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FOURTH WHARF
THIRD TRANSIT
SHED SOUGHT
Brownsville Harbor
Chiefs Ask PWA
F*o r $372,434 F o r
Greater Port
Application of the Brownsville
navigation district has been receiv
ed by the PWA Port Worth ijfflce
fo approval of additional terminal
cons traction which will amount to
Approximately $372,434. Included m
th* plans submitted is construction,
of a fourth wharf to be located on
tne west side of the turning basin,
ann an additional transit shea,
400x120 feet, making three sheds in
ell to be located on the turning
basin.
The district has on hand, accord
ing to navigation district officials,
the sum of 1148.23$. premium on
the original bonds sold to the Pub*
lie Works administration. It is
proposed to augment this sum with
a loan of $80,000 from the PWA,
giving the district approximately
$2l.o,000 to use on the construction.
Tne balance of $144,000 would be
ottamed partly as a grant from tne
PWA ana partly as additional pre
mium on the $3X000 bonds to be
so c the PWA.
Cn this basis, the additional co6t
to the district for the fourth wharf
and third shed would amount to
only $80,000, the amount of loan
rnked from the Public Works ad
ministration. for which sum bonds
would be sold the PWA as in the
ease of the original loan which
enabled the district to proceed with
construction of the Brownsville
port.
Members of the navigation com
mission are to hold a conference
In Houston Wednesday, when de
tails of the terming construction
program will be taken up with
J. Cummins, port engineer, and the
Du Puy Construction company o!
An Antonio, successful bidden.
Prom Houston the commissioners
will go to Fort Worth for a further
conference with the Texas office oi
the Public Works administration,
At which time the additional con
struction and other details of the
work here will be discussed.
SEAS RUNNING
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work of removing the passengers"
of the Dixie.
Boat Badly Damaged
“The Carrabassett bucked moun
tainous waves and a 55-mile wind,”
the message from the cutter read.
“Captain John McGann, with hli
subordinate officers spent the night
on the bridge.
“Seas smashed the wheelhousc
windows and Quartermaster Claude
Simmons, who was at the wheel,
received a deep cut on his leg when
he was struck by a large piece of
glass from one of the broken win
dows. The forward port was smash
ed and the quarters of the crew
flooded."
The Carrabassett reported that
the seas were moderating, “but there
is a stiff wind."
A dramatic description of the
scene, a running account of the
tense atmosphere gripping the mas
ter and crew of the Platano as the
sero hour neared, was given by
‘The horlson Is specked with tiny
smudges which in a few moments
will be other rescuers," he wireiess
a scalloped effect as the sea broke
around her. lay broadside on the
reef a short distance from the
Platano. said Deperman.
‘'Waves dash almost up to her
white superstructure," he continued.
"A heavy swell seems to be run
ning around the Dixie, which will
make rescue operations precarious
Passengers Cheerful
"Captain C. D. McRae of the
Platano Is silent as he stares across
the sea to the Dixie. He stands
grimlv, awaiting the first Indica
tion that it is safe to lower the life
boats
"The officers and crew of the
Platano are standing by. Like the
captain, uncommunicative. They
are almost grim. There is serious
business afoot.*
Tropical Radio reported that at
• :15 a. m. (C. 8. T.) transfer of
the Dixie's passengers had not yet
begun.
A i Associated Press reporter flew
over the Dixie Wednesday and re
ported that the ship "looks all
right, although she lists slightly to
the starboard." *
“The passengers seem cheerful
and unworried," he said. "Most of
them are dressed In their sports
blothes Lining the rails, they
cheered and waved as we circled
about them ”
irman.
ad.
The Dixie, her black hull giving
EMERGENCY IS
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loan application*, and wa* now
folng into the management stage of
seeing that loans are paid and
Supervising property.
j jked fcr an appraisal of the ac
Mtnpllrhment* of the emergency
agencies, the president cited that a
million home owners had been
saved from foreclosure; a million
farmers had been saved their home
steads and 7.000 hanks had been
saved from going under.
He said these were Just three
examples.
"city briefs"
Mew and used automatic and oth
«r pistols— Phillips Hardware, San
Benito, Texas —Adv.
Yellow csb—Phone 1013.—Adv.
for all occasion*. Los
Greenhouse Company Phone
Adv.
City Ordinance requires covered
garbage cans. Buy them at Gars.
Hardware.—Adv.
Dr. Olmsted, optometrist, now
bcatad In Arcade building. Adv.
Off to Make North China Safe for Japan
While diplomatic tension between Japan and Kusaia Increased as a result of Soviet complaints about
"Invasions” of Its territory along the Mancbukuo border. Nipponese warlords continued to pour troops
Into the territory along the Great Wall of China. Amid a scene of holiday gaiety, nappy Japanese
troops are shown leaving Tokyo enroute to North C hina. from which the Nanking government has been
forced to with draw its army.
Six Nations Attend U. S. Army’s War Show
AH the nations with which U. S. might conceivably go to war some day, except Great Britain,
observers at maneuvers of First Army at Pine Camp, N. Y. With others, they a*-e shown lined
3uarters with Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, First Army commander. L. to r.: Capt. Yasuto
apan; Maj. Jose Vidal, Spain; Brig. Gen. Juan F. Aicarate, Mexico; Lieut Gen. Friedrich
• cher, Germany; Gen. Vladimir Begunov, U. S. S. R.; Lieut Col. Emmanuel Lombard,
have official
up at head
Nakayama,
von Boetti
France.
Flying Auto Here! Now Watch for Sky Traffic Jams
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take the old car and go flying (or an hoar" may become the national evensong If the amaz
ing craft pictured above fulfills the promise of Its inventor. Tested In Los Angeles, Waldo Water
man's "flying auto" amazed spectators with its efficient performance, and it will be given further
tests la Washington. The plane is tailless, has propeller and pusher-type motor at the rear of the
cabin, with elevators and rudders on the wing tips. Powered with a 95-horsepower air-cooled
engine, the plane attains a top speed of 110 miles an hour Waterman estimates thst It will cost
about 91000.
MARKETS
-
NEW YOBK STOCKS
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.—Prices
milled about indifferently in Wed
nesday's stock market.
Small dips and r&lllee failed to
enliven the session and. during the
morning hours, the turnover was
the smallest in some weeks.
Grains were ragged, with wheat
firming and corn backward. Cot
ter showed signs of recovery. U. 8.
government bonds steadied on
annexations of a heavy oversub
scription for the new treasury notes.
The dollar was up in terms 01
leading foreign exchanges.
There were a few wide share
movers. Homestake min ng mane
an Infrequent appearance with an
advance of 9 points. Com exchanse
bank dropped about 3 and Safe
way Stores and Atlas Powder yield
ed around 2 each. National Distil
lers. U. 8 Industrial Alcohol. Amer
ican Radiator. Johns-Manville and
American Telephone were fraction
ally improved.
oucn issues as uenerai Motors
Consolidated Gas. Union Pacific.
Rants Fe. Western Union. Public
Service of New Jersey. Common*
wealth & Southern Preferred. U. S
Fteel, Liggett & Myers "B." Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey and Socony
Vacuum were unchanged to down
as much as a point
Further weakness in ovtr-the
cturter bank stocks were reflected
in the selling of the com exchange
issue. Fears of more dividend cuts
by some of the leading banking in* ■
stltutions was haid to have Influ*
ercer liquidation.
The oils were eomewhat healtant
after news from Washington that
the Standard Vacuum Co. had
a freed to cancel the huge conces
sion given it by the Ethiopian|
emperor.
Market sentiment, on the whole,
was not particularly bearish al
though various commentators ex
pressed the opinion that traders In
equities were inclined to wait for
business to confirm the almost un
! interrupted advance of the list over
the past several months.
Earnings reports gene.aHy con
tinued to make pleasant reading
Retail and wholesale activities were
not disappointing to the majority
oi reviewers. National Cash Reg
ister announced that its sales ui
August were 12 8 per cent ahead 01
those in the corresponding 1034
month.
Improvement in the economic
f>3d was shown in the report ot
Standard Statistics Co. that there
were only 7 unfavorable dividend
changes in August, the smallest
number registered for any one
month since before January, 1029.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 4'
Belter cab!f*s and reports that some
sections of the cotton belt were
threatened bv the Florida hurricane
brought light buying into the cot
ton market Wednesday and active
o, Lons gained a couple of points. ;
uverpool came in better than
due and at the first call Oct. here
rcld at 10.29. Dec 1031, Jan. at
10 32 and May at 10 41.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Sept. 4. (JP)— Owing to
notable strength shown by the Llv- j
erpool wheat market, grain prices
here averaged higher early Wed
nesday. Opening 4 to 4 up. Dec-;
ember 90-904. the Chicago wheat
market afterward rose further
Corn started unchanged to 4 high
er. December 664, and continued
firm.
A hen's egg contains 66 per cent
water. 10 per cent fat. 13 per cent
protein and 11 per cent minerals.
One hundred sixty-six thousand
acres of land were set aside by
China for an experiment In raising
cotton from American cotton seed. I
Blast In Mexico
Is Fatal To 27
MATEHUALA, San Lula Potosl,
Mexico, 8ept. 3. (JP>—Twenty-seven
persona were killed and 40 injured
by a dynamite explosion in the
llttla mining town of La Paz Mon
day.
The authorities said a man named
Mendoza had been taking dynamite
from a nearby mine and storing it
in his home. This dynamite ex
ploded. destroying 25 houses.
Mendoza and his whole family
were among those killed.
Peery Recovering
«S->#e*al to The Herald >
HARLINGEN. Sent 3.— Charles
Pory, 19 year old former San Ben
ito football player and well known
resident of that city, was resting
easily at the Valley Baptist hos
pital Tuesday following the amputa
tion of his left arm as a result of
injuries sustained In an automobile
accident early Monday morning.
Peery was reported at the hospital
to be in "good condition following
a gcod night."
One blood transfusion was made
Monday, due to the loss of blood
the youth sustained prior to arrival
at the hospital
Although ancient Rome had nu
merous earthquakes, there were
never any of outstanding destruc
tion. Some historians contend that
many of the Roman palaces and
temples said to have been destroyed
by barbarians between the fifth and
ninth centuries were really shaken
down by quakes.
The first compass was a magne
tized needle stuck through a cork
floating In water.
Burrowing owls do not burrow;
they use the burrows made by
prairie dogs and other animals.
‘LA CUCARACHA’
RETURNS HOME
Get Big Hand Everywhere
Boosting Valley Except
In Canada
Jack and Ed Clark, driven of “La
Cucaracha. ’ arrived home at fiau
Benito at 3 a. m. Tuesaay, following
a trip which took them north to
Washington. D. C.. and New York,
through Michigan and Illlnola.
southward through South Carolina.
Virginia and Arkansas. In the course
cf their thousands of miles of travel
they advertised as they went, the
glories of “San Benito, gateway tu
deep water,” and “Port Isabel, the
newest Texis port.”
The boys manifestly glad to be
home after their arduous journey,
were enthused ever the reception
they received In every capital city
visited and in the capital city of
the nation. “Everybody likes to hear i
about Texas and about the Lower1
Rio Grande Valley.’* the pair told
The Brownsville Herald Tuesday
aitemocn.
Especially do the people of the
north like to hear about the hunting
and fishing possibilities of the Val
ley. they reported. “We found that
people were more Interested In fish
ing than In the population of cur
cities, and more Interested In the
hunting opportunities than In how
much business we expect our ports
to do,*’ the Clark beys said.
Commenting on their reception,
they stated that Canada was the
only spot visited where their efforts
on behalf of the Valley and Port
Isabel did net seem to be appre
ciated. *‘We had to cover up our
“cucaracha’’ signs advertising San
Benito and Port Isabel before they
would let us Into the oountry.”j
they reported, “and had to lock up
our advertising literature and pro
mlse we would not bring It out for
distribution.”
The boys brought heme with them
letters from the governor of Illi
nois. governor of South Carolina;
Vice President Gamer; Senatrs
Ccnnally and Sheppard; president
of the New York City board of ald
ermen; secretary of the Arkansas
Highway commission; governor, sec
retary of state, highway commis
sion of Michigan; secretary of state,
New York; chief of Texas Highway
patrol; mayor of Chicago; Con
gressman West: highway depart
ment, New York; highway depart
ment, Illinois: governor cf Texas;
governor of Virginia; governor of
Arkansas and M. H. McIntyre,
secretary to President Roceevelt.
Deportation Of
Aliens Urged At
Vet Convention
DALLAS, Sept. 3. The depor- I
tation of ten million aliens living
In the United States was recom- ■
mended Tuesday at the Texas
American Legion convention by
Quinby Melton of Griffin. Qa., na
tional vice-commander.
Melton said riding the country of
these illegal resident* would eli
minate 3,500,000 criminals, furnish
employment to 4,000,000 American
citizens and remove from 1.500,000
to 3,000,000 aliens from the relief
rolls. He said caring for these
aliens on relief cost the country
$400,000,000 yearly.
Governor James V. Allred, speak
ing after Melton, pleaded that the
profits be taken out of war. that
the government take over opera
tion of all munitions plants and
that the United States adopt a
permanent policy of neutrality in
foreign affairs.
O. D. Hollandbeck of Washington,
representative of the Veterans’ Re
employment Service, said Texas led
the nation in giving Jobs to vet
erans last year, placing 46,000 of
them.
At the final session of the conven
tion late Tuesday officers for the
ensuing year will be elected and
the 1936 convention city selected.
Brownsville Youth
Heads Organization
The fifth annual Valley council
of the Young Catholic Men’s asso
ciation will be held In Brownsville
In September of 1938. it was an
nounced here Tuesday by Albino
Est~ada of Brownsville, newly elect
ed president of the Valley organisa
tion.
Other members of the dlocesian
committee elected at the fourtn
council at Harlingen Sunday were
lYancieco J. Garcia of Brownsville,
vice president; Nieves Olvera or
Brownsville, secretary; and Juan
CM era, treasurer.
The Harlingen convention drew
300 delegates from all parts of the
Valley Bishop Serafln Maria Ar
r-it-ra of Tamaullpas took a leading
pan In the association’s activities.
He officiated at the high mass which
c. ened the convention at the Sacred
Heart church.
Morning and afternoon business
sessions were held at the parochial
school at which annual reports were
given and plana made for nctlvities
during the coming year.
The convention closed with a
banquet at the Reese-Wll-Mond
hotel Sunday night.
How Storm Appears
From Air Is Told
A realistic description of a tropic*
al hurlcane he viewed from an
altitude of 14,000 feet while flying In
southern Mexico was given before
the Brownsville Lions club Tuesday
by Hugh Johnston, who has charge
of Pan-American's radio communi
cations system here. ,
From that altitude. Johnston said.
It was easy to view the circular
movement cf the storm below.
The entertainment Included dance
numbers by pupils of Frenoes
Leighton Dashlell. A tap number
was contributed by Moselle Pruden
and a group dance was performed
by Peggy Crixell, Louise Ford and
Moselle Pruden. Plano numbers
were supplied by Mrs. Telmo Todd.
Tom J. Cunningham of Corpus
Chrlsti, court reported far the crim
inal district court new in session
here, was a visitor.
Tn Pernambuco, piano mover*
cam' the instruments on their
heads. Six men carry the load, and
the seventh goes ahead to clear
traffic. I
Killed Her Child, Faces Chair
I
6b* drowned her baby, confessed Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood, ‘to sav*
him from a life of poverty H And now sb* faces a first decree murder
chare* ts Goshen. N. Y.. with electrocution mandatory tf she ts con
victed. The penniless widow, a formsr Broadway showgirl, carried
the body of S-year-old James (shown her* wltb bis mother daring
happier days) to a police etatioo and mad* b«r conft-esion.
DR. LETZERICH
FUNERAL HELD
Final Tribute Paid Valley
Pioneer Physician At
Harlingen
(special to me ueraiai
HARLINGEN, Sept. 3—Long-time
residents of the Valley, members of
the medical profession and many
other Valley residents gathered here
Monday afternoon to pay final tri
bute to Dr. C. W. Letzerich, 61
year-old physician who died here
Sunday morning.
Dr. Letzerich was one of the best
known men in the Valley, having
settled on the present site of Har
lingen 26 years ago before the city
was established. He was active in
civic undertakings as well as being
prominent in medical circles of the
southwest.
The services were held at the
Presbyterian church with Rev.
Flynn Long in charge. Interment
was in the Restlawn burial park.
Dr. Letzerich is survived by his
widow, a daughter, one grandson,
two sisters, Mrs. Charles Zirjacks of
Victoria, and Mrss. Qerges of Aus
tin; and two brothers, Dr. A. M. and
Hugo.
A native of Fayette county edu
cated at the University of Texas
and Tulane, Dr. Letzerich practiced
medicine in Texas for 36 years. He
lived in Sublime. Texas, before
mrviag to the Valley 26 years ago.
PLANTING OF
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for different kinds of vegetables to
insure against a complete loss In the
event of a demoralized market on
cne commodity.
Negotiations are now under way
i for the establishment of refrigera
tor boat service to handle vegetables
from the Valley and If these nego
tiations terminate successfully it Is
likely the Valley will move much of
its produce by water.
Davis Wade, shipper and a com
missioner of the Port Isabel-San
! Benito Navigation district, has
stated that water transportation
will open the Atlantic searoast to
the Valley, and that “there will be
markets for double the amount of
produce that w> have been moving
in the past, when these big centers
are opened tc us."
The Valiev's citrus deal also will
start soon, with the first car rolling
probably the last week of Septem
ber of the first week of October.
SUITS FILED
(Continued from Page One)
the result of her son's death in the
Loe Tresnos accident.
Jose Barrera of Brownsville, driv
er of the truck which collided with
the com truck at Los Presnos. is
suing the com company for $23,000
for injuries allegedly received in
the crash.
The other damage suits grow out
of an accident between Harlingen
and La Fena January 6 in which
Arthur Robertson was killed and
Merle Mills, San Benito school
teacher, was Injured.
Robertson's relatives are suing G.
C. Adamson of San Benito for ap
proximately $30,000. and Miss Mills
is suing the same defend: it for
approximately $4,000.
Mexico Gets Storms
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 3.—iff*—
Duratches from west central Mex
ico Tuesday reported the deaths or
several persons in storms sweeping
the area.
The La Prensa crorespondent at
Manzanillo reported that the gun*
ooa* Progresso had capsized In the
port of Manzanillo but without
c?«uaIUes. He further reoorted the
collapse of the customshouse and
se\eral frame residences there.
Rivers In the state of Jalisco
vert said to have overflowed, part
ly Inundating the city of Ouada
la;ara and the nearby town o!
Huentltlan. Several adobe houses in
the latter place were reported to
have collapsed trapping an undeter
mined number of occupants.
The lowly creatures known as
irilobites were once the moat highly*
organised Inhabitants of the globe.
HURRICANE
‘Continued from Page One)
Inf. about half of them women and
children. Out of this number, there
arre only seven men and three or
!oor of the women saved.
Hid Heads la Holes
when we found the water still
r*slng. we made our way to the
raiiroad track. We dug boles Into
tile earth under the cross ties eu
we could protect our heads from the
filing deoris. This was the only
way we could keep our bralna from
b*:ing crushed out. We stayed on
the railroad track until 3 a. m.
(Tuesday) as that was the only place
above water.
“At daybreak Tuesday, we found
a tank car full of water which of*
fcred refuge."
Coffee waa made for the ill and
Injured. Dr. Alexander said. In the
afternoon. Buck Wright (one of the
men at the camp, evidently) ana
se-.eral others who had row boats
tr.ok Dr. Alexander and the other
survivors across Snake creek, sep
arating Matecumbe Key from Largo
Key. one at a time. Prom there, they
were brought to Miami In rescue
trucks.
An Associated Press correspond
ent In Miami, who flew over the
de\astated Keys area, reported:
“Below Tavernier to the Vaca
Keys, In the region that bore the
brunt of the tropical hurricane, ai
rc»5t nothing man-made remains.
Nothing is whole, undamaged
"Houses are twisted piles of match
I wood. Boats are piled high on dry
land, shattered and twisted.
"The veterans camps are literally
I f:a'. The lumber that went Into
building them Is strewn askew."
Threatens West Coast
The hurricane, after raglnc across
the Keys, swerved to the north in
the Oulf of Mexico and endangered
ctties on the Florida west coast.
The full intensity of the hurri
cane in this area, was looked for
around Cedar Key. a dot of land
in the gulf 90 miles north of St.
Petersburg, connected with the
mainland only by a narrow cause
way
Many of the 1300 residents or
Cedar Key began evacuating the
i village when th« word of the ap
proaching hurricane reached them.
I\V school and other substantial
buildings were thrown open as
shelters. Most of the homes in
Cedar Key are of flimsy, wooden
construction.
With the tides rising and the
waters raging about St- Petersburg.
In Tampa Bay and up the west
coast, the hurricane flags were
flown a5 over the area Weather
clficlals said the effects of the hur
ricane would be felt up into Oeor
Zia. Part of the storm was reported
•winging back to the east. Into the
northern part of Florida.
With communication Unas down
In many sections, reports from the
west coast were meagre. There were
no reports, howeveT, of loss of life.
Bride It Killed
FLAOSTAFF. Arts., Sept. 3.—OP
-Death Tuesday tragically ended
the honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph William Hunter of Abilene,
Texas, when the bride died m
Mercy hospital here of a wound
suffered when she was shot ac
cidentally by her husband.
They were en route to the Grand
Canyon.
Max Miller, justice of the peace,
said no Inquest would be held as
evidence showed the shooting was
accidental.
The wedding couple left Williams,
accompanied in another car by Mrs.
Hunter's parents. Mr and Mrs. C.
H. Manly of Crown King.
Bremer Kidnaping
Suspects Quizzed
PI. PAUL. Sept. I.—(A*—William
Wearer and Myrtle Eaton, among
22 persona Indicted in the 1200.0 0
Edward O. Bremer kidnaping, ware
hr Id in the county Jail hare Tues
day pending arraignment in Fed
eral district court.
Brought here Monday by airplane
by federal agents, following thsir
capture Sunday on a chicken ranm
near Allendale. Fla., the two ware
questioned here about the abduc
tion and then Jailed.
CHAUDOIN IS SAME
(Special to Tba Herald!
HARUNOEN. Sept. J.—"Meeker”
Chaudoin. wounded Cameron coun
ty liighway patrolman, spent a gooa
lught and was reported in" fair
corditlon” at the Valley Baptist
Hospital Tuesday morning.
ISABEL SEEKS
STORAGE PLANT
$200,000 Project Would
Aid Fithins industry,
U Pointod Out
A request that the county eld in
expenses pre,.m.n.ry to obtaining
e Wwv/.OOO mumc.pal lish end tnrunp
storage plant et Port Isabel to oe
sougnt tmough the Public Works
Administration was placed belore
the commissioners' court Tuesday
by port Isabel officials.
The court deterrea action cn the
request.
According to Information plaoed
before the court a similar plant,
expected to greatly lncre.se the fish
and shrimp business, has been ob
tained by Port Lavaca through the
PWA. It is hoped that the propoeed
Valley project could be made Into
a self-liquidating business.
The court elso received a com
munication from the state board of
county road Indebtedness approv
ing a lev)’ of 70 cents lor Cameron
county road bonds this year. It wet
at first thought that this levy
wculd have to be 70 1-2 cents. This j
will make the county rate $1.22 for 1
the year with 70 cents going to the 1
Interest end sinking fund and 52
cents going for maintenance and
operation of the county government.
The court also discussed the quar
antine the state livestock commis
sion has placed around Cameron
ecunty banning cattle which have
not been submlted to testa for tuber
culosis. The atite-federal foroea
ere conducting e tuberculosis clean
up In Cameron county and In order
to keep the ccunty clean no cattle
will be allowed to come In without
having been tested for the disease.
The quarantine provided a fine of
S25 to $100 for violations. The com
missioners are writing the commis
sion to determine who la to enforce
the quarantine.
The city of Pert Isabel la re
questing that the ccunty dipping vat
there be removed outside the c!f/v
limits. The matter la under con-r
alders tl on.
BRITISH BACK
(Continued from Pace One)
that Oreat Britain's position had
been so weakened by the events of
the last few days — Including the
participation of Francis M- Rickett.
a Briton, in negotiations for the
Ethiopian oil conceslons to an Am*
erlcan corporations — that It aban
doned any effort to obtain support
for imposition of sanctions.
Officials circles tossed off with a
shrug the ruling of the concilia
tion commission, which was. in ef
fect, that neither Italy nor Ethio
pia could be blamed for the frontier
fatalities of last year.
Far more devastating diplomatic
grapeshot. It was asserted was con
tained in 700-page description of
* the Italian position prepared for
the council. On this document. It
was said, Italy was ready to go be
fore the world with the assurance
that strong arm methods are Justi
fied In East Africa.
There was an atmosphere of Jubi
lance even over the Rickett inter
vention. now regarded here as hav
ing become a white elephant in the
hands of those who would obstruct
the Italian policy.
News of Secretary of State Hull's
announcement In Washington of
the withdrawal of the American ln
(terest In the concession caused Ut
ile less than a sensation.
After recovering from the surprise
over the confirmation that the en
terprise had a bona fide American
connection, informed circles pointed
out that this seeming deflation of
the economic "buffer* left Italy in
stronger position than ever.
I U. 8. WIGGLES OUT
I OF WAR POSSIBILITY
WASHINGTON. Sept 4. <**— The
cancellation of a gigantic Ethiopian*
oil concession was believed Wednes
day to have erased all chance of
United States entanglement in the
Italo-Ethloplan dispute.
Secretary Hull's diplomatic ma
neuver in persuading the oil firm
to drop Its plans for African ex
ploitation was credited by Informed
observers with having clarified issues
in the controversy between Italy
and the Abyssinian empire. These
observers also saw the move as a
bold stroke destined to aid Orest
Britain and other European nations
fh their attempts to calm the
troubled East African scene.
At Hyde Park. N. Y., President
Roosevelt was said to be “delighted’*
at the turn of events “because he
regarded the contract so upsetting
1 to peace negotiations." The league
of nations met in a special session
at Geneva today in an attempt to
avert war.
The question of another American
oil an dmlneral concession remained
to be settled- This is held by Leo
Y Chertok. New York broker, who
sa*d he received the concession as
security for a loan of 11,000,000 to
be raised by Oct. IT.
The Standard Vacuum Issue was
settled after George S. Walden,
chairman, and H. Dundas. vice pres
ident. called at the state depart
ment for advice. They conferred
with Wallace Murray, chief of the
near eastern division, and told him
that Frauds 11 sett, British pro
moter, had acted for them In ne
gotiating the concession with Em
peror Haile Selassie
Later Secretary Hull Issued a
statement saying: ,
“The officials were Informed that
the granting of this concession had
been the cause of great embarrass
ment not only to this • government
but to other governments who are
making strenuous and sincere efforts
for the preservation of peace ul*
Walden and Dundas communi
cated with associates in New York
find then Informed Secretary Hull
they had decided to accept his ad
vlce. They said the Ethiopian Em
peror would be notified they were
withdrawing from the deal.
, Standard Vacuum
Joe Loui* To Wed
CHICAGO. Sept. J-iAV-W«d41n*
b«li> are going to ring for .loo
Louis, the Detroit negro boxer.
Miss Marvs Trotter. Chicago
stenog.apher, said Tuesday she and
Louis plan to be married In New
York after his fight with Max Baer
there Sept. 24
“I'm not marrying him because ho
is a great fighter," said the slightly
built 19-year-old girl." He s a fine
i man. modest and gentlemanly."