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LATE MARKET REPORT TRUCK MOVEMENT—STOCKS—COTTON—-GRAIN—LIVESTOCK—POULTRY—BOOS_ MERGER RUMOR BOOSTS STOCK Report of Billion Dollar Bank Organization Marks Gains NEW YORK. Sept. 18—(P)— Strong buying support came Into the stock market overnight, giving opening prices a strong undertone Stone & Webster advanced 3 1-2 points in response to announce ment that formation of a billion dollar bank merger was under way. General American Tank moved into new high ground. Initial gains of a point or two were recorded by ra dio, Montgomery Ward, Simmons Co., American Bosch Magneto. Magma Coppei. American Tele phone. Southern Pacific and Public 6ervice of New Jersey. Standard Oil of New Jersey opened with a block of 10.000 shares at 78. off 5-8. and Allied Chemical dropped a point. Renewal of selling pressure against some of the electrical equip ment and oil shares brought about some irregularity in early dealings, but the main trend continued up ward. with the public utility shares again in the foremost of the ad vance. General Electric and Allis Chal taers dropped ft potato, and West inghouse Electric 3 1-4. Houston Oil sagged 2 points, and Standard Oil of New Jersey and Sun Oil ex tended their declines a point or so Public Service of New Jersey again assumed leadership of the public utility group by moving up more than 4 points to a new high record at 132 7-8. A firmer undertone was apparent In the merchandising group, with Woolworth and May department stores early leaders. Foreign exchanges opened steady, with cables unchanged at $484 11-16. FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—<JP>—For eign exchanges irregular; quota tions: Great Britain, demand 484 3-1G; cables 484 5-8; 60-day bills on banks 4.79 3-8. Prance, demand 3.91: Italy 5.22 1-2: Belgium 13.88 1-2; Germany 23.78; Tokyo 47.45; Montreal 99.25. CALL MONEY NEW YORK. Sept, 18.—— Call money tight, high 10; low 9; ruling rate 9; close 10: time loans firmer; 30 days 9; 60-90 days: 4-6 months 9. Prime commercial paper 6-6 1-4. Bankers' acceptances unchanged. NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—/^— Government bonds: Liberty 3 l-2s $97.22; 1st 4 l-4s $98.27: 4th 4 1-4*, $98.28; treasury 4 l-4s, $106.3; 4s $102.20. .. ' POULTRY CHICAGO, Sept. 18—fA*)—Poul try hens easy; balance steady; re ceipts 7 cars; fowls 27; springs 25 to 26; No. 2 springs 19: broilers 26: ] roosters 21; turkeys 20 to 30; ducks 18 to 21. n w i i mi win Murder Case May Go To Jury Late Today The case of Jesus Cantu, charged In criminal district court with the i murder of Emilio Vega of San Benito. Is expected to reachc the Jury late this afternoon. The trial opened Wednesday morning at 11 ©clock. H. L. Yates is acting as defense attorney for Cantu. COULDN'T SLEEP, | SO MUCH PAIN Lady Says She “Hurt Nearly All Over” aid “Nerves Were All oi Edge.” Mew Albany. Ind^-“About ten years ago. I was Just about run down," writes Mrs. David Brock, of 1103 West Main St. this city. -My back and limbs ached; In fact, I hurt nearly all over. I had bad, sick headache spells, and my nerves were all to pieces. -I could not sleep at night; could hardly have any rest at alL 2 was barely able to get around to do my work. I kept up Just because I was a mother with five little children to care for. -I read about Cardui. I thought % might help me, so I bought a bottle and began to take it. “It was such a benefit to my health. By the time I had taken the first bottle. I felt so much better. My husband Insisted on me giving Cardui a fair trial, so I kept on until I had taken several bottles, and at last found myself a well woman." Thousands of other women, who been In a run-down, suffering condition, have reported that af ■ter talfmg Cardui they recovered good health. _ oktm ""CARPI! I V I NEW YORK.—Stocks strong; commercial solvents jumps more than 50 pointsr Bonds irregular; American Tele phone convertible rise nearly 10 points. Curb firm; Lehman Corporation sells at premium of more than 20 points. Foreign exchanges steady; ster ling cables at year's low; Japanese yen rise to new 1829 high. Cotton steady; trade support. Sugar easy; increased spot offer ings. Coffee easy: lower Rio Cables. CHICAGO.—Wheat easy, in creased world's visible supply. Corn easy; lower southwest mar kets. Cattle lower. Hogs higher. LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—OPi—Hogs: 17.000 ;15 to 25c higher: top $11.10: packing sows 8.65® 9.90; pigs 9.00© 10.25. Cattle: 15.000; calves: 2.000; un evenly lower; slaughter steers, good and choice 950 to 1500 lbs. 12.75® 16.50; fed yearlings 13.25® 16.00: heifers 13.25® 15.00; cows 9.00© 11.75; bulls 8.50® 10.75; vealers 15.75 ® 18.00; stocker and feeder steers 10.75® 12.25. Sheep: 22.000; steady to 25c higher; lambs 13.00® 14.00; ewes 4.00® 5.50; feeder lambs 11.75® 13.00. Need of Train In Argentine Wheat Aid CHICAGO, Sept, 18.—OPi—Re ported need of more rain in Argen tina. together with combined un favorable crop advices from Aus tralia. tended to make wheat prices here average higher early today. Opening unchanged to 1-2 cent higher, Chicago wheat efterward reacted somewhat at times. With frost reports numerous, com and oats showed relative firmness, corn starting at 3-8c to 7-8c advance, but subsequently sagging. Pro visions likewise scored gains. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN CHICAGO. Sept. 18—</P>—Wheat: No. 3 hard 1.30; No. 2 northern spring 1.31. Corn: No. 1 vellow 1.02 1-2 to 1.03; No. 6 yellow 1.00. Oats; No. 2 white 48 to 50 1-4; No. 3 white 48 to 49c. BI TTER AND EGGS CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—(fiP)— Butter firm; creamery extras 45 3-4; standards 44 1-2; extra firsts 43 1-2 to 44 1-2; firsts 40 to 42; sec onds 38 to 39. Eggs firm; extra firsts #7 to 39; graded first 37; current firsts 35 to 36; ordinary firsts 31 to 33. NOTED AIRMEN • Continued from Page One.) as a feature of the air circus and pilots’ reunion in Kansas City Sep tember 21 to 29. Fliers are to take off from Mexico City September 23. stopping at Tampico cn route to Brownsville. Parks here Before Racers are expected to pass through here on their way south the latter part of the week. The plane in which the Inde pendent party are making the trip is a Lockheed Vega, holder of first place in the Des Moines. Memnhts and Tulsa speed tests this year. It is piloted by Tom D. Park, who visited Brownsville at the opening of the airport as pilot of the plane in which the mayor of Tulsa and a party from that city made the trip. Mr. Hopkins has been advised by wire from the International derby headqua* i_rs at Kansas City that seven planes have definitely signed up for the race, and that seven other planes are tentative, pend ing their formal entry. The Bell service company of Brownsville will be the local rep resentative of the Independent Oil and Gas company for refueling the planes. DONNA SENIORS ELECT PRESTON AUSTIN HEAD •Special to The Herald) DONNA. Sept. 18.—The senior class of the Donna high school has held its election of officers for the year. Preston Austin was elected president. The other officers de cided upfrn were Miss Lucille Guin. vice president; Miss Mildred Young, secretary, and Miss Schlensig, treasurer. Miss Irene Henderson, head of the department of English, was chosen to be their sponsor. The senior class has a membership of 33. FACULTY ENTERTAINED BY MISSION P.-T. A. MISSION. Sept. 18.—A reception was held here for the teachers this week, sponsored by the local Par ent-Teacher association. Mrs. C. D. Eppright presided. The program consisted of readings, and vocal and instrumental solos. The principal addresses were made by the Rev. Claude D. Peake. Chamber of Com merce Secretary A. B. Ewing. Ty Cobb and Superintendent S. L. Hardin. The high school band played. COTTON MARKET DISAPPOINTING Opening Quiet, With Ear ly Trades Unchanged; Easy At End NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 18.—(JP)— The cotton market had a quiet and disappointing opening despite rela tively steady cables. First trades were unchanged to one point up. Moderate trade buyi%; developed, however, and October advanced to 18.48. December 18.81 and January 18.88, or 7 to 8 points above yester ! day's close. The bulge attracted hedge selling and the market turned easier at the end of the first hour, prices show ing reactions of 4 to S points. The weekly weather and crop summary proved more favorable than expected and recent buyers and ring traders sold. Prices eased off steadily until October traded at 1830. December 18.64 and Janu ary 18 69, or 17 to 19 points down from the highs and 9 to 10 points below yesterday’s close. Towards mid-session prices ral lied slightly but the market became rather quiet. NEW ORLEANS FUTURES NEW ORLEANS. Sept, 18.—— Cotton futures closed steady at net decline of 7 to 11 points: Prev. High Low Close Close Jan.18.88 18.69 18.70-72 18.80 March ....19 10 18.95 18.95-96 19.06 i May .19.20 19.06 19.06-07 19.16 I July . 18.97-B 19.04 Oct.18.48 18 30 18.33 18 40 Dec.18.81 18.61 18.65-66 18.73 Opening: Jan. 18.81; March 19.03; May 19.12; July 19.00-B; Oct. 18 40: Dec. 18.73. NEW ORLEANS OPENING NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 18.—<iPh Cotton opened steady. Jan. 18.81;! March 19 03; May 19.12; July 19.00-bid; Oct. 18.40; Dec. 18.73. SPOT COTTON CLOSE NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 18.—<7P>— , Spot cotton closed steady, 7 points I down. Sales 6,754; low middling 16.73; middling 18.23; good mid dling 18.63; receipts 98.21; stock 133.355. NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—VP)—'The cotton market opened steady at an ■ advance of 2 to 8 p(|nts on buying promoted by relatively steady | cables, reports of rains in the South and expectations of bullish features in the weekly weather re-1 port. Overnight selling orders supplied the early demand and caused some irregularity, but by the end of the first half hour, prices were 8 to 11 points net higher with December i selling a‘ 18.91 and March at 19.20. ! Cotton futures closed unchanged 1 to 8 points lower, spot quiet; mid dling 18.60. __ NEW YORK OPENING NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—</P;— Cotton opened steady; Oct. 18.56; | Dec. 18.85; Jan. 18.87; March 19.17; May 19.31. ~ ... " " LIVERPOOL SPOT LIVERPOOL. Sept. 18.—hP)—Cot ton spot good business done: high er; American strict good middling 11.11; good middling 10.71; strict middling 10.51; middling 10.31; i strict low middling 10.16; low mid dling 9.86; strict good ordinary 9.46: good ordinary 9.06; sales 8,000 bales. 4.300 American. Receipts 6, ! 000. American 400. Futures closed i quiet: Oct. 9 94; Dec. 9.97; Jan 19.97; March 10.05; May 10.09; Julv 110.07. Intentions Filed i.— Iline Thomas and Robert Bron son and George Atkinson and Inez Infante. Elfs Cool Harlingen Starting Thursday For 3 Days with DOROTHY MACKAILL and JACK MULHALL Added All Talking Comedy “HOLD UP” Paramount Sound News Last Times Today “THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU” — All Talking — FLAMES MENACE ISOLATED TOWN _____ Fires Burn Communication Lines, Halt Traffic To Vancouver PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18.—<*>)— Stevenson, town of 800 inhabitants 30 miles northeast of here on the Washington bank of the Columbia river, was the center of forest fire activity in the Pacific northwest today. Defeated on two other fronts, at Yacotl in Washington and Estacada in Oregon, 30 miles north and 35 miles southeast of this city, re spectively, the sweeping red menace was advancing on Sevenson from the north, east and west. Stevenson was virtually Isolated, fires having burned out telephone and telegraph lines and halted traf fic over the north bank highway between that city and Vancouver. About 125 volunteer fighters were able to proceed to Stevenson by way of the Bridge of the Gods from Hood River, Oregon. Scores of fires were repor'.vd burning in the vicinity of Steven son. Property loss in the vicinity of Stevenson was said to approxi mate $400 000, not including the de struction of standing timber. Yacolt, seriously threatened Mon day night when fires swept per ilously close to the outskirts of the; town, was declared out of danger, i but a train of flat cars was kept handy to move the population should an emergency arise. Estacada. also seriously endan gered Monday when the La Dee fire in the Mount Hcod national forest j broke away from two hundred fighters after sweeping 20.000 acres and destroying at least ten farm homes in the La Barre community, had settled down to its normal bus iness routine today. K. C. Plans Banquet For Columbus Day With the attendance prize now worth some $11, the Knights of Columbus will hold their first meeting under their new officers September 23. it has been announc ed by Leonard Goike. grand knight. The organization also is planning a banquet for Columbus day, Oc tober 12. A full program of en tertainment will be held on the evening of this date. The newly elected officers 3re as follows: Grand knight. Leonard Goike (re-electioni; deputy grand knight. Andrew Petz «re-election >; chan cellor, Ralph Friedman (re-elec tion*; warden, Raul Dominguez, re-election*; advocate. Emil Cam iade (re-election); outer guard, C. Villarreal, succeeding Julius Jef ferds; inner guard. Juan Ramirez (re-election*; recorder. M. Landin, succeeding E. Goike; treasurer, Francisco Garcia, succeeding Joe Calderoni. These have been elect ed for one-year terms. Simon Bcnevides was re-elected trustee for a three-year term. The i hold-over trustees are A. A. Browne I and Charles Burton. PREFERS INSANE ASYLUM PARIS—Turning his back on lib erty after escaping from an asylum, Jacques Moreille, regarded as a dan gerous lunatic, returned while the police of 40 towns were hunting for him. IV Rmwnsvillf Last Times Today ARMING JINNERJ Talking Ruth Chatterton Clive Brook William Powell Mary Nolan ADDED— All Talk—Laugh Comedy “Lover’s Delight” SCREEN SONG “Tito Schippa” “Radio Rhythm” Parasound News Sept. Is Appreciation Month. Starts Tomorrow— william mam BOYD OWEN MOORE CAROL LOMBARD DIANE ELUS All Talking __ . I R MOVIE I IsioeucHisfi TEXAS “Harold Teen," the drug store cowboy with Oxford bags and a weakness for Shebas, whose antics on comic pages throughout the country have entertained millions, has turned to the screen and comes in that form to the Texas theater beginning Thursday. First National Pictures made “Harold Teen" under the direction of Mervyn LeRoy, and in the opin ion of critics, it is one of the most entertaining and delightful come dies of the year. PALACE, McALLEN Douglas MacLean comes to the Palace theater in McAllen l Thursday for 3 days in “Divorce Made Easy." There are, among the millions in America who enjoy di version in the theater, those who have decided preferences. Some do not like the movies and revel m witnessing stage productions where as others have distinct taste for the cinema and decided dislike for the' stage. But MacLean was one star who drew his following from both classes even before the audible dim- ! ension was added to the visible j quality of the screen. Now that MacLean can be heard as well as seen in a cinema theater he is at tracting even more numerous hosts of admirers. CAPITOL Depicting the experiences of a stranded party of motor-stage pas sengers while snowbound in an iso lated cabin in the high Sierras, William Boyd s new Pathe star all- j talking picture, “High Voltage," j which opens at the Capitol Thurs- j day. is said to contain enough thrilling action and dramatic ap peal to please any fan. A man wanted by the police, a hard-boiled detective a comical chauffeur, an irritable banker, a society girl and an underworld moll.i all marooned together in a snow bound meeting house far from help of any kind, and with enough food to last only a short period, provide dramatic circumstances of the highest entertainment order. Howard Higgin, who directed “High Voltage." took his entire I company up in the mountains amid the snowy region of Lake Tahoe to: film the exterior scenes. William Boyd gives another of his note worthy performances as the hunt ed man, while others prominent in the cast who are sure to win recog nition are Owen Moore and Carol Lombard. RIVOLI—SAN BENITO “Say It With Songs." A1 Jolsons third Vitaphone talking, singing picture, has received an enthusias tic welcome at the Rivoli theater. San Benito, where it is now playing to capacity crowds. Davey Lee is again in his support and the cast includes Marian Nixon. Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thompson and Fred Kohler. Lloyd Bacon direct ed. Jolson Is magnificently himself In “Say It With Songs," in which he plays the part of a song writer and radio entertainer, who accidentally causes the death of his backer, on account of advances towards the entertainers wife. For this he serves a term In Sing Sing, returning to visit his boy in school. The child follows him and is hurt by a passing truck. 39 FROM PHARR GO TO COLLEGE Graduates From District En* roll In Various Higher Institutions PHARR. Sept. 18—Many of the graduates of the Pharr-San Juan high school and others of the dis trict high school and others of the district have gone to the various colleges and universities of the state and three are attending in stitutions of higher learning in ther states. Thirty-nine are at tending the various lnsttutions. The Edinburg Junior college at Edinburg j ranks first with the students. 17 being enrolled in that school. Among the names of those attend ing the junior college at Edinburg are Dwayne Mclntlrt. Lucy Ftta Lee, Paul Hetrick. Donald Van Dressar. Dalton Van Dressar. Ed- j win Hancock, Mary Virginia Plait, i Muryl Janes. Almus Palmer, Pauleo ' Kruse. Ralph Cron. Lillie Mittle- i mier, Stanley Duckworth. Prances Benedict. William Horn and Wil- j liam Parish. Otto Nielson of San Juan is en tering Texas Christian university J at Fort Worth, Miss f’rgjma Lots I Ogden of Alamo has departed for i Waco where she expects to enter i Baylor university, and Miss Vir- ! ginia Ridpath of Pharr is attend- ! ing the College of Industrial Asets ! at Denton. James Johnson of Pharr and 1 Therman Bell of San Juan are j pursuing the senior year of wont 1 at the Agricultural and Mechanical I college at College Station. Morris Kelso and Floyd Ever- ! hard are in the University of Okla homa at Norman. Morris is ttudv- ' ing pharmacy and Floyd expects 1 to take the regular academic j course. Randall Hensley. Marvin Downs ! and Carl Evans have left for Kerr- ] viile where they will enter the Uni- I versify of Texas for the third vear ! George Eby and Clara Tatar ha\e 1 departed for Austin where they will attend the University of Texas this year. Rob Everhard left this week for i Kansas City where he will enter Washington and Jefferson univer sity for the year. Miss Dorothy Greene has entered ' Southwestern junior college at Keene, and will study there during the year. $90,000 DREAM NETS $11,000 HULL. Eng—Arrested for de frauding business men of $11,000 by declaring she was heiress to $90,000. Mrs. Caroline Carver said she dreamed she was to get the $90,000 LAST TIMES TODAY “Shadows of the Night” With Flash, the Wonder Dog Star Also COMEDY—WESTERN ADMISSION—5—10—15c Starts Tomorrow— ARTHUR LAKE IN “Harold Teen” Never Late (or a plowing date When the soil is ready . . . when you are ready .... the “Caterpillar” is ready too. It doesn’t wait for the low places to dry out. Its wide* ^ . tracks travel right over swales and gullies .... ditches and soft spots. Where early tillage pays, the “Caterpillar” track-type tractor kills the weeds before they can waste soil moisture and plant food. The owner of a “Caterpillar” can harvest when the soil is wet . . . haul over muddy roads .... he is independent of most weather conditions. The Long Life Track is Built In Long life and special w?ear-resisting qualities are built into the “Caterpillar” track. The links are especially heat-treated making therail hard and wear-resisting, and remainder of same forging is extra tough to resist breakage. Golay-Kirkpatrick TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. 311-17 W. Jackson Harlingen ! City Briefs! For Sale.—Complete restaurant fix tures in Harlingen. Value $3,000. Will take $1,000 for prompt sale See Walker-Craig Co.—Adv. tf. Returns—Geo. W. Rogers, city en gineer. has returned after a vaca tion trip of nearly two weeks. He spent most of the time near Kerr ville. To Tampion—Sam Katz, who has oil interests in 'fampico, left by plane for that city Wednesday morning. He has been on a trip to Houston and Waco. Leave for N. Y.—Mrs. Charles A. Roy and her grandson Carlton, left Tuesday night for New York, plan ning to stop en route in Danville and Lexington. Ky. From New York they will go to Port Stanley. Ont.. to visit Mrs. George Walker of Brownsville who is spending her vacation there. In Coming. N. Y.. they will spend some time with Mrs. L. H. White of Brownsville, who will return with them to this city about the last of November. Government League Formed At Mission ♦ Special to The Herald) MISSION. Sept. 13. — A local branch of the "Good Government League” was organized here Mon day afternoon, with 26 charter members. Mrs. William Ferguson was elected president. Mrs. J. A Card, Mrs. Tom Gill, Mrs. II. Flog stad and Mrs. A. C. LcPace as first, second, third and fourth vice presidents. Mrs. D. C. Decker was chosen secretary and Mrs. Ernest Bleifus treasurer. The meeting was addressed by Mrs. G. A. Hagh of Edinburg and Mayor D. E Kirtran of Weslaco. Mrs. Ferguson also spoke. The principal object of the organization will be work toward good govern ment and clean politics, and it is proposed that each woman pledge herself to bring one additional woman to the meetings, which are to be held on the third Monday of each month, at 3:30 p. m., at the city hall here. EDINBURG BAND TO GET NEW UNIFORMS EDINBURG. Sept. 18—Members of the Edinburg high school band, champion of south Texas, will re ceive snappy new uniforms at an early date. Thirty-five suit will b' ordered by Director George Huit soon. The color combination of red and blue has been adopted. REVIVAL DRAWS VALLEY CROWDS City-Wide~Meetinr In We*. laco Attracts Many; Spe cial Music Feature (Special to The Herald) 'VESLACO. Sept. 18.—The city wide revival in the big tabernacle erected heer by five co-operating denominations, conducted by Lay Evangelist Howard S. Willias. dL sisted by Homer W. Grimes, leader, and %Irs. Williams, in charge of activities for women, is attracting hundreds of visitors nightly from the Valley. Last night Evangelist Williams spoke from the text, “And He Brought Him to Jesus.’* saying that the essential thing was to accept Christ as a Savior. He pleaded with his hearers to he converted before joining a church. Many business houses here are closing daily from 10 to 10:30 a. m. for prayer meeting for men in a local theater. At the same hour 18 cottage prayer meetings for women are being held in different parts of the city. The choL* at night Is directed by Grimes. It numbers about 150 and special music is a feature of each service. Services will be held each night from now until Oct. 13, except on Mondays. Williams Is a Rotarian and will speak u> the Rotary club members here Thursday. Grimes, a member of a Kiwanis club, will be on the program. The two will appear for an hour before the high school at chapel Thursday afternoon. They may visit other schools and clubs in the Valley. Mlmarm Ben Lyon Antonio Moreno Martha Sleeper in “The Air Legion” Stupendous Air . Spectacle ARTCLASS COMEDY over your ^ead GENASCO Latite Shingles solve the problem of lasting protection from the annual winter season ravages of rain. Laid right on over your old roof . , . they are a worthy insurance against a ruined interior. Color .... beauty .... protection at no ^ greater cost. ' Guaranteed for 10 Years by Us! EAGLE PASS LUMBER CO. Opposite Courthouse Brownsville