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Tuesday, April 16, 1935
‘Everybody Talks About the
Weather ...”
There are times when it appear*, that the attitude
•f the Delta country o( the Rio Grande somewhat
resemble.* the popular attitude noted by Mark Twain
about the weather, when he said that "everybody
talks about the weather but nobody does anything".
And this attitude of the Valley would seems to ap
ply with particular emphasis to the tourist future
of the country
All of us seem to agree that a great future lies
ahead of the Valley as a winter tourist center. We
talk about our climate, about our grapefruit and
oranges, our hunting and fishing and all that sort
of thing, then drift vaguely off into talk of an ad
vertising campaign,*1 and so forth and so on.
But the things at hand, the things that all of us.
no matter how humble our position in the sphere
of things, car. do—we neglect. Ask the average
winter visitor what impresses him as he spends his
vacation timr in the Valley, and he will surprise you
with his answer. Nine times out of ten it is the tall
palm trees and the brightly blooming winter flowers.
Tet. how many homes will you find that have a
single palm tree planted against the future, not a
atngle hibiscus, pomsettia or flame vine with its
cheery note? Plenty.
That u one thing we may all do to further the
interest ot the Valley as a tourist center. Plant
palms, plant brightly blooming flowers and shrubs
that blossom forth during the winter months. And
then take care of them A palm lined main high
way through the Valley has been talked for 20 years.
Had those palms been planted bark 20 years ago, the
Valley would today have an asset the value of
which could not be exaggerated.
Perhaps that is too formidable an undertaking, but
•urely the setting out of a palm or two around a
residence lot is not such an insurmountable task,
and the planting of a few flowering shrubs will not
break many backs.
The Valley is missing an easy bet when it tails to
do these things
Good Advice
Advice given the Valley differentia! committee by
Congressman West regarding attitude to be taker
by tills section at the Rob.4own differcnial hearing
in San Antonio on May 17 la good.
"Ask that the matter be held in abeyance until you
•er what reduced rates the railroads are going to
give you m accordance with the agreement reached
recently,” says the congressman. “If the reductions
are satisfactory, well and good If not, then you
have the Interstate Commerce route for a differen
tial removal still open ”
Congressman West strongly advises the committee
to have a representative in San Antonio before the
ICC hearing there, to present this attitude ot the
Valley.
Oood advice!
The Boat It«Coming In!
Steamship Texas Trader wtH dock at Port Isabrl
early next Monday morning discharge a cargo ol
merrhandi.' consigned to Valley firms, take on &00
or so tons of onions, some canned goods, and the next
morning set forth tor the FaMern seaboard.
At last, deep water transportation for the Valley!
The culmination of years of effort, ot heart
breaks. of disappointments, of labor on the part ol
hundreds, la upon us.
A new day is dawning.
Publicity That Takes
Because he wrote a yam about the Valley that
does not contain one single word of propaganda, a
yam that touches on the exotic characteristics of
this section, that hits human element all the way
through, that appeals to the average man and woman
the country over. Sherwood Anderson has contributed
one of the most valuable pieces of Valley publicity
we have ever seen.
"A Valiev Apart" in the forthcoming issue of
"Today" will interest Valleyites. win Interest thoee
who have never visited this section still more.
—.. ..
Real Reasons Behind
Nervous Breakdown
- - -
By DR MORRIS F1SHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the Americas Medical Association,
and of Bygela. the Health Magazine
If you have never known the feeling of being ner
vous or mentally ill. and you always feel adequate to
every situation In which you find yourself, you may [
discover It Is difficult to understand the significance
of the condition railed ‘ nervous breakdown."
In fact, you may even argue with the person who
suffers with this condition and may try to make him
feel that it is all his own fault. You may say if he
will only buck up'* or Just think right, he will feel
right.
Actually, however, the combination of physical and
mental circumstances is such that the person with
the nervous breakdown simply cannot get his powers
' together for the purpose of "bucking up" and think
ing right.
• a •
TOday we know that development of such situation
demands a complete study of the physical condition
of the person concerned, of his personality, of the en
vironment in which he lives, snd of the people who
surround him.
A nervous breakdown represents a variety of condi
tions. It may be Just a case in which the person is
unable to sleep, gets tired easily, and is unable to con
■ cent rate
Next it may be a form of hysteria, vyith inability to
perform various functions, simply because the person
concerned Is convinced In his own mind that he can
not do so.
Third, it may be a nervous condition in which
anxiety is the chief svmptom. with fear, palpitations
of the heart, restlessness, and a lack of power to
make decisions.
. . .
Beyond these forms of nervous conditions, there are j
various forms of insanity and. finally, actual changes !
in the nervous system, with paralysis, inflammation of
the brain, and such disorders.
The average man who talks about nervous break
downs usually means the conditions first described, in
which loss of sleep, easy fatigue, inability to concen
trate. and lack of power to make decisions are the most
significant factors.
Nervous breakdowns are not limited altogether to
high-powered business men. to clubwomen under se
vere strains with activities, to social leaders, or to
statesmen. A child In school may have a nervous
breakdown, as mav also a retired millionaire with
nothing to do
The lazy, delicate, and refined person who enjoys
iioor health or the eccentric musical genius as well
as the tramp, the drunkard, or the drug addict, may
be victims of nervous breakdown.
Ordinarily all these cases represent what one lead
ing authority In diseases of the mind has called “hu
man nature working un<t*r difficulties."
Most parents don t spank right. They let their emo
tions run away with them. The parent who tails me
spanking hurts him more than the child. I always tell
to stop spanking. That parent doesn’t know how —
Dr. Miles Murphy. XJ. of Pennsylvania psychologist
In It 14 there wa* one nation whose ambition to
expand served to ereate war. In 1935 there are two,
one in the west, the other in the east —Joseph Stalin
Soviet dictator.
. No national has the right to go into the trouble zone
and axpact his nation to back him if he gets into
difficulties. — Bernard Baruch
Never since the World War have there been such
misgiving* for the fate of peace a* now — Maxim
i Litvinov. Soviet commissar for foreign affair*.
■■■■■■■ .. ...
Why shouldn’t women demand political recognition,
not for personal advantage, but for the opportunity
to serve? — Madame Secretary Perkins.
■ -
Americans spend more for clgarets each year than
it cost* to maintain the army and navy combined,—
| Mrs. William A. Becker. D. A. R. executive.
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The World
BY LESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer)
NEW YORK. April 1«. — To ad
judge the present time, one must
project himself a century into the
future and look back.
That is the advice given to the
writer of this column by a popular
writer.
We cannot look upon the present,
as a pan of it. without bias and
prejudice and partiality.
f ookinr Back
There is a book, recently published,
which does look back a century—
upon the past century, of course
Queen Victoria.'' by E. F Beson,
noted English writer, is the book.
Written with an impartiality and
a restraint and a claritv that sweep
away the obscurities of the past this
volume seems more like a prophecy
than a requiem The volume seems
to infer that others 100 years hence
will look back on us much in the
same manner that we are looking
back on the Victorian age
We say. as we read “Could this
have been possible—less than a hun
dred vears ago?”
Human rights, even in the most
democratic of countries, were negli
gible. as we consider them
Despite the trappings of royalty
(paid for with untold millions taken
from the meager earnings of the un
der classes!, misery and want and
disease were the order of the time*.
Rovaltv itself was a victim of dis
eases which today we have wiped
out- . „ .
But the Ironical fact, the upper
most fact, is this: The want, the
misers. the lack of progress of the
people, the disease itself sprang from
a determination of the ruling
classes to maintain the status quo
And that very detemimatlon, that
dogged stubbornness (which was
hailed then as patriotic courage* led
to wars and the toppling of nrarh
all the thrones of Europe. Instead
of preserving the integrity of the
status quo. Instead of bringing sta
bility and happiness, that policy
brought instability, fright fulness
and chaos. . J
As we look bRck, we exclaim
-What stupidity!”
But how should we have acted :f
we had lived in the conditions of
one hundred years ago?
m m m
Today
Will our descendant# of one hun
Irrd years hence say of us "Whs’
stupid persons they were!”
In England the first men to or
ganize workers into a union were
deported in prison ships to far away
nenal islands.
In the United 8tat.es Today persons
who try to organize workers in in
dependent unions are termed Com
munists and are sentenced to pn
son under anti-syndicalism law? as
traitors to the government.
In England, a century or so ago
the Whigs weTe in power, and the
Tones were considered in the begin
ning. much as left-w'lng Socialists
are considered now In a mere few
years, the Tories were considered the
ractJonaries and the Liberals arose
and defeated the Tories.
Then the Labor party arose Then
were alarums. "Civilization would
perish"* if it got into powrr.
But the labor party did get into
power, and civilization went a few
steps ahead.
The party suffered a reverse, but
signs point to it# victory again in
England.
Prior, however, to the end of a
century since the mid-Victorian
reign, there are likely to be more
rad'cal and drastic parties rising to
wipe out the Laborites. Blackshirts
and Communist* certainly will not
be the end Five parties succeeded
one another in power in England
within a century*. And each suc
cessively* was reviled ad feared by
the throne and the interest* be
hind the throne.
Queen Victoria refused to call the
Tories into office when first they
defeated the Whigs. (She was com
pelled to. later.i She was certain
the world would end if the Whigs
did not remain. Then, she felt the
sam* when the Liberals ousted the
Tone* She made life miserable for
tha Liberal prime minister, whom
the people desired.
Queen Victoria did not trust the
Judgment of the people, except
when their minds were fanned into
an imperialistic, national flame. »
Tomorrow
Can we visualise what tomorrow
will bring?
Or does the inevitable anger us.
as It angered the Victorians, who en
deavored to retard progress al
though it would have saved them
much anguish
Can we not picture a world in
which there is much larger sharing
of the profits of production?
Can we not picture a world in
which social security will have ad
vanced to far greater stages than
we can foresee at the present time?
Can we not picture a world In
which we shall consider our present
divorce laws immoral, because they,
in some states, force mlsmated per
sons to live together unless they can
prove scandal aga'nst each other?
Is there not a possibility that the
future will tur. back to our page
in history and snule over the narrow
bickerings which governed our snail
like pace toward social, economic
and political freedom?
News
Behind the
News
Capital and world goselp, events
and penonalltlea. In and out ot
the new*, written by a group at
fearlese and Informed newapaper
m«n at Washington and Naw York.
This column la published by The
Herald as a newa feature. Opinions
expressed are those of the writers as
individuals and should not be in
terpreted as reflecting the editorial
policy at tills newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By George Durrwo
Neat— An inconspicuous mil is now
pending belore congress which may
put a new lace in the United States
senate and at the same time straight
en out a political jam by the new
deal in last November's congression
al election.
The state involved Is New Mexico.
The principals are U. S. Senator
Bronson Cutting, progressive repub
lican; U. S. Senator Carl A. Hatch,
democrat, and former Representa
tive Dennis Chavez, also a demo
crat. The pending bill would create
additional federal district judge
ships In several states—one of them
.Jew Mexico.
It is in the wood that if all goes
well senator Hatch will resign to
step on the federal bench, and that
Dennis Chavez will be appointed to
fill out Hatchs unexpired term in
ihe upper house.
• • •
Healing—There recently came *
recommendation by the Judiciary
conference, which is headed by Chiei
i Justice Hughes of the U. S. supreme
| court, that New York and California
each needed two additional federal
district judges if overburdened
i dockets were ever to be cleared.
When a bill to this effect finally
was reported favorably out of the
senate judiciary committee it in
cluded, in addition to the New York
and California Judgeships, new
bench seats in New Mexico. Kansas,
Oregon, Kentucky and South Da
kota.
This bill is still on the calendar.
It will have to pass the senate and
then the heuse and finally go
through conference before becoming
law. But the makings of a rare poli
tical trade are in it at the moment.
If it all works out Chavez will drop
his contest against Cutting over last
year’s election. That may help heal
the wounds Cutting felt he suffered
when the W'hite House failed to give
him turn-about aupport in 14
• • •
Yea—No—Anot her bit of phenagl*
mg over a senate seat is said to have
fallen through—at least for the day.
This one was to have involved Sen
ator John H. Overton. Governor O.
K. Allen and Lieutenant Governor
Jimmy Noe. all of Louisiana. As you
have guessed by now. a man named
Long was pulling the strings.
Ladled out of a nutshell, it was to
have run as follows: Overton has
been in ill health. He was to resign
rom the senate. Simultaneously O.
K. Allen was to have resigned as
governor, and Noe. ascending to the
governorship, would have appointed
Allen to fill out Overtons senate
term.
• • •
Overton. Allen and Noe all belong
to Long politically*, lock, stock an
barrel. But at the moment Washing
ton life seems to have improved
Overton’s health. He says he's go
mg to stick around.
Could It be that Noe. the yea-man.
said yes while Overton, the yea-man.
'said no?
I And what is Long saying?
Reform—Men wise ta the way* of
i relations between the White House
and Capitol HlU say that in the final
analysis the administration's Imper
ative 'must’’ program will include
I only four bitls-^social security, ex
l tension of NRA, banking and eradi
cation of utilities holding companies
Whether they all get through is
something for the future, but Presi
dent Roosevelt still has a well-gag
ged house to fall back on whenever
the senate gets obstreperous. There!
i will be concessions as politic* is
built on trading, but the New Deal
expects to see the 74th congress
write the basic principle* of these
j four into law.
Those trying to chart the New
Deal's future course will note that
three of the four measures contem
plate reform of the exist ing system— !
indirating that reform is still as im
portant as recovery- There are miny
who might classify the NRA bill as
a reform measure also.
Disagreement*—No visible change
ha* been made in the program for
enactment of the Rayburn utility
holding bill, but significant remark*
in congress corridor* Indicate that
the bill will have some of its teeth
drawn. Statement* by Dave Lillen
thal. power bos* of TV A, have been
challenged by the House Military
Affairs committee and he has been
given a chance to tell his story over
again. He harp* on the danger of
power shortage in the TV A regions,
although work is going ahead on two
dams and TV A is holding it* hand
out for fund* with which to build
two mere.
Analysis by utility experts has
shown that TV A s estimates of pow
er cost* do not take account of mil
lions spent in building Muscle Shoals,
or interest on that investment. Of
ficials of private utility concerns in
the South deny that there's a power
shortage or any danger of one.
Premure—Although public utilities
regulation is the subject of bitter
est controversy within and without
the administration these days it
didn't disturb the senate agriculture
committee. Without hearings or de
bate the committee favorably re
ported the Norris bill which would
give TV A power to issue bonds up
to $100,000,000 for the purpose of
buying existing private power facili
ties.
The Norris measure is designed to
overcome the Grubb decision
which held sale of surplus power by
TV A to be unconstitutional. It give*
the Valley Authority explicit license
to merchandise power.
Lot* of concealed pressure Is be
ing exerted here and there to keep
Uncle Sam from breaking down and
taking over the public utilities.
• • •
Hollow—Secretary Dem has put a
crimp on the bill* to take the prof
it out of war. His spokesman before
congress has sounded the warning
that victory is quite an important ob
ject in war time and that the gov
ernment is dependent upon indus
try to provide the means.
In cloakrooms the senators say
they don’t attach much importance
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
UTILITY
| to anti-war bills. Nye's committee
{revelations of pro tits from muni
tions are not items of news. Law
makers ask how the country can be
expected to expand its energies ten
fold over night if the government i
is to be denied the right to offer
inducements.
The pressure for a law to take the
profits out of war, on the theory
that It will discourage war-monger
ing, is such that a bill miy pass
Cynics sajf that this doesn t mean
anything—that the law’ would be
scrapped at the outbreak of war.
• • •
Note*—Speaking of work-relief.
China at one time had 1,400.000 men
at work on river dykes, as reported
by Sir John Hope Simpson, chief
engineer ... “Incoherent, confused
and contradictory,” says Senator
Borah of the NRA bill ... Utility in
terests everywhere are concentrat
ing for a fight against the Tennes
see Valley Authority ... the senate
has passed a bill requiring the Sec
retary of Agriculture to find out and
report all possible Information re
i garding peanuts— w
Ot DARK BLOND
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
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tenaloa wllhta AA aeeoada he will
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ROW GO ON WITH THE 9TORT
CHAPTER XXVIII
IfflLUCENT stared steadily at
^Bob Cslse and said. “Ton and I
might as well hats a showdown on
ibis.”
He looked op from the watch tn
hie band. “You’re damn right." be
told her. "You’ve played s run
around game with ma long enough
I want that notebook." He glanced
once more at the watch, then
pushed tt Into hie pockeL “Time s
up." be said.
"Ton Insist." shs said, tn n voice
she thought might nave • sufficient
amount of disdain in tt to convince
him. Tn thinking that 1 am a girl
tha police are referring to as the
Murder Girl. 1 really would like to
know cm what yon base your as
sumptions."
“Forget tt!" he told her. "I was
guessing before. 1 know now."
"And even If 1 were the Murder
Girl." she aald. "1 can’t understand
what yon would want with my
shorthand notebook."
"Never mind onderstnnding so
ranch." be told ber. "You and 1
are having a showdown. I want
that book."
"Whyr
She was growing defiant now
feeling that she could at least stand
up tor ber rights with tbit man
and call his bluff. For some reason
shs felt that tt tout s bluff.
"I’m going to tell Sergeant Ms
honey you’re the girl the police are
looking for.”
"Do yon think hell believe you!"
"Hell believe me to the extent
that bell start giving yon a third
degree, and tt won’t be long before
he finds out tbs right answer*”
“And then what?"
He laughed enaeringly. "Being
mixed up tn one murder.” be said.
Tt wool take the police tong to
figure that you’re connected with
the other on*"
"There Is absolutely no evidence,
she said, “to connect me with Mr
Drimgold’s murder except certain
drcumatntlai evidence that can be
readily explained."
“Sure." be told ber. “and there’s
bo evidence to connect yon with
Folding s murder except some dr
eumstantlal evidence that can be
explained. But sister, yon Just try
explaining sway ivo sets of eircum
(tantial evidence and eae what hap
pena You've been mixed up In too
many murders to give me s run
around. I want that book, and 1
want tt ..
see
"THE door burst open. Fora
*■ Duchess, ber eyes glittering
pushed ber way into the room. She
paid no attention whatever to .M
11cent, oat turned savagely lo Bob
“Ton poor deluded damn fool I"
she said.
"Don't butt tn on this." Caise
told ber. "I’m having a show
down."
She laughed bitterly and said. "A
rweet time to have a showdown
She holds all the trump cards.”
“She doesn’t bold anything."
Caise told her. "What are yon
beefing about?"
"Yon." she said, "went In and
smashed that whisky flask. I sup
pose you thought you were being a
bright little boy didn’t yon?”
"What If I did? The thing had
fingerprints on It."
"And yoo thought they were
mine!”
He said nothing.
”1 told you they weren't mine!”
she half-screamed. "1 told you 1
didn’t know anything about Feld
ing's murder. But you wouldn’t be
lieve me; you thought 1 was string
you along. You thought those were
my fingerprints on that whisky
flask, and yon burrted In there and
smashed the whisky flask. Why.
yon poor. Incompetent fool! Those
were her fingerprints. She was the
one who had been tn there. With
that evidence against ber. we'd
have been out In the clear. It
wouldn’t have been necessary to 1o
a single thing. But you lumped at
the conclusion that I had been
lying to you when I told yoo I
hadn’t been there. You’ve destroyed
the only real evidence there was
against her.”
For a moment Boh Caise was
larred. He Rtared at Vera Dnchenr
with crestfallen countenance Then
slowly the stubborn light welled op
in hie eyes once more and be
whirled to face Mlllicent
"Never mind." be said to Vera
Dnchene over b1a shoulder. "I’ve
got all I want on this girL”
"What do yon mean?”
*1 mean that she's going to dc
what I tell ber to, and I'm telling
her right now.”
• • m
ITERA DUCHENE spoke hastily
' “Listen." she said, “that Ser
geant Mahoney la after me. He's
I going to drag me osar the coals. 1
don't care what alee you’re working
for. this cornea first Ton know
whet's going to happen If be suns
getting tnqntsiLss. We’ee got to
short-rot that soma way. I want
son to make bar swear I waa with
her last night"
Calse said to Mlllieent "She was
with yon Do yon understand that?*
"I a Oder stand nothing of the
sort She waa not with me."
"Okay." be said. “I'm tired of
being strung along. You're all fin
ished. baby."
Ha turned on his heal and sUrted
for the door.
Vers Duchene -dragged him back
"No. no! sbe said. "We'es got to
make bar throw In with na. She's
in a key position."
Mlllieent knew aba should keep
quiet knew h even while ibe was
speaking, but there was something
about this woman which IrrtU'ed
bar beyond endurance. She said.
»ary distinctly "It happens that it's
too late for me even to entertain
such a proposition. Sergeant Ma
honey knows yon are bolding my
muddy clothes. He sensed that you
were bolding them toe a purpose
and be figured out lust what that
purpose was 1 think bs knows
exactly where you were last niffbt
and exactly what you wars doing ”
Had she suddenly exploded s
bomb in front at them tbetx faces
coaid not have shown greater con
sternation. '-’era Onchene gasped
then glanced apprehensively at Bota
“Quick!" she sala. “We've got to
fix op our alibi from the other
end!“
for e moment Bob Calse stared sA
her etupldly. Then be nodded and
turned toward tbe door.
Without a word to Mllllcent, then
left the room.
Mllllcent waited only a moment.
Then she opened the door and
stepped Into the corridor. She
wanted to get out of that room.
She didn’t know where abe was gc
tag or wbat she was going to da
when she got there, but sbe wanted
to be free of those stifling walla
Sbe almost ran down the corri
dor, and was halt way down tba
stairs when she sensed an obstruc
tion ahead of her. Sbe looked up
and saw Norman Happ’a broad
shouldera His arms swung wide.
“Whoa!" Lj said. “What 1* thie
—a runaway?
• • •
TJF7HEN Sergeant Mahoney hat*
” placed a friendly arm about be*
shoulders she bad felt strangely
relaxed. Sbe bad felt like an almost
exhausted swimmer who finds some
thing to wbtcb be can cling to*
temporary rest Bat with Norman
Happ sbe felt this sensation greatly
Intensified. Sbe wanted to lie In
hie arms, limp and relaxed, feeling
that be would stand between her
and tbe world. Then as sbe felt tbe
warmth of bis personality surround
ing her. there was another feeling
a strange pnlse-ponndlng sensa
tion wblcb glowed within her.
Bnt It was MilUcent wb*
pushed back, laughing slightly.
"I’m afraid.” sbe said. "1
wasn’t looking where 1 was go
ing.”
“Ton were In a burry." be said,
keeping his bsnds on her arms,
then alowly letting them elide
down ontil be held both of her
bands.
"Look at me." be said.
Somewhere on tbe tower floor
a teiepbone bell rang repeatedly.
MilUcent raised ner eyes to ala.
"What's tbe matter?" be asked.
’Were yon running away Iron
something?"
Sbe ebook her bead.
"Sergeant Maboney been giving
yon a third degree?"
"8ergeant Maboney.” sbe told
him. "la eery nice."
Tbe teiepbone continued to
ring. The monotony of It got oa
Mllllcent’e nerves “Isn't someone
supposed to answer that tele
phone?" sbe asked.
The words were no more than
oat of oer month before she beard
tbe smoothly polished tones of
Mrs. Happ saying. “Hello.**
Norman Happ smiled at bar
and said. “No sooner do yon ex
press a wish than it’s gratified.**
She started to say something,
bnt was interrupted by a terrified
scream from tbe lower floor.
“Wbat's that?” Norman Happ
aaked sharply.
Ones more tbe scream was re
peated. MUUcent heard the tele
phone creak to tbe floor. Then
•be beard running ate pa.
She and Norman faced the toot
of the stairs.
Cynthia Happ’s face, distorted
with emotion, stared np at them.
She aew them, tried to apeas and
couldn't. Instead, the flans her
arms above her head Screamed
once more, end pitched face for
ward to the stairs.