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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—No. 193 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY 1
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IN OUR
VALLEY
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
» which come with the holding of
^high office have come to Pres.-Elect
Franklin Roosevelt before his time.
Honor and glory we give our
chief executives and we also place
them in positions of responsibility
and danger.
Rejoicing over the nation that
our president to be escaped the bul
lets of the would be assassin is
tempered vith the .sobering realiza
tion that our chief executives
should be subjected to such dan
gers.
• • •
E. v. sprowl, veteran Mis
sion shipper, gives us a welcome
ring over .he telephone to tell us
some of the trials and tribulations
of his business.
Also gives us the information that
northern markets have not yet ab
sorbed all of this cabbage which is
being sent to them by the Valley
and gives the very sound opinion
that we had better lay oil ship
ping until they have.
Mr. Sprowl practices what he
preaches and quit shipping Wedues
day after he had cut cabbage to fill
his contracts.
Calls our attention to one of the
many inconsistencies prevalent in
the Valky.
When a land man sells an acre ;
of land for $1,250 we call him some j
big man, says Mr. 'prowl.
And then when the shipper can't ]
get enough for the crop fiom that,
acre tt> show a prolit on tire invest- j
ment, we cuss lnm out.
Really we had not through o; it i
What way, but wc can see how right
llr. Sprowl is and how wrong all of
us are to take that attitude, can t#
you?
Get pices, all prices, down to
where they belong and lots ol our
troubles will have been solved, hat s i
what this veteran oi the Valley
shipping game thinks.
• • •
BROWNSVILLE HERALD CAR
ned a stoiy yesterday.
Saying that the outlook lor Match
cabbage prices,
Is cheerful.
This does not mpan that we
should go haywire—
And prepare to flood the market*
with cabbage next month.
Dribble the cabbage out to th.in—
Tease their palates a little,
And we can create a demand or
bold up the existing demand.
And get a price tor the potential
kraut.
Which is wnat wc want
• • •
IT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE
necessary lor us to sa> it again, but |
it appears to be.
The Bro nsville Herald has r.o
favwiu.- in tills congressional race I
- • xhe good men and true who are
in the race arc all personal ana
business friends of our;.
We are doing our best to give
them all a break m the news.
Only sorry are we that they all
cannot win.
The only advice we would give
i Mpyotcr is this:
Tk. to the meetings oi these can
didate*. hear their views.
Find out what they stand tor and
why.
Then cast >our ballot lor the tnau
you think is ui best accoid with the
best interests ot tlie loth tongrta
sional district.
• • •
•FARM SERVICE MEN HAS A
much nicer bound than -picketed.''
We arc glad that Hidalgo county
leaders in this farm organization
movement have chosen a name in
keeping with the aims aud object*
of their organization.
Technically they may be picket
ing. but you know and we know
that now-a-days we have put com
monly accepted meanings on words
which some times brings about a
false impression when a particular
word is used.
Valley people arc keeping then
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Senate Adopts Repeal Resolution
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GARNER SEES
HOUSE OKEH
NEXT MONDAY
Protection For Dry
States Promised
In Measure
WASHINGTON. Fob 16.——
The senate today adopted the Blame
resolution for repeal of the prohi
bition amendment, with protection
lor dry states from liquor importa
tions. ratification to be by state
conventions.
It now goes to the house.
Mark'd bv Tension
Only this morning Speaker Gai
ner predicted that if the resolution
were adopted by the senate in the
form that it finally was. it would be
approved by the house under sus
pension of the rules on Monday.
The senate vote on the 13 year
old 18th amendment was marked
by tension, the floor being crowded
by members of the house of rep
resentatives who stood behind the
many senators seated so quietly in
their chairs answering their names.
4H to 38 Vote
Before the tinal vote, on which
two-thirds was required, the sen
ate by decisive majority votes re
jected one niter another of at
tempts by Sens. Gla>s *D, Va.»,
and Reed <R. Pa.), looking to out
lawing the saloon m the constitu
tion.
The vote on the Blaine resolu
tion was 63 to 23.
By 46 to 38 it turned down Glass'
endeavor to substitute the whole of
the Blaine resolution with one by
him to make the federal govern
ment and the states concurrently
responsible lor outlawing the saloon.
ROSE CUP IS
WON BY CITY
Brownsville Leads Valley
In Beautification
Program Work
Brownsville has won the Rose
Cup from Mc Allen in the city ap
pearance contest sponsored an
nually by Monty's Monthly, it was
announced at the completion of
tj-bulations Thursday morning. San
Benito ran a close second in the
scoring.
Plans are now being made for a
formal presentation pf the cup to
Brownsville by McAllen.
The scoring was besed on the
improvement shown by the cities in
the period from June to December.
Brownsville's appearance was im
proved by 258 (joints under the
svstem of scoring employed, while
San Benito, m second, showed an
improved score of 245. Other cities
showing material improvement were
Harlingen. Weslaco. Alamo. McAl
len and Mission.
The tally card showed that
Brownsville and San Benito scored
large gains in every phase of the
scoring which is grouped under the
following general heads Ap
proaches to the city, business sec
tion. public grounds of schools,
public grounds of churches, parks.
Mexican town, residence section,
palms, general appearance of town.
The scoring was delayed from
December to January because of
illness, but this worked to the ad
vantage of practically every city in
the contest, the judges announced,
due to beautification work by labor
paid by R F. C. funds.
San Benito Tax
Burden Is Eased
SAN BENITO. Feb. 16,-The San
Benito city commission in session
Wednesday night voted to refund
$167,000 of bonds and warrants out
at 6r into 25 year bonds at 54*4.
This move is expected to mate
rially lessen the tax burden on San
Benito residents, the commission
ers state.
The new refunding bonds will be
come due in 1938.
Frail Woman
Heroine Of
Assassin Try
MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 16_JP—A.
frail, little woman, who forgot
| her own danger to fling herself
upon the ass sin trying to Kill
the presict.nt-elect of the I niteo
States, emerged today as the real
heroine of the Miami drama of
bullets.
Excitedly, her eves dancing.
Mn. W. F. Cross of Miami said
she was standing on the same
bench with the assassin when he
opened fire over the heads of
the throng, directly at the presi
dent-elects party.
“IVhen Pres.-Fleet Roosevelt
stood up to make his speech.”
she said, “so many stood up in
front of me that I couldnt see.
so 1 got up on a bench.
“This man i/.angar ) stood up
with me. and the bench almost
folded up.
"I looked around Then I saw
he had a pistol and he began
shooting the president
elect. | grabbed his hand, which
held the pistol, pushed it up in
the air and called for help.
"Tom Armour (a man stand
ing nearhyi also grabbed his
hand, and we held it up in the
. air so he couldfi't shoot any
more.
“By that time some men were
choking him.”
MAJORITY VOTE
SEEN FOR WEST
—
Backers Say Brownsville
Man To Be Nominated
Without Run-Off
‘ If Milton West receives 4 (.00
votes m Cameron county in the
first primary, there will be no need
Ifor » econd. as he will have a clear
! majority over the field/' a state
ment issued today bv West head
quarters in Brownsville says.
Mi .Vest’s lead over the other
candidates is not due. as some of
the disgruntled candidates and’ex
candidates would have us believe, to
the 2.000 \otes in Duval county, but
to the tact that he is the one can
idate in the ra • who will receive
a sizeable vote in every county in
the district.
The only thing that can ke^p
him from winning the democratic
nomma >n in the first primary
might be the failure of Cameron
countv to give him the majority
♦ Continued on Page Two)
GUNMAN CAME
TO U. S. FROM
ITALY IN 1922
Would - Be Assassin
Known As ‘Red’
And Anarchist
HACKENSACK. N J.. Feb. 16. :.P,
—Detective Sergeant Edward Metz
ger this morning quoted Hugh Mc
Quillan of the U. S. secret service
as saying he was satisfied that Joe
Zangara who lived here and m Pat
erson for same time was the man
who last night attempted to assa. -
sinate ' s.-Elect Roosevelt.
McQuillan. Mdzger said, came to
Hackensack at 4 a m, this mom
mg and questioned the family rf
Frank ”anni at the Green Street
address where Zangara at one t:me
lived.
No Trouble Before
Zangara obtained his citizenship
two years ago and has never be n in
trouble with the police, according
to a preliminary report made by po
lice Chief Frederick Reppe;
John J. Toohey, secretary to Gov.
Moore.
Toohey. acting on the governor's
orders called upon Chiel Rcppetser
ol Hackensack and Chief John A
Murphy of Patron to make a thor
ough investigation into the inci
dents and associates of Zangar;..
According to Rcpperger’s first re
port. Zangara was a colabrese who
came here trom Italy 11 years ago
and settled in Paterson.
Zangara was a bricklayer and was
a member of bricklayers local No. 2
:n Paterson and transferred to local
No. 23 in Hackensack when he mov
ed there. In 1930. the report states
he owned an automobile.
For a period in 1931. no informa
tion concerning him is available, it
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Japs Preparing
For Big Drive
MUKDEN Manchuria. Feb. 16 -
i.-Pi—Roads southward and west
ward from this most important
Manchurian city are alive day and
night with Japanese and Man
chukuo troops moving steadily to
ward positions, whence they will
“jump off.” probably within tw-j
weeks, for the long-awaited in*
\asion of Jehol province.
The drive along the 200 m!i*
front is expected to bring the big
gest Sino-Japanesc* clash since
fighting began in September. 193t.
with the capture of this city by
the Japanese.
Roosevelt Tells Story
Of Attempt on His Life
E'N ROUTE WITH PRES-ELECT
ROOSEVELT TO NEW YORK.
Feb. 16 — i/P'— Relaxing on the
train carrying him to New York,
President-Fleet Roosevelt today
told the story of the attempted
assassination of himself.
He was persuaded by newspaper
men to permit it to be published!
Here it is:
"I have heard so many accounts
myself that I have been trying to
think what really happened as I
saw it.
•'After I had finished speaking,
someone from the talking picture
people climbed on the back of the
car and said you must repeat that
speech for us. I said I would not.
i He said 'Wc have come 1.000 miles
; for this.’ I said. I am very sorry
but I ran t do it.’
Having said that. I slid off the
back of the car into my seat.
"Just then Mayor Cermak came
forward and I talked with him
about a minute about Chicago In
general. Then he moved off be
hind the car. Bob Clark (one of
the secret service mem was stand
ing right by him. As he moved
away, a man came forward with
a long telegram and started tell
ing me what it contained. While
he was talking I leaned forward.
Just then I heard what I thought
; was a 'ire r acker, then several
more. The man talking with me
pulled back and the chauffeur
started the car.
I looked around and saw Mayor
Cermak doubled up with Mrs. Gill
collapsing. I told the chaufieur to
stop. He did. About 15 feet from
where we started The secret serv
ice men shouted to him "Get out
Of the crowd " The chauffeur start
ed again and I stopped him again,
this time at the corner of the
bandstand.
"Looking back I saw Cermaa
being carried along and we put
him in our car. He was alive but
I was afraid he wouldn't last. 1
got my hand on his pulse and
found nene. He was on the sea;
with me and 1 had my lelt arm
around him. He slumped forward
A detective from Miami, standing
on the running board on that side
oi the car was leaning over him.
He said after we had gone a coiv
pie of blocks he was afraid Cer
mak would not last.
•I, too. was fearful. Just then
Cermak straightened up and I
got his pulse. That was si prising
i For three blocks I actually believe
his heart had stopped.
"I held! him all the way to the
hospital, and his pulse constantly
t Continued on Page Seven)
IX LINE OF ASSASSIN’S EIRE
ROOSEVELT
CFRMAK
DAM SURVEY
WORK BEGINS
Gigantic Task of Storing
Rio Grande’s Water
Under Way *
• Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Feb. 16. iP>—Sur
vey work on damsites on the Rio
Grande was started yesterday by a
group of engineers working under
the International Boundary com
mission. according to announce
ment made at the headquarters of- ,
lice here today.
Joaquin C. Bustamente. consult
ing engineer of the Mexican sec
tion of the commission, and C. M
\ ms worth of El Paso, consulting
engineer of the American section,
are in the Valley cooperating with
other officials and engineers in
starting the work.
Col. S. F. Crecelius wi’J be In 1
charge of the actual survey, and
the work will be done under the
guidance ol W. E. Anderson of San
Benito, consulting engineer.
The present survey, which is a
joint project, financed by the
American half of the commission, |
will include two damsites. one at
Salineno, about 15 miles above
Roma, and the other at El Jardin.
a point about hallway between
Laredo and Eagle Pass.
These arc two of the main stor
i .ige dams proposed in a plan to
conserve a large part of the over
- llow waters of the Rio Grande.
using both the electric power
I which can be generated, and the
i water lor irrigation and other com
1 mcrcial uses.
Attention oi me engineering;
groups of the two nations was
turned to this project following the
signing of a treaty recently cover
ing the division of waters and
changing of the channel of the riv
er m the Juarez valley section near
El Paso.
That treaty applied only to the
waters in that section, and ha* no
rlfect in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
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Extortionist Takes
Life When Trapped
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 16. f.T —Out
witted by a 19-year-old nurse maid
from the Ozarks and the wife of
; the banker whose home he had in
vaded, an extortionist took his life
as police cornered him in the home
o. B. Crosby Kemper.
The extortionist, identified by
police as K. W. Lattin. 34, unem
ployed son of a rooming house
proprietor here, voiced threats of
death against Mrs. Kemper. Ann
Wilde, the nurse maid, and Mrs.
Kemper’s 9-year-old daughter. Sal
ly Ana.
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Gordon Griffin To
Speak Here Tonight
Gordon Griffin of McAllen, can
didate for congress, will speak in
Brownsville tonight in the district
■court room at 7:45 o'clock.
A vigorous attack on State Sen.
Archie Parr, which Griffin has been
j making in other addi esses, will be
i continued here, he has announced.
Sidelights
On Shooting
At Miami
WASHINGTON. I-eb. IK— P —
Reversing it* previous action fol
lowing the effort lo assassinate
President-Fleet Roosevelt, the
house judiciary committee today
favorably reported the Fslick
bill for heavy penalties on those
who advocate overthrow of the
goverument by force or resistance
to federal or state officials.
WASHINGTON, Feb IK— r>—
A demanJ for immediate senate
action on a bill for exclusion or
expulsion of alien communists In
view of the attempt on the
life of President-Fleet Roosevelt
was blocked in the senate today
by an objection from Senator
Borah (R.» Idaho).
WASHINGTON, Feb. IK— rP —
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt here
after will lx* guarded from any
possible attack, treasury officials
said today, but declined to in
dicate how I his w ould he done.
The attempt on the life of the
president elect last night has
caused government agencies to
exert every effort to prevent a
repetition of such attacks on of
ficials or members of their fam
ilies.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—^—
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CERMAK RESTS
MUCH EASIER
AT HOSPITAL
Assassin’s Fire Fails
To Hit Roosevelt;
Wounds Five
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 16. —A wo
man's bravery saved pres.-Elec:
Franklin D. Roosevelt from assassin
ation but five other persons were
wounded by bullets intended for
him and today they lay in a hos
pital, some near death, as the man
who fired the shots was held in jail.
Among the seriously wounded was
Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chica
go.
Shortly before noon Cermak was
reported "resting much easier” and
attending doctors said no unfavor
able developments had arisen. Aft
er visiting the wounded at the iics
pital Roosevelt took a tram this
morning for New York.
Fires Five Times
The attempted asassination came
as a melodramatic climax !o a
happy scene of welcome in beauti
ful bay front park last night.
The ‘ president-elect had just re
turned from a fishing trip, tanned,
healthy, ready for the long hard
; task anead. He drove to the crowd
ed park and spoke a few works of
greeting to thousands gathered j
there.
Then Giuseppe Zangara, a
swarthy former bricklayer, climb
ed on a bench beside Mrs. W. F.
i Cross of Miami. He rested a pisicl
on the shoulder of a man in front
of him and began firing at the
Roosevelt, car. some 25 feet away.
Turmoil and uproar were immedi
ate. Mrs. Cross threw herself upon
the man beside her, clutching his
arm and sj>oihng his aim. The
■ president-elect, was saved, but these
i dose to him were less fortunate.
As citizens, police and secret ser
i v ice men hurled them.-elves on
1 Zangara and the cry of “kill nim’
rose from the infuriated crowd.
Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago
I fell with a bullet in his abdomen.
Nearby Mrs. Joe Gill of Miami al- j
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Michigan Banks May
Get Congress’ Aid
DETROIT, Feb 16. <P— Some of
the Detroit's millions of “money in
banks" becomes -money in pocket
books" today for the first time since
last Saturday noon.
Added encouragement to citizens
■ hard pressed lor cash because of the
| eight-day bank holiday proclaimed
by Gov. William A. Comstock last
Tuesday morning came the an
nouncement that Pres. Hoove;
would ask congress to enact emer
gency legislation which would re
lieve' the banking situation in
i Michigan. _
Mrs. Roosevelt Remains
Calm at News of Shooting
ITHACA, N. Y. Feb. 16- Pi— j
Outwardly calm and yet giving
evidence in speech and appearance
of inner perturbation. Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt arrived here to
day as a representative of her
husband, who narrowly escaped an
assa.Nfcin'a bullets in Miami last
night.
During his years as governor.
Mr. Roosevelt annually delivered
ar. address at the farm and home
week at Cornell University. Th:S
year he could not do so and his
wife agreed to take his place, She
heard of the Miami shooting be
fore leaving New York last night,
but took the train she had planneo
because ‘T have a habit of doing
things I have said I will do ’’
Although Mrs. Roosevelt's party
had reservations on a regular;
passenger tram their car was cut
out during the night and maae
into a separate train. Railroad of
ficials said however, that this
action was not taken because of
the happening at Miami.
Mrs. Roosevelt was met at the
station when she arrived shortly
after 8 a. m„ by Miss Flora Rose, ;
dean of the college of home eco
nomics. who is her hostess for the
day. She went immediately to Miss
Rose's home, stopping only to ask
the latest news concerning the
condition of Mayor Cermak of
Chicago and the others wounded1
by the shots fired into the crowd
surrounding her husband.
Last night she talked over the
telephone with the president-elect,
broke the news gently to his moth
er, conferred over the telephone
with her son Elliott, in New York
and sent to Groton school n»
Massachusetts a telegram request
ing that the Roosevelt boys. Frank
lin. Jr., and John, be told in the
morning and assured that their
father was all right.
“Franklin is all right, for whicn
I am very, very thankful.” sne
said, “therefore, I see no reason
why I should not go to Ithaca as
I am supposed to do. There is noth
ing here.”
Mrs. Roosevelt received the
news from her daughter. Mrs
Curtis Dali as she was entering
her house in East 65th street. She
had attended earlier in the eve
ning a meeting of employes of a
motion picture firm.
Her only comment was “This is
what happens to you if you are in
public life” She immediately put
in a long distance call for hex
bu.sband, whom she located at the
hospital in Miami with Mayor
Cermak. and. while waiting for the
call to be completed, went in and
told nis mother what had happen
cd.
“She took it very well,’* Mrs
Roosevelt said.
BIG SHOT IS
RECEIVED’ BY
FEDERAL MEN
Warrant Charges Use
Of Mails To
Defraud
NEW YORK, fcb. 1«. fAPi —
Oscar M. Hart roll, arrested today
when hr arrived from England,
waived examination before U. S»
Citmmr. Francis A. O'Neill, waa
held in $10,000 hail and will Irate
tonight or early tomorrow for
Sioux City, Iowa.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16—JP-Qsca»
Merrill Hartzell, deported from
England as an undesirable alien,
v.as arrested at quarantine on a
mail fraud charge as ho arrived
today on the liner Champlain.
A reception committee consist
ing of a district attorney, three
post office inspectors and a dep
uty United Slates marshal rode
down the way to meet Hartzell and
serve a warrant which charged him
with using the mails to defraud
and conspiracy.
Virtually Detained
The officers found him in th®
chief pursers office, where he waa
virtually being detained. He had
been accompanied across the ocean
by G. W. Ray of Birmingham,
Ala., who is vice consul for the
United States in London.
Hartzell was taken from the boat
to the federal building to be ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Francis A. O'Neil who
signed the warrant for his arrest.
On the boat Hartzell refused to
give an interview but Assistant
United Stales Attorney Alvin Syl
vester quoted him as saying that
“everything is one hundred per
cent above board."
Hartzell is accused of collecting
more than $1,000,000 from persons
in the middle west by describing
himself as the rightful heir to an
alleged mythical estate of Sir
Francis Drake, the estate amount
ing. according to Hartzell. de
scription. to more than $22,500,
000.000. Post office inspectors sal
that he promised to return t1
money of the investors a thouse
fold.
Sylvester said Hartzell would te.
him nothing more of importance.
He indicated, however, that he
would waive hearing on removal
charges, furnish a bond and go to
Iowa without custody.
Izickef in Cabin
The arresting officer was Dep
uty Marshal George J. Octzel. He
did not serve the warrant until
Hartzell had been interviewed by
Sylvester and three postal inspee
tors, O. B. Williamson of Wash
ington. H. M. Graham of New
York, and John Sparks of Sioux
City, Iowa.
Hartzell. a one time farm hand
who was reared in Monmouth,
111., has the appearance of a suc
cessful middle western farmer,
although he has resided in Lon
don for the past 13 years.
Stewards on the Champlain said
Hartzell spent most of his time
in his cabin. He was locked up
last night but did not know it. the
door being opened before he awoke
this morning.
This action was taken on orders
from the captam who had received
a radiogram from federal officials.
Seed Loan Men
Attend Parley
^Special to The Herald)
M'ALLEN. Feb 16.-~Ed On.shJt
and Eugene Torbett. field inspec
tors for the Department of Agri
culture's crop production loans,
left today for a two-day meeting
at Dallas where they will receive
instructions regarding the 1933
loans.
Thev expect to return to the
Valley to open the period for re
ceiving applications by February
24.
Santa Fe Railway
President Visit*
J H Keefe, president of the
Santa Fe railway, left here by Pan
American plane Thursday morning
for a trip to Mexico City. The rail
president, who came here Thursday
morning by rail from Chicago, was
accompanied bv Mrs. Keefe.
He stated that he expected to re
turn to the United tates about Feb.
27 over the central Mexico airlines.
r W'Vr+ v v t v ■* w V 4T?
MARKETS
A T GLANCE
NEW YORK
Stocks heavy; losses reduced in
dull trading.
Bonds heavy; rails and U. S.
governments decline.
Curb heavy; utilities react.
Foreign exchanges strong; gold
currencies rally.
Cotton quiet; March liquida
tion; southern selling.
Sugar firm; active commission
house buying.
Coffee quiet; poor spot demand.
CHICAGO
Wheat firm; large Canadian ex
ports.
Corn unsettled; heavier re
ceipts.
Cattle strong to 25 higher; bet
ter grades mostly 25 up.
Hogs weak to 10 lower.