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JIN SUFFERS !
TWO BITTER
COURTLOSSES
AUSTIN, Dec. 9. '/P.-Ex-Gov.
James E. Ferguson, whose wife,
Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, will be- j
come governor of Texas on Jan- I
uary 17. today had lost a bitter
court fight to prevent the state |
highway commission from award
ing approximately 94.000,000 in con
struction contract*.
Ferguson. Bailey Hardy of Breck
enridge. and John M. Chamberlain
of Palo Pinto county, who had Join
ed him in the light, suffered two
court defeats yesterday, one In the
state supreme court and the other
In the third court of civil appeals.
Dented Relief
The supreme court refused to
< .ant a motion for leave to file a
petition seeking to restrain the com
mission from awarding the con
tracts. on which bids had been tak
en, until the state's highest court
had been given an opportunity to
pass on a decision of the third court
of appeals which dissolved a tem
porary Injunction, obtained by Fer
guson In the Travis county district
court, prohibiting award of the con
tracts.
Denied relief In the supreme court,
an appeal for an order restraining
the commission was made in the
third of appeals. The motion was
overruled at 8 o'clock laat night
Immediately after the decision of
the third cocrt overruling the mo
tion for a stay order, the highway
commission made formal award of
the contracts. The contracts had
been prepared and all that was
needed to make them binding was
the signature of two members of the
commission. They were signed by
W. R. Ely. chairman, and D. K.
Martin, commisisoner.
The injunction restraining the
commission from taking any step.
to make additional contracts against
the state came on the eve of a hear
ing called by the commission to take
bids on the $4,000,000 highway pro
gram The district court injunction
was modified to allow the commis
sion to receive, and tabulate the
bids.
Allred Appeal*
Ferguson In obtaining the district
court injunction, alleged the com
mission already had awarded con
tracts in excess of Its anticipated
revenues for the fiscal year ending
Aug. 31, 1933. and charged the com
mission with having charted a
course that was designed to em
barass the administration of his
wife.
The commission answered that it
did not have liabilities in excess of
anticipated receipts and contended
it would have a balance of several
million dollars at the end of the fis
cal ve&r.
Atty. Oen. James V. Allred ap
pealed the dsttrict court injunc
tion to the court of civil appeals,
leaving the suit in the mam lying
in distiict court to be tried on its
merits. The appeals courts first de
cision. dissolving the Injunction,
came while Allred and Ocle Speer.
Ferguson's counsel, were arguing
orer a date for trial of the district
court case on Its merits.
Speer. In his argument, before the
court of appeals, stated that con
tempt citations would be sought
against the commission should It
award the contracts pending per
fection of his appeals to the supreme
eourt. Speer said he would ask the
supreme court to issue the citations
after he had applied to that court
for a writ or error.
Awards Made
It had been contended by Speer
before the appeals court that award
of the contracts would destroy the
subject matter of the suit, since it
would allow the commission to do
the thing that the litigation was
Instituted to prevent.
"Everything's OK.” Chmn. Ely
said after the court decision had
been issued and the awards made.
The commission had been advis
ed by Rllred that It was at liberty
to award the contracts after the
court of appeals had handed down
its original decision dissolving the
injunction. The awards, however,
had been withheld pending outcome
of the late«=* '•ourt maneuvers on
Ferguson s part * •
Trial of the suit on Its merits
has been set to start Monday before
Dlst Judge Carl Runge.
COMMITTEES
BECKON HUEY
WASHINGTON. Dec 9 —MV
Swinging his legs from a huge table
In the president s room next to the
senate floor Huey p. Long of
Louisiana, turned over the idea of
becoming "a candidate for office'’
on senate committees.
Between occasional pauses to
measure the reflection of a well
dressed senator in the full-length
missor he faced. Long outlined to
newspapermen his qualifications
for such places. He had renounced
committee assignment* last session
as the first step in a feud with de
mocratic leader Robinson of Ark
ansas.
At the next party caucus. Long
said he probably will present
“orally or in a written brief. In suc
cinct form and reinforced by my
record, my qualifications for com
mittee membership.”
“In other words. I think Til be a
candidate for office.” he continued.
“I'm thinking of turning these
qualifications over to the senators
at the next caucus for action at
such time as they consider proper. !
“On matters of interstate and
foreign commerce, I will present
the fact that I was for 10 years a
member of the Louisiana Railroad
and Public Service commissions.
As for finance and taxation.
Long gaid he "rewrote the tax law." j
white governor, provided additional
funds for the state “to retire bonds
floated by previous administra
tions. prevented bank failures, re
financed schools and roads, pro
vided buildings, including a new
capitol.
The saxoohone was invented lr.
1840 by Ad°lPhe S*x and intro
duced into the French army bands
iu 1846. 1
Banks These Days
Are Found In All
Kinds Of Business
NEW YORK. Dec. ».—<*»)— Most
any bank these days u likely to be
found in most any business.
The bankers call It handling "go
ing assets." What happens is this;
a corporation defaults and the bans,
is forced to take it over in fore
closure; a business man dies with
out a logical successor and the
bank finds itself in charge of a
trust which includes the business;
a widow is unable to manage a 1
concern left by her husband ana
the bank takes it in voluntary
trust, or the creditors of a concern
force It into bankruptcy and the
bank becomes a receiver.
So many bankers go around
Y. M. C. A. IS
FORMED HERE
—
Forty-six members of Browns- j
ville Junior College are charter j
members of a Y. M. C. A., organ
ized here early this week after a
i conference with Grover C. Qood
; state supervisor of the institution.
The following are charter mem
bers of the organization: F.obert
Allan. Hubert Barney. A. C. Bell.
Sydney Bonnlck. Ted Bowie, John
Butler. Paul Cocke. Howard Elllff. !
Clarence Friedman. Otto Qavenda.
Billy Ollbert, Bruce Gilbert. Ken
neth Goetzke. Raymond Griswald.
Dale Harrlaon, J. B. Kent. Edward
Key. Harry Kowalski. Edward Mc
Eowen. Oordon Mclnnts. Morris
McKay. Ralph McLelland. William
H. Morton. Louis Pechstein. Haw
I thome Phillips. Norman Pickett,
Charles Pugsley, Orville Ralph.
McMurrv Richey. Zadoc Rosenthal.
Stan Row. John Rowe, C. W. Ruth.!
j John Sanders, Gail Shults. Wil
lard Sommer, Allison Taggsri. Ed
gar Taggart. George Thompson.
I Phillip Thompson. Billy Townsend,
j William D. Walker, A. C. White.
i Vance Wilson, and Elmer T. Yates.
The following officers were elect
ed: McMurrv 8. Richey, president;
John Sanders, vice-president; Mor
ris McKay, secretary; Kermit Cro
mack, treasurer; Philip Thompson,
j Sg't-at-Arms.
Tourneys Planned
CHICAOO Dec. 9—(fP)— The
Western amateur golf champion
ship tor 1933 probably will be
decided on a Chicago course, bu*
the open and Junior tournaments
are on the market.
The Western Golf association
! decided last night to hold the
amateur in Chicago, probably at
the Exmoor Country club, but to
give the national open at the North
Shore Country club, a "clear
track,” left the Western open for
some city convenient to Chicago
The Junior probably will be plav
ed at St. Louis. Dates for the
three tournaments have not been
! set.
I, City Briefs j
Hunters—Square deal in exchang
ing your mone> for pesos Bolado
! Mon?y Exchange. Brownsville —Adv.
Pan American passengers arriv
ing Thursday were I. M. Carlson
from Peru. W. J. Walters, from
Mexico City; J. M Reardon and J.
S. B. Harvey from Tampico. Leav
ing Friday morning were Julia
Rosenblueth to Mexico City; L.
Szily to Tampico and R. R Mac
Millan of Lob Angeles to Minati
tlan, Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bliss of
Harlingen are the parents of a
baby girl bom early Friday morn
ing at the Mercy hospital here.
The baby weighed eight and one
half pounds.
W. J. Walters left for Dallas on
the American Airways plane Thurs
day and J. M. Reardon was a pass
i engcr to Buffalo. N. Y.
Valuable trees may soon be pro
tected by lightning rods, as the
jesult of recent experiments in
Washington.
HOW
TO
RECAPTURE
BEAUTY
Good looks are often a matter of
good health. Sparkling eyes and a
smooth complexion ara outward
signs of an abundant vitality.
To he charming, conserve your
health. Guard against constipation.
It so often brings wrinkles, sallow
skins, dull eyes, pimples.
Try the pleasant “cereal way” to
protect yourself from constipation.
Science has proved that Kellogg's
All-Bran provides “bulk” to ex
ercise the intestines, and vitamin
B to tone the intestinal tract. All
Bran also furnishes iron, which
helps build up the blood.
The “bulk” in this delicious
cereal is much like that of lettuce.
How much safer than abusing your
S(tem with pills and drugs — so
cn habit-forming.
Two tablespoonfuls daily will cor
rect most types of
constipation. If not
relieved this way,
see your doctor.
Get the red-and
green package at
your grocer’s. Made
by Kellogg in Bat
tle Creek.
HELPS KEEP YOU FIT'
worrying about waking up tomor* |
row and rinding a fish market ou
their hands.
The City Bank Farmers Trust hw
Just taken over, In foreclosure, the
hipuodrome—home of the spectacle
show which has lately been de
voted to vaudeville and motu>u
pictures. The Irving Trust com
pany is running, as trustee tn bank
ruptcy, the United Cigar chain.
The Chicago Title and Trust
company operates 4o motion pic
ture theatres in and around that
city. It Is familiarly known as the
C. T Si T. circuit.
The officers of the First Na
tional bank of Memphis. Tennessee,
direct the policy of an old New
England, dyed-in-the-wool repuo
lican newspaper.
The First National bank of
Atlanta. Ga.. was left with a large
chain of shoe stores on its hands
In 1950. The Fulton National bans
in the same city found itself man
ager of a large apartment hotel
and was fortunate enough to have
a former hotel manager on Its
staff of officers
The late Col. Griffith J. Griffith
of Los Angeles left money to build
an observatory and hall of sci
ence and a Greek theater In Los
Angelea’ Griffith park. His will
gave the job to the Security First
National bank of Los Angeles.
The Merchants’ Bank and Trust
company of Jackson. Mias. took
over a delta plantation of manv
thousand acres and got along well
with Its tenant farmers—who liked
the idea of a partnership with a
bank
ROOSEVELT AT
SESSION HELM
ALBANY. N. Y.. Dec. 9 OP_An
extraordinary session of the New
York state legislature, product of
troubled conditions, mas called to
*fth Pres.-Elect Roosevelt at
the helm.
From many demands for changes
in law and government involving
thousands of Jobs and millions in
municipal funds. Gov. Roosevelt will
select one or more problems for
submission to the lawmakers as re
quiring Immediate attention.
Notable among the subjects he
pondered .. ,.s New York Citv’s plea
Tor legislative action to help bolster
its credit through salary savings and
other economies up to $40,000,000.
This Is the primary purpose of the
lame duck ' session.
Delegations of New York police
nremen and teachers were to oppose
any salary cut*.
Other proposals from various
sources are for removal of salary
protection for upstate teacners. a
three-year moratorium on manda
tory salary increases and reorgani
zation of New York city.
EXPERIMENTS 1
ON CITRUS TO
BE CONTINUED
<8pecial to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Dec. 9.- Experi
ments which have been started b>
R Baker, organic chemist and
citrus expert, under the direction
of the Texas Department of Agri
culture and the Valley Sub-tropical
society will continue through the
citrus season, according to W. A.
Cannon, in charge of the bureau
of markets o! the State depart
ment, who was in the Valley this
week.
Cannon was here to close up the
work of the maturity inspcrtion
force, as this work ends on De
cember 15. On and alter that date
all fruit is considered ripe.
‘ Mr. Baker is doing very satis
factory work” Mr. Cannon said.
• We do not know Just what will
happen as a result of his work. It
may be th 1 no changes can be
made in the maturity law. but
certainly we will have available in
formation which will give the
Valley growers a much better idea
of how to tell when the fruit is
mature, and how to check It.”
The maturity laws applying to
the Valley have been changed a
number of times. T'he first laws
were too lax. it was claimed, and
were changed. A sliding scale was
adopted for the seeded fruit, %nd
this season it was claimed that
the rules worked to prevent ship
ment of fruit that was not green.
The principal complaints, how
ever. have been that the regula
tions permitted shipment of green
fruit.
Mr Baker, formerly experimental
chemist In a northern University, is
doing his experimental work at
the U. S Department of Agricul
ture citrus by-products laboratory
at Weslaco He is working on ail
phases of the maturity problem
including acid and sugar content,
proportion of solid and liquid,
taste, color, etc.
Brownell Rites
*Soecial to The Herald*
EDINBURG, Dec. 9.—George C
Brownell. 70, di«*d at the family
home seven miles south of here
Tuesday after an extended illness.
Coming to the Valley 14 years ago
lrom Watertown. South Dakota, he
became a well-known resident of
the community.
Funeral services were held from
I the Kreidler Chapel Wednesday
with interment following in Hill
crest Memorial Park here. Rev M
A. Travis of Alamo and Rev. Mr
Townsend of Donna conducted the
last rites.
Surviving are his widow Mrs.
Jennie Brownell, two sons. Gordon
and Forrest, all of Edinburg; and
two daughters, Mrs. Esther Kruse
of Kingsley. Iowa, and Mrs Gene
vieve Cox of Watertown, S. D.
NEVER FORGETS
•'Why. Donald, it must be near
ly ten years sines I last met ye.”
“Aye. Sandy, ’tis a mightly long
time. We must celebrate.
“Aye, let's. But ye'll remember.
Donald. I paid the last time. *—
Tit-BN.
Garner Hunts Easy
Way to Drop His
House Job
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 li*V
Deeply puxried. Speaker Oarner
has asked—and received—advice
on how to resign from an office he
never has taken.
The office was that of repre
sentative from the 15th Texas dis
trict to the 73rd congress. He was
elected to the job on the same day
he was elected vice president of
the United State?.
This unprecedented problem of
being both vice president elect
and representative elect be mg too
much for him. Oarner wrote wil
liam Tyler Page, former house
clerk and authority on constitu
tional precedents, asking whether
he could ‘legally resign from an |
office to which elected without J
having taken it.”
Page replied there were two
ways out. One was to send his
resignation to Gov Sterling of
Texas as «oon as his certificate of
election to the next house has
been received bv the clerk of the
house. Then the governor. Page
said, could call an election to fill
the '‘vacancy.”
This was the method Page
thought preferable and which
Gamer has decided to employ
within a short time.
Page s second plan would elimi
nate Oarner as a representative
through automatic operation of
i the constitutional provision which
makes the holding of two elective
offices Incompatible.
TEXAS MASONS
ELECT HEADS
_ j
WAOO. Dec 9 '/TV—Wallace
H.ighston of McKinney was the
new grand master of the Grand j
Lodge of Texas. A. P. M.. today,
as Masons of the grand lodge turn
ed homeward after concluding them
annual convocation.
The mw grand master's father. '
T. P. Hughston. 91. of Plano, sat
on the rostrum yesterday and saw
his son installed in office. He him
self has served the order as an ac
tive member for 67 years. The Hugh
ston family has produced six past
masters ot the Grand Master’s
Home Lodge-—Plano No. 768.
Other officers installed were: W
8. Cooke. Fort Worth, deputy grand
master; John H Crooker, Houston,
grand senior warden; W. M.
Weathered. Coleman, grand junior
warden: J- J- Gallaher. Marlin,
grand treasurer; W B. Pearson,
Waco, grand secretary.
| AT THE FIRST SNEEzE"~|
JAPS PUSH ON I
TO DISPUTED 1
TERRITORIES
TIENTSIN. China. Dec. 9.—</T—
Japanese military activities, in
cluding firing on a Chinese water
tower, were reported today near
Shanhaikwan. on the Chinese ski*
of the Orest Wall.
The city of Shanhaikwan. an
important Chinese garrison, is on
the Jehoi border where the Chi
nese wall comas down to the sea.
Chinese reports said the Jas*anesc.
having wiped out the revolt m
northwestern Manchuria, planned
to extend their activities into the
disputed Jehoi province.
(Japanese and Chinese troops
were reported in a Tokyo dispatch
today to have clashed near Shan
haikwan. the former asserting thv
Chinese fired the first shot. Muk
den reports said Japanese inflict
ed heavy casualties on Chinese at
Shanhaikwan and Suichuug.)
The strained atmospherv eauaeo
here by reports that a struggle
impended for control of Jehoi, ly
ing between Manchuria and China
proper, was intensified by a re
ported demonstration by a Japa
nese armored train near Shan
haikwan.
The train was reported to have
steamed into the station there tins
morning, ignored signals, and.
proceeding Into Jehoi as far as
Shih-Ho. between Snanhaikwan
and Chlnwangtao. fired on and
damaged a water tower.
The Chinese comander at
Shankhalkwan was reported to
have taken up the matter witu
Japanese military authorities.
Chinese authorities in Tientsin,
about 150 miles southwest of
Shankhalkwan. have been warned
to expect serious trouble.
V
Vault Entered
CORSICANA. Dec 9—./P—Burg
lars knocked a hole In the vault of
the Powell State bank at Powell.
8 miles east of here Thursday
night, but did not get Into the safe
and nothing of value was missed
in an early morning checkup, of
ficials of the bank announc'd
County officers are invest *atmg
It is not known what tne burglars
used in breaking through the
vault.
COUGHS
Don’t let them gat a atrangle hold.
Fight germs quickly. Craomulsion com
bines the 7 best helps known to modem
science. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant
to take. No narcotics. Your druggist will
refund your money if any cough or cold
no matter how long landing ia not re
lieved by Craomulsion. (adr.)
KODAK FINISHING
In by 9—Ready by 4
HARRY FOEHNER
Cook's News Stand, Afts.
San Benito
FRANK BUCK’S
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Coming To
THE CAPITOL THEATER
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, DEC. 8-9
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Turn in one new subscriber to The Brownsville Herald and you will be given a ticket to see “Bring
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A new subscriber is one who has not been on the books of The Brownsville Herald for the last 30 days.
See additioijaj prizes given to those who turn in the most subscribers on this offer.
The Capitol Theatre is offering Five Guest
Tickets to the person guessing the closest
to the age of the PYTHON, the large snake
on display next door to the Capitol Thea
tre lobby. Leave your answer at Capitol
Box Office.
1st Prize—One regular 12 00 box of Chandu Tricks,
and six passes to the Capitol Theatre.
2nd Prize—One regular 12 00 box of Chandu Tricks,
and four passes to the Capitol Theatre.
8rd Pnze—Two passes to the Capitol Theatre.
These three prizes are in addition to one ticket
for every new subscriber.
THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD.
Brownsville, Texas.
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which I agree to pay the regular delivery
price.
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CITY CASH
GROCERY
1130 S. E. Washington St. Phone 1281
AH Fre»h Stock — Our Price* Are Low
Real Specials — Real Bargains
Below we quote a few of our many bargains for
Saturday and Monday, Dec. 10th and 12th, 1932:
_ _M_______•
RAISINS .7c
SUGAR - 11c
Mixed Nuts Pound ... 18c
CHERRIES Sa..l3c
We carry a complete line of ingredients
for Fruit Cake at a very low price, give
us a trial.
f^i . . 6 Lb».16c
r I mil* Anf >2 Lbs. 28c
1 1U1U Food 24 Lbs.50c
CUnDTCMIMP l-»b. P.ckoge .... 7c
onUK I tmiXb *■£ !*'!;•«• • ;?*
3-lb. Package .... 19c
n 1 French • ff
Dread Loaf, i6OZ.dc
BEANS I5S. 10c
Pineapple £?«£2.13c
Mixed Vegetables ^ 9c
Syrup 5mVulS!« C... 1 Oc
Mustard &d;.15c
* ..■■i.umllllfil
Vinegar oS.’S*.15c
MILK .19c
Tomato Paste ii"“.5c
Gold Dust lOc
Soups K":.9c
Peas £*' *»-.5]/2c
Coffee "Lf'c"..27c
r« A f“A White King, OCf
SOAP 10 Bar, for.J5c
t% • Good Head, €"%
|\1C6 Per Pound .
Lettuce £5."“""-.7c
Coffee 10?% Pure, Lb. ... 1 3c
HAM BOILED, lb.25c
BACON sraa. Li.. 15c
CHEESE, Yellow, lb.14c
Mexican Chile Sausage, lb... 10c
BACON, Sliced, lb.16c
WIENERS, lb.12c
CITY CASH
GROCERY
J. R. GUERRA, Prop.
Brownsville, Texas