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FL YERS A T MERC Y OF WA VES S OFFERED THIRST AND COLD
ALIGHTED ON
• SEA EASILY
tv •
Food Supply of 15 Days
Relieved Worries of
Hunger
GIBRALTAR, July 2.-4AP;—Short
age of water, cold, rough seas and
a bitter sense of being at the mercy
af the waves were the cn:er memo
ries of Maj. Ramon Franco and his
three companions who reached Gi
braltar today.
H “Ask anything you want,” said
Major Franco to the correspondent
Of The Associated Press who talked
With him. The major was dressed
in khaki. The suit had been given
him by one of the members of the
Eagle’s crew.
# Out or gas and, much to their sur
prise, beyond the Azores, the air
men weie competed to alight on
the sea.
« “The landing was made perfectly
8H a quiet sea,” said Major Franco.
wMy watch showed nine in the
morning. At first we did not know
where we were although we pre
Bumed we could not be so rar nom
the Azores. Then the sea became
rough, and strong winds pushed the
plane liom one side to the other.
We saw no vessel. We felt sllgntiy
Cold. Naturally we were much dis
appointed. Thinking we would soon
Bee a boat, we settled ourselves ana
arranged to stand guard.
f “We were not worried about eat
ing since we had food for 15 days.
The first night we did not sleep
although at dawn I had a little nap
to the commanding cabin. On the
morning of the 23rd tne sea was
rough, and we feared for the plane.
We even thought of dismounting
the wings to avoid being ship
wrecked. However, thanks to God,
fjhis was not necessary.
“We began, then, to feel thirsty,
but soon decided to drink the wa
ter stored in the radiator. We did
fiot drink at all. There is some.
Sea Was Rough
“The following night was rather
bad. It was cold and we had to
put on our fur overcoats. The sea
was rough and the plane was be
ing buffeted by the waves. One of
them dented the left wing, and the
man on watch hecame wet. We were
bginning to feel somewhat uneasy,
ind nobody slept.
“We spent the night in the best
manner we could. Toward morning
the., sea became calmer, and we
Were able to rest a little. We did
sot eat much. We were hoping to
see some ships. On the night of the
24th we began to light rockets, but
our signals were sent up to no avail.
Doubts began assailing us because
file realization dawned on us that
We were at the mercy of the waves.
Yet even though we were outside
the regular steamer lanes, we did
Hot lose hope altogether.
- “When topics of conversation be
came exhausted during our moments
of leisure, when we were not on
Watch, we began to wonder what our
families were- thinking in Spain.
During the day the sun bothered
ns some, you can see that we are
tanned, but I can assure you that
we did not suffer from hunger. Food
and the water we got from the ra
diator to make up for our shortage
of regular drinking water, were suf
ficient.
“We spent our time scanning the
horizon. There was one moment
when we almost despaired of ever
being saved. We shall always re
member the night of the 27th which
BE SURE TO VISIT THE
THEATRES
IN HOUSTON THIS WEEK
And don’t forget to register with them
your name and home city
This is OUT OF TOWN WEEK at the Houston play
houses and there is extraordinarily good attraction at
each of them.
A check will be made of the out of town visitors.
And a page writeup will be given the city having the
best showing in total numbers, and the city having
the best showing in proportion to population.
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The article will appear in
The ouston
Chr< >nicle
Which, with the theatres, is sponsoring
. Out Of Town
Week
both to be ^ ▼ T W1V
across the Tjo
feature attr^pmo,
all the enteaudusti , ,
provided. ' ail sch^nce to visit Houston, see a good show
SS roui\de publicity for your l.ome town .
jjfftectlve Sept. 1, A .
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GREAT POWERS TALK NAVAL DISARMAMENT
Developments of the past few weeks have been interpreted as presaging another conference for curtail
ment of armaments. Taking the initiative is President Hoover, whose spokesmen are Ambassador Chas.
G. Dawes (left) and Ambassador Hugh Gibson (upper center). On right is Premier Ramsay MacDonald
of great Britain, and lower center is Baron Tanaka, premier of Japan, who has promised full cooperation
of his country.
was terrible. The sea was strongly
lashing the left wing, and we also
saw the right wing being broken
up. Further the rudder was being
affected by the constant beating
of the waves. The situation was
desperate. As the plane was tossed
about we closed all openings in or
der to keep the water from flood
ing us. As our anxiety increasea,
we lighted bengal lights which were
put out by the water.
Sea Grows Calm
‘ On the morning of June S&v
the sea became calmer, but we did
not know where we were, even
though we had the sun to guide us.
Every spot on the sea seemed to
us like a boat. But nothing came
into sight the day proceeded com
paratively well. Our spirits were
low. but we never gave up hop?.
“Early on the morning of the
29th Major Gallarza was on watch.
Suddenly, with joy in his voice, he
shouted he thought he had seen
lights. Then we all came out and
sent up rockets. We spent an hour
sending these rockets, about 4
o’clock wre thought we heard the
noise of engines, but as it was still
dark we could not see anything: at
5 o’clock we saw smoke and then
soon after this an enormous ship,
the Eagle, /ou can easily under
stand how great "was our joy.
“It took an hour for us to get
on board the Eagle. First of all we
thanked the commander, and then
we sent radios to our families. The
rest of the story you already know.”
CARDS OF THANKS
Letters of thanks for floral offer
ings at the funeral of Mrs. Rosa C.
del Castilla, have been sent out by
her husband, Dr. Jose A. del Cas
tillo and family.
City Briefs]
Automatic pressure water sys
tems, gasoline or electricity. Phil
lips’ Store, San Eenito.—Adv. 3.
To Tampico—Miss Nancy Bring
hurst of Houston, left here by plane
Tuesday morning for Tampico.
Later she will attend the summer
course at the Mexican national uni
versity in Mexico City. In the cap
ital she will be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Harvey.
Opera Comedy in Spanish by the
“Los Perrins.” July 2 at 8 p. m., the
Dittmann Theater. Come and also
hear the popular songs by pretty
girls. Only 50c.—Adv.
Calcium Arsenate, fresh stock,!
low price. Cotton picker sacks.
Hardware Sales, Second and Fron
ton.—Adv. 3.
Let Your Stenographer try the
new L. C. Smith “Silent” 8 type
writer at our expense. We are not
afraid of the results. Davennort
Typewriter Exchange. Present* lo
cation, Cromack Bldg, on 11th St.—
adv.
Stands Go Up.—Cold drink stands
for the Fourth of July celebration |
are being erected in the Missouri!
Pacific park and on the lots on the I
approach to the international |
bridge.
Fireworks. Firecrackers, for July
Fourth. Hardware Sales, Second
and Fronton.—Adv. 3.
To Victoria.—Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 1
liam Runyon and baby daughter
left last night for Victoria, Texas,
where they plan to make their
home in the future. Runyon, an en
gineer, will attend the University of
Texas engineering school later in
the summer.
Repairs—Counters in the Texas
Cafe are being repaired.
Water Blisters on hands or feet
will disappear after a few appli
cations of Imperial Eczema Remedy.
All druggists are authorized to re
fund your money if it fails—Adv.
Called Communication Rio Grande
_ Lodge No. 81. A. F. & A.
M.. Masonic Temple, 8:00
o'clock this evening. Fri
e&GjW day, work in M. M. degree.
, All regular Masons fra
^ ternally invited to attend.
Sam D. Hughton. W. M.; W. W. !
Ball, secy.—adv. G.
You Avoid that “tired feeling” if
you use the new L. C. Smith “Sil
ent” 8 typewriter. Forty per cent
less energy required to operate. I
You get rid of the noise. Davenport j
Typewriter Exchange. Present lo- !
cation, Cromack Bldg, on 11th St.—
adv.
Man Held In Boy's
Kidnapping Wanted
By Oklahoma Police
WICHITA. Kas., July 2.—f/F)—
Charles D. Black, 35, of Tulsa was
held here today for extradition to
Oklahoma on charges of kidnaping
10-year-old Orville Hogan from his
home in Ponca City June 20.
Black ar,1 the boy were located at
Peabody. Kas., yesterday by Sam
I Tulk. former Ponca City* police
chief. The man is alleged to have
enticed Orville from home with the
promise of a job distributing hand
bills.
RECTOR’S KNICKER WILL
TO BE FOUGHT IN COURT
BISLEY. Eng.—Legal action is to
be taken, it is understood, in oppo
j sition to the will of the Rev. John
! Gwyon. who was rector here for
| 33 years. The rector left his $50,000
j estate as a trust fund to provide
l boys between 10 and 18 with new
; knickers each year. Mr. Gwyon,
I who was a bachelor, was 60 when he
J was found hanged in his rectory
! on December 27 last. He had been
eccentric for several years before his
death. The rector suggests the
knickers provided should be of a
strong, soft, and dark brown cord,
‘which is becoming for boys.” If the
money left by Mr. Gwyon were in
vested and the interest spent at the
rate of $5 a pair of knickers, it
would be necessary to find about
500 boys every year to receive a new
pair of knickers.
NEW MEASURES
PROVIDE JAIL
Immigration Law Went Into
Effect Monday Against
Illegal Entries
The new U. S. immigration law
making it possible to fine and im
prison persons entering illegally is
now in effect. Heretofore it has
been possible only to deport persons
making illegal entries.
The maximum sentence under the
new law is two years in the peni
tentiary. Outside of the penalties,
the immigration regulations remain
the same.
Considerable interest has been
aroused in the Valley over the new
law. Mexican officials are making
an effort to have their people return
to Mexico and take up national
lands.
Enrique de Silva, engineer from
the Mexican department of agricul
ture, recently made a survey of the
Valley and stated that he expected
35.000 residents of this section to
return to Mexico. *
Consul L. Lopez Montero of
Brownsville was actively associated
with the survey.
—
F. H. Pewitt is here from Loving
ton. N. M.
William A. Kirkland, of Houston,
is a guest at the El Jardin.
T. C. McCobb, of Mexico City, is
here.
C. Martinez, of Monterrey, came
in Monday.
Loyd C. Finlay, Miss Helen Fouts,
and Miss Mary Hart, all of Hous
ton. are in the city.
Roland Simmons arrived from
San Antonio Monday.
Douglas Turney, of Los Angeles,
is in the city.
Tyre Brown, of Harlingen, spent
Monday here.
C. R. Wharton, and Misses Adele
and Ella Wharton, are here from
Houston, and are guests at El
Jardin.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bringhurst
and son. John Jr., and Miss Nancy
Bringhurst are visiting the city.
Their home is Houston.
W. Lvle Dickey, John King, and
Hugh King. Jr., all of Tulsa, are
guests at El Jardin.
Mrs. C. B. Wood, of Houston, ac
companied by Miss Katherine E.
Wood and Miss Maud G. Hischen,
are here from Houston.
G. Mitchel Doone is here from
Houston.
L. L. Brunner, of Oklahoma City,
is in town.
Mrs. H. S. Hensley, of La Feria,
is here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beck, of Bee
ville, are visiting here.
O. B. Alexander, of Dallas is here
on business.
A. C. Ross and Ralph Enloe came
in Monday from Kansas City.
Jerry Cook, of Taylor, is at the
Travelers.
A. Dudley spent Monday here. He
is from San Benito.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Zurmestrez, of
St. Louis, are guest at the Travelers.
Sam Stern is here from San An
tonio. He is accompanied by his
son.
H. H. Cobb, of Pharr, spent Mon
day here.
R. L. Brewer ?nd family, of Dal
las. are in the city.
B. W. Harrison, of Dallas, is a
guest at the Travelers.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Patrick and
Mr. and Mrs. R. D Baxter, make up
a party from Waco visiting here.
Misses Virginia Peters and Evelyn
Dulaney, of Roanoke, Va.. and Miss
Phyllis Wood, of Lynchburg, Va.,
are in the city.
JumeughrI
TEXAS
“Looping the Loop,” with an all
star European cast, will be the fea
tured attraction at the Texas the
ater tomorrow. It is the latest im
portation from the famous UFA
studios, producers of “Variety,”
“Metropolis” and “Homecoming,”
and is released by Paramount.
MAN BEATEN
WITH PISTOL
One In Jail After Early
Morning Shooting Af
fray In City
Locario Hernandez, said to be a
Mexican citizen, is lodged in the
county jail on charges of assault
and attempt to murder and carry
ing a pistol and Jose Salinas is
nursing a scalp wound as the result
of a shooting affair at the latter’s
house at 16th and Van Buren streets
Tuesday morning.
Hernandez, a resident of Mata
moros. came to Salinas’ home. He
entered the room where Salinas was
in bed, officers said. Salinas was
struck over the head with a pistol,
causing a gash in his scalp. Neith
er of two shots fired took effect.
The man leaped from his bed and
seized a piece of wood. Y. Trevino,
a brother-in-law of Salinas, rushed
into the room at the sound of the
shots. He succeeded in getting the
pistol. The barrel of the firearm,
a .41 Colt, was bent from the blow
that struck Salinas’ head.
Cisto Olgin, an uncle of Salinas,
came on the scene,
and Earl Hanna and City Police
H. D. Lozano and Emilio Lerma
rushed to the scene and placed Her
nandez under arrest.
Salinas could give no motive for
the attack .
Hernandez is said to have been
deported from the United States on
immigration charges but this could
not be verified at the immigration
office.
A crowd gathered about the scene
of the shooting and watched the of
ficers take the bloody, battered
Hernandez to the jail.
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Roma Princess Is
Well Known Over
Rio Grande Border
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Lupe Trevino, member of an old
border family, is the princess who
will represent Roma at the
Brownsville Fourth of July pag
eant. In Roma she was chosen the
most popular girl.
Educated in Brownsville and La
redo, Miss Trevino has many
friends in this city. Frank Trev
ino, her father, for a number of
years was in charge of the tele
graph office with the government.
At the time of his death he was
postmaster in Roma.
2 STILL IN
HOSPITAL
Electric Car-Truck Collision
Victims Are Im
proving
Two men remained in the Mercy
hospital Tuesday as the result of a
crash between a truck and the out
bound Point Isabel electric car Sun
day about 5 p. m.
Neither of the two men’s injuries
are regarded as serious by hospital
attachees. The men confined for
medical attention are Severo Suarez
and Pedro Nicolas.
Six occupants of the truck were
injured when it was knocked on its
side and pushed up the track 25
or 30 feet. Pilar Gonzales and
Senon Eegeno were released from
the hospital Monday. Nicolas Gon
zales and Simon Melendres. driver
of the truck, were released from
the hospital Sunday after first aid
treatment.
The truck was loaded with house
hold goods, most of which was
broken up by the impact. The men
were en route to Alamo to work on
a farm when the acicdent occurred.
All of them are local men.
Elderly Texas Heart
Breaker Arrested By
New York Officers
NEW YORK, July 2.—(JP)—An el
derly six foot Texan who is said
bv the police to have left a trail
of at least fifty broken hearts and
as many empty purses across the
continent was held today as a fu
gitive from Amarillo, Texas.
Thev said the elderly Lothario,
who described himself as Charles
H. Boyles, 68. was wanted in Texas
City on charges of bigamy and
grand larceny and for jumping
$10,000 bail on April 4, 1928.
His arrest, they said, cut short a
romance started here with a
Brooklyn woman, whom they de
scribed as the widow of a banker.
They said another Brooklyn ■wom
an stopped going with him only
after she had spent nearly $7,000
while in his company.
Boyles, when arraigned in Jef
ferson Market court, declared he
was innocent of the bigamy charge
and asserted he had obtained a di
vorce before the questioned mar
riage. He was held under $10,000
bail for a hearing Frida:.
Endurance Flight
In Cleveland Past
Halfway Goal Mark
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 2.—(/F)
—Better flying weather than has
been granted the endurance pilots
Byron K. Newcomb and Roy L
Mitchell since they set out last
Friday to break the world's record
for sustained flight was forecast for
the next 24 hours today.
Fog had disappeared, a low ceil
ing of heavy clouds had lifted and
clear weather, with moderate
winds, promised more favorable
conditions.
They are flying against time with
almost three days to go if they are
to break the recognized mark of
172 hours, 32 minutes and 30 sec
onds.
SCORESCHOOL
PROPAGANDA
Educational Associ a t i o n
Meeting In Atlanta
Has Newest Ideas
ATLANTA. Ga., July 2.—(/P)—
Two general sessions and a series
of departmental meetings today
stressed the purpose of the 67th
convention of the National Educa
tion association—education for a
new world.
Heading the list of reports to the
general session, was ’ that of the
propaganda committee which held
that all schools should be securely
safeguarded against propaganda.
Children should be taught “how to
think,” not “what to think,” the re
port said.
Meanwhile, delegates also wTere
faced with the problem of choos
ing between Miss Ruth Pirtle of
Lincoln, Neb., and Miss Effie Mac
Gregor, nominees for the presi
dency of the association, not to
mention nominees for 11 vice presi
dents, other officers and board
members from states.
Addresses before the general ses
sions and departments as prepared
for delivery today gave concrete ex
amples and prescriptions for edu
cation in a new world. A. C. Eld
ridge of Cleveland, told the sec
ondary school principals that more
personable teachers were needed.
“Today too many of the physi
cally unfit turn to teaching prob
ably because the bars are not so
strong as in other fields of en
deavor, where one must win his
clientele through personality and
ability.”
TEXAS HOSPITAL
GROUP IS NAMED
AUSTIN, July 2.—GP)—Appoint
ment of Senators J. W. E. H. Beck,
Dekalb; Walter Woodul, Houston
and Tom Deberry, Bogata, as mem
bers of a legislative committee to
appear before congress in the in
terest of establishing a United
States hospital in Texas was an
nounced by Lieut. Gov. Miller to
day.
The senate members and a group
from the house will go to Wash
ington at the next session of con
gress to seek the hospital, which
will be especially equipped for the
care of mental diseases.
MOODY SIGNS FIVE
BILLS; MORE DUE
AUSTIN. July 2. — (£>) — Gov.
Moody today signed the bill appro
priating $4,000 with which to re
store the James school. in Shelby
county, destroyed by a tornado re
cently.
Other measures signed and filed
by him included authorization for
motorcycle cops to wear blue uni
forms as well as dark gray clothes
while making arrests; providing
for investigation of the Texas fee
system by a joint legislative com
mittee; to promote commercial po
tato growing industry in Texas, and
prividing that all schools supported
by public funds shall teach for one
half hour each week courses in the
constitutions of the United States
and Texas, effective Sept. 1, 1930.
GIRL TOURISTS FLY
TO MEXICO CITY
A party of three Virginia girls on
an automobile tour of the South
west left here Tuesday morning by
plane for Mexico to spend the
Fourth of July.
They came here from Roanoke.
Va.. by automobile. The grouo will
be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Wright at Mexico City. Wright is
the president of an electrical supply
house.
The girls were Misses Phillis
Woods. Norin Peters and Evelyn
Dulaney.
DIVORCE UPSETS WILL
LONDON.—Charles H. Borthwick
claimed the estate of his divorced
wife under her will, but the court
decision held that the divorce had
canceled the will.
Martha Norelius held more swim
ming championships than any other
woman when disbarred by the A.
A. U.
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— LAST DAY —
Singing, Talking,
Dancing
BELLE BENNETT
— In —
“Molly and Me”
Also Movietone New*
All-Talking Comedy
“HIS BIG MINUTE”
Colors Classic
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NUDE BATHERS
AGAIN WARNED
Officers Watch Boca Chica
Beach For Reported
Rowdy Parties
Complaints that nude bathers
have been seen at Boca Chica
beach and others of wild parties are
being investigated by the sheriff’s
department, “and if we should find
anything like that going on, it will
mean a heavy fine and at least a
short jail experience for the offend
ers, Chief Deputy Frank Gay de
clared Tuesday morning.
“Boca Chica is a place where hun
dreds of our best citizens find great
pleasure, and we don’t intend to
stand by and let a few indecencies
drive them away,” Gay said.
“We already have patrolled the
beach between the jetties on Brazos
Island and the mouth of the river,
but so far nothing objectionable
was discovered. We went down
there early and stayed from shortly
after dark until about 2 a. m.
“We found that not more than
half a dozen cars drove up after
midnight, and these stayed only a
short time. Not more than half the
occupants of the late cars went
swimming.”
Several reports reaching the city
have told of wild orgies on the
beach some declaring men and
women have gone in bathing in
undergarments and less and others
telling of drunken brawls and ob
scene language that disturbed the
peace of the beach.
“The sheriff’s department there
fore sends out a warning that any
party so conducting themselves
must suffer the consequences,” Gay
said.
WAR IS DECLARED ON
AUTOMOBILE CUTOUTS
A war on open cutouts and other
noise making apparatus on auto
mobiles has been declared by the
city police department.
Since the inauguration of the
drive some 20 have been hailed be
fore Corporation Judge A. A.
Browne. They have been released
on the first offense and ordered to
eliminate the noise effects. They
will be fined on the second offense.
R. M. A. CREDIT MEN
POSTPONE MEETING
The regular meeting of the Retail
Merchants association credit men,
to have been held Tuesday morning,
was postponed due to the fact that
the association has not been settled
in its new offices in the Seabury,
George and Taylor building.
The meeting will be held later in
the week, Sam Perl, president of
the association, announced.
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BROWNSVILLE
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W. C. T. U. Head of
State Addresses
Valley Meeting
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, July 2.—Mrs.
Claude De Van Watts of Austin,
president of the Texas W C. T. U..
was principal speaker at the annual
meeting of the Valley district (/'
that organization here Monday, ad
dressing the body on W. C. T./u.
work throughout the state, and nps
sibilities of bread ming the scope* of
the work .n the Vo.-’ey \
Mrs. C. N. Fa ires rf McAllen v4as
elected president of the district
Mrs. Levi Snavely of Harlingen, v
president, and Mrs. Tyre Bro
Harlingen, treasurer, Mrs. Fai
is to appoint a secretary.
Mrs. J. K. Bull of Brownsville told
the women something of the work
being done among youthful delin
quents in Cameron county, and of
the reform schools at Gatesvilic and
Gainesville.
BELFAST.—Mrs. Joseph Caughry
described her husband, trap-drum
mer in a jazz orchestra, as a mu
sical "concussionist.”
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