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JIM RESUMES
IS FIGHT TO
TIE Iff FUNDS
AUSTIN. Dec. 8.—UP)—The su
preme court had been appealed to
today by James E. Ferguson and
other plaintiffs in an effort to
restrain the Texas highway com
mission from awarding more con
struction contracts at this time.
Petition Filed
Ocie Speer, attorney for Fergu
son, husband of Mrs. Miriam A
Ferguson, gover/ior-elect. and Bailey
Hardy and John Chamberlain, who
contend the commission already
has contracted for more construc
tion than the available funds for
the current fiscal sear can meet,
last night filed a petition in the
states highest civil tribunal asking
that it act to forbid further ex
penditures until their suit can be
finally determined before it.
The third court of civil appeals
on Tuesday ordered dissolved a
temporary injunction issued by a
Travis county district court, tying
hands of ’he commission in mak
ing awards.
Jamr.> V. Allred, attorney-gen
ial. who look the highway com
mission.- side in the litigation,
advised the commissioners after
the appellate court acted that. In
his opinion, they were were free
to consummate contracts for ap
proximately $4 000 000 worth of
work held in abeyance pending
determination of the suit.
Hearing Today
■ • The commissioners were in Aus
tin today to formally consider let
ting the contracts
C. M. Cureton. chief justice of
the suoreme court, told petitioners
for relief in his court, that the
matter would bp considered in
formally in consolation by the
justices at 10 a m. today for a
discussion oi what, if any. pro
cedure could be Invoked bv that
tribunal to determine the right*
of the parties.
Orphans to Receive
Valley Citrus Fruit
The Christian church orphanage
at Dallas is to receive a carload of
Valley citrus fruit in a short time.
Recording to arrangements made by
the Christian pastors ol the Valley
*t a recent, meeting.
The car will be loaded at Harlin
Ren
Birth Control And
Divorce Problems
Facing Churchmen
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 8.—A
renewal of interest in worship was
reported to the meeting of the
federal council of Churches of
Christ in America today by its
committee on worship, which in
terpreted the trend as "a hearten
ing sign of a revival of Christian
faith and spiritual vitality.”
In introducing the report Bishop
NOTES OFFERED
BY TREASURY
(Special to The Herald)
DALLAS, Dec. 8.—"Statement by
Sec. Mills. The treasury is today of
fering for subscription at par and
accrued interest, through the Feder
al Reserve banks, $350 000.000, or
thereabouts. 2 3-4 per cent. 4-year
treasury notes of series B-1936. and
$250,000,000. or thereabouts, 3-4 of
1 per cent treasury certificates of in
debtedness. series TD-1933
“The treasury notes will be dated
Dec. 15. 1932. and will bear inter
est from that date at the rate of
2 3-4 per cent, payable semi-annual
ly. They will mature Dec. 15. 1936.
and will not be subject to call for
redemption prior to that date.
"The certificates of indebtedness
will be dated Dec. 15. 1932. and will
bear interest from that date at the
rate of 3-4 of 1 per cent, payable
semi-annually. They will mature on
December 15. 1933.
"The principal and interest of the
treasury notes and treasury certi
ficates of indebtedness will be pay
able in United States gold coin oi
the present standard of value
The treasury notes and certifi
cates of indebtedness will be exemp\
both as to principal ana interest,
from all taxation (except estate or
inheritance taxes) now or hereafter
imposed bv the United States, any
state, or any of the possessions of
the United States, or by any local
taxing authority.
The first internal combustion
engines were des.gned about the
year 1680 and were made to op
erate on gun powder.
Wilbur P. Thikield, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, chairman
ox the committee, said his group
had "no thought of trying tu,
standardize forms of worship or of
adopting any one type of service."
A revised social creed of the
churches, to be debated today,
advocates repealing laws prohibit
ing dispensing of birth control In
formation by "physicians and oth
er qualified persons'’ and says
a’so that divorce often is prefer
able to the enforced continuation
of a relation which has no true
basis in mutual respect and at
tention."
This social creed revision, which
has been studied for four years
by the committee submitting it.
pleads for a "wider and fairer
distribution of wealth; social in
surance against unemployment
sickness, accident and old air
want: social control of the eco
rom’c orocess: revision of penal
methods and criminal court pro
cedure.”
ThTe corrected need states that
solution of the "rural nroblem" is
"mineralive’’ and that the entireti
es should "advocate economic and
social justice for the farmer and
for the industrial worker."
It further states that religious
bodies "should oopise comtuiteorf
miJitarv framing in education*,
institutions and should suonort
aeoTCSsivelv national trd inter
rati-nqi rvvictes of peace and dis
ermament."
DEMOLAYS GIVE
[ DANCE TONIGHT
Members and friends of the
Brownsville chapter cf DeMolays
have received invitations to a dance
to be given at the Country Club
Thursday night.
Peg Longon ar.d His Club Royal
Orchestra are to furnish music for
the dance, which will beg.n at
9 o'clock.
The occasion is the annual dance
of the DeMolays. an organization
active in fhis city.
1 IGHT
Music at Dinner and t
Dancing 9:30’til 1:30 ^
I
The Original Ipana Troubadors re brought to the I
Valley as part of Weslaco’s B ay Celebration.
Come and enjoy the biggest time n your lives ....
rchestra.
Luncheon—12 noon until 2 .. ... n .. „.lr.... 75c
Dinner—6 until 7:30 . .. .$1.25
Dancing in Lobby—9:30 until 1 . ,m, . $2.25
MAKE YOUR RESERY EARLY
NO COYER CHARG
Under Auspices of
The Cortez Hotel
WESLACO
SUSPECT IN
YACHT DEATH
IS ARRESTED
LOS ANGELES. Dec 8. (A*)—In a
darkened shack near the L06 An
geles river bottoms, police today
found William Guy, 24-year-old
Welsh soldier of fortune and sus
pect in the mysterious slaying of
Capt. Walter Wanderwell, globe
trotting adventurer. Wanderwell was
shot to death Monday night at Long
Beach aboard his dilapidated yacht
Carma.
*'I know what you want—1 ve been
expecting you." said Guy as police
broke into the house and flashed
their lights on him. "But I didn’t
kill Wanderwell.
Further Linked
The widow of the cap-ain said Guy
had threatened her husband over
financial matters and had engaged
in a fist :ght with him.
Guy was further linked with the
slaying by two persons who were
aboard the yacht when Wanderwell
was slain. Edmund Zeranski. Holly
vood cameraman. and Cutlibc.t
Wills, engineer of the yacht, said
Guy talked like and appeared to
be the man who wore a gray cult
and who had inquired through a
porthole lor Capt. Wanderwell
shortly before he was found dead
in his cabin.
The suspect admitted he had en
tered the United St«tas illegally
and had voted in the last presiden
tial election. He said he was a na
tive of Cardiff, Wales.
Admits They Fought
The youthful adventurer, who
quarreled with Wanderwell after a
journey with the latter through
~outh America, admitted he had en
gaged in a fight with the globe
trotter and had differences with
him over money matters.
“I met Wanderwell and his party
in Buenos Aires in September or
October of last year," he said. "My
wife and myself rnswered an ad
vertisement that he had placed in
a local newspaper. We paid him
$200 to join his troupe in his ex
pedition to motor from Buenos Aires
to San Francisco.
"We had trouble almost from the
time that I joined the troupe and
when he got to Colon, Panama,
Wanderwell sneaked away and de
serted the party. He and Mrs. W-an
derwtll and the auto left Colon by
ship.
• The mxt time I saw Wanderwell
was after I h..d worked my way to
the United Ctates and met him in
an apartment house where I had
learned he was stopping, following
his auto which I had seen on a
street In Los Angeles."
Guy said he had a fight with
Wanderwell "hen he saw him. Two
other men were present, he said.
Admits Voted Illegally
“I have never seen or directly
heard from Wanderwell since the
episode in the apartment," Guy con
tinued. "I know nothing whatso
ever about the murder. I have not
seen the boat. The reason I did
not come in to give myself up when
I learned through the- newspapers
that I was being sought was be
cause I was afraid I would be jailed
for illegal entray and voting."
Capt. Wanderwell had organized
a motley ere wof men and women
passengers, all of whom had signed
as members of the crew- to .ret
around the navigation laws as the
Carma was declared by marine au
thorities to be unseaworthy. The
party was to sail this week-end for
the South Seas on an around the
world cruise.
IN OUR 1
VALLEY;
icontinued Prom Page One)
Brownsville, on Highway No. 4,
there's a bad place in the road.
It has become dangerous—or a*
least it was so as late as Thurs
day morning.
Several months ago a new drain
was laid across the road Dirt fill
was necessary. The fill is being
allowed to become compact, thor
oughly settled, before the concrete
paving is put in.
In the meantime the fill is
sinking. A rather bad and dan
gerous spot to traffic. Improperly
marked. One marker several hun
dred feet away says ‘Slow." It is
r.ot enough, especially at night
There should be markers readin:
Road Under Construction—Drive
Carefully.''
• • •
THE VALLEY CITRUS INSTI
tute will have its second annual
meeting in January.
This year the institute will b"
held at Edinburg, and the dates
arc January 17. 18 and 19.
The citrus industry is still youne
in the Valley. And it is still grow
ing. There are many things for
growers to lpam. And one way to
learn them is to attend the In
stitute. to hear the experts discuss
the various problems, and to ex
change information.
Forecasts are for 20.000-car cron
for the season 1933-34. That s
something to think about, when
one recalls that it has not been
so many years since the first cai- |
load of citrus fruit was shippeu
from this section.
I
Tourist Register
Shows 100 Visitors
An even 100 tourist* registered at
the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce tourist bureau during the
month of November, the report of
the bureau shows.
This is an increase of 32 over the
registration for October.
Twenty-two states were represent
ed in the registrations, with Texas
leading with 24 Indiana and Pen
nsylvania were tied for second with
11 each.
Foreign countries represented
were Guatem^tfi *nd Franca each
with one registration.
T T T T
XMAS SEAL
SALE BEGINS
Xmas seal time is here again.
The Xmas seal is the little stamp
which is sold to stamp out tuber
culosis. The seals are more attrac
tive this year than usual and will
be an ornament to any Xmas letter
or package.
The children depicted on the
stamp are real children. George anti
Carol Volkman and the portrait
from which they were taken was
painted by their father. Edward
Volkman of Weehaaken, New Jer
sey. The National Tuberculosis As
sociation selected the painting as
the design for the 1932 seal.
The reason so much is known of
these children is that thev live :n
Weehawken. N. J.. where Miss Elsa
Walter of Brownsville is now visit
ing and it has heen her pleasure to
meet the family. Miss Walter was
last year appointed Xmas seal chair
man in Brownsville which she gives
her personal interest.
iMatamoros Cafe To
Get Nightclub Revue
Martin-Hill Nightclub revue openo
at the Matamoros Cafe In Mata
moros. Mexico Thursday night, ac
cording to announcement of Mrs.
Emma Leonard, owner and manager
of the cafe.
Personnel of the revue consists of
10 show* people, formerly of Kan
sas City, who open an indefinite en
gagement with the floor shows
Thursday night. Kittv Kelley, per
sonality girl, a chorus of six girls,
Martin-Hill trio, harmony singers,
blues and ballad singing and the
latest novelty dances will be fea
tured in the two shows given twice
each night with program changes
on Thursday and Sunday. A. W.
Martin is master of ceremonies. A
| prevue will be given at the Capitol
theater Saturday night.
Transparent steel, made of
sheets thinner than paper, is prov
ing useful in the manufacture o!
scientific irwnruments.
OCEAN PLANE !
SERVICE NOT!
YET POSSIBLE
—
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8— *V-An
official report that aeronautic sci- :
ence has failed to develop a
heavier-than-air plane capable of 1
efficient “transatlantic air trans
port service to Europe,' but hola
mg out a hope for the future was
sent to congress today by Presi
dent Hoover.
The report was the eighteenth
made by the national advisory
committee for aeronautics, created
by congress in 1915 as a federal
agency to “plan and coordinate
research programs for the develop
ment of aircraft."
Lind? an Committee
The committee lists m its mem
bership Charles A Lindbergh
Orville Wright, Major General
Benjamin D. Foulois. chief of the
army air corps. Rear Admiral wil
liam A. Moffett, chief of the
naval bureau of aeronautics, and
others under the chairmanship oi
President Joseph Ames of Johns
Hopkins University.
“With the present disturbed
conditions of the world," the com
mittee said, “it is vitally necessary
to continue aeronautical research,
experimentation and development
for national defense. To fall be
hind would not only endanger our
security but would retard definite
ly the progress of civilisation.”
In a letter submitting the report.
Pres Hoover urged that "America
should keep at least abreast of
other nations in the development
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Ships Inefficient
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The native population of Aus
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300.000. in 1788 to C.000 in 1930.
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cluded.
Interesting.... Is it not?
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