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IDUISIAjr Rentfro Proclaims 4Spring Clean-Up Week9 for Brownsville
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Mayor R B. Rentfro has signed
a proclamation designating April
2-8 as "Spring Clean-Up Week”,
and has appointed Fire Chief T. P.
Sarran as a committee of one to
work with city officials in select
ing active committees to carry on
this campaign.
According to officials, there are
many reasons why the clean-up
campaign should receive the en
thusiastic support of every man,
woman and child. First because a
city that is clean and beautiful
creates cheer and banishes gloom
Second, because every dollar in
property destroyed by fire, which
frequently is the result of "care
less” housekeeping, is a senous
drain under the present economic
condition. Third, because every job
created in connection with the
clean-up campaign not only devel
ops better fire protection, but sup
Slies better sanitation and public
ealth.
[IN OUR
VALLEY I
icontinued From Page One)
But—moral and financial support
are needed.
It affects all of us, this proposed
hike in freight rates,
i We had better all pitch in and
help swell the war chest.
• • •
DID YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS
been proposed to attempt impeach
ment proceedings ag'imt a certain
Texas state senator—
And that within 5 minutes after
he had been requ .ted to do so.
A certain influential politician
had sent an emissary to a certain
Valley county- -
Tto stop the proceeding*.
And nothing has come of the
p.oposed attempt yet.
We are watching, just to see what
we can see.
I WEATHER j
RIVER ECRECAST
There will be no material change
In the river curing the next 24 to 3b
hours.
riood Present 24-Hi. 24-Ur
Stage Stage Chang Ha n
Eagle Pass 16 3.2 00 .00
Laredo 27 0.2 0.0 .00
Rio Grande 21 3.6 -0.1 .00
22 3.0 -0.1 .00
Mercedes 20 5.3 -0.1 00
Brownsville 18 40 -0.1 .00
TIDE £ A.Ill:
High and low tide at Port Isabel
Sunday, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High . 1 01 P- «*•
Low •.*••••••••••••••••• 1 13 &. m.
miscellaneous data
8umet today . 6 47
Sunrise tomorrow . 6 20
-•-«4£ast Texas (east of 100th meri
dian*: Partly cloudy to cloudy,
cooler in northwest portion Satur
day; Sunday partly cloudy to
cloudy: cooler in north and west
portion.
Light to moderate southerly
winds on the coasl.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The disturbance over the nudd'e
Mississippi valley yesterday morn
ing was central over the lower
Great Lakes this morning, with a
secondary disturbance over the Tex
as Panhandle and western Okla
homa. As a result the weather eras
mostly cloudy and unsettled over
the eastern half of the country at
the morning observation, and light
to heavy rains occurred in the
Great Lakes' region, the Ohio ' al
ley. most of the Mississippi Vall°y,
and in Georgia and northwestern
Florida during the last 24 houis.
Moderately high barometric reel
ings in the far northwestern state-,
has resulted in generally fair <tnd
rather cold weather practice ly
throughout the great northwest this
morning.
BI LLS TIN
(First figures. lowest tempera -
ture last night; second, high*si
yesterday; third, aind velocity hi 8
a. an.; fourth, precipitation m lust
34 hours.)
Abilene . 56 78 12 .00
Amarillo . 52 76
Atlanta . 54 74 12 1.06
Austin . 56 82 .. .-K)
Boston .. 38 58 .. 5G
BROWNSVILI E .. 64 82 .. -0
slrVilie Airport .... 59 83 .. 00
Calgarv . 26 46 .00
Chicago . 38 68 14 1 28
Cleveland . 56 68 16 .06
Corpus Chnsti .... 72 R4 10 .00
Dallas . 58 74 12 .00
Del Rio . 56 84 .. 00
Denver . 34 70 .90
Dodge City . 46 74 20 .00
B Paso . 58 76 12 .00
Fort Smith . 46 68 .. on
Helena . 28 44 oo
Houston . 62 78 14 .00
Huron . 40 68 .. .02
Jacksonville . 64 76 16 .0.1
Kansas C*ty . 50 54 .. 40
Los Aneeles. 52 74 .. .00.
Louisville . 48 64 .. .61
Memphis . 54 68
Miami . 72 76 12 .00
New Orleans . 62 76
North Platte . 38 70 18 .00
Oklahoma City - 54 72 12 .00
Palestine . 56 74 .00
Pensacola . «7 74 10 1.79
Phoenix . 52 82 .. -L0 s
Port Arthur . 62 82 .. .00
Roswell . 46 76 .. 00
St. TouiS. 48 66 .. -58
St. Paul . 32 50 .. 09
Salt Lake City .... 34 68 .. .00
Fan Antonio . 66 84 .. W
Sants . 38 62 .. Of
32 50 .. M
56 74 16 .00
6? R2 00
. 54 78 . 8°
56 62 10 04
34 58 20 .00
64 70 28 .00
. 32 60 .. 03
Rev. Day to Begin
San Benito Services
Rev. E. P. Day of Brownsville will
begin a senes of meetings at the
Presbyterian church today and
continuing until April 9. Services
will be held each night at 7:30
o'clock except Saturday.
Dr. Hugh Robertson will fill the
pulpit oi the First Presbyterian
church of Brownsville today and
next Sunday.
TWO SLAIN J
JEW BOYCOTT
BERLIN. April 1. /P»—The Nan
boycott against the Jews—the great
est organized anti-semitic move
ment of modern times—paralyzed
the commercial life of Its victims
today but passed with comparative
ly few disorders.
Reports from all parts of Ger
many indicated the only serious
outburst was at Kiel, where two men
were killed A Jew'ish attorney fatal
ly wounded a Nazi leader and sub
sequently was slain in jail by un
identified men.
Threaten Resumption
Indications were that the bov
cott, limited to one day by the gov
ernment in a proclamation yester
day. would not be resumed as sche
duled Wednesday morning, although
Joseph Goebbels. minister of pro
paganda. made it clear to a vast
cheering throng in the Lustgarten
it would be a simple thing to make
repressive measures against all Jpws
effective again.
“We have the boycott so organiz
ed that it can be resumed at 10 a.
m. on Wednesday," Dr. Goebbels
said, “if it must be resumed we
will crush German Jewry."
Only a few Jewish stores remain
! ed open teday anywhere in Ger
many. and the Nazis succeeded In
“persuadin'-* prospective customeis
not to enter them.
Berlin was exhilarated but order
ly during the day. and excellent
weather brought droves of peopI-3
to the streets the crowds promen
aded as on a holiday and every
where they were well disciplined.
Boycott measures were enforced
against Jewish doctors and law
yers and all Jews holding govern
ment and municipal offices were or
dered discharged.
Claims Bombs Found
In Hamburg the police said they
found bembs on the statue of Bis
marck. There was no explosion.
Although racial hate was at the
back of today's demonstration, in
many p; rts of Germany, particular
ly in Ecrlin. people in the streets
were in almost picnic mood.
Brown-shirted Nazis swarmed
through the thoroughfares carry
ing buckets of paint with which
they splashed identifying signs on
every shop run by a Jew.
Nazi headquarters had directed
that a black placard marked with
yellow be used to designate Jewish
hops, but the forces of the boy
cott had ideas of their own. Sucn
signs as “danger—Jew store" a nr.
attention—beware of the Jew.* ac
companied by skull and crossbone.-,,
were put up. in addition to the reg
ulation black and yellow quarantine.
The Nazi women's federation took
tn important part in the movement
by calling uj>on every woman in
Germany to help destroy the Jews.
' You women must see to It that
no German frau buys from Jews."
said an apppal issued bv this or
, ganization “The fight Is inexor
able. Personal feelings must be dis
I regarded.
Women Called On
“You must educate German wom
anhood to the fact that the same
Jewish atrocity propagana «as is
| reported being spread now* is also
responsible lor the result of the
World W r. for 2.000.000 war dead,
for Carved old men VOUCH nd
children, for the lie about Ger
many's war guilt, for Versailles nhP
peace treaty), for the Dawes and
Yeung plans.
Kiwanis’ Artists
In Mock Broadcast
*
Fun featured the regular meet
ing of the Kiwanis club here *lm
we?k with a mock broadcast ovei
KWWG drawing many laughs.
After the purported broadcast was
given, the wire to the -mike" was
pulled through a window. It was at
tached to a flat tire
Vocal das were given bv W. R
K t"l ail Walter Galloway A
sh-rt talk was made bv A. A. Har
grove. .’imini? Ball of KWWG gave
a piano solo.
E. W. McCollum was Initiated zs
a new member.
Proceed? of the Kiwanis show giv
en at the El Jardin school will tx
given to th* school athletic fund it
was announced.
L L. Shropshire of Corpus Christi
was a visitor.
Charity Organization
Gets Fish Donation
The Star & Cresent Fisheries of
Port Isabel, a company operated
by Grover J. Weikel. county com
mission'r. has donated 1.500 pounds
of fish to the Volunteers of America
at Brownsville.
The volunteers distributed i 100
iXHmds of the fish to needy Browns
ville people.
May 5 Plans Made
Plans for an ambitious “Cinco dc
Mayo” celebration in Brownsville i
will be formulated at a meeting to i
be held at the Hidalgo hall. Mon
roe between 14th and 15th. at 3 p. 1
m. Sunday, according to S. A. Tre
vino. Mexican consul.
The meeting which has been call
ed by the consul, will be open to
all Interested parties. A committee I
to formulate plans for the celebra- j
tion will be named at the meeting.
Banker Kills Self
LARCHMONT N. Y . April 1. <4>
—Samuel R. Bell, president of the
Iarchmont National Bank & Trust
company, shot and killed himself
today. His bank had been closed
and in the hands of a conservator
since the national bank holiday.
FARM RELIEF
BILL REPORT
DUE MONDAY
WASHINGTON. April 1. >A't
Pres. Roosevelt’s demand for speed
in helping the farmer won to lay
from the senate agriculture com
mittee ;reement on a relief bill
almost exactly as the administra
tion wanted it.
After several days’ wrangbng
over the bill. opposition to the
house-approved Roosevelt program,
led by Chmn. Smith <D.. S. C.',
crumbled in the wake of the long
conference the committee members
had with the chief executive last
night. Smith withdrew his propos
ed substitute for the bill.
Report Bill Monday
A victory was chalked up in the
committee, however, for Sen Kenri
, rick of Wyoming, assistant demc
1 cratic leader, whose motion to eli
minate cattle and sheep from the
sweeping farm price lifting bill was
adopted 9 to 6 on his third try.
This done, flax and peanuts also
were taken out. and the commit
, tee decided to report the bill to the
senate Monday. Only one major
question remains to be sttled, mem
I bers said, and that is whether to in
I elude the so-called Simjison produc
tion cost guaranty plan.
Members exiiect this proposal, ad
vocated by John A. Simpson, presi
dent of the National Fanners Union,
to be incorporated in the final draft
' of the bill, although it will be mndi
i fled, and they will provide that it
is an alternative to be used by the
secretary of agriculture at his dis
cretion.
Sen. Norris <R., Neb.) is sponsor
ed Simpson's suggestion in the com
mittee. It would authorize the gov
ernment to fix prices on that por
tion cf the farmer’s crop going into
the domestic market, to insure him
production costs, and a -reasonable”
return on his investment.
'Ubstitute Withdrawn
Flax and peanuts were put into
the bill by the committee earlier m
the week. With the elimination of
these as w-ell as cattle and sheep,
the bill as it stands w’ould give See.
Wallace authority to deal with the
problems of wheat. cotton, corn. I
hogs. rice, tobacco and dairy nrod
1 ucts in an effort to lift their prices
to the 1909-1914 levels, except lo- 1
bacco. for which the level would be
1919-1928.
Smith’s substitute, which would
have taken away the secretary's
power, wa.s withdran by him todav
with the explanation he did so "in
view of the interview ith the presi
dent and a disposition on the part
■ of the interview with the president
• nod a disposition on the part of the
I committee to give him <Mr. Roosv
velt) and the secretary of agricui
! turr the responsibility.’
Early action on the bill was risk
ed of the committee last night bv
the chief executive, after they had
been unable to m^’e much progr^s^
since taking un the bill a week ago
yesterday. Members respond’d by
I their five-hour continuous session
j today.
One other major change was
made in the bill today. In a sub- j
[ stitute for authority far the sec~e- 1
tarv to consider the effect of the
proposed processing tax on wage...
unemnloyment and consumntion— j
already eliminated bv the commit
j tee—members voted him wer to
change the tax as necessary to
I make it conform to the principle
I of raising prices to the levels fixed
DODSON CASE
(Continued From Page One)
counts, were the ones considered by
the jury. Judge Westervclt pointed
out that they were "alternative”
| arid instructed the jury it could
, only find Dodson guilty on one of
i them.
Killed Feb. 23.
The case grew out of the deaths
or Nelson and McCall it San
Benito Feb. 23 The Harlingen
Pilot took McCall. 21-year-old
; etudent pilot, up for instructions.
Nelson was shot through the back
of the head as the plane circled
in the vicinity of San Benito. The
plane came to earth at the aoan- j
dotted San Benito race track. '
bounced high into the air and then
nosed over. McCall jumped from
the plane, ran about 30 feet, and
shot himself through the right
temple, according to testimony.
Theft Plot Charged
State attempted to show that
McCall and Dodson planned to
steal an airplane for the purpose
of flying over the Gulf of Mexico
to Yucatan. Testimony was placed
on the stand to the effect that
they attempted to steal the plane
Irom the hangar at Harlingen Feb. |
21. Later they planned to obtain
the piane b.v taking instruction. In
Dodson's statement, which was
admitted in evidence after a lengthy
lesal tiff between Hall. Purl and
Claude Carter. he said that McCall
was to kill the pilot if necessary
to obtain the plane.
Dodson's damaging statement j
was strongly corroborated by testi- 1
rony of Grace Kirby, Gay io; d '
P'tts. Clois Lawson and George
Kenedy. The testimony of these
witnesses, designated as •accom
plice witnesses” was corroborated
by a long string of witnesses who
testified to minor details bearing
out the general story.
STORM RELIEF BEGINS
SAN AUGUSTINE. April 1. j
San Augustine, site of one of ‘he
earliest settlements In Texas, be
stirred itself tonight to bring per
manent relief to nearly a hundred
families which suffered deaths, in
Jiiries or property loss in two tor
nadoes ’"hursday night. Emergency
relief already had been supplied the
injured and needy.
Six negroes were killed In this
county by the twisters, seven wnlte
persons, and 15 negroes injured
enough to necessitate hospital treat
ment and jawibly 20 others requit -
ed first aid.
\ S TO TAKE
(Continued From Page One)
through the limiting of this classi
fication of pensions to those per
manently and totally disabled. They
will receive $20 a month compared
with $40 at present and t/ase re
ceiving allowances for less than
total disability will be removed
from the rolls.
Number Effected Unknown
Lewis W. Douglas, budget direc
tor, and Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
veterans administrator, in a brief
summary of the 18.000 word exec
utive order said the number of
wterans who would be effected by i
the slashes could not be estimated i
as yet.
Veteran organizations, which for
weeks have been following the
plan s creation, unofficially estim- I
ated that 29.000 veterans of the
World War who have been receiv
ing non-service connected allowan
ces for total and permanent dis
ability would be reduced to the $20
allowance. They estimated 406.000
who have been receiving allowances
for lesser disability in the classifi
cation would be removed from the
rolls of the veterans administra
tion.
Spanish War. Philippine Insurrec
tion and Boxer Rebellion veterans
and widows and dependents of de
ceased W’orld War veterans under
a "presumptive” clause in the reg
ulations will be permitted to con
tinue to receive their allowances,
under the presumption that the in
jury. disease or death was the re
sult of service.
It was provided, however, that
the government could challenge
this presumption at any time and
remove from the rolls anyone where
medical judgment or direct evid
ence showed the disability or death
was not incurred in line of duty.
This provision was not in the ori
ginal plan officials of .he Spanish
War veterans said, but was placed
in at their request when they were
consulted on the proposed cuts.
New Pates Adopted
Spanish War veterans reaching
the age of 62 were granted a $6 a
month compulsory pension.
A flat cut of 20 per cent was
made in allowances for those per
manently disabled in battle. A new
rating schedule of disability con
taining only five ratings, compared
with the present schedule of un
lestricted ratings between 10 per
cent and 100 per cent, was decreed.
The new ratings and rates for
service-connected disabilities arc
10 per cent—$8.00 monthly; 25 per
cent—$20; 50 per cent—$40; 75 per
cent—$60 and 100 per cent $80.
The new order eliminates all
payments for temporary disability
and the present free hospitalization
lor such disabilities. It restricts to
one \ear aftei discharge service
connected disability on so-called
"presumption" that it was incurred
in service. Veteran organizations
estimated this would remove from
the veterans’ administration rolls
about one-half of the 340.000 World
War veterans now receiving pay
ments for such disabilities.
Through restrictions on ••pre
sumptions" m service connected
deaths, pensions now paid to some
widows and orphans of veterans
who died after the war. will be cut
from the rolls. Veterans organi
zations estimated the member of
such widows and orphans eflectcd
would be about one-third of those
now receiving such allowances, but
there wss no official confirmation of
this estimate.
Limits Hospitalization
The order included no pension
provision for widows of veterans
dying from non-service connected
disabilities. Spanish war widows in
this class will have their pension*
reduced lrom $30 a month to $15.
Henceforth hospitalization and
domiciliary care will be limited to
existing veterans hospitals, elimin
ating several thousand •’contract"
cases housed in private hospita1'.
Veterans’ organization leaders es
timated some 4.000 of the so-called
emergency officers would be remov
ed from the rolls by a restriction
upon payments for their disabilities
to those directly connected with
military service. There now are
about 6 000 of this class of officers
receiving compensations.
Pensions for employes of the fed
eral government, except those re
ceiving allowances for war Injuries
or disease. are eliminated, while
those receiving pensions rr.av nit be
employed m positions in the veter
ans administration where they could
award monetary benefits. The
amount of pension payment to any
one henceforth will be disclosed up
on inquiry.
To assure that more of the gov
ernment's veteran allowances will
be spent at home, a 50 per cent re
duction in allowances was decreed
for pensioners residing outside the
'•‘ntinental limits of the United
atates. Hawaii, Alaska and the
Canal Zone.
Held |'p N>» Hospitals
The dirrct effect which the cuts
will have upon the administration's
field stations has not been deter
mined.
Gm. Hines said tonight veterans’
hospitals authorized, by MOgnM,
but on which workr has net :i
s'arted. would not /be built un'.**s3
[he need for them/was imperative.
The same policy, he said, would he
aoplird to additions to hospitals.
Structures nnaring completion
wuld be finished.
It. appeared certain tonight that
some field stations would be clos
ed entirely, for w ith the diminis i^d
patients and tenants in hospitals
and homes the present services of
the facilities would not be required.
There were no indications, how
ever, as to which would be closed or
have services rut. Veterans' admin
istration officials have indiea'ed
however, that any hospitals closed
would be kept In repair and goad
condition in looking toward the time
when the average age of veterans
increases and more homes for Indi
gent veterans are reauired.
Unrelated to the S400.000.000 cuts
will be a $50,000,000 annual saving
on adjusted sendee certificates,
which were net affected by the .-co
nomy act.
Immediate Attack Made
The administration annually
through congressional appropria
tions has been building un a fund
to pay the certibcates at their ma
turity in 1945. Since manv veterans
have borrowed upon their certifi
cates and are paying four per cent
BEER, TAXES
TO CONFRONT
LEGISLATURE
AUSTIN. April 1.—<£»>—'The 43rd
Texas legislature has reached the
crucial period and his symptoms of
buckling down to day and night
work in the little less than 40 days
remaining of this session in an ef
fort to put over some of the major
legislation it proposed at the start
three months ago.
The sales tax. proposed by Gov.
Miriam A. Ferguson in behalf of
the "overburdened" taxpayer has
received a poor start. The house
committee on revenue and taxation
gave it an unfavorable report, after
long hearings climaxed by appear
ance of James E. Ferguson, former
governor and now husband and
chief councellor of the union's only
woman state chief executive, who
appealed for its adoption.
On inority Report
The proposal to tax manufac
turers. wholesale, job and retail
sales will be brought to the floor
of the house on an attempt to get
it printed on minority report, but
since the committee took adverse
action Wednesday night, the house
has been on the same legislative !
day. It will be necessary for it to
start a new legislative day before
i the minority report motion can be
made. That will be Monday, the
house having recessed from day to
day to complete consideration of
its departmental appropriation bill
before turning over a new legisla
liv calendar sheet.
Even should it be denied printing
on minority recommendation. Rep.
Harold Kayton of San Antonio still
has a sales tax bill that might get
favorable committee consideration.
Kayton's bill would contribute 25
per cent of the sales tax proceeds
in the school fund, which he claims,
would assure a .. 16 per capita ap
portionment; 25 per cent to the
.oral revenue stand fund; 25 per
cent to the county in which the
sales was consummated, and 25
percent to the city where the sale
v.us made. It would provide that
the proceeds of the tax would be
mandatonly deducted from the
state ad valorem levy
Beer Bill Looms
Next in interest to the proposed
sal . tax was a bill proposing le
galization in Texas of the manu- !
facture and sale of 3.2 per cent
beer. The house state affairs com
mittee had passed that bill out and
it was likely to bob up on the
floor through help of someone's
suspension order about the time
that alcoholic content of beverages
becomes legalized in certain non
prohibition states by virtue of con
gressional enactment, approved by
F.es. Roosevelt.
TWO SOLDIERS
FACE CHARGES
_
Pvts Fred Lipham and Robert
Glllispie of Ft. Brown were re
turned here Saturday from Falfur
rias to face charges of stealing an
automobile lrom Sgt. Geo. Shull,
also of Ft. Brown.
The men were arrested In Fal
furrias Friday night after Sg*.
Shull had filed the charges beio-e
Just, of the Peace Bertram Combe.
According to the complaining
witness, he loaned them the car
Friday when the men said they
wanted to go to San Benito. l at
er. he said, he heard that they in
tended to leave the Valley and be
filed the charges.
The privates were picked un at
Falfurrias on information forward
ed bv the Brownsville police depacit
ment. Dcp. Sheriff R. L. Longona
went for the pair Saturday.
They are charged with theft by
bailee.
WEST’S PLACE
(Continued From Page Onei
announced for the office, but the
younger Pelaehe is running in
stead.
Hoy A. Ralmond of Harlingen
had announced previously.
Sam Hughston of Brownsville
had announced.
A V. Logan, former county
commissioner at San Benito, had
announced.
R B. Rentfro Jr., of Browns
ville had announced.
Dr. VV. E. Spivey of Browns
ville is a newcomer to the list. He
was city health officer of Browns
ville for years, lat'r booming
head of the Cam ron coun:.,
health unit which he develonrd
into a four-county unit. He left
the office Saturday.
Faulk's announcement was one of
the last received It arrived by air
mail from Hill county Saturday and
was delivered to th ecounty clerk's
ottice at 8:30 n. m Faulk, who has
held several official positions, has
announced that he will run on a
dry platform.
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Divorce Cases Up
The criminal district court will
devote the week of April 3-8 to
clearing up the divorce docket, ac
cording to Judge Geo. C. Wester
velt.
The judge requests that attorneys
having pending divorce suits make
arrangements to have them tried
during this week.
interest into the fund, the appro
priation will not be necessary next
year.
An attack on I r new regulations
immediately was made by William
Conley of Los Angeles, national
commander of the disabled Ameri
can veterans.
Conley predicted “an early na
tional revulsion when the effects
are understood ”
“Propagandists for many months
he added, “clouded the whole issue
through misinformation that all
savings vere to be effected cn tak
ing away benefits to men who have
become disabled since the war.*'
He said "d»astic cuts’’ were to be
made in allowances to those “whose
liabilities arc directly and admit
tedly traceable to war services.”
Pre-Ea*ter Revival
Will Begin Today
A two-week pre-Easter revival was
to open at the Methodist church
Sunday morning with Rev. O. C.
Crow in tlie pulpit. Services arc to j
be held at 9:30 a. m. each week day
with exception of Saturdays. Eve- .
nmg services are to bs held at 7'45
p. m. including Saturdays.
Special children’s services will be
held during the second w-eek.
An unusual feature during the
wek preceding Easter will be t!)
administration of the Sacrament of
| the Lord's Supper on Thur>dav
night, and the observation of G aid
S Friday from 9 to 3 o’clock in .*om
i memoration of the six hours that
Jesus hung on the cross. A spe dal
program likewise will be arranetd
for Saturday night, recalling the
i close of the "World's Darkest Div”
when the body of Jesus lay In the
tomb at Jerusalem. Visiting rep.e
rentatives from other Valley choirs
will assist in the evening services,
contributing special numbers to
the musical programs.
MAN HELD HERE
IS IN DEMAND
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Information continues to drift in
on Haldeen Vaughn. 27-year-old
Canev. Kan , man who is being in
vestigated here In connection witn j
the murder of Sheriff John C.
Mosley of Tulia Tex.. Jan. 22
Pawhuska. Okla.. wants him on '
a murder indictment which grew
out of a stick-up there, according
to a telegram received by invest
igating officers. Pawnee. Okla.. has
wired that it holds a felony war
rant for Iris arrest. Kansas author
ities wire that they want •Shorty"
in connection with automobile
theft.
Vaughn signed a confession to
Ranger Sgt. D. E. Covington here
early in the week in which he
stated he was in numerous stick
ups in Oklahoma. On two occasions,
the confession recites, victims were
shot.
The small prisoner steadfastly ;
maintains his innocence in connec- ;
tion with the Mosley murder. Of- !
ftcers also are checking Vaughn on
the murder of a deputy sheriff at
Rhone. Tex., which occurred short
ly after the killing of Sheriff Mos
ley.
Authorities here have sent finger
print* and pictures of Vaughn and
his three companions to all of
th eplaces they are known to have
been in Texas. New Mexico, Okla
homa and Kansas. His companions
are two Oilton. Okla girls and a
man from Oregon. New Mexico. j
City Briefs 1
-— - — _ _
V. T. Pa l and Rex J. Jones of 81
Louis, mo., are spending the week in
Brownsville on business. They ar
rived here Friday.
A G. and W H. Krueger of San
Antonio arrived here Friday lor a
few days stay. They plan to leave
Monday.
Chas F A. McCluer of Fort
Worth is a visitor in the city over
the week-end.
Bill Stevens of Goldthwaite who
is attending Arts and Industries
college at Kingsville, is the week end
guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lowne.
W\ S. Heltzer left Saturday after
non on the American Airways plane
for Dallas C. A. Piccard was a pass
enger enroute to Oklahoma Cny
and Mrs. C. A. Sanger left for Sail
Antonio. All three passengers ctme
tip from Mexico City Saturday on
the Pan American plane.
Mrs. J. B Summers of San An
gelo is visiting in Brownsville for
a few days.
PLATE LUNCH. 15c. The Mecca
—AdV.
Mr. and Mrs C. A Bell of Mc
Allen are spending the week end in
the city.
■ 4 >*
Vic Guidry of St. Louis. Mo., is
vistting here over the weekend
Here from Kansas City. Mo., is
W. Cook who arrived in the city
Friday for a week-end visit.
L. R. Schleusner and George
Herpe Reese of St Louis, Mo., ar
rived in Brownsville Fridav and
planned to spend the week-end
here.
Mr. and Mrs. B C Marsh of San
Antonio spent Saturday and Sun
day in the city.
G W. Kelly and L. Ross Seely
of Atlantic City arc week-end vis
itors in Brownsville.
, Miss Billie Fay Trammell of
Harlingen is a house guest of Miss
Elaine Dorfman over the week-end
Mr and Mrs. Elmo McGee of
Houston are week-end visitors in
Brownsville.
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
cools, heals, strengthens sore, weak
I tired eyes.—Ad v. t2>
H. Walker arrived in the city
Saturday from Mex.Cs> City, on the
Pan-American plane and left that
night on the train for McDaniel.
Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rein of
Houston are spending the week-end
in Brownsville.
Mr and Mrs. Dale C. Rogers i.e
here from Houston for a visit over
the week-end. They plan to leave
Monday.
Thomas Wilson Is a business vis
itor in the city. He arrived here
Friday and plans to spend a few
days here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Haler of Donna
are visitors in Brownsville for a
lew days.
T. G. Cartidge of San Angelo is
spending several days in the city.
P J. Bailey and V. C. Clingcr
of San Antonio are week-end visit
ors in Brownsville.
Mr. and Mrs H. T Roberts of
Pam. Texas, arrived here Friday
I for a stay of several day*.
MORGAN fW
PROBE POWER!
STEPS TAKEN
WASHINGTON. April 1. MV-The
senate banking committee set out
today to remove all possible 'cg-il
doubts of its authority to investi
gate J. P. Morgan and Co., m?. n
while advising members of that
huge banking firm to standing by
far subpoenas to testify.
Confronted with an assertion by
its counsel the Morgan house had
refused to reveal its capital setup,
when questions had been submitttd
in the stock market Inquiry ordered
by the senate, the committee rec
ommended the senate extend its
power to cover private as well :s
commercial banking In the investi
gation.
‘Read y to Cooperate*
After the commute counsel. Fer
dinand pecora. Now York, had said
his authority had been challen “d
on behalf of the Morgan firm, a
statement was issued in New York
by John W. Davis as counsel lor
J. P. Morgan and Co., which saii:
“I have seen the statements
emanating from Washington rith
reference the Inquiry by the sen
ate banking and currency commit
tee into the affairs of J. P. Morgan
and Company.
‘•The impression given that the
firm of J. P Morgan and Company
has refused to cooperat* in the nro
ceedinas of the committe is en*‘rc
ly erroneous.
'•Even now the firm Is engaged
in the preparation, under my di
rection. of information along the
lines suggested by Mr. Pecora sev
eral days ago.
“There is no dl position to decline
to answer any pertinent inquir':'’s.”
Told to Be Ready
Pecora told newspapermen here
today he had notified all membvrs
of the Morgan firm to “hold th’m
selvcs in readiness" for a summons
to the witness stand. This, he In
dicated, would be a month from
now.
Pecora drafted today's resolution ;
with the object of getting for *ho ]
committee all the authority vested '
in the senate by the constitution to
regulate interestate commerce, con- |
trol banking, and exercise the pow- !
er of taxation.
Questioned bv reporters, he said it
would i j. “waste of time” to chal
lenge the committee's power if the
senate approves the resolution.
Such a challenge, he said, could ]
be attempted only on a claim »hat 1
even the senate's broadest power
did not cover the field into wht;n
the senate has turned.
—
GARNER
(Cont.-'ued FYom Page One»
nitian. Garner’s swiftly tumbling
words pronounces:
“The question is shall the bill
be engrossed, read the third time
and passed There being no objec
tion the bill is passed.”
And the bill is passed. In just
that way last Wednesday the bill
to liberalize medicinal liquor pre
scriptions passed in the minu'ea,
without a word of debate, and be
fore the leaders knew what was
happening.
Garner insists such procedure
is all stric’.ly accordmg to rules,
and if senators are not alert
enough to hear the question and
the bill gets through a head of
them. "It's their hard luck ”
The “system" was brought Into
play a second time yesterday when
Garner put the question after the
District of Columbia beer bill had
been read.
“Without objection." he .aid.
after John Crockett, the reading
clerk had finished the last wo.- i
in the text, “the committee
amendment will be agreed to. and
without obtretion. the bill as
amended will be considered order
ed engrossed for a third reading,
read a third time, and passed."
Garner did not preface his
ouestion with the usual “the •'ill
is still open to amendment." Th s
usually puts the members mi
guard.
But this time one man was on
his guard.
Robinson of Arkansas, the
democrats leader, quickly a roe
to protest agaimt “snap Judg
ment" on such an important
measure. He obt lined reconsidera
tion of the vote so an explana
tion of the bill could be had Th*
exn’anation lasted several hours,
and then the bill was passed anv
hr«'
‘I vr ind lots of commenda
tion for the wp'’ I've been con
dtirwne the chair." Garner t-iii
today. “It's a oulek wav to do
business. If a hill is pending and
there is no obieotion to passage,
whv shouldn't the vice president
wv 'without objection the bill is
passed’ %
'•Georee Moses ffnmier repub
lican president nro tc-onor" with
ouite a reputation himselr for
obtaining action» did the same
thine but used a little more lan
guage"
Garner said in the house tb“
sneaker has to add in putti.v;
the vass~.ee nuestion
“And a mo*‘on ?o reconsider be
la‘d on the tabtp "
“I’m iust asking Is.there an*
oh‘**tinn " the Texan rxn’aincd.
‘‘If there isn’t anv whv not go on
to the next bucine«s?"
Garner promised an even short
er ouection when the unanimous
eonc-nt cabr^ar of mino*- hi’ls
c^mes im, end a« to r*'n*t»-m'it,on
of nominations, he has adopted
th*s ore:
“Without ob*e~*ion. confirmed.*
U-uaHv th*re is he*rd the par
lia'e''ntar" words
“The ouestion is shall the sen.
ate advns? and consent to ’he
nomination."
Whether he gets away with it
remains to be seen.
PAT I AS. Anril 1. ftfh-—Luthe*
V‘rkeL*. so. native Texan who foi
many ears phved an imom-tnn;
: "art in state affairs. di*d sudd*?1
Iv of a heart attack tonight at his
i home here.
POISON SPRAY
(Continued Prom P»ge On«>
phate and molasses, with th# state
making an appropriation of $7,500
to help finance the campaign and
the counties purchased sprayers.
The spray material will be ready
for distribution to thj grower*
Monday morning. The knapsack
sprayers used last year have been
completely overhauled. Addition
al sprayers have been purchased
by the state and county govern
ments. Additional spray material*
sufficient for two additional appli
cations will arrive in the VaUey
soon.
The formula for this spray was
worked out last year at the fruit
fly experiment station in Mexico
City. It consists of one part of
nicotine sulphate, twenty parts
molasses and 179 parts water. One
pint of the spray is required for
the largest trees. It is applied as
a fine mist to the inside foliage of
the tree. Growers are cautioned not
to apply the spray in a stream but
as a mist. The entire inside shady
part of the tree is to be covered
by the fine mist. It is not suf
licient to just spray the trunk and
branches but all inski> foliage
should be covered.
The spray is to be applied by the
knapsack sprayers which are fur
nished by the state and counties.
Power sprayers may be used if
equipped with adjustable nosszlcs
and the pressure can be reduced
to between 150 and 200 pounds.
Two Last Summer a
As much time as possible shouft
elapse after application of the
spray before lime sulphur or oil
are applied to control other pests.
Two application of the spray
were made last summer following
the finding of Infestations in 61
groves. During the past season
only lour adults were found in
traps. It is hoped that three ap
plications put on the trees early in
the host free period will eradicate
the fly.
Growers are asked to co-operate
by planning their work so that
they can use the sprayers as soon
as they are delivered by the in
spectors. This is because it will
be exceedingly difficult to make
the applications in the time allotted
with the equipment available. The
number of sprayers is limited and
any delay in their use or return to
the inspectors will seriously hamper
the work.
Insofar as possible, the spraying
will be earned out along roads or
in restricted areas and growers.
Growers are requested not to call
for their supplies until they have
been notified by the inspector in
their district.
HUMAN
(Continued From Page One)
will pull a ripcord which will
release the parachute which will
foal these colored bomba down.
As they slowly descend. Swan
will ignite the big rocket on hia
bark, and it will shoot him to
ward the earth at a much great
er speed.
After dropping 7.000 feet, to
within 3,000 feet of the earth, he
will pull the ripcord to the sec
ond parachute, which will bring
him to earth.
This is the first time that Swan
has attempted Hits double rocket
accomplishment in the air. Thia,
coupled with the long drop he is
to make, have caused him to go
into a period of vigorous training
so that he will be in the finest
of physical shape for the stunt.
"One of the best friends I had.
a remarkable speed flyer in the
army, lost his life through a
moment of physical ailment in
doing a maneuver.” Swan said.
“The average person does not
realize the tremendous physical
strain of such stur.ts as these.”
There will be no charge to the
public to see the event.
But because of the additional
cost in making arrangements, all
holders of passes across the
bridge to Brazos Island will be
asked to pay the regular bridge
fare Sunday, April 9.
VALLEY CITIES >
(Continued From Page One) ^
House! who is seeking re-election
, Tuesday to the city commission.
HILL AND GRANT
HARLINGEN WINNERS
• Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April l.—R. L.
Hill and S D Grant were rc-elect
1 ~d to the school board Saturday a
I third candidate. Ben Epstein, being
unable to replace either.
Hill received 229 votes. Grant 199,
Epstein 88 and the name of J. J.
Burke. I otel manager, was written
j in once.
six iimAi.r.o
j CITIES ELECT
(Special to The Herald)
Results of .school district election5}
Saturday in Hidalgo county are as
lollows:
McAllen: Allan Vannoy. 80; John
Wiese ha n. 77: no opposition.
Mission: John Waite, 100; A1 Volz
95: Rcb°ri Austin. 1.
Edinburg- Robert Vogler. 566- A.
G. Haigh. 452: N?ls Pederson 277:
A G. Norris. 148. Volger and Haigii
new ir.en, ' cat Pederso % and Norr-s,
incumbents. Two small boxes un
reported.
Weslaco: F E Chandler. 174; W
T. Barbee. 151: J. G. Carter. 81; T.
E. Csrpent-r. 80.
Mercedes: H. T. Stotler. 253: R
H. Kern. 224?; Walter Collier 174;
J. S. Hod. 149.
Edcotich :io count. J. D. Camn
bcl! W. W. Crenshaw and R. F
Snyder considered elected sine 4
theirs only names to appear on
ballot.
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