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THE WATERS OF THE RIO GRANDE
r | HE imminent successful solution of the problem
1 of water on the Rio Grande has an important
bearing on solidarity in the western hemisphere.
This is the point which Mr. James C. Bowie gen-
eral manager of the San Benito-Port Isabel Naviga-
tion district emphasized last week in his address to
the members of the Texas Editorial Association on
the occasion of the luncheon given them by the Cen-
tral Power & Light Company at Bay view.
Every move made by the so-called “Colossus of
the North” which has a hearing in one way or an-
other on international relations between the United
States and the countries of Latin America is closely
watched by Latin American diplomats. Any action by
this country which might seem to militate against
the best interests of its neighbor on the south —
Mexico—would have an immediate reaction in other
Latin-American nations.
Nations have been known to argue hotly because
of water and the use of the waters of the Rio Grande
drawn on more and more each year has threatened to
I be the cause of contention along this boundary. Un-
doubtedly President Roosevelt Secretary of State Cor-
dell Hull and Under Secretary Sumner Welles were
well aware of the possibility of such a menace some
time in the future because of Rio Grande water. That
possibility must have moved the President at the be-
hest of Congressman Milton H. West to start the ball
rolling by asking the director of the budget to include
$5000000 in the next budget to initiate the work of
storage and distribution.
An ample supply of water for both the American
and Mexican sides goes down the river every year.
It is only a question of ways and means of conserving
the waste flood waters so that supplies may be avail-
able when needed.
Mr. Bowie is due the thanks of the Valley for
bringing to the attention of the visiting editors the
fact that this is not only a Valley project; it is a pro-
ject that is important to the state and the nation as
a whole. It is a project that is another step in ce-
menting the “Good Neighbor” policy of the Roose-
velt administration.
In Texas outside the boundaries of the Valley
there is a disposition to regard any major undertaking
of the Valley as purely a local problem in the Valley.
This matter of water conservation on the Rio Grande
has international aspects important enough to justify
the sympathetic consideration of the press and public
of all Texas.
We cannot leave this subject without drawing
attention to the enlightening description of the pro-
ject. in its engineering phases as given to the editors
by Mapor J. L. Lytle of San Benito engineer in charge
of International Boundary Commission work on this
border. Major Lytle has the engineer’s usual aversion
to talking publicly but he cast it aside for this oc-
casion.
UTfASHINGTON-A tendency to-
w ward apoplexy was reported in
he Union League club of New York
.fter William Allen White dropped
i few off-the-record remark* about
nore decisive action to aid Britain.
Report* are barred from those
nallowed hall* so there may have
seen some minor misunderstand-
ngs among the solid citizens there
issembied as to Mr. Whites precise
purpose But the mildest version
relayed to official quarters in Wash-
ington was that Mr. White thought
it "time to take sides in this war ■*
The head of the Committee to
Defend America by Aiding the Al-
lies apparently now wanted to have
a joint resolution proposed in con-
gress which would legally place the
people on record as he saw it for
stronger steps. These vague words
resumed an added bellicose nature
in the ears of some of hi* hearers
who believed that the utmost "short i
rf war" was now being done m the
British cause.
Further ramifications were fur-
bished by the fact that Mr. White
l.ad been at the White House the
day before Important coming
e.ents have been forecast by Mr
White before.
WORTH LOOKING INTO
Walter Winchell
On Broadway
<Ti*4« Mark Caarrifkt. III*. Dally Mlnarl
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A Cl B
Tm scenarists authors of one t
to belittle Hollywood got worried aic
play. They called on their film boas i
That they meant no harm to the cl
them to take it easy that Hollywo
"Alter all." he said "what's one m<
- *
A reader who says he ean’t recall
the source forwards this safety
slogan: "A woman should hold on
to her youth. But not when he*
driving."
In 193t FDR's popular rote was
22.821 857. In 1936 it was 27.476 673
ia plurality over London of between
10 and 11 million votes»...In 1940
FDR a plurality was about 44 mil-
lion but he actually loat only
ebout a million. He still ree d 34
million more than tn 1932...In
sum: The people behind him then-
are still behind him. The huge G. |
O. P. vote represents a vast part
of the sleepy population who never
before were interested in voting.
On Election Day a lively Los
Angeles paper ran this imaginary
bit of dialogue an it* front page
Hitler: Those dumb Americans!
Wasting a whole working day Just
to vote!"
Mussolini: "That’s not the worst
of it. They have to count each bal-
lot to find out whos "elected!”
A die-hard Willkle booster was
brooding over at the Hurricane.
8he said she was thinking serious-
; ly of getting sway from Roosevelt's
influence and moving to .Canada”
...‘That won't make any differ-
ence." Lucy Monroe told her. he's
i carried Canada too."
The Scoop of the Week: Harry
Bridges the West Coast C I. O.
leader was interviewed by the
i World-Telegram upon his arrival
here the other day. When he was
asked about his status. Bridges said:
"I don t know' about that. Ask the
inside men Ask John Edgar Hoover
or Winchell"
Don't be impatient. You’ll be on
■ the Inside soon.
Neal O Hara s rolyum reports: “A
Puliteer Prise or at least a laurel
wreath to the copy desk man on the
Champagne News who over a story
telling of British planes bombing
the Nari capital wrote his head-
line: ‘Grapes of RAF in Berlin"’
| ...Just a minute...If Mr. O’Hara is
giving sway any prises for that
nifty—why doesn't he first consider
the 50th Street newsboy who said
it first as quoted tn s Manhattan
Mural here long ago?
Charlie Wertenbaker. the Fnreim
News Editor Tor Time describes
an Atlantic hop In a Clipper this
way: "Its like being stuck tn an
j elevator between floors for 24
hours!" ... Tavern-keeper Charley
Adler's definition of a philanthro-
! ptst: "A guy who gives it back"...
A con tribe thumbnail description
of joe. Adolf end Benito: "Jack-
Axis"...The wickedest rib on Italy's
stumble bum army in Greece comes
from Berlin vis the Times boy in
Istanbul.. Musso's secret weapon
report the sarcastic Nails is a
German regiment! ... Overheard:
He was blackmailed with facts"...
Life is Ironical. Stephen Foater
spent a lifetime hankering to get
: fhe seventh deal our original wln-
jner triumphs rgaln with a whop-
ping 68 enough for game Making
tame wins him a bonus of an extra
100 But opponent also is rewarded
first guy. He gets k bonus of 75:
for having won more hands than the
*>so of course whatever score he
i >tas piled up.
i The bonus scheme rewards con-
sistent play so It’s possible for the
nominal loser of a game to have
jibe highest score.
Anyway that's gm rummy. I still
i like crlbbage.
REPORTER
1 the recent flop then which trii*4
out their jobs after they wrote th«
nri explained they were just joshing
nema industry....The tvpcoon *ol4
ad would survive their ridicule...*
iuse in a steel skyscraper?’*
back to Dixie and where does he
lend? In the Hall of Pame
I he rumor-monger* are at It
again in London according to Noel
Madison recently returned from
there- Noel says one of them *
blabbed: “I hear America is making "
bombs lor Germany now’...**Yes.*
snapped back one of those brave
RAFuers. ’> nd the Royal Air Fore a
is delivering them I**
The other eve Peggy liter ins tali ^
the silly about the two ghosts They ™
were alone in a deserted house one
midnight when suddenly they heard
a noise in the next room...One of '
the ghosts trembling turned to the
other and queried; ’Do you be-
lieve in people?" ^
The inside dope on the break-
down of the Italian invasion of
Greece is this; Emanuele Grant
the Italian Minister to Greece ap-
parently thought he had bought a
nice Fifth Colm all wrapped up
and ready for delivery. But it »
turned out to be loaded with stenrii w
Dombx and other bombs...The In-
vasion was to coincide with a re-
volution in Greece and the over-
throw of the Greek strong man. j
General Metaxas. as well as King
George IT. who Is noted for his ?
pro-British sympathies... Metaxas
and the King were to be supplanted
by Constantine Cotzias. Governor
of Athens He is very pro-Italian a
tormer student at the Univ of
Rome a fluent speaker of Italian
etc.... Cotzias a strong man with
Axis leanings was the bloke Grarzi
was dickering with to become Head
Man.
THE GOVERNMENT lender Je<se
Jones decision to finance de-
fense plant expansion at the rad-
ical interest rate of 14 per cent
was accepted coldly in the New
York financial marts as a new gov-
ernment "easy money" policy.
If you will ask the federal re-
serve board and the national de-
fense commission cautiously and
privately you will get the impres-
sion It was re;.lly only a personal ■
Jones time bomb a sort of Jones
••read basket which has been go-
'ng off like firecrackers in these
and another government depart-
ments ever since.
Their surprise was doubled be- j
cause they were even then at work |
in their kitchens cooking up ar- j
t.angements whereby much of the
plant expansion money could be
taised through private banks. The
Nelion-Draper program which had
r.lready progressed to the appoint-
ment of one man from each federal
-eserve district on a committee had
this as one of its main purposes.
The Henderson group in the na-
tional defen sc commission likewise
vas working on perfecting bank-
able contracts to draw in private
Lavings.
Thus Mr Jones the mossy con-
servative of the New Deal became
Ihe naming radical crusader against
the so-called radicals who conser-
vatively were seeking to promote
small private banking enterprise.
There is at least one hitch in this
ronfusing switch of positions maybe
more. Larg” banks will be able to
meet government competition with
|»* per cent loans on quasi-govern-
ment endorsed paper; only the
small banks will suffer from Mr.
Jones' competition.
MO DOUBT the Jones policy would
1 blow up the financial plans of
the reserve board and the defense
commission if he energetically pur-
sued them but there are reasons to
believe he will not. The first flush
of excitement wore off in federal
reserve and the defense commhsion
after a study of the Jones letter
indicated It was criss-crossed with
legal hairs One such provision
seemed to restrict Mr. Jones' activ-
ity to "cases where both sides
agree "
The two disappointed government
rgencie* intend to pursue their
plans regardless of Mr. Jones.
DUZZLINO ASPECT of the ad-
r ministration defeat on adjourn-
ment was that Speaker Rayburn
rnd Leader McCormack let it go to j
u vote when they knew they would
be defeated by such a decisive mar-
gin The downtown new deal crowd
has been grumbling about this.
There is reason to believe the few
stra‘egists at the top decided to
force the vote primarily to get an
authentic post-election list of sheep
and goats You cannot always tell
from talking with a congress man
bow he stands The vote forced all
'hose present to take a position.
I_ 4—Wjg*jij
Answers to Your Questions
In The Hobm mf Murphy the
other night a colvum evesdropper ?\
overheard this • sweet description of
love ...Gene the hatcheck girl
was trying to expiate her sudden
marriage--like this:
"Oh. I dunno It seems like his
heart knocked on mine!**
m
mmKmmmmrnm
Nine year* agn William Wrier
was directing a picture at Univer-
sal.*. One of the actresses there
was sent to him to be screen-tested
for the feminine lead Wyler
promptly turned her down and be-
cause the girl was wearing an ex-
tremely low-cut drew* he caustic-
ally observed "Some actresses hav#
a funny way of displaying their %
talent *.. .The las* was so miserable
over her humll.ating flop she unsh-
ed she could die.. She was Bette
Davis and Wyler who has just di-
rected the Screens first Lade in
her latest click "The Letter* k
humbly admitted to her recently
"I’ve eaten my words many timea
since I made that crack!’*
John %. Knight on* of this eol-
yums employers in three different
cities considered the various syn- f
dicated coiyumist* in a long edit-
orial It is his criticism that Mr.
Pegler use some kindly words one*
in n while that Dorothy Thompson
General Johnson and The other*
pull themselves together and that .
a great mane pe h>> prefer Walter *
Winrhells chit-chat to hi* political
opinions".. Well this colvum agree*
with Mr Knight but as Shaw one*
said Who are me against so
many? ’ a year and a half ago *
we eschewed polite* war national
news— and emphasised Broadway
and Hollywood trivia ..Our reward
was appearing In 100 newspapers.
Our Sunday night "Croasiev"
9 4—-sometime* 9* . The latest
count reveal* 330 odd newspaper* * *
and the Crowley (which is radio’*
barometer! gave us a score of 1ST
—the "high" among news commen-
tators. In short when rou Ignore
what Is happening in the world—
you have halt a* many readers and „
listeners. •
Harbor Master’s
Duties Divided
•
No mictcMor will b« appointed to
i fill the post of harbor matter left
I by Cant E M Dierlam who
14* on leave of absence after being A
; called to Washington for naval duty *#
In his capacity as lieutenant com-
mander of United States Naval Re-
I serve.
Port Director P W Hofmokel Mid
Friday that Cap! Dierlam has been
granted a leave of absence and will «
| he reinstated upon his return to *?
Brownsville. which inav be within
M days to one year depending upon
receipt of his naval discharge.
In hi* absence the duties per-
formed by Capt. Dierlam will he
distributed between the present 'a
staff which of late include* E J. *
Teagarden former general agent
for Moore-McCormack Steamship »
Co. who will act as wharf super-
intendent. Mr Hofmokel stated.
Capt A. D Shaw pilot at the
Port of Brownsville will be m %
'uarge of all marine aurvev work
and will also represent the New
York Board of Underwriters Mr.
Hofmokel said.
GROCERY CHANGES HANDS m
SAN BENITO— Purchase of the ™
Lighthouse grocery from T. W.
Malone and Sons was announced
Friday by Herbert Buesir.g and W.
P. Smith. Mr. Smith who has been
in the grocery business in San Ben- %
ito for approximately thirty yearn *
sold this grocery to the Malone
family about a year and a half
ago. Mr. Buesing has also been a
grocer here for many years.
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BY FREDERIC 3. HASKIN .
A reader can get tbe answer to
any quea'lon of 'act by writ-
ing The bi awn*Villa Herald In-
formation Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director Washington
D. C. Pleas# enclose three (3)
sent# for reply
(|—Pleas# give Dorothy Thomp-
sons definition of Communism. T.
E. M.
A—Mis* Thompson in her poiiti-1
cal Guide' says: "Communism is a
very* old faith held for centuries
from time to time by groups ol
people Originally it meant any
form of social organization in
which all production was for com-
mon and equal distribution. But
in our modem political dictionary
It means that philosophy of history
that form of organization and
strategy held by Karl Marx who
wrote in the middle of the last
century and Is the founder of mod-
em Communism. It is supposed to
have been put into practice in So-
viet Russia and the Communist In-
ternational. the so-called Comin-
tern which exists to further this
gospel throughout the world is
dominated by the political leaders
of Soviet Russia who lay down the
party line’ or party policy which
all communists throughout the
world are supposed to follow with
strict discipline.'*
Ignorant*
Is No Excuse
In Law
Compiled especially for the use of
he layman the new Home Law Books
ells in simple style and non-technic*
il language what you want to know
ibou* Naturalization. Contract*. Buy*
ng Property. Promissory Notes Wills.
Missing Heirs and Estates. Copyright.
Patents Included also are tables of In
lerest Rates. Age* of Majority. Time
Required to Obtain Marriage Licenses
in the several States. Marriage Age*
grounds for Divorce «nd Residence
Requirements also a wealth of other
information You cannot afford to be
without thl* useful booklet Send 10
rents today for your copy. Postage pre-
paid
—USE THIS COUPON—
Information Bureau.
The Brownsville Herald
Frederic J. Haskln Director.
Washington. D. C.
I enclose herewith TEN CENTS
In coin icareflly wrapped In pa-
pen for a copy of tha new HOME
LAW BOOK.
Name
Street or Rural Routa
City.
State
(Mall to Washington. D. C.|
He deals hands of 10 cards each
and one at a time. The rest of the
deck with top card turned over be-
side it ts placed in the middle as
in any kind of rummy.
Dealers opponent doesn’t have
to make the first plav. if he doesn't
want the exposed card or choose to
make a draw he may pass the
turn.
As In any kind of rummy the
idea Is to fill your hands with
Uirres or more of a kind or with
combinations of three or more cards
in sui t - and - sequence. Aces are al-
ways low and may not be used to
top the queen-king combinations.
Instead of laying down groups of
cards during play etc h player holds
10 card* until the last. (This makes
] It harder to figure what the other
guy is collecting » When the values
of the disassociated cards in on*
player's hand total 10 or less he
j :nay rap the table or say 'Tib out."
or exclaim. *T've got you this time
vou so-and-so!" (Example of such
a hand would be 9. 10. J. Q of
cluts. three 6 s two deuces and a
5-spot.)
Apparent Loser May Win
So he puts down his hand. Oppo-
t.ent then may lay down whatever
groups or sequences he may have
and he also mav play on the other
i person s hand if he has anythins
that'll fit. AJ] the face cards count
10. aces 1. Game is 100. The scoring
I is a bit complicated. If the winner
| is stuck with cards totaling 9. and
if opponent's tinplaved cards have a
• ount of 41. the wmner of the hand
hakes a score of 32 plus a bonus of
2S. i These hand-winning bonuses
usually are applied at the end since
moat of them cancel out >
Now lets assume that opponent
has a run of small lurk and wins
five hands In succession without
j leaching game score of 100. But on
Q—What Is the seating rapacity
of the sports arena at Hershey
Pennsylvania? K. R. G.
A—It has a seating capacity o!
from 7200 to 10.000 persons de-
pending upon the nature of the
event
Q—Where can one get the seeds
of the Permian flowers which are
being given as a rood will offer-
ing lo Americans? W. J. H.
A—The seeds of a beautiful Pe-
ruvian flower are being distributed
by the Pan American Society of
Tropical Research at New Orleans |
A stamp should be enclosed with
requests. The offer is made by the
Peruvian Government in celebra-
tion an commemoration of the re-
cent International ConXerence at
Luna.
Q—In giving a person's name as
a reference is it necessary to ask
his permission? J. H. G.
A—One always asks for permis-
sion to use the name of the Indi-
vidual which is given as reference.
Q—Why is Friday the 13th con-
sidered an unlucky day? G. M.
A—It is generally believed that
the superstition in connection with
the number "ir has reference to
the Last Supper of the Lord and
His Disciples at which thirteen
members were present. Friday is
considered unlucky by Christians
because it was the day of the
Lord’s crucifixion. There Is also a
legend that it is the day on which
Adam and Eve partook of the for-
bidden fruit. Friday was consid-
ered unlucky among the Buddhists
Brahmans and also the Romans.
Q—On what kind of instrument
did Spencer Tracy play In -The 1
Devil is a Sissy." J. H. G.
A—He played the vielle. a six-
teenth century form of the medie-
val vioL
Q—W hat are the five largest In-!
dustriea in the t'nlted States? H.
r. n.
A—The five largest industries in
value of products manufactured
are: automobiles and parts meat
packing steel petroleum refining
and bread and bakers' products.
Q—Have anv of the spirituals
sung by Mitchell s Christian Sing-
ers (recently mentioned In your
column) been recorded? J. W. H.
A—A number of their songs have
been recorded by Vocation.
Harrison
In
Hollywood
By PAUL HARRISON
NLA Service Staff Correspondent
KOLLYWOOD-Hundreds of peo-
ple in Movietown are playing a
came called gin rummy. After con-
iderable research among acknowl-
edged experts. I still haven't learn-
er why it's called gin.*’ And as a
cuy who is reasonably familiar with
most of the amusing speculative
and time-killing contents which
can be conducted with a deck of
cards. I also do not know why so
many people are playing gin rummy.
But I do know they're playing
i*. and with the same smgle-mind-
Hi enthusiasm which Hollywood
reserves for everything it adopts
Thus a person who hasn't read
Tor Whom the Bell Tolls'* is con-
sidered illiterate. Anyone who can't
rhumba simply cannot dance And
he who docen t play gin rummy is
a dullard and a social leper.
It is almost always played two-
handed and therefore scarcely would
Qualify as a group pastime if it wen
not so admirably adapted to kibitz-
ing If you attend what Hollywood
rails an ‘intimate little party’* oi
maybe 40 guests. It will probablj
lapse into a gin rummy tournament
with two tables four players and
36 rooters in the bleachers.
Just as backgammon used to b*
the favorite now gin rummy it
Uay*d on sound stages during long
waits in the offices of writers whe
don't feel like writing and on tralm
and planes ferrying between hen
and Broadway. There are stories
of large sums won an<J lost and ol
games that have gone on for three
or four days and nights.
I thought I’d tell you about gir
•umniy because it seems interest-
uig that such a game could have
become a major sport among filnr
celebrities. But the details of plaj
are *oing to give you an awful let-
down:
Ten Cards To A Player
If the games lust starting play-
ers cut for high card and the deal
' Hherwi.v* the winner of the pre-
vious hand or * knockdown.” deals
LET S MAKE IT UNANIMOUS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT proclaimed the third
Thursday in November as the day for the
Thanksgiving observation.
The people of the United States on November 5
last re-elected Mr. Roosevelt.
We should assume then that in addition to the
other policies which he has instituted and which were
approved by the majority the people also approved
the new Thanksgiving Day.
Thirty-two governors of as many states this year
proclaimed November 21—the third Thursday—to be
Thanksgiving Day.
Governor VY. Lee O’Daniel also proclaimed Nov-
ember 21— the third Thursday—to be Thanksgiving
Day.
But Valley schools. Valley business—except the
banks—chose November 28 the fourth Thursday.
Admitted that President Roosevelt has caused all
the confusion it’s about time that we forget it and
next year everybody in the Valley have a great
Thanksgiving Day celebration on the third Thursday
in November.
We are not obstinate.
We vote now for one Thanksgiving Day next year.
0 0 ^ ^ V
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By Williwr Farjuson
*
ir ..
IN 1927 mW
thb l '--Jkl
MISSISSIPPI Lflj
RIVER gr1
flooded am E^S
AREA LARGER legs
than the
COAAB'IMED = V
AREAS OF
DELAWARE W&S
CONNECTICUT gjjp
RHODE
ISLAND U X*
Hold Best Fruit
For Fiesta Plea
MISSION — Because much choice
fruit is being harvested. Vance H
Glasgow general chairman of the
Texas Citrus Fiesta to be held in
Mission in January has appealed
to growers to reserve some of their
best fruit to be used In the citrus
exhibit to be a part of the fiesta
If growers mill leave some of the
best fruit on a fern- of their trees. I
the exhibit as a whole will be much
more m’orthmrhile. Mr Glasgow
said Some growers this week re-
ported they had already cleaned
their trees and feared they mould
not have their best fruits to dls-
plsy-
Mercedes Director
Quits Bank Post
MERCEDES —H D. Lauderdale.
Mercedes attorney ha. resigned as
a director of the board Of the Mer-
cedes First National bank and at-
torney for the institution. Lauder-
dale has represented the bank for
the past 15 years and has been a
director since January.
Two Uo. One Out Is
Valley Fire Score
MERCEDES—The Mercedes Fire
department mas called twice Thurs-
day. One call was due to excelsior
catching fire in the trailer of a
truck and a second to North Mer-
cedes. resulted in a false alarm.
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SWEEPS AND SLIDES
An education in percentage
thinking and away from thinking
in brute numbers is. what the
American people needs badly. To
thin the newspapers are no excep-
tion. We have got into the habit
cf describing any election majority
of more than 10.000 vote® as a
sweep Ay thing more than 50.000
vote is apt to become a landslide.
W> do not always stop to note the
difference between 10000 votes in
Nevada and in New York. Mr.
Roosevelt in 1DI beat Governor
Landor in Nevada by a majority
Of 20.000 votes but the Roosevelt
vote was 75 per cent of the total.
Governor Lehman two years ago
beat Thoma.N E. Dewey by 65.000.
but the Lehman vote was leas than
j! per cent of the total.
For that matter even without
perenuage thinking we use sweep-
ing majorities and crushing majori-
ties too loosely After all. we have
jeen a President elected by a plu-
.ulity of nearly eleven million and
tarry New York by more than a
million as Mr. Roosevelt did in
1933 It Is a bit odd to .-peak of
50.000 majorities os sweeping and
crushing and landslide.—New York
S Times.
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