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Beetles Rid Valley
Of Scale-Then Eat
‘One Another Up’
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. June 26 —A man
made war between 75 cents worth
of lady bird beetles and the cotton
cushiony scale of the Valley has
come to an end. with both the
ma lor participants gone
E. A. Schattenberg. state iaspec
tor who took part in inaugurating
the war. announced today that 100
per cent of the scale above the
ground is gone, and the beetles,
true to their style, turned cannibal
when the scale was gone, and “ate
' each other up.”
For the sum of 75 cents, coupled
with a small amount of work in
finding the scale infested orchards
end turning the beetles loose In
them, the inspectors have accom
plished what would have cost thou
sands of dollars, with uncertain re
sults. otherwise, Schattenberg said.
Last year the infestation of cot
ton cushiony scale was reported to
be unusually heavy in some parts
of the Valley. Spraying and fumi
gating was tried in some places,
with the results uncertain, and fi
nally a shipment of the bettles was
ordered by several county and state
inspectors. John C. Plott, county
inspector, and Schattenberg worked
with E. W. Halstead of Hidalgo
county in distributing the beetles,
although there was practically no
infestation in Hidalgo county west
of Mercedes.
The beetles, the correct name of
which is the Australian Vedalia
Lady Bird Beetle, were turned loose
and established as neighbors to the
scale, and activity began on a
large front.
A survey of the Infested areas has
just been completed, and there Is
not one cotton cushiony scale left
above ground. Schattenberg made
this qualifying remark because he
said ants may have taken a few of
them below the surface, where they
may live and come out later, but
the beetles have done a 100 per cent
Job above ground.
He also found that there are no
beetles left, the beetles turning
upon one another when there was
no scale left to eat.
A light infestation of the scale
: has been reported from some new
sections of the Valley. Schatten
berg said, but the infestation is too
light t> justify a shipment of
beetles. He suggested that persons
finding a light infestation of the
scale use insect sprays.
MRS. WARD’S UNCLE
DIES AT KERRVILLE
(Sepclal to The Herald!
HARLINGEN. June 26.—Mr. and
Mrs. Myron F. Ward left here yes
terday for San Antonio upon re
ceipt of information of the death
of Col. Otto Wahrmund. Mrs
Ward’s uncle, at Kerrville.
Col. Wahrmund was at one
time a prominent figure in Texas
politics, having been in the legisla
ture in 1914, 1915 and at other
tftnes.
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EXPECT PARLEY
SCHEDULE SOON
MacDonald Reveals That
Definite Announcement
Is Forthcoming
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LONDON, June 20.—'/P>—Def
inite announcement of negotiations
for limitation of naviea Is expected
I to be made soon, either at Wash
ington or from No. 10 Downing
i street.
In a speech last night which re
vealed he had had another meet
| lng with Ambassador Dawes. Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald said he
hoped soon to reveal how the nego
tiations were to be conducted. Hugh
8. Gibson also was at the meeting
to which Mr MacDonald referred.
The speech was before a labor
reception at the Friends’ Meeting
! House on Euston road, and in it
: Mr. MacDonald declared he would
I put it no higher than to say he was
I hopeful. Announcements of such
I things as the meeting place of a
i disarmament conference and it*
oblects mleht be expected within
a few days, he intimated.
'T am not a prophet and am not
' going to pose as one able to pro
phesy.” he said. "I am convinced
of this, that the obstacles which
have been In the way of an under
standing have been created, if I
mav ring the chances on one Eng
lish word, by a lack of under
standing of each other.
“The great thing which Is want
ed In the world todav Is capacity
of different peoples, different races
and different nations to put them
selves in each other's shoes That
will be one of the things that we
shall try to do in the conduct of
these negotiations.”
Meanwhile the fourth biennial
conference of the British Service
League. Ambassador Dawes, in the
presence of the Prince of Wales, told
his hearers that his chief Instruc
tions from President Hoover had
! been to promote comradeship as np
nored to force ns an arbiter be
, tween nations.
Two Cent Stamp Not
Nec e » » a r y on Air
Mail, Dennett Says
--
Quite a number of Brownsville
and Valley people are spending
money unnecessarily in the use of
, air mail. Postmaster G. W. Den
nett made known today.
“We have had many letters come
into the local office carrying the
ordinary two-cent stamp In addi
tion to the five-cent air mar
stamp.” he said.
“It is probable that the confusion
is a result of the case of special de
livery letters, which carry a tcn
cent stamp In addition to the two
; cents for regular postage.
' Five cents will carry the airmail
I letter to its desttntaion. but it does
not include special delivery,” Den
nett said.
However, the cases where the pub
lic has used unnecessary stamps in
air mail are becoming less frequent
at the local postoffice and in *
I short time should be entirely elim
inated. Dennett believes
In 1928. there were 14h.000.000 air
mall letters carried In the Unltcc#
States, and a far from negligible
number of these had too much post
age. according to a report, by the
postofflee department
TROOP A DUE BACK
FROM RANGE THURSDAY
Troop A. I24h cavalry, which has
been on the rifle range at Fort
Pinggold «in~e May 26,-left Monday
night and will arrive at Fort Brown
Thursday, Adjutant Shell announc
ed today.
The troop, which is traveling the
j military highway was scheduled to
I camp three nights at Panit-.-, Wll
lich Cotton Gin and Lot Indies.
Lieut Col Stanley Koch, in com
mand at the rost recently went to
Fort Rlppgold to witness the record
firing of the troop.
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Fame of Brownsville’s
Airport is Widespread
WILL FLY NEW
ROUTE AT NIGHT
Letter Says Not Practical To
Start Service Until
Beacons In
Probability that the air mail line
, frem Brownsville to Houston wlil
be used altogether at night is ap
parent in a communication received
today by Postmaster O. W. Dennett
from the second assistant post
| master general, who answered a let
ter written by Dennett concerning
the special cachet for the first
nail over the line.
The letter stated that since the
time clement entered into the ex
tension of C A. M. 29 from Houston
to Brownsville, it would not be
practical to Inaugurate service be
tween the two cities until the new
night route now being mapped is
completed end light beacons and
emergency landing fields installed.
"This means that first air mail
over this line will not leave here be
fore the first of the year or later.”
Dennett said. "L. C. Elliott, airway
extension superintendent of the
i United States Department of Com
merce was here recently for about
ten days, mapping the route and at
, tempting to complete arrangement*
for emergency landing fields near
Harli.ngcn and Ravmnndville.
"Planps over C. A M. 29 arrive in
New Orleans from Houston at 1:30
n. m daily. That mean* they leave
Houston about R a m. and con
sequently would hive to leave
Brownsville at 2 or 3 a. m The
nlan« from New; Orleans arrives in
Houston about 4 p m. which means
that It would be 10 or 11 o'clock at
neht arrivin': in Brownsville."
"This nlvht route would save n
ereat deal of time between Mexico
<Tiy and the Eastern ^eabor-d. since
♦he mail to these points at present
, must e*o to Ran Antonio. Do lias, and
th-opvh Chicago The new route
—ru’d be through New Orleans and
A? ante.
*T wish to r.av in this connection
} that. I will k"«*r> those letters left
with me bv phila'elists for the roe
rial cachet until this new service is
inaugurated. However, since no
i definite announcement can be made
at this time in connection with the
opening date. the po'V'fflce h«re
would prefer not to hold anv more
of the«e letters with the inaugura
tion dav yet six months or more
away,” Dennett said.
FUNNITE LINING IS
STUDIED BY ENGINEER
fF-*er*,'»T to TV*
RAN BENITO Tune 9*—Fen^hil
itv of using th« "gunnite" method
cf eorrrcte lining canals In the
Valiev Is being Investigated bv Fred
S^obev. U. S awiruh’irat engineer,
w ho came here from Berkeley, Cal
ifornia
This method Is In !*"> c*q—
serf ions The concrete fs sprared
onto the canals in the fo-m of a
lining, much as paint and rtu-'-o
are spraved onto build.ngs by fhB
| pressure snrav method.
On» contract fer concrete lining
bv this method a'-eady has been
awarded In the Valley.
• ' Nil..
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh’s fame
has been spread by the four winds,
and cities he has visited have great
ly benefttted from the publicity they
have received due to hls visits.
8. F. Bowser and Company, Inc.,
of Fort Wayne. Ind.. have prepared
a folder which Is being liberally dis
tributed In every city in the United
States. It describes Lindbergh's two
favorite airports In Texas, at
Brownsville and Midland, and tells
why he likes to stop at them for
servicing hls plane.
The folder on page one has a
map of the southwest part of the
United States, showing Brownsville
and Midland In bold type. Reading
matter in large type begins: “Lind
bergh drops in at Brownsville or
Midland to fuel? These two Texas
airports have been frequently hon
ored with visits by the flying coi
onel. as he stops on his way south
ward or westward Usually the
stops are only for a few minutes—
Just long enough to have the plane
fueled. It's more than just coinci
dence. however, that Lindbergh
stops at either of these two air
ports—In fact he chooses to because
of the excellent flying fields."
The inside of the folder has one
picture of Lindbergh’s plane, the
Curtls-Falcon. being refueled at
Midland, and in another photograph
he is pictured with hls plane, the
mornmg of April 10, at Brownsville
municipal atrimrt. expressing hls
1 appreciation of the good fueling
service at the airport, to Les Maul
din. then manager of the field.
The folder goes on to say that
other fields over the country could
income just as famous as these two
Texas fields If their fueling systems
were improved to enable the flier
to lose the least possible time.
PUSH AIRPORT
AT HARLINGEN
City Not Deterred By Pan*
American Airways'
Decision
^Special to The Heraldi
HARLINGEN. June 38—Failure
of this city to secure headquarters
of the Pan-American Airways. Inc.,
will probably not deter Harlingen in
plans for developing an airport here,
it was indicated today.
Definite action is expected to be
held up ponding the return to
Harlingen of Mayor Sam Botts. but
! nt that time the purchase of an
airport site, and development of it
will be considered.
A Joint Harlingen-8an Benito alr
nort still is considered likely, and
this will V discussed further with
the return of the mayor.
Several site* for airports have
been taken under option by the city
of Harlingen, and will be considered
for possible future development
Members of the airport committee
will take into consideration the
plans of the department of com
merce for establishing an emergence
landing field near here, and It is
Itkelv that this emergency field wifi
be developed into an airport.
TV government will nlace lighting
equipment on the field free of cost
to th® rity. this field to he part of
the beamn nieht flying route from
points nerth to the airport at
Brownsville
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Mercedes To Get
New 50-Ton Ice
Plant On Highway
(Special to Tha Herald)
MERCEDE8. June 2d—Announce
ment was made hero today of the
j purchase of the Van Berg lots on
j the main highway, formerly used
for stone tile construct:on. by R. W.
Alford of 8an Antonio, who will
erect a fifty-ton Ice plant.
Work on the new plant will start
this summer. The deal was made
through John L. Bruce of this city.
MEXICAN OFFICIALS’
VISIT TO BE FILMED
The nrxt meeting of the com
mander of the military xone Includ
ing Matamoros. his staff, and of
ficers of the 43rd Mexican cavarry
with officers of the 12th cavalry at
Fort Brown probably will be filmed
for showing in theaters of the Unit
ed States and foreign countries. It
was Indicated In a telegram re
ceived by the chamber of commerce
from the Metro-Ooidwyn-Mayer of
fice in San Antonio.
The next courtesy call probably
will be paid next week. The visit
ing Mexican officials will witness a
short program of maneuvers by the
home regiment after which they
will be taken through the fort on
an inspection tour.
BERLIN — Friedrich Oruehuet
swindled bankers out of |20n 000 bv
posing as heir in the will of a rich
manufactuggr I
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TEXAS KIWANIS
HOLD DINNER
Speaker at Side Meeting ol
National Conclave TelU
Of Benefits
MILWAUKEE. W!s . June M„—m
—Two hundred Texas Klwaniam
attended their annual district din
ner here last night during the thir
teenth annual convention of KI
want* International. L. A. McDon
ald. Denton, governor of the Tex
as-Oklahoma KI wanls district, pre
sided.
‘'Kiwanls has shone a steady
growth in membership and influ
ence in the Texas-Oklahoma K»
wanis district during recent years,
which I attribute to the fact that
Ktwanlans are making a practical
thing of the service rlub idea.” Mc
Donald declared "An organlMtlon
that is a service club in name only
can not be a potent factor In com
munity life, and the club that is
not an integral part of the life of
its community can at best be noth
ing more than a passive organise
tlon
'There *re now IJJ clubs In the
Texts-Oklahoma ICfwanls dlstrlf'.
and new clubs ore being added
monthly. But good as has been the
increase In numbers, better atlll has
been the growth In Klwanl* ■plrit.”
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