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her TO 20 to a hospital for the work.
q. WHAT dld say?
A. she SAID you're trying to get
cut OF tnaL promise TO me.
! said mo. Colonel GrlSslnger says
The doctors nanuS are tieu unless
you so to the hospital. She saIo ii
you get me there, you'll operate on
me and II anything happens TO me
you'n cut me up" 1 promised her /
wouldn't.
He fatty denied that the first time
he took Grace Branoon 10 a theater
he told her she was the sweetest,
most wonderful girl in the world"
@. Did you think so at that time?
A. ] did not.
Kagey then turned TO the govern
ment charge that Shepard mixed a
nighnall for his wife a few moments
before she collapsed.
Il could never Xix them TO suit her.
] couldn't get them right for her.
/ tried several times
He denied also that he wrote Grace
Brandon telling her OF the highball,
as she said.
He once bargalned with his wife TO
drink a cocktail with her each We
ming if she would give up her secret
drinking. He abandoned the idea,
however. when she broke her half Of
the agreement.
q. Major did you ever poison or at
tempt to poison your wife at any
time?
A. I did not.
Can't Remember First Drink
CroSs-examined by the u. S. dis
trict attorney, Shepard was asked
when he first learned TO use liquor.
A. ! don't know when ] first took
a drink. 1t was long ago.
@. You have drunk liquor since?
A. Very, very little.
The prosecutor read from the rec
ord Of Shepard's privous trial his
answers to questions about drinking
on his first trip to Mexico. Shepard
testified Monday they had only one
or two drinks but at the former trial
said there we're several"
Shepard insisted agpin that he
wrote Miss Brandon after his arrest
attempting To coach her On her pos
sible testimony at instigation OF his
former attorney, Harry 5. Class Of
Denver and that he asked her to de-
stroy the letters.
Three days after his wife was TAX
en- III. Shepard admitted, he ordered
DeonieS sent to Miss Brandon and
that shortly before her death he
paid for them.
Shepard said he wrote Miss Bran
don from Milford, Utah. June l6, as
re was returning to Fort Riley from
his wife's funeral at Los Angeles
telling her he could not go TO San
Antonio which was signed love,
Charley"
He explained that sit was a term o.
friendship and declared that at
the time he did not love her.
, 1935-02-05

AUSTIN, Feb. 4. R-ProSpectS
for an anticipated bitter fight be-
tween the house and senate OF the
Texas legislature over a resolution
10 investigate corporate connec-
tons and income OF members grew
dim Monday.
Representative Traylor RusAll
Of Mount Pleasant, sponsor OF the
house resolution. said he would let
the subject drop since the senate
broadened the scope OF the pro-
posed inquiry 10 encompass vir-
tually all departments Of govern
ment. including campaign eX-
penses OF the chief elective Off
GERS. Russell said he would ask the
house To reject the senate amend
ment to the house resolution and
would not ask appointment OF a
conference committee, definitely
ending the matter.
, 1935-02-05

Ed Coke OF Brownsville suffer-
I'd q painful injury to his left leg
shortly after midnieht Sunday when
he accidentally fell into an eight
foot hole while working on repairs
70 the Gateway Bridge. 1t REQUIRED
even stitches TO close a wound Jus.
above the left knee.
Coke is a member Of a crew which
Is repairing the approach to the
bridge or the American side.
, 1935-02-05
School Board
Chairman Is Named

Lee NJ. Vance Of Brownsville was
appointed president of the Cam
eron county school board at q meet
ing Of the board held here Monday
morning In the office Of John Barron.
county superintendent. Vance. for
mel president Of the board. re-
signed about n year ago to become
assistant to Mrs. w. r. Jones, then
county superintendent.
Vance was named a member Of
the board Monday 10 fill the va
canCy caused by the resignation Of
d. L. Stoker. now connected with the
Villanueva school system.
The vacancy caused by the re-
cent resignation OF z. H. Forbes,
board member from the Port Isa-
bel precinct. will not be filled until
the April elections. according TO
present plans Of the county board.
, 1935-02-05
To Present Opera
Especial 10 The Herald

EDINBURG, Feb. S. Weekly
rehearsals are being held by the
cast Of Mozarts opera. Don Gio-
vanni," to be presented at the close
OF Edinburg junior colleges spring
semester. The opera Is being direct
co by Ivar Skougaard, professor Of
voice at the college.
The cast includes Mrs. Emma
Gene Ramsey as Donna Anna, Miss
Louise Leslie aS Donna Elvira, Miss
Margaret Butler as Zerlina, G. X.
Leslie. ST., as Mazetto, c. X. Leslie.
Jr., as the Commandant, +. r.
Wright as Don Ottavio. Carl Fischer
as Don Giovanni, and Ivar Skoug-
aard as Leporello. Miss Anna Fay
Butler is accompaniSt.
, 1935-02-05
Plunge Kills Man

DALLAS. Feb. 4. Py-George T.
Bandy. Jr., plunged to his death
here Monday from an eighth-floor
window Of q downtown hotel. Bandy.
about 10. had been an employe Of q
Chicago Novelty company. Two
street railway workers said they saw
him sitting in the window 10 min
utes Before he fell.
w. Bryan Karr. assistant manager
Of the hotel, said Bandy had register
ed about an hour before the fall
, 1935-02-05
Cox's Court
To Open Tuesday

Calling OF the docket for a new
'erm will get under way at 9 a. m.
Tuesday IL the Cameron county
court at law with Judge Bascom Cox
on the bench. It will be Judge Cox
first full term as he took office dur
ing a term which was opened by the
for Judge Of the court.
Filings for the new term have been
light with only II appearance cases
listed on the civil docket.
, 1935-02-05
Suit Is Filed In
Death OF Child

Two suits seeking alleged damages
OF $34.400 from the Red Arrow
Freight Lies, Inc. were filed Mon
day IN l03rc District court here BY
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G.. Smith of Stuart
Place as a result OF the death Of
their eight-year-old son. Luby Smith
Jr.. Dec. 20.
The youngster died two hours aft
or being struck by one of the de-
PENDANTS trucks in front Of the
Stuart Place school. the plaintiffs
1llege.
The action is based on the alleged
negligence Of the compsny's truck
driver.
, 1935-02-05
Police Radio Gets
Full-Tirne License

The Brownsville police radio sta
ion. KGHT, will begin 24-hour SER
vice as soon as one more officer
qualities for a radioDhone license.
Two officers are expected to take the
tests the next time the district in
-pector comes here from Galveston.
The station, which is operated by
mo. Rentfro. now Is on the air IL
hours daily, operating from six D.
m. 10 six a. M. The night patrol cars
ere being handled regularly through
the radio.
The stations full license, taking
he place of a testing license. was
received here recently.
, 1935-02-05
Matamoros To Get
Theater Building

Matamoros will have a new thea
ter
Announcement has been made BY
Rogelio Elizondo. former manager
OF the Teatro Reforma that a site
In back Of the old Matamoros thea
ter has been acquired and con-
Struction on a new theater building
will start soon.
The new building according TO
r. Ssent plans. will be modern and
will seat more than one thousand
persons.
The Reforma. which Is owned BY
the city OF Matamoros has been
leased to Felipe Madrazo, who IS
installing new equipment and max
ms repairs on the old building.
, 1935-02-05
San Antonio Hotel To
Get Vale Exhibit

McALLEN. Feb. s. Harry Rat
lift. manager OF the Weslaco Cham
be- Of Commerce and Paul VickerS,
manager Of the McAllen Chamber
OF Commerce. are making arrange
ments for a Valley exhibit In a San
Antonio hotei during the regional
group meeting OF the American
Bankers Association.
The exhibit viii be arranged BY
e. T. SkagES Of Weslaco-
, 1935-02-05

OF the National City bank Of New
York.
Mr.. Riveroll Is also president OF
the Monterrey Lions club, and Mr..
Valdez is first vice president Of
the Association Of Lions Clubs OF
Mexico.
ANY assistance your organization
may be able to extend the party
to get a comprehensive idea OF the
future possibilities Of Brownsville as
an international rail gateway in and
out Of Mexico will be greatly appre-
ciated." Mr.. Tobin concluded.
Tobin was in Brownsville about
two months ago, and spent two
days going over the port situation
with officials Of the Brownsville
Navigation district and the cham
Der of commerce. He stated then he
planned TO bring high officials Of
the Mexican railway here.
, 1935-02-05
What The
Legislature
Is

AUSTIN. Feb. 4. R,-Quick
adjournment Of the senate Mon
day averted possibility OF immed-
late action on Governor James ".
Allred'S selection OF Representa-
tive Sarah T. Hughes as a Dallas
county district judge.
The governor planned 70 sub
NIT the nomination for confirma-
ton, but the senate adjourned be-
fore IL was received.
Governor Alfred, in an interview.
said he believed Mrs. Hughes was
legally qualified. but he had no
objection to the attorney generals
being asked for an opinion.
Il am willing TO abide by the
attorney generals ruling" Alfred
said. IF the senator CWeSterfeild)
will likewise obey H."
Senator Claud WeSterfield OF
Dallas had stated he would OPP
pose her confirmation. urging ms
one OF his reasons doubt Of her
eligibility.
, 1935-02-05

CONTINUED nom Page OneJ
terial from the jetty there. Inspec-
ton by Col. Warren #. Hannum,
division engineer and Lieut.. Col. K.
II. Marks. district engineer. reveal
ed recently that a channel is being
cut on the north side Of the jetty,
and rip rap work is being done there
TO check this cutting, a blanket OF
small rock being deposited in the
channel.
Capt. A. L. Lane, q. s. army en-
gneer, said the government en-
gineers have obtained $1,000 tons OF
rock for use on Brazos Island in
building a rock barrier connecting
the west end Of the jetty with the
spoil deposits made by the dredge
in cutting the channel. This work
is being done on force account. and
will furnish a protection to the
jetty from the shore side. preventing
washing.
, 1935-02-05
Hidalgo Corn Hog
Meetings Are Set
Especial 70 The Heraldl

EDINBURG, Feb. 5.-A number Of
corn-hog reduction program meet
ings have been arranged in Hidal-
60 county by County Agent r. G..
Burwell, at which eligibility and
general features Of the program will
be discussed.
The following meetings have been
arranged: McAllen, Monday night.
f'eb. IL, at 8 o'clock at the cham
Der OF commerce: Weslaco, Tuesday.
Feb. II, at 8 p. m. at the city hail:
Edinburg. Wednesdays Feb. Is. 8
p. m, ct the chamber Of commerce.
, 1935-02-05

HOUSTON, Feb. 4-EP- Two
young unmasked bandits Monday
afternoon held up and robbed
Ralph Johnson cashier Of the
Houston Press, OF $4,000.
Johnson. accompanied by A. L.
Rushing. collector for the paper.
and a negro porter. was on his
way TO the bank, with the money.
, 1935-02-05

1885 cotton program. The local com
mittee which served during 1894 was
reelected to handle LEGAL matters
and included Lee Freeman. chair.
man. "A. It. Bockington and w. II
Drawe, Louis Schwarz was named al
ternate.
, 1935-02-05
Processed Citrus
Plants Operating

tSoecial 70 the Hernidl
McALLEN. Feb. S. Production
Of proceSsed grapefruit juice has
been started by Columbus Foods
Corporations plant here. according
70 John L. Albright, manager. About
rs tons OF fruit daily r being used
by the plant.
The Sun-Dine Corporation is also
using large amounts Of Gull fruit
for canning and processing pur-
poses. Growers are being paid an
average Of 81 per ton for the fruit.
, 1935-02-05
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 5. -tAD- Grin
prices steadied early Tuesday slight
ly above Mondays closing figures.
Attention was attracted by the
statement that a fog OF uncertainty
over monetary matters Is obscur.ng
the significance Of unsatisfactory
crop conditions in the southwest.
Opening a TO X higher, May
1855, wheat later mounted frac-
ticnally. Corn started X down 10 4.
higher, may 8i%-E, and subSe-
quently showed little change.
, 1935-02-05
Truck Markets

Cariot shipments Of entire United
states reported Monday. Feb. 4:
Grapefruit: Ariz S. Calf 8, Fla 10.
Texas 40, total Us 81 cars.
Oranges: Calf 1876. Fla S., Texas
5, total US 246 cars.
Mixed Citrus: Ariz /. Calf 8, Fla
is, Texas z, total US q cars.
Beans: Fla II, total US II cars.
Mexico / car.
Beets: Texas !, total US / car.
Cabbage: La !. MINI 10. New York
AZ. Texas 81, Wise 8. others 2, total
US 100 cars.
Carrots: Ariz 9, Calf Is. Mich /,
New York II. total US 81 cars.
Greens: Calf 6. total US s cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Calf IS, Fla 9,
Texas /, others 5. total Us so cars.
Peas: Calf 4, Fla s, total US 10
cars. Mexico 8 cars.
Peppers: Mexico 2 cars.
Tomatoes: Mexico Is cars.
Spinach: Texas is, total US is
cars.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship
rents forwarded Tuesday morning.
Feb. 5:
Grapefruit 40. Oranges 5. Mixed
Citrus 7. Cabbage 90, Mixed Vege-
tables /, Spinach IA, Potatoes /. Beets
/. total SO cars. Total to date this
season-Citrus 1851. Vegetables 3542,
Mixed Citrus and Vegetables %. Nal
65l6 to same date last season-Cit-
rus 14l6. Vegetables PAS, Mixed Cit
rus and Vegetables IA, total 1878 cars.
Representative prices to truckers
for Valley Citrus and Vegetables
Monday, Feb. 4:
Grapefruit: Boxes US Comb Sl.25-
LAO. small sizes lower. Bushels US
Comb 65-75c; US No. 2s 50-65c. Sacks
box size US Comb around 100; US
No. Is 10000.
Oranges: Boxes US Comb 2.00-2.l0.
few lower. Bushels US Comb mostly
around ITO, few Temples Sl.l5-l.25.
Sacks box size US Comb l.65-l.85,
~unclasSified l.50-1.65.
Beets: Per doz punches very few
25-35c. half crates few lbs.
Broccoli: Per doZ punches few 65-
75c.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton $3.50, half
crates l.40-l.65.
Carrots: Per doz punches mostly
Csc. half crates 9~0c-S1.00.
Parsley: Per doz punches mostly
CSC.
Potatoes: Bliss Triumphs 50-lb
sacks US No. Is 1O0-l10, / IL in.
min 90c-Sl.00.
Green Onions. Per doz punches
mostly Csc. crates $l.75-2.00.
Spinach: BuShel baskets 85c-Sl.0o.
, 1935-02-05
browns az Car
Plunges Into River
ESPECIAL TO The Heraldl

ESPECIAL % The Heraldl
CARTHAGE, Feb. 5.-Pp-D. p.
Reed, SO, was drowned and Sim
Bardwell, As. was injured Monday
when a coupe in which they rode
plunged over q Sabine river en-
bankment into q barrow pit. The
accident happened nine miles east
Of Carthage.
Reed was q prominent Henderson
oil man, with holdings In east Tex
as and Louisiana. Hardwell was
brought TO q Carthage hospital.
, 1935-02-05
City Briefs

Cast nets. mlnnoT SENS, rods. reels
and fishing poles. Brownsville Hard.
Tare.-Adv.
Johnson's electric floor polisher
and wax. Cara Hardware. 500 18th
9t.-Adv.
Cabinets. Fixtures. Millwcrk. The
Geer Co, opposite Brownsville Ice
Co. phone 1l25.-Adv.
, 1935-02-05
v. F. w. To Meet

The Brownsville Veterans Of Fer
eign Wars pest will meet at the
". r. w Hall at 8 p. m. Tuesday
it was announced Monday.
All members have been urged &C
attend.
, 1935-02-05
Cotton Committeeman
For Mercedes Named
lspeclal to The HeEald

Especial TO The Heraldl
MERCEDES, Feb. 5.-A large num-
her OF cotton growers in the Mer-
cedes community held their first
meeting to discuss the governments
, 1935-02-05
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 5. Up
Cotton opened firmer Tuesday with
fair trading on the call in the near
months but no demand for the
distant positions.
First trades showed gains of 5
to 8 points. March trading at 1890.
or 8 points up while May sold at
1916. and July at 1897, both up 5
points. The rather sharp gain in
March was attributed to a cover
ing demand and some trade buying.
Prices eased off one point after
the start. leaving the net advance
compared with Mondays close 4 to
z points.
, 1935-02-05

CONTINUED From Page One
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SHEPARD SAYS

CCon.lnued From Page onel
, 1935-02-05
OFFICIALS TO

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, 1935-02-05
Niece Takes Stand

Mrs. Maria Mueller. niece Of Mrs
Hauptmann. was the next witness
sworn. Al thin faced woman dressed
In black, she gave her answers 70
Reilly in a tremulous, almost in
audible voice.
"a. Where do you live?
IA. Bronx. New York
q. You are some relative Of Mrs
HauptmannP
"A. MRS. Hauptmann Is ny aunt.
, 1935-02-05
DREDCE TEXAS

Continued from Page One)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
PITTSBURGH WORKERS
COUNTER HEARST ATTACK
United We Eat Is Motto
Spirit of Union Grows Steadily Among Arkansas
FERA Men Strike Against Wage Reduction

FORT SMITH, Ark. Feb. 10
All F.E.R.A. relief projects around
the Fort Smith area have been
closed as a result of strike activities
which began Feb. 8. as a local
movement in the Southern part of
Sebastian county.
The walkout gathered momentum
until it carried the Fort Smith
workers with it, and by Feb. Is all
relief projects had to be shut down,
The strike is organized as a protest
against a wage reduction for relief
employees from thirty to twenty
cents per hour.
Strikers are demanding forty
cents per hour and thirty hours per
week as a minimum. In spite of the
fact that all relief has been cut of,
the strikers are carrying on with
the slogan United we eat; divided
we starve" The whole county is
holding out solidly against all at
tempts to intimidate strikers by
threats of militia, police interior
ence, and a permanent cessation of
relief.
Horace Bryant, state organizer for
the Unemployment Council, was ar
rested while conducting strike ac-
tivities. The breach was immedi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
WidePrOtest
Drive Starts
For RakOsi

A nation wide protest against the
second imprisonment Of Matthias
Rakosi by the fascist Hungarian
government is rapidly developing a
flood of protest kilograms to the
Hungarian Embassy at Washington,
D. c., and cablegrams to the Buda-
pest government.
Throughout the country, mass pro-
test meetings are being organized
on a united front basis, drawing in
thousands of opponents Of fascism,
Mass picketing took place last Sat-
urday before the Hungarian Con-
suIate in Cleveland. In Detroit last
Sunday, 500 persons participated in
a mass meeting which voted to send
cablegram to the Hungarian Die
tator, Horthy.
Kurt Resented, German Socialist,
who was Rakosi's counsel at his first
trial in Budapest, will make tour
for Rakosi's defense. He will speak
in Detroit on Saturday night, Feb.
23, at the Hungarian Workers Home,
S419 Vanderbilt, in Akron, Ohio,
Feb. "a at pm. in the Hungarian
Home, in Cleveland, Feb. "a at 8
pm, in the West Side Hungarian
Home.
Similar meetings are being ar
ranged for him in New York, Con-
necticut and New Jersey, in COOP
Grafton with the International Labor
Defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20

ately filed by Raymond Koch.
teacher at Commonwealth College,
who had just arrived Unexpectedly
from eastern Oklahoma. Soon after
Koch was also arrested along with
several others, but strike activity
went on under the leadership of
Claude G. Williams, ex- preacher"
of Paris, Ark, and Socialist leader
Realizing that all attempts to break
the strike by arresting leaders were
futile, Sebastian county officials re-
leased all the prisoners except Bry-
ant, who was held on a charge of
anarchy.
Three thousand people marched
here last Thursday, demanding
direct relief for strikers and back
pay.
Strikers have been refused the
use Of the American Federation of
Labor Hall in Fort Smith, but they
have carried on their meetings in
the open, despite the cold, wet
weather Welfare committees have
been sent out to the neighboring
towns soliciting aid for the needy
strikers. Although 1900 people are
faced with starvation, there are no
Indications OF a breakdown. The
spirit of union has been growing
steadily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20

Auditors Office. discovered that
Jane Doyle, executive secretary Of
the Portland Red Cross. had been
doing strange things with the relief
funds.
A few Of the items are: $1,000 for
lunches" on the forced labor
projects and paid to the Adler
Market and the Independent
Grocers in one month; s1.127.72 paid
to the Cummings Tire Co. for gas. oil
and repairs; $i,471.72 for expenses
and psyrolls on the forced labor
projects for two weeks in January;
s25 paid to the Portland Savings
and Trust Company for parking lot
rent for three weeks.
These are just a few of the chan
nels into which veteran relief funds
are finding their wsy-while hungry
veterans are being denied relief. In
typical high-handed Red Cross
manner, the funds for hungry vet
Grams are being used to finance
forced labor projects. The veterans
relief law is being fouted by the
Great Mother" which also served
as a strikebreaking agency in the
recent longshore strike. The veterans
spike that. They are fighting the
forced labor now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
Vigilantes Raid Workers Fight
Union Offices Legion Threat
In Seattle In Cleveland
Especial to I'll. Daily Worker,

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb 1e.-vlgi-
lantes raided the Workers Bookshop
and the joint offices of the Trade
Union Unity League, National Lum-
Der Workers Union and the Fishery
and Cannery Workers Industrial
Union Wednesday night.
At both places they wrecked the
premises, stealing and destroying
5000 worth of literature, records, let
terheads, union seals and supplies
of membership books.
The red squad" sent to "investi-
gate" refused to take fingerprints
of the raiders and instead arrested
Ed Hendrickson, Young Communist
League leader.
Vigorous protests were made to
the police today by leaders of the
International Labor Defense, the
American Civil Liberties Union, and
the Commonwealth Builders.
The raid is part Of the new anti
labor campaign launched here by
leaders of the American Legion, the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the
pro-fascist Hearst press and other
reactionary elements sponsoring the
anti Communist bill recently rail-
roaded through the Washington
State Assembly, and now before the
Senate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20

This is the third article of a
series on the situation of the steel
workers.
The actions of our union Off
Gals give us high blood pressure"
This expression was often repeated
at the steel workers rank -and-file
conference of February 3. The ex-
preston may not best characterize
the mood of the steel workers. High
blood pressure is a state of the body
where the blood cannot circulate
freely due to a hardening of the
arteries. 1t is an unhealthy situa-
ton. What the workers wanted to
say at that conference is that they
are in a state of high tension, that
their patience with the officialdom
is running low, that they are be-
coming ready for action. High
blood pressure" with them meant
high-pressure indignation.
For many years the leadership of
the union has led petrif1ed exist
ence. The Tighe machine did not
attempt to organize the steel work
ers. It did not even think of chal-
longing the steel trust. 1t let things
drift. It's membership consisted of
about four thousand, mostly skilled
workers engaged in the smaller
mills. 1t is to be assumed that the
A. A. was, in one way or another,
useful to those steadfast members,
because they kept on paying dues
to their lodges and the lodges kept
on paying their per capita to the
national Office and thus maintaining
the officials. The income was not
large, but when you have a mem
bership which pays an average of
SIS year to the national office and
when the top apparatus is not large,
it is possible to lead very con-
Portable existence. 1t was a stable
existence-for the officials. No prob
lens ever disturbed their placidity.
Life seemed peaceful, orderly. That
the steel workers were practically
unorganized, that exploitation was
eating at their very vitals-this was
beyond the officials range of vision.
Within that range everything
seemed to dovetail Conventions
convened, Officers reported. Resolu-
tons we're passed. Dues were paid.
The income was secure. What else
could one expect in world that is
so full of unrestp
Sources of revenue were not large
but then there we're some build