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©If Bnmmsufflf Herald Established July 4. im. As s Osily Newspaper. _ by lease a Wheeler J 11 STEIN .“. Publisher RALPH L BUELL . Editor Published every afternoon (except Saturday) and •unday morning Entered ss second-class matter In the pustoffice. Brownsville. lexaa. THE BROWNSVILLE BERALD~ PUBLISHING COMPANY 1363 Adams St. Brownsville Texas MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use of foi publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE National Advertising Representative Dal las, Texas SIS MercnacUi* Bank Bldg, Kansas City Mo 301 Interstate Bldg, Chicago til. 180 N Michigan Ave, Lae Ange ee. Calif. 1015 New Orpheum Bldg, New York N Y, 370 Lexington Ave, St Louis Mo. 506 8tar Bldg. San Francisco Calif. 155 ban some bt. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By earner—In Brownsville ana all Rio Oran da V allay due* 18c a week. 75c a month By Stall—In The Rio Orande Valley, in advance: on* year S7 00. six months $3 75; 3 months $3 By Mall--Outside of the Rio Orande Valley: 75a per month: $8 00 per year: 6 months $4.50 Friday, March 15, 1935 That Life-Saving Comma Nearly four years ago, three officials of a defunct Inortgagi company in Cleveland were convicted of fraud charges in connection with their company's •ale of partial payment gold trust bonds. The conviction didn't end the matter. It went to the state supreme court, which ordered a new trial on the ground that the judge erred in his charge to the jury. The other day the retrial finally began. Then the defense attorneys argued that the indict ment in the case was faulty—because of a misplaced comma They argued so well that the trial judge was obliged to agree with them and the men were freed. Addressing the Jury, the judge remarked that “this should illustrate the fallacy of making a crim inal case a game instead of a method of arriving at Justin - That’s putting it mildly. Here we have a criminal case that had dragged out tor four years—and it is final!" disposed of because some typist put a com ma in the wrong place! Is it any wonder that laymen grow Impatient with the technicalities of the law? St. Patrick’s Day at Port Isabel In spite of slight dissatisfaction expressed by some of tne “Ould Sod" Irishers of the Valley, it appears that Port Isabel's 8t. Patrick's Day event is moving to the same success usually enjoyed by functions held at tire seaport city. As a matter of fact, it may be imagined that the dissatisfaction expressed by the “Ould Sod" over too few Insh names appearing on the program la more in the nature of an advertising stunt than real concern over the program as arranged All this, of course, in fun. Valley folks will throng to Port Isabel on Sunday as they always do throng to Port Isabel, and the lame good time will be had by all. Port Isabel has the happy faculty of knowing how to entertain, how to make folks enjoy themselves, a faculty of which the Valley is well aware as evi denced by the well known slogan—"Never pass up a party at Port Isabel.1* \ _ A New Green Fruit Law Early shipments of Valley grapefruit will be cut down materially under the terms of the bill which has passed both houses of the legislature, making more stringent the tests to be applied under the “Green fruit” law. For yean the same old cry ha* gone forth, that early shipments of immature grapefruit have ruined the market for the ripe fruit It was thought that the difficulty had been solved when the first "Green Fruit” law was passed, but the passage of yean has proven that the tests applied by the law were none too severe and that fruit that passed the tests was not of necessity edible fruit. So Representative Homer Leonard introduced a Mil providing tests that are tests, and it passed the house and senate. We may expect that early fruit shipments will be curtailed,and thai unedtble fruit will not spoil the fair reputation of ripe Texas grape fruit. He Ought to Be Re-elected For no other reason than that he summoned the nerve to tell a constituent to "please take two run ning Jumps and go to hell". Congressman John 8. McGroarty of California should win a unanimous renomlnatlon and re-election. Chided because he had failed to carry out a cam paign pledge attempt In his first two months in congres . the California representative answered the chiding constituent as quoted above, and we imagine has the unqualified backing of every senator and every representative on Capitol Hill. Ri f c i!ous as many campaign pledges are m the light of tijeir possible fulfillment, they are not half as ridiculous as the demands made upon our repre sentatives by perhaps well meaning, but surely hslf_ cracked, voters who reside in their districts. Per taps a few more answers like that given by the California Irishman who sits in the House of Rep resentatives, would solve the problem. Find Right Weather For An Active Life By OK. MORRIS F1SUBE1N Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine If you've ever wondered why westerners are so breezy and active and optimistic, science has the an swer ft’s the weather, the atmosphere in which these people live. Recent ie*earch ha* shown that growth and bodily development are greatly influenced by the atmos phere in which animals — and persons too—live. For instance, continuous moist heat leads to devel 1 opment of lean, stringy types of animals, with low heat production. Such animals stand chilling poorly. They are also easily infected. • The investigators found, however, tltat a few hours of r ruling each d*y would overcome this condition and bring about definite changes In body functioning. Prolonged periods of heat and the constant stimu lation of retieaied storm changes keep people in the northwest, for example, living on a high energy level and full of vitality and pep. On the other hand, such stimulating regions seem to produce a little earlier menial and physical break down than are met with in places where the climate drive is less Intense • • • Investigations of relationship between wealth and health have brought out some exceedingly Interest I ing facts. Diabetes is less frequent and less trouble, some in the south than in the north This disease is especially associated with excessive drive. That form of breakdown of the adrenal glands call ed Addisons disease also is seen far more frequently in northern areas, where the drive is intense, than in the south. Of especial interest to many people are the figures relative to distribution of rheumatic disease. It Is generally well known that people with this type of dis ease find their greatest relief during the hot summer weather and suffer most during the late winter and early spring months, when weather changes are most sudden. • • • A study of the human body shows that the pains in the joints also are associated with a lessening of the blood supply and that sudden changes in temperature intensify this change In the circulation. In general, chronic rheumatic conditions attack people in the latter half of life, which is particularly the time when all physical activities of the body tend to become more sluggish and inactive. Under such circumstances, people need more pro tection against the rigors of our norther In storm seasons, since their ability to adapt themselves to changes in the weather is greatly lessened. However, when people make a change of climate and begin to feel better, they must not take it that the condition is cured. A return to the climatic conditions under which they formerly lived Is likely to bring about a return of the symptoms. — — - Private shipbuilders will soon come to grief if they continue to feel that there’s something immoral and unpatriotic about the government building Its owm ships. — Senator Homer T Bone. Academic freedom should be the freeaom of the learners to learn and not the freedom of the profes : sor to profess or to indoctrinate. — John W. Stude ! baker. U. S commissioner of education. It is not sufficient to be known as “good citizens;” we must be good for something. Our greatest prob lem is the number of intelligent people who are mor I ally unemployed. — Bishop Ernest M Stires. __ Organize and demand equitable distribution of the earnings of the automobile industry, which made mil lionaires of owners through exploitation of workers, j — William Green. A F. of L. president, to St. Louis 1 workers. SCOTT’S SCRAPBOOK.By R. J. Scott FIRST STREET LAMPS IN AMERICA BURNED pine knots - t'hey were PLACED ON T&E w CORNERS OF BoSToKS "main' -SfREEti in H95 _ 4 CORILLA** Signal drum w Hl$ BARE CHE5T WHICH HE <1Uump* WrfU HK Fl$<$ -fWBaa - I -fkfc ITALIAN'BLAdK 5UIRT $fAMP 1$$UE oF WAS<HE FlR$«o 5KOW 'f’KE MUSSOLINI 5ALlff£ --- REINDEER HAIR I* USED m For STUFFING life preservers <*pprnt»n. fry Cwinl frttt )Uwci*Uoit. fr*. ?• IT Todays Almanac: March 1S» l76TAndrewjach son, 72lTYesulen.t of fcnr United States, born l*T!-PHiladelp*ua institutes a Paif* fire department. |91tRussian Czar dethroned. March-especially if you haivkn income tax to pay. News Behind the News Capital and world goealp. »wnu d per** untie* is end nit 01 the new* written by a group « ear lea* and tnfc-meu newspaper men of Waebinglon and New York Thl* column is puoueaeo oy The Herald ae * new* feature Opinions expressed are tnoa* o* the writer* a* Individuals and should not be interpreted aa re flecting the editorial policy at tbia tews na per WASHINGTON By GEORGE Dl’RNO Crash — Organized minorities. several of which have nothing par ticular In common, are welded Into a temporary bloc here that has up set the entire White House legisla tive procram As a result, much of it promises to go overboard for the S6S610T1. Reading from left to tight — and thr expression is used advisedly — are Long, Coughlin & Oo„ spear heading the whole antLadministra tion drive; the Townsend plan and EPIC backers; the Inflationists; the American Federation of Labor, which feels It has been sold down the river; the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, de manding cash bonus; the American Bankers’ assoc tv>n and the Am erican Liberty league, opposing bank reform legislation, and the power lobbv. which verv much does not want the Wheeler-Ravbum bill abolishing holding companies pass ed And to this, where It doesn’t na turally synchronize, the republican minority which has been giving aid and comfort to the extent of nor mally unexplainable vote* And then toss in the progressives, who have now’ decided to go their own way. • • • Freedom — The 40 left-wing ltb I erals who organized tnto a bloc in the house under guidance of Rep resentatives Paul Kvale <T-L). ?;inn.. Gerald J. Boileau <P>. Wis.. and Merlin Hull <P». Wis.. are indi cative of the new political order— althorwh this group concedes it wont be able to do much but make noise. Existing house gag rules will limit that. When Boileau finally produces a statement of policy, he being in charge of that, it will bear a pre amble allowing anv bloe member to dissent from legislation generally endorsed therein. Those who are for everything else will not stomach the Frazler-Lemke farm mortgnee refinancing bill. A few will not go along for still more public works There may be some defections on the proposition of gov eroent ownership of all natural re sources and monopolies vested with public Interest. • • • Liaison — The house malcontents ' do think they have an outside chance to soften the stringent dis charge rule so that 145 members, instead of 218 majority, may again force legislation out of committee for a vote. Veteran observers doubt thev will get to first base. Representative Kvale. a« bloc chairman, points out for Instance that he personally Is opposed to the Townsend cV age pension plan. Yet he feels it should be met squarely and voted down by the house be cause of the widespread following it has enticed with its Utopian for mula. Primarily, the “Mavericks" — a* the ; 'w group Is called with a Texas democrat of that famous name whq is a member—nlan to establish clos er liaison with senate progressives. Senators Norris of Neb., LaFollette of Wise. Cutting of N Mex.. Shin stead of Minn., and others are said to have encouraged the bloc’s incep tion. Burks — For months the country watched the New Deal make some of the strahgest bedfellows tn no Mtical history. Now. by the same token, it is witnessing the end of some beautiful friendshios Witness the verbal battle between Senator Bill Borah and Chief Co ordinator Don Rich berg over the fu ture of NR A This pair of former iberals who saw eye to eye for years have gone to the mat like a couple crrudce fighters Ever since Borah came roaring out of the west to belabor trusts and -special privilege during considera tion of the Pavne-Aldrich tariff bill, he has been lifting his eloquent voice against monopolies. So It is small wonder that Don penetrated Bill's epidermis when he hung the “friend-of.monopoly” tag on the ™-»hoan because of his fight against NRA On the other hand. Richberg rose to national notice as a labor attor ney (although he now makes it clear he always was on a straight retainer! and a supporter of the late 'Fighting Bob’* LaFollette. For vears he was regarded by many as a Taming radical if not a “danger ous Red.- Now Borah says he is the friend of big business, and the pair are stlred to bitter words. I • • Water —It makes a lot of dif ference whose ox is being gored. Un der ordinary circumstances the tes ty and able Senator Carter Gla*s. of Va . would fight with all the amaxlng strength within him against any proposition to apply gag rule to that "greatest deliberative body on earth, the U. 8. Senate." But when a man's pet aversion happens to be Huey Long, and the Louisiana Kingfish takes up hour after hour of the senate's time talk ing about ships, shoes and sealing wax. that makes a difference The Glass proposal to make sen ators confine themselves to germane subjects when debating appropria tion bills Is doomed to failure but it partially expressed the Virginian's views on what should be done about the Delta Dictator. It was so much water off a Klngflsh's back AAA Safety — Chairman Jesse Jones of RFC Is out to show mortgage invest ment concerns how to make money He is organizing a mortgage corpo. ration to lead off In the business of handling government - Insured mort gages The new corporation will deal In mortgages on businees prop erty and apartment houses — a branch of business that has been stagnant for several years. Under Title in of the Federal Housing Act the government en courages organization of mortgage investment corporations. A new act authorizes the Reconstruction Finance Corooration to invest as much as 1100.000.000 in the securi ties of these corporations. With mortgages insured by Uncle Sam a distinct loosening up of the real estate and construction business Is reported. Banks, building and loan associations, and contractors have found a way to do business safely. The sooner they catch on to the new system the better for employment. • • • Notes — Dozens of banks are add ed dally to the number that are lending money on real estate mort gage* insured by the Federal Hous ing Administration — and building operations are increasing ... All official reports indicate improving business conditions - . Represen tative Welch. Rep , of California. Joins the insurrection against Lead er Snell... Tariff concessions grant, ed to Belgium in the new trade agreement are extended to over 50 other nations. An important branch of education in Japan is the artistic arrange ment of flowers. This subject Is taught in elementary schools and even has its place in college courses. THE PRAJADHIPOKS ARE LIVING NEAR LONDON DARLING — WAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE TWENTY-FOUR UMBRELLAS DARK BLOND _4_CaPLETQN Ken DRAKE e vv$ CHAPTER 1A CHE stood to front of the mirror ^ giving finishing touches to her face, and thinking of Drimgoid'e strange confession She might have known It was something like that No man who was guilty of the pet ty. chiseling tactics Georgs Dr1m gold used could be quite the pillar of society that be liked to simulate She snuggled Into her fur coat ■cooped np the math snapped en elastic band around the pack of letters, took care to throw the spring lock on the door Into posi tlon. nodded to the assistant lanl j tor as she stepped out into the cor rid or. She went to the elevator, dropped her letters down the mail chute pulled her coat tightly around her figure as she met the cold wind of the street The tingling air felt good to her skin. She pushed the door and entered the welcome warmth of the tea room. She hung op the fur coat where •he couid keep an eye on it. dropped her puree to a chair beside her and consulted the menu She could, she saw. get some chicken croquettes snd tea and atitl leave a 10-cent tip for the waitress out of the FO cents Drimgold bad given her. Millicent decided on the ero * queues, and gave her order. She took a clgaret from her purse and was bolding a match to It when her eyes suddenly snapped to qnlrk at tentlon. A woman, with a coat of black ermine wrapped around her. had entered the tea room. She walked with quick, nervous steps Mlllicent couldn't see the face, but she could glimpse a coldly baleful •ye. Then the woman In the ermine coat swept past her and'took the table lust back of the one where Mlllicent sat • • • jipLLICENT ate In slow, thought 1 A ful alienee. The woman, dressed as a gypsy, whose duty It was to tel! fortune*, cam* across the room toward her. “1 teel." she said, “that you're going to have * very interesting fortune. Have you finished your tear* Mlllicent smiled wanly. “Really,", •he said. "I'm not particularly in terested. and 1 haven*' any money for a tip If you should give me a good fortune,* The woman sank into a chair be side her. pulled Militant's tea cup across the table. 8he stared steadily down Into the few tea leave* in the bottom of the tea cup. Milhcent felt a sensation of ▼ago* uneasiness creeping over bar “Look.” said tho fortune teller “Look at the way those leaves are arranged See bow black they are and notice this leal which has twisted Its edges.” “What do they mean?" Millicent Inquired. “Dark deeds of violence,” the for tune teller said. "There's murder In the tea cap.” “Murder!" Millicent exclaimed. "Not yours." the gypsy said has tlly. “The murder of someone who's does to yon. There's danger to you. but you're not going to be murdered. The danger comes from' a woman. I cant see her clearly She's menacing you. and yet she's the woman you'd least suspect.” Millicent hastily pushed the tea cup away. "I’ve heard enough.” she said lr rltably. “I'm tired and nervous and 1 don’t want to bear any more of your p-edlctlons." The gypsy scraped back her chair from the table. "I’m sorry,” aha said. “Gannloo j Millicent Craves. ly sorry. Ft* only told you because I thought you should be warned.' Millicent flashed her a quick glance and saw that the gypsy's face was white and strained "Please forgive me.” she said. Millicent left a tip for the wait ress. picked up her check, her gloves and purse, strode to the door. m • • T'HE fresh bite of the wind helped 1 to steady her nerves. She wen sorry that the walk was not longer As she turned into the lighted lob by of the office building, she signed her name on the night register and was swept up to the 17tb floor She walked down the flagged corridor with quick, nervous steps, the sound of her heels decking in echoes from the sides of the eorrl dor. She paused before Drimcold‘s| office and opened her purse. i Consternation gripped her. Millieent turned the purm over in her band and stared at ft curl ously. It was an exsct duplicate of her purge—even to the Initials. "M. G..** mom granted on the leather. i With the quick mental processes of one who has wntked for a living and who, then re. has grown ae rustomed to re* ponsibt titles. Mill! j cent Graves, standing before Drim gold's door, made hasty mental In ventory of the situation. Shs bad made up her face befo.e leaving Drimgold's office She knew therefore, that she bad taken her own purse when she left the office 1 The substltutioo must have taken I place at the restaurant The woman In the black ermine coat with the high collar, in taking the table tm j mediately behind Millieent must | have left her own £ur«a near Milii oaoi% ‘ Mlilieent tucked the puree under ber arm. whirled and almost ran toward tbe elevators. She pressed ber flowed finger against the bell which summoned the elevator. It seemed ages be fore It swept Into view. When It did she saw. to her surprise that tbe man at the controls was not the Janitor at all. but a well dressed individual of suave manners, who swung open the doors for her with something of a flourish, sod. at the same moment, raided bis bat “You'll pardon me." be said, "but I found the elevator on tba 16th floor. 1 was in something of a hurry to go down 1 rang several times for the Janitor. He didn't show up. *ao 1 decided to take a 1 hand at the controls myselt 1 fig ured tbe Janitor could wait down 16 flights of stairs better than 1 could Then I beard you ringing from tbe 17tb floor and couldn'1 conscientiously abandon you to a long climb down tbe Mslrt. Would you care to share lu my adven ture?" DERTURBED as aha vai, MUM L cent nevertheless recognized the man's inherent strength of charac ter. was moved by his magnetic personality. “Are yon." she ask* a "quite ear tain that you know bo * u» operate itr “Oh. quite." he told her. "After alb It Isn't too complicated." As she entered the cage the man moved a lever the door clanged shut He pressed over on the con trol throttle and the elevator shot downward. "The trick." be said, smiling "lies In knowing lust when to stop And then, before tear could griff tils m Pua&eti m CQOUoi 1 hack into oautra) and tha cage slid smoothly to a stop. Ha moved tha lever which opened the door ‘Permit me. he said and taking her arm escorted her to the street. “Yon go this way?" ha asked, nod* ding toward the right "Yes.' she said, hardly knowing whether It waa proper for her to continue the acquaintanceship an Informally begun. “Welt" be said, to her rellat “I go the other way. You wont tall the Janitor about tha elevator, will you?" He raised bis hat and. emllings turned to sweep down oo the wing* of the cold night wind. Mllllcent almost ran through tfca swinging door Into the tea room** Her eye encountered the gypsy gtrL T “My purse." she said breath lean ly. “What became of the woman In the black fur coat? The black ermine with the collar around the neckr The fortune teller atared at MfV llceot strangely. “She crossed to a table back of you." rbe said, "and only stayed for a minute or two. She wasn't served." "Do you know who she was?" / "No." \ f I LUCENT GRAVES stared down at tba black leather purse she held In her bsnd. “If." she said, “she comet tn. tell her to get in touch with Miss Graves, at Mr. Orimgold'a oflce as the 17th floor of the WolgamoCS building." The fortune teller nodded. "f’ll tell her." she said. MIlMccnt flung away Impatiently, fled out of the door. She was within some SO feet of the entrance to the Wolgamotl building when a figure, garbed is whits came rushing out of the lobby. She recognized the man ae the assistant Janitor. As aba looked at his whits, frightened fees conscious of th* cold perspiration on bia forehead, of tha manner tn which tba night wind whipped his hair about hit forehead, he screamed the sing)* word, "ulurder!" Then he turned and ran down the sidewalk as fast as he con Id go. the wind at hla back helping him In bis burst of speed. Millicent Graves, filled with soma suddea premonition of impending disaster. In turn raced toward the lobby of the building Sha found the elevator open and deserted Bbe had remembered enough of the manner In which It should be opem ated to work the leve. which eloeed tba door, and pushed the throttle over to the left It took her a moment of fumbling with the controls to get the cage stopped at the 17th floor. Then, having opened the door, the ran down the corridor. The door of Drlmgold’a private a office * as open. w Drlmgold lay on the floor. A bu> let hole In the center of bla form head welled a thick, red stream across the carpeted floor. A bait opened purse was clutched In the Angers of his left hand. The com tents were scattered over the floor. One ewift look at the pane, and she recognised ft (t was her ow« puraei The things which were strewn about tba room were her own-^llpstlck. compact handker* chief keys, visiting cards She felt panic tighten her throat. Moved ny Impulse, she ran to the window, flung It open and looked dorn the 17 floors The white-garbed assistant Jant» tor was Just rounding the corner* and. *ll«h»iv behind him ran a i"l» formed i> ■•♦■uum