TRIAL OF JURY CASESDELAYED Jurymen In Criminal Dis trict Court Excused For Week Trial of jury cases In the criminal district court was postponed Mon day for one week, the court excus ing such Jurymen as answered the summons. Of the 50 Jurymen sum moned. only 22 appeared, the re mainder being unable to report on account of illness and other causes. Judge A. W. Cunningham stated that the court would recess for the week, but he would be present to hear any reports of the prand jury, which continued its work Monday morning after a f^ur-day recess. Two members of the grand jury were unable to report. The court announced that trial of capital cases would be set for Wednesday of each week during the term, with special venires to be drawn. The settings for such cases were as follows: Wednesday March 6—G. B Park er. rape; Ysidro Mireles. rape; spe cial venire of 50 ordered. Wednesday, March 13—Connie Hall, murder: Refugio Sanchez, murder: special venire of 40. Wednesaav, March 20—Refugio Sanchez and Benito Pena, murder; Pedro Garza, murder; special ve nire of 50. Trial of A. w and W. R. Sassr. former residents of San Benito, charged with swindling, was set for Monday, and all other cases which had been docketed were set one week later. The grand Jury had returned 41 true bills prior to recessing last Wednesday, and is expected to com plete Its work this week. ALIBiOFFERED BY M’CLOSKEY ■. Minister Say* Judge Hunted With Him Day Of Al leged Alterations AUSTIN. Feb. 25.—

—The de fense today sought to set up an alibi for Congressman-elect Augus tus J. McCloskey of San Antonio as one phase of meeting the state's allegation that he connived with Dave Dewhurst. assistant Bexar county clerk, and Charles Ramirez, secretary of the defendant, while he was Bexar county judge, to change the returns of the Novem ber 6 election Dewhurst. star witness for the prosecution, averred from the wit-1 ness stand that while Ramirez faked the returns under his tute lage. Judge McCloskey was in an adjoining room with full knowledge of what was going on and had him self produced the returns which were being altered. The defense today brought on the Rev. Robert W. Small, who said he is a Baptist minister without charge .and that at the time fixed by Dewhurst. McCloskey was with him hunting doves on a ranch more than 20 miles from San Antonio. The defense also produced nu merous other witnesses who denied parts of Dew-hurst's story, as well as several prominent San Antonio and Austin men who testified as to the good reputation of the de fendant. Dave Wats-fi. chief of defense counsel, told newspapermen that McCloskey would be a witness, but that his testimony might not be reached today. Many Attend Three Revival Serv ices Baptist Sunday Three large audiences greeted Dr. J Melton at the First Baptist church Sunday, some coming from up-Val ley points. The morning message was on The Faithfulness of God’s Peo-I pie." "It is not w hat one has or j can do. but it is what he is 'aith ful in doing with his capacities. Many run well for awhile, but fal’ by the way when the church and pastor needs them.’’ said Dr. Mel ton He Illustrated his point by a North Texas fire. The flames were bearing down on the building occu pied by the telephone exchange. A mother rushed to the building to urge her daughter, who was an op erator.' to run for her life, but the faithful operator said to the fran tic mother. "I can not leave. I am calling for fire fighting combines from other towns and I must stay with the board.'' Such faithfulness is needed, said the preacher, in carrying on the work of Chris tianity. The message of the afternoon Was on travels in Palestine. Svria and Egypt. Human interest touches held attention. The evening message was on the theme. "Men Who Would Not Be Caved " The speaker tried to an swer the question. "Why will men not be saved?” “It is not because God does not desire that men b-' «&fed. He has done all that he can for their salvation. Nor is It because men are ignorant of God He has left a message of himself in the stars of the heavens and in even." blade of grass. It is true that some men have more ’* than others hare, and will more likely find God. but the responsi-1 bility is on man to accept the knowledge that God has given ofi Himself." The theme announced for this 1 Monday evening, is "Sifted. But • Saved” LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, BROWNSVILLE DIVI SION. In the Matter of H O Bersct. Bankrupt. No. 271. In Bankruptcy To the creditors of said bank- ! nipt: Notice Is hereby given that on the 23rd day of February 1929 the said H. C. Berset of McAllen. Hidalgo county. Texas, was dulv adjudged a bankrupt, and the first ' meeting of his creditors will be held 1 •t the office of Ira Webster Ref- i eree in Bankruptcy, in the Stegman building. Brownsville. Texas, on the 7th day of March, at eleven (in a. m.. at which time and place the creditors of the said H. O. Berset. bankrupt may appear, prove their claims, elect a trustee, examine the banknipt and transact such other business as may properly come be fore such meeting. IRA WEBSTER ] Referee in Bankruptcy j 1 Dated February 25. 1929. j: 3-36-it I . STOCKS KEEP ON MADE Radio Jumps 10 Points And Bethlehem Steel Hits New High Mark NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—

-Re sumption of business after the three day holiday on the New York stock exchange today found the course of prices still headed upward. Radio (old stock) jumped 10 points and Bethlehem steel crossed 98 to a new 1929 high. Midland steel products preferred opened 3 points higher. National Cash Register 2 1-2 and Wright Aeronautical 2. Initial gains of a point or more were registered by General Electric, Westinghouse Electric. Johns Manville. Nevada copper and St. Joseph lead. U. S. steel common opened with a block of 30 000 shares at 185. up 3 points and then advanced to 186 1-2. Crosley radio, opened nearly 10 points higher at 125 and then eased to 120. Coty. National Dairy Products. Union carbide and West ern Union ran up 2 to 3 points in early buying. Copper, motor and public utility shares presented several points of strength. Among the manv issues to show early gains of a point or more, were Anaconda. Calumet & Arizona. American smelting. Kenne cott. Hupp. Chrysler, Brooklyn Man hattan Transit and Southern Cali fornia Edison There were a few soft spots. American & foreign power which recently registered a spectacular advance, fell back more than 5 joints; May department stores and International Telephone yielded 1 3-4 each and Dupont. Simmons company and Congress cigar drop ped back a point or so. Foreign exchanges opened steady, with cables unchanged at $4.85 5-1*6. Chicago Grain Close Is Lower CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-J/D—Heavy rains and snow falls west and southwest tended early today to ease down wheat values here." Be sides, Liverpool wheat quotations showed an unexpected setback, al though stocks afloat were less than last week or a year ago. Starting unchanged to 5-8c off, Chicago wheat afterward under went a general sag. Com was relatively firm, opening at l-8c de cline to l-8c advanec and subse quently holding near to the initial range. Oats were inclined to droop. Provisions went higher. BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—

—Butter higher: creamery extras 48 3-4; standards 48 1-4: extra firsts 47 1-2 *'48; firsts 45 1-2# 46; seconds 41 #45. Eggs lower; extra firsts 39 1-2# 40 1-2; firsts 38#39: ordinary firsts 34$ 38. POULTRY STEADY CHICAGO. Feb. 25.—OP)—Poul try steady; fowls 27# 32c; springs 33c: roosters 22c; turkeys 30c; ducks 30c; geese 23c. SPOT COTTON CLOSE NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25.—<>P>— Spot cotton closed steady. 37 points up. Sales 1191; low middling 17.87; middling 19.37; good middling 19.77; receipts 9.444; stock 349.396 U. S. BONDS NEW YORK. Feb. 25—Gov ernment bonds: Liberty 3 l-2s. 32-47. $97.17: 1st 1 l-4s $99.27 : 4th 4 l-4s $99.31: treasury 4 l-4s. 47-52, $108.3; 4s. ♦4-54. $103.2. FOREIGN EXCHANGES NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—<^)—For eign exchanges steady. Great Britain demand 484 29-32' rabies 485 5-16 ; 60-day bills on banks 480 9-32. France, demand 3 90 1-2: Italy *'2; Belgium 13.88; Germany 3-4; Tokyo 44.95; Montreal 99£9 3-8. COTTONSEED OIL NEW ORLEANS Feb 25—35. Fort Worth Hogs Down; Others Up FORT WORTH. Feb. 25.—(P— Hogs 2 600: ten to 15c ower; 180 250 lbs. 9 80*i 9.90. Cattle and calves: 3 300: steady io strong; medium to good steers 10.25 to 11.00; best steers 11.65; ight yearlings 11.25; cows 7 50 to j ' 75; bulls 7 75 to R 25; good Stock er calves up to $12 06 Sheep 3.000; steadv; good wool fd fat lambs 15.25 to 15.50, fresh shorn wethers 9.50. CASH GRAIN CHIC AGO Feb 25 —.tfv-Wheat: S’o. 2 red 1 42# 1.46; No. 2 northern ipring 124 1-4 Corn: No. 3 yellow 93 1-2#94; No. 1 white 93#94. Oats: No 2 white 51 3-4; No. 4 xhite 47# 48 1-2. KANSAS CITY Feb X.—VPh Wheat No. 1 dark hard, nominally, 1.18*11.32; No 2 hard 1.17# 1 24 No t red. nominally. 1.32#1.33; Mav Lit 5-8; July 1 23 7-8 Com: No 2 while 88 No. 2 yel ow. nominally. 87 1-2# 88: No 2 nixed 85 3-4 # 86; May 93 1-4; jujy OaU: No. 2 white 52, 1 Truck I J Markets! VU Naval Radio SUtioa | Department of Agriculture, United states Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics and the San Antonio, Texas, hCamLer of Commerce cooperating. Vegetable Bulletin No. 42. FOB shipping point information i reported Saturday. Feb. 23: Lower Rio Grande Valley points: I Cool, partly cloudy. Cabbage: Haulings moderate. i Moderate wire Inquiry, demand mod ! eratc, market about steady. Car ! loads and in mixed cars FOB usual i terms—bulk per ton round type $16 t ft 18. mostly $17.50; crates $1.25ft i 1.50; 80 lb. crates Savoy $1.40ft 1.45. Carloads and in mixed cars FOB ! cash track—bulk per ton round type mostly $14.50; crates $1.15ftlJ5. Wagonloads cash to growers—bulk per ton round type $12.00. Carrots: Haulings moderate. Good wire inquiry, demand good, market steady. Carloads and in mixed cars FOB usual terms—bush el baskets 90cft 1.00. fancy higher; crates $1,50ft 1.60; 100 lb. sacks top ped around $1.50. Carloads and in mixed cars FOB cash track—bush els 80ft90c, few higher, crates $1.35 (A*)1.40. Beets: Haulings moderate. Mod erate wire inquiry, demand improv ing. market steady. Carloads and in mixed cars FOB usual terms— oushel baskets 80ft 90c; few- $1.00; crates $1.25 ft 1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars FOB cash track—bush els 704i80c; crates $1.15ft 1.25. Sun day: Warm, cloudy, windy. Primary destinations of Lower Valley movement reported Saturday and Sunday: Grapefruit: Houston 4. Ft. Worth 3, Dallas 2; 1 each Tulsa, Atchison, Minneapolis, El Paso. Little Rock, Topeka, Kansas City. Carrots: St. Louis 8, New York 5; 2 each Hous ton, Chicago. Memphis, Boston; 1 each Terre Haute. Pittsburgh. Bal timore, Philadelphia. Montreal, New Haven, Ft. Worth. Cabbage: Hous ton 31. St. Louis 23. Chicago 11, Shreveport 9, Toronto 5; 4 each Memphis. Ft Worth. Detroit 3. Salt Lake City 2: 1 each Duluth, Denver. Paducah. Greenville, Montreal, Cal gary, London, Ont., Denison, New York, Everett, Toledo. El Paso, Hic kory, Vancouver, Dupo. Grand Rap ids, lnd‘anapolis. Pittsburgh. Beets: Houston, St. Louis 2 each; New York 3; 1 each Newark, Philadel phia. Boston. Turnips: Columbus, Ohio. 1. Radishes: 1 each Houston, St. Louis. Spinach: St. Louis 8, Toronto 1. Lettuce: Jersey City 3, Philadelphia 1. Anise: Houston 1. Mixed Vegetables: St. Louis IS. Houston 19. Chicago 6, New York IS, Shreveport 4. Memphis; 2 each Oklahoma City, Omaha. Minneapo olis, Nashville. Jersey City, Toron to; 1 each Paris, Texas, Wichita Falls. Van Buren, El Dorado, Car thage, Dayton. Youngstown, Cincin nati, Huntington, Utica, Cheyenne. Denver. Waco. Abilene. Montreal, Monroe, Chattanooga, Dallas. Fort Worth, Winnipeg, San Angelo, El Paso. Amarillo. Beaumont, Oe Queen. Muskogee, Wichita. Hutchi son. Hannibal. Cedar Rapids. Fargo. Little Rock. Dupo. Cleveland. Knox ville. Owensboro. Lothier, Gadsdon, Greensboro. Philadelphia. Scranton, Boston. Beets and Carrots: 1 each Hazelion. Pa., New York. Parsley: St. Louis 2. Carlot shipments of entire United States reported Saturday and Sun day: Cabbage: Texas 116. Alabama 1. California 1. Florida 43. New York 16; total U. S. 181 cars. Carrots: Texas 31. California 25. New York 6; total U. S. 62 cars. Mixed Vegetables: Texas 131. Cal ifornia 32. Florida 15, Louisiana 21, total U. S. 219 cars. Spinach: Texas 68. others 3; to tal U. S. 71 cars. Grapefruit: Texas 13, others 136; total U. S. 149 cars. Mixed Citrus: Texas 4. others 70; total 86 cars. Lower Rio Grande Valley move ment reported Monday morning, February 25: Mixed vegetables 79. beets 7, car rots 27. beets and carrots 21, cab bage 102, lettuce 2. turnips 2, pars ley 2. grapefruit 10; total 252 cars. Freight movement to date this sea son. Fruit 1332. vegetables 6830, to tal 8212 cars; to same day last sea son: Fruit 1127, vegetables 7137, to tal 8264 cars. Additional FOB information re ported Saturday. Feb. 23: Cabbage: Rochester, N. Y., and nearby points: Min. 10 deg. Max. 22 deg. Clear. Demand limited, too few sales reported to quote. Carrots: Rochester, N. Y„ and nearby points: Demand light, no sales reported Spinach: Crystal City. Texas: Warm, partly cloudy. Haulings mod erate, moderate wire inquiry, de mand moderate, market firm. Car loads FOB usual terms—bushel baskets Savoy 40ft 50c; cash track 95 ft 40c. Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Partlv cloudy, warm. Haulings light. Mod erate wire inquiry, demand light, market dull. Too few sales reported to quote. Cabbage: New York: Clear, 35 degrees. Arrived. 5 New York. 5 Texas. New supplies moderate, de mand moderate, market steady. Florida 1 1-2 bushel hampers point ed type $1.12 1-2-1.37 1-2. few $1 50; Savoy $1.50-1.70; red $2 00-2.25. Texas lenu^e crates Savoy $2.00-2 75. mostly $2 25-2.50: red $2.75. Cali fornia lettuce crates Savoy ordinary $1.25. Boston- Cloudy. 34 degrees. Arrived 3 Florida, on track 10 cars. Supplies moderate, demand light, market about steady. Texas round and flat types 80-lb. crates $2.50. Florida Wakefield 1 1-2 bushel ham pers $135-1.50. St. Louis: Cloudy. 41 degrees. Arrived 13 Texas, on track 40 cars Supplies heavy, de mand slow, market ireak. Texas round type bulk per ton $40-45; crates $2.25. Michigan Danish type bulk per ton few sales fancy $55 00. Chicago: Cloudy. 35 degree?. Ar rived 20 Texas, on track 63 cars Supplies moderate, demand and trading moderate market about stead?. Texas round type crates $2.50-2 75; barrels packed pocaily $2.50-2.75; sacked per cwt $2.50-2.75; lettuce crate? Red $3 00-3.25. Wis consin Danish type sacked per cwt $2 00-2.25. few higher. Cincinnati: Cloudy. 40 degrees Arrived 2 Flor ida. 1 Louisiana. 1 Texas, on track 14 cars. Supplies moderate, demand moderate, market steady. Texas round tvne bulk per ton—moetlv $50 00: Florida pointed type 1 1-2 bushel laimuers $1 15-1.35. few high er. New York Danish tvpe bulk n*r ton. $48.50 Philadelphia: Clear. 34 de^re*? Arrived 18 Florid*. 4 New York on track 55 cars New supplies liberal demand moderate, market firm. Florida pointed type ]N. 0. FUTURES OPENING QUIET Fluctuations Are Slight Dur ing First Hour; Stay Near Open NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 25.—— Cotton futures closed very steady at net advance of 18 to 24 points: High Low Close Prev. Close Mar. ....1952 1925 1951—52 1927 May 1970 1946 1970 1948 July ,...1980 1953 1978—80 1957 Oct.1957 1933 1956 1938 Dec.1950 1947 1957B 1939 Opening: Mar. 1925; Mav 1948; July 1955; Oct. 1933; Dec. 1934. NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—The cotton market opened steady at an advance of 1 to 8 points in re sponse to relatively steady cables, while some buying was also reported on favorable feature In reports from the cotton goods market. May sold up to 20.10 and new October to 19.62, or about 7 to 13 points net hirher during the first ten minutes, but there was further near month liquidation and the advance attract ed some realizing In the later month which caused reactions of a few points from the best. Trading was moderately active with the market steady at the end of the first half hour. The market showed continued steadiness later in the morning. Of . ferings of March apoeared to be | very readily absorbed by spot cot ton interests while some commis ! slon house buying was reported in I later months. May sold up to 20.23 and the I new October to 19.69. The general 1 market showed net advances of 16 * to 20 points at mid-day. Futures closed firm. 1915 32 points higher. Spot steady: middling 20.55. NEW YORK FUTURES NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—Cot ton futures: High Low Close Prev. Close Mar.2031 1998 2029—31 1997 May ....2034 2006 2032—34 2003 July ....2005 1977 2003—05 2003 Oct. (old) 1983 1965 1982—83 1959 Oct. new 1975 1957 1972—75 1949 Dec.1975 1958 1971—72 1952 Opening: Mar. 2000: May 2008; July 1978: Oct. (old) 1967; Oct. (ncw» 1957; Dec. 1959. LIVERPOOL COTTON LIVERPOOL. Feb. 25.—<.P>—Cot ton-spot fair demand: lower; Amer ican strict good middling 11.34; good middling 10 94: strict middling 10.75: middling 10.54: strict low middling 10.25; low middling 10.04; strict good ordinary 9 64; good or dinary 9.24. Sales 6,000 bales. 4.900 American. Receipts 15,000, Ameri can 14,800. Futures closed steady: March 10 25. May 10 37; July 10 40; October 10.28, December 10.26, Jan uary 10.25. CALL MONEY NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—(/D—Call money firmer; high 9; low 6 1-2; ruling rate 6 1-2: closing bid 9; time loans firm; mixed collateral 60-90 days 7 1-24# 7 3-4; 4-6 months 7 1-2 *(7 3-4; prime mercantile paper 5 1-2. Bankers acceptances: 30 days 5 l-4*i5 1-8 : 60-90 days 5 3-8'*i5 1-4; 4 months 5 1-2G5 1-4; 5-6 months 5 5-8 <*5 3-8. 1-2 bushel hampers $1.15, poorer low as $1.00. Texas round type crates $2.50-2.75; lettuce crates *2.00; let tuce crates Savoy $2.00-2.25. Pitts burgh: Cloudy, 32 degrees. Ar rived 2 Florida. 7 Texas. Supplies li be ray, demand moderate, market about steady. Texas round type crates $2.50-2.75. mostly *2.50; bar rels packed locally $2.50-3.00. mostly $2.75-3.00. Florida pointed type 1 1-2 bushel hampers *1.00-125, mostly $1.15. Carrots: New York: Arrived 15 California. 3 New York, 15 Texas. Supplies moderate, demand moder ate. market steady. California crates S3 00-3.75. poorer $1.50-2.50. Texas crate* fair quality and condition $2 50-3.00. few $3 25. few higher, bushels mostly $1.50; 100-lb sacks cut $2 50-2.75. St. Louis; Arrived 4 Texas, on track 9 cars. Supplies light, demand light, market about ; steady. Texas crates $2.00-2.50. mostly around S2.25: bushels *1.50 1 60. poorer low as $1715. Philadel 1 phia: Arrived 1 California. 7 Texas. 2 Holland by boat on track 21 cars. Supplies moderate, demand moder ate. market ftrm. Texas crates $2.50 3.00: bushels 1150. California crates S3.00. Holland 90 to 100 pound boxes street sales $2 00. Chicane: Arrived i 19 California. 4 Texas, on track 61 cars Supplies liberal, demand and . trading moderate, marker about steady California crates *3 00-3 25. few hieher. fair quality, light color $2.50-->75 Texas crates *250-275: i busheLs *1 AO-160 Pittsburgh: Ar 1 rived 3 California. 1 Texas. Sup j plies liberal, demand slow, market abort steadv. Texas crates mostly $2 35-2 50. California crates mostly 2.75. Boston Unrecorded. Beets: Philadelphia: Arrived 3 Texas, cm track 21 cam. Supplies liberal, demand moderate, market firm Texas crate* *2.50-2 75; bush els *1 25-1 40 Chleairo: No ca-’ot arrivals cn track 7 cars. Sovrin moderate, demand and trading moderate, market steady Texas crates *2 00-2.25 few best *2.50; bushels mostly *t 50. Pitta*etr?h $rrh"d 1 Texas. 1 mb-d Te~*« j Punches demand sic*' «»arirrt steady. Texas crates *2.25-2.50. i pocrer $1.50-2.00. POINT BUILDS FOR JURISTS New C. of C. Backs Volun tary Construction Of Accommodations {Special to The Herald) 1 POIrt x iixABtL, Feb. Za.—r ollow j mg the organization of a ctramber 01 commerce here with I. S. Sterner j president, the body went Into action Alonoay preparing for the erection of three structures to better accom modate tourists. The labor is being done voluntar ily by citiaras and material is bemg lumished by the Port Isabel Se curities Co. and the city. A pavilion 25 by 50 feet will be begun Tuesday morning near the old light house. The second structure will be a palm thatched house 24 by 120 feet fur nished with brick ovens for visitors wishing to cook their meals. This will be located between the yacht club and the city. Both of these structures are ex pected to be completed by the vol unteer labor Tuesday. Point Isabel women are to serve the workmen with a fish dinner. The third project, to be built in the near future, will be an informa tion bureau between the two main piers. It will resemble a treasure chest swung by chains from four posts. P. H. Trimble, architect, is planning the bureau. It was sug gested bv Rev. Paul A. Lewis. The pavilion is to be utilized by visitors as a rest room. The chamber of commerce was organized Saturday at the adminis tration building of the Port Isabel Securities company with approxi mately 50 members. Paul Cotreh was named secretary and treasurer. The board of directors is as follows: Dr. A. B. Leach. P. H. Trimble. G. G. Keikel. Mrs. W. H. Pattee and Miss Roxy Burton. These olficers will serve three months at the end of which time an election will be called to name chiefs for the ensuing year. KIWAMANSOF (Continued from Page One.) trip of inspection over Hidalgo county, to visit the orchards at j Sharvland. the packing plant at Mercedes and other points of in terest. The schedule has been so arranged that the visitors will leave Hidalgo county in ample time to reach Brownsville at 6; o’clock. On arrival at Brownsville an i hour's rest is planned for the vis-! ltors at the El Jardin. and at 7:30 I o’clock they will be guests of all j | the Kiwanis clubs of the Valley at i a banquet to be served at the Villa ( Espanola in Matamoros. Tuesday the visiting Kiwanians1 will be guests of the Cameron county Kiwanis clubs. Following breakfast the women in the party will be taken to Matamoros on a shopping expedition while the men will go to the Brownsville Country j club to play golf. The noon lunch-1 } eon will be left to the pleasure of | ‘ the visitors, but after luncheon a I tour of {Jameron- county has been planned. Including a visit to the Rabb Palm grove. The tour will end at Harlingen, where the Kiwanians. after dinner, will board their special coach for. the homeward trip. An interesting program for the banquet at Matamoros tonight has been arranged. Harry Faulk of the Brownsville Kiwanis club, will act as master of ceremonies, while the main address of welcome will oc made by Charles M. Wunderman of the Harlingen club. One of the features will be a vo- , cal solo by Mrs. John Clark. An j address on ’ Our Valley” is sched- j uled by G. C. Richardson, manager ; of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce. The song. "Our Valley Home.” is to conclude the arranged program. Veteran Newspaper Man Sends Valley Praise to Vermont "I am writing back to my papers I in Vermont telling the people of that country that they do not need to go to California climate—they can find lots of good climate right I here in the Lower Rio Grande Val- i ley of Texas.” That was the statement Monday of Lewis P. Thayer, retired news- i paperman. who is spending a week I in this city and section. Mr. Thayer came here on an ex cursion rate from Pueblo. Colo. He is writing articles for various news papers In Vermont. “I can say only good of this coun try." Mr. Thayer said, “for there seems to be nothing else to sav of it You have everything here that California or Florida can offer in j the way of a pleasant winter cli- i mate." Mr. Thayer is dean of the Ver mont press, having been an active editor for 56 years. He is a member of the Virginia-New England press conference, is a past president of j the Vermont state chamber of com merce. and a member of the New | England council. He expects to spend a few days longer in the city, alter which he goes to San Antonio for a brief stay, and then back to California. J Pouring Concrete On Pt. Isabel Road Pouring of concrete started Mon day on the extension of paving on j state highway No. 100 from Los Fresnos east to Junction, a dis tance of approximately 5 mile*. The highway will be closed several weeks, a detour being provided by the way of the old San Benito Point Isabel road to the Box ranch road. Good progress has been made on highway No. 96 north of Combes, where pouring of concrete started last week. All right-of-way diffi culties have been smoothed out with the exception of three tracts upon which condemnation proceed ings will be necessary. Reserve Officers To Meet Tuesday HARLINOEN. Feb. 25—Officers are to be elected and uremanent organization perfected at a meet ing Tuesday night of the reserve officers of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, called at the Hotel Moore here. The reserve officers will be guests at a banquet at the hotel of C. D. Wallace. Forward Remains To Tulsa Sunday Remains of Clinton Fisher, well known Tulsa. Okla.. land man. who died at a local hotel here Saturday morning, were forwarded to Tulsa Sunday evening for burial there. Mr. Fisher had been ill for sev eral davs. Death resulted from a heart attack, according to physi cians. He was found dead in his bed early Saturday morning. The deceased had be-n operating here for some time. He had for merly been connected with the Point Isabel Development company, but at the time of his death was said to be working independently under the name of the Fisher-Wrlght Land company. Hinkley mortuary prepared the body for forwarding. $40,000 FIRE HITSCORPUS Blaze Destroys Block Near Texas-Mexican Station; Origin Not Known CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Feb. 25.—i/Ph-Fanned by a strong south east wind, fire of undetermined or igin destroyed practically an entire block of frame buildings in the vi cinity of the Texas-Mexican rail road station here today. The loss was estimated at $40,000. Places destroyed included a frame hotel, three cafes, a barber shop, two grocery stores and a fruit stand. Two passenger coaches of the Texas-Mexican railroad caught fire, but the flames were extinguished before material dam age was done. Members of the Illinois and Eastern Iowa Klwanis party, who arrived here yesterday on a spe cial train, fled from their coaches when the blaze threatened their train. WGY Awarded Full Time, Full Power In Court Decision WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—<**>— The right of the Federal Radio Commission to restrict the broad casting time of station WGY at Schenectady. N. Y., was denied in an opinion handed down today by the District of Columbia court of appeals, which held WGY could broadcast on full time with full power. In its re-allocation of radio sta tions. the federal radio commission ordered WGY. which broadcasts with 50.000 watts power, to discon tinue operation after the General Electric's station at Oakland. Calif. KGO. started broadcasting at night. This would have required WGY to cease operating about eight o'clock each night. Tne company, in the decision handed down today, was granted permission to operate with its full power. Mercury to Drop To Fifties Here While freezing temperatures were creeping over north Texas today, the local weather bureau predicted temperatures in the fifties for the Valley Monday and Tuesday nights. The southerly winds were to swing to the north tonight and Tuesday, bringing in the edge of the cold weather over the other portions of Texas. The skies were to be cloud}' to partly cloudy. HOUSE REJECTSlDRY ENFORCEMENT FUND WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.——Mark ed men—one with a finger gone, another with a front tooth out, | third with burns on his face-1 danced t&ntalizingly across the gang massacre investigation today. Each in turn appeared in the murder picture as re-constructed from stories of witnesses . The man! with a finger missing drove the automobile that carried the killers! to and from the murder scene. the* man with the front tooth out. ini the car with him. was presumable) one of the four men who poured* machine gun tead into the seven! gangsters lined against a wall, antf the man who was burned may have! suffered that intury in an effort, several days later, to destroy Used death car. No one of th» three was in cus- l] tody. There was a search under 1 way for Rocco Bellacastro. an as sociate of gangsters who made -The Circus” cafe a hangout, j Bellacastro has a finger missing on one hand. A multiplicity of motives for the murders was the principal stum bling block in the investigation to day. ‘‘I can name 50 motives for this crime." said David Stansburv. in I charge of the inquiry for the state s attorney, -but no one stands out as being important enough to be called the probable cause of the murders. If we could eliminate all theories but the true one. and con centrate on that, we could solve this thing in a hurry." The apparent care taken by sev eral suspects in arranging air tight alibis struck Stansbury as a sinis ter circumstance, but it did not help toward a solution. IS LINDY ~' J' (Continued from page one.) 1 Colonel Lindbergh at the embassy yesterday announced he was leaving Eagle Pass. Texas, and would arrive in Mexico City in the afternor Ar rival at 6:53 p. m actually was much later than was anticipated. It took the aviator eleven hours and thirteen minutes to fly anprcxi matelv 700 miles between Eagle Pass and Valbuena field. About fifty people crowded around him. Alan Dawson, third secretary of the embassy, spoke with him for an Instant, whispering a few words in his ear—presumably the message of Miss Morrow. An embaasv car whisked him to Mexico City. He was in the embassy altogether only a few minutes, ap pearing shortly afterwards with his two suitcases and duffle bag to en ter a hired automobile. He parried questions and was driven away. Btttmanh — NOW — | H — LAST DAY — I The screen’* moat antiring beauty I* here in a picture that A! / / ■ trill set the whole world raving. *» ' Tropk romance! ^hrfil upon thrill! A Sound Sensation! with • LEWIS STONE NILS ASTHER Paths News !| , Curiosities COMING TOMORROW ■ O I^PBBBBjBf yhskl^ ^