El heraldo de Brownsville. [volume], March 24, 1935, Page SIX, Image 6

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BY RANGERS
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fanri bottles were con
JtSoneTaid on a south Aus
Racttfd^,^ A complaint charg
tin was filed in Justice
te*8 gainst C. F. Steiner, father
®our C. iBucki Steiner, who was
?!Uged a week ago with possession
•^connection with the opening raid
3 the rangers' concerted campaign.
Other raids netted smaller
amounts of liquor. Nineteen cases
were seised at a residence near the
University of Texas, while sheriffs
officers found 109 bottles in a car
searched in the business district. A
five-gallon jug of unbranded whis
key was seised in east Austin, while
at a place on Highway 2 north of
Austin. 293 bottles were found.
Charges of possession were filed
against five other men after the
seizures, while a sixth, operator of a
place on the main business street,
was cited to appear in district court
to show cause why he should not be
held in contempt for vioating a liq
uor injunction issued against him
in January. A raid of the place last
week yielded 144 pints of whisky.
ALLRED SAYS RANGERS
WILL CONTINUE WORK
FORT WORTH. March 23. UP)—
Results of the state-wide law en
forcement program being carried out
by the Texas Rangers already is hav
ing a desired effect in an awakened
public conscience that is expected
to demand stricter enforcement on
the part of local officers, Gover
nor James V. Allred declared Sat
urday night.
Governor Allred and 75 members
of the Texas legislature who visited
the Southwestern Exposition and
Fat Stock show Saturday were guests
at a dinner Saturday night given by
Fort Worth retail druggists.
The governor expects to keep the
rangers on the Job mdeflnitey. ‘en
forcing all the laws.” They will con
tinue to concentrate, however, cm
“cleaning up the liquor and gam
bling rings in Texas that in some
Instances are more vicious than the
Al Capone racketeers were in Chi
aagn. _ ,
“A larger ranger force or state
police force oould be used to ad
vantage but in the last analysis the
best way to assure enforcement of
me laws is to get the people aroused
to the extent th-t they will insist on
having the Job done by local offi
_ _
Governor Allred flew here from
Austin with his fire-year-old son,
jimmy, jr„ and was a guest along
with the legislatures at the horse
show mid rodeo Saturday night. It
was the boy's first plane ride and
be was greatly pleased over it.
•We want to asure Governor All
red that the druggists in this as
sociation are strongly behind him
Shi* law enforcement program for
ey are real druggists and not Jus
in the business to sell liquor,' spokes
men for the druggists declared.
Drive Against
Bogus Stocks
- Sale Launched
AUSTIN. March 23.—oP/— Gerald
« Mann, Texas' young secretary oi
tftte who graduated lrora football
oto politics. Saturday called signals
or a legislative drive against
wrthles* stock.
“Texas lias become a fertile field
or sale of spurious securities, he
aid The present law, he added, is
nadequate to the extent 'we might
* well not have one.”
He called on legislators to enact
he administration Texas Securities
ct. which lias been approved by
, house committee. One feature ot
t, would require registration fees,
roceeds of which he anticipated
rould be sufficient to employ agents
o enforce a blue sky law.
At present there is no enforce
ment of the blue sky law, Mann
aid and persons refused licenses
may. for all the secretary of state
rows, sell the stock In outlying
ections of the state.
Because Texas, in his opinion, is
n the edge of industrial develop
ment and is in better financial
ondition than many states, "it's
ugh time we did something about
It.” ^ ^ ^ . .
He cited a stack of letters relat
ing sad stones of many persons
who had been Influenced to trade
Building and Loan association se
curities for worthless stock, some
losing their lifetime savings.
Water Transportation
In Valley Di*cu*»ed
i By Staff Correspondent)
BAN BENITO. March 23— The
effect of water transportation on
the Valley will be the subject of
the adult education forum in the
music room of the high school at
7:30 o'clock Monday night. Davu
Wade, produce shipper and a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation
District, will be the principal speak
er.
City Briefs
Pressure cookers, tea kettles.
Iddles. sauce pans and chicken
in heavy aluminum Browns
vlile Hardware. Adv.
Ur and Mrs John Barron and
Ifrs. M. Nonn. of San Antonio, visit
ed their son and daughter. Mr. and
Uj, d. l. ooata for several days
this past week.
Guerlains new Mp stack now $1.00.
it the Basket Place. Matamoroc.
Ad*.
and strengthens weak
ST**
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*Yours Faithfully, Senator Bilbo’
I
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo. Junior United State* senator from Missis
sippi, may be falling short of his once-boasted Intention of "out*
Hueying Huey Long" in the halls of Congress, but he's thoroughly
enjoying his job just the same, to judge from this snapshot as h*
dictates a letter to his secretary. Mrs Lulu Wimberly
TRANS-PACIFIC
FLIGHTS NEAR
MIAMI. Fla., March 23
Commercial aviation Saturday dem
onstrated Its technical readiness
for trans-Paciflc service
The 19-ton Pan-American clipper,
alighting on Biscayne Bay after a
2.504-mile ••circle” flight to the Vir
gin Islands, was credited by airline
officials with establishing three
new records, including the world
seaplane distance mark.
The trail-blazing plane in its 17
hours and 16 minutes aloft covered
approximately 100 miles in excess of
the distance between California and
Honolulu, the longest over-water
hop of the proposed service to
Asia's trade marts.
Leaving the international base
here at 4:06 p. m. (EST> Friday,
the four-motored Hying boat and
its crew of six winged through the
night over the Atlantic, guided by
stars and radio, and returned at
9:22 a. m. Saturday.
Despite the long flight, the Si
korsky's tanks at Journey's end con
tained 498 gallons of gasoline, suf
ficient for 550 additional miles.
The world seaplane distance rec
ord was claimed after a computa
tion of the plane’s latitude and
longitude reports revealed it had
exceeded by 105 miles the mark es
tablished by Lieutenant Command
ed Knefler McGinnis in a 2.399 mile
flight last year from California to
Hawaii in a navy patrol plane.
The national records to which the
company laid claim were the Amer
ican closed course for seaplanes.
Officials were pleased with the
success of the newly devised direc
tion finding compass, the effective
range of which was established dur
ing the flight as J.800 miles—ample
for the trans-Pacific hops.
The clipper's wing measures 114
feet, two inches, and the hull 69
feet. Its four engines produce 2.800
horsepower. Average cruising speed
is 150 to 160 miles an hour.
Educational Chiefs
Visit Brownsville
Claude H. Thurman, of Southern
Methodist University, and H. A.
Ziegler, auditor of the Texas Relief
rommisison. were visitors at the of
fice of Superintendent E C. Dodd
here during the past week.
The Brownsville Federal Educa
tional Administration representative
said that the Brownsville program
of F E. R. A. employment of 15
college students is very satisfactory.
Damages Awarded
EDINBURG. March 23 — Dam
ages of $675 were allowed Maria de
Jesus Gutierrez, a minor, m a suit
tried In Judge Fred Bennett's 93rd
Civil District Court Thursday. A
i friend of the child's brought suit
for $1,800 against Frank T. Phillips
owner of a truck allegedly driven
by Raymond Martinez which struck
the child in Mercedes on February
8. •
Germany Has
Two Courses,
Expert Avers
ALPINE. March 23. (iPh-Str Her
bert Ames, former financial director
of the League of Nations, said Sat
urday that if Adolf Hitler agrees to
the Danubian pact, political tension
in Europe would be greatly reduced.
Speaking before the New Mexico
West Texas International Rela
tions club conference he sud Ger
many had but two alternatives.
“She can agree to cooperate with
other European powers In preserv
ing peace and join the League or she
can stand alone.” the former lea
gue official said. "Germany's actions,
however, are clouded in mystery, and
it is impossible to forecast the out
come.
“If Germany, after breaking the
terms of the Versailles Treaty, takes
I the aggressive side and attempts to
take Poand, Austria or other coun
tries nearby, the European states
under the Danubian pact would take
up arms to suppress her."
The international relations club
conference closed with the address.
The University of New Mexico at
Albuquerque was selected for the
1936 conference center.
J. Hubbard, delegate from New
Mexico A & M. college, wws elected
vice-president and J. P. Howell from
Texas Technological college was
named recording secretary.
A president for next year’s con
ference wil be elected by the Univer
sity of New Mexico.
Salvation Army Gets
Donation from Vets
HARLINGEN. March 23. — A con
tribution of $25 to the Salvation
Army, supplementing a similar
amount donated some time ago. was
ordered by the Harlingen Post of the
American legion this week.
Meeting date of the post wa.
changed to the first and third Mon
day in each month
Soldier Drowns
LAWTON. Okla., March 23 #>—
Private Robert Oott, 23, of Olney.
Texas, was drowned late Saturday
when he attempted to ride across
Hooded Cache creek.
His body was recovered three hours
later by military police from Fort
Sill, where he enlisted two years
ago.
Two companions, riding horseback
with Gott. did not attempt to cross
the raging stream and saw the young
soldier swept to his death.
Cotton Men Elect
CORPUS CHRIST!. March 23 —
.(.**)—Delegates to the Texas Cotton
Men's association Saturday elected
Robert Mayer, of the J Kahn Cot
ton company, Dallas, president at
the final convention session.
Dallas was the only city extend
ing an Invitation for the 1936 meet
ing. The convention city will not
be picked until December. It was
announced.
Laura Wheeler Designs
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sprightly as you’d expect birds to be
In Spring. Whether they’re scrub
bing up Saturday night, or singing
as birds should on Sunday,.they are
most adorable decorations for your
kitchen They are in outline and
cross stitch and you can make them
as colorful as you wish. You’ll enjoy
embroidering them. And what a
.suitable shower gilt they'd make!
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transfer pattern of seven motif*
tone for each day of the week)
averaging 4 1-4x8 1-2 inches; color
suggestions; material requirements;
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Send 10 cents in stamps or coin
(coin preferred) for this pattern to
The Brownsville Herald. Needlecraft
Dept, 82 Eighth Avenue, New York,
N. Y. I
DISPUTES BILL
OKEH RUMORED
WASHINGTON. March It.—(AV
Reports of administration capitula
tion to American Federation of La- J
bor insistence upon passage of the
Wagner labor disputes bill—parti
cularly in view of accelerated A. F.
of L. backing of the NRA—persist
ed Saturday in the capital despite
lack of official verification.
Both President Roosevelt and
Donald Richberg. a principal fig
ure in the rumored situation, kept
silent on how they felt about the
measure to strengthen, interpret
and enforce NIRA's collective bar
gaining guarantee.
But observers regarded as highly
significant Wagner's statement Sat
urday he was “very confident” the
bill would go through, even though
he disclaimed knowledge of any
trade.
After two days of employer tes
timony at senate labor committee
hearings on the bill. Wagner said
the opposition wasn't ‘anything
like it was last year” and that "a
majority of the country's employ
ers want peaceful relations with,
and a square deal for their em
ployees.”
The bill would outlaw the com- !
pany-dominated union, create a
permanent labor relations board
with power to carry’ its decisions
to court for enforcement and give
the labor organization chosen by a
majority of the employees at a plant
the right to speak for all.
After a conference with William
Green, federation president, and
John L. Lewis, scrappy chief of the
United Mine Workers. Mr. Roose
velt this week made Richberg chair
man of NRA’s governing board and
named Phillip Murray, vice-pres
ident of the Miners Union, an ad
ditional labor representative on that
board.
Unverified rumors were heard In
some quarters that, in return, the
federation chief agreed to go down
the line for new NRA legislation,
and Lewis agreed to stop gunning
for Richberg.
‘Sob Sisters’ Are
Making Plea For
Convict’s Life
OKLAHOMA CITY March 23 —
uPj—Jim Tally, California hobo
writer; Walter Wmchell, New York
columnist, and Judge Ben Lindsey
of Los Angeles, were labeled "sob
sisters” by Governor Mariand of
Oklahoma Saturday for their pleas
in behalf of Clyde Holford. sen
tenced to death for the murder of
a convict within the walls of Mc
Afcltir penitentiary.
Holford, 25-year-old orphan, was
convicted with John Williams and
Howard Porter for the murder of
' Edward Lee Delano, another pris
oner. during a fight In the prison
| laundry room last October.
His appeal is now pending before
the suae criminal court of appeals.
He has served two previous terms
in state penal institutions, one for
car theft and another for armed
robbery.
"1 am hearing from sob sisters
all over the nation.” Mariand com
plained. producing a batch of let
ters and telegrams.
“It is unfair and unjust that Jim
Tully. Ben Lindsey and Walter
Winchell who know nothing of the
‘acts, should take up for this fel
low."
Mariand disclosed that some of
the protests came from close per
sonal friends in Tennessee, aroused
by letters sent out by Tully. One
of them, he said, was from a man
who once saved his life.
• Strange, isn’t It?" he comment
ed. "Here's a man who twice saved
my life asking that I spare the Ufa
of another." The governor indi
cated he would not comply with
•he request but would permit Hol
! ford to go to his death In the
electric chair if his appeal is
denied.
Mariand did not reveal the name
of the man who saved his life, nor
did he expand on the incident.
Raymondville
News Items
(Special -o Tut Hi raid i
RAYMONDVILLE. March 23 —
Luther Snow returned recently
from a hunting tnp in Mexico. Snow
and his party were gone three week*,
traveling mora than 1.000 mile*
in reaching their hunting grounds.
Stanley Addington, teacher in the
McAllen schools. visited recently
with his paients. Mr. and Mr*. W. A.
Addington, here.
Misses Rebecca Lindahl and Ruby
Holder, student* of A Ar I. in Kings
ville. spent the week-end here with
home folks.
Judge S. L. Gill visited in San
Antonio and other points Friday.
J. C. Brumiey of Edinburg waa a
business caller here.
Jimmie Jamison visited hi Har
lingen recently.
C. A Edgerton and J. H. Reese
were in Harlingen this week.
Mr. and Mrs G C. Harris were
Harlingen callers this week.
R. B Bush. Herschel Holder and
C. P. Hilbun played golf in Mission
recently.
Mr and Mrs M F. Haye* called
on friends in San Benito recently.
P A. Hoidale and Ira Dutton of
Harlingen played golf here with
Gene Smith and Holly Bostick this
week , _
Mr and Mrs Geo. B Oalder left
recenty on a business trip to Dal
las.
Shipments Of Best
Tomatoes Stressed
< Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. March 23. —Mem
bers of the San Benito unit of the
Valley Vegetable Growers In session
at the city hall Thursday night
stressed the need for shipping only
the best tomatoes to market.
The members also expressed them
selves as pleased with the new
freight rates the railroads have pro
mised for Valley vegetables.
Bacteria will be used as a major
weapon in the next war. according
to recent Russian experiments
These experiments include tests
with sleeping sickness germs.
Old-Time Brands Still
***** * * * * *
Best Means of Catching
* * * * + *****
Modem Cattle Rustlers
PORT WORTH. March 23. (A*)—
Cattle rustlers In the southwest have
enlisted the service of modern ma
chinery. but the crude old branding
iron still marks a path that leads
to the jailhouse.
The practice of drivuig off big
herds and running brands went out
of style when beefy white-faces
HIDALGO HAS
HUGE GASSER
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION. March 23.—The Wheel
ock and Collins No. 1 Seabury et al
was completed Friday night as a
huge ga&ser on the northern edge
of the Samfordyce field, showing
only dry gas from 2774-79 feet un
der a casing pressure of 1J00 pounds
and a tubing working pressure of
1,100 pounds.
The test showed oil on a drill
stem test, and will be closed in for
several days in an effort to allow
the column of oil to build up. In
other tests where there were exces
sive pressures, they developed oil
on completion.
New Firm* Open
<8peclal to The Htrald I
McALLEN. March 23—Two new
firms opened their doors for busi
ness here Saturday.
On South Main. Lack s Auto sup
ply company opened its McAllen
store as a branch of the Houston
store of the company A branch Is
also being established in Victoria
Palm City Motor Co. Inc., recent
ly appointed Oldsmobile dealers for
Hidalgo and Starr counties, opened
for business on South Broadway in
the Nelson Utilities building. C. J.
Fit* is president and manager
So great is the demand for snails
as food in Paris that artificial
snails, consisting of snail shells
stuffed with mixed meats, are sold
there.
started poking head* through barb- i
ed-wire fence* in the cattle coun-1
try. But nulling did not ceaee to be
a business. Only the tact ice were
changed.
Today there u eo much cattle
stealing in Texaa a majority of
rancher* not only brand every calf
but employ protective eervice of
growers asociations.
The Texas and Southwestern Cat
tle Raisers association, founded in
1877 when rustlers and brand run
ners were growing rich off the la
bors of cowmen, has not missed a
day of keeping keen eyei trained
on the range and marketing places
for cow thieves.
E. W. Sfuller, secretary and gen
eral manager, said Saturday that 30
men were employed at all times to
curb cattle rustling.
“Present day rustlers use trucks,'
Spiller said. “They raid ranches,
pick up good beef steers and truck
them to market.
"Our men are on the range and at!
marketing places all the time, con
stantly on the lookout for stolen
cattle. Although we recover but about
300 to 600 head a year, the pres
ence of the inspectors make rustlers
think twice before loading a beef on
a truck. The thieves turn to unpro
tected herds to ply their trade.”
The banding iron, marker of own
ership since the Longhorns crossed
the Rio Grande into Texas, still
scorches the very existence of men
who seek profits from stealing cat
tle.
Brands are the only means inspec
tors have to find stolen cattle and
trace the thief, and no rancher is
without this tell-tale piece of crude
blacksmithing.
The cattle thief who traded hi*
horse, saddle. lariat and brand
running machinery for trucks neel
not fear that he may swing by the
neck from a rafter or tree.
That is a thing historians write
about. But the raisers association
in addition to keeping men on the
range, employs attorneys to prose
cute cattle thieves.
It was not until 1860 that the
modem ammonia absorption meth
ods of manufacturing artificial ice
were first worked out.
KNIFE SLAYING
ARREST MADE
BUFFALO. March 23.-44*—Sher
iff Lee Thomason Saturday an
nounced the arrest of George Ket
chey. about 55. In connection with
the knife slaying of Leon Dixon and
W. J. Towns Thursday night.
He made .public a written state
ment by Ketchey which said the
prisoner struck both in the abdomen
with a pocket knife after they had
attacked him The statement said
both slain men had been drinking,
and that the fight followed an ar
gument after Ketchey and a negro
companion had met them on a
country road near Flynn. Both par
ties were in automobiles
Dixon and Towns, each about 35.
were found wounded in the road
Friday morning The sheriff said
Ketchey was arresten on description
Towns gave him. Later Towns was
taken to a Corsicana hospital where
he died. Dixon was taken to a hos
pital in Bryan, where he died
They were pipe line workers
Ketchey said he knew neitlier
His negro companion, not impli
cated by his statement in the ac
tual fight, had not been found
Special Sermon Is
Planned For Sunday
The Centra) Christian church
again has planned an evening ser
vice of congregational hymn singing
and Bible pleachig.
The subject chosen for the even
ing is: “The Masterpiece of Eter
nity **
“God. Christ and man have ail
entered into the making of tills mas
terpiece. Strange to say that so few
give heed to it or seem to notice it.
Sunday night, for those who come,
this masterpiece will set forth so
all might see. This one hour of ser
vice has been planned for your en
richment and good,’’ it was announc
ed.
Cafe Remodeled
MERCEDES. March 23.—Remod
elling of the Manhattan Cafe here
has been completed, according to
Mrs. Stephen Gardner, manager
The kitchen has been repainted and
improved and a summer patio is be
ing aranged at the rear of the build
ing.
J. L Wallace of Houston has leas
ed the Cozy Coffee shop from A1
Robinson and la now operating the
shop He has been in the cafe busi
ness in Man and Houston.
' Belgium Determined
To Stick To Gold
BRUSSELS. March 28. —UPh
Youthful King Leopold U worked
his determined way out of a cabinet
crisis Saturday to emery* with the
gold standard unimpaired.
The curly-haired monarch, after
three days spent In sounding pub
lic opinion, induced Paul Van Zee
land. former minister, financial ex
pert and clone adviser to Leopold*
father, the late King Albert, to
take the premiership surmiWQ^wl
by Georges Theunls.
Van Zeeland's first announce
ment. alter saying he had accept
ed the “difficult and ungrateful*
task, was that his cabinet will ba
“one of national union and my
first call will be on Theunls.”
Hail And Rain
Take 3 Lives
In Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY. March 2J <m
—Hall, lightning and torrential
rams struck Oklahoma Saturday
night, doing heavy damage to wheal,
early gardens, greenhouses, and re
sulting in three deaths.
Robert Oott. 23. Olney. Texas pri
vate at Fort Sill, was drowned when
he attempted to ford swollen Oacha
Creek on horseback.
Tom Wall, about 45, Mannford
horse trader, was struck by lightn
ing near Bristow. George Hilbert.
36. was killed by lightning at ht»
farm near Cordell.
A terrific hailstorm at Guthrie
blown by a high wind, virtually de
molished the Furrow Wholelale
greenhouse with a los* estimated
at $50 000. Almost as much damage
was caused at the Central Casket
factory, the entire stock being ruin
ed when hail demolished the roof
and window's The Pioneer Textlla
Mills estimated glass damage at $5 *
000 The city hall roof was badly
damaged. Drifted hall halted traffic.
The rainfall totaled more than
two inches and was continuing.
Communications lines were dis
rupted in various sections.
The first newspaper west of the
Mlstssippi was published on the is
land of Mauri. Hawaii. Several
schools, more than 100 years old.
stand in the town of Wailuku on
the same island, and it was here
that manual training was first
taught in the New World.
TOMATO GROWERS
get to the market EARLIER with
FERTILIZER
Growers of the Rio Grande Valley
have an opportunity for cashing in on
what promises to be an exceptionally
good early tomato market if they will
hasten the maturity of their crop
through the use of a good, standard
fertilizer.
The experience of years in the Valley
has shown that it is the early tomatoes
that bring the best price on the mar
ket. In view of the fact that the mar
kets are crying for tomatoes at this
time and the Valley crop is retarded
growers can harvest big dividends on
a comparatively small investment in
fertilizer.
Now is the time to fertilise to bring
plants to life, enabling them to put on
a sturdy growth capable of support
ing a heavier yield.
Not only it more fruit tet by the prop
erly fertilized plants but tomatoes are
heavier, and have better carrying
qualities. Plants, because they are
sturdier, become more resistant to
disease.
But the big argument in favor of fer
tilizer is the fact that it will enable the
grower to market his crop when th«
best prices prevail. The grower who
fertilizes will have an advantage over
his neighbor who does not make this
investment.
HAYES SAMMONS CO.
MISSION
TEXAS ASSOCIATED SEEDS
MeALLEN
Distributors lor
Armours Fertilizer in Hidalgo County
ROY E. CLARK SEED CO.
SAN BENITO
A. N. TANDY AND SONS
LOS FRE8NOS
Ammo-Phot High Analysis Fertiliser
GROWERS SUPPLIES, INC.
Stores si Rio Hondo — Hsrlinfen — Mercedes - San Joan
and Mission - Handling
United Plant Food Ammo-Phos
Sulphate of Ammonia
wiley McConnell
SAN BENITO
FRANK GRIMSELL SEED
AND FEED CO.
HARLINGEN — SAN BENITO
Ammo-Phot High Analysis Fertiliser