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Elaborate Plans Made by Breweries to Supply Texas With Legal Beer
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RESTRICTIONS
ON SUDS SALE
ARE NUMEROUS
AUSTIN, Aug. 1«. MP>—Elaborate
plans have been made by Texas
breweries to supply Texans with beer
©f the 3.2 variety.
Contingent on today’s election, at
which amendment of the state con
stitution to allow the manufacture
and sale of the beverage was decid
ed, the brewers have outlined a pro
gram that they believe will adquate
ly slake a thirst of 14 years stand
ing. Beer was outlawed along with
hard liquors when the state went
dry in May of 1919.
Breweries Prepare
The Texas Beer association anti
cipated that between 12 and 15
breweries would be in operation
within a short time. In addition Tex
as will find an ample source of sup
ply from Mexican breweries and from
breweries in neighboring states in
event the domestic output proves in
sufficient.
A survey by the association in
" )tion of beer in
Texas would aggregate 3,290,000 bar
rels annually.
A survey of brewers’ plans showed
there would be no lack of brewing
facilities.
Harry Mitchell, Juarez cafe prop
rietor, was prepared to start con
struction of a brewery in El Paso.
A brewery of 200 barrel capacity
was planned for Beaumont.
Galveston has a plant available
for making brew, but the owners
have announced no program. One
brewery was under construction at
Houston and others were planned.
No arrangements have been made
for a brewery in Dallas.
In San Antonio two breweries were
ready for business. The San An
tonio Brewing association, reputed
ly the largest in Texas before pro
hibition, has asked Charley Lock
hart, state treasurer, for immediate
delivery of $12,000 in state beer tax
stamps so shipments can start on
the stroke of midnight Sept. 14, the
date beer can legally be sold in Tex
as.
Other* Planned
Contract for construction of the
Sabinas Brewery of Mexico at San
Antonio will be awarded Wednesday.
There also were prospects that the
Mexican brewery at San Luis Potosi
would be moved to San Antonio,
which would make the Alamo City
the largest brewing center in the
state.
In Fort Worth, one brewery will
be ready by Sept. 15 to start deliv
ery of 3,000 cases a day. The com
pany last night completed its plant
. remodeling at a cost of $50,000 and
has placed a tentative order of brew
ers' yeast for delivery as soon as
election results have been determin
ed.
Construction of three additional
breweries in Fort Worth were con
templated.
Breweries at Shiner and New
Braunfels were prepared to begin
distribution of the foamy liquid.
No plans had been announced for
breweries at other points in the
state. Approximately 800 federa1 re
tail and wholesale permits have been
issued in Texas.
Although state officials reported
that no Texas brewery had releas
ed any of its stocks in advance of
the date for legal sales, there has
been no beer drought for the past
several weeks, copious quantities be
ing moved in from other states.
Presses were ready to start hum
ming Monday to print 3,000,000 state
beer tax stamps, estimated to yield
about $325,000 in revenue in 60 days.
Charley Lockhart, state treasurer,
has ordered printing to start as
soon as the election trend has been
definitely ascertained.
Many Restrictions
A multitude of restrictions were
thrown around the sale of beer by
the legislature in a law passed in
anticipation of adoption of the
amendment
Integrity of areas dry under local
option was guaranteed. In these
communities it will be illegal to sell
beverages containing more than one
per cent of alcohol by volume. Trans
portation through dry territories will
be permitted on through bills of lad
ing.
Provision was made for licensing
all branches of the brewing indus
try.
Manufacturers will be charged an
annual fee of $500. General distri
butors will pay $200; branch and
local distributors $50; retailer where
consumed on premises $100; and
bulk retailers $50. General distri
butors operating in more than one
county must pay $50 for each ad
ditional county.
Separate licenses will be required
for each place of business. Coun
ties and cities will be allowed to
levy one-half of the state license
fee.
Manufacturers or distributors will
be prohibited from ow'ning any
stock or interest in retail dispen
saries.
Licenses must be approved by the
county judge after notice and pub
lic hearing. Applications cannot be
received before September 1 and
may be heard within five days. No
license can be finally issued before
Sept. 15. Licenses will be issued by
the county tax collector on certifi
cate of the county judge. No per
son convicted of a felony within
the past two years will be given a
permit.
Must Keep Records
Foreign manufacturers distribut
ing in Texas must file an accred
ited list of their agents with the
secretary of state. Accurate rec
ords of sales must be made by ma
nufacturers and distributors.
Sales will not be permitted to
persons under 21 years old and no
•ales can be made on Sundays or
election days. Campaign contribu
tions by liquor dealers is barred.
Employment of females or males
under 18 in beer establishments will
be an offense.
Use of the word “saloon” in ad
vertisements subjects licenses to
revocation. Revocation also would
She Flew Back Home to Mother
Carole Lombard, screen actress, Is shown above as she arrived in
Los Angeles by airplane four hours after winning her divorce de
cree from William Powell in Carson City, Nev. With her are her
mother, Mrs. E. K. Peters, and Roscoe Turner, famous speed pilot,
who brought Carole home—single.
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Hidalgo First In
Crop Loan Usage
And In Repayment
Herald Staff Correspondent
McALLEN, Aug. 26.—Hidalgo
county farmers have borrowed more
money from the regional crop pro
duction loan office in Dallas, have
already paid In more cash in pay
ment of these loans and succeeded
in having the first community in
beauhshoT
DATE CHAN l
The Merchants’ Beauty Pageant
to be staged at the Capitol thea
tre will be held Tuesday, Septem
ber 12, Instead of September 7 as
previously announced, acoording
to Manager John Fanning.
The pageant is being held In co
operation with local merchants,
each merchant participating will
sponsor a local girl to represent his
firm on the stage of the Capitol
Theater.
The winner of the pageant will
be crowned “Miss Brownsville” for
1933 and will be awarded a silver
loving cup and many other gifts.
She will then compete with local
winners from Harlingen, McAllen,
Mercedes and Weslaco In a final
pageant to be staged at the Ar
cadia Theater, Harlingen, in which
“Miss Rio Grande Valley” for 1933
will be chosen. In addition to one
winner there will be two maids of
honor chosen who will attend
“Miss Brownsville” at the Harlin
gen pageant.
Al. Wolf and P. W. Myers of the
Exploitation Department of the
Paschall-Texas theatres, Dallas,
are staging the pageants.
Every unmarried girl in Browns
ville is eligible for the pageant and
those desiring to enter are re
quested to leave their names at the
Capitol theater.
Growers Begin
Membership Drive
HARLINGEN, Aug. 26.—A mem
bership campaign was started to
day by Harlingen unit of the
Cameron County Vegetable Grow
ers’ Ass’n which is a part of the
Valley association following a meet
ing at the junior high school Fri
day night.
The RFC labor situation was
discussed and H. P. Huntley re
viewed the spring tomato deal.
Most of those present took out
life memberships.
Naming of Water
Chief Postponed
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. Aug. 26.—Selection
of a new manager for the Hidalgo
and Cameron county Water Dist. No.
9, which was to have been made re
cently at a meeting of the board of
directors, has been postponed un
til Aug. 31, it was announced Sat
urday.
The position recently was left va
cant by the resignation of the prev
ious manager.
be the penalty for permitting dis
orderly or immoral practices and
for making illegal sales.
No blinds or barriers on doors or
windows of retail places wil be per
mitted and painting or covering the
windows so as to obstruct the view
of the general public will not be
allowed.
Local officials may prohibit sales
within 300 feet of a church, school
or other educational institution. An
absolute ban is placed on sales
within 300 feet of state owned
property, except where under lease.
the U. S. to repay all 1933 loans in
full, according to records in the Dal
las office, which is managed by
Owen W. Sherrill, regional mana
ger for Texas, Oklahoma and New
Mexico.
Hidalgo oounty growers borrowed
a total of $133,400 for production
of 1933 crops, more than any other
county in Texas, and to date, have
paid the Dallas office more cash in
repaying those loans than any oth
er Texas county. These facts were
revealed by the records of A. P.
Swallow, collection manager in the
Dallas office for Diet. 2, in which
Hidalgo is located.
Farmers in the Linn community,
20 miles north of Edinburg, paid all
their loans in full in July to be
come the first community in the U.
S. to fully repay current loans. They
achieved the same record in 1932,
and received wide acclaim through
out the country for their enterprise.
The five southernmost Texas coun
ties—Hidalgo, Cameron, Brooks,
Starr and Willacy—are making im
pressive records in files of the crop
production loan office, according to
Mr. Swallow. Hidalgo fanners in
making their payments so far this
year, have paid 55 per cent in cash
and the balance in collateral. Cam
eron farmers have paid 53 per cent
of their payments in cash, and Starr
growers, even despite the drouth
which ruined their early cotton and
damaged com crops, have made 52
per cent of their 1933 payments in
cash. Willacy has paid 31 per cent
of its payments in cash. Brooks,
not strictly a Valley county geo
graphically, has paid 64 per cent
cash. All of these records are better
than those of 1932, Swallow stated.
The five south Texas counties
borrowed a total of $199,380 in 1.461
individual loans this ear. Hidalgo
obtained $133,400 in 787 loans. The
counties, number of loans and total
amounts borowed follows:
County— No. loans Amt. loans
Hidalgo 787' $133,400
Starr 305 15.215
Cameron 300 44.990
Willacy 35 3.585
Brooks 34 2,190
Totals 1,461 $199,380
Records in the Dallas office show
that cotton is still the money cron
for Texas farmers. Records of pay
ments during the past three years
show that fanners residing in coun
ties where large cotton crops are
grown annualy make more consistent
payments than farmers living in
counties dependent on other crops
for income. The Texas cotton coun
try, roughly that section bounded
on the north by the Red River, on
the south by the Rio Grande river,
on the west by a line drawn north
ward from the city of Eagle Pass,
Tnd on the east by a line drawn
through Newton county, has the
highest cash collection record of
any section of the United States
served by the regional crop produc
tion loan offices, according to rec
ords in Swallow’s office.
Three men are actively in charge
of the five South Texas counties.
They are E. E. Reynolds, super
visor for District 2 which includes
118 counties; Ed P. Onstot of Mc
Allen, inspector for Hidalgo and
Starr counties; and Gene Torbett
of Harlingen, inspector for Brooks.
Cameron and Willacy counties.
Valley Laboratory
Is Reopened Here
Dr. B. F. Stout of San Antonio
announces that the Valley Labor
atory has reopened in the State
National Bank building with Miss
Annettee Fillius in charge.
Nearly 17,000,0.1 tons of shipping
are handled annually by the prin
cipal ports of the Rhine river.
RAYMONDVILLE
PLANS LABOR
DAY PROGRAM
RAYMONDVILLE. Aug. 26.—Resi
dents of all parts of the Valley have
been invited to attend the Cotton
Carnival to be held here Labor Day
Sept. 4.
Program for the celebration has
just been completed. The celebra
tion is being conducted in obser
vance of Willacy county’s million
dollar cotton crop.
The program follows;
9:00 a. m.: Baseball game—Cot
ton Growers (captained by Cleo Ro
berts) vs. Business Men (captained
by C. P. Hilbun.)
10:00: Band Concert—Raymond
ville Municipal Band under direction
of Walter Grayson.
10:30: Marble tournament—mar
ble assortment offered as prize. W.
N. Gaston in charge.
10:45: Boxing and athletic exhibi
tion. B. E. Carroll in charge.
11:30: Address.
1:00: Harmonica contest—James
Addington in charge. First prize $2,
second prize $1.
1:30: Climbing of greased pole —
Lawrence Brenner in charge.
2:00: Judging of farm entries, in
charge of Co. Agent R. G. Burwell;
Best twenty open bolls of cotton.
First prize $1.00, second prize 50c;
best pound sample of gin cotton,
first prize $1; best 10 ears of corn,
first prize $1; second prize 50c: best
single ear of com first prize 75c,
second prize 50c; best 10 heads kaf
fir com. first prize $1, second prize
50c; best 10 heads hegari, first prize
$1, second prize 50c; best ten heads
darzo, first prize $1, second prize
50c; best pumpkin—(Special prize
to be announced on day of carni
val).
2:30: Rodeo and horse racing, S.
T. Cragg in charge.
7:00: Cotton Pajama Parade—Mrs.
Joe Keepers in charge.
7:30 Old Fiddlers’ contest. W. W.
Grayson in charge, first prize $3
second prize $2, third prize $1.
8:00: Crowning of King Cotton
and stage show—Ted Chase in
charge.
0:60—Free Street Dance, music
by Geo. Wright and his orchestra—
Harry Cook in charge.
WRONG NAN
ABDUCTED IS
POLICE BELIEF
DENVER, Aug. 26.—(JP)—Depart
ment of justice agents and police
directing a search through Colora
do and Wyoming for Bernard Bit
terman, 28-year-old department
store executive, believe he was kid
naped by persons who thought him
a member of the family of David
May, founder of the May Com
pany stores.
Bitterman disappeared Thursday
night after a feminine voice in
formed him over the telephone his
brother, Robert, had been injured
and taken to the hospital. A simi
lar voice already had telephoned
his mother the young man would
be working late.
Alfred Triefus, manager of the
store and close friend of the Bit
terman family, yesterday received
a note mailed from Cheyenne, Wyo.
"Your ephew is O. K.”, said the
note. "You’ll hear from us later.”
It was signed NR A.
Triefus immediately called Val
Zimmer, department of justice
agent, and William J. Armstrong,
detective captain of the Denver
police force.
Bitterman had been acquainted
with Triefus since boyhood and fre
quently referred to him as "Uncle
Alfred.” Armstrong’s theory was
that someone overheard Bitterman
refer to Triefus as “uncle” and con
ceived the kidnaping plot on the
assumption that Bitterman was re
lated to May. Triefus Is a nephew
of May.
Armstrong predicted sudden death
or quick release may be Bitterman’s
fate after it is learned he is a man
of moderate means.
VINES READY
Warmed up in the Davis Cup
preliminary zone play, Ells
worth Vines, ranking No. t
tennis player of the United
States last year, is all set for
court battle against European
rivals. This is a new camera
study of the chamnion.
Supreme Offensive
Against Depression
Takes Visible Form
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. —(/P)—
Great expectations of an impend
ing supreme offensive against de
pression took visible form this week
in Washington.
As trip-hammer action yielded
momentarily to preparedness mea
sures, the coordinated power of the
government was poised to strike
with maximum force during Sep
tember. Its impact will be timed to
coincide with the normal seasonal
business upturn that customarily
WALLACE ASKS
SUPPORT FOR
CROPSJLASH
FLORENCE, 8. C., Aug. 26. (A3)—
Sec. Wallace told 5,000 farmers at
an open air mass meeting here to
day they must work unselfishly to
ward common ends if crop reduc
tion programs are to gain their
ends.
“We are on the march, we are
coming into a new day, but we don’t
know just what it is yet,” he said
in asking his audience to support
the program unselfishly.
He explained what the agricultur
al department has been attempting
to do in the production control, not
only with cotton, but with wheat,
and said he believed the depart
ment had contrived the machine for
crop control and that it was on the
right track, but that farmers must
try to understand it for the best re
sults to be obtaned.
Describing the former system of
uncontrolled production as an in
dictment of the social order, he said:
“The old system was run by selfish
hearts and poWer and it was anti
quated.”
Then he referred to the present
plan as “the first staggering, crude
effort at cotton production control
which will take the work of thous
ands of people to make effective.”
HOWTHEYVOTE
(Continued From Page One)
repeal 457; Beer; For 242, Ag. 441;
Bonds: For 498, Ag. 181.
HUNT: For repeal 1522, Ag. re
peal 3060; Beer: For 1430, Ag. 3021’
Bonds: For 1777, Ag. 2441.
HUTCHINSON: For repeal 852
Ag. repeal 121; Beer: For 890, Ag.
124; Bonds: Por 963, Ag. 53.
HILL: For repeal 1454, Ag. repeal
2550; Beer: For 1495, Ag. 2288’
Bonds: For 1788, Ag. 2016.
HENDERSON, Inc.: For repeal
667, Ag. repeal 867; Beer: For 651,
Ag. 821; Bonds: For 506, Ag. 1046.
IRION: For repeal 136, Ag. re
peal 119; Beer: For 150, Ag. 106
Bonds: For 173, Ag. 84.
JASPER: For repeal 393, Ag. re
peal 190; Beer: For 435, Ag. 109
Bonds: For 487, Ag. 132.
JOHNSON. Inc. For repeal 1306;
Ag. repeal 2025; Beer: For 1416, Ag.
1881; Bonds: For 2224. Ag. 1126.
JACK: For repeal 325; Ag. re
peal 724; Beer: For 329, Ag. 097
Bonds: For 647. Ag. 346.
KLEBERG: For Repeal 735, Ag.
repeal 256; Beer: For 750 Ag. 245;
Bonds: For 785, Ag. 186.
KENDALL: For repeal 639, Ag.
repeal 58; Beer: ForE 514, Ag. 56.
KERR, Inc.: For repeal 940, Ag.
repeal 305; Beer; For 945, Ag. 286;
Bonds: For 866, Ag. 348.
LAMPASAS. Inc.: For repeal 575,
Ag. repeal 687; Beer: For 584, Ag.
654; Bonds: For 758, Ag. 394.
LUBBOCK, Inc.: For repeal 1098,
Ag. repeal 1269; Beer: Por 1282, Ag.
1223; Bonds: For 1721, Ag. 634.
McLennan, Inc.: For repeal 1463,
Ag. repeal 678; Beer: For 1468, Ag.
644; Bonds: For 13^2, Ag. 791.
MEDINA, Inc.: For repeal 787, Ag.
repeal 173; Beer: For 448, Ag. 194;
Bonds: For 413, Ag. 504.
NOLAN: For repeal 729, Ag. re
peal 1001; Beer: For 758, Ag. 966;
Bonds: For 960, Ag. 702.
NUECES: For repeal 3034 Ag. re
peal 1015; Beer: For 3081, Ag. 967;
Bonds: For 2734, Ag. 1250.
OCHILTREE: For repeal 375, Ag.
repeal 371; Beer: For 401, Ag. 343;
Bonds: For 612, Ag. 106.
ORANGE, Inc. For repeal 1101 •
Ag. repeal 303; Beer: For 1122, Ag.
271; Bonds: For 1249, Ag. 153.
RANDALL: For repeal 393, Ag. re
peal 551; Beer: For 408, Ag. 532;
Bonds: For 755, Ag. 173.
SAN SABA: For repeal 534, Ag.
repeal 680; Beer; For 564, Ag. 657;
Bonds: For 839, Ag. 438.
SUTTON: For Repeal 192, Ag.
repeal 85; Beer: For 204, Ag 76
Bonds: For 199. Ag. 79.
TARRANT: For repeal 11290, Ag.
repeal 5692; Beer; For 11702, Ag
5444; Bonds: For 13,608. Ag. $473.
TITUS: For repeal 609. Ag. repeal
601; Betr: For 628, Ag. 572; Bonds:
For 549, Ag. 549.
TRAVIS: For repeal: 6301, Ag. re
peal 2498: Beer: For 6618, Ag. 2424;
Bonds: For 7379, Ag. 1573.
VAN ZANDT: For repeal 629, Ag.
repeal 1191; Beer: For 690 Ag. 1217
Bonds: For 791, Ag. 934. ’
VICTORIA: Inc. For repeal 1369,
Ag. repeal 188; Beer: For 1506, Ag.
188; Bonds: For 1271. Ag. 418.
WASHINGTON: For repeal 1446,
Ag. repeal 122; Beer: For 1562, Ag.
113; Bonds: For 1086, Ag. 448.
WILLACY: For repeal 371, Ag. re
peal 277; Beer: For 391, Ag. 261;
Bonds: For 412. Ag. 212.
WILLIAMSON: For repeal 2786,
Ag. repeal 1663; Beer: For 2821 Ag.
1624: Bonds: For 2304, Ag. 2044.
WISE: For repeal 447, Ag. 991;
Beer: For 484, Ag. 1001; Bonds: For
930, Ag. 428.
ZAPATA: Inc. For repeal 70, Ag.
repeal 3; Beer: For 70, Ag. 3; Bonds
For 70, Ag. 3.
Pour hundred and fifteen lives
were lost in the Dayton flood of
I March 31, 1913.
I
follows the dog-days—a moment
talked of privately here weeks ago
as the moment of greatest oppor
tunity.
The NRA, on the threshold of its
house-to-house canvass to sign up
consumers, stood at the center of
the bustle of preparation, but not
alone. Public works officials dis
closed they were about ready really
to begin spending. The farm admin
istration, although still behind
schedule, speeded its operations.
The reserve board stepped further
toward definite currency and cre
dit expansion.
Although anticipation was dis
tinctly the keynote of the week,
some actual progress can be record
ed.
The NRA got over a much worse
hump than many realized when it
told code-makers to stop quarreling
over the open shop, and let em
ployes decide for themselves if and
how to organize. It got rid of an
other of its serious troubles by
authorizing really hard-pressed
businesses to come under the Blue
Eagle “provisionally.”
There were really notable con
tributions to Mr. Roosevelt’s era of
industrial peace. Strikes were set
tled among the New York garment
workers and the Hollywood movie
people, and as a coal code moved
toward completion, non-union op
erators sat down in conference with
federation of labor officials for the
first time in history. Automobile
men still debated labor problems,
but with some signs of results.
What the stir of expectancy in the
larger matters at Washington really
means can be best understood by
looking at some figures which have
just become available. These fig
ures bear witness that business is
getting better, so far as the pro
duction end and general activity
are concerned. Contrary to the
normal seasonal trend, imports and
exports both increased in July. The
reserve board’s own index showed
industrial output up 7 per cent.
Many private firms reported extra
ordinary upturns.
But there is another side to this
picture. While output was climbing (
according to the reserve board, dep
artment store sales declined about
as they usually do in the dull
month of July. Wholesale prices
were reported going down, although
commodity markets have taken a
slight turn for the better.
All of this poses the question to
Washington officials, what can be
done to get more money into the
hands of more people, so they can
buy the increased output of the
factory, and put prices up to a le
vel compensating industry for its
increased outlay under the NRA?
FEAR FET FOR
KIDNAPED MAN
DENVER, Aug. 26. UP)—Fears for
the life of Bernard Bitterman, young
Denver department store executive,
kidnaped Thursday night, were ex
pressed today by Ira C. Rothberger,
attorney for the Bitterman family.
The attorney said his apprehen
sion was based on the fact that the
abductors have made no attempt to
communicate with anyone since a
note, mailed at Cheyenne. Wyo., was
received yesterday by Alfred Trie
fus, general manager of the May
company, Denver department store.
The note read: “Don’t worry, your
nephew is OK. Await further in
structions. You’ll hear from us lat
er. NRA.”
Triefus is not a relative of Bitter
man’s and the Bitterman family Is
not related to David May, founder
of the May company.
Police and department of justice
agents theorized that Bitterman was
kidnaped by persons who believed
he is a relative of May and Thlefus.
and that his family was capable of
paying a large ransom.
“Bernard would be better off, I
am afraid, if he were a rich boy,”
Rothgerber said today. “When the
abductors realize, by reading news
paper accounts of the case, that
their prisoner is not well-to-do and
is no kin to either Triefus or May,
I fear for what may happen.”
MERCEDES FIRE
BREACH WIDENS
(Special to Tre Herald)
MERCEDES, Aug. 26.—The split
in the Mercedes fire department,
with the old Volunteer department
refusing to recognize the depart
ment established by the city com
missioners, has reached such a stage
that the breach likely cannot be re
paired.
In accordance with their custom,
the volunteers named Frank Beale
chief and Wallace Allen assistant
subject to approval by the city com
missioners. The city dads did not
recognize the recommendation and
appointed Truitt Jordan chief.
The volunteers have protested this
action and have notified the state
fire department that they will not
answer calls in cooperation with the
paid department.
Meanwhile the paid department
has been rounded out with the ap
pointment of Paul Law, Raymond
Glover, A1 Nordmeyer R. M. Clark,
S. H. Culbert, Dow Tipps and Orris
Miller.
The volunteers, who plan to hold
regular practice in nearby cities, are
to fill out their ranks with election
of six new members in the near fu
ture.
Sunshine records of England
show that that country had 1313
hours of sunshine in 1906, 1424
hours in 1911, 1296 hours in 1921.
832 hours in 1931 and only 829
hours in 1932.
WATER, LIGHT
DEUNQUI NTS
AGAIN WARNED
Attention again was called by H.
Sterling, city collector, Saturday to
the fact that on Aug. 30 water and
light service will be discontinued to
residences where bill* have not been
paid.
The City of Brownsville last Sun
day gave notice that a campaign to
collect delinquent water and light
bill money had been launched.
Notices sent out by the city read
as follows:
‘During the past two years or
more the City of Brownsville has
financed its municipal functions,
such as fire and police protection,
garbage collection and all other mat
ters pertaining to the City from the
revenues of its power and water
plants, all tax money having been
used for the purpose of meeting
principal and interest payments on
bond and warrant indebtedness.
"It has been the admlnlstartion’s
desire to be as lenient as possible
with those of its citizens who have
not been able to meet their utility
accounts promptly on the 10th of
each month, but it now becomes
necessary, if the City is to continue
its ordinary functions, that these
accounts be collected.
“It Is with regret, therefore, that
we bring to your attention your
delinquent account, which amounts
to $.with advice that by or
der of the City Commission, unless
this account is paid, or satisfactory
arrangements made with our col
lection department, it will be neces
sary to discontinue your service after
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1933.
“We trust that you will realize
that this is not a personal matter
because there are numerous accounts
in this delinquent condition that are
making this action necessary.
“Yours truly,
“City of Brownsville,”
Sterling, Collector for the city.
CRUDE OIL
PRICES UP
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 26. —(A*)—
Higher prices for crude oil were
general over the midcontinent area
today, but purchasing companies
were widely divided on the ques
tion of how great the advance
should be.
The majority of the purchasers
had posted a 10-cent increase for
Oklahoma and Kansas, a 10-cent
horizontal advance for Texas fields.
Louisiana And part of Arkansas
received increases from three com
panies and in the Texas Pan
handle districts the leading buyer,
Phil-Tex Oil Company, announced
an 8-cent increase.
The Sun Company increased 26
cents a barrel in its Oklahoma
purchasing area, and Bamsdall
Refineries advanced prices 16 cents
a barrel in its somewhat limited
Oklahoma buying territory.
All other companies were paying
10 cents more than at the start of
the week.
Suburban Property
Eligible For Loan
H. L. Yate6, attorney for the
home loans set-up, announced
Saturday that he had received word
from Washington that loans will be
made under the home loans act for
taxes in arrears.
Suburban property up to 10 acres
will be eligible for the loans. Judge
Yates said he was informed, but
10-acre farm tracts will not be con
sidered.
Pastor Resigns
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES, Aug. 26.—Rev. Oliv
er Harrison, who has served the
Christian church as pastor for the
past 15 months, will deliver his fare
well message to his congregation
here Sunday night, closing his min
istry here. Rev. Harrison has been
pastor of the church since his grad
uation from Texas Christian Uni
Iversity, Fort Worth, June 1, 1932.
iHe plans to return to the Univer
sity immediately and begin work on
his Master's and Divinity degrees.
No one has been named to succeed
him.
Divorces in England and Wales
average one in every 100 marriages;
in the United States, one marriage
in every io ends in the divorce
court.
CUBS BUY HIM
In order to pack a heftier punch
on their current eastern inva
sion, the Chicago Cubs spent
$25,000 to buy Adolph Camilli,
above, first baseman of the Sac
ramento club of the Pacific
Coast League. The youngster
will take Manager Charley
Grimm’s place on the initial
sack, Grimm going to the bench
to confine his efforts to directing
the Cubs in their drive for the
pennant.
F. D. DECLARES
(Continued Prom Page One)
president of Vassar suddenly broke
Into applause.
“And I am not talking democratic
politics,” Mr. Roosevelt added as an
interpolation of his prepared speech.
“I am talking good old Dutchless
county American principles.”
Detailing his purposes In the re
covery campaign, the president said:
“Of course, it is true that your gov
ernment hopes that the building up
of wages that are starvation wages,
and the shortening of hours of work
in every part of the United States
will result in a greater distribution
of wages and an increase in the
number of persons employed.
Buying Power Hike
“It is true that we seek definitely
to increase the purchasing power of
the American people. It is true that
we are definitely succeeding in this
purpose and that the downhill drift
of America has definitely turned
and become an upward surge for
Amerioa.”
This expression for confidence al
so brought applause and cheers from
the crowd stretching far out under
the trees of the Vassar lawn, in
concluding, once again thes*presi
dent departed from his rApared
address to say “there is an unani
mity among the people that I haven't!
seen since April, 1917, and we a:el
going to bring this country back io|
better times.”
Mr. Roosevelt declared that foJ
the first time in history the nation!
"as a whole and regardless of partjl
has approved drastic changes in the]
methods and forms of the function*]
of government without destroying
basic principles.”
He made it quite clear that hiJ
“neighbor” policy forbids mono-]
polies, particularly in public utill]
ties; child labor: starvation wage? i
and long hours of work; and as un-1
fair distribution of wealth. But he]
insisted all of this does not infringsl
upon personal liberty.
“It became unfair,” he said, “to!
our neighbors if we sought to make!
unreasonable profit from a mono-1
poly in a sendee such as electricity!
or gas or railroad tickets which!
they all had to use.
“it became unfair to our neigh-1
bors if we tried to hire their chil-1
dren at starvation wages and loogi
hours of work.
In Enemy Territory
*Many years ago we went further
in saying that the government
would place increasing taxes on in
creasing profits because very large
profits were, of course made at the
expense of the neighbors and
should, to some extent at least be
used for the benefit of the neigh
bors.”
Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken,
president of Vassar, introduced the
president and spoke significantly
about the people of Dutchess coun
ty who failed to give the president a
majority last fall. d
“Perhaps it is a Dutch inHWtance
that makes us a little less demon
strative than the others of the na
tion about some things,” he said.
“Though we are slow to admit our
errors In some ways, we do respect
a real man and a real woman and
hat is why we are here today to wel
come the president and Mrs. Roose
velt."
Mr. Roosevelt smiled and in the
beginning of his speech said ha
thought the proposal of Dr. Mac
Cracken to introduce Dutchess coun
ty to the nation was a “pious onc.5
MacCracken also spoke about “the
whispers we heard here just about
a year ago now” and added:
“A portrait is now being made of
the president. It is the portrait of
the American of 1933. The artist Is
putting into it the strength of char
acter that his own strength of char
acter, the courage that is in his own
heart, the man who is showing the
nation the way back to recovery.”
DRYS PROMISE
ETERNAL FIGHT
i
DALLAS. Aug. 26. Up)—'The United
Forces for Prohibition, organization
which led the fight in Texas against
repeal of the 18th amendment, is
sued a statement tonight over the 1
signature of William Nehemiah Wig
gins, secretary, as returns fro« to
day’s election showed Texas #oted
Strongly for repeal, which said in
part: i
“The God of righteousness still
lives. The liquor forces may win a
skirmish but the battle against the
liquor curse will never be finally
lost. No man or woman who loves
home and childhood and youth
above that of the greed for profits
of the brewer and distiller will ever
give up the battle. The renewed war
fare against the accursed liquor traf
ic has just begun.
“Texas still has the state constitu
tional prohibition of liquor above 3.2
per cent and will have for two years;
and with state, county and city of
ficials who have taken an oath to
i enforce the constitution and laws,
I we should still have no liquor.
“Then, again, local option elec- 1
tions can be called every six months
'amd the brewers nay take notice
that they will be in an eternal fight i
! against the forces for righteousness
and will never have a day of peace
until they are again driven out of
our fair state and ultimately from
our nation again. *•*
;j*e°PIe starving for bread men
wtihout jobs, grabbing at some straw
to get relief, have listened to the
sire voice of the liquor forces, hoping
some relief will come, but thev will
soon find their disillusionment. •••
we rest secure in the ultimate vic
tory when the people are thus awak
ened.”
TRAP champion
VANDALIA, O., Aug. 26. (X*—A
36-year-old electrician wears Amer
ica s premier trapshooting crown.
He Walter Beaver of Berwyn,
Pa., who yesterday surmounts® w®
game’s greatest handicap—25^T res
—and won the annual grand Amer
ican handicap and the $1,400 first
prize.