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I Regulation And Control Of Public Utilities Outlined By Roosevelt
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¥' ROOSEVELT SPECIAL. En route
j to SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 22 —Tj
1ft —Writing into tne record of this
presidential campaign his views In
( a speech at Portland on the regu
lation and control of public utilities
dealing in electricity. Gov. Franklin
1 I D- Roosevelt today was In Califor
nia, whose swing from John N.
Gamer assured Roosevelt's nomln
f ation at the Chicago democratic
convention.
William Gibbs McAdoo, who an
nounced the swing during the
lourth roll call last July 1, had
flown to Redding to meet the no
minee and escort him through the
state. McAdoo is the choice of Cal
ifornia democrats for the United
States senate.
Outlines Views
Roosevelt, in the Portland ad
dress last night, the third of the
four major utterances he will make
on his 21 -day tour of the west,
outlined his views on government
ownership, public utility regulation,
and of President Hoover, whom he
designated “my distinguished op
ponent," he Raid:
“Since 1928 niy distinguished op
ponent has done nothing to en
force the regulatory sections of the
federal water power act.
“He has done nothing to block
the financial operations incident to
the great post-war development as
planned by Its promoters.
“My distinguislied opponent is
•gain’d the federal government In
any case the right to operate their
own power business.*’
In his peroration, which the
crowd frequently interrupted with
cheering. Mr. Roosevelt said:
“To the people of this country I
have but one answer on this sub
ject: ‘The natural hydro-electric
power resources belonging to the
people of the Untied States or to
the several states shall remain for
ever in their possession.'
“Selfish Purposes’’
“Judge me by the enemies I have
made. Judge me by the selfish
purposes of these utility leaders who
had talked of radicalism while
they were selling watered stock to
the people and using our schools to
deceive the coming generation.
“Mv policy is as radical as Amer
ican liberty, as radical as the cons
titution of the United States. Never
shall the federal government part
with its sovereignty and control
over Its power resources while I am
president of the United States.”
Of his “remedies for the regula
tion and control of public utilities
engaged in the power business and
companies and corporations relat
ing thereto,” Roosevelt declared:
1— Pull publicity as to all capital
issues of stocks, bonds and other
eecurities; liabilities and indebted
ness capital investment; and fre
quent information as to gross and
net earnings; in other words let’s
, turn on the light,
2— Publicity on stock ownership
of stocks and bonds and other se
curities, and this is a new one. the
stock and other interests of all of
ficers and directors.
Contracts Publicity
5— Publicity with respect to all
inter-company contracts and ser
vices and Interchange of power.
♦—Regulation and control of
holding companies by federal power
commission and the same publicity
with regard to such holding com
panies as provided for the o;>erating
companies.
6— Co-operation of federal power
commission with public utilities
commissions of the several stages
obtaining information and data
pertaining to the regulation and
control of such public utilities.
6—Regulation and control of the
Issue of stocks and bonds and other
Lost 20 Lbs. of Fat
In Just 4 Weeks
Mrs. Mae West of St Louis. Mo.,
writes: "I'm only 28 yrs. old and
weighed 170 lbs. until taking one
box of jour Kruschen Salts just
4 weeks ago. I now weigh 150 lbs.
I also have more energy and
furthermore I've never had a hun
gry moment.”
Fat folks should take one half
teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a
glass of hot water in the morning
before breakfast—It’s the SAFF.
harmless way to reduce as tens of
thousands of men and women
know
For your health's sake ask for
and get Kruschen at Cisneros Drue
8tore or any drug store—the <
for a bottle that lasts 4 weeks is
but a trifle and if after the first
bottle you are not joyfully satisfied
with results—monpy back.—Adv.
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE—
WITHOUT CALOMEL
And You’ll Jump Out of Bed in
the Morning Ratin' to Go
If you feel sour and punk and the wc>d
Ionia punk, don't swallow a lot of rsita.
misers! water, oil. laxative candy or chewing
gum and i up*** them to make you suddenly
aw—t and buoyant and full of sunshine.
For they can't do it. They only move the
bow-la and a mere movement d -can't ft at
the rauec. The reason for your down-and-out
feeling Is your liver. It should pour out two
pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily.
If this Mle is not flowing freely, your food
doesn't digest. It just decays in the bowels,
tia* bloats up your stomach. You have a
thick, bad taate and your breath is foul,
skin often break* out i s blemishes. Your head
aches and you feel d<vwn and out Your whole
Bystem is poisoned.
It takes those good, old CARTER’S
LITTLE LIVER PILLS to get those two
pounds of bile flowing freely and make you
fed ‘‘up and up.” They contain wonderful,
harmless, gentle vegetable extracts, amazing
when it comes to making the bile now freely.
But don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's
Jjttie Lsver Pills. Look for the name Carter's
Xattie Livwr Pill* «n the rciHabeL^Jtewr^i
securities on the princlpta of pru
dent investment only.
7— Abolishing by law the repro
duction co6t theory for rate making
and establishing in place of it the
actual money prudent-investment
principle as the basis for rate
making.
8— Legislation making it a crime
to publish or circulate false or de
ceptive matter relating to public
utilities everywhere and at any time.
Would Satisfy Cities
“I do not hold with those who ad
vocate complete and indiscriminate
government ownership or govern
ment operation of all utilities.” the
democratic nominee declared. *‘I
state to you categorically that us a
broad general rule the development
of most of our utilities should re
main, wiJi certain exceptions, a
function for private initiative and
private capital.
*‘I lay down the following prin
ciple:
“That where a community—a
city or county or a district—Is not
satisfied with the service rendered
or with the rates charged by the
private utility unit, has the unde
niable right as one of its functions
of government, one of its functions
of home rule, to set up, after a
fair referendum has been taken, its
own governmentally owned and
operated service.
“State owned or federal owned
power sites can and should pro
perly be developed by government
itself.”
SEVEN TO DIE
IN DEATH PLOT
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. —OP\—
Despite the simple life of Aloania's
self-sufficient peasants, Europe's
youngest kingdom apparently is far
from shockproof.
Evidence of this is seen in recent
plots against Kid Ahmed Zog. in
the face of the government's boast
it has been less affected by the
world depression than others.
Seven Albanian intellectuals have
been sentenced to death as a result
of the plots, uncovered in August
when preparations were being made
to celebrate the fourth anniversary
of the youthful Zog's coronation
Sept. 1. •
The government charges these
plots to outside influences. Z03.
raised to the throne from the pres
idency. by the national assembly,
had a long and stormy political
career before being crowned, but
peace had marked his tenure of the
throne.
Zog, Albania’s first native king, is
38 years old. Most of his country's
domestic troubles in recent years
have arisen over land tenure and
have been feuds between clans. It
has been free of religious difficult
ies.
As large as New Hampshire and
Vermont combined. Albania has a
population of about 830.000, chiefly
mountaineers who till small patches
and have herds of sheep, goats and
cattle.
I WEATHER
c._ -j
Moderate to fresh northerly to
easterly winds coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
| practically all along during the
next 24 to 36 hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
Stage Stage Chang. Rain
Eagle Pass 16 6 3 -0 3 .09
Laredo 27 3.2 -0.3 .03
Rio Grande 21 11.5 0.0 .05
Hidalgo 22 15.1 -3.8 .00
Mercedes 20 19 9 -16 .00
Brownsville 18 180 -0.1 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Pt. Isabel
Friday, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High . 1:13 a. m
Low . 3:53 a. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 6:27
Sunrise tomorrow . 6:19
WEATHER SUMMARY
High pressure dominated the
greater portion of the Unied States
with a major crest of 30.52 inches
over eastern South Dakota. Cooler
weather attends the eastward pass
age of this crest, with freezing
temperatures and frost in northern
Wyoming and Montana. Precipita
tion has been widely scattered.
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BULLETIN
(First figures, lowest tempera
ture last night; second, highest
yesterday; third, v ind v ocity a;
3 a. m.; fourth, precipitation In
the last 24 hours.
Abilene . 64 76 12 .52
Amarillo . 56 92 12 .00
Atlanta . 62 80 .. .00
Austin . 74 90 .. .00
Boston . 58 74 10 .00
Brownsville . 77 91 .. .00
Er'ville Airp't . 73 91 .. .00
Calgary . 28 56 .. .00
Chicago . 62 68 10 .00
Cleveland . 64 72 12 .00
Corpus Christ i. 78 88 .. .00
Dallas . 68 88 1 8 .00
Del Rio . 68 76 .. 1 38
Denver . 43 62 .00
Dodge City. 54 92 12 .85
El Paso . 64 88 .. .00
Fort Smith. 60 94 .. .30
Helena . 32 58 .. .00
Houston .76 .. .00
Huron . 36 70 .. .00
Jacksonville. 72 86 .. .is
Kansas City . 58 76 12 .64
Los Angeles. 60 72 .. ,00
Louisville . 66 68 10 .04
Memphis . 64 82 .. .00
Miami . 78 84 .. .00
New Orleans. 74 86 .. .09
North Platte . 50 64 .. .00
Oklahoma City. 64 96 .. .28
Palestine . 70 90 .. .00
Pensacola . 74 84 .. .00
Phoenix . 70 96 .. .00
Port Arthur. 74 90 .. .00
Roswell . 45 86 18 .24
St. Louis . 58 76 .. .00
St. Paul. 46 66 .. .03
Salt Lake City. 56 74 .. .00
San Antonio . 72 92 .. .00
Santa Fe . 54 78 .. .00
Sheridan . 32 60 .. .00
Shreveport . 72 94 .. .00
Tampa . 72 86 10 .00
Vicksburg . 70 86 .. .00
Washington . 68 78 .. .14
Williston . 34 60 .. .00
Wilmington . 66 80 .. .36 ,
Wmnemucca . 48 78 .. .001
TAX YIELDS I
CUTTING INTO
BIG DEFICIT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—W)—!
Approaching their maximum yields,
taxes in the billion-dollar revenue
law are beginning to threaten
slashes in a federal deficit that
already has climbed to nearly $400,
000.000 since July 1.
$79,940,310 Comes In
August brought $79,940,310 into
the treasury from the new levies
on gasoline, electrical energy, bank
checks, stock transfers and other
miscellaneous sources. This was an
increase of $18,253,843 over July
receipts and of $11,546,170 over
miscellaneous collections in August,
1931.
But treasury officials believe
this yield still is short of returns
which may be expected under the
1932 a cl. Further increases are
forecast in the monthly receipts as
accumulated stocks of taxable mer
chandise dwindle and payments
are made on retarded excise tax
collections.
The gasoline tax paid $8,944,857
in August as compared with $538 -
461 in July; the check tax $3,364,251
as compared with $1,094,287; the
automobile levy, $886,665 against
$47,629; their parts and accessories
$224,241 aeainst $42,452 and motor
trucks $101,342 against $3,331.
Other Receipts
uiner August receipts ire n r.ew
taxes with comparative July fig
ures included:
Radios $76,445 and $r.2S48;
cameras and lenses $10,663 and
$452; candy and chewing gu.n
$176,762 and $52,324; soft "drinks
$337,462 and 89.569; electrical en
ergy $967,612 and $32,196: tiros and
tubes $1,587,732 and $96,057; lubri
cating oils $822,775 and $60,395*
J toilet goods $439,784 and $68,850
furs $248,812 and $12,131; jewelry
$81,692 and $19,231; telegraph, tele
i phone and radio messages $*05,425
• ar.d $13,512; pipe lines. $252,178
and $41,843; admissions $1,322,695
and $197,072.
LOUISIANA TO
FREE CONVICTS
—
BATON ROUGE. La. Sept. 22
, Several hundred prisoners in
the state penitentiary soon will be
freed—to save money and because
Louisiana thinks they are not very
bad boys.
Gov. O. K. Alien's secretary
said yesterday many short tenn
ers would be liberated when the
governor could act on recommen
dations of the general manager of
the prison. A list of prisoners do
ing time for minor offenses is be
ing prepared for the governor.
The penitentiary general man
ager said the prison population
nad doubled in four years. He is
sued an appeal to judges and dis
trict attorneys to “help relieve
congestion" by refraining from
sending prisoners to the peniten
tiary for short terms. He said a
I continuation of the practice would
result in additional executive re
prieves.
A statement from the governor’s
office said many prisoners' sen
tences were so light that as soon
as they were admitted and given
medical examinations they were
almost ready to start home again.
Transportation funds, a new suit,
and $10 are given each released
prisoner.
Oh Boy! What Joy
LIFT CORNS
RIGHT OUT
The English Way
Right from England comes the
new. better, joyful way to take out
corns—root and all.
Callouses go also and you can rub
off that hard skin on heels and toes
with your hand—the magic treat-1
ment. Ask
McKay’s Pharmacy
or any leading druggist for a package
of Radox—45c and 85c—put a ta
blespoonful in a gallon of hot
water—do this for 3 or 4 nights in
succession—then lift out the corns.
This joyful exhilirating loot bath
is simply great—you'll enjoy every !
minute of it and your burning, sore,
tired, aching feet will feel better
than they have for years—ask for
Radox and foot comfort will be
yours.—Adv.
Friday - Saturday
SPECIALS
Pork Loin Roast
Or Chops
round
loc
Vea! Chuck Roast. 10c
Veal Stew, pound . . 8c
No extra rharje for
delivery
PHONE 346
1932 Valley Fair
Catalogues Ready
HARLINGEN, Sept. 22— Cat
alogues of the 1932 Valley Fair an?
now ready for mailing, according
to A. L. Brooks, manager. Persons
interested in the Fair are asked
to call headquarters here.
INSTALLMENT
TAXES PAID
BAINBRIDGE, Ga.. Sept. 22.
—The tale of this city was writ
ten In red ink until citv fathers
started paying bills with cash and
collecting taxes on the installment
plan.
It was necessary In 1929. when
hard times started riding down
main street, to borrow $24,000 to
run the government. An economy
program was ordered and next year
only $10,000 was borrowed. Last
year Bainbridge got $4,000 in a
loan and this year no money was
borrowed
Property valuation declined about
a million dollars—a lot of dollars
in a little agricultural city like
this.
But working on the theory ev
erything should be reduced, the
city fathers cut the tax rate five
mills and then fixed the budget
within the income and held it
there.
Tax payers were unable to pay
promptly so an installment plan
was started and citizens now ran
pay their taxes a little at a time.
I
INDIVIDUAL
TOURIST RATE
HOPEBLASTED
All hope for an Individual tourist
excursion rate to the Valley from
various parts of the country ap
peared blasted Thursday by a com
munication from the Southern Pas
senger association, which must pass
on these rates, refusing to grant
] such rates.
The letter was received by the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce,
which, along with various other
Valley organizations, has been
active in the move to seek reduced
rates for individuals.
Five or More
The rate now is confined to
groups of five or mere, designed to
i apply to land parties.
Valley people sought an individual
rate to encourage tourist traffic to
this section.
The communication announcing
refusal to grant the rate came from
i J. E Hanegan. chairman of the
association, which has offices in
i St Louts.
He states, in part:
“In a number of individual let
ters received by the railroads, the
point has been made that the
roads have operated a good many
low rate excu: ions this summer,
1 but upon investigation it will be
found that they were all operated
under protective measures to pre
vent Interference with regular com
mercial travel, and on very short
limit.
"Destroy Revenues"
‘•While the conditions in connec
tion with the applications for a low
rate on lndivdual tickets have been
and are fully appreciated by the
carriers, it Is felt litat on account
of the practical aspects of the si
tuation it would be an impossibility
to have these fares effective into
the Rio Grande Valley without
manipulation of these fares in re
gular every day commercial travel
to and from north Texas cities,
which amounts to a very large re
venue, the estimated amount being
150 tickets per day. each way. be
tween north Texas and the St. Louis
gateway; that the reduction In
homeseeker fares into the Rio
Grande Valley and the sale of such
fares on the basis of individual
tickets (not the present minimum of
! five) would tend to destroy even the
low passenger revenues of the lines
interested and bring about chaotic
conditions in passenger fares.'1
Former Grid Star
Is Found Slain
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 22.—{#)
—Lying on carefully spread news
papers at the end of a pier, the
body of Harry R. Jackson, of St.
Joseph. Mo., former University o?
Missouri football star, was found
here today with a bullet hole
through his skull.
At the side of the body was a
pistol. Police said It apparently was
a case of suicide.
TO REIMBURSE
COUNTIES F 0 R
ROADS WORK
- ..-.
AUSTIN. Sept. 22.—<*)— Machin
ery incident to reimbursing counties
for money spent through bond
issues in construction of highways
on the state system of roads had
been set in motion today.
The third special session of the
Texas legislature adjourned finally
yesterday after enacting law's de
signed to help the taxpayers of
Texas through the stringent eco- j
nomic situation now prevalent.
Principal of the relief measures
was the law setting aside one cent
of the four-cent gasoline tax to re
fund counties for indebtedness In
curred In building highways.
Gilchrist Chairman
A special board comprised of the
state highway engineer, state tress- .
urer, and state comptroller was!
created to deal with the counties u
relieving the taxpayers of approx
imately $7,000,000 annually other-i
wise paid in bv them in tax levies
towards liquidating interest and,
principal due on those obligations, i
Gibb Gilchrist, state highway en
gineer, was chosen chairman of the
board. George H. Sheppard, com
troller. and Charlie Lockhart, treas
urer. were meeting with Gilchrist
incident to figuring out the pro
rata share due each county under
the arrangement.
Other relief measures enacted by
the legislature Included a law re
mitting Interest and penaltie*
against state, county and dlstncs
taxes delinquent provided they wera
paid before Dec. 21. 1932. and a bill
amending loan and building asso
ciation laws to permit those organ
izations to participate in the federal
home loan act making it possible
for owners of homes about to ha
foreclosed to obtain money w.^i
which to pay out._
Cost 85c To Put
Rheumatic Cripple
Back to Work Again
Now Joyously Happy
While all his family looked on tn
astonishment and all his friencil
were amared. one man took the
pain, swelling and agony from h i
tortured Joints in 48 hours and did
it with that famous rheumatic pre
scription known to pharmacists as
Allenru—you may do the same.
This powerful yet safe remedy is
wonderful—its action is nlmos!
magical. Excess uric acid poison—
the cause of most rheumatic agony
—starts to lea\e your body in 24
hours. . ..... .
Just get one 85 cent bottle of
Allenru from McKay's Pharmacy
iMail orders filled* or any live
druggist—take it as directed and
if in 48 hours your pains haven't
left you get yotur money back.
It works just as swiftly with
Neuritis. Sciatica. Lumbago and
Neuralgia—Adv.
46th Anniversary
Sale Ends Saturday
Heavy Felt Base
Fioor Covering
Seven Beautiful Patterns in This
Anniversary Event
3 Sq. Yds. for
•1.00
Heavily enameled!
Specially treated felt!
Will stand lots of
hard wear! Bright,
\ shiny — brand new
. designs—lots of col
" or! So easv to clean!
, Better buy new floor
i covering for both
kitchen and bath
NOW’!
E-Z-est WAY OIL RANGE
Beautifully Finished Porcelain Enamel
$4 Down $4 Monthly
rins Small Carrying Charge
Now you can buy this splendid, effi- '
cient 5-burner range at a saving of
$10 to $15. Economical, concen
trated heat! Extra size oven! Eas
ily outclasses any other make in beau
ty, performance and savings 1
h\
/UXA
Men’s Broadcloth Shorts
Comfortable! Fast
Colors!
3 17 46c
;■ You should buy a season supply at
this ridiculously low price! BOxSO
count vat dyed broadcloth! 3
button yoke front! Elastic sides!
Full cut panel seat!
Men's Athletic Shirts
Iat a price you can't
pass by—
3 f°r 46c
Buy them by the dozens! Full
! combed cotton! Flat or Swiss rib
bed knit! Full cut neck and arm
holes! Hemmed bottoms! White
only! All sizes.
Men and Boys’
Tennis Shoes
Yes. a pair of shoes
for what you used to
pay for a pair of
shoe strings'
They’re dandy ten
nis shoes too! Med
ium weight canvas
uppers. Red rubber
sole and toe cap!
Lace to toe pattern!
—
5-Thread Brooms
Carefully Stitched
Corn
Big general jturpoa#
size! Long smooth han
dle! And they really
sweep clean. Usual
39c kind for—
13 Plate
BATTERY
liJMit worth $5.00
$3.46
and Your Old Ballery
Power and lots of tt! Just
touch your starter and In a
second your motor starf»
spinning. GUARANTEED
for 12 months!
Serotex
MOTOR OIL
$1.79
For 5 Galkins
Rich hea-.y oil—from a na
tionally known refinery! 20c
quart is what you always pay
for it. Less than 9c quart
now!
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