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LEGISLATURE
RUSHES WORK
AS END NEARS
0 --
Mad Scramble To Put
Over Pet Measures
Begins on Last Day
Of Session
AUSTIN. M*y 10. —(flv- Paced
with sine die adjournment Saturday,
members of the Texas legislature
started a mad scramble Friday to
pull local and pet bills from the
legislative morass as major contro
versial measures not yet In con
ference stage were abandoned .
House sponsors of the adminis
tration favored bill to establish a
public authority to construct gas
pipe lines from the Panhandle to
8t. Louis and Detroit reported
they had given up hope and would
await a special session. The lines
would be constructed with a $60.
000.000 federal loan and grant to
widen market outlets for gas of
distressed independent producers.
Utilities Beat Curb
Public utilities legislation was
all but dead. House sponsors ex
pressed displeasure at an amended
bill returned by the senate and in
dicated they would not even ask
for a conference committee to seek
a last-minute adjustment on the
proposal to establish a state com
mission to regulate all utilities.
Final action on the educational
and departmental appropriation
bills constituted the only major bar
to adjournment. Both bills likely
will be presented late Friday.
A method of providing relief to
indigent citizens was opened when
the senate approved a house reso
lution to amend the constitution to
allow’ submission at special sessions
of the legislature of constitutional
amendments to authorize issuance
wo: additional relief bonds for direct
w» x levies. The remainder of a
$20,000,000 relief issue has been
budgeted to last through next De
cember but relief officials foresaw
a possibility additional funds would
be necessary
The amendment would be voted
on next August 24. Under the cons
titution as it now stands, the legis
lature can submit consitutional
amendments only at regular ses
sions.
A universal drivers license law
appeared to have died with house
rejection of a conference report
after the senate had given it a
k comfortable majority. The report
was turned djxm 57 to 62 after
meeting strong opposition from
rural members
Pending in conference committee
I was the important resolution to
submit a constitutional amend
ment to relieve $3,000 of the assess
ed value of homestead from all
local taxes except school levies.
Centennial Hork Rushed
Both houses approved by a two
thirds vote a resolution to make
effective Immediately a bill to ap
propriate $3,000,000 in state aid for
the Texas Centennial. The bill
failed to pass either house by a
sufficient majority to become ef
fective on the governor’s signa
ture and the resolution was adopt
ed to permit the commission to
begin operations at once.
With completion of legislative
action on the centennial bill plans
were made for a quick start to
complete organization work for
tthe huge celebration. Lieutenant- i
ivernor Walter F. Woodul. com
mon chairman, announced he
would call a special meeting Im
mediately. Woodul telegraphed the
Texas congressional delegation to
urge a federal appropriation of
$5,000,000 for the observance.
The governor received another ot
a series of bills designed to bring
millions in revenue by strengthen
ing enforcemet provisions of exist
ing laws. The bill wculd throw ad
ditional safeguards around manu
facture and use of cigarette stamps,
reduce stamp counterfeiting and
place additional men in the field
to curb inroads in the state’s re
venues.
It was estimated the bill would
bring in an additional $4,000,000
annually. Pending in the senate on
house approval were the last two
bills of the group, one to tighten
the oil production tax law and the
other to plug loop holes in the beer
tax
The senate docket of house bills
was cleared of virtually all uncon
tested measures, apparently kill
ing, however, many controversial
ones remaining. More than 50 bills
were passed in a night sessicn.
many of which went to the govern
or. having been passed without
amendments.
Bills Rushed Through
Work of a senate investigating
committee of five was ordered con
tinued for two years with adoption
of a senate resolution. Scope of
the committee was unlimited, al-i
though its attention was directed
to insurance laws and alleged ille
gal activities of officers.
Coin-operated vending machines
would be taxed by a house bill
passed with senate amendments.
Provisions directly legalizing such ‘
as marble machines were deleted,
leaving their status unchanged An
annual tax of *20 would be levied
on machines costing more than
five cents to operate; gio on nickel
machines, and $1 on penny!
machines.
Other bills passed included: Re
quiring weight of bulk citrus to be
certified by a public weigher at the
buyer's expense (657): to prohibit
Smiting of stream waters to
*i»h (3); and authorizing state
Brement of state pine lands.1
and permitting Agricultural and
Mechanical College to accept as
gifts and operate pine forests
(617) and (603).
CEMETERY HEADS NAMED
_Special to the Hem..
MERCEDES. May 10.—At a gen
•ral membership meeting, of the
Mercedes Cemetery association five
directors were re-elected. Re-elect
ed directors include Mr. and Mrs
E. M. Spendiff. Mrs. O. E. Vanbeig.
MW Myrtle Lee and Mrs Kathryn
Chadick The board will be re- !
organized at a meeting called for
nest week.
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu
reau, Frederic J. Haskin. director,
Washington, D. C. Please enclose
three (3) cents for reply.
Q. How long has Sam Gum pert*,
general manager of Ringiing's Cir
cus been in the circus business? H. A.
A. He is now fifty-seven years old, I
and has been connected with cir
cuses "off and on” since he was nine ^
years old. when he started as a top- |
mounter in an acrobatic act. He i
has been an actor, sheepherder,
ranch foreman, circuit agent, amuse
ment park owner, real estate mag
nate, and circus executive.
• • •
Q. Where does the United States
Army Band five the concerts which
1 are broadcast over the radio? F. R. A.
A. The band broadcasts from the
auditorium of the Army War Col
lege In Washington, D. C. It Is
open to the public.
• • •
Q. What islands are called the
Isles of June? M. S.
A. The Bahamas are sometimes
Riven this poetic title.
• • •
Q. For what purpose was the Fa
bian Society organized? G. S. B.
A. It started in London and was
organized for the advancement of
socialism in England.
• • •
Q. Wliy Is the tide in the Dela
ware river so much higher than in
Chesapeake Bay? J. H. B.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says that this difference in the tide
is the result of the difference in the
size and shape of the two bodies of
water. In Delaware Bay. the shores
converge towards the mouth of the
river and the tide wave as it ad
vances up stream actually Increases
from a mean range of about 4 feet
at the entrance to the bay, to a
range of about 6 feet in the vicinity
of Stony Point. On the other hand.
Chesapeake Bay widens out into a
large area so that the tide wave is
more or less dissipated as it passes
into the bay and the range of tide
is reduced to 3 feet and less inside
the bay.
• • •
Q. Are there any Chinese soro
rities in American colleges? S. M. B.
A. A new sorority. Sigma Slrma
Phi. the first Chinese organization
of its kind in the United States, has
been established at the University
of Michigan.
• • •
Q. Has the birth rate in Italy in
creased with Fascism? M. N. J.
A. Since Italy adopted fascism
the birth rate has dropped from
12.2 to 10.
• • •
Q. Why are there no toads in
Madagascar? M. B.
A. The Smithsonian Institution
advises us that the supposition is
that Madagascar was separated as
an island before the toads in their j
distribution arrived that far Hence
the absence of toads in Madagascar '
• • •
Q. Is Clara Kimball Young. for
merly a star, now playing In the
Movies? A. W.
A. Miss Young appeared as an
extra in the production of The Cru
saders.
• • •
Q. Why is the earth tilted at an
anrle to the plane of Ha ecliptic?
P. T.
A. There is no consensus among
astronomers as to the reason.
• • •
Q When is the Potato Blossom
Festival in Virginia? E. S. M.
A. The Eastern Shore of Virgin- j
ia will hold its first Potato Blossom
Festival on May 29 and 30 at the
Eastern Shore Agricultural Pair
Grounds near Keller. Va. The fes
tivity will be staged by Acomack
Post No. 23 of the American Legion
• • •
Q. Who were the Ebionites. A. E.
A This was a general name given
to Jewish Christians who remained
outside of the Catholic Church from
the apostolic age down to the time
of Jerome
• • •
Q. When did Abraham Lincoln’s
father die? Where was he buried?
E. C.
A Thomas Lincoln, father of Ab
raham Lincoln, died January- 17. |
1851. He was buried near his Coles ;
County cabin.
Q. How lone hM It been pooiblr
to talk by telephone from New York
City to San Franciaco? HL 8. 8.
A. Transcontinental telephone ser
vice was inaugurated In 1815.
• • •
Q. What chorch is chilled the
Aee of Club* Church? H. L. N.
A. Old St. George’s Church at
Pungoteague, Virginia, built In 1852,
is called the Ace of Chibs Church
because of its peculiar form.
• • •
Q. How old Is George Bernard
Shaw? H. B.
A. He is 78. He will be 79 on
July 26.
Q. Please tell something about
Sumo wrestlers? C. E. W.
A. The first Japanese Sbmo wrest*
ling match took place bi 23 B. C.
and the winner was Sukene, who
has ever since been regarded as the
titulary deity of Japanese wrestlers.
Sumo is the national sport of Ja
pan. and for nearly 2,000 years. Ja
panese wrestlers have been care
fully bred. The daughter of a
wrestler is allowed to marry none
but a wrestler, and a wrestler is al
lowed to marry none but the daugh
ter of a wrestler. This has resulted
in a breed of very large and power
ful. though fat, men. Sumo wrest
lers of 5 feet 8 Inches in height of
ten scale upwards of 300 pounds. It
is considered a great advantage in
this type of wrestling to be so large
around that the opponent can not
get his arms completely around one.
• • •
Q. How many members has the
Legislature of Hawaii? L. H. D.
A. It consists of a Senate of 15
members, elected for four-year
terms; and a House of Representa
tives of 30 members, elected for
two-year terms.
• • •
Q. Who invented the pipeless organ
and how does it wort? F. 8.
A. The pipeless organ is the inven
tion of Laurens Hammond of Chi
cago. It is smaller than an up
right piano and has a two-manual
console with pedal clavier and a
power-cabinet. The tones originate
in an electric tone generator which
eonsistes cf a wheel, a permanent
magnet around which a coll has been
wound. In the generator-unit there
are ninety-one tone-generating ele
ments. each supplying a different
pitch.
• * •
Q What kind of duties are fatigue
dutirs in the Army? C. S. S.
A. The term if applied to such
duties of a soldier as have numbing
to do with the carrying of arms. The
policing of camps and quarters, etc.,
is a fatigue duty.
Cameron Records
103RD DISTRICT COURT
Judge A. M. Kent
Katherine V. 'Lipscomb vs. Rob
ert Summers, et al. suit on note.
Jury answers special issues In fa
vor of plaintiff.
Piled: Helen Cash vs C. C W. I.
D. No. 6. C. C. W. I. D. No. 10 and
C. C. W. I. D. No. 11. suit for alleg
ed damages to land.
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
Judge Ba scorn Cox
Filed: San Benito Bank & Trust
Co. vs. J. I. BaJlonger suit on note.
Daniel Yturrta. et al. vs. Victorio
M. de Camero (Brownsville Jewel
er), suit on lease contract.
PRORATE COURT
Judg O. C. Dancy
In the matter of Juan H Fer
nandez estate, petition for account
ing filed by local heirs
Application for probate of E.
Louisa KeppeL will.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
A. Barreda. Jr.
Pedro Garza found not guilty on
complaint charging malicious mis
chief.
J. F Dixon fined $1 and costs on
charge of disturbing peace.
MARUIAGE LICENSE
John Wm. Craw'ford and Velma
Churchman.
BACK FROM MONTERREY
HARLINGEN. May 10— G. L.
Simmonds. owner of Simmonds
BooterJe, has returned from a trip
tc Monterrey. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Simmonds.
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HUEY TIGHTENS
GRIP ON STATE
Last Rubber Stamp Laws,
Passed Behind Guns,
Become Effective
BATON ROUGE, La.. May 10 —
i/P>—Senator Huey P. Long got a
.stronger hold on Louisiana poli
tic- Friday with his latest “dictator*'
laws, enacted at a special session of
the legislature last month, becom
rnr effective at noon.
The measures, written into the
statute books behind the protective
coins of national guardsmen en
forcing martial law, gave Long pow
er. among other things, to:
1. Control the expenditure of any
federal work relief funds received
in Louisiana.
2. Dictate the finances of all local
governing agencies In the state, and.
3. Place his men exclusively at
th ^ballots* 013 election diy t° 0011X11
The federal relief fund measure
was described during the session as
a "declaration of war” against the
United States and It precipitated
a heated word battle between Long
and Secretary Ickes of the Interior
department.
Ickes cancelled several Louisiana
loans and the emergency relief ad*
ministration of the state was placed
directly under control of the fed
eral government.
BICYCLES RECOVERED
HARLINGEN. May 10—Two bi
cycles. believed to have been stolen,
were recovered from an Irrigation
canal by City Policeman Villarreal.
The bikes apparently had been in
the water for some time, being well
rusted.
THREE KILLERS
DIE IN CHAIR
Trio Go to Deaths Praying
For Forgiveness In
Crimes
JOLIET. 111.. May 10.—WV-The
state satisfied its demand of a life
for a life Friday with the electro
cution of three men who particip
ated in the killing of three others
during an attempted bank robbery.
Technically the switch was thrown
In the old state penitentiary only
! to expiate the murder of J. Charles
Bundy, cashier at the Leo nor e. 111.,
state bank, because the three gun
i men who survived the fight which
preceded their capture were not
tried (or the deaths at two others.
Those electrocuted within a 19
minute span shortly alter 1 a. m
Friday were Fred Oemer, 27. and
Arthur Thlelen. 43. both of Rock
ford. HI., and John Hauff, 32, Chi
cago.
All went to the chair seemingly
calm and gave their last breath to
pleas to forgiveness from God and
their victims' survivors.
In addition to Bundy, their vic
tims were 8herlff Glen Axline of
Marshall county and Charles Seipp,
a township supervisor.
A seventh death resulting from
the raid was the suicide of Melvin
Leist of Rockford, fourth member
of the robber band, who shot him
self after a posse surrounded the
killers In a farmhouse near Varna.
1U.
Seventy-five health officers of
the Pennsylvania Bute Department
conducted a sanitary survey of 25,
000 homes in the state.
New Stuart Place
Shed Plans Made
(Bo#*-*! to H»rmW>
HARUNOEN. May l<h- Mlaaourl
Pacific officials have promised that
erection of a new shed to replace the
one destroyed by fire would begin
a' soon as the Stuart Place Citrus
Association Indicates what accom
modations It needs, according to
William White, association mana
ger.
The shed was destroyed several
weeks ago and the association la
now housed In an adjoining build
ing.
Five citrus associations pack from
the Stuart Place plant here. They
ate Combes, Santa Rosa. La Perla,
San Benito, and Stuart Place.
These associations will hold their
annual meetings and election of
officers late this month.
Frame straightening, front sys
tem aligning. Patteaon Motor Oo,—
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