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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 263 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1929 THIRTY PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY ■
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•VALLEY
■—
DESTRUCTION of flowers in
two widely separated sections of the
Valley are causing concern to
Brownsville residents.
Mrs. W. R. Jones tells of a beau
tiful plot of bluebonnets, the
Texas state flower, which are be
ing destroyed by thoughtless visi
tors to the plot. The flowers have
been spreading for the past several
years until now they are covering a
considerable area, but someone has
been gathering the blooms and at
the same time destroying great
numbers of the plants.
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“IP ALLOWED to mature this
year the patch wrill be one of the
show places of the Valley by next
spring,” Mrs. Jones said.
So if you find the bluebonnet
patch (we are not going to tell
just wTiere it is) remember not to
pull up the plants and don't gather
more than a very small bunch of
blooms. Every flower allowed to
mature this year will produce fifty
blooms next spring.
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AND THE OTHER site of de
struction s at the park out on the
rity resaca. A splendid start has
(been made out there, but Commis
sioner B. E. Hinkley and City
Architect Ben V. Proctor report
chat flowers are being destroyed
Almost as rapidly as they are
planted.
Unlike the patch of bluebonnets,
there Is a way to stop tne van
dalism in the park. Warning signs
* are to be posted and then persons
caught gathering flowers or re
moving plants will be dealt with
according to the law.
Officers are spending consid
erable time in the park to catch
those who are perpetrating tne
tneits.
Much money and time are being
spent in an effort to beautify the
park site. When it is completed
It will bring happiness to all citi
zens. rich and poor alike. The new
plants should be given an oppor
tunity to add their beauty to the
sceney
TWO FEATURES.‘each outstand
ing in their own field, have just
been purchased for readers of The
Herald.
They are "The Once Over” by
H. I. Phillips, the newspaper come
dian whose quips on events of the
day are proving the most popular
of the sort in America today, and ;
Robert L. Ripley’s famous car
toon, "Believe It or Not.”
The cartoon is the result of
world-wide touring and its author
• has been able to uncover such un
believable facts that his mail con
tains many hundred letters daily.
Most of those who write to Ripley
express the opinion he is an in
teresting liar.
But Ripley has a reputation for ;
proving every single thing pictured ]
in his cartoons.
Both of these features are ap
pearing ot\ the editorial page of
The Herald. We believe all of our
readers will enjoy them.
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MEXICO gives yet another proof
that the aerial route through
Brownsville is of great importance.
. At the instance of the southern
I republic, the United States post
7 office has ordered that all first
class mail destined for any part of
Mexico be sent through here. Pre
Rumably to be handled by airplane
during the revolution.
All mail other than first class, is
l to be sent into the country through
E7 Paso.
The Associated Press dispatch
says:
"Mail previously had been going
through Laredo but outbreak of
the revolution so handicapped its
movements from the border south
ward that the Mexican government
felt it could be expedited if con
tact with Mexican mail service
was made at El Paso and Browns
ville”
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PAVED HIGHWAY systems of
(Cameron and Willacy counties are
to be tied together in one con
r nected system when within five or
six W'^ck the F. P. McElwrath crew
completes a strip of paving from
Combes north to the Cameron line.
Isadore Moritz in his Willacy
County News, published at Rav
mondville. points out that cement
ing together of the two road sys
tems offers a splendid opportun
ity to cement the friendship of the
two counties. Suggests that a
monster celebration be staged.
THE SUGGESTION is timely
and is one which chambers of
commerce at Harlingen. Raymond
ville and other towns likely will
adopt.
The road now being constructed
is of great importance to Cameron
county as it one day will form a
link in a shorter route to Corpus
Christi, Houston and San Antonio.
When a highway finally is eon
Sstructed from the north Willacy
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HEAVY FORCE
BEING HURLED
AT MAZATLAN
Calles Sends Force To
Oppose Religious
Foes In South And
Nogales In North
U. S. SENDING
WAR VESSELS
TO MAZATLAN
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SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 23.—
(AP)—The I'nited States de
stroyer Robert Smith sailed
from here today with Mazatlan,
Mex., reported to be its destina
tion. It was reported that the
scout cruiser Omaha, flagship of
Rear Admiral Thomas Senn,
commander of the destroyer di
visions, and three additional
destroyers, are under orders to
leave port tomorrow, presum
ably for Mazatlan.
LAREDO, Tex., March 23— UP)—
A large armed band of rebels was
seen 20 miles west of Nuevo La
redo, opposite here across the Rio
Grande today, according to a ru- 1
mor which swept quickly through
“Los Dos Laredos.”
The danger seemed too near to
permit the rumor to pass uncheck
ed. General Enrique Torres, Nuevo
Laredo commander, was ready with
a large force to repel the invaders, j
Emiliano Ysaguirre, chief of the |
fiscal guards, had 80 fine men, j
loyal to the government, to help |
out.
Despite General Torrez’ assur
ance that the reported “rebels”
were cowboys rounding up cattle.
; a guard was thrown about Nuevo
' Laredo for the first time since the
revolution began.
Charles Mumm, secretary of the
Laredo Chamber of Commerce,
who lived more than 20 years in
Mexico City and Monterrey and is
familiar with the Mexican lan
guage. was stopped just outside of
Nuevo Laredo and turned back
when he sought to show a tourist
friend some of the immediately
adjacent country. Mumm said he
; was given no explanation.
FATE OF MAZATLAN
HANGS IN BATTLE
(Bv The Associated Press.)
The fate of Mazatlan hung in
the smoke of battle as the Mexican
rebel west coast army threw its full
strength on the seaport city be
fore federal reinforcements could
arrive. V/. T. Blocker. American
consul, was reported killed in the
fighting, but later denied this ru
mor.
Hot rebel attacks began Friday
night and lasted all through Satur
day.
Insurgents expected speedy cap
: ture of this key city in the west
; coast campaign after their head
, quarters at Nogales were informed
i insurgent troops had occupied the
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Quashing of Bills
Against Wurzbach
Is To Be Appealed
SAN ANTONIO. March 23.—W
1 —A federal court ruling today
quashing an indictment against
former Congressman Harry M.
Wurzbach will be appealed to the
United Sttaes supreme court, fed
eral district Attorney Hartman an
nounced.
The bill charged Mr. Wurzbach
with “receiving” and “being con
cerned in receiving” contributions
from government employes.
Judge Duval West held that sec
tion 208 of the United States crim
inal code, usually referred to as
: the criminal practices act. under
which the former congressman was
indicted, was not intended to ap
ply to primary elections, and that
if congress did so intend it to ap
ply. it was his opinion congress
exceeded its authority and that the
law was unconstitutional.
CAPTIVE SAFE. WELL
CADIZ. Ohio, March 23.—UPi—
Kidnaped Monday night by Mexi
can bandits, at San Benito, Zaca
tecas. Thomas L. Carnahan, native
of Cadiz, is safe and well, said a
message received by Cadiz rela
tives. they announced today. The
mining company by which he is
employed is negotiating for his re
lease.
TARIFF TEAM
These men will how oaaHiQ of-*
framing the original version of
the tariff bill of which the Val
ley is expecting great things.
They are Senator Reed Smoot,
top otf Utah, chairman of the
senate finance committee, and
Representative Willis C .Hawley,
below', of Oregon, chairman of
the house ways and means com
mittee.
BEGIN WORK ON
TARIFF MONDAY
Senate Committee to Begin
Drafting Measure For
Session Opening
WASHINGTON. March 23.—(A*)—
President Hoover and congressional
leaders have reached an under
standing whereby the executive
and legislative branches each are
to work on their own responsibility,
but full cooperation will be ex
tended.
This arrangement' was discussed
at a conference today between Mr.
Hoover and Senator Watson, of In
diana. republican senate leader and
the agreement was declared ac
ceptable by Watson.
The legislative program for the
forthcoming special session was
considered and Watson said it was
the intention to have the senate
and house start work simultan
eously on farm relief legislation as
soon as the session convenes on
April 15.
As soon as the farm bill is out
of the way in the house, tariff re
vision will be taken up.
HOOVER AND CONGRESS
WORK INDEPENDENTLY
WASHINGTON, March 23.——
Confident of the cooperation of
President Hoover, leaders in con
gress will start next week to work
out a farm relief plan to take the
place of the twievvetoed McNary
Haugen bill. The senate agricul
tural committee will meet Monday
to begin drafting a measure for in
troduction at the opening of the
special session, called for April 15
to deal with the farm and tariff
questions.
Although Mr. Hoover does not
intend to suggest a specific farm
relief plan because he believes this
to be the prerogative of congress,
farm leaders have been assurd that
they can expect his cooperation as
the work progresses.
The solution of the surplus prob
lem is considered by farm leaders
to be the principal task 'before
them.
3RD VICTIM OF GARY
NEGRO AXE MAN DIES
GARY. Ind.. March 23.—(.P)—The
third victim of a negro axe killer.
Mary Gigl, 16, Milwaukee, died to
day.
The girl and her sweetheart,
Chester Dibalski. of Gary, were at
tacked by Gillis Mack. 28. negro.
Dibalski was expected to recover.
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WOMAN MAY PAY
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THE WHOLE BILL
* * *
100 YEARS HENCE
CHICAGO. March 23.—(JP}—
The melodramatic expression “the
woman pays,” some day may be
true literally—because the man
can't.
After a survey of data from
governmental and private sources,
Lawrence Stern and Company,
investment bankers of Chicago
and New York, tonight estimated
that approximately 41 per cent
of the individual wealth of the
country is controlled by women.
One statistician, said the re
port. figured out that if women
continued their present rate of fi
nancial ascendency, all the wealth
of the country would be in fem
inine hands by the year 2035.
POLICETwAIT
KELLY RALLY
Doctor Gives Attacked Wes
laco Man Even Chance As
Hunt Continues
EDINBURG. March 23.—Claude
'Kelley, slugged at the home of his
father-in-law early-Tuesday mani?
an unknownPacker, re-'
mained in a critical condition at the
Medical Arts hospital here tonight.
Dr. J. M. Doss, who has attended
Kelley almost constantly since the
attempted murder said his patient
was doing as “well as could be hoped
for under the circumstances.”
The doctor added that he had
high hopes for the recovery of. the
victim, although his skull wTas
crushed over the left temple by a
plunt instrument, leaving him para
lyzed in the arms and lower part of
the bondy and unable to speak. At
times. Kelley apparently has re
gained consciousness.
Doctor Doss believes that should
Kelley live, he evtually will over
come the paralysis partially, but it
is posible that he may never regain
his speech.
City Marshal M. C. Galbreath of
Weslaco late Saturday night had not
given up the theory of an attack by
two negroes, seen in W’eslaco the
night the banker's son-in-law was
clubbed. Suporters of this theory
were upheld by the fact that the
pair have not been seen since Mon
day night, but it is feared that the
hunt in this direction may prove a
hopeless chase.
Meanwhile, officers are anxiously
awaiting a rally by Kelley that may
enable him to give a description of
his would-be slayer.
M. R. Hall. Cameron county at
torney, and Claude E. Kelley," who
was attacked in the home of his
father-in-law. E. C. Couch, at
Weslaco early Tuesday, were college
mates at the University of Texas
and they later were members of the
Nixon. Texas, public school faculty
together.
Mr. Hall paid high tribute to the
character of the man attacked and
expressed assurance that his friend
never had wronged any man.
“Claude Kelley was a man of high
character, quiet and self possessed.”
Hall said. “He was not a man who
would attack anyone, but he was a
type sure to take steps to prevent
the robbery of his home.”
It is Mr. Hall’s theory that Mr.
Kelley awakened to find someone
in his room and that he was struck
down when he moved to capture the
prowler.
AMERICANS IN CHINA
SEEKING PROTECTION
WASHINGTON. March 23.—UPi—
The uprising of Chinese commun
ists which has resulted in the burn
ing and pillaging of missions in
southern Kiangso is causing some
concern to W'ashington because of
the danger to American lives and
property.
The uprising is separate from the
military movement of the Wuhan
Clique aaginst the Nanking govern
ment.
Douglas Jenkins, American con
sul at Canton has insisted that the
Canton authorities send troops to
the section to proec lives and pro
perty of Americans and other for
eigners. A report from Jenkins to
day said that the authorities were
complying with hi request.
BANDITS ROB PASSENGERS
ELIZABETH. N. J., March 23.—
(ZP>—Six men held up and robbed
pasengers on a New Jersey Central
railroad train as it entered Eliza
j bethport tonight. The men. each
with two revolvers, escaped in a
i heavy fog.
U. S. PATROL
MAN CARRIED
OFFBOAT
Craft of Bootleggers
Runs Away With
Wounded Officer on
Board; Police Chase
DETROIT, March 23.—OP)—Earl
Roberts, a customs border patrol
inspector, was shot and wounded
probably fatally by rum runners
whom he accosted as they were
beaching their boat at Algonac on
the St. Clair river north of here
late tonight.
Roberts had stepped aboard the
rum runners’ craft. He pitched
forward into the boat and the crew
put into the river without stop
ping, carrying the wounded officer j
with them, said W. J. Stoutmeyer,
deputy collector of customs, who
was with Roberts.
All available speed boats were
pressed into service to search the
St. Clair river and Lake St. Clair
for the rum runners. State police
joined with the Marine City bor
der patrol in the hunt for the boat.
A youth believed to have wit
nessed the shooting was sought.
—The pilot put his craft, out into
the river and W. J. Stoutme\er,
deputy collector of customs, with
Roberts at the time of the Kidnap
ing spread the alarm.
Dr. W. E. Cathcart of Port Lamp
ton. Out., finally reported to police
that he had treated Roberts’ wound
and placed the inspetcor on a ferry
bound for the United States. Rob
erts had been picked up on a wharf
at Port Lampton.
CHARGElEASE
GAVE TO G. 0. P.
Patronage Committee Told
Dem Senator Aided Foes;
Charge Is Denied
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WASHINGTON, March 23.—OP)—
The senate patronage committee
heard testimony today that Senator
Blease. democrat, South Carolina,
contributed $500 to the campaign
funds of Joseph W. Tolbert, re
publican national committeeman
for that state and that J. D. E.
Meyer, federal district attorney at
Charleston, acted as the committee
man’s collector.
“Tolbert told me.” W. F. Brown,
a Charleston contractor, testified
‘that he wanted Blease for district
attorney, that Blease had contrib
uted $500 and that while gover
nor he pardoned two of his cousins,
one of whom, a man named Hen
derson. was postmaster at North
Charleston.”
In a statement Blease denied the
charge, declaring that he had never
heard of Brown and that his in
formation was “a lie made out of
the whole cloth.”
AIR CHIEF’S BODY
ARRIVES IN S. A.
SAN ANTONIO, March 23.—UP)—
The body of Major William
Nicholas Hensley, Jr., air chief of
the eighth corps area, arrived here
today aboard a train which had
been escorted by an aerial guard
of honor on part of its journey.
The major died enroute to Roches
ter, Minn., where he was to be
treated.
EAKER IN SAN ANGELO
ON WAY TO SEATTLE
I SAN ANGELO. March 23.—UP)—
Several hundred persons greeted
Captain Ira Eaker when he landed
here today from San Antonio in his
tiny record seeking ship Pan Amer
ican. The pilot announced he would
take off early tomorrow for Los An
geles and hoped to reach Seattle,
Wash., Monday night.
Among those to meet Captain
Eaker at the airport was his father,
Y. Y. Ealier of Eden, who underwent
an operation here Tuesday.
25 FACE LIQUOR CHARGE
TYLER. Texas. March 23.—UP) —
Twenty-five persons face liquor
charges and hundreds of gallons of
whiskey, wine and beer are in pos
session of officers as the result of
raids here last night and today by
federal agents led by Bee Cowan
of Beaumont, deputy prohibition
I administrator for the eastern dis
Itrict of Texas.
I
Sunken Ship May
Have Been Alien
Carrier is Belief
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NEW ORLEANS, March 23.—(/P)—Federal authorities here awaited
tonight the arrival of the coast guard cutter Dexter to start an investi
gation into the sinking, by coast guard gunfire, of the British schooner
Imalone, smuggling suspect, near Sigsbee Deep in the Gulf of Mexico. •
The ship went down in one of the deepest spots in the gulf, 200 miles
from the Louisiana coast and 150 miles from Yucatan. Reports said it
sank, while some officials here were inclined to believe it was only partly
submerged from the drilling of three pounders.
CAVALRY HEAD
VISITS POST
General Crosby Honored
With Dance At Fort
Brown Saturday
Major General Herbert B. Cros
by. chief of cavalary of the United
States army, who arrived at Fort
Brown Saturday morning, was guest
of honor at a reception and dance
given by the officers and ladies of
the post at 9 p. m. Saturday.
About 200 invitations were issued
to the officers and townspeople of
Brownsville. The affair took place
in the officers’ club at Fort Brown,
which was decorated in evergreens
and spring flowers for the occasion.
The twelfth cavalry orchestra fur
nished music and a two-course sup
per was served at 11:30 p. m.
The receiving line was composed
of General Crosby, guest of honor;
Col. and Mrs. Wm. T. Johnston.
Colonel and Mrs. Stanley Koch;
Major and Mrs. H. L. Flynn, and
their guest, Mrs. A. S. Rochenback
er, wife of General Rochcnbacker,
who is stationed at San Antonio:
and Captain and Mrs. Vernon M.
Shell.
Captain and Mrs. Clyde Austin,
Lieut, and Mrs. Clyde Massey and
Lieut. Howard A. K. Perilliat were
the committee which had charge of
the arrangements for the dance.
General Crosby arrived here Sat
urday morning in the course of a
tour of inspection which is taking
him to every cavalary station in
the country. No review of troops
was held, at General Crosby’s re
quest, because a number of the men
were out on the firing range.
He was to leave on Sunday morn
ing for Fort Ringgold, and expects
to go from there to Fort McKin
tosh.
McALLEN SAVES BY
OPERATING TRUCKS
McALLEN. March 23.—The sum
of $122.01 was saved by the city j
of McAllen during the mon^h of :
February by owning the city gar
bage trucks, it is shown by a re
port of the disposal department.
Two trucks were purchased by
the city in January and the old
method of the city paying private !
persons for the hauling of gar
bage from the residences to the
incinerator was done away with.
COLORADO HAS BLIZZARD
DURANGO. Colo., March 23— <JP> !
—A blind blizard swept the San i
Juan basin late today and tonight i
all railroads leading into Durango
were blocked by huge drifts and
snowslides. All highways were im
passable.
HOUSTON LEADS
HOUSTON. March 23.——
Houston’s building permits for the
first three months of 1929 ap
proaached the $6,000,000 mark as
i*ie Bayou City led all other mu
nicipalities of the state in permits
issued during the past week.
HOOVER. STINSON TO PARLEY
WASHINGTON, March 23.—VP)—
WTith the arrival Monday or Henry
L. Stinson to take over the secre
tary of stateshfp. President Hoover
will turn attention to foreign af
fairs.
FRESHIES WIN
COLLEGE STATION. March 23.
—i/P)—Winning first place in ail
except three events, the Texas Ag
gie freshmen track team trounced
John H. Reagan high school of
Horn ton in their dual meet here
to dry 77 to 32.
SANDINO FOLLOWERS FLEE
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Mar.
23.—(JP)—A band of more than 100
followers of Augustino Sandino to
day entered the Honduras village
of Cacamuya near the Nicaraguan
border. They were fleeing from
American airplanes attempting to
,,locate them*
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inis point was oi particular in
terest to officials since United
States Attorney Edward E. Talbot
expressed the personal opinion that
the stiff resistance of the Imalone
crewr indicated the schooner also
was carrying a cargo of aliens, who
either were drowned or now were
held in the hold of the submerged
vessel.
Coast guard officers gave little
credit to this opinion, however, say
ing the ship probably was carrying
liquor and narcotics.
The proposed investigation to
morrow will center particularly on
whether the schooner first was en
countered within the 12-mile limit,
to determine if there will be any
diplomatic complications with the
British government. If the chase
started within the limit, officials
said the guardsmen were within
their jj jp "IftVijTft w clown. |
The cutter, bearing the schooner’s
crew in irons and the body of a
drowned negro seaman, was net ex
pected here until early in the
morning when United States Attor
ney Talbot, customs and coast
guard officials plan to start the in
quiry to determine if the sinking
and capture of the crew were legal.
Only meager official radio re
ports on the encounter between the
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FOURDROWN AS
BOAT CAPSIZES
—
2 Save Lives By Swimming
To Tree And Holding On
Until Rescued
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 23.
—(/P)—Four members of a fishing
party drowned in the warrior river
late today when their boat capsized.
Two occupants of the boat who
swam to a tree top were rescued.
The dead are Marvin Harris. Ar
vin Harris, Felix Parsons and Har
Henry la Foy and Reuben Hum
phrey were taken from a tree top
to which they made their way.
WICHITA, Kan., March 23
The body of Raymond Anderson, 5,
who drowned in the little Arkansas
river here tonight when a boat cap
sized, was recovered by Elizabeth
Royer, 1, high school girl, who
dived while dozens of men looked
on.
GUBERNATORIAL BEE
IN KIRBY’S MIND
HOUSTON, March 23.—(P)—John
Henry Kirby, millionaire Houston
lumberman, probably will be a
democratic candidate for the gov
ernorship in 1930, it was learned
here today.
Asked to confirm the report, Mr.
Kirby said: “It is true my present
inclination is to respond to solicita
tions of numerous friends that I
offer my services as chief execu
tive to my native state.”
Mr. Kirby, reputed to have the
largest holding of pine forests of
any man in the United States, has
taken an active part in state and
national politics for many years.
BLAST LAID TO BOMB
CLEVELAND. March 23.—(Pi
Belief that the explosion at the
Valley Camp Coal company mine
at Parnassus, Pa., Thursday, which
killed 46 miners and trapped 300
others, was caused by a bomb
planted at the foot of the conveyor
in the tipple was expressed tonight
by James A. Paisley, Cleveland,
president of the company.
FEDERALS BUY PLANES
LAREDO, Texas. Maixh 23.—(P)
—After a brief halt here for fuel,
three armed bombing planes, pur
chased by the Mexican government
in the United States, took off late
today for an unannfunced destina
tion in Mexico, presumably Mon
terrey. \
MANY OTHERS
BELIEVED TO
HAVE DROWNED
13 of 21 Boys Saved
As Scout Camp Is
Washed Away; City
In Tennessee Hit
ATLANTA. March 23.—(/P)—Tor
nadoes, rainstorms, and fresh
floods which whipped the south
from Louisiana to Virginia this
week-end tonight had claimed at
least 35 lives. Five were missing
and probably were swept to their
death.
The chief of police at Harriman,
Tenn., told The Associated Press
tonight that 20 persons were drown
ed in swollen Emery river which
covered the city to a depth of 30
feet with its churning mountain
water.
White creek, near Rockwood.
Tenn., caught a party of 21 Boy
Scouts on the roof of a camping
bungalow today and swept eight of
them downstream before rescuers
could reach them with boats. Three
bodies wer erecovered, five were
missing, and 13 were rescued.
Many Tennessee communities
were isolated tonight, as the wa
ters of mountain streams receded
after flooding the countryside.
Rain storms over the week-end
brought the deluge of flood waters
through gorge-like Piedmont river
channels.
Three negroes were killed by a
tornado at Harriston, Miss., and
two negroes met death in a Similar
disturbance at Plains, Ga., today.
Tornadoes yesterday took the lives
of five negro children, in a church
used for a school at Merrellton. Ala.,
and killed a white child at Small
creek, N. C. A farmer was struck
dead by lightning at Alpharetta,
Ga.
The week-end disturbances came
just as rehabilitation of the home
less had got a good start among
flood ravaged areas of Alabama,
Mississippin, Florida and Georgia.
The rainstorms added Kentucky
and eastern Tennessee to the flood
ridden southern list.
FIND BODIES OF
3 IN SCOUT CAMP
DAYTON. Tenn., March 23.—(IF)
White creek flood waters caught a
party of 21 Boy Scouts on the roof
of a creek side cabin near Rock
wood, Tenn., today, and a scout
master and two Boy Scouts were
drowned. Five others are missing,
and believed dead. The rest, 13,
were rescued.
This information was brought to
Dayton by a correspondent for the
Chattanooga News. He said Scout
master Jim Wright and J. C. Hill
and Ed Burnett were drowned and
their bodies recovered. The miss
ing are Jack Shambarth. Lawrence
Montgomery. Woodrow Kerr, Roy
Green, and Fred Burnett.
The boys noted the rising White
creek water at 5 a. m. and the
scoutmaster ordered them on the
roof. Neighbors heard their cries
and took some of them off before
the others were swept away.
POLICE CHIEF SAYS
20 DEAD AT HARRIMAN
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 23.—
UP)—The chief of police at Harri
man. Tenn., told The Associated
Press by telephone tonight that he
was certain 19 persons had been
drowned by floods in or near Harri
man. He said ‘Maybe 20 folks'’
lost their lives.
Mrs. Maud Hill and four chil
dren, Bob Underwood, coal dealer;
Mrs. F. O. Jenkins and four chil
dren. Lon Branham, his wife and
one child; Will Wright, wife and
one child, Jonah Smith, “an old
gentleman,’’ Jim Gryman, a factory
night watchman.
No bodies had been recovered, the
chielf said.
The officer reported a few min
utes later that “A Mrs. McElroy”
also was drowned. He said most
of the dead lived at or near Harri
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THE WEATHER
West Texas; Generally fair,
colder in the Panhandle Sunday;
Monday, partly cloudy.
East Texas: Partly cloudy Sun
day: Monday, increasing cloudiness,
cooler in the interior. Moderate
southerly winds on the coast.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy to un
settled and colder Sunday and
Monday,
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