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HIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 238 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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HSOME 4000 LETTERS have accu
nulated at the office of Postmaster
s 3. W. Dennett for dispatch on the
| ^irst air mail pbine to Mexico
ffa*.
In These letters have been accumu
lating for nearly s. year,
ib Early last summer, when it was
f^lrst intimated thi.t an air mail
fa me would be established, the mail
Jijegan arriving.
8the line firally was estab
a Laredo, the incoming
une lagged, and picked up
Ith the announcement of
line via Bronmsville and
os.
iville and other Valley
vho want to send mail by
plane, should send them
Brownsville postoffice at
rking the mail to hold for
airplane. Proper postage
slopes should be used.
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DU WANT to air mail a
1y o yourself?
n be done by the first plane,
ose your name is John Doe
u live at La Feria.
ess your letter to yourself,
i to the Brownsville postof
r the first airplane south,
ark it “Via Vera Cruz and
ill make the circle, crossing
If of Mexico to the West In
»ence to Miami, finally find
way around by New Orleans,
en on back to John Doe at
la.
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VALLEY is to have a $12.
corporation.
U be the largest development
ization yet assembled in this
where dollars are rarely
of except in millions.
Delta Orchards company will
name of the corporation,
its president will be W. A.
g, the Raymondville country
ler.
corporation will develop and
000 acres of land it owns in
w Willacy county water im
ent district, which comprises
129,000 acres of land.
• • •
I COLUMN mentioned a few
go that a dump ground In
noximity to the park now be
eloped by the city, was mar
e vicinity.
endous amounts of trash
m accumulated.
Commissioner B. E. Hinkley
ly accepted the suggestion,
the next day. being calm,
i crew of men on the scene
r up the refuse
condition will, therefore, be
‘ ] > -tially corrects.
I |*3ut there still remains the prob
f g n of disposing of a sizeable city’s
.*.4 cumulation of trasli
i An incinerator seems to be the
‘I J ly practical solution.
! fit is a rather expensive improve
ment. but is necessary.
tfThe city already is forced to
lend large amounts of money for
Arious things.
f Perhaps the cost of an inciner
! I or. somewhere around $35,000,
i. n be sandwiched tn somewhere.
[JAMES C. BOWIE of San Benito
lid A. L. Brooks of Harlingen are
e lerffers of their respective cities
\ thgTIarlingen-San Benito "get
\| /ether" movement.
' teach has long been an insptra
I ! in for good in his own city.
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| THE MISSOURI PACIFIC lines
I Ud a mode! hen house on exhibi
tion at the last Mid-Winter fair at
i * arttngen.
J l The house, serving Its purpose at
r fie fair, wai to go to some deserv
kf l,g poultry man in the Valley.
1 -I so it has been awarded to O D.
f finings, a farmer living near San
i ftenito.
I Jennings has some 800 Ancona
1 I nvs on hand.
, fc\nd had been planning to con
^ WAiet adequate quarters for the
1 f’ultry.
I Now he will spend that money in
f Jherwise improving his poultry
p foe rations.
k Jennings also grows potatoes. And
► said to realise from 95 to 100
i . ixhete on his 25 to 30-acre potato
% ■ reage.
I Also, he keeps a couple of cows.
, There is a growing demand for
ilk. cream, eggs and poultry, in
1 e Valley and for the Valley's
. i rkets.
11 Cs this sort of diversification
Vi t will help to keep farming in
\\ list of profitable vocations.
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APT AIN EAKER is scheduled to
Lfbt his dawn-to-dusk flight from
■fLjwrraville at 4:30 o'clock the
p mlng of Sunday. March 10.
a rather unearthly hour,
as the general public is con
'
a food guess that, wea
itting. there will be a
crowd on hand to wish
a quick and successful
r the 1330-mile route.
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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 Cailes. 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.
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Death Sentence of
Cisco Bank Robber.
Affirmed on Appeal
AUSTIN, Feb. 27. (fr)—Henry Helms, given death in Eastland county
for his part in robbery of the Cisco National bank on December 23. 1927,
lost 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
MADEBYFOCH
Doctor* See But Little En
couragement And Think
It a Losing Fight
PARIS. Feb. 27.— (JT) —Marshal
Foch. lighting what his doctors be
lieve t& a losing battle with death,
his condition last night,
A bulletin issued bv 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 emphasised that the ameli
oration of the pulmonary symptoms
noticed overnight gave only the
slightest excuse for optimism.
It was learned that at one time
last night the marshal was critically
ill.
With the confession of pessimism
on the part of the marshal's doc
tors it has become known that
there optimistic 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 mleht have had an adverse
affect on his will to live.
One of his phvsiclans told The
Associated Press he saw no hope for
the 78-vear-old general and felt he
was obliged to recoenlxe that death
might come at any time, within
hours or days
LEBRIX ON FLIGHT TO
INDO CHINA CRASHES
RANGOON. Burma. Feb. 27.—^
—Joseph Lebrix. French aviator,
has notified the French consulate
that the plane in which he and
Sergeant Major Antonine Palllard
were flying from here to Bangkok.!
Stam. crashed yeterday. Neither
of the fliers was hurt
The telegram was dated yester
day from Thierik. about 122 miles
from Rangoon.
The Rangoon-Bangkok flight
was the next to the last leg of a
nrojeeted flicht 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: DEAD
ATHENS. Greece. Feb 27.—<AV
Twenty persons were believed to
have been killed today In the col
lar** of an upper floor of the Pan
elllon cafe on University street.
Many were Injured and a number
were seiTl buried In the ruins late
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 motiJn for rehear
ing by Harry J. lfeahy 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 allegrd that Allen was
assaulted with firearms and $53
was taken from his person.
Good-Will Meeting
Of San Benito And
Harlingen Planned
(Special to Th.. 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- j
wall Jackson hotel.
From Harlingen comes the report:
that more than 100 residents of that j
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 B. M. Holland 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 * 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
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Formal Acceptance of
Mexico's Invitation
Announced By Head
Of Mexican Aviation
_
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 Riht, presidentmf
the Mexican Aviation Co.,
after a conference0 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
bergh’s fiance. Miss Alice Morrow,
will accompany him.
Announcemen was made by the
(Continued on Page Five.)
RUNAWAY WILL
GO mother
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
Ssn 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
less his mother grants permission
for the boy to remain here.
Several Valley residents have of
fered to take 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 aopears 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 1s the mother of four
children, and being unable to make
a home 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 citi
zen.”
In the event no satisfactory ar
rangements are made Calvin will
leave for Tyler Thursday.
TEXAS DAM PERMIT '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.—4**—
The war department has approved
plans of the Texas Oulf Sulphur
company for a dam aci-oss the San
Bernard river about four miles east
of Boling. Texas, for the purpose of
Impounding water for sulphur min
ing. domestic use. and other pur
poses. it was learned here today.
TOOIISTS INCREASE
POINT ISABEL. Feb. 27 —Evi
dence of an increasing stream of
tourists into the Valley, rivalling
that of 1926. is seen in the large
number of cam from all parts of the
country coming into this city daily.
Prom 15 to 25 cars are observed
dally coming Into Point Isabel stop
ping. and the occupants camping
for a day or two, or longer.
"I
Hoover Picks 1st
Cabinet Member;
Donovan Retires
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—■<£*>—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 poei
MADMAN KNIFES'
4 IN YORK
I I
Slasher Being Held Follow
ing Attack During
Subway Ruth
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—4JP>—A
madman who fell upon rush hour
crowds in Times Square subway
station with a knife, slashing four
persons, was under restraint 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. Lavay
was the most seriously injured.
The crowd, thrown into a panic,
fought toward exits, leavlrg the
maniac standing in the renter 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 i
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. Feb. 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 Kllday 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 youthful prisoner, arrested for
investigation in connection with 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, arersted here Monday
night, and four other prisoners, oc
cunied the cell with him.
Police Captain Dave Crux and
George Price, turnkey, made an in
vest igtaion and found the saw
blades Three bars had been sawed
through.
FURS SEIZED BY U. S.
CUSTOMS AT LAREDO
LAREDO. Tex.. Feb. 27 —vP>—Fur
smuggling from Mexico to the Uni
ted State* 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 voyote. 196
fox. 39 badger. 16 skunk. 13 martin
and 8 beaver.
STOP FUMIGATION
MEXICO CITY. Feb 27—OtK—
The department of health has with
drawn orders for fumigatkm of
passenger coaches arriving from the
United State* at border point* des
tined for the Mexican interior. The
orders were issued some time ago
due to the prevalence of influenza
in the United States
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.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
Coolidge 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 he was being look
ed upon by these forces and 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 Fe. 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
choice. Mr. Good was Mr. Hoover’s
western campaign 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 eeneral shows him to
have been active in Minnesota na
tional guard affairs over a period
of years. He is listed as a Presby
terian.
PASS BILL REQUIRING
OK TO MOVE HIGHWAYS
AUffHN. Feb. 27.—OfV-The house
last night passed the Finn-Woodall
bill preventing the state highway
department from removing arteries
of travel from towns of over 200 in
population without consent of the
county commissioners court after re
jecting a committee amendment
specifying that the course of the
road could be changed, but a pas
sable road should be maintained in
the town.
An attempt to adopt the amend
ment lost by an 82-31 vote. The
measure finally passed. 104 to 15.
Proponents of the committee sub
stitute contended that the state
would be deprived of federal aid If
the highway department was not
allowed some discretion In determ
ining what routes should be fol
lowed.
POSTOFFICES FOR 4
VALLEY TOWNS URGED
(Special to Tho Herald)
WASHINGTON. Feb 27—Ex
penditure of 880.000 for extension
and improvement of the federal
building at Brownsville and erection
of new pos&otflces at San Benito,
Harlingen and McAllen was recom
mended to the house today by the
public building commission
Postoffkes at the three Rio Gran
de Valley towns would cost WSjOOO
each.
GIBSON SOLD
8AN ANTONIO. Feb. Tt.-i/Ph
Frank Gibson, a catcher and Mat
year manager of the San Antonio
Bears was sold today to the New
York Giants. Gibson, when dis
placed as manager by Billy Alex
ander. requested to be sent back to
the majorib
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LADY BUGS SENT
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LAREDO TO WAR
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ON ONION PESTS
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo..
—</P>—'Ten quarts of hibernating
lady bugs, answering an S O 8
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 half 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.
VERDICT NEAR
ON M’CLOSKEY
Jury Faces Court to Hear
Charge In Vote Fraud
Case of Judge
AUSTIN. Tex.. Feb. 27.—OP)—A
verdict before night was possible to
day as the Jury in the trial of Con
gressman-elect Augustus McCloskey,
charged with the alteration of elec
tion returns, entered the box for
the last time to hear the charge
from the court and final pleas from
attorneys.
* Judge McCloskey, who defeated
Congressman-elect Harry M. Wurz
bach of Seguin for re-election, fin
ished presentation of his defense
yesterday by taking the stand in
person to deny all cliarges 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
McCloskey 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
ister.
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 witness’
testimony and ordered the Jury to
disregard the matter.
J. F. May, Operator
At NAY, Is Victim
Of Brain Abscess
Coxwaln J. 7. May, 24. radio oper
ator at the naval station NAY at
Port Brown, died of an abscess of
the brain at the post hospital
Tuesday afternoon at 7 o’clock.
May was 111 only a short time,
going to the hospital Saturday aft
ernoon with a supposedly light at
tack of influenza. He took a sud
den turn for the worse Monday and
his parents at Stafford. Conn., were
notified.
The body is being held at the
H ink ley funeral home pending
word from Connecticut.
May had been stationed here
only a month and a half. He had
been in the service six years.
J. J. PALMER, WINTER
VISITOR, DEAD HERE
| Jesse J. Palmer. 66. died here at
9:30 a. m. Wednesday. Mr. Palmer
was spending the winter here, and
was residing on St. Charles street.
He Is survived by his wife, who lives
In Pennsylvania, and the body Is
being held by Hlnkley's mortuary
pending advices as to arrange
ments.
ESCAPED CONVICT HELD
ST. LOUIS Peb. Hsniid
E. Quay, 29. who said he was an
aviator, is held here by police on
charges of issuing two worthless
checks for 960. Police said he ad
mitted he escaped from the Hunts
ville. Texas, prison last November
15. while serving a five-year term
for robbery from Houston. He
gave aliaea of Prank Pay and Rob
THREE NOWON
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
stabjea,, who ars._. chaired
with assault To muraer, ana
Joe Lucas, former constable,
and Fernando Deal and Pe
dro C»arcia, former deputy
constables, charged with ex
tortion.
Two bills have been returned by
the grand Jury against Garcia.
Eubanks. Boynton and Riley aiw
alleged to have fired upon a car on
a by-road between Los Indloa and
San Benito Friday night. The ear
was occupied by Robert Condlt. W.
J. Morris and James Franklin. Loa
Indios youtns ranging in age from
IS to 16 years.
Officers reported that three bul
let holes were found In the car, two
through the rear fenders and one
through the back. None of the bays
were struck by the bullets. The boy*
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 wese
married in accord with American
law. One of the defendants was
given a hearing In Justice court
three months ago and held to the
grand Jury, the grand Jury, upon
Investigation, returning indictments
against three officers.
PHOTOSTAT PLANT FOR
1 VALLEY IS INSTALLED
HARLINOEN, Feb. 27. — A.
Tamm, Harlingen engineer, has In
stalled a complete photostat plant
In connection with his blue print
plant here,
This Is the first plant of the
kind south of San Antonio, and Is
reported to be one of the mbs*
complete In the South.
Installation of the plant was
completed last week, and it has
been operating to capacity on rec
ords for various Valley firms.
THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valkjf!
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 northwest
winds on the coast.
KITES FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
nood Present 34-Hr M-Rr.
Sum State Ctasg. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.7 0.0 jOO
Laredo .27 -OJ 00 jOO
Rio Grande . 21 4.4 0.0 JX
Mission .... 22 36 CO JJD
San Benito . 23 67 -6.1 jXJ
Brownsville . IS 16 -6,4 j30
TIDETABLE
High and low Ode at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions:
High.7:24 a. m.; 6:06 p, m.
Low.13:20 a. m.; 1:23 p to.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 660
Sunrise tomorrow 6:M