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Valley Morning Star from Harlingen, Texas • Page 8

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VALLEY MORNING STAR Brownsville Visit (jiotip In Los Fresnos Banquet Is Given Fifty-Four Members Of Brownsville Club On Good-Will Tour To Sister-Club In Los Fresnos; Program Ie Heard MEAT PACKING M. FE.VE,R FLOATS GIVEN i PLANT STARTS! P14C CASH AWARDS ATBALT IM ORE Community Loan To Finance Project Morning Kfar PHARR Construction of an $11.000 meat-packing plant for the newly organized Rio Grande Valley Packing Co-operative association will be started in the near future here. J. W. Evans of Donna, district rural supervisor for the resettlement administration, announced Friday.

The association, including 300 members, was formed this week and elected its board of directors. The board includes L. D. Martin. Donna: E.

O. Carmack. Donna; Harry KUlingsworth. Alamo: F. M.

Whitlock. San Juan: and Allen. Mission. F. D.

McLain. Mission, will serve as business manager of the association and the plant. The project, first of its kind to be inaugurated in this section of Texas. will be financed by a community loan from the resettlement administration. The plant will be located at the corner of First street and state highway No.

4 here, and will have facilities for processing about 3000 beeves and hogs. It will provide cold storage for meats, dairy and poultry products, frui tand seed, One of the major objects will be the curing of home-grown pork, and a wholesale market will be provided for surpluses of beef and pork. BALTIMORE Amid a hushed and respectful audience the scientific epic of Major Walter Reed of the U. S. Army Medical Corps proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitos was re-told Thursday.

The recitation of the 36-year(id classic of medicine was provoked by the presentation to Mrs. Waiter Reed, widow of the late army surgeon, of the Walter Reed medal bv the American Society of Tropical Medicine. Mrs. Reed was unable to attend the society's luncheon and instead the medal was presented to Major General Walter L. Reed, son of Major Mrs.

Reed, spector general of the now army. in- Stocks Drop Uneasy European Marts Blamed It VV MUV 4 UU f. id jury without bond. Sheriff 1 Avit0S 1 Goolsby was complainant. At Texas Icy i Eight Million, Or 90 Percent Of Total Grown In State Of Texas I a I lev Morning Sfa1 Neu Sen 8,000,000 about Do per ceni fall sot in in the Lower panili Vv annual Texas Citrus Fiesta, se announced Friday in surveying the Valiev in connection with im rus fruit trees, or are now four! 5, 0.

of a i i i CHARITY DRIVE OPENS FRIDAY Rotary (1 'U CC 1 1 ley, officials of the heduled Dec. the agricultural out the state-wide eele ire next month. A total of citrus )w growing in the Valley. rejjort ishowed. Of the gs.

95 1 per cent are four I or older. Citrus plantings per cent in grapefruit trees, cent in oranges and 2 per olh iruiis. The yie'd per from 15 to 1.000 pounds, deli size and typo of Morning Star Nows Service) LOS FRKSNOS The goodwill the Brownsville Kiwanis Club was held at Inn here Thursday night, at which 54 members the Brownsville club and their guests attended. included anting the speakers dur- the evening were N. G.

lie. Fresnos. O. A. Manske, Brown E.

I) Kraner, Los Fresnos. lias- com Cox, Brownsville, and Cleve Tandy. Brownsville. Sounds Kevr. NEW YORK Confronted by fresh European political tension and i prospects of further governmental stock exchange restrictions, the share market Friday bounced down a few more steps.

Several utilities and specialties managed to run counter to the trend but losses of fractions to 2 or more points predominated at the close. It was the slowest session since Nov. 2. transfers totaling 1.821.090 shares against 2.435.712 yesterday The Associated Press average of 00 issues was down .5 of a point at 70 It was off .9 Thursday. Pan ore i he America Peace red By Hull 1 )il in non ii Siar News HAKL1NGKN The American Red Cross Roll Call drive got under Vay in Harlinm Friday with Rotary (Tub ledge ini) ceut as 50 iiicmln i i that i their dues.

Dan Murphy, ei aim campaign hero. urged fons answeri lse 11 their Red Cross pins drive. Girl Rt rves ol High Sebi; 1 will iter ship in the Ri ('ne the downtown ection Ui IV a 11 i i lerci 31.500 i rom tan of Hat all per- rail to wear during the Harlite olicit mem- throughout of the cit 'ting poi in Invi stnu-nts the oar en ln it the produce ly in of io Val ley with a ieipated 57 pro- Vallev. RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil Secretary of State Co rile 11 Hull Thursday night sounded a of keynote for the Inter- American Peace Conference a Buenos Aires.

go to the an even greater ever that the road noon economic Hull said, after .5 meni .000.000 iturday Murphy said. (ommittees Formed tn as i'i ant: eat il club Decii ize a and socia drive ganization. F. G. Jackson will bar Lions (Tub member, hip 1 Rev.

Doubla Carver ili ha charge of the drive the Kivvan nf.Jit hr a ill is lam av this vv i ragt lar tli he place i Si en the of the in the Valley estimated at about 10 000 territory. The of li! uiual acres irri in ihe st citrus 'vunie per year it $25 as a rnini- a maximum, de- ndition of fruii. and ice con- Club. Miss Pa charge of the lie school at ic ill direct he Brsnte and Tub Mm ph.v said 1 to reached 1 Hill will op tigli ti Annie ill call di ive ie pub for tin tme hai the a luigeti next W1 if Well Still Burns Ditches Thrown 1 is expec Interstate Pact For Felon Arrest Urged At Meeting 1 4 I CORPI i laming Dulce fie was stdl light 38 'orpus Well Work) AUSI ery st i .1, re." oris and at; trial: eon Oh id ti that the eoi ing in compact )ur: 1 well miles ning fit after The the Agua I here, iy Friday well blew sou parol 'i burs arrest wi nc la; of jon lai'j ire el lee i i rei Miilar by D. prop headcd a 1 veston.

Mired, pi adopt at a me 1.1 mu' feet among K.te a- The hoiitbwe elude-: Arizona. tiia Ne Mex ico of ten acre; 1 from floodinj lands. well, the No. 2 Ch was down 0.832 first in the o'clock Thursda rate rs of vary in oily mud and Pan-f! ePe tnrown up more ditches around the are affectiez an to keep wate? and surround ine farm leet I :) Brilli Briscoli vhen conference with conviction than to peace is based his arrival here aboard the S. S.

American 1 egion enroute to Buenos Aires. must be our passion." he added. Tt must be a permanent peace founded on mutual understanding among prw ties of North and South Amcrie Paxton Elected Head Of Phone Company Valley Stur ire) McALLEN The election of J. C. Paxton, general manager of the Rio Grande Valley Telephone company.

as president of McAllen chamber of commerce was announced Friday. Paxton will succeed R. II Sawyer, president for the past two years, who is moving to Dallas soon to continue his work with a lumber firm. J. V.

Carpenter was elected by the board of directors to take the place of Paxton, who had served as first vice president. A new director to take post will be elected soon. George Avoub Given Degree By DeMolay (Vi.il*-> MoJniii" Slji FAN BFNITO The DeMolay de- a conferred on George Ayoub Fan Benito, at a meeting held, here this week by the Br. W. O.

1 1 hams Chapter of the DeMolay. plans completed a Thanks- ving Dance in honor of the homecoming students. Discussion was held with visiting Masons from McAllen, Harlingen, Rio Hondo and Edinburg, on the ad- visabilitv of organizing a DeMolay Covacevich Files Suit For Damages (' 'lev Morning Star News BROWNSVILLE Suit has been filed iu 103rd district court here for recovery of SI3.148.78, aleged value of the hardware stock of George A. Covacevich, bankrupt, under a Corpus Christi court judgment. which was sold for $500 at a sale here.

The suit, filed by C. M. Wunder- i man. trustee in bank- i ruptey, alleges Sheriff Art Gools- by and the Corpus Christi Hard- ware company were outside their legal rights in taking possession of the stock at 2 p.m. on the same day Covacevich was adjudged bankrupt at Corpus Christi by a federal court 1 at 10 a.m..

September 23. 1935. Nominal defendants in the suit were B. 11. Dunlap.

Frank T. Phillips, Valley Motor Mart, and the Rio Grande company, for I having purchased part of the stock. Citrus Juice Plant In Weslaco Pushed MtirniiiK Star News Service) WESLACO Final touches are now being placed on the $25.000 citrus juice canning plant being erected in Weslaco for the Rio Grande Valley Citrus exchange, officials announced Friday. The operations will start within the next two weeks. It will be one of the largest juice canneries in the Valley.

and machinery installation will get under way in a few days. The concrete floor is complete the roof is being put in place, and finishing work is rapidly being completed. said John N. Hager, general manager of the exchange. LUCI0 IS HELD WITHOUT BOND Waives Hearing la Court Here (Valley Star Service) HARLINGEN Examining trial for Merced Lucio, Stuart Place, confessed slayer of his wife, Maria Flores Lucio, at their home November 9, was waived by the defendant Friday morning in Justice of the Peace Arthur court here.

Lucio was bound over to the grand Art Lucio, in a written confession stated that he and his wife were quarreling over the task of cutting some wood, and the fact that his dinner was ill-prepared, and that he struck her on the head with the ax he held in his hands at the time. He then throat, put his wife out ef her misery by slashing her throat, and slashed his own throat again. Dead Man Found Is Identified By Different Names GONZALES. Tex body of a man found on railroad tracks here Tuesday was identified Thursday as that of two persons. Sgt.

S. J. Makmkis of the Fort Sam Houston military police identified the body as that of Grady Cromer, 12th Field Artilley. Fort Sam Houston. Mr and Mrs.

J. J. Jones of Fort Worth identified the body as that of her brother. Harry Carter. 40.

of Abilene. A military court of inquiry will be held Friday. County Attorney Denver Lerkins Thursday night said he was still sure there was foul play in the death. Absence of blood where the body was found earlier had led officers to say that it was possible death had occurred elsewhere. Weslaco Celebration Plans Pushed (Valley VlurninR Star Neus Srrtiee) prizes totaling $80.00 will be given winning floats in the Weslaco Birthday Celebration parade December 10.

Secretary Harrv Ratliff of the Weslaco ber of Commerce announced Thursday. Division of the cash will be $20 each in the municipal, school, civic and commercial divisions. Ratliff said. The parade, coming on the second day of the December 9-10 festivities, is scheduled to start at the corner of Texas and Tth streets, march down Texas to 1st. then return to 7th street.

It is to begin at 10 a.m. Mission. Donna, and Brownsville have already promised floats for the parade, and other out-of-town entries are expected. Secretary Ratliff revealed. Members of the parade committee are F.

C. McConnell, chairman. Fred Kay. Andres Garza. C.

Cuellar, Guy Bradford and Grant Montgomery. Judges for the parade will be the secretaries of the various Valley Chambers of Commerce, it was announced Border Club Property Tax Roll Sliced In Hidalgo (Valley Morniiki; Star Service) EDINBURG A major reduction in the 1930 property tax rolls of Hidalg county was indicated Friday as J. Oliver, county tax assessor- collector. announced that the final rolls will be presented to the county court Monday for certification before they are forwarded to the state comptroller at Austin. The total is estimated at $33.600,000 for 1930.

'compared with an actual roll total of $54.001,057 in 1935. (Vulley Morning Star News AUSTIN The Latm-American Chib, whose purpose it is to bring together all Latin-American indents in The University of Texas met recently to reorganize and to lect new officers for the year Members of the club include students from Mexico. Central America. South America. Cuba, and Puerto Rico, in addition to those representing various Texas towns.

The meetings are conducted entirely Spanish, and students who are not members but are interested iu Span ish are allowed to visit. Jose Chavez Montemayor of mez Palaeio. State of Durango Mex was elected president; Dalmda Tie vino of Edinburg, secretary. Virgin ia Runyon of Brownsville, treasurer; Anthony Morales of Del Rio. re porter; Alfredo Roffiel of Vera Cruz, historian; Ramon Elizond of Rio Grande City.

and Arnulfo Martinez of Rio Grande City, parliamentarian. Dr Carlos E. Casteneda. Latin- A mer iea 1 i bra at the University, is sponsor of the club Pptash Industry To Be Given Hearings A spokesman for Senator Pittman said Thursday plans for holding Hearings to determine the for legislation to protect the tions potash industry still were definite. Under a resolution introduced by Pittman at the last session, bearinu- were to have begun November 23 at Carlsbad, New Mexico.

They we posi polled indefinitely Wedm.dav sity na- in- ISION DELAYED WASHINGTON Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas said day decision on which of two estimates. $3,500.000 or $7.000.000. was most nearly accurate for the cost of constructing the first of 13 dams on the Brazos river in Texas would not be reached for several weeks. COMMON £OLDS Relieve distressing by applying Ment hula tu in nostrils and rubbing on chest.t Still Leading (Valley Morning Star MERCEDES The city of Mercedes was listed Friday as the leading produce shipping point on the Missouri Pacific railway in the Rio Grande Valley, having outdistanced the Alamo community during the last week. rITie city is credited with 238 railway carlot shipments thus far this winter, while Alamo is second with 237 cars.

Total loadings on the Missouri Pacific for the present season are placed at 1017 ea riots. Olh er leading snipping points are San Benito with 225 ears and Mission with 103. Friday, November 20, 193? C. F. I iarfi Heat hic lirht ri at the r.

Here Vi orkmcr Ccffec Shap in who demands have Mr. Rieliter at towards a hit of leiiciciis if, MiiGiil SIS ANTaSltJ. 3 Ute ft Hearts Delight I lour made from the choicest of exas heat which i the best in world Hearts Delight Flour is manufactured by a tew concern who is on to you the benefits of fifty "Uccessfijl indliag experience vm one of the finest on the market. Try a sack of Hearts when you next buy I lour and you'll see why Mr. Kichter enjoys ing wit this uperior flour.

The Ml in pet- joya Me On TO THE VALLEY Millers Hearts Belight wil! at the Valley Mid-Winter Fair, ti liouo there. in Vard Other i Ft Mills TEXAS. anu HEARTS adeniarks DELIGHT and Texas' I pi in oni GET EXTRA VALUE A straight Mr. and Mrs. E.

R. Criss of New Kensington. have arrived spend the winter with son ig com- Sevier. it blew about 3 Eight pewifig I farlingen. John Bmwnlee.

San Benito, un derwent a major operation at the Valley Baptist Hospital Thursday. II is condition was reported as favorable by attending physicians. eel stern coni Louisiana. Mexico an A rkaie I Ok lai Sfati Saturday States Asked To Aid Farm Tenancy in lay ,1 ita dai ire sev- FNG.I JK T. Robinson of farm tenant 111 recent eral aetion but to take a I In my nurr.b<*r ten proport io; popula it m.

day Klar NVwg HARLINGEN Member 11 sororities are -Mond hotel Sat- 12 30 wlien the i-Hellei ic Society holds luncheon. All member? already affiliated Pan-Hellenic are bazaar Held Today at Edinburg, to be known Richard Criss. and Mrs. Criss the Hidalgo County Chapter. Senate Committee Holds Secret Probe AUSTIN, The Texas enate's general investigating committee held a secret session here Thursday but numbers would not reveal details.

Sen. Joe Hill of Henderson, chairman of the oil section, promised news within a He said Ihcr hearings would be held before the regular session the legislature in January. Beauty Shoppe 1 vr pi iti: it i sii set mn .1 I Id III- os In I National Rank oil Jackson whiskey is proof whiskey. silk" is proof Sonio UM hiskey they like lill as 00 the measure 1,1 think that i I Uev he value in a ol a 1 strength -100' wool. roui of straifiht a I lH smooth, as believe cerlainly lit Slruir' Brown id reel uruvci.ii lev i lai er 1 a i of of ley Sunday school the ci i Church will bazaar today the building 1 Meyers In addition to us foods that will be tin sale dl fc ma sold.

day. many attractive gifts and other articles SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Livctuinr (hi VII Work Hone In (Mir Shop lor One Week Hnly. Heginning November 23rd. ivite-Way Motor Rebuilders Timm- I its phenomem 01,1 Is as smot.th as any Thai is why 7 Itoslon but again anti is utt that von ever buy liol pH) nig Vinner Obi Mr tiii bi-kf lit il' bar bo" littl ,1 the 11111 Ninoudiun BAA MO PHI WO PROOF tOO PER CENT SMOOTH IN INC BOSTON. MASS.

II 1 TEX DAVE B. SIMPSON, San Antonio Distributor SMI TH Valley Representative.

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