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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 252 ' BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY * 5c A COPY
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| ‘*A BOOSTER for Brownsville”
' writes in to inquire of Our Valley
as to why this city does not have
a municipal band. Not being able
to answ’er that question we pass it
along. Who can answer it?
The lady, who signs herself ‘ A
Booster,” points out that San Be
nito, Harlingen and various c'her
Valley cities have municipal bands,
that they derive great benefit there
from and that there is real need
for an organization in Brownsville.
Brownsville did have a municipal,
or rather a chamber of commerce
band, several years ago. It failed
to function as it should and was
disbanded.
Since that time a band has been
organized at St. Joseph's Academy
and ac one time a start was made
toward organizing a boys’ band in
the public school system.
Of course, the Twelfth Cavalry
band at Fort Brown is a real asset
to Brownsville and our citizens take
considerable pride in it. Officers
of the post and the personnel of
the band have been very kind to
Brownsville in furnishing the ser
vices cf the organization for public
celebrations.
But that does not answer the
booster's query as to why Browns
ville doer \ not have a municipal
band. i’*'
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C. V. LYSINGER up at Mission
would maintain a sample of Valley
brushlands as a park and as a .e
minder of the days when the en
tire Valley was a wilderness.
He writes:
“Could not the people of tho
Valley in some way acquire 80 to
100 acres of the Adams tract along
the highway ftetween Harlingen and
La Ftria, fence it and stock it with
iecr and other native animal life?
Could not such a tract be main
tained as a park for Valley people
■o enjoy and keep as a reminder of
i ihe virgin wilderness which once
covered the entire Valley?
“The native growth of timber,
! plants and flowers is gradually
disappearing. This tract is as
fi^flhts can be found for the pur
piS^Pand the location could not
be better.
“Could not something be worked
out to preserve enough to show fu
ture generations what the original ;
developers started on?”
Possibly Valley chamber of com
merce secretaries might find some
! thing of merit in this suggestion.
Developers of lands should be in
terested in preserving a spot of the
or: nal brushland. Possibly county
col missioners coul l be enlisted to
support the move in some v,Tay. A
Valley park such as is outlined by
Mr. Lysinger in a few years would
become one of the section’s prized
show places.
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BROWNSVILLE courted the
friendship of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh for many a day before he
finally condescended to pay her a
visit.
Finally he dropped in with the
first air mail.
Quite likely he will be a frequent
visitor to Erownsville in the fu
ture.
As this is being written his pri
vate plane is out at the airport
and it is possible that before this
appears in print he will have ar
rived from Mexico City on a mail
plane and have gone on to some
ether city.
At least Brownsville is almost
certain to see a lot of Col. Lind
bergh in the future and he is sure
of a permanent welcome.
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HARLINGEN. San Benito. Mc
Allen. Corpus Christi and Browns
ville baseball fans have indicated
they are prepared to bring their
cities into the proposed Valley
league.
Only one more club is needed to
make the league complete.
A six-club league would assure
great interest and good sport
I throughout the summer months.
Efforts are being made to bring
another Valley town into the
league, and the thousands of base
t?.ll fans in this section are confi
dent of success.
TlV’^Vnllev is far distant from
the ague centers, and Valley
resident have few' opportunities to
enjoy high class baseball unless
they provide their own teams.
' Organization of a six-town league
will give Valiev fans the opportun
ity to enjoy the same class of sport
as those in the larger centers of
population.
WILLACY COUNTY TO
HAVE FARM AGENTS
(Soecial to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE, March 13.—
The Willacy county remmissioners
court has authorized employment of
an agricultural agent and a home
demonstration agent. They are ex
pected to be installed in office by
July 1.
No names have been mentioned
for the positions as yet, but it is
expected that the selections will be
made through recommendations of
A- & M. College, <
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\U, S. May Intern All Rebels Crossing Border
Rebels Said To Hvve
22,000 Men Massed
At Torreon; Calles
Nearing Stronghold
WASHINGTON, March 13 —(.Pi
Detention by American authorities
of any additional rebels who cross
the boundary line fro mMexico. is
considered likely by the state de
partment in view of the Pan Amer
ican treaty which provides for the
interment of individuals who rebel
against the constituted government.
This treaty has not yet been
ratified by the senate and while
the United States government would
therefore not be found by it. the
view is that officials in Washington
would endeavor to carry out the
spirit of the treaty wherever pos
sible and advisable.
The state department Is without
official information as to the pres
ent status of General Francisco
Borques, rebel officer at Nogales,
Sonora, who was reported in dis
patches last night interned by Uni
ted States immigration offers aftnr
crosisng the border and later re
leased and permitted to return to
Nogales, Sonora.
REBEL LOSSES
REPORTED HEAVY
(By The Associated Press.)
Heavy rebel losses were reported
by the government today as power
ful federal an dinsurgent forces con
tinued to converge on Torreon
where the next few days may wit
ness either one of the biggest bat
; ties in the history of Mexican rev
olutions or a speedy disintegration
of the entire revolutionary move
ment.
An army of 22,000 rebels was re
ported massing at Torreon while
General Calles. commander-in-chief
of the federals, was proceeding
northward and 8.000 men under
General Almazan was advancing
from the east to descend on the
rebel stronghold.
Rebel headquarters anticipated
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Hazzard Reversal Granted
On Error; Life Term of
Companions Affirmed
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I AUSTIN. March 13.—(fP)—Dick
; Hazzard. Comanceh county, given
! death for criminal assault, won a
new trial when the court of crim
inals appeals today reversed and re
manded the verdict.
Cases of Harley Holland and J.
D. Pierce, indicted jointly with him
for rhe same offense, and given life
imprisonment, were affirmed.
The conviction of Margarito Sil
va, San Patricio county, carrying
life imprisonment for the murd r of
Mariana Luna, was affirmed.
Reversals were given the cases of
James Elliott, Cottle county, 65
years for the murder of Joe Mackey,
and Mollie Tuiyier, Lynn county. 20
years for the murder of her husband,
M. B. Turner.
Hazzard won his reversal on error
of the court in refusing to instruct
the jury net to consider certain re
marks made by the prosecutor before
the jury, thes? tending to prejudice
the jury against the defendant, the
court found.
Hazzard. Holland and Pierce were
indicted jointly, but Hazzard obtain
ed a severance. The other two were
tried together. The alleged crime
was committed near the town of De
Leon.
SEAMAN COMPLETES
j * JOURNEY IN IRONS
HOUSTON, March f3.—(>?)—
Chained to a steel stanchion in a
tiny cabin aboard the steamship
Endicott. John R. Fikes. 26-year
old seaman, accused of slaying a
shipmate at Havre, France, com
pleted a 24-day journey in irons at
Houston today.
Fikes freely discussed the cir
cumstances surrounding his last
shore leave and celebration which
ended in the violent death of
George A. Leonard, 32. chief stew
ard of the Endicott and a veteran
of the French foreign legion.
Administration’s
Oil Conservation
Plan Said Strict
WASHINGTON. March 13.——After a conference today with Pres
ident Hoover. Senator Walsh of Montana expressed his belief that the
administration's oil conservation policy is much broader in scope than
was assumed upon its disclosure yesterday at the White House.
The senator said the president’s program contemplated the granting
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Was Brought to Local Air
port Late Tuesday By
Air Mail Pilot
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's
plane, which was brought to the lo
cal airport late Tuesday by R. L.
Dobie, Kansas City to Dallas air
mail pilot, will be stored in the
hangar to await orders from its
owner.
I.es Mauldin said he had no or
ders further than those contained in
a telegram received from Col. Lind
bergh by Dobie cn his arrival here.
This telegram asked that the plane
be held here subject to orders.
Dobie planned to return north this
afternoon either on a mail or pas
senger plane.
Lindbergh's ship is a Curtis Fal
con, open cockpit biplane painted
yellow and black. It is said to be
equipped with the best assortment
of instruments ever brought to the
local port in one plane.
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MEXICO CITY, March 13.—OR—
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was
believed today to be awaiting arri
val of a plane from the United
States to make his departure from
this city.
An effort to gain something as to
his plans drew from him only the
comment, "I have nothing to say.”
; In usually well informed circles
however, it was said he wou'd re
j turn to the United States shortly
after arrival of the plane which,
dispatches said, reached T o nsviiie,
Texas, yesterday.
Colonel Lindbergh has been in
1 Mexico City more than a fortnight
most of the time being spent here
and at Cuernavaca in the company
of his fiancee, Miss Anne Morrow.
HEIRESS-COWBOY
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ABSENCE ‘TEST’
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. March 13.
—(/P>—After proving the truth of
the almost forgotten song of other
days, "Absence makes the heart
grow fonder,” George (Big Boy)
Gillespie, singing cowboy of an
Arizona “Dude” ranch, and his
wife, formerly Katherine Thorne.
Chicago heiress, were together
again today.
A two week's “love test” pre
scribed by the girl’s parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Thorne, ended
yesterday when the third daugh
ter of the former president of the
Montgcmery-Ward company de
clared that “for two weeks I lis
tened to my parents’ arguments,
but found that my love had in
creased during the separation.”
‘There is nothing to add to the
fact that my wife and I are very
happy and expect to make our
home here while I am completing
a picture,” commented the groom
as the couple settled dow’n in an
apartment and began real house
keeping.
“The perfect romance.” says
Hol’ywood; “Youth victorious over
poverty.”
In Legislature
(By The Associated Press)
Tuesday:
Free conference report on peni
tentiary bil Irejected by house and
nevj committee named to try to
adjust diffrences.
State textbook commission crit
icized by investigating committee
for purchasing new books with
large surplus on hand.
Land office investigation com
pleted .with committee reserving
report until special session.
House bill cutting motor vehicle
registration fees in half engrossed
by senate.
E-of leases to holders of oil prospect
ing permits only in those cases
where the permittees have made
reasonable expenditures in drilling
Wells.
There are 32,000 permits affect
ing the public domain now out
standing and the percentage of the
holders who have made such rea
sonable expenditures as contem
plated under the general leasing
act is believed to be rather small.
The policy of the administration,
as Senator Walsh now understands
it. contemplates no leases of land
adjacent to that which may be
leased to prospectors who strike oil.
The senator holds the act of April
1 contemplated the leasing of such
lands so as to bring about the de
velopment of fairly large fields in
each case.
The government also will grant
leases for the drilling of offset
wells on the public domain to pre
vent drainage of government wells
on adjacent territory.
Court action to test the validity
cf the construction the administra
tion places on the general leasing
act is expected to be one develop
ment of the disclosure cf the presi
dent's conservation policy.
“If this conservation policy could
be extended to privately owned
lands as yet undeveloped, I would
be heartily in favor of it.” the Mon
tanan said, adding that since it
could not, it worked a hardship on
the public land states.
AT B.PPWMWOOD
Unmasked Bandits Obtain
$T.a00; B:nw1 ryes Are
Locked In Vault
BROWNWOOD, Texas, March 13.
—:/?)—The First National bank of
Brownwocd today was robbed ot
$5,500 in cash by two unmasked
men, wrho escaped after locking em
ployes of the institution in the
vault.
The robbers met the first em
ployes to arrive at the bank, and
at the point of revolvers forced
them to open the doros. One of the
men accompanied the clerks inside
while the other stood guard at the
d#5r.
As other employes arrived they
also were ushered into the bank by
the robber at the door. Af.er the
man inside had gathered up all the
loot available, the employes were
forced into the vault, and the men
made their escape.
Those in the vault, including Mil
lard Romines, cashier, extricated
themselves, but too late to see in
what direction the men departed.
Power Utility Head
Denies Using Radio
For Propagandizing
WASHINGTON. March 13.—(IP)
—How the radio was used to broad
cast information about electrical
power by the California electrical
bureau was explained today by Vic
tor M. Hartley of San Francisco, its
executive secretary, before the fed
eral trade commission at its re
sumptio nof the investigation into
the publicity activities of public
power utilities.
Hartley declared the bureau util
ized the radio twice a month to
broadcast information of the use of
electric apparatus “on the farm.”
In reply to questions by Robert
E. Healy, commission counsel, he
denied that the radio broadcast
dealt with the question of private
ownership as compared to public
ownership of utilities.
RIVER FLOOD WARNING
SHREVEPORT. La., March 13.—
(jp,—a flood warning for Sulphur
river residents in the vicinity of
Ringo Crossing and Finley, East
Texas, was issued here today by
J. W. Cronk, federal meteorologist
o fthe Shreveport weather bureau,
who forecast a flood stage at Ringo
Crossing by March 15 and at Finley
by March 19.
MOTION FILED
BY ATTORNEYS
IN U. S. COURT
Acts Cited In Counts
Do Not Violate Any
Law, Plea Made In
San Antonio States
SAN ANTONIO. March 13.—</PV
Motion to quash the six-count in-!
dictmcnt returned by a federal
grand jury at Waco, charging for-1
mcr Republican Congressman Harry;
M. Wurzbach with violation of the
corrupt practices act, was filed by
High R. Robertson and two other
attorneys representing Wurzbach in
federal district court here today.
The motion to quash sets out that
“in none of said counts do the acts
charged against the defendant con
stitute a violation of any lav/ of the
United States.”
United States District Attorney
John D. Hartman, who has five
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Woman Who Aided Holly
wood Luminaries With
Reports Indicted
LOS ANGELES, March 13.—(fP)—
Anx.ety pervaded the tasrry mo
tion picture firmament in Holly
wood today as many film celebrities
wondered how much they will owe
Uncle Sam after the investigation
of their earnings, and whether they
will be held responsible for any im
proper acts attributed by federal in
come tax officials to J. Marjorie
Berger.
Miss Berger, an income tax coun
sellor of Hollywood, was indicted
by a federal grand jury here yes
terday on 24 counts of alleged
crur.-nal aid in preparing fraudu
lent income tax returns for many
prc nlnent film performers. Gov
ernment officials declared she as
sisted in defrauding the _ treasury
out of more than a million dol
lars in recent years.
That the apprehension of the
screen celebrities may not be whol
ly unfounded was evidenced by the
announcement of United States At
torney W. S. McNabb that several
idols of the movie fans may be
named in conspiracy indictments.
One of the disclosures in the in
dictment was that the gross 1927
income of Rod LaRoque, as ap
proved” by Miss Berger, was $121,
987. She made deductions totalling
$43,870, leaving a net income of
$77,216 upon which a tax of $10,
648 was paid. The government
charged that LaRoque’s gross in
come was $182,779. and that deduc
tions should have totalled only $9,-'
667, leaving a net income of $173.
111. upon which a tax of $34,291
should have been paid.
MURDER CHARGE DISMISSED
ELIZABETHTON. Tenn.. March
13.—<JP)—Dr. Murrell Pinson and
Dr. W. H. Longmire were free to
day of charges that the death of
12-year-old Robert Grindstaff after
they had operated on him for
appendicitis, constituted murder.
S33 500 TEXAS BLAZE
BELLEVUE. Tex.. March 13.—UP)
—A block of the business district
of Bellevue was destroyed by a $33,
500 fire yesterday. It started in the
shoe department of the A. O. Tay
lor store, and the cause is un
known. 1
Valley Straw Hat Season
Will Be Opened Saturday
It’s all right boys—the cows will
not chase you.
It has been carefully explained
to each and every bovine that
straw hat season in the Valley of
ficially opens March 16 and al
though they thought this was in
fringing upon their rights, their
community pride finally brought
their signatures to the peace pact.
The warm ■weather of the past
few days was pointed out as a
positive in catio" of spring, de
spite reports of towns isolated by
snowstorms in Colorado. Spring
is here, or nearly so, is the con
census. The summer suits and
straw hats much in evidence at
the Brownsville airport celebra
tion have been increasing in num
ber since.
In preparation for opening of
the season, usually two weeks
earlier here than in other parts
cf the state, local stores have laid
in stocks cf straw hats and sum
mer suits. The maternal warmth
of the sun yesterday hatched a
choice assortment of “thatched
roofs” from their boxes and before
nightfall they were resting in the
show windows.
Textbook Board
Hit In Purchase
Of Geographies
AUSTIN, March 13.—{JF—The state had on hand in usable condition j
more than 400,000 copies of the geography then in use by the schools,
when the state txetbook commission last October decided to change the !
text, according to the majority report of the senate committee which in
vestigated the state free textbook law and the letting of contracts.
“We find that this number was.*
sufficient to run the schools this
year without purchasing a single
book,”' said the report signed by
Senators A. J. Wirtz of Seguin and
Will N. Martin of Hillsboro. “We
further find that to change the
present geography in use as well
as arithmetics, histories and many
of the other books that were sought
to be changed at the October meet
ing, would entail a loss to the state
of many hundreds of thousands of
dollars.” *
The majority committee concur
red in the recent opinion of Attor
ney General Claude Pollard which
held void certain awards made by
the commission. Senator C. C.
Small of Wellington, dissented in
this but he joined with the major
ity “in insisting that some regard
be given to the recommendations
i of county superintendents before
books are discarded; that more at
tention be paid to the supply of
books on hand at the time con
tracts expire; and that a more con
servative. and economical policy be;
adopted with reference to the use
of old books and the purchase and ;
adoption of new books.”
When the senate acts finally on j
the reports, the three investigations i
|ordered by this legislature will have,
been concluded except for filing of i
the report of the joint committee
which investigated the land office.
The land office committee com-,
pleted its inquiry yesterday but an-'
nounced it would defer its report
until the special session. The com
mittee which investigated the high
way commission had already filed
its report exonerating members of,
the commission cf charges which!
were brought against it,
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Galveslon Owner Declares
Receipts of $15,030 Net
ted In Holdup
GALVESTON. T< . M ;rch 13 —
(£*'—Louis Morris, proprietor of tne
Kit Kat club, and Andrew Lest, his
employee, were robbed of $15,000 on
leaving the club today, Morris told
police.
Morris and Bast were driving to
ward the city in an automobile from
the club, which is on the Galveston
Houston highway out of the city
limits. They drove a short distance
and another car pulled even with
thorn. They were commanded to
stop.
Two white men. one masked, in
the robbers’ car covered Morris and
Best with a rifle and a spotlight. A
leather bag containing mere than
>10,000 was taken from the car. anr’
$800 more was taken from Morris,
he said.
The Morris car was then clajnaged
by the robbers who drove toward
Galveston.
The Kit Kat club car usually is
followed to the city by a guard, but
today the guard left for Houston
some time before the closing hour,
Morris told police.
IT. S. TO AID CHICAGO COPS
CHICAGO, March 13.—(-L)—The
federal government, through Dis
trict Attorney George Q. Johnson,
has announced its intention to help
police dry up Chicago.
OFFICER GETS
5-MONTH TERM
Harlingen Constable Found
Guilty cf Aggravated As
sault In Shooting
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Five months in jail was the sen
tence meted out to Porter Eubanks,
Harlingen constable, by the jury in
criminal district court which late
Tuesday night found the officer
guilty of aggravated a -sault
The case grew out of a shooting
on a road nea;- Los Indies on the
night of February 22, in which a
car occupied by three schoolboys
was struck several times by bullets
and buckshot.
Strong Boynton, deputy constable,
who was indicted jointly with Eu
banks, secured a severance and his
case was-placed on call with the
probability that it would come to
trial the latter part of the week.
The Eubanks case went to the
jury shortly after 5 o'clock and the
verdict was returned at 8:33 p. m.
The three schoolboys Robert Con
ditt c? San Benito, and W. J. Morris
and Janies Franklin of Los Indias,
all under 13 ytars of age, testiifed
their car liad been fired upon by
the officers and forced into a ditch.
The y stated they thought they were
being attacked by highwaymen.
Robert Conditt testified he smelled
liquor on the breath of the men.
The defendant stated he was
watching the read for a liquor car
and had secured a search warrant,
and he thought the car in which
the .boys were riding was the one
• v hlch he was waiting. Several
witnesses testified they were with
Eubanks a few hours after the af
fair and smelled no liquor.
Attorneys are in doubt as to the
effect the conviction will have in
! connection with >he Harlingen n m
! retaining his office a. cemitacie. II ;
! was convicted cf a misdemeanor,
net a felony. The law provides that
when a sheriff or deputy sheriff is
indicted he is . uium tuoady sus
pended from office, but the law
makes no similar provisions for the
office of constable, it was stated.
Notice of appeal was given, and
Eubanks was released on bond pend
ing the an peal.
Fina”? Passage Of
Auto License Cut
Blocked In Senate
AUSTIN. Marjh 13.—(.P)—Pinal
passag eof the automobile license
fee reduction bill in the senate be
fore noon today was blocked by a
determined minority, which was,
however, unable to prevent adoption
of a corpurrent resolution suspend
ing thf' 24-hour rule.
SinceJ the rule requiring that no
bill may be finally passed during
the last 24 hours of a session is a
joint regulation, the house must
concur in the resolution by a two
thirds vote to resurrect the license
fee bill.
Hungry members finnaly agreed
“on their honor” to return at 2
o'clock and the call was removed,
leaving status of the bill in the
air.
Embargo Lifted
On Air Fleet Of
Tex-Mex Fisheries
The embargo applied Monday by
(nt. federal government preventing
the planes of the Tex-Mex fisheries
from entering Mexico for their daily
cargoes of fish from SotaL a Mar
ina. has been lifted by the depart
ment.
A telegram received Wednesday
morning from Representative John
N. Garner by Bascom Cox, presi
dent of the Brownsville Lions club,
suited that the department had not
ified the Brownsville customs offi
cials to lift the embargo.
The Brownsville Lions club sent
a telegram to Congressman Garner
V mday apprising him of the situa
tion and asking that he take it up
with the department.
Milling Crowd Goes
Into Panic As Police
Seek Bombers Be
lieved Responsible
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. March 13.—{/Pj
—Three persons were killed and
nine others .mostly children, were
injured today in two mysterious ex
plosions which wrecked two build
ings.
The first blast demolished a two
story brick building. The second
explosion ,two hours later, wrecked
a building two blocks away. A large
crowd, attracted by the earlier
blast, was milling about the street
when the second explosion took
place.
One of the wrecked buildings
housed a grocery store, with a
rooming house above. The second
building wa sa residence.
Police expressed belief the blasts
were set off by bombers and v. re
seeking two men seen leaving the
scene of the first explosion.
The dead:
MRS. MARY LEW, 65.
CHARLES DONALD NOLAN, 10.
DOROTHY CLOGGNER, 9.
The Injured:
Tom Nolan, 43,‘ Hr Mary No
lan, 38; Cathei i
ric Nolan, 16; Helen Norir.e Nolan,
8: John Patrick Nolan, 2; Tom
Tinney, 24; Mary Agnes Gloggner,
<k J. A. Gloggner.
CHICAGO, March 13.—H)—A
powerful time bomb exploded last
night at the entrance of the fash
ionable South Shore apartment
building owned by Jolm C. Schank,
head of the Hawthorne race track. ' -
The explosion wrecked the vesti
bule and did other damage esti
mated at $1,000. Persons living as
far as a block away were aroused.
The bomb was the second aimed
at the building. The first was on
September 20. 1S27. S. Js, -ho
occupies one of the first floor
apartments, could advance no mo
tive.
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NOBILE’S RESIGNATION
IS ACCEPTED BY ITALY
LONDON. March 13.— /?)—The
Exchange Telegraph company to
day said it had b 1 officially an*
: < unc i at Rome that G< n
berto Nobile, com mart' r of th ill
fated Italia expedition, hid reined
his rat\k and office. The ret igni
tions were accepted.
The official board of inqtb ' into
the Italia disaster last we. placed
di t blame upon Gen.me !c
for ’be loss oi the <i:ri.;ib\ i n
sured him for allowing hi .uelf to
be rescued from the ice firs
Gener .l Nobile Pad r» I ng and
dLstu pifshed ca
the Itali He v. s . nt
fascist and reached world vide
prominence when he flew with ,
Roald Amundsen in the ciiriwble
Norge across the nor :t pole ft m
Spitzbergen to Alaska in 1326.
REVIVAL CLOSES
RAYMOND VTLLE, March 13 —
The joint revival that has b^en con
ducted here for the past ten days
will close tonight with Lee B.
Starnes in the pulpit.
j THE WEATHER '
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Thursday, possibly with local
showers; not much change in tem
perature. Moderate variable W’inds
on the west coast, mostly north
erly.
For East Texas: Not received in
time.
RIVER FORECAST
There wrill be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass ..16 2.7 0.0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.5 -0.1 .00
Rio Grande . 21 4.2 -0.1 .00
Mission . 22 3.7 0.0 .00
San Benito . 23 7.2 -0.4 .00
Brownsville .18 1.6 0.0 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow:, under normal me
teorological conditions:
High.6:09 a. m.; 5:17 p. m.
Low . 12:02 p. m.; 11:58 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
! Sunset today . 6:33
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