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FLOOD WATERS
ARE SURGING
TOWARD CREST
(By The Associated Press)
Flood waters of Mississippi tribut
aries apparently were surging to a
crest Friday as thousands of refu
gees fled rising water in Missouri,
Southern Illinois and Arkansas
Battered levees, strained by flood
water of the past week, were eyed
anxiously in the stricken areas, while
army engineers said the flood was
near its crest in the upper Miss
issippi basin, and barring further
tains, the river should start falling
next week.
Situation Critical
The situation was still critical in
southeastern Missouri and Arkansas
Where the Red Cross estimated
13,000 would be counted homeless.
Three negroes were drowned wnen
their rowboat capsized in the Little
liver near Slkeston. Mo.
Engineers warned that levees
could withstand no further buffet
ing near Kenneth. Mo., and an
area, inhabited by 9.000 persons was
gravely threatened. Poplar Bluff
was a santuary for 3,000 refugees as
the St. Francis and Black rivers
•wept livestock and property in
their murky tide.
Levees Crumble
A levee crumbled at Moark, Ark..
forcing 650 to evacuate the area,
and officials warned the New Port
levee would probably go out. Scores
of marooned victims were rescued
in the northern Arkansas flood dis
trict.
The Wabash river at Mt. Carmel,
111., rose at a decreasing rate, and
flood danger diminished in western
Pennsylvania. West Virginia and
Ohio river point*.
BIDS OPENED
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as Automatic Sprinkler company of
Dallas, $24,083.05; Chamberlain A
Strain of San Antonio, $25,530.45;
and A. E. Rhelner Si Co., of San
Antonio. $29,189 61.
The Mo&ier Steel company was
low bidder at $8,106 on contract to
furok'.i, complete and installed, a
100,000-gallon elevated steel water
tower with concrete base. Other
bids on this tower were. Pittsburgh
Deg Moines Steel Co.. Dallas. $8,750;
and Chicago Bridge & Iron Works.
Chicago $8,850.
The bids were opened by William
Oram of the Fort Worth office of
the PWA. Harry J- Burch of the Dal
I las office. B. F. Williams, project
engineer for the PWA: R. J Cum
mins. consulting engineer of the
Brownsville Navigation District;
and Commisisoners J. O. Feman
de* and Z. A. Rosenthal of the dis
trict. They were opened at the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
building
Cummins expressed satLsfaicnin
with the bids, as did officials of the
district, and it is expected contracts
will be awarded in a short time
when approval is given by the PWA.
Total cost of the water supply
system at the turning basin, ac
cording to officials of the naviga
tion district, will run $7,524 67 less
than the amount allocated by the
Public Works administration for
this part of the port work
Amount allocated by the PWA
was $158,750. and the total cost, as
suming that the low bidders of
Thursday will be awarded contracts
at the figures named, will be $151.
23523. divided A- follows Laving
of water mains frem the city to the
turning basin, $121,257.50; reser
voir and connections. $21,861.73.
steel water tower and tank. $' a
Provisions of construction assure
the terminal facilities the same wa
ter supply, with the same pressure,
* as enjoyed by the city of Browns*
* vine.
DEPOSITORY BIDS
ARE TO BE TAKEN
UP THIS SATURDAY
4
The matter of selecting a deia»i
* lory for Cameron county funds will
eome up before the commissioners’
Krt again at a session to be held
urdav morning.
The commissioners opened bidr
pn the depository Monday and con
sidered the matter again Thursday
before passing it over to Saturday.
The State National bank of
Brownsville has bid l-10th of one
percent for the depository, and the
8an Benito Bank Si Trust com
pany has entered a bid of one per
cent for a portion of the depository.
This is the second time that the
• bids have been advertised, and
several of the commissioners are
in favor of calling for bids a third
« time, it has been indicated
* Boy's Heart Being
Moved to Right Side
TEMPLE. March 15. UP) — The
heart of 28-year-rld Walter Baker,
which last Tuesday beat against his
right chest wall. Friday was gradu
ally being guided back over a six
inch path to Its normal position by
deMcate treatment of physicians.
Four and one-half quarts of fluid
had been drained from the patient's
left chest, and doctors continued
the drainage treatment, hoping to
be able to perform an operation.
City Briefs
• -- -
Skelton Abstract Company has
moved to ground floor of Merchants '
Bank Bldg —Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harding of
Raymondville were vistors in
Brownsville Thursday.
r Pruning shears, saws, knives and
tree paint. Lawnmowers. hose and
* sprinklers Brownsville Hardware.— !
Adv.
* E. Spnnger of New York City who
has been visiting with Oscar Som
mers and family returned to his
home Thursday night. Mr. Springer
* and Mr. Sommers are cousins.
Prince Matchabelll Perfumes, are
now oa sale at the Basket Place.
Matwnoros— Adv.
! TODAY’S MARKETS I
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MARKETS AT A GLANCE
New York
Stocks firm; industrials lead
quiet upturn.
Bonds mixed; U. S. governments
ease.
Curb steady; specialties rally
quietly.
Foreign exchanges; irregular;
sterling higher.
Cotton lcwer; local and foreign
selling; lower cables.
Sugar quiet; steady spot market.
Coffee weak; easier Brazilian
markets.
Chicago
Wheat higher; widespread dust
storms.
Corn ftrmp; sympathy with
wheat.
Cattle steady to weak.
Hogs steady to 5 higher; top
19.40. _
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK. March 15. —t>P»—
The stock market made a few
brave efforts to advance in the
face of selling flurries in commo
dities Friday, but by early after
noon narrow gains were being held
with difficulty .
A wide assortment of shares
pushed up fractions to a point in
qu.et trading, which seemed to
reflect short covering and buying
for a turn on the part of traders
who thought Wall Street's latest
fit of blues was being carried to
extremes
But a drop of about a dollar a
bale in cotton, a sagging tendency
in grains, and pronounced weak
ness in such staples as rubber and
coffee, soon put a damper down
upon what cheer the share mar
ket was able to muster. Bonds were
unable to continue Thursdays
rally.
The action of foreign exchanges
was again encouraging, with the
pound sterling rebounding a couple
of cents and the slump in the gffld
currencies checked for the mo
ment.
Recoveries appeared in the ear
lier hours of trading in most of the
major groups of shares. Steels were
held back by the controversy in
Washington over the industry's
i price-making, and oils and dairy
issues failed to recc#?r. but farm
Implements, mail orders, alcohols,
non-ferrous metals, motors, miscel
i laneous industrials, and scattered
rails and utilities all pushed up
moderately.
Gains of major fractions to a
point appeared in such Issues as
Union Pacific. Johns-Manville.
Case, Public 8ervice of N. J.. Amer
ican Telephone, Du Pont. Loews.
U. S Smelting, and others.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Sales in 100s High Low Close
A) Chem&Dye 15 130 1284 1294
Am Can 7 1144 114 1144
Am Stl Fd 13 134 124 134
Am Sug Ref 2 1314 130 1314
Am TAT 47 103% 102 4 1034
Anaconda 24 84 8 84
Atch TArSF 37 40 4 38 % 40%
Baldwin Loc 19 1% 14 1%
Bendix Avia 19 13 12 124
Beth Stl 67 24 22% 24
Chrysler 139 33 31 4 32%
Con Oil 20 6% 64 6%
Du Pont De N 52 89 4 87 4 884
Gen Asp 7 124 11% 12%
GE 142 21% 204 2lS
Gen Foods 18 33 4 32 4 33 4
Gen Mot 126 274 26 4 274
Goodyear 32 17% 164 17% j
111 Cen 20 10% 94 10
Inspira Cop 3 2% 24 24
Int Han 19 36 34 4 36
Int T&T 80 64 5% 64
J Manv 37 40 4 39 4 40%
iKennecctt 26 14% 14 14%
Natl Stl 4 41 40 % 41
NY Central 67 134 124 134
Penney JC 16 65% 65 65%
Radio 96 44 4 44
Sears R 41 34% 33 34
Hoc Vac 73 124 11% 124
S Pac 62 134 124 134
Std Brds 33 154 15 15%
SO NJ 42 364 36 36 4
Stew-Warn 6 7»i 7 74
Tex Com 14 17% 164 174
US Ind nl 4 36 4- 35 4 36 4
US Stl 148 29 4 28 29
Warner Piet 69 24- 24 2%
WU 33 22 20s1! 22
West ElArM 32 34 4 33 4 34
Woolworth 18 53 52 4 52 4
NEW YORK CURB
NEW YORK, March 15. —<&>—
Buying interest in curb stocks was
highly selective Friday, but a fail
number of established trading fa
vorites managed to work a little
higher. Some inactively traded spe
cialties moved up sharply.
American Gas & Electric and
Electric Bond A’ Share were bought
at modestly higher levels, the form
er at 184 and the latter at 4 A
few of the metals improved frac
tionally.
A. O. Smith A Co rose about 5
points to 484 and Pittsburgh Plate
Glass was up a major fraction at
494. Oils were dull.
NEW YORK CURB
Cities Service 80 4 % 4
El BAS 87 4 4 3% 44
Ford Ltd 7 74- 7% 74
Gulf Pa 7 504 504 51
United Gas 5 14 l 1
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. March 15—
Opening from 10 to 15 points lower,
cotton futures here Friday continued
to sag on the market and at one
time in the early trading were off
about a dollar a bale.
Partial recovery from the early
lows took place as speculative buy
ing orders from the interior check
ed the decline.
Liverpool advices reported an
easier market there with large of
ferings of cotton being made by
the continent and Bombav.
At 2 p. m. in England the Liver
pool exchange was 6 io 12 Ameri
can points lower.
March opened here at 1097 and
May at 11.11. July at 11.19, October
at 1075 and December at 10.83.
Both new and old crop months
were subjected to pressure in active
dealings.
The market ruled around the low
er opening levels for the most of
the morning. Pressure by both
new and old crop months checked
any attempt to raise prices while
on the other hand the decline also
met support on a point to point
basis.
The volume of dealings fell off
around mid-day as May sold at
11.05, July at 11.10, Oct. an 10.70 and
Dec. at 10.80.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. March 15 -P—
Cotton futures doted steady at net
declines of 8 to 14 points.
Open High Low Close
Mch 1057 10.97 1054 10.99B-10.01A
May 11.11 11.15 11.03 11.13-15
Jlj 11.19 11.19 11.07 11.18.19
Oct 10.75 10.79 10.67 10 76-79
Dec 10.83 10.86 10.75 10.81B
Jan 10.87 1050 10.84 10.84B
NEW YORK FUTURES
NEW YORK. March 15. *#)—Cot
ton futures closed very steady, 13
to 19 lower.
Optn High Low Close
Mch 11.06 11.06 10.96 11.06
May 11.15 11.22 11.02 11.17-22
Jly 11.15 11.24 11.08 11.19-24
Oct 10 65 10.80 10.64 10.77-79
Dec 10.75 10.85 10.71 1081
Jan 10.77 10.90 10.76 10.87
Spot steady; middling 11.50.
FORT WORTH GRAIN
FORT WORTH. March 15. (A*)—
Demand for gram was low here Fri
day. Receipts were estimated as;
Wheat 7 cars, corn 7, oats 4, barley
1. and sorghums 5.
Delivered Texas Gulf ports, ex
port rate, or Texas common points;
Wheat No. 2 hard 1.07 3-4 to 08 3-4
Barley No. 2 nom 76-76; No. 3 nom
74-75; sorghums No. 2 milo per 100
lbs nominal 2.15-2.20; No. 3 milo
nom 2.13-18. No. 2 kafir nom 2.02;
No. 3 kafir nom 2.00-03.
Delivered Texas common points
or group three: Com (shelled) No
2 white Mexican 1.01 1-4 to 02 1-4;
No. 2 white northern 1.11-12; No. 2
yellow 1.04-05. Oats No. 2 red 64 to
64 1-2; No. 3 red 63 to 63 1-2.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. March 15.—<■*>►— De
spite Liierpool wheat quotations
sharply better than expected, grain
prices here averaged lower early
Friday. Opening unchanged to *4
lower, May 92'a-3,, Chicago wheat;
then held near this range. Com
also started unchanged to H off.
May 78H-44, and suosequently al
tered little.
GRAIN CLOSE
CHICAGO. March 15 (/Pi
Open High Low Close
Wheat
May 92^-H 93 \ 91*4 92*4-T4
Jly 88',-** 90>„ 88’, 89 \ - *4
Sep 88',-*, 90S 88 », 89l*-%
Corn—
Mch .... . 81 '4
May 78‘,-\ 79S 78‘4 79:*-i4
Jly 74'*-', 75*, 74 74T*_75
Sep 71*4-44 72-* ?1'2 72»«
Oats—
May 46\-i, 46', 45:, 46‘4-l4
Jly 40 40'* 39', 39‘»-40
Sep 38 38', 37\ 38
Rye
May 57', 57T» 56 57 >4
Jly 58 * 58*4 57 58'.
Sep 59', 60 58'4 69',
Barley
May 65 . 64
iJly •••• •••« «•«. 58
Sep • ••• .... .... ....
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH. March 15. tAy
(U. S. D. A.)—Hogs 2.000; truck
logs steady; top 9 13; better grades
180-270 lb truck hogs 9.00-15; mo6l
cl supply mixed grades and weights
selling from 9.00 down, mcluding
medium grade light lights at 7.00;
butcher pigs 5.00-6.00; packing sows
steady, mostly 800.
Cattle 1.200; calves 400; trade In
most slaughter oiler mgs aoout
steady, quality considered; few lots
good to choice fed yearlings 9.00
10.00; other less attractive yeariings
around and under 8.00; good lat
cows 5.25-6.00; butcher grades
around 3.50-4.50; slaughter calves
alow, small lots good to ciioice hea
vies 7.00-8 00; but m06t weighty
averages around 6.75 down.
Sheep 900; receipts mostly shorn
fat lambs and yearlings telling
steady with Thursday's decline;
medium to good shorn fat lambs
6.50-7.00; short fat yearlings 5.50;
shorn feeder lambs 4.00-50.
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO, March 15. —(U.
S. D. of A.»—Potatoes. 96 on track
348 total US shipments 928; bull:
sacked per cwk Wisconsin round
whites U. S. No. 1, very few sales
mostly around .70; few’best .72
commercial grade .65-67; Michigan
russet rur&ls U. S. No. 1. verv few
sales 70; Idaho russets US No. 1.
very few sales 150-55; few higher;
U. S. commercial 1.30-32‘4; new
stock. Florida bu crates bliss
triumphs U. 8. No. 1. washed, few
>ales 1.90.
ADVOCATEOF
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affiliations with the communist
party.”
"Who are these senators?" asked
Senator Bone <D-Wa.>h). leaning
over the desk. “I'd like to know who
some of my companions are.”
Shearer, who prior to that time
had busied himself at the witness
desk pouring reports and corre
spondence into the records, referred
at once to a publication entitled
"Reds in America." published in
1924 under editorial direction of R.
M. Whitney, director of the Wash
ington Bureau of the National De
fense Society.
The list, however, contained 14
senators.
Named were Senators McKellar
of Tennessee. Frazier of North Da
kota. Ashurst of Arizona, the late
Senator Kendrick of Wvoming. the
ate Senator Howell oi Neb aska,
the late Senator Ralston of Indiana,
former Senator Dill of Washington.
Wheeler of Montana, the late Sen
ator La Follette of Wisconsin, for
mer Senator Brookhart of Iowa.
Norris of Nebraska, Shipstead of
Minnesota, former Senator John
son of Minnesota; and former Sen
ator Swanson of Virginia, now sec
ertary of the navy.
Shearer made no effort to point
out which nine of the senators he
claimed were on the justice depart
ment list, and the committee did
not pursue its questioning to bring
this out.
Ewing Will Attend
Navigation Congress
HARLINGEN. March 15—S Fin
ley Earing, well known Harlingen
business man. has been selected as
a member of the U. S. delegation to
the 16th International Navigation
congress to be held in Brussels in
September.
Ewing, who received the notifica
tion of his selection from Major Milo
P. Fox, secretin.- of the American
section of the Permanent Inter
national association of Navigation
is undecided as to whether he will
accept the position. <
RELIEF BUI
PASSAGE SEEN
WASHINGTON. March 15. lAV
Jubilantly. the Roosevelt forces In
the senate got set Friday to jam
the $4,880,000,000 work and relief
bill straight through a yawning gap
in the defenses of the McCarran
prevailing wage men.
Tearing back here from Philadel
phia. where he again denounced
President Rooseveit as a man who
says "lovely words and lets us go
on with our sorrow,” Senator Huey
P. Long sought to do what he could
to stave off defeat.
But the democrat leaders believ
ed the struggle, now nearly two
months old. was all over but the
shouting. Even should Senator Hat
tie Caraway—"the little lady from
Arkansas"—be carried from her
hospital bed to cast her vote from
a stretcher, the McCarran amend
ments foes were confident of vic
tory.
Five of six senators, including New
York's advocate of r^w labor legis
lation. Robert F Wagner, were ex
nected to leave the camp of Sena
tor Pat McCarran. the former Jurist
from Nevada's wride spaces who has
been a leader of one of the hottest
fights in years.
HAWKS MAKES
(Continued from Page One)
Americas race will stop, and will
make investigations as to time re
quired lor customs and lmmigra
.lcn routine at these stops They also
will investigate the refueling ac
commodations and other accommo
dations for the race.
Commander Hawks said while he
was here that he gave up the proj
ected non-stop ilight from Wash
.ngton. D. C., to the Canal Zone be
cause of newspaper publicity, and
complained of newspapermen who
had folowed him. He dropped into
Amarillo a few days ago and would
give out no information there, try
ing to conceal his Identity until he
was recognized. He made the hop
from Kansas City here non-stop
flying at an altitude of 15,000 faet
both to conserve gasoline and keep
more or less out of the public eye.
The trip is being made in the nature
ol a test for the new racing plane,
which is & low wing monoplane
with a 720-norse power Wasp motor.
It is capable of making 250 miles
an hour or more.
No information could be secured
as to why Hawks made such ela
borate efforts to avoid publicity,
hiring his stay here he remained at
he Brownsville airport most of lie
me. and solicited the cooperation
of airport officials in maintaining
his veil of secrecy until after he
'•■parted. He also declined to pose
lor photographs.
It is believed that he is making
certain checks of speed in the new
plane, particularly at high alti
udes. Hawks did not announce his
^xact time on his ncn-stop flight
rom Kansas City here, but he made
the 900 miles in less than four
':ours. according to estimates.
He did not say when he would be
back.
Truck Markets
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Thursday. March 14:
Grapefruit: Texas 27. Fla 94. Calif
1. Anz 6. total US 128 cars.
Oranges: Artz 2. Calif 237. Florida
104. total US 343 cars.
Mixed citrus: Calif 9. Fla 37, total
US 46 cars.
Beans Fla 43. total US 43 cars.
Beets: Cali fl, Texas 4. total Ufl
5 cars.
Carrots: Aru 7. Calif 40. Fla 1,
New York 12. Tex 3. total US 63 cars.
Greens: Ca’«f 4, Fla 4. Texas 1.
Grtens: Caul 4. Fla 4. Texas 1.
Va. 4 total US 13 can.
Mixed vegetables: Calif 31. Fla 32,
Texas 1‘, others 6, total US 87 cars
Mexico 1.
Peas: Calif 15, Fla 2. total US 17
cars.
Peppers: Fla 9. total US 9 cars.
Spinach: Calif 4, Texas 44, total
US 48 cars.
Tomatoes: Fla 34, total US 34 cars
Mexio 14
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
ments forwarded Friday morning.]
March 15:
Grapefruit 27, mixed vegetables 10,
carrots 2. beets 2. beets and carrots
2, parsley 1. endive 1, total 45 cars.
Total to date this season—citrus
4308. vegetables 4883. mixed citrus
and vegetables 31. total 9222: to the
same date last season—citrus 1715.
vegetables 6021. mixed citrus and
vegetables 26. total 7762 cars.
Representative prices paid by
truckers for Valley citrus and vege
tables March 14:
Grapefruit: Boxes US comb 1.50
1.65: US No. 2s 1.25-1.35. Bushels
US comb 75-85c: US No 2s 65-75c;
unclassified 50-60c. Sacks box size
US No. 2s 1-1.15; unclassified 75
R5c.
Oranges: Bushels U8 comb 150
1.60; US No. 2s 1.40-1.50; unclassl
fieds 1.10-1.35. Sacks box sue US
No 2s 1.85-2.00; unclassified 1.50
1.75.
Beets: Per do* bunches 25-30c;
half crates 1.35-1.50.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton 50-55.00;
crates 2.50-2.85.
Carrots: Per doz bunches 20-25c;
half crates 75-85c.
Greens: Per doz bunches turnip
and mustard 22'i-25.
Green onions: Per doz bunches
mostly 25c
Parsley: Per doz bunches 20-25;
bu crates around $1.00.
Peas—Bu hampers 125-150.
Potatoes: Bliss Triumphs 50-lb
sacks US No. Is, IS in min 75-85c.
Radishes: Bu erts 1.75-2.00.
Spinach: Bu baskets 85c-1.00
Turnips: Per doz bunches 25-30C.
Collards: Per doz bunches mostly
25c.
Income Tax Payment
Deadline Is Near
WASHINGTON. March 15._^P>—
Midnight Friday night is the dead
line for paying first instalments of
the federal tax against 1934 incomes.
The internal revenue bureau
warned that forgetfulness or wilful
delay beyond that hour would be
costly. Persons who fail to make the
initial quarterly payment on time
will have to pay 25 per cent addi
tional tax. it was said, and the
penalties for wilful failure to keep
the date with Uncle Sam's tax col
lectors may range as high as $10,000
and one year's imprisonment.
I Royal Family Which Seeks U. S. Queen
who recently indicated he’d be pleased to make any American heiress with $1 000
000_‘*'.year ,inTc0Ine hi* queen, is shown with his sisters in new photo brought back to U. S. by Post Wheeler
iv, mg U. S. minister. Left to right: Princesses Ruhie, Seme. Natie, the king, Myzeien, Mashide.
//I • • e» •
Police Radio
Enables Cops
To Work Fast
The ingratitude of the human race
and the e.ficency of the Browns
ville police radio patrol forcibly were
wrought to tiie attention of J. W
Taylor. Dallas Business visitor, here ,
fhursday night.
Taylor picked up a young hitch- !
hiker near Harlingen Thursday
afternoon and gave him a ride into!
Brownsviiie. The hitch-hiker, a
clean-cut youngster of 20 who said
he lived in Pennsylvania, was treat- |
ed to a good meal, and Taylor also
kept the youngster in ius company
early in the evening.
The Dallas salesman, much to his!
surprise, discovered later that his
companion had stolen his watch, |
glasses and several shirts from his
.uggage.
He reported the incident to
Brownsviiie police who. with the aid
of -he radio patrol, arrested the
young man within a tew minutes.;
They found him in the freight yards
in a box car wearing several of the
shirts stolen from Taylor.
"I had barely got back to the
hotel before they notified me that j
the hoy had been arrested,’’ Taylor
says.
"I can understand his taking the
shirts and watch,’’ the visitor said,
•‘but why he took my glasses are a
mystery to me."
The defendant was fined $200 and '
costs when tried before Justice of!
the Peaoe A. Barreda, Jr.. Friday
morning.
HUNDREDS HED
(Continued From Page One)
sons and seized 50 ounces of heroin
valued at $20,000.
By noon, the alcohol tax unity
had reported a total o! 362 arrest* in
12 districts, with 57 automobiles
seized
In addition 428 illicit stills with a
daily capacity of 133.930 gallons had
been destroyed.
Miss Olevia Terrell
Dies at San Benito
(Special to The Herald)
ftAN BENITO. March 15.—Fu
neral semces will be held at 3 p
m. Sunday from Thompson's cha
pel here for Miss Olevia Terrell. 24
vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
C T. Terrell, who died Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Terrell, who had been ill for
the past two months, had been a
resident of the Valley for 16 years
Rev. S. C. Dunn. Methodist pastor,
will officiate at the funeral, and
burial will be at Mont Meta.
In adidtion to her parents. Miss
Terrell is survived by four brothers.
Aubrev of Ravmondville and Mark
Hugh Lee and J. B. Terrell, all of
San Benito: and three sisters. Mrs
H T. Whipple of Los Angeles and
Misses Billie and Tennie Eula of
San Benito.
Auto Injures Youth
(Snecial to The Herald)
McALLEN. March 15. — Robert
Swanson. 12-year-old student in
McAllen Junior high school and'
son of Mr. and Mrs Fred Swan
son who reside north of McAllen,
was knocked from his bicycle in
North McAllen Thursday when he |
was in collision with an automo-1
bile.
Officers investigated the acci
dent gnd stated the collision was|
unavoidable Young Swanson sus. j
tamed a cut on the back of his
head and bruises about the face.
Death of Doctor
Mystifies Police
HINGHAM, Ma-s.. March 15. (m
—Dr Harold E. Johnson. 40-year
old Boston optometrist, was found
dead under mysterious circum
stances Friday and a few hours
later Hlngham police announced
that Robert E. Burns, 33-year.old
Hingman man and husband of
Johnson's divorced wife, had been
held on a charge of manslaughter.
Burns pleaded not guilty m dis
trict court, and was held under
$5,000 bond.
Chief of Police Harold A. Mc
Parlane said Bums was arrested at
his own home where Dr. Johnsons
body was found lying in a pool of
blood.
Cotton Sign-Ups
To End Saturday
(8p<ciai to Ttoe Herald*
SAN BENITO. March 15—Final
notice was issued Friday by County
Agent Henry Alsmeyer that Satur
day is the last day for signing cot
ton acreage reductions In Cameron
county.
Large numbers have been filling
out forms during the last few days,
and cotton grow-ers who have not
made application are urged to do so
before Saturday afternoon.
College Club Will
Present Play Here
Work or. the college Dramatic
club's play, “Seven Keys to Bald
pate.” by George M. Cohan, is
progressing rapidly with rehearsals
under way each night.
The club will present the play
March 22 at the college auditorium.
Mrs. Joe Llndaberry is director.
High School Seniors
Plan Celebrations
Arrangements are being made by
the senior class of the high school
lor Senior Day, the senior play,
and Class Night.
Invitations were decided upon at
the last class meeting, and a re
port from the gift committee re
commending numbers for the rooms
as the class' gift to the school was
approved.
Man Must Die
BENTON, Ark. March 15. tvPi—
Forty-ypar.old Frank Dobbs must
die in the electric chair for fatally
slashing the throat of a middle
aged spinster after knifing her sis
ter and setting fire to their home
near here last January.
A Saline circuit court Jury Thurs
day night convicted Dobbs of first
degree murder for slaying Muss
Fannie Orr, and fixed the penalty.
He had pleaded Insanity.
Drug Heads Elected
<8peri&l to The Herald)
MERCEDES. March 15— At a
meeting of the stockholders Wed
nesday night. Adolph Zastera of
Mercedes, was chosen president of
the Valley Druggists Incorporated
The new firm which was incorpo
rated March I. will have offices in
Mercedes in the building formerly
occuoied by the Kasey Drug Store
on Texas Avenue Dr. E. H Kasey of
tins city has been employed as
secretary-treasurer-manager of the
new firm, which will do only whole
sale business.
T. G. Cressner of Weslaco, was
elected vice president. Royce Rus
sell of Brownsville, vice president,
and B. A. McLarry of Harlingen.
secretary.
The first religious edifice erected
in North Carolina wss St. Thomas'
Episcopal church at Bath, which has
a communicn set donated by Queen
Anne of England.
Dionne Quintuplets to Become
Special Wards of His Majesty
TORONTO. Match 15. -oP>—
Five famous little girls, Indiffer
ent to the serious deliberations
their existence has evoked, were
well on their way Friday to be
coming “special wards of His
Majesty the King.”
A measure to place the babes,
the celebrated Dionne quintuplets,
under the guardianship of David
A. Croll. Ontario minister of Wel
fare, was up for its third reading
Friday in the provincial legisla
ture.
For two hours Thursday the
legislators debated the bill—“The
Dionne Quintuplet Guardianship
Act of 1935." The liberal govern
ment of Premier Mitchell F- Hep
burn lammed it through commit
tee without amendment despite
opposition from the conservative
minority.
Oliva Dionne, father of the
quintuplets, and Leo Kerwin, his
manager, visited the capital. It
was reported he sought to have
the government reconsider its in
tent.on of committing the babies
to such strict guardianship.
The government's measure em
powers the welfare minister and
the guardians to enter into con
tracts and voids any previous
contracts which are not author
ized tinder the new guardianship.
The guardians may not be sued,
nor may the tnlants be taken
from their custody.
What The
Legislature
_Is Doing_
AUSTIN March 15. P*—Both
house* ol the Texas legislature ad
journed at noon Friday until Mon
day despite last weeks sugges
tion by Governor James V. Allred
that the lawmakers spend more
time In the capitol to work on
• pressing problems.
An effort to begin consideration
- In the house of a bill ratifying
a compact between oil states to
■ prevent waste of natural resources
met objection and was put over
until next week.
The house killed a proposed
constitutional amendment to
abolish the ad valorem tax on
real estate voting 105 to 11 against
printing it on minority report aft
er opponent.- charged it would
open the way for a general sales
tax.
The senate approved. 24 to 1,
submission of amendment pro
posing abolition of the fee system
for ccmpensating local officials.
Notice was given in the house
that the departmental appropria
tion bill would be brought up
Tuesday.
The administration bill to es
tablish a Texas planning board to
coordinate state and federal re
covery programs was sent to the
governor upon formal signing by
presiding officers of the two
houses.
Will Rogers Signs
New Movie Contract
HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. March 15.—
;P—Will Rogers, reported to be the
most popular actor in motion pic
tures. signed a new three year con
tract with Fox Film Corporation
Friday.
When the contract is fulfilled he
wi’l have equaled the Hollywood
record of tenure of ary actor at one
<tudio—10 years. Rogers went on
the Pox contract list in 1328 The
only other player who i-ruair.ed un
der contract to a studio, wnthout
absence, for the same perod of
time was Ramon Novarro. at M-Q
M.
No details of Rogers’ saiary were
divulged He was said to be receiv
ing 1125 000 per picture under the
former agreement.
Man Feared Kidnaped
Is Located in Jail
LOS ANGELES. March 15. yfl—
Police search for a missing railway
agent, which had extended from
here to Mexico and New Orleans,
had ended Friday with the discov
ery of the man—in the Los Angeles
city Jail.
The agent. Juan Vasquez. 34. dis
appeared from his hotel room Feb.
22. Fear lor his safety was felt
and police of Mexico. D. F. and
New Orleans were asked to be on
the lookout.
Then a Los Angeles detective
compared fingerprints of Vasquez
with a man arrested Feb. 22 on a
vagrancy charge and sentenced to
Jail. It proved to be the mussing
Vasquez. apparently suffer mg from
amnesia.
Cotton Price Fall
Probe Is Approved
WASHINGTON. March 15. —«iP>
—The senate agriculture commit
tee voted Friday to investigate the
recent break in cotton prices
It agreed to report favorably to
the senate a resolution by Senator
Smith (D-8C> proposing the in
quiry.
The resoli:\on woiVi direct the
committee'‘to inveSigate the causes
of the rapid decline of the price
of cotton on the cotton exchanges
on or about March 11, 1935."
It would author.ze calling wit
nesses and require production of
books and papers as it deemed ad
visable. Costs of the investigation
would be limited to $25,300.
OFFICE of the Collector of Cus
toms. Port of Brownsville. Texas.
March 15. 1935. Notice is hereby giv
en that on March 14. 1935. there was
seized at this port for violation of
Sect. 593 Tariff Act 1930 and Sect.
3062 R. S . One Ford Sedan, motor
No. A 642444 and one Chevrolet
Truck, motor No. T907671. Any one
claiming the above described auto
mobiles will file claim with me
within twenty days from the date
ol this notice; otherwh* I will sell
the automobiles at public auction
at the U. S. Customhouse. Browns
ville. Texas, on Thursday. April 4
1935. at 10 oclock a m.-Wm
Neale. Dy. Collect or j g n fit
Dr. Balfour Is
Speaker Before
Kiwanis Club
Leprosy is no more dangerous than
tuberculosis 11 it Is handled proper*
ly. Dr Cyril Balfour ol Kabul, Afg
hanistan, told members of the
Brownsville Kiw&ius club at their
regular meet mg here Friday noon
Dr. Balfour, who has had many
years of experience in treating lep
rosy In Asia, is en route to Mexbw
on a special invitation extended*®
the Mexican government. There Is"*
possiblity. the doctor stated, that th*.
Mexican government will cMab.lah a
leprosy colony in order to care for
the isolated cases which are found
at rare intervals. The visitor, who
has been consulting with iepraay
specialists In the larger hospttala
and institutions of the United
States, estimates that he and hts
wife have handled about 20,000 cases
of leprosy In the Orient.
The Kiw utils named Otto Man
ske and Clarence Coigln delegate*
to the international convention at
8 m Antonio In May Frank Crlts
and George McGonigal were named
alternates.
The entry list for the kite flying
contest, to be held Saturday near
the high school. Is getting larger
each day. it was reported by Jigge
Bansbach who will have charge of
the event. Bansbach also talked
bnelly on the San Antonio conven
tion
Ticket sales for "Pirate Gold." Ki
wams benefit minstrel, are unusual
ly good, members of the commit
tee reported.
District Clerk J. J. Bishop spoke
on the life of Stonewall Jackson
and Dr. Don C Peterson spoke on
mosquito eradication A brief taik
on St. Patrick was made by Harry
Faulk.
The visitors included: G W.
Brewster, L- P Coilins, both of
Brownsville; Mason Watts of Torre
on. Polk Hornadiy of Harlingen,
Dewey Welch of Harlingen, W. B.
Muckelroy of San Antonio and Dr.
Balfour of Kabul.
Attempted Kidnaping
Charge to be Filed
OLADEWATER March 15.—in
state prosecutors Friday planned to
file charges against a 29-yearroid
Longview resident arrested by Po
lice Chief T. N Green In connec
tion with the reported attempted
abduction of a 12-year-old school
girl- w . .
Green said the man was arrested
after descriptions had been fur
nished by J. J. Ttraughber. prin
cipal of the school where the pur
ported abduction attempt occurred.
A man went to the school Thurs
day and asked to be taken to a room
where Mary Magdalene Sturdivant
was in class. The cnild. called to
the hall, looked at the man and
fled, Green said.
Prominent Dallasite
Succumb* to Stroke
DA! LAS. March la. r.r—Reginald
V. Holland. 52 secretary of Farm &
Ranch Publishing company and
member of one of Dallas’ most
prorninei >. families, died suddenly
of a heart attack at his home here
early Friday.
Holland was the son of the late
Col. Frank P. Holland, former
mayor of Dallas and founder of
Farm & Ranch and Holland's
magazines.
Survivors were his widow. Mrs.
Ethel Teague Holland; his daugAT
ter, Miss Ann Katherine Hollanff;
his mother, Mrs. Frank P Holland,
Sr.; three brothers. Frank P. Hol
land. Jr.. J. P. Holland and M. W.
Holland; a sister. Mrs. John Lan
caster. all of Dallas.
Lmii* Howe III
WASHINGTON. March 15. (JP>—
Louis M Howe, secretary to Presi
dent Roosevelt, is seriously 111 at
the White House.
Howe, a ho is 64. was taken sick
following his trip with the presi
dent on February 23 to Boston.
His condition. It *vas learned was
regarded as critical earlier thia
week but the White House report
ed Friday that he was improved.
Have you seen the new Olds
inobiles?—Adv.
FIRST LIBERTY LOAN
BONDS NOTICE OF
CALL FOR REDEMP
TION BEFORE MATUR
ITY TO HOLDERS OF
' FIRST LIBERTY LOAN
BONDS OF 1932-47, AND
OTHERS CONCERNED
PUBLIC NO T I C E IS
HEREBY GIVEN:
1. All outstanding First Liberty
Loan Bonds of 1932-47 are hereby
called for redemption on June 15.
1935. The various Issues of First
Liberty Loans Bonds (all of which
are included in this call* are as fol
lows:
First Liberty Loan 3'irJ> bonds
of 1932-47 *first 3Vs* dated June
15. 1917; First Liberty Loan con
verted 4^ bonds of 1932-47 'first
4’s) dated November 15. 1917; First
Liberty Loan Converted 4'i% bonds
of 1932-47 I first 4Vs> dated May
9. 1918; and first Liberty Loan sec
ond converted 41*4® bonds of 1932
47 (first-second 4Vs) dated Octo.
ber 24. 1918
Interest on all such outstanding
First Liberty Loan Bonds will
cease on said redemption date.
June 15. 1935.
3. Full Information regarding the
presentation and surrender of First
Liberty Loan Bonds for redemp
tion under this call will be given
in a Treasury Department circular
to be issued later.
4. Holders of First Liberty Lo^^
Bonds now called for redempttV
on June 15. 1935. may. in advance
of that date, be offered the privil
ege * exchanging all or any part
of their called bonds for other in
terest-bearing obligations of the
United States, in which event
’ -iblic notice will hereafter be giv
en
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. Secretary
of the Treasury. Treasury Depart
ment. Washington. March 14. 1935.
CROSS CHILDREN
MAY HAVE WORMS
Watch for upooc little atomache. bed breath,
fretfulneaa, loaa of weight, itching around
nooe and arrai. They may have pin or round
worm a. WHitao Cream Vermifuge hao eafely
and for year*, reliably expelled the erorma
and toned the delicate trace Whiter Craem
Vermilugo recommended by ill I||iew
ALL VALLEY DRUOGLST*