Laredo Times (Newspaper) - March 14, 1937, Laredo, Texas 22,000 MORE FOR CATARINA HI WAY HOME EDITION A THOUGHT A DAY THERE IS NOTHING ON EARTH WORTH BEING KNOWN BUT GOD AND OUR OWN 55TH YEAR No. 234 36 PAGES MARCH 14, 1937 PRICE 5c Topping Of 18 Miles Of Hiway Two Starts Monday EX-MAYOR SLAIN MONTER BY MALLON IT Behind all j the hubbub of confidence reflected in and many a level-headed of President i Roosevelt In this supreme court I packing fight is I getting around to I the private opinion that the President will eventually find some other means of attaining The way the most reasonable authorities size up the situation now 1b The President has presented bis argument and proposed He hsa gone off vacationing to think it over and let the country No decision by congress is in prospect for Best opinion is that debate will drag on into the If the debate itself does not develop a satisfactory substitute it is still possible that coming events Fo the coming Wagner decision may inform the President and congress how to get wage and hour legislation by some new a supreme court justice or two may or several may retire at the end of the present session of the court in It Is therefore still quite possible that the President will attain objectives in the end by some means now but short of either packing the court or a constitutional At least it now seems to be more likely than any of ths other Any such suggestion of out of order now amid the over current pro but you may see the situation work around closer toward such a development during the next thirty to sixty The manner in which the President has switched tactics toward a long debate has confirmed other detectable inside evidence indicating that has not given up hope for some solution by a less violent method than he has Dozens of his friends and spokesmen In congress certainly are clinging to the They make little secret of it among Their feeling along this line explains why so few have been committee in the House of They hope they never will have to commit On Page 12) Owe Form Of Success Spain Loyalist In Protest To League Warships of Italy and Germany took patrol coasts of Spain today as the Spanish government in a note to the League of Nations Italian and warships will attack and Valencia on pretext of guarding the They said also German were supporting the Insurgent attack in Highway Patrolman Found Hanged March 13 - Justice of the Peace Tom E. Johnson last night rendered a verdict of suicide in the death of Highway Patrolman William Lawrence 28, whose found hanging by the neck in a hotel Cold Wave Hits Texas A cold bringing sleet and snow was bearing down on North Texas today after scattered rains and fruit growers feared a freeze will damage the Rains last night today helped the grain and delayed farm work ' in areas ZACHRY TO FINISH WEBB WORK This Will Give A 20 Foot Width Entire Topping 20 feet wide the 18 miles of Highway No. 2. being widened from 18 to 20 will begin Monday morning by the H. B. Zachry who finished the work of ing th highway this As a result of the work the topping of the highway will be made 20 feet a new topping being put on the existing topping and also the part making it a practically new topped stretch of highway from the counties line to the underpass 18 miles It took a lot of ogling and debate by the judges to pick Florida 1937" in- the contest at the Miami Biltmore County Club but they finally bestowed the laurels on fair Bonnie Edwards of The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Edwards former is a brown-eyed 5 feet and weighs 11 PERISCOPE At the weather bureau hints you may find Icicles on the leaves Ernst Buenz Isn't going to lay out his overcoat until noon today And here's Mrs. Hank Killam getting her team members lined up for the Civic Music Bob Dublin bringing in 14 varieties of flowers from his J. B. DaCamara is bound to win some prizes with his Herefords at the Fat Stock show at Fort Mrs. Albert Martin shopping early Saturday If Bob Rosenbaum and Clyde Conner aren't at church this they'll probably be out at And M. J. Raymond can't take much of this 80 degree weather without catching a few fish Germany Answers U. S. Protest March 13-(/P)-Sources close to foreign minister Konstant in said today he answered Ambassador William Dodd's protest of press attacks with explanation they were not intended to insult the United These said pointed out excitement over LaGuardia statements against Hitler caused the papers to exceed proper The Dodd protest called for no formal GARDNER IS CARRIZO C C CHIEF Special to The Times CARRIZO March 13-Joe Gardner was elected president and Joe Schmidt vice-president of the Carrizo Springs chamber of commerce at a meeting of the newly elected board of directors Thursday March 11. Abe Pullen is the retiring Gardner who has been in business in Carrizo Springs for the past 25 is recognized as one of the civic leaders of the He has served on the board of directors of the chamber of commerce many No program for 1937 has as yet been worked out by the new president and his Negro Fined On Theft Charge Ray 19, negro from was arrested on the corner of Santa Rita and Moctezuma Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on charge of theft of from the cash register in the store of A. The negro boy was later arraigned before Justice of the Peace Manuel Cruz on a charge of theft and was fined in default of which he was put in the Webb county Mexico War Games MEXICO March Playing at the army fought its way toward Mexico City today despite desperate resistance by the defenders of the who made 'a last stand at nine miles It was the first time in recent years the air force participated in war Junior Leaguer Dies of Wounds NEW March 13-(#>)-Mrs. Ruth 38, former president of the Junior League in New York died today of a bullet wound which Lieut. Thomas Hannigan said been Editorial On C-C Issue On Page 12 A week ago today The Times published an editorial scoring chamber of commerce directors for voting 282 of its members without the consent of the latter on a political After a week of discussing pro and the climax is reached The viewpoints of The Times following a week of discussion are found in an editorial on Page 12. Front page editorial space is given Mr E. T. Laubscher gives a keen analysis of the entire Laubscher Says C-C Directors Had The Questions Wisdom following letter is from E. T. Laredo civic Rotarian and a former president of the San Antonio chamber of He logically shows how the Supreme Court has assumed powers not given by the March 11th, 1937 The Laredo You should be congratulated for the good services you are rendering the public in this part of the country by publishing the objections some of our leading citizens have expressed regarding your editorial in last Sunday's Times pertaining to the action of the Directors of our Chamber of Commerce in opposing the proposed plan to change the setup of the U. S. Supreme Nothing will do more everlasting good than an open discussion of important Public Since a momentous American debate is now being waged throughout the Land concerning the proposed Supreme Court kindly permit me to give my views as to your as well as to the main question I do not condemn the U. S. Chamber of Commerce for its alleged decision to ask each local Chamber of Commerce to take a stand for or against the We are living in a free Country and everybody has a right to publicly approve or criticize any matter concerning the welfare of the I do not know whether the Directors of our C. of C. C. the majority opinion of the membership of the Chamber but since they have been elected by the I think they had a right to say what they I greatly doubt the wisdom of the action Let us analyze what it is all So many people seem to have the erroneous idea that when decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court are criticized that the critic is trying to tamper with the Such ideas are Nobody is trying to change the The President certainly is There always has been a great doubt in the minds of an immense number of people including many eminent that the Formers of the Constitution had any intention to delegate to the Supreme Court the power to thwart the will of the majority of the people of the United That would not be Form of And yet that is exactly what has Article Section 2. of the Constitution defines the powers of the Supreme but nowhere can you find anything extending these powers to the declaring Laws passed by the Congress and signed by the President Such powers were assumed and interpreted long after the Constitution had been They were assumed by the Court itself if my information is even in the first case there were many Lawyers who did not agree with that In essence this very interpretation of the powers of the Supreme Court by the Court itself has recently caused a number of Laws passed by the and signed by the to be A simple majority of the Members of the Court has told the people of the United States plainly the great majority of the members of whom you elected had no business in and the you so overwhelmingly elected and had no business in signing these Suppose the duly elected members of the Congress would pass a Law unanimously the Supreme or rather five members of could declare such a Law They could overrule the representatives of 125 million Is that Form of Should five men have the power to tell all or at least a great of the members of most of them Lawyers that legal interpretation of the Constitution was all I do not believe that the Formers of the Constitution had any 3uch intentions to give them that the other hand the Theories and Methods underlying the plans of our President may be Undoubtedly he does not like to be forced to propose what he he was forced to do it if he is sincere in trying to put through his great program of It might have been more desirable to ask for an amendment to the in to once and for clear the But that would take too long a We are living in a fast moving Some of the Laws the President urged Congress to pass should have been years and years The On Page 12) Cruiser Races 350 Saves Burning Ship March 1Z-(JP)-A burning freighter a fast Man furnished trie Mid-Pacific ' with a maritime drama today when the cruiser Louisville ran over 350 miles in less than 1?. hours and rescued eight passengers adrift in lifeboats from the British ship Silver The cruiser took aboard four women and four men while the Silver crew of 40 battled against flashes In the hold and decided to risk getting their ship to 400 miles The fire had been burning for three days in the ship and forced the passengers to take to the lifeboats three before the Fete Carrizo C-G Heads At Piedras Negras to the CARRIO March 13-Dr. D. mayor of Carrizo retiring chamber of commerce president Abe Pullen and Miss Evelyn chamber of commerce were luncheon guests Thursday in Piedras of Consul Lauro and Antonio new mayor of Piedras Catholic Bishop Is Dead March 13-(ff)-Bishop Francis Johannes of the Catholic diocese died today in St. Joseph Hospital THIS DONE BY HIWAY BOARD Announcement Made At Meeting Of Winter Chamber to the CARRIZO March 13- That additional money has been appropriated to finish the gap in Highway 4 between Laredo and Catarina was reported by Clifton of at the chamber of commerce meeting in Big Wells March 11. The funds were appropriated at a of the state highway commission this past on this road is to begin at once and it is anticipated that there are enough funds to complete the all-weather Ford Work on the Wells road is expected to be started by WPA within the next 30 Ford Work will begin with grubbing crews and will be prob ably taking the remainder of 1937 to complete the 12 mile Asherton Getting Humble Oil Play t othe March 13-Humble Oil Co. has been coring sands near Asherton for the past three coring about six locations to Burning British Ship Races For Aid SAN March 13-(/P)- The race against a fire at sea started on the Pacific today as the burning British ship Silver Larch for aid to remove eight passengers believed to be Americans on a world The ship is northeast of the Hawaian Islands enroute to the The Silver Larch messaged she is racing toward United States cruiser Louisville with the fire temporary at Sleet Help Panhandle Wheat March 13-(JP)-Wheat prospects were brightened in the southwestern dust bowl by a sleet and Moisture up to one inch fell in sections of Oklahoma and Texas Colorado and Wheat dropped two and cents per bushel at A freeze is predicted for early Sunday in the top half of Four inches of snow fell in Eastern Forecasts of sleet and snow menaced fruit now at a critical Says People Have Given Roosevelt A Clear Mandate E. T. by five NO LIMIT T INCREASE HIGH COURT March 13-(JP)-Senator of the the President's court said today the increase in the size court should be unconditional and He would enlarge the tribunal to 15 members even if justices of 70 retire Former Mayor Of Matamoros Is Dead and Former Prisoner Held Former Roomer Gives Light On Death Of Dallas 91, March 13-OT-Joe former roomer of Mrs. Mary 91, slugged to death here last said today three months ago she received a letter from out of town which if found would give a positive clue to the Investigators were informed Mrs. Knox had given away most of her Mrs. Knox feared a violent death as her Hiram suffered when shot at in 1921 and W. H. a was stabbed to death in several years Say Texas Humble Employes Against The Cio March 13- of Humble employees claimed today they had 1S00 members of the company's Refinery who voted to oppose efforts of a CIO committee unionize French Rail Wreck Kills Several March 13- Several persons were reported killed and a number injured in a wreck of express train near the village of 20 miles from early Strike Mediated March 13-(JP)-A sit-down strike which kept the Derrick and Equipment Company plant closed all week today won for the union men a wage increase and facilities for collective Dr. Edwin Federal announced the settlement of the labor dispute this afternoon at the conclusion of several days About 100 of the International Association of had demanded union recognition and five cents an hour wage The agreement provided for a work including and the principle of but the amount of the wage increase was not Work will be resumed Win Again March 13-(JP)-Henry Picard and Johnny Revolta won the international four-ball golf tournament today for the third consecutive defeating Lawson Little and Tony Manero 4 and 3 in the 18 hole Waiter Collects From Harry Thaw March waiter who charged that Harry K. Thaw punched him in the eye won a verdict against Thaw March 13-Roberto F. former mayor of Matamoros announced as a candidate for the house of deputies in the July was shot and killed in a restaurant here last A man whom eyewitnesses identified as Manuel had been sentenced to prison at Matamoros during Garcia's term as was Garcia was shot in the head as he was eating his diner with said the killer burst into the and said he you tit for and emptied a pistol at Garcia's Garcia died almost Upper Bracket Hikes Brings 300 More U. S. Income March 13-OT- Treasury oficial said today stiffer levies an corporal and upper bracket individual incomes will bring more 300 million additional revenue to the government by uly 1. They said last half of the revenue increase flow will be in by deadline returns Italy Buck Proposed Peace Pact March 13-(JP)-Germany joined Italy today in objecting to the British proposed European security pact to replace the nullified by reoccupation of the The mutual assistance pact was believed ihe stumbling block cited in notes of both Germany and Pickets Surround Court Where Judge Hears Injunction March 13-(JP)-Unionists threw a moving picket line about the courthouse here today as a Circuit Judge heard Chrysler Corporation's pe tition for an injunction evicting 5.000 sit down strikers in its The judge denied a union motion to postpone the case as the hearing Judge Allen deferred until Monday his decision on a petition of Chrysler for an injunction evicting strikers from the corporation's Convicted Woman Still In Coma LOS March 13-VP!- Helen Wills Love who was convicted of second murder for the shooting of Harry A. entered the 35th hour of a mysterious trance physicians said believed was self The state is postponing set for Winter Visitors To Laredo MINNESOTA had a wonderful weeks trip to Mexico was a grand declared Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Engel of St. Minnesota on their return to Laredo this The Engels stopped in this Gateway City for four days before leaving on their Pan American Highway haxe traveled n every Mrs. Engel personally I like South Texas better than any other place for winter This climate is truly The days are nice and warm and the nights cool comfortable and there is no Laredo would just get busy and build a nice trailer camp with all modern facilities I would like to come back winter and spend several weeks or is the Gateway to Mexico; it is a. the beginning of great Pan-American it has a wonderful friendly and courteous people but it lacks the foresight to go ahead and build trailer courts and introduce for the great hord of visitor who will be coming down this way from now This winter was the Engels first time in Laredo but they were very pleased with the city and climate and expressed the desire to While 1 in Laredo they are stopping at the E. Wright Trailer Camp on Guadalupe street From Larede the Minnesotans will travel north hi their stop a while at their home in St. if their plans work continue farther north for part of the summer is a wonderful vacation Mrs. Engel pr pie are courteous and helpful and there are so many of interest to We tried to see all of them but I'm sure we missed Laredo had a high temperature Saturday of 85 degrees and a low V
