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, 1935-04-28
SAILOR CLEARS
DEATH MYSTERY
Survivor of Tragic Dinner
Says Naval Reserve
Officer Killer

LOS ANGELES, April q. Up
Shreds Of mystery still hanging
about the bizarre Staying of Paul
Ivar. eccentric Hollywood dress de-
signer, were partially cleared away
Saturday when a sailor. only sur
vivor OF the dinner party preceding
the tragedy, was found and ques-
toned aboard a battleshlp here.
The sailor N. c. McDermitt, told
sheriff's officers that William How
ard, former naval reserve officer,
shot War, and then went to a near
by house where he wounded Henry
Bolte, a sociology professor, and
then committed suicide.
McDermitt said he was outside
the apartment when War was shot.
Returning, he said he fled when he
saw Ivar dying in the arms OF the
designers invalid foster mother.
The sailor was exonerated OF any
participation in the crime but he
was held in the ships brig for hay
irg been absent without leave.
WARS alleged boasts OF a connec-
ton with the late Arnold RothStein.
slain New York gambler, was an
other fantastic circumstance re-
naming TO be checked by investi-
gators.
, 1935-04-28
DARDEN MAKES
$1,000 BOND
Man Who Said Son Shot
His Mother Goes On
Trial Thursday

GREENVILLE. April q. Up
Sylvester P. Darden late Saturday
night was released on $1,000 bond
TO await trial beginning next Thurs
DAY for the Staying Of his wife.
The bend was a reduction from
$4,000, which had been set earlier
by Judge Charles S. Berry at a
hearing at which he announced the
trial date.
Judge Berry granted the states
motion 10 call a special venire Of
100 men for the trial.
Darden's two children, Gerald and
Jackie Glenn, rushed 70 him as he
entered the courtroom. Darden
claSped them in his arms and Sob
bed.
The accused man had claimed
that he found Jackie Glenn, who, he
said, was addicted to sleep walking,
standing over his mothers body with
a shotgun Immediately after the
Staying.
The eight-year-old boy had shot
his mother as he walked in his sleep.
Darden said.
Jackie Glenn remained with his
father throughout the hearing and
occasionally Darden patted the lad
on the head and whispered 70 him.
II was the first time they had seen
each other since the father was ar
rested more than a week ago.
, 1935-04-28
Troop 20 Cops Warm
Up Event Saturday

Rating excellent In eight out Of
nine events entered, Troop 20 Of the
Brownsville Boy Scouts SubStan-
TALLY ~out-scored Troop 80 here Sat-
urday afternoon in a warm-up meet
preliminary to the Valley-wide
Scout meet to be staged here Fri
Gay and Saturday.
Between $50 and 800 Scouts from
all parts OF this section will center
on Brownsville Friday and Satur-
day for the annual competitions.
Scoring in the warm-up meet Sat-
urday was as follows:
Grand March-29 excellent, 80
good.
Human Tower-29 excellent, 80
excellent.
Knot Tying-29 excellent, SO good
plus.
Fire by Flint and Steel-2e excel
lent. 80 good plus.
Wall Scaling-29 excellent, 80 good
plus.
Signaling-33 poor.
Bugling-29 good plus.
Dri1ing-29 excellent.
Judging-29 excellent. 33 excel
-ent.
Pace-29 excellent, 80 excellent.
, 1935-04-28
VALLEY p L A c E
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FOR YOUNG MEN
\ + 4 + y
RICHES

If I we're a young man, I would
come down here and get rich"
That was the statement Saturday
of L. E. Seaman. Sr., president OF
the First National Bank Of Mineral
Wells. Texas.
Mr.. Seaman, visiting here for a
few days with his son. visited the
scene OF operations on the Browns
vile ship channel. the turning
basin site and other coastal oper-
ations.
Il am tremendously interested in
what is going on down here, and l
expect TO visit here again in Janu-
airy to see the completed works"
the banker said. Your people r GER
tainly 10 be congratulated on their
vision. their ambition and their &C
ton"
Mr.. Seaman, and his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Z. Seaman, Jr, left Saturday by
automobile for Mineral Wells. The
younger Seaman. who is president
OF the Seaman Chevrolet Company,
expects to return to Brownsville in
about a month.
, 1935-04-28
Brownsville Attorney
On Historic Program

Raphael Cowen, Brownsville at
orney. is preparing a paper on The
Legal Phase Of the CortinaS Trouble"
which he will present before the
Texas State Historical Association in
Austin May 4.
Cowen Is making a study Of the
old court records here in obtain
ing information and background for
the paper. He has uncovered many
Of the old indictments returned
against Cortinas and his men fol-
owing the raids in this vicinity a
few years before the civil war.
CortinaS and his followers storm
ed and took the city of Brownsville
September Is. 1859. Some OF Cor
tinaS' men we're later apprehended
and tried, but the indictments
against their leader stood on the
court docket here for many years.
They were dismissed about IS years
'aters on grounds that Cortinas was
dead.
, 1935-04-28

would restore the old exchange rate
OF $50 pesos to the United States
dollar Monday. and in anticipation
OF that the dollar gained rs much
as 20 points against the peso, being
bought in most exchange houses
al $50 with the selling rate $50.
One result of the new laws. no.
tlced Immediately by all house
wives or others who went shopping
with five peso bills or pesos, was
the great difficulty In getting
change for them, due to the search
ty Of silver coin.
The first new peso notes are ex-
pected TO appear Monday relieving
this situation.
Whatever the policy might be
next week, treasury officials appaT-
emily were looking forward TO a
conference with a Mexican govern
ment representative, Roberto Lopez,
assistant secretary of the Mexican
department Of the treasury, who
arrived here Saturday.
Lopez, in a formal statement,
said: Il have come here to get a
full glimpse Of the silver situation.
AS an important producer Of the
metal, Mexico is as deeply interest
ed as this country in recent de-
velopments. For this reason 1t
would seem proper that both coun-
tries should find a way to cooper
ate in this matter
, 1935-04-28

pected to follow suit in very short
order.
The resolution passed by the
Edcouch Chamber OF Commerce
stated: This chamber protests to
the Associated Press the unfair
designation OF the location Of
Union sulphur No. 3 American
Rio Grande Land g. Irrigation
discovery well in news reports
widely circulated as the Mercedes
well. This well Is four miles from
the city OF Edcouch and 8 l-6
miles from the city of Mercedes.
and Is In the Edcouch Independ-
ent school district. and also the
Edcouch voting and justice pre-
cinctS."
so there the situation rests. or
at least rested Saturday.
Tom Phillip OF Santa Rosa. in
terested al least TO the extent Of
forming opinions on practically
everything that happens, declared
that Santa Rosa was the original
discoverer OF the field. and that
II Is really the Santa Rosa field.
The Santa Rosa civic organiza-
tions are expected TO act shortly.
The net results may be that
newspapers over the country will
be astounded TO read OF the new
Mercedes Edcouch-Santa ROka-
Elsa-La villa eslaco" oil field
In Hidalgo and Cameron counties
assuming that its boundaries
eventually are extended into Ca
meron county.
, 1935-04-28
MATAMOROS o
BUSINESS As USUAL

MatamoroS business was not af-
fected by closing OF banks in the
nation Saturday and calling in OF
silver, according 10 reports 70 The
Herald.
Most OF the MatamoroS stores had
enough currency on hand in vari-
III forms. including silver. TO
continue business without trouble.
and the new currency, including the
new one-peSo bill. Is expected TO
arrive Monday by airplane.
Action Of the Mexico government
in taking immediate steps TO sta
blllze currency was praised by
MatamoroS people. who said that II
the price OF silver continued going
w business in border cities would
have been hurt badly.
Several merchants reported TO
The Herald that their business
showed a marked increase Satur-
day, their customers seeming TO be
anxious to spend their silver coins
before the 30 day limit set by the
government for turning all silver
in.
The Matamoros branch OF the
Credito Industrial de Monterrey
was closed Saturday. along with al
the banks in the republic.
Exchange houses remained open,
but the price Of the peso had risen
from the $50 to the dollar ratio 10
800 and 800 for the dollar.
MatamoroS business men ex-
pressed the opinion that the peso
would drop back TO the $50 basis
within a few days.
, 1935-04-28
City Briefs

Free Termite inspection. Phone
l400.-Adv.
]. N. Goforth OF FL Paso, is a visi-
tor in Brownsville.
X. A. Gonzalez of e. Paso is a vis-
itor in Brownsville.
W. 3. Schatler Of Wichita, Kans.,
is a Brownsville visitor.
w. J. Davis Of Wichita, Kans., Is
a visitor in Brownsville.
r. A. Baulding Of Missouri has ar
rived in Brownsville for a few days.
Can beans while they are cheap.
Sealers, pressure cookers, cans and
jars.-Brownsville Hardware.-Adv.
o. H. Gordon of Houston Is q
Brownsville visitor.
Thomas Wilson, Of Houston, has
arrived in Brownsville.
Paul Krauss. of Houston, is in the
city for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Smith an
nounce the birth Of a baby boy,
born Tuesday evening. The baby
has been named William Miller.
Mrs. Smith was before her marriage
Miss Luverne Ewing.
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
relieves sun and wind burned eyes
Adv. %.
Adeline Beauty Shop located at
$40 Washington ST. is giving a spe-
cial Introductory offer to Browns
vile ladies. A soaplesS oil sham
poo. wave set and manicure for the
sum Of SOC to the first fifteen ladies
calling l357.-Adv.
, 1935-04-28

cies, see that employees are taken
from relief rolls and fix wages to
be paid in different sections Of the
0untry.
Some observers were Of the opin-
ion that these assignments would
afford Hopkins an opportunity to
become the driving force OF the
work relief campaign.
"A complete severance Of the work
OF ReXford Tugwell as head OF the
division OF rural reSettiement from
the department Of agriculture was
worked out.
Hopkins report on the relief pop
ulation said there had been a de-
cline OF $4,000 in the number OF
persons on relief rolls during the
month OF March. He said there
we're now 20,440.O00 persons on re-
lief, this figure being represented
by 4,540,0o0 families and 862,0 900 in
dividualS.
The relief administrator said the
peak OF the relief population was
reached in January but that since
January 100000 persons had gone
of the rolls. He planned 70 keep a
close check on relief rolls during
coming months in an effort to clear
them OF all persons able 70 work as
swiftly as the wide-Scaled activi-
ties OF the works drive develops.
IckeS, who compoSes with Hop
klns and walker the triumvirate
created by the president TO prose-
cute the works program t~elegraphed
PWA engineers that applicants for
work projects might use for tie
time being the old application
forms, with the understanding new
regulations would be announced
shortly.
, 1935-04-28

wealth and seek to allure the
American people into adopting poi
icies which they promise would
make everybody rich"
FDR No Shirker
After charging republicans Of
pre-RooSevelt regimes with making
"a hash Of their own affairs" and
for standing by "for three years
after the initial crash. bewildered
and painless" Farley referred "
Mr.. Hoover:
Now I nm going to let you into
an administration secret. Who Is
the man more distressed about the
length Of the unemployment rolls
the size Of the dole account and the
vastneSS Of the relief measures?
More concerned than the reaction
airy organizations, or big business
or the political quacks with their
mad schemes for distributing the
wealth Of the country? I'll tell you
It's the man who has 10 meet the
problems and shoulder the respon-
sibility. Franklin d. Roosevelt has
the job, and. unlike som eof his
predecessors, has no disposition 70
shirk IL.
yes, I have in mind the same
man you have-the gentleman who
recently issued a message TO Tire
republicans full Of platitudes about
the evils Of bureaucracy and the
necessity Of a return TO norma
processes, but gave no word as e
how he would handle the job II he
had another shot at it."
, 1935-04-28
Fairpark Auditorium
Bids To Be Opened
lSpeclal I'd Nc HeraId

HARLINGEN. April 27.-Recon-
5truction OF Fair Park Auditorium is
expected to be not far distant with
opening Of bids set for 2 o'clock Mon
day afternoon in the office OF May
CT Sam Bolts.
Bidding has been open for three
weeks and city officials are hopeful
OF being able to make an advantage
GUS contract for rebuilding the audi
forum with many Improvements
over the old structure which was
RACED by the storm.
Money for the work is expected TO
be Immediately available from the
Public Works Administration which
Is purchasing the recently voted
$4,000 bond issue and Is making
! grant sufficient to cover the diff
ference between the bond issue and
actual cost Of the building.
An engineer from the PWA Fort
Worth office Is expected to be or
hand when the bids are opened.
, 1935-04-28
Administration May
Shorten Program To
Get Speedier Action

taste Of summer heat and sent leg
iSlatorS scurrying 70 golf courses
despite a senate ~IillbuSter, prompted
some democratic leaders TO advo-
cate curtailment by Mr.. Roosevelt
OF a heavy schedule OF adminiStra-
ton bills.
In line with this sentiment was a
proposition 70 postpone tempor-
arily revision OF NRA. This would
be accomplished by continuing the
present Set-up for nine months from
the expiration date OF June Is and
was TO be submitted 70 Mr.. RooSe-
welt at the first opportunity by SEN
ator Harrison D-MiSS).
The movement TO extend the pres
ent NRA was intended to give con-
gresS until next March l6 70 act on
ii finally.
While there was some talk on
Capitol Hill about delaying further
action on the house approved Soc
ial security bill. a high ranking adj
miniStration senator said there was
no present design IN the senate 70
drop the measure. Nevertheless.
some democrats claimed that If MI.
Roosevelt insists upon its enactment
at this session, the July /, quitting
hope will fade away.
The jog jam was in the senate,
where a flibuster ver the anti
lynching bill tied up progress
through the week, and delayed plans
Of leaders to bring up Monday the
Harrison bonus compromise bill, Ell
forts TO sidetrack the anti-lynch-
ing bill were planned by southern
democrats again Monday. II sue
cessful. this would make way tcg
the bonus compromise and undoubc-
edly keep that branch busy for an
other week.
, 1935-04-28

convention are to be DR.. z. c. Bar
ker Of the University Of Texas his
tory department, j. o. Loftln, pres
ioent OF the Texas College Of Arts
and Industries, Kingsville; Prof. 4.
c. Dodd, head Of the Brownsville
school system; Z. r. Lozano Of San
Antonio. present president Of the
LULAC organization; and r. G. Or
tega, who Is known for his work
with the Texas tuberculosis aSSo-
citation.
Committee members who aided
Mr.. Canales in preparing the pro-
gram r j. B. LoZano Of Harlingen,
Miss Dalinda Rodriguez Of Harlin-
gen and ]. M. Longoria Of La Cru
La.
The LULAC organization. which
has a growing membership in Tex
as, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali
fornia. was formed six years ago
with Judge Canales, M. G. Coma
les Of San Antonio and A. S. Pera-
les Of San Antonio as the moving
power behind IL. It's purpose Is to
promote the social, intellectual and
political evolution Of the Latin
American citizens in the United
States. The league has a member
ship Of I've $500 in Texas. and l.
growing steadily in other border
states. officials say.
The convention at Harrington will
get under way at 10 a. m. June in
the Harlingen high school audit
orium with President z. r. Loza-
no responding to an address Of well
come. The morning and afternoon
business sessions will be followed
by a dinner dance at the Reese
Wil-Mond hotel Saturday night.
The Sunday morning program
will include an address BY Gustavo
c. Garcia Of Laredo. a defamation
by Miss Tommie <. Villarreal OF La
Grulla. a talk on health BY r. G.
Ortega Of the Texas tuberculosis
association and election Of officers.
Sunday afternoon will feature
talks by Prof. Z. c. Dodd Of
Brownsville, j. o. Loftin OF Kings
vile and Dr.. E. G. Barker Of the
University Of Texas.
, 1935-04-28
Valley Editor Chosen
To Press Directorship
ISpeclAl 20 ne Heraldl

ASpNNlhA ~ AnE AAtA@A1l
SAN ANTONIO. April 81. j. r.
Cook Of Mission was elected one
OF the directors Of the South Texas
Press association at the concluding
session Of the convention here Sat
urday.
ALI B. Schroeder Of the RCnge
News was elected president. succeed
ing George H. Adkins. OF Beeville.
Stanley Noble. Lockhart. was nam
ed vice president. Fred Herndon OF
San Antonio and Sam Fore. Jr..
OF Floresville were reelected secre-
tary ad treasurer.
The directors are Cook. j. +.
Cowan OF San Saba and Mrs. J. =.
Andrews Of Pleasanton, with Atkins,
retiring president. automatically be-
coming q member Of the board.
, 1935-04-28
Russia Asks French
Help If Attacked

PARIS. April 81. R-While
French and Russian experts polish
ed the text Of their mutual assis-
lance pact. Russia Saturday sought
assurance that France would come
to her aid in the shortest time pos
sible in cas- Of an attack.
Vladimir Potemkin, soviet ambas-
sador. who Friday announced an
agreement had been reached on all
essential details of the treaty. spent
two hours with Foreign Minister
Pierre Laval, and emerged from the
Quai D'OrSay to say:
Everything is going normally"
While it had been expected the
agreement would be initiated Sat-
urday. the experts found the text
of the treaty needed further fin
ishing touches.
, 1935-04-28
LAREDO MAN
RUNS AMUCK
Kills One, Wounds Two,
Takes Six Children
And Escapes

LAREDO April q. Up A sud-
denly deranged laborer on the Clark
onion plantation. three miles south
of here. late Friday night killed q
fellow workman. wounded two others
and fled with his six children, still
armed.
The slayer, Teodolo Arambula.
Saturday had eluded a posse which
searched the plantation and ada
cent woods.
Officers said Arambula went to
the home Of Ramon Martinez. where
Martinez, surrounded by members
of his family. was stunning a gui-
tar. He called Martinez outside and
persuaded him to accompany him
to his home.
Arambula went inside, obtained a
rifle and shot Martinez twice, kill
ing him instantly. Rodolfo Galvan,
attracted by the shooting, ran to
the scene and was shot in the foot.
Manuel Galvan, another laborer,
raced to the home of Felis Cano,
plantation foreman. to notify him
Of the shootings and when Cano
appeared at his door. flashlight in
hand, Arambula shot him from am
bush and struck the foreman In the
right leg, below the hip.
Laborers said Arambula went TO
his home. gathered his six chilrden
and fled afoot.
Officers believed he fled toward
the Rio Grande.
, 1935-04-28

Former Governor Pat NJ. Neff,
president Of Baylor University at
Waco, paid brief tribute to Judge
Persons service TO the church and
state after Rev. Walter Fl. Nc
Kenzie, pastor of the church, deliv-
cred the funeral sermon.
For a generation, Judge Pierson
walked in the white light Of publ
city, Mr.. Neff said. but that white
light did not reveal one furnished
jewel in the resplendent crown OF
his judicial career nor one fallen
leaf in the laurel of his private
life"
Two Of the three surviving chill
dren attended the funeral services.
The youngest. Howard, who con-
feSSed he shot his parents 10 death
Wednesday night. remained in
jail. Officers said he did not re-
quest permission to attend.
Neither DR.. Mckenzie nor Mr..
Neff. who was in school with Judge
Pierson both at Baylor and at
Texas, referred to the nature Of
the deaths.
In the opening prayer, DR.. Nc
KenZie asked Gods blessings for
each Of these three children ac-
cording to their consciousness Of
their needs Of Thy help" He de-
serted Mr.. and Mrs. Pierson as
sincere, unpretentious, and very
devoted in their relations to their
children"
The pastor recalled the service
Of the supreme court justice as a
deacon OF the church and that Of
Mrs. Pierson as a Sunday School
teacher. He said il had been sug-
gested that the rites be as near
like the usual Sunday church SER
vice as possible.
1T matters not how long we
live, but how we'll" DR.. Mckenzie
said. We live in deeds, and not in
years. Judge and Mrs. Pierson hv-
ed far beyond their ages"
JuriSts and lawyers from all Sec
tons Of the state helped make UP
the large attendance at the SER
vices. Governor James v. Alfred
and all members Of the appellate
courts here were present. Capitol
offices we're closed by proclamation
Of Governor Alfred.
Services at the cemetery were
brief. After the singing OF one
hymn, In the Sweet BYE and
Bye" and a prayer by DR.. McKen-
Zle, the bodies were lowered TO rest
in graves surrounded by others OF
the -tate's great.
They were directly between about
100 feet distant from the graves OF
Stephen r. Austin and General Al
bert Sidney Johnson and almost be-
side that OF General Adam r. John
son
While highest state officials,
friends and relatives rendered final
tribute to his father and mother,
2~0-year-old Howard Pierson. who
killed his parents Wednesday on a
country road. sat d~ejectedly in a
dark cell OF the county jail, about
a mile away.
Although relatives said their at
titude toward the youthful SLAYER
was Of utmost sympathy he did
not ask to be allowed to attend the
funeral services. Sheriff Lee Allen
said the matter was not presented
To him by anyone.
District Attorney James p. Hart
temporarily suspended his prepara-
tons for prosecuting Pierson' on a
murder charge in order to attend
the funeral. An older brother. Will
liam Pierson Of Chicago, said that
after the burial plans for defending
the youth on grounds OF insanity
would be made.
, 1935-04-28

NOOuLu1uGQ 1EOM EdHG O1Cy
refining company can handle up %
1000 barrels a day and can increase
its capacity load on short notice,
it was stated.
The discovery well Saturday night
was flowing an estimated 10 barrels
hourly on two one-eighth-tnch
chokeS. with the oil continuing 70
show a specific gravity Of 5a4. Ac-
cording to Wesley Trahan Of the
Union Sulphur company. there are
only two or three other wells in the
country producing this high a SPECIE
fic gravity oil, one in West Texas
and possibly two in California.
j. B. Taylor, manager Of the MeF-
cedes operations Of the company
left with Mrs. Taylor Saturday for
Sulphur. Louisiana. and is expect
ed to return to Mercedes Tuesday.
Other officials Of the company
here were iubilant over the record
of Union Sulphur In having opened
up two new fields in one week, the
Mercedes field and a second IL miles
north Of Lake Charles. Louisiana.
Leasing Activity
Commenting on the discovery well
OF the Mercedes field, c. j. Leblanc
stated that the potential Of the well
would probably never be known, as
it is contrary TO the policy Of his
company to open up" their wells.
preferring TO let them run under
gauge and control.
Leasing activity continued in Mer-
cedes Saturday with prices rising on
all sides. One deal for $4,000 which
was on the point Of completion when
the well came in was not closed. The
land in question has been taken off
the market.
Several large independent dealers
were in Mercedes Saturday, one
making preliminary plans to Sc
cure a 5000 or 7O00-acre lease to start
drilling operations Immediately.
The Schwartz block. Of 365 acres
previously reported closed at $40 ar
acre was taken off the market when
the deal had been almost closed,
and the owners are waiting develop
ments In the belief that better
prices will be paid.
Tubing Pressure Up
Several pool leases ranging up 10
5000 acres are in process OF compile
ton. with prospects OF locations be-
ing made within a few days and new
wells being spudded in. One large
pool lease between Mercedes and
La Feria is understood to be practi-
cally completed.
While two storage tanks were be-
ing installed at the well Saturday
the oil was being trucked 70 Harlin-
gen by the Valley Refining Co., which
is buying the production. The well
Is expected to be turned into the
tanks by Monday or Tuesday.
Pressure on the tubing was report
ed Saturday at from BOOSTS pounds,
a considerable increase over the
5OO-pound pressure reported Friday.
1t was considered certain that
the Union Sulphur will hold the
well down even after storage is avail
able in order to avoid possibility Of
trouble such Is was encountered
when 1t was brought in three weeks
ago. when the tremendous pres
sure blew out the choke and the well
had to be killed.