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HERRICK BODY
EN ROUTE HOME
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Two French Sailors To Stand
Guard Until New York
Is Reached
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BREST, France, April 5.—UP\—
The body of Myron T. Herrick,
American ambassador to France,
bade goodbye to French soil today,
and aboard the Tourville, finest of
French cruisers, started the long
trip back to America.
* Commandant J. M. C. Abrial.
•aptain of the Tourville, accepted
lus charge with moving military
terseness:
$ “In the name of my country I
■ilute the body of a friend of
France. He is now in my charge
and will reach America safely.”
The reception of the body aboard
the cruiser was brief but impres
sive. A salvo of nineteen guns—
| the ambassadorial salute—shook
Brest roads as a small crane car
jied it to the Tourville's deck
from that of the gunboat Dolmen.
The Tourville’s band changed
from Chopin's Funeral March to
the Star Spangled Banner. Then
six husky French sailors lifted
the coffin shoulder high and bore
It into the “ardent chapel” where
two French sailors will stand guard
Jithout interruption in watches of
>ur hours until New York is
reached.
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Kellogg’s Rice Krispies next
time you have soup. Adds
the flavor of toasted rice.
Delicious!
Rice Krispies is the new
and different cereal. So
crisp it crackles in milk or
cream. Wonderful for break
fast, lunch or supper. Try a
package. At grocers. Made
by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
V RICE KRISPIES
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VALLEY SHIPS TOTAL
OF 255 CARS IN DAY
Shipments of Valley vegetables
and fruit continue heavy, the Mar
! ket News report of today showing
255 cars rolled out of the section
Thursday.
Shipments included mixed vege
tables 54 cars, beets 13, carrots 33,
beets and carrots 20, cabbage 30,
cnions 30, potatoes 42, string beans
0 freight and 8 express; parsley 3,
! and grapefruit 11.
This brings total shipments to
date to 16,009 cars compared to 13,
036 arse on the same date last year.
Fruit shipments this year total 1.717
! cars, compared to 1,146 last year.
WARDECLARED
ON RUM KINGS
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Sheriff Redoubles Efforts
To Get Gang Who Slew
Deputy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. April 5.—
{&)—Declaring unrelenting war on
“the worst rum and murder ring
in Florida,” Sheriff W. B. Cahoon,
on whose head bootleggers are re
puted to have placed a price of $1,
000, today redoubled his efforts to j
find the slayer of Joe Haywood, his |
former deputy, shot to death Wed
nesday night.
Haywood, a former federal dry
agent at Birmingham, Ala., since
coming to Jacksonville as a deputy
sheriff had become known as the
“terror of bootleggers.” He. too, i
; had a price on his head, authori
ties were informed.
In the fourteen suspects in jail
j today, the sheriff believed he had ;
the slayer.
The sheriff announced the shot- I
gun wit hwhich Haywood was kill- |
ed as he sat in a car at a grade j
crossing waiting for a train to pass, '
had been found, and it was the
property of the sheriff’s office. The
gun with which Haywood was kill
Oglesby.
Meanwhile Dan Hysler. bootleg
king, was expected to surrender. ;
The sheriff expressed belief Hys
ler was the “brains” behind the i
killing.
KIRBY NOT TO MAKE
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
HOUSTON. April 5.—qp}—John
Henry Kirby has decided not to i
make the race for the democrtaic
nomination for gover in 1930.
Pledges and inquiries following
the published intimations that he
would be a candidate moved him ;
to announce a definite decision on
the matter, Mr. Kirby said.
OIL PRODUCTION CUT
DALLAS. April 5.—<JP)—Failures
exceeded the number of new pro- j
ducers in West Texas last week and
new production fell to a new level
for the year. Five wells completed
in three counties rated a total of
only 6.923 barrels compared with II
completions in five counties for 23.
359 barrels the week before. Eight:
tests in six counties were abandoned, j
SEEK WALTON
LEAGUE HERE
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Resacas More Valuable Than
Citrus Groves, Asserts
State President
“Resacas of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley if properly developed will
earn a larger cash return than all
the citrus orchards of the section,”
C. A. Wheatley, president of the
Texas division. Izaak Walton league
of America, told those who attended
a meeting here last night called to
organize a local chapter.
Ed A. Monsees was named chair
man of a membership soliciting
committee and another meeting was
called for next Thursday night at
the same place.
Members of the committee are
John Coffee, Charles Burton. Bob
Wells, Joe Putegnat, Hart Batsell,
G. Emmett Dodd, and W. L. Pen
dergraft.
“More than 33.000.000 automobile
tourists crossed the borders of their
home state in 1928 and a like num
ber toured within their own state,
according to figures compiled by the
census bureau.” Mr. Wheatley said.
“These automobile tourists spent
more money than the combined val
ue of all agricultural products of
the United States for the year.
“If Illinois, Iowa or any of the
states in the midwest had your re
sacas they would make a national
park of them and attract millions
of tourists to them annually.
“It would require comparatively
little work to make of them the
beauty spots they deserve to be.
Dredge them, plant trees along their
shores, seine out the undesirable
fish and stock them with fish native
to this country.
“Then in no time at all they would
be earning a larger annual return
than all of your citrus orchards.”
Mr. Wheatley, who serves the
Izaak Walton league without salary
and pays his own traveling expenses,
told of the fight made in the last
Texas legislature to pass thj Hol
brook bill closing bays on the coast
to seineing. This bill alone within
a few years will so portect the fish
ing in the gulf as to add a valuable
attraction to tourists, he declared.
“The Izaak Walton league pro
motes any move which will conserve
anv phase of out-door life.” said
Mr. Wheatley. “Reinforestation is
practiced in sections where needed.
Streams are freed of pollution. Laws
are secured to change open seasons
on game where they are needed,
and many other such activities are
included in the program.
An effort will be made to com
plete the Brownsvilel chapter^of
the organization in time for Mr.
Wheatley to carry the applications
to the national convention in Chi
cago in the middle or April.
WOULD SPEND S2.700.000
LUBBOCK. Tex., April 5.—(JP)—
The Santa Fe railroad plans to ex
pend in excess of $2,700,000 on an
extension from west Texas to Lov
ington, in southeastern New Mex
ico, if its application for a permit
in granted company officials tes
tified before Examiner H. C. Davis
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission here yesterday.
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. AT CAPITOL
Vf ARIE PREVOST, honor prisoner,
n the Pathe picture, “THE GOD
LESS GIRL”
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MOVIE
SIDELIGHTS
COMING TO CAPITOL
“The Broadway Melody,” Metro
goldwyn-Mayer’s first all-talking,
all-singing, all-dancing picture,
whi<;h will open at the Capitol
theater Saturday, is interesting
because its makers are reported to
consider it the best possible ad
vance messenger for their other
all-dialogue films.
Those whose ears are close to the
tickings of the hidden machinery
of motion pictures have heard re
ports about this particular film
for some time. First there were
the usual conferences. Would a
stage play or musical comedy be
translated to the screen? Then
there was word that Edmund
Goulding had written an original
story with “Tin Pan Alley” and
the stage, both behind tne foot
lights and behind the scenes, for a
setting, and that Harry Beaumont,
who did “Our Dancing Daughters.”
would endeavor to get motion sig
nificant to the eye and sound not
entirely unpleasing to the ear. out
of a cast headed by Charles King.
Anita Page and Bessie Love.
Apparently on the theory that
too many crooks can not spoil a
meal, when each is engaged upon
his special dish, James Gleason,
author of “Is Zat So?” and "The
I Shannons of Eroadway,” and Nor
man Houston, were given the job
{ of writing smart dialogue; and Ar
j thur Freed wrote the lyrics and
Nacio Herb Brown wrote the music
I for the songs, which include
“Broadway Melody,” “You Were
' Meant for Me,” and “Love Boat."
A sprinkling of Technicolor was
adde, and a musical comedy chorus
1 was called upon freely. Then the j
j word sent out was that the com- !
! pany was more than ordinarily j
pleased with its first all-talking
film. That their satisfaction was j
well founded has been proven by1
the overwhelming reception and j
enthusiastic reviews given the pic
ture on its premiere at the Astor
Theater in New York City and its
opening night at Sid Grauman’s
theater in Hollywood. Wherever
the picture has been shown it has
been accorded unlimited praise,
pronounced the greatest talking
film ever made.
AT THE CAPITOL
The same production personnel
responsible for the filming of “The
King of Kings,” Cecil B. De Mille’s I
remarkable bibical picture, handled
the production of “The Godless
Girl,” Mr. De Mille’s first director- '
ial effort since he filmed “The
King of Kings” In 1927, which will
be the attraction at the Capitol
theater for the next two days.
Frank Urson, assistant to De
Mille on many of the latter's out- 1
standing features, assisted the di- !
rector on “The Godless Girl.” hav- i
ing just completed “Chicago,” !
which he directed for De Millo
Peverell Marley. who photographed ‘
The King of Kings,” was entrust
ed with the photography of “The
Godless Girl.” The important work
of cutting was done by Anne Bau
chens. who edited the film on ev- !
ery Cecil B. De Mille production!
during the past ten years, w’hile
Roy Burns, who was responsible
for the thousands of properties used I
in “The King of Kings,” was in
charge of properties for “The God
less Girl.”
The art direction of Mitchell
Leisen, which played an import
ant part in the artistic success of
the bibical feature, was secured by
De Mille once more for “The God
JdUfmaim
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COMEDY and
CARTOON
FINISH FLOOD
CONTROL WORK
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Engineers Making Final In
spection of North Flood
way Levees
—
County Engineer W. O. Washing- >
ton, acompanied by County Judge
O. C. Dancy left Friday morning to -
make final inspection on the north .
floodway, the dredging crews having
completed construction of the levees j
the first of the week. This marks
the final work on the Cameron
county flood control system with
the exception of additional levees at
various points along the Arroyo.
The total cost of the system will
be approximately $1,435,000. this
covering construction, rights of way.
engineering and incidental expenses
on the north floodway, the Arroyo
Colorado, the Rancho Viejo channel
and the Rio Grande levees.
The south levee of the north |
floodway extends to a point in j
Willacy county approximately seven j
miles east of Paso Real, and the j
north levee approximately five miles j
east of that point. This will dis- j
charge the waters onto the King i
pasture at a {joint less than eight j
feet above sea level.
The flood control project was fi
nanced by remission of part of the !
state taxes which provided the;
basis for a bond issue in the amount |
of $1,500,000. Work was started in;
1926, nearly three years having been
required to complete construction.}
The north floodway is designed to
carry 50.000 second feet, the Arroyo
70.000 second feet and the Rancho ,
Viejo floodway. 5.000 second feet.
Heavy levees have been constructed
the entire distance along the Rio j
Grande from a point three miles!
below El Jardm district to the Hi
dalgo county line wrhere they con- 1
nect with the Hidalgo county river I
levee system.
RESERVE BANKS ISSUE
NEW RATE WARNING
WASHINGTON. April 5.—(-Pi
Continuation of the credit adjust
ment cooperation of federal re
serve banks and member banks
which has been attended by cur- I
tailment of brokers’ loans in recent |
weeks was called for by the fed
eral reserve board in a statement
published today reiterating its
warning of February 7.
The board’s statement of Febru
ary 7, it recalled, “pointed out that,
owing to the unusual absorption of
credit in the security market,i
money rates to business were in- I
creasing at a time of the year
when money conditions are usually
easy.”
less Girl.” Theodore Dickson sup
ervised the set dressing.
“The Godless Girl.” like “The
King of Kings,” was written and
scenarized by Jeanie Macpherson,
who worte “The Ten Command
ments,” “Joan the Woman,” and
numerous other Cecil B. De Mille
productions. Lina Basquette was
selected for the title role, while
George Duryea. Noah Beery, Marie
Prevost and Eddie Quillan have im
portant roles in this drama of
youth.
— LAST DAY —
RALPH FORBES and FLASH J
(The Wonder Dog> {
— in —
“Under the Black
Eagle”
Also
COMEDY—NEWS
Admission 10c, 25c
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Today — Tomorrow
The One Big Picture
of the Year
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She defied the law—she de
fied love—she defied every
thing the world holds sacred
. . . until she was awakened
in the most emotional scenes
ever depicted on the screen!
A De Milie Triumph!
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Paving of State
Highway No. 96
Nearly Finished
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Pouring of concrete on highway
No. 96 will be completed about
April 15, according to estimates of
the contractors, and the highway
is expected to be open to traffic the
entire length shortly after May 1.
On the Fourteenth street extension
northeast from Brownsville rapid
progress has been made and the
concrete work is expected to be
completed by April 20.
Pouring of concrete on the ex
tension of highway No. 100 from
Los Fresnos east to Esoes Junction
was completed last week, and the
pavement will be open to traffic by
April 15. The Puente Guadalupe
road, completed three weeks ago. is
open to traffic, and that section
within the city limits, extending to
Lincoln street, is expected to be
opened Sunday or Monday.
The Dodds and Wedegartner
crew is now working on a paving
project for the city of San Benito,
which will be completed in two or
three weeks, and their paving plant
will be moved to Rio Hondo where
they will pave the Rio Hondo east
road and the East Bourne Tract
boulevard.
M. M. M. m m m m m. M. A m.
BLACKMAIL IS
MURDER MOTIVE
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Investigators Get Warrant
Charging ‘John Doe’ and
‘Mary Roe*
TULSA, Okla., April 5.—\JP}—A
warrant charging “John Doe” and
"Mary Roe" with the murder of
William S. McCray, wealthy Tulsa
oil man, in their hands, county in
vestigators today prepared to take
further steps to solve the mystery
surrounding the oil man’s death.
McCray died last Saturday, a week
after he had been beaten by an
unidentified man, in a hotel.
Several theories have been ad
vanced by investigators in connec
tion with McCray’s death. The be
lief that he might have been in
volved in a blackmail plot has at
tracted attention of the officers,
who have traced one woman to an
other stat*, in their effort to un
ravel that angle of the case.
Unsatisfied with the progress
made in questioning in some wit
nesses, Byron Kirkpatrick, county
attorney, has said he intends to ap
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Game Dinner $1.00
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for court authority to subpoena wit-,
nesses for questioning, in connection^
with the case. _ /
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