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VALLEY
BY XALPH L. BUELL
JUST WHAT GOES ON IN VAL*
ky duly 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
paper ha* gone the Free Weekly"
fume—
' Guaranteeing so many circulation
at such and such a figure and all
that sort of thing.
As near as ‘In Our Valley can
determine. The Brownsville Herald
and the £an 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
paid circulation we can see no rea
son for cheapening the appeal of
their advertising message
• • •
BROWNSVILLE CHAMBER OF
Commerce get* a letter Irom a Cor
pus Chrlsti man—
Who it moving here.
And who want* to know about
keeping hi6 boat m the Brownsville
ship channel.
Which remind* us that it is said on
t food 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 DTSTTN G U1SHFD - BY -
service eitisens of Texas are in the
Valley today as guests of the Mis
sion Chamber of Commerce for the
first annual Samfordyce oil field
anniversary banquet.
tch-irman Ernest O Thompson of
e Texas Railroad cooimissir □ and
Commissioner Lon A. Smith will
find a hearty welcome awaiting them.
Out 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 )ob with
the utmost Impartiality.
The whole Valley unites with Mis
sion in greeting these two gentle
men and in wishing them a pleasant
Stay.
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SAN' BENTTO GOLFERS ARE
going to have the chance of staying
at home and trying out their favor
ite pastime—
tOr golfers from other Valley ot ji
unities are going to hare 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 given it. and that
right shortly.
Ban Benito will find, as Browns
ville, Harlingen, Mercedes. Mission.
Edinburg, McAllen and other Val
ley titles have found—
That a golf course not only keeps
husbands where wives can place
hands on them—
But keeps the winter visitor m a
whole lot better frame of mind
• • •
WE READ IN SOME PAPER RE
j^sntly where a little girl tot of thref
years smased everybody with her
knowledge of American government
What worries us is the inevitable
disillusionment In store for the
young !ady.
# • • •
ANOTHER ANNUAL- WARNING
—Jthls time from Fire Chief fiarran
Glean your chimneys!
Winter is coming, your chimneys
are dirty, dean them out before
atarOng any fires, thus avoiding a
yery good chance of serious Are dam- j
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Freight Rate Reductions Again Are in Doubt
CORPUSAREA
FILES FREIGHT
jSLASHPROTEST
I. C. C. Mutt Rule On
Action Before New
Rate Schedule Can
Go Into Effect
—
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Sept 30- Victors
in the 30-year fight for lower rail
road freight rate* apparently won
finally by the Rio Grande Valley,
became uncertain again Friday
when it was learned that Corpus
Chrtsti interests have filed a new
protest with the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The new rates, expected to save
the Valley approximately $1,000,0 0
annually in the cost of sending its
vegetables to northern and eastern
market*, were to become effective
September 30 under an agreemr t
j reached by a group of Valle ; grow
ers and shippers and official* *
the Southerr Pacific and Missouri
Pacific lines. The agreement was
app-oved by the I.C.C.. and protests
made by Corpus Chris fl at the time
j the new rates were under discus
sion were withdrawn after eonces
• ions were offered on cabbage rates,
and the matter was believed settled.
Corpus Protect!*
However. Homer P. Huntley, aec- >
petary of the Valley Vegetable
Grower’s association, was Informed
Friday that Corpus Christ! has
presented a new protest before the
j I.C.C. The I.C.C. may rule on the
protest at any time, tt was point
ed out, and as a result vegetable
grower* and shippers of the Valley
were uncertain If the new rates
will become effective September 30
If the I.C.C. accepts trie Corpus
Chmti protest, the reduced rates
mav be suspended indefinitely.
The new rates already had been
published, and were to become ef
fective 30 days after printing pro
vided there were no protest* filed
AnpeaLs went oat over the Valley
Friday for chambers of commerce,
growers and shippers to wire to
T. C C. immediately to refuse the
Corpus Christ! protest and permit
the lower rates to become effective
September 30.
Explained by Huntley
Huntley told The Herald Friday
that he has written the I.C.C. ex
plaining the situat ion Huntley told |
the commissioners that, in his opin
ion. leveling out of tlw rates and
removing the oenaJty on the Valley;
would not only benefit the Valley,
but would also benefit competing
areas. The old rates, he told the
commissioners haw worked a hard
SEE RATES JN PAGE 8.
REFINERY IS
TAKING FORM
Oil Tanks to Be Ready
For Ship Loadings
In October
'Special to The Herald)
PORT ISABEL. Sept. 30— Con
struction work is now in full siring
on the 5.000-barrel refinery being
built here for T Prank Mi lison
and associate*, while construction
on the oil pipe line now beine 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 .eflnery is on hand.
Oil is now being stored in a stor
age tank built b Murchison rnd
associates at the field, and as soon
as the line is completed the oil will
be run into the tanks here at full
canacity of the line.
An oil tanker of the Italian gov
ernment » expected here the latter
part of October to ake the first
cargo of oil. contract having been
signed to furnish 100.000 bands to
that nation.
Meanwhile handing of com
through the port here continues at
a rapid pace, and the Oritani,
Moore-McCormack steamer, will be
back the early part of next wr *:
for its second load, according to
Port Manager Herbert iwa Crswf^ "* t,
BRINGING THE SEA
TO BROWNSVILLE
Position of the two dredges bring
ing the sea to Brownsville on Friday.
Sept 20. was
Orleans, station 87 plus 335. total
advance of 74325 feet
Texas, station 72 plus 040 total
advance of 39.040 feet
The Orleans F.iday was 0.12 mile
from the site of the Brownsville
ship turning basin
The Texas was 3 08 miles from
the turning basin site.
Last Phase Of
Port Work Is
In Full Swing
$550,000 Facilitiei Job
To Be Rushed To
Completion
Construction work on the port of
Brownsville’* $550,000 terminal fac
ilities will be In full swing by next
week, according to announcement
of J. DePuy of £an Antonio, con
tractor on the Job. who started the
preliminary work following his ar
rival here Thursday,
DePuy left here Thursday night,
but left on the Job his son, E D. De
Puy, general superintendent; Office
Manager L. F Craig; and 8uperin-|
tendent of Construction Floyd Free
land.
Construction was under way Fri
day on a small office building for
DePuy.
Announcement was alsg made that i
contract for the structural steel and
reinforcing steel for the wh&ri work
has been let to the Alamo Iron
Works which has its parent plant in j
San Antonio and a branch plant in |
Brownsville.
Approximately 1.300 ton* of steel
will be used on the Job. 1,040 tons
being reinforcing steel, and 260 tons
structural steel for the warehouse*,
according to officials of the Alamo
Iron Works.
The first carload of steel Is now
(See PORT On Page Eight)
TAXES CUT BY
WATER DIST. 2
San Benito Board Slashes
Tax Burden Through
RFC Operation
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO Sent. 20—The tax
burden which owners of land in
Cameron County Wate- Improve- j
ment District No 2, San Benito, must
pay this year was cut almost in
half by action of the board t. di
rectors meeting Thursday evening.
The cut from $47,200 to : :5,90« tn
taxes due as made possible by
recent refunding of the district’s
obligations on the basis of a little
more than 50 cents on the dollar.
The rate was set at 44 cents, as
against 80 ents last year, to pay
Interest on $259,000 tn bonds which
were issued to refund the old in
debtedness of $516,000.
The refunding was made noasible
through a loan from th RPC.
Frank Robertson, manager of the
district, will go to San Antonio some
Mme next week with $11,000 in old
bonds to refund them. This will:
leave only $41 ON) in old bonds, and
will make refunding 92.2 per cent
complete.
Visit by Solans
Is Left In Doubt
(Special to The Herald)
SAN ANTONIO Sept. 20— Con
gressman Maury Maverick said
here that a telegram he received
Friday disclosed that members of a
congressional sub-committee due
here later in the day to interview
post commanders and others, will
yo their several ways from San
Antonio and have no further itin
erary as a group 1
AT BANQUET
LON A. SMITH
ERNFST O. THOMPSON
175 TO ATTEND
OIL GATHERING
Anniversary Of Hidalgo
Field Will Be
Observed
f Special to Tbe Herald)
MISSION. Sept. 20— Leading fig
ures m the oil inousirv of South
Texas, as well as state officials con
trolling the industry will be on hand
at the big banquet here Fridav
night In observance of the first an
niversary of discovery of oil in the
Samfo-dyce Field.
About 175 lersoris are expected at
the banquet, which Is to be con
ducted by the Mission Chamber of
Com me roe.
Heading the list is Ool Ernest O
Thompson, chairman of the Texas
Railroad commission. With him will
be Lon A Smith, member of the
commission The two are expected
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 Frank Murch
ison of Port Isabel. Ben Barnett of
Tulsa, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. J. B
Taylor of Mercedes: Dr. and Mrs
W W Woody of Pharr: Mr and
Mrs W S. Parks, Mr. and Mrs. J.
O. Brock. Mr. and Mrs Homer
SEE BANQUET on Page Eight.
Doves Safe in South Texas
Unless Legislature Acts
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There will be no open dove sea
son to the south acne of Texa*
that, year unies* the legislature
hurries through a new set ol game
laws. Federal dove season, which
opens Sept. 21, cloees Nov. 21, while
the state game laws do not permit
dove hunting in the south sons
until Dec 1. which means that un
der the present arrangement ol na
tional and state rulings, dove hunt
ing Is “out " in south Texas. The
state law further Unpairs local dove
hunting by virtue of opening the
season here long after the doves
have departed.
Local sportsmen believe, bow
er. that the legislature, many of
whcee members are ardent dove
hunter* themselves, will get to
gether and reset the season with
in the next few days,
Roy Linn, superintendent of the
Olmito fish hatchery, and acting
game warden In Cameron county,
said Friday that whitewlngs were
leaving the Valley toward Mexico,
many compact groups in flight
having been seen along the river
during the past few day*. There
are plenty in certain spots still
left, however, he amid, particularly
along the arroyo. and near Rio
Hondo.
The Valley is plentifully stock
ed with quail, Linn said, partic
ularly in northwest Hidalgo coun
ty. The season opens Dec. L Linn
said the Valley was well slocked
with deer, and turkey, partic
ularly in Starr, Willacy and
Brooks counties Ducks are begin
ning to ahow in large quantities
and several squadrons of wild geese
have been spotted.
Few violations of the state game
laws have been registered this
««asen. Linn said. Local sports
men. he said, expect the legisla
ture to revise many game laws
within the next few days, in view
of the federal game laws over
which President Roosevelt- exer
cises mandatory- authority.
At present, state game laws still
open the dove, and quail season
on Dec. 1. with a bag limit cf IS
doves per day and !2 quail Tur
key and deer seasons open Novem
ber 16 and close December 31. with
the usual bag limit of two deer and
three turkey per season. There
is a great deal of confusion in duck
laws, with the bag limit still
standing at 13 ducks a day. and 4
geese, with a limit of eight geese
per week Last year bunting was
limited to three days per week
for 30 days beginning October 20 1
CANNERS WILL
SHIP PRODUCE
INTOJUROPE
Industry to Take On
New Signifi c ante
With Cheaper Water
Rates Available
The canning Industry, which la
rapidly developing Into one of the
most important in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, will show a number
of changes during the season which
i 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
|fro l Harlingen to Brownsville In
order to be nearer deep water trans
portation facilities, and has estab
lished headquarters In the Valley
Bonded Warehouse nere.
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 Marts
Mr Davies is now in Philadelphia
aft ? 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 for the Lo» Fresnos
Packing company and the La Perta
Canning company and last year
moved 120 barrels of grapefruit
juice to England.
This year they expect to ship at
lei * 3000 barrels ol grapefruit juice
to that country.
In discussing operations of the
company, Mr Tolson said. The
canner in the Valley, and particular
ly the small canner. has been handi
capped in the past by the necessity
of packing 60.000 pounds in a freight
car to reach the best markets for
his goods and by inadequate finan
cing. which frequently compelled
him to sell on a failing market in
order to keep operating
“We hope to offer solutions to
these problems By- using this
bonded, fireproof warehouse, the
onh- one of its kind in the Valley,
we can store the canned goods of
plants which we represent and
have made arrangements whereby
the canner can borrow money on
his warehouse receipts This en
ables him to continue operating
without the necessity of selling his
goods on an unfavorable market."
Mr. Tolson pointed out also that
<See CANNERB on Page Nine)
COURT FREES
ACCUSED MAN
Rousseau Found Not Guilty
Of Stealing Officer’s
Automobile
An instructed verdict of not guilty
was ordered in criminal district
com here Thursday afternoon tor
John Rousseau, 26 former enlisted
man at Fort Brown charged with
theft of an automobile from County
Traffic Officer Bill Cfcbler, Jr.
here 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. Westervelt ordered the instruct
ed verdict.
In not permitting the case to go
to the Jury, the judge ruled that the
orosecutlon had failed to connect
Rousseau with the alleged theft.
The ex-soldiar was taken Into
custody at Saa Antonio about three
weeks ago by Cabier whr also locat
ed the missing car there badly dam
aged.
According to testimony. Rousseau
was negotiating with Cabier for pur.
chase of the car and had been using
It at the time it disappeared Aug
ust 8
Scion Of Texa*
Family Sentenced
DALLAS. Sept. 20 —(£»)— Alfred
W Hutchings, former teller of the
Fort Worth National bank pleaded
guilty Friday to embesdement of
sums totalling I2J10 and a 87,000
false entry F# blamed hone nee
gambling for his acts.
Judge William H Atwell, In
federal district court, sentenced
Hutchings, scion of a prominent
Texas family, to two years in Leav
enworth penitentiary.
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Night Football to Be
Feature of ’35 Season
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Gridsters Playing Linder Lights Expected
To Revive Interest Throughout Valley
With the early season «psit of
championship hopes glowing In
every camp, the lid comes off the
Valley football season Friday—a
season which will send BOO ambi
tions schoolboys through a sched
ule of about 100 games.
About 500 youngsters will play
on the Valley’s 16 "A" and “B"
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 winch
open this field of entertainment
to thousands who could not at
tend afternoon games. At least
eight high school teams will play
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, Harlingen and Edin
burg—will play under the lights,
and plants also will operate at
McAllen, Weslaco, San Benito,
Raymcndvtlle, Mission and pos
sibly others
The season was to be opened
Friday afternoon at Donna where
the defending **B” champions col
lide with the La Joya Coyotes of
the Tabaooo school district In
whet trill he e "breather” for the
champions.
Friday night Mercedes was to
Journey to Brownsville. La Feria
to Harlingen and Mission to Ed
inburg. Saturday night the Wes*
laco Panthers Journey to Kings*
rille for a tilt with the elam "A"
Brahmas. All of the opening
games are non-district affairs
A record crowd of 3,000 fans
waa expected to turn out here for
the Mercedes-Brownsville con
test inaugurating the 12,000, 60
000-watt night plant on Tucker
field. A short dedication ceremony
was to get under way at 7:45 over
a loud speaker system at the field.
Superintendent E. C. Dodd waa
to speak for the school, Otto
Manske for the Kiwants club. Dr
O. V. Laurence for the school
board and the coaches and co*
captains were to be introduced.
The game trf.ina at S p. m.
The inauguration of the plant
will be enlivened by the Fort
Broun band and the Brownsville
high school pep squad, headed by
Hazel Rom Deputy and iponaored
by Miss Elise Harmon
(See HOT CONTIaJT. on Page 11)
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SLAYING CASE
FLIERS FREED
Pilots Fighting For Life
Above Clouds, Says
Magistrate
TORONTO Sept. 30 f.Pi-Charges
of manslaughter against William
Jaeph Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis
m the death of Len Koenecke,
Brooklyn ball player. In an airplane
above the Lon? 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 Brooklyn
outfielder in seif defense after
Koenecke had suited a fight in a
plane piloted by Mulqueeney. Magis
trate Keith said he agreed v. 1th that
verdict.
Through all the evidence I can
find no indication of crlmliial in
tent," he said. ‘They mav have
struck more 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"
Mackerel Running
Again, Is Reported
Mackerel are running again!
Reports from Brazos-Santiago
Pass Del Mar and other sections
on the coast Friday were that one
of the largest runs of Spanish
mackerel of the season was !n pro
gress, which Is very rare 1 this
time of the year
The light northeast wind* of the
past few days have calmed coastal
waters, and brought this mtiah
sought-after fish in to the shore
Reports from Del Mar to The Her
ald through the Bateell-Wella Spit
ing Goods here Friday showed the
following catches:
E A. Rowley of Harlingen, three
Spanish mackerel and one black
snapper caught from the Jetty;
Jimmy Newman of San Benito, twc
redfish. one weighing 35 pounds: H.
R. Wilson of Harlingen. 7 redfish;
R. R. Roberts of Miami, Fla.. 7
speckled trout: Darwin Addington
of Shawnee. Okla., 3 if dfiah and 1
trcut.
If the weather conditions hold
many fishermen an? expected to toy
their luck over the week-end in
fishing in the su\!, from the Jet
ties. and In boats in the open Gulf
waters.
Bur! fishing has been fairly good
the past week.
Barrymore Eludes
His Former Protege
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—I/Pe— John
Barrymore, having successfully elu
ded his former protege, the 30
year-old Elaine Barrie, was re
ported "boarded ups in a suburban
La Grange hotel Friday.
The 53-year old actor arrived to
1 Chicago it I i. n tCST- and re
mained aboard the 30th Century
until ft was being shunted back
into the yards. Then he disappear
ed.
Awaiting him at the station was
Miss Barrie She had followed him
from New York by plane and ar
rived two and • half hours before
him. but Barrymore, locked to his
compartment and protected by
bodyguards, refused to be seen.
MRS. MOONEY
/ IS HUSBAND
Famous Prisoner's Wife
Says Were Mile Away
From Bombinf
6AN FRANCISCO. Sept 30. tJPy—
Short, plump Mrs. Tom Mooney re
turned eagerly to the witness stand
Friday to try to help clear her 66
year-old husband cf complicity in
the 1916 Prepeiedneas Day bombing,
for which he already has served 19
years of a life sentence.
Animated, at unes bitterly vindic
tive as she recalled testimony of
government witnesses In Mooney’s
trial so long ago. the blue-eyed wo
man Thursday recited in detail her
activities the day of the bombing,
recalling many events readily.
Perjured Testimony?
#
Her attitude indicated clearly her
conviction the current habeas cor
pus hearing before a referee appoint
ed by the California Supreme Cc-urt
is one of the biggest events of her
life
Alter she finishes her testimony
Israel Weinberg of Cleveland one
time San Francisco “Jitney" bum
driver, will be called as Mooney’s
counsel seeks to show he was con
victed on perjured testimony.
Weinberg now a Cleveland gar
ment manufacturer, was acquitted by
a Jury after he waa held for 20
months in Jail while Mooney and
Warren K Billings were convicted of
the bombing, in which 10 perso a
were killed and 40 injured. Mrs.
Mooney also was acquitted.
Gray-haired Mrs Mooney support -
ed her husband’s statement that
they were at the Ellers building on
(See MOONEY On Page Eight)
Solon To Convene
McDonald Probers
AUSTIN. Sept 30.—(J*>—Rep Pat
Dwyer of San Antonio said Friday
he would soon call a meeting of a
house committee that Investigated
official acts of J. E McDonald,
commissioner of agriculture Dwyer
said Rep. E E Hunter of Cleburne,
chairman, had refused to call a
session.
A majority of the committee,
headed by Dwyer, exonerated Mc
Donald of any misconduct.
Atterbury Dies
NEW YORK Sepu 30.—<JP>-The
Pennsylvania Railroad announced
late Friday that W W. Atterbury.
retired president of tin line, had
died in Bryn Mawr hospital. Phil
adelphia.
General Atterbury. wh was In hi?
70th year, had been 111 for some
time and underwent an operation
about a year ago.
He retired as president of the
railroad at a meeting of the board
In Philadelphia last April
Gen. Atterbury visited the Valley
several times during the past 30
years while inspecting railway
properties, and was wen known to
rail leaders and attorneys In this
section.
CONFERS WITH PWA
Z. A. Rosenthal, secretary of the
Brownsville Navigation district, has
gone to Fort Worth to confer with
PWA officials there an certain de
tails c4 construction on facilities at
the turning basin.
1L DUCE FACES
WAR WITHOUT
GOLDRESERVE
Britain Herself Is
Violating Treaty,
Mussolini Charges
Before League
(Copyright is»sy bv the
LONDON, Sept 30.—Can Europe,
still suffering financial pan*a from
the World War, support another
major conflict?
Prom Rome eamr Friday U»
answer “yes" by an Italian govern
ment spokesman, who said Italy
was ready to go ahead with Its East
African program "without eeonomio
help from anyone.™
A survey In European financial
circles disclose., that Italy‘a P tat
legions might be forced to make
good that claim, and Jiat what
amounts to private financial sanc
tions already have been virtually
applied against Italy by some other
nations of Europe.
Franc# Holds to Odd
TO borrow Calvin Coo tl dp'a
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 re porta from
Pam, especially It money waa
wanted for war
"If there is any lending power
left in the French pocket, the
French government itself needs It,*
said one financial authority m
Parte
'We would find it hard to reft.*
Muasoliri anything, but France her
self needs money”
This authority said half of
Frances currency is being hoarded,
meaning 40/00.000.000 francs < about,
S2 640.000.000) and is reposing in the
famous woolen sock "
French officials said only a war
in which the French people had a
vital Interest could force 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 making of the British fleet in
the Mediterranean had closed its
money bap as 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 the
Italian monetary system
Financier? said this apprehension
was strengthened by the latest re
port that Italy's gold reserve was
so weakened that the gold to cover
its currency was now only 34 per
cent.
Observers who have watched
Europe since the World War how
ever. pointed out that minor wars
have not been won or lost by fin
ance alone. f
MUSSOLINI PROTESTS
BRITISH WARSHIPS
'Copyright 1935, by the A P i
ROME, Sept. 20.—A high author
ity said Friday that Premier Mua
sollnl had ordered a protest to tha
League of Nations council against.
Great Britain's dispatch of war
ships to the Mediterranean
This authority said that n Due*
had instructed Baron Porrbro AJoisl,
Italy s chief delegate to the league,
to call the council's attention to the
situation created by the British re
inforcement* of their regular Medi
(Sce EUROPE on Page Eight)
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