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! FORTY-FOURTH YEAR—No. 68 n. vu*, nm^-nm ta vsim* BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935 _*_5c A COPY
BT IALPH L. BUELL
.JUST WHAT GOES ON IN VALr
ley daily newspaper circles is one
of those things that has ‘In Our
Valley" stumped, and stumped not
Infrequently, at that.
Is the dog wagging the tail or Is
the tall wagging the dog?
Which reflections are brought into
this column as the result of hearing
that still another Valley daily news
Mtper has gone the “Free Weekly”
TVute—•
Guaranteeing so many circulation
at such and such a figure and all
that sort of thing.
mAs near as “In Our Valley” can
determine, The Brownsville Herald
and the fan Benito Light are the
only dally newspapers in the Val
ley which have not succumbed to the
lure of the free distribution racket.
And speaking for The Herald, just
as long as this paper is able to give
its advertisers the benefit of 8,000
pi Id circulation we can see no rea
son lor cheapening the appeal of
their advertising message.
• • •
BROWNSVILLE CHAMBER OF
Commerce gets a letter from a Cor
pus Christ! men—
Who is moving here.
And who wants to know about
keeping his boat in the Brownsville
•hip channel.
Which reminds us that it la said an
good authority that at least one
and probably two prominent resi
dents of Monterrey—
Are planning the purchase of
yachts to be kept at the port of
Brownsville.
TWO DISTINGUISHED - BY -
service citiaens of Texas are In the
Valley today as guests of the Mis
sion Chamber of Commerce for the
first annual Simfordyee oil field
^Hsnlvereary banquet
* Chairman Ernest O. Thompson of
the Texas Railroad commission and
Commissioner Lon A- Smith will
find a hearty welcome awaiting them.
Our Valley oil men may grunt ar.d
groan a little as the allowables for
the fields In which they are Interest
ed are announced, but all of them
knew that the Texas Railroad com
mission Is handling a hard Job with
the utmost Impartiality.
The whole Valley unites with Mis.
•ion In greeting these two gentle
men and In wishing them a pleasant
stay.
RAN BENITO GOLFERS ARE
going to have the chance of staying
at home and trying out their favor
pastime—
^ Or golfers from other Valley com
munities ate going to have another
place to visit.
Whichever way you look at it.
At any rate, the San Benito golf
course, with its new clubhouse and
everything—
Is going to be ready for all the
play that can be gtven It. and that
right shortly.
flee Benito will find. at. Brovms
vflje, Harlingen, Mercedes. Mission.
Bdir.burg. McAllen and other Val
ley cities have found—
That e golf oourse not only keeps
husbands where wives can place
hands on them—
But keeps the winter visitor in a,
i whole lot better frame of mind.
• • •
A TO READ IN SOME PAPER RE
|U :y where a little girl tot of three
Ce&rs amaeed everybody with her
^knowledge of American government.
■ What worries us Is the Inevitable
f dlsUluslomuent In store for the
young lady. # # #
another annual warning
time from Fire Chief Sarran.
| Clean your chimneys!
t Winter is coming, your chimneys
•x« dirty, clem them out before
ftyrttpg any fires, thus avoiding a
very good chance of serious fire dam
»e
Mrs. Mooney Pleads for Release of Husband
WOMAN SAYS
BOMBING WAS
MILEDISTANT
Dress Introduced In
Attempt to Prove
Trial Testimony
Erroneous
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20. JP)—
Short, plump Mrs. Tom ivtooney re
turned eagerly to the witness stand
Friday to try to help clear her 66
year-old husband ct complicity in
the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing.!
for which he already has served 19
years of a life sentence.
Animated, at times bitterly vindic
tive as she reca.led tes.imony of
government witnesses in Mocney’s
trial so long ago. the blue-eyed wr«
m n Thursday recited in detail her
activities the day of the tombing,
recalling nrny events readily.
Perjured Testimony*
Her altitude indicated clearly.her,
conviction the cur.ent habeas cor
pus hearing beiore a releres appoint-1
"cd by the California Supreme C;urt
la one of the biggest events of her
life.
A. ter she finishes her te tlmony
Israel Weinberg of Cleveland one
time San Francisco “Jitney” bus
driver, will be called as Mooney’s
counsel seeks to show he was con
victed on perjured testimony.
Weinberg, now s Cleveland gar
ment manufacturer, was acquitted by!
a jury after he was held for 20
months in tail while Mooney and
Warren K. Billings were ccnvicted of
(See MOONEY On Page Eight)
TAXES COT BY
WATER DIST. 2
San Benito Board Slashes
Tax Burden Through
RFC Operation
(Soectsi to The Herald'
SAN BENITO. Sept. 20—The tax
burden which owner* of land In
Cameron County Wate* Imorove
ment District No. 2. San Benito, must
oay this year was cut almost In
half by action of the board «. di
rectors me-tin* Thursday evening.
The cut from $47200 to f 15.906 In
taxes due v-as made possible by
recent refundin'* of the district’s
obligations on the basis of a I’tt’e
more than 50 cents on the dollar.
The rate was set at 44 cents, as
aealnst 80 ents last year, to oav
interest on $259 000 in bonds which
were Issued to refund the old tn
'*'b*edne.«s of $518000.
The refunding was mad* -'ossible
through a loan from th** RPC.
Prank Robertson manager of the
district, will go to S«n An ♦'-do ao^e
♦•me next w*ek with $11.(Wi In old
bonds to refund them. Th»s will
l«ve on’v $41 0 0 in old bonds, and
will make refunding 922 per cent
complete.
$3,566,586 Payment
In R»rV Taxe* Asked
WASHINGTON. Sent. 19.—^—
The commissioner of internal rev
enue esked the board of t*x annals
Thursdav to ru’e that William Pox.
the ni-ture producer, must
pav $3,518*81 in income taxes for
IP"' -»nd 1930
T*" amount due from him has
be*n In dispute for some time.
The commissPne* asked that the
assessment tor 1929 be made $56 427
and $3,510,158 for the following year.
PoH Isabel Makes
Night School Plans
PORT ISABEL. Sent. 19 —A night
school for *dults offering instruc
tion in Fnfllah. Spanish, arlthemtic
and music, will be opened here Fri
day night it has been announced
by Mrs. W'nda Busker and Mrs
K**h»rtne Nunnmnv. instructors
CTas*e*. men to a’l adu’ts who wis*'
to continue er review tbev *t'die«.
win be h-id ea"h r»*ht. Mondavs
thro»wb Fridays, it has been an
nmmeed
Th*a 8"bool win e"nMnue th* »dult
school which operated last year.
BRINGING THE SEA I
‘ TO BROWNSVILLE
Position of the two dredges bring
ing the sea to Brownsville on Friday.
Sept. 20, was:
Orleans, station 87 plus 325. total
advance of 74,325 feet.
Texas, station 72 n'us 740. total
advance of 59.040 feet.
The Orleans F Sdav w">- l) l*» **'41e
from the site of the Brownsville
ship turning basin.
The Texas was *08 miles from
the turning basin site. 1
Last Phase Of
Port Work Is
In Full Swing
$550,000 Facilities Job
To Be Rushed To
Completion
Construction work on the port of
Brownsville’s $550,000 terminal fac
ulties will be in *ull swing by next
week, according to announcement
of J. DePuy oi £an Antomo, con
tractor on the Job, who started the
preliminary work following his ar
rival here Thursday.
DePuy left here ihursday night,
but left on the Job his son. E D. De
Puy, general superintendent; Office
Manager L. F. Craig; and Superin
tendent of Construction Floyd Free
.-nd.
Construction wjs under way Frt
ay on a small office building for
JePuy.
Announcement was ilso made that
ccntrac. for the structural steel and
reinfcrcbag s.eel for the whar. work
has be:n let to the Alamo Iron
Woiks which has its parent p.ant in
Can An.rnio and a branch plant In
-rownsvllle.
Approxim tely 1.300 tons of steel
will be used on the Job. 1.040 tons
jcing reinforcing steel, and 290 tons
structural steel for the warehouses,
according to officials of the Alamo
Iron Works.
The first carload of steel Is now
rolling, and is expected in Browns
ville Saturday.
DePuy said that he Is assembling
his equipment at Orange and Gal
veston for the Jcb here, and will have
t moving by next week. He will be
>ack then, and the actual crostnie
tlon will be started then Building
of forms for the big concrete pil
ing. which are to range from 40 to
50 feet and weigh arcund 6 tons each
will be started shortly. •
Thirteen hundred of these big
Diles are t: be used in putting down
'oundation for the two main wharves
On top of them will be a concrete
floor.
Contract price on the wharves, an
ooen wharf and oO deck, for which
DePuy has the contract. Is $495,000.
Contract ftr the rtfway terminals
was let to Wm. A Smlt*'« of Houston
on a low bid of approximately $50,
000.
C'nstruction on the railway ter
minals is pro'mensing rapidly, with
~,ost of th« grading dene, and the
Mrst carload of rai’s vnd ties will be
h*re in a dav or two.
H B. Holke. suoe-lntendent o?
construction, returned tt- Browns
ville Friday to prepare for the actual
living of rails.
As this phase of the Brownsville
port progresses, th- hi* dredges are
cutting awav ste’dlly in dredging
the channel from the G*df and the
(flee PORT On Page Eight)
REFINERY IS
TAKING FORM
Oil Tanka to Be Ready
For ffiip Loadings
In October
to T»*«
PORT ISABEL, Sept. 20.— Con
struction work is now in fuU swing
on the 5.000-barrel refinery being
built here for T- Frank ''toon
and associates, while construction
on the oil pipe line now bein' built
to the Samfordyce field from here
is slated to be completed October
10.
The two 55.000-barrel storage
tanks are completed, and all mater
ial for the refinery to on hand
Oil is now being stored in a stor
age tank built b> Murchison end
associates at the field, and as soon
as the line to ompleted the oil will
be run into the tanks here at full
capacity of the line.
An oil tanker of the Italian gov
ernment to expected here the latter
part of October to take the first
cargo of oil. contract having been
signed to furnish 100,000 barrels to
Chat natioi.
Meanwhile hand lng of com
through the port here continues at
a rapid pace, and the OrPsnl.
Moore-McCormack steamer, will be
back the early part of next wr \
for Its second load, according to
port Manager Herbert L. Crmwforl
Army Flier, Hurt
In Smashup, Diet
SAN ANTONTO. 8ept. 20. —
First Lieut. H. i* \UUams of Ran
dolph Field, injured in an alrpl*n*
crash at the field, died at the poet
hospital shortly before midnight
Thursday. He received a fractured
skull and both legs were broken.
e is r * ved by t.ls widow and
one child
Captain H. M. Turner, who was
lying with Lieut. Williams, escaped
with minor cuts and bruises.
Lieut. Williams is from Monroe.
Ga.. and Captain Turner from
Avoca. Iowa.
AT BANQUET
.. ——^I
LO\ A. SMITH
ERNEST O. THOMPSON
175 TO ATTEND
OIL GATHERING
Anniversary Of Hidalgo
Field Will Be
Observed
• SoeeUl to The Herald)
MISSION. Sept. 20—Leading fig
ures in the oil industry of South
Texas, as well as state officials con
trolling the industry will be on hand
at the big banquet here Friday
night in observance of the first an
niversary of discovery of oil in the
Samfo.dyce Field.
About 175 lerson* are expected at
the banquet, which is to be con
ducted by the Mission Chamber of
Commerce.
Heading the list is Col. Ernest O.
Thompson, chairman of the Texas
Railroad commission. With him will
be Lon A- Smith, member of the
commission The two are e xpected
in the Valley Friday afternoon by
plane.
Others who have announced they
will be at the banquet are:
Mrs. Lula B. George of Browns
ville. Mr. and Mrs T. Prank Murch
ison of Port Isabel. Ben Barnett of
Tulsa. Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Taylo- of Mercedes; Dr. and Mrs.
W. W. Woody of Pharr: Mr and
Mrs. W. 6. Parks. Mr. and Mrs. J.
; O. Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Bar! ,
H. E. Hall. Mr and Mrs. Lee Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. F!oyd Davenport. Mr.
and Mrs. John Waite. H. B. Carroll.
L. E. Denny. C. S. Shaffer, Alec
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Daa
kam. Mr. and Mrs. Bemus Daskam.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Potter. L G.
Mundy, M. A. Mundy. Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Decker. Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hen
derson. B. C Armstrong. Mr. and
lirs. Ed Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dobbs
and Grady Carl, all of Mission.
Prom McAllen wUl be (Tint.
B. C. Young. Joseph Ande-son. Mr.
and Mrs. Marc Jenkins. Prant:
Dayvault, Justus Gray. Roscoe Marls.
George H. Pruter.
Guests of honor will be Ool.
TlK'm'wor, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wood
and daughters. Dorothy and Doris,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ben King. The
King-Woods -11 company discover
ed the field.
Entertainment will be furnished by
Peg Langdon, orchestra leader two
dancers, and Mrs. Leon Bro*m. of
Mission, who win give a reading.
French Riflemen
Ordered To Africa
MARSEILLE. France. Sept. 20 —
MV-Two war strength regiments
qt Senegalese riflemen were ordered
Friday to embark for Djibouti.
French Somaliland, next week.
Djibouti Is the F-1 Sea port at
which the sole r 1 ad to Addis
Ababa ternlmates. C nsequently, it
constitutes the onlv outlet for
transportation from Ethiopia to the
CARS WILL
SKIP PRODUCE
WTOJUROPE
Industry to Take On
New Sign'fi c a n c e
With Cheaper Water
Rates Available
The catmint industry, whk* Is
rapidly developing Into one of the
most important in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, will show a number
of changes during the season which
Is to open In November, according
to Ray Tolson of Tolson-Davies
company, distributing agents for a
number of the 18 plants in the Val
ley.
This company has Just moved
from Harlingen to Brownsville In
order to be nearer deep water trans
portation facilities, and has *stab
lished headquarters in the Valley
Bonded Warehouse here.
Ray Tolson and Glynn Davies, the
two partners, are Valley business
men of long standing, and have
made an Intensive study of the
business of distributing processed
fruits and vegetables. In order to
give the canner the best possible
market for his product.
Studies European Marta
Mr. Davies la now In Philadelphia
aft r spending several weeks recent
ly in England, where he discussed
with jobbers the matter of exports
of Valley grapefruit juice to that
nation. The company is exclusive
export agents lor the Los Presnos
Packing company and the La Ferla
Canning company and last year
moved 13<P barrels of grapefruit
juice to England.
This year they expect to ship at
let i 3000 barrels of grapefruit juice
to that country.
In discussing operations of th?
company. Mr. Tolson said. "The
canner in the Valley, and particular
' ly the small canner, has been handl
; capped in the past by the necessity
of packing 60,000 pounds In a freight
icar to reach the best markets for
his goods and by inadequate finan
cing. which frequently compelled
him to sell on a falling market In
order to keep operating.
“We hope to offer solutions to
these problems. By using this
bonded, fireproof warehouse, the
only one of its kind in the Valley,
we can store the canned goods of
ilants which we represent, and
have made arrangements whereby
.he canner can borrow money on
nis warehouse receipts. This en
ables him to continue operating
.vlthout the necessity of selling his
joods cm an unfavorable market.”
Mr Tolson pointed out also that
(See CANNERS On Page Eight)
COURT FREES
ACCUSED MAN
Rousseau Found Not Guilty
Of Stealing Officer’s
Automobile
An Instructed verdict of not guilty
was ordered in criminal district
court here Thursday afternoon for
John Rousseau. 26. former enlisted
man at Fort Brown charged with
i»ft of an automobile from County
.laffic Officer Bill Cabler, JL'*
.tsre August 8.
Rousseau, represented by Clar
ence Bennett of Brownsville, enter
ed a plea of not guilty and was on
trial before a Jury when Judge Ceo
C. Westervdt ordered the ins tract -
' ed verdict.
In not permitting the case to go
to the Jury, the Judge ruled that the
prosecution had failed to connect
Rousseau with the alleged theft.
The ex-soldiar was taken Into
custody at Saa Antonio about three
weeks ago by Cabler who also locat
ed the missing car there badly dam
aged.
According to testimony. Rousseau
was negotiating with Cabler for pur.
chase of the car and had been urtag
It at the time It disappeared Aug
ust 8.
Five Persons Hurt
In Auto Accident
DURANT. Okla . Sept 20. —(AV
Five persons were injured, on*
critically In the collision of two
automobiles Thursday night near
Boswell, 20 miles east of here.
A. C. Harris of Madi’l, 62. was In
jured the most seric f ily. His Jaw
was penetrated by a steering wheel
spoke. Maurlne Harris. 8, received
a broken leg. Rowena Harris. 2. suf
fered Internal Injuries and two
others were bruised slightly.
The cars were driven by Henty
Harris, the elder man's son and L.
T Dane of Soper
Night Football to Be
Feature of ’35 Season
• ••••••••••• •••••• •••••
Gridsters Playing Under Lights Expected
To Revive Interest Throughout Valley |
With the early season spark of
championship hope* flowing in
every camp, the lid comes off the
Valley football season Friday—a
season which will send 800 ambi
tions schoolboys throagh a sched
ule of about 100 games.
About 500 youngsters will play
on the Valley’s If "A” and ’ll"
high school teams, and another
300 will compete for the Junior
high pennant of this section.
Football interest is soaring to
a new high through the medium
of night football plants which
open this field of entertainment
to thousands who could not at
tend afternoon games. At least
eight high school teams wij pay
under the floodlights and more
plants may be added before the
season gets In full swing. All
three of the Valley’s "A" teams— ,
Brownsville, triinfen and Edin
burg—will play under the lights,
and plants also will operate at
McAllen. Weslaco, San Benito,
Raymondville. Mission and pos
sibly others
Th« season was to be opened
Friday afternoon at Donna where
the defending “B" champions col
Ude with the La Joys Coyote* of
the Tabaaco school district in
what will be a “breather” for the
champions.
Friday night Mercedes was to
Journey to Brownsville, La Ferla
to Harlingen and Mission to Ed
inburg- Saturday night the Wes
laco Panthers journey to Kings
ville for a tilt with the class “A”
Brahmas. All of the opening
games are non-district af fairs.
A record crowd of MN fans
was expected to turn out here for
the Mercedes-Brownsville con
test inaugurating the KIN, 60
000-watt night plant on Tucker
field. A short dedication ceremony
was to get under way at 7:43 over
a lend speaker system at the field.
Superintendent E. C Dodd was
to speak for the school. Otto
M*nske for the Klwanis club. Dr
, O. V. Lawrence for the school
board and the coaches and eo«
captains were to be introduced.
The game fc f ins at 8 p. m.
The inang oration of the plant
will be enlivened by the Fort
Brown band and the Brownsville
high school pep squad, headed by
Hasei Boss Deputy and sponsored
by Miss EUse Harmon.
SLAYING CASE
FLIERS FREED
Pilots Fighting For Life
Above Clouds, Says
Magistrate
TORONTO, sept. 20 (#y—Charges
of manslaughter against William
Jieeph Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis
In the death of Len Koenecke,
Brooklyn ball player. In an airplane
above the Long Branch race track
here Tuesday, were dismissed Fri
day by Magistrate Douglas Keith.
A coroner s Jury Thursday night
found that Mulqueeney and Davis,
Detroit airmen, killed the Brooklvn
outfielder In self defense after
Koenecke had started a fight In a
plane piloted by Mulqueeney. Magis
trate Keith said he agreed with that
verdict.
Through all the evidence T can
find no Indication of criminal In
tent,” he said. -They mav have
struck mors and harder blows than
were necessary, but In that regard
I cannot Judge.
“In view of this I am acquitting
these men and they are to receive
their immediate freedom. ’
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UNION SULPHUR’S
LOCATION OF NEW
TEST ANNOUNCED
MERCEDES. Sept. 18.—Location of
the Union Sulphur Company's No.
6 American Rio Grande Land and
Irrigation Company No. 6 test was
announced Tuesday, with the mov
ing of drilling equipment having be
gun. New location Is 4.500 feet north
east of No. 1 producer a cress the
flood way at Mile 14H and 1. It Is ’0
feet eait and 330 feet south of the
northwest comer of Farm Tract 2353.
Well No. 4 Is ready for a sec:nd
test for oil, while No. 1 and 3 con
tinue to produce at the rate allowed
by the railroad commission.
Thursday neon, the No. 5 well had
reached a depth only 29 feet above
the top of the sand from which the
No. 2 well Is producing. Depth prog
ress for this test In the past seven
days was 388 feet.
Sarran Nominated
V. F. W. Commander
Fire Chief T. P. Sarran was
nominated for the office of com
mander of the Brownsville post.
Veteran* of Foreign Wars, at the
meeting Thursday night. Sarran
presided in the absence of Com
mander E. H. Levy.
Others nominated are: senior
vice commander. N. O. Frost; Junior
vice commander, W. Schultz; chap
lain, A. W. Pickett; quarterm* ter.
C. M. Josey and Ed Elm; physician
and surgeon. Dr. R F. Breeden; of
ficer of the day. Victor Egly, and
J. Bennett.
Italian Warships
Mysteriously ‘Lost*
PORT SAID. Sept. 20 —The
msterious whereabouts of a number
of Italian ships which left Genoa
as long ago as Sept. 7, Frida excited
speculation when it was revealed
that noat of them has yet reached
[the Suez canal.
SINGER’S DEATH
FACTS RETOLD
Son Of Oil Millionaire
Awaits Tima to Tall
Version of Affair
WEST CHESTER. Pa, SepL 10.
im—'Teens Henry Huddleston Rof
ere, son of the oil multimillionaire,
waited calmly on the sidelines Friday
to tell his story of the death of Eve
lyn Hoey, Broadway torch (Infer,
in his secludea country home 10 days
*«° ... _
District Attorney wiujmq *-•
Parke said Rogers probably would
be the Last witness at the Inquest,
which opened Thursday night with
testimony by a tree lance movie
cameraman that be and Rogers
heard one shot in the actress' room.
Rogers’ testimony, Parke added,
would be merely to ‘clear his name.”
Appearing refreshed by a week's
seclusion since his release from Jail
on $2500 bond. Rogers listened in
tently to the examination of the
cameraman. William J. Kelley of
Union City. N. J. He Jotted down
occasional notes.
Kelley testified he and Rogers were
in the living room of the Dutch
farm house in the foothills of his
toric Valley Forge when they heard
the shot.
Rogers ran upstairs, he said, and
returned quivering with hi* hands
to his head and crying:
-She’s done it. She’s shot herself."
Kelley also testified that Rogers
was “exicited ’ throughcut the day
preceding the shooting and that he
saw him pull the telephone wires
outside the farm house.
Drinks were served. Kelley said,
and Miss Hoey set o-'f seme fire
crackers. He and Rogers thought that
was what rhe was d'ing when they
he?rd the shot, he added.
Kelley said Rogers and the or.**
Tlomorous M*«s H-ey had some
“words” aft-r she tri-d to borrow
$6 from Kelley and cne of the ser
vants.
Rev. Paul Hanna To
Occupy Pulpit Here
Rev. Paul Hanna, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Mis
sion. will fill the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church of this city
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock
Rev. E. P. Day will preach at Mer
cedes at the same hour. This is a
part of the general exchange of
pulpits next 8unday morning in all
th? Presbyterian churches In the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Such exchanges will follow every
three months for the purpose of
promoting fellowship and giving the
ministers and the congregations an
opportunity to become better ac
quainted.
Marine Laboratory
Site It Selected
CORf^tJS CHRISTI. Sept. 19. (#1
—Establishment of the first marine
biological laboratory on the gui: coast
of Texas—to be located at Rockport
—w 15 announced Thursday by V
W. Boyd, director of coastal opera
tions of the State Game. Fish aid
Oyster Commisl-on.
Walter Collier, noted marine biolo
gist. will be In charge of the labora
tory. which will be modernlv equip
ped to make tests and conduct sur
veys along the Texas coast.
IL DUCE FACES
WAR WITHOUT
GOLD RESERVE
•
Britain Herself Is
Violating Treaty,
Mussolini Charges
Before League
(Copyright. 1955. b> the
LONDON. Sept 20 —Can Europo,
still suffering financial pan.* from
the World War, support mother
major conflict?
From Rome came Friday the
answer “yes" by an Italian govern
ment spokesman, who said Italy
was ready to go ahead with its East
African program ‘'without economic
help from anyone.”
A survey in European financial
circles disclose, that Italy's F 1st
legions might be forced to maka
good that claim, and that what
amounts to private financial sanc
tions already have been virtually
applied against Italy by some other
nations of Europe.
France Bolds to Gold
To borrow Calvin Coolldge'e
phrase In reference to European
war debts, the survey indicated Italy
would have to “hire her own money"
to carry on an assault against
Ethiopia.
French pockets are empty to for
eign borrowers, said reports front
Paris, especially tf money waa
wanted for war.
"If there la any landing power
left In the French pocket, lira
French government Itself needs it'*
said one financial authority in
Parti.
‘We would find it hard to refusa
Mussolini anything, but Franca lur
self needs money."
This authority sail half of
France's currency la being hoarded,
mcanine 40. 00.000,000 franca iabout
13.040,000,000) and Is reposing in tha
famous “woolen sock."
French officials said only a wag
in which the French people had a
vital Interest could farce these
francs out of hiding.
England Clamps Down
British financial authorities mid
that England, In view of the mount
ing tension which already has seen
a massing of the Britlah fleet In
the Mediterranean had closed lie
money bags aa far as Italy waa
concerned.
From other capitals of Europe
came similar word, with the finan
ciers of many nations asserting
they anticipated a decline of tha
Italian monetary system.
Financiers said this apprehension
was strengthened by the latest re
port that Italy's gold reserve waa
so weakened that the gold to cover
its currency was now only 84 per
cent.
Observers who have watched
Europe since the World War. how
ever. pointed out that minor ware
have not been won or loet by fin
ance alone.
MUSSOLINI PROTESTS
BRITISH WARSHIPS
(Copyright 1915, by the A. P.)
i ROME, Sept JO.—A high author
ity said Friday that Premier Mug
' soltnl had ordered a protest to the
League of Nations council against
Great Britain’s dispatch of war
ships to the Mediterranean.
This authority said that n Duce
had instructed Baron Pombeo Alotsl.
Italy’s chief delegate to the league,
| to call the council’s attention to the
situation created by the British re
inforcements of their regular Medl
(See EUROPE on Paee Eight)
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