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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR No. 47 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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IN OUR
VALLEY
THRILLS APLENTY.
The Point Isabel Yacht club re
gatta was run off as advertised— j
the noted drivers of outboard boats
were on hand—the catboats per-1
formed as advertised—the water
poloists played their game.
There were several spills in the
outboard events, one catboat upset
Sending a turn and polo players
Eve constantly overboatrd.
Noted racers expressed satisfac
tion with the event.
Officials of the Mississippi Valley
Powerboat association, under whose
control the events were staged, com
plimented officials of the Yacht
club for the manner in which the
event was handled and pledged
their cooperation in future regattas.
* • •
“The largest crowd ever in Point
Isabel.”
That was the estimate of various
Point Isabe’ business men concern
ing the throng gathered to witness
the event.
Those making the statement could
not remember whether the visit cf
President Harding to that town had
drawn an equally large crowd, but
they were unanimous in their be
lief that records had been broken.
It was estimated that from 9.000
to 10,000 people were on hand A ir
ing the day.
Automobiles lined the bay shore
for miles as tnc boats raced around j
the five-mile course.
* * ’
FOLLOWING the catboat race ‘
Sunday, friends of Paul Cottrell
were urging him to take a course I
in sailing such vessels. It came
about this way:
Boat No. 4. owned by Don E. Cur
rier, won the race in the hands of
Tony Valent, lifelong sailor.
In the past Cottrell had been visit
ing the Currier entry and had con
sistently been coming in last.
There was talk of remodeling the
Currier boat.
Now there is talk of hiring a tutor
tateach Cottrell the art of sailing.
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PAPAYAS may become the Val
ley's most valuable product.
A Oroup of scientists, headed by
Dr. Paul Stanley, who made a trip
to South America in search of rare
botanical specifens. report the na
tives of the regions visited used
papaya juice to make tender tough
beefsteak.
If this report is authentic there
likely will develop an enormous dc- !
mnnd for bottled papaya Juice.
What a boon to long suffering <
humanity! The toughest steak
rendered tender and palatable.
• • •
This discovery seems entirely rea
lonable.
The papaya is popularly called
•‘pepsin-fruit'* and is reputed to
contain a powerful digestive prop
erty. i
The professor, who was on an ,
expedition for the Field Museum of ,
Chicago, says “the juice has a prop- (
ertv similar to pepsin. (
The natives use the leaves of the
papaya tree in making soap and
consider it a magical plant. i
• • • 1
THE DONNA NEWS last week
published a 42-pag." development
et.ltion which is a credit to the
town and the Valley.
Typographically, in news and in
formation content and from an ad
vertising standpoint the issue is of
high merit. ;
tory of the development of
Doiff the Donna trade territory
and all Hidalgo county is told in
an interesting and instructive man
wr.
Editor Shannon and his corps of
assistants are to be congratulated.
The edition is a piece of litera
ture that is sure to prove of great
value in advertising the Valley and
the opportunities of this section.
• • •
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC Lines
Magazine, one of the best “house
organs'’ published in the United
States, which goes to all the em
ployes of that huge rail system. Is
a constant booster for the Valley.
The August number carries an
article under the title “In Quest of
a Magazine Cover" which is likely
to cause no end of trouble among
Missouri Pacific emloyes. After
reading the article, every fisherman
and every would-be fisherman in
the employe of the railroad is sure
to ask to be transferred to a job
in the jower Rio Grande Valley.
The article is all about how E. R.
McReynolds. assistant to the presi-j
d nt, and associate editors of the
magazine fished for tarpon in
Brazos Santiago pass from the O. E.
Kirt yacht. Thrilling details of
leg with the silver kings arc ’
u.
But the story ends in despair.
(They all got away, J
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Only 30 In Seats As Senate Reconvenes
RECESS AFTER
3 MINUTES IN
BRIEFMEETING
No business Will Be
Transacted Before
September j Series of
Recesses Begun.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—(&)—
The senate reconvened at noon to
day after a two months’ summer
recess with only a few members on
hand for the opening session.
The tariff bill passed in May by
the house is the order of business
for the senate, but as the finance
committee has not completed work
on the measure, a series of three
day recesses were started at once.
These will continue until Septem
ber 4. by which time the bill is ex
pected to be ready for consideration
on the floor.
Despite the advanced notice that
no attempt at work would be un
dertaken today, crowds filled the
galleries and watched Vice Presi
dent Curtis call the chamber to or
der.
No Business Transacted
The Rev. George G. Culberson of
New York offered the opening
prayer.
After being in session only three
minutes, the senate adjourned un
til Thursday. It was one of the
briefest sessions in the body’s his
tory. „
Members had been advised well
in advance of leaders' plans to ■de
fer business until after the first of
September, and only 30 senators
mere in their seats.
No business whatever was trans
ited at the session.
President Hoover did not even
forward the nominations he has
made during the recess, including
those of the newly organized farm
board.
SIXTH VICTIM DIES
AFTER FIRE IN HOME1
CONCORD. N. H., Aug. 19.—</TV
dumber of victims of the fire which
iwcpt the home of Marshall French,
ruck driver, last Friday night, to
iay stood at six.
French himself was the sixth to
lie. He expired at a hospital where
nis 18-month-old daughter, Esther,
ast of his four children, had died.
50,000 ENGLISH MILL
HANDS RESUME TASKS
MANCHESTER. F.ng., Aug. 19.—
,7*)—Lancashire went to work today
ifter three weeks of paralysis of the
rotton industry. The drone of ma
:hinery as 50.000 mill hands resum
’d their tasks, and smoke pouring
from tall chimneys all through the
factory towns proclaimed the end of
he stoppage that cost workers and
’mployers many millions of pounds.
REPORT REBEL CHIEF
AND MEN SURRENDER
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 19.—(AH—
Fteports to the war department say
Aurelio Acevedo, rebel chief, sur
rendered with 322 men at the town
sf San Juan De Llanotes. Zacate
'as, and the brothers. Tsaisa. Anto
nio. Juan and Tomas Ramirez sur
rendered with 192 men at Jacona
Vlichoacan.
SNOOK’S NEW TRIAL
MOTION CONTINUED
COURTHOUSE. COLUMBUS. O.,
\ug. 19.—<Jf*>—Judge Henry L. Scar
lett continued today’s hearing on a
motion for a new trial for Dr. Jas.
H. Snook until tomorrow. A motion
for a continuance was filed by de
fense attorneys who claimed they
Had been given insufficient time to
prepare.
SWISS AVIATORS
IN SURPRISE HOP
OVER ATLANTIC
Flyers Get Away from Spanish Field with Lit
tle Preparation and Attract Little Attention;
Route Via Azores.
LISBON, Portugal. Aug. 19.—UP)—A wireless message from ahe Ger
man steamer Werra this afternoon reported sighting the Swiss airplane
"Young Switzerland" about 175 miles due west of Lisbond headed towards
the west. The steamer, bound for Brazil from Oporto, did not give the
time.
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RHINELAND TO
BE EVACUATED
Announce British Will With
draw Troops on Sep
tember 1
THE HAGUE. Aug. 19.—</P>—Au
thoritative announcement was made
tonight that British soldiers will
begin leaving the Rhineland on
September first.
During the day Foreign Minister
Stresemann Of Germany and Prem
ier Briand of France had another
interview regarding evacuation of
the Rhineland. The French prem
ier gave no date for the final lib
eration of the third zone.
Representatives of the four pow
ers interested in the occupation met
later. But as the committee of jur
ists had not yet reported concerning
the legal aspects of the committee
of conciliation, they adjourned un
til Wednesday.
Tariff Bill Slated
For Denis’ Approval
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.— (<P) —
The house tariff bill carrying hun
dreds of rate changes approved by
Republican members of the senate
finance committee, moved another
step in its long legislative Journey
today with its submission to the
Democratic committeemen for their
consideration.
Debate on the bill was to have
begun today in the senate under
the two months’ recess agreement
reached June 19. but the finance
group was delayed in its work and
will require another week or more
to rewrite the administration pro
visions. Actual debate will not start
until September 4.
Pantages Facing
New Accusations
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19.—^)—
The district attorneys office today
had three new accusitlons in the
form of affidavits by young women
with criminally attacking Eunice
Pringle. 17-year-old dancer. The af
fidavits. one of a 136-page deposi
tion. were offered voluntarily, dis
trict Attorney Buron Fitts stated .by
girls who formerly were ushers in
Pantagestheater here.
One young woman was quoted as
stating that while employed by Pan
tages. she was summoned to his pri
vate office ‘for questioning.” After
asking her about her work, the the
ater magnate made a point blank
proposal which “sat her rage
aflame."
Believe 5 Drown
in Wisconsin Lake
MADISON. Wis., Aug. 19 —(-P) —
Five men are believed to have
drowned In Lake Mendota here to
day when an outboard motor boat
In which they were riding capsized
and sank shortly afternoon. Their
names are unknown.
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$400,000,000 CORPORATION IN
WARNER-PARAMOUNT MERGER
LOS ANGELES. Cal. Aug. 19.—
—The Examiner today said a mer
ger of Warner Brothers Motion Pic
ture corporation with Paramount
Famous-Lasky would be completed
within the week, and gave Jack L.
Warner, west coast head of the for
mer organization as its authority,
“The proposed union,” Warner
said, "will bring together about 2400
theaters throughout the country,
rhis will include approximately 2,000
theaters controlled by Publix and
Paramount and about*400 controll
ed by Warner Brothers.”
The Impeding merger, when con
summated, will involve the combin
ation in one corporation of more
than $400,000,000 in holdings. When
the final papers are signed. War
ner said, a parent company will be
formed to control the merged units,
which probably will be known as
Paramount-Warner Brothers cor
poration.
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LISBON. Portugal. Aug. 19.—f/P>
—Two youthful Swiss aviators, Os
car Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, took
off from Juncal, near here, at 7:30
a. m. <1:30 a. m. E. S. T.) In an at
tempt to make a westward crossing
of the Atlantic to New York.
They considered It doubtful they
could reach the American metrop
olis without refuelir- and planned
to strike first for Halifax. Nova
Scotia, probably stopping there for
more petrol. It was their intention
to fly by the Azores, not attempting
to land but returning to Portugal if
their fuel consumption was too
heavy.
Secret Flight
The plane was a Farman mono
plane of French construction, bear
ing on its fuselage near its 230- l
horsepower motor the name
“Jungsch-Weizerland," or “Young
Switzerland.** It was similar to that
used by the Frenchmen. Bailly and
Reginensi. which recently flew from
Paris to Saigon. French Indo China.
The two aviators, with a third.
Alfred Tschopp. flew here last Sat
urday from Le Bourget. France,
stopping twice en route. Previotvsly
they had flown to Le Bourget,
France, from Zurich. Switzerland.
They landed at . lberca airdrome
with so little ostentation It was two
days before residents generally were
acquainted either with their pres
ence or their intention to begin
here a transatlantic flight. They
conducted their preparations for
their flight In secret.
May Return
They carried a vacuum bottle fill
ed with coffee, a quantity of milk.
15 sandwiches, some eggs and choc
olate. They also had with them an
apparatus to distill sea water.
The course laid out from Lisbon
to Halifax, via Azores, was some
thing in excess of 3.000 miles, of
which about 950 miles represented
the flight to Horta. It wca their
first intention to land in the Azores
if they found their fuel supply
would be insufficient for the ven
ture. but when the government in
formed them the landing field there
was not In shape for them to come
('own. thev announced they would
return if that contingency arose.
Saskatchewan Area
Swept by Flames
LLOYD MINSTER. Sask.. Ang. 19.
—(fP)—Fire which started early to
day was sweeping this town’s bus
iness area, and before eight a. m.,
had destroyed a dozen buildings, in
cluding two banks. The water sup
ply was short and the pressure In
adequate. Two hotels were burned,
but the guests escaped.
SPEED PLANE WILL
ENTER CUP RACES
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Aug. 19.——
Decision to send the Mercury racer.
Lieut. Alford J. Williams’ tiny but
powerful plane, abroad this week to
compete in the Schneider cup races
without any further tests here was
announced at the Naval Academy
today.
MORE TAX MEETINGS
NECESSARY FOR RATE
AUSTIN, Aug. 19.—(JP)—Another
series of meetings this week will be
necessary before the state rate tax
for the year can be made known
to tax collectors of the counties.
The collecting period opens October
1st.
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Late Bulletins
CALEXIO. Calif. Aug. 10.—
—Led by Miss Marvel Crosson,
eighteen fliers in the Santa Mon
Ica-Cleveland women’s air derby,
passed over here about 8 a. in. to
day in their flight to Phoenix,
Aria.. View Yuma. Aria. A ship
flown by Claire Fahy of Los An
geles was forced down by a leaky
gasoline tank. Mrs. Famy said she
would leave as soon as repairs
could be completed.
FARM BODY TO
HIKE LOAN TO
90 PER CENT
_
Cooperative Associa
tions Gain Financial
Advances After Con
ferences.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19— UPl —
The federal farm board announced
today it had tentatively agreed to
make "certain financial advances"
to cotton cooperative associations to
assist In the movement of this year’s
crop.
This decision was reached, the
board said, as a result of a number
of conferences with officials of the
American cotton growers exchange.
"These associations.” the board
announcement said, "are now able
to obtain loans from the fdereal in
termediate credit banks to the
amount of 65 per cent of the value !
of the cotton.
Loan 25 Per Tent
"The federal farm board proposes
to loan an additional 25 per cent—
a total of 90 per cent for the two
government agencies—on cotton on
which a definite value has been fixed
by hedging in the future markets.
"The total volume of advances of
this sort to be made bv the federal
farm board will be limltd only by
th actual requirements of the cot
ton cooperative associations. It is
expected th** sum Involved for this
year’s marketing operations will run
somewhere between $5,000,000 and
$in ooo 000.
"The effect of the secondary loan
by the federal farm board, the an
nouncement continued, “will be to
permit the cooperative association
to make final settlement with the
member growers when the latter de
sires to sell his cotton without forc
ing that cotton onto the market at
a time when buyers may already be
over supplied.
What Growers Want
"From the federal intermediate
banks and the federal farm board,
the association will receive advances
equal to 90 per cent of the fixed
value. To this amount the cotton
associations will add ten per cent
from their own capital reserve: will
navy in full the grower who is in
distress and must have monev. and
will at the same time be able to ,
merchandise the cotton in an or
derly Jfcshion as the sninning mills
of the world require it ”
Carl Williams of Oklahoma, pre
senting cotton interests on the
board, in commenting on the an
nouncement. said. “This is Just ex
actly what the cotton growers
want.”
The board, he said, was ready and
willing to go as far as the cotton
growers might want on such a ba
sis.
TEXAS BUREAU HAD
ARRANGED- MARKETING
DALLAS. Texas. Aug 19.—(**»—
While the Texas Farm Bureau Cot
ton association had made arrange
ments for financing movement and
markoting of that part of the 1928
Texas cotton crop it controls, the
Farmers Marketing association of
America Immediately planned to ask
the feder •' farm board to advance
$10,000,000 for the marketing of the
cotton held by the Farm Market as
sociation membership, it was an
nounced here today.
Harry Williams, secretary-treas
urer of the Texas Farm Bureau Cot
ton association, said his group was
entitled to a material loan from the
farm board, due to the fact that the
farm bureau association owns and
operates numerous cotton gins and
warehouses, and has physical pro
perties that would warrant a large
loan. . .
"We have already arranged for
financing this year’s crop, and for
that reason do not find it neces
sary to ask federal aid at this time,”
he said.
W. B. Yean’, presldetn of the
Farmers Marketing association of
America, said his organization was
determined that the cotton growers
of the south shall have a debermi
nlnt voice in the price of cotton.
"It is not probable that wc will
even attempt to co-operate with the
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton associ
ation. which group is not interested
in setting the crop price.” he added.
FOUR FINED ON
DRUNK CHARGES
Four men were fined $16.50 each
Monday morning on charges of be
ing drunk and disorderly conduct by
Justice of the Peace B. L. Cain.
The men pleaded guilty.
HEARDOOM OF DAUGHTER’S SLAYER
Associated Pres* Photo
Dr. and Mrs Melvin T. Hix of Bradenton. Fla., are shown leaving the
courthouse at Columbus, Ohio, after hearing the Jury find Dr. James
H. Snook guilty of slaying their daughter.
OFFICERS FIND
DRY’S DRY SPOT
TO BE ‘ALL WET’
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.— (A*) —
Whether dry Is wet Is a matter
for court decision.
Some one phoned the Des
Vlaines street police station that
‘‘This dry is all wet,” and Detec
tives went over to Albert Dry’s
V . A V >» « » V, UlOUIUHViVtMl
that it was a beer flat
I’m a dry.” said Dry. 'and this
is a dry place. Anyone who says |
differently is all wet.”
"Dry up." said the detective,
dryly, "and come with us for a j
drive.”
HOUSTON MAN !
IS DEAD HERE
Succumbs to Attack of Acute
Indigestion at
El Jardin
Ned A. Eppes. 46. president of the
Gulf Concrete r*ipe company, with
plants located in Houston and
Brownsville died suddenly Monday
at 5 a. m. at El Jardin hotel from
an attack of acute indigestion. He
was dead when Dr. Harry Loew,
summoned immediately when he
became ill. reached the hotel room
Mr. Eppes came to Brownsville
Friday on a business trip accom
panied by his wife, who was the
only other occupant of the room
at the time of his death. Illness
came suddenly and lasted only a
few minutes. Eppes* body will be
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FUNERAL SET
FOR FARMER
Body of Guadalupe Corona
Found Floating in
Rio Giande
^Special to The Herald)
MATAMOIfDS. Aug. 19—Funeral
services were to be held late Mon
day for Guadalupe Corona. 45,
farmer on the Pahuachal ranch,
whose body was found floating in
the Rio Grande by friends Sunday.
The body was taken frem the
river at Las Rusial ranch, about
eight miles up the river from this
city. Death was due to accidental
drowning, according to a verdict
rendered by Coroner Jesus Rojas
following an inquest.
Corona, who was about 45 years
old and who is survived bv his wife
and four children, left his home
eight davs before his body was
found. A search was mqde for him
but only his clothes were found in
the brush near the river.
The spot where the body was
found Sunday is on the adjoining
ranch and only a short distance
from his home. The body was bad
ly decomposed and apparently had
been in the water m re than a week,
Rojas said. There were no-, marks
of violence or anything to indicate
foul play, the official said.
IDENTITY OF WOMAN
SUICIDE IS SOUGHT
DALLAS. Texas. Aug. 19 — Author
ities today were seeking to identify
the body of a well-dressed middle
aged woman found in a creek here.
A tentative verdict of suicide was
returned because there was suffici
ent water in the lungs to cause
death, and there were no indica
tions of violence.
SUN GOD CIRCLES MADISON,
HEADS TOWARD MINNEAPOLIS
MADISON. Wis. Aug. 19.—f/P>—
The endurance plane, ' Spokane Sun
God,” piloted by Lieut. Nick Mamer
and Art Walker, circled over Mad
ison at 11:10 a. m. today, dropped a
note, and headed for St. Paul,
where it will refuel.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y.,
Aug. 19—'The airplane Sun
God was neaded back toward Spo
kane today after refueling here at
the eastern turning point of its
trans-continental non-stop round
trip flight.
The plane, piloted by B. Mamer
and Art Walker, arrived over this
field at 3:45 p. m.. eastern standard
.time yesterday, having been in the
i
air 66 hours and 47 minutes since
it left Spokane at 5;58 p. m., Pa
ficic time. Thursday. It had cover
ed 3.600 miles.
The fliers, who are seeking to es
tablish a distance record for air re
fuelled flight hovered over the field
two hours, taking on gas. oil. food
and other supplies, then turned
westward toward Cleveland, the
next refueling point.
The fliers dropped notes over the
field, in one of which they expressed
their delight at arriving over Ne*
York and declared they were tempt
ed to land here. They also dropped
a mer-age of greeting sent to Mayoi
James J. Walker from Mayor James
Rolph of 8ai| Francisco.
PICKETS KEEP
WORKERSFROM
COTTON MILLS
Superintendent Badly
Beaten Wrth Clubs
and Blackjacks of
1,600 Strikers.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., Aug.
19.—(7P)—Asheville national
guardsmen were ordered mo
bilized today for duty at
Marion, N. €., where 1,600
strikers at the Clinchfield
cotton mills refused to per
mit 400 non-union men to go
to work. The troops were
called out by N. A- Town
send, representative of Gov.
ernor O. Max Gardner at th4
scene.
MARION, N. C.. Aug. 19.—<iP>—
One man was badly beaten, and
several others sustained bruises,
when 1 600 strikers at the Clinch
Held cotton mill here today pre
vented four hundred non-union men
from returning to work in the mill.
The disorders occurred at 5:15 a.
m., when pickets are alleged to have
attacked the advance guard of
workers attempting to enter the
mill.
Superintendent Beaten
Nat A. Townsend, executive coun
selor to Governor O. Max Gardner,
who was sent to Marlon Saturday
by the governor to watch the situ
ation. telephoned Major Fugent P.
Coston of Asheville to mobilize the
Asheville national guard forces and
come at once.
Superintendent Henderson of the
mill was badly beaten with black
jacks and clubs wleled by strikers
and strike sympathizers on picket
duty.
Albert Hoffman, organizer for the
union textile workers of America,
who has been counselling peaci^ at
tepipted to prevent trouble, but he
was hooted down.
The strike at Marion has been on
about six weeks.
DALLAS PAPER MOVES
INTO NEW QUARTERS
DALLAS. Texas. Aug. 19— </Pi—
The Dallas Times-Herald. of which
E. J. Kiest has been owner and pub
I Usher for 33 years, today occupied
its new home at Herald Square,
named In its honor.
The plant, one of the moat nearly
perfect in the southwest, was near
ly a year ulder construction, and
into it went the most modern im
provements towards speed and fa
cility in getting out a dally newspa
per.
FIVE OKLAHOMA FIRES
ARE OUT OF CONTROL’
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. JH
—Five forest fires in Oklahoma
weree out of control, and four new
fires were under way. it was said in
a report codav to George R. Phillips,
state forester. The fires are in
northern McMurtain. southern Le
flore and eastern Pushmataha
counties.
THE WEATHER
i.— . — — ■ — . —
Por Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonigiht and Tuesday.
Light to moderate winds, mostly
southerly.
Por East Texas; Partly cloudy to
night and Tuesday. Light to mod
erate easterly to southerly winds on
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stags Stags Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 3.1 -O f .OC
Laredo . 27 -0.3 0.0 .00
Rio Grande . 21 4.5 -0.1 .00
Mission . 22 4.9 40.1 .01
San Benito . 23 8.8 -0 4 .00
Brownsville . 18 3.5 40.6 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions;
High . 5:10 a. m.
Low.9:36 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 7:03
Sunrise tomorrow.. 6:04