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'THE WEATHER
Brownsville and the Valley: Part
ly cloudy Tuesday night and Wed
nesday; not much change in tem
perature.
-1 THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—No. 97 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1933 EIGHT PAGES TODAY
IN OUR
VALLEY I
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TEXAS PUBLIC WORKS AD
vioory board has approved the ap
plication of the Harlingen Inde
pendent School district—
Pot a loan to repair hurricane
damage.
Other Valley schools have hied
their applications,
And the chances are that most of
the loans will be approved by the
Fort Worth body—
And also approved by the Public
Works administration at Washing
ton.
Irrigation districts are not hav
ing any such luck.
Another law applies to them and
their seeking of loans.
Appraiser sent down here,
So we are informed,
Looked over wily the districts at
Harlingen, Donna and Mercedes—
And we are also told that of the
iHfee Mercedes seems to be the or’ly
district —
Likely to see federal pay dirt.
• • •
OUR IRRIGATION DISTRICTS
are in a tough spot.
Like most of us as Individuals,
the very time they have a chance
to make some money by saving it,
they have to have money to save
money and don't have any money!
Value of their bonds on the mar
ket has depreciated, and most of
them could affect a saving of around
50 per cent of their bonded in
debtedness. could the get any money
with which to buy these bonds in.
Law under which federal money
was made available, in a very limit
ed amount, to water improvement
districts, in fact provided that they
must be able to buy in their bonds
at no more than 50c on the dollar.
Oh! Well, these things will all
be worked out in time.
Maybe.
mm*
ABOUT TIME THAT WILLACY
county T06e in its wrath,
And DEMANDED of the State
Highway commission—
When that body will order work
to begin—
On the Kenedy county road.
Building of that road means much
to Willacy county's future develop
ment—
And means a considerable saving
of money business firms of Har
lingen. San Benito and Browns
ville.
Cant get the idea out of our head
that somebody.
A lot of somebodies—
Are playing •‘hokum'’ with Wil
lacy county and the Valley.
On that road.
• • •
INSIDE POLITICAL CIRCLES
of Cameron county are engaged
right now in trying to figure out
the personnel of the new Carr.eron
County Board of Welfare and Em
ployment.
The latest dope is that three of
present board will be re-named by
the commissioners’ court, which is
understood to have reached a gen
tleman's agreement that each com
missioner shall name one and the
county judge the fifth.
iMose Hill of the Port Isabel. Ed
twns of the San Benito and Sam
tts of the Harlingen preempt®
will be renamed, so the story goes
Will Cabler of Brownsville has
resigned and his place has not been
filled.
Rumor has it that State Rep. Aug
ustin Ceiaya will not be renamed to
tl 3 board.
And rumor also has it that a H ir
lingeu woman will be named as the
fifth member of the board by Co.
Judge A. W. Cunningham.
All rmpor, you understand, but
rumors in which a lot of interest is
being displayed these days.
• • •
SOME MONTHS AGO PORT
Brown was given an allotment of
approximately 165,000 "for roads and
drainage.
To date not a cent of that allot
ment has been received.
Still later, right after the hur
ricane. an allotment of $171,000
was announced by the Public Works
administration to repair damage to
Ft. Brown.
Only $148,000 has been received
from corps headquarters at San
Antonio, according to reports re
ceived by The Brownsville Herald.
And on top, of that, orders have
been received at Ft. Brown that
a scale of $1 per hour for skilled
labor and 40c an hour for unskilled
labor must be paid on all reparr
work.
, 1V repair cost on Ft. Brown
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4
BOCA CHICA
ROUTE GETS
HIGH RATING
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Local Politics Play No
Part in State Work,
Pointed Out
— ii ..I
The Boca Chica rebuilding proj
ect is listed as No. 1 project rec
ommended from Cameron county
by J. W. Puckett, division engineer,
according to a letter received to
day by the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce.
The chamber has sought state aid
to repair the road, the cost has
been estimated at about $40,000.
Mr. Puckett states in part:
From Additional Funds
♦
This office agrees with you in
regard to the reconstruction of the
Boca Chica road and I already
have recommended to our Austin
office that this work be done from
any additional funds that may be
allotted to Cameron county out of
the National Recovery act.
••This office does not take issue,
or part in local politics or differ
ences in opinion of road construc
tion in the various comities in this
division. I recommended this proj
ect to the Austin office when I was
requested to file additional projects
in Cameron. Hidalgo and Willacy
counties when it appeared that the
above mentioned counties would
receive additional funds out of the
appropriation, which no doubt you
have noticed on numerous occasions
in press reports. The fund that I
have reference to is that allotment
of between three and nine million
dollars as a special relief to Texas
in the drouth and hurricane strick
en areas.
I'rffs Other Effort#
*T wish you to understand that
my recommending this project to
the Austin office as No. 1 of four
or five projects does not mean that
the highway commission will view
this as I do, and therefore I would
suggest that you write to our Aus
tin office, stating the fact and that
the chamber requested that, should
additional funds become available
for Cameron county, the Boca
Chica road be given primary consid
eration.'*
Such a letter has been written.
Ex-Grid Star's
Hearing Is Set
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 31 !*V
Preliminary hearing for, Lieut John
Murrell, former West Point foot
ball aoe, charged with criminal at
| tack on Blanche Ralls, will be held
before U. S. Commr. Paul Lock
! hart tomorrow . J. Bernays Lowery,
his attorney, announced this morn
! ing that plans to ask tor a continu
| ance had been abandoned.
Mun-el is in the Bexar county
jail where he was placed last Fri
day.
Young Rockefeller
Pays Speeding Fine
DARIEN, Conn, Oct. 31. MV
Winthrop Rockefeller is $37 poor
er today because he was caught
speeding along the Boston post
road.
The 21-.vear-old son of John D
Rockefeller, Jr., shelled out that,
amount yesterday when Judge W:l
[ ’iam A K elly imposed a fine of $15
and costs after a policeman testi
fied Rockefeller was traveling 64
miles an hour.
Rockefeller said he was hurry
ing to New York so a friend could
; catch a boat for Europe.
“I won’t do it again.” he pr»i
| ised.
Burns Prove Fatal
To Citrus Grower
LAREDO Oct. 31. (A*—Burns in
curred in a fire at his packing plant
here last Friday night had resulted
in death today to Horace E. Wat
son. 40. prominent citrus fruit grow
er and packing plant operator.
His clothing ignited while he was
trying to extinguish a blaze which
broke out in the coloring room of
the plant Several hundred cas i ot
beer, packing crates, onion sacki
and other property stored in the
plant were destroyed.
New York Obtains
Loans for Payrolls
NEW YORK. Oct. 31. 'AV
Eonug money to finance New York
City for the next four years was
assured today with the signing of
an agreement with the city's bank
ers of Mayor John P O'Brien and
Comptroller George McAneny,
The first loan of $25,000,000 to
meet payrolls and other expenses
was expected to be made later to
day after the bankers sign the
agreement. 1 J
m
Goblins Get
Warning
From Police
Lieut, ol Police J. T. Armstrong
does not fear ghosts, spooks or
witches on brooms.
And furthermore, he says, the
same laws that apply to ordinary
mortals apply to the eerie crea
tures of Hallowe'en. Particularly
in regard to property damage.
Should any brash goblin elect
to tear down ftnces, mark auto
mobiles, or paint property other
than their own, he might as well
make up his mind now that he is
going to jail tonight.
It's perfectly all right to haunt
your friends, the lieutenant says,
but haunt them in an orderly
fashion without property damage.
FARMCREDIT
HOPES RISE
Valley Delegates Are Told
To Expect Favorable
Survey Report
What stepE the federal farm
loan agencies are to take in the
Valley depend largely updh a de
tailed report being prepared by a
group of department of agriculture
engineers who recently made a
survey of this section. High farm
credit officers in Houston indicat
ed they expect a favorable report
which should materially loosen
federal farm credit, in the Valley.
This is the information brought
here by Valley leaders who have
been conferring with farm credit
officers in Houston this week.
The credit officials advised the
Valley delegation not to press their
claims until the engineers' report
could be completed. A. C- Williams,
president of the Federal Land Bank
at Houston, telephoned the engi
neer in charge of the report who
said that the survey is bt/ng rushed
night and day.
Chief speakers before the of
ficials in Houston were Harbert
Davenport ol Brownsville and
County Judge A W. Cunningham,
also of Brownsville. They stressed
the necessity of federal farm loans,
and cited figures tending to prove
that this section is as good a loan
risk as almost any other section of
the country.
Bob Stuart of Oklahoma City and
Harlingen, who deals extensively in
.nsurance loans, told the federal
officers that his company has found
the Valley its best loan-risk ter
ritory.
W. E. Anderson of San Benito
stressed the sufficiency of the Val
ley irrigation water supply. The
production of crops is assured with
the present irrigation systems. An
derson told the federal credit men.
This has been one of the chief
objections the federal faim credit
men have given for not making
loans in the Valley.
Other Valley leaders attending
the conference included Ed Stuart
(Continued on Page Two»
Death Asked
In Kidnaping
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 31. UP)—
George McGee went on trial today
on kidnaping charges arising out of
the abduction for ransom last spring
of Miss Mary McElroy. daughter of
City Manager Henry F. McElroy.
As selection of a jury started. M
W. O'Hem. nsistant prosecutor, an
ncunced fiat the death pcnalt
would be ai.ked. Walter McGee old
er brother of George, is under death
sentence in connection with the
kidnaping. His case has been ap
pealed to the state supreme court.
Return Indictment
In Beash Slaying
GALVESTON. Oct 31. UP)—Wil
liam L. Walker, teauirtont *>f&
drink manufacturer, was held in
jail today on an indictment charg
ing him with murder for the shoot
ing of Hubert Oxford. Beaumont
lumberman and civic leader, in an
affray at Caplen Beach resort last
August.
The grand jury also indicted
Walker for the wounding of Mrs.
Will Keith, Beaumont society wo
man, and a negro servant, Earl
Blue in the same shooting.
Issue Bank Calls
WASHINGTON. Oct, 31. ‘.Vf
The comptroller of the currency is
sued a call today for the condi
tion of all national banks at the
close of business Wednesday, Oct.
25:
AUSTIN. Oct. 31. HP)—E. C. Brand
state commissioner of banking to
day issued a call for state banka
to show their condition as of Oct
25.
GREECE SAYS
U. S. CAN NOT
HAVE INSULL
Second Request For
‘Utilities
Is Refused
■
ATHENS. Greece, Oct. 31.—(>P)—
The appeal court today’ denied the
United States request for the
extradition of Samuel Insull, thus
thwarting for the second time the
attempt to return him to America.
The court last November turned
down the first United States le
quest seeking the return of Insull,
former Chicago utilities operator,
to Cook county, Illinois, to face
charges arising from the collapse
of his enterprises.
The decision today in the case,
which has been dragging through
the Greek tribunal since August*
came unexpectedly.
It had been assumed furtner
argument would be heard when th»
court reassembled this afternoon
The trend of the case, however,
had indicated the probabiitv the
Chicagoan would be freed, since
court observers expressed themselves
as believing the Greek Jurists weiv
not satisfied a case for extradit:an
had been made out in accordance
with Greek law.
Actress Divorced
Yesterday to Wed
LOS ANGELES, Oct 31. (*».—
Adrienne Ames was flying today
from a Nevada divorce court to a
New Mexico altar.
Returning bar* last night after
obtaining a divorce yesterday at
Minden, Nev., from Stephen Ames,
wealthy young New York broker,
the screen actress boarded a plane
for Albuquerque, N. M, where she
I will meet Bruce Cabot, also, of the
! films.
Together they will motor to
Carlsbad, N. M, Cabot s childhood
I home to be married in the Pres
byterian church in which Cabot's
mother and father were wed.
Independent Theater
Owners’ Plea Denied
DALLAS. Oct. 31. OP)—The pjti
tion of a group of independent mo
tion picture theater operators ask
ing that major film producers and
distributors be forced to furnish
them with feature attractions was
denied yeserday by Dist. Judge
Claude McCallum.
The action was brought by B.
Legg of Denison and several other
i dependent operators against RKO
Universal, Metro-Goldwvn-Maveri
Warner Brothers. First National and
Fox.
L. L. Shropshire Is
Injured in Wreck
L. L. Shropshire, formerly ot
Brownsville and now living in Cor
pus Christi, is recovering from
severe injuries suffered in an auto
mobile accident recently, according
to word brought back here by M.
A. tJiggs) Bansbach. who has just
returned from Corpus Christi.
Mr. Shropshire almost lost his
left eye from cuts and lacerations.
Wallace Beery To
Play ‘Pancho Villa’
JUAREZ. Mex.. Oct. 31. a*,— Wal
lace Beery, the American movie ac
tor. arrived here today en route to
Mexico City where his company will
film “Viva Pancho Villa," a picture
to be based on the life of the fa
mous Mexican soldier.
Youths Charged
Charges of stealing groceries
from parked automobiles and of
stealing a spare tire from an auto
mobile were filed against five
juveniles here Tuesday by city of
ficers. The youngsters are to be
given a hearing before Judge A. M.
Kent in juvenile court.
A man also is being quizzed in
connection with the purchase of
the groceries from the youngsters.
W Frees Four
AUSTIN. Oct 31. WP>—'Oral White
field, convicted in Nolan county for
violating the liquor law and sen
tenced to one year imprisonment,
was given a full pardon by Gov.
Miriam A. Ferguson today. He was
convicted In April of this year.
Conditional pardons were issued
to L. E. Black, Harris county, bur
glary, 12 years, convicted in Feb
ruary. 1929: Tommie O'Shields,‘ Mc
Lennan county, rob ben- with fire
arms, five years, and R. C. Sprong
er, McLennan county, robbery with
fire arms, five years.
Blast Kills Man
MT. PLEASANT. Mich., Oct. 31.—
(/P>—■One man was killed and an
other painfully burned in a fire
and series of explosions today at
the refinery of the |too6evelt Oil
! company near her*.
AIR COLLISION KILLS FOUR MEN
• <*>
—.—
Above are scenes of the two ships which crashed at Amarillo, Texas. Sunday morning. Oct. 29. in which
four men were killed. The top picture shows the wreck of the plane in which three men were killed. Those
dead are Prank Clay, pilot. 23. Morrill. Neb., Bill Tullis, 25, Liberal, Kas.. and Ezra Wiggins, 27. Hooker
Okla. The plane feU in the street. The bottom view shows the ship, piloted by Arthur Stude. 38. Wood
ward. Okla.. which crashed through the roof of a laundry. Stude suffered a broken right arm, deep cuts
and a possible broken right leg. He died a few hour s after the crash.
NEW FARM AID
SET UP AIRED
Co-Ordination of Agencies
Explained at Houston
Meeting
HOUSTON. Oct. 31. <*»»—’William
I. Myers, deputy governor of the
farm credit administration, outlin
ed plans for co-ordinating all fed
eral credit agencies at a mee'ing
of state directors of the federal land
bank last night.
He also told of plans for estab
lishing two other agencies which
would have an aggregate capitaliza
tion of $12,500,000.
“The unit which will be coordin
ated will be the federal land bank,
the intermediate credit bank, the
bank for cooperatives and the pro
duction credit corporation,” Myers
said. “The first two already are
functioning. The job ahead u> to
organize the bank for cooperatives
and the production credit corpora
tion.
‘‘The production credit corpora
tion will supply individual farmer
with short term credit for buying
seed and financing his crops. It
will take the farmer's note and
chattel mortgage as security. Loans
generally will be from three fo 12
months and interest charged will
not be more than three per lent
over the rate that the intermediate
credit bank charges the associa
tion.
“The bank cooperatives will not
lend to individuals but to coopera
tive organizations for merchandis
ing purpose, purchase or construc
tion of warehouses and other fac
ilities and for general financing of
cooperative operations.
“The federal credit administration
will provide a complete and co
ordinated credit system for agri
culture. By writing a single letter
to the farm credit administration in
Houston, a farmer can obtain full
information. The regional bank for
cooperatives will have a capitaliza
tion of $5,000,000 and the produc
tive credit corporation will be capi
talized for $7,500,000. They will
function for a while in the federal
land bank building here.”
PLANE PASSENGERS
P. del Combe arrived on the Pan
American plane Monday from Mex
ico City and left the same day on
the American Airways plane for
Corpus Christ!. J. J. Cushman and
Luciano Ibarra left Tuesday mom
ling for Mexico City.
Storm Warning
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31.—,F>—
The weather bureau today issued
the following storm warning:
Advisory ten a. m : tropical dis
turbance central about seventy
miles south of Guantanamo. Cuba,
apparently moving east northeast
ward about five miles per hour
attended by shifting gales i*it of
small diameter. Caution advised
\essels windward passage.
FRANCE TASTES
OWN MEDICINE
Brazil WithhoM* Payment
On Her Debt to Paria
Brokers
_ I
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 31.— T", |
| —France, considering further de- J
fault in her debts to the United
States, was forced on the other side J
of the fence by Brazil today.
Brazil withheld payment of an!
I installment on her debt to French i
; bankers, and it was understood!
| future payment dates also would be
j ignored.
At least, it was added. Brazil
will not pay anything further un
til “the French decree regulating
the disposition of proceeds from
Brazilian exportation” Is revoked.
Thus Brazil took a second step
in reprisal for French compulsory
exchange equalisation. Brazil al
ready had doubled tariffs on im
ports from France.
Today's scheduled payment was
9.419.000 francs.
The sum was due on a pre-war
lean.
—
14 Home Repair
Loans Received
_
Fourteen loans to individuals
from the Public Works Admlnistra- j
tion to rebuild homes and business
buildings have been received in
Cameron county, according to an
nouncement today of Rufus Ran
some, attorney for the local or
ganization.
A total of more than $16,000 was
received. In addition three other
conditional loans are expected to
go through soon.
Six of the loans were in Browns
ville, ffc-e in Harlingen, one In San
Benito, t*o conditional In Los
Fresno, and one conditional in Rio
Hondo.
PRICE OF GOLD
REACHES $32.12
Value Increased 16 Cents
Despite Slump In
Rest of World
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—<JPj—
Tiie world price of gold abruptly
slmuped today in spite of Presi
dent Roosevelt's announced inten
tion of buying the metal in foreign
markets, but nevertheless, the do
mestic price the RFC will buy was
advanced to another new high.
While awaiting assurances iram
London that Mr. Roosevelts ap
proaching operations would not
arouse retaliatory action and pre
cipitate a monetary war, the ad
ministration set a price for the
day of $32.12 for the yellow metai
when fresh from domestic mines.
By contrast. yesterday s price was
$3196 against a world price of
$3105.
Today's world price, converted
into dollars at $4.75 1-2 So the
pound, the opening exchange rate,
was $1.07 less than the domestic
quotaticn.
The dollar strengthened totfay as
against both the pound and the
franc.
‘From Now On’ Term
Faces Texas Pair
CLARKSVILLE. Oct. 31. P —
Although they already have been
given sentences which should keep
them In prison from now on, Char
ley Frazier and Dallas Hunter, alleg
ed confederates in a long string of
robberies, have yet to learn what
their impending trial at Crockett,
Houston county, will bring them.
The desperadoes, who with 10 oth
ers escaped on Sept. 10, from the
Angola. La. prison, pleaded guilty
in court here yesterday to a group
of charges growing out of Thelr
taking automobiles from persons in
this vicinity some two weeks ago
while officers were hot on their
trail. They took the cars in an ef
fort to make their getaway but offi
cers finally apprehended them
Mexico Gun Battle
Kills Two Persons
MEXICO. D F.. Oct. 31. ^Pi
Political difficulties resulted today
in gunfire in which two men were
killed and a woman was wounded,
according to reports from Victoria,
in the state of Tamaulipas. The wo
man waa struck by a stray bullet.
$10,000 BOND
IS AGREED TO
BY ATTORNEYS
Ex-Hidalgo Political
Leader Brought
From El Paso
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, Oct. 31. —Cam E.
Hill. El Paso druggis* and former
county clerk of Hidalgo county,
was in the Hidalgo county jail at
noon today while friends were en
deavoring to make the $10,000 bond
which had been agreed upon bv
Uwis H Jones of Corpus Chriati,
Hills attorney, and Dtst. Atty. Sid
L. Hardin.
Hill charged with three others
with the murder of Claude E. Kel
ley of Weslaco on March 18. 1929
and charged jo.ntly with George
£ »*$h conspiracy to murder
F «°uch, county judge, arrived
in Edinburg at 10 o’clock this morn
ing in the custody of Deputy Sher
iff Jimmy Hicks of El Paso county.
He made the trip from El Paso by
automobile.
Placed in Jail
Immediately on his arrival in Ed
inburg the former county clerk was
placed in jail and finger printed.
Jones, his attorney, made an im
mediate demand for a habeas cor
pus hearing, but on conference
with Sid Hardin, district attorney,
it was decided that bond would be
allowed and the sum of $10,000 was
mutually agreed upon.
Asked by a reporter: What do
you know about this.” Hill replied:
"I don t know anything more about
it than you do.”
He had surrendered to El Paso
county officers Sunday afternoon
and left Sunday night for Edin
burg to answer the charges brought
against him when Hidalgo county
officers obtained a statement from
George C. Beck, Dallasite and for
mer resident of Hidalgo county, in
which the former county official
was implicated in the death of
Kelley and in a conspiracy to mur
der County Judge E. C. Couch.
Beck I'nder Guard
Beck has been released on a bond
of $2,000 and has been granted im
munity by the state on account of
having turned states evidence. He
is in the personal custody of his
bondsman in an unnamed placs
under guard of a deputy sheriff.
The other two defendants, Julian
Ybarra and Mateo Cuellar, still are
being held in the Hidalgo county
jail and have been refused ball.
Cuellar, in a statement issued
Monday morning, allegedly admit
ted having killed Kelley with a
broken-bladed hatchet, and Ybarra
in a statement issued Sunday night,
gave further details of the alleged
plot which resulted in the death of
the son-in-law of the county judge
as a result of an attempt to kill
Couch.
GOP Launches
Fight On F. D.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. teP>—In
what may be the forerunner of an
anti-administration campaign sim
ilar to that directed from demo
cratic headquarters through the
Hoover presidency, the republican
national committee has undertak
en its first attack on Roosevelt
action.
Copies of a pamphlet charging
violation by the president of manv
democratic campaign and platform
pledges have been circulated am eng
f members of the committee and re
publican legislators, it Is said to
be the result of "an increasing vol
ume of requests from all sections.”
‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin*
Is Barred by Club
HOUSTON. Oct. 31. (^—Objec
tions of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy to presentation of
the play, "Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” led
the Rice Institute Dramatic to with
draw it from fall booking.
Instead, the Dramatic Club an
nounced it would present the play.
"Rose of the Southland.” or the
"Spirit of Robert E. Lee."
Miss Lavone Dickensheets, chair
man of the dramatic club, an
! nounced withdrawal of “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin’ after Mrs. w W.
Turner, state president of the Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy,
had protested it was unfair to the
south.
Pioneer Woman Die*
DALLAS. Oct. 31. UP—Mrs. Leon
Cerf. 67. resident of Ennis more than
50 years, died at a hospital today
after a brief Illness.
She is survived by five children:
Moise Cerf of Ennis. Mrs Joe Jose
sch and Miss Corine Cerf of En
nis, Mrs. Sam G. Epstein of DaJUs
and Mrs. Alex Berger of St. Louis.
Funeral services were planned for
Thursday at the Ennis home.