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lance between them being 100 feet
after they converge, some distance
from shore.
Captain A. L. Lane. project engin-
eer for the War Department in
charge Of the work, has been doing
additional work on force account
to improve the project. He has TAX
en- stone from the old jetties and
used 1t TO narrow the channel near
the points Of the two islands, in or
der TO secure a more uniform width
Of the entire channel.
, 1934-12-30
TURKEY BUYS KRUPP
MACHINERY

ANKARA (P- Krupp. famous
German armament makers. signed
an agreement with the government
here to supply all machinery for the
Turkish iron and steel industry be-
ing created under Mustapha Kemal's
five-year plan. Payments were ar
ranged on a three-year basis.
, 1934-12-30
sovIETs FENCE OFF POLAND

SARNY, Poland. R-The soviet
union has built a fence IS miles
long on its side OF the Polish-RuS
sian border in a region where boys
and forests hitherto have permitted
smugglerS and other undesirables to
elude the double line Of frontier
guards OF both countries.
, 1934-12-30
Port Information
Sent Ouer Nation
From Brownsville

lengthy articles from time TO time
on beginning OF construction on the
projects. and Photographic layouts
have now been assembled and are
To be distributed soon.
, 1934-12-30
Thousands of Tons of Rock Go into Jetties at Brazos
OF HARBOR IS
ALMOST
~ CONSTRUCTION work on the
largest single phase Of the
- Valleys deem water project Is

CONSTRUCTION work on the
largest single phase Of the
Valleys deep water project Is
nearing completion.
This Is the huge 81. 100000 jetty
project, which will be finished
about January is, according to es-
Inmates OF the contractor and the
u. s. engineers.
Contract for the jetties was award
ed to the Callahan Construction
company Of Dallas and st. Louis on
a low bid Of $2,600.000, which was
the amount OF funds made available
for the project. The money va al
located to the War Department by
the PwA, the expenditure being the
governments share Of building the
port.
Old Jetties Dwarfed
The old ~jetties, built in 1926, ex-
tended approximately 1900 feet into
the Gulf, and are dwarfed by the
great new jetties which extend APP
proximately a mile out In order TO
reach a depth Of rs feet.
The jetties are built Of three type
of rock, the rip-rap core. and cover
stone. The rip-rap and core are
limestone rocks. and the cover stone
Is granite.
Rip-rap ranges in weight from is
to 200 pounds. The corr stone
ranges from IS up to about 1000
pounds. Specifications call for GOV
er stones in a range from six TO
ten tons. Most OF those actually
used on the construction project
have averaged close TO 10 tons.
The rip-rap Is dropped first by
the great 100000 travelling cranes.
forming a mattress or bed about
three feet thick.
Then the core Is built up, allowing
the mattress TO extend out from
ten TO Is feet ton each side,
forming what is known as a BERN.
Fourteen Feet Across
When the core has been built up
TO the proper width and height. the
cover stones are put in place. care
fully adjusted and wedged in with
small stones.
The specifications call for a width
of IA feet at the top. and an eleva-
ton Of six feet above mea low tide.
AS the jetty work has progressed
or out from shore the width OF
the mattress has increased until at
the extreme end ii Is expected to be
about 40 feet wide.
So great has been the amount Of
stone necessary to build up the jet
ties near the end that the big crane
remains stationary for three days.
dropping enough rock to build up
the jetty.
The original contract called for
$4,000 tons of rip-rap, $4,000 tons
OF core. and $4,000 tons OF cover
, 1934-12-30
Sufficient Depth

Although the south jetty viii be
shorter in total distance. the end Of
1t will be even with the end Of the
north jetty, the difference being
accounted for by the fact that
BrazoS Island extends farther out
into the Gulf than Padre.
The final estimate as to depth at
the end OF the ~jetties was placed at
% feet for Brazos, and IS feet for
Padre, which will be sufficient to
maintain the channel depth, in the
opinion Of engineers.
A total of more than 5000 car
loads OF rock have been moved in
the letty work Sc far. and the final
total will be around $500 carloads.
The new jetties were built closer
together than the old ones, the dis
, 1934-12-21
Brazos River
Project Gets
Connally Aid

TEMPLE, Dec. p. Rj-Power de-
velopment. irrigation and soil con-
servation for the Brazos watershed
was planned By members OF the
BOARD Of tie Br&1os Conservation
and defamation district and other
speakers at a meeting here Thurs
Jay night.
senator Tom Connally pledged
lis support 10 the BrazoS OIL TO DC
presented to congress. Federal au-
thoritieS have indicated the prof.
ct must prove elI-iiquidating be-
lore the vast amount sought can
oe obtained.
Representatives, state and nation
al officials attended the meeting.
The board passed q resolution TO
lend its aid and encouragement IN
every possible manner TO a compre-
hensive plan for controlling and
eliminating destructive erosion Of
soil in the watershed.
II also resolved to vest water
rights in the district into a flexible
proposition allowing the board "a
divert any amount Of water az any
future time from the generation OF
hydro-electric power In the water
shed TO a purpose more beneficial
TO the watershed"
DR.. John Norris. chairman Of the
state water board. and Louis Minis
Of Houston. president Of the district.
we're named on a steering commit
tee.
, 1934-12-21

political supremacy since the house
Impeachcd him as governor In 1929.
when he tried to tax the Standard
Oil Company by levying a five cents
a barrel occupational tax on oil.
Fifteen members Of the senate
blocked the Impeachment by sign
ing a round robin declaring they
would not convict on any OF the
charges filed against Long In the
house because they considered the
proceedings illegal.
He saved his position then at the
head Of the state. but lost his tax
on oil. Thursday. an hour before
the legislature adjourned. he had
a minor bill amended TO place the
occupational tax on oil and then
the N7stery of his third special
session OF the year was disclosed.
That, Long said on the floor, was
the purpose OF the sesfion.
ONLY Long knows the potential
titles - his nearly $50 dictatorial
laws passed this year. Their au-
thority stretches from the pinnacle
Of the highest executive office and
state agency TO the poorly-paid
public school teacher.
, 1934-12-21
DictatorK ingtish To
Change Louisiana
State Constitution

BATON ROUGE. La. Dec. LIP
Senator Huey p. Long. having
written upon the statutes every law
he could conceive to make an en-
pire OF Louisiana turned his at
tention Friday TO drafting a King
fish constitution"
His colleagues said he plans to
rewrite the state constitution, to
take further power from the local
governments and 70 inflict further
punishment on the opponents he
has as yet been unable TO reach.
Administration men asserted after
adjournment Of the special legisla-
tive session Thursday that they
expect the legislature to be recon-
vened in February. TO call a cons
titutional convention.
Among Longs eleventh hour
moves with his legislature were an
order for election of the rival adj
ministration Of the city Of Alex
andria and a thrust at the hostile
administration Of Mayor T. Semmes
Walmsley IN New Orleans.
Long also took over control OF
the city OF Baton Rouge. where he
has been engaged in a struggle for
, 1934-12-21
STORMS
LOSING FURY.

NEW YORK. Dec. q. Rl-Savage
storms which for ten days whipped
the north Atlantic into a death
dealing tumult flung a dying ges-
ture OF defiance at shipping Fri
day.
Strong winds and heavy seas con-
tinued to slow up TRANSATLANTIC
vessels. but the great force Of the
storms had been spent and more
moderate weather over the Atlantic
was forecast.
Twenty-one lives we're given up to
ravaging seas rs gales battered
o~cean-going vessels since the storms
started. Seventeen men were lost
when the British freighter Usworth
foundered. two men we're swept
from the Japanese freighter Vic
toria Maru. while the orient liner
Oxford and the Norwegian freighter
Gard each reported they had lost a
man overheard in mountainous
seas.
The collier Severance. with a
crew Of 81. made her way slowly to
Boston Friday after winning a Bit
ter battle against a gale-swept sea
off the Long Island coast south Of
Fire Island light. Unable TO pro-
coed because of a damaged rudder.
the Severance sent out a call for
help to which the coast guard cut
ter Champlain responded. Three
times the Champlain tried 10 get a
towing line on board the Sever
ance but each time 1t snapped as
the collier wallowed in the heavy
seas.
Finally the Severance repaired her
rudder sufficiently TO proceed under
her own power and early Friday
resumed her journey to Boston with
the Champaign trailing her.
The fishing trawler Widgeon.
which had asked coast guard as
sistance when she became disabled
100 miles east of Boston. later re-
ported she had made repairs and
was In no danger.
, 1934-12-21
Church Plans
Special Yule
Gift Program

The Christmas theme will run
through all services at the Central
Christian church Sunday. At the
morning preaching service the pas
tor will bring a message on the sub
ject "Bethlehem-Its Significance
and Meaning" This message Is new,
II steers clear Of trite, sentimental
phrases and platitudes usually so
abundant in the Christmas messages.
II interprets the meaning Of Beth
lehem in the light Of todays needs.
II has something significant to say
to you" Rev. d. w. McElroy, pastor,
declared.
The program Sunday evening Is
a pageant-drama Of the Nativity,
entitled. The Shepherds Gift" This
is beautifully portrayed in story
and song. Many OF the best loved
Christmas carols will be sung by the
choir and the quartette. The climax
of this beautiful pageant will be
the presentation of White Gifts BY
each OF the Sunday School classes.
These gifts 60 to the Juliette-Fowl-
er home. for the orphan and aged.
supported by the Christian churches.
These gifts will be a supplement TO
the carload OF fruit that has al
ready gone forward to the home.
The entire public is most cordially
invited to attend this unique service.
Services for the evening begin
promptly at 1880 and last one hour.
he said.
On Monday night at 7:30 there
will be a Christmas tree for the
children of the Sunday school and
Santa Claus will be present. A suit
able program for this occasion has
been prepared.
, 1934-12-21
Fourth Victim OF
Mob Attack Dies

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2i.-
R-Floyd Pat) Lawes. %, a city
fireman died in a Shelbyville hos
pital Friday OF wounds received
Wednesday when a national guards
men fired into a crowd around the
court house while a mob was trying
to storm the building for a negro
prisoner. II was the fourth fatality.
Two men were killed the day OF
the outbreak and Clifford Freeman,
a m~achinist. succumbed late Thurs
day.
Col. r. II. Bond. in command Of
the national guard troops here,
described the situation Friday as
very quiet" and said I'VE have re-
ceived absolutely no indication" tllst
there will be any further mob out
break.
, 1934-12-21
Solid Carload Of
Spinach Shipped
Especial to The HeraIdl

Especial TO The Heralul
SAN BENITO. Dec. 2l.-The VAL
ley's first solid carload OF spinach
this season moved from San Ben
ito this week. the shipper being q.
c. AdamSon.
Howard Adamson, member Of the
firm. said that the spinach graded
U. S. No. / and was superior in
quality to that now being shipped
from the Winter Garden which he
visited recently. The Garden spin
ach is wind damaged and otherwise
below average.
Spinach has been moving out in
less than CARROTS and the price held
up we'll until late this week when
the market broke sharply. The spin
ach was still bringing the growers
SIS cents a bushel Thursday, which
is considered a fair return.
, 1934-12-21

the truest and greatest elements In
home and family life arr not neces-
sarIly associated with the nature OK
the dwelling and It's environment.
II was not into q great and we'll
built house. nor even into anything
approximating 4 modern apartment.
that there came this newborn babe
OF Bethlehem, fulfilling n mothers
hopes and aspirations and OCCASION
ing great ponderings I'm her heart
No babe ever had a worthier mo-
Their than Mary. who watched over
the newborn child Tn the lowhness
Of a manger. Here. even IN the
crude and temporary lodging u1
travellers on the crowded outskirts
OF Jerusalem. were found the things
that sanctify n home.
The Christmas lesson reminds uS
that Gods highest and greatest
blessings are very near 70 the humb-
lest things. that they do not de-
pend upon outward pomp and show.
Dub bAAAb Nv ~ lHN llNhAu EC1AAtJ VII
grace and truth that makes all that
Is best and richest I'm human life.
Home. wherever II is. no matter
how pretentious and we'll equipped.
Is a poor and futile place " there
be not love and loyalty-the love
and loyalty that underlie all true
fatherhood and motherhood and the
relationship OF parents and children
In the most beautiful things that
life can offer.
Yet the manger In which Jesus
was born was still n manger. "A
novel, though love dwell within II,
Is still n hovel.
The love of God that gave a Sa-
vior to the world cannot be in tho
hearts Of men II they are careless
Of the comfort OF others. Good
homes and a good life within them
are alike the fruits OF Christian
influence on civilization.
, 1934-12-21
Gold Strike Reported

ATLANTA, Dec. sl.-P-A gold
strike in White county which yield
ed 81 nuggets ranging in weight
from one-fourth a pennyweight TO
nearly two ounces. was reported
Friday by Richard w. Smith, state
g~eologist.
Smith described the find Of about
II ounces in al as the most spec
tacular" in recent months in the
north Georgia gold fields.
The geologist said all the mug
gets were in or near a hollow scow-
red in the bedrock of Dukes Greek
valley.
The largest nugget, Smith said
he was told. has been sold TO the
Harvard University museum.
, 1934-12-21
SUNDAY
LESSON
Text: Luke 2:s-1s; Explosions 6:1-l4
The international Uniform Sunday
School Lesson for Dee. %.
by WM. ". GnROY, I'D. ID.
Ediinr nH AnNmnnA

EuitOr OF Advance
Our Christian lesson liz linked With
the Christian home-a subject vi
tally important today, when homes
almost inevitably r thrust to the
background in the completely OF
modern life.
II Is somewhat startling TO realize
the number OF people who have lit
tie sense Of the meaning OF home
rs IL once was widely known. 1t lis
not simply that many in these days
Of social upheaval are virtually
homeless In the sense Of having no
settled place OF abode. In addition
70 these. masses OF people r Iiv-
ing today In tenementS or apart
ments that. whether they be in Stun
districts or in areas surrounded by
all manner Of convenienceS and the
outward SemblanceS Of refinement,
lack inevitably the home atmosphere
once largely associated with Sepa-
rate farms and dwelling places.
II was an old saying that "a
mass house Is his castle" a saying
suggestive of the unity and strength
Of the life lived within the house,
the things that made II a center OF
family and home. The modern
apartment house may have IN its
structure some semblanceS OF the
castle. but one could hardly use
that symbol for a separate apart
ment.
Have we lost. in this social pro-
cess. deep and essential values?
The question Is not easily answered.
Undoubtedly many people. In GO
ing from the old-faShioned home
10 a modern apartment. have been
impressed with the advantages OF
greater convenience and liberty,
so far a. the routine matters OF life
are concerned.
AT any rate. there Is some COM
fort in our lesson for jewellers un-
der modern conditions. In the fact
that the lesson reminds us that
, 1934-12-21
MO-PAC BUS

Missouri Pacific buses leave
Brownsville at 7:15 a. m. and 500
D. IN. for Corpus Christi and inter-
mediate cities; at 1890 p. m. and
800 D. m. for Mission and inter-
mediate points: and at 1920 a. m.
for Port Isabel. Buses leave from
Missouri Pacific Lines railroad sta
ton and make convenient down.
town stops. For low one-way and
round "trip fares. call the Missouri
Pacific Lines depot.-Adv.
, 1934-12-21
TIN STORAGE
I'm EVENT WAR
: RACES URGED

WASHINGTON. Dec. q. -tP-A
recommendation that the United
States buy and store thousands Of
tons Of tin for use In the event Of
war was made TO the house foreign
affairs committee Friday by Bernard
M. Baruch.
The former chairman Of the war
industries board recounted for the
committee the difficulties encounter
ed during the last val In obtaining
tin for war and industrial purposes.
IF we went 70 prepare ourselves
from the standpoint OF a strategic
var position" Baruch asserted. Il
think we ought TO buy tin Just like
We would invest In a battleship and
keep 1t in storage.
Head Of Board
Baruch has been appointed by
President Roosevelt as head OF a
committee 10 draw up legislation TO
take the profit out Of war.
Meanwhile. Chairman Nye OF the
senate munitions committee said
a letter by Joseph j. Raskob. placed
in evidence Thursday. showed the
inspiration for organization Of the
American Liberty League.
Nye referred to a letter written
last month by the former chairman
OF the democratic national commit
tee to a friend who had protested
against the trend OF the Roosevelt
administration.
Raskob. In the letter to r. r. NJ.
Carpenter. retired Du Pont vice
president. said:
You haven't much to do and I
know Of no one that could better
take the lead In trying to induce
the Du Pont and General Motors
groups. followed by other big in
dustries. to definitely organize to
protect society from the suffering
which its is bound to endure If we
allow communistic elements TO lead
the people to believe that all business
linen r crooks, not TO be trusted.
Nand that no n should be allowed
to get rich"
Watson Resents' Implication
James <. Watson, former republic
an leader OF the senate, appeared
voluntarily Friday before the NUM-
tons committee. He said he resent
ed the implication in previous testi-
mony that he had been influenced"
to support a postwar embargo on
dyes.
In a statement. Pierre Du Pont.
munitions manufacturer. advocated
a study by the wiSest minds" TO de-
wise a practicable plan to take excess
profits out OF war.
A war department spokesman also
told the munitions committee that
drafting industry in time of a
would add to the confusion and not
eliminate It,"
Col. c. T. Harris. army ordnance
officer and representative Of the
war department. conceded under
committee questioning. however. that
he could run the Du Pont Powder
company under such a draft.
, 1934-12-21

MEXICO. d. F., Dec. q. Up
Developments in the first three
weeks that President Lazara Carde-
mas has been in office have gone
for toward convincing the Mexican
people that he will be president IN
fact as well as in name during his
Evening star., 1934-12-16

The Duke and Duchess of
Kent on the day of their
gala wedding at WeStmin-
ster Abbey. The duke is
the youngest son OF King
George and Queen Mary of
England and his bride is
the former Princess Marina
of Greece. Q Wide World Photos.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

marriage of the Duke of Kent and Princess
Marina of Greece in historic Westminster Abbey Lon
DON The royal couple stand before the Bishop of London
as he joins them in wedlock, and surrounding them
many of the crowned heads and lesser royalty OF
Europe 9Wide World rhotos
Evening star., 1934-12-16

On the bal
cony of Buck
ingham Palace
after the we'd
ding. Left to
right: Little
Princess Eliza
beth, the royal
newlyweds, the
Duchess and the
Duke of Kent;
Prince Nicholas
of Greece. father
of the bride, and
Queen Mary of
England.
g A. p. Photo.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-14
Youngstown Sheet, Tube
Workers Favor Strike

INDIANA HARBOR, In.-In the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
plant here the majority of the work
ers are talking with favor of the
approaching steel strike They talk
of the strike with the feeling that
most of them will stay home when
it is called.
Unlike many other mills in the
district the bosses are not canvass
ing the workers getting them to
sign anything against the strike.
Only Is out of so said that they
thought they would work. The rest
stood firm and said they would not
work if the strike is called
There is a rumor going around
the mill that the machine guns,
which the company bought at the
time of the strike rumor during
the first wage cut in October, 1882,
were taken from the warehouse and
oiled, just to show the workers that
the company is prepared for any
thing I have not been able to see
anyone who saw them however.
The spirit is running high and if
the workers continue their talk, the
leadership of the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION will be forced to call
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-14
American Steel Bosses
Divide Negro and White

INDIANA HARBOR, Ind. - AS
part Of its preparations for the de-
veloping strike of steel workers, the
bosses Of the American Steel Foun-
dries East Chicago plant have hired
some fifty young boys during the
last two months. These boys have
been taken into the mill, most of
them just out of school, or at any
rate, it is their very first time in
shop, and are being forced to
work real hard, receiving just 40
cents an hour. The bosses try to
spread the feeling around the mill
that these young boys are not go
ing to strike. But workers who talk
to them find that they are hor-
rified at the speed-up and are ready
for struggle with the rest of the
men.
About 40 per cent of the workers
in this shop, which employs about
300, are Negroes. These workers
came into the shop in 1919, used by
the bosses to try to break the strike.
The bosses purposely foster a strong
feeling of hatred and distrust be-
tween the Negro and white work
erS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-14
Steel Trust in Drive
To Brighten Workers

GARY, Ind.-The Steel Trust Is
beginning a really heavy campaign
to frighten steel workers away from
the proposed strike struggles. On
Wednesday, June 6, the Gary Post
Tribune, local organ of the Steel
Trust, ran a heavy headline, STEEL
PRODUCTION REACHES NEW
HIGH" Under it was a lengthy
story containing quotations from
the steel trusters to the effect that
the new high level of production,
IS per cent Chighest since the crisis
began, would be maintained thru
out the month, and there was no
reason, providing labor comphca-
tons do not arise, that this high
level, which has re-employed thou
sands Of men, would not last thru
out the entire summer.
With the promise of plenty of
work for the next few months, the
steel trust hopes to definitely scatter
the workers desires for strike
struggles. They are receiving the
active aid and support of the Anal
gamated Association misleaders in
this district, Curtis and Kelsey
with their statements that the. A.
A. does not want and doesn't advo-
cate & strike.