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THE WEATHER
(B)0 t Weather Bureau)
Brownsville and the Valley: Part
ly cloudy Tuesday night and Wed
nesday; not much change in tem
perature. Moderate to fresh south
erly winds.
FORTY-THRD YEAR—No. 246 tan* am t. mm van* BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1985 TEN PAGES TODAY • • • 5c A COPY
By RALPH L. BLELL
A. W. GRANT. MANAGING
editor of the Ban Anton.'o Express,
makes one of his all 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
outline its way through Redhead
Ridge.
Had seen pictures at the dredge
■t 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.
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BU8INE8S 18 FAIR THROUGH
out 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 is show
ing greater Increases than any
place.
All along we have said it, and
lopcat it, business is good in the
Vtlley for those who make it good
• • • !
BOB JEFFREYS, WHO FOUND
td 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 war horse of the news
paper business—,
Bob will find plenty who dis
agree with him—
Plenty who will agree—
And all will agree that whatever
Bob says and does, he is animated
by sincerity of purpose.
Good luck to him I
DUNCAN COFFEE COMPANY
H float In the Onion Fiesta parade
- at 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 th06e fine Houston
firms who is sold to the hilt on the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
C. M. Brack of Sen Benito, who
cover* the territory for Mr. Dun
can. became an enthusiastic Val
ley "old-timer” in about 2 weeks,
and increases his speed every
month.
• • •
MANY OF US CAN 8YMPA
thixe with the Brownsville man
who told us this morning that^
"If I plant potatoes, I get
creamers.. If It's onions, I gel
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
pers of Cameron oounty 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
675 cars, the grqwers and shippers
say that we will be lucky to get
250 cars.
The potato crop Just isn't, and
taking it all in all, Valley spud
growers will be lucky to get their
slfv *d back.
^ Government report was based
on conditions prior to April first.
Since then, digging has started
and the crop Is a glorious flssie
except for a few lucky ones whose
fields have come through in fine
shape
• • •
BILL ELLIOTT. WRITING IN
the Corpus Christi Times, com
plains of a day wasted trying to
catch fish off the rock 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 Braaos Pass.
BUI, will provide you all the fish
you can use in a half hour's time,
and leave you the rest of the day
to purr base curios In Matamorua.
Envoys from Mexico and U. S, Make Rio Surveys
RIVER TREATY
NEAR, IS BELIEF
OF DELEGATES
Officials Confer With
West on His Measure
Now Pending Before
Congress
Discussions between the United
States and Mexico are rapidly de
veloping toward the point where
official conferences may be held
and some concr.te 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. 8. 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. Lytel of San Ben
ito. consulting engineer and proj
ect engine--, respectively, on the
flood work.
They will remain in the Valley
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
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womanTuer
SEEKS RECORD
Laura Ingalls On Trail
Of Amelia Across
Continent
LOS ANGELES. April 1«. (/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 mlddlewest
she 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 E&rhart in August. 1932, i<
17 hours 7 minutes 30 seconds.
Miss Ingalls, clad in a leather
windbreaker, made an easy take off.
circled her streamlined ship over
the field and disappeared rapidly
Into the east.
The tiny brunette flier s mother
lives in Newark, N. J.
Mias Ingalls’ monoplane, loaded
with a near-capacity load of 575 gal
(Continued an Page Seven)
Ex-Valley Attorney
Facing Disbarment
A resolution authorising disbar
ment proceedings against a Dallas
attorney who formerly resided In
Harlingen, was passed by the Cam
eron County Bar association Tues
day.
Weldon J. Bailey. San Benito at
torney who brought the matter be
l^re the grievance committee of the
association, was requested to sign
the complaint to be filed in district
court, and County Attorney Chas.
C. Bowie, former president of the
association, and District Attorney R.
B. Rent fro. Jr were asked to assist
in the proceedings.
The resolution was introduced on
the strength of a law suit tried in
Cameron county court at law in
which the judge held that the attor
ney In question appropriated a sum
which he was supposed to hive used
in setting 19 a trust fund for a
minor. - (
s
‘UPSIDE-DOWN’
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OPERATION FAILS
* * * * *
TO SAVE YOUTH
FALL RIVER. Mass . April 16. OP)
—William Spiegelblatt. 9. of New
port. R. I., who underwent an
operation a few days ago fQr a dis
arrangement of internal organs
similar to that of Alyoe Jane Mb
Henry. died at 5 a. m. Tuesday at
the Truesd&le hospital.
The boy was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Abraham Spiegelblatt 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.
P0TAT0CR0P
ESTIMATE CUT
Shippers Claim Valley Will
Move Leas Than 300
Carloads
Estimate of the U. 8. Department
of 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 2&
solid cars of potatoes, and not more
than 350 carloads including mixed
carlot shipments and the movement
by truck. They think it is likely
that the total crop will be even
•tss than 300 carloads.
W. D. Oooge. in charge of the
U. S. Market News bureau here,
although not 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. McDavitt of Brownsville
-•aid that the section would not ship
more than 250 solid cars, and the
1 total crop would be less than half
| the government estimate. Connell
1 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
(Continued on Page Seven)
FRANCE STICKS TO
STRONG PROTESTS
OF HITLER ACTION
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(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 Nations 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 motion
of protest against German rearma
ment would not be modified to meet
opposition views.
Wire Flashes
WASHINGTON. — The senate
Tuesday passed the Wheeler
Eastman bill providing for regula
tion of motor bases and tracks
by the interstate commerce com
mission. It now goes to the hooss.
PHILADELPHIA—The honor of
bitting the first home run of the
1935 major league baseball season
went to Link Frey, Brooklyn’s
young shortstop, who as the sec
ond man at bat in the opening
game with Philadelphia cracked
one of Curt Davis’ offerings over
the right field fence.
Oil PLANTS
ARE PLANNED
FOR VALLEY
■
Harlingen in Line To
Get Refinery; Other
Site Selected Is In
Hidalgo Field
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. April 16— 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
of Sullivan 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 Roumanlna is located on a 5.000
acre block and is producing from
a depth of 4,300 feet.
The Harlingen refinery will em
(Continued on Page Seven)
DONNA DISTRICT
GETS PWA FUND
>100,000 Received Tuesday
Morning; Will Open
Bids May 10
The Donna Irrigation district hat
just received $100,000. the first allott
ment of a PWA loan and grant ol
$490,000, to the district, according to
word received here by Congress
man Milton H. West.
Other districts which have loan;
pending are the Pharr-San Juan dis
irict, the Edinburg district and Hi
dalgo No. 6. the Goodwin tract, sev
eral of these are practically closed,
with money expected in a short time.
During his present visit in the Val
ley Congressman West has confer
red with a number of irriga.Vn 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 eon
(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 Bry^e Ferguson.
McAlister, who goes on trial cm
April 32 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.
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 Sherwood
Anderson and appearing in the
April 30 issue of Today magazine.
Sherwood Anderson has been
for 30 years one of the leading
writers of the United States. 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
rest foe a tone, to fish in the great
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, m
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 Braso6 jetty, and two
early day development scenes
The photographs were furnished
by the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce, which la given credit
In the article.
AIR SERVICE TO CHINA BEGINS
- -—-'■—:-:_s_Wj
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, lie the American islands which will break the long trans
ocean hop Into easy usages. The map shows the suc:essive places where landing fields and service sta
tions have been built on the long air road to China.
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CHINESE AIR
ROUTE OPENS
Giant Pan-American Ship
Ready To Begin
Pacific Hop
ALAMEDA. Calif., April 16.——
A new era in transoceanic trans
portation will begin late Tuesday
when the Pan American Clipper j
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
ng.
Has Fast Speed
No announcement was made of
.he expected arrival time at Hono
.ulu, 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
600 miles past its destination.
Commanded by Capt. Edwin C.
Musick, veteran of 22 years of fly-1
ing, the four motors of the seaplane
will lift some 41.0^0 pounds, includ
ing 3.000 gallons of fuel and engi- i
neering equipment when it takes
ofi on the inaugural flight of the
trans-Pacific 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 Seven)
FREEZING WEATHER
CAUSES DELAYS IN
BASEBALL SEASON
(By The Associated Pres*)
Old Man Winter took a hand in
the opening ol the major league
baseball season Tuesday and by
early afternoon had forced a post
ponement of two of the eight
scheduled clashes.
Exactly one half of the first
day’s festivities in the American
league was called off.
Snow and freezing temperatures
at Detroit made it impossible for
last year's pennant winning Tigers
to make their 1935 debut against
the Chicago White Sox, and cold
weather also brought about a can
cellation at Washington where
President Roosevelt was all set to
toss out t’*e first bail as the Phila
delphia Athletics squared off
against the Senators.
Prospec i in several other cities
were doubtful.
‘Hot’ Oil Pouring
Into Dallas, Claim
DALLAS. April O. Q.
Rumley. gasoline dealer and a lead
er In the Independent Protective
association, asserted Tuesday that
more than 1.500.000 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 Porney
from Sunday. April 8. to Sunday.
April 15, inclusive.
“Our check further shows that
on April 15 there were 30 refineries
running In east Texas, and of that
number one half were running oo
'tntendered, or 'hot1, crude o4L"
F. D. Is Silent On
New Bonus Plans
WASHINGTON, April 16. uP>—As
Senator Harmon CD-Miss» sought
to complete a compromise bonus bill
which he said would have President
Roosevelt's approval, an informal
warning was given at the White
House Tuesday against committing
the chief executive to any legislation
of that type
It was said at the White House
[hat Mr. Roosevelt would speak when
and U the bonus bill is sent to him
ior signing or disapproval.
SAETSiGNS DP
WITH BRADD9CK
Veteran Jersey Slugger To
Meet Title Holder For
Championship
NEW YORK, April 16. OP)—Max
iaer Tuesday accepted James J
iraddock. veteran New Jersey slug
ger, as an opponent for a heavy
weight championship bout and the
two will meet lor the title June 13
in Madhon Square Garden s big Long
island Bowl.
The State Athletic commission
approved the match Tuesday short
ly after contracts signed by Baer
and Braddock had been filed by
representatives of the G-arden.
The commission also accepted the
esignation of Barney Ross as light
weight champion and ruled that his
successor will be the winner of a 15
iound match between Lou Ambers.
Oflrzrkimer, N. Y.. and Tony Oan
zoneri in Madison Square Garden.
May 10.
Ambers agreed that if he wins from
Canzoneri he will defend the title
against any opponent the commis
sion may name within 90 days.
Laredo Onion Men
Will Boost Wages
LAREDO, April 16. (Jp—The back
bone of the onion workers strike,
which brought Texas rangers here,
Tuesday apparently had been brok
en when several growers agreed to
higher wages and hurried workers
to onion fields awaiting harvesting.
H. O. Samuels took 150 of the
workers to his field with the promise
of paying $1.25 per day for 10 hours
work, while Will McKendrick took
380 men to his farm south of here
to work on a contract basis which
would amount to approximately $1 25
daily.
Other growers said they would ar
range with the workers during the
day.
HIDALGO GETS
NEW PRODUCER
Samfordyce Field Extended
1,000 Feet to East
By Discovery
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION. April 16. — Another
new producer in the Samfordyce
field of southwestern Hidalgo coun
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.
1 Mrs. Lula George, in the south
west comer of the southwest 20
acres of tract 13. porcion 41. Is
cleaning itself rapidly through
inch tubing choke under tubing
working pressure of 175 pounds and
closed-in casing pressure of 100
pounds. The test had the satur
ation at 2.748-56 feet and set and
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
Seabury et al. in the southeast cor
ner of the north 20 acres of the
west 42.90 acres of the southeast
131.70 acres of tract 256. porcion 38.
about 3.900 northwest of discovery,
blew oil over the top of the der
rick during drill stem test Monday.
Just 14 minutes after the testing
tool was opened, oil blew high into
the air under pressure of 35 pounds
The test was made of sLx 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 corner
of the north 10 acres of the Jack
son 62 acres in tract 278, porcion
(Continued On Page Severn
Valley Port Day Set Aside
To Greet First Isabel Boat
BAN BENITO, April 18—Plan*
for an appropriate reception of the
steamship 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 8. I.
Jackson, secretary of the Port Isa
bel Chamber of Commerce.
“While San Benito and Port
Isabel are making the plans for
the celebration of the Valley's first
real ‘Port Day,’ we feel that every
community in the Valley will want
to take part in the event,” Smith
said. “Deep water means as much
to every Valley city a* to Ban
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 pieoe of
outgoing freight. E. H. Downs of
San Benito is chairman of the
commission, with Datis Wade of
San Benito and W. H. Pattee of
Port Isabel constituting the re
mainder of the commission.
A part of the first outgoing car
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DICTATOR AND
SECRETARY IN
FUNDSJATTLE
I ekes Tells Kingfish
His Rubber-Stamp
Legislature C a n’t
Control PWA
BATON ROUGE. La. April 16 —
yF)—Informed of threat of Secre
tary lckes to cancel all Louisiana
Public Works loans if the state
took over control of the loan ex
penditures. Senator Huey P. Long
laid the secretary could "go slap
lamn to hell."
"The whole damn outfit of them
:an go to hell!" said Long vehe
mently. referring to lckes and
xher cabinet members whom ha
ixcoriated.
lckes was quoted in Washington
is saymg that If legislation Long
a now having the Louisiana gen
:ral assembly enact to give the
it ate supervision over public works
sxpendltures that the funds would
Pe stopped.
"They certainly won’t be used to
build up Senator Long's political
machine," he asserted.
"Tell him to go slap damn to
bell,’’ Long said. "When he sees
what this legislation is hell have
to apologize to us. We are trying
to protect their money.
ICKES SCATHINGLY
%TTACK8 KINGF1SH
WASHINGTON. April lS._(flV
In a scathing attack on Senator
Long. • (D-La>, Secretary Ickea
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
* 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 a 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 beside*
the New Orleans sewer project
(Continued On Page Seven)
Japs Beating U. S.,
Britain in Trade
TOKYO, April 16. <VP)—Japan’s
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 In ra;fm pro
duction.
Japanese Industrialists predict
that should the present rate of in
crease he maintained through 1935,
Japan this year will replace tha
United States as the largest produc
er of rayon yarn, the raw material
for artificial silk fabrics.
Ten Made Colonels
AUSTIN. April 16. i)Pi—Acting
Governor Walter F Woodul Tuesday
appointed 10 colonels on his official
staff. They follow:
Tom Gooch of Dallas: J. A. Elkins,
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 Hollywood, and
Rice M. Tilley of Fort Worth.
TONIGHT’S MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
Brownsville The Capitol—Oearye
Brent and Josephine Hutchinson tn
• The Right to Live." The Queen—James
Cagney In "The St. Louis Kid.” The
Dlttmann—Rtcherd Dlx In **Aoe at
Aces.”
San Benito: The Rivoll—Ouy Ktbbee
and Aline MarMahon in “While the
Patient Sleeps "
Harlingen: The Arcsdts—Chester Mor
ris, Vlrglnis Bruce and BUlle Burke tn
Society Doctor." The Rialto—Edmund
Lowe and Jack Holt In "Best Man Wins.
La Perta: The Bijou—Claudette Col
bert tn "Cleopatra ”
Raymond vllle: The Ramon—Shirley
Temple. Lionel Barry more and Bill Rob
inson in «*‘Tbe Little Colonel."
Donna: The Plaza—Sylvia Sidney end
Oene Raymond tn "Behold My Wife*
San Juan- The San Juan—Fay Wray
and Ralph Bellamy In "Women In the
Dark."
Mercedes: The Capitol—Lyle TalboS
and Ann Dvorak in "Murder In the
Clouds."
Weslaco: The Rita—Irene Dunne sad
Donald Woods In "Sweet Adeline.*
McAllen: The Palace—Rlcsrdo Cortes
and Virginia Bruce In "Shadow at
Doubt" The Queen—Claudette Colbert
and Warren William In "Imitation at
Life.”
Mission: The Mission—Claudette Col
bert and Wed MecMumy in "The (Hide
ed Lay." ..j