a Monitor Index te State Meeting NE sent Has 'The Buying Orchid War Curbed Esport Today' McAllen Besere Defeated Softball Tournament Here Traffic Violations Drop 'March Time' Man Here -Stevenson Appointments EVENING" MONITOR SERVING THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL COUNTY IN AMERICA' THIRTY-SECOND YEAR--No. 36 McALLEN, TEXAS, TUESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1941 50 A COPY EIGHT PAGES FRANCE ALIGNS WITH AXIS Business Men Here Back Credit Curb FDR's Program Beneficial In Long Run, Say Most Merchants (See Related Editorial, Page CALLEN agreeing almost uanimously that President Roosevelt's proposed curb on installment buying would have an immediate bad effect on Valley business, most McAllen business men said today they feel that such regulation would be beneficial in the long run, Many favored the ban because, as one put it: "American citizens would no longer put their income in hock to buy goods on the installment plan." Six came out in full two favor opposed of it. the Several proposal, awhile comment, some wishing to learn more details of the measures to be taken. Here Are Opinions Some of opinions voiced were: Jack Wilson, manager Boggus Motor "It will retard bustness in the Valley and elsewhere until people get used to the law and make arrangements to buy otherwise.
It is a very smart move. It will put business back on a business basis instead of continuing the wild purchasing practiced by many, It will help both consumer the retailer the long run." J. V. Carpenter, owner, Carpenter Chevrolet "I do not approve of it because it will cut down on all types of business, Especially will it a effect business dependent upon automotive vehicles, since 75 per cent. of our business is on the installment basis.
In fact, it will stagnate automobile sales. Persons, who business use will trucks no to longer carry be able to do so because the purchase price of a truck is too high for the ordinary man to pay at one time, We foresaw a curtailment of instalment buying and initiated shorter lengths of time for payment, but we did not expect as drastic a move as this appears to be." W. W. Dees, executive vice president, City State Bank Trust haven't studied it very carefully, It will probably hurt retail sales, but in the long run it will be for the best. One of the objectives may be to enable people to put more money into defense bonds.
Forsees Sound Basis J. Forrest Palmer, owner, Palmer's Walgreen store: "It will put business on a more sound basis, Nearly all business men have been guilty of trying to make budget-buying plans more attractive, and this will correct the situation. It the man dependent upon installment buying but in six or months he, along with everybody else, will be better off. With expenses of installment selling cut out, sellers will be able to reduce prices." Carl Green, asistant manager, Anthony's: "I have not arrived at definite opinion regarding the matter yet; however, we do not expect a direct effect since none of our business is on the installment plan." Sam Lack, Lack's Auto Supply: "It will probably have a bad effect, but if it will do the job they're trying to do, then I'm all for it. The idea is to stop that guy over there (Hitler), and if we don't do it, will not have any business at all." Percy Herman, owner, Valley Mercantile; "Until the proposal is clarified and details are given, I have no comment." E.
Handverker, owner, Advance Shop: "Installment buying in the Valley has not reached the mark it has in other parts of the country and, therefore, the plan will not do a great deal of harm here. It is the very backbone of some businesses. I believe, however, it is a very good ruling and will curb a great deal of wild buying, which should have been corrected long ago." Foresees Bad Effect A. B. Chambers, manager, J.
C. Penney's: "While it won't affect my business, it will have a very (Se CREDIT, Page 2) McALLEN Workmen today were razing the old D. W. Glassco*ck home, one of the city's landmarks at the corner of North Twelfth street and Cedar avenue. The house has been sold by the city to A.
J. Stephens of Edinburg, deputy county tax assessotcollector, for $300. The city acted as trustee for the county and school district in tax foreclosure suits instituted against the property, Razing of McAllen Landmark Begins SOVIET RUSSIA Konotop To Moscow Nezhin 250 miles Zhitomin Kherker Reported mess THE UKRAINE migration of peasants, workers Dnepropetrovsk Kirovo Stalino Don Dniester Roster 2 Grein Industry Odessa 1 Nikolaev Bose' Naval Melitopol oil fields Soviet Sugar Power CRIMEA Krasnodar Cotton Cattle Black Sea MILES Iron Cool Sevastopol 100 Ukraine Only a Starter Even if Germany the shaded captures Kiev and Odessa, occupying all area on the still will from the richest agricultural, mineral and industrial districts of the Ukraine. Nazis still have many exhaustive miles of fighting ahead from the capital to the heart of the province. Nazis Knife to Black Sea Coast, Say Odessa Surrender Certain BLISTERING NEW WIRE SOVIET RETREAT BRITISH ASSAULT BATTERS COLOGNE Daylight Raiders Swarm over Reich BERLIN-(P)-Thirty British airplanes were shot down by the Germans today, D.N,B.
reported tonight. Eleven of the bombers were shot down at noon when the British "attempted to attack" western Germany's industrial section, D.N,B. said, adding that the invaders were compelled to drop bombs harmlessly near Cologne. LONDON-(P)- TI: R. A.
F. bombed Cologne in an audacious daylight raid today and sent a great air armada out to attack the coast of -occupied France on a non-stop foray which sharply renewed Britain's largescale air offensive against the reich. The raid on the ancient Rhineland metropolis was described by the British Press association as possibly the heaviest daylight attack yet made on Germany, The assault on the French coast was carried out in such force that observers on the English southeast coast gave up trying to count the number of planes roaring out over the channel. High-flying bombers and protecting fighter planes swept eastward in both and diamond formation. Crowds gathered all afternoon to watch the spectacular offensive, Blenheim bombers were reported to have carried out the bombing of Cologne, the third daylight attack on this city since the The city, which straddles beginning of the war.
the Rhine and contains many of the vital industries for which the Rhineland is famed and which are feeding the German war machine, has been raided approximately 100 times by night. Pecan Crop Forecast WASHINGTON agriculture department 1941 pecan crop pounds, not far crop of 88,426,000 BRITAIN SAYS SHE'S READY FOR JAP WAR Tokyo Paper Voices New U. S. 'Warned' -(P) Authoritative quarters declared today "If Japan wants war in the Pacific there will be war, if she wants peace there will be peace." MANILA-(P)-The Japanese high command is planning to place a total of 180,000 troops in French Indo-China, the majority of them in. West Cambodia adjoining the border of Thailand, it was learned on good authority tonight.
TOKYO -(P)- The mill. tarist daily, Kokumin, said today that the United States and Britain had been warned that any further anti-Japanese pressure by them would bring about "nothing but the worst situation" and that Japan will go ahead with grim resolve. toward establishment of her sphere in East Asia. Kokumin in its editorial said that special emphasis had been given the warning to the United States. The paper, professing that Japan's policy is being worked out along peaceful lines and that she has no aggressive designs, urged that the United States approach questions of the far east calmly, Britain is putting forth "frantic efforts to cause friction between the United States and Japan" and is resorting to all sorts of moves to disturb the peace of the Pacific, said paper, Kokumin compared Britain's policy to the grasp of a drowning man for a straw and said she had been on the verge of defeat by Germany for two years.
Australian War Session Summoned MELBOURNE, Australia -(P) The federal parliament was summoned today to meet August 20 to discuss the Far Eastern situation. The legislators also will take up the question of Australian min- (See JAPAN, Page 2) Seven Americans Die in Air Crash 22 Aboard British Bomber Ferry Killed LONDON-(P)-The deaths of seven American officers in the British armed forces along with 15 others in the crash of a large airplane described as of the "transoceanic" type was announced today. (The plane was believed to have been a bomber ferry, Announcement of the crash also was made in Montreal by the R. A. F.
ferry command.) Eight of the victims were Canadians. The plane crashed on a hillside Saturday just after leaving a British airport. The American victims and their addresses were listed as follows: Flight Engineer E. G. Reeves, Roslyn Heights, N.
Y. Capt. G. T. Harris, Kansas.
D. J. Duggan, Winthrop, Mass. Capt. H.
R. Wixen, Judy, Dallas, Tex. Los Angeles. Capt. J.
J. Roulstone, Long Beach, Cal. Capt. W. M.
King, Arkansas. (P) The expects a of 87,641,000 behind the 1940 pounds. Road Fete Attracts Mexican Editors McALLEN-Mexico City newspapers in addition to those in Texas are taking an active interest in the opening of the Reynosaterrey 1 ghway, the arrival today McAllen of Oswaldo Parra, traveling editor of La Prensa, one of" the southern capital's leading dailies, indicated. Also, the McAllen Chamber of Commerce received a wire from Bill Vennell, Houston Press representative, for further information on the celebration. Parra met at the chamber with General Pedro Lopez Tafoya, chief of the Reynosa garrison, Joe Pate, manager of the Valley Bridge this new highway," Parra told the company, and Ramiro C.
Rodri- McAllen men. "You will be surguez, also of the bridge company, and chamber representatives. prised at the great number of our Parra outlined plans his paper has nationals who will take advantfor publicizing the Valley and the age of it when coming north to new highway. your country." "I doubt if the people of your Representatives from several territory realize the great interest major Texas papers have been inwhich we in the interior have invited to attend The Weather WEATHER BUREAU McAllen: Noon temperature, August 04 Fair, Masimum since August 00 degrees: minimum since Auguet 111 70 degrees. FORECAST East Tesssi Partly cloudy in tered thundershowers in north, cooler northwest portion tonight; Wednesday siderabie cloudiness, thundershow.
in north and estreme cast portions, cooler in north portion. Gentle fresh mostly southerly winds on the coast, CITY SEEKS $36,665 SUM FOR PAVING W. P. A. Proposal Being Drafted For McAllen McALLEN Application for a $36,665 McAllen street reconditioning program was being prepared here today for submission to the Work Projects administration in an effort to obtain a federal grant for the work.
The project, as drawn up by Project Engineer C. C. Eckhoff, would cover extensive areas in both the north and south sides of the city where long and severe rains took their toll in recent heavy paving damage, Included on the application are such items as excavation, graveling, and sealcoating of streets, Approximately of gravel intersecting avenues, are scheduled to be put back in shape provided the application wins W. P. A.
approval. These are the avenues now pitted with deep holes. The number is equally distributed between the two side, of the city, A total 100 blocks of sealcoating is included. This is an oil and meal surface put over already installed paving to prevent its cracking into holes. The application covers a few blocks of new paving and topping of already paved streets damaged by the rain.
The streets covered by the prowere not listed. Neither City Supervisor C. D. Martin nor Eckhoff could list them at present, they said, but the application, if approved, would put all streets back into their original shape, Police Open War On Prowlers Two McAllen Homes Looted by Burglars McALLEN-Police craked down today on prowlers, issuing a warning that all night-time loafers will be stopped and questioned about their business, while one McAllen man was in county jail awaiting grand jury action on a burglary charge. Chief of Police Noah Cannon issued the order after two McAllen homes were burglarized Monday night.
and three "peeping toms" apprehended for questioning. One burglary was a daylight affair. In both cases the window screens were slit for entry. Cannon said the work was obviously done by "amateurs" since fingerprints were found over the two houses. The alleged peepers were stopped on South Broadway after residents reported they were being annoyed.
Window peeping has been widespread over both the north and south sides of McAllen for the past several weeks and this, Cannon said, is "going to be stopped Narcissus Rangel, 18, was bound over to the grand jury on $500 bond by Justice of the Peace T. J. Powell after an examining trial Monday afternoon on burglary charge. Rangel was arrested by Constable John Bales at his home in Paloma addition Friday night. He is charged with having twice burglarized the Monk Frisby home of about $9.
Between 2 p. m. and 4 p. Monday burglars entered the Carl Green home, 112 North Seventeenth street, and stole a matched set. of golf clubs, three woods and seven irons, with a canvas bag.
Between 9 p. m. and nidnight Monday, burglars enter. the H. A.
Kimberlin home at ..6 North Broadway and made off with two gold watches and about 40 cents in change. There were two lars in each case. Workmen on a house construction near the Green residence police they saw two young fellows sitting on the curb across the street for about 30 minutes Monafternoon. When the workthen left for a few minutes they found the men gone. Cannon has issued order to patrolmen to stop and question all loafers they see at night.
He urged residents to keep their homes further selocked to prevent rifling. Killed in Brownwood -Rev. D. A. ares, 36, pastor of the Salt Creek and Concord Baptist churches, died today of a broken neck suffered Friday night when his car struck bridge near Crownwood.
DARLAN MADE DICTATOR OF ARMED FORCES Petain Appeals For 'Understanding' In United States Manuel Avila Camacho CAMACHO TO VIEW FORMAL OPENING OF NEW ROAD Mexican President To Visit Monterrey McALLEN -President Manuel Avila Camacho of Mexico is pected to be in Monterrey for the official opening of the Valley border highway to the south September 19, 20 and 21. Celebration officials here said the president would be invited to extend his trip to Mexican border cities, attendng some of the festivities planned to celebrate completion of the highway linking the Valley to Mexico City. It was understood President Camacho postponed his official visit Monterrey to coincide with the road's opening. Meanwhile, celebration official are rushing plans to completion. The publicity department of the McAllen Chamber of Commerce was sending out 1,000 newspaper stories advertising the three-day fiesta.
Invitations have already been dispatched to 1,000 travel bureaus and chambers urging that they route visitors to Mexico over this highway. Knox Confers On Ship Strike Talks With Company Head On Taking Over Plant By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Navy Secretary Knox and L. H. Korndorff, president of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company, conferred for more than an hour today on the company's offer to turn over its strike-bound Kearny, N. yard to the navy, then adjourned their discussions.
Other than a brief announcement by Korndorff that the conference would be resumed at 1 p. m. There was no disclosure regarding the meeting. Sidney Hillman, associate director general of the Office of Production Management, participated in the conference for a time, but left ahead of Korndorff. Knox withheld any hint of his attitude toward the company's offer, affecting the big plant where 17,000 workers have been idle since Thursday, In proposing the drastic step, Korndorff declared that the strike "involves no issue but the maintenance of the open shop.
We are unwilling to abandon the defense of the freedom of the American worker to choose whether he will belong to a union or not." In the East, the Jersey C.y and Dover, N. J. plants of L. O. Koven and Brother were struck, halting work on $1,000,000 navy contracts for submarine manifolds and gasoline and water tanks.
The Curtiss- corporation's propeller division said today that for the first time since a strike broke out Friday was an increase in the number of men passing through picket lines to work on $100,000,000 in defense orders. Milk Price Hike Protested NEW YORK-(P)-A protest campaign by New York City housewives against 8 proposed milk price was begun today by the milk consumers protective committee which urged its members to protest directly to President Roosevelt. FLASHES Red Generals Taken BERLIN-(P)-Two generals of the 12th and 13th Russian armies have been captured by the Germans, Nazi military sources said tonight. Commander Missing LONDON Com-. mander Douglas R.
Bader, legless Canadian ace of the R. A. was reported missing today, 117 Serbs Executed ANKARA, Turkey(P) Military said tonight that 117 more Serbs had been executed in the last two days in various parts of German-occupied Yugoslavia because of conditions of revolt which have spread to sections of the broken kingdom. or Sues Canal Hit CAIRO Suez canal area and the port of Alexandria, site of Britain's big Mediterranean naval base, were raided from the air Monday night, an Egyptian government communique said today, Eight persons were killed and 13 injured in the canal zone and four persons injured at Alexandria. Shortened Dove Season Predicted Tucker Says Whitewing May Get Full Protection AUSTIN- bird act officials in Washington have intimated the dove season might be greatly curtailed this tall, Will J.
Tucker, secretary of the state game commission, said today, "Information I have received from Washington," Tucker stated, "indicated a shortened season was in prospect despite the fact that Texas has a plentiful supply of mourning doves. In states east of Texas, however, doves have suffrom various causes." serene secretary previously reported the Texas whitewing dove supply was so he believed shooting of the species would be allowed. Governor to Confer On Road Bond Bill AUSTIN- -Announcing a conference Friday with county officials, Governor co*ke R. Stevenson today spoke optimistically of prospects for reconciling elements in the road bond controversy. Russians Use New 'Gasoline' Shells STOCKHOLM-IP)-The newspaper reported today that Russians on the Finnish front are using shells loaded with I gasoline which burst 200 feet from the ground and ignite forests.
STARTS; STUBBORN FIGHT CONTINUES Defenders Pressed Hard Near. Leningrad MOSCOW (P) Russian bombers raided Berlin again Monday night, it was announced today, attacking military objectives in the German capital area and starting fires. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS German military dispatches pictured Russia's big Black sea port of Odessa as doomed to quick surrender today, with Nazi troops storming down both sides of the Bug river and Red army forces desperately attempting to escape by sea. D. N.
the official German news agency, reported German bombers already had sunk six troop-laden Russian transports off the Ukraine coast near Odessa. 40 Miles from City Nazi military quarters late today said flying units of Hitler's panzer divisions had driven to the Black sea at several points- presumably near Ochakov, 40 miles east of Odessa thus partly isolating Red army units cornered in the west. Two generals the 12th and 13th Soviet armies were reported to have been captured. On the political front, France's Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan, known for his anti-British attitude, named minister of defense with full military powers. the war in the air, R.
A. F. warplanes began to carry out a pledge to turn Germany's cities into "burning hells" with a violent, Rhineland large-scale daylight of Cologne. assault on city On the Russo-German front, Moscow conceded that the Red armies were flanks in the 52-dav-old struggle. Flight of Russians Advices reaching London further emphasized the critical pught of Soviet Marshal Semeon Budvenny's army of the south, reporting that Adolf Hitler had thrown perhaps 1,000,000 troops into the Ukraine conflict and that German armed forces had advanced within 40 miles of the big grain and port Nikolaev, about 65 miles east of Odessa.
Authoritative London quarters said the main German onslaught was developing from the Uman sector, midway between Odessa and Kiev, where the Nazis last week reported the slaughter of 200,000 Red army troops. D. N. B. described the German (See RUSSIA, Page 2) Starr Draftees Stop in McAllen McALLEN- selectees from the Rio Grande City draft board stopped in McAllen this morning at the Union Bus terminal on their way to San Antonio for induction.
They were Cresencio Rosales of Escobales, Antonio Gonzales of Los Saenz, and Eudocio Villarreal of La Grulla. VICHY, Unoccupied France -(AP) -Marshal Petain, the French chief of state, committed himself to full boration with Germany in a radio address to the nation tonight, a few hours after his vicepremier, Admiral Jean Darian, had been given reme military powers in the Vichy regime, The aged marshal ranged himself squarely on the side of Germany in the fight against Russia, which he said was a "defense in the east of civilization" and was a battle which could "change the map of the world," Marshal Petain personally pealed to the United States for understanding and to the French for their cooneration. 'Revolution' Failure He admitted that his so-called national revolution had failed of its aims so far, In committing himself to full collaboration with Germany, Marshal Petain said that centuries of quarreling with France's eastern neighbor had to give way to a larger perspective which "by open up a reconciled continent." The Marshal declared frankly: "That is the aim toward which are heading." a broadcast to the entire nation, which was the most tional development in Vichy since the ouster of former Premier Pierre Laval as his political heir last Dec, 13 marshal declared he had given Darlan exceptional powers despite the fact that public opinion "never was always favorable nor always fair" to the admiral. Appeals to U. 8.
Out of a clear sky Petain appealed to the United States, say ing: "I would like to recall to the great American public the sons why it has no reasons to fear a decline of French ideals. Certainly our parliamentary policy is dead. 'But it never had more than a little in common with the democracy of the United States. As for the instinct of liberty that lives always with us, proud and strong." He went on: "The press has en misjudged Let it now make an effort to understand the quality of our souls; the destiny of a nation whose soil was during the course of tory- ravaged; its youth decimated; its well-being troubled by the weakness of Europe, in whose reconstruction France intends today to participate." A decree published in a special edition of the official journal gave Darlan greater powers than any person or combination of persons in France except Chief of State Petain himself. Attack on Britain Darlan, who on June 10 called (See VICHY, Page 2) Draft Extension To Be Compulsory Bill to Lengthen Service Voluntarily Is Beaten WASHINGTON-(P) The house defeated today an attempt to put extended military service on a voluntary rather than compulsory basis.
Earlier Rep. Thomas (D-Tex) called on the house to extend the service of the nation's citizen soldiers because, he said, on the basis of expert military opinion Adolf Hitler is "going to take Russia" and then England will be "next on the list." old England," son said amid applause, "I hope she stands but there's not a man on this floor who doesn't know if she falls- who will be next on Hitler's list." While explaining he could not reveal information that had been given military committee in executive session, Thomason said there were more than 200 German schools in Argentina and 1,200,000 Germans in Brazil,.
