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THE WEATHER Brownsville and the Valley: Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday. THE VALLEY gPtST--FIRST TO THE WHO! SERVICE OP HK ASSOCIATED PRESS I A MARKETS FORTY-SECOND YEAR--No. 269 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 1934 TEN PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY; NSULL UNABLE TO MAKE $200,000 IN OUR VALLEY LIVING UP TO THE NRA odes is costing those who are let- ng their consciences be theif uid.es. Take it from some of the auto- lobile dealers who were in session i Brownsville Monday afternoon. One dealer related that in April, 33, he had sold 21 units at an verhead of $1,800.

And in Apiil, 1934, he sold 20 nits at an overhead of All of which goes to illustrate a Dint that many of the dear public missing-Namely--that those who are liv- up to their codes in the strict- it sense of the word, Are deserving of all the Support the way of business patronage lat the public can tender. ANOTHER AUTO DEALER HAD i interesting experience to relate garding his relations with a anch of the U. S. government. This particular federal agency is buying parts and refusing to unless a 25 per cent discount is granted.

The bill mounted until finally dealer put the federal purchas- body on a cash basis. Still came the insistence that a scount must be given, this in ite of the fact that the NRA de for the auto dealer provided a fine of $500 and-or 6 months jail for the granting of a dis- unt, even to branches of the feds' government. The bill was finally paid, but not til things became fairly warm tween the dealer and the govern- ental agency. One branch of the government rcing the auto dealer to operate der certain rules and regulations der penalty for non-observance-Bind another branch of the gov- Irfpient doing its best to break Bwn ths rules and regulations "sed! Tell you what, the life of a busi- man in these days of codes trying to make a living is no ecure! OF TOMATOES JUMPEL. 4c a pound for No.

Is, and 2c a md for No. 2s. Ind the hot sun of Sunday did help the grade so much, at Tomato Price Jumps to 4 and Cents Andy Mellon's Income Tax Okeh, Grand Jury Decides after Probe COUPLE WED Jap Peace-Maker lorida and Mexico are petering of the deal, and East Texas late coming in. Jope is that the Jacksonville tion crop will not be. moving in quantity before June 1st.

'omato growers of the Valley getting one more fine break, nd the- second year in succes- i at that. buyers reported for pota- but-lost of the potatoes are out of way, hose left being of poor quality. ouisiana ana Alabama are com- into the deal. rell, the Valley had a fairly suc- iful potato deal, and we are ing to resign-i favor of tomatoes. ORMER STATE SENATOR A.

Wirtz of Seguin, the man the and file of Texas Democracy ted to see named national mitteeman from Texas, nrnsville the other day. ie senator says that he is "out lolitics," but somehow or other itill likes to keep his finger on pulse of the people. me of these days his legion of ids from all sections of the rare going to really draft Alvin tz and force him to become a iidate for high political office. id when that happens it will ne instance in which the office sally seeking the man. Sen.

Wirtz, whose law part- Rudolph Weinert is a cousin Weinert of Brownsville, is plenty with his extensive Itice. FOUND SLAIN Both Shot Dead; Gun. Located Near Man's Body SAN ANTONIO, May 8 (JP)-Mrs. Eva Gawlas, married less than two months, was shot and killed and W. R.

Gawlas. her -ius- band, was found in the kitchen of the Gawlas home with his lacs blown away about noon Tuesday. Four children of Mrs. Gawlas by a former marriage were coming from school across the street to lunch when the shots which ended LI IE lives of the couple rang out. Shot Gun Used Each was shot with a 12 gauge shot gun.

Miss Olive Bratiwell, niece of Mrs. Gawlas, was in the bath room when she- heard the shooting. She said Gawlas and his wife had been Quarreling and that Gawlas nad displayed a shot gun during the argument. A charge from a shot gun struck Mrs. Gawlas in the back of the head as she sat in a window.

She toppled out on the front porch view of scores of school children. Both Previously Married Gawlas was found in the kitchen. Near the body was a shot gu with one shell fired. The charge nad struck Gawlas in the face. Gawlas was 44 years old.

He, too, had been married previously and had two children, a married daughter and a son. Mrs. Gawlas was 36. Blast Injures Dredge Worker MiUnru Toyuu Fearing that resentment aroused by supposed U. S.

opposition to a "Japanese Monroe Doctrine" for Asia, might result in anti-American riots in Tokyo, Mitsuru Toyama, veteran Japanese patriot, appealed to his countrymen to remain calm, and counseled against any demonstrations. PARR 'GIFTS' TO AIRED Seabury to Shed Light On Senator's Funds In Opening Speech (Special to The Herald) MERCEDES, May Creech, dredge worker, was painfully but not critically burned Tuesday morning as a result of a gas explosion at the dredge operated" by Dodds and Wedegartner, San Benito and being used in construction of a fill south of Mercedes under a contract with the International Boundary commission. Creech, who is burned about the hands, face, and body, was taken to the Mercedes General hospital. He is expected to recover. The accident, which occurred about 5 a.

is attributed to a leak in a gasoline tank. Shooting Is Fatal To Second Victim NACOGDOCHES, May free-for-all shooting attributed io family trouble took the life of i- stcond man Tuesday. Tom Looney, 31, shot in a fo'ir- way battle which developed aftst a singing bee in tr.e Seed Tick community April 26, succumbed to hk. wounds despite two operations. Joe T.

Clevenger, member of a family prominent in the western part of Nacogdoches county, wa: killed outright. Tuesday Anniversary Of Palo Alto Battle An even years ago Tuesday liana at Polls To Dominate Candidates DIANAFOLIS, May ir Indiana's 92 countiss mated democratic and repub- Gen Zachary Taylor led his force of 2,300 U. S. soldiers, mostly Ken- iv.ckians, to victory over a large force under Gen. Arista On the battlegrounds of Palo Alto, located near here on the Paredes line.

The following day the two armies met on the field at de la Palma. These two battlefields were marked with old cannons recently by the Lt. Thcmas 'Barlow chapter the D.A.R. in cooperation with Ft. Brown, and state highway department officials.

(Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. May The ligh will be shed jt a public meeting here Monday night, May 14, at tin nigh school auditorium on some the details connected with the admitted receipt by Sen. Archer Parr during the years 1926 to 1929 of close to $500,000 in gifts or commissions while he was senator representing the Valley district, Judge F. Seabury of Brownsville announced Tuesday. At that time Judge Seabury will open his speaking campaign in his race against Sen.

Parr. Gifts to Be Aired Judge Seabury has promised a full discussion of these gifts, some of which are said to have been donated in connection with highway contracts to the W. L. Pearson in Duvar county, some in connection with Hidalgo county matters, and some in connection with Hutehinson county. The Valley man will call attention to Sen.

Parr's income of $59,336.73 during the years mentioned, to his commissions of $489,451.65 during that period, and to the unexplained bank deposits of $51.225.34 set forth by the U. S. income tax oommission- er. The' report of the tax commissioner states in part: Y. Baker was the intermediary between W.

L. and (Continued on Page Five) Strikes Spread In Seminole Oil Area SEMINOLE, May 8. The spreading inflammation of strikes and rumors of strikes has gripped the greater Seminole area. Starting with the walkout of more than 850 Sinclair employes last Thursday, the shutdown extended to the Skelly oil properties and Tuesday was the deadline on 'a threatened Continental Oil company walkout. In Kansas, too.

there were tidings of discontent. HOUSE WHERE KIDNAPED TOT LOCATED Kidnapers of Roble Child Believed Trapped CANANEA, Sonora, May 8. The house in which kidnaped Jun Robles may have been held as re cently as two days ago has been found, two patrolmen disclosec Tuesday. The statement came as a man hunt, such as this ancient minin settlement has not seen since Mex ico's dread ruralss swept down in pursuit of early day brigands spread through Cananea and th surrounding territory. Trapped in Mexico? The policemen, Corporals Georgi Ash and Tom Newell, of the Ari zona highway patrol, did not dis close the exact location of th house, but they said they were con vihced the 6-year-old heiress ti the fortune of Bernabe Robles Tucson cattle baron, was now in the hands olJaro.

men. They pictured the abductors dodging desperately from adobe shack to sunbaked arroyo some where inside the district around which a closing ring of steel bandoleered Mexican federal soldiery with bayoneted rifles--is converging. They were confident the kidnapers could not escape. When they came upon the house they found evidence the child hac been there but two days ago, her (Continued on page Five) British Crisis Near Over Arms Situation LONDON, May 8. W--Reports of British cabinet break on the question of disarmament gainec momentum rapidly Tuesday.

Some newspapers went so far as to describe the situation as "critical split." The crux of the differences is said to be whether in view oi failure to arrange a disarmament convention, the British government shall attempt again plan to sojJlB harmonize divergent inSrnational views and arrive at an accord--or cut loose entirely and take an independent line of action. Spy Scandal Leads To Whip Episode BELFORT, France, May 8. (fl)-The spy scandal over the loss of defense plans of this frontier city led Tuesday to the whipping of an officer of the garrison by a colleague. The wielder of the whip--a riding crop--was Maj. Jean Froge, brother of Capt.

Georges Froge, accused by Stanislaus Krauss, confessed spy, of selling the plans. Maj. Froge upbraided one of the witnesses against his brother, Capt. Deranque, and then laid the crop vigorously across his back until police interfered. Woman Found Shot SAN ANTONIO, May Marie Musgrave was found with a bullet wound in the abdomen here Tuesday in a cabin at a tourist camp by E.

M. Sturgeon, night manager. The young woman was lying on bed in the room. On the floor Sturgeon found an automatic pis- fol from which a shot had been ired. Sturgeon told officers who investigated the case that Mrs.

Musgrave registered alone at the place ibout 1 m. STOCK LOSSES IN 1931 ARE OK'DBYBODY One of the Wealthiest Men in America No-Billed HOT WEATHER CREDITED IN DEMAND HIKE Prke May Go Stil Higher, Believe Observers Tomatoes took a sudden upward turn in price Monday to 4 cent and in some cases cents a pound for U. S. No. Is of suitable size, and 2 cents for No.

2s, and the price held Tuesday where large tomatoes could be found. Consumption Boosted However, most of the tomatoes were running to small sizes, ant dealers generally told The Herald waKinwTnv TM they were not able to pay more than WASHINGTON, May cents for the No ls alul Atty. Gen. Cununings said Tnes- cents for No. 2s, the price set earlier day there would be no further i i the season.

The wave of hot weather which spread over the country Sunday and Monday boosted consumption and caused the hike in price. Some growers reported getting as high as cents a pound Monday for large tomatoes, but the price generally was 4 cents. Shipments Monday were 41 cars out of the Valley, 32 from Florida and 27 from Mexico. Tuesday shipments were expected to be criminal proceedings against Andrew W- Mellon in connection with the present income tax case. PITTSBURGH.

May 8. (jP) A grand jury which heard evidence in the Andrew W. Mellon tax case refused to indict the former secretary of the treasury Tuesday. The government had presented charges that the internationally known banker underpaid his income taxes in 1931. Mellon himself, in a statement.

last Friday, disclosed the government was seeking to collect approximately $2,000,000 from him. He had charged the action was a move to discredit him and the administrations he served unde: three presidents. One of Wealthiest Mellon, 79 years old and one of the country's wealthiest men, said he actually had overpaid his 1931- income tax. The' jury reported its findings to Federal Judge R. M.

Gibson, Five witnesses were heard by the grand jury in a five-hour session (Continued on Page Five) 37 Miners Are Sealed in Shaft heavier. Supply Gets Short The supply appears to be stil below the demand, and the marke promises to be firm at to the grower or higher this week. Quotations for loaded tomatoes ranged to $2.10 a lug depending on size, with the average about $1.85, according to the U. Market news service here. This average means more -than $1,000 a carload in the Valley for tomat.es.

BUGGINGEN, Baden, Germany, May 8. flaming shaft of the Buggingen potash mines formed a temporary crypt Tuesday for ffi trapped miners, throwing this village into sorrow and suspense. With the shaft hermetically sealed because of fire and gas hazards, the blocked entrance must be regarded as a tombstone for two weeks while the blaze burns itself out. To the sealed entrance children and widows of the victims took Doral offerings and prayers. Takes Advantage Of Mortgage Holiday DALLAS, May GOV.

Miriam A. Ferguson must pay Into the registry of the 116th district court here $613 within 10 days and must pay a like amount by Oct. 1 or the benefit of the Dallas joint stock land bank which holds her note on her Bell county arm. Such was the order Tuesday of ludge Newman Phillips, sitting for Judge Robert B. Allen, when he tranted Mrs.

Ferguson and her husband, "James E. Ferguson, the ontinuance they sought under the moratorium law passed by the legis- ature after the land bank filed 'oreclosure salt on the Ferguson arm. Lyford Unit Formed (Special to The Herald) LYFORD, May of a local unit of the Valley Vegetable Growers Association was effected Monday night. j-j r-, i Temporary officers were named candidates Tuesday for rep- I as follows: H. M.

Mooradian, chair- itatives in congress, for the legislature for city and coun- offices and elected precinct nitteemen and delegates to the conventions. th a record-breaking total of candidates, it was expected utcome in many contests will be known for several 'manent be" chosen. man; E. A. Warren, vice-chairman; O.

G. Schecht, secretary; F. L. Bernard, county director. Fred Sellers, Santa Rosa, secretary of the Cameron County Growers association, assisted in the organization.

Another meeting will be held Thursday night when per- Another Victim Of Auto Collision Dies GLADEWATER, May Ollie Foster died Tuesday fron. njtries received in an automobile olh'sion on a bridge two miles wst Gladewater Monday, in which lugh Zagst was killed outright. Tester's home was in Henderson nd Zagst's in Shreveport. Sam Vines, unconscious since tie crash, was barely breathing physicians doubted whether he had a chance to recover. Stabilization Group Meets Tuesday Nighi (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN, May Huntley.

chairman of the Vegetable Growers Stabilization committee has announced that all directors of the Valley Veegtable Growers association will meet in the Water District building in San Benito Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. The meeting has been called to discuss with the stablization committee problems of immediate and vital importance to all persons interested in the tomato deal, it was stated. Harlingen Suit Is Drawing to Close The case of Mrs. 'I. H.

Douglass vs. the City of Harlingen neared the jury in 103rd district Tuesday after presentation of evidence had taken up a day and a half. Mrs. Douglass is suing the city for $40,000 damages as the result of injuries she received in a fall as she stepped off the sidewalk near the new postoffice. The plaintiff, alleges negligence on the part of the defendant, charging that a grating for a storm sewer was placed in line with the sidewalk, and that, this grating was: the cause of her injuries.

S. P. May Buy New Railroad Line ANTONIO, May 8--( The way has again been opened the Southern Pacific Lines for its long projected purchase of the Fredericksburg and Northern rail- load. The Southern Pacific has agreed to an interstate commerce commission stipulation calling for purchase of the F. and N.

part of the Southern Pacific's consolidation plan for its 14 railroads. Mrs. Fittz Recovering (Special to The Herald) MERCEDES, May G. C. Fittz is recovering from an operation performed on her head recently.

The operation is a result of inquiries received by Mrs. Fittz in an automobile acctdent several months ago. Hashes From A. Wire MERIDA, Hepburn, movie actress, Tuesday wag (ranted a divorce from Liid- Jow Smith, without restriction and with permission to marry again immediately. After it was assailed as an attempt to embar- ras the administration, a resolution ordering a special investigation of the administration of Mw oil code was voted down Tuesday by the bouse.

SAN huge counterfeiting- ring with ramifications in Texas and Oklahoma was believed broken Tuesday with the arrest of 20 persons by secret service agents. Ed Tyrell. secret service agent, said a quantity of counterfeit bank notes had been received. Arrests were made in different cities. ST.

LOUIS--One man was killed and ten were burned, five ol them seriously, in a sudden series of three violent grain dust explosions Tuesday in the huge Missouri Pacific elevator on the Mississippi river front in. South St. Louis. Fred Laubscher. 48, an assistant weigher who had been employed at the elevator for eleven years, died of burns an hour and 15 minutes after the explosion.

A compromise wage scale proposal calling (or identical agreements in Galveston district ports as well as those in (Continued on Page Five) CHARGE GOLD FOUND ON PAIR Brownsville Woman and Her Chauffeur Arrested At Laredo (Special to The Herald) LAREDO, May Victoria Marron, member of a well known Brownsville family, has been re leased on $500 bond here on charges of attempting to violate the tariff and gold reserve acts. Apolonio Flares, her chauffeur who is jointly charged with her, is being held in custody in default the $500 bond. They were arrested Sunday nighi on the international bridge ai which time the defendants are charged with having had five bars of gold, weighing 13 ounces, concealed about their persons. Hamilton Trial Jury Selected DALLAS, May 8. skirmishes continued in court Tuesday as attorneys began selecting jurors for the trial of Raymond Hamilton 20, indicted as an habitual criminal as a result of the robbery of a Grand Prairie bank two months ago.

Many of the special venire of 400 had formed opinions and were The defense tried to disquali- those who said they held opinions rat could lay them aside. J. H. Martin, defense attorney, ob- ected vigorously to the state ask- ng prospective jurors if they knew lyde Barrow, Hamilton's former companion in southwest crime, and Bonnie Parker. $100,000 Asked For Heart Balm FORT WORTH, May 100,000 breach of promise suit was iled in seventeeth district court Tuesday Miss Joe Fakes, 22, against Lee Aldwell, 43, Tom Green ourity ranchman.

The petition alleges that Miss Fakes met Aldwell on May 10, 1933, hat he became attentive and howed her his ranch and polo xinies. She charges that he asked ier to marry him and that she onsented on last June 15. The petition sets out Aldweil old Miss Fakes to announce their ngagement which she did, but thai he finally broke the engagement. NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS Washington by George Durno New York by James McMullin T. WASHINGTON By George Dorno of both parties have been watching the activities of Col.

Theodore Rooae- ve.it recently with more than pass- ins interest A lot of Republicans and Democrats alike would be glad to know just how the former president's son is going to fit into the political setting between now and 1935. Some observers suspect ne's grooming himself for a place on the Republican national ticket--the presidential nomination-U poeeiWi. If not, the vice presidency. When Teddy--who insists he's an old man with a married daughter and therefore hot to be called actively to the national arena a month or so ago, there was some speculation as to his being Herbert Hoover'! choice to replace Everett Sanders as chairman of the Republican National committee. This thought generally has been abandoned--largely because T.

B. Jr. hac no hankering to burr himself in that job. Aammlng he could be elected chairman, acceptance automatically would take him out of the picture as a presidential candidate. On the other hand, the Republican Roosevelt is keeping very much in touch with the His correspondence is tremendous, reaching into every section of the country to all classes of people.

If the New Deal maneuvers along fairly well, -whoever gets the call to run against President Frjtnklin D. Roosevelt in '36 will be satisfied with the honor. But fighting Roosevelt with soother of the same name isn't rated smart politics this time. Should the Democratic regime falter in public opinion the Republican nomination would be occasion for a' noble Donnybrook. The question is whether T.

R. Jr woult be willing again to be sacrifice. He bared his throat for the G.OP. when he ran against Al Smith for the New York governorship--and the count was close at that. It was a long time, though, before the Smith isunpaign ceased to burn the younger candidate.

Ths scars will always be there. i PICK-UP--Guardians of the Blue Eagle are getting so they hate that word "regimentation." Ever since the U. S. Chamber of Commerce has been in town holding a clinic over NRA and other phases of the.New Deal they haire heard too much about industrial regimentation to suit their fancy. NRA officials claim industry was willing and eager to get under codes for its own salvation! They saj Eagle is responsible for a considerable pick-up all along the line.

(Continued On Four) FALUN CZAR WEEPS AS HE (MS TO JAIL Son Unable to Raise $200,000 Demanded By Government CHICAGO, May 8. Insull, a tragic figure, was placed under $200,000 bond by a federal judge Tuesday and unable to furnish it, was led away to jail, Tears in Eyes Eyes brimming with tears, sterns he trudged silently between his guards to be locked up, a prisoner in the city where he had risen to greatness among the financial and utilities potentates of the nation. Federal Judge John P. Barnes listened briefly to the arguments of Green and the defender. "The only question before the court," the jurist said, "is the amount of bail which would reasonably assure the presence of this defendant at his trial.

"The question as to how much money or property a rna-n has, nothing to do with the amount.of bail. Under the circumstances I am of the opinion that the suggestion of the government is not excessive." 'Cannot Make Bond' Deputy marshals assisted the broken man to his feet, marched off with him to the office of U. S. mar- sha' H. C.

W. Laubenheimer. "What can we do?" cried Samuel Insull, as he accompanied his father from the courtroom. "Father will have to submit to incarceration," he said. "We cannot make the bond." Thirteen thousand miles of harried wandering across Europe, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic had.

brought: him at last to the bar of Crowds gaped at.him in the station. He faced them impassively. At the TJ. S. marshars office he heard, the charges read: Use of the-walls fraudulently, and violation of the bankruptcy act.

He collapsed, his heart overtaxed by the physical and emotional strain. He was fingerprinted, then led before a judge. to Jail' U. S. Disfc Atty Dwight H.

Green demanded $200,000 bond. The government, he related, aad spent vast sum chasing this elderly gen-' tleman around the world and wanted assurance he would be on hand- for trial. Young Insull, once the partner of his father in directing the three billion dollar utilities empirt that stretched from Maine to Texas, said no attempt would be made to raise. the full amount of bond required. Preparations had been made to supply $100,000 for his release, but the Insulls and their counsel had not counted on so great a sum.

"I am resigned to jail," the elder Insull was quoted by his son. 46 More National Banks Get License WASHINGTON, May 8. (fP, Jicensing during April of 36 national banks with frozen deposits of $31,893,000 was announced Tuesday by the comptroller of the'cur- This figure reduced the number of unlicensed national banks to 85, or 13 per cent of the 1,417 na- ional banks which remained" unlicensed on March 16, 1933, the irst day after termination of the general banking holiday. 'Ma' Frees Nine AUSTIN, Maj, Tes; convicts were. releaseu Tuesday by Miriam A.

Feruson or. general They were James. con- icted in Bexar county, December, 932 of forgery and sentenced to hree years; Ozay Boatwright, Polk Bounty June, 1932, theft, five years; i'loyd Williams, Kaufman county, December, 1931 assault to murder, ive'years; Guadalupe Sanchez, El Paso county March, 1931, burglary of a private residence at night, ive years; J. D. Satterfield, Wil- county January, 1933, burg- a.ry, four years; Walter BatHt.

asper county, December, 1933, as- ault to murder one year; William lubbard, Harris county, April, 1933 beft two years; Marion Williams, Dallas county, December, ISa-i. 'Urglary of a private residence 10 ears, and Pat Bewley, Hill and McLennan counties, February, 1930, urglary and theft 10 years. Jury Selected LTJFKIN, May S. (JP)--Eleven urors -were selected at noon day to. try Roy Cusack, 19, with murder in connection with' the laying of C.

Cansler, aged Zavalla casket salesman, in his Home in trial open- with the state announcing it ould seek the death penalty; Chickens Stolen SAN BENITO, May W. Eu- ank Tuesday reported to authori- ses the theft of 50 fryers; stdieri- from, the poultry yard at his fsinr near here Monday night..