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By Mail—Outside of the Rfo Orsnde Valley: 7Se per
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Friday. April 12, 1935
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Dust Storms
Wafted on a strong north wind, the problem of
the Middle Western and some of the Southwestern
•tales was brought home to the Rio Qrande Valley
Thursday afternoon in the shape of the first real
dust storm this section has ever experienced.
We have all of us read about these dust storms.
man> of us have seen newspaper photographs or
movie reels showing the havoc of desolation they
have brought, but somehow it makes us all think
twice of their real significance when we realize that
the dust of Thursday and Friday came to the
aou them most border of the United States from
Kansas, North and South Dakota, the Texas Pan
handle and Oklahoma, hundreds and almost thou
sands of miles away.
Top soil has been taken from the farm regions of
those states In countless tons and borne by the winds
to all sections of the country. A newspaper photo
graph the other day showed a Kansas field In which
the soil had been lifted away until roots of sprouted
wheat were standing inches above the top of the
ground. Another picture showed a tuft of buffalo
grass rearing into the air some four or five feet
above ground level, and the buffalo grass was rest
ing on what had been the former ground level. Five
feet of top soil blown an ay!
The reason is easy to see. The remedy is hard to
figure out.
Years ago when the 'bonanza' fields of wheat
were planted, the plains of the Middle ~.est were
put In cultivation, the native grass p.Jwed under
until now it has almost disappeared Came the
worst drought in history No moisture to sprout
wheat and com. no plant life to hold the soil to
gether The ground dried out and the winds came
The obvious remedy Is of course to re-sod a great
portion of the lands affected with native grass. How
that grass can get a start without rain is a prob
lem What the farmer whose farm Is turned back
to nature will do for * living 1* still another prob
lem
These families who are so affected by conditions
which have brought about these dust storms are
offshoots of the pioneering stock of America Their
forefathers homesteaded these lands back in the
days when railroads were non-existent In that ter
ritory They broke the way for the civilization of
the Middle West of today. The danger of Indian
forays, the ravages of sinter, the heat of summer—
they withstood them all.
Their contribution to the progress of the nation
has been great, the nation must return the debt it
owe*, but how?
Real Estate Sales
Valiev money ha* been Invested In two apartment
buildings in Brownsville recently, and local real
estate men remark that signs are potent for a re
vival in Brownsville teal estate activity.
Such a revival Is long past due.
There is every prospect for an advance in real
estate values as a result of the building of the
Brownsville port. There is talk of inflation in the
air If inflation no matter how modified, does come,
those who invest row In real estate holdings will
benefit when the Brownsville port is completed.
Tn two or three years we will be hearing the same
•ort of talk we heard a few years ago. “I remember
» whan I could have bought that residence for $5,000
and it sold th* other dav for $10 000.“
The wise investor will be looking for Brownsville
real estate.
Why Not a Right Turn?
Why not amend Brownsville traffic regulations to
allow a right turn, with proper restrictions, on a red
light?
Such a procedure Is allowed in practically every
city in the country with traffic lights.
Many times a right turn on a red light Is much
safer, much more convenient to all on the street,
than a rtght turn on a green light when the auto
lst Is going directly Into foot traffic.
We repeat, why not a right turn on a red light?
Child Specialist Most
Interested in Quins
“ ' 1 1 — ———a^—
By DR MORRIS FlbHBtlN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association,
and of Brieia. the Health Magazine
Primary interest in the Dionne quintuplets is held
by doctors and welfare workers. Ortalnly, specialists
in feeding and rearing of infants are going to learn
a great deal from these babies.
Already they have learned much concerning the
factors necessary to rear premature children to suc
cessful life. It is wfll known that the mortality
among premature babies is excessive in spite of the
best possible care.
Mortality among twins and triplets In premature
births is enormous Survival of these babies Is char
acterized as phenomenal.
A premature baby is not developed sufficiently m
Its nervous system to provide for the automatic reg
ulation of its breathing or of its body temperature.
Its feeding and digestive powers are very feeble.
Furthermore, the premature baby Is likely to suc
cumb to any number of infections to which it la eas
ily exposed.
• • •
Successful rearing of the quintuplets depended on
the provision of the right kind of air. the mainten
ance of proper body temperature, the feeding of
a sufficient quantity of properly collected and pre
served human milk, and extraordinary vigilance In
preventing development of infections.
What ha* been accomplished for these babies may
well be a lesson to parents throughout the world as
to the type of care necessary to be given every infant
so that he may have the best possible opportunity
for health and successful growth.
• • •
While the quintuplet* appear to be identical, it
will, of course, require extended scientific study to
determine whether any two of them are identical or
whether all five are idenitcal.
If It should turn out that some are identical and
the others fraternal, that if. that several came from
one egg cell and the others from individual egg cells,
the studies will furnish most extraordinary Infor
mation
No doubt, as these infants grow, they will be sub
jected to serious study not only of their physical
characteristics, such as their sizes and measurements
and thumb prints or other physical formations of
their bodies, but also of their mental development.
Will one learn faster than the others? Will one
develop musical talents and the others ability to
paint or to dance?
They are going to have a life that is to be lived
in a glass house, with all the world studying through
special lenses.
American audiences are good, but not as warm as
the English. But they are much better than in France,
where they shout at you. and In Italy, where they
throw chairs at you. —Nick Romoff, pantomime artist
visiting in U. S. •
In history, whenever the banking system of a na
tion has been made subservient to the politics of a na
tion. that banking system has Inevitably been de
stroyed — .Touett Shouse. head of American Liberty
League
To organise a strike against war Is to show a
strange lack of sense of humor, for the strike itself is
a form of war—Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, com
menting on national student anti-war movement.
We cannot in fact believe that those who must
have the prosperity and well being of their peoples at
heart can wish to plunge them into slaughter, ruin,
and extermination.—Pope Pius XI.
One automobile or airplane crash usually does more
damage than all the cocktail* a person could drink —
Surgeon General H 8. Cumming of U. S Public Health
Service.
Pood intoxication and alcoholic Intoxication are
similar m many respects Each has its origin in
perverted appetites.-Dr R P Baker, of Pennsyl
vania, addressing osteopaths convention.
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The World
At a Glance
BY LESLIE EICIIEL
(Central Press Stall Writeri
NEW YORK April 11. — The
weakness of NRA lies in Its creation
and protection of monopolies. Its
strength lies in certain elements of
it that shorten the hours of labor
and bar child labor.
Critics of NRA. however, assert
that the monopolistic features are
too dangerous to be assuaged by the
benefits of the other feature*.
Critics of monopolies, and other
problems of the day. are referring to
Hear* George, noted American eco
nomic writer of more than half a
century ago.
And the writer of this column has
been making a re-analysis of the
Henry George works They seem to
touch the problems of today as clear- J
sightedly as the problems of the
post-Civil war period.
Georg# On Monopoly
Henry George wrote this on mo
re po l- tn "Social Problems’’ 52
years ago
“I am not denouncing the rich,
nor seeking, by speaking of these
things, to excite envy and hatred.
But if we would get a clear under
standing of social problems, wr must
recognize the fact that it is due to
monopolies which we permit and
create, to advantages which we give
one man over another, to methods
of extortion sanctioned by law and
public opinion, that some men are
enabled to get so enormously rich
while others remain so miserably
poor
“If we look around us and note
the element* of monopoly, extor
tion and spoliation which go to the
building up of all. or nearly all. for
tunes. we see on the one hand how
disingenuous are those who preach
to us that there is nothing wrong
In social relations and that the In
equalities in the distribution of
wealth spring irom the Inequalities
of human nature.
“On the ether hand, we see how
wild are those who talk as though
capital were a public enemy, and
propose plans for arbitrarily re
stricting the acquisition of wealth
Capital Is good; the capitalist is a
helper, if he is not also a monopo
list We can saf#lv le» any one get
as rich as he can if he anil not de
spoil others in doing so"
• # •
Man-Made Wrongs
Henry George added
“There are deep wrongs in the
present constitution of societv. but
they are not wrongs Inherent in the
constitution of man nor in those
social laws which are as truly the
la vs of the Creator as are the laws
of the physical universe
“There are wrongs resulting from
bad adjustment* which it is within
our power to amend.
The ideal social state is not that
in which each man get* an equal
amount of wealth, but in which each
man gets in proportion to his con
tribution to the general stock
“And In such a social state there
would not be leas incentive to exer
tion than now ; there would be far
more incentive.
• • •
“Give Them Cake"
Henry George dramatized his ar
gument in this manneh
“‘Why do they cry for bread?'
asked the innocent French princess,
as the roar of the fierce, hungry mob
resound*'* through th^ "^urtyard of
Versailles. If they have no bread
whv don't they eat cake?'
Yet not a fool above other fools
was the pretty princess who never
in her whole life had known that
cake was not to be had for the ask
ing
“ Why are not the poor thrifty
and virtuous and wise and temper
ate?' one hears in luxurious homes
when su:h subjects are mentioned
“What is this except the question
of the French princess? Thrift and
virtue and wisdom and temperance
are not the fruits of poverty . . .
“The old idea that everything in
the social world is ordered by the
Divine Will—that it Is the mysteri
ous dispensations of Providence
which give wealth to the few and
order poverty as the lot of the many,
make some rulers and others serfs—
is losing power. But another idea
that senes the sapie purpose is tak
ing Its place. We are told. In the
name of science that the only social
improvement which is possible Is by
a slow race-evolution, of which the
| fierce struggle fo rex is t cnee is the
impelling force . . .
“Lying beneath such a theory is
the selfishness that would resist any
Inquiries into the titles to the wealth
which greed has garnered, and the
difficulty and Indisposition on the
part of comfortable classes of real
hng the existence of any other
world than seen through their own
eves."
Kb Solution
Henr\ Georg* had a solution
which in thia day Is not considered
by persons “on the left" as sufficient
of a solution. This is the nub of
the Henry George solution
"To abolish all taxation except
that upon land values ’
6aid Henry George:
"In ever)- civilised country, even
the newest, the value of the land
taken as a whole is sufficient to bear
the entire expenses of government."
News
Behind the
News
Capital and world gaaaip. avaata
and personalities, in and out ol
the news, written by a group ot
fearless and Informed newspaper
men of Washington and New York.
This column Is publishsd by Tha
Herald a* a news failure. Opinions
expressed are those of the writers aa
individuals and should not be in
terpreted as reflecting tba editorial
policy of this newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By George Our no
Grievances — The White House
main tain* steadfastly that when
James A Farley does retire from
one of his jobs it anil be the demo
cratic chairmanship. And this wont
be in the immediate future, it U
safe to say.
Other inspired New Deal source*
are spreading the story that It i* true
all right that Farley will quit the
cabinet after congress adjourns—
out not until adjournment in 1937.
The inference la that Big Jim will
continue making himself the best
cabinet record possible until time to
tep out and run for Governor of
New York in 1938. All of which is
p.to.cak'd on the presupposition
Mr. Roosevelt will be reelected next
year.
Most sideline observers here have
figured Farley's organising talent*
would be wieeedd in the field for
the approaching campaign Just as
they a ere prior to 1932. When Wal
ter Broun was Postmaster General
under Herbert Hoover, he shied
clear of the republican national
chairmanship, saving he could func
tion politically more efficiently from
the cabinet post Farley's friends
are now saying Brown had the right
u.« a
Meanwhile democratic aenators
congressmen with patronage and
outer grievances are trying hard by
Indirection to ease Big Jim out of
both jobs if possible—politic* being
that sort of * game.
« • •
Yearning—In Department of Com
merce corridors the rumor has been
gravitating among sub-officials for
reek* that Farley on the way
out of the Pot.i Office Department
and that oc^retary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper would switch over
to direction of the mails
Whether this ever develops or not
L.ere is a grave suspicion that the
wish mav have paternal influences
on the thought "Uncle Dan” Roper
has been so busy fronting for the
New Deal that hi* Commerce De
partment has become Involved in
some internal politic*. There is fric
tion in the commeroe setup that
Uncle Dan himself probably doesn’t
know about. Those "agin him'’ are
spreading the word he is soon to
become postmaster general. Who
knows but what hed like the Job?
• • •
Postponed—Senate administration
li aders were forced into the open the
c-iher day on the question oi that
3G-hour week bill- It now appears
that the White House definitely
wants to leave the question of work
ing hours to NRA—which still await*
rejuvenation.
Senator Hugo L. Black <D) of Ala.
who has been sponsoring the 30-hour
week for nearly two years unexpect
edly Jolted the leadership of Senator
Joe Robinson the other day w hen he
moved for Immediate consideration
of his measure.
Senators were quick to announce
that in opposing an instant vote they
did not want necessarily to be re
corded as opposing the general idea
of the BUck bill. The measure went
ever and a bystander would get the
tmprevMon it will go over into next
year s session at least.
• • •
Supervision—'The big push for
Senator Burton K. Wheeler's bill
contemplating government owner
ship of railroads will be deferred at
least until next session.
One reason is that Wheeler at the
moment is interested in getting an
investigation of railroad financing
underway. It is In the cards that the
Senate interstate Commerce com
mittee will look this phase of the
problem over before another con
gress convene*.
The interesting angle of the owner
ship bill is that men In the Inter
state Commerce commislson and the
railroad coordinators’ office aided
in drafting it. Their reason for
lending a helping hand was that if
such legislation was going to get
serious consideration it should be
sound legislation.
• • •
Hopeful—Only one or two voice*
were raised in the house against
the exemption of "labor" from con
scription In wartime. This item of
the bill to take the profit out of
war wa* adopted by an overwhelm
ing vote Blanton of Texas, who ha*
no big labor element in his district,
objected strenuously to exempting
labor while drafting everybody else.
"During the World War we had 5.000
.trikes in this country, and Presi
dent Wilson had continual trouble
with labor.” said Blanton. Final
ly ergamzed workers got $30 a day
while their brother* were getting $30
a month in the trenches”
The prevailing opinion in the
house was that “labor" is free and
patrottic. and doesn't need to be
drafted. A strong argument against
specific drafting of labor was that
all men from 21 to 45 were made
subieet to military duty anyhow
• • •
Timber—Gcv. Hoffman of New
Jersey will visit Washington soon,
to widen hts acquaintance. He has
stalwart friends who think they see
: tn him the white hope of the G. O
, P for 1936 A few volunteer scouts
who are on the lookout for scund
l timber are inclined to think that
Hoffman 1s not sufficiently trained
for the big race—that he might do
well four years hence.
Col Prank Knox is under consider
ation He is well established in 1111
ncis, having become publisher of
the Chicago Daily News in 1931
Progressives who have been sounded
ou* are favorably Inclined toward
Knox, and regulars praise him.
That’s going some.
• • •
Tough — Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace may have stuck his neck
out a little too far when he attacked
Senator George, the easy-going,
well-liked Georgian, for planting an
amendment in the work-relief bill
which would have made funds from
that measure available to pay AAA
expenses In lieu of processing taxes.
The two men have had a talk and
George says he understands Wal
laces position better, but they still
don't agree George’s amendment
made it discretionary with Presi
dent Roosevelt to order the direr
• -e
THE DUST STORMS WERE JUST A BREEZE
ator and the Senator can't «ee why
Wallace got so wrought up.
Those AAA amendment* which
would give the administration con
trol over processors and handlers
of farm product**are coming up
again this session They failed
twice but their chance* were fairly
bright this time The question now
is how mad George feels He doesn’t
do it often but once he gets his beck
up he s a tough customer. If he Is
still sore at Wallace when thaw
amendments are brought forward
they may die for the third time This
wouldn't make the packers cry. I
Note*—No matter how busy con
gress may be tt always finds an ex
cuse to adjourn over for the open
ing ball game ... It required a per
emptory order to shift the soil eros
ion service from Interior to agri
culture ... Hp
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ACaSLETON KenDPAKE _
BEGIN HERB TODAY |
MTM.ff ENT CM AYE*, serrefary
«• GEORGE OKI RGlll.lt. Indi hrr
employer la hi* oBIrr dend RII
lleept has a aairhooh In "hi-a
Drimgsld bad bgan •• dictate a
eotifeaalon In panic ikr r»abea
away, reglatera at a hotel andrr
aa aoaomed nnn-e.
JARVIS HUT. a itrrngri, of- i
fees to help her. He arnda her 10
a beamy shop where ahe la trans
formed loin a hranet, tbeo takes
her home, tmrodnrlns her as his
secretary. She meet's Jtapp'a son,
RORRANl his stepson. ROBERT
C.AI«E: ond RR* HTTP.
Phot night a note nndrr her door
Informs Rllllcent. “the woman in
blaeb ermine Is here." Rllllrrm
sees the woman In hlnrh drive
away and follows In Robert
raise's ronpe. bm runs oat of gas.
She walks home, eaters the ehaaf- ,
fear's ganrters aad Snds him dead.
Neat moralng SERGEANT
M UKiNKY qtieallmia Rlllleeat. |
l.atee Rlllleeat becomes panic- J
stricken and derides to ran away.
She Is slopped hy Rrs. Happ who
shoals. "Arrest that woman!"
ROW GO ON W ITH THE STOH Y
CHAPTER XXV
SERGEANT MAHONEY stepped
forward and said, "Just • min
ute. Mrs. Happ. What la It you
were trying to say?”
•This girl.*’ she said, pointing to
MiUii'cnt. "is tbe one who threw
the keys into the pond at tha base
of the fountain."
"How do you know?"
"I saw her.”
"Are you willing to swear that
yon saw her throw the keys?”
"Well. I saw her leaning out of!
the window, and there was a splash \
In the Ash pond."
"Did you see her leaning out of
the window before or after the
splash in the Ash pond?"
“Look here." she vaid In her most
Imperious manner, “you can’t cross
examine me io this way. I'm telling
you what 1 saw. and I don’t want
my word questioned.”
"I’m not questioning your word,"
Sergeant Mahoney told her. “I'm
ouly trying to get at the facts of
the case. Now, where were you
when this happened?”
“I was in the yard."
“Did you wee her lean out of the
window before or after tbe splash?*'
"It was afterwards.”
"You heard tha splash?"
"Yea."
“And then what did you do?"
"Then I looked up and saw this
young Roman leaning out of the
! window."
"How did you know she had
thrown the keys Into the pond."
T felt certain of It."
"Why?"
"Becausa of the expression on her
face and becausa I had reason to
believe she wag the one driving
Bob's coupe last n^ht"
"What were your reasons for
thinking that?"
"Because her clothes were
muddy."
"Who told yoa that?"
"Vera Ducbene. my maid."
-
TIIAHONEY shifted his ease to
■* Millicent. “What have you to
say to this?" he asked.
"Nothing."
Sergeant Mahoney gravely took
Millicent by the arm. “May I aak
where yon were going?" he in
qnlred.
*'I was just going out "
Sergeant Mahoney turned her
back toward her own room. *i
think." he told her, "you and I
will have a little chat."
Millicent did not turn her head,
but walked steadily down tbs cor
ridor to her room. Sergeant Ma
honey followed bar. stood at one
■Ida to let her enter, smiled a polite
but somewhat -oety dismissal to
Mr* Happ. than closed the door i
and. when Milllcent had aeatad
herself in a chair, perched himself
on the edge of her bed.
on were out last night?" ho
asked.
"Yes”
"Did yon baT* Bob Calse's ear?*’
"Dots It make any great differ
ence?'’ ,
•’It tray."
"Very well then. 1 had It,”
•‘Why did you have It?**
’*! was trying to follow an auto
mobile.’*
“What automobile?"
“It was a sedan. The license
number was 9J3410.”
"Where did you see this auto
mobile?"
“It left the garage "
“At what time?”
**I don’t know. It was some time
during the night.”
"And you tried to follow It?”
"Yes.”
"Why?"
"Because I was interested In find
(ng out to whom It belonged wnd
where it *as going.”
"Who was driving It?”
“I don't know.”
**A man or a woman?”
“A woman."
"And you didn’t follow this sedan
to ita destination?*’ he asked after
a moment
"No*
"Why?”
"Because the ear I was driving
rsn out of gas *
"And then yon returned home?”
"Yes.”
• • m
TIE frowred for a moment, and
* 1 said almost musingly. “You had
the keys from the car. You uaed
one of the keys to unlock the front
door and let yourself 1n. Is that
right r
*‘Yes.“
"And you did throw the keys
Into the flah pond?"
“Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me this be
fore?"
"Because I was afraid to."
"Did you hear any shot In the
direction of the chauffeur's quar
ters?”
"No."
"Did you see anyone near the
chauffeur's place?”
“No"
“Did you talk with the chauf
feur?
“No “
"Did you shoot him?"
"No.*
He stared at her moodily. "1
think." be said, “you were running
away last now.”
“What if I was?"
“It would have been a very bad
thit'C to do. The police would have
can rit you. and your flight would
have been almost a certain sign
of guilt."
Sergeant Mahoney watched her
speculatively for a few momenta,
then took from his pocket a small
automatic.
“Did you ever see this before?"
he ajiked.
“Good heavens. no!“ she said
He extended It to her—the bott
toward her.
"Take It." he said
She started to reach for It, then
instinctively recoiled from the
weapon. “I don’t want to touch It."
He reached across and placed It
op the table by her right band
"That gun," ha said, "la fully
loaded."
"Will it go offr
"Not unless you shoot ft *
“Why should 1 shoot It?"
"1 am giving li to you," ho said.
"so that If you want to make your
escape, you can take thla gun and
get out."
• • • ,
I^NCCKLES sounded Imperative
ly on the door. Sergeant Ms
honey glanced at Mllltcent and
called. "Who'S there?"
“Detective Buchanan." ?
"Come In, Buchanan."
The door opened and Buchanan
pushed hi* way into the room.
“I’ve got something!" he si
delined.
"Got what?" Sergeant Mahoney
asked him.
"Some woman was In Harry Feld
; Ing s room last night. She wan
, probably the one who tired the
' shot." -gm
“How do yon know?" J
T found a whisky flask In the
bathroom. There were fingerprint*
! on It I've brought out those latent
fingerprints with powder and I'm
satisfied they’re the print* of a
woman’s fingers " /
"Where waa this whl*¥y flask?"
“In the bathroom." j
"Did the woman drink thef
whisky out of the flask or out of a
tumbler?" Sergeant Mahonev "*ked.
"Out of a tumbler." V
"Any fingerprints on the tum
bler?"
•They were rather badly smudged.
11 couldn’t develop a clear latent
' from them. The tumbler evidently
slipped nut of her finger* aa aba
set It down and It made a bad
smudge of the fingerprints."
"Where la this flask r
I T developed the Intents and toot
It Into Mr. Happ'a study. 1 ex
plained the rtrcumetancee te Mr.
Hspip and got him to leava hi*
study. He gave me his key. Th#
door la locked. I've telephoned for
I the department’s fingerprint expert
I to come out and make phntographe
j of the fingerprints.*
Sergeant Mahoney seemed to ba
I paying not the slightest attention to
] Mllltcent.
"What kind of whisky waa ftr
ha asked. "Do yon remember tbo
! brandr
"Yea." Buchanan said. "It wa*
rather an expensl va brand of
I whisky. It’a a brand you wouldn’t
expect a chauffeur to drink. It’a
I a nine-year whisky, bottled In
bond.”
Without taking his eyea from her.
Sergeant Mahoney said to
; Buchanan. "Write down the name
; of the brand of whisky on • pieco
of paper and para It arroaa to
If you will please, Buchanan."
Detective Buchanan pulled a
notebook from his pocket. He took
a pencil and laboriously wTota a
single word. Then be tore the
from the notebook and passed ft
screes to Sergeant Mahoney. Ser*
geant Mahoney glanced at the word
on the paper, nodded, folded tha
paper, and placed it on tba table
beside the automatic which he had
previously placed there. He reached
his right band Into hia pocket, took
out a pad of paper which he placed
no the table. He held something la
bla left band. Suddenly he got to
his feet, smtled. and extended kl»
' hand to Miliicent.
"Well." be said. "HI be going."
Mechanically she gava him her
band.
Sergaant Mahoney’s Angara
closed over her right band In 4
vlae-lika grip. She felt something
slapped against her Angers. Then,
before she could withdraw her band.
Sergeant Mahoney had enatehad
, up tha pad of paper and praaaed
. bar fingertips against It ^
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