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Evening star., 1935-01-04
JOBLESS CONGRESS
MEETS TOMORROW
Unemployment Group Charges
New Deal Has Failed to
Solve Crisis.

Charging that "the New Deal has
failed to solve the crisis for the mil
lions Of unemployed and part-time
workers." the National Congress for
Unemployment and Social Insurance
will open a three-day session here
tomorrow. It's expressed objective will
be to unite all organizations in a
drive for adoption Of system "of
genuine unemployment and social in
surance" by the Federal Government.
Advance notices declare nearly 5000
delegates from labor unions, profes-
sional. fraternal and unemployed or
carnations will attend. Miss Mary
Van Kleeck, economist and sociolo-
gist, will be one of the first-day
speakers.
Evening star., 1935-01-04

party's candidate last November for
Governor. He is chief executive ON
Ger Of the Bridge Authority.
shortly after was appointed TO
the Iri-borough Authority and be-
gan to reorganize it last February,
Secretary Ickes asked Mayor La
Guardia to get me of the Tri-borough
Authority on the ground that I was
not friendly to the recovery program
at Washington" Moses said.
Mayor La Guardia said he would
"think over" the Ickes order.
Evening star., 1935-01-04
U. S. TO JOIN PARLEY

DIR. Isador Lubin Named Dele
gate to Geneva Labor Meeting.
The United States will be repre-
sented officially for the first time at
the January 20 meeting Of the gov
erning body Of the International La
Dor Organization in Geneva.
DR.. Isador Lubin, commissioner Of
labor statistics of the Labor Depart
ment, has been named as the Amer.
ican delegate.
Evening star., 1935-01-04
P. w. A. FUND THREAT
RAPED BY MOSES
New York Park Commissioner
Says 1ckes Seeks His Custer
by Withholding Grant.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January IA threat
ened Withholding of P. w. A. funds
for the Tri-borough Bridge brought
from Robert Moses, park commits
sioner and a member of the Bridge
Authority, the statement last night
that at seems to be assumed
this order is aimed at me personally"
An order by Harold l.. Ickes, public
works administrator, issued December
26, was made public, revealing that
P. w. A. funds would not be advanced
for municipal projects If any member
of the governing body holds public
ONCE under the municipality.
Moses Is q Republican and was his
Evening star., 1935-01-04

welt, as sponsor for the submarine
Shark.
The Navy Department said the
Shark is slated to be launched March
IS at the plant of the Electric Boat
Co. New London Ship g. Engine
Works at Groton, Conn. The Shark Is
the first submarine to be launched
under the national industrial recovery
act, which was approved June 16,
1893.
Evening star., 1935-01-04
SPONSOR ANNOUNCED

Miss Eleanor Roosevelt Chosen
to Christen Submarine.
Secretary Swanson yesterday an
nounced he has designated Miss Flea
nor Katharine Roosevelt, daughter Of
Assistant Secretary Henry L. Roose-
, 1935-08-16
LABOR UNION
TO Be FORMED


Steps for formation Of q redera-
ton OF Union Labor. associated with
the American Federation OK Labor.
are being taken hers following two
organization meetings held mt the
Cameron county courthouse.
Rob Robertson. secretary OF tho
Valleys Central Labor Union. n tax
ing the necessary steps for forma-
ton or the group. and On temporary
organization Is expected 70 be set UP
~ a third meeting to be held We'd
nesday night.
The Federation OF Union Labor
will cover all classes OF craftsmen.
and later its members viii be urg-
ed TO form local unions for their
respective crafts. III is likely that N
local chapter OF the International
Longshoremen's Association win be
among the first formed.
Local workers began the move
ment for unionizatiun about three
weeks ago when they felt that they
were not obtaining their share Of
work in this section. They wanted TO
organize IN order 90 prevent union
wOrkmen being imported I'm the
Valley for jobs which must be con-
tracted to unions.
Approximately zoo workers attend
Ell the second meeting which was
held nc the courthouse Wednesday
night.
, 1935-08-16
STATE RESTS
MURDER CASE
Suicide Drops Gun When
Bullet Enters Brain,
Criminologist Says

GAINESVILLE. Aug. Is R1-The
state rested Thursday in the murder
trial OF Mrs. Ethel johnson OF Dali
las after the examination Of its 18th
witness.
George Lacy, a Houston crimtn-
ologist, was the last state witness.
He testified that ordinarily when q
person shoots himself In the brain he
drops the gun free. Mrs. Bernice
Davenport ~Blankenship, Mrs. john
sons 19-year-old daughter-tn-law
with whose Staying she Is charged,
was found with her hand lightly cup
ped over a SO calibre pistol. other
witnesses testified.
Mrs. Lois Anderson CT Antelope,
wife of q foster grandson Of George
Meddick, the defendants father,
testified she was at the Meddick
ranch inpCoryell county the day Mrs.
Blankenship and her husband, Joe
Dean BlankenShip we're killed. She
said she went to the store with Mrs.
johnson, Mrs. Meddick and Joe
Dean Blankenship.
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Blankenship left them, and return
ed TO the house. She said that 1t
was five or ten minutes later that
Mrs. Johnson was heard coming from
the house screaming. On cross-ex-
animation, she said the defendant
was grief stricken.
Mrs. Thee Jensen Of Temple, s
sister Of the defendants former
husband, Jim B~lankenship. testified
that Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dean Blank
enship visited in her home q short
time before the tragedy. and that
they appeared very a~ffectionate and
as happy as any couple she had ever
seen.
Defense attorneys asked If her
brother, the defendants former hus-
band, had not gone "all cver the
country" getting evidence against
Mrs. johnson. She denied this. On
cross-examination. she said he made
several trips to Austin, San Angelo
and wichita Falls.
Ben Thompson said the gun found
IN Mrs. Blankenship's hand was q
SO caliber pistol. Defense attor-
neys produced a gun which the wit
ness said was not the one he exam
ined after the shooting.
Mrs. johnson maintained her
usual calm during the closing part
Of the states testimony.
, 1935-08-16
SURVEY BEGINS
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share Of the cost for the survey.
which Is expected TO amount TO $2.-
500. The remainder will be borne by
the department. II Is understood that
Atascosa and McMullen Counties
have already financed and complet-
ed an aerial survey Of the proposed
highway route through those two
counties.
At the present time, T1lden Is the
only county seat town CT any South
Texas county which IS not on q
paved state highway and McMullen
county Is the only county in south
Texas which does not have q mile OF
paved state highway within its boun-
diaries.
The proposed route of State High
way 81, already temporarily design
ated from Rio Grande City to Heb
bronville. thus far has not included
san Diego, county seat OF Duval
county, although a long stretch CT
the highway will traverse western
Duval, San Diego Is located In the
eastern section Of the county and Is
already linked with Laredo. Corpus
Christi and San Antonio by State
Highways II. 128 and 66.
State Highway 81 Is already paved
from San Antonio through Jourdan-
ton to a point near the Atascosa-
McMullen counties line and Is tenn
porarily designated. according to re-
cent highway maps, through the
northwestern corner Of McMullen
county 20 Fowlerton. near the La
sale McMullen counties line.
Work on the highway win be d.
rected through the office Of j. w.
pickett Of Pharr. chief engineer for
Division II OF the department. Ster-
ling II. Dietz will be In charge Of
the reconnaissance survey 10 be start
ed Monday.
, 1935-08-16
MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Aug. Is. P-The
stock market displayed no great
amount OF vigor Friday. either In dips
or rallies, but a steady undertone was
apparent alter a rather nervous
opening.
Scattered issues were pushed I'D
moderately while others slipped back
a shade under renewed proiit-taking.
The activities was not pronounced.
Marketwise. the general run Of news
was unimpressive.
Commodities, including wheat.
corn and cotton. showed no definite
trend. Bends Just about held their
own. Some OF the gold currencies
reacted In foreign exchange trans
actions. Sterling was heavy.
Advances off ractions TO around
a point were recorded by shares of
N. Y. Central. Santa re, Union Pa
ciflc, III. 5. Semtling. American
Smelling. Phelps Dodge, Kennecott,
Anaconda. Budd My. Thatcher
Mfg, Fairbanks Morse. Hayes Body,
Servel. Bethlehem. National Distill-
ers. Consolidated Gas and American
Water Works. Among loser Of as
much were American Telephone,
American Can. u. =. Steel, Chrysler.
General Motors. Du Pont. Westing-
house and Johns Manville.
, 1935-08-16
DIVIDENDS PAY.
AGAIN
$4,000 900 Paid Out To
Stockholders In Past
IS Business Days

NEW YORK. Aug. IS. R9-Divi-
dend payments representing a net
balance Of more than $4,000. 900 have
been made to stockholders in "a
selected corporations In the last IS
business days.
The compilation. prepared by the
Associated Press statistical depart
ment. showed favorable action on
the dividend rate by 80 organiza-
tons and unfavorable action by two.
Favorable decisions by directors
included payments under the head
ings Of extra dividends, increases in
the regular rate. resumption OF pay
ments after passing One or more
dates when dividend action was due,
and the payment Of an initial divi-
dend.
The total involved In favorable
actions. minus the funds affected by
unfavorahle decisions. vas $34.995,-
ITO.
The two firms listed as making
unfavorable action omitted their
regular payment.
The leader in the list was General
Motors Corporation. which declared
an extra dividend OF rs cents a com
mon share and increased its regulate
rate from Is to 50 cents quarterly.
Stockholders received checks
amounting to S21 1886. 900.
The organizations In the survey
were selected from a lke Of 152 Dr.
porations which have taken divi-
dend action in the last IS business
days. IN the larger list. 129 actions
were favorable and ~ unfavorable.
1t has been pointed out by analy-
SITS. however. that the trend for ma
jor companies Is not to be construed
as typical OF American industry as a
whole.
, 1935-08-16
Plane Plunges so
Feet When Motor
Fails on Take off
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OUHIIHuVu 1NI q OTVT
The inspectors, however, lack jurisdiction to act, as the
accident did not occur on a regular airline, and the plane
was privately owned.
AS soon as word Of the death of the two men was re-
ceived President Roosevelt, a good friend of Rogers and
Post, was informed by The Associated Press.
Rogers had been especially anxious to get to Barrow,
the small settlement ii miles from where Point Barrow
juts into the Arctic ocean, for he wanted to chat with
Charles Brewer, known throughout Alaska as the king
of the Arctic"
Brewer has lived 81 years within the Arctic circle. He
operates a trading post and whaling station at Barrow.
The plane in which the Oklahomans went to their
sudden death was a new one, having been constructed at
Burbank, Calf, especially for the Alaska-Siberian flight.
1t was of a distinctive model, of low-wing construction,
resembled the plane used by Col. and Mrs. Charles
"A. Lindbergh in their 1881 flight to Japan and their 1888
across the North and South Atlantic.
, 1935-08-16

In addition TO receiving and
handling applications for WPA
funds. williams win act as super
vising engineer On any works prof.
eets in the Valley which use funds
from this administration.
He explained the, plan Of proceed
Ire and the rules under which
loans will be made at a meeting at
the brownsville Chamber OF Com
rerce Guiding Friday morning. At
the meeting were County Judge
oscar c. Dancy, Manager c. L.
Hunter OF the Fl Jardin irrigation
district. I. B. Maher of the Browns
vile school district. q. G. Richard
son Of the chamber Of commerce,
and others.
No applications have been receiv-
ed vet. williams said. but some
were discussed &C the meeting. Road
work in Cameron county Is under
consideration.
A large number OF projects, the
estimated total cost OF which Is
nore than a million dollars, are
Iisted already with the wPA
through the old PwA setup. and
application on most Of them are
Expected 10 be flied with Nj. VII
kanaB here. .
IN making the loans the federal
kx1vernment win require practically
"a same form Of security as 1t did
~ khe pWA loans. However, the
~rast win Be much larger. For in
&fanca where q district or NUM-
ripaiIty has SS5,O00 in bonds and
Theae bonds are accepted by the
yUpA. that organization would ed-
varce $45 900 to the district as q
one requirement Is that a certain
nercentage OF the total. about 81
5er cent, must be spent on labor,
NJ. williams pointed out.
Any municipality in the Valley
desiring TO apply for q loan Is asked
~ ret ia touch with williams.
, 1935-08-16
Bullets Kill Two

TAYLOR. Aug. 16=P-Two men
we're dead Friday as the result OF
a gun fight Thursday over turkeys.
Pink Rolf was killed and Jones
Allen wounded fatally in the fight
on the Allen farm near Beaukiss In
tie eastern portion OF Williamson
county. Allen died Friday.
Hugh Allen. father OF Jones. was
quoted By officers as saying that
Rolf had accused his son last week
u stealing turkeys. Young Allen
denied the accusation.
, 1935-08-16
Wreck Injuries Eight

SYRACUSE. N. Y. Aug. l6.-tR
Eight persons we're injured. four
seriously, when two automobiles
collided west OF Navarino on the
Cherry Valley turnpike Thursday
night. The injured we're.
Mrs. Ora Ehrhart, 60. Rochester,
w. Y, possible fracture OF skull,
Mrs. Aida Stillman, Oil City. Pa.
fractured knee: Col. z. d. Critics.
Fort Worth. Tex, severe head in
juries; Mrs. Z. ID. Critics. Fort
Worth. bruised and head injuries:
Nedra Fish. Dick Harrell and Frank
williams, all Of Fort Worth. minor
injuries: Grace Davidson. T1tusville,
Pa, head injuries, cut ami bruised.
, 1935-08-16
Utilities Compromise
Efforts Are Failure

Compromise offers submitted by
house and senate conferees on the
public utility bill failed Friday in
another vain effort TO get together
on the provision for compulsory
abolition Of unnecessary" holding
companies.
Senator Wheeler D-Mont). insist
ing upon some form OF dissolution
Of surplus holding companies. as
serted. however. that prospects for
agreement were "a little brighter"
The conferees spent two hours IN
debate over compromise proposals
and broke UP subject to q call for a
meeting Monday.
, 1935-08-16
WAS BAD WEATHER EXPERT

The territory south of Barrow in which the crash oc-
Cured is tundra land. 1t is generally devoid of bodies
of water large enough to accommodate the landing Of a
plane.
Before Morgan's last message was received Lew Par
menter, an aviation mechanic of Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, expressed the opinion that Post must have ex-
perienced motor trouble or some other mechanical diff
ficulty while flying through the fog-banked area.
, 1935-08-16
Kingfish To Oppose
Robinson, Harrison

NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-lP-Sena-
tor Long Of Louisiana Thursday
declared his intention Of opposing
.Cr reelection Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, OF Arkansas, democratic
leader OF the senate. and Senator
Pat Harrison. OF Mississippi.
They've been there all their
lives and the people never got
anything out OF them" he said In
an interview.
, 1935-08-16
Bride Found Slain;
Husband Is Sought

LORAIN, O.. Aug. 15.-Pl- "A
warrant charging first degree mur
der was issued Thursday for Joseph
Meluch. rs. whose 81 year old bride,
Dorothy, was found with her skull
crushed In her bedroom.
Meluch disappeared Wednesday
afternoon. several hours before rel
atives discovered the body.
Police Captain High Riley said a
brother OF the missing husband,
Paul, l3. discovered the body. His
sister. Margaret. had sent him TO
call the bride of six weeks to supper.
, 1935-08-16
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. is. Up
After opening from ! to 6 points
lower cotton futures Friday rallied
a few points and were holding ar
rowly around previous closing prices
during the early trading.
Net gains averaging a dollar a
bale we're marked up by active
months during the morning trading
as more confidence was shown by
traders in the prediction that the
government would make a 12-cent
loan announcement before the
week ends.
October advanced tot 1i.50 On the
movement while December az ii 80.
March at 11.l8 and July at 1898
made good sized gains.
Trading picked up momentum on
the advance and active dealings
characterized the first half Of the
session.
, 1935-08-16
CITY BRIEFS

Flowers for Gil occasions. Los
Ebanos Greenhouse Company. Phone
1888 Adv.
yellow Cab-Phone 1oSs.-Adv.
City Ordinance requires covered
garbage cans. Buy them at Cara
Hardware.-Adv.
New and used automatic and 9TH
er pistob-Phsllips Hardware, san
Benito. Texass-Adv.
, 1935-08-16

Post was an excellent bad wealth.
er flier." Parmenter said. THAT is.
bad weather couldn't stop him. and
he flew expertly in bad weather as
In good. For that reason I think he
probably got engine trouble or scme-
thing, and had to come down to a
landing. then found there was no
water on which to land"
Mrs. Post. the flier's widow, was
told OF the accident at Ponca City,
Okla. to which city she went a day
or two ago to avoid publicity atten-
dant upon her husbands flight. Also
at Ponca City Is l. z. Gray. Pests
brother-in-law. who said he believed
motor difficulties caused the acct
dent.
wiley never took chances with
defective mechanical parts" he said.
His past record and his care in max
ing those s~tratosphere flights proves
that. I feel confident 1t was motor
trouble"
It was in the stratosphere flights
that Post was most recently active.
He had hoped, and made several at
temptS. TO send his Winnie Mae"
round the world plan from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic coast In new
record time by rising into the stratoS-
phere and flying the entire distance
at that great height. None Of the
attempts succeeded.
More Details Sought
Further details Of the accident
were being vigorously sought Fri
day, beth by the Signal Corpus head
quarters here and by the world Of
friends both victims had.
The only source OF information for
many hours was Sergeant Morgan.
Morgan, DR.. Greist, and an Ameri-
al school teacher are practically
the only white people in the lonely
Barrow region. The others are Esqui-
mos and Indians.
After stops at Point Barrow and
Nome. Post intended &c continue
his flight TO Siberia where he said
he was going TO 'hunt tigers"
II was generally understood that
Rogers planned 20 60 along. but be-
fore they left Fairbanks Thursday
the humcrist said he had NOT def
itely decided. TWO days ago in An
chorage he remarked that he might
spend the winter IN Alaska with
"sourdoughs denned I'D m their
cabins" along the Yukon and Mac
Kenzie rivers.
Once before Wiley Post cracked
up" In Alaska. That was when his
red monoplane, the Winnie Mae"
was damaged in a forced landing
neal Flat, In central Alaska, On the
round-the-world flight which set the
record record still unbeaten.
, 1935-08-16
Wire Flashes

MIDWAY ISLANDS (By Pan
American -Airwaysl-P-Heading
for desolate Wake Island. 1871
statute miles southwest OF here
over mid Pacific, the Pan Amer
lean Clipper seaplane took off
Friday at 1121 a. m. Central
Standard Time).
, 1935-08-16
Auto Kills Child

MOUNT PLEASANT. Aug. 15.-
fR--PegTy Joe Huckeba, four, died
Tshursday OF injuries received late
wednesday when she was struck by
mn automobile as she tried to cross
she highway at her home In the
rookviile community east or here.
IRE car was driven by o tourist.
, 1935-08-16
B. & p. Clubs Meet
fsreclal I'D Nc Hrraldl

WESLACO. Aug. 16.-Represent-
stiveS Of six Valley business and
professional women's clubs met here
In the regular quarterly gathering
Thursday night at the Cortez
hotel.
The next meeting win be held at
McAllen In November In ~~oniunc-
tlcn with the state Business and
Professional Women's club conven-
ton, and Mission invited the group
TO come TO that city for the jan
uary quarterly meeting.
, 1935-08-16
FOUND
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10 the foreign office 20 start diplo-
matte negotiations for Jones re-
lease shortly after his capture.
Jones father, Major Edgar Jones,
educator cf Bury. Wales. and hin
mother and two sisters were ed
vised OF his death Friday.
The Evening News quoted Lloyd
George. Many powers are inter-
ested in Mongolia and Jones was
very keen on finding out things.
I have no doubt he had IN his pos
session notes which would have
been or great interest to n or an
other on these powers"
Gareth Jones. correspondent for
the M A hester Guardian. was
seized cn July 29 with Herbert
Mueller. German journalist, End
held for $4,000 ransom, arms and
ammunition.
Mueller was released August I tc
negotiate for the ransom or J0neH-
Or his arrival IN Peiping ne ex-
pressed the belief that Jones would
be release through negotiations
between the bandits and ChAhNMF
province authorities.
When Mueller was released no
was warned that. unless the ran
som for Jones was paid, the British
Journalist would be killed. Tho
amount had been reduced 10 $40
900.
, 1935-08-16
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Aug. 16. tPp-Higher
prices on wheat here formed the
rule early Friday. influenced by
upturns of quotations at Liverpool
Opening at IA gain. Dec e0-90h.
the Chicago wheat market soon
climbed further. Corn started un-
changed to y higher. Dec 57A-h,
G.ld then held near to these limits.
, 1935-08-16

AG1AAhAAAIEG EA0nl EMMI kILEF
the river near Las Prietas, Deputy
Sheriff Bob Smith asked Customs
Inspectors Roy Collins and Earl
Weather 10 assist him While wait
ing on the road. Epigmenio Garcia,
who lives about eight miles north
west OF Brownsville came along.
The officers suspected him OF
rpiloting" the load and made him
stop nearby. Shortly afterwards
two men came 10 the road allegedly
with two sacks OF liquor. The Of
ficers commanded them 90 hmTA,
bu.. according 10 Investigating Ar-
tlorities. the men opened fire On
the officers and then ran The Of
ficers returned the fire as the men
lied into the brush tc the north.
The officers searched the brush
for a 100 yards In the direction
which the men fed. but found no
trace or them or OF blood, the in
~vestigatlon reveals.
Believing that they had missed
the fleeing men and that they had
escaped, the officers left for Port
Isabel 20 work on n horse stealing
case.
staggers 10 House
Meanwhile. Landeros staggered tc
N nearby house and officers here
we're notified OF the shooting. Dep
u.y Sheriff George Miller and
Night Lieutenant OF Police Jake
Collins made the call. LanderuG
vss rushed To the Mercy hospital,
ard De Icons Nody was taken 70
the Morris mortuary.
Smith. Weather and Collins did
rot know that they hit the fleeing
men until they returned from Port
Isabel, the investigation reveals. De
Icons body was located about 40
yards in the brush further than
The officers first searched.
Assistant u. s. Attorney James
Abney investigated the gun battle
Friday morning and stated. The
Investigation thus far reveals thai
the dead and wounded men have
previous records. and that the ofs
ficers ere fired upon after they
had announced their identity and
called upon the offenders TO halt"
n CnAA hAAM 61AA91A1M
and Garcia with receiving. conceal
ing and transporting smugEled L.
Qu0r was filed with U. q. Commits
sioner Carlos q. watson Friday
morning. No hearing viii be held
pending outcome OF Landerosf
wounds.
According 20 investigating officers.
De Leon and Landeros were carry
ing two sacks OF liquor which they
dropped when they ran The sacks
are said 90 have contained Az ptrtH
OF meScal.
Both De Leon and Landeros fcl}r
merly lived ON the American side OK
the river. officers state. but have
been living NO the Las RuslRs ranch
for some time.
Statements Filed
Formal statements concerning the
gun battle have been filed with fed
eral authorities and with the sher-
ifs department.
Justice or the Peace Antonio
Barreda. Jr.. cf Brownsville was call
ed TO the scene OF the gun fight about
/ q. m. Friday and he made q pre-
liminary Investigation for holding
the inquest.
De Leon was shot twice. once I'm
the right side with a charge from q
shotgun, causing a gaping wound
almost certain tC cause death. The
, 1935-08-16

Auto accidents are increasing
faster In rural districts than ia ur-
ban areas.
, 1935-08-16
WPA OFFICIAL

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