Newspaper Page Text
®je BnramauUlf Herald baUbluheo July «. im, As • Daily Newspaper, b; JetM a Wheeler J M. STUN . RALPH L BUELL Publisher Editor Published every afternoon 'except Saturday) and Sunday morning Entered aa second-class la the Pustofflce. Brownsville, THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY 1263 Adams 8t. Brownsville Texas MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbe Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use of for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published herein. TEXAS DAILY PRESS UAUUI Nation*] Advertising Repreecatauve Dolls*. Texas 513 Merchentlie Bans Bida. K»nm City Mo. 301 Interstate Bldg, Chicago. HI. ISO N Ml eh if on Avo. Lot Angeles. Cell!. 1015 New Orpheua Bldg. Mew York. N T. 370 Lexington Are. 8t Undo Mo. 506 8tar Bldg. Baa Francisco Calif. 155 Bsnsomo at. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By earner—la Brownsville and aU Rio Oroads Valley eittee IN a week; 75e e month. By Mall—la The Rio Orande Volley, la odvaacot one year, ft OO. els months. $3.75; 3 months. $3. By Mall—Outside of the Rio Orondo Vaueyi TSo pet month; $9 00 per year; • month* $4-50 Thursday, March 7, 1935 CO-OPERATIVE TOURIST ADVERTISING Corpus Christi, so we read in the Cor pus Christi Times, is preparing to run a •eries of advertisements in Florida news papers, appealing to the 70,000 “dissatis fied winter touristy in St. Petersburg and other Florida cities,” and telling them of the advantages of Corpus Christi as a winter resort. It appears that a Texas* woman, win tering in Florida, has written Chamber of Commerce Manager J. E. Bell, telling of overcrowded conditions, of excessively high rents and other disadvantages to which winter visitors in that section of Florida are being subjected. Of course, right off the bat, we would remark that this Texas lady should have known better, that she should have come to Corpus Christi or Laredo or the Valley to spend her winter, rather than to have ventured so far from home to a section which offers far less attractions to the w inter tourist than any of the three points mentioned. But on the other hand, the lady prob ably read the advertisements of Florida resorts in some of the larger upstate papers, and the advertising had the ef fect good advertising always does have, and drew her to Florida. Right here we are wondering. Advertising costs money, yes indeed, and returns money dividends to those who use it judiciously and honestly. Perhaps an advertising campaign that would be worthwhile is impossible for Corpus Christi, for Laredo, for the Valley; but would it be inconsistent, out of order, money wasted, for Corpus Christi. Laredo and the Valley to pool their resources and embark on a campaign to tell the world of the advantages of South Texas as a winter resort? Such a campaign could and would point out the good times that those read ing could have in Corpus Christi. Then the reader would be carried down to the Valley for a spell, being sent from here over to Laredo and. on to Monterrey. From Monterrey over to Victoria and back to Brownsville up the Valley to Corpus Christi again and then home, would make a real nice little trip. We may be ahead of our time, we may be giving credit for a willingness to co operate for the common good that does not exist, but we firmly believe the idea is good, that the advertising would pay, that it would save all sections concerned some money, and that tourists would be drawn to all three points mentioned as a result. ..—. WORK VERSUS MONEY Eugene Grace, who drew down $3, 669,000 in bonuses from Nie Bethlehem Steel Company during the war yeajrs, tells the senators who are investigating the munitions business that to pay an indus trialist an army officer’s pay in wartime would just naturally disrupt everything. “Greatest efficiency comes from hav ing the individual interested in the results of the work he performs,” he said, adding that nothing had ever been invented that would make men work as hard as the lure of money. One wonders if Mr. Grace has not done himself and other industrialists an in justice. The army used some of our greatest industrialists in France during the war, giving them the pay and emol uments of colonels and brigadier generals, and got a tremendous amount of highly efficient work out of them. It is a fairly safe bet that it would have got the same kind of service out of Mr. Grace himself. The challenge of the itself can be a more potent incentive than the fattest of bonuses. March, April Worst Period for Measles By DR. MORRIS F1SHBE1N Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hygala. the Health Magazine March and April are the worst months for measles In Illinois 2509 new cases of measles were reported in the third week in February—the highest mark thus far reached this year. Measles also is especial ly prevalent at this time in Wisconsin. Iowa, and ; Kansas. . Measles has been called the commonest of all ln i fectious diseases. It appears in all climates and af fects all races. It is likely to be less prevalent in ' rural districts than in the cities, because it spreads from one person to another. Although measles usually attacks children, it oc casionally attacks adults also. This is particularly the case in sparsey inhabited areas, such as tropt , cal islands and northern Canada, where the disease is less likely to attack in infancy. During an epi demic of measles in Labrador, most of the cases oc curred among grown-up people including some from 50 to 60 years of age • 99 While the cause of measles is not definitely known the condition Is recognized as infectious and may be transferred from one person to another by inject ing the blood from an infected person to one who is not Infected. The characteristic sign of measles is the eruption which appears on the skin about the fourth day. j usually on the back of the neck and behind the ears, and then spreading to the front of the face, the trunk, and the thighs; the palms and the soles of the feet are usually the last to be affected. This eruption usually lasts about three days, but sometimes as long as eight. In a few cases it may appear suddenly and disappear on the same day. The chief danger is not from the disease itself, but from the complications which affect ears, eyes, and. most of all. the chest Fatalities occur more from pneumonia and tuberculosis which follow, than the measles itself • • • The highest number of deaths occurs m Infancy. After the age of 10. the number of deaths from meas les is very low. Nowadays we ha\e a specific method of treating measles. It involves ujc of the serum of the blood 1 taken from a person who has recently recovered from the disease. In prevention of meases, this serum may be injected into the body, to give the person who receives it the protection afforded by the resistance of the person who has had the disease and recovered Use of this serum is especially recommended In cases of infants and children below 3 years of age who were in contact with the disease, because the death rate Is highest at this age. The convalescent serum used for children also is recommended in orphan asylums and institutions of various kinds, where children are crowded to gether and in which measles, once It appears, may spread rapidly. SCOTT’S SCKAI’IIOOK.By R. J. Scott » ■ - ■ ■— !— . ---, — ■ — — „ . .. ■ ..I. - ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ - —— Lumbermen Boat down mountainsides in BRiTfsH coLumbia in boards nailed To aether Tfity 'Travel DOWN aUMES US ED To FLOAT ).0<<S FROM MOUNTAIN TOPS To 5AW-MILLS AT A MILE A MINUTE 5PEED MDon't you wish you may get it?" CART&ON* SUCH *5 <HI> APPENDED ON MMLIUQ ENVELOPES 75 >TE#\R.S *00_ WOW E*GER.Ltf SOUQHf by Agu.m^fe_Rs f ©me of -t&e Queerest MONKEV$ m-fhE WORVD IS -rt*E AVE-AVE OF MADARA5CAR- VC NEVER HA* BEEN SEEM IN DAVUQHT' - (wrrt^l lMIk NrCtatni h«i Aaaeutran.UK. 1*. A, Todays Alinanac. March ly t6S*,?rovide^* U.I_ founded. fesssss hofticulWrisl.born 1*WX china leases rbrt Arthur bo ^ -Russia. W^Ahncnac proposes that Hu morists.plou> under every 3. joke about ■ J plowir - rthir' und The World At a Glance BY LESLIE E1CHEL i Central Press Staff Writer) NEW YORK. March 7. — There probably will be much discussion now In administration circles con cerning federal Judges. Five who gave adverse decisions on the NR A are old standpat Re publican appointees. They hold their jobs for life. But there are 30 emergency judge ships—and congress now has a meas ure before it to make those perma nent. life-long. That means re moval only by impeachment. There may be a searching investi gation of those appointees prior to making their tenure permanent. Administration supporters say that many of the federal district Judges are unaware or unresponsive to vast social changes that have occurred since the days they wrre outincom pettive life, chiefly as corporation lawyers. Dona her’a Letter A. Vic Donahev. Ohio democrat known for pursuing his own course, who came to the United States sen ate in spite of the Roosevelt admin istration. is running true to colors. He, together with Senator Robert Bulkley. of Ohio, ordinarily a Roose velt supporter, voted for the "pre vailing wage" amendment. Ohio has a large industrial popu* la t ion. But of course, both senators re ceived some protests. Senator Donahey <and this Is char acteristic) responded to each pro testor with this form letter (and saw that workers heard of tt>: “With relation to your objections on my vote for the McCarran amendment. let me advise you that I have never yet short-changed a working man. and never will, knowingly. *'E’ cry progressive man In the sen ate \oted for this measure. I will continue to support it. The public was l«*d to believe that it would cost additional billions by reason of the adoption of this amendment. This is absolutely untrue. It will not coat one cent additional. "The principal that "the laborer Is a-orthy of his hire" should apply equally to the unemployed as well as to the employed labor of America In either public or private endeavor. Why lower the living standards of all working people because of the desperation of the unemployed? "The majority cannot Jam their policies down my throat unless thev are right Furthermore, for your in formation. I anil vote against the $4,880,000,000 public works appropri ation if it is not earmarked and in telligently explained I am in full sympathy with public work relief but I have some regard for my oath of office. "I will make mistakes, but thev will not be dictated mistakes; they will be mistakes of Judgment. I ap preciate frank, honest criticism.’’ • • • Courts Once more there arises within lib era] circles. Joined now by New Deal adherents, a suggest.on for a consti tutional amendment to prohibit courts. Including the United States supreme court, from Invalidating legislation enacted by congress. The United 8tates Is the only country in the world In which the legislative body can be overruled by a court — particularly by a court not elected by the people. Str.ct legalists may shrink at bringing courts into dose contact with the mass of people, but what is the reason for law except to bring social Justice? Such is the question put by liberals. Yet many judges try to bring so cial Justice into conformity with outworn legal practices. • • • Mayor Florello H La Guardis may yet be a republican presidential possibility. He is quietly appointing republicans to any Job in which a! vacancy appears, or which he does not abolish for reasons of economy It would be irony if the republicans I were to contest for the highest office i n the United States with a one ime Socialist. Sally s Sallies ■ . . i News Behind the News Capital and world goaatp, evanta id perar taUUaa Is and »t at tha news. wrtttao by a group at tarlaaa and lafcnneo newspaper men at Washington aad New York ThU nolnmn u puousnMi oy Tha Herald aa a newt feature Opinion* expressed are thoaa « the writer* aa Individuals and should not be interpreted ae re flecting the editorial policy at this WASHINGTON By GEORGE DLRNO Pie* — It was a matter of no amazement to those who know Huey Long and his political back* ground when he announced. In his off*handlsh way. he might run for re-election as governor of Louisiana. The Ktngflsh never has. enjoyed himself In the senate. That au gust body cramps his exuberant style. He is just one of 96 senator* and momentarily out of character as Dictator of the Delta Huey moves restlessly about the chamber all day chatting with this senator and that, slapping backs and mak ing himself as agreeable as pos sible — but he Is the loneaomest man in the upper house of con gress. With his quick mind Senator Long got onto the ropes in no time at all. He has used every conceivable parliamentary dodge to make things uncomfortable for his opponents and has had fun sticking a finger into nearly every pie that came along. • • • Whip-Saw — But the Big Sharer of-Wealth misses the No 1 position he enjoys back In Louisiana — al beit with the aid of a well-armed bodyguard. He likes to be dictator and he likes to hear the applause of the galleries. Although most of the cheers you see eminatlng from Louisiana via the press wires are of the Bronx variety, the palm* clap together avidly when he makes an appearance on the home grounds The salvos of applause bear tribute to his distribution of state patron age Those estimating the situation from Washington see a slight catch in Huey’s renewed gubernatorial as pirations. however. His political movements are full of catches. The free-wheeling Long legisla ture recently Jumped the Louisiana primaries—which are tantamount j to election—up to January This permits him to be elected governor to all Intents and purposes next January while still serving in the D. 8 senate. In the meantime, if he wants to run for president Just to see how It works out he ha* plen ty of time before the June conven tion* of 1936. He can t lo*e. • • • Counting — Big smoke Is goim up from the strike vote called In 176 automobile union* affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, although the call made clear a strike was imperative even if out voted. Until the final count Is In no one can tell how much fire might be under the smoke. It is a fact, how ever. that the A F of L. has made distressingly poor progres* In Its ef forts to organise the automotive In dustry. No organized labor official worthy yf his position would admit it pub licly but some of them Intimate privately it is a desperation move , to county favorable noses • • • Unseating — Washington labor headquarters has received confi dential reports that make it appre hensive about the situation In Tole do. where one of 1934‘a bloodiest strikes was staged. As the word reaches the A F. of L building, radical agitator* once again are boring from within for the sole purpose of stirring up a walkout Already two local Toledo union officials have been unseated because they were too conservative in their outiook on the general relationship between capital and labor. Stet — Get those pink slip* ready telling what your gross and net In come and actual tax amount to for the year 1934. The house ways and means com mittee knew even before it made a move to repeal the publicity clause on taxation that the senate would not ‘'tand for It. When members of both bodies met very informally last week sen ators present threatened that should the house send over a reDealer they would tum the situaton exactly around and sponsor more drastic publicity. Instead of making us re veal our totals they would move to throw the detailed tax return open for Inspection. With only eight days intervening there lsnt much chance for killing the pink slips break and Secretary of State Hull • • • Smooth — Columbia is getting a is getting a headache since the re ciprocal trade agreement between the United States and Braril was signed Here's the reason whv: Brazil and Colombia ship more coffee than anything else Into this country. Coffee always has been on the free list Colombia signed a trade agreement months ago. in which she of course made conces sions. but it never got ratified by her legislature — which was too concerned with the row with Peru over Letltla to bother about fore ign matters. The Brazilian agreement binds coffee definitely on the free list. Colombia, under the mo6t-favored natlon clause, can take advantage of that without ever ratifying the reciprocal agreement if she desires • • • Cut-Ins — A lot of credit has been given the American Federation of Labor legislative lobby for swinging the 44-43 vote which passed the McCarran resolution originally di recting President Roosevelt to pay work-reliefers the prevailing wage in any community. There was another influence working hand in hand with the workers — and they were none oth er than certain of the employers. Construction and building trades industrialists in many sections think the White House plans to adminls ther the proposed public worka fund through government agents clear down the line. Some of them had visions of federal employes super vising and overseeing works, thus killing the cut-ms of private eon ‘OH, I JUST THINK YOU’RE TERRIBLE!’ tractors — always liberal contribu tors to political funds, ro prevent this they were willing to go along on the prevailing-wage clause. Mikes — Time marches on In the White House The basement oval room, which was a diplomatic recep tion room back In the early 1800's, has been fixed over Into a room for radio broadcasts and sound movies Special drapes to eliminate out side noise hahg on the windows. The desk the president uses has ape clal connections for mikes, etc. • • • Note* — Mary Roberts Rinehart has left Washington and taken up residence in New York sCity . . . Senator George of Georgia is in charge of the contest between Den nis Chavez and Bronson Cutting over the New Mexico senatorehlp . . . The NBA investigation bv the senate finance committee start* at the grass-roots . . . Interstate com-1 merce commissioners are afraia of, being reorganized out of their job* i —they blame Joe Eastman ... Sub sistence homestead funds have been absorbed by urgent relief needs. Th odds against all four persons In a bridge game holding perfect hands, 13 cards of one suit, are 3. 235.197.406.366.368.301.599.999 is U according to statisticians. In rcent years, more than IJjOOO. 000 seres of forest lsnd In the United States has reverted to public owner ship through Us delinquency. • «S9 WEA 8EOV.CC. >*G IBUIR HERE TOO A I CALK HCNDENAO.1, piNO ■** &. nnrki la a allk mill Ml* a a* Art IM-prar-al* krnlkfl. PHIL. •aaaart ibrli lavalM fitktr STEAL MCA ERA aba ala* work* la tbr mill, aaba Gal* I* atirrp Ala*. Ah* Aria pa (Itlac Art laiatr. Gal* a*** akaltaA A**aAa IhroaaA tk* I** an* la *vaea*4 Ap HRUA WIJTROHE, win# fnlArr. aaa* Ira*, kalll tA* Mill Brtaa Aaa ***** ham* aftet la* p*ara la Part*, rrali la lab* Ala ala** la lA* aalll VICKI THATCHER. laa(Ar*r *« ROBERT THATCHER. c*a*ral ■ main al tk* aallL a*Ari**a t* rapMtat* Brtaa Mb* a*** Alai wliA Cal* aa* la fart***. Caa Irtrlac I* a**t Gal*, a A* t*ll* A*r that aA* iVlfbpt a*A Rrlaa ar* rniatri t* A* aanIHl Gal* A*ll*tlaa Brtaa Aaa A**a aaaaalaa a■aiartf at h«r •***•••- »• M***»lp A art. A A* ******* •* t*« Ala asala. Brtaa. rryla* *• »*r»*t Gat*. taraa ta VI*Ap PAII l*a*a Ala lab aft** a a*ar*A f*» war A. A* •* r.aairr* ED VOGEL wtlA trlrada. ATROI OE. aad 'LEKTl ' Tbrr* la a at***t B*At la ***** •tarra fala TA*a a raa la Ar*B BOW GO OB WITH THE ATOHl CHAPTER XU1 THERE waa »n instant of parsiy ala tnd then frenzy. A non oub ol solcca. Men with startles eyes end Manned feces. A sens* of tragedy, electric, contagious. In the air. Someone shouted "He's tilled him?** end. aa though at a signal, the epell was broken. Joe Glllasple shoved a barrlcad tog shoulder aside and poshed hit way forward. “Phil!" be cried “Phil—!* But the sprawling figure on the sidewalk was not Phil Henderson A man on his knees, banding over the limp body. said. *8omeooe call a doctor. Tall him to harry!" Men were trooping oat of the pool ball now and lights flashed in nearby bolldlnga The crowd In tbs street swelled, as tbongb by magic Women‘a voices Joined with men *. “What’s happened?" "Did come body fire a gun?* "Who was It?" The qneMlons rose, shrill, asclt ed. "It’a Ed Vogel! “WHATT* "Someone shot Ed Vogel!" "Vogel—they eay somebody's killed him “ “Did yon find out what hap pened T“ "It’a Vog ol! 80MEB0DT KILLED ED VOGEL!" Phil Henderson stared atnpldly at the man on tbs sidewalk. "But —what was It?" ha asked. “1 mean bow—?" Tbs sentence was never finis bed Phil tamed as someone gripped bis arm. It was Stroode. his sly face distorted and menacing. "Here he la!" Stroode sbonted “Don’t let him get away!” "But Stroude—!“ "Grab him!* The other man’s voice rose higher. "He shot Ed VogeL He’s the one who did tt!“ The look of amazement on Pbil’a face tamed to panic “Bat. Stroode. 1 didn’t! Too know 1 . didn’t ahoot him Why. wa were lout fighting—*’ “Listen you can’t get away with that I saw you? Everybody ner* saw you. Too killed Ed Vage* aad you’ll hang for m* * POLICEMAN iliooidtml Hit ** way Into tb« crowd "What's tbe trouble?" bo demanded, mod then, sector tbo figure on tbo side walk, added ■ sharp exclamation. “It's Ed Vogel." 8trr»nde told him "And this Is tbo fellow who shot blm.** -I didn't!" Phil s protest was lost Tbo doc tor was pash Ing tbrougb tbs crowd. Issuing orders for tbo on lookers to stand bark. Tbo doctor knelt on tbe sidewalk, slipped as arm under tbo crumpled body. His sordid came crisply a mo ment later. "He's 01100." bo an nounced. "Can't tell bow badly he's hurt. We'll base to got blm to tbo hospital as sooo as possible Somebody giro mo a band—" Volunteers stepped forward. Tbo doctor took eharge efficiently quiet ly. In 10 minutes an ambulance had arrived and Vogel was lifted Inside. His ayes remained closed There was a dark stain ea tbe front of bis coat A woman's voles roes, weeping hysterics lly. as the ambulance set off down tbe street At a distance Stroode’s eompen ton. “Lefty " was say.ng to the po .Iceman. "8ure. I saw blm! Tbit roy and Vogel bad this argument Tbs fsllow got agty and Vogel let blm bare ft He was getttn tbe best of ft when ibis guy pulled tbe gun—" "But I didn't!" PbO protested “1 haven't got a gun. 1 tell yon!" "Haven't ebr Tbe policeman's hands, slapping Phil's cost pockets, sneountarsd something balky. He reached In side. drew ont a il revolver. It bad a doll black bsndle. Anyone who bad glimpsed tbe weapon In Stroud# s pocket two Boors earlier would bave said tt was tbe same "So yon haven't got a revoiverr Phil stared at the gun “Na bs said. "1 don’t know where that cams from. I’ve sever seen tt be fore. 1 swear to God—!" "That's enough!" tbs policeman cut In gruffly. Com# along. Both these fellows say they saw you shoot him. 1 found tbs gun on you. If Vogel dies It’ll be marder you'll be charged with. Get that? Marder!" "But I tell yod I didn't—1" "Get going!" Tbe policeman's club emphasised tbe order. r\ULL light sifted through tbe single barred window of tbe jail eelL Gale Henderson sat on tba narrow eot, her arms around her brother. "Ob. Phil!" she said her voles choking. "I was framed. Gala I didn't do It!" "I know." Gale held a beodker chief, already limp, to bar eyes "Of course. 1 know yon didn't do It Anybody should know that. But. oh—it’s so dreadfuL What are w« going to da PbllT What are we going to do?" "They say tf Vogel dies—^ Gale's shoulders moved convul sively. Her band, on bar brothers arm. tightened. “He's pot to get well!" she cried “1 won 1 tbtnk of anything slaw—I won t believe tL He's—nty he’s got to §0L va|i£ Phil patted Mr arm "Don’t, Sin." he said. "Don’t take It that way." "Rnt I rant help It The Idea of you here—In a place Ilka thie—" > “Never mind that," PhO aaJ4 gruffly. "I ll cot oat of It eon# way. 1 don’t want yon worrying, feeling eo bad. I—I*m not worth It All I do H make trouble for yoo—borrowing your money and not paying It back, toeing my kk getting arretted. It wan bad enough before, but now thlsl" -Don’t!" Gale aald. “Theft not true. Phil." “Oh tt'e true all right I*m Inet no good." "Phil, pleaeel Don’t talk Uko that" He went on. an though he had not beard her. "The wornt la haw log Dad know—1• "He’ll anderstand. PhlL He'S know it wasn’t your fault" She was petting bin band eoothlngly. ae though it were a child's. • • e GALE aald. "Everything^ going to be aD right We'll And a way—1" "Ton haven’t heard anything more about Vogel?" "They said be was Inst the same" » Phil’s law set la a bard line "If I only knew about that gun!" be said. "Someone must have put It In my pocket when the crowd was milling around. If only—" "Too didn’t ootice anything?" "No! I didn’t know anything about It until the policeman pulled It out I never saw that gun km fore In mv Ufa How could Lefty and Stronde have seen me shoot Vogel when I didn’t have a gun?" “They didn’t see yoa Of eoun»e, they didn’t But they’re friends of Vogsl’s and they’ve been spread ing the story that you and Vogel bad bad trouble before. Oh. Phil, there must bs others who eaw what happened, who know yen didn’t do ttf" ‘Tbere’s Joe—I don’t know abont tha othera It all happaned la such a hurry. I can’t remem ber exactly. I was watting fur Joe. and then Vogel came along and aald soma things that mads me ■ore. We started lighting and eomu of the others got tats ft. Vogel landed a couple of hard oneo end I swung beck at him—and aB of a sadden I heard the gun. Vogel ^ looked sort of fanny and fast slumped down to the sidewalk. Then, the next thing 1 knew. Stronde had grabbed me and be wae yef^bg to everybody that I’d done it. that I’d shot Vogel.” A voice from the doer Interrupt ed. "Ton’ll hava to go warn. Miss Henderson. Time's up." "All right" Gale got to bur toot Once more her arms went aronnd her broth fr* preening him close "Every thing's going to be all right." she assured him. She went out Into the corridor and opened a door. Steve won waiting for her. Gale took one look et him and harried forward. She as id “Ob Steve • bat's hap pened. U It Vogel— T _ tie Be leeUamdLA