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*4 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 337 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY j IN OUE VALLEY ■■ J THE SEASON of discussion as to northern terminals for the Pan American air lines has come to a close. At least one contract is winging its way southward, as this is be ing written. Wednesday morning. It is Brownsville’s proposal to j held the terminals where they are now—at Brownsville. It Is a lease plan, but details of which are not announced. [ Apparently it is satisfactory to the various elements having to do with the direction of the local port —the advisory committee, the city commission. In addition to which representa tives of the Mexican Aviation com Spany announced they would recom mend acceptance of the contract. Spectators at the commission meeting, at which the contract recommended by the advisory com mittee was considered, breathed an ^ almost audible sigh of relief when the commission voted unanimously to adopt it by resolution. • • • But a contract Ls not a contract until It has been finally signed by both parties. I The city commission of Browns ville has attached its official sig natures. There remain to be affixed the l signatures of the highest officials I of the Mexican Aviation company | and presumably of the Pan-Ameri can Airways. W. L. Morrison, negotiating offi cial here for the Mexican lines, visited Harlingen during his stay here. No announcement has been made as to what occurred in his con ferences with bidders there for the northern terminals. Presumably Harlingen's offer is still in consideration. And pos sibly that of McAllen, although he dijfrliot go to McAllen. f . - jrme 12 Is announced as the date j by which time the Mexican con- j cem will have definitely decided what It will do. In the meantime, there is nothing to do but wait. • • • FROM WEWOKA. OKLA . comes a news dispatch stating that the peanut crop there this season is excellent. That should be good news for Bill Williams, peanut pusher extraordi nary, who has worn out many pea- I nuts in his shove up the Pike’s Peak incline. Incidentally, the secret of Wil liams’ latest activity has leaked out. He Is working in the Interest of a concern which roasts peanuts ana puts them up in little bags for con sumption by a peanut hungry pub lic. Which we are glad to know. One hates to think that Bill would go to all that trouble for no. reason. -THE AUSTIN city commissioners ,r~*and ti’jW Austin city manager, Adam JohnsonVfcrr planning on a visit to Browns vilflV Austin a’•car or so ago voted $75,000 bondsmor an airport. After voting the aimmnt it was found that the figurn^ould no more than pay for the rfound needed. So more mAiey is sought for de- ! velopment. Mustin officials have heard the Brownsville port referred to as the finest in the Southwest. I They propfse to see what makes It so, and ti determine how much Austin will heed to develop Its air- j port into as real|airjgjrt. Brownsville has set the pare for pinny cities. City Commissioner Burt E. Hink ley. ‘air-tripping between Browns ; ville and Dallas, visited the ports at Austin. San Antonio and Dallas. ■‘All ?ere seas of mud. but land ings somehow were effected. None were comparble to Brownsville's j airport." • • • MANGOES containing the larvae of the Morelas fruit fly have been found In Brownsville. They have been sold to persons who can afford to pay for them, say United States entomologists. Walks who should know better are er^teaging the spread of the pest to jKg possible detriment of the fruit Industry here. Dont buy mangoes If they are not bought, there will be no en couragement to anyone to bring them In. They are dangerous Goodness knows, we are being placed to enough trouble to keep the Mediterranean fruit fly out without having to bother about a possibly lesser evil, but a mighty damaging one at that. • • • THREE CITIZENS sustained in juries in the Brownsville business district Tuesday afternoon when a section of brick wall of an old build ing fell to the sidewalk. One sustained extremely serious Injuries. Brownsville still has many old ***. (Continued on pag« two.) I S ’ | / L • -O— -0- -o~ -0— -0- -0- -0— Vesuvius Peril Mounting SMOKE CLOUDS FILL NAPLES; THRONGS FLEE Wall of Lava 23 Feet High Sweeps Towns, Destroying Homes And Crops NAPLES. Italy, June 5——Huge clouds of smoke, laden with ashes, from the belching throat of Mount Vesuvius hung over Naples today and turned the brightness of i-oon into twilight. Neapolitans were unable to see their similar Iendmark which was clouded by smoke from Its crater. The Associated Press correspon dent visited Terzigno tills morning and found conditions desperate Families were withdrawing with all their belongings and cattle. They flocked Into the churches invoking Saint Gennaro and praying before shrines. Troops took possession of villages to prevent marauding after the in habitants had departed. Train service to Terzigno has been discontinued. The trains run only as far as Boscotrecase. The inhabitants believe the erup tion has reached the importance of that of 1906. LAVA 650 FEET WIDE TORRE ANNUNZIATA. Italy. June 5.—(JP)—Molten lava from wrathful Vesuvius, moving on a front 650 feet wide, invested the woods at Campttello. the change In direction arousing hopes the lich agricultural section around Terzig no. supporting 7.000 people, might be spared in large part. The director of special vclcnnic services of the ministry of public works. Commendatore Romans, spent the night at Terzigno. con ferring with military and engineer ing authorities. — _ GEN. CERVERA TRANSFERRED Matamoros Military Chief Gets Promotion To Monterrey Post Gen. G. R. Cervera. commander of the garrison at Matamoros since 1924, and |>erhaps the most popu lar commanding officer ever sta tioned there, has been superseded in command by Gen. Julio Hernan dez Serrano, sent here from Mon terrey. General Cervera has been pro moted to garrison commander at Monterrey and in addition will be commander of the military zone in that vicinity. This was the zone commanded by former Gen. Gon zalo Escobar when he suddenly turned reebl and led an insurrection against the present government. General Serrano, in Torreon at the outbreak of the revolt, was for some time kept prisoner by the forces of Escobar, but escaoed the firing squad and made his way to the federal lines. General Cervera has planned to leave Matamoros June 12. When tt was learned that he would be transferred, officials of the city at once started a petition to the gov ernment to keep him in Matamoros. but withdrew it when appraised of the fact that his new position was essentially a step forward in his mil itary career. General Cervera thanked officials for their kindness dufing his residence in the city and declared that were it not his duty to go to Monterrey, nothing would please him more than to remain in Matamoros. Felldw Masons have planned a farewell banquet for General Cer vera. who is a 32nd degree member of the organization. A new cavalry regiment to replace the 17th Mexican cavalry, which al so will be sent to Torreon. arrived Sunday, with the new commanding officer. { MORROW AND STIMSON CONFER j After attending the wedding of his daughter Anne to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Ambasador Dwight W. Morrow c right > went to Wash ington to confer on Mexican affairs with Secretary Stimson of the state department. 1930 Governor's Race Begins Early; Moody May Seek Third Term ---————-at __ ISSUE APPEAL IN PEST FIGHT Seeks Quarantine _____ An appeal to all residents of ‘ Brownsville to report to the cham ber of commerce immediately the sale of any Florida fruit, guavas or mangoes in order to prevent se rious danger from fruit fly ugtetn tion was issued today by <r aeqP F Walker, chairman of the commxtee, : appointed to circulate petitions seek ing legislative appropriations for the fight. He is being assisted by Harry H. Banker. "Unless vigilance becomes intense the Valley faces thp samo danger which overtook the Hawaiian Islands, where the pests destroyed the entire fruit crop." Walker said. Meanwhile Rep. Polk Homaday and W. R Montgomery had intro duced a bill in the legislature to permit a 30-day emergency quaran i tine without public hearings to pro ; tect Texas farm and orchard crops from infestations. Hornaday and Rep. E. D. Dunlan offered a bill to appropriate $15,000 for emergency employment of inspectors in the ag ricultural department to deal with the threatened infestation from the Florida fruit fly. 'Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO. June 5.—Petitions bearing several thousand names are moving toward Austin from various parts of the Valley this week, ask (Continued on rage two.) HARLINGEN C. M. T. C. TO BE ENTERTAINED 'Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. June 5.—The Las Amigos club of this city will en tertain Harlingen boys who have signed for the citizens' military training camn with a hayride and barbecue picnic Friday afternoon. The boys will be taken to the Ar royo Colorado for the picnic. i--—-— By RAYMOND BROOKS < Special to The Herald > AUSTIN. June 5.—Two develop ments in the formative stages of the governor's race this week point to the opening of the 1930 cam-; paign much earlier than usual ,and to the keen competition promised for it. Both arc intangible, in that they { represent no definite announcement I of individual candidates, but these j disclosures are typical of the pre ! campaign discussion that goes with making the field of entries. One is the authentic report that Atty. Gen. Claude Pollard will make a decision within a few weeks whether he will enter the race. This carries with it the decision of Gen. Pollard whether he will re i sign his present office and go into private employment. General Pol lard has told friends, in response to urglngs. that he will decide with in a few weeks whether to enter the race. If he does so, it Is known he will retain his present office. His refusing to deny persistent re ports of his impending resigna tion indicate if he stays out of the race, he likely will accept the gen eral attorneyship of Texas railroads which has been offered him. In case General Pollard resigns, there appears a general under standing that Gov. Dan Moody will appoint Former Speaker R. L. Robbltt of Laredo to his office. Bobbitt in Race The second report is that per sons connected with the present administration are telling the “in I side story'’ that Robbltt would make the race for governor, if ap | pointed to the state office, and that I he has recently let his friends know he Is going to be in the race anyway. On this basis, the corridor wise acres and political donesters have Bobbitt definitely *n the race. The extent to which his admirers will undertake to link him with the following the present administra tion. that Is to link the names of Moody and Bobbitt in the next race, depends on whether Gov. Moody has the opportunity and uses it of naming him to a high state office. William T. Wheeler, secretary of (Continued on i>age two.l HOCUS POCUS MEN * * * OF U. S. GATHER * * * IN ANNUAL MEET LIMA. Ohio. June 5.—Hocus ' pocus, now you see it, no you don't —the streets of Lima were filled with the unexpected today at the convention of 2.000 magicians who came from 15 countries with their bag of tricks for the annual gather ing of professors of the black art. Rabbits abounded in profession and th emultiplicity of guinea pigs, geese and playing cards increased with each wag of a magic wand. Hotel rooms rattled with the bones of the dead, and the air was filled with flying coins. They are the members of the In ternational Brotherhood of Magi cians. organization composed of pro fessionals and amateurs from virtu ally every land in the world. The i feature today wa sa free open-air show in the public square and a pa rade tw omiies long with the trick sters trundling their secret cabinets and other trappings of Wizardry down the street. — 11 .— "i ■ CORNICE CRASH INJURESTHREE Woman Ha* Fractured Leg; Two Men Cut, Bruised; Awning Breaks Fail Rosaria Yzaguirre. about 40. was in Mercy hospital today suffering | from a fractured leg any numerous body brumes as a result of a cavoin ; of the bricl: cornice on the TMclan building 110C Elizabeth street, Tues day afternoon. G. W. Hausman. assistant man- 1 ager of Putegnat Hardware com pany. remained at his home today.! convalescing from body bruises and a two-inrh cut on his head. Harry Richardson, owner of the Brownsville Sheet Mrel Worlti, third person hurt, suffered only body bruises and was not confined. Rosaria Yzaguirre. most seriously injured of the three, likely will j be in the hospital three or four ■ weeks, it was said. She was taken 1 to her home between Eighth and Ninth on St. Charles street by a Hinkley ambulance, and after a hasty examination by Dr. J. L. Rcntfro, a Garza cmbuDnce took her on to the hospital. City Buildinr Inspector Geo. M. Hillyer announced Wednesday morning that no additional inspec tion of Brownsville buildings would result from the accident. He said also that the Raiding had not been inspected since the recent heavy rain. Several structures recently have been condemned here. Hillyer said. Spectator-; said the woman wa' almost covered with bricks, and if was several minutes before she wf.:s able to spetk coherently. R chard son ducked down to the sidewalk, covering his head with his hands. He had just se.’d “hello" to Haus man when fhe crash occurred. Approxima ;»\v 65 feet of cornice about two feet high fell. The side walk in front of the United Cigar store, Davenport Typewriter Ex change. and R. L. Steli eRnlty com pany was littered'with bricks. .A cloth awning broke the fall of the bricks, probably saving*the woman s j life. Workmen Wednesday morning were repairing the building, said to be among Brownsville s oldest struc tures. BLAZE CONTROLLED HOUSTON. June 5—<;p>—P i r e ; originating in number 3 hold of the steamship. City of Houston, last night caused damage of approxi mately $30,000 to the vessel and car go. The blaze was brought under control about midnight. DEBATE OPENS ON STATUS OF J. T. ROBISON Utiilty Bill Sent To Committee on State Affairs F olio w i n g Close Vote AUSTIN. June 5— «jf»i—'The spec tre of impeachment hovered over J. | T. Robinson, commissioner of thei general land office, today as the house plunged into a debate to de-1 termine whether the veteran official should be asked to resign his post or face the senate sitting as a court. Rep. Grady Woodruff, Decatur, offered a resolution from the floor, asking Robison to tender his resig nation to the governor within 24 hours. Rep. Victor B. Gilbert. Baird, con tending lawmakers were unprepared to pass on the resolution, asked that it be sent to the committee cn state affairs, and Rep. Leonard Tillotson. Sealy. attempted to halt proceedings by laying it on the table. In a spirited denunciation of the commissioner. Woodruff declared “The people of Texas are demand ing immediate action, and this is too serious a matter for them to allow the legislature to pass it by.” Woodruff exhibited what he stid was the copy of a letter written by Commissioner Robison Ma> 27 to an unnamed land owner suggesting that the property holder indo-se a cheek representing a portion of the ono cent revaluation fund. The let’er. Woodruff declared, was posted nine days after a senate-house investi gating committee had filed a re <Continued on page eight.) SAN BENITO TO OFFER BONDS Navigation District Wants $15,000 For Making First Surveys ^Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO. June 5—Bonds of the San Benito-Point Isabel navi gation district in the sum of $15,000 are to be sold soon to finance sur veys and other preliminary work in the district, it was announced here j by Judge James Q Louthan. attor ney for the district. A tax of 6 cents on the $100 valua tion is to be levied for 1929 to rais^ this amount. The remainder of the $500,000 voted by the district will not be is sued until needed in actual port work Part of the fund from the $15,000 bond sale will be used to befray ex penses of making surveys of tonnage in the Valley. This information will be presented at Washington on June 18 by the San Benito-Point Isabel navigation district in continuing its efforts to keep the port at Point Isabel. At that time the Browns ville navigation district’s application fo ran amendment to the Brazos Santiago project, bringing th eport to Brownsville, will be heard on ap peal from the decision of District Engineer Milo P. Fox. — CALL VENIRE OF 65 TO HEAR DAMAGE ACTION — A special venire of 65 men had been summoned Wednesday to ap pear at 1:30 p. m. in the civil dis j trict court heer for trial of a case j styled G. R. Yantis vs. McDermott Motor company in whcih Dr. Yantis is seeking to recover alleged dam ages resulting from purchase of an automobile. Volnev W. Taylor had been named special judge to hear the case in the absence of Judge A M. Kent. PT. ISABEL MAN TAKEN FROM RAFT IN GULF AFTER DRIFTING4 DAYS B B Bunnel of Point Isabel ap- j parentl.v was none the worse today for his four-day harrowing experl I enee on the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. He was taken from a crudely con structed raft made of two barrels Tuesday evening about 25 miles up Padre Island. Brunnel was removed from the bobbing, tossing barrels by members of the coast guard un der Capt. Wallace Heed, i He told a story of having been afloat in the waters of the gulf In an unmanageable boat for almost four days with little food and al-' most no water. Brunnel left Port Aransas, near Corpus Christi. in a converted 23 foot gasoline boat at 4 a. m. Sat urday morning. He carried little food and water. Hardly out of the pass at Port Aransas the small boat began to develop engine trou ble. Bunnel stated. He continued his Jnacnat oa # down the coast, however, until his engine refused to turn over. The Point Isabel man worked on the | motor as the boat continued to drift further out into the Oulf. The rays of the sun were Intense, he stated. The task of repairing the motor was given up as hopeless after a day of work and Bunnel eagerly scanned the sky for aid. Tuesday, with only a few gulps | of water left, Bunnel constructed, I a small raft from twq used as gasoline containers. The large boat was anchored and Bun nel took to the raft, aiding It as much as possible with a paddle. He was Just entering the shallow water Tuesday evening when the coast guard sighted him. Bunnel Is aa employe of the Point Isabel company. The coast guard went back Wed nesday to obtain the boat left by jjunna^ # Pan-American Drops Negotiations With Other Valley Towns % # Only the signature of Geo. L. Rihl, vice president of Pan-American Airways, Inc., today remained to be secur ed to permanently locate the northern terminal of tha Mexican Aviation Co. at the Brownsville municipal airport, A contract approved by local representatives of Pan American and the Brownsville advisory committee was ac cepted at 4 p. m. Tuesday by a unanimous vote of the city commission and a copy forwarded by air mail to Rihl for EDINBURG TO 1 REORGANIZE CITY SCHOOLS Utility Bill Sent To After Shakeup But Tension Is Still In Evidence (Special to The Herald) EDINBURG, June 5—The task of rebuilding the Edinburg public ■ school system faculty, which was thinned out by mere than half in1 the recent wholesale resignations due to salary cuts, has been surted by the school board, and Supt. H C. Baker. Meanwhile the proposal for an indignation meeting of teachers who were dismissed, or had their salaries reduced has been dropped, since only a half dozen teachers remain in the city. The others' have gone to their homes in various other parts of Texas. The excitement incident to the dismissals and resignations has sub sided considerably, although an at mosphere of tension remains around the school system, with uncertainty evident in the actions of teachers still with the schools. Prof. S D. Hendrix, former prin cipal of the A. Y. Baker junior high school, and one of the two or three who were dismissed outright, had announced previously a meeting for Monday afternoon, at which a formal statement was to be pre pared and given out. However, the meeting was not held. Two Version* Echoes ef the school row still brought two versions—both diamet rically opposed. Supt. H. C. Baker today reiterated his statement that no members of the faculty were dis charged. or offered salary cuts, be cause of political affiliation. He said the dismissals were made be cause of disloyalty to the school (Continued on page two.) VALLEY BLAST VICTIM DIES Lower Part of Man’s Body Burned Severely In Ranch Explosion • Special to The Herald* HARLINGEN. June 5—.Jim F. Parker, burned Tuesday in a gaso line explosion at Jarita ranch. 21 miles southeast of Raymondvllle. died at the Valley Baptist hospital at 11 p. m. Funeral sendees are to be held at Thompson's mortuary here at 4 p. m. Wednesday and burial will be in the local cemetery. Parker, who is 23. is survived by his wife. The entire lower portion of the mans body was severely burned when gasoline ipiH*d on a floor about an engine which he was' cleaning. Ignited and caused a ter rific explosion. The ranch where the man was burned is operated bv Tom Parker,1 an uncle of the deceased. A. L. Brooks ResiRiis Post On Twin City Boost Committee • Special to The Herald* HARLINGEN. June 5.—A L. Brooks, chairman of the Harlingen section of the Harlingen-San Benito twin city committee, announced his resignation from that body here this morning. Brooks said he is interested in land promotions which keer* him away from home a gr’at pert of the time rnd that he feels he will be unable to give the position the time it deserves. Other members of the committee said Brooks' successor would be an nounced in a few days ELEVEN KILLED UDINE. Italy, June 5.—Elev en workmen weer killed and 13 in jured in an explosion today at a warehouse filled with war stocks in the village of Tauriano near Syilira 0*“* . iw ■his signature. W L. Morrison, vice president and traffic manager of The Mexican Aviation Co. and representative of Pan-American Airways, said all ne gotiations with other towns woudl be discontinued. He left this morn ing for Tampico on the regular Mex ican Aviation Co. mail and passen ger plane. He will go on to Mexico City Thursday. Morrison expressed the belief the contract would be signed and promised definite action not later than June 12. Under terms of the contract the Pan-American Airways lease the airport and agree to provide facil ities for all aviation concerns de siring to use the port. The field will be known as the Brownsville airport Shops and offices of the Mexican Aviation Co. will be located here and extensive improvements at the field are to be made In the Im mediate future. To Spend $200,000 The company agrees to expend be tween $100,000 and 5,200.000 for ad ditional improvements. Morrison said first improvements would Include erection of a shop building near the new hangar and installation of modern shop ma chinery for repair and service of planes. This shop building will be 120 by 150 fet in size and is to be fabricated by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Works. Roanoke, Va. Ma chinery purchased for shops in South and Central America will be diverted here in order the have it completed as soon as possible. Other plans include a hugp pas senger station and covered loading and unloading platform, a n-ashing rack, additional runways and many other buildings. The matlon to accept the contrara as agreed to between the advisory committee and representatives of Pan American was made by Com missioner Burt E Hinkley, seconded by Commissioner J. G. Starck and when put by Mayor A. B. Ccl<? re ceived the favorable vote of these two and Commissioners J. A. Cobe lini and A C. Hipp. Morrison arrived in Brownsville Monday at noon on a Mexican Avi ation Co. plane from Mexico City. That afternoon he met in a con ference with members of the ad visory committee, these b;ing J. G. Fernandez. John Gregg. R. B. Creager and Joe Celaya. H L. Yates, attorney for the Pan-Amer ican, and G. C. Richardson, man ager of the chamber of commerce were present. Meet Several flours Terms of the lease agreement were agreed upon at this meeting which lasted seveial hours. Morrison went to Harlingen Tues day morning to hear proposals of the airport committee at that town Returning here about noon he an nounced he would again confer with Harlingen interests in the afternoon. When told that the draft of the contract agreed upon was about, complete and would bo submitted to the city commission between 2 and 4 p. m . he agreed to remain and appear before that body. Yates completed the contract aft er 2 p. m. It was read over nr.rt the terms agreed upon by Morrison and aYHes for the Pan-American and the advisory committee for ihe citv. The advisory committee and rep resentatives of Pan-Amrrican ap peared before the city commission, which had been in session more than an hour, at a few minutes after 3 p. m Creager, as spokesman, for the (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER j For Brownsville and the Valley: Partly cloudy and somewhat unset tled tonight and Thursday. For East Texas: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday: probably showers in north portion. Light to fresh southerly winds on the coast. RIVER FORECAST There will be no material change in the river during the next 24 to 48 hours. Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr. Staffs Stage Cling. Rain Eagle Pass .. 18 4.5 41.3 .00 Laredo . 27 02 -03 .00 Rio Orande . 21 60 -0 3 .00 Mission. 22 6 3 - 0 7 .00 San Benito . 23 12 3 -0 9 .00 Brownsville . 18 7 9 -0.4 .00 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isabel tomorrow, under normal meteor ological conditions: High . 3.58 a. m. Low . 8:33 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today .7:19 Sunrise tomorrow .. 5:11 f