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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 224 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY5c A COPY! j
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MAIL DELIVERY service is to be
( extended to a large number of homes
in Brownsville Friday for the first
time.
PostraagUr G. W. Dennett an
i nounces everything is in readiness
so far as the post office is con
cerned, but expressed the fear that
the citisens to be served have not
made as complete arrangements.
i Citisens were asked to put up mail
boxes and to number their homes.
1 Many of them have done this. Oth
ers have failed to do so.
, The service is to be started as
scheduled but many be discontinued
if these aids to the carriers are not
installed promptly.
The new service is to extend to
homes on recently paved streets in
Victoria Heights and West Browns
ville, giving the city four carriers.
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"FI, RADIO STATION which is
_moved from San Angelo to
C3^»us Christi, will not be a new
station to all Valley fans.
The writer of this column the
ether day opined that its new loca
tion would bring it into range of
Valley fans for the first time.
At least one Valley fan already
has been enjoying its programs.
S. L. Gill of Kaymondville writes:
MI have had this station several
times from Sen Angelo and the re
ception was unusually clear, so when
it was moved to Corpus Christi we
should be able to get them almost
any time.”
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BUT UNLESS somo solution is
found for the interference situation
In Brownsville radio bugs of this
city will be forced to find some
other source of amusement.
For many months a sound cln*aly
resembling the noise of an East
Texas sawmill working on a knotty
pine log has been the easiest thing
to tune in on local sets: ar.d the
past few days it has been even
worse.
Fans have sought the source of
the trouble and have presented a
petition to the city commission for
an ordinance which would force the
elimination of static at known
sources.
The governing body has promised
cooperation. In tha meantime, deal
ers in radio are practically out of
business as it is impossible to dem
onstrate the quality of their wares
when static, of the man-made sort,
drowns out the most powerful sta
tions on the ail.
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POPULARITY of the municipal
airport with Brownsville and Valley
folk is proved by tho crowds of visi
tor* which throng the field every
day, and these visitors are welcome,
las Mauldin, the manager, and all
the pilots are glad to have guests at
any time of day or night.
But there is a danger of which
warning should be sounded.
Whirling propellers deal sudden
death and children are apt to forget
this unless rdults impress the fact
upon them.
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EDDIE STREETER, mechanical ex
pert caring for the Tex-Mex Fish
• eries’ Stinson monoplanes, the other
day snatched a boy from almost cer
tain death after the lad had walked
to within a foot of a rapidly turning
prop*"* r.
fjR father of the lad failed to
thank Streeter for the rescue of his
eon. in fact he sermed to be peeved
because the bov w-a«* handled roughly
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COLONEL Char. A. Lindbrgh will
fly the first air mail to Mexico!
No direct announcement to this
•ffect baa been made, but—
! Llndy’s engagement to Miss Anne
Morrow has been announced and—
Miss Morrow is with her father in
Mexico City.
! late bulletins
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KANSAS CITY YOUTHS ADMIT SLAYING
KANSAS CITY. FeK. 13.—<AP>—Two youth*. Orvtlle Trout. 1». and
Walter I. Tryon. 18. who said they had “wanted a little extra money," eon
feased today they slew James Reese. 18. filling station attendant, in a rob
bery laat night.
AUSTIN DEALER FOUND DYING: STORE WAS ROBBED
AUSTIN. Feb. 13.—UP)—^William Glober. grocer, was found in his little
•tore in an outlying district with his skull crushed and hi» throat cut. at
noon today. He was still alive, but physicians said he could not live. Nea
hia blood-covered bedy was a five-pound rock. The drawer to the cash
register was open and empty.
CHICAGO ALDERMAN GETS TWO YEARS ON LIQUOR CHARGE
| CHICkGO. Feb. II.—(API—Alderman Titos Haffa, recently convicted of
conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition laws with four others. today
was sentenced by Federal Judge Walter C. Undley to serve two year* in
Leavenworth penitentiary and was fined fll.Mt.
MUSICIAN SEVERELY BURNED IN WACO ROOMING HOUSE
WACO, Texas. Feb. IS.—(A*>—A1 Hatcher, musician, was burned, proba
blj fatally, when fire destroyed a twe story rooming house here today.
ThiBplor occupants of the 12-room structure escaped, but firemen toon
Rawnrr from the blazing building.
EASTLAND ROAD BOND SALE CASE REVERSED
AUSTIN. Feb. 13.—(AP>—The rase of Eastland county veruua G. A.
Davisson, and others, involving the contract for construction of a system
of mads and purchase of the county's lUIt.Ht bond iasne. must he re
tired. The supreme court today affirmed the court of civil appeals in
reserving und remanding (he run
WILLACY CO.
TO GET ONLY
FLOOD WATER
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State Board Assures
Present Districts
Prior Rights Wdl
Be Protected
SAN BENITO, Feb. 13.—Present
Valley water district have been as
sured of prior rights to waters of
the Rio Grande, flood waters only
may be used by new districts, ac
cording to word brought back from
Austin today by Frank Robertson,
manager ot the San Benito W ater
District and representative of the
associated districts.
Robertson together with W. L.
Anderson, engineer, went to Austin
to oppose granting of a permit to the
newly formed Willacy County Irri
gation District. The State Board^ of
Water Engineers informed the Val
ley men, that while a permit would
be granted the new district as soon
as it was validated by the legisla
ture, the present districts would be
protected.
Assurance was given that in the
permit to the district a provision
would be inserted declaring that
Willacy county only could use flood
waters of the Rio Grande.
This declaration of the state board
is said to be highly satisfactory and
possible court action planned to
avert any use of other than flood
waters of the river, that had been
anticipated now will not be taken,
it is understood.
However, to be on the safe side,
said Robertson, protest was filed
with the state board, protesting
against granting of any permit to
new district that might injure the
present Valley water districts. At
torneys for the districts are of the
belief that with the clause in the
permit specified by the state board
and with the protest filed, the pres
ent districts need not fear any
harmful action.
W hile no action legally is planned,
the Valley districts will watch the
declaration to be filed by the W i.l
lacy county district to be certain
use of other than flood waters of
the river is not contemplated, Rob
ertson said.
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TURKISH PORT
Russian Exile Aboard
Boat Anchored Off
Constantinople
CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 13.—
—Leon Trotiky, former leader of the
Red army and an exile because of
his opposition to the policies ol the
present regime in Soviet Russia, has
arrived in Constantinople, from Rus
sian Turkestan.
Despite the secrecy surrounding
hit arrival, the Assoc ated Press was
assured from an official source that
he was aboard the soviet ship Illitch
which arrived in Constantinople last
evening.
Tha noted communist, who clayed
so large a part in the establishment
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Announcement of Engagement
Made, Mexico Hopes Lindy,
Miss Morrow to Marry There
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Statement Issued
By Ambassador
At His Home
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 13.—(**>
Mcxicans hoped today that Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne
Morrow, daughter of Ambassador
Dwight W. Morrow, would be mar
ried in this country’s capital. It
was here that the romance of the
famous aviator and the heiress be
gan.
The following statement was Is
sued at the American embassy last
evening:
“Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow
have announced the engagement of
their daughter. Anne Spencer Mor
row, to Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh.”
Efforts to have the ambassador
elaborate on the Itatement were un
availing. He was asked as to prob
able time and place of the mar
riage but persisted in a smiling sit
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Is Ideal Mate,
Friends say of
Lindy’s Girl
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.— (API—
Miss Anne Spencer Morrow, the
future Mr*. Charles A. Lindbergh,
was described by friends today as
an ideal mate for the flying
colonel.
Both are of the old fashioned
type as contrasted to the modern
flapper and the slick-haired youth
of today. But Miss Morrow is not
adverse to a bit of fun and to her
intimates is known as a frolirn
some young woman, just as “Slim”
Lindbergh in his mail flying days
was known for his practical jokes.
Born in Englewood. N. J„ a
fashionable suburb across the Hud
son from New York, Miss Morrow
is 22 years old, five feet, five
inches tall, and has large brown
eyes and dark brown, unbobbed i
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Havana Wonders
If Colonel WiU
Visit Fiancee
HAVANA. Feb. 13.—</P)—Curiosity
wan aroused today as to whether
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh would
fly to Mexico City to visit his fian
cee. Miss Anne Mirrow.
A laconic statement. “I will .on
fine my remarks to aviation," was
all Colonel Lindbergh had to say
about his engagement, but in con
fining his remarks to aviation he
outlined a flight schedule which
some saw as affording an opportuni
ty for a Mexico City visit.
Tomorrow he will fly from Miami
to New York, departing soon there
after on a transcontinental flight
over the air mail line route from
New York to Lqs Angeles. At Los
Angeles he will be within a day’s
flight of Mexico City, where Miss
Morro«% with her mother, arrived
yesterday.
It was a much delayed Lindbergh
who reached Havana late yesterday
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DIVISION OF
RIVER RIGHTS
BIGPROBLEM
Meeting o f Interna
tional Commission
Is Forecast to Ar
range For Treaty
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS.-uTh
Water has become a complicated and
controversial subject of international
importance between the United
States and its neighbors, Canada and
Mexico. For the present the Cana
dian controversy it somewhat in
abeyance but the aituation with re
gard to Mexico is coming to thu fore
with a meeting of the Mexican-Amer
iean international water commission
in the near future.
It will be concerned chiefly with
problems relating to use of the wat
ers of the lower Rio Grande, of the
lower Colorado, and of the Tia Juana
rivers. The commission will endeav*
or to reach an agreement upon which
to base a treaty.
Each of the three rivers present a
different proposition, but it has been
deemed advisable that the three be
considered together. On the Rio
Grande about two-thirds of the water
is furnished by Mexico, on the Colo
rado all of the water ia furnished by
the United States, and on the Tia
Juana the larger portion of the water
is furnished by the United States.
In the case of the Colorado there
is the question of whether irrigation
rights apply and have been recog
nised. There is also the question of
how far the United is to recognise
existing uses in Mexico as against
later rights in the United States, and
whether rights are limited to the
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MEXICO PARTY
» GHERE
10 Officials To Be At
Air Mail Opening
Celebration
Ten Mexican government officials
will attend the international air mail
opening celebration here February
23. according to a telegram received
Wednesday by G. C. Richardson,
manager of the local chamber -of
commerce from W. L. Morrison of
the Mexican Aviation company.
The tel*gram. sent from Mexico
City, also urged that special invita
tions to attend be sent to Gen. J. F.
Azcarate, chief of the Mexican avi
ation service, and Col. Roberto Fier
ro.
General Azcarate is willing to send
five or six Mexican planes to tafce
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Boy*. I’m ■ittin' on “top o* the world"—Money !n my pocket,
•hoes on my feet, and a f.ne job, found through a “Situations
Wanted" ad I put in The Herald. Put an ad on the job to de
the -job for you and you'll get a job. Costs half a dollar,
that's all.
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SLAYER TAKEN
TO TEXAS J
BY 3 RANGERS
Dr. Ramsey's Murder
er Goes Before Court
At Georgetown To
Hear Death Date
GEORGETOWN. To., Feb. 13.—
i/P)— Harry J. Leahy, Mathis. con
victed slayer of Dr. J. A. Ramsey,
aged Mathis physician, today was
sentenced to electrocution April 12
Sheriff Louise Lowe, accompanied
by three Texas rangers, a short time
later departed for the state peniten
tiary at Huntsville with Leahy.
The court of criminal appeals re
cently overruled Leahy’s motion for
a new trial.
Dr. Ramsey, testimony at Leahy’s
trials showed, was called from his
home at night to administer to an
ill woman. He did not return, and
his body was found in a shallow
grave several miles from Mathis two
months later. A Mexican, testify
ing for the state, said Leahy had
killed the doctor and buried him.
In his first trial at George West.
Leahy was sentenced to 60 years. A
motion for a new trial was granted,
and he was convicted here on a
change of venue and aentenced to
death.
Martinez Drug
Store Looted
Tuesday Night
The Jose Martinei Drug Store No.
I 2. in Victoria addition, was burglar
ized Tuesday night, the thieves •»
| raping with loot valued at approxi
mately $1S0.
Entrance was gained by removing
the bars and prring up one of the
windows. Merchandise taken
i included chewing gum. candy, toapa
ard toilet articles. The burglars
left no clue, and the merchandise
is believed to have been transferred
to the south side of the Rio Grande.
This is the first store burglary
I that has occurred in Brownsville in
several months, officers state.
\ “The usual late winter influ* of
suspicious characters is on.” Lieu
tenant of Police John Armstrong
said, “and I would advise merchants
and others to take all possible pre
cautions. Two cars now are need
’ by the police department for night
petroling of the city, and we are
rounding up suspicious characters
as rapidly a* possible."
A thorough investigation was be
ing made Wednesday of a number of
suspects who might have been con
nected with the store burglary, po
lice said.
JARDINE NOT IN CABINET
WASHINGTON. Feb. <AV~
| Secretary Jardine eliminated himself
as a possible member of the Hoover
cabinet in a formal statement today
I announcing tbnt be had accepted a
j position ns counsel for the Federated
* Fruit and Vegetable Growers.
NO OBJECTION
IS RAISED TO
BUILDING PLAN
Signing of Measure
Follows Conference
With Leaders O n
Naval Expenditures
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-<j$V
President Coolidge today signed the
naval bill calling for the construc
tion of fifteen cruisers and one air
craft carrier.
The president's approval was giv
en in spite of the measure's clause
requiring that all the vessels be
laid down by July 1. 1931, which he
opposed. His opposition to this pro
vision was based on the view that
it called for expenditures at future
dates with no advance knowledge as
to the condition of the treasury
when they would be made.
In addition to providing for the
construction of the vessels, the
measure calls for an international
agreement establishing the rights of
neutrals at sea in time of war, un
der an amendment sponsored by
Chairman Borah of the foreign rela
tions committee and Senator Reed of
Missouri.
The president affixed his signa
ture to the measure, the last major
legislative project of his administra
tion. a few minutes after he had
conferred with congressional leaders
on expenditures which must be made
under it.
Those present were Senators Cur
tis and Robinson, majority and mi
nority leaders of the seante, Chair
man Hale of the senate naval com
mittee. Speaker Longworth. Repre
sentatives Tildon and Garrett, re
publican and democratic leaders of
the house, and Chairman Snell of
the house rules committee.
The president has received recom
mendations from the budget bureau
that from 125.000,000 to $40,000,000
be made available for work on the
cruisers during the fiscal year 1929
1930, with a small amount provided
for the present fiscal year.
Under the measure five cruisers
are to be laid down in each of the
three fiscal years 1929, 1930 and
1931. In addition, the construction
of an aircraft carrier is authorised,
to be begun prior to January 1, 1931.
CLAIM AGENTS
OPEN SESSION
Majority of Delegates
Are Due To Arrive
On Thursday
A number of early arrivals were
registered at local hotels Wednes
day morning for the annual conven
tion of the Southwestern Claim
Agenta’ association, first business
session of which i« to convene in
the afternoon. The convention it to
last three days and approximately 160
are expected to attend.
An appeal for automobiles to take
the visitors on a tour of the Valley
Friday morning has been made by
0. C Richardson, manager of the
local chamber of commerce. Other
towns also are expected to famish
cars, but the great majority must be
tained here it la said.
On the tour up the Velley various
towns will be visited and the claim
agents will inspect packing sheds
along the Missouri Pacific and the
Southern Pacific railroads. At noon
they will be guests at a luncheon at
Weslaco, returning here for a ban
quet at Matamoroi that night.
The session convening Wednesday
afternoon is expected to ve devoted
mainly to organisation. appointment
of committees and reports, it is un
derstood. The main delegation ie
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JAIL IS DISLIKED;
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BREAKS; REPORTS
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TO ANOTHER ONE
PARIS, Tex„ Feb. 13.—W-J. C.
Arthur, being particular about hit
jails, has moved to the Lamar
county jail here.
He was arrested in Stamps, Ark.,
for an auto theft here, but the
Stamps jail grated on his finer
sensibilities. He extradited him
self by escaping, hitch-hiking to
Paris and surrendering to Sheriff
Bud Walters. That official ex
pressed surprise, but Arthur ex
plained today, from his comfort
able cell, that he "didn't care fer
tha jail in Stamps."
POLlCElARD
MEXICO HEADS
AFTER THREAT
Bombs, Intimidations
Laid To Catholics
By President Gil;
Three Deported
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 13.—CJP>—
Bombs and threats of kidnaping to
day caused heavy police guards to bs
placed about the homes of prominent
figures in public lift.
Against this background thera ap
peared in today’s newspapers hero
■ second signed statement of Presi
dent Emilio Fortes Gil saying tha
government was convinced that
"exalted fanatical (Roman) Cath
olics" wera responsible for the at
tempt made against his lifa Sunday.
Deportation of a Swede, an Ital
ian and a consul of Bolivia wera
ordered, after expression of pro
Catholic sentiments.
Three more bombs were discovered
in the offices end homes of other
prominent Mexicans whose names
were not revealed. Polica mean
while have made no arrests in con
nection with the bomb found in the
offices of Goternor Aaron Saens of
Nuevo Leon Sunday night.
President Fortes Gil, former
President Calles, and other prom
inent Mexicans have received threats
against their lives, similar in ap
pearance to threats received by Gen
eral Obregon prior to his assassina
tion, police headquarters rsvealed.
(Continued on psge ten.)
Lindy Completes
Last Flight On
Air Mail Route
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MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 13.—<A>-Evinc
ing the unconcern that has marked
all of his exploits of the air Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh closed another
ptga of history today when he I tid
ed here, ending his flight from E gn
am a with the mail.
Characteristically, the shy %%d
bergh still declined to discuss *4he
new page before him—his forthcom
ing marriage to Miss Anne Morrow,
daughter of the American ambass
ador to Mexico, announced last night
in Mexico City.
When the wheels of his amphibian
plane touched Floridian aeil at 9:33
a. m.. today, the colonel rounded out
an air mail chai nlinking the two
Americas and clipping from three to
twelve days from the old sailing
time.
Lindbergh said he would not he
able to announce plans for his de
parture until late in the day but
that he wil probably stay here to
night. Re said he would have to be
in Washington in a few days, prior
to starting an aerial survey of the
transcontinental route from New
York to San Francisco and Los An
geles._
Chicagoan, 12, Admits 150
‘Jobs’; Sobbed With Gun
CHICAGO. Ill, Fib. 13—</T>—
Twelre-yeer-old Joe Dowling, who
carries a gen and bee a gang, told
police today he had taken part tn
ISO burglaries sinew he was 9
years old.
When arrested lsit night ms he
was offering a 9150 diamond ring
for aale fbr 95, Dowling had a
loaded pistol in his pocket, a
flashlight and a riagfnl of keys.
Two bon, one 9, the other 19,
were arrested at the same time,
but Dowling told polic# they had
been on only three "jobs" and
warn "'amateurs.'*
He was asked about tbs pistol.
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"A (uy'a gotta have a gu","
said tha boy. who ia small for his
years. “Suppose the dicks caught
me, and I had a chance to shoot
it oat with them? I’va had Iota of
guns. Some I got ia flats. Oaa
time me and a hid named Coagh*
lin—he’s doing a stretch bow—
stolo a car and drove to Gary.
Ind- and bought two shotguns
from a guy. On the way hack
Coughlin took A shot at a farmer
ia a field and knocked his hat
off
Police aaid they had verified
several of tha burglaries to which
tha bey
PLAN VISIT TO j
LEGISLATURE
LATER IN DAY
House Floor Shut To
Protestors Against j
Montgomery; Gal
lery Is To Be Open
(Special to Tha HeraM)
AUSTIN, Feb. 13.—The Hidalgo
county army of protest marched up
Capitol Hill at 11:30 Wednesday
morning, and marched right back
again without having approached tha
house of representatives where it
was to protest the seating of Repre
sentative W. R. Montgomery and to
present a petition of 5,600 nan rs ask
ing his resignation.
The 160 or 176 in the group reach
ed the rnpitol and nosed on thn front
steps for photographs, then went
down town for dimer, Mayor D. A.
Kirgan of Weslaco, head of thn dele
gation. announcing they would, coma
back to the capitol during the after
noon.
The doors of the house were closed,
and Sergeant-at-arms Whit.a an
nounced the delegation would b« de
nied entrance to the floor if they at
tempted to enter the house «»f rep
resentatives itself. The galltiry warn
open. Mr. White stationed himself
outside the house door, and instruct
ed his assistants to be at hia sida to
enforce the order of tha house which
prohibits persons other than mem
bers on the floor during sessions.
The delegation prepared to present
its protest to the house during tha
afternoon.
On arrival here the automobiles,
•aid by Gordon Griffin, who came in
advance of the party, to numbei 100,
parked in front of the capitol anti tha
occupants got out, but did not eutor
the capitol.
To Viait Legislature
The party beara a letter to Mont-4
grnsery asking him to resign and m
petition said to contain signatures of
more than 6,000 persona raking
Speaker Barron of the house to tv-*
open the contest of E. M. Smit.tn
against Montgomery.
The contest was finally disposed «■
by the house when it adopted a re*l
port of the committee on priviiegesJl
suffrage and elections formally seat-H
mg Montgomery.
This action was taken after the|i
committee had reported to tha hous4
that it would probably cost £16,000
for it to conduct a hearing on Smith'a
allegations, sinca it would bo necas
sary to bring many persona from
Hidalgo county here to testify. Tha
attorney general ruled a sub-com
mittee could not go to Hidalgo county
to take evidence.
Investigation Asked
The house voted overwhelmingly
to instruct the committee to bring in
a report seating Montgomery an4
this was dona, adopted, reconsidered
and tabled, meaning that it could
not be reopened again at this ses
sion.
The petition to Speaker Barron
opened with the quotation from tho
Texas constitution:
“The eitisens shall have the right,
in a peaceable manner, to assemble
together for their common good: and
apply to those invested with tho
power of government: for redrosa of
grievances or other purposes, by pe
tition. address or remonstrance.
Griffin, who signed the petition as
attorney for Smith, was a candidate
for district judge in Hidalgo county
against Judge J. E. Leslie, and has
pending now a contest of the ratals
(Continued on page tan.)
' THE WEATHER
II
For Browned Ho and tha Valloys
Partly cloody tonight and Thnrt
day; not much changa in tempara
tura. Light to moderate winds,
mostly northeasterly.
For East Texas: Partly dandy ta
night and Thursday; not much
changa in temparstur*. Light to
modarata northerly to eaatorly wind*
on tbo coast.
RIVER FORECART
There will ha no material hang*
in the near except from M.salon
down whom it will continue to fell
slowly depending on th* amount *z
pumping for irrigation.
flood Pranl !4-lr. **•!».
Eagla Past .« 1* E7 OB
Laredo ..... 27 -0J- 0.0 BO
Rio Grand* „ *1 *•* •**
Mission ..... 22 44 -0J
Sen Benito *,24 . T.T el.l
Brownsriile . 1* * t -0-* *®0
TIDE TABLE
High and low Ud* at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorologi
cal eoaditiona:
High.7:00 a. m.; 4-40 p. ».
Low.12:44 a. m.; 12 *8 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .. *:2i
Sunrise tomorrow
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