The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 29, Ed. 2 Tuesday, August 7, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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STARS IN “VIVA VILLA!”
(GUARD ADMITS
HE SMUGGLED
IN WEAPONS
HUNTSVILLE Aug 6 i/Pi—A spe-
cial session of the Walker county
grand jury to investigate charges
against James A. Patterson prison
guard in connection with the dar-
ing prison break July 22 in winch
Raymond Hamilton and two other
condemned convicts escaped was
planned Monday.
Max Rogers district attorney
hurrying here from a vacation trip
planned to confer with Lee Sim-
mons. manager of the Texas orison
system and Ware in W. W. Waid re-
garding a statement Patterson made
to penitentiary authorities in which
he was quoted as admitting smug-
gling pistols inside the prison to the
desperadoes.
Makes Confession
Patterson charged with smug-
gling three automatic pistois inside
the prison for delivery to the con-
victs admitted Sunday in a signed
statement that he brought the wea-
pons imo the prison Simxons and
Waid said.
Until shortly beiore he made his
signed statement Patterson .ias
denied he knew ol the planned
break and said he did not know how
the pistols found their way into ;he
prison He admitted receiving an
amount ol money lor the act but
!! Simmons declined to reveal the
amount.
"We will divulge all ol the tacts
ol the case at the proper time which
is the trial’' Simmons said.
“Warden Waid and I have ou.id
alter going into ever detail 'hat
those responsible lor the escape ol
Hamilton. Joe Palmer and Irvin
• Blackiei Thompson are guard Pat-
. lerson. lor smuggling m the three
automatic pistols and Guard Carey
Burdeaux. lor failure to discharge
his sworn duty when occasion (re-
manded sam?.
Hunt Pay Off Man
"We have lound no dishonest acts
whatever m regard to the conduct
of Burcieaux but we have obtained
| a sworn statement from Guard I
Patterson that he did deliver the
guns inside the walls and that he
received pay for the same.’’
The “pay off ’ man. who is said
to have delivered the money to
Patterson in a flour sack at a
Huntsville beer parlor was sou<tat.
j It was reported he was a former
; inmate ol the prison.
Authorities believe the escaoe
plot in which six participated and !
three gained their ireedom. was
hatched by Whitey Walker killed j
as he attempted to scale a ladder (
to Ireedom. Roy Johnson and Char-
I lie Frazier were also shot down by
' guards.
An attorney who authorities said
talked to Patterson over long dis-
tance telephone prior to the break
visited the penitentiary last week j
officials said
POWDER HORN PRESERVED
AUSTIN /P—A powder horn
carried by Peyton Wade Nowlin
who roamed the Kentucky wilder-
ness as a companion oi Daniel
Boone has been presented to the
. state by Nowlin's granddaughter.
• Mrs. Lena Ledbetter of Austin.
Individual Selfi shness
Assailed by Roosevelt In
• ••••• • • • • • ^ ^
Address at Lake Retreat
WALL STREET
CLEAN-UP !S
SAIDJfEDED
WASHINGTON. Aug 6. .T—A
senate committee suggested a house-
cleaning Monday to purge Wall
Street investment ba n k 1 n g of
"abuses "
Declaring banking houses used
"shocking" and scandalous" meth-
ods in selling the public billions of
dollars of securities many of which
have become almost worthless since
1929. the committee declared
“Many of the abuses in invest-
ment banking have resulted lrom
the incompetence negligence irm-
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ponsilility or cupidity of individuals
In the profession.
“Such abuses can be eliminated
only by the elimination of such per-
sons from the field. Other abuses
are Inherent In the American sys-
tem and are. therefore susceptible
of remedial legislation '*
The banking committee made this
statement in the second chapter of
its report on the senate’s stock mar-
ket and banking investigation m
the course of which it cited peat
practices of J P Morgan and com-
pany: Kuhn. Loeb and company;
the National City company; Dillon.
Read and company and others. The
firms distributed domestic securities
totaling S55.000.000.000 and foreign
bonds exceeding $7000 000 000 since
the war
KHCIDES RIDE
LONDON .-Pt—Cases of suicide
in England and Wales reached the
record total of 5.057 in 1932. offi-
cial government figures show com-
pared with 5 092 in 1931. Cases of
attempted suicide numbering 3J99.
were also a new record.
..-I
SOLONS TO BE
NOMINATED BY
THREESTATES
<By the Associated Press)
The last laps In three spirited
primary races were run Monday
with the electorate picking the win-
ners Tuesday in Missouri. West
Virginia and Kansas.
Nominations tor two seats in the
U. S. Senate—both now held by re-
publicans—are at stake in Mis-
I and West Virginia. No sena-
hi» is being filled in Kansas.
26 Representatives
Candidates also are being nom-
inated for 26 seats in the house of
representatives—thirteen in Mis-
souri. six in West Virginia and ^ev- j
en in Kansas.
The Missouri race involving
three-cornered sprint for demo-
cratic state control is expected to
bring out a record off-year primary
vote
"Boss" Tom Prendergast of Kan-
sas City is backing Harry S. Tru- i
man for the democratic senatorial
nomination; Sen. Bennett Champ
Clark is pushing Cong. Jacob L.
"Tuck' Milligan; the St. Louis or-
ganization is behind Cong. John J.
Cochran for the senatorship. A
fourth candidate. James Longstreet
Cleveland did not campaign active-
Ijr.
The republican incumbent Sen
Roscoe C. Patterson is unopposed
for renommation.
Nine candidates are elbowing
their way in a free-for-all for the
democratic senatorial nomination m
West Virginia with Clement L.
Shaver former national chairman
former Sen W. E Chilton and Rush
D* Holt apparently leading the
support New Deal
I The winner probably will oppose
Sen. Harry D Hatfield in Novem-
ber. While all the democratic aspir-
ants have pledged control to the
Roosevelt administration. Hatfield-
vigorous critic of the "New Deal"—
has met scant opposition from tout
! republican opponents.
There is a six-cornered race for !
the democratic nomination for gov-
ernor in Kensas. but only one min
has challenged th eincumbent. Gov.
Alf M. Landon on the republican
ticket.
Gov. Landon. one of the state’s
youngest governors at 46 has lor
his opponent Dr. John R. Brinkley.
49. the "goat gland" surgeon who
has run third m the last two gub-
ernatorial elections as an independ-
ent
The counting of ballots from Sat- I
urdav's primary election in Ken-1
tucky starts Monday m accordance
- with state law.
l ! THE WEATHER-"
t. H .- — — — ■ —• -—mm.4
East Texas 'east of 100th meri-
dian): Generally fair Monday night
and Tuesday.
Light to moderate southerly
winus on the coast.
RIVER BULLETIN
The river will continue to fall 1
fron: about Mercedes down and
chanse little ll any from Hidalgo
Iiring the next z4 to 48 hours
KiuuU present 24-ilr. 24-tu
Stage SUge Chaug. Han.
a 27 -0 2 10.2 .00 .
irande 21 3.5 0.0 00 j
to 21 4.9 -0.4 00 i
des 21 7.8 -0.7 .00
isville 18 8 1 -01 .00 ;
TIDE TABLE
t) and low tide at Port Isaoel
ay under normal meteor- 1
ai conditions. 1
. 4 35 a. m. 1
.. 8 07 p. m. 1
MISCELLANEOUS DATA <
t Monday . 7.13 !
se Tuesday . 5:58 i
WEATHER SUMMARY <
metric pressure was relajve- <
fron: Arizona and New Mex- ■
irtheastward to south central <
ia Monday morning and reia-
to moderately high over the 1
:e of the Uuited States. Light <
derate rains occurred in Utah *
art ion* of Colorado during the 1
I hours and scattered show- ■
Florida. North Carolina and 1
cky. Over the balance of the *
y the weather continued gen-
fair to partly cloudy with
ratures seasonable to above
1 practically throughout the
y.
urnsville 8 a m. <EST» sea-
pressure 3001 inches.
BtLUTlIN r
t figure* lowest temperature last £
second. highest yesterday third
eloclty at 8 a. m ; fourth prec- (
>n in laat 24 hour*)
e . "6 98 18 00 v
llo . 76 100 12 .00 <
a . 74 88 .. .00 if
. 74 94 .. .00 I
fNSVILLE ... 77 91 .. 00 t
s Airport ... 73 91 .. .00 (
[O . 72 82 10 .00 C
md . 58 72 .. 00 5
i Christ! .... 78 il3 .. .00 t
. 80 98 .. .00 a
.. 76 94 .. 00 e
r.. 66 90 .. .04 i
o . 72 98 .. .00 f
irnith . 78 106 .. .00
in . 76 90 .. .00 I
nville . 76 94 .. .00 ll
1 City. 84 104 12 .00 a
igeles . 62 80 .. .00 u
llle . 70 84 .. .02
lis . 80 102 .. .00
. 76 88 .. .00 ! *
li'olis . 68 86 14 00 e
)rleans . 78 94 .. .00 '
Platte . 74 106 .. .00 J
ima City _ 78 102 .. .00 *
ne . 76 98 .. .00
o!a. 68 <90 .. .58
X . 78 96 .. 00
ills . 74 90 10 00
Ike City .... 68 82 .. 30
ntonio . 74 92 .. 00
I> . 60 88 .. 00
an . 64 82 .. 00
port ........ 78 98 10 00
.. 74 90 .. .00
:rg . 76 94 .00
igton ....... 62 86 10 GO
pn . 64 84 .. 00
igton . 74 94 44
-lueca . 54 92 .. 00
:i ’*as a monuTtnt to the
"!)’ch served during the
War.
Wallace Beery and Pay Wray In the epic thriller. ‘Viva Villa!"
Showing for the last day. Monday at the Queen theatre. Brownsville.
Texas Will Count Crop
Damage In Millions If
Drouth Continues 10 Days
DALLAS. Aug. 6. <JPi — Texai
farmers figured Monday that un-
less good rains fell within 10 days
their drought - parched products
would cost them millions of dol-
lars.
Temperature records have beer
equalled and in some places brok-
en this summer cotton ha* not
grown properly wheat is far short
of its normal quality ranges have
dried up. corn has turned brown
many Panhandle farmers have
abandoned their homes and mos;
of the 254 counties in the state
are either on emergency or sec-
ondary drought lists.
Cotton crops in each of the
widely - separated counties have
been damaged more than $1.0000:c
and the normal Panhandle wheat
crop of 35.0 "0.000 bushels will be
about 18.000.000 One rancher
traveled 5.000 miles trying in vain
to find pasturage for his herds.
The wheat area northwest of
Amarillo served by one railroad did
not move a carload of the grain
It usually produces from 1.000.0Al
to 1.500.000 bushels. In that sec-
tor July was the hottest and driest
July in 42 years.
At the request of Gov. Miriam A
Ferguson the Texas legislature
will meet Aug. 27 to authorize is-
suance of additional state bonds to
relieve unemployment. She said
she had been impressed with re-
ports that the extended drought
and other adverse conditions had
created a situation of "real acute
alarm."
However. Dwight P. Reordan.
president of the Federal Interme-
diate Credit bank at Houston ex-
pressed the opinion that good gen-
eral rains before Aug. 15 prob-
ably would improve conditions
M’ALLEN HAS
‘TRADE WEEK’
materially. He pointed out thai
forage crops might be replaced anc
ranges be put in fair condition foi
the fall and winter.
Bright spots in the dark drought
■ picture appeared only in far north-
| east Texas and extreme south Tex-
as. Reordan said.
The Texas Relief Admunstratior
reported that drought affected al
but a tew counties along the Gul;
coast Five oi them however suf-
fered additional losses in the hur-
ricane 10 days ago and will ncec
further aid. Corpus Christi hac
I to limit the water supply for out-
door domestic purposes for a time
but the Gulf storm replenishes
the sources.
The state's relief case- load Jtjmp
ed from 158.000 in June and 20c.-
COO last month to 241.000 thii
i month. Neal Guy. assistant fielc
i supervisor in charge oi droughi
statistics estimated that 70.000 01
the present cases were directly at-
tributable to the drought.
Federal relief allotments for Jul>
m Texas reached $3048450. ol
which $1279724 was for w’ork hi
drought counties and Washington
has allotted $1000000 lor drought
relief in August. The state in
July spent only half of $2.235 726
of distributed relief funds.
The federal surplus relief cor-
poration has bought more tnan
300.0 0 head of cattle and is con-
tinuing at the rate of 20.000 daily
The government now is buying
cattle in 192 counties. Nearly 2000
are slaughtered daily for canning
in 19 federal plants 10.000 are
shipped to slaughtering plants and
8.COO are turned daily into pens or
pastures operated by the govern-
ment.
The widespread drought has af-
fected employment adversely in the
rural sectors and the condition
may become worse in the winter
but the situation in the better-es-
tablished industrial and commer-
cial enterprise* has been well sus-
tained. x
'Special to The Heraldi
McALLEN Aug 6 —The first of a
eries of six trade weeks-’ sponsor -
d by the McAllen Chamber of Com-
nerce closed here Saturday nignt.
A total of 2.534 persons passed
hrough the McAllen Industrial Arts
Exhibit arranged in a downtown
itore building according to Miss
luth Clark acting secretary of the
>rgamyacion. More than a score
>f commercial exhibits occupied
pace and nearly 40 entries were
nade in the art exhibit..
First place winners in the art
xposition were: Bed spreads—Mrs.
>pal Cole. McAllen appliqued quilts
-Mrs. R F. Peters. Elsa: antique
luilts— Mrs S J. Campbell. Mc-
lllen; pieced quilts—Mrs R Harris.
nfcAUen; hooked rugs—Mrs Allen
tones. McAllen; crocheted quilts—
frs. Julia Bond. McAllen; dl
laintings— Mijs Irabel Parks. Mc-
lllen; etchings—Miss Rubalee Rutie.
ifcAllen; clay modeling—Miss Bea-
nce King McAllen
Movie Sidelights
CAPITOL
"Grand Canary." A. J Cronins
est-selhng novel senes as War-
er Baxter s second starring vehicle
bowing Tuesday only at ' your-’
lapitol theatre Brownsville
Warner Baxter portrays a doctor
ho is called a ’ murderer” by the
rorld because his new serum has
ailed and three people have died
le starts on a journey to oblivion
3 scatter the wreckage of his life.
)n board a ship bound for the
lanarv Islands he meets beaufi.'ul
ladge Evans and falls in love with
er. W’hen they reach the islands
devastating plague of yellow fev-
r threatens the inhabitants and
ladge Evans falls victim to the
lague.
Inspired by his great love for her.
laxter fights back and vindicates
imself with the world by putting
n end to the epidemic through the
se of his serum.
KANSAS CITY iJP» — Twelve
.ireless stations. io on radio-
ouipped boats and two on land. I
•ill facilitate movement of freight
n the Missouri river between Sr.
rouis and Kansas City.
| INSECT 1
V BITES J
HI Cooling MenthoUfnm III
/// quickly soothe* arnwf \\\
the poh* md itching ^
EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT to Washington. Aug.
6. —Pres. Roosevelt travelled on
to new western developments Mon-
day with a declaration that his ad-
ministration Is Just beginning a
war on individual selfishness "to
save our resources of agriculture
and industry.”
This statement of battle m a
GINNING SHOWS
SUDDEN SPURT
<Special to The Heruki*
McALLEN. Aug. 6— Lower Rio
Grande Valley ginning totals in-
creased about 25 per cent during
th% past week according to figures
compiled here this weekend from
ginners' reports and estimates ot
buyers and growers.
A total of between 35003 and
40.000 bales are believed to have
been ginned thus far in the four-
county area. WUlacy county is
apparently in the lead with 12.388
bales reported. Cameron and Hi-
dalgo counties are following close-
ly with about 11000 bales each and
Starr county has turned out about
4.000 bales.
The Valley’s crop Is made a sur-
vey ol the situation disclosed.
Ram which fell during the past
week did little damage but was too
late to be of benefit. In scatter-
ed sections leaf worms are begin-
ning to appear. In the opinion of
growers and ginners. the crop will
be considerably larger than last
year and the ginning season is ex-
pected to last well into September.
There has been only a slight re-
vision downward in the 65.000-bale
estimate for the total crop indicat-
ing Valley cotton is slightly more
than half-picked.
Ginnings by counties were re-
ported as follow's:
Counties— No. Bale: I
Willacy . 12.388
Cameron . 11.F0
Hidalgo . 11.000
Starr . 3.773
Total . 382161
Johnston Supports
Mrs. Lula George
P A. Johnston who wa* third In
the race for the democratic nomm-
tion for county treasurer of Cam-
eron county in the recent primary.
Saturday issued a statement sup-
porting Mrs Lula George of
Brownsville in the second primary.
"I wish to express my apprecia-
tion to the voters for their sup-
port in my race." Mr Johnson said
“and respectfully urge those who
supported me to support Mrs Lula 1
George in the second primary.”
Constipated 30 Years
Aided by Old Remedy
"For thirty years I had consti-
pation. Souring food from stomach
choked me. Since taking Adlenka
[ am a new person. Constipation
is a thing of the past "—Alice Burns i
Eagle Pharmacy and Cisneros Drug 1
Stores—in Rio Hondo by David- i
><m Drug Co. Adv. J
I congressional election year was
I laid down Sunday night from a
tourist cottage on Two Medicine
Lake high up in Glacier National
park.
Monday Mr. Roosevelt rode his
special train to Glasgow. Mont.
where he motors to inspect an-
other dam—Fort Peck—on the up-
per Missouri The project will
harness this stream against floods
and provide eventually power and
navigation for the region.
Pres. Roosevelt is closely review-1
ing the efforts of the government'
to make the Columbia and Mis-
souri rivers of the northwest pro-
vide places for families of the con-
gested areas elsewhere.
“I believe;' said the president in
a radio address “are are building
a better comprehension of our na- ’
tlonal needs.
"People understand as never be-
fore. the splendid public purpose
that underlies the development of
great power sites the. improving ol
navigation the prevention of flood
and of the erosion of our agricul-1
tural fields the prevention of
flrest fires the diversification of
farming and the distribution of in-
dustry.**
' We know more and more that
the east has a stake in the west
and the west has a stake in the
east that the nation must and
shall be considered as a whole and
not as an aggregation of disjoint-
ed groups."
Reaching the Two Medicine Lake
retreat Sunday night with Mrs
Roosevelt. Sen Wheeler of Mon-
tana. and Secy Ickes. administra-
tor of the two billion dolar Pub-
lic Works program the president
was formally adopted by the j
Black feet Indians Lone Chief
was the title given the president
a name of one of the tribe's great-
est chieftains.
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