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VALLEY
By RALPH L. BUELL
WELL, ALL WE CAN BAY IS
that the Valley has had frosts be
fore, and has lived over them.
One good thing about these cold
•pells, they neither nip the fertility
of Valley soil—
Nor freese the hearts and qptrlt
of our people.
We have had ’em before and will
have 'em again—
So that Is tliat
• • •
HAD OCCASION TO CALL
Raymondville yesterday, and much
I to our sutjkIss noticed for the first
time that Raymondville telephone
numbers are not listed In the Valley
wide phone directory Issued by the
Rto Grande Valley Telephone com
pany.
It's Inconvenient and costly.
Instead of placing a number to
number call.
When one wants to call this flour
ishing Valley city—
One places a straight and regular
long distance call.
At the higher rate.
And we presume that when a
resident of Raymondville wants to
call any other Valley city,
It works th» same way.
• • •
RAYMONDVILLE AND WES
laco are the only two cities in (he
Valley not served by the Rio Grande
Valley Telephone company.
Raymondville is served by the
Texas Associated Phone company,
and Weslaco by the Western Tele
phone corporation, but the Western
lists its numbers in the Valley wide
directory.
Looks like the Raymondville com
pany would get together with the
- Rio Orande and have its numbers
published in the Valley wide phone
directory.
They used to do that little thing.
We respectfully suggest that Har
ry Cook of the Raymondville C. of
C. take this matter up with the
bead of his phone company
* Must be costing the Valley as a
whole and users of long distance
calls In this city In particular, a
pretty penny In extra charges due
[to their Inability to place a num
ber call when calling other Valley
cities.
• • •
HOPE WE GET FARTHER ON
this line than we did on the sug
gestion that ‘central” be allowed
to tell us the correct time!
AND BY THE WAY. AMONG
the choice pieces of information
contained in that Consumers'
Guide” of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration of which we
told you yesterday—
Among these pieces of “Informa
tion” we glean the fact that oranges
are sometimes “dyed” to produce
the proper color I
And that where this harmless
vegetable dye is used, the labels
I bear the slogan “color added.”
[The writer must have been think
ing of catsup!
Not a school boy in the Valley
but knows that oranges and grape
fruit are colored by the use of gas,
ethylene, we believe.
• • •
IT HAS BEEN NOTED BY MANY
of us that the propaganda put out
bgr the AAA is in many, many cases
most inaccurate.
Not only that—but In just lots of
cases where the propagandists of
the AAA are saying one thing, the
secretary of agriculture is saying
the direct opposite.
(Looks like the boys could get to
gether.
At least it looks like the “Con
sumers’ Guide” could track things
a little closer to facts than the in
formation about how oranges are
* colored.
4 • • •
railroad officials WILL BE
B in the Valley In force this coming
» Saturday, according to information
^ received by the Herald.
We hope that preparations are
M being made by those in charge to
* put up a good argument with these
officials and the attorneys who will
doubtless accompany them.
And on the other hand we hope
that preparations to be properly
represented before an Interstate
Commerce hearing are going for
ward.
* You might gather from that that
we do not think the railroads will
voluntarily agree to a removal of
the differential
We don't. We hope we are wrong,
but we atfll dool I
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Valley Bean s, Potatoes Practically Wiped Out
HEAVY DAMAGE
IS CAUSED BY
FROSTJFREEZE
Beans and Potatoes
Heaviest Hit While
Tomatoes Suffer 20
To 30 Per Cent
Heavy damage to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley’s spring vegetable
crops was caused by frost and
freeze in this section Wednesday
morning, followed by bright sun
shine later in the day. Tempera
tures ranged from 27 at Donna and
Edinburg to 30 at the Brownsville
airport, with frost in most parts of
the Valley.
At noon Wednesday tt appeared
the damage would be about as fol
lows:
Beans—75 to 95 per cent killed.
Potatoes—Yield reduced from 50
to 75 per cent.
Tomatoes—Damage light, prob
ably 20 to 30 per cent cut in yield
Scattering acreage of squash and
cucumbers, killed where not pro
tected.
Onions—damage mainly to qual
ity.
Cabbage, beets, carrots and cit
rus fruit—practically no damage.
Potatoes Hardest Hit
The heaviest damage will be to
the potato crop, which is located
almost entirely In Cameron coun
ty. This crop was hit at the time
when it is most easily damaged,
when the small potatoes are set.
Potatoes frozen back earlier usual
ly come out again and produce a
crop. Those frozen later usually
have a crop on at the time. But
when tops are frozen baqk with
small potatoes on the roots, the
plants usually do not produce much
crop.
The beans were regarded as al
most a total loss. There had been
much replanting of beans since the
January' freeze, and it was prac
tically Impossible to cover the
small beans.
Tomatoes came through better
(Continued on Page Two)
39TH PRODUCER
IS BROUGHT IN
Two Other Tests Expected
To Be Completed
This Week
<8pedal to The Herald)
MISSION. Feb. 27.— Another
completion was reported in Hidalgo
County's Samfordyce field Tuesday
to bring total flowing wells to 39.
Meanwhile, two tests were still
waiting on cement and four new
tests were spudded or about to get
under way.
The 39th well added to the field
was Cortes Oil Corporation's No.. 3
C. El Smith, near the center of the
northeast 34.43 acres of tract 278.
porcion 40. about 4.950 feet south
east of discovery. When turned in
to the tanks Tuesday, it was mak
ing an estimated 15 barrels per hour
through *t-lnch tubing choke un
der tubing working pressure of 28")
pounds and closed-in casing pressure
of 475 pounds.
Two tests on the northwest edge
of the field are expected to be com
pleted late this week.
Reserve Development Company’s
No. 2 Seabury et al. in the south
east comer of the north 28 acres of
the west 38 acres of the southeast
89.80 acres of tract 256. porcion 38.
about 2.100 wect west and slightly
north of discovery. Is waiting on
cement to set at 2.766 feet after
coring saturated sand at 2.765-72
feet.
Navarro Oil Company's No. 3 Sea
bury et al. In the northwest comer
of the north 25 acres of the south
east 51 acres of tract 256. porcion
38. about 2.700 feet northwest of
discovery, is waiting on cement to
set prior to gun-perforating the
casing at 2.764 feet in an attempt
to secure production at that depth.
Casing is set in a second sidetrack
ed hole after numerous difficulties
had been encountered In the original
hole and the first sidetrack.
Two tests drilled oement plugs
In surface casing Tuesday.
Hill 8c Hill’s No. 1 C. E. Smith, in
the west end of the south 10 acres
of the northwest 36 29 acres of tract
3-B. porcion 41, about 5.000 feet
southeast of discovery, the field’s
new southeast outpost, was ready to
make hole after acting and cement
ing surface pine at 208 feet.
Rogers Oil 8c Oas Company’s No.
3 Francisco Guerra, in the north
west corner of the southeast 25 acres
of tract 254. Dorcion 40, about 4.000
feet east of discovery, drilled plug
in surface ploe and began making
hole at 206 feet
Wreck In hires Three
TYLER. Feb 27. Three Dal
las men, returning home, were In
jured seriously when their car hit
a culvert near Ben Wheeler Wed
nesday. P. Caleb Brown was In a
critical condition and physicians
said his chances of living were un
certain. L. W. Musgrove and 1L O
Boehle wera the others injured.
Just a Trifle Shy of Dionne Mark
A little short of the Dionne mark, but well-satisfied with her achieve
ment, Mrs. Irvin Schmidt here Is saying good morning to ber trip
lets— two boys and a girl—as tbcy lie contentedly In a Los Angeles
maternity hospital. Beside them Is the nurse, Mrs. Ella Latimer,
who offers that consoling report, "Mother and babies doing well."
ALABAMA DRYS
LEAD IN VOTE
Prohibition 2,000 Ahead
With 15,000 to Be
Tabulated
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. 27. UP
—Prohibition in Alabama Wednes
day pushed out in front by more
than 2.000 votes, with approxi
mately 15.000 votes still to be re
ported. as belated returns from
Tuesday’s three-fold referendum
rolled in.
The vote on 1.530 out of 2.156
ballot boxes in the state gave modi
fication 82.879. and against 85.500
The vote put prohibition in front
for the first time since early rural
bo::rs Tuesday night gave the dry
cause a slight lead.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Feb. 27. r/P>
—The house, with not a vote to
spare. Wednesday adopted the
emergency clause to the Thom
package sales liquor bill which
would put the bill in effect imme
diately if It Is passed by the sen
ate and signed by Gov. J. Marion
Futrell. The vote was 67 ayes, the
number required, with 30 voting
no.
RECORD BALLOT IS
GIVEN KELLY FOR
CHICAGO POSITION
CHICAOO, Feb. 27. <*»►—Edward
J. Kelly, Chicago'! brusque but
jovial 59-year-old mayor, rode the
crest of a record breaking demo
cratic vote Tuesday to win his
party's nomination by the largest
plurality ever given a mayoralty
candidate in a Chicago primary.
The democrats also swept to vic
tory in the alderman^: races.
The red-haired six foot demo
crat, who reigned as the city's chief
executive during the wood's fair as
the successor to the late Anton J.
Cermak, and who once swung a
pickaxe for his living, was nomi
nated to succeed himself by a vote
of 479.825. His plurality was 440.
672. Both figures were record
breaking.
BAYONETS RING
KINGFISH LONG
Huey Takes No Chances
While Rubber Stamp
Solons Meet
BATON ROUGE. La, Feb. 27 —
i/V—Soldiers with fixed bayonets
.;arded Huey Long's special session
of the legislature Wednesday as it
speeded four score more of his laws
to passage with a new acting lieu
tenant governor presiding over the
senate.
Eighty-seven measures were in
troduced with characteristic Huey
Long gusto when the two houses
met Tuesday night. The bills were
sent to the house ways and means
committee for consideration Wed
nesday.
For the first time in history na
tional guardsmen shouldered guns
at the assembly doors in Long's
$5.000 000 sky era per capitol. About
100 militiamen were on duty to pre
serve martial law declared after
armed citizen uprisings here several
weeks ago.
Political circles were rocked Tues
day night when Thomas B. Wingate
resigned as acting lieutenant-gov
ernor end president pro-tern of thfc
senate.
Senator James A Noe. named to
succeed him. declared he was
•through'* with politics after com
pleting his tern In those offices. Noe
had been prominently mentioned as
Long's candidate for governor next
I Jew.
John A. Olson Die*
The body of John A. Olson, 71.
who died here Tuesday night, will
be forwarded to Clifton, Texas, for
funeral services there Friday, it was
' announced Wednesday by Darling
Funeral Home.
Mr. Olson died at the home of
his son. A. M. Olson, at 1344 West
Washington street. He is survived
also by a daughter, Anna Marie
Olson, of Houston.
Mr. Olson was a retired lumber
man and contractor.
Driller Dies
CORSICANA. Feb. 27. (iTV-Roy
Lock. 43. .of Henderson, who was
badly mangled in a drilling rig
accident near Fairfield last week,
died Wednesday morning in a hos
pital. He was reported to have
become entangled in a cathead or
I spinning line on the rig.
California Socialites Argue
Marital Trouble in Secrecy
LOS ANGELE8 Feb. 27—0P>—
Possibility of another hearing be
hind closed doors was seen Wed
nesday as new senations loom
ed in the embattled Emerson
Sewell marital muddle.
Superior Judge Ben Lindsey,
noted marital authority, took a
witness, principals and attorneys
into his private office Tuesday
when one part of the testimony
reached a point which demanded
privacy.
The four Involved are Walter
Emerson, actor-writer, who is su
ing his wife for divorce, naming
Baton Sewell, wealthy Beverly
Hills sportsman, as co-respond
ent; Mrs. Jane Scholtx Emerson,
who is suing Emerson for alimo
ny and custody of their three
children, naming Mrs Sewell as
co-respondent; Mrs. Sewell, who
la suing Mrs. Xmaraae far $100,000
fp
alienation of her husband's af
fections.
As yet. Spwell hasn't sued
anyone. .
Mrs. Blanche Sholtz. mother of
Mrs. Emerson, was on the witness
stand Tuesday and was asked to
repeat an alleged telephone con
versation she had several montlis
ago with her son-in-law. At this
point Judge Lindsey interrupted
the case and ordered the testi
mony recited in his private
chambers
The names of Olive Borden,
screen actress; Edna Walla
Hopper, actress and beauty cul
ture expert; and Gertrude Van
derbilt. stage actress, were
brought into the case Tuesday
when Burt McMurtrie. former
broadcasting company official
and friend of Emerson, took the
stand.
15 RAILROAD
OFFICIALS ARE
DUE SATURDAY
Rail Chiefs to Meet
With Spokesmen For
Valley to Iron Out
Differential
A delegation of 15 officials of the
Missouri Pacific and Southern Pa
cific, including rate experts from
various points on the systems, and
executive oificers, will arrive in
Brownsville caturday lor a confer
ence with Valley people on the mat
ter of removal ol the dillerenual.
Meanwhile the committee named
at the meeting in Mercedes earner
■.hi* week will meet there again Wed
nesday night and complete arrange
ments lor the conference with the
railroad officials.
Del mite information as to person
nel of the rail delegation was not
available Wednesday, although Val
ley people have expressed tne hope
that it will be headed by H. Ft. Sal
ford. executive vice president of thej
Missouri Pacific, and FL M Lull,
executive vice president of the
Soutnern Pacific.
E. Roy Rufl of Brownsville, presi
dent of the Tii-Counwy Producers as
sociation. said he had received no
official advices from the railroad
officials Wednesday as to plans for
the conference. It is to be held at the j
request of the Valley farm leaders
who recently went to Washington
on this matter.
In the event no agreement is
reached between the railroads and
the Valley within two week, the
interstate Commerce commission win
carry out its order of December 3
for a hearing In the Valley, send
ing an examiner here.
The I. C. C. has stated that if the
railroads will recommend removal
of the differential. It will proceed to
remote this surcharge on the Val
ley. _
ETHIOPIA WILL
PROMISE PEACE
WiU Keep Hands Off Of
Italy's Colonies If
Troops Withdrawn
ROME. Feb. 27.-* *V- Negradas
Yesus. Ethiopian Charge D'Aflairea,
announced Wednesday that Em
peror Bade Se.assle would guarantee
that if Italy withdrew the troops
or. their way to East Africa. Ethi
opia would not. so much as "touch
a stone" belonging to Italy's Italian
colonies.
Yesus made this statement in an
interview with foreign newspaper
men in which ne reiterated previous
statements that Ethiopia desired
peace.
“I have just received a letter from
the emperor.'' said the Ethiopian
diplomat, “in which he swears on
his dynasty tliat Ethiopia never
made any aggressive move toward
Italy and never had any such In
tention.
• Hence, the mobilization of Ital
ian troops near the frontiers Is In
explicable to tne emperor whose
sole desire is to live in peace and
friendly relations with Italy and
Europe The emperor remains faith
ful to the League of Nations.''
Yesus said ne knew nothing of a
report in Addis Ababa, capital ol
Ethiopia, that Italy was recruiting
a oops in Yemen.
Meanwhile the 9 S. Arabia sailed
from Naples with additional troops
and war materials bound for east
Africa.
---
4 Blacks Sentenced
In Shooting at Dock
BEAUMONT, Feb. 27.—</P<—Four
negro longshoremen Wednesaay
were under the maximum sentences
allowed by the lar in connection
with the dock shooting here Sept
8 in which five white longshoremen
were wounded.
Jack Slaughter, Allen House C.
Mickens and W. Comeaux were
given two years each In Jail after
thev had pleaded guilty to ag
gravated assault with deadly wea
pon.
3tra lighter. alleged to have shout
ed. "let 'em have it” Just before the
white men were shot alongside the
S 8 Jean which negroes were , un
loading. was assessed a fine of 8500
in addition to the jail sentence.
Two Killed, 6 Are
Hurt in Car Wreck
BROWNWOOD. Feb. 27.
Two persons were dead and six In
jured Wednesday as a result of
a vehicular collision on the high
way two miles from Brown wood
Ward Vinson. 30. of Brady, died
Tuesday night of his injuries. Gene
Underwood. 21. died earlier.
They and seven other persons
were riding in an automobile when
it collided with a truck. The
party included Mr. and Mrs. Un
derwood. Mr. and Mrs G C.
Stewart, three children. Billie Ray.
9. Dorothy Lee. 7, Bobbie Gene, 4.
and Mr. and Mrs. Vinson.
Electric Energy
Would Pay Bills
For Dams on Rio
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Feb. 27.—It is intended to make the
proposed $75,000,000 flood control, drainage and power
development along the lower Rio Grande self support*
ing through the sale of electric energy, it is revealed in a
copy of the bill introduced into the Congress by Repre
NRA LOSES 1T i
COURT FIGHT
Government's Plea For
Steel Injunction
Turned Down
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 27.—
(A*)—The Federal government lost a
major battle under the National
Industrial Recovery act Wednesday
with a ruling by Judge John P.
Nields that Section 7-A Is “un
constitutional and void” as applied
to the Welrton Steel company and
Us business.
The decision denied the govern
ment’s plea lor an Injunction to
restrain the company from dealing
collectively with Its employes
through the so-called company union
and held that the union Is adequate
under the act.
The enactment of 8ection 7-A
either Is authorized by the com
merce clause 01 the constitution or
it Is unauthorised and void," Judge
Nields ruled. He further ruled that
"the manufacturing operations con
ducted by the defendant in Its var
ious plants or mills do not constitute
Interstate commerce.
“The relations between defendant
and its employes do not affect Inter
state commerce. Manufacturing Is
a cooperative enterprise. Production
la quantities and quality with con
sequent wages, salaries and divi
dends depends upon a sympathetic
cooperation of management and
workmen.
"By a clear preponderance of
evidence this court finds that the
plan of employe representation In
effect among the employes of the
defendant affords a lawful and ef
fective organization of the employes
lor collective bargaining through
representatives of their own choos
ing; that In a’l respects it complies
with the provisions of Section 7-A
of the National Industrial Recovery
net and Section One. Article Pour,
of the steel coie; that In all respects
It Is directly .operated and control
led by the defendant’s employes and
Is not dominated or controlled by
defendant or its agents; that In all
respects it Is satisfactory to the
great majority of the defendant’s
employes; that the 49 represent
atives elected in December. 1933. are
'ree from any domination or con
:rol of defendant or agenta."
ONE DIES AND ONE
MISSING ON TRIP
TO PADRE ISLAND
(Special to The Herald!
CORPUS CHRISTI, Feb. 27. —
One man was dead and his brother
still missing Tuesday night as chill
north winds brought tragic end to
a fishing party on Padre Island.
Walter Clark, 36. commercial
fisherman, was found dead of ex
posure early Tuesday morning, ly
ing face down on the sand, where
death had halted an all-night
search for his brother. Harvey.
Clasing since early Monday morn
g.
No trace of Harvey Clark, last
seen fishing in a skiff as a norther
blew up on Laguna Madre at 8
o'clock Monday morning, had been
found as the two othtr brothers.
Ed and Ewell Clark, were returned
to Corpus Christl Tuesday night on
board the power boat Sidonia. The
four men lived together on North
Beach.
tentative mu ton n west ana re
ceived here this week.
The bill reads as follows:
“Be it enacted that for the pur
pose of controlling floods; conserv
ing. improving and regulating the
flow of the waters of the Lower Rio
Grande, and for drainage, and to
aid and improve agriculture and
industry within said basin; to pro
vide for the generation of electrical
energy as a means of making the
project hereinafter referred to a
self supporting and financially sol
vent undertaking; to provide for
the economic and social well being
of the people residing in the Low
er Rio Grande Valley basin, and
for other beneficial purposes, there
is hereby authorized ot be appro
priated from time to time, out of
any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, such sums
of money as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of this act,
not exceeding I7S.000.000.
"Sec. 2. The Secretary of State Is
authorised and requested to Invite
the proper governmental agencies
(Continued on Page Two)
ANOTHERSHIP
LOSTAT SEA
Vessels Rush to Boat’s
SOS Calls But Come
Too Late
NEW YORK. Feb. 37. WV-Radio
Marine corporation received word
Wednesday that the giant liner Eu
ropa and two other ships had aban
doned their search in a mid-Atlan
tic gale for the freighter Blairgo
wrie. which had reported she was
inking Tuesday.
The Olympic, another big liner,
was due at the scene three hours lat
er and was asked to make a final
search for hte vessel as it passed by.
No Hope Left
None of the masters of the three
ships which hung at the scene
throughout the night had any hope
that the Glairgowrie survived the
hurricane which was raging.
The last report was that It was
turning over.
Twenty-six men were aboard the
Blairgowrie, which had given its
position as about 1.000 miles east of
Newfoundland. She le.t Swansea.
Wales, 10 days ago for Boston
The Europa. from New York, head
ed for European porta. The other
ships to resume their courses were
the American Banker, comblnatlos
Passenger-cargo craft, London to
New York, and the S. S. Blommer
sdyk. Rotterdam to New York.
Hurricane Wind
At 10:36 Tuesday night Captain
Oscar Scharf, master of the Europa,
reported:
“Europa now at position of steam
er Blairgowrie, but not sighted ves
sel yet. Standing by until daybreak."
The Radio-Marine corporation
station which received the first mess
ages asked Captain Scharf what the
weather was like. He replied:
“Wind hurricane force with moun
tainous seas."
Doomed Man Appeals
AUSTIN. Feb 27. 'P—Joe Palm
er. sentenced to death for the mur
der of a guard in a spectacular es
cape from a Texas prison farm,
submitted his appeal to the court
of criminal appeals Wednesday.
Palmer and Raymond Hamilton,
the southwest's No. 1 desperado,
made their dash for freedom under
cover of a machine gun barrage
allegedly laid down by Clyde Bar
row. notorious outlaw later killed
»4n an ambush with His woman com
■ panion, Bonnie Parker, In Louisi
ana. Major Crowson, a guard, was
1 fatally wounded.
Republican-Negro Threat Is
Worry to Demos at Dallas
DALLAS. Feb. 27.—(X*.—It was
a case of too many democrats or
maybe not enough republicans
and negroes.
There was no question whether
one democrat or even a reason*
able number of democrats, could
beat any given number of re*
publicans and negros for public
office in Dallas county.
But a ma f ematician among
the 73 asplranu for the place of
state representative started dlvid*
lng the probable democratic vote
In a special election March 16 by
big numbers, and comparing the
result with the potential repub*
lican and negro vote.
The result didn i look so good
for the home team.
8o Paul G Peunfoy. one of the
•corse of democrats, suggested
that the affair be taken a little
more seriously. There was a
broad Implication that he thought
It was already ser.ous even 11
some candidates didn’t seem to
think so.
"Unless something Is done im
mediately," he said. "It Is not an
impossibility that a republican
or a negro will be elected.”
He called for that "something”
to be done at a candidates’ rally
at the courthouse Wednesday, of*
fering to withdraw In favor of
some strong contender If most
of the others would do so. There
was no Immediate Indication how
strong the response would be.
The republican Is .John W.
Phllp. former assistant post*
master general The negro is A.
8. Wells. Dallas attorney.
$500 OFFOED
FOR CAPTURM
OF FUGITIVE
Governor Criticizes
Officers Who Let
Him Escape Earlier
In Week
AUSTIN. Feb. 27. A^Qarma
James V. Allred Wednesday parted
1500 reward for Information leadlfil
to the capture of Raymond Hamilton
fugitive condemned desperado, am
called on all officers to cooperate M
capturing ths killer.
Allred severely criticised lack 0
coordination of police when Haonl
ton slipped through a trap at Me
Kinney.
CriUetaes OffWwea
He emphasised the reward wee tee
Information "and I am not offerm
a reward for the capturing or klllin
of Hamilton. I don t wa. % any mor
of this lack of coordinate***. An offi
cer ought to feel he had done a pool
service 12 he was in on any part o
the whope program.'*
In the future he hoped officers—
city, county and state—would co
operate with one another -and no
try to do tt themselves as at lle>
Kinney.”
"That was most lamentable," AO
red said State rangers were avail
able. only a block and a half away,
but they were not called on.
"Frankly. If they hadn't fliMbw
Hamilton and the other mem the
night, both would have been killed]
Monday morning by rangers."
Ml fn tfMHi
the only reward for Hamilton wad
the usual small reward of the peni
tentiary system for return of an es
caped prisoner. Former Ooeerwv
Miriam A. Ferguacn paid a MOO re
ward to five men including a legis
lator. who helped capture the youth
ful desperado last summer in Denton
county after his raid on the Lewis
ville bank.
After that capture. Hamilton wad
convicted of murdering Major Crow
son. a pnsen farm guard, and sen
tenced to death.
He escaped from the death beam
at Huntsville the next month In a
spectacular delivery of three con
demned murderers. One wme killed*
another recaptured, but Hamilton
has eluded officers for seven months.
‘Baby Bond*1 Go On
Sale Here Friday
Uncle Sam's ten-year "Baby
Bonds." issued In denominations
from $35 to $1,000, are expected to
go on sale at the Brownsville peel
office Friday, according to announce
ment by Postmaster Wm. T. Burnett.
If these bonds are held for the
10 year maturity, they yield above
29 per cent compounded aemlHUS
nually and increase In value by one
third.
The $35 bond is sold for 010.70 an*
Is redeemed at the end of 10 yeam
for $35. The coot of the other bonds
are: $50 oond. $37 JO; $100 bond, $79;
0500 bold. 037ft; ftl.000 bond. OTfOk
The maximum amount any on# per
son may purchase Is $10*00 < ma
turity figure).
The bonds can be redeemed at any
time after 00 days.
This issue will not be transfers*!*
and will be payable only to the own
er. The government has made pro
vision to safeguard these bonds for
the owner If the owner does not wtah
to keep them himself.
The issue wtll be sold at the ren
tal Savings window at the poatoAlea.
Blast Kills 29
Moscow. Feb. rr r tsIi
nine persons were killed In an n*
plosion and fire which dest.rayed
the Knuuin Pencil factory on the
outskirts of Moscow early Sunday.
The loss of life in the '“rirter
disclosed only Wednesday. The
bodies of the victims were cremated
Tuesday night.
The exploaibn occurred in a high
pressure rompteasor from eauma not
immediately determined.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY |
■rawnevtuei The OhpiaeS-Osff
Orant and Myrna Loy ta “Wtno » Fj
Dark." The Queen-William P»w*u and
Myrna Loy in "Evelyn Prentie* *
Dittmann—Genevieve Tobin and Edwnra
Everau Horton in “Uncertain Lady
San Benito: Tha Elvoll— Iran* Dunne
and Donald Wood* ta "8*wt Adeline,
Harlingen: The Arcadia Jama* OW“
oey ta “St. Louia Kid." The
Robert Montgomery and Maureen
Sullivan in "Hideout.** _
La reria The Bijou—Katharine BW
burn in "The Little Minuter.**
Raymondvtlle The Ramon—wajmee
Beery and Adolphe Meajou in
Mighty Bamum '* , w _
Donna: The Piam—Eddie C?aa*er in
“Kid Million* “ ^
Sen Juan* Tb* Ban Juan -OmWU “
Michael in "Tb* Rotortou* Sophie Lean
Mercedes: The Capitol-Shirley TMn*
pi# in “The Little Ootonal.**_
Waalaeo' The Rite—Janet
Warner Baxter In "One Move EWS
McAllen: Tb# Palate Fiaderle March
and Anna Sten in "Wa Uva Again “ The
Qumo—William Powell and Myras Lef
in "Evelyn Prentice " g