McAllen Daily Monitor (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 243, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1935 Page: 1 of 6
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McAllen, texas, fhiday, December
Price 5 Cents
PUSHES SAFETY PLANS
Lola Shaw appears as a cigar-
ette girl at the annual Beaux
Arts Ball in New York City, the
chief frolic of the year for soc-
iety and artists. Unique cos-
tumes included a wide range of
international and classical sub-
jects. ! ,
YES, I WAS BORN
ON THIRTEENTH,
SAYS REPORTER
j Dec. 13 ■■ (F)—The
inocallstar party which
resignation of Preei-
Mendieta announced
•ptarvee of the election
temet. ,71-year-old 31-
<rovisional president.
Franco-British Pea
Proposal Made Pi
lie; League Meet Ui
ed By Ethioopian
*‘I was born on the thirteenth
of the month^-years* back,”
.opines a Monitor reporter, who
refuses to state the year of his
birth.
Hi. luck, he says, "has been all
right, I guess.”
■ Whereupon the right and left
side of said reporter’s desk, opine
•that he Is the. only reporter In
’•captivity” to thus declare that
hie luck has been all right—for
the past few years, at least.
Valley newsmen, who rely on
pop-eyed perch for pastime,' are
expected to have good luck to-
day.
Committee In San An-
tonio To Delve Into
Crime Conditions Of
Dental School Profes- £0
sors Victims Of Man ri
Who Lost His Job At p
Citrus, Home Prod-
ucts, Parade, Flower
Show Exhibits Stand
Out At Weslaco
WESLACO, Dec. 13—(Spl)—
Winners In the Citrus exhibits,
day, would give Maly j M
or control over approxlmz
third* of EtMopi*. ; T-.r
Ah Italian governessal
man said- govtoaftAs
make no comment on U*b
at present but that “they <
examined- with pare.* f]
There Mr* five points to
as folio#*:
1. Italy would get covert
Institution
NEW YORK, Dec. 13—<F)—'The
fatal shooting of two dental school
professors at the Columbia Pres-
fcedlcal center was
Along Wider
»nt Noted
Hidalgo county should toon |»e
driving the best equipped cars In
the state. At least, that 1* the
plan of traffic officers.
The county has purchased ’a
brake-testing machine for Motor-
cycle Patrolman Ear! Heiph. It
la similar to the machines used |v
fhe stale highway patrolmen.
Windshield stickers are being
printed which will show whether or
the cats have been checked
for lights and brakes. Harsh de-
clared that the laws would be
enforced rigidly, and that anyone
byterlan
blamed by the authorities today on
the “persecution” mania of a frus-
trated man who lost his job be-
cause of 111-temper.
The assassin, who killed himself,
was Victor Koussow, 52, whos3 pa-
pers showed he once occupied the
high place In Russian life he re-
sented others holding here.
“Koussow wa8 undoubtedly suf-
fering from a persecution com-
plex,” said Deputy Chief Inspector
David J. McAullffe. "You cap tell
■Dec. 13— (F)—
r.Vontinued last
along a wider
sen the case <n
is season,” Dun
review said to-
today to receive testimony on
» conditions fit Bexar county,
a altercation occurred In the
r outside the room In which
committee was preparing to
Hhe ret i idMihm had the spot-
tot. it s i Ok “While weather con-
tone foi i JE consumers to cover
ng-posti1 fled needs of men’s and
omen's < Bathing, shoes, haedgnare,
"oeeries, nd other winteWmer-
uuidiee, Cl was the surge in the
tying o1 fflhrisfmas goods that
as the « J tap ding feature of re-
II trade fa iring the week.”
"Based <4 the results of the past
ro welu.fi estimates for Decern -
ir retail a >lume range from 15
40 per r nt in excess of 1934,
ith * tan f gain expected for
welry. fli a toys, fur garments,
igs furnif re. house-furnishings,
id elect™ 1. appliances.
"The • i if rage gain In retail
Jes over a on of the week pre-
»us spre iTlfyom 10 to beyond 30
iage Selling At
$20 Per Ton
McAllen and adjacent territory
escaped frost J*st night, a,-cording
to at report of growers and shippers
this morntng. and V»e price of veg.
etahles continued to fluctuate
widely.
Cabbage
yesterday
Matthews left the lobby Immed-
iately after the alternation and Me-
Cormlek entered th# hearing room.
Two members of the safety com-
mtsston. Chairman Albert Sidney
John etas of Dallas sad George'W.
reported to have
•lipped bhek down to $20 a ton
after reach a $30 . peak, with
beets selling at 60 to 75 cents and
beans around 76 cents to a dollar.
at Weslaco yesterday. Herah re-
ported. He was proceeding west
along the highway when a ear ap-
proached from the south and
crashed into hie car. Both ma-
chines were damaged slightly, hut
the drivers escaped unhurt.
Wednesday night, a truck Joad’.tfc
flelA workers was struck by a'car
The following approximate pricey
were being quotfad to truckers «n
the Valley today:
Snap beans, striagleas $1-50 to
$1.76 hamper; beets. 25 cent*
per doaen bunches; broccoli. $#-«5
cent* per doaen bunches; carrots.
26 to SO cents per doaen -bunches;
parallel; Emperor Rkb-Mi
would have wvmkMk m#
sons of Italiaa lnnueaoo bot-m
have aa advisor erfc* aUgMl
might not be an Italhai - >
Thera would be a League of:
tions’ commission to adeit*.
Ethiopian monarch an In ter eel
fal^p, but no member of this a
J. Dec! it—-(Spi.) —
for the Jerry Btugard
feted this morning af-
roup of talesmen had
fit in. Stugard is
the slaying of J. S.
je shipper, on the
kmo last Sept. 2$.
aror Is George Good.
;y F. W. Edwards of
ten for the sixth man.
ened tafoneay and the
lated widespread in-
fa. of the prominence
Grapefruit; brae being sold at
from $9 to $10 a ton at canning
plants throughout the Valley.
OttmlUer, WfesMeo $rd. H G
dttmllletH Weslaco.
Temple Oranges: 1st. Lee Hart
been brea
charged e i
Roe, pro- ;
streets of i
The mv
Late yeste i
Weslaco/c j
The trim ,
case has c
tereat beci i
of the prin:
mission could be A ettt
other Interested power.
la the Italian soae ai
the active admlnistratloi
through an Italiaa prlvl
pany with exclaMve
rights which, however, -
to recognise the exlstU
sell. Mercedes, 2nd. John Manley,
Alamo, $rd. Melvin Chandler, Wes-
laco.
Hamlin (Morris) Oranges: 1st.
W. C. Deke, Mercedes, 2nd. Ned
Swarner, Mercedes. 3rd. Aides
Wade, Mercedes.
Valencia Oranges: 1st. O. d.
Snell, Donna. 2nd. O. E. Ridenour,
Weslaco, 3rd. -L. V. Koester, Mer-
cedes.
Largest and best cluster oranges,
Trinity County Farm*
Shot And Killed
Hundreds In City F<
Townsend Political
Party To Be Formed
LUFKIN, Texas, Dec. 13—(F)—
A negro who shot and killed a
Trinity county farmer and wounded
a deputy sheriff last night was
hunted today in the Trinity river
bottoms.
Edgar Womack, farmer owning
'a large ranch near Apple Springs,
West M* Allen Contract
May Be Let Saturday
Thrc® bids were received by the
McAllen school hoard yesterday,
but the contract waa not awarded
pending a further study of the bids.
Board members
WASHINGTON,
Dec. IS—(F) —
Decision to form a political party
hnd enter candidates for the presi-
dency and congressional seats in
the 193$ election was announced
today by. Dr. F. E. Townsend, co-
sponsor of the plan to pay $200 a
month to all persons past $0 years.
He said ‘it Is Inevitable that we
have a third party as neither of
the old partite appear favorable to
our cause,"
He replied "I am not” when ask-
ed .whether he plans to run for
president.' . ..
rights. This company would he
liged to contribute to Che exp
of . the social Improvement of
natives. . , .
The proposal waa offered t
the hope that Premier Hvm
would answer it a* speedily aa .
Bible..*., «*** «••«*- • . .. p.. ».
Mm to accept the \
(Continued on Rage Two)
about It miles northwest of Luf-
kin, was killed with a rifle'bullet
fired by the negro, Harry Lacy, 4i.
a laborer on the Womack ranch.
The shooting resulted from theft
of a hog from Womack. The fanner
and Deputy Sheriff C. C. Thorn
went to a pen near the negro’s
house last night and found the hog.
Womack had - the negro kill and
dress the hog and told him to carry
It to the Womack house, a short
distance away.
The negro put the dressed hog on
his back and started walking to-
ward the house, with Womack
following. The negro was carrying
a rifle. En route to the house, the
negro turned - and shot down the
farmer.
Then he ran back to the pen,
where, the deputy sheriff had re-
mained with 3 other negroes sus-
pected of being involved in the hog
theft. Lacy shot the deputy in the
thigh, contiued in the flight. Deputy
Thorn tired at the negro but
mined dumber wounded.
ris&ajwsz
)h. Dec. 13-
the treasury on De-
iMight be awarded
*» P«l3#Pl
slon vHthoir^judioe tetla
settlement. . /
The preamble to the pro
said the settlement of the
Ethiopian conflict should be
led by the league’s eosnaslt
five which delegated Great
ain and France-to find a ad
1,826,61 $.77; egpendi-
848.94; balance, 81,-
Oustoms receipt*
h, 112,155,938.37.
r the fiscal year.
), $1,595,283,129.78;
3.189,781.402.il (ln-
[4,588,114.7# of en-
hdltureg); excess of
f $l,7lf4,47»8,272.33.
[29*691,571,394.44, a
[146,'98t>.25 under the
$10.-
turee, $f$,l
588,697,161
for the m
Receipts
(since Jul)
expenditure
eluding $1
40 Firemen Overcome SKinnem Sonic IWe
While Fighting Blaze
expenditure
Gross debt,
decrease of
previous da
087,986,47$.
By the Associated Press
Emperor Hall* Selassie a
the league o* nattenB to caU a
dal meeting of the league aam
on the grgupde that the Fra
CORPU8 CHRISTI, Texas, D*.
13—<F)—The Southwestern veg-
etable rate case reopened todar
before Examiner H. W. Archer cf
the InteMtAte Commence Commis-
sion, ’ ■
Coastal Bend Shlpeprs were seek •
ing a 12 H per cent reduction ii
rates on root Vegetable® with top|.
The case previously was hearl
last June. The reduction of rates
was not granted then.
The opinion prevailed here today
that shippers and railroad officials
would acree on the feasibility of
the petition.
Gold
Pair Convicted Of
Conspiracy To Appeal
rit of the ieague covenant. . J
The plan, which la Ursa under-
wood offers about half of EthfiJ
opia to Italy in eaehange for
peace, already has resulted la A
call for a session of the council
WASHINGTON.. Dec. 13—W
Convicted'of conspiring to sell
appointment to Went Point F
John H. Hoeppel (D.Calif) <
i—three women and
fed by Chief of Po-
fan in McAllen yes-
rancy, were fined at
;ti8tice of the Peace
jir at Edinburg yes-
Five prewj
two men.am
lice T. 8, 11
terday for vi
the court o -
J. Loy Ran)
terday after
The worn
the men $3!
fought the
hours.
blaze for
next Wednesday.
Many of the smaller nations tu
the' league were represented - As
opposed to the plan on the grounds
that it i
Fags Two)
Catholic Priest Is
Victim Of Accident
Escaped Prisoner
Shot, Near Death
gavt Premier Mussolini his >
objective in east Africa.
Rebellion against the Franco- '
British proposal threatened in the *
house of commons today as the 1m-
pression grew in Geneva the plan
would be turned down.
By letter and telegram. British j
constituents protested to their rep- ?J
resentstivee in parliament ■ gainst . T
the war settlement suggestion that !]
would give Italy a part of Ethiopia. A
At Dessye, Emperor Halle •*- jfl
_ -*jm
(Continued on Page Two).,
were fined $24.80
each.
DALLA8. Dec. 13—UP)—The. Rev.
Isador Paul, 89. Catholic priest of
Pilot Point, Texas, injured by an
automobile near Gainesville during
a torrential rainstorm Oct 9, died
here last night
Th# priest’s automobile had stall-
ed on the highway and when he
attempted to flag down an ap-
proaching. machine he was acci-
dentally struck.
Man Convicted Of
Death In Acciden
time looking around through the
Christmas gift stores till • p. as.
All programs tonight are entlre-
WifeOf
—John Wilbur Voss, 19, who es-
caped three times from federal
custody, was shot and seriously
wounded as he leaped from the
second flor of a rooming house
here today.
Sheriff Stanley Rogers said the
capture of Voss, who jumped from
a train window near Erie, Kans.,
Wednesday to make his latest es-
cape. came after officers were,
"tipped” he was in Oklahoma City
attempting to visit his wife and 15-
morrthe-old baby.
ly free. The only thing asked of
home people is that they do not
park on Main street, so aa to leave
parking places for out-of-town pea-
_ • —___ ■_ a ___ ___/
Ex-Service Men Are
In Need Of Funds
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Dec. 13—
1(F)—Joe Piokett, 24-year-old oil
man, was found guilty of murde*
without malice in the death of Mis*
Billie Summltt, 21. In a traffic
accident 8ept. 8, last, and was asf
sessed a five-year suspended sen -
tence by a jury in criminal dis-
trict court today.
pie, expected here la large sum
bers.
With the advent of winter, many
ex-service men, broke and jobless,
and conning to McAllen and the
Valley. The American Legion post
here Is short of eharlty funds.
Commander Bolton Hyde said.
He urged everyone to attend the
carnival southwest of town which
will play hers the remainder of
the week. A free trapeze act Is of-
fered nightly. j •
Neutrality Law
To Be Proposed
EDINBURG, Dec. 13—<F>—
County Judge John Ewiifg of Me-
Alien presided aft the 36th anni-
versary program of th* Edinburg
Masonic lodge here last night.
Others on the program were H.
8. Hearne, W. H. Tomme, Roert
Kelley, R. C. Broaddus and C. J.
Ltljestrand. The lodge. Hidalgo
No. 1.03$, A. F. and A. M. ws»
chartered Dec. 12, 1910, the oldest
n the Rto Grande Valley.
Charred Body Found
MT. PLEASANT. Texas. Dec. 13
—<F)—The charred body of Gor-
don Vaught, missing since Wed-
nesday. has been found in a wood-
ed section near Pad* Chapel com-
munity, officers announced today.
Investigating officers were of thf
opinion that his
:ES, Texas, Dec. 1$
Thomaspn, former
aa In a Nacogdoch-
iy suffering from a
ire In the neck. He
fa automobile acci-
west of Alto when
irned In a water-
Tnnlntaanr) Voted
ATLANTA, Dec. 13—(F) — The
Southeastern conference voted to-
day to permit financial assistance
to athletes. A move interpreted as
official sanction of subsidizing ath-
letic ability.
es hospital I
vertebral fin *
was hurt li
dent four m
his car ov
filled ditch.
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Kling, A. R. McAllen Daily Monitor (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 243, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1935, newspaper, December 13, 1935; McAllen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1143002/m1/1/?q=Houston+County+Times+: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McAllen Public Library.