The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 205, Ed. 2 Friday, February 28, 1936 Page: 5 of 16
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Senator Claims Tactics
Like This Have Let
Old Guard Open Up
Bag of Tricks
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. <AV-
The launching ol a ‘•favorite son"
campaign in Ohio against Senator
Borah’s presidential candidacy Fri-
day coincided with publication of a
letter in which Borah attacked such
moves.
Not long after the republican j
state central committee of Ohio'
•elected Robert A. Taft son of the |
president to wage a primary strug- I
Kle with Borah the latter’s letter was I
made public.
•Not Attacking HOP'
It did not. however refer to Taft’s
candidacy particularly (It was writ-
ten beiorc the candidacy became
known*. Addressed to the Spokes-
man-Review. Sx>kane Washington
w inch had urged Borah to attack the
Roosevelt administration rather than
his own party the letter said:
"I am not attacking the republican
party • •
"I am insisting upon an open na- '
lional convention upon the selec-
tion of delegates by the voters as
Cnearly as practicable rather than the ;
old system in which the people were
denied practically all voice in the
selection ol their president—the old
system ol unistructed delegates fa-
vorite sons and bartering and
tiading tor candidates at the con-
vention."
Borah holds that the system under
which delegates vote on the first
bailcts for favorite sons ' and often
•witch later to other candidates en-
ables the Old Guard" to pick the
nominee through manipulation."
“That system has come near
wrecking the party" Borah's letter
•aid.
Tait notified of his selection by
Ohio republican leaders declared he
“deeply appreciated the honor con-
ferred upon him."
Ohio Democratic?
While the republican pace quick-
ened in Ohio that state was one of
those listed by Chairman James A.
Farley of the Democratic National
Committee as sure to go to President
Roosevelt in the fall.
In a press conference Thursday.
Farley predicted the president would
win more electoral votes in November
than he did four years before.
He declined to name all the states 1
he claims but did mention New York.
New Jersey. Pennsylvania Ohio and
Michigan.
Rep. 3nell of New York the minor-
ity leader declared “there’s as much
sense in that as anything else he
says."
In‘Florida two republican leaders
were reported to be taking different
Slants c-n presidential matters.
Walter J. Howey twice candidate
for governor called on his followers
to work for a delegation pledged to
Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas.
John F. Harris national committee-
man. was reported to favor Colonel
Frank Knox Chicago publisher.
^ Mission Tourists
* To Hear Program
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION Feb. 28—The Mission
Music club will be hosts and enter- j
tainers Tuesday night at the fourth
of a series of tourist parties spon-
sored for the entertainment of
winter visitors.
Legion hall will again be the
scene of the party and a s«>ecially
arranged musical program will be
presented. Mrs. C. E. Storms pres-
ident of the club announced Thurs-
day.
The program will include a violin
solo by Mrs. Joe T. Cook vocal
solos by Mrs. Lee Truitt and Mrs.
W. T. Gibbs whistling duet by Mrs.
T. R. Card and Mrs. Donald Webb
a reading by Mrs. Leon H. Brown
a vocal duet by Mrs. C. E. Storms
and Mrs. T. F. Wiedermann a piano
solo by Miss Esther Combs a dance !
by Gene Marcell and Helen Jean
Osborn and selections by the
Choral club
Mercedes Weslaco
Clubs to Celebrate
WE: LA CO Feb. 28.-The Ki-
wanis club of Mercedes was invited
FrkiJy to mee* with the Weslaco club
next. Wednesday night at the Cor-
trz hotel here in a charter program.1
which both of the clubs celebrate j
at the same time each year alternat-
ing with the entertainments.
The Weslaco Invitation was ex- {
tended by C. R Barnes secretary ol
the club and w W. Carrot hers.
A tentative program has been
m»de up lor the special event which
will also be designated ladies' night.
The Weslaco and Mercedes Ki-
wants clubs were organized in 1927.
and both civic groups will celebrate
their ninth anniversary next week
with the joint meeting that has been
customary in the past.
The sun's surface gives off as
much heat every second as would j
be produced by burning 11.000.000-1
000.000000000 tons ot coal. i
Man's Friends Glad
He Told Them About
BLACK-DRAUGHT
Writing from Texarkana. Texas.
Ik Mr. W. T Bentley of that city says:
j *T have been using Black-Draught
gdor fully forty years. I keep a sup-
ply on hand. I first knew of Black-
Draught when 1 was a boy. clerking
in a store I saw people buying it
and thought it must be good. I took
it for constipation and biliousness.
•1 would hav a bad taste in my
mouth and headache. I knew I need-
ed a laxative—something to cleanse
the system. I would hunt up the
Black-Draught and take a dose. I
OtilJ be relieved in a lew hours. In
Black-Draught I have found a sim-
ple remedy—one that does not have
any after-effects. I do not know of
an thing better to take for a dull
tired listless feeling. I have recom-
mended Black-Draught to many
friends ar.d neighbors. I know they
have been glad that I did for they
have said ao."
Kin Rallies at Trial of Hill Girl
As Emma Willis 18 Anadarko. Okln.. mil Kin. prepared to lake the
stand at her trial and tell why she shot her father. Iddls H. Willis
poverty-ridden tenant farmer her family as shown above rallied to
her aid Seated Is her grandfather. R. P Shields. 72: standing left
to right. Cmma: her mother. Mrs. Zona Willis and Leona. 14. her
sister. The girl said she slew her father because she feared punish-
ment after disobeying him by attending a basketball game m-itb a
neighbor boy. and told a story of years of abuse and cruelty
Texas May Take Over
***** * ****
Bank Funds Unclaimed
***** *****
After 10-Year Period
AUSTIN. Feb. 28—^—Investiga-
tion discloses that Texas unlike
some states does not escheat "lost"
bank deposits.
Whereas if a man dies without
heirs or leaving a will his property
automatically goes to the state a
deposit of which the ownership is
unknown remains in a bank.
Estimates as to the amount of
such unclaimed deposits range in
source familiar with Texas banks
from "small much less than the
public thinks'* to "large sums.’*
Attaches of the state banking de-
partment asserted that in view of
the fact a bank always is liable for
a deposit under Texas law. there
theoretically is “no such animal" as
a "lost'* deposit and efforts to turn
the money over to the state would
be both unjust and impracticable.
Whatever the merits it is done
in several states and the Texas
house of representatives at the reg-
ular session in 1933 passed a bill
escheating unclaimed deposits un-
der certain conditions. The bill died
in a senate banking committee.
"An account may be inactive or
dormant but never is ‘lost’ and al-
ways is subject to claim.’* said F. C.
Branson deputy banking commis-
sioner. "Fifty years later a deposit-
or can demand his money. So how-
can you say It is lost?
"There are mistaken ideas that
millions of dollars are ‘lost’ In
Texas banks alone and hundreds of
millions throughout the country. I
believe most accounts are only a
few cents or a few- dollars.'*
On the other hand. State Trea-
surer Charley Lockhart said he had
heard of reports that lost deposits
totalled "large sums'* and advocat-
ed a law escheating them He would
require deposits unclaimed for 10
years to be turned over to the state
treasury kept in a suspense account
for two years and thereafter plac- j
ed in the general revenue fund with
any claims subsequently to be
handled through the legislative
claims committees.
"All forms of business that receive
deposits banks building and loan
associations and insurance com-
panies should come under such a
law.” he said.
The only law- in Texas on the
subject provides that unclaimed
deposits in liquidated banks must
be placed in the treasury suspense
account and may bp paid out on
proof of ownership. This account
totalled $7.18641 Feb. 17.
Mast of the individual accounts
are small and an employe recalled
that one Canyon bank listed about 1
1.500 names with an aggregate bal- I
ance of less than $100. This wa> due
to accounts of students at the West
Texas States Teachers college.
Students made deposits and forgot
small balances.
“Service charges are one handy
means of liquidating inactive ac-
counts.” said another state official
"At the rate of $1 or so a month
they soon take care of such ac-
counts.”
The bill which passed the house
in the forty-third legislature w-as
srjonsored by Representative W. T
Savage of Dallas and would have
applied to individuals or companies
holding unclaimed deposits of
monev or certain property for stor- j
age. It was somewhat similar to.
though more stringent than a law-
adopted in Oregon in 1929.
Banks would have been required
to file reports with the state comp-
troller of savings accounts which
had not increased or decreased or
been credited with interest on the
depositors pass book within 20
years. Seven years inaction similarly
would establish regular accounts as
unclaimed and subject to reports.
This provision also applied to un-
claimed dividends profits interest
on debts and trust funds held by
county and district officials. Pen-
alty for failure to report was set
at $500 fine.
After legal notification to the
missing owner at his last known
address by letter and then by publi-
cation. the deposits could be taken
by esc'neatment proceedings Insti-
tuted by the attorney general. The
owner could recover by proof of
claim with seven years and not
thereafter.
"This matter of lost deposits in-
volves a very human trait” said W
W. Heath assistant attorney gen-
eral in charge of banking and in-
surance cases. ‘ Many persons are
very secretive about their financial
afiairs.
"Some nien don't want their
wives to know how much money
they have: there often hi conceal-
ment between parents and children.
It wouldn t always b" easy to say
when money was ‘lost’.
T know of a man who lived many
years in another state and had
$30000 in a Dallas bank under a
slightly different name. His family
knew nothing of it. When he want-
ed to buy a business he drew out
the money. You couldn’t say that
money was lost.
"Then people scatter money In
many banks. Some keep deposits
unchanged for years. Criminals
have secret deposits. How many
accounts do you suppose Al Capone
has. and under how many names?”
The Oregon law made exceptions
to persons known by banks to be
1 living although their accounts were
! unchanged.
___________________________
HEROIC MITT SERVES
FRENCH ALPINE POSTS
LYON. France — (JPi — Betty
brown mongrel mascot of a com-
pany of chasseurs. plays post-
man daily between two outlying
army posts in the French Alps.
Every morning Betty trots out
of the Lanslebaurg barracks a
small leather sack of mail tied to
her up to a road intersection
her up ti a road intersection
whence she runs alone several miles
to her destination.
Betty w’ears a decoration for
having saved the life of an army
skiier caught In a mountain
snowdrift last year. She kept him
warm by lying beside him for hours
until the soldier's companion fetch-
ed aid
Married Women Know
Constipation’s Danger
After childbirth women often suffer with
constipation. That is why t>«-n-a-mtnt. the
delightful chewing gum laxative Is so Ideal.
A* *<xin as you start chewing ft the atom-
ic-h-settling mint brings a clean fresh tast*
to the mouth. As you chew out the laxa-
tive Ingredient which Is absolutely taste-
less. the flow of digestive Juices Is In-
creased. The laxative is muted with them
and carried Into the system evenly and
gently. Without causing upset it passes
through the stomach and into tha bowels
so scientifically that your action Is won-
derfully eaey and thorough. Doctors pre-
scribe FVen-a-mint's laxative Ingiedient for
both children and adults. It is non-habit-
forming. Hold on money-back guarantee.
Generous family size package 13c and 23c.
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II McKay’s
Pharmacy
For your convenience
our store remains open
all night. When sick-
ness strikes you can de-
pend on us for imme-
diate. dependable safe
Phone
680
McKAY’S
El J&rdin Hotel
*
‘FACELIFTING’ |
WORK IS PUSHED
Weslaco Building Becomes
Spanish; Others Soon
To Follow Suit
(Special to The Herald)
WESLACO. Feb. 28—With work
almost completed on the first front
in Weslacos Spanish architectural
campaign construction Is to start
within the next few days on several
other buildings according to W. D.
7 lies. Federal Housing Administra
tor who is taking an active interest t
in the chamber of commerce spon-i
sored project.
Remodeling which was started on
Cressner Drug Company building
almost a month ago will have the
final touches added within a few
days contractors on the job declare.
The entire front of the structure
was changed with stucco and red
tile used to carry out the Spanish
design which will predominate in
all business district buildings here
when the unique project is complet-
ed.
Other buildings on which remod-
eling will get underway soon include
the Duncan building housing Texas
Associated Seeds and Barnes Jew-
elry Co.: Twenhafel building in
which is located the Modern Shoe
Store and the Masonic Lodge;
Moore and Graham building hous
ing Borderland Hardware and the
I. O. O. P. Lodge; Metzger building
in which Is located the post office;
O. K. Cleaners. Childre and Hensley
barber shop and Jetty and Curlee
barber shop and Petty and Curlee
housing Andersen Hardware; Port-
son building. Wells Worth store; and
Edrington building. Edrington’s
Studio and Adams’ Shoe Shop.
Newell Waters of Weslaco is archi-
tect on the Duncan. Twenhafel
and Moore and Graham buildings
while M. L. Waller. McAllen is archi-
tect on the Metzger Andersen.
Fortson. and Edrington structures. !
Hundreds of out-of-town visitors
have viewed the work in progress
on the Cressner structure.
Aniline dye: those made of coal
tar. are now produced in more than
| 2000 colors.
Women’s Whim
Beats Nazi Plan
BERLIN Nazi dictatorship
has bowed to orde-s from German
women and changed Olympic plans
which interfered with feminine van-
ity.
A new type of mercury arc lamp
with which the German capital was
to be illuminated during the Olympic
Games recently was tried out at sev-
eral places.
The white light however prompt-
ed an avalanche of complaining let-
| tens from girls and women. They
said it made them appear pale and
they forced the municipality to
change to a “cosmetic color."
In the new lamps a bulb devalu-
ing red rays will be added.
Polish Marriage Fewer
WARSAW. OP)—Polish newspa-
pers lament the low marriage rate
for 1935 in this country. The figure
is giving at 6.4 a thousand compar-
ed with 11.5 in Germany in Hol-
land and 7 6 in France.
Blue Star Kill*
The Itch Germs
To get rid of itch. rash tetter
foot itch ringworm or enema cover
with soothing Blue Star Ointment
which contains tested medicines
that kill the itching. Money back oa
first jar. if it fail* to relieve.
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Walker’s Austex
CHILI
No. 2 Can
with Beans
Xo. 2 Can
Plain .
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and some of the prices quoted below are so unusual that
you won't see them so close to wholesale cost again
very often. This week we have picked out items that
you need every day and have sliced the price to the
very lowest possible margin we can do business on. Stop
and ask yourself if it won’t pay you in the long run to
buy from your local Delta store. This same store helps
keep up# YOUR community and sells you nationally
known merchandise at prices as low and many times
lowrer than stores whose owners live and spend the
profits made from your purchases elsewhere.
BIG 3 SALAD DRESSING
Or
REUSH SPREAD
Full Pint Jar ...
DELTA FOOD STORES
SPECIAL VALUES FRIDAY and SATURDAY FEB. 28-29
Libby’s
PEARS • Oc
PEACHES £T 12c
Libbv’s Deep Brown gM
BEANS * Varieties . I mmfi I
Libby’s Home Style «A
CORN ] «Jo. 2 Can .... I ® I
BABY FOOD Homogenized 10c
nr ao Libbyg-
rrfl\ No. 2 Seive
I LMU no. 2 Can_
1 KRAUT
SYRUPE 5 lb. can 32c
YRUPE 10 lb. can 60c
SYRUP ET"‘ 5 lb can 31 C
SYR up|-.'-10-lb. can 58c
LIBBY’S
Pineapple Juice No. i can
LIBBY’S PINEAPPLE JUICE . No. 2 can 12He
CRYSTAL
WHITE
SUPER-
SUDS . .
WESSON OIL
Pint can. 22c
Quart can 40c
Delta Super Specials
The lion-advertised super specials are better than ever
this week end. Items you use every day at the lowest
prices ever offered in the Valley. Don’t fail to shop at a
Delta Store to see what their values are or you’ll lose a
golden opportunity.
APPLE SAUCE
WHITE HOUSE
**fTt HOC®
No. 300
Can.
APPLES Suntint gallon
(6 lbs. net ).40c
ASPARAGUS TIPS Pratt-low
Picnic can.14c
BAKING POWDER Royal
6-oz. can.18c
COFFEE Chase Sc Sanborn's
Dated lb. pkg.25c
CERTO for preserving bottle. . . 23c
CRACKERS Brown Graham
Lb. pkg.18c
DOG FOOD Marco 3 No. 1 cans 25c
FLOUR Light Crust 12-lb. sack . 52c
FLOUR Light Crust 24-lb. sack . 99c
FLOUR Doughboy 12-lb. sack . . 50c
FLOUR Doughboy 24-lb. sack .. 95c
FLOUR Swans Down Cake pkg.. 26c
GRAPENUTS per pkg.17c
OATS Monax Cup Sc Saucer
or Plate pkg.23c
PINEAPPLE Hostess Crushed
No. 2 can.16c
PINEAPPLE Hostess Sliced
No. 2 can.17c
WINOEX Windows 6-oz. bottle 17c
CALUMET Powder Pound can 22c
COCOA Hershe. y2-ib. 7 c!
SHRIMP “n 14c
Staley’s GLOSS STARCH
Now in the NEW Cube—No Guessing
Used in Hot or Cold Water
KTDirr A Childrens Party Book with two package*.
■ ntt Tells how to arrange and what to serve for all
seasons.
25c Value 8-oz.
Free with Pkg. .
SHORTENING 13lc
SHORTENING iS:SS>..52c
Vinegar Sir."""" 2 for 25c
SAUCE Worcester bottle 9c
SUNSET COFFEE
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Take Home a Can or Pound pkg. ^ C
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jin
Admiration COFFEE
“The Cup of Southern Hospitality”
Pound can 2c Less
in Pkg.
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