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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10
Plan Toll Road

RAYMONDVILLE. July 10.-Rex
B. Baxter. secretary OF the Tay-
mondville Chamber OF Commerce
announced this week that within the
next week a meeting will be called
70 consider a toll road across ken
edy county.
At a recent meeting OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce the following COM
mittee was appointed. Roger Robin
son. j. &. johnson. I. B. Loe. Fred
Akard and Rex 3. Baxter who were
70 plan with the owners in Kennedy
county where the road could be put
through.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10

Z W " To
Substitute Trustee
7-l0-l7-24-3t-4oq9
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10
Company Formed

tcptCIdI % Tie q
RAYMONDVILLE. July l0.-The
First National bank announced re-
Gently tha- the r. ". williams Indus
tries had sold interests I'm the gins
and sheds &C Raymondville. san
Perlita and Stockholm 20 II. ID.
Campbell. A. G. Howard and J. E.
Langford and q group Of farmers.
The new company will change the
Incorporation papers 20 the Farm
ers Gin CO.. Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10

man lost his place In the tax col
lector's office, and Immediately or
gained an Association OF Latin
American Citizens. the aims Of
which we're TO protect the purity OF
the ballot box. and TO urge the
INSTRUMENTATION voters 10 vote
according to the dictates of their
own corsclenceS.r
As soon rs he left the collectors
office. he was given a post IN the
First National Bank OF Edirburg.
and soon after, in addition 10 his
bank duties. started a Spanish
newspaper, himself editor and own
en-.
Guzman u credited ~ among the
leaders TN overthrowlng NJ the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10
SOVIET

From far-away and not so popular
Soviet Russia comes a card today 20
the Brownsville Chamber Of Com
ere asking for literature on this
city. The information desired will
be sent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10
Sterling Against
State Tax Hike
tSpecial to nae Herald.

AUSTIN. July 10.-The state tax
rate wiz not be raised this month.
SO far as his vote on the tax board
Of three members goes. Gov. Ross
.. Sterling announced here.
The tax rate Is p cents. with a
35-cent limit. for support Of the
government. and 81 cents for edu-
cation, with a 35-cent limit. The
7-cent limit Confederate tax already
is levied.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10

whose coronation Will take place
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock on
the court houseSquare In Edin-
burg, TO which the entire Valley
Is invited. Queen Amelia Is the
daughter Of Dan Champion OF
Mercedes, OF which city she is a
native. Miss Champion will
reign over the "Noche Mexicana.r
an elaborate fiesta, Saturday
and Sunday nights, July IL and
IL. which will be given in her
honor.
lean Citizens will deliver an ad-'
dress, IS will Honorable Lauro la
guirre, Mexican consul. who will
give q message from the Mexican
government.
The first prize In the popularity
contest, besides having the ball in
her honor, will include for Miss
Champion an 8-day trip 70 Mexico
city with all expenses Miss Rodri-
guez as second prize and Miss Con
-aleS as third prize winners. will
nave 3 da trips to Monterrey.
Duchesses who will attend Her
Majesty, Queen Amelia I, are Miss
Jessie Garcia Of San Antonio; Miss
Amanda Cavazos OF Matamoros;
NH Lucia Champion Of Brons-
vile; Miss Minnie Lcsano Of Har-
lingen; Miss Rebecca Bali OF san
Benito Miss Anita Euis and Miss
Alicia de "a Tore OF Mercedes; Miss
Irene Flneda OF WeSlaeO. Miss An
gellca Cantu OF San Juan; Miss
Cecilia Cantu OF McAllen: Miss
Amalia de la Fuente of Mission and
three socially prominent young
ladies OF Reynosa.
MISS Rosa D~ominguez, Mexican
opera singer. who is Az present
singing regularly over XED, Rey-
nosa radio station. will give q group
OF Mexican songs. Popular and ty-
pical Mexican music, duets ana
solos Will be given by Professor La
rios orchestra. now b~roadcasting
over KED "A Jarabe Tapatio Mex
lean typical dancel will be present
ed bv Jose Adolfo and Miss Aurora
Alicia Bravo. small children OF M.
B Bravo. president Of the Edin-
burg chapter Of the League Of
United Latin-American Citizens.
The welcome address will be
made by ID. G. Abney. mayor m
E1inburE. The coronation Of Queen
Amelia 7 will be by = G.. Couch.
county Judge. who viii also give an
address, as will D. Z Kirgan OF
Weslaco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
NAVY KEEPING WATCHFUL EYE
 ON FAR EAST
Forces of Marines Are Sta toned at Shanghai
 and Pieping

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. g. While the American Government seeks peace between China and Japan, the Navy keeps a weather eye on the Far East
 Secretary Adams annual report said Tt appears that China is due fora considerable period of unrest" At Shanghai are 1,200 ma .ines and at Peiping a legation guard of about 500 marines.
 Banditry has assumed larger proportions of late in China. Re- viewing operations of the Atlantic Fleet, Adams said bandit activities were responsible for repeated fir .ng5 on United States men of war and merchant vessels along the Yangstze and Slang Rivers.
 Although holding marines at Shanghai was described as a con tinued measure of protection of American lives and interests against the hazards incident to the disturbed political conditions and resultant strife" Secretary Adams emphasized there had been no call on that unit for active combat op- erations during the year and that the same cordial relations with the Chinese people and their officials have been preserved"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
RUTH'S SALARY POPS UP AGAIN.;
 TANKS ABRUPT
No Preliminary Conference Will Be Had d with
 Player, It Is Said

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Those two boon companions, Babe Ruth and Col Jacob Ruppert, are busy brush ing up their lines for another bat tie of the fountain pens.
 At St. Petersburg in 1880 the doughty owner of the Yankees finally cornered his prize bludge- oner and virtually forced him to sign a contract for two years at $80,0OO per.
 Now it's time for another one. The famous St. Petersburg docu- ment has run it's course, and the Colonel and Babe have started light training for the forthcoming fray.
 Each is reported to have dis patched his most trustworthy scouts to snoop around the rival camp and find out what, ir anything, is on the others mind.
 Yankee headquarters has sent out what amounted to the opening fab at the worlds highest salaried athlete, who has been occupied with a series of movie shorts in Hollywood.
 We don't intend to hold any preliminary conference with the Babe" said Ed Barrow, secretary of the club. When the contracts are sent out in January, he will get his along with the rest of them. Then, if it doesn't suit him, there will be plenty of time for confer enceS."
 As the Bambino has never been known, over a long span of years, to like any contract that was pop ped at him through the mails. it is a foregone conclusion there will be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
N E W WORKERS URGE DEAL FOR PART OF CANADA
Rome Chamber of Com merce Seeks St. Lawr-
 ence River Land
THIS PART OF NORTH
 OFFERED IN EXCHANGE
Transfer Advocated Prior to Waterpower, Wat
 erways Treaty

ROME, New York, Dec. 9-The Rome Chamber of Commerce has empowered it's secretary to suggest to the State Department the trad ing of the Panhandle" of Alaska to Canada for land south of the St. Lawrence River This is to be done before the consummation ot the waterpower and waterways treaty between Canada and the United States.
 The Rome Chamber of Com merce held, in approving the re- port, the strip of Alaska stretch ing south from the Gulf of Alaska and including practically what is called the First Division of Alaska, embracing the cities of Sitka, Skagway, Juneau, Douglas, Peters burg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and other communities, belongs natur- ally to Canada, as do the doles of territory, south of the St. Law renee, belong to the United States. ''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09

For your convenience in
 hringing your tubes to our store for testing we have available, free, . tube carrying carton in which tubes can be carried with out danger of breakage. Call q our store for t.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
some high-powered conferences.

some high-powered conferences.
 In view of the Babes advancing years, it is felt certain the owner of the Yankees either will try to hold his star to a one-year con- tract or take a substantial slice off his salary, or both.
 On the other hand, Ruth refuses to recognize this rumor that he's getting old. All he knows is that he felt swell last season, tie Lou Gehrig for the home-run leader ship and was the American leagues best batter. He talks about retiring in two years to become manager, but he might change his mind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
WINTER OLYMPIC TRIALS
 TO BE HELD BY GERMANS

BERLIN, Dec. 9.-Preliminary trials to determine Germany's bob sled representatives at the Olympic winter games will be held at Schreiberhau in Giants Mountains, January 8 and g.
 Generally only Austrian and German teams compete in this meet, but a number of other Eu- ropean countries will use the com petition as a preliminary to the Lake Placid, N. Y., winter Olym- pics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
KETCHIKAN COMMENT

KETCFIIKAN, Alaska, Dec. g. The Ketchikan Chronicle, quoting business men facetiously on the Rome, New York, Chamber of Commerce suggestion that the AL aska Panhandle be traded for land along the St. Lawrence River, said it came too late because of the low price of fish negotiations are already under way to give the country back to the Indians.
 On previous occasion when proposals had been made to trade the Panhandle, comment in gen. eral was that the Panhandle is too valuable to trade for anything less than all of Canada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
FARMERS LIVE
 FROM GROCERY

EAST LANSING, Mich, Dec. g.. Michigan farmers are more de- pendent upon the corner grocery than they should be, Michigan State College has concluded after a study of 51 farms of the state. Of the 5l farmers only obtained wood from their farms, 20 used home grown beef, 35 used their own pork and only five used their own mutton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09
BAR BACHELORS
 AS AUTO DRIVERS

ISTANBUL, Dec. 9.-To reduce traffic crashes the mayor of ls- tanbul decreed that all taxi drivers must be married. Many of the ac- cidents in the narrow streets of the former Turkish capital were deem- ed due to the recklessness of bach elor drivers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09

Cincinnati is planning an ordi- nance providing fine of $500 for persons who listen in on the police radio and then rush to the scene of crime for a thrill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-09

Nine State historians will pre- pare list of 1000 authentic land marks pertaining to California his tory
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Org. Dept. Centcl Com
mittee, Communist Party, U. S. A.
To the New Party Members in
the Striking Coal Fields
nrsR COMRADES:

NEAR COMRADES:
~ The District Committee of the Pittsburgh
District District NO. 81, Communist Party,
welcomes you as a new member in the ranks
Of the Communist Party.
The fact that the best fighting strikers have
Joined the Communist Party that members of
the local and section strike committees relief
committees ETC., and those who fight most mill
family on the picket lines have joined the ranks
of the Communist Party, is an important event
for the working class of this country.
You have seer in this strike how the Com
munst Party has thrown all it's force into TAX
ing active and leading part in the conduct
ing of the miners struggle against starvation.
Many of the leaders in the struggle are members
of the Communist Party. Through its units and
section committees, the Communist Party has
almost daily discussed the strike and taken steps
to strengthen, the work in every way. 1t is the
same in all struggles Of the workers. The
Party is now actively supporting the textile
strikes in Pawtucket and Paterson, the needle
trades struggle in New York City and the strug-
gle of the steel workers to organize into the rev.
dictionary unions of the Trade Union Unity
League.
You have joined the Party of your class, the
only political Party which fights at all times
and on all fronts in the interest of the working
class against the bosses. The Communist Party
in all industries and in all phases OF the class
struggle is the best organized, most militant
most class conscious section of the working class
Our Party, the Communist Party has been
able to lead the struggles of the workers be-
cause of its working class discipline. We are a
working class army The working class is fight
ing many enenlies-the bosses government, the
yellow dogs and state police the courts the stool
pigeons, the scabs Of the UMWA, and the other
A. F. of L. unions, the Musteites. Only through
a working class discipline can we successfully
fight our enemies. The Party members are fight
ing in the front line trenches of the class strug-
gle. We express our opinions freely in our unit
and other Party meetings But when deci-
sion is made by majority vote, everyone car
ries, out the decisions. We all act together on
the same working class line. This is our
strength. If every Party member acted in a
different way, one marching to the right, one to
the left, we would not be strong, and the bosses
would crush us. The great leader of the world
revolutionary movement, Lenin, said that with
out such working class discipline 1t is npos-
sible to carry on successful struggle
The Communist Party has been very much
strengthened by the fact that hundreds of YOU
militant miners have joined our ranks The fact
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
Ready to Attack the Soviet
Union

The army is better organized. better trained,
better equipped, better housed better Off
cered than ever before in peace We are making
steady constructive progress in the development
Of mechanical equipment for combat purposes
We have now reached the state where we can
combine the mechanical quipment into forrnid-
able fighting units. Machines are being substi-
tuted for animals. These organizational changes
keep us abreast or ahead of the current military
trend" Secretary of War Hurley, May 30. 1881
over Columbia broadcasting network
Hurley boasts that the United States army is
ready for the attack on the Soviet Union. The
workers must be prepared to answer this at
tack. Answer the war preparations Of the United
States by series of mighty protest meetings on
August First. On the streets on International
Red Day. Defend the Soviet Union!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
by an Ohio Miner


I AM WRITING to give you the real low-down
on our strike in Ohio here. can't write good,
but I'll do my best Since the very first day
of the strike, every picket line hereabouts was
dubbed and gassed by the law. And every day
the law thinks it smashed our strike for good
and ALL and the newspapers crow that "the
trouble in the Ohio strike fields is over" But
troubles there's plenty of.
Where there amt strike, the miners are
starving anyway, so they want our organizers
to go yonder to organize them to strike against
their troubles
The bosses have plenty troubles because they
amt producing coal, and they're going to have
plenty more troubles until they quit hogging all
the profits and we make them give us some of
them.
The laws having troubles too because they
can't get us stubborn mules to see that starving
quiet-like is being good law-abidng citizens, and
no amount of shooting clubbing, casing and
hel-rasing can put mite of sense into the
heads of us strikers Because If deciding to
win strike and fighting that way is a crime
we're all mighty tough criminals.
And we strikers are having our troubles, too
But while they are bad troubles and I'll tell
you all about them soon, we have a will like
steel and 1t can't be broke.
Wills they fight us because they want to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
"You Send the Relief and We'll
Do the Rest"

hold onto their money bags and arrest and
beat and even kill--every one of us strikers, and
all our women down to our Ittlest children, we
all know that it's starvation we're fighting
against-and we've got to winl
Our lives depend on it! And tell you we
know we're going to win.
Now about our troubles I'll tell you the big
gest one first-we're awful hungry We can
stand it, but the kids and some of the women
can't If it wasn't for our relief committee
the Pennsylvania Ohio Striking Miners Relief
Committee don't know what would have hap
pened to us. We sure count them one fine
trouble-chaser.
But the trouble is there's so many of lis, and
I can promise you there1l be plenty more of
us strikers mighty soon, and that1l mean plenty
trouble for the relief to feed them. But our
relief fellers say that's the kind of trouble they
disappearing the strike so that we force the
operators to give In to our demands, and win
the strike.
You see, it's this way we run the relief In
each mine, we elect relief committee They
go out and collect all they cam but that amt
ever enough to feed more than a few families
Then we have section relief one member from
each mine. Then of course, there's the big
headquarters in Pittsburgh-and they got the
big job Because they got to raise enough to
END into all the sections and the sections
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
|, z. 3-Just Like That!

And the revolution is over! So ANYHOW, saws
some simple sketches for simple people pub
ished-so a reader who sent us in the clip
ping noted-in the Houston Texas Post Dis
patch" of July 20. Well have to explain these
sketches They are the work of stupidity raised
to the stature genius
First, we are informed that-"wit11 the lead
ers of the revolution trapped in the castle dun
geons, Jane is victorious for the moment, but
she is still alone in castle filled with enenv
troops" Along with this is pen and ink
princess with a yard of pearl necklace, long
pendant earrings and trailing gown, saying:
The officers wouldn't trust me but perhaps the
men will if they still think I'm their princess"
SO she goes after them with less to offer than
Queen Katherine of old Russia, and the next
sketch shows her on soap box making a speech
to the soldiers, as follows: "And So with your
leaders gone, the revolution Is overt am your
princess again" To which a couple of workers
in uniform are replying-of course In disnay-
Whats going to happen to us?" And an
other: Run for your lives men, she'll punish
us all"
Third sketch "a hot sketch: mo! Don't run"
says the princess Every man who stands by
me now will be pardoned" Magnanirnous
stuff, Ell? Pardoned for what2 But of course
the capitalist artist naturally thinks that any
worker is criminal and only too glad to be
pardoned by princess. So he has the work
ers in uniform overjoyed and calling out
Three cheers for the Princess!" Down with
the revolution"
That's the way the artists ut seems to have
taken two of 'em to be that silly, Monte Bar
rett and Frank Ellis, figured out how revolu-
tons are sat on
Why have a Hoover plan that nobody can
understand, least of all Hoover himself? Just
send princess over to Germany and tell the
German workers they'll be "pardoned" If they
stand by her" and, flooey! No more revolu-
ton!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
CAMP HILL

farm hand to take, and that is the historic
course of organization under competent and
trustworthy working class leadership.
For generations the Souths Negro farm work
ers have been robbed and oppressed Neither
prayers to their white Heavenly Father nor
politely-worded appeals to their torturers have
brought relief. Protests only invited bloody re-
prisals and attempts at organization resulted
in massacre. The Camp Hill situation offers
from the Elaine Arkansas, case in this one par
ticular: this time the blacks have the dual in
terests of protesting against the intended state
murder of nine fellow workers and of protect
ing It's members against exploitation and per-
secution. But the Camp Hill organization is
branded with the same charge that was stuck
upon the men at Elaine: organizing to "rise
against the whites" 1t is the sight of their
own bloody hands, consciousness of their own
guilt and the appalling realization that Negro
and whit workers are uniting to fight the
White be jeS, that drive the Alabama slave
drivers to shout their stencilled defense. They
know the crimes they have committed against
black workers for generations
The organizational methods of the Negro
tolers are pitiably imperfect but they will i'm
prove. These defenseless blacks will not long
remain defenseless, for they could find no bet
ter equipped, more militant, and more efficient
leadership than that of the International Labor
Defense and the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights 1t is clear that to expect leadership in
this instance from the Nice Association for the
Advantage of Certain Persons is absurd
The T. L. D. was the first organization to issue
to the press the real Interpretation of the Ala
bama struggle Within as minutes of the break
ing of the Camp Hill story, the T. L. D. gave
the Share Choppers Union demands to the
press of the country Outlining the economic
background of the struggle. The southern Of.
flee of this militant body Immediately protested
to the governor and the chief of police, while
the national office followed within an hour or
two The NJ A. A. c. p has neither protested
nor offered to defend the imprisoned black
workers. The only evidence the Association has
shown that it knows the struggle is going on
at Camp Hill is Mr.. William Pickens' denial
that the N. A. A. c. P. had anything to do
with it. He told the daily press that it was
these awful reds again, who are trying 'to de-
iberately mudde the matter and stir up
trouble"
That statement of the N A. A. c. P's charac-
terzes the attitude of Nice People everywhere;
nice, respectable folks who shudder daintly We
must not "stir up trouble" Let the ruling class
rape and plumber and murder; let it invade
workers homes and churches, burning these
structures to express its hatred and contempt;
let it swagger and bludgeon; let it spit in your
face; but, for gods sake, don't raise hand!
Don't so much as make gesture Of defending
your face from the bully's spit Don't! 1t
might "stir up troubled"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-28
Labor Lord Mayor Pickles

Ii any one wonders why British workers are
moving over from the labor" party to the Com
munist Party they should read the following
news item from the Labor party newspaper,
the London Daily Herald" Of July IA, appearing
under the headline: "Unselflsh Strikers"
"A big demonstration by woolconbers row
on strike against wage reductions was planned
to take place yesterday outside Peel Park.
Bradford (Yorks), where Prince George opened
the citys historical pageant. On represents
tion from, the Labor Lord Mayor alderman
A. Pickles., it was, however, postponed until
today. Alderman Pickles pointed out that the
demonstration might spoil the atmosphere for
Forthcoming negotiations"
Some day. when the British workers want ts
make a revolution, the so-called labor" party
will tel 'em that they have to put 1t off. becaus
the Prince of Wales is dated UP for unwilling 2
monument on the anniversary Ct william the
Conqueror changing his shirt