SIGN ACREAGE
FOR TOMATOES
# BAN BENITO, Fib. It.—Only the
signing o! the necessary acreage
•tands In the way of San Benito
fitting a tomato Juice plant to be
•reeled by the Kemp Brothers
Packing company of Indiana, one
of the largest processors of tomato
juice in the United States whose
product was taken to the south pole
lay Admiral B;rd.
Arrangements have been made
for a site and for other details of
the local venture. Walter J. Kemp
and Ralph Kemp, two of the three
brothers In the partnership, are in
the Valley now signing up acreage
for the proposed local plant.
“We want to see what can be
done m the Valley raising tomatoes
on a contract. basis; said Walter
Kemp m speaking to a Herald
representative. Tomate canners in
the paM have purchased their sup
plies on the open market and to
matoes are being contracted lor for
the first time. A number of new
canneries over the Valley are con
tracting for tomato acreage. The
Kemps want to *ign up 500 acres
In the San Benito community.
The Kemps are the original pack
ers of pure rrd tomato Juice and
hold the patent# on non-separating
tomato Juice. The juice Is packed
under the brand name of Bun-Rayed
snd sale of the product is con
centrated in the East Plants are
located at Franklin, Kokomo and
Kempton, Indiana
This firm nrovlded tomato juice |
taken to the south pole by the Byrd
expedition said Mr Kemp who
showed pictures of the cans piled
on the decks of Byrds ship
The local plant would be located
between the Lovett St Kirk (for
merly Etchison's) and the associa
tion packing sheds on fl Sam Hous
ton Blvd. The Missouri Pacific
plans to move a building here from
another Veliev town to house the
new plant. The railroads ere not
permitted to eieci new fscllltles of
this kind so that it was decided
to move a vacant building here from
another town.
REILLY PLANS
(Continued Prom Page One)
out for a recommendation of mercy
That would have meant a life sen
tence
There was no mention of mercy
when the jury wa* polled
With stuttering words Foreman
Charles Walton announced the y«‘*
diet He who had listened to the evi
dence for more than six week* even
twisted the defendant's name m his
fight to remain calm.
Hands Tremble
'Guilty,'' he announced "We find
the defendant, Richard Bruno
Hauptmann, guilty of murder in the
first degree.
An insignificant place of paper
rustled in hi* trembling hands. He
gi*«Aarf at the paper with unseeing
•yes In pretense of consulting it.
A few strides away stood Haupt
mann. jaw set. face so pale and hag
Srd it wa* ghastly in the electric
ht Sharply erect, he tottered
Ihtly as he heard the foremans
words. .
A few minutes later Justice
Thoms* W. Trenchard quietly im
posed sentence
ended the long Lindbergh kid
nap trial. It began in Featherbed
Lane. Hopewell, the night of March
L 1932. when the wind wa* howl
ing over the lonely sourland moun
tain on which Colonel Charles. A.
Lindbergh made hi* home. It ended
In a prosaic, rural courtroom Utter
ed with paper* and clgaret atubs.
Thirteen times the death-dealing
verdict was recited, on the thirteenth
day of the month. _
Alter Walton had made known the
decision, the court clerk asked:
“Member* of the Jury, you have
heard the verdict, that you find the
defendant Bruno RlcMard Haupt
mann. guilty of murder in the first
degree, and ao say you air
-We do."
Shadow* from photographer*’
flue* outside danced wierdly on
the windows The shout* of the crowd
Intruded on the courtroom hush.
The clerk polled the Jurors, asked
•ach by name
••What l* your verdict?’
One after the other fell the an-,
"I find him guilty of murder in the
first degree *’ “I find him guilty ol
murder in the first degree." "I find
him guilty-" _|
Hauptmann seemed not to h**r
It once.
Judge to at lase
. _ _ _a
Justice Trenchard was me www*
ftcation of judicial decorum. He bent
I look on Hauptmann »«d dirsctsd;
•The defendant may be seated
Turning to Attorney General David
T. Wilent7 he continued:
"It aeems to the court that there
to nothing remaining except to im
pose the sentences provided by the
statute and I am now asking the at
torney general If he moves the sen
**W?’ents. psle. moistened his Up*
••If your honor p.esse. the state
moves for the sentence of the de
fendant at this time.”
justice Trenchard asked for the
Indictment end It was handed to
statute requires apparently
that the court shall fix a time with
in which the sentence la to be exe.
cuted and within a certain week,
which must begin not less than
four weeks and not more than eight
weeks after the issue of the death
Warrant." he observed
“The court will therefore now pro
seed to imjmse the sentence
The defendant may stand
Again Hauptmann got to his fee;
and faced the bench. The hand
cuffs on his wrists—first Ume since
the trial started January 3—glinted
in the artificial light.
-Bruno Richard Hauptmann: You
have been convicted of murder in
^Hlfroice*?** kindly, fatherly.
The sentence of the court Is
that you. the said Bruno Richard
Hauptmann suffer death at the
time and place and in the manner
Sovided bv law. And the court
5S l£Sd to the sheriff a warrant
appointing the wesk beginning
SPonday the **hjJfiL °
i6t y ii\| week within eucn sen*
fence must be executed in the man
ner provided by law.
"You are now remanded to the
custody of the sheriff."
it was a shaken, restless Haupt
mann who nervously paced his cell
ip the Hunterdon county jail Thuxs
d*At the state prison is Trenton a
a
A Longed-for Reunion
.-_—————————————w •
The troublesome rebellion ot bis Louisiana subjects baring beet
disposed of, D. S. Senator Huey Long returned from the wars tc
Washington, D. C.. where he was met by bis wife (left) and daughtei
Rose (right).
cell In the death house wa* ready j
for him. He will be kept there un- j
til Friday night, at least, and then
be whisked quietly to the state cap- j
ltal. ,
Sheriff John H Curtiss the man
responsible for hie safe delivery to
the death house, said merely that
there was no hurry.
Mrs. Hauptmann, frequent caller
at the Jail, must wait until he is
the penitentiary to see her hus
band again. Further visitors at
Flemington have been banned, but
the guards who have kept Haupt
mann under ceaseless watch since
he was brought here may converse
with him for the first time.
Wife Still Hopes
Daubing at her tears. Mrs. Haupt
manns last words as she left the
courthouse through a rear door last
night were:
T am not afraid. I still hope**
They were words which came
hard Only the reassurances of C.
Lloyd Fisher, one of her husband's
lawyers, made them possible.
•There Is nothing left for me ”
she had said before Fisher, an arm
around her shoulders, promised to
"See this thing through.”
Be brave.-* he gently told the
woman who has been Hauptmann's
staunchest ally, who took the stand
as his chief alibi witness.
From the courthouse Mrs Haupt
mann returned to her temporary
quarters where her year-old eon
Mann fried awaited her.
Colonel Lindbergh did not hear
the sentencing of the man con
victed of killing his first born son.
It was the only session of the trial
he missed.
Nor would he comment. At the
Morrow home In Englewood, whence
he and Mrs. Lindbergh have been
sheltering their second son. Jon.
it was said the flier had "no state
ment nor comment on the case
whatsoever.”
Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, mother
of Anne Lindbergh, and other mem
bers of the family who had gath
ered at Englewood also declined to
discuss the case.
So did Dr J. F Condon, the
"Jafsle-’ who paid $60,000 of Colonel ;
Lindberghs money to a man who
promised to return the kidnaped
Infant. That man. Dr. Condon tes
tified. was Hauptmann.
Attorney General Wilents praised
the eight men and four women on
the jury.
"The tremendous responsibility'
imposed on Hunterdon county was
shouldered without flinching." said
the dapper prosecution chief. "The
nation is indebted to these cour
ageous men and women."
WUentx also paid tribute to the
New Jersey pollca and to New York :
and federal officers for weaving the
net of evidence that bound Haupt
mann.
Defense counsel expressed confi
dence in eventual victory.
"There is no limit to the extent
to which we intend pruning this
case. We shall take It to the high
est court of the country, the United
States supreme court. If necessary."
said Reilly.
"We believe that we shall be
able to secure an ultimate reversal
of the judgment.”
Expected Acquittal
"I had hoped for and expected an
acquittal,'* said Egbert Rosecrana
Bui I have little doubt but that the
Judgment can be successfully ap
Rosecrans pointed out that, since
it wa> a matter of life or death to
the 36-year-old defendant, the state
was expected to pay the cost of the
appeal. Had Hauptmann received a
prison term, the state would be
under no obligation to aid him.
Despite the late hour, the defense
battery met after the verdict in
Fischer’s office to plan their next
move.
The usual procedure under Jersey
Jurisprudence is to bypass the su
preme court through a technicality
and carry the appeal direct to the
states highest bench, that of the
court of errors and appeals. If the
appeal takes the usual course, the
16 Judgee will not hand down an
opinion until September.
As a last resort Hauptmann s at
torneys could apply to the court of
pardons in October for a commuta
tion of sentenoe.
Any appeal to the federal courts
would delay his march to the elec
tric chair still longer
Hauptmann s defense was a blan
ket denial of the state’s accusations
i
and was based principally on alibis
for the key date*.
He wa* charged with stealing
Charles Lindbergh. Jr from his
crib, killing him in a fall from a
home-made ladder while descend
ing from the nursery window, bury
ing the body in a woods, and then;
extorting the ransom
Police recovered $14,600 of the
ransom money from Hauptmann's
garage in the Bronx, a wood tech
nician traced the ladder to his
home, and handwriting experts said
he penned the extortion letters. He
admitted only that he had the $14,
600, and Mid that had been given
to him by Istdor Fisch, now dead.
Baaed on the state's estimate of
$1,000 a day. the trial cost New Jer
sey $32,000. The State House Com
mission. which holds the strings of
the official rainy- day bag. allotted
$50,000 for the case. Other thousands
had been spent in the investiga
tion
Jurors refused to talk, but a well
informed report was that they had
required five ballots to agree on a
verdict without the recommenda
tion for mercy They were out 11
hours and 6 minute#.
By the time they returned t© the
courtroom, it was anything but a
spectacular setting for the conclu
sion of the sensational case
Tobacco smoke hung heavily in
the air; half-emptied containers of
coffee perched on uncertain bases
lawvers and newspapermen who
had watted since before noon
stretched restlessly.
There wras talk that the jury
would be locked up for the night.
Each hour that passed decreased the
expectation of a death sentence.
As abruptly as the flare of a
match, a change transformed the
room. Sheriff Curtiss came quickly
into the court from the door through
which the Jurors used on their way
to the Jury room.
Even before he said H. the word
whisked through the room: They've
reached a verdict The Jury's com
ing in” . ..
Wilentz, chief of the prosecution
forces in the 32-day trial, tned to
be calm, unconcerned. But his face
paled and he moved about jerkily
in aelf-conaclous motions.
Reilly, usually urbane and jolly,
became strangely serious His florid
face took on a deep flush
As evaryone waited, a bell began
to toll. It was the courthouse bell
signalling to the burghers that the
jury had found its verdict Outside
the courthouM the crowds grew
tense- _
At 10:31. six state troopers march
ed in. Behind them came Haupt
mann manacled to hi# two guard*
Hia face was gray and etched in
deep, tirad lines There was an ap
prehensive. fearful look in his eyes
and he did not walk with his fami
liar readiness and expectation
There was another alight stir and
Mr*. Hauptmann hurried down an
aisle. She forced a smile on her
bloodless face as the looked on her
husband, and her bloodless lips
moved soundlessly as #he tried to
utter words of encouragement
Another minute and another, and
the jury had not returned At 10:34
the jurors and their guard* walked
slowly in. , _ .
Mrs Verna Snyder, juror No. 3.
walked with bowed head and her
eves ware red as If from weeping
Mr*. Ethel Stockton, whose seven
year-old son waited in one of the
benches, had her white face fixed
on the Juror who walked ahead of
her.
The Jury box was filled.
Last—It was 10:42—Justice Tren
chard. benign, paternal In hia ap
pearance. mounted the bench
C Llovd Fel. white-haired county
clerk, in his routine, singsong voice,
polled the Jury.
The Jury and Hauptmann rose
Then came the repeated “Guilty oi
murder in the first degree.
Hauptmann wa# sentenced, turn
ed over to the sheriff and led out.
The electric clock on the varnish
ed face of the balcony said 10:51
The entire scene had taken only 31
minutes.
McFarland Rites Set
(•pedal to Tb* Herald)
HAKLINOEN. Feb. 13.—Funeral
service* for Thomas McFarland, pio
neer Harlinger resident, will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
at Thompson's chapel. It was an
nounced Wednesday.
Rev L. A. Boone, pastor of the
First Methodist church here, will
officiate.
Burial will be made at Mont Meta
cemetery at San Benito
I
YATES DENIES
OIL JNTEREST
Judge H L. Yates does not rep
resent anyone seeking exclusive
bunkering contracts of franchises
at the port of Brownsville, according
to a telegram received Wednesday
from Judge Yates, who Is in Hous
ton
His telegram reads as follows:
"I do not represent anyone seek
ing exclusive bunkering contract lor
bunkering '•U at the port of Browns
ville. My work in this matter has
been purely gratuitous and was ani
mated by desire to get a pipe line to
our port.
"Since strenuous efforts are be
ing made to divert oil from the Starr
and Hidalgo fields to Corpus Christi
it would seem to be bad business to
take advice from there. Please cor
rect your statement as to my repre
senting promoter."
A news story' in Tuesdays Herald,
commenting on the fact that Judge
Yates had written to the Brownsville
Navigation district stating that par
ties desired to negotiate an exclusive
bunkering contract for the Browns
ville port for a 25 year period, said
that Judge Yates represented the
promoters who also made a proposi
tion to build a pipe line from the
Samfordvce field within the next
5 years, with certain stipulations at
tached. . . _ .
It is the statement that Judge
Yates represents these parties that
he denies in his telegram.
Judge Yates appeared once before
the port industrial committee, and
at least once before the navigation
committee, urging that the pro
posal of the Hidalgo oil operators
be accepted. He stated both times
that he had absolutely no financial
interest in the matter, and was act- j
ing solely as a cltlien of Browns
ville, seeking to further the inter- |
esU of the Brownsville port.
MOTHER MS
(Continued Prom Page One)
Frau Hauptmann wiped her eyes
and said
•Preaidaat Rooeevelt—He will
help an old mother ”
**I ahall writo him immediately
and beg him to pardon my son ’
With an effort t-o shake off her
first bewilderment. Frau Haupt
mann »at at a table to write,
when a cablegram was delivered
from Flemlngton.
“Don't worry." it read ‘Deci
sion only temporary Annie
The message, written in Eng
lish. was translated for Frau
Hauptmann by the Associated
Press correspondent.
-Thank God!*’ Frau Haupt
mann axclaimed. “If I could only
help Bruno In bearing hi* burden
This telegram give* me some
peace again’’
Quicklv Frau Hauptmann de
cided “I'll write the president
right now.”
She picked up a pen and with a
trembling hand wrote in Oothlc
acrlpt:
"Dear Mr President:
"I am the mother of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann and have to
day learned through newspapers
of the terrible verdict against my
non. Dear Mr, President the
World War ha* already taken
from me my husband and two of
mv aon*. T am 70 yaars old. (Her
70th birthday is next June.)
"It would mean my death, if
you. Mister Preeident. don't par
don my son because then I shall
be all alone
"Mister President, disregard hi*
previous offense for which the
world must be held reeponslble;
Bruno isn’t a bad man. There
fore, I beg you to be merciful to
him.
"Yours, a poor mother, Frau
Pauline Hauptmann '*
Night Supervisor At
Mercy Hospital Dies
Miss Irma Van Zieleghen. 20. night
sunerviaor at the Mercy hospital
since 1030, died early Tuesday night
after an illnees of three months
The body will be forwarded to Chica
go. 111., Wednesday night, accom
panied by the decedent * sister. Mrs.
Louise Corcoran.
Mrs. Ccrcoran came here several
days ago from Chicago when it be
came apparent that Miss Van Zieleg-{
'ten's condition was turning for the
worse.
Miss Van Zieleghen was born in
Cicero and was educated In the
public schools and at the University
of Chicago. She graduated from the
Jackson Park hn«mtii] in 1027 and
was employed at St. Pauls hoept
Pajamas Take Mrs. Dionne’s Eye .
Pajamas, row on row of them, fascinated Mrs. Elzire Dionne with
their beauty as she reveled In a shopping tonr of Cblcago depart
ment stores. She seems to have fonnd a pair she especially likes,
as she rests here, being given helpful euggestions by the smartly
carbed salesgirl.
tal in Dallas before coming here in!
1930.
She is survived by her met her.
Mrs. M B. Van Zieleghen; two sis
ters. Mrs. Louise Corcoran and Mrs.
Anna Banks; and three brothers,
Eniii. Albert and Arthur. All of the
survivors, with exception of Albert,
who lives in 8t. Paul, reside in Ci
cero.
Truck Markets
Carlot shipments of entire United
btates reported Wednesday. Feb. 13:
Grapefruit: Arlz 3. Calif. 2. Fla.
2... Texas 17. total US 48 cars.
Oranges: Ca»lf. 206 Fla. 89. Tex
as 3. total US 297 cars.
Mx c:trus: Calif. 9. Fla. 32, Texas
1, total US 42 cars.
Beans: Fla 79. total US 79 can.'
Cuba 6. Puerto Rioo 1.
Beets: None.
Cabbage: Arlz. 2. Calif. 9. Fla. 1.
Minn 5 New York 50. Texas 5. Wts.
12. others 2. total US 86 cars.
Carrots: Arlz. 4. Calif. 31, Mich
1. New York 9. Texas 1, total US 46
cars.
Greens: Calif. 6. Fla 2. Va. 3. to
tal US 11 cars.
Mx vegetables: Arlz 2. Calif. 34
Fla 17. Texaa 7 others 5. total US
66 cars.
Peas: Oallf 26 Fla. 8, total US 32
cars.
Peppers: Cuba 3. Mexico 1.
Spinach: Texas 49. total US 45
cars.
Tomatoes Cuba 40, Mexioo 14.
Lower Rio Orande Valley ship
ments forwarded Thursday morn
ing. Feb. 14:
Grapefruit 17. oranges 3. mx cit
rus l, cabbage 5. mx vegetable* 8.
potatoes 2, carrot* 1, total 35 cars
Total to date this season—citrus
3296. vegetables 3996. mx citrus and
vegetables 24. total 7316; to same
date last season—Citrus 1507. vege
tables S274. mx citrus and vegetables
18. total 4800 cars.
Representative prices to truckers
for Valley citrus and vegetables
Wednesday. Feb 13:
Grapefruit: Boxes US Combina
tion $125-1.40. few small sizes low
er. Buahels US Combination 65-7Sc;
US No. 2s 50-80c Swcks box size US
Comb around $1.00; US No. 8s 78
9Cr.
Oranges; Boxes US Combination
$1.90-2.10 Buahels US Combination
95c-1.06 few higher; unclassified
75-90c. Sacks box size US Combina
tion $1 65-1.75; unclassified $150
1.65.
Beets Per dot bunches 25-35; half
crate* $125-1.36
Broccoli: Per do* bunches 65-75c;
crate* $1 65-1.75.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton $35-42.50;
half crate* $1 35-1.45.
Carrots: Per doz bunches mostly
25c: half crates $1.10-125
Greens: Per doz bunches turnip
and mustard 25-30c.
Gr onions: P-?t dor. hunches most
ly 25c. crate* $1 75-2 00
Parslev: Bunches per bu crate
$1.03-125.
Potatoes: Bilss Triumph! 50 lb
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CLD FA6UONED V*ASMTliff FOC THC UOg. INS ON A PCTUGE *
sacks US No. is $1.00-1.10. lh In |
min 90c-1.00.
Spinach: Bu basket* lair to or- \
dtnary 85c-1.00. few best $1.00-1.10.
Turnips; Per do* bunches 25-35c
NEW YORK CURB
NEW YORK, Feb. 14. (4b—With
the volume of dealings restricted and
moat traders remaining on the side
lines. price movement* failed to fol
low any set course on the curb mar
ket Thursday
There waa about an equal amount
of gains and losses registered. Pio
neer gold at 10 1-8, Cities Sendee at
1 1-8. Lake Shore Mines at 51 1-2
and Swift Intemacional at 34 1-4
were typical of the small advance*
shown.
Electric Bond & Share sold at 5
5-8. unchanged from its previous
close, while fractional recessions were
apparent in Distillers Corp -Sea
grams at 16 7-8, Niagara Hudson
Power at 3 1-8 and American Cyna
mld "B at 16 5-8.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Feb. 14. 'With hog
values jumping to the highest, point
since March 1931. gram price* de
veloped new strength early Thurs
day.
Opening at 3-8 decline to 1-8 gain.
May 96 3-4 to 7-8, the Chicago wheat
market soon rose all around. Corn
started unchanged to 3-8 off. May
85 to 85 1-8. and subsequently mount
ed.
Uranium worth $10,000 a ton has
been found In Manitoba.
Outlaws Mothers m Jail
- ~ > .iKV'^WWIWiWIf *m. '-^WU
Mr*. Emma ParktT, shown above with her daughter Billie, and Mm
Cumie Barrow (arrow) are being held by federal authoritiee in Texas
jail on charge of harboring their children, Bonnie Parker
Barrow, while the pair were fugitives from justice. The clPaf**m‘£'I]f
Parker girl and Barrow, high-ranking public enemy, were shot Jo ‘.eat* ^
at Arcadia, La., last May. (C*nttaL Presi) ”
Third Port Parley
Set for Thursday
Third of a aerie* of grpup meet
ings at which the Brownsville port
developments are being discussed by
members of the port Industrial com
mittee of the chamber of commerce
with Brownsville business and pro
fessional men will be held Thursday
night at 7:30 at the chamber of com
merce.
Invited to the meeting are proprie
tors of lumber yards, department
stores, dry goods stores, Jewelry stores
drug stores, furniture stores, news
papers. hardware stores and auto
mobile dealerships.
On account of the limited space
available and the desire of the com
mittee to make the discussions as
informal as possible, only a limited
number are being invited to each
meeting. It Is planned to hold sever
al more such meetings until the
-)ort and Its prosoects have been dis
cussed with ell lines of business and
all oroiaa-iona in the city.
Those attending are urged to ask
questions on any phase of port acti
vity.
In 1929 there were 551 bank fail
ures In this country; In 1930 there
were 1345.
OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR
OF CUSTOMS Port of Brownsville.
Texas, February 14. 1935. Notloe ia
hereby given that on February 13.
1635. there was seised near San
Benito, Texas, for violation of Sect.
593 Tariff Act 1930 and Sect. 3063
R.S, one Chevrolet Roadster, motor
No. 1372642 Any one claiming the
above described automobile will file
claim with me within twenty f30>
days from the date of this notloe:
otherwise I will sell the automobile
at public auction at the U. S. Cus
tomhouse. Brownsville. Texas, on
Thursday, March 7. 1935. at 10
o’clock A. M —Wm Neale. Dy. Col
lector.
2-14-31-38-3t-49lS
l, _|
Cast nets, minnor selns, rods, reel*
and fishing poles. Brownsville Hard
ware.—Adv.
Complete building service —The
Geer Co., opposite Brownsville Ice
Co., phone 1125—Adv.
Nearly 70 per cent of Japans
farmers cultivate less than 2 1-3
acres of land to a family
I
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