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RATE HEARING
DELAY ASKED
ICC Parley May Be Pul Off
To Give Rails Time To
Keep Promises
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. April 16.—Decision
to ask the Interstate Commerce
isslon to postpone the dlffer
hearing, now scheduled for
May 17 In Sen Antonio, until such
time as the new low rates promised
the Valley have been put into effect
was reached at a conference here
Monday night between Congressman
Milton H. West and members ol the
Valley differential committee.
At the meeting the committee ex
plained the results of its series of
conferences with the railroads,
pointing out that the committee,
which represented the Valley gener
ally, had agreed not to seek removal
of the differential in return for a
ccn&iderable reduction in the rates
on Valley produce to practically all
points.
The committee members explain
ed that in view of the agreement
they could not appear at the hear
ing in San Antonio in opposition to
the differential.
West, who was instrumental in ob
taining the ICC hearing, discussed
the matter from the angle of pos
sible failure of the railroads in
their effort to have the rates put
into effect. If some other section of
the country should object to the
rates, a hearing would be held and
It is passible they might not be ap
proved.
He suggested that a continuance of
the ICC hearing until the new rates
are put into effect be asked, and the
committee approved this suggestion.
West upon his return to Washing
ton later this week will take the
matter up with the ICC. and the
Valley differential committee also
will join in asking the continuance.
Con grp sm an Milton H. West, who
has been in the Valley several days,
will leave Wednesday night for
Washington, he announced hers
Tuesday.
HIDALGO GETS
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40. about 3.800 feet southeast of
discovery, will gun-perforate at 2.
758-60 feet after original comple
tion at 2,765-68 feet showed about
50 per cent salt water. Casing Is
set and cemented on bottom at
2 Jffl feet.
the southwest edge of pro
duction. Shafer-Mundy's No. 1
Tabasco Consolidated Independent
School District, us the north end
of tract 260. porcion 38, about 2J500
feet west of discovery, has set and
cemented casing atop saturated
aand at 2,770 feet. The test took
in only one foot of sand, the hole
being bottomed at 2,771 feet.
At both northwest and southeast
extremities of production, tests
were m-arlng the sand while others
were getting under way in various
parts of the proven area.
The field's northwestern outpost,
Skelly OH Company’s No. 2 Sea
bun- et al. in the southwest corner
of the west 24 acres of the west 48
acres of the north 78 acres of the
southeast 166 90 acres of tract 256,
porcion 38. about 4.200 feet north
west of discovery, began coring for
the sand Monday night at 2,777
feet.
In the southeast section of the
field, Rogers Oil Si Gas company’s
JJo. 4 Francisco Guerra, in the
southeast 25 acres of tract 254,
porcion, 40, about 4.500 feet east
and slightly south of discovery, Is
rigging up on location in the cen
ter of the 25 acres.
Near the eastern edge of pro
duction, Roy Johnson et al's No. 1
Missouri Pacific Railway, on the
south edge of the railway right-of
way and 500 feet from the west line
of porcion 41, is building derrick
for the first of four right-of-way
tests.
On the southeast edge or tne
{feud. Cortez Oil Corporation's No.
Y-P C. E. Smith, in the northwest
comer of the south 99 acres of tract
3-B. porcion 41.- is shut down at
2 740 feet in gumbo while boilers
arc being repaired.
The field's southeastern outpost,
Hiram M. Reed s No. 2 C. E. Smith,
In the east end of the south 10 acres
of the northwest 46.29 acres of
tract 3-8. porcion 41, about 6.900
feet southeast of discovery, is mak
ing hole below 2,300 feet.
three wildcats in Hidalgo coun
ty reported progress Monday.
In eastern Hidalgo, Union Sul
phur Company's No 3 American
Rio Grande Land ft Irrigation com
pany. in Farm tract 2.082. block 86.
North Capisallo District, succeeded
in pulling liner and screen from
bottom of the hole at 7.493 feet and
Is now washing the hole preparatory
to resetting liner and screen and
re completion. It is estimated that a
week will be required to complete
reworkaig the test and attempting
recompinion. The screen was un
damaged. examination showed, and
tgie reason for the well's sanding up
last week while cleaning was not
given by Union officials. Casing la
aet and cemented at 7.477 feet atop
16 feet of saturated sand.
About 15 miles northwest of Mis
sion, Double D Oil Company's No. 1
Brock ft Showers. In lot 4. block 12.
porcion 79, Ancient Jurisdiction of
Reynosa. is drilling ahead slowly In
hard rock at 5.9 ^0 feet.
In western Hidalgo, about 9.900
feet northeast of the Samfordyce
discovery. E L Smith Oil Com
panv’s No. 1 G. G- Salinas ct al,
in the northeast comer of share
10. porcion 41. is drilling at - 4So
Two abandonments were reported
from Starr county and another test
ktShut down. Two tests are making
near the Rio Grande City pool
oT'aouthem Starr.
In southeastern Starr about 8.000
feet west of the Samfordyce dis
covery, W F. Lacy’s No. 1 G. h.
Abnev. 330 feet from the east line
of porcion 99. Ancient Jurisdiction
of Camargo, and 4.800 feet south of
highway 4. is dry and abandoned
at 3 042 feet. The teat logged gas
sand at 1.407-45 feet and 2.854-92
feet, which findings were verified
by a Schlumberger test
About 8.000 feet north of the Rio
Grande City pool In southern Starr.
Goodwin ft Zimmerman’s No. 1
Pena. 150 feet from the southeast
and 150 feet from the southwest
lines of tract 81. porcion 81. Ancient
Jurisdiction of Camargo. is dry and
abandoned at 2.000 feet.
In south central Starr. John H.,
Clopton'a No. 1 Rooa ft Bennett et 1
al, in share 1-A, porcion 91, Ancient i
Look for These New Faces
„■ . , —, i e r - - - —
You may have seen all but one of these five laces in the movies,
and those In minor roles But be prepared to aee all five fea
tured herearter In big type on the screen One of the Hollywood
studios has signed these youngsters on long-term contracts. They
are (1) Rita Cansino, (2) Barbara Blane, (S) Frances Grant, (4)
Madelyn Earle, (S) Rosita Dias.
Jurisdiction of Camargo, is shut
down at 4,817 feet.
About 4.500 feet southwest of the
Rlc Grande City discovery, R G.
Hall's No. 1 Doyno St Chatf eld, In
block 13-C. tract 21. po: I in 80.
Ancient Jurisdiction of Camargo, is
making hole below 800 feet.
About 2.300 feet northwest of the
nool, Hiram M. Reed’s No. 1 Block
Bros., in block 4, tract 28-A, porclon
80, Ancient Jurisdiction of Cam&r
, go is drilling below 840 feet.
NEW ERA
a mass flight over the same route,
will meet the Clipper off Oahu is
land. High territorial, navy and
army officials will form a welcom
ing committee for the crew ci six
a hen they alight.
Gets Final Tuning
The Clipper received its final tun
ing in a two-hour test flight over
the San Francisco bay region Mon
day when it made radio contact
with the Pan American Airways
station at Kaneohe bay. Hawaii.
Guiding the long flight will be
a new radio compass whose accur
acy has been proven in test flights.
In bearing tests over a distance of
2 400 miles the compass showed posi
tive readings within three-quarters
of a mile. The compass was devel
oped from tests begun two years
ago by Col. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh in a North Atlantic
t flight .
BROWNSVILLE KEENLY
INTERESTED IN FLIGHT
WTiile none of the former person
nel of the Pan-American Division
of which Brownsville is headquar
ters will form a part of the crew of
the clipper which takes off Tues
day night, interest in the perform
ance of the huge plane is keen here.
Eight men formerly located at
Brownsville have been transferred
to the Pacific division as ground
men to help prepare the plane for
it* epoch-making Journey and to
help guide it on its flight.
Parker W. Mitchell, former shop
foreman here. Is occupying the same
position at the Alameda base. F.
I. Van Dusen is in charge of stock.
J. J. Cushman, radio construction
engineer, has been in charge of the
construction of radio stations on
the islands along the route. W. G.
Edge is in charge of the radio sta
tion at Alameda, while J. H. Eichols
is chief radio operator at Hawaii.
1G. W. Angus is superintendent of
radio communications at Alameda,
and R. R. Fife and N. D. Voss, radio
operators, are now stationed at Los
j Angeles.
FORT DAY
(Continued from Pwge One)
jo will be made up of shipments of
. alley products to notables of the
..ation, 5. 1. Jackson of Pert Isa
jel said. President Roosevelt,
.ice President John N. Garner,
Congressman Mhton West, Will
liogers, and others, will all receive
some token from the Valley, ship
ped on the iirsi deep water craft
to visit the Valley since the com
pletion of Port Isabel dredging.
Each chamber of commerce in
the Valley will be asked to make a
-iiipment of some kind on the Tex
as Trader, Jackson stated.
Calling on the Valley to parti
cipate in the festivities of the day
the first ship docks, the following
proclamation was issued Tuesday
morning Jointly by the San Ben
ito and Port Isabel Chambers of
Commerce:
"Lest we forget the indomitable
fortitude of our early pioneers in
behal: of the water transportation
for the Lower Rio Grande Valley
and with high and due recognition
of the untiring efforts never say
die spirit' of our citizenship and
port ccmmissicn in carrying on to
the actual realization of the open
ing of the world’s water gateway
to the Valley and the Valley's
water gateway to the world, be it
nereby proclaimed by the cham
bers of commerce of San Benito
and Port Isabel Jcintly assembled:
"That April 22. 1935, be set aside
as ‘The Valley Port Day.’
"That every chamber of coif
merce, every civic organization
and city administration in every
city and town and the entire citi
zenship of the Valley be invited to
Port Isabel on the above named
day to see the Valley's first cargo,
there to be anchored, to see the
unloading of imported merchan
dise and the loading of the first
all-cargo of Valley products. To
jom in this Valley-wide realization
that cm this great day, April 22.
the Lower Rio Grande Valley has
taken her rightful place in the sun.
"Be It further proclaimed in
commemoration of the 99th year of
the Independence of the state of
Texas and the inaugural day of
Valley shipping independence,
that the appropriate slogan Ship
by water at lower ratea be duly
adopted."
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS
SAN BENITO, April 15—Mem
bers of the Lions and Kiwanis clubs
will open the softball baseball sea
son with a game at 8 o'clock here
Monday night.
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RURAL SCHOOLS!
TO GET RELIEF
Government to Assist In
Pay to Teachers, Bus
Drivers, Janitors
The federal government is com
ing to the aid of rural schools which
will be unable to finish their normal
school year on their own funds.
Through the Texas Relief Com
mission. the federal government is
to pay teachers in such districts a
maximum of $15 per week, bus driv
ers a maximum of $11.25 and also
will provide for janitor hire, accord
ing to information received here by
County Superintendent John P.
Barron and County Relief Admin
istrator George White.
The machinery for obtaining this
relief already has been set In mo
tion. and practically all of the small
er districts in Cameron oounty are
applying for funds.
The relief is being provided only
in districts with populations of 5,
000 or under. Larger districts in
which 50 per cent or more of their
scholastic population is drawn from
rural districts also are eligible for the
relief.
Superintendents all over the coun
ty were busy Monday filling out the
necessary forms which must be ap
proved by the relief administrate,
and case supervisors before beir.
forwarded to Austin lor final check.
In order to be eligible for this pay.
the teacher must be entirely depend
ent on her teaching position for a
livellhod. the federal regulations
prescribe. In instances wherein
funds have been exhausted for sal
aries of teachers in rural schools,
those persons who are eligible to
receive relief, will, upon proper cer
tification, be paid retroactively for
the period of teaching prior to the
day of approval of the application.
These federal funds will be provid
ed to complete a “normal’’ school
year. The “normal” year, the rules
provide, is the longest term In the
school district since the fall of 1929.
As soon as th» su.lsrintendents
turn in their application forms, the
applications will be rushed to Aus
tin. The forms are being supplied at
the relief office headquarters here
NICKEL BAR OF
*****
CANDY IS BLAMED
*****
IN AUTO WRECK
(Special to Th» Herald)
SAN BENITO. April 15 —A five
cent bar of candy was the cause
of an automobile accident here
Sunday night in which Juanita
Kennedy, high school student, suf
fered glass cuts about the neck
and Rosemond Clark, driver of
the car suffered a nose injury.
The boy turned his head to take
a bite from the candy which the
girl held towards him, and un
consciously pulled the car over,
knocking down a light post in
Iront of the Wells Motor company,
investigating officers state.
The girl’s head was thrust
through the windshield, causing
painful wounds about the neck
which bled freely. Young Clark
sustained a minor injury to his
nose. The windshield, the officers
stated, was of "shatter-proof”
construction and the girl's in
juries might have been worse if
the windshield had been made of
ordinary glass.
The high school students were
given emergency treatment by Dr.
j C. F. Lyle. Deputy Sheriffs R. S.
James and Bill Scholes were the
first to reach the car alter the
accident, which occurred about
11:30 p. m.
Bids On School Are
To Be Re-Advertised
Bids for the construction of a
$25,000 school in the Villanueva Com
mon schqpl district are to be re
odvertised aue to the fact that the
bids submitted here Friday were in
excess of the allocation.
The total amount of the low bids
was more than the amount of money
which had been set aside for the
construction and equipping of the
new building.
The school is being constructed
through a $19,000 bond issue voted
recently. The bonds are being turn
ed over to the PWA which is mak
ing an addition grant of $6,000.
The PWA has been petitioned to
allow new bids to be opened here
April 30.
Rosy Pictures Are
Painted In Britain
LONDON, April 15. (AV-Neville
Chamberlain chancellor of the Ex
chequer, painted a rosy picture Mon
day In the house of commons of
Great Britain's financial and trade
position as he presented the British
budget for 1935-36 with an estimat
ed surplus of £5,610,000—about $28,
030.000.
He said the definition of value In
goods for customs purposes would
be amended but did not reveal the
details of the plan.
He announced the removal of the
tax on theater seats costing 6 pence
or less.
Island Legislature
Hits At ‘Interference’
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico. April 15.
(A^The Puerto Rican legislature
was "on strike" Monday In protest
against what majority leaders said
was an attempt by Washington au
thorities to Interfere in the Island’s
relief activities.
A resolution for sine die adjourn
ment 36 hours before the time when
the session would have ended auto
matically was forced through the
house and senate by thr majority
coalition. The action left much Im
portant pending legislation hanging
in the air.
City Briefs
Peti Pt%, with Ciro’s choice per
fumes on sale. The Basket Place.
Matamoros, “of course". Adv.
Bring your old oil stove in and
trade for a new one. Brownsville
Hardware.—Adv.
Anv Port’s Welcome in a Flood
Though it be ever so humble, any safe place is home to these root
dwellers marooned atop a tire shop near Sacramento. Calif., when
the American river surged far over its banks and flooded the coun
tryside to a depth of seven feet. They’ve made themselves com
fortable with a few household goods. Rescued too was their pig.
seen on the far end of the roof.
VALLEY IS TO
(Continued from Page One)
of 8ullivan City, in western Hidal
go county, at a cost of $100,000. It
was not announced whether sites
for the two plants have been se
cured.
It is understood that work on
both plants is to get under way
within a short time, arrangements
having been completed for both
units. Fair is represented in the
Valley by George Holland and Mr
Summers.
Fair, who is associated with Col.
J. F. Lucey in production from 60
wells in East Texas and who was
advised while on a recent visit in
the Valley of completion of a
2.500-barrel well on some of his
holdings in Roumania. has oper
ated in various Texas fields for the
past several years. His new well
in Roumanina is located on a 5.000
acre block and is producing from
a depth of 4.300 feet.
The Harlingen refinery will em
ploy approximately 25 men, it is
stated, and the skimming plant
near Sullivan City about the same
number.
It is believed that no effort will
be made by the refinery interests
to market the'gasoline produced in
the Valley under their own brand
or trade name, but that arrange
ments will be made with the major
oil companies now located here to
take the gasoline produced.
Fair has made several trips to
the Valley and carefully surveyed
the oil situation in company with
Holland. Location of the refinery
< and skimming plant in the Valley
is taken as another sign that the
I future of the Valley’s several oil
j fields may be considered as assured.
LAURA"GALLS
(Continued from Page One)
windbreaker. made an easy take off.
circled her streamlined ship over
the field and disappeared rapidly
i :nt© the east.
The tiny brunette flier's mother
lives in Newark, N. J.
Miss Ingalls' monoplane, loaded
with a near-capacity load of 575 gal
lons of gasoline, is capable of top
speed of 225 miles an hour, cruising
speed of 205 miles, and seamed
flight with its present gasoline sup
ply of 3,600 miles.
Man Kills Children,
Wife And Himself
OMAHA. Neb.. April 15. OP)—Mrs.
Marie Foley. 33. shot seven times
early Monday by her husband, L. M.
Foley, 40, who shot himself to death
after killing his two children, died
in a hospital eight hours alter the
shooting at the Foley home.
Foley shot and killed his daugh
ter Betty Lou, 6. and his son. Billy.
10. as they lay asleep in their beds
He went to the children's room after
firing one shot at his wife.
Man Goes On Trial
For Slaying His Son
VERNON, April 15. ^-Selection
! of a jury began Monday afternoon in
| the third trial of Charles S. Rich
ardson former mayor of Olney on
a charge or slay ing his son, Elga.
When the case was called Monday
morning the defense sought a con
tinuance on the grounds three wit
| nesses, the parents and wife of the
■ defendant, were not in court. None
of the three testified at Richard
! son s previous trials.
Judge W. N. Stokes took the mot
ion for continuance under advise
ment. Later he overruled it.
Homes Of Germans In
Poland Are Stoned
BERLIN. April 15. uPi—Reports
from Gdynia. Poland, said Monday
there w’as tenseness following vio
i lent anti-German demonstrations
! Sunday by the Poles in nearby Wej
herowo, a city of 13.000 in Pomorze.
It was reported a mob threw cob
blestones through the windows of
all German homes and business
I nouses.
Embassy Official
Pays City Visit
J. 8. Little, secretary ol the U. S.
Embassy in Mexico City, armed
here by Pan American plane Mon
day, and will leave Monday night
by tram for New York preparatory
for departure for Shanghai, where
he will be attached to the embassy.
He is accompanied by his wile
i and ch.ld. The secretary was greet
ed here by Consul Herndon M. Go
loi th of Matamoros.
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Man Found Slain
DALLAS, April 15.—uP)—His skull
c ushed and beaten, the body of W.
N. Gillentine, 65, was found under
a shed in the rear of his amomo
one wrecking shop here Monuay.
Apparently Gillentine nad been
struck from behind.
J. E. Stroud, who told police he
. nad taken Gillentine to work Mon
day morning, found the body when,
! he said, he chanced to drop back
to see Gillentine.
Bills Vetoed
WASHINGTON, April 15. UP)—
President Roosevelt Monday vetoed
two bills, one of which would have
proclaimed October 11 each year a
Memorial Day to General Casimir
Pulaski.
While praising services of the Pol
ish leader in the American revolu
tion who lost his life at Savannah.
Ga.. Mr. Roosevelt S3id that for
j George W'ashmgtoa alone, among
; leaders in that contest, should a spe
cial day be set aside.
OWENS’ GARAGE MOVES
Owens’ Garage is now located at
1223 Levee St., almost directly across
from the offices of the Brownsville
Navigation district, it was announced
Monday by Clyde Owens, owner. The
garage was moved Saturday from Its
former location at 1028 Levee.
Autoist Robbed
TEX ARK.AN A, April 15. UPt—
Henry W. Stanley of Dallas, presi
dent of the Broadway of America
Highway association, Monday told
officers he had been robbed by twu
men of $17 and a watch between
Hot Springs. Ark., and Arkadelphu,
Sunday night.
Prisoners ‘Strike*
COLUMBUS, O., April 15. UP)—
A thousand prisoners in the Ohio
penitentiary went on tsnke Monday,
I protesting the continuance of cer
| tain applications for parole by the
state board of paroles. Warden James
C. Woodward reported no violence
had developed, however.
Centennial Group
Will Tour South
MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 15. UP>
-Southern hospitality awaits the
i Texas centennial boosters when their
special train, sponsored by the Tex
as Press association, tours the old
south during the last week of April.
The Texans will be the luncheon
guests of the New Orleans Chamber
of Commerce on April 26 with 200
business men as hosts. In Birming
ham, Ala., the party will be taken
for a tour of steel mills in the in
dustrial area and will be guests of
the Birmingham Chamber of Com
merce at a Texas Centennial lunch
eon.
Flynn War Profit*
Plan Hit By Baruch
WASHINGTON. April 15. </Ph~
Bernard M. Baruch Monday assail
ed the ‘Flynn plan” advanced by
the senate munitions committee to
take the profits out of war. He said
it would “abolish the present econo
mic system in war.”
John T. Flynn, waiter on economic
subjects and adviser to the commit
tee. has drawn a plan to limit in
dustrial profits during war to three
per cent and Individual Incomes to
$10,000. Captains of industry would
be under army discipline, and could
be sent to the trenches if they “fail
ed to cooperate."
2,000 Students At
Judging Contest
COLLEGE STATION. April 15.—
t/F)—Texas high school students—
nearly 2.000 of them—were here
Monday for the eighteenth annual
Smith-Hughes day Judging contests
at A. * M. college.
Teachers accompanied the stu
dents who came from many of the
schools In the state.
L. A. Woods, state superintendent
ol public instruction, was to speak
to the students and teachers Mon
day night.
Ring* Stolen
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 15.—The resi
dence of A. R. Oomell. 1518 East Fil
more street, was entered by thieves
Sunday night and a number of wo
men’s rings and a man's ring were
stolen. Police announced they ex
pected to make arrests In the ease by
Monday afternoon.
Children Escape Blaze
ST. LOUIS. April 15. .Pr-Fire that
endangered lives of 116 children de
stroyed the Lutheran Orphans* Home
in St. Louis county Monday. The chil
dren were unharmed.
The fire which caused damage es
timated at $150,000, was discovered
just as the children finished morn
ing prayers in the dining room.
RIVER TREATY
(Continued Prom Page One)
matters had been very pleasant,
and that the situation Is In a high
ly satisfactory condition at the
present time. "We hope to get
something done in a short time,” he
said.
This was his first visit to the
Valley, and the official pronounced
himself highly pleased with this
section.
Lawson, in discussing the flood
project in the Valley, said the
State Department has requested an
additional $2,000,000, with which to
carry the flood works on to com
pletion. and that the authorization
bill Introduced by Congressman
West will clarify the situation and
help the commmission in its work
along the entire border.
He praised the representatives!
whom the Mexican government has j
picked to handle similar work on I
that nation's northern border, and j
said the discussions have all beenI
satisfactory.
Congressman West told the visit-1
ing officials that Congressman
Ewen Thomason of El Paso had j
objected to an amendment to the
bill, but that he had wired Con
gressman Thomason agreeing to
withdraw the amendment.
"Vice President Garner has
agreed to bring up the bill as soon
as possible,” Congressman West
said. He said he anticipated no
opposition to it.
As soon as the biH is passed and !
signed by President Roosevelt, the j
State Department may take over!
the Valley’s flood control works, j
ana is expected to secure imme- j
diately thereafter the $2,000,000 j
from the PWA needed to complete
the system.
Congressman West expressed the
belief that the funds would be se
cured by June, when the remainder I
of the original $2,000,000 will have
been exhausted.
DICTATOR AND
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might be cancelled. Ickes replied:
'Emperor of Louisiana*
“They might create a situation
down ihere where all allotments
would be cancelled."
• Who do you mean?1* he was
asked.
“The emperor of Louisiana”
Ickes replied, adding "They're mak
ing a good start.”
Stating his position. Ickes said:
■ I think if Senator Long la go
ing to dictate to us how we shall
conduct the PWA program in
Louisiana we reserve the right to
cancel our contracts. We didn’t
make the allocation to Huey Long
or the state of Louisiana, we made
it to the New Orleans agency.”
HUEY CAREFUL TO
HAVE BIG GUARD
BATON ROUGE. La., April 16.
‘JP<—Senator Huey P. Long's session
of the legislature moved behind
soldiers’ guns Tuesday to speed
passage of more than a score of
measures designed to strengthen his
power and cripple his enemies.
High-lighted in the calendar were
proposed acts and resolutions to
place In the hands of Long's ad
ministration the finances of all
local governing agencies and give
him control over expenditure of
funds obtained by them from the
federal government.
Also outstanding was a bill giving
the administration power to name
election commissioners and watch
ers.
Is Well Guarded
Long’s national guardsmen, en
forcing martial law here since Jan.
25. shouldered riot guns and auto
matic rifles before the heavy bronze
doors of the house and senate
chambers in the $5,000,000 sky
scraper state house.
The administrationists moved at
the command of the senator and
•'steam-rollered'’ a strenuous minor
ity in the opening of the session.
In a military gesture Monday
night a national guard lieutenant
was reported to have routed from
the East Baton Rouge parish court
house nine elected members of the
parish police Jury.
One of the anti-Long Jurors
who said the group had been eject
ed said the meeting was only an
i ‘Informal discussion”
Brigadier - General Louis F
Guerre, in command of the troope,
denied the men were forced from
I the building.
Control of Courts
Long, by recent legislation, pro
; vided for appointment of 13 jurors
to give him control of parish af
fairs and the state supreme court
ordered the nine elected jurors not
I to interfere with their conduct of
the local government. Four elected
members are allied with Long.
The house and senate met for al
most two hours Monday night and
the house received 28 bills. 26 of
them administration measures, and
j several resolutions. The bills were
I promptly referred to the house
j ways and means committee for con
sideration.
POTATOCROP
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• one of the lightest on record, and
the total crop one of the smallest,
potato men point out.
"We will be lucky it we get our
seed back,” was the comment made
by McDavitt, who cited an instance
or a grower who had planted 12
cars of seed and who would only
harvest about two cars. In another
instance, he said, a grower had
planted six cars of seed and had
harvested less than a car.
Digging has been underway for a
short time, and growers are report
tnc sadly depleted yields in most
instances, with instances of normal
yields being the rare exception. Sev
eral Instances of 30 and 40 acre
tracts giving no yield at all have
been reported.
Constable Resigns
The Cameron county commislson
?rs’ court Monday morning accepted
the resignation of a. Q. Cox as con
stable at La Ferla and appointed H
A. Van Zandt as his successor.
Cox. a veteran peace officer, Is
resigning in order to accept a posi
tion as city marshal of La Peria. The
present city marshal is resigning tc
accept other employment, it was in
dicated at the commit isoners' court
meeting.
TEXANS TO GET
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3 GOVERNORS IN
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LESS THAN WEEK
AUSTIN. April 15. (JPh-Lieu
tenant-Governor Waiter F. Woodul
of Houston became acting governor
of Texas Monday when Governor
James V. Allred left the state.
Governor Allred departed I ram
Dallas at 8:45 a. m., flying to
Washington lor a hearing an the
Thomas-Dtsney oil controk bill,
and presumably crossed the state
line at Texarkana about 10 a. m.
Almost immediately it became
known that Texas would have a
third governor within the week
when Woodul goes to Oklahoma
City Thursday to present Gover
nor E. W. Marland with a copy
of the bill by which Texas ratified
the interstate compact to prevent
waste of oil and gas.
Alter signing the bill, Woodul
announced he would cross the Ok
lahoma-Texas siateline sometime
Wednesday night and Ken Regan
of Feco6, president pro tem of the
senate, automatically would be
come acting governor.
Truck Markets
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Monday. April 15:
Beam: Fla 40. total US 40 cars.
Beets: New York 1, Texas 1, total
US 2 cars. %
Cabbage: Calif 17. Fla 30. Ga 1.
Miss 1, So Car 50. total US 99 cars.
Carrots: Ariz 1. Calif 35, New
York 6. Texas 6. total US 48 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Calif 17. Fla
19, La 4. Miss 3, Texas 12. others
7, total US 62.
Onions: Mich 1, Texas 67. total
US 68 cars.
Potatoes: Fla 8. Idaho 100. Maine
181. Mich 66. Minn 19. NY 30. Tex
as 9. Wash 26. Wise 92, others 37,
total US 568 cars.
Spinach: Ark 2. Maryland 3, Va
11. total US 16 cars.
Tomatoes: Florida 54. total US
54 cars. Mexico 76. Unreported
April 14: Florida 74 cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
ments forwarded Tuesday morning,
April 16:
Mixed vegetables 7. potatoes 9,
carrots 6. beets and carrots 2. onions
62. total 86 cars. Total to date this
season—Citrus 4585. vegetables 6226,
mixed citrus and vegetables 34. total
10.845 cars; to same date last sea
son—Citrus 1809. vegetables 9701,
mixed citrus and vegetables 28. total
II. 538 cars.
Representative prices paid by
truckers for Valley vegetables Mon
day. April 15:
Beans: Bu hampers stringlesa
1.50-2 25 according to quality.
Beets: Per doz bunches 16-18C.
Carrots: Per doz bunches 18-20CJ
H erts 75-90c.
Greens: Per doz bunches tumip
and mustard 20-25c.
Onions: 50-lb sacks Yellow and
Wax Commercials 1.25-1 65, boilers
50c -1.00.
Parsley: Bu erts 75-90c.
Potatoes: Bliss Triumphs 50-Ib
sacks US No Is 1H In min around
2.00, few higher.
Squash: Bu baskets Yellow and
White 1.25-1.50.
Turnips: Per do* bunches 20-25c,
LA erts 1.25-1 35.
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO, April 18. pp>— (U. S.
D. A.>— Potatoes 82, on tract 385,
total US shipments 568; old stock,
Wisconsin slightly mcaker, Idaho
stock unsettled, supplies liberal,
trading slow; Wisconsin round
whites US No. 1, 85-95; Russet Bur
banks US No. 1, 160; Michigan
round whites US No. 1. 90; Russet
Burbanks US No. 1. 150: Idaho
Russets US No. 1, no sales; few
stock, about steady, supplies light,
trading limited; Florida Bu crates.
Bliss Triumphs US No. 1. washed
3 15.
NEW YORK CURB
NEW YORK. April 16. P —Curb
market stocks drifted quietly lower
Tuesday in likht trading that was
concentrated in utilities and metal
stocks.
Losses ranging from minor frac
tions to a point were shewn by
Aluminum Co.. American Gas.
Bunker Hill A- Sullivan. ElectTic
Bond <fc Share. Sunshine Mining and
Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Oil stocks
were mixed, with a slight advance
in Creole Petroleum offset bv lower
price* for international petroleum.
CHICAGO GRAINS
CHICAGO. April 16. P\—Bullish
trade news was largely ignored in
the grain market early Tuesday as
prices averaged lower. Talk waa
rurrent that pessimistic crop reports
from the western plains region had
been fairly well discounted, at least
for the time being Wheat ooened
*4-S lower. M»v 88';-1.00H, and
then showed li'tle change Com
started ‘m-*i off. May 88',-'s. and
continued easy.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEAN9. Anril 16 - JO—
At the first call Tuesday cotton
futures were from 5 to 11 point*
lower.
Liverpool cables came In worse
than due and .served to unsettle the
local market, but there was noth
ing else in the news to influence
price movements.
Old crop months showed the
smallest decline w‘th May off 5
[ noints at 11.54 and Julv off 9 at
III. 57. October was 10 cents a bale
; lower at 1128 and similar decline*
: were shown by December at 11.33
and January at 11.36.
During the early trading prices
held within a few points of open
ing levels and dealing dwindled
t
DONNA DISTRICT
(Continued Prom Page One.)
Crete all of the canals In the district,
Ridgeway stated. Bids hive already
been advertised and will be opened
on May 10, according to Ridgeway.
Work is expected to get under way
within a comparatively short time.
Donna Irrigation district will prob
ably be the first In the Valley to be
gin work under money allocated from
the PWA. The Engleman district
north of Donna has received its first
» allotment from the PWA. but plans
of construction are being changed
and bids have net yet been asked on
the contemplated work.