i I PARLY LjS UNDAY A FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 238 w nr^-nm i> tb. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1935 • • • • 6c A COPY ---—------1 Public Works Program Start Is Awaited M — .... _ .. ■ - ■ - - - - - — - - - - - - — - - RELIEF BILL AWAITS OKEH BY PRESIDENT Greatest Peace-Time Spending Measure Rushed to F. D. By Plane for Approval WASHINGTON. April 6.—<**/— The New Dear Saturday started |4.tt*>,0U0,0UU — vastest peace - umt appropriation in history—on its pian to swing irom renei to puOac wonts wmie the nation watcnea to see who wouia be cnasen to direct tne ta&it ana just now the joo wouia be lacxied. Snowing a bit ol last-minute speed alter 7t days ox struggle ana W ctuay, congress completed action on tne mammotn measure rnaay wnen tne senate passea a comerence re port on it, bo to lx, ana tne nouse aia iixewise, 317 to 7o. Tne president, Usnuig oil the Floriaa coast, was expectea to sign the legislation into raw as soon as U couia be sent to hmi by aupiane. Vice r’lesiuent Gainer and opeaxer Fyrns aiuxed then signatures oat u. aay morning, winning up tne congressional lormanues. Last Minute Hum* Tne question, "where is uue money coming irom?’ was raiseo m last minute senate deoat* rauaj. senator juiuinas ul-uaiax asaertea U*ere naa been iitue talk aoout that pnase 01 uie matter and p.o testeu that tne biu snouia comain his pian lor issuing more snver bautea currency. senator Giaas iD-Va> reported the >t.680,000,ooo wouio come irom the taxpayers ana tnat * wnen it comes uieie wib be Lie oiggest. nowi ever heard. ’ July 1 was circled on tne admin istrations calenuar oaturaay as the aaie ior putting tne main pari or tne program into eilect. on that aate, oiiicials saia, tne gov ernment will move to provide *>0 a-montn joos ior aoie-ooaieo men ana women now on the dole. An eilort wUl be made to increase uie numoer on worn rebel quickly uom tne present to»l oi ^.dou.oOo to 3.500.0*0. Ine Relief admiiusl ration has t Sum it would go ahead at that time " also with its plan to remote "un empioyaoies' irom rebel robs and return tnem to the care ol states • and communities. This transier has been delayed in the hope that con giess win pass pending social se curity legislation to aia the states as they re-shoulder this task. .... Await Announcement Leaders of New Deal agencies which have dealt with the desti tute ana the unemployed tnus iar looked to the president ior an eariy announcement oi detailed arrange ments ior Uie new job-making ef fort. Harry L. Hopkins, the rebef ad minstrator; Rexiord G. TugweU. undersecretary of agriculture, Sec retary lekes and Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples of the treas ury procurement office have ueen mentioned as likely appointees to the board which the White House Intends to set up to handle the huge fund. Hopkins has been the adminis trations ace spender to date. Hi* rebel organization distributed $2. 105.075.882 from the time it was y taWished on May 23. 1933. u.*.l March 31 this year. In addition ne directed the spending of $800,000,000 of federal funds on civU work*. WOOD FAILS TO BREAK RECORD .MIAMI BEECH, Ha . April 8.— —In his first two trials Saturday, f Gar Wood failed to break his own ^ world’s motorboat speed record of 124.86 rrf les an hour in his Miss America X on Indian Creek. The highest average on the two runs was 118.580. The white thatched driver was clocked on his first run southward over the measured mile at 35.11 seconds for a speed of 118.0704 miles an hour. That run was made against the wind and current. Wheeling his 38-foot craft around. Wood roared back over the course in a northerly direction but failed to attain a speed on that run that would bring his average for the two trials up to the present record. He was clocked on his sec ond run at 34.57 seconds for a speed of 119.09. - - Works for Divorce Mrs. Jean Ward Doan, socially prominent Kansas City, Mo., ma tron. went to Hot Springs, Ark., and worked as a waitress to earn the fees required under the 90-day di vorce law there, rather than touch the joint bank account she had with the husband she's divorcing. HIDALGO MAF FOUND DEAD Missing Citrus Grower Is Located Weighted Down In Canal (Special to The Herald) EDINBURG. April 6.—Funeral services were being aranged Satur day for W. A Lucas, 74-year-old Edmburg citrus grower, who was found drowned in a canal a short distance south of his home, a mil and a hall east of Edinburg. Friday night. The aged man had been missing since Wednesday noon, when he was last seen working in a field near his orchard and home. A posse of Boy Scouts and citizens carefully search ed the vicinity, drained two canals and pumped out a siphon beneath the Edinburg-Edcouch highway without finding the missing man. His body was discovered lodged at the entrance to a siphon near a third canal in the rear of his home Friday night by three Edinburg youths. T. J. and Vernon Worbington brothers, and J. T. Kelly, who were swimming in the canal. Unable to pull the body from the water, they called Q. C Miller, a neighbor. A 62-pound cultivator wheel was found wired to the aged victim's back and the body was found in the deepest part of the canal. Sheriff R. T. Daniels of Hidalgo county told ! newsmen Lucas had told him several times that he was old and "in peo ples way." Justice of the Peace J. Loy Ram sour was completing his investiga tion Saturday prior to returning an inquest verdict. The only immediate relative sur viving Is his wife, who assisted Ijer husband in caring for their 26-acre orchard. They had resided here since 1921. Auto Engine Used To Power Airplane MOSCOW. April 6.—— Russian experts after long experimentation announced Saturday the develop ment of an airplane powered by an ordinary* light automobile engine. The engine is the type manu factured in great quantities by the Gorky Motor factory. The soviet government attached; great importance to the achieve-1 ment as it is expected to make flying available to civilians on a large scale. COLLEGE GIRL RECEIVES NEW THREAT NOTES — Co-Ed Who Wounded Chinese Student Is Again Asked For Money TAHLEQUAH, Okla . April « — (A*;—Another note threatening the life of Lois Tho:% SOIL 18- Nort eastern State teachers’ college co-ed. was received this week at the girl’s farm home, members of her family said Saturday. Identified as being in the same handwriting as 13 other notes re ceived since February 17. the note was placed in ah outbuilding. Its detailed contents were not disclos ed. Officers said the extortion notes, together with specimens of the handwriting of several suspects have been forwarded to the Dep artment of Just.ce at Washington. The co-ed last week shot and se riously wounded Daniel Shaw, a Chinese student at Northeastern, after accusing him of being one of the plotters against her. Farley Resignation Rumors Are Revived WASHINGTON, April 6.— A*f—A belief that Postmaster General James A. Farley will resign from the cabinet to devote all his atten tion to President Roosevelt's re election campaign in 1936 was ex pressed Saturday by some of Far ley s intimates. When the resignation would take place was not disclosed. The Post master general’s friends said it would be sent in at a time considered pro per but not while Senator Huey P. Long oontinues to attack Farley. Housing Act Bills Signed By Allred AUSTIN, April 6.——Raymond Hamilton took his mother into his arms at dawn Saturday and kiss ed her tears away. For 30 minutes they were alone in the Dallas county jail. Their solitude was unbroken as jailers stood beyond earshot. At the end of their meeting Mrs Steve Davis, the mother, said she would go to Austin to see Gov ernor James V. Allred to plead for Ray's life. “She is going to talk to my law yer sometime Saturday." Hamilton said. “And later on she is going to Austin and talk to the governor. I have told her some things to tell him that I do not care to re veal now. Maybe she can prevail on the governor to spare my life.” Before daybreak a newspaper man. bearing a message from Ham ilton. went to Mrs. Davis’ home. He told her Raymond wanted to talk with her and that a meeting in his Jail cell had been arranged. She hastily dressed and accom panied the reporter to the jail. “I am so thankful I wont have to see him all shot up.” she said as she rode up the elevator to the sixth floor of the Jail. i She took her seat on a bench in the corridor outside Ray's cell. Ray was awakened and murmured something about being questioned again. He dressed and walked out of his cell. He glanced around and saw hi* mother sitting there. She stood up and Ray ran to her. They embrac ed and Ray kissed his mother many times as tears streamed down her face. The jailer ordered everyone away and they talked privately. Thirty minutes they talked. Ray> arm around his mother. The bell sounded for breakfast and they embraced ax\d Mrs. Davis departed. Hamilton asked the reporter not to ask his mother what they had said. Mrs. Davis recently finished serving a 30-day jail sentence after her conviction on a conspiracy to harbor Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, slain outlaw team that once had Hamilton as Its lieuten ant. She stayed in the same Jail, serving her sentence with Mrs. Cumie Barrow and Mrs. Emma Parker, mothers of Clyde and Bon nie. WOMAN STRUCK DOWN BY AUTO Aged Matamoros Resident Painfully Injured In Accident Here Mrs Petra V. de Elizondo. 75 year-old resident of Matamoros. wais painfully but not seriously in jured Saturday morning when struck by a light sedan allegedly driven by Lilia Hernandez on Eliz abeth street between Tenth and Eleventh. She suffered a scalp wound which bled profusely, a sprained left knee and her right side was bruised, but so far as could be determined she suffered no fractures, according to Dr. B. L Cole, the attending phy sician. After treatment in Dr. Cole’s offici. she was tagen to her home in Matamoros by a Garza ambulance. According to investigating offi cers. the aged woman was crossing Elizabeth street in the middle of the block between Tenth and Elev enth when the accident occurred about 9:40 a. m. The Identifying Mark to Look For—Only A. B. C. Papers Can Use It! Unfortunately, there isn’t one characteristic in its physical appearance that signifies how many copies of a newspaper are printed, read and paid for. There ,is however, an identifying mark that was first used 18 years ago which PROVES the circulations of newspa pers that are authorized to carry this statement: “Member Au dit Bureau of Circulations." Over a thousand newspapers, representing over 80 per cent of the total daily newspaper cir culation in the United States, are members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. (A. B. C ) To enjoy membership in the A B C. publishers' circulation records must be complete and accurate in all details. Strict accounting must be made of every paper printed — how each subscriber was obtained — whether or not the subscriber is j paid or in arrears — or, whether the paper was given away without order or payment. Then the all-important information: HOW MANY copies are read and paid for? All these facts are secured by an impartial A B. C. au ditor from his regular annual inspection of an A. B C. mem ber’s circulation. It is passed on to the advertiser in the form of a yearly A. B. C. audit report, the latest of which concern ing this newspaper is now available. L E. MERRYMAN PASSES AWAY Widely • Known Plumbing Contractor Succumbs To Long Illness L. E. Merryman, 51, well-known Brownsville plumbing and electrical contractor, died at the family resi dence in Olmito early Saturday morning after an illness of three months. The decedent, a World War vet eran who served overseas with the Canadian army, has been in the con tracting business here for 12 years. He is survived by his widow\ five children. Frances. Kathleen, Rich ard, Jack and Alfred; three sisters, one of whom lives in Houston, an other in Franklin. Texas, and Mrs. Harry Richudson of Brownsville and one brother who resides in Cor pus Christi. Funeral services will be held at the Morns Mortuary at 3 p. m. Sun day with Rev. J. L. Franklin of the Assembly of God church in charge. The American Legion post, In which Merryman has been an active member, will take charge of the services in Buena Vista burial park. The decendent Joined the Cana dian army in 1917 and served over seas with the 118th Engineering Corps. Fishing Expected To Continue Good Pishing conditions at the coast promised to be good over the weq)c end, reports Saturday Indicated, with thousands of people expected to try their luck. A large number of fish were reported caught Saturday at Del Mar. Brazos jetty, and other points on the coast by surf fishermen. They continued catching reds and speckled trout. The report from Del Mar Satur day morning stated conditions were about the same as Friday, with water somewhat murky, and a light wind out of the southeast. Reports Saturday Indicated a number of fishing boats would go out Sunday In quest of Spanish mackerel and king mackerel. First Spanish mackerel of the season were reported caught by a group of visiting fishermen on J. W. Pate's Qulf Ranger. No large catches of king mackerel have yet been made. Dr. J. L. Rentfro of Brownsville announced that he would make an "exploration trip” Sunday to locate the kings. ETHIOPIA TO AWAIT MOVE BYILDUCE Negotiations Between Countries Ended As Efforts to Agree Fail (Copy 11935. by the Associated Press) ADDIS ABABA. April 6— Hard working rlaue cjela^»e. ting of kings of Ethiopia, confirmed Satur day in an interview trial ms ua.wn nas broken off negotiation* with Italy in the East African aispme uJv emphatically darned that war ha* oeen declared on either side. Followed by three cocker spaniel* and a servant carrying a red um brella—sign of the master's power as a descendant of the Queen of Sheba—the emperor received his interviewer m a library of the palace where he gave a terse but complete statement of the Italo-Ethioplan dip lomatic situation. Relations Ended "We have tried to negotiate di rectly with Italy, or through an in termediary. Unlortunately Italy has declined arbitration mid has not re plied to our proposals. There fore we have broken off negotiation* and submitted the matter of Geneva.'' Emperor Haile Selassie, if not for his picturesque costume, could have been taken lor a sun-burned Euro pean. The emperor had been up since five o clock in the morning, his usual rising time. Often he wdksuntll mid night. All government work of the more important class is under his immediate supervision. His minis ters are constantly at his beck and call in the palace. Decision Fails The emperor s brief words In reply to a question afforded a summary of the abortive attempt of Italian and Ethiopian representative to reach a decision regarding responsibility for the Ualual frontier incident and the question of reparations. Negotiations ended In deadlock after agreement had been reached only on establishment of a neutral aone. It was understood that the em peror, in mentioning arbitration, had in mind the British minister to Eth iopia, who acted as intermediary. TRIO INJURED IN CAR WRECK ___ Owen Combe of Brownsville Among Hurt; Truck Causes Crash tSpecial to Th? Herald i EDINBURG, April 6.—Owen Combe of Brownsville, president of the Southwestern Concrete Pipe company of Brownsville, was in Edinburg hospital Saturday as the result of painful injuries sustained early Friday night when he was in jured in an automobile collision near here. H. W. Nutting and Arthur Chaty of Edinburg, both connected with the Hidalgo County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, al so received injuries. The car. which Combe was driving, overturned and burst into flames when a truck suddenly turned in front of the car, and the light sedan crashed into It. Ccmbe and Chaty crawled from the wreckage and pull ed Nutting, who was unconscious, from the flaming car. Combe received a painful scalp wound and bruises; Nutting sustain ed a broken leg and cuts and bruises; and Chaty sustained minor cuts and bruises. Hospital attendants said Combe probably will be released from the hospital Sunday. THE WEATHER (By V. I. Weather Bureau) Brownsville and the Valley: Part ly cloudy Sunday; not much change in temperature. Five Killed As Violent Winds Sweep Sections Thousands of Dollars Of Property Damage Reported ■——i — EAGLE PASS. April «.—uP>—'Two were killed in the storm which swept the Quemado Valley near here Friday, it was learned lata Saturday. A small boy. whose name was not learned, was burled alive in the ruins of his home at San Rodrigo. Miss Tomasa Compean, a school teacher, was Instantly killed when her home collapsed. Her father,' Prolessor Pablo Compean. was near death Saturday of injuries, and other members of the family were .tas seriously hurt. «■ 1 1 .. NEW ORLEANS, April pP/—' Three dead were counted and many thousands of dollars of property uam&ge was detailed in a senes of tornaoic winds, thunderstorms and iauis that swept portions of Texas, Louisiana, Mi&sisippi and Alabama Friday night and Saturday. Wind near Vivian, La., overturned a boat on Jones pond and Manchild Stevens, negro, was drowned. Marion Friday, 38-year-old tann er living on Black Late near Chest nut, La., was struck by a lightning bolt and killed while plowing in a field. His horse also was lulled by the bolt C. R Wheat, 20. was killed as the wind blew down a group of Der ricks in the east Texas oil field Friday night near Henderson. A heavy blow swept down upon Opelousas. La., causing thousands oi dollars of property damage to stores and homes and leaving a coating of haiL Another blow dipped across Prich ard, Ala., near Mobile, damaged a lumber mill section there an esti mated $2,000 and blew itself out over Mobile Bay. Shreveport. La., reported wind velocity of 44 miles an hour Satur day morning, but no one was re ported injured. Two radio stations 1 there were temporarily put out of commission by lightning. MARKETS — MARKETS AT A GLANCE NEV YORK Sotcks: Steady; trading turns j quiet. Bonds: Improved; rails high er Curb: Narrow; metals improved. Foreign exchanges: Firm; guild ers rally sharply. Cotton: Quiet; local covering; domestic and foreign trade buy ing. Sugar: Steady; reactionary buying. Coffee: Quiet; trade support CHICAGO Wheat steady; influenced by corn. Com firm; late speculative buying. Cattle nominally steady. Hogs nominally steady; quot able top $9 30. NEW YORK C t RB Cities Service 119 IN IN IN' El BAS 01 7S 7N 7N Ford Ltd 1 7N 7N 7N United Gas 7 IN IN IN NEW YORK STOCKS Sales In 100s High Low Close A1 ChemADye 8 134% 134% 134% Am Can 11 117% 117% 117% I i Am Stl Fdrs 2 13% 13% 13% Am Sug 5 59% 58% 58% ! Am TAT 16 104% 104% 104% Am Tob 4 75 74% 75 Anaconda 69 11 10% 11 AT A SF 34 39% 39 39% Baldwin Loc 7 1% 1% 1% Bendix 9 13% 13% 13% Beth Stl 13 25 % 25% 25% Chrysler 37 35 34% 35 Con OU 16 7% 7% 7% Du Pont 12 91% 91 91% Gen Asphalt 4 14% 13% 13% ;Gen El 75 23 22% 23 Oen Foods 12 34 33 % 34 Oen Mot 52 28% 28% 28% Goodyear 9 17% 17% 17% Ills Cent 17 11% 11 11% Insp Cop 4 3% 3 3% Int Harvest 6 37 % 37% 37% Int TAT 31 7% 7% 7% J Manv 12 43 % 43 43 Kennecott 83 17% 16% 16% Mo Pac 1 1% 1% 1% Nat Stl 8 43% 43% 43% NY Central 62 15% 15% 15% Penney 4 63 63 63 Radio 26 4% 4% 4% Sears R 47 35 % 35% 35% Soc-Vac 16 13 12% 12% S Pac 45 15% 14% 15 Std Brands 50 15% 15% 15% SO NJ 26 39% 38% 39% Studebaker 13 2% 2% 2% Tex Corp 19 19% 19% 19% US Ind Ale 1 39% 39 % 9% US Stl 27 30 29 % 30 Warner 17 3 2% 2% WU Tel 10 25 % 25% 25% West EAM 25 37 % 37 37 Woolworth 12 54 % 54% 54% • DESPERADO TO KEEP OVERDUE DEATHJATE Heaviest Guard Ever Used in Texas Is Accompanying Man To Prison HUNTSVILLE. April f (API — Raymond Hamilton arrived at lha Texas penitentiary here at 1:45 p. M. Saturday. He vu immediately tahen to the death-bouse from which he escaped last July while awaiting execution for the slaying of a prison guard. DALLAS. April 6. tA*—Surround ed by the heaviest guard ever to attend the transfer of a prisoner in Texas. Raymond Hamilton, cap tured death house fugitive, was started to state prison at Hunts ville Saturday. Texas rangers, state prison offi cials, Dallas county deputies and other officers hemmed in the shackled desperado and started by automobile for Huntsville. There he will fill his nine-month overdue engagement with the elec tric chair for the slaying of Major Crowson. a state prison farm guard. Braggart la Auden The 22-year-old braggart wag sullen when taken from his cell and said little. He was captured Friday night in a Fort Worth railroad yard by Dallas officers. He had been sought throughout the south and southwest after a daring break from the state penitentiary’s death row July 22, 1934 Before his departure. Max Rogera, Walker county district attorney, said he hoped to obtain similar execution dates for Hamilton and Joe Palmer, convict who joined Ray in his prison break, but was later recaptured in Kentucky. Tentative plans called for' sen tencing of Hamilton and Palmer as soon as possible by Judge 8. W. Dean of the twelfth district court. Walker county. Hamilton was convicted and sentenced to death for slaying Crowson, during an other break from the East ham pris on farm in January. 1934. Under Texas law the date of exe cution must be at least 30 daya after sentence is passed Indica tions were, some officials said, that Hamilton will be sentenced to for feit his life sometime during the second week in May. Hamilton was hurried through a mob of reporters, newsreel camera men. photographers and magazina writers by his guard. Nearly 1,000 persons jammed tha back alley entrance to the jail as Hamilton was thrust into an auto mobile. the type he used in his wild dashes from the law. and taken away. Six Cars In Party There were six cars in the party. One machine, filled with Dallas deputies, led the way, and Ham ilton and five officers, including prison officials, rode second in line. Hamilton was captured Friday night without a single shot being fired Ranked with Alvin Karpis and Thomas H. Robinson as one of the three outstanding public ene mies of the nation. Hamilton sub mitted meekly when Sheriff Smoot Schmid, his deputies and Fort Worth officers encountered him as he lolled on a railroad track with a group of transients. Deputy Sheriff Bill Decker of Dallas eased up to Hamilton, cov ered him with a pistol and told him to "hoist 'em up." "Don’t do that." Decker shouted. ’Oet your hands up.’” Hamilton hoisted his hands im mediately. "Well. Bill, you’ve got me—why dont you go ahead and kill me?” the fugitive asked. "Oh. no. you'H stand hitched* Decker said as other officers clos ed in and handcuffed the outlaw. Patman Bonus Bill Amendment Prepared WASHINGTON. April 6.^-P — Senator Thomas . senate bonus and inflation leader, said Saturday he planned to offer am endments to the Patman cash bonus bill, designed to make it more acceptable to the administra tion. At the same time, the senate monetary bloc announced plans to •press for immediate action on the Wheeler bill for the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. Both moves were the outgrowth ot a series of conferences among members of the inflationary group which resulted in setting up four committees to press for action looking to the issuance of more money. TONIGHT’S MOVIES OVER THE VALLEY Brownsville: The Capitol—Clark Oable and Conatance Bennett in "After Office Hours." The Queen—"Ln Cucara cha." San Benito- The Rlvoll—Gary Coop er and Anna Sten tn 'The Wedding Bight *** ___ Harlingen The Arcadia -Dick Powell and Oloria Stuart tn "Gold Digger* of 1935 ’* The Rialto—Greta Garbo and John Bole* tn "The Painted Veil La Perta: The Bijou--Pred Astaire and Ginger Roger* In "Roberta" San Juan The Ran Juan—Dick PoweR and Ruby Keeler in "Dame* - Raymondvtlle: The Ramon—Sylvtg Sidney and Gene Raymond in Behold My Wife *' Donna The Plain-Jean Parker lb "Sequoia ** Mercedes: The Capitol Edward a Robinson In “The Whole Town* Talk ing.’* Weslaco: The Rita—Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart m "Oold Digger* of 1935 * McAllen The Palace—Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart In "Gold Digger* of 1935 “ The Queen-Jungle picture, "Beyond Bengal *' Mission: The Mission—James Dunn and Alice Faye tn "George White s 1M| Scandals'* Aboveboard Circulation—Only Member in The .Valley of Audit Bureau of Circulations