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, 1935-02-28
MELLON loss
STUNTS TOLD

PITTSBURGH. Fen. 28. R1-An-
other family company, which the
government charges Andrew w.
Mellon used at his convenience IN
tax lodging" schemes, was the sub
ject for more cross examination
Thursday.
With records already produced TO
show the financier sold securities To
the personal holding concern OF his
daughter and claimed N loss IN his
1891 income tax report, government
counsel again questioned Howard
M johnson. beginning his seventh
day on the stand In Melons income
tax hearing.
y. r. Shearer, government accoun-
tant who took ove the questioning
from Robert II. Jackson, counsel for
the internal revenue bureau, brought
out records wednesday 20 show that
I'm 1891 the Ascalot company bought
various stocks from Mellon and that
he later claimed N $685.. 537.50 loss IN
the tax report.
johnson, MELONS confidential
secretary, explained the Ascalot
company was formed In 1890 TO take
over the personal fortune OF Mrs
Ailsa Bruce. the multi-millionaire's
daughter. She deposited about ST.
100000 then and a like amount la
ter. all Of II gifts from her father,
Johnson said.
During the hearing before the tax
board OF appeals on Melons claim
, 1935-02-28
Three Promising
Wildcats Conng
In Valley Field

40. about 1850 feet east Of disccv-
cry. Is drilling at 80 feet after
drilling surface casing plug Wed
nesday.
The next new test In the field
will be Sicily Oil Company's No. |
Seabury ct al, $50 feet from the
east and $50 feet from the south
lines of the west "A acres Of the
west 46 acres OF the north 70 acres
Of the southeast 1863 acres OF tract
256, porcion 80, about $500 feet
northwest of discovery and the
fields new northwest outpost. Ma
chinery Is being moved to the loca-
ton.
Reserve Development CompanyI
No. 2 Seabury ct al, in the south
east corner OF the north 20 acres
Of the west 80 acres OF the south
east $3.50 acres Of tract 256. porcion
80, Is waiting on cement after cor
ing the Saturation at 2.765-72 feet
and setting casing at 2,766 feet.
, 1935-02-28
Judge S Slap At
Men, Deal to Go
Before High Court

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. -+R-
The new deal marshalled It's legal
forces Thursday to ward off q blow
which--if 1t should gain the added
strength OF supreme court approval
would topple much OF the NRA's
vast structure into the dust.
The blow was the opinion. enun-
ciated by Federal Judge John p.
Nields Of Delaware, Wednesday, that
the constitution did not confer upon
congress the power to regulate
manufacture.
II was reinforced by the ruling OF
Federal Judge Charles r. Dawson
nc Louisville. ky. who declared that
coal mining Is an interstate busi-
ness; that ~intra-state business Is
, 1935-02-28

beyond the regulatory power Of
congress; and that therefore the
National Industrial Recovery Act
as applied to coal Is unconstitu-
tional.
Much OF the new deal Is based on
the idea that II q business affects
commerce between the states, con-
greSs can regulate 1t. But that view
met an obstacle In Judge Nields'
flat statement that manufacture Is
not subject to such regulation.
In the course OF an opinion In
which he held Section IA OF MIRA
unconstitutional as applied 10 the
Weirton Steel company. he said
supreme court rulings demonstrated
that "the constitution did not give
to congress the power to regulate
manufacture" To regard Wekrton's
manufacturing operation rs instru-
ments for the interstate movement
Of goods. he said. would put prac-
ticatiy All American manufacturing
under the control OF the federal
government. a result which has
received the unqualified condemn
alton OF the supreme court"
The government plans an imme-
date appeal from Judge Dawson's
decision. II did not announce its
plans on Judge Neilds' ruling, but
Blackwell Smith. counsel for the
recovery administration. left no
doubt in observers minds that II
would combat the idea expressed by
the Delaware judge.
Attorney General Cummings and
a staff Of lawyers were studying the
decision.
Judge Nields' decision was praised
by a spokesman for the National
Association OF Manufacturers and
denounced by william Green. Pres
ident OF the American Federation
Of Labor.
, 1935-02-28

A rifle cartridge developing high
gas pressure Is used in Germany to
start airplane motors.
, 1935-02-28
Lyford Growers Ask
Truck Tonnage Hike
Especial % me Herald,

RAYMONDVILLE, Feb. 28.-The
Lyford unit Of the Rio Grande
Valley Vegetable Producers aSso-
citation Tuesday night passed a re-
solution TO instruct the Tri-County
directors at their next meeting to
select n full committee for each To-
cal unit TO 60 10 Austin mt an
early date and urge passage OF a
bill to raise tonnage allowance on
commercial trucks to $4,000 pounds.
It was agreed that since the rail
carriers are persiSting in holding to
the d~ifferential, producers Of the
Valley must Immediately initiate a
more economical method Of trans
porting their products to market.
In appreciation OF the services OF
Il. A. Warren ON his recent mission
to Washington on behalf OF various
matters OF interest to the aSsocia-
ton, the entertainment committee
gave an interesting program and
banquet.
Warren gave q detailed report on
the committees work at Washing
ton and at Houston. Dallas and
st. Louis. He stated that committee
members were agreed that better
conditions will come TO the Valley
as q whole as q result OF the work
accomplished by the delegation.
Judge A. b. Crane Of Raymond
vile addressed association members.
giving a comprehensive analysis OF
the impositions and effects Of the
high differential rate.
, 1935-02-28
oairings Arranged
In Tennis Tourney

(By The Associated PreSsl
SAN BENITO, Feb. "a Pairings
ave been arranged for the first
-nnual invitation debate tourna-
rent to be held here Friday and
Saturday with a teams entered. ac-
Eording to c. l. Fncher, local debate
A / schools nave both boys and
&HrIg' teams entered except Pharr
rhich has only d boys team and
Rio Hondo Which has only q girls
.eam. - -
,oth the winning boys and girls
nebating win begin at 3:45 o'clock
n-sdav afternoon and continue
.rc,,gh saturday. The double elm
n.tsan system win prevail and sub
st,,tions will be permitted 70 give
MANY debaters practice rs pos
Rp ~. first round Of debating at
o,clock win see Missions teams
h.tsrg the Pharr boys and RIO
A%Sn Urls Ean Benito DEBATING
Word. McAllen deoaslns p.s-aar.
I'm lakewood debating asas1
md san Benito junior hsn S
az z.4s o'clock Friday, Weslaoo
.arrs win debate Stuart Pace.
Dabatinr in later rounds VI 90
ana NJ 7:i5 .. m. Friday, 80 y
Friday, Q a. m. SATURDAY. : .nf
ats,rday. 2:30 p. m. Saturday AA1
20 .. IN. Saturday.
, 1935-02-28

week. is sufficient to wdsh oil your
clothes and linens really Clem. dnd do
SO ct negligible cost =. The Thor gives
you more time for home ond fdmilY in
terests; let q Thor do the tedious work.
, 1935-02-28
WIFE TRADING
DECISION NEAR

Los ANGELES, Feb. 2s. RAThe
strange design for living allegediy
chosen by two socially prominent
Beverly Hills couples. neared the
stage Thursday where Superior
Judge Ben Lindsey viii begin UNI
raveling the tangled case.
Arbitrator In many pUzEling do
mestic problems. Judge Lindsey bad
before him the testimony OF all the
principals involved In the alleged
'wife-trading" episode. Only one or
two witnesses remain to be heard.
The case involves q suit filed by
Walter Emerson, ono a leading man
on the stage, In which he named Bar
ton w. Sewell. millionaire yachtman,
as correspondent; Mrs. Jane ScholCz
Emerson's cross bill naming Mrs
Sewell as correspondent and de-
manding $3.50 q month alimony and
custody Of their three children; and
Mrs Sewells action for 100000
against Mrs. Emerson for alleged
alienation Of her husbands affec-
tons.
SeweIl, the only OF the quar-
tet who hasn't filed a suit, took the
stand Wednesday. He admitted mis-
conduct with Mrs. Emerson, just as
she had done when she testified, and
further corroborated her version Of
an incident last November when he
and Emerson traded wives" for the
night DUNG q party.
Reaching his part Of his story,
however, Sewell hesitated and IN
CURED:
do you want me to 20 into de-
tails of-of--uh, what has been told
so many times here7"
IF what has already been told US
according 70 facts, you may so testi-
fly, and spare US the details" Judge
Lindsey remarked.
Relating a trip the Emersons made
from Alaska with the SewellS on
their yacht, Sewell was asked about
his attitude at that time toward
Mrs. Emerson.
Were you seriously In love with
her or just having a little fun7" At
torney Milton Cohen asked.
Il was very serious" 6ewell replied
earnestly.
Describing a conversation he had
with Emerson last November, Sc
well said:
Il told Walter I was in love with
Jane. He said he had been aware o!
that for some time, and said he had
been unhappy for several years in
his married life. He told US that
under the circumstances he would
step aside and let US do with each
other as we saw fit
Mrs. Emerson's mother, Mrs. Ed
mund Scholtz, from the stand de-
Tended her daughters reputation
and her care Of the children.
, 1935-02-28
TROBeN lee STATek

February, %. 1885. - Indifferent
to prohibition against them, set
tiers from the United States OF the
North continued TO come into Texas
TO Join their relatives and friends
who were here by government invi-
tation. Repeal Of the decree await
ed Dictator Santa Annals sanction.
1t was not a popular law with many
Mexican citizens. and had never
been enforced. More than 1000 COL
onistS had arrived at the mouth OF
the Brazos alone during January and
February. They had come by water
from the Atlantic seaboard or down
the Mississippi River to New Orleans
and thence to Texas by boats running
in regular commercial service be-
tween New Orleans and Texas ports.
There was no way Of estimating the
number OF colonists that came over
land during that two month period
or during other times. but II must
have been greatly In excess OF those
coming by water. for Texas was be-
Ing populated largely by people from
the southern states. The popular
routes OF those who came overland
were across the Sabine River at
Gaines Ferry and thence into Nacog-
doches and across the Red River near
Fort Towson and thence into Jones'
boro. A croSs-section OF the popu-
lation Of Texas would have shown
only M trait In which its people
differed from other home-making
Anglo-Americans and that was that
they were the hardest and most ad-
venturous Of those Of the communi-
ties from which they came. It could
not have been otherwise, for history
presents no other instance in which
a fourteen year colonization period
wrought such a change in any coun-
try nor In which a people nodded the
necleus Of a nation out Of a soil
tude In so short q space OF time.
, 1935-02-28

MISSION, Feb. a. Three wild
cats In the Starr idalgo area were
corins Wednesday night and all
three gave Indication OF possible
production with sand showing In
each.
More than a mile west Of the
Samfordyce field In southwestern
Hidalgo, E ". Van HuSS' No. /
Gracia Land e. Livestock company,
$50 feet from the east line of porcion
100, Ancient Jurisdiction Of Reynosa,
southeastern Starr, and 4,747 feet
south Of highway 4. had shale cut
tings and mud with q few inches
OF sand carrying a good odor In the
bottom OF a core at 2,785.5-87 feet.
The test continued coring. II had
q few inches Of sand, also carrying
q good odor and showing some oil
IN the first VI bottomed at
2,7B5-5 feet.
In south central Starr, drill stem
test OF Armstrong, Emanual a. Ad-
ams'S No. / Starr County Cattle
company, m block 81, Jeffries-Lam-
beth subdivision, porcion 80, An
cient Jurisdiction Of Camargo, show
ed 20 threbles OF mud ana water
and a show OF oil and gas but be-
cause OF the condition OF the hole.
the test was not considered salts
factory. Decision was finally reach
ed 70 set and cement 4l5 inch cas-
Ing atop the sand at 2,705 feet. A
Six-foot core was cut TO bottom the
hole at ALL feet. II Is about one
and 3 half miles south Of produc-
ton.
Merren. Bond a. Johnson,s No. 4
starr County Cattle company, in
the south 20 acres OF block "a, JEFF
fries : Lambeth subdivision, porcion
80, cored IS feet Of gas sand at
2.7l1-46 feet and picked up shale
again at the lower depth. After
roaming down, the test will be
drilled ahead for a test Of oil sat-
uration showing in the No. 3 S. @.
c c. at 2,8l0 feet.
About q mile and q half east OF
the Barbacoas pool, R. H. Vices
No. ] E. B. Carruth, in share LIB,
porcion 81, Ancient Jurisdiction Of
Camargo, cored the top Of a gas
sand at 1850 feet Wednesday night
and continued coring. The test was
drilled to 4.0l9 feet. plugged back
to 2.766 feet and ~sidetracked to test
q sand showing on a Schlumberger
test at 2,s83-2,9l7 feet.
In western Starr, Sun-Ray OIL
Companys No. ] S. Sanchez a. Bro,
In the southwest quarter Of survey
344, has been abandoned at con-
tract depth, 4!0i5 geet, after failing
TO pick up saturation cored in the
Great Plains No. | Sanchez, about
l,500 feet north, at 1856 feet.
In the Samfnrdyce field, two more
tests spudded In Wednesday night.
Cortez Oil Corporations No. 4 @.
Z. Smith, near the center Of the
northeast 34.43 acres OF tract 27S.
porcion 40, about 1850 feet south
east Of discovery. got under way.
/. Is on the southeast edge OF the
field.
Near the center of production,
King Woods Oil Company's No. lib
John Lawrence, in the southwest
esq acres Of the east 37.54 acres Of
tract 274, po-cion 80, about $500
feet east OF discovery, spudded In
Wednesday night.
Two other new tests are making
hole and derrick Is going up for an
other.
About $500 feet southeast OF dis
covery, Hill g. Hills No. / @. z.
Smith. In the west end of the south
10 acres Of the northwest 1929 acres
Of tract 3-B, porcion Al, Is drilling
at 7e0 feet.
Also in the southeast corner OF
the field, Rogers Oil g. Gas Com
pany's No. 3 Francisco Guerra, in
the northwest corner Of the south
east Is acres Of tract 254. porcion
, 1935-02-28
| T5aFoKES
AlPPROVED
in COMMITTEE

AUSTIN. FEB. 20. H9-A chain
store tax bearing the overwhelming
disbursement OF the house commit
tee on revenue and taxation took
4ts place Thursday on the Legislative
calendar.
The bill, designed to protect indie
pendent merchants against char
store competition, would levy q TAI
graduated UP to $500 annually or
each store In chains Of more than so
The scale would be as follows: One
store, 81; two stores So; Two 70 five
stores, SIS each; five to ten stores
Inv each; ten to Is stores, 500 each;
TO 50 store, $500 each and chains
excess of SO. $500 each.
Lumber yards, filling stations
-iesale distributors and concerns
gross receipts taxes would be
AssDUAThe subcommittee used
q bill by Representative Jesse James
OF Cameron as . basis.
Gas Tax Refunding
Another bill approved by the COM
mittee would refund taxes on gaso-
line used by cities for police, fire
health and street maintenance pur-
poses. The vote was o to 5.
speedy consideration was In pros
pect for the administrations pub.
lie utility regulatory legislation ir
view Of a Is to 0 recommendation
OF the house municipal and prtvatS
corporations committee.
Despite opposition to several pro-
visions. members decided TO booS
the bill toward flor consideration
with a favorable report.
Governor James v. Alired's idea
on utility regulation were drafted In
bill form by DR.. r. II. Montgomery
University Of Texas professor, who
As his chief advisor on those matters
A subcommittee revised the bill.
A three-member commission pro-
posed by the bill would have originaI
Jurisdiction I'VE rates in all cities
The committee rejected, z to 8, ar
amendment to restrict its powers II
other than home rule charter cities
Lobbying Studied
Rates would be prescribed on the
basis Of prudent investment" anc
the commission could control con-
tracts between Texas companies and
cut-of-state holding corporations.
The senate apparently disposed
for this session OF legislation TO in
crease the legal load limit on motor
trucks using state highways by re.
\ fusing 70 print on q minority report
La bill to raise the limit from 1000 to
Il 10000 pounds.
The house had its choice Of anti
4 lobby bills.
A second bill directed ut lobbying
\ before the legislature. prepared by
/ Representative j. Carroll McCon-
nell Of Palo Pinto. was reported by
the criminal jurisprudence commit
+ tee 50 1t could be considered along
with q bill by Representative Harry
/ N. Graves Of Georgetown.
Lobbyists would be registered and
restrictions placed on their activi-
ties by the bills.
, 1935-02-28

he should have q slso.Oco refund tor
1891 and the governments ccntsn-
ton he should pay t3lDee.ooo. JACK
son has claimed Mellon made -BhA-
dow" sales both to Ascalot and the
Coalesced company. another hold
inn oncern of Enn family.
, 1935-02-28
Mrs. John Gee Dies

ESPECIAL 70 The Heraidl
MERCEDES, Feb. 20. Friends IN
Mercedes have received word Of the
death Of Mrs. John Gee. SO, a res
ident Of this city for the past is
years. which occurred February Il
in Minneapolis. MINI. Several
months ago, Mrs. Gee returned to
Minneapolis with her son for a
visit. Mrs. Gee was an extensive
property owner In this section.
, 1935-02-28
Calfshead Dinner
Is Held BY Chb

Especial 20 Au4 1e444oI
SAN BENITO. Feb 1-San
Benito's gourmets gathered for an
other caleshead dinner at the San
Berito club wednesday and thm
feast was reminiscent of n cowboys
campfire supper
More than I'D persons. the lArEcHh
number ever 10 attend one uf thm
famous fehSts. were ON hand 90 con-
sumo the half dozen or more calves
heads that had Eeen done 70 a turn
IN . oft for 20 hours or longer.
The impromptu feasts are held
whenever enough tender heads are
available. The meat. with pickles
and other side items. are washed
down with "foaming beakerE of
mead"
, 1935-02-28
Flashes of Life

Oyer! Oyer!
HOLLY SPRING, Miss-Here-
m follows the course Of a law
suit in Marshall county circuit
court, 10 wit, Pa Sloane vs.. j. p.
Mcmahon, for recovery Of q SIT
calf. Notation:
Contentious: Plaintiff-owner-
ahip Of calf: defendant-owner-
ship Of calf.
Exhibit A: Plaintiffs COW. al
legged mother Of property In It'll
cation.
Exhibit B: Defendants COW, al
legged mother Of same property.
Brief: 30 witnesses, two days
consumed. jury viewed exhibits
A and B, jury deadlocked three
hours.
: Completely: Calf no longer O
calf, but a cow with q calf.
Disposition: Mistrial.
n Pays 20 Advertise
n PHILADELPHIA. Pa.-Wilhsm
! Hudson. barber shop owner, has
! turned to publicity In the hope
Of averting further robbings and
beatings.
A sign In his window reads:
This store was held UP. I was
! beat I'D. We never keep more
i than $40 In the place any longer
than 1t takes TO get 1t to q bank.
IT no longer wear diamonds
4 Don't waste your time here"
Reasonable Request
HOUSTON Fifty students OF
4 the Sidney Lanier Junior High
school appeared before the city
council to petition q change OF
+ name for the street On which
their school Is located.
"And what Is the manner" ask
i ed the mayor Of Betty Trickett,
IL, spokesman for the students.
"Woodhead," Betty replied.
The council promised TO con-
sides the request.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
LEHMAN SIGNS BILL
FOR PLAYS ON SUNDAY
President Of Actors Equity Calls
Meeting Of Council to Fight
Proposal Further.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 25.-Legisla-
tion to permit Sunday theatrical per-
formances bore Gov. Lehman's sig
nature today but the Actors Equity
Association, which fought the bills.
expected to have the last word.
Frank Gilmore. president Of Equity
said the organizations council would
discuss the matter Tuesday. Gilmore,
who returned from a Mediterranean
cruise just in time to learn of the
Governors action yesterday. said he
was very disappointed"
The council was expected to con-
slider conditions under which it would
permit actors to appear Sunday and
rest some other day. then inclose
copies Of these conditions with mail
ballots for referendum among its
members on Sunday plays. No tabu-
lation would be available before late
Summer.
Evening star., 1935-04-25

CATHOLICS PRAY
FOR WORLD PEACE
Pilgrims From All Over
World Join in Ceremony
at Grotto of Lourdes.
BY tho Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
LOURDES, France, April as
Dignitaries of the Catholic Church
and pilgrims from many quarters Of
the world assembled today for prayers
for peace at the famed Grotto OF
Lourdes, which win continue without
interruption for three nights and
three days.
The peace applications, in which
Catholics all over Christendom are
Joining, will be made at 140 consecu-
tive masses celebrated by bishops and
priests who have come from afar for
the occasion.
They mark the close of the Catholic
Jubilee of the redemption" which
began with the holy year proclaimed
by Pope Plus XII in 1888 to conlmemo-
rate the nineteenth century after the
death of Christ.
The high Importance of the cele-
bration in the Catholic world /. signi-
fed by the presence Of Eugenio Car
dinal Pacelli, secretary of state Of
Vatican City and chamberlain to the
Pope. as papal legate. Cardinal
Pacelli aside from his high office, Il
4 former papal nuncio to Germany.
The pilgrimage Of peace brought
delegations from the principal coun-
tries of the world to the srctto where
st. Bernadette soubirous, a young
shepherdeS, n 1858 reported the
apparitions Of the Virgin.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
SERVICE ORDERS
ARMY ORDERS,

ANN L OnDknS.
Phillipson. Lieut.. Col. Irving j.. In
fantry. from Army Group, here, to
San Franscico, Calf, July 80.
Gerow, Maj. Leonard T, General
Stan Corps, from Atlanta, Ga, to
Army War College. here.
De Langton. Maj. Frank c., Cavalry,
from Nashville. Tenn. to Fort Myer,
Va. about July IS.
Sebastian, Maj. Henry g., Infantry,
from Fort williams, Me-, to Fort
Meade. Nd, not later than June 80.
King. Mai. Paul R.. Veterinary
Corps, now at Walter Reed Hospital.
here, is relieved Of duties 1t Jefferson
Barracks. Mo-. and assigned to Army
Medical Center, here.
Brown, Capt. Everett f., Infantry,
from Baltimore. Nd, to Fort Douglas,
Utah, July 30.
Kinman. Capt. Guy NJ, Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Department, from
ONCE Of the Judge Advocate General,
here. to Fort Sam Houston. Tex,
August 81.
Albright. Capt. Arnold A.. Medical
Corps, from Walter Reed Hospital,
here, to Balboa Heights, Canal Zone,
about July 6.
Foley, sWarrant Officer John L.. In
fantry, promoted to second lieutenant
and to be retired April 80.
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau Of Navigation.
Howard, Lieut.. Comdr George T.,
detached command U. 8. s. Taylor;
to ONCE of Judge Advocate General,
Navy Department.
Strother, Lieut.. William J., jr.,
orders April revoked. Continue
duty Naval Academy.
charge treatment Naval Hospital,
Washington, D. c.: to home, relieved
all active duty.
Stafford, Ensign Arthur E., on dis
charge treatment Norfolk Naval
Hospital, Portsmouth, Va; to home,
relieved all active duty.
Medical Corps.
Mcdaniel, Lieut.. Comdr. Frederick
L.. detached U. s. 8. Relief about
June 10; to Naval Hospital, wash
ington. D c.
Warrant Officers.
Baker, Chief Carpenter Clarence p,
detached Naval Training Station
Norfolk, Va, in April: to 5th Naval
District.
Britt, Chief Carpenter Henry B.,
detached 5th Naval District, Norfolk,
Va. in April; to Naval Training Sta
ton, Norfolk, W.
Asiatic Despatch Orders Dated April
Is, 1885.
Pfaff, Comdr. Roy, detached COM
mand q. s. 3. Pillsbury: to instruction
Army Industrial College, washington,
D. C.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
NIGHT CLUB MAN DIES
Ralph Gallet, Also Racing Stable
Owner, Killed in Crash.

CHICAGO, April IS (P.-Ralph
Gallet. 4S. night club operator and
race horse man, was killed yesterday
N an automobile collision in suburban
Niles Center. Gallet, former owner
Of the Frolics Cafe here. was en- route
to . new night club he was planning
to open in Miles Center at the time
Of the crash.
Gallet raced horses on Chicago
tracks for . number Of years, among
them being Lieut.. Russell and Big
Star.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
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