Vice Consul of Mexico In to Yugoslnvln. British informants snld. The Senators offered to lower the subsidy figure to $400,000,000. bcr of conspirators who had takcn part In the riot had not yet been finally established, but added that In addition to previously named men, convicts finmcd Thompson and Shocltlcy were ringleaders. The 1 stntcmcn(.

added i there were or three others whose nnmes but this wns the Brownsville, But on this point. Foreign members. Rep. Spence I I Irclnr.v Ernest Bcvln dcclnred "you Kyi snicl the Issue would hnve to Coronation of the queen of the a a i away people's! he Jnld before House--probably' fiesta, by Dr. Collnclo will be an- Ihcsn niiurccs ndclorl.

before the conference! other of the Clnco del The whole question of Ihr bo resumed. The Senate voted Mnyo celebration in Brownsville. puled border nrcn of Oliilln thr subsidies but the House cle- Thern will be piano selections i with Its innln city nf Trieste, was rented them- lid not v-ccll ALCATRAZ Pugn 2 i and Mexican (tangs, MATAMOROS--The Clnco tie Mayo celebration In this border city got under wny at six o'clock Mexico City Flier Killed In Crash MATAMOROS The body of I Gulllormo Ruiz Vclnsro, Mexico Clly pilot who wns killed in the crash of plnnc eight kilometers i west of San Fernando, wns for-! waffled lo Mexico City from t.hci small community located 03 miles nan th of this border city, M. A. Inspector Towns, dc I.con, who flew to the scene of the accident Saturday, said that Volnsco loft tho Cucro, Tex- airport on a flight to Br6wns- this mornin with the I flag raising ceremonies.

A particle scheduled for pointed up by YURoslnv Deputy Premier Ed ward KnnrdclJ.twho ns- scrted Yugoslavia would take "any measures il; might necessary" If the foreign ministers put Slov- regular' ones In that territory under Italian 0:30 rule. (Sec CINCO DE MAYO. 2 Hc told a news conference at Sov- fScc BYRNES, Pngi; Two,) President Trumn-n hnn cnlled subsidy provision the heart, of the iidmlnlslrntlon's housing progrnni designed to produce 2.700,000 new homes by the end of next year. The conferees got together on another section, agreeing to guarantee market for 200,000 prc- HOUSING, Pntte Two.) Assault Sends Man To Hospital RAYMONDVILLE--S E. i for thr IBM.

fifteen district clerk for WilJ.icy county, nnnoun-'cd here yrsterdnv a would not bo candidate for re- i year. Smith snlri lie wns withdrawing from Hi" district clerkship to devote his time 10 photography nnri newspaper nnri work. Thr only district clerk in history of willncv county. Smith took the office in 1931. the year it.

began operating. Prior to brromins: district clerk. Smith was vrmm cliclf in thr combined of- MOORE FIELD Dnlly flicht rlcp of dl trlct schedules of the first airline to use clerk. When thr offices were a i Field will begin Sundtiy. Tex- nn election cnlled for Airlines of Houston hns i in 1330.

Smith i won without opposition, 'nounced. Thr firm obtained per-! sninlT.s withdrawn! now thirmi mission from the Irl-clty commit- rncr wide open between R. Ltee. composed of Parker Lvford nnrt Moore Field Put On Airline Map MrAJleii. Mission nnd Edlnburp: to uso the field conference Fri! dny.

I Now flying t.wln-enRine. i enger Cessnas, Tcxns Airlines will replace them In about two weeks i nine-pnsKOngcr Becchcrnfts. Jnmrs ot Rnymondvlllr. Meter Tamperers Warned By Police Man Who 'Died' Buys Land In Valley i vllle but thnt he failed to arrive. drive that opens here Tuesday.

put them both over. "Sunday will br nice nnd pleas- i "San Fernando residents' told mn tit nnd i may get In little fish- i tlle I'cnrd plane flying over the Ing to rest me up for a big week. the night that Ruiz Velasco AdJos-Coodbye." killed," De Leon said. A few hours they found the body of the flyer, slumped in his Wralhef Report on Two) wrecked plant. VIcALLEN A mnn who died more than yenr In Hollywood, according to i nncl his own account, was nlivo enough In McAllcn Saturday to ncgollutu citrus land purchases In the Valley amounting to $270,000.

A. Gutowsky ol Oklahoma City, discoverer of the West 'Edmoncl oil field near the Oklahoma capital told In McAllen how he died on February 16. 1B4S and remained dcnd for twenty mlnuios. He wns pronounced dead by three heart Hc snltl Snturdny hr know he was dcnd, nnd he knew what he saw while dead, When he returned to life, doctors couldn't explain It. They said he didn't have any business being In this world, "But they were wrong," Oul- owsky said Saturday- "I did have business--a lot of charities nnd religious pledges." In 'announcing -jjlans (lir the 3200 acres of Ipiid he hns bought since thr.

first of thr year, he specialists following thrombosis. I taicl he would spend on gcnrral development, jKiO.Oty.i a sprinkler system for BOO acres, iM.IHX) on sheds, nnd $12,000 on i Two-hundred acres of the land Is located ton miles west of Roy- placed mondvlllc. 380 ncres on the Snntn while Cn.i7, ranch three miles north or Edmburg nnd 622 acres of City Police Chief a Wright Issued a stem wamlnr Texns Airlines Vice President yesterday to people who have been Jimniie Trcvlno, crew fore- R. Devinp snld 'wo flicht.s out tampering with Brownsville's re- Is in the Mercy Hospil.nl sut- Ihr Valley are planned cently Installed parking mctert. fcring severe concussion nnd a from Brownsville to Moore Wright, snld meter mechnnlcs frnctured skull ns a result of nn Corpus Snn Antonio.

Aus- werr boliiR kept, busy nlleged altercation with i nnd Temple. At Corpus ChrlM.1 meters ol match stcik.i. chevine Moses, pr.cking shed paymaster, the fllcht will connect with Hir Riini. other small articles that which Is snld hnve occurred BrownsvilJe-Housion flight which hnve been Into meter Inst nlcht nt a shed in the vlel- nlso goes to Dnllns, openings musing malfunction of nity of th" Farmers' Gin, on S. The flight will Irnvi- Mnore Field thr machines.

7th Street. at 10:15 n. m. returning at 5 y. m.

"All ol fleers have been alerted Chief Deputy Sheriff Will Cnb- A i leaves Brownsville; lo for anyone tamperlnc ler nnd Constable Tommy Cnvn- nt 7:40 n. m. for Moore Field, La re-! with the meters and unauthorized MS made the Investigation last do. El Pnso, Del. Rio, Mnrfn.

persons who 1 cnuRht will tix night nnd reported they a Alpine, returning i 2 p. m. from persecuted lo the full extent of Moxe.s In the county a i Laredo, planes will carry passengers the investigation ns to facts and sonic express, but no freight, surrounding the Incident con- tlnucd, and charges against Moses! McALLEN EMPLOYE Shnry estate five miles west of i were pending the outcome of McALLEN--Hiram Pullin, 71, vr-t- Edlnburg, Gutowsky, who Is Russian born, wns host while here to former governor Kd Trtipp of Oklahoma, who arrived in the Valley Saturday. the Wright MarARTHIlR ENCOURAGED thur. In the latest of his periodic Trcvino's injuries which were said ernn McAllcn night watchman, report.s on the progress of the oc- to be cilticnl, at his home a', 2:50 p.

m. a a i said today he saw "fn- C.ible:- a i Moses allegedly I day. Hc hnd been a city cmplovec! rouraging signs" of success for the struck Trcvino with two by four for 16 years, nnd was thr first, mail Allied a i to a i scantling causing critical head i i In supervise the city gurbage col-; riemoersry nmid rulM If A Jurlei. i lection lervicc here. teudalisUc Japan..