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SOVIETS BIG
POWER PLANT
IS U. S. MADE
DNTEPROSTROY. N. S. 8. R,
Oct. 10. (fP)—Soviet Russia cele
brated today a major achievement
of the five year plan with the of
ficial opening of its gigantic hydro
electric plant here, designed as the
»largest in the world. »
Headed by representatives of the
government and communist party
leaders, thousands o! persons
crowded the site of the new power
development, to hear officials of
the commissariat of heavy industry
announce the beginning of opera
tions of the country’s ...ost ambi
tious industrial project as current
was turned on from the powerful
generators.
Special Trains
Special trains were run here
from all parts of the country so
that as many citizens as possible
could see at first hand the fore
most Soviet contribution to the
electrification of Russia, which was
Lenin's basic idea for industrializ
ing the nation.
Designed and constructed by
American engineers and equipped
with American machinery, the
opening of the great electric station
two months a$ ad of schedule
marked a personaT inumph for Col.
Hugh L. Cooper, of New York,
whose firm had the contrast for the
project and who personally super
vised it from the beginning five
years ago until the government ac
cepted the plant a month ago.
For his firm's work on the plant, i
the government decided to confer
on Col. Cooper the order of the
Red Star, making him the first
foreigner to receive the decoration,
given only for outstanding achieve
ments in the defense of the coun
try. Six members of his staff of
engineers were awarded the order
of Lenin for unusual contributions
to “socialist construction."
Col. Cooper was given a promi
nent part in today’s ceremonies,
together with A. V. Winter, who
was head of the Soviet administra
tion of the project and who was
made a meiffber of the Soviet
Academv of Sciences in recognition
of his services at Dnteprostroy.
Giant Undertaking
The formal opening of the huge
plant marks the epilogue of a
drama of engineering conquest
without parallel in construction
operations in modern times. It in
volved the exclusive use of unskill
ed Russian labor, mostly of the
giasant classes, who had to be
alned in the use of modem con
struction equipment while the
work was going on.
The development represents an
investment of 220.000.000 rubies
(nominallv $110,000,000* and will
have an ultimate capacity of 7o6.
000 horsepower with an annual
production of 2.500.000,000 kilowatt
hours of electricity.
As a part of the power project,
which will supply an area of 70.000
square miles and a population ot
16 000.000, including the Donetz
coal basin and the huge Dne
propetrovsk metal works now near
tag completion nearby, is a series
of locks on conjunction with the
main dam which will make the
treacherous Dnieper Rapids at this
point navigable for the first time.,
By raising the water level to
cover the rapids, the river nowT ai.l
be navigable from the Black Sea.
900 miles to the south, to a point
aome distance above Dmeprostroy. j
FRUrr EXPRESS
RATES SLASHED
(Special to The Hera’.d)
HARLINOENN. Oct. 10—A big
Increase in the movement of cit
rus fruit out of the Valley in
small, express shipments is expec
ted this winter in view of the new
. rates which have been announced
i by the express company, to be
come effective October 31.
The new rates amount to a re
duction of from 30 to 40 per cenv.
Some sample rates, giving the i
present rate and the amount ol
reduction, follow: New York. $2 80.
reduction of $1.70; Buffalo, $2.80. ;
$1.50; Cleveland. $2 40. $170; Oma
ha, $2 00. $142; Jonesbcro. Ark..
$160, $131.
Carson Rites Held
< Special to The Herald»
MISSION, Oct. 10.—Funeral ser
vices were held here Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock for M. Ellsworth
Carson. 67 who died Friday morn
ing at his’home here.
Rev. Chester Crow officiated at
the services.
Survivors are Mrs Carson, two
daughters, Mrs. Eta Schafer of Me- ]
Allen, and Mrs William Moore of
Hidalgo; and two brothers in Min
nesota. . . . .
Maaons of Mission had charge :>i
Interment, made at the Mission
cemetery* ,
Mr. Carson cams here 24 years ago
from Iowa, and has been active in (
affairs of Mission for years.
Chapa Rites Set
Antonio Cisneros Chapa died
Sunday morning at 6:4;> o'clock at
! his residence on Eleventh ~nd Van
Buren streets, after a long illness.
He is survived by his wife and sev
eral children and numerous other
relatives in the city. He was an
uncle of Manuel Cisneros of the
i Cisneros drug stores. Interment
will be made at 5:30 p. m. Monday
in the city cemetery, with Darling
funeral home in charge.
Farr Under Knife
J. M. Farr of the Farr Plumbing
and Electric '•orapanv at 600 W. 3t.
Francis streets, nderwent an opera
tion Saturday at Mercy hospital for
n ruotured appendix and according
to attendants is doing as well as
could be expected.
MRS. RTEINER IMPROVES
’Hie condition of Mrs. Knox Stein
er of Port Isabel who was operated
F"?ntlv at Mercy hospital, con
to improve, according to at
t*.
Charity Committee
Prepares Report
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Oct. 10. —Repre
sentatives of Valley counties ap
pointed to make a Survey of this
section to determine extent of un
employment relief and charity aid
needed from the Reconstruction
Finance corporation were in ses
sion here today, working out de
tails of the situation.
Representing Willacy county was
George Calder of Raymondville;
with Mrs. E. H. Mulholland of
Mission and S. M. Patterson of
Weslaco representing Hi d a 1 g o
county; and G. C. Richardson of
Brownsville, and J. E. Bell of San
Benito representing Cameron coun
ty.
SEEK BETTER
CITRUS TEST
WESLACO. Oct. 10 — For the
first time in file history of the
citrus industry of the Valley scien
tific research is to be directed on
the problem of either improving
the present green fruit test or
working out a new test so that a
greater measure of edibility will
be secured in fruit passing the
testing standards.
Through the joint cooperation of
W. A. Canon, state marketing head.
L. E. Heid, chemist in charge of
the Citrus By-Products laboratory,
and the Society of Subtropical
Horticulture, a program of re
search has been outlined for this
season which should result In the
contribution of data and sugges
tions of inestimable value to the
citrus industry of the Rio Grande
Valley.
To carry out tills program of re
search. a well trained organic
chemist was found.
‘DISH0N0RT0
(Continued from Page One)
that they would support Bulling
ton. Many of them were influen
tial in the Hoover-Democratic and
ultra-dry factions four years ago
which carried Texas’ electoral col
lege votes for Herbert Hoover. The
chairman of the league is Cato
Sells of Fort Worth, former Demo
cratic national committeeman and
commissioner of Indian affairs in
the administration of Woodrow
Wilson.
Gov. Sterling, in explaining his
stand, declared he would "not be
intimidated by any cry of ‘bolter*
or reference to party pledges,'*
adding that "it is universally re
cognized that fraud vitiates all
contracts and I have charged and
prepared to prove that fraud ex
isted in the primaries this sum
mer. • • • I am a Democrat and
I think the greatest service I can
render to my party and to my state
is to do all within my power to
prevent the Fergusons from again
gaining control of the state gov
ernment.” He added that he would
support Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Democratic nominee for president,
with all his power.
Republicans Pleased
Ferguson was impeached and re
moved from office in 1917. His
wife served one term as governor
in 1925-26.
Republicans, already pleased at
their prospects of electing a gov
ernor because of the bitter fight
between Gov. Sterling and Mrs.
Ferguson over the Democratic
nomination, were expected to draw
more hope from the governor's
statement he would bolt the guber
natorial ticket. Orville Bullington.
G. O. P. candidate, has been mak
ing a vigorous campaign and has
stressed the lack of harmony in
the Democratic camp.
It was pointed out that in 1924.
when Mrs Ferguson was the Demo
cratic nominee, she defeated Dr.
George C. Butte. Republican, by
only 127.000 votes, whereas a nor
mal Democratic majority is greatly
in excess of this number. In 1928
for instance. Dan Moody defeated
the Republican candidate by ap
proximately 462,000 votes.
PLANE PASSENGERS
American Airway* had as pas
>engcr on their plane Saturday, C.
E Priest to Dallas and Sunday.
Miss McCormick to Fort Worth.
Arriving here Sunday from points
in Mexico on the Pan American
plane were Mr. and Mrs. E. R
Hunt. W. F. Summers and J. C
Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Doug
las and baby. Mr. and Mrs. J. P
Martin and Mrs E. McKee Dobie
left on the plane Monday for
points in Mexico.
______________
Buildings Burn
NOCONA, Oct. 10 UP — Fiw* last
night destroyed a hotel building,
another building nearby and damag
ed 1.000 ba>o of hav here. The total!
loss was estimated at $2,750.
City Briefs !
|
Oriental Rug and Gift Shop an
nounces 20 per cent to 60 per cent
reductions on every thing.—Adv.
D. J. Morean and J. F. Ellis of
Vinton, La. are spending a few
days in Brownsville.
Among those registered at a
Brownsville hotel over the week
end were Mr. and Mrs. H. Over
stolz of Dallas. H. P. Henning of
the Texas company. Houston and
E. J. Winer, St. Louis.
Bill Shuters of Austin arrived
here Sunday for a brief visit.
H. H. Harper is spending sev
eral days in the city. He is from
Corpus Christu
J. P Sampson of San Antonio
arrived in Brownsville Sunday on a
short business trip.
Fewer School Days
Lost Due to Cold*
Two-thirds of the time lost from
school because of colds can be
saved! This was proved last win
ter with Vicks Plan for better Con
tred-of-Colds. Mothers and teach
ers alike welcome this practical
Plan-full* explained in each pack- ,
age of Vicks VapcRub and the new j
Vicki No6e 6i Throat Drops—Auv.
Truck Driver Feud
Takes Another Life
CHICAGO, Oct, 10. </Ph-'The feud
of rival truck drivers unions took
another life today.
Richard J. Roberts. 40, a business
agent for the truck drivers and
chauffeurs union and member of the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters was found shot through the
head in a west side alley. His widow
said he had left home for a union
meeting yesterday and never re
turned.
Teachers To Meet
The Cameron County Teachers’
asociation will hold a regular meet
ing in La Peria Oct. 21, it has been
announced.
Programs this season will be di
rected from an industrial stand
point, doing away with the cut and
dried educational programs. The
teachers will be shown the plants
of Valley Industries at these meet
ings.
Sessions will be held in December
and February. Supt. J. S Rasco of
El Jardin is president of the as
sociation.
Pioneer Die*
FORT WORTH. Oct. 10. (*•>—
Harvey Hulen, 87, Cooke county
pioneer, died at his home in Port
Gibson, Okla. last night. He had
been seriouslv 111 with pneumonia
last week.
He was the lather of Maj. Gen.
John A. Hulen, vice president of the
Fort Worth and Denver City rail
way and comander of the 36th '1
vision. Texas National Guard. Other
survivors includ: a widow, three
sons and .wo daughters.
Boy Is Wounded
HENDERSON. Oct. 10. (;p>—James
Jarrell, 13, was injured critically
yesterday when the pistol with
which he was playing at his father’s
gin, 10 miles >uth of here, was dis
charged accidentally. He was shot
in the abdomen.
Hearing Slated
A preliminary hearing for Benito
Rosales, charged with theft of a
horse and colt, will be held before
Jus. of the Peace Geo. J. Krausse
Tuesday.
Rosales is alleged to have stolen
the animals from John Fuche.
INTENTION FILED
D. L. Holiwamer and Lillitt Fin
ley. Harlingen.
Licenses issued: John A. Fedor,
Santa Rosa, and Mary M. Drossel,
La Feria; Carlos Solitaire and Esther
Dorsett, Brownsville; Enrique Tor
res. Brownsville, and Lucinda Villa
real. Mercedes.
New’ suit In district court: Pauline
Gardner Dawe vs. Joe Dawe, divorce.
WALKER GETS
BIG WELCOME
BACKTO N. Y.
NEW YORK. Oct. 10. —Cit
izen James J. Walker, welcomed
home with roses and the strains of
“Lover. Come Back to Me.” studied
the Job situation today.
Reports recurred that some time
In the near future he would take
employment with his friend. A. C.
Blumenthal, theatrical producer,
who once was said to have offered
him $100,000 a year salary.
Tammany Greets Him
The former mayor, who resigned
during ouster proceedings and an
nounced he would look to the peo
ple for vindication, got a welcome
yesterday which recalled those he
used to give to visiting potentates
and channel swimmers.
John F. Curry, leader of Tam
many Hall, and John H. McCooev.
Democratic chief in Brooklvn. led
a cheering throng of political lead
ers down the bay to meet the
Europa. which brought the mayor
back from a brief sojourn in
Europe.
Tugs shrieked, a fire boat splash
ed, bands played. At the pier a
woman cried "my hero’’ and threw?
roses at the former mayor. Walker
said:
’ Well, if this is death, it is cer
tainly a great way to die."
Wearing a Prince of Wales plaid
suit, with cuffless trousers and
lapels on the vest. Walker doffed
! his smart gray hat and rushed
I down the gangplank into the arms
of his wife.
Praises O'Brien
He praised Surrogate John P
O'Brien, Democratic nominee for
! mayor. Among those pressing for
ward to greet him was Thomas F.
j Dwyer, who was “fired" as com
missioner of markets by Mavor
Joseph V. McKee after he suc
ceeded Walker.
"Well. Uncle Tom.’’ said Walker
1 to Dwyer, “so Simon Legree got
, you. eh?’’
Once during the reception, a
band started to play “Happy Days
Are Here Again.’’ Curry frowmed
and mentioned. “Play Tammany,”
he ordered and the band %d.
Walker said he was not out of
politics, explaining that by politics
he meant "interest in the welfare
of the city and its people.” He said
1 he had no plans.
Valley Man Named
To College Faculty
• Special to The Herald*
HARLINGEN. Oct. 10—J. B
Corns, one of the best known of
Valley fanners and horticulturists
through his record on a farm near
here, has been added to the faculty
of the Texas College of Arts and
Industries at Kingsville, according
to announcement here.
Corn* has a bachelor of science
degree from the University of Cal
ifornia.
He has farmed /i tract near here
for years and has m-de a fine
record.
WORLDFUGHT
CREW RESCUED
MANILA. Oct. 10 — f/P —Capt.
Wolfgang von Gronau and three
companions abandoned efforts to
repair the disabled engine of their
globe-girdling airplane, forced
down on rough seas of the Indian
ocean, when the British steamship
Kargola turned to their assistance
today.
A radio message from the Ger
man flier received here at 3:11 a.
m. Eastern Standard time, said:
‘Steamship Kargola comes to our
rescue. Thanks your help. Sorry
could not finish our program."
The globe-encircling plane had
been forced down earlier in the
day 200 miles south of Rangoon by
a broken water pump.
Besides Capt. von Gronau the
plane carried Gert von Roth, sec
ond pilot; Fritz Albrecht, radio
operator, and Fran* Hack, me
chanic.
First word of their distress was
heard at 9 15 p. m , Sunday. Eas
tern Standard time. Subsequent
dispatches told of attempts to re
pair the pump and of an unsuc
cessful attempt to take off in
rough seas at 10:32 p. m. Sunday.
Eastern Standard time.
Their flight in the "Greenland
Wal" started from Isle of Sylt,
Germany, July 22. They were to
complete the world circu.t in Ber
lin the latter part of this month.
The route they followed took
! them across the north Atlantic via
Iceland, Greenland and Labrador;
across Canada to Prince Rupert.
B. C-; thence to Dutch Harbor.
Alaska, and across to Asia via the
Aleutian and Kurile Island chains.
Stopping at Shanghai ana
Hongkong, they landed here ana
I left for Zampoanga on Mondanao
island. Sept. 30. They touched at
i Borneo and were on the last third
of their trip when forced down.
2ND WRITE IN
DRIVE LOOMS
FORJflDALGO
• Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, Oct. 10.—Hidalgo
county's political troubles increased
somewhat over the weekend with
final decision by the state supreme
court in Austin Saturday favoring
the three democratic candidates for
district and state offices who sought
to have the names of their Good
Government party opponent* strick
en from the official ballot of the
general election.
Co. Clerk F. W. Lemburg of Mc
Allen stated he had received no
communication from Sec. of State
Jane Y. McCall urn concerning the
disposition of the names, but stated
he did not believe the names would
go on the ballot in view of the de
cision.
The supreme court upne.a tne
contention of democratic candidates
for the two district judgeships and
the office of representative from
this district that no party without a
state organization could place names
of its candidates in nomination for
district or state offices. The court
also held that the district court from
which the case had been appealed
erred in not granting the demo
cratic candidates an injunction pre
venting the appearance of Good
Government party names on the
ballot. Good Government attorneys
; had contended that since the district
! involved included only Hidalgo
i county, a properly organized third
, party in that county could legally
! place its nominees in the running
j for district or state offices in that
I county.
The final court action leaves only
one alternative for the pood Gov
ernment organization in Hidalgo
1 county. Its supporters probably will
be forced to write m the names of
their candidates in the blank col
umn on the ballots.
In 1938, when they were defeated
by a comparatively sn 111 number»of
; votes in their fight lor control of
j the Hidalgo county government, the
party's supporters were forced to
write the names of all their can
I didates c« the ballots. Voting
"schools’* were held in every pre
■ emet in the county, where Good
Government voters literally “went to
school' and learned to properly
spell and punctuate the names of
I the entire list of candidates. They
j practiced writing this list until tn
1 structors in the “schools ’ pronounc
ed their efforts perfect. The election
was lost that year by the slim mar
gin of a few hundred votes out of a
total of 11.027 votes cast.
It la reliably reported that the
•‘voting schools" made famous by
the bitter 1928 campaign will be re
opened throughout the county as
soon as definite information con
cerning appearance of the names on
the ballots is available. Good Gov
ernment candidates for the three
places are H. 1* Leonard of Mc
Allen. Fred Bennett of Mercedes and
Bryce Ferguson of Pharr. Demo
cratic candidates are R M Bounds, j
Chas. E. Thompson and Josh Ew
ing.
SHIPPERS TO
TALK RATES
fSoeclal to The Heraldv
WELACO. Oct. 10—Members of
the Valley Shippers' association at
a meeting here tonight will take
up plans for further activity
against increased freight rates, ana
for reduction in icing charges.
C. D Wallace, secretary of the
association, m announcing the
meeting here tonight said that the
Valley has permitted over charges
of about $15 a car on icing for
years, and that there is hope of
an Interstate Commerce Commis
sion hearing in the Valley in Nov
ember. to prevent this section's
request for a reduction. This
amounts to about $200,000 a year,
he said.
This reduction still is faced with
prospect of an increase in rates
on most vegetables, which would
cost around $100 a car more, and
the plans for continuing this fight
will be discussed tonight.
STUDENTS HEAR
FIRE LECTURES
Observation of “Fire Prevention*
week. Oct. 9-15. got under wap
here Monday with uniformed fire
men scheduled to appear befori
school children and regular In
spections in the commercial dis
trict. . .
Chief T. P Serran point* ou*
that Brownsville's fire loss for 1931
was 12 cents per capita—the low
est of any city in Texas with «
paid fire department However, ha
say a. vigilance should not be re
laxed in fire prevention and ha ^
urged that Brownsville citiaena
follow the slogan “A clean city haa
few fires." ... _
He asks that the public co-opwv
ate in “Fire Prevention* week bp
clearing out all rubbish and unnec
essary accumulations of inflamma
ble materials.
In commenting on fire loss, tht
chief suited:
“Fire loss is one of the meet se
rious problems that confront* ua
today, by reason of the fact thal
this form of waste has proved to
be a heavy financial burden on
each of our citizen*.
“Last year in the United State*
10.000 people lost their lives by
fire, while in Texas the number
was 368. During the past ten yeara
2.898 people burned to death in
Texas Nearly *500.000.000 worth
of property was destroyed by fir*
in the United States In 1931. with
a per capita lass of approximately
*4 The fire losses in Texas wera
higher last year th n they have
ever been, which amounted to
$17,565 457. with premiums collect
| ed of *23.479.913.**
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just a sigo of that "tired feeling"
| —a “run-down condition” where n
tonic is needed ... then pause and
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blood-cells and their hemoglobin are
• necessary to carry ogygen from the
lungs to all parts of the body ... that
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friends?
This I* now and has been the fntw
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your determination to gain betteg
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i)ont let Anyone kid you_
You might think that a two-fisted fellow
like the steel jack in the picture would
like his tobacco strong. Not at all.
He wants his cigarettes mild and that's
why he picks Chesterfields.
Mildness doesn't mean a smoke that's
wreak or fiat or insipid or anything like
that. In fact it's just the reverse. Two
fisted fellows as well as anyone else —
men and women—want a cigarette that's
mild . . . one that satisfies — and that's
Chesterfield.
We believe that every smoker is look
ing for a cigarette w ithout any f‘bitc”
or bitterness, and a cigarette that has a
pleasing taste—and that's Chesterfield.
• • •
Chesterfield Radio Program
Every night except Sunday, Columbia
Coast-to-Coast Network.
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THEY TASTE BETTER
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