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, 1935-03-31
SOIL EROSION
FIGHT MAPPED

PARIS. Tex. March 10. tR,-rexas
and Oklahoma plan To continue
their war on destructive soil erosion.
AL a meeting OF erosion council
agencies or the two states here Fri-
DAY a committee was appointed TO
~correlate work or agencies interest
"a In curbing erosion
e. Al. Evans OF Marshall. regional
advisor or rural rehabilitation FOR
the southwest. appointed M. r. Bent
IN. extension agricultural engineer OF
College Station. Texas. w. wi. Bur
kes. Texas supervisor or conServa-
ton service. and one representative
from each OF the federal demonstra-
ton projects In Texas 70 the commit
tee.
The Texas projects are located mt
Lindale, Dalhart and Temple.
Paul RI. Walser on the project nc
Lindale said terracing was only one
phase OF soil erosion control.
"A successful control program must
include retirement OF submarEinal
lands. strip crop planting and prop
mr. terrace outlets" he said. "Terrac-
ing IA OF little value on slopes Of more
than Q per cent on less than y per
cent"
Ben Harrison or Oklahoma City,
state supervisor or erosion control
Uf the federal department OF agri-
culture IN Oklahoma, said that IN
his state practically every available
man on rural rehabilitation projects
was given work running terraclng
contours.
, 1935-03-31
PLANES BREAK
RECORDS HERE

All existing cir records linking
Brownsville with points to the north,
west. and south have been shattered
during the past few weeks. since new
type planes with new power units
have been installed on airlines from
this section.
The new records we're compiled
here BY X. g. Sonner, factory repre-
sentative OF the Wright Airpiane
corporation OF Patterson. N. w.. since
all the planes figuring In the new
records are powered with Wright Cy-
cline motors.
A coast to coast" record from Los
Angeles to Brownsville was estab-
lished In bringing a new Douglas
plane here from Los Angeles. The
flying time on the i444-mile trip was
Y hours and . minutes. Pilot Nolan
brought the plane here.
From Cristobal. Canal Zone, to
Brownsville. q distance or 2295 miles.
the flying time OF q Douglas, piloted
by Capt. George KraiRher, was III
hours and Q minutes. The best Time
from Mexico City to Brownsville
made with q Pan-American Douglas,
IA q hours and 20 minutes for the
466 miles. These are all powered with
Wright geared Cyclone motors. Tlb
horsepower.
Frank Hawks recently flew from
Brownsville TO Mexico City In a low
wing Northrop Gamma racing plane
IN q hours and 8 minutes, his plane
also being powered with a Wright
motor.
New records from Brownsville
north were recently set by the new
Vultee planes OF Bowen Airlines.
powered with q 735-horsepower di-
rect drive Wright. The time from
Brownsville 10 Dallas. nonstop, was
q hours and 20 minutes. while q
time OF 2 hours and IS minutes was
made on this flight by a Vultee max
ing all stops.
From San Antonio TO Brownsville
pilot Turner flew a Vultee IN ! hour
and Is minutes.
Ii Is considered likely that Browns
vile and San Antonio will eventually
be less than nm hour apart BY plane.
, 1935-03-31

Sheriff u. A. art" G0Olsby ehthh-
lished something of N driving record
IN going 10 Osceola, Arb. tu return
Francisco Martinez here 90 face va
murder indictment.
Driving a stock car. he left HAr-
lingen nj 4 a. III. and at v 70. III that
night he was I'm Hot Springs, Ark.
III IN estimated that he averaged
around 90 miles per hour on thB
road.
Mrs. Ora Goolsby, the sheriffB
mother, stopped mt WOodlawrn. Tex
M. where she will spend the summer
with relatives and friends. Mrs.
Ooolsby. the sheriff'B wife. made
the trip 10 Oeceola and back.
, 1935-03-31
Edcouch Plant Starts
Canning On April 2

ARRFAAAN 49, ~
MERCEDES. March 30. 80 The
government Relief Community Sur
plus Commodities Canning plant
for HidalRo county will begin Uper-
ations mt Edcouch In the newly To-
Gated canning unit Tuesday, April
q.
Rules governing products To be
brought In for canning may be OBJ
tanned at EdcOuch from the cam
ming supervisor and appointments
must be made with the canning
supervisor before any product II
brought In for canning. " was an
nuunced.
Relief commission furnishes all
equipment. cans. and labor for can
ming the following vegetables: to-
matoes. tomato juice. green beans.
okra. beets. spinach. pumpkin. lima
beans, corn. peas. and greens, only
No. 2 cans will be used.
The Relief commission receives
90 per cent on the finished product
and the producer receives 40 pei
cent. The plant will start canning
spinach on Tuesday" according u
III. McKim.
, 1935-03-31
FIRESTONE Is
RAPED BY NRA

WASHINGTON. March 80. Up
The labor relations board found
Saturday that the FireStone Tire and
Rubber Company Of Akron, Ohio
had violated the recovery act in
fostering its employees representa-
ton plan.
The board ordered the company
TO notify II within six days:
That II would cease TO recognize
the employees conference plan as an
agency for collective bargaining
until. at a government supervised
election. a majority OF the employees
shall choose the plan as their agency
for collective bargaining.
THAT II will cease TO contribute
until such election, any sums or
services whatsoever to the employees
conference plan, and that II will not
al any time contribute financially to
the plan except 10 the extent pro-
vided In the plan"
Unless the company notifies the
board Of compliance. ii will be cited
TO NRA Tor Blue Eagle removal.
The boards order for an election
al the plant. asked by the rubber
workers council OF the American
Federation OF Labor, has been held
up In court. The company challeng-
ed the boards right to order cleo
lions.
The decision was issued In the face
OF strike talk among AFOL employees
in the Akron rubber plant. Ralph
A. Lind. director Of the Cleveland
regional board. conferred at length
with board officials Saturday. He
said he was making a confidential
report" on the rubber situation. but
refused TO say anything more for
publication.
, 1935-03-31

Miss ElnA Poster OF Brownsville.
daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. &. G. Foe-
ter. and G. W. Russell. manager Of
the Pan-American airport al Cristo-
bal. G. ~. were 10 be married sun
day nc Cristobal
Miss Foster. who has been am I'm
structor III commercial courses In
che Brownsville junior college and
high school, left Friday by Pan
American plane and was scheduled
10 arrive IN Cristobal Sunday.
They are to make their home In
ChriStObal
, 1935-03-31
WOMAN CLAIMING
n ~ NJ " ~
TO BE l20 3
~ " ~ NJ ~
OLD PASSES AWAY

SAN ANTONIO. March 3d.
Rr-Mrs. Ruperta Estrada Du-
razno. reported To be lao yearH
old and believed To he the oldexs
person In the United states. diea
in Y hospital here Saturday.
MIS- DurARnO. who witnessed
Maximllian'S invasion ar Mexico.
monia.
Mrs. Durazno was n full-blnpd-
cd Indian and did not learn to
speak Spanish until All years M
age. This was during the reign WI
Macmillan when she and her
husband. who was m army Or
f!cer. went I'd live In Mexico CITY
where her husband was n military
attache.
she came 10 the United States
In 1909 and lived nc Kennedy. nx.
as, ever since.
, 1935-03-31
KANSAS o
N~EAR-TOTAL

DODGE CITY, March 80. Pl-
Another worst yet" dirt storm blew
Into southwest Kansas Saturday
morning. The wind here was the
hardest Of the year. reaching AZ
miles en- hour at times and averaging
as high as 81 for periods Of nor
than an hour.
Visibility varied from 400 feet 70
almost total darkness. A number Of
places Of business did not open.
, 1935-03-31
New Cotton Acreage
Ruling Is Received
By Start Correspondentl

SAN BENTTO. March 30.-Land-
lords with some land under cotton
acreage reduction contracts may not
plant cotton on other lands without
placing these lands under contract
also. according to a ruling received
BY some Of the tenants Is placed
In other words. II the land farmed
BY some Of thetenant . Is placed
under contract. the remainder OF the
land In the farm may not be planted
TO cotton without limitation.
Planting of cotton on lands not
under contract nullifieS the contracts
on other parcels owned by the land
lord.
, 1935-03-31
Radio Club To Meet

McALLEN, March 30.-The Tip o.
Texas radio club will be entertain
ed Sunday at McColl's clubhouse.
A full program Of information and
entertainment has been provided.
The Valley Radio club OF which
Frank Matejka OF San Benito Is
president, viii be host. Plans for en-
pertaining the gulf division conven-
.tjon at Corpus Christi viii be dis
ruSsed.
, 1935-03-31
Bar Association To
Hear Visiting Jurists

HARLINGEN. March 30.-John II
Pickett. Jr.. chief justice OF the court
Of civil appeals and Prof. w. Stay
ton Of the University OF Texas law
school will address the county bar
association Wednesday night. A third
speaker IL to be invited.
Arrangements are in charge Of a
committee composed OF Harry Car
roll, San Benito. chairman: Lawrence
Brady. Brownsville; and p. @
Greenwood. Mention y. Murray and
! Arthur Klein OF Harrington
, 1935-03-31
Oregon New Organizer
OF Navy Mothers Club
Especial 70 The Heraldl

NoptNldI % The HtfhIdT
HARLTNGEN. March 30.--Far-off
Portland. Oregon has organized q
chapter Of the Navy Mothers OF
America and the members recently
entertained the crew of a vessel from
the navy. according TO information
received by national officials In the
Valley.
Considerable expansion on the
Pacific coast Is foreseen as d result
Of the enthusiastic letters received
In the Valley.
, 1935-03-31
Visibility Zero

The normal production FOR the area
a about 80, zoo. 900 bushels.
English airport reported that the
ceiling. as well as the visibility, was
zero.
Berger reported a record duster
with q moderate north wind blow
ing, visibility was limited to half a
block.
The northeast wind blew the buster
into Pampa and residents could
see no further than a city block
Bushes was retarded by the dis
agreeable weather and automobile
lights were shining throughout the
town.
, 1935-03-31
Workers OF
Valley May Form
Permanent Group

SAN BENITO. March 30. - A
permanent social organization of
Valley postal employees probably
win be formed at the next meeting
in Brownsville on q date to be set,
ii was decided when over a hun
dred employees, wives and friends
gathered here Friday night. Post
Brownsville invited the postal
workers to meet there next.
Mrs. Lucky JOB Of Texhoma, Ok
lahoma. past president OF the Wom-
ems National Association Of Rural
Letter Carriers, made a talk in ia
, 1935-03-31
sun TOTALLY
BL0TTED OUT
OVER KANSAS

AMARILLO, March 30. PA
sitting dust storm enveloped the
1northern Panhandle Saturday. re-
ducing visibility to zero and max
Ing further inroads into an already
scant grain crop.
Carried on the wings Of a 35-mile-
an-hour north wind, the buster
struck Amarillo about 8 o'clock Sat-
urday morning. casting a fog-like
pail over the city.
Breathing Difficult
Automobile headlights, turned on
In ar effort to pentrate the dense
haze, became little more than a
glare In the face of the powdery
dust. Breathing was made difficult
and many persons were observed
holding handkerchiets over their
faces.
The fine dust sifted rapidly into
buildings and made electric lights
necessary. White garments in show
windows soon became brownish In
color.
Made pessimistic by recurring dust
storms Amarillo grain men again
lowered their estimates of the Pan
handles 1885 wheat yield.
Material damage has been caused
by the wind and dust during the last
few days" said Frank Triplett, man
ager Of a cooperative wheat growers
corporation, which controls IL ele-
vators In the Panhandle. Unless
we have a good rain In 10 days we
won't make 100000 bushels OF
wheat"
, 1935-03-31
Robertson Resumes
Washington Work

SAN BENTTO. March 50.-Mr. and
Mrs. Frank ~. Robertson LETT Sat-
urday afternoon for washington
where Mr.. Robertson win rrSume min
work In the interest OF flood control
and similar legislation pending be-
fore congress. Mr. Robertson had
been here a dAv or SO looking after
refunding OK the districts bonded
Indebtedness. Mrs. Robertson had
been In Alice attending w district
meeting Of the WOmen's Missionary
union before reioining her husband
here for the trip back TO washing
ton. She had been I'm the capital
with him the past few weeks.
, 1935-03-31

March 81. lS35.-At any moment
Texans expected an order TO come
from Santa Anna enforcing a Law
Of the present Mexican Congress re-
ducing the militia TO n Tor every
500 OF the population and requir-
Inc those not enrolled In II to give
up their arms. What were settlers 70
do about such an order. If IL should
come? Many Of them depended up
on their rifles for their daily food,
and would starve II deprived OF
them. Others would be left 70 suffer
a worse fate nc the hands OF the
Comanches. They would surely per-
ish II lett without means OF defend
Ing their hoEts agaiist those In
dams. only two companies Of mill
tia remained In Texas-t\lSe a.
Goliad and San Antonio. They were
equipped with the inaccurate and
out -of-date eScoepta-a firelock Of
the 18th century-which was prim-
"a by powder being poured into IL
pan, instead Of passing through n
vent, as In the muZzle- loading ilint-
locks OF the time. Commences were
aware Of the difficulty In prepar-
ing these old guns for use, and when
they battled with the militia. they
frequently set fire to the pralre
grass. at which time a mllitiaman
dared not open a powder horn 70
prime his weapon. Settlers had new
or had any effective aid from the
militia against Indian raids IL was
their own fearlessness and unerrlne
craftsmanship that prevented mass
acres.
This disarming decree and the
probability OF its sudden ENFORCE
ment was furthering the development
or two parties in Texas-one oent Oh
war and one-a very small facuon-
In favor OF complete submission 70
Mexican tyranny. War seemed Ger
tain. Santa Anna had robbed the
Mexican people Of the right Of SELL
government, and was planning 70
crush what hope there remained Tor
Ii In Zacatecas and In Texas. where
would he strike first? "A large force
under General Cos was stationed al
Matamoros, from which place 1t
could quickly march into Texas.
Santa Anna apparently intended to
personally supervise the regulation
OF affairs In ZacatecaS, whose free
dom-loving people had opposed his
rule, and, In doing 50. had worked
the despot into u whitehead hatred
! OF them
, 1935-03-31

March 30, l835.-The legislature
Of Coahuila- Texas passed a law,
headed Decree No. 2p5, which. be-
cause OF its relationship TO the land
law Of March l4th, which this SER
les quoted In full, In now also SO
quoted. 1t read-"The power con-
ceded to the executive for dispoSing
OF 400 sitios OF vacant lands oi the
state. BY law Of the l4th instant,
shall be understood as subject 10 the
general laws OF the union" The law
OF the l4th. which this n under
took To amend, was stupidity gener-
GUS with the lowers IL IA -nted To the
governor concerning this 400 Siti0s OF
land tabout LII $50 acresl. but. OF
course. ii was no less subject 10 the
general laws than II tOdays decree
had never been framed. Legislators
who were just awakening to the inn
portance OF the matter had been ner-
vouSly discussing II over tleir coffee
IN the cafes OF the capital. To COM
fort those who were distressed, men
who engineered the legislation Of the
l4th now decided upon the grandly
sounding words about "the general
laws OF the union in the present
decree. No one had ever known what
were the general laws Of the conn
try: and the present Mexican Nat
tional Congress claimed the power
to modify. a. will. the Constitution
Of 1924. Chaos reigned Al Mexico
City. and a feeling Of apprehension
always crept over active citiZ lIs o.
the Republic when any n vaguely
referred to the supreme govern
ment-which waS Santa Anna yokeu
with an influence generating fear
In any one who opposed II or who
had unwittingly placed themselves
where they might be suspected Of
doing so
There were some aStute men IN at
tendance on the legislature al Mon
clova. They wanted land-and got
Il In large quantities. But they
we're not necessarily bad men be-
cause OF that. And certainly II Is
not becoming In one to BE- severely
critical OF those among them who,
later on IN the life Of Texas, served
II bravely or gave their lives that II
might be free.
, 1935-03-31

BIOLOGISTS say the ostrich ls N nat
ural vpntrIluquist because its vocal
sounds are made with the mouth
tightly closed.
Evening star., 1935-02-07

Joseph Fletcher of the Washington
Cathedral.
Miss Mccormick Goodhart has
chosen for her attendants, Mrs. Will
liam Ross Howard, Sd. of Baltimore,
formerly Miss Louise Brooks, q cousin
of the bride, to be matron Of honor:
Miss Janet Aver Of Chicago. another
cousin Of the bride, as maid Of honor.
Her other attendants will be Mrs. Gale
Mclean, sister of the bridegroom;
Miss Christine Ekengren, Miss Eleanor
Roosevelt, Miss Mary Ellis Knowles Of
New York, Miss Cecil Dulin Of Dan
vile, KY, and Miss Eliza Mitchell.
Little AnStiss H. Mccormick Goodhart,
sister of the bride, will be flower
girl, and Frederick P. Mccormick
Goodhart. younger brother Of the
bride, will be page.
Col. Morris Ernest E. Locke will be
best man for Mr.. Gibson and the
ushers will include Mr.. Phillip Dana
Holden of New York, Mr.. Allen Pink
erton Carlisle of Long Island, Mr..
Joseph Vetterlein Of Marion, Pa; Mr..
Archibald M. Denney, jr., Of Harvard,
Mass; MIR. Henry Shalfant Of Pitts
burgh, Mr.. Henry Sanford, jr-, Of New
York, and Mr.. John r. Mclean, I'd;
Mr.. Gale Mclean, Mr.. Cuthbert
Train, Mr.. Richard B. Griffin and Mr..
Leander II. Mccormick Goodhart,
Evening star., 1935-02-07

her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Mills Glib
son, to Maj. Gordon Russell Young,
Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.. now sta
toned at the Army War College in
Washington.
Mrs. Gibson has made her home in
the Capital for the last 10 years. She
is the daughter of the late Col.
Stephen c. Mills, U. S. A, ard a
granddaughter of the late Gen. J. G.
C. Lee, U. S. A.
Mai. Young was graduated from
the Military Academy at West Point
in the class Of 1918. In the Coolidge
administration he served as aide at
the White House. He is the son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Russell
Young. His father was the first IL
brarian of the Library of Congress
and at one time served as United
States Minister to China.
The wedding will take place In New
York February 21.
Miss Patience Mccormick -Goodhart,
daughter of Mr.. F. Hamilton McCor-
mick Goodhart, has selected Saturday,
March 2, for her marriage to Mr..
James Mcmillan Gibson. son Of Mrs.
Morris Ernest Locke The ceremony
will be performed at $50 O'Clock IN
the Church of the Epiphany by the
Rev. Ze Barney Phillips, D. D., rector
Of the church, assisted by Canon
Evening star., 1935-02-07
which the young couple will leave for
q wedding trip to South America.

which the young couple Will leave IOr
q wedding trip to South America.
Miss Elizabeth A. Seton Of Wash
tngton announces her marriage to
Wallace NICK. Stowell January IL,
the ceremony taking place in Balti-
more. Mr.. and Mrs StoweI will be
at home at 1900 Connecticut avenue.
The chief justice Of Georgia and
Mrs. Richard B. Russell and their
son, the Rev. Edward Russell, left for
their home In Atlanta today after q
weeks visit in the Capital and nearby
Virginia Prior to their departure
they were the guests of their son-in-
law and daughter, Col. and Mrs. s.
Gordon Green, In their home in
Cherrydale, Va. Monday evening Col
and Mrs. Green were hosts to a c1m-
pany of IA at dinner In their honor,
and Tuesday evening they were honor
guests at a dinner party at the Rus
sian Troika, with Representative and
Mrs. Hugh Peterson, jr., as hosts.
Others who entertained for the chief
justice and Mrs. Russell were their
son. Senator Richard B. Russell, jr.;
their daughter, Miss Ina Russell; Miss
Leila Brown and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward G. Russell.
The chairman of the National La
Dor Relations Board and Mrs. Francis
Biddle have taken an apartment at
1902 Eighteenth street, where Mrs.
Biddle joined Mr.. Biddle after a
short stay in their Philadelphia home.
Mrs. Robert z. Coontz Of Bremerton,
Wash, and her daughter, Miss Bertha
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Evening star., 1935-02-07
SOCIETY
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts
at Dinner Tonig ght in Honor of
Supreme Court Justices.

when the ranking guest will be the
Italian Ambassador, Signor Augusta
Rosso.
Nine. de Moygenstierne will not re
ceive tomorrow afternoon.
The Minister of Egypt, Ibrahim Ra-
tib Bey, has sailed for his home in
Egypt. Nine Ratib and her daughter,
Mile. Menemeni, will remain here.
Representative and Mrs. Fred Bier
mann of Iowa, who are making their
home at the Raleigh Hotel, have had
as their guests for a week DR.. A. F.
Fritchen and Mr.. Harry McAndrews
of Decorah, Iowa.
Representative and Mrs. Hampton
p Flmer of South Carolina have as
their house guest Mrs. Orlando W..
Hartness of Columbia, S. C.
The newly appointed American Min
lister to Ecuador and Mrs. Antonio C.
Gonzalez, will be the guest in whose
honor the medical director of the
United States Public Health Service
and Mrs. Bolivar j. Lloyd will enter
tain at dinner this evening.
Last evening the newly appointed
Minister and Mrs. Gonzalez were honor
guests at dinner of the Minister of
Panama and Sonora de Alfaro. The
company included the Minister of
Ecuador and Sonora de Alfaro, the
Minister of El Salvador and Sonora
de Castro, the charge d'affaires of
Cuba and Sonora de Baron, DR.. L. S.
Rowe. director general of the Pan
American Union; the counselor of
the Chilean embassy, Mr.. Benjamin
Cohen; Mr.. Samuel Lewis, jr., dele
gate to the National Assembly of
Panama, and Mrs. Lewis; Mi. George
Merrell, jr.; DR.. and Mrs. Jose Gull
lermo Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos del
Mar, Sonora de Peni, Mrs. Edward H.
Conger and Miss Jane Merrell.
The American Minister to Nicaragua
and Mrs. Arthur Bliss Lane will sail
from New York Saturday on the Grace
liner Santa Cecilia, en- route to Mr..
Lanes post in Nicaragua.
The Misses Moore of Fairfax, sis
ters of the Assistant Secretary of
State, Mr.. r. Walton Moore, will be
hostesses this afternoon to the Fair
fax Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, in their home.
Mrs. Robert A. Hutchison of Ma
nassas, chairman Of the fourth dis
trict, will be the guest speaker, and
Mrs. Nora v. Allison, president of
the chapter, will preside.
The second secretary of the Japa-
neSe Embassy, Mr.. Takaharu Ito, has
been appointed charge d'affaires in
Cuba and consul in Havana, succeed
ing Mr.. Tomoo Watanabe, who Is
leaving for Japan on sick leave. A
successor to Mr.. Ito has not been
named.
Mile. Nora van Haersma de With,
daughter Of the Minister of the
Netherlands and Nine. Van Haersma
de With, will entertain a company at
dinner this evening in the legation.
Nine. Van Haersma de With will
not receive tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Baxter, daughter of the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Dern, left
today for Miami Beach, Fla, where
she will remain for two weeks.
Gibson Young
Engagement Announced.
Mrs. Stephen Crosby Mills Of New
York announces the engagement Of
Evening star., 1935-02-07

brother of the bride, all from WASH
ington.
Following the ceremony there will
be a reception in the home Of the
brides father at 1921 r street, after