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The Washington times., 1935-12-20

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, 1935-04-16
fsnecinl 70 The Heraldl

Especial 70 1nG nCAuA0l
HARLINGEN, April ia w.
Grant, managing editor OF The
San Antonio Express, declared at
a Junior Chamber Of Commerce
dinner at the Madison Hotel Mon
day night that he would not be at
all surprised II some large chem
zeal company did not locate at a
Valley port because three SUCH
companies have located on the
Texas coast within a few years ana
there are still some who have not
built plants in this state.
He pointed out what the Southern
Alkali co. plant has meant to Cor
nus Christi and said that 1t would
not be improbable that q company
engaged in the same line might not
look further down the coast.
Raw materials with the posi-
Bile exception Of limestone are close
at hand for manufacture OF the
basic or heavy chemicals such as
sulphuric acid and caustic soda, he
said. These chemicals are used In
the oil industry, rubber industry
and many others.
The coming OF a port means more
than Just the shipping that goes
through II, the speaker asserted.
Mr. Grant went on to discuss
other potential resources Of the
Valley including oil. foods and
tourists. In regard to oil. he said
that only further tests were requir-
ed to disclose the rNducing area
but in his opinion the entire VAL
ley probably was underlined with
oil.
The speaker said that one of the
things about the Valley that had
interested him most vas its sud-
den prominence as the reservoir
for the nation. The way the ma
ton has turned to the Valley for
It's vegetable parallels the way
1t turned to Texas in former years
for its beef. he said. 1T Is the
most significant and important
thing I have seen in this part OF
the state" he declared.
He made the prediction that
there would be increased tourist
travel to Mexico and that the
motorists would 60 to that country
one way and come out another. OF
all the things that San AntoNo did
for her tourists. the one most ia
vorably received was the most
favorable. That was the plan To
have police place visitors tags or
cars bearing out Of state licenses
inviting the tourists to park where
they pleased and otherwise make
themselves at home.
At the beginning Of his talk. Mr..
, 1935-04-16
UTILITY BILL
SPEED SOUGHT
Ban ON Holding Companies
Action In Fortnight
Seems Possible

WASHINGTON, April I6.-P-
An attempt Is in prospect to speed
action on the utility control bill,
centre Of a notable controversy.
Next up on the administrations
program, the bill may be parcelled
out 70 subcommittee Of the house
interstate commerce committee with
a view TO getting 1t into form to lay
before the house within a fortnight.
Chairman Rayburn D-Texas)
said Tuesday that would be the
first question taken up by the COM
mittee when 1t starts work on the
l78-page measure two or three days
hence. Weary after eight weeks Of
listening to witness for or against
the bill. the committee rested for
a day or two after hearing DR..
Walter M. w. Splawn Monday In
final rebuttal.
The senate finance committee,
however. opened hearings Of its
own Tuesday on the bill which
would abolish utility holding COM
panieS in 1910 and regulate all cleo
trio and natural gas utilities. Chair
man Wheeler (D-Mont), co-author
with Rayburn, hoped to limit the
senate hearings to two weeks.
The chief point Of controversy in
the bill is whether holding COM
panieS should be abolished Dr. mere
ly regulated.
, 1935-04-16
Visiting Editor Foresees
y > = > = = ; = =
Chemical Plant in Valley
= y = = = = .
As Outgrowth of Harbors

Grant asserted that Texas Is still
in the process Of being made and
told Of the additions being made
to the shore line at Bort Lavaca
where three feet are being added
yearly. He also referred to the
Texas home Of the dinosaurs in
Medina county where the giant
reptiles left their tracks millions Of
years ago. Some big men leave
their mark in the mud and disap-
pear without having contributed
anything to the community in
which they live except their tracks.
He told also how the known forces
Of nature may lie long unused I'M
til some intelligent man suddenly
sees these forces in another light
and puts them TO work.
MI. Grant said that he liked ap-
plication Of the word dynamo to or
CARNATIONS such as the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce because no
one part can function except In
unison with the others.
The visitor expressed his pleasure
at the hearty greetings he received
while in the Valley and said that
he had a sincere and genuine inter-
est in what this section Is doing.
Grant was introduced by r. L.
Baker. POSTMASTER, who also in
troduced County Judge Oscar G.
Dancy of Brownsville. Rev. L. A.
Boone Of Harlingen, Editor Moul-
ton CTy) Cobb Of the Mercedes
News Tribune. and r. A. Dunkel-
berg. Brownsville attorney repre-
senting the Junior Chamber of
Commerce Of that city, all OF
whom made short talks.
<. ". McCright, president Of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce. re-
ported a 100 per cent increase in
membership since Jan. ! and that
several parties are interested in
opening a department store here.
George Hardeman led group
singing with Mrs. s. r. Jennings at
the piano and later sang a solo.
Rev. Mr.. Boone gave the invocation.
, 1935-04-16
IS IRED
BY JUSTICES
Supreme Court Trio Ia
Crooked Long Tells
Rubber Stamp Solons

BATON ROUGE. La, April is.
Ex-senator Huey p. Long Tuesday
threatened impeachment Of three
justices Of the state supreme court
and minated the action might be
taken at this special session Of the
legislature.
Something has got to be done
with the crooked Jurisprudence in
this state" Long said while sex
planning" before the house ways and
means committee more than a score
Of bills introduced Monday night.
Why, you've got three judges
down there on the supreme court
who decide one thing one day and
something else the next day.
This legislature is Of the humor
Of doing something about it. / don't
know whether we shouldn't take 1t
up at this legislature and do some
thing for the people"
Everyone of those three judges
should be impeached." the senator
shouted, moving up and down near
the end Of the committee table. Il
don't know whether II isn't the duty
Of this legislature TO impeach these
judges. We may do IT,"
He referred TO Chief Justice Char
les A. O'Neill as that "crooked-leg
justice" the "crookedest part" Of
the court. Chief Justice O'Neill has
had an afflicted leg all his life.
The other two justices Long
threatened with impeachment are
Wynne G. Rogers and Fred M. Odom.
Long said the three justices had
ruled at one time when dummy"
candidates were used against him
that they were legal but that in the
next election when ne used dummy"
candidates for protection" the JUS
tees had reversed their ruling and
held they were unlawful.
, 1935-04-16
Plans Are Made For
Scout Camporee Here

John Leslie Scout Executive spent
Monday and Tuesday in Browns
vile working with local Scout lead
ers preparing for the annual Coun-
ell Camporee which is to be held
in Brownsville May 3 and 4.
This is a Valley wide event and
should draw numbers Of scouts to
Brownsville" he said. He is also
working on the National Jamboree
scheduled for August as well as
conducting the clubbing course.
, 1935-04-16
Catholic
Students Want
Probe in Mexico
Especial to The Heraldl

SAN ANTONIO, April 16.-Plans
to deluge President Roosevelt with
thousands of postcards, letters and
kilograms this week protesting
against the administrations alleg-
ed order to table Senator Borah'S
resolution for Senate investigation
into asserted religious persecution
In Mexico, were made Sunday al
the closing session Of the first
Texas Catholic Students Spiritual
leadership convention.
Nearly 1900 students from 81
cities leaped to their feet cheer
ing approval OF the plan proposed
by Rev. Daniel A. Lord. 5. j., o.
st. Louis, presiding officer.
Other resolutions adopted after
presentation by Percy Neville OF
st. Edwards University. Austin
urged the Texas legislature to de-
feat the sterilization bill and IA
vored placing q permanent "lega'
watcher" or adviser in the state
capital TO keep Catholics informed
OF legislative and other govern
mental activities.
II was decided to make the con-
vention Of sodalities an annual
| affair. but site Of next year:
meeting was not decided. A com
mittee Of representatives from Sar
Antonio, Houston, Galveston, Dali
las. e PaSo. Beaumont. Amarillo
and Brownsville was authorized x
agree ON a convention city by JUNE
Is.
Rev. j. Rogers Lyons. 8. j., also
OF st. Louis, co-worker with Faith
er Lord on the Queens Work,
national sodality organ. declared
that Senator Tom Connally OF
Texas, member Of the foreign rela-
tons committee where the Borah
resolution Is now resting" favor:
the resolutions for hearings on al
legged prosecutions in Mexico. How
ever, he said. the administration
must be deluged with protests AND
appeals to get action. A main OBJ
lection raised. the socialists were
told, is that there is no precedent
for such action as contemplated
under the Borah resolution. In re-
futation OF that contention. II wa
pointed out that in 1919 the Their
administration favored. and congress:
passed. a resolution to investigate
conditions among Jews in the
Ukraine.
, 1935-04-16
Especial TO The Herald

SAN BENITO, April 16.-The joint
meeting Of the local Kiwanis club
with residents Of the Highland COM
munity at Highland wednesday
night will take the place Of the reg
ular Wednesday noon luncheon
meeting in town, according 70 Joe
A. Sloan, president. The Highland
ers will Nrovide the barbecue and
the Kivs4niens will provide the pro-
gram.
, 1935-04-16
OFFICIALS GET
DATA ON DUST
AT FIRST HAND
Federal and State Men
Visit Territory AS
Sand Storm Swirls
Into Vicinity


State and federal officials obtain
ed first hand information about
dust storms Tuesday while a silt
and sand haze hung over the ma
tons dust bowl
Arriving IN the midst Of a dust
storm, MI l. Wilson, assistant Sec
Rotary Of agriculture. and Gov. ALI.
M. LAndOn Of Kansas, started a
survey Of the stricken area at COL
by. KaS., Monday.
we were impressed with the need
for even more vigorous action" said
Governor Landon after viewing the
results OF the listing program inau-
aurated TO prevent soil blowing.
Apparently II will be necessary
10 list not only a great many more
acres but the appropriation per acre
must be much heavier because OF the
financial condition Of many farm
ers In the area that Is blowing
They are unable TO work at soil
control with IN appropriation OF
only 10 cents per acre"
Communities far TO the west OF
the area were Showered with dust
Monday. Schools were closed al
Trinidad. Colo; mountain highways
were Shrouded by a dust fog, while
at Granville, in the western part
OF Utah, airplane and motor car
traffic was halted. Two army avia-
tors from Scott Field, Belleville. III.
were forced down by the dust al
Ogden, Utah.
Basil Powell, 80, Dalhart, Tex.
was killed near Springfield, Colo.
when his motor car was wrecked In
q huge dust cloud.
Baca county, Colorado, commits
Sioners decided TO appeal TO the Red
Gross for nurses TO help ARE fol
the sick. Two OF the three physic-
fans In the county are themselves
al and unable 10 make calls
, 1935-04-16

RAYMONDvTLLE. April 10 Inc
Presbyterian pastor is TO be installed
here Sunday. April 70 and q NUM-
her of Valley pastors and laymen
viii participate. The new pastor ~
Rev. Mr.. Yeargen, who has
here several months.
Dr.. Hugh Robertson, pastor o. me
Presbyterian church at San Benlto
viii PROFOUND the constitutional
questions. Rev. Flynn v. Long OF
Harrington viii charge the pastor
and Joe A. Sloan viii charge Dne
congregation.
, 1935-04-16
Revival Continues
Special TO TIE Herald

LA FERIA, April l6.-A number
Of special services for children dur
ing the closing week Of the revival
at the Methodist church have been
announced by Rev. j. C. Wilson. pas
tor.
Tuesday, Thursday. and Friday
nights at z o'clock there will be spe-
cial services for children and the
evening service Friday night will be
a special young peoples meeting.
Sunday morning a part OF the Sun
day School hour will be used for a
special children's service.
, 1935-04-16
MISCFILANFOUS DATA
WEATHER SUMMARY

Barometric pressure was moderate
" high from the middle Gulf coast
nOrthward into Canada Tuesday
morning. and moderately low to low
over the Rocky mountain region and
the Canadian northwest C29.58 at
Denver and 29.40 nj Swift Current
Canada). Except for light precipita-
ton around the Great Lakes the
weather was generally fair to part
~ cloudy from the Rocky Mountain
region TO the Atlantic coast during
the last "a hours. Temperatures fell
III portions OF the eastern states, but
rose decidedly in the northwestern
states since Monday morning.
Brownsville 8 g. m. CEST) sea-
level pressure 1898 inches.
, 1935-04-16
Students to Broadcast
lsnecial to nae Heraldl


EDINBURG. April is. - Seven
pupils Of Mrs. J. M. Frisby. piano
instructor. will broadcast this week
over station KTRH. KPRC and
KxYZ In Houston under the pa
tronage and sponsorship Of Mrs.
John Wesley Graham, prominent
music leader In the state. Pupils
who win participate are Ardyce
Jean Baylis. Janet Cramer. Joseph
ine Chapman. Margaret Brown,
Carolyn Cramer. Alice Chapman
and Mildred McHenry.
Sunday afternoon the pupils.
their parents and friends, were
guests In the home OF Mrs. FRS
Inv where they played the num-
bers which they viii broadcast. IN
addition TO their schedule OF broad
casting the girls will be guests in
NavaSUta where n reception VIII
he held in their honor.
, 1935-04-16
BY ROBERT GEIGER
Associated Press Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Colo, April 10
PA man unfamiliar with the
high plains dry-farming region,
birthplace OF the black blizzard,
might see only despair and desola-
ton in wind-Scoured fields and
~duSt-drifted roads ana farmyards.
1t does look pretty desperate, and
some families have given up hope
and moved away. Not many. Dry
land farmers have been through
, 1935-04-16
SENIORS ENJOY BEACH

Especial TO The Herald
SAN BENITO. April l6.-Monday
as senior day. first big date on the
Sring calendar for the senior class
and they all went to Boca Chica OF
their annual outing.
, 1935-04-16
Armendiaz Test L.
Down to 1900 Feet
Especial to The Heraldl

Especial % u HeTaIuJ
RIO HONDO. April 16.-Getting
off to a second start, Rio Hon6oiS
oil well, the w. T. Daniel, ct al,
Armendiaz No. ! was down TO 1900
feet Monday morning.
approximately 5000 feet Of drill
stem was lost in the original hole,
which was down to about $40 feet.
The hole was abandoned and a
new hole, about so feet from the orr
ginal one. as begun.
PlaT1 are now to 60 TO q depth
Of $500 feet if necessary.
, 1935-04-16
The Weather

East Texas east OF Tooth meri-
diam: Cloudy and unsettled Tues
day night and Wednesday; warm
or In west and north portions Tues
day night.
Light to fresh Southerly winds on
the coast.
, 1935-04-16
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
Stage Stage Chang. Rain
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Port Isabel
Wednesday, under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ........ 3:34 a. m 2:10 p. m.
Low ..-....... 1856 a. m. $50 ID. m.
, 1935-04-16
Sand Storm Area Looks
= =
Like Desert Now, But 1T
= = = =
Can Turn Green Overnight

/ dust storms before, and most Of
them echo the anonymous old timer,
a veteran OF the Panhandle. whG
said.
1T takes grit to live out here-let
'er blowI"
AS q matter Of record. they had
storms a century ago much ike
those Of 1885.
The Rev. Isaac Mccoy, pioneer
surveyor and missionary. reported
one in western Kansas IN Novem-
Der. 1880, which cut visibility to
30 yards, made footprints invisible
and masks imperative.
Again, In 1913, sand and dust
drifted TO the ave Of isolated farm
buildings In one section, and in
spots the region looked as 1t does
today.
With this background Of expert
ence and endurance, and the knowl-
edge that. given water. they can
get remarkable crops, the dry-land-
erS are hard TO discourage.
Travelling through the dust Sec
tor-through southeastern Colorado,
southwestern Kansas, the west end
OF the Oklahoma Panhandle and
the north tip OF the Texas Pan
handle-you see a region which now
has the appearance Of q vast desert.
with miniature shifting dunes OF
sand. A rain might turn 1t green
overnight, but that is how 1t looks
now. There are spots where wheat
fields still we're green last week.
Many Of the fields that we're
planted to wheat last fall give the
illusion OF a great colony OF ants,
with hills marking spots where
tumbleweeds have caught and dust
drifted around them. These little
dunes are about a foot high.
In other places the drifts are as
high as fences. especially IN corners.
Snow fences that have held virtual
IL no snow for four winters are
drifted to the tops with sand, and
one a walk over them.
On the roads can be seen an oc-
cas.onal car. loaded with a farm
family. usually with a truck follow
ing carrying household goods. Some
are headed for eastern Kansas or
Missouri, or eastern Oklahoma,
where rainfall has been nominal,
or to the Colorado mountain coun-
try.
Postmaster Herman Davis. Of
Springfield, Colo, says about a
dozen families have moved away.
but most OF them made a temporary
change of address. planning 70 re-
turn when rain comes.
j. r. Peters, OF Boise City. Okla,
said he would leave Immediately"
IL he had means.
IF / leave I can't get wheat and
corn payments or relief. and that's
ali that's keeping me alive" he
said. He hasn't had q crop in four
years.
But 4. J. Libbey, a neighbor. came
cut OF Sundays big dust storm
smiling.
They'll have to carry me out Of
this country feet first" he said,
grinning. Il won't leave voluntarily"
However" ne added, I'm going
to move about 20 miles west, where
the dust amt so bad. I live farther
down that way now than the priairie
dogs will live. but I'm sticking 1t
out"
, 1935-04-16
Positive Relief
70. Itchy Skin

Cooling and soothing Blue Star
Ointment melts on the skin, sending
tested medicines deeply into pores
where II quickly kills itch, letter,
rash, eczema, foot itch, ringworm,
etc. Money back II first Jar fails.
, 1935-04-16

On Jan. /. 1898, there were 1887
waterpower plants in this country;
their combined output Of electrical
power was approximately Is, 81 800
horsepower.
, 1935-04-16
RIVER BULLETIN

There will be no material change
I'm the river during the next few
days.
, 1935-04-16
RIIIIFTIN

(Ffrst figures. lowest temperature last
night: second. highest yesterday: third
wind velocity &C 8 q. m; fourth. prec-
tpitAtion IN last "a huurs).
, 1935-04-16
ar Public Teste9
What Does This Mean to You?

Only On the proving ground OF public
opinion CON the true worth Of q product be
established So for the post several Yeors
n hos been Humble policy 10 ask the
Texos public 10 test Humble products in
their own automobiles. The results Of these
tests have been reported on thousands Of
check cords which @e in our Hlss. These
least reports have guided AZ In building
products TO ft the public need
By having our products thus public
tested wa ere Gble completely 10 eGrY
through our policy Of providing the right
, 1935-04-16

product oi the right price with the right
kind Of ~service.
You com be sure thGi any Humble prod
uet Is not only technically correct but that
Il hos proved iiseH in Gctuol use in thou
sends Of cars like yours. driven by motor
lists like you. under the some driving eon-
ditions that confront you
Public approved by pubHe4est mokes ~
confident that you. too. viii ike Humble
products. Find out for yourself by testing
for Yoursel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-04
1876 Farmers Sign
C0rn-Hog Contracts

Fargo, N. D., April 4.-(R>-Corn
and hog production adjustment con-
tracts for 1885 have been signed by
1896 North Dakota producers, the
North Dakota agricultural extension
service reported to the corn-hog Sec
ton OF the AAA, Wednesday. With
few added contracts expected from
several counties which have not yet
reported definitely as to their final
totals, the number Of farmers partici-
pating In the 1885 program will be
approximately the same as in 1884,
the extension service stated.
The total number Of contracts sign
ed In 1884 was 1922.
An average acreage reduction larg-
er than the 10 per cent required by
the contracts Is planned, preliminary
information reveals. Reductions,
which the contract provides cannot
be greater than 80 per cent. range
all the way from the required 10 per
cent to the 80 per cent limit In Diff
ferent counties. The average reduc-
ton for counties Is 225 per cent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-04
TAKES OPPOSITE VIEW

Raub, N. OAK,
March "a, 1885.
Editor, Tribune:
Your editorial Of March 81 I'VE
Need Farm Exports" presents an err
roneous conclusion from the fact that
government figures show IL per cent
Of the average farm income Is de-
rived from sales abroad whereas the
figure for American industry Il only
5 per cent. II these figures are &C
curate they can be accounted for by
industry charging consumers at home
higher prices than foreigners where
Is farmers products sell for . more
equal price in both markets which re-
suits In the foreign sales making up q
larger percentage Of the total in the
case Of farmers than for other indus
try.
This doesn't necessarily mean that
farmers would have to make nearly
four times as much adjustment as
manufacturers in case America adopts
the principle Of self-containment, un-
less these same percentage figures ex-
press the difference also in the vol
ume Of exports. Raising the price to
home consumers would make the for
eign sales q smaller percentage Of the
total income.
What We need Is q home market in
dependent Of Liverpool and based on
the American standard of living and
q fair exchange Of North Dakota
wheat with other American products
Except occasionally by accident we
will not have this kind Of q market
under the closing out auction sale OF
the Minneapolis chamber Of COM
merce and similar institutions.
I am enclosing q draft Of plan for
establishing q domestic market foI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-04
CORN.HOG S|CN-UP
TOTALS 100000
Farm Administration Estimate
Benefit Payments to Reach
$4,000, 900

Washington, April 4.-R-Farm
administration officials estimated
Thursday the 1885 corn-hog sign-up
at more than 100000 farmers and
the prospective benefit payments at
$50. 00o,0 900.
More than three-fourths Of the
farmers who signed applications for
1885 contracts live in the 10 corn.
belt states, Iowa topping the lot with
$4,000 signers. said Claude r. Wick
ard, chief Of the corn-hog section.
While the number Of signers may
be slightly less than last year. Wick
ard said the change would not ma.
terially affect the aggregate corn
acreage covered. Cooperating faym-
ers. he said, apparently planned to
withhold from production between 20
and Is per cent Of their base acreages,
markedly above the minimum re-
quirements.
Wickard said that with the signing
Of applications completed, local corn
hog committeeman will now prepare
the contracts for signing. Besides
1owa's $4,000 signers in the cornbelt,
Wickard reported $4,000 in Minnesota.
$1,000 in South Dakota and 5000 In
Wisconsin.
Other corn-hog states estimated
their total sign-up when all reports
are In will be North Dakota $4,000:
Montana nearly $500.