The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 164, Ed. 2 Tuesday, January 12, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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Secretary Mellon’s Impeachment Hearing Is Set for Wednesday
HOUSE PLANS
PUBLIC PROBE
OF CHARGES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.—<*>_ !
Impeachment charges against Sec.
Mellon by Rep. Wright ’Hirnan ill
be considered at • public hearing
tomorrow by the house Judiciary
committee.
The committee reached this deci-
sion today behind closed doors.
Public Hearing
"We agreed on a public hearing
to consider the sufficiency of the
charges against See. Mellon.”
Chairman Hatton Sumners said.
“Mr. Mellon will be advised that
r» he may be represented at the
f hearing "
So far. Patman a Texas demo-
crat is the only witness who has
signified he desired to be heard
Patman is author of a resolution
seeking impeachment of the vet-
eran treasury head.
He charges that Mellon has vio-
lated laws prohibiting the secre-
tary of the treasury from engaging
in business
He assembled a large bundle of
documents evidence he believes
will substantiate the charges he
made on the floor of the house
last week.
Evidence Gatli red
Included Patman said was the
copy of a business agreement made
in 1925 between the Aluminum
Company of America in which the
treasury head i$ a stockholder and
the Canadian Manufacturing and
Developing company.
“I will give the committee c l-
dence to show'” he said “that
preliminary details of this agree-
ment were reached at a conference
held In Sec. Mellon's Washington
apartment.”
It is for th<* committee to decide
whether to ask the house for au-
thority to conduct an Impeachment
Investigation.
IN OUR]
lvalley;
i Continued from Page Onei
some troubles of one sort or an-
other later on but if this first
month can be used as the yard-
stick he will not bog down at any
stage of the proceedings. He comes
pretty close to being the ideal man
for the present situation. The party
does not need a great statesman
nor a genius in his Job at this
time. What it needed was a man
who knows the game and can play
it. And that i* what r got in Gar-
ner.
Harlingen Pair
Held In Jail
T. J. williams and Frank Jones
both of Harlingen were in the
county Jail here this morning un-
able to make bond of $5000 each
on charges of mt der in Uie fatal
shotgun shooting #f Dan Pilgrim
near Harlingen Sunday night.
Williams in testimony at the
hearing Monday in Harlingen
confessed that he shot Pilgrim
with buckshot from close range
because of alleged relations be-
tween Williams’ 15-year-old de.ugh- (
ter and Pilgrim.
Jones testified that he drove the
car for Williams at the tine Pil-
grim was shot down.
Pilgrim's body is held at Thomp- j
son's mortuary at Harlingen await-
ing word from relatives in Dallas
and Arizona
Agriculture Chiefs
Visitors To Valley
(By Staff Correspondent)
WESLACO Jan. 12 —Officials of
the U. S. Detriment of Agricul-
ture and member* of the vegetable
research staff of several states
visited the Valley Experiment Sta-
tion to assist with vegetable va-
riety standardization work con-
ducted and to look over the \ege-
table industry of the Lower Rio
II Grande valley.
Those who visited the Valley
station this week were: Dr. H. A
Jones. University of California;
Dr. J. C. Miller. Louisiana state
university; Dr. Victor R r os well
office of horticultural crops and
diseases. U. S. D A.; Dr. W E
Whitehouse. office of foreign plant
introduction. U S D A.; Dr. S. H
Yarnell chief division of horti-
culture. Texas experiment station:
Leslie R Hawthorn horticulturist.
Winter Haven experiment station;
Knowles A. Rverson principal
horticulturist in charge office of
foreign plant introduction. U S
D A ; and Prof. W. T. Horne plant
pathologist. University of Califor-
nia.
Packing Shed To
Operate Friday
<Bv Staff Correspondent)
SAN BENITO Jan 12—The new
packing shed of the Rio Ora.-ie
Vegetable Co-operative Assn in
which the local unit of the Texas
Farm Bureau Federation elected oi-
fleers recently is expected to be in
operatL . Friday.
The farm bureau unit elected M.
S Jblullinix. president; S. E. Woods
vice president; W. B. Nixon secre-
tary Mr. Mullinix county board
member. Directors are Tnd Barg
and Lucas Kruze. Delegates to the
state farm bureau convent will
Sf Fred Mills A! Pilandreau. Fred
Hector and E. K*uf“\a"rtrnt of th.
E. W. Brown was presidcnt ol .he
local bureau last year and H. E Bal-
linger. secretary.__
Baudette. itinn. will be linked
with Rainy River Ontarto. t>> a
new international toll biidge o\er
Rainy river. . . - - - •
Bag Shipments Are
Effective Wednesday
(By Staff Correspondent)
HARLINGEN. Jan. 12.—Wednes-
day has been named as the effec- J
tive date for a new ruling permitting
shipment of Valley citrus fruit in
bags and odd size containers into
the eastern and southeastern rate
territories. according to A. B. Wald-
ron executive agent of the Missouri
Pacific Lines.
Permission to ship into this terri-
tory in bushel baskets recently was
obtained but such shipments take
the third class rat** while the bags
and odd sized containers will take
the commodity rate which is lower.
MISSINGTEXAS
PROF IS FOUND
AUSTIN. Jan. 12 — A’-Dr Her-
mann Joseph Muller University of
Texas zoology professor and wide-
ly known scientist who disappear-
ed from his home Sunday was
found early today by a member of
the governor's guards Texas mili-
tary group.
lie was suffering from exposure
his bodv numb from the cold. He
was slightly scratched about the
face. When found he was wander-
ing atmlessly and muttering in-
coherently.
When the doctor failed to return
home after leaving at breakfast
time Sunday. Mrs. Muller told of-
ficers she believed he had gone
into the hills for a walk seeking
surcease from overwork as often
he had done and had been over-
come by a nervous breakdown.
Dr. Muller was taken to an in-
firmary where It was said he was
partially delirious. He was found
at a point near Mount Bonnell.
eminence in the cedar clad hills
in the rough country adjacent to
the Colorado river.
! City Briefs j
i.—i
L W Bade assistant traffic
passenger manager of the Wabash
railroad out of St. Louis; V. W.
Baker district passenger ^gent for
I the same railroad out of Houston:
Grover Brook district passenger
agent also for the Wabash lines
out of Dallas were in the city over
the week end.
J. V Johnson. Houston; T. A.
Park. Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. C. V.
Brandt and S O Redford San
Antonio were recent visitors In
Brownsville.
James R- Kelly of San Antonio
arrived in the city Monday.
L. S. Moore division passenger
agent of the Missouri Pacific of
Harlingen was In town Monday for
a short time.
Ham Smith of Mercedes visited
here recently.
D. P Ward Jr. is here from
Corpus Christ l.
L. Lapoint. Jr. is visiting in the
city from Los Angeles Calif.
Arthur Ward of San Antonio is
a local caller.
P. B. Sykes is spending a short
time in Brownsville. He is from
Corpus Christ i.
Here from Laredo is W. R Al-
ford.
W M. Landrum of Kingsville ar-
rived in the city Monday for a
brief visit.
Visiting here from Oklahoma
City are J. J. Van Buskork and J
F Bommebergcr.
John A Boern of Corpus Christ! j
is spending several days in Browns-
ville.
Here rrom Houston is C. L Sweet.
Indianapolis Indiana visitors ar"
Rev. Charles Duffey and Elmer J.
Ritte. i
FRUIT MEN TO '
GET VALLEY’S I
INVITATION
<By Staff Correspondent)
SAN BENITO Jan 12.—Arrange-
ments were completed at Monday
night’s meeting of the Valley Ship-
pers' Assn at the Stonewall Jack-
son hotel to Invite and bring side-
trippers to this section from the
Western Fruit Jobbers convention
in New Orleans Jan. 19-22. Pres.
Louis S. Witte was named chair-
man.
Eat Valley Fruit
Valley delegates of whom there
will be almost 50. will wear Mex-
ican hats and canes. Valley fruit
will be displayed and fed to the
delegates at various meals Valley
chambers of commerce will be ask-
ed to send telegrams of invitation
a streamer will be displayed in the
lobby of the Roosevelt hotel invit-
ing delegates to visit this section
and a booth will be maintained.
Copies of a new magazine the Tex-
as Shipper and C.ower published
in the Valley will be distributed.
They will contain a page advertise-
ment in the form ol an invitation
to see this section. Members of
the association also agreed to write
their various connections telling
them about the proposed side trip.
Charles Saladino of Mercedes
plans to ride a burro into the lob-
by of the convention hotel i.i which
advertising scheme no one agreed
to Join Monday night.
Among those who will attend the
convention are Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Sprowl and Ted Melden. Mission;
Sam Bushala Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Witte. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Morris.
Miss Edith Heiater S. E. Ross and
A. R. Etchison San Benito; Cleve
Tandy and W. E. McDa\ itt
Brownsville L. R. Stahl. Ed Ander-
son. Dan Pugh and Harold Leh-
man. Weslaco; Mr. and Mrs. John
Morris Jr.. Harold Gee. E. C. Leick
and L. C. Baum Harlingen; Charles
Saladino Frank Hall C. A. Kerr J.
H. Freeman James Bauer and N.
P Barton Mercedes; Miss Carr.
McAllen; Bill Richardson and
James G. McCarrick. Robstown.
Oppose Boycott
The association went on record
as opposing any boycott on Califor-
nia labels as suggested by the rep-
resentative of a non-California firm
in a letter to the presr
Elimination of the clipped top
rate on beets and carrots and the
association's request for an emer-
gency rate equlvalen. to a 25 per
cent reduction on citrus fruit for
remainder of the season were dts
cussed. The clipped top rate will
be effective Thursday unless the as-
sociation request for a suspension
and hearing In which the Mis-
souri Pacific and Southern Pacific
concurred is granted. Information
on beets and carrots shipped in the
past was asked so that the asso-
ciation will be able to present the
Valley’s case in a more favorable
light it being contended that ap-
plication of the full top rate to all 1
loot crops would be ruinous.
Aid Unemployed
Shippers having culled fruit were
asked to get in touch with the sec-
retary so that it might be shipped
to various Texas points for on- !
sumption by the unemployed.
C. D. Wallace was retained by the i
advisory board and officers as sec-
retary for another year and given
a vote of thanks for the manner in
which he has handled affairs of ic
association.
John Minis. Jr’s report as treas- i
urer was accepted The Kilowatt i
Four of San Benito sang several
numbers and there also were danc-
ing numbers.
A letter from W A. Canon in i
charge of green fruit law enforce-
ment. thanking shipper- for their
cooperation was read.
Mission and McAllen members
will be hosts to the association
when it meets in M~Allen Monday i
night. Feb. 1. '
Greece In Market
For U. S. Wheat
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. (JP*— An-1
other wheat deal with a foreign!
government la before the farm
board.
This time. It is Greece that would
buy soffit* CT (he 175 million bushel*!
in the board s possession. While no
specific amount figures in the pres-
ent discussion six million to ten
million bushels were mentined In
earlier conversations.
Greece wants to purchase the
wheat on credit with terms some-
what similar to those granted Ger-»
many and China. Chairman Stone
said today no definite understanding
had been reached and further talks
with the Greek minister are to be
held.
‘Honolulu Citizens’
League Is Formed
HONOLULU Jan 12—iAV-Eight
hundred citizens of Honolulu form-
ed the Honolulu Citizens’ Organ-
ization for Good Government’’ at
a mass meeting here last night.
The meeting voted down a n o-
tion calling for approval of the
proposed United states senate in-
vestigation of conditions in Hawaii.
Maj. J. R Mehaffcy prominent
member of the American L>con
led the opposition to the motion
declaring:
"We would be simply asking
outsiders to come in when we are
perfectly capable of carrying on
our own works.”
—
Commandery Elects
Brownsville commandery No. 62. K
T- installed officers for the year at
a meeting held at the Masonic tem-
ple Monday evening.
The installation ceremony was
handled by H. L. Thomas Installing
i officer arid Wm. W. Ball marshal
The new heads are: Alfonso Es-
calante Sr. commander; Charles C-
Stuart generallssmo; John P \
Wright captain general: William H
Dear senior warden; Allen E. Mun-
day junior warden: Samuel K. Hal-
lam. prelate: Herbert L. Thomas
treasurer; Alexander S- Gimble re-
corder; Wm W Bali standard bear-
er; C. Galbcrt. sword bearer; Chas.
A. Ray. warden and Wm. J. Vertrees!
sentinel.
Delegates Named
(By Staff Correspondent)
RIO HONDO. Jan. 12 — Mrs. Fred
McDowell. Frank McEowen and V.
i T. Bullis have been elected delegates
to the Texas Farm Bureau Federa-
tion com*ention to be held In Dallas
Jan. 27-29.
R. O. Alexander Is chairman of the
program committee for the next
meeting at which oflicers will be'
elected.
Hotel Opens
The ‘Courthouse Hotel” has been
opened at Eleventh and Madison
streets by M. G. Dennis who also?
operates the Delta.
The newr establisment is on the
second floor of the building formerly
occupied by the G&rcia-Gomez)
wholesale grocery firm.
Richardson Honored
G. C. Richardson manager of the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
has been appointed a member of the
statistical committee of the Texas |
Commercial Executives association. I
according to a letter from Russell S. I
Rhoades of Tyler chairman of the!
committee.
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Corporation Bill !
Passed By Senate
WASHINGTON Jan. 12.—<*>>—
Overwhelming senate approval ol
the reconstruction measure signal- j
led today a general advance for the
entire presidential program of eco- j
nomic legislation.
The two billion-dollar recon-
struction unit passed the senate
late last night. 63 to 8. with only a
few amcndr ents attached to it.
Committees pushed forward their i
hearings on the other economic j
bills among them a new one to set
up a S150.000.030 corporation to re-
lease deposits in insolvent banks.
One of the amendments which
went througw was an unrelated
“rider ’ providing $50000000 which
the agriculture department would j
lend to fanners.
Kansas C. C. Chief
Likes Weather Here
“Your sunshine today feels all
the more welcome since I heard
that there is a 12-inch tov a-
home.” said Dr. H. 8. Kasey of
Dodge City. Kansas at the tourist
department of the chamber ol
commerce today.
Dr. Kasey is' a director of the
Dodge City Chamber of Commerce
and active in other city affairs
there. He said he came down just
to enjoy the warm climate and
other attractions of Brownsville.
Gandhi's Attorneys
Work For Release
BOMBAY. Jan. 12.—p.—Attor-
neys interested in obtaining the
release from prison of Mahatma
Gandhi decided today to postpone
their application for a writ of
habeas corpus until they have had
an opportunity to make a further
study of the statute of 1827 under
which the Mahatma was ->mmit-
ted to jail. This they said would
require about a week longer.
Sosa Rites Set
Mrs. Juan Sosa. 42. died Monday
night at Naranjo Ranch and will
bt buried Tuesday afternoon a!
4:30 at th» ranch cemetery with
Garra Undertaking parlor in
charge.
She is survived by her husband
five children two brothers and
one sister.
Net salmon fishin on the coasts
of the Dundee district. Scotland
this year experienced the most suc-
cessful season in 50 years.
Temporary Bank
Directors Named
(Special vo The Herald*
HARLINGEN. Jan. 12.—W. H
EUett Tyre H. Brown A. Mc-
Lelland C. O Harriman and H. £
Butt were approved today as tem-
porary members of the board of
directors for Harlingen s new
bank at a committee meeting here <
today at which active .plans for
stock aoUcitation. securing deposi- I
tors and agreements on organiza-
tion completion were made.
W. H EUett. Oakwood Park. ill.
pledged $25000 to dependent de-
positors signing up agreements re-
leasing funds in the closed hank
for a period of two years.
Brown and EUett are slated as
vie* presidents who wUl have ac- j
tive charge of organization work.
Tornado Strikes
Twice In Texas
HOUSTON --n. 12 —(^—Torna-
does struck yesterday in two sections
of southeast Texas leaving two
dead and 17 injured three serious-
ly. The damage tl ugh n estl- I
mate was available was relatively
slight.
One storm struck near Bag. Lake
tore a path 100 yards wide and a {
quarter mile long through a tenant j
settlement killing the wife and
baby of Teto Bayano Dr. L.' C
Wozencraft. one of the first to
force his way through impassable
roads to the plantation where the i
tornado hit. said today a small boy.
a woman and six girls were hurt. |
Three of thorn were reported in
critical condition.
The second tornado Injured nine
persons slightly destroyed two
houses and damaged another near
Waller. The houses were carried
from their foundatiens and crushed
around the occupants.
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Liquid or Tablets used internal- I
ly and 666 Salve externally make a
complete and effective treatment for
Colds.
$5000 in Cash Prizes
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I
'Assassin Plot’
Bonds Reduced
_ '
Following a habeas corpus hearing
before Judge Geo. Wcstervelt in Cor-
pus Christ! the bonds of Francisco
Garza. Jesus Gomez and Dolores
Maroqmn. held on charges of con-
spiring to kill Paula Garza have
been reduced.
The bonds for Oarta and Gomez
are now $2 000 and that of Dolores
Maroquin $1000.
These three were arrested after.
Paula Gatia was severely wounded
in West Brownsville bv an unknown
assailant. Charged with conspiracy >
to murder they were bound over to
the grand jury in $5000 bonds.
Th*y have not made the reduced
bonds.
Lion Anniversaries
Celebrated By Club
The fifteenth anniversary of In-
ternational Lion clubs organization 1
and the fifth anniversary of the
local club were celebrated at the;
luncheon Tuesday noon. Entertain-
ment was provided by Dottie May
Fisher and Joe Ingram. Jr. pupils of
Joe Crixelt. who gave a tap dance.
Five charter members were pres-
ent who gave short talks. They were
Bill Kiekrl. H#uy f/'lton. Joe Cal-
deron!. Lionel and Phillip Boeye.
Charles Ross president spoke on
Kidneys
trouble you?
Heed Promptly Kidney and
Bladder irregularities
Are you bothered with blad-
der irregularities getting up at
night and nagging backache?
Heed promptly these symp-
toms. They may warn of some
disordered kidney or bladder
condition. Users everywhere
rely on Drein's Pills Praised for
the “Debt We Owe to the Lion* as-
sociation as Pioneers.*’
Bascom Cox gave the history of
the Lions International and BUI
Kiekel related the history of the
krai club.
Ware McColl. Lion dub. will be
initiated at the meeting next Tues-
day. Guests present were Mr Kelfei
of the National Biscuit com pan)
here and Miss Esptcea Ross honor-
ary member.
INTENTIONS FILED
Andres L- Longoria and Juanita
Garcia. Brownsville; Jose Avalos
Corpus Chrlsti. and Tomas* Leal.
Brownsville: Andres Gonzales and
Paula Gonzales. Harlingen.
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Singing
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young folk* which waa started over
wet in Chicago eight month* ago.
Its success ha* been phenomenal.
More than 40000 mothers and chil-
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their appreciation. And now W. lC
Kellogg of Battle Creelt Is spon-
soring the Singing l ady over tho
K. B. C. Blue Network a* a service
to mothers teacher* and children
throughout the country.
The Singing Lady tells the most
fa-rinaling stories; sings the most
delightful songs. And she comes
to entertain the children just be-
fore supper which is a time when
children thould be kept quiet and
amused according to child au-
thorities. It*s al*o one of tho
busiest times in a mother’s day.
Every afternoon (except Satur-
days and Sundays) at 5.30 Eastern
Time over tag* wtw wgg^
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At 5.15 Central Time vvexa
wtE> twt koil; also wcv at 6.
Let your children listen in—and
see how eagerly they will look for-
ward to the Singing Lady.
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