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_• --—- ————————■ ..—— I -———- — - ' — . — 1 ■ _____ . — _ • * --. -, . (j Inmmsinllf iicnitd t11& nr * Brownsville, Texas , « San Antonio — Houston l________________^^ THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(JP) -- - -—■—■■ ■ ■ - ' ■ 1 ■■ '■ '■■"■■■■■■ i ■■'■ i 1 ■ . .. ■ - ■■■■ 11 111 '■■ — ■■■■ ■ ■■ ■ — — ■■ ■«■ 11 — ■ 111 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 266 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY m oue VALLEY ''i y WHEN FORMER Ohio citizens now living in the Valley met at Olmito Sunday and perfected a permanent organization it brought the total of home state clubs in this section to more than 20—indi cating the wide appeal of the section. Recognizing the large percentage of the Valley’s population made up of people who recently have left their homes in other states, John T. Floore, manager of the Valley mid-winter fair at Harlingen has created a new’ department for them. The department, as yet unnamed, is designed to give these groups a place in the exposition and to make them feel that they “belong” in the Valley. • • * MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH, buried in France Tuesday, was ac corded honors by the United States army never surpassed for any for eign leader and only once has it been equalled. It is reported that at the death of Lafayette the same salute wras fired. 21 guns at reveille and one gun each thirty minutes through out the day until retreat. France is said to have returned the com pliment when like honors were accorded to George Washington. The fact that the great French general was being buried was brought forcibly to the attention of Brownsville residents throughout the day by the gun at Fort Brown, as it w’as to the citizens living near all military posts in the United States. • • • The salute fired to Foch is ex ceeded only on the death of a president of the United States, that of a past president, of the secre tary of wrar or the assistant secre tary. If a president or past president dies 13 guns are fired at all army posts early in the morning and one gun is fired each thirty minutes throughout the day with a 48 gun saluta at retreat. This on the day following notice of the death of the official. Then on the day of his burial 21 minute guns are fired after the funeral service and while the body is being transported to its last resting place. In case of the death of a vice president, secretary of war or his assistant the 21 gun salute is fired in the morning and the one gun salutes are continued throughout the day until retreat. On the day of the burial of such official 19 minute guns are fired following the funeral service. The flag remains at half mast throughout the day. • • • UP AT DONNA a member of a home demonstration club has per fected a new use for Valley lemons, said to be about to go to waste— thousands of bushels of them—in spite of their superiority over California and Florida lemons. Mrs. George W. Vaughn has found that the peel makes a highly effective furniture polish. She says: “I take olive or sweet oil and put in as many lemon peels as it will cover, using fresh peel with lots of oil in it. I let this stand for per haps a week and then strain out the peel and the oil is ready for use. For new’ furniture the oil should be applied and then allowed to stand for about an hour before polishing. but for old furniture it 1.5 best to let it stand for several hours. This oil gives an excellent polish which doesn't come off in a day or two but is good for several weeks with Just a little rubbing and polishing. • • • “Probably a number of Valley housewives will want to try this and I am sure that the men folks hope they use the remaining meat of the fruit in preparing lemon pies, lemonade and other edibles. “At any rate it is a use for lemons. Be sure to use the Valley kind.” BENEFIT ASSOCIATION CARNIVAL IS PLANNED (Special to The Herald) M'ALLEN. March 27.—Members Of the Woman's Benefit association are to hold an indoor carnival at the McAllen Knights of Columbus hall here Thursday night. Mrs. A. W. Owens of 1991 N. Twelfth street, president of the organization, an nounces. Members of the assicatlon in all parts of the Valley have been in vited to attend and to bring guests. LAREDO MAN IS GIVEN NEW TRIAL AUSTIN. March 27.—1&\—The death penalty given Willie Grady by a Hunt county jury for criminal assault was affirmed by the court of criminal appeals today. R. K. Mims, former president of the State Bank and Trust company of Laredo, given two years for al leged misapplication of bank funds, gets a new trial, the court having reversed and remanded the case. Garza Convicted In School Boy Liquor Case TWO YEARS IS SENTENCE FOR MESCAL SALE Four Youths ‘Drank Quart In Five Min utes,” One Witness Testifies Mescal hunts were described in detail by five San Benito high school bovs and two other youths who testified Tuesday afternoon in criminal district court in the cases in which David Aguirre and Eu bencio Garza wrere the defendants, trial of the cases occupyiing the en tire afternoon. A sentence of two years* was im posed in the case of Garza after four youths had described the pur chase of a quart of mescal from him. Garza plead not guilty but presented no evidence in his own behalf. A verdict of acquittal was re turned in the case of David Aguirre. The defendant is under another in dictment in which a similar charge is made. Trial of Dominga Galvan, a wom an, the third case in which alleged sale of liquor to high school boys is involved, has been set for April 9. Three high school boys testified that on the night of February 27 they were hunting a bootlegger in Mexiquito and secured a pint of mescal. Only one of the boys iden tified Aguirre as the individual from (Continued on Page Ten.) HOOVER LAUDS TEXAS LEADER —— ■ — Commends Organiation Of R. B. Creager and Other Committeemen (Special to The erald.) WASHINGTON, D. C. March 27. Commendation of the republican or ganization in Texas, headed by R. B. Creager of Brownsville, repub lican national committeeman, was expressed Tuesday by President Hoover in a pronouncement covering party organizations and conditions in the South. Other southern republican leaders whose organizations met the appro | val of the president were Oliver D. Street, national committeeman for Alabama; Wallace Townsend,« na tional committeeman, Arkansas; Emile Kuntz. committeeman for Louisiana, and Glenn B. Skipper, committeeman for Florida. This wras the first purely political pronouncement of the president since entering the White House. He frankly informed the old organiza tions of South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi that they had lost the confidence of the administra tion because of abuses in handling federal patrcmage. He called upon the republicans of those states to build up new organizations. Announcement was made by Sen ator Smith Brookhart, chairman of the senate committee, investigating southern patronage, that the presi dent's pronouncement would in no way affect the work of that com mittee. The president’s statement was made in response to inquiries by newspaper men. He stated among other things that the building up of responsible organization^ “must in every conception of local self 1 government evolve from those states j themselves.” He commended the work of a number of southern republican lead ers and their effort to “broaden the basis of party organization by the establishment of advisory commit tees of the highest type of citizen ship to deal with administrative questions and who also co-operate :With independent democrats.” JAPANESE FREIGHTER RESCUES ITALIANS TOKYO, March 27.—Wire less dispatches to naval authorities today told of the rescue of the of ficers and crew of the Italian de stroyer Muggia by the Japanese freighter Matsumoto Maru. The Muggia, with a reported 76 men aboard, sank Monday night in a storm 150 miles northeast of Shanghai. The freighter, of the Nippon Yusen Kaicha line, received the SOS call and hurried to the scene of the disaster, rescuing the crew --— REORGAN IZATION * * # OF ROAD BUREAU. * * * HOLDER DEMAND AUSTIN. March 27.—UP)—Re organization of the state highway department “from top to bottom” is advocated by Representative Ray Holder of Lancaster, who ar rived today to attend sessions of the house appropriations com mittee. He was the chief advocate of the motor vehicle registration fee bill, which passed both houses only to die because of lack of a quorum of the lower house to concur in amendments placed on it by the senate. The measure called for a reduction of 50 per cent in registration fees. It was opposed by the highway depart ment. Holder said he would insist on at least a 50 per cent reduction. PERLELECTED R. M. A. HEAD Visiting Delegates At San Benito To Be Guests of Local Association Election of officers, discussion of plans for assisting San Benito mer chants in entertaining the state con vention and decision to curb activ ities of solicitors for “fake” adver tising were highlights of the meet ing of the Retail Merchants asso ciation of Brownsville, held at the chamber of commerce building Tuesday evening. Sam Perl of The Fashion was elected president and J. W. Ains worth of Ainsworth and Colgin, vice president. An advisory board of five members was named. These are Edwin W. Taylor, Talor Lumber Co., chair man; Sherwood Bishop. Bishop's Print Shop; John R. Harris, Fron tier Lumber Co.; John Pipkin, Hicks Rubber Co.; and Sam Hughston, insurance. The president is an ex officio member of the board. The meeting was called to order by W. A. French, who explained the purpose of the gathering, and Sam Perl was made temporary chairman. The organization was perfected with 60 charter members and Perl, in accepting the election as presi dent. urged the support of those al ready lined up with the association in a drive to enroll additional firms. A goal of 300 was adopted after the president had stressed the need for making the association the “biggest and best” in this section of the state. Five hundred delegates are expect ed to attend the state convention of the Retail Merchant association in San Benito May 13 to 15 inclusive, Perl told the meeting and suggested that arrangements be perfected to assist the San Benito merchants with the entertainment. Hughston was named chairman of a committee to solicit subscriptions to a fund of $100. which is to be raised in Brownsville to aid in pay ing the cost of the convention. A. A. Hargrove and E. E. Morgan are to assist him. Every member of the association was made a member of the reception committee and all are to wear badges. All members also are to be on the permanent entertainment Speakers explained that the hotel accommodations of San Benito would not provide for all of the vis itors and that the overflow would be cared for in Brownsville and Har lingen. To make this plan effective, cars are to be furnished by Brownsville business men to transport visitors (Continued on page ten.) CALLES ARMY PRESSES ON TO ESCALON Gen. Almazan Chases Fleeing Rebels A cross Wastes To ward Chiuhahua WASHINGTON, March 27-—T^P> American Consul Wm. P. Blocker at Mazatlan, reported to the state department today in a telegram sent at 6 o’clock last night that the rebel forces which had attack ed that city were in full retreat north of Quila. General Calles’ steam-roller tac tics in fighting the rebels appeared to be developing broadly today. The general’s main army was steadily advancing northward and capture of Escalon, important rebel outpost town, appeared imminent. A rebel chase along the west coast also was reported by the gov ernment which said the insurgents who abandoned the siege of Mazat lan after a heavy fight, faced being bottled up at Culican. Insurgent headquarters insisted a small rebel force was still besieging Mazatlan. Advices from Culican stated fed eral troops were marching on that place from Durango. If they cap ture it, they could cut off numerous (Continued on Page Ten.) RIFT SEEN ON FARM PROBLEM President And Leaders In Congress Differ On Prin ciple Of Bill By JAMES L. WEST (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, March 21.—(IP)— A rift appears to be developing be tween President Hoover and some of the congressional leaders charged with drafting farm relief legisla tion. The surface reason is the deter mination of the chief executive to refrain from writing an agricultural measure and imposing it upon con gress, but behind that is a sharp divergence of views as to the prin ciple of the bill. Some of the farm leaders in con gress take the position that since Mr. Hoover led the fight before the country for a relief measure omit ting the equalization fee principle and interpreted the party platform as to a specific program, he should play the principal part in framing the legislation. The president’s view is that the Kansas City platform provided a plan; that this was presented to the country time and again and the principles are well known alike to congress and the country. The disagreement on the funda mental principles of the bill revolves around powers to be given the pro posed farm board. Mr. Hoover’s idea is for a grant of power which would enable the board to deal with not onlv the present problem in the ag ricultural industry, but also those that may arise in the future. This is resisted in some congress ional quarters on several grounds. One is that the board given such power might encroach upon the functions of other agencies of the government, such as the Interstate Commerce commission and the farm loan board. IMPEACHED OKLAHOMA CITY, March 27. —@—Five articles of impeach ment against Chief Justice C. W. Mason of the Oklahoma supreme court had been adopted shortly after noon by the house of repre sentatives. The last was identical with two charges pending against Justices J. W. Clark and Fletcher Riley. *Yankee Doodle Birdmen ’ To Join Mexican Rebels \ __ JUAREZ, Chihuahua, Mexico, March 27.— (/P) —"The Yankee Doodle Birdmen,” a fighting air squadron of American pilots, has come into being as an adjunct of the rebel army. Captain R. H. Polk, American aviator at Jiminez has been ap pointed flight commander of the foreign air legion, he revealed last night. He will lead at least three additional pilots from the United- States in a war from the air upon the Mexican federal forces, it was said. Identity of other pilots was not announced. General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, commander-in-chief of the revo lutonists, has had opportunity to observe the efficacy of any air force. A/federal bomber attacked Jiminez, the rebel base, yester day, and killed four persons and injured 17. When the rebels occupied Torreon, federal air raids resulted in several casual ties. The rebels have two bombing planes available and it was re ported they own several planes suitable for conversion into either fighting or bombing ships* VOTE ON PARK SITE IS ASKED Harlingen Commission Ask ed To Recall Arroyo Site Buy In Petitions • (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. March 27—Har lingen's park row took a new turn Wednesday when opponents of the Arroyo Country club site purchase began circulating petitions calling on the city commission to rescind its recent action in contracting to buy the site and urging that the proposition be submitted to a vote of the people. The Harlingen charter provides that a referendum may be in voked upon petition of 25 per cent of the voters of the city, according to J. C.' Myrick, Harlingen attor ney, one of the leaders opposing the Arroyo park purchase. The petition is expected to be presented to the city commission Wednesday night, the date for the regular meeting of that body. Be tween 250 and 500 signatures are expected to be attached to the peti tion, Myrick said. Petitions wTere being circulated in all parts of the city Wednesday. “Regardless of what action may be taken in connection with the in junction proceedings now pending in civil district court, we propose to bring this matter to a vote," My rick said, in stating that the peti tions were being circulated for the dual purpose of recommending that the city commission rescind its ac tion and also to invoke the referen dum clause of the city charter. In the event the city commission rescinds its action the injunction suit, which is set for Thursday morning before Judge A. M. Kent in Brownsville, probably will be dis missed. as was a former injunc tion when the city commission re scinded its original action in con nection with the park site pur chase. 1 Carter and Stiernberg. who have I frequently handled legal matter for the city, today denied that any agreement had been made by the city commission to submit the park proposal to a referendum vote or that they had agreed not to pur chase the Arroyo park at the time they rescinded their original ac tion. According to reports here $80,000 in warrants have been issued for the purchase of the Arroyo Coun try club property and have been turned over to Lloyd H. Thompson, trustee for the owners. CUT IN OIL OUTPUT TO ’28 BASIS URGED NEW YORK. March 27.—UP)—A return on April 1 to the 1928 pro duction basis was recommended to the directors of the American Petroleum Institute today by the institute’s committee on world pro duction and consumption of petro leum and its products. Announcement of the commit tee’s action was made by R. C. Holmes, president of the Texas company and general chairman of a meeting of oil producers held at the institute’s officer. ALLRECORDS OF PAST FOR ONE DAY FALL Loadings Continue To Be Heavy; 70 Mixed Cars Roll; 131 Cab bage, 28 Potatoes A new high record for Lower Rio Grande Valley shipments was estab lished when 322 cars were loaded, surpassing not only the season rec ord but also the daily loading rec ord for any previous season. From Brownsville to Mission all loading points on both the Mis souri Pacific and Southern Pacific were scenes of great activity. Vege tables of every variety were rolling in to the loading platforms in every increasing volume until a late hour in the afternoon. Both railroads had ample refrigerator cars on hand to supply the unprecedented demand. The heavy loadings were con tinuing Wednesday, according to reports from all shipping points, but the Tuesday record is not ex pected to be exceeded. Loadings Tuesday included 70 cars of mixed vegetables, a new high record for one day; 9 beets; 25 carrots; 25 beets and carrots, 131 cabbage, 7 onions, 28 potatoes, also (Continued on Page Ten.) Shooting of Rev. Wallace Told Of On Witness Stand TYLER, March 27—OP)—'The cool ing of friendship between the fam ilies of the Rev. Fount Wallace, Baptist minister of Troup, and Loys Wilson, Troup garage man, as noted in the community was brought out qn the witness stand here today in the trial of Wilson charges of mur dering the minister last April. A. D. Tarbutton, owner of the drug store, in front of which Wal lace was shot, described the shoot ing. “Wilson drove up in his wrecker from the garage.” Tarbutton said. “Wallace was talking to several per sons on the sidewalk in front of the store. Wilson said, ‘All right, brother, prepare to meet your God.’ The shot rang out almost as Wil son spoke.” RAIN ON PLAINS AMARILLO, March 27—(jP)—Rain over the Panhandle and South Plains late yesterday and today vir tually assures the largest wheat crop on record in this district. The to tal precipitation at Amarillo was 1.25 inches. SUPPRESSED SEX * * * QUIZZES TO BE * * * PRINTED AT U. T. AUSTIN. March 27.—(/P)—The Daily Texan, University of Texas student publication, said today the sex questionnaire supressed at the University of Missouri last week would be reprinted in a publication on th? local campus to give undergraduates oppor tunity to answer it. The paper which will print the questionaire is “The Barb,” pub lished in the interest of non fraternity students at the univer sity, the Daily Texan saia. Tabulated results of the in quiry, which the Missouri Board of curators deemed too Intimate for circulation, will be forwarded to the University of Missouri. LONGFIGHTING LOSING BATTLE Virtually Entire Daily Press Of Louisiana Deserts Governor BATON ROUGE, La., March 27. —OP)—Political lines were awry to day as a gre8t push started in the. state legislature to drive Governor Hughey P. Long from office on im peachment charges, embracing 19 counts, including one to plot mur der. Fighting the battle of his tumult uous political life, the 36-year-old governor struck back sternly under the handicap of his thinning ranks. He went down to defeat in his first major counter attack when he lost in his attempt to adjourn the leg islature by a vote of 38 to 55. For weeks his opponents, bitter at his official actions, have been working toward impeachment but they held back through fear they could not muster the necessary two-thirds majority. Developments of recent days, including desertion from Gov. Long of virtually the entire daily press of Louisiana, have given them hope. The administration forces, how ! ever, believe they can muster suf ficient strength to their cause to thwart impeachment efforts. They brand the charges as “political chi canary” and plan to protect the administration through parlia mentary maneuvers. Attempts to force a sine die ad journment failed when the house of representatives refused to ad journ and instead listened to the formal reading of the impeachme it resolution and an affidavit by Har ry A. Bozeman, known as “Battling” Bozeman, ex-prize fighter and for mer employe of the state, who charged the governor attempted to get him to murder Representative (Continued on Page Ten.) , - -~~1 LATE BULLETINS / ■ — ... - ART SHIRES FACES $25,000 DAMAGE SUIT DALLAS, Texas,,March 27.-1 AP)-Notice of a $25,411 damage suit was served here today on Art Shires, captain and first baseman of th* Chicago White Sox, by Mrs. Ida Lawson. The suit claims Walter Law son of Caddo parish, Louisiana, died as the result of being hit by a base ball thrown by Shires May 30, last year, when Shires was a member oi the Waco club. ACTION ON LONG IMPEACHMENT DEFERRED BATON ROUGE, La., March 27.—(IP)—Action by the Louisiana house of representatives on the impeachment resolution against Governor Huej P. Long was deferred until tomorrow to permit preparation of a set of rules to guide the procedure. HOUSE OPENS FARM RELIEF HEARINGS WASHINGTON, March 27.—(AP)—The house agriculture committee opened farm relief hearings today and decided to limit the testimony during its hearings to suggestions for aiding the farmer. THREE CHILDREN DIE AS HOME BURNS EMPORIUM, Pa., March 27.—(£»)—'Three children burned to death in a fire that destroyed a home here today. The father and a 14-year-old sister suffered severe burns. The victims were Thelma and Velma Smith, 5-year-old twins, and Mary Ann Smith, 3. MRS. WILSON TELLS OF PASTOR S ATTRACTION FOR HER TYLER Texas, March 27.—(AP)—Mrs. May Wilson, wife of Loyt Wil son, on trial here for shooting to death Rev. Fount Wallace. Baptist preacher of Troup, Texas, last April, testified on the stand today of the insurmountable attraction the young preacher had for her, and told oi their relationship. BULLS REGAIN CONTROL OF STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, March 27.—(/P)—The “bull” party regained complete control on the New York Stock Exchange this afternoon and bid up a wide assortment of issues $3 to nearly $20 a share. International Tele phone was sent up $18.50 to a record price at $260, while Baldwin Loco motive, Burroughs Adding Machine and Houston Oil were bid up $12 to $15. 4,000 TRAINMEN VOTE TO GO OUT ON STRIKE DALLAS, Texas, March 27.—(A)—Four thousand train, engine and yard employees of the Texas and Pacific railway have voted almost 100 per cent to go out on strike, according to an announcement made here today by Fred Barr, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. LESLIE LOSES EIGHT TO TRY CASE AT HOME Ten Defense Witness- j es To Testify Elec tion Envelope Found Not Sealed AUSTIN, March 27.—(/P)—Selec tion of a jury to determine whether the commissioners court of Hidalgo county acted illegally in refusing to accept returns from Weslaco pre cinct because of an allegedly un sealed envelop was to start in dis trict court here late today in the contest brought by Gordon Griffin against Judge J. E. Leslie, elected judge o fthe 93rd district on the face of returns certified to the secretary of state. The litigation reached this stage as a result of a decision of District Judge George C. Calhoun, again overruling an attempt by Leslie’s counsel to remove jurisdiction from Travis to the 79th district court in Hidalgo county. A similar move yesterday also was blocked by Judge Calhoun's ruling. Leslie contended that since Grif fin had started prosecution in Hi dalgo county, causing him to post a $20,000 bond to hold the office under a temporary commission is sued by the governor, the case should be disposed of in the county of its origin. Attorneys for the defendant said they expected to present testimony from ten *vitnesses that the envel ope was not sealed when it was turned over to the commissioners by election judges of the Weslaco box. Griffin said six witnesses would testify the envelope was i sealed and should have been re- j ceive dand made a part of the re turns to County Judge A. W. Cam eron. Episcopal Choir To Sing ‘Crucifixion’ At Local ChurcH “The Crucifixion,” Stainer’s can- j tata, is to be sung Thursday eve ning at the Church of the Advent (Episcopal) with a notable cast of ! local and Brownsville singers. It is to begin at 8 p. m. Final rehearsal is to be held at the church Wednesday. Mrs. Alberta Kirby is director, and the entire choir is taking part. T. C. Barber, P. K. McNair, and Frank Wright of Edinburg, but for merly of Brownsville, are taking the tenor‘parts and George Desha, E. C. Toothman, Elmore Grider and Max Broom are basses. Mrs. H. E. Snow is organist. “The Crucifixion,” which is the work of Paul Stainer, is a medita tion on the holy passion of Christ. It is peculiarly appropriate for pre sentation at the Easter season, de picting, as it does the later scenes of Christ’s life, his death and res urrection. Although the piece is arranged for male voices only, the women of the choir are used in the ensemble work. THREE ESCAPE JAIL HILLSBORO. Texas, March 27.— (JP)—Two boys were among the three prisoners who escaped from the Hill county jail last night. They were sought today. THE WEATHER For Brownsville and the Valley: Mostly cloudy and unsettled to night and Thursday, possibly with local showers or thundersqualls: not much change in temperature. Fresh southerly to easterly winds on the west coast. RIVER FORECAST The river will continue to fall slowly from Rio Grande City down i the next few days. Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr. Stage Stage Cbng. Rain ] Eagle Pass .. 16 2.7 0.0 .00 Laredo . 27 -0.3 0.0 .00 Rio Grande .21 4.8 -0.1 .00 Mission. 22 4.9 -0.4 .00 ; San Benito . 23 10.3 -0.1 .00 } Brownsville .18 5.8 -0.7 .00 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isabel tomorow, under normal meteor ological conditions: High . 6:22 a. m.; 4:38 p. m. Low. 12:28 p. m.; 11:36 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today . 6:44 Sunrise tomorow . 6:25