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THE WEATHER tkUa and occm- thowara with to strong northerly winds. Rto Grande Valley For Over 50 Years THUMBNAIL EDITORIAL Considering that don't have a leg to atand on, lies travel mighty fast. FINAL EDITION BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1949 MEMBER 57TH YEAR NO. 133 Bill Allowing Free Flow Of Aliens Recommended By Growers, Shippers Herald Austin Bureau AUSTIN--An effort in Congress to obtain passage of a bill permitting the free flow of Mexican laborers into Texas and other states, despite the international agreement, seemed in prospect today.

Austin E. A executive a a ot the Citrus and Vegetable Growers 8hippen, has written members of the Texas Congressional delegation! a double-barrelled letter: i Offering thorn their annual Christman box of Valley i (2) asking GoodNeighbor their Hupport of Senate i 272 by Sen. Clinton AnderHon of New Mexico which would permit the issuance of croHHlng to Mexican without benefit of Panel Hears Pact Lauded FORT WORTH contract which farmers sign- contract, when they are needed in ycar to btain Mexican na- the United tionals as harvest hands far ex- llocMi'l nt In benefits to the workers In his letter, charges the the wildest dreams of any labor International agreement between, organizer attempting to organize the United States and Mexico is a workers to obtain forcing Texas "to wear a pair of U.S.K.S. (U, S. Employment Service), State Dtipartriu-nt-manufac- hours and working conditions.

4 That was the opinion expressed lured boots that do not i i today at a meeting of the agricultural industry is "directly OO( Neighbor Commission, under tho dictatorial powers of the it- mitteo and four Mexican Mexican government and the U. S. KOVPrn ors, Employment Service of our own pft government," he I the a wa3 Henry Le- gressmen. i-jlanc, formerly of Fort Worth, Thf orKJinixatlon now head of tho Texas Employ- off his letter to tho Congressmen: commission's farm place- by artklng whcro bracrro agreement, an between the United box of Christmas i from the Rio Grande Valley sent, Ho ex- JTM TM plains In the letter that some pack- Mexico to cope ages of i apparently went State tb roblcmla with anci rc the not receive at nil." Anson then turned from the gift of i "to buslnrsH for just one moment." Indus- having tho expert- forced to wear a in this country of of Texas ence of being The agreement represents a forward in relations aring on Mexican immigration In 1926 U.S. House of Representatives committee heard the statement that, "in order to allow land owners now to make a profit off their farms they want to get the cheapest labor they can In fact find and if they got the labor it enables them to pair of U.S.K..S., State Depart ment-nwnufactured boots thiil do not fit," ho continued.

"In fact, th-y pinch in many is along -We arc referring to the I I I I imagine that is national Agreement made between the bordei and our government and Mexico last! the way and the Mexican laborj t. nc oinum mn. TMr th anywhere Old Problem LoBlanc pointed out that the of this agreement. A large ma lorltv of our members are operating under great difficulties under this agreement and contract at this lorn "about which we have heard diserlmihAUon against which Texas been accused so ment over the wage situation. It la Juat the terms and provisions in the contract that are no unworkable and for agricultural producers that the growers who have experienced Hamo of HH elimination, n-nuoned the of The n- the wetback (the Mexican worker or "bracero" who got his name originally because he swam the Rio Grande to enter this country afford to protest illegally,) "He can't, I 1 I i dMstry is directly under tho dictatorial powers of tho Mexican government and the U.

S. Kmploy ment Sorvlco of our own govern- against poor housing, wages, ro- bery, or any occurrence that would bring him before constituted authorities," LcBlanc said. "If he does, he runs the risk ot Diggers Go Back To Coal Mines 480,000 To Work 3-Day Week Until Further Notice PITTSBURGH John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers started helping Santa fill his bag today. The diggers, idle briefly last week by their fourth walkout of the year, began trooping back to work for the first shifts promptly at 12:01 a.

m. (EST). By the end of the day, all are expected in the pits. The 480,000 UMW due. payers will work the three-daj week decreed by their unpredict able chief until further notice.

Nine Days In the nine days before Christ mas, each can earn about $139.50 That's based on their average dally wages of $15.50. That, with some back pay they have coming for work done befor last week, means they'll enjoj Christmas. Even if some digger; are broke or short of money, com pany guarantee they can buy food and toys for Christmas Though the miners are happj over prospects of working, mos of them are anxious to get back on a five-day week. It's almost certain Lewis won't order such a week until he has finally reached a contract with industry. And top operators show no indication of giving in.

Top operators haven't budged since Lewis' contract ran out last June 30. They maintain they can't afford to increase wages. And they want Lewis to tighten up the welfare and pension fund which has been financed entirely by the 20-cent-a-ton royalties the operators pay for all coal mined. Small Break The only report of a break in the stalemate haa come from a amall group of imall Kentucky operators. They are truck mine operators who employ only about 800 diggers.

It Is reported the Kentucklans are considering signing a contract with Lewis this week. If they do, they'll go on a five-day week. The truck operators insist they have to work a full week to break even. Other mine owners reported the contract being considered by the Kentucky group calls for a 95- ccnt daily pay boost, bringing the diggers' base rate to an even $15. And the 20-cent royalty payments Shivers Invites Truman To Flag Exchange Rites Pair Held In Texas Robberies Two Surrender After Earlier Corsicana Gunfight DALLAS Charges of armed robbery were filed in Corsicana today against two men captured by Dallas police just a few hours after two men had engaged in a running gunbattle with an off-duty Corsicana officer.

The two were listed as Robert Leeham and James Scrivner, both of Dallas. Sheriff David Castles of Navarro County expected to get the money from Dallas police to- "ir that Amor kR havc been dls- agninsl by certain un- $25,000 Bonds Justice of the Peace W. H. Johnson in Corsicana said bonds of $25,000 each would be set for the pair. Dallas Chief of Detectives Will Fritz said the two had made verbal statements concerning the Houston and Corsicana robberies and also concerning recent robberies at Crosbyton, near Lubbock, at Lubbock and at Dallas.

Fritz said the two were from Bonham but had been In Dallas the past several weeks. Police found a 9 mm. Italian Beretta pistol and a snubnose revolver plus two boxes of shells in the car in which they were In Dallas today. Also found was a metal box containing some $400 in cash, Chase The two, 21 and 22 years surrendered to Dallas old, officers without firing a shot after a 90- mile-per-hour chase out the road to Garland from Dallas. They were held in connection with the $1,000 holdup of a Houston food store Saturday night and the $133 robbery of a Corsicana drive-in store late last night Dallas detectives said the men also were being questioned about FASTER THAN SPEED OF SOUND At top is the Douglas Skyrocket transsonic research plane, which, piloted by pilot Gene May, 45, below, flashed across Muroc Dry Lake, at a speed greater than the speed of sound.

May flew the tiny plane at barely 50 feet off the ground while using the 10 second burst ol rocket power. (NBA Telephotos). Four Rcfcidefitfc Lose Lives In Weekend Accidents Governor Urges President To Come To Brownsville For Goodwill Ceremonies Governor Allan Shivers today had swunfj" tho Churchmen Arrive For Oblate Fete Bishop Mariano S. Garriga of the Corpus Christi Diocese arrived in Brownsville today and other bishops and delegates were expected to come in today for me centennial celebration of the coming of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The celebration starts tomorrow at 10 a.m.

at Port Isabel with a high moss. On Wednesday the celebration shifts to Brownsville where a centennial parade will be held at 2 p.m. Othrra Due Among the high priests scheduled to arrive here today are the Verv Rev. John Bockcnfoehr, O. M.

delegate of the superior general in Rome; the Very Rev. T. J. Kennedy, O. M.

Provincial of the Sonthweat and retired Bishop Arsene Turqueti O. known aa the Eskimos. M. Apostle of the ove Four Valley residents were dead today in accidents the week-end. Three others were injured.

Dead re Glcason C. Mangum, 26, San Antonio, em- in Brownsville by an oil company; Guadalupe reportedly would be upped to 35 SCV eral other armed robberies over cents. th state. 41 n. Top industry spokesmen mini- Getaway car used in both the mized the significance of the "Ken-, Houston and Corsicana robberies tucky plan." Want CJIuingr is tho decision of all states, scrupulous bordering on Mexico find also other, preceded tr, agr cultural Leuianc mm, Wl i a open forum, was 11 1 offl at 1 two-dav visit here by tne Mexican at the tuo a ay VIH mecting wlt It's practically a shotgun wedding with a small group of smaller- type operators," president In Joseph E.

Moody of the Southern should be I 1 I I 1 272 which would provide relief. "This bill iiuikes It possible, tor the Secretary of Agriculture to declare un emergency In any state that can justify their need of labor and crossing cards will be recog- nised bv our immigration authorities for'thr use of Mexican labor in the arras so certified. "May we have nssuniiu-o ironi A Page Two) Humble Plant Opening Due Tomorrow Coal Producers Association Federal Grand Jury Session Slated Here IT. S. District Judge James V.

All red prepared to empanel a federal grand jury here today. Cases pending include border- wide counterfeiting and a 150- pound marihuana seizure. Arrested in connection with the counterfeiting operations were Antonio Anaya. Chicago bar owner, Mr. and Mrs.

Manuel Garza Mova. and Felipe Garcia. Ana- business wft fi Rl restc in El Paso Nov. i i 1 rpj ic and Garcia were tie's VrT tho" Valley are expected at a rrcatcd in RJ Grande City later 1'ort Brownsville tomorrow a 1 the day ternoon to participate in formal Not cre opening ceremonies for the puty U. S.

Marshall E. E. ble Valley Products Terminal. a jior said he had not yet been Humble's guest for the opening orclorec to bring those arrested iS!" to Brownsville, and believed they arc still being held in the Laredo jail. Two hitch-hikers said to be material witnesses in the case are in El Paso county jail, and will be brought here if needed to was a 1950 Studebaker, a factor which led to their capture in Dallas about 3 a.m.

Monday. robbery witnesses said one robber walked with a limp. Detective Frank Murray of the Houston police force said the $1,000 robbery took place at 7:35 p.m. Saturday at the Wong Fong Food Market. Sumlay Nighl About 700 civic and representatives of all The Corsicana robbery occurred Sunday night at the Cabell Dairy store, B.

Cowart and Billy Malone, employees at the store, said the bandit pair held guns on them and forced Cowart to open the cash register. The money was stuffed into one bandit's overcoat pocket, Cowart said. As the two men were leaving the Corsicana store, Corstcana poi lice Sgt. W. D.

Thedford and his wife drove up in the car. Cowart reported the hijacking to Thedford. Thedford took off in pursuit of (See BANDITS, Page Two) will gather to inspect the minal's facilities at 4 p.m. program will begin at 4:30 p.m. and" a buffet dinner will be served DON PKWU) slipped an terminal warehouse about In his mouth and settled back In olocki he 30-mlnute pro- ht.

favorite chair in the newsroom vm be brO adcast over five this morning and apparently was i stations prepared for most anything. Speakers good to NICE TODAYS peakers Speakers on the program Morgan J. Davis, are director in prepared -A pleasant good morning you. Sir Don," the said with a smile. "What's good About i the Don replied.

"I am too tired to MA your point of view. I was up rathrr late last night and my hat aeemed a bit amall this morn- Injr, Late food Is rather hard on; me but I do not neem to be able to refuse that cite. And my always Insist that I take it. re "Fortunately II is not so warm feesi on tne Urmin al today. Like I said a few days now on Its ioaa Canal, we will have cooler weather.

Adtoa." charge of exploration for Humble; Frank A. Watta, Humble sales manager; Mayor H. L. Stoke! of Brownsville; Charles A. Washmon, president of Valley Chamber of Comemrce; and u.

Dodd, chairman of Brownsville Navigation District. C. Dennett, Humble's Southwest Texas division sales manager, a native of Brownsville, will be master of ceremonies. The program will open with the arrival at the terminal of the firat barge load of products from Humble's Baytown refinery near Houston, one of the nations lar- WKATflCM FORECAST Ka RIO GUANOS VALtEY: Broken lo occasional todM. tonight.

Tuesday. Tuwdv, Htoh thU afternoon 75 to 10 dt- low lonli hi W. to mon; trlndi to louthcait UtoUitod Weather Report test oil refineries. The barge is now on Its way to the through the Intracoastal At the of the program, when the cargo of ga-o. line and other products has been unloaded into Borage Unto, transport tnickf will lo and will depart for Humble bulk agencies in Harlingen, Weslaco, Pharr, Hondo, Raymondville, and Rio Grande City for diatribu- (8M OPENING, Page Two) The marihuana case involves Walter A.

Copen haver, Brownsville, arrested Sept. 29 near Brownsville, and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Carlos Watson. Bureau of Animal Industry range riders, sheriffs officers, and U.

S. Customs Agents said they recovered 150 pounds of marihuana. investigator for th ney's office, and Milton Minehan si go to the South Tc rest Glen McMair San Francisco. Breslauer was last September in 1 tingr parlor. Three i in custody, charge Is Due In Bookie's Death REDWOOD CITY, California officers plan to go to Edinburg, to arrest a man they describe as a suspect in the September killing of Martin Breslauer, a big-time bookmaker.

Frank Marlowe, chief criminal or the district attor- and Deputy Sheriff id they would tas City to ar- formerly of shot to death Prison Term Is Begun By Andrew May ASHLAND, Former Rep. Andrew J. May entered the Federal Correctional Institution near here as a prisoner under conviction for wartime bribery and conspiracy at 6:30 a.m. today. The 74-year-old former chairman of the House military affairs committee was accompanied by U.

S. Marshal John M. Moore of eastern Kentucky, a personal Raeders, 58, Edinburg and eight- year-old Paul Manzi of Donna. In Grandview Hospital, Edinburg, today, described as being in critical condition is Andres Moran of Villa de Reyes, San i 4, Twenty commemorating trail from Port Isabel to Brownsville to Laredo will be placed beginning today according to J. T.

president of the Brownsville historical association. The markers, which are being donated by the association, are in octagonal shape and arc made 01 bronze, Canalcs said. The first marker is scheduled to be placed today at Port Isabel where the Oblates first landed Brownsville's marker will be placed at the Immaculate Conception church Tuesday. Gold Smuggler's an friend. Avoids Newsmen May, who had practiced as attorney in his home city of Prestonsburg, 60 miles southeast of here since he was defeated for reelection three years ago, had made elaborate plans to avoid newsmen.

By pre-arrangement, he had met with Moore at some undisclosed place, possibly at a hotel here where the marshal stayed last night. Moore had staunchly denied last night that he had received any Vt Luis Potosi, Mex. Moreno HaiHltS urnnnri in the head in a Federal Court a bullet wound in the head in shooting affray in which Mata was killed. At Mercy Hospital, Brownsville, is Leland Dale Keene, 8, who was injured when he and his sister, Gloria, were struck by a car Saturday nig-ht at Sixteenth and West Elizabeth streets. Mangum, according to Associated Press dispatches, was one of two persons killed early Sunday after the automobile they were riding in overturned four mileh east of Weatherford.

Mrs. Oleta Stone, 31, Fort Worth, was the other traffic victim. Mata, District Attorney Jack Ross of Edinburg said, was killed as a result of a shooting in the home of Daniel Dinnett of Edinburg. Dinnett, Ross added, has been charged with murder. Mrs.

Raeders, the Associated Press reported, was killed when two cars collided at the intersection of Highways 9 and 72, three miles east of Three Rivers Sunday. Mrs. Raeders' husband, J. An alleged gold smuggler's ghost still lingers over the criminal docket of federal court here. Indicted about a year and one- half ago in connection with a Mexican gold smuggling case.

Felix Klarberg of Tel Aviv, Palestine, forfeited his bond and returned to Tel Aviv before he came to trial here. But his case is still called as each term of federal court op- Assistant U. S. Attorney Charles C. Bowie still rises and explains Klarberg is in Palestine and cannot be tried.

Nationalists commitment papers for his noted! Raec jers, 61, also of Edinburg, re prisoner, saying "they might arrive" in the mail from his office in Lexington today. May's son, Robert Vernon a Prestonsburg oil dealer, played a leading role in the ruse to elude HONG KONG Evacuation of the new Chinese Nationalist capital at Chengtu, 170 miles northwest of Red occupied Chung- king, apparently began today newsmen. severe cuts on the face and right leg but was not in serious condition, Kenedy hospital attendants reported. William Joseph Raeders son of the dead paper Sing -rao Man TM ft but was not ernment officials assembled at the Chengtu airport at 2 a.m. (Cheng Commerce at Weslaco, was lor- warded today to Ygnacio Garza, chairman of the chambers Inter- American Relations Committee, here at Brownsville.

Historic Occasion Shivers' letter to Truman said that he had been informed that the Valley chamber had invited the President to Brownsville and that if authorized by Congress, the ceremony would be an historic one. He went on to soy that he "respectfully loins" in this invitation to Brownsville and "hope that it will be possible for you to honor us with a visit." Following receipt of the letter, Drake immediately sent a telegram to the Texas Good Neighbor Commission urging similar action. A Brownsville delegation yesterday was to have met with members of the commission and others in Fort Worth, but no report had been received here this morning of the results. The first invitation to the two presidents was sent by Garza behalf of the Valley chamber. Others immediately followed, including Charro Days, during which time it is hoped to hold ceremony, the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, city commission.

Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis and other clubs and women's organizations. Meanwhile, women's groups, headed by the Pan American Roundtablc, had completed tho work of obtaining several thousand of signatures on scrolls to go to the two presidents issuing similar invitations from the community at large. The scrolls nrc to be packaged and forwarded to Washington and Mexico City this week. Auto Theft Suspect Held Derrcld W. Carmin, wanted by local authorities on a charge of auto theft and burglary, has been arrested in Austin, according to Deputy Sheriff Bill Gntliff.

Carmin, known as "Lucky," was indicted by a grand jury here last year. He is charged with auto theft from a Humble station here, and also the station of approximately $210. The automobile was found abandoned the day after the burglary in Corpus Christi. The car belonged to M. E.

Sullivan of Houston, according to Joe Martin, manager of the Humble station. Deputy Sheriff Gatliff WAS to leave today for Austin to return the prisoner here. Danger Is Over From Mount Etna Eruption CATANIA, Italy (IP) --Shepherds and farmhands returned to pastures and fields on the slopes Lad Bows To Mom's Dictate But Still Thinks He's Right PHILADELPHIA The small boy and the telephone operator had a slight misunderstanding. She couldn't catch the number he wanted and asked him to repeat it several times. Finally he exploded: "You operators are so dumb.

The operator cut him off. Fifteen mlnuiea later, a woman's voice inquired if this was the operator who had cut her nine-year-old son off the line. The operator replied it and the woman said "Just a minute, please." "My mother wanU me to apologize to you for what I said," declared the small boy. The operator accepted his apology and connected him with the number he had been trying to Final a half hour later-the small boy and the operator on the phone again. boy speaks: The small Mv mother just went out of the house.

dumb." I think Son Helps was the car but was not injured. Little Paul Manzi, son of Mr. Etna today danger from A special disoatch to the news- the ancient volcano's three-day i gov- eruption seemed to have passed. Lava which started pouring from newly-opened cratcm on the peak Friday time) for air transport to Formosa, island fortress 300 miles off the South Central China coast. Planes belonging to retired U.S.

Claire HOLLYWOOD-- --Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Mme. Maria Otwpenskaya, 73, famed Russian character actress who died Saturday of burns suffered when a cigaret set her bed afire. brothcr A 32 ca iibre German- government for the airlift, tne re (See ACCIDENTS, Page Two) port said. LATE BULLETINS BRACERO COMPLAINT MADE He. drove up to the Boyd County, and Mrg Joe Manzi, died at Mccourt house in'nearby Catlettsburg) calip-Ivy hospital in Weslaco yes- in a Cadillac sedan at about the tcrday ft 3:30 a.m.

of a gunshot time his father was entering the wound accidentally inflicted Sat-, prison. Another man in the car, urd morning by his nine-year- been chartered by apparently intended to be mistak- 1 fnr th en for the former representative, made a start as if to alight. When newsmen approached, he jumped back in the car and they drove off. Warden R. O.

Culver of the correctional institution, who will be May's keeper for the next eight to 24 months, announced at the prison a short time later: "Andrew J. May was admitted at 6:30 a.m. He was brought here by U.S. Marshal John M. Moore." May's admission to the institution ended a fight of more than two years to escape serving his sentence He was convicted in 1947 of dealings involving Henry and Murray Garsson, brother of a Midweat combine.

Funeral Is Set For Actress Ouspenskaya slowed to a a i a Mexican Conaul Lauro Yzagulrre said tc fthe foreign office In Mexico mpUtat made to him on treatment of a number of bra- cero. Tworken.) In The con.ul the compla nt made by 99 against the Lee Wilson Wilson, Arkansas. He the eMmed the a4l rovisions of a work con- CHv Arkansas firm did not carry out a4l provisions tract. LOS ANGELES-- (AP)-- Shirley Temple divorced Joha todav testifying that her marriage to the handsome actor him of paying too moch attention to other women and of drinking too much, SUPREME COURT TO HEAR TIDELANDS SUITS WASHINGTON-- (AP)-- The Supreme Court Agreed today to hear ammento in two aolU In which the federal government JSMT immediately. 18 SHOPPING DAYS 'til Christinas YOU'LL FIND THE ANSWERS TO WHAT SHALL 1 GIVE IN CLASSIFIED SHOPPERS GUIDE.

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