Brownsville herald. [volume], February 27, 1929, Image 1

About Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current

Image provided by: University of North Texas; Denton, TX

                
Lawn Mowers I ^81^___fit ^ Flat „«£ Sheets
»-p:;:;.: BUMPUSUUIl S«®
--—- THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEAS^ D WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(JF) -i—-1
— -- . . M I Ml. • ■' ■ ' — ■ ■ j ■ ■'
IRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 238 ' BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
— - - - _. . _ " - - - ■■■■ " ■ —- ■ ■ - ■ — - ■ '«■
SOME 4000 LETTERS have accu
mulated at the office of Postmaster
O- W. Dennett for dispatch on the
!Jfirst air mail plane to Mexico
These letters have been accumu
'lating for nearly a year,
f Early last summer, when it was
• first Intimated that an air mail
lline would be established, the mail
■ began arriving.
I When the line finally was estab
lished via Laredo, the incoming
ill volume lagged. and picked up
ain with the announcement of
e new line via Brownsville and
itamoros.
Brownsville and other Valley
bsens who want to send mail by
s first plane, should send them
the Brownsville postoffice at
ce, marking the mail to hold for
B first airplane. Proper postage
u)«nvelopes should be used.
H
DO YOU WANT to air mail a
f letter to yourself?
It can be done by the first plane.
Suppose your name is John Doe
and you live at La Feria.
Address your letter to yourself,
tend It to the Brownsville postof
flce for the first airplane south,
and mark it "Via Vera Cruz and
Merida."
It will make the circle, crossing
the Gulf of Mexico to the West In
dies, thence to Miami, finally find
ing Its way around by New Orleans,
and then on back to John Doe at
La Feria.
• • •
THE VALLEY is to have a $12.
000.000 corporation.
It Will be the largest development
capitalization yet assembled in this
section where dollars are rarely
spoken of except in millions.
The Delta Orchards company will
be the name of the corporation.
And Its president will be W. A.
Harding, the Raymondville country
developer.
The corporation will develop and
sell 50.000 acres of land It owms In
the new Willacy county water im
provement district, which comprises
about 129,000 acres of land.
19 9
I THIS COLUMN mentioned a few
I days ago that a dump ground In
J close proximity to the park now be
I ing developed by the city, was mar
1 ring the vicinity.
I Tremendous amounts of trash
I had been accumulated.
| City Commissioner B. E. Hinkley
1 promptly aaecpted the suggestion.
I And the next day, being calm.
’ found a crew of men on the scene
f iburning up the refuse
The condition will, therefore, be
i partially corrected.
But there still remains the prob
lem of disposing of a sizeable city’s
accumulation of trash
An incinerator seems to be the
duly practical solution.
It is a rather expensive improve
ment, but is necessary.
iThe city already is forced to
spend large amounts of money for
various things.
perhaps the cost of an inciner
ator, somewhere around $35,000,
.can be sandwiched in somewhere.
a • •
JAMES C. BOWIE of San Benito
i nnd a. L. Brooks of Harlingen are
I the leaders of their respective cities
i in yhy Harlingen-San Benito “get
l togetner" movement
r Each has long been an insplra
tlon for good in his own city.
• • •
[ THE MISSOURI PACIFIC lines
Bad a model hen house on exhibi
tlon at the last Mid-Winter fair at
I Harlingen.
K The house, aerving its purpose at
I the fair, was to go to some deserv
ing poultryman in the Valiev.
So it has been awarded to O D.
Jennings, a farmer living near San
Benito.
Jennings has some 600 Ancona
hens on hand.
And had been planning to con
> struct adequate quarters for the
poultry.
Now he will spend that money In
otherwise improving his poultry
operations.
* Jennings also grows potatoes. And
Is said to realize from 95 to 100
bushels on his 25 to 30-acre potato
acreage
Also, he keeps a couple of cows.
There is a growing demand for i
milk, cream, eggs and poultry. In
the Valley and for the Valley’s j
markets.
It’s this sort of diversification
I that will help to keen farming in
ltlie list of profitable vocations.
• • •
CAPTAIN EANER is scheduled to j
*tart hi* dawn-to-dusk flight from
I kevns'ilio at 4 3T o’clock the
I morning of Sunday. March 10.
9 fa a rather unearthly hour,
as the general public is con
't* H’s * good guess that, wea
permltting. there will be a
jty good crowd on hand to wish
captain a quick and successful
over the 1930-mile route.
FLIGHT HERE NOT TO BE FIRST
When Col. Charles Lindbergh inaugurates the new Mexico City
New York air mail through here March 9, it will not be his first
flight over Brownsville. The famous Mexico good-will hop went over
here. Above is former President Calles, who brought pressure to
bear upon the Lone Eagle to inaugurate the route. The map shows
the original plan for the Mexico good-will flight, but Lindbergh de
cided in favor of the Brownsville route. Plane is the Spirit of St.
Louis, in which the hope was made. *
Death Sentence of
Cisco Bank Robber
Affirmed on Appeal
AUSTIN. Feb. 27.—UPt—Henry Helms, given death in Eastland county
for his part in robbery of the Cisco National bank on December 23. 1927.
Jost his appeal to the court of criminal appeals today. The verdict was
affirmed.
Helms was indicted for robbery of A. Spears, and it was alleged he
SLIGHT RALLY
MADEBY FOCH
Doctors See But Little En
couragement And Think
It a Losing Fight
PARIS. Feb. 27.— f/P> —Marshal
Foch. fighting what his doctors be
lieve is a laving battle with death,
his condition last night,
A bulletin issued by his doctors]
said there was a slight amelioration
in the pulmonary symptoms and a
reduction in both temperature and
pulse.
The physicians considered their
patient gravely ill. however, and at
the termination of their consulta
tion refused to make any predic
tions.
They emphasized that the ameli
oration of the pulmonary symptoms
noticed overnight gave only the
slightest excuse for optimism.
It was learned thiwt at one time
last night the marshal was critically
m.
With the confession of pessimism
on the part of the marshal's doc
tors It has become known that
there opttmisttc reports over the
past three weeks have often been just
for publication in the French news
papers. The marshal reads these
and it was believed pessimistic
stories might have had an adverse
affect on his wPl to live.
One of his phvsicians told The
Associated Press he saw no hone for
the 7S-veer-old general and felt he
was obliged to recognize that death
might come at any time, within
hours or days.
LEERIX ON FLIGHT TO
INDO CHINA CRASHE5
RANGOON. Burma. Feb. 27—
—Joseph Lebrix. French aviator.,
has notified the French consulate
that the plane in which he and
Sergeant Major Antonine Paillard ]
were flying from here to Bangkok.
Stem, rmshed ve- >rday. Neither
of the filers was hurt
The telegram was dated yester
day from Thiezik. about 122 miles
from Rangoon.
The Rangoon-Bangkok flight
was the next to the last leg of a
projected flight from Marseilles to
Saigon and Hanoi. French Indo
china. which it was planned orig
inally to complete in fire days. The
flight began February 18.
CAFE COLLAPSES: tO DEAD
ATHENS. Greece. Feb. 27.—(**v—
Twenty persons were believed to
have b^en killed today tn the col
lapse of an upper floor of the Pan
el lion cafe on University street.
Many were injured and a number
were still buried in the ruin* lat#
this afternoon.
• obtained $12,400. Spears was an
officer of the bank. Two police of
ficers were killed during the rob
bery, and Helms and Marshall Rat
liff. now under death and life im
prisonment sentences in two cases
brought against him In connection
with the robbery, were wounded.
The court refused an application
to file a second motion for rehear
ing by Harry J Leahy of Mathis,
under sentence of death for murder
of Dr. J. A. Ramsey, also of Mathis.
Leahy is now in the death cell at
Huntsville.
Cases of Tim Ingram and B. A.
Ingram. Eastland county, each sen
tenced to ten years for robbery of
D. L. Allen, were affirmed. The
Indictment alleged that Allen was
assaulted with firearms and $53
was taken from his person.
Good-Will Meeting
Of San Benito And
Harlingen Planned
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Feb. 27.-With the
two chairmen selected, and other
arrangements made, announcement
of the principal speakers is expect
ed here In a day or two as the last
event preceding the San Benito
Harlingen good will banquet to be
held Monday night, at the Stone
wall Jackson hotel.
From Harlingen comes the report
that more than 100 residents of that
city will be at the banquet, and an
equal number of San Benito people
will be on hand.
James C. Bowie of San Benito
and A. L. Brook of Harlingen will
be in charge of the gathering, and
leading citizens of each town will
talk for a few’ minutes, after which
the discussion will be thrown open
to a general talk on problems of
lowing several accidents recently.
Fight Fans!
We can’t see that
Sharkey - Stribling scrap
but we can sure hear it.
Be at The Herald build
ing at 8 p. m. Blow by
blow returns from a ring
side telegraph wire will
be lustily megaphoned.
Hear what your favorite
did or didn’t do to his op
ponent.
Remember!
THE HERALD
8 P. M.
—
FAMED PILOT
WILL ARRIVE
HERE MARCH 9|
Formal Acceptance of
Mexico’s Invitation
Announced By Head
Of Mexican Aviation
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.
— (/P) — Pan - American
Airways announced today
that daily air mail and
passenger service between
Brownsville, Texas, and
Mexico City, would be in
augurated March 9, with
Lindbergh flying the first
southbound plane.. Col.
Lindbergh is technical ad
viser of the Pan-American
system.
Colonel Charles Lindbergh
will pilot the first airplane
carrying Mexican air mail
from Mexico City to Browns
ville on March 9.
Formal acceptance by
Lindbergh of the invitation
extended several weeks ago
by the Mexican government
was announced Wednesday
by George Rihl, president of
the Mexican Aviation Co.,
after a conference with
Lindbergh Wednesday morn
ing at Mexico City.
The famous flier will be accom
panied by ten high officials of the
Mexican government, but the per
sonnel of the party has not been
announced. It is believed Lind
berghs fiance. Miss Alice Morrow,
will accompany him.
Announcemen was made by the
(Continued on Page Five.)
RUNAWAY WILL
GO TO MOTHER
■■ ——1
Calvin Cunningham Not To
Return to Ophan Home
At Corsicana
Calvin Cunningham, 12-year-old
boy who ran away from the state
orphan home at Corsicana on Feb
ruary 3. and was finally located on
a farm near Rangerville north of
San Benito, will not be compelled
to return to the orphans home.
The youngster, who “hitch
hiked" from Corsicana to the Val
ley in four days, will be returned
to his mother, Mrs. Edith Cunning
ham. at Tyler. Texas. Sheriff W. F.
Brown announced Wednesday, un- j
less his mother grants permission
for the boy to remain here.
Several Valley residents have of
fered to fake the boy and give
him a good home with an oppor
tunity to go to school and to ma
terialize his ambition to work on a
farm. Several telegrams were sent
the boy's mother Wednesday re
questing that such arrangements be
made.
In a telephone conversation with
Sheriff Brown Wednesday, Mrs.
Cunningham said the boy would
• not be sent back to the orphan
home, of which he acipears to have
a dread. She stated she would make
a home for him at Tyler, where she
is employed as a nurse in a hos
pital. She Is the mother of four
children, and being unable to make
a heme for them placed them in
state institutions.
Sheriff Brown takes great Inter
est in the boy. “He appears to be
a fine, manlv little chap,” the sher
iff said. “I hope he secures a good
home in the Valley, and I am con
fident he would enjoy life here
and grow into a very useful cttl
In the event no satisfactory ar
rangements are made Calvin will
leave for Tyler Thursday.
— W]
Hoover Picks 1st
Cabinet Member;
Donovan Retires
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.—(>F>—William D. Mitchell, solicitor general
of the United States, has been selected by President-elect Hoover to be
attorney general in his cabinet, and simultaneously with this develop
ment today friends of William J. Donovan said he would not occupy any
federal office after March 4.
Mr. Donovan, who is assistant to the attorney general, conferred
briefly with Mr. Hoover today and was understood to have informed the
president-elect of his unwillingness to accept the post of secretary of war
or the governor-generalship of the Philippines. He was said to have told
Mr. Hoover he considered himself suited only for certain federal posi
MADMAN KNIFES
4 IN NEW YORK
Slasher Being Held Follow
ing Attack During
Subway Rush
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—(*>-A
madman who fell upon rush hour
crowds In Times Square subway
station with a slashing four
persons, was under tv; traint in a
hospital today.
The station was packed with a
mass of humanity moving slowly
toward homeward bound trains
about 6 p. m., when the man sud
denly drew a long knife and be
ban slashing right and left.
Before they could escape. Leon
Lavay, 21; Nathan Friedman. 15;
Paul M. Thate. 35. and Richard
Enthrup. 37. had been cut. l<avay
was the most seriously injured.
The crowd. throwT, into a panic,
fought toward exits, leavi g the
maniac standing in the center of a
wide space he had cleared with his
knife.
A traffic policeman, the first to
reach the scene, was unable to sub
due the man and it was not until a
squad of reserves rushed him with
nightsticks that he was beaten into
submission.
Police learned the man was John
Kipp, 28. a structural Ironworker,
who came to this country from
Germany two years ago.
Search Visitors To
S. A. Jails After
Saw Blades Found
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Peb. 27.—
(/P>—Orders that all visitors to pris
oners in the city Jail must submit to
a search were issued by Chief of Po
lice Owen Kilday today after dis
covery last night of preparations for
a Jail delivery and the finding of 15
or 20 saw blades in a cell.
A vouthful prisoner, arrested for
Investigation in connection w’ith a
bank robbery, tipped off Jailer A.
Vidal that peculiar noises could be
heard at night in the cell in which
he was held. Ruperto Trevino, es
caped convict, arrested here Monday
night, and four other prisoners, oc
curred the cell with him.
Police Captain Dave Crux and
George Price, turnkey, made an In
vest igtalm and found the saw
blade*. Three bars had been sawed
through.
FURS SEIZED BY U. S.
CUSTOMS AT LAREDO
-
LAREDO. Tex.. Feb. 2T—i/TV-Pur
smuggling from Mexico to the Uni
ted States received a blow here to
day when skins valued at $4,000
were ordered held, and two alleged
smugglers were remanded to Jail
in default of $1,000 bonds. A. R.
Kahn, deputy collector of customs,
revealed the sezure but withheld the
names of his prisoners.
The fur had been smuggled suc
cessfully across the border, he said,
and was being expressed to a north
ern fur dealer. Among the captured
skins were 482 raccoon skins. 112
wild cat. 131 leopard. 207 coyote. 1W
fox. 39 badger. 16 skunk. 13 martin
and 8 beaver.
STOP FUMIGATION
MEXICO CITY. Peb Tl.-JVs—
The department of health has with
drawn orders for fumigation of
nassenger coaches arriving from the
United States at border points des
tined for the Mexican Interior. The
orders were Issued wane time ago
due to the prevalence of inftaeawt
In the United Staten f k
7
tions. and that the secretaryship of
war was not among these.
With a selection of an attorney
general decided upon, Mr. Hoover
was said to be In a position to com
plete his cabinet within a short
time. Although Mr. Mitchell is a
democrat, he was represented as
having voted for Charles Evans
Hughes in 1916; for President
CooHdge and for Mr. Hoover.
The attorney generalship at one
time was expected to go to Dono
van, who was represented today as
being annoyed by the opposition
raised against him for this post by
certain dry forces and others. He
was said to feel lie was being look
ed upon by these forces not as
an Individual whose capacity for
organization and administration
were to be taken into account. Mr.
Donovan is returning as soon as
possible to Santa Pe. New Mexico,
to wind up his activities as chair
man of the Boulder Dam commis
sion and as commissioner on the
Rio Grande commission. On the
4th of March he will retire to the
practice of law and sever his con
nection with the government.
With the elimination of Donovan
for the war secretaryship, the name
of James M. Good of Iowa was
brought forward as a possible
choio*. Mr. Good was Mr Hoover's
western camnaien manager.
Mr. Mitchell was bom in Winona.
Minn.. 55 years ago. His father
was Justice of the Minnesota su
preme court for twenty years. He
began the practice of law in St.
Paul in 1901. He was regional
counsel for the United States rail
road administration in 1919 and
chairman of the citizens' charter
committee of St. Paul in 1922. He
assumed the office of solicitor gen
eral in June. 1925.
The record of the newly designat
ed attorney general shows him to
have been active in Minnesota na
tional guard affairs over a period
of vears. He is listed as a Presby
terian.
LADY BUGS SENT
* * *
LAREDO TO WAR
* * #
ON ONION PESTS
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo..
—(/Pi—Ten quarts of hibernating
lady bugs, answering an S O S
call from the onion fields of
Texas, are enroute to Laredo,
where they will wage a war
against thirps, foe of the aspir
ing onion.
There was an unusually large
crop of lady bugs on Mount
Manltou, near here, last fall, and
there was no difficulty in gath
ering them by the hall pint, the
pint or the quart.
When picked up the lady bugs
are dormant, and, to all Indica
tions, dead. One dropped Into
the warm onion fields, however,
they will come to life quickly and
make a dash for the nearest
thirps.
M’CLOSKEY’S
TRIAL HALTED
Battle Over Judge’s Charge
To Jury Continues Un
abated Wednesday
AUSTIN. Feb. 27 —<>P>—Continued
wrangling over what Judge J. D.
Moore s charge to the Jury should
contain halted action of record to
day in the criminal trial of Con
Eressman-elect Augustus J. McClos
ey. Inability to agree upon what
the charges should contain and a
bill of exceptions to the unsatisfac
tory portions had continued since
yesterday until about noon today
when the court recessed until 2 p.
p. m.
It was believed that the case
could not be given to the Jury be
fore late tomorrow and possibly not
before Friday. . . . .
Judge McCloskey. who defeated
Congressman-elect Harry M. Wurz
bach of Seguln for re-election, fin
ished presentation of his defense
yesterday bv taking the stand in
person to deny all charges against
him. He also presented four char
acter witnesses to testify as to his
standing and Integrity.
In rebuttal the state attacked the
alibi presented by the defense by
seeking to impeach the chief alibi
witness, the Rev. Robert Small of
San Antonio. The Rev. Small had
testified that during the time Judge
McCloskev was said by state wit
nesses to have been sitting by while
returns were altered, he actually
was on a dove hunt with the min
The Rev. Small admitted that he
had been convicted on a prohibition
charge, but as this was classified
as a misdemeanor the court held
that it did not Impeach the wttne*
testimony and ordered the Jury to*
disregard the matter.
LATE BULLETINS
LINDBERGH. MISS MORROW FLY OVER MEXICOh *TL his
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 27(*v-CoL Charles A. Uj"*lMVgfc a"|* '
fiancee. Mfcw Anne Morrow, took off In the colonel s plane ritv*s
Field shortly before noon today and flew * *J"?JJ** " I..‘ .
nearby famous volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Istacchemb^T
airman and his fiancee appeared at the 'alboena F|r,d ‘P a"
aetomobile unaccompanied and the take-off was ■** •"** „
field officers. Just two hours before the colonel had a*ci the
respondents in the drawing room of the embassy, but p<T'ni
to reveal any of his plans while here.
SHARKEY OUTWEIGHS STRIBLING
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 27.—(AV^Jack 8harkey. the slugging Bos
ton sailor and pre-battle favorite, will have a we*ht
pounds over his southern rival. Young Stribllng. when they step Into the
ring for their ten-round test at Flamingo Park tonight. Sharkey scaled
192 and Stribllng 182 at the official welghlng-in this afternoon.
TEXAS WOMAN TAKES POISON, DIES IN LOUISIANA
HAYNESVILLE. La. Feb,*"
front of the local high school building. Mrs. J. F.MsCMlry,,77 years old.
drank poison and died within a few minutes. Her husband, a plumber,
had left her only a few minutes before to go into the building, where he
was working. A letter was introduced at a coroner's Inquest, but its con
tents were net made public. A suicide verdict was rendered. The couple
had recently moved here from Sherman, Texas.
EAKEP. TAKES OFF SECOND TIME ON HOP HERE
SEATTLE. Feb. 27 —LP>—Captain Ira C. Eaker took off for the second
time at 11:45 a m. today on a flight to Oakland. Calif. He was forced
back by cloudy weather after an earlier start.
FRAZIER HALTS SENATE ACTION ON NAVAL FUND BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—0P>—On the verge of adoption, the confer
ence report adjusting differences between the senate and the home on
THREE NOW ON
FORCE; OTHERS
NOT SERVING
Harlingen Constables
Alleged To Have
Fired On Boys’ Car;
Extortion Charged
Indictments against three
former and three present
peace officers of the Harlin
gen precinct have been re
turned by the Cameron coun
ty grand jury, the list includ
ing Porter Eubanks, con
stable, and Strong Boynton
and Jesse Riley, deputy con
stables, who are charged
with assault to murder, and
Joe Lucas, former constable,
and Fernando Deal and Pe
dro Garcia, former deputy
constables, charged with ex
tortion.
Two bills have been returned by
the grand jury against Garda.
Eubanks, Boynton and Riley are
alleged to have fired upon a car on
a by-road between Los Indios and
San Benito Friday night. The car
was occupied by Robert Condlt, W.
J. Morris and James Franklin, Los
Indios youths ranging in age from
15 to 16 years.
Officers reported that three bul
let holes were found in the car. two I
through the rear fenders and one
through the back. None of the boys
were struck by the bullets. The boys
reported the affair when they reach
ed San Benito and an investigation
was started Immediately by the
sheriff s department.
Investigation of the case by the
grand jury began Monday and true
bills returned.
Lucas. Leal and Garcia are
charged with extortion, and are al
leged to have collected a fine from>
a Mexican couple who were threat
ened with arrest unless they secur
ed a marriage license and were
married in accord with American
law. One of the defendants was
given a hearing in justice court
three months ego and held to the
grand jury, the grand Jury, upon
investigation, returning indictments
against three officers.
POSTOFFICES FOR 4
VAT.LEY TOWNS URGED
(Special to Tha Herald)
vVASHiNGTON, Feb. 27.-Ex
penditure of $90,000 for extension
and Improvement of the federal
building at Brownsville and erection
of new postoffices at San Benito '
Harlingen and McAllen was recom
mended to the house today by the
public building commission
. p°*tS,flces at the three Rk> Oran-,
de Valley towns would cost $85 ooo
each
THE WEATHER (
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy and colder tonight;
lowest temperature in the fifties;
Thursday fair and moderately cold.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night; colder in south and east
portions; probably frost In south
west portion; Thursday generally
fair.
Moderate to fresh northwe«t
winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 34-Hr 24-ltr.
sun sun Cling. Bain
Eagle Pass .. 18 2 7 0.0 M
Laredo . 27 -0J 0.0 .00
Rio Orande . 21 4.4 0.0 j00
Mission .... 22 39 00 JOT
San Benito . 23 6.7 -01 JOT
Brownsville . 18 12 -0.4 ,0C
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomor row. under normal met
eorological conditions:
High.7:24 a. m.: 8:06 p. n
Low.12:29 a. m.; 1:23 p. r
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 8 3
Sunrise tomorrow . 6.5