The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1937 Page: 1 of 12
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QUR READERS MAY have heard
of the Newspaper Watts. Its
technique is "one step forward one
•top hoekwaod side step." We try
to ovoid waltzing. We want to walk
with o decently dignified stride
•trelght down the road. In the open
where ell con see. We have noth-
ing to conceal; enter Into no secret
^OgOgements; side etep no live Issues
(fed are ready to accept the penal -
on which auy follow our editorial
attitudes. Only so can we live com-
fortably with ourselves.
This dolly column is based upon
ft rather definite
philosophy of liv-
ing and philoso-
phy of govern-
ment. For such
readers as come
to realise this
fact it is easy to
predict how ws
will react to al-
most all situs-
' tions of a public
nature. But now
and then some
reader of real In-
telligence gete us
wrong We had
an illustration M c
yesterday.
A prominent dealer in citrus fruits
and vegetables asked for an inter-
view. He is a fine intelligent cltl-
sen. He raid in effect. "You are
keen for securing better prices for
the producer. I fear that in press-
ing far this you are taking the posi-
tion that the end Justifies the means
and that you feel that the producer
Is entitled to adopt any course how-
ever aggressfVe. which he believes
will pet him adequate returns for
his produce. I am afraid you are
ready to encourage direct action to
accomplish your end."
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1 ET U8 MAKE It clear that we do
1-1 not believe that the end justifies
the means. The means must be
lawful justifiable and sensible. We
do not at all believe that emotional
outbursts help in the least when-
ever they go beyond the bounds of
vigorous petition for the correction
of wrongs.
We would not be understood to say
that we do not believe in emotions.
Most of us are too far controlled by
our emotions rather than our minds
We let our feelings. Instead of our
Judgment prevail. We once listen-
ed to william Jennings Bryan. By
side was a conservative banker.
Bryan discussing a public ques-
aald. “Now let me tell you how
X feel about that." The banker
leaned over to us and whispered.
**That*s the trouble with Bryan he
'feels instead of thinking " There
was a degree of just criticism in the
remark. Mr. Bryan was always
right morally for his emotional re-
actions were righteous and humane.
But he often was wrong in his con-
clusions—or. at least a majority of
our voters so deckled repeatedly.
But this banker who whispered
to us. went ta the other extreme
The only glint of sympathy anyone
ever saw in his eyes came out of his
glass eye. He was cold. hard cyni-
* - cal—and therefore unjust. In fact
however coldness hardness and
.cynicism are emotions as much as
tanghter. or excitement.
WE VERY MUCH believe in emo-
n tiong of love gratitude frtend-
ehlp. loyalty faith and constancy
Such are the things which make life
worth living. Without them exist-
ence is barely tolerable. So also do
we believe in righteous indignation.
Men ought to be aroused emotionally
by injustice and wrong-doing. But
wrath is not righteous when it ex-
preaww itself In unrighteous ways.
Men may rightly be militantly vocal
for the elimination of wrongs. They
should be aroused to become emo-
tionally clamorous for the correction
la. But. in America emotion
convert itself only into lawful
acUooa.
Our American constitutions are
made to protect the rights of minor!-
ties. If they fail to do this they
Maoukl be amended to do so. The
legal route for amendment is pro-
vided in the instruments themselves
There Is no excuse for direct action
In America. There is a perfectly
(Continued on Page Two)
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- Valley Traffic
T Toll for 1937
ACUTE LABOR
SHORTAGE IN
AREAARISES
Willacy Hard Hit;
WPA Releases Men
In Cameron; Added
Workers Sought
BROWNSVILLE — All available
labor ia being pressed into service
to meet demands for cotton pickers
throughout the Valley reports from
Rio Qrande Valley counties reveal-
ed Thursday.
In the Raymondville area the
situatiion has become acute. R. B.
Bush implement dealer who has
aided in the assembling of pickers
In the past stated.
”8ix farmers in the Raymondville
area alone are demanding a thou-
sand men. and I believe between
5.000 and 8.000 hands could be used
in this county at once.” he saM.
Reporting the exodus of Valley
cotton pickers. Frank Waters head
of the National Reemployment ser-
vice at Edinburg told farmers m
the Hidalgo area that no more la-
borers were leaving the Valley. A
man was stationed on the Edin-
burg-Falfurrtas highway Wednes-
day night to check trucks leaving
the Valley but revealed that no
pickers were moving.
WPA Releases Men
In Cameron county. WPA. proj-
ects have released 100 men during
the last two days to meet picker
demands. In response to the call
from the National Reemployment
Service headquarters at Browns-
ville. All WPA projects in Cam-
eron county were closed temporari-
ly. F. Dr Cromack director report-
ed.
Work on the Cameron county
flood and malaria control projects.
Rhich each employ 50 men. will
not be resumed until all picking in
this area Is completed. Mr. Cro-
mack said.
No response to a request for ad-
ditional laborers’ from other dis-
tricts of the NRS had been receiv-
ed Thursday morning. "We have
hope of bringing additional pickers
in the Valley to meet the demands
(See PICKERS on Page Eight)
CHEOC ARTIST
DRIVE PLANNED
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Campaign For Bill
Payment Nears
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EDINBURG — Campaign against
hot-check artists" and charge ac-
count "skips" will • be waged
throughout the Rio Grande Valley
by retail merchants credit assocla-*
tions. it was decided Wednesday
night at a meeting of Valley retail
credit association secretaries.
Artie Suggs. Weslaco and Mary
Combes. McAllen will name a com-
mittee to supervise radio advertis-
ing in a “pay your bills" campaign
to be Initiated soon in the Valley.
Next meeting of the secretaries
will be held Aug. 25 in Harlingen
Present at the gathering here
Wednesday were Mrs Elisabeth Col-
lier. Edinburg; Mrs. Lena Johnston.
Mercedes; Mildred Fitzpatrick. San
Benito; Mrs. Ethel Fink Smith. San
Benito; Mrs. Jean Cook. Raymond-
ville; Isabel Guerrero. Rio Grande
City a. Guerrero. Rio Grande
City; Dorothy HopUhs. McAllen;!
Mrs. Florence Howell. McAllen; and
Mary Combes. McAllen.
Mercedes and San Benito secre-
taries reported they were checking*
oh business operations in their re-
spective cities. '
San Benito A
Plan for 1
SAN BENITO—City commission-
er* meeting in regular session here
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'-
clock adopted'the recent act of the
Texas Legislature whereby delin-
quent taxpayers of the city may re-
tire their indebtedness by means of
a 30-month partial payment plan.
The act of the legislature stipu-
lates that if the law is adapted by
any taxing agency each delinquent
taxpayer must previous to Septem-
ber 1. 1337. enter into an agreement
with the taxing agency to pay 10
per cent of the total indebtedness
on or before September 1. other-
wise he will be subject to court ac-
tion upon 30 days notice by the tax
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Faimers Prot est Price for Cottonseed
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MATTERN ASKS HOP PERMISSION |
Jimmie Mattern < second from left) was greeted by Texans in Wash-
ington Wednesday as he sought permission to fly to Moscow over the
North Pole. In Austin Matters mid lie wasted to revisit the Valley
after returning from Russia. Lefr to right are Lieutenant Governor
Walter Woodul. Mattern and Senator Morris Sheppard. (A. P. Photo)
Texas Farmers Urging
Agricultural Program
Sessions Ask Pass Legislation
Similar to Farm Bureau Proposal
AMARILLO.—<**>—Congress was urged Thursday by a representative
group of Texas Panhandle fsrmers to forego any thought of adjournment
until legislation similar to that proposed by the American Federal Farm
Bureau is passed.
The group members of the Texas Agricultural Association from 43 Pan-
handle-Plains counties at a meeting here Wednesday went on record as
favoring the “ever normal granary''-
bill proposed by the farm bureau.
ANOTHER SESSION
URGES LEGISLATION
WACO. —i/P)— Agricultural prob-
lems were discussed informally in
hotel lobbies and on street comers
Thursday morning by farmers from
North and Central Texas here for
a meeting sponsored by the Texas
Agricultural Association.
The meeting called by H. O. Lucas
president of the association for a
discussion of farm legislation was
scheduled for 2 p. m. in the audi-
torium on the Cotton Palace
grounds.
Lucas said the purpose of the
meeting was to adopt resolutions
urging congress to pass speedily leg-
islation which would provide prices
for farm commodities at or near
parity with other major commodi-
ties.
L. V. Kiester Named .
To Exchange Board
WE8LACO—L. V. Kiester. Mer-
cedes. has been named executive
committeeman from* the Mercedes.
Donna and Weslaco units of the
Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange
There are six such committeemen
to be named from six districts of
the exchange. C. K. WUdermuth.
Los Fresno* was recently named to
represent the Brownsville and Bay-
view units.
FOUR TESTIFY
IN VOTE TRIAL
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One Witness Unable
To Understand
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EDINBURG — Plaintiffs in the
Willacy County Irrigation District
election suit continued the introduc-
tion of their evidence Thursday
mroning. as the trial entered its
fourth day. Four witnesses testified
Thursday morning. Ignacio Muniz.
Geronimo Garza. Sabas Hinojosa
and Lupe Garza Their testimony
was substantially the same that of
previous witnesses who had admit-
ted they did not live in Willacy
county but voted in the January
12 election.
rhe fourth witness. Lupe Garsa
had difficulty in understanding his
questions for when he was asked if
he were related to Juan Treso
Garza he replied. "No he is my
papa." Asked if his father were mar-
ried. he answered. "No. he is a
widow.” He was finally excused
when it became apparent that fur-
ther questioning was useless.
U Called to Stand
Plaintiffs by Wednesday after-!
noon had placed twenty-six wtt-
<8ee WILLACY on Page Eight)
dopts ^rtial >ayment |
raxes; Suits Will Be Filed!
Payment of 10 per cent of the costs which would be added to the |
tax Indebtedness will become due full cost of the back taxes. Mean- j
on the first day of every second while the agreement entered by the'
month and also on the 31st day of city commission with City Attar-1
December. 1939. it was pointed out ney A. L. Montgomery several
by Mayor E. L. Barmore and mem- months ago for filing of suits
bers of the city commission. When on 30 pieces of property and notices
after a taxpayer has entered into have b**en sent out by the city tax
an agreement with the city for pay- collector on 221 other pieces of I
n.ent under the 20 month plan he property. Montgomery will file on i
becomes delinquent for a period those cases as soon as possible.!
of as many as four months suit when the next term of the district!
automatically will be filed against court convenes
him. Piling of suits against delln-1
The great advantage of the plan quent taxpayers began at the top
adopted here Wednesday afternoon of the list beginning with the
is that with voluntary payment by first delinquent property after lot!
toj^uxpayer °V*Wms£rl0<1 °* 30 on* Wock on* of the original j
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VALLEY SCALE
UNDER THATIN
OTHER POINTS
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Price Paid $17 And
$ 18 As Compared to
$21 to $24 Level In
Areas to North
✓
BROWN8VlLLE“With the price
of cottonseed suffering a drop of
about $5 in this section during the
last week. Valley cotton farmers
are demanding to know the reason
the price level had not changed
proportionately in other sections of
the state.
A survey conducted in Browns-*
vllle Thursday revealed that while
farmers were receiving $17 and $1$
a ton for cottonseed in this city
cotton glnners in the Robetown and
Corpus Chrlsti areas were paying as
much a« 01 to 04. In McAllen the
prevailing price for cotton seed at
the gins was reported to be %18.
Seek Real Reaaon
Complaints by fanners to the Trl
County Vegetable Growers associa-
tion headquarters at Harlingen
Thursday indicated farmers were
ready to take steps to uncover the
real reason why the price had
dropped so drastically in the Rio
Grande Valley. A. L. Brooks secre-
tary of the association reported
that farmers claimed they were
receiving 818 this week or approx-
imately $6 less than they had re-
ceived earlier in the season.
Cotton farmers studying the si-
tuation claimed that quarantine
restrictions in this section have
caused a monopoly by oil millers of
all cottonseed for shipping pur-
poses. Oil millers point out. how-
ever. that sterilization -of seed
which is required by the Valley
quarantine is a free service to
farmers.
Millers Fay Ol
Valley oil mills have paid as
high as $27 this season for cotton
seed. Oil millers 'are paying gln-
ners 01 at the present market
level. The glnners’ margin averages
about 0 to 84. In the last week the
price to glnners has dropped from
$23 to 01.
Exchange Directors
To Receive Report
WESLACO—A special meeting of
the board of directors of the Rio
Grande Valley Citrus Exchange will
be held in Weslaco at 2 p. m. Friday
to hear the report and recommen-
dations of the juice plant committee
recently returned from California.
BUS SERVICES
ARE INCREASED
Addition Revi sions
Are Announced
BROWNSVILLE—Addition of a
new bus service and changes in
schedule of one other service were
announced (or Brownsville Thurs-
day by H. P. Roberts district super-
visor of the Missouri Pacific Trans-
portation company effective Aug-
ust 1.
The new bus service will leave
Brownsville nightly at 8 p. m. ar-
riving in Harlingen at 9 p. m.. and
in Mission at 10:40 p. m. Roberts
said.
The bus on the new service into
Brownsville will reach this city at
12:05 p. m. It will leave Mission for
the eastward trip at 9:30 a. m. and
Harlingen at 11:10 a. m.
The bus which formerly left
Brownsville at 10:30 a. m. for Mis-
sion will leave at 10:15 a. m . ef-
fective August 1. The bus from
Mission which arrived at 5:30 p. at-
will arrive at 5 45 p. m.
Inspects Port Work
BROWN 8VTLLE—T. W. Forman.
U. 8. engineer with headquarters at
the Galveston district office ar-
rived in Brownsville Thursday for
Inspection of harbor and channel
work in this area. He will reflfht to
Galveston altar completing hia sur-
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AMERICANS SEEK REFUGE HERp
Here are the gates to the 17. 8. Embassy compound In Peiping. China
havep for Americans in this center of the 8ino-Japanese conflict. The
walls of the embassy are defended by U. 8 Marines. (A. P. Photo)
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Stalwart Youth Invested
As Ruler of Egyptians
Farouk First King Of Independent Egypt
Since Sixteenth Century
CAIRO %ypt.—<£*>—A stalwart firm-chinned youth of 18 His Majesty
Farouk the First was invested Thursday as the first king of an Independent
Egypt since the Mameluke rulers were conquered by Turkish hordes in
the 16th century.
With a dignity far beyond his years the husky shouldered monarch
took oath before nis assembled-!
chamber and senate.
He became King of Misr. Lord of
Nubia and the Sudan and Sovereign
of Kordofan and Darfour to the wild
acclaim of 15.000.000 subjects and a
display of fanfare and ritual within
this ancient capital.
He vowed “by Almighty God to re-
spect and obey the constitution and
laws of the Egyptian people safe-
guard my country's Independence
and defend its territory."
Farouk is the first invested king of
Egypt. His father. Fuad the First
had changed the title from the tra-
ditional one of sultan to king.
A young man. still lacking his full
majority under Egyptian law had
become ruler of a nation which only
last year gained its independence
under the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of
alliance at the end of 55 years of
British military occupation.
Bert Fish. United States minister
to Egypt was present in the diplo-
matic box at the investiture along-
side princes ministers and the
flower of Egyptian and Arabic no-
bility.
Concealed radio microphones car-
ried Farouk'» vow to the remotest
village of his kingdom. At least one
loud speaker was installed in every
center of population.
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WORD AWAITED
FROM SHANGHAI
Mrs. Creager May Be
In War Zone
BROWNSVILLE—Word on wheth-
er Mrs. R. B. Creager is on the high
seas homeward bound from war-
torn China or whether she is in
Shanghai waiting for steamer pass-
age is awaited by relatives here.
Last word from Mrs. Creager was
in the form of a wireless from an
attache of the American consul in
Peiping which stated that she had
entrained from Peiping for Shang-
hai on her homeward Journey. Pas-
senger bookings for both the July
35 and August S sailings were filled
according to advices received here
and it is not known wheuier the
Brownsville social leader has been
able to secure passage.
Mrs Creager. wife of R. B Crea-
ger. had been making a tour of the
Orient when war broke out in Peip-
ing. She has a daughter. Mrs. J. W.
Darrah and a son. R. B.. Sr. both
residing here.
Water Treaty Committee
Leaves for Washington
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McALLEN—Member* of the Rio
Grande Valley water-treaty com-
mittee left here Thursday at 7 a.
m. for Washington. D. C. where]
they will present a petition for ac-
tion by the state department to]
hasten a United States-Mexieo
agreement on division of Rio Grande
waters.
Composing the committee are A.
L. Cramer. Elsa chairman. Judge
Oliver O. Aldrich. Edinburg. C. L.
Hunter. El Jardin. and Prank S.
Robertson. Ban Benito. Aldrich left
Tuesday for Washington and will
meet the other committeemen
there.
i caputs «p antes
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In Washington Sunday and will
meet Wednesday with Secretary of
State Cordell Hull alter a two-day
conference
Carl C. Magee editor-in-chief ot
the Valley Publishing Company
will fly to Washington this week-
end to be present at the meeting
with Hull he said
Others the committee hopes will
be^preaent at the meeting are John
H. Shary. Mlmton. R. T. Stuart
Harlingen. Oor. Jamas V. Allrad.
Director K. A. Wood of the elate
planning board and Oen. Roy Hoff-
man. Oklahoma City.
^Members ofjha jamnjtae ^etre
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PLANES DUMP
EXPLOSIVE ON
CHINESE CITY
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Thousands Are Killed
In Bloody Fighting
At Tientsin; Troops
At Close Quarters
(By Th# AMOcutad Pnw)
Flame# from Japanese aerial bom-
bardments roared through sections
of Tientsin Thursday night after
planes bearing the red Insignia of
the rising sun took a toll declared
by Chinese to bg thousands of non-
combats nt men. women and children
killed and Injured.
Thebombardment carried out by
the Japanese in an attempt to rout
a Chinese attack that threatened to
drive Japanese from the city en-
dangered the Uvea of many Amer-
icans and other foreign*.
Lieut Oeneral Kiyoahl Katsukl.
Japanese commander In North
China told foreign consult the
action was to "protect” the 10000
Japanese who Uve in the Tientsin
Japanese concession. He declared
hi* men acted in accordance with
the Boxer protocol of 1901 in which
China undertook not to station
troops within two miles of Tientsin.
The principal buildings of the
gatewky city to North China includ-
ing famous Nankai university the
central railway station and till
mUltia headquarters were in flames.
Americans were huddUng in cellars
of the foreign cone—Iona to escape
the bombs
Chinese and Japanese troops were
locked Uterally in a death struggle
fighting hand to hand hi the street*
with their entrenchments at places
lea* than one hundred feet apart.
Three Chinese armies str u c k
simultaneously during the early
morning at Japanese troops en-
trenched along a 15-mile front In the
major drive to force the Japanese
army out of North China.
Peace came to Peiping and Its en-
virons when Chinese troops with-
drew and Oeneral Sung Chah-yuan
commander of the 29th Chinese
army went out and Oeneral Chang
Ti -chung. pro-Japanese commander
of the 38th division became chief
authority in the aree.
VUit Of Royalty
To Ireland b Hit
LONDON Protest against
the official arrangements that took
King Oeorge and Queen Elisabeth
to Northern Ireland for a corona-
tion celebration that was marred by
widespread political terrorism was
voiced here Thursday
The Dally Mirror referring to the
peril Involved In the visit Wednes-
day. said:
-May we ask why It was thought
necessary for the king and qusen
to go to Belfast?"
TWO LABORERS
DEAD CRASH
Two Others Injured
Near Matamoros
MATAM0R06 — Two laborers
were killed instantly and two others
were wounded In a collision between
a truck and a freight train at a
crossing near here late Wednesday.
Ambraaio Prieto. 10. and Miguel
Consoles. SO. both of Matamnroa.
perished in the accident and Nieves
Dominates driver of the truck and
Jose Rosas laborer received serious
injuries.
The four were returning to lia-
tamoroa from their place of work a
few miles south of the city wtm
the engine of the vehicle stopped
leaving the men in the path of the
oncoming train.
Th truck was thrown more than
25 feet from the track by the feeee
of the and the bodiee of
the two klllld were badly mangled.
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