The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 196, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1939 Page: 3 of 12
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AID PLEDGED
TO AMERICAN
OIL INDUSTRY
Reducing Of Import
Oil Planned
t
WASHINGTON—^—A determin-
ed fight tn assist the nil industry
v ill he made in the Tilth congress
R»p Disney nf Tulsa. Ok'a.. a
member nf the House Wavs and
Means Committee announced he
would introduce a bill to reduce the
total imports of oil into the United
•
States to 4 1-2 per cent of the na-
tion s production
•'There Is a gentleman's agreement
for 4 1-2 per cent now." Disnev said
‘hut some of it is brought in as
hunker oil or ship supply oil *
Disney said he believed there
should be no federal control of the
oil industry if it can possibly be
avoided
The Connally ‘Hot Oil’ Art ex-
tension is necessary and impo-tant."
Disney said The law prohibits in-
terstate transportation of “illegally
produces” or ‘ Hot’ ‘oil
The Tulsan also said a proratmn
law- m Illinois “is terribly import-
ant” to the oil industry.
Ron Boren. *D-Okla>. said he
would ask congress to again ratify
1he interstate oil compact which
would expire July 1. 1940 His bill
would a«k ratification of the com-
pact virtually along the lines it
now exists hut said he was ‘study-
ing to see if there is any way to
improve it
Boren declared he would oppose
any effort* that might be made to
levy a fuel oil tax
The Connelly "Hot Oil” art should
he extended he said adding he also
would support any measure to re-
strict the importation of foreign
oils
Meanwhile Rep Coffee tD-Wash l
4 announced he would propose repeal
of the Connally law. charging it had
served “only the monopolist c Oil
interest?" The act. Coffee said had
placed an "unbearable burden' on
independent producers refiners and
marketers
In the Senate. Senator G'llrtte
»H-Ia > introduced a bill to divorce
retailing of oil and its product* from
refining and distributing
Rep Harrington <D-Ia » introduc-
ed a measure to exempt fmm the
one cent federal gasoline tax all mo-
tor fuel containing six per tnt or
more of alcohol manufactured from
farm products.
COLLEGE GETS
RARE VO JME
Columbus Discovery
Not Mentioned
AUSTIN — A fifteen century
h* t-selling hi*tory that missed one
i f history's biggest "scoop* has
been added to the Stark collection
of rare book* at the University of
Tex-*. Donald Coney librarian an-
nounced
A history of the world from the
rreation. the "Liber Chiomcarum'
or 'Nuremberg Chronicle came off
the pi ess nnlv a vear after Colum-
bus discovered America but fails
to mention the discovery
The Chronicle was one of th>
first "picture hooks” ever printed
for the masses and sold at iwoular
prices. Mr. Coney said It was print-
on ju*t X7 vears after movable type
was u-ed at Gutenberg
rrolifiraltv illustrated. the
Chronicle counts 1J09 pictures
w ith ns many »« 20 to some page*
Mr Coney point* out that the
artist* h »wever. did not bother to
invent new fare* for each charac-
ter. using 44 countenances to re-
I present 12* d’fferent king*
The b"<>k offers valuable source
material for fifteentn ceutur* eicht-
terture. Mr Conev said Imagin-
-rv places Mich a* Ninive" and
"Troy” are pictured as are cities of
Italy. France ^nd Germany.
Ovv -led formerly by J Ackerman
Cole and William Randolph Hearst.
th- bonk w <s purchased recently
by H .1 Lu'cher Stark of Orang*'
members of the University s hoard
of regenv It will nr displayed m
th*' Stark Room which house* the
rotirc collection of rare books
g’ven the Univers’ty by the late
V-« Miriam Lutcher Stark ’he
regent - mo’her Mr Coney said
Meet Is Set
College Press Clubs
Hold Congress
FORT WORTH The Place nf
• hr Fouthwe«t in National Life and
Culture' will he *he theme of the
1 !tn minual aesrion of the South -
wf.»te*n Journalism Congress and
ihc Southwestern Students’ Press
C*ub. scheduled for March 17 and
18 at Oklahoma A and M Col-
Ire-. Stillwater.
Two of the main speakers were
announced bv Prof .1 Willard Rid-
ings of T C U. secretarv-treas-
ur-r of the Congress
These are Victor Murdock editor-
in-rhirf of the Wichita <Kan.t
Fagh and Dean K-nncth E Olson
of the Mcdill School of Journalism.
Norihw r-tern University.
M-mhership of the Congress ir
made up of the journalism depart-
m^nts of 13 Southwest colleges:
Baylor University. Hardin-Sim-
•nons University. Louisiana State
l Tmversity. Mary Hardin-Bavlor
Cillcge. Southern Meihodist Uni-
' i srtv. Texas. A A M College.
T-’xas Christian University. Texas
State College for Women. Texas
r T*ohnnlogical College. Tulane Uni-
verfity. Unive-'itv of Oklahoma
ano ihe University of Texas.
Prof Clement E Trout. Okla-
homa A and M is president of the
Congress and Prof George Sim-
mons ef Tulane University vice-
president
( <M»|Mkrn<iv€k Housing Is Xow Slndonl l’rojj<kH
AUSTIN — At the University of
Texas. 320 students are getting an
"duration and living cumfortaoly
for the price of three packages ot
cigarettes daily.
The 320 students are resident* of
the University's fifteen cooperative
house/ established on the campus
-nice 1956 In cold figures they
ar»- actunlly paying b<>ard and room
expenses with 50 cenls a day fig-
ures released here show.
University officials estimate that
. ihe v hole group saves $40000 * year
| and declare that if cooperative
housing could be provided foi th"
■ entire campus enough money would
be saved annually to retire the
state deficit in ten years.
While the average student spends
$30 and the dormitory resident. $45
to $55 a month the -cooperative
houser" spend an average of 115 tut
for room and board.
"Cooperative housing will revolu-
tionise America's system of living."
one administrator predicted after
checking comparative living costs
"If we turn out two hundred stud-
ents a year who know' they can
live comfortably on that little
money think of what may happen
ten years from now when the move-
ment has spread back home "
The secret of the cooperative
house is a "share-the-work" plan
according to Dick Rubotlom. young
assistant dean of men. who has
manager the housing since 1W3®
Everybody has a job in tunning the
houje. and expenses are knocked
. into a cocked hat.
He points to the rase of the aver-
| age resident.
I For food he spends 37 per rent of
his budget; utilities. 14 per cent:
wages and maintenance lfi per
cent; equipment. 3 per cent and
laundry. 2 per cent.
For an hour a day. he is respon-
sible for some job around the
house It may be dishwashing
sweeping the floor care of the yard
bedirwiking. clearing the table. If
he is a finance expert he may tie
put in charge of the house s book-
keeping
With cost of operating the house
; whittled to a minimum the stud-
ent turn to buying
Thirteen of th»* nouse purchase
all their groceries and supplies in a
"pool.” Tie whole group buys only
after Austin merchanls have sub-
mitted competitive bids.
In addition to being a "saver* the
i cooperative house resident is also
a •money maker.” Dan Rubottom
states Figures show that about 65
per rent of the University's stud- |
ent b *dv earns all or part of Us
school expenses. But practically
all of the “cooperative housers
work
Some are student library assist-!
ants some “graders." tome work as
student janitors filling station at-
tendants One boy is a full-fleog-
ed radio announcer
As a rule after subtracting tor
his job and his housework the
student has about ten hours left
each dav for class attendance
study and recreation.
Thirteen of the houses ar* for
inm. two for women. The same
ceneral procedure is in force at all
the houses. Dean Rubottom de-
clares.
TUMBLE WEED
SEEN AS HELP
Checking Of Erosion
Told By Official
AMARILLO The tumble
wpcd. a disreputable thing which
na* ruined miles of barbed w ire
and helped to create myrial sand
dune? in the plains country i* at-
oning for some of its wrong-doings.
In the severe drought of 19:t3-li4-
39. which has vet to become as
famous in the minds of old-timers
a? the one of '87. tumble weeds were
bundled and used for stink feed
and the thistles made pretty good
feed The Department of Agricul-
tures laboratories discovered the
weeds had considerable food value.
96 SOCIAL ARBITERS
GUIDE U. OF T. CO-EDS
A U S T I N—Social arbiter* for |
more than one thousand University
of Texas co-eds %re the 9* girls
chosen as upperclass advisers in
fourteen residence halls.
• “Must I wear a hat a dine In a
downtown restaurant?" ‘ How shall
I tell my date I enjoyed the eve-
ning'" “What shall I do when a
boy a>ks for a date and I don’t
want to go^'' “What fork shall 1
use?"
Those and scores of other ques-
tions pour daily from the lips of
the Mfi dormitory resident* and j
101 g>rls in six large boarding
houses—or more than one-third the
co-ed population of the University
—into the kindly ears of the “big
sisters."
Bif-sisterly advice is not limited
to social problems however. The
advisers help solve financial diffi-
culties show newf students how to
study straighten out occasional
tiffs between roommate*
The adviser system for University
residence halls had its inception
rally a few years ago w ith the
construction of Littlefield Dormi-
tory for freshman girls. The firtt
year that dormitory was in opera-
tion it was found that the aveiage
IR-year old freshman—and many
are only 16—needed someone not
much older than herself hut some-
what wiser to tell her "what is be-
ing done "
SPECIALS FRIDAY—SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17-18
Uff IT HEB- j%
VWV H H or ^0
Mt*A A Am 2 small or 1 tall • .
JA AR^I Pawnee 14ox. .
UA 1 9 'peT Bo. .... *
P Anu SILVER VALLEY «| y
No. 2 (lge ) 9c; 2 cans. I / C
PICKLES “;r.DlU-.... 10c
PRESERVES ^“.... 19c
^ A U |%Y CREAM PEANUT
WAnUI SQUARES lb.
CANDY r™ Mx.
VANILLA'™
Choice
UNPEELED
8-oz. Cans
Per Can
LETTUCE 6c
n.xx.xx.xs
Central American Fruit
Taste the Diiierence
Per Pound.
FLOUR
Betsy Ross
6 lbs. 23c
12 lbs. 37c
48 lbs. SI.35
24 lbs.
SOAP ^LALICE
ADDI CC aporated
MllLCj Per Pound ....
C* A txtTPt Toms.
1 5c Bhi s 3 for ...
PEACHES p3raled.
*04**
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QUALITY *
Coffee
p" - 17/1
Pound.. I / v
^Oq JLM
Coffee
jm sr • Bright and
Pt*"' 3 .. Early. Lb.
i> juZ 19c
C c 1*' z \DMIRAT10N
Coffee £ 23'
I; BUTTER I
I: SUNSET GOLD «)f)c I
V: Per Pound. il
\ CHERRIES /
RM) SOi n PITTfcD /M
V. >«■ * H*r«r» ^ t C 'W
\^2con$....ZJ^r
SHORTENING ::s> :
Peanut Butter
. Quart Jars.
FLOUR
DEPLMJON ag A ^
12 lb*. 29r ^F C
4* lb*. 95f
24 lbs. ^F^F
I omato
Puree
i
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ki AQC COTTON THREAD C
TyiyJw v 10-ounoe. Each.
OATS SFSSZ.2 tor.15c
I PI | Y MA brOWN
■ Assorted Flavors. 13 oz Jar .... I<#C
WHEAT SBHof.DDEDN.BC.12c
CRACKERS t™™1™!. box.... 14c
BABY FOOD Sz:15c
BAKERY
SPECIALS
From Our Own Ovens
Bread \\\S 7c
Black and White
SQUARE CAKE
One \\ hile and fine Devil * Food
later **ith rhnrnlate n a
fudge irlng. F.arh ... dfcnPC
COFFEE CAKE
ALMOND FILLED 1
Earh . I *tC
Coffee Shi:.2lc
CXI T MYLES FREE RUNNING £L
jML I 26 oz. Boxes. OC
|" I ^\| |D PANCAKE. Pillsburv's Q
■ 21* lb 18c; l1« lb. box. jfC
AAAAX HERSHEYS Q -
w w V* xJA\ i2 pound box. OC
COFFEE ;i f R° 9c
PRUNES ;!;! :R T 9c
HCCCCDTC twinkle gelatin c
l^COOCIm I v 3 Boxes 14c; Box. OC
Drug Department I
EX LAX !StB„. 19c
NUJOL 49<
L Toothpaste 20c
IPANA. 50c Tub....
TISSUES £s£h.. 10.
ASPIRIN 59«
RAZOR BLADES . 17<
POND'S CREAMS £. . 23<
JERGEN'S LOTION Z».... 37<
P i J.——T" .' " ..
MODESS
BAKING POWDER ^nCL.UB 18c |
UPTON'S
Yellow Label Tee
10c Box... 8c
2 lb. Box. 41c
- —
OLD DUTCH
I goat furthar doasn't
I scratch bacausa it’s
MT* 1 mada with SCISHOTITi
2 Cans .... 15c
MATCHES
WM PENN’ f
Small. 2 boar* .
AMERICA'S IIR>r 1 f\ —
l.argr. 3 boars I wy
TOILET TISSUE j
I Waldorf 3 rolls ... 13c j
Scot Tissue 2 rolls. 15c j
foweii8c
HOMINY
STOKELYS
No. 24 (extra large)
Per Oc
Can . . . ®
Peos STiVi.
PUMPKIN
Stokoly'i
No. 24 (ox lg«)
10c
L^V i> :1
iyaAiiH
' Bones tSi!.. 15c
FRESH DBESSED
Hens ib . 23c
BABY HI l.l POT
Roast ib .. 17c
BACON ‘iAC* "A"K SUCIn 29c|
SILVER VALLEY SLICED
CHEESE r°TTACl u* ° c"“ 2 Ib. 25c|
SAUSAGE T*T" . 23cl
BACON SQUARES lb%. . . 17c|
Fresh PORK LIVER 2 lbs. 27c|
Fresh Gulf OYSTERS qt. 39c|
Fresh PORK SAUSAGE Ib. 15c|
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Magee, Carl C. The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 196, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1939, newspaper, February 16, 1939; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1405050/m1/3/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .