BAD WEATHER I
CAUSES TRADE;
TO LAG SOME
General Feeling Is
That Losses To Be
Quickly Regain e d
Over Nation
NEW i YORK April 19 —up>— A
temporary setback in retail business
thla week because of adverse wea
ther conditions was reported by Dun
A Brad street in its weekly trade
renew Friday.
"Seasonal trade was retarded dur
ing the week, particularly In distri
butive branches, by adverse weather
conditions which stretched nearly
across the country." the report
stated
"Where rainfall and snow flurries
did not prevail, the dust storms
provided the retarding factor to
the rising demand for merchandise.
Previous estimates of the April vol
ume of retail sales have been re
vised downward but the feeling Is
general that much of the loss will
be recovered • • •.
"In contrast to the recession In
the distribution of merchandise,
the lowering of production sched
ules was moderate, and was con
fined chiefly to glass, textile, shoes,
tires and rubber goods, as further
Increases were registered for auto
mobiles. electric refrigerators, elec
tric equipment, plumbing supplies,
chemicals and foodstuffs.”
slow movement of mer
chandise In retail channels was ap
parent In the reduced buying In
wholesale markets, as the total of
orders at many centers was the
smallest in many weeks." Dun A
Bradstreet reported. The expected
rush of reorders failed to develop"
VISIT UP-STATE
(Special to The Herald >
HARLINGEN, April 19— Mrs W.
B. Reeves and Edgar Huse are In
Wichita Falls for the funeral of
their brother. Maurice Huse. who
died in Chicago. Mrs Reeves is ac
companied by her son. Bruce
Federal Relief Monies
***** *****
0
Are Cut off in Georgia
***** *****
And Kingfish s ‘Empire ’
WASHINGTON April 19—(/P>—
Using a potent weapon—stoppage of
federal funds—the federal govern
ment was embarked Friday on an
intensified effort to force into line
states whose relief or works meas
ures are declared to be unsatisfac
tory.
. Alter striking at Senator Long of
Louisiana and Governor Talmadge
at Georgia by checking the now of
federal funds into their states, of
ficials threatened also to cut off
relief grants wherever states and
coirmumues fail to oontribute what
is considered an adequate amount
toward a 1563.000 000 fund to sup
port unemployable persons during
the next 12 months. This fund is
sought to supplement the govern
ment's 64 000,000.000 work relief ap
propriation.
Harry L Hopkins, the relief ad
rninitsrator. gave notice as well that
he might take the distribution of
relief into his own hands in several
states where he says politicians have
too much connection with It at
present.
As the Louisiana legislature Thurs
day advanced Long's bill to give a
state board supervision over federal
expenditures, and Governor Tal
madge attacked President Roosevelt
as an "extreme radical," Hopkins
and Secretary Ickes moved together
against them. „
Ickes. asserting Long has -hali
tosis of the Intellect" and that he
does not know how to do busines.
with Talmadge. held up four public
works projects in Louisiana and
cancelled as many in Georgia.
Hopkins disclosed he had placed
a man of his own choosing in
charge of Louisiana relief, and ac
cused the Georgia governor of hav
ing failed to make a real effort to
keep public schools open in his state.
Hopkins did not limit his attention
to the controversies in the two
southern states.
He issued a warning at his press
conference that federal relief funds
would be withheld from Pennsyl
\ania unless that state contributed
65.000.000 a month regularly In
Illinois, he said, the state must put
CITY CASH
GROCERY
1130 S. E. Washington St. Phone 1281
WE DO OUR PACT 1
Real Bargains Real Specials
Below we quote a few of our many bargains for
Saturday and Monday, April 20th and 22nd, 1935.
COFFEE 1-lb. Package . 28c
WW Canned, 6 small A a
JMLJUjIV or 3 large cans.
KETCHUP ES? ..20c
MUSTARD Sst.17c
PACCrC Admiration, 1-lb. can.28c
vUriLL Bright and Early, 1-lb. bag. 22c
CORN MEAL, 10-lb. bag... 35c
PEAS &T&...9c
VERMICELLI-MACARONI mt:. ,„..15c
GINGER-ALE SnC£uh:.12c
COFFEE “jr'c!!”0""'. 19c
DDIT1YPC Canned * m
riiUPILa No. 214 can . . lflC
TOMATO SOUP . 8c
WHEAT KRISPIES K,''yfr 12c
WESSON OIL, quart can . 40c
PRESERVES 25c
HUCOA 21c
PORK and BEANS a c“ ... 5c
MEAT SPECIALS
HAM Boiled, per lb.42c
BACON, Breakfast, N^TsTiccd, lb.7 28c
CHEESE, Yellow, per lb.20c
LONG BOLOGNA, per lb. 17c
BACON, Sliced, per lb.29c
WIENERS^ per lb..17c
J. R. GUERRA, Prop.
Brownsville, Texas
I up $3.000ooo a month and commu
muei $2,000,000. The amount ex
’ pected” from North Carolina In the
i next fiscal year was placed at $3.
000.003. In all, nine states have not
j yet made available the sums askea
; by Hopkins.
Cantata to Be
Presented At
5P. M. Sunday
Five o'clock Sunday afternoon has
been set for the presentation of the
Easter Cantata at the Methodist
church, thus making it possible for
members of other congregations of
the city to attend this musical pro
gram.
The title of this sacred cantata is
1 “Victory Divine'* and the words were
I taken from the scriptures and ar
ranged by Maude J. Sullivan. The
musical setting is by J. Christopher
Marks and consists of soprano, con
tralto. tenor and baritone solos,
quartets, duets and chorus work,
with organ and piano accompani
ment. It tells the story of the first
Easter and is very effectively divid
ed m three parts. "In the Garden,”
• The Earthquake” and “Within the
Tomb''
David L. Ormesher. whose ability
is well known here, will have under
his direction the chorus of 40
voices with the following soloists:
Soprano, Miss Kate Pallor and Miss
Katherine Worley; contralto: Mrs
E. F. Ries and Mrs. H B. Jeffery;
tenor: Emmett Sewell. Cecil Faw and
F. F. Baird; baritone. Frank Gil
more and Daniel J. Keane. Mrs M. E
Deakin. organist of the Harlingen
Methodist church will preside at the
organ and Mrs. B. F. Hardin, organ
ist of the Brownsville Methodist
! church, will play the piano accom
paniment.
The public is invited to hear thus
cantata and the complete program
will be published at a later date.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
—
Text: Lake 34:1-12; John 14:1-6.
The International Uniform San
day School Lesson for April 21.
_
Bv WM. E. GILROT. D. D.
Recently I read a lecture on im
mortality. by a great scholar In one
of one our foremost universities, in
which he stated quite frankly that
whether there was a future life or
not was to him personally quite an
Indifferent matter. He was deeply
interested only in discovering what
men believed concerning immortali
ty. and in studying the psychologi
cal effect of that belief upon their
lives and upon masses of people re
M^’ously and racially.
Some time ago. also. T received a
letter from one whom life had buf
feted very severely. Loss and suf
fering had made the outlook on life
so dark and so full of terror that for
this soul In distress the thought that
there might be an ending to it was
in itself a relief.
Passionately the writer of this
letter expressed the hope that there
was no such thing as life beyond
death.
Few people win be able to take
either of these attitudes, even as
suming that it were desirable. Deep
down in human life there is this
feeling for immortality, his demand
of man for some hope and some evi
dence that the grave is not the end
all. Deeper and higher still In the
reasoned thought of man is a similar
demand.
If life is but a small span, a speck
in eternity, in which man’s highest
aspirations are mocked, in which his
struggles and sufferings have no
meaning, and in which all moral
and spiritual demands are those of a
world where death and decay are the
surest and moat certain of all facts,
manifestly there is little place for
light or Joy.
Paul was speaking as a clear
visioned realist when he said. "If
in this life only we have hope in
Christ Jesus, we are of all men most
miserable "
Deeply unbedded In the Christian
farts and in the Christian message
is a clear declaration concerning the
eternal nature of the good life. No
thing is so certain in the Christian’s
faith as that goodness cannot be
destroyed The essential place of
this faith In immortality in the
Christian religion and the witness to
it are emphasized In many ways.
First, in the story of the resur
rection of Jesus, upon which a part
of our lesson is based. The evidence
from the resurrection of Jesus is not
that merely of ancient records.
Fortunately the resurrection
stories are sufficiently different to
destrov all suggestion that they
were invented by the disciples or
that any collusion existed in claim
ing that Jesus had risen. The evi
dence of the truth of these stories
lies deeper in the reviving faith of
the disciples when they had lost all
heart and hope.
It was at this darkest hour that
they became convinced that thev had
seen their Lord, and that He was a
living, and not a dead Savior The
reality of their faith and their wit
ness are written into the whole his
tory of Christianity, and they cannot
be shaken, no matter what interpre
tation one mi*ht put upon the re
cord of outward events.
The Christian evidence goes fur
ther in the nature of the Christian
life itself It is well evidenced in
history that the blood of martyrs
is the seed of the church, that truth
crushed to earth shall rise again, that
in losing life men find it. and that
in sacrifice is the way of new life
and attainment.
If one doubted the reality of Im
mortality. he might find great hope
in this, if there were nothing else.
But there is a further witness to
faith in Immortality in the words of
Jesus himself and in the experience
that Christians firmly believe they
have found of Christ in their own
hearts. To Jesus himself this in
dwelling presence of the Father was
so real that He looked forward to
the future with the clearness of
faith that took the eternal life for
granted
Tf It were not so." He said, to his
disciples. "X would have told you." ,
HITLER SMARTS
UNDER REPROOF
Italy ‘and Britain Warn
Dictator Rhinoland To
Stay Demilitarized
(Copyt. 1935. by the A. P.)
BERLIN April 19. —Warned by
Great Britain and Italy that they
will oppose any move to refortify
the demilitarized Rhineland zone,
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler deliber
ated Friday on what stand he
would take In face of internation
al reproof for Germany's treaty
repudiations.
The ambassadors of the great
European powers planned to stay
week-end awaiting what one envoy
close to Berlin during the Easter
described as a color Easter egg
containing a serpent.
Considerable surprise is felt m
diplomatic circles that der fuehrer
has not acted before this time, at
least for the purposes of counter
acting at home the bad taste left
by the Geneva rsolution.
Hitler's arrival at Munich to con
fer with his advisers led many to
believe a statement may be forth
coming Friday or Saturday, his
tflth birthday.
The British and Italian warn
ing that they would insist on pre
servation of the status quo in the
demilitarized Rhineland was pres
ented to the relch foreign office by
the ambassadors of the two pow
ers.
They also gave WUhelmstrasse
officials assurance that their gov
ernments Intended to fulfill com
pletely their obligations under the
Locarno treaty, by which the
Franco-German frontier Is guar
anteed against violation by either
nation.
Kiwaniant and Wives
Are Highland Guests
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. April 19—A clm
munity get-together meeting was
had by San Benito Kiwanlans and
tiieir wives who were the guests of
Highland citizens Wednesday night
st the Highland school
Barbecue was served outside and
then a program was presented in
the school auditorium with Press.
Joe A. Sloan of the Kiwanis club
introducing E. L. Barm ore, mayor;
Harry M. Carroll, retiring presi
dent of the chamber of commerce;
Pete H. Smith, manager of the
chamber of commerce; Markham A.
Thompson, new *president of the
chamber of commerce; C. S. Pugs
ley. E. J. Allen and Paul W. Horn
beck. three new directors; George
A. Tool an. Cameron county news
columnist; J. L. Landrum, pioneer
resident; W. W Housewright and
E C. Breedlove. San Benito bankers.
Denver Hance welcomed the vis
itors and Morgan B. Finley intro
duced Fred B. Newland. Harlingen
attorney, who made a talk on bet
ter relations between the country
man and the city man.
James Scaief. superintendent of
the Highland school, was introduced.
Eddie Wemer played the piano
and Paul Hombeck led group sing
ing
About 200 persons enjoyed the
barbecue and program
Rio Hondo Juniors
Enjoy Day at Beach
(Soecta! to The Herald!
RIO HONDO. April 19 — Junior
Day was observed this week by the
Junior class of the Rio Hondo high
school.
The celebration was In the form
of a ride to Boca Chica Beach with
a swim, and a picnic supper on the
beach.
Those attending the event were:
Ewald Wagner. Jack Myers. Mor
ris Bishop. James Joyner. C. M.
Lewis. Sarah Lee Saner. Essie Lee
Watson. Jim Yeoman. Earl Wheel
er, Clarita Scott, Bob Brannon,
Belva Brockhaus, Albert Medford,
Marjorie Volkman, Geraldine Can
ville. Mary Edna Jones. Horace
Baugh. Edna Gann. Nola Taubert,
Frank Kuhn, Ruth McCarty, Lor
raine Parrish Clyde Rounds. Cleora
Moore. James Beene. Miss Juanita
Day, class sponsor and Mrs. F. M.
Brannon. Mr and Mrs. M G. Den
nis and Mlsss Ferrtll Knight.
Port Isabel Will
Get New Flagpole
(Special to The H* raid i
PORT ISABEL. April 19— Now
that Port Isabel is about to realize
her ambitions for becoming a port,
she should have a flagpole. Mayor
George N Scanlan decided. The flag
pole is being erected next to the city
hall.
KEEP ON
TOP O' THE WORLD
When yow're feeling well, you’re
usually happy. Life is at its best.
Rut when you’re sirk and blue, days
lose their zest. You lack enthusiasm.
Common constipation, doe to in
sufficient “bulk’* in meals, it an
enemy of happy living. It fre
quently causes headaches, loss of
appetite and energy. Correct it by
eating a delicious cereal.
Kellogg’s All-Bra* is a natural
food for normal persons. It fur
nishes generous ’’bulk'* to aid elim
ination. All-Bra* also provides
vitamin B and iron.
Isn’t this gentle food safer than
risking patent medicines? Unlike
cathartics, it remains effective with
continued use. Two tablespoonfuls
daily are usually sufficient. Chronie
eases, with each meal. If not re
lieved this way, see your doctor.
Serve All-Bra* as a cereal with
milk or cream, or use in cooking.
Sold by all grocers. In the red-and
green package.
Made by Kellogg
in Battle Creek.
Kuu|i mi thu Sunny Side mt Life
.. 111 i
Hitler Faces New Crisis
***** * * * * *
On Eve of Birthday That
***** * * * * *
All Germany Will Honor
(By Tba AMOclatad Proas)
On the eve -of his 46th birthday,
Adolf Hitler faces Friday another
of the crises on which he has rock
eted to power.
While loyal nasis throughout the
reich acclaim "Handsome Adolf' of
the drooping forelock and tooth
brush moustache, the reichsfuehrer
himself is plunged deep in deliber
ation over what answer to make
to the League of Nations’ con
demnation of his disregard of the
Versailles treaty.
Among the world’s most power
ful rulers, Hitler stands out Friday
a pattern of paradox. Of humble
Austrian birth, he will be hailed on
his birthday through all Germany;
sponsor of anti-Semitism, he will
be feted in Palestine; dictator of a
nation only recently disarmed, he
will receive fighting airplanes
among his birthday presents.
The planes, a squadron of nine,
were purchased by Hitlers storm
troopers thrqi^gh popular subscrip
tion as a symbol of the rearmed
reich.
To emphasise their meaning,
came the first of the many con
gratulatory birthday messages to
be made public, a loyal address
from the German Officer's Asso
ciation:
“The old army officers who know
what war means therefore do not
wish for its recurrence. We hail the
re-creation of our army, a bulwark
against bolshevist raids and a safe
guard against attack by imperial
ist enemies on an otherwise de
fenseless country." ,
The rearmament at the reich.
including compulsory service, was
but the latest of Hitler's spectacu
lar acts in the last year.
Despite Hitler's anti-Semitic pol
I icies. his birthday will be observ
ed officially in Palestine Satur
day for the first time since his
accession to power. The German
consulate has issued invitations to
notables and members of the Pal
estine government to attend a ce
lebration in the reichsfuehrer’s
! honor.
From his beginnings as the son
of an Austrian customs inspector,
Hitler rose without wealth, with
out influence, to become in turn
an immigrant house painter, a
world war private, and. in 1919, the
leader of a group of seven, nu
cleus of the national socialist party
The beer parlors of Munich were
the nazis’ platforms. The oratory
of Adolf Hitler was the ladder up
which they climbed to the “beer
cellar putsch’’ in 1923. the attempt
to seize power that ended in death
for some of them, jail for Hitler.
He emerged to press his old
campaign, was muzzled unti 11923
and two . J ars later won enough l
followers to take 107 reichstag
seats. In 1932 he ran for the pres
idency. lost to Von Hindenburg.
but polled 13300.000 votes.
He turned down Von Hindeburg’s
offer of the vice chancellorship in
June, 1932, demanding all or no
thing On January 30, 1933, he was
named chancellor.
Thus. Sunday. Hitler wnll cele
brate his 46th birthday as realm
leader of Germany.
. ..—...
Allred to Find Batch
Of Lieut. Colonels
<8peclal to The Herald i
AUSTIN. April 19 —Just how Gov.
James V. Allred will react when he
returns and finds a new crop of
lieutenant colonels on the gover
nor’s staff, including J. A. Elkins
of Houston and Rice M. Tilley of
Fort Worth, two honorable, ami
able and estimable attorneys who
often look in on the legislature dur
ing sessions, remained so be seen,
but wasn't to affect the situation.
These were among ten colonels
appointed by Acting Gov. Walter F.
Woodul. Gov. Allread had alreadv
filled the usual quota of staff mem
bers.
Woodul. asked what was the limit
on the number of colonels that
might be appointed on the staff,
smiled back:
“As long as the ink holds out."
Takes Paper Over
< Special to The Herald I
EDCOUCH. April 19—Paul C.
Nets, founder of the Edcouch Enter
prise. a weekly newspaper, has again
assumed management of the paper
after an absence of three years. He
started the publication about eight
yean ago when Edcouch had been
founded but a short time.
I N POISON
WAR FORESEEN
Soviet Warn* Power* That
Hitler Will Employ
Bacteriology
MOSCOW. April 19 —<*>»- M
Knr.pin. chief of the Soviet milit
ary air force, issued an eppeal Fri
day through the authoritative or
gan Pravda urging all countries to
unite in face of what he reclared
were German preparations for an
aerial, chemical and bacteriological
war.
• Germany is prepared to use the
worst of poison.” he charged. “It 1*
doubtful that she will stop even at
bacteriological warfare.”
The danger of a bacteriological
attack, the air chief wrote, would
be the greatest for countries separ
ated from Germany by water, since
there would be less chance of dis
ease spreading to Germany. This
observation was generally Inter
preted as intended as a warning to
Great Britain.
“All efforts of all countries in
terested is general peace should be
united to offset this growing dan
ger.” Chripin said. In addition to
asserting that Germany was act
ively preparing for an air offens
ive, he said that dozens of air
dromes are being constructed by
tha Japanese in Manchoukuo, some
of them near the Soviet frontier.
He urged building up a big reserve
force of pilots, citing the United
States reserve as the greatest la
the world.
The air chief forecast that the
next war “will be more cruel than
any to date.*'
Harlingen Prohibits
Use of Sound Trucks
i Special to The Herald'
HARLINGEN. Apni 19—The city
commission this week passed what
is expected to be an enforceable
traffic ordinance and also one pro
hibiting use of sound trucks com
monly used for advertising purposes.
A third ordinance would license
solicitors for funds. Penalty for
failure to obtain a permit from the
mayor would be punishable by e
fine of »10 to $25.
Building Remodeled
(Special to The Herald!
MERCEDES, April 19.—A part of
the north front e- Ui former Rio
Grande Hardware Company store
here will afford quarters for a re
tail distributing store for the Valley
Ice Cream company, makers of Kree
Me ice cream, who will operate in
Mercedes in the near future. The
new* store is bemR remodeled at s
cost of approximately $1,200. the re
mainder of the building to be oc
cupied by the Mercedes Ptggly-Wtg
gly store.
B i LL^S D[rev
Kids do you notice how much
I’ve grone since I started my
direy? That’s because of all
the Grisham’s milk I've bin
drinkin, and that good ole
Grisham’s ice cream too.
You’ll see how good that Ice
cream is too if you’ll just bring
all all the copies of my direy
don’t forget now that they
have to be here by April 30—
that’s when you get the prizes.
’s E. G. V.
Horn* Owned r\ w • n C. H. Gregory
and Operated UeLUXe btOTe in Brownsville Owner
ELIZABETH SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY April 20 Institution
BAKED TWICE DAILY IN OCR OWN BAKERY
LAYER CAKES, Special Easter Bake, each . . . 28c
HOT CROSS BUNS for Easter, dozen.18c
ROLLS, Parker House, dozen.10c
FLOUR Heart's Delight
12-Lbs. 24-Lbs. 48-Lbs.
S3* ‘1.00*1.95
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COFFEE
H&H
3-Lb. Crystal 1-Lb. Crystal
Vacuum Jar Vacuum Jar
87- 30'
SUGAR C P*p"
Bcet.»48c Cane.,$Qc
PRUNES
2 Lbs.
I7c
CRISCO 1*1* sF! 61c
THK DIGESTIBLE SHORTENING Cat! OlD.CantOr \J J,
» ONLY 1 OFFER TO A CUSTOMER WHILE SUPPLY LASTS
DOG FOOD
VIGORAL
3 Can*
age
MEDIUM
IVORY SOAP, 2 cakes 11c
GUEST IVORY Each.. 4c
CHIPSO Large Size .. 19c
WHEATIES
Package • . • 12c
Royal Baking Powder
c.r..35c Sr.isc
GINGER ALE, Premier, 12>oz. bottle.10c
APRICOTS, gallon.58c
PLUMS, gallon. 36c
RASPBERRIES, gallon.63c
PEANUT BUTTER, Armour's, lb jar 20c
SNOWDRIFT
Can • •
LIBBY'S FOODS
TOMATO JUICE, 3 cant .. 25c
PINEAPPLE JUICE, tall can.12c
TOMATO SAUCE, 2 cant.11c
PEARS, No. 2 Vt can.24c
PINEAPPLE, No. 2V* can.. 22c
CAKE FLOUR, Swansdown, package.29c
POST BRAN FLAKES, large pkg.15c
COFFEE
Maxwell
House, lb.
Certo, Bottle. 17c
SOAP
6 Giant Bars or
8 Regular Bars..
olive Soap 3 Bars 14c
SUPER"
Small Pk«.
*y2«
DEL MONTE CANNED FOODS
PEAS, Midget, No. 2 can. 22c
PEACHES, No. 2Vs can, 3 for.59c
COFFEE "
Del Monte lb. . . . 30c
GREEN LIMA
BEANS, No. 2 can.21c
TEA, Lipton’s Yellow Label, %-lb. . 20c
FLIT .25C K.40c
BACON, Sliced, pound . 29c
VEAL CHUCK ROAST, pound. 15c
VEAL STEW, pound.12V2C
HAM, Butt Ends, sugar cured, lb. .22c
HAM, Hock Ends, lb. 15c
MENS, Dressed, pound .23c
VEAL LOIN STEAK, pound. 30c