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TAu.Tj woNiToay junt 25, 1932 Pose 1 Area Firms Crashes (Continued front Pt 1) House Asks Truman To Use Taft-Hartley Low Assassin Fails To Shoot Rhee As Gun Misfires PUSAN, Korea CB President Red Cross Meets July 1 To Plan Year's Prog ram Galveston Asks County Unit For Blood Donations EDINBURG An appeal from Galveston for Hidalgo County blood donors was received by the Hidalgo County Child Welfare unit this morning. The call came from John Sealey Hospital and the blood was aaked by most. Republicans and almost all the Southern Democrats. Administration Democrats and some Re ibUeans from blf Industrial areas voted aftlrut it, The Senate already has voted such a request. 1 Rep.

Brown (R-Ohlo) had pro posed that the Mouse "direct" use niMfniHM of afl count lvla and aarviee organizations, the press and radio and all members have been invttea attena we annual meeting of the Hidalgo fYnintv chanter of the Red Cross Tuesday. July 1. in Pharr, according to County Chairman Carl J. Klinger. A program of worx lor xne nini- Anzalduas (Continued from Page 1) of costs of the project allocated to irrigation or water supply pur- leea rhe Senate committee said the United States has a commitment with Mexico for Joint construction of the dam and added the primary purpose is flood control.

To delay construction until an agreement is worked out with wa ter users would Jeopardise the flood control project, the commit tee said. It also declared that Mexico i prepared to go ahead with the dain on it own, adding United State haa no assurances interests." As a result, th Senate committee rewrote the House amendment to knock out the ban on starting construction but providing that the dam shall not be operated for irrigation or other water-supply purposes In the United States unless arrangements have been made for water user to reimburse the government tor such costs. Heat (Continued from Page l) terday. It was 107 at Hill City, Kan. Nashville baked in a reading 01 iu7, tne city top June mark.

Prom the Nebraska prairie lands Grand Island reported a aUsling us. Tornado in Wisconsin A tornado struck in Northwest ern Wisconsin last night, the sec end in 14 hours. Violent wind and electrical storms swept Minneso is ror ui Mcono consecutive night. Th twister hit Rice Lake, de molishing and damaging several buildings, toppling a 480-foot radio tower aad knocking out power lines. One half th city of 1.911 po pulation was blacked out.

One youth was injured. Six" persona were injured hi Cleveland, TS mile southwest of Minneapolis, which appeared the hardest hit by the Minnesota storm. Several farm buildings were blown down, power and telephone line knocked out and several communities flooded. for Aletha Foster, 13. formerly of McAUen.

The child has been in the hospital for about a month and will probably undergo surgery. Eight blood donors aaked. The mother, Mrs. Edith Foster, now lives at George West. They moved from the Valley several months ago.

Miss Mary Jim Davis, supervisor of the unit, said she received the appeal this morning from Mrs. Foster -She did not know the reason for the request from Galveston. Markets fORT WORTH LIVESTOCK FORT WORTH. June SJ (if CatUt t.aOO: calves 7M; ateadr. good and ehabe sinusbter steers and yearlings tn-431; common te medium kinds $17-iii.

eull eerilnas I1S-417; bee! cows lltU-t'JO; aood and choice and prime slauhiet calres IJ7-I31; common end medium calves culls lt-sl7; stocker calves 18-130 M): stocker yaari tun n-n imam km si-i Ron (00; butcher hoes steadv te ccntes lowi'i; sows and plus unchanged; choice ISO-346 pound butchers (if 75-130; choice lift-175 pound end ISO-180 found hoes 117 50-tlS sows 114-II iO; sows 114-tUSO. heavv sows down te feeder piss llJ-lli. AN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK'. AN ANTONIO 11 Cattle: 300 calves 00: 1. 100 pound steera Ml: util ity yerrr.nsa ti-Sia so; commercial eommerclal and (ood calves 123-428: cull and utility 413-S20; medium.

end (ooa stocker eaives a no ycarnnns wj; commob 430-433; common stocker cows 113-414; feeder bulls 430-431. Hoes: 300: choice 1S0-T74 pound (30; 140 end iso pound is: me. alum 150 pound 41(75; aowe motly 117 id-tit; to pound feeder piss lis .74. Weslaco Lions Hear Report WESLACO Wesley Ryan gave a first nana report on activities at Boys State for members of the Lions Club here at th weekly luncheon Tuesday. Wesley's was sponsored by the Lions.

He was introduced by Leo Ryan, program chairman and bis brother. 'A Attendance Chairman J. D. Haas reported the club has stretched its 100 per cent perfect attendance to 42 Guests for the meeting were Clifford Scott of Weslaco. Bob Baxter of Edinburg and M.

E. Ward and Tom Clarke of Dallas. Yeslaco Legion Post Elects WESLACO Sid Barnett has been elected commander the Weslaco American Legion post to succeed Craig Grover. Barnett and other new officer win be totalled officially te October. Other officers are Roy Jensen, first vie commander; Jack Wie- derholt.

second vice commander: Dick Garrett, finance officer; Al Ludwlg, adjutant; J. J. Poinbeouf, chaplain; Don Ligon and Dan Clegg, sergeants-at-arms; Hugh Vittetoe, historian; Oscar Abel. E. L.

Fras and James Stone, executive committee members. British Signs Urge Acheson Go Home OXFORD, England (JV Big whit signs reading "Acheson Go Horn" and Yank Go wer found plastered on streets; and buildings of this university VASHTNOTOH Th House joined with the Senate to-day requesting1 President Tr man to try to Hop the three-week-Id steel strike by using the Taffc 'Hartley taw, It wrote the "request" Into ware-priceontrol bill on which final vote still must be taken. after refusing to "direct th President to take injunction ae-4ion. The standing vote for the injunction "request" was 190 to 133. The "request" was embodied in amendment offered by Rep.

It was supported Weather ALL IT FORECAST Scattrnd clouds and contlniMd tun throusa Thursday. Afternoon blf ha from (a rf-Ztrtt im the tout to iwmr In the Jkiiaetaaj.Edlnnur eta, lew (anight 74 to It- Moderate te tmb eoutherlr winn unn the altwaeoo iiKull sunset 7 is em. cmmiflB laureaer S' a m. RIO GRANDE The rlr U1 etnue lew fee the Mil three nays treat Del Rla te areajneillle. TTXCS Thursday Hlh at 34 s.ss, low a' em.

SOUTH CSliTRAt, TEXAS Partlf 1 cloud Wrtmrti), Weaneeea, night ad Tbcnday with wldal acatterc ahoeren and thOBdanhewcra near the Teatpenteia tnerts Hick Lev Bain AmsrtllJ Atlaau 71 a 74 Ble Sarlne 77 Bronnevtfia IS Chleaf S3 Corpus Christ! SI Dei HI ST Denver -SO Dee Moines Dvtitl ab Vt El fae ran Wert M. Houston a Jackeaavine Kansas City Memphis Mexico City ...71 Minnas potts (T Mootemr N.w Orleans Mew Tork ..............11 North. Platte .44 Okiahoean City Pittsburgh. St. loule Bmm Antonio .43 Srtrsvepore.

Wsshlnctaa 7 T7 TS It 7t 74 77 tl 7t 4 77 7S se 7 7 as 7e 74 McAUen Firm Gets Now Harbor Contract BROWNSVILLE Work win started tomorrow by Wells and White of atcAuea an moving dirt oa th ait of the new shrimp-boat harbor 4AS miles down, the ship chaw 1 from rort Brownsville. Th Brownsville Navigation District awarded the contract to th McAUen firm Tuesday after. bom en its low bid of IJe.lJS, Port Director F. W. Hofmekel a4d to day.

Congratulations MeAIXXN-T Mr. nd Mrs. Si- men) Gonzales en the tatrth of a daughter Tuesday it Me Alien Mun icipal Hospital. MISSION-TO Mr. and Uq.

Robert Miranda on the birth of a so today at McAIlea Municipal Hospital. EDCOTJCB To Mr. and Mrs- John Schxnalzried on th birth a ton, June SI, at Mercedes General Hospital. The Infant weighed eight pounds, eight ounce. LTilODSGG i ifinj( V.iii MCKX tf SIX RCSS CCUCC2 Wean tsy i T1- nHi awn.

MwaMiinawenillwelfce saatss. aassienMul nadnlX ing year wOT be set up at the meet, ing which will be held at the Kb wan is Hall and six new director to serve for a three-year period will nmed. A nominating com. mittee to select director Include Tracey Halliburton of Pharr; R. M.

Clark of Elsa and Mrs. Vernon HUI of Mission. A complete financial report will also be read at th July I meeting. Klinger reported today that fl9. 536.85, or approximately, on third if the $32,000 goal had been collected in the annual Red Croat fund drive.

Leading the list of eleven communities making contribution to the Red Cross drive, was McAllen with S3.333.M. Mission wa eeeM with while Edinburg wag in third place with tl.TJ4.t0. Following wa Pharr, with 494.98, Alamo. J681.M, Mercedes, $447.50. Elsa-Edeouch.

$383.76. Weslaco. $102. San Juan, $33. La Joy, $31.10.

Donna. Ms and tha Zonta International $30. Due to the Increasing number of servicemen, additional funds are necessary to gtv them the service reouiied. Anv oerson or firm not yet contacteo who wish to con tribute to the Red Cross, may send their contribution to th office, PO Box 963, Pharr. Texas.

A member ship card will be mailed to all contributors oi 91 or more. First Bole Ginned At Los Fresnos BROWNSVILLE The first bale of cotton in Lo Fresno, and first bale reported in Cameron County for 1953. was picked yesterday and ginned by the Farmer Gin Assc elation of Lo Fresnos. Grown by Manuel Dtag of Lea Fresnos, th cotton weighed 631 pounds and waa taken to Harlin gen today sold. 'in 1 in "Suffered 7 -then I found Pao brings anting syt Mr.M.

Ut Ugelse, emaraimi town ainewi at null sues. nith eoattuagrue. Acts ntrelieae pern, riding i. Lebnaue err. aarenea Bans.

rMaa it eraiklne. reduce aa-flHtM. Daa't msa neertlcw lartura ei Simple atlw. Gel faae (ar conUartinf reliel. Ask four doctor sbeut rt.

forsontorr lona er tubea arita narierstei sie, eai Oiaeeenl see MAeieMensrw '0 TO Syngmaa Rhee today narrowly escaped assassination by a member of a Korean secret society as he addreiaed a crowd of .000 on the second anniversary of the Korean War. The would-be killer drew a Ger man-made plsto) and pulld the trigger only five feet from Rhee. The cartridge did not fire. The faun was seized by military police and bystanders and thrown across the speaker's platform into the lap of U.S. Ambassador John Muccio, Lt.

Col. Herbert Harmon. Hemp. stead. N.Y..

and Capt. F. William Tench of Honolulu helped subdue him. Harmon hit the armed man twice and Tepch wrested th gun from him. Polio (Continued Iron rag crippling malady.

The group said it had brought in 35 late type iron lungs and eight hospital respirators. Some medical authorities consider 30 eases per 100,000 populate epidemic. Houston's population rougluy arounu eou.oOw with 300,000 additional living inside the county. Conference Slated Meanwhile, hospital administrators of DaUas. Wichita Falls, and Tyler scheduled a conference in Fort Worth Friday with Lowell Hudson, administrator of Fort Worth's City-County Hospital.

Hudson said he called the meeting to make arrangements for City-County to discontinue taking patients from outside its 15-county area. Hudson said he hoped Wichita Falls and Tyler hospitals could take some of the polio cases near Fort Worth and Dallas. City-County is the only hospital in Fort Worth treating polio patients. Five new cases of th disease were diagnosed in Fort Worth Tuesday, bringing to 44 the num. ber of patients in the City-County polio ward.

Corpus another spot hard bit by polio, had 101 cases in it Memorial Hospital at last reports. B'noi Brith Founder In Valley Honored HARLINGEN Members ef the Valley B'nai Brith. Lodge 1360, voted yesterday to change the name to Marc Moumoel in honor of th founder of th first B'nai Brith in the Valley. The group met here in the Temple Beth Israel and made plans to formally honor Baumoel in ceremonies at Brownsville in August. Baumoel was present end reported on the district convention which attended at Hot Springs, Ark, as delegate.

He is to years old and i a shoe salesman. Upper Valley members present at Monday' meeting were Mike Fallek. president; Dr. George Rahinowitx. secretary; Moe Adams, treasurer; Sam Lack, past president, all of Mc Allen; J.

B. Goldberg, Harry Weisfeld and J. Grabner pf Pharr. Body of Drowned Man is Recovered PORT ISABEL Body of Frank Greer, 21-year-old Los Fresno resident, was recovered from the Laguna Msdr at Port Isabel about noon Tuesday, ending a 40- hour Search He drowned while swimming late Sunday, Services wer to be held at 3 p. m.

today in th First Baptist Church of San Benito. Burial wa to be in the Mont iteta uemetery. San Benito. He is survived by his wife and parents of Los i. Fresnos.

Some primitive peoples kill all twins as soon a they are bora because they represent bad luck while others honor them as repre- senting good hick. LAST TIMES TONIGHT 7inY. 1 3 COLOR CARTOONS III ftnll SI Get Charters Meatier Austin Bunas AUSTIN Six McAUen area concerns with 172,000 combined capital stock were granted dom estic charters this week, Secretary of Stale Jack Ross disclosed today. They are; Texan Real Estate Bales Mc Allen, DO-year charter, water control (real estate), 1,000 eap. tal stock, all paid in.

Incorpora tors are H. F. Moffitt, J. T. Cross and La Verne Cross.

Beck-Williamson. Harlin-gen, 50 years, real estate, capital stock of 110,000, ail paid. in. corporators; Qeorg H. Reck, Dorothy Cbiley Beck and Joe Wll.

lismson. Frontier Produce Company, Brownsville, 50 years, agricultural commodities, 10,000 In capi. tal stock, all paid. Incorporators I Lillian S. Dyer, V.

B. Thompson and C. W. Stuermer. 8.

M. Parker Building San Benito, SO years, real estate, 14,000 capital stock, all paid. In corpora 8. Jane R. and J.

Lloyd Parkr. International Organic and Ml' nereis Pharr, 50 years, inter, national trade, 3,000 capital stock, of which S3.T30 is paid in. Incorporators: Spencer P. Whippe, O. Schuster and Raymond First Baptist Church, Weslaco, Texas, 50 years, public worship, no capital stock, incorporators: A.

8. Pike. G. W. Sensing and i.

uouna. Group Pushes Island Road AUSTIN Delegations from five Texas gulf counties today called on th 8tat Highway Com. mission to build a ISO-mile coastal highway they claimed capable of developing "ine greatest acres, tional center on the North Amer ican Continent" The highway would run the en tire length of Padre and Mustang Islands, linking Port Isabel with Port Aransas. Sen. Rogers Keller of Edinburg at a public hearing called the project the most important ever to confront a highway commission.

There, is no estimate of the possible millions of additional visitors it could bring to Texas year. Kelley said. It would mean a new vacatiorUend, new revenue for Texas and relief for other over loaded highways paralleling the proposed one. he said. Commission Chairman E- H.

Thornton Jr. agreed there was no question about the area being "a Riviera." Cbst of th road was estimated at to ti million dollars. It was proposed as king-range, state-wide project. Cameron. Willacy, Kened.r, Kleberg and Nueces Counties were represented.

New Reynosa Gas Line Completed REYNOSA A second gas pipeline from Reynosa. to carry Mexican to industrial users in MonUrrey, was completed this week by Pemex (Petroleo Mexi-canoe) and is now ready for operation. The gas will be distributed by Gas Industrial, suppliers of big industry in Monterrey. Previously gas from well in th Weslaco area had been purchased by Mexico for use in Monterrey. The first pipeline built by Pmn fmm Rcvnnaa tn Mnnter.

i rey has been carrying gas for residential users. I Meanwhile. Reynosa. in the heart of the north Mexico development and with a Pera. gas well inside the city limits has no gas line of its own and uses omy ooiuea gas Bougni id the United States.

Local residents, citing an in-1 crease in price of bottled gas i from 19 to 30 pesos per 60 kilos, 27 to 2 pesos, plan to agitate xvor nsiauauon or a mjcbi gas pipeline to service th city. LAST TIMETtONIGHT mr II BLACK HOUSE Extra 6 and th return trip afoot with him told county patrolmen he and Lopes had become tired and went to sleep by the aid of the road. Lopes, he said, became confused when awakened by approaching headlights and ran into the path wo car. Ceballo Funeral Horn. Edin burg, is completing arrangements, Cano was decorated for single-handedly wiping out a German machine gun nest in December of 1944.

A private In the infantry, he used a bazooka and hand grenades in the action which won him the nation's highest wartime commendation. Cano was presented th medal by Gen. Jonathan wamwripnt in a ceremony on the courthouse lawn at Edinburg witnessed by high ranking U.S. and Mexican mi litary officers. "Pedro Cano Day" was pro claimed by former Mayor W.

D. Wood roof in April of 1M and a street was named for him. Cano, driving a pickup, wa In a collision with a car driven by James S. Kidwiler. 63, of McAUen.

investigating officers said, and died en route to Grandview Hospi. oital from the accident scene on Highway 281. Kidwiler was still in Grandview Hospital today for observation. Services for Cano have been set otivly Skinner Mortuary reported. They are penning return of his mother nd sister from Michigan.

He is survived by his wife, a son, Susano, two daughters. Do-minga, and Maria, and his mother, Mrs. Nicolasa Cano, all of Edinburg; and a sister, Mrs. Al. bina Martines, Mercedes.

Pharr Has Gala Booster Party PHARR The June Booster Par ty of tne Pharr of fJom- mercn Hntail Merchants iTOUD was the flrvt party of the seeond year ot Booster activities, i evnnintf at the Texan Hotel, utrm Milton Allen Shields, of Else, was awarded $41, in Pharr Bonus Money. The program was mao up bt ntirinna nf "Tiesome Road' rut "AM Man River" bv Mr. Paul Mellenhruch, and typical dances. Misa Evangeline uonmes oanceu "Hungarian Rhapsody No, and Pevgy Doneis danced "Las Chap. nee as." Dixie Eubank and Phyllis Fox entertained with dance and song arrangements of "Slowpoke" and "Bairn th Jack." Alba Rhythm Maker and The Dixie Land Band played for dancing.

1 I-'1''- Pogenstecher Named For Valley CC Post i Charles A- Pagenstecher, execu. ttvm nt thai Vail ev Mercantile Com pany, vas selected by McAHen di rector ot we vawey Commerce, a their nominee to succeeJ James suie, rengneo luwaiuis of a conflict in meetinr tin-. with the Junior ChamDcr Of rnmnnwre Pagenstecher Is expected to nnninted bv President BvroB be rwi. nl th Vftllpv chamber, with ratification expected by the board on July 14. proposea new lev chamber director, known to his friends as "Peggy," is an active civic and club worker in McAUen.

He is a son-in-law of Percy Herman r.ioneer Vallev merchant and a long time civic leader in McAllen. SAVE- Children's plsyclothes and bathing suits. Values to $4 9 your choice, only $1 98 at the Children's Shop, 1411 Highway, McAllen. Mill (St Or fHAII Pharr 7 ST73 Opens at UST TIMES WED. A FAMILY PUN TREAT 8EE ejuroctPH SCOTT PLUS FIVE CARTOONS MR.

MAOOO-roPCVI-TSKRT BEARS-CHIP DA1X-TUM Aua toa co.vuoai LAST DAY WED. STARTS THURSDAY HURRY Dial I I wi tucauT woexAW lj LAST DAY! I of the law rather than simply "request" It. There was hot debate leading up to the voting There was hot debate leading Up to the voting. At the one extreme, a Republican shouted that what the House should do is impeach Truman. Wolcott (R-Mlch.) "This action is short of impeachment because there is no time for impeachment" On the ether side.

Rep. Ipence (D-Ky.) argued that Congrats ought not to "throw fuel on the flames' -of a situation which has 50,000 CIO steelwerkers on strike and more than 100.000 others Idle te allied industries for lack of steel. And Rep. Mutter (D-NT) declared that getting an 0-day anti-strika court order under the T-H taw would be "neither fair nor effective." Donna Man Gets New Prison Term EPINBURO A 11-year-old Don. na mau was sentenced to his second term la the state penitentiary today on a wife and child deser.

lion charge. He was Abet Martina, charged with abandoning his wife and two children. and Judge I. N. Mc Whnrtor of Ktnd District Court meted out the two-year term when Martins pleaded guilty.

Martin previously had been convicted and served a two-year term handed down from find District Court on the same charge. Boy Hurt In Scooter Mishap SAN JUAN Paul Sternberg, 13, of San Juan, was treated and re leased last night at McAUen Mu nicipal Hospital tor injuries re ceived In a motor scooter acei dent Sternberg was riding en the back of the scooter driven by Joseph Ruland. 14, of San Juan. The accident, officers said, occurred at th intersection of Lincoln and Ninth Sis. in gaa Juan when Ru land drove the scooter into the aide of a truck.

Driver of the truck was identi fied ferapio Sous of Alamo. Seaman Bitten By Hippo Gets $65,000 NEW TORK Seamen Rob ert H. Rawlins, 43. won a Fed eral Court jury award of 163,000 venterdnv because a himioMLunus he was assigned to feed bit off his right arm. The incident occurred last sum mer when the hippo was being brought here from Africa for the Central Park Zoo aboard th freighter Africa Star.

Rawlins sued the ship's owner. Farrell Lines Inc. WIRES CATCH FIRE Shortly before nort today the McAUen Volunteer Depart ment was called to S14 North Eleventh where outdoor electrical wire had crossed and caught est fire. Th wires were on the property of Mrs. Bertha eras home, p.

cuunagc was done. ASPIRIN AT ITS BEST grlt thn a tablet 50 SQUARE YARD LAID McAlW ONE COAT ENAMEL town today but the U- S. Secre-foU A NEW IMPROVED GLAM0RUG ''4 i PINTS PINTS PINTS- Reg. $1.29 Reg. 79c In plain colors which give you the luxurious effect of an ex-pensive carpet at the amazing low cost of only tary of state apparently didn't see them.

ucajiers were cauea our; eany to remove the whitewash-painted signs as quickly a they were die- i covered- One slogan was slapped on building at Wadham College. Where Acheson dined last night. It is believed that the harp originated from music produced by warriors who twanged the strings of their bows. EDINBURG LAST TIMES TODAY fi 2i UrroimTion- SOX OF THE POrvs BRAVE LITTI-E BAT LATEST NEWS AIR CONDITIONED MDJIUN tf TQKtBWt AJfD THtTtSOAT JOn WATNB JOA BLOMDnX ADY FOR A NIGHT I rV 1 TOMCSZ AM InUBSPAY srrnrni TACT I KATiuniM surBtnrK "PAT ex to 4 BEAUTY BROOM UTUS GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE WITHOUT OBLIGATION Good Quality, Stitch, Wire Bound, New Crop Green Straw. Regular $2.00 COTMiMt TifM Atraiift.

Amy Purchase) 11" 39 Meaey At wt-ft Ik BlwwS" "Shaw Mor rr I T0NITE AT 8:00 I I SURPRISE FEATURE I I BIO SHOWS 1 PRICE 11 7 TEL 1200 MISSION McALLIN UINIUC WESLACO SAN JUAN lt aT.

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