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BORDER PARTY
DOE SATURDAY
Entertainment Arranged For
Canadian Visitors On
Tour of Valley
Arrangements for entertainment
of members of the Border Chamber
of Commerce, who are to arrive
here Baturdav morning for a two
day tour of the Valley, have been
completed, it was announced Thurs
_ day by O. C. Richardson, manager
of the local chamber of commerce.
Advices received are that 170
make up the delegation from Wind
sor. Ontario, including the High
land Regimental band of the Essex
Scottish Battalion. On arrival here
at 10 o'clock In the morning the
visitors will be met at the station
with automobiles and a parade,
led by the band will be made
through the principal streets of the
city.
A tour of this section then is to
follow, the visitors to be served
luncheon at the James-Dickinson
company club. After luncheon a
leasurely automobile ride is plan
ned to San Benito and Harlingen,
a parade at these two cities, to be
led by Ihe band, being planned.
■ The visitors then will be brought
hack to Brownsville and a concert
Is to be given at Fort Brown The
delegates will be left to their own
devices at night. Their special train
is to leave in the morning for the
upper Valley, where another pro
gram has been arranged bv John F.
' Robinson, secretary of the Edin
burg Chamber of Commerce.
On arrival at Edcouch at 9
o'clock Sunday morning, the Cana
dian business men will be met by a
fleet of 50 automobiles and a tour
*111 be made to Mercedes. Progress.
Weslaco. Donna. Alamo, San Juan.
Pharr and Edinburg. From that
place a drive will be made to the |
Engleman ranch, where all will be
guests of the Engelman company
for lunch.
The visitors are expected back at j
Edinburg at 2 o'clock at which time I
the band will give a concert. Fol- |
lowing the concert a tour of the
west end of Hidalgo countv is plan
ned. to Include McAllen. Mission:
w and other towns in that section. A ;
dl concert will be given at McAllen
M and at night the visitors will be i
W given a wild game dinner in Rey
nosa, a concert also to be given on,
i the plaaa there.
« WEATHER SUMMARY
9 The disturbance over the Rio
# Grande Valley the last two or three !
$ day* was central over North Laio
lina and Virginia this morning, at
tended by heavy cloudiness and
moderate to mild temperatures
throughout the southeastern and
eastern states, while a moderate
disturbance central over the south
ern Plains states at the same time
Is attended by like conditions prac
tically throughout the north-cen
tral and central states. Moderate
ly high barometric pressure over
the far west is attended by gener
ally fair to clear weather in that
section. Moderate to heavy pre
cipitation occurred also within the
last 24 hours In the southeastern
and eastern state*, and light rains
or snows in the central and far
northwestern states. Tempera
ture* continue seasonable to above
normal practically throughout the j
United States.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure lowest temperature
last night; second, highest tempera
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past 21
hours.
Abilene . 36 54 — .00
Amarillo . 26 50 — .00
Atlanta . 54 61 16 1.44
Austin . 38 56 — .02
Boston . 36 50 — .00
BROWNSVILLE. 50 74 — .00;
Chicago . 32 40 — .00
Corpus Chrlsti .. 46 68 — .00
Dallas . 38 52 14 .06
Del Rio. 40 60 — ..00
Denver .. 14 36 — .06
Detroit . 34 44 — .00
Dodge City .... 24 48 — .00
El Paso . 36 52 12 .00
Fort Smith.34 — — .24
Galveston .. 46 60 — .00
Helena . 10 30 10 .16
Huron .. 28
Jacksonville .... 68 84 20 .00
Kansas City .... 36 — — .00
Louisville ....... 38 18 — .04
Memphis. 34 46 — .00
Miami . 76 80 12 oo
Montgomery .... 50 76 — 12 2
New Orleans ... 50 78 — .00
New York . 34 52 — .03
North Platte .... 18 38 — .00
Oklahoma City . 34 62 — .02
Palestine . 38 so — .06
Pensacola . 54 70 12 .14
Phoenix . 40 66 — .03
Pittsburgh . 32 42 12 .13
St. Loula . 34 44 — .00
St. Paul . 22 28 — .00
Salt Lake City .. 20 34 — .23
Ban Antonio .... 42 58 — .03
Santa Pe . 18 30 — OO
Kpridan . 18 28 — .oo
HKgeveport ..... 38 50 —- .02
Tampa . 70 64 — .00
Vicksburg . 38 52 — .20
Washington .... 40 56 — .45
Wllliston . 16 32 — .00
Wilmington .... 58 68 14. .04
FULL HOUSE GREETS
RAYMONDVILLE PLAY
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RAYMONDVILLE. Peb. 38—The
play. “Here Cornea Arabella.” put on
at the high school auditorium Tues- ;
day night by the Raymondville
Business and Professional Women’s
club, was greeted by a packed house.
■Ria cast of characters included
forty people, made up entirely of
Rannondvtlle local talent. Lacy’s
jfclody Boys furnished music be- j
tween acts, and Eunice Robinson
was accompanist.
Tha play was under the direction j
of Beulah Ferguson of Atlanta. Ga. |
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FIRST PHOTOS FROM MEXICO AS TORAL MET DEATH
Here are the first photos from Mexico City, rushed to Central Press by airplane, and snapped just
before and after the execution of Leon 'loral, convicted slayer of General Alvaro Obregon. president
elect of Mexico. Top, left, Toral s sister with Toral s boy. making an attempt to see her brother a half
hour before the execution; right, the ambulance car bearing the body of the executed man passing
through Mexico City streets as his followers cheered; below, crowds gathered before the Toral residence
waiting for the arrival of the body; left, inset. Ignacio Jesus Flores, with glasses, the priest who aided
the slayer during execution, talking to a newspaperman after leaving the jail: and, inset, right, Mrs.
Toral. mother of the executed man, arriving at the Jail a few minutes before her son faced the firing
squad, to say goodbye. I
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CHICAGO, Feb 28— on —The
second bomb within three days ex
ploded in the restaurant of Mrs.
Margaret Shepard last night, Wood
work was torn out and windows
broken, but no one was injured. A
more powerful bomb exploded at the
same restaurant early Monday
morning. Competitors are blamed.
CINCINNATI. O. Feb. 28—on—
Thomas Sand. 13. was found dead in
his room last night with a bullet
wound in his temple. An aunt and
uncle with whom he lived said the
boy’s death was accidental, but po
lice said it was a case of suicide,
probably because of a quarrel with
a girl schoolmate.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 28.—<P—
The military commander of the
state of Guanajuato informed the
department today that troops are
close on the trail of the bandit
slayers of the American mining en
gineers. J. M. Underwood and O. C.
Ai.rthorpe. A battle between the
troops and bandits is expected with
ing a day or so.
LONDON. Feb 28.—P—The Ex
change Telegraph company dis
patches from Hong Kong today said
the Chinese steamer Shunnari had
been wrecked with t^e lass of 80
lives 28 miles above I-Chang on the
Yangtze Kiang.
CONTINUE GIVING OUT
POINSETTIA CUTTINGS
An abundance of poinsettia cut
tings are still available at the Civic
league flower exchange, which offi
cially closed Thursday afternoon,
according to Mrs Albert Smith,
chatrman of the flower exchange
committee. The cuttings may be
obtained either Friday or Saturday
afternoon at the chamber of com
merce. and the league is particularly
anxious that anyone who can use
the cuttings call for them.
The flower exchange, which is an
annual affair snonsored by the Civic
league, was held for two davs this
year, closing Thursday afternoon. A
large number of plants have been
Riven awav, according to Mrs.
Smith, with demand increasing to
ward the end of the exchange.
The week is also being observed
with distribution of poirisettias con
tinuing Friday and Saturday after
noons.
NEW ZAPATA SCHOOL
ROMA. Feb. 28—Zapata, the
county seat of the same name, has
decided to build a modern school
house. Rock for that purpose is on
site and work will commence at
once. It will be one of the most
modem school houses on the river
between Laredo and Rio Grande
City, according to the trustees.
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New Mexico, Gulf
Railroad Planned
By Ed. Kennedy
SNYDER. Tex.. Feb 28—{IP)—
Captain Ed Kennedy, Houston, ad
vised officials of the local chamber
of commerce yesterday he would
be here March !2 to complete pre
liminary plans for construction of
a railroad from Roswell. N. M.. to a
point on the Gulf of Mexico, to pass
through here.
The Houston financier, original
promoter of the Snyder. Roswell &r
Gulf railroad, said contracts had;
been signed assuring construction of
the line.
AUSTIN, Feb. 28—Members
of the Texas Railroad Commission
were without information on con
struction of the proposed line from
Roswell. N. M.. to the Gulf of Mex
ico. They said they had not re
ceived any word from the I. C. C.
indicating an application for build
ing the railroad had been received.
I* T A MFFTg
RAYMONDVILLE. Feb. 28—The
Raymondville Parent-Teacher asso
ciation met Wednesday afternoon in
the public school auditorium, with
Mrs. T. C. Green, presiding. The
feature of the meeting was the pre
sentation of a playlet, “Our United
States.” by the fifth grade pupils
under the direction of Mrs. M. V.
Pittman. Annual election of offi
cers for tlje organization will be held
at the first meeting in April, an an
nouncement from the chair stated.
Now Showing
ROD LA ROCQUE in
‘Captain* Swagger'
with
SUES CAROL
Also
A HAL ROACH COMEDY
And
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Admission 10c -25e
CONDITION OF FOCH
CALLED ‘STATIONARY’
PARIS, Feb. 28.—(£*)—The condi
tion of Marshal Foch, waging a des
perate fight for life against disease,
was said by his physicians today to
be "stationary.”
This information, with the nota
tion of a slight drop in tempera
ture. was conveyed in the official
communique issued after their vis
it. Privately they said his illness
was still most grave, and that on
his vitality alone did there reatthe
slightest hope for improvement.
PEOPLE EAT LESS
PARIS—Contmental restauranti
report decreased earnings because
their guests order smaller meals
than formerly.
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this most unusual triangle.
DOCTORS
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OLDOFFENDU
IS RECAPTURED
Jesus Melendez, Escaped
Convict Arrested By
Posse Here
Jesus Melendez, who espaced from
the HutnsviHe prison farm several
months ago, and alter eluding bor
der officers made his way across the
Rio Grande, was arrested here Wed
nesday night at the home of a rela
tive in Victoria Addition.
Officers making the arrest were
Lieutenant of Police John Arm
strong. 8. M. Jester, special investi
gator for the district attorney, and
Customs Officers R. L. Campbell. A.
Champion and Ed R. McNabb.
Melendez, who is known to border
officers as a “bad hombre," has
served time in the military prison
at Fort Leavenworth for desertion,
one year in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, for violation of the
liquor law, and was sentenced to
three years in the state prison on
two charges of Dean law violation.
He also has served time in the
county Jail having been arrested
tjtoe by city police on charges of
driving while intoxicated
Melendez was convicted during
the September. 1927. term of the
criminal district court, and sen
tenced to 3 years. He was In pris
on only a few months before he
managed to elude the guards and
make his escape. He finally reach
ed the Rio Grande and crossed to
Matamoros, where he has been em
ployed.
Officers received information
Wednesday night that Melendez had
crossed to the American side, and a
posse was immediatelyorganized to
effect his capture. When arrested
he was In adrunken stupor, officers
stated, and made no resistance.
MASONIC CEREMONY
(Spseial to Th« Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE. Feb. 28. —
Monday night about twenty Ray
mondville Masons went to Mission,
where Russell Shrader received the
third degree in the Masonic lodge
at that place. In the exemplification
of the work, all stations were filled
by Raymondville Masons. Russell
Shrader is a Raymondville boy em
ployed as a teacher in the Mission
schools. .
CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT
COTTON WILT MAPPED
AUSTIN. Feb. 28.—</Pv—Steps to
prevent the spared of cotton wilt,
a new malady and unlike cotton
root rot. were taken yesterday at a
conference of Agricultural and Me
chanical college experts with Geo.
B. Terrell, commissioner of agri
culture. and J. M. Del Curto, state
entomologist.
It was recommended that the de
partment of agriculture take steps
to prevent seed from the affected
area, principally In Mississippi and
Louisiana, coming into Texas. It j
was agreed that seed should not be ;
permitted to come into Texas un
less it is certified free of wilt
A survey by A. and M college
and the department of agriculture
is now under way to determine the
extent of the disease in Texas, Del
Curto said.
PEREZ. GUERRERO CHIEF
ROMA. Feb. 28.—Simon Perez, a
prominent merchant of Guerrero,
Mexico, opposite Zapata, has been
made deputy collector of customs of
that port. Mr. Perez Is very well
known on both 6ides of the Rio
Grande. This is in line with the
new policy of the Mexican govern
ment to name local men for execu
tive positions in their home towns.
Heretofore it seems to have been
the practice to send strangers to
these posts and to msve them fre
quently.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District
of Texas, Brownsville Division.
In the Matter of Isaac Villareal.
Bankrupt. No. 272, In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of said Bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
27th day of February, 1929, the said
Isaac Villareal of Rio Grande City.
Starr County. Texas, was duly ad
judged a bankrupt, and the first
meeting of his creditors will be held
at the office of Ira Webster, referee
in bankruptcy, in the 8tegman
building. Brownsville. Texas, on the
11th day of March. 1929. at eleven
ill) o'clock in the forenoon, at j
which time and place the creditors
of the said Isaac Villareal, bank
rupt, may appear, prove their
claims, erect a trustee, examine the
bankrupt and transact such other
business as may properly come be
fore such meeting._
IRA WEBSTER,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
f2-28—It—3349.)
BLAZE IN OLD MINE
MENACES OHIO TOWN
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NEW STRAITSVILLE. O., Feb.
28.—The smouldering peril or
ft 45-year-old fire in the coal field:)
of this vicinity today again men
aced a section of New Straitsville
as the flames, eating their way to
the surface, burst out and spread
a pall of deadly gas over the hill
sides.
Miners from several companies in
the vicinity were blasting in an ef
fort to check the flames.
The fire was started in the 80’s
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by men who fired a mine during a
1 strike.
Six homes and a new school
building in the edge of the Sew
Straltsville mere believed to be In
the direct course of the fire.
IMMIGRATION CHANGE
ROMA. Feb 28—Another change
in immigration officers has been
announced here. G. J. Boileter, who
has been In charge of the immigra
tion station at Rio Grande City
and at Roma, has been ordered to
Hidalgo as inspector in charge of
that station succeeding Prank H.
Crockett who goes to Laredo as In
spector In charge. Mr. Bolleter has
been in charge at Rlo Grande City
since 1821. His successor has not
been announced.
2nd Annual
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
AND LIVE STOCK SHOW
Seven Days of Profitable Plea care for Texans!
Agricultural Exhibits Livestock Exhibits
Thrilling Rodeo Great Horw Show
| SPECIAL DAYS I ?
FRIDAY, MARCH 1st
Exposition L'ay
SATURDAY, MARCH 2d
Governor's snd Legislators’. Schtxt.
Children’s and Press Day
SUNDAY, MARCH 3d
Mexico. Comal County, Medina Coanty
and Guadalupe County Day
MONDAY, MARCH 4th
Wilson County, Karnes County, Gon
zales County, Atascosa County
and Old Trail Drivers* Day
TUESDAY, MARCH 5th
Rio Grande Valley, Winter Garden
and Blackland District Day
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6th
San Antonio Day
THURSDAY, MARCH 7th
West Texas and Southwest Texas Day
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Gate admission: adults, 25c: children, 10c. General admission to
Rodeo and Horse Show, $1.03; reserved seats, 91.2S; boxes, 91.50
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L. A. Brophy, Richard L. Turner, A. R. George,
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