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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
Working For
ITS Per Cent Beer

cent beer Is Notwithstanding.
Canadian draft beer Is Just what
we want In the states.
Within the Law.
What higher content Is intoxica-
ting Is something about which
authorities differ. We ask something
within the law-within the 18th
amendment. No one can dispute that
2.75 beer Is permissible under the
18th amendment.
Some people say: eff this beer Is
permitted, what assurance Is there
that the saloon and speakeasy will
not flouriSh?" That Is not the ques-
ton. T. is admitted that ATS beer
Is Observation-Disclosures experts
admit this-then the volstead Act
was not justified.
Any law that takes away a right
OF the people must be interpreted
literally. that Is, 1t must be In.
direct opposition to the right taker
away. The Volstead Act Is ami. ~
Gus. Any legislation that limits a
right Of the people must be inter-
preted in the interest OF the party
from whom the right was taken
away.
Otherwise 1t becomes oppression
and contrary to interpretations
generally given on all other legal
acts than the Volstead Act. II con-
gress acted legally. the people should
have the percentage Of alcohol they
want, providing 1t Is non-intoxica-
ting.
From a physical and social view
point, we feel that men. particularly
those engaged in heavy physical
work. need refreshment and mild
stimulation.
We all realize that II people are
10 have the opportunity OF employ
ment, we must create jobs. Brew
ing Is an industry wanted by many,
it would set many men to work.
We don't think the 18th amend
ment prohibits congress from using
its powers OF Interpretation, and we
are working to cryStalize public
opinion In the congressional cleo
tons. We r not entering the presi-
Dental election.
I don't saw that Illicit liquor vii.
stop II we have beer, but I do say
that when people have a good
beverage. 1t changes their taste. w
are becoming a whisky drinking ma
ton. because beer is too bulky 10
transport. Where beer Is, there is
little hard liquor.
The beer demanded by millions OF
people Is enough for us. and II we
had beer the 18th amendment would
be better enforced. for the people
would want their beer safeguardeo
and would see that laws against lii
cit liquor were enforced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
STATE ACTION
I'm RESOURCES
IS SIGNIFICANT

WASHING 7. Oct Q. Rl-The
movement to control natural re-
sources through state agreements.
exemplified particularly by the Ell
forts of Texas, California, and Ok
lahoma to curtail oil production, Is
regarded by the Hoover admins
tration as of unusual significance.
Coal Compact Studied
The most recent step in this di-
rection has been taken by the
bituminous coal industry. Oper-
ators. facsd with shutdowns or run
ming at a loa5. have asked the gov
ernors OF Pennsylvania, West Viz
ginia. Kentucky and Ohio 10 ap-
point commissions TO study the
possibility Of an interstate CON-
pact controlling coal production.
There have been indications OF q
growing sentiment among lumber
men, particularly on the west
coast, to apply the same principle
TO their industry. A strong trade
organization, however. will be Civ
Eli u CildklCC W QCAAAOAAcbA uSC AN1
ability to deal with production be-
fore any steps are taken toward
q state compact.
The state compact idea had its
origin In the Colorado river basin
compact entered into by the states
alongside that stream. as the pre-
liminary move in the building OF
Hoover dam.
Idea Not New
Such action by oil producing
states was urged by Pres. Hoover
and by Sec. Wilbur early in 1929.
It was discussed at length at a
conference OF oil state governors at
Colorado Springs in June, 1929. but
no decisive action was taken.
Shortly afterward California put
into effect an oil and gas law on
which Texas and Oklahoma have
based the laws dramatically applied
recently at the points Of national
guard bayonets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
RIvOLI-SAN BENITO

Again the virile, fighting men who
battled their way into the unknown
wilderness OF the West to spread
new frontiers for a growing ma
ton are seen in all their splendor
and spectacular daring in Para
mounts thrilling production of
Zane Grey's memorable saga,
Fighting Caravans" with Gary
Cooper at the Rivoli Theatre, San
Benito, today and Saturday.
No period Of history has gripped
the imagination of the American
public with more force and reality
than that adventurous pioneering
time when men, with their wives
and children, left home and home
land and ventured forth into un-
fathomed danger to open I'D a
wealth Of new land in the untrack-
ed West.
Everything possible was done to
make Fighting Caravans" a true
picture Of the period which 1. rep
resents, and a worthy monument to
the brave spirits whose lives IL re-
creates. 1t has a magnificent
theme. mas ~ificently portrayed.
against magnificent backgrounds.
Fighting Caravans" is a truly in
spring picture.
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Dies In Chair

JOLIET, III, Oct. 9.-tR-ohn
ffssston of Chicago was electrocut-
e. in the state penitentiary early
today for the staying Of Miss Agnes
Johnston, Chicago stenographer,
two years ago.
Irene Preston, his sister,, failed TO
obtain a last minute stay from Gov.
l.. L. Emmerson. He lost his last
appeal to the supreme court three
days ago when he was denied a re-
hearing.
Testimony at his trial showed
that on Oct. II Of that year he at
tackled and strangled Miss Johns
ton, IS, in an automobile on a road
near West Chicago.
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l. DATA
SUMMARY

Barometric pressure was moder-
ately high owe the eastern half OF
the u. S. this morning, and rela-
lively low over the plateau and
Rocky mountain regions. Except for
scattered showers in the far eastern
states, the weather was mostly fair
to clear throughout the country dur
ing the last "a hours. 1t was con-
siderably cooler in the northeastern
states this morning, but still unseas-
onably warm in the extreme south
ern portion of the country.
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University to Open
Clinic

CHICAGO. Oct. o. R-North-
western University OF Evanston
Il going to open q love clinic.
Couples contemplating mar
rage may take their troubles
to the clinic and get q stop"
or ego" signal from the experts.
Couples already married and
wondering II they made a mis-
take viii be given advice.
Prof. Arthur j. Todd, head Of
the department Of sociology,
viii direct the clinic. the pur
poses Of which will be TO make
folks happier and enable Prof.
Todd and his associates TO
gather q greater collection Of
facts TO enrich the sciences OF
psychology, sociology and econ
omics.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
BY wOLL.
Third Vice. President OF the

VANCOUVER. B. c., Oct. 8. Up
The committee OF which ] am
chairman is working for AIS PEI
cent beer, and the purpose OF our
action Is 10 bring back to the people
a social institution which was wiped
out by law.
We feel in the volstead act the
determination that one-half Of one
per cent alcohol Is intoxicating Is
carrying restrictions in manufac-
tured beverages to the point Of abb
surdity. 1t does not even comply with
the intention Of the 18th amend
ment.
Experts hold that even four per
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
WANTS A IN GIRLS

DELH1-After years OF destroying
female offsprings at birth because OF
their supposed wo-thlessness, Kash
mir Is alarmed at the decrease in
the number Of female children. Ac
cordingly. the Maharajah OF Kash-
mir Is offering an acre OF land 10
every father Of a newborn baby
girl.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
JUST A JAUNT

SPRINGFIELD, MO-. A. Leav-
lit has retired from the u. s. mail
service-and it's about time. Leavitt
started to work for Uncle Sam Is
years ago on q rural mail route.
During the rs years he was on the
job he figures that he travelled more
thar 250,000 miles.
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
Friday, under normal meteorol-
ugIcal conditions:
High .......... 2:25 a. m; 2:33 p. m.
Low ........ s:19 a. m; 900 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09

Of the port commission at the time
OF the land deal. was Intercepted
but the prosecutions line OF ques-
tioning met with objections from the
defense and in most instances they
were sustained.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
WEATHER

For east Texas: Generally fair
Friday night and Saturday; not
much change in temperature.
Light to fresh n~or.herly to east
erly winds on the coast.
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BULLETIN

(First figures. lowest tempera-
ture last night; second, highest
Yesterday; third, wind velocity al
ga. m; fourth, precipitation in
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
RADICALS WANT
EXTRA SESSION
Times Staff Photo

Spokesman for 10 militant rad
ical organizations, led by Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate for
President in 1923, today de-
manded the Hoover Administra-
ton summon Congress into spe-
cial session to enact a dole for
relief of the unemployed.
The group, a sort of cleft
wing" of the progressives, held a
brief conference first in the Of
flee of Senator Frazier CD of
North Dakota, to formulate their
demands. Then they visited Sen
ator Watson of Indiana, Repub-
lican leader of the Senate, in a
body with their demand for a
special session.
Watson announced he was un-
alterably opposed to special ses-
sion and to the dole, but promised
to present their request before
President Hoover upon his return
from his Caribbean cruise.
The group then began a tour
of the Capitol, seeking Speaker
Longworth to renew their de-
mandS,
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
S25 DEATH HAS.
JURY PROBE

AMELIA, Va, March 23.-The
grand jury today opened its
probe of the Staying of j. Will
Jones, wealthy dairyman, who
was shot and killed as he slept
in his home on the night of
January 9.
Rich ard Lee and James Perry,
both colored, who had been en-
ployed on the Jones farm, were
arrested shortly after the lifeless
body of the dairyman was foul.d
by his wife and later, it was re-
ported, that one of them told of
having been offered $25 to end
Jones' life.
Since the arrest of the pair
and their incarceration in the
Richmond city Jail for safe keep
ing, they have been kept incOm-
municado by authorities and have
talked with no one except Com
monweaIth Attorney George
Keith Taylor, jru and detectives
assigned to the case.
1t is understood that finger
prints found on The gun with
which Jones was murdered will
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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
1929 Wealth of Country
Nearly 362 Billions

preceding total of 1851, 800, ,000, 900
for the estimated national wealth,
because the total of national
wealth distributed by States does
not include the value of ships OF
the United States Navy, privately
owned water-supply systems, and
gold and silver coin and bullion,
which cannot be allocated geo.
graphically among the States.
The per capita wealth was
$2,977, and the per capita income
was $692.
The most recent United States
Census estimate of national
wealth was $32O,8 100000 for
the year 1922.
In Terms of 1913
The conference board also gives
the figures in terms of 1913 dol
lars, in order that comparisons
may be made by allowing for the
change in purchasing power OF
the dollar.
In 1929, the total national
wealth, in terms of 1913 dollars,
was $261, 700, ,O0N. 900, the total ma
tional income was $52,50O, ,000, 900,
and the per capita income was
$432,
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
FRANCE FIGHTS
CUSTOMSP PACT
PROPOSAL
Paris Fears Germany Will
Dominate Austria Again;
Czechs Invited to Join

VIENNA, March % G.N.S0-
On the heels Of protests from
three nations of Europe, the pro-
jected customs agreement between
Germany and Austria was ex-
tended in scope today with an
official invitation to Czechoslo-
vakia to join in the proposed
union.
The invitation was extended by
the Austrian foreign office 81
multaneously with transmission
of the text of the agreement to the
Czechoslovakian minister here.
France, Italy and Czechoslo-
vakia had vigorously protested to
the Austrian government that the
pact with Germany constituted
a breach of the Geneva protocols
of October 4, 1922. ~.
The ambassadors of the three
countries called on Foreign Min
lister Johann SchOber. formally
rOinting out that the trade ac-
cord was in violation Of Austria's
agreement never to forfeit its SOW.
ereign rights in an respect. The
foreign minister was reminded
that in return for this promise
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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
HOOVER HAILED
UPON ARRIVAL
At PONCE
President Greeted by. Roose-
welt and Towns Officials;
Speech Scheduled Tonight

PONCE, Porto Rico, March %
G.N.SO The battleship Arizona,
carrying President Hoover on a
trip to the Caribbean, dropped
anchor here at $40 a. m, East
ern standard time, today.
Greeted BY Roosevelt
A short while later, Gov. Theo-
dore Roosevelt boarded the Ari-
zona from small boat to vel
come the President officially.
Within an hour after the anchor
ing, the Presidential party left the
Arizona and went ashore in small
boats.
A brief reception was accorded
the President and his party at
the quay by local officials of
Ponce. Mr.. Hoover and his COM
paniOns then left for San Juan.
En- route to San Juan, a brief
halt will be made at the plaza
in each of the six towns along
the military road-Juan Diaz, Co
amo, Aibonito. Gayey, Caguas
and Rio PadraS.
To Address Legislature
After a brief rest and luncheon
at the governors mansion, PreSi-
dent Hoover will deliver an ad-
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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
LIMIT ON POLICE
ACES ASKED

The proposal to retire members
of the District Police and Fire de-
partments automatically when
they reach the age of 81 will be
acted upon at a meeting of the
District Commissioners tomorrow
Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby,
commissioner in charge of the
two departments and an advo-
cate of the plan, stated that if
the proposal is approved, it will
become effective July /.
There are now 20 members in
the police department, four of
whom are captains, who are more
than 81 years of age and will be
affected by the plan. while there
are only three in the fire depart
ment beyond the age limit.
There is now no age limit for
retirement on the police and fire
forces.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Shark Snaps Fish Just
As Congressman
Hauls 1t In

BALBOA, Canal Zone, March
22.-Here is one of those stories
of the fish that got away that
the angler can back up with
plenty of proof, said proof
being the head of a 60-pound
red snapper.
The angler, Representative
William R. Wood of Indiana.
returned after a two-day trip
in Panama Bay with a story OF
genuine hard luck for any
fisherman.
He said that he had hooked
the snapper and was just about
to land it in his boat when most
of the fish got away-inside OF
a shark. The only part Of the
fish that was left was the head.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
BREAK COMES
WHEN j. s.
QU|TSP|T
Farm Board Announcement of
Buying Cessation PIunges
Price to 5934 for New Low

CHICAGO. March % G.N.S0.
Huge selling orders flooded the
wheat pit on the Chicago Board
of Trade today, prompted by the
Farm Board announcement that
it would no longer attempt to
peg prices.
July wheat dropped to 59Ac
bushel, the lowest price in S6
years. September plunged to
6O3sc a bushel, pew low for the
season. Old crop wheat futures
were steady. June wheat, an in
active option, opened at 7614c
and later dropped off about 1Oc
to around SEC a bushel.
Corn and other grains broke
with the leading cereal.
Spring Wheat Dips
March and May wheat, which
received the support Of the Fed
eral Farm Board, sold at slightly
lower prices. March wheat, old,
sold at 791ac, a drop of about lsc,
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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
SUSPECT
IS INDICTED

AKRON, Ohio, March %
Q.N.SO Paul F. Kassay, 81, ex-
pert mechanic at the Goodyear
Zeppelin Corporation, who was
accused of an alleged sabotage
plot against the new Navy
dirigible, the Akron, was indicted
by the Summit grand jury today
on charges of criminal syndi-
calism.
The indictment was returned
before Kassay was to have ap-
peared in District Court of Ap-
peals for a hearing on writ Of
habeas corpus.
CLEVELAND, March %
G.N.S.1-Bond for the release of
Paul F.. Kassay, 81, charged with
criminal syndicalism in connec-
ton with an alleged plot to de-
stroy the Navy dirigible, The
Akron, will be furnished by Cleve-
land Communists. it was an
nounced today by Miss Jennie
Cooper, organizer for the Inter
national Labor Defense here.
Miss Cooper left today for Ak
ron prepared to furnish a prop
erty bond for $4,000, double
the amotint of Kassay's bonds Of
$4,000, as required by law.
The organization will start
group meetings and demonstra-
tions in Cleveland and Akron and
other large cities against the eff
fort to 0iscredit the Communistic
party THROUGH Kassay's arrest"
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
CAUGHT IN FIRE;
GIRL, 8, DIES

DETROIT, March % G.N.S).-
A 9-year-old girl was burned to
death, three other persons were
seriously injured and 40 people,
including IS children, were forced
to flee to the streets in night
clothing today when a two-alarm
fire swept an Alger Avenue apart
ment house.
The interior Of the building
was wrecked by the flames.
Harriet HalIach, aged 9, was
burned to death when she was
trapped on a landing. Charles
Schneider, 26; his brOt h er
Michael, 26, and their sister,
Nellie, 10, sustained serious in
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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
HER HUSBAND
CRITICALLY
INJURED IN
CRASH
Accident on Rockville Pike
Fatal to Mrs. A. E. Partin:
Car Ran Into a Ditch, Belief

Mrs. Ruth Kelchner Partin, "a.
of Rockville, Md, was killed in
stantly shortly after noon today
and her husband, A. E. Partin.
was perhaps fatally injured when
the automobile in which they
were riding turned over several
times on the Rockville Pike, three
miles north of Bethesda.
Police were unable to furnish
any details of the accident. When
they reached the scene the NO-
man and her husband had been
taken in fast cars to Georgetown
Hospital, where she was pro.
nOunced dead. Little hope is held
out for the recovery of the hus.
band, who suffered grave internal
injuries.
Finally Identified
The couple were in the hospital
for more than an hour before posi-
tive Identification could be made
by Maryland police, who investi-
gated the case.
The couple had been married
for eight years and formerly lived
in Gaithersburg. They have q
daughter Marjorie, who is six
years old.
Just how the accident hap.
pened police cannot determine. Ii
is believed however that the car
ran to the side of the road and
into a ditch in passing some
other machine.
On Way to D. C.
It is understood that Mr.. and
Mrs. Partin were on their way to
Washington to transact some bust"
ness.
The point at which the car ran
from the road and overturned is
a stretch that is largely timber on
both sides of the highway.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
VIKING RELIEF
SHIP CRASHES

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,
March % I.N.SO An airplane,
believed to be that flown by Bob
Fogg from Concord, N. H, in an
attempt to locate additional sur
vivors of the sealcr Viking,
cracked up today in an attempt
to land on the rough ice near
Horse Island, according to a
wireless message from there.
The crash occurred at 1880
o. M, after the plane had spent
some time accommodating over
the vicinity where the Viking
was destroyed by powder ex
plOsion a week ago.
The occupants of the plane.
the message said, were not
seriously injured in the crash.
Waits For Gas
Meanwhile Bernt Balchen and
two companions, who flew here
from st. John, N. B., In seven
hours, awaited gasoline supplies
dispatched by special train.
Balchens amphibian made a
safe landing in the Bay of ISL
ands at Corner Brook, but the
right pontoon suffered slight dam
age.
It was not serious enough to
hamper further flying. but unex-
peCted shortage of gasoline forced
the trio to delay their search
over White Bay until fresh sup
plies are received. The special
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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
2 Women Injured
When Auto UpSetS

Mrs. Gertrude F. Thorpe, Of
Rockville Center, Long Island, N.
Y, is near death, and Miss Helen
Meyn, 81. of 72 Fern ST., Laurel
Park, Long Island, N. Y, is seri.
ously injured as the result of an
automobile accident near Pohick
Church, Va, today.
The women were en- route to
their Long Island homes from
Florida when their machine ran
off the road and overturned. They
were taken to the Fort Humphreys
Hospital, where they were given
first-aid treatment and then taken
to the Alexandria Hospital.
Mrs. Thorpe is believed to have
suffered a fractured skull. Miss
Meyn was severely cut about the
head and body.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Match Dumping Ban
Ordered bu Mellon

Secretary of the Treasury Mel.
Ion today promulgated an anti.
dumping order involving importa-
tions of matches into the United
States from Finland, Norway,
Esthonia, Sweden, Latvia, Austria,
Holland and Poland.
This order will result in the
assessment of about $750,000 ad.
ditional tariff on matches i'm.
ported from these countries in
order to bring the price of the
foreign commodity up to that Of
the domestic product.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Indian Runs 1000
Miles to See Prince

RIO DE JANEIRO, March %
UN.SO Eager to see the Prince
of Wales on his visit here Wednes-
day, an Indian arrived here who
stated he had run 1000 miles to
be on hand when the royal visitor
is welcomed.
The prince and his brother is
en- route here aboard the Alcan-
tara.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Priest Hits Dry Act
In Detroit Address

DETROIT, March % 1N.SD. .
The Rev. James Delaney, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, today had challenged
the dry law in an address here
before a meeting of $500 Catho
lies. He said:
"I have yet to take my first
drink of liquor. but if I do, it
is nObOdy's business but my
own"
Father Delaney declared that
most American cities were
"wringing wet" and that prohi-
bition was rapidly multiplying the
Declaration of independence and
the Constitution.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Robbers Take
$4,000, Flee in Auto

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March %
GN.SD Two masked bandits to-
"ay held up a bank teller here
nd escaped with $4,000.
The bandits kidnapped the 16-
ear-old son of the colored porter.
carried him two blocks in their
automobile as they fled and then
pushed him from the car. The
youth was uninjured.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23

BALTIMORE, March 23.-It's
all right to commit suicide. but
use your own gas to do it.
Albert Dodge, a six-foot husky,
came into the police station last
night in bad humor. He asked:
"This mans a nuisance; will
you lock him up?"
At the same time he produced
Charles Fiedel, who stands four
feet two, and who appeared very
"groggy." Desk Sergeant Thomas
OuSler inquired:
whats the matter with
him? Drunk?"
Dodge complained:
The Washington times., 1931-03-23

NEW YORK, March 23.-The
total national wealth of the United
States in 1929 amounted to $361,-
900, 100000 and the national in
come for the same year was $84,-
900, 10000 of dollars, according
to estimates of the National In
dustrial Conference Board, just
made public.
The national wealth distributed
by States was 1855, ,OOO, 900, 900.
Ships Not Counted
This figure is less than the
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Kicks to Police Because
Suicide Wastes Gas

"NO, but he's been wasting my
gas. Why, sergeant, he waited
until / was asleep and then
went in and laid on my bath
room floor and turned on the
gas. The smell Of gas awOke
me and found him stretched
out on the floor, so I dragged
him around here. / don't care
If he wants to commit suicide,
but think of all the gas he
wasted"
Here Dodge hoisted his little
companion up to the level of the
sergeant's gaze. Fiedel will be
given hearing today on a charge
of disturbing the peace.