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FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 179 **• vm* nw-nm t» ta. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 80, 1985 BIGHT PAGES TODAY * * *li A CGfl
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VALLEY
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By RALPH L- BUELL
BILLS CHANGING THE FIBH
lng set-up In coastal waters of Tex
as are being drawn by the proper
committee, but have not yet been
introduced In either house or sen
ate.
No hearings have been set as
yet; as it may be several days be
fore the bills ars offered.
Committee members advise that a
public hearing on the bills will be
set, and set In ample time to allow
Interested parties to appear before
or against the proposals.
• • •
WHAT EFFECT WILL THE 100
foot wide and 9 foot deep channel—
To be dredged down the Laguna
Ifadre have on fish and fishing?
Arroyo Navigation district Is pre
paring to dredge the channel from
Redfl&h Bay down to deep water
north of Port Isabel.
Will the fish all congregate In the
^Biennel?
If they do, and seine fishing Is
allowed—
Wont It be a snap for the seiners
to ply up and down the channel,
And get them all?
We don't know, we are just asking
and wondering If the channel has
been taken Into consideration as the
various proposals are discussed..
• • •
TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
Thursday, just three more days la
which to pny your poll tax.
Not much left to say on the sub
ject, except—
Oh Well, you know K aa well aa
we do.
• • •
STROLLING TO TOWN EARLY
in the morning, could not help but
notice the number of automobiles,
mostly all bearing out of the Valley
licenses, obviously headed for a day
of fishing.
Next thing somebody will be agi
tating for a PWA loan to extend
and broaden the south Jetty to that
more fishermen may be accomo
dated!
• • •
CITRUS GROWERS THE VAL
ley over are flocking to the task o!
burying the fallen fruit of their or
chards.
A very considerable amount ol
money has been made for the Valley
by the action of the department of
agriculture In extending the ship
ping season, but one thing the Val
le should keep in mind:
The same authority that allowed
|he department to extend the shlp
%£g season also stands to allow
the department to revoke the ex
tension order any time It Is felt that
the Mexican fruit fly situation Is
getting dangerous.
• • •
BY EXTENDING THE SEASON
to April 15th, there Is allowed an
additional 11 weeks to get the Val
ley crop to market
In other words, orderly marketing
of the remainder of the crop at a
rate of around 300 cars a week Is
made possible.
• • •
SPEAKING OP PRO-RATION,
k looks like a little of that medicine
applied to the cabbage deal would
have helped out.
For a couple of days last week,
as soon as shipping began after
the freeze, the price of cabbage sky
rocketed to dizzy heights.
Receiving markets through the
Valley's supply had been sharply
curtailed, as Indeed *t was.
But then on Saturday some 80
cars of cabbage rolled out from the
Valley and Rot*.town sections.
And the price of cabbage today?
If you please, it’s $15 per ton.
• • •
WE HAVE A HUNCH THAT
this price is not enough, that the
condition of the markets justifies
more—
And that the price of what is
left of Valley cabbage will get up
to around $30 per ton—
Just as soon as it becomes real
apparent that our crop has been
. :ut, and badly cut.
1 Certainly if conditions justified
HO to $12 pei ad before the1
freeze—
Prevailing conditions justify $30
yer ton now.
The money can be used.
• It
POLKS WHO THINK THE VAL
ey is stirred up over proposals to
tpcn Laguna Madre wide, ought to
rtsil Corpus Christ i oi pore over the
sews columns of the Corpus Cxiristi
»t>ers.
Those people ur there are really
concerned over a possible opening
H the Laguna after having had a
rhance to see we results of a oom
*ktc closed season.
Testimony Under Way in Valley Slaying Case
FATHER OF 2
SLAIN YOUTHS
TAKES STAND
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Finding Of Bodies In
Pasture Near Valley
Highway Described
To Jurymen
(Special to The Herald)
GEORGEWEST. Jan. 29—The
gruesome story of the discovery of
the bullet-tom bodies of Virgil
and Homer Dobbs, San Juan pro
duce truckers, in a pasture near
here last October, marked the morn
ing testimony in the trial of Charles
Clark of Austin, who is charged
with the murder of Virgil Dobbs.
Joe Foster, fence rider for the
George Reynolds ranch in southern
Llveoak county, told of discovering
the bodies just inside the pasture
fence a few steps from Highway 66.
He testified that he stopped Nathan
Campbell, of Three Rivers, who
called Deputy Sheriff Charles Price
of Alice.
Shortly afterwards, W. M. Dobbs,
father of the two slain brothers,
arrived and identified the body
nearest the fence %s that of Vir
gil‘s, Foster testified.
The state was confining all Its
testimony to Virgil Dobbs because
the defendant is charged specifical
ly with his death.
The second witness was the father
of the slain man. who testified to
Identifying Virgil’s body. He said he
found the footprints of four men.
three wearing shoes and one bare
foot. leading from the truck to the
pasture, and two sets of footprints,
wearing shoes, from the pasture back
to the highway. The prints were
made In wet sand, he said. He
testified that Vtrgtl’a feet were bare,
and that his shoes were found in the
cab of the truck.
Of the prints leading from the
pasture, one pair was long and
slim and the other pair was short
er. he testified.
He testified that Virgil was shot
(Continued on Page Two)
FINALDANCE
PLANS MADE
Ticket Sales Good for Ball
In Honor of F. D/a
Birthday
Final arrangements were under
way Tuesday for the President’s Ball
to be held at the El Jardin hotel
here Wednesday night.
A floor show will be presented by
Soma Kowalski and Jane Daugherty,
and music for the dance will be
played by the Rythm Aces.
Response to the ticket sale in
Brownsville has been excellent. Jack
Daugherty, general chairman, de
clared Tuesday. Daugherty urged all
those who have not purchased tick
ets to the ball to do so immediately,
and stressed again the point that 70
cents of each dollar taken in at the
dance will be turned over to the
Brownsville Associated Charities for
charity work within the city
The first ticket to the ball will be
auctioned off on the floor of the
dance to the highest bidder immed
iately after the president’* address
at 10:30 o’clock. (CST>. The Miller
Radio shop of Brownsville has in
stalled a radio in the hotel patio,
where all those attending the dance
may hear the president’s message.
Daugherty said that volunteers
(Continued on Page Two)
Florida's Advantage
In Freight Is Shown
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Jan. 29—The big
freight rate advantage enjoyed by
Florida over Texas and California
in the eastern markets is pointed
cut by a Florida growers bulletin.
The rate per box from Florida.
Texas and California, is shown in
the following table:
Fla. Tex. Calif.
New York .... 723 121.6 1113
r.ston . 81.0 124.0 1113
Chicago . 88 2 87.6 1113
St. Louis. 813 83.3 1113
St. Paul . 103 5 913 1113
This does not take into account
the Robs town differential. The
FI: Ida rates shown are all-rail. The
rail-boat rate is some five to six
rents less from Florida to most east
ern markets.
Congress Is Showing
Change Toward I ekes
WASHINGTON. Jan. ». <JP>—It
looks as if there has been a change
of heart towards Secretary Ickes in
some congressional quarters since
word around that he won't hold
the purse strings on the $4,000,000,
000 public works appropriation.
At any rate, Rep. Cox tD-Ga)
who had some remarks to make
about the secretary the other day.
got permission from the house to
expunge them from the recants.
DU PONT FAMILY
*****
MEMBER AND HER
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FRIENDS VISIT
A member of the famous du
Pont family, Miss Amy duPont,
passed through Brownsville Tues
day morning er. route to Mexico
by train and expressed her en
thusiastic admiration of the Rio
Grande Valley and Its climate to
friends who met her at the train.
Miss du Pont, a cousin to Pierre.
Felix and Lamont duPont who
divides her time between her home
In Wilmington, Del. and Santa
Barbara Calif. arrived in Browns
ville on the Southern Pacific
Tuesday morning from California,
on a Peck-Judah tour which will
take her to Monterrey, Mexico
City and up the west coast of
Mexico, and thence into Califor
nia again.
Miss du Pont was enthusiastic
in her praise of Brownsville and
the Valfcy and expressed a desire
to see more of it than was possible
in the hour that she was here.
The hotel car was switched to the
Mexican train, almost immedi
ately upon arrival.
Miss du Pont was accompanied
S' two friends from Wilmington,
r. and Mrs. F-award Hyatt Por
ter. who had been guests in her
Santa Barbara home. Other mem
bers of the tourist party which
was conducted by Mr Judah him
self were Charles William Staples.
Mrs. Gertrude Moore. Mrs Mary
Craig McLaughlin. Mrs Marguer
ite Porter Carlett, Miss Alice
Schlenk Hastes. Miss Eugenia
Kress Pullitch. Mrs. Carrie Geb
hardt Miller. Mrs. Ida Guten
kunst Pfleuder Mrs. Grace Car
ter and Floyd Gelstone.
TWO CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Witnesses Tell Conflicting
Stories In Auto
Death Trial
Conflicting testimony featured the
preliminary hearing here Tuesday
for Gregorio and Guillermo Tije
rina, young La Paloma brothers,
charged with murder In the death
ol Pablo Saldana early Sunday
morning near the Paloma dance
hall, who allegedly was killed when
a ear was driven repeatedly over his
body.
The first witness called was Mrs.
Nellie Ichord. a hose home »s locat
ed near the place wnere Saldafia’s
badly crushed body was founu 7:30
a m. Sunday by officers.
After loud cursing and slapping,
she said, the Tijerina brothers got
into a roadster and started to drive
off. Saldana hopped on the run
ning board but was knocked off of
It by Guillermo who apparently had
some Instrument in his hand. Mrs.
Ichord said. Gregorio backed the
car over Saldana s body and then
drove over It once more, the wit
ness stated.
Her version differed from that
of Severe Ay all a, also an eye-wit
ness. He stated that Saldana, aft
er Jumping on the running board,
kicked several times at the driver
of the car, and that the man fell
off when Gregorio made a sharp
turn to the right He denied seeing
anyone hit Saldana as he was on
the side of the car. The witness
further stated that the roadster
ran over Saldana's body only once.
The third witness of the morn
ing was Guadalupe Granado. also
a resident ot Lr Paloma. He stated
that he got into a fight with the
‘Rocha* and Tijerinas" before Sal
dana w s killed. After his encount
er with them, the witness said, he
went to town to call officers, and
when he returned he found Saklana
dead.
The examining trial being held
before Justice of the Peace Raul
Dominguez, was to be continued
Tuesday afternoon The state’s case
is being handled by District At
torney R. B. Rertfro, Jr., and de
fense counsel is Maj H. B. Gal
braith '
Funeral service* for Saldana, an
employe of the Edelstein furniture
store, were held Monday afternoon.
He is survived by a widow and three
children. • I
MAJ. SHEPARD
HEARS AFFAIRS
IN LOVE AIRED
Prosecution Denies
Second Wife Was
‘Terrible Drunkard’
As Defense Claims
TOPEKA, Km.. Jan. 39. <&)—The
May and December loves of Ms].
Charles A. Shepard were brought
before a federal court Jury Tuesday
in the retired army surgeon’s trial
for the alleged poison murder of
his second wife.
One resulted in his marriage to
a woman 22 years his Junior—Mrs.
Zenana Shepard, who the govern
ment prosecutors charge, was fatal
ly poisoned by the 63-year-old de
fendant at Fort Riley, Kas., in June.
1929.
Loved Stenographer
Z—z other—the one the govern
ment points to as providing a mo
tive for the alleged wife-murder—
was his love affair with Miss Grace
Brandon, young blonde, Brooks
Field, Tex., stenographer.
Seated beside his third wife in
the courtroom Monday, the slender,
serious-faced physicians, once con
victed and sentenced to life im
prisonment on the charge, heard
himself described by defense at
torneys m the victim of two wo
men—one a ’’terrible drunkard,'*
who did not love her husband, and
the other a ‘‘gold-digger.”
With such a background of home
life, C. L. Kagey. defense attorney
told the Jury, it was not surprising
that the defendant became interest
ed in Bliss Brandon.
Striking quickly at the defense
assertions that the second Mrs.
Shepard was a drunkard and
“secretly drank raw alcohol,” the
prosecution summoned two women
witnesses who knew Mrs. Shepard
at the army post.
The two, Mrs. Constance Crowe
Gates and Mrs. Gertrude Skow, tes
tified they never had known Mrs.
Shepard to be under the Influence
of liquor, and that she appeared to
be in good health early in the day
of May 29. 1929, when she became
ill.
J. E. Gano Dies
(Special to The Herald)
8AN BENITO, Jan. 29,-Funeral
service* will be held Wednesday at
4:30 p. m. at Markham Thompson s
chapel for John (Jim) Ernest Gano.
£3. who died at hi* home here Mon
day night. He# had been a resident
of San Benito for 24 years
Survivors include his widow and
a daughter, Georgia.
WireFlashes
AUSTIN. — Ratification of
the proposed child labor amend
ment to the federal constltntion
was definitely rejected Tuesday by
the sens to of the Texas legisla
ture.
By u vote of lg to 10 the senate
refused to overturn an advene
report of the constitutional
amendments committee on a reso
lution to ratify the amendment
which was submitted 10 yean ago.
“That definitely kills ratifka
tion at this session.** said Senator
T. J. Holbrook of Galvosion. an
ardent foe.
AUSTIN.— The liquor truffle
committee of the house voted
Tueoday to appoint a sub-com
mitter to draft a plan of liqoor
control for submission coincident
ally with a constitutional amend
ment to repeal state prohibition.
The sub-group was Instructed to
inquire into all phases of liquor
control, with particular attention
to u state monopoly system.
AUSTIN.—The administrations
bill to regulate public utmtieo
which would set up a three mem
ber board with wide powers over
all typn of public service com
panies. wa« circulated in the Texas
house Tuesday for signature.
There’ll Be But 21 Candles
On F. D. R.’s Birthday Cake
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. (*>—
The messages of felicitation began
to pour In Tuesday as Franklin
D. Roosevelt, one of America's
younger presidents, reached the
eve of another birthday.
Despite the fact that there'll
be only 21 candles on the white
house cake (for the Roosevelts
can’t count beyond 21 when It
comes to birthdays», the presi
dent will be S3 Wednesday.
Not only that, it is almost ex
actly one quarter century since
Mr. Roosevelt, a young man a few
years out of Harvard, entered
public life as a New York state
senator in January. 1910.
Bat as ha presides over the
It .4. J ri,
white house party Wednesday
night and friends gather at birth
day balls throughout the country
to do him honor and infantile
paralysis victims, the president
can reflect that few men his age
have attained the country's high
est post.
He was SI when he took office.
Of the 31 men who have held the
presidency, only eight were young
er than that when inaugurated.
Among the eight, the youngest
was the other Roosevelt — Theo
dore. He was something of a
“child prodigy” among chief ex
ecutives. for he was only 42 when
he put his hand on the Bible. The
oldest of all the 3!. was William
Hanrg* Harrison, who was 6g,
T , "" ■' ' “V ' ’ "
Valley in ‘White'Again on Business Map
Of Nation Issued by United States C, C.
For the first time since the De
pression forced it into the black,
back in 1IM, the Lower Rio Gran
de Talley is in the “white" again
on the United States Chamber of
Commerce business map for Jana
ary 1. 1935.
“White" on this amp means
business Is good.
The Talley back in 1930 and
1930 clang to its “white" after
most of the net of the notion
hod gone "block", bat bonk foil*
area finally forced the Volley in
to the "Mack" also.
The mop shows o general Im
provement in conditions, although
the "Mock" corns o large port.
In Texas there ore fear sections
In the “white", the Valley, a strip
In the Big Bend section, a section
of Central Texas, and the north
eastern coastline above Houston.
The Improved general condition
in the Valley to attributed to sev
eral factors, beginning with fed
eral expenditures late In 1933. on
such projects as flood control and
deep water, and Including the
large cotton crop of 1934.
The Brownsville port project to
credited with improving condi
tions generally in the Valley dur
ing the past month.
CABBAGE SAGS
TO AROUND $20
Heavy Week-End Shipments
Cause Weak Markets
Over East
Suffering from s temporary set
back caused by extraordinarily
heavy shipments over the week-end,
cabbage settled down Tuesday at
prices ranging from $15 to $25, with)
most dealers expressing belief that,
It will remain around $20 at least
for a time.
When cabbage now rolling la un
loaded the price may strengthen, it
is believed. The drop from peak
prices of $30 to $40 Saturday was)
caused when dealers at the receiv
ing end of the line became alarmed i
at the heavy shipments from the
Valley coming immediately after
reports that the freese had cut
down the tonnage here greatly.*
The smaller shipments this week
are expected to help steady and
strengthen the demand. Mondajr
night only 12 carloads of cabbage
were shipped from the Valley, and
two from Corpus Chrtstl.
Cabbage was still moving slowly
Tuesday.
Reports to the U. 8. Market Bu
reau here indicated the following
prioe ranges:
Prom Weslaco to Pharr, market
weak. 615 to $25, mostly $20.
Mercedes, few sales, some at $15.
San Benito, mostly $15 a ton.
Brownsville, opened at $20. some
selling at $15.
The reports generally indicated
$20 as a basis price.
Woman Makes Bond
In Couple’s Death
OATESVILLE, Jan. 29. (^V-Mrs.
Ethel Johnson, 46-year-old Dallas
woman accused of slaying her son
and his bride of less than a year,
was free Tuesday under bonds to
talling $30,000 after her indictment
cm the charges.
Bonds of $15,000 were set in the
cases alleging she killed her 22-year
old son. Joe D. Blankenship, and his
wife, Bernice Davenport Blanken
ship. 19, on the farm of her father,
George Mlddick, last year.
Poison Booze Is
Fatal To Eleven
GLOVERVILLE, N. Y, Jan. 29.
UP>— The toll of poison liquor
deaths in this Pulton county glove
making city was Increased to 11
Tuesday with the deaths of three
more men. Three others are crit
ically ill.
The latest victims are Bert Grant,
Charles Bates and Andrew Retnel,
found by police wandering dased
in the streets.
Ickes Declines To
Name Project Probe
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. —W—
On the ground that he would not
“try it in advance of the Jury,**
Secretary Ickes Tuesday declined
to specify the $4,000,000 project in
Texas now under Investigation by
a District of Columbia grand Jury.
"Mr. Glavls (Louis R. Olavls. head
of the Interior department division
of Investigation) dug up the evi
dence and presented It to the grand
Jury.” Ickes said at a press confer
ence, “and I am not going to try
it inadvance of the Jury.”
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
Brownsville: The Capitol—Shirley
Temple end James Dunn In ’‘Bright
Byes." The Qneen—Mady Christians in
“A Wicked Woman ". The Dlttmann—
Paul Lukas and Constance Cummings
i m "Olamour."
San Benito: The Rlrotl—Guy Klbbee
and Aline MacMahon In "Big Hearted
Herbert.”
Harlingen: The Areadla—Richard Ar
lrn and Madge Brans In “HeUdorado"
The Rialto—Miriam Hopkins and Bing
Crosby In "She Lores Me Not.**
La Peris: The Bijou—Maurice Cheva
lier and Jeannette MacDonald tn "The
Merry Widow.”
Raymondnne: The Ramon—Pat O'
Brien and Ann Dvorak In "X Sell Any
thing.”
Donna: The Plaza—Jack Benny end
Nancy Carroll In ‘"Transatlantic Merry
Go Bound.”
San Juan: The San Juan—James
Dunn and Alice Pays In "363 Days in
Bollywood.”
Mercedes: The Capitol—Anne Shirley
and Tom Brown tn "Anne at Green
Gables."
Weslaco: The Hlta-^hlrley Temple
and James Dunn tn ' ft right Byes.”
McAllen: The Palace—Shirley Tem
ple and James Dunn in "Bright Byes.**
The Queen—Janet Oaynor and Lew Ay
res in "Servants* Entrance ”
Mission: The Mission—Mary Carlisle
and Sterling Halloway tn "OM el My
RAWHIDE ROPE IS
*****
STILL EFFECTIVE
*****
ON LAWBREAKERS
Although this to the day of
machlneguns. fingerprints and
airplanes in the law's fight against
crime, the old rawhide rope has
lost none of Its terror for crim
inals.
An escaped convict from Hunts
ville was sighted in the brush
near Bedias in Grimes county re
cently by government cattle buy
ers who were in »he county on
cattle relief work. The buyers,
were armed on> with lassoes, but
quickly brought them into play
when the fugitive attempted to
run.
The buyer* burned their pris
oner to Warden Wade, with the
rope still about his neck. The
prisoner was pleading loudly for
his life.
The buyers were R E Smith.
Henry Dorroh and J. B. Spears.
Dr. E. E. Black, government vet
erinarian who lives near Browns
ville. witnessed the capture.
VALLEY GETS
FARM DRIVE
Modernization Campaign In
State to Start On
Border
COLLEGE STATION, Tex., Jan.
29. (/PV-The Federal Housing Ad
ministration and Texas Advisory
committee on farm modernization
Tuesday planned a statewide farm
modernization campaign.
FHA officials and committee
members said details would be work
ed out this week and that the work
would open next week with the
Rio Grande Valley as the starting
point.
The officials, who announced the
program after a conference at
A. Sc M. college Monday, said co
operation of the A. Sc M Exten
sion Service, vocational education
leaders, bankers, and lumber men
had been pledged.
It was pointed out that the FHA
was not a lending agency but that
it would insure building loans up
to 20 per cent.
Another Cop Lets
Prisoner Escape
BAN ANTONIO. Jan. 29 UFh
Robert L. Pringle, habitual fugitive
from justice, was the object of an
other search Tuesday after he made
a daring escape from a moving
train by leaping out of a window.
8teve Marietta, deputy United
States marshal of Sacramento, In
charge of the fugitive, notified
officers here after the train had
stopped.
Pringle, wanted by federal agents
for charges ranging from counter
feiting to theft of guns, was being
taken to Houston. He is wanted at
New Gulf, Texas, on charges of
mail robbery.
Well Is Extinguished
MCALLEN, Jan 29.—UPh- A gas
fire at the Alamo Drilling company's
well in the Sam Pordyce field was
extinguished Monday night by
pumping steam and water into the
hole.
It had been burning more than 24
hours. Friction was believed to have
caused the well to Ignite.
FINAL COURT
DEBATEHEARD
Vote Expected Late In Day
On Adherence to World
Tribunal
WASHINGTON. Jan. SB. OPV—
Headed toward a final decision on
American adherence to the world
court, the aenata Tuesday listened
to final pleaa for and against Att
raction.
Doth sides agreed the final vote,
expected late In the day, would be
close. A two-thirds majority was
necessary to adopt the adherence
resolution.
Before packed galleries, with spec
tators sitting in the aisles. Senator
Pope (D-Ida) began the last day of
a three-weeks' debate with a speech
for American membership
Opponents saw in earlier confer
ences between President Roosevelt
and four sen* tori regarded as
doubtful on the Issue an attempt to
win more votes for adherence, but
some at the conferees said the
court was not discussed.
Pope said defeat of the Robinson
adherence resolution “will be a de
feat of the American policy of Judi
cial settlement of International dis
putes.”
“No other court is probable,” he
added. “I doubt if another la pos
sible of establishment.”
Stonewall Jackson
Relative Succumbs
OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 29 (*>—
W. 6. Jackson. 93. a distant rel
ative of General Stonewall Jackson,
under whom he served In the Con
federate army, died here Monday
night. A native of Upton, Ga, he
is survived by seven daughters in
cluding Mrs. Tom Burckhalter. Ris
ing Star. Tex.; Mrs Nellie Orinses.
Blackwell. Tex , Mr*. Pearl Mowdy.
Lubbock. Tex.; and Mrs. P. T. Akin,
Amarillo. Tex, and three sons,
Scott Jackson of Robert Lee, Tex,
Willie Jackson of San Angelo. Tex,
and Vanoe Jackson. Hot Springs,
N. M.
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Doug, Lady Ashley
Plan Indian Cruise
ROME. Jan. » <*»> — Douglas
Fairbanks and Lady Sylvia Ashley
arranged Tuesday to take an ex
tenued trip to the West Indies.
Following their arrival here Tues
day from St. Moritz, they asked
that reservations be made for them
on a liner leaving Marseille for Tri
nidad. It was learned that at
Trinidad they will embark on a
West Indian cruise aboard a yacht
Fairbanks has chartered.
A young English couple, named
Chisholm, who came here with the
actor and Lady Ashley are under
stood to be planning to accompany
them on the cruise.
Ivan Poderjay Is
Returned To U. S.
NEW YORK. Jan. 29. (^—Stocky,
dark-haried Ivan Poderjay. man of
many amours, was returned to the
United States Tuesday to face ques
tioning about Agnes Tufverson. the
43-year-old woman attorney who
disappeared after her marriage to
him.
When the liner President Polk
which brought the dashing soldier
of fortune from Genoa docked, As
sistant District Attorney Harold W.
Hastings of New York boarded and
wr it to the cabin where Poderjay
was Imprisoned.
Girl Says She Saw Mother
Murdered, Helped Hide n: Jy
LAUREL. Miss.. Jan. 29. UP)—
County authorities checked close
ly Tuesday the bimrre story which
they attributed to a daughter —
that she witnessed her mother’s
murder and then disposed of part
of the mutilated body.
W. M. Carter, 45. prominent
Laurel business man. was under
arrest In Jackson, Miss., on a
charge of murder. Ouida Keeton,
33, was held on a similar charge
here In the death of her mother,
Mrs. Daisy Keeton. 55-year-old
widow.
Jack Devours, Jones county at
torney, aaftd Idas Keeton, a for
.lie. * *.Till": "" A,,.
mer secretary of Carter, told him
Carter lulled her mother with a
poker and that she aided him In
retting rkl of the body, which
was cut in pieces.
Mrs. Keetons death cams to
light when a woman’s dismember
ed legs and part of the torso were
found by a negro hunter In near
by woods.
The daughter was quoted as say
ing Carter threatened her with
the same fate unless she obeyed
him. Her story sttrlbuted to Car
ter the disposition of the body all
but the kgs, which ho allegedly
forced her to hum.
RANSOM NOTE
PHRASE USED
ANSWERING
Letter To Family Of
Dead Fitch Found
To Contradict Hit •
Testimony
■■ •
(Copyright. 1935. by the AP)
FLEMINOTON. W. J.. Jan. 29.—
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's own
words—uttered mi the witness stand
and written In letters—were used
against him Tuesday In the state's
drive to put him in the electric chair
for the kidnaping and murder of
baby Charles A Lindbergh. Jr.
When he used the phrase, “oh, that
is planned for a year already," At
torney Oeneral David T. Wllenta
confronted him with the kidnap
notes reread phrases from them
which were almost exactly similar,
"this kidnaping was planned for a
year already.” and "this kidnaping
was prepared for a year already.”
Letters Are Read
.Letters, in Oerman. written by
Hauptmann to Ptncus Flsch, broth
er of Isador Flsch, were put into
the evidence in Hauptmann’s cross
examination in an effort to blast
away Hauptmann s use of Flsch to
explain the possession of money
which the state has employed to In
criminate him
One of the letters, read by a trans
lator. waa at variance with Haupt
mann's testimony in that R said
Flsch’a share in a Joint fur busi
ness was paid in with skins, not cash.
Hauptmann’s defense has tried to
show that much of the cash includ
ed in a state computation to show
that Hauptmann* assets increased
more than $44,000 after payment of
the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom, cam#
from Flsch.
Hauptmann's explanation of the
discrepancy between the letter and
his testimony was that he learned
later his letter was incorrect.
The "year already” phrases were
the highlights of a morning of croea
questions about his personal habits
and financial transactions during
the period between payment of the
Lindbergh ransom April 2, 1932. and
his arrest on September 19. 1934.
Hauptmann, trailed by his guards,
stepped quickly up to the stand and
with a serious intent look stared at
the attorney general awaiting the
first question.
Q On April 2. 1932. when H waa
testified that $50,000 was paid, you
said you resigned from your Job?
A. Yea
Q And you testified you quit be
cause you found you were being
paid $80 instead of $100 a month?
A. Yea
figure* On Salary
Hauptmann and Wilenta engaged
together in a little mathematical
problem of what his dally salary aa
a carpenter would be at MO a month.
"I didn't figure it out yet," aaid
Hauptmann.
-It was about M M wasn’t it?" WI1
ents estimated.
Hauptmann nodded.
Q You were paid twice monthly,
bi-monthly?
A. Yes.
Q And you said you went to wort
on March 13 or 16?
A. Yea
Q. So If you had worked a half
month you’d have $40 if it waa $80
a month?
A Yea.
Q. Were you paid by check or cash?
A I guess it was by check.
Wllentz kept his voice down. He
was gentle, almost silky aa he ques
tioned the witness. Hauptmann’s
answers were tn the same color leas
monotone which has characterised
most of his testimony.
The figuring went on with Haupt
mann mentioning the difficulty of
Sundays and holidays.
-When you figure 23 working days
in a month it would be $4 a day,"
said Wilenta. “figured at the rata of
$100 a month?
“How do you figure dem days with
Sundays and holidays?" he sailed
Wilentx.
Q. The wages were by the month?
A Yf5
Q. whv did you not quit st the end
of March? .
A. I always quit at the end of the
W9tk (Continued on Page Two)
I Robbery Suioect* Are^
Brought To Ft WortK
PORT WORTH. Jan. 19. m—Two
men who admitted in the pretence
of newspaper men oart icipatlflo to
the robbery of the Citiaens State
bank of Buffalo. Texas, were held
here Tuesday after their capture
near Paul’s Valley. Okla.. Monday.
The pair, Cory Hudson. 29. of
Bryan. Texas, and Arthur Whitten,
27. of Mineral Springs, Ark., were
brought here by fire officers, head
ed by Manger Captain Tom. R. Hick*