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FOES OF HUEY
TO TRAIN ARMY
- j
BATON ROUGE, La . Jan. 17.—I
UP)—It* ultimatum to Huey Long’s;
dictatorship flaunted, the Square •
Deal association Thursday prepared
to train an army to force its de
mands.
Ernest Bouregois, president of the!
association. Issued a statement de
claring companies will be organ
ised immediately throughout the
state and “drilled and taught the
rudiments of military science, so as;
to perfect an organization that is
instantly mobile, and that can be
controlled and made effective.”
The association had served notice
upon Governor O. K. Allen, Longs;
lieutenant, to call a special session ;
of the legislature by midnight Wed- j
neoday night to repeal all “dicta
torial” laws.
Governor- Allen, with the 15.000.
000 skyscraper statehouae and ex
ecutive mansion heavily guarded,
ignored the ultimatum.
LINDBERGH
(Continued Prom Page One)
was either instantaneous or within
a few minutes.
Just after him the state put upon
the stand a string of witnesses to
complete Its tracing of the ransom
money from the counting counters
of the J. P Morgan company to a
branch bank ir. the Bronx, to a
closet of the home of a Morgan
partner in the care of a butler, to
Al Reich, to Dr John P. (Jafaie)
Condon and then to Bruno Haupt
mann. The remainder of the trac
ing had to do with the ransom
money appearing here and there
piecemeal, after the ransom pay
ment ^ , . ...
The physicians report, in which
he Also dissolved rumors that the
baby had been shot, followed re
cital by others of the gruesome de
tails of the finding of the baby's
body in a thicket several miles from
the Lindbergh home on May 12.1932
—two months and 12 days after it
was stolen from Its crib
Attorney General David T Wi
lents said the state had called 50
witnesses to court Thursday pre
paratory to rapid development of
ita case.
William J. Allen, negro laborer.!
who found the body in a shallow
grave on the Mt. Rose road 72 day’s i
alter the kidnaping, was called to
the stand
The humble, bashful negro was
directed immediately to tell of the 1
body's finding on May 12.
q. Were you on the Mt Rose road
on May 12.
A. Yes.
Q. Who was with you
A. Orville Wilson.
Assistant Attorney Robert Pea-;
cock was examining the witness.
Allen then related how he went
into the woods
Q. How deep in the woods did
you go?
A. Thirty yards.
Q. What was the character of the
woods? Bushy?
A. Yes.
Q What did you see?
A. I saw a skeleton on the ground.
“I looked at It and I said ‘Gee.
that looks like a human being.’ I
saw a foot, I called Wilson. I told
him not to tough it and we went
an," he said
Allen told ho* he hurried to Hope
well to notify authorities.
Photograph Identified
The negro identified a photograph
showing the wooded glade and the
body as it was when it was found
The state completed questioning
of the negro in short order and C.
Uoyd Fisher, defense counsel, im
mediately objected to introduction
of the photograph of the body lying
in the thicket.
Allen, answering Fishers ques
tion. said he had not seen the
photograph taken.
Justice Trenchard overruled Fish
er’s objection and allowed the pic
ture to be admitted.
Reilly took the witness for cross
examination, and asked him if he
could designate on a map the
Mount Rose road near which the
body was found The laborer pored
over the map exhibits for some min
utes, then shook his woolly head
ruefully. He wasnt able to indi
cate the roads Reilly wanted.
Q. Can you stand on that road
and see Col. Lindbergh’s home off
to the right?
A. Right straight ahead Yes
sir.
<Q. From where your truck stood,
how many miles would it be by road
ta Col Lindbergh's home?
A. About four miles and a half, j
Q This spot was how far in from
the road?
A. About thirty yards.
Q Something attracted attention? |
A. It was very brushy. About five
feet high. I ducked my head and
when I looked up I saw the skeleton
about 10 feet away.
Reilly then carefully led the wit
ness through a faltering account of
how the body looked when he found
it.
The body was “on top of the
ground. * he recalled, as he started
to describe the grave.
“It (the grave) looked like a hole
about that long. About three feet.
Body Lying on Face
“It was dug about a toot deep. The
dirt was turned up. It had rained
on the dirt and body . ‘
Q The body was lying on its*
face? Correct?
A. Yes. On its face.
Q. Did it indicate to you it «tlie \
grave) had been freshly dug?
I A. No, air.
Allen, describing for Reilly the
property opposite the spot, said it
was owned by a “sort of a hospital
for children who have no parents?"
(Hopewell Orphanage.)
Orville Wilson, a pink-cheeked
man with thinning brown hair, was
called to corroborate Allen's story.
In his first lew questions Peacock
had the witness bring out that the
spot where the body was found was
only a short distance from a con
crete highway which led to Hope
well.
Col. Lindbergh, who had come
into court during the previous tes
timony, listened gravely.
"About what time was the body |
found.’* Peacock asked.
“It runs In my mind as 1 or
SdNL**
He told of the character of the
underbrush In which the body was
A Wi^aawttw tadr?* afaUd.
You could see the foot of a child
lying there. It arms pretty well
composed—I mean decomposed."
Q. See any clothes on the body?
A. I think I saw part of a shirt.
Wilson identified the photograph
of the scene and told of driving
off with Allen to notify Officer
Charles E. Williamson of the Hope
well police.
His direct e.xaminatiin was com
pleted and cross-examination was
begun by Fisher.
Q There wasn’t any path leading
to the spot then?
A. No. I don’t recollect any path.
There was dead grass. There was
brush, low squatty brush
Q. Mr. Allen spoke of the body as
a skeleton. Is that the way you
found it?
A. Well, I suppose the foot and
the bones were skeleton. He prob
ably noticed them.
Q. The foot.?
A. The foot lay a little way from
the body.
Q. Away from the rest of it?
A. Yes. a little distance.
Can’t Recall Weather
Fisher asked if the witness re
called what the weather was in
March, 1932, but the witness could
not recall.
Wilson said Allen had disappear
ed only ”a few seconds’* before he
called, to tell of his gruesome find.
Fisher asked If the orphanage was
more than half a mile from the
spot.
Wilson replied, "probably not, 1
don’t really know. I've only been
there once in my’ life.”
As Lindbergh sitting only two
seats from Hauptmann, heard the
story of the finding of his baby’s
body he sat rigid.
The two witnesses described the
condition of the body lying on the
surface of the ground, and several
women in the courtroom dabbed
handkerchiefs at their faces.
The eyes of Mrs. Hauptmann glis
tened and her lined face softened
as the account was given. Even the
comedy relief afforded by Allen
under cross-examination could not
dispel the pathos of the incident.
Sgt. Andrew Z&polsky of the state
police was then called. He was one
ol the three officers who went to
the spot where the body was dis
covered.
He told how he went to the
scene with Hjpewell police.
"There the Hopewell police point
ed out the body.” he said.
Q. On arriving at the scene
what did you do?
A. Turned the body over It had
been lying face downward on its
face.
Q. Were there any leaves or dirt
on the body?
A. There were some leaves and
dirt. A part of the head was bare
and some of the curly nalr showed
around the leaves.
Q. Did the body haw any clothes
on?
A. It had a shirt on.
Q. Wid you turn the body over?
A. Yes, sr.
Bruno Looks at Lindy
Zapolsky told ol comparing the
leaturea of the body, the curls about
the head with a photograph of the
Lmdbergh baoy, ha carried.
The officer saui tic teturned to
Lopeweil and telephoned to the es
tate. He suid he was detailed to
wing Wilso’i and Ahcu in for ques
tioning.
During Zapolsky s testimony on
how the body looked Hauptmann
glanced quickly several tunes in the
direction of Colonel Lindbergh who
sat only 3 seats away from him.
Fisher took up the cross-examina
tion, bringing out from the bespec
tacled, round-aced officer, that he
wTas the third man to see the body
Fisher again attacked the auth
enticity of the photograph of the
body. He pointed out that Zapolsky
turned the body over. and. conse
quently. the officer could not de
scribe definitely what were the con
ditions before he moved it. The
photograph was taken before the
body was moved.
Fisher had the witness carefully
describe the condition of the body.
He asked whether the face was well
preserved.
"Yes. It was preserved in the
earth- When we turned it over it
was white. Later in turned blue."
Zapolsky said he went back to the
site agein that day, bringing Inspec
tor Harry Walsh, ol the Jersey City
police, and Lieutenant Arthur keat
en. of the state police. .
Fisher, shooting his questions
quickly at the officer, brought out
Zapolsky had found no chisel nor
tack hammer near the body nor
made any analysis of the dirt
Fisher then took a different tack
and brought out again a Catholic
orphanage was about 3-4 of a mile
away.
The object of such cross examina
tion seemed to mystify court specta
tors w ho took it to mean the defense
might be planning to attack the
identiication of the baby’s body. The
defense lawyers have previously said
they will not attack the identifica
tion.
Inspector Testifies
Zapolsky was excused and Inspec
tor Ham Walsh of the Jersey City
police took up the story .
Q Did you move the body?
A. Yes, about an inch.
Walsh said he touched the head
with a stick.
Q As a result of that there was
a penetration. Did it make a little
hole?
A. Yes. about the star of a lead
pencil.
Q. What did you do next?
A. Cut the clothing from the
bode.
The inspector then Identified the
discolored little garments, and
related how he broufht them back
to the Lindbergh estate. It had
rained and the clothes were soaked
so they were dried before being
turned over to Col. H. Norman
fichwarikopf. head ot the state
police and directing the investiga
tion.
Fisher took Walsh for cross
examination. He had him describe
the dimensions a' the shallow grave.
Q. There is a possibility, isn't it,
that the child may have been left
on the surface, and nature worked
it down to where it was.
A. It is entirely possible.
Fisher went into Walsh's actions
at the grave.
Q. Why did you use a stick?
A. Because the entire body was
veiled with vermin
The defense attorney asked If
Walsh had lound a newspaper,
dated Mar. 1, lf.32 a tack hammer
or t broken ahoiel near th* grave.
The attorney general objected to
the •‘inferences’’ but Walsh’s nega
tive answer was allowed to stand.
Walsh said be had found a burlap
bag at the site.
Stick Penetrates Skull
Fisher switched to the hole the
inspector made in the child's head
when he lilted It with a stick. He
sought to get the witness to describe
it in detail but the Inspector stuck
to his brief sentence: “The stick
penetrated the skull.'*
Fisher asked if he thought the
stick had penetrated the brain.
A. From the condition of the body
I doubt there was a orain in it.
Q. It was badly decomposed?
Walsh told Fisher he had never
known ol at. Michaels’ orphanage,
a half-mile from the spot.
Fisher brought out that Walsh
did not know ■ -Letner the cloth he
compared with the garments On the
body was in common use.
To offset Fisher's references to
the orphanage, Wilentz brought out
irom Walsh that there were a num
ber of schools in the general vicin
ity. Walsh was excused.
Walter A. Swyase, Mercer county
coroner was the next witness called.
He told how he was summoned
by the state police the day the
body was found and how he went
to the woods where the body lay.
Q. What did you di with the
body?
A. I placed it in a removal grip
made for that purpose and took it
to Trenton to the county morgue.
Q. Did Col. Lindbergh arrive at
the morgue that day?
A. Yes.
Q. Did he identify the body.
A. Yes. ’
Fisher objected to Swayzes reply.
As an assumption of knowledge of
another witness’ action.
fiwayze was allowed to sav that
I he was present durinj the identifi
cation by Col. Lindbergh and Betty
, Oow
Certificate Introduced
The baby's death certificate was
| introduced as evidence over defense
I objections.
The coroner tren related how the
I body was cremated and the aahes
turned over to the Lindberghs.
He was excused a moment later.
Dr. Charles H. Mitchell, portly,
double-chinned, Mercer county phy
sician, came next to the stand, to
testify to his autopsy of the body.
He told the attorney general, the
child’s face was in good condition,
“although the body generally was in
a bad state of decomposition.'*
The physician said the facial fea
tures of the chjld were sufficiently
similar to a photograph of the
Lindbergh baby to convince him of
the identity.
Q As a result of your autopsy on
the body, did you determine the
cause of death.
A. There was no question as to
the cause of death. The child died |
of a fractured skull.
Q. Would you say it mas caused!
by external violence?
A. The fracture gave every indi-1
cation of It.
Dr. Mitchell described the frac
tured skull in a thorough, profes-]
sional manner.
“It was a very extensive fracture,”
he concluded.
W wan you ieu us me ume oi
death as /elated to the fracture?
Frederick A. Pope, of the defense,
objected, saying the doctor had not
told of examining for other possible
cause;, of death.
“Is it possible," said Justice
I Trenchard. “that an experienced
physician jinnoi express an opinion
under the circumstances?"
The Justice directed that an
answer be given. Pope asked for an
exception.
Death Instantaneous
Dr. Mitchell then answered.
“I would say that death occurred
instantaneously or within a very
few minutes after the fracture.
“The fracture ocigred on the
living vhiid," the doctor added. “It
bled. There was a blood clot still
on the skull.”
Reilly strode forward to begin his
cross-examination of the physician.
Reilly asked Mitchell if there
were fiiany possible abuses of a
death.
“Oh. y« “
Q. How many arc there?
A. Offhand there’s a book full of
! them.
He told Reilly the (gild's Internal
organs were not found and no exam
ination was made.
The larynx, he said, was present
but in a badly decomposed condi
tion.
A thorough examination of the
remains of the brain was made, he
said, in search for any possible
foreign substance.
I I
City Briefs
Johnnie Spencer and Ray Fraim
of San Juan were recent visitors in
Brownsville.
Rev. J. w Hassell, pastor of the
j first Presbyterian church of McAl
len. spcke Tuesday night before the
I Brownsville Presbyterian congrega
tion.
Rev. E. A. Harris, presiding elder
of the Galveston district, is vislt
I ing Rev. E A. Hunter, presiding
elder of the Brownsville district.
| This trip marks Rev. Harris first
j visit to the Valley.
Neal's barber shop now located
10th street next to 8tar Electric.
Adv.
! Mr. and Mrs. James Pace Jr., are
j the parents of a baby boy. born
Wednesday night at the Mercy hos
pital and weighing tune pounds
! at birth.
Pinking shears, sewing and mani
cure scissors, Hedge and pruning
shears. Brownsville Hardware.—Adv
A book of photographs showing
various parts of the new Arizpe
hotel in Saltillo. Mexico has been
received here by J. T- Canales and
I turned over to the chamber of com
merce for a few days where it Is
available to persons wishing to see
it.
New Perfection stoves and repairs
Garza Hardware. 639 11th St.—Adv
Charles Vertrees, formerly of
Brownsville, was elected president
gof the West Texas Geological so
ciety at Midland last week, accord
ing to, word receded here by his
brother. William Vertrees. Charles
Vertrees has been associated with
the Continental Oil company for a
number of years, and Is now sta
tioned In Midland.
Ann Ido Parra has returned to
Brownsville following a vacation trip
to Mexico. D. Ff
%
MALARIA WILL
BE DISCUSSED
A thorough discussion of the work
done by county health units, partic
ularly tn regard to malaria, will be
held here Thursday night when
representatives of the U. 8. public
health service and the state health
department attend a meeting ol
Cameron County Medical society
The meeting, expected to be well
attended, will get under way at the
El Jardin hotel at 7'p. m.. with a
supper to be served before a general
business session.
Well known health workers to ap
pear before the meeting include Dr.
John W. Brown, state health offi
cer, and Dr- C. P. Cooglc of the U.
S. public health service. Dr. C. D.
Reece. Dr. J. B. McMullen and Dr.
J. O. Webb of the state health ser
vice also are scheduled to attend the
meeting. I
A full turnout of the Cameron
county society Is expected in view
of the interest being shown in the
proposed reorganisation of the Cam
eron county health unit. The unit,
as it now works, concerns itself
largely with curative medicine, while
under the proposed system it would
devote its efforts principally to pre
ventative measures. The proposed
setup, which would receive aid from
the state and federal governments,
would be modeled after the unit
which operated here two years ago.
The general topic of the Thurs
day session will be elimination of
the malarial carrier under the 81 n
ton alkaline treatment, according
to notices posted by Dr. Geo. D.
Beech president of the Cameron
society.
DOCTORS STEER CLEAR
OF HEALTH l'NIT
Brownsville doctors at a meeting
Wednesday night adopted two res
olutions regarding examination of
school children tn the city, and pre
scriptive treatment by persons oth
er than physicians.
The doctors discussed care of in
digent sick briefly, but decided to
await action of the state legislature
and other governmental agencies on
this matter before taking further
action.
The resolutions adopted are:
“Recommend that the physicians
of Brownsville undertake the exam
ination of school children of the
primsry grades, and
“Resolve that county, city, and
school nurses refrain from makingl
diagnoses, suggesting or prescribing
treatment for any person irrespec
tive of said person's social or finan
cial status." The doctors look ito
further action in regard to the pro
posal to establish a county health
unit, which they opposed in resolu
tions previously adopted.
The Health unit matter is to be
taken up at a meeting of the Canv
eron County Medical society Thurs
day night at the El Jardin hotel.
GARNER
(Continued Pom Page One)
ed to have Jeered at them. “I bet
I feel better In my clothes than
you do.”
He also brought his chewing
gum and his cowboy lariat, with
which he put on his rope whirl
ing act after dinner.
The glass enclosed roof garden
floor of the hotel was the scene
of the affair, the central floral
piece of which featured red roses
labeled by Mr. and Mrs. Garner
as “better time* rosea."
Besides Rogers, his lariat and
his drawled wisecracks, there was
a magician who did card tricks.
There also was orchestral music.
It Is reliably reported that the
president and the vice president
are still trying to figure out how
the magician pulled the ace of
spades out of a newly flushed deck,
and that Mr. Roosevelt Is trying
to prevail on Mrs. Roosevelt to ask
him to perform at one of their
parties.
The entire cabinet and their
wives and a lot of people from
Texas, including Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Jones, were there.
That's about all, except it's pretty
safe to say that when the last
guest to leave <Will Rogers) had
gone, the vice president went
quickly to bed.
WEST PREDICTS
(Continued Prom Page One)
Rio Grande waters ,ln the vicinity
of El Paso, may stand in the way,
however.
West sud Mexico insisted in that
agreement on the International prin
cipal of prior right to waters of the
river, which this country' recognises,
but asked that a precedent be not
established thereby in regard to the
future treaty.
CITY PROJECT
* __ _
(Continued Prom Page One)
generator room at the municipal
power plant, construction of two
boiler stacks, fire proof roots for
the plant buildings, and construc
tion of a concrete lined canal from
the Rio Grande to the city reserv
oir, will be provided.
No estimate as to the probable
cost of these various pieces of work
was available.
At 2 o'clock also the city commis
sion will receive bids on the dredg
ing of the city resaca from 18th
street to 24th street; installation of
a purnp and pum; house at 24th
St., ana the construction of a storm
sewer from this point to the Rio
Grande.
Funds for Uicse projects come
from the second PWA loan of 845.
000. which carries with it a grant
of 810,000.
Pardon Revoked
AUSTIN. Jan. 17. A*>-Governor
James V. Allred Thursday revoked
a conditional pardon granted Janu
ary 4 by former Governor Miriam
A. Ferguson to Earl Re?ols. con
victed in Johnson ang Dallas coun
ties of burglary. Revocation was at
request of Henry B. Lewis, chief of
police at Port Worth, who notified
Governor /%’red Renots was being
held in Jail. Lewis informed. All
red that Renots was in poascskui of
a kit of safe burglary tools when
arrested.
Funeral U Held
For Mr*. Kowalski
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:90 o'clock at
the Sacred Heart church for Mrs.
Amelia Campbell Kow&lakl, who
died here early Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Kowalski was 82.
Mrs. Kowalski, widow of the late
Louis Kowalski, Sr., was a native
of Brownsville. She was recognised
as a competent musician.
Burial was made In the Hebrew
cemetery.
Surviving are the following chil
dren: Mrs. 8- K. Blomberg of New
York City; Mrs. Arthur Bats of
Lancaster. Calif.. Mrs. Miguel Fer
nandez and Mrs. Daniel Colvin of
Brownsville; Fred, James. Bernard
L.. all of Brownsville, Louis Kowal
ski of La&do. and Francis Kowalski
of Hollywood, Calif. Ip addition, she
is survived by 44 grandchildren and
eight great grandchildren.
BROADlOCIAL
(Continued From Page One)
ture of the nation should be assur
ed by retaining federal control over
all funds through trustees in the
treasury of the United States.
‘Less Expensive Way*
“This plan for economic security*
the president said, “is at once a
measure of prevention and a mea
sure of alleviation.
"We pay now for the dreadful
consequence of economic insecurity
—and dearly.
“This plan presents a more equit
able and inflntely less expensive
means of meeting these costs. We
can not afford to neglect the plain
duty before us. I strongly recom
mend action to attain the object
ives sought in this report.”
Mr. Roosevelt said federal action
“is necessary to and conditioned
upon the actions of the states."
“Forty-four legislatures are meet
ing or will meet soon," he said. “In
order that the necessary state action
may be taken promptly it is im
portant that the federal government
proceed speedily.’’
Ills message was accompanied by
a 40.00J-word report of his com
mittee on economic security de
tailing ways and means of accom
plishing the recommendations.
WAGNER’S BILL
IS EXPLAINED
WASHINGTON. Jan 17.-VP)—
SoT.e major points in the Wagner
bill to effectuate President Roose
velts social security pftns
It creates an old age pensions
fund in the treasury supplied by a
compulsory tax on payrolls, half to
be paid by the employer and half
by the employe. The tax starts at
one per cent Jan. I, 1937 and
reaches 5 per cent Jan. 1, 1957.
66 lean Old
Eligible employes are those 65
years old who are no longer gain
fully employed and for whom taxes
have been paid for at least 200
weeks over a five-year period be
ginning before they are 60. Pension*
paid monthly, 'tut according to
the monthly wage and length of tax
payments. It is estimated the old
age reserve eventually would be
maintained at about I15J50.000.000.
For those now aged and without
support, the government would ap
propriate $50,000,000 for the next
fiscal year and $125,000,000 there
after. to be matched by state and
local payments ioi a maximum pen
sion of $30 a month.
For voluntary old-age insurance,
the government would be authoris
ed to sell to ciuaena under 65 an
nuity certificates with maturity
values ranging up to $8,000.
Unemployment Insurance
Provides a tax on payrolls begin
ning Jan. 1. 1936 and reaching 3
per cent by 1938 with employers
receiving a 90 per cent credit on
contributions they make to ap
proved state unemployment insur
ance systems. The rate in their
estimates used a maximum of $15
a week and no minimum. They
suggested that on the 3-per cent
contribution basis, the maximum
benefit period should be 15 weeks.
The federal government would ap
propriate $50,030,000 annually to
encourage the administration of
state unemployment insurance laws.
Aid to Dependent Children
The treasury would allot $25,000,
000 annually to ue matched bv states
and used when the relief adminis
trator auuroves state plans for de
pendent childrens care.
Public Health
The bill would appropriate $4.
000,000 annually to be allotted among
the states on a dolllar-Ior-dollar
basis for maternal and child health.
Similarly there would be appropri
ated $3,000,000 annually for the care
of crippled children. Under both
allotments each state would receive
$20,000 annually and more accord
ing to need. For child welfare,
there would oe $2,300,000 annually
with at least $10,000 for each state.
General Public health work would
get $10,000,000 annually.
Administration
A social insurance board of three
would be set up to supervise the
old age and unemployment pension
systems and assist the states. The
labor and treasury departments, the
relief administration and the pub
lic health service all would have a
share in portions of the program.
COUNTYHEADS
(Continued From Page One.)
tee, was the principal speaker of
the morning. He came here from
Austin where the legislative com
mittee is framing a bill which would
provide for an additional gasoline
tax of 1 cent per gallon The money
derived from this tax. he said, would
be used to lift road bond indebted
ness off all counties Tills would ex
tend the state's present program of
assuming the debt on roads which
it takes over for maintenance after
being designated as s state highway
He told the gathering that it was
Lxpected that the federal govern
ment would soon lift Its 1 cent tax
on gasoline.
At a morning session, the com
mutes on resolutions wss named as
follows: Judge O. C. Dancy of Cam
eron, Judge E C. Couch of Hidalgo.
Judge Bob Wolf of Nueces, Com
missioner E. C. Biker of Matagorda
and Judge J- A. Boedecker of Gal
veston.
The legislative committee was
named as follows: Judge D. D Boyd
of Calhoun. Judge E. C. Couch of
Hidalgo. Judge Justo Penn of Webb
county, Judge E B. Holman of Gal
veston, Judge R. R. McMullen of Jim
Wells, Judge A- W. Cunningham of
Harlingen. Judge W. E. McNabb of
San Patricio, Judge Bob Wolf of
Nueoes, Judge G. A. Harrison of
Matagorda, Judge Frost Woodhull
of Bexar.
The sessions are being presided
over by Judge Boyd of Port Lavaca.
Registrations at the Thursday
morning session were:
B. S Fox. county judge of Aran
sas county; Charles 8. C. Ladd, rep
resenting the Missouri Pacific lines
from San Antonio; D. D. Boyd. Cal
houn county Judge; L. M. Fisher.
Calhoun county commissioner; Sam
Bell, Cameron county commissioner.
Blanche Baker; J. F. Baughn, Cam
ron county commissioner; J. Scott
Brown. Cameron county commission
er: J. W. Cunningham, former Judge
of Cameron county; O. C. Dancy.
Cameron county Judge; A. V. Lo
gan, former Cameron county com
missioner, l. OBrien. Cameron
county auditor; O. C Weikel. Cam
eron county commissioner; G. H.
Asbury, Falls county commission
er; S. A. Davison. Falla county
commissioner; A. L. Pitman, Falls
county commissioner; W. W, Brown,
representative of the Texas com
pany at Houston; J. L. Dunn, repre
sentative of the Phillips Investment
company of Houston; Doug Skeen.
Houston oil man; Joe B. Atkinson.
Hidalgo county commisisoner; John
W. Ewing. Hidalgo county judge; T.
I. Hester. Hidalgo county commis
sioner: Julian Montgomery. P. W.
A. engineer, of Port Worth; E. C.
Baker, Matagorda county commis
sioner; P A. Bond. Matagorda coun
ty commisisoner: George A. Harri
son, Matagorda county commission
er: E. O Tahlbee, representing the
Intra-Coastal canal association; F.
V. Arnim. Nueces county commis
sioner. Mrs. Ann Carrington, Nue
ces county tax assessor and collet
ter; A. C. Oandy of Robertson;
George Noll. Nueces deputy tax col
lector; Bob Wolf. Nueces county
judge: Emile Caron. Orange coun
ty commissioner; R Lee Davis. Or
ange county judge; W. H. Payne.
Orange county commisisoner; W, R.
Nelson. Panola county Judge: J. 8.
Dobie. San Patricio county commis
sioner: E. H Jackson. San Patricio
county commissioner: J- H. Morrow.
San Patricio county commissioner;
Roy Wallace of the Southwestern
Petroleum company of Fort Worth:
W. H. Gordon. Travis county chief
accountant; C D Berkstrom. Whar
ton county commissioner; C. A. Ell
wood. Wharton countv commission
er: Ray Hooper. Wharton county
commissioner: John Norris- Mrs.
Gus Seedier; Ous Sedgler, Wharton
county Judge; W. E McCharen. Wil
lacy county iudge: Mr and Mrs. Nat
Wetiel of Raymondville.
1 Truck Marketi )
Carlo*, shipment* of entire United
States reported Wednesday. Jan. 10:
Grapefruit: Arir 7. •’la 28. Texas
*4. total US 79 cars
Oranges: Calif 151. Fla 85. Texas
3. total US 219 ears
Mixed Citrus: Calif 0. Fla 31. La
1. total US 38 cars.
Bean* Fla 1. total US 1 car.
Beets: Texas 0, total US 0 car*.
Cabbage: Arte 1. Colo 1, Fla 1,
New York 42 So Car 1. Texas 01.
Utah 2. Wise 0. total US 115 cars.
Carrot*; Arir 3 Calif 19, New
York 7 Texas 11, total US 40 car*.
Greens: Ala 1, Calif 3. Fla 1. So
Car 2. Texas 14. Va 10. total U8 31
cars
Mixed Vegetables: Calif 21. Fla 7,
Ga 1, La 4. New York 2. So Car l.
Texas 69 Va 1. Wash 1, total US
107 cars.
Peas: Calif 4. Fla 2. total US 8
cars.
Peppers: Fla 1, total US 1 car.
Cuba 1 car.
Spinach: Calif 1. Texas 84. total
US 85 cars.
Tomatoes: Cuba 11. Mexico 1.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
ments forwarded Thursday morn
ing. Jan. 17:
Grapefruit 44 orange* 3, cabbage
43. mixed vegetables 49. beets 5. car
rots 11. beet* and carrots 2. turnip
greens 1. spinach 1. broccoli 4. pars
ley 1, potatoes 1. total 105 car*.
Total to date this season—Citrus
2089, vegetables 2610. mixed citrus
and- vegetables 13- total 4718: to
same date last season—Citrus 1188,
vegetables 1290. mixed citrus and
vegetables 6. total 2490 cars.
Representative prices to truckers
for Valley citrus and vegetables.
Jan. 18:
Grapefruit Boxes US Comb most
ly 1.25-1.35, few 150, small sizes
lower; Bushels US Comb 85-75c;
US No. 2s 50-60c.
Oranges; Boxes US Comb few
152-2.10, few seedless and Temples
2.15-2.35; Bushels US Comb 1.00
1.15. mostly 1.10; Unclassified 75-90c.
Beets: Per doe bunches iced 17
18c, dry 15-17: half crates 55-66c,
Broccoli: Per doe bunches 50-6Sc;
pony and pea crates 1.15-1.40.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton 12.50-14.00,
crates 85C-1.00.
Carrots: Per doe bunches iced 18
20c. dry 17-lSc; 4 crts 85-95c.
Eggplant: Bushel baskets 75-90c.
Green Corn: Per doeen 25-30c;
bushel baskets 1.25-150.
Greens Per doe bunches turnip
and mustard 16-18c; bushel baskets
50-60c.
Okra: Bu hampers mostly $2.00.
Green Onions: Per doe bunches
11B-20C.
Peas: Bushel hampers best 2-2.25,
: fair to ordinary 1.50-1.75.
Peppers: Bushel baskets 155-150.
! crates good quality 2.50-2.75.
Squash: Bushel baskets white 1
1155.
Tomatoes: Lugs green wrapped
fair to ordinary 1-155
Spinach: Bushel baskets 60-65c.
Parsley: Bushel crates bunched
175c-1.00.
Turnips: Per doe bunches 18-20c.
Potatoes: Bliss Triumphs US No.
Is, 14 In min 90c-$1.00.
Pierce Infant Die*
Funeral services for the day-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce
of San Benito were conducted here
Thursday morning by Rev. O. C.
Crow with interment in the Buena
Vista cemetery.
Simple rites were held at the
[home of the child* grandmother.
Mrs. Frank C. Pierce. 234 Levee
street.
Former Resident* Of
Kansas Plan Dinner
(Special to The Herald)
RIO HONDO. Jan. 17.-AU for
; mer residents of Kansas are in
ivited to attend the dinner planned
by the Kansas dub to take place
here January 26. The meeting will
begin at 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Forrest Woodskie. secretary
of the Jayhawkers’ association, an
nounced the meeting.
! TODAY’S
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MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK
Stocks steady: trading dull.
Bands irregular; U 6. govern
ments higher.
Curb mixed; activity light.
Foreign exchanges Improved:
dollar easy.
Cotton higher: bullish Bank
head quota figure.
Sugar steady; Increased spot of
ferings.
Coffee higher; steadier Brazilian
markets.
CHICAGO
Wheat firm; no sustained sell
ing.
Corn higher; hog market
strength.
Cattle slower, about steady, top
111.
Jiogs 10 to 35 cents up on short
supply; top M.
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK. Jan. 17. The
stock market displayed streaks of
optimism Thursday but trading, on
the whole, was relatively dull and
price changes, except In a few In
stances, were small.
Washington developments, espec- ,
tally the gold clause ruling, werei
being awaited to push the Ust in one j
direction or another. The street's
“amateur bartsters." as they were
termed by some brokers, were still,
busy handing down opinions as to I
what will be done to the New Deal's ,
monetary program. Not many, how-:
ever, showed an Inclination to back
up their guesses with large buying
or selling commitments.
Grains and cotton were barely ;
steady and bonds fallowed a restrict
ed groove. Most foreign exchanges
rallied moderately In terms of the
dollar
Scattered share specialties con
tinued to attract followings Among j
these, up 1 to around 3 points, were
City Stores. National Department
Stores. Kelly-Sprtngfield. Mullins
Manufacturing and American Type
Founders. Slight Improvement was
registered by American Telephone.
National 8teel.- Bethlehem and
American Can.
The general opinion In the finan
cial district aeetred to be that the
administration will have a legisla
tive program ready to remedy »
situation which might follow action
on the highest court In upholding
gold payments.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Sales to 100s High Low Close
A1 ChemAcDye 1 1344 1344 1344
Am Can 12 1124 111 1124
Am St Fd 13 15% 164 164
Am Sug Ref 2 824 62% 62%
Am TAtT 23 105 1044 104%
Am Tob 2 80 % 80% 80%
Anaconda 34 104 104 10%
At TAcSF 23 504 49 49%
Baldwin Loe 19 6 54 5%
Bendix Avi 5 154 15 154
Chrysler 97 384 374 38
Con Oil 28 74 7% 74
Du Pont De N 18 94 % 93% 94
Gen Asp 3 174 17 174
GE 426 24% 214 234
G?n Mot 149 31% 304 314
Goodyear 28 234 22% 22%
111 Cen 5 15 144 144
Insptra Cop 1 34 34 34
Int Harv 24 394 384 39
Ini TAcT 29 94 84 94
J Mam -6 52 514 52
Kennecott 34 17 164 164
Nai Stl 16 484 47% 484
NY Central 50 19 184 18%
Penney JC 9 724 71% 71%
Radio 10 24 2 24
Sears 33 37 364 36%
Soc Vac 32 144 134 14
S Pac 31 16% 154 164
Std Brnd* 33 184 174 174
SO Ind 9 24 % 24*9 24%
SO NJ 23 414 414 414
Stude 82 2% 24 24
Tex Corp 14 20 19% 194
US Ind A1 5 394 38% 394
US Stl 81 37% 36% 37%
Warner Pic 51 4 3% 4
WU 20 31% 304 31
West EiAcM 106 384 37% 364
Wool worth 16 52 % 514 524
NEW YORK CURB
NEW YORK, Jan. 17. ulV-Trad
ing on the curb was nearly feature
leas Thursday.
A few mining shares were able to
get up fractions to a point or so,
including Lake Shore Mines at 51
and Pioneer Gold at 9 3-4.
UtliUea generally held steady with
Electric Bond Ac Share at 6 1-2 and
American Gas & Electric at 19 7-8,
but Duke Power, a usually inactive
issue, advanced a full point on an
odd lot sale at 38.
Firmness was apparent in scat
tered specialties, with Great Atlan
tic Ac Pacific at 128 and Pittsburgh
Plate Glass at 55.
NEW YORK CURB
Cities Service 18 1% 14 1
El BAcS 41 8% 6% 64
Gulf Pa 5 574 574 574
United Gas 9 14 1% 1%
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Jan. 17. <U.
S. Dept. Agri)—Hogs 1700; truck
hogs mostly steady ; top 765; 180-280
lb truck hogs 750-85; packing sows
steady, mostly 6.75 and 7.00.
Cattle 1300 commercial 1300 gov
ernment: calves 700 commercial 200
government; market mostly ped
dling trade in slaughter classes;
slaughter yearlings and most grades
slaughter cows slow and weak; bulls
fully steady; few packages desir
able fed yearlings 6.00-50; one load
at 8.00; few fat cows up to 285;
butcher sons around 225*75: some
weighty bulla up to 3.50; 2 loads
good stock steers 4.85 and 5 00; few
weighty fed calves up to 6.50. part
load good fat calves 5.25.
8heep 1,000; all classes steady;
medium grade fat lambs 630-735;
few fat yearlings 530; good aged
ewes up to 5.00; fleshy feeder lambs
5.00: other feeder lambs 5 50 down
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS Jan. 17.^-iAV
Cotton opened steady and rather
firmer than warranted by Liver
pool cables which came in about
a* due with stewing higher
There were fsur buying orders in
evidence at the start and first
trades showed gains ol 5 to 6 point*
Prices gained I point additional
right after the opening call with
Mav and July at 1232. and OcL
12.32. or 6 to 7 points above Wed
nesday’s close.
After the early demand had been
satisfied prices eased off 1 to 2
points with May and July at 12 50
and Oct. at 1231. or 4 to 5 points
above the close of Wednesday.
The market ruled quite active all
* morning, mainly on hews from
j Washington that the allotment for
the next crop under the Binkhead
law had been reduced to 10.SO0.00C
| bales with 700,000 surplus carried
MARKETS t
over from old crons, making a total
of 11,200.000 bales aUotted for next
year.
May traded at 12.47, Jaly at 12.48
and Oct. at 12.30. or only 2 t o4
points above the previous close, but
prices Is ter rallied sharply. May ad
vancing to 12.58 and July to 12.60,
up 11 points from the lows. October
advanced to 11.50. up 10 points from
the low* and 24 points above its
dr • of Wednesday.
? • ur noon prices eased off 3 to
5 ninta on realising, miking the
price level 10 to 1» points above
Wednesday’s close. October shov JBI
the 19-point advance. ™
NEW YORK FIITIRES
NEW YORK. Jan. 17. ,*»—Cotto*
futures dosed steady. 12-28 higher.
Open High Low Last
Jan . 12 39 12.45 12 39 12 48*
Mch . 12 48 12.56 12.42 11.55
May . 12.52 12.63 12 47 12.60
Jly . 12 52 12.64 12.48 12.61
Oct . 12.34 12.55 12.30 13 32
Dec . 12 35 12 59 12 35 12.58
Spot quiet , middling 12.75.
<n>— Nominal
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 17. tAV
Cotton futures closed steady at net
advances of 10 to 23 points.
Open High Low Close
Jan .... 12 28b-12.38b
Mch .... 12.46 12.56 12.41 12.52-3*
May .... 12 51 12,63 12 47 12.50
Jly .... 12.51 12 65 13.48 12.62
Oct .... 12 31 12 53 12 30 12 49-50
Dec .... 12.45 12 57 12 45 12 55b-56a.
<b»—Bid; <a>-Asked
FORT WORTH GRAIN
FORT WORTH. Jan. 17. f»i—De
mand continued slow on the grain
market here. Estimated receipts in
cluded only 18 cars wheat and *0
cars corn.
Delivered Texas Gulf ports, export
rate, or Texas common points:
Wheat No. 1 hard 111 1-2 td »* l'*
Barley No. 2 nominally 93-97; No- 3
nominally 92-96. Sorghums No. 2
milo per 100 lbs nominally 3.10-15;
No. 3 mdo nominally 2.08-13. No. 3
kafir nominally 2 00-06: No S kafir
nominally 198-2 03.
Delivered Texas common points or
group three:
Corn No S white Mexican 107
1-2 to 1 09 1-2; No. 2 white northern
1.16 1-2 to 1.18 1-2.
Oats No 2 red 63-64; No. 3 red
62-63
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Jan. 17—<**►—An u>l|f
ward trend showed Itself In grainW
prices early Thursdaj A severe
cold wave, menacing the domestic
wheat belt and no moisture In dry
districts southwes* had a bullish
effect and so too did indications
that for the moment traders had
gotten over their fright about the
gold question. . _ ,
Opening unchanged to 1-4 high
er. May 964-4, wheat a.'ierward
rose all around Com started H off
to % up May 86-88 .. and subse
quently scored a general gain.
GRAIN CLOSE
CHICAGO. Jan 17. <4'—Closing
grain prices:
Open High Low Close
Wheat
May 96H-4 974 964 97-97 4
Jly' 884-4 88 * 874 884-%
Sep 864* * 874 854 864*
Corn
Mar .... .... .... 88%
May 86-864 864 854 86 -4
Jly 814-4 8'*. 804 81H-\
Sep 774-4 774 77 77%-%
Oats—
May 524 52% 51% 524
Jlv 44'. 454 44S 454
Sep 42-42* 424 42 42%)
Rye
May 68% 89 87% 68%
Jly 68 % 88%. 67*4 68 4
Sep 674 68 674 68
Barley—
aaBp .... *••• •*•• 76 4
Jly •••• •••• •••• 70
Sep (unquoted>
Cabbage Price Break
Denied By Association
iBpstls! to Th« Herald)
HARUNOEN, Jan 17-Report*
here Thursday that shipper* were
buying cabbage below tile 110 per
ton minimum were declared erron
eous by Homer Huntley chairman of
the association s stabilization rqdV
mil tee J
Huntley said he began investiga
tions as soon as he heard the re
ports. and found that shippers gen
erally are paying 810 a ton.
Early plantings in the Corpus
Christ! area were killed % frost and
no heavy movement will begin from
there until February. Huntley said
Old Boxes Returned
After 39 years of service in
Brownsville. 1.043 postoffice mail
boxes are being returned to their
point of origin—the mail equipment
shops in Washington. D. C
The boxes were installed In the
old federal building in 1893 and
continued in service until the new
federal building was constructed in
1935.
Preparations for shipping the
boxes are being made by Postmaster
Wra. T. Burnett’s force. The boxes
will be reconditioned in Washington
fr-r further use
Violence In Saar
Told by Refugees
8AAREGUEM1NES. Prance. Jan.
17. (M—Saar refugees, pouring into
Prance over the border, reported
Thursday that two communist# had
been killed at Neuenkirchen and a
doeen other antl-nazis had been
beaten at other towns In the Saar
basin territory.
Bandits Get Loot
ENNIS. Jan 17 <P»—Ed Schindler.
Ennis bakorv owner, was robbed of
his truck 82.30 in cash and bakery
products valued at 850 by two men
who boarded the truck while he was i
makine deliveries -I
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LOST—Ladies’ btae serve coat full
leneth Contains label "Srarbor
ough and Son. Austin. Text*.*
Call William 6 Wert.
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