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, 1935-03-17
Mexican Officials
Plan Valley Visit

SAN BENIIO. March led
ward l.. Reed. chief OF the division
Ol Mexican affairs OF the Depart
mont Of State will visit the Valley
IN April accompanied by L. NJ. Law
son or H. Paso, the International
Boundary commissioner. according
TO word received BY j. L. Lytel, prof.
ect engineer.
They plan TO cOme 10 the Valley
immediately following the pan
American meeting at Laredo on
April Ia.
Information also was received
that y. Sanchez MeioradO. engineer
OF the foreign relations department
q Mexico. now on the western boun-
Diary I'M California. will return to El
P7so the latter part OF this month
for a trip 20 the Valley some time
Inc latter part Of March.
McinradO ~ one time was water
commissioner on the Mexican sec
ton Of the International Water
commission and has visited the VAL
ley on several occasions in that
capacity.
, 1935-03-17
Wreck Kills Youth

ASPERMONT. March 10. R-Al-
vim Conner. Aspermont high school
senior. al fatally injured in an au-
tomobile accident on highway 50
three miles south Of here early Sat
urday night.
Conner and several companions
were enroute to Hamlin to attend a
movie when the car. driven by Wood
row Lee, was In collision with the
machine of Calvin Carr. Conner
suffered a crushed skull
, 1935-03-17

r~esounded again with cries Of
war"
He recalled Germany's willing.
ness 10 enter discussions Of pacific
plans. defeated by other nations.
and said. the equality promised
us in December. 1892. when other
powers decided 70 recognize Ger
many's right To theoretical equality
provided an acceptable treaty was
negotiated was also rendered T.
HISTORY"
ITO Safeguard Peace"
Protesting that "the German gov
eminent has but one moral and ma
tional aim: TO safeguard the worlds
peace" the fuchrer said:
I'm an historically almost I'M
precedented manner. we brought
about political and military sacri-
fices, yet 70 our regret the rearma-
ment Of the rest continued apace.
Thus Soviet Russia alone has a
peace army Of $50. 1000 men. SINH
lar measures have been taken by
other nations"
DECLARING there Is no longer any
purpose IN keeping the German
people In ignorance Of what the
government is doing" the fuehrer
asserted Germany wishes to safe
guard her territorial integrity and
command International respect al
a co-guarantor OF peace"
The startling announcement. com
ing just six days after Minister OF
War Hermann Wilhelm GoerinE':
fortnight admission that Germany
mas an air force and intends "a
keep Il. was made BY Minister OF
Propaganda Paul Joseph GoebbelS
, 1935-03-17
Delinquent Taxes
Paid In Willacy
Especial to The Heraldl

RAYMONDVILLE. March 16.-A
40 per cent reduction brought in
$125 900 in delinquent taxes 10 Will
lacy county over the period Feb. 4
March is, according to figures re-
leased here Saturday.
More than $50 individuals and
firms took advantage OF a special
resolution passed by the Willacy
county commissioners court whereby
the county agreed to become defend
ant in friendly tax suits with agreed
judgments calling for a reduction
OF 40 per cent in delinquent taxes.
Including Friday. which was the
final date for filing the suits. 40
cases had been filed BY 257 plain
tiffs in the district court. The col
lections of state and county delin-
uuent taxes under this plan amount
ed to $12S. 209. 04.
The commissioners court will
meet Monday. and all indications are
that the resolution will be placed in
force again in order to encourage
delinquent tax payments.
, 1935-03-17
Embezzlement Charge

HASKELL. March is. Up Carney
DoSs. 80. assistant cashier OF the
Home State Bank Of Rochester. was
under bond AZ $4,000 Saturday await
ing grand jury action on a charge OF
embezzlement filed after a bank ex-
aminer reported a shortage Of So
SIS In the banks funds over the last
two years.
Doss had been employed by the
bank for 81 years. lie is married but
has no children.
, 1935-03-17
Big Housing Plan
Business Is Seen

FORT WORTH, March l6.-iP1-
"A whale OF a business" will be
done by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration as soon as it is prop
erly organized. Administrator James
A. Moffett said Saturday upon his
arrival for a four-day visit TO Texas.
He viii leave at IL D. m. for
Austin where he will address the
legislature at 10 a. m. Monday. T.
b. Yarbrough. state director Of the
MIRA. and Sam Savers. director Of
the northwest Texas district. viii
accompany him. Moffett also will
visit San Antonio Monday, return
ing to Fort Worth Tuesday morning.
, 1935-03-17
Boys Heart Starts
Trip Across Chest

TEMPLE, March TO. -tPi- His
heart one inch nearer home"
Walter Baker. %. Of Br.'on was
reported In improved condition Sat
urday night az n hospital here.
Baker came 70 the hospital
Tuesday. with his heart and all
vital organs in the left side dis
placed. His heart. DR.. "A. G. Scott,
Jr.. said. was against the right
chest wall. six inches away from It's
original position.
The condition resulted from an
attack Of pneumonia followed by
an infection In the left chest.
, 1935-03-17
MORE LEVEES
CRUMBLE AWAY
CBy The Associated Press

While wind and sand storms
placed new difficulties in the way
Of relief workers, flood waters Sat
urday tore through levees In the
st. Francis river and drove 500 more
families from their homes In east
ern Arkansas. The new disaster
brought the total number of fam
lilies forced to flee before the Mis-
SisSippi river tributaries TO more
than 1,l00.
Lack OF sandbags caused the st.
Francis levee to crumble in three
places near Piggott, Ark, despite
the efforts of several hundred men
who fought through the Eight to
keep II intact.
The boot area" Of Missouri a
strong southwest wind whipped
sand from dry knobs and sent 1t
acFoS the backwaters in vast clouds.
A Piggott newSpaperman estimated
that 25 per cent Of the livestock In
the area was lost or stranded.
, 1935-03-17

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considerable speculation. MI. Roose-
welt had said the FERA was to be
abolished as quickly as possible un-
der the new set-up.
In more than n capital quarter
there we're private observations
that with the delay Of the social Sc
curly program and some other
plans, a partial continuation Of the
dole might be necessary next
winter.
lckes and Hopkins
The presidential proposal aroused
conjecture in congressional circles
that Secretary Tckes. the PWA ad-
ministratOr. whose MANAGEMENT has
been assailed in the house. and
Harry L. Hopkins, the relief admin
istrator. may have a large share in
the management OF the new relief
program.
When the bill was before the
house, democratic leaders assured
Ickes' critics that lie would have
nothing to do with ALLEGATIONS IN
der the new 81. 000. 000. 600 work relief
fund There has not been much
criticism Of Ickes In the senate. but
Hopkins relief policies have been
asSailed by some.
While the president is given
broad authority to administer the
fund for two years, no government
official has given congress an idea
Of the administrative machinery to
be established although III was re-
ported that three groups would be
organized 70 advise the president
, 1935-03-17
Jungles Combed For
Missing Air Liner

BRAZZAVILLE. Middle Congo,
March l6.-P-Six airplanes swept
back and forth across the Congo's
iungleS Saturday in search OF
Ecouard Renard governor general
of French Equatorial Africa, his
wife and five companions. who
crashed somewhere in the jungle
district.
Grave fears were felt for the
lives Of the seven since the district
is swampv and known TO De infeSt-
ed with cannibalS.
-Four military and two commercial
planes we're ordered 10 keep up the
hunt in the hope that the party
may have landed in some clearing
and still be alive.
, 1935-03-17
Drought Threatens
Sections Of Mexico

The section OF northern Mexico
extending from Matamoros TO San
Fernando. and from the coast
west OF Reynon Is suffering from
a severe drouth. according 10 re-
ports here.
Cattle and horses In some sec
tons are dying.
Very little cotton in the Mata-
noros area, on which a record crop
was predicted. has been planted due
to the lack OF moisture. and much
Of that planted has failed to come
up. The combination Of cold and
drouth has cut the crop to a point
where prospects are not bright.
The drouth is so severe in some
sections. according to reports here.
that even cactus Is drying UP.
, 1935-03-17
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
CALLS

WASHINGTON, March l6.-P-
The German rearmament declara-
ton that stirred Europe Saturday
echoed in the White House here
with President Roosevelt summon
ing state department officials TO
his desk shortly after word Of the
action reached the capitol.
There was immediate speculation
on the conferences import IN view
OF the fact Germany's action in
q~uadrupling its peacetime army vio-
lates not only the Versailles treaty,
but also Germany's separate peace
treaty with the United States. Both
Secretary Hull and UnderSecretary
Phillips on leaving the White House
would say only that general matters
had been discussed.
Although following with the
closest intent the news reports from
Berlin, officials throughout the
State Department likewise main
tanned the strictest reserve and de-
clined to comment pending official
confirmation.
on Capitol hill, Senator Borah Of
idaho, ranking republican on the
foreign relations committee. saw
nothing In the German move for
the United States TO get excited
about"
IN some quarters. 1t was regarded
as certain the United States would
stand aloof for the time being, AZ
least until " had been determined
what If any action would be taken
by Germany's neighbors.
The White House meeting, how
ever. threw uncertainty over this
viewpoint and presented at least the
possibility that the president may
draft another general appeal for
disarmament IN view OF the ap-
parently developing arms race be-
tween Germany and France.
, 1935-03-17
AL Capone To Pay
S220,980 On Taxes

CHICAGO, March 16.-lP-The
government Saturday reached an
agreement with Al Capone. one
time Chicago gang lord. on the in
come taxes for the evasion Of which
Capone was sentenced to prison.
The settlement was for s220980.7s.
a compromise Of the original claim
OF S366,406 representing taxes and
penalties for the years 1924 to 1929,
inclusive.
, 1935-03-17
Kiwanis Minstrel
Financial Success

Although reports from those IN
charge OF ticket sales viii not be
completed before Monday. the XII
wants clubs minstrel. Pirate Gold.
was a financial success. Otto
Manske. club president, stated Sat-
urday night.
The minstrel was presented
Thursday and Friday nights az the
junior college auditorium.
Proceeds viii be used for tbs
benefit OF underprivileged children
OF the city.
, 1935-03-17

more. Okla. on a country lane south
OF here Saturday. apparently had
made good his escape Saturday
night.
Cooke county officers. who join
ct a posse from Denton after a
Santa Fe brakeman had reported
having seen a man answering the
fugitive's description hiding I'm a
concrete culvert between Ponder
and Justin. returned after a fruit
less search.
The officers previously had hunt
ed for the outlaw In a wooded sec
lion near where the car wa aban-
dOned. They we're accompanied by
MI. and Mrs. Henry Coke, farm
couple living nearby. who armed
themselves with a shotgun and pistol
and insisted or joining the hunt.
, 1935-03-17
RECORD CITRUS
Continued from Page One

IL was estimated that 100 carloads
mad been used in processing plants
and shipped out as grapefruit
Juice. The Department Of Agricul-
ture report showed a total Of 844
carloads of grapefruit used up to
March ] by processing plants. and
II is estimated that around $50
carloads have been used since then.
This makes a total OF 1885 car
loads Of fruit harvested and ship
ped or proceSsed. which would
leave almost 1900 carloads still TO
be disposed Of.
Belief that this estimate Is a
little high was expressed BY some
Valley shippers. who place the
total crop to be handled vet at not
more than 200 carloads. Shipments
are dropping off rapidly. with ONT
from Is TO 20 cars moving daily.
as against so or more cars UP UNI
I'll the past week.
The report also shows increases
in the estimated crops for Florida
and California.
, 1935-03-17
Negro And Republican
Outclassed In Dallas

DALLAS. March IS. CP-Sam
Hanna. assistant reading clerk OF
the Texas house OF representatives.
maintained what his supporters fig
ured IS a safe lead over an army of
aspirantS to represent Dallas coun-
~ In the legislature Saturday night,
while a horse race between a repub-
lican and a negro for fifth place on
the long ballot began to take a large
share OF observers interest.
With 98 of l2l boxes counted and
reported. Hanna had 1907 votes,
His nearest rival. Dwight L. LEVEL
ling. former legislator and county
attorney and recently operator Of a
little gospel mission. has 1919.
, 1935-03-17
Mary Met ormick,
Blonde, Hunting Again

AMARILLO, March l6.-P-Mary
Mccormick, opera singer and erst-
while Princess Mdivani, Is after
wilder game.
"Man-hunting is too tame" she
confided as she prepared for a
hunting trip on her fathers ranch
in northern New Mexico. Il want
70 rough il out close TO nature. I
want to hunt deer. coyotes and ami
mails that are really wild. Men are
getting too sissy: he-men are dis
appearing-becoming a bunch Of
softies"
The thrice-married. now blonde
diva said her latest heart interest
was a tall, blond Texas ranger"
, 1935-03-17
Engineer To Make
Matamoros Visit

jose Cana. consulting engineer
for a Mexico City firm and advisor
TO the Banco Nacional Urbano' OF
that city. Is expected TO arrive in
Matamoros Monday.
Cana will pass on plans and es-
Inmates for the proposed extension
and installation OF modern water
distribution and publication equip
ment in the border city. Plans al
ready have been drawn up BY city
engineers and several American
companies have submitted bids on
the proposed installation.
, 1935-03-17

iCOntllleO from rage Onel
OF recovering. The shooting occur
red about 8 .. m.
The assassin is said to have fled
across the Rio Grande.
Guadalupe Longoria, young Har-
iingen resident, was almost ms
family killed Saturday afternoon
when he was shot in the head with
a 80 slug after an argument with
a young man. The shooting occur
red in the 300 block on West Van
Buren, street here about 4 D. m.
Alfonso Zamora. %. who was
found near the scene Of the kill
ing. was arrested and Is being in
v~estigated in connection with the
Staying.
Longoria was shot twice, once in
the head and once in the arm. Of
ficers recovered a 80 pistol from
which four shells had been fired.
Longoria had no gun, according to
investigating officers.
, 1935-03-17
E KILLED
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ing the street in front OF the Jack
Sanders filling station. Hopper. who
stopped Immediately. as driving
south on Closner street when the
accident occurred.
Hume, said to have been preSi-
dent OF the first bank established In
Amarillo, was en- route to his home
on the McAllen cutoff road, about
three miles from here.
He Is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. w. r.. Ballard OF Amarillo and
Mrs. Hall Pierce Of Carlsbad, N. NJ.
The series Of accidents In Hidal-
60 county late this week had result
ed Saturdct In the death of two men
and commitment Of six others 70
hospitals for treatment.
Funeral services were held at Nc
Allen Friday afternoon for j. ID.
HauSenfluck, 80, farmer OF the East
Hidalgo community. who was in
stantly killed Thursday when struck
by a hit-and-run driver. His daugh-
ter. Miss Dorothy Hausenfluck. was
one Of four eyewitness TO the ac-
cident and identified a car which
they said struck him. Survivors are
his wife. three sons. j. D., Jr., Frank
and r. G. Hausenfluck. three daugh-
tiers, Misses Dorothy. and Wande
Lee Hausenfluck and Mrs. Anna
Baker. all Of Hidalgo. and his moth
err. Mrs. c. H~ausenfluck Of Salina,
Okla, y well as six sisters and
two brothers.
, 1935-03-17
Copyright. 1885. by the Associated
Press

BERLIN. March is. P- The
German government. declaring Ger
many no longer obligated under the
Versailles treaty. Saturday an
nounced approximate quadrupling
OF its regular army. ].
Under the Versailles treaty signed
by the conclusion of the World War.
Germany's ornaments are sharply
restricted and her standing army
limited to 5000 mem.
simultaneously Chancellor Adolf
Hitler. flashing out bitterly az re-
armament over Europe. disclosed
that the cabinet, in decreeing COM
Dulsory military service throughout
the Peich, acted in direct answer
to the French move increasing the
term Of army conscript service 70
two years.
, 1935-03-17
Devil Proposes To
Jesus Sermon Text

a.The Devil Proposes to Jesus" is
the subject OF the sermon to be
delivered at the Central Christian
church Sunday night by Rev. d. w.
McElroy, pastor. Special music has
been planned for both the morning
ard evening services.
, 1935-03-17
Wire Flashes

AUSTIN.-State rangers and
county and local officers resumed
their raids here Saturday night.
AZ three places they seized a guam
tity of liquor and at another they
demolished q gambling table. Four
operators of as many establish
ments were placed under arrest
, 1935-03-17
Others INJURED

Miss Dorothy Stone, 10. suffer-
ed severe decorations and bruises
over her entire body, particularly
about TIE head.
r. j. walker. 30, suffered several
broken ribs. an Injury to his spine
and possible internal injuries when
a set of elevators fell on him from
The top Of a derrick in the SAM
fordvce oil field. He is in a serious
conditions at McAllen Municipal
hospital.
Robert Swanson, IL, son OF Mi
and Mrs Fred Swanson OF McAllen,
sustained bruises about the face
and head and a cut on the back Of
his head when his cicycle collided
with j. L. Warmers car In North
McAllen. He was released after
treatment.
, 1935-03-17

Contrary to the popular opinion
that elephants never forget. 1t has
lbeen found that they do.
, 1935-03-17
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unless its discussion were limited
10 small concrete subjects.
, 1935-03-17
Man Is Jailed

Guadalupe Garcia Of Pharr Is be-
ing held in Hidalgo county Jail
charged with failure to stop and
render aid after members Of the
sheritf's department. completed their
investigation Of HauSenfluck's death.
Three persons r in City-COunty
hospital here. two In a serious con-
dition. when their a failed 70 COM
plete a sharp turn and crashed into
a telephone pole al the junction OF
the north Tenth street road from
McAllen and the Edinburgh Mission
highway. All reside in Rio Grande
City.
Miss Lois Haley. 20. died at 2 a,
m. Saturday.
P. A. Thurman, "a. suffered four
broken veTta5Tae in his back but
his condition vas improved Satur-
day.
c. NJ. Campbell. q. regained con-
s~CiOusreSs III hours after the crash.
He suffered a fractured skull and
both legs we're broken below the
knee.
, 1935-03-17
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RAY HAMILTON

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, 1935-03-17

The cabinets decree provided that
Germany's future peacetime army
shall consist Of II army corps OF
three divisions each. or 80 divisions
In all. It will number. according 10
semi official estimates from 325,-
900 to 400 900.
"a dispatch from London said
Hitler bluntly told Sir Eric PhippS,
the British ambassador. that the
German army will number 100000
men,
Der Fuehrer. reiterating Ger
many's peaceful intentions. said her
national safety demanded an ~
creased army.
He cited rearmament throughout
Europe. asSailed violation OF the
Versailles pact OF the part of other
powers and said under these con-
ditions Germany had 10 take the
necessary measures to put an end
to her defenselessneSs."
Rushing back TO Germany from
Berchtesgaden TO push the big
army" decree through the cabinets
secret early morning meeting. the
chancellor issued an imprisoned
appeal to the German people. say
ing Germany is compelled to take
her military fate In her own hands
"HumiIiating Conditions"
when Germany laid down her
arms and submitted to humiliating
conditions in 1928" he said, "she
hoped TO serve humanity.
X x x only because Germany ex-
pected that general international
disarmament would follow in the
wake Of Germany's disarmament
was she willing to destroy her vast
military equipment
mo real qualification fulfilled all
the inter-allied conditions"
Germany. the leader said, had
the right to ask that the other dis
arm" because she herself was dis
armed and because the Versailles
treaty obligated the others to ds-
arm"
Other European nations. however,
"disregarded our pleas the chan
cellor continued, land the world
, 1935-03-17
SIX SHIPPERS

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RELIEF GIVEN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-17
JIMMY NELSON
 DOESN'T KNOW

Fall River. Nasgf April l7 --- (pP) -- Unaware that his upside down stomach pal, William BIr!- dy) Spiegclblatt, 9, of Newport F. l., was dead, 13-year-old Jimmy Nelson of San Jose. Calf, today apparently was winning his fight fnr life following his diaphraE~ nratic hernia operation II days ago. Jimmy, who has suffered several serious relapses which ne cessitatcd q blood transfusion and placing of q drain in his left lung cavity to draw off accommodating fluid was not told that the Sple- gelblatt boy died yesterday --- three days after his upsldc-down stomach was rlghtcd.
 Doctors feared the news nigh, upset Jimmy and bring on another relapse. Today the California youth was on q graduated diet and Truesdale hospital authorities said hIs replaced organs wcrs func- toning normally. News of the Spiegelblatt boys death brought g0bs from 10-year-old Alyce Jane lfcHenry, the Omaha, Nebraska, girl whose upside down stomach was righted March and who now ie convaIescing in the nearby nurses home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-17
FATHER M'CWIN IN
 CLOSING SERMON
Divine Love" Theme of To-night's Talk-PrO-
 cesSiOn Tomorrow

Father McGwin will preach the final sermon of the Lenten seasons. at the Immaculate Conception Church this evening. The services commence at 7:30 o'clock. Father McGwin will preach on the sub ject, Divine Love-"
 Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, high mass will be celebrated, fol- lowed by procession of the Bless ed Sacrament. Holy Communion will be distributed at G:00 and 7:0O o'clock and during the 800 o'clock mass. Tenebrae services will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 A solemn mass of the presancti- fled will be celebrated at o'clock Good Friday morning and venera- ton of the cross will be observed Immediately after mass and at 3:30 in the afternoon and in the even I ing after Tenebrae. Three hours agony service will be held from 12:20 to 3:30 D. m. fin the after noon. Sermons on the last seven words of Our Lord will be preach ed by Father Melvin, 0. F. At 7:30 o'clock in the evening, tenbrae service will be held.
 At 6:30 Holy Saturday morning, the services will include the bless ing of the new fire, paschal can de, baptismal font and Easter water. At o'clock there will be q high mass
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-17
EARLY SETTLERS
 FOUGHT ELEMENTS
Settlers Village Rising Rapidly Near Original
 Site of City

Cold, wind, snow and rain were fought by the early settlers as they turned the wilderness and swamps of Mattatuck into territory suit able for habitaiton by a civilized people. And similar elements were combatted on the same ground to- day as builders of the Settlers Vil- lage, adjacent to Chase parkway, labored to complete their task in time to join in the official in- troduction of COnnecticuts Tercen- tenary observance, April 26th.
 Buildings are popping up each day at the settlement. Twelve will be erected in all, including q town hall and exposition hall. Those assigned to the job have been working like beavers and hun dreds of people have already been attracted to the scene.
 Mayor T. Frank Hayes Is expect- cd to call Q meeting soon of tho members of the proposed "Settlers' Village Corp" at which time fur ther plans will be discussed and perfected.
 Organizations asked to select q representative for membership in the contemplated corporation are requested to act on the matter az soon as possible. The delegates, thus chosen, are invited to com. munlcate with William M. Harris, relief administrator, at his head quarters on Field street. a