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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
IL DUCE
REACH ACCORD
"
Day Leads Ten-P Primers For
Night, Getting STA
Total

ROME, Sept. 2=Rl-A final ac-
cord was reached by Pope Plus xI
and Premier MuSSolini today in
their bitter three-months contro-
versy over Catholic action clubs.
clarifying the conditions OF the
Lateran treaty and the concordat.
The Pope's youth organizations
are allowed TO resume their activ-
tiles but are restricted to purely
religious endeavorS. II was sDecl-
fically stated there should be no
sports or athletics and no intru-
sion into the snydical or trades
union fields.
The italian government announ-
ced an agreement Of three parts
They are as follows:
l. Catholic Action organizations
are essentially diocesan under the
control Of bishops who appoint club
officers and directors. none Of
whom may be from parties hostile
to fascism. There can be no political
action or appearance Of It and
Catholic action can have no flag
except the italian flag.
=. lilcIt SIlGA d. 40 OA~EdAA1d-A9AAS
of professional classes and those
already formed within Catholic
action must abstain from syndlcal
labors. combining themsNive 10
religious work.
3. The youth clubs shall be known
as youth Associations Of Catholic
Action They shall have no flag
except the italian flag and their
religious banners.
II was finally agreed that these
local associations must abstain
from any sports or athletics. limit
ing themselves to educational and
recreational activities with religious
ends in view
This agreement, regarded by each
side as a victory. might be consid-
cred as a compromise. IL reopens
5000 clubs closed three months
ago but bars them from those ath-
letic activities which the faScists
reserve for their clubs.
IL emphasizes the restriction al
ready in the concordat that Cath
Ole Action club shall be purely
religious but clarifies brief phrases
of the document BY mentioning
sports and syndical S,tion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
SAN BENITO
BRIEFS
CBy staff Correspondent

SAN BENITO. Sept. Nv. F..
Boyd. delicateSseniSt, has found a
way TO make night cereus
(cactusl bloom through the day.
He puts them in glaSsed in meat
r%efrigerators and the blossoms.
which ordinarily close when day
light comes, remain open.
DR.. a. ID. S-~ere. who for sew
eral months has been at the base
hospital, TT. Sam Houston, near
San Antonio, Is back home but Is
not receiving visitors as yet.
Highland school enrolment near
here will take place Monday, ac-
cording TO Supt. James Scaief. but
classes viii not be held until Tues
day.
Work on the new high line for
the Central Power and Light Co.
between san Benito and Matamoros
is being speeded with a post digging
machine.
Improvement in the condition or
Fred Scheer. manager Of the
Stonewall Jackson Hotel who SUI
fered from Hood poisoning from a
scratch or his foot, is noted.
MI. and Mrs. w. B. LasSiter now
have full interest in the Morning
Glory Bakery. having purchased
the interest OF Everett Bell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
|. c. A. Meet Ends

ROCHESTER, n. Y. Sept. D.
More than one thousand /. @. A.
members and employees from New
York and neighboring states re-
Gently wound up their annual east
ern regional meeting here. Sales
increases built up during tire sum-
mer months brought many of the
national awards in the annual I.
@. A. national sales contest to
mstchants in the eastern region.
Former u. S. Cong. Meyer Jacob
lem OF Rochester. the sbanquet
aker. declared that I. q. A. CO.
Btratiye methods were helping TO
Dive n OF the greatest and most
Important problems facing Amer
lca today IN working out a fair and
ju-. system of distribution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
Texas City Orders
Gas Rate Reduction

PAMPA. Sept. 2-iPr--A city or
finance ordering gas rates reduced
sight cents per 1000 cubic feet was
5asse0 by the city commission yes
frday.
The commission rejected a four
tents per 1000 cubic feet reduction
offered By the Central States Power
Ind Light company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
Sheriff Is Charged

CROWELL. Sept. ?. F-Que r..
filler. Foard county sheriff and tax
ollector. planned to appear In JUS
Ice court here today TO answer a
harge of misappropriating public
unds.
Miller t~ciephoned Constable Red
.aslev from Dallas last night telling
Tim he would appear in court here
oday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
Movie SideEghts


Claudette Colbert. recently seen
with Maurice Chevalier in The
Smiling Lieutenant" Is the star u
new and intensely Interesting
drama. .-ecTets OF a S9cseta4y.r 1t
tells the story Of a wealthy girl.
Helen Blake. the bride Of a worth-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
days after roasting.

Al due to the attack ofOxygenI
Think of il! 1876 to 65% of the
flavor gone from ~9-day-old coffee.
Even packing, a definite
Improvement over old-fashioned
methods, removes only part of the
air from the can, leaving sealed i'm
enough Oxygen to cause flavor loss
and deterioration.
The new Vita-Fresh Process re-
moves the air so completely that the
most rigid chemical analysis reveals
no trace o Orygen in the Tifa-Fresh
can after packing.
Remember Oxygen is the de-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
BLAZE

H~ARLINGEN-A pump being in
- al the Federal Petroleum Sta
1912 w. Harrison St. and COW
,rN with spilled gasoline ignited
ron a short circuit in wiring but
fireman extinguished the blaze e5-
ore serious damage occurred.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
Confidence Is All Country Needs to Restore Business, Fess Say

wen nigh brilliant portrayal as Hell
en- Blake. there Is Herbert Marshall
the noted English actor as Lord
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02

Burton Churchill. Hugh OiConneIl
and Betty Garde.
Secrets Of a Secretary" comes %
the Capitol tomorrow and Friday
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02

less South American adventu-er .
deserts his wife when the sudden
death Of Heien's father reveals the
startling information that she Is now
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
Athlete Killed

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. PIP
Wayne Johnson. 20, prominent
athlete at the West Texas Teachers
college at Canyon, Tex. was killed
near ella Bend yesterday when a
iruck side-swiped an automobile
n which he was riding.
THIEVES STEAL SOAP
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who enter
d the Service Wholesale Grocery,
s02 w. jefferson St. this week took
2 bars OF soap among a few other
articles and made a clean getaway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02

when Helen becomes a social secre-
tary to a prominent society woman
she has known all her life.
In addition to Claudette Colberts
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02

Danforth: Georges Metaxa ms the
EigQlo. Frank; Betty Lawford as
Sylvia; Mary Boland. star Of the
stage play. The Vinegar Tree
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penniless-
AT this point the picture is given
added significance and the dramatic
plot structure Is given new emphasis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02

stroyer ofcoffee freshness and flavor.
The Vita-Fresh Process alone gives
full protection to coffee goodness.
Maxwell House and Maxwell House
only gives you this guarantee of full
flavor, full value in every pound.
Try fresh coffee once
and HOuH drink il aIsraBs
Thousands Of coffee lovers every.
where r now enjoying really fresh
coffee for the first time in their lives,
thanks to the new Vita Fresh Proc
ess. Order a pound Of Vita Fresh
Maxwell House Coffee from your
grocer today and give yourself a new
taste treat. It's a flavor revelation.
Try il at our risk
After trying Vita-Fresh Maxwell
House Coffee, il you and your family
do not agree that 1t is the finest
coffee you have ever tasted simply
return the can with unused portion
to the grocer from whom you bought
il and he will gladly return the full
purchase price.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02

just read these amazing facts estab-
lished in The laboratories ofa leading
Eastern University:
Oh Loose or bag coffee loses 65%
of lis faror in 9 days after
roasting.
GU Coffee in old Cushioned rams
loses $3.50 Of its faror in 9
days after roasting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
Why pay to1
the coffee
NeW
VITA RESH
NeEiCeg:S mU-nNUOy.
coffee eUeT'y time!

HhxYCEN is a racketeer that costs the housewives of America
" millions of dollars every year.
1t is a hijacker that attacks coffee as soon as it comes from the
rooster stealing its strength, robbing it of flavor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
LIGHT PENALTY IS
OFFERED TO FOUR
IN GIN PARTY CASE
Prosecutor Suggests Terms
of 2 to II Years for
braves Accused.
BIZ Times Special

~ Ht~o 1hbbtbH
GROWN POINT, Ind, March 10
The four companions of Virgil
Kirkland, facing life term in
prison for the murder of Miss Ar
lene braves at q liquor party in
Gary last November. may serve
terms of only two to twenty-one
years each, it is indicated by Rob-
ert Ct. Estill, Lake county prose-
cutor.
The other defendants are David
Thompson, at whose home the
party was held; Paul Barton, Leon
Stanford and Harry Shink.
Il have discussed the matter with
my chief deputy. John Underwood,
who prosecuted Virgil Kirkland for
the same crime, Estill said, land
We would entertain pleas of guilty
to manslaughter. However, we have
not discussed it with attorneys for
the four and we shall expect them
to make the suggestion to lis first
L do not believe the other foul
are entitled to the life impriSon-
ment penalty voted by the kirkland
jury" Estill continued, kirkland
was the girls escort to the fata
party, he planned the attack he anc
the others made upon her and il
was he who knocked her un-
conscious"
Estill pointed out that anothei
compromise is possible, conviction
of criminal attack, for which the
penalty is g prison term of five tx
twenty years.
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The sister wept. Scl1roeders
brother, Ernest, of Evanston, H.,
quoted her.
Il
ID EHIND the rail the crowd
ID packed tightly and refused to
leave the room. A bailiff ordered
them out, bat from the front
ranks several women slipped in
side to scurry to the table where
the Schroeder family was grouped.
They muttered low words Of
sympathy, kissed the sobbing
wife. shook hands. and ended
their long vigil in the courtroom.
The crowd sifted away.
Behind Schroeder stood two
uniformed policemen. Court at
taches and newspaper men milled
around in the courtroom. but the
family group, most of them in
tears, remained in their places.
How do you feel about the
yerdict?" he We asked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
BY MILTON BRoNNER
NEA European Bureau Manager

Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. Incl
ANOHANDAS KARAMCHAND
1V1 GANDHI-Mahatna Gandhi
"a little wisp of brown humanity,
almost skeletonic in his fraiI body,
clad only in q white 1oin cloth,
bare footed, bespectacled, with gray
ing hair and lnustache and almost
toothless mouths one of the most
striking figures in the history of
today, and also in the history Of all
time.
There have been great writer's and
thinkers, like Voltaire and Goethe,
who in their day by the written
word affected the lives and thoughts
of millions. There have been war
like and tyrannical kings and en-
perors who ruled over nations.
But Gandhi beats them all.
Still alive, still going strong,
armed with neither a potent pen, a
golden sceptre or powerful lethal
weapon. he is ensfrined in the
hearts of the majority of the $780,
C00,C00 brown. people who seethe in
the towns and villages and farms of
the vast Subcontinent of India.
He has done it with the force of
ideas. He has inflamed the i-nagi-
nation of his fellow countrynlen.
He has imbued them with pas
sionate longing to be masters in
their own house.
At a word from him countless
thousands will declare a "hartaI'-
a national day of mourning-and
lay down their tools. at a nod,
they will declare day of fasting.
n n II
THE man is strange, according to
Il western conceptions. Capable of
having earned large sums, he has
given up all money making, lives
in the barest of rooms-when not
in jail-dines on fruit and vege-
tables and nuts and goats milk and
water-leads the life of the poorest
of the poor, the humblest of the
humble, which he emblemizes with
Turn to Page 21)
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page, thumbed other sheets, but
read not a word.
While a clerk called the jury
roll, he held che paper without
looking at it. 1t fluttered, shook,
and cracked as his nerves col
lapSed.
AS he read the verdict, the
clerks words were the only
sound in the room. Hysteria
clutched at Mrs. Schroeder as the
swift realization that her husband
must spend from two to twenty
one years in prison broke in her
tortured mind.
With little cry she hurled her
self at Schroeder, her arms
around his neck, her face buried
in his shoulder. Schroeder's face.
impassive through his long ordeal.
chameleon-like flashed to those
who watched, JOY and despair, re-
greet and sorrow. and all the pangs
Of dazed human bting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
Signed by Governor
SENATE BILLS SIGNED MARCH IL

SENATE BILLS SIGNED MARCH IL
s. r. 81 (Adamsl Providing for sub
Constitut G 'to the Voters at the general
S. r. 1879 (Cuthbertson) Requiring pub
location once each week for three weeks Of
notice TO nonresident defendant in d.
s. q. is Gslenkerl Licensing fur deal
ers BY the state conservation department.,
the license fee to be paid into the fish
and game protection and propagation
S. b 1874 (Drakel Permitting a rail-
road incorporated In Indiana to purchase
in fec a railroad held in lease and incor-
norated outside the state.
S. 2l6 CSlenker- Ketchuml Fixing a
uniform withdrawal date of thirty DAYS
preceding the primary election for all can
S. 3 25s CRaber- slenEsrl Fixing the
penalty for embez5lement at f1ve to nifty
wears Imprisonment and fine OF 81 to 81 600
where the amount taken is above the
s. 3. 2I2 brown Rowle2y;, Ne dI- Holman;
port commission to investigate and report
on feasibility Of ESTABLISHING PeLmanent
metropolitan district embraced BY Lake
to Michigan CITY. Ind. and appropriating
HOUSE BILLS SIGNED MARCH 10
n. B. conner Places all operators
Of motor trucks for hire under control Of
the Indiana public service commission and
requires them to obtain certificates Of pub
lie convenience before they can operate.
n. B. 1853 place. Amends 1918 act, as
amended in 1921. governing shipment of
swine to provide that affidavits that swine
have not been exposed to any infectious
disease during the Ave weeks preceding
shipment shall not be required OF persons
whose stock has been vaccinatsd by the
Dorset-Niles method at least four weeks
prior TO shipment
II. b $40 (Gwin Crawford Amends the
state highway commission law to provide
that on acceptance OF one mile or more
OF new pavement the contractor shall be
relieved OF liability the same as If the
entire contract had been accepted
II, p. 500 CORY q Stanton -Eganl Pre-
vides for the election of school trustees
and CONJUNCTION of the business OF the
school city OF Gary.
II. b. 344 (Ale) - Authorizes Jennings
county board OF commissioners to pay
Edgar D. Kinder, contractor. Sl4,23025 for
work on Philip Hsrgesheimer hishwsy.
poSitorv law to provide for payment OF 2
per cent interest monthly on the basis Of
the minimum balance on deposit. The
present law provides for the same rate of
interest on basis Of the average daily bal
ence.
II 4. 40 (Nelsonl-Provides that olrec-
tors Of guaranty loan and savings aSsocia-
tons shall have the right to borrow funds
not to exceed 20 per cent of the assets for
the use OF the association and amending
the law 10 make the responsibility OF
stockholders the same as for banks. Strikes
out the present provision that stockholders
are responsible Jointly and ssveraly' for
double the par value of stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
BRAND PLANS
ITALIAN FARLEY
Treaty of Friendship Is Be-
Iieved Near.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
PARIS, March 13.-Foreign Min
lister AEistide BRAND was ulder-
stood today to have instructeI. Am
bassador De Beaumarchais at Rome
to reopen as soon as possible ne
gotiations with Italy regarding the
Lybian frontier and the status of
Italians born in Tunisia.
Should agreement be reached on
the questions, which have been two
outstanding points Of friction be-
tween Italy and France, it was said
BRAND might begin negotiations for
a Franco Italian treaty Of friend
ship.
Hope of settling the chief ques-
tions between France and Italy was
expressed recently by BRAND in
describing the new naval accord as
merely prelude to the ending of
all problems between the two ma
tons, which had been considered
by many observers to be the lead
ers of new rival camps forming
throughout Europe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
WOMAN KILLS MATE:
Jim REED Is HIRED
Claims Accidental Shooting of
Wealthy Building Contractor.

Claims Accidental Shooting of
Wealthy Building Contractor.
By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 49,
Former Senator James A. Reeds
successful defense of Mrs. Myrtle A.
Bennett, charged with the bridge
game" murder of her husband,
brought him another case today.
Mrs. Harry c. Mosby, IS, who
told police she accidentally shot
and killed her wealthy husband, a
building contractor, today, i'm
mediately arranged to have Reed
represent her.
Mrs. MoSby said she shot her hus-
band when a .32-caliber automatic
revolver discharged as she was
handing it to him. They we're
planning a trip in the country for
target practice, she said, when the
accident occurred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
ROBBED OF ROMANCE
Mail Order Mate Stole
Jewels, Woman Says.

By United Press
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y, March 10.
"A romance which blossomed in
classified newspaper advertisements,
resulted in the falling Of Steve j.
GustumsH of Chicago today for
alleged robbery from the woman
who befriended him.
Last fall Mrs. Anna Backlnan of
Warwick, N. Y, advertised for a
mate. Letters swamped the post
office and finally Gustumski was
chosen. Mrs. Backman sent him
carfare here and the romance con-
tinued until Gustumski left her
victim of a delusion, she said.
Now Mrs. Backman has had him
arrested, charging he stole her
iewelry. She is 81 and weighs 300,
while he halves both figures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
WOMAN SLAIN;
HUNT HUSBAND
Blasted Romance Believed
Behind Tragedy.

By Lnttcd Press
CLEVELAND, March 13.-The
body Of Mrs Margaret Yaratchi
comedy 27-year-old suburban tele-
phone operator, twice divorce
was found on a lonely west end
street early today, her side pierced
by a bullet and her face battered
beyond recognition.
Police today were searching for
her third husband, Leo Yaratch, %
formerly of Cory, Pa, whom the
woman deserted two weeks ago after
a romance that lasted only nine
months.
Yaratch appeared at the home OF
his brother. Adam. shortly after the
Staying, according to detectives,
asked for money and said.
I've killed my wife"
Shortly after his wife had de-
serted him, Yaratch was said to
have told her brother, Alexander
Beve, that he would kill her unless
she returned to him soon.
A .32-caliber automatic, which
investigators said was identified as
Yaratch's, and an exploded shell
were found near the slain woman's
body. The clip had been removed
from the gun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
DEFENSE OPENS
IN AK MURDER
Slayer Of Girl Wife Offers
Plea of Insanity.
By Times Special

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 49,
The defense continued to introduce
evidence today in the trial of Law
renee johnson, %, ak slayer of his
wife, 16, because I loved her." He
told arresting officers he did not
wish to see her endure childbirth
in poverty. Insanity is the defense
plea.
Evidence of the state was closed
unexpectedly late Thursday with
Police Captain George Marshall as
the last witness. He related de-
tails of confession johnson is said
to have made shortly after his
arrest.
The first defense witness was
william Leban, Philadelphia, a
guest in the home of Mrs. Anna
Watts. mother of the victim, where
the Staying occurred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
SCHROEDER cRAcks POSE vERDcT IS RAD

The room already was quiet,
saturated with the calm that at
tends upon fury, whether of
physical elements or human pas
sion.
Schroeder stepped briskly to the
table at which already sat his
sister and his brother, with de-
Tense counsel. Ira NJ. Holmes.
From the crowd of spectators in
the rear, small woman slipped
into the area inside the rail. 1t
was Mrs. Schroeder.
= x
THE jury was filing in. Swiftly
4 she stopped and kissed her
husband. lingering, respondent
caresS. Then she took the seat
her husbands sister vacated, by
the side of the accused man.
Schroeder nervously snatched a
pink tinted newspaper from the
table. He gsanced at the front
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Il don't see 81. what concern
that is of yours he replied, his
voice choked with emotion.
n n
II AFTER he was more talkative.
IL IF it hadn't been for Ira
Holmes. I'd be a free man. he
declared.
Hes nuts. I tell you the man
is absolutely crazy" Holmes said.
L contended that all the time. -
Schroeder's willingness to talk
about the verdict increased after
ne was lodged in jail. Free from
any further worry about penalties
for the crime the state charges
ne committed-that of Staying a
man and burning the body be-
yond hope of identification 70
collect insurance-he offered to
tell the real story of the crime.
I'll give you a good story for
fifty grand-or a pint Of liquor, =
he offered Neither was available
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
HOLIDAY PARTY
PLANS FINISHED
Breakfast, Program TO Be
Given by HibernianS.

Final arrangements for the st.
Patrick breakfast at the Claypool
Sunday and entertainment Tuesday
night at Tomlinson hall we're made
today by leaders of the Ancient
Order of Hihernians.
Mrs. Mayme Council, county
president of the ladies auxiliary,
A. o. of H., is taking a leading part
in fl1e affair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
BY CARLOS LANE

Iron nerves that sustained Har-
old Herbert Schroeder through
his crime. long Imprisonment and
sensational trial were a-flutter to-
day as vision of prison bars
doomed hopelessly in perspective.
They failed. for the first time
since he prepared a Vikings
funeral for an unidentified man in
his auto last May. in the tense.
dramatic moment that preceded
the verdict of a jury in criminal
court Thursday night, verdict he
realized might send him to the
electric chair.
The rap of Judge Frank P.
Bakers gael scarcely was neces-
sary to SIN the crowded court
room as the jurors fled into the
box with Schroeder's fate typed
on sheet Of white paper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
MISSING EASTERN GIRL
FOUND IN FAR WEST

Mary Allen Discovered Wiring to
Friend for Funds.
b. United Press
SANTA MONICA, Cal, March 10.
"A two-day search for Mary Allen,
%, said to be the daughter of a
wealthy Washington ID. c. family,
was ended today. She was found
here wiring to friend in the east
for funds.
She was in highly nervous state
and refused to tell why she disap-
peared, police said. Pending word
from relatives she was held in tech
nical custody here. She disappeared
Tuesday night.