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, 1935-03-31
Dime Store Princess Flies
To Reno to Divorce Hubby

ark. N. j., Friday. Q day after her
arrival from England.
The prince Is in India playing
polo.
At Cheyenne. the mistress Of mil
lions scrubbed on two blanks, an
overseas message TO the Danish
Count Haugwitz. who has describ-
ed himself as simply ian old
friend" and another to her father.
Franklyn l. Hutton.
To inquirers who asked about
Prince Ale1is, her failure and her
gifts to charity she had only O
tight-lipped smile.
Eyes, I want to get II over with.
No, I won't live on a ranch. I'll
establish residence right in Reno.
A Dude ranch-well-maybe later"
she answered briefly.
, 1935-03-31
Harlingen's Bonds
Are Sent To PWA
Especial TO The Heraldl

HALINGEN. March 30.-Bonds OF
the City Of Harrington in the sum Of
$4,000 have been signed by officials
here and forwarded to the PWA in
Washington as security for a loan
which is to finance rebuilding Of the
municipal auditorium here.
Construction work on the project
is expected TO be started in a few
weeks.
Polk Hornaday. city attorney, has
just returned from Austin where he
went in connection with approval
of the bonds, and said he invited
Governor Alfred to be present at the
auditorium opening, on which occas-
ion q gala celebration Is planned.
, 1935-03-31

HARLINGEN. March 30.-Fewer
cases OF rabies than at any time
since last September are reported by
DR.. ". n. Savage. city Sanitarian and
veterinarian.
Several cases a week have been
reported for months but the last few
weeks has cen "a decided decrease.
Two victims are being treated I'm
La Feria.
LIT. Savage expressed the belief
nat injected rats are causing much
spread Oh this disease. Dogs known
10 kill rats have caught the disease
and II Is possible that this "A a
source Of infeStation and one that
would be hard to eradicate.
, 1935-03-31
Funeral Is Held For
Mrs. Mary Effie Shives
Especial 70 The Heraldl

Especial TO The heraldl
WESLACO, March 30. Funeral
services we're held Saturday after
noon from the Martin-Nelson cha
pei for Mrs. Mary Effie Shives. as,
who died at her home near here
Friday night.
Mrs. Shives, who had been a
resident Of the Valley for II years,
died following a lengthy illness.
Rev. Irving Scott Cobb. pastor
OF the Christian church. conducted
funeral services. Interment was
made at the Weslaco cemetery.
Surviving r her husband. Nor
ris; two sons. Leonard and Oliver;
two daughters. Mrs. Lester Look
ingbill and Miss Bella Mae; a sis
ter, Mrs. j. w. Rawls; and four
brothers, Fred. Carl, James and
Clarence Harris.
, 1935-03-31

RENO. New, March 80. R-
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdvani
arrived by chartered plane here
Saturday TO establish residence
for divorce from Prince Alexis
Mdivani.
The heireSs. her stepmother, and
her attorney left the airport with
George B. Thatcher, Reno attor-
ney. They went Immediately to
Thatcheris home here.
Tired after her croSs-country
flight, Princess Barbara said she
had no comment to make on her
expected divorce suit.
She will make her residence
here at Thatcher's home.
The Woolworth heiress left New
, 1935-03-31
Willacy Auto License
Payments Lag Behind
Especial to The Heraldl

RAYMONDVuLE. March 30.-A
total Of i.056 passenger cars, 1853
commercial trucks and 386 farm
trucks, q grand total Of 1905, had
been licensed In Willacy county up
IN Saturday night, figures obtained
at the tax collectors office here re-
vealed.
Last year, licenses were paid on
Q total Of 2.273 passengers and cars
in the county.
Owners have until midnight Mon
day TO buy license plates without
penalty.
, 1935-03-31
Onion Growers OF
Willacy To Meet

RAYMONDVILLE, March 3d.
Onion growers Of wiIlacy county
will hold q mass meeting here Mon
day night TO discuss marketing OF
the 1885 onion crop. which Is now
just beginning 70 move TO market.
Last year the price of onions broke
about half way through the season.
and the farmers and shippers will
seek TO prevent a recurrence. Pros
poets are good this year insofar as
price Is concerned. the early onions
bringing from 81 to So a sack.
, 1935-03-31
T. ]. Yoe Visits

Thomas J. Voc. for years super
intendent OF Brownsville schools.
and later superintendent Of schools
at San Benito. was a visitor In
Brownsville Saturday. Voc now is
connected with the state department
OF education.
, 1935-03-31

Although approximately so miles
Of tunnels have beenu driven in the
Los Angeles aqueduct project through
area regarded az "gold country" no
trace OF precious metals has been
reported.
, 1935-03-31

OF last year has been followed Ivy
adverse conditions IN wide areas
again this season"
, 1935-03-31
EMERGENCY
FREIGHT RATE
IHIKE OKEHED

WASHINGTON, March So.-tP-
American railroads were denied the
kht to make . horizontal In
clease IN freight rates Saturday,
but at the same time were author
tied by the Interstate Commerce
Commission In q split decision again
to add emergency charges 10 exist
ing rates.
The emergency charges viii ap-
ply to a large part Of the freight
traffic Of the country until June 80.
1896.
They are similar, said q commits
sion resume. except In amounts, 70
those which were authorized IN 1881
and which ended September 80.
1888.
s 70 4 Vote
The decision was reached by q
vote Of 5 to 4. Commissioners Nc
Manamy. Lee, Mahaffie and
Splawn took the view that the rail-
roads are confronted by a grave
emergency which warrants some
measure Of relief for the next 10
months.
Chairman Tate and Commission
ers Atchison, Porter and Miller dis
scented. asserting they believe rail-
road rates now are at "the ceiling
of reasonableness" and that in
crease of a general nature would
make them unreasonable and tend
to defeat their own purpose by
alternating traffic from the rail-
roads.
The emergency charges in gene
raj on carload traffic will be seven
per cent of the total line haul
transportation charge subject to a
maximum Of five cents per 100
pounds. On a long list Of commo-
dities. however, specific maximum
charges Of less than five cents are
provided. No additional charge is
authorized on less than carload
traffic for distances under go
miles and where the haul Is for
greater distances the charges range
from n to eleven cents according
10 distance.
No emergency charges are author
lied for farm products in general.
Fresh vegetables. fruit, cattle, sheep.
hogs. milk, lumber and fertilizers
are included In the exemption.
Emergency charges are author
tzed on coal and coke ranging from
three to fiftee ncents per net ton
and on iron ore at ten cents per
ct ton.
Hike Switching Charges
These items always are treated
specially In commission rate cases.
On lake cargo coal and iron ore is
Is specified that q single increase
shall apply even though there may
be two rail hauls separated by
water movement. Under the 1881
emergency charges the railroads
applied surcharges IN each rail
haul.
The charge on petroleum pro-
ducts is fixed at one cent pei 100
pounds. On sand. gravel and GER
tain kinds Of stone a maximum Of
one cent per 100 pounds Is author
lied where the line haul rates are
81 per ton or over.
no charge is permitted where the
b Is less than 81. Switching char
are to be increased ten per cent.
A proposal Of the railroads to
make a charge Of 81 for issuance OF
bills of lading was disapproved.
The majority report did not give
any estimate Of the additional re-
venue the railroads would probably
derive but in his dissenting opinion
Commissioner Miller said that 1t
would appear to afford about one
half of the additional revenue es-
timated by the carriers In their
proposal"
The carriers estimated the addi-
tional revenue they were asking at
sl70.000.0 900 a year.
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Poor Old China

Japan aroused the burning Of telegraph pole by the
Chinese proceeds to take over most Of North China
in the interests peace order and other telegraph poles
Perhaps ALSO in the of the japanese Empire which
already has annexed Manchu and could the rest Of Asia
to round it out.
Few Americans except those who do business with China,
will be deeply concerned
It is hard to sympathize with nation of 400 million people
which takes the chin from nation of go million
But most Americans will in Chnas fate the wisdom OF
keeping up their defenses.
This cruel hard world in which those who don't defend
themselves likely wake and find that they belong to
somebody ese-NoT to themselves
President Roosevelt, glad to Observe believes in
strong national defenses
Whatever his counymen think of of his other policies
they owe him everlasting debt of gratitude for that
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Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, T.

the so-called "GraSS Roots" con-
ventior in the Midwest, is e1.
pected to be tolIoWed ere long
By a series OF serious Demo-
cratic pow-wo1DS.
With Administration leaders
laundering around since the
NRA decision, many Of the
staunch party men want to get
together and map out some pro-
gram that will unite them
again.
When or where a conference
may be held is not known at
present.
Neither is it known whether
the gathering will be big one.
There are many persons, how
who think it is high time for the
Democrats to get together to
determine what can be done to
pull the party out Of its uncer.
taintieS.
Up at the Republican No
tionaI Committee they haze
been hopeful that former Presi.
dent Herbert HooUer has at
last seen the handwriting on
the tDdll.
He went around the country
without talking.
Some people have even
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Listen, World

mandments as lightly as she
powders her nose-and has a
technique which would have
made the gay Gerties and
naughty Nellies of the old Bow
cry feel like lotta milkmaids.
But when it comes to matri-
mony the general plot hasn't
changed a particle. In spite Of
all this foolish fuss about equal
ity, she still believes that she is
Gods Greatest Gift to Man.
kind, and that any gentleman
who is lucky enough to pay her
bills should be grovelingly CRATE
full until death do them part.
And what's more, she gets by
with it!
Economists may dub her a
Helpless Parasite. Reformers
may wiring their hands at her
carryings-on. And Nom and
Dad may scream themselves jit-
terry over her extravaganza. Yet,
let anyone seriously suggest that
the Sweet, Sheltered, American
Home Girl isn't earth'S rareSt
treasure, and see what happens!
Such romantic notions aren't
new in America. We have al.
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ways been sentimental nation
with a yen for chivalry. But
never before has our female
stock reached such fantastic
heights as today. And never has
as little been expected from the
lady in return.
Grandpa talked pretty non
sense when he courted Gram
ma, but after marriage he ex-
pected a practical partnership.
And got it. Marriage was no
snap for prewar wives. They
provided both hard labor,
heavy headwork and family
trees. But now? Gimme air!
She is, undoubtedly, the pref
test piece of heifer-on-the-hoof
the human race has ever pro-
duced. Science and Big Bust.
ness have racked their brains
and Poppa has gone into bank.
ruptcy-to supply her with
every conceivable beauty aid.
Her grooming requires all the
Federal Reserve and most OF
the calendar.
But after that-what? Un-
less she's an honest working
girl or wife (who are the salt
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Three-Minute
Journeys

WHILE TRANSATLANTIC
liners carry happy crowds of
tourists bound for Europe, other
ships sail past Ambrose Light.
in the Narrows and the glorious
New York harbor. These ships
from Europe are far from empty,
for on their decks are crowds of
visitors from Europe, craning
their necks for a glimpse of
Manhattan's skyline, something
that has become familiar to
them in the movies.
Organized tours to the port of
of New York and then inland,
in some cases to the Pacific
Coast, are offered by steamship
lines in cooperation with travel
agencies. The tours do not in.
clude ruined castles, abbeys,
churches and other buildings,
such as we see when we go to
Europe. What do these travel
booklets describe and what do
they pictured
Then there are pictures and
descriptions of Niagara Falls, as
well as of Detroit. The latter city
causes more interest than any
city besides New York, for many
want to see the great-automo-
bile plants.
Washington is another main
objective. The simplicity of the
White House is always a matter
for comment by our visitors
who are more familiar with the
magnificent old palaces that
house not only kings but presi-
dents. One cannot picture the
fiery, dashing MuSSolini in any
place but the grand salon of
the Pala1zo Venezia-
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Riding for a Fall

Unless something done curta the tendency luxury in
he District government the Washington taxpayers headed
ride into the sratosphere of higher taxesand they
won't be supplied with oxygen for the journey.
The District appropriation bill for the fiscal year. which
ctarts July will up every cent that the city has to Its
credit There won't any the comfortable surplus that the
y has enjoyed former years and which has kept US on an
even financial keel.
There likelihood that instead of surplus the city will
ctualy wind up the year with deficit That likelihood will
ecome CERTAINTY if of the luxury bills pending in
Congress should be made effective during the year.
Are the taxpayers of the District able to the add
ona burden that will be placed them by enactment Of
these new Injuries?
We doubt it.
And will Congress force upon people that has say in
he preparation of its schedule Of expenditures new and
)ensive projects?
Time alone will answer that question But is greatly to
e feared that because Of lack Of general OF
he cys position and because Of LACK OF INTEREST on
The of its members Congress WILL throw the CITY
completely out Of financial balance
There is more meat in the present situation than the threat
Of increasing There is in it the unquestlonabe TACT that
able to spend enough develop properly those services Of
government which are essential
While almost any Senator Representative who has an ex
pertinent that he wants tried out use the District as
laboratory the city actual functoning community
unable to provide itself with the necessities of life
An instance of this the condition Of the Health Depart
en Efforts of experts improve the public health Of the
city have been baked bya failure to provide the minimum
amount of funds necessary to carry out TINS
Another instance the Police Department. Although Con-
gress processes Mortified at the crime rate in the National
Capital has refused to provide the number of policemen
essential to protect the community
Still another the school system We are forced to
send our children dlapdaed shack fire traps and over
crowded buildings and provision made TO reheVe cong
ton or to eliminate the unfit structures
There might be willingness the part of the taxpayers
meet small order support these neces
sarv Institutions Instead of that however they faced with
the probability of being forced to pay INCREASED TAXES
TO SUPPORT LUXUR1Es which not needed but which
NAV be forced upon them by theorists and expermentasts
When Congress adopting these model laws tor the DIS
rict the remark is often made that the thing being 1eo
out on the dog"
That may be all right but Congress should remember that
TOO MANY OF THESE TRY-OUTs WILL KILL THE
ANIMAL.
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followed a normal path up to
a certain point in it's orbit,
and then moved outward, after
which it returned to its normal
path.
This departure from normal
did not always occur at the
same place in the orbit; but
it did always happen with a
certain fixed regularity. This
suggested that some unknown
body swung closer to it at reg.
ular intervals.
To compute where this I'M
known and roaming body would
have % be in order to pull
Uranus, which also was roam
ing, out of its path, is prob
lem in mathematics which few
men are capable of solving.
PLUTO
1t was natural to infer that
it was as yet an undiscovered
planet which was affecting
Uranus, because no fixed star
was near enough, and all of
the known planets circled in.
side of Uranus orbit, whereas
Uranus was being pulled out.
To predict the weight of the
unknown, its approximate dis
lance, its period of rotation
around the Sun, and almost its
exact location at certain hour
on a certain night is an ex-
ample of the power of the hui
man intellect.
Then came Percival Lowell,
founder of Lowell Observatory
at Flagstaff. Ariz. He was not
satisfied that all the discrepan.
cies in the motion of Uranus
were accounted for by Neptune.
He worked still finer calcula.
tons and predicted the exist
ence Of another, but smaller
planet, out beyond Neptune.
twenty-five years passed. Low.
ell died in the meantime. Finally,
on the nlghC or March II, 1880,
Lowell Observatory announced
the discovery Of an extremely
faint star-like body in the con-
stellation Gemini, which moved
with relation to the fixed stars,
and therefore must be a planet.
The location was that which
Lowell had foretold. The planet
is now known as Pluto.
Thus does Science foretell the
future.
Articles by Mr.. Maxim appear
each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. The subject Of the next
one will be "Why Is Steel Hard
and Rubber SOft?"
(copyrisht 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Proposed Dictatorship
By James T. Williams, Jr.

Whom the gods Mould de-
Stroy they first make mad.
Unlimited power would be
given the Congress of the
United States to establish as
absolute a dictatorship as the
world has ever seen under a
proposed amendment to the Con.
stitution Just introduced in the
House by Congressman Wood of
Missouri, who calls himself a
Democrat.
Mr.. Wood is a former presi-
dent of the State Federation of
Labor of Missouri and a former
Legislative representative" be-
fore Congress of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Ways Employees. Neither organ
ization has yet endorsed his rev.
dictionary scheme.
Under the Wood amendment
to the Constitution. Congress
would be given absolute powers
10 90 the following things:
ABSOLUTE POWER
To dictate the hours, wages,
terms and conditions of labor in
every State in the Union, in
every community in every State,
and in every home in every com.
munity.
To dictate who should be per-
mitted to work and who should
be denied the right to work.
To dictate, not only the pro-
ductiOn Of but also the price to
be paid and the price to be
charged for food and every other
commodity bought and sold by
every person under the flag.
Nor would the dictatorship
championed by this Newest
DEAL Congressman stop here.
Under his proposed amendment
to the Constitution, Congress
would be given absolute power
to abdicate its every legislative
power to the President or to any
agency he might select for the
purpose of making all laws gov.
erning anybody and everybody
when in the judgment of Con-
gress the American people need
a dictator in the White House.
The concluding section of this
amazing proposal would clothe
Congress with absolutely power
to do the following additional
things to the poor and the rich,
the weak and the strong, re-
CARELESS of the Bill of Rights or
any other provision of the Con-
Stitution or any decision, how.
ever unanimous to the contrary,
which the Supreme Court of the
United States might hand
down:
ITO enforce, extend, liquidate,
adjust, reduce, discharge or can.
eel liens, claims. demands, debts,
judgments or obligations"
Under this proposed amend.
ment, Congress would also be
empowered to permit all persons
fortunate enough to be on its
preferred list "tO reacquire as.
sets in which they may have
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had or may have an interest by
paying at such time and in such
manner as may be prescribed
by law the reasonable market
value of such assets or any part
thereof, without regard to the
amount of the lien thereon or
the demands against the same,
and in the meantime, upon rea-
sOnable terms, to enjoy posses
sion of such assets"
To enforce the DEGREES Of such
an absolute dictatorship from
Washington over the American
people as Congressman Wood of
Missouri proposes would, Of
course. require the sending of
Federal troops into every State
in the Union for an indefinite
period. 1t would require one Of
the largest standing armies the
world has ever seen.
Under the proposed dictator.
ship, Congress could completely
abdicate to the President its
every legislative power.
Under the proposed dictator
ship, the President could assign
to Postmaster General Farley,
DR.. TugWell, Mr.. Hopkins, or
the chief of the District of Co
lumbia police the power to
make all laws affecting the con.
dltlon under which men and
women the country over would
be permitted to work, the wages
to be paid them, the fines to
be imposed upon them if they
protested, and the prices they
would have to pay for food,
shelter and clothing.
IN THE OPEN
One of the most useful effects
OF the recent unanimous deci-
sion of the Supreme Court is
to be found in the fact that
they have smoked out into the
open that coalition of political
sappers in the present Con.
greSS who are seeking to over
throw the Government of the
Constitution, to junk the Bill
Of Rights and to subject the
whole people of the United
States to a dictatorship that
might we'll make the HitIerS,
Mussolinis, and Stains the
world over green with envy.
Fortunately. the great jury
of the people" will have a
chance to give their verdict on
the desirability of such a die.
tatorship when the Democrats
of the Sixth congressional dis
trict of Missouri vote next year
upon the candidacy of Congress
man Wood for denomination.
His denomination on the is.
sue he has raised would put
him we'll to the front OF that
coalition in the present Con-
gress which seeks to modern.
ize" the Constitution Of the
United States by cutting its
heart out.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times
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rid - - By Elsie Robinson
By Monitor

of any generation) she can be
as stupid, selfish, snooty and
lazy as any wart-hog, and no
one will be either surprised or
perturbed.
Cook? Sew? Have babies?
Don't be silly! That sort Of
thing went out with home
made haircutS and bungalow
aprons. snappy numbers on
the bride list of 1885 are sup
posed to stick around and be
beautiful-and nothing else
but. This and this alone is
sufficient inspiration and COM
pensation for any husband.
And in case even this obi
CATION pals, the Judge will
obligingly remove said spouse
from the picture and see that
she still receives her tribute
regularly. in the form of ali
mony, special delivery. And
heaven help the poor sap if
he tries to dodge!
All of which the dumbeSt
male knows before he marries
one Of them. And yet-hell
slave to prove himself worthy"
of absolutely useless little
trampS who haven't the moral
or mental rating of a good
turkey buzzard. And, having
been accepted, he'll march right
up and adjust the moose with
out a whimper. All for what?
You tell 'em!
Copyright, 1885, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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A Cure for Neuritis

Science daily advances to new trumphs.
The American and Canadian medical associations in session
at Atlantic City, have reported the discovery Of almost
tain remedy for neuritis.
This ament though seldom fatal has caused untold
misery to thousands.
And the isolation of the crystals of Vtamn b. known
the nerve vamn is said to give effective relief to neurts
victims.
Of hundred patients treated all but eight showed marked
Improvement, and fortyfou COMPLETELY cured
Those wiseacres who tell you that the world suffering from
too much SCIENCE and who advocate five ten year holiday
from all scientific research may find food for thought in the
announcements