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■THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 298 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1929 THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY ^ 5c A COPY; !
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IN OUK j
VALLEY j
COMMISSIONER George B. Ter
rell, of the Texas department of
agriculture, determined that the
Mediterranean fly, dread fruit and
vegetable pest, shall not penetrate
the borders of Texas, has an
nounced he will declare a strict
Quarantine against Florida fruit1
! and vegetables.
The “limited” quarantine already ;
decreed against Florida by the
United States department of agri
culture evidently fails to satisfy
Commissioner Terrell, although its
terms are said to be the most
drastic ever decreed in a plant
quarantine.
Texas can not afford to trifle
tyith a pest which constitutes such
a serious menace.
The Mediterranean fly is said to
attack 71 fruits and vegetables—in
cluding cotton, which ever that is.
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Under the rules and regulations
governing the quarantine in Flor
ida, the state will be divided into
three zones.
I The first will be the infested
areas in which all fruits and vege
tables which are hosts tp the fly
will be destroyed.
The second zone will extend nine
miles in every direction from the
limits of the infested zone and will
be known as the protective zone.
Fruit and vegetables from the j
protective zone will be permitted
to move in interstate shipments
only after a complete inspection
has determined that no vestges of
the pest are in them.
All portions of the state not in
truded in the infested or protective
zones will fall within the third
zone. This will continue until the
exact area of infestation has been
accurately determined. Fruit and
vegetables grotvn in this zone will
be permitted to move outside the
state, but only after rigid inspec
tion.
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EDINBURG CITIZENS, determ
ined to make their city clean and
bright, everr a “Spotless Town,”
* Saturday inaugurated a cleanup
*8Lgn in a novel way.
were sold on the streets all
aturday by members of the
Reserve, the proceeds to be
' paying the cost of the
r ^ags were provided by the
_k^nnd Professional Women's
club. T
Saturday night the Edinburg
municipal band played a concert on
the court house square and dedi
cated it to the campaign.
The band concert was followed
by a street dance—calculated to put
everybody in a happy frame of
mind for the drive.
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Then the operations begin in
earnest Monday morning and are
to continue two weeks. Members
of the Business and Professional
Women's club and the Kiwanis club
have decreed that every place in
town, including vacant lots and
alleys, is to be thoroughly cleaned
in that period.
Staging the celebration first is a
novel idea, but it should stir up
considerable enthusiasm.
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COUNTY JUDGE O. C. DANCY
was busy Saturday afternoon stag
ing a kind of private celebration
over the attainment of one of his
pet goals—and he has many.
The last concrete was poured on
the Fourteenth street road during
the day, connecting the site of the
future deep water port' with the
city by a paved highway.
But this was only incidental to
Judge Dancy's celebration.
The cause for his “jubilation"
was that completion of the Four
teenth street road put the seventh
spoke in the wheel of highways
coming into Brownsville.
Judge Dancy was busy drawing
a map of the layout for his friends.
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Drawing a circle to represent
Brownsville, he would run a line
east and label it “Southmost road.”
A second line heading a little more
north represented the El Jardin
boulevard. Then he would travel
„ on around the circle adding in their
proper order “Fourteenth street.”
“Old Point Isabel,” “Parades Line ”
“Highway No. 12” and “Military
Road.”
The judge was celebrating by lay
ing out a number of “rims" high
ways which would encircle the city
and tie the existing roads together.
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The most important spoke to be
added to that wheel, and one
which will add equally as much, if
not more strength to the whole, is
‘ the highway to Boca Chica beach.
; Brow-nsville and the Valley never
will begin to realize op her outing
possibilities until that road is built
lAs importaiit as the other roads
I ire, a Boca Chica beach road
aikely would earn a larger net re
turn than any of them by provid
lg easy year-’round access to the
grUlf.
AN HELD AWAITING
• ACTION ON PAPERS
f B VANCOUVER. B. C„ April 27.—
"P)—ChAffled on an extradition
I warrant m :th concealing assets in
bankruptcy at Dallas. Texas, in the
case of the McLarty Nash Automo
bile company, David Dow McLarty
has been arrested at Lillooet. B. C.,
near here, and will be brought to
Vancouver by Royal Northwest
Mounted Police officers to await
action on the papers. 1
EXPENDITURES
NOW $200,000
MEMBER SAYS
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Matter of Financing
‘Threatens to Run
Away from Us’ Com
missioner States
The Brownsville city commission
Saturday afternoon, in special ses
sion, decided to appbint an advis
ory committee of four bankers to
act with the city commission on all
expenditures in connection with
the further development of the
Brownsville municipal airport.
The four men appointed were
R. B. Creager, president of the
First National Bank; John Gregg,
president of the Merchants Na
tional Bank; John G. Fernandez,
chairman of the board of the State
National* Bank, and Joe Celaya, Jr.,
cashier of the Texas Bank and
Trust company.
The proposal to name such a
commission was advanced by
Mayor A. B. Cole.
Cobolini Objects
The mayor, it was stated follow
ing the meeting, pointed out that
the airport now represents an in
vestment of well above $225,000,
(Continued on page eight?)
EDITOR FLAYS
TEXAS S0L0NS
Baldwin Lauds Moody As
Honest Man And Denoun
ces ‘Venom and Spite*
ABILENE, April 27.—UP)—Frank
Baldwin, legislator and Waco news
paper editor, addressing the Texas
Intercollegiate Press association here
today, declared that the greatest
waste of public funds Texas has
ever known could be prevented by
a quick editorial onslaught on forces
which are about to centralize the
state prison system on the Darring
ton and Ramsey farms in Brazoria
county.
The speaker gave his newspaper
colleagues what he termed a double
exposure picture of “extravagance
in the making,” one by “commission
on the part of the legislature,” and
the other by “omission.”
Mr. Baldwin, addressing represen
(Continued on page eight.)
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PEANUT TAKEN
FROM LUNG OF
YOUNG CHILD
TEMPLE. Texas, April 27.—(JP)
A peanut kernel safely removed
from her lung. Dorothy Ruth
Lane, 13 months old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lane of
Chilton, was recovering here to
night.
The kernel lodged in the child’s
throat while she was eating pea
nut candy several days ago.
EXPORT PLAN
MAY NOT WIN
$
Check of Senate Membership
Reveals That Bill Stands
Slim Chance
WASHINGTON, April 27.——
After a check of the senate mem
bership, administration leaders
claimed today that the export
debenture plan would fail to win a
place in the new farm relief bill.
The leaders thus have determined
to let the plan come to a vote as
soon as possible but it was regard
ed unlikely that the farm bill would
be passed before the end of next
week.
President Hoover is taking a per
sonal interest in the fight by con
ferring with Senators regarding his
own view in opposition to the de
benture plan.
The first TSgn of a break lh the
ranks of middle western republi
cans. generally considered the dem
ocrats’ staunchest supporters in
the move to provide for the use of
export debenture certificates, was
noted today when Nye. republican.
North Dakota, said after a call at
the White House that he was in
clined to vote against the debenture
proposal.
Nye’s colleague, Frazier, already
has attacked what he described as
the Hoover farm program and has
announced he will vote for the de
benture plan.
Watson of Indiana is expected to
ask a vote on Thursday, as repub
lican leader, on his proposal to
eliminate the debenture plan.
SHERIFF AND CHIEF
OF POLICE CONVICTED
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 27.—
</P\—Sheriff Curtis J. Falkner and
Calera were among nine residents
Calera weer among nine residents
of Shelby county convicted here to
night by a federal grand jury on
charges of conspiring to violate the
national prohibition act. Five other
persons were acquitted.
Inspector Charges
Untrue Stories of
Labor Deportations
Spread of untrue stories of deportations across the Rio Grande is
scaring more workers out of the fields of the Valley than are being re
moved by border patrol inspectors and immigration officials, in the
opinion of D. P. Gay, inspector in charge of the Border Patrol.
Inspectors are no more active than they have been in past years and
the increase in deportations, esti-1
mated to be not more than 30 per
cent over the mark cf 1928. is due
entirely to the presence of more
men on the border and because more
money is available for the service,
the chief declares.
“Many laborers who have been in
the United States for several years,
and who are here legally, are becom
ing alarmed at the wrild stories be
ing told of inhuman treatment and
are gathering their families and be
longings together and returning to
Mexico.” Inspector Gay declared.
This is the real cause of the short
age of farm labor at the present
time and so long as these exagger
ated and untrue stories persist the
situation will be serious.
“My men are not spreading these
stories nor are they violating the
law in anyway to justify them.
“The present cleanup of aliens in
the United States would be a val
uable thing for the Valley if it was
carried to its logical er.:’ in an Or
derly manner and without enciting
undue alarm among the Spanish
speaking populace.
“The Box bill, approved by the
American Federation of Labor and
introduced in congress by a Texas
congressman, will likely pass once
it is brought before congress.
“The passage of this bill has
been delayed by friends of the Val
ley on the plea that enforcement of
the present immigration laws would
cope with the situation effectively.
“Once the Box bill is enacted and
becomes law the Valle’s supply of
labor from Mexico will be almost
(Continued on page eight.)
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Three Texans Hurt
As Plane Crashes
Into Denton Home
DENTON, Texas, April 21.—UP)—
Three men were slightly injured
here today when their airplane
crashed in the back yard of C. E.
Red way after hitting telephone
wires and ripping the chimney off
Redway’s house. The ship is owned
by Wendell Keith and piloted by
T. G. Boggs. They and Charles
Kemer, a passenger, said the air
was bad and that they were unable
to gain sufficient altitude to avoid
the wires.
INJUNCTION ISSUED
AUSTIN, April 27. — (JP) — The
First National Bank of San Angelo
was restrained today from taking
possession of any properties com
posing the estate of Mrs. Mattie A.
Smith, or from in any way interfer
ing with W. H. Colquitt, receiver, in
management of the property until
the supreme court can dispose of the
suit involving the estate.
WOOL SHIPPED
HONDO. Texas. April 27.—(JP)—
One hundred thousand pounds of
wool and mohair were shiped from
here today, consuuwi to New York
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MESSAGES SAY
REBEL ARMY IS
M REAL ROUT
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Troops Separated And
Dispersed Take To
Mountains In Final
Guerilla Stand
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MEXICO CITY, April 27.—(/P)—
The rebel army in southern Sonora,
the last considerable body of the
forces which less than two months
ago controlled nearly half of the
country, was described as separated
and dispersed in messages to the
government today.
A body of about 250 cavalrymen
were said to have left the main in
surgent army and headed for the
mountains in the vicinity of Sah
uaripa, directly east of Hermosillo.
They were led by Generals Roberto
Cruz, Enrique Leon, Cristofor Vaz
quez, Lino Morales arid Bardomiano
Figueroa. This was taken to mean
that they had decided to carry on
guerrilla warfare in the almost in
accessible Sierra Madres mountains
rather than seek safety in the
United States.
Several sizeable groups of rebels
already have surrendered and
Secretary of War Calles expresard
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LONG LAUGHS
AT SUMMONS
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Governor Directed To Ap
pear Before Senate
May 14
BATON ROUGE, La., April 27.—
(/P,—Governor Huey P. Long was
! served today with notice of im
peachment charges voted agains’i
him by the house and was directed
to appear before the senate at noon
May 14 for trial.
The senate sergeant-at-arms and
his assistant called at the executive
offices and handed the papers to
the governor. He tobk them, glanced
hurriedly through the pages and
laughed.
Governor Long immediately be
gan preparations for his defense. He
is expected to appear for trial with
lawyers who wiil contest each step
of the case, which probably run
over several weeks.
The governor is charged with
converting to his use approximately
$2,000 of the $6,000 appropriated for
entertainment of visiting governors
to the governor’s conference in New
Orleanse last winter, of attempting
to bribe legislators, of attempting
to suppress the freedom of the press,
with misuse of state funds, and with
“general incoihpetency.”
MAN KILLED WHEN HIT
BY AUTOMOBILE TRUCK
BEEVILLE, Texas. April 27.—(/P)
—Geffert Stuart. 32. was killed and
four others injured in a grade
crossing accident near Pettus today.
A passenger train, unobserved be
cause of high weeds beside the
highway, struck their automobile
squarely.
The injured were Hazel and Elsie
Stuart, nieces of the dead man. and
Willie Shaw and his sister. Marie
Shaw. Shaw was said to be in a
critical condition.
BANDITS ESCAPE WITH
ABOUT $500 IN CASH
LAUREL, Miss., April 27.—//Pi
young unmasked bandits held up
the cashier and a customer in the
Union and Farmers’ bank at San
dersville. Miss., today and escaped
with all available cash, between $400
and $500.
AGED WOMAN FATALLY
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
DURANT. Okla., April 27.—0P1—
Mrs. W. B. Markman, 71, of Fort
Worth, v*rs injured fatally and her
three married daughters, all of
Durant, were hurt today when their
automobile overturned west of
here.
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN
IN CROSSING CRASH
THRALL, Texas. April 27.—iJP)—J.
D. Hooker, Jr., 28. of Milano, was
struck from the running board of
an automobile by a truck and killed
near here tonight. The truck driver
did not stop,
LIFE AT STAKE :
Jake Vanderburg, above, Gas
tonia, N. C., high school boy, has
gone on trial, charged with kill
ing father, mother, two sisters
and a brother, and for arson in
burning the family house to con
ceal the crime. The boy, 17, is
huge for his age. He has consist
ently averred he awakened to find
the house in flames, and'grabbed
two suitcases, fully packed, and
gun, and got out. Solicitor John
G. Carpenter, below, is prosecu
tor.
VALLEY TO GET
DATE PLANTS
1300 Offshoots From Meso
potamia To Be Ready
For Planting Soon
By H. L. SEXTON
WASHINGTON. April 27.—Thir
teen hundred date offshoots, Im
ported from Mesopotamia, are ex
pected to be ready for planting in
the Lower Rio Grande country by
the first of the year, according to
announcement by Dr. K. F. Keller
man, assistant chief of the bureau
of plant industry.
These offshoots will be made
available as a result of an appro
priation of $10,000 secured by Rep
resentative John N. Garner last
year for the purpose of research
and investigation to determine
commercial varieties best adapted
to conditions in south Texas.
The first shipment will be receiv
ed in New York the first of the
week, and after inspection and
fumigation Vill be shipped to La
redo, where they will be held in
detention several months before
distribution. Distribution will be
made as soon as the department is
assured that no scale or other dis
ease or pest develops.
The offshoots were secured in a
section of Mesopotamia where the
humidity and other conditions are
very similar to those obtaining in
the Lower Rio Grande section. De
partment of agriculture experts are
confident they will prove adapted
to that section, but in accord with
the departmnet’s policies, no defi
nite recommendation will be made
until the dates have been proven.
Webb county is the only section
of the United States in which a
quarantine has been imposed in
connection with the date scale, and
it is for this reason that the off
shoots will be held in detention
there to ascertain if they are in
fected with the scale. It is under
stood that if they are not infected,
(Continued on page eight.)
RESIGNATION OF CITY
OFFICIALS ACCEPTED
ST. LOUIS, April 27.—UP)—The
resignations of John C. Pritchard,
director of public utilities, and Geo.
B. Heath, chief electrical engineer,
were accepted late today by Mayor
Victor Miller, after the two officials
had made bond on charges of ob
taining money from the city of St.
Louis on false pretenses in connec
tion with an alleged $175,000 fraud
in a
TEXAS COUPLE
FOUND DEAD
MAPARTMENT
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Bride of 10 Days And
Husband Found Ly
ing Together; Mo
tive Is Mystery
FORT WORTH. April 27.—UP)—
A. J. Payne and his wife of 10 days.
Mrs. Harriet Payne, are dead as the
result of a double shooting in their
apartment here tonight. Payne was
dead when police, summoned by
neighbors, broke into the apartment.
R$rs. Payne died a few hours later.
Neighbors heard several shots. The
couple was found lying together with
a smaill automatic pistol near.
The wounded woman was taken
to a hospital where she died. Ef
forts of officers to take a statement
from her In an effort to clear up
the tragedy were unsuccessful.
The district attorney’s office Is
investigating.
INVESTIGATE SHOOTING
OF SOCIETY WOMEN
EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 27.—UP)
Police tonight sough to determine
the circumstances in the shooting of
Mrs. Owen Conrad, a divorcee, and
Miss Margaret Maley, who shared
an apartment here, early today. Mrs.
(Continued on page eight.)
STORMDEATHS
NOW TOTAL 51
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Red Cross Brings Tempor
ary Relief to Georgia
Tornado Victims
ATLANTA, Ga.. April 27.—UP)—
Relief and rehabilitation efforts
gained momentum today in the area
of southern Georgia where at least
47 persons were killed, several hun
! dred injured and scores made home
less in a series 0$ tornadoes Thurs
day. Five deaths just across the
South Carolina line near Anderson,
brought the total fatalities to 51.
Most of the dead weer negroes.
Under the direction of local Red
Cross officials, temporary relief sta
tions were established today in wide
ly separated sectors over the storm
area, distributing food and clothing
to the homeless.
‘CHUTE FAILS;
CROWD VIEWS
FATAL PLUNGE
PORT JARVIS. N. Y.. April |
—(JP)—While hundreds looked on,
“Daredevil” Dan Smith of Pater
son, N. J., parachute jumper,
plunged 2.000 feet from an air
plane to his death in the flood
swollen Delaware river here this
evening.
No rescue boats were avail
able. Smith's wife wa samong
the spectators. ^
HONDO SLAVER !
GIVEN DEATH
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Man Who Shot 3 to Death
Over Bottle of Milk
Is Convicted
HONDO. Tex.. April 27.—(JP)—Luiz
Arcos, who shot three men to death
here last Christmas night after an
argument over a bottle of milk, was
assessed the death penalty by a jury
today after 18 hours deliberation.
He was convicted for the shooting
of Jose Barrientes, whose two sons
also were slain.
Arcos. a dairyman, became an
gered when the three Barrientes,
storekeepers, refused to pay him for
a bottle of milk, which they de
clared was sour. He bought a rifle
and shells and re-entered the store,
where he shot the three men. He
pleaded guilty at the trial but asked
for mitigation of the penalty.
Officers testified that before buy
ing the rifle and killing the three
Mexicans. Arcos visited the sher
iff’s office and asked assistance in
collecting the debt. He was told
the matter would have to be settled
between him and the Barrienteses.
TWELVE ARE EXPELLED
FROM NAVAL SERVICES
MEXICO CITY, April 27.—r.T»>—
Expulsion from the navy of six com
modores, three captains and three
lieutenants because of their alleged
favorable attitude toward the rebel
lion at its outbrak March 3 at Vera
Cruz was announced tonight. Com
modore Hiram Hernandez, who com
manded the fleet in Vera Cruz har
bor, heads the list.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEET
SNYDER. Texas. April 27.—(JP)—
Mrs. J. S. Bailey, Quanah, presided
at a luncheon, featuring the seventh
district convention of the Texas
Federation of woman's clubs here
today. ___
Aviator and Bride
A re Wed 2000 Feet
Over Brownsville
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Banishing any doubt as to Brownsville’s air-mindedness. Miss Char
lotte C. Carey and Cecil J. H. Holms were married 2,000 feet above the
city Saturday afternoon in a Ryan monoplane belonging to the Corpora
cion Aeronautica de Transportes, S. A. Others in the plane were Chap
lain Ivan L. Bennett of Fort Brown ttho performed the ceremony, and
Maj. Bernard Law, the best man. v
Miss Carey and Holms, a pilot on
the Brownsville-Mazatlan air route,
are both natives of Victoria, British
la. The bride cavoe heer by
rail Friday from Los Angeles and
knew nothing of the aerial cere
mony planned. She readily agreed
to the regulation Canadian Air
Force service, however.
A group of approximately 100
were present at the airport when
the wedding party took to the air
at 4 p. m. The bride was visibly
nervous as she stepped into the
cabin for the takeoff. Holms, a
veteran flier, also showed the effects
of the unusual event soon to take
place. Pilot Bob Starkey soon had
the plane nosing into the wind and
it took off with a light grace as
though it knew this was no usual
event.
It was at fire’- planned to perform
the ceremony at 6,000 feet but
clouds and log at that height pre
vented those in the plane getting a
good view of the ground. In order
that they would —tain that the
ceremony was performed in the
United States they kept to the low
er levels. The actual service was
held between Browmsville and the
airport.
As the plane settled on the field
after the service, the group rushed
out to greet the newlyweds. Mrs.
Holms first words were: ‘‘I would
n't give anything for this experi
ence. .It’s quite a thrill to be mar
ried, but doubly so in an airplane.”
The first to congratulate the couple
was W. T. Biggs of the U. S. cus
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Measure Requiring
Water Permits Be
Reviewed Drafted
AUSTIN. April 27.—<JP)—R e p.
Leonard Tillotson of Sealy has re- j
drafted for submission soon a wa- •
ter policy measure requiring that
orders from the state board of wa
ter engineers granting a permit to
take water from any stream shall
be reviewed by district courts on
the petition of any person asserting
an adverse interest.
In administrating laws conserving
water, the board would be required |
to show preference between appli- i
cations for water rights to those
which will “effectuate” the maxi
mum utilization of waters, and are
designed to prevent the escape of
waters without contribution to a
beneficial public service.”
AGENT’S COMMISSION
20 PERCENT MAXIMUM
AUSTIN, April 27.— (/P) —The
threatened fire insurance “commis
sion war,” which stirred hundreds
of local agents to “protest” appar
ently was averted by the State in
surance commission today in the
establishment of a 30-percent
maximum agent’s comxni«lon The
order is to be issued Monday, it
was sgid, 1
CARS COLLIDE,
ON ROAD NEAR
TO EMURG
Wreck Believed To Be
Result of Driver
Falling Asleep, De
clare 3 Victims
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, April 27.—A woman
is dead, a man believed fatally in
jured, three others severely in
jured and two cars uterly demol
ished as the result of a head-on
collision four miles south of here
on the Pharr road at 9:30 p. m.
Saturday.
The woman who was killed was
identified as Mrs. M. A. Hawes of ■
Gregory, Texas, and the man, her
companion, who is near death, was
Travis Barber. Identification was
made by letters found on their
person.
The three injured were Ernesto „
Loranza of Pharr, Manuel Olivera ,
and David Fernandez, both of Mc
Allen. These three were together
in a light truck while the two from
Gregory were driving a light sedan.
The pair from Gregory were
driving south on the road while the
truck was traveling north. Those ,
in the truck said that apparently
the driver of the on-coming sedan
went to sleep at the wheel. They
got almost entirely off the paving, •
they declared, but were met head
on by the sedan. City Marshal
Earle West of Edinburg and Deputy
Sheriff Bales of Pharr bore out the
story of those in the truck.
Mrs. Hawes was killed instantly,
sustaining a fractured skull, broken
neck and crushed chest. A sliver
of glass also pentrated her heart,
doctors said. Barber, who was re
vealed as her cousin in the letter,
probably sustained a fractured
skull, and had not regained con
sciousness at midnight. Prepara
tions to take X-ray photographs
were being made at that time. i
The letter stated that the pair
were going to visit friends in the
Valley, but did not reveal their
destination. Efforts to get in
touch with their relatives at Greg
ory were being made by officers
early Sunday morning.
Olivera sustained a broken leg
and sprained shoulder, while Fer
nandez was severely bruised and
lost several teeth. Loranza was
cut and bruised. All of the injured
were rushed to the Medical Arts
hospital at Edinburg while the
body of the dead woman was taken
to the Skinner undertaking estab
lishment pending word from rela
tives. 1
Both Mrs. Hawes and Barber
were about 35 years oi, age. f
The men in the truck were en
route to a farm north of Edinburg
where they were to work.
INDICT 5 FOR THEFT
OF AIRPLANE PARTS
LOS ANGELES, April 27.—(.P)—
A federal grand jury today indicted
two naval men, two garage opera
tors and a woman for theft of air*
plane parts from the San Diego
naval station. Authorities claimed
sufficient parts had been stolen to
build seven airplanes, which they
alleged were sold either to the Mex
ican rebels or federals.
MAY SEEK HOOVER’S
AID TO SHORTEN TERM
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 27.—(JP)
—President Hoover may be asked
to aid in shortening the prison
term for John H. Alpers of Red -i
Wing. Minn., mistaken for his fath
er in federal district court here 1
recently and sentenced to a year
and 45 days in Leavenworth.
aged newspaperman
DIES AT DEL RIO
DEL Rio. April 27.—<7Pt—Funeral *
services were held here today for
W. C. Easterling, 63. old-time news
paper man. who died last night aft
er a long illness. Easterling was at
various times editor of papers at
Del Rio. Ozona. Alpine and several
other cities of the state.
THE WEATHER
Oklahoma and West Texas: Gen
erally fair Sunday and Monday.
East Texas: Cloudy and unsettled 1
Sunday and probably Monday.
Moderate southerly winds on the
coat*.
New Mexico: Sunday and Monday
fair, warmer north portion Sunday.
Arizona: Sunday and Monday
fair, littje change in temperat^pe^ »
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