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...■. .------.^ ;■ ■ EXPLOSIVES Dynamite — Powdar ' x~ ‘1 Capa — Fnae — Wire ** Blaatin* Maehlnaa and Supplies . j Alamo Iron .Work* ?3 Brownsville — Corpaa Ckriatl Baa Aataala «• Houston i fl --H ] ■ Be A COPY ; .1 m our ; THE POSTOFFICE commission makes a recommendation at Wash ington for new buildings for Lower Rio Grande Valley towns. Proposes that the government spend about $345,000 for the pur poses. New buildings would be erected at San Benito, Harlingen and McAl len. each at a cost of $05,000. The commission proposes that $90,000 be expended on remodeling, enlarging and otherwise improving the federal building in Brownsville. The government already owns the site and building In Brownsville. Property would have to be ac quired in the other three towns which would be given buildings. Presumably the cost of the build ings in those cities other than ■ Brownsville will nave to come out lof the total amount asked for. I In other words, the less the cost W the sites in 8an Benito. Harlin jfrjt and McAllen, the more there fllid be available to put into the ■KT • t • ftOF COURSE, these figures are vll recommendations. Approval for the expenditures will have to come. There are some in Brownsville Iwho believe that this city should Bliave an entirely new federal bulId ling. located on a larger site than ■that now owned by the government U Some twelve years ago United ■^ates Senator Morris Sheppard feed for $200,000 for a new federal mldtng in Brownsville. •The $90,000 recommended for g ^modeling and enlarging the ■ Brownsville building naturally I would do very much for the struc But will It be adequate in the nears to come? I The news of the recommendation *ame from Representative John N. Garner. It follow* a visit to the Valley of officials representing the postofficc department and the treasury de partment. TWO IMPORTANT events cf Wednesday bear on the opening of the international air mall lines through here March 9. The first was announcement, from New York and Mexico City simultaneously, that Colonel Lind *iergh would fly the first air mall plane from Brownsville to Mexico fJlty. The second, late fn the day. was the “mishap" at Afexico City in which Colonel Lindbergh, on his [first fUpbt with his fiance, Miss Anne Morrow, sustained a disto rted shoulder. * A lost wheel forced the Lone >gie to bring to bear all his fly teg skill, to save his fiance and nlmself. His machine struck ground safely, but eapsiaed while taxing icross the field. The colonel was advised to re main in bed for the present But nstead of that he was soon back Ml the field after the dislocation tad been reset. I Whether that mishap will change ’Ms plan to flv the mail is uncer tain today. But a good guess is that it will not. • • • ii, A RECENT ISSUE of the Tulsa Gaily World. Tulsa. Okla.. carries a full page “spread" devoted to a de scription of the activities in Mata moros of the International Sports xnd Amusement club. 9 IfT’llustrated. with photographs f iffUmiff scenes, the Matamoros 1 log trac£7 of Oeneral G. R. Cer *era. of R. J. <Bob> Allison, owner st the concessions, y Mr. Allison is a Tulsan. And ulsans are always Interested in [s activities. 1 (The article accompanying the photograph reproduces letters of ^congratulation from Oeneral Cer Tra and from Lie Ernesto Urtusas 'tegui. president of the Matamoros Rotary club. And reveals the company's plans for development of Matamoros into an American “Monte Carlo." aL«o for the development of 142.000 acres on the Soto la Marina river, about 150 miles south of Matamoros. tThe article was written by Knight Douglas, public relations dlrec- . or for the company. • • • L SOUTH POINT housewife tele- j ■ies in to The Herald offering a j ■ration that should be carried ?The is called to her door many Imes a day by persons searching | bar Colonel Frank Rabb s palm j f trove. South point is belond the palm ■grove, and is reached by motorists lifter missing the dirt road leading : from the pavement to the grove. | A prominent sign placed right! frouid save visitors to the grove Inuch time I a Likewise, some motorists trying j i Boca Chica after leaving the astray by defective direc ftom well-intended folks who them to “go out Fourteenth , and take the paved road to right." These forget that the ihmoet road is reached before Boca Chica road, rheme should be sufficient signs several points to guide visitors. k •0- —0— “0* •()• —0— —0“ -0“ “0" Lindbergh, Miss Morrow Fly Again Despite Mishap ORDER ARREST OF 73 IN PLOT ON CUBA HEAD Leaders Declare Open Rebellion Exists With Death of Presi dent As Object HAVANA. Feb. 28.—{An—Seven ty-three warrants for arrest of prominent Cubans were issued by Superior Judge Manuel Quesada to day in continuation of efforts at suppression of a plot against the life of President Machado and *he peace of Cuba. The action was preceded by a statement bv Colonel Alfonso Fors. Cuban secret service chief, saying: •‘I can now say that an open state of rebellion and utter disre gard for legally constituted author ity exists throughout the nation.” A later statement by Colonel Fors said the situation was well in hand and there were no fears of violence. Ravelation of the plot came late yesterday with the filing of charges against ten prominent Cubans charging a plot to assassinate Pres ident Machado and create such a chaotic condition in Cuba that the United States would be forced to Intervene. Eight of the ten men named In the formal charges were arrested immediately. Two others were taken In custody before midnight and all were lodged in the Principe fortress to be held without ’»il. The eight arrests were made In a single raid on the headquirters of the NAcionallsta. or nationalist po litical party. Among those named in the war rants issued today were Rafael Iturralde. former minister of war in the Machado cabinet and !>e lieved now to be In exile in New York, and Octavio Scigle. founder of the nationalist party, accused of fathering the revolt. It was reported police had In their possession a document osten sibly addressed to President-elect Hoover asking for Intervention by the United States on the ground that ‘Cuba is unable to govern Itself." Colonel Mender Penate. former leader of the nationalist party, hastened from his sick bed last night to the Principe fortress to be of any possible aid to those arrest ed. He characterised the charge as “pure fantasy." 1 ! LATE BULLETINS NF.W SEARCH WARRANT ACT REPORTED UNFAVORABLY, AUSTIN, Feb. JJL—\JP)—The Graves house bill amending the Dean law to permit issuance of a search warrant on reasonable knowledge •^ be lief today was reported unfavorably by the senate committee on criminal juris prudence. Senator Thomas B. Ix»ve of Dallas had been trying to a report on the measure for some time. Senators W. E. Thomason of Nacogdoches, Jullen C. Hyer, Fort Worth, and Pink L. Parrish signed a minority favorable report. DUTCH SHELL HEAD DENIES CONTRACT WITH SOVIET LONDON. Feb 28.—<AV-The secretary of Sir Henry Deterdlng, man aging director of the Royal Dutch Shell companies, stated late today that a report Sir Henry had signed a contract with the Soviet oil syndicate • was absolutely untrue.” TWO SUSPECTS, BOTH IDENTIFIED. HELD IN MASSACRE CHICAGO, Feb. 2X.—iJP)—Two suspects, both of whom the police said had been identified as men who participated in the Moran gang slay ings, were ixs custody today. Jack Mr G urn, member of Scarf ace A1 Ca pone's gang, has been identified by witnesses, as haring been at the scene, and Rocro FsnelH, West Side gangster, arrested today, has been identified from photographs as one of those who fled In a car after the slayings. PLANE CRASHED AS STINSON, PAGE FAIL TO TAKE OFF BAY CITY. Mich.. Feb 28.—<AV-The monoplane 'Sally Sovereign. * in which Eddie Stinson and Randolph Page planned an attempt to break the world’s endurance record, was badly damaged in landing three min utes after taking off lrotn the Zee Onsaginal bay this afternoon. The landing gear, left win* and propeller were broken. Neither Stinson nor Page was hurt. DEFENSE OF JOHNSTON, SUSPENDED GOVERNOR, OUTLINED OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. t*.—< -Pi—Defense of Henry 8. Johnston, sus pended governor. In his trial before the state senate court of impeach ment on ten articles voted by the house of representativs, was outlined today in the opening statement of Thomas BL Owen, one of the gover nor's counsel and a former justice of the state supreme court. Owen took up the charges one by one and told the court the governor’s counsel would attempt to prove that Johnston in all cases acted in good faith. HOUSE EMPOWERS RKGENTS TO SELL LAND IN BILL PASSED AUSTIN, Feb. 28.—tA*!—Hours of argument In which charges of bribery and illegal oil lease actions of the University of Texas board of regents an with frequency were climaxed today when the house refused to defer action and passed a measure placing authority for sale of school mineral properties with a board of three. Two of the members will be university regents and the third will be Land Commissioner J. T. Robinson. 1 ‘Most Autocratic System’, Claims (Juiz Chairman WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—(&)—Chairman Brook hart of the senate patronage committee and R. B. Creager, republican national committeeman for Texas, engaged to day at a committee hearing in a spirited argument over the merits of the latter’s organization methods in Texas. Brookhart characterized the Creager republican organiz ation as the “most autocratic” system he had ever heard of. “No party,” he said, “built on the wishes of the peo ple can ever be built upon such a system as that and the one republican elected to congress in your state proves the people repudiated your organization.” Creager, who had been explaining a method of ac cepting contributions from party workers on a promissory note basis, declaerd that* Brookhart was “prejudiced.” Creager Defies Committee "It's not your part to pass on our organization,'* he shouted. “It is.” Brookhart retorted, “and it’s just what I am going to do." “You are not going to interfere In my state," Creager declared, and Brookhart replied. “You won’t run any bluff on me.” “I'm not trying to run a bluff," Creager said. At another point In Creager’s reading of a prepared statement he paused, while attempting to refute testimony given by Representative Wurzbach. the only republican member of congress from Texas, to say “there are a number of men in congress who ought not to be there,” and he placed Wurzbach in that category. Hits Hin Testimony “There are many critics,” Brook hart returned, “who are unfit to criticize." 4 . Creager began his statement by protesting against the "character of testimony which this committee has been admitting and which, be cause of its privileged nature has been broadcast by the press of the country.” “I refer particularly." he said, "to the testimony of Lloyd E. Hill of Fort Worth, Tex., a disappointed seeker after the Fort Worth postof fice. and who. under oath, admit ted he had endeavored to purchase an office. 4 “Hill was permitted to testify that a prohibition agent by the name of P. V. Petty had told him several years ago that a bell boy in a hotel in Fort Worth or Dallas (Continued on page twelve.) ANNOUNCE AIR MAILSCHEDULE Both North and South Lines Arrange To Handle Service Schedules for both the north and southbound mail services were an nounced today, the former by the 3outhem Air Transportation Co., of which the Texas Air Transport. Inc., is a subsidiary, and the lat ter through the official postal bul letin of the po6toffice department, the service to start March 9. The air mail from the north will leave San Antonio at 8 a. m„ ar riving in Brownsville at 10:30 a. m. Northbound mail will leave Browns ville at 4 p. m„ arriving at San An tonio at 6:30 p. m. On the Mexico City run the mall will leave Brownsville at 7:30 a. m., arriving at Tampico at 10 a. m. and Mexico City at 12:45 p. m. Northbound mail will leave Mex ico City at 7:45 a. m.. arriving at Tampico at 10:15 a. m., and Brownsville 1:45 p. m. A half-hour stop will be made at Tampico both ways, the Postal Bulletin an nounced. There will be no change in the air mall rate now applicable for articles to Mexico, which is 5 cents for the first ounce or fraction and 10 cents for each additional ounce or fraction. The Mexico air mail rate from Mexico City to all points in the southern republic and the United States will be 35 centavos for each 20 grams or fraction. Stillman Evans, vice president of the Southern Air Transportation, in a telephone message to The Her ald Thursday stated that passenger service would be Inaugurated with the mail service, with a rate of $31.25 to San Antonio or $59.40 for the round trip. The first plane to be placed In the service will be a Travelair, 6 passenger cabin moon plane, with new Wright Whirlwind 300-horse power motor. This plane will take off from 8an Antonio for Browns ville on the morning c.' March 8. j Pilot P. Vance will make the first flight and will be accompanied by several officials of the comp-ny, possibly A. T. Barrett, president of the Southern Air Transportation. Heavy Shipment Of Green Beans Moves Out of Brownsville The first shipment of the season, comisting of one hamper, was sent out last week by Brown White. The beans shipped by McDavitt were grown on the Otis Singer farm several miles below Brownsville, and were excellent quality, the shipper stated. Heavy express movement of beans will start next week, growers state, with the straight car movement to start about March 15. The crop sustained considerable damage from the cold wind three weeks ago. but the acreage is large, and the total is expected to run close to li At of last season. CHANNEL SURVEY PASSES WASHINGTON. Pfb. f.W— Th* senate today a~r*ed to the $150 000 item in the deficiency ap propriation bill far a survey of the Nicaraguan canal after Senator DHL democrat, Washington, had reiter ated his opposition to tt. Dill con cluded a one-man f«lhnst*r avaimt the provision which kept the senate In session until 2:40 o’clock this mottling. . . ■ - : ■ — COLONEL HOPS ' ■ TIMES USING 1 HAND Foresight of Hero Is Credited With Sav ing Fiancee in One Wheel Landing MEXICO CITY. Feb. 28.—(/IV Undaunted bv yesterday’s ‘’mishap.’’ Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow today flew for more than thirty minutes over Val buena Field. The colonel used one hand in handling a commercial plane which he borrowed for the flight. They took off at 10:27 a. m . landed 10 minutes later, and twice repeated that operation. Miss Morrow seemed a trifle ner vous as she entered the machine, but after the three short hops she was as smiling as the colonel. Both were in gay spirits as they climbed out of the machine. They went immediately to their automobile and waved their hands to the small crowd at the field as they drove away. Just Straight Flying Both wore helmets and goggles as the borrowed plane was an open cockpit affair. They could not talk to each other while In the air, but they conversed for about two min utes while they were on the ground after their first two hops. The colonel tried no stunts with his one-hand control. It was all straightaway flying and within sight of the field. Most of the time he merely circled over the air drome. He hopped off. circled the field and then made a complete landing. After a short conversation with his passenger he repeated the maneu ver. and it was not until the third landing that he appeared satisfied and left the field. Guarded Fiance in Crash Observers saw to the flight an application by Lindbergh of the practice inculcated In the training corps of the United States army. Whenever a flier cracks up a ma chine. he Is sent back into the air immediately to order to overcome (Continued on page twelve) HARDYOUSTER UP IN SENATE Judge Charged With Hawing Known Aimee’a Kidnap ing Story Untrue SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 28 — (/Pi—Five articles of Impeachment including a charge that he knew Almee Semple McPherson's kidnap ing story was untrue when he at tempted to have her vindicated by a grand jury, were filed against Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles In the state senate to day. The jurist’■ impeachment vu or dered by the state assembly after a legislative committee had Investi gated his acceptance of a $2,500 check from the evangelist to 1928 while her kidnaping story was un der Investigation. He has main tained It was a “free will offering." Mrs. McPherson declared It was a "love offering.” Four of the articles detail the (Continued on page twelve) Mexican Animals Gathered for King Of Italy Shipped From Here Today Italy is to be introduced to the birds, beasts and reptiles of Mex ico. An express car con tabling practically every variety of birds, beasts and reptiles of the south ern republic is being loaded here today for shipment to Galveston where it will be placed aboard ship bound for the land where Premier Mussolini holds sway. The consignment was assembled by W. A. 'Snake) King of Brownsville, who a few months ago recet'red a commission from King Humbert of Italy to collect the animals for exhibition in the national zoological gardens at Bologna. In addition to the wild animal “circus.” King is taking with him a do—l boxes of jog .-— presentation to King Humbert and Premier Mussolini. Several months have been de voted to collection of the aootog icai exhibit. It includes over am hundred varieties of snake*, from the beautiful coral snake to the huge Mexk'tn python from the wilds of Quintana Roo. The birds include almost every variety from the modest but sweet-voiced little Mexican thrush to the brilliant plumed birds of the Mexfaan ironies. Deer , jevelina, a down varieties of the cat family, and other carnivora are included in ttesfaipme&t am* ef the animals, and one rarely ex hibited. to the Jamarandt or whte #snnmnn hOUSO fat, AfflODJ UMI birds are included two pigeons of a distinctive new variety, i King’s andbaal mi bard Hunters have h*>n scouring the ****^it ]nnjUt fog three to se cure thii ^collect ton. Ogy the sraf King prooounocd the^ihlp ment the finest that has ever gone cttf. The 1*** shipment from the Mexican interior arss received by Loading n. aai alveston ■SBoT'»%. Aprtt, it-’ ♦ x Vi .7^ ' *% r'-&r .*_ • NOT GUILTY, J URY DECLARES ARMY TO SEND lOOSJflPSHERE Total of 200 Planes From All Parts of Country Are Expected March 9 Advices received Thursday that between 75 and 100 auny planes from the fields around San Anto nio. would attend the two-day cel ebration of opening of the inter national air mail here March 9 and 10, indicated that better than 200 planes would be here at that time, according to estimates by Burt EL Hinkley. Jr., of the committee In charge. m * This estimate was made Thurs day by Hinkley upon receipt of a letter from Claire E. Chennault, operations officer at Brooks Field, San Antonio, adviflng that 28 ap plications from officers and cadets at the field to attend the celebra tion had been filed np to Feb. 25. This Includes only the fliers sta tioned at this field, others to come from Kelly Field as well. Chen nault In his letter advised that they were under the impression only fire or six planes were wanted by Bownsville. Hinkley immediately replied that a general invitation was extended to all fliers at the field to attend the celebration, ard that they would be housed and fed as the guests of Brownsville. Further 'he advised the officer that all Dianes would be refueled by the city. In addition another letter was sent to the commanding1 officer of Duncan Field, comman der of Kellv and Brooks Fields. :.lao advising him a general invitation to officers to attend the celebration was extended. 'From the information we now have at hand. 1 am confident we may expect between 76 to 100 planes." said Hinkley. “A general invitation also has been extended , to the fliers at Fort Crockett and 1 am certain we will have several here from that section." TEXAS RECORD SET BY SPUDS SHIPPED HERE The earliest car of new pota toes ever shipped from Texas wfll move from Brownsville Thurs day night consigned to Cincin nati. the shipment being made by W. E. McDavitt. In addition to the straight car, which contains 25.M8 pounds of Valley Red Triumphs, McDavitt also was loading 12.500 pounds of potatoes In a mixed car, which was destined for northeastern territory. The potatoes weregrow® by Paul Dye. Charles Flynn and W. L. Lipscomb, El Jardtn farm ers. They were of good she and graded welL The previous record for Texas was made two year* ago when the first car moved oat March 15. FIND CONCRETE ROADBLO ) Wire nnd Stump Barricade Halts Travel On Santa Rosa West Highway Cameron county engineers wore in a quandary today as to whether they should direct an assault upon an 8-foot wire fence and a stump barricade which spans the concrete highway west of Santa Rosa or await legal advice. Those who travel by way of the recently completed concrete high way from Santa Rosa westward were amazed Wednesday when they found the road effectually blocked on the west line of the Cantu tract about half a mile east from the Hi dalgo county line. Who blocked the road or why it was blocked was not known in Brownsville Thursday morning, and a committee or investigation rueo themselves to that of the coun ty to find out “who's who and why." Whoever placed the barricade across the concrete performed a (Continued on page twelve) CONGRESSMAN STILL UNDER i FOUR CHARGES j Dismissal of Remain ing Counts Against Wurzbach’s Foe Is Asked; Action Later AUSTIN, Feb. 28.—<#>— Acquitted at 2 a. m., today after a ten day trial on an indictment charging election fraud. Congressman - Elect Augustus J. McCIoskey of San Antonio heard today that he nevertheless prob ably would have to go to Washington burdened by the remaining four indict ments. Lamar Seellgson. Bexar county district attorney, declined to state his attitude towards dismissal of the charges or Insistence upon an other or other trials when the mat ter was brought before Judge J. D. Moore today by the defense. McCIoskey. county judge of Bexar county at the time of the Novem ber 6 election, which he was charg ed In five indictments with having stolen from Congressman Harry M. Wurzbach. heard the prosecutors decision with obvious disappoint ment. He said he would return to San Antonio today and probably start for Washington tomorrow In time to arrive at the capital two days prior to presenting his creden tials to the new eongreee. Wurzbach has filed notice of In tention to contest the McCloekey victory before the national house of representatives. After listening to nearly eleven hours of the arguments of oounael, a tired jury took the case early to day and In 45 minutes returned a verdict of acquittal, refusing the state's thesis that McCIoskey so wanted the congressional title that as the then Bexar county (San An tonio) judge he had knowledge o£ asserted alteration of Bexar county returns to cut down a Wurzbach 1 lead. Despite a warning from the bench j that there should be no demonstra- j tion. most of the approximately SO spectators, many of them McClos-l key's relatives and close friends,; cheered and applauded. Lamar Bee-1 ligson. Bexar county district attor ney who aided In the prosecution, went up to the former judge ana. grasped his hand. Jurors said they stayed -out" 40, minutes because they took time tol read the Judge's charge am! look‘ over some documentary evidence. McCloekey sat without visible con cern during most of the trial, last ing more than a week, as he heard a former courthouse subaltern tell a story of alleged vote theft. The testimony of Dave Dewhurst, a deputy Bexar county clerk, wiv ing the commissioners court over which former Judge McCIoskey pre sided while he was running for a higher post, was that Charfw Ra nd***. McCIoskey'* secretary, chang ed the vote records in certain pre cincts favorable to his chief. Dew hurst said he suggested this scheme and that McCIoskey fell to with It, This, the state’s “star" evidence, was met with an alibi defense. PROBATION DROPPED AUSTIN, Peb. 28.—IffV—A new oil and gas conservation measure, passed tor the house yesterday, does not include the proration of oil field*, subject of wide criticism dur ing the past two years. The mea sure originally offered was rewrit ten by the committee to oil, gas and mining, after many lengthy hearings to which oil producers ami land owners anow—d for and again*.* certain provhlana - THE WEATHER For Brownsville and the Valley: Fair and somewhat wanner to~ night; Friday partly cloudy and moderate temperature. Increasing southerly winds becoming moder ate to fresh. For Best Texas; OeneraUy fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. Light to moderate easterly to southerly winds on the coast. BIWB FOBBCAflT There will be no material change to the river during the next tew days. Flood Prment M-Hr. H-Hr _ . _ Maes Chaa. Bom Me Pees .. 16 2.7 (To jOO Leredo ..... 27 -02 0.0 20 RtoOrende . si 42 -0.1 jOO Mission .• 23 32 —0.1 20 SanBertte . 33 62 -05 20 Brownsville .If LO -02 20 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isa bel tomorrow, under normal met eorotagleal conditions: High ... a m *****.. 1:22 a in. ______________ iyiCEIXANEQPg DATA .*...... i*2t ,ounrlse tomorrow 6:54 ■\ ■ + .«* v »i .r * .