El heraldo de Brownsville. [volume], May 14, 1935, Page THREE, Image 3

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LOWER LIQUOR
DUTY IS URGED
IN COMMITTEE
Induction Would Aid
Fight Bootleggers,
Is Plea Made Before
Tax Group
WASHINGTON. May 14—(yp>—An
assertion that a cut In Imports duties
on liquor would tend to discourage
bootlegging came from the Federal
Tariff commission Tuesday as the
house ways and means committee
went forward with Its analysis of
. the administration of the 1934 liquor
tav'og act.
Dr. James M. Doran, bead of the
Distiller Spirits Institute, went to
the house committee session to
plead for lower taxes.
In a report devoted to the relation
of "whisky, wine, beer and other
alcoholic beverages and the tariff,"
the tariff commission presented
figures to show that the total liquor
revenue has mounted from $191,
£43.990 in 1900 to $299,127,137 in
1934.
) Total revenue from all commod
ities in 1900 was $528,493,000 and In
1934 It was $2,600,989,000.
Speaking of the tariff problem on
distilled liquors It said the duty In
1934 was $5 per proof gallon. When
applied to 7.178.000 gallons of Im
ports. this yielded $35,783,000 in
customs revenue. The $2 excise tax
that was superimposed on this
brought in $14,356,000.
The report continued “It seems
probable that the current consump
tion of legal liquor is being restrict
ed the present high prices, re
sulting from a combination of short
domestic stocks and the level of
8resent duty in conjunction with
ie excise tax. A lower rate of duty,
with or without exemption of Im
ported liquor from the excise tax.
would result In reduced prices at
which Imported liquors are sold on
the American market and m£^t
lead also to reduced prices on
domestic liquors."
* The Weather
jtmjx Texas (east cf 100th meri
dian): Cloudy, probably scattered
sliowers and thunderstorms Tuesday
night and Wednesday; cooler in in
terior Tuesday night.
Fresh southerly winds on the coast
becoming variable.
RIVER BULLETIN
There will be no material change
to the river during the next 24 to 48
hours.
riood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
btage Stage Chang. Ha in
Laredo 27
Rio Grande 21
Hidalgo 21
Mercedes 21
Brownsville 18
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1.6 -13 .00
43 +0.2 .00
6.3 +0.7 .00
4.6 0 JD JOO
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Pert lsaoei
Wednesday, under normal meteor*
ological conditions:
High.3:10 a. m. 12:29 p un.
Low.7:15 a. m. 7:45 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Bunset Tuesday . 7:08
Sunrise Wednesday. 5:44
WEATHER SUMMARY
Barometric pressure was relative
ly to moderately low from the north
Pacific coast to the Rio Grande Val
ley, thence east-northeastward to
the middle and north Atlantic coast
Tuesday morning, and moderately
high over the northern states. Rains
were general over most of the coun
try from the Rocky to the Appala
chian mountains during the last 24
hsMrs. Temperatures fell from Kan
Jm Oklahoma, and northern Texas
northeastward to the Great Lakes
since Monday morning.
Brownsville 7 a. m. (CSD sea
level pressure 29.76 inches.
92
64
88
86
68
85
89
54
64
84
84
90
46
50
80
86
86
88
62
62
84
86
84
50
88
42
76
86
82
10
14
13
11
18
12
12
12
16
14
10
BULLETIN
(Tint figure*, lowest tempers tun last
night. second, highest yesterday; third,
wind velocity at R a. m.\ fourth, prec
ipitation in last 24 hours)
Abilene . 60
Amarillo. 42
Atlanta . 06
Austin . 70
Boston . 52
BROWNSVILLE ... 76
Br'vtlle Airport .... 75
Chicago . 38
Cleveland . 44
Corpus Christi.76
Dallas . 62
Del Rio . 72
Denver . 40
Dodge City.42
E Pa&c . 60
Fort Smith . 66
Houston.70
Jacksonville . 70
Kansas City.56
Los Angeles. 50
Louisville . 62
Memphis . 70
Miami . 68
Minneapolis.34
New Orleans . 72
North Platte .40
Oklahoma City.56
Palestine . 68
Pensacola . 74
Phoenix . 60
St. Louis.52
Salt Lake City.40
San Antonio.. 70
8anta Fe . 44
Sheridan . 38
Shreveport . 70
Tampa . 68
Vicksburg . 68
Washington.58
Williston . 40
Wilmington . 88
Wlnnemucca .38
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Rio Hondo Church’s
Dedication Planned
(Spedsi to The Herald)
RIO HONDO. May 14.—The
Church of St. Helen of the cross will
BMrssed here Monday morning at
9 OBock with Bishop C. B. Ledvina,
D D. of Corpus Christ! officiating
in the elaborate ceremonial of the
dedication of the new Catholic
church.
The bishop will be assisted by
Father O. M. Tv men, pastor of the
San Benito church of which the Rio
Hondo church la a missionary
church A large group of interested
Catholics and friends of the church
are expected to be present for the
eeremcny.
St. Helena's church was erected
following the hurricane which com
pletely raced the church then known
as the Holy Family church.
Crime Begins to Decline
***** *****
At Age of 40, Research
***** *****
Into Pen Records Shows
WASHINGTON, May 14.—(A>
Crime begins to end at 40.
Why It should decline at that aga
is not dear, Paul L. Schroeder, M.
D.. o( the Institute for Juvenile Re
search, Chicago, told the American
Psychiatric Association. But lor
proof that it does he cited studies
of criminals in the Illinois peniten
tiary.
“It seems fairly evident from this
TEXAS SOLON’S
HOME DAMAGED
Fire Bug Blamed by Senator
Sheppard For Blaze
At Washington
WASHINGTON May 14. UP)—
Senator Sheppard (D-Texas) blam
ed a pyromanlac Tuesday for a min
or fire at his home.
He said he and Mrs. Sheppard
were on the second floor of the
building Monday night when they
smelled smoke. Mrs. Sheppard saw
draperies afire when she started
down the stairs and the flames
spread to a wall and ceiling.
“We threw water on the fire and
had it out when the fire apparatus
arrived,” the senator said. “I think
it was the work of a pyromanlac.
As my wife started ‘downstairs, she
saw a man run out of the door. He
had a bundle of papers under his
arm."
He said there had been another
fire in a garage nearby about a hall
hour earlier and the discovery of
papers led him to think the same
man might have been responsible.
Police learned that Just after the
fire in the Sheppard home was dis
covered a man wearing a gray suit
and a gray cap jumped into a taxi
cab a short distance down the street.
Baccalaureate Service
Plant are Completed
(Special to The Herald)
LA FERIA, May 14.—Baccalaur
eate services for the 1935 graduating
class will be held in the high school
auditorium Sunday, May 19 at 8
o'clock. Rev. Paul C. Edgar, pastor
of the Presbyterian church, will de
liver the sermon. He will be assisted
in the service by Rev. J. . Wilson,
pastor of the Methodist church. Mrs.
D. 8. Knight has charge of the music
for the service. The following pro
gram will be carried cut:
Processional—Mrs. L M Vigness;
hymn—congregation; invocation—
Rev. J. C. Wilson; quartet—Misses
Nellie Howarth. Elberta Wiley and
Messrs. A- Vlken. R. O. Gouldlng;
Scripture—Rev. Wilson; anthem
choir. Mrs. D. 8. Knight, director;
sermon—Rev. Paul C Edgar; hymn,
benediction; recessional.
Marksmen to Meet
A fresh onslaught on skeet “par”
or perfect 25. is expected to be
made Wednesday afternoon at the
regular shoot at the Batse 11-Wells
field near the city.
So far only two shooters. J. H.
Batsell and Frank Armstrong, have
sliot perfect 25s. and much interest
is being shown in the race for third
place.
A shoot for beginners will prob
ably be held later in the week, if
weather conditions are favorable,
and plans are being made for an
other match between the city and
airport. The airport won the last
match.
Revival Begin*
Evangelist O. T. Finch of Bryan.
Texas, will open an evangelistic
campaign at the Assembly of Ood
church Tuesday night at 7:45. The
church has made arrangements for
the revival for several weeks, and
it is hoped, according to the pas
tor, that the two weeks’ meeting
which is about to be held, will re
sult in one of the greatest revival
efforts ever put forth in the city.
Rev. Finch recently resigned his
pastorate at Bryan to do evangel
istic work. The public is cordially
invited. The church is located at
West Levee and Secorgi streets.
Revival Planned
(Special to The Herald)
EDCOUCH, May 14.—Rev. Marvin
P McCoy, evangelist of the Church
of Nazarene. will open a revival
here May 19 at the old Baptist
tabernacle.
Rev. Freeman H. Pearson. San
Benito pastor and widely-known
singer, has been invited to lead the
singing, it was announced.
TO ATTEND PARLEY
HARLINGEN- H. T. Stotler of
the Stotler-Burdette Mortuary plans
to attend the state convention of
morticians in San Antonio this
week
WASHOUT
15 MILES OF
KIDNEY TUBES
Wit Back Pop ... Vigor ... Van
Mxiifi authorities asm that
poor kidneys contain IS MILES of
tiny tabes or Alters which help to
purify the blood and keep you
If you have trouble with too fra.
quant bladder peseeaes with scanty
amount burning dis
comfort the If MILES of kidney
tubes need washing out. This dan
ger signal may be the beginning of
nagging barker ha. leg pains, loss of
pep and energy, getting up nights,
swollen feet end ankles, rheumatic
rtfnt and dimlnesa
If kidneys don't empty S pints eday
and get rid of more than t pounds
of waste matter, your body will take
op these poisons canaiwg serious
trouble. Don’t wait Ask your drug
gist for DOAN’S PILLS ... an old
prsocrlptioa... which has bean used
successfully by millions of kidney
sufferers for over 40 yean. They
ghre happy relief and will help to
wash out the IS MILES at kidney
tubes Get DOAN’S PILLS at your
ilnuiMl © 1014, Radar-MUbora Os
study,” Dr. Schroeder scud, “that in
the main persons who commit crime
alter 40 years ol age represent a
distinct group. They tend to com
mit crimes of violence, such as mur
aer and sex crimes on the one-hand,
and fraud on the other."
In frauds, he explained, their
criminal behavior tends to "be a
continuation of a pattern establish
ed at an earlier age.” Why these
40-year-olds run to murder and
se- crimes has not been satisfactor
ily explained.
“There is,” he said, “fatly def
inite evidence that factors within
the individual, perhaps constitu
tional In character, do determine
not only the distinctive character of
the criminal after 40, but the ces
sation of the criminal activities af
ter 40 years of age.”
In his presidential address Tues
day to the association C. P. Wil
liams, M. D., superintendent of the
South Carolina State Hospital at
Columbia. South Carolina, said that
the net annual increase in mental
patients in hospitals in the United
States is four and a half per cent.
"The steady increase in mental
diseases," he said, “and the eye -
mounting costs are focussing at
tention of the public upon the ques
tion of prevention and those pay
ing the bills are beginning to ask
when they may expect some relief."
Cary Funeral Held
Funeral services were held at
4:30 p. m. Monday for Mrs. Annie
Cary of Houston, mother of Mrs.
L. Q. Marsters of Brownsville, who
was visiting her mother in Hous
ton at the time of her death.
Mrs. Cary, who was 65. had lived
in Houston for the past 53 years,
coming to the United States at the
age of 3 from Scotland, the land of
her birth. Her death came sud
denly Sunday afternoon.
In addition to Mrs. Marsters. she
is survived by two other daughters
and two sons and numerous grand
children.
MAJOR COHEN
PASSES AWAY
Prominent Editor and Dean
Committee Leader le
Mourned By Party
ATLANTA, May 14.—(iP>— Plans
for tha fuenral of Major John &
Cohen, 05. prominent editor and
vice chairman of the democratic
national committee, were delayed
Tuesday pending the arrival of his
daughter from Europe.
The daughter, Mrs. Jean M. Bien
venu of Lisbon. Portugal, will land
In New York Tuesday night with
her husband and children.
Major Cohen's death at his home
Monday night closed a career that
carried him from a reportorial po
sition to the presidency and editor
ship of the Atlanta Journal and to
a short term In the United States
Senate.
He had been 111 for a long period.
Only last week he returned from
Rochester. Minn., where he had gone
lor treatment of a stomach aliment.
At his bedside when he died were
his wife, the former Julia Lowry
Clarke; a son, John 6. Cohen, Jr.,
of New York, and his sister, Mrs.
Barton Haxall Wise of Richmond.
Va.
President Roosevelt, a friend of
Major Cohen, led high officials In
expressions of sorrow. Postmaster
General James A. Parley paid tribute
to him as “one of the great editors
of the country and a most useful
citizen and leader in his state.”
Club Royale to Be
Host to Lions Clubs
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN, May 14—A. J. Mc
CoU has a special crew working
on the lawn, placing tables and
special outside decorations, includ
ing electric lights, for the Valley
Lions party to be staged there
Thursday night.
New features are scheduled on
the floor show, which is to follow
the dinner. After that, the eve
ning will be spent in dancing.
Hie Weslaco club has stated
they expect to bring a large num
ber of prospective Lions as well as
••cubs.”
Famed Arab Revolt
Leader Near Death
From Wreck Injury
WOOL DORflltj’IKK, filflud,
May 14. WP>—Colonel Thomas B.
Lawrence, famed leader of the Arab
revolt against Turkish rule during
the World War, was reported Tues
day to have taken a sudden turn for
the worse in the military hospital
where he was brought Monday night
after being injured in a motorcycle
accident.
The staff captain at Bovlngton
Movie Sidelights
DITTMAXN
Five hundred extras were used
in the tremendous shipwreck scenes
which form a spectacular part of
“Whom the Oods Destroy." fea
turing Walter Connolly. Doris Ken
yon and Robert Young, which
comes to the Dlttmann Theatre
Tuesday.
Reminiscent of the great Titanic
disaster, the catastrophe pictured
in “Whom the Oods Destroy.” in
stead of being the high dramatic
point of the story, is really the
starting point of a tense, compelling
tale of human emotions
The picture offers Walter Con
nolly his biggest role since he de
.serted the stage two years ago and
decided upon a motion picture ca
reer. It is the story of a man Who
sacrifices his own career so that an
imagined blemish on his name shall
not affect the future of his son.
Four Burn to Death
When Home is Razed
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. May 14. UP)
- Pour persons were burned to
death and a fifth person seriously
burned early Tuesday in a fire
which destroyed a farm house near
Bradford. Ala.
The dead: Arthur Rich, farmer:
Mrs. J. A. Abel. 70. Rich's mother
in-law; Rich's two children, four
and seven years old.
Mrs. Rich escaped from the burn
ing home with severe burns. Physi
cians said she had a "good chance
to recover."
Camp near the hospital said the pic
turesque figure of the Arabian cam
paign was “in a critical condition
and suffering from ooncuasion.”
He said he may also have suffered
a skull fracture.
Two special nurses were' sum
moned from Bournemouth and three
London physicians hastened here
from London by airplane in company
with Lawrence's parent*.
The accident in which the cele
brated figure in Arabia's war-time
history was injured occurred at
Cloud's Hill near Lawrence'# lonely
cottage at the North End of More
ton.
His motorcycle crashed Into a
bicycle ridden by a boy and both
riders were thrown to the ground.
“Laurence of Arabia/* who emer
ged from the World War aa one of
Its most picturesque figures, found
one of his principal diversions In
driving his motorcycle about the
countryside at high speeds. He rode
a machine of special racing design.
Sent to Arabia during the war as
a member of the military Intelli
gence section of the war office. Law
re oe organized the tribesmen to
revolt against Turkish rule.
After waging aspectacular cam
palgh against the central powers'
lorces In the desert area, he return
ed to take part in the Paris Peace
conference after the Armistice.
There he met disappointment In not
winning for his Arab cohorts the
concessions he had promised them
In return for their activities against
the Turks.
The story of his experiences was
related in his book. The Seven Pil
lars of Wisdom/’ published In a
limited edition and made available
to the public later In an abridged
form under the title, “Revolt In the
Desert/*
C. C. GROUP TO MEET
SAN BENITO. May 14.— The
chamber of commerce group head-1
ed by L. H. Warburton will have;
its monthly breakfast meeting Wed-1
nesday at the Stonewall Jackson i
Hotel. I
ANOTHER LONG
AIDE PROBED
Lieutenant Governor Faces
Investigation Of
SHREVEPORT, La.. May 14. (*>—
Lieutenant -Governor James A. Noe.
close political aide of Senator Huey
P. Lcng. faced Tuesday a federal
Income tax Investigation to
those already dimmed at other
Long leaders, one of whom has been
sent to the penitentiary
The governments fresh activity
was disclosed Monday when Feder
al Judge Ben Dawkins Issued an or
der directing representatives of the
Central Savings Bank and Trust
company of Monroe to appear at the
Internal revenue agent’s office there
Thursday with “books, papers, rec
ords. data and memoranda pertain
ing to the tax liability of James A.
Noe and his wife.”
As the government Investigated
Noe’s accounts, one other Long lead
er was In the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta and three others faced In
come tax violation charges. They
were:
State Representative Joseph Fish
er of Jefferson parish, convicted last
month and sentenced to 18 months
In prison.
Abe Shushan president of the Or
leans levee board whose trial has
been set for June IT.
State Senator Jules Fisher of
Jefferson parish uncle of Joseph
Fisher.
Seymour Weiss, head of one of
New Orleans’ largest hotels and
tieasurer of Long's political organi
sation.
Band Concert
The 12th Cavalry band will give
a concert Tuesday evening at 7
o’clock at Port Brown. The band
is under the direction of W. Q.
Archambault, conductor.
The program will be as follows:
March. “The Prost King’’: Suite,
“Espagnole”; Pox Trot. “It’s Easy
to Remember”; Caprice. “Life's
Lighter Hours”; Pox Trot. “Isle of
Capri"; Walt*. “Vienna Beauties”;
Pox Trot. "Pop Ooes Your Heart";
Pina’-, “March of the Citizen Sol
dier”.
Soil Test Laboratory
Is Sought for Valley
Chamber of commerce secretariat
In the Valley this week are writing
letters to Congressman Milton H.
West asking him to taka up with
the proper federal bureau the mat
ter of securing a soil and water
testing laboratory for the Valley.
The matter was brought up at
the last meeting of Valley cham
ber of commerce secretaries, held
In Mstamoros, and the secretaries
approved the suggestion of Paul
Vickers of McAllen that the bureau
oe srught.
Chambers of commerce are also
compiling information on shrubs
and plants in the Valley in pre
paration for further discussions
soon of the Vsliey exhibit at the
Texas Centennial.
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Style
All white sport oxfords
■dd greatly to one's ap
pearance and com fori
Edgrrton “all-whites” ax*
■hoes you’ll be proud to
wear.
me like a toot from the quittiri
whistle
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Mild they are, you bet...
Yet they got taste and plenty
to spare.
Haven’t got time for loose
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talk, folks ... but here’s two
words that just hit the nail on
the head ...