THE WEATHERMostly overcast »ki«» and

mild, with occasional, scat-tered thunder shower*.

57TH YEAR — NO. 39

THUMBNAIL EDITORIALBrownsville can push lU

chest out a little farther nowthat it has the New Majesticto brag on.

Grand* Valley for Over 50 Year*

(/P) MEMBERBROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949

28 PAGES

He's Traded Bullets For Oratory But ChapinStill Engaged In Courtroom Battles At 79

go

By GEORGE AVERtin raid Stuff WrlUsr

Judge Dennis B. Chapin hasswapped tullr.ts for courtroomoratory but h«'a still fighting.

Tho 70-year-old former Hidal-county Judge, who ha» hadshare of political battles as

well an gun fight*, !« now inthe midst ol legal warfare withnrveral lai e;o Texas oil compa-

The oil canes thin week broughthim to Brownsville, where hehud a l a w o i f l e e n l m o « t o O y c a r Bago. W h i n he finished a stor-my hearing In Judge Allen B.Hitnnaya federal court ChapinrUd florne reminisc ing" about hisf i r s t v i w i t lure,

Worked for Cattlemen•It wa« back in 1892 or 38D3 he

•mid, v/h-n he was work ng fortho Cattle riHi.snrs AflHoclation

-My npr .c l f io Job was whatt h r - y call•*! a tt-oubleshooter"l lmlnat i i iK cattle thieves andhorse thieves," he sal d, Hoadded he had a -special corn-

i , « ivr.m t h e trovernoi LOi Y \ i * A ^ i o n 11 * j 1 1 1 w * * \ ' nride with t h e Texas K*"**™«nd rlc-numd the i r asfllstanco' I deemed it neces-

not of ten neces-"whonev<T.snry." "

'M U 'y ' Is Acquittalf l h a p i n does not deny

about J U I O he shot adeath and wann n i n f ' - d H V t r i a l

The f l m - i d , Hoqu-nL lawyert o l d how Hi'1 I-''"11

r , , M l lP r .H i . -d h im f rom

and

that inBanger to

acquitted afterIn Victoria.

en Iof sevennear

Cotton Picker Who KilledFriend Slain By Officer

heof"

d

Brownsville,"made up my{ over settled

aboutLaredo,

none

iind two of his menjoined me in th- pu r su i t of these

' 1 brought them ( t n ct( Corpus Chrlst l .

anr| the re ' out f i t t e d them" forthe t r l n to the border.

<-Tlml was the f i r s t t ime TN f i w the c i t y ofChapin M a i d , " tm i n d t i i f - n that i fdown I would mftko tho RioOrnnde Vul l ' -y my home.

End f ' > r Ru.iHrrsThe rus t l e r s?"Wo e x t e r m i n a t e d them

;.n 01- '10 miles aboveM , , t , j , " nn r l in t h e t l gh t^, i < t was f-vori wounded,

fh 'apln recal led In minutet a i l h i s a r r iva l in Browns-

v i l l e "The f i rs t . domoHtic duty Ihad ' fo rced upon rnft by my wife,W ( ls to take, a prescript ion to adni j r " torn and have It r e f i l l ed ,

h"»Tho l ' dn .KKiHl of the city att h a t t i m e WHS a Mr. Puto.gnata most congenial gent leman .

-I H H k - > d h im what the priceWHM and he said -51.50. It ende red him a *80, 1J. S. cur-. ) > n r v o-nld note Mr. Putep-i n l ,ooU -t . and said Til have

to tfivi- you your change In themoney of the country.1

•Tin cave me two MexicanK i l v e r dollars a Mexican f ive-dollar h i l l and the balance of the

in t r ade checks on Boi-KleUls store, thestore, and other

stores of the c i ty .Hups i\l

"[ found out that thosechecks on those storesb n v more provisions then thanth( ; depreciated, manipulatedS. cur ren-y under theever would."

The man who says he c a n tremember how many pun bat-t les he 1ms been in remembershow ho tfol his change In adrugstore f>0 years ago.

M« f inr^red the solid goldrim? he won In a South Dakotapoker game I n 1395 nncl risked"K"or hoar about the time Istole a court house."

The larceny was strictlyleiial i t t u r n e d out, and Feder-al .Tiulge IHiva l West of SanA n t o n i o vouched for the fact,C h n p i n s .<xl i l . '!'"« r'ourt hoVS°s t ea l happened In Hidalgo

fSeo CHAIMN, Pnge Five.)

JUDGE DENNIS B. CHAPIN... .— > —

A&I Student Union BuildingContracts Are Let By Board

KJNGSVILLK,055,80 for const ruct iontho. cum pus of Texan A. &a meet ing of the co l l egestonio .

17 Contracts totaling1 $419,-of a s tuden t u n i o n b u i l d i n g on

I. Col lege were let Tuesday atboard of directors in San An-

ILA ContractStill Sought

GAL.VESTON, Auff.statement on contractho tsauccl today, F. A. ^ i - a g c i ,president of the Intprnnt .onalLongshoremen's Association C . . U L LCoast district announced.

He said the statement willlow a t h i r d meeting betweenpresentatives of the TLAMari t ime commission

Completion of the three-storystructure, is scheduled for 350 daysa l t e r the start of construction. Dr.K. H. Poteet, president oC the col-lege, said work would probably be.started within ,<J.0 days.

ContractsR-ene.ral contract

rharuvelack ' s s to re

tradewould

>anU.

New Deal

fol-I'O-

atul thewhich rcpro-

cmploycrs andscnts warehousebarge operators.

Another meetingtomorrow, he said.

The two groups opened contractnegotiations Monday. They motagain yesterday, but Yeagr-r wouldnot comment on progress thusfar. The old contract expiresAug. 21.

will be held

Range Rider

DunnI UUsnvs\

nU

Faces HearingJustice of the Peace Manuel

Dia7. de Leon Maid he expects totry today ( h e case of a range ridercharged wi th pistol-whiping aRanchlto farmer.

Francisco Munos, who patrols tinRio Grande ror the bureau otan imal Industry of the XT. S. De-partment of Agr icu l tu re , is namedin an assault complaintEmillo Coy.

fi led b>

he

VER- WICETODAV/

MON TMCOTvO arr ived at the office carrying n makeup box.

"What's up, small person .was asked. . . .

-I f i n d myyelC wishing to trodthe b o u r d s _~ }

again," ho repliedin a deep, lowvoice.

"Perhaps that15 due to tho op-ening of tho newMajes t ic Theatertonight . It bringshack memores ofother openingswhen T was thotoast of the the-a t r ica l world. Igot th i s box outnncl I may Attendcharacter. .

"To he or not to be present doesnot bother me. I will be there.

"I foo t that the weather willhamper thl^-great event inleast. I hid you adieu now."

And ho bowed his way outdoor.

Judgment Enlerei!In Rail Suits

ST LOINS. Aug. 17 —(/H- Fmuwestern railroads yesterday lostludgements tc- three eastern InWho charged the former fai ledpay thrm correct f re ight rates lotwar shipments.

Federal Judge Uubcy M. Hulcientered the judgments in favor othe Balt imore and Ohio, Ne\vCentral aivl Pennsylvaniaroads. The claims/were aMissouri Pacif ic . CottonFrisio and the SI. Louis

tr

YorKKail

;ainsBeR

South

the

notthe

the

ton ight , andtemperatures

W K A T I 1 K R FORECASTw f r Rio cimndo Val l f ty : Mostly ovur-dkle.1 and mild, with occasional

tored thunder thowers todt\yThursday. High af t#rnoontoday, ran«ln« from M dwees on thecoast to tha mtcldl. »0'i In th« western

of the Vft l ley. Low t»mper»tur« to-In the middle 70's. O«ntle and v»r l -

"wlnds. except In tht thunder showerwhere winds will be »tron».

end

center,Weather Report

(On Page 11)

westovn Railway Co. of Texas.Missouri Pacific was harcles

hit- -for $.-398,717. ^

Hen ring SetIn Dog Shooting

A hearing of a dog-shoot incharge filed against Howard Hullchief jai ler of Cameron countvia scheduled for today. Justice cthe Pence Manuel Diaz de Loosaid. , _ ,

Mrs. Guadalupe Q. de Gony.alefiled the complaint against Halsaying he shot her dog in thstreet near her homo here.

Los Imlios StudentCandidate ForHUNTSVILLE, August

Los Indies student is a

Degree17--On

can did atfor degrees to be awarded at SanHouston State's summer commcncement exercises to be helAugust 26.

The student is E. Dale Peek, whwill receive a bachelor of scicncdegree.

"KOAD FORECASTMEXICO CITY, Aug. 17 —<fl

—Today's highway weather:Mexico City to Ciudad Victoria

—cloudy, showers.Ciudad Victoria to Monterrey

and Matamoroa—clear.Laredo to Monterrey—clear.

The for thenion tnnkf ing went to Harwell andUirwell o£ Ban Antonio on a bid,f svn 000. Four other contractswarded were: Plumbing, $27,402,

; tnin and Dawson, Corpus Christ!;i t i l i l ies , $17,.173, Modlln Co., ofovpus C h r i f l t i ; electrical wiring,l'.t 800 Hooper Electric Co. of San

.nt'nnio; and d in ing room and< i t e h c n equipment , $26,680.80,Southwestern Specialty Co. of San<\ntonio. . ,

The board members reorganized• doct ing o f f i ce r s Frank C. Smith

Houston, president; Mrs. FrankNorton Lewis of San Antonio viceH-c-s iden t - and Robei-t C. Eckhardt,f kings v ine , secretary treasurerMl t h r e e were recently reappolnt-

thc hoard by Governor Allan(I to membersShivers. Other boardresent wei-e I^on C. Hill of Corpus,'hristi, John C. Jones of La Feria

nnd A. Loy Sims of Sinton.Cooperative Kt't'ort

The contract lett ing is the cll-nax of several years' efforts onho pnr t of the students, ex-stud-

ents facul ty board and KingsvillecHI/ens to provide a campus centeror clnb recreational activities.

Deputy To ReturnMan Wanted HereOn Check Charge

of Duncanhero with

Deputy Sher i f f Gay Crisp,Isabel, was on his way to Okla-homa today to bring back a manwanted hero to face- charges ofpassing hot checks.

Roy" C. Davis , 38,Oklahoma, is charge ^,ncaswindl ing- w i t h several worthlesschocks one of them for $1018S h e r i f f F-oynton Fleming said.

D-ivis was arrested by sheriff io f f i c e r s in Duncan, his no^e

Flemimr *aid. The sheriff saidthe chocks were cashed m Harl inpcn and LoznnoY e n r.

Port IsabelSet ForFish Tourney

Four-Day EventGets UnderwayEarly Thursday

Port Isabel, Aug. 17 —Last minute entries and finalarrangements were beingmade today for the TexasInternational Fishing Tour-nament which gets underway at 7 a. m. Thursday.

Keenest competition is ex-pected in the sailfish andmarlin divisions with formerPort Isabel Rodeo champs andfamous deep-sea fishermen concen-trating on the big trophies forsails and marlin.

Grandma Coming71-year-old Mrs. Clara Thomaa

of Alvin, Tex., the "Fishing Grand-ma," is expected to arrive by airin Brownsville at 6 p.m. today fromHouston for the tournament. Mrs.Thomas landed a 70-pound tarponhere on July 4.

Among late entries are twoprominent San Antonio sport fish-ermen. Leon Howell, regional di-rector of the Veterans Administra-tion at San Antonio and Dr. DudleyJackson, cancer specialist, an-nounced their intention to competeon Tuesday.

Meanwhile, long-range weatherforecasts predicted good weatherfor the tourney, tenth in a serieswhich began at Port Isabel in1934. Fishing for an estimatedentrants begins at 7 a.m. Thursdayind continues through 4 p.m. Sat-urday. A day-long program orawards, with Senator Rogers KeJey of Edinburg as master of cere

monies, will be held Sunday.Free Fish Fry

Port Isabel fishermen, in chargeof a free fish fry Sunday for the

eneral public continued Tuesdayto lay in supplies for the affair,including 2500 pounds of fish and75 gallons of cooking oil. The fishfry, beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday,is expected to draw 4,000 to 6,000persons before it ends at 3 p.m.

Early entrants were checking inat Port Isabel today and preparingpear for tournament fishing. Somecharter boats hired for the threedays of fishing reported that theywould concentrate on waters 35 to50 miles offshore, seeking bluemarlin, sailfish, and amberjack indepths below 250 feet. Bait sup-plies, especially of the large rocmullet used in much tournamentcompetition, was plentiful on theopening of the three-day event.

Tournament official Dick Rich-ards said that a last-minute checkof Port Isabel and the surrounding

indicated that accommoda-tions and boats are still availablefor contestants and spectators.

JuryFreesWomanIn Poison DeathOf Her NeighborQUITM^AN, Aug, 17 — W*)—

Mrs. Jewel Rogers, a liny farmwife, waa free today of chargesof murder.

"early this

A district court jury yesterdayfound the 98-pound woman inno-cent in the death of her neighbor,Mrs. Viola Gilbreath. Mrs. Rogershad been charged withMrs. Gilbreath to swallownine at gunpoint Jan. 8

The jury, out only 49 minutes,reached its verdict on one ballot,

"I didn't believe it couldanything else," Mrs. RogersDistrict Judge T. C.

NEW MAJESTIC—Shown here is the new Majestic Theater wmal opening tonight. (Other pictures on Page Five.)

h5ch holds its for-

* • •

All In Readiness For GalaOpening Of Majestic Theater

forcingstrych-

b«told

Chadick.

Hale BattersPlains Cotton

By Tho Aftsoclatcil PressMid-August hail storms batter-

ed south plains cotton crops againyesterday, this time near HaleCenter in Hale county. The fallwas measured in amounts up to1.10 inches. nnn

An estimated 4,000 to 7,000acres of cotton was damagedMonday night in the Dawsoncounty Agent Lee Roy Colganestimated.

Yesterday's Texas weather wasmostly hot, with few exceptions.And sandstorms were reported inthe El Paso area, cutting visibilityas low as four miles. Rain showers were also reported in

Born Town Of Sonoma And Ennis

ire Ensased In Feudin' And-*• * ^ • rt ' ~V ' *— _

omn

t o l d

ENNIS, Aug. 17 — </F>— The town ofEnnis and its brand new neighbor, Son-

are f e u d i n ' and fightin'.T,he city co\\r\ci\ of Ennis yesterday

the newly born town to go rightahead and secede if its 200 citizens feltlucky.

A .spokesman for Sonoma replied lastn igh t he did not see how Sonoma couldsecede when it was never a part of En-nis

'Sonoma was born last Saturday whenit voted, to incorporate, 37 votes for tosix against. The balloting — and somehard feedings — resulted from Ennis' pro-posal to build a new sewage disposalplant in the Sonoma area.

Sonoma would have a mayor, a marsh-al and aldermen, but they would get nopay because the town would have notaxes.

With top executives of Interstate Theaters lending ahand, final details for the formal opening of the newMajestic Theater tonight are complete. l l fVlwp<si..«.

When the doors swing open and the Southwest sfinest theater" welcome^moy^

jtenning by Interstate officials.hey believed in the future of

Brownsville and joined with themany who feel that this city is thentertainment center of the Lower

Rio Grande Valley.Sell Out

The first show tonight will startt 7:30 p. m. and the house has

been sold out with no more tickets available, since only the capa-city of the theater was sold. Ticketsor the second show, scheduled foi

9:45 p. m., will be on sale at thebox office.

R. J. O'Donnell, vice presidentand general manager of Interstatearrived at noon today and heads aong list of executives, several who

have been here since Monday aidIng in the plans for the opening.

Officials HereOthers who arrived today are

Weeden B. Nichols, commerciareal estate manager; George MWatson, city manager of San Antonio Interstate theaters; Jacl

ihalman, publicity director of theSan Antonio theaters, and ConnuBrady, publicity director of Houston Interstate theaters. Executivewho arrived Tuesday arc: FranStarz, publicity director, and Robert Hickey, RKO-Radio Piccurespecial representative.

Early arrivals were: WilliarrO'Donnell, Torrence H u d g i nDebbs Reynolds, J. C. Skinner, CE. Holmes and J. H. Elder.

John Worley of the PM Constructlon Company of Dallas, builders of the theater, has also beehere the past several days.

EntertainmentTonight's program includes mu-

sic by the Brownsville high schoolband, entertainment by the Amer-ican Legion Drum and Bugle Corps,and street dancing. ElizabethStreet from llth Street to 9th willbe roped off to accommodate thehuge crowd which will be on handto bid the theater welcome toBrownsville.

The top feature of tonight's fullprogram will be the IncomparableNorma Ballard and her Hammondelectric organ.

So it's "lights, action, cameratonight at the new Majestic thea-ter.

this.

Light rain fell yesterday afternoon at Tcxarkana, Bryan, Marfa,Austin, Junction, Lubbock, SanAngelo, Amarillo and El Paso.

Mayor J. P. Sims of Ennis issued thisstatement: ,.

"If secession comes, it will not be half-way, it will be complete. There will beno halves. One will be an Enmsite andhave the advantages that Ennis has tooffer or one will be a Sonoman and havevv*hat Sonoma has to offer." ~

The city council pointed out that J^n-nis offers city water, fire protection, citylibrary service and other privileges.

It broadly hinted that Sonoma couldoffer no such services.

A spokesman for Sonoma—the cityofficials have not yet been named—saidthe "secession" statement puzzled mm.

"Sonoma is on the east flank of Ennisand has never been a part of the town,he said. "How could we secede?

Some Sonomans pointed out that eachhas his own private sewer and watersystem and can get along very nicelywithout help from Ennis.

Hunt StartsIn MexicoFor OchoaLAREDO, Aug. 17 — (/P)— The

vord was out in Mexico today:nd George (Gavo) Ochoa.A fugitive warrant was issued

the scar-faced customs broker

Alien ShotAs He AndDeputy Fight

Shooting Is HeldJustifiable InVerdict Of JusticeA cot ton picker thought

to have bludgeoned a com-panion to death was shotfa ta l ly by Deputy SheriffWalter Keller while resist-ing arrest last night.

Both kil l ings came withinan hour at about midnight,Sheriff Boynton Flemingsaid.

Justice of the Ponce Manuel Diazdc Loon returned ' a verdict, ofjus t i f iable homicide in the death ofthe man Keller shot. He called thebludgeoning- "murder".

(iivos AccountFleming gave the, following ac-

count of the events leading up tothe fa ta l fracas:

At nbout 31:30 p. in. the. sher-i f f ' s office sot a call saying a manhad been killed in his toed on thefarm of Jose Martinez, near Okla-homa Avenue about; seven mileseast of Brownsville.

Keller made the call to investi-gate. He found Ignacio A vila Ol-vera, 23, an alien picker, had beenhit on the head with a blunt in-strument and his skull crushed.

The deputy also found all thedead man's belongings missing andhis roommate not there.

Seek ManWhile wait ing for Chief Deputy

Sheriff Bill Gat l i f f and the justiceof the peace to get to the smallhouse where Olvcra had been kill-ed, Keller and Martinez, owner ofthe fa rm, started in search of thedead man's former friend,

They found him walking towardthe Rio Grande and stopped himto f--earch h im. The man Keller shotwas iden t i f i ed as Miguel MoralesHernandez., 22, also a wetback cot-ton picker.

As Keller s tar ted to search him,Hernandez hit the deputy in theface, knocked him down and jump-ed on him. Keller reached for hisgun, a .45 caliber automatic, freedit from its holster and fired oneshot, which grazed Hernandez'stomach, Fleming's account said.

They wrestled for possession ofthe weapon. Keller found it had-jammed after the. first shot. Hesucceeded in clearing the chamberof the automatic, while Hernandezwas still wrestling with him andattempting to strangle h im, Flem-ing quoted Keller as saying.

Keller freed the gun and shotHernandez once in the heart andonce in the stomach.

Keller and Martinez found the

vho fled Into Mexico after a doublelaying In ft hotel here July 31,

and Texas' governor was asked toseek Ochoa'3 extradition from

Mexico.Assistant U. S. Attorney Wil-

iam R, Eckhardt said in Houstonthe Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion had stepped into the caseafter a federal charge of "fleeing

foreign commerce to escapeprosecution" was filed.

Seek ExtraditionE. James Kazen, district at-

torney at Laredo, asked Gov. A l l a nShivers to request the UnitedStates to ask Ochoa's extradi t ionfrom Mexico.

Ochoa is charged with uien-mrdr of Honry D. \YhiUenburg,33, South '.le.xns ginncr. He alsois wanted for questioning in theslaving of Air Force CorporalJames Lindsay, 30, of Oneida,

Lindsay was shot in thehotel on a d i f f e r en t floor.

Tcnn.same,

Both nvn were ki l led by thesame, .32 caliber pistol, ballisticsrxperts reported. The slain menwere acquainted and both knewMrs. Rosa Mar ia Ochoa, Ochoa'swife, Kazen said.

Laredo Police Chief David O.Gallagher sbid the motive, for theslaving, in hif i opinion. was"lealousy". He declined to com-ment.

clothes of Olvcra, including a. pairof new shoes, on Hernandez. Theyfound his wallet, containing some$40, and a bundle of Olvcra's otherbelongings.

Killed In SleepFleming said all the evidence

was t h a t the first man (Olvera)had been asleep when he was mur-dered. He said he considered theki l l ing of the second man (Her-nandez) "unavoidable", and prais-ed Keller for tracking the murder-er to the river in the dark.

Keller was bruised in the scuf-fle but otherwise unhurt.

He. 'and G a t l i f f returned to thescene of the. first ki l l ing this morn-ing to try to f ind the instrumentwi th which Olvera was murdered.

Sivim VictoriesBoost MoraleOf JapaneseTOKYO, Aug. 17— MJ)~- Japanese

morale soared higher today thanat anytime sincesurrender.

their humiliating

The reason: The records smashedin the Los Angeles AAU swimmingmeet, by Hironoshin Furuhaishl andShiro Nashizume.

All newspapers in the largercities published extras. Radio pro-grams were interrupted to broad-

least the news.

Vaughan's Role In BehalfOf Accused Firm Is Studied

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17Gen. Harry H. Vaughan andolaved in 1946 in behalf of a companyr^ J * . . _ • _ _ «..x^~ .•»-. -fVvv e f » v n i i '

- The role of Maj,Maragon reportedly

accused of violateing sugar rationing comes up for scrutiny today.

Senate fivenesses to a public

An Agriculturespokesman said

percenterhearing.

De p a r t m e n tyesterday that

investigators called four wi<>

Vaughan and Maragon four yearsaeo sought aid at the agency forthe Allied Molasses Company ofPerth Amboy, N. J. He said theydidn't get it and that the case xventto the Justice Department.

Vaughan is President Truman Barmy aide. Hi« name ha* bobbed

up every day at a special Senatesubcommittee's inquiry into wheth-er improper influence has figuredin the handling of governmentbusiness, «,,.,*

Maragon, once a frequent WhiteHouse visitor, is a central figurein the investigation. He has »».idhe regards Vaughan a* a goodfriend.

, PAGE 2 THE BROWNSVILLE_HERALD, BROWNSVILLE, _TEXAS._WEDNESDAY. AUGUSTT7,19jg

Roma Public Schools WillOpen Fall Term Sept. 3

V:

KOMA, AUJ.C. 1 7 - - The Roma will reassemble Friday. SeptemberPublic Srliorjls w i l l opf-n t h r » 1919-12, at 0 a.m. for an all clay meeting

Monday, Sop- 1 to be devoted tof>0 K C J t O O l

torn ber 5,year onal though

informationalrfgi.strutkm oi

Junior and Senior H i g h SchoolKtudenU; v / i t l .start at UK; Manilarfuorra f i i u l d i n g in Koina. Saturclay, Sepf .c inb ' - r \\.

The « : l f | i i f n t a r y schools of Uv

bor fj .Tlv-

!t w i l l a,I.'-10 open on SopU-ni-

f a c u l t y

District 10

data concerning the application ofthe Gilmor A ikon Law in the RomaDistrict, and to the reorganiza-tional program to be initiated atthe Manuel Guerra School.

Teacher assignments will becompleted onmeetingsm'-nUiry ,

his day, and grouphold for primary, elc-junior and senior high

Flan ReathA ] [ ) r o v : i l «!

o f ban l i t ' ir r u n V r o l

A t .

f M n t ; t . " ! ' < • ( und t h oI. Ca in- run coun ty; ind i n . p r o w m o n t

:t >',<>. 10 was \ v a i V i n ; ;. l i re ol' K . - - I , r ; i l D is t r i c t . ludgI/.. [ l annay tod?i.vH h e a r i n g y e s t e r d a y , an

school groups.Vocational courses will again he

offered in Roma in agricul tureand hornemaking. A primarysupervisor has been added as wellMS an I t ine ran t Teacher. The lat-ter w i l l teach music and art in all.seven buildings.

The Roma listr ict will have,under the reef nt ly enactr-d M i n i -mum Founda' .-on School Law.t h i r t y - n i n e t c a c - i e r s inc luding.superintendent.1* and principals:th in is two less than in tho pastyear. Mrs. Florence J. Scott has

UK been rc-elf tctcd superintendent fora three year term.

Cl'rf I I I o; M

d r a w n .rumhn; /

<; ! 1 . 1 . 1 • l e t W J i M V. ' i t l l -

appmving

b v ' bo d i H t rbin not : , ign

Tin: j u d Kf » l i v r . l r ru lD u r i n g t i n -

Tive f i p p m v n g n-' * l.ooo.oou In o n t -i ' l s f i n d u> ! .<• / • ' • ; ->! . o\vod« - f ba . i b<-on drawn u p' « l b.V H m i i i J j y .

hHd H one-day t e rmour t hero yesterday.

f s ' - r i a i fu:.-i.sion. 51a l t « ns j ih a . h - d g - .u l t . y to f . -hargt - f l o fI l l ega l "en t ry to the United .State.sand wor- V. iv-n j u i s f > f n d « ; d yont-f l i r t - , - } a n d o r < l ' : i v < l deportr-d.

A i V f c A l l i - n man , W i l l i a m A.MoK'TR. w;i.-i dce la icd ha .nk rnp t .Hi." ft ' , i .oriu' .v.! M d m i t t o d the n l loga-I , , , , , , , , , (i p e t i t i o n for i n v o l u n t a r yb a n k r u p t e y I d ' - d by rn-ditor.sKogers. and H»nna .V ordered theca^e r r f o r n - f l to a j - e f e r e p in bank-ruptcy. K o v , > - r H h a « l o w m r l a . Har-

•storo.

John! > A N C I < :

L i i t K l , .s tarring in Pnra'"I'he Lie," once wro tn t . l i r

j ) l o » . for a b i i l l e t w h i c h .starred Lt-oiI ' j u r . l o l l i t n of M o n t e Curio H a l l e l

IK: and oi l ier noted daricor.H. Ity>j;r .)(lut!ffl in f t Nr\,v York r rvun

STARDrive-In TheatreLaat Times Tonight

ONLY ONE SHOWINGFull Length Production

SteirtR at 7:45 P. M.Please Come Early

nii IHIOATKKS

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Li\»t Times Today

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CurrencyExhibit OnDisplay Here

A United Stales paper currencypxhib i t , sponsored by the FederalHo.servo Bunk of Dallas, is being•10 Id at the Pan American StateBank here.

According Lo Marshall Watson,oxociUivo vice president of the

heldbank, the- exh ib i t will bethrough Saturday.

In tho 15 frames of paper cur-rency comprising tho exhibit arc.shown Hpcclmens representingcvory Lypu of noto, bill, and certifi-cate which has been circulated asmoney In the United States fromthe early Colonial period to thepresent day.

On display are notes In pounds,.shillings, and pence which weremediums of exchange in PaulRevcre's and Benjamin Franklin'st ime; obsolete bank notes of 100years ago; Treasury tiotea of the'Republic of Texas; state and na-tional Issues of the ConfederateStates; early "greenbacks" and"shin plasters" of the Civil Warperiod and notes on down throughthe years Including paper cur»rcncy in circulation today.

A booklet-size form is availableat the bank giving a brief descrip-tion of the, contents of each of the15 frames.

Man ReceivesBroken LegIn AecideiitMATAMOROS, Aug. 17—Juan

Cardenas, 1.0-year-old member ofa well known Matamoros family,was in the Red Cross f i rs t aidward with a broken right leg asa result of aii accident on theMatamoros-Reynosa road Mondaynight.

Cardenas told Bed Cross at-t endan t H that he. wa« dr iv ing atruck to a nearby ranch whenlights f rom an approaching auto*mobile bl inded him. The, truck le f tthe highway and overturned.Others r id ing in the truck wercireported unhur t .

The. t ruck was car ry ing n Lrac-tor , and Cardenas said that : t h eextra wfilg-h!. probably caused thevehicle to overturn.

A Red Cross ambulnnce broughtthe* in jured man to the f i r s t aidstation.

Death TakesL. F. Mastou

T , A F E P v I A , Aug. 17 — L e f f i eR i c h a r d Mimtou, 68, died at hishome hero Monday,

Horn June '2'2, 1801, in Chandler,Oklahoma, Mr. Maston mowl toha l«Vria in 1923 and has operateda f a r m here alnco tha t t ime .

Surv iv ing are ono .son, GlonnRii- lHvrd Maston; and six daugh-ters, Mrs, \Vnncia White of Pri-nicr ix , Mrs. Haj-.ol Irene Wil l iamsof Har l ingen , Mrs. Coy AllenMeCrnry, Ha.skell. Mrs. Fen1 MaeVance, * La FYria, Mrs. BonnieBoll mgnight , Donna, and Mrs.Dounie Dell Jones, La Forla.

Four brothers surv iv ing arc W,H. Mastrm, Chandler, Oklahoma;AeU» C. Mti t i ton, La Ferla; Ben S.Mn.Hton, .Shawnec, Oklahoma; andRoy J. Mftston, Gayle, N. 'M. A.sister, Mrs. L. W. Walk, Ln Ferla,preceded him in death four yearsago.

The body wi l l remain at thoAaron ehapt ' l where services wil lbo held at -4 p.m. Thursday. TheRev. D. i\, Taylor, pastor of theAssembly of God church, l la r l in-gon, wil l o f f i c ia te .

Interment will be at the La Feriacemetery.

Glass blowers take pride in bo-ing called "blow-hards" because itin "their enormous breath pressurethat shapes much of the f inehandmade American glassware.Cheoke of some glassblou'or* dis-tend unt i l th«ir faces am aw largens cantaloupes.

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FATHER SELLS CHILD TO BUY CAR—Lyman AlvmEchviu-ils, an u n e m p l o y e d miner , was charged by Bes-semer Ala . , p o l i c n w i t h sel l ing; his l i t t le daughter , Vi-rec 2 for $500 to l ,uy ,i car. Mr.s. W. H Sessions, whobouBh t the c h i l d , and Vivee, shave a joke at the Ses-sions ho.no in Bessemer. The Sessions have stalledadoption proceedings.. (NEA Telephoto)_._

A.ri-, a f te r i o l . , . d un achin« toolh pulled in Chicago.I1.' Wire -photo) .

Valley Bank DepositsShow 40 Million Gain

By >JO GARCIAHerald Staff Writer

Valley banks today showa whopping $40,000,000j u m p in deposits so far dur-ing the six-weeks old cottonseason.

And where it will run, noone can predict.

The Valley's all-time highcotton production recordwas passed this week, andstil l has a month to run.

To date 409,022 bales have beenginned in th<= Va.lley.

A. survey made by the Heraldthis morning- showed a total of$143,348,937' on deposit in Val-ley banks.

<Ja ins ReflectedTins fig-ure compares with

$101,566,291 for June 30.The increase in deposits for the

first six weeks of the cotton sea-son is $3^,782,646.

Included in the increase are.$856,216 deposited to date in thenew San Juan State Bank. Thenew bank opened July 25.

Largest single deposits increasewas at HarJ ing-en's First NationalBank, where deposits to date arealmost double what they were atthe. season's, start.

Deposits JumpDeposits there jumped from

810,7-16,997 to $20,125,204.Actually some banks did double

their deposits.Both the Los Fresnos State

Bank, which listed deposits at $1,-217,116, and the Elsa StateBank, which listed its own at.$1.093,319.61, both as of June 30,better than doubled those figures.

To date the Los Fresnos Statelists its deposits at $2,564,773 anathe Elsa State at $2,452,695.

Leading the list of increases bycounties was Cameron, from $41,-925,586 to $65,683,267.

Hidalgo SecondFollowing1 Cameron was Hidalgo,

from $50,070,075 to $60,354,570Willacy and Starr trailed in thatorder.

Willacv showed a jump from$6,802,175 to $12,238,593 andStorr from $2,768,452 to $3,072,505.

To date the bank deposits re-flect a deposit of about $100 perbale ginned.

FIRE DESTROYS ORANGE BUSINESS BUILDING—Smoke and t'hmm p o u r f rom the top oi one of threebu i ld ings w h i c h buniocl in the business district ot U i -ance, "IVx. S h o r t l y after this picture was made thefront of the b u i l d i n a collapsed. (A. P. Wirephoto) .

Grand Jury To InvestigateFour Charges Of Murder

Four charges of murder and a kidnaping charge areamong cases to be investigated by a grand j u r y meetinghere Sept. 6, Sheriff Boynton Fleming said today.

Judge Arthur A. Klein of 107th District Court an-nounced the panel wi l l be sworn and will start work on

the.that day, the first day of the. Sep-tember term of the court.

Ust GivenThe list from whom T2 grand

jurors will be selected consists of:H. S. Norman, Santa Rosa; D.

W. Schuepbach, Harlingen; RobertE. Monlux, Port Isabel; M. P. Me-Nair, Brownsville; F. E. Newell,Rio Hondo; A. A. Cummins, SanBenito; C, D. Oakes, San Benito;Edward McChesney, Brownsville;E. P. McCall, Harlingen; Keith R.Stone, Los Fresnos; John Mitchelland C. M. Watson, both of Browns-ville; Harold S. Hensley, I^a Feria;T. D. King, Harling-cn; and W. R.Brown, San Benito.

Murder CasesThree of the murder charges due

to be presented to the grand jurygrew out of the fatal shooting offormer Deputy Constable AlfredoVillarreal July 10 at a Ranchitodance hall, Geronimo Garza, afriend of Villarreal, was shot deadin the same affray and two by-standers were wounded.

Dionieio Ramos, 30, Juan Ramos,2-1, and Nicolas Garza, ,34. arecharged with murder, and are nowin county jail.

Manuela Puente, 19, Los Indies,is charged with murder in connec-tion with the death of her baby,found dead in an outside toiletJune 15.

Swindling CasesCharges of swindling by worth-

less checks and removing mortgag-ed property have been filed hereagainst Charles E. Cox, 38, LaGrange. Texas. Fleming said theBeaumont sheriff 's department ar-rested Cox yesterday and the sus-pect posted'$1,500 bond.

Valley CCMembershipDrive To EndThe membership drive for the

Valley Chamber of Commerce willclose "this week, H. R. McKay, com-mittee chairman for the drive inBrownsville said today.

Contacting- of prospects formembership in the organizationhas been affected somewhat byvacations, McKay said.

Referring to the Valley Chamberof Commerce, the local committeechairman said that, it deservessupport for the way it has takenup some of the more importantprojects for the Valley. "Out of13 pieces of legislation that wereapproved or rejected during thepast year, all went as the ValleyChamber of Commerce hoped theywould go," the local chairmancommented.

Four Held InCustoms ProbeSAN PEDRO DE ROMA, Mcx.

—Four customs officials here arecharge of Hoopingas a customs fine

under arrest, onmoney collectedfor themselves.

They arc Valdemar Pola Aquino,jchief 'of appraisers, Jose Urquizo,_ . __ t

A kidnaping charge against Clois cnief of thc R-uard; Reymundo

tie ginned. , charged with robbery byIf the bales-ginned total proves ™°lt%

cnj£g? charges wcn/ filcd•ha nn inHov. thfiM bank dCDOSitS ^°-"11" "^ _ _ . , » , - . . _ , . :to be an index, then bank deposits

may well jump to fif ty million bythe end of the season.

The season's production has beenvariously estimated at from 450,-000 bales to 550,000 bales.

Valley bank deposits, to dateare: Brownsville—First National$] 4,781,635; Pan American, $6,-650,473. San Benito—San BenitoBank and Trust Co., $10,184,531Harlingen—First National, $20,-125,20-1; State, $8,446,599.

Los Fresnos—State, $2,564,773La Feria—First National, $2,930,-050. Raymondville—State, $6,637,-875; First National, $5,600,717.Mercedes — Hidalgo Bank andTrust Co., $3,449,061; First Na-tional, $3,941,156. Weslaco—FirstNational, $5,902,321.

McAllenMe Allen—City State $9,405,097;

Me Allen State, $5,225,469; Edin-burg—First National, $3,444,062;State Bank and Trust Co., $5,726,-745; Mission—First National, $6,-604,593; First State, $4,431,904,Donna—Citizens State, $2,213,446,

Alamo—First State, $2,729,696,Pharr— Security State, $3,972,103.Elsa—State, $2,452,695. San Juan—State, $856,216. Rio Grande City-—First State Bank and Trust Co.,$3,072,505,

Two Youths HurtIn Crash At PortTwo San Antonio youths wore

in Mercy hospital here today beingtreated 'for injuries received in atruck crash early this morning.

They were identified by CountyHighway Patrolman Nem J.Bryan, 'jr., as Harry Martinez,14,' and .-vdolfo Sarravia, 16. Theywere ruling in the back of atruck driven by Joe RodriguezRamos, 29, of San Antonio whenthe truck ran into a parked cot-ton trailer, Bryan said.was unhurt.

The accident happened at PortBrownsville at 3. a.m., Bryan said

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latfct Silver Dust,wi th e.vtra sudsing power?Gee Silver Di^t wirh thetineCannon premium today!

Eaton, 34, formerly of Port Isabelis to go before the investigativegroup, the sheriff said. Eaton i;

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connection with the hijacking ofTonms Reyes, 19, Port. Jsabrl candjstore salesman, June 27.

Other cases to go before thegrand jury include burglary, swin-dling, possession of marihuana andembezzlementsaid.

charges, Flemin

Hike In OilOutput SeenBy MurrayAUSTIN, Aug\ 1.7 —MP;~ An up-

turn in permissive flow of Texascrude oil next month is foreseenby Railroad Commission ChairmanWilliam J, Murray Jr.

Murray said yesterday that pur-chasers have advised the. commis-sionrels

they willof crude

need 2,365,597 bar-daily next month,

48,066 more than they requestedfor July, the last month for which

hearing was held on nominations.The next statewide oil proration

hearing has been set by tho com-mission for Aug. 18 at MineralWells.

Murray said he didn ' t wont toanticipate evidence at the hearingbut that the strengthening of dc-•nand "indicates A reversal in thetrend which has prevailed through-out this year,"

"It is quite probable that Ju lyand August will represent the Inw-at rate of production during this

year," he said.The East Texas bottom-hole

pressure for Aug. 1 was reportedat 3025.16 pounds per square, inch,up 0.79 above the July pressure.

TAMEJane Cowl, appearing in Para

mount 's "The Lie," is consideredone of the American theatre's fore-most interpreters of Shakespeare'sheroine, Juliet , _

Zamora, chief'sFrancisco Huizar

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Gutierreztant; andta.lvo.

They were taken to tho NvievoLaredo ja i l by Melchor CarenesGonzalcs, chief of the federal se-curity service, to face trial in fed-eral court.

Juan Madrigal Flores, RioGrande Ciity, said he had senthis truck lo tho interior of Mexico,but failed to give the driver a copyof tho permit he had obtained.The driver was arrested, and al-though Flores explained the cir-cumstances to the customs men,lie said, he was f ined 9,000 pesosHe complanned to officials at R-ey-nosa and t.he. arrests followed.

Sixteen customs men at the Nu-evo Laredo station also have beenarrested in the apparent crack-down by Mexico.

Street To BeRoped Off ForShow OpeningIn conjunction w i t h the opening

of the Majes t i c theater tomorrow,E. Elizabeth street will be ropedbetween -Hh and l.Hh -street?, ac-cording- to Lt. Ernesto Oliveira oftho police force.

Oliveira. swid tho slreots willbe roped about 1 p.m. and askedall persons to move their cars tomako room for the street dancewhich wil) bn held at night .

Traffic coming- to town, Olivri-ra said, will bo directed to the:ight towards Levee street at 9thand E. Elizabeth.

Scout GroupTo AttendConferenceFive Rio Grande Valley Council

officials will leave Wednesday uua week-long: conference of approxi-mately 200 Boy Scout executive;opening Sunday at AlbuquerqueN. M,

The conference, being- held orthe campus of the University ofNow Mexico, is tho annual con-vention of Scouting- leaders in Re-gion Nine, embracing 36 Councilsin Texas. New Mexico, and partof Arizona.

Heading- the delegation from theValley Council will be Arnold H.Dreyor of Weslaco, executive forthe five-county Valley area. Drey-er will be accompanied by HarryV. Marr of Mercedes, assistant ex-ecutive, and three field executives,Joe Ben Hunsnker of Brownsville,Norman Scrivener of San Juan,and Ivan Moore of Mercedes.

The conference, stressing' leader-ship building- and Sept. 1 changesunder winch the. age limit forCubs from 9 to 8 years, continuesthrough Aug. 26 in Albuquerque.Valley Council representatives are.scheduled to appear as members ofvarious discussionUniversitytion.

panels At theof New Mexico conven-

Star RunnerAnd Ex-NavalOfficer DiesDALLAS. Aug. 17 —•<;!>) —RMph

Podd, who was tops as a quarter-miler and as a Naval officer, diedyesterday. He had been ill a shorttime.

As a quart.er-miler, he starredat Stephen F. Austin College andat the Universi ty of Iowa.

As a Naval off icer , he won theSilver Star and a presidential cita-tion when the landing craft hecommanded rescued more than 100crewmen off a destroyer fired bysuicide planes during the battle forOkinawa.

A native of Henderson, RuskCounty,Walter,runners

Todd and his brother,were outstanding Texas

before the war.

Fine LeviedIn Traffic Case

T2. D. Carr, 40. Olmito was fined$28 by Justice of the Peace Ma-nuel Diaz ch Loon today afterpleading guil ty to charges of driv-ing- without an operator's licenseand fail ing to yield right of way.

Carr's automobile was involvedin a collision with a car driven byJoseph August Schulgen, SantaRosn, near here today.

No charge was filed againstSchulpen, a member of the. high-way safety committee, of the Val-ley Chamber of Commerce.

The United S tates' standardmile at sea IB 6,080.27 feet, whileBritish, French and German ver-sions mnge from two inches tofour feet shorter.

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He's Traded Bullets For Oratory But ChapinStill Engages In Courtroom Battles At 79

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By (YKOKGK AYKIlI l c ra f f l S t a f f V/rHf-r

Juclxe Dennis B. Chapin hasi»wappf:d bul lets for courtroomoratory but he'H sti l l f ighting.

The 79-year-old former Hidal-go county Judge, who has hadhi* Hhare of political battles aswell aw gun fights, i« now intho rnid.st of. Irgal warfare withseveral l a i ^o Texas oil compa-JlU'H.The oil CRMCS U i i H Wfi»:U brougnt

him to Brown.Mvil lo , where hehad a lavv o l f U : r > almost SO yearsngo. W h - n he f inished a stor-my hearing in Judge Al len B.Hnnnay'w federal rourt , Chapindid HO run reminiscing about hisfirst visit hf IT;.

Worked for CattlemenIt was back In 18f>2 or 18J>3, hft

«mid when h - - was working forthe Ont t lo K n i f u . t ' M AKSoc.latlon.

"My .specific: job WRH whatthey called n trouble-shooterr U m l n n t l n g cft t t lo thieves andhoi-Kfi th levcK," ho saUl. Heaild.-d I I P ha« l n special corn'

i r o t n the governor tow i t h Ihr. Texan Rangersi l r - m u n . l l . h f t i r asMiHtanco.

"whenever J deemed it nccos-mu-y." It V V H . H not. of ' ton neces-sary.

Is Acqu i t t edC h u p i n <)oe." not deny that in

about I D 10 he nhot a Ranger todeath f l iu l W H M acqui t t ed af tera n ine-May trial in Victoria.

The f lor id , eloquent lawyertold how the trai l of .sevenr i m t l o r w l .u l h im from near BigSpring to Brownsvi l le .

"Leo Hal l , a captain in tnoRangei'H and two of his menjoined nv: in the pursui t of theseman and I brought them (theKang ' - r f l ) to Corpus C h r l s t l . . .and there o u t f i t t e d them" forLi ie t r i ( i to l.lu: border.

"Thnt wfi.s the f i r s t t ime T*;r.v I ho f i t . y of Brownsvil le ,"Chupln - t au l . "I made up myir.lml then that If I ever .settleddown 1 would make, the RioGrnmlo Vn l l ey my homo."

fOwl for |{u.stler»rus l l e r s?ex tpnni iwted them about10 mile-1! abovo Laredo,", "and in the f igh t none

of UH waM eveu wounded."Chapin recalled in minute

detai l h in a r r iva l in Browns-vi l l e . "The F i r n t domestic duty I> i f t d forced upon me by my w i f e ,WHH to take n. prescr ipt ion to adrug s tore J i m l have i t r e f i l l ed , "he said.

"The i l rugglst of thr c i ty att h a t t ime U - H H M Mr. Pulcgnat,n mn«l c u M t f r n m l gen t l e snnn

"1 n M k " « l him what , the pricewan. ami he said $1.50. 1tendered him a $20, U. S. cur -rency golrl not P . . M r . Puteg-nu t look i t and wild 'I ' l l havetn give vui i your change in themoney of UK- country . 1 "

" F J f * g«v<> me. two Mexicanu l i v c r dollars a Mexican f ivo-<lo | ln r b i l l n i u l the balance of thechurn;« MI t rade eheckn on Bol-IncU' . s M l ore, Ki'-ld.s .store, thel« 'ernan<le / , .store. and otherK t o n - H of the city.

Haps M a n i p u l a t i o n"T found n u t t h a t Iho.so t rade

c h e c k M on tho.se stores wouldbuy more provisions t h e n thant h o deprecia ted, manipu la ted U.S. rurron'-y under tho New Dealever would."

Tho rnnn who sayfl he can'tremember how nwmy gun bat-tles he t ins been In remembersliow ho, ;;nt his chnngo in A(I r i iK-s to re »r»0 yen i ' f l ago.

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300-Unit Housing Project

Is In Prospect For CityA 300 uni t ; low rent Federal housing1 project for the

city o£ Brownsvil le is in prospect as a result of the ap-pl icat ion made by the Housing Authority of the City ofBrownsvi l le for a preliminary loan of $100,000 for sur-veys and planning.

The application was made to the Public Housing Ad-ministration In accordance "withtho provisions of the United StatesHousing Act ol' 1937, City Man-ager E. W. Watts said today.ILA Contract

Still SoughtGALVKSTON, Aug. 17—(XP)~A

statement on contract talks willbe. issued today, F. A. Yeager,president of the InternationalIyon£«horc.'nien's Association GulfCoast clisl-.ric.t announced.

Hf .sfiid the statement will fol-low a th i rd meeting" between re-|-.ircsontativo3 of the ILA and theMari t ime commission, which repre-sents warehouse employers andbarge operators.

Another meeting will be heldtomorrow, ho said.

Tho two groups opened contractnegotiations Monday. They metagftin yesterday, but Yeager wouldnot comment on progress thus

The Brownsville City Commis-sion, met in special session Tues-day afternoon to study and ap-prove a resolution regarding theapplication for the project.

Mansur AttendsGeorge Mansur is Executive

fnr . ThoAug. 21,

old contract expires

poker game In 18iKr) and asked,"Kvor hoar about tho t ime- I.stole a court, house. "

Tho larceny wa-s strictlyl(>gal , I t lu rnod out, and Feder-al Judge Dtival West of SanAntonio vouched for tho fact,Chapin said, Tho court houseHtml happened In Hidalgo

(Soo CM A PIN, Pago Five)

J i.i ryFrecsW omanIn Poison DeathOf Her Neighbor

Secretary for tho BrownsvilleHousing; Authority,tho meeting.

The City Commission, presidedover by Commissioner A. C. Hipp,passed a resolution approving theapplication of the Housing Author-ity of the city of Brownsville tothe Public Housing Administra-tion for a preliminary loan in anamount not to exceed $100,000, tocover the cost of surveys andplanning in connection with thodevelopment of not to exceed ap-proximately 300 dwelling units oflow rent public housing in thecity. The City also agreed in theresolution to cooperate in wnnec-

(See HOUSING, Pago Two)

MatterBrought UpWith Stalin

American EnvoyDiscusses IssuesWith Russ ChiefWASHINGTON, Aug. 17

— (/P) — u. S. AmbassadorAlan Kirk asked PremierStalin to speed action onAmerican protests againstjamming of the Voice ofAmerica radio broadcasts,Secretary of State Achesondisclosed today.

Kirk called on the Sovietleader Monday night. Achesontold a news conference that itactually was a courtesy visit andwas liTTiited almost entirely to anexchange of courtesies betweenthe new American ambassadorand the Russian premier.

However, he added, Kirk didmention to Stalin two points cur-rently at issue in Soviet-Americanrelations. These, Acheson said,are the Russian jamming of Amer-ican Radio broadcasts and the longdrawn out negotiations on a finalsettlement for wartime lend-lease.

Port IsabelAll Set ForFish Tournev

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SRYSDON PKDRO arrived at the off-

Ico carrying a makeup box."What's up, smnll person?" he

was asked."I 1'iml myself wishing to trod

the b o a r d sagain," he repliedin a deep,voice.

"Perhaps thatis due to tho op-ening of the newMajestic Theatertonight . It brings)hark memories ofo ther openingswhen I was thetoast of the the-|atrical world. Igot this box out

QUITMAN, Aug. 17 — f/n~-"Mrs, Jewel Rogers, a t iny farmwife , wn.s free today of chargesof murder.

A district court Jury yesterdayfound the 98-pound woman inno-cent in the death of her neighbor,Mrs, Viola Gilbreath. Mrs. Rogersnad been charged with forcingMrs. Gilbreath to swallow strych-nine at gunpoint Jan. 8

The jury, out only 49 minutes,reached jts verdict on one ballot.

"I d idn ' t believe it could bevnyth ing else," Mrs. Rogers toldDistrict .Tiidge T. C. Chndick.

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RangeFaces HearingJustice of the Pence Manuel

Diaz de .Leon said he expects totry today the case of a range ridercharged with pistol-whiping aRanch!to farmer.Francisco Munoz, who patrols the

Rto Grande for the bureau ofanimal industry of the U. S. De-partment of Agriculture, is namedin nn assault complaint filed byEmilio Coy.

Hail BattersPlains Cotton

By Tho Associated PressMid-August hail storms batter-

ed south plains cotton crops again.yesterday, this t ime near HaleCenter in Hale county. TSie fallwas measured in amounts up to

Port Isabel, Aug. 17 —Last minute entries and finalarrangements were beingmade today for the TexasInternational Pushing Tour-nament which gets underway at 7 a. m. Thursday.

Keenest competition is ex-pected in the sailfish andmarlin divisions with formerPort Isabel Rodro champs andfamous deep-sea fishermen concen-trating on the big trophies forsails and marl In.

Grandma Coming71-year-old Mrs. Clara Thomas

of Alvin, Tex., the "Fishing Grand-ma," is expected to arrive by airin Brownsville, at 6 p.m. today fromHouston for the tournament. Mrs.Thomas landed a 70-pound tarponhere on July 4.

Among Jate entries arc twoprominent San Antonio sport fish-ermen. Leon Howell, regional di-rector of the Veterans Administra-tion at San Antonio and Dr. Dud/.eyJackson, cancer specialist, an-nounced their intention to competeon Tuesday.

NEW MAJESTIC—Shown here is the new Majestic Theater which holds its for-mal opening tonight. (Other pictures on Page Five.)

* * •

All In Readiness For Gala

Opening Of Majestic TheaterWHIi top executives of Interstate Theaters lending a

hand, final details for the formal opening of the newMajestic Theater tonight are complete.

When the doors swing open and the Southwest'finest theater" welcomes movie fans, the event wil l bethe culmination of many years ofplanning by Interstate officialsThey believed in the future ofBrownsville and joined with the

1.10 inches.An

acresestimatedof cotton

4,000was

Monday night in thecounty Ag'ont Lee Royestimated.

to 7,000damaged

DawsonColgan

Yesterday's Texas weather wasmostly hot, with few exceptions.And sandstorms were reported inthe El Paso area, cut t ing visibi l i tyns low as four miles. Rain show-ers were also reported in thisarea.

Light rain fell yesterday after-noon at Texarkana, Bryan, Marfa,Aus t in , Junction, Lubiaock, SanAngelo, Amarillo and El Paso.

Meanwhile, long-range weather many who feel that this city is theforecasts predicted good weather] entertainment center of the Lowerfor the tourney, tenth in a serieswhich began at Port Isabel in1934. Fishing for an estimated 125entrants begins at 7 a.m. Thursdayand continues through 4 p.m. Sat-urday. A day-long program ofawards, with Senator Rogers Kel-ley of Edinburg as master of cere-monies, will be held Sunday.

Free Fish FryPort Isabel firemen in charge

of a free fish fry Sunday for thegeneral public continued Tuesdayto lay in supplies for the affair,including 2500 pounds of fish and75 gallons of cooking oil, The fishfry, beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday,is expected to draw 4,000 to 5,000persons before it ends at 3 p.m.

at

Valley.Sell Out

Mrst show tonight will start'- p. m. and the house has

heeiv KoUi out. with no more tick-tcs av:ui.ab?.e, since only the capa-Cu/ <;', the theater was sold. Ticketsfor Lbe second show, scheduled for0:45 p. m,r will be on sale at thebox office.

R. J. O'Donnell, vice presidentand general manager of Interstate,arrived ai noon today and heads along list of executives, several whohave been here since Monday aid-Ing in the plans for the opening.

Others who arrived today areWeeden B. Nichols, commercial

(See MAJESTIC, Page Two)

Texas Citrus Commission Still PqiverlessTo Act As Attorney General's Rule Waited

Arms-Aid BillEnters HouseWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 — (/P)

—The administration's $1,450,000-000 arms-aid bill starts throughthe House today. The odds arebetter than even that it wilemerge without major chang<about Friday.

Today's entire session was seaside for debate, with voting tostart tomorrow.

Critics are waiting with a barrage of amendments to fire athe program. It is the Trumanadministration method of helpingWestern European nations, plu.<Greece, Turkey, Iran, Korea andthe Philippines, arm against pos-sible Soviet Aggression.

And I may attend the opening: incharacter.

"To be or not to bo present docsnot bother me. I will be there.

"I feel that tho weather will nothamper this great event in theleast. I bid you adieu now."

And he bowed his way out thedoor. }

W*«tfcer Report(On r»f« 11)

Candidate For DegreeHUNTSVILLE, August 17—One

Los Indies student is a candidatfor degrees to be awarded at SamHouston State's summer commencement exercises to be heldAugust 26.

The student is E. Dale Peek, whowif.l receive a bachelor of sciencedegree.

ROAD FORECASTMEXICO CITY, Aug. 17 —(/P)Today's highway weather:Mexico City to Ciudad Victoria

—cloudy, showers.Ciudad Victoria to Monterrey

and Matumoros—clear.Laredo to Monttrrey—clear.

WESLACO, Aug. 17 — Theall —• powearful Texas CitrusCommission sits powerless to-day.

C, L. Skag-gs. ftf Wcslaco,member —at— large, said todaytlie commission is expected toset a per box tax on citrus, butit can't.

No tax means no operating*funds, for the first year, saidSkaggs.

It can't levy the tax becauseit will not be officially born untilOctober 4.

And all the king's horses andall the king's men cannot"—put the power in it until then.

The commission has writtenAttorney General Price Danielto define its present status andsee if there is a loophole in itswording allowing it to set a taxfor the coming season.

A little technicality prevent!Daniel from helping the com-

mission, Ke can't rule on anybut official bodies, and the com-mission isn't official yet.

The commission is authorizedby the legislature to levy a threecent per box tax on citrus foradvertising purposes.

Since the commission couldnot ask the attorney general fora ruling on its status, due to itsunofficial status, an officialstate body did.

The result was another snag.Agriculture Commissio n e r

McDonald asked the question:is the tax on citrus constitu-tional or inconstitutional?

McDonald contends the Leg-islature cannot levy a tax to beused, wholly or in part, for ad-vertising purposes.

McDonald said he merelywanted to determine the con-stitutionality of the tax beforecollecting it. He cited a likesituation in another state re-

cently when a tax collected foradvertising purposes, for overa year, iiacl to be refunded.

"I just don't Want to get intoa situation like that", he said.

So pending October 4, thecommission, cannot levy the tax.The September 1 deadline forfiling the tax with McDonaldwill have been past and it won'thave funds to operate on'for ayear.

The commission now hasVernon B. Hill, author of thebill, in touch with AttorneyGeneral Price Daniel.

Hill will give benefit of hisresearch in an effort to obtainan opinion from Daniel on thecommission's tax difficulties,

If Daniel finds the tax un-constitutional t h e fundlessperiod may go on for longer thana year.

The 27-man commission nowjust sits and waits.

Deputy To ReturnMan Wanted HereOn Check ChargeDeputy Sheriff Gay Crisp, Port

Isabel, was on his way to Okla-homa today to bring back a manwanted here to face charges ofpassing hot checks.

Roy C. Davis, 38, of Duncan,Oklahoma, is charged here withswindling with several worthlesschecks, one of them for $1018,Sheriff Boynton Fleming said.

Davis was arrested by sheriff'sofficers in Duncan, his home,Fleming ^aid. The sheriff saidthe checks were cashed in Har-lingen and Lozano "early thisyear."

STATION BURNSPORT ARTHUR, Texas, Aug.

17—(>P)~~ A station the SouthernPacific Railroad built in the 1870swhen Sabine Texa., was a thriv-ng port burned yesterday. The

station wa* abandoned 20 yearsago. It recently had been used as

tavern.

Hunt StartsIn MexicoFor OchoaLAREDO, Aug. 17 —//P)— The

word was out in Mexico today:Find George (Gavo) Ochoa.

A fugit ive warrant, was issuedfor the scar-faced customs brokerwho fled into Mexico after a doubleslaying in a hotel here July 31,and Texas' governor was asked toseek Genoa's extradition fromMexico.

Assistant U. S. Attorney Wil-liam R. Eckhardt said in Houstonthe Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion had stepped into the caseafter a federal charge of "fleeingin foreign commerce to escapeprosecution" was filed.

Seek ExtraditionE. James Kazen, district at-

torney at Laredo, asked Gov. AllanShivers to request the UnitedStates to ask Ochoa's extraditionfrom Mexico.

Ochoa us charged with themurder of Henry D. Whittcnburg,31, South *] rixas ginner. He alsois wanted for questioning in the

(See OCHOA, Page Two)

Alien ShotAs He AndDeputy Fight

Shooting Is HeldJustifiable InVerdict Of Justice

A cotton picker thoughtto have bludgeoned a com-panion to death was shotfatally by Deputy SheriffWalter Keller whi le resist-ing1 arrest last night.

Both killings came withinan hour at about midnight,Sheriff 3oynt;on Fleming-said.

Justice of the Peace Manuel Diazde Leon returned a verdict ofjustifiable homicide, in the death ofthe man Keller shot. He called thebludgeoning "murder".

Gives AccountFleming gave the, following ac-

count of the events leading up tothe fatal fracas:

At about 11:30 p. m. the sher-iff's office got a call saying a manhad been killed in his bed on thefarm of Jose Martinez, near Okla-homa Avenue about seven mileseast of Brownsville.

Keller made the call to investi-gate. He found Jgnacio Avila Ol-vera, 23, an alien picker, had beenhit on the head with a blunt in-strument and his skull crushed.

The deputy also found all thedead man's belongings missing andhis working partner not there,

Seek ManWhile waiting for Chief Deputy

Sheriff Bill Gatliif and the justiceof the peace to get to the smallhouse near where Olvera had beenkilled, Keller and Martinez, ownrof the farm, started in search ofthe dead man's former friend.

They found him walking towardhe Rio Grande and stopped himo search him. The man Keller shot

was identified as Miguel Moralesiernandez, 22, also a wetback cot-on picker.

As Keller started to search him,iernandez hit, the deputy in thoace, knocked him down and jump-

ed on him. Keller reached for hisgun, a .45 caliber automatic, tookit from its holster and fired oneshot, which grazed Hernandez1

stomach, Fleming's account said.They wrestled for possession of

the weapon. Keller found it hadjammed after the first shot. Hesucceeded in clearing the. chamberof the automatic , while Hernandez;was still wrestling with him andattempting to strangle him, Flem-ing quoted Keller as saying.

Keller freed the gun and shotHernandez once in the heart andonce in the stomach.

Keller and Martinez found the(See KILLING, Page Two)

Swim VictoriesBoost MoraleOf JapaneseTOKYO, Aug. 17—(/P)—Japanese

morale soared higher today thanat anytime since their humiliatingsurrender.

The reason: The records smashedJn the Los Angeles AAU swimmingmeet by Hironoshin Furuhashi andShiro Nashizume.

All newspapers in the largercities published extras. Radio pro-grams were interrupted to broad-cast the news.

LATE BULLETINSCHANNEL SWIM DELAYED

DOVER, Eng.f Aug. 17—(/P>—Shirley May France will notattempt to swim the English Channel tonight, her manager an-nounced today. She had planned to plunge into the channel atCap Gris Nez, France, sometime around midnight; but unfavorableweather condition** caused reconsideration.

ACHESON WARNS GERMANSWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 —4/FV- Secretary of State Acheron

warned the Western Germans today againKt abusing the freedomspermitted them by the western occupation powers.

POLIO DOWN IN TEXASAUSTIN, Aug. 17—(If)—Texas polio Incidence dropped slightly

to 109 new cases last week, the State Health Department report*ed today. There had been 121 new cases reported for the weekprevious.

SEEK MEXICAN LABORWASHINGTON, Aug. 17—UTV—A group of western farmer* to-

day urged President Truman to seek renegotiation of a contract torthe use of Mexican laborers in this year's harvest season.

ALBANIA CHARGES INVASIONLONDON. Aug. 17 —4J&— Albania protested today te tit*.

United Nations—for the second time within a week—that Greektroop* are invading her soil.

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PAGE 2 THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD, BROWNSVILLE, TEX^S, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949

Newly Born Town Of Sonoma And Ennis

Are Engaged In Feudin* And Fightin*ENNIS, AUK. 17 —(/P)— The town of

Ennis and its brand now neighbor, Son-oma, are feu din' and f ight in ' .

The city counc i l of Ennis yesterdaytold the newly born town to go rightahead and secede if its 200 c i t i zens fel tJucky.

A ripoke.Hnmn fur Sonoma repl ied lastnight he did not .sec how Sonoma couldsecede w h e n it was never a part of En-nis.

Sonoma was born last Saturday whenit voted to incorpora te , 37 votes for tonix against . Tho ba l lo t ing—and somehard feelings—rc.sulied f rom Enni.s' pro-posal to b u i l d u new .sewage disposalp l an t in the Sonoma area.

Sonoma won Id have a mayor, a marsh-al and a l d e r m e n , but they would get nopay because the town would have notaxes.

Marshall AidHeld To Be

nivel - ' rancr, Aug. 17

— f/p> — Frenrh Sncia l iHl Andre-Ph i l ip waid tho Marshall Plan's or-gan i/nllon for Kiiropoari Economic<'o-opnral ion (OF'IKC.) in "dividingn i i h c r than u n i f y i n g 1 ' nat ionalrronomir. ' i In Kurope.

Phi l ip told the council ofKurope'.s c o n s u l t a t i v e assemblythat thl f l t rend hml occurred dc-*piU t h e fact that Marshall Planft id was "tfoivroim and into.Hlgent."

Ho declared thn nn.Hornbly musttnhe rap id , fo rce fu l Mtep.M to u n i f yKurope'.s economy to "avoir! anabsolute eal.aHt.rophn toward whichwe are all moving."

Tho Counci l of Kuropo i* hold-Ing ita I n i l i f i l meeting.1; here.. The'12-rmt.inn body ha.'i Homo of thoa.Mpect.M of a Kuropoan par l iament .

STARDrive-In Theatre

Lust Time* Tonight

'$&

Mayor J, P. Simw of Ennis issued thisa tn t -omcni :

"If aecoHHion comes, H wi l l not be half-way, it w i l l b(» complete. There wi l l beno halves , One w i l l be an Knni.site andhave the advantages that Ennis has tooffer or one wil l be a Sonoman and havewhat. Sonoma has to offer."

The city counci l pointed out t ha t En-nis offers city water, fire protection, cityl ibrary service and other privileges.

It broadly hinted that Sonoma couldoffer no such services.

A spokesman for Sonoma—the cityoff ic ia ls have not yet been named—saidthe "secession" s tatement puzz led him.

"Sonoma is on the east f l ank of Ennisand has never been a part of the town,"he said, "How could we secede?"

Some Sonoma ns pointed out tha t eachhas his own private sewer and watersystem and can get along very nicelyw i t h o u t he lp from Ennis.

Vaughan's Role In BehalfO

Of Accused Firm Is StudiedWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 —(/P)— The role of Maj.

Gen. Harry H. Vaughan and John Maragon reportedlyplayed in 1946 in behalf of a company accused of violat-ing sugar rationing comes up for scrutiny today.

Senate five percenter investigators called f o u r wit-nesses to a public hearing.

An Agricul ture De p a r t m c n tspokesman said yesterday thatVaughan and Maragon four yearsHgo sought aid at the agency lorthe Allied Molassea Company ofPerth Amboy, N. J. He said theydidn't get it and that the case wentto the Justice Department.

Vaughan is President Truman'sarmy aide. His name has bobbedup every day nt a special Senatesubcommittee1* Inquiry into wheth-er Improper Influence has figuredin the handling: of governmentbusiness,

Maragon, once a f requent WhiteHou.se visitor, la a central figureIn the investigation, He has saidhe regards Vaughan as a goodfriend.

Man ChargedIn Attack OnWidow, 50 *A 26-year-old man wag being

held in county jail today withoutwith thewidow

rape ofnear Rio

bond, chargeda 50-year-oldHondo Monday.

The suspect is Efraln Nollola,a native of Mexico, who SheriffEoynton Fleming said was pick-ing cotton near Rio Hondo.

Knife ThreatThe victim said her assailant

forced his way into her house andassaulted her while threateningher with a knife , according toFleming. She was taken to Val-ley Medical Center, Harlingen,where it svas discovered that fiveof her ribs had been broken inthe struggle, Fleming said.

The suspect was arrested at atavern in the settlement of Ana-quitas, about five miles east ofRio Hondo, yesterday. Flemingsaid his department was assistedby Constable Dionisio Lopez inmaking the arrest.

Justice of the Peace ManuplDiaz de Loon denied Nollola bailand ordered him jai led.

17. S. ScienceSeeks RareDisease CureWASHINGTON, Aug. 17-

Government scientists have left forAfrica to produce species of a rareplant said to offer possibilities asa rich source of cortisone—a chem-ical that has shown dramaticpromise in treating rheumatoidarthiritis and rheumatic fever.

The U. S. Public Health Servicesaid today one of its scientists anda botanist from the AgricultureDepartment went to Liberia inJuly to beg-in the quest.

The scientists plan to bring1

samples of seeds and plants backto this country to determinewhether the substance can be pro-duced from them—and also to findout whether they can be grown inthis country.

Cortisone, a naturally-occurringhormone of the adrenal gland, canalso be produced laboriously fromox bile.

But the quantities available arcso small that only a few of thenation's 7,000,000 sufferers from

BulletinBoardWEDNESDAY

Th« Catholic War Veterans meetat 7:30 p.m. at the ImmaculateConception church parish hall.

Rotarians meetEl Jardin hotel.

at noon at the

St. Joseph's Scout Troop No. 11meets at 7:30 p.m. at the academy.

Members of the Senior GirlScout Troop No, 1 meets at thehome of William Andreaen.

Contracts Are Let By BoardK1NGSVILLE, Aug. 17 — Contracts totaling $419,.

055.80 for construction of a student union building onthe campus of Texas A. & I. College were let Tuesday ata meeting of the college's board of directors in San An*tonio.

The choir of the Central Chris-tian church meeis at 7;45 p.m

practice.the church form

The Woman's Council of CentralChristian church meets at thechurchserved

atat

12 noon. Lunch will be

meeting willp.m. andfollow.

a business

THURSDAYThe West Brownsville Lions club

12:10 p.m. at the Town

ONLY ONE SHOWINGFull Length Production

Start* «t 7:45 P. M.

Please Come Early

NT UK.3TATK I'llK AT1CKS

Last Times Today

J E N N f E R f l sJOSEPH COHEN

OlfEENToday and Thursday

DA N(; K ROUS1 DASHING!IDA LUPINO

LEO CARRILLON I N O MARTINI

"Daring Desperadoes"

Today &Thurs.

Til, S-47-12

Wtym Morris • Jonis P«i0tMIKt IINNIH • GlIAtWMI MOCKS

lOICftf NUTTON • ALAN HAH4 « H',11 ;.-^. Iflylt

Mighty Mouse - FlyingDancers and My SilentLove.

Talent Show Thura. Nitc

Bert CromackDies Here OfHeart AttackBfi-trand "Bert" Cromack Sr.f

prominent tsrownavnie resident,died suddenly this morning; athis residence on the Port road ofa heart attack. He was 82 yearsold.

Cromack, who had lived InBrownsville since 1923, suffered aheart attack about 11:30 a. m.He had been retired.

Cromack came to Brownsvillefrom Nowata, Okla, He was bornIn «xico, New York. Prior to hisretirement, Cromack had been as-sociated with the Cromack CitrusGroves.

He was a Mason and a piemberof the Church of the Advent , E3pis-eoval. His body is at the HinkleyMortuary where services are pend-

Rent OfficeTo Be ClosedIn ValleyHARLINGEN, Aug. :17 —Area

rent director R u f u s Penry hasannounced his of f ice here has re-ceived instructions to close Aug.31.

Penry .said Tuesday he had re-ceived a telegram from the Dal-las office of the housing expeditorfor Texas, telling him that thelocal office staff wi l l be "separt-ed" from the payroll as of the lastday of the month.

One report from Dallas saidall rent controls in Texas will bel i f ted Sept. 1 and the order re-ceived by Penry would seem tosubstantiate this report. Therewere other conf l i c t ing reportswhich said Texas rents wouldcontinue to bu controlled u n t i l thestate-approved lift ing date of Oct.ID.

The Harlingen cont.rol o f f i c e atone t ime employed 30 to 40 peo-ple, Penry said, but the s taff hasbeen cut down u n t i l for the pastyear there have been only twoemployes besides himself .

For several months t h a t numberhas been r;ut to just Penry anda secretary.

Death TakesAndrew PetzAndrew Petz, a resident of the

Valley since 1901, died last nightat his home at 142.r> S. E. Madisonstreet here. Pie was €8.

Petz had been ill a short lime.He was a member of the Im-

maculate Conception Church and apast grand knight of the Knightsof Columbus lodge. He had beenemployed by Larry Lightner, Inc.,here.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs.Delia Petz, a daughter, Mrs. H. M.Hewett, and two granddaughters,Andruene and Henry Nell Hewett,all of Brownsville.

Funeral services will be Thurs- jclay at 5 p.m. at the Immaculate]Conception church. Hinkley mortu-ary is in charge of arrangements.

Rosary services will be read atHinkley Chapel at 7:30 p.m. today.

feveriient

patients canin research

be givenprograms.

treat-

PeopleAnd Events

Mrs. Tommie Cocke, wife ofCounty Highway Patrolman Tom-mie Cocke or San Benito, ia ina San Antonio hospital.

Miss Josephine Bannert ha* re-turned to her home here nt'torspending two months with rela-tives at Gatesvilie, Texas.

Dr.to his

H. C.office.

Sample hasPd. Adv.

^ tu mod

Leo Vergott, Jr., Is spending hisvacation in Houston with his sisterand brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.Arnold Serrata.

meeta atHouse.

Kiwanians meetEl Jardin hotel.

at noon at the

Head DeputyMade SheriffOf HidalgoEDINBUKG, Aug. 37 — W.

(Bi l l ) Doan is the new sheriffHidalgo county.

Doan was appointed Tuesday byI he county commissioners to suc-ceed Sheriff George In&ram whodied recently. Doan served as chiefdeputy sheriff under Ingram. Thecommissioners voted three to twoin favor of Doan with Count.Judge T. B. Waite casting the deciding vote.

R.of

John Hanson Post No. -13, Ameri-can Legion, meets at the LegionHall in Fort Brown.

GirlNo. 2church

Scout Intermediate Troopmeets at the Methodist

at 4 p.m.

The 20-30 club meets atp.m, at the El Jardin hotel.

7:30

Housing

Among1 th« survivors are hisvlfc, Mrs. Jesse Cromack; four

sons, Bertrand Cromack Jr., ofHays, Kans.; Gerald H. Cromack,A u s t i n ; Frank D. Cromack andP e r m i t Cromack, both of Browns-i l le , f ind a brother, Joe Cromaekf Ba l t imore and 10 grandchil-

dren.

Ochoa(Con t inued From Page One)

slaying of Air Force CorporalJames Lindsay, 30, of Oneicla,Tenn. Lindsay was i;hot in thesame hotel on a di f ferent floor.

Both men were killed by thesame .32 caliber pistol, ballisticsrxperta reported. The ilain men\vorc acquainted and both knowMrs, Rosa Maria Ochoa, Genoa'swife , Kazen said.

Laredo Police Chief David O.Gal lagher .said the mot ive for the."laying, in his opinion, was"jealousy". He declined to com-ment,

Pollc* AlurtedGallagher \esterday said he had

alerted police throught Mexicoand declared:

"Tliis will make things hot foiGeorge Ochoa. The FBI workshand In glove with the Mexicansecret police and they will locatehim. Whjn the.y locate him weu - i l l ask the president of Mexicoo expell n im as an undesirable.

"1 happen to know that Ochoatrying1 desperately to take out

Mexican c i t izenship—but at thesame t ime, I have been givend e f i n i t e assurance tha t Mexicanc i t i zensh ip wi l l not be given him."

TEXAS I?EXTSTAFF RELEASED

DALLAS -MFV- Federal rentcontrols in Texas may end in abouttwo weeks.

If they nrcn ' t erased from thebooks in about 30 days, therewon't be any federal workers inTexas to enforce them anyway.

Federal rent; controls will bel i f t e d in New Mexico about Sept.1.

Thnt m u c h was clear Tuesdayfrom a series of s tatements—someof t hem con f l i c t i ng—made byhous ing expediter o f f i c i a l s in Dal-las, Washington and Cleveland,

Housing Kxped i to r Tigho Woodssaid in Cleveland that: controlswi l l be l i f ted in New Mexicoaround Sept. 1 nrni tha t the re-m n i n i n g rental o f f i c e s in Texaswill be closed by mid -Sep tember .

FAO FIENDSRIO DR JANEIRO, Aug. 17—-(,?,Burglars broke into the offices

of the U. S. Naval mission today.They took nothing but Americancigarettes.

Two hundred thousands farmsin Ohio have e lec t r ic i ty—the larg-est amount of nii'ttl e lectr i f icat ionn the nation.

Building Hikeo

Seen As BoostFor EmploymentWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 —<fl>) —

A forecast of f u r t h e r moderate, in-oroa.se.s in cons t ruc t ion work in thenear f u t u r e came f rom the FederalReserve .Board toclny,

Because construct ion is one ofthe main bulwarks of businessact iv i ty and employment, this fur-nished some backing for a predic-tion by Secretary ol' Labor Tobinthat employment, w i l l go up by1,000,000 the rest of t h i s year.Tobin made the predict ion at theWhite House yesterday.

Dog-Shoo lingCharges Dropped

CContinued From Page One')tion with the installation of. cityutilities in the housing projects.

Mayor H. L. Stokely was out ofthe city nnd did not attend themeeting.

No indicat ion was made as tothe. probable site of the new hous-ing project In Brownsville, al-though it is known that there areat least four localities understudy. At least two are in theeastern part of the city.

Brownsville has two housingprojects, one is the Buena VidaHousing project, on Mth, andTyler and the other is the Bou-gainvillea Housing Project onWest Jefferson near the San Be-nito-Brownfeville highway.

Out Of TownMansur left the city Wednesday

morning and could, not be reachedfor further details on the project.

During the special City Com-mission meeting, the reading forthe annexation by petition of twoBrownsville suburbs, E b o n yheights and Kbony Acres was alsoapproved by the. Commission. Theordinance passed its second andfinal reading automatically bring-ing into the corporate l imits ofthe oity of Brownsville the twosubdivision.

A peti t ion asking annexat ionand signed by A majority of theresident property owners of the!two subdivisions, was presentedto t.he City oJ' Brownsville severalweeks ago.

Mrs. J. M. Mercuricter Laurel of Portspending a few daysville with Mr. and Mrs.neson and children.

and daugh-Isabel arein Browns-H. G. Ken-

Truman VictoryForecast InSecurity FightWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 —(.*>)—

The senate turned today to a briskscrap over President Truman's re-organization. Plan No. 2, afterhanding1 the chief executive astinging' defeat on his plans fora Welfare Department in the cab-inet.

Both sides said the fight on No.2—to transfer the bureau of em-ployment security from the Fed-eral S e e n r i t y Admin i s t r a t ion(FSA'i to the Labor Department—probably would wind up in. an administration victory.

Democratic Leader Lucas ( T i l lto ld reporters flatly the plan wouldgo through.

Senior MYF "Fun Night" in t.hebasement of the church at 7:30p.m.

FRIDAYThe Junior Chamber of Com-

merce meets at noon at Landrum's.

Girl Scout Troop No. n meets at4 p.m. in the home of Mrs. GeorgeJones, 1699 Lakeside Drive.

Tioop El Buen Pastor, Methodistchurch, meets at 7:30 p.m. at thechurch.

The male hummingbird nevergoes near its neat after the eggsare laid.

FridayKaliko and Khaki Square Dance

Club will meet at El Jardin com-munity pavilion at 8 p.m.

Six KilledIn CollisionFULTON, Miss., Aug. 17 —

—A heavy lumber carrier plowecinto the center of an open-bedtruck loaded with a gay crowdol revivalists near here last night,spreading six dead and 20 injuredalong a 100-foot section of road-way.

Two of the- injui*r?d, in a Tupelo,Miss., hospital, were reported ina "very critical" condition today.

Highway patrol Inspector G. L.Hobis said the lumber truck, drivenby R. Y. Booth of Ncwburgh,Ind., rammed the other vehicle asit turned ixito a side road leadingto the church.

Ediiiburg PlansTo Annex 50O AcresEDINBURG, Aug. 17 — A. pro-

posed city crdinance which wouldannex more than 500 acrevS to thecity l imits , was being readied to-day for publication,

The territory to be annexed in-cludes the tracks to the southand north of the city.

Suit FiledOn Oil LeasesTone McGee asks $16,373 as her

claimed share of oil royaltiesfrom lease she took out jointlywith G. R. Yantis in 1936, in asuit f i led m 107th district courthere today.

She alleges she and Yantis, nowdead, had an agreement to split.royalties 50-50 and that she hasnot been paid her share. The pe-tition says the leased property iin Starr county. Polk HomadayHarlingen, is representing- thplaint i f f ,

ROTARY MEETSLA FERIA, Aug. 37 — R, A

Caldwell, vice president of the LaFeria Rotary club, conducted theprogram of the club's rcg'uialuncheon-meeting1 this week. Program assignments for future meetings were given to c?.ub member.1

and civic problems wore discussedduring the business session.

Besieged ChinaCity Sent NavalRelief Force

CANTON", Aug. 17. ~-i'/Pj~- ANationalist spokesman said to-night strong Naval forces hadbeen sent up the M i n River to therelief of Communis t besieged Foo-chow.

The spokesman said the coas-tal ci ty still wa.s In Nationalist:hands. Commercial radio contact )with Foochow has been out herefo?1 many hours.

This might indicate communist,troops have occupied the city. Abig battle for Foochow has beenreported underway. The city is

miles northeast of Canton.

Kin Of Local Woman Painted

Portrait Of Star For MovieA case, of the "mountain going

to Mohammed" was re-enacted lastwinter, when David Selxnick, Jen-nifer Jones and Joseph Cotton,all fi lmdom notables, journeyed toa "whistle stop" town in Con-necticut to have Miss Jones port-rait painted for the movie, "Port-rait of Jennie."

Robert Brackman. world famousartist and cousin of Mrs. G. VV.Johnson of Brownsville, refused toleave his Nonank, Conn., schoolof 80 pupi ls , when commissionedto do the portair t . and forced the

Hollywood luminar ies to "beat 8path to his door."

Actor Joseph Cotton, who port-rays an artist in the fi lm, studiedBrackman's technique closely,during the 15 sitting required forthe portarit, and is said to havebrought authenticity to his role.

All stages of development of thepaint ing appear in the movie, anda final technicolor sequence showsshe completed work, now hnnginpin the. Metropolitan Museum ofArt in New York.

The movie is now showing athe Capitol Theater here.

The Grand Banks area off thocoast of Newfoundland, in thopath of the world's busiest waterracie routes, is the iceberg dangeione.

Two cr imina l charges growingout of thu shooting of a clog- Ho-ward Hall, Cameron county's chiefl a i l c r , were dismissed today.

Justice of the Poaco. ManuelDiaz do Leon .mid the chargeswere dropped oa the motion ofCounty Attorney F. T. Graham,for lack of evidence. Hall con-tended t.he injured animal hadbeen depredating1 his property,

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clothes of Olvera, including a pairof new shoes, on Hernandez. Theyfound his wallet, containing nome$40, and a bundle of Olvera's otherbelongings.

Killed Jn SleepFleming said all the evidence

was that the first man (Olvera)had been asleep when he was mur-dered. He said he considered thekilling of the second man <,Her-imndezl "unavoidable", and prais-ed Keller for trneking the murder-er to the river in the dark.

Keller was bruised in the scuf-fle but otherwise unhur t .

He, and GaUiff returned to the.scene of the first killing this morn-ing to try to find the instrumentwith which Olvera. was murdered.

JLast WordsDe "Leon said Hernandez, lying

wounded and in agony, said "mn-tenme, matenme," (kill me, killme) after he had been shot.

Deputy Constable Santana Luciowas at Hernandez' bedside whenhe died about five, minutes afterbeing taken to a hospital. Luciosaid Hernandez made an effort totalk there but what he said WAS in-comprehensible, Lucio was inves-t igat ing another case.

GaUi f f said I n t e r today no traceof the murder weapon was found.

Completion of the three-storystructure is scheduled for 350 daysafter the start of construction, Dr.K. H. Potect, president of the col-lege, said work would probably bestarted within 30 days.

ContractsThe general contract for the

union building went to Harwell andHarwell of San Antonio on a bidof $333,000. Four other contractsawarded were: Plumbing, $27,402,Stein and Dawson, Corpus Christi;utilities, $17,173, Modlin Co., ofCorpus Christi; electrical wiring,$14,800 Hooper Electric Co, of SanAntonio; and dining room andk i t c h e n equipment, $26,080.80,Southwestern Specialty Co. of SanAntonio.

The board members reorganizedselecting officers Frank C. Smithof Houston, president; Mrs. FrankMorton Lewis of San Antonio, vicepresident; and Robert C. Eckharcltof Kingsville, secretary-treasurer.All three were recently reappoint-ed to the board by Governor AllanShivers. Other board memberspresent were Lon C. Hill of CorpusChristi, John C. Jones of La Feriaand A. Loy Sims of Sinton.

Cooperative EffortThe contract letting is the cli-

max of several years' efforts onthe pail of the students, ex-stud-ents, faculty board and KingsviMrcitizens to provide a campus centerfor club recreational activities.

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Funeral SetToday ForJesus MenclezJesus Mendez, 64, died at his

residence here. 24th and E. Taylorstreet Tuesday night.

There are no known survivors.Services will be held today at 4p.m. at the Santa Rosalia ceme-tery under the, direction of theDelta Funeral home.

(Continued From Page One)eal estate manager; George M.

Watson, city manager of San An-tonio Interstate theaters; JackChalman, publicity director of theSan Antonio theaters, nnd ConradBrady, publicity director of Hous-ton Interstate theaters. Executiveswho arrived Tuesday arc: FrankStarz, publicity director, and Rob-ert Hickey, RKO-Radio Picturesspecial representative.

Early arrivals were: WilliamO'Donnell, Torrence H u d g 1 n s,Debbs Reynolds, J. C. Skinner, C.E. Holmes and J. H. Elder.

John Worley of the PM Con-struction Company of Dallas, build-ers of the theater, has Also beenhere the past several days.

EntertainmentTonight's program includes mu-

sic by the Brownsville high schoolband, entertainment by the Amer-ican Legion Drum nnd Bugle Corps,and street dancing. ElizabethStreet from nth Street to Oth willbe. roped off to accommodate thehuge crowd which will be on handto bid the theater welcome toBrownsville.

The. top feature of tonight's fullprogram will be the incomparableNorma Ballard and her Hammondelectric orgnn.

So it's "light*, action, earners"tonight at the new Majestic thea-ter.

Crash Victim'sBody ArrivesThe body of Jose Torres, 2fi.

ki l led in a t r a f f i c accident lastSunday in KiDeen, Texas, arrivedhere this morning.

The body was taken to trmDelta funeral home where funaralservices ore pending.

Torres, a veteran of World WarIT wi th service in the Pacific, issurvived by his wife. Lina Torresfind two sisters, Mrs. Maria T.Ruifc and Mrs. Raqucl T. Ramirez.

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Saturday has been declared DDTDay in Brownsville.

One thousand dollars worthDDT solution to aid the fightagainst polio by destroying the insects on private premises will begiven away freeWilliams Paint

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Public AppealAt 6:15 p.m. today the 20-3C

Club will make a public appealover the air at station KVAL tohelp combat polio. The programwill last fifteen minutes, accordingto Margal Vicars, president ofthe 20-30 club.

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Mexico'sImport StandIs RappedSAN ANTONIO, Aug. 17—(#»)—

The San Antonio Chamber of Com-Tierce has protested business re-strictions imposed by Mexico dur-ng the last several years.

John M. Bennett, Jr., presidentof th<j local chamber, wrote theU. S. Chamber of Commerce, de-ploring restrictions on exports ofAmerican merchandise raised byMexico and urged the barriers bemodified.

Bennett yesterday also urgedthe adoption of a program to in-crease imports from Mexico, thusenabling that nation to buy morAmerican-made products.

will be made available free ofcharge at the Sherwin-Williamsoffice here located at 1344 E. Eliza-beth street, according to J. B.Jones, store manager.

"We are donating the two-hun-dred-and fifty gallons of DDT tothe 20-30 Club for them to distri-bute it among the people ofBrownsville, Jones said.

Long LastingJones explained that the DDT

is for use on screen doors, garbage

Bod TakenFrom RiveThe body of an unidentified

man about 35 years old was foundyesterday on the left bank of theRio Grande near El Carmen ranch.

Justice of the Peace ManuelDiaz de Leon said he thought theman had drowned in the river andthe water receding from a recentrise had deposited the body on thebank.

De Leon returned an inquestverdict of death by accidentaldrowning.

cans and other insect-breedingplaces. He said the solution maybe applied with brush, rag, or otherapplicator. One application lastfrom four to five months, Jonejpointed out.

All citizens of Brownsville andsurrounding communities are in-vited by the 20-30 Club membersto be at Sherwin-Williams storeSaturday morning to pick up theDDT. Jones said it will be free ofcharge and that the store will fur-nish the containers.

Members of the 20-30 Club willbe on hand at the store to helppass out the DDT, Vicars said.

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Allen city commission has apt*proved a $65,000 bond issue to pro-vide funds for construction of jcit.y off ice building.

No date for the election was setThe city owns vacant lots south-west of the intersection of Beau-mont and 15th which the commis-sion plans to use as the buildingsite.

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Chajnil(Cont inued From Page One)

county, when ( , 'hnpin was countyj tu l t fo In 1008.

VVhnl. it wu.s, was a neat pieceof pol l t lc . i l j t iK'K' l r ry Uwt maden. b l t l r r fur of Ctmpln 's regimetho monns of completing' thenwm'uvr r of #ottinp; the county«ont. moved f rom Hidalgo towhat i.-. now Kdinbur t f .

Here's (ho Storytlcre't, t h e way he teil.s it;"The iv'io ( i ramk: wa.s en-

crouching on i t> i l o f t bank, anilwas up t.o w i t h i n a short distance

'of the court I IOUHI; HI j mire (a tM i d a l t f o ) . So. L decided thattho thing1 to do wn.s to removethe county .seat from the townof Hidnlvjo to Rome plnco inthe ftpproxlmato center of IHclu l ->?o county, and eonHoquently, Iformed mi agreement withJohn CIOHIVT and l<\ W. Spragueto carry out that idea,

"With the i r as. si. stance, Iaeourod the money and benightabout 60,000 aerefl of land ofwh\eh tho present town ofJWdir tburg wa.s the center . . .

Had l.'<Mvt>r"I kn<-w that under tho law

If a pe t i t ion to remove a countyscat wa.s p io t ten ted to a countyjudge, ho declared the resultof tho clod Ion. . .

"An A result of this Hit imtlon,I prepared pet i t ions to thocounty judk'r ( h i m s e l f ) toordor an election for tho pur-IHI.SC of moving the county .scatto tho town which I called(!hapln, which conslstrd of one.store and a post o f f i c e in themiddle of 00,000 aeror . ."Af t e r I his p e t i t i o n wn.s signed

by practically all tho voters ofHidalgo county, I issued anorder, ns county Judge callingfor an elect ion, to bo held ona certain Saturday. . .

"Kxten'm'e notice- was givenof tho act by tho prcsH of Texasami ns a result thereof, thegovernor ordered two companiesof Rangers . to protect thepeace against whnt my op-ponent.s culled tho tyranny of

with a diamond In its mouth.Chapin said he won the. gold ina poker game whllo workingfor the calt.le raisers, A disputeabout the winnings developed, af igh t started and four of thopeople in the game were killed.

He Kent the gold to Tiffany 'sin New York and had the ringmade.

Chapin was horn In ShermanSept. 10, 1870, and got his Texaslaw license in 3898. He nowhas hitt o f f ice in Corpus Christ!.

SafecrackersArc SoughtftAYMONDVILUn, Aug. 17 —

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Then they entered Brooks Super-market, and a small amount ofmsh, a pocket k n i f e and a fewpackages of: cigarettes were atol-en.

Tho burglars made their f i na lstop at. the Oliver Implement Com->any b u i l d i n g and cracked opentwo safes ami approximately $1,000.n cash was stolen.

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• 'China' Marks Record; Use Of Sound Effects.*"' HOLLYWOOD — An odd Holly-

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Paramount'* "Captain China,"•—-To-starring John Wayne, Gall Rus-'," noil, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney,^jEtlgar Bergen and Michael O'Shea.t-— Howard Smith, head of the unit's^rutting department, estimates"ZZlhfit 20,000 feet of sound effect,^^/ilm will he used tor dubbing—"Captain China." Thia i« double^"the amount generally uued for an~ action picture,

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Stratton becomes th« freshmansensation of the league and by thenext season is top right-hander inth loop and ia also the father ofMonty, Jr, Now occurs the hunting accident which brings aboutan end of his brilliant future. Itia the devoted Ethel who reawak-ens hia interest in l i fe and in thegame he loves and who gives himrenewed hope for the future.

Fits RoleNo finer choice for the rol« of

Stratton could have been madethan to entrust this arresting fig-ure to the hands of James Stewart.He gives it a down-to-earth na-turalness, humor, warmth and sin-cerity. He is buoyant and infec-tious in the lighter scenes andheartbreakingly moving in the pic-ture's tragic episodes. It is prob-ably his finest motion picture roleto date.

June Allyson also deserves abig hand for her role as the wi fewho stands by her husband's sidewhen he seems a broken man andwho quietly and self - effacinglyguides him on the path of renewedhope and courage.

Excellent CastThere are other excellent; per-

formances. Prank Morgan is color-ful and engaging as Barney Wile,the one-time ba.seball great whofinds his way back to the bigleague stamping grounds througha boy whom he grows to love likea son. Agnes Moorehead is theunders tanding and practical .mind-ed Ma Stratton. Bill Wil l iams isenormously likeable as Eddie Dib-son, Monty's baseball sidekick arid.smooth-talking "lady killer." Ofaddi t iona l interest is the presencein th cast of a large number ofwell - known baseball .figures,among those playing themselvesw i t h considerable credit beingJames Dyke, foi-merly managerof the Chicago White Sox and theHollywood Stars; Bill Dickey,hard-hi t t ing catcher of the NewYork Yankees; and Gene Bearden,handsome pitching star of theCleveland Indians.

Sports followers and the. averagemoviegoer alike will f i n d "TheStratton Story" superlative enter-t a inmen t . It is a drama of a manwho faced disaster wi th a greatcourage and it packs a terrificheart wallop.

June Finds LeftIs Far From RightThere's a difference bet. ween

right and wrong', and le f t isn'tright. So June Allyson discoveredin possibly the most d i f f i cu l t fea-Lurc of her latest f i lm role inM-G-M's "THE STRATTONSTORY".

The young1 actress is strictly aouthpaw as far as eating and

writing are concerned. And shehad to do both, as well as throw

baseball, in the picture with her•tght hand.

.It was all because of a line inthe script, James Stewart, as the Iormer big- league pitching star,

Monty Stratton, a right-hander,lad to lean over his baby son inhe f i lm and remove a rattle fromhe tot's left hand. As he does

so, he says, "Hey, none of that.Ve won't have any southpaws inhis family!"

AUTHENTIC BACKGROUNDSMuch of Paramount's "Postal In-

pector," co-starring Alan Laddnd Phyllis Calvert, will be filmedn Gary, Ind., and Chicago. Di-ector Lewis Allen feels that thislocation" will add valuable au-henticity and realism.

PLAYS THE "BONKS"William Holden, starred in Para

mount's "Dear Wife," has attemptd to learn to play the violiriano and guitar without sucee:--

But he's an expert at the "bones.

Majestic SetsSpecial ShowFor YoungstersIt's not just the premiere show-

ing of the new Majestic Wednes-day night that concerns JimmyMcNeill, manager of the theatre,but also the big show Thursdaymorning at 9:30 a.m. It's forBrownsville's youngsters, and abig special party has been plannedfor them,

While the Majestic is an idealtheatre for adults or children, kidsare the most critical, according toMcNeill, and woe to the theatremanager that ever forgets it, forhe may be sure the kids will re-mind him of anything that goesamiss. But if plans don't slip up,this theatre party is going to beone the kids will long remember.

It's an innovation in the amuse-ment business, this Kid's Premiere.But it is sure to be a success. Inaddition to a two hour show ofcartoons and comedies chosen forspecial appeal, the kids will alsoreceive special favors. Also to begiven away to each kiddie attend-ing the special show will be bub-ble gum, ice cream and popcornand giant balloons.

In the lineup of cartoons and co-medies are some of the top "stars"in this field including Tom & Jerryn THREE cartoons, "The Truce

Hurts", "Puss 'n Toots" and "CatPishin' "; Popeye and Olive Oyl in'Robin Hoodwinked"; Tweet ("I

Tot I Taw a Putty Tat") Pie in'A Tale of Two Kitties"; Daffy

Duck in "Daffy Dilly"; Porky Pign "Scardy Cat"; the Throe Stoo-ges in "Pardon My Clutch"; Ed-

Dancing Normal"You can dance if you can walk",

s«ya Ray Bolger,The dancing star of "LOOK FOR

THE SILVER LINING", WarnerBros. Techincolor film openingsoon at the new Majestic, claimsthat every basic tap step is adap-ted from the natural movement ofthe feet in walking or running.

it is—they will want to help uskeep it attractive for them.

Norma Ballard will also playfavorite melodies on the Ham-mond organ.

Don't forget, KIDS, its Thursdaymorning at 9:30 a.m. for the timeof your life.

Gotten, Fouiitaine ToCo-Star In 'September'HOLLYWOOD In a deal con-

cluded by trans - Atlantic phone,Joseph Gotten was sent vecently toplay the male lead in "September"opposite Joan Fontaine. Negotia-tions were finalized by Hal Wallisand Daniel O'Shea for the DavidO. Selznick organization. Wallis isnow in England en route to Italywhere the film will be shol underthe directional guidance of Wil-liam Dieterle,

This will be Cotton's third pic-ture appearance abroad in recentmonths, the others being1 "UnderCapricorn" for Alfred Hitchcockwith Ingrid Bergman and "The

June Began EarlyLike Marilyn Miller, whom she

portrays in "LOOK FOR THESILVER LINING". Warner Bros.Technicolor musical, June Haverwas doing imitations at. the age ofsix.

In those days June did an actcalled "Lunch'at the Brown Der-by" in which she imitated Kathar-ine Hepburn, Zasu Pitts and HelenHayes.

In medieval times warring arm-ies agreed not to campaign againsteach other during winter.

Third Man" for Carol Reed. He iscurrently appearing- at WarnerBros, in "Beyond the Forest" withBette Davis/

MICKEY SHANNON

Kennedy in "No More Rela-tives" and Tex Williams in "Chey-enne Cowboy".

In addition to the big screenshow, Mickey Shannon, sensation-al radio star will appear on thestage and sing the songs the kid-dies like best.

The Majestic is the safest placen Brownsville for kids, says Mc-

Neill and Mre want them to feelperfectly at home while attendingth« theatre. After all, it's theirtheatre too, and we know whenthey see what, a beautiful theatre

CONGRATULATIONSto th.

NEW MAJESTIC THEATER

The Finest in the Valle

Our trucks will be rolling day

and night to bring the newest

hits to you.

VALLEY FILM SERVICETOM CARAWAY - Owner

A Premiere Event

. . . is celebrated this evening- as Interstate Theatres

open the mighty new Majestic—one of the South-

west's finest, show places! Easter-ling-Van Tyne Com-

pany is glad to join the ranks of progressive Valley

firms in praise of this new symbol of Valley pro-

gress and leadership!

The Valley has, in the past decade, become the e n t e r t a i n m e n t mecca of Texas

. . . and it is growing rapidly. Every progressive business is a n x i o u s to sec the

great metropolitan Valley area become supreme in every respect. And tha t wish

is being translated into action with ever^ passing d a y !

Pontiac "-Another Hollywood Star

J UST as Barbara Stanwyck, soon to be seen at themagnificent new Majestic in ''The Lady Gambles",

is one of the top performers in Hollywood , . . so is the.1949 Pontiac. This smart a u t o m o b i l e is a star in the Val -ley, too. Ask for a demonstra t ion soon.

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Skelton Has NewIdeas On BillingRed Skelton has a novel idea for

the billing vt his curernt film,M-G-M's Technicolor musical,"NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER".

Skelton heads a cast which in-cludes Esther Williams, RicardoMontalban, Betty Garrett and Kee-nan Wynn.

"But wouldn't it be something,"suggests the comedian, "if it werebilled this way: "NEPTUNE'SDaughter" starring Ben Gage'swife, Lioretta Young's brother-in-law; Larry Parks' wife and EdWynn's boy!"

Skelton laments he is the onlyone in the cast who doesn't havea relative who is prominent inshow business.

KARL HOBL1TZELLE

Interstate Circuit , Inc., and Tex-ft« Consolidated Theatres, Inc.,operators of the new MajesticThfrat.ro, arc headed by experienced•bowmen, who have a national rep-utation for knowing what thethcntre-goorfl of Toxfis and the

their amuse-want ft«ment fare.

Karl Jlohlit.7,f:Ik',both organization.4!,

presidentwafl born

ofin

St.ence LindenKnapp Hobl

in .1878, tho won of Clar-Hob l i t / o l lo and Ida

thoCompany

Interstatein 1905

and piom-f-iTd Htagn attractionsthrough the South and Southwest.!A« ho orcctod thoatroa in this ter-ritory each became known as thomost modern Jn the country,Many of tho larger theatresthroughout the nation embodyfra turoH f l r « t «cen In Hoblitzelle

With the exception of severalyearn, ho has alwtiyw boon activein the operation of hi« theatres.

1029, when Radio - Keith -

the amusement field and operateall the nation's vaudeville theatres,Interstate Theatres were thefirst sought. With the sale of histheatres to RKO, Hoblitsselle devot-ed himself to world travel. Thisrowplto from the theatre however,was short lived because in lessthan two yearn the dissolution ofRK.O put: h im back at the head ofthe circui t he organized.

When the 1'ublix Theatres cor-poration, operating picture and.stage show theatres went into re-coivcr.shlp and f inal ly came outof i t , the executives of that cir-cui t selected Hoblitzello to super-vise tho reorganization of theirinterests in the Southwest. It wasthrough this connection that manytheatres wore added to the listunder his .supervision.

H obi it/el IP. Is an old and hon-ored name originating in Switzer-land and dating from the 15thcentury. Members of the familywere governors of Swiss cantons,jurists, writers, warriors and po-litical figures from the 15th to

lOi .h century. Several of the

The NeivMAJESTIC

AnotherProof ThatiirowiiHvillc

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R. J. O'DONNELL

family were active in the Amer-!lean revolution.

Known As PhilanthropistHoblitzelle is known throughout

the state as one of Texas' mostgenerous philanthropists. He is anardent patron of the arts. He isparticularly interested in old mast-ers and is active in the restora-tion of a collection of his whichhe has lent to the Dallas ArtMuseum. The Hoblitzelle collectionof old silver and china is national-ly famous. The promotion of sym-phony and opera seasons as civicnecessities also occupies him.

He is a director of the RepublicNational Bank of Dallas.

Direction of operating- the newMajestic Theatre, tog-ether withthe many other conducted by theInterstate Circuit, falls to a manwho has spent most of his lifein show business.

He's H. J. O'Donnell, vice presi-dent and general manager of thecircuit.

In his capacity he works close-ly with J. C. McNeill, BrownsvilleInterstate head, and is alwaysguided by the wishes of theBrownsville contingent in the prob-lems that confront the theatreman.

O'Donnell gets credit for manyof the innovations in theatre build-ing and in the program selectionfor the various theatres under hisdirection. He js known as a "moodfeeler" — that is, he has 'a keensense of judging what theatre pa-trons want and enjoy.

O'Donnell started as an usher ina Chicago theatre, Rapidly herose to chief usher, then assistantto the treasurer and finally treas-urer. From that position he wentto New York, where he became afigure in box offices along thefamed Broadway. Alternately hebecame manager, artists' repre-sentative, director, booking execu-tive and theatre head. In 1924 hecame to Texas as manager of theMajestic Theatre in Fort Worth,It wasn't long before he was incharge of operating all the Hoblit-zelle theatres. With the exceptionof several years between 1029 and1931 he has been with Interstateever since.

Like Hoblitzelle, the generalmanager is vitally interested incivic and charity matters, He is adecidedly normal person with aleaning to sports in his off mom-ents. Now that golf has becomehis hobby, he's as happy overcracking a 90 as ho is in gettingacross a theatrical t r iumph. He al-so is a fight fan and fight nightfinds him among the ringsiderswherever he happens to be.

I International Chief BarkerHis charity activities arc many.

Chief among these is the VarietyClubs International, of which he in"Chief Barker" — or President.

The. Variety Club is an organiza-tion of theatre men of the UnitedStates, England, Canada and Mex-ico, whose main purpose is sup-porting charitable institutions.

The most well known of theseinstitutions in Texas is VarietyClub Boys' Ranch, which is spon-

sored solely by the Variety Clubof Texas.

He works most of the time heisn't asleep. Early morning findshim at his desk or out on the cir-cuit looking over theatres andhelping his managers solve prob-lems of operation. When in Dallashe is a familiar figure in the down-town and suburban theatres chat-ting with patrons and employees,his duties carry him from coastto coast. You can talk to him athis desk this afternoon and tomor-row may bring you a call fromHollywood or New York. Air-planes, automobiles and trainscarry him on his jaunts in interestof business. He's on the go all ofthe time.

He and Mrs, O'Donnell live inDallas.

EXPECTINGDorothy Lamour, leading lady in

Paramount'* "Manhandled," ex-pects her second child this Septem-ber, She has a son, Ridgeley, agedthree. He appears in a scene ofthe suspense melodrama, producedby William Pine and WilliamThomas.

Louisiana produces more fursthan any other state in the union.

Some 50,000 Indians live on NewMexico reservations.

Mitchum's FetichTalismans for good luck are fa

vorite fad items. In Hollywoodwhere stars are concerned, theyoften extend to the screen.

Sharp-eyed fans nave becomefamiliar with the khaki-coloredtrench coat which Robert Mitchumhas worn in all but three of hismovies since 1945. Mitchum firstsported the coat In "THE STORYOF G. I. JOE", the picture thatbrought him overnight acclaim. Be-lieving the garment brought himluck, he dons it for a scene or twoin every possible film. It showsup for the seventh time in Mit-chum's current RKO Radio drama,"THE BIG STEAL", in which JaneGreer and William Bendix are hisco-stars.

Louisiana muskrats yield abouteight million pelts a year.

The Neiv MajesticMakes

Brownsville's

Skyline-

Look Important

For the Opening—

LOOK IMPORTANT!By being dressed by

Gentleman AdmitsMaking MistakeA gentleman whom Esther Will-

iams did not at first recognizeapproached her at a party the oth-er evening and said: "Misa Will-iams, I just want you to know thatyou have taught me a valuablelesson."

When the star, currently appear-ing in "NEPTUNE'S DAUGH-

TER", expresed her bewilderment,he explained that he was head of amanufacturing concern for whichshe modeled prior to her screencareer.

he said rue-the time our

"We fired you,"fully, "I believe atexcuse was — 'no personality'."

Georgia is the United States*largest producer of kaolin, for useas a paper and china clay.

Theatre of

ior ~ CenterEntertainment Ce.

Of the Valley

ANDREW GELLER

PARAMOUNT

FOOTREST

CALIFORNIACOBBLERS lorDiscriminating Women

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4S3 E. 10th Brownsville Dial 2-7830

OPPOSITE THE NEW MAJESTIC THEATRE

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the New

M A J E S T I CT H E A T R E

Dramatizes to the Public

Brownsville99 Position 'As

""The Entertainment Center of the Valley!"• All Brownsville is Proud of this New Theatre,

and the Evidence it Gives of Interstate Circuit's

Confidence in the Future of Brownsville!

DODD-MITCHELL AGENCY952 E. Levoe "Sine* 1880' Dial 2-7415

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Congratulations to Interstate Thea-

tres : : ; their manager Jimmy

McNeill. .•: and the entire personell

for showing faith in the future of

'Brownsville by making available to

the people in the Valley a complete

and magnificent theatre /

Their neighbor, the Pan-American State 'Bank, welcomes this

new organization to Brownsville and extends sincere wishes for

their success! And so, once again, Brownsville—the Gateway

City—proves that it is the entertainment Center of the Valley,

PAN AMERICAN STATE BANKMember Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Brownsville

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD. BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949

RAYMOND WILLIE

Raymond \Vl l l i f j , supervisor ofthe Valley Theatres for a numberof ydn.ru prior to hla present a.s-

us A « M J H t u n t to the Gen-eral Mana^r, is expected to bepresent Wfdruwlfty evening" at theopening' of tho new .MajesticTheatre,

By theatrical bimlneflfl aland-Wi l l io l« an old t imer having

In Nhow bimlnow In Ft.

Inters tale RealEstate In HandsOf W.NicholsWeeden Nichols bears the un-

tmiml dist inction of having" beenthe first Intorstator to join thecolor a In tho sorvloo of his countryand tho last tn tors ta tor to berelwi.Mod from tho service.

An a capta in In tho ToxaNational ( Juard , he was callecearly in tho min imer of 1040, nncwan not discharged u n t i l tho sumrnnr of 39-t.fi; a period of six Jong

Worth aa a doorman at the Hip-

W e o cl o n wasfu l l colonel on the

a distinction In

serv-over,

the

inc identa l ly ,dlfichargvd nx ngonr-ral iitaff,i tself .

During1 this long term ofice, ho traveled tho worldund did not miss any oftheatres of action.

Nichols f i r s t cam o to work forInterKtate In 10.'J7. Mr. Hoblltzelleengaged h im to manage theMajeatlc Theatro building", SanAntonio .

far t of the contract wan theunders tanding that Nichols wasto en t i r e ly renovate and aircondition the nm.s.slve building,which ho «!ld in n period of alittle over p i n e monfch.'i; and beforehe entered the armed services,had taken the bu i ld ing fromAbout (>0 per cent capacity to af u l l 100 per ci'nt rental capacity.

Nleholfl has wpent his on tirolife in the real estate and aflfloclat-ed bu.slnt'»H,

Ho came to Texas from Ithaca,New York via New Orleans inthe nummor of 10U8; and like theO'Donnell.s, Is more or IO.HH aconverted and con f i rmed Texan.

Tie handle.*! a l l commercial real

podrome The-, at re In 1916. Exceptfor a period of a few years, Wil-lie has boon with Mr. Hoblitzclleand Interstate Theatres con-tlnuouHly since joining the orga-nization in 1918.

Binco 1037 when he was trans-ferred from San Antonio, wherehe was in charge of all InterstateTheatres in that city, his respon-sibilities have been largelycentered in the operation oftheatres in Houston, Ft. Worth,San Antonio, Austin, Galvest.on,and in Dallas, Home Off ice loca-tion of Interstate Circuit. I

With extensive experience Intho construction of theatres, hav-ing1 approved plans and specifica-tions, decorative treatment andequipping of more than thirty newtheatres bu i l t for Interstate intho past twelve years, Willie'sopinion is highly respected bytheatre architects and builders.

Constantly in search of new andimproved ideas for theatre con-struction, Willie's visit to Browns-ville, aside from attending theopening festivities, is to observethe many modern innovations in Ithe newest of the Interstate group |of theatres,

Year's ProductionSchedule Set ByPine And ThomasHOLLYWOOD — Producer Wil

lam Thomas recently announcethe production zichedulc for thcoming- year for the William PineWilliam Thomas unit, releasingthrough Paramount.

Final production is being: completed on "Captain China," aeaadventure story co-starring JohnPayne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey LynnLon Chaney, Edgar Bergen andMichael O'Shea. Lucien Caillietnoted composer, is composing themusic score and will conductfifty-piece orchestra for the film'sscoring.

"Viva Mexico" went Into pro-duction August 1. To be filmed inTechnicolor, shooting started on lo-cation at Sedona, Ariz. Lewis RFoster, who directed "CaptainChina," wrote the script and willalso direct this large-scale west-ern.

"Viva Mexico" will be the firstproduction photographed in Tech-nicolor by William Pine and Wil-liam Thomas.

Third and final picture slatedthis year by the unit will be "notfor Publication," exploitation mel-odrama involving an attemptedlynching. Geoffrey Homes is script-ing the story and the film is sched-uled for Nov. 3 start.

Until their recently signed newcontract with Paramount, the pro-ducing team was making a mini-mum of six films annually. Now,they are producing three majorpictures a year.

TOBBENCE HUDGINSTorrence Hudgins, assistant to

home office executives RaymondWillie and William O'Donnell, is toje present for the opening o:

Brownsville's n e w e s t theatreHudgins assists in coordinating thectivities of the theatre operating

division with other departments,plus special assignments in exploi-ation and stage show booking, inhe operation of Interstate's 157heatres.

FIRST WESTERNHedy Lamarr, who made her.m eric an screen debut in 1938,ecently appeared in her first west-rn, Paramount's "Cooper Can-on," in which she co-stars withlay Millard, Macdonald Carey,lona Freeman and Harry Careyr.

Livingston And EvansSongs For Hope FilmHOLLYWOOD—Jay Livingston

and Ray Evans have just completed a second song, entitled "HomeCoo kin'," for Paramount's"Where Men Are Men," Technicol-or comedy co-starring Bob Hopeand Lucille Ball.

The song, which is described asan unusual novelty ditty, will besung by Hope during ar elaboratefox hunt sequence in the picture.The ace tunesmiths only last .weekcompleted another novelty tune,"Fancy Pants," which will be sungby Hope and Miss Ball in two sep-arate versions. The Hope versionis in the form of u London musichall song and is called "Yes.M'Lord."

"Home Caokin"Ms the 300thtune written by Livingston andEvans in the past 12 years. Their[ong list of song hits includes "ToEach His Own," "Golden Ear-rings," and "Buttons and Bows."

Mary LawrenceCast In 'The Lie'HOLLYWOOD — Mary Lawr

ence, wife of director DelmaDaves, who made her screen debuin "The Stratton Story," has beensigned by Paramount for her second screen appearance in "ThLie," co-sarring Barbara Stanwyck and John Lund.

Although married to Daves eleven years, Miss Lawrence was notinterested in acting until DirectorSam Wood induced her to accepta part in the current Jimmy Stew-art starrer. Wood started Daveson "his career 25 years ago.

"The Lie" is directed by Mitch-ell Leisen under Richard Mai-baum's production supervision.

Miles Of WireIf all the wiring in the Ne\\

Majestic theatre were stretchedout in a straight line it wouldreach from downtown Brownsvillefar beyond the city limits and backagain. An exact check could notbe obtained but it measures milesand miles.

An Important Step Forward!

— For Brownsville —For one week we will offer you discounts

that mean progress and economy . . . on living:room and bedroom pieces . . . priced right!

Visit us any day.

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Wallis To EuropeTo Prepare *'September9

HOLLYWOOD — Hal Walltodeparted recently by piano on thefirst leg of an extended trip toEurope, From New lork he sailson the Queen Mary to Southamp-ton and then will proceed to Lon-don and Paris.

In mid-July he will join directorWilliam Dieterle in Rome to planexteriors and backgrounds for hisforthcoming production for Para-jmount, "September," which is

scheduled to start •hooting on lo-cation in Italy.

Wallis wilt attend London pre-mieres of his forthcoming Par**monut releases, "Hop* of Sand,"and "My Friend Irma," during hiastay abroad. The entire companywill return to Hollywood to re-sume studio shooting at Paramounsame studio shooting at Para-mount in early fall.

Hunting- rifles and classicalrecords are the hobbies of WilliamHolden, star of Paramount's "DearWife."

Lyour I lew

MAJESTICTHEATRE

will, of course, beequipped with

Group Hearing AideIn order that those with hearing: deficiencies

may enjoy the show to the fullest

FRANK M. RAMSEY519 N. Tancahua, Distributor Corpus Christ!, Tex.

Cool CashiersNotice the smiling- faces of the

cashiers at the New Majestic. Theyare jti.st as comfortable as the pa-irons, and do not have to buy a:leket to enjoy year 'round air-conditioning. Clone are the clayswhen the cashier was providedwith a buzz fan to stir up thevarm air in the box off ice . Browns-vil le 's newest theatre has metallucta extending from tho theatre.0 tho box of f i ce .

\stfttn for Interstate and TexasConaolldatod Theatres and, in acl-I t t lon , also administers Mr. Hoblit-

zello's own personal real estate

He is recognized as one of theop au thor i t i e s on commercial andheatro real estate in the south-vest.

What's in a Name

The

MAJESTIC

. . . in the case of Brownsville's newest Thea-tre, it means just what it says . . . MAJESTIC!This apt word describes one of South Texas'finest theatres. Our firm was proud that wewere selected to work on this outstandingstructure—proof that Brownsville is, indeed,the Entertainment Center of the Valley!Call us for free estimates on » . .

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Bing JokesAbout ScenesOf RomanceHOLLI,YWOOD — As a Great

Screen Lover, Bing Crosby ia ir-resistible—and irrepressible.

In action before the camera theGroaner does his romancing" in hiscustomary workman-like fashion,being his easy-going, en^agln*, selfwith such f i lm lovelies as Doro-thy Lamour, Betty Hutton, JoanFontaine, Joan Caullfield, et al.

During a rcheanml — and afterthe camera baa stopped turning —Bing l iken to make light of thetender moment**. In hl.H currentParamount picture, Frank Capra'sproduction of "Kidin' High," tierBinglo has two leading ladles, Co-lee Gray and Frnncoa Glfford, onv/hom to focus hi.M attentions* andhlH ad libH.

He played his f i rnt love scenewith Frances before a large andappreciative gallery of visitors. AHhe enfolded the glamorouw Giffordin his armH during rehearsal hethrew a wink acro.s.s hi.4 .shoulderat the sidel ine HpectatorH.

"Why don c you people go acrossthe street for a coke?" he cracked.•Thlft raay take qu i t e a while."

A li t t le later he v/a« called onto plant a big kins on the lovelyGlfford prof i le obviously nicebu.'ilne.HH, if you can get Jt, Bingplayed it big and In .stride.

"There hasn't beon anything l iketh iH wince Mao West lef t Holly-wood." he remarked as ho cameout. of the. c l inch .

Being no slouch on the uptake,Frances quickly carne back with aretort:

"And HO r lo.se Cronby to a horse.How u n l u c k y can a girl be?"

(In the story Bing leaves Franc-en to go off to the. races with hisrace horse, Broadway Bill).

Actually, It is no horse, hut theblue-eyed' Ooleon Gray who winsBing in the end.

Before her f i r s t big romantic•cone wi th him, Coloen was nerv-ous and f r a n k l y said so.

"Don't worry," comfor ted Cros-by. "NorvousitWi in th in business\n an occupational disease."

A perky and i n q u i s i t i v e bantamrooster vva.s the th i rd party in aromantic ncene between King andColer-n. The action wn.s for Bingto take C o U - f J i i t ender ly by the armand escort her cava l i e r fashion outof i.hc racing stable.

AM they mar i e t h e i r exi t der 1'iin-gle turned and shot back at therooster:

"Get yourself a hrn and comealong."

A r:rr i IK.N'T K!Dorothy Lamour plays a doctor's

•eeretary In Parrrmount's "Mari-h a n d l f d , " produced by Hi l l J ineand B i l l Thormui. J O d l t h .F iend de-nigned her wardrobe. To make hero u t f i l . M a u t h e n t i c , Mi KM I fend al-lowed he r .Me l f on ly -f'J.'M) for MissJjarnour's complete wardi'ohe forthe jHi iwpemu! melodrama.

01' Sf ' K I I K . VDnrothy damour ha.s temporari ly

retired f rom t h e screen to awaitthe b i r t h of her second c h i l d . HerIn.st p i c tu re was "Mnnhand led" forT'rorlucerM H i l l Pino f i n d Hil l Thom-as nt Paramount . S!;e already hasone son, R id j^e ly , ngef l throe.

THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD, BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS._WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949

W. F. O'DONNELL

BrownsvHle today . . . Amarillotomorrow , . . with maybe WichitaFall.M and Vernon tosaed in as sidetrlpo.

That's William F. O'DonneJl, thehop, skip and Jump executive.

Bill, as he's known to most ofthe folk« here and elsewhere, isIn charge of theatre operations forthe Interstate Circuit. His dutiescarry him from the Valley to ElPaso, and from East Texas to Al-buciuerciue, and the Panhandle tos-sed in to make his travelling areaone of extremes. Because of thevastness of his territory, he cnvployn all modes- of transportationHe flie.s , drives his car and sometimes winds up in a railroad sealor b e r t h - - - a n d on one trip he yatatop his suitcase from Austin toDallas.

B i l l started his theatrical careerin I 9 1 G when he left his nativeChicago for New York to becomeasistant to his astute brother, R. J.now Vice-President and GeneraManager of Interstate. The nextdecade or so found him one ofBroadway's most popular and onertfotio treasurers and managers. Hehandled the seat sales on variousBroadway hits, polo matches, baseh u l l and 'boxing championships.

His next stop was Texas, wherehe mnuap;ed theatres in San Anton-io and became City Manager foithe c i r cu i t there.

Thence ho went to Dallas totake over the duties he now pet-forms.

Two Hobble*Golf and chari table duties are

his hobbies and he's active in bothAs a trustee of the Variety Foun

datum of Texas, he is active in theoperat ion of that organization1!now famous Boys' Ranch at Copperas Cove, which is soon to bemoved in to It's new and biggerquarters at Bedofrd. These duties take up whatever free time he

recim

Conic True!

The new Majestic is a dream cometrue. Its splendor ref lects

r n i m l l o H s hours of p lann ing 1 and labor.Rut great t h o u g h i ts sp lendor

f i n d b e a u t y , i t f i t s wonde r fu l ly intoa n o t h e r greater and far-

reaching dream. That dream is one ofc o n t i n u a l l y m a k i n g possible

more fac i l i t i e s .for the happiness ofour citizens, he lp ing to re-

l ieve them from the many worries ofthe workaday world.

We l ike to be l ieve that we, too, archelping 1 in our small way to

make tha t dream come t rue .

fHCBVING THE VALLEY WITH FINE JEWELRY SINCE

has from the theatres. In additionto hiw activities on the Ranchboard, he is director of the Dallastent, and a former Chief Barkerof that organization. As a nationaleanvasman and international rep-resentative, he is prominent in af-fairs of Variety International. TheVariety Clubs are organizations oftheatrical folk interested in chari-ties. He is also on the Board ofthe Freeman Memorial Clinic, Dal-las, in which the Dallas VarietyClub sponsors the surgical ward

The Turtle Derby, an annuafall frolic in Dallas and now ratedas one of the nation's greatestone day sports program, is anotherof his pet charity projects, and itowes most of it's success to Bill.Proceeds from this gigantic showare the funds that keep the Boys'Ranch in full operation.

Bill has been active in the erec-tion and equipping of the New Ma-jestic, and he of course is hereto assist in it's dedication to thecitizens of Brownsville . . . . . butthe next day, as likely as not,will find htm in Albuquerque orTyler.

New Uniform DesignedFor Majestic StaffA new style and color of uni-

form has been selected for the.service staff at the New Majestictheatre. The coat is a modifiedconfederate gray, double-breasted,wi th rolled lapels matching themidnight blue of the ful l-cut drapetrousers.

A red leg stripe adds color to thetrousers, and is complimented bymulticolored epaulets on the shoul-der of the coat,

Lew Brady, Valley district man-ager, explained that not findingjust the right pattern and colorselection, the uniform was sketchedin rough by a professional artistand submitted to a uniform com-pany for specification and design,The result is a completely new de-sign in uniforms that harmonizeswith the color motif of the Majes-tic theatre, with which it willshare a jo in t premiere on Wednes-day, August 17th.

HACK TO STAG ISDan Duryea hns been reading

stage scripts. On the stage prior tobeing brought to Hollywood, wherehis latest f i lm is "Manhandled" forParamount, Duryea is anxious toreturn to Broadway.

Life Of NotedStar Will ShowAt MajesticIt was only 25 years ago, just

long enough for some of us to for-get, perhaps, that a golden-hairedgirl sang, danced and charmed herway into the accolade of "the toastof Eroaway" during the era of thelavish and ornate Broadway musi-cal comedies — that prirl was Mar-ilyn Miller.

And the new Majestic will soonbring to local moviegoers a pic-turization of the life of that fab-ulous musical comedy star in thefilm entitled "LOOK FOR THESILV23R LINING", a Warner Bros,film in Technicolor, June Haverplays the Miller role, Ray Bolgerportrays dancing star, Jack Don-ahue, while Gordon MacRae playsMarilyn's husband.

Marilyn Miller got her first startas a singer-dancer in one of thegreat musical comedies of 1918.But she shot to stardom Find afabulous career was cut shortthrough death at 37. But whilereining, from a suite in a NewYork hotel, with chauffeurs andmaids and many admires dancingattendance, Marilyn Miller heldcourt for famed and titled peoplefrom all over the world — a veri-table queen.

In quick succession came thehits of the time — "Sally", "Sun-ny", "Rosalie", "Smiles" — greathits all, and they included thegreatest performers of the day:Fred Astaire, Eddie Foy, Jr., TomHoward, Jack Donohuc, W. C.Fields, Eddie Cantor and WillRogers. The music for these showswas in the main composed by Je-rome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Slg-mund Romberg.

It is this flavor that WarnerBros, is reproducing in "LOOKFOR THE SILVER LINING" —and which local fans will see soon.

Ethiopia's royal family claims tohave descended from King Solo-mon and the Queen of Sheba,

J. Harvey (Jake) Elder GetsThrill Out Of New Theaters

LEW BRAY

Lew Bray, district manager ofIntcrstatc's Valley theaters, started in show business as an usherworking after school, at tlie Ok

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His first assignment with Inter-state was the "State theater atAmarillo. Ho was moved toBreckenrklge and later to Brown-wood where he remained unti l be-ing transferred to Brownsville in19-16.

He is married and recentlyinoved into a new home in L.OSEbanos and is active in civic workthrough his membership in boththe Brownsville and Valley Cham-bers of Commerce.

A native of Indiana, Jimmy in-sists he is a full-fledged Texannow.

Navarro ReturnsRamon Novarro, one of the

greatest idols of Uio silent screen,is resuming his Hollywood careerafter more than 10 years of re-tirement. He embarks upon hisnew career as a character actor ina top role with Robert Mitchum,Jane Greer and William Bendix in"The Big Steal," RKO Radio Pic-ture.

Remembered as star of such si-lent classics 'as "Ben Hur" and"Scaramouche," Novarro retiredfrom romantic roles in 193S. Hehas devoted the past ten yearsto developing his profitable realestate business, appearing in sum-mer stock, and making- occasionalfilms in Mexico or Europe.

In "The Big Steal," Novarro por-trays a \Mexican police colonel.

PLAYS LEADSterling Hayden portrays a pri-

vate investigator in Paramount's"Manhandled," produced by BillPine and Bill Thomas. Ha.yden co-stars in the suspense melodramawith Dorothy Lamour and DanDuryea.

CIVIC LEADERBecause of his two sons, aged

six and nine, Dan Duryea is aleader in Scout activities and P-TAwork. The star of Paramount's"Manhandled," William Pine-Wil-liam Thomas Production, shows apicture each Friday evening to thechildren In his neighborhood.

The city of Dubuque; la., wasnamed after the French-Canadiantrader Julien Dubuque. i

Mill theater, now the Rialto, inDallas.

Born in Dallas and attendingschools in Dallas, he decided thathis home city was the place to gethis start.

After service In the U. S. Navyon the U.S.S. Battleships, Texas,Oklahoma and New Mexico, he wasdischarged and began theaterwork for Paramount-Publix asfeature booker and buyer in NewYork City. Later he served in thesame capacity in Des Monies, Iowa,Omaha, Nebr. and Canada.

Bray returned to Texas in 1930and managed theaters for Inter-state in Vernon, Browmvood andWichita Falls.

On January 1, 1943, he was madeValley district manager. He livesnear Harlingcn on Wrilson Roadand claims to be a confirmed Val-leyitc. He recently purchased a 10-acre tract of land for a homesiteand farm and plans to build a newhome in the near future.

Bray is married and 1ms a son,Lew, Jr., now in the U.S. Army,and a daughter, Mary Lewis.

His favorite hobbies are fishingand golf and he is a member ofthe Variety Club of Texas, Ma-sonic bodies and the Rio GrandeValley Shrine Club.

The opening- of the new Majes-tic Theater in Brownsville is, inhis opinion, the crowning achieve-ment, to date, of his career in showbusiness.

Opening of the new Majestic to-night will climax fifteen months ofwork for J. Harvey Elder, con-struction department supervisor.

After 25 years in the highlyspecialised profession of theatreconstruction, Elder says the thrillof seeing a premiere opening of anew theatre is as great as ever.

Elder has supervised theatreconstruction practically all overthe United States and ia as fami-liar with the attendant worry ofthe stress of twelve feet of snow ona building as to what happens to aroof when the sun shines twelvemonths a year.

According to Elder, the new Ma-jestic represents the finest in mod-ern .theatre architecture and de-sign.

John A. Worley of Pettigrew andWorley, architects and engineers,has the following to say:

"We would like to say a fewwords about Jake Elder,

"Jake Elder started us in theatredesign and has taught us 95% ofwhat we know about that subject.

"He possesses a breadth ofknowledge about construction, de-sign, and theatre equipping andoperation that we have never seenequaled.

"Coupled with this knowledge hepossesses a knack of getting jobsdone well and on time, through the

J. HARVEY ELDERmedium of unsurpassed energy,follow through, and human under-standing.

"Too much cannot be said in hisbehalf. We feel that a large partof the. success of Interstate's build-ing program and position is duo tohis untiring, thoughtful action."

Many Movie Stars 'Retire'Before Losing Popularity

hncl a following. But she chofce todevote her life to nor family.

Alice Fay still has a film to do

By BOB THOMASHOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17 — (/PI—

Ingrid Bergman's announcementthat she will retire from films has xmdor the liOth-Fox contract, butbeen duplicated in Hollywood his- has tnn,0(j down scripts for thetory—but not often. >

Actors die hard. Stars seldomabandon the silver screen as long-as there are people who want tosee them. Many movie "retire-ments" have been involuntary—bystars who have made their pile andwould rather quit before sliding tothe bottom of the ladder.

This is not true of Bergman. In

past five years. The truth is thatshe dislikes picture work and pre-fers being the wife of Phil Harrisat homo and on the radio.

Greta Garbo retired in 1941, but.that was largely due to loss of the.European market. About half ofthe profits from her films camefrom abroad. She will soon start a

last year's popularity polls, she!now fi lm in Europe.was still the No. 1 film actress, Rnmon Novarro, the great screendespite a couple of unsuccessfuljlovor of his day, was earningpictures. If she stays retiredwhich many people here doubt —she will be" passing up a possiblesalary of $20,000 a week.

Most recent example of a fi lmretirement is Fred Astaire. He be-came just plain tired of dreamingup new dance routines and quitafter "Blue Skies." But a coupleof years later he regained his en-thusiasm and is back workingharder than ever. He recently saidhe is "through retiring."

Norma Shearer stopped makingmovies in 1941. She had made acouple of bad films, but she still

510,000 a week when ho retired 12years ago. Novarro came back topictures in recent weeks, as acharacter actor, and now has evenreturned to the studio ( M G M )where Me started in 1H20.

Mary Pickford and DouglasFairbanks Sr., retired gradually inthe '30s. They were still box-officenames, but. never hit the peaks oftheir silent days. Their co-starringflop, "Taming Of The Shrew,"

didn't add to their popularity.

Louisiana's .state, flower is themagnolia.

Special PlasterReduces NoiseWalk into the ordinary plastered

room. Give a modest shout, andthe ring of your voice echoes faint-ly in your ears.

Walk into the new Majestic The-atre. Give a healthy shout. Not asound returns.

The reason is volcanic ash plast-er. Of natural color, the plastercannot be painted. The prosily ofthe plaster g'ives it sound-absorb-ing"- qualities. Only water colorsmay be used in tinting- the plasteras paint destroys tlio porosity ofthe ash.

Not only does the special plast-er cut down on audience noise, butcomplements the completeness oftlic RCA .sound equipment. Thereis no echo from the actors' voices.

Tudor Owen SignedFor New Hope StarrerHOLLYWOOD — Tudor Owen,

adio actor, ha.s been .signed foran important role with Bob Hopeand Lucille Ball in "Where Men jAre Men," Paramount's large-!icale Technicolor comedy now be- j'ore the cameras. j

Owen created the character of;he eccentric and bibulous Jocko \

Madigan on the "Pat Novak For;Hire" air show. In "Where Men'Are Men," being" directed by

eorge Marshall and produced byRobert Welch, the English-born!actor will play the part of the Istage manager of a London play-|house. He recently appeared withBing Crosby in Paramount's "TopO1 The Morning1,"

Jack Kirkwood, Eric Blore,Bruce Cabot and Lea Penman headthe supporting cast.

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'Mood Music* RevivedFor Swanson PictureHOLLYWOOD — Director Billy

Wilder revived the old - time"mood mualc" on the set of Para-mount's "Sun«et Boulevard" for a•cen* in which Gloria Swanson,thinking uhe JM playing "Salome,"got* mad before the camcraa.

At one «ide of the «et a port-able recorc1 -player ground out thewoird "Salome's Dance" over andover. Since this scene was in pan-tamlne the music did not conflictwith tho uound recording.

Back in the ailcnt picture days

"mood muaic" waa almost stand-ard on every act with «vcry atarhavlnp a favorite type of mualcalaccompaniment. The arrival ofsound stopped this practice,

William Holden, Erich von Stro-hcim and Nancy Olson are otherprinciples in "Sunset Boulevard."

ASTAIRE A LA HOPEBob Hope, who used to be a

vaudeville song and dance man,does a takeoff of Fred Astaire dur-ing a dance routine in "Where MenAre Men," Paramount's Techni-color comedy, co-starring LucilleBall.

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Baron," Frank Starz, above, indirector of advertising and publi-city. No one has ever discovered Ifthe title bestowed years ago atemsfrom his love of a good story, orhis ability to "spin a yarn" him-self. Either would be true.

In and around the newapaperbusiness, from a police reporterupward for many years, beforejoining Interstate Theatres withwhom he has long been associat-ed, Starz is known from coaat tocoast wherever show-folks andnewspapermen gather.

On hand when the movie starstour Texas, Starz travels with thegroup to eee' that everything goessmoothly. He was last in Browns-ville with Alexis Smith and JoelMcCrea for the two-nation pre-!miere of "South of St. Louis," andwill attend the premiere openingWednesday night.

Laura Elliott TurnsInto Busy ActressHOLLYWOOD — Laura Elliot,

attractive young Paramount ac-tress, is continuing her busy ca-reer with a role in Paramount's'The Lie," suspenseful film cur-rently shooting with Barbara Stan-wyck and John Lund in starringroles.

This is Miss Elliot's ninth roleso far this year. She recentlycompleted appearances in "CopperCanyon" and before that playedthe role of a pal of Marie Wilsonin "My Friend Irma."

Other films in which she hasappeared this year the "Red, Hotand Blue," "Sunset Boulevard,""After Midnight," "The File OnThelma Jordon," "Bitter Victory"and "Captain China."

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CONSIDERS OFFERSterling Hayden, topflignt sailor

of Hollywood's film colony andtar of Pine-Thomas' "Hanrand-ed," is considering an offer from

a publisher to write the story ofis two round th» world sailing

voyages.

BING'S RANCH HANDSBing Crosby,, whose latest Para-

mount picture is Frank Capra's"Riding High," puts his four boysto work on his Elko, Nev., ranchduring the summer vacation, pay-ing them the going wages forranch labor.

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good grooming. You'l l f ind dresses by Fred A, Block, Adele Simpson, Paul Sachs, Paula Brooks, Nardis of Dallas,

Minx Modes, Virginia Spears, Carlyle and Hobbies by Lorch « . . suite and coats by Swansdown, Jaunty Junior.>

Ted Stein, Fred A. Block, Lilli Ann and Betty Rose . . . frilly and tailored blouses in silk, cotton and jersey • « »

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Loire In England ForPersonal AppearancesHOLLYWOOD —I Peter Lorre,

who recently completed a co-star-ring rolo in "Rope'of Sand," HalWallia production /or Paramount,arrivedplane.

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he starts a 2 1-2month tour of key cities Jn Eng-land, appearing in a repertoire ofacts. He IH booked Holid for anappearance at London's Palladiumlater.

Lor re wil l attorn! the Londonpremiere of "Rope of Sand" sched-uled for tho Plaza Theatre earlyIn Au#u«t,

Hound Named AgnesNonplussed ActressWhen director Sam Wood called,

"A^nes!" on the set of M-G-M'»"THE STRATTON STORY", Ag-new Moorehead, who enacts Mon-ty Stratton'fl mother, reported tothe scene — only to find half thetime the director waa calling1 theBlue Tick hound which ia Monty1*dog in the picture, which i* th«opening attraction at the new Ma-jestic.

After a few days of this, MU»Moorehead said to Wood: "Fromnow on, you're going to have towhistle when you want me!"

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HOLLYWOOD — Cy Howard,who created the CBS package "MyFriend Irma" and served as writerand associate producer on the film-ization of the radio hit, has beensig-ned to a term contract by HalWallis Productions. His first as-signment under the new deal willbe collaboration on the screenplayof the "Irma" sequel, "My FriendIrma Goes West," with HowardDimsdale and as association pro-ducer on this Wallis production atParamount, John Lund, Marie Wil-son, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore,Dean Martin ad Jerry Lewis topthe cast of "My Friend Irma,"

* * +Paramount recently announced

that the film currently before thecameras with Barbara Stanwyckand John Lund in the starringroles will bo titled "The Lie." Thefilm was formerly called "I Mar-ried a Dead Man." The story in-volves impersonation by a youngwoman. Mitchell Leiacn directsthe film with Richard Maibaum asproducer.

* * *Gua Taillon, Barry Fitzgerald's

stand-in for years, continues: tocarve his own career as an actor.He has been signed to play therole of morgue attendant in Para-mount's "Sunset Boulevard," whichtoplines William Hoklcn, GloriaSwanson, Erich von Stroheim andNancy Olson. Taillon's most recentimportant assignment was as care-taker of Blarney Castle in Para-

I mount's "Top O' The Morning" .. .* • *

Phyllis Calvert, the noted Brit-ish star, has checked in at Para-mount for the first time in twoyears to be tested for her co-star-ring role with Alan Ladd in "Post-al Inspector." Lewis Allon will di-rect the fi lm which gets under wayshortly.

* * »Bruce Cabot flew in from Hous-

ton, Texas, where he has beenlooking after his oil properties, forhis role as the principal heavy inParamount'a "Where Men AreMen," Technicolor comedy co-sta-ving Bob Hope and LucilleBall,

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Robert Mitchum, Jane Greerand William Bendix have the stel-lar roles in "The Big Steal," RKORadio's thrill-packed drama of aman-hunt in Mexico. As a trio ofAmericana variously involved inthe pursuit of a crook who hasstolen a U. S. Army payroll, thethree stars are said to offer strik-ing1 characterizations. PatricKnowles, Ramon Navarro and oth-er favorites are featured in theproduction, much of which wasphotographed in Mexico. Mystery,hancl-to-hnnd encounters and a sur-prise climax mark the action.

CARMEN ABETBCashier

Colossal GiftTehuacan, Mex., boasts of an

850-pound bust of Jane Greer, de-signed a» a public monument.

In appreciation for her graciousness and cooperation, Mexicancrew members who worked in thatlocality with Miss Greer, RobertMitchum and William Bendix in"The Big Steal" for RKO Radio,commissioned a local sculptor tocreate a bust of her which theyplanned to send to her as a gift,

The artist did his work too well.He carved the bust from red vol-canic rock more than life-size, andit weights 850 pounds, There isn'ta conveyance from Tehuacan cap-able of transporting1 the stone tothe border, so revising their plans,the bust was installed in a publicpark.

GLORIA'S FASHION TIPGloria Swanson, starred in Para-

mount's "Sunset Boulevard," andlong one of the world's best-dressed women, says: "Black is themost flattering and smartest col-or a woman can wear."

TOGETHER AGAINPhyllis Calvert, co-starred with

Alan' Ladd in Paramount's "Post-al Inspector," and Director L-ewisAllen will again be teamed in thisdrama. Allen directed Miss Cal-vert in her last Hollywood f i lm,Paramount's "My Own True L.OVC."

HE'S MUSICALSidney Lanfield, who directed

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball in Par-amount's "Sorrowful Jones," in-sists on a piano for his personaluse on film sets. Lanfield, one-time member of the original Dix-ieland Jazz Band, enjoys strum-ming the keyboard in betweenscenes.

MARIA ALVARADOCashier

Rogers, Jr.Plays Dad RolePlaying1 opposite June Haver as

Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Jr.,re-creates a scene in "LOOK FORTHE SILVER LINING", a WarnerBros. Technicolor film, betweenhis famous Dad and tha equallyfamous dancer. It was baclcstagcat New York's Winter GardenTheatre, scene of many RogersBroadway Triumphs, He met the.young dancing discovery backstagewhile twirling the lariat that madehim so well known. With his fore-lock over his eye and in the be-loved drawl he told Marilyn shewould one day be a great star.

It was one sequence, but Direc-tor David Butler worked on it withgreat care to make it ono of themost telling in the fi lm.

Monte StrattonCoached StarFor Film RoleJames Stewart had his hands

full in his role as a baseball pit-cher in "THE STRATTONSTORY". The actor first had tolearn to pitch with the finesse ofa big leaguer. Then he had tolearn to throw all over again witha different style of delivery.

The change was caused by thelast game in the film in which, asMonty Stratton, he pitches on anartificial leg. As was the case withthe real-life Stratton, he could notpush of the mound with his leg buthad to get all his power from thearm only.

For the scenes Stewart wore aspecially-built brace covering hientire leg and preventing him frombending his knee. Stratton himself,technical advisor on the film, coa-ched Stewart in the unusual anddifficult manner of pitching.

"THE STRATTON STORY" op-ens Wednesday at the new Majesticand co-stars June Allyson andJames Stewart for the first time.Also in the cast are Frank Morgan,Agnes Morehead and Bill Will-iams. Also in the film are 72 pro-fesional baseball stars, includingBill Dickey and Gene Bearden.

ODD EXPERIENCEMona Freeman had the odd ex-

perience while playing a leading-ole with William Holden andloan Caulfield in Paramount's'Dear Wife" of having to performicr real life tasks as a housewifewhile playing a 'teen-age bobby-soxer in the film.

Water TowerPart Of BigCooling Plant~Did you ever notice the little

water tower to today'* buildingthat is equipped with refrigerationunit* ?

There's one on top of the newMajestic theatre.

Inquiry revealed that it is an es-sential part of the new 80-tonWestinghouse refrigeration plant,but actually it doesn't cool theair in the theatre. Water circu-lating through this tower is pre-cooled and carried by pipes downto the condenser unit in the base-ment and is used to chill the freonrefrigerant as it circulates throughthe plant, removing the heat andmoisture content from the air.

Actually, a refrigeration plantdoesn't make cold air, it just takeshot air and takes the heat from it,and presto—without the heat, youhave cold air. It was news to ustoo!

North And DeMillcConfer On Circus FilmHOLLYWOOD — John RingHng

North, scion of the famous circuafamily, arrived in Hollywood re-cently for conferences with CecilB. DeMille and Paramount execu-tives regarding the forthcoming1

production of "The Greatest ShowOn Earth."

The film, which will be DeMille'snext production, will have the col-orful background of the combinedRingling Brothers - Barnum andBailey Circus and is scheduled asone of the most ambitious under-takings DeMille has projected inhis 37-year career as producer.

North, while at Paramount Stu-dio, will discuss details of filmingthe circus and various aspects ofproduction while the circus is ontour and at its winter quarters atSarasota, Fla.

STAR AND NOVELISTTom Powers, tho Broadway star

who has an important role in Para-mount's "Chicago Deadline," i? anauthor ns \vell as an actor. He hashad two novels published.

: Invitation

Enjoyment

is yoursV

Daily

at the

New Majesticj. . . another great and magnetic con-tribution to our fa i r city — Amuse-ment Center of the Valley.

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Ph. 2-3515 — Brownsville — Ph. 2-3510

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IStar in Ascendency. that's Brownsville . . . growing enter-

tainment center of the Valley. Inter-state is to be applauded for their vision

in giving this area a theatre asmagnificent as the Majestic. And re-

member, Franklin's have hitch-ed their wagon to this rising star.

We shall continue to do ourpart in making this the style, as

well as entertainment, centerof the Valley!

There is a Leader in Every Field"PAINTS STAR

Having turned to painting ashobby, Director Mitchell Leisen ibusy on a canvas of Barbara Stanwyck, the star of his current Paramount pi'oduotion, "The Lie."

A Preview of Glamour

The sparkling1 new Majestic more than lives up tothe grandeur of its name , . . a fi t t ing shoAvplace forthe Valley ... a stage for the entire city of Browns-ville! We were naturally proud to have been select-ed to do the beautiful terrazzo tile and marble forone of the finest theatres in Texas!

"Terrazzo-The Floor of the Ages"Wherever beauty and color muiit hft combined with floor*of long; riuluranec under the moat ndvcrae conditions , . .thorn yon will find Terr HMO. Thin "floor of the aged" littho m ON i vf>r«wtUp material known. It* beauty ami colorROOM 'nil the. way through', thun defying the wear and tearor the .veara to mar Its original design and beauty. Itwa.ve.H to n, gleaming patina, and offers no maintenanceprobUini-H.

Colorful: The color possibilities with Terrazzo are almostIllimitable! Versatile: Terrazo can be designed for everyflooring purpose. Durable: This lovely material Is out-lasted only by marble in its original form. We are alwaysglad to consu'lt with you—free of obligation on your part—giving you the benefit of all our 'know-bow' and experience.Estimates are free and complete satisfaction is guaran-teed.

In the field of top f i lm fare and local show-dom, it's Intel-state's modern new MAJESTIC!Designed for top beauty and engineered for topperformance, the MAJESTIC is surely a leaderin the f ie ld! Once more Brownsville has scoreda hit—another first!

And FOKD is leader in her field, too. Pip-kin Motors, Inc., urges you to attend the galaopening of the Majestic tonight in the Enter-tainment Center of the Valley .. . tomorrow askfor a free demonstration of the beautiful 1949FORD! They're both leaders in their field!

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THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD. BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949 PAGE »-A

Wide StairsLead To BalconyA wide sweep of ataim will take

Majestic Theatre crowds into thebalcony. Tho carpeted steps arc aoconstructed that it will be virtual-ly impofinlble for a movie-goer to"take a tumble," Adequate light-ing: further increases the safety as-pect of the atairs,

Expensive MalayanWeddings Deplored

KUAT.A LUMPUR, Malaya — </P;— Tho Malay mothors-in-law areto blarru;. Ho inwista modern-think-ing Malayan who are trying tobreak down the conservative tra-dition that brings bankruptcy toft family when ono of the children#ot« married.

The Malay wedding, wen. themost poverlshed kampong.s (set-tlsrnentH) of Malaya, cost upwardsof 12,750. And It'a the hideboundmother-in-law who demands thattradition be upheld even if It crip-ple* family finances to the extentthat hoiiHfts have to be mortgaged«aya the Fenang branch of theUnited Malay National Organiza-tion.

SHIP SP: it VICESterl ing Hayden i« the only star

In Hollywood who iivrn on a boat.The leading man of Paramount's"Manhandled," Bil l Pine-Bil l Thom-a» Production, has his f i f ty-footnchooner anchored fit San Pedro,Calif., and ilveH on the boat withhis and two .small jion.s.

Indiana wax dl.soovered by La-Halle in 1071.

MARY LEWIS BRAY

One of the features of the new i is Valley district manager of In-Majestic theater is the "cryingroom" on the main floor.

And the first to put a stamp ofapproval on this innovation here,

H Mary Lewis Bray, daughter ofMr. and Mrfl. Lew Bray. Mr. Bray

. . . « Bouquet to Interstate

Theaters on their Opening of

the New Majestic.

Ono of ThoSouthvvost'm Finest

terstate.Mary Lewis tried out the "cry-

ing room" last night and pro-nounced it ready for the formalopening of the Majestic tonight.

She said that children could cryto their hearts content and notdisturb anyone except the moth-ers, and they are able to aee thepicture without losing the conti-nuity of the story.

"Uncle Bill" O'Donncll tried outthe room with Mary Lewis and alsogave his complete approval.

This room i3 another of the NewMajestic innovations. It is prac-tically a theatre within a theatre.The volume of sound from thescreen can be controlled to suit theoccupants of the room. Then too,the clean cool air that circulatesthrough the theatre can be con-trolled as to temperature fromwithin.

Jt is here that mothers can en-Joy both the picture and their in-i'ants.

Because of it's practicability, the"cry room" of this theatre will beduplicated In most of the newtheatres contemplated or now un-der construction.

The b e a u t i f u l new Majestic willbr in t f the people the finest f i lmi';iro a v a i l a b l e . . . just as your.Hollack Store has always broughtthe f a m i l i e s of Brownsville topq u a l i t y d e p e n d a b l e merchandise—and l a t e s t up-to-date styles!In I ho depar tmen t store—asin the thea t re — qua l i tyw i l l t e l l !

SILENT STAR RETURNSRex Lease, prominent western

.star of the silent day era, returnsto the screen in Paramount's Tech-nicolor western, "Copper Canyon."Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Mac-clonahl Carey, Mona Freeman andHarry Carey Jr. are co-starred inthe film.

SINGING OKBUTJoseph Vitale, who starred in

operettas and musical comedies onBroadway before coming to Holly-wood, will make his singing debuton the screen in Paramount's"Where Men Are Men," new Tech-nicolor comedy co - starring1 BobHopo and Lucille Ball.

Brownsville Mayor IssuesProclamation On Majestic

WHEREAS, the past fewyears have seen a tremendousgrowth in the population andthe building of material im-provements In the City ofBrownsville, Texas; and,

WHEREAS, the completion ofthe new Majestic Theater inthe center of Brownsville'sbusiness district is an outstand-ing example of the faith a n dconfidence which have led bothBrownsville and non - residentowners to build and improve inthe Brownsville area, believingthat Brownsville's future i ssound; and,WHEREAS, the opening of

the Majestic Theater by Inter-state Theaters marks the com-pletion of a p h a s e of largescale building in our businessarea, deserving of recognitionby our people as a whole:

NOW, therefore, I, H. L.Stokely, Mayor of the city ofBrownsville, Texas, in recogni-

tion of the sound business judg-ment and of the faith and con-fidence of those persons, firmsand businesses whose invest-ments in and around Browns-ville are making it a greaterand better city in which to liveand work, do hereby proclaimthe 17th day of August, 1949,as "Confidence Day" as a tri-bute and recognition to thesebuilders of a greater Browns-ville and request that the peo-ple of Brownsville properly ob-serve this d a y as a symbol ofwhat has been done and whati.s to come in the growth anddevelopment of Brownsville.

ISSUED in the City o fBrownsville, Texas, on the 16thday of August, A. D. 1949.

H. *L. STOKELY, Mayor

Comets got their name fromLheir long wispy or hairy-loo kingtails since the Latin word for hairs "coma."

Lounges InstalledFor Patrons9 ComfortAnother of th« many patron-

comfort features of the new Ma-jestic Theatre are the lounges formen and women both downstairsand on the mezzanine. Older the-atres have lounges on one flooronly.

BIO OPPORTUNITYPaul Lees, handsome young Par-

amount screen newcomer, has thetop role of his brief film careerin Paramount's Technicolor west-ern, "Copper Canyon." The ex-Marine hero plays Bat Laverne,two-gun killer of the old west, inthe big-scale outdoor drama.

MELtAND TO DIRECTRay Milland, starring in Para-

mount's Technicolor western,"Copper Canyon," is writing amovie script, entitled "Love Song,"which he hopes to produce and di-rect as his first independent production.

In Mexico, Brazil and otherparts of the American tropics,fireflies grow to one to two inchesn length.

Congratulations

To

Interstate Circuit on the newMajestic Theatre. We areproud to have furnished thebuilders hardware on this finemodern building.

WM. WESTON CO.1107 Elm Street Dallas, Tex.

The

OUR r3ni

WRITING ROOKJohn. Farrow, who is currentl

directing Paramount'fl Technicolowestern, "Copper Canyon," is wriling a book based on the life of SiThomas More. Farrow has authorecl such top selllers as "DamienThe Leper" and "Pageant of thePopes."

TYPE CASTINGPaul Lees, who was once welter

weight boxing champ of theOrient, plays a boxer in Paramount's "Chicago Deadline," whichstars Alan Ladd and Donna Reed

BUSY ACTRESSNancy Olson, romantic lead in

Paramount's "Sunset Boulevard,'spends her between-plctures timeappearing in little theate- plays togain experince.

Entertainment

McMATH AXILROD

THE KEY WORDin

BROWNSVILLEthe

Entertainment Center

of the Valley!

Many of the recreational attractions the Brownsville areaoffers to the public are "air-conditioned by nature". Thebeach at Boca Chica, channel and surf fishing, baseballat Lions Park, drive-in theatre, patio dining rooms andmidget racing are cooled by the Gulf breeze that makesBrownsville's climate ideal the year 'round.

Those amusement enterprises which operate indoors, too,see to the comfort of their patrons by providing AIR-CONDITIONING . . . made possible by the ample power-generating facilities of BROWNSVILLE'S OWN MUN-ICIPALLY OWNED POWER AND LIGHT PLANT I

The new Majestic Theatre opening today is a dramaticexample of the faith of big business in Brownsville's fu-ture, It embodies all the latest and most desirablefeatures of modern theatre construction, and makes avaluable addition to Brownsville's list of amusementplaces. And . ., of course ... IT IS AIR-CONDITIONED 1

Your city officials and citizens are proud that your city,through forward-looking planning, is able to supply thepower that makes such new enterprises possible andhelps speed Brownsville's growth!

CITY of BROWNSVILLELight and Power Department

Electricity

PAGE 10-A THE BROWNSVILLE HER ALP, BROWNSVILLE, TEX.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949

French StarHas IdeasOn TouristsHOLI/TVVOOD — Corlnne Cal-

vct, who haun't been in Hollywoodvery long, may have the solutionto the cinema city's tourist prob-lem.

Kvery visitor to town wants to«eo movies being made.

And almost every visitor la un-BuceHsful tn this quest. As cur-rently constituted, It's simplyImpossible for the studios to han-dle tho crowds. Since they can-not play favoritoH, only peoplewith urgent bu.si no .MS are permit-ted on Hound stages.

But Corlnne, who makes her de-but In "Rope of Hand" with HurtLancaster for Hal Wallis at Para-mount , suggests Hollywood turnback the clock 30 yean*.

In the early days of filrna, whentho .screen was si lent , bleacheratand.s wc-ro bui l t on every net andtho publ ic paid a small fee to sitami watch tho stars at work.

"Why not construct smallutands on the larger .stages andseparate them by a glass parti-tion from tho actual set?" asksCorinno. "That way tho fans whocome HO far to sec pictures beingwho I: coulrl make their trip com-plete. And tho funds raised bysoi l ing t ickets could go to theMotion Picture Relief Fund."

No Hard Foclintf*Minn Calvet, who's an bright aa

fth.! IH jpretty, polnlrt out this »ya-ttvn \vouM also solve tho relatedproblem of tell ing people theycun ' t cnrno In — yet keeping themn.'i f r l n n r l f j of tho company. Ifth«y d idn ' t rfiscrvft their «eat.slong enough 1" advanco t h e y

JtAUL I>AVii<AChief Operator

MUNOZOperator

would have only themselves toblame. And studio executiveswouldn't be pestered by neighbors, friends and relatives allwanting to smuggle Aunt Siphronia or Couain Jeremiah into istudio.

As matters stand now, determined fans try almost anythingto see a picture being shot. Theyattempt to crash the gate .theyclamber over studio walls, someeven hover in helicopters overexterior «ets.

"By keeping the tourist behindthe glass curtain production couldproceed without interruption,"continues Corinno. "As it is now,the very few visitors who do geton a set often crowd the techni-cians and actors and even ruinshots by laughing or talking atthe wrong moment."

HOLLYWOOD — Radio actoiWislard Waterman, who plays thelead role of Ray Brandon In thenetwork serial, "The GuidingLight," was signed by Paramountrecently for his screen debut.

The veteran of 12 years behinda mike will be seen with BarabaraiStanwyck and John Lund in "TheLie," a thriller baaed upon thenovel by William Irish.

Waterman is a native of Madis-on, Wis., and for over a decade habeen heard in many of the top soapoperas as well as the Lux RadioTheater and other dramatic shows.He joins a cast including Broad-way star Lyle Bettger, stage vet-erans Juno Cowl, Henry O'Neilland Phyllis Thaxter. Mitchell Lels-en directs with Richard Maibaumproducing.

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Beauty That Lasts!+/

ThlH Is 1hfi keynote of tho beautiful now MAJESTIC . . . sym-bol of t h o Vulloy'H Ifiadersliip In tho Texas untcrtaJiimcntworld. M l l l o OcMik Venetian Blind mill Flooring wcro happyto I f i . s l i i l l In tho aisles and walls some of tholr most moderncover ing—K. C. A. Kuhhcr and Goodyear Vinyl; The, design-m-s of tho Majestic r.fiosn it for It* beauty and ability to wearwell u n d e r every eondliion. And remember, this modern cov-ering IN also Ideal for your bathroom, kitchen, or commer-cial wall,

Kon t l l o . . . tho por-rmment ly beau t i fu l as-pha l t t i le . . . in anothertfri'fit product sold andin .s tn l led by MTTLI.OCUKl ' IK. You can de-sign your own floornnd have, 11 In Id . , . «oqulHdy and ea.Mlly . . .t i l e by Ulo In yourhome. I l e m i t i f u l colorswon't wear o f f , forK e n t i l n rosl.st.M soil andHtn ln . ' i . Chootto frommany b e n u t l f u l rolors,eaUuuUc.s arc f r e e !

Little CreekVENETIAN BLIND &

FLOORINGAsphalt Tile and Rubber Walls

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Radio Actor To MakeDebut In 'The

MAKES FIUM DEBUTGerry Ganzer, attractive model,

makes her screen debut in a topmpporting role in Paramount'sTechnicolor western , "Copper

anyon," which stars Ray Milland,Hedy Lamarr, Maedonald Carey,Mona Freeman and Harry CareyJr.

Single BlissIs DifficultClaims DuffHOLLYWOOD, — One of the

toughest things in Hollywood isremaining single, according toHoward Duff, Universal - Inter-national actor now co - starredwith Shelley Winters and Dan Dur-yea in "Johnny Stool Pigeon."

"Go out with a girl and thenext morning you read in thepapers where you're engaged,"claims Duff. "I'm happy as abachelor. Leave me alone."

The good - looking Seattle ladentered pictures three years agoin the late Mark Hellinger's"Brute Force," and ever sincehe's been linked with one actressor another.

First it was Yvonne De Carlowho appeared as a "guest starin a brief role of "Brute Force.

"We had a couple of dates,according to Duff, "and theneveryone started congratulatingus. It scared the daylights ouiof me, but Yvonne who hadbeen around town for a whiletold me to forget it."

Since then Duff has been linkedromantically with practicallyevery good-looking girl in Hollywood — Marta Toren, Ava Gardner, Shelly Winters, and others

Of these four, the only o n eHoward has courted seriously isAva Gardner. Rumor had it thatthey were engaged to be marriedsome months ago, but postponedsetting any definite date. Re-ports immediately romped a 11over town that Howard had jiltedAva or that Ava had jilted How-ard. Either way it was a goodyarn for the gossip columnists.N "Confidentially," says Duff,"we just decided to wait a whileand then decide whether we want-ed to get married or not:,"

Howard says the funniest rumorthat ever traveled the gossipgrapevine was his reported en-gagement earlier this year to aNew York stage actress namedEloise Jansen. When questionedby news gatherers, Duff confess-ed that he didn't know or hadnever met anyone named EloiseJansen.

It was finally learned t h a t

NORMA BALLARDAn offering of unusual distinc-

tion will be presented to patronsoC the New Majestic Theatre attlio Premiere Wednesday eveningwhen Norm a Ballard appears asone of the high-lights of the open-ing festivities in front of thetheatre.

Miss Ballard is an exponent ofunusual melodies and arrange-ments on the Hammond ElectricOrgan, using an instrument thathas been augmented with severaladditional musical attachments in-cluding chimes and the solovox.

So that the watching audiencemay better view tho unusual dex-ter i'tv of Miss Bollard's hands as

she plays out the arrangementon the 6 keyboards a six foot mir-ror mounted back of the artistpicks up the pattern of the handmovements at the console.

A dynamic personality, with adelightful smile, Miss Ballardsure, to charm any audience justas she hase done when playing onboth radio and stage with such mu-sicians as RUBS Morgan, FrankieMasters and Ted Weems.

In addition to her appearance infront of the Majestic Theatre Wed-nesday evening, she will also bepresented from the stage in aspecial program, both matinee andevening, Thursday, Friday andSaturday.

Your New Show-Place and Go-Place» • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * • <

V

Built Like a MonumentWith Ever Versatile Masonry!

See It Tonight!

JOE THE VINOTreasurer

REYNALDO ALANIZEngineer

EX - FIGHTERBob Hope, co-starred with Lu-

cille Ball in Paramount's "Sorrow-ful Jones," was once an am-ateur boxer in his home town,Cleveland, Ohio. Bob was knownduring his pugilistic career asPacky East.

Eloise Jansen was the figment ofa columnist's imagination.

"He must have been hard upfor news," laughs Duff.

HUIX BACKHenry Hull, one of Broadway'

biggest stars, returned to picturesin Paramount's "The Great Gats-by," filmization of F. Scott Fitz-gerald's famous novel which co-stars Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Mac-clonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, BarrjSullivan and Howard Da Silva.

The state of Ohio is almostsquare, measuring virtually 200miles on each side.

WE'RE WITH

We're with you Interstate for making pos-sible such a magnificent contribution to thecommunity of Brownsville. The New Maj-estic points another step forward in thiscity's glorious future.

Modern Home Appliances

PROGRESS!iu all

Lines of Endeavor

M»

Those words depict greater Browns-ville ! /'

The establishment of/ new industries.Increased port facilities, and greater cot-ton production signify progress.

The opening of the magnificent newMaiesllc Theater symbolizes progress IBstill another endeavor, that of makingBrownsville the Amusement Center orthe. Valley.

Brownsville Motor Co.1214 E. Washington Phone

In the

HEARTof

BROWNSVILLE

The New

Majestic

and the Owl News & Ciuar Store

We're mighty proud tobe located eater-corner1o the new Majesticright in the middle ofthis thriving, growingmetropolis. May ourfair city continue, togrow as rapidly as ithas in the past.

956 E, Levee Phone 2-4262Owl News & Cigar Store

Comer Elizabeth and 13th

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Once again a Steel and Masonry structure has provenitself adaptable to the most striking design requirements.Behind the color and glamour of the beautiful new Maj-estic lies the durability of masonry! We congratulate In-terstate and Brownsville.

Dial 2-4186

BrownsvilleFred C. Kroeger and Son

Fred C. Kroeger MASONRY CONTRACTORS H. S. KroegerII

THE OFFICES OF MR, JAMES McNEILL IN

NEW MAJESTIC THEATRE WERE FURNISHED

BY MAVERICK-CLARKE, BROWNSVILLE.

the tcell furnished of/ice

is not only an inspiration to

the owner but also serves toconfirm the soundness of his

operations and the fundamental

quality of his product*

More people prefer Maverick-Clarke'*

better equipment, better values, bet-

ter service . . - that more people know

Maverick-Clarke are first in values!

MAVERICK-CLARKE10th and Washington

• Charges

Phone 2-4473

Budget Account*, Layaways

PAGE 10-A

French StarHas IdeasOn TouristsHOLLYWOOD — Corlnne Cal-

vet, who hasn't been in Hollywoodvery long, may have the solutionto t-.ru> cinema city's tourist prob-lem.

Every visitor to town wants tonee movies being made.

And almost every visitor is un-Bucessful in this quest, As cur-rently constituted, it's simplyimpossible for the studios to han-dle the crowds. Since they can-not play favorites, only peoplewith urgent business are permit-ted on sound stages.

But Corinrio, who rnakos her do-hut In "Hope 01 Sand" with BurtLancaster for Hal WallKs at Para-mount, suggests Hollywood turnback the clock 30 years.

Jn tho early days of f i lms, whentho screen waa .silent, bleacheratandfl wf.rc bui l t on every set ancthe public paid a small feo. to sit

tho stars at work,construct srnallarger stages ancby a glass parti-

M > , % ..... actual set?" aakwCo'rinnft'. ''That way tho fans whocorne so far to see pictures hclnrphot could rnakfi their trip complote. And the funds raised hjflflllnj:' tickets could go to theMotion Picture Keller Fund."

No Hard Fueling*Miss Calvnt, who's as bright a.'

who IM pri'.tty, points out this syflto-a would also solve tho relatecproblem of telling peoples thecan ' t conir; In -- yet keeping thenan f r iends of tho company. Ithey d i d n ' t rnacrvo thei r «catlong enough In advance t h e j

and watch"Why not

stands on thenopal-ate themtion from the

THE raoWNSVILLE HERALD; BROWNSVILLE

Single BlissIs DifficultClaims Duff

TEX., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949p-^t\r?*$-

JCAUL DAV11.A

Chief Operator

RAUL MUNOZOperator

would have only themselves toblame. And studio executiveswouldn't bo pestered by neigh-bors, friends and relatives allwanting to smuggle Aunt Siphro-rila- or Cousin Jeremiah into astudio.

As matters stand now, deter-mined fans try almost anythingto see a picture being shot. Theyattempt to crash the gate .theyclamber over studio walla, someoven hover in helicopters overexterior wets. » . . . , ,

"By keeping the tourist behindthe glass curtain production couldproceed without interruption,continues Corinno. "As it is now,the very few visitors who do geton a set often crowd the techni-cians and actors and even ruinshots by laughing or talking atthe wrong moment."

Radio Actor To MakeDebut In 'The Lie9

HOLLYWOOD — Radio actorWislard Waterman, who plays thelead role of Ray Brandon in thenetwork serial, "The GuidingLight," was signed by Paramountrecently for his screen debut.

The veteran of 12 years behinda mike will be seen with BarabaraStanwyck and John Lund in "TheLie," a thriller baaed upon thenovel by William Irish.

Waterman is a native of Madis-on, Wla,, and for over a decade hasbeen heard in many of the top soapoperas as well as the Lux RadioTheater and other dramatic shows.He joins a cast including Broad-way star Lyle Bettger, stage vet-erans Jane Cowl, Henry O'Neilland Phyllis Thaxter. Mitchell Leis-cn directs with Richard Maibaumproducing,

MAKES FILM DEBUTGerry Ganzer, attractive model,

makes her screen debut in a topsupporting role in Paramount'sTechnicolor western , "CopperCanyon," which stars Ray Milland,Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey,Mona Freeman and Harry CareyJr.

HOLLYWOOD, — One of thetoughest things in Hollywood isremaining single, according toHoward Duff, Universal - Inter-national actor now co - starredwith Shelley Winters and Dan pur-yea in "Johnny Stool Pigeon.

"Go out with a girl and thenext morning you read in thepapers where you're engaged,claims Duff. "I'm happy . as abachelor. Leave me alone

The good - looking Seattle ladentered pictures three years agoin the late Mark Bellinger's"Brute Force," and ever sincehe's been linked with one actressor another.

First it waa Yvonne De Carlowho appeared as a "guest starin a brief role of "Brute Force.^

"We had a couple of dates,according to Duff, "and theneveryone started congratulatingus It scared the daylights outof me, but Yvonne who hadbeen around town for a while,told me to forget it."

Since then Duff has been linkedromantically with practicallyevery good-looking girl in Holly-wood — Marta Toren, Ava Gard-ner, Shelly Winters, and others.

Of these four, the only o n eHoward has courted seriously isA.va Gardner. Rumor had it thatthey were engaged to be marriedsome months ago, but postponedsetting any definite date. Re-ports immediately romped a l lover town that Howard had jiltedAva or that Ava had jilted How-ard. Either way it was a goodyarn for the gossip columnists.*. "Confidentially," says Duff ,"we just decided to wait a whileand then decide whether we want-ed to get married or not."

Howard says the funniest rumorthat ever traveled the gossipgrapevine was his reported en-gagement earlier this year to aNew York stage actress namedEloise Jansen. When questionedby news gatherers, Duff confess-ed that he didn't know or hadnever met anyone named EloiseJansen,

It was finally learned t h a t

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- FIGHTERBob Hope, co-starred with Lu-

cille Ball in Paramount'*? "Sorrow-ful Jones," was once an am-ateur boxer in his home town,Cleveland, Ohio. Bob was knownduring his pugilistic career asPacky East.

Eloise Jansen was the figment ofa columnist's imagination.

"He must have been hard upfor news," laughs Duff .

HULL BACKHenry Hull, one of Broadway's

biggest stars, returned to picturesin Par-amount's "The Great Gats-by," filmization of F. Scott Fitz-gerald's famous novel which co-stars Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Mac-clonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, BarrySullivan and Howard Da Silva.

The state of Ohio is almostsquare, measuring virtually 200miles on each side.

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Those words depict greater Brown*ville' ^

The establishment of new mdurtrlja,Increased port facilities, and greater cot-ton production signify progress.

The Opening of the magnificent newMajestic Theater symbolizes Pr°8r**f ™still another endeavor, that of makingBrownsville the Amusement Center offthe Valley.

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The New

Majestic

NORMA BALLA&DAn offering of unusual distinc-

tion will bo presented to patronsof the New Majestic Theatre atthe Premiere Wednesday eveningwhen No mm Ballarcl appears asone of the high-lights of the open-ing festivitiestheatre.

in front of the

Miss Ballard is an exponent ofunusual melodies and arrange-ments on the Hammond ElectricOrgan, using1 an instrument thathas been augmented with severaladditional musical attachments in-cluding chimes and the solovox.

So that the watching audiencemay better view the unusual dex-teritv of Miss Ballard's hands as

she plays out the arrangementson the 6 keyboards a six foot mir-ror mounted back of. the artistpicks up the pattern of the handmovements at the console.

A dynamic personality, with adelightful smile, Miss Ballard issure to charm any audience justas she hase done when playing onboth radio and stage with such mu-sicians as RUSH Morgan, FrankieMasters and Tod Weems.

In addition to her appearance infront of the Majestic Theatre Wed-nesday evening, she will also bepresented from the stage in aspecial program, both matinee andevening, Thursday, Friday andSaturday.

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See It Tonight!

Once again a Steel and Masonry structure has provenitself adaptable to the most striking design requirements.Behind the color and glamour of the beautiful new Maj-estic lies the durability of masonry! We congratulate In-terstate and Brownsville.

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Brownsville

Fred C Kroeger and SonFred C. Kroeger MASONRY CONTRACTORS H. S. Kroeger

We're with you Interstate for making pos-sible such a magnificent contribution to thecommunity of Brownsville. The New Maj-estic points another step forward in this

city's glorious future.

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We're mighty proud tobe located eater-cornerto the new Majesticright in the middle ofthis thriving, growingmetropolis. May ourfair city continue togrow as rapidly as Ithas in the past.

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THE OFFICES OF MR. JAMES McNEILL IN THlNEW MAJESTIC THEATRE WERE FURNISHEDBY MAVERICK-CLARKE, BROWNSVILLE.

the well furnished of/iceis not only on inspiration to

the owner but ahf> serves toconfirm the soundness of his

operations and the fundamental

quality of his product.

More people prefer Maverick-Clarke**

better ery^pment, better value*, bet-

ter service . . • that more people know

Maverick-Clarke are first in value*!

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THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 194; PAGE 11-A

Shoots WavThrough 55Films For Girl

Before Uoyd Nolan could playa romantic Irart on the screen hehad to nhoot hiH way throughfifty-five f i l m s , slug: a couple ofdozen crookfl, and enact the guywho loflcfl the girls for ttu» pastfourteen yearn.

But h^'« f inal ly made thn grade.In th« nfiw M-G-M Technicolorpicture, "THE SUN COMES UP",nhowlng" TiifcHday, August 23rd atthfi nc.w Majestic Theatre, Nolanitherls his cr,p«-f.ind-robber« typedt characterisation to take hisplaco along uuch heroes as Gablearid Pldfe'eon. In t h i n one he playsthe romantic l e a d oppositeJ««m;tte MaeDonald.

Ba«ed on n novel by Marjorie

Kinnan Rawlings, "THE SUNCOMES UP" castfl Nolan as iwriter who helps solve the problems of a concert artist who haslowt husband and son. She finallyhas her faith in l i fe renewedthrough the sympathy of thewriter, a mountain boy and a dog.

Claude Jarman, Jr., youngAcademy Award winner of THEYEARLING, plays the boy, withLassie as the dog. Also featuredare Lewis Stone and Percy KUbride.

FAMOUS FATHERCarolyn Butler, featured with

Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea andSterling- Hayden in Paramount'?!"Manhandled," in the daughter ofwriter-producer Frank Butler.Among other honors, Frank Butlerwon an Academy Award for co-authoring the screenplay for BlngCrosby's "Going My Way.1'

Modern

49ers

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As the <19ors of a century ago were drawn byKohl in Cal i forn ia , so are modern 49ers drawnby tho many attractions of our Magic Valley.Tho new Majestic adds great power to thismighty magnet .

JK. <i<; iu <;ARZAWholesale Grocer

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The Men Behind

The

Marquee.

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The new Majestic Theatre . . . oneof South Texas' finest , . . givesBrownsville evidence of the Valley'sleadership as an entertainment andrecreational center. Behind all theglamour and beauty of the lights,don't forget the engineers and de-signers and builders. It is theirknow-how, released by the will oft h e owners, that brings Brownsvillesiu-h a wonderful theatre. In thesame manner , a mechanical 'back-bone' lies behind the magnif icentwork of the decorators. Electricalcircuits, p lumbing , and air condi-t i o n i n g are a part of this f iner struc-ture. Levy was glad to have beenchosen to instal l the plumbing inthis modern structure . . . glad tohave been, in part, the men 'behindthe marquee! '

LEVYPLUMBING CO.

2107 North Harwood

DALLAS, TEXAS

"Dallas Plumbing Shop On Wheels

PEPE MARTINEZHead Janitor

FRANK" REVUELTAJanitor

LEO MARTINEZ, JR,

Janitor

'Tweety* Is New CharacterThat Is Gaining Popularity"TWEETY" — a cute, little before the cartoon finally reaches

yellow bird, which is a creationof the Warner Bros. Cartoons'staff, who is unable to pronounceesses — is a comparatively newcharacter, as compared to the in-imitable BUGS BUNNY.

Prior to 1947 TWEETY wasJust an incidental cartoon figure,but in 19-17 the Warner Bros.Cartoon Studio undertook to giveTWEETY characteristics all hisown, and under the direction of I.Freleng a cartoon was producedfeaturing TWEETY, which wascalled "TWEETIE PIE".

The cartoon, when released,proved a sensation, with TWEETYcaptivating1 audiences everywherewith his famous l ine: "I TAUGHTI TAW A PUTTY TAT," whichwas TWEETY'S manner of say-ing: "I thought I saw a pussycat."

The cartoon, "TWEETIE PIE",won the Academy Award for thebest cartoon released in 19-17.

Long before the cartoon awardswore announced, the members ofthe Warner Bros. Cartoon Studiorealized that they had a new starIn TWEETY, and immediatelyput other stories into work featur-ing TWEETY, such as "I TAWA PUTTY TAT" and and "BADOL' PUTTY TAT", which isnow being released and will ap-pear on tho opening program ofthe new Majesties Theatre.

In addition, Warner Bros.Cartoons will release t h r e eTWEETY cartoons during thecoming year, and have scheduledfour TWEETY cartoons for thefollowing jcar. Very few peoplerealize or know that it takes prac-tically a full year from the incep-tion of a cartoon idea before thecartoon Itsolf is finished, and anadditional three to four months

the public through the theatrescreens.

"BAD OL' PUTTY TAT" hasevoked'tremendous laughter from

audiences everywhere it has beenshown, and there is little doubtwhen the Academy Awards comeup again in the Spring that "BADOL' PUTTY TAT" will be one ofthe nominees put up by WarnerBros. Cartoons.

Hearing AidsInstalled InNew Majestic

Jeanette Receives'Costly9 Fan LetterJeanette MacDonsdd recently

received ner "most expansive" fanletter from Shanghai, China.

The let:; r, a "thtink you" notefor a picture sent out b T the, star,cost the writer $40,000 ?•« Chinesenational currency to se^.vl to theUnited States by Air Mail.

Miss MaeDonald discoveredthat the $40,000 worth of stampson the envelope came to exactlythroe-fourths of one cent —;ian money!

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Theatre 9PhoneNumber Is 2-5?25For ohe convenience of tne pat-

rons of the new Majestic Theatre,the new telephone number is 2-5225. Catt this Member for infor-mation concerning prices, sched-ules and coming attractions whichwill be furnished c>i.?3rfully andcourteously b;r an attendant of thetheatre.

The Capitol number j.a 2-3701 andthe Queen, 2-3242.

Tonight Brownsville Celebrates

ANOTHER BIG

FIRST!Congratulations

INTERSTATE

Hughes-Juggle

LUMBER COMPANY

STARTED HIM EA&LYAlan LacM, starred in Para-

mount's '-Vestal Inspector," isteaching lv> -rwo-year-old uon, Dav-

TJie new Majestic will be among id Alan, t" wvim now that theLadda h*v« a pool at their .home.!the first theatres in Texas to be

equipped with the combined airand bone conductor Acousticonvents for patrons who are hard ofhearing, according to J. C. .uk.-.n-ner, director of sound and projec-tion for Interstate Circuit, Inc. Anumber of seats will be equippedwith connections for ear phones.

Special connections will be estab-lished between the sound pro-jection booth and the special seatsin the house, bringing increasingsound volume. Customers desiringthis service may obtain earphonesfrom the doorman as they enterthe theatre, plug them in in thedesignated seats and listen to thescreen voices. Earphones will beleft with the doorman as the cus-tomer leaves the theatre,

This boon, which is a courtesyof the theatre with no extra chargeto the patrons requiring it, will en-able many people to hear moviedialogue for the first time. Tiie.seearphones will enable the patronto regulate the sound volume tohis personal desires. Acousticonvents have also been installed bytho Capitol Theatre of this city,

WATER-SHY GLORIAGloria Swanson, starred ii. .Para-

mount's "Sunset Boulevard," final-ly has forced herself to feel athome in a swimming pool. She al-

Alan WAS *.during

champion swimmer)achool lays .

deeper than her head.

Orchids,„ inters.a.c . . . for m.rilorlm» «hlcvcmc»t In boost!,,*vllle'. Place In the »m «. Entertainment Center of the Wiley! Attendthe gala opening cerementa. tonlEht . . . and remember tn* yourfavorite «nd«vom, J»»t a Work »„•„»•. offers .you the finest •

am. after.tl.e-.how" refr-bment. In air-conditioned comfort!

BROOKS WALGREEN^Fountain and Restaurant

"At Rendezvous Corner'9

India Has HardTime EnforcingProhibition Law

MADRAS, India—f/P)—Prohibi-tion offenses are Increasing inMadras, India's most completelydry province. In July, there were5,581 offenses in all 25 districts ofthe province. Nearly half of thesewere cases of i l l ic i t distilling ofspirits. The French-Indian settle-ments adjoining tho Madras pro-vince are "convenient bases" forliquor smuggling, government re-ports said. Bottles of liquor arcbeing brought into Indian territoryconcealed in tea chests.

The government blamed publicprohibition police raided a "suspi-cious" village in Kurnool district,they wore received with a barrageof stones. Even tho village prohi-bition committee failed to coop-crate in the detection of offenses.

A member of the provincial leg-islature, the Yuvaraja of Pitha-puram, has given notice of resolu-tion advising the government todrop prohibition in the provincewhich, he says, is unsuccessful, andresults in the loss of a third of theprovincial revenue.

ShakespearePopular AuthorIn RussiaMOSCOW — (XP) —- Shakespeare

continues to bo a popular authoramong the peoples of CentralAsln. The paper "Soviet Art" an-nounced recently that Hamlet hadbeen put on at tho Uzbek Theatreof Drama in Tashkent.

In Moscow when the fiftiethanniversary of the founding ofthe Moscow Art Theatre was cele-brated last fall , a group of actorsfrom Central Asia put on a scenefrom "The. Taming of the Shrew"In their native language.

Shakespeare's plays are pre-sented in many of the national lan-guages of the peoples of the USSR

and of course in Russian also—in Moscow and elsewhere.

Blind Cast LuresGoose Onto HookLIVINGSTON, Mont. — WP) —

Boyd Engles reports he was fish-ing the Gallatin River when heflipped a black gnat around a bendhoping for a blindstrike from atrout.

He got the strike—from a Cana-dian goose which grabbed the lure.Flew when it saw Engles but spitout the hook before the startledfisherman had to worry about thetechnique of landing a honker.

EX-SODA CLERKLucille Ball, co-starring with Bob

Hope in Faramount's Technicolorcomedy, "Where Men Are Men,"was fired from her first theatricaljob for lack of experience andwent to work as a soda clerk ina Broadway drugstore,

PLENTY BUSYBarbara Stanwyck, starring in

Paramount'* "The Lie," appears in'232 out of 246 camera set-ups|planned by Director Mitchell Leia-cn for the picture.

The

Brownsvule - H. Matamoros

Area Has Long Been

The Entertainment

Center of the Valleyand the Opening of the

MAJESTIC THEATREbrilliance to attractions available!veto

Since the early days on the b.^er, wh,n the historic old Teatro Reform in H. Matamoros broughtthe best in entertainment to this section, amusement and entertainment facilities in Brownsville, lex,as and H. Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, have been the best in the Valley. With eight theatres ,nBrownsville and five in H. Matamoros . . . with the fishing, boatin* and swimming offered by thechannel and Boca Chicu and Washington beaches . . . with professional baseball, w,th the ftne

eating and dancing places in both Brownsville and Mata-moros, the area still towers far above other Valley com-munities in the entertainment facilities.

Best Wishes to Interstate Theatres from the

Officers and Personnel of

The

First National- Broivnsville -

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M&MBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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AJ>F,LINA ALKOftfAC'findy Attendant

•JUDY GI'RKKI-TROCandy Attendant

Lamarr Complete*Role In 'Canyon9

HOLLYWOOD — Hcdy Lamarrham completed her co-starring rolein Paramount'* Technicolor west-ern, "Copper Canyon," and checkedoff the lot.

The glamoroiiH utar leaves short-ly for Kuropo where she will va-cation two months before return-ing to Hollywood for anothor filmassignment

"Copper Canyon" in Miss La-marr'fl first western and her sec-ond fi lm at Paramount, also herflncond role in a Technicolor pro-duction, She recently co-starredwith Victor Mature In Cecil B.DeMI!l«'fl "SamHon and Delilah,"her fir«t technicolor appearance.

Esther Proves SheIs Still ChampionSwimming star Esther Williams

proved that she is still a champion.A scene in her current picture,

"Neptune's Daughter," requiredthe actress to participate in a 100-meter race against the same aqua-tic stars she had competed againstten years ago.

When the swimmers took to thewator at Los Angeles OlympicStadium, it wasn't necessary forher competitors to hold back forKsther to win, as some had fearedmight have to happen. The M.G.Mstar was ahead all the way and un-der her own power.

The oldest known map in theworld WRH produced about 4,500years ago.

Majestic Sound EquipmentReally Makes * Talkies9 Talk

What makes the "talkies" talk?The answer to that question is best exemplified by the R. C. A.

sound equipment installed in the new Majestic Theatre. Installationof the equipment was made by J. C. Skinner of Dallas, electricalengineer and director of sound and projection equipment for Inter-state Circuit and Texas Consolidated Theatres.

The very latest and most complete installation was made at theMajestic.

Only an insignificant minority of the millions who thrill to therealism of motion picture aounchave even a vague notion of howthis modern miracle is producedYet, according to Jimmy McNeillcity manager lor Interstate, thpublic is not without a great deaof curiosity on this subject. Yearof listening to radio, to public address systems and to motion picture sound have made them discriminatingly critical of the differcncc between good and bad soundhe said. For this reason the management recently asked the engincers from the great R.C.A. Victorengineering laboratories to instaltheir latest achievement in soundmotion picture reproducing sys-tems. This sound system has beennamed the "Magic Voice of theScreen," because of its remarkablecapabilities.

Simple Process"It is surprising," said McNeill

'how many people will ask 'Whatmakes the "talkies" talk?' Theprocess is extraordinarily interest-ng and not as hard to understand

as one might suppose."To bogin with, the sound you

lear in the theatre comes from amrrow strip of 'sound track' which•tins parallel to the pictures onthe film. This sound track has acurious fluctuating pattern whichvaries in accordance with the pitch

For Better Living in the Valley'sEntertainment Center

to convert thethe singing or

and volume of the sound. Now, ac-tually, sound cannot be photo-graphed, so what the recordingengineers do issound waves ofspeaking voice, or of music andbackground effects, into electricalwaves and then into light wavesduring the recording process,

"This sounds much more compli-cated than it is. But to put it sim-ply, this is how it's done: The mo-tion picture studio is a good deallike a radio studio, The sound isfirst picked up by a microphonewhich converts the sound wavesinto corresponding electricalwaves very much in the same wayas the telephone receiver does. Theelectrical waves are then amplifiedto sufficient strength to make:hem vibrate a tiny mirror. Thesevibrations correspond exactly to;he characteristics of the originalsound waves. A bright light isthen f ocussed on the mirror so thatts vibrating reflection strikes therilm negative. Now we have theight waves which can be photo-graphed—and the wavy fluctua-tions on the. sound track are theresult.

Reverse Process

Interstate has always used the highest quality

materials in their theatres and the insulation is

a^ain Eagle-Richer Mineral Wool, the finest on

the market, used almost exclusively by Interstate

in their giant chain of theatres.

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"The reproducing process in theheatre ' simply the reverse of the

recording process," continued Mc-S'eill. "Trie film is threaded intohe projector and the motor .start-el up. The film then moves at ex-ctly the same speed at which it

decorded. A beam of light isthen directed through the soundtrack portion of the film. The var-iations in the sound track picturecause variations in the amount oflight passing through the film.This fluctuating light is f ocussedon a photo-electric cell.

"The photo-electric cell is a mar-velous little device resembling aradio tube which is often calledan 'electric eye' because of themany miraculous things it can bemade to do. This photo-electriccell is extraordinarily sensitive tolight and as the light waves strikeit, it regulates the flow of electriccurrent in exact proportion to theamount of light passing through It.The electric current thus producedis built up in volume by amplifiersand made to operate the loudspeak-ers, which are situated behind thescreen. The screen itself has tinyperforations to permit the unim-peded flow of sound from thespeakers and yet present a smoothreflecting surface for the projec-tion of the picture. Thus we have,in a few seemingly simple, but inreality, highly critical stages, themiracle of the modern sound mo-tion picture," concluded McNeill.

EUGENE GILBOE

One of the nation's foremostdesigners of murals and interiordecorating, Eugene Gilboe per-sonally supervised not only theoriginal artists' conception andsketches but the actual on-the-job application of the magriificientand colorful decor of the NewMajestic Theatre. Gilboe's crafts-manship is apparent from themoment you enter the theatrebeginning in the inner foyer andblending into the soothing motifof the auditorium.

Gilboe was educated in Oslo,Norway, and studied also in Ger-many and England before com-ing to New York for a continua-tion of his schooling in art.

Examples of his design are tobe seen in prominent theatres,hotels, public buildings and univer-sities in the principal cities ofthe United States. The New Ma-jestic is representative of his out-standing proficiency and techni-que,

Time was when one the atepatron leaving his seat disturbeeveryone in the same row. .he trampled on feet, brusheagainst his neighbor and generally disrupted the pleasant recreation of viewing a movie.

But gone forever are thostimes!

Today, wise theater operatorinstall seats that take carepatron maneuvers without interfering with the freedom and pleasure of those remaining in theiseats:

The New Majestic Theater, onof the most modern theaters in

Valley ManagersTo Attend OpeningInterstate Circuit theater Val-

ley managers will atend the open-ing of the new Majestic Theatertoday.

They are:Mike Gilbert, Harlingcn; Mau-

rice Agnew, Harlingen; F loMcDonald, Mercedes; Jack Verser,Weslaco; Robert Wiseman, Donna;Truman Riley, Me Allen; and Ches-ter J. Medley,, McAllen.

the Southwest, has installed thfamed Kroehler Push-back seat?for Brownsville's moviegoers. Interstate construction engineerspioneers in seating improvementsselected this seat because of it'practical operation.

You no longer need to stand upto permit the entry or egress ofa person sitting near you. Thepush-back takes care of all thatfor you.

Lew Bray, Valley District Manager, gave a demonstration when

NO CREAM-PUFF ACTORWilliam Hold en, starred in Para-

mount's "Sunset Boulevard," can'tstand cream-puffs. He devouredtwo dozen of them at one sittingwhen a youngster, hasn't liked thedelicacy since.

Antarctic seas have morebergs than the Arctic.

Ice-

While playing a comedy vaude-ville act, Billy De Wolfe, who ap-pears with William Holden andJoan Caulfield in Paramount'^"Dear Wife," appeared in eightEuropean countries.

LADD IS CHAMPAlan Ladd, who co-stars in Para-

mount's "The Great Gatsby," isan accomplished swimmer and div-er and was winner of the WestCoast diving championship in 1932,

Stalin GetsAnnual CzechThanks On PlantPRAGUE—(/p)—A hammer-and-

sickle toting beauty queen waselected during the "Radostne DnyStalinovcu (Joyous Days of theStalinites)" held at the *Big Stalinsynthetic petroleum plant in north-western Bohemia.

The "Joyous Days of the Stalin-ites" were held on the fourth anni-versary of the handing over ofthe Stalin plant to the Czechs bythe Red army. The plant was builtby the Germans during the occupa-tion of Czechoslovakia. Therefore,technically, it constituted Russianwar booty.

However, it was given to theCzechs as a gift by special orderof Stalin. Henceforth, every year,the Communist-controlled Czechgovernment holds a "thank you"festival. However, the Czechs arehaving a hard time putting theplant on a paying basis. The Ger-mans built it to produce syntheticgasoline at any price. After thewar, equipment for the productionof subsidiary petroleum productshad to be installed at great cost.

Alcatraz, famous U.S. prison inSan Francisco Bay, is on an islandwhich is only 1,650 feet long andrises 130 feet above sea level.

the new chairs arrived. He ex-plained that from a normal posi-tion, a patron occupying t h echair merely slides the feed underthe chair, leans forward and theseat pushes back automatically.This permits ample passageroom. When the feet are movedforward and the occupant leansback, the seat rcvsumes the nor-mal position.

The accompanying illustrationshows the simplicity of the move-ment.

To further enhance the slightlines for New Majestic patrons,every seat is in direct line withthe screen. The floor is pitchedgradually to assure perfect vision.

The push-back seat is but oneof the many modern luxuriesthat have found their way intothe New Majestic.

At RefrigerationC. E. Holmes, chief engineer, and

in charge of all refrigeration con-struction for Interstate Theatres,has the unusual distinction of per-sonally installing the first com-mercial refrigeration plant in Tex-as.

This was back in 1923, and bycoincidence, as Holmes was notthen associated with Interstate, atthe Majestic theatre, in FortWorth. A pioneer in the cooling in-dustry, Holmes supervised sim-ilar theatre refrigeration installa-tions in Sail Antonio, Houston andDallas.

Ten years later, Holmes beganhis present association with Inter-state.

JOHN HARK18ONJohn Harrison, program director

of KGBS, Harlingen, will be mas-ter of ceremonies at the new Ma-jestic Theater opening today.

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HatsOff!

to another

BrownsvilleAchievement

To each lady attending the pre-miere of the new Majestic, Mc-

Innis Flowers will present alovely flower. We, as the rest

of Brownsville, are proud ofthis new addition to the city's

growth.

MclimisFlowers

1241 K. ElizabethPhone 1-4881

"From the Roofof the

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AT HOME—Cinemaquatic star Esther Williams is backin another form-fitting role as the heroine of M-G-M'scaptivating- new Technicolor musical, "NEPTUNE'SDAUGHTER", which opens at the new Majestic Sun-day, August 21st. Red Skelton co-stars in the hilariousrole of a would-be polo player, with romance, laughsand melody supplied by Ricardo Montalban, singingBetty Garrett, comic Keenan Wynn and Xavier Cugatand his orchestra.

CONGRATULATIONSTO

TERSTATE'SEW M A J E S T I C

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the teeming Mongol hordesoverran the civilized world. And

yet all their fury and warlike mightcould not destroy man'u cult-

ural and material progress. To-night the people of Browns-

ville observe, amid pre-miere glamour, another mile-

stone of our Americanand Valley growth. A greatshowplace has been born! Be-

hind this local eventlies a significance that cannot but fail to impress us ...the only direction is forward. What is m9re . . . the people

of the Valley know it, act by it, and live by it!

Our firm, a part of this Valley progress,wa* proud to have whared in the crea-tion of the new Majestic . . . one of Tex-as' finest theatres! You'll find C. A,Wood's ready to aid In all roofing prob-lems—be they large or small. Our ser-vice is honest, friendly, and economical.It is within the range of all. Feel free tocall on us for advice without obligationat any time!

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Year AroundWeather InNew MajesticSo that there mJjjht he a con-

ntant flov/ of clean cool refriger-ated air during the .summer monthsand a bit of warmth when outsidetemperatt *~".<j call for heat, thelatewt in ;,.. 'round air condition-ing plnntH ha« been in.ntalled in thenew Majo/itic,

C. K. f fo lmoM, chiof of Intor-atate'« engineering s ta f f , has beenhera for tho pa«t week personallydirecting tho installation of theplant, In order to have the air con-d l t lon tn f? fum:tk,.n)nK properly forthe formal opening of the new .show

The refrigeration plant, manu-factured by Wo.stinghou«e, in themoflt modern uni t that can bebought today. It is capable of pro-ducing 80 ton.M of refrigeration andcan discharge 40,000 cubic feet ofair in the theatre per minu to . Theplant IH automatic in denign andiiflea frcon ft« the refrigerant. Thetheatre temperature wi l l rangefrom 75 to 70 degrees, with a rel-ative h u m i d i t y of SO percent, Arch-i tectural design e l i rn i r ia tos anydrafts being fe l t in the aud i to r iumat any tlrm,-.

The Hame d i s t r i bu t ion duct.i areU«ecl to d i H t r i b u t f i cool air In theHummer and prn-heated air in thewinter nea.son, H.H r equ i red . Both.syHternw are au toma t l rn l l y non-trolled to nvold any gue.H.s work asto tho patron'<( comfor t . In al l I

the air en ter ing the the-!

HAY JONES

One of the younger and efficientdepartment heads of Interstate isEuy Jom»H, head hooker.

Jone.s knows show business fromthe carpet up. He started as anusher in a Dallas theatre andHteppod in to the booking depart-ment an an assistant. Then camethe war <md Jone.s enlisted and.saw overseas duty with the 544thAmphib ious Engineers in the Pa-c i f ic . Jones \vnn a Captain and

W action in various parts of thePacif ic front.

atre IH f i l t e red through flpun glasswhich completely rids it of anydust, or impur i t i es .

CaliforniaSeeks Aid ForLow Fruit PriceWASHINGTON, Aug. 17

California congressmen solicitedthe Interest of the Treasury andState Departments today in theproblem of falling fruit prices.

The delegation's 10-member agri-culture subcommittee, headed byRep. Anderson (R-Calif), address-ed a letter to Secretary of theTreasury Snyder and Undersecre-tary of State Willard Thorpe.

The letter said the taxpayingability and welfare of Californiafruit growers Is seriously jeopar-dized by loss of prewar exportmarkets.

Jt blamed, in part, the postwarpolicies of the state department.

IT'S TRUE! By Wiley Padan

CRICKET ACETo insure authenticity for a

cricket match which is being stag-ed in "Where Men Are Men,'! Para-mount's new Technicolor comedyco-starring Bob Hope and LucilleBall, the studio has engaged CyriHarper, one of Southern California's leading cricket players, astechnical adviser.

FOUND HIS ATHLETIC CAREER AT PRINCE-TON STOOD HIM IN GOOD STEAD FOR HISNEW M-G-M FILM, "THE STRATTONSTORY/' IN WHICH HE PLAYS THE ROLEOF A DIAMOND HERO—MONTY STRATTON.JIMMY'S GRANDFATHER SETTLED THE TOWNOF INDIANA, PA.. IN 1853 AND STARTED THECOMMUNITY HARDWARE STORE. TODAYJIMMY'S FATHER RUNS THE SAME SHOP.THE GANGLING, SIX FEET, TWO INCH STARRECEIVED HIS ARMY AIR CORPS CAPTAINCYON INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 1943, ANDBEFORE HIS DISCHARGE WAS DESIGNATED—COLONEL JAMES STEWART.

CONTRASTRay Millancl, starred in Para-

mount's Technicolor western, "Cop-per Canyon," has two widely diver-sified hobbies—deep sea fishingand attending the ballet.

About half the yearly egg proluction in the United States isaid from March through June.

Something New

For You I

LEARNED HOW TO DANCE FROMif RED ASTAIRE—BUT NOT IN PERSON!|JUNE SAW AN ASTAIRE MOVIE IN:H£R HOME TOWN OF MOUNT;VERNON, N. Y:, AND DECIDED SHE.WANTED TO BE A "HOOFER." THATSAME NIGHT SHE LAUNCHED HERCAREER BY TRYING TO IMITATE HERSCREEN "TEACHER." BORN JANALLYSON, THE CUTE SINGING.DANCING STAR, WEIGHS 97 POUNDSAND IS 5 FEET, 1 INCH TALL. BIRTHDATE IS OCTOBER 7.

>WAS BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS,'EDUCATED IN WISCONSIN ANDOWNS A FARM IN OHIO. CHIEFINTEREST, OUTSIDE OF HER ACTINGCAREER, IS THE FARM, A.320 ACRETRACT BETWEEN ZANESVILLE ANDCAMBRIDGE, O. THE LAND WASGIVEN TO HER GREAT GRAND-PARENTS IN A GRANT WHICH WASSIGNED BY TWO PRESIDENTS-JAMES MONRO6 AND JOHN TYLER.MISS MOOREHEAD NEVER HAS DIFFI-CULTY REMEMBERING HER WEDDINGANNIVERSARY DATE. IT'S THE SAS HER HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY.

S. PAT. OFF.

P. K. JOHNSON

, After a spell as a racing- cardriver and activity in other sport-ing events Porter K. Johnston,known as "PK" stepped into thefilm business. Currently Johns-ton directs the buying1 of featuresfor the Interstate Circuit.

THI STRATTON STORY..*MAT XX

PEBBS REYNOLDS

Debbs Reynolds, feature attrac-tion booker for all valley theatres,

ond)yjmnounrt's llie gala

opening of the magnificentnew Majestic! . . . We proudlyannounce the addition of two

new, gleaming buses to ourfasl-Krowing GREEN line!

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the opening of Brownsville's newcivic and entertainment center,the Majestic Theatre.

According to Reynolds, theselection of this particular attrac-tion was predicated upon itsgeneral family appeal and the(jxcellence of its rating in the cur-rent releases of Hollywood's topattractions.

Reynolds has been picking thewinners as a booker with Inter-state Circuit, Inc. for a numberof years. Even World War IIdidn't interfere with his experience— he just continued picking themfor the Navy in the Motion PictureServices.

"Neptune's Daughter'*, openingSunday at the Majestic, is Rey-nolds' choice for the best tech-nicolor picture of the year. Itstars Red Skelton, Esther Wil-liams, and the new screen starlet,Betty Garrett.

The special Thursday morningKid's Premiere program wasselected by Reynolds and LewBray. A special premiere for Kidss something new in theatre open-ngs, and an innovation that is sure;o.bc a popular one.

FRESH-WATER SAILORNancy Olson, talented twenty-

year-old in Paramount's "SunsetBoulevard," is a skillful sailor. She

owns her own sailboat of the Snipelass but keeps it at her family'summer home on Lake Enterprise,

Wisconsin.

LONG CONDUITSMore than 400 feet of ducts and

conduits carry refrigerated airthrough the New Majestic in equaland draft-free portions every min-ute.

"When we do something clever, Daddy grins and says•his' kids are pretty smart. But when we act up at thepicture show ho frowns and says, 'Dear, take those bratsof yours out of here . . . they're dlsturbln' everybody/Well, the new Majestic has attended to that. Now Momcan enjoy the show even If we don't. Ain't science grand?"Yes, the new Majestic has everything for fine film fare. . . just as Wm. Andresen carries everything for homeand garden and field that makes for the finer life. Enjoythe facilities of both through these progressive years.

Majestic SoundEquipment MadeFor New TheaterToday's movie fan expects the

best in sound, and no longer arethe "talkies" news; however, thedevelopment of the accepted per-fect recording- and reproductionis a thrilling story packed into abrief span of only about twenty-two years. It was in 1927 thatthe first sound was added to thethen silent screen.

Many a theatre manager adopt-ed the same attitude as that ofthe village blacksmith when thefirst automobile was introduced,but events that followed provedboth the automobile and sound onfilm were he-re to stay.

Only one of the new advantagesof the talking screen was the ad-vent of the musical comedy. Andhow it grew!

"Neptune's daughter", whichopens Sunday at the New Majes

res> tic, is a fine example of the scopefor and magnitude of the screen's

possibilities, far beyond that ofthe stage, or the old silent moviedays with the accompanyment ofthe movieola player piano.

Latest EquipmentRepresentative of the advance-

ment in sound is the new equipment installed at the majestictheatre. Using R. C. A, equip-ment throughout the installationis said to be the last word in itsfield. Every seat in the audi-torium, both lower floor and bal-cony, is assured of equal distri-bution of sound, as well as clarityand tonal quality, which is insuredby the placement of high and lowfrequency speakers in back of thescreen. There is a baffle-boardwith two speakers for low fre-quencies and two cellulor hornsfor the higher tones. These speak-ers together with othe essentialsof assuring proper tone qualitieswere made by Interstate engine-ers from RCA component parts.These speaksrs are installed as aunit, yet each "balances" theunit as a whole modulating the ef-fect of both high and low fre-quency sound waves.

These special speaker units aretailored-for-the.-job installations,explained J. C. Skinner, chiefsound engineer for interstate.Each theatre demands individualand special installation engineer-ing. Not being satisfied withready packaged sound equipment,Skinner assembles all the compo-nent parts of the intricate sys-tem in the sound department ofthe company warehouse in Dallas,and delivers to the theatre aperfected a.nd complete sound andprojection system, created forthe particular theatre.

Newest ScreenOf next importance to the sound

is the visual field, or screen.Plastics brought near-perfection,and the now screen at thv>- majesticis manufactured from one of thenew plastic material moulded toa background material to carrythe weight.

The screen at the majestic is21'6" feet wide by 15'7" feet inheight. The new material ismoulded in thickness and gives adepth to the vision on the screenthat is startling in its realisticapproach to the third dimensionso long sought for on the screen

The illusion of the characterson the screen actually talking i.furthered by the sound comingfrom behind the plastic sheethrough literally thousands oftiny holes in the screen.

This care and planning in soundengineering, use of the mostmodern equipment and materialsproves itself worth while introuble-free operation, and moreimportant, perfect reception forthe movie, patron, who today ex-pects the best—and at the NewMajestic, gets it.

business since 1914. His startwas as a film salesman in NewEngland and the Middle West. Hewas a pioneer in a then new busi-ness — moving pictures.

Prior to joining Interstate hewas district sales manager forFox Films in the Southwest. Fieacted in that capacity for eightyears,

Johnston pioneered the Inter-state policy of balanced programsof entertainment, the blending ofspecial short subjects to surroundthe feature attraction.

TEAMED AGAINBob Hope and Lucille Ball, who

teamed successful!}' in Para-mount's "Sorrowful Jones," appeartogether again in the new Techni-

BUSY ACTORJames Edwards, who plays the

colored soldier in "Home of TheBrave," has a featured role in Par-amount's "Manhandled," produced

color comedy, "Where Men Are jby William Pine and Will amMen." JThomas. Dorothy Lamour, an

JDuryca and Sterling Hayden :o-NJBW RESIDENT star in the suspense melodrama.

Lyle Bcttger, making his motion! ———————~———-picture debut in Paramount's "The According to the EncyclopediaLie," is moving his wife and two Americana, the first old agechildren to Hollywood and giving pension plan in the U.S. or ter-up the Broadway stage—for the ritories was adopted by thetime being, anyway. Alaska legislature in 1915.

HIRE "CALLER"Les Gotcher, professional square

dance caller, was hired by Para-mount to call the dances for theelaborate square dance sequencein the Technicolor western, "Cop-per Canyon."

Make Way!for a

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TAIX ACTOROne of the tallest actors on the

screen is Alan Napier, He is fea-tured in Paramount's "Manhan-dled." Produced by William Pineand William Thomas. Napier waswell known on the English stageand in British pictures prior tobeing brought to Hollywood.

BUSY ACTRESSHope Emerson, currently appear-

ing in Paramount's Technicolorwestern, "Copper Canyon," has ap-peared in seven films since quittingBroadway for Hollywood lostyear. Her pictures include "Band-wagon," "House of Strangers" and'Roseanna McCoy."

The Monumental Idea...

Tonight Brownsville and the Valley celebrate the opening?

of a monumental entertainment palace . . . the new Maj-

estic Theatre. Behind this beautiful edifice lies a monu-

mental idea . . «. and a monumental material. It isn't;

strange that every modern building depends—to a great

extent—upon the versatility, strength, endurance and

beauty of concrete. The most plastic of all modern struc-

tural materials . . . concrete lends itself to any conceiv-( "able application. And the ready-mix in transit idea lends

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Jamcfl C. Skinner , chief of thr:Interstate sound and projectionfngmcin-in^ depar tment , KRVR thonow Maj fwt ic wound oqu ipmont . af i n a l r h o f k yr -Htorday and pro-noi imif r l i t in top shape.

J B k l n n e r , a f r o q i j f ; n t v i H i l o r toVallr-y, Hta r tnd in show b t i H l -

in .ir»27, and al though s t i l la young man ho i« an old t i m e r int.hc f i e l d of f 'k 'c t roni rM. Immed ia t e - 1

ly a f t e r Jii.s . '(rhooJintf ho j o i n e d ]Radio Central Company in Hous-ton, /''rorn t h l « pont ho went to thePubl ic School .syatem of Houwton,v/here ho taught radio and elec-tronic.s wi th two yearn as summerIns t ructor in the .same wubjecta atthe f / n i v e r - H i t y of Texas.

f t inee h i s adven t in InLer .Mt .a tecircles, he hf.iH been in ehar^e ofall .sound engineer ing- . K« is alnoan expert on t e l ev i s ion . He. operat-ed one of t h f fir.'it expe r imen ta l

VETS KBIT BUSY „Franklin Farnum and Stuart

HoHlmes, remembered for theirscreen popularity during the pre-uound era, have both been cast inParamount'*! Technicolor musical,"Let's Dance," .starring Betty Hut-ton and Fred Astaire.

58 FEATURESProducers William Pine and Wil-

liam Thomas have produced 58 fea-tures during the last nine years.Their latest is "Manhandled," forParamount, co-starring; DorothyLamour, Dan Duryea and SterlingHay den.

BUSY TUNKSM1THKent i re musical score for Para-

rnount's Technicolor musical "Let'sDance," is being written by FrankLofHS^r, including: the words andmusic for seven new dance num-bers performed by co-stars BettyHutton and Fred Astaire.

MOPPET DEBUTSSix-year-old Gregory Moffett,

brother of child star Sharon Mof-fe t t , makes his screen debut asBetty Mutton's fatherless son inParamount's Technicolor musical,"Let's Dance," in which Betty co-stars with Fred Astaire.

BUSY PROGRAMBarbara Stanwyck, starring in

Paramount's "The Lie," will haveno vacation for the noxt six months.She is contracted three picturesahead.

sets and stations in Texas for In-terstate.

S k i n n e r l ives in Dallas and is anair enthusias t . Fie f l i es his ownpiano on most of his business tripsnnd uses hi;; spare moments int a k i n g his f a m i l y for trips aloft.

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FLOWERS FOR OPENING—Adding to the color and glamour of the opening ofthe new Majestic Theater tonight w i l l be the presentation of flowers to the ''firstnighters". Above are the charming misses who will present the flowers, left toright, Carmel i ta Celaya, Jerralee Puckett, Betty Lou Jennings and Agnes Tipton.

American Motion PicturesFoster Democracy In JapanAmerican motion pictures nre

playing1 a unique and vitally im-portant role in fostering" demo-cratic attitudes throughout Japan,according" to Makoto Hori, memberof the Japanese House of Council-lors.

In a letter sent to GeneralDouglas MacArthur, SupremeCommander of the. Allied Forcesin the Pacific, Horl states thatAmerican movies, while provid-ing entertainment, ore serving atthe name time to enlighten theJapanese m the ways and methodsof America, ita people and institu-tions.

"American motion pictures,*'

writes the Japanese legislator,"are proving an important socialforce in edifying the Japanesenation. By presenting aspects ofAmerican democracy in a waywe can all understand, these filmsare giving our people a better un-derstanding of America and aninsight into the better way oflife in a democratic society."

Hori, in addition to being a gov-ernment off ic ia l , is Executive Di-rector of the highly influentialAmerican Motion Picture CulturalAssociation. T h e Association,which hag no counterpart in anyother country in the world, wasvoluntar i ly formed In 1947 by a

8Ui BUT 1stThe new Majestic is the 8th theater to be open-ed in Brownsv i l l e but it's cer ta in ly first in sizeand beauty . We sa lu t e such a magni f i cen t con-tribution to our city's stature.

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nucleus of distinguished Japanesecitizens. who felt that the mosteffective understanding of Amer-ica and Americans could best beachieved through the movies thatcame.

Primary function of the Asso-ciation, which now has a combinedmembership of over 10,000 in its70 branches throughout Japan, isto explain and interpret for massjconsumption, the social, cul tural \and artistic implications of Amer-ican pictures. Through lectures,round-table forums, press andradio, the Association has beenpointing up the more salient les-sons of democracy as convoyedthrough our pictures.

In the course of the past year,!such films an "The Best Years ofour Lives,*' ' ' T h e Farmer'sDaughter," "Boys Town," "SisterKenny" and 'State Pair," amongothers, have been singled out bythe Associ^on.'s cultural expertsfor special appraisal and nation-wide discussion.

Hori'a letter to General Mac-Arthur points out that Americanpictures considered useful to thepromotion of democratic educationare also being recommended bythe Japanc.se Ministry of Educa-tion to teachers and students inprimary schools, high schools anduniversities all over the. nation.

"From an educational stand-point," writes Hori, "Americanmotion pictures have now becometext-books for the youth ofJapan."

NewcomersShould NotApe StarsHOLLYWOOD — What's the

trouble with Hollywood women ?"They all look like soap. They

all smell like soap."That's how screen director Rob-

ert Siodmak, who has guided thecinematic destiny of such beautsas Ava Gardner and Olivia DeHavilland, sums it up.

Of course, the above-mentionedduo he expects from the generaldamnation. Also Barbara Stan-wyck, whom he has just directedin "File On Thelma Jordon" forHal Wall is at Paramount.

Imitators Not Wanted"The trouble with 99 percent of

females is they try to look like,somebody else. They all want tolook like Veronica Lake or LanaTurner, As soon as a screen as-pirant says 'I'm the Betty Huttontype' I discard her. If she's theBetty Hutton type I have no usefor her. I'd rather h i r e BettyHutton."

Too many newcomers to Holly-wood—as well as girls all overthe world—try to ape the stars.Joan Crawford paints full lips,so stenographers and waitressesplay copy cat. In this way wo-men lose their individuality, theylook like each othei\ they becomesimply a type.

Successful actresses or busi-ness - women don't compromise,says Siodmak.

Personality Counts"Take Barbara Stanwyck. She's

unique, She's herself. Or JoanFontaine or Olivia De Havillandor Susan Hayward or Greta Gar-bo. They're successes because:they're themselves. They arc not

pretty.interested in just beingThey don't all want to past for18. They're natural."

What does a top screen directorI^^L. f*~ <« . «-«rf»look for m a girl?

"Personality," replies Siodmak,"Personality. This whole business|ieast you're different.is built on personality. Talent And that's what counts.

helps, but character comes first.*So, if you want to be * film

star, don't try to ape the Craw-fords, Joan or Rrod, of t h •Greenes, Angella or Richard. Justbe yourself. If you're cockeyedvou're cockeyed — so what. At

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CongratulationsINTERSTATE

All Brownsville is justly proud of theirnew showplace. The new Majestic, one ofthe Southwest's f iner theatres, is a creditto the vision of those men who have plan-ned and worked for it for years. Moreover. . . the Majestic says, in effect, "Browns-vil le is destined to become one of the great-er southern cities of the future,"

Before the builders, came the dirt en-gineers. Ton upon ton of dirt had to bescientfically excavated and moved . . .qu ick ly , e f f ic ient ly , and economical ly . Thiswas the part Hickman and Smith p layedin this progressive project we celebratethis evening!

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RAMROD BACKErich von Stroheirn, starred in

Paramount'* "SunHct Boulevard,"*U11 has the erect mili tary car-riage he acquirer.! i lurm£ .service inthe? Austrian and United Statesarmies whon he was a youth.

HIS STARTSidney Lanfielcl , who recently di-

SHUN8 GET-RICH-QUICKERSAlan Ladd, starred in Para

mount's "Postal Inspector," believes in investing1 his money inranch, a radio firm, home ansuch, shuns get-rich-quick stocdeals.

HOPK TO CO-STARWilliam Holden, starred in Para

rccted Boh Hopo and Lucille Ball 'mount's Sunset Boulevard,"in Paramount1*! "Sorrowful Jones,"

hi.M motion plc turr careerman" du r ing the "silent"

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his wife, Brenda Marshall, arseeking a suitable script whiciwould make it possible for them tco-star in a picture.

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JOHN WORLEY AND H. F. PETTIGREW

ThoWorley,

firm of Pettigrew and jsent to bomb out Pearl Harbor,architects and engineers.

Dallas, was formed in 1938 by H.. Pettigrew and John A. Worley.Pettigrew began his architec-

ural and construction career in925, having worked with some ofhe largest architects and build-rs throughout the state of Texas.He helped organize the Texas

prefabricated House and TentCompany, who manufactured pre-abricated houses for the use ofill of the armed forces.

During the years 1941. to 1946he company thus organized built

and shipped well over 100,000lousing units, some of which worn

(South Pacific Islands, many ofwhich were sent to North Africaduring tho invasion campaign.

During his architectural careerhe has participated in design ofapproximately 75 theaters, 60 ofwhich were done for InterstateTheaters.

At the present t ime he is inter-

Flying BraFails To StopKirk Douglas

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17, —(NEA) — Exclusively yours: Noflying1 bras, please!

The censors did a double take.The scene was in "Young: ManWtih a Horn." Kirk Douglas wasplaying a trumpet in a burlesquehouse orchestra. Suddenly a bra;omes flying through the air a n d jlands on Kirk's head. He tosses i t joff and goes right on playing.

Big laugh. But the censors saidno, no, no. They shot the scene butsubstituted a fan for the bra. Thecensors said that was all right.

* * *It could happen only in Hol-

ly wodo:Gorgeous George, the, wrestler,

insisted on a brunette or red-haired leading lady for "PardonMy Toe Hold" so as not to de-tract from his own blond curls.Barbara Fuller, a blonde whogot; the part, became a red-headto keep George happy.

* * »Montgomery Clift and Howard

Hawks, who discovered him forpictures, are feuding. . . . KirkDouglas and Ann Sheridan are dat-ing. . . . Joan Davis will go on theroad for a week as a traveling

Allen is wondering: "What's he go-ing' to do—rope and hogtie amouse?"

* * *The timing, Jimmy Stewart

thinks, was perfect. He made a biginvestment in an oil well drillingoperation. Same mail that broughthis certificate of partnershipbrought a notice that the well wasa "duster."

Someone sent the Gordon MaoKaes a playpen for their threechildren. Mrs. MaeRae's thank*yon note road: "Thank you forthe pen. It's wonderful. I sit In Itevery afternoon and rend and thechildren ean't get near me."

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often reminds me of the lateRogers. Tex WAS called on to singat a society square dance at theBeverly Hills Hotel and drawled:"This is the first time I've everbeen to a square dance where theroof wasn't leaking."

77TH MILESTONEHarry davenport, grand old

trouper of the screen and stage,marked his 77th anniversary inshow business with his role inFrank Capra's "R'ding High," co-

Gray.

Ohioacres

Cowboy star Tex Hitter'swhich

wit other

has nearly one thousandunder greenhouse glass,is more than that in anystate.

STARTED EARLYMona Freeman, currently •tarred

in Paramount's "Dear Wife," iaone of the few screen stars whos*childhood ambitions were realized.She started acting at 14 and saysshe has never had another careerin mind.

HEARS HIMSELFJohn Lund, starring in Para-

mount's "The Lie," tape recordsMs entire role while studying itand plays it back constantly in hisefforts to present his best possibleperformance.

The face of Abraham Lincoln,iculptured into the rock of Mount

Rushmore in the Black Hills, isso large that a man could standerect in an eye.

CONGRATULATIONSto

ested in numerous business ven- saleswoman to exploit her own pro-

McNAIRCLOTHING MFG. CO

Munu/acturcrs find Jobber*\V hoIesa 1 ors K x c I u s i v e l y

Brownsville

Majestic HasLatest I?i AirConditioningThe planning and installation of

he new air conditioning and heat-ng .systems of the New Majesticnheatre has been under the directuperviaion of C. E. Holmes, who

«t in charge of all air conditioningquipment for Interstate Circuitnd Texas Consolidated Theatres.Holmes has been in Brownsville

or the last week rushing thisphase of the Majestlc'a construc-tion in order to have the air con-dition functioning properly for theformal opening of the new showhouse Wednesday night. Holmes,ag well as the other representa-tives of Texas Consolidated Thea-tres, will be present for the initialperformance.

The air conditioning plant Is themoat modern and up to date unitthat can be bought today. It iscapable of producing 80 tons of re-frigeration and discharges 30,000cubic feet of air In the theatre perminute .

This results in the air in thetheatre being completely changedeverg six minutes. The house tem-perature, said Mr. Holmes, willrange from 70 to 75 degrees witha 50 per cent relative humidity andat no time will there be any draftsfelt, in the theatre.

Through the same distributionducts used to convey the cool airin the summer, warm air will becirculated dur ing the winter. Bothcooling and heating temperaturesare automatical ly controlled, thise l imina t ing any guess work as toto the patrons' comfort.

tures, investment building, andgeneral construction work.

Worley graduated from TexasA. and M. College in 1935 andafter several years with Dallasarchitectural firms in Dallas,formed his present partnership.The business consisted primarlyof theater design and the partner-ship continued until July 1941when Worley joined the armedforces.

After several years of duty inthis country, Worley went toNorth Africa and Italy where heaided in building army installa-tions at jeome 20 locations and hereceived the Bronze Star Medalfor meritorius service.

He returned to the UnitedStates and was discharged inFebruary, 1946, after 55 monthsof active duty.

The partnership with Pettigrew

duction, "Traveling Saleswoman."]Mitchum Turns "Carefree"

Bob Mitchum was playing withan electric train, and daintilysprinkling snowflakes over a rail-road station sign reading "PalmBeach, Florida." Two dozen kidssquealed with delight.

Mitch was slightly out of char-acter and looked it. It's the open-ing shot for "Christmas Gift/'which is due for a new title.Mitch is working as a depart-ment store salesman. But lie'sfired after an indignant managersays: "How can you make itsnow In Florida?"Bob replies: "Because I'm from

California."Hartman, who

and is directing,

was resumed anddesigned jsome 75

the firmtheaters

hasin

addition to various communitycenters, store and office build-ings, warehouse* and housingdevelopments.

a or.1

for direct ion and beau ty . . for moodand resti'ulness. Y o u ' l l f ind color,furn ished by Stevens, doing a realjob in the magn i f i cen t new MajesticTheatre. And color can do manythings for y o u — i n either home orbusiness or industry. Stevens wi l l beglad to discuss your pa in t and glassproblems without obligation!

Director Donwrote tho storyexplained: "This will be a carefreeMitchum along the lines of JohnGarfteld's role in 'Four Daugh-ters.' "

Janet Leigh is the girl. She's awar widow. Bob meets her andbrings her happiness after accus-ing her of living with a dead man.Dramatic stuff but with touchesof comedy. Like Mitchum makingsnow in Florida.

* • *And it's Billy Grey's story about

tho man who won $750,000 on aradio giveaway show and immedi-ately dropped dead from a heartattack. But that didn't stop thegenerous giveaway show —- theysent the body on a two-week va-cation to Honolulu.

Well-QualifiedWonder if it's a trend. The new

head studio guard at Monogramis Clem Peoples, «x-Los Angelescounty jailor. . . . Frank Sinatrawill appear at a rodeo and Stevej

INTERSTATE THEATERSOn The Opening Of The

Beautiful New

MAJESTIC THEATERBrownsville, Texas

Painting, Decorating, Murals

</ oe

Dallas, Texas

W. M. WILDER, JR.

iff STEVENS^••^^.m

ISfiO E. Elizabeth

PAINTand

GLASSDial 2-11 fti

W. M. Wilder Jr., constructionforeman on the new Majestic job,ia a native Texan and has beenwith the PM Construction Com-pany since January, 1948.

He attended various schools InTexas due to his family moving1

around and he learned much ofthe construction jobs during' thesummer months and was given h i s jfirst foreman's job at the age of19 on the River Oalcs Theater inHouston.

He was employed on many majorconstruction jobs in Texas anddid government work in the WestIndies on defense bases. He joinedthe Air Force and later became afighter pilot. Among; the serviceawards he received arc: Disting-uished Plying Cross, Air Medal,three Oak Leaf Clusters, E.T.O.Ribbon, f i v e battle stars, Presiden-tial Unit Citation, American De-fense and Victory Medal.

He came to Brownsville on theMajestic Theater job in April 1948.

He plans to make Brownsvillehis home, after completion of thepresent job, stating- he likes theclimate, the people and the Valley.Business conditions permitting-, heplans to make Brownsville his per-manent home.

A YEARFOR GLAMOUR!

CONFIDENCEand

PROGRESSCongratulations to Interstate Theatersupon the opening of their b e a u t i f u l newMajestic Theater in Brownsville.Backing their confidence in Brownsvillewith the many thousands of dollars neces-sary to build and equip this magnificenttheater, Interstate Theaters has helped andwill continue to help to bui ld a better, aswell as a bigger, Brownsville.

Glamorous decor is obvious in every dcelebrating its gala opening this even1949. In the enter ta inment world—it'in a f iner theatre . . . In the au-tomotive Avorld it's Manske Mo-tors with t w o great cars—the1049 Mercury and L inco ln . At-t e n d the opening at the Majes-t i c - ton ight , tomorrow ask for ademonstra t ion of the Lincolnor Mercury at Manske!

MANSKE MOTORSYour Authorized Lincoln - Mercury Dealer

BROWNSVILLE

of the mightng And glamou

s interstate with fine

new Majesticis the keynote in

everfilms than

We, too, believe and have confidence in the growth and future

of Brownsville and have backed our belief in a similar way —

building and providing for the growth of Brownsville which is

sure to continue.

We invite you to visit Ebony Acres where more fine homes are

being built for more individual owners than any other place in

or around Brownsville. We have restricted homesites to offer at

prices $1,000 and up, on paved streets and with all utilities

provided. We can also render assistance on financing and with

suggestions on planning a home in this highly desirable area.

Fidelity Realty Company345 S. E. lOlh (Near Levee) Dial 2-34ttl

BROWNSVILLE

PAGE 16-A THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949

The Valley's Most Modern TheatreIS THE

Showplace of South TexasTonight Brownsville officially becomes the home of one

of Texas' most outstanding theatres—an amusement and com-

munity asset of which the entire Val-

ley can be proud! Amid glamorous lighting and fest-

ive events, the city celebrates another great

progressive stride... and acquires the best that art and science

affords in theatre quality and con-

venience. Interstate has brought you the most

striking new lobby design and lighting in the entire South-

west. .. sensational push-back seats that eliminate cran-

ing and standing up... a modern

weather factory for year-

around comfort... a sound-

proofed "crying room"... a colorful, well-designed auditorium

throughout... and the most advanced sound

projection that science and motion picture engineers have devel-

oped. PM Construction Company feels justifiably

proud that they were chosen to erect

such an outstanding show-

place— a veritable monument to a prosperous, growing land!

It has indeed been a pleasure to pool the re-sources and talents of our organization in thematerialization of Interstate's dream for Browns-ville! The creative challenge required to designone of the Southwest's finest theatres for theprogressive-minded people of the Valley has beenstimulating and rewarding beyond material cal-culation. We wish Interstate and the people ofthe Valley . . . "Good Showing" throughout theyears.

Pettigrew Worley & Co.• Dallas •

CONSTRUCTION COMPANYOF

Dallas, Texas

"Builders of a Gracious New Landmark For a Gracious Land"

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