The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 131, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1936 Page: 1 of 8
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* THE WEATHER
(B> t » Weather Bureau) i - . .. .. .... .
\ EARLY VALLEY
„ _ tide table
High and low tide In the pass ana L ll I T I ll U
Along this ‘mmrdiate roast Tutagu ! P II
under normal meteorological condl- L U I I ! U ll
I11*11 . 1:54 p. m. 10 52 p. m
Low .. 5:54 a. m. 7:27 p m
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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—No. 131 m. tuw n«a-Fim m u». vau« BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY DECEMBER 7 1936 * SIGHT PAGES TODAY 5c A CO*>X
P'LORIDA CITRUS GROW E R £
have their annual advertising
campaign well underway just now
The American Weekly a Hears
publication which is distributed tx
the 6.000 000 Hearst newspaper read-
ers each week ha* just carried a ful
page in colors extolling the merit:
of the tangerine.
And. as an after thought urge:
the reader to remember to buy Flor-
ida grapefruit and oranges.
And setting forth certain claim
as to the merits of Florida grape-
-fruit which the Lower Rio Grand*
Valley product may well challenge
For down here comparisons hav<
been made—and Florida fruit fall
below the standard of Valley fruit.
I • • #
MRS JACK ROWE IS AGEN1
here for the Saturday Eveninf
Post.
8he tells us that the issue whicl
will be distributed tomorrow carrie;
a double page spread on the sub
Ject of oranges.
It is a "house” ad—that is an ad
vcrtisement promoting advertising.
One page shows a mighty prett*
orange. Anri the text of the adver-
tisement points out—
Tha^ twenty-five years ago orange*
were available only to the wealthy
That the supply was limited
Methods of refrigeration and distri
button were expensive.
Oranges were not available to th*
average person.
Today there are many million:
more orange trees than there were i
quarter century ago.
And orange.s are cheaper. Mas*
production relatively chea|*r re
frigeration and distribution.
Today we do not wait for Christ-
mas to eat an orange. Science ha:
made it possible to keep the frui
supply available at virtually al
times of the year.
A • • •
QEORGE O HINZPETER ST
VJ Louis. Mo. is connected wttl
the sales department of Anheuser-
Busch. Inc.
His territory extends from th*
Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean
Recently he visited the Lower pit
Grande Valley and was showr
around by Louis Swed the territoria
distributor.
Writing back a letter of thanks foi
courtesies extended he says:
“I enjoyed my visit with you anc
the country in which you live and 1
car. readily understand why yoi
selected the Valley as your home-
■ stead. We m St Louts are shiver-
ing with the cold; and real wrintei
has not yet set In.”
Sixteen Are Hurt on Highways Over Week-End
{NINE WRECKS
ARE REPORTED
(TO OFFICERS
Holiday Crowds On
Valley High ways
Result In Jump Of
Injured List
\
Valley traffic accidents over the
week-end resulted in the injury of
sixteen persons in nine accidents.
Most seriously injured is Eduardo
Rojas. Brownsville who is confined
to the Mercy hospital with a broken
shoulder. Rojas suffered the in-
jury Sunday night when a car al-
' legedly driven by Antonio Cisneros.
Jr.. Brownsville was in collision at
. 10 p m. with another driven by a
Mr. Martinez at Seventh and Madi-
son streets here. Occupants of the
; Martinez car injured were Mrs. Lil-
lian Hernandez de Martinez minor
cuts and bruises and Manuel Vas-
quez head lacerations Mrs. Mar-
tinez was released after receiving
first aid treatment and Vasquez was
to be released Monday. Cisneros
was not injured
Mrs Wanda Hatchew El Jardin.
was slightly shaken and bruised
about 6:30 p m. Sunday when the
car she was driving was side-swiped
i j by another seven miles west of here
on the Military highway. Cameron
county officers were searching for
' the driver of the hit-and-run car.
who abandoned it about 150 yards
from the scene of the accident.
The driver of the light pick-up
1 ' truck which side - swiped the
Hatchew car had stolen it from the
Naranjo dance hall according to
Monday reports to the sheriff's de-
partment. The truck which be-
longs to the Treon Produce com-
'See TRAFFIC on Page Two*
WHERE SCORES PLUNGED THROUGH FLOORING
21 TREATED
FOR HURTS IN
FAIR MISHAP
Fairpark Grandsta n d
Section Collapses At
Closing f eature Of
Mid-Winter Fair
l Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Dec 7.—Twenty-
one persons who received emergency
treatment here Sunday for injuries
suffered when a section of a race
track grandstand collaiJsed. were re-
covering Monday and an unknown
number of other persons were recov-
ering from minor cuts bruises and
shock
The grandstand section caved In
at the conclusion of a - thrill show."
featured attraction at tire closing
day of the Mid-Winter Fair.
Dumped Into Heap
Fully 50 persons many women
ind children were dumped into a
heap when the section of the stands
between the steps and the se»U»
:.ave way as the crowd surged for
the single exit The drop to the
ground was a short one. but the
1 crowd was packed so closely and so
many fell together that a large num-
oer of persons were bruised and cut
A few suffered more serious injury.
The ‘‘thrill show had attracted a
capacity crowd that grew restlev- as
the show went on. and about a
fourth of those in the grandstand
and in front of the structure had de-
part cd before the final stunt in
which "Reckless Rex" Murphy pilot-
ed an airship into a frame structure
Crowd Begins Booing
Tike crowd began booing several
of the earlier stunts and at one
time more than a hundred persons
marched to the office and demanded
I their money back
After a lengthy delay. Murphy
I crashed the plane and the announc-
er told the crowd that u might go
onto the field and view the wreck-
age Those near the exit made a
•See INURED on Page Two
THOUSANDSSEE
FIESTA FAIR
I wo of Valley’s Major
Attractions End
Thousands of people visited Sun-
! day's closing day events of two of
I the Valley's major winter celebra-
tions. the Texas Citrus Fiesta at
Mission and the Valley Mid-Winter
fair at Harlingen. A th.rd celebra-
;on the Alamo Community Flower
nd Fruit Show closed Saturday
night after huge throngs viewed
display of dozens of varieties ol
flower’s and fruits.
Sunny skies encouraged thou-
ands to take in the exhibits dog
.how. "thrill show." horse show and
j ether leatures at the Mid-Winter
1 Fair Sunday.
Horse lovers expressed admiration
over more than a hundred entrants
n the horse show which began at
7:30 p m There were no horse
races Sunday.
Sunday crowds took their last
glimpses of the automobile show
• See SHOW'S on Page Two)
Wally Says
She 'll Stay
in France
Telephone Lines To
Edward s Castle
Kept Busy
CANNES. France. Dec 7.
Mrs Wallis Simpson intends to re-
main at the Villa Lou Viei indef-
initely. she said Monday through
an intermediary.
She has made no plans for any
kind of a trip or any change of
residence from the Villa of her
New York friends Mr and Mrs
Herman Rogers she let it be
known.
The American woman whose as-
sociation with King Edward
precipitated a serious British con-
stitutional crisis sjx>ke through a
close associate in the garden of
the villa where she arrived during
the weekend.
Earlier Mrs Simpson had talked
with the king by transchannel
telephone several times Monday
while the world awaited for a de-
cisive development in England's
crown quandary.
Mrs. Simpson it was learned on
good authority also communicated
by telephone with several other
persons in London from Villa Lou
Viei here
She .'•pent the day in the deepest
! seclusion
MEXICO OFFERS
TROTZKY HAVEN
Exiled Russian May
Leave Norway
MEXICO CITY Dec 7 Mex-
ico's government opened its doors
Monday to Leon Trotzky. the mod-
ern man without a country.
Granting of asylum to the oft-
exiled former Bolshevist leader was
I "in line with Mexico’s traditional
policy of giving refuge without ques-
tions. to all political refugees."
Eduardo Hay Mexican foreign min-
ister declared. Trotzky’s permit ex-
pires December 18.
It had no political significance.
Hay said confirming report* cur-
rent here for ten days that friends of
Trotzky. who soon must leave his
exile in Norway had sought permis-
sion for him to live in Mexico.
Asylum lor Trotzky. Hay asserted
did not "presuppose of itself af-
f.nity of thought of purposes or of
tendencies between the country
which concedes it and the indi-
vidual who benefits by it."
By granting a haven to Trotzky
the government disregarded the pow-
j erful Confederation of Workers of
Mexico openly sympathetic with the
regime of Joseph Stalin in Russia
The confederation announced last
week It would use "every means"
at It* command to keep the exiled
leader out.
TROTZKY WANTS
SAFETY GUARANTEES
OSLO Dec 7. P*—Leon Trotzkys
attorney said Monday the exiled Rus-
sian revolutionary was "doubtful"
abouj the advisability of accepting
Mexico's offer of a haven
"He must have guarantees” the at-
torney said "that his enemies are
not secretly behind the arrange-
ment."
The attorney said the Norwegian
government last week warned Trot-
I • See TROTZKY on Page Two)
KING ‘GIVEN1
LONGER TIME
FOR DECISION
Baldwin Still Holds
I o Decision I hat
Edward Must fake
One of Two
LONDON Dec 7. </f*—Prune Min-
ister Stanley Baldwin openly gave
King Edward time to “weigh" his
decision between heart and throna
Monday and declared the sovereign
himself had precipitated the whole
crisis by informing Baldwin “of his
intention to marry Mrs. Simpson
whenever she should be free"
In a remarkable .statement to the
hou.se of commons Britain s first
minister also said the king "will no
doubt" communicate ills decision in
good time “to the governments m
this country and the dominions
It was the first time the plain-
spoken Baldwin had so much as
mentioned in public the name of
Wallis Warfield Sunwon. whose de-
cree nisi from Ernest Simpson one-
time kings guardsman becomes
final next April 27. *
Chamber feme
A tense deathless. chamber heard
tilt* prune minister declare "it has
always been and remains the earnest
desire ol the government to alford
His Majesty the fullest opportunity
of weighing the decision which in-
volves so directly his own future
happiness and the welfare of all his
subjects."
That was Baldwin s answer to the
brilliant Winston Churchill who haa
warned the government against try-
ing to "extort" abdication from the
sovereign.
Thus he pushed further into the
background the prospect of abdica-
tion for the world's mightiest throne
—yet. at the same time declared
both the government and the king
were aware that "considerable pro-
longation of the present state of
suspense and uncertainty would in-
volve the risk of gravest Injury to
the national and imperial interests "
Baldwin again in direct reply to
Churchill asserted the government
had advised the king only on the
question of morganatic marriage
(See KINO on Page Two)
ENFORCEMENT
MAN UNNAMED
Hatchitt Leaves No
Appointment Yet
t I " .
Joe p Hatchitt. district attorney-
( elect left Brownsville Mon day
morning for his home at Corpus
Christi without announcing whom
he will appoint as his assistant for
Corner on county.
Hatchitt si>ent all day Sunday in
conference with leaders who sup-
liorted him in his races in the pri-
maries of last summer but indicated
hat he has as yet made no decision
us to his plans.
1! The opinion w as expressed in some
quarters that he will not make an
announcement as to his selection
until after he takes office which
will be on January l next.
There are at least four prominent !
contenders for the place including '
Fausto Yturria and N\ G Cofer ol I
Brownsville Charles Wunderman oi j
San Benito and Asa Moore Of La
Ferta.
Yturria conferred with Hatchitt 1
for several hours during the Cor-
pus Christi man's stay in Browns-
ville. However he told a Herald re- I
porter that he had no statement to I
make regarding reports that he is I
seeking appointment as assistant
district attorney. He also said th3t
he had no intention of sponsoring an i
; investigation of the last city elec-
tion. whether or not he became as-
sistant district attorney.
Approval of any appointment as
assistant district attorney will come
from the board of county commis-
1 loners just as all other depart-
mental appointment coni tr mat ions
are given
Man Held Here In
Pt. Isabel Affray
A preliminary hearing will be
held at Port Lsabel Tuesday for
Tomas Morales Port Isabel fisher-
man held in jail here in connec-
tion with the severe stabbing of
Samuel Chapa. C PAL. employe
at Port Isabel. Saturday morning
according to informatiton at the
sheriffs department.
Chapa was stabbed In the right |
side with a pocket knife in an al- :
tercation late Saturday morning
and Morales was brought here and
lodged in jail in connection with
the assault.
Chapa is under treatment at
Port Isabel and the charges to be
filed against Morales will be gov-
erned by Chapa's condition Tues-
day. according to the sheriff's de-
partment.
Twenty-one persons received emergency treatment and others suffered minor cuts and bruises Sunday after-
noon when a section of the Fairpark grandstand at Harlingen caved In at the conclusion of a “thrill perform-
ance” which was the featured attraction of the closing day of the Mid-Winter Fair. Upper photograph
shows the crowd gathered about the sagging grandstand while injured persons were being removed and
rushed to Valley Baptist hospital m ambulances. Lower photo taken after the milling throng departed
shows the section which gave way.
Additional Alamo
Prize* Are Awarded
i Special to The Herald i
ALAMO. Dec 7—The $2 ca*h award
given by the Ladies Aid Society
of the Alamo Community church
lor the most beautiful bouquet of
I the Flower Show held here Friday
and Saturday was given to Mrs.
F. E Mitchell of Alamo The bou-
quet. an arrangement of red cock‘a
comb. was. elected the prettiest by
visitors duruig the two-day show-
ing.
Additional prizes for the win-
ners of the beautiful yards con-
test were a lawn chair to Mrs F.
E Mitchell first place winner two
urns to Mr*- A E Buddrmever.
second place winner and a trellis
for M C. O Williams
third prize: an um given for the
most beautiful fern of the show
; went to Mrv L. E Wlgton.
Additional classification ribbon
winners were: pecans tint Har-
vey Manley.
Pomegranates: second. Harvey
Manley.
Brownsville: The Capitol—Olivia De-
Ha wlland and Errol Flynn in The
Charge of the Light Brigade ” The
Queen Bing Crosby and Frances Farm-
er In Rhythm on the Range ”
San Benito The RtvoU- Eleanor Pow-
ell and James Stewart in "Born to
Dance "
Harlingen The Arcadia—The Dionne
Quintuplet* tn "Reunion " The Rialto
I —Jean Harlow. Franchot Tone and Gary
Orant in * Suzy.”
La Feria The Bl)ou George O Brian
and Heather Angel in Daniel Boone ”
Ravmondvtlle The Rio-Burns and
Allen and Jack Benny tn "The Btg
Broadcast of 1937."
I Donna The Plaza-Stuart Erwin.
Patsy Kellv and Ar’.lne Judge m Plg-
akin Parade
San Juan- The San Juan--Gloria
Stuart and Kent Taylor in The Crima
of Dr. Forbes ”
Merced*-* The Capitol—Joe E Brown
and Carol Hughe* in Polo Joe ”
We* iaco The Rita- Marlene Diet-
rich. Charles Boyer and Basil Rath-
bone tn "The Garden of Allah.”
Pharr: The Tessa—Janet Oaynor
Loretta Voting and Constance BennetS
in Ladle* In Love ’*
McAllen The Palace—Jack Benny and
Burn* and Alien in The Btg Broadcast
at 1937.” The Queen -Clark Oable.
| Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy
in - San Francisco ”
Edinburg The Valley -Stuart Erwin.
Pat*y Kelly and Arltne Judge in Ptg-
*kin Parade.'* The Aztec- Walter Hus-
ton Mary A.*tor and Ruth Chatterton
tn * Dodeworth ”
Mission The Mission—Eric Linden
and Cecilia Parker in "In Hi* Steps ”
.
CANNON BLAST
PATH IN CITY
Madrid Expects New
Rebel Charge
MADRID. Dec 7. ^—Fascist ar-
tillery blasted a path through the
capital's suburbs Monday in what
socialist commanders feared was th
rumbling thunder of an effort to
dorm the city.
Insurgent batteries cru m p 1 e d
blocks of bomb-weakaned .pay-
ments with a smoking barrage in th
Argue lies sector hardest hit by re-
cent fascist air raids.
Some defense officers foresaw an
insurgent drive also iroin the north-
east. after 23 tri-motored bomber*
rained explosives in the vicinity of
Guadalajara
Madrids defense line which has
• See REBELS on Page Twoi
I
Palmer’s Trial
To Start Tuesday
it. ■ trial to The H* ia:ai
EDINBURG. Dec 7. — Sheriff R
Daniel and Deputy Norman
Campbell left Edinburg Monday to
ittend the trial of Richard A
Palmer at La Grange. The trial
.tarts Tuesday. Fifteen witness?
rom Edinburg are also reported
to be In La Grange for the trial.
Alter having received a 99-year
l sentence assessed in Hidalgo county
I following the hitch-hike slaying of
Percy A Calkins in 1935. Palmer
• as granted a reversal A change of
rnue was granted to Fayette
ounty.
Pope Gains Strength
VATICAN CITY. Dec. 7. AP»-
4M* Pius gaining strength :n his
nrlially paralysed limbs asked his
ihvsirians Monday to permit him to
Dave hts bed at the earnest possible
moment.
The doctors however. Joined with
the pontiff's intimates by urging
him to remain abed and spare him-
sc*lf every unnecessary exertion like-
t ly to produce complications.
—-1
"ID NORTHER
HITS VALLEY
Texas Gets Freezes;
Zero In Midwest
Freezing temperature over much
of Texas accompanied by wind
storms in some sections was re-
duced to a mild norther belore it
leached the Valley Sunday and the
forecast for Monday night and
Tuesday is for slowly rising tem-
. eraturea
Sunday night's minimum tem-
perature at Brownsville was 51. with
' clear skies.
Tornadic winds out of season
pread destruction through a wide
area of East Texas injuring sev-
eral persons while a stinging cold
wave was sweeping southward Sun-
day.
The discomfort of families whose
roofs were ripjjed from over their
heads by the violent winds was in-
creased by temporal. skidding
(See WEATHER on Page Two)
Commissioners Are
To Grant Tax Cuts
Adjustments of delinquent taxes
are expected to furnish most of the
business to be considered betore the
Cameron County Commissioners
Court at a session to be neld Tues-
day morning.
Applications for adjustments are
continuing to flood the assessor-
collectors office as the county pre-
pares to file suits for delinquent
taxes for the first time in six
years
Adjustments ranging as high as
thirty and forty per cent are being
granted by cancelling the old as-
sessments and granting new assess-
ments.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT DURING
* the past week more than 40.00(
persons motored to entertainment;
here and there in the Valiev.
Persons who ordinarily do not ven-
ture far from their own home towns
Pavements did it. Good roads
Everywhere in the Valley Rood roadi
‘ are available.
That is. the roads made quick
comfortable movement possible.
And the entertainment beckoned
The Valley is ready for entertain-
ment.
The folks want to be entertained
and sffin willinR to pay for the priv-
ilege
Probably that would not have been
the case two or three or four years
ago
Gasoline was conserved Trips were
(Conltnued on page two)
Valley Traffic
Toll for 1936
Deaths. 43
Injuries .... 828
Accidents .. 358
Answers to Contest Pour In
Now will the class please step forward for the honorable mention
degrees?
Miss Marie Cloyd. 1324 Monroe this way for the first two-dollar
prize. Miss Cloyd. your answers are gems and you know your Browns-
ville. Wish every merchant could see them as they would be more
than pleased.
Mrs E. A. Hinojosa 616 Adams street youre due for a second a
! one dollar prize.
So many and all so original are the answers pouring in these
days. Easy prizes eh. folks?
Plenty of prizes still left and we are set to give out more if nec-
i essary. Turn to the "People You Should Know' feature today on Page
Two. Just read it. Then start getting your answers. Nothing we
know of is easier.
Keep it up!
LAST THURSDAY'S BEACON FLASHES TELL IS THAT—
MRS IZAAK HILL MORROW who couldn't count her good
friends finds the other name for her Real Estate and Insurance Of-
fice is—Public Bureau of Information especially if you want to know
about leasing and real estate.
MRS N. M. TORRES who passes out a smile to every living
' creature has had her Little Flower 8bop. 510 - 12th 8treet. two years.
MRS GRACE STUART always happy as a lark at the Post Of-
fice Cafe directly across from the post-office on Elizabeth has been
connected with cafes for 20 years.
ESTHER AMAYA beautifying artist who also operates an “ex-
clusive" millinery has had Amaya * Beauty Shoppe eight years in
Brownsville.
Tuesday’s Entrants
By BILL THOMAS
HARLINGEN Dec 7—Selec-
tions for the Tuesday races at the
Harlingen Fair Park:
First race—Ginger. Miss Crack-
er. Efjaybee.
Second—Birdy Wrack. Calcalus
Dry Chief.
Third — Humalong. Plunging
Son. Bob's Bit.
Fourth—Cyclone. Billy The Kid.
Ginger Rogers.
Fifth-Colonel Clyde. Big Cabin.
March Way.
Sixth—Stanisar. Dixie Twist.
Beau Charley.
Seventh—Whiskwin. Bill Wade.
Jimmie.
Eighth — Joe Kreiger Miss
Queen Sunny World.
~ ~ •
(Special to The Herald 1
HARLINGEN. Dec. 7. — Entries
ior the Tuesday racing program at
the Harlingen Fair Park are set out
| below. First is horse by post posi-
! tions. second numeral is weight
and third name is jockey. '—In-
dicates live pounds allowance lor
apprentice jockey.
FIRST RACE—8 furlongs purse
$#(>. $200 claiming.
1— Windy Ross. 114. B Maskrid.
2— Ahwahnee 109* R Vedder
3— Ginger. 110 L. Josephson
4— Miss Cracker 111 A. Maskrid.
(See ENTRIES on Pag® Two>
IValley to Celebrate Weslaco's 17th Birthday December 9 and 10
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