The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 26, Ed. 2 Wednesday, August 2, 1939 Page: 3 of 10
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U. S. Protests Japanese Anti-Foreign Agitation in China
SEVEN RECENT
ASSAULTS ON
CITIZENS TOLD
American Envoy Gives
U. S. Objections to
Campaigns Against
British Others
TOKYO—i/P>—The United States
was reported Wednesday to have
protested to the Japanese foreign
office that the anti-British move-
ment in China evidently has broad-
ened into general anti-foreign agita-
tion
Eugene H Dooman. U. S. charge
daflaires. was said by reliable
souices to have submitted a pro-
test on seven recent assaults on
Americans by Japanese in China
and to have told Seijiro Yoshizawa.
chief of the foreign office Ameri-
can section that it was a ‘ reason-
able assumption* anti-British ac-
tivities had been converted into
general-foreignism.
The seven assaults were said to
have involved six missionaries and
a naval warrant officer R. A
Baker who was manhandled at
Hankow on July 24
British Ambassador Sir Robert
Leslie Craigie. meanwhile was said
to have threatened to break up the
British-Japanese conference on
Tientsin unless Japanese placed
the anti-British movement under
Control.
• The foreign office denied the re-
port and tne British embassy re-
fused to comment beyond stating
Sir Robert had talked with Soto-
naisu Kato. Japanese ambassador
it large in China who is here for
he conference on Tientsin.
GRADS FIND JOBS
AUSTIN—Only two months out
of school three out of every four
University of Texas electrical en-
gineering graduates are already
employed records here revealed
Wednesday. Ninteen of the 26 stu-
dents who left the University's elec-
trical laboratories in June are now
employed W R Woolnch engineer-
ing dean reported.
Revolution Brews in Costa Rica
Small Pan-American Democracy
U. S. View* Political
Scene In Tiny
Republic
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON
War Correspondent
Written for NEA Service
SAN JOSE. Costa Rica—This is
the only real democracy left in
Central America today—and to
keep that distinction it is grimly
watching its step.
Costa Rica is walking a tight*
rape over a caldron of troubles
like one of its«»» -
own volcanoes.
Today it sim-
mers; tomorrow. j
“If one police-
man clubs the
wrong man—!
pouf! Revolu-
tion I"
Thus one expert
observer judged
the turmoil into
which this little
republic of 600-
000 souls has
been plunged.
Ana since uosta rresiaem cones
Rica is next door to our present
canal at Panama and borders the
proposed route of our probable
future one in Nicaragua Ameri-
cans have a real interest in what
the shooting is about.
I'ae "Incident” to Gain
Fust Nazi Germany today is
wielding every possible economic
and political club to gain trade
ascendancy m Costa Rica. Typical
of German methods is the ‘inter-
national incident" which Berlin
recently made of a bodily attack
by a Costa Rican journalist upon
Herbert Knohr. Costa Rica's No. 1
Nazi.
The Nazis made strong and
threatening diplomatic representa-
tions over the affair. Now they are
followuig up by having Knohr him-
self. barely recovered press the
Costa Rican Government to buy.
with barter coffee-payments an
electric plant from Hamburg to
replace an American plant op-
erated by Electric Bond and
Share.
They are poliremen on ordinary occasions—hot on f'-osta Kiran fete
days they emerge in the (raise of soldiers as seen above.
Casta Rica's situation in Central America makes it double important
that the Cnited States continue pleasant relations with her—one
because of our canal through Panama and two because of our pro-
posed canal through Nicaragua.
German photographers here ad- German activity in Costa Rica
vertise ‘Sixty per cent cheaper Recently the Nazis crammed down
than American goods '* the throats of her merchants and
This is only another ca.se of banks wads of their trick aski
merits which are not marks hut i
trade credits calculated to give
Germany the foreign exchange she
craves. Finally the Costa Rican
government protested and Berlin
yielded. Eased out of the aski
mark gag. Costa Rican merchants
breathed again; but the Germans
had 40 per cent of their foreign
trade.
Costa Rica frequently has turn-
ed a cold shoulder upon the total -
itarians. Recently she passed a
law that permitted her merchants
to do business with foreign coun-
tries only commensurately to the
business they did with Costa Rica
—xhich means the breaks went
mostly to the United States and
Great Britain. But not to Japan
which does not buy Costa Rica’s
bananas cocoa coffee cattle or
other leading products. So recent-
ly a Japanese trade mission came
to San Jose.
Panama Attack Possible
All of Japan's activity in Costa
Rica is not strictly commercial
however. During my stay here
word came from Puntaienas that
Japanese working in pairs with
high pow ered photographic equip-
ment. were making a camera map
of the Pacific shore including
Culebra Bay near the Nicaraguan
border. There ends one of the
two routes proposed for the canal
that President Somoza of Nica-
ragua just urged our Congress to
build.
Near Puntarenas. too. is La
Barranca where Japanese recent-
ly started growing cotton. Their
cotton field would make an excel-
lent air field. Its square mile is
flat as Mitchell Field well-drained
air currents just right. And it' is
300 miles from the Panama Canal.
From a Japanese aircraft ear-
ner 2000 or even 3000 miles at sea
could fly bombing planes. They
could drop their bombs on the
Panama Canal then make the
short hop to this field refuel and
return to the earner for another
load In short the field permits
the carriers to operate from so far
out upon the world's vastest
ocean that for us even to locate
them would be hard; to sink
them harder.
So say American naval and
military men. who should know.
Costa Riras Japanese farmers are
raising some cotton for I have
seen specimens. But it is coarse
in quality and small in quantity.
And every cotton expert who has
visited La Barranca says the
scheme is impractical and the
HE FACES MURDER CHARGES
Charles Allen 71-year-old eccentric Cynthiana Ky. who is charged
with killing Police Chief George M. Dickey and wounding nine others
in % battle with possemen Is pictured on his cell cot after surrendering
to Jacksonville Ky. police. (Acme Telephoto)
Japanese there arent working very
hard at It.
The Costa Rican Government
says with evident sincerity it be-
lieves they are bona fide pioneers
in a project to help redress Ja-
pan's unfavorable trade balance
with Costa Rica. And anyway
friendly Costa Rica would permit
no attack from her soil upon the
Canal.
Costa Rica Not Prepared
But the Totalitarian attack first
and declare war afterward. And
how would Costa Rica stop them?
Her army? Five hundred men. who
nine-tenths of the time are police-
men. A few days a year mainly
fete-days they are transformed in-
to soldiers.
Costa Rica is proud her soldiers
are so few. for she prefers school-
teachers. She has 3000— more per
capita than any Central American
state. For excitement the Costa
Ricans have an occasional village
bullfight rather than a revolution.
But the next few weeks may
answer the question: Can Costa
Rica remain democratic? The Cos-
u Ricans' Spanish blood is boiling
now—over a third term. Presi-
dent Leon Cortez does not choose
to run for re-election but is back-
ing Calderon Guardia. whose post-
ers plaster almost every thatched
hut Fewer are the posters for
Don Ricardo Jiminez. 80 years old
twice president lately seeking elec-
tion again.
Jiminez recently startled the
country with charges that Presi-
dent Cortez is backing Guardia
improperly and Casta Rica is a
democracy no longer. Freling is
very high. So is the cast of liv-
ing. by Costa Rican slanderer.
A revolution now might give
the Nazis a chance.
2215 Instruments
Are Filed In July
BROWNSVILLE— The recording
oi instruments in the office of
County Clerk H. D Scago was a lit-
tle slow during July* as compared
with the previous month.
The July figure was 2215 and in
June 2.328 Instrument were filed.
The July figure however show-
ed a big increase ovr July of 1338
when only 1.634 instruments were
Hied. These figures do not include
the marriage licenses issued by the
county.
DEL RIO VISITOR
SAN BENITO — Miss Abigail
Ceyannes of Del Rio is visiting with
Mrs. Bebe Hinkly for several weeks.
PLANS MADE
FOR BARBECUE
San Benito Event Is
Set Monday
SAN BENITO—Plans are going
forward or the gala pre-conven-
tion barbecue which is scheduled to
be held next Monday night. Au-
gust 7. at the American Legion
Hall with members ol the Sam
Jackson American Legion Post No.
Ill as hosts. To be feted at the
event ere delegates from the local
post to the Waco convention Au-
gust 26 through August 29.
All cotton buyers in the Valley
arc also muted to attend the bar-
becue and bUg party which will
be open to the public as always m
the past.
Roy Brink is new commander of
the local pest with Harry J Harris
new* vice-commander A number of
delegates from the Bam Jackson
Post plan to attend the convention
and a local girl. Miss Maud Nosier
wilt appear as special soloist there.
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$5*000 Worth of Summer Merchandise Must Be So!/l
| Within the Next 10 Days of August I = L
COSTS AND PROFITS HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN—REDUCED TO SELL
100 PAIRS OF LADIES’
Sandals and Slippers
White Tan and Gray
100 PAIRS OF LADIES’
Sandals and Slippers
White Tan and Gray
77« the Pair * !
200 PAIRS OF LADIES’
OXFORDS
White and Colors
•1.27 ...
You Mutt See Thete Bargains in Our Windows
to Appreciate the Real Values.
Our Entire Stock of Ladies'
Summer Millinery
Has Been Regrouped and Repriced to
Close Out Quickly
Group No. 1 Group No. 2
47- 77-
Hurry to Get These Bargains
125 DOZEN PANNE
RAYON SLIPS
Priced to Close Out
33'
the Garment
25 DOZEN LADIES’
FAST COLOR
Wash Dresses
50*
500 Pair* Ladie*’
COTTON SUEDE
Gloves
10c
the Pair
3000 Yard* of
Muslin
Remnants
Cloie-Out Price
s-
the Yard
50 in This Group
BOYS’ CAPS
CLOSE-OUT PRICE
15-
Each
Get Down Early
for These.
SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR MORE
SENSATIONAL VALUES
PLENTY BARGAINS THROUGHOUT THE STORE
Here are 25
BOYS1
SUITS
That Must Be Sold Right
Now! And they will sell at
this price. (Ages 8 to 18).
'2.50
the Suit
One Group of Boys’ |
SWEAT
SHIRTS
Zipper front. Slightly toiled.
40-
the Garment
One Group of
BOYS’ DRESS
SHIRTS
Fatt Color. .
Odd size*. Slightly toiled.
Each
100 GENTLEMEN S
Military and Travel Sets
These Set* Have Been Regrouped and Repriced
to Move Them Quickly.
Group No. 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 3
‘1.00 ’1.50 2.50
You’ll Be Surprised at These Values.
One Group of Men’s Summer
Wash Pants
Size* 27 to 42. Sanforized shrunk.
—— ■ k
One Group of Men’s
SUMMER OXFORDS I
Drastically Reduced to Clear Quickly. Better H
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Stein, J. M. The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 26, Ed. 2 Wednesday, August 2, 1939, newspaper, August 2, 1939; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1405172/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .