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THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) — -— - :■=! I
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 2 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1929 FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY I
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THE WEATHER proved the
'greatest enemy to the Fourth of
July celebration in Brownsville.
Showers in the morning kept
many people out of town for the
early festivities. Better indications
at noon encouraged many to leave
their homes for this city. A goodly
number were on hand for the
parade.
By night fears of rain had been
dispelled and everybody turned out
for the beautiful water pageant
and fireworks display on the banks
of the resaca in Fort Brown.
There were from 20,000 to 25,000
people in the ampitheater when the
program started.
But midv/ay of the presentation
a few drops of rain fell and, fear
ing a deluge, about half the throng
left.
• • •
Those who remained witnessed
One of the most elaborately staged
and costumed presentations ever
attempted in this section.
The stage setting was elaborate
and colorful, the floats on which
the various princesses rode by the
throng on the way to the corona
tion ceremonies were unusually well
done and the costumes had an
appearance of richness and authen
ticity which added much to the
appearance of the beautiful young
women who had been selected to
represent the various countries.
Then came the coronation with
colorful ceremonies in which well
trained dancers and singers played
an important part.
A public address radio system of
loud speakers to carry the voices of
the singers across the resaca would
have made the presentation much
more effective, the voices being
lost by the great distance across
i the body of water.
• • •
There was a mild panic for a
time when the few drops of rain
i£ell.
'm Failure on the part of a large
Tnumber of persons to note carefully
where they had parked their cars
caused the confusion.
By the time they all had discov
ered their automobiles the rain had
ceased.
• • •
Policing of the post and parking
arrangements were handled by the
Twelfth cavalry in a highly com
mendable manner. Despite the
large crowd there was no confusion.
This portion of the work was in
charge of Captain Marion I.
Voorhes.
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The day as a whole was a huge
tuccess with the exception of the
unfavorable weather. Harry Faulk,
general chairman of the day and
his large corps of assistants de
serve high praise for the manner
In which the entire program was
managed.
These included: Boy Scout ar
rangements: Jas. L. Abney, chair
man; W. O. Washington, J. W. Al
len, C. E. Clegg, Sgt. Sanderson.
Parade: Bascom Cox, chairman;
H. M. Wood, Theo. Allen, Max
Shapiro, Ed Taylor, Geo. Dasha,
Joe Calderoni, Lee Adamson, and
W. A. Darling.
Pageant: Mrs. V. W. Taylor,
chairman; Mrs. H. L. Yates, and
Miss Julia O’Brien.
Fireworks: Wilbur Dennett, John
Fanning.
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COTTON PICKING, with the
isual first bale excitement, start
ed in the Valley three weeks ago.
But the first cotton to be shipped
by water is to leave Corpus Christi
Saturday.
One hundred bales of new crop
cotton—all grown in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, of course—will be
loaded aboard the Jean Weems,
steamship now in that south Texas
port. The vessel sails Saturday for
the Carolinas.
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COMMEMORATING a quarter
of a century of successful service
to the citizens of the Valley, the
Frontier Lumber company has
mailed to its friends and patrons
an illustrated folder printed in two
colors.
The front page depicts the prog
ress from ox-cart to airplane trans
Srtation which has taken place in
e Valley and throughout the na
tion in the past 25 years. The two
center pages give a short history
of the establishment and develop
ment of the company and carry
pictures of L. K. Morris, the found
er, and the present plant of the
company at Tenth and St. Francis
streets.
The back page contains pictures
of the Southern Pacific passenger
station in Brownsville, the Gateway
bridge, the Presbyterian church, the
Btate National bank, the Missouri
Pacific station and the El Jardin
hotel as “a few buildings for which
the Frontier Lumber company has
furnished the lumber and building
paateriay* ^ |j
BUSINESS IN
YEAR IS MORE
THANTREBLED
Planes, Lumber and
Agricultural Imple
ments Included;
Collections Large
Due largely to the Increase In air
traffic, value of exports through
Brownsville into Mexico during the
fiscal year 1929 has exceeded those
of the previous year by from 300
per cent to 400 per cent, figures
compiled in the office of William
Neale, deputy collector of customs,
reveal.
The total value of exports from
July 1, 1928, to June 30, 1929, was
$1,463,401. Figures on the same pe
riod for the previous year are not
available, but were said to be ap
proximately $300,000. Revenue col
lected by the customs department
showed a gain of approximately 82
per cent. The collections were
$109,331.08 as compared to $60,625.72.
This money was taken mostly on
cattle shipments, and agricultural
products.
The traffic reports for the fiscal
year 1929 shows 243.217 automobiles
entered the United States from
Mexico here, 6,350 aeroplanes,
buggies and wagons; 714,530 passen
gers in automobiles and planes;
240,165 pedestrians; 187 freight
trains and six passenger trains.
Four months c? record at the air
port shows that 332 planes entered
from Mexico with 1020 passengers*
and 1140 pieces of baggage and that
exports through the airport have
been valued at $699,439. The value
of imports is given as $14,461. This
four month period is from March 9
to June 30.
Customs officers have made 549
seizures during the fiscal year 1929.
This included 887 gallons of liquors,
5037 bottles of liquors, 36 automo
biles, fruits and other contraband
merchandise.
Exports to Mexico have been com
posed largely of planes, lumber,
barbed wire, agricultural imple
ments and general merchandise.
Solid freight cars entering Mexico
through here number 179.
_WITHIN FEW HOURS OF RECORD j
CARS MOBBED
BY HUNDREDS;
TWO MEN SHOT
Attempt of Company
To Resume Opera
tion Of Cars Is Vio
lence Signal
PARADE, WATER
PAGEANT HIGH
LIGHTS OF DA Y
One of the largest crowds ever to gather in Brownsville thronged th«
city yesterday for the Fourth of July celebration that began with a pa
rade at 10 a. m. and ended with a grand ball for Queen Dorothy of the
House of Stokeley at the El Jardin early Friday morning.
The crowd, estimated at 25,000, began to pour into the city early in
-—#the morning and by ten o’clock the
ZIMMERLEY
SET FOR HOP
Plane Ready to Take Off
At 2 A. M. Saturday
For Canada
decorated streets were lined witn I
people awaiting the parade. The
morning demonstration consisted of
Boy Scout troops from all parts of
the Valley and the local American
Legion bugle and drum corps.
The large parade was formed in
Fort Brown at 2 p. m. It made a
short swing through the business
district and then turned over the
Rio Grande to Matamoros. Only
the floats made this trip as the dis
tance was too great for marching
bodies.
Elk’s Float Wins
The winning civic club float was
that of the Elks club. It was dec
orated in the colors of the lodge,
purple and white and carried a
group of girls. The Business and
Professional Women’s club won the
second prize in this class. The com
mittee was divided on the Rotary
and Kiwanis floats and a coin was
flipped to determine winner of third
place. The Rotary float, which fea
tured three young ladies, won.
The Palmez Hat company won
first prize in the commercial class. i
A man on the float made hats while
others displayed the various style
head pieces manufactured by the
company. The International Shoe
Shop float, profusely colored and
decorated, won second award. The
shoe shop’s exhibit won first award
last year. The Matamoros Cafe car
won third place. It featured typical
Mexican costumes on a young lady
and young man.
Special mention was given Quinn
& Derrick. They had a shower
mounted on the rear of a truck. A
young girl stood under the shower.
First place for progress shown was
awarded Marcelo Garza, undertaker. f
Garza had an old style hearse used
in 1915 in the parade and his latest
funeral car. f
Gets Big Laugh
The biggest laugh of the parade
was furnished by Mike Manahan.
He was elaborately done up as a
negro woman. Riding in the rear
of a fine car. he leaned over toi
the crowd and said from time to
time: “I’s gwine to de tea pawty,
ain't you?”
Judges of the floats were W. 8.
West, Mrs. W. S. West. John T.> .
Floore and G. C. Richardson.
Although the water pageant at
Fort Brown was not scheduled to
get under way until late in the
afternoon, the crowd began pouring
into Fort Brown shortly after the
parade at 2 p. m. Cars began to
seek vantage points about the
horseshoe resaca and the crowd
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j THE WEATHER j
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled to
night and Saturday, probably with
local showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday: ' probably
thundershowers in southeast por
tion.
Light to fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will rise to a moder
ately high stage at Rio Grande
City by Saturday morning and
reach half to two-thirds bankful
from Mission down Saturday night,
Sunday and Monday.
Thursday, July 4
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 « 3.2 +0.1 .18
Laredo . 27 0.8 +0.2 .35
Rio Grande . 21 7.4 +1.9 1.29
Mission. 22 8.8 +3.0 .00
San Benito . 23 10.4 -0.4 .00
Brownsville . 18 5.8 +14 .00 |
Friday, July 5
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr,
Stage Stage Chng. Rat*
Eagle Pass .. 16 3.0 -0.2 .00
Laredo . 27 9.0 +8.2 ,45 J|
Rio Grande . 21 10.0 +2.6 .10 .
Mission. 22 8.9 +0.1 .37
1 San Benito . 23 14.4 +4.0 .00
Brownsville . 18 7.8 +2.0 .19
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
| tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High . 5:08 a. m.
Low .9:09 p. m,
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
. Sunset today. 7:26
Sunrise tomorrow . 5:44 M
BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, July 5.—UP)—
The city commission today order
ed the New Orleans Public Serv
ice Corporation, Inc., to discon
tinue all attempts to renew street
car service here for the time being
following a day of rioting by strik
ers and sympathizers against ef
forts to operate cars.
NEW ORLEANS, July 5.—(&)—
Violence met violence today in the
four-day street car strike as the
company attempted to resume serv
ice with imported operators under
heavy guard.
The starting of the three street
cars resulted in two strikers being
shot down, one wtih a bullet through
his head, innumerable heads being
bruised by bricks and sticks, and
vandalism.
The disturbance centered around
the Canal street bar. The first car
to start was greeted with a shower
of brickbats and was driven back
to the barn after 20 minutes opera
tion. A second car was started, and
a mob of more than a thousand
men and a few women stormed it
with bricks and sticks.
The police guard, armed with
shotguns and pistols, first fired a
volley into the air as the mob press
ed on, then lowered their weapons
and aimed just above the crowd.
Shot in Head
Sylvian Thibodaux was shot
through the head and was taken to
hospital. Physiicans believed him
to be dying. William Foret was shot
in the left shoulder.
Police reserves, heavily armed,
rushed to the scene in response to a
riot call and attempted to drive the
crowd back. Literally hundreds of
minor injuries were reported as the
crowd yelled and repeatedly stormed
the car.
The second car got through and
with broken window-panes made its
way through Canal street amid the
boos and cheers of pedestrians. This
car returned to the barn and a
third was started out. The crowd
stopped it a block away with a storm
of bricks, but the car got another
start and went around the belt line,
where it encountered soaped tracks
and blocked rights-of-way.
Brick Attack
When it started back for the barn
it was stopped in the middle of
the street while the crowd of strik
ers and sympathizers rained a heavy
brick attack. Police fought desper -
ately, but the crowd outnumbered
them. The motorman finally quit,
and a policeman drove the car to
the barn.
Three policemen threw up their
badges and arms amid the cheers
of the crowd and joined the strik
ers. Many arrests were made.
The third car was demolished on
the lower end of Canal street when
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Creager Sc
Evidence
Bear Ot
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Declaring that the attitude of
Brookhart can be expressed “in thr
defiance,” R. B. Creager, republics]
who is back at his office after atte
Dallas, Friday issued the following
“The Brookhart committee was
appointed to investigate the alleged
improper handling of—the traffick
ing in—federal patronage.
“In so far as Texas is concerned,
not one scintilla of evidence was
heard to substantiate the charge.
[ “Brookhart himself, with tht
malice and lack of regard for the
truth which has characterized his
conduct throughout, constantly re
’ ferred to the ‘patronage machine
| and the ‘pie counter’ in this state.
“A few disappointed officeseekers
| and other discredited and disgrun
tled individuals condemned the or
• ganizatoin in general terms; in eact
and every instance theirs beinj
opinion and hearsay evidence. No
. one single specific instance of im
; proper or dishonorable handling o:
i federal patronage in Texas wai
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I
D. S. (Barney) Zimmerley an
nounced Friday that despite some
what bad weather here he intended
to take off on his attempted non
stop flight to Winnipeg, Canada, on
schedule at 2 a. m. Saturday.
After a complete rest over the
Fourth of July Zimmerley went
over his Barling NB-3 monoplane
Friday morning and pronounced it
in readiness for the hop off. Wea
ther reports over his route were
favorable today. If there is no ma
terial change in the 8 p. m. reports,
his tiny plane will get off on sched
ule, he states.
Gasoline and special oil have
been loaded aboard the low-winged,
all-metal monoplane and all Zim
merley will have to do Saturday
morning is to “give her the gun.”
The airport field was somewhat
sogged by the recent rains but
Zimmerley stated that he expected
no trouble in getting off with his
heavy load of gasoline.
Distance Record
The flier is attempting to break
the world’s distance record for
planes in the third category, that is,
planes of 771 pounds and under. His
plane weighs only 690 pounds. He
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Determined to wrest the endurance record of planes refueled in the air from Fort Worth, Cleveland has
placed its hopes in the “Miss Cleveland (3), a specially prepared plane piloted by (1) Byron K. Newcomb
and (2) R. L. Mitchell, Their refueling plane (5) is manned by Ernest E. Basham (4) and James O.
Hayden (6). The plane taking off from Cleveland airport faced the necessity of staying aloft 172 hours
32 minutes and 1 second in order to surpass the mark set by Reginald L. Robbins and James Kelly at
Fort Worth. The plane will break the record if it remains in the air until 11 o’clock Friday night.
PAN-AM AWAITS
ON SPUR TRACK
New Construction Will Be
Started As Soon As
Rail Line Added
New construction at the muni
cipal airport is being held up pend
ing construction of a spur track to
the site, Geo. L. Rihl, president of
the Mexican Aviation Co., and offi
cial of the Pan-American Airways,
Inc., announced here today.
The field is being operated under
lease from the city by Pan-Ameri
can and The Mexican Aviation Co.
is a Pan-American subsidiary.
Rihl, who is here from Mexico
to decide on the Construction to be
undertaken at once, said two large
buildings had been purchased and
would be shipped here as soon as a
track is built to the port. The Mis
souri Pacific railroad has been ask
ed to extend a spur from its track
on Fourteenth street out to the
port, a distance of about one and
a half miles.
The two buildings are a shop to
be 100 by 140 feet and an addi
tional hangar 120 by 140 feet.
The short runway will be length
ened at once, both runways likely
will be widened and they will be
topped as soon as possible, Rihl
said.
An experiment is to be made on
one of the runways by applying a
heavy oil. If this is found unsatis
factory after a test all topping will
be done with macadam.
An engineer is to arrive here dur
ing next week and he will decide
on immediate plans. Pan-Ameri
can’s chief engineer will come here
later and make recommendations
for making this a really modern
field. X V. ^
The chief engineer was to be here
this week but was called to New
York from Miami, Fla., on a busi
ness trip.
Plane In Air
163Hours on
Record Trial
CLEVELAND, July 5.—(JP)—Still
functioning perfectly after an over
night battle with a severe electri
cal storm, the blue monoplane City
of Cleveland today roared along on
the last lap of its attempted record
endurance flight for planes refuel
ed in the air.
Possibility of further rain was
predicted by the weather bureau,
but the center of the storm which
gave Pilots Roy L. Mitchell and
Byron K. Newcomb a hectic night
had moved on and it was believed
the flight would not fail because of
the weather.
At 1:39 p. m. the City of Cleve
land passed its 163rd hour aloft
and needed to remain in the air
only until approximately 10 minutes
after midnight to break the mark
of 172 hours 32 minutes and 1 sec
ond established at Fort Worth,
Tex. Ground observers reported
the motor droning as steadily as it
did at the start of the flight nearly
a week ago. Hie plane seemed in
perfect condition with the excep
tion of minor dents on the fuselage,
caused by the bumping of heavy
bags swung from the refueling
ship.
A new refuelling ship was pro
vided today for Pilot E. E. Basham
who damaged the other one last
night when forced to land only by
the light of shafts of lightning. He
successfully made his 22nd contact
in the new plane and the City of
Cleveland was given enough gaso
line to last until mid-afternoon.
COWBOYS AT RODEO
PROVIDE REAL FIGHT
AMARILLO, Tex., July 5.—{A*}—
Two “cowpunchers” gave a real
old-time twist to the rodeo here
yesterday and as a result Oliver
Hill was near death in a hospital
today while another cowboy was
missing.
Hill was watching a rodeo when
another cowpuncher jostled him,
witnesses said. Both retired behind
the stock pens, and when police ar
rived Hill was on the ground, bleed
ing from gashes in his throat, chest
and abdomen. A bloody knife was
beside
CAPTURE ENDS
LONG SEARCH
Ward Hunt, Alleyed Slayei
Of Ranger, Arrested
In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO. July 5.—VP)—Ar
18 month man hunt was terminatec
today when a squad of heavilj
armed police arrested a man iden
tified as Ward Hunt, in the Unitec
States and Mexico in connectior
with the slaying of Rip Terrill, re
tired rancher of Victoria, here ii
February, 1928.
The man was placed in the cit;
jail where he will be held pendinf
transfer to the county. In additioi
to the murder charge, Hunt facec
bond forfeiture proceedings.
Hunt was indicted on a charg<
of murder by a grand jury in i
district court here in March o
last year. He was identified as thi
killer, principally by the testimon;
of the dead man’s widow.
Several attempts to have the fu
gitive deported from Mexico wen
fruitless.
Acting on an anonymous tip, (
squad of detectives and . police
armed with sawed off shotguns
surrounded a house on Nortl
Flores street and waited for mor
than two hours before their vigi
lance was rewarded by appearanc
of the figitive.
Terrell, wealthy rancher am
realtor of south Texas, was killei
in a house off Broadway. Th
widow accepted the blame at first
but later incriminated Hunt.
Foul Play Is Seen
In Rail Foreman’s
Death Near Altus
ALTUS, Okla., July 5.—^P)—The
mangled body of S. W. Hollis of
San Angelo. Tex., foreman of a
bridge building gang, was found
near the Orient railroad tracks a
half mile east of Odell, Tex., today
by the engineer of an Orient pas
; senger train coming to Altus from
Odell.
It was, believed Hollis was the
victim of violence as the position
| of the body did not indicate he had
• been struck by a train. His pocket
’ book was lying between his legs
and his spectacles were in his hat,
. nearby.
Two freight trains ran between
! Odell and Altus during the night,
but neither engineer noticed the
[ body.
i Investigations of Hollis’ death
were started at once. _
iys Probe
> Fails to
it Charges
' the republican organization toward
ree words: contempt, indignation and
m national committeeman for Texas,
ending the patronage investigation in
: statement:
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- French Decide To
i Make Reservation
To New Debt Pact
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[S PARIS, July 5.—(/P)—The govern
»- ment’s viewpoint on the question 01
B> ratification of the Mellon-Berengei
debt accord received another jolt to
•s day when the foreign affairs com
i- mittee of the chamber decided re
> servations should be incorporated ii
h the text of the ratification bill.
ig By the vote, thirteen agains
it twelve with nine absentions, the
i- foreign affairs committee Joined th<
jf finance committee which yesterdaj
is voted to include the safeguard re
servations in ratifications. „• .
Senter Announces
His Candidacy For
State Governorship
AMARILLO, Tex., July 5.—(F>—
E. G. Senter of Dallas announced
here today he would be a candidate
for governor next year and he
would open his campaign with an
address at the old settlers reunion
at Alvarado on Aug. 14.
Senter is a former member of the
Texas legislature and is widely
known through Texas, having been
politically active for many years.
He came to Amarillo to attend the
State Bar association meeting in
his capacity as chairman of the
court reform committee, Texas
Press association.
BOXER WILL MARRY
NEW YORK ACTRESS
NEW YORK, July 5.—(JPh-Agnes
O'Laughlin, New York show girl,
has announced her engagement to
Joe Benjamin, lightweight boxer
and one-time pal of Jack Dempsey.
She said they would be married in
October.
Newspapers reported that it was
over Miss O’Laughlin that Ben
jamin and Dempsey came to blows
in a New York hotel several weeks
ago. Dempsey, denied there had
been any scrap. Benjamin was di
vorced two years ago from Marion
Nixon, motion picture actress.
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Negress Will Sue
Kip Rhinelander’s
Father For Big Sun
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 5.
UP)—Mrs. Alice Jones Rhinelande:
quadroon wife of Leonard Ki
Rhinelander, scion of an old Ne'
York family, today signed com
plaints in a $500,000 alienation c
affections suit which she will brin
against Philip Rhinelander, h<
father-in-law.
Mrs. Rhinelander plans the sui
her attorneys announced, alor
with the separation action whic
she will bring against her husban
AERIAL DAREDEVIL
IS KILLED IN FALL
STOCKTON, Cal., July 5.—{IP)—
Theodore Penny, 34, of Oakland,
aerial acrobat, died here today from
injuries received in a 3,000 foot
parachute jump over the municipal
airport yesterday. Penny’s para
chute caught on the wing of an air
plane and the top of the silk bag
was tom when be fell,
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