| Show Aim - 0 - - - Pt Sunday Morning ' - - - — H - ' - 111 TAMPICO Mexico May 25—Mexico's oil expropriation is a flop Government operation of $450000000 in wells refineries and lands seized from American and British oil companTei has failed to work Reluctantly but at long last the country and Jed Is t in and ' rus- lbire war c)om ths talc-Io- ns vere lack torn iany ade of the wed boot 'ke!s pars A s the sub a such Mon Ee t In push ?ntal ads 4 mnet am's k re !Ties leatie e anon tding Idus Eng- rgies eased the IttOor It nited to ro- addl was have some ctur- ' with cam-alo- ft how kr7 1941 hunt shift ge a steel 1g to )fts a the lg at t steel and nited )plies I of over Imp - I and order ' ' d lump tICPS tradt i 't't saies ) week LI ac- 987 corn- w of 4 priny pined "The direct consequences of hasbeen an increase in the costs of operation' he wrote "We shall cite only one case: Minatitlan refinery where in January of 1938 there was an operation cost per cubic meter of $853 In April of 1939 this had increased to $2040 per cubicmeter "The acts of dishonesty have also been very frequent Syndicate Makes Answer "The syndicate on February 25 1940 made its answer in the form of a memorandum to President Cardenas This memorandum as serted: 'There exists administrative 01- a lack of balance organition in administrative contra which 1 thout atilltith thul lubacriptio6 fatal: dt the as toculla 111111111110 i a tA aril:sat Gralitetla undgeatit act at 'glares 6 utari Matta 11470 No tadaSWInfrnt dar "gut 111) I tiny am alma" gaint:7127 11 e 4" r- 44t vt 't 4' i ‘:rk - i 4 -- 1g viyrb 01 i ' ' a f l'i ' r I 4 '?-:t- 0 ':''V ”' 0t4 0 Y'''''''' plot '48 d'' i k::::! 17-': tf ''''' t t !i!?: k lt " 4 )4' 4 :"e:10 1 :k': 't 1 e di' ' ' -- i ": 6 607i '" :::'1 6 "'I:4 :466k :: fm ' ' '!: :V 4 $260 ' LÀ ' Yd—Laid ' tril:-14:11- :'1:'4"-:::::- iii9 - IH in! See if this i'i ' -- I you'll hardly believe It! And remember this is just ono of Kelvinator's amazing 1940 values —that save you $30 to 860 Come in and see these beautiful new Kelvinators at new low prices N :t :!:77:i::: o ::k:': ' 4 :T::"" !''':e---- ' 1940 NEW N1' "::::: :::::! :::'':- -' ItELV111111011 :4ii4-aii- ::7':::':::?::::'::i:::: ''':::':::'':':'-:::4:- ) : ' -- :'':'::::::::: I i:::::::::::: 5::::::::::::"--::'':::'n'''::- Down—S5 a Month Delivered In your kitchen OUTFIT-SPEC- - -- out-of-to- ::: :::': 4!:: :: - '1 ' f tomrpleie 9-Pi- OUTFIT 'i'' '' ' 7C 1 4 Q Special :::At '"' ' - ' s ' - : t 0 11375 Down—$5 a Month ""'w Spring Sale prices bring this fine living room suite easily within your reach It's a quality built innerspring suite beautifully upholstered in fine velvet At no additional cost you get all the occasional pieces necessary for a charming room! We include: - '''' ' ' I!: :!tl"' t ' ::'H1- - :f::: :ei e — ' '$'e ? :40s Y )f': 0) ir 1" - :: i ' ::::: t :::::a::::t:i:::i::::::::::::::::):::::::::::::'-:- ::: - : '47'"kkci J 41!! i':::::::::Z:::::::::::::'::::::::::4:::::" ” '''''''"4' ' f i::i:: ::::::::!:'::1:::::' :r4:::')- - :: 1 e3) :1:r ‘ DINING ROOM i '' 4C!IN ' iiii- 11 50 S ' 13-PIE- a k Month folks—if you can't drive In write or telephone Ilöst Set Silverplate Set Dinnerware 0::---::::-:- : 1:111 I ( :::::::::: ! ::: i :--- :::':::::!::'4!':'-:'w::::':::'- Set of 3 Boudoir Lamps Pair of Fine Bed Pillows As ' 1 :' - t a c i Month ' t t miwoo 1 OUTDOOR CHAIRS t 4: - 98 — 01-s - ll Special purchase and sale of these popular tubular base chairs in your choice of corors Comfortable spring actionWeath-- ' ' erproof finish $ 1 'si 85 all-met- al MATCHING BEVERAGZ TABLE --- 8195 CANOPY SWING i $I95 - 0P' "4n In durable waterproof gaily striped fabric adjustable headrest more comfortable more attractive $ 795 111 1 than ever before ouT000a Down—M50 'CHAISE LONGUE a Month S1250-7- I IP - Aft - - 44- - Aliktr 4 4 4- - 4 4 -- -- 0 ' 1 1 1 AnkLast 4 4- - At 1 '4 4 AP0102ALAS410Ahr-A16016- - 1 4 4 4- - 4 w4 Itl' yr a Month it di 1 -- 11 OTHER GLIDER BARGAINS from $13:75 to $2750 I t -1- Thanks to a huge special purchase made months ago we are able to offer bargains like this in the new 1940 gliders Six reversible cushions Newest style metal skirt Silent ball bearing action Choice of colors D IS ull : --- Down—S150 ' t t - A 4 i i PI f ' $5750 s4o: 000" ?4 sies lit Italite1 t Mattress Protector Chest Mirror ‘ Attli Faillei - "Hp weik SPECIAL 4 1 :: i ) OUTFIT BEDROOM ' - GLIDER R TAN lot RitiTURC0 -- ''- - tI and Five Side Chairs a I 4 t ::::::: CE :- - China Cabinet Slightly Extra D 1 ''14''''e --- E — 6 - '' c i it b ) IAL 311-- ! '411 t BEDROOM OUTFITS AS LOW AS 14 ) Extension Table Spacious Buffet i ' ' i Ili - )1 1:::::::':!:-::?ii-r- 4! trr f o) ::: 0 i I 'h - Full Size Modern Design Bel Kneehole Vanity with Reach Commodious Chest of Drawers Resilient Coil Spring Eine Innerspring Mattress :' i i ‘I i "efm0444!4 113150 Down—SS l''' 7r1:5 41 eXI'l : 'i t I l'l o- A -' ' ' ?: I :'":x::' "7i:: i ' 1111--v- t" 'sit 0 ' '' 'i ' The beautiful streamline wateriall design suite alone is a most unusual value at this low price but with mattress and spring included it should be eto irresistible last is This undoubtedly your opportunity positively 50 $ furnish your bedroom completely in modern style at such low cost So act it once! 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'II I : 4 t 11 k- ':?:::::::::24:::::::::':K''?::?::::::':'::' CE 1 4 : 72-PIE- 1 ece Doom t" - 424 ! ":' '' ' ::::i: 3: - - 1111 t - ""0v 0 fist os4 ix:::::: it John I:1! West (open any evening by appointment Phone Wax 24451 at our expense) to fill your order1 You'll get the same low pricesi convenient terms of payment and delivery to your very door almost anywhere Old customers' pay nothing down No carrying charges or interest added i 7:1rr: :::::::: - ! '':ii:'!:'i'!:::::ai:'f You'll be amazed at the splendid style and quality of the dining suite' in this outfit when you see on our floor! It's a handsome modern design in rich walnut veneers and priced remarkably low in the face of rising prices! But note all the extras included: le ko NM 0 lay:foloch deer boodle Ms eupselly —2 lb& Antentalk kelvin mind I remain cabled finish Portelaiwon-eleo- l 2 servelkee Wirier inzbeemod boozer riser freezing shelves lig 1u4d Nkomo froy—und ninny other loner's mil be glad le Ni Woe in Sedgy You f 11350 Down—Mt YOU GETALL THESE FINE QUALITY FEATURES IA mom feel ef shelving Anions 1 ' 1 1 I - 1 ' - 4 1 -- -- t with 5 Year Protection Plan Pato mod local Wes extra i: i COMF:LETE $475 ' f '' iii '' s ' 1 t i' '' - ':!:1'U''!:4':':'-:'':-:'':'::::- 1 t: t:::::::'::':'::::'': 4 i' '114' --ts i 4ip7:1A - et ' i 5::3::: — it ) 47 '' "' tk I::it -- ': 11 ''''::'?--4-:- 16 '''' 7 Coffee Table MAU Choice of Novelties tOp Silk Shade Indirect Modern Utility Tabl Floor Lamp Table Lamp LOW AS AS 1151150 LIVING ROOM OUTFITS 74 : k — INA10'' '' $A CUBIC FOOT :"-- 1 l ::::::::i:::v:2:: fv-'!:-:-- 1 ''''-'' ' -- ii 4 r':- i- ::: ho ' 4:::4'::::::i: :::::::: ::'' "1 :tf 4 - ?'j 4- tl- f' ti 1:' i:!:P 4 k ii ' i: - r- 1 6 I ‘ 151 :i:'0:::: 111 !1 oi '''a 1 0: 111"11111 1::: :11 '4: ti'ii - F g gi - '' rE: 4Q: L-- vr'Itli:tryilftit 01 n' - -- IT'S A BIG ''- ''''''''::: II il 10 :? r i ' :: condition& Look at the price - :1 1 f '1'- i 1: f - :: 4iiit 3 --H Rig Davenport' Club Chair Occasional Table f I I: i '41L r' LIVING ::iiA'Al-::::::::- ' ' '' '1'1":::::':--:4-:--- ' time under average household ' ' :::'!:!iil Ittr-rtitow1- ' ( ' ::: i ''' ' : 1:: ' :: '03iii0:-!:!- " : :' s'::::'i:-- !411i i -- !:-'--' i1 i :: iti:': ': :'r21!:!:1:!::i- '" ' It' : t i4 e ' ieti'111211111 '4141'1q1:1! Iii isn't the finest Kelvinator ever built! Look at it—from gleaming outside finished in long-lifPermalux to spacious 1112 square feet of shelving Get the- facts about the POLARSPHEREsealed u9it that uses current less than 20 of the (NOME on i'''7N 5' t — l'iF1 i iM i $ --- T '! ' 1' ) :::::'':''!'':'''i:'': :i''::::ii':':::fi' 950 Down—S1 a Month So clever In design so smart In colors you'll want The only linoleum rugs with Pabco in every room famous Pabco five-yeguarantee 9x12-Pabco Challenge Rug as low as $595 : triltailm :t-a- C: '4 1 1 4 1 '''' N'') 1 f ' reviN4 fl :e ?: s795 x12-- !:'1:!!rr!':M''577:7777777717'' :: ''''''''" i (A) a Month Startling New Guarantee Rugs— Sheen Crisp and bright sanitary Wears like iron Cleans like china A most economical floor covering ple-9x12-ft room $948 ftrist::':::r!!!!!!!:::M!"":::'::::::7::::::::::::: - "' Tone-On:Ton- 79? Coverage i '' -- ego"4'' iot 41 WalltoWall '''' 4 1 i $4 :' :i Give that air of luxuriouS completeness to your rooms with room-siz- e rugs of beautiful broadloom A wide range of Hooked Modern ' gnd Tetture Weavertd form a fitting background for any type of furnishings Bring room measurements BROADLOOM—Priced sq yd $325 11395 114115 Hi-Pi- le Stainless f '10t11401045Nt:NtZ: —eo - 4400-4- ey1::!:: J:P' 'r (i1 4 $4550 Down—$250 t T I 9x Example: r t 4zo'''ok:' 1ktitiit:-11k' I I) 4: 45' :Lkili'114Iid1401: Coverage a Month 2 Down--$- 3375 ver tift r :e Z gil - :4 - - Quality Broadloom Wall-toWa- ll "'V I r11 t t: Is 7 I -- ' i e'e C - ' I' I ' ' i' :t ittl :it s 10144 ' ' 't71rf 01k ? ::1 t 4 ---e ' :'!: A4' :':e:::::$:: :: ' 'V"' r )i?':! '‘' $i''' '14' tsstt!::7::::i'k::: ':'A)t ::1 4s 4' 7 ' r': :V1: 11 ::'::'1::: " Of "'1 4i ''' t!:"41te de 75 III ) ' :s f ' 44m i !' :'re!e t ) 1' '''(' trfise44Prot Ar'' orl'rr7 ' ' t : s'41"4406A4 r-- 7" ' :A' 40':' '':' :41 I $4'::: y 0 -- ' A i' ei :0 4i'::'' " 40 or'::'50 '' !f' $14) I 'i':e c 104 t ' o' - '''''6)—‘ 1011101114 IP 11 t '44:fp-)zs- z I t t S! 1::'''01 4: ' i e -1 ot irlar1 ::'::: - - ': Includes Seamless Axminsters— unusual floor luxury for your home A handsome 9x12-foAxminster in allover-teat with 'patterns Choiceplain color band We also include the well-manicely-boun- d rug pad and matching throw rug Sq I ' 'I 'A'1"7006t:- a' 7:' $1' N::0 'k:4:a:-A"4::''4 ' ' S::1 : 1t:vlfroso'l'::s: r ' ':::V ''''''''::4!: 1 : ' Rug Outfit! 11 :S ' ' A ' ' r it C BROWN TAN WINE "Pabco" ' '' 000 : - l''':- '0'''-'"'- ' ' 1 a If :':''S i i 4 "41 1114k 744 : 1 ' ''' Month 11175 gm& i 4 !' t:z4 AN'd :1 - 4 0 Al' v'e ' - ' liomP' NAI Patterns ladattleftal ' I r1 Ilk 4 kimom wow A ' oNtA' ttt 11 a-- 75 Rich Persian Designs Oriental Reproductions Quaint Colonial Hooked 3-in- vs OSP 1 - Choice of Patterns Big ''' I tit 44kp:n :' IP 'rrr ) :I - P 41Atililio'pootRtAi'llir lit 1 jii:':y tIrt4:s' ttlokt' !41'F?:‘:Ao:"::7::::i: i y I la ocipfiois:: ''' i s A i)IC' i : II to ii11‘4 -- tl L —9411-- 24 BLUE RUST GREEN Ide144 in- tAt ealt fake gtibutte re-ril- es - 4742v1- --4 m ' It'S false economy to let shabby rugs spoil the effect of your spring cleaning when such beauties as these can be 'purchased at this sensationally low price Patterns and colors are woven clear through to the back and you're sure to find just The design to complete your decorative scheme! Colors include: datie5ltel 'discipline lo '-- 12rt:‘t it tit ' )7 111 I ' I' A60111iI 4 All-Wo- ol "The increase" he wrote "may only be explained by the slow decline in efficiency of personnel and lack of responsibility of the local boards who were constantly admitting new personnel to the manifest detriment of those men already working in the industry" Grave acts began to occur Herrera wrote—among them the ref fusel of zone and field offices to send in itemized wage sheets and payroll lists covering men hired by the syndicate Lack of discipline the 44tsin c00'' 61175 flown—S2 ' tified" latect quip-owe- S RI : 11rQ111114-11-I fo- - ' MOUE to countermand orders for other material paid for at the time of expropriation All this now is gone Old equipment scarcely usable has been put in service Automobiles and machines are repaired by stripping one to complete another Increases Unjustified The seriousness of the oil mixup is shown in a memorandum from Cortes Herrera to the syndicate calling attention to the increases in personnel as "absolutely unjus- i 1 'i 9 a - a 3 4 I1 qk ': yau l: and 4it "It' Seamless! Fringed! fit alaglu441 Stwia - - a Velvet! f(ruitNitogica: of 22 found 60 per cent of the 726 employes were at work on maintenance or repair jobs not on prof duction The Superb Poza Rica oil field into which Shell unsuspectingly poured $2000000 additional capital the year before expropria- tion took place is a hotbed of sus-This field opicion and intrigue I ranked as one of the finest in the world with 500000000 barrels of oil still lying underground is now O' operating on a shoestring Shell had left behind an immense amount of material and had failed lean AP deficit million pesos ($3- 750000) is admitted for 1939 Both Cardenas and Cortes Herrera head of Petroleos Mexicanos have confidently announced that the government will produce 200000 barrels of oil a day: In the first fout months this year production has not exceeded 110000 barrels Deficit May Go Higher Even with a production and sale of 200000 barrels a day the government still would be faced with be year-en- d deficit of 64000000 pesos or about $10650000 at current rates of exchange With a lowered production and with Italy out of the picture the deficit may reach 150000000 pesos — about 125000000- - in Amerieaa money— For months the government has been striving frantically to cut expenses Since expropriation wages have increased from about 4300- 000 pesos a month to nearly 6500 000 The number of men at work increased from 15895 to 19316 as of April 1939 There are not later figures Waste theft and carelessness have blighted the government's operations In some instances sabo tage has been practiced Workers Repair Damage At the Mate Rendonda refinery across the river from Tampico formerly owned by Standard Oil I Into I set at 60 per cent above Labor and operating costs have may be that which existed in the 18th shot skyward so rapidly that Pres- of March 1938 even though not ident Cardenas who seized foreign one plant or transformation unit oil properties two years and two is either in operation or in procmonths ago tea had to intervene ess of construction "No exploratory work of a n y to force a reorganization of the inhas been undertaken for the kind and intraunion dustry Sabotage quarrels have Added to the confu- purpose of replacing the present oil fields with others which will sion Increase the life of the industry Production Falls Short "The consequences of this unforProduction has fallen far short tunate condition of affairs may be of the government's ambitious pro- stated as follows: 1 Financial inability of the pe gram A barter deal with Germany troleum industry to aid the Mexiwas choked off by the war with Mexico left holding the bag for un- can government economically and its budget with delivered equipment Another deal not to decrease to the collective with Italy is in imminent danger crave detriment interest of going sour any minute-Th- is will inability of the in- leave three mammoth tankers to cover the rermining value dustry part of the price Italy is paying to of the expropriated properties thus Mexico for her oil stranded on the making it a burden upon the in- ways at Genoa The distribution system is in tur- terests of the people" s5 moil The refineries are operating far below capacity Mexican autos are chugging along on 56 octane gas much of it not sutficiently refined while cars across the border whiz down the highways using gas with a 70 octane content The price of Mexican gas has gone up to sTANDARD ' minq :a facing this fact -- -4 ot G - t (eE k aitE alas in the :h 9x12-Fo- :D pettaim' I1 ' 1'VAhii Housecleaning Tribune Leased Wire aid 0 4c44 By Hal Burton IN It z- !! C-- to A t - T11- Finishing Touch ' : 1940: 0 1 Efficiency of System Collapses - 41'hi'$i1t gitki Tt?ibutte Deficits g - o - Government Syndicate Faces Eier-Grdivin- - 4 i -11— Mexican 'Oil Expropriation Proves Financial Flop nto - - ( - no - - qi- - 444 4 4k 1 444 -4 1-- 4 -- 4 A- -4 4 4 4 t - |
