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FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 260 «*• tw-w >«■■■« BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1936 TEN PAGES TODAY • T“ fa A COPY
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By RALPH L BUELL
HERE’S A MARKET FOR VAL
ley grapefruit, fresh or in the can!
Figures just compiled by some
body with a taste for that sort of
thing, show that—
The average per capita consump
tion of grapefruit in Great Britain
during the year 1934. was 22 pounds.
This compares with a per capita
consumption of 27 pounds of oranges,
82A pounds of apples and 128 pounds
of bananas.
Put your grapefruit on the boat
and ship them over to John Bull!
A. Felanden and other conversant
with the British market have told
us plenty of times that—
There is a great market waiting
for us over there.
The English like tie smaller sizes
rfV grapefruit, too.
• • •
DICK COOPER, YOUNG
Brownsville man now a midship
man at Annapolis, learning to be
come an officer in the United
States navy, is in for an interest
ing summer.
The annual cruise of midshipman
' has been announced, with an itiner
ary that will take the middies to
Edinburgh. Ctelo, Copenhagen. Gib
raltar and goodness where else.
Battleships Wyoming and Arkan
sas will be at their disposal.
Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. R. Cooper of Brownsville, went
to Annapolis a couple of years ago
on appointment from Congressman
West, and Is making the grade in
fine style.
We of the Brownsville Herald,
who have known young Dick since
way bock when, are more than In
terested in his career, and giad- that
he decided not to follow in the
footsteps of his father, who is fore
nfan of the Herald composing room!
9 9 9
WAY UP DALHART WAY THEY
are dynamiting the clouds—
In an effort to produce some rain
for a section that has not had
enough moisture to bathe a spar
row—
For the past 4 years.
We hope they get it.
Dalhart, you may not know, is
tbk home of one John McCarthy,
publisher of the Dalhart Texan, the
only dally tabloid newspaper in
Texas.
And John McCarthy changed the
Texan from a weekly to a dally in
the middle of the depression and
L the middle of the drougth.
And has put it over.
Which is a rare tribute to the
ability ol John McCarthy, and a
atill rarer tribute to the calibre of
the people who live in Dalhart and
surrounding territory.
• • •
KERRVILLE, UN THE HEART
, ol the Hills, has something to sell
Texas and is determined that Tex
as shall know about it.
On Saturday and Sunday ol this
week Kerrville will be host to news
| papermen from all sections ol Tex
1 **
V Their railroad lares will be paid
/ to and from Kerrville. all ol their
expenses while in Kerrville will be
paid.
And it goes without saying that
Kerrv me will show them a royal
good time.
Fur the:. it goes without saying
that each and every one of Kerr
ville’s guests will come back to the
Job with something real nice to
write and print about Kerrville. the
Heart ol the Hill country.
[ • • •
A CITIZEN OF THE VALLEY,
out of this section for th« time be
ing—
Writes us that in his opinion, as
he sees things from a distance—
The one thing that is holding
this territory back from real ac
complishments.
Is the selfishness of the various
I communities, one against the other.
“I can’t recall the time," he
writes, “when citizens of the Valley
from Brownsville to Mission, ever
sat across the table and conscienti
ously tried to work out a set program
for the advancement of the entire
territory.
“One community makes an effort
•11 by itself, and the others immedi
ately get their hammers out and do
their best to kill the effort being
ruadk*
Hitlleast there is food for sober
■ twflflrion in the opinions expressed
toy this man.
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• BOY SCOUTS OF THE VALLEY
1 will gather In Brownsville Friday
and Saturday for the first annual
I Valley “Camporee.”
A parade of the assembled scouts
On Saturday morning, beginning at
S o'clock and traversing Elizabeth
street and other main business sec
tions, will be a most interesting
sight.
The Bov Scouts are more than
Icome to Brownsville.
We hope they have a good time,
they have an Instructive time.
1 hack to them and their
I .
EUROPE PEACE
THREAT SEEN
BY MCDONALD
Prime Minister Tells
Commons Air Forces
To Be Boosted To
Maintain Parity
BERLIN, May 2.—UP)— Hermann
Wilhelm Ooerlng, minister of avia
tion. said Thursday that the Ger
man air force, because of its suferior
quality of men and material, would
be more than a match for any as
sailant. even though that assailant
ifere numerically stronger.
Ooerlng made this statement to
a gathering of foreign correspond
ents.
(Sir John Simon, British foreign
secretary, recently announced in
the house of commons that Reichs
fuehrer Hitler had informed him
Germany’s military aviation strength
was already equal to that of Great
Britain.)
BERLIN, May 2. <JP)—Gen. Her
mann Wilhelm Goering, minister
of aviation, told foreign correspond
ents Thursday that Germany's first
class of conscripts since compul
sory military service was abolished
by the Versailles treaty would be
called to the colors October 1 for
one year’s service.
PARIS. May 2. (AP)—'The Franco
Russian mutual assistance pact, it
was learned at the Qua! d'Orsay.
was to be signed at 6:30 p. m.
(Continued on Page Two)
senatTbegins
BONUS DEBATES
Vinson Cash Payment Plan
Offered As Substitute
For Compromise Bill
WASHINGTON. May 2 —The
cash bonus issue was placed square
ly before the senate Thursday, as
debate opened on the Harrison
compromise bill, when Senator Clark
iD-Mo) offered the Vinson full pay
ment measure as a substitute.
The bill offered by Chairman
Harrison (D-Miss) of the senate i
finance committee, would date the
adjusted service certificates back to
1918 and pay 4 per cent interest
from that time. Veterans would have
the alternatives of holding the
certificates until 1945. as originally
provided, or cashing them now for
their current value.
The average $1,000 certificate
would call for the immediate pay- ■
ment of $770—if the holder lias not.
borrowed against It. However, 85
per cent of the veterans have bor
rowed, and owe an average of $590.
Thus they would be entitled to only j
$180 cash.
If a veteran who has not bor
rowed should hold his certificate
until 1945. he could collect $1,115.
Chaliapin Rushed
To Paris Hospital
PARIS. May 2 .—UP}— Peodor
Chaliapin, the noted basso, who is
suffering from grippe and bron
chitis. was rushed to the American
hospital Thursday from Le Havre
by ambulance after a physician
found his condition worse.
A dozen poorly-col thed Russian
tefugees. including women carrying
liiies-of-the-valley, Prance's “good
luck” flower, stood outside the hos
pital as the ambulance arrived. The
singer was so 111, however, they
were unable to give him their floral
offerings.
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June 9th Is Set For
Opening Date Bull
Ring in Matamoros
June 9 has been tentatively set as the day for bringing
bull fighting back to Matamoros after a lapse of more
than ten years.
This announcement was made Thursday following a
meeting of directors of the Matamoros corporation which
EXPECT HUGE
CROP SCOUTS
Brownsville Awaits Annual
Camporee Of Valley
Organization
The largest gathering of Boy
Scouts ever seen in Brownsville is
expected to come here Friday and
Saturday for the annual Valley
camporee and field meet. More than
500 Boy Scouts and their leaders
from all parts of the Valley are ex
pected to take part in the big an
nual event, according to John Leslie,
Valley Scout Executive.
The Scouts will begin gathering
here Friday afternoon, pitching
their camps in the high school ath
letic field. Arrangements are now
being made for a camp fire program
Friday night to which the general
public la invited.
The full Saturday program will
get under way at 9 a. m. with a
grand march through the business
district. A reviewing stand will be
erected at the federal building for
use of city, military and civic lead
ers who have been Invited to re
view the parade.
The annual field meet will get
under way on Tucker Field im
_tContinued on Page Two)
Gallows Exacts Pay
Vor Mother Slaying
BELLEVILLE. Ont.. May 2.-4JP)—
Harold W. Vermllyea. 50-year-old
Ontario (Calif.) fruit grower, paid
I with his life on the gallows Thurs
day for the ax murder of his aged
! mother.
Vermllyea. a native of Belleville,
was led from the death cell at 12:05
i a. m. He strode to the gallows be
tween two Salvation Army officers.
Seven minutes later his body
; plunged through the death trap.
One of the condemned man’s
I linal acts was to write letters to his
14-year-old son. Than, in San
Bernardino, Calif., and to his daugh
ter. Aurelia.
To his son he sent the counsel,
don’t gamble, go to church reg
ularly, join a lodge.**
_
Farley and Allred On
Convention Program
GALVESTON, May 2.—</P)—Post
; master General James A. Farley
and Oov. James V. Allred are on
th program for the convention of
the Postmaster’s Association of
Tevas here May 9. 10, and 11. Ap
proximately 700 members are ex
pected.
Robert A. Lyons, Jr . postmaster
of Galveston and third vice presi
dent of the association. Is general
chairman of the oommittee on ar
rangements and reception.
J. B Miller of Tyler is president
of the association. Other officers
include C. V. McMahon of Waco,
first vice president; Fred Massen
glll of Terrell, second vice president,
and Charles A. Duck of Greenville,
secretary.
SUICIDE VERDICT
DALLAS. May 2. (Jfi—A suicide
verdict was entered Thursday by
Justice ot the Peace Ben H. Fly in
the death Wednesday of Elmer
Whitfill, 25. of Plainview.
Can Take It, Says Last Man
Club, Still Hoping for Rain
DALHART, May S —(ffV- It
didn't rain.
Farmers In the wind-swept
Texas Panhandle heard bomb
, after bomb rend the dust-laden
air Wednesday night as Tex
Thornton, explosive expert, sought
to coax moisture from clouds
with TNT. .
It didn't rain, but the dust
blew. It sifted across the plains
country as the hopeful farmers,
some of them with protective
masks on, stood and watched.
As Thornton prepared to set
Off his bombs, purchased with
funds raised by farmers and
ranchmen who haven't had a de
cent rain In more than three
years, another dust storm, like
many that have swept this sec
tion. hit. And the dust raised by
the explosions Joined that which
whirled through the air.
At first the weather bureau re
ported low barometric pressure.
Indicating clouds In the area had
moisture. For a few moments the
clouds, strange looking things
here, seemed to hover closer.
Late In the night, about the
time the bombing ceased — and
the clouds had wafted away—,
the weather bureau reported the
pressure was rising and forecast a
high wind for Thursday.
“That's nothing unusual.” said
John L. McCarty, Dalhart news
paper publisher, who organized
a “last man’’ club in which mem
bers pledge “to be the last man
to leave the Texas Panhandle.’’
“Every time we have clouds
they are blown away by wind
that brings more and more dust."
he said.
“But we can take It. Many of
us were raised on a hard-time
budget—and dust. We’re still here.
We're going to stay. It will rain
some day."
The fanners did not lose hope.
Before following the dusty roads
home, many of them Joined Mc
Casty's “last man" club.
Thornton likewise kept faith.
He said he would try again—pos
sibly the last of this week. The
weather change, he said, had
ruined his plans to continue the
experiment Thursday. He had
planned to continue by setting
off more bombs on the ground
and sending others up in bal
loons.
i
i. nnancing me ouu ring.
Meantime construction work is
progressing rapidly on the big ring,
which will seat approximately 8000
persons. About half the framework
is up. and seats are being put
down on that part of the ring,
vhlle the remainder of the frame
work is being constructed. Part of
the brick wall surrounding the
entire structure has been built, and
the enclosures for bulls, quarters
for gnatadors and other bullfight
ers. and ticket buildings, etc., are
going up.
The entire structure will be in
readiness for use early in June ac
cording to Ruben Jfaritnez, one of
the Matamoros business men back
ing the venture.
The ring is to be leased to a pro
moter. probably Senor Gallardo
ol Matamoros, an experienced man
in this kind of work.
In anticipation of cl06ingg a lease
immediately on the structure Ga
llardo was making arrangements
Thursday for the bulls and bull
fighters for the first fight in the
new ring.
He was in communication with
some of the foremost bullfighters
of Mexico, in Mexico City, and
also was in communication with the
breeders of fine fighting bulls.
Martinez announced that two
streets leading to the bull ring are
to be graded and surfaced with a
mineral composition so that they
will be level and will not be af
fected by rainy weather. Side
walks will be built along these
streets also.
With two bridges over the river
now and better roads the long de
lays of earlier days in getting back
across the river after a bullfight
will be avoided.
It is the plan of the Matamoros
people to hold bullfights twice a
month during the season.
Mrs. Sproles To Be
Buried at La Feria
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. May 2.—Funeral
service* will be held at La Feria
Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Mary
Frances Sproles. 83. who died at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. W. H.
Parrish, here Wednesday.
Mrs. Sproles came to the Valley
from Missisippl 11 years ago and liv
ed at La Feria for several yean be
fore moving to this section
Survivccs are three daughters
Mn. W H. Parrish. Mrs. J. T. Par
rish, both of Primers, and Mn. W.
M. A. Sanders of Dunnt, Miss, and
one son, William V. Sproles of Wes
laco.
Services will be held at the First
Baptist church in La Feria. and will
be conducted by Rev. Moon, with
burial in Restlawn Memorial Park
'rear there.
Pallbearers are J. E. Robinson.
Hollis A. Mocce. G. C. Robinson, W
E. Holley. J. W. Wallace, and Thomas
Hdnnesey.
—_
" ..
Young Pierson Had
Sanity Test in 1933
TEMPLE. May 2. UP)—Howard
Pierson who slew his parents. Asso
ciate Justice of the Texas Supreme
Court William Pierson and Mrs.
Pierson, was brought to a clinic here
in 1933 for mental observation, a
court of inquiry brought out.
Mental capacity of the 20-year-old
youth who lured his parents to a
lonely road a week ago and shot
them to death had been discussed
by investigating officers.
Dr A. E. Moon, diagnostician of
the Scott and White hospital here,
produced clinic records for young
Pierson, which showed he was here
for observation two days.
Roofing Code To
Meet Here Thursday
Roofing and sheet metal industry
representatives from all parts of the
Valley will gather here Thursday
night to hear a thorough explanation
of the code by P. E. Johnson of San
Antonio, assistant to the code auth
ority for this area. This meeting
will get under way at the chamber
of commerce at 8 p. m.
After Johnson's explanation and
round table discussion, code commit
tees fee the Valley division of these
industries will be appointed, it has
been announced.
Johnson urges a full turn-out of
firm* and individuals in these lines
of business Special invitations are
being addressed to lumber dealers
and general contractors.
DIPLOMAT TO SPEAK
WASHINGTON. May 2. (JP>—Sena
tor Connally (D-Tex) said Thurs
day Dr. Don Francisco Castll Lo Na
jera. ambassador from Mexico, had
accepted an invitation to address the
Texas State Tuberculosis Association
at Abilene. Texas, at its meeting be
ginning Mey 17.
Mrs. Dallas Scarborough, presi
dent of the Taylcc county. Texas.
association Issued the invitation
through Senator Connally.
AMELIAS] T
FOR RECORD
NON-STOP HOP
Mexico to New York
Try to be Made by
Flier; Hopes Success
Where Others Failed
MEXICO, D. F., May 2.—(AV
Amelia Earhart, American flier, was
expected Thursday morning to take
off at 1 p. m. on an attempt tody
non-stop to New ark.
A Pan-American Airways official,
assisting in Miss Ear hart’s prepara
tions for the flight, said that unless
unfavorable weather reports were
received it was “almost certain”
that the takeoff would be in the
early afternoon.
Fiying the same red monoplane
v-th which she made her Hawaii
U-Califcinia High., Miss Eainart
Intends to follow a straight-line
course which will carry her over
700 miles of the Gulf of Mexico and
start her across the United States
near New Orleans early Thursday
night.
From there ahe plans to follow
the regular air line to New York
arriving “between 14 and 18 hours
after the take-off.”
FLIGHT AS YET
NEVER BEEN MADE
No one has ever succeeded In
making a non-stop flight from Mex
ico. D. F., to New York.
The direct airline distance is
about 2.200 miles. If Miss Earhart
files the route on the time indi
cated, taking off at 1 p. m., Mexico
time, which is 2 p. m.. Eastern
Standard time, she can be expected
to reach her goal at about dawn
Prtday.
The schedule indicated would
call for an average speed of around
125 miles an hour.
HUSBAND OF FLI^R
EXPECTED FRIDAY
George P. Putnam, husband of
(Continued on Page Two.)
RADO REFINERY
BOUGHT BY FAIR
Harlingen, Brownsville, May
Be Cracking Plant
Location
McALLEN, May 2 —Purchase of a
controlling interest in the Rado Re
fining and Producing Co., of McAl
len. which operates the Rado Re
finery here, was announced Thurs
day by Ralph E. Fair of Houston,
head cl Ralph E. Fair. Inc.
Fair announced some time ago
Intention of building a $100,000 skim
ming plant at 8ullivan City near
Samfordyce, and a $250,000 crack
ing plant at Harlingen. He has an
nounced subsequently the cracking
plant may be located at either Har
lingen or Brownsville. Purchase of
the Rado refinery obviates necessity
of building the proposed Sullivan
City plant, Fair said.
Charles Holland is new president
(Continued On Page Two)
Cummins Says No
Bergdoll Clemency
WASHINGTON. Mav 2—<4V-At
torney General Cummingi Thurs
day said Grover Cleveland Berg
dcil World War draft uodger. would
receive "no clemency from the de
partment of justice."
Told at a press conference that
Mrs. Bergdoll had landed in New
York with the intention of seeking
a pardon for her huso and. now in
Germany, the attorney general said:
“Bergdoll is a fugitive from Jus
tice. He was convicted at court
martial ar$! was serving time st
the time of his escape. Two other
indictments are facing him in the
eastern district court of Pennsyl
vania.’*
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Send-a-Dime Chain Is
Branded Real Racket
Would Require Double'Present Population
Of U. S. to Make Scheme Work
The “Send a Dime” racket—yea,
racket—has reached the Valley,
and on every hand It has its de
fenders.
People apparently normal In
ordinary business transactions will
stand up and defend the theory
that you send a dime and i|-t
back $1500 in return, and that
apparently nobody pays the $1500
—it just comes out of the air.
So here is how the racket works:
Say A starts it. He sends the
first letter out. If everyone kee^s
the chain going down to the filth
mailing, he will get back $1500 or
a bit more.
But it takes 15.000 persons to
give him his $1500.
Now each one of the 15,000 sends
out fivs letters. Then U each of
the 15.000 is to get back $1500. it
will require just exactly 15.000
time 15.000 or 225.000,000 people
to furnish the second man his
$1500.
That is assuming that only one
man sends out an original letter.
In other words, the racket can’t
even work down to the second
starting point without needing
almost double the nation’s pop
ulation.
And the fact that probably
hundreds of thousands of persons
have sent out original letters.
makes It readily apparent that
the saturation point has long ago
been reached.
Now—taking it from the point
of view of the Valley man who
gets a letter.
Assuming that his •‘chain” was
the only one in the nation—In
stead of being one of perhaps a
million.
Then he would be one of the
15.000. Along with him 15.000 oth
ers would be sending out five let
ters each, begging for a dime.
And if the "chain" he kept up
were the only one, there would
be a chance of his getting back a
small fraction of $1500—possibly
$5 or so.
But this isn’t true.
Ills chain is one of thousands,
perhaps millions, since many un
scrupulous persons probably start
ed hundreds of chains themselves.
So it works down to a point
where the chances of his five let
ters reaching even one person on
the fifth re mailing that hasn’t
already had a hundred of the
duns mailed to him is infinite.
In other words—if you sent out
the first letter, you worked a fine
racket—
If you didn’t—you might as well
sink your dime in something as
absurd aa the Drake Estate.
RESOLUTIONS
SLAP NEW DEAL
National C. of C. Goat
Of Record Opposing
Legislation
WASHINGTON. May 2. yF>—Res
olutions strongly attacking virtual
ly every phase of the New Neal's leg
IstLative program were adopted
Thursday by the chamber of com
merce of the United States.
It voted that the holding com
pany legislation should “superim
pose' no iederal body over state
commissions; that the proposed fed
eral reserve legislation would give
rise to political domination of the
country's banking system; that NRA
should be purely voluntary; that
the Wagner Labor bill should be
drastically changed.
For the first time in the recollec
tion of old attendants at the con
ventions, speakers from the floor
asked changes in resolutions, appar
ently in the direction of making them
even stronger.
Selection of Harper Sibley, a Roch
ester. N. Y., banker as president, de
scribed by his associates as some
what critical ci New Deal policies
was cheduled for early afternoon.
Wire Flashes
WASHINGTON—A powerful bi
partisan coalition in the senate
finance committee Thursday re
jected all amendments to the
resolution extending NRA until
next April 1. and voted 13 to 4 to
report it favorably to the senate.
NEW YORK. May 2. (API—
Manuel Quezon, president of the
Philippine senate, announced
Thursday that ail telephone and
telegraph communication between
Manila and the Philippine pro
vinces was cut off at 3:30 p. m.
(8:30 a. m.. Central Standard
Time) because of an uprising by
Sakdalistaa.
PLANE BROUGHT HERE
The private plane ol Walter
Tschudin, Sinclair Oil company of
ficial at Tampico, which overturn
ed when Tschudin made a forced
landing on the beach of Mexico 50
miles south of here last Saturday,
has been brought to Brownsville and
is being repaired at the Pan Ameri
can shops here.
TEXAS REPORTS
RAIN A D DUST
East, North, South, All Get
Rain While Dusters
Swirl Over W. Texas
(By The Associated Press)
Rains continued Th unday in
north, east and south Texas, while
dust ravaged a wide section in the
western part of the state.
The forecast, too, was cloudy and
cooler for east Texas, with showers
and thunderstorms in the south
east, but “generally fair” for west
Texas. Partly cloudy, however, was
Friday's prediction for west Texas.
The heaviest rain reported was at
Tyler, where 2.5 inches fell between
6:45 and 10 a. m. Corsicana report
ed 1.50 inches “and still raining,”
and there as a continuing downpour
at Palestine.
Hail and wind which accompanied
the precipitation at Corsicana did
some damage, particularly to flow
ers and crops.
There were good rains also at San
Antonio. Austin, Denton, Sherman,
Fort Worth. Dallas, and a drizzle at
Corpus Christi. Longview reported
a “sprinkle” with overcast skies and
heavy thunder.
Thundershowers which swept over
San Antonio after midnight brought
.88 of an inch of rain. The showers,
which were accompanied by light
hail, were expected to continue.
Austin had .74 of an inch, accom
panied by a high wind for a short
time.
The severe dust storm which blew
all day Wednesday at Lubbock con
tinued Thursday. The silt hung high
in the air. causing semi-darkness.
The duster arrived at Abilene ear
ly Thursday, cuting visibility to half
a mile.
MONTERREY LIONS INVITED
McALLEN. May 2. — Norman
Buescher. president of the McAl
len Lions club, announced Thurs
day that the members of the Mon
terrey Lions club will be extended
an invitation to attend the Quart
erl yMeeting of Valley Lions. The
last meeting was held at Browns
ville, when it was voted to come
to McAllen in May.
MESSENGERS ROBBED
BOSTON. May 2 —Two Wey
mouth Trust company messengers
Thursday were robbed of $20,000 on
the old Colonv Boulevard In the
Rochester section of Boston.
Tune of 77 Cent Silver
Revives Comstock Lode
VIRGINIA CITY. Nevada. May
2. UP) — The once slumbering
Comstock Lode, from whose
depths the bonanza kings took an
estimated $500,000,000, is coming
to lilt again to the tune of 77
cent silver. •
From the northern end of the
historic district to the sagebrush
flats south of Silver City, the
one-time domain of Mackay, Fair,
Flood and O'Brien is humming
with a new activity born of recent
increases in the price paid for
the newly mined white metal.
Hailed by the more enthusiastic
as “the most marvelous thing
that could have happened for Vir
ginia City," the new price of sil
ver has convinced even the con
servatives that the most famous
of Nevada’s big bonanzas facet a
new era of prosperity.
Sight mills already an working
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at capacity and within the next
few months at least four more
are expected to be under con
struction.
Discovered In 1859. the Com
stock in its hey-day was one of
the greatest producers of precious
metals the world has ever known.
Many of America’s greatest for
tunes had their beginning in the
gold and silver ore extracted here
during the days Mark Twain
roamed the region's barren hill
sides. as a reporter for “The
Territorial Enterprise ”
In late years the steady decline
in the price of silver and the in
creasing scarcity of high grade
on brought mining virtually to a
stand-still. Once credited with a
population of nearly 30,000, the
town slumped to a mere four or
Cjvejitindred within the last da
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RESIGNATIONS
ASKED OF MEN
WHO INDICTED
West Notified Loan To
Go Through A%
Agreed if Director,
Engineer, Quit
The PWA will proceed
with closing of « loan end
grant agreement by which
Willacy County Irrigation
District No. 1 will receive
$4,854,000 to build e giant
irrigation system if the
member of the board and
the engineer of the district
now under indictment will
resign.
This statement is con
tained in a telegram to Tha
Herald Thursday from Con
gressman Milton H. West of
Brownsville.
W. A. Harding, director
of the district, who is under
indictment, was reached by
The Herald Thursday morn
ing by telephone, and in
formed of the message. Mr.
Harding said that he had
received no such notifica
tion officially, and that he
had no statement to make
now. Asked if he would re
sign when officially notified
of this decision he said he
would not comment at this
time.
P. A. Welty, engineer of
the district and a former en
gineer of the PWA, is un
der indictment along with
Harding, charged with con
spiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in connection with
affairs of the district. Mr.
Welty is not in the Valley
at present, being in Austin.
O. K. Dickinson, president of the
district, was on his way to Browns
ville from Raymondvllle Thursday
and could not be reached for a
statement.
Harding is a pioneer developer
of Willacy county and the mao
who did most of the organi7#i| and
promotional work on the Willlacy
county irrigation project.
Seven persons, including some
lumber dealers and others, are un
der indictment in connection with
affairs of the district. The Indict
ments charge conspiracy to defraud
the government by changing plana
in such a way as to cut down com
petitive bidding. Plans of the dis
trict, originally calling for open
concrete-lined canals, were changed
to call for a pressure system with
redwood pipe.
The telegram from West read.
“PWA officials advise me that if
the official and engineer of the
Willacy County Water district now
under indictment will resign and
the district will appoint an engineer
acceptable to PWA they may pro
ceed with closing of the loan agree
ment.”
NO RATE HEARING
Unconi irmed reports circulated in
the Valley recently out of McAllen
that the state railroad commission
would hold a differential hearing at
San Antonio May l? in spite of de
cision of the ICC to postpone the
hearing are branded as false by E.
O Thompson, chairman of the state
nilroad commission.
Those handling the differential
matter knew that the reports coukl
not have any foundation in fact.
TO DREDGE CHANNEL
WASHINGTON May 2—(AV-Thd
war department Thursday aUoted
*115.000 tor dredging to restore Oal
veston channel. Texas, to 32 feet
at mean low water.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
Brownsville: The Capitol—Oary
Cooper and Anna Stan In “The Wed
ding Night; The Queen—Frederic March
and Anna 8ten m "We Live Again.” The
Dlttmsnn—Lannjr Boat in "Meiody in
Bpring."
ban Benito: The RivoU—Ricardo Car
tel and Virginia Bruce la “Shadow of
Doubt."
Harlingen: The Arcadia—Mary BUle
and Can Brlsaon in "Ail the King’s
Horses." The EUalto—Rudy Valles and
Ann Dvorak In "Sweet Music."
La Ferla: The Bijou— Wallace Been.
Robert Young and Maureen OSuUlvan
in "West Point of the Air."
Donna: The Flaia— Wallace Beery,
Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan
in "West Point of the Air."
Ban Juan: The San Juan—Janet Oay
nor and Warner Baxter In "One More
Spring."
Mercedes: The Capitol—Robert Mont
gomery and Helen Hayes In "Vaneena *
Weslaco: The Rita-Pred MscMurray
and Ann Sheridan in "Oar It,"
McAlltn: Tha Palace—Ouy Klbbee
and Aline MacMahon in "Mary Jane’s
Pa " The Queen—Bdna May Oliver and
Jamee^Oleason in "Murder on «h«
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