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DISTRICT MEET
PLANS MAPPED
More than 200 of the best high
•chool scholars and athletes :n
Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and sun
counties will gather here Friday
and Saturday lor the annual inter -
scholastic league meet for District
28
in addition to the Brownsville
entries who qualify automatically
through scholastic population of
the school, the following from the
Cameron. Willacy, Hidalgo and
Starr county meeu will be eligible
lor the district meet here:
First place winners in uebate.
tennis, rural pentatheion, extem
poraneous speech, declamation, ready
writers, one-act play and 3-R.
First, second, and third place
winners (individuals; in typing.
First, second, third and lourth
place winners In track and field
stents.
Superintendent J. Lee StaiuDaugh
of Pharr-Ban Juan-Alamo is direc
tor general of the meet and the
other directors for the meet are as
follows:
Declamation. (J. P. Hiiburn of
I Raymondviile; debate, H. A. Moore
of La Feria; extemporaneous speech.
E C. Dodd of Brownsville; ready
writers. Ernest H. Poteet of Mer
cedes; athletics. Claude Dailey of
Donna, “3-R” contest. County Sup
erintendent John Barron of Browns
ville; typing. Mrs. H. A. Hodges of
Edinburg: one-act play, Arthur Hays
The district meet will get under
way Thursday night at Mission
with the one-act play contest, it has
been announced.
The events here Friday will in
clude tennis preliminaries at 1:30
p. m., debate preliminaries at 1:30
Lm.. declamation at 7:30 p. m.. ex
aporaneous speech at 7:30 p. m.
and debate finals at 7:30 p. m.
Beginning at 9 a. m. Saturday,!
the following events are to be held
here: tennis finals, typing, ready:
writers. "3-R” contest and track prel
iminaries.
The track finals will get under |
way at 1:30 p. m. Saturday on
Tucker Field.
Brownsville entries in literary
events will be as follows:
Declamation—Senior Boys. Jim
Snead; Senior Girls. Arline Van
Hook.
Extemporaneous Speech— Senior
Boys. Baird Elfrink.
Ready Writers—Senior Boys, Sam
my Gustaves.
Spelling—Alma Jane Andrews and
Pauline West.
Tennis—Boys Singles, Gus Lan
degren and Edward Dunkleberg;
Boys Doubles. Edw. Dunkleberg. Gus
Landegren and Phil McNair; Girls
Singles, Dorothy Crow; Girls Dou
bles Bertha Champion and Irene
Baxter. _
Seventy-Mile
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atsaippi and Louisiana. In south
western Kentucky, the Green and
Pond rivers poured over their banks.
A hundred or so families were left
homeless
CALIFORNIA RTVER
DAMAGE HEAVY
SACRAMENTO, Calif . April 9.
OP)—Ten railway section hands,
working late to repair damage by
record-breaking rains, were killed
Monday night In a railroad acci
dent near Roseville. Calif.
The accident, which occurred
when the workers’ light railway
motor car crashed head-on Into a
Southern Pacific gravel train, was
the worst of several which have
accompanied heavy rain storms
over the state In the past three
days Nine other persons have
lost their lives through drowning,
and untold property damage has
been caused by high waters.
Storm Peak Passes
The victims of the accident were
killed Instantly and their bodies
flung Into a 60-foot ravine by the
aide of the tracks. An eleventh
worker was possibly fatally Injured,
while three others escaped with
minor hurts.
Nine of the dead were found im
mediately and identified at the
Roseville morgue as: F. Jiminez. A.
Caballero. A. Hernandez. Jose Ver
sus. E. Esquida, B. Hernandez.
Steve Pitakis. Louis Apo6tolis and
Sam Darras. all of Roseville. Res
cuers found the body of Pete Peni
otes in the ravine later. Attend
ants at the railroad hospital at
Roeeville said Tony Espinoza was
dying.
Threats of more serious flood
hazards were believed averted Tues
day with the passing of the peak
of the storm and the prospective
return of clearing weather.
Homes, farms, crops, stores, high
ways and railroads all suffered
from the effects of the storm in
many sections of California, not
ably in the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys.
Records of half a century stand
ing In Sacramento and of 22 years !
at Los Angeles were shattered by
the rains that pushed the seasonal
total throughout the state above
the normal and far above precipi
tation In recent years.
Valley rivers were choked with
the runoff, from the Sierra Neva
da. overflowing over thousands of
acres of lowlands and into towns.
Near Flood Stage
Tributaries of the Sacramento
nver created i#.e chief hazard,
pushing it up within inches of
flood stage at Sacramento. The
river dropped slightly to 28.6 feet
Monday night, but reclamation en
gineers' feared it might rise again
Tuesday.
The Feather river, one of its
feeders, passed flood stage north of
Sacramento Monday night, and in
its rush swept away a mile of
Southern Pacific tracks on the
Marysville branch line.
Rising waters drove many per
sons from their homes. One hun
dred were driven from river bot
tom camps at Marysville. Merced
was from three to five feet deep in
water in the business district and
parts of its residential sections
when the Bear Creek overflowed
there Monday night.
Merced hotels were Jammed by
Kans quitting their flooded
es. Damage was estimated
around 8100,000 in that city.
Ten thousand acres of the Merced
irrigation district were reported
flooded by waters of the Bear and
Mariposa creeks.
Puiga, a town in the mountain j
area, was almost completely isolated 1
by blocked highways. Impeded |
transportation caused the closing
of many valley schools. 1
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If Kit’s a Wife, It’s News to Her
If she’s already married. H certainly has slipped Katherine “Kit**
Klein's mind. The national women's skating champion, announcing
her engagement to Dr. Tbomaa Outland of Sayre, Pa., was confronted
with the statement of Philip Nicholas, boxer and her ex-trainer, that
they married hi 1933 and still are man and wife. “Kit," shown
here with Nicholas while In training, says they were “sort of en
gaged," but never wed. Nicholas now la a Sandusky, 0„ night e*wb
operator.
Culbertson Flares Up
***** *****
Over Sims’ Feet While
***** *****
Lead Mounts to 14,640
NEW YORK. April 9 OP*—A lead
of 14.640 points looked pretty big to
the Ely Culbertson* Tuesday as they
headed for the stretch in their 150
rubber bridge marathon with Mr.
and Mrs. P. Hal Sims.
With only 38 rubbers to be played,
DAILY NEWSREEL
Ab nation began observance ol
75th anniversary of “Pony Ex
press” inauguration, one of las:
■'urviving riders. Broncho Chorlu
filler (top) was found in Ne»
York, f Most modern approxima
ion of pony express rider is Edwii
C. Mutick (right), Missouriai
hosen as captain of first of air
.iners to be placed in transpacific
service. £ Sl-bell carillon tower
.’10 feet high (left), at Wilmington
Del., will be memorial of Alfred 1
DuPont to his parents. Mr. and
drs. E. I. DuPont
Chair Cars Put On
Restoration of through chair-car
emce on Southern Pacific trains
oetween Brownsville and both San
Antonio and Houston was announc
ed Tuesday by A N. 8 Patrick, gen
?ral agent here.
The chair cars to these points
bad been discontinued for some
time.
Auto Accident Fatal
To Big Spring Man
BIG SPRING. April 9.—<JP>— T
L Blanchard. 48 died Monday
night of a fractured skull received
"hen he was struck o> an automo
bile Saturday. Blanchard came here
from Wichita Falls in 1928. Burial
will be Wednesday.
ringside kibitzers agreed that unless
the Simses draw some phenomenal
cards, their chances of overtaking
the Culbertsons are slim.
The contestants crowded 17 rub
bers into two sessions Monday aft
ernoon and night completing the
112th rubber of the match.
In the afternoon, the Culbertsons
won five of eight rubbers and
brought their lead up to 14,060 points.
They won five of the nine rubbers
Monday night, but added only 600
more points to their margin, prin
cipally because Sims bid and made
two small slams.
The playing Monday night was
enlivened by a dispute between the
two men over the bulky Sims feet.
Culbertson argued that Sims was
crowding him under the table.
"Hes spread-eagled me out of at
least three rubbers.” Culbertson as
serted.
Sims contended It was Culbertson
whose feet were in the way.
The upshot was that Culbertson
drew a chalk line under the table
and importuned Sims to keep his
feet on his side of the line.
The dispute flared momentarily a
short time later when Culbertson ac
cused Sims of crossing the line. It
subsided quickly. however, when
Mrs Culbertson told her husband it
had been her feet he had encounter
ed.
The Culbertsons now have won 62
rubbers to 50 for the Simses, with a
total point score of 95,370 to 80.730.
Three Executed In
Drive Against Crime
MOSCOW. April 8 -Three
more executions in Moscow were
announced Monday, making a total
of 54 canred out in Russia since
the present anti-crime campaign
was started, as the government de
creed the full penalties of law
against any criminal down to 12
years ot age
The decree provides that even
children abovp 12. who are charged
with crime, shall be tried in regular
courts and that penalties including
death shall be found against them
if they are guilty.
Mary Astor’s Hubby
To Sue For Divorce
LOS ANGELES April 8. An
nouncement that Dr. Franklyn
Thorpe will file suit here Monday
for divorce from Mary Astor. screen
actress, was made by his attorney.
Ethel Pepin. The couple wed at
Yuma in June 1931 and have a
daughter two years and nine
months of age.
T obacco-Che wing
Boy It Arrested
DENISON. April 8.—<iP>— Chew
ing tobacco nonchalantly, a 10-year
old boy was arrested Monday for
robbing a small Denison girl of a
wrist watch.
The boy recently fled 10 the pro
tection of relief clients at Sherman,
a few miles from here when his
father was arrested on a charge of
.issault to murder there.
Police here did not know what
tc do with him Monday.
WRECK INJURES MAN
Roy Fulcher, civilian employee at
Fort Brown, is recovering In the Port
Brown hospital from painful glass
cuts suffered late Saturday after
noon when the car in which he was
riding overturned near Olmito.
Fulcher suffered a severe gash
ncross the arm and chest when the
car's brakes suddenly locked and the
vehicle turned over. He was rushed
to the Foit Brown hospital by De
puty Sheriff James who happened
to be passing at the tune of the acci
dent.
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TOMATO PACT IS
VOTED DOWN BY
CAMERON 468-51
Cameron county voted 468 to 51
against the proposed Texas Tomato
Marketing agreement, a canvass of
last Saturday s voting revealed Mon
day.
The vote represented a total of
45.544 acres of tomatoes in Cameron
county.
The poll by towns follows:
Brownsville. 12 for and 28 against;
Harlingen. 2 for and 51 against. La
Feria. 2 for and 73 against; Los
Fresnos. 4 for and 48 against; Rio
Hondo, 22 for and 80 against. San
Benito. 10 for and 61 against; Santa
Rosa, none for and 106 against.
The vote was tabulated by F. J.
Kietz of Lo6 Fresnos and Denver
Hance of San Benito.
ADOLPH OCHS
(Continued from Page One)
er’s devil” in Tennessee.
His philanthropies and works in
the public interest were hailed in
many quarters.
When Mr. Ochs took the helm of
the New York Tunes it had passed
through the financial straits of
1893 and had come out a crippled
concern. He reorganized it and in
stituted a new plan of financing
When he assumed control The
Times had about 100 employes, a
circulation of less than 20,000 daily
and gross annual receipts of ap
proximately $500,000.
Receives Many Award#
In 1928. the employes numbered in
excess of 3200, dally circulation ex
ceeded 400.000 and Sunday sales
700.000. Annual receipts exceeded
$25,000,000 In 1934 the week-day
circulation averaged 468.470. and
Sunday 716.135.
* A year before the 50th anniversary
of his entrance into the publishing
field he was awarded the gold medal
oi the National Institute of Social
science “for maintaining and pro
mot mg high standards of Journal
ism.”
Mr. Ochs gave much of his time
and energy to the building up of the
Associated Press He had been active
as a director and member of the
executive committee since the form
ation of the present world-wide
organization in 1900 and had serv
ed on two occasions as its treasurer.
Recently he was renominated as
a candidate for director, and the
nomination would have been voted
on at the Associated Press members’
meeting in New York. April 22
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Effie Wise Ochs; one daughter. Mrs
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, both of
New York; his brother. Col. Milton
B Ochs, and sister. Mrs. Harry C.
Adler, of Chattanooga: two sisters.
Miss Nannie Ochs and Mrs. B Tal
limer. of New York, and four grand
children.
Mr. Ochs was bom in Cincinnati,
Ohio. March 12. 1858 After receiving
a grammar school education in
Knoxville, Tenn.. where his family
had moved in 1865. Mr. Ochs, then
20. became a newspaper delivery
boy for the Oil Daily Chronicle of
Knoxville.
'Printer's Devil’
In 1875 he was a "printer’s devil”
at $2 s week and there perhaps
learned, as newspapermen say. "the
smell of printer’s ink” which be
came a part of his being.
In 1878 he laid the financial
foundation of his future career
»hen he successfully published a
city directory for Chattanooga and
with the proceeds purchased a
half-interest in the Chattanooga
Times for $1,750. Two years later he
owned the paper outright.
In 1896 he went to the New York
I Times. _ w
Among the honors which came
to the publisher were honorary de
gree* from several universities, in
cluding Yale. Columbia %nd Dart
mouth. and in 1919 he was made a
Chevalier of the French Legion of
Honor, and eventually was raised
to the rank of commander.
DRAKE ESTATE
(Continued From Page One)
alleged leaders of the scheme re
ceived as part of $200,000 paid in
since the former head of “the firm.'
Oscar Hartzell was recently sent to
prison for fraudulent use of the
mails.
ifight Arrested
Delmar Short, one of those arrest
ed and who the authorities said to
believe in the validity of the estate, j
said a trust fund now totaling 135
billion dollars has been set aside for
the estate heirs by the English gov
ernment.
Frequently since the scheme first
bobbed up early in the 1890*. author
ities have warned investors against
the scheme with the information
that there was no such estate.
Those held besides Short are Les
ter Ohmart. James F. Kirkendall,
his wife and daughter. Otto Yant|
and his wife, and C. W. Wiliams
All live in Chicago.
BIG INCREASE
(Continued from Paga One)
than any other similar agricultural
section in the United States.
These figrres are of great Import
ance as they* are the basis of gov
ernmental function*. They will be
used bv the department of agrlcul
; ture in determining the amount of
aid and supervision this section re
quired.
They also will furnish statistic*
for use when the county seeks fed
eral aid in flood control irrigation,
highway work and health work.
Popularity Contest
Sponsored by Club
<8peclai to The Hexald*
LA FERIA, April 9—On Tues
day the students of the high school
will nominate the best all-round
boy and the best all-round girl:
also the most popular boy and the
most popular girl. On Wednesday
the names of the Ones receiving
the highest number of nomina
tions will be placed on the ticket
and one boy and one girl elected In
each group.
The contest is sponsored by the
Library club and the winners anil
i have their pictures placed w the
1 Library club yearbook.
Court Sees Nudist Drama
"ant of futuristic play dramatized by the Nudist Theater Guild, cond
oned of Westchester county sun-bathing enthusiasts, was ordered to
erform the play in court at Mt. Vernon, N. Y., to enable justices to
.ecide whether week of performances in local theater would imperil
public morals. Some of cast are seen in costumes.
! TODAY’S MARKETS
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. April 9 >JP>—
Light buvlng at the opening of
the cotton market here Tuesday
was sufficient to advance cotton
futures from 3 to 7 points in early
trading. Old crop positions were
bought in the best manner and
gains averaging 7 points were
shown by the May and July con
tracts.
Liverpool cables came in better
than due and was holding steady
during the l&te trading in that
market.
May opened here at 11.10; July
Years Bring
Dash to ‘Dot’
Recognize the girl in the top pic
ture? No? Then took at the
one below Yep: they’re one
and the same—Dorothy Gish,
Manhattan stage star. Gone
now is the topknot of blond
curls and the demureness
which won the hearts of raorie
fans of IS years ago. The top
picture was taken in Dorothy’s
New York dressing room the
other day.v
Red Cross Teachers
Certificates Arrive
Advanced first aid certificates,
which qualify them as teachers in
Red Cross junior courses, have been
received here by Wilbur Washing
ton. Uriah Stegman. Mrs. P. G Hales
and L. R Olmsted. Sr.
The certificates were received
from St Louis headquarters Mon
day by W. O. Washington, chair
man of the Brownsville Red Cross
chapter.
Auto Is Wrecked
A light roadster driven by Ese
quiel Cisneros of Harlingen was
badly smashed early Sunday morn
ing when it turned over as It was
making the turn Into Brownsville at
the Mercy hospital. Although the car
was badly wrecked. Cisneros escap
ed with minor injuries.
Firemen to Meet
i Special to The Hei cud»
RAVMONDVILLE. April 9 —Chief
Townsend and other volunteer fire
men have completed plans for en
tertaining the 5th district firemen at
a meeting here Tuesday night. A sur
prise Is In store for visiting fireman.
at 1117 and October at 10 81 and
held within a point or two of these
prices during the initial trading.
NEW YORK CURB
NEW YORK, April 9. «*»>—'The
curb market displayed a fairly
steady tone Tuesday with improve
ment most pronounced in oils and
metals. Trading was moderately
active.
New York, Honduras and Riaa
no advanced a full point and frac
tional improvement was shown by
Pioneer Gold and Bunker Hill <Jt
Sullivan. Among active oils ad
vancing were Creole and Interna
tional Petroleum. Other shares
gaining a trifle included American
Gas. P ttsburgh Plate Glass and
Sherwin Williams. Electric Bond
Sc Share was steady during the
early trading but slipped a trifle
under increased offerings at the
beginning of the second hour. *
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO April 9.-WV- <U. 8
D. of A.)— Potatoes, 87, on track
270, US shipments 711; old stock,
Idaho's strong other stock steady,
supplies moderate, trading good:
Wisconsin round yhltes U8 No. 1,
.75-824, unclassified .78: Michigan
round whites U8 No. 1, .774-80;
Idaho russets US No. 1. 2.10-20
fine quality large 2 25. US commer
cial 1.85, US No. 2 155: new stock,
stronger, supplies light, trading
limited Florida bushel crates Bliss
triumphs US Na 1 washed 2.50-65
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. April 9. —<&— Mod
erate profit-taking forced an early
recession of grain prices Tuesday.
Reports of rain In parts of the
grain belt, with traces os moisture
in the southwest drought area, were
bearish In the market. Opening
4-\ decline. May 944-95, wheat
later held near this range. Corn
started 4-4 off, may 864-4. gnd
then went lower.
Truck Markets
Carloi shipments of entire United
States reported Monday, April 8:
Crape;rut: Ariz 10. Calif 8, Fla
81, total US 99 cars.
Oranges: Calif 204, Fla 87, total
US 291 cars.
Beans: Fla 43, total US 43 cars.
Beets New York 2, Texas 10, total
US 12cars.
Caboage: Calif 12, Fla 32. So Car
38. others 2, total US 84 cars
Carorta; Aru 1. Calif 20. NY 7,
Texas 4. total US 32 cars.
Mx Vegetables: Calif 32. Fla 21.
La 5. So C a 6- Texas 17. ©the.» 8.
total US 88 cars.
Onom: Mich 11, NY 12, Ore 1.
Texas 40. otal US 64 cars. Canada 5.
Peas: Calif 2. So Car 1. total US 3
cars.
Potatoes: Fla 5. Idaho 129. Maine
302. Mich 43. Minn 47, NY 27, Wash
21. Wise 85. others 52. total US 711
cars.
Spinach: Maryland 1, Texas 14.
Va 14. total US 29 cars.
Tomatoes: Fla 28. total US 29 cars
Cuba 4.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
ments reported Tuesday morning
April 9:
Mx Vegetables 9. Onions 38. Car
rots 4. Beets 9. Beets and Carrots 5
Parsley 4. total 67 cars. Total to date
this season—Citrus 4584. Vegetable*
5587, Mx Citrus and Vegetables 34.
total 10.205; to same date last season
—Citrus 1809. vegetables 8643, Mixed
Citrus and Vegetables 28. total 10.
480 cars
Represent all vcp nces paid d>
truckers for Valley Citrus and Vege
tables. April 8:
Grapefruit: Boxes US Comb 150
1.65; US No. 3s 1.40-150. Bushels US
No. 2s 65-75c, few Duncans 60c; un
classified 50-60c. Sacks box size US
No 2s 1-1.15; Unclassified 85-90c.
Beans; Bu hampers best 1.75-2.00.
few poor lower.
Beets; Per dot bunches 10-2Oc.
Cabbage; Bulk per ton best |70
75 00. poorer lower.
Carorts: Per dot bunches 18-20c;
half crts 75-90c.
Greens: Per doz bunches turnip
and mustard20-25c.
Onions: 50-lb sacks Yellow Ber
mudas 1.75-2.60. Crystal Wax 2 25
2.75.
Peat: Bu hampers few 1.35-150
Parsley: Bu crts 90c-1.00.
Poe tees: Bliss Triumphs 50-It
sicks US No 1 l't in mm. 1.75-2.00
8pinach: Bu baskets, few 75-90c
Turnips: Per doz bunches around
26c.
PRESSURE IS
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northeast of Edinburg which was
abandoned at 7.508 feet. It was lo
cated in the Engelman Gardens de
velopment, was started bv the Mc
Collum Exploration company, who
earned it to 6.009 feet, and was
completed by Union.
STARR WILDCAT
18 FLOWING OIL
toocc-Ml if . ne Herald)
RIO GRANDE CITY. April 9 —
Another wildcatters dream came
uue Tuesday.
In south central Starr county,
i bout one and a half miles south
of the Barbacoas pool, a new well is
flowing an estimated 20 barrels of
pipeline crude hourly on quarter
Inch tubing choke under compara
tively low pressures, according to
reports Tuesday.
The well is Armstrong. Emanuet
and Adams No. 1, Starr County
Cattle company, located 330 feet
from both the south and east lines
of Block 57. Jeffries Lambeth Sub
division, porcton 89. ancient Juris
diction of Camargo.
The test had sand at 2718-26. ana
was completed only after long, hard
financial struggles The tubing run
in the hole Monday was borrowed
on condition that the well be a
producer, and was to be returned
otherwise While trying to complete
Monday the test sanded up three
times and stopped flowing but when
Tinally turned through casing and
locked” it started flowing again.
The chief importance of this week
is further development along new
well defined southeast-northwest
uend through Starr beginning on
the southeast with Hidalgos Sam
fordyce field, and going through
Barbacoas and ending in the Sun
Oil company's Las Cuevitas pool 11
northwestern Starr. This, with the
exception of the Sun pool. Is the
best producer in Starr county.
BRUNO APPEALS
mgs at Flemington. N. J.. and Tren
ton. N. J.
The petition was filed jointly m
the name of Hauptmann and hi*
wife, Anna Hauptmann had been
assessed income taxes totaling 9b.
400 94. penalties for alleged failure to
file an tnoome tax return and for
alleged fradulent attempt to evade
Income taxes totaling 14,060.72 and
interest totaling 9226 64.
Butchers Ask Lower
Fees For Inspection
The Cameron county commislson
era court Monday heard a petition
from a group of Cameron county
butchers requesting that the fees for
inspecting hides and animals be
lowered. At present they pay 25 cents
lor the first 50 and 10 cent* for each
additional. The butchers are asking
that the fees be reduced to 10 cents
for the first 50 and three cents lor
each additional. The court took the
petition under advisement.
The court also took under advise
ment a petition from the Salvation
Army asking that it be granted funds
with which to do relief work.
During March the court allowed
the Salvation Army, the Volunteer*
of America and the San Benito Wel
fare group 8100 each with which to
do relief gork.
Oklahoma Refuses To
Return Man To City
Oklahoma authorities have declin
ed to recognise extradition proceed
ings on W E. Van Zant. Harlingen
trucker charged by Indictment here
with removing mortgaged property
from the state.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Will Cabler
returned from Oklahoma Saturday
after ^pending several day* in Okla
homa City in an unsuccessful at
tempt to have Van Zandt returned
here for trial.
Van Zandt already la under a five
year suspended sentence in this
county as the result of a conviction*
on a charge of conversion.
The present indictment charges
him with removing a truck from
the state on which J. L. Head of Har
lingen holds a mortgage In the first
case he was charged with mortgag
ing a truck which belonged to U. S
Eldman, Harlingen garage man.
2.150.000 Gallons Of
Aged Booze On Hand
WASHINGTON. Apr! 18. ■*»» —
America started 1935 with less than
2.150.000 gallons of unsold four
year-old whisky, though millions
of gallons were stored for aging
during 1934.
Sworn statements to the alcohol
control administration on 1934 pro
duction showed stocks in the hands
of distillers increased 65.000.000 gal
lons to 99.116.437 gallons during the
year
Whisky production amounted to
108.051.325 gallons with more than
60.000.000 of this in the distillers'
custody at the end of the year for
aging.
‘Parade Of Death’
Staged At Dallas
DALLAS. April 8. iP*—Forty four
traffic deaths in Dallas county
since the first of the year caused
a parade to be held here Monday
In it were ambulances, a hearse,
wreckers and motorcycle policemen.
Fifteen floats participated One
showed Death turning its back up
on a tuberculosis sanatorium and
gleefully contemplating a country
side dotted with automobile acci
dents.
Another earned a cocktail glass
nine feet tall and brimming with
liquor. Still another carried a
miniature graveyard
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Schools Expected To
Get Federal Fund
WASHINGTON. April 8. uP>—It
Is expected that 42.000 public
schools, which faced closing because
of Insuffllcent funds to pay their
teachers, will be kept open this
spring with money provided under
the $4,880,000,000 public works
maesure.
While the amendment providing
$40,000,000 specifically for that pur
pose was thrown out in conference
between senate and house. Repre
sentative Buchanan of Texas c\air
man of the house appropriations
committee, gave assurance that the
schools will be taken care of under
the $300,000,000 fund roughly ear
, marked for professional and white
| collar ' rahol,
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What The
Legislature
Is Doing
AUSTIN.—A bill to re-enact tha
law authorizing the railroad com
mission to consider market demand
in prorating oil production was <
pushed toward final passage in the w
senate Monday.
A new thrust at the bill, which
also would rewrite all oil conser
vation laws, was directed by Sen
ator Tom DeBerry of Bogata. Hit
amendment to eliminate the mar
ket demand provision shaped a di
rect test.
Successively amendments were
tabled to require storers of crude
to tender it to refiners when the
price reached $1.50 s barrel, and
to eliminate concurrent jurisdic
tion in Travis county for sulta
by the state against violators of oil
conservation regulations.
Senator Grady Woodruff of De
catur withdrew an amendment
which proposed s gas conser
vation plan *s an addition to tha
bill. He explained Senator Clint
Small of Amarillo, sponsor of the
oil bill, promised to aid in pass
age of a gas conservation bill
which had cleared the house.
The amendment by Senator
Frank Rawlings of Fort Worth
to eliminate concurrent jurisdic
tion in Travis county was tabled,
15 to 10. after sharp debate. The
proposal of Senator Will M. Mar
tin of Hillcboro - to make mar
ket demand work for the public
benefit as well a* the oil indus
try." was tabled. 16 to 9.
"If you sty they cant produce
oil when the price is under $1
a barrel, then the commission
ought to be allowed to protect the
public by requiring them to sell
it when thep price is at $1.50." Mar
tin argued ,
Meanwhile, bills to provide an
attorney and bond expert for the
permanent school fund were in
troduced in the house of repre
sentatives.
The bills were offered by Rep
resentative Alfred Petach of Fred
ericksburg. a member of a house
committee investigating alleged
investment of permanent school
funds in bonds of questionable
value.
The house adopted a conference
report on a bill to appropriate
9266.960 for sumtier schools a*
state colleges.
Although the period for intro
duction of bills In the house end
ed Saturday. Speaker Coke Steven- .
son authorised acceptance of pro- \J
posels filed Saturday, bringing
the number of house bills to 957
and proposed constitutional
amendments to 7. Starting Tues
day bills can be introduced only
on a four-fifths of vote of the
membership.
The house resumed consideration
of the departmental appropriation
i bill after defeating a resolution
proposing Inquiry into the natural
resource tax situation. Represen
tative Hollis Fraser of Franklin,
sponsor of the resolution, said
! the investigation was necessary to
determine if natural resources
were being fairly taxed.
Included in the bills that came
in under the wire was one by
Rperesentative R. Emmett Motae
of Houston. It would prohibit
rental of unsanitary houses. Tha
bill would require that each bed
room have 12 square feet of win
dow space, that doors and windows
be equipped with screens, that
doors be substantial and the house
weatherproof and that running
water be furnished where avail
| able.
Tiie house adopted a resolution
to direct that liquor seized by ran
gers be turned over to the state
board of control for use In elee
mosynary institutions.
Large Numbers Of
Redfish Are Caught
(Special to The Hers Id I
DEL MAR. April 8.-Fish were bit
ing Sunday in spite of the stiff north
wind and a large number of redfish
and trout were caught.
The report shows the following; A.
A Hargrove of Brownsville 4 reds;
E. Buck of Harlingen, 4; Maurice
Burdltt of Pharr, 2 reds. 1 sand trout;
Mr and Mrs. M. McClure of Pharr;
17 reds. 2 sand trout; D. F. Close
and party of Brownsville. 3 reds, 4
speckled trout; Jeff Lanier at
Brownsville. 1 drum; Lee Vanoe of
Brownsville. 1 red; Clark Lanier of
McAllen. 3 reds; John L. Vance o#
Brownsville. 3 reds; Jim Kuyken
dall and party of Harlingen. 14 rods;
Will G. Fields of Harlingen, 2 rods;
H R. Bupp of Harlingen. 4 reds; R.
W Bennett and party of Browns
ville. 11 reds: Mr and Mrs. John
Irick. 4 rods. 1 sheepshead. Neal
Jackson of Rio Hondo. 5 reds; Gor
don Elias of Mission. 3 reds; Ed
Gullv of Mission. 3 speckled trout;
H. M Smith of Brownsville. 5 rods;
J. D Malone of Brownsville 8 rods,
1 sheepshead. 1 drum; J. T. Kirta
and Roy Cannon of Los Fraspoa
4 reds; C. J Yost and party of San
Benito 7; Nobile Disbro. Alamo. 4
reds; Clarence Bennett of Browns
ville. 2 reds; J. c. Bennett. 1 rod:
Lee Mullen. 1 rod; Sam Bennett of
Mission. 1 red; Bill Carlisle oi
Brownsville 5 reds; T. H. Doak of
Carrolton. Md . 7 reds. 1 drum; Percy
Hayes of Wilmington. Del.. 3 reds,
5 speckled trout; residents of Del
Mar and Jettyville. 57 reds. 12 drum,
1 eaten. 5 speckled trout. 2 shepa
head.
Insurance And Dredge
Companies Are Sued
A suit for S10.000 damages haa
been instituted in 103rd Civil Dl#-*
trlot court here by George Davu as 1
the result of personal Injuries sus
tained in an accident at Port Isabel
Dec 15. Defendants tn the suit are
the standard Dredging company and
the Trader* & General Insurance
company.
The plaintiff alleges that he was
painfully and permanently injured
Dec. 15 when a mooring cable swung
around, knocking him Into a pile
of steel cable, tools and equipment
on a dredging Job at Port Isabel.
The plaintiff declined the award
of the Indusrlal Accident Board for
I9 60 for 26 consecutive weeks, the
plaintiff's petition sets out.
City Briefs
|.!cctrk washing micMuia ft**
line and electnc Irons, lrornn*
I boards and tuba.—Browosviiie Hard*
i wart.—Ad V*