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, 1935-04-25
PALMER WILL
Be TRIED NEXT
McAlister Companion May
Seek Change of Venue,
Defense Outlined
Especial to The Herald)

EDINBURG. April 25.-Trial Of
Richard A. Palmer. youthful Texas
ex-convict charged with murder and
robbery with firearms In connection
with the hitch-hiking Staying OF
Percy A. Calkins. Houston salesman,
OH March 80 north Of Edinburg. will
be delayed until completion of the
trial OF James ID. McAlister, similar
~ charged. whose trial Is nov un-
der way.
Palmer entered a plea OF not
guilty when arraigned following his
indictment and has been held with
out bond in the Hidalgo County jail
since his arrest April 3.
Attorneys for Palmer will be j. X.
Leslie Of McAllen, c. r. Baird and
Dalton Van DreSSar Of Edinburg.
They announced that Palmer's plea
OF not guilty will be reiterated and
that the defense will contend that
Palmer did not know the crime with
which he is charged was 10 have
been committed that he would have
tried to prevent it had he known
10 was being planned that in fact he
did try to prevent commission Of the
crime and that he assisted officers
in their solution Of the mystery sur
rounding the playing for three days
afterward.
Defense counsel will file a motion
for a change Of venue and has is
sued subpoenas for several Valley
newspapermen who are expected to
testify concerning wide publicity Civ
en- the crime. The motion will be
based on the grounds that too much
publicity has been given and that
sentiment and conditions in Hidalgo
county are such as TO preclude any
likelihood OF the defendant receiv-
ing a fair trial.
, 1935-04-25
Cowboy Band To
Be At Queen Theatre

AnderSons Ragtime COMMANDS,
Melodious Cowboys, appear on the
Queen Theatre stage. Friday ana
Saturday nights at 1880 and $50 -
two performances nightly.
Six people compose this cowboy
melody. song and dance troupe, with
their string instrument music, star
ring the Boy Wonder singer Of the
radio which you hear every week,
and five other good players with new
novelties. and some new angles TO
trick roping - a real Western Show
on the stage On the screen
will be presented the new thrill ac-
ton western The Cyclone Rang
, 1935-04-25
Clean Out
Kidney P0isoas
Waah Out Yow Is Miles a Kidney Tubes

Wash 0ut Yow Is Niles If Kidney Tubes
II kidneys don't pass 3 pints a day
and get rid OF more than 3 pounds o.
waste matter. the 10 miles OF kidney
tubes and filters may become cloggeo
with poisonous waste and the danger
OF acid poisoning is greatly increased.
Bladder passages r. difficult, which
often smart and burn like ecaldtng
water and cause discomfort
This acid condition. brought about
by poor kidney functions is a danger
signal and may be the beginning or
nagging backache. leg pains, loss or
pep and energy. getting up nights
swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic
pains and dizziness.
Most people watch their bowels
which contain only "a feet of tnteg-
tines but neglect the kidneys whsch
contain rs miles OF tiny tubes ana
filters. II these tubes or filters be-
come clogged with poisona. IL may
knock you out and lay you UP for
many months. Don't run any risk.
Make sure your kidneys empty y
pints a day.
Ask your druggist for DOANT@
PILLS. an old prescription, which
has been used successfully by MIL
lions OF kidney sufferers for over 40
years. q 1884, Foster-MIlburn Co
, 1935-04-25
Valley, To Come
Back Says Guest

Wen be back next winter" de-
clared Mr.. and Mrs w. p. Evans OF
Newark. Ohio. as they left Thurs
day morning after spending the
past winter in Brownsville.
Mr. Evans was In The Herald Of
flee Thursday arranging to have
this newspaper sent to him at his
Chic home, and took time TO praise
Brownsville as a winter resort.
MY wife and 7 spent two winters
in Florida. and we have spent two
in Brownsville. We like Brownsville
better. The climate here Is better
ana the people are more cordial"
He said they found in Florida
many people still have a feeling Of
resentment against northerners.
, 1935-04-25

lin, Mitzi Green. sid Silvers. Frank
Parker, The Boswell Sisters. Sid
ney Blackmer, Ralph Morgan, Shir-
ley Grey Sam Hardy, Patsy Kelly,
william Boyd, Jean Sargent ana
Jimmie Grier and his orchestra.
Benny's famous radio satire. Grind
Hotel" is included in the broad
casts. and another highlight Is the
il.imitable limitations of r e stars
for which the now grownup Mitzi
Green is noted.
, 1935-04-25
VALLEY RELATIVES
OF JUDGE AND WIFE

Mrs. w. o. washington OF Browns
vile, wife Of the county engineer,
l. a sister Of Mrs. Pierson. She
planned to leave for Austin Thurs
day.
Ryan PierSon. who Is well known
over Cameron county through his
work al technician in the laborato-
ries OF the Cameron county heal4-
unit l. a nephew Of Judge PierSon.
The technician has been in Austin
recently taking additional kyaininR
ar the University Of Texas.
He Is best known In San Benito
where laboratories Of the health
unit are maintained.
, 1935-04-25

York and Europe in this sparkling
comedy drama with music, mystery
and romance from the pen OF Leon
Gordon. With Nancy Carroll and
Gene Raymond, Benny heads a cast
including Sydney Howard. who Is
known as England's Charlie Chap
, 1935-04-25

A kindly. venerable gentleman
outside the courtroom. Justice Pier
son was a martinez OH the bench.
He insisted that attorneys appearing
before him argue facts and the law
and place their oratory in written
briefs.
He was most critical OF THE laws
delays, and often recalled his days
as a trial judge when ht accelerat-
ed the wheels OF justice by insisting
on opening court promptly at Q a.
m. and working until noon, taking
a one-hour recess and then working
all afternoon and often far into the
night.
The trial judges now are too
easy going and lenient with the
lawyers" he once remarked. They
ought 10 bear down harder"
One Of his favorte topics of con-
versatlon was a grandchild in Chi
cagO. whose picture he carried
constantly in his wallet He was
looking forward TO a vacation this
summer when he would see them.
, 1935-04-25
Movie Sideights
CAPITOL

CAPITOL
The musical treat Of 1885 has
come 10 the screen in the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer musical extrava-
ganZs, Reckless" which shows Fri
day and Saturday at your Capitol.
Brownsville.
OF first Importance. the picture
introduces Jean Harlow and William
Powell as co-StarS for the first
time. The glamorous platinum star
IL see as Mona Leslie, a dazzling
Broadway dancer who rises TO
great social and professional height.
only TO be plunged into the depths
OF scandal and disgrace by the mad
ect Of her millionaire playboy hus-
band.
Powell is seen as Ned Riley, the
Iovial sports promoter who walks
side by side with Mona through her
triumphs and tragedies and finally
emergeS as best man"
Tone as Millionaire
Franchot Tone ably handles the
role o. Bob Harrison. the millionaire
husband and others deserving of
honorable mention are May Rob-
son, as Granny: RoSamond RUS
sell, as 10 Mercer: Henry Stephen
son, as the elder Harrison; Ted
Healy and Nat Pendleton as Pow
eu's companions and little Mickey
Rooney.
Producer David o. Selznick and
director Victor Fleming have
crowded everything that goes to-
ward making a bang-up entertain
ing picture in Reckless" These in
clude four Snappy song hits. pres
ented in colorful SURROUNDINGS and
hordeS OF beautiful girls. dazzling
settings and with several sensation
al names participating In them.
, 1935-04-25

The lamprey Is a living fossil =
living representative Of a creature
that lived in prehistoric days. IT
Is a vertebrate. yet has no limbs.
no Jaws and no teeth. and its skull
~ only y platform on which the
brain rests.
, 1935-04-25

To get rid of itch, rash, letter, foot
itch, ringworm or eczema, cover with
soothing Blue Star Ointment which
contains tested medicine that melts,
soaks I'm quickly and kills the Itch
Money back IL first jar falls
, 1935-04-25

er" with Bill Cody and Nena Quar-
taro, and the new serial ~Tailspin
Tommy" There will be no ad-
vance in prices Tor the stage and
screen show.
, 1935-04-25
LEGION TO MEET

A regular meeting OF the Jonn
Hanson Post, American Legion, VIII
be held at the Legion hall here
Thursday night at 8 o'clock. accord
ing TO Joe Lindaberry. post adj
jutant
, 1935-04-25
QUEEN

The radio broadcsstS OF Jack Ben
nv which have delighted millions
over the air are a feature OF Re
liance'S Transatlantic MerTy-Go-
Round which brings an all-Star
cast OF screen and radio favoriteS 70
the Queen theatre Thursday only.
Benny plays a master Of ceremo-
MES broadcasting from a palatial
ocean liner plying between New
, 1935-04-25
Told Weird story

Justice PlerSOn Was Oh years Olu
and had been a member OF the SUI
preme Court for IA years. He had
long been prominent IN church,
~fraternal, educational and legal cir
cleS.
Young Plerson told officers i'm
mediately after the investigation
began that the justice. Mrs. PierSon
and himself were driving TO Pecan
Experiment station about Is miles
from Austin.
They had turned off the Bull
Greek scenic highway. which runs
through almoz mountainous coun-
try. about six miles from the city
and had proceeded about four miles
along another road when two men
suddenly jumped in front Of their
automobile.
Rrandishing pistols, he said. the
men halted the car. mounted the
running boards and ordered them TO
drive down a lane nearby about 100
wards. There the a again was
stopped.
zone of the men handed his gun
40 the other" he said. and while n
kept the two guns on us the other
took u money and fathers watch.
Father cot real angry. and said.
III see that you're punished for
this one OF the men replied 'aw. 90
to Hell'l"
Then father grabbed the two
guns and told me 70 light into the
other man. 7 jumped on and started
choking him. We fell TO the ground.
He pulled m pistol from his poke
and sh0t me through the arm- 7
heard the other mar shooting"
pierson said me knew he didn't
have m chance" sO Inc ran and hid
, 1935-04-25
PERSON HAD
LONG life OF
CIVIC SERVICE
Jurist Entered Politics
Early In Life, Held
Colleagues Respect,
All State Shocked



sentiment against mis- parents which
vas based on his mistaken i'm
preston that they had discrimin-
ated against him." DIR. Wooten
said. He believed his parents
favored his brother and sister.
Picked Spot for Killing
He brooded over and over this
imaginery discrimination. He told
me OF things which his parents
had done to him and which he
considered unfair back to the time
he was eleven years old.
Then. too, he had an idea. he
could become a great scientist. He
failed pretty much in school and
somehow got the impression his
parents were standing In the way
Of attainment Of his goal.
He wanted to obtain his fathers
insurance money so he could re-
sumo his studies. But that wasn't
the main trouble-the primary
cause was this imaginary discrimi-
nation.
-He told me he went out We'd
nesday before noon apd picked the
spot al which he would kill his
father and mother"
How long had you been plan
ming the killing?" PierSon was ask
Cd.
Not very long" he replied.
@. You don't deny that you did
1T?
A. No.
@. Your mind didn't suddenly &C
blank out there. or something OF
that sort?
"A. I remember IL MI.
q. How many shots we're fired?
A. i don't know.
q. Why did you tell your mother
and father YOU were taking them
out that road7
A. Just TO show them a scenic
drive.
Q. How did you get them out Of
the car?
A. / told them / wanted 10 show
them an old Indian grindstone.
C.. What do you think your broth
ef will think? His brother Is
graduate student In the University
on Chicago)
"A. | suppose some one notified
him. He understands my torubleS.
ca. Did you hit your fatheri
IJuuge PlerSon had marks Oh III
head AZ though he had been struck
Young Persons eyes flashed a.
ne answered:
III didn't do that. He must have
fallen
g. Why did you shoot your moth
CIR firSt2
"A. Because she was closest TO me
Young PlerSon was in the Uni
versity OF Texas two years and
hall. He once vas "a page In I'M
house M representatives. He Quli
school last spring after being as
p~hyxiated" IN his garage By carbon
mOnOxldr EaS.
, 1935-04-25
No more tired
let down feeling for me-

70 reasoned
that w
red blood
corpuscIe
strength
was low and
] simply took
o course Of
SIS. Tonic
and built 10
back"
, 1935-04-25
Killed for Revenge
Picked Spot for killing

III LlN P14tg lAAnN @11A EAN-SDh -
the country on the last trip were
Deputy SheriffS sam Rogers, Paul
Blair and Jim Mccoy. and B. NJ
Gault. Texas Ranger who helped an
the determination OF the notorious
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker In
Louisiana last summer.
Deputies Rogers and Blair sald
young Pierson told them that after
he had shot Justice and Mrs. Pier
son. he felt OF their bodies and then
fired a bullet into the head Of each
TO make sure they were dead"
What did you kill them for7"
Rogers said he asked him.
For revenge he replied.
DO YOU mean you killed your
mother for revenge?' asked Rogers.
Yes PiersOn said.
The officers returned the youth
TO the county jail here where he
vas placed In a single cell ana q
close watch was set yer him.
Bleeding profuSely. young Pier
son brought the first news OF the
tragedy to Austin, making his way
10 "A hospital in the PierSon auto
mobile. After his wound was dress
ed, he accompanied officers 70 the
place where the bodies were found.
County and city officers and Tex
rs Rangers, acting under orders OF
James v. Alfred, Immediately start
ei the investigation, combing the
hilly country near the scene OF the
crime. The search for the robbers
was dropped after Persons con-
fCSSiOn.
AS reports OF the killings swept
the city, Governor Alfred, Attorney
General William McCraw. justices
q. the higher courts and other state
officials hurried TO the morgue
where the bodies were taken.
"A night session OF the legislature
Ras virtually broken up while hor-
ror-stricken members gathered 70
GiscuSS the slayings.
Told Weird story
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
BY JOE BALLET

the main tasks of the Party !"
This we must start first with
the leadership itself, where such
tendencies strongly exist. The whole
situation demands the sharpest
struggle against looseness and I'M
systematic methods OF work. :"
For Negro Rights
The Plenum hit sharply against
white chauvinism which constantly
raises its ugly head in the section
and also hit against petty-bour-
geois nationalism which concrete
example showed to play directly
into the hands of the white chau-
vinists and so hinder the fight
against them.
The determination of the Plenum
to make revolutionary change"
in the circulation of the Daily
Worker was dramatized by Steuben
assuming personal responsibility for
the drive for 500 daily circulation
of the Daily Worker. 1t was de-
cided to form a "Steuben Daily
Worker Shock Troop" OF sixty com
rades, with brigades in every To-
cality, each headed by Brigader
whose name the brigade will bear.
Strictest personal responsibility
was further emphasized with nam
ing Joe BALLET as personally respon-
BILE for organizing Party recruit
ment and systematizing dues pay
ments to achieve $50 dues paying
members las against present mem
oership of 2S0l bv Nav First, the
doubling of the membership of the
Republic Shop Unit and the regu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

If we succeed in establishing
ourselves as the best organizers and
builders OF the Amalgamated Asso-
citation then our Party will play
a decisive role in the rapidly ap-
preaching struggles of the steel
workers. Can We do it? The work
done by us in the past several
months shows that we can do it.
and therefore it must be DONE"
Must Build Party
And Steuben. in his report, and
John Williamson, Ohio, District Or
ganlzer in his speech, emphasized
that no achievements, no future
mass work will be permanent. will
be like building on sand, unless
We build the foundations of the
Party-namely the Party and VOL
units, especially the shop units. the
Party fractions and the circulation
of the Central Organ of our Party,
the Daily Worker"
The resolution unanimously
adopted by the Plenum raised HIGH
the slogan OF Stain to; Constantly
struggle for the fultillment of deci-
sions."
This slogan was painted on
huge sign in the front part of the
hall where the Plenum was held,
and the resolution declared; THE
Section Committee from today on
declares war against all tendencies
to work In spasns, according too
moods and personal inclinations
and not to allow daily routine or
other nroblens to sidetrack us from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

employers will refuse all unemploy-
ment insurance. Following this
Argument to it's logical conclusion
means that the worst possible bill
introduced for the workers has the
best possible chance to pass the
state legislature.
The administration Of the funds
is left to a commission of three
members chosen by the electors
upon bipartisan ballot to
serve for six years" This means
machine political control by capital
ist politicians who can easily muster
the highest vote to defeat any
honest worker in the so-called non
partisan elections. Against this the
Workers Bill calls for the admins
tration of the funds by commits
Sions directly elected by members Of
workers and farmers organize
tons"
The other bad feature Is the
clause which calls for the accept
ance of the rulings Of the Labor Ar
bitration Board during strikes as
condition to receiving unemploy-
ment insurance.
Push State Workers Bill
These anti-labor features of the
ALL. Members League Bill are so
hidden in the measure that many
pass it over and think that this bill
is the "Lundeen Bill for Ohio" No
worker should believe this. The
Workers Bill is now In the legisla-
tive bureau and will be shortly in
troduced into the State legislature.
1t will be known as the Workers
Bill and contain all the same prin-
ciple features as the federal Work
ers' Bill. For this reason we must
warn all workers against other bills
which may be introduced In the
name Of Workers Bill
The rank and file of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor in Ohio
should demand that the anti-labor
features of the A. F. Of L. Members
League Bill be striker out before it
is introduced into the State legis-
lature. Every effort should also be
made to unite all the supporters for
genuine unemployment insurance in
Ohio for one Bill. The more bills
introduced, the more confusion and
the more splitting of the ranks OF
labor who support unemployment in
surance. And if the Workers Unem-
ployment, Old Age, and Social In
surance Bill H.R. 1927 is the best
federal bill, then it is the best UNI
employment insurance bill for Ohio
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

character. Regular leaflets shall be
issued at the mill gates and neigh
borhoods. Special emphasis must be
laid upon mass agitation around
the steel mills This must also in
clude mass sale of our Party's lit
erature. We greet the publication by
the &C. of large editions Of i'm
portant pamphlets at popular prices
and set ourselves the following
quotas:
WHY COMMUNISM-5O0 copies
by MAY LIST
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO-350
copies by May LIST.
STAIN WELLS INTERVIEW
300 copies by May LIST.
We also set ourselves the follow
ing quotas for regular circulation by
May LIST.
THE COMMUNIST copies a
month.
COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL
MAGAZINES copies each issue.
Q0) AS result of all our work
between now and May First we
should organize mass dsmonstra-
tons on May First. These are to be
organized on a broad united front
basis.
Closing, as it had started. with
the idea of plunging every Party
member, every unit and every frac-
ton into active daily work to help
organize and prepare the coming
steel strike, the Plonum adjourned
and the delegates filed out past the
slogan Of Stain, Struggle for the
fulfllment Of every decision"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Feb. a.
The Youngstown Section Plenum of
the Communist Party, held here on
Feb. II, took note OF the first i'm
portant steps in breaking through
the past isolation of the Party.
sharply examined serious defects in
the work and, determining that the
main task of the Party in this Sec
ton was to help the steel work
ers carry through their drive to
build the Amalgamated Association
GA. F. of ID and to root the Party
units in the mills and the Party
fractions in the A. A. Lodges.
adopted resolution estimating the
past work and containing ten con-
troll tasks to be carried through by
May First.
II was by far the best Plenum
ever held in Youngstown. with
over fifty comrades participating
and almost every one of them TAX
ing the floor in the discussion. The
discussion showed the political level
of the section.
Support Steel Workers
John Steuben, Section Organizer,
set the keynote for the whole
Plenum in his opening report:
The task of our Party is very
clear, namely to mobilize all the
forces and resources at our COM
mand in support of the steel work
ers' drive to build the Amalga-
mated Association as strong
weapon in their hands. We must
prove by our practical deeds that
we Communists are able people and
the best union organizers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
Miners to Send.
Representative.
.TOSOvietUniOn.
Will Attend May Day
Celebration and
Report Back

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 22.-The
rank and file Of the United Mine
Workers in Allegheny Valley are
planning to send intercollegiate
to the Soviet Union for the MAY
Day celebration and tour of the
workers fatherland which the
Friends Of the Soviet Union spon-
sors.
An enthusiastic meeting, attended
by miners from all over the Ale
gheny Valley section, was held in
Polish Hall, New Kensington, on
Tuesday night, at which the deci-
sion was made and a committee set
up for carrying on the campaign for
delegate.
The assembled workers heard
Herbert Goldfrank, national Secre-
tary Of the F. s. u, and Bob Whis-
ner, recently returned from the U.
S. S. r., where he was sent by his
fellow workers in the Westinghouse,
speak on Soviet Russia and the
workers delegations. Harvey O'Con-
nor spoke on Hearst and his anti
Red drive.
Included on the committee are Of
ficials OF the U. NJ. w. locals and
of the nearby Central Labor Unions:
Scotty o'Hara, president of Renton
local and president of the New
Kensington G. L. u; Joe Fernari,
New Kensington C. L. u; Charlie
Nolker, of Curtisville local, U. M.
W.; Buck Hazer, George Melkovich,
Tony Gabrisch, Bob Condra, and
others active in the various unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-23
Coal Miners and Steel Workers Meet Together Spenda,
MINERS PREPARING
FOR APRIL | FIGHT
AGAINST LEWIS PACT

50. In places such as Aliquippa they
have broken through the worst
kind Of company terror to build a
strong A. A. lodge. In other places
much organization work still needs
to be done, and both the financial
and physical support of the coal
miners will greatly aid this work,
The Vesta miners were able to
close down the three J. and L.
mines as tight as drum when they
decided to walk out. The U. NJ. w.
is just as strong in the majority of
the mines. The same condition must
be brought about in the still mills
through the building of strong, mil
liant, A. A. lodges.
When this is accomplished the two
unions will be able to wage sue
cessful fight for their common de-
mands: 81 an hour minimum; the
six-hour day, five-dsy week; recog-
milton of the union; abolition of the
company unions; equal rights for
Negro workers; enactment of the
Workers Bill III. r. 282D; aboli-
ton Of North South wage differen-
tials.
These demands must be won from
the same bosses. A strong united
front of coal and steel unions,
against the bureaucracy of the
union top leaders, on the basis of
strike action to force concessions
is the weapon which will win them
quickly.