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THE WEATHER CHEERY EARFUL
„_ . s. _ „ . The railroad shops of the Jana-
Brownsville and the Valley: In- __T.nM.„
creasing cloudiness and wanner ^lai1 ^ac *c Railwajs were reop*n-
' Tuesday night; Wednesday partly «d throughout Canada firing em- ■
cloudy u> cloudy and warmer proto- ployment to 20000.
ably with local showers.
vj FORTY-FIRST YEAR_No. 197 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUJ/'DAY FEBRUARY 21 1933 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 6c A COPT
IN OUR1
VALLEY
> - _H=—*
PLANTING OP THESE PALMS
which axe beautifying and which
will continue to beautify Valley
high* ays-
Seems to have been just the be-
ginning of the trouble.
At Harlingen the Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Recently organized.
Is putting its members to work on
the water wagon.
A place where they may or may
not feel at home.
At San Benito and Brownsville
main trouble has been to get the
water wagons around in tune
But the work has been progess- j
mg.
In these two cities the unemploy-
ad have b put to work.
On the water wagon
And are paid from the RFC
“made work” money.
Main thing is to get the palmo
watered.
Especially must we care lor those
planted on the highways.
Out of the city limits.
Keep them going for a year.
Until they have time to take
root and catch hold.
CANDIDATES FO*'. CONGRESS
are no different than candidates
for other office*.
They follow* the same lines of
strategy namely to claim every-
thing . nd hope for the best.
Milton West yesterday was out
with a statement expressing the be-
lief that he stood an excellent
chance ol being nominated in the
first primary.
Shortly alter we had a little talk
with Col. Chas. R. Tips who told
us that Milton was right about
there being a need lor but one pri-
mary. but that he was wrong ou
the man. Col. Tip* thinks he has a
most fine chance ol putting the race
in the bag in the first primary*.
And this morning Gordon Griffin
comes back to the Valley after a
trip through the north and west
ends of the district and confides
in us that his block of Hidai^o
county votes added to what he is
going to get here and there
throushoui the district may put
him over in the first primary and
eliminate the need ol a run-off.
^^Thats three out ol the nine can-
yf'.idates who have expressed them-
selves and we have no doubt but
that the rest ol the pack will p>*ov
just as optimistic when we get a
chain.:: to talk to them.
One thing wc are wondcruig is
this congress race going to prove
like our Cameron county primaries
little surface interest apparent to be
followed by a whale of a big vote
on election da>?
• .
AND TODAY IS 1HF 22ND
birthdav ol the city of McAllen.
Takes u* back to the day* when.
Which we like to run over in re-
trospect
But which as we do remind us
That as McAllen is getting old-
er
So are we.
• • •
WFSLACO CHAMBER OF COM-
mercc an*v il banquet u> one of
those Valley institutions which
grows and grows.
May have trouble Retting people I
to take an interest m their chain- 1
ber ol commerce in other enta- \
mum ties but not so at Weslaco.
Whether it is because S M Pat-
terson keepo the mterest up in his
people or the people keep Pat on
the go. we cannot say.
Fact remains that all of Weslaco
will be out to the annual banquet
tonight fire-eater Dave Kirgan will
make a speech and everybody will
hair a real good time.
Mid come away enthused more
ever over the possibilities of
^slaco and glowing with Just a
little more pride over the accom-
plishments of the past.
• • •
MORE THAN ONE RACKET BE-
ing exploited in the Valley rigli.
now.
Last one is the old. old gag.
Of an overenthusiastic new>p.»|}cr.
Telling a protective advertiser
to come across in a big wav.
Or. well investigate and raise
hell wif*i our company.”
Takes cne back to the good old
days' of journalism.
Win n the news columas ol a pap-
er had tfr ir content guided entire-
ly by the advertising columns.
TWO FINED
Jose Lopez was fined $25 and costs
in Jus. of the Peace Bertram Com-
be’s court Tuesday when found
guilty of theft. Jose Moreno also i
wait fined $1 and costs when -on-
vtcted of a simple assault Moreno
pleaded not guilty. 1
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Japan Rushes Big Drive While League Delays
PLANES BEGIN
BOMBARDMENT
ALONGJOUTE
Chinese Offer Futile
Resistance To
‘Big Push1
'By the Associated Press)
Japan’s carefully planned invas-
ion of the province of Jehol ap-
pears to be under way. but the Lea-
gue of Nations anxious that noth-
ing be left undonr if the dispute in
Manchuria can be settled without
more fighting has delayed unt:l
Friday final action on its Manchur-
ian report.
Town Captured
Tokyo had word from Chinchow.
In southern Manchuna that Japa-
nese troops marched Into Jehol.
captured the town ol Nanling swept
eight .‘.lies further to occupy lou-
peiyingtzu. and kept on going to-
ward Peiptao terminus of the rail-
road line from Chinchow The dis-
patches brought no detail but cp-
parentlv the Chinese resistance if
anv was futile.
Simultaneously Japanese plines
bombed Chinese camps near Kailu.
another city in northern Jehol.
Prepare Vlttmatnm
Shanghai learned that the rcv* J
eminent of Manehukuo had prepar-
ed an ultimatum for delivery to
Cliang HsiaoJJang and the v*n-
king government on Thursday de
mandmg complete evacuation ut
Jehol.
At Geneva the league went
through with It schedule submit-
ting the Manchurian report tp a
special session of the league as
sembly. which adjourned without
discussion after agreeing to debate |
the report on Friday The Japa-
nese delegation reiterated that the
renort was objectionable to Tokyo
and might result in Japan's seces-
sion from the league.
JAPS \\ IN
BLOODY BATTLE
CHINCHOW. Manchuria. Feb. 21.
i4*—japan's mighty war mar!unn
rolled into Jehol province turtey
after a sanguinary battle on the
border.
Many Chinese were slain at Ch«-
oyangssii. a Jeliol village about 30
miles west of here and their dt- |
feated comrades fled northward.
The main Japanese force pressing
westward from here was at the gates
of Nanling today. Peipiao. terminus
of a railway from here was expect-
ed to be occupied shortly there-
after without serious opnosition by ]
Chinese defenders.
Claim Chinese Attack
Then the Japanese army will be
ready to strike at Chaoyang the !
second largest city of Jehol ao ml j
tContinued oh Page Two)
EDWARDS CASE
PUSHED HERE
Local Officials Confer *
With San Patricio
Authorities
Disk Atty. D. S. Purl and Sheriff
W. F Brown began taking step*
Tuesday to dfemitcly determine
what is to be done tn the ease of
Edward Edwards former Cameron
county commissioner who has been
a fugitive since 1924
Edwards du>ap|>eared alter appeal-
ing a 5 to 20 year sentence impos-
ed for the death of John Light-
bourn at Port Isabel. He gave him-
self up at San Francisco recently
and is now with relatives in Corps
Christi.
Purl and Brown are of the opin-
ion that jurisdiction in the matter
is m San Patricio county where he
was convicted. Thcv planned to set
in touch with San Patricio authori-
ties today to determine just what
is to be done in the case.
The district attorney's office at
Corpus Christt was conferring with
San Patricio officers Tuesday after-
noon.
Posses Hunt Fugitives
WACO Feb. 21 —T— Strong
jiosses with bloodhounds fodaT
searched hills west of Lampasas
for two men believed to be Tru-
man Timberlake and Fred Jen-
nings. convicts who overpowered »
sheriff and deputy and escaped
here Sunday night.
The men stole an automob!?*
here last night and were shot at
five times by police in Temple. A.
R. Har\*y. sheriff of Lampasas
and a posse jumped the men early
today east of Lampasts but they
tr.-h to the hills when th«* tires
c their aut tv’’ we e ..tot off.
They were chased away from rail-
road tracks just before dawn.
t-
Texas Cowboy
Rides Steer
ToN.Y.
NEW YORK Feb. 21. <;p>—Tex
McDaniel cowboy who explained
with a grin that he had ridden
a longhorn steer all the wav from
Barker Texas. to win “fame and
for novelty and a big time" ar-
rived on Broadway today—two
days ahead of his steer.
He had left •Barker" the steer
in Yonkers. N. Y. he said while
he came ahead to arrange to have
the animal’s 52-inch horns mani-
cured and its tail waved in anti-
cipation of a journey down the
“great white way’’ and on to the
city hall.
‘*1 reckon it’ll be a couple of
days before we get down here-
topether.” he said "on account of
the traffic. ’Barker' can't make
more than 12 or 16 miles a day at
best and m traffic he’s slower."
The cowboy who appeared in
high-heeled boots corduroy trous-
ers. dark blue silk shirt with red
buttons leather jacket and ®x-
tra-wide sombrero said he was
also going ajxmt measuring the
doors on airplanes.
“If I can get one with a door
wide enough to let ’Barkers’
horns in.” he said "we're going to
fly to Washington to see Jack
Gamer and the inauguration. And
then I expect to go to London
maybe and Paris."
MAYOR CERMAK
OVER CRISIS
Mrs. Gill's Improvement
Termed Remarkable
By Physicians
MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 21. MA—Dr
Karl Meyer of Chicago stated to-
day that- Mayor Oermak has def-
initely passed t|<e crisis attending
his critical wounding during an at-
tempt on the life of Pres.-Elect
Roosevelt.
Dr. Meyer made his statement aft-
er a short yisit to the hospital
room of the Chicago mayor.
“The wound in Mayor Cermak's
right lung has healed and the lung
has expanded to normal again.” he
stat'C. explaining that recession of
a lung as occurred in the case ol
Mayor Cermak. is usual whenever
It is punctured but that such re-
cession was regarded by physicians
in this case as unimportant.
“The liver Is back to normal.
There is no inciKation of any com-
plication.' Dr. Meyer continued.
"I a:n convinced that the crisis
hat definitely passed. Of course we
cannot foresee what might develop.
"There is no indication of pneu-
monia. The only adverse develop-
ments that might occur now would
be those that might occur in any
man 60 years of age.”
Mrs Joe H Gill of Miami. il-*>
seriously wounded bv bullets Gius-
eppe Zangara fin'd in an att'.npt
to assassinate the president-elect
was reported as having a -quit*
comfortable night ” Hospital auth-
orities said the improvement in her
condition durint the last three days
was ‘ remarkable.”
Outsiders Banned
From Road Hearing
AUSTIN. Feb. 21— ‘T'-The sen-
j>te committee investigating the
Texas highway department has
invoked stringent rules to prevent
a recurrence of any demonstration
snni’ar to the one in which Sen
Walter Woodward of Coleman hit
J P Hair. San Antonio attorney
with a heavy glass water pitcher.
A motion to exclude attorneys
and all “outsiders'’ except ir.em
btrs of the attorney general's de
partment was carried at t.ic sug-
gestion of Senator Will D Pace of
Tyler after yesterday's fight
Student Ousted
HOUSTON. Feb 21.—<Pt— An
investigation into activities of th»
Pi Beta fraternity today caused
acting Dean N. K Dupre of th*»
Houston junior college to suspend
cr.e student and threaten disciplin-
ary measures against others no*;
conforming to regulations of the
college forbidding fraternities.
Initiation ceremonies of the
fraternity in which four freshmer
last Friday night were reauired to
attend classes and a class recep-
t on wearing “shorts'’ was responsi-
ble for the investigation. Dupre
said.
Take Guilty Pleas
The criminal district court was to
begin taking pleas of guilty Tues-
day afternoon after having devoted
Monday to trial of divorce suits. A
large number of guilty pleas are ex-
pected to be taken before Judge
Geo. C. Westervelt.
Jury’ trials are scheduled to get
und«r Tty next week. Two jury’
panels o* en each have been drawn
in preparetion for the two weeks of
jury trials. ^ i
VALLEY AUTO
WRECKS TAKE
HEAVY TOLL
One Killed Four Hurt
In Accidents Sunday
And Monday
One death and four injuries
were the toll taken by traffic ac-
cidents and a fire in the Lower
Valley Sunday and Monday.
J. Prentiss Ay cock. Pannersvillc
produce buyer who has been work-
ing in the Ravmomfville section
v as almost instantly lulled Mon-
cay afternoon when his car locked
wheels with a car driven by Juan
Rocha near the concrete pipe plant
on the Brownsville—San Benito
highway. Ted Green of Raymond-
ville and Joe Carver of Farmers-
ville were occupants of the Aycock
car and were severely injured
Chest Is Crushed
Aycock. traveling toward Browns-
ville. attempted to pass the Rocha
car. and locked wheels when he
started to cut in investigating of-
ficers eay. The Fannersvlile car
swerved into the ditch and turn-
ed over end on end. several times.
Aycock s chest was crushed by the
steering wheel and he was dead
before assistance arrived
Green and Carver were rushed
to the Mercy hospital. Greens
condition docs not appear to be
serious while Carver’s exact con-
cision has not been determined.
The men appeared too badly dazea
after the wTeck and have been
ur.able to give coherent stone*
concerning the affair.
Rocha and Felix Tijerina. th*j
ether occupant of the Rocha ca:.
were uninjured. The youths mad.
written statements in the sheriff's
office Tuesday morning. They as-
serted that the Aycock car cut in
♦oc quickly after attempting to pass
them. Their statement was cor-
roborated by information obtained
Ironi a motorist who was behind
the Rocha car.
Aycock's body was taken to Alice
Tuesday morning by the Hinkle?
Funeral home. A Farmersville un-
dertaker was to take the bod?
there. Little information could be
obtained concerning Aycock. but
he is known to have been a sub-
stantial citizen of Farmersville.
lather Probes Wreck
He and Carver have been tu
Fiavniondville buying onion “sets”
to be sent to Farmersvile. Their
firm works with growers m me
Payinondville section Greens fath-
er came here Tuesday morning
end spent some time in investigat-
ing the w-reck and his son’s condi-
tion
F. DeLahoussay of New Orleans
received a crushed spine and in-
ternal injuries in Harlingen Mon-
day morning when his truck coi-
1 ded with a car driver by Bill
Winters first assistant firr chiei.
DeLahoussay was riding with J P.
Weeks.
Mrs. W. E. Vondera of San Ben-
ito was severely burned at hei
home Sunday night when a stove
exploded Mrs. Vondera was burn-
er about the arms and from the
waist down when flames envelop-
ed her as she applied a match to
kerosene saturated wood causing
fumes to explode.
Texas Robber
Suspect Shot
BEAUMONT. Frb. 31. ufV-While
trying to escape from officers who
had arrested h*" as a suspected
bank ;»nd Ial # ler. B O. Bkfdell
Jr. was shot twice and seriously
wounded la.'t night.
Whipping a pistol out of a should-
er holster officers had overlooked.
Biddell ordered his captors who
were in the front seat of a car. to
“keep driving ” Sheriff Hoir.er
French turned quickly and fired
twice the bullets hitting Biddell in
the chest and left arm.
Kidnaping Wave
Prediction Made
DENVER. Frb 21 <.r—Police
Chief Albert T. Clark today pre-
dicted a wave of kidnaping in Den-
ver and Colorado if payment cf
$60000 ransom is made to the kid-
napers of Charles Boettcher. 2nd.
The wealthy. pioneer Colorado
family through Claude K. Boettch-
er. the victim's father broke with
police and refused to reveal notes
and tokens they said they had rea-
son to believe came from the 31-lyr.-
old broker and his captors The eld-
er Boettcher announcer* he would
henceforth act tnricprndr*tj of
officers.
LEGS INSURED
_
And sunny Italy offers this proof
• and who would argue with the
Judges?* m Stgnorina Lea Ri-
yelli. who has been judged the
shapliest revue girl in the na-
tion. Her legs are insured against
injury.
GROWERSJOiT
ORGANIZATION
260 Farmers Of Rio Hondo
Section Join County
Price Drive
• Special to The Herald*
SAN BENITO. Feb. 21. -Growers
of the Rio Hondo area came into
the Cameron County Producers' as-
sociation at a meeting at Rio Hon-
do Monday night at which more
than 260 growers pledged to with-
hold crops until such time as mini-
mum market prices set by growers
should be met.
Growers were present from Rio
Hondo. Lantana. and north anct
south Brown Tract.
The Briggs-Colcman tract with-
rew from the R; » Hondo organiza-
tion and established s unit of its
ow n. Ol fleet s of the Briggs-Co!e-
man organization are as follows:
Fred C. Rice chairman: J. F Tur-
ner. secretary; James Marshal cap-
tain; and Bob Conde. director.
Oflicers of the Rio Hondo organ-
ization are: Ed Alter chairman;
Bob Swartwont. secretary; and A.
J. McCarthy captain and director.
Col C. W. Hill and Max Xel-
man attended the Rio Hondo meet-
ing from San Benito.
LA KERIN GROWERS
NAME OFFICIALS
• Special to The Herald)
LA FFRIA Feb. 21. -Three hun-
dred and forty growers of this dis-
trict elected officials ol a local
Growers’ association here last night
when the following officers weie
elected:
Chinn. Georg** stoier; secretary.
J. E. Robinson.
INVESTIGATING BODY
TO MEET SACRDAY
• Special to The Herald'
SAN BENITO. Frb. 21.-Members
of the Investigating Committee of
the Cameron County Growers* as-
sociation will meet here Saturday
at 4 p m to report on the week s
check-up on cooperation between
shippers and growers in the drive
to raise prices.
The special committee was o*-
ganized here last week for the pur-
pose of checking activities and re-
porting on cooperation each we -k.
Horwitz Conviction
Affirmed By Court
NEW ORLEANS. Feb 21. ffn-
The United State.- fifth circuit
court of appeals here yesterday af-
firmed a judgment from the South-
ern Texas district affecting two
men from south Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Horwitz. Man-
uel C Guerra. Milton G- Hall and
Manuel B. Gonzales recently were
found guilty on charges of conspir-
acy to use the United States mails
to circulate letters and instruments
pertaining to a radio lottery. Only
two of those convicted. Horwitz and
Guerra appealed.
OHMART LOSES
ATTEMPT TO
CANCEL BOND
Hartzell It Denied
Hearing In
Iowa
An effort to have cancelled the
first $5000 bond posted by Lester C.
Ohmart. San Benito man charged
with use of the mails to defraud in
connection with the “Drake estate.”
was denied here Monday attemoon
by Federal Judge Boynton.
Ohmart was placed under a $o-
000 bond when first given an ex-
amining trial before U. S. Comnir.
E. K. Goodrich. Later the federal
authorities placed him under an ad-
ditional So.000 bond when they ob-
tained informatioin that Ohmart
was planning to leave this secticn.
Polk Homaday attorney for the
San Benito man said Ohmart was
embarrassed by being placed under
arrest late in the afternoon when
he was unable to made the addi-
tional bond. He asserted that Oh-
mart was forced to remain in .tail
overnight because of this and was
subjected to embarassing newspap-
er publicity as a result. U. S. Atty.
Carlos Watson suggested that th?
government would be glad to drop
the two $5000 bonds and imrose
one of $12500.
HARTZELL DENTED
IOWA HEARING
SIOUX CITY la. Feb. 21. .'Pi—
O&car M. Hartzell. Drake esidt'*
promoter confined in t he county tail
here will start habeas corpus pro-
ceedings in an effort to secure his
liberty and bring about a dismis-^al
of the federal charge of using the
mails to defraud.
U. S Commr. J. W. Hubbard de-
nied Hartzell a hearing and set his
bond at $10000. Commr. Hubbard
held that Hartzell waived his right
to a commissioner's hearing when
he consented to come to Iowa with
federal officers without a hearing
in New York.
The '‘dense contended that Hart-
zell only waived his right to a tem-
missioner's hearing insofar as It af-
fected his removal to the northern
Iowa district of federal court. The
habeas corpus action will be b'loed
partly on this point but the prin-
cipal contention will be that the
federal court has no jurisdiction
over the defendant. The defense
claims that Hartzell could not com-
mit a crime in the U. S. while living
m England.
Foreclosure Ban
Bill Engrossed
AUSTIN. Fob 21 — P—The Tex-
as house ol representatives today
engrossed a bill to extend the tini*
for foreclosure of mortgages on
homesteads foi one year. The vote
on engrossment was 79 to 31.
A motion to suspend the rules to
allow final passage of the bill
immediately failed to muster a
four-fifths majority and the bill
will come tip in regular order on
third reading on the next legislative
oay.
Mattern To Make
Test Hop Tomorrow
NEW YORK Feb 21.—'4V
James Mattern. who tried to fly
aiound the world last summer and
who plans to try again this year
.•’rnounced today that he would
take off at 4 it. m tomorrow on a
non-stop flight from Floya Beti-
nett field to San Angelo. Tex. a
distance of 1650 miles.
The flight will be the firs*-
serious test of the new Century or
Progress winch contains some
parts of the original plane whicu
cracked up in Russia on the world
flight last year.
Texans To Observe
Numerous Holidays
AUSTIN. FVb. 21.— Pi— Got.
Miriam A. Ferguson today issued
proclamations calling on Texans
to observe Washington's birthday
Arbor Day and Texas Week the
latter in commemoration of Texas
independence.
Tne Washington's birthday ana
Arbor Day pronouncements were
combmed. Each falls on next Wed-
nesday. February 26 to March 4
was set aside as Texas week.
Rotary Postpones
Weekly Meeting
The regular Wednesdav r.oon
meeting of the Brownsville rotary
club has been postponed from Wed-
nesday to Thursday in observance
of Washington’s birthday it was an-
nounced today.
Thursday at noon the club will
observe the anniversary of Rotary
and Washington’s birthday. The
program will be under direction of
Emmett Dodd. . „
Princess Of
Monaco Gets
Divorce
MONTE CARLO Feb. 21—</P)
—The hereditary Princess Char-
lotte and Prince Pierre of Monaco
have been divorced it was of-
i.cially announced today.
Priucess Charlotte received the
consent of her father Prince
Louis of Monaco last January to
a divorce frorr Pierre. The di-
vorce. however could not be of-
ficially declared until it hat*
been passed upon by French
authorities.
Princess Charlotte and Prince
Pierre w’ere separated in 1930.
TUCKER MAKES
$10000 BOND
Former Merchant National
Official To Begin
Term Morch 2
E. J. Tucker former official of
the Merchants’ National bank who
was convicted here Monday of mak-
ing false entries in reports to the
comptroller of currency has made
$10000 bond pending March 2 when
he is to report to the U. S. marshal
to begin serving his sentence.
Tucker was sentenced to 15
months in the Industrial Reforma-
tory at Chillicothe Ohio fined $1-
000 and was given a two-year sus-
I pended sentence on his plea of
guilty to six counts in the 12-count
indictment. Tucker's new apnear-
ancc bond was signed by Clyde
Tandy and D. F. Leftwich.
Judge Charles A. Boynton in sen-
tencing Benito Longoria. Jr. who
pleaded guilty to the same counts
made a recommendation to the Sec.
of Labor that Longoria not be de-
! ported.
The defendant is a Mexican citi-
zen and in ordinary course of law
would be deported after conviction
! of a felony. However there is a
provision that the court can make
recommendation that this law not
be enforced as was done in Lon-
goria's case.
He was fined $.500 and given a
two-year suspended sentence in the
Chlllicothe Reformatory. Lcngorii
already has paid the line. The for-
mer bank employe is to make reg-
ular reports to the U S. probation
officer here.
The federal court completed Its
short term Tuesday morning after
imposing sentences in four small
liquor and immigra'ion cases.
Nine Women
Hurt In Clash
LOUISVILLE. K.v. Feb 21 — A'—
Nine women were injured and
eight arrested in h clash todwv be-
tween approximately 200 women
and girls employes and lormer
employes of Sherman and Sons
ilothing manufacturing plant here.
Mrs. Minnie Yager. 45. who was
knocked unconscious was the most
seriously hurt The other after
being given medical attention wyn
tcund not seriously hurt. Squads
ot police answering a riot call
broke up the fighting that result-
ed in arrests charging assault and
I battery.
Child Hidden After
Kidnaping Threatened
NEW YORK Feb 21.—(-Pi-
Murder and kidnaping threat*
have driven the mother of little
I.ucy COtton Thomas. $36.000-a-year
heiress to hide the child upstate.
Ever since a judge ruled' recent-
ly that the 7-year-old girl must
worry along on $3000 a month
iTom her fathers estate mstead o!
the $3800 asked on her behan.
cranks and criminals have delugeu
her home with demands for money
her mother said yesterday.
One note demanded $100000 anu
another asked $50000 on pain in
Hdnapiftg said the mother now
Mrs. Lucy Cotton Thomas Magraw.
Shooting Confessed
ST. LOUIS. Feb 21—P—Clar-
ence Floydi Dailey under life
sentence for the murder ol Eldridgw
K King automobile salesman torn
Sheriff Philip Deuser of St. Louis
county last night that he fired tn-
shot that killed King and tha;
John Weldon Dial young Texan
was innocent of the shooting.
Dial was acquitted here last wee*
of the murder and has gone home
to his parents at Lakaview. Tex.
C. a DIRECTORS MEET
Directors of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce will meet in
regular session at the chamber ot
commerce building tonight.
STATES RUSH
MEASURESFOR
FIRSTHONORS
Drys Promise Heated
Fights As Wets
Confident
AUSTIN. Feb. 21.—— Sen*
George Purl of Dallas and Walter
Woodward of Coleman introduced
a bill in the Texas senate today
.to provide for selection of dele-
gates in the primaries and gen-
eral election of 1934 to a state
convention to consider ratifica-
tion of repeal of the 18tb amend-
ment.
Sen. Woodward said) the pur-
pose of the bill was to give the
people of Texas a referendum
vote on the question of prohibi-
tion repeal. Candidates for dele-
gates to the convention would be
on the same ticket with candi-
dates for office.
Woodward stated! that the
method proposed by Sen. Purl
and himself would prevent the
“knock down drag out” confusion
that probably would be attend-
ant on many precinct araf coun-
ty conventions.
-_
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. .*>>—
Fifteen states spurred on by a de-
sire to be first today definitely had
set out on the road toward repeal
of the prohibition amendment a
few hours after congress put the
question before them.
Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his
encouragement within a few mo-
ments after the house had spoken
with a 15 vote margin to let the
people decide whether prohibition
should prevail as the law of the land
after 13 years of trial and contro-
versy.
legislature* in Seesion
But with his expressed gratifica-
tion at the action of the house in
concurring with the senate the
president-elect interpolated a fur-
ther hope that the present congress
in its dying days would fulfill an-
other democratic platform pledge by
legalizing beer.
Enough legislatures are in ■'es«
sion new to set up the conventions
necessary to strip all liquor legisla-
tion from the constitution except
that provided for in the new amend-
ment-protection for dry states
against importation of intoxicants.
Forty-two legislatures are now
meeting and two more—California
and Florida-convene in the spring.
Only four—Louisiana. Mississippi.
Virginia and Kentucky—will not
meet for a year or more.
There v.as every indication how-
ever that ratification by the ne*es-
sary 36 states within seven years
would not come without furious re-
; sistance from dry organizations.
They immediately answered the
echo of the 289 to 121 vote in the
house with a call to rally and
fight to the finish'* in the states.
Congress which first thought it
had dismissed the problem by vot-
ing for ratificat1 i bv state con-
1 \entions instead of legislatures as
has been customary in the past
i found itself still in possession of a
; difficulty.
('i nventions Are Problem*
Constitutional authorities were
split as to whether the state legis-
latures or congress should provide
for setting up the convention
machinery.
Such eminent students of con-
stitutional law as Rep. Bees. »
Pennsylvania republican and for-
mer solicitor general and A. Mit-
chell Palmer former democratic at-
torney general took opposing views
with the lattei insisting that the
power belonged to congress.
Rep. LaGuardia <R.. N. Y.i and
• Chmn. Sumners of the house Judi-
ciary committee promptly introduc-
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