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THE WEATHER
I Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy and unsettled Wednesday
night and Thursday: somewhat
warmer Thursday.
- - THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—No. 176 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31 1934 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
Tin our
IVALLEY
TUESDAY YOU DOUBTLESS
read to The Herald the dispatch
from Houston stating that Grant j
8 Robinson of Dallas district sales
manager of the General Poods
Corporation will do what he can
to get Brownsville included on the
fall Itinerary of the mythical
‘ Showboat" of the Maxwell House
coffee hour.
That means that the broadcast
will undoubtedly be given a setting
in Brownsville
This matter was called to the
(attention of the General Poods
Corporation several days ago—
By the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce.
• • •
THE MERCURY DROPPED
down to 43 last night.
Just about the low of the season
i here.
^Before you begin to feel too bad-
■’Wy Vseut this belated cold
. * Remember that figure we told
| you about some time ago—
L The 36 average for the entire
I winter to New York.
• • •
SPEAKING OP THE COLD WE
are just about to decide that we
are growing old—
Can't take it.
Coming to this morning we were
all bundled up with coats over-
ooats gloves and locked to a car
With all windows sealed—
And still shivering and feelmg
cold to the old puppies—
When we noticed a kid standing
beside the road waiting for a
School bus.
His legs wire partly bare he had
I on no hat—just a little jacket.
"Jump to” we shouted as we
stopped beside him.
"New" he replied. 1m gonna
wait for the bus . ’
“Aren’t you cold?"
“New” came right back i got
r on this jacket.’*
We drove on. convinced that we
just can’t take it.
• * •
MARKED . D IFF ERE NOE .OP
•pinion seems to be prevalent over
the recent rulings on office hold-
ers and candidates for office hold-
ing positions on the relief boards
and being on the CWA rolls.
One announcement says no of-
fice holder can be on the CWA
II payroll.
Still another says they may—rf
they are in destitute circumstances.
One says an office holder may
not serve on the county board
Another report says he may—
that it is only a candidate who is
barred—perhaps on the theory that
only candidates are interested in
j politics and that persons already
/ 1b office have no interest m such
things.
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1 georoe BUTCH the COUN-
ty supervisor tells us that the whole
thing is going to be put under the
Civil Service.
He says it is going to be handled
largely through army officers in
the meantime—
The tendency has been we are
informed to handle most of the
relief affairs under direct orders
from Austin anyway. 1
The big problem in such matters
when you ask a man to serve
witbout pay. as the committeemen i
do. is to get someone who will work
and who has no personal or pol-
jtlcfti axe to grind.
BeganOeea of the fact that four
its five members hold public
i Bfjice or are candidates the Cam-
eron county committee seems to
b»ve enjoyed the reputation of do-
ing better work and creating less
iyouble than most of the other <
BBinty committees bn the state. <
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JW| jpftOM A VALUED SUBSCRIBER !
IB Beading Pa* The Herald Wed-
nesday receives a check for a sub- i
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Jap’s Navy to Surpass America’s
STRATOSPHERE
FLIERS KILLED
AFTERJCORD
Bodies Are Loc a t e d
In Shattered
Gondola
MOSCOW. Jan 11—OP—All three
members of the soviet stratosphere
balloon ‘'OsoaviakhinT were killed
between 3:30 p. m. and 5:00 p. m.
yesterday several hundred kilo- ■
meters southeast of Moscow near!
the village of Potiskyostrog.
The diaster was announced offi- i
cially Wednesday by soviet civil avia- '
tion authorities after 24 hours of
unconfirmed reports and rumor
while a search went on for the
fliers who yesterday reported they
had reached an altitude of 67.585
feet.
Instrument*. Destroyed
The balloon bag broke away from
the gondola as it hit the ground
in a hard landing. The force of the j
concussion killed the three occu-
pants of the gondola and destroy-
ed all the scientific instruments
aboard.
Following the crash the bag tore
loose from the gondola and disap-
peared into the clouds.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing two
explosions when the gondola hit the
ground. Indicating the balloon must
have landed with terrific force.
The bodies of all three men were
found in the shattered gondola.
(Continued on Page Five)
Bandits Loot
Kansas Bank
INDEPENDENCE. Kas.. Jan. 31.
iA*i—The Independence State bank
was robbed of between $10000 ana
$1000 Wednesday morning by four
masked men who escaped in a
small sedan which they abandon-
ed on a country road about six
miles northeast of here.
Officers who found the car be-
lieve the robbers had another
machine waiting for them and
changed as soon as they were clear
of town.
Five bank employes taken as
hostages were released on High-
way 75. north of Independence.
Poll Tax Sales
End at Midnight
_
Cameron county residents were
making their last day rush for poll
taxes Wednesday and indications
ire that when the flurry has abated
the county will have a voting
strength of around 10000 ballots
considerably less than in 1932. the
last “campaign" year.
It is estimated that approximate-
ly 8000 peril taxes will be purchased
#nd that there will be something
over 2.000 exemptions.
The tax collector's office was to
remain open until Midnight Wed-
nesday in order to accomodate be-
lated poll tax purchasers. Deputies
located In San Benito. Harlingen
La Fteria. Los Indies and Rio Hondo
Uso were to keep open for sale of
xril taxes up to midnight.
There has been a heavy rush at
he tax collector's office throughout
he early part of the week by per-
sons purchasing license plates and
xril taxes.
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Elliot Roosevelt’s
Former Wife Injured
PHILADELPHIA Jan. 31.—</P>-
ifrs. Elisabeth Donner Roosevelt Is
veuperating from injuries received
n a fall from z horse last Sunday
t has been learned here.
The former wife of Elliott Rcose-
relt son of the President received
i broken nose and other injuries
chile the guest at a house party
m Long Island. Her home is at
Ithan near Philadelphia.
Members of Mrs. Roosevelt's fam-
iy declined to say where the ac-
rideitt occurred. i
Queen of Azaleas
Helen Hewell
“Flowers that bloom in the spring”
my eye! Spring flowers were never
so lovely as this riot of azaleas now
in bloom at Mobile Ala. along the
famous Azalea Trail. Supplement-
ing the beauty of the blooms here is
Miss Helen Hewell of Mobile who
reigns as queen of the trail.
DR. J. D. M’CANN
DIES SUDDENLY
Widely-Known Physician of
Raymondville Succumbs
After Illness
(Special to The Herald*
RAYMONDVILLE Jan. 31—Dr.
J. D. McCann 64. widely known
Raymondville physician died at
7:30 a m. Wednesday following a
short illness Funeral services are
expected to be held Saturday after-
noon. but definite arrangements
are being held up pending arrival
of relatives.
Mr. McCann one of the best
known physicians in this section
was a native of Tennessee. He was
educated at Vanderbilt University
and in a West Virginia medical
college coming to Texas in 1900
to locate at Stacy.
The physician came to the Val-
ley in 1917. settling at Donna and
moved to Raymondville in 19??
Since coming to this section. Dr.
McCann had been an active civic
worker and also was prominent in
the Methodist church and Masonic
circles.
He is survived by his widow a
Daughter. Mrs. Julia Eaton of Port
Isabel; a son. Richard; a grand-
daughter. Mary Lee- and a nephew.
R F Ridley of Alabama.
‘Mb’ Frees Five
AUSTIN. Jan. 30—<*V- Five full
pardons were given oonvicB Tues-
day by Gov. Miriam A Ferguson
as follows:
Billy Duke robbery by assault In
Bexar county in March. 1932. five
years; Albert E. Brooker. Milam and
Reeves counties burglary of a
private residence at night driving
an automobile while intoxicated
burglary- of a railroad car. and pass-
ing a forged instrument. 10 years;
Boyd Shannon. Baylor and Tar-
rant counties violating liquor law.
sentence not given; R B Blalock
convicted in Upshur county in
September 1932 of murder and
sentenced to 2 years; and Milton
Ellis convicted in Bexar county in
March. 1932 of robbery by assault
and sentenced to five years receiv-
ed condition*.! pardon lurdh. 1993. •:
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS |
Washington by George Durno — New York by James McMullin
WASHINGTON
By George Darin
CONTROL—That speech of Og-
den Mills at Topeka sounded the
republican agricultural keynote for
34- Mills wanted to know how long
It would be under the New Deal
before every farmer had to take
sut a license to run his farm end
then operate it under the nose of
i federal inspector.
So far the president has shown
so indication of going that far. Bat
a mow is afoot in Washington
which may give the ex-treasury
secretary cause to shout still louder.
Its genesis is apparent in the
proposal of the Bankhead brothers
from Alabama to control cotton
production through a prohibitive
tax on surpluses.
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This idea has Mr. Roosevelt's ten-
tative support. Also it seems to be
favored by many in the cotton-
growing regions who believe their
neighbors have chiseled ihe volun-
tary acreage reduction plan to a
sliver.
The trend Is significant because
If it works with cotton the next
logical step would be to control all
agricultural production by the
same method.
When the possibility of applying
surplus taxes to rheat corn etc..
Is mentioned adi nnist ration offi-
cials wave a ham and say it’s too
much in the lutu re.
A i
UNTHINKABLE — Nevertheless
the idea has buzzed In administra-
tion heads ever since George Peek
was forced out of the AAA. Sec. of
Agriculture Wallace has long held
there are no more foreign markets
for American surpluses—as against
the Peek theory that those mar-
kets can be revived.
It may be farmers will take to
the proposition but a national
plumbing of sentiment is needed on
that seora
„; i-:/' ... > '
If it should be adopted Mills snd
the boys in his corner will tell the
world it’s another step toward a
planned and managed national life*'
which the ex-Secretary said in his
speech was unthinkable.
• • •
CASSANDRA—What Mills had to
say about the abdication of con-
gress and his broad hint that Its
republican members are falling
down on the job of letting the coun-
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CHADICK CASE
IS READY FOR
JURY DECISION
Mayor of Mercedes Is
Charged With Tax
Evasion Try
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN. Jan. 31.—A federal jury
was to begin deliberations in the
case of W. D. Chadick Mercedes
mayor who is charged with at-
tempting to evade federal income
tax payments in 1929. here Wed-
nesday afternoon following three
hours of closing arguments.
The government concluded itc
testimony Tuesday afternoon and
defense attorneys did not offer
further witnesses. Arguments were
heard Wednesday morning.
The Mercedes mayor is specific-
ally charged with attempting to
evade payment of S9.030.40 federal
income tax in 1929 when he was a
Hidalgo county commissioner.
Defense attorneys were not suc-
cessful in attempting to exclude
testimony concerning county war-
rants issued in 1928 and early in
1929 to W. L Pearson Si Company
road contractors.
Nevada Quake
Fears Subside
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan 31. /*»—
Children returned to school and
stores reopened in Mina. Nevada.
Wednesday alter an earthquake
Tuesday that damaged a dozen
buildings and was felt in Califor-
nia and Utah.
Thirty shocks were felt in Mina
which is in a section of Nevada in
which earthquakes have been re-
ported frequently during the last
18 months. The major quake oc-
curred at 11:24 a. ra. and the
others of decreasing intensity fol-
lowed within an hour.
The shocks also were reported in
Salt Lake City where tall build-
ings swayed and in several cities
cities of northern California in-
cluding Sacramento Bakersfield.
Modesto. Porterville and Fresno.
No material damage was reported
outside of Mina
Edcouch Stabber
Hunted By Police r
CSpeclal to The Heraidi
EDINBURG Jan. 31—The Hi-
dalgo county sheriff s office is con-
ducting a diligent search for the
'layer of Modesto Cantu. 22-year-
jld Edcouch resident who was
stabbed to death in a street brawl
it Edcouch Sunday night.
Deep wounds in the abdomen
Hid chest resulted in Cantu s death
tarty Tuesday.
The sheriff's department Wco*
nesday released three men who
were held for investigation follow-
ing the brawl.
Man Gets 10 Years
On Slaying Charge
MARSHALL. Jan. 31.—A
iury Wednesday convicted Harry
Elder on a murder charge for the
slaying of Ncrfo Obb and sen- i
Leneed him to ten years in the 1
penitentiary'
Elder’s attorneys announced they i
axmld file a motion for a new trial j
Cobb was killed during a room- I
ng house brawl here last summer i
He’s Japan’s New
Military Chief
With the appointment of General
Senjuro ilayashi (above) to suc-
ceed Genera) Arakl as Minister of
War. Japan looks forward to a
continuance of its policy of the
military’s domination of Imperial
policy. Hayashi declared bo would
follow in the footsteps of his pre-
decessor. who was leader of the
aggressive military Nationalist
movement
RELIEF TRIAL
> IS ) DP!
Indictment Against Hidalgo
Supervisor Declared
Faulty
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. Jan 31.-The trial
of N. Y. Reyna former La Joya
iclief supervisor was delayed Tues-
day when defense attorneys were
iU'ressful in having an indictment
against rv^na quashed.
Thirty-four other indictments
against the former relief official
automatically were dropped because
each of them is worded in the same
manner that was found invalid
in the defense attack.
The same grand Jury that in-
dicted Reyna on 63 counts will be
asked to re-indictment the Hidalgo
man Wednesday.
Reyna was returned to the cus-
ody of the sheriff's department to
await new action of the grand
jury. He had been held in tail
incc his indictment when he fail-
ed to make t^rru of S32 000.
After a two-hour argume-t. state
ittomeys agreed with the defense
i hat the indictment on which
Reyna was to be tried first was
faulty.
The indictments affected were
he 35 charging false reports. Oth-
er indictme«NS charging forgery
were not affected by the court
decision.
Moley’t Report On
Kidnap Misting
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. UPy—
»rof. Raymond Moiey's report to
he president on kidnapui' is miss-
ng
“I don’t know" said Sen. Cope-
and. when asked where the report
ras to be found.
"I don’t know." was also the re-
>Jy of Joseph B. Keenan assistant
ittomry general head of the crim-
nal division of the Justice depart-
nent.
*
U.S. WILL BE
TRAILING AT
END0FJ936
Jap Pacifists Predict
‘Rupture' With
America
TOKYO. Jan. 31 .—<*>— The
minister of the navy told the House
of Representatives Wednesday that
new auxiliary vessels of the Japa-
nese navy would outrank those of
the United States at the end of
1936 and a member of the House
of Peers declared that if navy
men had their way relations be-
tween the two nations would be
ruptured.
‘Rupture' Foreseen
Admiral Mineo Osuim. the head
of the navy ministry offered sta-
tistics to show how the two navies
would compare when the present
naval treaty expired.
The suggestion of the possibility
of a rupture was made by Ken-
kichi Yoshuawa former foreign
minister during question time in
the House of Peers.
He told his audience that If the
Japanese and American navies wero
to dictate the programs with which
their respective governments enter
the naval conference scheduled for
1935 “a rupture would be inevitable
leading if the pessimists’ view is
accepted to intensified naval com-
petition—even If war is averted” i
Abandon Conference?
“In view of these dangers.' he
said “perhaps it would be better
to abandon the conference alto-
gether unless preliminary negotia-
tions should show the possibilities
of an agreement."
Koki Hirola. foreign minister
who was present expressed s gen-
eral but vague concurrence with |
Yoshizawa s views.
Steamship Line Mail
Contract Halt Asked
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31—<A>h-
A. Lane Cricher. former chief of the
transportation division of the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic com-
merce. told senate investigators to-
day that W. Irving Glover former
assistant postmaster general had
advised against additional mall con-
tracts to the dollar line.
Cricher read from records of an
interdepartmental subcommittee
meeting of June 4. 1929. at which a
prospective contract to the dollar
line was discussed.
Glover was quoted as say ing that
'dollar with his present contracts
will receive $41000000.”
Insull Willing to Pay I
Millions for Haven
ISTANBUL. Turkey. Jan. 31.—
Pi—A local newspaper Wednesday
said emissaries of Samuel Insull
had offered the Turkish govern-
ment $15.000.t€0 for use in the
country's five year industrial plan
If he Is allowed to take refuge here.
Two Greek representatives of the
former utilities executive the news-
paper reported have arrived from
Athens and arc discussing the mat-
ter with Turkish officials.
The government was represented <
as unlikely to consider such an of-
fer. Officials recently announced
steps had been taken to prevent i
possible entrance of Insull. i
LITTLE HOPE
IS FELT FOR
TIMEDELAY
Senators Fail to Show
Up For Vote On *
Measure
AUSTIN. Jan 31. Legisla-
tion to pobtpone the Ume limit for
paying automobile registration fees
until March 31 seemed likely to fail
Wednesday because the senate liad
only a bare quorum of 31 members
present and at least four of those
were opposed to any extension.
Passed By Howe
For the bill to become effective
immediately should the governor
sign it it would be necessary for
it to have been approved by a two
thirds majority vote in each house.
The lower branch Tuesday gave it
more than enough votes to make
it effective at once should the sen-
ate approve it by at leao* 31 af-
firmative votes.
Tile legislature must approve it
and the governor sign it before
mhlnight Thursday if is to obtain.
The existing law fixes the dead
line for motor vehicle registration
payments at midnight on Febru-
ary 1.
Action Delayed
Action by the senate jn the oe-
iay bill was postponed until an
(Continued on Page Five)
Valley Gets v |
Season’s Low
The’ coldest weather of the year
was recorded in the Valiev last
night the mercury dropping to 43
at the Brownsville Weather Bu-
reau station.
The cold wave cam* unexpected-
ly out of the northwest.
The weather bureau Wednesday
forecast continued unsettled
weather Wednesday night with
somewhat warmer weather Thurs-
day.
The cold wave was accompanied
by a slow rain.
Socialists Assail
Deladier * Cabinet
PARIS. Jan. 31.—— Socialist
bitterness against Edouard Daladier
i la red today into an open attack
upon Pres. * Albert Lebrun for ap-
pointing him premier.
The .socialists charged m a state-
ment that the presidents brutal
and unexpected action in naming
M Daladier led toward national
i nion or the dissolution of parlia-
ment.
The attack was unusual inasmuch
as it generally » agreed that the
president is outside party quarrels.
1 •
Cash Balance Leaps
To Billion and Half
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-yAV-
The government's ready cash bal-
jumped to a billion and a half
Wednesday as last week’s billion
dollar borrowing was listed on the
treasury's daily accounting sheet.
The exact figure on cash ou
land was $1489 063 226. The recent
Mllkm dollar short term securities
Issues contributed two-thirds of
this figure.
Officer Shot
NACOGDOCHES Jan. 31.—<*»>—
Jack Clevenger 35. night police
jfficer. was shot and seriously
wounded early Wednesday by an
jnidentified white man whom he
(topped for questioning at a filling
itation. %
. I
MONEY CHIEFS
IN PARLEY AT
WHITEHOIISE
40 Per Cent Slash'
In Gold Content
It Expected
WASHINGTON. JU If VT—
Anned at last with the power he
sought Pres. Roosevelt left eon*
grese Wednesday to the simmering
appropriations and St.. Lawrence
treaty dispa tea while he set about
to devalue the dollar formally.
His monetary lieutenants were
beckoned into a conference con-
sidered important enough to defer
the usual Wednesday morning
meeting with the presa until late
afternoon.
Senate Fla* Away
Capitol Mill anticipated nothing
out of the ordinary g dollar of it
least 40 per cent less than the
present gold content being now
accepted as a matter cf course.
The senate still was plodding on
the waterway pact with Canada
and the house peeked »nto tne
latest of the supply bills that it
will pass without trouble in a day
or so. It was for the state justice
commerce and labor departments
—a four-ln-one device for speed —
*I.A totaled $90667000
This was almost $14.000.000 un-
der curent appropriations all ex-
cept $2000000 of which savings was
estimated to be due to prohibition
repeal.
Navy Bill Approved
The very focal big navy men in
both branches felt they had some-
thing to crow about in the easv
passage by the house Tuesday of
authority for 102 new ships »nd
1.184 airplanes They began tuning
up for a senate encore interested
in Japanese dispatches about th«
naval outlook there
Advocates of tempering the sec-
urities act showed no such en-
couragement however. News
seeped out that Press. Roosevelt re-
cently had turned thumbs down on
any fundamental liberalization al-
though receptive to clarifying
amendments.
Such representatives as could
open their eyes wide after enjoy-
ing the packed Roosevelt birthday
bail into the eartv hour found il-
luminating and diverting reading
u the just published testimony for
the four-dcDartment bill. Woes of
foreign service officers due to the
depreciated dollar depicted by the
state department led to a recom-
mendation lor the $7300.000 to take
ud the slack in their buying power
where most needed.
The state department .mid its
tasks exceed those of "tlij world
war times. Similar account* of
mounting responsibilities featuaad
the other departmental request. for
funds to carry through the year
opening July I.
Austria Claims
Nazis Barbarous
VIENNA Jan. SI ^—Chancel-
lor Engel berg DoUfuas proclaimed
to his people Wednesday that Nail
terrorism has become so barbarous
that “the government's patience Is
at an end.''*
By the proclamation he gave
Vice Chancellor Emil Fey extraor-
dinary powers to clean up thn
situation. Fey Is authorised to fail
police and city and provincial au-
thorities as well as government
officials and any others whom he
considers obstructing the DoUfun
regime.
Ministerial Student
Die* in Auto Wreck
SWEETWATER. Jan. II.—0T—
AsaMental death Wednesday nipped
in the bud a young man's desire
to become a minister.
Ertls Robinson. 22. left his Plain-
view home for Abilene and Sim-
mons University Tuesday to con-
tinue his ministerial studies At-
tached to his fight car was a trailer
carrying two cows which he hotted
would provide the necessary funds
for his education. The milk he
thought would sell well
The trailer became disconnected
northwest of Roscoe on state high-
way NO 7 last night and Robinson
started to repair it As he worked
soother automobile struck the
trailer from the rear and Robin -
»on was crushed between the trailer
tnd his car.
Oil Leader Diet
ELDORADO. Ark . Jan. 31.—{Jpf—
Pat Malloy. 49. long a leader in
the petroleum industry In the mid-
continent area and an assistant
attorney general of the United
States during the early part of
the present administration was
round dead Wednesday In his hotel
room here.
He had died during the night of
i heart ailment. His home was at
Tulsa. Okie*
WireHashes
•VASHINGTON.—The state de-
fer the American legation In
Athens that the Greek govern-
hfa ^nnh^wtpires. "***
WASHINGTON.—The senate
foreign relations rommtttce Jffed-
©f Jefferson Caff cry of Lawton na
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