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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 62 ' BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1829 SIX PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
i SECRETARIES ENDORSE VALLEY C-C
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Brownsville Leads Valley in Beautification Score
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SECOND PLACE;
M’ALLEN THIRD
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Completion of Wash
ington Park, Paving
Programs Wins Cup
By Easy Margin
Brownsville aa a neat, well-kept
tlty, topped the remainder of the
Valley in the scoring of Monty’s
Monthly Rose Cup Beautification
contest for the past six months, fig
ures Just released show. She scored
671 points out of a jiossible 1.000
as compared to *14 for San Benito*
In second place. Third fell to Mc
Allen with 572 points. McAllen
won the first contest held.
The cup offered is of hand wrought
sterling in the esign of a rose in
full bloom on a stem. It Is valued
at $500. The Valley cities are
scored on various points of improve
ment twice each year. The town
scoring the most is awarded the cup
at the end of the year. The trophy
Is a memorial to Mrs. Julia C.
Montgomery's mother.
Two-Day Trip
The city that wins it three times
In succession gets permanent pos
session of the cup. It Is now held
te McAllen.
A Judges In the contest made a
Iwo-day trip over the Valley,
enumerating the points of improve
ment shown. These Judges were the
following chamber of commerce
heads: A. B. Ewing. Mission: Whit
Rogers. McAllen; Harry Backer.
Donna; Harry 3tebbings, Weslaco;
and J. E. Bell of San Benito. Mrs.
Artie Sugg, chairman of the Busi
ness and Professional Women's
club at Mercedes, also was a mem
ber as was H. O'Connell of Harlin
gen, civic chain an of the 3usiness
and Professional Womens club.
The outstanding feature that
brought Brownsville's rating up in
the contest was the completion of
Washington park, Beth Garrett of
Monty’s Monthly says. The omple
tion of the pav‘ g program here al
so swayed the Judges to a consid
erable extent, she •*!£. Brownsville
was held to be a very clean town
One bad place in Its records was
unkept school ards. it was said.
Bed Chnrr-h Yards
The biggest critici.-m to the Val
ley as a whole s directed at open
drain ditches filled with trash. This
mars the approach to several cities.
Miss Garrett stated. The biggest !
surprise brought o :t by the rrcent
Judging was bad church yards. They j
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Sound Newsreel
Jo Be Added To
Capitol Bills
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Sound newsreels will be inau
gurated at the Capitol theater
September 1, it has been an
nounced by Manager John Tan
ning.
The local Dent theater will use
the Paramount sound news, a
new service. The Paramount will
make its first release Sept. 1.
The concern maintains its own
■ news gathering system and has
| been at work for several months
arranging frr the opening.
Emanuel Cohen, for many
years with Paine news, has been
named to the po6t of editor
general of the service.
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JEWS CLASH ~
WITH ARABS
Intense Fighting Develops
Over Right to Worship
At Wailing Wall
LONDON. Aug. 24— <iT) —The
British colonial office announced
this afternoon “immediate action is
being taken which will enable lo
cal authorities to restore and main
tain order” in Jerusalem, where ser
ious fighting took place yesterday
between Jews and Arabs over the
Wailing Wall worship controversy.
LONDON. Aug. 24.—UP)—Martial
law has been proclaimed in Jeru
salem and a government censorship
of telegrams and cables established
after violent clashes yesterday be
tween Arabs and Jews over the
long-standing controversy about
rights of worship at Walling Wall.
Latest reports of casualties gave
18 Arabs and 11 Jews killed with
scores of injured on both sides.
The British warships Berham and
Sussex were ordered by the admir
alty to leave Malta for Palestine on
the request of the British high com
missioner in Palestine.
Agency reports which escaped the
censorship said airplanes were fly
ing over the city to give prompt no
tice of »uv further outbreaks todifcv
which is the Jewish sabbath.
Although Jerusalem Itself was re
ported quiet sporadic encounters
continued in the environs of the
city.
Excitement yesterday was intense.
All shops were closed and police in
i armored cars dashed through the
! streets in a vain attempt to pre
serve order. Among the wounded
were Wolfgang Von Wetsl. corres
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RUTH ELDER ADMITS SHE IS
■TO MARRY WALTER CAMP, JR.
AFTER RACE IS COMPLETED
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 24 — (#) —
The Examiner in a copyrighted story
today says that Ruth Elder, first
woman to attempt to fly the At
lantic ocean and an entrant in the
Santa Monica. Calif., to Cleveland
air derby, was engaged to marry
Walter Camp. Jr., son of the late
Athletic mentor at Yale.
The newspaper says that Camp.
Who Is president of the Inspiration
Pictures. Inc., is en route to New
York to make arrangements for the
wedding, which will take place there
a week after the completion of the
women's air derby, scheduled to
terminate next Monday.
Miss Elder gave Camp her answer
by long distance telephone from San
• Bernardino. Calif., first stop of the
flight, after he had proposed Just
before her take-off from Santa
Monica last Sunday, the newspa
per says.
The marriage will be the second
for both. Miss Elder was recently
divorced from Lyle Womack, who
' tfjaimed that aviation had taken his
wP' » away from him. Camp has been
divorced for several years.
William Sunday. Jr., son of the
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evangelist, will leave here in a few
days to act as ward of honor for
Miss Elder.
WICHITA, Kas., Aug. 24.— m —
“Yes. it’s t«ua" Ruth Elder. Atlan
tic flier and movie star, told The
Associated Press today when in
formed of a report she was engaged
to marry Walter Camp. Jr., son of
the late football merttor.
Miss Elder was waiting for the
hop-off for Kansas City in the na
tional women's air derby, Santa
Monica to Sleveland.
Miss Elder said she “had expect
ed to hear something about this
this morning.”
Declaring she was “not prepared
to announce when the marriage
would take place.” she - said, “Mr
Camp is on his way to New York
now. I will go there from Cleveland
to meet him at the conclusion of
the derby.
“I wish you would say this for me:
Three or four purported announce
ments that I was engaged recently
were absolutely without foundation.
“This Is the real thing."
ASK FOR TAX
TO SUPPORT
ADVERTISING
Committee Appointed
To Work Out Pro
rating Cost of Radio
Programs
A Valley-wide chamber of com
merce, an organization to do for
the entire Valley what local cham
bers do for their individual towns
was endorsed by secretaries of the
Valiev chambers at their August
meeting in McAllen Friday evening.
As a first move toward this end,
it was voted to ask that the next
legislature pass a bill authorizing
counties to levy a tax for the pur
pose of financing advertising and
propoganda. A committee to draft
this bill will be appointed by O.
C. Richardson, president of the
secretaries’ association, within the
next few days.
The radio advertising program
decided upon at the general meet
ing of chamber of commerce direc
tors Thursday evening was dis
cussed at lengtn, the secretaries
having been authorized to formulate
a program for the campaign, and
to work out a plan for prorating
the cost among the various towns.
Because of the amount of detail In
volved, the only action taken was
the appointment of a committee
composed of Whit Rogers, McAllen;
J. A. Ramsey, Lr: Feria, and F. C.
Platt of San Juan, to work out a
method of procedure to be submit
ted at the next meeting of the body
In September.
Entertain Sightseers
Plans for entertaining two groups
of sightseers making the side trip
from here from the national con
vention of American Railway Ticket
agents, which meets In Houston in
October were taken up. A party of
150 is expected to come in over
the Southern Pacific lines and de
train at Edinburg October 18. Platt,
A. B. Ewing and Rogers were ap
pointed to arrange for their enter
tainment, and secure cars for tours
of the Valiter A second croup of
250, whicn is scheduled to arrive
at Harlingen on October 19, will be
cared for by a committee made up
of J. A. Ramsey, Myron T. Ward,
and J. E. Bell.
Ward, who has charge of exhibits
for the Dallas fair, reported that
most of the towns have already
agreed to their pro rata share in
this project, md I_ J. Backer was
appointed to have a layout of the
exhibit made up. to be submitted
at a special meeting for considera
tion of this matter.
Select Slogan Monday
J. E. Bell ann need that selec
tion or a Valley slogan will be made
by his committee Monday, from the
slogans submitted rurlng the recent
contest.
The next meeting of the secre
taries association will be held In
Sebastian some time in September.
Those present at the Friday
meeting were Vvnit Rogers. McAl
len: S. P. Nelson, Sebastian; F. C.
Platt, San Juan- Myron T. Ward.
Harlingen: J. D. Rmsey. La leria;
H. J. Backer. Diana; J. E. Bell.
San Benito, and C. C. Richardson
of Brownsville.
Captain Turner
At Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, Aug. 24.—{flV
Captain Roscoe Turner, with four
passengers, took off from Lunken
airport at 10:10 a. m. today, con
tinuing his flight In an attempt
to break the east-to-west trans
continental air record. He ar
rived shortly before 10 a. m. and
resumed his flight after refuel
ing.
EXAM FOR RESERVE
OFFICER SUNDAY
Second Lieut. Chester H. Cham
bers of Harlingen will take an ex
amination for promotion to first
lieutenant Organized Reserve
Corps, at Fort Brown. Sunday
morning. Col. Sam Robertson is
president of the examining board.
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AS GRAF ZEPPELIN PUSHES ON, BLAZING NEW WORLD AIR ROUTE
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Blazing a new air trail the giant dirigible Graf Zeppelin is preparing for h"“ *,-,rd lap. Tokyo to Los Angeles, on her round-the-world voyage. Map
shows the course the Zeppelin follows on leaving Tokyo. Above are view s of the Zeppelin over the ocean, with inset, Commander Hugo Eckener;
below left, a typical Japanese crowd and the sort of picture travelers on t he dirigible witnessed on the Japanese sea; center, Fujiyama, famous Jap
anese volcano, and right, the tower of city hall, Los Angeles, which the air tourists will glimpse as they draw to the close of the third lap of the
world-gird ling trip.
LADYBIRDS AT
KANSAS CITY
Blanche Noyes Leads As
Ruth Elder Pulls Up
In Third Place
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 24.— Uf) —
Blanche Noyes of Cleveland, leading
her competitors In the national
women’s air derby from Santa Mon
ica, Calif., to Cleveland, arrived here
at 10:15 o’clock this morning. The
fliers took off from Wichita. Kas.,
this morning.
May Haizlip of Kansas City was
the second woman air racer to cross
the line here. She arrived at 10:24
a. m.
Ruth Elder of Hollywoood ar
rived at 10:36 a. m.. the third wo
man pilot to reach here from Wich
ita. She was closely followed by
Louise McPhetridge Thaden of Pitts
burgh, Neva Paris. Great Neck. L.
I., Opal Kunz, New York, and Glad
ys OIDonnel of Long Beach. Calif.
ABILENE. Texas. Aug. 24.—/^—
Bobble Trout, seventeenth entrant
in the national women's aerial der
by, to pass through Abilene, arrived
at 10 a. ra. today, making the flight
form Midland in two hours and six
minutes. After refueling, she con
tinued on to Fort Worth at 10:25
a. m.
Miss Trout was delayed in Ari
zona. After a new motor was in
stalled in her craft she continued in
the race. She was followed by a re
pair plane.
FORT WORTH. Aug. 24 — (JP) —
Mrs. Margaret Perry. New York
avitrix, forced to abandon the wo
men’s air derby here yesterday when
she was stricken with influenza, was
reported to be doing nicely by at
tendants at an infirmary today. Her
nurse said Mrs. Perry probably
would be discharged from the hospi
tal during the dag. \
BRITAIN LOSING PATIENCE,
SNOWDEN NOTE DECLARES
THE HAGUE. Aug. 24.—(/Pi—Philip Snowden. British chancellor of
the exchequer, and storm center of The Hague reparations*conference,
again moved Into the forefront of the deliberations today with a letter to
Henri Jaspar, Belgian premier, In which he declared the British delega
tion had exercised nearly all the patience at its command In debating
Brltain5s demands for a larger?
share of Young payments with her I
four war-time allies.
Mr. Snowden said there must be
a final decision one way or the ath
er without delay In stating the Brit
ish posittion for the fourth time to
his colleagues of the allied delega
tions.
He cut short a conversation of the
British with the four other creditor
powers, which were counting on con
cessions by Germany to make pos
sible an Increase In the British
share of reparations, making clear
Great Britain had no desire to ha\*e
demands satisfied by further sacri
fice on the part of Germany.
Pessimism deepened to gloom at
The Hague as the contents of the
letter became known this afternoon.
"It is all over.” was the comment
of French circles.
Eight Fliers Take
Off From Spokane
SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 24.—UP)—
Eight contestants in the Portland
Cleveland air derby hopped off here
today for Missoula, Mont., on the
third leg of the race. Sydnor Hall,
the last aviator to arrive here last
night, was the first to take off,
leaving the field at 7:30 a. m.
The other seven pilots took off
in three minute intervals. The
planes will stop at Missoula and
Billings. Mont., for one hour each
and make overnight stop at Bis
marck, N. D.. leaving there in the
morning for St Paul.
Insure Parcel Post Packages
Rio Grande Valley Trust Comnany
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KILLED BY FOOTBALL
LIVERPOOL. — Herbert Glenn
was killed when a football struck
him on the head during a game
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ZEPPELIN NEAR
HALF WAY MARK
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Craft Advised to Abandon
Plan to Approach Amer
ica At Seattle
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.—(A’Y—
| Because of meteorological disturb
1 ances along the Pacific northwest
ern coast, the United States weather
bureau here advised navigators
aboard the Graf Zeppelin today to
abandon their plan to approach the
American continent as far north as
Seattle. The airship would mer'
opposing winds in this vicinity, offi
cials stated.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24.—MV
A radio message from the Graf
Zeppelin, intercepted here, gave the
airship’s position at 1200 G. M. T.
(7 a. m. eastern standard time), as
43.50 degrees north latitude gnd
174.10 east longitude.
The report Indicated the air liner
was about 1,800 miles out of Tokyo
and was traveling considerably
faster than during the two previous
hours. The big airship was still
veering northward and was directly
over the old sailing route from San
Francisco to Yokohama—path fol
lowed by the windjammers and
somewhat south of the great circle.
Anglo-American Sea
Equality by 194Q Hope
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—W—
The British-American naval dis
cussions have* advanced to a point
where a specific time is being sought
for attainment of the equality in
sea power which already has been
agreed upon by Prime Minister
MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes.
Expectation here ia that some year
j between 1934 and 1940 will be ae
< lectetL
GOODRICH TO
HOLD HEARING
HERE TODAY
Defendant* Were Car
rying On * Liquor
Smuggling Traffic,
Petition Allege*
Hearings growing out of the
shooting early Friday morning of
National Prohibition Agent A. C.
Graft near Mercedes when attempt
ing to make a liquor seizure are
scheduled to be held before U. S.
Commissioner E. K. Goodrich Sat
urd-ijr afternoon.
Four Mercedes residents were
brought to Brownsville Friday aft
ernoon and charges of possessing,
transporting and selling smuggled
liquor were filed against them by
L. H. Tyson, prohibition agent, who
was with Graft at the time of the
shooting. Charges of unlawfully re
sisting with firearms was placed
against four men. one of whom had
not been taken into custody. The
four were held on bonds of (2,500
each.
Four Brought Here
Those brought here and charged
were Rosa Rutledge Longoria, Juan
Longoria, Santiago Longoria and
Jesus Longoria. A fifth man nam
ed in the charges was still being
sought by up-Valley officers Satur
day morning. The woman was the
only one who was not charged with
resisting arrest with firearms.
Tyson and Graft, both of the
Houston prohibition office, had been
doing under-cover work around
Mercedes for some time. Tyson al
leged that Rose Longoria sold one
quart of berreteaga Aug. 16; that
Rase and Juan Longoria entered
into conspiracy to sell and sold and
delivered on Aug. ,23. 315 bottles of
assorted smuggled liquor; and that
on Aug. 23, Rose, Juan. Santiago,
and Jesus Longoria and another
man delivered to him and Graft 316
quarts of assorted smuggled liquor.
Shot in Hip
Graft, shot in the hip, was report
ed as resting easily at the Mer
cedes hospital Saturday morning.
His condition was not considered
serious by hospital attaches at that
time.
The gun battle occurred near the
Cameron-Hidalgo county line north
of Mercedes about 5 a. m. Friday
morning. The prohibition agents
had gone there to receive the
liquor. The shooting is said to have
begun when Graft let it be known
that he was a prohibition agent.
He was rushed to the hospital
and given treatment.
Marcus Hines, U. S. customs in
spector, and other Mercedes officers
took the Longorias into custody
shortly afterward. Federal officers
gathered in Mercedes Friday morn
ing and conducted an investigation
following which the Longorias were
brought to Brownsville and lodged
in the Cameron county jail.
THE WEATHER {
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy and somewhat unset
tled tonight and Sunday. Light to
moderate easterly to southerly
winds on the west coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Sunday; scattered show
ers In south portion. Light to mod
erate easterly winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next lew
days.
Flood Pr*«nt 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Bain
Eagle Pass .. 16 3.4 +0.5 .00
Laredo ..... 27 -0.3 -0.1 .00
Rio Grande . 21 5.2 +0.3 .00
Mission ..... 22 4.8 -0.4 .00
San Benito . 23 9.3 +0.4 .00
Brownsville . 18 3.7 +0.5 OO
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High.6:28 a. m.; 8:18 p. m.
Low.12:28 a. m.; 1:25 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 6 58
Sunrise tomorrow .6:01