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FORTY-THRD YEAR—No. 246 »• van* vma-nm * ta. van* BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1936 TEN PAGES TODAY * 6c A COPY
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By RALPH L. Bl ELL
A. W. GRANT, MANAGING
editor of the Ssn Antonio Express,
makes one of his ail too infrequent
visits to the Valley
Speaks before the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce at Harlingen,
Visits San Benito—
And phones Brownsville that en
forced lateness of Monday s train
prevents him from making the one
trip he wanted to make—
Down to see the Dredge Orleans
cutting its way through Redhead
Ridge.
Had seen pictures of the dredge
at work and his reporter's curiosity
was very much aroused.
He missed that sight, but bet
you a hat that—
Mr. Grant comes back to see
the dredge at work in the turning
basin.
W w wm
^ BUSINESS IS FAIR THROUGH
ait the entire section in which the
nearly 30 stores of the Piggly Wig
gly Butt company are located, but
better In the Valley, says Howard
Butt of Harlingen.
The Valley business has held up
better than any place, and la show
ing greater increases than any
place.
All along we have said it, and
repeat it, business is good in the
Valley for those who make it good.
• • •
BOB JEFFREYS, WHO FOUND
•d the Mission Times so long ago!
that we bet he hates to count the
years—
Takes up the weekly newspaper
game again, this time at Pharr as
owner and publisher of the Hidalgo
County News, recently acquired.
An old warhorse of the news
paper business—,
Bob will find plenty who dis
agree with him—
Plenty who will agree—
And ail will agree that whatever
Bob says and does, he ia animated
by sincerity of purpose.
Good luck to him!
• • •
DUNCAN COFFEE COMPANY
float in the Onion Fiesta parade
Raymondville last Friday, hon
* ored by being placed first in line
—right behind the band.
Makers of Admiration and Bright
and Early coffees, the company is
another one of those fine Houston
firms who is sold to the hilt on the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
C. M. Brack of San Benito, who
oovers the territory for Mr. Dun
can. became an enthusiastic Val
ley ‘‘old-timer’’ in about 3 weeks,
and Increases his speed even
month.
• • •
MANY OF US CAN 8YMPA
thise with the Brownsville man
who told us this morning that—
"If I plant potatoes. I get
creamers.. If it’s onions, I get
boilers, and if It's cotton. I get
careless weed!”
Things do seem to go that way
some times.
And then again, they are worse
POTATO GROWERS AND 8HIP
pen of Cameron county are up In
arms over the U. S. Department of
Agriculture report on potato yield
Where the department's report
gives an estimated yield of around
•75 cars, the grqwers and shippers
say that we will be lucky to get
350 cars.
The potato crop Just isn't, and
taking it all in all. Valley spud
growers will be lucky u> get their
/ .seed back.
4 ^iPovemment report was based
on conditions prior to April first.
Since then, digging has started
. and the crop is a glorious fizzle
except for a few lucky ones whoae
fields have come through in fine
shape.
• • •
BILL ELLIOTT. WRITINO IN
the Corpus Christ! Times, com
plains of a day wasted trying to
catch fish off the rook Jetties at
Port Aransas.
Bill ought to read The Browns
ville Herald which arrives at his
office every day, and find out Just
where the fishing is good.
The rock Jetties at Brazos Pass.
Bill, will provide you all the fish
you can use In a half hour’s time,
and leave you the rest of the day
Id purchase ourlos in Matamoros.
Woman Flier Seeks to Shatter Amelia fs Record
LAURA INGALLS
TAKES OFF ON
LONG FLIGHT
‘Mystery Ship’ Girl
Hopes to Cross
Continent In Less
Than 15 Hours
L08 ANGELES. April 16 f/P)—
Laura Ingalls roared away from
Union air terminal early Tuesday in
her black ' mystery” plane in an at
tempt to shatter Amelia Earhart's
transcontinental speed record.
Hoping to span the continent in
15 hours or less, the 120 pound avia
trix "gave the gun" to her new $40,
000 low wing monoplane as it began
its 2447-mile non-stop dash to Floyd
Bennett Field at New York.
The time of her take off was 5:10
a. m. (8:10 a m. EST).
She carried a thermos container
of coffee, some buttermilk and sand
wiches.
Her projected route was via Albu
querque. N. M., Kansas City, Cleve
land and New York.
From here into the middlewest
aba had good weather conditions and
beyond the skies were reported clear
ing.
Somewhat nervous and unusually
taciturn. Miss Ingalls arrived at the
field 45 minutes before her depar
ture and looked carefully over the
plane.
"I hope to make it in about 15
hours." she said.
The record she seeks to break, set
by Miss Earhart in August, 1932, Is
17 hours 7 minutes 30 seconds.
Miss Ingalls, clad in a leather
(Continued on Page Seven)
RIVERTREATY
BELIEVED NEAR
Representative of Mexico
And U. S. Here For
Surveys
Discussions between the United
States and Mexico are rapidly de
veloping toward the point where
official conferences may be held
and some concrete accomplishments
made. Edward L. Reed, chief of
the division of Mexican affairs of
the State Department in Washing
ton. said here Tuesday.
Reed arrived here with L., M
Lawson. International Boundary
Commissioner, and R. Henry Nor
web. counsellor of the U. S. Em
bassy in Mexico City. The three
came from Laredo, where they at
tended the Pan American dedica
tion program.
They held a brief conference here
Tuesday morning with Congressman
Milton H. West of the 15th Texas
district, who has introduced a bill
In congress authorizing the State
Department to take over problems
of flood control and use of water
on the border streams and work It
out.
After the conference, the offi
cials left on a tour of the Valley's
flood works, in company with
County Judge Oscar C Dancy and
County Engineer W. O. Washing
ton of Cameron county. W. E. An
derson and J. L. Lyte! of San Ben
ito, consulting engineer and proj
ect engineer, respectively, on the
flood work.
They will remain in the Valiev
through Wednesday, and will visit
the Brownsville port project Thurs
day morning, according to tentative
plans They were greeted here by
Herndon M Goforth. U. S consul
in Matamoros; and by officers of
the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce and others.
Norweb left by plane Tuesday
morning for Mexico City.
Reed said the discussions with
Mexican representatives on border
(Continued on Page Teven)
San Antonio Strike
Fight Breaks Out
SAN ANTONIO. April 16.—m—
Sporadic fighting broke out along
the strike front near the Finck
Cigar factory here Tuesday and all
police reserves were called out to
prevent rioting.
One woman was partially disrobed
and another worker suffered a
broken finger.
Five persons were arrested and
booked for simple assault.
The strike started a month ago
but a large number of the women
workers was reported to have re
turned to work. An Increase In
wages was sought.
Police Aattempt To
Curb Polish Riots
GDYNIA. Poland. April 16.—<JP>—
Reinforced police squads patrolled
communities in Pomorze (the Pol
ish corridor' Tuesday as a precau
tion against renewed outbreaks of
anti-German rioting.
Violent disorders of the last few
days have left one Nazi dead sev
eral seriously wounded, about 100
shops wrecked and scores of win
dows smashed in the homes of
members of the German minority.
‘UPSIDE-DOWN’
* ♦ * * *
OPERATION FAILS
* * * * *
TO SAVE YOUTH
PALL RIVER. Mass., April 16. OPi
—William Spiegelblatt, 9, of New
port, R. I., who underwent an
operation a few days ago fpr a dis
arrangement of internal organs
similar to that of Alyce Jane Mc
Henry, died at 5 a. m. Tuesday at
the Truesdale hospital.
The boy was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Abraham 8piegelblatt and
was known as “Buddy.” He had
been at the hospital several days
before his presence was known and
the operation for diaphragmatic
hernia was performed at Truesdale
hospital Saturday.
POTATO CROP
ESTIMATE CUT
Shippers Claim Valley Will
Move Less Than 300
Carloads
Estimate of the U- S. Department
ol Agriculture that the Valley’s po
tato crop will yield 275,000 bushels,
or approximately 688 carloads, this
year, is about twice as high as the
actual crop In the opinion of prac
tically all potato dealers and grow
ers in this section.
In the opinion of local men, the
Valley will ship not more than 200
solid cars of potatoes, and not more
than 350 carloads including mixed
carlot shipments and the movement
by truck. They think it is likely
ihat the total crop will be even
itss than 300 carloads.
W. D. Oooge, in charge of the
U. S. Market News bureau here,
a though sot connected with the
report on the crop from Austin,
said that the report was made on
the condition as of April 1, and
that there had been little digging
up to then. The yield Is turning out
considerably smaller than thought.
W. E. McDavltt of Brownsville
said that the section would not ahlp
more than 250 solid cars, and the
total crop would be less than half
the government estimate. Connell -
Ross, heavy shippers, gave the same
estimate.
Cleve tandy, Brownsville and Los
Fresnos grower and dealer, made
practically the same estimate, and
most others contacted on the deal
felt that the government estimate
is about twice what the crop will
develop.
Tandy said that 25 bushels to the
acre will be about the average crop,
instead of 50 bushels as estimated.
He said the prospects of later po
tatoes showing a larger yield are
not strong, as much of the later
crop has been entirely abandoned
because of the cold damage.
The potato yield this year will bt
(Continued on Page Seven)
FRANCE STICKS TO
STRONG PROTESTS
OF HITLER ACTION
(Copyright. 1935. by the AP)
GENEVA. April 16.—France Tues
day presented a resolution “con
demning” Germany's repudiation of
treaties at a private session of the
League of Nationa council. France's
spokesman and foreign minister.
Pierre Laval, announced it as a Joint
resolution of France, Great Britain,
and Italy.
Before he entered the council
chamber. Laval created a sensation
by announcing the French motion1
of protest against German rearma
ment would not be modified to meet
opposition views.
"
Wire Flashes
WASHINGTON.— The senate
Tuesday passed the WTheeler
Eaatman bill providing for regula
tion of motor bases and tracks
by the interstate commerce com
mission. It now goes to the boose.
National Writer Lauds Valley
In Story in Magazine ‘Today’
Brownsville and the rest of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley are
brought into national prominence
again in an article entitled “Val
ley Apart.” written by Sherwcod
Anderson and appearing in the
April 20 issue of Today magazine.
Sherwood Anderson has been
for 20 years one of the leading
writers of the United 8tates. He
visited the Valley several weeks
ago. spending two weeks here rest
ing. writing, and fishing.
The article sings the praises of
the Valley, with such paragraphs
as “They come down, out of North
Texas. Oklahoma ... ‘Alfalfa Bill*
Murray was in Brownsville while
Dick and I were there ... out of
Missouri. Arkansas. Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa, the Dakotas ... to
I rest for a tuna, to fish Jb the grant
bays that thrust in everywhere
from the gulf, to get acquaint
ed ”
And "best land in the world, best
climate, best fruit, best fishing.
You wait until you get used to eat
ing our oranges and our vegetables
and if you don’t like ’em all better
than any other you ever ate, I'll
give you a horse.”
There are other and varied state
ments just as favorable.
The article is Illustrated with
six photographs, showing a sec
tion of Matamoros, a scene on the
Victoria highway, two fishing
scenes at Braaos jetty, and two
early day development scenes.
The photographs were furnished
by the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce, which la given credit
te the article.
NEW ERA IN
TRANSOCEAN
HOPS BEGINS
«•».
Pan American Clipper
Ready for First Leg
Of Long Flight To
China
ALAMEDA. Calif.. April 16.—(JP)—
A new era in transoceanic trans
portation will, begin late Tuesday
when the Pan American Clipper
takes off from its base here on the
2.400-mile flight to Honolulu, first
leg of a commercial air service to
the Far East.
The take-off time of the big sea
plane was set for 4 p. m., (7 p m.
Eastern Standard Time) unless
weather conditions over the Pacific
should suddenly change. They were
reported favorable Tuesday morn
ing.
Has Fait Speed
No announcement was made of
the expected arrival time at Hono
lulu, but the Clipper has a cruising
speed of 150 to 160 miles an hour
at which speed she would reach
Hawaii Wednesday morning. The
plane carries sufficient fuel to fly
800 miles past its destination.
Commanded by CapL Edwin C.
Mu&ick, veteran of 22 years of fly
ing. the four motors of the seaplane
will lift some 41,0.0 pounds, includ
ing 3,000 gallons of fuel and engi
neering equipment when it takes
ofi on the inaugural flight of the
trans-Paclfic service which later
this year will trace an 8,500-mile
aerial trade route between the
United States and China.
At Honolulu preparations have
been made for a tumultuous wel
come for the plane.
Squadron VP-10 of the United
States Navy, which last year made
(Continued on Page Sevens
DONNA DISTRICT
GETS PWA FOND
(100,000 Received Tuesday
Morning; Will Open
Bids May 10
The Donna Irrigation district has
just received $100,000, the first aliott
ment of a PWA loan and grant of
$490,000, to the district, according to
word received here by Congress
man Milton H. West.
Other districts which have loans
pending are the Pharr-San Juan dis
trict, the Edinburg district and Hi
dalgo No. 6, the Goodwin tract, sev
eral of these are practically closed,
with money expected w a short time.
During his present visit in the Val
ley Congressman West has confer
red with a number of irriga \n dis
trict officials on the RFC refund
ing loans, most of which have been
approved.
Total allocation received by the
Donna district from the Public
Works administration is approxi
mately $490,000, Harry Ridgeway,
manager, told The Brownsville Her
ald over the telephone Tuesday
morning. Of this amount. $379,000 Is
a loan and approximately $111,000 a
grant.
The money will be used to con
(Continued on Page Seven)
Attorneys Named For
McAlister and Palmer
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. April 16 — Attorneys
to represent James E. McAllister
and Richard A. Palmer, charged
with the slaying of Percy A. Calkins
of Houston, have been named by
Judge Bryce Ferguson.
McAlister, who goes on trial on
April 22 will be represented by J.
Q Henry of Mission. Sale Lewis of
McAllen, and Marvin McCoy of
Edinburg. For Palmer, whose trial
is set for April 25. Judge Ferguson
named J. E. Leslie of McAllen, C.
R. Baird and Dalton Van Dresar of
Edinburg.
AIR SERVICE BEGINS
This great Pan-American Clipper, shown above as she spreads her wings over San Francisco Bay, is ex
pected to set her course out over the vast Pacific for China, more than 8500 miles away, late Tuesday.
Below—Like stepping stones across the Pacific. He the American islands which will break the long trans
ocean hop into easy tsages. The map shows the suc:essive places where landing fields and service sta
tions have been built on the long air road to China.
VALLEY IS TO
GET REFINERIES
Plants At Harlingen And
Sullivan City Are
Planned
(Special to The Htrald)
McALLEN, April 18—Plans for
immediate construction of two re
fineries in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, a cracking plant to handle
the low gravity Samfordyce crude
and a skimming plant to utilize
Starr county crude, were an
nounced here Tuesday by Ralph
Fair of Houston.
Fair, representing large Houston
interests, said a cracking plant to
cost about $250,000 would be built
at Harlingen and that a skimming
plant would be constructed west
(Continued on Page Seven)
RANGERS ATTEMPT
TO END STRIKE OF
ONION FIELD GANG
LAREDO. April 16.—OP)—Efforts
to settle the onion field workers’
strike and save a large spring onion
Ciop were planned Tuesday as Tex
as Rangers stood by to preserve
peace and keep highways open.
J. R. Steelman, conciliation com
missioner of the department of la
bor, said he had arranged for the
growers to meet the striking work
ers Tuesday and offer them employ
ment.
Five rangers, ordered here by
Adjutant General Carl Nesbitt, ar
rived late Monday and were station
ed In the area occupied by the
strikera.
Valley Man Thrown
Off Horse Succumbs
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. April 16—Guadalupe
Guzman, of Mission, died of a
broken neck on the way to the
County-City hospital Monday after
noon following an accident in which
he apparently was thrown from his
horse. Guzman was discovered by
J. E. Hodges, field inspector for
the Cattle Raisers’ association, about
3:30 p. m., in a cross-road about
fcur miles south of the east high
way. He was rushed to Edinburg in
a Skinner Mortuary ambulance.
Although there were no eye wit
nesses it was thought that the
horse Guzman was riding became
frightened and threw her rider on
to the hard ground of the roadway.
Constable Walter Doughty, who In
vestigated the matter, stated Mon
day night that there was no doubt
as to how the injuries were sustain
ed. Hoof marks of the mare told a
plain story.
‘Hot* Oil Pouring
Into Dallas, Claim
DALLAS. April 16—M— O G.
Rumley. gasoline dealer and a lead
er In the Independent Protective
association, asserted Tuesday that
more than 1.500.'00 gallons of "hot”
gasoline were brought into Dallas
and to points west from the East
Texas field during the past week.
"This total is arrived at,” Rum
ley said, "from the number of truck
loads which our check shows to have
passed westbound through Forney
from Sunday. April 8, to Sunday.
April 15, inclusive.
"Our check further show* that
on April 15 there were 20 refineries
running in east Texas, and of that
number one half were running on
»ntmiOTfi<J or ‘hot’, crude o4L”
Woodul to Leave
AUSTIN, April 16 (^—Acting
Governor Walter F. Woodul plan
ned to leave here Tuesday afternoon
for Dallas, spend the night there and
go to Oklahoma City Wednesday
night. In Oklahoma City he will pre
sent Governor E. W. Marland with
a copy of the bill by which Texas
ratified the interstate oil compact.
In his absence Senator Ken Regan
of Pecos, president of the senate,
will be acting governor.
PRISONER DIES
IN JAIL BREAK
One Killed, Two Wounded
Aa Guard Opens Fire
On Eight Men
FORT WORTH. April 16.——
One prisoner was killed and two
others wounded when Jail Guard
Charles B. Miller opened fire dur
ing an attempted jail break of eight
prisoners from the Tarrant county
jail early Tuesday.
Melvin Bowes. 33, fugitive from
the Florida state prison and a
criminal figure in various sections
of the country was. slain.
Clarence B. Billingsley. 23. a jockey
held on charges of theft and burg
lary and James Lawrence Kirk,
scheduled for trial Thursday on
lobbery charges, were wounded.
Eight prisoners had saweo the
bars of two cells, jailers said, and
manipulated the combination of a
master lock box to liberate 16 pris
oners in the cell block. Eight pris
oners, however, refused so le^ve
their cells.
Jailer Miller and E. M. James, a
guard, who was unarmed, w’ere mak
ing their regular rounds when
Bowes, Billingsley and Kirk sprang
fiom a cell and attacked them.
Bowes, wielding an iron bar. bat
tered James over the head as Bil
lingsley Jumped on Miller’s back,
the jailers said.
Miller reached his pistol, jerked
it loose and shot Billingsley. He
wheeled and fired on Bowes. The
prisoner turned and ran around the
corner of a cell block and fell dead.
He had been shot just below the
left breast.
Two other prisoners had circled
the cell block and came upon Mil
ler from the rear. Billingsley, dim
inutive Jockey, leaped on Miller’s
back. The Jailer reached around
and fired, a bullet striking the jockey
in the hip.
George Droddy. who recently was
shot in an attempted jailbreak at
Decatur, Texas, was “gun shy” and
ran out the door when the shooting
started. Jailers found him cowering
behind a table In the outer corridor.
Valley Port Day Set Aside
To Greet First Isabel Boat
SAN BENITO, April 16.—Plan*
for an appropriate reception of the
*teamship Texas Trader of the New
Tex line, which will dock at Port
Isabel next Monday morning be
tween 8 and 9 o’clock, were being
worked out here Tuesday morn
ing by Markham Thompson, new
ly-elected president of the San
Benito Chamber of Commerce,
Pete H. Smith, manager and S. I.
Jackson, secretary of the Port Isa
bel Chamber of Commerce.
’’While San Benito and Port
Isabel are making the plan* for
the celebration of the Valley'* first
real 'Port Day,’ we feel that every
community in the Valley will want
to take part in the event,** Smith
said. “Deep water mean* as much
to every Valley city as to San
Benito and Port Isabel."
A caravan featuring automobiles
from every Valley community la
expected to meet the Texas Trader.
President Thompson stated. In
cluded in the caravan will be mem*
bers of Valley firms receiving the
first Incoming shipments and of
firms contributing to the outgoing
cargo.
It is planned that the three
members of the San Benito-Port
Isabel Navigation district will
unload the first piece of incoming
cargo and load the first piece of
outgoing freight. B. H. Downs of
San Benito is chairman of the
commission, with Datls Wade of
San Benito and W. H Pattee of
Port Isabel constituting the re
mainder of the commission.
A part of the first outgoing oar
(Continued on Page Serin)
HIDALGO GETS
NEW PRODUCER
Samfordyce Field Extended
1,000 Feet to East
By DUcovery .
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION. April lfl. — Another
new producer in the Samfordyce
field of southwestern Hidalgo eoun
ty was showing for an extension of
production of over 1.000 feet to the
east Tuesday as one of the most
important developments in the field
during recent weeks. Three other
tests were in process of completion
and two more were on the sand.
About 6.900 feet east of the Sam
fordyce discovery and about 1.000
feet east of production. K D. Har
rison-Double D Oil company’s No.
. l Mrs. Lula George, in the south
west comer of the southwest 20
■ acres of tract 13. porcion 41, is j
•cleaning itself rapidly through l4
! inch tubing choke under tubing j
‘ working pressure of 175 pounds and I
closed-in casing pressure of 100
pounds. The test had the satur
j atior. at 2,748-56 feet and set and
I cemented casing at 2,753 feet. The
well was making considerable oil
! while cleaning Tuesday and ap
parently will provide the impetus
for considerable drilling at the
field’s eastern extremity.
On the western edge of the field
and showing for an extension of
production of about 400 feet to the
west, Gem Oil company’s No. 1-B
Sea bury et al. in the southeast cor
ner of the north 20 acres of the
| west 42 90 acres of the southeast
I 131.70 acres of tract 256, porcion 38,
I about 3.900 northwest of discovery,
j blew oil over the top of the der
rick during drill stem test Monday.
| Just 14 minutes after the testing
I tool was opened, oil blew high into
the air under pressure of 35 pounds.
1 The test was made of six feet of
' sand cored at 2,801-07 feet and
casing was set and cemented Tues
day at 2,801 feet.
On the north edge of production.
! Mortex Oil Corporation's No. 1
Francisco Guerra, near the center
of the west 7.5 acres of the north
west 12.5 acres of the south 100
acres of tract 254. porcion 40, about
1.800 feet northeast of discovery,
drilled cement plugs in casing Mon
day night preparatory to gun-per
forating at 2.776 feet.
On the south edge of the field.
Jack Porter et al's No. 1 W. R.
Jackson, in the northeast comer
of the north 10 acres of the Jack
son 62 acres In tract 278, porcion
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DICTATOR AND
SECRETARY IN
FUNDSJATTLE
[ekes Tells KingfisH
His Rubber-Stamp
Legislature C a n’t
Control PWA
BATON ROUGE. La . April 16 —
Jf)—Informed of threat of Secre
tary Ickes to cancel ell Louisiana
Public Works loans if the state
Cook over control of the loan ex
penditures, Senator Huey P. Long
laid the secretary could "go slap
damn to hell.”
“The whole damn outfit of them
can go to hell!” said Long vehe
mently, referring to Ickes and
other cabinet members whom he
excoriated.
Ickes was quoted In Washington
as saying that if legislation Long
Is now having the Louisiana gen
eral assembly enact to give the
state supervision over public works
expenditures that the funds would
be stopped.
"They certainly won t be used to
build up Senator Long’s political
machine,” he asserted.
“Tell him to go slap damn to
hell,” Long said. “When he sees
what this legislation is he’ll have
to apologize to us. We are trying
to protect their money.
ICKES SCATHINGLY
ATTACKS KINGF1SH
WASHINGTON. April 16—<*V
In a scathing attack on Senator
Long, (D-Lat, Secretary Ickes
Monday threatened to cancel all
public works projects in Louisiana
if legislation Is passed to give the
state authority over local projects.
Referring to Long as "the Em
peror of Louisiana.” Ickes said at
a press conference:
“PWA funds haven’t been used to
set up a political machine any
where and they won’t be used that
way in Louisiana—they certainly
won’t be used to build up Senator
Long’s political machine*
'Will Take Money Back*
Specifically. Ickes said a $1,800,
000 PWA allotment had been made
to the New Orleans sewer and
water board, and if it was dissolv
ed “there isn’t any contract and
we’ll take back the money.”
"Of course,” he added sarcastic
ally, “It means keeping & lot of
people out of work. Apparently the
senator is in favor of sharing
wealth but not sharing work.”
Ickes referred to the Louisiana
legislature, now considering a loan
measure to give the state authority
over expenditure of federal fund*
by localities, as the “Longlature.”
Asked if other allotments besides
the New Orleans sewer project
(Continued On Page Seven)
Japs Beating U. S.,
Britain in Trade
TOKYO. April 16. (&h-Japan*
rapidly expanding textile Industry,
having already snatched from Great
Britain world leadership in the ex
port of cotton goods, is forging to
the front Tuesday iij ra\tm pro
duction.
Japanese industrialists predict
that should the present rate of In
crease bem aintained through 1935,
Japan this year will replace the
United States as the largest produc
er of rayon yam. the raw material
for artificial silk fabrics.
Ten Made Colonels
AUSTIN. April 16. </P>—Acting
Governor Walter F Woodul Tuesday
appointed 10 colonels on his official
staff. They follow:
Tom Gooch of Dallas: J. A. Elkina,
J. W. Neal, J. A. Phillips, Russell
Jacobe and Roy Arterbury, of Hous
ton; George S. Butler and William
T. Kelley of New York; Wallace
Beery, the actor, of Hollvwood, and
Rice M. Tilley of Fort Worth.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
Brownsville: The Capitol—Oeorge
Brent and Josephine Hutchinson in
The Right to Live " The Queen—James
Cagney in "The St. Louis Kid." The
Dlttmann—Richard DU in "Ace of
Acea."
San Benito: The Rlvoll—Ouy Klbbee
and Aline Maclfahon in “While the
Patient Sleeps “
Harlingen: The Arcadia—Chester Mor
ris. Virginia Bruce and Billie Burke In
“Society Doctor “ The Rialto—Edmund
Lowe and Jack Holt In “Best Man Wins."
La Ferta: The Bijou—Claudette Col
bert in ' Cleopatra."
Raymondville: The Ramon—Shirley
Temple. Lionel Barrymore and Bill Rob
inson In “The Little Colonel."
Donna: The Plaza—Sylvia Sidney and
Oene Raymond In "Behold My Wife."
San Juan: The San Juan—Fay Wray
and Ralph Bellamy m Women in the
Dark."
Mercedes: The Capitol—Lyle Talbot
and Ann Dvorak In "Murder In the
Clouds."
Weslaco: The Rltz—Irene Dunne and
Donald Woods In “Sweet Adeline."
McAllen The Palace—Ricardo Cortgp
and Virginia Bruce In “Shadow of
Doubt " The Queen—Claudette Colbert
and Warren William m “Imitation of
Life.”
Mission: The Mlselon—Claudette Col
bert and Frad MulAmi in •‘The QtkV*
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