The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 133, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 5, 1935 Page: 6 of 10
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VAR NEWS IS
HINDRANCE TO
STOCK SALES
Issues Are Irregular
After Steady Open-
ing On Conflicting
War Reports
NEW YORK. Dec. 5. ^►—Con-
flicting war news and a renewal of
political and economic tension in
France made for restraint on the
stock exchange Thursday.
After a fairly steady opening
stocks turned dull and leaned
slightly toward an irregular trend
although good buying continued in
the so-called inflationary' group
-Including metals and oils. Utilities
likewise edged forward in contrast
to rails and an assortment of in-
dustrial specialties which were to
supply at small fractional declines.
The commodity trend was indef-
inite. Cotton was 15 cents a bale
higher to that much lower while]
wheat and other cereals dropped
slightly in Chicago. Corporate j
bonds were irregular especially i
low-priced rails which have fur-
nished the bulk of activity and I
strength to recent sessions For-
eign currencies were at a stand-
still with the gold currencies In-
clined to the offside.
Among the shares enjoying mod-
est buying support were Interna-1
tional Nickel. St. Joseph Lead j
Cerro de Pasco Copper U. S
8meitmg. Kennecott. Howe Sound.
American Telephone Schenley
Consolidated Gas Douglas Aircralt
and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Issues feeling the pinch of neglect
Included U. S. Steel Inland Steel
Chrysler. Montgomery Ward. Sears
Roebuck. Santa Fe. New York Cen-
tral and Union Pacific
The day s news from the domestic
business front contained the usual
quota of good tidings. The American
Telephone Co. reported an increase
of more than 53.000 stations in use
to November as against an increase
of 18.700 in the same month last
year.
Postmaster General Farley invok-
ed an old and trustworthy barometer
of business conditions—postal re-
ceipts—to bolster the claim of New-
Deal adherents that business was on
the upgrade. He said receipts increas-
ed $44000 during the last fiscal
year and indications pointed to a
•till larger figure this year.
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
New York
Stocks—Irregular metals and
specialties higher; rails lower.
Bends—Mixed; secondary issues
to demand.
Curb—Steady: metals lead rise.
Foreign exchanges — Quiet;
changes narrow.
Cotton — Steady: liquidation;
local and New Orleans selling.
Sugar—Steady: trade buying.
Co: fee—Lower foreign selling.
Chicago
Wheat — Irregular; offerings
scarce late.
Com—Firm; better shipping ;
demand.
Cattle—Best fully steady; top
(14.50.
Hcgs—Strong to ten higher; top
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NEW YORK STOCK**
Sales in 100s High Low Close
A1 Chem 10 1634 161 161
Am Can 0 1404 1384 1384
Am St! Fdrs 10 234 234 234
Am Tel 2f. 159 1584 1584
Am Tob 10 994 984 994
Anaconda 360 284 274 28
AT & SF 67 584 57 574
Baldwin 19 44 44 44
Bendi:. 30 204 204 204
Chrysler 284 854 824 844
Con Oil 162 104 104 104
Du Pont 20 1394 1374 138
Gen ASDh 9 214 204 204
G E 79 384 38 384
Gen Foods 30 334 324 33
G M 235 554 544 554
Goodvear 76 224 214 214
IC 122 224 214 214
Insp Cop 20 74 64 74
Int Harvest 23 62 614 614
Int Tel 292 134 124 134
Johns 9 92 4 92 924
Kennecott 131 294 284 294
Mo Pac 10 24 24 24
NY Central 239 29 4 28 4 284
Fennev 12 804 79 79
Radio 318 12 114 ll*
Sean 43 674 664 664
8 P 151 254 244 244
S3td Brand? 115 144 144 144
80 NJ 71 494 48 4 494 I
Studebaker 343 104 94 104
Tex Corp R8 254 244 244 i
US Indus 20 484 474 474
US Steel 96 484 474 474
Warner Pie 98 94 84 9
WU Tel 77 724 704 714 I
West E&M 31 94 924 93
Woolworth 31 56 4 55 4 58
NEW YORK CURBS
Cl tie* 68 24 24 24 !
Cosder 91 14 13-16 14
Elec B&S 180 154 15 154
Ford 33 84 84 84
Gulf 18 70 694 694
Midwest Util 21 4 3-16 3-16
United Gu 26 34 34 84
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS Dee. 5. i.-P—
«ottoo opened a point or two higher
Thursday with better cables and
light purchases by the trade.
Liverpool came m better than due
and the steady tone earned over
Into the ope rung of the domestic
exchange?
December was a point higher at
1130; January gamed 2 points at
11.75. May was up a point at 11.oO
tnrt other months were net unchang-
ed to a point higher than the prev-
ious close
Uncertainty over the possibility of
the government s selling some loan
cotton depressed futures during the
morning and net losses of 6 to 10
points were shown by active positions
aa neither the trade nor profession-
als were much inclined to absorb
eon tracts at current prices.
One advice from Washington
while unconfirmed was to the effect
carrying charges on loan cotton
mifbt be'paid by seme other agency.
This would make selling of the
Vwn ootton profitable above 12 cents
and might bring some of this im-
pounded staple into competition
41th this years yield.
Dec. sold at 1035 during the mcm-
frig March at 1131. May was 50 cents
a bale lower at 11.40 and July lost 9
points to 11-32.
fort worth livestock
FORT worth. Dec. 8. UP>—
lUHDAJ—Hogs 800; truck hogs
strong to mostly 10 higher; top 9.60
better grades 150-180 lb underweights
9.25-55; packing sows strong to 25
higher; 8.75 down.
Cattle 3.400; calves 1.40;; lower
grade steers and yearlings about
steady others weak cows uneven
mostly steady bulls firm calves ac-
tive and strong; scattered sales med-
ium to good steers and yearlings 6.25-
8.25; plain quality grassers 4.50-6.00
beef cows 3.50-5.00; bulls 4 25 down;
6 loads calves 6.00-25.
Sheep 800; few sales steady quality
considered; receipts mostly medium
grade killing classes and feeder
lambs; few fat lambs 9.25 down:
medium grade shorn aged wethers
and ewes 4.25.
FORT WORTH GRAIN
FORT WORTH. Dec. 5. ^►—De-
mand for grain was slow here Thurs-
day. Estimated receipts 3 cars wheat
1 corn and 1 sorghum*.
Delivered Texas Gulf ports export
rate or Texas common points:
Wheat No. 1 hard according to pro-
tein and billing 1.20U-30V Barley
No. 2 Nom. 54-56: No. Nom. 53-55.
Sorghums No. 2 yellow mile- per 100
lbs. Nom 1.05-06; No 3 milo Nom.
1.02-03. No. 2 white kafir Nom 105-
06; No. 3 kafir Nom 1.02-03.
Delivered Texas common points or
group three; Corn (shelled Texas
billing) No. 2 white 74-75: No 2
yellow 71-72. Oats No. 2 red 36’-»-
37W; No. 3 red 34 1-2 to 35 1-2
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS. Dec 5. (*>>—Cot-
ton futures closed barely steady at
net declines cf 3 to 7 point*.
Open High Low Close
Dec. 1190 11.90 11 80 11 85
Jan 11.75 1175 1165 1170
Mrh 11.60 11.61 11.46 1133-54
Mav 11.51 11.51 1138 11.45
Jly 11.41 11.42 11 30 11.37-38
Oct 1123 11.23 11 12 11 16
NEW YORK FUTURES
NEW YORK Dec. 5—-P—Cot-
ton future* dosed steady. 1-6 low-
er.
Open High Low Last
Dec ... 11.82 11.83 11.71 11.76
Jan ... 11.76 11.78 1169 11.74
Mch .. 11.60 11.63 1149 11.55-56
Mav .. 11.50 11.52 11.40 11 46
Jlv ... 1140 11.43 11.32 11 39
Oct ... 11.26 11.26 11.15 11.18-19
Spot quiet; middling 12 20.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO Dec. 5. (AV-Grain
prices here averaged lower early
Thursday responsive to relative
weakness of the Liverpool wheal
market
Opening at 4 cent off to 4 up.
May 954. Chicago wheat futures
then sagged .— around Com start-
ed unchanged to 4 lower. May
584-4 and for the time being al-
tered little.
GRAIN CLOSE
CHICAGO Dec. 5. OF—Gram ta-
ble:
Open High Low Close
Wheat-
Dec 954 96 95 954-4
May 954 954 944 954-4
Jly 884-4 894 874 89-894
Com—
Dec 564-4 574 564 57-574
Mav 584-4 584 584 584-4
Jly 60 604 594 604
Oats—
Dec 244-25 25 244 244
Mav 264-4 264 264 264
Jly 27-274 274 27 274
Rye-
Dec 474 474 474 474
May 504 51 504 504
Jly 514 514 514 514
Barley—
Dec .... .... .... 40 ti
May .... .... ••«. 43
COTTONSEED OIL
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 5. P—Cot-
ton seed oil dosed steady: prime
summer yellow 1030-50; prime crude
9 25-37'-;.
Dec. 10 40B; Jan. 10 38B; Mch.
10.40B: May 1041B July 10 43B.
B—Bid
Truck Markets
<By u S Market News)
_
Carlot shipments of entire United
States reported Wednesday Dec. 4:
Grapefruit: Ariz 6 Calif 6. Fla 16
1 rail 17 boat Texas 17 total US 62.
Oranges: Ariz 5 Calif 259. Fla 29
rail 28 boat Texas 2. total US 323
; cars.
Mixed Citrus: Calif 3. Fla 37. Tex-
as 3. total US 43 cars.
Beans: Fla 7. Texas 7 total US 14
j cars.
Beets: Texas 1. total US 1 car.
Cabbage: Calif 1 Colo 1 N Y 50.
Ohio 1. So Car 2. Texas 5 Va 1
Wi.sc 14. total US 75 cars.
Carrots: Calif 27 Colo 1 N Y 4
total US 32 cars.
Greens: Calif 7 Texas 1 Va 8.
total US 16 cars.
Mixed Vegetables Calif 24. Fla 14
La 3 Texas 20 others 4 total US
65 cars.
Peas: Calif 23. Texas 1 total US
24 cars.
Peppers: Fla 4. total US 4 cars.
Spinach: Ark 1 Calif 1. Okla 2.1
Texas 4 Va 19 total US 27 cars.
Tomatoes: Calif 2. Fla 12 Texas i
2 total US 12 cars. Cuba l car.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship-
ments forwarded Thursday morning.
Dec. 5:
Grapefruit 17 oranges 2 mixed
citrus 3. mixed vegetables 16. cab-
bage 5 beans 7 tomatoes 1 peas 1
parsley 1 beets 1 potatoes 1 tota
55 cars. Total to date this season—
Citrus 1.747 vegetables 226 mixec.
citrus and vegetables 5 total 1578:
to same day last season—Citrus 914
vegetables 271 mixed citrus and
vegetables 4 total 1.189 cars.
Representative prices to truckers
for Valley citrus and vegetables
Wednesday Dec. 4:
Granefrult: Boxes US Comb 1.65-
1.75. US No 2s 1.40-1.50 US No 3s
1.10-125; boxes Foster Pinks US
Comb 2.50-2.75 bushels US Comb
around 100. US No 2s 75-85c US
No 3s 60-65c; sacks US Comb 1.10-
1.25. US No 2s 100-110. US No 3s
85-90C.
Oranges' Boxes US Comb 2.00-
2 25 US No 2s 180-190; bushels US
Comb 1.10-1.25. US No 3s around
85c; sacks US Comb 165-1.75 US
No 3s 1.10-1.25.
Beans: Bushel hampers Stnngless
2.00-2.25.
Beets: Per dot bunches mostly 25c.
Broccoli; Per doz bunches around
50c. pony crates 1.40-1 60
Cabbage: Bulk per ton 17.50-22 30.
Eggplant: Bushel baskets 1.50-1.75.
Peas; Bushel hampers 1.75-2 00
few higher.
Peppers: Bushel baskets 2.00-2.25
crates 2.50-2.75.
Squash: Bushel baskets yellow and
white 1.50-1.75.
Tomatoes; Lugs green wrapped
125-150 good quality 1.75-1.85.
Blackeye Peas: Bushel baskets and
hampers 1.00-1.25 few higher.
Rudyard Kipling who was born in
Bombay in 1865 is the son of John
Lockwood Kipling an artist of can-
si derabk ability.
Just See How Santa Has Grown!
A mighty big chimney It would have to be to accommodate this
Santa Claus. So instead of making the rounds at Christmas time
he’ll Just stand in the park in the town that he’s made famous—
Santa Claus Ind. The gigantic granite statue of Kria Kringle is
23 feet high and weighs 12 tons and a good idea of its size can
be gained by noting how it dwarfs its designer Carl S. Barrett of
Chicago. The statue will be unveiled Dec. 22 and dedicated <*•
Christmas Ds.y.
No Nudes” Bad News to Him
.. ■— 1 ■" i *
Police in Stratford Conn. clamped down on Don Wier high school art
teacher when he introduced lightly clad girls as living models and forced
him to exclude all pupil* under 21 from classes. He is shown with wife.
REFINERY
(Continued from First Page)
The engine room is also equipped
with a 300 horse-power Worthing -
ton Diesel for operation of the large
hot oil pump.
The Coastal Refinery company is i
a corporation in which G. L. Rowsey j
president of the Tyler refinery and
one of the promoters of the project
here is the largest stockholder. T.
Prank Murchison of Dallas who is j
principal stockholder in the Valley1
Pipeline company is also a stock-
holder.
Completion if the refinery closes
a 1750."00 construction program m
furnishing facilities for handling oil
from the Samfordyce field.
The first carload of refused oil
from the refinery here Is expected
to be shipped January’ 1 and after
that regular sailings weekly or bi-
weekly are expected to be made
New Jersey.
PORT
<Continued from Page One)
ly service to the Port of Brownsville 1
is to be established a* soon a* the
port here is opened. Captain Maloney j
announced.
Capacity of the beats is about 101
carloads for refrigerated produce
and 30 or more carloads for produce
under forced draft ventilation
The Texas Trader now at Hous-
ton. is the beet that probably will
call at Pom Isabel. This will be the
first steamer of this line to come to
the Valley.
Side Glances - - By George Clark
LfcsJr_v rr*m
“He doesn’t seem to be very interested in whether Santa
I Claus brings him anything ornot*”
MICHAEL'S
FUNERAL HELD
Aged Store Keeper Slain
By Bandit Buried In
Brownsville
Last rites for M H MeMichael
71-year-old store keeper who died
from a shot fired Into his brain
late Saturday night by a unmasked
bandit were to be held at the Mor-
ris Chapel at 2 p. m. Thursday with
Rev. O. C. Crow and Rev. Prank1 In tn
charge interment was to be In the
Buena Vista cemetery.
Services have been delayed m
awaiting the arrival of McMichael's
daughters from South Dakota but
Mrs. MeMichael decided to hold
the services Thursday with out
further delay.
The fatal shooting occurred at
McMichael’s Pennsylvania Pilling
Station & Grocery Store situated
on the Brownsville-San Benito
highway a quarter of a mile north
of the golf course late Saturday
night
PIONEER RESIDENT
OF VALLEY DIES
Funeral services were conducted at
2 pm. Wednesday at the Bluetown
cemetery on the Military highway 20
miles west of Brownsville for Mrs.
Victoria Milstead de Villareal. 81.
who (lied Tuesday afternoon at the
home where she lived in Bluetown
for 62 years
She was one of the oldest residents
of that part of the Valley having
come to the border country 62 years
ago when she was a girl of 19.
The deceased was born in Mobile
Ala coming to Texas when a child
and living for a time in San Antonio
and later in Corpus Christi before
moving to Bluetown.
Survivors include four sons. Vir-
gimo Jose. jos£ Maria and Sebas-
tian; and three daughters. Lucinda.
Rosa and Fela. She also is survived
by several grandchildren
Burial was made in the Bluetown
cemetery.
SERVICES HELD FOR
SAMUEL H. CONNER
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN Dec. 5.—The funer-
al of Samuel Richard Conner long-
time resident of the Valley was held
from the John T. Thompson Chapel
Wednesday afternoon with Rev. F.
B. Sergeant Jehovah’s Witness
preaching the sermon. Burial fol-
lowed at the Harlingen cemetery.
Pallbearers were as follows: E. A.
Warren. S. M. Moore and William H.
Schrader of Raymondville and B.
A McLarry Goodlow Spurlock and
W. H Duncan of Harlingen.
BRUNO
(Continued from Page One)
in the matter but T am not at lib-
erty to discuss it.”
Earlier the governor in a state-
ment issued through th* Trenton
N. J„ office of Ellis Parker Burling-
ton county chief of detectives safer
"When I .vent into office the1
first thing Mr. Parker did was to
come in and talk over the matter
with me. I am interested in it
naturally because I am a member
of the court of pardons which is a
court of mercy.”
The New Jersey court of parcon*
is the final tribunal to which
Hauptmann may bring his case
should he fail in hiB fight before
the IJ. S Supreme Court.
ESCAPE
(Continued Prom Pag* One>
Beaumont where he was held for in-
vestigation
Two months later he was sen-
tenced to 24 months for gran^ lar-
ceny under the name of Tom Lee at
Montgomery. Alabama. After several
Immigration charges he was finally
sentenced at Laredo and escaped
from the courtroom Then followed
his arrest and escapes at Matamoros
and Harlingen.
He was finally rearrested at Belle-
fqptaine. Ohio and was taken to
Leavenworth on the 13 month im-
migration sentence imposed at La-
redo.
"city briefs"
■_■
G. F Block i§ here from Laredo.
H M. Wallace is here from Kings-
ville.
R. S Phelps of Laredo is here for
a few days.
I Brown.1 tern is a visitor from
the Alamo City.
R S. Breswell. Jr. is a visitor from
San Antonio.
Ernest Gaston of Forney Is a
Brownsville visitor. t
Rose bushes $2 00 dozen. Los
Ebanos Greenhouse company. Phone
1588 Adv.
Ralph Broyles of San Antonio is
a Brownsville visitor.
Dr. A. C. Render. Dentist. 800
Washington St Phone Residence
and office 288. — Adv.
W C Campbell of San Antonio.
has arrived in Brownsville for a
brief stay.
For rent—Johnson s electric floor
polisher Also sanding machine.
Garza Hardware.—Adv.
Mr and Mrs. William 8. Lehom
of Houston will be in the city for a
few days.
Guns ammunition tent* cot*
camp stoves gasoline lanterns hunt- j
ing and fishing licenses. Browns-
ville Hardware.—Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. LAzaro Sanchez are
the parents of twins born Thursday'
morning at Mercy hospital. The girl
weighed four pounds and the boy
three and three-quarter pounds at
birth.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
SEVERAL USED Gae Range* tn
good condition. Priced to sell.
See these today. lUo Grand* Val-
ley Ges Co. R-S6r
1 FOR THRILLS
Rex Bell in the Western hit
'Saddle Aces ' with '‘Buzz” Barton
and Ruth Mix showing Friday at
the Queen.
PIGGLY-WIGGLY
BUYS NEW SITE
Butt Grocery Company To
Erect New Building
At McAllen
McALLEN Dec. 5—Purchase of a
building site here on which a new
Piggly Wiggly store building is to
be erected in 1936 was announced by
H. E. Butt of Harlingen president
of the H. E Butt Grocery company.
The location has a 100-foot front
on South Broadway being on the
comer of the street directly in front
of the J. C. Penney company store.
The building to be erected will
be a 50-foot structure of modern
design and construction built es-
pecially to accommodate the Piggly
Wiggly system of retail grocery mer-
chandising. The building will in-
clude all the latest improvements.
Parking lots extending around the
side and rear of the building will
provide accommodations for a large
number of cars.
FIESTA
(Continued From Page One)
number of South Texas’ private fly-
ers have already announced that
they will attend the airport dedi-
cation. Braniff Airlines will have a
new Lockheed-Electra monoplane at
the airport for mspection and sev-
eral courtesy flights will be made
in this ship.
A feature of the airport dedica-
tion will be cancellation of alf air-
mail during the two days of the
Fiesta celebration with a specially
designed cachet approved by postal
authorities. The cachet will be in two
colors. Large numbers of airmail
I letters have already been received
from stamp cc Hectors for mailing
during the celebration.
At 3:30 p. m Saturday the an-
nual citrus box-makers' contest for
the championship of South Texas
will be staged. A large number of en-
tries have been received and will
compete for cash prizes.
Lower Rio Grande Valley Bov
Scouts will present a model Scout
encampment during the two-day
Fiesta and will stage a Boy Scout
demonstration at 4 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. The afternoon pro-
gram will close with another band
concert.
Style Show Feature
Another widely known feature of
the Fiesta will be held at 8 o'clock
Saturday night when dozens of Val-
ley’ girls will be presented in the an-
nual citrus style show. Costumes
fashioned entirely from citrus fruit*
and leaves will be entered in the con-
test. winners of which will be award-
ed cash prizes. This feature is one of
the most popular of the entire cele-
bration and is being sponsored this
year by the Mission Business. and
Professional Woman*’ club.
The Fiest-a's festivities will be clos-
ed Saturday night with the annual
Grapefruit Ball in honor of last
year's Queen Chreanna II. Miss
Nancy Jennings of Harlingen. Eddie
Werner s orchestra will play for both
balls on Friday and Saturday nights.
Closing feature of the celebration
will be the annual* Golden Grape-
truit Golf tournament at Shary
Municipal golf course Sunday. Prizes
valued at $425 will be. distributed to
winners in the tourney Many of
South Texas' leading amateurs have
entered the tournament.
As usual decorations will be an
important feature of the Fiesta
Huge arches have been erected at
principal street intersections and
have been festooned with Spanish
moss and golden grapefruit. Nearly
every store window in the city will
have special citrus displays.
! MAN IS FOUND
DEAD IN BED
Aged Farm Resident Dies
Wi<h Bullet In Heart
Gun By Side
—
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Dec. 8 — P. A- Hern-
burg. 70. was found dead in bed at
his farm home six miles north of
here Thursday morning a bullet
through his heart and a 22 calibre
rifle in his bed.
The body of the aged man was
found by his grandson. Jay Pritz 19
who arrived last Saturday from
Kansas to take care of the aged man.
Young Pritz said he went into his
grandfather's room about 8 o’clock
Thursday morning and thought he
was asleep. He proceeded with the
morning chores about the farm and
returned later in the morning when
he found the aged man was dead.
He went to the home of Burt
Haynes a neighbor who came beck
to the house with him and discover-
ed the gun and the bullet wound.
They summoned Chief of Police E.
W. Anglin of Harlingen who went
to the home accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Cage Johnson. Later Justice
of the Peace F D. Nance and Deputy
Sheriff Espey went to the house. No
coroner s verdict had been returned
by noon Thursday.
DRAKE
(Continued from Page One)
Rtad. secretary of the Canton S. D.
Chamber of Commerce who ...Id he
h>ard it discussed at various promo-
tional meetings he attended.
He also heard he said that per-
sons who contributed money to fi-
nance Harwell in his effort to get
the estate settled could receive $1.-
000 or more for each dollar invested.
Roy Andrews. Fort Dodge Iowa.
described a meeting March 22 at
Lake City Iowa at which he said.
Defendant John Hensel of Auburn.
Iowa declared no more donations
would be accepted after April 8. An-
drews said he invested $1000 and
collected $1000 to invest for others.
Mrs. Velma Stout feature editor
01 the Des Moines. Ia. Register and
Tribune testified she invested $2.50
of her own and $2.50 she borrowed
•rom Bess Dahlberg a defendant.
Mrs. Rose Winslow. Salina Kas
said she donated (1.
The witnesses admonished by
Judge Sullivan were O. h. Johnson
of Manson. Iowa and H. R. Rowe
and Gerhard Scott of Madison Wis..
They explained they had just ar-
rived and hadn't heard the court's
previous instructions for witnesses
to stay out of the courtroom until
called to the stand.
BANDIT
(Continued Prom Page One)
unmasked bandit had one or more
accomplices. They trailed him with
bloodhound1; south on the highway
for several hundred feet and across
a field to the right to a dirt road.
There the trail ended abruptly in-
dicating the officers say. that he
Jumped into an automobile or trues
there. A short distance down the
dirt road a bloodstained shirt was
found on the right side of the high-
way.
Officers believe the bandit jump-
ed into the car and it was driven
off by another person- The bandit
began ripping off the bloodv shirt
as the car meved and he threw it to
the right of the highway officers
believe
A resident living nearby reported
to officers she saw a man running
across the field Immediately follow-
ing the shooting and soon afterward
she heard a car. or truck apparently
in poor running condition start up
on the dirt highway.
The sheriff’s department has ex-
tended its investigation and now is
centering its efforts in San Benito
and Harlingen.
WAR
(Continued from First Page)
having applied to a high authority
of th? Coptic Christian church to
intervene with Italy in behalf of
r?ace.
The Franco-British proposals were
not. it was said in diplomatic cir-
cles fixed plans for peace but
merely were "suggestions’’ to fore-
stall any possibility of complete re-
jection bv Mussolini.
Make ‘SngfenttanV
The suggestions were reported to
have included:
1. Cession of a seaport in Italy’s
East. African eolonv of Eritrea to
Ethiopia.
2. A slight change in the frontier
between Ethiopia’s northern Tigre j
province and Eritrea leaving Ethio-
pia in control of the holy city of
Aksum.
3 Acquisition by Italy of Ethio-
pian territory south of eight degrees
north latitude including Ogaden
province and west to 38 or 40 de-
grees east longitude.
4. The remainder of Ethiopia to
be entirely independent.
The proposals were said to rep-
resent compromises between th*1
French and British viewpoints.
At Rome meanwhile th* fasciv
regime sought by reduction of its
gasoline consumption and bv de-
velopment of substitutes and new
sources for oil to forestall any mo
WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL FUND
Date .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD'
Wishing to have a part In perpetuating the memory of one of
our most helmed and useful citizens I inclose herewith my contri-
bution of.to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund.
I understand that this gift will be added to others from Cameron
County and will go without any deductions whatsoever to the Na-
tional Fund to be expended also without any deduction as the
Memorial Committee may determine.
NAME .
ADDRESS .....
tor fuel shortage arising from fur-
ther league sanctions.
Stay Within Reach
Hie Italians were watching the
United States closely for further
indications of the attitude here.
This country hac been furnishing
about 6 per cent of Italy’s oil Im-
ports. but could if it desired meet
all Italy’s emergency requirements.
Italy has been importing 2.300.000
tons of petroleum products a year
and produces itself onlv about 30.-
000 tons.
From London came word tliat the
battle cruisers Hood and Renown
end other British naval vessels
which were rushed to Gibraltar at
the height of Anglo-Italian tension
in the Mediterranean are going to
the Atlantic ur exercises this week.
Political sourc i in London spt*-
ulated whether the move wagJU
friendly gesture to Italy wW^rn
recently recalled one of four troop*
divisions from its North African
possession of Libya to aid Ttalo-
Ethiopian peace negotiations.
Informed sources however gave
no hint that this interpretation wsa
true. The scene of the fleet ex-
ercises will be within easy reach of
Gibraltar _
The house of commons awaited
British Foreign Secretary Mr
Samuel Hoe re 's explanation In
final form of Britain’s stand on
application of the oil embargo on
Italy. He will confer Saturday
with Laval in Paris on the East
African situation.
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Fishermen Turn To
Waters of Mexico
(Special to The Herald)
PORT ISABEL Dec. 5. — Tony
Valent veteran commercial fisher-
man here is undertaking commer-
cial fishing on the coast of north-
ern Mexico where he conducted
fishing operations almost 30 year*
ago.
Valent has secured a conceaaioo
for commercial fishing and will
fish on the Laguna Madre of Mex-
ico about 37 miles below Mata more*.
The Port Isabel man sent two
small sloops down to the bay on
trucks and plan" to bring the fish
ack to Matamoros in trucks al-
though he will bring it back by boat
later if business justifies.
The passes and bays on tha
Mexican coast abound to large red-
fish and trout and have been pop-
ular with American pleasure fish-
ermen for years. The problem of
transportation has proved a hin-
drance to commercial fishing to that
section.
Star Electric Will
Wire Port Warehouse
Contract has been awarded the
Star Electric Co . of Brownsville
for electric wiring on wharves and
warehouses at the Brownsville port
turning basin.
The work win include completa
wiring and fixtures Including fef-
side sub-station equipment W*
transformers poles and racks. <‘>o
two. 400-loot warehouses.
The contract awarded by the J.
DePuy company of San Antonio
which has the contract for turning
basin facilities was awarded on a.
low bid of S5.000. according to an-
nouncement.
A razor that has been in use for
145 years belongs to J. R Fields of
Millport. Ala. It was bought in Ire-
land in 1790 and brought to Amer-
ica in 1812.
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