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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-24
OUR
VALLEY

WHAT THEY WANTED We don't
know, but they certainly wanted 10
know and they certainly were polite
about IL.
The two visitors from the Pan
handle country who invaded our
den Tuesday afternoon were inter-
ested in the Brownsville port. They
asked questions about the Browns
vile port, and what they wanted 70
know covered the history OF the
Brownsville port from inception Of
project down 10 yesterday.
rs the port really going to be
built?"
Are the people Of Brownsville
~squarely behind the port7"
And so on, and SO on.
We just cite the incident TO show
that all over Texas. and no doubt
all over the United states and Mex
leo there are those who are keenly
concerned in this port project OF
ours.
1t would be idle to attempt 10
estimate the number of men who
are today figuring on this. that
and the other thing in connection
with this port of ours when once II
Is actually under way.
HOLD EVERYTEINGi Gene
Howe, the "TactlesS Texan of Am
arillo fame, was forced 10 renig
on the proposition OF eating a quail
q day for 80 days after the 2lst day.
We have no intention Of starting
anything we can't finish. and here
with and hereby announce that We
are most definitely not IN the pa
paya eating business.
We like to look az them. We
even lie 70 cut them open and eat
a spoonful or two. but when IL
comes % devOuring a whole papaya
a day ad infinitum. We quit before
we start.
This Cut5urSt was brought about
by q visit from a most delightful
gentleman. N who knows his pa
payas.
B. X. Upton. 1929 Lincoln St.
Brownsville. Texas. IS the man.
He brought us, and we still have,
n decidedly odd. TO us. looking pa
pava, raised. he states, from seed
sent from Hawaii.
Shell OF This specimen is as hard
as a rock. Az least II is as hard as
a soft rock. In hardness II will
qualify alongside the outer cover
ms of a squash o. a pumpkin.
lhis variety can be shipped any
whlre. any time. so Mr.. Upton
stsh(R.
Ryou want some seeds from this
Hawaiian fruit. he will be glad 10
furnish them If you will call by
his home.
ZIP IN HARLINGEN there is a
nan engaged in the prosaic bust
ness of selling tires who is one OF
the few who has been able TO de-
sert the newspaper game for one OF
the higher cailings Of life.
Tsadore Moritz. now Of Harlingen,
lately Of Raymondville. McAllen.
mercedes and other points north
and west. made the grade.
He started the first paper 70 be
published in the Valley outside Of
brownsville with the publication Of
the Mercedes Enterprise.
Then he i~nauyurated an Edinburg
reekly. finally goinc 10 McAl,en
where he became publisher Of thc
Monitor or that city.
from McAllen he journeved to
Continued on page -
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Fire RACES Ooer East
Texas HFieLds--T THO
Burnedas FzdmesR Rise

ed when the Frank O'Quinn well
spurted oil and fire simultaneously
Another man. unidentified, who was
thought 70 have gone 70 a private
home for treatment. was known to
have been burned. Allison was burn
cd about the head. face and body.
Workmen az the Bell a Grady
Stumpff No. l Daniels 2 - miles
west Of Kilgore. ran for their
lives In time 70 escape death when
they saw a streak OF flame shoot
from the boilers toward the well.
soon after the well was brought IN.
IL was the first oil we'll fire in which
men had not been either seriously
burned or killed.
Hundreds Of spectators flocked 20
the scene today as the well spurted
flames 200 feet into the air. II was
estimated 70 be burning al the rate
OF 1000 barrels OF oil hourly. Dwell
lerS IN nearby houses had been or
dered out.
The II. a. p. well 1900 feet south
east OF the Gladewater depot. IN
city block 40. blew over the derrick
at daylight today. II came IN Mon
day but stopped flowing and work
men began deepening 10 Yesterday.
The wind shifted early today inc
the northwest. carrying the gas fog
away from the business district az
Gladewater- Preparations were be-
ing made 70 bring steam from a
boiler 1000 feet distant, in an Cf-
fort TO cap the gusher.
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came 10 a standstill after N flight
OF a little over 10 hours at the Zea-
land airdrome.
As Dol as the Identification
numbers OF the machine had been
checked royal air force pilots and
the ground staff rushed from the
hangar 70 greet the fliers who had
nonchalantly left New York City
yesterday. barely turned around at
Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, and
then hoped over the Atlantic.
The iliers took of from Harbor
Grace yesterday afternoon and
landed at the airdrome which ~
six miles from Chester az las ..
m. GAS a. m. q. .. T.) and took
off for Berlin. which they had
planned 20 make in a nonstop
flight from HarbOr Grace nc 2.O5
p m. C7:05 o.. m. @. 8. IT,
They made the 2.0O0-mile cross
ing from HarbOr Grace 10 Chester
in IL hours and IL minutes. aver
aging about lit miles an hour for
the crossing.
They took A turn around the
airdrome to stretch their legs. had
a bite 10 eat, obtained weather re-
ports and then. fulfilling their des-
cription as young men In a hur-
r." climbed into their monoplane
and set off for Berlin.
The airmen had about 100 miles
70 make between Chester and Ber-
lin where they planned 70 land nc
Tempelhcf alrfield.
The Americans said they were
about 40 miles off their direct
course 70 Berlin and landed 70 get
their bearings. They still had
some gasoline IN their tanks but
refueled before leaving.
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Ol95I 81 Ma SERVICE ms

brow drama playing that week at
the New Art Theater, far uptown.
CaSs was 45 years old, still slim.
still family elegant. In a kindly
light she could pass for 80. Not at
this exact moment, perhaps. in her
faded blue dressing gown with her
hair screwed up on top or her head
80 that the roots showed darE and
the ends unnaturally golden. No
today CasS looked all OF her As
years. But the light was harsh and
Cass was tired. beset by many wor-
ries. The summer. bane OF the
players life. yawned emptily ahead
OF her. Always before this she had
managed somehow 10 pack Lane
off to the country. But there was
no such prospect this year. Now
Lame was out OF school. out OF that
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catching UP her parcels. and going
into the kitchenet. Here she survey
ed with some distaste the sink. the
tiny cupboard. the stove with its
three burners, the battered oil
cloth on the shelves. she longed
for the Ritz and attentive walters,
for cool drinks IN tan glasses-and
she had this instead
Her mother. sitting at an old
fashioned sewing machine In one
corner of the living room. looked up.
sighed, and did not reply. Yards of
sleazy yellow material beloved
around her and as she pressed her
foot with energy the motor hum
med and the yellow stuff resolved
itself into a costume. Cas- Bar
retts costume, In fact. for The
Mark Of Man." a so-called high
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Small Damage Done
By Dirigible Fire

WASHINGTON. June 2f-tPl-A
fire aboard the navy dE>N le Los
Angeles while she was m her
hangar at Lakehurst. N j., was
reported TO the navy tc'ay.
Commander A. II. DTesel said in
his telephoned report that the fire
was small and that II caused
slight damage" to the outer cover
Of the dirigible. He SAID the craft
would be In flying condition again
a. the close OF working hours to-
morrow. Repairs were undertaken
AZ once.
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rain had wreaked a certain havoc
on II.
Lame. 10. tall and lissome as a
young Venus, now threw her RED
hat upon the disguised cot bed, her
bundles on the drop-leaf table and
herself into a wicker chair. She
then announced, I'm dead!' In a
voice surprisingly vital.
Indeed the girl looked amazingly
alive ON this exhausting day. Her
~bronze-gold hair. allowed to grow
shoulder length. was caught in an
engaging knot at the nape OF her
neck. II curled and scalloped itself
about a face the color Of a sun
kissed peach. Her thin dress fitted
her charmingly and since IL was
sleeveless. lent an air OF fictitious
GOODNESS.
I'm dead" Lane continued,
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before Park Avenueites had even
contemplated sending their down
comforters to the cleaners. The
womenis magazines were already
printing plenty Of information
about lending that summary ap-
pearance" 10 the city apartment but
the Barretts had neither the time
nor the money TO squander on such
refinements Of living. The threF
room flat which Lame shared with
her mother was sketchily furnished
with tables and chairs bought at
auction rooms. most Of them now
disguised with a gallant coat OF let
tuce green paint. II was a brave
little place. The chintz at the win
dows hung rather dejectedly like
a flag at half mast. but 1t was easy
TO see that. when new. its birds and
butterflies had been gay. SCOT and
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Petite Movie Star
And Husband Part

Los ANGELES. June 24-Pi-
Dorothy Lee. 20-year-old film act
re-5 formerly in Broadway musical
comedies. and her husband. James
Fldler. publicity writer. have separ-
ated. he said today. and may seek
divorce later. They we're married
last November.
F1dler. who packed I'D and
moved 10 an apartment, said:
We both tried hard nough. but
Il just wouldn't workout. II is with
regret but without ill-feeling that
We separate.
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REPORT 1000 REDS h LIED

CHUNGKINK. China. June "a
Rl-Unconfirmed reports here to-
day said Szechwan province milit-
AIRY forces operating along the
Szechwan Hupeh border had fought
a sharp battle with eds. routing
and killing 1000 of them.
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AFFIRMED

AUSTIN. Tex. June "a 1.-THE
25-year sentence against Mrs
Maud Long Of Kingsville. charged
with fatally POISONING her hus-
band. Jim Long. September z. 1929.
was affirmed today by the court OF
criminal appeals. w. @. Morrow.
pesidinE Judge. diSsented.
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FLYERS LAND
AT HANOVER;
BERLIN GOAL
Plane RefuelIed, Takes
Off On Last Leg
Of Flight

BERLIN. June 24-lF-Niley
Post and Harold Gatty landed
nj Hanover from Chester. Eng
land, late this afternoon. re-
fueIled and left for oerlin an
hour later.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fire ragged again last night In East
Texas oil fields.
AT Overton Frank II. Allison. sup
erintendent OF production OF the
Tulsa Company. was seriously burn
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CHESTER. England. June "a
Rl-Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
two young men IN a hurry" on a
flight around the world. landed safe
" AZ the Zealand Royal air force
airdrome near here this morning
on a flight across the Atlantic.
snatched u bite "a eat and hoped
off for Moscow via Berlin with the
possibility that they might not even
halt AZ the German capital.
Hello. England. we've done it."
said Gatty when their machine
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TO
USE STEAM

The Gulf Production COMPANY
and Shell Oil Company volunteered
to assist in fighting flames az the
Bel az Grady-Stumpff well near
Kilgore. The problem of eXtinEuish-
ing II was not expected TO be 20
difficult as was that OF the Sin
clair No. Cole at Gladewater. sew
eral weeks ago. because the we'll
was more accessible and there were
no toolsSin the hole. The Gulf
Spear well, 700 feet distant. was en-
dangered.
Guy y. Stumpff. part wne or
the blazing well near Kilgore. said
this morning that one OF the Kin
lev Brothers az Tulsa. Okla. who ex-
tinguished flames at the Sinclair No.
] Cole was due to arrive in Kill
gore today.
Stumpff said attempts would be
made TO smother the flames with
steam before shooting the well with
nitroglycerin.
Loss resulting from the fire. other
than the value Of the burning oil.
was estimated az SIS 900.
About 20 persons were near the
derrick when the well caught fire
but all escaped. A driller working
IN the Slush pit escaped almost mir
aculously as the well burst into
flames. spraying burning oil over a
wide area.
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HARBOR GRACE, ~. f.. June
24-F-Otto Hillig and Holger
Hoiriis took off az 5:54 a. m.
Newfoundland summer time
(2.24 a. W. e. =. IT, today on a
projected nonstop flight 70 Cop
engahen, Denmark.
NEW YORK. June "a. =lP-
Captain Irgens OF the steamer
StavangerfjOrd radi0ed the ASso-
ciated Press today that there
was fine. clear weather with "a
moderate sOutherly breeze on the
great circle course being follow
ed by Otto HLliE and Holger
Hoiriis on their flight 10 Den
mark.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-24

PARIS Jane "a. R-The news
paper Intransigeant today says
that the main points OF the French
reply 10 President Hpeyer'S war
debts and reparations Suspension
are.
G-Respect for the frame of the
Young plan and a return 10 this
plan after a moratorium.
t2l-Respect for the uncondi-
tional annuities. France proposes
that the 6I2. 5000 gold marks
about s153, 900, 0O0) 50 represented
be put AZ the disposition az the
bank for international settlements.
The paper says that such a move
would permit consolidation OF Ger
man exchange and would serve 70
aid the reich Professionally.
I'm a word, Frsnce asks the
reich 70 make the unconditional
payments but az the same time 70
profit by them"
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PREPARATIONS
REPLY MADE
BY FRANCE
Document Given Edge,
VIII Reach u. 5.
Wednesday

PARIS, June "a. Pl-The French
reply 10 President HOOver'S propo-
sails for a years suspension OF war
debts payments and r%eparations
was handed TO Ambassador Edge
by Premier Laval this afternoon.
Accompanied by j.. Theodore
Mariner, counselor of the embaS-
sy. Ambassador Edge discussed the
document for half an hour with
the premier.
The French government trans
mitted the reply this afternoon 10
Ambassador Claudel at Washing
ton who was expected 10 turn ii
over 70 the state department late
today.
Premier Laval was understood 10
have given Ambassador Edge de-
tailed explanations or the contents
which will be given out Friday.
Usually well-informed quarters
this afternoon stated that the
French reply agrees with President
Hoover that something must be
done 70 aid Germany and thus
Europe, but diSagrees with the
presidents plan Of carrying out the
proposal
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THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy Wednesday night and
Thursday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-25
Funds for NextFe
Issues; "Daily" Faces
Suspension; Rush Aid

The
will
in
dollars behind the that the Daily
don't whether we'll have
money to get QUIT omr issue
During responded
49,
that should have been
getting from beginning of the drive
with which has been delivered
thousands and factories the only
and ghtng You today and and the next day until July l!
SWING INTO ACTION!
the office
until fatal THE DAILY WORKER MUST
OR MAIL TO
WORKER e. 18th ST. NEW YORK CITY!
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Hail National Youth Day!


MAY of the United States
IVA 1t will of paades of soldiers and
whipping spirit 1t will be used to the
this stir spirit against the only country where
and farmers rule, the Soviet Union.
the leader
Communist aside May 3oh and
National Youth struggle against bosses
against youth system
should be greeted militant worker The entire
National
and their government hope May Both to get the
workers off unemployment at home off
yung shouting mythical
the employed that their being cut the
being legally"
they being fodder in
This being time when their entire capitalist system
up
will harder than the American
the through primarily
against the Soviet Union.
Above all Day day to
young
Military Training Camps.
Day, however day
against unemployment and
will
Pennsylvania Kentucky
miners all of which the youth the oentan these
giles will find their reflection in National Youth
National Youth Day tradition
Although particularly toing youth
working class it,
the struggles of American
Communist Party which
working class and leads the struggle the
The struggles of the struggles
entire working class the struggles of the
the slogan which the Ma
onal Youth Day viii be held mot
the Unemployed" slogan American working
Hail National Youth Day struggle toing
YOUTH
Hail National Day. beginning OF new tradition OF
American labor!
CENTRAL COMMITTEE COMMUNIST PARTY u S. A.
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Treason and Corruption in
The ScOttsbOrO Case

AROUND witnessing
- demonstration of treason corruption the of
the leadership
Association Advancement of Cood ACP and the Negro
church ministers who refuse fight for the lives and liberty of the nine
framed boys
against supporters
aona Labor Defense Officially representing all defendants and
their paren the League Struggle for Negro Rights which first
national
before he country fragrant dishonesty ucK ano theological cor
part
the Nation Republic their the
Party
preachers Chattanooga
that the Ministers Alliance of Negro DneS has
of the victims yncng vicious attack that defense
nv xi f nv v% Tb M $3.50 cbers want nothing
lynch has
burned the harmony" of
the electric chair to which are sentenced the bows of them mere
against
two notorious white prostitutes If this is not treason then that word
has lost all its meaning!
popular indignation interest
statements
directed against the defense organizations and lawyers approved
their formal document aeed in
the the Warden the signed before
the prison Notary Public 1t appeals to the public for funds Tor the
but it spending its to fight against the defense in the
representative the
s trial directly assisted IN the legal ynchng! ana IN the paper
official the NAACP single word printed
the Scotboro case! this not treason then Judas
angel of light
Or consider gentlemen
the the effect that divert
collected for defense to Communist propaganda they them
STRUGGLE for Negro ighs thew refused to ao one cent Of it to the
struggle conferences this and for Scotsboro defense
but give it instead to the NAACP which uses the money to fight against
addition informed they writing letters to honest
Scottsboro
it instead to the NAACP which
the defense this corruption then Tammany
a hall pure justice and equity!
consider the Socialist Party! Its New Leader"
only to utter SANDER against the defense to
ynchers
the its leader Haywood Bon and his vulgar
cownh wngh Brom Who just before entering the Con-
Telegram
he would attempt enforce the South the XIV and XIV
the which nomnaly citizenship
Negroes! which
Southern system" dealing with Negroes the of
ynhaw Treason lies SANDER and corruption all
combined this outfit which diSgraces the of socialism!
times like these when there only
the real character
uneventu the of
friends,
know who and the
agents of your enemies!
solidarity fighting the
struggle the Scoboro boy Support the League of
international Defense!
1efense committees in neghborhood and city!
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out of their resting places.
They were all set for a surprise
attack by the Capone gunner.
Then without warning the
garage doors were flung open.
The Moran bunch reached for
their revolvers, but were gruff-
ly told to put their hands up,
and be quick about it. Why
did they obey? Not because
of the threatening aspect of
the blue steel machine guns
and the cluster of revolvers
menacingly pointed at them.
What struck their eye was the
fact that the raiding crew wore
official police uniforms. Just
another pinch" Flashed thru
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SENTENCE LUESSE
TO ONE YEAR IN
BLOW AT JOBLESS
Mass Protest June 4th
In Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. May "a
Theodore Luesse, secretary of the In
diana State Unemployment Insur-
ance Committee and leader of the
struggle Of the jobless in this city,
has been sentenced to one year in
prison and to pay a fine of $500.
This is the retaliation of the CAPT
talist class for the successful and
dramatic state hunger march on
May "a, and an attempt at terror
izing the workers here into stopping
their fight against evictions of I'M
employed families.
The particular case against Luesse
was his leadership in the fight to
stop the eviction of jobless Negro
worker and his family.
The charge was constructing a le-
gal process" The sentence was in
flicted by Judge Baker, in the crimi-
nal court.
A Glass Trial.
The trial and the verdict and the
sentence we're not based on any evil
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
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on Saturday. Over 1000 lead
ing steel executives were pres
ent. Schwab, head of the Beth
lehem Steel Co. had just fin
ished speaking, stating, in one
breath, there had been no wage cuts,
and in the next that wages had been
cut through speed up and outright
slashing of pay.
Then Farrell got up and admitted
that nearly all the steel companies
had cut wages. Later Farrell tried
to have his speech suppressed be-
cause he said it was not made for
publication.
The main point in Farrells speech
admitting wage cuts for all the work
ers in the steel industry are as fol-
lows:
"When il is said, Mr.. President,
that wages have been stabilized in
the industry-they have not. We
are living in a fools paradise if
we think that every steel manufac-
turer in the United States has
maintained what is generally
known as the current rates of
wages. II has not been done!
There has been homecoming and
pinching and that sort of thing.
And even among the most-talked
of companies, the companies in the
headlines now and then, they do
not pay the standard rate of wages
when it comes to the rate per hour.
am not going to mention names
of all the companies in this room
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREEl
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bootlegg to a speakeasy claim
ed by the Capone gang. They
had heard of "Scarface" AL
Capone's threats to put them
out of business in the Chicago
North Side District. Capone
was rapidly consolidating his
power. Millions of dollars
worth of business was involved.
Despite Capone's growing sup
port among the higher officials
of the Chicago city govern
ment and police department, a
long drawn out fight developed
over the spoils. The Moran
men kept their hands within
easy reach of their automatics.
Several machlne-guns Jutted
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the Moran Henchmen's flabby
brains. 1t wasn't worth a
shooting scrape. They would
get out of it by fixing it up
with the big boys on the inside.
The invaders ordered the
Moran gunner to line up
against the wall with their fac
es scraping the bare red bricks.
They turned. A few mumbled
words and there came the hiss
and tear of the machine guns,
as several of the cops" open
ed fire. All seven lined against
the wall slumped down in an
even row. From one end of
the wall to the other. there was
a criss-cross line like u"
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Prosser and Frey On.
Secretary DOak's I'm
employment Comm.

WASHINGTON, d. c., 24.-Secre-
tary of Labor Doak has appointed
C. A. Prosser, Of New York, head of
his new committee to Investigate
chronological unemployment Pros
ser is the head of the fake relief
agency which collected 100000 last
year from corporation heads (who
checked it off their employees wages
to hire men to work in city parks and
on other city Jobs at SIS week
wages. Prosscr shut up shop in May
and the joblcss who were registered
with him lose the SIS jobs.
Most Of the rest OF the commit