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. THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN. THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED FRESS --
FORTIETH YEAR—No. 182 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2 1932 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY; J
IN OUR
VALLEY
HARBOR PROJECTS of the
Valley take on new life.
Re-examination of the Browns-
ville port project has been order-
ed.
Belief la expressed that lowered
coats of c ‘.ruction may permit of
the carrying through of Browns-
ville*a port with less money than
originally planned.
Something Is brewing regarding
Rft Port Isabel project.
^Vhile nothing has been said by
the members of the commission of
San Benito-Port Isabel Navigation
district
Maj. Milo P. Pox. U. S. district
engineer tells the Herald.
“Hiat something is now pending
before the chief of army engineers
which may or may not lead to some
kind of a start on this project."
Heres the hope that things can
be worked around to the point—
Where action on both projects
will result.
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AND DID THE POLL tax pay-
ments roll in? Cameron county
and Hidalgo county set what looks
like a record for poll tax payments
and here we were all more or less
worried and concerned because we
thought that people had lost in-
terest in politics!
For a time it looked as if our Val*
leyites did not give a hoot who was
elected president and cared less
about 'ir county race? but Sat-
urday and 8unday made up for
lost time.
And by the way. our public offi-
cials have had to take a lot in the
past few months so maybe they
will appreciate our thinking and
laying that the way in which they
made it as easy as possible for the
public to pay off was mo6t com-
mendable.
Tax collectors h e a hard time
in lots of ways have to tak* a lot
of the cussing that people will emit
when they pay taxes so let's give
them a hand once in a while.
• • •
CABBAGE STILL holds our in-
terest.
We r.i* interested in seeing if—
With shipments cut down a bit.
Prices rise.
Believe they will.
Rain around the Corpus Christi
Area has curtailed a) >ping
And no cubbage v "-1 move from
that sect: until Wednesday.
Valley cutting did not stop
ml did hestitate
|Vire Inquiry is again reported
fairly heavy.
Looks like the cabbage is coming
back.
To the proud position of money
maker
Whi 't ‘t held for many weeks.
• • •
DO YOU LIKE TODAY S news
this afternoon or tomorrow morn-
ing?
We know you li‘. e it today. We
know V *- ise you and lots ol others
are taking the Herald these days
of war.
Have you noticed we are sure you
have that the Houston and San
Antonio rpers co • down here
tomorrow mornmg headlmmg the
news that you read in the Herald
this afternoon?
The upstate -morning papers’
that you read this morning were
printed yesterday alter in that's
the reason their news is about 18
hours behind your Vaiiey after-
noon newspaper.
» • •
DISARMAMENT conference gets
under way—
At Geneva—
Aa the guns roar at Shanghai
and Nanking.
Human nature is dreadful nasty
stuff
The old lady is reported as hav-
ing said.
Hate to admit it but it is true.
And being true
How can we -pec:t di «nxr ~-t
conferences to succeed
Until we first disarm human na-
| ture?
Japan with millions of popula-
tion crowrdcd on a group of small
| islands.
Needs and must have room to
grow'.
Rcom which the rest of the
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Port Isabel Work Proposal Is_Pending
FOX ADMITS
ARMY CHIEFS
STUDYPLANS
Immediate Action On
Port Looms Is
Rumored
“I am not prepared to state what
it is but there is now pending be-
fore the chief of army engineers a
proposal which may or may not
lead to some sort .of a start being
made on the Port Isabel harbor
project Immediately.** Maj. Milo P.
Fox. U. S. army district engineer
told The Herald Monday night fol-
lowing a trip of inspection of the
pass and the jetties at Brazos San-
tiago Monday.
Accompanying Maj. Fox on his
tour were Lieut. Col. John J. King-
man. assistant to the chief of
army engineers rivers and harbors
oivision of Washington; Lieut. Col.
Warren T. Hannum division en-
gineer. Gulf of yexico division of
New Orleans; Maj. Rufus Putnam
of Chicago engineer of the Port
Isabcl-San Benito navigation dis-
trict and J. B. Chambers of Har-
lingen. chairman of the Arroyo
Navigation District com sion.
‘Re-Examination’ Here
In addition to his statement on
the status of the Port Isabel har-
bor project. Maj. Fox also said that
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 UP)—
Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown chief of
army engineers said this morn-
ing that the war department was
ready to start work on the Port
Isabel harbor project Just as
soon as assurances were receiv-
ed from local interests that their
share of the financing was
available.
“Whenever they are ready to
cooperate we are ready to be-
gin.” Gen. Brown said.
Gen. Brown stated that he
understood that difficulties in
local financing have not been
fully ironed out and stated that
he had no other proposal for
immediate starting of the work
under consideration.
orders for a “re-examination'* of
the Brownsville port project liad
been received from the war depart-
ment by his office and that the
survey would begin as soon as he
was able to get in touch with the
Brownsville Navigation commission.
Speculation is rife in the Valley
legarding what action is being con-
templated by the San Benito-Port
Isabel district in view of the state-
ment made Monday night by Maj.
Fox.
J. B. Chambers Sr. chairman of
the Arroyo Navigation district com-
mission told The Herald over the
telephone this mornmg that with-
in the past two weeks advances
have been made to him by persons
represent mg the Port Isabel proj-
ect to determine whether or not the
Arroyo district would be wiUing to
advance to the San Benito-Port
Isabel district t c tunds net 'ssary
to enable the San Fenito-Port Isa-
bel district to comply with the re-
quirements laid down by the fed-
eral government." I do not believe
that the Arroyo district will ever
be willing to lake this action.” he
added.
Two Channel Ro-ites
Such advances have been made
periodically during the past six
months and have been refused by
the Arroyo district Chambers
stated.
The map < ihc port projects used
by the army engineers wh. were
in the Valley Monday is understood
to have had two channel routes
plainly marked the one veing desig-
nated'as Route No. 1 and the other
as Route No. 2.
Route No. 1 as shown t - map
is the direct Brazos Pass io
Brownsville channel route as *.u-
thorized by the act of congress ap-
propriating federal money for the
Brownsville and Port Isabel port
projects. The channr to the Port
Isabel project is a branch from tins
direct to Brownsville channel rout-
ing.
Neei* Ac* of Congress
Route No. 2 as shown on the
map displayed by the army en-
gineers leads direct to Por* Isabel
from the Brazo6 Pass with the
Brownsville channel hooking nn at
Port Isabel and proceeding from
there to the Brownsville turning
basin.
Designation of sv..h a route
would require anot er act of con-
gress and it is understoo' that ef-
forts are being made .o secure the
passage of such a bil in the pres-
ent session.
Officials of the San Benito-Port
Isabel project have tated that
there was noth‘~'* in connect n
with the Port Isabel port project to
pe made public at Urn Ume. „
QUITS IX DISGUST!
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J. Augustus Groundhog weather prophet for these many years today
quit his job in disgust though this is the day he is supposed to do his
stuff.
“I’m through." said J. Augustus. “What's the use of trying to make
predictions in a year like this when the weather has gone completely
haywire? With mid-winter sunstrokes in the east and snow in sunny
California it's got me buffaloed.
“Anyway this Groundhog Day stuff is all a lotta bunk. If I peeked
out of a hole in New York to look for my shadow this year. I'd probably
run the risk of getting my nose sun-burned; in California I'd probably
get frost-bitten. And that would never do."
Had J. Augustus been on the job today and ventured forth from hi>
hole to seek his shadow he would have found it and thus predicted six
weeks more of winter for the day was sunny.
FINANCE BODY !
BEGINS WORKj
Dawes Jones Couch Take
Oaths of Office At
Washington
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. <.*V-'The
reconstruction finance corpora-
tion officially started its duties to-
day with a forecast from one of
its officials that loans would be
going forward very shortly.
Under the glare of a score of
powerful lights. Charles Gates
Dawes president of the corpora-
tion. Jesse H. Jones of Houston and
Harvey C Couch of Pine Bluff.
Ark. toe* the oath of office as di-
rectors.
Eugr i Meyer chairman of the
board of directors. Paul Bestor
member as chairman of the fed-
eral loan bureau- and Ogden
Mills undersecretary of the trea-
sury. did not take the oath as they
already were government officials.
Wilson McCarthy of Salt Lake
City o er director appointed was
r.ot present. He lias not yet been
confirmed by the senate.
Mills said that after taking the
oath there would be an immediate
organization of the board followed
closely by actual loan-making ac-
tivities. Mills conferred for more
than an hour during the morning
with Pres. Hoover.
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MARKETS
A T GLANCE
NEW YORK
Stock* heavy; rails lead re-
action.
Bonds irregular; Japanese is-
sues weak.
Curb irregular; changes nar-
row.
Foreign exchanges irregular;
yen higher.
Cotton barely steady; easier
stock ar. ’ grain markets: Wall
street selling.
Sugar easy; easier spot market.
Coffee steady; commission
house selling.
CHICAGO:
Wheat easy; more favorable
Europea crop report.
.Corn easy; bearish Argentine
acreage estimate; poor cash
trade.
Cattle easy.
Hogs lower.
CO-OP MEMBERS
TO FIGHT BACK
Growers Obtain Counsel
To Oppose Injunction
Suits Filed
Farming members of the Rio
Grande Vegetable Cooperative as-
sociation who have been enjoined
from selling their produce In the
open market are planning to fight
back.
Six Valley growers have been
enjoined with restraining orders
issued by the 93rd district court in
Hid. igo county on petitions pre-
sented by the association.
The farmers have signed a tight
marketing agreement which pre-
vents them from selling to anyone
except the association
William N. Winnett who is
farming a 120-acre tract on the
San Bcnito-Rio Hondo highway
has employed counsel and plans
to fight the injunction Issued
against him. It is planned to file
a cross action in the 93rd court
Thursday which alleges the mar-
keting agreement is not in effect
because the association failed to
carry out its part of the agree-
ment. Specifically the petition will
allege the association failed to
provide seed potatoes called for in
the agreement.
The petition will further ask
that in case the above point is not
upheld that the association be
forced to post a larger bond than
the *500 now up on the injunction
proceeding. Winnetts counsel will
allege that the $500 bond Is not
in keeping w-ith his potato crop
estimated worth $15000 Counsel
will allege that a $15000 crop
should rfot be held up with a $500
bond
LEAGUE SAYS
JAP FIGHTING
MUST CEASE
U. S. Takes Stand Of
Good Samaritan
In Situation
GENEVA. Switzerland Feb. 2.—
i/P>—America Great Britain France
and Italy announced in brisk
military style at an extraordinary
meeting ol the League of Nations
council today that the Suio-Jap-
anese fighting must stop and they
would take immediate steps to
stop it.
J. H Thomas a British cabinet
member spoke for his country and
the United States and the Amer-
ican delegates to the disarmament
conference sat near the council
table.
Conference Delayed
That conference was delayed lor
an hour fhi'.e the council met.
When he had 1 unshed his brief
’ but emphatic declaration of poi-
icy Dino Grand! for Italy and the
French representative announced
their governments approved the
stand of Washington and London
The German delegate made a
similar cordial statement.
• War—in everything but name—
is In progress” said Mr. Thomas
•Shanghai has been the scene of
conflict in which artillery and air-
planes have taken part. To such a
I state of affairs the members of
this league cannot be indifferent.
| If we allow it to go on. the league
covenant and kindred internation-
al treaties must inevitably lose
the confidence of the world.
"It is not without significance
to the league members that the
government of the United States
holds an identical view of the
situation in all the efforts of peace
which the council has made in
the past four months.”
Jap Draws Laughter
The armies of both belligerents
must retire he asserted and a
neutral zone must be organized
under British and American super-
vision.
The British representative spoke
with tremendous emphasis and
bv his side listening quietly sat
Naotake Sato the Japanese rep-
resentative poring over a booklet
of the league covenant.
Mr Thomas finished the Ger-
man delegate said he was warning
his government of developments.
Dr. W. W. Yen thanked the council
for China and then Sato rose
reply.
The Japanese suavely express-
ed satisfaction at the ‘‘important
declarations" of the great powers
and said the plan *hey proposed
amounted to execution of the pro-
cedure already proposed by Japan.
At this there was laughter by
I some of the spectators not seated
I at the council table.
’ Sato Ignored the interruption and
read a long statement explaining
5 that the bombardment of Nanking
j was provoked by a Chinese attack
{on Japanese bluejackets.
Kellogg Pact Cited
Thomas had cited the Kellogg
: pact and the nine-power treaty.
I and presumably It was on the basis
I of these that the American gov-
ernment was co-operating with the
: other great powers.
The Anglo-American proposal to
Tokyo and Nanking which Mr.
Thomas read was:
(1) That all acts of violence and
' preparations for hostilities shall be
5 brought to an end.
<2> That In the Shanghai area
both sides shall withdraw their
troops as further protection to the
International Settlement and a
neutral zone shall be arranged.
(Continued on page 8.)
SCENE OF FAR EAST HOSTILITIES
Thus reap shows the entire area of the Orient involved In the latest
outbreak of Sino-Japanesc hostilities and the relative location of
major cities involved. While virtually all the fighting has occurred at
Shanghai Japanese cruisers were ready for action near Nanking the
Chinese capital. Japan also was attempting to move troops to Harbin
major Manchurian city.
JAP ASSAULT
CAUSES UPROAR
_
Parliament Goes Wild As
Member Flays ‘Piracy’
In China
LONDON Feb. 2. Shaggy-
haired old George Lansbury. vet-
eran labor leader created an up-
roar in the hnnsc of commons to-
day by shooting that "the Japa-
nese government has been engaged
in a piece of international piracy in
China.”
There was an uprcir from the
ministerial benches. “Withdraw!
Withdraw!" the government sup-
porters cried but Lansbury stood
his ground.
"I know my responsibilities.” he
retorted "and I have not the slight-
est intention of withdrawing."
The uproar continued until
Prime Minister MacDonald restor-
ed quiet for a moment by asserting
in acid tones that Mr Lansbury
had illustrated the inadxisability of i
permitting debate In the commons
of the Far East situation.
Lansburv declared ne wouia
seek to move an ndiournment and
force an emery —v debate tonight.
This was the first session of par-
liament after a six weeks’ recess.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Neville Chamberlain again formal-
ly proclaimed in the house of com-
mons tod-' Great Britatns policy
! of “a general cancellation of re-
parations an ' war debt;" as soon
as possible in order permanently to
settle those problems.
He said he realized a permanent
settlement was not passible at the
present t le but declared negotia- j
tions were continuing as to the date
for the postponed Lausanne repara-
tions conferen-:.
Woman Jailed
SAN ANTONIO Feb. 2. f*.—Mrs.
Vivian Neal. 23. was in jail here
after admitting she killed her hus-
band. George D. Neal 59. yester-
day. The young woman was charg-
ed with murder and her ball fix-
ed at $1500.
Mrs. Neal told officers she shot
In self defense She said her hus-
band had threatened to beat her.
Valley Grower Installs Airplane
Motors to Fight Frost Formation
The next time there is a fro6t
in this section which begins to
seem unlikely for this season one
of the most novel systems of frost
prevention In the history of the
Valiev will jet its first trial
This is a system devised by Fred
Rusteberg and his son ^red Jr.
on their large farm near Browns-
ville.
It consists of three huge air-
plane motors mounted n rotating
bases which will be set going full
blast when frost begins to fossk
ft
The motors were taken from the
old Liberty bombers used during
the World War. and have huge
wood propellors. They resemble
marine motors rather than air-
plane motors in size.
Mr. Rusteberg has a theory that
these three motors placed at ad-
vantageous places in a 100-acre
patch of beans will keep frost
from forming in the tract of land.
In order for frost to form the air
must remain still and various
jfjyipfts to taka advantage of this
fact in frost prevention have been
tried.
Last year airplanes sped over
large fields of beans In an effort
to keep off frost.
So far this season there has
been no frost but Mr Rusteberg
and his son are out watching ev-
ery time there is an indication of
frost and they will set the old
bombers roaring any time it
threatens.
The results will be watched with
mteioH ta. people ot gif) yalleft _
WAR
BULLETINS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2./TV-
The Inited states has proposed
a basis for peare to the Chinese
and Japanese governments.
It contains five principal points.
The first provides tor cessation
of ail acts of violence; secondly
no further mobilization or prepar-
ation for further hostilities; third-
ly. withdrawal of both Japanese
and Chinese combatants from all
points of mutual contact in
Shanghai; forth protection of the
Shanghai International Settlement
by establishing a neutral zone to
be policed by neutrals and fifth
prompt advances upon acceptance
of the proposals toward ne. ia-
tions to settle all outstanding con-
troversies between the two na-
tions.
PARIS. Feb. t. i/Pj—A battalion
of French troops will embark
from Haiphong. Fren h Indo-
china. aboard the cruiser Wal-
deck Rousseau for Shanghai. It
was officially announced today.
SASEBO. Japan. Eeb. 2. (fP—
The cruiser Tatsuta arrived trom
Shanghai today bringing the
bodies of 20 Japanese bluejackets
who were killed in the fighting
there and I* wounded. >olemn
Buddhist funeral rites for the dead
were held and attended by a
large crowd.
TOKYO. Feb. 2. (A1 — Dispatches
received here this afternoon tell-
ing of the opening of the new
battle at shanghai said Chinese
had set fire to the Japanese dis-
trict of llongkew in the Interna-
tional Settlement and that a large
section of it was burning.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. iP-
Thr Navy was advised today that
Japanese patrolling of tiritish
and American se tors of the In-
ternational settlement would be
discontinued.
London Feb. 2—VF—'The Great
Northern Cable company an-
nounced this evening that a
it nsorship had been imposed on
cablegrams from China.
SHANGHAI. Feb. 3. fwWed-
nesday!—Reports circulated early
today said that the International
Settlement defense council com-
posed of various foreign military
remmanders had communicated
to Japanese authorities a protest
over the alleged independent
military action of the Japanese
within the settlement.
Beach Highway
Work Under Way
Construction work on that part
of the Brazos Island highway from
the southern tip to the Del Mar
development has been started. Col.
Sam Robertson announced.
Col. Robertson is head of the
corporation which is developing
this road The road la being built
along the top of Brazos Island and
will be extended all the way to
the northern end of the tslant
eventually. It will have a clay base
With an atphal; top. ^-—
MAJOR BATTLE
ON; CHINESE
OFFERFIGHT
Foreign Settlement
Shaken By Roar <
Of Heavy Guns ^
SHANGHAI. Wednesday Peb. j
*—(&)—A sullen silence had fallen
upon the ruins of Chapel today
after a sharp artillery duel on
Tuesday during which neither
Side appeared to have gained any
material advantage.
The Japanese claimed a victory
in the artillery exchange but the
Chinese command only repeated
their blunt statement:
“We intend to drive the enemy
out of Chinese territory.”
Chapei caught lire again from
the failing shells and the d&rknesa
was pierced by flame* licking at
the handful of b iddings left In the
area.
The firing began Tuesday about
6:30 p. m. when the Japanese
opened up with machine guns and
what sounded like field artillery.
The Chinese replied with machine
guns and trench mortars.
It didn t last long but the Chi-
nese fell back. The Japanese did
j not pursue. Later the Japanese
said they had been firing on strong
defense works discovered by their
air scouts.
SHANGHAI. Feb. 2_<T* — Two
thousand Japanese bluejackets be-
gan a general advance on th«
Chapel sector thi. afternoon after
a heavy artillery barrage. The bat^
tie of machine gun® and the roar
: of artillery was continuous as
j bluejackets advanced and the Chi-
SHANGHAI. Feb 2—<**>— A
report to naval officials here
today said the United States
flag^nip Houston with Admiral
Taylor aboard was making fast
time on her tnp from Manila
and would reach Shanghai to-
j morrow noon.
Four destroyers were trailing
the flagship the report said.
The United States destroyer
Edsel which axsrived from Man-
ila yesterday refuelled and
left for Hankow today.
nese forces centered In the Chapel
area resisted the attack.
The Chinese used stokes and
mortars for artillery. The Japa-
nese continued their light artihery
bombardment as well as the ma-
| chine gun fire The whole had
' every appearance of a major en-
j gagement.
Warships tiring
The explosions of the guns shook
the entire foreign settlement lead-
ing to the belief the Japanese were
using heavy ordnance which it
was thought must be the guns on
the warships in the lower river.
The Chinese mortars continued
to belch a noisy reply to the Jap-
anese shelling.
The bombardment followed a
long air reconnaissance by Japanese
planes which struck terror into
the hearts of both foreigners and
Chinese. The filers landed without
any apparent action however. Ob-
servers said they believed they
were taking extensive photographs
of Chapel
Earlier in the day the Chinese
issued a flat statement declaring
they would oppose any further
Japanese attacks within Chapel
but they would be careful to re-
frain from touching the foreign
settlement
Chinese refugees panicky over
tl 3 new Japanese move turned in
a human torrent Into the city dur-
ing the day. aggravating a situa-
tion that already was serious
enough Humor arid tragedy were
mingled In the stampede.
Evacuate Japanese
The Chinese officials reassured
the foreigners when they an-
nounced they would not enter the
foreign concessions south of Soo-
chow creek. If it became necessary
they said they would enter the
Hongkew section where the Jap-
anese are headquartered other-
wise their aperations would be con*
fined to the Chapel sector.
The Japanese announced they
intended to evacuate all Japanese
women and children from the city
Feb. 5 and this with a report th(*
planned to bring in two division*
of additional troops increased the
alarm of foreign resldenta.
Anxiety was felt today regard-
ing the whereabouts of Henry
Benson Currie described as * Can-
adian Journalist who entered the
Chapel area Sunday carrying *
British union Jack to bring out
i the mother of a Chinese friend
i He has been mum wm Suhday
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