Brownsville herald. [volume], March 08, 1929, Airport Edition, Page TWO, Image 2

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PARK BOUGHT
BY SAN BENITO
Purchase of 92-Acre Site
North of City Revealed
At Civic Meet
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, March 8.—The
purchase of a 92-acre park site on
the resaca front north of San Be
nito by the city was revealed at a
joint meeting of the civic clubs
last night at which Gardner S.
Rogers, city plan engineer, was the
principal speaker.
Mr. Rogers pointed out some oi
thfe ways in which the park could
be improved and talked on city
plan work in general.
The park was purchased by the
city through the efforts of L. L.
Zenor, who was thanked for his
work by the city commission, and
by Mayor J. Scott Brown at the
meeting last night. The tract was
secured at a low price, and Mr.
Zenor gave his services in helping
to secure it.
Other speakers at the meeting
here were Mayor Brown, Judge
James Q. Louthran, president of
the Rotary club, who presided at
the meeting; and John T. Lomax.
About 100 San Benito residents at
tended.
Mr. Rogers said San Benito has
a good advantage in a large num
ber of small parks scattered
throughout the city. These will be
of more value as the city grows, he
declared.
He said the new park should be
connected with the city by boule
vards. and a number of attractions
should be put in there, mentioning
a tourist station, where newcomers
would be greeted and given infor
mation.
The noted city plan engineer dis
cussed city plan work more in de
tail yesterday at a luncheon with
directors of the San Benito Cham
ber of Commerce, and members of
the city commission. He went into
details with them of the city plan
which San Benito proposes to fol
low.
Kirgan Commends
Good-Will Meeting
Before Rotarians
(Special to The Herald)
WESLACO. March 8— Mayor D.
E. Kirgan was the principal speak
er at the meeting of the Weslaco
Rotary club held Thursday noon
at the Cortez hotel in this city. The
subject of his talk was “Community
Spirit,’’ and in developing his sub
ject Mr. Kirgan cited the need of a
unified spirit of the entire citizenry j
of the Valley in getting the favor
able attention of people in other
sections. The efforts of the busi
ness men and citizens of Harlin
gen and San Benito to co-operate
with each other, as indicated by the
joint meeting recently held in San
Benito, were commended and point
ed out as an example to be emu
lated. He suggested that it should
be the purpose of every service club
‘in the Valley to bring such a result
about.
Mayor Kirgan announced that a
contract was let to the Central
Power & Light company for instal
lation of additional street lights.
He also stated that the old com
• inunity house, a frame building
which has in the last year been
' replaced by a permanent hall, has
l been turned over to the local Boy
Scouts to be used by them as a club
house. It will be removed to a new
site. A program for the beautifi
cation of the ten lots owned by the
city south of the community hall
is being outlined and will be start
ed soon.
Vice-president Fred Rives presid
ed and announced that the Mer
cedes and Wesalco Rotary clubs
would hold a joint meeting, with
their wives as guests, at the Cortez
hotel in Weslaco on the evening
of March 17.
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SCENES FROM STATES WHERE MEXICAN REVOLT FLAMES
Views from Mexican states, snapped just before the outbreak o the present revolution, showing where
the outbreaks are taking place and some of the methods used by the federal government to combat them.
Top photo shows a type of armored car used on the ra ilroads in the bandit-infested state of Jalisco.
Machine guns are mounted in the cupola. Below, a pilot car attached to all first-class trains since the
attempt to blow up President Emilio Fortest Gil. On the left is an Aguascalientes brewery, set on fire
in a recent rebel raid and which burned for two days before the stored liquors were consumed.
Highway Bond BUI
Given New Life In
Extension of Session
Ey RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTIN, March 8.—The highway bond issue amendment was assured
of time for final action by the legislature when both houses Wednesday
set Thursday noon of next week as the date for adjournment of the reg
ular session.
Members will serve six days at $2 per day, after the end Friday of
me to aays ox so compensation.:
Efforts to adjourn the session
Friday, v.hich would have cut off
final action on the highway bend
issue and many other bills which
have been given a new lease on
life, were blocked by a substantial
majority in the house.
The senate first voted to adjourn
March 14, and thus served notice
on the house the session would
continue until the road bond mat
ter was given final attention in
the house.
By a vote of £8 to 37 the house
followed suit and accepted the date
fixed by the senate to close the
session. This was regarded as a
definite test of the strength of the
road bond plan in the house. Twen
ty-four members were absent when
I this roll call was taken. Out of
those who voted against the par
ticular date for quitting, and out
of the 24 absentees, the road bond
issue will require 12 additional votes
to make up the 100 it will take to
; submit the question of the $175.
000,000 road bond issue to the vot
ers at an election next July 2. The
house spent $624 at the rate of $7
per minute, in debating adjourn
ment.
| The Port Arthur seawall bill, and
about 300 house bills and 100 sen
ate bills, many of a local nature,
were given a chance of being reach
ed by putting off the date of ad
journment.
The road bond plan met two
minor setbacks Wednesday morn
ing, first when the house refused
to order telegrams sent to absent
members summoning them back
for the rest of this week, and then
when the house refused to take up
the bond proposal without waiting
for the senate resolution to be
printed on the minority report that
was filed in the house Wednesday
morning.
Members carefully avoided refer
ence to the bond issue question
when discussing date of final ad
journment.
Rules of the houses were ex
plained to the members as affect
ing all bills 1 fore the legislature
after Friday noon of this week, In
view of the date fixed for ad
journment. After Friday noon, the
long calendars of pending bills will
be laid aside. Each house will
have four days of “suspension cal
endar” on which measures may be
taken up fcv a two-thirds vote.
After that will be a day for dispos
ing cf the measures of the oppo
site house pending before each, and
during the final 24 hours, begin
ning next Wednesday noon, only
adoptions of conference reports and
the routine of adjournment can be
acted upon. I
The effect of this will be largely
to prevent taking up any measure
after Friday noon except the pend
ing senate bills in the house and
house bills in the senate.
Board Orders Probe
Of Junior Students
Drinking, Petting
RACINE. Wis., March 8.—(JP)—
Reports of widespread drinking and
petting at junior high school parties
were recognized by the Racine board
of education today when a sweeping
investigation was ordered.
School functions at the Washing
ton and the McKinley junior high
schools are mainly under fire, but
the board’s inquiry will include all
phases of student activity through
out the city.
It is charged the youngsters have
been bringing liquor to school par
ties.
Principal Thomas E. Sanders of
the Washington school denied
knowledge of such actions at par
ties there. Principal H. C. Kilbourn
of McKinley school said at one par
ty four boys brought home brew but
drank outside. He learned of it next
day and severely reprimanded them,
he said.
66-YEAR-OLD TEXAS
MURDERER GETS LIFE
LIBERTY. Tex.. March 8.—l/PV—
John Swilley, 66-year-old farmer,
was under sentence of life imprison
ment today for the killing of H. J.
Hendrix. A jury found him guilty
last night of murdering Hendrix
after deliberating one hour and a
half. Notice of appeal was given
by defense counsel. After the ver
dict, Swilley laughed as he talked
happily with counsel.
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Will Pass On U. S.
Adhesion to Court
GENEVA, March 8.—UP)—The
council of the League of Nations,
meeting in private session today,
decided to send the Question of the
adhesion of the United States to
the world court cf justice to the
commission of jurists which will
meet on March 11 to consider re
vision of the world court statutes.
The council increased the powers
of the committee so as to enable
the proposals which have been
brought forward by Elihu Root,
noted American jurist.
The question will be officially
handed at a public session of the
council tomorrow as that body
wishes to acord it the public dis
cussion it should have and to give
public testimony of its pleasure
over the American initiative.
It is understood Sir Austen
; Chamberlain, the British foreign
secretary, will introduce the neces
' sary resolution which is now beinrr
I drafted.
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GRIFFIN SUGGESTS
CLUB FOR TOURISTS
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'Special to The Herald)
McALLEN, March 8.—A tourist
j club for McAllen where visitors
; may live and be entertained is the
plan offered McAllen civic clubs by
Gordon Griffin, local attorney.
Using the Conopus club in San
Antonio as an example, Griffin
pointed out that tourists from the
north and east are attracted by
the \anous forms of entertainment
and living facilities of Texas as !
well as the climate.
The suggestion, as offered by
Griffin, is to lease a portion of the
right-of-way of the Missouri Pa
cific lines in the heart of the city
for the building. No plan concern
ing the club will take definite form
until after the first meeting of the
several committees, which is ex
pected to take place next week.
MRS. DIVERS DIES
McALLEN, March 8.—Mrs. Wil
son Myers, aged 54, and resident ol
the Valley for 14 years, died at
; her home Thursday morning. She
had been ill for two months, fol
lowing an attack of influenza. ‘
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Men Leave Sunken
Sub Successfully
From 200 Ft. Depth
KEY WEST, Fla., March 8.—UP)
—The newly developed artificial
“lung” for use in escape from dis
abled submarines cn the ocean
floor, has been proved successful
from a depth of 200 feet in the
final tests conducted in Florida
waters.
Lieut. C. N. Momsen, and Chief
Torpedoman Edward Kalinoski,
yesterday overcame the tremend
ous pressure of 200 feet when they
stepped out through a hatch on
the deck of the submarine S-4, and
rose to the surface approximately
nine minutes later unharmed.
Momsen, who invented the oxy
gen mask device, which somewhat
resembles the gas mask in use dur
ing the war, and Kalinowski have
made repeated successful tests with
the “lung” from varying depths,
but yesterday was their first ven
- ture at great depths. They first
left the submersible at 160 feet,
then returned and were towed to
deeper water, where they repeated
their feats.
CHICAGO.—Frances and Amn
Hibbard. 2-vear-old twins, were res
cued when fire destroyed their par
ents’ home.
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A. P. ASKS FOR
RADIO WAVES
Press Agency Urges Protec
tion of Future Needs
By Radio Board
WASHINGTON, March 8.—(TP)—
The reservation of adequate short
wave channels for the use of The
Associated Press has been asked of
the Federal Radio Commission in
its allocation of 40 wrave bands for
the press of the country.
In setting forth the position of
The Associated Press in regard to
the radio allocations, Kent Cooper,
its general manager, through Mil
ton Garges, his executive assistant,
has presented a statement to the
commission in which he cited 1,250
newspapers of the country as As
sociated Press members and said
“we confidently believe the com
mission will find that it can con
sistently take care of the needs of
such an important press association
effort.”
The commission today planned
the conclusion of its hearings on
the press radio allocations and
William C. Cannon, counsel for the
Associated Press, prepared an argu
ment to show The Associated Press
could not operate radio facilities as
a public utility.
The hearings of the commission
were held after a protest by John
Francis Neyland of San Francisco,
representing the Hearst newspaper
organisation, against the suggested
allocation of short wave facilities
proposed in a report by Joseph
Pierson, cable editor of the Chicago
Tribune on behalf of the American
Publiselirs committee,
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BERLIN—Louis Ferdinand Hoh
enzollern, who is a grandson of Wil
helm and is going into banking in
Buenos Aires, has shown himself
something of a financier already.
He bet he would learn Spanish in
two months. He won.
NEW YORK.—Sam Rebach, 19, is
off the Houdinl stuff. He thought
he had it down pat and permitted
himself to be locked in the strong
room of a fur store where he is em
ployed. Police, firemen and an am
bulance were on the way when the
boss arrived and opened the vault.
Sam had told a confederate the
combination, but the confederate
forgot it.
LONDON.—Among the weighty
matters under consideration by the
privy council is whether an idol in
a temple of India shall be draped
or nude. A contest between two
sects is involved. One sect scraped
off plaster clothes the other had put
on the idol. Models of the idol,
draped and undrapcd, are in the
council chamber.
NEW YORK.—Women's place is
in the home, in the opinion of Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, M. C., but, she
added at a luncheon of the league
for political education, the walls of
home have widened to include pol
itics.
ST. CLAIRESVILLE, Ohio.—The
Charleston is physical education and
an admirable diversion from recita
tion, the Richland township school
board has decided. A petition of
parents for the dismissal of a girl
teacher who showed the pupils how
to do it has been denied. The de
cision was by five men after an ex
hibtion.
Fritss’ On Trial In
Slaying, Is Insane
Witnesses Testify
ANSON, Tex., March 8.—(.‘Pi
Attorneys and witnesses for Bill
Fritts. on trial here for murder,
continued their attempts today, to
prove that Fritts was insane last
fall when he shot and killed D. W.
Hamilton and his son Earl Hamil
ton at the Fritts home near
Rochester.
Relatives of the defendant testi
fled yesterday Fritts had been
responsible at various periods dur;
ing his life and had “acted in
sanely.”
Statements, introduced into th
record and, which the state alleg
ed Fritts made after the shooting,
quoted the defendant as sayin~
Earl Hamilton had sworn falsely
against him.. Testimony was in-1
troduced to show Earl Hamilton |
had testified before a Haskell ?
county grand jury that he had I
purchased liquor from Fritts.
CRIPPLE DIES A HEROINE
ABERDEEN, S. D.—Margaret
Jaffrey, 15-year-old cripple. wa3
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