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, 1934-12-06
Fl. Brou'n Officer
Wins Cash Prize In
Cavalry Contests

conditions. tests in Workmanship
and riding. General morale. in an
individual phase of the tests, was
taken into consideration.
TWO troops at Fort Brown par
ticipated in the tests for the prize
awards which will amount TO ap-
proximately $500. Lieutenant 4. o.
Davis, another recent West Point
graduate commanded the first pla-
toon OF A Troop in the competition.
In addition to the silver cup
which will be presented 10 the lieut.
enant sometime this month. accord
ing to Major j. M. Thompson. money
prizes will be given 10 the soldiers
who participated in the trials.
The two ~sergeants who participant
ed in the tests will receive $3.50
each. The corporals will each get
$50. and each enlisted man IN the
winning troop will get s14.
The honor which distinguishes
the troop winning out the entire
cavalry service Is more 70 be con-
sidered the monetary gifts, however,
according to the major.
The giving Of the prize awards
for the purpose Of shaping q high
degree OF ability in the cavalry SER
vice was started in 1926. when a
trust fund was established for the
purpose by a high-ranking army Of
ficer.
The name OF the bonner Of the
trust fund vas never made public.
and by express instructions or the
Chief Of Cavalry. Major General
Leon B. Kromeo, his name may not
be mentioned.
An unusual phase OF the tests
was that the competing troops OF
the 18th cavalry Stationed here we're
not aware Of the act that they we're
participating In "A prize contest az
the time the trials we're held.
The leadership phases of the
trials we're by far the more impor-
tant. according 10 Major Thomp-
son. Problems which required a high
degree Of technical knowledge were
presented on the 40-mlle march and
bivouac.
, 1934-12-06
Supervisor of Home
Economics on Visit

Mrs. Ruth Huey. district supeE-
visor OF home economic deparMhp
mentS. fiIm the state headquarterS
in Austin. arrived In Brownsville
Thursday after a tour OF the up
per Valley, on her annual tour on
inspection OF the Brownsville
schools.
Mrs. Huey was 10 spend Thurs
day inspecting townsville and III
Jardin schools. Friday there will
be q district conference OF home
economies teachers Of the Valley
district at the Brownsville Country
club from y N. IN. until 4 d. m.. nc
which Mrs. Huey will be present.
Mrs Huey will be welcomed at the
conference by Mr.. Frank BTEe,
who with Mrs. Bortle will be
guests OF the teachers az the lun-
cheon 10 be given at noon.
, 1934-12-06

To a young last years West Point
graduate. commander Of B. troop
Of the United States's Cavalry at
Fort Brown. will 60 the signal hon.
or Of wining a prize award given to
only one cavalry unit throughout
the entire service this year.
The lieutenant, Richard IT..
Smith, commanded the first platoon
Of the troop that won in the tests
held the latter part OF last month.
The tests were of a rigorous ma
ture, including a 40-mile march
ana bivouac under assumed war
, 1934-12-06
New Pontiac tn Be
Placed on Display
fsDeciai 10 The Herpidl

fSDecial 70 The Heraidl
HARLINGEN. Dec. 6.-Biil Huitt
Of the Huitt Motors Co. Buick and
Pontiac dealers. likes TO see fair
time roll around. His firm sold sev-
eral cars as a result OF its display
at the automobile show held in con-
nection with the Valley Mid Winter
Fair last week. Two new ears were
sold to out-of-the-Valley people.
which also pleased Mr.. Huitt.
Many prospects r still calling
as a result OF the display. he said.
The new 1885 Bucks we're shown
The 1885 Pontiacs are expected to be
ready for display December Is al
which time the company also plans
to open a Brownsville showroom.
, 1934-12-06

TO gather their baggage and house,
hold effects or withdraw deposits
from the banks.
Most OF them carried their few
possessions in bandanaS at the end
OF sticks. Scores OF the refugees
said they had lived IN YuE0slaviG
30 and 40 years and had All but for
gotten their native tongue.
So far l.40O OF the deDortees
have plodded cross the border. As
many more we're expected Friday.
Among Thursdays arrivals were
two 65-year-old women leading
their 86-year-old blind father.
"A four-year-old. barefoot girl had
lost both her parents III her flight.
A young mother arrived with the
newborn babe TO which she gave
birth along the route.
There were many accounts or
refugees being forced 70 depart In
trains without heat, food or water.
Others. less fortunate. said they
were compelled 10 make the long
trek on foot.
Many Of the weary throng were
cared for In homes. hospitals ana
school houses here. Others tramDed
on IN search of friends relatives oK
hoSpitable strangers IN the interi0ri
Of Hungary.
, 1934-12-06
Court Is Clearing
It's Criminal Cases

The federal district court was
busy here Thursday IN n attempt
to clear its docket OF jury criminal
cases in order to devote the re-
mainder OF the term 20 its heavy
law and equity dOcketS.
Numerous cases involving Hi
dalgo county bonds are due for
consideration during the coming
week.
Considerable interest centered
on the case Of Ernesto Werbiski Of
Mercedes who was charged with
passing two counterfeit bills. He
was given an instructed verdict OF
not guilty when the government
failed TO make out proper case
against him.
, 1934-12-06
Barnhart Freed In
Cabbage War Trial

Especial 20 The Hcrulul
EDINBURG. Dec. Estates no
ton for a verdict OF not guilty In
the trial Of IA. &. Barnhart OF Nc
Allen charged with arson as an out
growth Of the Valleys famous cab
bage war OF last year, was upheld
BY a 92nd Criminal District court
grand jury here Thursday morning.
Barnhart was charged with arson
In connection with the destruction
by fire OF the Carl BreSset packing
plant al Alamo In March. 1894.
AT the close OF the states teStH
mony Thursday morning. the PROSE-
cution moved for "a verdict OF MT
guilty. The jury was out only "A few
minutes before 1t returned with the
not guilty verdict.
, 1934-12-06
Flush PoisOns From
Kidneys and Stop
Getting Up Nights

when you can get FOR IS cents "A IN
premely efficient and harmless stimu-
liant and diuretic that will flush from
your kidneys the waste matter. pois-
ons and acid that are now doing YOU
harm. why continue 10 break you
restful sleep by getting up thru the
night. Jus ask your druggist for Gold
and net GOLD MEDAL-riFht from
Haarlem In Holland. Other symptoms
OF weak kidneys and irritated bladder
are backache. puffy eyes. leg cramps.
moist palms. burning or scanty pass
age. Adv.
, 1934-12-06
TODAY'S MARKETS

the opening figures, March trading
down to I2.5e. May TO 1880. July
to lass and October to 1880. or 4
to 8 points under Wednesdays
close.
Near noon prices rallied / to 3
points on shorts covering, making
the price level ! to 5 points down
from the previous close.
, 1934-12-06
CHI AGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Dec. 6. -tPl- Grain
prices underwent all around declines
early Thursday after an irregular
start. Relative weakness Of the
Liverpool wheat market had a bear
ish effect. Rain and Snowtalls IN
domestic winter wheat territory also
were construed a. bearish regard
ing wheat.
Opening unchanged TO ID lower,
May l.03i--A. Chicago wheat after
ward showed a general setback.
Corn started = off TO = up, May
CIV -92ia, and subsequently receded.
, 1934-12-06
Auditorium Repair
Depends on Voters
fsneciai 10 me HeraIdl

TontcIuI % The HefhIuI
HARLINGEN. Dec. 8. -Recons-
truction OF Fair Park auditorium de-
ponds on whether the 100000 in
bonds submitted to the voters this
month are approved. said Stanley
Bliss. architect. In a talk 70 the
Kiwanis club this week. The city
also will receive a $1,000 grant
from the government.
The club enjoyed songs from pu-
pills OF Miss Margaret Elmore.
c. L. Miner and Morgan B. Fin
ley Of San Benito we're visiting XII
wanianS.
, 1934-12-06
6 Die In Flames

PERPIGNAN. France. Dec. G.
Pl-Six persons died Thursday OF
burns and injuries suffered during
a fire and panic In a barn used as
a motion picture theatre WedneS-
day.
All or them died in a hospital
during the day. The death list was
made up OF five boys between the
ages OF 2 and III years and one
aged woman.
More than two score others, many
of them women and children. were
trampled and crushed in their
terro-Stricken rush for the exit.
, 1934-12-06
Jailed On
Fish Net Charge

Mateo Ramirez, Manuel Robes
and Jesus Rosales were lodged In
the county Jail here Thursday In
default or S35 fines imposed BY Jus
tice of the Peace Brown az Port
Isabel on charges OF unlawfully
dragging fish nets near the point.
, 1934-12-06
NEW YORK CURB
NEW ORLEANS i

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. s.. -Ri-
Cotton Thursday opened steady
with fair trading. Liverpool came
IN a shade easier than due but
sterling exchange was higher.
December opened 3 points up at
1851. but the later months started
one point down 10 one point up.
Prices fluctuated for the next half
hour Of trading within very narrow
1888, May At 1886. and July at
1859, or net unchanged. The first
trade in October after the call was
at 1874. or ? points below Wednes-
days close.
The market ruled rather quiet all
morning and prices eased off slow
ly due largely to pre-buyeau liquid
alton and lack Of buying support.
Prices declined 4 to z points from
, 1934-12-06
Scouters to Elect

Officers for the coming year will
be elected by the Scouters of the
Brownsville District when they meet
in the basement OF the Methodist
church at 7:30 D. m. Thursday.
All ScouterS OF the district are
urged to be present as other inn
portant matters are 10 be taken up
at the session.
, 1934-12-06

FORT WORTH, Dec. 8. CRl-De-
mand continued steady on the grain
market here. Estimated receipts
we're: Wheat 7 cars; corn Is. Prices
qouted, delivered Texas Gulf ports.
export rate, or Texas common
points:
Wheat No. / hard i.l7-i.ls.
Barley No. 2 nominally l.00-l!02i
No. 3 nominally 99-i.0l.
Sorghums No. 2 milo per 100
pounds nominally 2~.14-2.l6; No. 3
milo nominal 2.l2-214. No. 2 kafir
nominally 210-2.l2; No. 3 kafir
nominally 2.08-2.l0.
Delivered Texas common points
or group three.
Corn No. 2 white lbs 1925 IL;
No. 2 yellow l.19 ID 70 100 IL.
Oats No. 2 red 81 1888 IL; NO.
3 red 66 l-2 to 81 IL.
, 1934-12-06
Nazi Chief Ousted

BERLIN. Dec. s. lP-Reichsfueh-
rer Hitler Thursday removed Colt
fried FEEDER from his post as active
secretary Of state in the ministry
OF economy and lands set ler lent
commisSariat. An official announce
ment said FEEDER. who ranks high as
an econoic expert. is temporarily
retired on half pay"
, 1934-12-06
Goolsby Files Suit

Art GoolSby has filed suit In
i03rd Dist. Court here seeking
S837.75 from the Camden Fire In
surance association sS a result Of
alleged damages done TO his San
Benito residence and garage by the
hurricane Of September 4 and 5.
Plaintiff contends that the resi-
dence and garage were covered by
a S2.4O0 windstorm and cyclone
policy issued by the defendant.
, 1934-12-06
INITIAL PORT
Continued From Page one

Continued From Page Oncl
Mr.. Gowland stated. and the entire
contract viii consume upward oi
100 days. Weekly payroll IN estimate
cd by GoWland 70 DC around $500.
or approximately $500 per month.
Local Labor % DO Work
With the exception OF one or two
key" men rhe entire force employ
ed will bc composed Oi Brownsville
men. DoWland said.
Work OF laying the water mains
10 the turning basin site will be-
gin az about the same time aS ac-
tual dredging on the Brownsville
channel Is expected 70 start, navi-
cation district officials having been
informed that the dredge Orleans
Is expected 70 begin work on OF
about the 18th Of December.
The dredBe in still at Corpus
Christi undergoing repairs and
changes. the dredging company hav-
ing spent approximately $4,000 in
fitting the Orleans for the task
ahead.
, 1934-12-06
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Dec. 6. -P-U. s.
ID. OF A) - Potatoes. SO, on track
l82, total US shipments 434: dull;
Idaho RuSSets US No /, 1~.50-57i5,
fine quality $50: / a Is Id
sacks l.65.
, 1934-12-06
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-tRt- Cot
ton futures closed steady, 7-l2 low
np
, 1934-12-06
NEW ORLEANS FUTUREs

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. s. Rl-Cot'
ton futures closed steady at net de-
clines Of 9 TO Is points.
Ovaan ufoh TnU Close
, 1934-12-06
n. ", STOCKg

~
NEW YORK, Dec. e.-tPD- The
Stock market was a highly Selective
affair Thursday although the pro-
greSSive trend still appeared 20
predominant.
Trading was quite active IN var
ious groups. The coppers came 70
life for substantial gains and the
aviation and farm machinery divis-
ions improved materially. At the
same time most OF the oldline lead
ers were unable to do anything in
particular, and scattered profit-tak-
ing in the recent outstanding gain
ers tended to restrain squirting pro-
clivities.
The grains quoted down after
their sharp upturn Wednesday and
cotton showed little disposition TO
run away from the rest Of the COM
modities. Bonds were fairly firm.
Foreign exchanges recovered mildly
in terms Of the dollar.
Shares OF National Lead got up
8 points, while Briggs and McKes-
son g. Robbins advanced fractions
to a point. all to new highs tor the
year. Anaconda and Kennecott
Coppers gained around a point each
and Cerro de PaSco. u. s. Smelling
and American Smelling were frac-
tionally higher.
Advances Of fractions TO about a
point we're also shown by Aviation
Corporation. Wright Aeronautical,
Curtis Wright and United Atrtiies.
The railroads and utilities held to a
slim groove. The tobaccos eaSed and
American Telephone. u. 5. Steel.
American Can, American Sugar.
Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck
and DUPONT were moderately be-
ter.
The news was not especially eA-
citing. but most Of 1t was viewed
as optimistic. There were more eX-
ira, special and regular dividends
TO sustain bullish sentiment. The
revival in farm stocks apparently
reflected hopes Of greatly increas-
ed agricultural income.
, 1934-12-06
GRAIN CLOSE

CHICAGO. Dec. 6. Pl-Closine
grain prices Thursday:
Open High Low Close
, 1934-12-06
MARKETS AT A GLANCE

new YORK
Stocks firm; Selectivity marks
active trading.
Bonds irregular; u. q. govern
ments steady.
Curb improved; metals lead ad-
vance.
Foreign exchanges mixed; ster-
ling rallies.
Cotton lower; local and south
ern selling; liquidation.
Sugar steady; less active spot
demand.
Coffee quiet: steady Brazilian
markets.
Chicago
Wheat easy; profit-taking on
advances.
Corn firm; unfavorable weather
prevalent.
Cattle steady and active; top
Se.75.
Hogs active and UP 10 cents;
top $50.
, 1934-12-06

tcontlnued Fron PaEe onrl
, 1934-12-06
PORT WORTH GRAIN

Spot quiet; middling 1910.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
SEE CAMPAIGN ISSUES In NEW
ELECTION BILL

Republican leaders are cycling as
a possible November campaign issue
the Roosevelt-approved Lea-Norris
constitutional amendment to change
the method of electing President
Arguments for and against the
proposal may be shouted in every
State before the year is out Cam
paign issues are pretty scarce
G. o. P. chieftains on Capitol Hill
hope the amendment will be adopted
soon by the House, but fail to get
Senate approval. This would en-
nance it as a talking point in the
congressional elections.
They claim it would give the
southern States too heavy voice
and thus tend to keep a Democratic
President in office.
Representative Lea (D-CaD and
Senator Norris (R-Neb), proposed
to abolish the existing electoral sys-
tenn under which Presidential can
didate who receives majority of
the popular votes in any State gets
all the electoral votes of that State.
The new idea would be to divide
the 531 electoral votes of the nation
in exact proportion to the popular
vote. The division, however, would
not be on a nationwide but State
basis
"Such a SYSTEM" said Represen-
tative Martin, of Massachusetts, one
of the House Republican leaders,
would give the southern Democrat
ic States perpetual control of the
Presidency.
SIN New York, for instance, a man
who now carries that State gets all
of it's At electoral votes. II the unit
rule ceased to prevail, New York,
being really a two-party state, might
give 23 electoral votes to one man
and "a to the other.
Mississippi would come along
and give 8 of its 9 electoral votes, at
least, to one man. The other South
ern states would do the came.
To this argument, Lea replied
that under his proposed system
strong two-party states would be
the general result.
Mississippi might be 80 per cent
Democratic now" Lea argued, "but
it could easily become SO per cent
Republican if the Republicans
thought their votes would figure at
all in a presidential election.
The Republicans would like to
see the House pass it so that in the
coming November congressional
elections they could charge that the
Democrats are seeking to give their
party perpetual control CT the ma
tional government.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
DAIRY HEAD URGES $4,000, 900
OUTLAY FOR SELLING MILK

Approval, opposition and open de-
fiance have been recorded by the ma
TONS dairymen to plan for cur
tailed and controlled dairy produc-
ton.
This proposal, which the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration
drafted as solution to the milk
problem, has met with general ap-
prevail by producers from Indiana,
Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and
Ohio.
Dairymen from Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, North and South Carolina
voiced considerable opposition to
the plan, contending there was no
surplus in their area.
New Jersey has threa .ened court
injunction proceedings against the
act If it is put into use. Mr.. VIM
B. Duryea, state secretary OF agri-
culture for that state, asserted the
cost of the proposed program in
New Jersey would be $6,5OO,0OO and
added:
Somebody will have to pay that,
and it won't be the farmers
Mr.. I. w. Heaps, of Baltimore
secretary manager of the Maryland
State Dairymen's Association, de-
clared that .'if the milk industry de-
cides it wants the AAA milk reduc-
ton plan, we should go all the way"
A substitute proposal for increas-
ed consumption by the expenditure
of $1O,O00,000 in advertising, was
offered in Chicago by Mr.. M. D.
Mum, president of the National
Dairy Council.
He asserted that if every person
in the United States consumed only
half glass of milk more daily,
consumption would be increased 10,-
900, 10000 pounds i'll one year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
AN EDITORS LAMENT

The editor of rural weekly I'M
bosoms himself in the following
way:
Getting out a high class family
journal is no picnic. II I print
jokes, folks say I am silly; if l don't
they say I'm too serious. If 1 pub
lish original matter they say I lack
variety; if / publish things from
other papers they say I'm too lazy
to write. If don't go to church
they say I'm heather; If do go
I'm a hypocrite. If stay in the Of.
fee, I ought to be out rustling the
news; if l rustic for news l am not
attending to business at the office.
If wear old clothes they say I'm a
sloven; if wear new ones they say
I must be making a pile OF money,
or the clothes aren't paid for. What
in thunderation is poor editor to
do anyhow? Like as not somebody
win say l swiped this article from
some other paper. So ! dids"-Ex
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
CLUB EXTENDING
ACTIVITIES.

Another Important forward step
Automobile Club in enlarging the
scope of its territorial activities.
This week witnessed the establish
lshment of Club Office in Washing
ton, D. c., with a trained stasf avail
able for the same character of pub
lie and individual services rendered
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Maryland.
]. Borton Weeks, Presider+ of the
Club, formally opened the new head
quarters at 1928 Connecticut ave.,
N. W., in the National Capital on
Tuesday Preceding the opening
ceremonies, the Clubs entire Motor
Patrol unit was reviewed by District
of Columbia and other prominent
officials in front of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union Building. Presence of
the Patrol in Washington was greet
ed with enthusiastic acclaim by the
motoring public.
Inclusion of Washington in terri
tory served by the Club, Mr.. Weeks
said, is in line with a definite policy
of expansion. 1t is intended to
make the Washington Office a point
of contact for the thousands of mo-
florists from this State who annually
visit the Capital. Members and
their friends are invited to inspect
the quarters, which are equipped
with all the facilities necessary to
successful operation of a modern
automobile club.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13

With reports from all parts OF the
country to the effect that wages and
profits are picking up, and that bus
mess is being stirred from stagnan-
cy by the extraordinary outflow OF
Federal funds, comes the move for
taxes by Congress, in the form of a
10 per cent blanket super tax on all
income taxes for one year. This has
been agreed upon by progressive Re
publicans and ADMINISTRATION
leaders. The Administration gil
gantic spending program has stirred
up the sluggish financial waters of
the whole country with the newt
able backwash of increased taxes to
pay for it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
SAFE WALKING

The Travellers Insurance Company
has issued an interesting report on
the hazards faced by pedestrians on
streets and highways, that deserves
wide notice.
Many of the facts produced are
certainly obvious to anyone who
bothers to think about safe walk
ing" at all-but if the statistics
mean anything, those who have
thought about it are rare. It's OBJ
vious that the safest place for the
pedestrian to cross street IS at an
intersection with the signal-yet
thousands of people were killed last
year because they crossed against
the signal, or went diagonally from
corner to corner, or crossed in the
middle of the block. According to
the Travellers, crossing in the mid
die of the block has 1876 per cent
more chance of resulting in death to
the offender than in crossing prop
erly.
Darkness adds greatly to pedes-
trian hazards, especially along high
ways where cars are moving at high
speeds, when it is often impossible to
see persons dressed in dark clothing
until it's too late to stop or avoid
them. The influence of the seasons
is likewise important-in the first
and last quarters of the year the
rate of pedestrian deaths is rs per
cent greater than in the second and
third quarters.
Safe walking is something the
country needs to learn. Last year
the pedestrian death toll came to
1S,500-a CHASTITY achievement for
and ignorance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
9. G. G. SCHOOL PRoJEcT

In the neighborhood of 100000
young men are now going to school
in the camps of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps Gin comradeship in
guest of knowledge" This school
differs from other schools in that the
pupils can study just about any
thing they like.
Following the appointment of L.
46S teachers to work under the d.
rection of educational advisors in
each army corps area headquarters,
the classes are under way. In one
army corps area report showed
enrollments as indicated for these
subjects:
Botany, 339 men; Citizenship, 47S
men; English 444; Forestry. 2,716;
First Aid, 1896; Personal Hygiene,
2.s16: Surveying. GIG; Zoology,
1853. Also Algebra, Astronomy,
Bookkeeping, Entomology. Geology,
History. Music. Painting. Sociology.
Trigonometry--all these and many
more subjects were taught,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-13
w.
NIGHT
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Md.

Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Md.
The peace of evening falls around,
Another day is done;
And western sky is all aglow,
With golden setting sun.
Now the stars are overhead,
The pale moon sheds her light;
Quietness is all around,
Blessed stiffness of the night.
Night, with tenderness bringing
Repose, and sleep, and rest
Our hearts are filled with warmer
love,
We long to do our best.
Night, the falling curtains,
Ger the restless sea of life;
The conflicts all forgotten,
With the warfare and the strife