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SCHOOL BUI
IS UP TODAY
legislature Atte n d a n c e
Dwindles As Session
Draws to Close
AUSTIN, July 2.—(/TV-After a
night’s work by stenographers and
clerks, the educational appropria
tion bill was in order today nor con
sideration by the house and senate
la the closing hours of the second
called session of the 41st legisla
ture. The measure makes provisions
for support of the educational in
stitutions during the next biennium.
Details of the compromise reached
by the conference committee late
yesterday were not a"nnouncd imme
diately but it was said that in or
der to scale th® total down to bring
the appropriations for all purposes
within the figure Governor Moody
set as a maximum unless he vetos
the whole batch and call a third
session, the proposed buildings for
practically all institutions were
eliminated.
Governor Moody sent word that
while the available revenue of the
state for the next two years would
not be over $49,000,000 he was will
ing to pare the bills to within the
revenue provided the grand total
of all the bills was not in excess
Of $52,000,000 or $53,000,000.
As the fourth month’s legislative
work this year came to a close the
house attendance dwindled. A ses
sion last night was fruitless. Arter
much delay was occasioned while
sergeant-at-arms attempted to bring
in the 100 members necessary to
make a quorum and the required
number was obtained, it could not
be held.
Valley
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has been down in this section too
long to be satisfied anywhere else.
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THERE ARE innumerable exam
ples of the profit to be made from
the proper care of good milk cows.
The Missouri Pacific Agricultural
Development Bulletin in the last
issue recounts one.
Ezra Alderman, farmer of the
'Artesia Wells community, has nine
high grade Jersey cows from which
he claims an average net income of
. $100 monthly, this publication re
ports.
Alderman is planning to add to
• bis herd as rapidly as his earnings
.will permit until he has 20 cows.
, Nine Jersey milk cows on many
vValley farms would change the
i outlook on life for the owners and
assure a nice fat sum on the pro
hfit side of the ledger at the end
Jtof each year.
Tick eradication measures are
tgoing to be carried out in Cameron
.county some day and then there
I will be no risk to importing high
►grade cattle.
99-YEAR TERM
BRINGS SMILE
jljOcie Nix Found Guilty Of
Having Poisoned 17
Year-Old Wife
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! BOSTON, July 2.—(JP)—A young
iWalta farmer smiled slightly here
last night as a jury found him guil
ty of the poison murder of his 17
year-old wife and sentenced him to
99 years. It was the prosecution’s
theory that he killed his girl wife
for $1,400 insurance.
Whether the defendant, Ocie Nix,
would appeal had not been an
' nounced, but it was believed a move
toward that act was under way. His
confession to the crime was not
introduced.
Nix was held at Paris today.
Shortly after the death of his wife,
Vinitia. mother of a five months’
I old child, officials here had feared
mob violence and had kept the al
leged slayer secreted for a time.
State witnesses, neighbors, testi
fied in the trial that on June 18.
attracted by screams, they rushed
into the Nix home and found the
: young mother in convulsions. Nix
attempted to caress her but she
screamed at him:
"Go away. Don’t you touch me.”
[ The state chemist at Austin found
L poison in Mrs. Nix’ viscera.
KNIVES TORTURE FIVE
/ ATHENS.—Five traveler captured
! by Macedonian bandits were tor
( tured with knives and finally killed.
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MINNEAPOLIS PILOTS FORCED DOWN
Thorwald “Thunder” Johnson and Owen Haugland. Minneapolis pilots, sought a new record for endur
ance flying in their plane, “Miss Minneapolis.” Picture shows, left to right, Verne Nelson, assistant on
refueling ship, Johnson, Gene Shank, pilot of refueling ship, and Haugland. Lower view shows the plane
after landing. They were up 150 hours. j
GUARDS WATCH
WEALTHY HOME
Fear Kidnap Plot About
Grandchildren of H. F.
McCormick
CHICAGO, July 2.—(JF)—Private
detectives are guarding the Gold
Coast home of Harold P. McCor
mick while he is host to his daugh
ter, Mathllde, her husband, Max
Oser, and their two small children,
Anita, 4, and Peter Max, not quite
three.
Presence of the guards has given
rise to reports that a plot to kidnap
the children is feared; but at the
McCormick home and at police
headquarters it was stated today no
threats had been received.^
John P Stege, deputy police com
missioner, said private detectives
were on guard at the McCormick
home even when the place was va
cant. He had not heard of any
additional precautions being taken
since the arrival of Mrs. Oser, her
husband and their children.
Shortly after their arrival at
New York May 28 from Switzer
land the Oset children were taken
to see their grandfather, John D.
Rockefeller. The children are
beneficiaries under a trust fund of
many million dollars established by
the elder Rockefeller and assigned
to the administration of their
grandmother, Mrs. Edith Rockefel
ler McCormick.
GOVERNOR SIGNS
SEIZURE MEASURE
AUSTIN, July 2.—(/P>—The bill
repealing the provision of the
search and seizure act passed by
the 39th legislature placing penal
ties upon officers who make an
illegal search for evidence was ap
proved and filed Monday by Gov
ernor Moody and will become ef
fective 90 days from the date of
final adjournment of the second
called session of the 41st legisla
ture.
It is senate bill 20, a companion
bill to senate bill 21 which repeal
ed part of the evidence clause of
the search and seizure law and ap
proval and filed by the governor
last week.
Kentucky Rainstorms
Force 20 Families
From Homes; 1 Dead
LEXINGTON, Ky.. July 2.—(AP)—
Storms in central and eastern Ken
tucky late yesterday forced two
score or more families from their
homes and washed away several
bridges. Lighthing took the life
of a high school boy.
At Carlisle Brushy Fork rose rap
; idly after a heavy downpour and
flooded some 50 dwellings and base
ments of many business establish
ments.
Benjamin Powers, 20, was killed
by lightning at the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter
Lindelle.
Damage to crops and outbuildings
estimated as high as $100,000 was
caused at Owingsville and in Bath
county, and the licking river was
rising rapidly as the result of tor
ential rain.
Damage at Paintsville was esti
mated at $10,000. 1
LATE SPORTS
U. S. NETTERS
TAKE DOUBLES
Tilden And Hunter In Cam
paign For British
Net Title
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 2.—(/P)
—Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter,
American tennis veterans, resumed
their campaign for the British
doubles championship today by de
feating Baron Von Kehrling of Hun
gary and Heinrich Kleinschroth
of Germany, 6-4, 8-6, 6-1.
Miss Helen Wills and Miss Edith
Cross, all-California entry in the
women’s doubles, were not so suc
cessful, losing to Mrs. C. G. Mc
| Ilquham and Miss Ermyntrude
Harvey of England, 6-4, 8-10, 6-3.
George Lott and John Hennessey,
American champions, advanced an
other stride in the men’s doubles, by
a victory over the veteran English
pair of Randolph Lycett and J. D.
Wheatley, 6-2. 6-3, 6-1.
YACHT RACES
AT PT. ISABEL
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First Event To Be Staged
In Laguna On July
21st
A series of three yacht races be
tween members of the Point Isa
bel Yacht club will be staged in the
Laguna Madre in the near future
for a cup offered by the Port Isa
bel company.
The first of these races will run
over a six mile triangular course in
the Laguna on July 21. Five boats
have been entered so far. They
are identical 16-foot cat boats, be
longing to Judge A. W. Cameron,
Edinburg; Donald E. Courier, Point
Isabel; H. W. Pattee, Point Isabel;
the Yacht club; and Troy Porter,
Brownsville.
The cup offered by the Port Isa
bel company will go to the boat
making the most points in the
three races. This will be an an
nual event, under present plans,
and the cup will be the property of
any yachtsman who carries it off
three years in succession.
The cup is now on display in
Dorfman's window.
Prohibition Agents
Arrested; Accused
Of Aiding Runners
NEW YORK. July 2.—</P)—Two
federal prohibition agents were un
der arrest today accused of convoy
ing a fleet of liquor trucks on Long
Island.
The agents, John J. Kerrigan and
John J. Calnan, were held in $3,
000 bail, each after Deputy Sheriff
William Lindsay of Peconic, N. Y.
told a United States commissioner
he found them escorting a caravan
of five trucks through Riverhead
N. Y., on the night of June 19.
Snyder Takes
Atz Place As \
Cat Manager
FORT WORTH, July 2.—(IP)—Ef
fective today Frank Snyder replaced
Jake Atz ,as manager of the Fort
Worth baseball club.
Official announcement of the
change was made by President Ted
Robinson, and Snyder was told to
take charge of the Cats this after
noon in Dallas.
The venerable Panther manager
wasn’t fired, and he didn't quit.
“We simply had a mutual agree
ment,” the president stated, “and
Atz nodded confirmation. There
wasn't the least bit of friction, and
all are parting the best of friends.
“I, as well as thousands of fans,
love old Jake as a brother, recog
nize him as one of the greatest
managers in baseball, major or mi
nor, and know there’s no finer gen
tleman anywhere,” said Robinson
“but for the best interest of base
ball in Fort Worth the change Was
necessary.’*
“I have been here too long and
love the Cats too well to say I have
quit,” said Atz. “There's something
about that I don’t like; I had rath
er it would be understood that Ted
and myself had a mutual agree
ment. I'm not sore at any one. I
am simply tired.”
Snydre came to Fort Worth Sun
day for a conference with Robin
son, but it wasn’t until last night
that final arrangements were made.
Snyder was in Houston at the time.
He left immediately for Dallas and
arrived there at 7 o’clock today. In
a long distance telephone conversa
tion with the Star-Telegram he
said:
“I am happy to be with the Cats
—they represent the finest spirited
city in baseball, are controlled by a
group of live-wire sportsmen who
wrill help me in every way. To
gether I think we may yet win a
pennant this season. It’s never too
late. |
“I have stepped into the place of |
one of the game’s greatest and most j
beloved characters. It will be a job
to take his place; I am afraid 11
can’t do it in all ways, but I will do
my best to carry on the unparallel-!
ed work he has accomplished here.” I
SENATE AUTHORIZES
KINGSVILLE DORMS
AUSTIN, July 2.—(JP)—Directors of
the newly-created College of Art
and Industries at Kingsville were
vested with authority to make con
tracts for erection of dormitories, In
a bill passed by the senate today.
BOY IS BORN TO MR.
AND MRS. SCROGGINS
^Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. July 2.—Mr. and
Mrs. Fred R. Scroggins are the
proud parents of a baby boy born
Sunday night at 11:30 oclock. The
baby weighed 7 1-2 pounds and hasj
been named John Russell. Mother
and baby are doing fine.
NEDOSHA, KANSAS
REPORTS 104 DEGREES
NEODESHA, Kan., July 2.—A
temperature of 104 degrees was re
corded by the official weather bu
reau thermometer here today. It
was the hottest day of the sum
mer.
CZECH OFFICER GETS
19 YEARS FOR SPYING
PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, July
2.—(IP)—Capt. Franz Falout of the
Czecho-Slovakian general staff,
who was arrested early in June
on a charge of spying for a foreign
power, was sentenced to 10 years’
imprisonment today.
SWINDLER STEALS WEALTH,
IS SENTENCED FOR FORGERY
HULL, Eng.—After perpetrating
one of the shrewdest swindles in
English history, Kenneth Howcroft
overreached himself and was sent
to prison for forgery. Posing as. a
revenue official, he persuaded two
elderly women tc turn over to him
$250,000 in securities so that he
might have them “registered.” He
could have sold all of them, but he
signed the owner’s name to securi
ties worth only $4,000. and this per
mitted his prosecution.
BOYS IN TRIAL
FOR ROBBERIES
Two Valley Lads, 13 And
14, Charged With Har
lingen Attempts
Augustin Casanova, 14, and Elias
Garcia, 13, were to face trial in
juvenile court Tuesday morning for
the burglary of the Sears-Roebuck
store at Harlingen last Friday night,
and a third boy, 15,» al30 implicated
by officers, was reprimanded and
sent to his home.
Officers said a group has been
operating around Harlingen for
some time, and the Sears-Roebuck
burglary, in which shirts, ties, shoes,
knives, watches, keys, guns and am
munition worth $60 to $70, were
taken, was their last successful at
tempt.
Garcia and Diaz were arrested
early Sunday morning by Deputy
Sheriff Longoria, while Casanova
was caught later in the clay near
Combes.
Statements by the three cleared
up a number of small burglaries in
and near Harlingen, officers said,
including those of the Gulf States
Chemical company, F. W. Gartner
company, and Harlingen Bottling
works, and the Chrysler filling sta
tion where a number of small ar
ticles were taken.
Deputy Longoria recovered five
head of horses which the youths
are alleged to have taken at Har
lingen, Combes and Sebastian.
San Benito Youth
Bitten By Mad Dog;
Serum Is Rushed
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 2.—John
Adams, 13. so nof Mrs. Otis Adams
of this city was severely bitten on
the leg by a mad dog in the Mexi
can section here early Tuesday
morning.
The animal fin Uy was run down
and killed, and a rush order was
sent to San Antonio for serum with
which to treat the boy.
The Fidelity Mercy plane of the
San Antonio Drug company was ex
pected to bring the serum in by
nono .
The boy was delivering milk in
the neighborhood at the time he
was bitten.
GILMORE GETS
AIRPORT JOB
Placed In Charge of Activ
ities Pending Definite
Order
T. E. Gilmore has been placed in
charge of activities of the Pan
American Airways, Inc., at the lo
cal airport pending a definite ar
rangement for its operation as a
municipal field.
Geo. L. Rihl, president of the
Mexican Aviation Co., a subsidiary
of Pan-American, is to arrive Wed
nesday from Tampico and a def
inite policy for operation of the
field here, which has been leased
from the city, will be worked out.
W. L. Morrison, traffic manager,
has been here since Saturday.
The lease of the field, which is
for a ten year period, with an op
tion on an additional ten years, be
came effective Monday morning.
No changes in the personnel have
been made up to the present time
except to place Gilmore in charge
of Pan-American activities.
Morrison flew to Soto la Marino
Tuesday to arrange for placing a
radio station there. He expected to
return to Brownsville about noon.
traHrops
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sons five dollars for the privilege
of eating two meals in Mexico, if
they should come back to this side
between meals.
There are two classes of permit
cards to be issued, Montero said.
First, there is the one for local
citizens which will be issued on
presentation of a certificate in dup
licate signed by Mayor A. B. Cole,
attesting that the bearer is a citi
zen of this city and of good repute.
Three photographs must be made
in connection with the permit card,
the cost of which w:il ne one peso.
Citizens of the Valley, formerly
admitted without passports, will fill
in the same class as tourists and
will be required to take them out.
Excursionists are the only class
who will be allowed to cross into
Matamoros without a card. Groups
of visitors, however, must go to the
consul’s office and give him a list
of the party and he will approve it,
admitting the party without cost.
July 25 Limit
After July 25 no identification
cards will be issued for residents
of Brownsville. Montero said. Those
who have not complied with the
requirements before that date will
be on the same basis as tourists
and will be required to obtain passes
for each visit.
Officials expressed doubt the reg
ulations would be in force very long.
It was pointed out that the regula
tions wrere nGt being applied to all
ports of entry and that likely the
officials in Mexico would order a
change as soon as this was called
to their attention.
Mexican immigration officials at
Reynosa reported Tuesday they had
received no instructions and that
visitors were being admitted with
out identification of passports, as
they have been for the past several
months.
RULES UNCHANGED
AT REYNOSA PORT
(Special to The Herald)
REYNOSA, July 1.—There have
been no changes in the regulations
under which tourists or citizens of
the Valley ar^ permitted to visit
Mexico through the port of entry at
Reynosa.
Mexican immigration officials said
they had received no information
regarding new rulings and that
there would be no passport require
ments until after July 4 at least.
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King George Absent
At Opening of New
Labor Parliament
LONDON, July 2.—(JP)—Great
Britain’s new labor government to
day formally embarked upon its aa
ministration with the opening of
parliament, the sixth in the reign of
George V. and the presentation of
the speech from the throne in which
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Associated Press Photo
Luther Ballenger, Haralson
county, Ga„ bailiff, %vas held on
charges of killing Grady Phil
lips, automobile “merrymaker,”
in Buchanan, Ga.
EXPECT 500
AT MEETING
Interest In Arroyo Election
Contests Is In
creasing
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, July 2.—Interest
in the Arroyo Colorado navigation
district controversy was again at
high pitch today, and 500 or more
were expected to attend a mass
meeting tonight at differences in
plans and opinions of the five can
didates for places on the district
board of commissioners will be
aired.
J. C. Myrick, backer of the pres
ent commissioners, who favor
dredging the Arroyo Colorado and
cutting a channel through to the
Gulf, has called the meeting.. The
opposition faction, it is understood,
would join the intracoastal canal
project and make Arroyo Colorado
an extension of it.
It recently was alleged by J. B.
Chambers, Sr., that H. J. Goetzke
and G. C. Howell represent the in
terests which are seeking to change
the canal project.
Goetzke declined to comment on
the matter.
Tyre H. Brown and J. R. George
other candidates, also are expected
to be present and give their views
on the proposition.
Endurance Flight
Ends With Crash of
Plane Seeking Mark
LOS ANGELES,' Cal., July 2.—
(JP)—'The endurance flight record at
tempt of the Cessna monoplane pi
loted by Leo Nomis and Maurice
Morrison ended abruptly after 42
hours five minutes of flying at 1:05
a. m. today when the motor stalled
and the craft crashed at the edge
of the airport. The injuries of the
fliers and damage to the plane
were slight.
The fliers were slightly cut about
the face and head, and the landing
gear of their plane was smashed.
Their injuries were dressed at the
field, and immediately they an
nounced that as soon as the plane
could be repaired they would take
off on another attempt.
What caused the motor to quit
was not immediately ascetrained. A
high fog which had shrouded the
landing field was blamed.
The plane took off Sunday at 7:30
a. m. and had been circling the
airport at about 5,000 feet above the
fog bank, when the motor went
dead.
labor’s policies were publicly out
lined.
The scene in the upper house
where the king’s speech was read by
Lorn Chancellor Sankey in front or
the empty throne, was one of the
simplest and quietest in many years
It was the first time since 1900
that parliament had opened in the
absence of the sovereign. Although
King George had returned to Lon
don yesterday, it was not deemed
advisable for him to make the ef
fort of reading the speech himself.
Archbishop There
Seated before the vacant seat of
his majesty were the royal com
mission of five acting for the king.
In their scarlet and ermine robes
they provided the only vivid color in
the solemn chamber. On tneir rlgm
sat Archbishop of Canterbury and
six other lords spiritual. Opposite
the bishops were perhaps 50 peers
in the usual morning dress.
The lord chancellor, president of
the commissioners, despatched a
summons for the commons to at
tend and when members stood be
fore the bar of lords the five com
missioners saluted them by raising
their three-cornered black velvet
hats three times.
Then while the members of the
other chamber stood, Lord Chancel
lor Sankey, still seated, read and de
livered the ministerial declaartlon.
There was absolute silence among
those on the floor and in the gal
leries as the crisp tones revealed
labor's administrative program.
Little Startling
General opinion was the speech
had little that was startlingly so
cialistic, and save in a few instances
might have been the program of
any recently preceding conservative
or liberal ministry.
Among promises made were that
there would be efforts toward dis
armament, recognition diplomatical
ly and resumtion of trade relations
with soviet Russia, improvement of
unemployment, and investigation of
numerous industrial ills.
The first sentence of the speech
after its introduction w-as that “My
relations with foreign powers con
tinue to be friendly” the address
then mentioned favorable conclu
sions of a reparations agreement
and preparation for a «econd con
ference of governments which should
climax its work with arranging for
evacuation of the Rhinelancr.
It said of disarmament: “Con
versations have commenced with the
ambassador of the United States of
America on the subject of naval
disarmament in consequence of
which it is the earnest hope of my
government to insure in co-opera
tion with my governments in the
dominions, the government of In
dia and the governments of foreign
powers, an early reduction of arm
aments throughout the world.”
Liquor Problem
One of the most important an
nouncements was that the govern
ment intends to tackle the liquor
problem, at least by investigation,
and has decided to appoint a com
mission at an early date to exam
ine the whole field of legislation re
lating to sale and supply of intoxi
cating liquor.
With the king’s speech ended, the
commons and lords filed out of the
chamber without demonstration.
The commons returned to its own
hall and the session was suspended
until later in the day when debate
on the address will begin.
JAPANESE CABINET
RESIGNS IN BODY
TOKYO, July 2.—(/P)—The gov
ernment of Premier Baron Tanaka
resigned today in a cabinet crisis
precipitated by investigation of the
assassination in Manchuria last year
of Marshal Chang Tso Lin, Chinese
military oppositionist.
The resignation was presented to
Emperor Hirohito. His majesty sent
for Yugo Mamagachi, liberal, or
Minseito, opposition leader, osten
sibly to ask him to form a new
cabinet.
FLYERS REACH
EUROPE SHORE
Throngs At Gibraltar Give
Spaniards Big Wel
comes
GIBRALTAR, July 2.—(IP)—The
Spanish trans-Atlantic aviators,
Major Ramon Franco and three
companions, arrived in Gibraltar at
9:50 a. m. today, almost as great
heroes in adversity as they would
have been in success.
They were brought here by H. M.
S. Eagle. British airplane carrier,
which picked them up Saturday 1®.
miles southeast of the Azores. wto#e
a fuel shortage had forced thV
down seven days before on their tnp
from Cartagena, Spain, to New
York.
Thousands lined the water front *
and cheered as the Eagle swept into
the harbor beneath the brow of Gi
braltar. edging to a berth alongside
the quay, where the fliers and a
reception party of Spanish and
British officials debarked.
The cordial enthusiasm of the
British residents of the promontory
colony was eclipsed many times
over by the native Iberians and the
visting Spaniards, who trooped
across the frontier afoot and-in ox
carts in great numbers last night
preceding arrival of the boat.
Major Franco and his three com
panions, Major Eduardo Gonzales
Gallarza, Captain Julio Ruiz de
Alda, and the mechanic Pedro
Madariaga were all in fine condi
tion. happy at the demonstration o<
welcome.
Their plane, a Dornier Wahl 18,
which the Eagle salvaged at the
time they were picked up, was too
damaged to be flown to Alcazares
air drome, Cartagene, from where
the fliers started more than a week
ago, it was left aboard the Eagle
temporarily to be repaired later.
The program for the aviators at
Gibraltar today included a trip to
government house to express their
thanks to British officials for their
rescue, a visit to a Roman Catholic
church to hear mass, and luncheon
at the Spanish consulate general.
BOUNDARY LINE
BOARD COMPLETED
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AUSTIN, July 2.—OF)—The . per
sonnel of the Texas committee to
confer with authorities of New Mex
ico over the boundary line between
the two states in El Paso county
was complete today with the nam
ing of the house members by Speak
er W. S. Barron.
The committee is composed of
Representatives Joseph McGill, El
Paso; Henry Webb, Odessa, and
Arthur B. Tarwater, Plainview, and
Senators B. F. Berkeley, Alpine, and
T. J. Holbrook, Galveston.
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quire the title to be insured. The best test of whether a title is
insurable, is to have it insured. Require a title insurance policy
when you buy.
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