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JAYCEES WILL
NAME OFFICERS
First Anniversary Meeting
And . Buffet Supper To
Be Held Wednesday
Plans have been completed for
U» Brownsville Junior Chamber of
Commerce s lirst anniversary' gen
eral meeting and buffet supper at
the D Judin hotel Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock, It was an
nounced Tuesday by Jack Daugh
erty, manager.
In addition to the program, the
Junior chamber of commerce mem
bers will elect officers for the com
l speakers scheduled for
the meeting are J. M Stein, pub
lisher of The Brownsville Herald,
who will speak on “The Newspaper
and Its Relation to the Town": O.
W. Johnson, head of the account
ing department of this division of
Pan-American Airways, will speak
on “Modem Airport Development";
and H. L. Tates will speak on “The
Ores ter Brownsville"
R. C. Morris, retiring president,
will speak on accomplishments of
the Brownsville Junior Chamber of
Commerce during the past year.
Truck Markets
Carlot shipment* of entire Unit
ed States reported Tuesday, April
16:
Beans: Fla 50. Texas 1. total US
•l cars.
Beets: Texas 7. total US 7 cars.
Cabbage: Art* 1, Calif 13. Fla 31.
Oa 3. So Car 48. total US 96 cars
Carrots: Art* 6. Calif 48. New
York S. Texas 9. total U8 68 cars.
Mixed vegetables: Ark 1, Calif 16,
Fla 37. La 4. So Car t. Texas 18,
others 6. total US 83 cars.
Onions: New York 2, Ore 1, Tex
as 94. total US 97 cars.
Potatoes: Fla 24. Ida 89. Maine
171, Mich 92, Minn 21. New York
26. Texas 12. Wash 21, Wise 81.
others 83 total U8 590 ears.
Spinach: Maryland l. Ark 7.
Texas 3. Va 10. total US 20 cars
. Tomatoes: Fla 132, total US 132
Cuba 25. Mexico 20.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
ments forwarded Wednesday mom
1 I. April 16:
Onions 77, potatoes 12, mixed
vegetables 8. carrots 9. beet* 4.
beets and carrots 4, parslev 1. to
tal 115 cars. Total to date this sea
son—citrus 4585. vegetables 6341.
mixed citrus and vegetables 34. to
tal 20.960; to same date last season
—citrus 1809, vegetables 9852. mix
ed citrus and vegetables 28. total
11,686 ears. ,
Representative prices paid by
knickers for Valley vegetables
Wednesday. April 16:
Beans: Bushel hampers round
•trtngless 1.50-2 00. few higher.
Beets: Per dosen bunches 16-30c.
Carrots: Per doe bunches 18-20c;
half crates 75-90c
Green* Per doa bunches turnip
and mustard 20-25c.
Onions 50-lb sacks Yellow Ber
mudas and Crystal Wax Commer
cials 1.25-1.50
Potatoes: Bliss Triumphs 50-lb
geeks US No Is 1 1-2 in min 2 25
• 40. few lower.
•quash: Bu baskets yellow and
White around 1.25.
Parsley: Bushel crates 75-90e.
Turnips: Per doe bunches 30
>08e. La. crates 125-136.
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO. April 17. (AV- (U. S
Dept. Agr.)—Potatoes. 93, on track
SIS. total US shipments 590; old
etoek, slightly weaker, supplies lib
eral. demand and trading slow;
aacked per ewt. Wisconsin round
whites U8 No. 1, no sales reported;
Michigan round whites US No. 1.
.90; Nebraska Bliss Triumphs US
No. 1, 3.30-524; Idaho russets US
No. 1, fine quality heavy to large.
155; commercial 2.10; US No. 2.
1.55-70; New York, about steady,
aupplles light, demand and trading
limited; Plortda bu. crates Bliss
Triumphs US No. 1. washed 3.15
25; Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs
US No. 1. mostly 5.50; double head
bbls. Spalding Rose US No. 1,
mostly 8.50; U8 No 2. mostly 750
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEAN8. April 17. (Ah—
Prices held in a narrow groove at
the opening of the cotton market
here Wednesday and initial bids
were from 1 point higher to 1 point
lower.
As in earlier session this week
dealings were restricted, with trad
ers hesitant to enter the market ot
either side.
Liverpt-l came In about as due
but reported a quiet pre-holidav
market Both May at 11.53 and
July at 1163 were unchanged at
the first call while October was up
a point at 11.32 and December down
a point at 11.38.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. April 17. i.-P'—Down
lums of Chicago grain prices early
Wednesday followed an exhibition
of relative weakness in the Liver
pool wheat market. Showers were
reported in domestic wheat terri
tory southwest.
Opening unchanged to 4 lower
May 1.02-024.- Chicago wheat fu
tures then underwent an all around
decline. Corn started 4-4 down.
May 884-4. and subsequnetly held
near this range.
Seven Are Injured In
Dynamite Explosion
HELEN WOOD Tenn.. April 16.—
UP)—Explosion of a store of dyna
mite and blasting powder virtually
wrecked a railroad station, shatter
ed hundreds of window glasses and
allfhtly injured seven persons here
Tuesday.
Plre starting in the residence of
Mra. Burdette Keeton spread to a
warehouse in which the 20 cases of
dynamite and 200 cases of powder
wsr» stored.
F. D. It Silent On
New Bonus Plant
WASHINGTON. April 18. (AV-As
Senator Harrison <D-Mi*s> sought
to oomplete a compromise bonus bill
which he said would have President
Roosevelt b approval, an informal
warning eras given at the White
room Tuesday against committing
the chief executive to any legislation
of that type.
Xt was salt* at the White House
ghat Mr. RoomvcU would speak when
and U the bonus bill is sent to him
ST stoning or disapproval
As President Paid Last Tribute to Cousin
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In the midst of • pouring rain, the President, who rushed to New York from his Florida Ashing trip to
attend funeral, leaves church (encircled) after paying his respects to his cousin, \V arren Delano Rclbiua,
late Minister to Canada. Among the notables present was CoL E. M. House (right), famed statesman. _
Seeking Peace Formula in Moscow
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Capt Anthony Eden scratches his head at question that came np in
discussion of German threat to peace of Europe in conversations in
Moscow with Joseph Stalin (center), Soviet dictator, and V. M. Molotov,
Commissar for the Russian War Department Illness now is preventing
Eden from communicating personally results of his swing around Europe
to statesmen gathering at Stream trip arts te conference.
Coast Guard Service
Inspector on Visit
Commander J. P Jensen, who has
charge of the Coast Guard Service
from .Pensacola to Port Isabel, ar
rived here from Galveston Tuesday
for Inspection of the Coast Guard
equipment at Port Isabel.
Commander Jensen visited other
offices here Tuesday mrrning which
are under the Treasury Depart
ment. the department which con
trols the CoiSt Guard.
Tuesday afternoon he was to begin
an automobile trip up Padre Island,
skirting the coast line all the way to
Corpus Christ!. The commander in
dicated that the cutter Svranac.
which draws 16 feet, will come inside
the pass on Its next visit to Port
; Isabel.
Rio Hondo Wharvct
Permit Is Sought
iSDWal to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 16. — The
Arroyo Navigation company will ap
ply to the War Department imme
diately for permits to construct
wharves at Rio Hondo, it was
learned Tuesday, and it is expected
that bids for the wharves at Rio
Hondo and the turning basin at
Harlingen will be advertised before
the end of the month.
Permit to construct the wharves
at Rio Hondo is another step in
the district’s plan to make the
arroyo navigable to small pleasure
boats from a channel at Green
Island up to Harlingen, where a
turning basin for small craft will be
dug.
To Hear Guilty Plea*
Federal Judge T. M. Kennedy will
pome here Friday for a one-day tarn
of court, according to present plans
Only pleas of guilty in criminal case;
will be heard with no Jury or civil
'ases to be considered.
Judge Kennerly opened a regulai
term of court in Laredo Monday and
a number of Indictments for the
Brownsville division were returned
j there.
Deputy U. a. Clerk F. A. Hinojosa
U. S Prooation Officer H. R Jef
Terds. Customs Patrolman Fergus
Groves. Immigration Inspector H
! F. Watkins and U. S. Commissioner
Carlos G. Watson of Brownsville
were in Laredo for opening of the
regular term.
Approximately one-fourth of all
tax revenues collected by the various
state governments in this country
was paid by motorists.
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Legislature
_Is Doing_
AUSTIN. April 16. *#)—Liberal
appropriation* for eleemosynary
institutions to provide new build
ings and permits the removal of
insane from jails were favored in
the senate Tuesday.
Recommendations of the senate
finance committee w*ere ignored as
amendments totalling $464,740
for new buildings were added to
an eleemosynary appropriation
bill of $8,945,924.
The house bill appropriated $10.
403.044. Approximately $460,000 was
recommended by senate commit
tee for other construction.
Amendments would provide two
new ward buildings, to cost $55.
000 each, at Abilene state hospital,
in addition to a third recommended
by the house; transfer from the
second year to the first and in
crease to $110,000 an allotment for
a ward building at Austin state
hospital, provide $118,000 for a
new ward building at Terrell state
hospital, and allot $120,000 for a
new building at Galveston state
psychopathic hospital
Other amendments increased ap
propriations for the Galveston
hospital from $65,912 to $202,204 the
first year and from $66,363 to $76,
454 the second year.
Meanwhile, Acting Governor
Walter Wcodul urged the legisla
ture to cooperate with the fed
eral government and other states
in stopping wind erosion of soil.
He also requested enactment of
a bill authorizing the reconstruc
tion finance corporation or any
other corporation whose stock was
owned exclusively by the federal
government to do business in Tex
as without payment of state filing
fee*, franchise or other corpora
tion taxes.
What sponsors feared was a de
I tcrmlned filibuster greeted house
! re umption of debate on a bill to
es.ablish a state commisison to
r. jv’at? public utilities. With ap
irrxlmately 60 amendments pend
.ng. a motion to end debate was de
fcr.ted. 61 to 73.
Representative W. E. Jones of
Jouidmtcn asserted lengthy delib
eration on the utility bill was kill
ing other major legislation. The
"ill has been debated since last
Friday, but only three major
amendments have been finally
considered.
Another attack by Representa
tive W E. Pope of Corpus Christ!
was defeated. 103 to 32 Pope at
tempted to eliminate the proposed
! appointive state commisison and
vest utility regulation in city coun
cils and county commisisoners'
courts.
Officers Selected
By San Benito C. C.
SAN BENITO. April 18—Mark
ham A. Thompson, well known local
busmeasman, was elected president
of the San Benito Chamber of
Commerce for 1935 at a meeting of
the new board of directors held here
Monday afternoon.'
Pete Smith was re-elected secre
tary-manager.
Thompson succeeds Harry M
Carroll. F. B. Sublett was named
first vice president; Paul Hombeck.
second vice president; O. C. Hamil
ton. treasurer..
Committees were also named to
help in the Port Day celebration to
be held at Port Isabel Monday when
the first cargo to and from the
Valley by steamer will be handled
there. Smith and Sublett were nam
ed on the committee for shipment;
Horn beck on the caravan committee;
and E J. Allen on the committee
to meet the boat.
The Port Isabel Chamber of Com
merce has been invited to meet with
the local chamber to work out more
plans for the celebration.
A bullet discharged from a hori
scntal gun begins to fall as soon as
it leaves the muzzle and continues
to fall at the same rate regardless
of speed.
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WHITE KITCHEN
419 mb street
Business Lunches — Fresh Veg
etables — Luscious Valley
Grapefruit
Private Diningroom.
Serving the Valley for over
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Local Bar Urges
Texas Pleadings
In Federal Court
The Cameron County Bar Asso
ciation Tuesday in session here
went on record as favoring the use
of Texas pleadings and practice in
cases at law In federal court*. If
adopted, this would result In lltte
change from the present federal
pleadings and practice in Texas.
The supreme court of the United
States has announced its Intention
of making rules prescribing the
manner In which pleadings shall be
drawn and presented In federal
courts In trying cases at law. and
has announced that these rules will
adhere largely to common law.
The supreme court has called on
district judges to make recommend
ations. and the Judges have asked
practicing attorneys In their dis
tricts to offer recommendations and
suggestions. Federal Judge T. M.
Kennerly of Houston named F. W.
Seabury of Brownsville chairman
of a committee In the Brownsville
division, and Seabury in turn named
D W. Glasscock of Mercedes and
J F. Carl of Edinburg members of
the committee.
This committee has decided to
recommend that Texas pleadings
and practice, which are based on
j common law. be used in federal
court. The bar association's action
here Tuesday was In keeping with
the recommendation planned by the
committee.
Plans for the banquet, to be held
at the Madison hotel In Harlingen
Saturday night, also were discussed.
The Cameron bar Is inviting the
bars of Hidalgo and Willacy coun
ties to the meeting. Judge John W.
Blckett. chief justice of the court
of civil appeals at San Antonio, and
Robert W. Stayton of Austin, a
professor In the University of Tex
as will be the chief speakers. Plans
! for the banquet are being made by
a committee made up of Harry
Carroll of San Benito, chairman;
Lawrence Brady of Brownsville. P.
G. Greenwood of Harlingen. Arthur
Klein of Harlingen and M. J. Mur
ray of Harlingen.
The association also voted 19-12
to institute disbarment proceedings
against a former Harlingen lawyer
wno now lives In Dallas
A committee which was to draft
a bill allowing taxes to be paid in
obligations of the taxing agency
delayed its report until constitu
tional angles of the bill could be
ironed out.
Ex-Valley Attorney
Facing Disbarment
A resolution authorizing disbar
ment proceedings against a Dallas
attorney who formerly resided In
Hat Ungen. was passed by the Cam
eron County Bar association Tues
day.
Weldon J. Bailey. San Benito at
torney who brought the matter be
fore 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. Rentfro. 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 have used
In setting up a trust fund for a
minor.
—————
Laredo Onion Men
Will Boost Wages
LAREDO, April 16. (/TV-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
I to onion fields awaiting harvesting.
H O. Samuels took 150 of the
workers to his field with the promise
of paying 61.25 per day for 10 hours
work, while Will McKendrlck 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.
City Briefs
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Peti Pel with Ciro** choice per
fumes on sale. The Basket Place,
Ms tarn or os. *‘of course”. Adv.
Bring your old oil stove in and
trade for a new one. Brownsville
Hardware.—Adv.
Complete stock of Tioga yarns
Representative from factory now
showing hand knitted dresses. Val
ley Office Supply Oo., Inc., Browns
ville.— Adv„
Galvanized and copper screen wire
and screen doors.—Grant Lumber
Co.—Adv.
GIRLS DON'T BE SKINNY
—GET SOME CURVES!!
Fill out those thin places and get
the pretty curves men admire
Take Vinol (iron tonic> and you'll
be surprised how your figure im
proves. Tastes delicious. Cisneros
Drug Store.—Adv.
Let Os Make An Otter
For Tour
OLD GOLD
tor’ll Find We Pay More
We Operate Coder
C. S. Goe. License
No. N. a 14-209
DOR FM AN’S
Jewelry Store, Inc.
The Valley’s Finest
1049 Elisabeth St
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Complete Optical Serrlcc
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Have His Dreams Come True?
' When Babe Ruth,
the King of Swat,
was ill in New
York in 1925, the
boy in the above
picture, Johnnie
Howe, then aged
10, resolved to be
a big leaguer
when he grew up.
And that’s what
he is now, a per
former deemed of
such promise by
the Cincinnati
Reds as to be
farmed out this
year for season*
bur.
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Clyde Tandy Heads
Presbyterian Men
Clyde Tandy was elected pres
ident of the Brownsville Presbyte
.riao Men of the Church organiza
tion at the regular meeting of the
group Tuesday night. He succeeds
Harrison Clark. Other officers
elected included W. H. Huffman,
vice president, and Harry Marsh,
secretary-- treasurer.
Rev. Flynn Long, pastor of the
Harlingen Presbyterian church, was
guest speaker of the evening.
Dinner was served by the ladies’
auxiliary.
The meeting was the last to be
held until October, the organiza
tion having decided to hold no
meetings during the summer
months.
Commissions Received
U. 8. Naval Reserve commissions
for four Valley men have been re
ceived here by Lieut. Commander
W. H. O. Slavmaker. U. S. N. R.
The new officers are Lieutenant
C. C. Stewart of Brownsville. Lieu
tenant H D. Horgen of McAllen,
Lieutenant Jr. Grade Alfred M Weir
of McAllen, and Lieutenant Junior
Grade M. L. Goldsmith of McAllen.
The naval communication reserve
unit at McAllen is almost complete,
and the lieutenant commander is
pushing organization of the Browns
ville unit at present. He has offices
on the fourth floor of the federal
building.
Old Harp Placed
On Display Here
A large concert harp which has
been owned by his family since 1803
has been placed on display at the
Hargis Furniture Company. 222
Elisabeth street, by Lieutenant
Commander W. H. G. Blaymaker.
U. S. N. R.
The harp which was purchased in
London in 1803. is in gcod condition
and its tone qualities are excellent.
The naval officer obtained the
heirloom in London many years ago
while visiting relatives there.
Manuel King Will
Appear at Cabaret
The program of the Lions second
benefit cabaret has now been com
pleted with the addition of Manuel
King, known as the world's young
est wild animal trainer, for an act.
Young King’s act will be similar
to the one he recently used on a
tour of the United States. Well
known radio celebrities imperson
ated Include Rudy Vallee. Ben Ber
nie waiter Winchell. Amos 'n Andy
and their staff. Those who have
heard it presented in the past as
sure everyone that It will be very
entertaining.
Everything is in readiness for this
cabaret, to be held April 24. it was
announced. In addition to the
several entertaining acts to appear
on the program, a dance with music
by Buddy Pearson's orchestra, is
scheduled.
C. C. Launches
New Campaign
For Publicity
Personal letters are being sent by
the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce to every chamber of com
merce secretary in Texas calling «t
tenticn to the attractions of JMF
beach section here as a summer tow
ist resort, especially in view of ths
unusually fine fishing.
"The fishing on our coast has be
come so fine that we feel the people
of your section should told
about it, in the event they are con
templating a vacation on the Texas
coast this year,” the letter states,
and asks the chamber of commerce
secretary to get some mention of it
in his local paper, as well as inform
ing those interested.
The secretaries are also advised
to bring their tackle when they come
here for the state convention In
June.
Copies of the new Brownsville lit
erature are enclosed with the letters.
With the beginning of the summer
tourist season the chamber of com
merce is making a determined effort
to bring Texas tourists here for their
fishing and surf bathing. Many
newspaper articles are being sent out
and published, while reports on fish
ing conditions are sent regularly to
radio stations which broadcast
them.
ARROYO DREDGE
(Continued Pjom Page One)
Arroyo channel to the bay by 14
miles.
On completion erf the flood con
the dredge will double back on Its
route and will begin on the second
unit, eliminating three bends in the
arroyo, to straighten the course of
the stream and to permit easy flow
of Valley flood waters.
The dragline which precedes the
dredge throwing up a retaining
wall or levee for spoilage is about
to complete unit three and will ad
vance to unit four within a few
days, unit four projecting some
what into Willacy county.
On completion o fthe flood con
trol program, the Arroyo Naviga
tion committee will proceed with
their program of extending the
channel of the Arroyo Colorado
across the bay to Port Isabel, and
out to the Gulf. Barge line trans
portation with docks and ware
houses at Rio Hondo are planned.
newTeterans’
(Continued from Page One)
statement would make it possible
for the soldiers to "find a ready
market for them."
But as an incentive for veterans
to redeem their certificates for
bonds, the bill would extend to them
the right to hold the certificate*
until the old maturity date #f 1945
and obtain 4 per cent Interest, com
pounded annually.
The little gall-fly called Rhodltea
rosae grows its own nest. The fe
male pricks the leaf bud of a rose,
and lays her eggs. Soon. Instead of
leaves, the bud develops into a mass
i of hair-like material.
Here is Maureen O'Sul
livan. In The Herald
this Sunday you will
find her arrayed in all
her adorable wardrobe.
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