The Monitor from McAllen, Texas • 1

NEWS EAST cloudy DIE going hourly tion. McALLEN: Noon Monitor Grande south portions, probably rain in M'ALLEN DAILY LY MONITOR 25: 50 degrees warmer Tuesday in tonight north HIDALGO COUNTY'S OIL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWB SERVES THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN AMERICA Price 6 Cents SIX PAGES TWENTY SEVENTH YEAR NO. 283. McALLEN, TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1937. HALF MILLION HOMELESS IN RIVER SECTOR: FOOD.

WATER PROVISIONS HIT City of Palms Galloping Grapefruit Most convincing proof that. the nation started clamoring for Texas grapefruit and oranges almost overnight following the catastrophic freeze in California was oftered in McAllen at 2 a. m. Sunday. At that hour a long freight train pulled through McAllen.

So heavy was its string of refrigerator cars the shipment had to run in three sections. The load likely was one of the heaviest seen here in some timebut may not be as large as some yet to leave. Texas grapefruit is 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 bright red, delicate sweet peas, grown in her North Main street garden and plucked on a recent morning when temperatures were ranging below the forties. Not only unusual for this season of the year, the flowers were unusual in that they were solid red. The name is "Bright Light," Mrs. Phelps confided.

Stores Splurging By Mynatt Smith- Texas grocery firms are not missing 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. Dallas, Houston and San Antonio stores featured in the eek end's advertising major quotations on Texas grapefruit and oranges. One Dallas, firm, the sate-Way and Piggly Wiggly unit, used of a solid page ad in the Dallas News to tell the story of Texas fruit and its price. Energetic Envoy One McAllen girl who isn't missing an opportunity to advertise her state and the Rio Grande Valley is Miss Rowena Humphreys daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

L. E. Humphreys of McAllen and student of the University of Illinois at Champaign. Now majoring in public speaking, she was recently selected from the school's enrollment of 16,000 students as one of the most promising elocutionists on the campus. No one at the university knows her as Rowena or Miss Humphreys.

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 Southern states. Local folks remember her for her annual recitals and the fact that she won six first and two second places in nine declamation contests during her high school days, She is now a sophomore at U. of I. Citrus Schooling Over at Edinburg Tuesday the sixth annua: Texas Citrus institute will get under way early in the afternoon for a busy series of five sessions.

Leaders in the Texas eitrus industry will appear on the program, and scores of informative features have been arranged for those attending. Valley ditrus growers not miss this opportunity to delve deeper into the scientific side of citriculture. McAllen Merry-Go-Round Gaston (Zeigfeld) Wiley rounds up Kiwanis revue performers The show will for high school band uniforms Terry Keefer, wisely warns everyone to get in ahead of the lastminute poll tax rush. At Austin Homer Leonard, Hidalgo member of the house, puts in, a good word Tor D. Xenophon Bible While Mrs.

Leonard is named president dr the House Ladies' club Rosina Lhevinne, here with Her pianist-husband from New York: "My only son likes jazz music; that de how close he comes to being a musician" E. L. Luke did an excellent job, by the way, of entertaining one of the world's three most famous pianists and his wife Jodie Polk rarely wears tie when up and about early Sunday morning Miss Zara Thigpen, -traditional school census chief here, did a new turn Sunday She helped direct a religions census of the town Telephone linemen in the Rio Grande Valley are among the few over the nation not troubled with Icy. cables this winter, reports L. Germain Mias Mary Ann Makens liked a recent Monitor editorial on taxes Emil Richards, grapefruit growing champ.

kept a close eye on thermometer. readings last week Grover Ehlinger' orchard thermometer, by the way, is still the bent of its kind in the community OVER SAFETY ANXIOUS 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. sisters of Charles Fred N. L.

Gantner Wadlington, of McAllen, is a resident of Paducah, a city of 30,000 population which 18 totally cut off save for a short radio set. Gantner's mother and sister reside at Henderson, which is in no danger from flood waters. SOLONS SCORE 'HOT OIL' WORK Senate Report Swats at Former Attorney General Aides. AUSTIN, Jan. 25- (P)-A majority of the senate's Investigating.committee, denounced the adminstration of the "hot oil' confiscation law by the attorney general's department and practices of the Texas petroleum council, in a report issued today.

Aiming especially at former ascistant attorney generals, the report said the "practice of former state officials and employes of participating in litigation on which they previously represented the state" should be prohibited by law. E. N. Stanley, the railroad commission's chief enforcement officer in 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. Dallas, attorney for the 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 ISAREL, 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 floodstricken area.

All available men are being assembled by the coast guard to aid in the rescue work. Enter Contest Today; Win a Prize RUSSIA ALONE 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 all powers concerned in the strife concur and when. effective control. measures are decided upon.

Great Britain and France have already acted in this particuiar. Russia said she would participate in 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 peace up to Germany. Meantime, rain halted the Insurgent bombardments of Madrid. The government announced that 450,000 non-combatants have now evacuated the capital city.

City Calendar Monday, Jan. 25: 7:30 p. Reception and program for winter visitors, First 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 Clipper." Tuesday, Jan. 26: 8:30 a. Conducted tour for tourists to Bayview, Port Isabel and Erownsviile, leaving chamber of commerce building. 12:05 p. McAllen Kiwanis club, Casa de Palmas hotel.

2 p. Tourist bridge and dancing, Club Royale. Palace theatre: Joe E. Brown in "Polo and "March of Time." Queen theatre: "China Clipper." Rain to Bar Trip If rain is falling Tuesday morning, the proposed 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 weather will cause the postponement, as all plans are otherwise completed, the tour conductor said.

"People You Should Know' has scored a personal hit many times since starting the feature in The Daily Monitor. We will never be 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 ramblings on J. M. Harbin, Dick Harris Jack French, W. S. Hallock, E.

W. Heidleage, W. E. Orawford, W. D.

Zachman and R. W. Abbott. LAST WEDNESDAY'S BEACON FLASHES TELL US THATCHAS. H.

REAGAN and ANDREW AGNEW, cooperating business folks 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 first 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. be obtained at the Las Palmas Coffee shop, 1316 Austin, has JEANETTE M.

A TO THOMPSON, who serves the best food that can been owner of this delightful hungry-time-favorite-spot, 12 month 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 Carter's Radio Service on East Highway, has been here three years making radios hum exactly as they should. VALLEY LISTS PRODUCERS AT WILDCAT SITE New Wells in Hidalgo1 and Starr Sectors Are Completed During Week-End.

Special to The Monitor EDINBURG, Jan. 25-Completion of new wildcat wells in Hidalgo and Starr counties was recorded Monday, giving the Grande Valley an unusual development spurt. Pantano Petroleum corporation's No. 1 James MacDougall, six miles, east of Edinburg in the new Lag Blanca prospect of eastern Hidalgo county, came in during the week-end for production. through; casing perforations 7867-75 feet under original pressures of 3000 pounds on tubing and 1500 pounds casing on a 1-8 inch tubing choke.

Pressure gradually settled down to 2800 pounds on tubing and 2600 pounds on casing. Not estimate on production has been made, since the well is still cleaning. It is making a large amou distillate gas and wash water. Nearby, Sterling -Oil Refining corporation's No. 1.

John C. seven mites Edinburg, was spudded it Monday and is drilling ahead to set surface casing. AT The other new Valley producer is Moss Heard's 1 Sanford B. Ricaby, six miles northeast of Rio Grande C'ly, seat of Stafr county. After plugging back to (See OIL, Page 2) PAUL ELECTED SCOUTLEADER Former Amarillo Man to Become Executive of Valley Council.

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 council, informed C. H. Britton of McAllen, council. president. Monday that he had accepted the post.

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 -at a meeting of the council's executive board next Monday night at Mercedes. The new Valley scout executive succeeds John L. Leslie, who left the Valley Jan.

1 to take a position in the land commissioner'? office at Austin. Leslie had served as executive for about three years. Paul is the former Panhandle council excutive and comes to the Valley with high recommendations, said Britton. Pharr Building Permits for First Few Weeks of 1937 Hit $11,000 Mark. Special to The Monitor PHARR, Jan.

25 Construction work valued at $11,000 has started at Pharr this month, setting a good pace for building activity in 1937. according to permits issued at the city, hall. Johnnie Janick is building a duplex apartment house. to cost $4000. H.

G. Skeans, McAllen, is the contractor. Joe Leddel has let a contract to Harry Bigger, San Juan. for a $3500 seven-room residence. Fred S.

Franks of Junetion is. building $3500 fourroom brick veneer house. Vickers Back in Valley EDINBURG, Jan. 25- Chief Deputy Sheriff E. E.

Vicker: had returned today from a trip to Oklahoma City, called their by the illness: of his brother, William Vickers. Deputy Vickers said there was considerable snow from Denton, Tex. north to Oklahoma. Blazing Gasoline Tanks Ride Water As Latest Menace LATE WIRE MDIVANI IMPLICATED MOSCOW, Jan. 25-4P) Confessed plotters against Russia today implicated and caused the arrest of Bydy Mdivani, brother of the "marrying" Mdivanis, ant, Georgian princes.

and also testitied that the exiled Leon Trotzky be backed Seventeen the movement. trial persons are on here. 23 REPORTED DROWNED MIAMI, Jan. 25- (AP)A motor bus overturned in 1 canal west of here today, 'and 23 of the 29 passengers were reported to have been killed, according to a negro porter, Robbert Singleton, who managed to escape and rescue the others. The victims were trapped in the water.

GUERRA DEATH CLAIMS EARLY STARR LEADER Mrs. Virginia C. Guer- a Succumbs at Roma; Funeral Is Set for Tuesday. Special to The Monitor RIO GRANDE CITY, Jan. 25- Death today had ended the colorful; pioneering career of Mrs.

Virginia Cox Gurra. 77, wife of the late Manuel Guerra, manager of his vast property. holdings in Starr county since his death in 1915, 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 m.

Sunday. Her health had been failing for some time. Funera! services will take place at 9 a. m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Refuge church in Roma, with the Rev.

Father Eugene Regent officiating. Interment will be at Roma cemetery. To Border With Father Mrs. Guerra came to the Texas border shortly after the 1850's with her pioneering father, Noah Cox, native of Ohio, who spent many years here as an abstractor and business man. He died before the turn of the century.

In 1877 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 continued in active 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 develonment 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 ir. positions in the county. Included in the list of survivors are the sons: Manuel Guerra, Rio Grande City, state cigaret tax inspector: Horacio P. Guerra.

rancher and county commissioner of Starr county: Fred Guerra, active vice president of the First State Bank Trust company of Rio Grande, City; Gustavo Guerra, sheriff of Starr counEmilio Guerra, Rio Grande City druggist and president of the Rio Grande City school hoard; Julio Guerra, cafe owner and former Starr county district clerk: and James Guerra, president of the sons has been active for many the Roma school board. Bach years in the development of Starr county. Regret Widely Expressed In addition to the sons, seven grandsons and five granddaughters survive, as do three sisters Misses Clotilde and Florentina Cox of Roma and Mrs. Jacobo Guerra of Rio Grande City, Widespread regret was expressed throughout the county at Mrs. Guerra's passing today.

Her death, however, was not unexpected. She was reported saturday and Sunday to have been sinking rapidly, ORANGE I PRICE JUMPS TO $25 PER TON HERE California Situation Affecting Quotations on Texas Citrus Stock Slightly. Increased prices on citrus fruit in the Rice Grande Valley were uniformly reported Monday as the effect of the 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 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, rains Monday tended to retard harvesting crews. Meanwhile sales of Texas fruit resulting from the nationwide advertising campaign of the National Association of. Food Chains. have virtually cleared all supplies in terminal markets, according.

to. Information received Monday by A. C. Barnhart of McAllen, chairman of the Rio Grande Valley committee co-operating in the campaign. Barnhart.

also announced the re(Sce CITRUS, Page 2) KILDAY TAKES M'ALLEN POST San Antonian Named to Local Parish of Catholic Church. The Rev. Father Frank Kilday, instructor and coach at St. Anthony's college at San Antonio for the past 10 years, is expected, to arrive in McAllen Tuesday to assume his new duties as priest of the McAllen Catholic parish, the local rectory announced Monday. News of the appointment of Father' Kilday was received here Sunday from San Antonio.

The San Antonio priest will succeed 'the Rev. Father Charles J. Siemes, who left Sunday night via train for Eagle Pass, where he serve in the future. Father Siemes has been in McAllen for the past several years, and has been widely known for his. church ach tivity.

Father Kilday con. to McAlJen with a long record outstanding. work. He was 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 Castorville and was ordained a priest In 1926. Beginning in 1927 at St. Anthony's as an instructor, he taught science, history and Spanish. From 1929 to 1935 he served As football coach.

winning Southwest Academic league titles in 1983 and 1934. Father Kilday is a brother of Police Chief Kilday of San Antonio and of Tom Kilday, who won all-America mention while playing football at West Point. The latter is now in the army service as an officer. Valley Woman Said Accidentally Shot Special to The Monitor RIO HONDO, Jan. 25-While she was trying to unload a .38 calibre automatic pistol, Miss Helen Buchanan, 23, Rio Hendo Here keeper, was shot above She the was taken heart Sunday night.

to the Valley Baptist hospital: at Harlingen, where her wound was not listed as serious. The bullet entered her left shoulder and coursed downward. Cameron Traffic Officer Lawson Anglin and State Highway Patrolman G. W. Modestte investigated the affair.

By Associated Press Power, war and food hazard of fire and disease valley, focal point of the swept into 10 states, leaving sons homeless and 58 dead. Cincinnati feared that its off, leaving the city to the Blazing gasoline tanks riding bringing a great menace. Louisville, Ky. was in 000 homeless, while rioting in the Kentucky state prison left at a dozen reported dead. Evacualion of the marooned prisoners was FLOOD SECTOR RELEASE SEEN County Asks Action to Speed Project; Parley up Tuesday.

Special to The Monitor EDINBURG, Jan. 25- Judge Oliver C. Aldrich announced this morning that he Commissione: Joe Atkinson sought to have floodway acreage north of Mercedes released from the pending county-bank suit, when they were at Dallas Saturday for 3 hearing in federal court on. the American' Rio Grande Land, and Irrigation company's petition to reorganize. Satisfactory answers, however, were hot 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 reguiar Monday session was postponed today. Judge Oicie Speer of the state barking commission told Judge Aldrich at Dallas that he would be agreeable toward removing the floodway, in land which from the American countyLand company intervened, the judge reported. The International Boundary commission has informed the couniy that it plans to let contracts soon for construction work on that part of the Valley's levee, system, end desires that the transferred to the federal government. While the land is tied up in court suits, 'a clear title can not be presented.

Members of 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. Catterlin, Kansas 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 the payment of delinquent road taxes." The agency has refused to mako 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 enjoyed a fishing trip aboard the Valley Navy club's vessel at Port Isabel Sunday but failed to catch any fish because of rough seas and murky weather, members of the party reported Monday. The group was taken about 25 miles out in the gulf to the snapper banks.

W. H. G. Slaymaker, formerly of McAllen, condueted the party, which was arranged by the local post of the American Legion. Two Cases Tried Special to The Monitor PHARR.

Jan. 25- Two cases were handled by Justice of the Peace R. L. Savage in Pharr Sunday and Monday. M.

W. Carr was fined $30 and costs charges of as ault and battery. Failing to pay the tine, he was committed to I Jail. J. W.

Martin. charged with being drunk in a public place, was fined $1 and costa. Constable John Wesaling signed the shortages added to the Monday in the Ohio river mid-continent flood which has an estimated 500,000 perelectricity would be cut' mercy of water and flames. the swirling waters was darkness overnight with under way. The rood swept past Paducah, and the river continued further upstream.

Congress May Assist Cincinnati's 750,000 residents are faced by a water famine, following a $1,500,000 fire, the worst in the city's history. Word came from the White House that congress will be asked for an appropriation to pay. flood relief costs. American Red Cross asked for. a $4,000,000 contribution for immediate use.

The threat of disease outbreaks the Red Cross found the gravest in its long history, of fighting disaster in the United. States. The area apparently hardest hit extended roughly from Cincinnati -the. river's cityon. the north to' Evansville, Ind.

on the south. But the story of disaster reached far above on the Ohio: and on down to the Mississippi and' its tributaries. 77 Feet Cincinnati More than 36,000 persons were evacuated from Evansville; a national guard officer recommended the evacuation of the 28,000 restdents of New Albany, across the river from stricken, Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio ed 77 feet-25 feet above flood stage--while spectacular fires and threatened the already tragically hit city. Hardly had one series of fires along a three -mile front of flame- occasioned by the 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 2:0 flood surrounded houses.

Food WaS declared adequate there. Louisville, the river's second city, with a population of more than 300,000, faced darkness because of a projected power shutdown and 200,000 of Its residents were declared by its mayor to be homeless. The governor of Kentucky asked Washington to dispatch trooper of the regular army' to take the situation in hand but the army chief of staff. Major Malin Craig, said that did not appear necessary at the time. The general added several army supply depots had been opened for relief works; that 4,500 troops were assisting in relief and evacuation.

He said enough boats to evacuate Cah. Adding to Kentucky's horror were reports, not officially confirmed, that a dozen crazod convicts in the water-isolated state reformatory at Frankfort had died in riots. Outlook Said Bleak From Louisville, nearly 1000-retugees tvere put aboard a train for. Indiana--but they did not know their destination nor did many care. Although the Loulsville mayor had suggested as complete evacuation of the city as possible, SO curtalled were transportation facilittes that untold, difficulties were presented in moving so large population.

The outlook for Monday was anything but heartning. During the night: heavy rainfall was re ported in the flood areas and the forecast was for rain today over a wide area. Make Valley Highways Safe 1937 Valley Highway Death Toll: 3 in killed 1937 445 1937 Number of 1937 accidents: 38 1936 Death Toll in Valley: 48 Lives.