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THE WEATHER East Texas: Partly cloudy Wednesday, scattered showers on Wednesday. Gentle to moderate winds on the coast. (Complete weather report on market Thermometer Readings al 9 10 11- 12 1 2 86 88 90 92 92 93 98 VOL. XXXIX. NO.

192. JAP FOUR OFFICIALS HELD IN CONTEMPT IN BLANTON CASE ARREST OF MAN ALLEGEDLY SEEKING SOLVE FATE MISSING MEN IS CAUSE RAYMONDVILLE, July 13-(P)-County Judge W. E. McCharen today fined State Ranger Power Fenner and Game. Warden Morgan Miller $50 each for contempt of court in a case out of investigaof the Luther mysterious disappear ance and John Blanton A fine of $50 was also assessed against the Willacy County Sheriff's department on the same charge.

Judge McCharen said the could pay the fine, departmonia be paid jointly by Sheriff H. T. Cragg and Jaller Mallie Brownfielder. They, with Fenner were found guilty of contempt yesterday in the arrest of Louis Lamadrid, deputy constable appointed by the Willacy county' commissioners' court to press an investigation of the disappearance of the Blanton men. Judge McCharen also assessed a three-day jail sentence against Fenner, Cragg, Brownfield Miller, but remitted it.

Three days in jail is the maximum for the offense with which they were charged. The maximum fine is $100. Attorncys for all the defendants notice of appcal to the court of criminal appeals at Austin. McCharen called Fenner and Miller before the court and reminded them that a sub-machine gun had been displayed to him (McCharen) in the county courthouse Sunday. Fenner, upon questioning, denic1 that the weapon had yed in order to intinnaate McCharen.

The four defendants were Al allowto of Only a small group of spectator's were in court today in trast to yesterday's crowd. Today's proceedings were marked by the presence of heavily armed officers, but the tension of yesterday had subsided. History of Case. Eight months ago Luther Blanton and his son, John, San Perlita farmers, went hunting in game preserve, They near failed the to "former return. Rang- King ers and civilians found no trace of Sec CONTEMPT, Page 10 BERNARD M.

BARUCH EXPLAINS DECLARED NEED FOR CONTROL WOULD CONTINUE FEDERAL SUPERVISION OF "UN. ECONOMIC AREAS" (EDITOR'S NOTE: Bernard M. Baruch, in his recent commencement address at Union College, Raid the government should not "try 10 regulate everything," but would continue its regulntory uctivitien to what he called the "uneconomic 'areas" nt our national life. He was asked, in an interview, to explain wilat tiong ho would apply, and when they should ba upplied.) By R. H.

HIPPELHEUSER. NEW YORK, July There are two kinds of "uneconomio In common usage, the expression would apply to distressed areas; to a "dust howl," or to communities in which mines have been worked, abandoned by industries, the populace left standing without means of livelihood, In talking of "uneconomic phraso 'of his own, used to describe the "peaks and M. has a second meaning. "It would be a time," Baruch said, "when prices get 80 low See BARUCH, Page 7 BLANTON INVESTIGATOR JAILED Louis Lamadrid, Willacy county deputy constable, was jailed in Brownsville on a charge of Illegally carrying a pistol, The deputy constable was appointed especially investigate the mysterlous disappearance of John and Luther Blanton near San Perlita, Nov. 18.

A Texas 'ranger, a gamewarden, the sheriff of Willacy county and the jailer have been held in contempt of court in connection with Lamadrid's arrest. (Associated Press Photo) tonight and the coast southerly page.) 8 93 Corsicans Home of the Daily Sun and Semi-Weekly Moming Light! LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1937. -TEN PAGES ATTACK SENATOR COPELAND CALLS ON ROOSEVELT TO DROP COURT BILL NEW YORK SENATOR URGES PRESIDENT TO COUNSEL WITH HIS LEADERS WASHINGTON, July 13. -Senator Copeland (D- NY) called upon President Roosevelt in the senate today to drop the court bill and counsel with his congressional leaders to "reestablish the Democratic party." In the fifth speed. against the administration's bill, Copeland assailed the president for failing to consult Democratic members of congress on policy, complained the administration WAS called "New Deal" rather than Democratic, and warned against a permanent split in the party.

Copeland took the floor after Senator Balley (D-NC) had spoken against the bill, declaring that it was "confessedly" an attempt to obtain for congress power that the supreme court said it did not have. "If there be those here," Copeland said, "who prefer to be Dentocrats, let them up and clare the faith." "Are you Democrats with the courage of Jackson' and Cleveland, and the idealism Jefferson and Wilson; or are you deaf and blind followers of what in the beginning strength WAS an administration of and noble purposes, 'but which is becoming gO weighted with debt and promises that only God in His mercy call savo it?" Declaring the. "disaster is not far ahead of us," Copeland suggested the president counsel with his congressional leadeis "to reunite his followers and to re-establish the Democratio party." "Tho president still has it in his power the friendship and respect of good Democrats who are on the way to being grieved in the spirit and permanently estranged from him," the New Yorker said. "Let the president drop 'the court proposal, leave It to the congress to. formulate legislation, and place upon this body equal responsibility with himself in tablishing, solution a fiscal policy for the of what otherwise See COURT BILL, Page 5 LABOR BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF I.

L. A. MEMBERSHIP OPENED LEADER OF PACIFIC COAST WORKERS SERVES ULTIMATUM ON RYAN NEW YORK, July Threats of, raids and counterraids in the nation's union labor camps today touched off tho heralded "open warfare" betweer. John L. Lewis' CIO and the American Fedoration of Labor for control of 40,000 members of the.

Intornational Longshoremen's Association. As a prelude to the strugglo leaders on both sidos held conferences behind locked doors. Principals gave every indication of fight to the finish, with Joseph P. Ryan, veteran L. A.

president, declaring: "We're not taking ultimatums from anybody." The "ultimatum" was served on Ryan yesterday by Harry Bridges, leader of Pacific Coast longshoremen, the so-called "brains" of the 1934 West Coast maritime strike which paralyzed shipping for 77 days, cost an estimated 000. Bridges informed Ryan that the CIO was determined to invade the nation's waterfronts and enroll both longshoremen and warehouse workers, He warned Ryan that unless he abandoned the American FedoraSee LABOR FIGHT, Page 10 NAVAL CARRIER AIDS IN SEARCH FOR MISS EARHART The U. S. S. Lexington (above), with three hundred fliers and 63 navy planes, carried one of the last hopes in the long sdarch for Amelia Earhart, missing in the South Pacific with her navigator, Fred Noonan.

After almost all wether, searchors despaired, the Lexington prepared Tuesday to despatch her planes for a high speed 200,000 square miles of the equntorial Pacific. BIG YOUNGSTOWN SHEET TUBE MILL AT CALUMET OPENED ALL OF 7,000 EMPLOYES INVITED BACK TO WORK AFTER LONG SHUTDOWN EAST CHICAGO, July 13. -(A)-Youngstown Sheet and Tube company threw open the gates of its Calumet district steel plants today for all of its 7,000 employes who desired to return. to work. The reopening, shutdown of 46 days, signaled resumption of operations by the last of the strike-bound plants in Northern Indiana.

Leaders of the steel workers Ol'ganizing committee, which called the strike and their followers hailed 'the re-opening as a CIO victory, but their claims were digputed by the company and the association of steel employes, an independent union. Indiana declared the company Gov. Mic Clifford Townsend of and the SWOC had cone to terms. Vice-President J. C.

Argetsinger of Sheet and Tube said the company had made no agreement and granted concessions to no one. The lack of understanding was reflected in the actions of the strikers. On three occasions yesterday pickets massed nhout the firm's Indiana harbor plant only to be called away by their leadcrs. Argetsinger conformed Gov. Townsend the expected See STRIKES, Page 10 Heat Wave Dealt Severe Blow By Clouds and Rain By The Associated Prosy Showers and clouded akleg r'0- lived a large part of the nation today from the scorching temperaa week-long wave, Meteorblogist J.

R. Lloyd Chicago said more rain was expected today but that the plains states probably would be dry warm tomorrow. New York and Now England staton were cooler but temperatures soared again in South Atlantio states. An Associated Press survey showed at least 357 persons in 25 states died from causes attributable to the prolonged heat wave. New York led with a total of 68.

New Jersey had 40 and Connecticut 38. In Chicago two heavy downpours yesterday sent temperatures down 15 degrees from tho day's high of 88. Heat deaths by states were: See HEAT WAVE, Page 10 OIL LEADERS DECLARE U.S. CRUDE OIL IN STORAGE MUCH TOO LOW FOR SAFETY MARGIN SANTA FE, N. July -An explanation of a report on United States crude oll storage WAS awaited today by an oll conferenco here from Bureau of officials.

The report presented to, tho six-stato oil compact commission hore yesterday already has drawn the comment from two experts that the supplies of oil on hand were too low, Col, E. O. Thompson, chairman of the commission, and Charles F. Roeser, president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, were agreed on that interpretation of the survey which showed 297,496,000 barrels of refinable crudo in tanks at the end of March, 1987. MARKETS AT A GLANCE NEW TIRK, July 13-0-Stocke, 'ateme advance.

vertibles sell off, Curb, irregufar: some advance. Foreign Exchange, uneven: Cotton, steady: bouso buying; Sugar, higher: trado covering. Cot blonds: Brazilian markete, strong: Canadion damage Corn, firm: Influenced by wheat. Cattlo, than last week. loge, 10-28 lower; top PRICE FIVE CENTS PEIPING ANCIENT DRAGON CAPITAL OF CHINA OBJECT OF DRIVE SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED INTO ALMOST CERTAIN GENERAL WARFARE mixed; quiet stendy: specialtics guilder spurts.

firmi wndat. purely senanticant, AIR ARMADA READY FOR FINAL SEARCH AMELIA EARHART Lexington ABOARD off AIRCES.FT Howland CARRIER July planes roared from the deck of the Lexington today in a last, mighty effort to locate Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick J. Noonan, lost 11 days ago. July groatest air force ever assembled for a mid- search-63 planes was fueled tp along the equator in tho navy's last efforts to find Amelia Earhart. missing 11 days in one of the world's loneliest regions.

If weather conditions aro favorable the planes will zoom from the aircraft carrier deck to survey an area of 36,000 square miles centering nbout bleak Howland Island, which the aviatrix and her navigator, Frederick J. Noonan, missed 011 flight from Now Guinea. Officials said the Giant carricy expected to reach the search by dawn, was hampered last night by, a the tropical acrial storm which might delay search. miles long extending north and An area 60 milles wide and 600 south from Howland was mapped for the first day's survey in the hitherto fruitlesg search, which has seen hopes of rescuc practically vanish. HOUSE OVERRIDES VETO LOW INTEREST RATES FARM.

LOANS HOUSE VOTES 260 TO 97 FOR EXTENSION PRESENT RATES TWO YEARS WASHINGTON, July The house overrode today dent Roosevelt's veto of a bill to continue low interest rates on farm loans for two moro years. With a two-thirds majority of those voting required override, Speaker Bankhead announced the vote was 260 to 07. The sonate has' yet to act. Houso action came after all hour's debate during which the chief exccutive's objections to the legislation were criticized and defended, It was the second time this seasion the house has overridden a veto. Several weeks ago it Joined senate in overriding legislation extending.

the time in which world war vetorans might convert term life insuranco rolicies. I WASHINGTON, July The agriculture committee voted today to ask tho house to override President Roosevolt's veto on legislation which would continue low interest rate on farm loans for two years. The house was expected to voto this afternoon. Chairman Jones (D-Tex) said the committee rejected a proposal, to houso to President's veto messago to the committee 80 that it might attempt to work out a compromise with the white house. Under terms of tho vetoed legislation, the interest rato on al Land Bank loans would remain at 3 1-2 por cent during the 1938 Soo VETO, Page, 5.

Ask Million Dollars Eradicate Hoppers WASHINGTON, Congressmon from eight Western and Midwestern states appealed to the house appropriations tee today to approve an additional $1,000,000 appropriation for cation of grasshoppors. Rep. Martin (D-Colo.) said he was "hopoful of favorable action," SOVIET AIRMEN IN TRANSPOLAR FLIGHT STATE ALL IS WELL BATTLED SNOWSTORM AND GALES OVER NORTH POLE; NOW HEADED DOWNWARD SAN FRANCISCO, July through El North cyclone and snowstorm, the three Rus'sian fliers roared, over northern British Columbia today en route from Moscow to San Francisco. Their big plane had covered approximately 4,000 miles of the 000 mile journey, ariny officers calculated they believed the aviators night arrive hero at 2 A. m.

tomorrow (Central Standard time.) The fliers gave position nt 10:35 a. ml. (Central Standard time) as latitude 58 degrees 30 minutes and longitude 120. officers said the position indicated the plane, had, reached Northern British Columbia between Fort Nelson and Hudson's Hope. This would it approximately 1,600 miles north of San Francisco.

Hurdling over cyclone and fighting through snowstorm, the big single motored monoplane crossed safely over the North Pole last night, and carly today flew over Great Bear lake. radio message at 7:21 n. Eastern Standard time, breaking through static which shut out listening United Stales army signal corps stations in the United States and Alaska, reported "Everything ok" as the plane flew over McKenzie territory about 1,400 milos south of the Pole. The message Sec SOVIET AIRMEN, Pago 10 New Case Infantile Paralysis Reported Another case of infantile- paralysis, located on West Eighth avenue, near South Fifteenth street, has been diagnosed and tined, nccording to an announcemet Tuesday by Dr. William T.

Shell, city headth officer. Dr. Shell said there A1'O now four homes quarantined In the city Dr. S. H.

Burnett, county health officer, reported there were no new cases of the discaso in tho county, in addition to the three quarantined CASES provlously roported. By The Associnted Press. Japanese troops today attacked Peiping, China'sancient dragon capital. Reports said the fighting was the heaviest of the weeklong hostilities. The attack came while high officers both in Tokio Nanking, capital of the Chinese Central "near government, war' spoko in terms of In the Orient.

An army of 1,300 camped under ancient Pelping's Japanese, onwalls, protected by light field pioces and armored cars. Chinese defenders gald their troops with-' stood assaults on four eastern and southern gates. The Japanese were able only to establish a virtual blockade of the city on two sides. Communication and supply lines between 'Pelping and Nanyuan, south of the city, were cut, isolating two Chinese brigades stationed in tho Nanyuan barracks except for a roundabout route. New troops arrivals in Hopel province raised the total of Japanese reinforcement to 3,500, 111- dicating the Japanese expected long campaign in China.

Equipment includod floodlights night flying and mobile artillery, Japan to Forco Issue. At. Nanking, a Chineac official predicted "Japan will now forco the lague of major war." He said the would Chinese, both nntional government: military and. diplomatic mensures defend North China, "thereforo, was is possible, perhaps incecapable." A ray of hope was "in Indications that China might wolcome settle mediation third power tho crisis penceably. Japan, an authoritative informant disclosed to rush more reinforcements.

Well prepared informed sources privately CXpressed the view that the western world does not recognize tho gravity of the situation. They intimated that China must mnke peace on1 terms' or face Japan's war strength The Japanese cabinet was reported to have decided on military measures Sec SINO-JAP, Page 9 CARMICHAEL, ALLRED. PROMISE PROBE OF ATTACK CAMERA GOVERNOR SAYS SPECIAL OFFICER ASKED RANGER COMMISSION IN SEARCH AUSTIN, July H. H. Carmichael, in charge the Texas ranger force, today promised a thorough investigation of reported trouble at Raymondville yesterday between Ranger Power Fenner and a newspaper photographer.

"If newspaper reports of the incident are correct, I don't like it bit," Cramichael said. don't approve of such tactics." Reports from Raymondville were that the camera of John Martin, photographer for the Valley Morning Star at Harlingen. was jerked from his hands as he tried to take a picture of Fenner after the ranger had been held in contempt of court. The camera WaS taken to the county judge's office, where Fenner sought to expose the film. Martin See CAMERA, Pate 10 Father Shoots At Attacker of Girl But Fails to Hit CHICAGO, July -Henry Hundreiser, 37, walked calmly the Summerdale, police station car.

ly fired four shots John Ardelcan, 17, held on charges of raping, beating and stabbing his a daughter. The shots missed authough fired at a distance of three feet. The girl is recovering from 33 wounds. She was stabbed 17 times In the chest with an ice pick, and there were seven head cuts, 1'C- quiring 25 stitches. She was also stabbed and slashed on the back and arms with a pair of pruning shears.

HISTORY OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BE DEPICTED IN FILM "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" SAYS SELZNICK July of the a film depicting the history of the Associated Press and the part it has played in the development of the free American press, will go Into production immediately, it WA. announued by David O. Selzwick, president of the Selznick International Pictures, Inc. The story of the association Press has been the procession of world history, the birth and deaths of kings, the fury of wars. the lightning strike of catastrophes, historio political battles, and of heroes who got the story, no matter what tho cost," Selznick said.

"It is a story yet be. told, which under the title, "Freedom of the Press." soon is to ing Producer form on the Sleznick soreen." said the motion picture will describe the Associated. Press at Its beginning in 1948. It will show the growth of the non-profit. co-operative Into the largest organization in the: world; PRINCIPAL GRAINS FOR 1937 HARVEST WORTH GREAT SUMS FIRST TWO BILLION DOLLAR CORN CROP SINCE 1929 IS PREDICTED CHICAGO, July experts estimated today the 1937 harvest of principal grains.

including the nation's first two billion dollar corn crop since 1920, would be worth almost 000. Timely rains in the midst of the heat wave have contributed to almost ideal growing conditions for corn, than farmers' greatest. money crop, market valuation of corn and the other major grains, wheat, oats and rye-was figured at more than $3.500.000,000. The valuation was an eight year high and 13 per cent greater tran a year ago. Barley, flax and other crops will add to the total, which represents a good chunk of the year's total farm income estimated at eight to 10 billion dollars.

The valuation was based on Chicago's prices for grain deliverable in the fall and winter and on the most recent offilial forecasts of production, both subject to change. The prospective yield of 851,000 bushels of corn would top last year's by more than a billion bushels and would be the biggest since 1932. Nevertheless, the current price of corn deliverable here in. September is 31 cents a bushel higher than a year ago while December delivery corn is 6 cents higher. At 80 cents.

December, the 1937 See CROPS, Page 10 INSURGENT LINES IN MADRID SECTOR BADLY BATTERED WAVES OF GOVERNMENT FIGHTING PLANES INCESSANTLY HARASS MADRID, July ment offensives, bolstered by air power the. Madrid forces never. before have shown, hammered insurgent lines today on three separate fronts. Fighting is a World War scale, eye witnesses related. "It is a completely new phase of this war, and intensity," one Visitor to the battlefields related, "The government has been able to put into the field mechanized power match, perhaps more than match, the rebel (insurgent) air force." Waves of government fighting planes bombed Insurgent batterles and machine-gunned troops near Villanueva Del Pardillo, mak, it virtually impossible for them to send reinforcements to the front west of Madrid.

On the Basque front in Northorn Spain, government airplanes flew low over the insurgents' zigzag lino. from Somorrostro on the See SPANISH, Page 9 JAMES ROOSEVELT ASKED TO SUBMIT INCOME TAX RETURNS SON OF PRESIDENT, HOWEVER, WILL APPEAR BEFORE PRIVATE SESSION The WASHINGTON, July names of William Randolph New Hearst, York publisher; Jacob Rupport, brewer and baseball magnato, and S. Paley of New York, president of the Columbla Broadcasting System, went Into the records of tho congressional tax inquiry committen today. The names wero mentioned by O. John Roggo, securitios mission counsel borrowed by tho trensury to aid in its invostigation of methods by which weal.

persona have been able to reduce their incomo tax payments, Before Roggo took tho stand James Roosevelt, eldest son and secretary of Prowldent mado all unhoraldod appearance before this committee to dony that ho any interest in a perSee TAX PROBE, Page 10 IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF EVER I NORMAL GRANARY AND CONTROL OF CROPS BILL IS UNCERTAIN It will be, in effect, a cavalcade of American journallsm in all of its romantic and exciting aspects. "The picture will present ful outline of the nature of the Associated Press and its firm developing of the principle of news," Selnick said. Hitherto unpublished records to authenticate production will be made available by the Associated Press, of which approximately 400 newspapers in this country alone are members. The Associated Press makes no profit and does not sell. its news.

It 18 a news-gathering distrubuting organiation, mutually owned by its member newspapers. And motivated by one purpose only--to provite swift, accurate and fair news reports the world over, This task Involves' dally effort. directly or indirectly, of. 000. Individuals throughout the world.

The production plans to dopict the Assoolated Press' unending 800 A. P. FILM, Page 7 To Thompson's assertion that the survey showed "wo have not been overproducing," Rooser added the observation that the supply indicated would last only 59 days as compared to 00 85 commonly accepted. The various states set the quotas for crudo oil allowed to be produced from figures of the Bureau of Mines, Thompson added that the ures upheld his contention for the past two years that crudo oil stocks were too low. The figure for crude oil In storage at the end March compared with 311,046,000 barrels above the ground at tho start of the vey June 30, 1936, the Bureau of Mines said.

WASHINGTON, July Immediate passago of the "ever normal" granary system and broad crop control legislation appeared uncertain today despito a r'ecommendation from President' Roosevelt. Chairman Jones (D-Tox) of the house agriculture committee, Bald ho agreed with tho president's views, butadded: "Wo can mako no promise that the program will be enacted at this session. Jones sold his committoo will continuo to work for passage, Ho emphasized, however, success will largely on tho length of time congress romaine in session after the senate debate ends. Mr. Roosevelt sent letters house and sonato committees yesterday, asking sympathetic sideration of three objectives.

"First, to the continuation of tho present agricultural conservation program as the foundation of the long-time plan. "Second, for the assuranco of abundance for consumers by storage of substantial reserves of food for use in years of crop fallure. "Third, for protection of farm prices and farm income." "It la my theory that tho time to repair a roof is when tho sun 19 shining," tho president sald. "Though the situation at tho moment is excellent, wo have no safeguard oven In the year 1038 against the great danger of loss of income duo to drought, or against the equally grea' danger of low prices." The house committee, Jones pointed out, has hold hearings on the proposed "agricultural adjustment act of 1937" sponsored by the, American Farm Bureau Fedoration and endorsed In principlo by Socrotary Wallace. It 'provides for the granary systom, production control through marketing quota system, and paymenta from the treasury to supploment farm Incomes when prices fell below a "fair" level.

Jones, expressing opposition to compulsory production control, said ho was writing into the bill 8 program to give the farmers "maximum control." Vi.