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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-24
OF
SEXTON and
MILLER CUT

Stating he did not believe the
county could lawfully pay salaries
for special legislative representa-
ton, County Auditor III. M. Skel-
ton. ST.. Wednesday morning de-
clinad to authorize payment OF
salaries 70 Harry Sexton and Roy
Miller. The newly appointed audi
tor questioned constitutionality OF
such salaries.
Other Interests
Speaking before the commits
sioners' court. Shelton stated Sex
tons salary was being provided by
other interests now and was sure
ne would not object to the county
salary being withdrawn.
Sexton. minority clerk in the
II. s. house OF representatives. has
been paid 500 per month By the
county for special representation
and work at the national capital
His work there in connection with
deep water projects, health ppro-
priati0nS, citrus laboratories. etc.
has been praised BY Valley lead
erS.
Canal Representative
Miller. who has been represent
ing Cameron county In connection
with the Inter- Coastal Canal. has
been drawing a salary Of $500 per
month.
There was little discussion Of
Skeletons action. Should the COM
missicners wish 10 pay the salaries
their only recourse would be
through a mandamus
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-24

Most OF the senate's morning was
spent n recess. after IL had passed
q bill designed TO end the Red
river bridge dispute, but the com
mittee INVESTIGATING the oil ses-
sion resumed its session shortly be-
fore noon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-24

Make a ten-day test OF this new
fuel. Find out for yourself what
your car can do with ESQ. Then
change back to any other type of
gasoline-if you can.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-24
Feel it's Power!

1850 will not develop the
- same power increase I'm
every car. But, generally
speaking, the higher the COM
preston of your motor, the
more extra power you get
from ESQ.
Most modern motors, those
built within the last three or
four years, are of the high
compression type and enjoya
decided power increase from
ESQ.
Actual tests shoe that the diff
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-24

ference in bouer between pop
ular gasolines and ESQ in
this type of motor may run
as high as 2096.
A phenomenal success in
20 foreign countries, ESQ was
perfected in America by the
worlds leading petroleum
technicians. 1t contains Ethyl
but it is far more than an
ordinary Ethyl fuel. Note the
comparison in the chart at the
right uih the finest premium
fuels heretofore obfainabLe.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
SPEEDY ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE INDICATED BY LEA
BOBBED- HAIR BANDIT AWAITS FREEDOM
Cooney Girl Changed
With Long Years
in Auburn

AUBURN, N. Y, Oct. 9 0.N.S0
Remember the bobbed-hair bandit?
Celia Cooney, terminating more
than seven years in Auburn
prison here, would like to forget
her. For Celia Cooney was New
York's original bobbed-hair bandit.
The daring and audacious gun
girl who baffled detectives and
worried the police in greater New
York in 1924 isn't q bold little
bad girl any more. Instead, she
now waits eagerly for October %,
when she goes free. She'll start
life over again.
A Different Woman
Gone is the bobbed-hair bandits
steely voice with which she used
to say: stick 'em up! All the
cash you got!"
Even the bobbed hair is no
more, having grown to shoulder
length. All of the impudence and
high-Spirits have disappeared too.
Today there is deep humility and
sweetness in Celia Cooney's de-
meancr. She doesn't look like the
2O-year-old gun moll whose ex.
ploits flashed across front pages
all over the world.
Celia Cooney smiled sadly today
in Auburn Prison when she re-
called her past life. She has
grown deeply religious.
Sentence Shortened
Good behavior has shortened
her original sentence Of 10 to 20
years in prison. She says:
"Ill 60 back to my sister, I
won't say where in New York,
and I'll wait for Ed. Then we'll
start life all over again-if peO-
pie will let u.s."
Edward Cooney, her husband,
is in prison, too.
In a soft voice Celia murmered
something about "going out West
where it'll be good for Eds lungs.
We might start a gasoline station
out there"
Mate Shielded Her
Seven years ago when Celia and
Ed Cooney discovered that they
couldn't beat the law, the girl ap-
peared in the police lineup. Her
husband, Ed, also in his early
twenties, tried to take the blame,
insisting she was innocent of
criminal intent and was miSled by
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
HUNT NJ M'ERLANE.
5. IN Staying

CHICAGO, Oct. 9 G.N.SO.-De-
tectives today combed the city for
Frank McErlane, Chicago's cruel
est gangster," wanted in connec-
ton with the murder of his 25-
year-old sweetheart, Marion
Miller.
Authorities entertained two
theories that McErlane, veteran
beer baron and gunman, was put
on the spot" by underworld enc
mics, and that he himself killed
his common-law wife. Miss Miller's
slumped body, with four bullet
wounds, was found in McErlane'S
car.
McErlane was last seen an hour
after the murder in a drug store.
Police are also searching for
Eddie Kaufman, reputed associ-
ate of McErlane, in the hope of
shedding light on the gangster's
whereabouts.
McErlane is credited with hay
ing originated the famous method
OF gang execution known as the
lone way ride"
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
KRAMER FLAYS
EAGER PARENTS.

Vocational guidance in the Dis.
trict public schools is totally in
adequate.
The blame for this situation
was laid at the doors of ambitious
parents and misguided teachers
today by Stephen e. Kramer, first
assistant superintendent of public
schools.
Replying to a statement made
yesterday by Miss Helen E. Samu-
els, president of the Vocational
Guidance Association of the Dis.
trict, in which she asserted that
elementary and secondary schools
fail properly to train children for
post-school days, Mr.. Kramer de-
clared that plans for the admins
tration Of a vocational guidance
program are still in their infancy.
Parents and teachers are still
lingering under an age-old opin-
ion that the high school is a pre-
paratory institution for college,
Mr.. Kramer said. That condition
has long since become obsolete, he
said.
Children should be trained in
the schools for what their capaci-
ties equip them, he pointed out,
and not for a long list Of academic
subjects in which they funk.
When students fail, Mr.. Kramer
said, they lose caste and become
discouraged.
The junior high school should
give children a knowledge of vo-
cational subjects and experience
in the performance of them, the
school head said.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Chicago Heart Clinic
To Guide LOUed
And LOUeleSS

EVANS NSTON, Ill, Oct. 9
U.N.SO.-Plans for love clinics.
to be opened soon here and
in Chicago, were outlined to-
day by Prof. Arthur j. Todd,
head of the Northwestern Uni
versity sociology department.
Young couples uncerta in
about matrimony will be given
the STOP and "go" signal by
the experts at the clinics, he
said. Couples dering
whether they should part also
will be advised, Prof. Todd
stated,
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
POISON IN FOOD,
ACCUSES WIFE

CHICAGO, Oct. 9 G,N.s0.-Ac-
cusing his wife of having placed
broken glass and poison in his
food, DR.. Arnold H. Kegel, former
city health commissioner, today
filed for a second divorce from
Mrs. Marie V. Kegel.
The doctor asserted he first dis
covered particles of glass in his
food in October, 1925. Last Sep
tember, he charged, he found
traces Of a deadly poison in a
dish served him, and declared
that poisonous injections were
made in his food on several oc-
casions.
They were first divorced in
1880. Two months later a recon-
ciliation was effected, and they
were remarked.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
REBEL TRUCE
. |SHOPEOF
G. O.P.
Falling in This, Republican
| Chiefs Plan Break to Let
Democrats Manage Session

Speedy organization Of the
House when Congress convenes
appeared probable today as Ee-
publican and Democratic leaders
mapped plans for control.
The Republican organization, it
was announced, will make a de-
termined effort to settle its dis
putes with insurgent members be-
fore the House is called to order.
Failing, it will definitely break
with them.
Democratic leaders, on the
other hand, displayed no 1nten-
ton of seeking a bargain with
the progressives to elect a
Speaker and control committees.
Almost a Tie
The whole question of House
organization was canvassed by
leaders of both parties who
were called to attend President
Hoover's White House conference.
While the situation may be
changed in six special district
elections to be held soon to fill
vacancies, it appeared probable
the House membership would
stand 218 Republicans, ZIG Demo
Gratis, and one Farmer-LabOrite
when Congress cOnvenes.
A fight is certain to be made
against permitting at least one
Republican member, Representa-
tive Granata of Illinois, to vote,
but this would take little time,
1t is believed.
Caucus Set
The Republican caucus has
been tentatively set for November
80, at which a candidate for
Speaker will be chosen and the
demands of insurgent Republi.
cans for liberalization of the
rules considered.
Representative Smell (R.) of
New York, chairman of the Rules
Committee and a candidate for
Speaker, is optimistic over the
chances of an agreement with
the insurgent Republicans, but
other Republicans are privately
predicting Democratic control.
The Democrats also will face
difficulties in their caucus, which
is called for December S. Among
these is the fact that under the
seniority rule most committee
Chairmanships would go to the
Southern States. A floor leader
also must be selected.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
COILS GUNMAN
THOUGHT SLAIN
international Photo

NEW YORK, Oct 9 G.N.S0.
Assassins of William Price and Ed
ward Flanagan. tortured and
slain by gangsters, were believed
today to have murdered a third
man.
Through underworld sources,
police were told the vanished
Eat" Mccarthy. gunrbearer of
the Vincent Coll gang, had been
killed. A hunt for his body was
under way.
Mccarthy disappeared while
Coll and his henchmen were be-
ing arrested at a hotel last week.
The trussed-up bodies of Price
and Flanagan were found sewed
in sacks dumped into an aban-
doned sedan two days ago.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
ON SIXTH
TEST FLIGHT

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 9 G.N.SD .
Gliding into the air as the sun
peeked over the horizon, the U. s..
S. Akron, largest of the worlds
lighter-than-air craft. began her
sixth test flight at GAS a. m. to-
day over northern Ohio.
The ship is expected to remain
aloft until sundown, during which
time tests of various engine COM
binations, water recovery, and
deceleration are to be made. The
craft was equipped with COM
plete new set of propellers for her
eight engines.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
CIVIL WARFARE
THREATENS
REICH
Reds Blamed for Bombings as
Violence Increases; Cabinet
Crisis Faced by Bruening

BE RL1 N, Oct. 9 Q.N.SJ.
Threats of civil war and blood
shed, punctuated by a Com
munist bombing at Essen and
fiery speeches by political jingo-
lists, echoed throughout Germany
today.
The bomb blast damaged the {
home of Franz Bracht, burgO-
master of Essen, who recently
declined to enter the cabinet Of
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening as
minister of the interior. Herr :
'Bracht and his family were
awakened from their sleep by :
the explosion, but no one was
injured.
Police blamed Reds for the .
outrage. recalling the fact that :
Herr Bracht had been RESPONSE
BILE for the recent discharge of
a Communist municipal official.
Hitler to See Hindenburg
The role being played by Adolf
Hitler, leader of the radical ma.
tional Socialist (Fascist) party,
assumed new significance today
with the revelation he would be
received by President Won linden
burg tomorrow for the first time.
Whether the President would
ask Hitler to refrain from his
trouble-making during the present
time of stress or threaten him
with dire punishment if he con-
tinued could not be learned.
One Man Cabinet
Meanwhile, Germany continued
to have a one-man cabinet today
with Chancellor Bruening finding
little support in his efforts to
round up new ministry satisfac-
tory to President Won linden
burg.
The chancellor continued mis-
conferences with political and in
duStrial leaders concerning vari-
Gus ministerial candidates without
any indication as to when the
new cabinet would be announced.
Opinion was growing in politi-
cal circles that any cabinet Herr
Bruening forms is likely to meet
early defeat in the Reichstag on
a vote of confidence. E
Coalition Hopeless.
The peoples party, of which
former Foreign Minister CuItius
is a member, and the FasciSts
have declined to have anything
to do with the new cabinet. thus
blasting hopes of a non-partisan
coalition.
The Socialists have threatened
immediate opposition in the
ReichStag if the cabinet is strong
Iy natiOnaliStic.
Pressure was being brought to-
day upon Baron Constantin Won
Neurath, ambassador to Great
Britain, to accept the post Of
foreign minister.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Friends Word Leads
TO Jail as BiQGnniSt

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 9 U.So.
Morton j. Kramer, New York, re-
lied on word of a friend that his
wife whom he married in 1928,
and separated from two years
later, was dead.
He married Vera Pearl Haire,
of Tampa, Fla, on July 16, 1881,
but on arrival at Mobile, Ala, on
their honeymoon found wife num-
ber one in a hospital there.
He left both and was arrested
here today charged with bigamy.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
NEEDFOREXTRA
SESSION SEEN
BY HOOVER
Executive Said to Feel Special
November Congress Would
Aid Recovery of the Nation
By WILLIAM c. MURPHY, JR.

That President Hoover is be.
coming reconciled to the idea OF
a special session of Congress is
the latest word to leak out as a
result of the White House con-
ference with congressional leaders
earlier this week.
There were definite indications,
it was learned, that Mr.. Hoover
leans toward the view that a spe-
cial session in mid-November is
desirable. He has been strength
ened in that view by assurances
from Democratic leaders that
they will cooperate with the Ad-
ministration on fiscal and eco
nomic legislation deemed neces-
sary to deal with the present de-
preston.
Knows the Dangers
Such assurances, it is believed,
have served to allay the Presi-
dents apprehension that Congress
would convert itself into a two
ring political circus as soon as it
assemblies.
He realizes that any Congress,
on the eve of a presidential elec-
ton, is sure to be supercharged
with politics, and his concern has
been that politics would crowd
out essential legislation in the
early part Of the session.
There are two major economic
considerations back of the presi-
Dental change of attitude.
The first is the necessity for
obtaining Congressional approval
for his One-year war debtS-repara-
ti0nS moratorium before Decem.
Der Is. Congress recOnvenes in
regular session on December Z.
Defaulters Loom
If the moratorium legislation
is not enacted prior to December
Is, European debtor nations will
be forced to choose between max.
ing debt payments to the United
States scheduled for postpone.
ment under the moratorium or
being placed in the position of
technical defaulterS on their Obli-
cations.
Congress, it is believed, is over
whelmingly in favor of the pres
ent moratorium, but an increas-
ing minority group plan to ex-
press opposition fully.
The close political division of
of the two houses and the posi-
bility of prolonged contest over
the Speakership make the risk of
delay beyond December Is too
great for the Administration to
chance.
The second major consideration
is included in the Presidents pro-
gram for thawing out frozen as
sets" responsible for the depressed
condition of banking.
A Difficult Task
An essential part of that pro-
gram is an amendment to the
Federal Reserve act to broaden
the basis for rediscounts at Re-
serve Banks. Mr.. Hoover's clos
est financial advisors lay great
stress upon that feature of the
program and add that the sooner
this action is taken the sooner
will it be possible to loosen up
permanently the present log jam
of credits.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09

him shortly before their baby was
born. The baby died.
Social workers, investigating
Celia Cooney's tragic childhood,
said she never had a chance. AS
a child she lived ina squalid base
ment, where the family were al
ways half-starved.
Husband Sees Her
The State board of paroles will
meet on october 16 to decide
whether Edward Cooney as we'll
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
BrOWn Raid Victim
To Haze Memorial

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, Oct.
9.-The principal address at the
unveiling of a memorial to Hey
ward Shepherd, colored watch
man who was the first victim OF
John Browns raid here, will be
made Saturday by Matthew Page
Andrews, Maryland historian.
Shepherd was shot while patrol,
ling the property of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The memo
rial was erected by the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Cafe Men to Spend
SI.OOO.OOO For Ads

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 9 GN.SO.
A Sund of $1,000,0OO dollars for
na%onal advertising in news
papers and magazines will be
raised during the coming year,
the National Restaurant Associa-
tion announced today. The ad-
vertising campaign is to continue
as long as funds are subscribed
annually by members.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
GGndhi Not Ready
To Visit u. S. Yet

LONDON, Oct. 9 0.N.SO.-"I
haven't the slightest intention of
going to America unless unfor.
seen circumstances should COM
pei me to do so," Mahatma
Gandhi said today.
He desires to return to India
g soon as possible.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
LOUe for Limerick
N1bS ROu From, Jail

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Scores of
New Yorkers who sprang from
the sod of County Limerick,
ireland, wished to save William
O'Toole, %, another native son,
from imprisonment as a vagrant.
Magistrate Van Amcinge or
dered him turned over yesterday
to an elderly Irish woman. among
the many who offered tt,n homes.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
SAILORS BODY IDENTIFIED

Naval authorities yesterday
identified the body of a sailor
found in the Anacostia River
Wednesday as that Of John VOL
sey, U. S. N. An inquest viii be
held at the morgue today
La gaceta., 1931-06-16

Durante las dltimas "a horas
e hicieron a la mar ell Com
mercial Navigator" y ell "Trux-
tom, y las goletas Admiral
Sturdee" y Susan Cameron"
La gaceta., 1931-06-16
DOS MUERTOS Y UN HERI-
DO EN- UN ACCIDENPE
FERROVIARIO

Columbia, Pa, JUNO 16.-Al
descarrilarse ell caro- II del
Tren de Pennsylvania en- un
derrumbe cerca de Mann's Run,
perecieron un ingeniero y I'm
bombero, y recibi6 heridas de
gravedad un conductor.
Los muertos son ell ingenie-
no E. B. Cantwell, de so amos,
y, de Wilmington, Del, y ell
bombero A. l.. Hayden, de 80
amos, de Filadelfia.
R. j. Bard, conductor, de
Wilmington, Del, sufri6 la ro-
tura de una pierna y otras he
ridas en- ell cuerpo. Bard fue lie
vado al Hospital st. Joseph, en-
Lancaster, Pa.
La gaceta., 1931-06-16

-.
Una modista de la Quinta
Avenida ha importado ell paja-
ma de chiffon blanco con chaque
tilla tambien de chiffon, cruzada
por lazos de soda, de distinto
color.
Tambien Sc esta usando ell pa
jana de crepe de soda a baSe de
tres pleas: pantalon, blus&a =
justada, y una chaquetilla hcl-
gada tipo sport.
Sc predice que esta Ultima me
da llegara a imperar en- ell gusto
del pdblico, siempre dispuesto' a
toda novedad.
La gaceta., 1931-06-16
PoR LA INDEPF tDENc1AN
DE PUERTO RICO Y FILA
PINAS

Washington, D. c. (CIS),-
Durante ell transcurso del mes
actual, mucho Sc han impulsa-
do las gestiones que Sc llevan
g cabo para la obtenci6n de la
independence de Filipinas y
Puerto Rico.
Ultimamente Sc ha dado a
la publicidad ell texto del mem
safe lnviado por ell Senador
Sr. Antonio R. Barcel6, Direc-
tor del partido Union de Puer-
to Rico, al Presidente Hoover
de les Estados Unidos.
En- Ell importante documen-
to, eice entire otras cosas: "Es-
30 no significa una actitud hos
til hacia los Estados Unidos,
cuyo pueblo siempre tuvo y
ahora conserva nuestra admi-
raci6n y nuestro respeto por su
devotion a la democracia, tan
firmemente establecida por los
fundadores de la rep1blica."
LA politica seguida por va
rias administrators y congre
sos, 0lvidando promesas anti
cipadas por los delegados nor
teamericanos durante ell proce
so de reduction del Tratado de
Paris, asi como las hechas por
e. general Miles, jefe del ejer-
cito de ocupaci6n, al desembar-
car en- nuestras playas, y la
| posterior sujeci6n de nuestro
pueblo a I'm gobierno arbitra-
rio e imperialism, en- lugar del
liberal y auton6mico que nos
concedi6 Espana, han acabado
con nuestra fe en- ning6n mo-
dus vivendi, que no dependa
de nuestra propia voluntad."
"Preferimos, senory- dice
mas luego ell mensaje-llevar
una vida pobre, pero honora-
La gaceta., 1931-06-16

bic, antes de asentir a nuestra
presente seryidumbre. Somos
ahora simHles siervos bajo le-
yes federales aplicables a nues
tro territorio, Rajo I'm sistema
nacional de tarifas, bajo la
propiedad por capitalists au-
sentes de nuestras ricas tiegras
y bajo ell goce de unos cuantos
no-residentes de grandes ha-
ciendas."
Los directories locales de la
politica en- Filipinas, tambien
claman por la Independence
politica de aquellas islas. Y es,
que va les ha llegdao la mayo
ria de e6ad a Puerto Rico y
Filipinas. Y asi vemos a sus
pueblos, justa, civica y valien-
temente y a la veZ con mesura
y correction, reclamar la In
dependencia que les corrspon-
de.
Mas, al mismo tempo Sc lu-
cha on Washington para "cas-
tigar" a los reclamantes. Tn
senador norte-americano ma
nifest6 aun no hace mucho que
hasta cierto punto era conve-
niente a los Estados Unidos
conceder la independence -
pero con supervision america.
na-a las Filipinas y Puerto
Rico, va que de esa manera
las tarifas arancelarias sc en-
cargarian de retirar del mer-
cado americana los productos
filipinos y puertorriquenos que
tanta competencia hacen POI
su magnifica calidad a muchoS
productos americanos.
La gaceta., 1931-06-16
CONCESSION AL GOBIERNO


Washington, d. C. (CIS.)-I
Los agentes bancarios de Lon
dres, tenedores de los bonos e.
mitidos en- 1909 por la Rep1-
blica de Nicaragua, en- vista de
la situaci6n tan a%premiante
porque atraviesa aquel pals,
resolvieron hacer una impor-
tante concession al Gobierno
del Oral. Moncada, consistente
eG una rebaja en- ell tipo de in
teres de dichos bonos.
BESIDE. 1929, fecha en- que
ocup6 la presidencia de la Re-
publica ell Oral. J. M. Monica
da, ell Gobierno de Nicaragua
ha venido cumpliendo sus com
promises internacionales con
toda regularidad. Aun en- los
actuales momentos, y apesar
de la horrorosa crisis porque
atraviesa Nicaragua, agravada
por los luctuosos successes oca-
sionados por ell terremoto de
Managua, mas las a%ctividades
constantes de SANDING, ell Go
| tierno de Nicaragua ha veni-
do pagando sus obligaciones
| puntualmente. La concession
| techa por los banqueros ingle-
ses consiste en- una rebaja en-
| Il tipo de interes de los bonos,
! os cuales devengaban ell 6 por
iento, habiendo sido este redu
lido al 5 por ciento.
Ell Collector General de A.
luanas en- Nicaragua, ell Sr. r.
| wing A. Lindbergh, fue contra
ado por Ell actual gobierno, de
, Dido a su capacidad para ell
cargo, y la honradez conque 10
ha desempenado durante ell
tempo que estuvieron contro-
ladas las aduanas nicaraguen-
ses por los agentes bancarios.
Hoy en- dfa, las aduanas de Nj
caragua solo dependen del Go
bierno Nacional, quien ha de-
jado a Mr.. Lindbergh al fren-
tie de elias, por las cualidades
va senaladas. Ell resto del per-
sonai de dichas aduanas, es en-
su inmensa mayoria integrado
por nativos.
La gaceta., 1931-06-16

La motonave "Truxton" (Nic)
2ntr6 a tomar un cargamento
de platanos.