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! St | Unmmsinllc EeralD 1 m [ THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 350 ' BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY _- -- ■■ ■■!■■■■■■! I ■ ... ... * - - — IN QUr] [ VALLEY | VALLEY - GROWN grapes are ■luscious. A large sized platter of them sent ■The Herald by Mrs. Margaret Mc •Allen Fairbanks proves they are. <’! Maybe a surprise to some Valley ■citizens to know that the Valley •grows grapes. R Well, the Valley does—in limited Ruantltles at present, but larger •production is in sight. J Two thousand vines planted on ■ the McAllen ranch 35 miles north west of Edinburg are bearing heavy yields in this, their second, year. Many of these same vines bore large crops last year and thereby established a record for early pro duction. Mrs. Fairbanks has 200 additional Vines which will bear next year. ■ • • The grapes sent to The Herald, sweet and of ftne flavor, were of the R. W. Ramsey, Delaware and Musks t varieties. Several other kinds are being grown. Grapefruit trees planted on the ^tcAllen ranch—300 of them—also Rre showing remarkable growth and ■foster Pink grapefruit already is ■ beginning to show the pink color ■ through their skin. I The ranch is becoming quite a ■ show place and visitors from Brownsville Sunday purchased more than $10 worth of grapes. ■ • ORAPES are being given suc cessful tests In other localities. W. A. Harding has a large vineyard started near HargiH and J. C. En gleman reports a wonderful growth of vines on his place north of Ed couch. In the past there has been a popular superstition that grapes would not grow In the Valley be cause the soil was not suited to the , needs of the plants. These vineyards are about to prove that the more northern por tions of the Valley at least are Ideal for grape culture. • • • TODAY is the day when the suc I cess of Brownsville’s great Fourth ■ of July celebration largely will be ^determined. i Fifty-three men combing the city for subscriptions to a fund w.'th | v to defray the cost of eut s'a4ld features contemplated. solicitors are expecting do nations to mount to a total of 57. 000 at the end of the day’s work, and early reports indicate the hopes will not be vain. Committees working under Chair man Faulk have outlined a series of events for the day calculated to draw visitors from a large part of Texas. And they need the money • to carry out this program. A secret attraction is being pan ned which those "in the know" say will attract attention throughout the nation. Promise to break the sensational news in the next day or two. ■ • * UP AT McALLEN another cele Ibration is being planned and there will be great rivalry to see which city will attract the largest crowd. Boxing matches and bull fights— to be staged on the further side of * the Rio Grande, of course, already are included in McAllen s offerings. L • « • THAT GRAPEFRUIT FAD re ported among women of the efete t who would remain thin should a great thing for the Valley—if it only holds out until the next rop down hefe The Associated Prfss us author ity for the statement that women We eating "grapefruit and olives, 4grapefruit and tomatoes, grapefruit .and eggs, grapefruit and cucum bers. grapefruit and grapefruit." The smart thing now is for some friend of the Valley to arrange mat ters so physicians and dieticians of the metropolis will recommend that Valley grapefruit be used in these various and sundry diets. Possibly then that 5100.000 adver tising campaign we have been urg ing would prove useless. • * • THAT TELEGRAM to The Her ald Monday from Geo. L. Rihl. vice president of Pan-American Air ways. appears to just about settle the future of the municipal airport | here, but there is lacking that finality to be desired. Missouri Pacific railroad offi i dabs have pledged their efforts tc I bring their trains into Brownsville I as early as possible and they as sert approximately an hour can be k cut fjwn the running time between 1 here L&L Houston—eventually. L jflfcStizens are hoping that Mr Jr Rihl can make a more definite statement when he arrives in a day or two from New York City. CHURCH LEAGUE WILL OFFER LAW SUPPOR1 PHILADELPHIA. June 18.—i.Fl— Appointment of a national loyalty commission consisting of 17 min isters and eight ruling elders was announced today by Dr. Cleland B McAfee of Chicago, moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly from the headquarters of the assem bly here. This commission is to assemble in New York avenue Presbyterian church, Washington, tomorrow, and call on President Hoover and tender to him the support of the Presby terian church in his stand for law pfcaemoce. AUSTIN MAN KILLS WIFE AND SELF -o- -0- -a- -o- -0- -o- -0- -0- -0- -©- -o- -0- -0 U. S. Officers Seize Liquor in Valley Gun Fight HOOVER ASKS CITIES’ HELP IN RUM FIGHT Treasury Official Says International Ring Conspiring Against U. S. Laws WASHINGTON, June 13—OPV President Hoover today called upon the communities along the Canadian border to help the treasury to pre vent the systematic war being waged by international criminals against the laws of this country. The president said he deeply de plored the killing of any persons, but the treasury was making a con stant effort to prevent misuse of fire arms. BOOTLEGGERS GATHER WASHINGTON. June 18.—t/PV— Assistant Secretary Lov.man an nounced today that confidential re ports from treasury agents indicat ed an unprecedented gathering of bootleggers and smugglers along the Canadian border from Vancouver to the Atlantic seaboard to smuggle liquor into the United States. Because of this, he said, the cus toms border patrol across the entire country had been straightened. Lowman also said President Hoo ver had not- asked for any report concerning the smugglnig or prohi bition enforcement situation and that he had not conferred with or made anv report to the executive. The White House, he said, had (Continued on Page 8) Late Bulletins] FLYERS DIVORCE SET ASIDE ATLANTA. June 18.—(API—The divorce granted three years ago to Leslie Philip Arnold, former lieu tenant in the United States army, one of the original round the world filers and lately husband of Prlseilla Dean, Hollywood motion picture ac tress, was set aside today. DEATHS MYSTIFY DOCTORS CHICAGO. June 18.—(A*.—Doctors were mystified today over the death of Chester Kewkinskl and the seri ous illness of the six-year-old boy's fr-.ir brothers and sisters. Some be lieved the children had been pois oned; others suspected disease. Neighbors called police attention to the condition of the children. When the youngsters were taken to ; a hospital they were in a coma. POSTMASTER NAMED WASHINGTON. June 18.—(API — Theodore M. Herring was nominated tods*y hy President Hoover to be j postmaster at San Angelo, Texas. COUPLE WOUNDED BRECKENRIDGE. Tex.. June 18. I —(/P)—A girl and a youth today were recovering from wounds suf fered last night when they were fired on with a shotgun after they had left open a gate into a pasture. Royce Perry. 17. and Laura Johnson, 16, were the injured. DALLAS MAN NOMINATED WASHINGTON. June 18.—(API — Arch Coleman of Minneapolis was nominated today to be first assistant postmaster general and John PhUp of Dallas. Texas, to be fourth assist ant postmaster general. FLYER ON COAST MARCH FIELD. Riverside. Cal.. June 18.—(/P»—Lieut. John S. Grif fith. landed here about 11 a. m, to day. He took off after a ten minute j stop to refuel his plane. The ship w-as headed for Crissy Field. San Francisco, the third stop in his ef fort to make a dawn to dusk flight from San Antonio. Tex., to Seattle, I Washn. i RED SOX LOSE NEW YORK. June 18.—( API—The j Yankees defeated the Red Sox 9 to 0 ■ in the first game of a double header ; as Freddv Helmach turned In a smart pitching performance. BROOKLYN WINS BROOKLYN, June 18.—(^—Al though outhlt by the Giants. 18 to 15. in a free slugging game, the Robins npsed out the New Yorkers 8 to 7. here today in the first game of a doubleheader. D&zzy Vance was routed in the third, but John Mor j rison finished well enough to win. CONGRESS TO RECESS WASHINGTON. June 18.—(API Effective upon adjournment tomor row the senate will recess until Aug I ust If. and the house until Septem ber 23. A concurrent resolution provide for this today received the : approval of both houses. BILL WOULD HIKE PAY (Special to The Herald) AUSTIN. June 18— Rep. Polk Homaday today introduced a bill to authorize Cameron county to pay its assistant county attorney and chief deputy sheriff $2400 a year each. • heads of departments” of the coun ty $1800, and other deputies $1500 a year. , —-s SKIPPER STICKS * * * TO DOOMED SHIP; * * # HIS CREW SAVED ASTORIA. Ore.. June 18.—<*■)— Determined to salvage half of his ship if possible, Louis Johnson, captain of the Ill-fated steamer Laurel, remained aboard the wreck today playing a game of “freeze-out’* against a pounding sea after spuming the pleas of coast guardsmen to come ashore. Wedged on Peacock Spit at the mouth of the Columbia river, the larger portion of the Laurel held only the gritty captain after 33 members of her crew had been taken off in groups, the last yesterday. One of the crew, Rus sel Smith. 19, of Worcester, Mass., was swept from the bridge to his death shortly after the ship ran aground in a storm Sunday. Coast guardsmen tried to take Captain Johnson off vesteraav but he refused to go. The would be rescuers left him warm and dry with access through a sky light to the gallery, where he could obtain food and water. LEGISLATURE HITS HOOVERS House 'Rebukes' First Lady For Reception of Negress AUSTIN ( June 18—</&—'The house of representatives today adopted the senate concurrent resolution re buking Mrs. Herbert Hoover for re ceiving a negro congressman's wife at a White House tea. The vote was 99 to 10. Those voting against it were: Rep sentatives Walter Beck of Port Worth; W. R Bounds. Hubbard: G. C. Coltrin. Mathis; B. J. Forbes. Weatherford; Julian Harrison, El Paso; R. L. Kincaid. Crowell: G. Y. Lee. Eden: M. E. O'Neill, Frisco; E. P. Shelton, dipping springs, and Alex Brice, Sulphur Springs. Representative Reno Eickenroht of Seguin. only republican member of the house, before the vote, ex pressed his intention of voting for the resolution. He said he was born in the district he served, that his father ebfore he was born ther, and that both of his grandfathers served on the side of the confed eracy in the civil war. “I mreely want to express the hope that this resolution passes," he said. Rep. George B. Purl, Dallas, and Representative Forbes made an ef fort to obtain a diivsion of the res olution. but were ruled against by the speaker. They sought to have stricken from the resolution last resolving clause, which called attention "of the voters of the south that such incidents are the natural outgrowth of the ac tion of many pretended democrats of the south In being led away from the faith of their fatners and that they be warned that a continuance of such alliance with the party which since Civil war days has been the traditional enemy of the south will likely further shame and humi lation to southern men and worn en. The resolution proposed that members of the senate and house "bow our heads in shame and regret and express in the strongest and most humiliation at said conduct, if true, on the part of the mistress of the White House, and her asso ciates." LAWYER REPORTED FOUND SHREVEPORT. La.. June 18.— —J. Dudley Snell. Shreveport attor nel. who mysteriously disappeared October 16, 1927. has been located at Brownsville, Texas, relatives here said todayi Inquiries of local attorneys and court house circles failed to reveal a barrister here by the name of Snell. It was pointed out. however, that he mav be using an assumed name. A number of new attorneys have be gun practice here during the past two years, it was said. •. 9 General Picking of Cotton Crop Started Over Valley With “first bales” appearing al most daily in various Valley towns and one farmer preparing to take the second bale of the season from his farm to the gin. the cotton crop is expected to be moving at a lively pace within a few days, ginners say. A “first bale” was ginned in Edinburg Monday afternoon, and Ismael Montalvo of San Beni to, who Saturday got the first bale there, was preparing to take his second bale of the season to the gin there late today or early Wednesday. He expects to Dick a third bale before the end of the week. The bale ginned at Edinburg was picked on the farm of C. F. Amason two and a half miles east of Hargill. It was ginned at the Planters Gin in Edinburg and was purchased by P. D. Ha ley. manager of the yin, for 25 cents per pound and with gin ning free. This amounted to a premium of $35.36 and plans were being made to collect a fund for the grower in Edinburg today. Montalvo's first bale, ginned by . the Valley Gin Co., about 4 p. m. Saturday was bought for 20 cents per pound and the gin gave him a premium of $25. The cot ton graded strict middling and the bale weighed 510 pounds. The cotton was picked from 15 acres of a 160-acre field. Reports from Raymondville in dicated that Clyde Stockwell to day would finish picking seed cot ton for a bale from his farm be twen here and La Sara. This bale is expected to be ginned Wednesday. BALE BRINGS 11211 NEW YORK. June 18—The first bale of cotton of the 1929 crop, brought here by airplane from Texas, was auctioned off on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange. It brought $1,211, half of which goes to the United Hospital fund here and half to the Salvation Army at Corpus Christ!, Tex. The purchaser was William 8. Dowell, representing a syndicate of Cot ton Exchange firms, and the auc tioner was Gardiner H. Miller, president of the Exchange, aided by Miss Fern Helscher. represent ing the Corpus Christ i Chamber of Commerce. Lieut. Gov. Her bert H. Lehman of New York, and E. C. Bowe, pilot of the plane which brought the bale here in 19 1-2 hours, witnessed the sale. President Miller said the ship ment marked an era in the trans portation of the South's greatest crop. The bale was grown on the farm of S. L. Henson near Ed couch and was ginned there. > ONE MAN HELD, AIDE ESCAPES AT LOSFRESNOS Border Patrolmen Bring Back 23 2 Quarts of Mes cal After Encounter After a running gun battle last ing approximately five minutes, of , ficers of the U. S. border patrol about 1 a. m. Tuesday captured Francisco Villareal and 232 quarts of mescal and a light sedan, the largest liquor haul of the year. The fight occurred about four miles north of Los Fresnos Officers engaging In the battle, all of whom are members of the border patrol service, were Ed R. McNabb, R. L. Campbell. A. A. Champion and W. E. Thompson. According to first reports, the of ficers. who were lying in wait, or dered a light sedan to halt, and at this Juncture, two men leaped from the car and firing was started. Villareal fell and was captured. The car kept moving down the road, and officers, believing the object of their search in the car. pursued it but found that he had escaped. The sedan driven by the two men was brought to Brownsville. It car ried seven bullet holes in the right front door, and three In the hood. One glancing bullet had cracked the windshield. No one was injured in the fight. Preliminary trial before U. S. Commissioner E. K. Goodrich was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Villareal was convicted and sen tenced to two years on an assault, to murder charge after a gun battle j with Police Lieutenant John Arm-1 strong of Brownsville rometime ago.' Jose Trevino, arraigned before U. S. Commissioner E. K. Goodrich Tuesday morning, was bound over > to the action of the federal grand jury under bond of $250. which he made on a charge of possessing and transporting liquor. Customs Officer James Collins, who made the arrest, testified he halted Trevino near Santa Maria last night and found 24 pints of mescal and other liquor. VEIL REMOVAL OF M’KENZIE Violence Feared Aa Man Taken to San Antonio For Sanity Quiz AUSTIN. June 18 —<&—Gov. Moody late last night granted John M. <Pete> McKenzie, who was to have been electrocuted today for the murder of Chief of Detectives Sam Street of San Antonio, a stay of execution until July 2. The governor granted the re prieve on advice of Ralloway Cal- j hount. •—t assistant attorney gen eral. after Judge W. W. McCrory of San Antonio. iiad ordered execu tion stayed until McKenzie could I be examined in his court on sanity : plea _ SAN ANTONIO. June 18—(/Pi Fearing violence, not only because of feeling on the outside, but be cause of the hostility of other prisoners. John M. iPete) McKen zie. snatched from death in Hunts ville penitentiary, will be brought secretly to San Antonio and lodged in the solitary death cell at the Bexar county jail to await a sanity hearing in district court next Mon day. NORTHERN BAPTISTS ELECT MILLER HEAD DENVER. June 18.—W—Alton L. Miller of Boston was elected presi dent of the Northern Baptist con vention here today. T HOW FLYERS REACHED PARIS WITH STOWAWAY j Cl C * where. Stowaway MID J AltQ OKOT.H V _ Map shows how the Yellow Bird went south somewhat in order to land in Spain to refuel, due to the extra weight of stowaway. Arthur Schrelber. Portland. Maine, boy. shown at right. An aero digest dia gram of ship shows it was possible for stowaway to hide before the start. —---J Yellow Bird Crew Will Get High French Honor PARIS. June 18.—(;pi—The crew of the transatlantic monoplane Yel low Bird will be received at the chamber of deputies, the senate and the Hotel De Ville tomorrow, the highest honor that a Frenchman can re ceive. Of all honors, a reception today by M. Laurenteynac, air minister, is SNOW FALLS IN CALFIORNIA AS EAST SWELTERS NEW YORK. June 18.—</Py Snow in California and swelter ing temperatures in the mid west and east were shown by the weather map today. Enow that fell throughnit Sunday at Truckee and Lake Tahoe, Cal, covered the ground to a depth of four inches, while the temperature hovered around the 34 degre mark. The difference between the two coasts was shown further by the maximum temperatures of the two Portlands. Yesterday the Oregon city reported a high of 62 degrees while at Portland, Maine, the days maximum was 89. MOTOR BLAZE PERILS FAMILY Barely Escape With Lives As Car Burns At Red Fish Bay; Lose $160 (Special ot The Herald* RAYMONDVILLE, June 18.—Dr. and Mrs. P. M. Jansen lost an au tomobile. *160 in currency, and barely escaped with their lives late Monday when their car caught fire on the beach at Red Fish bay 22 miles east of here. The automobile was completely burned. The money was under the back seat of the car. Wr. and Mrs. Jansen and two grandchildren had spent the week end on the beach at Red Fish bay (Continued on Page 8) . propaoiy one mat gives me mers : rtlie greatest satisfaction. The min- j ister had refused to recognize the : Yellow Bird's attempt. The ministry j had frowned on all such attempts! with machines not fitted with floats. It was at the last minute that the minister decided he could no longer refuse to give official recog nition of the magnificent success. The minister now will recommend to President Roumergue that Jean Assolant and Rene Le Fevre. pilot and navigator of the plane, be awarded the decoration of chevalier of the legion of honor. The crew of the plane today re sumed their round of receptions and visits while Arthur Schreiber of Portland. Me., their stowaway, went out to get measured for a full dress suit. He still is treated more or less as a member of the crew though by force of circumstances his share in the festivities is detached. The airmen themselves continue to treat him with great kindness, but other people are less inclined to consider that his proper place is alongside them when receiving honors they won at the risk of death. 11-Year-Old Shot While At Play By Guard In Chicago CHICAGO. June 18.—(&>—An 11 vear-old boy. playing with a group of children about a school building under construction, was shot and seriously wounded late yesterday when the children refuse to obey a watchman's commands to leave the building. The watchman. George Meservey, was arrested and charged with the shooting. Police were told he had fired one shot into the group. After the boy. Gus Kezios, had fallen with a bullet in his neck, the watchman went to a small shed on the grounds. When police ar rived. a crowd of 200 persons was moving toward the shed where Me servey had barricaded himself. «-.— — - - HARLINGEN IN aOSE ELECTION Opposition Develops In Vote On $100,000 For Schools HARLINGEN. June 18—With 3bout 175 votes cast in the $100,000 school bond election being held here todav. it was unofficially reported that the vote was very close between those favoring and opposing the is sue. At 10:30. when little more than 100 votes had been cast, it was un officially reported that opponents of the Issue held a considerable lead, but it was believed this had been overcome. If the bonds are voted the money is to be used along with about $250,000 now available from a pre viously voted issue to construct one of the most modem senior high schools in the South. Bids for construction of the build ing were received sometime ago by the board of trustees and it was found that the money then avail able was insufficient to pay the cost. It was decided to cal! the election being held today rather than alter the plans. Bu* Overturns On Highway Outside of Brownsville, Report I A Missouri Pacific Transportation company bus overturned on the highwav between Brownsville and San Benito shortly after noon Tues day. officials of the company were notified by the driver. A wTecker and representatives of the bus line had been sent to the scene of the wreck but no report had ben received whether anyone had been killed or injured. Port Arguments At Capital Today WASHINGTON. June 18.—(AP) —Del a atlons from Point Isabel and Brownsville. Tex., appeared before the board of engineers for rivers and harbors here today and argued the advantages of their ports for the location of a turning basin. The Brownsville delegation pro tested the recommendation of Maj. Milo P. Fox, resident engineer. Galveston, that the turning basin be placed at Point Isabel. COUPLER) I BY NEIGHBORS IN SMALL TENT Questioning Shows Man Had Been In 111 Health And Out of Work AUSTIN. June 18.—i<<P>—Joha Sanders, $2. was found dead from gunshot wounds, and his wife, about 45. in a dying condition, today when neighbors^ aroused by the sound of shots, entered the tent in which tha couple lived near here. Sanders had been shot through the neck bv a single barrel shotgun found nearby, and the woman had been struck in the stomach by a charge from the same weapon. She died at a hoapital without making a statement. — Officers who questioned neighbors said Sanders, who formerly engaged in farming but had not worked re cently. was in ill health. Coroner Bryan Blalock said he would return a verdict of death from gpnshot wounds fired by Sanders. HINT DOPE PLOT IN CO-ED DEATH Reports Circulated That Murdered Girl Had Been In Traffic COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 18—W —Federal authorities were drawn Into the Theora Hix slaying today. Assistant United States District At torney Bartels announced he would start an investigation to determine if traffic in narcotics formed a background for the slaying. Hi-s announcement came after reports were circulated that Miss Hix had been engaged in drug traffic with Dr. James H. Snook, former uni versity professor, held for investiga tion. Detective Chief W. O. SheN lenbarger dented today drugs play ed any part in the slaying. QUESTIONED AT MIDNIGHT COLUMBUS. O.. June 18.——* Intent upon their hunt for evidence in the hammer slaying of Theora Hix. 23-year-old co-ed. authorities today predicted sensational devel opments in their investigation as thev centered their inquiry’ about Marion T. Meyers, taken from a cell at midnight and questioned be fore the girl’s mutilated body early today. Mevers. a former suitor and a friend of Dr James H. Snook, also held for investigation in the slay ing. made the trip to the morgue complaining of lack of rest, but he touched the body and answered questions without wavering in his denial that he knows how the girl came to her death. Both Meyers, a research worker in the horticulture department of Ohio State University, and Snook, until yesterday a professor in tha university school of veterinary, have been held since a few hours after the girl's body was found on a rifle range Friday. She had been beaten and cut to death Thursday night and thrown from an automobile. Snook has admitted posing as her husband and maintaining a room for their meeting place. i THE WEATHER L— — — "T — -- ^ For Brownsville and the Valley: Partly cloudv or cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Light to moder ate southerly winds on the west coast. For East Texas: Partly cloudy to night and Wednesday: cooler in extreme northwest portion tonight. Light to fresh southerly winds on the coast. RIVER FORECAST There will be no material change In the river during the next few’ days. Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr State State Clint Rain Eagle Pass .. 1« 2 2 0.0 .00 Laredo . 27 -0.5 0.0 .00 Rio Orande . 21 4 8 0.0 .00 Mission . 22 4 4 -0.2 .00 San Benito . 23 8.5 -0.5 00 Brownsville . 18 4 0 -0.5 .00 TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point lube, tomorrow, under normal meteor ological conditions: High ... 4:12 a. m. Low. 8 .03 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today .7.24 Sunrise tomorrow . 5:38