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EAKER TO HEAD
i AIRWAYS CHAIN
I General Manager Of
Operations
NEW YORK, March 29.—<#)—
Plans for the formation of what its
sponsors say will be one of the
largest aviation companies oper
ating on the Atlantic seaboard
have been revealed with the an
nouncement of the organization of
the Atlantic Seaboard Airways, Inc.
1 The announcement said Captain
Ira C. Eaker, pilot of the army
plane “Question Mark,” which holds
the record for sustained flight by
refueling in the air, will be general
manager of operations of the new
corporation, which will acquire the
j International Airways, Inc. The
I latter company owns Hoover Field,
1 , Washington, D. C„ and the Po- i
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tomac Flying Service, which oper
ates the field.
Plans call for the use of six
fields, with Hoover Field as the
center, in a chain of airports east
of the Alleghenies.
Glass Denounces
Wall Street Loan
In Stock Tumble
WASHINGTON, March 29.—(X)
—The action of Charles E. Mit
chell, president of the National
City Bank and a director of the
New York federal Reserve bank,
in furnishing $25,000,000 to relieve
the acute credit stringency in Wall
street this week, has brought a vig
orous denunciation from Senator
Glass, democrat, Virginia.
Expressing his indignation over
the “insolence of Mr. Mitchell,
while holding a position on the
Federal Reserve board, in attempt
ing to thwart the policy and will of
the board.” the former secretary of
the treasury expressed the opinion
that his resignation should have
been demanded within 24 hours.
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FLOODS, TORNADO HARASS DIXIE
Negroes of Albany. Ga.. their homes flooded by rising streams, are
shown, above, bringing supplies to marooned relatives and friends
by boats. Below, a wrecked house in Charlotte, N. C.. which col
lapsed when hit by tornado, crushing and killing a small boy and in
juring five others.
Heavy (Undies’ Causes
Cop to Shoot Himself
CHICAGO, March 28.—(TP)—If
Patrolman Morris Marcusson had
the seven year itch (which he
hasn't), and if he shot himself
every time he scratched (as he
did last night), he fears he would
be full of bullet holes long before
the seven years were up. He was
In a drugstore phone booth. The
booth was warm and Officer Mar
cusson was still wearing his “heav
ies.” A warm phone booth and
heavy underwear are apt to pro
mote a desire to scratch.
“How did you get shot?” inquired
the hospital surgeon, deftly prob
ing a bullet from Marcusson's left
thigh.
“Did you ever have to scratch?”
countered the officer.
“Why, of course,” replied the
surgeon.
‘That,” said Patrolman Marcus
son. “is how I got shot.”
SENATORS TO VISIT
SCHOOLS OF STATE
AUSTIN, March 29.—Members of
the senate finance committee will
make a tour of the state institu
tions of higher learning during the
interval between sessions. Senator
Tom Pollard of Tyler, chairman,
announced Thursday.
This will be the first time in re
cent years that a group of law
makers has visited numbers of the
state schools.
The committee, accompanied bv
several other senators, will visit
Texas Tech April 8. and state in
stitutions of higher learning at
Canyon April 9; Stephen ville April
10; Commerce, April 11; Arlington
April 12, and Denton, April 13.
Members will not be paid for this
inter-session work.
HEATHER BULLETIN
First figure lowest temperature
last night; second, highest tempera
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past 24
hours.
Abilene . 42 60 — .00
Amarillo . 42
Atlanta . 52 70 16 .00
Austin . 64. 66 — .08
Boston . 56 56 16 .00
BROWNSVILLE. 63 85 — .00
Chicago . 40 46 12 .00
Corpus Christi . 66 78 — .00
Dallas . 66
Del Rio . 50 72 — .00
Denver . 42 52 — .00
Detroit . 36 54 — .00
Dodge City _ 38 48 — .46
! El Paso . 42 64 — .00
Fort Smith. 46 58 — .94
Galveston . 68 78 — .00
Helena . 28 — — .00
Huron . 40 66 18 .00
Jacksonville .... 86
I Kansas City .... 55 56 — .00 ,
Louisville . 46 60 12 .00
Memphis . 50 68 — .20
Miami . 68 82 — .00
Montgomery . ..58 78 — .00
New Orleans ... 68 — — .00
New York . 38 58 14 .00
North Platte-34 — — .00
Oklahoma City . 46 52 — .62
Palestine . 56 78 — .12
Pensacola . 70 78 14 .00
Phoenix . 50 84 — .00
Pittsburgh . 32 46 — .00
St. Louis . 48 58 10 .02
St. Paul . 34 60 12 .00
Salt Lake City ..44 64 12 .00
San Antonio ... 58 70 — .10
Santa Fe . 52
Sheridan . 34 66 12 .00
Shreveport . 76
Tampa . 66 86 — .00
Vicksburg . 64 78 — .00
Washington .... 36 62 — .00
Williston . 68
Wilmington _ 46 76 — .00 ,
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1 HARLINGEN C. OF C.
TO REVISE CHARTER
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, March 29.—Ob
servance of fire prevention week
here, and of other fire prevention
programs and work is to rest in
the hands of a committee named
this week, and headed by John B.
Challis.
Other members of the committee
are E. C. Dennett and O. N. Joy
ner.
The committee will immediately
work out a program of talks at the
local schools and other features for
fire prevention week, and will plan
programs for later in the year.
COLD DOG CAUSES FINE
WEYBRIDGE, Eng.—Arthur G.
Richardson was fined because he
left his dog outdoors on cold nights.
NEW DISTRICT
STARTS PUMPS
First Irrigation Water Is Ap
plied To Lands In Dis
trict No. 10
The first irrigation water for
Cameron County Water Control
and Improvement District No. 10,
comprising approximately 7,000
acres known as the Rutherford
Harding lands, was turned on this
week, and over 1,000 acres of the
tract has been irrigated.
Two 36-inch pumps, each driven
by a 250-h. p. electric motor, are
located on the resaca which tra
verses the tract, the water being
supplied through the Los Fresnos
system. The first land to receive
watering included approximately
600 acres which has been set to
citrus fruit.
Extension of the canal system to
cover the entire tract is progress
ing rapidly, and within a few weeks
the entire area will be under irri
gation. Concreting of canals will
not be started until October or No
vember, engineers state, in order to
give the earthwork an opportunity
to become well settled.
The district lies east of the Los
Fresnos tract. It was organized
over a year ago, and the irrigation
system financed. A contract was
made with the Los Fresnos system
whereby the district paid a specified
amount for use of the Los Fresnos
canals and a pro rata of the oper
ating and maintenance cost of that
sytsem.
The entire canal system of the
new district will be placed under
concrete, and a number of the pur
chasers are planning installation of
underground distribution systems.
Construction of the power lines of
the Valley Light & Power Co. was
completed into that section last
weeks, and the two pumps hooked
on. The lines will be extended to
cover practically the entire district.
i Flashes of Life
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(P7 The Asiociated Press)
(By The Associated Press.)
ORANGE, N. J.—Ralph Giordano,
deputy police judge, weight 225, is
an Elk, who took the part of the
tortoise in the race with the hare.
At the lodge he bet Brother James
H. Driscol, weight 195, on a ten mile
run, the loser to give $200 to char
ity. Driscoll was asleep at the
starting hour. 5 a. m. Brother Ralph
in running togs covered the course
alone.
NEW YORK—There's a mys
erious bootblack king in town, such
a magnate that his banker can pay
the city $30,150 a year for the shine
concession on Staten Island feries.
The king has been so busy in con
ference that he has been unable to
relieve curiosity about himself.
LANSING. Mich.—The legislature
intends to find out whether coeds
at the University of Michigan smoke
and whether the comnany that
mailed cigarettes to students under
17 violated the law. Cartons were
rent to hundreds of students, and
the house appointed a committee
to inquire.
NEW YORK—Alfred E. Smith
has been elected a director of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
nany. He also is a director of the
Country Trust company of New
York.
CAMDEN. N. J.—Citing “the fine
example of the mistress of the
White House,” a resolution adopted
i by the South Jersey conference of
the state women’s republican club
urges members to decline all so
cial activities where liquor is likely
to be served.
GIRL’S HAIR BURNED OFF
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Miss Elsie Flem
ming’s hair was burned off by a
candle and she probably will die.
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Jest Turned to Tragedy
As ‘ Empty* Gun is Fired
HOUSTON, March 29.—(JF)—
Little hope was held today for
the recovery of L. G. Mackey, 36,
Houston, who was accidentally
shot in a playful gesture last
night in a downtown hotel.
His lips twisted by the pain of
the bullet, Mackey told how a jest
of a friend, Richard West, turned
to tragedy. He reiterated again
and again that West was blame
less.
Mackey had been with West at
his room in the Hampton hotel
and that at 9 p. m„ he rose to go
home. West pushed an unopened
knife against his ribs, Mackey de
clared, and playfully said, “No,
you’re not going home. You’re go
ing to stay here for a while.”
A dresser drawer, containing a
.45 calibre pistol, was partially
open. Mackey said, and West,
thinking the pistol was on an
empty chamber, seized the weapon
and pressed against Mackey’s
ribs.
Again, he said, “you're not go
ing home,” according to Mackey.
There was an explosion. Mackey
slumped to the floor, as West,
panic-stricken, summoned an am
bulance and attempted to aid his
stricken companion.
His friend, grief-stricken, stood
helplessly by as physicians worked
•frantically to save Mackey’s life.
SIX STOLEN TIRES
RETURNED TO OWNER
Six auto casings, stolen from the
Summit filling station several weeks
ago, were recovered Thursday by
Mexican customs officials in Mata
j moros, and turned over to Lieuten
ant of Police John Armstrong in
Brownsville who returned them to
the owner.
The man held in the Matamoros
jail is said to be a Mexican citi
ben, customs officials stating he
would be tried upon the charge of
smuggling. The casings were turned
over to the lieutenant of police by
C. Garcia, head of the Mexican cus
toms service.
SAN BENITO GETS BIG
CUT IN FIRE INSURANCE
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, March 29.—A 15
per cent credit for good fire record
has been granted San Benito by the
state fire marshal, it was announc
ed here today.
The credit was based on a fire
loss per centage of .032 for 1926.
1927 and 1928.
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WASHINGTON. March 29.—(£•)—
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can Petroleum institute for control
of production is to be investigated
by both the department of Justice
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