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DRAINAGE IS
‘CHIEF f
w/ «
Adequate Valley Program
Imperative, Chief Of
Department Says
The necessity for mere adequate
drainage in the Valley was stressed
by A- O. Classen, new chief of the
state reclamation department, in the
chief talk be-ore the Brownsville
Klwanls club Thursday noon. Clas
sen, who recently succeeded A. N '
Vance, said the Valley water table
has been raised through years of
Irrigation, and declared that more
adequate drainage is Imperative.
The irrigation systems of this sec
tion, which pour thousands of gal
lons onto the farms, have far out
stripped the systems for draining
the water, the speaker asserted.
Classen came here in connection
with topographical surveys his de
partment is making in Hidalgo and
Willacy counties with a view to
drainage work which might be done
in the future. A topographical sur
vey of Cameron county already is st
his department’s disposal.
The speaker asserted that drain
age has a two-fold purpose in the
Valley. First, he said, It drains the
lands and lowers the water table,
and second, it rids the Valley of
mosquitoes which breed In stagnant
water. Curtis R. Hale. Classens
first assistant, accompanied him on
the Valley trip.
The entertainment Included num
bers by a Harlingen trio made up of
Barbara Birrler. Mrs. Adolph Crebbs
and Ml’dred Ormesher. Accompan
ied by Virginia Perry at the plane,
thev sang “The Star” and “Slyvia."
The visitors included H. J. Goetske
and David Ormesher of Harlingen.
Classen and Hale.
ITALY BUYS
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her* and at the field. The refinery
la to be started In a short time.
Meantime, Murchison said, more
than 50 miles ol the pipeline from
here to the field has been put down,
and crews are working rapidly to
ward completion of the job. The 85
mile pipeline will be completed this
month, and the flew of the Sam
fordyce field, around 3500 barrels
daily, will be turned into the line,
and run to the tanks here, this flow
being supplemented by oil that will
be in the storage tank at the field.
In order ts supply approximately 6000
barrels dally for the pipeline.
Delay in laying part of the line,
caused by a temporary injunction in
103rd District Court, has not lnter
ferred materially with thf work, as
crews were moved onto ether parts
of It. and kept going.
Murchison estimated he would
handle about 250.000 barrels of oil
between now and November 15. when
the refinery Is expected tc open. Of
this total 100.000 will go to the Ital
ian government in two ships which
are to call In October or November.
The remaining 150,000 will be cm
handle to supplement the dally al
lowable from the oil field In furnish
ing the 5000-barrels dally for the re
i finery.
BLAST SLAYING
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Jury. Judge Gilbert directed the
Jurors to meet at 1 p. m.
A detachment of 70 National
Guardsmen was on duty Thursday
The front of the county attor
ney's automobile was blown to pieces
by the explosion, presumably touch
ed off when Middleton stepped on
the starter.
Investigators said Middleton ao
far as could be learned had no per
sonal enemies. He became embroil
ed In a political squabble here last
month when he gave legal advice to
Adjt. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt dur
ing the Kentucky National Guard's
occupation of Harlan county at the
August 3 primary, but this differ
ence was not considered serious
enough to have provoked violence.
"city briefs"
■_■
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Graham of San
Antonio, are Brownsville visitors.
J. C. Brice, of San Antonio. Is In
the city for a lew days.
B. A. Moore, of Alice, will be in
the city for a few days.
New and used automatic and oth
er pistols.—Phillips Hardware. San
Benito. Texas.—Adv.
Mrs. J. A. Bennett of Olmlto. un
derwent a major operation at Mercy
hospital Thursday morning.
County Judge O. C. Dancy will
leave Sunday lor Austin where he
will attend a state-wide drainage
and reclamation meeting called for
Monday.
8. L. Turner has returned from
College Station where he has been
taking courses In agricultural ec
onomics and education, working to
wards a Fh. D. degree.
Tellow Cab—Phone 1033 —Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 8 Ward, of San
Antonio are Brownsville visitors.
Richard Criss. Harlingen attor
ney, was a visitor In Brownsville
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Griffin, of 8an
Antonio, are registered at the Trav
eler! hotel. •
Flowers for all occasions. Lot
Xbanoa Greenhouse Company. Phone
IMS.—Adv.
C. R. Boerum of Kingsville, will
be here for a few days.
C. P. Hale is a visitor from the
Alamo City.
City Ordinance requires cove re a
garbage cans. Buy them at Gars
Hardware—Adv.
P. B. Puller, of Kansas City, Mo,
la a Brownsville visitor.
X* R. Gina, la a visitor from the
Alamo City.
Dr. Olmsted, optometrist, now
located in Arcada building. Adv.
H. L. Seligson of San Antonio, is
1b the dtp.
TODAY'S MARKETS |
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MARKETS AT A GLANCE
New York
Stocks—strong; buying demand
speeds ticker.
Bonds—Improved; secondary
rails advance.
Curb-Firm; oils and metals ac
tive.
Foreign exchanges — Steady;
rates narrow.
Cotton — Quiet; unfavorable
weather; local and trade buying.
Sugar—Higher; firm spot mar
ket.
Coffee—Steady; trade selling.
Chicago
Wheat—Higher; enlarged Cana
dian exports.
Com—Firm; September shorts
nervous.
Cattle—Steady to 35 higher, top
$13.60.
Hogs—Steady to 10 higher, top
$13.30.
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. (*)—Buyers
scrambled for stocks in Thursday's
market, pushing many iesues l to
around 3 points higher to new peaks
for the year or longer.
Renewed demand for a wide var
iety of equities puzzled some brokers,
but others Interpreted the spurt
partly to high hopes for fall and
winter business and to the plethora
cf idle funds In the country. In ad
dition considerable short covering
was noted as well as so-called pro
fessional bullish activities.
Large overnight orders busied the
ticker tape at the opening. The pace
slowed later, then the forward sprint
was resumed.
A strong undertone was shown
by grains at Crncago and cotton un
proved. Secondary carrier and uni
ty bonds were the principal firm
periormers in the loans division. U.
o. government securities were ozny
about steady. Foreign exchanges
shipped in terms oo the dollar. Over
the-counter bank stocks rallied mod
erately.
New 1335 tops were recorded by
Chrysler, Inland Steel, Bendix,
Douglas Aircraft, Case, Johns-Man
ville and Westlngoouse. Amozig
other gainers were U. S. Steel, Ameri
can Can. Du Pont, Columbian Car
ban, General Motors, Bethlehem.
Western Union, Deere, Caterpillar
Tractor, International Harvester,
Santa Fe. Union Pacific, U. S. Smelt
ing. Phillips Petroleum and Com
Exchange Bank. The majority of the
power company shares advanced
only fractionally.
Followers of the automotive group
seemed Impressed by reports from
Detroit that, due to the “controlled
production" policy of the larger
companies, output and distribution
ar« running a close race and new
models are expected to find the
floors of many dealers bare.
Holders of rail issues were pleas
ed with forecasts that last week’s
car loadings figures, which will be
officially made known Friday, may
hive reached the highest level since
November. 1931. Signs of rapidly ex
panding farm purchasing power were
thought to have aided some of the
favorites In this departznent.
Announcement that the treasury's
new 3 H-year note offering at the
record low rate of 1H per cent will
be over-subscribed about 3H times
interested banking quarters where
the recent sharp decline in shares of
these institutions was induced large
ly by fears thst further dividend
cuts would be necessitated by lower
earnings resulting from easy money.
NEW YORK CURB
Cities Service 25 24 2 3
El Bond 449 14 134 134
Ford Ltd 11 84 84 84
Gulf 6 614 604 614
Mid West 25 3-16 4 3-16
Un Gas 266 44 4 44
NEW YORK STOCKS
Sales In 100s High Low Close
A1 Chem 5 162 1594 161
Am Can 20 141 139 139
Am Stl Fdrs 9 184 184 184
Am T T 31 1404 139 1404
Am Tob 2 98 974 98
Anaconda 157 194 194 194
Atch SF 32 51' 504 51
Baldwin Loc 34 24 24 24
Bendix Avia 484 21 194 204
Beth Stl 125 39 374 384
Chrysler 521 654 634 644
Con Oil 80 9 84 9
Du Pont 48 1214 119 119
Gen Asp 27 184 18 184
Gen El 130 32 31 4 31 4
Oen Food 17 34 4 344 344
Gen Mot 342 444 434 44
Goodyear 39 194 194 194
III Cent 55 154 144 15
Int Harv 61 564 544 56
In* T T 107 114 104 104
Johns Manv 87 70 67 4 69 4
Kennecott 113 234 234 234
MoPac 1 14 14 14
NY Central 367 244 244 244
Penney 4 804 804 804
Radio 261 74 7'4 74
Sears 75 58 564 574
Socony 96 114 114 114
Sou Pac 121 204 194 194
Std Bmd 70 134 134 134
SO NJ 21 454 454 454
Studebaker 132 44 4 44
Tex Corp 37 204 194 20
Tex Gulf 27 344 34 344
Un Gas 48 154 154 154
US In A1 32 444 434 444
US Stl 166 454 444 444
Warner Piet 226 64 64 64
West Un 84 48 46 4 47 4
West El M 158 694 674 684
Woolworth 20 62 4 614 614
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5.—
Hrmness carried over Into the early
trading in the cotton market Thurs
day with active options 2 to 4 points
higher at the first call
Better cables and the growing
belief that early crop estimates
might be revised downward brought
light buying Into the market and
all months shared In the advance.
October rallied to 10.34 at the
opening. December was up 4 points
at 10.39 while May gained 3 points
at 10.52.
NEW YORK FUTURES
NEW YORK. Sept 5. (AV-Cotton
futures closed barely steady, un
changed to 4 lower.
Open High Low Last
Oct 10.40 10.40 10.32 10.32-34
Dec 10.48 10.46 10.38 10.36-37
Jan 10.46 10.47 10.40 10.40
Mch 10.53 10.55 10.48 10.48
May 10.56 10.80 10.51 10.51 <
Jly 10.60 1065 10.58 10.58
Spot quiet: middling 10 65.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS. 8ept. 5. (AV-Cbt
ton futures closed steady at net
decline of 1 to 4 points.
Open High Low Close
Oct 10.34 10.34 10.29 10.30-31
Dec 10 39 10.40 10.33 10.33-34
Jan 10.34 10.34 10.34 10.34
Mch 10 48 10.50 10.42 10.42
May 10.52 10.55 10.46 1046
Jly 10.54 10.59 10.51 10.51
FORT WORTH GRAIN
FORT WORTH. Sept. 5—(*>—
Demand continued good lor tne
light offerings trf grain here Thurs
day. Estimated receipts were: wheat
14 cars, corn 8, and ota 2.
Delivered Texas gulf ports, do
ne* tic rate: wheat, 91. Red winter
1124-13*.
Delivered Texas gulf ports, ex
port rate, or Texas common points:
wneat No. 1 hard, according to
protein and billing 1.194-3147Bai
i«v No. 2 Nom. 51-53; No. 3 Nom.
50-52. Sorghums N*. 2 yellow rr*to
per 100 lbs. Nom. 1.03-06; No. s
mllo om. 99-1.02. o. 2 white kaffir
N< m. 1.00-02; No. 3 kafir Nom. 98
98.
Delivered Texas common points
or group three: com (shelled) No.
2 white. Texas billing. 72-73: No.
2 yellow. Texas billing. Nom. 78-30;
oatt. No. 2 red 37-39; No. 3 red 34
35.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Sept 5.—<JP)— Higher
prices on wheat early Thursday
accompanied persistent unfavorable
[crop advices from Argentina. Bu
enos Aires wheat quotations were
at a new high point for the season.
Opening 4-% up, Dec. 91*4-4,
the Chicago wheat market soon
i rose further. Com started at 4
decline to 4 advance Dec. 564-4,
and then held near to this range.
_
GRAIN CLOSE
CHICAGO. Sept. 5 iiP)—
Open High Low Close
Sep 89 90 4 83 894-*
Dec 914-4 924 914 924-4
May 924-93 94 4 924 83%-4
I Com— 1
Sep 734-74 74 73* 744-75
Dec 564-4 564 564 564-*
May 57*-58 684 57% 884-4
^ ■■
Sep 254 25% 25 25 4
Dec 26*-4 27 264 264-*
May 29-294 294 29 294
Rye—
Sep 41 43 404 43
Dec 42* 434 424 434
May 45* 464 45% 464
Barley—
1•••• ttif •••• 40
Dec •••> •••• •••* 43
PORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
PORT WORTH. Sept. 5. (*V
(USDAj—Hogs 700; active, mostly
10-15 higher: packing sows and best
hogs 25 higher: better grade 180
280 lbs mostly 11.35-40; packer top
11.40; extreme top 11.50 to city
butchers; big weights scarce; de
sirable 140-170 lbs 10.10-11.25; 157
■bs 11.00; good packing sows 8.25.
Cattle 3,500; calves 1,500; gener
ally steady on all classes; 2-year-old
fed steers sold at 8.25; few medium
grade steers and yearlings 7.50
downward, common kinds 5.75;
downward; load south Texas steers
sold at 5.50; good fat cows 4 50-5.25;
butcher cows 3.50-4.25; t eighty
sausage bulls 4.00-25; calves active,
most better grades 6.00-7.00; load
7-50 cn packer order account, plain
calves 5.75 downward; stock steer
calves 7.00-75.
Sheep 3.200; hardly enough on
sale to make a market; undertone
strong to higher; odd head fat lambs
up to 8.00; choice quotable higher;
yearlings 5.75 down: double deck
mixed 2-yeir-olds and wethers 4.50;
few feeder lambs 6.50.
_
COTTONSEED OIL
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 5.
Cottonseed oil dosed steady. Prime
summer yellow 0.45-9.60; prime
crude 855-8374. Sept. 9.45B; Oct.
9.47; Dec. 9.32B; Jan. 9.32B; Mch.
9.408.
B—Bid.
RECORD RIVER
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was considerably under some of the
big floods of the past.
Reports to Lytel showed 230,000
second feet of water flowing past
~>ei Rio, with all railroads to the
west of there out, and 46,000 second
feet of water at Eagle Pass with a
stage of 13.4 there and the river
rising a foot an hour. At Lareco
the river Thursday is at 5.4, with
22.000 second feet.
The first flood water will reacn
ihe Valley section about Sunday,
Mr. Lytel said, and the counties
and cities will have to handle tne
problem of keeping men on the
levees to patrol them and waten
against breaks. All efforts possible
sic beuig made now to get men
irern the relief organizations to ao
thiz work, under the direction o:
the engineers of Mr. Lyiel's force.
The water now at Del Rio is the
f.’OPQ water that has been raging
pan El Paso recently, Mr. Lytei
said. This means there are at least
two big crests coming down tne
river.
RELIEF LABOR IS
PROMISED VALLEY
Cameron County Judge Oscar C.
Dancy Thursday told Tlie Herala
that county officials of Cameron
ena Hidalgo county have been
gnen assurance by relief chiefs that
all men now at work on other pro
Jt.ru. will be taken off that work
and used in emergency flood pro
1 tection if needed.
There are 40o or more men now
at work on mosquito eradication,
j citrus cleanup, and other such work,
and these will be available for the
le ee work if they are needed.
County officials said they are ex
pecting a rise in the Valley larger
::ha>t the June rise.
EAGLE PASS PREDICTS
RECORD RIVER STAGE
EAGLE PASS, Sept. 5—(AV-RiS
inr flood waters of the Rio Granoe
caused residents of the lowlands
here to evaepate their homes ana
move to higher ground Thursday.
The border river, swollen by tor
rential rains a few days ago in New
Mexico, gauged 15 feet here Thurs
day morning and was creeping up
at the rate of about two feet an
hour.
Rain-deluged tributaries in Mex
ico were adding to the mass of
water pouring downstream from the
El Paso area, where high water
drove valley residents from low
lying sections ss the flood crest
passed there.
The Eagle Pass weather bureau
sale, the Rio Grande might swell
t*> record height, several lives were
lest in a 1932 flood of the stream.
Rebel Murderers
Sought by Troops
GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Sept. 6.
(AV-Federal troops were dispatched
Thursday in search of a band of
rebels who Wednesday night sacked
the tewn of San Jeronimo, state of
Jalisco, shot to death four farmers
and criminally attacked and mur
dered a school teacher.
FOUR CHARI I
YGRAND JURY
Five Indictments Returned
By Investigating
Body
Five indictments. Including four
actions against men already In Jail,
were returned by the criminal dis
trict court grand Jury here Wed
nesday afternoon. The grand jurors
will likely remain In session through
the coming week.
Two of the indictments charge
Ramon Cortlnas, 25, Harlingen,
with forgeries alleged to have
been committed June 13th. The de
fendant is charged with signing the
name of J. W. Pierce to two checks!
on the First National Bank of Har-1
lingen payable to Antonio Lara. The
indictments allege that Cortlnas
is known by the name of Antonio
Lara and Tomas Cantd.
Lorenzo Rodrigue*. 25, Browns
ville, is charged with statutory of
fence upon a Brownsville girl
March 17.
The court is hearing non-ccn
Virgilio Saldivar, 21. San Benito,
and Cesarlo Najera, 21, San Benito.
21. with theft of an automobile
from C. T. Adams May 28.
The cour tis hearing non-con
tested divorce suits and not}-Jury
pleas of guilty In criminal case1
this week.
HURRICANE
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woman and two small girls.
Curves Northward
Striking the Keys that string
down uom the up of the Florida
peninsula Monday at a speed which
a lighthouse keeper said was 125
miles an hour, the hurricane drove
the Dixie on the reel, sent moun
tainous waves over the tiny Key
islands, crushed the frame buildings
of veterans’ FERA work camps, left
dead strewn about or lodged in trees
and enmeshed In tangled wreckage,
and destroyed communications.
It curved northward, swept along
the west coast of the peninsula,
arove smaller boats aground, swell
ed the tides and curved inland at
Cedar Key, where it wrecked build
.ngs and imperiled the city with
ilying debris.
It carried its torrential rain and
swirling wind along a northeast
ward course across the state, into
Georgia and toward the Carolines.
Citrus crops were damaged in
Florida, pecans and peanuts in
Georgia.
Boatmen along the Atlanttlc coast
between Savannah. Ga.. and Beau
fort. S. C., hurried their crafts to
sheltered harbors and lashed them
last. Many people, warned by the
high winds sweeping ahead of the
storm, boarded up their homes.
So devastating was the storm that
Thursday, more than 60 hours after
h struck, no definite estimate of the
dead, missing and injured oould be
made.
Dr. Leonard K. Thompson, Red
Cross relief chairman in the Keys
hurricane area, reported to Wash
ington that he believed the toll of
deao would be less titan 200.
Dr Joe Stewart, who made an
aerial survey of the stricken place*
placed the total as not in excess of
300.
Captain P. T. Branklng, master
of the yacht Byronlc, which made
a rescue voyage to the Keys, de
clared the number of dead would
be at least 500.
»ack com os, a Miami undertaker
wlio led a rescue expedition, earn
the deed would number between
400 and 500.
All apparently based their esti
mate on bodies seen by them strewn
about, hung In trees or half burled
under wreckage. In addition, they
had the horrible word pictures from
suivIvors who told of seeing many
swept to sea on the tidal wave.
Accurate determination of the
dead in the three veterans' camps
wih depend on an accounting of the
675 men on the rosters. Many o:
them were reported to have been
on leaves of absence when the
storm struck.
Washed out bridges hampered
rrscue workers on the upper and
lower Matecumbe Keys, where most
ol the veterans were camped, and
heia them back from lower Keys,
leaving the fate of the few residents
in the latter In doubt.
Only a dosen veterans were fou 1
alive in Camp No. 5. where 185 were
on the roster. Of 343 enrolled at
Camp No. 3. 33 were reported on
furlough and 133 were accounted
fur The fate of the remaining 87
woa not known.
A private yacht brought 53 of
the injured veterans to Miami for
h'*pltalizatlon. Among them was
Top Sergeant P. Hugh of Camp 3.
He and 70 others clung to a water
tank car all through the might
Monday.
“Men who have known all the
rrugh edges of life ” said Sergeant
Pugh, “who hadn't thought of God
in years, prayed that night, l
hf&rd them muttering prayers as
the} held to the car and trucks,
with debris pelting their bodies.”
He told how the hurricane wltn
a sudden swift puff blew up the
rails at either end of the tank car.
At the same time, he said, the tidal
wave roiled In, covered the car ana
tumbled men who were not cling
ing to It back into the mangroves
whHte many were bettered to
death.
The men an the car continued
to cling to it.
“Then the wind stopped and the
flars came out, but It was Just a
lull It lasted about 40 minutes.
Then it really started blowing ”
Pugh said he and the others who
wen- saved would always remember
“good old tank car No. 3390.”
‘ Storm area appears as if broom
nao swept forty-mile swath througn
K#-ya,” William Dokey. who flew
over the area, reported by radio to
hlr home base. “Several small craft
blown ashore. Flying low, saw wo
man sitting on wreckage of home
on Isolated Key with one child
near her.**
Pilot Roy Keller saw 27 miles ot
trsck of the Florida East Coast
railroad torn up.
Base Ball
BOSTON —WlMs Hudlln
limited the Boston Red Sox to six
bits ss the CleveUuV Indiaro
pounded Lefty Grove hard for an
8 to l victory in the first game
of a donblebeader Thursday. Hod
lm hit a home run with one man
m baso in tbs third faming.
COLLECTORS O F
*****
STAMPS NOTIFIED
*****
OF LONG AIR HOP
Regulations for philatelists
wishing to send covers on the
first official Pan-American flight
from San Francisco to Honolulu
to Ouam, scheduled for Sept. 15
or later, have been announced
by V. E. Chenea, general traffic
manager of the aL'line.
If one wishes the tetter to make
the complete round trip write the
Pan-American Airways, Inc., at
San Francisco. Include a cover
with return address “via San
Francisco, California, and Ouam.”
A money order for $2.50 must be
enclosed to cover the postage.
If the letter is to make only the
outbound leg of the flight, to be
returned via regular mail, enclose
$1.25 foi the postage.
These letters must be received
by the Pan - American at San
Francisco not later than 5 p. m.
September 15.
DRAMAOFSEA
(Continued from Page One)
ships while the rescued persons un
fo'ded a sea saga of courage.
The transfer of those who re
mained on the liner, fast aground
on the treacherous French Reef.
Fiorida Keys, was carried out with
cejerity, messages from the Dixie's
master, E. W. Sunstrom, indicated.
Taken Off In Boat*
Over a calm sea, a low. overcast
say threatening, the hie uoats snut
t.eii to ana irom tne s»ae of tne
Djae.
• Started to load passengers 6 a.m.
or launcn of Warmer,* Captain
Sundstrom wirelessed oiiicet ot me
.Morgan Line in New York.
“Pi. st boat uses 20 passengers.
Subsequent messages from tne
Dixie came swiftly.
“Seconc' launch left ship with 18
passengers.”
‘Third launch. 18 passengers."
“Fourth launcn, 18 passengers.”
Thus, the story of the transfer
was told in terse radio messagea
Conditions were ideal for the res
cue. according to the skipper’s wire
lores. The sea was placid, the sky
overcast, however.
When the transferring was re
sumed Thursday morning, 220 per
sons— 143 passengers and 77 mem
bers of the crew—were on the Dixie.
Meanwhile, the narrative of the
marine drama was unfolded by some
of the Dixie's early removed pas
sengers.
“There was no hysteria," said
Miss Florence E Steiler. of San
Francisco. “We all sang. The death
which seemed to face us was dis
cussed with unprecedented freedom.
Fear Unknown
“Fear seemed to be unknown, ss
we were all of the opinion we would
family be carried down."
Miss Steiler was one of the pas
sengers taken from the Dixie,
aground on French Reef, Florida
Keys, by the United Fruit Liner
Atenas Wednesday.
Since the Dixie, her propeller and
rudder thrown away In a raging hur
ricane last Monday night, was
tossed on French Reef, about 60
mi.e* south of here, she was both
a haven and a possible death trap
for those aboard her.
To them, death seemed Just over
•he rail. In the form of pounding,
grasping waves which threatened to
break the Dixie to pieces.
Yet, fully cognisant of what their
fate might be, the passengers dis
cussed it calmly, valiantly suppres
sire any demonstration of terror.
'There was no hysteria.” said
Miss Winifred Indge, of Montreal.
She was brought to Miami, one ot
a group of 134.
11 any of the passengers w#e
frightened, she added, “they stifled
public show of it."
Crew Highly Praised
The crew or the Dixie was highly
1 praised.
“11 we could only have felt as
ca.ro as the Dixie crew acted, every
ti'.ng would have been fine.” said
Mrs. J. Q. Fisher, of New Orleans.
“The terrible experiences of the
night at sea have been now obliter
ated by the wonderful heroism of
the crew," Mrs. Lyda L. Sturr, ot
Newark. N. J., said. “Of course, we
were paralysed with fear when the
lights failed and we were ordered
to don lifebelts.’*
The graphic story of the first
n.ght of repressed terror on the
Imprisoned Dixie was told by Ed
ward P. Bromwell of New York city.
“The hull of the vessel was
pounded up and down by the waves
ar.<* we were forced to take refuge
In the saloon.” he said. “After the
vessel had been driven on a reef by
a wind said to be 120 miles an
hour at the stern, the crew did
everything for our comfort.
“Short circuiting caused the
lights to burn out at one time, n
caused a small blase, quickly ex
tinguished by the crew. Several suf
fered bruises.
“Not a soul was hysterical.”
As “proof of what we went
through.*’ Brommell told of how
tne hurricane damaged the Dixie.
Spanish Speaking
Teachers Organize
(Special to The Herald)
. RIO HONDO. Sept 5.—Felipe Sa
lazar. Spanish instructor In the Rio
Hondo schools under the adult
education program was named
secretary of the “Association of
8panish Speaking Teachers for
Adults." recently, when the organ
ization was formed In Austin at the
University of Texas with Dr. O. E.
Castafteda of Austin as president
and Professor J. Lux Saenz and R
Herrera of McAllen appointed to
draw up the constitution of the
association
The organization came Into being
at Austin during the teachers’ train
ing course with several hundred
Spanish teachers under the FERA
gathered at the capital city.
All Spanish teachers under the
FERA are eligible for membership
and may Join by applying either
to Dr. Castafieda at Austin or to
Salazar at Rio Hono.
Honorary members of the asso
ciation are Dr. A. Y. Benedict,
president of the University of Tex
as, Dr. H. T. Manual. George N.
Fern and Dr. A. L. Woods state
superintendent of schools.
The Rio Hondo Spanish classes
will begin Immediately upon noti
fication from the State Department
of Education.
Shingles can often be used with
an unusual effect In finishing the
walla of a den.
Northwest Is
Potential Fruit
Market, Believed
The Valley has a potential grape
fruit market In the northwest, u
it only advertises Us citrus fruits, a.
Dittman reported Thursday on ms
return from a three months' tour
of western and northwestern Unitea
States.
Mr. Dittmann was accompanied by
Mrs Dittmann and children.
The Dlttmanns visited 13 states
during their tour, and experiencea
temperatures ranging from that
atop mountains to 110 in Utah.
Mr. Dittmann said that wherever
ht- went people were interested in
the Rio Orande Valley, and were
loud in their praise of Valley citrus
fruits in those sections where con
sumers were acquainted with it. He
declared that all the Valley neeas
to do to find a ready market
throughout the northwestern sec
tion of the United States is to let
the people sample Valley citrus
fruits, and learn where ft Is grown.
Mr. Dittmann said that conditions
on the whole appear to have im
proved throughout the 13 states
he and his family visited. The Din
ars nns traveled approximately 10.:00
miles during the tour.
McALLEN FEDERAL
BUILDING BIDS TO
BE OPENED SEPT. 25
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. Sept. 5 —Bids for com
pletion of McAllen's $50,000 post
office building, now about 80 per
dent complete, will be received at
the United States Treasury De
triment, Washington. D. C., at 1
p. m.. Wednesday, September 25,
according to announcement receiv
ed here Wednesday by H. E. Quinn,
department construction engnleer.
Quinn and L. E. Allison, senior
treasury department construction
engineer, recently finished a sur- j
vey of the postoffice building, on
which work was stopped in June
after the department had declared
a contract held by Murch Bros
Construction Company of St. Louis.
% gated
MILLER TELLS
(Continued From Page One)
and prices. He asserted that he
would not undertake the proposal
unless assured that no one, either
by Intent or through necessity, could
rush into the markets with under
quotations.
Miller stated his belief that a sug
gested “Texas Citrus Sales Corpora
tion'* be formed to purchase citrus
fruit from the grower,' making an
advance of from 50 to 80 per cent
cf the prevailing market price, bal
ance to be paid the grower when
the fruit was sold.
He proposed that growers sign
contracts with the sales corpora
tion. which In turn would contract
with owners of existing packing
plants to pack the fruit on a cost
plus basis, enabling the plants to
mska a reasonable profit on their
operations and maintaining the
present status of the industry.
Miller stated that he had not con
tacted the heads of anv of the cit
rus cooperatives and did not know
what their sttitude toward the pro
posed plan would be, but that he
did not believe the coooeratives
would stand in the way if they saw
that the majority of citrus growers
| wanted to try his proposal.
Savings that might be effected
through use cf deep water trans
portation were cited by Miller, who
told of his experience in shipping
corn from Port Isabel during the
summer. Air ccndltioned boats sre
ready for use in transporting the
Valley’s citrus crop, he stated.
CONTRACT FOR
(Continued from Page One)
the construction, putting up an of
I fice building for his force at the
turning basin, and getting mate
rials moving.'*
They announced also that De
Puy Is confident he will complete
the job In considerably less time
than his contract calls for. prob
ably by the spring of next year.
The commissioners conferred also
with Wm. A. Smith of Houston,
whose bid of $49,997.24 on the rail
way terminals at the port was low,
and with Robert J. Cummins of
Houston, port engineer. They went
to Galveston for a conference with
Lieut. Col. E. H. Marks, district en
gineer.
Pash Railroad Work
Smith Is to be here Friday, and
will start construction immediately
after his arrival on the port rail
way terminals. This work Is to be
rushed in ord*»r to have the rail
connections available for DePuy to
do the heavy work on the port
terminals. DePuy has two ra tire ad
engines which he will bring here,
along with other equipment to use
In the big construction job.
The port officials had planned to
go to Fort Worth for a conference
with PWA officials on the effort
to secure an additional fund of
$372,000. However, they were In
formed the application for the loan
and grant has been forwarded to
Washington, and will await action
on the matter there.
The commissioners were partic
ularly well pleased with progress
on the port, and expressed the be
lief that the remaining projects
would be under construction ..1 a
few days, and the port completed
early In 1936.
Commissioners who made the
trip to Houston and Galveston
were J. G. Fernandez and Z. A.
Rosenthal.
HElTdown
(Continued From Page One)
aid them. A large board also
arrived and carried nurses and
medical supplies south. But it was
the outboard pilots who saved the
survivors of this storm.
To those who have not seen Isla
Morada and Matecumbe. the hor
ror of this hurricane Is Incom
prehensible. We live here (Miami)
in houses more or less sheltered,
with great buildings of steel and
concrete nearby for an emergency.
I Down on the Keys there w as noth
I lng ilk* that
Wire Flashes
GENEVA. (AP)—Prof. Gaston
Je*e, the representative of Ethio
pia, spoke in behalf of the Afri
can empire Thursday night in the
council of the League of Nations.
When he rose to begin his address,
Baron Pompeo Alois!, Italian dele
gate, left the chamber.
TAMPA. Fla. (AP)—Florida's
maturing citrus crop waa reported
Thursday by Harold Crews, assis
tant general manager of the Flor
ida citrus exchange, aa only slight
ly damaged by the hirh rinds ac
companying the hurricane which
skirted the peninsula.
Loss Is greatest, he said, in the
coastal counties of the citrus belt—
Lee. Sara*ota. Manatee, Hillsbor
ough, and Pinellas.
NEW YORK.. (AP)—It waa re
liably reported in Wall Street
Thursday that interests identified
with 3. P. Morgan and Co. would
shortly announce the formation
of a concern to deal in securities.
Nautical Academy’s
Site Is Discussed
Discussions of a proposed slt« on
the Brownsville ship channel for a
state nautical academy will be the
chief business before tho Valley
Naval club at its meeting Sunday
afternoon at the Harlingen federal
building, it has been announce? by
Wm. T. Burnett, president.
James Abney of Brownsville
legal advisor for the club, has bedn
in Houston working on the site
question and he Is expected to
make a report before the Harlin
gen meeting Sunday.
Abney has been negotiating with
the Esperyon Interests which own
considerable property along the
channel in an effort to secure prop
erty for the proposed acafkuay.
Man No-Billed In
Starr County Death
RIO GRANDE CITY. Sept. 8.—
Laiaro Yzaguirre was no-billed by
a 79th district court grand jury
here Thursday following an Jivestl
gntion of the death of John Lillis,
oil field pumper. Sunday morning
in a tavern near here.
Yzaguirre was arrested shortly
after Lillis died, and according to
investigating officers Lillis appar
ently died from a heart attack.
Sheriff Gus Guerra said Yzag
lurre waa held only so the grana
J-) y cou’.d make a complete Investi
gation into the death.
War Cabinet’ Is
Called by Baldwin
LONDON. Sept. 5.—A virtual
"war cabinet” session was called
Thursday by Prime Minister Stan
ley Baldwin to discuss the even
tualities of the Geneva crisis, par
ticularly the possibility that Italy
nnght demand that Ethiopia be
“outlawed" fom the League.
The Prime Minister summoned
he cabinet members in a message
from his vacation retreat at Aix
Le**Bains, Prance. It was under
stood he would confer with the
cabinet chiefs about Britain's flfht
ns forces, either late Thursday or
Friday.
Scout Executive To
Attend Parley Here
J. L. Lesie, Valley 8cout exec
utive, was scheduled to come here
Thursday night for a regular meet
ing of the Brownsville district
Scout leaders to be held at Ye Old
College Inn.
Several important fp fcrs are to
be discussed, and a full turnout of
Scouters is being urged.
Family^Travel Via
Air Is On Increase
Family travel via airplane through
Brownsville Is flourishing, accord
ing to Traffic Representative War
ren Mozley of the Bowen Lines.
Sunday Bowen carried out E R.
Buckley, his mother, brother and
four children, all bound from
Tampico, via Pan-American, to
San Antonio. Thursday Bowen
transported Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Tillotson and their three children.
The Tillotson family, of Tampico,
went to San Antonio.
Allred Refuses To
Save Doomed Man
AUSTIN, Sept. 8. f/pv—Oovemor
Allred announced Thursday he would
not grant clemency to W. D. May
sentenced to electrocution early Fri
day for the murder of Jack Sturdi
vant in Tarrant county.
Arthur Lee Moore. Fort Worth
attorney who defended May. urged
the governor to stay May’s execution
pending disposition of an appeal of
O. D Stevens, also sentenced to die
for Sturdivant's death.
.—
Jack Keefe Resigns
to The Her»ld»
WESLACO. Sept. 5—Jack Keefe,
head of the Valley branch cf the
American Fruit Growers here for the
pist nine years. Thursday announc
ed his resignation, effective Immed
iately. He will become associated
with A. W Beckwith in the Sin Juan
Produce company.
Hush William!, sales manager of
the Weslico branch for the past
three years, will succeed Keefe as
manager.
WILLACY FAIR
I (Continued from Page One)
site for the second annual fair has
not been c.'.osen but is expected to
be announced soon.
Last year only city school exhibits
were had but this department is so
be broadened to include the county
srliools as well. The plana for the
lair were begun a little too late tor
the county schools but plenty of time
for preparation is being given this
year. Supt. C. L. Devtney will be
ir. charge of the city school exhibit*
ar.r County ©upt. C. P. Hilbun in
charge of the county school exhibits.
F. E Fisher, in charge of the
highly successful poultry depart
ment last year, will again have
Julsdlction over the poultry.
Miss Marion Edwards. Willacy
County Home Demonstration agent,
also has been chosen to repeat her
term as chairman of the« home
demonstration club exhibits whicn
w* ’c a feature of the 1934 fair
Harry Cook, secretary of the
i chamber of commerce, is general
I chairman of the fair.
OPPOSITION :
(Continued from Page One)
favor the employment at Browns
ville people for all Brownsville Jobe.
All employees should be cltlsena of
the United States and War Veterans
should be given serious considera
tion.
“We favor the lowering of City
taxes as much as is possible, and In
order to attain such, we favor eco
nomy in city government. J
“We favor the lowering of city
Light and water rates, and these
must be cut to the bone in order
to conform to the times.
“We favor the elimination of high
salaries, the elimination of un
necessary expenses In order to em
ploy additional Brownsville labor
snd we favor doing away with un
necessary machinery where It can
be replaced by manual labor.
“We favor a five-year city tax
free plan, to be allowed manufac
turers who come to Brownsville,
provided they do not compete with
sn already established business,
and provided as a condition that
they employ Brownsville labor.
“In order to help and asalst the
people of Brownsville, we feel that
sU city employees should trade with
Brownsville merchants, and said
employees must pay their bills
promptly not later than 90 days
from date of purchase.
“In announcing our candidacies.* u
Yturrta seld. “we do so with the *
idea In mind of representing the
people of Brownsville as a whole,
disregarding favoritism, being whol
ly Independent citizen taxpayer*,
and favoring an honest, efficient
economical and non-political busi
ness administration*
IL DUCEFACES
(Continued on Page Two)
labor can paralyse Premier Musso
lini's Ethiopian enterprise If the
league falls to preserve the peace.
The federation represents most at
the organized labor unions In Eur
ope as well as many others over
8€M.
Its executive committee Is expect^
ed to discuss ths possibilities <4*
workers’ boycotting the handling of
all goods shipped to and from Italy
In case of war. The importance of
a possible decision to this effect by
the committee is that It could be
reached Independently of the league
regardless of whether any govern
ment or group of governments de
cided for “sanctions”—international
penalties—against Italy.
Leaders of the left wing partite
of Franoe already are urging Pre
mier Laval to Insist on a settlement*
promising left wing support to the
government on any program of
strong measures to prevent war.
In the league Itself, prooeedlngi
were halted while statesmen re
viewed the masa of material flowing
from Wednesday's council meeting.
The Italian delegates seem pleased
by the delay and one of them said:
"We want to give the world time
to understand our position. We are
In no hurry.*
Pear was expressed In sofne quart
ers that If the council tried to
“bring Italy to the bar of Judg
ment,” Premier Mussolini would Im
mediately order his delegation &e
leave Geneva.
League circles suggested that
Italy’s long list of accusations
brought Wednesday against Ethio
pia, claiming the African empire to
be barbarous and slave-holding,
might be met by the appointment
of an international police force
which would operate In Ethiopia
under authority of the league.
Hidalgo Asks For
Works Progress Funds
MISSION, Sept a — Hidalgo coun
ty cities filed applications for Works
Progress Administration allotments
ttaimg about $325,000 before the
September 5 deadline for such ap
plications passed, according to E. E.
Marburger. member of the Hidalgo
County Planning Board and presi
dent of the Mission Chamber of
Commerce.
Marburger said Mission filed ap
plications for street Improvement
work, concrete curbs and gutters
and a sewing room totaling 161.300.
A total of about 30 project# were
outlined and prepared for consi
deration of the office of District
WPA Director B. H. Tate at Laredo
Thursday. Several late pn/.cts. on
which estimates were not complet
ed. may be included in the group
after conferences with District 11
officials. It was Intimated.
F. A. Royse, county planning
board engineer, left early Thursday
with final projects and tentative
figures on those about which ha
will confer with district officials at
Laredo.
The word "tariff* Is derived from
the Arabic •’ta’rlfa” which means
a modification or Invetnory.
Positive Rtlltf
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Cooling and soothing Bins Star
Ointment melts on the skin, sending
tested medicines deeply into pores
where it quickly kills Itch, tetter,
rash, eczema, foot itch, ringworm,
etc. Monee back If H falls*— Adv.
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