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BROWNSVILLE AWAITS HJjGE CROWD FOR JULY FOliRTH
COMMITTEES
ALL PREPARED
Co-operation of Merchants
In City Gratifying,
Chairmen State
With the greatest July 4 celebra
tion in Brownsville’s history but
three days away, all committee
toads Tuesday announced ready for
A big day.
*As usual, we are expecting ex
cursionists from the four corners of
the state, and we feel that we have
. provided a program they all will
enjoy, and which certainly will
make the trip to Brownsville worth
while,” Harry Faulk, general chair
man of the committee said.
"I want to thank the merchants
of the city for the way they have
backed us up financially; they have
not only made the celebration pos
sible, they also have made Its suc
cess assured,” was the comment of
John Fanning, chairman of the fi
nance committee.
"My Dawn of Creation parade is
going to be a wow and I don’t mind
bragging about it,” said Cuban
Monsees, who had charge of that
feature of the program. "If it
doesn’t split the crowd’s sides, then
I’m a total loss at trying to put
anything like that over. Seriously.
I want to thank those who helped
me get up this event. I’m sure
everybody will enjov it immensely.”
“We will have the largest grand
parade in the history of celebrations
here” said Bascom Cox. "and the
floats and decorated cars will be
more elaborate than ever before.”
George Leonard declared that
probably 15 outboard motor boats
would enter the competition on
Loma Alta lake for world speed rec
ords. and that the contestants ex
pected to hang up some good marks
for Julv 4 racers to try to break in
the future.
"The fireworks display will be run
off lust as advertised,” said I. A.
Tedder in charge of that feature.
"Our reproductions are going to be
brilliant and displayed so that no
one can mistake their likeness for
whatever thev are supposed to rep
resent” Tedder said.
“The pageant and Queen’s ball
form the grand finale, and come as
a fitting climax to a day of real en
tertainment, a member of that com
mittee said. “The Court of the Far
East” will be different from any
thing ever before seen here, and the
coronation of the Queen in itself
will be a spectacle worth a trip to
Brownsville.”
COURMT-LAW
DOCKET RESET
Criminal Cases Will Be
f Started July 15; One
Decision Reversed
The criminal docket in Cameron
county court-at-law, scheduled to
be disposed of beginning Monday
morning, was reset by consent for
July 15, after several of the cases
had been dismissed for lack of evi
dence and other causes early Mon
day.
The court received a mandate
from the criminal court of appeals
reversing and dismissing the case
of the state versus K. E. Hallman,
who recently was fined $150 on a
charge of aggravated assault. E. C.
Greer was the plaintiff.
The higher court held that the
local court had not definitely es
tablished the fact that the plaintiff
was “aged and decrepit” and there- i
fore reversed the decision. 1
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Rum Trade Becomes Legal
Crossing Line, Girl Finds
Aboxe, excellent view of Detroit’s skyline; inset, a loaded ‘logger” ready to dash for the Detroit shore.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the
fourth article of a series on the
activities of rum runners in the
Detroit river area. Final dispatcn
tomorrow.)
By BONITA WITT
DETROIT. Mich., July 2.—Want
to get a closeup of rum runners,
those doughty gentlemen of the il
licit liquor trade, at work?
Drop your nickel in the box, board
the ferry bound for Windsor, On
tario, which carries you across the
narrow river separating the arid
states from wet Canada, and follow
me.
Arriving in Windsor we set out for
Amherstburg, one of the oldest set
tlements in Canada, 18 miles dis
tant. Amherstburg has one of the
10 liquor export docks licensed by
the Canadian government. It han
dles a large proportion of the whis
kies and beer which finds its waj
into the United States.
Let’s stop first at the LaSalle
dock, almost opposite down town
Detroit. The warehouse is deserted,
not a person is in sight. An empty
boat swings at its moorings. Most
of the wet goods have been removed
to other docks farther down the
river. A few months ago LaSalle
was the scene of bustling activity
every afternoon w'hen the bootleg
gers loaded, preparatory to making
a dash for the Detroit shore.
Runners “Lying Low'
Has the U. S. blockade become so
effective that the rum runners have
moved to other parts?
“Indeed not,” declares an official
of an important brewery, “the boys
are merely biding their time. They’ll
lie low until the dry men get tired
of hanging around the river day
and night without making any seiz
ures and depart to other wet spots
along the lake—then they’ll resume
their nightly and dally trips.
“With the federal forces bootleg
ging becomes too expensive for the
little fellow. He has to hire too
many men over on the other side to
look after his stuff. You’ll find a
lot more activity at Amherstburg
now. It’s nearer to Toledo ana
seems to be easier for the boys to
make safe deliveries there.”
The Export Center
Continuing along the winding riv
er road we come to the center of the
Detroit river bootlegging activities,
Amherstburg. There the government
has established an export dock
where the rum runners may load
their supplies. Each* must present
navigation papers to the proper dock
official and secure a bill of clear
ance after he has purchased his
goods. Once a boat clears It can
not re-enter panada with its load.
This sometimes is done, however,
and is one of the principal sources
of supply for Windsor’s speakeasies.
Yes, even Windsor has its blind pigs
where tourists or nightly visitors
from Detroit may buy their drinks
23 TEXANS'
GET MEDALS
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Outstanding Bravery, And
Long Hours of Work
Are Rewarded
ST. LOUIS, July 2.—(JP)—For
outstanding bravery, long hours of
work, or for both, 101 persons living
in fifteen states have been desig
nated to receive special first aid and
life-saving honors of the American
Red Cross, it was announced to
day at the Red Cross midwestem
headquarters here.
Twenty-three persons received
awards in Texas. They were: J. S.
Law, Cisco, five year service medal;
Nick Simon, Dallas, two year service
medal (duplicate); Hannah Moore
Frazer, Dallas, five year service
medal: E. L. Ivey, Dallas, certificate
of apjreciation; William J. Galli
peau, El Paso, service bar; J. L.
Howell. Fort Worth, two year rescue
bar; Thomas R. High, Fort Worth,
service bar; John Devries. Galves
ton, two year service medal (du
plicate), rescue bar (duplicate) and
service bar; Everett J. Mays, Gal
veston. service bar; C. E. Stubbs.
Galveston, service bar; George
Stjepcevich. Galveston, service bar; i
year service medal andjjar (dupli
cate) and additional .service bar:
Scott Scoggins, Galveston, two year
service medal; Leon Weber, Galves
ton. two year service medal; Arthur
N. Springall, Kerrville, service bar;
Kennedy N. Clapp, Lubbock, cer
tificate of appreciation; C. B. Mc
Collum, San Antonio, service bar:
S. M. Sewell, San Marcos, service
bar; S. M. Sewell. San Marcos, ser
vice bar; Mrs. Paul B. Baker. Tem
nle. five year service medal; George
L. Harris. Jr.. Waco, two vear ser
vice medal (duplicate); Bert W.
Harrison. Waco, two year service
medal; Cilton B. Debellevue, Waco,
two year service medal and two ser
vice bars (duplicate) and additional
service bar; John A. Schmidt, Waco,
service bar.
HAWKS TO BE BURIED
AT HOME IN MISSOURII
HARINLGEN, July 2.—The body
of James D. Hawkes, 61, who died at
the Valley Baptist hospital here
Saturday, is to be forwarded Mon
day night to the old family home
at Lucerne, Mo., for burial.
The body will be accompanied
by Mrs. Hawks and two sons, the
only survivors living in the Valley.
The body is at Thompson’s mortu
ary.
The deceased owned a farm and
orchard at Stuart Place.
without the formality of first pur
chasing a two dollar permit and
establishing a place of residence.
Canadian officials are very strict
regarding the possession of firearms
in their waters and the bootlegger
caught bringing guns to their shore
would find himself afoul of the law
immediately. Dominion authorities
carefully investigate all reports of
river shooting so as to guard against
gunplay in Canadian territory.
“It’s America’s Affair”
Although there is some sentiment
in Canada against the sale of in
toxicants to Americans for transpor
tation to the United States the gen
eral attitude is, “America’s prohobi
tion is none of our affair. Liquor
exportation is a business with us
and we cannot be responsible for
the failure or success of Uncle Sam’s
dry law. Our transactions are strict
ly legal and under the very close
supervision of Dominion and provin
cial police.”
“The Jones ‘five and ten’ law
hasn’t affected our exDort trade at
all.” one brewery official reports.
“The big fellows aren’t scared by it.
However, it has considerably low
ered the amount of liquor being
smuggled into the United States by
ferry boat passengers. Whereas $2,
500 used to be the average week’s
total in fines, it now runs about
$500. Passengers used to be more
ready to run the risk since the
punishment wras merely a five dol
lar fine and the loss of their bottle.
Now they fear a sentence under the
Jones law,”
Now let’s go down to the river
and out onto the dock to see for
ourselves whether or not the U. S.
blockade has curtailed the rum run
ners’ business.
ELSA
PERSONALS
Mrs. M. C. Unzicker and daugh
ters, Margaret and Mildred, and
Miss Ruth Hoyt returned Tuesday
evening from a visit at Tuletta,
Texas, Mr. Ur.zicker’s father, J.
J. Vnzicker, returned to Tuletta with
them for a visit in Clara.
Milton Liljestrand of Dayton.
Ohio, spent a few days the past
week visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Liljestrand.
Rev. J. H. Pollard of Mercedes
visited in Elsa the past week.
Mrs. Osborne Fry and Miss Cath
erine called Friday afternoon on
Mrs. O. E. Carlson, and Mrs. J. F.
Cialloway.
Mr. and Mrs. Loveless ar.d daugh
ters left this week for Verden. Okla.,
to spend several weeks visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. WiV.ard and
?: mily and Mr. Jensen were dinner
guests Sunday at Ross Snyder’s
home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carlson anu
daughters of Edcouch were dinner
guests at the home of A. C. Carlson.
Mr. and Mrs. Reasonover of Rav
mondville, E. C. Reasonover of Ed
couch, Deane Gates of La Blanca,
and Mrs. D. M. Grahams were
guests Friday at a bridge party at
the Bryson Kelly home.
Miss Mary Hopkins of Mercedes
is ’.‘.ling a few days in Elsa at
the R. Hopkins home.
Mrs. J. C. Herwig and children
of Alamo visited with the M. C.
Unzicker family on Sunday. Miss
Mildred Unzicker returned to Ala
mo with her for a few days’ visit.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Strokes and
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore were in
San Benito Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. M. C. Unzicker was a Har
lingen visitor Tuesday afternoon.
Milton Liljestrand who visited
home folks the past week left Sun
day for Dayton. Ohio, where he will
continue taking tieatment for his
eyes. Milton was accompanied as
far as Houston by his brother, Wal
ter.
Mrs. J. F. Galloway and Mrs. O.
E. Carlson visited Mrs. Ghent Pet
tit Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Will Rowe attended the mis
sionary meeting in Raymondville
Thursday.
CONGRESSMAN ENDS
INSPECTION HERE
Congressman W. Frank James,
head of the House military commit
tee. left Fort Brown Sunday for
Fort Ringgold after inspecting the
local post.
Congressman James is making an
inspection trip to various army
camps over the country.
While here, he was the guest of
Col. tSanley Koch.
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TRADITION FAWS
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I AND GOES BOOM
Will it rain on the Fourth of
July?
Of course, says the wiseacre. It
always does.
But does it, really? Brownsville
weather statistics for the past 47
years, when reviewed by W. J.
Schnurbusch, head of the local
weather bureau, show a 38 per
cent chance for as much as one
hundredth of an inch of moisure
on that day. On only 18 out of
the 47 Fourths of which he has
record has this amount fallen, and
only eight times has there been as
much as .25 inch of precipitation.
And on one occasion, in 1891,
there was a real rain, of 2.72
inches, the only occasion on which
more than an inch is recorded.
All of which should be encourag
ing to pessimists who hesitate to
pack the picnic basket or wear
the new Sunday bonnet on that
day. But you never can tell about
pessimists.
WHITEPlAGUE
BURDEN TOLD
Speaker Tells of 10,000 Af
flicted Wanderers In
Various States
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—UP)—
Jessamine S. Whitney, of New York,
statistician of the National Tuber
culosis association, estimated in an
address before the national confer
ence on social work here today
there were 10,000 wanderers, afflict
ed with the white plague being
cared for by relief agencies in Tex
as, Colorado, Arizona and California
last year.
Miss Whitney declared that since
most of these ailing wanderers pre
ferred the smaller towns, the bur
den of the finances of the various
communities was a heavy one.
Illinois, New York, Missouri, Ohio.
Pennsylvania and Michigan were
said by Miss Whitney to be the chief
sources of these migrants. She de
clared the tide of migration was
steadily increasing in the south
west.
Miss Whitney said there had been
a slight sprinkling of tuberculosis
migrants through Galveston, Dallas,
Houston, Fort Worth and Amarillo
but not enough to create a social or
financial problem. In El Paso, she
said, 88 per -cent of the clinic cases
were tubercular migrants: in San
Antonio, 18 per cent. The tuber
culosis death rate in Texas is low,
she said.
WABASH PLANS
NEW RAILROAD
Control of 14 Routes Asked
Of I. C. C. In Trunk Line
Proposal Monday
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(/P)—
Formation of a new railway trunk
line in the east is planned by the
Wabash railroad.
An applicatipn for establishment
of the new system was brought to
Washington today by representa
tives of the Wabash for the consid
eration of the Interstate Commerce
commission.
It asks authority to acquire con
trol by lease or stock purchase of
nine railroads and joint control of
five others. Trackage rights over
several systems also are sought.
If approved by the commission,
the plan would result in the estab
lishment of a fifth eastern trunk
line with western terminal at Chi
cago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Oma
ha and Des Moines and eastern ter
minal at New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
The four trunk lines now in op
eration are the Pennsylvania, the
New York Central, the Baltimore
and the Chesapeake and Ohio. The
latter two have filed merger plans
of their own with the commission
which have been opposed by the
Wabash.
Lines which the Wabash seeks to
control are the Lehigh Valleyf
Wheeling and Lake Erie, Pittsburgh
and West Virginia. Western Mary
land, Lehigh and New England. Ak
ron, and Youngstown, the Elgin, Jo
liet and Eastern, the Toledo. Peoria
and Western and the Chicago and
Illinois Midland.
A one-sixth interest is sought in
the Montour Railroad company, the
Monongahela Connecting Railroad
comnany. Union Railroad company
of Pittsbureh, and the Newburgh
and South Shore Railway company,
together with a one-seventh inter
est in the Toledo Terminal Rail
road comnany.
“The Wabash is tne only carrier
whose rails extend from Kansas
City, Omaha, and Des Moines into
the heart of the eastern territory,”
the application said.
There is need of direct passenger
service between the Atlantic sea
board and the territory west of the
Mississippi river, avoiding unneces
sary inconvenience to the travel
ing public in being required to
change trains at junction points.’
A sixth trunk line was suggested:
“It is practicable,” the applica
tion said, “to create a sixth system
within the eastern group consisting
primarily of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, the New York,
Chicago and St. Louis, and certain
other carriers, including the De
troit. Toledo and Ironton and the
Virginian.”
Final Rehearsal
Of Legion Corps
Held Last Night
The last rehearsal before McAl
len and Brownsville holiday per
formances was held Monday eve
ning by the Brownsville American
Legion bugle and drum corps, on
the high school campus.
On July 3, the drum corps will
appear at the 15th district legion
meet to be held at McAllen. They
will perform in Brownsville during
the Fourth of July celebration.
Failing to get the local corps, Mc
Allen has signed the Corpus Christi
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drum corps for their Pburth of July
celebration.
OFFICE SUPPLY FIRM
PREPARES TO MOVE
New quarters for the Valley Office
Supplies coi-pany, now at 814 Eliz
abeth, are being prepared at Thir
teenth and Elizabeth streets in the
building formerly occupied by the
Western Union.
The rooms are being remodeled
and redecorated by the supplies
concern. A three-year lease is held
on the structure.
The company eyperts to occupy
the building on or before July 8.
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