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Price Increases Limited Under Terms of F. D.’s Re-Employment Agreement
SIGNERS BAN
TRADE WITH
TARDY FIRMS
WASHINGTON, July 21. iff) _
Here are the essential points of
the ‘ president’s re - employment
agreement ’ which employers will
be asked by Pres. Roosevelt to
sign:
The voluntary agreement will be
in force until the last day of this
year or until a code to which the
signer is subject takes effect.
Work Limits Let
It prohibits manufacturing or
| mechanical employment of children
^ under 16, and otherwise permits
them to work only three hours
<*»Uy. not conflicting with day
school, and between 7 a. m. and
7 p.m.
Sets a 40-hour week limit for
clerical, service and sales employes,
with store or service operation
hours kept up to 52 a week unless
now below’ that limit, wu'n they
may not be reduced at all.
Fixes an absolute maximum
eight hour day for factory and
mechanical workers, on a 35-hcur
work week with leeway for six 40
hour weeks in the period from now
to December 31, 1933.
Exempts from these limits es
tablishments with less than three
workers in towns under 2,500 pop
ulation unless part of a large trade
area, also registered pharmacists
and professional people, managers
and executives drawing now more
than $35 a week; emergency work
ers and highly skilled persons em
ployed on continuous processes.
The latter must receive at least
time and one-third for all hours
over the maximum.
Minimum Pay Set
Sets minimum pay 1 vels for
clerical and similar workers at $15
a week in cities over 500.000; $14.50
in those over 250,000; $14 in those
from 2,500 up; in communities un
der 2,500 a 20 per rent raise pro
vided the minimum need not ex
ceed $12.
' Provides 40 cents an hour for
factory and mechani.al worker
minimums unless they made less
than that on July 15, 1929. In that
case the level on that date -hall 1
prevail so long as it was not be- |
low 30 cents. Piece-workers are
guaranteed the resulting minimum
wage.
Prohibits reduction of wa^ss now
above the minimum despite reduc
tion in the hours of employment
and calls for increased pay for all 1
“by an equitable readjustment of
all pay schedules.’’
Bans use of subterfuges to frus
trate the agreement’s spirit and
intent.
Prohibits profiteering, limits price |
Increases over July 1 levels to1
those made necessary by actual in- I
creases in production or invoice
costs, taking full account of pros
pects of increased volume.
Signers Bound
Binds signers to patronize estab
lishments which also have signed,
and to help obtain a code of fair
competition for the signer’s indus
try quickly, and in any event be
fore September 1.
Provides adjustment of contracts
for fixed price delivery of goods, to
meet increased costs to the seller
who has signed the agreement or
is bound by a wage-liftin code.
The agreement ceases upon ap
proval of a code to which the sign
er is subject, or ix the recovery
administration elects, upon sub
mission of such a code by s..bsti
tution of its provisions.
It provides further that those
wishing ' co-operate bat who feel
circumstances will cause the agree
ment to work hardship upon them
may sign, put its terms into effect,
fib a petition approved by a rep
resentative or. anization of their
industry, and obtain a stay until
the situation is investigated, pro
vided they agree to abide by the
decision of summary investigation.
Each signer must report the
number of employ; In his estab
lishment at the date of signing.
As Lindy Rests
This is the way the Lindbergh
plane will appear as it rests on
the water during various stages
of its flight to Europe by way of
Greenland and Iceland. The
America’s foremost flyer js taking
his wife, Anne, on the flight,
wfcich may establish the first
transatlantic air route.
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Film Romance Now a Real One
A movie romance in which
George O’Brien, cowboy actor,
and Marguerite Churchill,
screen favorite, played the part
of lovers in a western drama
developed into a real romance,
it was disclosed the other 'day
when they filed notice of inten
tion to wed at Santa Banbara,
Calif. Here are recent pictures
of the two.
Sunday School Lesson
Text: Isiah 5:8-12, 18-24
The International Uniform Sun
day School Lesson for July 23
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BY WM. E. GILROY, D. D.
Editor of The Congregationalist
The wording of our topic for spe
cial groups is interesting. The title
of the lesson for intermediate and
senior students is "Attacking wrongs
without gloves,” and for young peo
ple and adults “Evils which must
be overcome.” Either of these titles
is in some respect* preferable to
the general title, for Isaiah’s ar
raignment of the evils of his day was
not of drunkenness alone, but of
other deeply-rooted social sins as
well.
It is in some measure a sad indi
cation of the slowness of real prog
ress in the world that a denuncia
tion of evil in society made several
centuries before Christ is so neces
sary and forceful in relation to our
modern society even in 1933.
00m
Isaiah attacks first of all the prob
California Cabbage
Selling in Valley
A current household oddity is
the fact that Valley housewives, who
a few short months ago were get
ting home grown cabbage twp heads
for five cents, are now paying eight
cents per pound for California cab
bage.
Produce dealers say the California
product is the only cabbage avail
able at present. California beets
are being sold in the local market
three for a dime, and the quality
isn't any too good.
Rifle Club Meeting
Set for Tonigbl
A meeting for the purpose of com
pleting organization of a rifle club
to be associated with the N. R. A.
was to be held at V. F. W. hall here
Friday night.
The session is open to any per
son interested in such an organi
zation. The club, which will have
use of the new rifle range being
constructed here, is being sponsor
ed by the local post of the Veterans.
Whales are the largest of all mam
mals.
lem of the inequality of wealtn and
opportunity, and the selfishness
with which certain strong or priv
ileged people have grasped more
than their share of what is need
ed for the common good. In this
particular instance it was largely
a land problem, for the state ot
society was pastoral and agricul
tural. But w’hether It be land, or
wealth needed for the common
good, the problem is much the same.
Can anyone who surveys our mod
ern society contend that Isaiah's
sermon does not apply to our time?
Evil ambitions and evil habits go
hand in hand. If we had the spiri
tual vision to see it, we wuold per
ceive very readily that ill-gotten
wealth is itself a corrupting force,
that the man who grabs from his
fellowmen does not benefit by what
he grabs, but it becomes a canker
of corruption.
Drunkenness is only one of the
social sins, and we have never quite
adequately considered it in relation
to other social sins and unsavory
social conditions. It is not a mere
matter of chance that drunkenness
has been most prevalent among the
very poor and the very rich, and
that the great middle class of hon
l est respectable people, content to
1 give their labor and service for a
reasonable return, have been least
affected by the temptations of drink
and other social evils.
• • •
We cannot correct these deep
evils in society merely by legisla
tion or by formal regulations and
adjustments, much as law and reg
ulation may be needed. At the heart
of these evils lie dishonesty and
falsehood. Isaiah touched the very
root of the matter when he pro
nounced woe to them “that call
evil good and good evil.”
A great deal of our trouble to
day lies not in wrong intention but
in wrong conceptions of life. Our
ideals are perverted from honesty
and truth and unselfishness, and
we imagine that w'e can build suc
cess and happiness in life while we
disregard these things as long as
we get desirable possessions of our
selves. Neither individual lives nor
society can be built upon a. sound
foundation along those lines.
Wrong conceptions wdll lead to
destructive goals. This was the
very' heart of Isaiah’s message, and
it is the message that wre need to
consider today.
Parra Bros.
Friday, July 21 to Monday, July 24
LARD, pound package. 8c
POTATOES, California, lb. 4^/ic
PEACHES Kfe..10c
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Pure Cane, 10-lb. cloth sack. 51c
Beet, 10-lb. paper cask .... 49c
WASHING POWDER 2c
CHERRIES S*0d 2s"f“’nplu:d’,.lc
ASPARAGUS TIPS c„.12V2c
BAKING POWDER «™,0£n 27c
(One 3-lb. sack Heart’s Delight Flour).
fOFFFF Maxwell, 1-lb. can.25c
W1 1 LiLt Bright & Ea&rly, 1-lb. pkg.. 19c
BACON, Bright & Early, lb.17c
BACON SQUARES, lb.12c
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HAM, Smoked 69c
BOILED HAM, lb.28c
HAM, Pic-Nic {jag ib. 12c
Biggest Hardware Stock in Town
We Deliver Promptly Anywhere in Town — Try Us
Call 426 — 1215 Levee St.
MANDROWNS
IN ATTEMPT
TO SAVE BOY
GRAND LAKE. Colo., July 21.
UP)—One cnan gave his life and
another made heroic efforts yes
terday in an unavailing effort to
save 6-year-old Louis William Lips
comb, Jr., from drowning in the
glacier-fed waters. of Grand Lake.
The boy, member of a prominent
San Antonio, Tex., fam\y, was
crossing the lake in a boat rowed
by a houseman, Antonio Basanlo.
A toy boat slipped from the boy’s
hands. As he reached for it he
slipped into the water. Basanlo
plunged after him. Neither was
seen again.
George Peak, Des Moines at
torney, bathing near his own sum
mer cottage a few yard away,
heard Basanjo's shouts, swam to
the spot and began diving. Twice
he went down into the icy water
and succeeded in grasping both
the boy and Basanio but was un
able to bring ther to the surface.
Other persons were attracted to
the scene and attempted to reach
the bodies but failed.
The lake, fed by glaciers and
snowbanks, is icy cold and very
deep. The boy’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis William Lipscomb, and
his grandfather, the late -. E.
Adams of Denver, and San Antonio,
had been spending the summers at
their cottage he e for the past
thirty years.
Further efforts were being made
today to recover the bodies.
Californian Wants
To Live in Valley
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 21.—It speaks
well for the Valley when a Califor
nia cameraman remembers a visit
to this section so vividly that he
wants to come back to live, desert
ing the reputed land of sunshine.
In a letter to the chamber of com
merce he said that he made some
moving pictures here some years
ago and liked the country so well
that he wants to buy a “ranch."
May Move Offices
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, July 21.—Advisa
bility of moving the tax assessor and
collector’s office downtown is be
ing studied by the school board.
Ira Eells, who is in charge of
this office, now keeps his records
at the high school building which is
well removed from the downtown
section. The school business office
formerly was at the city hall.
SAN BENITO—Dr. Albert Hugo
Broden of San Antonio will take
care of the practice of Dr. E. Hill
lnger at the office on the Harlin
gen highway while Dr. Hiilir.ger
vacations in Chicago for four weeks.
Dr. Broden is a native of Austria
where he received his training.
News Shorts
Of Cameron
County
SAN BENITO—The Allison Dry
Cleaners have donated a scoreboard
for use at recreation ball games.
SAN BENITO—Travis Wallace
has been named mess sergeant and
James Maurice Mallory has been
put in charge of building range
cabins and other structures at the
Civilian Conservation Corps (tree
army) camp at Paysen, Ariz.
Higher ratings and increases in pay
go with the new jobs.
SAN BENITO—Edgar Welch of
the Welch Motor Co., is one of 28
salesmen in the Houston territory
winning a free trip to the fair in
Chicago and will leave in Septem
ber with Mrs. Welch. He sold 20
new Chevrolets and ten used cars
In May and June
HARLINGEN—Many Harlingen
citizens should be well acquainted
with the various brands of beer by
the time sale of brew is permitted
in Texas. The Paper Products Co.,
has various labels manufactured by
firms it represents on display in
windows at the Madison Hotel.
HARLINGEN—John F. Grant,
president of the Grant Lumber Co.,
which has yards in the Valley, is
Dleased with the revival of busi
ness. He at one time was republi
can candidates for governor.
HARLINGEN—G. F. Morrison re
ported to police that his pocketbook
containing a watch and other arti
cles was stolen here.
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SAN BENITO—Antonio Garcia,
bootblack, has impressed local
business men with his high pres
sure methods. Tony offers to make
contracts for shines by the month
at reduced rates.
HARLINGEN—The number of
dogs Impounded exceeds the num
ber for which licenses have been
paid and many of the animals in
custody will be killed.
SAN BENITO—The old Hi Buck
filling station on the Harlingen
highway has been remodeled and
is being managed as a Suoer Shell
Service station by J. E. Megahan.
Hier® will be a cafe in connection.
Emmett Dodson Hurt
Woman Is Injured
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 21.—Emmett
Dodson was painfully Injured here
Friday morning when struck in the
face by a rim which flew off a
truck tire on which he was work
ing.
The flying rim struck him across
th® nose, knocking him unconscious.
Oxygen, was administered the in
jured man.
MATTERN AT
NOE EAGER
TO BE IN AIR
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NOME, Alaska, July 21. (/P) —
Greeted by h' relief expedition,
Jimmie Mattern. round-the-world
flier, today awaited further word
from his New York backers about
his future activities, at the same
time seeking further news of the
progress of his rival, Wiley Post.
In a big Soviet seaplane flown
by Pilot Levanovsky, a Russian
flier, Mattern made the 600-mile
flight here yesterday from Anadyr,
Siberia, near where he crashed on
June 14 on his globe-girdling flight.
The plane arrived at 1:10 p. m.
(7:10 p. m. Eastern Standard time)
yesterday.
Within six miles of Nome, they
reported, they ran out of gas and
were compelled to land, before re
suming their flight.
Another pilot, two mechanics
and a navigator made up the re
mainder of the seaplane's crew.
They planned to remain here un
til tonight or tomorrow, before re
turning to -Iberia.
Mattern still wishes to complete
his globe-circling flight to New
York, he said, but his plans are
not definite. The plane in which
he left New York on June 3 is a
wreck 50 miles from Anadyr.
The seaplane wras dispatched to
Mattem’s aid by the Soviet gov
ernment
Gambling Reopens
At Reynosa Tonight
Gambling will reopen tonight m
Reynosa, according to Louis Swed
holder of the concession for the
state of Tamaullpas.
Gambling was suspended there
several weeks ago following a labor
strike. The casino has been moved
to the Crystol Palace bar, where It
will be reopened tonight.
“We have the assurance of city,
state and federal officials that there
will be no trouble in the future,”
Swed sala.
This will be the third gambling
casino In operation In the state un
der Swed, others being at Nuevo
Laredo and Matamoro*.
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refreshing
v
breakfast
TO FEEL COOLER and keep fitter
these warm days, eat more crisp,
light foods. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
are a refreshing treat for breakfast.
Rich in energy and 60 easy to digest
they don’t “heat you up.”
Enjoy a bowl of Kellogg’s at lunch
and feel cooler. Splendid for the
children’s evening meal.
Extra delicious with fresh fruits
or berries. Always oven-fresh in the
sealed inside WAXTITE bag. Made
by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
fortfootneM
“Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are the result of 25 years*
experience making ready-to-eat cereals. Today, they
represent the highest
quality and finest value
possible to produce.”
BATTLE CHEEK
CORN |
FLAKES •»
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City Briefs
Rosa Robles was fined $1 v*nd
costs Friday morning when tried
before Jus. of the Peace Bertram
Combe on charges of using abusive
language.
PLATE LUNCH, 15c. The Mecca
—Adv.
Thieves broke into the home of
Fidel Loya, 7th and Ringgold.
Thursday night and stole several
straw hats.
After the show, Kit Carson's,
“It's different.”—Adv.
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J. W. Ward left for Kansas City
Thursday afternoon on the Amer
ican Airways plane.
“Vol de Nult” Gueriains new per
fume, Basket Place, Matamoros.—
Adv.
C. Major anS Mrs. Major or
Corpus Christi arrived in Browns
ville Thursday to spend a few
days.
Homer Roland has returned from
Dallas where he has been on busi
ness for some time.
Here from Louisville. K>\. are
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gillock who are
registered at a local hotel for sev
eral days.
Open as usual—Morris Lumber
Co., Phone 1400.—Adv.
L. C. Sprague of Washington. D
C. and Walter Walthall of San An
tonio are business visitors in
Brownsville for a few days. They
arrived Thursday.
Just received fresh crab meat.
Rio Grande Fish Co.—Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. Park Houston and
baby of San Antonio are spending
several days visiting in Browns
ville and the Valley.
Genuine Zircons, at The Basket
Place. Matamoros.—Adv.
J. M. Keeling is here from New
York City and. plans to visit here
for a few days.
Tires on credit—Firestone. Adv.
J. B. Trice is a business visitor
hej-e from San Antonio.
CITY CASH
GROCERY
1130 S. E. Washington St. Phone 1281
All Fresh Stock — Our Prices Are Low
REAL SPECIALS — REAL BARGAINS
Below we quote a few of our many bargains for
Saturday and Monday, July 22nd and 24th, 1933i
f^ftPPPP Bright and Early, 1-lb. bag.. 19c
V* v/1 r LL Admiration, 1-lb. can.25c
PINEAPPLE JUICE £■!,...13c
CRISCO, 3-lb. can.. 49c
MUSTARD SSTli ..15c
VINEGAR §=g|E g
GOLD DUST Packages for . .... 10c
0. D. CLEANSER, 2 pkgs.... 15c
\ ¥3 Ivory, Little Size,
Ee«h Bar.1 C
MACARONI and n 1 /
SPAGHETTI, Skinner’*, pkg. 0 72 C
COFFEE mxc\"Hou,e’.26c
Pirin pc DU1 °r Sour> i
riLIVLLj Quart Bottle . lDC
SARDINES tclTfor.10c
BEANS 2Tb.!’ for.. 9c
GRAPE JUICE Esflgs..14c
BLACKBERRIES, 1 gal. can. 33c
TOMATO PUREE" cans... 5c
VIENNA SAUSAGE, per can 7c
KETCHUP 12c
MEAT SPECIALS
HAM, Boiled, per lb.24c
CHEESE, Yellow, per lb.16c
BACON, Breakfast, not sliced, lb. . 14c
MEXICAN CHIU SAUSAGE, lb... 8c
BACON, Sliced, per lb.15c
WIENERS, pound.12c
J. R. GUERRA, Prop.
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