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STRIKE HEADS
ARE ARRESTED
Violence Is Feared In
Some Sections As
Result of Action
9 By Agitators
(By The Associated Press!
College students were called from
their classrooms Friday by a na
tional commttee for a one-hour
••strike" on behalf of peace, but po
lice in several cities feared clashes
with opponents of the movement.
Boston authorities particularly
were apprehensive that the anti
war demonstrators might come to
harm. High school cadets there were
to mass for competitive drills.
Many of the cadets, Deputy Supt.
James R. Claflin pointed out. are
"big fellows” and presumably “know
pretty well how to handle those
rifles they carry.**
A melee climaxed a patriotic
meeting in Chicago Thursday night,
ending only with the appearance
of police
The national student strike com
mittee estimated that 150.000 stu
dents. a third of them in New York,
would answer the call at 11 a. m
High school pupils were urged to
Join the older students in the peace
lemonstrations.
Police guarded Boston high school
children, who were under threat of
suspension if they Joined the walk
out. against further distribution of
strike literature after eight Har
vard and theological seminary stu
dents had been arrested for dis
tributing it.
New York police arrested ten high
school students who were passing
out strike handbills while Hunter
College. New York, described as the
world's largest college for women,
suspended two seniors for strike ac
tivities
Not all involved walkouts from
elaeses, however Heads of a few in
stitutions declared a forenoon re
cess to permit full participation In
the protests against war. At others
the demrnstrators were scheduled
for late in the day.
Switzerland, Fearing to Be “Belguim”
, of Next War, Arms Against Nazis
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"PACIFIC* SWITZERLAND JOINS EUROPE’S MILITARISTIC PARADE
By MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
LONDON. April 11. — The unus
ual international spectacle of once
docile Switzerland ‘talking tough
to Germany, high-lights the fact
that the little Alpine republic has
turned militaristic along with the
rest of Europe
The Swiss unanimously backed
their government the other day in
demanding “satisfaction" from Ger
many for the kidnaping—by German
secret agents—of an anti-Nazi Jour
nalist within the borders of Swit
zerland. And. more significant than
any single international incident,
the Swiss have given strong support
to an expensive new military pro
gram.
Determined not to be “a violated
Belgium" of the “next war.” thrifty
little Switzerland will spend nearly
*40.000.000 to bring Its armament
up-to-date. And the people, in a
nation-wide referendum, have ap
proved a decided extension in the
length of military service every
Swiss has to undergo
Ernr»l Swlsa Are on lM'V
Gold standard
Ordinarily Switzerland goes on
CITY CASH
GROCERY
1130 S. E. Washington St. Phone 1281
WE DO OUR PART
Real Bargains Real Specials
Below We Quote a few of Our Many Bargains for
Saturday and Monday, April 13th and 15th, 1935 !
COFFEE »rg.K~r. 29c
BREAD ia,"-1.5«
CRACKERS, Salted, 2-lb. bon 20c
mifff IMP Canned, 6 small «a a
lUlLIm or 3 large cans.Alt*
rACCCC Admiration, 1-lh. can.28c
LUr i LL Bright and Early, 1-lb. bag . 22c
SAN1 FLUSH csrll >iM.8V2c
POST TOASTIES Sff p‘cl“,e 10c
SOAP a .19<
MACARONI - SPAGHETTI ffg?. Tc
SYRUP 5S.tr.18c
PRUNES ST,*-.. 14c
NUCOA 10c
PICKLES ^ur.17c
MUSTARD Z'ZVt 17c
CORN MEAL Ur1. 19c
TOMATO SOUP arsTf.... 8c
VINEGAR Qu7HCiboTu. I Sc
MEAT SPECIALS
HAM Boiled, per lb.42c
BACON, Breakfast, Not Sliced, lb. .. 28c
CHEESE, Yellow, per lb.20c
LONG BOLOGNA, per lb. .... 17c
BACON, Sliced, per lb.29c
WIENERS, per lb. 17c
J. R. GUERRA, Prop.
Brownsville, Texas
about 1U own business and pays
little attention to external attain
There are those who look upon the
Swiss as people who spend their
business hours making Swiss cheese
and Swiss watches and then yodel
ling In their free time. But. as a
matter of fact the republic is one of
the most heavily industrialised
countries in the world. Nearly half
its working population Is engaged
in its mills and factories which turn
out fine stl.. and cotton goods, ma
chinery, armaments, precision in
struments. dyes and chemicals. They
are so economical that their national
bank has a gold coverage in excess
of the amount of notes outstanding
—almost a miracle in these days.
Some time ago a spirit of fear and
apprehension came over Its happy
Alpine valleys and busy towns.
Prance, afraid of that next war.
heavily fortified all Its eastern fron
tier except that portion bordering
on Switzerland. Belgium, little mil
itary sister of France, also pro
ceeded to fortify its frontiers bor
dering on Germany Neither France
nor Belgium wanted to face the dan
ger of another possible tnrush of
German troops, such as took place
in 1914
French hit Swi» on the Spot
Then the Swiss woke up Since
their frontier was the only one
which France had not fortified, the
German war staff mivht consider
marching through Switzerland to
attack France Just as in 1914 thev
marched through Belgium. The
Swiss preserved their neutrality in
the World War by maintaining a
citizen armv of 400.000 to guard their
frontier*. For the future also they
want no part in war. They want
to preserve their neutrality and their
independence — something espe
cially dear to the Swiss. Accord
ingly. their parliamentary bodies
voted to build new fortifications,
modem artillery end machine guns,
airplanes and all the other new
pheraphemalia of war.
Then last September the parlia
mentarians got busy once more.
Thev saw it was no use to buy these
highlv technical war imclements un
less the soldiers could be adequate
ly trained to use them. The Swiss
maintain no large standnlg army,
but call up their men for training
every year. Parliament passed a new
law Drolonglng the training from 65
to 90 days for the Infantry and en
gineering corns, from 75 to 90 days
for the cavalry and air force and
60 davs for the auxiliary corps The
Socialists in parliament were divid
ed. Some voted for the new law.
A majority abstained from taking
any position, divided between their
hatred of militarism and their ha
tred of Nazi Germany.
Then the Communists Jumped In.
aided by some Socialists. Switzer
land has a nation-wide referendum
law. If a certain number of signa
tures are obtained, any law passed
bv parliament may be submitted to
♦his referendum. The people thus
have a chance to decide whether
they want the law or not. The need
ed signatures were obta’ned and at
once a thumping drive began, rem
iniscent of bitter presidential cam
paigns in America. The central
committee of the Socialist party ap
proved the law by a majority vote,
saying they realized the necessity
of improving the national defense
In order to ward off the danger of
Nazi attacks Prominent members
of the upper body of parliament
took the stump for the law.
In March the referendum election
was held, resulting In 506.845 af
firmative votes and 431501 nega
tive. The law was thus approved
by 74543. Furthermore 15 out of
25 cantons voted for it. It thus
got double approval. The negative {
votes were not only cast by the ex
treme parties of the left, but also
by many who objected to the addi
tional expense Involved in these
hard times and by many of the pea
sants who were angry at the new
taxes imposed upon the vine growers.
Border Province* Solidly for It
A number of significant things
were observed in the election. The
northern provinces, which border
Germany, almost all voted for the
law. The canton of Zurich, consid
ered a citadel of the parties of the
Left, voted for It. this being due to
the hostility of the working classes j
to Nan Oermany In the canton of
Geneva, where the Socialists rule,
the law also obtained a majority.1
In general, the cities voted for it, I
the country against It. Apparently
in the towns the working class al
lowed their fear of Natl Germany
to overcome their pacifism. In the
country the peasants allowed their!
anger at the government taxation
and their suffering from hard times j
to overcome their usual eagerness
to support national defense.
But the law is now definitely the
law of the land and the army au-1
thorities will now proceed to put It i
into effect. It will give them an
opportunity. In case of need, to put
Into service a body of 500,000 high
ly trained soldiers, knowing how to
take advantage of every mountain
and every valley in their republic.
And the Swiss have always been
brave soldiers and good shots
Building, Remodeling
Begins at Mercedes
MERCEDES. April 12—Approx
' imatelv $1500 la to be spent in
{repairing and remodeling the E. E
Evans building on Texas avenue,
known as the Rio Grande Hard
ware building, and upon completion
will be occupied by the Mercedes
i store of the Piggly-Wlggly Butt
I company The building is expected
to be ready for occupancy by the
.first of May and will triple the
! store space of the Mercedes Ptggly
Wiggly branch of which Joe Lam
bert son is manager. Jacob Fossler
is contractor for the work.
The Coy building on the comer
of Texas avenue and the highway
Is being repaired at a cost of ap
proximately $1,500, with P. P. Ewing
as the contractor .
W. T. Scotton has the contract
for building a $4,000 residence on
South Ohio Avenue for Mr. and
Mrs. Wells Springfield of Dalits,
and for the repair of the city hall
to cost around $000
FECANS IN SWEET POTATOES
Parboil sweet potatoes; peel. Cut
into slices about one-half inch thick.
Arrange a layer of the potatoes in
an oiled bakug dish and cover with
layer of thinly alieed canned pine
apple; then cover with another layer
of the potatoes Dot with butter
and pour over about one-half cup of
dark syrup. Just before putting tr'o
the oven sprinkle generously •**!
chopped pecans. Bake m a moder
ate oven <375 degrl's Fahrenheit'
until brown. If you prefer you may
cook the sweet potatoes with whole
pecans put between layers and on
top and omit the pineapple.
JUST AMONG US GIRLS
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\walk ,
11 .
g.x£, to t-ru|uvrf> to WOiD HEf? agc a woman
has Out most* t/oubic mv trifin^ to Mold MtrtTOMGuc
Rio Hondo Students
Win Handsome Cups
to Tbe Herald •
RIO HONDO. April 12—The Rio
Hondo high school boy’s quartette
returned from the Kingsville Mu
sic contest bearing first prize, a
handsome silver cup. The cup has
been placed in the trophy case in
the high school building where it
is on display. Boys who comprise
the local quartette are Mack Mize
Bob Brannon. Earl Wheeler and
Richard Holloa
The boys have gained consider
able renown in the Valley singing
before various luncheon clubs and
over KRGV.
The girls sextette came back
winers of second place in the con
test.
Mrs F M Brannon, music coach
of the Rio Hondo schools, accom
panied the group to Kingsville.
Others who made the trip were
Miss Frances McCabe, pianist and
Mrs. C E. Derby. 8tudents who
marie the trip were Edith Claire
Mallemee. Ruth Mc»Ewoen Janet
Brockhaus. Mattie Belle Grantham.
Ethel Ann Petras, Elizabeth Bing
ham. June Bates. Lillian KaehtUc.
Ed.th Jones. Belva Brockhaus Er
cell Tlcer. Margaret Bullis. Helen
Watson. Richard Hollon. Earl
Wheeler. Frank Kuhn, Bob Bran
non. Turner Divers and Mack Mize.
YOUTH PLANS 1
) STUDY
--
American Will Penetrate
Wilds to Study Old
Civilizations
By J. H. PLENN
MEXICO CITY. April 13 — Bob
W. Wilson. 23-year-old graduate of
the University of Texas, has left
Mexico City on a lone expedition
into the wilds of the state of Oaxaca,
where exist huge tracts of virgin
forest never before penetrated by
white man.
Wilson, who is in Mexico on an E.
D. Parmer scholarship from the Tex
as University, is the son of Rev.
James T. Wilson, pastor of the
First M. E. Church. South, of
Aledo, Texas. 15 miles from Fort
Worth. The Farmer scholarship was
created some years ago for the pur
pose of developing international
friendship. Under its terms, the.
fund maintains every year at least
one University of Texas graduate
to study in Mexico and one Mexi
can student at the University of
Texas,
In collaboration with a Mexican j
engineer. Ezequiel Ordonez, Wilson
is working on a project to clarify,
and systematize the archaic deco
rative motifs of the pre-Conquest j
civilizations of Mexico. This pro
ject constitutes one part of the!
archaeological studies which he is
undertaking. The other studies, j
based on documentary evidence and
direct observation of previous schol
ars. will be brought up to date
through his findings from personal
*:tudy of the existing tribes which in
many cases have maintained all
their ancient traditions, customs
and folk-ways and have not Inter
married with later arrivals.
Some of these tribes Wilson ex
pects to find In Oaxaca. Since his
general topic of investigation in
Mexico is Art. he has taken with,
; him as principal “weapons" a cam- j
era. sketch books, paper, and water
colors which he will use to record j
his observations. The present trip
is one of several the young Texan
, has planned to carry him as close
as possible to the ways of life of
fMltlvi Relief
For Itchy Skin
CooHnl and soothing Bine Staf
Ointment melts on the skin, sending
tested medicines deeply into poree
where It quickly kills itch, tetter,
rash. eczema, foot hch. ringwornfc
oto. Money beck if first Jar fails.
the ancient Mexicans and their re
lationship to the present sociological
scheme. He has his work all map
ped out In a comprehensive program
taking up every day of hts stay in
Mexico.
Although he is not going on a
hunting expedition for wild game.
Wilson will traverse one of the wild
est regions In the country, abound
ing with Jaguars, leopards, wolves,
pumas tapirs, crocodiles, boa-con
strictors. Tarantulas and scorpions
and other poisonous reptiles and in
sects Infest the tropical portions of
Oaxaca, which Is also one oi the
natural "paradises ' of Mexico Pre
cious woods and minerals are found
there, and this region is the home of
the cochineal insect, famous for Its
use as dye. rivaling the ancient Ty
rian purple. The section is honey
combed with ruins of ancient cities,
many of which have not been found
bf scientists. Some of these “tot
cities’* are believed to be Inhabited
by direct descendants of the Mixtec
pnd Zapotec tribes Wilson is mak
ing the trip from Oaxaca City on
horseback His only companion is
a native guide and interpreter.
PORTABLE HEATER CSEPUL
A portable oil heater which com
bines a smart appearance with good
heating qualities is a fine thing to
have about the home on chill early
spring day*. These heaters come
with either one or two burners and
humidity features They are es
pecially good to use in bathrooms
and children s rooms after the fur
nace has been allowed to relax Its
vigilance.
EROSION WORK
PLANS RUSHED
_
COLLEGE STATION. April 12.—
JP>—Pimm were underway Friday
for immediate wind aroslon control
work in the dust-swept Panhandla
section of Texas.
O. B Martin, director of the Te*. ]
as agricultural extension service,*
said Thursday night that If funds
were made avallbale at once, tha
work could start bv Saturday or
Monday.
He was notified by Wilbur C. Hawk,
Amarillo newspaper publisher, of
the receipt of a telezram from Wash
ington saying a half-million dollar
allotment for the work had been
made.
Martin said the project would be
pushed with all the force at the
I command of the extenaton service
and that every effort would be made
to get the job done in time to pre
i vent further damages to 5.000,000
acres of rich Panhandle wheat lande
! already affected.
; He called the situation acute.
Martin said he had received a
telegram from Parker Hanna and
i O O Tumltnon. district auperrisora
: in the Panhandle, confirming hia
estimate that 1.500, 00 acres had
been stricken by dust and drought
since they reported 3.500 000 acre*
'seriously damaged April 1.
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Well kidds remember it* about tune
to atart gettin my direy together
and bring em In Aprul SO and get
that big pint of Grlshama tee cream.
And If yure’a la the neetest you wtfl
jet that big allver dollar too
But in the meantime dont furget
jo drink those three big glasses of
Irish*ms milk every day — It aur
alnly has done irondera for ma
Watch for Me Net Friday
r. V.
C. H. Gregory
Owner
; BiSajSi SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY April 13 Institution
In Our Bakery Department
CAKES, Malted Milk Layer.28c
DOUGHNUTS, do*.
ROLLS, Cinnamon, do*.
CRISCO
3 p°und* 59
wesson OIL
Pint.2JC
i PRESERVES, Strawberry, Teagarden, lb. jar . . 23c
| ORANGE MARMALADE, Teagarden, 1 lb. jar 23c
\ ASPARAGUS, Femdell, No. 2 tall can.32c
^ PEAS, Mape*, No. 2 can.0*
J SOUP, Phillip’* Tomato, can.5c
> RAISINS, 4-lb. package..32c
) MIXED VEGETABLE, Phillip’*, No. 2 can- 9c
) SOAP « Giant bare . 27c
) --
J CHIPSO S:::all Pkg. . . 8c
; CAMAY SOAP 3 Cakes 14c
! SOAP Mlaai ... .2 for 11c
COFFEE
I ADMIRATION
| pmp'ii round Vacuum Jar round Can
: ^ 30< 27.
! Bright & Early ^ 'Si
; POUND . . . Xlc p,
1 LIBBY’S FOODS
I BABY FOOD, Libby’*, can. 10c
I VIENNA SAUSAGE, Libby’*, can.5c
| TOMATO SAUCE, Libby’*, 2 can*.11c
) APPLE BUTTER, qt jar.10c
) PINEAPPLE, Libby’*, No. 2 can.19c
k ■ - ——
FLOUR Heart's Delight
12-Lbs. 24-Lbs. 48-Lbs.
sfr-i.oo'us
SUGAR e P‘p~
Beet •. 48c Cane •. 50c
POTATOES 10 ibs.. 16c
COFFEE
H&H
3-Lb. Crystal 1-Lb. Crystal
Vacuum Jar Vacuum Jar
87- >0
CPOST TOASTIES
Large pkg.
2 for .
JELLO, 3 tor.19c
CERTO, Boiti..., 17«
PLUMS, gallon.36<
BLACK RASPBERRIES, gallon.64c
PEACHES, gallon . 58c
VINEGAR, Cider, quart.16c
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DEL MONTE CANNED FOODS
PEARS, No. 1 can. 15c
PEACHES, No. 2»'t can.20c
PEAS, No. 1 can. Early Garden.13c
LIMA riANS, Green, No. 1 can.13c
SCOTT1SSUE, 3 roll. 23c
SYRUP, Brer Rabbit. 2‘ ,-Ib. can . 19c
SYRUP, Brer Rabbit, gallon . 59c
BAKING POWDER, Calumet, lb. 22c
I BACON, sliced, rindless, lb.30c
) CHEESE, Full Creem, lb.23c
I LAMB SHOULDER, lb.. 16c
1 LAMB LEGS, Ik....25c
i
HAMBURGER, lb. 15c
CODFISH, bonelew, 1 lb. box.33c
HENS, dresaedT lb. . 20c
,VEAL CHUCK ROAST, lb.15c