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_ THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(A5) -.- ■ ■ -1
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 359 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1929 , FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY • Be A COPY
DONNA is to have a modern com
mon battery telephone exchange
housed in its home, a beautiful tile
, and stucco structure.
The improvements to be made by
I the Rio Grande Valley Telephone
company, owners of the system,
are to cost approximately $40,000.
And the expenditure was made
hecessary by growth of that town,
according to J. C. Paxton, general
manager of the company.
* Donna ranks high in quantity of
shipments every year and is sur
I rounded by a highly fertile agri
cultural section which is witnessing
a rapid development.
• • •
THE FOURTH air mail route out
of Brownsville will not be estab
lished until night flying is practi
cal. a letter to Postmaster G. W.
Dennett from the postoffice de
partment indicates.
This route will be by way of
Houston to New Orleans and up
he Atlantic seaboard. Survey for
*acons every 10 miles and emerg
ncy landing fields every 30 miles.
Arrangements yet to be completed
ith Harlingen and Raymondville
r landing sites.
The new route will speed mail to
*rth. east and Atlantic seaboard
■ -ints.
* * *
NEW MEXICAN immigration
[ -*ulations bid fair to play hob
1 jh business and social visits
-oss the border—and to badly
7pple trade of places of business
Matamoros.
The regulations are very similar
those imposed in the past except
at all tourists will be required to ,
sit the consul and pay one peso ,
? permission to visit that coun
k:—‘same regulations are to ap
■.-t# at Laredo. Up there offl- j
|| ils of Laredo and groups of
[ Itevo Laredo business men have
-n protesting to immigration an- j
a “rities that enforcement would |
. —,i them. So far as can be
7med these protests have been
vair. and preparations are going
j >ad to enforce the new rulings
- the end of a 30 day period of
ace, July 25.
• • •
(.The really new portion of the
Iiltng Is to the effect that citizens
ving in Valley towns where there
s no port of entry will be con- !
sidered tourists and will be required
to visit the consul and secure a
>assport before each crossing of
le border.
When similar passport regula
ons were enforced more than a
•ar ago all citizens residing within
miles of the river were adjudged
•der residents and accorded the
ne courtesies as people living in
>wnsville and other port of entry
ns.
i „ question which has arisen in
nection with that ruling is •'just
re are several of the ports of
, yr.
t instance McAllen and Hi
ILL McALLEN citizens be per
d to secure courtesy cards on
trength of the port of entry at
osa or will only citizens of
go receive this courtesy?
-cedes Is another puzzling ex
\ There is no town on the ;
ican side of the bridge oppo
io Rica. Will Mercedes, sev
enties away from the river be
tiered the port of entry ?
these citizens are given cour
:ards by the immigration all
ies of Mexico, what about San
>. Harlingen. Weslaco. Donna
ther places near to a bridge.;
ot at a port of entry?
\T •BATTLE" between the
i growers and the pickers still
» offing.
ueron county farmers decide
mly will pay 75 cents per hun- j
is the season starts—after Hi
. and Willacy already had de-.
to lead off with a price of $1.
1 the pickers had indicated
"^Rideri'd $1.25 to $1.50 would
JK right.
• • •
T FLOWERS from Mexico
to New York City by air ex
ntive films for five weekly
reel services coming through
nsville by air from Mexico
■t two items of the many being
led through here by official
ran Aerial Express on planes
i® Mexican Aviation Co.
is service, though in use for
, months is to be officially In
rated July 1. Special cachet ,
be attached to each package
»d, as was done in inaugura
nf the air mail.
a Philen. Jr., local broker and
t for the service, says several
rod packages already on hand <
(Continued on page 9J
JAIL THREAT HURLED AT CREAGER
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Fight Looms In Arroyo Navigation Election
Outstanding Figures.In Laredo.Murder Trial
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Left to right, the principal actors in the trial of two former peace officers for the murder of
Harry Williams, newspaper reporter, in Laredo, are: Thomas Hernandez and Raymond
West, the accused men; John A. Pope, Covey C. Thomas and M. J. Raymond, defense at
V
torneys; John A. Pope, defense attorney; W. T. Neblett, Jr., prosecution: Robt. Lee Bobbitt,
prosecution; Covey C. Thomas, defense and M. J. Raymond, defense. Testimony in the sen
sational trial opened Thursday .
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CANDIDATES IN
SPLIT ON PLAN
FOR DREDGING
Chambers States New
Candidates Propose
Killing Deep Water
Project at Harlingen
HARLINGEN. June 28—G. C.
Howell and H. J. Goetzke. candi
dates for commissioners of the
Harlingen navigation district, en
tered the race to oust J. B. Cham
bers and J. R. George, and thus kill
the proposal to construct a deep
water harbor near Harlingen on the
Arroyo, in the opinion of Chambers,
who is the present chairman of the
commission.
Tyre H. Brown is the third mem
ber of the present commission and
the election is being held July 6 to
complv with a law recently passed
by the Texas legislature requiring
navigation commissioners to be
election is being held July 6 to com
ply with a law recently passed by
(Continued on page 9.)
NIX VENIRES
NEARING END
250 of 300 Prospective Jur
ors Dismissed After
Quiz
BOSTON. Texas. June 28—'.T>—
Difficulty in selecting a jury to try
Ocie Nix. 22. Bowie county farmer,
on charges of fatally poisoning his
17-vear-old wife. Vinitia. loomed
today after elimination of 250 of 300
veniremen.
Nix's wife died in convulsions at
the Nix home near here a week ago
while he was working tn a field.
She was buried. An investigation
was started, and the body was ex
humed. The viscera were sent to
the state chemist at Austin who re
ported he found poison In the stom
ach.
The state named three attorneys ,
to defend Nix. and yesterday tney |
filed five motions, all of which were
overruled. The last was for a j
change of venue on the ground a
fair and impartial trial could not j
be obtained in Bowie county.
NEW BOSTON. Texas. June 28
—One juror had been selected
at noon today for the trial of Ocie
Nix, 22. rharged with the poison
murder of his wife. Vinitia. 17. j
J. A. Trapp, farmer, war- accepted
after declaring he was not opposed
to assessing a death penalty.
TWO BADLY HURT AS
PLANE BURNS, FALLS
MITCHEL FIELD. N. Y. June 28
—<^V-An army observation plane
caught fire 2.000 feet in the air to
dav and fell to the Meadowbrook
Country club grounds, critically in
juring Lieut. Maxwell Balfour and
Corp. Elmer Bern-.
They were taken to Nassau coun
ty hospital in Minneola. where Miss
Viola Gentry, injured in the crash
of an endurance plane, lay close to
I death.
Pilot Dies In Fall
Of Endurance Plane;
Woman Flyer Hurt
-at - i
RUM DISPOSAL
IS EXPLAINED
Neale Says All Liquor Seized
Is Accounted For With
Receipts
All seizures of liquors, narcotics
and contraband turned In to the
customs here are strictly accounted
for. Deputy Collector of Customs
William Neal** said today in com- j
menting on the patronage probe be
ing conducted in San Antonio.
At the hearing it was hinted that
liquors are not properly accounted
for by the customs officers.
Deputy Collector Neale said that
all officersf, whether they be city,
immigration or customs, are given ,
receipts for their seizures. The
liquor is then destroyed in the pres- j
ence of two officers. Narcotics and
alcohol are sent to hospitals and !
similar institutions and properly j
accounted for, he stated.
BRITISH ENDURANCE
FLIERS AT SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE. Straits Settlement
June 28 — <JF—Cant. Charles Kings
ford Smith and his three eompan-,
ions arrived here today in their j
plane, the Southern Cross, from
Derby. Western Australia, en route'
to England. They covered a dis
tance of about 16.650 miles.
The fliers set out from Sydney.
N. S. W.. Tuesday in an effort tc
break the 15-day record between
England and Australia of Bert
Hinkler_ _1
1
WESTBURY, N. Y.. June 28—/P)—
Jack Ashcraft, a professional pilot,
was killed, and Miss Viola Gentry,
known as “the flying cashier,” crit
ically injured today as their biplane,
in which they were attempting to
create an endurance record, crash
ed into a tree.
Ashcraft's neck was broken. Miss
Gentry, suffering from internal in
juries, broken arms and lacerations,
was taken to a hospital in Mineola.
She soon regained consciousness and
asked about Ashcraft, but was not
told of his death.
Their plane took off from Roose
velt field at 8:49 p. m. yesterday,
with 116 gallons of gasoline. It is
believed their gasoline ran short,
and the plane crashed into the tree
near a nursery.
Henry Hicks, proprietor of the
nursery-, heard the accident. He
said there was no noise from the
motor. The gasoline tanks and car
buretor were later found to be dry.
Lands on Nose
The plane landed on its nose, the
motor buried far in the ground.
Ashcraft's body was wedged be
tween the motor and the ground.
Miss Gentry- was found on top of
the gas tank, with one Toot tangled
in the wreckage. She was bleeding
profusely and was hysterical. She
lapsed into unconsciousness on her
way to the hospital.
Ashcraft was 33 years old and was
born in Protection, Kansas. He had
been a flier for a number of years
and was considered an expert pilot.
Miss Gentry was formerly a cash
ier in a restaurant. She attracted
attention early in 1926 by piloting a
plane under the Brooklyn and Man
hattan bridges over the east river
in New York.
In 1928 she set an endurance solo
record for women fliers by staying
in the air over Roosevelt field for
6 hours and 37 seconds.
Drop Note
The Answer was last seen over
Roosevelt field about 6:15 a. m. A
mechanic on his way to work later
found a note which had been drop
ped from the plane saying the gas
(Continued on page 9>
Idenity of Queen
To Reign at Fourth
Pageant is Secret
Who is the Queen? i
Who will reign at the “Court of
the Far East?”
These are two questions which
members of the pageant committee
refuse to answer as plans near
completion for the presentation at
Fort Brown of a Fourth of July
show which for beauty and color
has never before been equalled
here.
“The identity of the Queen posi
tively will not be divulged before
the night cf the Fourth," Mrs. V.
W. Taylor, chairman of the com
mittee, said.
“We have created a great deal of
interest by keeping the identity of
the Queen secret, and to let it out
i now would detract from glamor and
v
romance of a pageant already work
ed out to the minutest detail.
“I can say only that she is one
of Brownsville's prettiest and most
popular girls of the younger set.
However, almost all people whom
I have heard try to guess her name
are going to be surprised.
“The maid to the queen will be
Miss Francis James, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. James of Los
Ebanos.
“I have been assured by prin
cesses from all the Valley towns
that they have almost completed
their costumes for the event. We
sent each girl, who will represent
an oriental country, plans for her
costume, and no two of them will
, be alike in design.” Mrs. Taylor
: said.
DEFENSE IN
LAREDO TRIAL
BEGINS CASE
Proprietor of Hotel
Says Slain Youth
Had Left When Of
ficers Returned
(Special to The Herald'
LAREDO. June 28.—Defense tes
timony in the trial of Raymond
West and Tomas Hernandez on
charges of murdering Harry Wil
liams. Laredo newspaper reporter
opened Friday after the state had
rested.
Defense counsel asked for an in
structed verdict, but the motion
was overruled by Judge J. F. Mull
ally. The defense then asked that
the state be made to show which
count it would prosecute. This mo
tion was also refused.
Maria Alatorre. owner of the
Commercial hotel.in which the state
contends Williams met his death
on the night of January 18. was the
first witness for the defense. She
said the accused men made two
trips to her hotel on the fatal night
(Continued on page 9.)
GULF STORM
IS INDICATED
Ground Swells, Low Barom
eter and High Tide Re
ported At Coast
There were some indications of a
slight disturbance in the Gulf of
Mexico off shore from the Valley
Friday morning, out at 2 p. m. there
had been no official warning issued
by the weather bureau either from
Washington or locally.
The indications included large
ground swells. 15 to 20 feet high,
which were rolling in at Padre
Island, a low barometer and high
tide.
The weather bureau at Washing
ton had asked W. J. Schnurbusch.
local meteorologist for two special
reports today, one sent at 11 a. m.
and the other during the afternoon.
This also was an indication of a
disturbance in the gulf.
The weather forecast for the next
24 hours was “mostly cloudy and
unsettled tonight and Saturday,
probably with local showers.”
Several automobiles were caught
in the large swells as they broke
over Padre Island during the worn
(Continued on page 9.)
Two Dead And Two
Severely lnjuretd
In Crash at Tulsa
TULSA. Okla, June 28.—
Charles F. Breedlove. 58. clothing
salesman for a Des Moines. Iowa,
firm, and Mrs. Emma Nowlin. 74. of
Standard, La., who w’as visiting a
daughter here, were killed today in
an automobile wreck. Their car
swerved into a ditch.
Two other occupants of the car
were injured seriously. They were
Mrs. Mildred Ryan. 37, Mrs. Now
j lin’s daughter, and Mrs. Ryan's
i daughter. Opal. 15.
Organized Protests
In Germany Object
To Blame for V/ar
COMMANDER
IS DUE TODAY
General Lassiter Coming
To Fort Brown For
Inspection
Major General William Lassiter.
I commander of the eighth corps
area. United States Army, was
scheduled to arrive at the inter
national airport about 4 p. m.. to
day, it was announced at Fort;
Brown.
Gen. Lassiter will be met by j
! Lieut.-Col. Stanley Koch, com
mander of the post here, who will
take him to Fort Brown for an in
! spection of barracks and various
buildings.
It was planned to have a review
of troops, but a wire from the gen
eral said that in view of the late ar
rival and early departure tomorrow, i
he did not thing it advisable.
Gen. Lassiters area. Including
Texas and extending into Colorado, j
New Mexico. Arizona. Wyoming.
Oklahoma, was approximately one
fourth of the nation's available
troops.
His headquarters are at San An
tonio and he will arrive here from
j Fort Mackintosh, where he com
pleted an inspection.
He will be the guest tonight of
: Lieut.-Col Koch. Officers of the
post will pay the usual calls of cour
tesy
—
WOM AN BOLDS
UP CASHIER
TOPEKA. Kas . June 28.—UP*—A
woman today held up W L. Stalons.
: cashier of the Security Benefit as
sociation here, and escaped with the
! association's payroll estimated at
approximated* 814.000. after kidnap
: in* A. J. Perllch. Kansas City, and
j forcing him to drive her to the
scene of the holdup.
Stalons. acompanied by Lou’s
Striet. an employe, had returned to
the association offices from the
'central National bank. When Mr.
Stalons stepped fro mhis motorcar,
carrying the money in a satchel, he
was accosted by a woman holding
a handkerchief over her face.
1 Believing she was a patient of the
I association hospital. Mr. Stalons
stepped to talk with her. The wom
an pointed a revolver at the cashier
with the command:
“Drop that package, or Til blow
j vour Insides out.”
Mr. Stalons attemnted to throw
the satchel to Streit. but the woman
j caught it.
She returned to re-enter Mr.
Perlich's motorcar, in which she
had ordered him to wait at the curb,
but he had driven to police head
quarters to report the robbery.
The woman then fled on foot.
BERLIN, June 28.—(jP)—On the
tenth anniversary of the signing
of the treaty of Versailles with its
charge of blame for the World war
the German national today staged
organized protests at continuation
of “the war guilt lie."
Prudent Paul Von Hlndenburg
headed the signatories to a state
ment which termed today "a day of
mourning ’ and respected the asser
tion that Germany alone was re
sponsible for the war.
With the exception of the Rhine
land. where an interdiction of the
inter-allied Rhineland, where an in
terdiction of the inter-allied Rhine
land commission interfered, there
were demonstrations of protest the
length and breadth of the nation.
Nationalist opposition in the
Reichstag, strengthened probably by
the manifestations, prevented pro
longation of the defense of the re
public act. requested by the govern
ment The defeat will make it legal
for former Kaiser Wilhelm to re
turn to Germany at expiration of
the present act July 22.
German newspapers appeared
with borders of heavy black mourn
ing. and one Berlin organ. Der Tag.
surrounded scenes from Danzig.
Posen. Kattawitz and Strassburg
with borders of chains. A huge sky
sign in the west end of Berlin ad
jured German citizens to unite in
repudiation"of the “war guilt lie"
Therp was a tenseness in the situ
ation which led the government to
request that its functionaries, high
and low. refrain from joining In
the public demonstrations, the auth
orities fearing unpleasant conse
quences. President Von Hinden
burg himself refused numerous in
vitations preside at meetings
called to hold the “shameful treaty"
up to obloquy.
WALL STREET RUMORS
M. K. T. TO BE SOLD
NEW YORK. June 28.—'f<P>—'The
New York Herald-Tribune says to
day that rumors are current in Wall
Street that the Alleghany Corpora
tion, new securities company of the
Van Sweringen interests, is buying
the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad.
Impetus is given the reports be
cause the Alleghany sometime ago
acquired blocks of stock in the Mis
souri Pacific refuted to be about
175.000 shares, representing an in
vestment around $14,000,000.
Have The Herald follow
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BROWNSVILLE
BRIDGE FIGHT
IS BROUGHT IN
Mention of Garner In
Probe Draws Fire of
Tennessee Senator
On Committee
SAN ANTONIO. June 28 —A
threat by Senator Kenneth McKel
lar. Tennessee, to jail Republican
National Committeeman R. B Crea
ger of Texas for “contempt of the
senate'* today drew apologies for
questions attempting to connect
Congressman John N. Garner, dem
ocratic minority leader in the house,
with the political machine in Hidal
go county, at the senate patronage
investigation here.
The threat came during the inter
rogation of Mrs. H O. Schaleben. re
called today. When she told of a
reputed combination of Creager and
democratic forces in Hidalgo county.
Orville Bullington. vice chairman of
the state republican executive com
mittee. asked:
“Is Congressman John N. Garner,
democratic minority leader, aligned
with the crooked democratic ma
chine in Hidalgo county?"
Before Mr? Schaleben could re
ply Senator McKellar interrupted:
Apologises
"Two or three men are in jail now
for contempt of the senate, ana we
don't want to have to jail any
more.”
"We don't want to be In con
tempt.” Creager asid.
“Please see that you don’t, for we
don't want to arrest you.” McKellar
warned.
After two other witnesses had tes
tified. Bullington apologized for the
Gamer question.
"We didn't mean to Intimate than
he is crooked anv more than other
good men ” he said.
Creager told the senate commit
tee Bullington had made the apology
at his request.
“Garner has been a close friend
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I THE WEATHER 1
For Brownsville and the Valley:
: Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
i and Saturday, probably with local
showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday; probat*;'
showers in southeast portion.
Lignt to fresh easterly winds on
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
■ days.
Flood Pr**aent 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Ptaae Stage Chng Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2 2 0.0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.7 0.0 .00
Rio Grande . 21 4 3 0.0 .00
Mission _ 22 4.0 -0.2 .00
San Benito . 23 76 +0.2 00
Brownsville . 18 2.8 40.3 .64
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High.9:20 a m.; 9:34 p. m.
Low*. 1:55 a. in.; 4:34 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today.7:28
Sunrise tomorrow . . 5:41
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