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. HOOVER LAW
GROUP MEETS
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Commission Gathers to Out*
7 line Program And
'I . Organize
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WASHINGTON. June 6.—{£»>—
The task of outlining policies and
mapping out a program today con
fronted President Hoover's national
commission on law observance and
w enforcement.
Called for its second series of
meetings since its organization, it
had a nine-room suit of offices in
a building near the department of
Justice at its disposal, and scores
of government surveys and statis
tical studies and hundreds of let
ters from all parts of the country
proposing various plans for the
curbing of lawlessness were ready
for its consideration. Conferences
with a number of government offi
cials interested in its problems also
had been arranged.
The commission proposed as one
of its first steps in the formulation
of its inquiry into crime causes
and lawlessness to make an ex
haustive study of all available data
bearing on those subjects which it
can obtain from governmental and
j£ other agencies.
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M. P. Inaugurates
, Employes Salary
Savings System
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* HOUSTON. June 6.—The adoption
of a salary savings system of in
surance for employes of the Mis
souri Pacific railroad ami all its
subsidiaries has been announced by
H. R. Safford. executive vice prc. 1
dent. The contract has been placed
with the Lincoln National Life In
surance company of Fort Wayne.
Ind., and is the largest cf its kind
ever written. Approximately 77.000
employes will benefit by the plan
The salary savings system is a
method of insured savings. It pro
vides insurance protection of all
kinds during an employe s produc
tive years. As the employe ap
proaches the normal retirement age.
he may withdraw large cash values
or accept a guaranteed monthly in
* come as long as he lives. Income
disability ant* double indemnity ben
efits are also offered. Each empiove
**' may fit the plan to his own indi
vidual needs and medical examina
tions may be waived if the employe
is not over !*■ years of age and the
amount applied for does not exceed
$10,000.
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Ik
■* ment of the necessarv legislation to
place the major responsibility for
prohibition enforcement in the
r Justice department.
Hoover’s Message
Mr. Hoover's message was as fol
lows:
"To the congress of the United
States.
"In order to secure the utmost
expedition in the reorganization
and concentration of responsibility
In administration of the federal
bureaus connected with prohibition
enforcement so greatly needed to
Improve their effectiveness, I
recommend that the congress ap
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point a joint select committee to
make an immediate study of these
matters and to formulate recom
mendations for consideration at
the next regular session.
'T shall be glad to appoint a
committee from the departments to
cooperate with such a committee
of the congress. The national
commission on law observance and
enforcement wiir also cooperate!
through their studies of the de-1
partmental organization.
"The subject involves the trans- 1
fer of parts of various bureaus and
agencies from certain departments
to others and it includes as well
the necessity for the unification
and strengthening of our border pa
trols both in connection with pro
hibition and illegal entry of aliens, j
"As the question embraces nu- i
mercus laws and regulations in |
several bureaus, it will require ex
tensive consideration which if giv
en Jointly by such committees of
the congress ana the departments >
prior to the regular session will j
save many months of delay."
A preliminary study of the
many questions involved in the
transfer of the prohibition enforce
ment forces to the justice depart
ment already has been made by
experts of the two departments
under the direction of James M
Doran, prohibition commissioner, ■
in consultation with Secretary Mel- j
Ion and Attorney General Mitchell. ;
The problem involved is a rather
extensive one and since it involves
many changes in existing laws gov- j
ernuig administration provisions!
of the enforcement act. Mr. Hoover ;
deems it advisable to have repre
sentatives of the house and senate
take over the matter during the
months intervening before the reg
ular session.
As the program now is generally :
outlined it involves complete re
moval of the prohibition unit from
the treasury department with the
enforcement agents placed either.
in an existing division of the justice
department or the creation of a
new division under the direction of
an administrative rather than a
legal officer.
Shift Legal Force
The large legal force now em
ployed by the United States pre
sumably would be placed under the
assistant attorney general in'
charge of dry law prosecutions.
In addition there are involved !
questions of administration and co
operation with the customs force
and the coast guard, which would
remain within the treasury organi
zation because their primary du
ties have to do with enforcement i
of the customs laws. Other mat- ■
ters to which the joint committee
must give attention include that of ,
permits for liquors for medicinal j
purposes, for industrial alcohol and
the use of intoxicants for other
purposes.
The permit system Is regarded as
of the highest importance since ex
perience has shown that much of
the illegal liquor now cn the mar
ket has its base in industrial alco
hol much of which, treasury offi
cials believe, has been diverted
from commercial to illegal chan
nels.
The president disclosed in his
message that it Is proposed to set
up a border patrol which will bring
together in a homogenous unit
prohibition, customs and immigra
tion officers. This immediately;
brings into the picture the depart- !
ment of labor which has control,
of immigration on the borders.
CONGRESS WILLING
TO FORM COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON. June «.—fj£Pi—
Hardly had President Hoover's
recommendation for a study by a
ioint concre'sional committee of
the transfer of the prohibition unit
to the justice department been re
ceived by the house and senate be
fore a number of administration
leaders indicated they were pre
pared to create such a committee
immediately.
Senator Jones of Washington,
author of the Jones law, said he
would be glad to offer a resolution !
in the senate for appointment of
the commission.
It was generally agreed at the
capitol that legislation would be
necessary to bring about such a
transfer.
Some senators indicated they
regarded the recommendation as
the forerunner of a general re
organization of the prohibition ser
vice with a view toward rigid en
forcement of the law.
Senator Harrison, democrat, Mis
sissippi. announced his willingness
to support the recommendation
for a joint congressional commit
tee.
Senator Watson of Indian, re
publican leader, ordered a quorum
call of the senate to obtain a full
attendance for the reading of the
presidential message.
Representative Tilson of Con
necticut, house republican leader,
said if was his personal opinion
there would not be any great diffi
culty in securing legislation at me
special session to carry out the
president’s recommendation.
Speaker Longworth said the
matter was entirly up to the house
rules committee and he was will
ing for the house to consider legis
lation' fo create the joint commit
tee if the rules group recommend
ed such action.
Chairman Snell of the rules com
mittee. however, said he was op
posed to opening up the special
session for the consideration of ex
traneous legislation unless all legis
lative proposals were to be consid
ered.
| Flashes of Life
'By the Associated Press!
LONDON—Could it be that the
world's best known bachelor has in
tentions of being otherwise? Prin
cess Ir.grad of Sweden was among
the guests at a dinner given by the
Prince of Wales.
NEW YORK —A new yacht built
at a cost of more than $1,000,000 is
to take a party of Americans to
Sweden for entertainment at court.
H. E. Manville's Hi Esmaro, 267 feet
long, has Diesel engines and a
cruising range of 20.000 miles.
Countess Folke Bernardotte of
Sweden is Manville's daughter.
NEW YORK—Meredith, one of
the 19-vear-old blonde Howard
twins. Ziegfeld dancers, has eloped
with Albert Spurlock of Hickory, N.
C. who used to play football at
the state university. The other.
Virginia, expects now that mother's
opposition to her marriage to
George Courtney, boxer, will cease.
She and George once tried an
elopement, but were dissuaded.
NEW YORK.—Texas Guinan Is
to be a matron of honor. Her
brother Tommy is to marry Norma
Taylor, night club dancer.
BOSTON.—From the coast guard
comes a warning to the honey
mooning colonel, to wit that if it is
true that Lindbergh has been cov
ering up the name of his boat, he
may be shot at as a suspected rum
runner
NEW YORK—Edward W. Brown
ing has started distribution of ex
pensive toys to hospitals and or
phanages. The gifts on the first
day included tricycles, lawrn swings
and pink and velvet dogs. A
truck, clicking cameras and half
a dozen aides accompanied him un
a dispensing tour.
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involving official integrity of the
commissioner.
At noon the membershlD found
itself engrosed in a debate in
which Woodruff and Van Zandt
had urged indictment of Robison.
Representative Homer Dewolfe,
Goldthwaite. had attempted to dis
miss prosecution with a reprimand
by the legislature, and Ren. Fred
Minor. Denton, was contending
that no prosecution should be
launched until after the attorney
general's department had attempt
ed to collect $32,000 which an audi
tor’s report revealed had not been
recounted for by the commissioner.
Minor was chairman of the senate
house committee wh^h found that
the commissioner had diverted to
his own use a part of the one-cent
reapnraisement. fund and recom
mended recoverv of the amount
through litigation.
“Nothing that the investigating
committee was able to find consti
tuted an offense aeinst the law or
moral turpitude.” Minor said, “and
I believe all charges are prema
ture at this time If the land
commRsioner refuses to psv a judg
ment for nublic funds which now
are unaccounted for. then is the
time for impeachment nroceed
irics. but if action Is taken at this 1
time it means that the second
special session will come to
naught"
Legality Doubted
Representative Dewolfe contend
ed fhat the suoreme court of Texas
had held that an official could
not be removed for acts committed
prior to his present term and that
none of Woodruff's charges except
general lncomnetencv covered the
-ommlssion's present tenure of of
fice.
“Robison has had ample oppor
tunity to enrich himself during his
long years of service in the land
office through fraud, yet in old age
he still Is a poor man." Dewolfe
intended. "I belie\-e that declin
ing years and poor health have
dimmed his perspective toward a
nublic policy, and that he is guiltv
of nothing more than indiscretion."
Chiracs hurled todav against the
official were much like those re
vealed yesterday when the. first
broadside was fired at Robison.
Woodruffs complaint set out that
since 1913 the land office chief
tain had directed reappraisement
of schcol lands with a loss of $C.*
133.517 to the public free school
fund through reduced valuations.
D.C.V.TOPICK '
OFFICERS TODAY
Annual Reunion of Vets
Will Come to Close
With Grand Ball
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. June 8.—^
—Election of officers and selection
of the 1930 reunion city today held
the attention of the United Con
federate Veterans, holding their
39th reunion here.
In discussions concerning the
successor to General A. T. Good
wyn of Elmore. Ala., as command
er-in-chief. the name of General
R. A. Sneed. Oklahoma state treas
urer. has been mentioned.
The veterans were to hold their
memorial services for the Confed
erate dead at noon. The grand ball
will be held tonight.
The veterans last night witnessed
a pageant portraying the birth and
four years existence of the Con
federacy. It was presented bv Char
lotte and depicted the South prior
to secession, the events of the war
and the fall of the Confederacy.
Valley
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is the only suitable place to land
such a large number of planes suf
ficiently far from San Antonio to
comply with cross-country flight
requirements of the army air corps.
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“I AM ANXIOUS to know’ how
much the farmer in the Valley is
paid for an ear of corn—if he is
getting what is coming to him.”
writes H B. Moler. 536 Arlington
Place. Chicago.
“We are now’ paying eight and
one third cents per ear and have
paid ten cents.
“The corn is worth the above
prices to us as it is very good. but<
I just would like to have Our Val
ley express himself about It.”
For Mr. Moler's information, the
farmer is not getting a very large
slice of the eight and one third j
cents he is paying for an ear of
com.
In fact the farmer received as
little as two-thirds of a cent per
ear for some of it. The highest
he received was about two cents.
Com has sold as low as 40c per
bushel basket of about five dozen
cars. This was in the field. The
buyer gathered and packed it. fur
nishing baskets, and received about
$1.10. or a little less than 2 cents
per ear.
Icing charges, freight, commission
men and retail dealers absorb the
balance of that sum.
STATE ASYLUM
(Continued from page one.)
ing the penitentiary was proposed
in a bill written by Rep. Henry Tur
ner. Madisonville. which the author
said would be introduced today.
Reps Dewey Young. Wcellmgton.
and J. J. Loy, Denison, are signers
of the measure
The speaker of the house would be
vested with authority to appoint five
members of the commission and the
lieutenant governor three from the
senate. The bill gives Gov. Moody
power to name another member,
who need not be a legislator, as
chairman. •
The commission would be author
ied to submit plans for location of
a centralized prison, together with
itemized costs of conostruction and
estimated returns of prisono pera
tions.
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a large resaca The city will build
a bridge from the highwa” across
the resaca to the tract and grade a
road The city also has agreed to
beautify the remaining land net
used in the course and to provide |
playground equipment, tennis courts '
and other outdoor sport facilities, '
possibly including a swimming pool, i
“This will make a very splendid
little course.” Miller said in speak- \
ing of his plans for its construction.
“It is to be provided with green con
taining 6000 square feet each, tees
of 2500 feet and fairways co feet ■
wide with an additional ten feet of
clipped rough on each side of the
fairways. Bermuda ‘trass will be
planted on the entire course and all
of it will be irrigated either by pres
sure or by flooding."
Others to be Built
Miller and his associates have
submitted proposals to country clubs
of four Valley towns to take our I
their courses and operate them as j
municipal links, all to be in a
chain This proposal is meeting
with favorable consideration in all1
parts of the Valley, he said. Direc-1
tors of the Edinburg club are to
meet Monday night McAllen di- !
rectors are to hold a mc°'inj at
some time during next week and a
meeting of Brownsville stockholders
and directors is to be calk! soon
The San Benito course is to be
known as the Vallley Golf Club of <
San Benito.
Jones Transfer &
Storage Co. Moves
To Freight Depot
As part of a program of expan
sion. the Jones Transfer and Stor
age Co.. Inc., has moved its local
office to its warehouse adjoining i
the Missouri Pacific freight depot.
Additional office force also has been
employed
The transfer concern is a Valley
wide institution, maintaining bond- ;
ed warehouses in Brownsville. Har- j
lingen and Edinburg. Regular ex-'
press and freight schedules over the i
Valley are run bv the company
in addition to local moving service
Four trucks are being used locallv
by the company E L Stanley, well
known local man. is in charge of
the office here.
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The pen name of Mark Twain was
first used by Captain Isaiah Sellers
and adopted by Samuel Clemens on
Seller's death- I
r Saturday Specials
Ladies Silk Dresses. Georgettes and (JO 7P
> Wash Crepe, at....... .tpO«l J
Ladies’ Silk Dresses, (M dA
| Wash Crepe, at.
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i Ladies’ Silk Dresses, in all the d|1A 7P
latest prints, crepe, at cost.tpiv/.lt)
Quite a number of silk dresses odd sizes in solid col
15 lors crepe ragning in price from $6.75 to $10.75
Any and all of our ladies’ hats will be sold in this I
fi' Saturday special at just what they cost us. not a cent R
of profit added.
Z Ladies’ Silk Fancy Heel Hose
$3.00 Hose at.$2.35 I
$2.50 Hose at.$1.98
“ $2.00 Hose at.$1.58
?. $1.50 Hose at.$1.28 |
All of our ladies’ Rayon under- I
* garments, regular $1.00.. at.I uC j
A few Ladies’ Corsets left, we are closing this line,
at 25' c Less than Cost
i A small lot of piece goods left out of the I. Cohen R
| stock which we want to close out. in this Saturday I
special at 25r• less than cost.
We are handling and taking orders for children’s j
K hand smocked dresses and to introduce them to the R
1 public the ladies who are making these dresses will i
i offer them or sale in our Saturday special at 10 G R
”, I less than marked as long as as they last.
£ I \ SHOE DEPARTMENT I
68 Pairs Black Satin military heels (TO or
| late models, special price.. .$<)•&) I
115 Pairs Black Kid Pumps, one strap and lace ef- I
5 fects. all sizes and widths, AA »
Saturday special . .;PtMJu I
Combination Blond Pumps, spiked heels. Blond and
red, blond and blue, late models, to intro- AC |
duce at very special prices.tJM.JJ I
I Arch Support Shoes, combination lasts in blond and
!; black kid, specially priced at $5.00 and $6.85
Don’t Forget the Place and Date
| GREEN’S
5 Corner Elizabeth and 11th
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Great June ' '
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Our First
STORE-WIDE SALE
Starts Friday, June 7th
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Never before has this firm offered to the women of Harlingen and the Valley
such values as you will find here during this great Store-Wide Sale. In fact,
never before have we offered such a wide range of merchandise at such savings,
and we know the women of this territory will be quick to take advantage of it.
In every department you will find lovely garments and materials awaiting your
choosing, and we advise you to come while selections are most complete.
Two Wonderful Groups of i..
Summer Dresses51475
A collection cf Summer Frocks embracing out
standing style successes, developed of such fash
ionable materials as flat crepe, printed crepe, plain
and figured georgette, and lace. They are smartly
styled in the most approved summer fashion, and
will find inst.nt favor in the eyes of the woman
who delights in pretty clothes Styles for street,
afternoon and evening wear.
One group of sleeveless sport dresses, fashioned in
the newest modes from tub and wash silks, flat
crepes, and Rajah. They are stricily sport frocks
for summer wear, and itt the price they are now
marked their values are incomparable. One glance
at these frocks and you will then realize that this
is a sale of sales.
All Other Dresses
h off
Our Entire
Stock of
Summer
Hats
$300
Advanced
Felts
Go At Only
$C00 r
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Voile and Silk
Lingerie
SPECIAL TABLES OF REAL BARGAINS IN
VOILE AND SILK WHILE THEY LAST
h Price
Kid Gloves, regular $3.75,
now.$2.98
Silk Gloves, regular $2.00,
now.$1.75
Silk Gloves, regular $1.75,
now.$1.29
Chameisette, regular
$1.50. now. 98c
Vanity Fair
Hose
Regular $2.23 and $1.95
Now $1.65
AH Piece Gods House Dresses
Greatly Reduced
Never be f o r e
Now is the time to choose from this great stock of ,
such exception
fine piece goods a| Va 1 u e s in
House Dresses—
Celenese Voile. Reg. $1.50 and $2 00 . 89c Such as we are
cotton Votie. 40-inch. 65c .,5c offering ’n this
Cotton Voile, 40-inch. Reg. 50c.35c jieat Sale. Nel
Figured Voile. 40-inch. Reg $1 35 . 98c Don anfl Mae
Figured Voile. 40-inch, Reg 89c . 69c ^ie Lee Dresses.
Figured Voile. 40-inch. Reg 55c . 40c Develo p e d of
Voile and Tub Taffeta—A SPECIAL TABLE—at. yard .59c ' dimity, flaxon,
... _. . _ . . organdies and
Linens .69c Plain non-cling. 36-inch, fast colors. prints. Regular
Organdies .69c Reg. 85c . 69c $1.98 to $3.98,
Prints, Reg. 50c, 36-inch, fast colors. 39c Mercerized Lingerie. Reg. 45c.39c .. .
Prints. Reg. 30c. 36-inch, fast colors .24c Plain Colored Georgette. Reg $2.50. $1.98 a lo at
Honangee Pongee. Reg. $1.15. 95c Printed Chiffons. Reg. $2.50 .$1.98
Figured Rajah. Reg. $2.50. $2.00 Figured Silk. Reg. $2.85 . $2.35
Plain Rajah. Reg. $2 00 .. $1.49 Figured Silk. Reg. $2.50....$2.00 ^ 0 r*
Tub Stripe Silk. Reg $2 75 .\ $2.39 Figured Silk. Reg. $1.98...$1.55 5) J
Skinners Crepe. Reg $2 45.$2.25 Crepe Mane. Reg. $1.93 .$1.65 I -
Skinners Satm. Reg. $3 00 . $2.49 Figured Tub Silks. Reg. $1.25 .. 98c
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