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. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3. 1840
MATAMOROS-VICTORIA HIGHWAY
IT IS proper that American communities between
Houston and Brownsville lend their wholehearted
support to the movement in Mexico for completion
of a highway from Victoria north to the border to
connect with the lower border ports of **-‘••^nros
and Reynosa.
The Mexican government and the state of Tam-
aulipas are without funds at the present time to
rush this highway to completion and there is no early
prospect that the financial situation there will im-
prove to the point that the work can be hurried
along. In the meantime the dirt work for the road
is being done as funds permit.
Colonel W. E. Talbot manager of the Browns-
ville Chamber of Commerce has carried to Hous-
ton’s chamber and to the newspapers there the pro-
posal that the American government through the
Export-Import Bank make funds available to Mex-
ico ior completion of this road repayment to be
through gasoline taxes.
The Houston Post discussing the plan editorially
said Monday:
“For many years the Houston Chamber of Com-
merce through T. L. Evans its foreign trade manager
has fought actively for completion of a new route to
Mexico City which would be 174 miles shorter than
the present Pan-American highway.
“The shorter route follows the Hug-the-Coast
highway to Brownsville. It then runs from Browns-
ville to Victoria Mexico where it joins the present
Pan-American highway.
“The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce has
worked assiduously for this new route enjoying at all
times the hearty cooperation of the Houston chamber.
“There are numerous reasons why completion of
this highway is vital at this time. With the United
States fostering Latin-American cooperation in hemi-
sphere defense it is essential that direct highways
useful in the military sense be provided as quickly as
possible from Canada to the southernmost tip of South
America. Over these roads would flow military as-
sistance from the United States to any country threat-
ened by aggression. In time of emergency a highway
that would reduce the distance to the capital of
Mexico by 174 miles would be highly useful in trans-
porting the mobile equipment of modern warfare.
“Houston is interested in this defense angle. It
is interested also in the fact that completion of the
Brownsville-Victora road would shorten the distance
to Mexico City from nearly all the Eastern and
Northern population centers and therefore make
Houston an important stopping point on tourist intin-
6rsrics.
“Brownsville sponsors of the road project believe
that Export-Import Bank funds soon to be made
available hv Congress for economic aid to Latin coun-
tries. might be loaned to the Mexican government for
completion of this highway. Such a loan would meet
at least one requirement of the loan program—build-
ing of good will for the United States. It would con-
tribute directly to hemisphere defense. And there
would he reasonable prospect of repayment since
the Mexican government could pledge a percentage
of its gasoline tax revenues.
“It is a matter which should be explored thorough-
ly. Houston should continue to cooperate vigorous-
ly with Brownsville and other interested commun-
ities.”
—
ABOARD PRESIDENT R006E-
^ VELT'8 SPECIAL TRAIN—
Negotiations for a U. 8. naval-air
base In Brazil—one that will safe-
guard the south Atlantic—are ris-
ing softly In the official winds.
Preliminary soundout work has
been started on this next step in
the hemisphere base-leasing job
which Mr. Roosevelt began with
the British and Canadians before
taking time off for his politically
scenic tour Into the south.
Presidential arrangers are work-
1 in| on i new unheralded "quad-
rasphere" defense system an In-
ner hemisphere defense line which
will cut in half the extensive in-
defensible outer line of the Amer-
icas. It would run from the New-
foundland bases which the La-
Ouardia commission has been in-
specting. down to the prospective
new Brazilian base site around
Natal thence west to Hawaii and
Alaska.
The Brazilians have some navy
and air facilities around Natal
but these are not sufficient. While
Mr. Roosevelt’s arrangers have
nothing as large as Guantanamo
in mind they do want a formid-
able outpost at this southernmost
tip of the American axis.
Well do they know that who-
ever controls the bulge of Brazil
into the Atlantic will control the
approaches from the east
A FLOCK of reports from Mr.
Roosevelt’s leftenants on what
is wrong with business will pour
forih from the temporary nation-
al economic committee as soon as
a signal Is given.
The reports have been slipped to
the committee in executive privacy
by the bright voung men of many
government departments and cov-
er such significant subjects as
“labor policy of American corpor-
ations.“ "bureaucracy and trustee-
ship in large corporationr.” "struc-
ture of fifty large corporations."
cistrlbction of Individual incomes."
distribution of ownership in 200
largest financial corporations.*'
public price policy." "relative ef-
ficiency of big and little business."
insurance."
The last is as hot as any. It rip*
insurance systems into minute
particles and its publication will
cause sharp controversy. Lieuten-
ants in the federal trade commis-
sion have however presented sev-
eral thousand kind words about the
efficiency of middle-size business-
es. concluding these are more
efficient than the big or little.
There is much in the reports about
concentration of wealth and gov-
ernment financing of small busi-
ness.
Question is whether to break the
dozen reports already finished or
*o wait for about eight more. Be-
hind this is the problem of
whether the reports would furnish
good campaign material or freight-
en business too much.
AIR ROOSEVELT rode south on
14 the buovant wings of a gal-
lop poll rlaimmg popular major-
ities from 69 to 90 per cent for
him In southern states but his
..outhern political leaders do not
put much faith in that elevating
conclusion Thr poll was conduct-
ed o.i a class-sifting basis whereas
the /oling next November 5 will
o* restricted to those who pay poll
tuxes in most of the southern
states. The difference i« apt to b<*
considerable.
Willkie organizations at first
dismayed by the results of the
southern polls are now reviving
their southern campaign organiza-
tions.
RUMANIA
Walter Winchell
On Broadway n
•Trad* Mark Raftafarad. C»f*vrlf1)t IMS. hs'lv Mirror)
MAN ABOl'T TOWN
H. Hopkins. FDR's favorite friend and Betsy Cushing Roosevelt
• James' ex-wifei are expected to announce it after Election Day....
The James Cromwells • Doris Duke* ditto ... The Duchess of the
Bahamas sent a letter postmarked Bermuda to a Washington chum
topping her stationery thus: "St. Helena. Aug. IS"....Who is that lovely
lady Mr. Justice Frank Murphy is frequently seen 8upreme courting
along Park Avenue?... Sterling Hayden her new leading lad. is making
Madeleine Carroll forget her French flier-Texaco' Rieher s resignation
is a Ha still o«nx considerable . —..
stock.. Billy Rose is now toting »
gun...The nation's most radical
Congressman la In a Federal tax
lam. Two warrants are out—for
distraint (seizure of assets*.. .Uncle
Sam is readying another indict-
ment for tax tricks against a movie
epic-builder...Under the code. Will-
kiea jilting of Coughlin deprives
the priest of radio time during the
campaign The broadcasters ruled
he could buy time only to support
a candidate.
Now It’s Our Turn 'Part III At.
Clair McKelway and the Satevepost
are being sued for $500000 libel
damages by George Aitstadter. of
Philadelphia and the Graybar Bldg
His lawyer is M Blau of 10 East
40th Street. New York City.. Alt-
ftadter alleges "numerous mis-
statement* and dozens of inac-
curacies —haw!
The 1’nrle Sam vs Sammy fplay-
boyi Feldman trial will involve
mighty Detroit. Miami. Palm Beach.
Washington. Hollywood and N. Y.
chumps including debs and chor-
ine*. a bigger mess than the Whit-
ney case . Bessie Love silent film
star is doubling between being an
air-raid warden in London and
evacuating tots Helen Deutach.
Girl Friday to the N Y. Drama
Critics' Circle will mlddle-ai&le it
next month with a medical man...
Sinclair Lewis is quitting the stage
to teach nmel-writing at the U. of
Iowa Later he will holiday indef-
inite in Hawaii . Ernest Heming-
way's For Whom the Bell Tolls’*
• Scribner's* will be the Nov. Book-
of-the-Month selection .. Dorothy
Bigbee. the Diamond Horseshoer.
and Mary Dowell the ditto have
inherited hunks of airplane »tock
from Wall Street “Johns’... Jim
Farley will tour the world after
the campaign...England will get
those fifty old-age destroyers short-
ly.
Heywood Broun turned over In
.his grave Thursday midnight...
Roy Howard of the Willkie-Tele-
gram will be a grampa soon when
the Jack Howards -Barbara Balfe*
are three.. .Willkie promises inti-
mates if elected Dewey will be his
Attorney-General That Dewey's
'material'’ on New Dealers is "al-
ready in the files"...Al Capone is
richer than ever . Hope Davis Keh-
rig daughter of Richard Harding
Davi* and Bessie McCoy is strand-
ed somewhere in France Her law-
yer is Harding Cowan of 2 Rector
St...Mary Leuscher becomes Mrs.
Jarvis Olson 'he* the yacht brok-
er) at Southport Conn . on the 7th
i...Georga Jean Nathan has be-
queathed his letters and literature
to a college after he goes to heav-
en... Jinx Falkenberg of the Jolson
show is badly hurt in Philly after
a fall Her Tall in Hawaii kept her
in a hosp for half a year.. Begin-
ning today the rolyum has 330
her. and then—whisk!—she has
vanished When they had shot It
once and had stopped the camera
wrhi> she disappeared. Auer said
wistfully. "Ah—if only it were not
a trick'•*
What she's up to Is anvbodv'*
guess. Perhaps she's allergic to
popularity. Maybe she rioesn t like
being Just one of the Seven Sin-
ners. several of whom happen to
be among the best actors and
most unscrupulous scene-stealers
in movies. I»'s vt ohvm-is that
around the studio the picture U
called “Seven Thieves.■*
papers wiflch Includes 150 new
rural clients In the Far West.
Standard Oil exera here (at a
cable from Lisbon statin? that
Greece would go next” unless
Russia aided the British Two weeks
will "tell’*..-The gendarmes have
quietly knocked off 100 policy rack-
eteers George Marshall the Wash-
ington sportsman wants to wager
•1.000 on Wilikie at anv odds
The wedding plan of Margie Whit-
tington of the Ziegfeld shows and
bandsman E Hines has been waste-
basketed. ..Hoot Gibson» slugfest
at the Atlantic Beach Club was
with a husband named Cummings
.. Nina Wiggins of Cue mag has d
Just said yop to attorney Gardner r
C. Klein son OT the Irving Trust
v»ce-pre#... Peter Lind Haves amt
Rita Luplno. Ida's kid sister are
Cupiddllnr.. P Riedl. German air
attache at the Embassy in Wash-
ington. boasts that th- reason he is
kept there despite recent attacks
on his various activities. Is hts pull
with the DuPont family. Isa dot rot
British and American authorities
made a terrific haul of Naii cor-
respondence when the S S. Exo-
ehorda decided to pause at Ber-
muda on Aug 9th The Nans herd
relied on the N. V. Past Offices
official publication called Foreign
Malls'* which on Aug 7th stat'd
that the American Export Line ship*
would sail directly to Portugal with
no stops ..The storv In Editor At
Publisher on Aug 17th about a
famous English correspondent sail-
ing for Britain was strictly hush-
hush. The lead of the story was in
Bellevue's psychopathic ward!...
Sherman Fairchild the airplane In-
strument magnate has proposed to
Peggy Steele the model ten times
to date . Noel Carter the redhead
chorine In the Buckner case has b
been Rifted with her second stiver
fox cost in eight months The latter
cost 11 Cs He's a 52nd Street bar-
tender!
The I'. %. Minister to the Hagua.
George Gordon and his wife re-
turned on the S S Excahbur which
brought over the Duke and Duchess
oT Windsor Time. In a hack issue
reported that Mrs. Gordon once
gave her old clothes to Wally...
The Duke and Duchess tendered a
reception on the boat. The passen-
gers not Invited were the Gordons.
FDR Jr. got wearv of rlbhera
pinning Wilikie buttons to hts la-
pel* so now he wears a Browder
button... Jock Whitney doesn't
plan backing films again despite
the many millions invested that
brought a profit—thanks to ••Gone"
and •Rebecca".. Quentin Reyn-
olds apparently Is flush In London.
He cabled a pal: “Who wrote
Stormv WeatherT*.. Cab Callo-
wavs wow when his hand goes on
a rampage: "Muss mah hav-alr
and cawl me Wilikie' ' The prev»-
! agent union prohibits M Proser
from p-a-ing his own show. "Sec-
ond Helping " Has to hire one for *
•150 a week.. That photo In the F
mags shows O Welles drinking tea
trom a cup on the set. Tatn't a
cup It’s a baby's throne.. When
Sonnv Kendis removes his w-h mu-
sic to Clro's in H'wond. Pancho
come* in to the Beachcomber...
Agent 8 Lyons sent telegrams of
apologv to the lads he scuffled wt»h
in Moore's.. Tomorrows col.vum
has a new rhythm ..Alexis Thomp-
son. the mtliionheir. will sue the
Belmont-Plara's Glass Hat for
*J*ctmg him bodilv for defending
l Honeychlle Wilder’s honor.. ATter
a month s courtship Julian Fields.
1 »he ad exec eloped to Virginia
Satdee with divorcee Barbara Jos-
ephs*. . Then there's the one about
the Broadwav husband who tale
graphed his nagging wife ' Hav-
ing wonderful time. Wish you wer#
her!**
I -
Answers to Your Questions
BY FREDERIC J. BASKIN
A reader can get the answer to
any queflon of fact by writ-
ing The bi 'iwnsvllle Herald In-
formation Bureau. Frederic J.
Baskin Director. Washington.
D. C Please enclose tbrea (3t
tents for reoiv
Q—Who are the outstanding
young men in the United States? R
P. S.
A—Durward Howes editor ol
• America* Young Men.” has chos-
en the following a* the outstanding
young men of 1939: Philo Farns-
worth. television scientist; Lou
Gehrig retired ball player; Ernest
O. Lawrence winner of the Nobel
Prize and inventor of th* atom-
smashing cyclotron; Fulton Lewis.
Jr. radio news commentator; Wil-
liam S Paley. president of the Co-
lumbia Broadcasting System; Perry
Pipkin. Insurance executive and
president of the U S. Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce; Philip Reed
chairman of the Board of Directors
of the General Electric Co.; Harold
Btassen Governor of Minnesota
Spencer Tracy actor; and Herman
B. Wells president of Indiana Uni-
j versity.
Q—Where were the first traffic
lights installed? M R.
A—The first installation of traf-
fic signals was at E. 105th and Eu-
I did Ave. Cleveland. Ohio.
Q—Please gis> the names and
dates of some of the earliest Cali-
fornia missions. E. D. F.
A—Some of the earlie'-t missions
. in the order of their establishment
were: San Diego. 17«9; San Carlos.
1770 San Antonio. 1771; San Gab-
riel. 1771; San Luts Obispo. 1772;
San Francisco de Ams <Dolores'
1776; San Juan Capistrano. 1776;
Santa Clara. 1777; San Buenaven-
tura. 1782; Santa Barbara. 1786.
• La Purtsima Concepcion. 1787 San-
i ta Cruz. 1790; La Soledad. 1791; San
Fernando. 1797; San Miguel. 1797;
San Juan Bautista. 1797; San Jose.
1797; San Luis Rev. 1798. Santa
Ynes. 1804; San Rafael. 1817; ana
San Francisco Solano. 1823.
Q—Who was Old Parr? A. R-
A—Thomas Parr <14R3 <?>-1635>
was an English centenarian. His
birth >date Ls unauthenlicated but
ne was a Shropshire farmer who
married for the first time at the
age of 80 In 1635 he was taken to
London by the Earl of Arundel to
be presented to Charles I. He died
soon after from whst the great
physician. William Harvey diag-
j nosed as change of air and diet He
was burled in Westminster Abbey.
In the 19th century many stories
were invented about him to adver-
tise a quack remedy Old Parr s
Life Pills.
Q— Why is the left arm of for-
mer Kaiser Wilhelm useless? B. I).
G.
A—The left arm of the former
Kaiser of Germany is paralvzed. At
the time of his birth the shoulder
socket was torn away and the sur-
rounding muscles so severely in-
jured that with the comparatively
limited knowledge of surgery at
that time no doctor would attempt
to readjust it.
Q— Which is correct “a hundred’
or "an hundred?*' W. C F.
A—“A hundred'* is correct. A
word which begins with "h” la pre-
ceded by *la*’ if the 'h'* Is sounded
l and the accent is on the first ayl-
j lable. Usage of other day* made it
correct to say 'in hundred *'
Q— What Is the name of the al-
manac which Is devoted exclusively
to women's interests? A. T. P.
A—The Woman's Almanac con-
taining facts for and about women
in published by the Oqtiaga Press.
Inc.. 570 Lexington Avenue. New
York City.
Character Reading i
Prom the Hand*
Palmiatrv ts an tntereatlng atudv
because it has all the charm of explo-
ration and discovery. If you have nev-
er observed the hands of your friends
see how much you can learn of
character and temperament from
them Next to the face the human
hand la the most expressive snd re-
vealing thing in the world The For-
tune Telling booklet contains explana-
tions and diagrams which will teach
the beginner how to studv character
from trie hands It tells the meaning
of the square hand of long fingers
shape of finger nails snd the mounts
of flesh cushions at the base of the
fingers Send in vour name and ad-
dress with a dime and your copy
will come to you in an early mall.
—Use Thl* Coupon—
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HOLLYWOOD—This il to an-
nounce regretfully the return of
Miss Marlene Dietrich to her Ivory
tower.
Your bewildered correspondent
retracts the nice things he said
about her some months ago. I
guess there never was a New Dte-
trtch; it was just a mirage not a
miracle.
Watching her today on Univer-
se i*s Seven Sinners'* aet. anyone
who had observed the tempera-
mental breakup of her career in
1936 and 37 probably would grab
hi* hat and rfn.rmur. This is
where I came m
It also is where Miss Dietrich
went out In attitude and be-
havior. she seems to bo right back
where she wa* when Paramount
gave her a cash settlement and
release three years ago. Such
consistency might not be remark-
able If It were not for the inter-
lude. last autumn when she slid
off her exhausted high-horse and
made a rootin -tootin' comeback in
"Dertry Rides Again"
Flowers And Champagne
The Ladv of the Legs seemed
to be having fun in that one. She
sat around the aet. usually in a
skimpv coatume. and laughed and
chatted. She worked hard and
answered calLs promptly. 8he was
so gracious the publicity boys sent
her flowers. She sent them cham-
pagne.
The actress intimated all this
•vas not a reformation but merely
a release in friendly surround-
ing.''. of her true sunny nature.
At Paramount presumably she
had been Just too. too terribly
unhappy and misunderstood
So “bestry*’ was a hit and Miss
Dietrich found herself at the top
again after two Jobless years.
Now. suddenly she has resumed
her brooding and moodfng Shea
upstaging visitors spending hours
in front of a mirror in a sort of
auto-hypnotic obliviousness in
conventencing the company de-
laying the picture demanding more
closeupe. driving Director Tav Gar-
rett quietly craey. The production
is far behind schedule.
I watched today when she
emerged from a long session in
her dressing room. The assistant
director had called everyone for
a take. Miss Dietrich still hsd
to pull at her hose adjust a gold
coolie coat touch head Jewels and
resume that characteristic fussing
with her hair. IJfr hair looked
swell. The company fidgeted. The
star then decided to go back to
her private corner and do It all
over again in front of a mirror.
At a shrug from the assistant the
ether players moved out from
under the lights.
i Presently it was observed that
Miss Dietrich was about to ap-
proach the set. The assistant said.
1 right everybody—and it's on
the level thL< time." Somebody gave
a short laugh.
Miarha'* Trick It a Fake
The scene was a tropic night
tlub—lots of swarthy customers
linen suits. Chinese lantern*. At a
table were thre* actors one of them
Oscar Homolka. As she approached
them Homolka spoke this line
•What* the idea? We’ve been
welting—"
“Oh. if I had only known be.
fore!'* she exclaimed. “You 11 have
to excuse me "
That brought .several laugh*. It
broke up the scene
She's supposed to be an Itiner-
ant entertainer and Mischa Auer
play? a ham magician. One of
hia stunts is the old tablecloth
hecug ipg he shous M ss Die-
trich to the customers holds a
checkered tabeclloth in front of
—
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By Willlarr Ferguson
I (SCIENTISTS h^TYT^l
ro«i imo •» Mf * ftavKt me.
| "CUBIOUS
K
A POTATO PI—ANJT (
0
v ANSWER: Right. However true potato seeds are a rarity and
cuttings of the underground tubers usually are used for repro-
duction.
NEXT: War and wildlife
Vf/HILE Mr Roosevelt was try-
ing to ascertain if. behind the
Great Smokies there is any po-
litical fire some of hi* publicity
]*ople are bit ng their nails and
preparing to unravel the tangled
publicity affairs of the national
defense' commission. It seems the
Horton system there is superced-
ing the non-political publicity
staffs of the n&vy. army and ma-
rine corps. A sort of centralized
control has been set up under the
invisible guidance of Mr Roose-
velt’s nev private publicity direc-
tor. Lowell Mellett.
This has resulted in the defense
commission repealing what the
army and navy consider secrets.
For instance contract* for 60 or 70
ton tanks and submarine net
‘enders were announced although
the army and navy did not want
anyone to know they contemplated
having such weapons.
WICE PRESIDENTIAL Candidate
V Wallace’s associates hereabouts
insist he wrote his acceptance
speech although It was far away
from his usual cool economic tone.
He has been reading a lot of
Thors ten Veblen and other exposes
of Nazi Infiltration and got him-
self so great smokeyed up he could
see Hitler in every republican face.
IT WAS Mr Roosevelt himself
* who sent the house ways and
means committe* back to hike the
rates in the excess profits tax
bill. He was not satisfied with the
original rates and Insisted through
the treasury on making them
tougher.
SEGt’IN GI'EST GOES
SAN BENITO - Mrs Nettle
Brooks of Seguin. who has been
visiting here with her brother. A
L. Brooks and Mrs Brooks left
Sunday for her home Mr and
Mrs. Brooks accompanied her *s
far as San Antonio where they
are visiting relatives.
So They Say
The commander to exercise su-
perior leadership must be bet-
; ter physically and professionally
than his officers and men
—Lieut. Gen. Stanley H. Ford
commenting on the Wisconsin
maneuvers.
• • •
It was to spare the human raeo
the untold suffering and in-
describable tragedy of the kind
we are witnessing todav that tha
Kellogg-Bnand pnet was signed
—Secretary Hull commemorating
the port's 1! anniversary.
_ * * *
The average man Is not inter-
ested in things over his head
—MaJ. I.. R. I^»hr former NBC
president.
• • •
Local officials rhould ako con-
tribute their share to this national
defense effort by reducing local
taxes which for the most part
aie paid by the *ame taxpavera
*ho must pay for defence
—Mrs. M e I v i lie Mucklestono.
President National Consumers'
Tax Com mis-ion.
• • •
—Senator Millard Tydings Mary-
land.
The tragedy of my Norway «n
that we were the freest people no
earth We took our democracy for
granted f
—Sigrtd L’ndset. Norwegian novel- ~
1st. now a refugee.
• • •
W'ere playing poker wtth every-
one looking at our hand
—Gen. George C. Marshall chief
of staff.
AFTERTHOUGHT ON TROTSKY
TROTSKY towering figure of the Russian rev-
olution is gone. Perhaps we shall never know
clearly whether his murderer was a crafty agent of
the revolution Trotsky helped to start or simply a
screwball whose mind wobbled at the wrong moment.
Both theories are advanced; neither is proved thus
far
His death meant little to most Americans for his
life was lived his triumphs achieved his exile and
death consummated in an atmosphere strange to us.
But one little point is worth noting:
A chronic revolutionary conspirator like Trotsky
does not become such from sheer malevolence.
Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Rronstein of a
prosperous Jewish family in the Russia of the Czars.
He grew up in a country in which he saw his own
people persecuted with sadistic relentlessness a coun-
try of medieval privilege and discrimination a coun-
try in which every liberal and humanitarian impulse
was stifled and strangled by whip and cell.
This produced Leon Trotsky. Remember it the
next time someone comes whispering with insinua-
tions of race prejudice of class hatred of suppression
repression and violence.
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