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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

to veterans already III hospitals or
soldiers homes, he said, but would
be made effective on future eases.
The cut would remain in effect
only during disqualification. the
normal payments being resumed
upon discharge from the hospital.
A demand that the house in
vestigation Of proposals for cash
ing the soldiers bonus be ended
Immediately was made when Wit
neSSes failed 10 appear at the out
set OF the days hearings.
Representative Garner Of Texas.
the democratic leader, charged "un-
necessary delay" and Represent
alive Risp, democrat, Georgia. ask
ed that the hearings be ended as
Chairman Hawley Of the ways and
means committee received no an
Swer TO his call for witnesses.
Ten minutes later, however. sew
cral members of the house arrived
to testify. Representatives Howard,
OF Nebraska and Hancock Of North
Carolina, democrats, and Christ
gau Of Minnesota, republican. join
ed in a plea for legislation 10 re-
deem the bonus certificates.
Hines proposed that allowances
to single men with temporary SER
vice-connected disabilities, who are
entitled 10 a maximum Of $50 a
month. b. cut TO 500. or rs per cent.
during disqualification and that
married men to be cut to the same
figure, with the balance going TO
their wives and children.
The same cut would be applied
to n~on-seryice connected cases. al
lowanceS now being from sl2 10
$40 a month.
Hines pointed out that while
these World War veterans receive
fun compensation allowances while
in hospitals. Civil war veterans
compensation l. cut by S25 and
Spanish war veterans s22 during
disqualification.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Senate Lauds
Dean of State Editors

AUSTIN. Feb. .. uPY-The senate
adopted today a resolution BY SEN
at0r Moore of Greenville memorial
izing the work OF Hugh Nugent
Fitzgerald. Texas newspaper editor
and editorial writer.
The resolution stated friends and
admirers had provided for a por-
trait OF Fitzgerald to be presented
to the senate and asked that Feb
ruary 10 be fixed a. the date for
the preservation.
Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald has
been a factor In moulding public
opinion In Texas for half a century
Is managing editor OF the Dallas
News. a. editor or the Fort Worth
Record. as editor and publisher Of
the Wichita Falls News-Recnrd and
rs editorial writer for a large num-
Der Of other Texas newspapers"
the resolution said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
SchaH Launches Bitter
Attack on Gen. Mitchell
Opposing Appointment

loss Of several states from the re-
publican party in the recent cleo
ton. or course, that does not dis
turb Mr.. Mitchell. AS a democrat
he doubtless laughs to himself at
the way he has been able to sabot-
age the republicans from the in
side"
Schali also renewed his criticism
Of Mitchell for his part In the gov
ernment's attempt to collect $1,000
600 from the estate Of Mrs. James
y. Hill. Mitchell. Schall said appear
ed as a witness in the case before the
circuit court, and Mitchell's testi-
mony, he said. constituted about a
third Of the Judges opinion.
An ordinary sense of decency,'
said the senator. would have pre-
cluded Mitchell from appearing i'm
any capacity before judges who had
been made 10 feel that their future
promotion depended on him."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Local Scholars In
3rd Essay Contest

The third annual essay contest
sponsored by the Brownsville Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs. is nov
under way at both the senior and
junior high schools. according 70
Superintendent G.. w. Gotke.
The students OF the senior high
school are writing their essay on
Andrew Jackson. while the Junior
high students are using Thomas
jefferson as a subject.
Three prizes will be awarded
winners Of each contest. These
awards will be presented at the
graduation exercises III the spring.
and consist Of $40 gold for first
winner, S. gold second place. and
$3.50 for third prize.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5-(P-Sen-
ator Schall. republican. Minnesota
today resumed his attack on Attor-
ley General Mitchell for the lat
tiers refusal TO endorse Ernest Mitch
ell az federal judge for Minnesota.
Schall, in a formal statement,
said Mitchell was "defyingr the con-
~stitutional injunction that nomina-
tons be made with the advice and
consent" OF the senate. He cited O
letter written by Mitchell in con-
nection with the appointment of
John y. Parker. or North Carolina,
70 the supreme court.
The whole purpose Of the let
ter" Schall said. was to show that
the Parker nomination originated
entirely with Mitchell. Well II is 20
be hoped that he is still proud OF
1t for no one else appears to be.
1T Is well recognized now that
the nomination. hy alternating the
labor and col0red vote. caused the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Valley Newspaper
Folk VIII Meet

MISSION. Feb. 5.-A. wv. Grant.
editor or the San Antonio Express.
will address editors and publishers
or the Valley who will meet at tine
Cortez Hotel IN Weslaco on Friday
night.
X. wv. Hood. manager or the VAL
lev Better Business Bureau. will
also he a speaker.
The newspaper folk will also en-
JOY a dance, following the dinner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
All Exchange Plants
Are Receiving Fruit

MISSION. Feb. 5.-All packing
plants of the Texas Citrus Crow
ers Exchange are In operation to-
day. Ted MelGon. exchange sccre-
tary, announced az noon Thurs
day.
Price remains steady at from
S1.75 to S2.50. Meldon states. with
approximately ESQ cars 10 roll aft
err this week.
The exchange has shipped to date
SIS cars, ne reported.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Are Killed In
Czech Demonstration

PRAGUE, Czecho-S lovakia, Feb.
5-tPl-Four persons participating
in an unemployment demonstra-
ton at Asch were killed and four
others probably fatally injured when
the gendarmerie charged the gath
ering with fixed bayonets today.
At Dux. in north Bohemia, 200
persons. most Of them communist
unemployed, tried 10 enter the
town from an industrial suburb TO
stage a demonstration before the
city hall. gendarmes blocked the
way, where upon the demonstra-
tors charged them with a view to
taking their arms away. The gen.
darmeS fired a volley into the
crowd. killing two persons and Sc
verely wounding six others.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Bill Dares SoIons OF
Oklahoma to Impeach Him

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. SOP
administration leaders OF the Okla
homa legislature today took stock OF
forces to determine If Governor
Murray's sensational attack upon
the senate yesterday had brought a
break in ranks that joined to kill
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
State Man
Leaves Hidalgo Co.
fBv Staff COrreSDOndentl


EDINBURG. Feb. 5.-A letter,
the contents OF which are for the
confidential use OF the Hidalgo
County grand jury now in session.
was left with Laurence Broeter.
district attorney. by II. D.. Bishop,
special investigator OF the attorney
generals department. prior to his
departure from E~dinburg. Broeter
disclosed this morning.
Bishop was recalled TO Austin
late yesterday by James v. Alfred,
attorney general. who stated that
in his opinion the work the special
investigator was doing In Hidalg0
county thould be properly done By
an assistant and a special inves-
tigator paid by Hidalgo county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Mexico Moves To
Protect Toy Makers

MEXICO CITY. Feb. 5-fP1-A
tariff wall was erected BY the gov
eminent today about the Mexican
toy industry.
To keep out foreign dolls, toy
engines and jumping jacks. a duty
OF approximately 80 cents per pound
was placed on these and the other
imported articles.
Toys are manufactured on a large
scale in Mexico. but the industry
till now has met strong COMPETE
ton from American. German and
japanese manufacturers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Retail Group To
Hear Dallas Man

SAN BENTTO. Feb. 5.-Alf0ns0
Johnson. retail trade director OF the
Dallas Chamber Of Commerce. will
deliver the principal address at the
annual meeting Of the Retail Mer-
chants association here ON the night
OF February 20. a communication
addressed to j. f. Bel OF the cfRm-
Der of commerce received today
stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Gold Maker Draws
Nice Jail Sentence

MUNICH. Bavaria. Feb. 5-fP-
Franz TauSend. who deceived a
number OF prominent persons and
almost convinced the German mint
officials that he had discovered the
secret Of transnutation Of metals.
today was sentenced to three years
and eight months in prison on a
charge Of fraud
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Hines Proposes Cut In
Disabled Vet Allowance

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5ZP- A
cut in the disability allowances Of
World War veterans while under
going disqualification at govern
mcnt expense was proposed today
by Veterans Administrator Hines.
Before the senate finance COM
mittee. he suggested this step TO
remove an incentive" among tenn
pOrarily disabled men to remain
in government institutions to
long"
The reduction would not apply
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Rubio Honored
By Masonic Order

MEXICO CITY. Feb. 5-lPl-
President Ortiz Rubio has been
chosen for elevation to the 33rd
degree OF the Masonic order. A
committee or American and Mex
lean Masons are calling upon him
today 10 inform him Of the honor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
ZEALAND
town UNDER
MARTIAL Law
Some Looting Report
ed, AS Armed Sem
tries Patrol City

HASTINGS. New Zealand. Feb. 5
R-Another sharp earthquake rock
ed the ruins Of this tom at 10
o'clock tonight. throwing the al
ready frightened populace into fur
ther panic.
Martial law has been declared
and no n Is permitted to enter
the business district without a per-
init. lest what Is left OF the build
ings may collapse.
There has been some loot.ng but
armed sentries we're posted at vari-
GUS points throughout the town to-
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
DIV Staff CORRESPONDENT

EDINBURG. Feb. 5.-Deputy Cos
me de Luna has been appointed by
Sheriff Tom Gill as traffic cop. De
Luna's work will take him all yer
Hidalgo county. where county traf-
fic regulation is needed. according
ID Gill who said the appointment
was effective Immediately and that
DE Luna begins his new work today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
Great Basketball
Tilt on Tap Here

Soaring ahead on the crest or a
scoring wave furnished BY John
Sylvester and Charles Pickett. the
Model Laundry quint is expected
TO play its greatest game OF the
season here tonight against the
Harrington MethodiSts, defending
Valley champions.
The game will be played on the
Fort Brown court beginning al 8
p m. After a slow start. the Clean
erS are going great guns now and
they will make the Methodist jam
the gas III they hope 10 win.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

NAPIER. New Zealand. Feb. 5.
R)-Frightened by new tremors
which toppled standing buildings
about the heads Of rescue squads,
authorities today speeded up COM
plete evacuation Of this once beau
tiful seaport.
Death Total Past 1000
An appeal was sent to railroad
officials at Wellington to provide
rolling stock necessary to take re-
fugees from this city and the sur
rounding country TO camps where
they can be cared for until SAM
tary conditions a be restored
here.
With every hour the death toll
has mounted and Red Cross off
Gals said the number Of dead In
Napier. Hastings and surrounding
villages stricken by Tuesdays
quakes. would mount well past
1000. Thousands are injured anc
virtually everyone Is homeless.
Desire Of the stricken citizenry tc
Continued Oh page l0)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
MARKETS AT
A GLANCE

NEW YORK
Stocks heavy. U. >. steel
touches January low.
Bonds firm; rally hV govern
mental group continues.
Curb heavy; small declines re-
duccd in last hour.
Foreign exchanges heavy:
Dutch at new low FOR year.
Cotton higher: firm Liverpool
and trade demand.
Sugar steady: Cuban support.
Coffee lower: European selling.
CHICAGO
Wheat easy: forecast rain or
snow southwest.
Corn easy. unsettled southwest
markets.
Cattle irregular.
Hogs higher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

The Valleys heaviest fire loss In
a number Of years was sustained
early Thursday morning when the
two-story La Esperanto ranch home
OF w. K. Adams, six miles out on
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

And Los Angeles had TO 60 30
miles 70 get its harbor while you
at Brownsville are going to bring
your port to your very door. You
have a wonderful future. and I
base that prediction on wisat I have
seen accomplished by my home city
of Los Angeles
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

They laughed at Los Angeles and
its port, and some people are still
laughing at 1t, but that same port
saw 5000 vessc.s unload and receive
cargoes during the year $780," said
william L. Ware. domestic trade
commissioner OF the Los Angeles
Chamber Of Commerce before the
Brownsville Rotary Club yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

So-"UNCOMMON" it is in the
columns Of the Herald from now
on, friend proofreader and friend
linotype operator. please take no
tice.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

California has gained a reputa-
ton on the strength Of the use of
the word unusual" according to
Mr.. White. who opines that if the
Valley will only take up the uni
versal use of his word uncommon.
every time the word is used. the
nearer will think or the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy 10 cloudy possibly with
local showers. somewhat warmer.
Moderate to fresh ~southerly winds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

Keep western money in the west,
and bring eastern money west and
keep II there" IS the sermon being
preached by MI. Ware and his or
ganization throughout the western
states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

Inc bring eastern money west n
keep Il there" IS the sermon being
preached by Mr.. Ware and his or
ganization throughout the western
states.
And right here is a good time to
insert an apology TO John Bennett
former city commissioner and still
a druggist at Weslaco, for having
forgotten TO list him yesterday with
his fellow druggist-office holders UP
and down the Valley. We may be
wrong, but we labor under the i'm
preston that Johns partner, For
rest Powell. also at n time had
the office holding bee and served as
a member of the school board al
Weslaco. II he didn't. he should
have.
Up at Harrington. Bishop Glenn
ents, sports writer for our esteemed
morning contemporary wants q
name for the open golf tournament
which started today.
In Our Valley" proposes the
Golden Grapefruit Open" held an
nually at Harlingen. Texas. in the
Garden Of Golden Grapefruit.
Just call IL the Golden Grape
fruit Open" and the rest will fol-
low most naturally.
And for sheer ~go-getters. we COM
mend the Harlingen sponsors Of this
open tournament. whoever they are
BY the staging OF this tourney. they
have put Harrington and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley on the sporting
pages Of every daily newspaper in
the United States. and not for one
day. but for several DAYS. and have
brought TO the Valley the best gang
OF good fellows to visit us for many
q day.
Next summer. as these golf pros
are cavorting about their home
green's. there will be many a remi-
niscence unfolded about that sporty
course az Harrington. about that
wonderful Valley country down
there in Texas: about the entertain
ment enjoyed and the good fell
lowship displayed by their hosts at
Harrington.
Valley grapefruit has made the
inside Of the Literary Digest. at
any rate. Sam Quarrels up at La
Feria. one Of AL and Lloyd Parker's
contented grove owners. dispatched
a crate Of grapefruit and oranges
10 Lowell Thomas, eliciting the fol-
lowing acknowledgment
The Literary Digest.
254-360 Fourth Ave,
New York. N. Y.
Dear Sam Quarrels.
The fruit arrived In great shape
and my neighbors in other offices,
here az the Literary Digest. i'm
mediately raided the crate. How
ever. / managed TO get home with
about half Of ID. We all enjoyed Il
enormously and everyone expressed
surprise at making the discovery
that you get such grand results
Sown In Texas. We thought that
Florida and California had q mon
opoly in the fruit line. But your
grapefruit and oranges showed lis
that we were "all wet" when we
came TO that conclusion.
Thanks again. and good luck for
this year. I hope that YOU and
al Of your neighbors will have the
most successful season yet.
Cordially yours.
{. LOWELL THOMAS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

To which sentiment I'm Our VAL
ley" Is in hearty accord. and here
after when anything unusual hap
pens, we will do our level best 10
refer to said happening as being
uncommon"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

Our weather. and anything else
peculiar TO ourselves is "UNCOM-
MON" and should be so designated
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05

IN DUR
VALLEY

The Lower Rio Grande Valley
has no unusual weather. nor does
1t have anything else unusual, z
George White broadcasting.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association

Almost everyone now knows that
the human being may be sensitized
to certain protein substances and re-
spond in various ways, sometimes with
hay-fever, sometimes with asthma,
sometimes with abdominal pain or
headache, and sometimes with erup-
ton on the skin.
The eruption on the skin may take
various forms, including swelling, &C.
zema, and general irrigation mani.
tested by blisters and itching.
DR.. Leo II. Criep has recently sur
veyed some of the special points in
relationship to the type of sensitivity
that is manifest in the skin. Usually
the person indicates that other men,
bers of his family have similar dis
turbances, including either hay-fever
or asthma, or some other type of SEN
sitivity.
Not infrequently the occupation OF
the patient is such that he is fire.
Quently in contact with material
which may cause sensitivity. For ex-
ample, he may be a peddler or a
stable man, and thus be in contact
with horses. He may be a baker or
she may be a housewife and sensitive
to flour. Janitors show sensitivity to
insect powder, pharmacists and chem
lists to various substances with which
they may be concerned. Furriers may
have eczema due to furs, but women
who wear the furs may also show SEN
sitivity.
X y i
Sometimes the appearance OF the
first attack may coincide with the
purchase of new bedding, pillows, up
holstered furniture, rugs, new toys,
or new clothing. People sensitive to
goat hair may have their first attack
when riding in a motor car uphol-
stored with mohair, which is made
from goat hair. A new rug made of
cotton, wool, hair or camel hair when
put into a house may suddenly lead
to an attack of sensitivity explained
only by contact with the new piece
Of furnishing.
It is now generally known that
some people are sensitive to orris root
in face powder, others to rice, corn
or similar substances mixed with
soaps or cosmetics. Finally, many
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10

government to see where these re.
ductions and eliminations might cas-
lily be made but not everyone would
agree on the subject, even though
they started out with the same hon.
est aims.
What one man may regard as es-
sential, or at least highly desirable.
another may consider a wholly use-
less expenditure and vice versa. The
lack Of unanimity on such details is
what makes it possible for politica.
officeholders to retain their places
even as they ignore the expressed de-
mand Of the people for a general re-
suit
In places where public servants ac-
tually tackle the problem with whole
hearted vengeance it makes their
task more difficult.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10

held the crowd, for Minerva" had a
smile that was both wise and win
some.
When it was all over, they sold
fountain pens.
And four doors beyond that "the
recreation of man" was going full
blast. This was another super-pitch
show. Upon vast wheel were the
signs of the zodiac; a spieler garbed
in the graduation clothes Of Har-
ward man, with scholarly pince-nez
upon his nose, was trying to convince
a crowd of time-killers that they
could change their lives If only they
would follow their planetary influ-
ences. For SO cents or dollar, they
could know all.
Obviously, the county fair boys are
finding Manhattan good pickings.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10

soap-box off the street corner and
take it into the directors room.-Dr.
Glen Frank, president Of Wisconsin
University.
I do not believe the nature of the
Chinese race will ever enable them to
embrace BolsheviSm. - Captain Paul
Koenig, wartime commander of Ger
man submarine.
x \ +
Birth control is socially unethical.
Rev. Edward Robert Moore, Asso-
ciated Catholic Charities, New York.
(: x
The brain can be abnormal two
ways-by being too puckered or by
being too mushy.-Professor Wilder
D. Bancroft, Cornell University.
X X X
If you want my opinion, 10 years
from now there will be much pros
perity.-Henry Ford.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10
One in Nine

Henry H. Heimann, executive pan-
ager of the National Association OF
Creditmen, asserted recently that,
difficult as it is to accomplish, gov
ernment will have to deflate its costs
just as private industry has done in
order to aid business stability In
America. As proof Of the burden
which government is placing upon
business, he asserts that one dollar
out Of every nine in the United
States goes to the cost OF govern
ment.
A speaker of national renown re-
Gently asserted that one out OF every
eight persons in the United States
Is employed In some capacity or
other which attaches his name to
the public payroll.
These figures may be the result Of
q bit Of expert juggling, as such
things often are to make q point
moro forceful, but ct best there can
be no doubt that the costs are too
high and that government payrolls
are loaded with persons whose serv-
ices. paid for by the public. easily
could be dispensed with. One need
not be familiar with the processes Of