The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 219, Ed. 2 Tuesday, March 17, 1936 Page: 1 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 22 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
rn
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR—No. 219
By RALPH L. BUELL
PORT ISABEL AND RIO
Grande Railway one of the oldest
lines in Texas—
Sees happy days ahead as a re-
sult of port developments.
And one of the dreams of Dave
O’Brien direct connection with the
Upper Valley by way of Esc* Junc-
tion.
Will be realiz. ll the Interstate I
Commerce commission grant* the
petition of the road to build about
miles of track—
To the San Roman townsitc.
From that point to the Port
Isabel and Brownsville ports is I
right at 16 miles
The road anticipates a steady
movement of fruits and vegetables
from the Bay view properties.
• • •
ESOS JUNCTION. BY THE WAY.
was named when the road was im-!
proved to a standard gauge line
following the Save Our Seaport
campaign of the early 20 s.
As we remember It.
It was at Esos that Dave O'Brien
drove a silver spike.
With Billie Burnett now Browns-
ville postmaster C. D. Waide a
feature writer of the Houston j
Chronicle
And your humble servant as
prime witnesses.
A whole lot of water has ebbed
and flowed between the tips of
Brazos and Padre Islands since that
day.
• • *
“YOU MAY BE SICK AND NOT
Know It" ran a headline in Mon-
day's Herald.
Our reaction 1* that too many
people who are not sick know that
they arr sick.
And that goes for the way a
whole lot of us look at things m [
general
In oilier words too many of us
know too many things that are not
so!
* • •
BILL HOLLAND OF THE SAN
to Light gets our nomination
for will power and supreme Indif-
ference to the powers of suggestion
and association.
For these many years Bill has I
joined the conversation over the
morning and mid-afternoon cups of
ooffee—
But his order is always "milk.’*
And George Tooian columnist of
the Bari Benito Daily News—
Is finding out that high blood
pressure can get to us skinny birds I
with the same effect as If we were
carrying plenty of surplus weight.
Be it said for George high
blood pressure may slow down his
physical activities •
But '.hat hair trigger mind of his
cogitates right along.
• • a
HAVING HAD AN ALL TOO
brief opportunity ol watching Wil-
liam A Bla«_k. Harlingen Junior
High principal—
In Litton Monday night as a
leader ol mass singing.
Our idea of a happy summers
night would be to see Mr. Black
directing and egging on the vocal
efforts of a thousand or so Valley
folks—
In the rendition ol some of the
o ldtim* favorites.
If that smile of his does not open
your throat to an attempt at
melody his ready alt will.
* • •
AN ORPHANAGE IN THE VAL-
1«- for those Valley tots unfortunate
in the loss of their parents.
Will soon be in operation.
The beautiful H. H. Roddy home
west of La Pena nas been pur-
chased
Such project deserves well of
the Valley.
And we tve no ubt but that
as further ue tails of the project
are developed and given publicity.
Such support will l? forthcoming
Jurist Dies
MONTGOMERY. Ala. March 17.
(jpi—Thomas A. Street. 84. veteran
jurist who retired last May as
associate justice of the supreme
court oi the Philippine Islands died
at his home here Tuesday.
--—
A- B C. Circula-
tion la Audited
Circulation - Of-
fered tn the Valley
Only by The Her-
ald
The Valley first—first ta tka Valley
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUESDAY MARCH 17 1936
TEN PAGESTODAY
• • 6c A COPY
Federal Judge Asks New Trial for His Son
NEW EVIDENCE
IN KENNAMER
CASEttAIMEDl
Sensational Oklahoma
Slaying Trial May
Be Reopened; Youth
Eager For Chance
OKLAHOMA CITY. March 17.
—Federal Judge Franklyn E. Ken-
namer of Tulsa said Tuesday he
would ask reopening of an Investi-
gation into the spectacular slaying
of John Gorrell. Jr In a last-minute
effort to save his son Phil Ken-'
namer. from a 25-year prison term.
Judge Kennamer said he had un-
earthed ‘startling new evidence
documentary evidence which we will
present in asking a new trial In
district court.**
Asks New Trial
His son's sentence was upheld re-
cently by th- state criminal court of
appeals. Young Kennamer was con-
■Icted at Pawnee in the shooting of
Gorrell. young Kansas City dental
student in an exclusive residential
section of Tulsa Thanksgiving night
in.
Judge Kennamer said he would
lead the fight to save his son from
prison by asking the Pawnee coun-
ty district court to grant a new
trial.
“We will ask a new trial in the
district court of Pawnee on the
basis of the new evidence" Ken-
namer said.
Young Kennamer who has been
on a ranch of his lather’s near Chel-
sea accompanied his father here
ruesday.
Judge Kennamer said his attor-
ney would “of course” file peti-
lons for rehearing before the crim-
inal court of appeals.
“The evidence is documentary.”
• See KENNAMER on Page Sixi
Prosperity Comes
Back Income Tax
In Texas Reveals
DALLAS March 17. (AP)—Federal collectors of in-
ternal revenue held in their files Tuesday evidence that
pocketbooks are fatter in Texas—a healthy increase in the
number and amount of income tax payments.
\V. A. Thomas collector for the northern district at Dal-
w lac rotvirlari aKnut on 1W1 rftnmi a
AAA REVIVED
TO CARRY ON
FARMREUEF
Five Administration
Regions Formed and
Old Division Heads
Reappointed
WASHINGTON. March 17. \JP\—
Secretary Wallace Tuesday announc-
ed reorganization of the AAA and
the establishment of five regions for
administration of the new soil con-
servation farm program.
His statement coincided with an
agreement by senate and house con-
ferees on the $2889751905 Inde-
pendent offices supply bill to the
senate additions ot $44 000.000 for
the first year's operation of the farm
subsidy law and $1730000000 for
prepayment of the soldiers' bonus.
Takes Rhine Under Its Wing Again
* ..-. _ . _ .... __ .. __ .
I i
FRENCH WEARY
OF BRITAIN’S
HEARTCHANI i
England Is Willing to
Forgive Germany
Sign New ‘Scraps
Of Paper’
'Copyright 1936. The (.fp
LONDON. March 17. — Relcha-
fuehrer Hitler Tuesday accepted an
Invitation by the League of Nation*
council to discuss the int". national
crisis brought about by his placing
an army back In the Rhineland.
The league secretariat received a
telegram from the German govern-
ment announcing that Gen Joachim
Von Rlbbentrop. Hitlers right-hand
diplomat would represent Germany
at the council table.
Hitler's answer to the league
Invitation came in the midst of a
critical day.
JAFSIE SILENT
ON HIS RETURN
„ -
Condon Refuses to Say If
He Will Submit to Quiz
From Gov. Hoffman
NEW YORK. March 17. (A*h-Dr
John F. Condon the • Jafsie” of the
Lindbergh case returned from a
vacation cruise Tuesday refusing to
discuss in any fashion the last-
minute efforts being made by Bruno
Richard Hauptmann to escape death
in the electro chair.
”1 have no comment whatever to
make about the case” the tall
white-haired educator and social
worker said.
The enigmatic ‘ Jafsie” returned to
New York on the liner Santa Inez.
With him was his daughter. Mrs
Myra Hacker.
“I believe the rest has been benefi-
cial to my daughter although her
health has not improved as rapidly
as I had hoped” Dr. Condon said
quickly turning from questions con-
cerning the Hauptmann case to other
topics.
••Jafsie’s" return came only 24
hours after C. Lloyd Fisher. Haupt-1
mann counsel announced he would
demand a rigorous examination of
the Bronx school teacher in the hope
it might provide a clue to new
evidence the last chance in saving
Hauptmann s life.
Hauptmann is scheduled to die the
week of March 30.
Dr. Condon was met at quarantine
by half a hundred newspapermen
and photographers. The Santa Inez
carried 44 passengers from Colon to
New York.
“Jafsie entered an automobile
Immediately after the vessel docked.
(See BRUNO on Page Sixi
12.5 percent increase over the 1935
figure of 80.000.
Deputy Collector C. C. Huddleston
at Houston believed that city would
lead the state announcing 20.000 re-
turns had been received there
through Monday Frank Scofield col-
lector for the southern district at
Austin said the 24.400 mark ot last
year was passed easily when 31.200
returns were In by early Monday
night several hours before the mid-
night deadline.
Amarillo. Wichita Falls and other
cities reported sizeable Jumps in
returns.
NEW YORK INCOME!*
SHOW HIKE OVER *35
NEW YORK. March 17. m—New
Yorkers beat the income tax dead-
line with $45000000 for Uncle Sam
according to a hasty compilation by
collectors Tuesday.
Returns from the three revenue
districts of the metropolitan area
I See INCOMES on Page Six)
CHARGES FILED
IN AUTO WRECK
Eight of 14 Injured Are
Still In Hospital In
Brownsville
Charges of aggravated assault
have been filed against F. J Brons.
of Bloomington. Ills. and Stuart
Place as the result of a traffic ac-
cident at Fourteenth street and the
Boca Chica highway late Sunday
afternoon in which 14 persons were
Injured.
Brons. who winters in the Valley
on his Stuart Place properties post-
ed $500 bond and was released im-
mediately after the charges were
filed in "the county court at law by
Deputy Sheriff George Miller.
Eight of the 14 persons injured
when Brons’ heavy car collided with
a light touring car driven by John-
ny Champion of Brownsville are
still confined to the Mercy hospital
Those in the hospital and their
injuries are: Rosalinda Champion
9. severe scalp wound: Johnny
Champion. 41 Brownsville broken
ribs; Mrs Champion. 35. fractured
pelvis; Mrs. Erlmda Cisneros Garza
45. broken righ. femur; Ester Cava-
zos. 7. dislocated collar bone; Enri-
quita Champion. 7. severe lacerations
about the head; Clara Springer. 70.
lacerations and shock: and Mrs
Brons. lacerations and shock.
Dill nusiicu l 1IIUUKU
There had been some concern at
AAA headquarters lest operation of
the conservation act be delayed by
lack of funds.
Senator Byrnes <D-SC> of the
senate conferees said an effort
would be made to get the bill to the
White House before President Roose-
velt starts his southern cruise Thurs-
day the day when AAA officials
planned to begin field operations
The senate will act first on the con-
ference report.
The directors of the old AAA com-
modity sections were named as re-
gional directors for the respective
divisions The commodity sections
which operated the cotton wheat
com-hog and tobacco adjustment
programs are discontinued under .
the n«w set-up. a
The new divisions with directors:
Southern — Southern Carolina
Georgia. Florida Alabama. Missis-1
sippi Louisiana Arkansas. Texas
and Oklahoma: Cully A Cobb
former director of the cotton divi-
sion.
East-Central - Tennessee. Ken-
tucky. North Carolina Virginia.
West Virginia. Maryland and Dela- ]
ware: John B Hutson former direc-
<See AAA on Page Six)
DONNA TEST
SPUDDED IN;
E
—— y
Another Well Also to Be
Drilled Near Alamo In
Hidalgo County
(Special to The Herald!
DONNA. March 17—Hidalgos r
newest wildcat test. Gerald OU A:
Gas company’ s No. 1 Nelson Mort- 1
rage company was spudded In Mon- 8
day The new test Is located in ®
block 38. lot 3. La Blanca subdivision f
of the La Donna tract four miles r
south of Donna.
A 122-foot derrick Is being used r
Contract drilling calls for 6.000 to <
3000 feet. About 4000 acres in leases *
nave been blocked up around the
location operators said. Jack Porter *
Houston and Jerry Brock. Mission
ire drilling the test.
Another test the H. J. Porter et
il'a No. 1 C H. Swallow two miles 1
outh of Alamo and four miles west
of the Gerald No. 1 Nelson test. also.
Is being spudded in. This test will go
to about 6.000 feet according to
Porter and Brock operators The
Gerald No. 1 Nelson test Is expected
to be completed before the No. 1 C.
H. Swallow fulfills its drilling con-
tract.
Reaming down after coring to 5226
teet the Quintana Production com-
pany* No 1 John C Engelman. Jr.
will resume coring at that depth
soon. The John C. Engelman. Jr. is
located five miles east of the City
of Edinburg in north central Hidalgo
county.
Britain Holding Oat
Great Britain which seek* to
study Hitlers proposals for peace
had been almost In a deadlock with
France which was Insisting that
Germany be branded a treaty vio-
lator by tiie League of Nations.
Great Britain was reported with-
out confirmation to have attempt-
ed to smooth over the difficulty by
proposing a reinforced Locarno
treaty with Oermany participating
under the framework of the League
of Nations.
The reply from Germany came
dramatically while delegates just
released from a secret session of tha
council were standing about tha
halls of St. James’ palace.
A messenger entered the palace
■and delivered the teegram to the
league secretariat. As soon as it eras
delivered the delegates immediately
returned to their chamber to
I resume the meeting.
The message from Berlin was tha
second received from Hitler Tues-
day. The first was understood to
. be that he was willing to send rep-
resentatives to meet with the league
council Thursday provided France
Belgium and Great Brita n agreed
to negotiate on his p-oposa'a for a
new peace structure In Europe.
The French delegates said how-
ever. that they would not yield on#
step in their refusal to negotiate
with Hitler ar In their demand
that the League of Nations condemn
the German government as s treaty
violator.
Sanction* Opposed
France. Belgium and Great Brit-
ain all presented memorandums
) Indicating what course of action
they desired The French memor-
andum was understood to be a
i definite statement of France's posi-
• tlon as given above.
The British memorandum was
i reported without confirmation to
contain two outstanding points:
1. Any idea of sanctions against
Germany is ruled out;
2. Great -.main propose* a re-
l in forced Locarno treaty with Ger-
many participating in the pact tha
pact itself to be inerg d with the
1 League of Nations 'ovenant. there-
: by strengthening the ’ itter.
1 French sources said that the ex-
; change of communications with
Berlin was only “a sure method of
5 provoking Hitler to some brusque
. action. ’
It wra no secret that the French
* delegates were wearied by what they
described as “the opportunism of
J British policy.'* They said they
would never forgive Britain If she
backs down en sanctions against
' Germany—rhatever the kind—after
(See EUROPE on Page 8txi
. --
Dwarfing the men who look op to It as a symbol of the unconquerable
military spirit of the nation the bold Herman eagle has brought the
Rhineland under the domination of Its steel talons and the powerful
wings of its combat planes through the re-militarization of the neutral
sons established under the Locarno treaty.
LEAGUE TURNS
TO VEGETABLES
Marketing Plan to Cover
Fruit Also !•
Proposed
iSnectal roTh«* Herald)
Mr ALLEN. March 17.—A growers
larket.ng plan was proposed Mon-
ay night at a meeting of the Mc-
Jlen unit of the South Texas Cit-
us Growers’ League which seeks to
market not only the citrus but the
egetable crop as well in the Valley
The proposed plan. It was ex-
lalned by J. Adam Asch. Edinburg
resident of the South Texas Cit-
lls Growers’ League will have un-
mlted capital behind it. including
tanks L Miller McAllen proml-
ent shipper.
The plan as outlined to the more
ban 50 citrus growers provides for
rower to contsact his fruit with
central organization on either a
ixed charge basis or sell It out-
ieht for cash.
Pronounced one of the most far-
eaching proposals for marketing
he fruit in the Valley ever sub-
titled the plan proposes:
The corporation to make contract
ilth the growers of fruit.
Contracts to ty imde with ex-
<See GROWERS on Page Six)
Brownsville-Laredo
Road Parley Is Set
Brownsville will send representa-
ives to a meeting at Rio Grande
Jity Priday afternoon at which a
>!an of campaign to obtain comple-
ion of the Brownsville - Laredo
lighway as a jiaved road will be
vorked out.
Notice of the meeting was receiv-
'd from S M. Patterson manager
tt the Mission Chamber of Com-
nerce.
The federal government is to be
tsked to help In building of the
oad.
AT&T PROBE
IS LAUNCHED
Telephone Enterprise I<
Enjoying Monopoly*
Commission Told
WASHINGTON. March 17. <tfV-
Testimony that the American Tele
ihone and Telegraph Co. Is thi
world's largest private enterprise
ontrclling 85 per cent of the na
ion's telephone business and enjoy
ng a ‘virtual monopoly” was givet
he communications ccmmissioi
Tuesday by Walter S Olfford.
The A T &T president was thi
lirst witness at the commission’
irst public hearing In Us $750.00i
nvestlgation of the company.
Samuel Becker special FCC coun
sel. opened his examination witt
questions about Gifford's salary Thi
.vitness testified he received $100.
X)0 a vear when he was chosei
(See TELEPHONE on Page Six)
'
Corpus Port Doing
Business Pay Loar
WASHINGTON March LJ. ufV
The Public Works Administrated
mnounced Tuesday that a navlga
tion district which built a ship cana
and turning basin at Corpus Christ)
Texas had repaid a loan from th<
government 13 years before it wa
due.
PWA officials said that increase!
revenues of the district tn recen
vears had enabled It to retire i
$109000 bond Issue which had beei
sold to the Reconstruction Financi
Corporation about one month age
It would have run until January
1949.
The PWA loan referred to in thi
Associated Press dispatch is on<
floated by the Corpus Christi Navi
nation district to provide funds foi
the construction of a channel to thi
site of the Southern Alkali com
pany’a Corpus Christl plant.
HIDALGO NAMED
IN BANK SUIT
American State Says County
Breached Agreement Made
Concerning Deposits
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. March 17.—Alleging
that Hidalgo county has breached an
agreement whereby the county was
to accept $151000 of the county war-
rants at par as an offset to the de-
posits of the county in the institu-
tion. the American State Bank and
Trust company has filed suit against
the county seeking to enforce the
alleged agreement. The suit was fil-
ed In the 93rd District Court.
The petition recites that Hidalgo
county has on deposit in the bank
approximately $300000. and that the
county has changed depositories and
has drawn checks for the tull ?mount
iSee BANK on Page Six)
M. P. Undecided On
P. I. & R. G. Proposal
HOUSTON March 17 f/P—H. R
Safford vic« president of the Mis-
souri Pacific railroad said Tuesday
the Missouri Pacific had not deter-
mined Its position on a proposal to
extend the Port Isabel railway ap-
proximately five miles to connect
with the San Benito and Rio Grande
Valley. The latter road usually
called the “Spiderweb” is owned by
the Missouri Pacific.
Safford explained that the Mis-
souri Pacific management had not
yet had an opportunity to study
details of the Port Isabel railway's
proposal.
County-Bank Case
Aired At Austin
fSrw»<:al to Th- Reraidi
EDINBURG March 17. — The
county-bank situation took a new
turn Monday afternoon when by a
vote of 3 to 2. a resolution vas
passed by the commissioners’ court
ordering checks which were turned
down recently by the former coun-
ty depository the American State
Bank and Trust Co. of Edinburg
be turned over to tne state bank mg
commissioner at Austin for dispo-
sition
The checks represented moneys
which the county had deposited in
the bank while it was depository.
The sum in dispute is around
$288 000
Resolution sets forth that If the
banking commissioner does not
take action the county through
the commissioners’ court will order
suit brought to collect the moneys.
The suit would be brought against
the bank and the securities of the
bonds while the bank was the
depository
Bank officials did not attend the
meeting. It was stated that they
had sent word seeking to postpone
the meeting until later in the week
Those to make the trip to Austin
and who were slated to appear there
Tuesday afternoon In behalf of the
county are Vernon Hill attorney
for the court. Judge John Ewing. |
County Auditor C. K Leslie. Jr.
and County Treasurer Mrs. Marvin
Me.Ask ill.
Each 17c Cost Negro
Year In Penitentiary
For each 17 cents his alleged
burglary of the Fransc Pierce home
In San Benito netted him Maurice
Thomas. 26. San Benito negro will
spend one year in the penitentiary
a jury In criminal district court
decided Monday night ln convicting
him and assessing his punishment
at 12 years in the penitentiary.
The negro who returned to the
Valley recently after serving part
of a two year term assessed against
him for theft pleaded not guilty
and claimed that he was a victim
of mistaken identity.
State witnesses identified Thomas
also known as James Austin as the
negro who sold a suit taken from
the Pierce residence for $2 at a
second-hand store in San Benito..
TONIGHT’S MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
.
Brownsville: The Capitol—Edward
Everett Horton In "Her Master's Voice.**
The Queen—Warren Hull and Patricia
Bits in Freshman Love."
San Benito: The RivoU—Oatl Patrick
. and Reginald Denny in The Preview
Murder Case."
Harlingen: The Arcadia— Margaret
Sulla van and James Stewart In "Next
Time We Love." The Rialto—Alice
Brady and Robert Montgomery in
"Lady Tubbs.'*
La Peria The Bijou—Myrna Loy and
Spencer Tracy In "Whipsaw."
Raymondvilie: The Ramon—Ruth
Chatterton and Otto Kruger In “Lady
of Secrete '*
Donna The Plana—Hugh Herbert and
Helen Broderick In "To Beat tho
Band '*
San Juan: The Ban Juan Sylvia Sid-
ney in "Mary Burns Fugitive."
Mercedes The Capitol—Ronald Col-
man and Joon Bennett In The Man
Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo “
Weslaco: The Rlt*—Lawrence Tlbbett
and Virginia Bruce In "Metropolitan '*
Pharr: The Texas—R:-ardo Cone*
and Mary As tor tn "The Murder of Dr.
Harrlgan .**
McAllen- The Palace^-Lionel Barry-
more and Maureen O'Sullivan In "Tho
Vole* of Bugle Ann ** The Queen—Mar-
garet Sulla van and Randolph Scott in
So Red the Rose"
Edinburg The Valley—Carl Brlaaon
In "Ship Cafe " The Amec—Pay Wray
and Jack Hulbert In "Allas Bulldog
Drummond.'*
Mission The Mission—Gertrudo
Mlehaei and Oeorge Murphy in "Wo-
man Trap.”
Storm Moves East
To Atlantic Coast
JACKSONVILLE. Fla . March 17
i/F'—The weather bureau here Issued
the following storm warning Tues-
day:
“Advisory: Northwest storm warn-
ings ordered 8:30 a. m. south of Cape
Hatteras to Savannah. Oa. Storm of
great Intensity movtne northeast-
ward over western Carolina? will
cause strong southeast and south
winds shifting to northwest reach-
ing gale force Tue^dav and diminish-
ing Tuesday night ”
Valley Traffic
Toll for 1936
Deaths . I
Injuries .... 116
\rridenlt. .. 68
■ .. -. n . — .111.JI
Ireland Honors Patron Saint
But Unlike Fetes of Long Ago
Candidates File In
San Benito Election
SAN BENITO March 17. — Bd
Brady Tuesday filed for reelection
to the No. 1 commissioner-ship of
the San Benito city commission.
Ham- Carroll. San Benito attor-
ney who was appointed to the No.
2 commissionership to succeed A. L
Price resigned has filed to succeed
himself In the No. 2 commissioner-
ship.
The only contest which has de-
veloped Is the one between Mayor
E L- Barmore and P. B. Housel.
former city commissioner.
The terms of Joe Sloan and W.
W Housewright. commissioners do
not expire this year.
Blaze Extinguished
HARLINGEN March 17.—A small
blase at the residence of A- Chapa.
117 North “D" street was extin-
guished by the Harlingen fire de-
partment late Tuesday morning
The blaze of unknown origin
broke out in a pile of papers is the
corner of a room.
Man Elected to Prove Honest
Man Can’t Win to Run Again
DUBLIN. Irish Free State.
March 17. **>—Ireland observed
the day of St. Patrick. Its patron
saint. Tuesday but in the words of
one veteran -this is more like a
day of national mourning than a
day of national rejoicing."
Shops were closed the Irish
flag flew over all public buildings
the people wore the shamrock and
the children were bedecked in
[rish costumes all gay and brave
enough. But that was all.
The great processions of the
mst apparently were gone There
was a procession in Dublin Town
Tuesday morning but it was a
formal affair with scarcely a flurry
of excitement. That was virtually
the only public demonstration
within the shore of Erin
“Twenty-flwe years ago.” one old
resident recalled -there were dem-
onstrations on St. Patrick’s Day
which were demonstrations. All
but the blind and the halt and
the lame turned out with his green
rosette and a bunch of shamrocks.
“It was a great diy! The mayor
and the town council would be with
us. and we would march through
the streets like we meant It. with
our colors and banners flying.’'
Now the veteran shrugged.
• since Ireland got her freedom you
can’t even drown the shamrock
on St. Patrick'6 Day Today all the
beer shops are dosed and tt is an
offense against the law to be
caught on licensed premisesn
Ireland will be quiet Tuesday
night too. Whenever there is a
dance now. one must get permis-
sion to hold It from a magistrate.
In many parts of the country
there will be no dmcing the
magistrates having declined per-
mission.
Beneath the day’s observance
ran an undercurrent of political
rivalry with a general election
soon to decide the future of the
regime of the American-born
President Earn on de Valera.
TULSA Okla. March 17. (AV-
Colonel Oscar W. Hoop who was
elected police commissioner two
years ago while trying to show his
political science students the
hopelessness of a ‘machineless"
candidate submitted a more
orthodox case to voters Tuesday—
asking re-election.
Bristling skepticism two years
ago he laid down his rule: “An
honest man cant be elected to
public office." and to prove it
filed as a candidate for police
commissioner.
His students at the University
of Tulsa started a campaign to
disprove the instructor’s theory.
They waged a colorful drive for
votes organized about the theme
of ' Whoop It Up For Hoop" and
won.
This time however the retired
army officer lacks organized sup-
port of the university under-
graduates due to his absence from
the campus.
But skepticism gave way to
confidence and Tuesday he fore-
saw his re-election "if the honest
and law abiding citizens of Tulsa
go out and vote.” Defeat he said
would be In "the votes of those
who do not want the law en-
forced In Tulsa.”
Civic and vomen's clubs have
praised his demand for discipline
in the police department and hla
law enforcement campaign but
opponents complained that hla
traffic rules actually reduced the
cash volume of the Christmas
trade.
Hoop’s opponent In the dem-
ocratic primary Is Thomas I.
Monroe former police commis-
sioner whom the teacher defeated.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 219, Ed. 2 Tuesday, March 17, 1936, newspaper, March 17, 1936; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1404219/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .