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3-YEAR-TERM IS ASSESSED FORMING Tumercindo Casanova of Har gen was found guilty of mur dering Enrique Herrera at Harlin gen Sept. 4. 1933. by a criminal district court grand Jury which re turned its verdict Tuesday mom tog. and the defendant's punish ment was assessed at three years to the penitentiary. Defense coun sel gave notice of appeal. Trial of the ease took all Mon day afternoon, going to the Jury at about 10 p. m. Casanova pleaded not guilty, claiming that Austaquio Flores, who was Jointly indicted with Casanova, did the stabbing which resulted fatally for Herrera. The stabbing occurred in Casanova’s cafe in Harlingen when a hurricane eras blowing, according to witnesses. According to witnesses, Herrera got Into an argument with other occupants of the cafe and he was ordered out of the place by Casa nova The witnesses agreed that Herrera returned and that the atabbing occurred then, but they disagreed as to who did the stab- I blng Casanova claimed that Flores, who received a stab wound grappled with Herrera and stabbed him with a pocket knife. The oth er witnesses, however, said that Casanova did the stabbing. State's witnesses asserted that Herrera abused the men in the cafe, and that he became incensed when Casanova called him a "wet back" and ordered him out of the establishment the first time After being stabbed, Herrera staggered out into the hurricane and fell In the street. He died soon after varri Casanova admitted on the stand that he had previously served a penitentiary sentence on a charge of assault with intent to murder. The defendant stated, however, that this occurred about 20 years ago. and that the man he fired up on had killed his (Casanova's) younger brother in San Antonio. Wednesday E. T. Fagala, well known San Benito man, is slated for trial on charges of murdering his father-in-law. O. R. Daniels This case, which resulted in a mis trial previously, is expected to at tract wide attention. The Weather East, Texas (east ol lOOlh meri dian) : Clouay, local rains in souui portion Tuesday night and Wednes day; cooler in norta portion Tues day night. Login to moderate easterly winds on uie coast. Kit LK BULLETIN There will be a slight rise in the river Irom Mercedes down, and no material change Irom about Hidaigo j up during the next 24 to 36 hours. #.uuu Blags b.sge Cn.»ug .v- . Laredo 27 -0.5 0.0 .00 Rio Orande 21 4.8 -1.0 .00 Hidaigo 21 A6 -2.8 .00 i Mercedes 21 o.4 -0.4 .00 Browmvllla 18 3.8 r0.5 .01 . IlDE TABLE Uign ana low ude at Point Isaoc* Wednesday, under normal meteor ological CuUdlUO.,0. High.3:46 a. m. 2.57 p. m Low.9:54 a. m. 9:31 p. m MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset Tuesday . 6:47 Sunrise Wednesday.6:19 WEATHER SUMMARY Barometric pressure continued rel atively to moderately low over the southwest and the plateau region, fell over the northeastern states, ana rose over the plants and north-cen tral states since Monday morning Except lor light, widely scattered precipitation tne weather was most ly lair to partly cloudy throughout the country during the last 24 hours Temperatures changed llite through-1 out the country, except fell some what locally m the far northwest, re lulling in sub-zero readings in por-1 tions of Montana and the Canadian northwest Tuesday morning. Brownsville 8 a. m. tEST) sea level pressure 29.84 Inches. BULLETIN (First r.guies. lowest temperature iaai night; second, highest yesterday; third wind velocity at 8 a. m ; fourth, prec ipitation ID last 24 hours) Abilene . 52 92 12 .00 Amarillo. 38 82 10 .00 Atlanta . 60 76 .. .00 Austin . 68 90 .. .00 Boston . 38 44 18 .02 BROWNSVILLE ... 68 83 11 01 Br'ville Airport .... 66 84 .. .01 Chicago . 3b 40 12 .00 Cleveland . 34 42 .. .02 Corpus Christi. 72 80 .. .00 Dallas . 6b 90 12 .00 Del Rio . 70 90 10 00 Denver . 18 42 .. .00 Dodge City . 30 54 14 00 El Paso . 52 76 12 .00 Fort Snuh. 56 70 .. .00 Houston . 70 86 .. .00 Jacksonville . 66 86 .. .28 Kansas City. 34 48 .. .00 Los Angeles . 54 62 .. .00 Louisville . 50 64 12 .00 Memphis .. 60 68 .. .00 Miami ... 70 84 .. .00 Minneapolis .. 24 34 12 .10 New Orleans. 68 84 .. .00 North Platte. 20 36 .. .00 Oklahoma City .... 46 62 14 .00 Palestine. 66 86 .. .00 Pensacola . 66 74 .. .00; Phcenlx . 52 82 .. .00 St. Louis. 42 52 12 .00 fait Lake City. 42 62 .. .00 ; van Antonio. 68 86 .. .00 Santa Fe . 34 62 .. .00 Sheridan . 8 20 .. .04 Shreveport . 66 86 .. .00 Tamps . 70 84 .. .00 Vicksburg . 64 82 .. .00 Washington . 42 46 .. .14 Wtlliston . 8 24 .. .00 Wilmington . 58 74 .. .00 Winnemucca. 38 58 .. .00 lYlat&moros Cotton Planting Resumed Many fanners or. the Mexican side of the Rio Qrande axe plant ing cotton this week following heavy shower* over the week-end. according to reports brought to Borwnsvllle from residents of that area. Reports here show that rain fell all the way dc«n to Tampico, and that the drouvi situation is con siderably relieved. Very little rain in the area west of Matamoros was reported. When A Daughter Needs Consoling Louise Fazenda. Irene Hervey. Leo Carrillo In “The Winning Ticket", showing Tuesday and Wednesday at the Queen Theatre. Brownsville. A Gay Moment in ‘The Night is Young‘ % Herman Bing. Evelyn Laye. Ramon Novarro in "The Night Is Young", showing Wednesday and Thursday at the Capitol Theatre, Brownsville. South Resorts To Many ‘Tricks’ To Bar Negro’s Vote ATLANTA. Ga.. April 2. (**>—'The device of Texas democrats exclud ing negroes from primaries by party edict which, the supreme court upheld is only one of many novel methods which Dixie has employed to make their primaries strictly white. The United States constitution guarantees negroes the right of franchise but southern states have found many ways to discourage them from voting in the primaries and victory In the primary in the solid south is tantamount to elec tion. In Florida and Arkansas as well as in Texas the democratic oarty restricts the membership to wnites. In Georgia, voting by negroes in the primary “Just Isn't done." It*s a custom here rather than a law. Louisiana and Mississippi require persons registering to "interpret" any portion of the constitution the registrar may put his finger upon. In the case of negroes, the regis trar Is hard to satisfy Alabama also requires the pros pective voter to be able to read, write and understand the constitu tion. The voter also may be a freeholder. South Carolina democrats re quire both whites and negroes to read and interpret the constitution relative to voting qualifications— and educational qualifications form an obstacle to participation in Vir ginia democratic primaries Neeraes are allowed to vote in Tennessee primaries. The majority of the r.egroes make no effort to vote in North Caro lina primaries although there is no legal barrier. Immediately after enfranchise ment of negroes the southern democrats cast about for methods of confining the primaries to whites and the present rules represent an evolution from the reconstruction days. The Texas legislature tried to rule out negroes by statute. The supreme court threw that out Next the legislature passed a law giv ing the state democratic executive committee the power to exclude ne groes. The high court said this was unconstitutional because the action was that of the state and not the democratic party. Arkansas democrat* require vot ers to be white—and the customary 21. A Little Rock negro, in a case ■ similar to the Texas case, ques i tioned the right of the party to make its exclusive ruling but the U. 8 supreme court held the party had the right to fix its qualifica tions for primaries. Florida democrats bar negroes ! from membership in their party ; To make the case tighter. Florida law permits only members of the party to vote In primaries The Oeorgia democrats have spe cifically called their party fights "the democratic w'hlte primary.” ; Party leaders said there was no law to prevent the negro from vot ing in primaries in this state. The constitution keep* all general elec tions open to negroes throughout the south. Redfish Caught (Sowtal to The Herald > DEL MAR. April 2-The ft* fishermen who tried their hand in the waters here Monday had good luck, catching a number of redfish. some of them big fellows. The tide was very low Tuesday morning, with only a few persons fisfsing Monday's catch included: K M Lee of San Benito. 4 reds, one weighing 10 pounds; T S Bovd of San Benito. 2 reds; B L. Schiabotte of Brownsville. 7 reds, one weighing 15 pounds; Ralph Mellev and Jack Silver of Harlingen. 15 reds. 2 trout. 1 drum; Rufus Ransome of Browns ville. 1 red; C. P. Morales of Brownsville. 6 reds; Jack DeWitt of Oklahoma City, 4 reds. Laura Wheeler Designs _ - - —n LAURA WHEELER FINDS DUTCH FIGURES DECORATIVE ON MANY LINENS If you’ve been wondering how to make the breakfast nook a bit more fascinating, let these Joyful Dutch figure* be the answer. They are nove ls’ in the'comers of k teacloth—cm the ends of a scarf—on curtains or cushions. Do them in two shades of a color or in a variety of colors— you’ll be delighted with the result. If you have already used pattern >02 on your towels, you’ll find these the oompanion pattern. So you can go ahead and match your kitchen and breakfast nook linens, which is the thing to do. Pattern 851 comes to you with fcur motifs 74 x 64 inches, two motifs 24 x 6 inches, two motifs 34 x 6 Inches, and four small motifs for napkin corners; color suggestions; material requirements; illustrations of aU stiches needed. Send 10 cents in stamps of coins (coins perferred) for this pattern to The Brownsville Herald. Needle craft Department, 82 Eighth Avenue. New York. N. Y. SOLONS PEEVED WITH ROBINSON WASHINGTON. April 1- VP)— Resentment at remarks by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the demo cratic leader, smouldered Tuesday among senators who wrote the wage amendment which has stirred up a dispute delaying final action on the $4,800,000,000 work relief bill. They met to decide whether to re sign from the conference commit tee charged with settling congres sional differences over the measure Prior to their meeting Senator Glass (D-Va) asserted that Robinson had reflected upon the ability of the con ferees to carry out their duty con scientiously. He referred to the Arkansan's as sertion that It was "regrettable that the custom has prevailed in the sen ate of too frequently committing a bill to Its enemites." At the heart of the controversy be tween the two southerners was an amendment which would require that one-third of the $900,000,000 set aside In the works bill for loans and grants to states and local govern ments be spent directly for labor. In an effort to eliminate this re quirement, the house sent the meas ure back to conference Monday after hearing that was what President Roosevelt wanted tt to do. Olaas then asserted that he might decline to serve in a new confer ence on the measure. If he continued on the committee, he said, he would not yield to the administration's de sire for elimination of the wage amendment. It was Indicated that, should Olaas resign. Senators Hale (R-Maine> and Keves <R-NH> also would leave the committee. The possibility that Sen ator Copeland <D-NY) might resign, too. was suggested in some quarters. If these four stepped out. new sen ate conferees would be appointed to serve with Senator McKellar f D Tenn) the fifth member of the com mittee. In the event he decided to continue. Hidalgo Seems To Be Opposed To Tomato Plan (Special to The Herald! McALLEN. April 2 — Hidalgo county tome to growers have de cided against a proposed tomato marketing agreement as suggested bv Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace In Washington as another affiliate of the Agricultural Ad I Justment Administration. I A meeting of growers held at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce building resulted In a vote of 14 to 5 against the proposal. The proposal will be substituted to growers In the eight-county dis [ trict suggested under the proposal as made public by the AAA in Washington. Sometime within the next week, an election mill be held In which growers will be expected to express their approval or dis approval of the proposed agree imfnt Brooks county growers, meeting at Falfurrias last week, approved the proposal but expressed their regrets that Duval county had been omitted from the tomato-producing counties listed in the agreement. The proposal, in brief, provides for control of tomato marketing by a tomato control committee, similar In organization to the Texas Citrus Control Committee. The tomato producing section of South Texas would be divided into districts as follows: District 1. Cameron coun tv ; District 2. Hidalgo county; Dis trict 3. Brooks. Zapata. Starr. Wil lacy, Jim Hogg and Kenedy coun ties. The committee would be com posed of three grower-members, three shipper-members and a sev enth member chosen by the first six. The agreement, according to infor mation from the AAA. would call for grading of shipments according to United States standards and for certification and Inspection by the Federal-State Inspection Service. Inferior grades and sizes would be withheld from the market by the control committee when deemed advisable in Improving returns to growers. Port Isabel To Vote On School Trustees i By 8'aff Correajxmdmt i PORT ISABEL. April 2— Only two of the three Port Isabel school district trustees whose terms expire I this week are up for re-election Saturday. Ross Stanley and A F Browder are seeking re-election but will be opposed bv J. W. Pate. Barrett Donaho and Kelly C. Wiseman The three high men will win. H A Showers' term as trustee expired 1 but he is not seeking re-election. Voting will take place at the Cen tral School with Perry Leonard, manager; Theo. R. Hunt and *L "• Keene. Judges; and James H. Thompson and Mrs. Jack Allen, clerks. Weslaco Man’s Father Succumbs In Missouri (Srw'rtal to The Here!i > WESLACO. April 2—Friend* of J. Y. Rohr of Weslaco have been Informed of the death of hi* father. George Rohr, at Perry. Missouri He was 80 year* old and is survived bv the son here and a daughter. Mrs John Johnson, of Perry. Deceased and wife resided at Donna for seven years, locating there in 1919 They owned property near Edeouch Mr Rohr was a deacon in the Baptist church. His wife preceded him in death four years ago. High Winds Bring •But Little Rain High winds struck Brownsville and the Valiev Monday night brought verv little r tn. reports from the Brownsville weather bureau Tues day indicated. The bureau reported that the winds reached a maximum velocity of 33 milei, an hour at the office, but as the blow was very erratic it is possible the maximum was high er at otl er points. Los Fresnos particularly reported high winds the bureau reported The disturbance was purely local in nature, and was described aa a squall. Huey Decides Now Hefs ***** * * * * * Authority on Owls, And ***** * * * * * Starts Up Demonstration WASHINGTON. April 1—y/P>— Senator Huey P. Long completely lost himself Tuesday in his latest rck—that of an old Louisiana "schootch” owL It all came out of the latest controversy stirred up by the King POLAND WANTS LEAGUE CHANGE WARSAW, April I. OPi—A hint that Polish statesmen may propose strengthening of the League of Na tions in their talks with Captain An thony Eden was contained Tuesday in the Oazetta Polska, whose infor mation is regarded as officially in spired. The visit of the British diplomat, the organ said editorially, comes at a time when the European system based on the Oeneva organization "begins to shiver." "One must either modify and for tify the league or create a new sys tem.” Oazetta Polska said. "The lat ter proposal is vary difficult be cause such a new plan would have to be general and elastic to prove effective." A full day was outlined for Eden, beginning with preliminary confer ences with the British mission. He will lunch with President Ignace Moscicki and join Marshal Joseph Pilsudski. the Polish dictator, for tea in the afternoon There the principal discussions for which he came to Warsaw probably will take place. Tuesday night Eden was to dine with Burgomaster Adophe Max The British Lord Privy Seal, whose pilgrimage in the cause of peace has carried him so far on a 2,500-mile trip from London to Paris, Berlin and Moscow, appeared fatigued when he stepped from his railway coach Mon day night. The entire foreign office staff was on hand to welcome him. The Oazetta sounded the note of cordiality which everywhere appear ed to attend Eden's reception. "There is a close bond between Polish and British foreign policies." the organ said. "Both countries are earnestly concerned with stabilizing peace. Both are against groups op posing one another.” Movie Sidelights CAPITOL Nights of love, days of laughter, .and the haunting spell of romantic ‘Vienna are echoed in the remark able new example of screen enter tainment created by Oscar Haru merstein II and Sigmund Rom berg. creators of "Desert Song” and "New Moon.” This is "The Night It, Young,” glamorous love story of Vienna showing Wednesday and Thursday at the Capitol theatre, Brownsville, and bringing to the screen the lovely Eng.ish star. Eve lyn Laye as a teammate for Ramon Novarro •The Night Is Young” has at last achieved the problem of blending music, drama, comedy and romance into a perfect and uninterrupted whole. It* players do not suddenly burst into song. Its music runs entirely through the picture, every note a vital component part Haunt ing melodies, all introduced by clever and novel devices, give it a charming continental flavor, and entrance one from first scene to final fadeout. It has s frit In] story, spectacular settings and inimitable comedy. Ql’EEN The world’s most famoais cat figures In “The Winning Ticket." showing Tuesday and Wednesday at the Queen Theatre, Brownsville. Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer s hilarious comedy based on the Irish Sweep stakes, with Leo Carrillo. Louise Fazenda and Ted Healy heading an ace comedy cast. The cat in question is the huge effigy tliat is carried through the Dublin streets on Sweepstakes Day for good luck. It is twenty feet high This and other scenes show ing in detail the conduct of the Sweepstakes figure in the fast moving comedy drama. Carrillo plays an Italian barber. Miss Fazenda his Irish wife, and Healy the shiftless brother-in-law. Carrillo remains in » tangle of relative*, trials and tribulations throughout the picture. Teaming him with Miss Fazenda marks a new type of comedy duo on the screen. ONE MINUTE PULPIT See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among your aelvee. and to all men.—Thessalon ians 1:15. Tost fat FOOLED GOSSIPERS Mrs. J. R. McCaualand of Pitts burgh writes: “I took off 8 lbs. In two weeks with Kruachen I ate as usual and feel fine.’* You. too. can safely reduce as Mrs. McCaualand did if you'll only have a mind of your own. Pay no attention to gos&ipers who wouldn't want to see vou the slender woman you can be if you’ll only take a half teaspoon ful of Kruschen Salts in a cup of hot water every morning, (tastes fine with juice of half lemon added). Kruschen is SAFE—It’s a health treatment and when your body abounds with Kruschen fitness— excess fat leaves. Jar lasts 4 weeks and costs but a trifle—any drug Cisnero* Drug Store No. 1 or any drug store in the world —Adv. R. A. LACKNER Complete Optical Serefeo fish, the differences between a reg ular hoot owl and this other kind of winged me sme riser from the Redj River valley of the Senator's boy hood days—the “scrootch.” Huey, in decrying the policies of 1 two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, compared! the first to a hoot owl and the sec ond to a "scrooth'’ owl, explaining that the hoot boomed into a chick en roost when in a raiding mood and flattened the fat hen of his choice with one belt, while the serootch" owl snuck up coyly, won the chick en’s confidence with sweet mur mu rings and then proceeded to devour her. But farmers out through the southern states, knowing their owls, started writing in for more data, confusing the common screech owl, which is too little to hunt hens, with the ‘ scrooch" that Huey used to wait for nights with a shotgun across his knees when the winged raiding parties were out during his boyhood years. “Why one of my friends told me about passing through a small Kentucky town and seeing 153 peo ple In the square talking about my •.scrooth’ owl.” said Huey. Thats l:ow serious this thing has gotten to be So I decided to check up on my owls at the Smithsonian Insti tute. Check he did, with the following results. “My serootch' owl," he said, "is a member of the family of the great1 horned owl. or bubo virgmianus, and he preys on small animals and birds, and mind you, has a par ticular weakness for chicken. • Besides that, his nocturnal cries, of which I will give you an authentic sample later, frighten the supersti tious and have even been known to unnerve the godly. He shrieks ana yells like an unearthly creature. Then he barks like a dog. a start ling transition unless you know him a.- we farm boys know him. Last ot all he coos like a dove, and that’s when he's most dangerous—that’s when those cackling fricassees haven't got a chance. • Now this owl I'm talking about inhabits eastern North America from Florida. Louisiana and eastern Texas all the way up to Minnesota. He stands about 14 inches high. For the rest of these homed owls there’s the long eared owl. no relation, the Arctic homed owl, dusky horned owl, eastern horned owl. little eli owl, pvgmv owl. and the biggest homed owls, the lapp, snowy, ano great grey owls." Huey took another deep breath and 15 girls, busily engaged with their typing but with one ear apiece open to all this explanation, paused in their work. The senator tossed back his head and his curls shook. His turned-up nose pointed at the ceiling. His arms were locked be hind him. like Napoleon at Ratis bon. His face was tense. From his t throat started blood chilling noises. First It was a low, menacing gut teral. a little quackish like a duck but more formidable. It was full of ...Helps PREVENT many colds JUST A Ff W MOTS UF (ACH NOSTtli predatory auggestiveness. a feather ed hunter of parts on the prowL Then It broke into a aeries of staocato barks, that brought the j perspiration to Huey's forehead, and dropped the Jaws and popped the; eyes of the staring girl workers ■ Suddenly it slipped away to the gentle cooing of a dove, so fetching so amorous that the girls blushed, and went back to their typing. Huev went right on with his coo- j ing. He snuggled fetchlngly up to a reporter, pretending the newsman was a fat. sleepy hen. and he poured all the feathered eloquence he could remember at him. In Justice to the fascinating demonstration It must be said mat if the reporter had been a hen. and Huey had been a acrootch' owl. he probably eould have wound up eating him all right. Dentist Opens Office (Special to Ttaa Harald) MERCEDES. April 2—Dr. Ma rlon A. Childers. dentist, has open ed an office In the Central Office building in Mercedes Dr. Childers formerly practiced dentistry. Be fore coming to the Valley he eras a resident of Belton, Texas. Buy Kree Mee Ice Cream At Any or Our Convenient Store* andv Vote for Your Favorite Candidate IN OUR 3rd Profit Sharing Contest WEEKLY WINNER BETTY YATES — HARLINGEN GRAND PRIZE Ann Miller, McAllen Ruth Hulsey—Sen Benito Betty Yete., Harlingen Meyer—.Mi..,on Aledoe Speer—Mission It’s not too late to enter! - ,, CASH PRIZES FOR ALL BROWNSVILLE Jessie Lee Bowen Billie McCarty Myma Summers Clifford Day Boh Sylvester WESLACO George Pierce George Bradford Robbie Jr. McCanta Billie Jane McCanta Peyton Ligon SAN BENITO Rath Halsey Jane Duncan Jack Tipptt Jeanne Miller Mary Catherine Ogdee McALLEN Ann Miller Margaret Hersh Edna Erickson L W. Wilkins John Bales MISSION Mona Meyer* Aledoe Speer T. Weidemann Helen Pearson Jackie Covington HARLINGEN Betty Tote* Alleen Moore Horles Adorns Boot* Anderson Betty Bordet I f FDINBIRO Rath W'ilnan Top»y Collier Elfrances Aregood Doyle Welch Garreth Gather Valley Ice Cream Co. Plant and Main Office at Harlingen Makers of km Me* lee Cream WHAT A CAST I Here’g How to RFfFIVF Him songs: ■ IVEiV/EiIYEi « CARNIVAL ■ TIPKFTQ 1 S — J as IRIVOLI l Ml THEATER To Sea “Gold Diggers of 1935” Every two subscriptions turned in entitles you to one guest ticket to see this big picture. Turn in as many new subscribers to The Brownsville Herald as you want. For every two new subscriptions It ME b ¥$¥71 |B E R K E L E Y| ALICE BRADY. FRANK McHUQHV DOROTHY DARE) WARNER-FIRST NATIONAL L^^NCTURE Cartoon and ' Comedy you receive one guest ticket to see “Gold Diggers of 1935” at the Rivoli Theater, San Ben ito Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6th A new subscriber is one who has not taken The Herald for the last 30 days. 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