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The Home-Delivered CircdatJondTheBrownsvaie Herald Is More Than Double That of any Newspaper WEATHER (By U. S. Weather Bnrean) Brownsville and the Valley: Mostly cloudy Friday night and Saturday with occasional local showers. ff-aPetllta i 3aa A. O.

O'rcula- tion Is Audited Circulation CH- ered in the Valley Only by The Herald FORTY-THIRD YEAR--No. 298 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1935 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY Valiej JSHU WlNOVJLUJUEi, j.jaAxnj, ---DEATH TOLL DAMAGE MOUNT Port Here Will Get Oil Facilities By RALPH BUELL TENDENCY OF VARIOUS IN- Cividual taxpayers to hold back and not take seriously the July 1 dead- Mine on payment of delinquent taxes without penalty or interest- Is proving a source of annoyance to most of our tax collectors. They are annoyed because they, most of them, want to see those who can pay -ap, pay and save themselves the very considerable sums of money involved. Ralph Agar, collector and assessor V' Cameron county, tells us that all too many of our taxpayers Hgure im the legislature will make an- CHICAGO FIRM TOCONSTRUCT LARGETANKS ihipsitJe Terminal And Storage Plant Will Be Installed, Head Of Company States The Port of Brownsville and the adjacent oil field areas in Hidalgo and Starr counties are assured adequate shipside terminal and storage facilities with the announcement from Chicago that the General American Tank Storage Terminal Company will establish remission and that this July -(Sdline is not to be taken seriously He points out that the legislature when the present law governing penalties and interest on delinquent "moratorium" bills taxes was passed, went on record in 110 uncertain terms as being opposed to any more of any kind. MATTER OF ADJUSTMENT OF valuations for years past is also under discussion in many counties.

In these counties it is proposed that the commissioners' court by order cut down the valuations on which taxes now delinquent are based. The office of the attorney general of Texas has ruled on this matter, and its ruling is that once the tax rolls are made up and approved by the commissioners' court sitting as a ooard of equalization, the matter is ended. No power except that of the legis- fc ature can change the rolls. The assessor-collectors do not have the power, the commissioners' do not have the power. That's all she wrote and it's final, the attorney general says in lan- i-uage much more eloquent and cchnical.

ONLY WAY IN WHICH SUCH nluations may be changed is by the of fraud in the actions board of equalization in fix- valuations. 'In such case the collection of the tax may be enjoined and the action of the board set aside. I Fraud may also be pleaded in defense of a suit by the state to collect a tax. WHILE ON TOE SUBJECT OF taxes, a' subject which by the way Is probably not such a pleasant one the bright and cheerful Sunday morning we hope it will be when you read this-You may be interested in figures Fhowing the manner in which the amount of state and county taxes delinquent in Cameron county have jumped during the past few years. We dive yen Cameron county because these figures were easily avail- eble.

Chances are that any county in Texas will show the same proportion ate increase in delinquencies. FOR THE YEARS 1019 to 192 inclusive, their 1 is delinquent in th county a total of $23.738.18 in taxes For the years following th amounts delinquent are as follows Year Amount 1925 8,731.52 1925 13.543.88 1927 19,929.53 1928 50,047.95 1929 81,664.08 1930 196.880.98 1931 293,076.00 1932 276,584.03 1933 168.339.10 1934 259,976.35 TOTAL $1,392,511.60 THE YEARS FROM 1930 ON are the years of the "moratorium" bills, and just one look at the above table, showing how delinquencies began jumping over pre' years-- to explain why the legis- is set against any further of that kind. Delinquencies dropped for the year 1933, due to operations of the Home Owners Loan corporation. THERE IS BUT ONE CONCLU- sion to be drawn from figures such as these--something must be done about taxes. And it is high time that the machinery -was being put in opera- 1 "g- such facilities.

Announcement to this effect was contained in a letter received by A. Rosenthal, member of the navigation commission, from Hugo Epstein, Chicago, president of the General American company, the largest company in the world in its field. Definitely Established Requesting certain information as to the lay of the land, maps, and other data, Mr. Epstein stated that the company definitel-y has decided to establish petroleum storage fa- ies in connection with the port. He was in Brownsville about three months ago, at which time he went over the ground in the port area.

He said that the company will use from twenty to thirty acres at the tset. This will be increased later as needed. At this time the company is using 50 acres at the Corpus Christi harbor. Decision to establish the facilities followed a reduction in the (Continued On Page Ten) A I DAMAGE TO RUN ALMOST THREE MILLIONS AUSTIN, June 15. (JP)--Mayor Tom Miller Saturday night estimated flood damages in Austin at not less than $2,500,000 and along the Colorado river from Llano south at $20,000,000.

A city-wide flood relief committee was organized and a campaign funds started to aid hundreds of lowland residents driven from their homes by Colorado river flood waters. A small amount of water the city reservoir was ordered rationed. Two-hour service was announced for Sunday. LEGIONNAIRES VISIT VALLEY LOOOROTARY ENVOYS PASS THROUGH OH Delegates Blocked At Laredo By Washout Brought Here Along With Ambassador CARDENAS WINS FIRST VICTORY MEXICO, D. June 15.

Lazaro Cardenas appear Saturday night to be victoriou his 'political duel with former President Plutarco Elias Calles, leader of the revolution." The government, officials said, jounts on the complete support of all social classes, legislative cham- tudents Condemn Calles Government Counts On Solid Support Registration Of 125 Due To Increase With Sunday Arrivals (Special tc The Herald) HARLINGEN, June became thoroughly American Legion conscious Saturday as the "irst 125 of what is expected to be a ctal registration of 200 Legionnaires attending the district convention were given control of the city. "Arrests" of prominent Harlingen citizens were common throughout the day as members of the "Forty and Eight," the Legion's fun organization, declared themselves descend- rnts of the famous Roy Beane's "law west of the Pecos" court and leviec fines ranging from 25 cents to a dollar on their hapless "prisoners. Although the convention did no cpen officially until Saturday afternoon, members of the "Forty and Eight" were on Jiand Friday night for one of their famous "wrecks" at which eight Legionnaires were initiated into the order. The parade at 2 p. m.

Saturday was IPJ by 12th Cavalry army band from Fort Brown and was composed of Scout and Legion drum and bugle corps and others. Program for the evening included a banquet honoring Miller Ainsworth, state commander of the American Legion, with Dan Murphey, Harlingen, serving as toastmaster. Speeches were made also by Hal Brennan. Laredo, former state commander, and Wynn Goode, state service officer. Dancing for the occasion were furnish(Continued On Page Ten) Matamoros became the port of entry for approximately 1,000 delegates to Rotary International convention which opens Monday a Mexico City Saturday night and early Sunday morning when five trainloads of delegates from vari ous sections of the United State passed through Brownsville.

The first trainload of Rotary delegates passed through Browns viUe over the Missouri Pacifi shortly after midnight, and th remaining five were to follo'w ir close order. Trains Cross River The trains, running considerablj ehind schedule went straigh to Matamoros and will con mue on to Monterrey, where th delegates will be picked up by spe cial trains of the Mexican Nationa railway. The delegates originally wer routed through Laredo, but becam marooned at Nuevo Laredo Satur (Continued On Page Ten) BATTLE BREWING ON F. OUSTER A WASHINGTON, June as assistant secretary or commerce, Ewing Y. Mitchell Saturday promised a political battle with, "detailed charges" against Secretary Roper and other administration officials.

His service was "terminated by President Roosevelt for the officially given reason of "obtaining more effective supervision of certain bureaus in the department of commerce having to do with engineering and transportation problems." MAHANFLEES TEXAS TRAP RATE VICTORY BEU EYED WON BYYALLEYITES Opposition Withdraws At Austin Hearing By ICC For a i Rail Costs Weyerhaeuser i i Escapes Shooting At Officers KIRBYVILLE, June man, officers said they had been tipped was William Mahan, sought in the George Weyerhaeuser kid- naping, escaped after a gun fight with officers near a CCC camp five miles east of here Friday night. (Continued On Page Ten) Expressing confidence that the lower Rio Grande Valley and the Missouri Pacific and the Southern Pacific had established their case for a downward revision of freight rates on vegetables originating in this section, members of the Valley rate committee arrived home Saturday night from Austin, where they attended the rate hearing before Dr Walter M. W. Splawn, member the Interstate Commerce comrris- tion. Interviewed by The Brownsville Herald, R.

Roy Ruff of Brownsville, chairman of the Valley rate committee, said: "There is no doubt in my mind but that the Valley estab- (Cciitinued On Page Ten) AUSTIN VICINITY BEARS BRUNT OF POUNDING WATERS 12 Dead Over State, Scores Are Missing; Property Damage Runs In Millions AUSTIN, June 15. --(AP)-- Raging flood pounded the capital Saturday night as the death toll from Texas' latest major disaster reached 12 and property damage mounted to millions. The greatest flood in Austin since 1869 cut a wide path of damage, inundating residential areas and disrupting city electric and water service, as residents of central and south Texas watched angry torrents flood homes, inundate highways and railroad tracks and tear down bridge structures. Scores were missing over the state as relief ettorts ana searching parties were held off by the steadily rising streams. Claude McCullough, operator, said 13 adults and evera! children were unaccounted for as swirling of the Colorado covered 6,000 acres of lush land in Hornsby Bend of the river to a depth of one to J5 feet.

More than 100 other residents safely evacuated the area. Search for the missing abandoned until Sunday. SWINDLING IS CHARGED FOUR inue its program "without hindrance." To Name New Cabinet The ministry of foreign relations sent a reassuring telegram to diplomatic representatives who had been anxious over Calles' recent condemnation of the president's policies. The message, sent after Cardenas had forced his cabinet and other high officials to resign so that he could form a new government, said: "The president of the republic invited his cabinet to resign. The government is solidly backed by all social classes.

The legislative chambers have made declarations supporting solely the administration of President Cardenas. The government will continue without hindrance in carrying out constructive work on behalf of the nation. Complete tranquility exists throughout the entire country." (Continued On Page Ten) DRILLING TO BEGIN SOON ON 4TH WELL MERCEDES AREA GREAT FUTURE FOR BROWNSVILLE SEEN BY BUSINESS MAN "If I were twenty-one years old I would come to Brownsville," said Ralph Henderson, business manage of The Houston Press, who spenl a few days in Brownsville the pas week as the guest of State Repre sentative Augustine Celflya. "Brownsville is destined to becoim a great city," Mr. Henderson -contin ued.

"This growth will not come in a day, a month or a year. It all re quires time. But the younger gene ration are certainly going to see city of the sort the older folks her are dreaming about. You are build ing for the future." Mr. Henderson left with the Hous ton Rotary special for Mexico City.

Rio Grande Rise To Set Season Record, But Short of 1932 Cameron And Hidalgo Ask For $100,000 To Guard Levees Much of the uncertainty concerning the latest rise in the Kio Grande was cleared away Saturday night, leaving the Valley confronted by a rise that will be the greatest of the present season, but probably below that of 1932, according to weather bureau officials and members of the VALLEY MAN IS KILLED BY CAR X-International Boundary commission. Two Men and Two Women Arrested Here After Checks Cashed Charges of swindling with worthless checks were filed against Mr and Mrs. Boyce McDow and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, all of Van Zandt county, here Saturday afternoon after four checks, allegedl; forged, were passed on Brownsville merchants Friday afternoon.

Officers also contemplate filing additional charges on the two young couples in connection with tw loaded pistols, both 38s, found in the new sedan being driven by th four people- The men and women, who cam here Friday from Harlingen are al leged to have passed four forge two for $12.50 and two fo merchants after makin Aged Donna Resident Crossing Highway Dies Instantly Hit checks, $16, on PORT HEARING IS UP MONDAY small purchases. The men contend- Members of the boundary com- e( that they won the checks in a mission estimated Saturday night dice game at Harlingen that 30,000 second feet of water will enter the main floodway near Mer- The checks are alleged to have been forged on the BIythe Staats cedes about Tuesday night, for the first time since 1932 the river has (Special to The Herald) MERCEDES, June 15--Prelimin- ry work started Friday on the drill- ng of well No. 4, by the- American io Grande Land and Irrigation ompany by the Union Sulphur vith the clearing of a road'leading their new location on lot 1, block )9, about one and one-half miles outhwest of the producing well. According to officials of the company, machinery will be set up and drilling will begin on completion of the road. The new well will be drilled approximately 100 feet south and 400 feet east of the northwest corner of lot 1.

Republican Leader Dies Unexpectedly FRANKFORT, June --Edwin P. Morrow, former governor of Kentucky and nationally prominent in republican politics, died unexpectedly of a heart attack here Saturday. He was 58 years old. Morrow, who was governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923, was stricken at the home of his cousin, Mrs. John G.

South, after his return from a mass meeting of Franklin county republicans at which delegates from the party's state convention were chosen. (Special to The Herald) DONNA, June M. Johnson, about 75, was killed almost instantly here Saturday night when struck by an automobile. The accident apparently was unavoidable, according to investigating officers. Johnson was walking on the Donna Weslaco highway, in the city limits of Donna, when the accident occurred about 10 p.

m. He was walking toward his farm, situated about four miles from Donna, at the time of the accident. The aged farmer, who had resided in this section for the past 10 years, is survived by a son and daughter. Death Possibility For Waleys Fading TACOMA, June 15. possibility of a death penalty for Mr.

and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley, accused kidnapers of George Weyerhaeuser, faded Saturday when authorities decided to prosecute them under the federal instead of state law. The maximum penalty possible In event of conviction under the "Lindbergh law" is life imprisonment in view of the fact the 9-year-old lumber heir was returned unharmed. The death penalty is provided under Washington state law.

risen to the point where water will enter the floodway inlet. Capacity of the floodway is 120,000 second feet. Predictions Made Commission members also estimated Saturday night that the rise bring 70,000 second feet of water past Hidalgo, where the previous high this season was 43,000 second feet. Two crests already had passed Del Rio Saturday, but a third was believed on the way to that city from the Devils and Pecos rivers, both of which empty into the Rio Grande above Del Rio, and both of which account in the First National Bank of Harlingen. A wide assortment of check books on 20 Texas banks, seven of them in the Valley, was found in possession of the defendants, according to city police who made the arrests Friday night.

All of these banks are being checked in an affort to de(Continued On Page Ten) Elections Committee To Uphold Boy Solon Texas Solons To Valley Request For Deeper Water Application of the Brownsville and San Benito-Port Isabel Navigation districts for an additional five feet of water, bringing the total depth of their respective channels to 32 feet, wiU be heard Monday at 2 p. m. before the Board of Army Engineers in Washington. An adverse report on the proposal previously had been given by Col. E.

H. Hannum, division engineer at New Orleans, and both districts appealed to the board of engineers. Congressman Milton H. West, supported by Senators Sheppard and Connally, will present the case for the two districts. Additional data concerning oil development, pipeline construction and location of oil Mnpanies on the Brownsville port te has been forwarded West by the rownsville district, while the Port Isabel district had sent the con- ressman information supplemental that contained in the brief filed ith Colonel Hannum.

In a recent telegram to the Brownsville district, West express- the opinion that prospects are ood for a favorable decision. K- In the midst of the flood disaster came a twister at Kaufman. Elmer Burns, 48, who stayed in a farm house after other occupants fled to a storm cellar, was killed when the wind smashed into the house. Family Swept Away The family of A. G.

Mitchell, 45 year old war veteran, was swept Present away a Italy. Mitchell and his 16 year old wife and two daughters, Offie, 10, and Genethe, 4, trapped by the sudden rise of Hog Creek, were drowned. Their bodies were found. Five were dead at Del Rio and at 18 were reported missing and have been at flood past two or three stages for the days. The Rio Grande at Laredo had risen to 26 feet Saturday night, and weather officials there predicted the present rise will carry the river to 30 or 35 feet at the crest.

Flood stage at Laredo is 27 feet. Despite rumors, both the Salado and San Juan rivers, which drain the Monterrey district watershed and empty into the Rio Grande, are about (Continued On page Ten) WASHINGTON, June 15. The senate elections committee Saturday upheld the right of Senator-elect Bush D. Holt CD-W. to take his seat when he reaches the age of 30.

he vote, 10 to 4, indicated a battle on the senate floor when he presents himself for the oath of office. Members opposed to Holts seat ing held he had not attained the constitutional age requirement Big Clipper Completes Her Long Hop to Midway Island BRINGING THE SEA TO BROWNSVILLE Position of the dredges cutting the Brownsville ship channel on Saturday, June 15, was: Orloans, Station 64 plus 600, or total advance of 41,600 feet. Texas, Station 40 plus 400, or total advance of 27,400 feet. Tie Orleans is now 25,400 feet frcm the Brownsville turning basin site. MIDWAY ISLAND (Via Pan American Airways Radio)--June Successfully completing its pioneering cruise westward from Hawaii, the big Pan American Airways Clipper plane glided to a perfect landing at its mid-Pacific base here Saturday at 8:40 p.

m. Eastern Standard time. The flight, the first non-stop hop made over this lonely sector of the Pacific and the second ever accomplished, west from Honolulu, was made in 9 hours and 13 "Beautiful dash and without incident," Capt. E. C.

Musick, the Clipper's skipper, commented after his arrival. Captain Musick announced the 19-ton seaplane would remain here over Sunday to permit the flight crew to make a study of approaches to the lagoon and coral reefs which surround this unique The return flight to Honolulu, thence to California, is expected to be started Monday morning, be fo EVERYBODY'S SONG BOOK In response to many requests, The Jrownsvllle Herald offers a carefully elected compilation of America's favor- te songs, complete with words and There are 205 songs, Indexed. The col- ectlon includes Stephen Foster songs, songs of early days, folK. songs, cowboy songs, patriotic songs, Christmas songs, college songs, etc. Besides the words and music, Everybody's Song Book tells when and under what circumstances The Star-Spangled Banner, America, Home Sweet Home, and other famous songs were written.

Send for this book today. It can be obtained only through our Washington Bureau for 20 cents, to cover cost, handling, and postage. senate membership when his term began and that this disqualified him. They indicated they wouli submit a minority report recom mending the seat be declared va cant. Consul H.

W. Goforth Leaves For Arizona Consul and Mrs. H. W. Gofort and their three children, Helen Bobby and George, left by automo bile Saturday for Phoenix, Arizone Consul Goforth anl Helen will re turn in ten days, but other members of the family will spend the summe in phoenix.

TJSE THIS COUPON The Brownsville Herald Information Bureau, Frederic J. HasMn. Director, I enclose herewith TWENTY CENTS In coin (carefully wrapped) EOT a copy of EVERYBODY'S SONG BOOK. Name Street City Sta (Mail to Washington, D. Jan On Livestock In Brownsville Sought A petition asking the city commission to declare horses and cows and other animal nuisances and or- Jidden within the city limits, was presented Brownsville city fathers meeting Friday night.

The petition, presented by Mrs. R. A. Hightower and Mrs. G.

W. Johnson, asked that an ordinance be passed forbidding the keeping of livestock in the cRy. It was referred to J. T. Canales, city attorney, for an opinion on the legality of certain phases.

Routine business occupied the remainder of the session, including the approval of routine bills. New Assault Charge Filed In Case Here New charges of assault with intent to murder were filed against Carlos Rodriguez, 19, Harlingen. here Saturday by Chief Deputy Sheriff Will Cabler. The charges were filed in connection with wounding of Jose Cabrera at Harlingen January 29. Cabrera was fired upon with a 20 gauge shotgun.

Rodriguez came across the Ric Grande here late Wednesday and gave himself up to the sheriff's department. He said he had been ir Malsmoros since the wounding of Cabrera. feared victims of the flood. Two ne- gro men drowned at Kenedy and another persons drowned at Victoia. For the first time sinca Thursday night, three smafi towns in Real and Uvalde counties were contacted late Saturday.

Brooks Field, San Antonio, army planes flew over Leakey, Camp Wood and Reagan Wells and reported the towns indicated no aid was needed. Battered, communications lines and impassable highways had made authentic reports of the towns' conditions sible. The greatest flood in Austin since 1869, cut a wide path of property damage, inundating many blocks of the residential area and disrupting city electric and water service. The crest apparently passed shortly before 6 p. m.

without loss of life, although unverified reports of persons missing in Hornsby's Bend, seven and one-half miles below Austin, were current. A peak of 41.7 feet, 20.7 feet above flood stage, was recorded shortly before 6 o'clock and half an hour later the level was four-tenths of a foot lower. Reports of torrential rains above Austin, however, supported predictions the high stage would continue for a day or two. Several Missing Charles McCullough, store operator, said 13 grown persons and several children were unaccounted for as swirling waters of the Colorado covered 6,000 acres of farming land the Horseshoe Bend of the river a depth of one to 15 feet. More 100 other residents safely evacuated the area.

McCullough said there was some apprehension for the safety of iwo families living in a lower section of the Bend, while others were believed to have sought refuge in large trees. National guardsrnen and state highway patrolmen organized a rescue party, using a motorboat, to retrieve the marooned persons after deputy sheriffs abandoned an attempt because their craft was too small for the swift current. Muddy waters backed up toward Austin's business and residential dis- (Continued On Page Ten) Huey Offensive Fish Washed Up During Storm, Senate Told TONIGHT'S MOVIES OVER THE VALLEY WASHINGTON, June 15-- (IP)-The threatened war on Senator Long's anti-administration forays broke in the senate Saturday as veteran and "freshmen" democrats alike lashed at the Louisianan with such words as offensive" and "crawfish, grunt, puffer and Mng fish." Long replied in kind, but was apparently somewhat subdued after the scholarly Senator Ashurst of Arizona had given him one of the most extended though semi-polite, tongue-whippings of his senate career. After toe demooratio Robinson of Arkansas; had heatedly resented an inference by Long that General Farley had "stolen" souvenir postage stamps for his friends, the oratorical Ashurst drew from his desk a prepared speech. He compared long to Crustacea such as the "crawfish, grunt and puffer," that are washed up on the shores only in turbulent times but which seldom appear when the "sea is calm and tranquil." Applying this anaology to present-day economics, the Arizonan declared: OB Brownsville: The Capitol--Dolores Del Elo, Edward.

Everett Horton and Pal O'Brien In "In Callente." The Queen-Gary Grant and Myroa toy In "Wlngi In the Dark." San Benlto: The Blvoll--Warner Baxter and Kettt OalUan in "Under tlw Pampas Moon." HarHngen: The Arcadia--Shlrely Temple Rosemary Ames, and Joel McCrea in "Our Little Girl." The ger Rogers and Fred Astalre In "TIM Gay Divorcee." La Ferla: The Bijou--Anna Sten and Gary Cooper In "The Wedding Night. Baymondville: The Ramon--Francnot Tone and tTna Mertle in "One New Torn Night." Donna- The plaza--Noel Coward and J-ulla Hayden In "The San Juan: The San Juan--Fred Atj tralre and Ginger Bogers In Mercedes: The Capitol--Mae West and Paul Cavanaugh In "Goln' to Weslaco: The Bltz--Dolores Del Edward Everett Horton and Pat O'Brien In "In Callente." McAllen: The Palace--Will Bogers aaj Blllle Burke In "Doubting Thomas." The Queert--Bandolph Scott and Chlct Sale in "The Bocky Mountain Mission- The Mission--Noel Cowatj SooundnMI.