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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 312 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1929 THIRTY PAGES TODAY Sc A COPY
| IN OUR |
A BUSY TIME for Valley peo
ple Just ahead.
A pa*ty *f more than 60 mem
bers of the Texas legislature, wives
and newspaper reports in the Val
ley today on sight-seeing and.
pleasure tour.
Arriving at San Benito the van
guard of Texas merchants who will
attend the three day convention
there of the Retail Merchants asso-!
elation.
The R. M. A. convention is ex
pected to draw about 600 visitors
to San Benito.
Then just about the time the
last of the merchants are return
ing to their homes, members of
the Texas Medical association will
begin arriving in Brownsville for
the annual convention of that
organization.
The doctors will begin arriving
about Saturday, as many of them
are to speak from the pulpits of
Valley churches Sunday.
The doctors are expected about
1500 strong and arrangements have
been perfected for many of the
visitors to be housed in San Be
nito and Harlingen hotels. Browns
ville hotels and pnvate homes will
be taxed to capacity.
• • •
i VALLEY FOLK are glad to wel
come all these visitors. A real
effort will be put forth to see that
every one of them enjoy them
r“lves.
'lope the legislators today gain
*uch favorable impression of the
section that they decide to visit
often in the future. If any of them
decide to forsake their constituent
back home and come to the Valley
they will be welcomed.
• ♦ •
Probably several of those in the
party this time will remember the |
Valley when they visited here at!
the time tax remission was being I
sought to aid in the construction
| of adequate flood control works. If
I thev remember ...7w the Valley
F ^ those days they will re
1 j k a wonderful development
jAi.'e that tinv?
, If they sup\>cd the tax re
mission measure V$y can take
credit for part oi the development j
for the construction of that sys- ,
tern undoubtedly resulted in added j
faith In the Valley and served to
RDeed fulfillment of the section's
destiny.
• • •
APPROXIMATELY 50 of 76 who
graduate from the Brownsville high 1
' school this year are expected to I
enroll In the Junior colleg * here
next year.
Assures a handsome growt h of
the enrollment in Brownsville's]
college and points to greater ac
complishments for that institution.
Probably many of these young
men and young women would have
found It Impossible to continue
their education had the Junior
college not been In existence. Oth
ers will find it valuable because
they will be able to remain at home
while completing the first two
years of a college course.
And all of them will receive full
credit for the work done, for
Brownsville Junior college is fully
accredited as a member of the
American Association of Colleges.
Means the credits will be accepted
at face value at the leading insti
tutions of higher learning.
ROBERT O’BRIEN, a power in
Brownsville's championship foot
ball team last vear. famous for his
ability to get through the line and
tackle the man carrying the ball
behind his own line, is powerful at
tackling other tasks also.
\ He tackled his studies with suf
ficient vigor to land him in the
first ten per cent for scholarship
attainments and to become a mem
ber of the National Honor Society.
{ Raul Garza, valedictorian of the
class, and eight others become
members of the society along with
O'Brien. Garza's grade was 95.6.
• • •
BROWNSVILLE'S dog license
ordinance, even when enforced is
entirely inadequate, in the opinion
of City Inspector Graham of the
\ Cameron County Health Unit.
■ To be effective, the war on rabies
must include a requirement that
all dogs be vaccinated against the
disease, he thinks.
| Appointment of a dog catcher.
j establishment of a pound and en
r forcement of the law requiring a
license fee to be paid on all dogs
will help reduce the number of
dogs in the city and thus lessen
the danger of a serious outbreak
of “mad dogs." Graham sa.vs.
But a dog. whether the license
fee is paid or not. is subject to
rabies if he has not been made
immune by vaccination.
^ VfRST VALLEY watermelons
have apwared.
The Willacy County News re
ports a melon shipped from Ray
mondville May 4 by Lee McCIaugh
erty to a relative at Pleasanton.
Texas. The melon weighed 22
pounds.
A1 Prince of the Mercedes News
is bragging that the first melon in
that section was presented to him
Thursday by Ham- Peters, a
fanner of that community.
Less fortunate persons can be
gin enjoying melons about May -■>.
reports from RaymondvUle indi
, cat* ,
t
Slaying Of 16 Year-Old Girl Is Described
WITNESS SAYS
VICTIM WENT
AFTER DRINK
_
‘I Love You’ Girl Is
Heard to Gasp When
Wilbourne Lifts Her
From Car
BEEVILLE. Texas. May 11.—(;pt—
Slxteen-year-old Annie Johnson was
shot to death on Armistice night.
1927, as she sat in the automobile
of John S. McCrab. Dewitt ranch
man. R. H. Wilbourne. Victoria
county, testified here today in Mc
Crab's trial for the killing.
As Wilbourne lifted her from the
machine, she gasped. *T love you.”
and died, he continued. Wilbourne
was indicted jointly with McCrab.
but the bill was subsequently dis
missed and he was given immunity.
Annie went to McCrab's auto
mobile to get a drink of whisky aft
er a lover's quarrel in which the
witness had remonstrated against
her drinking, he said.
Wilbourne and other witnesses
told of much drinking at the party,
which was given at Refugio. Texas.
Republican Leaders
To Begin 2,500 Mile
Journey Over Texas
DALLAS. Tex.. May 11.—<-P>—Af
ter a state executive committee
meeting here Monday, R. B. Creag
er. republican national committee
man for Texas and a group of re
publican leaders are to begin a 2.
500-mSe trip during which they will
hold a series of regional meetings.
The trip will take the travelers as
far north as Amarillo, west to El
Paso, south to San Anonio, Hous
ton and Galveston, east to Beau
mont and Port Arthur.
Among those w’ho probably will
accompany Creager are Orville Bul
lington, Wichita Falls, state vice
chairman.
——— ■
HOOVER SLIPS AWAY
FOR HALF HOLIDAY
WASHINGTON. May 11.—f ^p>—
Attended by perfect weather. Pres
ident Hoover slipped away from his
desk today for a half-holiday in the
country and another try at the trout
of his Mary land preserve.
Navigation Act Is
Not Aimed At Port,
Judge Dancy Avers
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TERRELL BANS
CITRUS FRUITS
No Trees, Buds to be Admit
ted From Alabama, Flori
da, Louisiana
AUSTIN. May 11.—6P>—George
B. Terrell, state commissioner of
agriculture, today Issued a procla
mation banning the importation of
citrus fruits from Alabama. Louis
iana and Florida.
No citrus trees, buds or scions.
| will be permitted to cross the Texas
line from those states except after
an inspection.
The quarantine was established
because of the existence of citrus
| canker in the three states and of
Melanose. Florida white fly. and
scaly bark in Florida.
J. M. Del Curto. sate entomologist,
said that he would apply to the state
and federal governments for imme
diate appropriations to keep the
Mediterranean fruit fly out of Tex
as.
Del Curto announced that he
planned to ask for federal assistance
at a meeting of state quarantine
officials at Atlanta Wednesday.
HELIUM GAS SHIPPED
WASHINGTON. May 11.—tfV
First shipments ot helium gas from
the government production plant at
Amarillo. Texas, have been started
on their way to Langley, Va.. to fill
army and navy airship containers.
People Streak to Airport to Witness
Ill-Fated Fliers Crash—But Donyt
The Missouri Pacific telegraph
instruments broke into a rapid
clatter with Kingsville calling
Brownsville. Sensing a •‘pink,-*
or rush message, the local oper
ator answered almost imme
He slipped a blank into his type
writer and began threshing away
with his eyes enlarging as the
words streamed across the paper.
Hastily acknowledging receipt
of the messake with an “Ok. bv”
the operator scrambled from his
chair and grabbed a telephone,
asking for the airport.
His number obtained, he said
in a slightly incoherent voice:
“Say, this is the operator at the
M. P. I Just got a message
from the Kingsville dispatcher.
He says he saw a plane fly over
there with a damaged landing
gear. It was flying south, evi
dently to the airport here.
Didn't look as if he knew the
wheel was missing. Better keep
a lookout for him.”
Soon the word got around and
several cars were streaking to
ward the airport to see the
••crack-up landing.” The ambu
lance was run out of the shed,
ready to pick up the remains.
An agitated atmosphere held
sway as the crowd scanned the
horizon for the fated fliers.
After a long wait the plane
hove into view. Anxious eyes
peered into the distance to see
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the cracked landing gear. It did I
not materialize. The plane soon
settled gracefully to earth.
Frank and Dan Robertson of the j
Rooertson Aircraft corporation '
of St. Louis stepped from the j
plane.
They had a good laugh when j
told of their “broken landing
gear."
The Curtis Robin they are fly
ing has orange wheels and orange
wings. The dispatcher evidently
“lost” one of the wheels in the
wing. The aviators are enroute
to Mexico City to deliver a plane.
They will depart Monday morn
ing.
The two are old barnstorm
ing friends of Les Mauldin’s.
FIVE DEAD IN !
AMARILLO FIRE
Three Die In Blaze And
Two Killed In Leap
To Pavement
AMARILLO. May li._an—'Trap
ped by flames which destroyed the
Tourist hotel here early today, five
men were burned to death, or killed
when they jumped to the pavement
from third story windows. Three of
the victims were burned to death
and tw'o killed when they leaped. At
least a score were injured, three
seriously.
The dead:
Peter Kearns. Pine. Colo.
Raymond Cozart. Detroit, Tex.
Hoyt Crowe. Tulia. Tex.
J. P. Purdian. or Perdian, Am
arillo.
An unidentified man.
Guests fought their way to safety
through scenes of the wildest con
fusion. screams punctuating the
roar of the flames as they swept
through the ancient structure, one
of the oldest buildings in the busi
ness district. Many actually made
their way to safety through the
flames, while others, blocked from
ordinary exits by the fire escaped
through windows. ’
Many I’naecounted For
- Although firemen continued to
rake the ruins, no other bodies had
been found. Neither had numer
ous hotel guests been accounted for.
The most severely injured was a
woman. Miss Birdie Rhodes, oper
ator of the hotel, a 25-vear-old
wooden Amarillo landmark. Miss
Rhodes was caught in her room on
(Continued on page eight.)
The bill introduced in the legis
lature at Austin amending the state
law applying to navigation districts,
which would permit funds voted by
one district to be spent in another
district, was not aimed at the
Brownsville district. County Judge
O. C. Dajvy said Saturday night.
Members of the local navigation
district commission, on learning
that such a bill hnd been introduced
in the house by Representative Polk
Hornadav had expresed the belief
that the bill was intended to nullify
a special act legalizing the Browns
ville district. A feature of this spe
cial bill is a clause which requires
that all funds of the district be ex
pended within its area for the de
velopment of a port.
Judge Dancy Saturday night said
the bill had been written by him
and had been introduced by Repre
sentative Hornadav at his request.
The bill was written and sent to Aus
tin following a discussion of the
proposal in an open session at the
Cameron countv commissioners
court which was attended by every
member of that body, he said. It
was known before Judge Dancy is
sued his statement that Representa
tive Hornadav had introduced the
bill on request.
‘ How the bill which I drew and
sent to Mr. Hornadav with request
that he have it passed could be con
strued as an attack on the Browns
ville navigation district is beyond
my comprehension.” Judge Dancy
wrote in a statement to The Herald.
‘‘I drew, the bill and any criticism
should be aimed at me rather than
at Mr. Homaday.
The statement cor/i' *ed:
I enclose a carbon copy of the
(Continued on page eight.)
Local Graduation
Classes Are Among
Largest Recorded
The graduation classes from local schools are among the largest ever1
recorded here, records show. There are 76 candidates for graduation from
the senior high school, as compared to 62 last year, and 53 the previous
year. There are but nine candidates for graduation from the junior col
lege, but with present prospects 30 are expected next year, school authori
ties state. ' # • • •
There are 118 junior high school |
students listed as candidates lor
diplomas.
The scholastic ranking of the
high school graduates as a body is
said to be relatively high. Raul
Garza, valedictorian, has attained
an average of 95.6. Garza is fol
lowed in second and third places by
Elizabeth Rowe and Nancv String -
fellow with marks of 91.4 and 90.6.
respectively.
Ten students of the class achieved
membership in the National Honor
society. These awards are made on
a basis of leadership, general adapt
ability, school spirit, character,;
scholarship and service. The r-o
ciety’s universal pen. found all over
the United States, will be given the
local group.
In addition to the three leading
scholars already named, the follow
ing will receive the honor award:
Jeanie McClughan. Ida Laura Mon
roe. Pauline Marler, Robert O'Bry
an, Doris Smith, Homer Sexton r.nd
(Continued on page eight.)
PLANECRASH
KILLS WAR ACE
—
Bernard Lauscher, Formally
Of German Flying Corps
Dies After 200 Ft. Fall
TRONA. Cal.. May 11.—(yp)— Ber
nard Lauscher. world war ace of the
German flying corps, died today an
hour and a half after his plane had
nose-dived from an altitude of 2001
feet at Trona airport. Edouard 1.1
Glatte and James Bell, passengers
in the plane on a flight from Long
Beach, Cal., were injured seriously
but are expected to live.
Lauscher occupied the rear com
partment of the biplane.
Glatte and Bells were residents of
Long Beach. Glatte suffered a
broken hip and both legs were brok
en. Bell's injuries were undeter
mined.
German war records credited
Lauitfher with bringing down five
allied planes. After the war before
he left Germany, he was a pilot for
the Deutsche Luft Hans a.
DISCUSS PURCHASE
OF GRAF ZEPPELIN
• CLEVELAND. May 11.—(JPI—A
proposal of New York and Los An
geles capitalists to purchase the
Graf Zeppelin and run it between
Los Angeles and Honolulu will be
i discussed at a conference here to
I morrow', it was announced today by
John A. Elden. president of the
! Ohio State Bar Asociation.
GROCERYMAN SHOOTS
WITH TWO ROBBERS
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WICHITA. Kans.. May 11.——
! R. J. Ferry, manager of a grocery
stose, shot It out with two robbers
here tonight. Albert Mayor. Gran
| ite. Okla., was fatally wounded.
LEGISLATORS CONFER
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 11.—
! A committee of Oklahoma legisla
1 tors left today for Austin to confer
with Texas officials on matters con
cerning the disputed area along
i Oklahoma's western boundary. __
SERVICES TO
OPEN SUNDAY
Baccalaureate Sermon For
College-High School
Set For 11 A. M.
■•■■■■ -i - in
Local graduation exercises will bei
begun here Sunday with joint bac- i
calaureate services for the Browns- !
ville junior college and senior high I
school. All of the school exercises j
throughout the week will be held in !
the auditorium of the junior college- I
high school building. With the ex- I
ception of the Sunday services, j
which open at 11 a. m., all others
will begin at 8 p. m.
The Sunday program follows:
Processional, ‘ Largo” (Handel).
Saluation (Gaines), combined glee
clubs.
Invocation, Rev. R. O. Mackln- j
tosh.
Anthem, “Praise Ye the Father” j
(Gounod', combined glee clubs.
Scripture lesson, Rev. E. W. Mar
shall.
“Onward, Christian Soldiers.” con
gregation.
Duet, *T Waited for the Lord,’
Misses Tucker and Kendrick.
Benediction, Rev. R. O. Mackin
tosh.
Recessional.
Miss Annie Tucker, director; mar
garct Hughston, accompanist; Miss
Annie Putegnat and Mr. John Mc
Cleary. violinists.
On the night of 'Wednesday, May
15. the high school will stage sen
iors’ night. This affair will be more
(Continued on page eight.)
ATTEMPTS FAIL IN
GETTING NEW TRIALS
MEXICO CITY. May 11—<*>—
Attempts to obtain new trials for 17
women out of 39 who just have been
sent to the penal colony on Las
Tres Marias islands, off the West
coast, on charges of smuggling arms
and ammunition to the so-called re
ligious rebels, failed today. The
district court denied application for
a permanent restraining order
against their detention on the
ground that the lawyers presented
1 insufficient evidence.
WIFE KILLS HERSELF
AND FOUR CHILDREN
SASKATOON. Sask . May 11.—'/P
—Mrs. Muriel Wilson killed her four
children and then committed suicide
because she felt unworthy of her
husband, it was discovered today
v. hen a searching party came on the
five bodies.
A note asked forgiveness and
stated that the wife felt herself un
worthy of Wilson.
PART OF $750,000
ATTACHED TO WRIT
NEW YORK. May 11.—f/pv—Part
of the $750,000 brought to New York
by Salvador Ateca. reputed Mexican
rebel paymaster, was attached to
day on a writ obtained by the Banco
la Laguna Refaccionairo of Torreon.
Coahuila. Mexico, in a suit by the
bank against rebel leaders.
GARNER ASKS
TEXAS AID IN
DATE CULTURE
Money Needed to Hire
Expert to Develop
Method, Montgom
ery Is Told In Letter
♦Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN, May 11—Suggestion
that the state of Texas assist in de
veloping the date growing industry'
in South Texas by employing an ex- j
pert to develop cultural methods
adapted to this secion is contained
in a letter sent by Congressman
John N. Garner to R. W. Montgom
ery. representative of idalgo county.
Mr. Garner suggests that the state
appropriate $5,000 a year for the
purpose and offers to lend any as
sistance possible.
The prospects for growing dates
in Texas are very promising. Garner
says he is informed by the depart-'
ment of agriculture, the necessity
for developing a rain resisting varie
ty being about the only stumbling
block.
In connection with the proposal to
employ the expert. Mr. Garner says
1,350 offshoots of a rain resisting
variety of dates soon are to be sent
to Weslaco for planting on the ex
tension service farm there. The off
shoots were brought to the United
States from Mesopotamia by mem
bers of an expedition sent there for
the purpose of discovering a variety
of dates likely would be successful
In the Valley.
The expedition was financed with
an appropriation of $10,000 secured
by Congressman Garner and the
offshoots were chosen in a section
where the climatic conditions are
very similar to those pertaining in
the Valley.
Mr. Montgomery pointed out that
approximately 81.000.000 pounds of
dates are consumed annually in the
United States, all but 1.000.000
pounds being imported. The native
dates are grown in Arizona and Cal
ifornia.
The experiment station at Weslaco
hds obtained better results with date
culture than anv other station in
the United States, Montgomery says
he is informed.
Mr. Garner wrote to Representa
tive Montgomery as follows:
4 You are familiar with the appro
priation that I succeeded in securing
a year ago for the pupose of financ
ing an expedition to Mesopotamia
to study rain resistant dates and se
cure if possible a quantity of off
shoots of promising varieties to be
imported for planting in the lower
Rio Grande Valley for experimental
(Continued on page eight.)
* ZEP PASSENGER
V —.- -
Baroness Llli Hatvanv of
Hungary, playwright and short
story writer. Is coining to the
United States in May on the
second trans-Atlantic voyage
of the Graf Zeppelin to see
Ethel Barrymore act in ’The
Love Duel,” the baroness’ first
play to reach Broadway.
MAIL PLANES
ADD TO SERVICE
Pilot* to Report Movements
Over Radio To Sta
tion NAY
■ "T".11
Beginning Saturday, airplanes op
erated by the Mexican Aviation
Company between Brownsville and
Mexico City will report their move
ments by radio to officials in
Brownsville.
The reports are being handled by
NAY. local naval radio station,
authorization for the service having
been received by B. L. Jarvis, officer
in charge.
The planes will report their ar
rival and departure at Tampico and
Mexico City and the local station
will be In touch with them through
out the flight.
Competent radio operators are
on the planes, which have been
equipped with first class high fre
quency equipment.
The radio service i san added pre
cautionary measure to Increase con
fidence of passengers in the air
service.
The radio service is an added pre
to transmit any commercial busi
ness under the agreement with the
navy department. Mr. Jarvis said.
Pastor Quits Baptist
Convention Hall as
Woman Begins Talk
P 1—LEAD ALL—PASTOR-D C—30— - - - “
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. May 11.—*&)—An entirely new home missions board
was selected by the Southern Baptist convention at its last business ses
sion here today. The action, replacing all members of the board in office
when the defalcations of the former treasurer. Clinton S. Carnes, were
discovered last year, was taken at the request of the retiring president.
Dr. L. R. Christie of Atlanta
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. May 11.—f/P)—An advocate of literal application of
tl.e scriptural injunction that women shall be silent in church found scant
support in the Southern Baptist convention today, and the woman in the
controversy was received with acclaim when she broke her silence from
the platform.
-4
Charlie Pyle’* Arm
Is Broken When His
Auto Crashes Fence
ABILENE, Tex., May 11.—(&)—
C. C. Pyle, the promoter, received a
broken arm in an automobile acci
dent near here today.
Pyle, acting as a sort of advance
agent for his cross-country runners,
who come into this section soon, was
j cn route to Albany, 25 miles from
here. The taxicab in which he was
raiding, driven by an Abilene man
who escaped unhurt, crashed
through an obstruction baring a
“closed ’ road and overturned.
The promoter's condition is not
serious. He was brought to an
Abilene hospital tonight.
DEL RIO WOOL BOUGHT
DEL RIO, Texas. May 11.—f/Pi—
John Allison of San Angelo today
bought 1250 000 pounds of short
wool from the Del Rio Wool Mohair
company at 33 cents a pound.
%
. Only a few scattering ayes mere
heard when the president. Dr. Geo.
W. Truett, of Dallas, put the ques
tion as to whether the body should
rescind its invitation to Mrs. W. J.
Cox of Memphis, president of the
Women's Missionary union, to make
an address.
The motion to take back the In
vitation had been made by the Rev.
Dr. J. W. Porter, Lexington, Ky
who presented a memorial from
view. He argued that the idea of
a woman speaking at a Baptist
meeting was repungant to ''2.000
years of Baptist history,’* that the
Bible expressly says for women to
keep silent in church and that the
Scriptures teach that women are
subject to men. He even said he
as soon would substitute sprinkling
for immersion as to vote for a
woman to speak.
Dr. Porter saw in the invitation
an effort to “please the sisters and
get money.”
“It’s trading God for gold,” the
Kentuckian said. He referred to
another piece of Biblical history In
his argument, remarking, “Eve
tempted Adam, and now the South
ern Baptist convention Is tempting
women. Women would do all right
(Continued from page eight.)
POI QUELL
RIOT AS MOB
THROWS EGGS
Des Moines Institu
tion Closed Indef
initely After Protest
Demonstration
DES MOINES. Ma/U.-vP—Or.
T. T. Shields, president of the board
of trustees of Des Monies univer
sity. tonight ordered the Institu
tion closed indefinitely and plarrd
it under police protection after a
mob of students disrupted the dat
ing session of the board.
The controversy reported to In
volve a modernist-fundamentalist,
dispute that caused the dlacharte
of the entire faculty of the Baptist
last it ut ion. was brought to a climax
tonight when 150 students *• termed
the administration buiidjug where'
the board was meeting Thry threw
stones and eggs, breaking windows
and wrecking furniture, and were
not quelled until a police not cad
brought a dozen officers to the
campus.
Meanwhile trustee* sought safety
In a closet One board member, tt
was reported, was held captive fry
awhile by students. No undergrad
uates had been arrested tonight. Dr.
Shields and Miss Edith M Rebanan.
secretary of the board, were taken
to police headquarters for aafety
preparatory to leaving Des Motion
tonight.
The Baptist Bible un on of North
America, which controls the school,
will meet Tuesday at Buffalo. K Y,
in annual convention At this meet
ing the university j fate probably
will be decided, it was understand.
Dr Shields and Miss Redman are
believed to be planning to attend.
LIBERTY Mo. May I! r—Dr.
i Henry c. Wayman, president of Das
‘Moines university, dismissed today,
resigned under fire last June after
serving five years as head of Wil
liam Jewell college here.
In May several faculty heads were
(dismissed because of their “tack
of sympathy with Baptist work '
Nurse Who Killed
Wounded Policeman
Gets Life Sentence
DENVER. Mav 1! ~.J-~Panco
King, nurse, who shot and killed her
erstwhile sweetheart. John Bobatae,
Denver policeman, as he lay aitaep
in a hospital bed recovering from
wounds received in a police rata, to
day was sentenced to spend the re
mainder of her life in the peni
tentiary.
Miss King requested that she be
permitted to visit the graves of her
baby and that of her victim before
going to the prison
"That is a matter to be settled
later." the Judge replied
RAYMONDVILLE MAN
IS C. A. I. DIRECTOR
AUSTIN, May 11.— P —Governor
Moody today appointed the hoard of
directors of the college of arts and
Industries at Kingsville, formerly the
South Texas State Teachers college.
The directors are R, M. Kleberg.
Kingsville; Gus S Wortham. Hous
ton; Mrs. W, P. Stronrr. Victoria,
six-year term; Same Fore. Jr . PVr
esville: Mrs. Gordon Boone. Cornua
Christi; Lamar GUI. Raymondvtlje,
four-year term, and O. W Kiiiam,
Laredo; Mrs. Lorine Jones ftpoatek
Corpus Christ:, and Ed G. Lassiter,
Pktfurrtas. two-year term.
KANSAS CITY BOY
WINS FIRST PLACE
KANSAS CITY. May II ~ <*—
Ben W. Swofford of Southwest High
school. Kama* City, tonight won
first place In the mldwestem final*
of a national oratorical contest, on
the constitution. Robert W Brown
of Sioux City. lour*, was second and
Eugene Mapjel. Oklahoma Cl*?, wa*
third. Seven were entered.
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THE WEATHER I
WoA Texas: Cloudy, thunder
showers In southeast portlea. cooltr
in south portion Sunday: Monday,
fair, warmer in north portion.
. East Texas: Scattered thunder
showers. cooled In north portion
Sunday: Monday, generally cloudy,
probably showers near east toast,
cooler in southeast portion fNan.
occasionally strong. southern* to
north winds on the com*.
Oklahoma: Cloudy. Thundeeetoaw
ers in south portion, cooler m om*n
east portion Sunday; Monday, fair
somewhat wanner.
New Mexico: Generally fair
Sunday, warmer north-central, root
er southeast portion; Monday fai*
and warmer.
Arizona: Fair Sundae and Mon
day, warmer S* inday north-centra*
and northeast portion*.
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