San Antonio Express (Newspaper) - February 13, 1936, San Antonio, Texas SUNDAY EXPRESS The circulation ot the Sunday Express is now the largest In Its preference tells Its own HAMBONE SAYS Ever how many quote Hla humor and of San Antonio VOL. 44 SAN THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, PAGES PRICE 5 1865 LATEST LIST of projects indicates that now the WPA program is iroing for- ward according to schedule in this Within the next few weeks the goal set for it should be at- Then all the employables formerly on local relief would be usefully at One ty has developed as A few families who kept off the relief rolls last the lists of eligibles for WPA were made lack both resources and the prospect of immediate employment for the WPA must deal with the present that of rules should be flexible enough to provide places for deserving whose needs have arisen since that That problem doubtless will be but meanwhile the destitute folk not pro The plight of other families dropped from re- with the breadwinner still his first WPA also must be the project list is increased The added works will put 500 men to clearing highway 7-ifrnts-of-way, installing a ning out an athletic and scaping without exception the road projects cover work which would have been done a or more but for the failure of local revenues for the Taking the State as a per cent of the WPA allotment is spent upon eral so the year's activity should Texas a That suit will be worth the after the people will better returns on the public money pre- spent upon and Counties figure in the The Lower Rio Grande Valley projects are For McAllen will obtain street The cannery is for is a new athletic Camp Mabry near Austin will be im- San Antonio will receive San Pedro with landscaping of its THIS is the most favorable son for trees in That is why the Legislature February 22 as Arbor George Washington's love of trees doubtless dictated the choice of that particular State intendent of Public Instruction and the Texas forest ice lately joined in a plea that this year the schools observe Arbor Day to a extent than Centennial observance gives the occasion special it is not necessary to wait until February 22 to Other conditions the tree has the best chance to school groups should lute the San Jose teacher association in the co-operation set out a pecan tree which the planters hope will be with giant by the time the tercentenary shall roll Every school should plant such trees on its grounds with that ob- in Planting as many trees as the the or some other group will care for would be Where the that at San stand near the Both sentimental and tical reasons dictate the choice of the pecan for and other The pecan is the State I AST YEAR the Horticulture de- at Texas A. and M. College began to distribute lings from the James Stephen Hogg Memorial Himself a that statesman desired that might become a land of The Sam Houston Museum and Historical Association is seedlings this honoring an earlier who commanded the Texas patriots at San Jacinto and later became the Republic's On practical the pecan should be preferred because it is long-lived and well adapted to soil and TEXAS COLD Blow Enters Texas die Late Wednesday and Starts East GALES ON COAST Tornadoes Strike at Long Beach and Whole Shore Raked Associated DA Feb. from the WPS lorn Plains to thf river bottoms on the Louisiana dus in tonight to weather the newest onslaught of a month of i forecasts issued late in t he day rn lied a cold wave in northern sections of both and temperatures down io between 11! and IS degrees in Dip Panhandle by and between J 4 a n d 20 d in the i Ikis and Kort Temperatures well below were expected at Waco nnd perhaps rt her son tli in afternoon temperatures yave no i nd i eat ion of the cold WH except in the northernmost arms West where skirted In Dallas temperatures throughout t a or noon nek well above 70 with skies almost Such as wero to be found downtown were Carried across the a rm. Wind The cold wave moved in from Ji tifi 1 he wings of winds that ranged up to 37 m i IPS a n ho At p. City ed a. northwest dust la hnd carried urea d own to 1.' d i1 e es with me re u r y still falling had 14 and a nd a 21 north where Uie cold had not yet si ha d 74 and IS m UPS of wind from the D ust w y s n era 1 w es t o h e reported heavy dust ha to the north and A ma ri llo had n nd 10 of wind d isst to cut Ut harl snow a nd a northerly The cold wu ve expected to extend no ran her soul h than Lu h- bock in Only slight of in and t her was promised for At A ma rill u tempera turfs tu m- hled 0 in three hours t he Nor I Ii at A ve for the .Pa nd le i ns ppn rent ly into Ukla and only m ild tern res pre va i left in t his tjon oss i 111 y s n n w a n cl a low nf 17 was fore- CM Livestock had t lie tern n t. I 0; lio p. in. was decrees a nd was exported to climb during the J st ruck Tour Southern cit ics injuring mid Tire fi Iso figured in da I 1 t A I ha m Soul h J d cna and Torra u uproot i oil derricks and sta The I n H t c h funnel o f w i n d s t must in t of t re- port All Injured were in that K. of sa id slip sa the AI ham bra ina t in the ta ins northeast t he sweep n n mo mobile across the street a nd toss it back to the opposite not j by Vmi 11, of IIP most in- her were tured when she was si ruck by Continued on 5. Column 1, Weather Man Set San Antonio and Cloudy and colder with fresh southerly winds shifting to East T e x-a s Cloudy nnd much colder In northeast and sleet or snow in north a Friday cloudy and rising r a t u r e in north southerly winds the shifting to northerly West Partly cloudy day and In Southeast Hourly Temperature SAN Feb. 11-12, 1936, 8 50 9p.m.......... 49 10 50 11 49 12 48 THK RUMBLINGS N' STOVE 1 2 3 4 5 S 7 48 49 50 47 48 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dive by Plane Fails to Interrupt Suicidal Leap Passenger Hurtles Feet to Death in Bay Associated Feb. man tentatively identified OP old A. Sprague leaped from on 2.000 feet above Pan Francisco Bay and plunged to death today despite a r by the pilot to Jive under and the falling Seeing his passenger about to pilot Em an ue I son nosed down the ship to try to hold the man in his by But the man jumped clear n nd the airman then 1 y tried to maneuver the p la n R into the path of the ion was made from ihe wallet the man left on a desk cit the At liis t he M. 1'. C o i d he knew the man ns formerly of Si i was not although h na and av iat i o n a u t ho ri t i es a t n o e b p g a n nea re h. Henderson toM ies Sp ra sue h h i m for a ta xi Friends Trying to Raise While Troops Follow Bandits Associated G DA A HA. 1 at tern pted t tn rn iso money to ransom Samuel r. A n of f from a hand which hns held h im prisoner for i wu A rn Iry following the hut is not tern i to of a ing the outcome of The n mount of. ra m a n d ed is still 11 n d isr 1 use d. Associates ox pressed belief neuf was safe as the did not 1 he A sa id t hey were that CM rio in- PI i hoads the T h e vr 1 of Kidnap v i r t i said today in Kan was relieved when told that 1'lojiifi was in of rep n la I ion for i ml ness a nd f a i r t i mcMit of li is she i ill not harm my I am i f the reward is pa id quickly ji nd no a t tempt is made 1 o arrest hi in until after my husband is Kane tif has four da i liters a Iso in Sa n Krancisco while a has for on ivi In in t n Paul 'n n who was neuf but yesterday to arm for rn conferred with friends in an a t tempt to raise the lie lie was pledged not to d how much money tlie kidnapers George American con- st d here is closely lowing the said the lions tn ko or t Tli e L r o o p s f n 11 o w i n L: t h e b n n leader was nor H n re un- der orders to the life in n ny way a t- to arrest the when the A m n is re i ease d. and a. of A m iM Com pa whose office is at tin n. The men were nt I lie compa of- fice y. A very Die Vut nd mn n tains in the mmi nta ins GO ml IPS of e nn in in 20 miles of Gua ra dny and Upon his n 1 he re n foot he said he n had been treated with FLYER SURVIVES CRASH OF CLIFF FALL FATAL Lieut. John T. Helms Falls To Death While Seeking Position Indicates 3 UP Private Ship Downed By High Bomber and Airliner Wrecked Associated PAX Feb. 1 body of John T. I who had been since 30, found today nt the nf a 3n-foot mountain cliff down which a p a r P n 11 y bled after his in The Sierra mountains near Little R. K. assistant super- visor of thp San Bernardino said the body was n mile from Ihe wreckage nf the lhat Helms Kled the mountainside for aid and fell over thp The officer's knife lay his Pieces of his leather jacket had been ha c k e d a j i y- us if he had tried signal for belli by throwing The into a creek t ha t flop's down Sa n Sonic of the Icat Imr was ered d rca m. Lieut. Helms apparently i n j u i b a t p roved fatal i n h full over Hie When the wreckage of his plane found the position of the parachute indica rod thp officer had been able to out of the Lieut. 11M ins lost nn flight from San 1'rnncisru to March li is Jones said R. liams and Sheriff Km men L. Sliea are the body The tinny fly or last WMS less than an after left San on the easy 400- mile trip Where he he uid not rons of a rmy phi ties trussed ami the urea for weeks but no l race ot h is -ship re- Two days imo commercial w the near Hear k e while in L: a. i r si n sport hi IS ban k. notified March of thp wrecked plane indicated Helms bail not been seriously inju Xn ins were The had been detached a n d 1 h e ca n va s. u n ri er which l h p. officer have sic through t be und ist Smoke ca used for Sip were loft in Ihe the first nut kit a nd food supply were Reserve Board Again Advised To Stop Inflation Advisory Counsel Sees ger in Excess Reserves Associated Feb. Federal Advisory Council today its thot excess bank hold possi ties of and added a dation that they be great ly re- or A spokesman for the Federal Reserve which received the j recommendation without public paid the sition was virtually identical the one it i ook last At that the council re- port fid it was of the opinion t in order to obviate the probability of an undue and n serous rred ir. in fin ft is desirable from point of view to el I m i na t e it or a t leant proa tly reduce the reserve now carried on in the Under the ha nUs in the federal reserve system must keep 1 i n u i f I To r ni w i t h Ke d P ra 1 It v e At present they have in of re- de ra I This sents n surplus of loanable and some say it. could provide a basin for rt times t ha t a mount in The eon of nne Alliance to Throw Out 3rd Party Now in Power Urged by Vandenberg FOUNTAIN OF FEAR of Nation Is Confusion Former President Finds Continued on Tape 5. Column 2. 16BFMD1AO IN HOTEL FIRE Remainder of 37 Occupying Rooms Almost All Injured Associated 7'OK TLA for un- in and a r in in 1st rat ion was t i a nd To I VPS id iri an he entered t r-d has I if MI a. veritable in of Mr. lone you a ml 1 n picture nf n mi a n Mr. FOUR PERISH IN CAFE FIRE More Than 3Q Hurt Scramble for Exits in Associated NRW Feb. At least Ih ree men a rid one worn fin perished t h t in a Ti re i ch a no we a u rant on i IIP second at nnd t hit n 30 persons were in- some of a re not ex- pee t ed to They from burns nnd cuts arid of them from injuries received in leap from second story The flames fed n 1 i rn sy d e r n r H tions in the rest a urn nt nnd threw the dinners and dancers info sera milled A mo the were 1 0 m e m be rs o f the Holy Name Society of the Ch u re h o C Our d y of Pea e hoi a church function The believed to have started in a shirt shop on thp ground floor and to have spread upstairs to the on the second A guest at the Raymond 22, said he saw two men leap through a. dow to the Injured persons were taken nearby Continued on Column 5. Destroyer Speeding to Sea With Doctors and Serum Associated Canal Tlie t ra i ship fornia Sta I toward which the destroyer Tat nail speed with d fie tors and report ed tonight it hnd ohta some serum from the Crace last The message from the whose Jl. h id reported one death from and ease ami sn id thorp en use for The training asked Tatna II to font in uo milc dash from which was exported to be completed a I ion t The re- quested the and their to to po aboard the California saying permitted it. Jt was learned them one doctor aboard the California but no Th e training sh i p co in ma nder reported to the radio station today second patient improved a nd was nut developing further of the The sh wore Uie rn tain and no cases had been Aboard the Tat nail are throe S. Army Capt. B. Dr. W. nnd Dr. neth orderlies and four men from the army pital Col. of the pent all available serum to ihe training ship and plans to replenish the supply by The California official training vessel of the Sfate Nautical sailed from San Francisco Jan. 31 on its annual practice cruise and was toward boa when the outbreak of illness was Associated N. 1 1.__ In -In re of men looked in the of Hie Victoria Hotel for it- bodies 11 f v after a fire in which hers perished and n score of It er be bad hotels JUKI in a of known cu pa nts of t IIP tl b u i 1 d i n U. n n d was convinced all l ni in t ho hosn fiif d kill ed try i n to flee the flu m that i 1 lie hotel t were- in A. said thn ripal r-a use of their deaths was f j They were idem i find I M SH 2S, of N. V. a a The nf the recovered dead sn burned wax unlikely they would be j Idem i One thai of a Two ono an ihp i 117 in t Tn the when the fire ed were of 13 rm ployes and mem hei s of Uie i A n who a at hotel the gave the Police Sergeant Russell den and Lakewood's only hurried the hot ft. They rescued t hree sons 11 f n r P the 1 n 11 r I P r they h a f I placed the of t he ht fife nnd was de- st j K. a local he inspect ed hotel N n ember 5, found the in order and the fire and exits were a mi a en put H i- WHS to ers m M nd An hoard the which with The M ul- tra 1 i mill insure d l he Ad i p o 1 i e i P s. Mr. Hoover chn i -ed in his which he T' 11 o d Confused State nf are nisi ness that lieu an in- stantly upon restora tion of some ree of rt i d e by tlie nd stn i e of this n i o n at this hour i M a slate nf r on in i ron in govern men t. con fusion in economic life and confusion in Kew National problems have been Average Tie scoffed at In his state of tbo 1'nion to of the average man and woman to lead a better n ml happier as Mr. Hoover n n o b j e r t i v e to w h i c h w e nil n i; r o P. That is not an The issue is the New methods nnd tives which are destroying this very The current stock market lie n cd partly to fear of in- con- f in the fut 1 fo i- rally admin is t ration t i v i t i es by P o ni m e nt i np on tions of Thomas Andrew Daniel and dore Roosevelt used in p res id en of tions apa inst bis successor in- J. The forces of in- are already ed. for one in er living 2. The New seeks tn for jt Crom relief An nnd un- stn Vde currency arc ro- 4. Thp n t present Is the need in 6. The confusion Continued on Column 3. Continued on 2, Column 4. Businessmen Tired By Social Struggle Can Turn Industries Over To Labor Cardenas Quoted as Saying CBy Associated Press y 12. A stnt by President that who feel themselves tired by the social struggle can hand over their industries to the workers or the was re port liy the government newspaper El The published a re- view the labor situation by denas who just left Monterrey er attempting to adjust a capital crisis Business ers of Monterrey held a unique last week against what they called communistic cies oC officials and all commerce aws suspended for two Referring to men handing over Uie the president will be while a shutdown is Cardenas warned the employer class against political asserting would bring an armed In his statement the president again denied thorp is communist movement of any Importance In who kill and oppose fulfillment ot laws and the revolutionary program rause more damage than hut have to tolerate said ihe also reiterated his belief that labor tiony a rn t IIP t of failure to fulfill ihe just tion H and n ec r ss i t i o s of the w n r k Before Monterrey nas announced a program for the formation of one great union of Mexican explaining with a unique will have better control of the labor The Southern Pacific Railway of whose employes ed they would strike 20, sued a statement saying it was im- possible to meet Uie de- The company the salary raises requested represented a 100 per cent payroll exists an erroneous im- pression that the Southern Pacific ot Mexico Is and has been a Continued on Page 5, Column 2, Hoover Associated The Deal lias been a voi liable fountain of Tlie stock market boom today is not from confidence In Uie it is from fear of The stale of tills nt is a of The unemployment of millions of men in capital in- is duo to fear of A budget and a would put more men to work the whole need not con- Oid it ever occur to American earners that the tion it cut in and credit New have j men all over the nation Into a scramble of buying equities j to j The New Deal is I with relief under political i control from Washington Us de- pendents can be persuaded in Vandenberg Says Our problem in a is to Ihe and date the errors oC Ihe hist three have been some Then have bwn We have perspired 15ut Uic real sweating days yet lie a sense swiff ly substitutes for fhis con- The co tin fry is y for I his common Give American industry and j tabor a fair j co tuli lions require nc I ns the morn I Inw never outruns iho Ten so 0111- do mil outrun the tations of the Constitution and Ihe philosophy of ihe A I I is a fundamental 1st who declines to he NOT The poison nf mixed in the bread of the The i tat ion nl debt now bids ro a minimum of Having opened the channels of rightly the President may i be worried over the j No progressive mind will feel I lhat the shall not be i chunked to meet the needs of 1 national We arc with j in tic t ion and conflict In I and collide Many are half truths and are murky on that other Associated i is because inevitable cyclo since l reached The forces of recovery training nl ihc planning needed is the Washington planning of p ho more overlords who never met a nor bore the boat of industrial We a Against it. mid not against we aim I our This is not ihe It is liy executive i Future generations will look i back upon 1 as one of the epochs in const it til ional SENATOR ASSERTS Breathing Spell Useless Un- less Oxygen Tent Is Thrown Away Associated Feb. the of recovery as straining at a leash hold by Xew Senator Arthur H. an allied campaign what he called the now in The a candidate for his party's presidential took cheer from the Deal speech of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and said he welcomed only in the battle he subsequently in council chamber after next ber's victory is Senator followed on a radio hook-up former President Herbert who spoke from the opposite end of tlie in a attack on the national Their words were broadcast to approximately 3.000 Lincoln Day dinners throughout Wants Reform the present year of the epochs in tional Vandenberg between sarcastic ences to and his ff r Quoting the words of he us turn this government back into tlie channel in which the framers of the originally placed As specific steps this tion he listed the Elimination of the unemployment problem by private business A balanced A stable Proper tariff protection for American A system and for Senator who at a dinner of the National lican prefaced his remarks with an allusion to President as an executive who frankly expressed his contemptuous wish that no constitutional however should inter- rupt his infatuated Harbors Revolutionists Asserting the President tains ministers of state who frankly pine for a revolutionary he in not the It is government by executive In it would be called an uglier the Republican party to above itself and address all citizens who love their could be of greater cheer than The forth right courage which many distinguished Democrats declare this This is no more regime than it is 1932 platform is as dead as only but beyond all possibility of promises which when contrasted subsequent are the modern para- phrase of Dr. and Mr. At smith Manful He then pointed to former ernor as a Democrat who declines to wear 'the or about this year's possibility of he already have a Nobody voted for it. Nobody asked for it. Nobody knew it was on Hut it is Against ft. and not against tional we aim our Inspired with the impulses that moved he called Continued Page 3. Column 1. m Places Name on Ballot Illinois Presidential Primary Associated Feb. Col. In his first address as an candidate for the can Presidential the Deal tonight with ingr power and public He hurled back at tion leaders the charge of toryism I and asserted President Roosevelt j sought undermine the dence of the people in business leadership to the end that they may place I heir trust in political and Continued on Page 3, Column Are the shifting Read the E B R r POLITICAL POLL Next Sunday in
