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^HIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 314 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY ic A COPY
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IN OUtl
VALLEY I
THE DELTA IRRIGATION
News, for years oficial organ of
' the Water Uuers association, has
' taken on new life.
j R. C. Lowry is to be editor and
( publisher, R. W Lowry, business
manager, and Thos. W. Patterson,
advertising.
The publication is to be issued
1 from Mission in the future and has
. ; made application for a second class
mailing privilege from that office.
For the past several months the
publication has been issued from
Harlingen.
I "No Politics.” is tg be the creed
of the publication under the hew
management. "We are going to
• let everybody feel as they want to
about politics in their respective lo
calities; we are going to devote our
efforts to building up the interests
of irrigation and those who use
* water in the Valley ” The paper
says editorially.
This issue is 16 pages four
' column size,
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FINDING OF FLORIDA grape
fruit on sale in the city’s market
i here was met with promnt action
1 by Commissioner of Agriculture
George Terrelll.
All citrus fruit regardless of
t where grown has been barred from
f all South Texas.
Commissioner Terrell, always a
friend to the Valley, is determined
that everv precaution will be taken
| to keen the mediterranean fly out
, of this section—thus guarding the
j citrus Industry.
No citrus can come into that
<portion of Texas south of the
. Southern Pacific railroad from Del
Rid to Ofanee.
&fcThls should be of interest to the
dffKdley in two \.ays.
i (Bj»t protects the Valley and it
^providing a home market for the
t remaining Valley grapefruit and
oranges.
a m m
' A. C. HIPP. MANAGER of Desel
Boettcher Co. here and member of
the city comission, has been named
prisident to the Texas Traveler’s
the state convention in Beaumont.
Valley citizens are being recog
nized daily f^s leaders in all lines
of enreavor. J. E. Bell. San Benito
• chamber of commerce executive,
is president of the Texas Com
mercial Executives association.
John T. Lomax was elected poten
tate of Alzafar Shrine Temple,
with headauarters at San Antonio.
! Just three instances in a long list
lof honor bestowed on Valley lead
I Another is election in Temple
ibf Miss Julia O’Brien of Browns
i vine first vice nresident of Busi
ness and Professional women of
Texas.
' Arthur Hipp long has been active
l in the affairs of the T. P. A. and
this honor is a recognition of past
service.
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i MAYRON F. WARD, manager of
the Harlingen chamber of com
I merce. is incensed at an insurance
company which is seeking to cancel
an insurance policy carried by a
Harlingen man because “he resides
in Harlingen, which is on the bor
-If,*.
Mr. Ward has written to the
company giving them some enlight
en!?* information. This informa
tion includes the fact that the
death rate in Harlingen from
violent causes is many
than in the home city of the com
panv which seeks to cancel the
\ policy. He inform? them that
\ Harlingen is in the Lower Pio
1 Grande V*llev. the healthiest spot
! on earth-where they should be
seeking additional policy holders
instead of attempting to get rid
of those it now has.
Many Insurance companies are
I struggling for business in any Val
■ lev town.
/ What the officials of this com
pany need is an education—they
should get out and travel. They
l might be surprised at some of the
things they would see in this United
f States.
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MERCEDES IS PREPARING to
temporary airplane landing field
there.
Tha ceremonies are expected to
create enthusiasm for a perman
ent airport.
Arrangements completed for an
-Airplane of the Corporation Aero
tfrautlca de Transportes. S. A. to
”land there and ;>ick up epproxi
matelv 5000 letters for Monterray.
Torreon. Durango Mazatlan and
other Mexican cities.
School children i.* Mercedes are
to be given names of school chil
dren at Torreon and these are to
exxchanvc airr',,M letters.
Wednesday or Thursday likely will
be delayed by rain which fell Mon
day.
RAIN CEASES IN FLOOD AREA
TOPEKA. Kan.. May 14. UP\—
Cessation of rain today gave n«-om
iae of relief from flood conditons
to central Kansas.
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2ND AMARILLO
SHOOTING IN
LAST2WEEKS
State Say* Victim Wa*
Held and Shot Down
After She Attempted
To Run Away
AMARILLO. Tex, May 14.—f/P1
A murder charge was filed here to
day against Mrs. E. M. Stallworth,
alleging that she held Mrs. Grace
Morrison. Plain view. Texas, while
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Levi P.
Stallworth, fired three shots at Mrs.
Morrison, killing her, here yester
day.
Mrs. Stallworth and her daugh
ter-in-law. the charge said, forced
Mrs. Morrison to accompany them
down the street from the rooming
house where the latter was staying.
In front of a hotel, less than half
a block away. Mrs. Morrison is said
to have broken free from her cap
tors. running back towcrd her
boarding house.
The elder Mrs Stallworth over
took her and held Mrs. Morrison
while the daughter-in-law fired, it
is charged. After the first shot.
Mrs. Morrison again broke away,
the charge recites, ran to the door of
the hotel and fell. Two more shots
were fired at her.
Levi P. Stallworth, a railroad
man. and Morrison both were out
of the city today. Morrison was ex
pected to arrive from Plalnview to
day.
Rivalry’ for Stallworth’s affections
Is believed to have been the cause of
the shooting.
Mrs. Levi Stillworth also was
charged with murder.
END DISPUTE?
Settlement M Mexico'* long
standing religious controversy
may be the outcome of President
l Emilio Portes Gil's announce
ment that he is ready to discuss
the matter with Catholic auth
orities. Gil. above, made the
announcement in reply to one
by Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y
Flores, beiow. at Washington,
who said he believed the causes
of the religious conflict could be
corrected.
Edinburg May Name
Corporation Judge
And City Manager
EDINBURG, May 14.—f/P)—Edinburg commisioners at their meet
ing Tuesday were to finally decide on a city manager and corporation
Judge, it became known late Monday.
The charter of Edinburg provides for a city manager-city com
mission form of government, but no city manager has been named for
250 TENNESSEE
STRIKERS HELD
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Men Later Released After
Blocking Road To
Work Mill
ELIZABETHTON. Tenn.. May 14.
i;p)_More than 250 strikers were
arrested today on charges of ini
midation and were escorted to the
1 court house c~uare here by com
j pany of national guardsmen, they
1 were not placed in jail as the jail
! is too small to hold that number.
There was a noisy demonstration
from those under arrest as the pro
cession moved its way to the square
where the arrests were made,
from the Stoney creek highway
At one point along the line of
march some of those in custody de
i dared their intention of proceed
ing to Elirabethton unguarded.
One car started off but halted
I when a guard at one of the Tex
tile mills, levelled a gun at the
driver and a squad of guardsmen
with fixed bayonets blocked the
road.
More than 5500 persons went on
strike here a month ago. resulting
j in the closing of the American
] Bemberg and Glanzstoff plants,
which however, announced May 6
' that operations were being resumed
gradually
A guard named Fair arrested a
crowd of strikers, charging they
were blocking the road and.pro
hibiting workers from Gap Creek
from reaching the plants. Those
arrested filled five automobiles,
two busses and a truck.
A call for help was sent by Fair
but before soldiers could arrive
from the plants. Fields said, several
■core more strikers arrived. It
(Continned on page «ix.)
;liiu juu ui dnciai nuu wit
mayor has been acting as city judge.
It is rumored that C. L. Hampton,
former city fire marshal and now
both acting city manager and reg
ularly appointed city fire chief, is
slated for the former position as
well as retaining his present po
sition.
Mr. Hampton who resigned as fire
marshal several weeks ago to take
a position with the Brownsville mu
nicipal electric plant, but who quit
after only a few days in office in
order to return to Edinburg, suc
ceeded I. M. Stout as fire chief
about two weeks ago. Both Mr.
Stout and Chief Hampton held their
old positions for about three years.
Following the resignation of
Marshall Hampton. E. C. Umland.
Jr., of Edinburg was named fire
marshal while G. C. Baumgartel of
Edinburg, was named city inspector,
which position Mr- Hampton held
jointly with that of fire marshal.
I naddition to action on the mat
ter of a corporation judge and city
manager, the city fathers have a
number of other important matters
for disposal on their calendar. It
is posible that two or more city Jobs
will be combined with the office of
city manager in the event the com
mission decides to name a manager
and corporation judge at their com
ing meeting.
Edinburg’s city officials are A. J.
Ross. Sr., mayor, and W. R. Dyer
and E. M. Everitt. city commission
ers. James Edwards is city clerk
while Earl West is city marshal.
HORNADAY BILL ON
NAVIGATION DEAD
(Special to The Herald>
AUSTIN. May 14 —Efforts to pass
the Hornaday bill to authorize navt
| gation districts to expend funds for
improvements outside their bound
aries have been abandoned. Rep.
Polk Hornaday announced.
Favorable reports were secured
Tuesday on his bills to greater Cam
eron county water improvement dis
tricts 10, 11 and 12.
ALL CITRUS IS
BARREDFROM
SOUTH TEXAS
Absolute Embargo In
Valley Follows Dis
covery of Florida
Fruit on Sale Here
An absolute embargo against
shipping any citrus fruit into South,
Texas or the Valley has been de
clared by Commisioner of Agricul
ture George B. Terrell following the
discovery of grapefruit from Florida
on sale in two stalls at the city
market here.
Information of the embargo was
contained in a telegram from Ter
rell at Austin to J. E. Bell, man
ager of the San Benito Chamber of
Commerce, in which Terrell asked
that vigilance committees be named
in all Valley towns to see that no
citrus fruit grown in other sections
is brought into the Valley. ,
Bell was busy today getting in
touch with managers of chambers of
commerce in other Valley towns
urging them to take immediate ac
tion. Terrell urged that any im
ported fruit be seised and dastroyed.
It was presumed he would issue or
ders to his inspectors in the Valley
to aid in this program.
The Florida fruit, hich had been
sent here by express from San An
tonio. was examined by state in
spectors and no trace of infestation
by the Mediterranean fruit fly was
found.
he telegram front Commissioner
Terrell read “Have quarantined all
area south of Southern Pacific rail
road from Del Rio to Orange to
keep citrus fruit out of the Valley.
We are policing all larger cities.
(Continued on page eight.)
GRAF READY
FOR FLIGHT
59 Person* And Gorilla For
Chicago Zoo to Make
Second Tirp
FRIEDRICHSHEVEN. Germany,
May 14. </Pi—the scheduled de
parture of the trans atlantlc dir
igible Graf Zcunelin for the
t’nited States tomorrow morning
has been postponed because
France has been withholding per
mission for the ship to fly over
that country.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany.
May 14. (JP)—Final preparations for
departure of the giant dirigible Graf
Zeppelin on its second trip to
America were under way here today.
The take-off is planned for dawn
tomorrow.
A last trial flight of one hour and
three quarters was made at dusk
yesterday under command of Cap
tain Lehmann, assistant to the ship’s
master, Dr. Hugo Eckener. The
motors functioned perfectly and
everything was pronounced in readi
ness.
It was assumed here after taking
off tomorrow morning Dr. Eckener
will shape his course to Lakehurst,
N. J., as far south as the Azores,
or even further south, since adverse
weather conditions are expected to
prevail along the northern route.
Fifty-nine persons and one “lady”
Gorilla, Missie” by name, who is
addressed to the Chicago zoo. will
make the trip aboard the ship. 40
of the persons being members of the
crew. Among the passengers Is
Captain George Hubert Wilkins,
polar explorer, who wishes to make
some navigational studies en route.
C. OF C. NEEDS
200 ROOMS TO
HOUSE GUESTS
Needed—200 more rooms.
With requests for reservations
during the convention here of
die Texas State Medical associa
tion still pouring in. the cham
ber of commerce today asked
Brownsville citizens to place 200
more rooms at their disposal.
Indications daily point to a
record attendance here May 20
to 23. inclusive and all available
housing facilities already have
been assigned, it was said.
Residents who can rent one or
more rooms are asked to notify
the chamber of commerce.
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RAIN GENERAL
OVER VALLEY
Heaviest Precipitation Re
corded At Mission; Crops
To Benefit
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A rain which was believed to have
been fairly general through thei
Valley and South Texas, though,
varying greatly in the amount of I
precipitation, fell Monday night and j
early Tuesday. It is expected to be
of great benv'it to the cotton crop
and also to many tomato fields, al
though there was some fear express
ed the shipping quality of tomatoes
might be injured.
Cloudv weather continued
throughout the area with indication
of more rain.
The heaviest rainfall, according to
the official report of the weather
bureau here, was at Mission, where
.58 inch was reported for the 24
hour period. The Brownsville gauge
recorded .37 inch. Laredo reported
.07 and San Benito .09 inches of
rain.
It was believed that dry land sec
tions of Hidalgo county received a
fairly good rain and Willacy coun
ty sections reported some rainfall.
At Mercedes there was a hard rain
from about 7:30 to 8 p. m. with a
drizzle continuing for some time.
Cameron county points did not be
gin to receive any rain until early
Tuesday.
The rain in Hidalgo county was
accompanied by a heavy wind, with
considerable lightning and a very
small amount of small hail.
Rains reported up the river indi
cate a slight rise in the Rio Grande
for the next two or three days, ac
cording to W. J. Schnurbusch, local
meteorologist. Unless there has
been rain on the San Juan water
shed in Mexico the rise would be
very limited, not amounting to more
than one or two feet at Brownsville,
he believed. He believed no rain had
fallen in Mexico, in the absence of
reports.
There will be sufficient rise to re-1
lieve the threatened shortage of wa
ter in the lower reaches of the Rio
Grande, it is believed.'
SNAKE AUTHORITY
DIES FROM BITE
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| NEW YORK, May 14. (JV-One
of the worlds leading authorities
on snakes is dead, victim of the
infuriated mate of a rattlesnake
ne had captured.
Shades E. Snyder, former head
reptile keeper at the Bronx zoo,
died at a hospital at Suffern, N. Y.t
yesterdav from the effects of a
snake bite inflicted earlier in the
day while he was hunting snakes
in the Rama do hills.
GIRL’S COLLEGE PUTS
BAN OF SORORITIES
ROANOKE. Va.. May 14. —l/fn—
Because “standards for member
ship are largely based on social
standing and popularity rather
than character and ability," Hol
lins college is to abandon all soror
ities.
Canine Collector Crashes
In Curbing Cowering Cur
CHICAGO. May 1.—<AV-Curb
i ing the curs becomes, as time goes
on, more and more a precarious
profession.
It wasn't hardly a week ago that
Evanston's dog catcher damaged
his digits diving for a dog that
turned out to be an iron orna
ment; and now John Sullivan, ca
nine collector for Oak park—an
other or Chicago’s doggy suburbs
—plunges through $100 worth of
Plata glass window in an attempt
to master a mite of a mutt»^
Sullivan cornered the creature
in front of the big show window
of the Cranfall Motor Car com
pany. He sprang at the dog in
the most approved fashion, but
the dag sprang, too. Sullivan kept
on going right through the win
dow. He was picking glass from
his clothing long after the dog
was two mile* away and still run
nng.
Fortunately, Sullivan was not
hurt. 8omeone. however, owes the
Cranail Motor company $100.
GUN' OWN
IN FACE OF
WOMAN CLERK
Dapper Youth Scoops
Undetermined Sum
From McClellan’s
Cash Register
(Special to The Herald'
DONNA. May 14—Abruptly throw
ing a pistol into the face of the
woman bookkeeper of the McClellan
garage with the admonition that she
not move or speak, a dapper young
aandit completed the first daylight
stickup in the Valley in many years
shortly after noon Tuesday. The gun
man made off with an undetermined
amount from the garage cash regis
ler and took the bookkeeper s purse
also.
The man kept close to the garage
In the late morning hours, evident
ly waiting for the men in the shop
to depart for lunch. Shortly after
noon, when the men had left, he
entered the garage and asked the
woman bookkeeper for valve cores
which are located near the cash
register. When she rang up the
coin, the unmasked young ma«»
whipped a pistol from his pocket
warning her in a low tone not to
cry out.
Keeping his gun on her. the ban
dit scooped the cash from the regis
ter and snatched the woman's purse
from a nearby stool. Again warning
her to say nothing, the well dressed
youth slipped through the door and
down the street.
The man was described as appar
ently a foreigner, dark, medium
sized, well dressed and was said to
have talked wich a slight accent.
The bookkeeper, although fright
ened and nervous, turned in the
alarm almost immediately after the
bandit had disappeared through the
door. No trace of him was found
and it was believed that a car and
(Continued on page nine.)
MOVIE TWINS
;
Movie twins are these pretty
girl stars. Ore is Mary Astor
and the other June Ooityer.
Their amazing resemblance baf
fles even Hollywood friends
Which Is which? You're wrong
—that’s June above and Mary
Is below.
Merchants Ask New
Constitution and
Law Code at Meet
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(Special to The Herald*.
SAN BENITO. May 14.—An ap
peal for merchants of Texas to com
bine in a demand for a new state
constitution and revised code of
laws was sounded here this morning
in the feature address of the Joint
session of the Retail Merchants’ as
sociation, the Associated Retail
Credit Men of Texas, and the Retail
Credit Bureaus.
There are about 350 persons cm
hand for the convention, which en
tered its second day Tuesday, with
l-od representation from all parts
of the state, according to officials.
Brownsville and other Valley towns
were well represented at the ses
sions.
There were five bidders for the
next convention with Lubbock and
New Braunfels apparently making
the strangest claims. New Braunfels
seemed to have a slight edge overj
Lubbock for the favor of the dele
gates. Other bidders are Corsicana
Mineral Wells and San Marcos.
The golf tournament scheduled to
be played today on the links at Mer
cedes was postponed following the
rain.
The appeal for a new constitution
was made by State Senator Julian
C. Hyer of Port Worth, who declared
that the present laws are "a patch -
work of contradictions." under
which It is impossible to effectively
operate a business.
If a new code of laws and a new
constitution should be adopted a
feature of the new statues would be
a code for govemning business and
credit which would permit more ef
ficient operation, the senator de
clared.
One need is for a higher type of
men in the legislature, Hyer said.
“At present the pay of legislators
is $5 per day, and some of them are
making more money at that salary
than they would be making If they
were at home.” Hyer declared. "By
staying at cheap boarding houses
and eating cheap meals, they are
able to rhow a profit on their stay
in Austin.
Urges Salary Increase
**A higher type of representatior
in Austin would solve many of the
problems of the state.” he said, urg
ing an increase in pay for the mem
bers.
The first day of the conventioc
proved a busy cine for all the visitor!
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Sidelights !
Handkerchiefs and scarfs, of what
ever color one ought wish, but all
bearing the slogan ‘ Meet me In New
Braunfels in 1930* were being dis
tributed at convention headquar
ters.
New Braunfels also la represen
ted by a large delegation of merch
ants, and tp- a rube band. The
band represents all extreme* In
costumes, musical instruments, or
chestration and general comedy,
and has already attracted much at
tention it the convention
New Braunfels will have stiff
competition from San Marcos, Cor
sicana and other cities for the 19J|
convention, it is indicated.
Complications threatened at the
opening of the convention by rea
son of a promise <or what was con
sidered a promise) made by Valley
delegates at the last convention,
when they brought the Retail Mer
chants to thq Valley.
Valley delegates at that time
wore tags, painted to represent
a grapefruit, and with the alogaa
"Squeezs Me in San Benito la I9J9
printed on them. Moat of the
Valley visitors at the convention
then were women.
The complications threatened
when some of the delegate* from
other parts of the state are report
ed to have Insisted the slogan was
meant literally, and not to apply to
a grapefruit
Registration a.’ delegate* eras -~s
temlzed in the chamber of com
merce office in 8an Benito, three
employes of the Merchants aasoe
iation and the chamber of com
merce handling delegates as fast a*
they arrived.
| Orange badges deviate delegate!
(Continued on page eight.)
HIGH VOLTAGE
WIRE CAUSES
QUICK DEATH
Men Had Started Oat
To Get Gasoline As
Live Wire la Blown
Across Path !
WKrmrm*€i«rr tr*®*. ta®*
Cause For Lockout
Of 75.M* Workers
la Removed Today
POLICE SEARCH FOR
HICH SCHOOL STUDEHT