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, 1935-11-06

Secretary Hulls recent note to Geneva. explaining
to the League OF Nations the American position on
export OF munitions and other commodities to Italy,
is apparently somewhat disappointing to the league.
At any rate. the italian papers praise ii as a sign OF
Americas refusal to join in the imposition Of sane
tons on Italy. and in Paris government officials are
said to feel that the note lodged the Issue.
This ought to be pretty fair evidence that from
the American viewpoint the note Is thoroughly salts
factory. The American people have not the slightest
intention Of taking sides in the present quarrel
II their government follows that policy. IL will pain
certain nations which would like our help. And so.
il Mr.. Hulrs note disappoints Geneva and Paris
well. that very fact indicates that it is pretty well In
line with what the American people want.
, 1935-11-06
Mark the Highways

Valley paved roads. in spite OF safety campaigns,
continue their unmarked condition, leaving it en-
tirely to the motorist to estimate as he whirls along
the road, Just where the line is that divides his half
from the half Of the other fellow.
A white line down the center Of our asphalt topped
roads, a black line down the center OF our concrete
roads, and a very considerable help has been given
to the motorist who tries to avoid accidents.
Especially to the night driver Is this line OF as
sistance, enabling him TO keep his course In spite OF
binding lights and other distractions.
We again suggest to our county authorities that
they can be Of prime assistance in a practical man
ner, If they will but buy a few cans Of paint and get
busy.
, 1935-11-06
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, 1935-11-06

the Jewish girl. When the meet was finished ! was
sitting with the Jewish girl when a crowd gathered
around US and Kissed her and called her names. It
was some time before the crowd cleared away"
Those in charge OF our participation in the next
olympics, due to be held in Germany, might well
ponder over that anecdote. There probably win be
Jewish athletes on our olympic team. Do we care to
send them to a land where they will be given that
kind Of insulting treatment?
, 1935-11-06

numbered for suite tEo-whero
Cunderson said Doctor lockers
lived-bore no ZANE.
Larry prctruded his lower LIP
as he peered az n: then, briskly,
he jabbed the button to the num-
Der two suite
There was q moment of silence
Then. from the speaking tube
came a gruK voice. who's Nf"
This An Markus." said Larry.
Another silence: then q grunt
from the speaking tube. and the
lock 20 the inner door clicked.
Matthews had been waiting, and
at the nrst click he jerked IL open
The three men strobe down q
short hall. went mp q flight Of
stairs, and came TO q door With
n brass number -" on its upper
panel. They waited, and the door
opened-just q erack-and u yei-
lowish eye cleaned out at them
NUNDERSON had one massive
- foot againg: the wood. and
the effort to slam the door was
unsuccessful. Gunderson bent and
pushed, and the door few inward
with violence. Larry and Mat
thews dashed IN. I'm time 20 Q
a spare, gray-haired man I'm O
rusty brown dressing gown 30
spinning across the little foyer,
Impelled by the force with which
Gunderson had thrust nc the door.
The man colHded with the wall
with q thHd and stood leaning
against Il. looking sideways at
them, n arm raised 70 ward OF
a blow. one hand in q side pocket
Of his dressing gown He had q
dull. pasty color 70 his skin and
his eyes had an unpleasant yellow
ish tinge In the whites: his face
was deeply lined from the nostrils
to the OF the mouth. and
there was N mixture of fear and
defiance I'm his look
watch hint" snapped Mat
thews: and at the same moment
Gunderson's hand shot out. seized
the man by the forearm and gave
him q jerk that spun him across
to the other side of the foyer. A
small automatic few out Of the
hand which had been in the dress
ing gown pocket Larry pounced
on 1t, while Gunderson pounced
on the man like a terrier seiEing
a rat. slammed him heavily
against the wall. and pinned him
there with his huge hands.
A lock OF gray hair. Iank and
greasy. fell down over the mans
forehead. He glared at his cap
tors. painting.
What is this?" he asked. "a
stick-up-or n pinch7"
"A pinch" said Matthews dryly.
Tipping back n lapel 90 show his
badge The man looked nc it and
gave what might have been N sigh
OF relief: and Larry suddenly real
ized that this renegade doctor prob
ably lived In greater terror OF some
Of the underworld folk who made
up his clientele than Of the Law
which he so consistently dehed.
He held out the warrant where
the man could read IT,
This Is a federal pinch" be said.
Want to talk TO us here. or down
town."
Doc lockers read the warrant,
then looked up with q eontemptu-
GUS curl on his lips.
Talk he said scornfully. It'll
take more'n a piece OF paper like
that 10 e me talking"
~Have It your way" said Mat
thews calmly. But. brother. you'll
be talking and talking plenty be
fore you see the last OF MS"
Doe Jeckers gave him q sour
look Says you" he leered.
Ito BE ContInuedD
, 1935-11-06
BarbS

San Francisco organization
launches campaign TO populari1e
fingerprintS. The wall paper Of to-
day may be the album Of tomorrow.
Those Montana earth tremors sug-
gest that Stepin Fetchit could find
an ideal job in a Helena tavern,
mixing cocktails.
Right now, in public interest. the
Shapespeare talkie Is giving way 10
another OF his plays; around right or
left end for Notre Dame.
Prince Of Wales now collecting
planes, instead Of ponies. It viii
require a bit Of patience TO sub
stitute the three-point fer the
shoulder-blade landing.
We won't believe New York Is
getting anywhere with It's a~nti-noiSe
campaign until someone complains
OF the nerve-shattering racket from
Grants Tomb.
Now that Ethiopians are letting
their gowns grow dirty for camou-
flage purposes, the war evidently
IS one Of black shirts versus black
nightshirts.
, 1935-11-06
Photographs

Love birds" Is a popular name
given to many diminutive parrots
Of various genera and even Of diff
ferent familiGS. They receive their
name on account of the affection
which they display toward each
other both In a wild state and when
confined in cages.
The watt was adopted by act OF
congress, July II, 1894. to define the
legal units OF electrical measure in
the United States. following recon-
m%endations of the Chicago Inter-
national Electrical congress, in 1893.
, 1935-11-06
Dinner Stories
WRONG THAT TIME

A steward stood at the gangway Of
a big liner, and as he stood there he
kept shouting for the benefit OF the
arriving passengers:
First class to the right Second
class to the leftl"
A young woman stepped daintily
aboard with a baby in her arms. AS
she hesitated before the steward he
bent over her and said, in his chiv-
alrous way:
First or second?"
"Ohl" said the girl, her face as
red as a rose. "Oh, dear, neither
I'm only the nurse"
, 1935-11-06

Stella Walsh, one Of the most talented women ath-
letes Of the day, Is travelling in America now. The
other day she told about track meet in Dresden.
Germany, in which she competed last summer. One
Of the five young women on the Polish team was
Jewish. Miss Walsh describes what happened:
The German women refused at first 10 parade
around the stadium before the contest because OF
, 1935-11-06

Chicago. But one Oe the agents.
who had formerly served ~ q mar
cote squad oficer with the Treas
ury Department had contacted 81
weak. sniveEing little cocaine adj
dict, q hanger-on on the frtnges
Of Chicago's gangland: and this
man had told him something that
might Just possibly. be impor-
tanL.
There was In Chicago n doctor
named Jeckers: n twisted and cor
rupted man who had been barred
from practice and sent 70 prison.
some years before. for selling
morphine to & dope peddler. On
his release from prison Jeckers
had specialized N underworld
practice. He would treat . gun
shot wound for a gangsteT. and
see that news OF Il did not reach
the police: or he would perform
a face-lifting operation for d
criminal who did not care 10 be
recognized; or, In short. he would
do any OF the innumerable little
Jobs that the underworld could
not safely get done NJ the hands
Of reputable physicians.
The little cocaine addict knew
Jeckers-who, as Il happened,
was an addict himself: and he
had learned that Jeckers. a night
or two previous. had been called
to n North Side apartment TO treat
a gunshot wound.
That was all there was 20 the
information: but Gunderson, the
agent who had obtained II,
thought IL q promising lead. and
Larry readily agreed with him.
He asked Gunderson where Jeck-
ers could be reached.
y figured you'd want TO know.
10 I got IL out OF this eokey while
I was talking with him." Gunder-
son said "Jeckers has n little
apartment up on North Dearborn.
a dozen blocks beyond the river:
has his ONCE In his apartment.
and seldom goes out The num-
ber's 3527-suite two, on the sec
ond floor. You ring the bell. and
you don't get in unless you say.
This is Markus.' up the speaking
tSbe."
A ND so, nc 10 o'clock on a bright
= summer morning, ave United
States government oficers-Larry
Glenn with his two assistants
from Dover. and Matthews and
Gunderson OF the Chicago office
drove out North Dearborn street
to pay q call on Doctor Jeckers.
Larry had with him a hastily OBJ
tanned warrant charging the doc
tor with harboring a fugitive.
They drove past the $500 block.
turned 10 the right, and parked
on a side street just or North
Dearborn
"Just Am case" said Larry.
someone ought 10 watch the
rear. Tony. suppose you slip up
bu1b 1AACy@oGbB AB AnG GniLQ
house. u he tries TO come out
the back way. collar him. You
won't know him when you see
him. Of course. but collar anybody
that tries 20 slip out. Maybe Ard
better 90 with you. The three Of
us ought to be enough for the
front way"
Peters and LaRocco strolled up
the alley. TO stop nonchalantly nc
a gate In n dilapidated wooden
fence. The other three walked
around the corner to North Dear
born and went down the sidewalk
to the house
The three agents went up the
steps. pulled open q massive. time
stained door. and entered n small
lobby, with the usual letter boxes
and eall-buttons on one marble
wall Larry bent TO inspect the
names ON the boxes. The one
, 1935-11-06

Much nonsense Is being talked Of the need OF GER
tain nations to expand. Both ITALY and Germany
could support their present populations in comfort
under a sane economic system. - Lord Strabolgi. war
time British naval leader.
, 1935-11-06

-
JEAN DUNN. secretary 90 DON
AID MONTAGUE. lawyer, delays
her nsweF when BOBBY WAL
LACE, automobile salesman. asks
her 90 marry him.
AZ The Gslden Feather night
club she meets SANDY HAIR
KINS whose bunlness eonnectfon
u vague. sandy introduces H06by
and Jean To- q MR. and MRS.
LEWIS. Bobby sells a0me b@mds
for Iewtm, who buys q emr.
LARRY GLENN, federal agent,
IN trailing WINGT LEWIS. bank
FobheF. He learna about the bond
Transaction and questions Bobby.
The bonds were stoIen- Larry De-
Ifeven the cmF Lewis Sought IN
armOred. Bobby undertakes 90
End out.
sandy ome % see her and che
agrees 90 q ecr engagement.
The bank ~ which her father IN
president In robbed. Larry starts
a search for the Robbers.
Jeans employer tells her sandy
some distance away He las
papers 20 send 60 sandy ana Jean
departs with them. Eve Lewis
takes her 60 the farmhouse
where sandy and tine Lewisea nv
staying.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORx
CHAPTER XXI
CLowLY. step by laborious step.
~ the federal men followed q
dim trail across the middle west.
Larry Glenn and his two aides,
Tony LaRocco and Al Peters. went
up the national pike from the vii
lage OF Maplehurst like blood
hounds on a trail. asking ques-
tions and displaying little rogues'
gallery pictures everywhere-in
restaurants. filling stations. drug
stores, hotels. garages. barbecue
stands. anywhere that the fleeing
robbers might have stopped.
And at last. By slow stages,
their trail led them toward Chi
cago. II was not G clear trail:
but, M Larry pointed out the
fugitives had a wounded man
with them. and their first thought
would be TO get him to u doctor.
Obviously-since, as the federal
men had satisfied themselves. they
had not taken him 70 any doctor
along the way-they were head
ing for some doctor whom they
knew we'll. some renegade physi-
clan who lived on the fringe o.
the underworld and could be
trusted lot to give them away.
II was logical 10 guess that they
expected 10 find such a man IN
Chicago.
So. since the trail pointed
toward Chicago anyway, the three
man-hunters gave up their comb
ing OF intervening cities and
towns and headed straight for the
metropolis.
Arriving there. tkey went al
once to the Chicago Offices OF the
Department Of Justice. where
Matthews. the agent in charge OF
the departments Chicago division,
had had his men out for two days
trying TO find out II any stool
pigeon or tipster had heard any
thing OF the Jackson gangs here
abouts.
MATTHEWS had two pieces Of
NA information for Larry.
The first. not of immediate i'm
p~ortance. came from Washington.
The hngerprints Larry's men had
got from the window OF the
M~aplehurst b & hngerprintE
left there by the wounded gang
ster. who had steadied himself
momentarily BY pressing his hand
against the glass-had been iden.
tilted In the departments hles
They we're those OF Sandy Har-
kins, who vas now. by that identi.
hcation. definitely branded as q
member OF the Jackson gang.
The second bit OF information
was this:
Matthews men had not found
any trace OF the Jackson gang I'm
, 1935-11-06
Hugh runs to- Mules

Some " o believe General John
son is trying to devour the Demo-
cratic donkey whether he means
70 or not recall that Johnson was
sponsored for West Point IS years
ago BY an Oklahoma politician
known as "Eat-a-Mule' Callahan.
Callahan was a Populist and was
elected on a Polulist-D Democratic
ticket as a territorial delegate to
congress. The big issue vas free
land for settlers and Callahan ran
for office promising that II he didn't
get free land he would "eat a mule"
So when Callahan didn't get a free
land bill through and came to the
political convention expecting TO be
, 1935-11-06
o. X. On Lewis X. o.

An hour after President John L.
Lewis Of the United Mine Workers
had punched President William L.
Hutcheson of the Carpenters Union
at the A. r. Of l.. convention. the
miners leader received q telegram
from a member OF the Carpenters
Union In Kansas City, Mo. II simp-
IN said:
Sock him again"
, 1935-11-06

BY FREDERIC J. HAsKM I
A reader can Est the answer 90 any
question OF fact by writing Thn
Brownsville Herald. InfurmAtaan
Bureau. Frederick j. HMakin. Dlrec-
tor. Washington. II. ~. Please un-
close three t3D Cents fur reply.
, 1935-11-06
All Organs Affected
In Heart Disease
By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor. Journal Of the American Medical Association
and Of Hygeia. the Health Magazine
, 1935-11-06
Correctly Speaking


The common interjection Is spelled
"oh."
, 1935-11-06

Words Of Wisdom
He who knows how TO dissimulate
knows how TO reign.-Vicenttus Lu-
panuS.
, 1935-11-06


The unit has been summary
abolished, with the explanation that
its work might irritate monopolists,
coercers and predatory competitors.
The abolition is traced TO Major
George Berry. n Of NRA's bosses.
who will have a convention Of bust
ness men to get ideas as TO new
NRA legislation and apparently
doesn't want TO hurt anybody's feel
ings.
Borah, In his fight TO make mo-
nopoly a republican issue, undoubt-
edly will make use OF this quaint
incident. Especially IL he gets hold
Of reports Of investigators who
scratched surfaces for two weeks in
New York, Philadelphia. Newark.
Hartford and Boston before they
were called off.
Under direction Of Thomas W.
Holland, an attorney and ex-pro-
fessor OF economies at Rutgers. in
v~estigators went interviewing bust
ness men themselves as to practices
OF competitors, customers. and cor
porations from whom they bought.
The business men proved eager TO
talk. Price-fiXing. discriminatory
prices. b~oycotts. monopolistic op-
preSsions, and an infinite variety OF
other unfair methods, mostly in vio-
lation Of antitrust laws, YER quick
ly turned up.
Then Holland, submitting a three
month program for such research.
found his men hadn't been supposed
10 be contracting business men az all
and that his unit must disband at
once.
SO the business mans own story Of
what he is up against among his own
kind will not be told.
, 1935-11-06
Behind the
Scenes i'm
Washington
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
The Brownsville Herald Washington
Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. The
mystery as TO what NRA Is doing
may be considered partially solved.
It's making campaign material for
Senator Borah.
One may be neutral in the argu-
ment whether NRA's post-Schechter
activity as a great research project
code histories. post-code studies,
and whatnot is valuable, or wheth-
er NRA Is merely paving through
its o n files to no particular pur-
pose.
But the fact that MIRA, which was
instructed by law TO prevent monop-
olies and has often been accused Of
fostering monopolies. is spending
millions Of dollars on business and
post-mortem research without max
ing any study az all OF monopoly has
struck the few persons who realize
this as most bizarre.
Several weeks ago a unit was or
ganized TO study the evils Of monop-
oily. coercion OF business. and preda-
tory competition. It's dozen lawyers
and economists were told to find out
whether codes had bred monopoly.
whether they had resulted in coer-
cion. and whether the monopolists.
c%oercers, and predatory competitors
were now doing their stuff without
legal sanction.
, 1935-03-18
Tax Collection Sense

Willacy county is getting in the money on defin-
Quent taxes.
Just by the application of the same sort Of busi-
ness sense that leads a firm to compromise with a
debtor in the hope Of getting something that is owed.
Wflacy county is getting IN the money.
And taxpayers who were delinquent are getting a
clean slate. and have been given new hope Of their
ability to work out.
Winacy county commissioner court agreed to a
series Of friendly suits in connection with its at
tempts to gather in the taxes long since past due.
and when the suits came up agreed to a 10 per cent
settlement, figuring that 40c is a good deal better
than no money at all. The county also figured that
by all rights the amount Of the delinquent taxes
should be cut down, that those owing should be
given a break. that it is a good deal better to have
property owners free from debt and able to 60 ahead
with their business than to have the state and coun-
ty own all of the land in sight.
So the compromise was worked out. the county
treasurer has more money than its Golfers have held
for many a day. and many a taxpayer and property
owner is feeling a whole lot better.
Ne understand that the Lyford Independent
School district is following the same tactics with a
proportionate amount Of success.
The scheme is evidently practicable. and is emf
nently sensible and sane.
We commend it to other political subdivisions in
the Valley for serious consideration.
, 1935-03-18
Baseball i'm Russia

Not the least interesting Of recent dispatches from
Russia In the announcement that the American game
Of baseball is beginning to take hold in the land Of the
Soviets.
Already q national baseball league has been found
ed. Nine principal cities have organized teams. and
eight more are being organized in Moscow. A base
ball department" has been established In the S-
preme physical culture department. and the game Is
being introduced into the Red army.
It would be instructive to learn just why baseball
catches on in some countries and not in others. II has
swept Japan like wildfire. for instance; It B as
popular in Cuba as in the United States and Canada
and it is making headway in other Latin American
lands.
But Russia Is the only European country. TO date
to 20 for II. Why should this be? Certainly such
countries as Japan. America. Cuba, and Russia have
little in common How come they all share a fond
ness for baseball?
, 1935-03-18

ent sstup because "ths government
borrows from TIA bank money It
doesn't have: pays interest on ths
credit thus established on govern
ment books in the banks favor. and
finally pays back TO ths bank money
It never received-"
Confidence-Senator Gerald Nye
of North Dakota told an enthusiast
tic audience that the governments
big mistake was made when 1t didn't
take the banks ove completely back
In March 1888. Nye agreed that the
government Is now paying the toll
for borrowing its own credit and as
serted the way out was TO borrow
our own money and pay the toll TO
the United States"
Generally recognized an leader OF
the senate initiation bloc, Senator
Elmer Thomas Of Oklahoma vowed
that all the banks In the country
could be searched and shaken with
out producing more than $1,000
100000 in cash. Yet he said they
hold sc. 900. 200. 900 in deposits
which can be regarded only as
confidence money
Another initiation leader, former
Senator Robert l.. Owen OF Okla
homa. said the Bernie Baruch de-
preston clinic" was the principal
obstacle TO solving vi monetary
problem.
Relief-Senator Sheppard put IN a
little resolution the other day that
nay result in N windfall of SIS. 00O.-
900 TO citizens Of Texas who have
clsims against Mexico for bandit
raids. The resolution contemplates
compensation by the United States
to an amount OF the difference be-
tween what will be collected from
Mexico and 'the amount found TO be
properly due"
A precedent has been found for
payment by the United States for
damages perpetrated by Mexican
raiders.
Claimants base rosy hopes on the
fact that the Vice President halls
from Texas and may be supposed
10 have a sympathetic interest In
their caSes-including that OF VIII
liam Randolph Hearst.
Franked-The high pressure Huey
Long has various and sundry foes
but he is al least sale from Red
baiters. The Louisiana Kingfish
writes his mail in patriotic red.
white and blue-and he has plenty
Of mail to answer.
In blue ink on white background
Long has had a form letter printed
which announces he received 1882
, 1935-03-18
Working For 30 Feet Of Water

Action Of the Brownsville Navigation commission
in preparing in earnest for the hearing which viii
decide the recommendation of the Army engineers
for or against 30 feet OF water for the Brownsville
port is sensible and in line with the f~arsiehted
policy displayed to date by those who have been in
charge OF our port destinies.
With 80 feet of water the Brownsville port will be
able to accommodate any ship that may desire en-
trance to our harbor. will have the same water
depth as Houston. and will start off on a par With
the great ports Of the nation in that particular
respect as 1t will start off on par with them as far
as terminal facilities are concerned.
No effort should be spared to enable the Browns
vile district to present a convincing brief to the
Army engineers when the hearing is held.