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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—No. 64 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1933 TWELVE PAGES TODAY fte A COF*
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IN OUR1
' VALLEY j
WE HEARD ONE FOR THE
book yesterday—to the effect that
the reason crop production loans
(as differentiated from the loans be
ing made by the R. A. A. C. on
which security other than the crop
is demanded) cannot be made for
the fall planting of the Valley—
Because—
The books of the crop production
outfit close on December 1st,
And all-of the business must be
closed by that time.
Sort of seems like the Valley was
the “forgotten spot”—
When these crop loans and farm
loans were being planned.
Does seem like the government
could have provided a system a
trifle more elastic,
In keeping with the announced
desire of the administration,
To help the farming element.
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LET IT BE SAID MOST EM
• phatically that the main objective
of the Valley right now should be
to provide every farmer in this area
- with seed.
* Get a crop in the ground.
At best, our fall vegetable crop
will be late, and the fanner, the
merchants, the lawyer and the rest
of us need a crop just as quickly as
is humanly possible to bring that
crop to maturity and on the mar
ket.
A comparatively small portion of
our fanning population is able to
take advantage of the loans offer
ed by t*e R. A. A. C. organization,
over which Messers' Hollingsworth
and Mayer of San Benito preside.
It had been hoped that the crop
production end of the federal set-up
would be able to take care of the
rest, but that seems to be definitely
out.
Mr. Milliken of the Farm credit
administration is expected to ar
rive in San Benito tomorrow.
Here’s the hope he will have pow
er to loosen up the now existing
crop loan restrictions, so that our
farmers may not only borrow the
money for seed, but may be able
to get enough extra to pay for the
cultivation of the crop.
~#tye repeat, the main thing is to
get a crop in the ground.
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LOANS TO REPAIR BUILDINGS
wrecked by the hurricane may be
made through the Public Works
sponsored non-profit making cor
jparatiioins now under process of
formation.
Brownsville office, set up under
the direction of Harold Rosenwald
is taking applications now.
Individuals desiring to borrow
should realize at the start that their
chances are nil unless they can give
the government a FIRST mortgage
on the property involved, or can put
up as security other property which
is unencumbered.
Unless your property is clear, or
unless you can get the holder of the
first mortgage to subrogate his lien
to the government, there is no use
in even applying for a loan from
t-bis branch of the federal loan mak
ing industry.
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WHEN THIS CENSUS OF
storm damage is completed, it is
going to be found that comparative
ly little material damage was done
to the buildings of Hidalgo county.
The fruit crop of that county
be found to have suffered about
as the crop around Brownsville suf
fered in August.
Estimates of damage are placing
the crop loss entirely too low. and
the damage to the trees themselves
too high according to comments of
those in charge of tabulating the
reports.
Important it is that these esti
mates should be completed, and
completed as quickly as possible.
Making of many a public works
loan in the Valley section may de
pend on what these reports show.
Man Kisses Wife
Goodbye Before
He Shoots Her
DALHART. Sept. 22. (JP)—
Marvin Turner, 54, today was
held for the slaying of his wife,
Mrs. May Turner, at their farm
home 13 miles east of Dalhart
yesterday.
Sheriff Harvey D. Foust said
Turner had signed a statement
>in which he said the first of two
Mots was fired accidentally while
tie threatened his wife with the
gun. He said she then admitted
accepting the attentions of an
other man and that he stepped
into another room, reloaded his
gun, told his wife he loved her
and kissed her goodbye, then
fired a second time.
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Rat’ Kelly Believed Behind Chicago Robbery
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SMOKE SCREEN
IS LAID FOR
DAYLIGHT RAID
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Policeman Slain By
Fleeing Group
Near Loop
CHICAGO, Sept, 22. — (ff)— Be
hind a smoke screen laid in Chi
cago’s loop today five gunmen
staged a daring holdup of four
federal reserve bank employes and
five minutes later shot and killed
a policeman after their automobile
collided with another.
Policeman Slain
The robbery, carefully planned
and swiftly executed, probably will
not net much in the way of loot,
an official of the Federal Reserve
Bank said. W. C. Bachman, cashier
and assistant deputy governor of
the bank, said he believed the two
bags contained nothing but cashed
checks from member banks.
The policeman who was killad as
he and a fellow officer approached
the desperadoes’ car about a mae
from the scene of the robbery not
knowing of the holdup, was Miles
Cunningham, 35.
A momnt before the machine had
overturned after striking another,
and as Cunningham and policeman
Morris Fitzgerald stepped liico the
street, the men crawled from the
wreckage and sent a barrage of
machine gun bullets toward the
officers. Cunningham fell mortally
wounded while Fitzgerald jumped
behind a metal sign and returned
the fire for a moment.
See Expert Hand
Suspicion focused on George
“Machine Gun’.’* -Kelly and Verne
Miller, southwestern bandits. K,gn
way maps well thumbed in the
Texas-Oklahoma region were fcund
in the bullet-aifiof car that era su
ed a mile west of the Loop and in
the swift and daring execution of
the robbery the police saw the ex
pert hand of the notorious outlaws
seeking defense funds for Harvey
Bailey on trial for kidnaping.
Shortly after midnight two cars
drew up beside the Continental Il
linois National Bank & Trust Co.,
on Jackson Blvd. A pall of black
smoke shot from the exhaust of the
rear car, shielding the holdup from
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Quinn Is Given
Death Penalty
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 22. (JP)
—The death sentence of Earl Quinn,
convicted in a second trial at Enid
last March 7, for the brutal slay
ing of Jessie Griffith, shot to death
with her sister, Zexia, was affirm
ed today by the criminal court of
appeals.
Date of execution in the electric
chair at the McAlester penitentiary
would fall about Nov. 24 in con
formance with the 60 days expira
tion limit following an appellate
ruling.
Sleep Malady Fatal
To Girl in Valley
("Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. Sept. 22.—The first
south Texas victim of encephalitis,
commonly known as sleeping sick
ness. was Miss Ruth Nowlin, 10,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Nowlin of Center Point, Texas, who
died here early Thursday after be
ing ill for 10 days.
Miss Nowlin arrived in McAllen
last Saturday with her parents to
attend the wedding of her aunt. Miss
Cleo Nowlin and R. C. McBryde of
McAllen. She had been ill, accord
ing to the attending physician, for
a week prior to the trip here. She
became so ill that she was placed
under the physician’s care Monday,
gradually sinking into the coma
characteristic of the little-known
disease. After Tuesday night, the
child could not be aroused from the
coma which claimed her life 24 hours
later. The physician stated all symp
toms in the case checked exactly
with known symptoms rushed to
him by officials of the U. S. Public
Health Service in St. Louis, where
an epidemic of the disease has
claimed more than 100 lives. So far
as is known, this is the first case
of the disease in south Texas.
Funeral services for the young
victim were held in Center Point
Friday.
Gasser Show Oil
PALESTINE, Sept. 22. (>P)—'The
Texas Seaboard-Tide Water No. 1
Long Lake plantation oil test nine
miles west of Palestine which blew
in as a big gasser at noon yester
day continued to blow today with
a slight showing of oil.
Drillers expressed the opinion
that the well would blow itself in
during the day but if not, they
planned to cut off the gas and core
the well a few feet deeper, the
present depth being 5,229 feet.
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Drake Estate
Moves On To
New Fields
Although warnings published
by The Herald, news articles of
the arrest of Oscar Hartzell, and
other similar acts have consider
ably cramped the style of Drake
Estate agents in the Valley, the
old swindle is still going at a
thriving clip in Iowa and parts of
Michigan.
News articles appearing in a
recent issue of the Mason City
(Iowa) Globe-Gazette are attack
ing the racket in that section.
The newspaper prints an inter
view with Albert j. Decker, form
erly of San Benito, who has car
ried his fight against the swindle
all the way up to Iowa. He
fought it in the Valley for months
in spite of threats from Drake
Estate agents that he would be
taken to England and tried be
fore the “Supreme Court of Eng
land.”
The Iowa paper prints warn
ings to people of that section
against the estate .
The Drake estate boys are said
to be having slow going in the
Valley. The main office in
Brownsville has closed, the “agent”
here is gone, and a similar state
of decay and dilapidation is no
ticed in other parts of the Val
ley.
MEDICS ASK
VALLEY AID
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Seek $50,000 to Improve
Sanitation In Storm
Damaged Area
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Sept. 22.—A reso
lution asking Sen. Tom Connaily,
the public works administration
and other officials and agencies
to help obtain $50,000 to improve
sanitary conditions in the Valley
since the hurricane, was passed at
a meeting of the Cameron County
Medical Society here last night.
Six well-known physicians from
other parts of the state spoke at
the meeting at which more than
75 doctors, including 15 Valley
dentists invited especially to hear
the program, were present.
The resolution seeking $50,000 to
improve sanitary conditions was
passed after V. M. Ehlers, state
sanitary engineer, discussed sani
tation in the Valley. He said con
ditions are bad and that immediate
action should be taken to remedy
the faulty sewerage situation.
The resolution was addressed to
Sen. Connaily. A copy was sent to
Director Hopkins of the Public
Works Administration.
The visiting doctors who spoke
at the meeting were Dr. A. L. Frew
of Dallas and Dr. H. L. D. Kirk
ham of Houston; Dr. O. T. Woocw,
Dr. H. H. Doolittle, and Dr. H. A.
O’Brien, all of Dallas; and Dr. A.
O. Singleton of Galveston.
Dr. Tt. L. Works of Brownsville,
president of the county organiza
tion, presided, and Dr. R. F. Breed
en of Brownsville acted as secre
tary'.
Dr. R. H. Eisaman of Browns
ville and Dr. G. W. Adgerton of
Harlingen led discussions on papers
that were read.
Jewish Services To
Continue All Week
Jewish people of Brownsville and
other Valley points gathered here
yesterday at services conducted at
the Brownsville Temple, with Sam
Perl in charge.
Services, which started Wednes
day, will continue through the next
week, closing Saturday week and
completing the cycle of days from
Rosh-Hoshana through Yom Kip
pur.
At the Wednesday service the
sermon was on “Watchman What
of the Night”. The Thursday ser
mon was “The Message of Tomor
row.” The service tonight will be
the “Sabbath of RepentenceV which
is observed Saturday week with
fast day.
At the Thursday services music
was furnished by Mrs. B. L. Cain,
and Mrs. Colvin sang. She was as
sisted by the Sunday school choir.
All people are invited to the ser
vices.
Wire Flashes
AUSTIN, Sept. 22. (AP)—Gov.
Miriam A. Ferguson sent to the
legislature today a special message
suggesting amendments to and
re-enactment of the law that
legalizes wagering on horse races
and supervises race meets.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. (AP)
—An administration plan to ad
vance 10 cents a pound on this
year’s cotton crop to farmers whc
will conform to the 1934 acreage
reduction program was predicted
today by Sen. Bankhead of Ala
bama, after a call at the White
House.
CROP LOANS
CHIEFTAIN TO
VMVALLEY
Administ r a t o r Will
Expedite Relief
To Farmers
W. E. Mulliken, special adminis
trator for the Agricultural Credit
corporation will arrive in'the Val
ley Sunday morning to complete
a set-up for the administration of
crop loans to the growers of 'he
Valley, according to C. O. Miles,
who arrived in the Valley today from
Washington.
To Arrive Sunday
Mulliken had been scheduled to
arrive at San Benito Saturday, but
has been delayed in Florida and will
arrive Sunday morning, a telegram
received from him by Miles today
stated.
According to Miles, who conferred
with Mulliken and Rep. Milton West
in Washington, the special admin
istrator comes to the Valley armed
with authority to do everything pos
sible under the law to expedite loans
to citrus and vegetable growers. His
policy will be announced after he
has had an opportunity of making
a personal survey of the situation.
Miles expressed himself is very
hopeful of the situation, after con
ferring with officials of the Farm
administration in Washington.
Gov. Henry Morgenthau of the
Farm Credit administration called a
special meeting of his board to con
sider the Valley situation. Miles
stated, after having been urged by
Rep. West to extend aid to the Val
ley, and Mullikin is coming here sis
a result of the study given the Val
ley’s situation by Morgenthau and
his associates.
it is understood that the exist
ing laws governing loans to grow
ers have been studied with a view
to giving a more liberal interpreta
tion than h*as prevailed in the
making of loans in the past, but
no definite announcement can be
made on this feature until after Mr.
Mulliken’s arrival.
Rep. West and Miles conferred
with federal officials in all depart
ments in an effort to secure proper
aid for the Valley growers, Miles
stated this morning.
It was found impossible to make
progress on the proposal to buy
the destroyed crop of the Valley,
due to lack of authority under the
law.
"Had congress been In session It
is possible that Mr. West would
have been able to obtain passage
of such legislation,” Miles declared,
“but under the circumstances it was
an absolute impossibility."
SOLONS ARRIVE
HERE SATURDAY
Senate Group to Make 2-Day
Survey of Valley’s
Storm Area
Itinerary for the senate commit
tee which will make a tour of the
Valley Saturday and Sunday to
look over the storm damage was
announced here today as follows:
Arrive in Harlingen at 6:30 a. m.,
breakfast at Harlingen, followed by
trip to Rio Hondo and Browne
tract, back to San Benito for lun
cheon at noon at Stonewall Jackson
hotel.
Informal meeting at San Benito
at 1:15 p. m., followed by trip
through Los Fresnos and Port Isa
bel, and. back to Brownsville for a
meeting at the chamber of com
merce at 5:45 and supper ait 6:30.
Leave Brownsville Sunday morn
ing for trip up Valley, reaching La
Feria at 9:15, Mercedes at 10, Wes
laco at 10:45, Donna at 11:15, lun
cheon at Donna, Alamo at 1:30,
San Juan at 1*.0, Pharr at 2:15,
McAllen at 240, Mission at 3:40,
and Edinburg at 4:40, then to Ray
mondville at 6:10, catching train
out of there.
The party will be headed by Sen.
Archie Parr and will include Lieut
Gov. Edgar Witt.
Three-Power Arms
Accord Is Reached
PARIS, Sept. 22. —{IP)— A com
plete three-power accord among
France, Great Britain and Italy
on disarmament and arms control
been reached today, but the ques
been reached totday, but the ques
tion of penalties still was unfin
ished.
Cathedral Burns
VALLEYFIELDS, Que., Sept. 22.
(IP)—Fire destroyed the historic
Valleyfield cathedral and a con-,
vent today with an estimated loss
of $1,600,000.
Five hundred occupants of the
convent of the siters of Jesus and
Mary, pupils and nuns, were taken
to safety. One fireman was injured.
Spain’s New Premier*
Alejandro Lerrout, radical Repub
lican leader, who succeeds Manuel
Azana as Premier of Spain. Ler
roux, a sixty-nine-year-old attorney,
has been active in politics for fifty
years. It was his attacks in Parlia
ment which forced Azana’s resigna
tion. The new Premier formed a
cabinet of 13 members, scoffing al
superstition.
INSPECTION OF
CITRUS BEGINS
Wind Blown Shipping Is
About Completed,
Longino Says
With a total of 184 carloads of
fruit shipped, including about 100
cars of “wind-blown” fruit, warn
ing was issued from the head
quarters of the federal-state in
spection service in Harlingen to
day that all regulations as to quar
antine, maturity and inspection
must be observed by growers, truck
ers and shippers.
Hart T. Longino issued the state
ment calling attention to the regu
lations.
Mr. Longino said about 100 cars
of wind-blown fruit has been ship
ped, and said in his opinion this
about cleans up the wind-blown
fruit.
His statement follows:
“Growers, truckers and shippers
transporting lots of citrus fruit of
more than five packages out of the
Valley are warned against moving
such lots without certificates of
inspection. The inspection service
has been very liberal during the
emergency movement of salvaged
fruit by making an occasional in
spection at the road station.
“In the future all loads must be
certified before leaving the shipping
point. The blue certificate of in
spection and the master permit
must accompany each load.
“The maturity stamps and quar
antine stickers must be on each
package, and with these require
ments met, truck drivers will be
passed without delay. This is gen
erally understood and practically
no trouble has been experienced at
the road station.
“Packages not labelled with reg
istered brands or trade marks must
be marked with U. S. grades, and
any fruit below U. S. No. 2 must be
marked ‘Unclassified.’ The pur
pose of this phase of the law is to
let the purchaser of Valley fruit
know that such fruit is not our best
quality. Strict adherence to this
phase of the compulsory grading
law will let the world know that
the industry does not intend de
ceiving the purchaser of our poor
quality fruit.
“Future benefits to the industry
will more than repay for efforts
during this period.”
Parr Property
Liens Filed
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, Sept. 22.—Federal
tax liens against property in Hi
dalgo county which may be owned
by State Sen. Archer Parr and Mrs.
Archer Parr, both of Benavides,
have been filed with Co. Clerk F.
W. Lemburg by A. S. Walker of
Austin, collector of internal revenue
for the first district of Texas.
Records in the county clerk's of
fice show the lien covers claims for
income taxes in 1927. 1928 and 1929
in the case of Mrs. Parr totaling
$52,344.97. By years, the lien claims:
1927, $19,784.92; 1928, $31,407.31;
1929, $1,152.74.
The lien against Archer Pan
claims income taxes totaling $101,
442.12 during a period of four years.
By years, the lien shows the follow
ing claims: 1926, $29,398.83; 1927,
$27,334.11; 1928, $43,783.06; 1929,
$926.12.
DEATH ASKED
BY STATE IN
DEVILSLAYING
Coy Oakley’s Fate Is
Argued by East
Texas Jury
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Sept. 22.
(&)—The fate of Coy Oakley, fana
tical preacher on trial for the
“devil” slaying of Bernice Clayton,
3-year-old cripple, rested with a
jury today.
The jurors considered the case
for several hou: last night, but
retired without reaching a decision.
Ask Death Penalty
In closing arguments prosecuting
attorneys demanded that Oakley
be sentenced to death. Defense
counsel pleaded for acquittal or an
insanity verdict.
The child, crippled by an attack
of infantile paralysis, died last
December while weird religious
rites were being performed over
her at her parents cabin in the
lonely pine woods near Linden.
The purpose of the strange cere
mon was to cure her ailment.
It was brought out in testimony
that Paul Oakley, brother of Coy,
believed he had divine power to
heal and could relieve the child by
a ritual known as “laying on of
the hands.” Coy Oakley and the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Clayton, were in the cabin praying
during the ceremony, Paul Oak
ley’s idea was to “drive out the
devil” he believed to be responsible
for Bernice’s condition.
‘Dangerous Doctrine’
Dist. Atty. Lincoln claimed there
was more at stake in the trial than
just the life of Coy Oakley » or
Bernice Clayton. He said there
was a point where the right of
religious belief ends and the law
begins, and that no doctrine is
more dangerous than that of “lay
ing on of the hands” if allowed
and practiced because of religious
belief.
“Without restraint of law, it
would set a precedent for an as
sault on the person of anyone
when justified by religious, poli
tical or professional belief,” he
argued. “Coy Oakley was equally
guilty with his brother Paul.”
Last May Paul Oakley was tried
for murder at Linden in connection
with the child’s death and sen
tenced to 50 years imprisonment.
His defense was insanity.
Bank Robbers
Kidnap Women
STUTTGART, Ark., Sept. 22. (JP)
—Three men armed with a sub
machine gun and pistols today rob
bed the Peoples National bank here
of less than $1,000 and forced three
women employes to ride the run
ning board of their automobile to
shield them from the fire of of
ficers.
Other Schools To
Open Doors Monday
Brownsville junior high and
grammar schools will reopen for
the fall term Monday, according to
an announcement this morning
by G. W. Gotke, superintendent.
The schools will run on half time.
Gotke stated, meeting in the gram
mar school building on Palm Blvd.
Students will register Monday,
the junior high students meeting in
the morning and the grammar
school in the afternoon.
Further details will be announced
in Sunday’s Srownsville Herald.
NRA List Received
Another list of NRA signers in
Brownsville has been received at
the postoffice here. It is as fol
lows:
Cold drinks stand, restaurant—
Margarita Marks.
Real estate — James - Dickinson
Farm Mortgage Co.
General merchandise—Ben Ol
seii.
Paint shop—Gilmore Sign Shop.
Taxi and garage—Ross Driv-Ur
self Co.
Service station—Velvorene Ser
vice Station No. 2.
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Executed Texan’s
Brother Killed
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 22. —</P)
Ed Leahy, brother of Harry Leahy
who was executed in 1929 for the
murder of a Mathis doctor, was
shot and killed here today and a
bystander was wounded in the leg
by a stray bullet.
Shortly after the shooting, John
Lott, former sheriff of Atascosa
county, surrendered to Sheriff Al
bert Hausser.
FORD RECOVERING
G. G. Ford, who has been con
fined to his residence for the past
week because of illness, was re
ported recovering today.
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Man Breaks
Into Jail To
See Woman
It is not unusual for a lovesick
swain to break out of durance
vile to see his Lady Fair, but it
remained for a 38-year-old Los
Fresnos man to break into the
Cameron county Jail Thursday
night for a few fleeting moments
with his sweetheart.
His intoxication was spirituous
as well as spiritual, and he drew
a fine of $90 and costs Friday
morning when he pleaded guilty
to "drunkenness in a public
place.” The fine was assessed by
Justice of the Peace Bertram
Combe.
The Los Fresnos man scaled
the high wall near the women’s
auarters with agility which be
ed his age. He dropped inside
the walls and was engaging his
sweetheart in conversation when
the jailors discovered his pres
ence.
The man admitted that it was
his second visit within the high
walls.
STATE HIGHWAY
CHIEFS VISIT
Officials Survey County
Projects as Relief
Measures
High state road officials arrived
in the Valley Friday for a survey
of proposed road projects which
may ultimately mean $400,000 in
construction with federal relief
funds in Cameron county.
Co. Judge A. W. Cunningham was
to meet John Wood, chairman of the
highway commission, and Gib Gil
christ, chief highway engineer, at
Harlingen Friday afternoon to be
gin survey of the projects.
The visit is the result of Judge
Cunningham’s hearing before the
highway commission in Austin Mon
day. The county judge requested the
department to take steps toward ob
taining $400,000 from the Bureau of
Public Works for construction of
roads in this county on which grad
ing and structures have been com
pleted.
The commission passed a resolu
tion recommending that the Bu
reau of Public Works gran; the
application. This bureau was recent
ly granted $60,000,000 for use in
hurricane and drouth stricken
areas.
Cameron bounty has about 40
miles of roads ready for hard sur
facing with grading and structures
completed.
Quick action is expected in view
of the fact the $60,000,000 fund is
to be used on public works in the
stricken territories.
Indictments Held
Secret by Sheriff
The nature of all but a few of
the 35 indictments returned by the
criminal district grand jury here
remains a court secret with the
sheriff’s department holding up the
information pending arrests.
The grand jury, headed by H. H.
Banker of Brownsville, returned 15
true bills Friday morning and was
expected to make another report
to Judge Geo. C. Westervelt before
the day was over.
Judge Westervelt will continue
to hear uncontested divorce cases
this week and next. He plans to
call the docket for pleas and set
tings Monday.
Railroad Financial
Condition Is Better
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. UP)—
Rep. Rayburn of Texas, chairman
of the house interstate commerce
committee, today said that the fi
nancial condition of many of the
bigger railroad lines had shown
marked improvement in recent
weeks.
“Some of the big lines,” Rayburn
said, “are now meeting their fixed
charges for the first time in more
than a year. They are climbing
out of the red into the black.”
Lenient Policy To
Bootleggers Seen
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. UP)—
Convicted prohibition law violators
are piling up the . docket of the
supreme court with appeals, hoping
that repeal will become a fact be
fore the tribunal disposes of their
cases.
Meanwhile, justice department
officials are considering adoption
of a policy of lenity—if repeal is
voted—toward those sentenced for
liquor law infractions.
Theater Burns
DALLAS, Sept. 22. —UP}— Fire
which gained such proportions that
four alarms were sounded, wrecked
the Palace theater, a negro show
house on upper Elm Street, early
today with a loss estimated at $65,
00C. The fire, of undetermined ori
gin, started at the rear of the
building and had been burning for
soma time when discovered
LOCAL VOTING
INFLUENCED, IS
TOLDPROBERS
Letter Sent During
His Absence, Says
Westbrook
AUSTIN, Sept. 22. Law
rence Westbrook, director of the
Texas rehabilitation and relief
commission, told the state senate
today that in some instances relief
funds intended for indigent per
sons had been distributed 1q such
manner as to influence local poli
tics.
Queried on Polities
Sen. Walter Woodward of Cole
man, questioning Westbrook, whose
commission is being investigated aa
to its administration of relief
money, had asked if it were noc a *
fact members of county organiza
tions had been selected “as a mat
ter of political expediency rather
than efficiency.”
Westbrook said he did not believe
that was true.
“Don’t you think if you could
get politics out of the relief work
you could do a much better Job? ’
Woodward asked.
“The matter of local politics en
tering into the work is worse than
.state or national politics,” West
brook replied. “I know of some
very, very flagrant instances where
relief funds were used to influence
local elections.”
Westbrook read a letter sent out
over his signature recently in which
instructions were given as to selec
tion of members for county boards.
Westbrook said while his name
was signed to the letter, as was the
custom to put his name to all com
munications from the office, he did
not write it, and in fact was ab
sent, in Washington, when it was
dispatched.
Refers to ‘Our Friend’
“I assume my name was signed
by Mr. Read (J. F. Read, assistant
director),” Westbrook testified.
“Before I left I had written a let
ter somewhat different from this
one.”
The letter referred in several
places to getting “our friends” to
gether in the matter of selecting
county board members.
“Why is such emphasis placed on
‘our friends,’ in that letter?” asked
Sen. Clint C. Small of Amarillo.
Westbrook said he preferred to
let Mr. Read, or the writer of the
letter, answer that.
Citrus Agreement
Ready for Approval
The national citrus stabilization
agreement, to which California,
Florida, Porto Rico and Texas are
signatories, awaits the approval of
the secretary of agriculture, C. O.
Miles stated on his return from
Washington this morning.
The agreement applies to Texas,
but will not take effect as it affects
this state until August 1, 1934, be
cause of the hurricane damage.
Miles said.
All expenses incurred in the en
forcement of the agreement prior
to that time will be borne by Cali
fornia and Florida, it was agreed
at the recent conference held in
Washington.
Storm Warning
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. OP)—
The Weather Bureau this morning
issued the following storm warn
ing:
“Tropical disturbance is moving
slowly west, northwestward over
Yucatan and its center will reach
vicinity Merida and Progresso with
in next 12 hours. It is attended by
gales and possibly by winds hurri
cane force over small area near cen
j ter. Caution advised vessels in path.”
MARKETS
A T GLANCE
NEW YORK
Stocks strong; late rally lift*
leaders.
Bonds firm; high grade issue*
recover.
Curb firm; metals and utilities
advance.
Foreign exchanges steady; dol
lar holds small gains.
Cotton higher; trade and com
mission house buying; higher
cables*
Sugar barely steady; disapporat
ing spot demand.
Coffee lower; commission hots*
selling..
CHICAGO
Wheat lower; new buying in
sufficient.
Corn steady; rural offering!
diminshed.
Cattle less active, weak to II
lower, top steers $8.15.
Hogs mixed 10 lower to 5 high
er, top $5.45.
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