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THE WEATHER 1
Brownsville and the Valley: Part- |
' ly cloudy Tuesday night and Wed- '
nesday; not much change in tem-
perature.
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—No. 267
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUESDAY APRIL 24 1934 TEN PAGES TODAY
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FINAL
MARKETS
6c A COPY
I
IN OUR
VALLEY!
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WE MIGHT AS WELL FACE
a few of the facts on this relief
situation down here in the Val-
ley—
Particularly on the projects which
are to be carried out a* relief pro-
jects.
Take just Cameron county for
instance.
Estimating rather roughly this
county’s part of expenditures which
are proposed would run something
like this:
Drainage. $1000000.
Schools. $200000.
Unfinished projects. $100000.
Highways (if our part of the $8.-
900.000 becomes a reality) probably
$1000000.
• • •
THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF
$2300000.
Now let's see what we have in
the way of available labor—
Judge Cunningham estimate* that
we have the equivalent of 400 men
available for 8 hours work a day.
At 30 cents an hour that means
we can spend in this country on
labor $57600 a month
And projects are approved for
only 60 days which means that we
can spend $115200 on a project.
• • •
WE MAY AS WELL FACE THE
facts on this situation.
What unquestionably will happen
is this—
The unfinished projects will be
finished.
The schools will be repaired and
rebuilt—
\ And possibly a little other odds
ami ends will be handled.
^But as for building the Kenedy
county road with relief labor from
adjoining counties—
The idea Just doesn’t hold water.
• • •
WE READ WITH INTERE8T IN
Dr. O 8. Leitchs Riviera Cacklei
some further comments on that
Kenedy county road.
Dr. Leitch refreshes our memory
on some statements made way back
in 1932
By James E. Ferguson.
We remember it seems a tele-
gram from Jim to his suppoiurs
down here in the Valley.
In which he promised all sorts
of things about that road. He was
going to build it within a year-
open up that fine highway to the
Valley people.
Well. Jim you're stil. governor
How about it?
WWW
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BE-
grnning to make reservation* lor the
First Annual Valley Tarpon Ro-
deo-
Dr. J. A. Hockaday at Port Isabel
informes us.
Boats are going to be brought
down from Port Aransas. Corpus
Christl and other places—
And a lot ol big shots’ in the
business world in many parts of
the country will come.
Port Isabel chamber of commerce
Is arranging to bring the boat*.
• • •
HERES HOW TO GET MONEY
from a bank without security we
are inlormed by an industrious lo-
cal man—
• Barrow ’ it.
• • •
REAL "OLD TIMERS ’ IN THIS
county are those who came before j
the railroad—
8uch a pioneer was W. A. Rut-
ledge who died Sunday.
Mr. Rutledge came in 1904.
And made Brownsville hi* home
during the sO years since that tune.
Men of his type battled through
the pioneering days of the city.
_• • •
OUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN
gently called to the fact that the
Southern Pacific does not go to
Mission—
Which of course we knew but
just slipped up on in the story in
The Herald Sunday about the South-
ern Pacific repainting and other-
wise repairing its building*.
And also our memory wa* refresh-
ed on the fact that the Southern
Pacific's shops are at Victoria—not
at Kingsville.
We stick to the point however—
That the Southern Pacific is
spending more money in the Val-
ley.
Which is a good thing—signs of
better times.
• • •
WE RE GOING TO BUY THE
hirst newspaper we see that doesn't
auve a headline about Dillinger or
Barrow-
Just come right out and buy it—
That 1*1 one copy of *
Dillinger Believed to Have Fled from Woods
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ROADGUARDS
FAIL TO FIND
NO. 10UTLAW
Scores of Officers
Keep Watch In
Wisconsin
—
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MERCER. Wis.. Apnl 24 «£*>—
Through the wooden wilds of the
north country freshly white with
snow an army of determined men
hunted big game Tuesday—John
Dillinger.
Crafty as a lox and ruthless as
the wolf that sometimes prowls the
brush-snarled timber land* of
northern Wisconsin.' the gunman
from Indiana continued to elude one
of the most extensive manhunts the
northlands ever have known.
Takes Last Stand?
“Dillinger luck'* was holding but
the feeling was strong among the
hunters that John Dillinger—cop-
! killer bank robber highwayman and
i Jail fugitive—was very close to his
! last stand.
The government had nearly 100
picked men on the job. Some of
them were drafted from points as
distant as Philadelphia and Wash-
ington. Many airplanes dropped
from the skies bringing reenforce-
ments.
The department of justice men
were under orders to shoot to kill.
The sentiment was openly express-
ed that Dillinger dead woutd be
more desirable to the forces of law
than Dillinger alive. The memory
of the outlaw's latest victim—a gov- i
eminent agent slain as Diliir.ger
blasted his way from a tavern near
here Sunday night—was not cal-
culated to encourage the officers to
take any chances with the heavily
armed desperado and his gang of
criminals.
Trail Grows Cold
Dillinger was believed hiding eith-
er In this northwoods country- or to
have taken refuge in one of several
hideouts he is believed to have ore- !
pared in the twin cities of Minnea-
polis and St. Paul.
The casualty list from Sunday •
night's two gun fights remained 1
(Continued On Page Two)
Hearing Held In
Harlingen Shooting
(Special to Tile Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 24.— Justice
tf the Peace Will G. Fields Tues- :
aay was holding a court of inquiry
into the fatal wounding of Manuel
mas here Friday night by Joe
Alvarez a special city officer. Th?
justice indicated that he would
hold the inquiry open until he had
time to confer with Assistant Dis»
Atty. Claude Carter who is attend-
ing court in Brownsville.
No formal charge has been filed
jgainst Alvarez the justice said
and he was released on recognizance
following the hearing Tuesday
morning at which Cage Johnson.
Julian Villareal and Alvarez te.>ti-
ited.
Bullet Goes Through
Wall and Hits Man
Joe Trdla. Brownsville immigrant
inspector is confined to his home
at 502 West St. Francis street as the
result of being accidentally wound-
ed in the leg by a small calibre pis-
tol in the hands of a janitor early
Monday.
The janitor was inspecting the
small pistol and it accidentally went
off The slug went through a wood
w«ll. striking Trdla in the adjoin-
ing room.
Grand Jury Resumes
Probe of Hotel Fire
LONGVIEW. April 24—t/Pi—Greg^
county grand jurors Tuesday re-
sumed their investigation of the
disastrous Longview hotel fire oi
March 29 which took the lives of
four persons and injured several
others.
Instructed by District Judge Will
C. Hurst to probe the Longview
lire as well a^ a Kilgore hotel
■'laze which occurred last sprhig.
'-he grand jury was expected to
complete its study at this session.
Hiey started an exhaustive inves-
tigation of the two fires early this
month calling 50 witnesses.
Demo Leadership
Approved by F. D.
WASHINGTON. Apnl 24.—up—
Speaker Rainey and Representative
Byms the democratic leader took
up the legislative program for the
lemainder of the session with Pres.
Roosevelt Tuesday and said later
they had assurance from the pres-
ident of support for their leader-
ship
Apparently concerned at evidence
of administration dissatisfaction
wun their leadership the two
nouse democratic chieftains con-
ceded that this subject was discuss-
ed with th* president.
Dog Brought
Back From
‘Dead’
BERKELEY. Calif.. April 24.
i/P)—Science watched anxiously
over a sleeping dog Teusday. hop-
ing for a definite indication the
animal would regain conscious-
ness.
The dog has lain unconscious
for 10 days in a University of
California laboratory ever since
it was asphyxiated and restored
to life by Dr. Robert Cornish.
Dr. Cornish is the man who put
several dogs to death and restor-
ed their physical functions but
was unable to bring them back to
consciousness. He found that the
heart once stopped could be
made to pump blood into the ar-
teries again but that a dimimsh-
(Contlnued on Page Two)
GROWER UNITS
PLAN CANVASS
Wednesday Farm Holiday
Declared In Drive
For Members
Plans will be completed at meet-
ings of-all units of the Vegetable
Growers Association of the Valley
Tuesday night for a Valley-wine
membership drive.
Wednesday has been declared a
non-harvest holiday and a com-
plete canvass will be msde of the
entire Valley in which all grower*
(Continued on Page Two)
Down-town Parking
Law to Be Enforced
The Brownsville police depart-
ment began strict enforcement of
(he one-hour parking ordinance :n
the business district Tuesday in
preparations for the crowds ex-
pected for the Brownsville Trades
Days.
‘We have received numerous
com plaints about parking conges-
tion in the business district" Lieut
ot Police John T. Armstrong states
and after a survey we have found
ruat it is caused primarily by down-
town workers who make a practice
of leaving their cars parked on the
streets all day. We expect to en-
force the parking ordinance to the
letter on all-day parkers.”
The business district included in
the one-hour parking ordinan~e
is Eighth to Fourteenth. Adams to
Levee inclusive. The ordinance ~
operative from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Mrs. Johnson Gets
Transport License
News was received here Tuesday
that Mrs. G. W. Johnson. Jr. has
received her transport license as a
commercial pilot.
Mrs. Johnson is now on her way
to Brownsville from Palestine ac-
cording to word to Mrs. G. W.
Johnson. Sr. and will attend the
Pan American Round Table here
Wednesday and Thursday.
She is one of the few women
pilots in Texas to receive the trans-
port license which is the highest
license that can be secured in
aviation. Mrs. Johnson is now co-
manager of the Palestine municipal
airport along with C. W. Blackwell
formerly of Harlingen who moved
there with his family a short time
ago.
Lieutenant Colonel
Is Transferred Here
WASHINGTON April 24.-*4*1-
‘.rmy orders issued by the war de-
partment Tuesday included the fol-
lowing :
Lt Col Frank K. Chapin now on
duty at Richmond. Va.. assigned :o
the First Cavalry division. Fort
Brown. Tex.
Slayer Hunted
BONHAM. April 24.—(/Pj— A
short stocky man was hunted
ruesday by officers seeking the
slayer of 'Hieadie Branch. 27 or
Dallas who was found shot to
death near Bonham Tueaday in
what apparently was a robbery
A watch which Branch always
wore was missing and his pockets
had been looted. There were two
bullet holes in the back of his beau.
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'LAND BANK
ALTERS ITS
STAND AGAIN
Re-Appraisal Fee Not
Needed if First
‘Unfair’
(Special to The H;rak!)
SAN BENITO. April 24.—Appli-
cants whose original appraisals for
federal land bank commissioner
loans are found to be unfair do not
need to pay a re-appraisal fee ac-
cording to a letter received by the
chamber of commerce from A. C.
Williams president of the Houston
Federal Land Bank.
"Generally if an examination of
the files-and appraisers report in-
dicate the property of the appli-
cant has been fairly appraised we
do not have re-appraisal made un-
less the applicant pays the C06t"
Mr. Williams wrote.
"If re-appraisal indicates the first
appraisal out of line we do not ask
the applicant to bear the expense
of the re-appraisal.
"Appraisers are appointed by the
federal land bank commissioner
and assigned to the land banks.
The cost of appraisals in the Valley
has exceeded the amount of the
fees collected.”
There had been considerable com-
plaints from Valley growers that
re-appraisal costs were higher even
than original appraisals and J. E.
Bell took the matter up with the
federal land bank authorities
TRADES DAY
| PARLEY SET
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Participating Merchant*
To Be Given Ticket*
Thi* Week
A general meeting of all Browns-
ville merchants who are contribut-
ing to the Trades Day to be held
here May 1 to May 5. inclusive
probably will be held Friday at noon
members of the executive commit-
tee announced Tuesday.
The executive committee met at
noon Tuesday and is working out
further plans for the big trades
day at which thousands of visitors
from all parts of the Valley are
expected to be present.
Tickets will be distributed to the
merchants at the Friday meeting
although these tickets will not be
made available to the pub^; until
; May 1.
In addition to tickets the mer-
chants will all be given streamers
and cards which will be furnished
free to all those contributing.
Announcement was made Tuesday
by Sarr. Perl of the finance commit -
i Continued oil Page Twoi
Fleet Parades
Through Canal
BALBOA. C. Z.. April 24.—<*)-
Th* big parade of Uncle Sam’s
lighting fleet through the Panama
Canal neared an end Tuesday.
The transit of the 111 vessels in
the fleet from the Pacific to the
Atlantic began at 5:11 a. m. Mon-
day. Naval officials hoped to com-
plete it within 24 hours if possible
to demonstrate the speed witn
which the transit could be ac-
complished if necessary
While the canal virtually was
Uled with fighting ships to tho
exclusion of commercial traffic
airplanes from Coco Solo and
France Field flew over the route in
conjunction with the maneuver.
Couple Wounded In
Affray at Dallas
DAt&AS April 24. iJV-Mr. and
Mrs. Arch B. Cannon were wound-
ed criticaUy Tuesday in a double
shooting at their lunch stand here.
Police were iniormed that Mrs.
Cannon shot her husband and then
turned a pistol on herself. Mrs. Can-
non is 45 years old. her husband 41.
Flashes From
_A P. Wire
TYLER.—Vernon P person 19.
charged with criminally attack-
ing a 15-year-old girl 10 miles
east of Tyler Sunday night was
held in Jail here Tuesday. Offi-
cers said they might take him be-
fore the Upshur county grand
jury which is in session.
WASHINGTON. — House ac-
ceptance Tuesday of the com-
promise with the senate on the
sugar control bill left only sim-
ilar senate action as a prelude to
Pres. Roosevelt signing it into
law.
PITTSBURG. Has.—William A.
Beasley. Crawford county commis-
sioner and former Pittsburg news-
paper publisher was taken to a
hospital unconscious Tuesday after
a mob stormed the Red Cross-
Federal relief headquarters.
A mob of men and women esti-
(Continued on Page Two) t
CITRUSCODE
GETS STUDY
_
Amendments Considered At
Tuesday Night Parley
At Weslaco
(Special to The Herald)
WESLACO. April 24.—All citrus
shippers of the Valley are being
;’rged U> attend a formal hearing
before the Texas Citrus control
committee at Weslaco Tuesday
night. The meeting has been call-
ed by the control board to consider
amendments to the Texas citrus
agreement. which later will be
passed on by the secretary of
..griculture.
According to A. L. Price secre-
tary’ of the control board the
amendments to be considered art
of vital interest to every shipper
of citrus fruit and the hearing
>houid be attenoed by all m order j
that the viewpoint of the industry
nay be fully ascertained.
R V. O. Swartout vice-chairman !
of the control board will preside
over the hearing which will begin
at 7:30 o clock in the city hall here.
Other members of the control
board are C. D. Kirk of San Ben-
ito; H. M. Rouse. Mercedes; W. T.
Hodge. Harlingen; E. F. Mille.-
Weslaco; A. L Price. Pharr and C.
I". Donald. Mission.
Court Votes Fund
For Police Radio
After hearing a short talk by L:.!
of Police John T. Armstrong stress-
ing the benelits a police radio
would give the sheriff's office the
Cameron county commissioners'
court Tuesday morning voted \n
contribute $500 toward the con-
struction of a transmitter for joint
iise of the Brownsville police de-
partment and the sheriff's depart-
ment.
The transmitter will cost ap-
proximately $1000. according to
an estimate received by Lt. Arm-
strong. Through the station the
officer told the commissioners the
sheriff will be in constant comm*
nication with his deputies In all
parts of the county.
Norma Talmadge
Now Mr*. Jessel
ATLANTIC CITY. N. Y April
24. iiPj—Norma Talmadge. star of the
silent >creen now is Mrs. George
' Jessel.
She and the Mage comedian wtre
married a. the hotel Ambassador
Monday after keeping the wedding
plans a secret since last Thursday
when they obtained a marriage li-
cense.
Stray Dogs Held
Brownsville’s drive against stray
cogs is beginning to run into
sizeable figures
Seventy-five unclaimed animals
taken by the dog catcher have
been disposed of. and there are il
more in the pound with their time-
limit up at 6 p. m Tuesday.
Many animals have been claimed
by their owners vaccinated an<3
tagged.
The dogs are kept in the pound
tnree days before being disposed of
if they are unclaimed.
LEAD SHOWER
GREETS THREE
RAMMERS
Wounded Yegg Gives
Up at ‘Point* of
Garden Rake
ROUND LAKE. 111.. April 24 (A*>—
Three robbers came gunning for
bank money Tuesday but they left
hurriedly without it—two in a show-
er of bullets and on in an ambu-
lance.
A quick shooting banker a swarm
of vigilantes and a barrage o! lead
and garden tools sent them packing.
At 9:30 a. m leaving one man at
the wheel of their black coacn the
pair marched up to the cage and
asked E. C. Weber the bank pepsi-
dent for a job.
Then suddenly one announced:
This is a stickup!”
-The Hell it is!” retorted Web-
er. and reached for his shooting
iron.
Two bullets came sailing at Web-
er from the sentry at the door. The
slugs merely cracked the bullet
proof glass surrounding the cage.
He reached for the opening and
fired back three times. The rob-
bers took to their heels but the
town vigilantes had heard the call to
battle and were already swarming
from nearby shops.
A bullet dropped one robber as
(Continued on Page Two)
TOMATODEAL
IS UNDER WAY
Firat Solid Carload Leavea
And Others Ready; Three
Cents Pound Paid
The first solid carload of toma-
toes was shipped from Brownsville
Monday night thereby launching
the new spring deal.
The carload shipped Monday
r.ight by McDavitt Bros. was to be
i'ollowed Tuesday by several more
carloads of tomatoes. McDavitt
Bros said they would ship another
car and possibly two more cars
Tuesday afternoon or night and
White and Lawler of Browns vine
said they w'ere prepared to ship a
.ar Tuesday aitemoon.
The price paid to the grower was
90 cents a lug or three cents a
pound to the grower.
The first tomatoes to be re-
ceived are of inferior quality Be-
cause of the March frost" I. Law-
(Contmued on Page Two)
Quick Airmail Bill
Action Abandoned
WASHINGTON. April 24.—<AV-
Leaders Tuesday abandoned plans
to obtain immediate house approval
of a new. temporary airmail bill.
Chairman Mead (D-NY). of me
house postoffice committee said the
bill which leaders had planned to
put through the house this wee*
hau included two major objectives
—permit competitive bidding for
airmail contracts and create a
special commission to study and
determine upon a federal aviation
policy
Cunningham Denies
Highway Fund Plan
• When I was in Austin last week. ’
Co. Judge A. W. Cunningham told
the county convnisisoners' court
here Tuesday morning. "Valley
papers erroneously stated that I was
attempting to divert highway funds
to drainage purposes.
“This was incorrect for l cer-
tainy made no effort to divert high-
way funds for this purpose.” the
judge told the commissioners.
The court Tuesday voted to extend
the employment of G. Lorimer
Brown as agent to aid in preparing
home loan applications for 60 day3.
This will continue his services until
June 29. 1934. The court also author-
ized an expense bill of $100 for
State Rep. Augustine Celaya for a
trip to Austin on county matters.
Baby Chick
‘Rides Rods’
120 Miles
AMARILLO April 24. qp»—A
baby chick which ha* hatched on
the flat iron bolster of a freight
car "rode the rod*" 120 miles—
and is still alive.
P. L. Cristy car clerk for the
Port Worth and Denver was in-
specting a train which rolled ‘nto
the yards here when he heard the
faint chirp of a chick beneatn a
cattle car. He found a hen’s nest
containing half a dozen eggs and
the newly hatched chicken.
The record of the car showed
that it had been on a siding at
Childress six or seven month*.
Whether the mother hen was left
behind or lost en route was not
known.
SHIPSTANDS
OFF ISABEL
Freighter's Crew to Lay
New 'Phone Cable For
Coast Guard
•Special to The Herald;
PORT ISABEL. April 24.-Work
of ying a new telephone cable
from Port Isabel to the U. S. Coast
Guard station on Padre Island was
started Tuesday under the direc-
tion of C. F Wisel division :upcr-
intendent of Coast Guard opera-
tions. who came here aboard the
Coast Guard vessel Piquot.
The Piquot. from Boston anchor-
ed about a mile and a half offshore.
She is a 185-foot ship with a 14-
foot draft and it was considered
risky to try to make K in. even
though there is about 14 feet of
water over the bar.
Wisel is from New Orleans.
The new cable Will be layed In two
or three days according to Capt. M.
McCauley in charge of the coast
guard station here the time de-
pending somewhat on weather. The
old telephone cable has been leak-
ing since the hurricanes la*t ear.
Stock Feed Program
Halt Again Called
No work-stock feed can be grant-
ed in Camerou county by the state
relief agency it was announced
here Monday afternoon by R. D.
McCrum state relief field supe.-
• bar in the drouth storm and
Hood areas.
He made the announcement fol-
lowing an aomini-drative office
meeting at the Brownsville head-
quarters. Cameron county people
have made several trips to Austin
m an effort to secure relief feed
lor work-stock on Cameron county
tarms.
The state agency. McCrum point-
ed out. is without authority except
in human relief.
Growers Set
Bean Prices
The price of beans has been set
by the Valley stabilization commit-
tee at SI to $1.25 a hamper depend-
ing on quality according to an-
nouncement of R. Roy Ruff mem-
ber of the committee.
The committee called attention to
the fact that shipments are light
only 63 cars having moved out so far
this season as against 368 tars it
the same time last season.
Quality of the beans is aloo im-
proving.
All growers are urged to hold to
these prices.
Murder Charged In
Courtroom Slaying
CROCKETT. April 24.—Ben
Ellis has been charged with mur-
der for the courtroom slaying of
Frank Brisby negro facing trial
for the shooting of J. M Elba
prominent Crockett businessman
Ben Ellis was J. M Ellis’ nephew.
Ben Ellis was liberated on $2.MKi
oond signed by a number of Croch-
et: citizens.
The negro was killed as he sat
| in the prisoner's docket in district
[court here Monday.
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
Washington by George Durno — New York by James McMullin
WASHINGTON i
By George Dorno
RELIEF—Federal Relief Admin-
istrator Harry Hopkins has whis-
pered in Pres. Roosevelt's ear that
he will need another $850000000 to
carry on emergency relief work to
July 1 1935.
As he now has half a billion on
hand that means the government
dole will run to $1350.000.000 dur-
ing the next fifteen months.
This is important money. Bui you
.-ee it in proper proportion when
you realise that Hopkins is carry-
ing 4700000 families on relief roils.
And better than 2000000 people |
from these families are doing real'
work for their keep.
• • •
Across the street in Public Works
administration Harold Ickes is
counting on ar additional $500-
000.000.
A while back the president priv-
ately told his Public Works admin-
istrator it might be possible to boost
th ante to $750000000. But i'kes
is keeping his fingers crossed about
that extra quarter-billion.
So although winter has gone and
spring to hen you might mv mu
head men have it in mind that
winter can't be fax behind again.
• • •
BIDS — Incidentally this man
ickes must have a mean stnak in
him. I
Consider what hes done to cer-
tain of the durable goods indus-
tries uch as steel and cement.
For some time both federal and
state officials have been mined
when they caint to let construct on
contracts and found a lot of the
submitted bids identic in these
categories.
atcal and dement men stood their
I
ground. The> pomted out it was
permissive under open price provi-
sions ir their codes.
This didn't help the public sl-
ants. They're charged with award-
ing contracts to the lowest Bidder.
Up in Massachusetts Gov. Ely
solved the prot’em to his sat */ac-
tior by putting 7 or 8 Identic tnds
on a Boston project in a hat a no
drawing one.
Here in Washington Ickee pu: up
an even sillier resistance. The
government kept right on getting
similar prices lor supplies at Boul-
der Dam and aise where.
Finally came a Nebraska project.
Stee. ana cement people offered
eigh or nine bids. The adminis-
trate. rejected them all because
the> v ere ldenti< but the new bids
were also identic.
"All right * said the exasperated
lekes. "Our policy from now on will
be to accept the bid submitted by
flu company locateu farthest tram
the project. Pretgh coats will cut
then profits but it’ll aid transporta-
tion and give more people work/
(Continued On Pm§a Four)
BRITAIN ASKS
JAPS TO MAKE
STANDCLEAR
Tokyo Wait* to Find
Out Attitude Of
America
LONDON. April 24. <AP' — Am-
bassador Robert W. Bingham of
the United State* conferred Tues-
day night with the Chirese min-
ister to London in regard to Jap-
an's new declaration of policy in
the far east.
TOKYO. April 24. <>P>-Conlroot-
ed by Great Britain's demands for
a clarification of Japan's statement
of April 17 concerning the empire's
China policy official Tokyo Tues-
day awaited indication as to
whether the United States would
follow suit in a sign of Anglo-
American solidarity.
U. S. Remains Silent
Thus far no evidence has de-
veloped in Tokyo that the United
States would follow Great Britain's
lead. The Associated Press learn-
ed that the state department has
not acted in that direction
Great Britain’s demand—which
did not reach the foreign office al-
though foreign office officials were
informed of It by newspapers—gave
Koki Hirota. the foreign minister
the task of explaining his policy in
such a way as to appease British
suspicions and. simultaneously
avoid the retraction of any essen-
tial feature of the statement in
which the world was warned not to
meddle with internal Chinese aj-
.fairs.
Cabinet Meet*
Such a retraction it was believ-
ed. would be likely to evoke a storm
of protests within Japan.
The cabinet Tuesday discussed
the China policy the ministers
asking Hirota to explain to them
(Continued on Page Two;
Bankers Over World
Convene in Mexico
GUADALAJARA Mexico. April
24. —Plans were completed Tues-
day ior the opening Thursday of
the International Banker.- conven-
tion In this city. Marte R. Gomez
minister of finance of Mexico will
preside at the sessions at which
problems of interest to the United
States and Mexico will be discussed.
Among the American bankers who
will attend are J. C Rovensky and
Louis Rosenthal both vice presi-
dents of the Chase National tank;
Herman Brock vice president of the
Guarantee Trust Co.; Wiliam H.
Schroeder. vice president of the
Citizens Nutional bank. Los An-
geles; Paulk Die Crick vice presi-
dent of the Bank of America San
Francisco and G Lenenberger vice
president of the Wells Fargo bank
and the Union Trust Co. of Sau
Francisco.
Race Track Betting
Reaches Record High
AUSTIN. April 24. 4v-Horse race
wagering in Texas reached a new
high during the Arlington Downs
spring meet which ended Saturday
figures announced Tuesday by the
Texas Racing commission showed.
T.te state received $87493 In tax-
es from $3499712 wagered in 21
days of racing. The track take waa
$349971. Bets on races Saturday
| the closing day. yielded the state
110.991 in taxes a record lor ona
-.ay 's wagering
... .. ~
Texans Charged In
Slaying of Youth
LINCOLN. Neb . April 24 UPi—
S;. Rivette and Walter Dean ex-
I cjnvicts from Texas. Tuesday were
charged with first dgm murder
for the killing of Lucier. Marshall
12-year-old school boy who was
struck by a stray bullet during a
running gunfight between three
desperadoes and j. *' « here last
Friday. One of the gunmen. Audrey
Ray who had escaped from a Tex-
as prison farm was shot to death
by Policeman Frank Robbins
Affidavits Needed
In Motor Car Bids
WASHINGTON. April 24. «/P>—All
manufac. jrs ’ nittl. mot* r
car bids to the war department
must attach affidavits swearing
they have employed no one outside
of their organization m dealing
with the government
A order to this effect was issued
by Harry H. Woodring assistant
secretary of war. m an effort to
enc lobbying before the depart-
ment.
Gets Life Term
AMARILLO April 24— -P —Ftaall
Crutchfield convicted slayer at
Pres Burnam Amarillo pollca
captain last January. Monday ac-
cepted a Ufe sentence to the slat*
penitentiary.
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