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House Asks Truman To Use Taft- Law WASHINGTON The House joined with the Senate today in requesting President Truman to try strike to stop the three eld steel by using TaftHartley law, It wrote the into wage-price-control bill on which final vote still must be taken, after refusing to "direct" the President to take injunction action. The standing vote for the injunetion "request" was 190 to 133. The "request" was embodied in an amendment offered by Rep. It was supported Veather VALLEY FORECAST Scattered clouds and continued warm through Thursday, Afternoon highs from 88 detrees on the coast to near 98 in the Mission-Edinburg area, lows tonight 74 to 78. Moderate to fresh southerly winds during the afternoon at 20 to 25 m.p.h SUNSET today 7:25 p.m.

SUNRISE Thursday 5:40 a.m. RIO GRANDE -The river will tinue low for the next three days from Del Rio to Brownsville. TIDES Thursday- at 7:34 a.m., low 11:50 SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS Partly cloudy Wednesday. Wednesday night and Thursday with widely scattered showers and thundershowers near the cup Moderate to fresh southerly winds on the coast Temperature Reports High Low Rain Amarillo Atlanta Big Spring Brow neville Chicago Corpus Christi Del Bio Denver Des. Moines Detrol El Paso Fort Worth Houston Jacksonville Kansas City Memphis Mexico City Minneapolis 30 Monterrey .93 New Orleans New York 81 North Platte Oklahoma City Pittsburgh St.

Louis ....98 San Antonio Shreveport Washington McAllen Firm Gets New Harbor Contract BROWNSVILLE Work will be started tomorrow by Wells and White of MeAllen on moving dirt on the site of the new shrimp-boat harbor 4.42 miles down the ship channel from Port Brownsville. The Brownsville Navigation District awarded the contract to the McAllen firm Tuesday afternoon on its low bid of $34,125, Port Director F. Hetmokel said today. Congratulations McALLEN-To Mr. and Mrs.

men Gonzales on the birth of daughter Tuesday at McAllen Municipal Hospital. MISSION- TO Mr. and Mra. Robarto Miranda on the birth of son today McAllen Municipal Hospital. EDCOUCH- To Mr.

and Mrs. John Schmalzried on the birth of son, June 21, at Mercedes General Hospital. The infant weighed eight pounds, eight ounces. CALLOUSES To relieve painful burnor bottom of callouses D' Scholls Lino pads IT'S COOL in HOME of SUL ROSS COLLEGE for by most Republicans and almost all the Southern Democrats. Administration Democrats and some Republicans from big industrial areas voted against it.

The Senate already has voted such a request. Rep. Brown (R-Ohio) had proposed that the House "direct" use 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 said: "This action is short of impeachment because there is no time for On the other side, Rep. Spence (D-Ky.) argued that Congress ought not to "throw fuel on the flames" a situation which has 650,000 CIO steelworkers on strike and more than. 100,000 others idle in allied industries for lack of steel. And Rep.

Multer (D-NY) declared that getting an 80-day anti-strike court order under the T-H would be "neither fair nor effective." Donna Man Gets New Prison Term EDINBURG-A 31-year-old Donna man was sentenced to his second term in the state penitentiary today on a wife and deser. tion charge. He was Abel Martinez, charged with abandoning his wife and two children, 8 and 6. Judge S. N.

MeWhorter of 92nd District Court meted out the ar term when Martinez pleaded guilty. Martinez previously had been convicted and served a two-year term handed down from 92nd District Court on the same charge. Boy Hurt In Scooter Mishap SAN JUAN-Paul Sternberg, 13, of San Juan, was treated and released last night at McAllen Municipal Hospital for injuries received in a motor scooter accident. Sternberg was riding on the back of the scooter driven by Joseph Ruland, 14, of San Juan. The accident, officers said, occurred at the intersection of Lincoln and Ninth Sts.

in San Juan when Ruland drove the scooter into the side of a truck. Driver of the truck was identifled as Serapio Solis of Alamo. Seaman Bitten Hippo Gets $65,000 NEW YORK- Seaman Robert H. Rawlins, 43, won Federal Court jury award of $65,000 yesterday because a hippopotamus he was assigned to feed bit off his right arm. The incident occurred last summer when the hippo was being brought here from Africa for the Central Park Zoo aboard the freighter Africa Star.

Rawlins sued the ship's owner, Farrell Lines Inc. WIRES CATCH FIRE Shortly before noon today the McAllen Volunteer Department was called to 314 Eleventh where outdoor wires had crossed and caught on fire. The wires were on the property of Mrs. Bertha Ford's home. No damage was done.

ASPIRIN AT ITS BEST For less than a tablet St.Joseph 100 TALL A LOT ONLY 496 A NEW IMPROVED GLAMORUG In plain colors which give you the luxurious effect of an expensive carpet at the amazing low cost of only LET US GIVE YOU 50 AN ESTIMATE $4 SQUARE WITHOUT YARD LAID OBLIGATION Convenient Terms Arranged on Any Purchase HOME FURNISANC Shrouds McAllen 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 asked for Aletha Foster, 13. formerly of McAllen. The child has in the hospital for about a month and will probably undergo gery. Eight blood donors were asked. 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 PORT WORTH, June 25 (P) -Cattle 2,600: calves 750; steady, good and choice siaughter steers and yearlings $27-633; common to medium kinds $17- $25; cull yearlings beet cows good and choice and prime slaughter calves common and medium calves $17-825: culls stocker calves stocker yearlInes 817-827- stonier pows Hogs 800: butcher hogs steady to 25 centes lower; sows and pigs unchanged; choice 180-240 pound butchers $20; choice 150-175 pound and 250-380 pound hogs sows $14- 50W6 heavy SOWS down to $12; feeder pigs $13-816. SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK SAN ANTONIO (P) -Cattle: 200; calves 200; 1.100 pound steers $21; uttlIty yer rings commercial commercial and good calves $23-828: and utility medium and good. stocker calves and $23; common common stocker cows $12-614; feeder bulls Hogs: 200; steady; choice 180-270 pound $20; 140 and 350 pound $19; medium 150 pound sows mostly 90 pound feeder pigs $18.75. Weslaco Lions Hear Report WESLACO- Ryan gave first hand report on activities at Boys State for members of the Lions Club here at the weekly luncheon Tuesday. Wesley's trip was sponsored by the Lions.

He was introduced by Leo Ryan, program chairman and his brother. Attendance Chairman J. D. Haas reported the club has stretched its 100 per cent perfect atten1 danee to 42 weeks. a Clifford Guests Scott for the of meeting Weslaco.

were Bob Baxter of Edinburg and M. E. Ward and Tom Clarke of Dallas. Weslaco Legion Post Elects WESLACO Sid Barnett has been elected commander of the Weslace American Legion post to succeed Craig Grover. Barnett and other new officers will be intalled officially October.

Other officers are Roy Jansen, first vice commander; derholt, second vice commander: Dick Garrett, finance officer; Al Ludwig, adjutant; J. J. Poinbeouf, chaplain; Don Ligon and Dan Clegg, sergeants-at-arms; Hugh Vittetoe, historian; Oscar Abel. L. Frase and James Stone, executive committee members.

British Signs Urge Acheson Go Home OXFORD, England Big white signs reading "Acheson Home" and "Yank were found plastered on streets and of this university town today but the U. S. Secretary of state apparently didn't see them. Cleaners were called early to remove the whitewash-painted signs as quickly as they were discovered. One slogan was slapped on a 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, Citrus EDINBURG LOUIS CALMERN G-M PICTURE SONS OF THE PLAINS BRAVE LITTLE BAT LATEST NEWS AIR CONDITIONED LAST TIMES TODAY JOHNSON McGUIRE ROMAN R.

N. SMITHS INDEPENDENT THEATRES DE THEATRE MISSION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SPENCER TRACT KATHERINE HEPBURN "PAT MIKE" OR THE MISSION THEATRE MISSION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY JOHN WAYNE JOAN BLONDELE "LADY FOR A NIGHT" Area Firms Get Charters Monitor Austin Bureau AUSTIN Six McAllen area concerns with $72,000 combined I capital, were granted domcharters this week, Secretary of State Jack Ross disclosed today. They are: Texan Real Estate Sales McAllen. 50-year charter, water (real estate), $1,000 capital stock, all paid in. tors are H.

F. Moffitt, J. T. Cross Verne Cross. "Beck- Williamson, Harlingen, 50 years, real estate, capital stock of $50,000, all paid.

Incorporators: George H. Beck, Dorothy Colley Beck and Joe Williamson. Frontier Produce Company, Brownsville, 50 years, agricultural commodities, $10,000 in capi. tal stock, all paid. Incorporators: Lillian S.

Dyer, V. B. Thompson and C. W. Stuermer.

S. M. Parker Building San Benito, 50 years, real estate, $6,000 capital stock, all paid. InS. Jane R.

and J. Lloyd Parker. International Organic and nerals Pharr, 50 years, inter. national trade, $5,000 capital stock, of which $2,750 is paid in. Incorporators: Spencer P.

Whippe, O. A. Schuster and Raymond E. First Baptist Church, Weslaco, Texas, 50 years, public worship, no capital stock. Incorporators: A.

Pike, G. W. Sansing and W. Gound. Group Pushes Island Road AUSTIN- -Delegations from five Texas gulf counties today called on the State Highway Commission to build a 130-mile coastal highway they claimed capable of developing "the greatest recreational center on the North Amer.

ican The highway would run the entire leagth of Padre and Mustang Islands. linking Port Isabel with Port Aransas. Sen. Rogers Kelley of Edinburg at a public hearing called the project the most important ever to confront a highway commission. "There no estimate of the possible millions of additional visitors it could bring to Texas yearly," Kelley said.

It would mean new vacationland, new revenue for Texas and relief for other overloaded highways paralleling the proposed one, he said. Commission Chairman E. H. Thornton Jr. agreed there was no question about the area being Riviera." Cost of the road was estimated at 3 to million dollars.

It was proposed as long-range, statewide project, Cameron, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg and Nueces Counties were represented. New Reynosa Gas Line Completed REYNOSA- second pipeline from Reynosa, to carry Mexican gas to industrial users in Monterrey, was completed this week by Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) and is now ready for operation. The gas will be distributed by Gas Industrial, suppliers of big industry in Monterrey, Previously gas from the Weslaco area had been purchased by Mexico for use in Monterrey. The first pipeline built by Pemex 1 from Reynosa to Monter. rey has been carrying gas for residential users.

Meanwhile, Reynosa, in the heart of the north Mexico gasoil 1 development and with Pemex gas well inside the city limits has no gas line of its own and uses only bottled gas bought in the United States. Local residents, citing an increase in price of bottled gas from. 19 to 20 pesos per 50 kilos, to 27 to 28 pesos, plan to agitate in favor of installation of a local gas pipeline to service the city. DRIVE-INM THEATRE LAST TIMES TONIGHT THEN A DESERT Assassin Fails To Shoot Rhee As Gun Misfires PUSAN, Korea -(R- President Syngman Rhee today narrowly escaped assassination by a member of a Kcrean secret society as he addressed a crowd of 6,000 on the second anniversary of the Korean War. The would-be killer drew a German-made pistol and pulled the trigger only five feet from Rhee.

The cartridge did not fire. The man 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, Hempstead, N.Y., and Capt.

F. William Tench of Honolulu helped subdue him. Harmon hit the armed man twice and Tench wrested the gun from him. Polio (Continued trom Page 1) crippling malady. The group said it had brought in 35 late type iron lungs and eight hospital type respirators.

Some medical authorities consider 20 cases per 100,000 populatinn epidemic. Houston's population roughy arouna ow with 200,000 additional living inside the county. Conferences Slated Meanwhile, hospital administra tors of Dallas, 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, CityCounty is the only hospital in Fort Worth treating polio patients. Five new cases of the disease were diagnosed in Fort Worth Tuesday, bringing to 44 the number of patients in the City-County polio ward. Corpus Christi, another spot hard hit by polio, had 101 cases in its Memorial Hospital at last reports. B'nai Brith Founder In Valley Honored HARL of the Valley B'nai Brith, Lodge 1260, voted yesterday to change the name to Marc Moumoel in honor of the founder of the 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 and rewhich he attended at Hot Springs, ported on the die district convention Ark.

as a delegate. He is 80 years old and is a shoe salesman. Upper Valley members present at Monday's meeting were Mike Fallek, president; Dr. George Rabinowitz, secretary; Moe Adams, treasurer; Sam Lack, past president, all of McAllen; J. B.

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

m. today in the First Baptist Church of San Benito. Burial was to be in the Mont Meta Cemetery, San Benito. He is survived wife and parents of Los Fresnos. Some primitive peoples kill all twins as soon as they are born because they represent bad luck while others honor them as representing good luck.

Palmas Vt-IN THEATRE LAST TIMES TONIGHT POWERILL NEVER FORGET YOU TECHNICOLOR 3 COLOR CARTOONS BLACK BEAUTY HOUSE BROOM Extra Good Quality, 6 Stitch, Wire Bound, New Crop Green Straw. Regular $2.00 SPEC. 139 More Merchandise For Less Money TEL 1200-MISSION Haves Crashes (Continued trom Page 1) and the return trip afoot with him told county patrolmen he and Lopez had become tired and went to sleep by the side of the road. Lopez, he said, became confused when awakened by approaching headlights and ran into the path of the car. Ceballos Funeral Home, Edinburg, is completing arrangements, Cano was decorated for singlehandedly wiping out 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 the medal by Gen. Jonathan Wainwright in a ceremony on the courthouse lawn Edinburg witnessed by high ranking U.S. and Mexican military officers. "Pedro Cano Day" was proclaimed by former Mayor W.

D. Woodroof in April of 1946 and a street was named for him. Cano, driving a pickup, was in a collision with a. car driven by James S. Kidwiler, 53, of McAllen, investigating officers said.

and died en route to Grandview Hospi. vital from the accident seene on Highway 281. Kidwiler was still in Grandview Hospital today for observation. Services for have been set tentatively for Saturday Skinner ing Mortuary return of reported. his mother and sisThey are penater from Michigan.

He is survived by his wife, son, Susano, two daughters, Dominga, 9, and Maria, and his mother, Mrs. Nicolasa sister, Cano, Mrs. all Al- of Edinburg; and a bina Martinez, Mercedes. Pharr Has Gala Booster Party PHARR-The June Booster Party of the Pharr Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants group was the first party of the second year of Booster activities, Tuesday evening at the Hotel. Mrs.

Milton Allen Shields, of Elsa, was awarded $41, in Pharr Bonus Money. The program was made up of renditions of "Lonesome and Man River" by Mr. Paul Mellenhruch, and typical dances. Miss Evangeline Godinez danced "Hungarian Rhapsody No. and Peggy Doneis danced "Las Chapanecas." Dixie Eubank and Phyllis Fox entertained with dance and song arrangements of "Slowpoke" and "Ball'n the Jack." Alba's Rhythm Makers and The Dixie Land Band played for dancing.

Pagenstecher Named For Valley C-C Post Charles A. Pagenstecher, executive of the Valley Mercantile Company, was selected by McAllen directors of the Valley Chamber of Commerce, as their nominee to succeed James F. Suttle, resigned because of a conflict in meeting time with the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Pagenstecher is expected to be appointed by President Byron W. Ogle of the Valley chamber, with ratification expected by the board on July 14.

The proposed new Valley chamber director, known to his civic and club in McAllen. friends as is an active He is a son-in-law of Percy Herman, pioneer Valley merchant and a long time civic leader in McAllen. SAVEChildren's playclothes and bathing suits. Values to $4.98 your choice, only $1.98 at the Children's Shop, 1411 Highway, McAllen. the CACTUS DRIVE IN THEATRE MILE EAST OF PHARI Dial Pharr 7-2273-Opens LAST TIMES WED.

FAMILY FUN TREAT SEE RANDOLPH SCOTT IN WARNER FOOT SUGAR PLUS FIVE CARTOONS MR. MAGOO-POPEYE-TERRY BEARS-CHIP N'DALE-TOM JERRY PALACE AIR CONDITIONED FOR COMFORT LAST DAY WED. DOROTH1 RUTH JOHNSON MCGUIRE HUMAN INVITATION STARTS THURSDAY Randolph SCOTT Carson WARNER COLOR City with LUCILLE NORMAN QUEEN HURRY LAST DAY! Does Fraternity low mean MOB RULE OR MEN ONLY PAUL TONITE AT 8:00 SURPRISE FEATURE 2 BIG SHOWS 1 PRICE VALLEY EVENING MONITOR, June 25, 1952 Page 2 MeA ilen, Texas Red Cross Meets July 1 To Plan Year's Program civic and service organizations, the Representatives of all county press and radio and all members have been invited to attend the annual meeting of the Hidalgo County chapter of the Red Cross Tuesday, July 1, in Pharr, according to County Chairman J. Klinger. A program of work for the com- Anzalduas of the project allocated to.

irrigation or water supply puroses. The Senate committee said the United States has a commitment with Mexico for joint construction of the dam and added the primary purpose flood control. To delay construction until an agreement is worked out with water users would jeopardize the flood control project, the commitico is prepared to go ahead with tee said. It also a declared that Mexthe dam on its own, adding United States has no assurances can. would our interests." As a result, the 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 users to reimburse the government for such costs.

(Continued from Page 1) Heat (Continued from Page 1) terday. It was 107. at Hill City, Kan. Nashville baked in a reading of 102, the city's top June mark. From the Nebraska prairie lands Grand Island reported a sizzling 103.

Tornado in Wisconsin tornado struck in Northwestern Wisconsin last night, the second in 24 hours. Violent wind and electrical storms swept Minneso ta for the second consecutive night. The twister hit Rice Lake, demolishing and damaging several buildings, toppling a 450-foot radio tower and knocking out power lines. One half the city of 6,911 population was blacked out. One youth was injured.

Six persons were injured in Cleveland, 75 miles southwest of Minneapolis, which appeared the hardest hit by the Minnesota storm. Several farm buildings were blown down, power and telephone lines knocked out and several communities flooded. ing year will be set up at the meet ing which will be held at the Ki. wanis Hall and six new directors to serve for three-year period will be named. A nominating committee to select directors includes Tracey Halliburton of Pharr; R.

M. Clark of Elsa and Mrs. Vernon Hill of Mission. complete financial report wil! also be read at the July meeting. Klinger reported today that 536.85, or approximately.

one third of the $32,000 goal had been collected in the annual Red Cross fund drive. Leading the list of eleven communities making contributions to the Red Cross drive, was McAllen with $3.333.66, Mission was second with $2,236.97, while Edinburg was in third place with $1,724.90. Following was Pharr, with 494.98, Alamo, $691.98, Mercedes, $447.50, Elsa-Edcouch, $383,76. Weslaco, $102, San Juan, $35, La Joys, $31,10, Donna, $25 and the Zonta International $30. Due to the increasing number of servicemen, additional funds are necessary to give them the service required.

Anv person or firm not yet contactea who wish to contribute to the Red Cross, may send their contribution to the office, PO Box 962, Pharr, Texas. A membership card will be mailed to all contributors of $1 or more, First Bale Ginned At Los Fresnos BROWNSVILLE The first bale of cotton in Los Fresnos, and first bale reported in Cameron County for 1952. was picked yesterday and ginned by the Farmers Gin Association of Los Fresnos. Grown by Manuel Diaz of Los Fresnos, the cotton weighed 633 pounds and was taken to gen today to be sold. SEE LEE C.

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