The Brownsville Herald from Brownsville, Texas • Page 1

AMELIA SIGNALS HEARD THE WEATHEH (By O. 8, WeatJici Bureau) wl i 5Ti110 and VsUeyr Partly cloudy to somewhat unsettled Sunday. (east OS meridian): 5 loua 'Biraiewliat unsettled In extreme soutn portion. low tide in tfie pass along this Immediate coast Sunday, under normal Meteorological conditions: 1:49 a.m. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR--No.

1 The Valley First--Mart la Valley BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1987 6c A COPY SSIANS ARE REMOVING FORCES TROOPS, SHIPS TO QUIT AMUR RIVERJSLANDS Recall Eases Tense Situation; Japanese Express Relief At Moscow Action TOKYO, July 3. (fl)--Dispatches from Hsinkins, capital of the Japanese-inspired state of Manchoukuo, said Saturday that Soviet Russia would start withdrawal of troops and gunboats from Amur river islands Saturday afternoon. Hecall of the forces under an agreement reached between the Japanese ambassador to Moscow and the Soviet foreign office, further eased war tension arising from a clash between Soviet gunboats and Japanese-Manchoukuoan forces'last Wednesday. The dispatches said 20 Russian patrol boats were being withdrawn from the Sennufu an4 islands in the Amur river in'addition to the troops. The Japanese army in Manchou- kuo, in.

a statement from. Blinking' hailed the peaceful settlemenf of the dispute, but waihed that further "illegal acts" -Sgainst Manohoukuoan territory by the Soviets would' not be tolerated. Some Japanese authorities insisted Moscow must give adequate guarantees, against a repetition pf the Amur affair and recurrence of border incidents generally. All of the cabinet of Prince Fumi- maro Konoye expressed deep satisfaction that a. possible war averted.

CIO IS PURGED NOTED AVIATRIX LOST IN MID-PACIFIC WATERS Record Crowds Foreseen For Valley Fourth of July Celebration at McAllen Special to Tlie Herald) McALLEN, July 3. With McAHen gaily festooned with bunting, a carnival spirit prevailing and a strong entertainment program arranged, all indications are that the three-day Fourth of July celebration beginning Saturday will break all attendance records for the annual Valley-wide fete. Contestants numerous tests of skill offered during the three-day observance are warming up or nervously waiting events. Those who do not lay claim to a particular skill will have plenty to entertain The entertainment ranges from union religious services Sunday night to band concerts and the main parade beginning at 10, a. m.

Monday. will i include in bright ana hilarious- "array all 'the tricks not utilized tie previous two days. The- good old-fashioned climax of the day will be the -public orations at 1:30 p. m. when the William C.

McOraWt state atSgrney will -deliver, the chief pates-tic address Stevenson to ATLANTICTEST FLIGHT STARTS The Honorable Coke Stevenson, state representative from Junction and twice Speaker of the house, will FORD DENIES AUTHORITY OF LABOR BOARD Out Leaders- Of Strike In Mahohing Valley; New Heads Named DBJJKY PHILLIPS talk on vaiSjr Drury -Phillips, state, Amerlcaa Legion, also mil speak on Will. Dase on Page Two) Growers $J-Get Rate, Pickers Want DETROIT, July 3. The Ford Motor- company, in a formal answer to charges of the national labor relations board that it had violated the Wagner Act, challenged the Saturday. The complaint, the company said, should be-dismissed "because the NLBB has no authority to regulate relations between employer and employes engaged in local production. Captain Gray Takes Off In East PORT WASHINGTON, N.

July 8. (O)--The flying boat Pan-American Clipper III left here -at 6:25 eastern standard time, Saturday on the first leg of an experimental flight to England. Captain Harold E. Gray was in command. The flight by the Americans was being matched by a British crew leaving Southampton, England, in an Imperial Airways flying boat, H.

M. A. Caledonia. The American route for the day was 1,072 miles to Botwood, Newfoundland, with a stop en route at Shediac Bay, N. C.

The British will stop at Foynes, Irish Free State, until Monday. Jamboree Scouts To Set Example For Safe Fourth San Benito Meetings Leave Croups Far Apart In Cotton Basis Fox Season (Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO, July San Beriito-cotton growers were giving theiir approval to the 60 cent picking price for this seasoftiset by the Tri-County Vegetable Growers in this'seetita agreed not to pick cotton for less than 85 cents per 100' pounds, unless' She 12- cent per pound market price is lowered. Application for charter as the Valley, ilnion. of Agricultural' "Workers of Texas had been made by representatives catton pickers and truckers in this section who are affiliation "with the American Federation of Labor. A price of $1 to be apportioned between picker and trucker per 100 pounds of cotton was established by a meeting of 400 pickers Friday night.

Pickers agreed that while truckers would receive 15 cents for each 100 pounds hauled under the 12-cent market price, the first cent raise if the market advances would go to truckers. If the price of cotton falls below the 12-cent level, pickers and truckers agreed to lower their price accordingly. Meanwhile San Benito growers meettogt at-the city hall went recofd-as accepting the 60-cent per 100 pounds for paying cotton pickers agreed by Valley agriculture representatives, last week. Growers of this city offered their support to the Tri-County Vegetable Growers association for maintenance a Valley office in this city. A plan for maintenance of the office under A.

L. Brooks, secretary oi the tri-county association, will be presented at the next meeting of the committee of 15; WASHINGTON, July 3. The 26,000 Boy Scouts at the national jamboree will try to set an example for the entire United States in keeping Independence Day safe and sane. They were instructed by their leaders Saturday not shoot fire- crllckers or any fireworks containing in accordance capital ordinance. The Scouts, however, will be honor guests at an elaborate municipal fireworks display near the White House Monday night.

Valley Traffic Toll for 1937 Deaths 34 Injuries 184 Occidents 172 12 Big Army Land at BrowlNle Twelve Martin bombers, en. route to United states flying fields in Panama Canal Zone from Randolph Field, San Antonio, landed at the Brownsville: Saturday mornings Sjier arid check up before depart Sun day morning on last leg of their The pUoted officers; and men are 0 '-of; Lieut. Col. Benjamin G. Weir.

The Panama Canal department, men were flown to the states two weeks ago in three special army planes, for the purpose of returning the late typa bombers. They will be air force increase program which went into effect, it was learned from Colonel Wliltney. According to plans aimouniieds Saturday Hyefsi- 'were overnight El: Jaidin hotel, will aiKUearly hour- Sunday morning: of crews put into service France fields. Arrangements with Mexican officials for the passage of the plane.8 over Mexico were dompleted centty by Lieut Col. F.

W. ney, executive Brown. officer at Fort The bombers had been concentrated at San Antonio sometime ago HJ.U1JI United States. Their movement to the Canal Zone is only part of the crws Includes the liieuty. Stephen B.

Mack, First 'liieut. John- Price, Second Lieut. Glenn Clark, Staff Sgt David Semple, Staff Sgt. Lyman L. Little john Staff Sgt.

Albert E. tewarb, Sgt. Albert G. Kovel, Corporal Dale MV Stewart, First Lieuts. Robert O.

at Albrook-arttf Cork, P. Ott, William Gar' land, Kenneth B. JTobson, John A. Feagin and Robert Scott; Second Lieuts. Cyrus W.

Kitchens, Jr, Morris G. shedd and Bernard A. Schriever; Staff Sgts. Plato R. Miller, 'Arthur B.

Quinter, Leroy Thomas B. Winson and Hoy 'C: Jacfcon; JSgts. William E. Downing Payeski, Otto G. Glass TJ? ass fields Tover this E.

stuff; Private Joseph M. nvi i wbu.1., 4 J.VA. Loleson and Corporal' fturschell- C. Haynes. Jlfly A CTO "purge" began Safurday, as the union's axe fell on GusiHall and twcr other stride captains ini? the Ma- horiingvValleyl steel sector.

John Owensr general CJEO strike director in commoBt ifes jair of heading a "dynamite ring," as strike cap.tain in' the Warren area A joint leadership of Harry Wines and- John Gracier replaced him. Owens also removed Bob Burke chief organizer at the Republic Steel plant at Youngstown-ind John Stevenson, organizer at the main, plant or the Youngstown Sheet Tube C3b. Communist participation to the strike claimed in circulars distributed through the Valley Saturday. In the circulars Phil Bart "Mahohing valley secretary oi: the communist party," said: "Of course the communist party members in the -steel mills participated in the drive to organize, steel and all other unorganized industries. The communist party joins with all democratic forces in the struggle against: reactionaries, open shop violence, and fascism.

Candy, Cigar Man Escapes Injuries Harry Slavitchek Crashes Truck "Into Posts Harry Slavitohek, veteran candy and cigar man of Brownsville, escaped injury Saturday about 1 a. m. when the panel truck he driving crashed into guard posts on Highway No. 4 at West Brownsville lake. Slavitchek was returning from the upper Valley when car lights and caused him to crash into posts oh the left side of the road.

The truck was damagedr slightly. Lieut. J. Collins investigated 1 the case. Man Free On Bond In Narcotic Jose Mercedes owner 'charged wiiji conspiring bring 148" ounces.

imorphine j'ittSx States, iWasireleaseaifropK the jail hefelate Friday after boiiaC OrtegaKplea'ded to two counts of conspiracy before TJ. S. Commissioner Carlos' G. Watson June 25. Santiago Reynosa collector of rents "for the state of Tamaulipas, charged jointly with Ortega, is still jail here in lieu of $5,000 bond.

He 'pleaded not guilty to the charges. said to be Ranted in Tamaulipas by the Mexican government. SPOT COTTON, PALLAS, July 3. (JP) cotton, Houston, Galveston, 1,220. AMELIA EARHART The entire route contigifcted by-Amelia Earhart in-fier around-the-world flight is shown The circle around Howland: in mid-Pacific shows the approximate point she had reached when her plane came down, and where the Navy and Coast Guard search for centered Saturday.

De Valeria Party Lead Increased Sjitu-ra Trickling In 'free 1 July 3. W--Trickling; returns from the Irish State's general election Saturday gave President Earnon de Valera's govern- nent party an increasing lead over oppositipn headed by former President William T. Cosgrave. Incomplete: returns assured- Be- XaJera supporters of 17 seats "in the dail (parliament), Cosgrave eight, and labor party two, independent labor one and independents four. -REGENTS STUDY BUDGET AUSTIN July 3, of Texas regents Saturday tackled the problem of budgeting an annual appropriation of $1,568,224.

The amount was $450,000 more than that of the last two Children of School Age IShow Gain over County jjathough 1C in Cameron county showed'an increase 'in 'children of scholastic 3,937 over that of 1936, Brownsville independent School district, with the largest enrollment of any county district, lost 112, according to census figures completed Saturday by County Superintendent John Barren's office for the. rstalbe department of. education. The 18 county districts reported an aggregate increase 1 of 4B9-schooi children for 1937. The 1937' spring', census total of 22,063 children of scholastic compared with 21,574 in 1S36.

Besides Brownsville, five other districts showed a school children during the last year. They are the independent school districts of Highland, Port Babel, Santa Maria, El Jardin and Rdo Hondg. of scholastic age cjiildren was reported from San a total of 3,091 in 1937. reporting a 1937 total of 3,726, increase of 177 over 1936. San Benito's gain was 191 over the 1936 figure of 2,900.

Complete census figures for 1937 and 1936 for.Cameron county school "districts are: Brownsville, 5,838 in in 1936; Harlingen, 3,726, San Benito La Eeria, 1,287, Rio Hondo, 1,160," EiIardin, Rangerville, Maria, 352, 359; Los Fresnos, -Wilson, 287, 285; 246, 244; Port Isabel, 488, 491; Los Indies, 356, 324; Highland, 239, 276; Santa Rosa 683,. 631; Stuart 435, 399; Sebastian county line 243, 209; common school districts, 1,998, 1,994. HOPE BUOYED FOR RESCUE OF FAMED FLYER Wide Search Starts Near Pacific Island As Aviatrix Misses Goal At Howland LOS ANGEVES, July 3. CSV-Faint distress signals in a voice which two amateur radio operators said came from Amelia Earhart, were picked up at 6:42 and 7 a. m.

Saturday. "KHAQQ--SOS," each repeated three times were heard at 6:42 a. m. by Walter McMenamy and Carl Pierson over their powerful receiver. The call alone was repeated three times at 7 m.

"I recognized Miss Earharvs voice from conversations I had with her, although I never have heard her on the air before," said Pierson. "Walter recognized her because maintained wireless contact with her plane on her flight from Oakland to Hawaii this spring." CONFIDENCE IN EARLY RESCUE IS EXPRESSED HONOLULU, July 3. (IP)--ConrK dence Amelia Earhart and Navigator Fred Noonan would be cued Saturday from the shark- infested tropical waters where their round-the-world plane forced down, was expressed Saturday by naval and coast guard officers in close touch with the search. Hopes were buoyed by radio signals from KAHQQ, Miss Earhart's radio, heard by half e. dozen radio listeners from Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles.

Calls were heard repeatedly during the morning, but they failed give the plane's exact position or tell how the drifting fliers fared. The coast guard cutter Itasca cruised north of little Howland island, objective which Miss Earhart apparently overshot on her 2,570 mile flight from New Guinea, while one of the navy's crack flying boats sped smoothly along on a 1,532 flight from Honolulu to Howland to join the search. Ships Join Hunt The navy minesweeper Swan joined the hunt from a position halfway between Honolulu and Howland, where she had been stationed 'to aiiTin the next leg of the flight. Naval officers ordered the Mr- t. tender Pelican and the battte- ip Colorado made ready to sail Honolulu on a moment's notice, TJiev.minsllajrEi.J'albot^tocd.Jjjt.

for order's. The Itasca reached a point 100 miles north of Howland island without sighting e. flare or rocket from Miss Earhart's monoplane. -Her radiomen heard KAHQQ, but could make nothing definite from the messages and failed in attempts to establish a two-way conversation. But despite the lack of knowledge of the fliers' whereabouts, naval officers and coast guardsmen expressed confidence.

They asked not to be named. Confidence was voiced, too, by George Palmer Putnam in calls to the Saa Francisco coast guard radio to inquire about progress to the hunt for his wife. Coast guardsmen even suggested the fliers may have reached a mid- Pacific coral reef or sand pit and set up their emergency radio on land. Weather conditions were fairly favorable for the safety of the pair, whether they were on some remote atoll or still adrift. Weather men said the navy flying boat would probably find a smooth sea and favorable landing conditions wlien it arrived around 11:30 a.

m. (Pacific Standard Time) Saturday. Flames Destroy Boardwalk Area At $600, 000 Loss ROCKAWAY BEACH, N. July 3. (5)--Flames destroyed, a section of boardwalk concessions here Saturday, with damage estimated at $600,000 before fire apparatus from two boroughs brought them under Two were injured slightly.

The fire was discovered by Municipal Life Guard Arthur SchilUnger, who said he heard an explosion and saw burst of smoke issue from Boardwalk confectionery. Schillinger organized the life guards and routed neighboring cottage residents, many of whom were sleeping. Widow Of Financier Passes In Virginia LYNCHBTJRG, July 3. W-Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan, 78- year-old widow of one of the nation's leading financiers, died at "Oak Ridge," her Virginia estate, late Friday night after being stricken with a heart attack.

Sailboat Races Set Sunday-and Monday" Sailboat races will be held at the Brownsville turning basin. and Monday, tt was announced by R. W. Pitts. According to plans Saturday, are to be boats entered in the competition on the two.