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Don't Let A Temporary Setback Discourage You; One Must Draw Back In Order To Leap Better Sabraitted by Willlsai Qaiefc. 1. JsrkMB. HarliRfca the WEATHEE Friday: cloudy, rains Thursday: high "2, low 92 roil raga First In Newt EDITION First In Circulation Vol. XXXI, No.

165 VALLEY-OWNED LXSTITLTION HARLINGEN. TEXAS, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1940 FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY GREEKS FORCED BACK ON NORTH FRONT STONE Nazis Refuse Safe Conduct For U. S.

Ship SOME of Cameron taxpayers are going to have a chance to vote some more bonds December 7.j The commissioners court hasj fixed that date for a vote a bond issue to build 14 miles of road from Cavazos, via! Olmito, to the Brownsville i port cut-off road. According to data available. the construction of this 14 miles of paving, at a cost of $365,000, will reduce the distance between Cavazos and the port about three miles. Figuring an average operating cost of cars and trucks at 5 cents a mile, a lot of cars and trucks would have to save that 3-mile drive over a long period in order to pay for the co5t building the road. REFUGEES IN EUROPE NAY BESTRANDED Italy Agi-ees To Plan, Hull Reports WASHINGTON refusal to join Italy in giving assurances of safe conduct made it unlikely Thursday night that an American ship would be sent into the European war zone to bring about 1.200 United Slates home from the British Isles.

The state department announced that Italy "very promptly responded to a request from the United States for a safe conduct. Germany, however, replied note delivered Wednesday that it was "not in position to furnish any assurance of the nature requested Assume No Risks In view of this, officials here indicated they could not assume the risks of sending a ship into the combat area. Thus the only means by which the Americans can reach home to take a plane to Lisbon i and then board a Clipper or can ship. Under the neutrality act. large expenditure they are forbidden to travel on And which comes first, the voting vessels of belligerents, of the bonds by the taxpayers of Joseph P.

ambassador part of Cameron county, or the 'o Great Britain, had called at thv guarantee by jhe state to bear the department Wednesday and expressed the hope that a are qaestirtns for the resi -1 sent wnthout iicl.iy dents of the affected area to pon-, home an estimated 1.200 or They know, as everyone else L300 Americans seeking to return Tacoma Bridge, 3rd Largest Suspension Span In World, Falls Sways In Gale, Then Collapses With Roar Into Puget Sound; Faulty Construction Blamed; No One Injured $6.400.000 Tacoma The new' Narrow's Bridge, the third suspension span. ayed and cracked in winds of near gale force Thursday and then fell with a terrific roar into Puget Sound. lives were lost, but one automobile and a logging truck plunged into the wBlcr along with big of concrete, guy wires anj cables. Only the two 425-feet high steel towers which supported the spian withstood the force which reduced the rest of the bridge to rums. Gov.

Clarence D. Martin, who came tn the recked structure. said It would be rebuilt im- mtxlialcly. The bridge was insured and the state was insured against of tolls, he Leonard Coatsworth, driver of the automobile, abandoned hr- car 500 yards from one end of the bridge and crawled off the crumbling mass on his hands and knees. By a stroke of luck.

Capt Bill Thompson of the Tugboat Arab, he and his crew of two barely being caught under the falling mass The Arab as about 100 yarns from the bridge when Captain Thompson noted the sway. Two other persons were on the bridge besides Coatsw-orth. Arthur Hagen said he had just driven on from the end hen it began to sway. Riding with him was his partner in a traiLSit concern, Mrs. Rudy Jacox.

Hagen slammed on the brakes and the two jumped from the truck and alternately crawled and ran to a tow er to be helped ashore by workmen, Mrs. suffered shock and Hagen was taken to a hospital and treated for and scratches. E. chief engineer of the bridge, said the collapse probably was due to the fact that flat, solid girders were used on the sides of the bridge, offering re- to the wind. He said originally plans called for open trusses but that ere changed by another engineer.

Professor A. B. Van Horn of the University of Washington Engineering School at Seattle, said the pH'cuIiar topography of the narrows. over which the bridge was built, virtually doubled the wind velocity, creating a sort of wind tunnel. Since if.s last July the bridge had been nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" by travellers because of its strange weaving motion in the wind.

Some persons became "seasick" while walking across. The highway bridge, generally considered an important defense project, shortened the distance from 80 to 30 miles between Fort Lewis. U. S. Army post near Tacoma.

and the Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton, The central span was exceeded in length only by the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco and the George Washington Bridge in New York. BWISH VilW OF JUR RAIDS ONRONESOON Italian Drive Seeks To Aid Koritza Volunteers May First Draft Call For 47 Men COMMISSIONERS COURT approved the proposal on the theory that the state would designate the route and assume the cost of building the road. But will the state highway department undertake such an expense for such a small saving of distance? Is there enough traffic available for such a route to make such a SPENDING PUN ENLISTMENTS UPS MARKETS SET RECORD Inflation Expected As Stocks Soar S.4.N- predjc- that Great Britain will finally win in her struggle with Germany was made Thursday ght by Col Hn A Finch, chief enginrer of me, LrO 1 clSl 375,000 Mark der. does, that the taxpayers of Cameron county already have too many bonds to pay off and to pay interest charges on. JUST A WEE bit fed up on elections right now, but that doesn't to make much difference.

There are quite a few voting days coming up in December. And even though these elections may not seem very important after the pomp and circumstance of the national election, we repeat the best slogan we know for American as you please, but please vote Besides the bond election mentioned above, the Brownsv'ille Navigation district ill elect three commissioners in balloting December 3 Then Harlmgen will have a municipal election to choose and two city December in. There will be other municipal ectinns about that tima. but let hope nobod.v comes up with anv more sugsestions for voting mor'e bonds. VRW Axis Don't The variance in the positions taken by the Axis partners attracted interest in diplomatic quarters Although Italian planes are said to be participating in the raids on Great Britain, the favorable Italian response w'as interpreted in some circles as an indication that Italy was more concerned with military operations in the Mediterranean area.

The request was made to Germany and Italy on October 27. It planned to send the ship to western Ireland port, probably Galway. Nazi Raiders Spray Bombs Over London a mayor commissioners on LONDON I Friday I I'he nightly Axis air raid on London spread flare-guided incendiary and high-expIosive bombs on the city from dusk night until past midnight Friday, then gradually eased off to a prolonged lull Pension Checks For November Mailed To 120,189 Texas Aged for November, to be mailed month, w'ill go to 120.189 persrms. 845 more than last month. Public Welfare Administrator J.

Murchison said Thurs- dav. statement he to remove from all future issues the tax exempt feature. Inflation Indicated Some of the treasury bonds gain- I broken only by occasional blasting more per $1.000 par I interruptions. value, a number reaching the high; Among place.s hit despite anti- prices since they were Issued aircraft fire from all directions also spread to tax exempt I were an ambulance depot, a shel- nnunicipal issues. New York City I ter.

a previously-bombed hospital, reaching new highs. NEW of major prices of federal and municipal bonds. with those of leading farm shot upward in Thursday's markets in the nke vi Secretary of the Treasury statement fore- shrdowing huge government borrowing and Sharpest Advance Prices in the New York Slock Exchange had the sharpest advance in more than a year. Gams of $2 to nearly $8 a share made it the gam since a surge of war buying on September 5. 1939 Wheat the Chicago pit rose 3 to 3 5-8 cents a the giain for December delivery touching 87 3-4 cents a coming within 1-8 of a cent of the six-months top reached a fortnight ago.

Cotton at New York rose 70 cents tn $1.05 a bale, and wool, hides, rubber and most other staples traded in futures exchanges were higher. Despite the expectation the federal -uld many more billions of bonds, the trea. ury is.sue.» were heavily bought in Wail Street at sharply rising prices. Demand i.v-^ues was combined net profit 1 vear of by Secretary Mnrgenthau $66 000.000. eoual to 5 6 per cent of Eight Corps area, an be I fore the Texas Academy of Science entmn.

Colonel Finrh lared that Britain's sea power, her groAing air power and her leadership under Prime Minister Churchill leads to a growing that England will finally win out. Italian Prisoners Taken To Salonika BELGRADE. t.T*' Greek on the Yugoslav border said Thursday night that 1.000 Italian prisoners captured on the northern front had been taken to Salonika. Greek newspapers rcpr.rted ration cards were required for all foixlstuffs. The government fixed maximum prices, to prevent profiteering, and a wage limit.

Mail Order Houses Show Big Profit WASHINGTON The Securities rcpimted that mail order had a WASHINGTON Nearly two months ahead of schedule, a record influx of volunteer recruits swelled the ranks of the regular army Thui.ckiv full veAxt strength. Int oi soldiers set by An mien ive enlistment drive will he continued. with little slackening ef pace, officials aid. tr ard a tentative new war strength objective of abeut 431.000 Nucleus For Draftees War an average additional expansion of units by about 15 per cent. More recruits are needed also the air corps, and as replacements in other Piirvidmg a nucleus nf s-ddiers for the million and a half men expected to be under arms by next summer, the regular army is of men serving three-vear enlistments; men will serve but one vear and the S.

F. CalHer, Jr. First Harlingen Man To Volunteer Fox Callier. Jr is the lmgen volunteer for military training under the national defense act to fill out questionnaire and to take his physical examination. Ralph Ormesher, clerk, reported Thursday.

The local board has a number of regislranus who have to b'kc training ahead their turn but Callier is the first to fill in the questionnaire and take the physical examination. The Harlmgen area board expects to have enough volunteers to take up its first quota of seven men. By The Associated Press The Italian invaders of Greece nut new force into their blow's Thursday, hammering away on two rugged the Epirus area near the Ionian coast and 100 miles farther north in the Phlorina sector. The Epirus drive gathered speed after the Italians declared they had achieved a notable wartime engineering feat by bridging the turbulent Kalamas river. Janina Is Goal This thrust and the one toward I Phlorina appeared to be tw'in efforts to divert Greek pressure from I Koritza.

Fascist base under going I a merciless pounding from artillery established at the head of a Greek salient into Albania. loannina (Janina), Greek industrial town 30 miles from the Albanian frontier, also was an objective of the Epirus campaign. The Greeks said merely that they had made a retreat near the coast and had come in contact with sale.s. The profit more than 1938 was $21.000.000 ICnntinuril nn f'ol. 1) CALLED TO AR.MY NEW YORK vT Licut -Col.

Prchon Somvervrll. nrks proj- rct.s administrator for New York City, hern called into active in the S. ITALY LOSES EGYPT CITY British Recapture Gallabat Easilv' MUST REPORT come in contact witn IImI Nil If 1 body of the invaders at A a A some points. They expressed confidence that their main fortifica- TTii TT 1 tions would withstand Italian at- Valley Soldiers Head tacks. Por San Antonin in the battle for Britain, the Ger- 1 Odll scattered fire and explosive HART TTvmnsj Who London in their regular 1 1 nightly air assaults.

Berlin declared draft boards must deliver 47 men to the aeriaf siege would be matched the Fort Sam Houston recruiting soon by an even fiercer counter- office San Antonio on November blockade of Britain by sea and 25. according to quotas assigaed Aiisocialed Press dispatches from Austin indicated. but most boards reported that they have enough volunteers to take care of the first call. The Browns- i 11 draft board has a quota of SIX. Five men hav'e a block of apartments and a number of private dwellings.

Mexico Clamps Down On Acts MEXICO CITY- OP. -The War i P)epartment announced Thursday that acts of terrorism such as the i attempt to dynamite the Cuernavaca Roaring Welcome Is Given Roosevelt In Washington Debt Limit Boost Asked As Ickes Offers To Michigan Goes To Willkie Sl.6.16.352, i Railway averace 21 cents each h.eh.; Wednesday. higher tnan the October average of $13.40 'Something Japs Warn U. S. To Take Action IF i United Stales, both in politics and armament, will try something in the next months which will make the world sit up and take notice.

the new paper th ing that Prendent 5 reelection signalized the start of American campaign of aggrandizement." Japanese wireless, quotin. N'thi Nichi went even further, a.s- sert.ng the opinion that "we shall hat to conclude that his xelt adm.nc-trat.on continue tn mirn iiy present policv and eieniuaiiy drag Amenra A hi cal.cd on the Japanese gov- em.rr„t to prepare for any Arneri- CdB moves, declaring, -'laving spcrt mu of her resources in the palt th.ee years war in China) Japan cannot compiete the task recop ruction in Kast Asia with m-re verbal and wishful th.cKme nccn-t Unimd bent on natiunal w'ould force the government to adopt more severe measures against saboteurs and rebels. Many Wall Street analysts saw inflationary in the secretary statement. means roughly a larger increase in the circulating medium money and bank a given period than u' a IITT the corresponding increase in the the big question nf higher taxes, an in- produclion of goods resulting national debt limit and the whole broad subject of defense and assistance to Great Britain, President Roosevelt returned to the capital Thursday, received a roaring welcome from Washingtonians and engaged in a long scries of confcrence.s. He talked with the defense commission, with Arthur Purvis, Briti.sh purchasing agent, received a letter of resignation from Secretary Ickes tonden'd to give the dent a free hand if he wishes to C.A.IRO The British announced Thursday their first notable offensive thrust of the Sudanese campaign and reported a heavy RAF raid on Bnndisi.

naval base at the heel of the Italian boot. Just on the British side of the frontier between the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Ethiopia, the British middle-east command asserted. British troops surprised and recaptured the town of Gallabat, imprisoned part of the garrison, and held the position through a stiff Italian counter-attack and two bombings. The it was declared, took but 45 and was launched sea claimed considerably more than a third of shipping space available to the British at the outset of w'ar already had been destroyed. Berlin Heavily Raided Britain, stepping up the tempo of her air counter-offensive, announced new heavy raids on Berlin.

other vital targets in Germany, the continental coastline and the Italian naval base at Brindisi, at the "heel" of the Italian boot. The British government also took into account the Axis boasts that Italian bombers have joined in the raids on London, asserting that Bri- volunleered so that if they can all tain would full liberty of qualify for service, only one regu-' action in regard to Rome." lar registrant will need to be taken In addition to the attack en Brin- for the first call. disi, carried out by the RAF from San Benito's draft board has a Africa, the British command at quota of five with no volunteers, Cairo announced its first notable most eligible young men having offensive thrust of the Sudanese joined the National Guard, it was campaign with the recapture of stated. The board receive credit Gallabat. This tow'n on the border for these enlistments on future between Ethiopia and the Anglo- calls.

Seven In Harlingen The quota for the Harlingen area is seven men and draft board has enough volunteers, if they prove acceptable, to make it iinnecessarv to select anyone from the rolls, it was stated. At Weslaco the quota was seven men but the office there reported it did not have its figures on volunteers available. The Pharr office, with a quota of eight, reported that one regis- Egyptian Sudan was seized by Italy early in the war. early Wednesday morning by a mix- Ijant is already in the army and rd detachment of British and Indian troops supported by tanks, ar- nsing prices.) Alaska Census Shows 71,911 Population tillery and planes. An unstated number of prisoners was said to have been taken.

It was announced that 17 soldiers of the Italian force deserted during the engagement. JUNEAU. Alaska preliminary census total set Alaska's population at 71.911. compared with 39.278 ten years ago. Census Supervisor J.

P. Anderson said Thursday. BRITISH WARY OF AXIS TRAP per cent in the wholesale commodity price lowering natural gas rates in index for the week ended Novem- ineir communities. I her 2. reshape his found him- at once facing a fight on the question of the debt limitation.

Just Secretary Morgenthau, saying that PRICES GO DOWN "We've just begun to rearm." an- u- Afraid To Seild Too 'hat wouW request that the statutory restriction upon the size of the debt be Culberson Urges Cut In City Gas Rates fort Cul- railroad commissioner-elect, u- a Thursday appealed to city officials reau of Labor Statistics Thursday to save their constituents millions 1 reported a decline of 0 1 per cent- iVlUCn vj 10 GR AlCl of dollars" by taking the initiative an Bye, Bye, Bitterness San Benito Rally To Burn Campaign Papers SAN politicians have occasion to "bury the hatchet at an "All-American" celebration Saturday night in San Benito to the harmonious tune of appropriate patriotic addresses by speakers of both the Democratic and Republican parties. A feature of the event will be the burning of campaign literature in a huge bonfire. The public is in- and urged to attend this celebration scheduled for 8 m. near the Missouri Pacific station on Sam Houston boulevard. Congressman Milton H.

West oi Brownsville and Van R. Wiggins, editor of the Valley Morning Star, of Harlingen, have been extended special invitations and have indicated they will attend if possible. Speakers slated for this festivity include Mayor Louis S. Witte, Harry M. Carroll.

Charles C. Bowie, and J. Perrin W'illis. This entertainment is in connection with the Armistice Week celebration, arranged by the American Legion, Sam Jackson Post 111. and in co-operation with city and chamber of commerce officials.

CAIRO. British middle F.ast forces are giving valuable air and naval aid to Greece but naturally are moving cautiously be- of the ever-present threat of more extensive Italian operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. British authorities declared Thursday night. The Fascist invasion of the little Balkan kingdom is believed only a prelude to such an Axis and the British command, thev said, is determined not to be lured into any trans. The British are their eyes not only on Greece but on the Balkans for German action the Italian drive tou ard the Dardanelles is consideied more Yugoslavia toward Salonika, Greek port on the Aegean Sea.

They must also be alert on their main front in western desert. six Italian divisions are installed and may at any time: and on the Sudan-Ethiopian frontier. from $49.000,000.000 to ObO or $65.000.000.000. Senator Byrd on 1) Chile Wants Pole But Argentina May Oppose Move BUENOS i.T> newspapers commented adversely Thursday on Chile's claim to all Antarctic territory between 53 and 90 degrees west longitude, asserting that part of this land "rightfully belongs to Argentine Foreign Minister Julio Roca conierred with Isidoro Ruiz Moreno, head of a recently-created Antarctic committee which will meet Friday to discuss the situation. A foreign office spokesman said the note announcing Chile's claim as "extremely cordial" and that it suggested a if Argentina felt her claims were opposed in iany way.

Movie Wife Files For Divorce LOS ANGELES Edmund Lowe, leading man of the films, was sued for divorce Thursday by Mrs. Rita Kauffman Lowe, who charged him with as.sociating with other women and criticizing her without reason. She estimated the value of their community property at $500.000 and asked "reasonable" alimony. that there are 10 other volunteers. One of the largest lists of volunteers was reported by the Edinburg draft board ith a total of 13 One of however has changed his mind, it said.

Willacy county's quota w'as three and Fred Akard of the draft board Labor Dispute Slows Output Of Airships NEW Brown, vice president and general manager of the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, said Thursday night that production of 519 airplanes for the U. S. Navy at the Long Island City and Newark plants had been retarded bv an AFL-CIO jurisdictional dispute. U.S. Sub Launched At Groton Thursday GROTON.

Gar. latest submarine built for the Unit- 1 i cd Slates was launched Thursday the of the Electric Company here. At the time contracts were let it volunteers have already filled in tbeir questionnaires and passed their physical examinations. Starr county has a quota of three (CnntiniiPif nn Pair 2. Col.

Newsman In Maine Quits CIO Position PORTLAND. Me A. Hebert. Portland newspaperman Thursday as president of the Maine State Industrial Union Council "in view of the fact that I publicly supported Wendell L. Willkie for president." Opponent Gains On Governor Of Kansas TOPEKA.

Kan. w. H. Burke. Democrat, increased his small but strategically important lead over Republican Governor Payne H.

Ratner, seeking re-election. as counties re-checked their totals the closest state race in recent years. was said the craft would be about 300 feet long with a displacement of 1,475 tons and cost over $3,000,000. Mystery Blast Fatal SCRANTON. son and daughter of Scranton's director of public health were killed Thursday night by a mysterious explosion that blew the family automobile to bits.

VOGUE EDITOR DIES NEW Marion Taylor Chipman. 54, for many years merchandizing editor of Vogue Magazine, died Thursday of heart dis- case. More Rainfall Willacy Helped By New Moisture Willkie Urged As Defense Board Head Oil Man Asks Ouster Of Ickes, Perkins DALLAS State Democratic Chairman B. Germany of Dallas Thursday suggested in telegrams to National Democratic Chairman Edward J. Flynn and other party leaders, that Wendell L.

Willkie be appointed chairman of the National Defense Commission. The Texas oil man suggested also that Secretaries Ickes and Perkins be removed from their cabinet posts as a means of advancing national unity. He said telegrams were sent to Secretary Jones and Senators Sheppard (D-Tex) and Connally weather man favored the Valley with more rain Thursday, particularly Willacy coun- ty which welcomed the precipitation which was a life saver for the onion crop. Onions are just coming up in Willacv county and the nice ram there Thursday was regarded as a godsend. i Misty weather prevailed in Harlingen where only a trace of rain was registered.

The maximum temperature was 72. the minimum 62 during the 24 hour period. The weather bureau promLsed a continuance of the present conditions with a forecast of ably cloudy with light rains Friiiay and Saturday and no change in i temperature..