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-— the VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE V ALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1_
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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—No. 129 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1932 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
Greater Brownsville Port Tonnage than Houston’s Seen
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‘INDUSTRIES
HAVE EYE ON
PORTPROJECT
Engineer Quotes From
Figures to Show
Benefits
“Based on my experience as vice
chairman of the Houston port com-
mission and consulting engineer of
the Corpus Christ i port I have no
hesitation in saying to you that if
the Brownsville port is built it will
far surpass the record of the port
ol Houston as iar as tonnage is con-
cerned within a very few years.” R.
J. Cummins consulting engineer
of the Brownsville project told an
audience of 84 at the meeting of
the Believers in. Brownsville this
morning.
“Within 31) day^ after it become*
Known that you are going to go
ahead with your port project your
navigation commission will be re-
ceiving inquiries for sites from va-
rious industries. I already know
ot some industries which plan to
locate here in event you decide to
go ahead with your project indus-
tries whose location here will in-.
^ o the success ot your port” Mr.
A as stated.
™ Port Expert
The engineer who for 12 years
lias been vice-chairman ol the
Houston Navigation commission
and who was the consulting en-
gineer of the Corpus Christi port
when it was under construction
emphasized throughout his re-
marks that no port could be ex-
pected to pay actual dividends on
the investment irom returns re-
ceived irom port charges.
As an example he cited the ir*-
vestment by the Houston oort
commission ol a million and a half
dollars in gram facilities and
pointed out that no port in the
country with the exception of Mon-
treal. receives actual returns from
its gram elevators.
“However" he stated “by being
able to handle gram we are able
to offer ships a balanced tonnage
and we attract business which
..Otherwise would not come to us.
Showing how a port does pay the
community where it is located. Mr.
Cummins quoted figures irom a
survey completed by the Houston
port authorities within the last 30
days from Cong Mansfield chair-
man of the Rivers and Harbors
committee ol congress.
Brings Industries
This survey Cummins stated
shows that there are 37 industries
located along the Houston ship
channel exclusive of the 26 indus-
tries winch are located between
the terminal laciluies and the foot
of Main St
’Hiese 57 industries. Cummins
said have a total investment in
Houston of $301750000 and a daily
payroll of over $50000.
"I have not included in these
figures the salaries of the head-
quarters personnel maintained in
the city of Houston just the actual
labor payroll and the investment
along the ship channel." he stated.
The speaker opened his remarks
(Continued on Page Eight!
Blow l^ills Soldier
SAN ANTONIO. Dec. 1. (Pi-
Jugged as he emerged Irom a cafe
Private Joe Hollister service com-
pany. Ninth Infantry Fort Sam
Houston was almost instantly killed
shortly before 3 o'clock Thursday
morning.
Joe Lucia proprietor of the cafe
said Hollister came to the cafe and
drank a cup of coffee.
Although Lucia did not see the at-
tack. Radio Patrolmen B. Hansen
and Harry Roberts who investigat-
ed. reported they had obtained a
witness who saw an unidentified as-
sailant step from the shadows and
deal the soldier a blow on the head
after he stepped from the cafe.
Bombing Charged
DALLAS. Dec. 1—P>—An indict-
ment charging bombing was re-
turned against Solon May by the
ccunty grand jury in a special re-
port to Judge Grover Adams today.
The true bill charged that he
placed a dynamite bomb on the
premises of W E. Paschall. Dal-
las theater owner here Sept. 24.
When the bomb exploded earth
.‘ui the front yard was torn away
i and windows in Paschall s residence
Mere broken.
Two Killed Several Are Injured When
Concrete Wall Falls on Texas Workmen
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COUNTY TAX
VALUES CUT
21 PER CENT
—
Cameron Is
Reduced $311874
In New Rolls
Cameron county tax values have
been reduced $11108956 — better
than SKI.
Tax rolls showing county valua-
tions at $40 826.330 compared to
$51935286 last year have been ap-
proved by the commissioners' court.
Kates Reduced
In addition to tins substantial
; lop in valuations state and county
; rate has been reduced 13 cents.
The state and county burden on
i Cameron county tax payers has
| been reduced $311874.03 by scal-
mg down valuations and rates. 1 n«
' tax burden last year was $1 173.-
250.40 compared to $861435.56 this
year.
The state trimmed its rate five
cents from 74c to 69c. Cameron
county lopped eight cents off its
rate making the ligure $142 in-
stead of $1.50.
Indebtedness incurred by the
county in constructing state h.gn-
ways is to be lifted by the stale
carmg for this through gasoline
tax. This will eventually mean lilt-
ing of $1868625.27 of Cameron
county's debts by the state. Size-
able reductions can be made
j through this item.
Approved WedneNday
Cameron county was mstru-
mcnlal in getting the state to take
over these debts having begun
agitation along this line in 1923.
Judge O C. Dancy jioints out
that of the county rate of $1.42.
$1.12 was voted by the tax payers
and only 30c not voted by the
people. The 30c rate is said to be
one of the lowest in the state.
The tax rolls were completed and
approved by the commissioneis
late Wednesday.
—
Oil Engineers
Look Port Over
R. A. Barron and Otto Reui-
i shager of the engineering and con-
I siruetion departments of the Tex-
I as Company are expected in
Brownsville tonight by Bcrnic
Kowalski o fthe Texas company
■ While in the Valley the two will
\ make a survey of terminal sites
and facilities offered by the Port
j Isabel port.
The officials are coming here
i from Corpus Chnsti where they re-
cently signed a contract for a port
i location for their company. They
will probably remain in Brownsville
through Friday and Saturday.
Injunction Opens
Mopac Rio Bridge
The Rio Grande bridge owned
by the Brownsville and Matamoros
Bridge Co commonly known as
I the Missouri Pacific bridge was
reopened to traffic today on orders
from Mexico City.
It was announced here this mom-
! ing that an injunction was obtain-
eod in Mexico City following ac-
‘ tion several weeks ago by the de-
partment of commerce dosing the
i bridge to traffic.
Hearing on the injunction has
been set for February. A. S. Gim-
ble. general agent for the Missouri
( Pacific announced today.
Rufus F. Scott Sr.
Succumbs at Home
PARIS. Tex.. Dec. 1. <4*.—Rufus
F. Scott. Sr.. 84. capitalist died at
j his home here yesterday. Hus son
! Col. Rufus Scott died a month
ago.
Funeral services were set for
10 30 a ni. Friday.
Mr. Scott was president of the
First National bank and a large
landowner. During his lifetime
i he dealt broadly in real estate
! livestock and merchandise.
_
AVIATOR VISITS HERE
L. Schmidt noted aviator of Des
Moines. Iowa arrived in Brownsville
Wednesday for a short visit with
friends.
Japs Build
Worlds
Smallest Car
WASHINGTON Dec. 1. uP>—
The commerce department was
notified today by its representa-
tives in Japan that Japanese have
just put on the market what was
described as the worlds smallest I
motor car.
Seating one or two persons it
has a motor of slightly less than
five-hundred cubic centimeters
displacement and therefore is tax
exempt under Japanese law. The
representatives said however that
while the car was popular with a
certain class of Japanese it did
not directly compete with any
make of American automobile sold
' in Japan.
PLUNGE KILLS
MOTHER CHILD
Woman Clutches Daughter
To Breast and Leaps
Seven Stories
DENVER Dec. 1. i/P*—Clutching
her seven-year-old daughter to her
breast. Mrs. Marlon Miller a hospi-
I lal patient leaped seven stories to
her death from a downtown hotel '
j room last night. She was instantly
j killed and the child died two hours i
later.
Early yesterday Mrs. Miller had
taken her daughter. Julia. Irom St.
J Anne's Convalescent home for a
brief visit Mrs. Miller was a patient
in the National Jewish hospital.
A short time after the bodies were
lound a mysterious fire broke out in
the hotel room in which Mrs. Mill-
er had registered. A pile of papers
on the bed was found to be blazing
when investigators broke into the
room police said they could not dc-
| termine whether Mrs. Miller started '
the blaze before going to the room !
| tor her fatal leap or whether the i
lire was caused in some other man- (
! ner.
Friends of “v* woman said she had
i been ill for s< .e time.
Herald Favored In
Libel Suit Judgment
The libel suit of A. W. Lund*
| berg of Raymondville against The
Brownsville Herald was decided mi
I favor of The Herald when judg-
ment for the defendant was given
by Judge A. W. Kent in the dis-
■ trict court at Raymondville Wed- |
nesday afternoon.
Following presentation of testi-
j mony bv the plaintiff counsel for
Hie Herald moved that judgment
be given for The Herald on grounds
that no case had been made and
the motion was sustained by the
court. No witnesses were intro-
duced by The Herald.
Lundberg was suing The Herald
for $10000 damages growing out of
publication of the story of a raid
staged by federal and state officers
on June 2 1931.
S. Lamar Gill of Raymondville
represented Lundberg. Counsel for
I he Herald was Mark McGee of
the firm of Samuels. Foster and
McGee of Fort Worth.
Farmer Says Slap
Led to Shooting
TEXARKANA. Dec. 1. i;p*—a slap
was given today by George Guinn
62. as one of the reasons he shot
A. R. Waters In the right knee ser-
iously wounding him. Released on
his own recognizance pending hear-
! ins. Guinn said Waters slapped him
and refused to leave his home. The
men were farmers.
Auto Kills Child
CORSICANA Dec. 1.—\
three year old son ol Mr. and Mrs
Jess Si>eed died in a local hospital
at noon today from injuries sus-
tained this morning when he was
struck by an automobile it was
icported that the car was driven
by the child's mother.
Cashier Is Robbed
SHERMAN. Dec. 1. (/^—Virgil
Gattis. cashier of the Electric Ex-
press company was called to the
dcor of the office last night by a
well-dressed man and struck over
the head. The man then entered the
office and took $300 in currency and
the same amount in checks.
REDS CONFESS
THEY SUPPORT
HUNGERMARCH
Communists Formed
Washington Drive
Official Says
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NEW YORK. Dec. 1. 14*)—Earl
Browder a member ol the secretrlat
of the American communist party
said at National headquarters to-
day that ever since William Z. Fos-
ter first suggested a march on
Washington the party had been ac-
tive in organizing and supporting
such a movement both among com-
munists and non-communists.
Speaking for Foster the party
head who is ill Browder .said the
present march was decided on by
the national committee of unem-
ployment councils on Oct. 10 but
that Foster first suggested the action
in a speech last Sept. 13.
Supported bv Reds
“I he communist party has defm- !
itely supported this move from the
beginning” Browder said.
A vast majority of the marchers
are not communists he added. “But
most ol them become sympathetic in
the course of the march ”
The party spokesman said the re- i
cent communist national political
campaign was aligned with plans;
for the march. As to the question
what relation the international '
headquarters of the ]»arty has with
the movement. Browder" said that
while no sanction was asked of the 1
international party -we send them 1
our papers and we receive papers j
from them.”
He referred to a pamphlet report j
of the “thesis and resolutions ol !
the twelfth plenum of the executive
committee of the communist inter- I
national.” printed after a meeting |
in Moscow last September as con-
taining “the kind of political guid- !
ancc that is given to the various j
branches ol the party.”
‘Equal Negro Rights”
Under a heading "the specific
task of the major communist par-
ties." appeared the following;
"C. P. U. S. A.; the American
party must mobilize the masses and
concentrate chiefly on tlie struggle: !
1. For social insurance against wage
cuts for immediate assistance for
tiie unemployed; 2. For assistance
for ruined farmers; 3 For equal
right:* for the negroes and the right |
ot sell-determination for tr-e black
belt; 4 For the defense r.t th-- Chi-
nese people and the soviet union.'
Woman Escapes
Attack Attempt
SAN a&TONIO Dec. 1. iJP>-
Tricked into leaving her home bv a
fake emergency call Mrs Marie
Koma. 35. a trauied nurse was ab-
ducted and forced to put up a
fierce struggle to frustrate a would-
be attacker nt 1:30 o'clock Thurs-
day morning.
An unidentified woman tele-
phoned Mrs. Roma that a mutual
iriend ill and asked her to
come at once.
Two blocks from her home Mrs.
Roma reported a man drove up
to the curb in an automobile and
forced her to enter with threats of
death.
Youths Rounded Up
For Bottle Thefts
People who have been losing their
mill; bottles may expect relief now
that policemen have rounded up
several youths who had been doing
a big business in the sale of the
bottles.
The youngsters have been calling
at houses saying they came to get
the bottles for the milkman. They
were doing a big business when po-
lice caught them.
County Teachers
To Meet Dec. 16
The Cameron County Teachers'
association will meet in Browns-
ville Dec. 16 it has been announc-
ed.
A trip of inspection to the air-
port is being planned for the meet-
ing.
The sessions of the association
are being devoted to study 01 local
industries this season.
I
Sen. Glass
Seen as Next
Treasurer
WARM SPRINGS. Ga.. Dec. 1.
— The opinion grew in Roosevelt
circles today that Sen. Glass of ]
Virginia was virtually certain to
be offered the post of secretary of
the treasury in which he served
in the Wilson administration.
WOMANNUDE
FOUND CHOKED
Stocking Is Found Around
Neck In Mystery
Slaying
DALLAS. Dec. 1.—The
nude body of Mrs. H. J Buchanan
28. film exchange booking clerk
was found on the floor of her
apartment here today. A stocking
was wound around her neck am
she apparently had been choked
to death. Police said she had been
dead six or eight hours.
E. Buchwald manager of the
apartment discovered the body.
He entered the woman’s apartment
when he rereived no response to a
knock summoning her to a phone
rail. He immediately called police
The rooms were said to have been
in orderly condition.
Mrs. Buchanan was last seen
alive shortly before midnight when
*he left the apartment of Mi&'
Joe Norwood who lives across the
hall Miss Norwood said she had
heard no noise or anything to
indicate trouble in Mrs. Buchan-
an's apartment.
When she left. Mrs. Buchanan
apparently was reeling well and
seemed in good spirits." Miss Nor-
wood said.
Police said the woman’s :iec<
and knees were bruised but there
were no other marks ot violence.
Hmdenburg Loses
Patience In Crisis
BERLIN Dec. 1. <••?’>—Pres von
Hindenburg was represented today
as impatient for immediate solution
lor the nearly month-long cabinet
crisis.
As a result it was understood
Adolf Hitler. Nazi cheiftain had
been requested to sav just what his
plans fcr today involved since he
failed to keep an engagement to
d scuss the situation in the capital
Driver Attacked
WACO. Dec 1. i4>—C. C. Chaney
of Dallas was attacked by a well-
dressed young hitch-hiker several
miles south of Waco last night.
He told a passing truck driver
who picked him up. that two guns
and an overcoat had been stolen.
Chaney's car overturned when he
was struck a second time.
Christmas
Customs
£<XI FOREIGN LANDS
Iii Mexico members of the fam-
ily take turns in striking blind-
folded at an earthen globe sus-
pended from the ceiling. When
shattered the globe showers
nuts raisins fruit and candy on
the merrymakers.
SHOPPING
DAy$ UNTIL
CHRISTMAS
WIND TOPPLES I
STRUCTURE AS
CREW LABORS
Effort Made to Pull
Wall Down Before
It Collapses
AUSTIN. Dee. I. —One man
was instantly killed another fatally
injured and several others badly
nurt here at noon today when a
concrete wall tney were trying to
tear away fell on them.
Cne of the dead men had been
identified as A. C. Reissig.
W. L. Lamb died of his injuries
at a hospital an hour after he was
taken there.
Others seriously injured were
identified as j. E. Snowden c A.
Johnson and Joe Laws all work-
men engaged m* trying to tear away
the wall.
The men were taken to several
hospitals and considerable confus-
ion obtained in an eifori to account
for all the workmen.
The men were trying to take
j down a !5 foot concrete walL They
'wcre undermining it when wind
blew it over on them. The ioreman
l of the job said fifteen minutes be-
iore the wall fell an unsuccessful
(effort had been made to pull t down.
Negro Admits
Axe Slayings
McALESlER~Okir Dec. 1
Ttm Mums negro ex-convict con-
; te.ssed today authorities said that
he killed Joe House aged former po-
lice chief and Mrs. House in lob-
bing them Sunday night of their
savings The couple was hacked to
! death w ith a double-bladed ax.
Morris latest statement to olfi-
cers completely exonerated Tom
House son of the slain man.
Stormy Scenes Over
Vet Legislation Seen
WASHINGTON. Dec. I ».jy—In all
| the pre-congress swirl of signifi-
cant development* signs that vet-
erans. legislation caught in the
maelstrom of economy demands will
churn up some of the stormiest
legislative seas stood out most prom-
inently today.
While the American Legion began
a special 'tudy ol present laws re-
lating to veterans and their federal
benefits. Rep Rankin of Mississippi
chairman of the house veterans
committee served notice his group
would scrutinize closely any rec-
ommendations for reducing thcee
allowances.
Rangers Take Part
In Jail Break Hunt
VICTORIA Dec. 1. i T—State
rangers were called to assist in a
search lor the 10 prisoners who cs-
capted from the Victoria countv jail
after hours of investigation failed
to reveal clues and guards in likely
j Places did not see a single fugitive.
Rangers who answered the call ol
! the sheriff s department were R E.
McWilliams. Oscar Martin G. M
I Alien and Bill Taylor.
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Cobb to Open His
Campaign In Uvalde
MISSION Dec 1. r — An-
nouncement was made today that
Moulton Cobb editor of the Mis-
sion Enterprise and candidate lor
congress from the fifteenth con-
gressional district of Texas would
i open his campaign in Uvalde home
of John N. Garner vice-president-
elect Saturday afternoon. Dec. 10
Gun Wounds Fatal
TEXARKANA. Ark.. Dec. l.-A.
R. Waters. 37-year-old dairy work-
er. died today of gunshot wounds
inflicted by another man during an
argument last night. He came here
several months ago from Dayton
Tex.
Damages Sought
The Gulf Vegetables Si Fruit Oo.
of Weslaco has filed suit against
the St. I*. B Sc M. Ry. Co asking
$J .991.55 damages
The suit grows out of the ship-
ment of £5740 pounds of to-
matoes from El Gato to Kansas
I City in 1930. The plaintiff alleges
the tomatoes were damaged.
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PLAIX-SPEAKER
I ■ —1 <r> ^ I
Not silence but the speaking
voice is golden—when it is Alex-
andra Carlisle doing the speak-
ing! She has just been given the
American Academy of Arts and 1
Letters' gold medal for good die- i
tion on the stage. Though an
American citizen. Miss Carlisle was
born in England made her stage
debut i lie re and played with such
prominent actors as James Welch
and Sir Herbert Beerbohrm Tree.
For the past nine years ever since
her marriage to J. Elliott Jen-
kins. of Chicago. Miss Carlisle
has deserted the st^e for society
and politics. Miss Carlisle is back
on Broadway this year playing
Lady Lebanon in "Criminal at
Large.”
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SIKORSKY SEES
| OCEAN TRAVEL1
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Airplane Designer Visiting
Here Says Crossings To
Take 30 Hours
There is absolutely no question
of the -success ol trans-atlantic air
| traffic which is to be inaugurated by
the Pan American lines with the
| great flying boats for which coti-
| tracts have been awarded in the
! opinion ol Count Igor Sikorsky
| head of the Sikorsky Aviation Cor-
; porat-ion o! Bridgeport. Conn. one
| of the concerns awarded contracts
■ to build the new planes.
Count Sikorsky arrived here yes-
! terday afternoon by plane from
Mexico City and planned to leave
this afternoon by plans reaching
New York tomorrow.
He was handed a copy of news
dispatches telling about the award
of con.ract by the Pan American.
Aisifs South \merua
"I have been out ol touch with my
office for a month" the count said
explaining that he has been leisure-
ly making a trip over the entire
. Pan American system down through
! South America and back here.
"But wc have been working on
plans *or these ships for a long
time and I am not surprised ai the
development.*’
Count Sikorsky when asked about
the new plans said there Is no ques-
tion of the “soundness of anything
undertaken bv the pan American
Airways" and then added with a
smile "esjiecially if our company
designs the ships."
The famous airplane designer ex-
plained that the new flying bouts
will be similar in a general way to
the Sikorsky Clipper the four-mot-
or plane now used by Pan Aniericau
i on the Miami to Havana route.
He said the principal difference
will be that the new ship will be
larger will be designed to offer less
wind resistance trimmer and im-
proved in some other ways. He ex-
tContinued on Page Seven)
Poison Case Yet
In Hands of Jury
l)E LRIO. Dec. 1. t/Pi—A district
court Jury today continued study
of tile case of Mrs. Bessie Sharp
tried on a charge of murder for
the poison death of her husband.
Telefus Sharp more than a year
and a half ago. There was no in-
dication how long the court would
keep the jurors at their task. They
were reported deadlocked yester-
day. They began deliberation
Monday night.
Blast Kills Five
RIVER HERBERT. N S . Dec.
1. Five men were killed today
in a gas explosion in No. 4 colliery
two miles from here. It was the
j third such accident in Canadian
mines in the past few weeks.
This explosion first report* said
was caused by a spark from a mo-
tor. Ail victims were married.
FORMER BANK
OFFICERS SAY
BELIEVE SANE
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Giidden Says Gregg
"Foresaw Possible
Pen Sentence’
HOUSTON. Dec. 1.-h4V- The
government carried on lta rebuttal
m the trial of John Gregg today
with more testimony designed to
show the accused banker knew
hat he was about when he aJ-
ged!> conspired to misapply scum
4.40 000 in funds of the Merchants
N tional bank of Brownsville. The
& ^nse contention is insanity.
A high point was the corrobora-
tion. by L. B. OLdden of Dallas
tonr cted with the Merchants
National after Us merger with
the p.rst National bank of Browns-
vHe. of previous testimony that
Gregg had said In effect before the
crash ot the bank that he fore-
*aw a po tble penitentiary sentence
for himself.
May m Well Begin*
GUdden saA he was present when
Gregp told Ben Read who was
vice president of the merged in-
stitution:
Well r mu «s well begin aerv-
ing mv term ’
Read had test 'led yesterday to
essentially the same matter
GUdden said he had regarded
Gregg as *perfectl' sane."
C- H. Tandv. who was one of
the directors of the cefunct bans
said in h« opinion Gregg was
sane. •
‘Its hardly conceivable I would
have sat idly by and ]* a maxi
I thought was Insane— be added'
heatedly but an objection ended'
the remark.
Among others who ratified
Gregg m their opinion was sane
w ere Joe Cclava James Lotus both
of Brownsville; Grover W gner
who likewise wav an officer of the
merged bank who said he aW-»y»
got Greggs “ok” before ma .i*
loans in excess of s jo©.** ‘ *%-~nT .
long Examination
The dcfene had taken Reau
through a long and vigorous cross
examination attempting to show
Gregg had at first opposed the
merger of the First National and
the Merchants National wtiicu
occurred in October or last year
.«omr months before the merged
bank which carried the name of
Merchants’ National went under.
Asked if it was not a fact that
there was “great difficulty’* ln
making Gregg understand the de-
tails of the merr-T. Read replied*
f wouldn’t say that."
He testified it was contemplated
»» the time that ultimately he
(ReadI would take over the direc-
tion of the bank.
C itw hfpmfflt vt"
During those negotiations didn't
an officer of the Merchants Na-
! tiona! tell you Mr. Gregg was a
| sick man. and if he hadn’t been a
sick man the condition of the bank
wouid never have existed?’’ defense
counsel asked him.
‘He told me something to that.
I effect." Read testified it was hi*
recollection the deposits of the
^rCllSrNi"°nal at the Um* «
i ttle merger w as more than $4 ooo
ooo and those of the First National
less than $1000000.
YATEs B(.LIVED
GREGG SANE „
Gregg .said shortly after
bank’s failing last March. 'I m£*?
as well give up and serve my 'nm
in the penitentiary.’’ it was testi-
fied late Wednesday by a govern-
ment rebuttal witness.
The witness was Ben Read of
Dallas former vice president’ of
Gregg’s bank.
Read said the statement was mad®
during examination of the bank by
a bank examiner.
Shortly prior to the conversation.
Read said he and another officer
o. the bank both of whom had
come over to the Merchants Nation-
al when it was merged with the First
National bank had discovered
Gregg's large notes to the bank.
Gregg was disturbed over the finan-
cial condition of the bank a« well as
his own. Read said and they asked
him what he intended to do about
the notes.
It was then that Gregg said that
he “might as well give up and aerv®
his term in the penitentiary" de-
clared Read.
Aided in Merger
Read who testified earlier In th®
trial was recalled as a rebuttal wit-
ness for the government.
He said he formerly served aa
vice president of the First National
bank of Brownsville and that when
the plan of merging It with the
Merchant- National bank was con-
ceived. he handled the details for
his bank and the arrangement*
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