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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12
Port Control Issue in New Orleans

After a bombardment Of the policies Of the state
board Of port commissioners for New Orleans. the
question Of public versus private operation OF New Or
leans docks is to be debated in its entirety. and no is
sue in recent years has been the basis for such ex-
tensive public interest in the Gulf city. The matter
Is one Of great Importance to New Orleans and the en-
tire Mississippi Valley and Gulf coast.
Opposition to public control Of the docks, among
the largest in the world under such control. is not new.
For seven years a campaign has been underway for a
revision a. the policy Of the port. and the issue was
brought to the public last week when a petition signed
by q large number az the most influential business
men and shippers 81 the city was made public.
The chief criticism Of the dock board Is that Il
Is not developing the port in step with the trade OF the
world. It Is claimed that the tonnage Of last year in
creased over that Of the preceding year by only 1902
tons or less than one per cent. This condition is at
tributed to the rates prevailing here and refusal of the
board 70 open the new and very costly inner harbor
20 private business. The high rates are in turn blamed
upon the port commissioners and the alleged o~verstaff-
ing OF offices and failure 70 make full use Of modern
facilities.
The most important phase a. the criticism is that
relating % tie control Of the inner harbor. which was
dredgcd NJ q cost az S2O100O00. This connects BY lock
with the Mississippi river and directly with Lake
Pontchartr IN. II offers large areas q docking space
srcc from the disadvantages of the river. The present
policy Is 10 lease sections 81 the shore 10 private busi-
ness, permitting the erection Of manufacturing plants,
but f~srbidding the handling Of any goods but the COM
rany's owa On the docks. A ship bringing in a gener-
al cargo may discharge only that for the firm at whose
dock she is tied. She must then pull into the river 70
discharge the remainder.
The critics Of the port policy contend that this pre-
vents the development Of the harbor and forces the
general trade to carry the burden OF interest on the
inner harbor bonds. which could be secured from leases
there under a different policy. The opening Of the in
ner harhor 70 private docking business would make
certain . reduction q rates in that part q the port,
and the docks On the river would have 70 meet them or
50 cut Of business. The defenders az the states policy
maintain that 70 open the inner harbcr would mean q
serious loss TO the state and that the existing rates are
necessary 70 care for the development az the port and
protect the states heavy investment.
The situation Is a serious enc FOR New Orleans.
With Houston and Galveston waging a battle for ton
mage and the New Orleans dock rates high and port
facilities eurtailed the Mississippi city is beginning to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12
100 Women VIII Be
At Medical Meeting

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. IL
H1-Thc district meeting az the
Auxiliary to the Texas Medical as
s~ociation viii be held in Fort Worth.
December 7-9. Il was announced af-
ter a conference here OF Mrs. VIII
Cantrell. Greenvillc, district presi-
dent; Mrs. r. L. Howard, Fort
Worth, county president. ard Mrs.
Henry L. Trigg, Fort Worth, state
president.
There will be approximately 1000
women attending the meeting here.
An elaborate program has been cut
lined Subjects 20 be discussed will
relate 70 problems encountered ~
the auxiliary throughout Northwest
Texas districts in their endeavor 10
carry cut the ideals and purposes cf
the organization.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12

The present glaring defect in our marketing sys-
TEN Is TO cotton, is illustrated BY the fact that in 1926
we produced a crop Of 100000 bales and sold il for
perhaps $5o0y0O0y0O0 more than a crop Of around 49,
100000 bales produced in 1928. And the chances are
that II the government forecast Of a crop Of 1858, 900
for this year is approximately correct. we viii sell this
crop for as much or more money as we sold last years
crop Of 100000 bales.
Thus we have the 1nsound situation Of rewarSinr
the producer for producing less and penalizing him to
the point Of bankruptcy for producing more. surely
some way must be found by which that situation will
be corrected.
What i the remedy The remedy lies in the con-
troll 81 the surplus.
What do We mean By surplus? ! would define 1t
70 mean that part Of the crop which Is not needed nc d
fair and reasonable price to the grower, and which, sf
marketed during the usual 10 months or consumption,
depresses the value o. the whole crop Is Improbable
70 the grower.
Farm SURPRISES are in part within the control Of
the producer and in part they are beyond his control.
To state Il another way: Farm SURPRISES are due
in part 10 acreage, and the use of fertilizer. both of
which are. Of course, under the control Of the farmer.
and in part to the seasons and insect damage. over
which he has but little control; none Of course as to
seasons, and not very much as TO insect damage. There
fore II SURPRISES are reasonably controlled 50 as to put
farming upon a more profitable and stable basis, two
agencies must work together to accomplish that end.
First the government must set up some kind OF
machinery along the lines OF that provided IN the Nc
Nary-Haugen Bill for the control o. the SURPRISES when
they occur and. second, the farmers must cooperate
by diversifying their crops and net planting too much
acreage In any enc particular commodity. ANY plan or
government control OF the surplus will fail unless IL
receives q reasonable amount or cooperation from the
farmers themselves.
Can we get that cooperation from the farmersf !
think So
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12

1@u-hWW I~WtIMN@~~@FW
6:50-ConFress Hotel Orchestra
T.c0-MuBicMl Program
S.nD-Fhilr0 Hour
9.00-kentucky Serennders
s656-WEBH-WJJD chIearo-e7o
e.o0-Palmer House Orchestra
7:0n-Classical Hour
L:00-Edgewater Beach Orchestra
so5.s-W0N-WLIB c~hlcaac-sso
.6.35-Drake Ensemble
z:0o-Old Fashioned Almanac
S-oo-Musical Program
s.oe7Ambrose Larsen. organ
9:3o-The Phantom Violin
10.@o-Nusic Box
ll.0=The Hoodlums
S4&.e-WLs chIeano-e7o
e:4o-colleEe Inn Orchestra
E.00-Tonys Scrap Book
I.3o-Nati1nal Barn Dance
n:00-Show. White Cry Studio
447.5-WMAQ-WcJ chicanD-G70
7:o0-Astron1ny. Mrs Theron Colt0E
1.30-MIls & sons Program
S:9n-MuslraI Program
9.00-Popuiar Songs
l.uUA-Hupulmr Program
36f-2-WSAI CircIrnHti-ss0
e.Sa-Norlne Gibbons. blues singer
I.uN-"Inder the EiE TOP"
A-l5-Stuci0 Program
t.uU-Fal1is dor OrcheStrn
a79.s-WTf.M cleveIand--7Bo
T:oo-Rlue Flash Indians
S.o0-Wtlard Cavaliers
~9.oo-Wanderine Minstreis
l0.V1-Far East Orchestra
@s3.7-WFAA Dalias-eoo
T:0o-Baker Hotel Music
e.oo-Music (2h hrs.)
Al.S0-lalace Theater Program
S74.s-Woc Dave pcrt-eoo
7:oD-U. =. Army Band
I.3O-Studi0 Program 1
S.00-Philco Hour
5354-WHo Des M0ines-56o
g:oo-namrosch and Orchestra
s.H0-FhtlcO Hour
asuU-The Four Hnrsemen
la.V0-Tke SerenaderH
411s-WJR-WcH D~etroHt-eeo
5.10-Goldkette's Ensemble
t.L5-Furd & Glenn
ls0e-Damrosch ana Orchestra
S.n0-Fhiicn Hour
y;S0-McKinney's Cotton Pickers
4o9.7-WBAP Hort Worth-eco
~e:n0-The Seven Aces
e.Sv-Sunday School Lesson
s:0o-Philco Hour
s7o.-wDAF Kansas cIty-sfo
s;oo-Philco Hour
s:s9-Great Western Chefs
Observation-Disclosures Froiic
4o5.2-Wcco Minneapolis st. Paul-7ac
o.i5-Nicolette Hotel Orchestra
515-Ctvic a. Commerce Assn.
.S.e0-PhilcB Hour
lv.0V-Dance Programs
5ca2-W0W 0maha-ss0
e:3n-Trary Browns Orchestra
4-uU-Damrusrh and Orchestra
S.10-Fhilco Hour
545.1-KsD 81. L~ruIs-Ggo
T.o0-Tha RadI0trunm
A.U0-PhIlrN Hour
9.00-Palais dor Orchestrm
l0.00-Park Central Orchestra
4ea-5-KFI Los Ar1eIss-e4o
asoo-Henry Starr, piano ana voice
ig.e9-SAturday Night Revue
ll.o0-Maurine Dyer, James Bur.
l2.oo-Packard Program
l:o0a-Midnight Frolio
4fe@kH5 Les Anreles-720
io:o0-Saturday Night Frolic
Sse.s-kNx Los Anaeles-sso
9.5o-Feature Program
i-.vu-Bntmore Hotel Orchestra
a-ova-Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
2.Ooa-AIidniEht Express
38+.4-K0O oakIand-THo
s.00-Dinner Concert
lv.00-Saturday Night Revue
ll s00-Phllc0 Hour
l3i09-Hotel &c. Francis Orchestra
l.OUa-Danra Music
422S-kPo san FrnnrTnoO-To
esS0-StatrH Restaurant Orchestra
lV.0u-SMturdny Night Revue
ll.0O-N- B. C. Program
l.Vva-Palace Hotel Orchestrm
f47.5-KFoA Se~attIe-070
lg.o0-Satnrday Night Revue
ll.00-Philc0 Hour
S7o.1-kHQ spcknne-efo
eso0-Mahlon Merrick OrchestrL
lo.00-Saturday Night Revue
1i:00-Varied Programs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12


Hoses. whose prophesy is the first
and longest Of the group we cal
"Minor Prophets" was n contem.
porary Of Amos in Israel ard OF
Isaiah and Micah In Judah. The De.
Rod Of his prophesy. 7s5 70 726 B
O., was one Of great prosperity IN
der King Jeroboam III, but one OF
great corruption OF morals, and ~
shameful political conditions. four Of
the seven kins Of his time having
been murdered by those who sue
ceeded them.
No prophet was ever more n part
Of his message than was Hosea. His
unhappy domestic life with his IN
faithful wife, Conner, was not only
q preparation for his ministry, but
a parable to the nation of its spirit
uai adultery in f~orsaking Jehovah
and resoEting 20 the worship of
false g0ds. The broken-heaTted
prophet leved Conner in spite of her
persistent sin and life of shame, and
v e sfter her lovers abandoned her
to be sold. Hosea found her in the
slave market and purchased her and
forgave her all and took her again
rs the wife Of his love.
Thus through his own grief Gods
messenger was prepared to under
stand the grief az Jehovah over the
spiritual adultery Of his people. and
20 know the infinite love that made
God willing to follow after Israel liz
bis hope Of winning them back 70
loce and f~aithfulness.
Like People, Like Priest
The keynote OF the message Is
struck in al: Jehovah hath q con-
troversy with the inhabitants Of the
land, because there Is no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge Of God In the
land. For this condition Hcsea is
uasparing in his denunciation Of
kings, priests ard people. Then. as
now, IL was q Ease Of ~like people,
Ike priest" The priests even en-
courared sin that they rnighs profit
more from the offerings Of the pco-
pie.
Such mockery was an ahomina-
ton 70 God, for he desired good
hess, and not sacrifice, and the
knowledge Of God more than burnt
offerings"
IsraeI's Captivity Foretold
HoseH. by his clear prophesy of
the Assyrian captivity as Gods pun-
ishment for the nations idolatry, as~
tempted 10 DO fon Israel what Jare-
miah lntar attempted 10 do for the
southern kingdom OF judah. But
his warnings fell upon deaf ears
and the nation rushed on "a its de-
strEction within five years from the
time Hosea's voice was stilled.
Truly. ~Ephraim was Joined to his
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12
Fl. Worth Yard to
Open in January

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. 11.-tR)
The new 49, 0 900 yard Of the Tex
rs and Pacific railway here will be
opened for use early In January, it
was announced By r. $. Naylor of
Dallas, assistant engineer In charge
of construction work. The main
lines OF the road through the yards,
the first unit Of the round house,
and enough OF the switching tracks
will b. ready for use az that time,
Ne said. This unit will cost approx
imately $4,000, 900 but the complete
yards will cost $4,000, 900 or more.
NayloE said that work will be
continued until all OF the units have
been completed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12
Today's Radio Programs
SATURDAY. NOV. ~
lev The AmmrrfrRmA pwnmmT

Programs III Central Standard tfrm
All time Nv T. M- unless otherwise in-
Dictated Wave lengths ON left OK call
letters kilocycles on right
2ss-5-w5AL Baltfmore-foso
ss5o-Dlnner Orchestra
T.e0-WBAL Trio
S.0o-Philco Hour
s:0o-Municipal Band OF Baltimore
2eG3-WNAc Bcstcn-fo4o
s:so-Perley Stevens Orchestra
s.ee---Dok' Elsenbourgh Orchestra
9.oo-Le Paradis Band
.4s-Ao Pearls Orchestra
s@s.f-wMAk 6ufTalo-sso
e:so-Shea's Buffalo Program
1.S0-Musical Program
Ssoe-Hnmphrey Sisters
S.30-WMAk Players
ss0o-Saxaphone Band
5s5.4-WTIc Hartford-560
s:o0-Old Gold On Broadway
42zS-WOR Newark--7fo
slS-Hotel Shelton Ensemble
6-1v-Feprer Pot Orchestra
s-00-BamberEer Little Symphony
s-00-Sadve Gam. piano
lU.O0-Vila Venice Orchestra
49f.5-WEAF New York-sf0
5:00-Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
6.V0-South Sea islanders
6.50-The High Jinkers
a-Vo-Oid Gold on Broadway
.9f00-Palais dor Orchestra
4V'vv-Fark Central Orchestra
S4s-e-WceS New York-seo
I:0o-Chas. G. Hopton. Dogs
S.l5-Ben1amin Franklin Orchestra
1o:lo-WGBS Ensemble
45$.3-WJz New Ycrk-66o
5:0o-M Friedman's Orchestra
6.00-Hotel Aston Orchestra
s.e9-Damroseh and Orchestra
S.00-Philco Hour
s-00-keystone Duo and Baradeers
9s30-Hotel Manager Orchestra
sos-2-Woo PhIladeIphIa-5s0
T:30-WOO Trio
Sis-e-kDRA PIttsburrh--s5o
5:0o-WestInghouse Band
6.30-Cnncert
T.r0-Damrosch ara 0rrhnq4-n
S.OO-Philco Hour
277.6-WHAM Rcrhester-foE
5:t5-Onondaga Hotel Orchestra
1.0V-Damrosch and Orchestra
S.00-Philco Hour
9.00-The Pop Twins
l0:00-Sagamore Hotel Orchestra
37s.-WcY sehenectady-7so
s-s0-HoteI Onondaea Orchestra
6:3o-The High-Jinkers
l:50-Same as WEAF
l0:00-Hotel Ten Eyck Orchestra
Sss.1-W5z sprInnneld-9o0
S:so@Jack Morey's Orchestra
6:30-Stellar Male Quartet
7~:i0-Boston Symphony Orchestr-
9:2o-Hotel Statler Orchestra
s56.s-cKcL Torcnto-s4o
6s00-Studio Program
4es.5-WRC WashInaton-64o
5so0-Wnldorf-Astorin Orchestra
6.00-Blble Talk
T.00-DRmruEch ana Orchestra
S.00-Philc0 Hour
s=00-Club st. Marks Orchestra
sf6-s-WTAG Worrester-ss0
e-s0-Studlo Program
9s00-Bancroft Hotel Orchestra
2s8e-WWNc AshevIIe-1ofo
e.oo-Kenilworth Orchestra
475.e-Wse A~tIanta-eso
e:00-Sunday School Lesson
6:30-Biltmore Entertainers
7:o0-The Radiotrons
s:00-Philco Hour
2ts.e-wDoD chatsancoga-fz2o
T:o0-Sunday School Lesson
d.s0-Hotel Patten Ensemble
3e4.<-kTHs Hot s~prinas-7so
e:00-Thomas Alvey, organ
6:50-ArIlngton Orchestra
6.S0-Spectalties
9.00-Arlington Orchestra
856.s-WJAx Jacksonviie-..l
7:0U-Recital Program
T:S0-SOpran0 Solo
8.00-PhilcO Hour
S.00-DAnce Orchestrm
46f-3-WHAS LcuIsvTlIe-c53
T:30-Studio Program
S:0O-Phllco Hour
540.7-WsM NarhvEIe-Bso
T:30-Studio Program
8:00-Phllco Hour
S4o.7-WsM NashviIIe-eso
T~:l6-Jackson Hotel Orchestra
S:0o-Philco Hour
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12

feel the effects Of tagging business. Apparently the
one recourse is to place the port under private opera
ton and eliminate the political phases which 1t Is main
tanned By the states critics are largely responsible for
existing conditions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12

MTDLAND-fF-As IN extra a.
ducement r. secure pickers4 farmers
In this section are Offering pickers
w~atermelonE and houses IN addition
to the usual price paid for picking.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
FIEND ADMITS
CONTINUED from Page One)

of Marian. I had the idea that |
should get what I wanted without
regard to the cost.
'Since my high school days l had
suffered from a peculiar complex
AS a diversion from my school
studies, desire to commit crime
seemed to gradually overcome and
control me. I reasoned with religion
and drew the conclusion that it was
not based upon absolute reason. MY
extreme sensitiveness and pr1d G
caused me to suffer much discomfort
from society. This together with my
deep thoughts on religious differences
and variances brought a terrible shock
to my sense of morality and helps
to explain this complex under which
I have suffered. I do not think /
am crazy or insane but believe this
complex borders closely to them and
cannot be considered too lightly as
my motive in this crime"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
REMUS' INSANITY
CONSIDERED BY
!. PROBATE JUDGE

CINCINNATI, Dec. %, (R- De-
cision whether George Remus should
be granted complete liberty as a
sane man or incarcerated in the state
hospital for the criminal insane at
Lima rested tonight with one man
Judge William H. Lueders of the
Hamilton county probate court.
After a full day devoted to SAN
ity hearing made mandatory by the
verdict of a. week ago, in Rernus'
murder trial for the Staying of his
wife, Imogene not guilty on the
ground of insanity-Judge Lueders
announced he would need some time
to formulate his opinion.
Ren1us himself was forced upon
the witness stand so that the judge
and the three alienists who sat with
him in advisory capacities might the
better look into his mind.
He followed there his aged mother,
tiny woman garbed in deep black,
who testified in German that her
son was worth gold," good to his
narerts, and never had struck her,
as had been charged.
Obviously straining for complete
control of himself, Renus went deep
Iy into self analysis.
At the outset he denied he had
intended to shoot his wife when he
he whirled his automobile ahead OF
the taxicab in which she was riding
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
MAN KILLS HIS
THREE BROTHERS
THEN SUICIDES

BAKERSFIELD, Calf, Dec. % (P)-
Albert Willard, so, entered the head
quarters of the Woody ranch here to-
DAY and opened fire upon his four
brothers, while they were seated at
breakfast One Of the men intended
as a target sprang at the man with
the weapon and disarmed him. But
the murderer reached to his hip pocket
and pulled out a new weapon continu
ing to shoot until he had killed three
OF his brothers and wounded fourth.
He then fled to the home of his
brother in law, Joe Panero, asking that
Panero care for Wizards widow and
nine children. The request was con-
tained in sealed note.
In an insane rage, Willard then con-
tinued riding in his automobile to a
point near Tulare where he hung him
t self from the car near the Tulare
county line and shot himself to death
before choking.
The motive for the atrocity was veil
ed tonight by the death Of three of the
principals August Willard, Eugene
Willard and Gabriel Villard-and Joe
Willard, who was shot in the arm, but
will recover
Albert lived apart from the four
brothers and his mother and father,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Willard, who
witnessed the killing of their sons, but
were deliberately spared from the at
tackers fire
Ranchers in the vicinity Of the shoot
ing said that Albert Willard had aired
the view that he had not been fairly
treated in the division of the valuable
Woody district sheep and cattle ranch
about four years ago, that he had been
deprived Of his share.
Albert was said to have awaited his
opportunity to get his brothers to-
gether, having visited the ranch yes
terday to inquire of their whereabouts
August Willard one of the men killed
was commander of the American
legion post at Delano.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29

follows:
"The autopsy surgeons statement
issued last night seems to have been
misinterpreted by some people not
well informed in legal matters. In
response to insistent demands that
the truth be- reported I asked the
surgeon to state the facts, which he
did fearlessly and truthfully.
"The facts are that the physi-
cal signs of .strangulation were not
present, but death was due to the
It of strangulation which followed
almost Immediately.
I'm other words, she died as the
result of the act but before physi-
cal science could develop to suf-
ficient degree to be recognized at the
post mortem examination.
,"Such an act constitutes murder in
the first degree and in no way .ex-
onerates the perpetrator of the muir
der Or aids in his defense
A telegram was received by the
police tonight from the Milwaukee
chief of police asking that Hickman
be questioned cautiously" as to his
movements from Oct. to Oct. II
last, declaring that Hickman answer
ed the description Of a man who
murdered young girl there Oct.
IL by strangling her The Milwau-
kee chief stated he understood dick-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
OAKLAND GIRL,
KIDNAPPED, is
FIEND VICTIM

REDLANDS, Calf, Dec. % Up =
Evelyn Smith, II year old Oakland girl
who was reported kidnapped Christmas
day from her home by Ernest Arthur
Robert E." McClelland, a paroled con-
vict, was found here tonight at the
home of Mrs Emma j. Spence, where
she had boen since Monday night.
McClelland, who had corresponded
with Mrs. Spence while in Folsom
prison as a result of her religious work
in the San Bernardino county jail,
also was at the Spence home until this
morning, the police were told At that
time, Mrs. Spence read in the news
papers for the first time of the kid
mapping of the Oakland girl. When
she taxed McClelland with it, he flew
into rage of denials and left the
house saying he would ''straighten this
thing out"
McClelland had told Mrs. Spence
that the small girl was his sister whom
he was taking to visit his mother in
Pasadena and the girl until late this
afternoon also insisted this was the
case, denying she was Evelyn Smith
of Oakland.
In lengthy statement made to the
Redlands police she said that her alb
ductor had attacked her on the first
night after they left Oakland and in
dicated that it was because of shame
as well as threats enjoining her to
silence that she failed to reveal her
true identity.
The attack occurred when they
spent Sunday night sleeping in the
automobile used by AGcClelland in an
open field which the girl said she be-
lieved was north of Bakersfield
Throughout the drive south, she said
she was sure he did not change the
license plates on the car.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
STORE KEEPER
MISSING FROM
Ell FRIEDA HOME,

Deputy Sheriff O. A. Ash reported
last evening that he had been asked
to assist in o search for Ralph Schup-
bach, proprietor of the general store
at Elfrida, who was reported missing.
According to Mrs. Schupbach, who
telephoned to the deputy here, the man
left home early Wednesday morning
intending to go to- Bisbee, on to Doug
las and back to the store.
Several places in this city that he
was to have visited reported that he
had not appeared and q boy sent out
from the store late in the afternoon
went over the roads he would have
travelled without finding any trace of
the missing man.
Schupbach left home in small
truck and is. said to have had quaint
ity OF money on him which he in
tended depositing in Douglas bank.
Deputy Ash no. flied the police here
and 8 search was started shortly be-
fore midnight.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
7 LIVES LOST
IN FRANCE IN
RAGING STORM

PARIS, Dec. %, R)-Northeasterly
gales with snow, which have been
raging along the entire Atlantic sea-
board. from Dakar to Dunkirk, have
brought Europe and northwest Af-
RIGA to realization that winter has
arrived.
Cherbourg reports an 8o-mile gale.
Calais and Boulogne channel SER
vices have been interrupted and the
air service between Paris and Lon
don has been cancelled Veritable
mountains of mail are awaiting ship
ment from all French ports.
Seven lives are reported to have
been lost in France alone, mostly in
the northern section, which is buried
under Is inches of snow. Floods are
threatening Rabat, Casablanca and
the Moroccan rivers are overflow
ing in torrents, especially the Quer-
CHA.
In France the Seine and Marne
are rising and a recurrence OF the
great floods of 1910 and 1921 is
feared.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
HICKMAN WITHHOLDS
(Continued From Page One)

Q D. m. tomorrow. He is expected to
be represented by Jerome Walsh, at
torney due to arrive here in the
morning from Kansas City, where
he was engaged by the youths mo-
ther. Hickman again today reiter-
ated that he would plead guilty in
view of his complete confession" :"
but there was considerable discus
sion about the hall of justice on
the likelihood Of his eventually hav-
ing his fate decided before jury
Keyes declared that any move by
Hickman's counsel for lengthy delay
would be opposed vigorously. Click
man will get fair trial." he said,
"but there is going to be no delay"
Wagner's s5atement was supported
0ht by County Coroner Frank
Nance, who issued statement as