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, 1934-12-26
Ell Jardin Praised
For Its Yule Menu

Manager Lynn Austin Of Hotel
Fl Jardin received many c~ongratula-
tons Christmas Day on the elabor-
ate menu prepared for the hotels
Christmas Day event.
In addition. a Christmas tree was
erected in the lobby. all beautifully
lighted and decorated under the
direction of Mrs. Austin.
The hotels permanent guests
were remembered with potted plants
and bouquets.
The menu card was said 70 be the
most beautiful yer presented by a
Brownsville hotel. The cover car
ried appropriate Christmas greet
ings. with poinsettia and holly tied
with red ribbon. The card. consist
ing Of eight pages. was tied with red
string. The third page was confined
TO the managers greeting. following
which was the menu page. with
Christmas Dinner. 1884" In gold
lettering.
The items were: Savory shrimp
csnape: celery: olives: grapefruit
supreme: cream OF broccoli, au
crouton: young Rio Grande Valley
turkey. oyster dressing and cram
berry sauce: smothered chicken with
timbal OF Texas rice: praised. lard
ed Sirloin OF beef. with potato pan
cakes: hot rolls: hot corn sticks:
~poinsettia salad. Roquefort cheese
dressing; candied vans. FL Jardin:
special baked potatoes: new green
peas: new cauliflower. Hollandaise:
pumpkin pie with whipped cream:
mince pie with American cheese:
plum pudding. brandy and hard
sauce: papaya sundae with Texas
pecans; petit fours: coffee. tea.
milk.
, 1934-12-26
Federal Control
OF Pouer Urged
By Investigators

unification OF all electric lines as a
means of creating a giant pool OF
cheap power and OF promoting sta
bility.
1t also suggested a billion-dollar,
20-year program Of public works
In the valley and recommended
that all dams be built TO aid navi-
CATION or flood control be used to
generate power as well. Even the
remotest hydro-electric develop
ments would be tied into the COM
mon. nationwide system uneer the
plan.
Headed by Morris l. Cooke. Phil
adelphia consulting engineer, the
committee emphasized the plan
docs not involve the question Of
public or private ownership OF
either generation or distribution"
Government control of transmits
sion, however" 1t said, is funda-
mental. This goal does not involve
necessarily any great increase in
the number Of publicly owned lines,
especially II the private companies
cooperate in effecting unification."
Meanwhile, there were two other
developments in the utilities field.
From the Public Works Administra-
ton figures were garnered show
ing that allotmentS totaling SAT-
100000 for federal power works.
cipal power plants and nearly $500
100000 for federal yower works.
PWA officials made plain they
would continue TO assist cities where
municipal projects face legal bat
ties.
The annual report Of the Federal
Trade Commission contained a let
ter from President Roosevelt. IN
which he granted the commission
more time TO complete its long in
vestigation of utilities. The letter
said completion OF the work was
'of the greatest importance"
The vast. long-range program
advanced by the Mississippi COM
mittee included a proposal TO spend
500, OO0. 900 for rural ~electrifica-
ton. The report also suggested that
perhaps so per cent of the 20-year.
billion dollar construction program
would be for power installations.
The remainder would include flood
control, navigation aids and other
efforts TO develop water resources.
No list Of specific projects was adj
varced.
, 1934-12-26
F. D. And Nye
To Talk Over
Profits OF War

WASHINGTON. Dec. rs. R-
President Roosevelt and Senator Nye
R-N. d. had an engagement ior
wednesday to talk over the question
OF war profits.
Mutual friends said the chat was
designed To eliminate any friction
As the white house and the senats
munitions committee, OF which Nye
Is Chairman, pursue their detectives.
When the chief executive created
an independent group two weeks ago
70 study the task OF eliminating wal
profits, there was a flareup-
Some members or the senate COM
mittee. including Nye. expressed the
feeling the presidents move might
be an effort 10 cut short their IN
curry. They indicated openly that
they feared II would result In legis-
lation that would 20 far enough III
the matter or taking profit out Oh
conflict and preparation for con-
flict.
Friends began trying to arrange q
conference between the president
and Nye. expressing the belief 10
would remove any friction and flnd
them working toward the same goals.
Senator Clark D-Mo.). OF the sem
ate committee advised his colleagues
after a conference with the president
that the chief executive had no de-
sire to stop the inquiry. Clark has
been instrumental in arranging the
conference.
The committees investigators went
back % work Wednesday In prepa-
ration for new public hearings early
In January.
Their first assignment was TO carry
out further inquiry into the restruc-
ton OF income tax returns OF MEM
bers OF the World War industries
board and others.
, 1934-12-26
Family Comes And Goes

Meantime Patricia Mcguire Is Just
as much a member Of her family cir
Gle as she ever was. Her room on
the first floor Of the modest family
home at 523 S. Clarence street. Oak
Park. is open always TO her relatives.
They 20 in and out. carry on their
normal conversations much as II she
were taking part.
Her day Is by no means a dull one.
even If she is not STare Of her en-
tire program. In the morning she is
aroused. bathed and massaged and
given a breakfast wh3ch she swal-
lows without any difficulty, since 1t
Is restricted to liquids and semi-sol-
ids.
From then her untiring mother
goes through a vigorous routine Of
exercises. alternating Patricia's posi-
tons from prone to sitting and from
side to side. Mrs. Miley gives her
four or five meals a day. including
, 1934-12-26
A Mothers Way

While physicians have come and
gone. some empires. some learned
men, Mrs. Miley has carried out her
own system, following only maternal
instinct.
Mrs. Miley remarked. with a sigh:
Eyes. Patricia is like a baby again
to me-except she is far slower than
any normal baby. Patricia may not
like this. but even now she Is much
slower TO learn than she was as a
baby.
Anyway. In time ! believe that !
shall be able 10 teach her 10 walk
and TO talk and TO feed herself.
Since about a month ago. when she
first responded to my written in
struction TO raise her finger. I have
gradually increased the number Of
things for her TO do and / intend 70
keep on. I certainly hope that /
shall be able 10 teach her to talk.
1t may be that the brain center
which controls that Is clearing at
last. II has been so slow 20 react
that I can do no more than simply
hope that this is the beginning Of
recovery.
, 1934-12-26
PROSPERITY in
Sc PREDICTED

BOSTON. Dec. 26. Up Edward
A. F1lene. widely known Boston mer-
chant and economist. wednesday de-
scribed the outlook for 1885 as at
the same time very bright and very
dubious" and pointed to several
"two-way signs"
Filene warned that II business
and the supreme court failed 10 CO.
operate with the president. the coun-
try might be compelled TO turn to
socialistic measures.
America has decisively endorsed
the New Deal" he said. thus end
ing that uncertainty which consI
tuted such a drag upon recovery IN
1884. In 1885. however. the supreme
court ma rule that certain vital
parts Of the New Deal are unconsti-
tutional, thus demolishing u half
built structure OF recovery and fore
ing a new beginning under most diff
ficult circumstances.
Business Is pledgtng cooperation
with the president, and there is I'M
doubtedly a more widespread under
standing that prosperity. both for
consumer goods industries and dura-
BILE goods industries depends basi-
cally upon the buying power Of the
masses. There Is no telling. how
Y how far this promised coop
Grafton will go. and We al not ex-
pect rapid improvement until bust
ness ~genS-ally acts upon this new
understanding.
Trying to balance all the factors.
my expectation is:
"I-There will be little improve
ment during the first three months
Of 1885.
"2-There will be some improve
ment in the spring and summer
over the conditions Of 1884. but not
enough to indicate that recovery has
come.
"3-The fall WI show a marked
Improvement and the trend from
then on will be definitely upward.
"4-By the fall of 1886, we viii
have so far recovered as to make Il
generally evident thEt We are on the
road to unprecedented real pros
perity."
, 1934-12-26
DITTMANN

Paramount's Search for Beauty
for which the studio staged an in
ternational contest embracing every
English-speaking country in the
world TO find Is most perfect men
and IS most perfect women, Is TO
show at the Dittman theatre.
The 30 winners have been given
parts in the picture. The principal
players include Larry Buster
Crabbe. Ida Lupino. Robert Arm
strong. James Gleason. Roscoe
Harms and Toby Wing.
The story chronicles the misad-
ventures Of two scheming crooks,
Just released from prison who i'm
mediately open their eyes for fur
Their deals"
They come upon a defunct health
farm and magazine. They contact a
couple Of Olympic champions and
by cloaking their shady business
with promises they secure the SER
vice Of the athletes TO edit the
periodical.
, 1934-12-26
A Demonstration

Mrs. Miley walked over to the bed
where Patricia. a healthy-looking
pretty girl. lay. and wrote on a
scratch pad:
Smile for the gentleman"
Patricia drew back her lips. show
ing her teeth in a semblance OF a
smilel Just as would a baby whose
mother says to 1t, Smile for the
gentleman"
1t causes a queer feeling In one to
sit there and realize that before this
Young woman sank into her sleep on
February Is. 1882. she was an alert.
brilliant secretary for the Chicago
office Of a national magazine.
Patricia has had medical men
mystified as hers is the only case OF
sleeping sickness TO persist Tor so
long a time without response TO any
kind OF treatment. Blood transfu-
sions have been tried. Electrical
treatments, messages OF every kind,
innoculaticns Of blood from recover
ed encephalitis victims and other Sc
runs and medicines have all had
their turn in the treatment OF the
girl.
, 1934-12-26

ing from l26 10 about l65. her
mother estimates. In fact. the gain
was so great that her Diet OF a quart
OF milk and a quart OF cream a day
has been greatly reduced.
A year ago Mrs. Gladys Hansen.
Patricia's sister. who does her share
In taking care of the girl. told the
writer.
For n time I was glad she was
asleep. During a whole year I
thought how nice II would have
been for anyone TO have been asleep
times we're so terrible. But now
we wish she would awake-times are
becoming z cd again"
, 1934-12-26
Street Lights In
Los Ebanos Go On

Street lights in the Los EbanoS
section of Brownsville were turn
ed on Christmas Eve night for the
first time since the September. 1888
hurricane.
With the assurance that money
from the PWA loan and grant for
the repair OF the lighting system
will come through In the near fu-
ture. the city was enabled to Use
the necessary funds TO repair the
street lighting system in that sec
ton.
Repairs to the remaining lines
throughout the city will be accom-
plished within the near future. as
the PwA funds become available.
, 1934-12-26
Movie Sidehghts
CAPITOL

go
The same class Of people who re-
joiced when prohibition came into
effect in this country, were first to
deplore its passing with repeal.
In Universal's Million Dollar
Ransom" the Damon Runyon story,
the bootleggers and racketeers who
were left high and dry last year &C
tually banker after the old prohi-
bition days. when money was plenti-
full and they knew where and how to
get il.
With the arrival OF repeal. this
mob was left out in the cold. The
government made a clean sweep OF
them. ~confiscating their possessions
depicting them Of their money and
power and sending most OF them 10
Jail. When they got out 1t was a
different story and such a story Is
Damon Runyon's Million Dollar
Ransom" showing Thursday and
Friday at your" Capitol. Browns
vile, with a cast headed by Phillips
Holmes. Mary Carlisle. and Edward
Arnold.
, 1934-12-26
.RoBeN lee STATEN

December IS, 1s34.-Christen-
dom'S day Of JOY. Stephen +.
Austin was today liberated on
pail but was not permitted TO
leave Mexico City. where he had
oeen a prisoner since February
18th. He was never tried. The
Mexican Military Tribunal de-
.ided they had no jurisdiction;
he Federal Court diSclaimed
any, and the Supreme Court
rave the matter no attention
when 1t was referred TO that
body. A wealthy Mexican citizen
named PaScual Villar was &C
cepted by the Mexican Govern
ment as surety. William @. Par
rott, American Consul, offered
his name. but Ii was not re-
CURED. Austin had many Mexi-
can friends who secretely aided
him.
People who possess the moral
courage TO do unpopular things,
and who do them when convinced
Of the justice Of their acts. are
always interesting. Senior Villar,
therefore, deserves more than
the mere mention OF his name.
But this appropriate time Is
temporarily at least lost 70 us
since what is now told Of Pascual
Villar Is all that a diligent search
has developed. Certain fraternal
order contacts available 10 Aus
tin may have prompted the aid
given him. That conjecture will
encourage an effort TO tell you
more OF Senior Villar and the
circumstances surrounding the
Texan being given his freedom.
December rs, 1884, Juan
Elguezabal. military executive OF
Coahuila- Texas, ordered an cleo
ton on February 9th. 1885, for
governor. vice-governor. mem
berS Of the legislature and con-
greSs
One Is tempted TO suggest that
the life Of Stephen 7. Austin,
and particularly the Austin cor
respondence. should be q re-
uuired reading in the public
schools of Texas, II not already
so. Few public men in this or
other lands have exhibited super
Tor qualities Of craftsmanship,
diplomacy and practical wisdom
in public affairs or greater
fortitude amid the ciSappoint-
ments OF those of extensive priv
ate character. Thoughtful Mexi-
cans did not deny Austin a place
among those who shaped the
Institutions of the new Republic
Of Mexico. He furnished a draft
for the Constitution Of the Re-
public 70 his friend. Ramon
AriSpe, who was chairman OF
the committee on constitution OF
1884. That Constitution was
finally proclaimed on october
4th. 1924. as previously referred
TO in this series, each part OF
Il becoming a law as Of the
time Of passing. AuStin's draft
formed its general basis, al
though, as passed. there were
five important differences. here
tofore mentioned in this series,
between it and Austin's model
, 1934-12-26
By BRUCE GRANT
Central Press Correspondent

CHICAGO. Dec. 26.-Where SCI
ence has failed a mother Is winning
BY tenderness. patience and IN
canny prescience. Mrs. Percy Miley
is at last bringing her daughter. Pa
tricia Mcguire. out Of a three-year
sleep.
With a mothers understanding.
which confounds physicians. Mrs.
Miley has aroused the 29-year-old
sleeping beaut. OF Oak Park. Chi
cago suburb. to the point where the
girl responds to written instructions
Just how this was accomplished
is what your correspondent set out
TO learn. And. expecting to be floor
ed by some intellectually deep and
complicated system the writer was
stunned by the naive simplicity OF
Mrs .Miley's methods.
, 1934-12-26
Tax Situation To
Be Aired At Meet

HARLINGEN. Dec. 26.-ASeSSor
and Collector Elect Ralph Agar and
County Judge-Elect oscar c. Dancy
will address a meeting OF farmers
called for the city hall. Harlingen, at
8 O'Clock Thursday night.
Tax matters will be discussed by
both speakers. particular efforts be-
ing made TO reduce taxes. both state
and county.
, 1934-12-26
QUEEN

The Old ashioned Way" show
Ing Thursday only at the Queen,
Brownsville, brings back entertain
ment Of a sort that has not been
seen for many a moon.
With a cast that includes w. G.
Fields. Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison
and Judith Allen, the picture is onr
that fills every desire for a perfect
evenings entertainment.
II has TO do with the yNnderinEs
OF a theatrical troupe which escapes
the sheriff at every turn only
through the ingenuity OF its owner
producer and chief performer. w. c.
Fields.
, 1934-12-26

WASHINGTON, Dec. rs. -R-
A far-reaching proposal for fed
eral control OF the transmission Of
the entire electricity supply OF
America was urged upon President
Roosevelt Wednesday in a report
by his Mississippi Valley commit
tee.
The group Of scientists and tech
nicians, whom the president direct
ed TO study ways OF developing re
sources in the great valley. urged
, 1934-12-26

The regular meeting OF the John
Hanson post OF the American Legion
will be held at the Legion hall
Thursday night at 8 o'clock It was
announced wednesday.
All members are urged by officers
TO be present.
, 1934-12-26
Treated As A Baby
rhe mother explained:

The mother explained:
II have Just treated her as ! did
when she was a baby. / saw her
lying there alive, breathing, eating.
signing and now and then fluttering
her eyelids-but unable TO speak or
move. II took me a long time TO
realize that she was just a little
baby again. She had TO begin Ike
a baby TO speak. read and move
properly, I thought.
Il began writing the alphabet and
explaining the letters TO her. Then
I wrote out words and signified their
meaning by touching objects.
she lay there. eyes open, and
would smile now and then, making
me understand that she was learning
what / was trying to teach her. !
taught her the most simple things.
For instance. I would write Raise
your finger She would
, 1934-12-26

The first home OF European civ
ilization Is said 10 be the island OF
Crete. located In the Mediterranean
Sea
, 1934-12-26
FLASHES OF LIFE
(Sy The Associated Press)
,sfo Crts a Christmas PreSen

CHICAGO. Firemen gave
Otto Olsen a $500 Christmas pres
ent Tuesday night. hours after the
scheduled visit of Santa Claus.
Fire broke out suddenly in the
northside rooming house where
Otto lived and there was no time
for him 10 pick up his savings be-
fore the flames drove him outside.
At his plea for them TO 10
something firemen raised a lad
der TO the WINS of his room and
one man raced up. braved the
flames and emerged from Ottos
room grasping the $500. The blaze
swept on. burning on. the third
floor Of the building and destroy
ing the contents of Otto's room.
No Patient Soul
CHICAGO. - Dominic Gabriel
IL a patient soul.
Six years ago Christmas Day a
raising stranger offered him q job.
The stranger hasn't shown up.
BIT Dominic has been waiting for
49,
him night and day in a shack
ne built at the corner Of Canal
and Polk streets. He said he built
she abode there so he wouldn't
gniss seeing the stranger In case he
returns.
Boilermaker Musician
SEATTLE. - Henri DamSki II
both the leader Of a prominent
northwest orchestra and a member
of the boilermakers' union.
Now he announces he will file his
candidacy for the city council. TO
bring some harmony Of "one kind
or another in that group.
Tall Tree
TROY. Mont.-This town claims
"a have one Of the talleSt Christ
mas trees in the country. and its
getting bigger each year. The
S5-foot tree grows on a vacant lot
AMI is used annually a. a COM
munity tree.
, 1934-12-26
the cooling drinks which break the
morning and the afternoon.

IHUIIlIIB dHu TIC dLItILIOOH.
When afternoon comes, Patricia
is taken from her bed and popped
up in her window in a comfortable
chair. While she has thus far
shown no interest In the activity
in the street, her mother believes
that she enjoys being taken from
the bed she has occupied for 50
long.
, 1934-12-26
Gains 20 Pounds

Patricia has gained nearly 40
pounds during her illness. increas-
, 1934-12-26
A Mother Is Conquering As Girl Asleep
Three Years Shows Signs Of Awakening

With o mothers
q n d g r~standing.
Mrs. Miley has
are the
sleeping beauty
to the point
where the girl re-
spends 70 written
instruction.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
SUSPECTS 5 CALL
BRINGS ARREST

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 G.N.s).
Cecil S. Deroin, 80. was held as
o fugitive from justice today
thanks to the long distance tele-
phone and the quick thinking of
a prosecuting attorney in Kan.
sas City. Mo.
Deroin, a Kansas City invest
ment broker, and national treas
urer of the Delta Chi Fraternity,
Is under indictment in Kansas
City in connection with the en-
bezzlement of $4,000 of the fra
ternity's funds.
Yesterday Deroin telephoned
Russell T. Boyle, prosecuting at
torney in Kansas Ci.y, and said
If the indictment were squashed
he would return home and give
the fraternity $4,000.
While talking to Deroin, Boyle
had an assistant phone police
headquarters in New York, trac-
ing the call. When Deroin
stepped from the phone booth,
he was arrested.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
POST PLANS STRATO' HOP

His goal, he said, will be a
5O,000-foot ascent into the strato-
sphere to break the present alti.
tude record of 47,532 feet.
Landing after a three-houi
flight that carried him we'll above
the 40,000-foot level, the flier late
yesterday declared that his mono
plane and all of the special equip
ment for the flight had func.
toned perfectly.
The supercharged motor of his
plane achieved a speed of about
$50 miles an hour, he said. Post
wore a special supercharged suit
of canvas and rubber that gave
him the appearance of a deep-sea
diver.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
SEN. LEWIS HITS
SINCLAIR EPIC

CHICAGO, Sept. 6 d.N.so.
Senator james Hamilton Lewis. of
Illinois. gave assurance today that
Upton sinclair's EPIC plan Of
state socialism will have no place
in the future policies of President
Roosevelt.
The Presidents meeting with
Mr.. Sinclair, Democratic candl-
date for Governor of California,
was arranged wholly out Of
courtesy" the Senator explained.
Furthermore President Roose'
yelt plans to issue a statement be-
fore the November elections in
which he will outline to the nation
at large his entire program, &C.
cording to Senator Lewis, and the
program will be in keeping with
the tenets of the Democracy"
State sovereignty, which the
Sinclair program would modify,
will remain intact as far as Mr..
Roosevelt is concerned, Senator
Lewis added.
The Senator said he was speak
ing not only as the representative
of the President, but as chairman
of the National Senatorial Cam.
paign Committee.
In the Presidents new declara.
ton of principles to the country
he will ask that they be made the
basis of new legislation in the next
Congress to meet conditions which
have arisen since 1882.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
BABY FACE TIP
DRAWS BLANK

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Sept. 6
Q.N.SO.-Armed with Sub-machine
guns, gas bombs and revolvers,
eight Federal agents raided Nc
Kinley Inn here on the "tip" that
George Baby Face" Nelson, pal of
John Dillinger, had been seen
there. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of
the Bureau of Investigation of the
Department of Justice, is reported
to have been here for the raid.
Searching the place from top
to bottom they found no trace of
the gangster. They arrested Earl
w. Leeds. plastering contractor
accusing him of maliciously giving
false information.