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, 1935-04-30
CAPTAIN LUCEY
VISITING HERE
Friend of Hoover, After
Long Absence, Here
To See Creager

Oil has been found In the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, and that feet
interests Captain J. r. Lucey. presi-
dent Of the Lucey Petroleum COM
pany Of Dallas.
However, 1t is not the principal
reason. Captain Lucey said, that
brings him 10 Brownsville at this
time.
II am here" he told a Herald
representative, Ito visit for q few
days with my great good friend. r.
b. Creager, whom I have not seen
for some time. I have been SPEND
ing the past few months in travel
Ing in Europe and other countries.
AFTER an absence Of months. I
return to the Valley to find that
oil has become a prime factor here.
While I am here and since my
business is petroleum. and you
have petroleum down here, I am
going to take advantage Of the OPP
portunity to look over the situation.
1t Is. Of course. possible that I may
become interested. But there rs
nothing definite at this time"
Captain Lucey Is no stranger to
The Valley. A close personal friend
of Herbert Hoover, he headed the
Hoover campaign in Texas in 1923.
1t was during that campaign that
he became closely associated with
Creager. republican committee
man for Texas. The two met here
frequently to outline their camnaiRn
plans.
Captain Lucey plans TO spend the
remainder of the week In Browns
vile and the Valley generally.
, 1935-04-30

tAAC P0ALSAAAb PC"NA ~
tvernor rejecting a senate
5sal that a new three-mem-
board Of pardons be created
pyh the governor. chief justice CT
Ythe supreme court and the chief
Justice Of the court Of criminal ap-
peals each to make one appoint
ment.
The house voted TO vest the
governor with authority to make
all the appointments. Fear was
expressed that It would involve the
judiciary in politics II the respec-
tive justices were permitted to APP
point members Of the board.
The senate passed and sent TO
the house G bill to establish a Tex
as National Guard Armory board,
intended to represent Texas in
producing and handling federal
funds for construction of armories.
Senator K. M. Davis OF Brentwood
said the state might receive from
100000 to So. 100000 for the pur-
pose.
, 1935-04-30
Justice Critz Named
To Succeed Pierson

AUSTIN. April 30.=P- Richard
Critz of Taylor Tuesday assumed his
duties as associate justice Of the
Texas Supreme Court. succeeding
the late Associate Justice william
Pierson. He IS 81.
Justice Critz' appointment was
confirmed by the senate Monday
night and he will sit with the court
In a case involving validity of bonds
Issued by the Lower Colorado River
Authority.
Justice Critz has served eight
years on the commission Of appeals
assisting the supreme court.
Governor James ". Alfred refer
red to Justice Critz as zone Of the
strongest men that yer sat on the
supreme court or the commission Of
appeals"
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What The
Legislature
Is Doing

bsTIN. April 20. R5-GoEer-
RJames W. Alfred said Monday
flieved the legislature before
adjournment should pass
lmber" OF revnue-raising
es. q public utilities reg
bin and several other pro-
hch he listed
Mad voted to end the
Indications were,
the senate would
kt. probably until
sion Of pro-
of q state
pee pub
rcm the
" De-
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and depressed.
|nted to tear my hair"
y. w. Fitzpatrick. OF
Eas. Il would get
so easily upset.
d at this time and
u bottle, my strength
u. The pain was less.
The depressed feel
often Is one Of
Its Of taking Cardui.
ishment Is improved.
SYMPTOMS Of o
60 away. But
does not bene-
'ult a physician~-Adv.
, 1935-04-30

sincerely
ID. Roosevelt.
, 1935-04-30
kshes ofLife

. Sea Horses?
kORK.-The fish experts
suarium are worried about
npus hudsonius (sea-
b you).
|seahorSe population here
has fallen off considerably
|ent years." they said, be-
a mysterious blight killed
taSS, which means everything
seahorse.
y only do they like to swing
heir tails on the grass stalks.
their favorite food Is the
tmaruS.
be aquarium has only one hip
smpus hudsonius and isn't
optimistic about getting an
er ore. Other seahorses are
display. but they are a smaller
lies found in southern waters.
, 1935-04-30

and Other an
moving ynf-
toms of the
Chaneeohife.
They get 50
blue and dis
couraged ri1zt
Life does not
seem worth
living
, 1935-04-30
Relics

TULSA, Okla.-Harry Evans,
director Of a male chorus. has
about come to the conclusion that
cowboy chaps and 10-gallon hats
are Scarcer in Oklahoma than
tuxedeos. He has searched in
vain for go cowboy outfits for the
chorus to wear in a program May
s.
, 1935-04-30
NRA REVISION
Continued from Page One)

membe-s added that an agreement
stil was possible for a flat extension
o. NRA.
They indicated the president
largely was leaving it up TO the
committee.
Leading senate friends and foes
OF MIRA attended the conference.
, 1935-04-30
City Briefs

Can beans while they are cheap.
Sealers. pressure cookers, can and
jars.-Brownsville Hardware.-Adv.
Bed trays. $1.45. Ideal for serving
meals or reading in bed. Borderland
Furniture Co-Adv.
, 1935-04-30

IAN the fun was gone out of life,s
complains Mrs. S. Mamshek Of
IO007 Edbrooke Ave-, Chicago. For
1--WE years 1 was going through q very
bad time. / was nervous, had ierrible
headaches, could noe Climb stairs
and fela swollen Your vegetable
Compound worked wonders for me:
III u n ereae medicine FOR any time of
life, buf especially me tine Change and
before motherhood My daughfer
LnciIIe used % Eainf nc the Office
Your medicine helped her and
helped my daughser-in-law soo."
~ baa1 Amaszl hsst Spelisss
asys Mrs. Harry III. Price of .304 Nos
Harrison Ave, Kankzkee, Illinois,
~ThgVesefabAe Compound puts pep
knsD me and makes my work easy:
sHk@s &sy asa9 d o dspenda5ls
msdSeise LIS Lydia Il Pfnkham's
Vegrfzhae Compound
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SATHENS. w. va.-"Pouy". q
living souvenir of the Columbian
exposition, has made his last
squawking complaint about the
quality Of his crackers. Mrs.
Daisy Higginbotham chloroform-
ed her 42-year-old parrot. pur-
chased at the 1893 exposition, aft
er a diagnose showed the bird
was hopelessly Ill.
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No Reward

-ANO $500 .ss.sss - 1888
COLUMBUS. O.-Fireman A..
j. Linden lost his pants fighting
a fire.
The city council appropriated
$10.95 to reimburse him, but
Mayor Henry w. Worley vetoed
the appropriation.
The chief Of the fire depart
ment. safety director and myself
all believe that this ordinance
sets a precedent that will cause
us an endless amount Of bother
in the future" said Mayor Wor-
lev.
, 1935-04-30

br me most res
your attention
committee the
Fstimony in exec
printed in public
same way as tes-
kssion. I shall find
bmmander In chief
IA navy to require
ire such testimony
ter approval by me.
page IS Of this
mt, 1 desire to in
|mittee that certain
testimony Of Gen.
=, especially those
e Canadian border,
Mt either the policy
|tration or that Of the
chief.
Ement of General F.
.any portions of said
ecially those relating
N of friendly nations,
the Atlantic. and in
|es, do not represent
he administration or
nder In chief.
Ilrther and state that
efect the views, pur-
ives Of the United
ment. This govern
in any of its plans
Usage a possibility Of
he friendly relation
he United States and
|untry.
special attention to
ythis government not
las an accomplished
lament peace condi-
IA by many genera
|ndship between the
America people. but
I'D to not only the
spirit Of our treaties
permanent disarma-
900 miles Of common
nv sincerely,
anklin ID. Roosevelt.
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SOAK THE RICH"

As a share the-wealth'' proposal these tax sug-
gestions are sham, and as a budget-balancing
scheme they are joks. There is sound reason TO
believe that Mr.. Roosevelt advanced them at this
time to create political diversion and take the
wind out of the sails Of Huey Long. That he really
wanted anything done this session is not the idea
of his ntimates. The reception of the message by
the Longs and LaFollettes, however, was such that
he was forced to insist on action to avoid the
charge of insincerity.
No one including Mr.. Roosevelt, can now tell
what kind of bill will emerge. Apparently the
President himself does not know what kind he
wants. At least Mr.. Morgenthau, his Secretary OF
the Treasury, threw no light that subject when
he appeared before the House committee few
days ago Senator Harrison wants to limit the IN
creases to the large fortunes but it is estimated
this will produce not more than 1874 00O0OO-a
mere drop in the bucket The House incines TO
broaden the base and increase the revenue The
Progressves want to raise rates down to the lowest
bracket thus affecting several million men of small
means as well as soaking the handful of very rich.
The Administration, in political trouble and ap-
preaching the campaign, looks coldly upon this.
One certain thing is that congress, resentful and
reluctant, has no notion what to do and is getting
no clear instructions from the Treasury because
there is almost equal cloudiness there. Under the
circumstances if good bill results it will be a
rniracle-and miracles do not happen in politics.
Frank R. Kent.
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
4 MONUMENT TO GROVER CLEVELAND

Congress has appropriated a measey little ten
thousand dollars toward site for a monument 10
Grover Cleveland, which monument Is to De erected
through private gifts. Grover Cleveland stands as
one of the greatest presidents that the United
States has ever had. He was the first Democratic
president since 1860, and met conditions Of ap-
palling difficulty with courage that has never
been exceeded and has rarely been equalled from
Washington down.
Perhaps it is the consciousness that Cleveland
would condemn a large part of the program OF
nanperizing in spirit the American people by gov
eminent subsidies and the abrogation of the fun
damenta principles of old-lins democracy which
the present Democratic regime has carried so far
that causes this tiny recognition of the great DEM
ocratic leader of a generation ago. With money
flowing like water, and with the state of New York
erecting a monument to the Republican Roosevelt
such as few men in human history have had, it
seems that the Democratic government in Washing
ton could have done good deal better by Grover
Cleveland.-Newberry, S. c. Observer.
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DEBT is ONLY THING CERTAIN

About the only thing permanently certain IN
connection with the matter is that when the $4'-
500 100000 of new money to be spent on rehef
has been spent the country will be $4,SO0,OOO 600
more in debt.
Temporarily, of course, few million stomachs
will be filled three times day and material com
forts will go to many millions more of the needy
and INDECENT and distressed ... ....
But General Hugh Johnson came near draining
the cocoanut of its milk when he said, taking up
the relief duties of New York City, that he hated
the whole business because it isn't helping any
body anywhere"
That's not all he said, either, or the more far
carrying.
"When the source of money is cut off, we will
be right back where we started" he snapped in
as an addendum.
/ And that's what may be generally feared.
Relief money only puts bit of ointment on the
sore the germ stays on, eating its cancerous way
toward the arteries of life.-Julian S. Miller in
Charlotte Observer
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RESERVE FOR CAMPAIGN MONTHS

!. The works progress" program is three months
late in starting and may not start for months. We
direct attention to the fact that the country has
kept going without it. There has been no war, no
civil connection. Does not long survival through
the emergency" prove that the extraordinary APP
preparation of four thousand eight hundred and
eighty millions of dollars was not necessary? How
ever the thought is not to be repressed that the
slower the start in spending the money the more
of It win be left for distribution in the months i'm
mediately preceding the election. in November,
Il 1880 Charleston News and Courier
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from posts of high Importance to
which his loving care has lifted
them. Rev. Dr. Smith, is a MIN
lister of lovable qualities. fine
principle, and ideal spirituality
and a southern gentleman of by
gone days. He is So years. Of
age and in his youth went as a
missionary to the more remote
sections of the Blue Ridge Noun
tains in North Carolina. He was
young, kindly and deeply inter,
ested in his fellow-man. He had
a beautiful voice and sang hymns
constantly. In fact took the
music of his religion as lie did
the prayers. He rode horseback
from place to place in the noun
tains and as he rode he sang.
The district into which Dr.
Smith went was one of the worst
in the mountains. lawless and
the center of the "moonshlning'
interests. Whisky was made in
great quantities and was the
devastation of the region. DR..
Smith was regarded by the block
aders. as the whisky distillers arc
called in the mountains 'fur-
riner," "outlander' and pos
siblv a revenue officer and some
OF the more lawless ones Of the
mountainecrs decided to kill the
young minister as being men,
ace to their business. They de-
cided to way-lav the young man
of God and with the sure aim of
the mountaineer his life would
be but the matter of . rifle
aimed at him.
On the morning selected for
this dreadful deed the Young mis-
sionary, Dr.. Smith, rode ali UNI
consciously along singing one o.
his beautiful old hymns,-"JesuS
Lover of NV Soul" As he neared
the spot where his wOuld-be as.
sassins were secreted he had
reached the last lines of the sec.
ond stanza of the hymn. One. or
the mountaineers lifted his rifle
and took aim at the young min
ister. Just as he had drawn a
bead and his finger was closing
in on the trigger DR.. Smiths
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PROVING II
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

"I'n have that affidavit in an
hour" said the lawyer. Later he
telephoned me that his secretary
was not sure enough of the de-
tails to be willing to make an af-
fidavit. ..- . ".'.."
Now wouldn't l have been on
the spot had | preferred charges
on the basis Of that testimony?
At another time an attorney
gave me a very damaging state
ment against certain political
enemies, which he urged me to
use in a radio address, and which
he said he knew positively to be
true.
"Give it to me in writing" 1
said, "and I will use it."
The attorney demurred. He said
his position was such that he could
not be quoted.
"Then how can l be quoted?"
/ asked.
1t is dangerous to make a de-
rogatory statement you can not
prove. To be able to prove it you
must have evidence that will not
fail you. If there are witnesses
who are willing to support you,
you should know that they can be
depended on not to go back on
you-or they should be so COM
mitted that they can not back off.
Sometimes the other side will get
to witnesses and bride or brighten
them into deserving you-and
even into repudiating written
statements.
1t is not ethical or equitable to
make damaging assertions unless
they can be proved. Sometimes
we may be as certain as can be
that a thing is absolutely true,
yet a thorough investigation will
show it is not. Much of the Cos
sip whispered around is false. On
the other hand there is much that
is true which could be said, but
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ANOTHER FAILURE

After the spending of lot of money, the model
rehabilitation community established near Yankton
by the government has been disbanded, and thus
another paternalstic theory goes glimmering. Ae-
cordng to the Yankton Press and Dakotan, politics
is at the bottom of the failure and because of the
injection of politics into the brain trust scheme
the families which were to be eoddled and rehab-
:ilitated under government controlled and social
istic policy will again be thrown out on cold and
cruel world, faced with the sad prospect of earning
their own living-Iroquois Chief.
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Zach year, on June 10, the peo.
- pie of Portugal honor theil
great epic poet, Luis Vaz dc
Camoens. So famous is this mar
that, in 1924, Portugal issued
set of seven picturesque stamps
concentrating the fourth cen.
tennial Of his birth, and depicting
important elements in his career
Great as Camoels. was as a
poet, he also is known in history
as a lover. fighter, adVenturer.
and soldier. Involved in brawl
with a court official, over the love
Of lady of the court, he was ban
ished from Portugal for a time.
He went to Africa, and there, in
a battle at Ceuta, he lost an eye.
But Camoens continued his adven.
furious career, at the same time
composing what has. become Por-
tugars greatest epic poem. the
Lusiads.
The stamp shown here illus
rates the battle at Ceuta, where
CameonS lost an eye.
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are absolutely understandable
sometimes nobody can be found
who will testify-and sometimes
a person willing to testify can not
substantiate his testimony.
On one occasion a lawyer, a
friend of mine-he was capable
lawyer, too-earnestly urged me
to bring to the attention of the
city council that latter murder
had been committed the police
were thirty minutes arriving at
the scene of the tragedy and had
to be called twice before they
would come. In the meantime the
murderer escaped. ..
i asked the lawyer if he had
any proof of that assertion. He
replied emphatically that he had.
He said he was quoting his own
secretary.
80. k" I said, "get me an
affidavit from your secretary and
| I'll lay the matter publicly before
the city council this afternoon.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Stan Correspondent

NEA Service stan correspondent
WASHINGTON = The admins
w tration can congratulate it
self on the fact that the major
exposures" of its brain trusters
have been attempted by such
gents as DR.. Writ and Congress-
man Ralph Brewster of Maine.
Headlines of liar" charges
may have obscured the thread of
evidence in the House investiga-
ton of Bvewster's charges that
Corcoran had threatened to stop
the Passamaquoddy project if
Brewster voted against the hold
ing company death sentence"
But from several angles Of
dramatic human interest this
show was strongly reminiscent of
the sensation caused when the
Gary school teacher used a pri-
vate dinner. party to prove" that
brain trusters and their satellites
were planning a revolution along
O. Russian lines. "
In each case came sensational
charges from a man of previously
good repute. resulting in an imme.
date House investigation. In each
case the other witnesses. teStifying
on the sensational statements
charged. denied anything of the
sort had been said.
DRINCIPAL witness for Cor.
\ coran was DR. Ernest Gruening
chief of the division of territories
and insular possessions. who fatty
contradicted Brewster'S charge.
Gruening was almost in tears
This marked a climax in an init
mate relationship Of eight years
during which Gruening-much OF
the time as editor of the Portland
(Me.) Evening Newsstand battled
admiringly at Brewster's side in
the latters long war against the
insult power interests.
The Gruenings and the Brewster,
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER,

were dear trends and Gruening
had introduced and endorsed the
congressman to Corcoran and many
other liberals here.
WHILE it is hardly Imaginable
w that Brewster could deliberately
misquote Corcoran on such an i'm.
portant statement in face Of GER.
tain reputation by Gruening later,
the high regulations of both Cor
coran and Gruening precluded any
thought that the two were lying.
Hence those in the committee
room crowd who wanted to be char
liable felt that Brewster, his soul
in turmoil and his mind upset as
both his old friend and his recent
associate in legal work on the
Ouoddy project had him on the
spot as to his vote, had misunder.
stood. That was a pretty hot dav.
Corcoran. a 34.year-old Irishman,
alternately grimly earnest and
merrily smiling, but always elo'
ouent, was questioned as to what
business he had working Tor the
bill in Capitol Hill and why he
wasn't attending to the RFC job
for which he gets paid.
TIE squashcd much of the charge
Ill of administration lobbying and
interference against him by show.
ing that all his operations had
been at the bohest Of Senator
Wheeler and Congressman Ray.
hrn, the two committee chairmen
handling the bill.
The answer to the other question,
&c nearly everyone in Washington
Luaw was that COrcoran handled
his REC work as well as his utility
hin efforts by working a scven-day
wnnk stretching from 10 a. m. to 1
or . a m. almost daily.
II have to work all the hours
don't have to sleep" he said.
Irnnyriaht 1925. NEA Service. Inc.
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Observing certain charges re-
Gently made by a former govern
ment official and testimony he
has given on the WITNESS stand
concerning those charges, should
remind all of us forcibly that it
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BREESE WILL OPP
w. P. A. OFFICE
ASHEVILLEL
ASHEVILLE. Ju.

ASHEVILLE, Jul
Asheville office Of The II
gresS administration Wi
ed by w. f. Brees". d 4
newly appointed d.r.1.
August ], it was lcar@
day.
Mr.. Breese will cone
vile tomorrow for = CO.
with ERA officials conc"r
set-up and location Of tn
office. He expects that
offices in the courlhnus.
used for HEADQUARTERS,
no definite decision will
until later in the week.
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is one thing to
believe or know
a thing, but it is
altogether a n
other matter to
prove it.
Public offici-
ais are constant
ly having de-
mandS made on
them to attack
a n d stop this
thing or that; or
to expose ana
punish this per-
son and that. Yet
oftentimes proofs
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A lot of who ruin their lives drinking liquor
are otherwise mighty fine fellows. 1t does appear
that the wrong men often form the liquor habit
There are those who might do their community a
favor BY drinking themselves to their graves, but
when upright, honest, kind hearted useful citizens
kill themselves on the bottle, it's great pity
Marshyille Home
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MISSIONARIES
LIFE SAVED BY
SINGING HY MN
True Story of Early Ca
reer of Rev. R. P. Smith
Is Recounted
Rv MAUDE WADDELL

A true story concerning NV
Dr.. R. P. Smith of AsheVllle:
we'll known probably to many OF
the members of the Presbyterian
church in Hendersonville ana
Charleston, was recently recalled
bv the writer who is lifelong
friend of Dr. Smith and after
this story was printed in me
Monitor it appeared in The Char
lotte News and The Raleigh News
and observer and has caused so
much general interest that 1t Is
here retold. Rev. DR.. Smith VINO
IS a Calvinist of the old school
is one of the most eminent Pres
byterian ministers in the south
and has to his credit the educa-
ton of several thousand orphans
who write frequently to him
which is never found out. Prob
ably much more deviltry occurs
that is never uncovered than is
talked about without foundation.
But that has nothing to do with
the fact that we should know our
stuff and be able to prove it, be-
fore we make accusations.
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FINED $500. FOR RI DRIVING XIV NC WHILE DRUNK

A drunken driver, tried in Los Angeles, pleaded
guilty and was fined $500, and if the fine is not
paid he must spend $50 days in jail. Pretty stiff
but the crime is serious. If human life were evalu
'ated at higher rate, the fine would have been
IS. 900 or two years on the chaingang-The Union
Times y ~ 20 ... '.s-'
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beautiful voice rang o.
mountain air and tbs y
he sung,-"CoyCr llg
less Head. With the "a
Thy Wing The man !
kill him dropped his il,.
claimed cam shoot
Years after when 4.
:aent was all made o..
many had ioiNca ,r
church these two men o.
verted and told the Na