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OmII to a4rUlr taUvMt Math vlMU ra tM kMMtia rtokU. EVENING OR SERVING THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN AMERICA McALLEN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1941 6e A COPY S3 7m Bll M.UhM Twlfbi VIIOrw IfUMtM CnatiM Iim Fi4s Sckwla fr MiMtoa rP7 TMiBf TrM Dub Wttklat M4 (Mr THIRTY-SECOND YEAR No. DEAL SEES PR0BLE1 MOUSING 1MM In f3 iiiiiiinii mH mnniniiiniiiiiiinnini.il PRODUCTION Surplus Slf-iuHiclnt Dtflclency Ji try i CZJ HEAD MEET AT K10SC0W New License and Studio to Bring Hemisphere's Most Powerful Set-Up Russians Attempt to Ship Supplies Out of Siege-Bound City of Tallinn A German two-motored bomber flew low today over- By CELIA REYNOSA Radio station XEAW, the Western hemisphere's ill llNN 1 Somoro largest licensed power broadcasting system, is due to go into operation within the next day or two at its new home, west of this city. Iceland's capital where U. are stationed but dropped no Fighter planes pursued President Roosevelt has ermost point of American S.

it. Construction is virtually complete on the 100-acre site housing XEAW with its authorized power of sister station, whose call letters Atlantic and strong United States forces have already been The authorized power of XEAW is the strongest held by any viwmmxs xHtmm established there. Meanwhile, a Russian attempt to ship supplies to the (bulgawa! Air Base Officer Reveals Details Of Valley Port Housing problems due to face the Upper Valley with the location of the U. S. army air corps' 1157-acre advanced training school near Mission were emphasized today by Major Oscar L.

Real, the school's project officer, when he was principal speaker at the regular Rotary club luncheon meeting today. MaJ. Beal this afternoon moved his equipment Into a suite of offices at the Valley Evening Monitor building. Seven enlisted men will arrive next week to be his office assistants. "These three cities, McAllen.

Mission and Edinburg, will have to house at least 375 families when training operations at the port Ret under way." the project officer declared, carefully outlining the operation of the school which he termed the "Qulf Coast Training center's largest field." Must Consider Problem "While that problem will have to be faced when the school is completed, what has to be considered now Is housing of 2,000 additional laborers who will arrive within the next few weeks to work on the field." VTOut of the school's Y' oersonnel at least 75 civilians, 148 Red Bread Swift German advances are envelop-inc the vast crainlands of Soviet Rus sia, whence comes the bread to feed her millions. Some grain has been harvested, but much is being burned in front of the Nasi advance. Map shows extent of grain areas in Russia. EIGHT PAGES A army and British troops bombs. proclaimed Iceland the out hemisphere defenses in the capital of German-occupied Finnish communique which Soviet vessels moving west from Leningrad in the gulf of Pin.

land with food, automobiles, gas oline and war supplies. Tallinn is cut off except from the sea. where the Russian Baltio fleet still claims command. Masses of Russian tanks were reported by the Oermans to be counter-attacking Nazi lines on the lower Dnieper river front late today, while elsewhere on the battle line a Russian counter-offensive was said to have recaptured five Soviet villages. The locale of the Red army's counter-offensive, reported by the official Soviet news agency Tass, was not disclosed except that was In a "western direction possibly on the central front guard ing Moscow.

Tanks Attack Nam The Oermans said Red tanks In large formations were attacking Nazi troops storming up to the Dnieper river in an attempt to cover the retreat of sizeable 'Ttecr forces eastward across the river. Adolf Hitler's invasion armies have tightened the ring on Len ingrad with another 60-mlle ad vance, the Russians acknowledged today, driving to the Novgorod region 100 miles south of the old czarlst capital, while two other Oerman and German-Finnish columns drove on Leningrad from the west and nortn the Soviet high command' communique said the fiercest bat tie raged about Novgorod, an an Cient walled town above Lake Il men. The Russians said the Novgorod province terrain was favorable f0r a determined stand, since it half-covered with forest and dotted with about 1,200 lakes. The town Itself, standing high on a hill over the Volkhov river, Is surrounded by swamps and lowlands. Alr-Bome Trops A Red army bulletin also indi cated that the Oermans were beginning to use air-borne troops in the 60-day-old conflict, reporting that a number of big 4 -motored Junkers transports loaded with light tanks and men had been shot down.

Coincidentally, British military experts predicted that the Oer mans would make an unprecedenU (See NAZI, Page 2) wnnniE IFILASnniES Cubans Ordered Out BERLIN W) The German government tonight handed the Cuban charge d'affaires a note ordering the Cuban consular staff to leave the country, Dienst Aus Deutschland report ed. Canadian In Britain LONDON lP) Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mm. Kemie King arrived In Britain by trans-Atlantic plane today to confer with Prime Minister Churchill and other British war leaders and to Inspect Canadian armed forces in the British Isles.

Argentina Changes BUEONS AIRES. Argentina Argentine foreign office sources Intimated today they expected some change In the German diplomatic set up in this country, but they declined either to affirm or deny congressional reports that the relch Intended to recall her ambassador, Edmund Von Thennsnn, Defense Allotments FORT WORTH W) First defense public works allotments for Texas and Louisiana totaling $523,158 were announced today by Ua! Stephens, acting regional director. The allotments made at P. W. A.

bead-quarters In Washington came 48 days after the Lanham bill, making the money available, became law, mm HARE 200,000 watts, and a 100,000 watt have not yet been issued. iw reiumr DrunucNsung purposes, cimisc swwuutuun, ana wuperi rhnro nt OSSAmhUno rrvncf nirtinn I go on the air within the next day MERCHANTS OPEN BACK-TO-SCIIOOL SHOPPING SEASON Only Three Weeks Remain Before Opening of Classes McALLEN Reminding mothers and children that only three more wonderful weeks remam before the bell rings and classroom doors -To-School. Shopping season. With summer stocks of merch- shelves. MoAllen stores were ready to welcome school shoppers with bulging supplies of new fall mer chandise.

Tne shopping season will open officially Thursday morning. Everything trom shoes for new first graders to complete wardrobes, with luggage, for the college crowd will be on display Even father will be reminded to pick himself out a new easy chair and reading lamp so he can help junior with his homework. In clothlns several stores are displaying for the first time their new stocks of school supplies and writing materials Incidentally, merchants hinted, this might also be an excellent op portunity for all other members of the family to check, up on their own wardrobes and do some re plenishing because the way prices are going, it may be some time before such values as are available now will be repeated. Grade school sessions in Mc Allen will begin Wednesday, Sept ember 3. High school enrollment will begin Tuesday, September 2.

Sanitary Expert Inspects Air Base Federal Health Engineer Given Permanent Station McALLEN A survey of health and sanitation lacuities at tne ttuuy air uase hui oi wia- sion -was under way here today under the supervision of Aubrey wmara. junior u. o. puouc neaiui engineer. Assisting Wlllard was R.

N. Han- cock, county sanitarian, and a district engineer from the state health department office at Cor- pus Willard has been assigned to a permanent station in Hidalgo county as a' result of defense ac tivities here. He arrived Saturday anH Act a Kl i cHoH raclriAnnA Hera I Mosquito control, water supply rii'i ision i twi, Nnrfnlk u-hr nm vn ed to a mosquito control project at the big naval base there. Additional Street Repairs Slated McALLEN Additional McAllen streets will be repaired on i city program reopening within a few wy oupri visor v. u.

Mar- tin announced today. une repair project wm be a continuation of the temporary pawning repair program the city has undertaken to put damaged streets back in shape. This local program will be continued as long as a carload of asphalt, expected to arrive soon, lasts. Martin said. The city plans to go ahead with street repair m-ork until federal action is taken on a $33,000 Works Projects administration grant officials are seeking to pay for widespread repair of damaged treeu over the entire city.

1 American Planes May Be Flown Via Siberia WASHINGTON VP) Capitol hill heard forecasts todav that Harrv HoDkins. I ortmin iatrntnr nrn. ij ViooH tVi Am. UftUlY WUU1U UCttU IIIC XIUC- rican delegation to the joint meeting in Moscow oi united States and British officials with Premier Stalin. At the same time, there were apparently authentic reports that arrangements had been made to fly American manufactured bombing and fighting planes to the Soviets both by way of Siberia and over an extension of the new ly-designated South Atlantic ferry route to the British forces in the Middle East.

Fields In Siberia The details of this arrangement, said to involve transport and military Diane operatons over both routes by Pan-American airways, were expected to be worked out mintm-v nroduction to Russia reported listed for discussion. A well informed legislator, who asked that he remain anonymous. Rfti(1 understand th Russians vi.in Lnnw hnmbera hut thm relatively shorter-ranged fighting planes could be flown to the front. P. A.

A. Line Utilised Although the Russians were said to be willing to assume the responsibility of delivering the planes, this legislator said it was likely that Pa- American would be asked to estaolish a line simi lar to the route which President Roosevelt disclosed Monday would be set up to West Africa and thence to the Mediterranean area. TWs line also would be utmzedi lt was said, to take planes through the Near East to Russia. Second Traffic Dealh Recorded Struck Saturday, Aged Starr Resident Dies McALLEN Mc Allen's 1941 traffic death toll had claimed the lives of two victims today with the death of 84-year old Jose Morales, Rio-Orande City, who died from injuries he received when truck by an auto Saturday night. His was the 32nd traffic death in the Valley so far this year, Morales died at 11:05 p.

m. Tuesday at City hospital. He was struck while walking along the west highway Saturday at p. m. by an auto driven by Jack Akin LJ McAner, City Patrolman Bich ard Baie8 investigating officer, tula Eve.

witness statements were ta Ken by Assistant District Attorney aeorge Brown Monday. The dis trlct attorney's department is con tinuinir the inv ation. Brown said today. Fu. I services will probably be held Thursday at Rio Grande City where Mr.

Morales lived most of his life. Arrange ments are in charge of the Marrn Nelson mortuary 1 nMHn tn Cmt IHucre rort OUlldinST san antonio-w-a modem erlcan ide Me internaUonal bridge at Laredo will be erected immediately, according to J. bank of Commerce here, who was so notified by the treasury department today. The building is to house all gov. ernmental agencies to facilitate traffic through the border port, quarters for the United States immigration service, the customs ser vice, horticultural department of the U.

S. department of agricul Uure and the public health serv ice. A ill I o. VrfOUp Flans M. A Clien meeting McALLEN McAllen has been chosen as the site for the annual two-day Farm Security administration district meetng.

The session will be held here September 15 and 16 at the chamber of commerce auditorium. C. T. Watson. Dallas, acting state director, announced today.

Watson wrote chamber officials planned to attend the meeting. Station on ino western ijenusuiicre wesior vuesira. cniei engineer in IVimhartii tntlnn annminrcr in materiais of the new project, said. Programs from this station will or two. It will operate on a frequency of 1570 kilocycles.

The second station, operating on a 1010 frequencywill be ready for operation within the next six weeks when construction Is expected to be finished on six 250-foot direc tional antennae towers. Located on a 100-acre tract, adjacent to the railroad on the north and the city on the east, the new station is one of the most modern in the world as well as one of the most powerful in the new world. The administration building which houses the generators and the broadcasting equipment, offices, reception and control rooms and two studios is of Spanish-style architecture with a square foot floor space. Seven Mighty Towers Outside it will toe encircled by seven mighty towers. Pour of these will be lighted at night to prevent possible air accidents in lew of the expansion or tne United States army air corps into te neighboring Rio Grande Val- ey of Texas.

One 330-foot tower, broadcast ing XEAW programs, is topped with a regulation airport flasher light, and marked at the one-third and two-third height levels by obstacle lights. Two of the six 250- foot directional antennae towers for the second station are al ready completed and lighted. Foundations are in for the re maining four whose construction will be completed within six weeks. Th second station is the first in the world, officals to put in a six tower directional area for regular broadcasts. With these towers the station complies with the Havana radio treaty of 1940.

directing its programs toward the northeast, and preventing inter ference with stations in Havana and Alberta, Canada, operating on the same frequency. Corpus Firm is Builder The Lay Construction company of Corpus Chrlstl are contractors for the erection of the six towers. Construction on this project was started four months ago. Since that time XEAW has been operating on reduced power from its former site in eastern Reyno-sa. Every care has been exercised In the new buildings Ho pro vide listeners with the best in ra dio entertainment, officials said Location of the studios away from the city noises will materially bet ter the quality of the programs The entire building for the studios and control rooms has been lined with mesh screen wire (See RADIO, Page 2) New Valley Radio Station Opens KGBS Goes on Air For Initial Broadcast HARUNQEN Valley radio fans were introduced today to new voices, a new wave length and a new radio broadcasting station when KQBS, located between Har- lingen and San Benito, went on the air tor the first time at 6 a.

m. this morning. Broadacsting on a wave length of 1240 kilocycles 1 124 on most radio dials) the new station will maintain continuous daily programs from 6 a. m. to 11 p.

m. McHenry Tichenor. well-known Valley businessman, one-time pub lisher of the Valley Morning Star and more recently owner of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, is owner of KQBS. opening or kubs brings to a total of three the active radio stations now operatng in the Valley. The others are KRQV at Weslaco and KGF1 at Brownsville.

Station Manager Ingham Roberts announced a music library of 10.000 pieces is be ins installed for program purposes. Another feature of the KQBS program will be 10 daily newscasts, edited and compiled by Jack Rutledge. well known former Valley newspaper man. The station is installed in a new and elaborate studio located on the highway and all equipment was furnished and installed by Western Electric siege-bound city of-Tallinn, Estonia, was indicated in a reported the sinking of five GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE CONTROL OF ALL EXPORTS Full Embargo Rumored; License List Lengthened WASHINGTON Oovern ment control of exports, now cov ering 80 per cent of all commodt ties, soon may be expanded to blanket all shipments abroad, au thoritative quarters disclosed to day. Further, these sources said, a complete embargo Is likely foi cer tain materials.

President Roosevelt lengthened the license list Tuesday by add ing six new categories furs, syn thetlc fibers, wood, natural as phalt or bitumen, non-ferrous me. tals and precious metals. The new restrictions wiU become effective September 10. Metals and manufactures, air- craft, arms and munitions, cheml- cal products and various raw ma- terials all under license control formed the major part of the $2,093,000,000 worth of goods shipped out of the United States in the first half of 1941. Officials explained that export control was required to assure ad- equate supplies of raw materials and manufactured articles In this country for national defense and everyday life, and to enable the United States to fulfil commit ments to Great Britain, China, So viet Russia, and the Latin Amerl can republics.

French Seek To Assuage U. S. Objections to Cartoons On Petain is Voiced WASHINGTON W) Oaston Henry-Haye, the French auibassa dor. sought today to assuage Am erlcan displeasure with Vichy's collaboration with Germany and also laid before Secretary of State Hull a collection of American newspaper cartoons which he said were insulting to Marshal Petain, chief of state at Vichy. The ambassador told newspa permen he had explained in a call on Hull that there was nothing in Petain's recent speech on Eu rope's future which would bear out fears expressed in this country that France Intended to turn the French fleet or French colonial possessions over to Germany.

The cartoon collection was ex hibited, Henry-Haye said. "be cause their publication is not helpful in maintaining the friend ly relations that have existed for 160 years between the United States and France." He added: "I know the American press Is free, but it is because lt is free that it should show restraint and not publish these cartoons insult ing the chief of the French state, a man much too high to be touch- ed by anything of that Henry-Haye empasized that he had not protested against publi- cation of the cartoons. knocked the mercury for a loop Tuesday night, when it dropped to a pleasant 73 degrees, the usual for Valley summer weather. Official government records for years past are not available in Mc Allen since the volunteer observation system at the Central Power and Light company plant east of town was only recently established. No record is kept of the humidity, the real reason why the heat is so nearly unbearable, according to weather experts.

EAST GASOLINE SUPPLY FALLS TO 10 DAY RESERVE Coordinator Urges Conservation for Winter WASHINGTON, M5)-- Report- ing that the long-predicted oil shortage In the East finally had arrived, Ralph K. Davieu, deputy petroleum coordinator, said today stocks of gasoline in the East had dropped to a reserve supply sufficient only for approximately 10 days. Da vies spoke of a "perilous situ ation," reemphasizing the warning from the office of price control and civilian supply that more drastic measures might be nec essary beyond the limited gasoline rationing now In effect. Stocks of gasoline on the East coast dropped 893,000 barrels last week, as diversion of American tankers to Great Britain began to make itself really felt, the deputy coordinator reported. Replying to those he called "near-sighted prophets" who had circulated reports that warnings of an impending shortage were "phony," Davies gave a detailed report on oil supplies on the Atlantic seaboard, and added: "This is why we must conserve gasoline stocks now to avoid a drastic shortage this winter when our tankers must be used to haul fuel oils unless bur people are to be left to freeze and our defense industry shut down for lack of power." Elliott Roosevelt Sees Ambassador LONDON VP) The only evld- ence of Capt.

Elliott Roosevelt vis ible to the general public in Lon don today was i. topcoat, which Ha draped over a counter in a st end hotel. When the president's son arrived in London Tuesday afternoon from the Roosevelt-Churchill sea con ferences he went directly to the U. S. embassy, where he saw Am bassador John O.

Winant and oth er officials. Guard Gets Bayonets PRESIDIO UP) Because of its location near the isolated Big Bend frontier, Company of the 3rd battalion today was among the first Texas defense guard out fits to receive equipment from Camp Mabry. Austin. The shipment included 26 rifles and bayonets. STRIKE STOPS DETROIT BUSSES, STREET CARS Government Withholds Action in Ship Dispute By THE ASSOCIATED MESS Detroit's street car and bus sys tem-was tied up today by a strike and a stalemate continued at huge New Jersey shipyard where 17,000 C.I.O.

men walked out two weeks ago. The Detroit strike became ef ective at 4 a. climaxing a jurisdictional dispute between rival A.F.L. and C.I.O. unions.

Some 400,000 factory and office workers in the motor city cast about hurriedly for emergency transporta tion to their jobs. A.P.L. Votes Strike The Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach operators of America (A.P.L.) voted the strike Tues day night, and Mayor Edward J. Jeffries quickly ordered the rival union, the state, county and Municipal Workers of America (C. I.

to make no attempt to operate the transit system. Police were held in reserve pending develop ments. At a morning conference. Jef fries told A. P.

L. leaders, "you can't run the city of Detroit," and threatened to "call upon the might of government" to end the tie-up. The A.F.L. union, Jeffries contended, was in effect demanding a closed shop which he said the city could not grant. Exclusive Bargaining Rights An A.F.L.

spokesman said his group demanded exclusive bargaining rights for car and bus men, exclusive rights to use terminal bulletin boards and an agreement with the city department of street railways that no other union would have Amalga-mateds privilege of checking off union dues. The government continued to withhold action o.i the offer of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry-dock company to turn over its strike-bound Kearny. N. yard to the navy so that work might be resumed on $493,000,000 worth of defense contracts. Reliable reports said that President Roosevelt had written John Oreen, president of the C.I.O.

ma rine and shipbuilders union, and L. H. Korndorff, company presi dent, asking that the 17.000 strik ers oe returned to wore at once, was prognosticated for today when the temperature at noon reached 97, the highest such mark recorded this year. Marks of 108 degrees set in Laredo and Uvalde Tuesday made the Valley thankful for temperatures no higher than 100. San Antonio registered 101 degrees to indicate high marks over the state, and Beaumont had a record of 100.

The sprightly breezes, however, officers and about 150 enlisted men will make their home in the three cities or neighboring vlclnl ties. The entire school will use 2100 enlisted men. 148 officers and 240 cadets with 140 planes housed in the hangars at the port at all times. Cadets will be turned out at the rate of 120 every five weeks with constant replacement made to take their places. The official name for the school is the vair corps advanced train- ing school.

Mission. Texas," Maj Beal explained. It is a single pursuit school whose main objective will be gunnery training with both land gunnery done near (See AIR BASE, rage 2) Auto Club Office To Open at Casa A. A. A.

Work to Start September 20 in McAllen McALLEN The American Au tomobile association will open its Valley office at the Casa de Pa mas hotel September 20. The announcement was made today when E. S. C. Coppock, San Antonio, manager of the South Texas branch of the A.A.A.

and Charles Mumm, manager of association's Laredo office, kit to return home after spending a day here on business. The McAllen office, under the supervision of the Laredo unit, will assist tourists planning trips into Mexico and provide information on travel over the United States. Coppock told McAllen Chamber of Commerce officials, who work ed with him for the establishment of the office here, that McAllen was chosen as the logical site tor the Valley unit because of the easy accessibility to the interior of Mexico with the completion of the Reynosa-Monterrey highway. The Association's South Texas official has made several trips to the Valley within the past several months studying locations for the establishment of the travel agency. Most Dairy Herds Free from Disease McALLEN Dairy herds in the McAllen milk producing area are proving relatively free from Bangs disease.

R. N. Hancock, county sanitarian, declared today. Most of the herds, which must be tested periodically, are undergoing inspection at this time, Hancock said. Reports receved today on three sherds showed two completely free Vthe disease and one herd with frtfO Infected cows.

These infect-UJt animals will be immediately branded and ordered slaughtered. Hancock said. They'll be out of that herd by tomorrow night." the sanitarian declared. three herds contained a total of 90 cattle, McAllen Heat Records Broken; No Relief in Sight McALLEN Chalk up another victory for old Sol, but don't forget to credit those cooling gulf breezes The sun bore down between 3 and 4 p. m.

Tuesday to the tune of 100 degrees, a record for the year and possibly for several years past, according to the U. S. weather bureau figures at McAllen. The previous high for the city was 98. a mark the mercury had reached on three previous occasions this month.

Another heat record breaker.