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MONDAY, JANUARY 25,1937. VWce 6 Cents Sg-PAGES O'-O' 4 'r'r' 'nr, -repass SffETiuTCsuk The te V2tt -ta reverter. Assocuto aS3 "msa City of Palms By Mynatt Smltn- TENTV-CnVENTH'-YEAR --tf HfJ HAUL II IL iLILyfLL. rAlLXl'IA i II.H IKAh II SM1 --w i Taitelide VALLEY LISTS ORANGE PRICE LATE WIRE i i a i i I. i i A Latest Meiiac JUKTO 25 PRODUCERS AT By Associated Prei's Power, wa' and food shortages added to hazard of fire and disease Monday in the Ohio ri Ver vaiiey, focal point of the mid-continent flood which has swept into 10 states, leaving an estimated 500,000 persons homeless and 58 dead.

't Cincinnati feared that its electricity would be cut off, leaving the city to the mercy of water and flames. Blazing gasoline tanks riding the swirling waters was bringing a great menace. JLouisvifle, Ky. was in darkness overnight with Galloplne Grapefruit proof that, the nation started clamoring for Texas trrapef ruit and oranges almost r. overnfcrnt followin the catastro--4 piitc freeze in California wac of-ferod McAllen at 2 a.

m. Sun At. that hour a Ion? freight train pulled through McAllen. So heavy wR its striny of refrigerator cars shipment had to run in three The load likely ts! one of the heaviest seen here in some time but may not be as large as some yet to leave. v' Texas grapefruit ia literally galloping to market.

Fine for Flowers Another display of the Valley's mid-winter mildness: Mrs. E. E. Phelps brings in a cluster of brisrht red, delicate sweet "pea. grown in her North Main street garden and plucked on a i recent morning when tem.pera.tu res v- were ranging below the forties.

Nt only unusual for this sieason Of the year, the flowers were un-usual in that they were solid red. The name is "Bright Light," Mrs. Phelps confided. Stores Splurging Texas grocery firms are not mLss- Ing the opportunity to cash in on the nation-wide advertising drive being utilized by the National Association of Chain Stores in -an effort to move the country's citrus surplus. Do lias, Houston and San Antonio stores featured in the past Monitor mzws RUSSIA AIM REFUSES PACT IN WAR PEACE Next Move Is Expected from Neutrality Committee in Session at London.

By Associated Press Germany and Italy Monday promised to sign an embargo on foreign volunteers to the Spanish civil war when al! powers concerned in the strife concur and when, effective controL. measures are decided upon. Great Britain and France have already acted in this parlticuJar. Russia said she would participate 4n a general check but not in "unilateral neutrality." This now leaves the next action up to the London non-intervention committee. Great Britain has already approved the stand of Premier Leon Blum of France for putting the issue of European up to Germany.

(Meantime, rain halted the Insurgent bombardments of Madrid. government" announced that 9,000 n-mbatanta have now evacuated the capital city. City Calendar Monday, Jan. 25: p. Reception and pro-for winter visitors.

First 7:30 gram Methodist church. 7:30 p. Regular meeting, McAllen unit, South Texas Citrus Growers league, chamber of commerce building. Palace theatre: William Powell and Myrna Loy in "After the Thin Man." Queen theatre: George O'Brien and Beverly Roberts in "China Clipper." Tuesday, Jan. 26: 8:30 a.

Conducted tour for tourists to Bayview, Port Isabel and Brownsville, leaving chamber of commerce buildiner. 12:05 p. McAllen Kiwanis club, Casa de Palmas hotel. 2 p. Tourist 'bridge and danc-insr.

Club Royalo. Palace theatre: Joe E. Brown in "Polo Joe," and "March of Time." Queen theatre: "China Clipper." Rain to Bar Trip If rain is falling Tuesday morning, the propbsed trip down the Valley to Bayview, Port Isabel and Brownsville will be postponed until Friday of this week, chamber of commerce officials said. How ever, only bad weatner wui cause the postponement, as all plans are otherwise completed, the tour conductor said. -veeknd's advertising major quo 4sed hall of a solid page ad in the Dallas -News to tell the story 'of Texas fruit and Its price.

Energetic Envoy One McAllen irl who ln't miss-' Ins: an opportunity to advertise etate and the Rio Grande "Valley is Miss'Rowena Humphreys "daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Humphreys of McAllen and student tt( the University of Illinois at Champaign.

Now majoring in IW6HC speaking, she was recently i lmWlC speaking, i Jj. selected from the ment of 16.0.(H stu school's emoll- students as one of the irost prouiijing elocutionists VALLEY ANXJOUS OVER SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN FLOOD The Middle Western flood crisis had its repercussions in the Rio Grande Valley Monday, with scores of residents of this area anxious about the safety of relatives or friends in scores of affected cities. The low death toll in the floods, however of fered a measure of comfort. Mrs. Charles Wadlington, sister of Fred N.

Gantner of McAllen, ia a. resident of Padu-cah, a city of 80,000 population which is totally cut off save for a short wave radio set. Gantner's motherland sister reside at Henderson, which is in no danger from flood waters. HOTOIl' Senate Report Swats at Former Attorney General Aides. Jan.

25 VA majority of the senate's Investlatiiigcom-mittee dcnouneenc-nnetadmintra-Uou of. the oil" law by the attorney general's department and' practices of the Texas petroleum council, in a report issued today. Aiming especially at former assistant attorney generals, the report said the "practice of former fctate officials and employes of participating in litigation on which they previously represented the tate" should be prohibited 'by law. E. N.

Stanley, the raiIrqaT commission's chief enforcement Officer East Texas, was attacked on activities of Stanley Sadler, organized as an engineering firm, in alleged further movement of East Texas oil. The committee suggested that the attorney general "feel free" to investigate the Texas petroleum council to determine whether its contributors violated state antitrust laws. It censured Tom C. Clark, Dallas, attorney for council, and former law partner of Attorney General William McCraw. regarding his failure to disclose his financial affairs.

Valley Coast Guard Men Aid Flood Work Special to The Monitor PORT ISABEL, Jan. 25 Captain P. Valent and Guardsmen G. Aguilar and Guy James of the U. S.

coast guard left here Saturday night aboard the cutter Saranac for Memphis, Tenn. to assist in removing persons from the flood- stricken area. All available men are being assembled by the coast guard to aid in the rescue work. they should. -If SOW SCORE MDIVANI IMPLICATED MOSCOW, Jan.

25 (ff) Confessed plotters against Russia tcday 'implicated and causenl the ai T.st of Bydy Mdivanl, brother of the. Mdlvanls, Georgian iM-ihccs. and also testified Hint tiie exiled Leon Trotzky backed the movement. St-tent eon iiersons are on trial liere. 23 REPORTED DROWNED MIAMI, Jan.

A motijr bus overturnpd in a canal west of here today, 'ami 23 of the' 29 passengers were re-portfd tc have been killed, ac-' cordini to a negro porter, Rob-bc'rt Singleton, who managed to escape and rescue the others. The victims were trapped in the water. GUERRA DEATH CUK EARLY STARR LEADER Mrs. Virginia C. Guer- a irm a Vjloma; Funeral ls Set tor vl mesday.

Special to The Monitor I QttJtNV CITY, Jan. 25 'DeatWteday had ended the color- fiiLjp'neering 'career of Mrs. Vstgrnja Cox Gurra. 77, wife of tiie 'late'. Manuel Guerra, manager his vast property holdings in Starr county ince his death In 19 15 and mother of seven sons who play dominant parts in the political and commercial life of the county.

Mrs. Guerra" died quietly at her home at Roma, In western Starr county, at 7:20 p. m. Sunday. Her health had been failing for some lime.

Funeral services will take place at 9 a. m. Tuesday at Our iady of Refuge church in Jloma, with the Rev. Father Eugene Regent officiating. Interment will at Roma cemetery.

To Border With Father Mrs. Guerra came to Texas border shontly after tha 1'850's with her pioneering father, Noah Cox, "native of Ohio, who spent many years hee as an Abstractor and business man. He died before the turn of the century. In 1 877 Mrs. Guerra, then the attractive Miss Virginia Cox, was married to Manuel Guerra, owner of large properties throughout the county and a rancher of means.

He passed away in 1915, and since that time she had continue.d in cctive management -of his far-flung Starr county holdings. In such a position she was an accepted leader in the county, and her influence was felt widely In the development of this border district. Mrs. Guerra bore her husband eight sons, one of -whom, Jose, died in 1923. The seven others today occupy positions of prominence in various- positions' fn the county, Included in the, list of.

survivors aro the sons: Manuel Guerra, Rid Grande City, state citgaret tax inspector; Horacio P. rancher and county commissioner of Starr county; Fred Guerra. active vice president of the First State Bank Trust company of Rio Grande. City; Guerra, sheriff of Starr county; Emllio Giierra, Rio Grande 'City druggist' and president of the Rio Gi'ande City school a board Julio Guerra, cafe oWner and former Starrs, county district clerk: and James Guerra, of the Roma school board. Each of the ons has been active for many years In the development of Starr county." "Regret Widely Expressed In addition to- the seven grandsons and five-er'anddau'gh-tcrs as 'dc three sisters dotlldo and Florentina Cox of" Roma and Mrs.

Jacobo Guerra of Rio. Grande City, Widespread' regret was expressed throughout' the 'county at Wrs. Ouerfa'B passing -V Her 'death, however, was not un-expected-' She was reported Saturday and Sunday to have been sluicing rapidly -f PER TON HERE California Situa i ri Affecting Quotations on Texas Citrus Stock Slightly. Increased prices on citrus fruit in "the Rio Grande Valley were uniformly reported Monday as the effect of tha California fruit crop freeze of the past week began to take form. (Local growers reported that prices on oranges have advanced to a level of about $25 per ton, against a former figure of $12 to $20 per ton.

Grapefruit prices have improved slightly, with mast quotations at $8 per ton. The California situation is not calculated to greatly improve the grapefruit although a seasonal, demand for smaller sizes of grapefruit is not being felt. Heavy shipments of fruit will leave the Valley all this "week, although light Monday tended to harvesting crews. Meanwhile sales of Texas fruit resulting rom thjetjstiti wide advertising campaign of the National Association Chains have virtually cleared all supplies In terminal markets, according, to, Information received Monday by A. C.

Bamhart of McAllen, chairman of the Rio Grande Valley committee to-operating in the campaign. Bamhart also announced the re- (See CITRTJS, Pago 2) FALLEN POST San Antonian Named to Local Parish of 'Catholic Church. Th Rev, Father Frank Elday, instructor- aiid- coach at colfege at San Antonio for the 10 years, is expected to arrive in McAllen Tuesday to assume, his new duties as priest of the McAllen Catholic parish, he local rectory "announced "Monday. News of the appointment of Father Kilday received here Sunday from San Antonio. The San Antonio priest will succeed the.

Rev. Father Charles J. Who left Sunday night via train for Eagle Pass, where he will' serve. In the future. Father Siemes has been in McAllen for the past several years, and has been widely known for his church activity.

Father Kilday coi. to McAllen with a tons' record of outstanding, work. He was born in San Antonio and attended St. Anthony's being graduated in 1920. He was a championship football player while there.

He spent six years in seminaries at Mission and Cas-torviUe and was ordained a priest 1926. Beginning in 1927 at St. Anthony's as an instructor, he taught science, history and Spanish. to 1935 he terved as football coach, winning Southwest Academic league titles' in 1983 and I934.v 4 Father Kilday is. a brother of Police Chief Qwen Kilday of San Antonio and of Tom Kilday, who wop all-America -mention; while rlaying football at Point.

The latter is now in the army service -as an officer. Valley Woman Said Accidentally. Shot Specinl to Tha Monitor mo HONtDO, Jan. 25 -While she was' trytnsr- to unload a calibre automatic pistol. He' en Buchanan, 23; Rio Hondo bookkeeper, was shot 'above tho he irt here Sunday night.

She was to' the Valley Baptist hospital at Harlingen, where her wound was not Ustod as The bullet entered her left shoulder and coursed Cameron Traffic Officer Lawson Anglin and' State Highway Patrolman iwvMtteftted the affair," KILD AY TAKES WILDCAT SITE New Wells in Hidalgo and Starr Sectors Are Completed During Week-End Special to The Monitor KDINBURG, Jan. 25 Completion of new wildcat wells in Hidalgo and Starr counties was recorded Monday, giving the -Rio Grande Valley an unusual development spurt. Pantano Petroleum corporation'3 No. 1 James MacDougall, six miles, east of. Edinbursr in the new La; Blanca prospect of eastern HIdal1 go county, pame in during week-end for production, through casing perforations at 7867-75 ferl under original pressures of 3900 pounds on tubing and 1500 pounds on casing on a 1-8 inch tubing Choke.

Pressure gradually fettled down to 2800 pounds on tubing and 2600 pounds on casing. "Nc estimate on production has been made, since the well is still clean ing. It is making a large amoufltj oi distillate gas and wash Nearbyt Sterllng'-OU ueumns corporation's No, 1 phn C. jEii 4 gelman sevVft milea east olf Edinburgh was spudded and is drilling ahead to' f'et surface casing. -t The other new Valley producer-is Moss Heard's No.

1 anf prd B. Ricaby, six miles northeasr1 of Rio Grande C'(y. eat of StaSrc. co'unity. After plugging back JjoP (See OIL, Page 2) PAUL ELECTED SCOUTLEADER Former Amarillo Man to Become Executive of Valley Council.

M. J. Paul of Amarillo, who spent several days in the Rio Grande Valley recently after filing his application for appointment as Boy Scout executive of the Valley scout council, informed C. H. Britton of McAllen, council president, Monday that he had accepted the posfe.

Paul is expected to arrive In the Valley this week to assume his now duties. Britton announced the appointment and acceptance here Monday morning. He said Paul would be expected to be present a meeting of the council's executive board next Monday night at Mercedes. The new Valley scout executive succeeds John L. Leslie, who left tho Valley 1 to take a position in- the land commissi on er'f office at Austin.

Leslie had srv-ed ay executive for about three years. P.aul ia the former Panhandle council excutlve and comes to the Valley -with high recommendationr, said Britton. Permits for First Few Weeks of 1937 Hit $11,000 Mark, Special to The Monitor PHARR, Jan. 25 Construction work vftlued at J11.0(M) has started at Pharr this month, setting a good paee for building activity in 1937, aecyrUng to permits issued at the city. hall.

Johnnie Janick If building 'a duplex house to cost $4000. H.G. Skeans. McAllen, is the contractor. Joe Leddel has let a contract to Harry Bigger, San Juan, for a seven-room res idence, Fred S.

Franks of Junction is building a. $3500 four-room brick venecf house. Tickers Back in Valley EDINBURO, Deputy Sheriff' E. 'E, had returned today from a trip to Oklahoma City, called their by the illness of' his brother, William Vickers. Deputy- Vicker said there was considerable' snow from Den ton, north tp.

Oklahoma; oii 'the' cam.pus. -Xo one at the university knows her as Rowena or Miss Humphreys. O-" She's simply "Texas" to all. She and another Texas student have recently launched the Dixie club at the school and it already is bulging with members from South-er states. fc; Local folks remember her for her annual recitals and the fact that she won six first and two Second places In nine declamation coh tests during her high school days, -She now a sophomore ut V.

of I. Citrus Schooling -s at Edinburg Tuesday the sixth annua; Texas Citrus institute trill get- '-under way early in the afternoon tor a busy series of five under way. The flood swept spast Paducah, and tho river continued to rise further May Assist Cincinnati's 750,000 residents are faced by a water famine, following a 1,500,000 fire, the woitet in the city's history. Word came from the White House that congress will be asked for, an appropriation to pay. lood relief costs.

American Red Cross asked for. a contribution for immediate use. TheHhreat of "disease outbreaks the Cross found the gravest in its long history, of fighting dis-V aster in. the United States, The area apparently hardest hit extended roughly from Cincinnati r-7-the. iC afiyer's greatest clty-rr.

on the north to JSvansvliie, ind. on the south. But the "story -d isastr1" reached far -abof eittr'ths -7 Ohio and on down to the Mississippi and' its tributaries. 77 Feet at Cincinnati More than S6.000 persons were evacuated from Evansville; a national guard officer recommended the evacuation of the 28,000 resi- donts of New Albany, across the river from stricken Louisville, Ky. At Cincinnati, -the Ohio reach- cd 77 feet 25 feet above flood t-tage while spectacular fires har- cssed and threatened the already tragically hit city.

Hardly had one v-series of fires along a three-mile front of flame occasioned by 4he ignition of gasoline and oil which spurted forth from undermined -tanks been extinguished when there burst forth a new explosion, at North Bend, in an area where there were 20 Hood surrounded houses. Food was declared ade- quate there. j-; Louisville, the river's second city -with a population of more than 300,000, faced darkness because of a projected pawer shutdown nd'. of its residents were declared by its mayor to be homeless. "Tv "r- Th( governor of Kentuclry asked Washington to dispatch troops' of the regular army to take the s4toa-.

tion in hand but the army chief of stafr. Major Malln Craig, said that did not appear necessary the The general added several "army supply' depots had been opened for relief works; that 4,500 troops- were assisting in relief and He said enough boats were available to evacuate Cah. Adding, to Kentucky's horror were not of Icl'ally confirmed, that a dozen erasod convicts in the water-Isolated" state reformatory at Frankfort had died in riots. cratiooit nata uieaK 4 From Louisville, nearly 1004) 're fugees were put aboard a train bound for Indiana but they did not know their destination nor-did many care; Although the Louisville mayor had suggested as complete evacuation of the city as poislble. so curtailed were transportation facilities that untold; difficulties were presented, in moving so large a The outlook 1 for Monday anything but hetartning.

During the night heavy rainfall was reported in the flood areas and the forecast was for rain today over a wide area." Mak Valley Highway. Safe- 1937 Highway Death Tolli 3 killed I la 1C3T 1837, Number of.lO&t accidents: S3 1030 Death Toll Valley 43 Utcs 000 homeless, while rioting in Kentucky state prison left at least a dozen reported dead. Evacuation of th; marooned prisoners was RELEASE SEEN County Asks Action to Speed Project; Parley up Tuesday. Special to The Monitor Judge Oliver C. Aldrich announced this morning that he and Cpm-' miaioner Joe Atkinson sought to have flood way.

acreage- north of Mercedes released from the pending county-bank suit, when they were nt Dallas Saturday for a. hearing in federal court on the Americari' Rio Grande Land, and Irrigation company's petition to reorganize. Satisfactory answers, however, were not received due to the complicated litigation. The results of their trip are to be reported to the full commissioners' court 'when it convenes tomorrow. The regular Monday session was 'postponed today.

Judge Ocle Speer of the state banking commission told Judge Aldrich at Dallas that he would be agreeable toward removing the floodway land from the county-bank suit. In which the American Land company intervened, the judge reported. The International Boundary commission has informed the county that it plans to let contracts soon for construction work on that part of the Valley's levee system, end. desires that the title be transferred to the federal government. While tha land is tied up In court suits, a clear' title can not be presented, Members 6' the creditor's committee representing road district bond holders are scheduled to meet with commissioners tomorrow, Judge Aldrich said.

Members of the committee include W. B. Cat-terlin, Kansa City, and C. B. Parrott, Dallas.

An effort will be made to iron out difficulties in connection with refunds from the Hidalgo County Delinquent Tax agency for tho payment of delinquent road taxes. The agency has refused to lmakt- such refunds, holding up payment of all county delinquent taxes. Short Story: Long Trip; No Fish A 'party of 26 persons, from McAllen and nearby cities en-Joyed a fishing trip aboard the Valley club's vessel at Port Isabel Sunday but failed to catch any fish because of rough seas and rky weather, members of the party reported Monday. The group was taken about ,25 miles out in -the gulf -to the snapper- banks-, W. G.

maker, formerly of McAllen, conducted thg party, which was arranged by the local post of the' 'American Legion, Tyro Cases Tried Special to The Monitor .25 Two." cases were handled by of the Peace R. Savage In Pharr" Sunday and M. W. Carr was fined $S0 and costs on charges of assault and. battery.

Failing to pay the fine, he -was committed to Jail. W.j Martin, charged with being drunk in a public fined fl and costs. Constable John Weaellng signed th complaints FLOOD SECTOR sessions. Leaders in the Texas citrus, industry will appear on the program, and scores of informative features have been arranged for those attending. Valley ctttrus growers should not miss this port unity to.

delve deeper into the f. 'scientific side of citriculture. Allen Mcrr-Go-Round V-- Oaston (Zeigfeld) Wiley rounds uj Kiwanis revue 'Performers 4 The show will pay for high-" school, banl uniforms i Terry wisely warns every- he te get in ahead of the last- minute poll tax rush At Austin Homer Leonard, Hidalgo member 6f' the-house, puts in. a good word I6f D. Xenophon Bible While Mrs.

Leonard is named president df the House Ladles' club Mrs. Rosina Lhevinne, here uith planlst-husbdhd from New Tork; "My only son likes Jazz music; that is how dose he comes to a musician" E. L. Luke did an excellent Job, by the of entertaining one of the world's' three most famous pianists and his wife Jodie Polk rarely -wears' a tie when op and about early Sunday 'morning Miss Sara, Thigpen. traditional "school Enter Contest Today; Win a Prize "People You Should Know" has scored a personal hit many times since starting the feature in The Daily Monitor.

We will never bo completely satisfied until several hundred more prizes have been passed out! If a large number of you local people will step up on the platform by sendng In your answers you will make us still happier and yourself richer. Mrs. H. C. Heath, 1411 Beaumont, entered the race for her first time and ran away with our two dollars today, and a few inches, behind came Mrs.

M. P. Wilson, Box 586, who receives a dollar. Many new sidelights we are gathering on these ever likeable persons from around and about their customary haunts and their friends, and shortly, no doubt you'll find ramhllngs on J. M.

Harbin, Dick Harris Jack French. W. S. Hauock; W. Heidleage.

W. E. Crawford, W. D. Zachmian and W.

Abbott." LAST WEDNESDAY'S BEACON FLASHES TELL US TnAT CHAS. H. REAGAN and ANDREW AONEW, cooperating business folk. who started their canning plant two months ago. plan to can 50,000 cases of, Sauerkraut and 60,000 cases of Tomatoes this season.

KELLY ELAM, whose rirst class Garage, 415 S. Broadway, is the longest established in McAllen under same ownership, started it first 16 years ago, where the Ford agency now stands. JEANETTE M. THOMPSON, who serves the best food that can bo obtained at the Las Palmas Coffee shop, 1316 Austin, hat. been owner of this delightful hungry-tiaie-favorite-spot, 12 momli JOHN BALDWIN, one of our quality dairymen, of Baldwin' Jersey Dairy.

404 Date Palm. as( for ten years been doing his level best every hour to please his patrons. P. W. CARTER, who keeps up to' the Radio tunes' of Carters Radio Service on East Highway, has 'been here three year; cnu chief here, did a new turn Sunday She helped direct a religious census of the town Telephone in the Rio Grande Valley Are amongr the few ver the nation not troubled with ley; cables this winter, reports L.

V. Germain v. Miss Mary Ann Hakens Jiked a fecent Monitor editorial on 4axes And Emil Jlichirds, grapefruit; ro 1 champ, kept a close eye, on thermometer, readings last -week rover Ehllnger's orchard "by the 'way, is still the test of Its kind in the community making radios hum exactly as -H.