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PHILIPPINE’S
CONSTITUTION
OKEH IS GIVEN
WASHINGTON. March SS (M*)—A
flourish of President Roosevelt’s pen
S^urday brought Philippine lnde
p&dence another step nearer reali
sation.
Surrounded by Philippine and
United States officials, the president
approved the recently drafted in
sular constitution.
That marked the last action neces
sary by the United States for the es
tablishment of home-rule govern
ment In Manila on November IS.
Nominates Jostle*
To the assembled officials, Mr
Roosevelt announced that he would
nominate Claro M. Recto to be a
Justice of the supreme court of the
Philippine Islands -‘in recognition ol
his able services as president ol
the Philippine constitutional con
vention."
The president added:
"I am happy to state that the
constitution submitted to me upon
behalf of the Philippine constitution
al convention with certification un
der the Tydings-McDuffie indepen
dence act conforms with the pro
visions of the act.
“The members of the convention
are congratulated on the satisfactory
completion of a task so important
and significant in the life of their
people.
“In the event of ratification of
this constitution, the authority
granted to the commonwealth gov
ernment will permit exercise by the
Philippine people of general con
trol. subject to only a few important
exceptions of their local affairs.
‘•During the period of the com
monwealth. there will remain with
the government authority commen
surate with and necessary for or ap
propriate to the ultimate respon
sibilities of sovereignty.
To Continue Experiment
“Animated solely by feelings ol
cordiality, sympathy and loyalty, the
people of the United States and the
people of the Philippine islands have
been conducting together a great
experiment, and during the period of
the commonwealth government tins
experiment, and during the period
of the commonwealth government
this experiment will continue until
the ultimate withdrawal of United
States sovereignty and the establish
ment of complete independence.”
The members of the Filipino mis
sion here and resident commission
ers Delgado and Guevara, said
"The Filipino people are deeply
grateful to President Roosevelt for
the favorable action taken by him
on their constitution."
Recto will be nominated to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of Justice Thomas A. Street, effec
ve May 1, 1935.
Ten years hence, under commit
ients of the act passed Just a year
jo by congress, the Philippine re
iiblic is to be established, but Sat
rday’s formality was accompanied
f some indication that this finai
>peration from the United States
light be postponed.
Praising the constitution, the
resident certified its acceptability
, Governor General Frank Murphy.
Id then congratulated Manuel L
rezon. president of the Philippine
mate and considered the probable
rst president of the commonwealth.
Others present were Scenery
•m .Manuel Roxas. who has been
enUoned as possible choice for the
lands’ first vice president; Claro
[ Recto, president of the conven
or! that fathered the constitution
id other members of the group that
rlivered the document to the prea
lent last Monday. .. to
Governor Murphy was expected to
immon the island ta
ediately to arrange a plebiscite on
•ceptance of the constitution. After
ypular approval election of the new
jvernmerit officials is scheduled.
Flashes of Life
(By Th« Associated Pres*)
go Mohammed—Etc.
PITTSBURGH —T. C Llewel
lyn Is the alert watcher for
alarms In the fire department
and he hasn't time to go places—
even to court as a wttrt ss.
So Judge Norman T. Boose
brought a court stenographer and
the plaintiff to Uewllyns cubby
hole
With one eye on the alarm
system. Llewellyn told what he
knew about the accident in which
Dorothy Rees was hurt.
Not legal Tender
SHARON. Pa.—Other things be
sides the calendar prove that
spring is here.
Oscar Mehler. shoe store mana
ger. went to ring up a sale and
found two little garter snakes tn
his cash drawer
Mehler is doing a little detect
ing In the hope of finding a prac
tical Joker.
K Is Too Many
GARDEN CITY. Kas — *Tm
telling you Henry Wallace won't
like this,” commented Carl Sever
after his red and white brood
»ow had violated a corn-hog pro
duction contract for the third
straight time.
First she produced 19 pigs,
going above the contract by 25
per oent; then she added 17
more and just the other day she
gave Mr Wallaces reduction pro
gram another jolt with 30 pork
era
\f alley-Wide Poatal
Parley It Scheduled
(By Staff Correspondent)
BAN BENITO. March 23—Post
masters and postal employees from
over the Valley will meet Friday
night at the Stonewall Jackson
hotel to discuss postal matters.
Among speakers will be Sam P
Nagel of San Antonio, district
postal Inspector; Charles C. Stewart,
assistant postmaster at Browns
ville: and John F Rodgers post
master at Harlingen who will speak
on his experiences as a Missouri
state senator.
Outside speakers wtf| include Dr
Arthur Frederick Sheldon of Miami
University who la wintering m the
Valley.
A program of entertainment also
w to be provided.
Slot machines dispense ices in a
'busy Los Angles suburb.
Lady Doyle Is Skeptical
* * * * * *****
Of Airplane Seance With
* **** *****
Her Late Famous Husband
LONDON. March 23. t*»>—Lady
Conan Doyle said Saturday “1 don't
recall that Sir Arthur ever discuss
ed anything so silly as an airplane
seance.**
(In an airplane seance Thurs
day over New York City, voices
identifying themselves as coming
from the spirits of the late Sherlock
Holmes' creator and others, were re
INDIANS LAUGH
AT WAR RUMOR
LEWISTON. Idaho. March 23. (&
— Blood curdling warhoops re
sounded in the Nez Perce Indian
reservation Saturday and died in
roars of laughter from red men and
white.
The Nez Perce warriors, garbed
in ready-made clothing, whooped
loudly when they were unofficial
ly informed—through letters writ
ten by a woman in Forest Hills. N.
Y.—that they had gone on the war
path and massacred several promi
nent New York men in the Snake
river valley.
Postmaster Fred Kling. the
sheriff of Nez Perce county, the
Lewiston chief of police and Idaho
National Guard all received letters
telling them of the Nez Perce out
breaks and massacre.
The letter said in part:
“The Nez Perces and other In
dians have been guilty of murder
in the Snake valley region near the
hot springs. • • • They have shot
and killed several prominent men.
stripped them of their clothes, tied
their hands and feet and thrown
them naked into the hot springs
basin where they swirled around and
perished."
When they finished laughing, the
warriors started their automobiles
and went riding, or returned to
their spring plowing.
Not since Chief Joseph led a
band of braves on the war path in
1877 ha* there been an Indian war
in this region.
REV Dim RETURNS
SAN BENITO, March 23 — Rev.
S. C Dunn, pastor, will be back in
the First Methodist church pulpit
Sunday after having conducted a
series of meetings in Raymondville.
The Cantoliers will present a special
musical program at the evening
service. It has- been announced by
Chmn. R. L. Valentine that there
will be a special meeting of the
board of stewards Monday night.
W. H. Potter Diet
SAN BENITO March 23 — Mr
and Mrs C. L. Potter are in San
Antonio where they were called by
the death of W H. Potter. 78. father
of the local fire chief The decedent
at one time lived in San Benito ana
La Feria where he operated cafes.
He died suddenly of an heart at
tack.
ported. A voice ascribed to 8lr Ar
thur said “recall to Lady Doyle our
talk with John Goldstrom" The lat
ter was a passenger on the planej
Lady Doyle said she was extreme
ly skeptical about the voice and de
clared that her husband, as far as
she could recall, never discussed
the matter “either with Goldstrom
or anybody else."
“I would recall it if he had. He has
warned me time and again against
these many mediums, especially
American, who claim to be in touch
with him and he would not need to
tell others that he is guiding my in
terests. He tells me constantly and
I know it is true.”
She acknowledged that Goldstrom
is a reputed spiritualist but express
ed a suspicion that some one among
his fellow passengers might have
been guilty of a little plain or fancy
faking.
Lady Doyle also denied claims of
Howard Thurston, magician, that he
was the last of the trio to possess a
keyword Sir Arthur was U> have
attempted to send from beyond the
grave.
(Thurston, after the airplan
seance, said the identifying word
was not a part of the remarks at
tributed to the "spirit.** He prev
iously said that Conan Doyle left
the kev word with three friends.
Harry Houdini. John M. Hilliard
and himself. Thurston now is the
only one alive.)
Salvation Army’*
History Is Told
( By Staff Correspondent)
6AN BENITO. March 23. —His
tory of the Salvation Army was
told by Col. W. J. Jenkins at the
Rotary club meeting at the Stone
wall Jackson hotel this meek He
has been in the Army for over 50
years.
Visiting Rotarians: Dr Altus
Lyle, E. C. Watson. P A. Hoidale.
Jack King. Stanley Yount and
George Wroten, Harlmgen: T. J.
Chidlow. McAllen; Tom Spencer.
Houston.
Milton Atkins. William Day and
J. W. Porter of Houston were
guests.
Blast Kills Man
PORT ARTHUR. March 23 Pi
Burns received in an acetylene tank
explosion here caused the death Sat
urday of Clarence Carr and Haroi
Moore
Another victim. Ennis Louvler
was not expected to live.
Flying debris Injured Sam H
Butler and Harold C Poole but thej
were not in a critical condition.
The blast occurred at the Texas
company's terminal. A hose leadin'
to the acetylene tank ignited and
exploded the tank.
Mrs. Ethel Lawrence. Memphis.
Tenn. bas been in the bird busi
ness for 30 years. Besides being an
expert at restoring voices to cana
ries. she repairs dislocated hips,
broken back.*, closed windpipes and
other canary ailment*.
SHARE-CROPPER
OFFICERS FLEE
MARKED TREE. Alt.. March tt
UP)—With two of their number hid
ing after hearing alleged “death
threat*,” leaders of the Southern
Tenant Farmers' Union, embroiled in
a bitter controversy with Poinsett
county planters. Saturday awaited
answer to a request for a federal
investigation into what the union's
attorney called a "campaign of ter
rorism.”
Leaving behind him his wife and
six children. W. H. Stults. the
union’s president, vanished from
home Friday night after telling his
family that four men had warned
him to "get out of town or we will
shoot your brains out and throw
your bodv in the St. Francis river.
C. T. Carpenter, attorney for the
union, planned to confer with Stultz
Saturday on their future course and
to see about the comfort of Mrs.
Stultz and the children.
Meanwhile. A. B. Brookins, a
negro organizer for the share-crop
pers. remained away from town. He
fled Wednesday night after 32 shots
had been fired into his residence. .
Rangers Make Dallas
Law Breakers Uneasy
DALLAS. March 23. —Gam
bling and liquor law violators Sat
urday anxiously watched the move
ments of three Texas Rangers,
headed by Captain Fred McDaniel,
who came to Dallas after wrecking
some resorts in Fort Worth and
raiding two hotels there.
“We are here with our eyes wide
open.1’ McDaniel said, when asked
about his plans. With him were
Rangers 8id Kelso and Dick Old
ham.
“We are just here on a brief visit
and probably will leave Saturday
night for Austin.” Captain Mc
Daniel added. "But well be back.”
Suits Are Filed To
Disbar Texas Pair
SAN ANTONIO. March 23 —
Suits to either disbar or suspend
from the practice of law John H
Cunningham and Z. D. Bonner
were filed by Criminal District At
torney John R. Shook here Satur
day.
The attorneys are under federal
court sentences of eight years and
$10,000 fines in connection with
embezzlement and misapplication of
funds from the Commercial Na
tional bank of which Bonner is a
former president. The cases are on
appeal.
High Jap Official
Escapes Assassin
TOKYO. March 23 Police
Saturday prevented an apparent at
tempt to assassinate Baton Kito
kuro Ikki. president of the privy
council, arresting a member of a
patriotic organization who at
tempted to force his way into Ikki's
home armed with a dagger.
Police gave the assailant's name
as Daihachi Kikuchi. member of
the Kokusui Taishuto society.
Later they raided the headquar
ters of the organization and ar
rested nine more men. who offered
some resistance.
Patman Who Is Back
Of Inflation Plans,
Once Texas Farmer
WASHINGTON. March » C*V
A Tex els lawyer who one* wu a cot
ton fanner and a Pennsylvanian
whose flying feet carried him to the
athletic height* In his younger days
received the congratulation* of
friends Saturday upon their bonus
victory in the house.
When Representative Wright Pat
man came to Washington six years
ago from Texarkana “904 miles from
El Paso" a* he’ll tell you—his first
GIRL CHARGED
IN STABBING
NEW ORLEANS, March 23 (AV
Formerly charged with murder in
connection with the stabbing of John
Irving Pierce, 23-year-old Mississip
pi magazine writer. “Marion King,'
young cabaret hostess. Saturday kept
the secret of her identity to herself
as she moaned the slaying in her
parish prison oelL
A formal charge of murder was
filed against her Friday in crimin
al district court by Lieutenant Fred
Edler on instructions from Michael
E. Culligan, assistant district attor
ney.
“I’ll never reveal my identity," she
told officers who were using every
effort to ttnd out her family con
nections. "I wouldn’t for the world
It may abash someone who should
tand erect, head up. for my sins are
my own and should not fall upon
innocent and respectable folks ’
She admitted to officers that she
killed Pierce with whom she had liv
ed for several months and who. she
told officers, had cured her of the
narcotic habit.
But she said she loved Pierce and
•hat her act was “one of impulse.”
She said Pierce made remarks that
“cut her deeply” and she “merely
lunged forward and cut him. intend
ing only to bring him to his senses
and end a quarrel.
Cancer Curable In
Early Stage, Said
BAN BENITO. March 23—Can
cer can be cured if it is discovered
soon enough and the greatest dan
ger from »hts disease is that many
persons believe it to be hopeless
and do not consult a physician,
said Dr A. C Scott of the Scoft
White sanitarium. Temple, in a
talk before the Tri-County Medical
Society Thursday night at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel.
Its presence sometimes is not
known because it is painless in its
early stages, the physician said It
is not a disease of the blood, can
not be inherited nor can it be
communicated.
Two other Temple physicians
Dr. V. M Longmire and Dr. P M.
BasseII. also addressed the meeting
which was extended by about 75
' persons.
STEEL Above... STEEL Below
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Oldsmobile Has Solid-Steel
Turret-Top" Bodies by Fisher
• • • and every other fine car feature:
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• • SYNCRO-MESH ALL-SILENT SHIFTING
enever anything new and
W better comes oat in safety, you can
rest assured Oldsroobtle will have it.
Last year, it was Soper-Hydraulic
Brakes and Knee-Action. This year,
Oldsmobile retains both of these and
adds to them the newest safety-fea
ture—the Solid-Steel “Turret-Top*
Body by Fisher. Within this body,
you ride completely enclosed in steeL
Sides, front and rear are steeL The
floor is steeL Even the roof is one
solid sheet of steeL Result: 40% greater
rigidity, complete overhead protection,
end smarter streamline appearance.
Come in and see for yourself.
NEW OLDSMOBILE
TOM STEVENSON CO.
1233 Levee Street Brownsville, Texas
bill fu o"* failing for immediate
payment of the bonus.
And James E. Van Zandt once an
Olympic runner, has traveled 300,
000 miles and averaged six speeches
a day urging bonus support since
his election as commander-in-chiel
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
two years ago.
The Patman bonus bill, providing
payment through currency expan
sion. was supported by Van Zandt'a
organisation against the Vinson bill,
which the American Legion backed.
Patman once was a cotton tenant
farmer “paying 24 per cent interest'*
on his loans. He studied law and
was admitted to the Texas bar in
1916. When the war broke out a year
later, he enlisted, only to be dis
charged when doctors discovered a
heart ailment and gave him “30 more
days to live."
The Texan re-enlisted at the near
est recruiting station. Although his
heart disability kept him from go
ing overseas, he rose from a private
to a first lieutenant, and was an in
structor in machine gunnery.
After the war. Patman served four
years in the Texas house of repre
sentatives. and then became a dis
trict attorney. On one afternoon, he
recalled, he closed up 44 gambling
houses.
He was first elected to congress
in 1929 His initial bonus bill pro
mised issuance of bonds, but in 1931
he decided the currency expansion
method of payment wax preferable.
Now 42, he says his hobby, is
“work."
QUARREL ENDS
TEST FLIGHTS
OAKLAND. Calif.. March M. —
(jp)— The governments apparently
successful tests with a radio-com
pass plane came u. a climax Sat
urday In an aftermath of contro
versy. Abrupt conclusion of the
tests was announced Friday night
close on the heels of the unexpect
ed resignation from the depart
ment of staff of Major Chester
Snow, who had been in charge of
the series of flights over the Paci
fic.
The radio-compass is designed to
make ocean flying "fool proof."
Major Snow declined to explain
his resignation, but associates indi
cated he surrendered his post be
cause of a controversy with Secre
tary of Commerce Roper over ex
tending the expeimental flights to
Hawaii, as the major desired.
The plane's crew previously had
made known it pruned to fly to
Hawaii. b|t Secretary Roper direct
ed that the tests should be con
fined to Rights of not more than
900 to 1.000 miles out to sea and re
turn.
Major Snow announced his resig
nation upon the completion of the
last of the test flights—a hop which
took the big dual-motored mono
plane 350 miles to sea for a contact
with the Uner aTariposa and return.
Soon thereafter James L. Kinney
of the department of commerce an
nounced that no more test flights
with the com: % ss plane would be
made andethat the ship would be
turned back to the commercial line
from which It was leased.
DIME’ PRINCESS
* * * * *
HAS COPS CHASE
*****
SPECTATORS OFF
SOUTHAMPTON, March 31. UPt
—On her first lap to Beno and I
divorce from Prince Alexis Mdi
vani. Princess Barbara Hutton
Mdlvani sailed tor New York
Saturday aboard the 8. 8. Bremen
With a police guard to chaaa
the curious away, the princess
and her cousin. Jimmy Donahue,
boarded the steamer at 9:43 a. m.
The police explained that Aha
Woolworth heiress had asked for
special protection, so all who
awaited her arrival at the steam
er were scattered.
Princess Mdivanl wore a heavy
fur coat with purple orchids, and
a tight-fitting brown felt hat.
Cousin Jimmy, who Priday araa
reported packing a revolver for
their protection, wore a derby
jauntily.
Lions Honor Member
i By Staff Correspondent)
HARLINGEN. March 23. — Dis
trict Governor G. Lorlmer Brown
presented C. E. (Happy) Hender
son with a Lion key at this week's
meeting of the local club at tbe
Madison hotel. The key Is given a
limited number of Lions who have
made noteworthy contributions for
the good of the organization.
Emory Parnell entertained with
readings, songs and a selection
played on accordion and drums.
Ray Murray and Bill Knight were
voted In as new members.
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