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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 358 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
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■ HN OUR
j. VALLEY |!
A WOMAN who refuses to give
» her name ’phones The Herald that i
, lady bird beetles have n * destroyed j
“all” the cotton cushiony scale in !
the Valley.
In fact, this woman doubts
1 whether the lady bird beetles ever
destroyed any cotton cushiony
scale anywhere.
Says the scale has eaten her rose
bushes down to the ground and j
that some lady bird beetles fur- 1
nlshed to her by the government
t did absolutely nothing about it. In
fact, she believes the beetles urged j
the scale on to do their worst.
\ Probably the rose bushes were 1
watered and the beetles washed off
Government inspectors, wise in
the ways of cotton cushiony scale,
i suggest that minor infestations can
be controlled with insect sprays.
• • •
B P. ZIMMERLY. pilot of the
small plane which is to attempt a
’flight from Brownsville to Winni
peg, Candaa. in the next few days,
apparently has an efficient craft.
One hundred gallons of Gulf
airplane gasoline has been ordered
for the flight. The distance is
approximately 1500 miles.
\ D he has a ship which will make
’5 miles on a gallon of gas planes
re beginning to approach the effi
ciency of automobiles. This craft
weighs only 771 pounds.
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“WARN PARENTS not to permit
their children to play with fire
works while in crowds of people
during the Fourth of July celebra
tion here.”
This is the gist of ^ message from
Mrs. J. E. Magill w 'The Herald.
She writes:
“I have been reading about the
Fourth of July celebration which
Brownsville is to have. I think it I
iTW-oaderful thing and wish all our
ciwt's would take an interest in our
day* of freedom, but it has come f
to mean mostly a day of fireworks.
• * *
“Fireworks are beautiful to be
n bold in the hands of an expert.!
I and I had the idea last year that '
It our family (which Includes two i
1 children, 6 and 7 years of age)
5 would have such a lovely time
watching the water pageant at
r Fort Brown.
t But. owing to the carelessness of
someone who allowed their chil
dren to take fireworks into the
crowd at Fort Brown in the after
noon, we not only didn’t see the
night display, but my «-year-o!d j
boy almost lost an eye and we had I
a doctor’s bill to pay. not lnclud- !
ing services of a surgeon at Fort
Brown at the time of the accident.”
• • •
“I have never had fireworks for
my children because I have always '
believed them dangerous for ama
teurs. but someone else caused me
probably more trouble than if I had
stayed at home and had my own
fireworks
“However, that doesn’t mean tha‘
I ever will buy fireworks, for 1
won’t.”
• • •
Fireworks of any kind in the
hands of children while in a crowd
such as will attend the festivities |
at Fort Brown next Thursday, con
stitute a very definite menace to
Slife and limb. Some way should be
fouritl fe prevent any fireworks be- ,
i ing touched off in the crowd.
Parents surely will see that their
I children have their fireworks at
| home or not at all.
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J BEN GORDON WHITEHEAD.
I pioneer of the Valley, publisher of j
one of the most original and in- j
teresting weekly newspapers in the
Valley—or the South for that mat
ter—is dead.
* Col. Whitehead came to the Val
C ]ey during the border trouble and
15 had seen the major portion of the
Bfdevelopment of the section take
f place, thus entitling him to some
E extent to the claim of pioneer.
£ He was a man who had very de
Sjcided ideas on manv topics and
/-Jwho expressed himself in an orig
jJinsl. entertaining and often highly
j! witty manner.
ijLVd been ill for many years.
K*buV#Lf ailments or his sufferings
V nevremarked the tone cf his paper.
■* which always was cheerful to an
unusual degree.
Valley journalism has lost a
member whose place will not be
nited. ...
OVER AT Corpus Christi Monday
Sheriff D. Lee and his deputies had
a “spot machine busting" party by
order of Judge A. W. Cunningham,
and the Red Cross chapter thereby
profited to the extent of $200.
The machines had been seized
earlier In the year in a drive on
gaming devices in the Nueces
county capital. The owner sought
to regain possession of them
through a suit but the court ruled
• gainst him.
When the order to destroy the
machines was issued Judge Cun
(Coaturned on page 11.)
4
Capt. Frank M. Hawks. Houston
flyer, well known In Brownsville,
who is flying across the country to
day in an attempted round trip
one-stop flight from New York to
Los Angeles.
HE GOT WRONG
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HANDKERCHIEF,
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AND HEADACHE
CHICAGO, June 27. — «*) —
Barry Till lived until yesterday
without having heard of the
handkerchief game.
Barry met some nice fellows
who told him they were taking up
a present to buy Cardinal Mun
delein a present. Right away they
want Till to buy the present be
cause they said he had such good
taste.
As a matter of precaution they
asked him to put up some money
to show he could be trusted, so he
handed them $10. They took the
money, tied it in a handker
chief with their own. and then ap
parently convinced of Till’s
worthiness, handed the handker
chief back to him and sent him
over to a drugstore to get some
headache medicine.
Today Barry Till had the head
ache and no $10 to buy medicine.
‘ They made a mistake. I guess."
Till told the police. ‘‘They gave
me back the wrong handker
chief."
SWEDISH PILOT
FORCED BACK
Takes Off From Iceland
Then Returns; Destina
tion Is New York
REYKJAVIK, Iceland. June 27 —
(/P'1 — Captain Albin Ahrenberg,
Swedish flier, who is attempting a
transatlantic flight to tne United
States in his plane. Sverige, re
turned here this afternoon after
having earlier departed for Ivigtut,
Greenland.
Captain Ahrenberg, accompanied
bv Lieutenant Axel Floden and
Radio Operator Robert LJunglund,
left Stockholm. Sweden, on June 9
and hopped to Bergen whence they
took off for Reykjavik. Iceland.
The men came down at Skap
taros in southeast Iceland because
o* shortage of fuel e-nd some diffi
culty with their engines. Gasoline
was sent to them and they con
tinued to Reykjavik, their base. For
the second lap of their course which
covers the route taken by the
Norsemen centuries ago.
Since then they have remained
a* Reykjavik, making repairs to the
plane, testing the machine out and
awaiting favorable weather.
The fliers’ itinerary calls for a
ten-hour hop from Reykjavik to
Ivigtut From Greenland they will
fly to the North American coast
leaving to a later decision wnether
to stop in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
or to attempt to continue on di
rectly to New' York.
NEW CARDINALS TO
BE NAMED JULY 15
VATICAN CITY. June 27.—
(API—The Pope will hold a se
cret consistorr fer the creation of
new cardinals on July 15 and a
public consistory on July 18. it
was learned today.
German Bums 18-Foot Boat In Which
He Crossed Ocean As Signal For Help
CHARLESTON. S. C.. June 27.
—(A*)—The beach at Kiawah
island, twenty miles south of here
today held the battered and burn
ed remains of the Aga. eighteen
foot boat in which Paul Muller.
Berlin grocer, crossed the Atlantic
alone.
Her skipper, safe here after a
shipwreck and nicht of exposure,
told the story of the disastrous
end of his Hamburg-New York
voyage.
Beating his way up the coast
from Miami, where he first touch
ed the American shore. Muller
ran into storms off the South
Carolina coast, late Tuesday. A
squall struck the Aga. tore her
sail to bits and tossed her on the
rocky Kiawah shore.
"The Aga began to break up.*’
said Muller, "so I decided to set
her afire as a signal for help. I
poured what was left of ray
I
r*
lamp's petrol over the decks and
touched a match.”
When no help came, he related,
he began swimming for John
island, seven miles away, where
he could see a house. When he
had covered part of the distance.
Fritz Stroebel, of Charleston,
drawn by the fire from Johns
island, picked him up in a row
boai
PATRONAGE PROBE SCORES
CREAGER AND A. Y. BAKER
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Paulino And Maxie Weigh In For Bout
CRQ DS PACK
COD [TOHEAR
SLAYING CASE
Prosecution and De
fense Keep Secret
Plans In Trial of
Two Officers
(Special to The Herald)
LAREDO. June 27.—Five witness
es testified shortly before noon how
the body of Harry Williams, slain
reporter, was recovered from the
Rio Grande.
Dr. W. E. Lowty. examining phy
sician. testified Williams was dead
30 days when found, that he was |
dead when thrown in the river, that
there were no marks of violence on j
his bodv except protruding tongue ;
which indicated Williams was chok
ed to death and might have been !
by human hands.
The state will attempt to prove ;
following: West and Hernandez j
came to the Commercial hotel on
the night of February 18. to get j
girls to go on a party to a farm.
The girls objected. Defendants be
came enraged and threatened to;
throw thm in jail. One and one- j
half hours later at midnight Wil- j
liams and companion came to hotel
and defendants talked with Wil
liams' friend. The friend went to
another part of the building and
left Williams in a chair. The de
fendants there assaulted Williams,
took his life, and later threw his !
body in the Rio Grande. Forty-five j
minutes later they came back to the j
hotel for the third time, drunk, at
least one of them armed, and talked '
with a group of persons at the hotel ;
j in an attempt to form an alibi.
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(Special to The Herald)
LAREDO. June 27.—Hearing of
testimony in the case of Tomas
Hernandez and Raymond J. West,
former Laredo peace officers
charged with murder of Harry Wil
liams. newspaper reporter, opened
this morning.
The last juror was chosen Wed
nesday afternoon after approxi
mately 100 men were examined. The
jury as finally sworn in by Judge
Mullaly, includes three mechanics
an oil well operator, two real estate
dealers, a dry goods merchant, three
railway men. a retired customs in
spector and a farmer.
A packed courtroom greeted the
(Continued on page 11.)
CANADA FLYER
LEAVES FRIDAY
Zimmerley Coming Here
Fcr Non-Stop Hop
To Canada
MARSHALL. Mo , June 27.—hF—
Barney Zimmerley. claimant of the
American altitude record for light
airplanes, will hop off from here
tomorrow for Brownsville. Tex.,
from whore he expects to begin an
attempted non-stop flight to Win
nipeg. Canada.
The pilot expects to stop on his
way to Brownsville at Dallas and
San Antonio, Tex., at San Antonio
barographs will be installed. The
time of the start from Brownsville
will depend on weather conditions.
Zimmerly plans to begin the non
stop fliaht with 98 gallons of gaso
line and five gallons of oil.
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j READY FOR THE FRAY
In this corner, ladies apd gentlemen, to the left we have Paulino
Uzcudun, Basque woodchopper. who will try to give Maxie Schmeling.
Watchdog of the Rhine, the well known ax. in their 15-round bout
in the Yankee stadium tonight.
FRANK HAWKS IN
NON-STOP FLIGHT
ACROSS COUNTRY
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y„ June 27—OP —Capt. Frank M. Hawks
took off at 5:15 a. m. (E. S. T.) on a round trip flight to Los Angeles
where he expects to stop only long enough to refuel.
He hoped to establish three records, for the round trip, for east-to- ;
west and west-to-east. The non-stop record to the Pacific coast is 24
HOOVER HALTS |
PROHI SCHEME
Objects to Use of Schools
For Dissemination Of
Dry Propaganda
WASHINGTON. June 27.—(.■TV—
’•resident Hoover personally inter
vened to halt the plans of the pro
hibition unit to use the public
schools of the country for dissem
ination of prohibition law observ
ance propaganda.
The president's first information
concerning the Issuing of a pamph
let proposing a course of prohibi
tion study in the public schools
was gleaned from the newspapers.
He immediately signified his dis
approval to treasury officials, who
said they themselves were unawany
of the preposed campaign.
Using proceeds from n fund of
$50,000 made available by convress
for the dissemination of prohibi
tion literature. Miss Anna D. Sut
ter. of the statistical and educa
tional division of the prohibition
bureau, had caused the pamphlet
to be prepared for central circula
tion at the meeting tomorrow of
the National Educational associa
tion at Atlanta.
NARROW ESCAPE
POINT ISABEL. June 20 —S. B.
Kelley of Elsa as swept into the
gulf here twice in succession by
high waves Wednesday as he fished
on the piers. He had narrow
escapes among the rocks In the
high waves. A companion clung
to the piers and barely escaped be
ing swept into the water.
.hours. 51 minutes established by the
late C. B. D. Collyer and Harry
Tucker. The west to east record is
18 hours. 21 minutes established by
himself.
Colonel E. M. Roberts, represent
ing the National Aeronautic asso
ciation. gave 5:12:51 as the official
takeoff time.
The plane can-ied 550 rf
gasoline, an earlier plan of earning
615 gallons being abandoned uue u !
the additional weight makin? the
plane tail heavy- Captain Hawks ■
said it would take him three hours
to refuel and then would immedi
ately take off again for the return !
trip. The piano's engine is capable
of 185 miles an hour.
Making the flight alone means he
[ will have to let the plane fly itself
fifteen minutes of every hour while
he pumps fuel from the main tank |
in the fuselage up to the wing tanks .
from which it will feed the motor
by gravity.
The takeoff of the plane was per
fect and fc^ore his departure Cap
tain Hawks was assured of excellent
flying weather along the entire
| route except over Missouri, where
! thunder showers were reported.
This, however, -he said would not
| bother him.
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PASSES ST. LOITS
ST. LOUIS, June 27.— (API —
George B. Manning, ground
rchool instructor at Parks Air
pert. East St. Louis, reported he
sighted an airplane of the type
helnr flown by Frank M. Hawks
on his attrmoted cross rountrv
rcund trip flight, at an altitude of
abrut 3,(H)0 fret over St. Louis at
10 a. m. todav.
AUSTRALIANS ON
16,000-MILE HOP
SYDNEY. N. S. W. June 27.—ijpt
—Captain Charles Kingsford Smith
and his three companions, took off
in the Southern Cross from derby,
Western Australia, today for Singa
pore. straits settlement, en route to
England. The distance is about
1.650 miles, over the Indian Ocean.
Java, and the Java sea.
The Southern Cross left here
Tuesday, completing the first lap
of its English flight to Derby Wed
nesday. It was hoped to better Bert
Hinkler s record of 15 days.
SHELL BLAST KILLS
GUARDSMAN; 3 HURT
SALT LAKE CITY. June 27.—<JP)
—Private Daniel J. Midgeley, of the
145th field artillery. Utah national
guard, was killed, and three other
enlisted men were injured when the
premature explosion of a shell blew
the breech from a French 75 in ar
tillery practice at a summer en
campment at Jordon Narrows, near
, here today.
UZCUDUN HAS
ADVANTAGE OF |
FIVE POUNDS
—
Odds Continue To
Favor Basque As
Hour of Battle Ap
proaches
NEW YORK. June 27.—'/FV
Paulino Uzcudun had an advan
tage of five and one half pounds
over Max Schmeling when the
heavyweights welched in this aft
ernoon for their 15-round fight to
night.
Paulino’sw eight was 192 1-2
while Schmeling tipped the scales
at 187.
These two gladiators will battle
15 rounds in the big ball yard of
the New York Yankees for the right
to continue the quest for Clone
Tunney’s vacant heavyweight tj»^.
The winner may fight Jack Shar
key in September. They will flvht
in the name of charity, for Mrs.
William R. Hearts milk fund.
It may not be a pretty thing to
watch, but it is certain to be a
fight. Both have been imported
too recently to have mastered the
business methods of the more suc
cessful American gladiators. Neither
likes to clinch and waltz.
Tlv* German weaves and bob* in i
the style Dempsey made famous. ,
and punches fast an deadly from j
his right side. Upon his ability to
absorb Paulino’s ponderous smashes j
to the body and open the way with
the left hand for those right-hand j
lightning strokes to the head rests |
Schmeling’s chance.
Paulino Is the stolid, durable 1
• Continued on page 11.)
MANAGER OF
BUFFS OUSTS
Frank Snyder Released At
Own Request; Bailey
To Guide Team
HOUSTON. June 27—TAP*—Man
ager Frank Snyder of the Houston
Buffaloes has been given his uncon
ditional release at his own request,
and the veteran outfielder. Gene
Bailey, has been named temporary
manager. President Fred Ankenman
announced today.
Ankenman stated Bailey's position
as manager of the St. Louis Card
inals’ Texas league farm might be
made permanent.
The Buff prexy asserted Snyder
was dissatisfied with the way the
ball club was shaping up and want
ed an unconditional release.
“There was absolutely no ill feel
ing between us.” Ankenman de
clared.
“There was an opening for Sny
der with the St. Louis Cardinals.”
Ankenman said, “and I advised him
to this effect, thinking he might
like to go there to assist with the
pitchers, especially Hallahan. and
j bolster the catching staff. Howcv
er, Frank turned this proposition
t down.”
Snyder has not Indicated Ills plans
for the future.
Bailey, coach of the Rice Institute
nine this year and a veteran of
many campaigns, takes charge of
the Dixie champions today at Wich
itta Falls.
SCHMELING
OR
UZCUDUN?
Fans will know tonight which
of these two fighters will stand
highest in heavyweight circles.
The Herald has arranged to re
ceive a special Associated Press
sendee on the preliminaries and
main* event of the fight at New
York. Everyone is invited to
listen to the megaphoned blow
by blow announcement in front
of the Herald office beginning
shortly after 6:30 p. m.
COME EARLY AND GET A
RINGSIDE SEAT.
BORED WITH CITY,
•£• •¥■
VISITOR RUSHES
# if ^
INTO JAILHOUSE
CHICAGO, June 27.-VP)—Mr.
Ben Halstead oi Danville, 111.,
very much in a hurry, raced into
the Englewood police station last
night.
•Can't wait for a ticket,” he
shouted to the sergeant, who
gazed at him agape.
Mr. Halstead raced dowm the
corridor to the door leading to the
cell block.
“I gotta make the 9:18,” he
gasped as he neatly straight
armed the lockup keeper, Joe
Condon, and plunged into a cell.
Condon slammed the cell door
shut and went out to the sergeant
to inquire into this strange pro
ceeding.
After a while it came out, Hal
stead, bored by Chicago, was in
tent upon getting back to Dan
ville. He asked a pedestrian the
way to the Englewood station. He
neglected to say which station, so
the pedestrian pointed out the
police station.
“It was my fault,” he told the
police sergeant in parting. “I
should have said depot.”
PASSPORT LAW
HITS MEXICANS
New Regulation to Affect
Citizens of Own Coun
try, Chief Says
Passport regulations, decreed by
the Mexican government which are
to become effective July 25. will af
fect citizens of Mexico as well as
those of the United Slates, it war re
vealed here Thursday by Ede'mvo
Rodrigues, in charge cf immigra
tion at Mat&meros port.
Mexican individuals destring ru
visit the United States for a stay
of longer than 48 hours will be re
quired to present to immigration of- t
ficials three photographs. They
then will be issued a visitor? card
which will entitle them ?o return to
Mexico after a *tav of not nnre
than six months in the United
States. If a family desires to visit
this .country the father will be le
quired to supply three group photo- i
i graphs, along with a list of the I
J names of all members of the family,
j and then will receive a visitors pass
I port.
Rodriguez explained that the cer
1 tlficate which American tourists will
' be required to secure from the Mex
; ican consul at the port wher" they
! intend to enter Mexico will cost on-'
peso instead of $1. This peso rim
be paid in United States money at
| the rate of exchange obtaining the
, dav the permit is granted.
This permit will be good for only
one visit, but it will permit the
tourist to remain in Mexico for any
length of time up to six months.
Matamoros merchants have pro- j
tested the terms of the new regu- j
lotions on the groin.:! i; will ruin
their bus’ness. No protest has been j
filed by any Brownsville org.miza- i
tion.
(Special to The Herald*
LAREDO. June 27—A series of
conferences are being held by c.iaro
be r of commerce officials with Mex
ican immigration officials In Nuevo
Laredo in an effort to alter regula
tions which are to go Into effect
here Julv 25 and which will require
all visitors to Mexico to secure pass
ports.
The result of the conferences was
not made public.
Bobby Jones Leads
All Field With 3
Under Par on Open
WINGED FOOT CLUB, Mama
roneck. N. Y.. June 27—<JP— Fin
ishing the last nine holes with an
amazing 31. three under par. Bobby
Jones of Atlanta, the tournament
favorite, took a commanding lead
today in the first 18 holes of the
national open golf championship
I by scoring a 69. three under par al
together for the rugged Winged
HIDALGO MEN
HAVE INNING
AS QUIZ OPENS
Brookhart Says Cam
paign Is Suggestion
For Officeholders to
Contribute
SAN ANTONIO. June 27.—
While federal officeholders mttfht
not be asked to contribute to a
8100.000 fund being raised by the
republican organization in Texas
that campaign is a good reminder
to them to donate. Senator Smith •
W. Brookhart. Iowa, chairman of
the senate patronage committee,
said today while interrogating a
witness in the Texas patronage In
vestigation.
Eugene Nolte. Seguln. state ex
ecutive chairman, had denied that
officeholders were asked to con
tribute. and declared that the 8100.
000 was being raised only for main
tenance of the state republican or
ganization.
Nolte Quizzed
"The principal business of that
organization Is to control the dele
gations to national conventions?”
Senator Brookhart asked.
“It is not.” Nolte replied.
‘ And then to control patronage?”
‘ No. sir.”
“I have been unable to discover
any other state in which either
party is now- campaigning for funds.
(Continued on page 11.)
SERVICES FOR
EDITOR FRIDAY
Body of Col. Ben Whitehead
Due to Arrive In Edin
burg Thursday
especial to The Herald*
PHARR. June 27—The body of
Ben Gordon Whitehead, who died
at Marlin. Texas, early Wednesday
was to arrive here late Thursday
and be held at the family home un
til just before the hour for funeral
services, which are to be held in
the Methodist church at Edinburg
at 3 p. m. Friday. Burial is to be
in the Edinburg cemetery.
The veteran editor of the Rio
Grande Valley Sun. weekly news
paper at Pharr, had been in ill
health for many years and recently
had been to Marlin for a course of
treatment. He returned after Im
proving in health, but after about
three weeks in harness was forced
again to return for treatment.
He is survived by hli »!<tnw\ «
daughter. Louise of La Pwrte. Ind„
and one son. Miller of Pharr
He was for a time editor of the
Sentinel. Brownsville morning
newspaper, and later edited a dally
in McAllen. He had been publish
ing the Sun for about five years.
I THE WEATHER
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For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
possibly with local showers this aft
ernoon or tonight. Light variable
winds on the west coast becoming
southerly and Increasing.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday; probably showers
In southeast portion.
RIVER FOREC AST
There will be no material chana*
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
Staff© Stax© Chng. Rato
Eagle Phss .. 16 2 2 0.0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.7 0.0 .0C
Rio Grande . 21 4.3 -0.1 .00
Mission. 22 42 0.0 .00
San Benito . 23 7.4 +0.5 .00
Brownsville . 18 2.5 -0.2 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High .8:57 a. m
Lo»* . 12:59 a. m
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .. 7:2!
Sunrise tomorrow . 5:40
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