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! I THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) I1 ,
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 54 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
m our
' VALLEY
VALLEY RESIDENTS stand and
theer.
That terrible strip of road
through Karnes and Wilson coun
ties on the highway to San Antonio
Is to be made passable at all times.
The state highway department
(has taken matters in hand, has put
double crews at work and promises
tqUbave the stretch gravelled within
3lfi.ays.
Which means an all hard-sur
faced highway will be available
from the Valley to San Antonio.
That 14-mile stretch has been a
nightmare to travelers by auto for
many years. News that it is to oe
closed will find widespread acclaim.
Structures have been built and
grade has been completed. Hard
surfacing is promised later—when
the gravel and dump have had
time to properly season.
• • *
THE MERCEDES NEWS, until
now one of the leading weekly pub
lications in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley and a leader for all good
moral causes, is encouraging plain
lying.
A1 Prince, the editor, in company
with the Borderland Hardware Co.,
is offering weekly prizes for the best
fish story.
And he threatens to publish the
prize winning yarn in his paper.
There is nothing said in the rules
of the contest about the story being
supported by creditable witnesses*, or
of an affidavit, sworn and signed
before a notary, being required.
Maybe it is best he left those re
strictions off for if he had required
any such things he would have been
courting perjury as well as lying.
At any rate some hair-raising lit
erature is sure to result.
• • •
DR. E. G. BELLINGER. Lansing.
Mich., wanted a Brownsville Herald
1 in a hurry.
Resorted to air mail. Started his
letter Aug. 21 at 4 p. m.
His subscription check was re
ceived here before noon Aug. 23 and
tMkiirst paper was mailed to him
thAv day.
Motto: Use air maiL
• • •
VALLEY COMMUNITIES rapidly
are turning their attention to beau
f tlfication.
An outstanding example is the
campaign launched by the Stuart
Place community council.
And a powerful incentive is pro
vlded by the prizes offered by R. T.
Stuart, deyeloper cf the tract on
which the community is located.
The resident who makes the
greatest strides in beautifying his
home place between new and Janu
! ary 1 will receive $200 In cash. The
runner up will be paid $100 and four
others will receive $50 each. A sil
ver cup is provided for the owner of,
a fine home who does the most ef
fective work in beautification.
The council, of which W. A. Mit
chell is president, has a plan to1
place ornamental lights at each
road crossing in the community.
• • •
The Northerner coming to the
Valley misses trees.
There are many native trees
which will grow in any door yard, j
It is to be hoped all beautification
plans will Include the planting of
various trees.
A wealth of native plants, pecul
iar to the section, which lend just
the right “tropical air” to the home,
provide a splendid opportunity to
provide a setting which will be at- i
tractive to residents of the Valley j
and^j ch will “knock the eyes out”
i of visitors from other sections.
r • • •
BROWNSVILLE S standing at the
head of the column in scoring for
the award this year by Mrs. Julia
C. Montgomery of the Rose Cup
should encourage and inspire citi
zens of this city to greater efforts !
to beautify their homes.
Brownsville’s lead is not sufficient1
to assure victory when the final
Judging in this contest is made next
- February.
The city was given Its present
rating on account of the completion
of Washington Park, completion of
paving and general cleanliness.
There still is plenty of room for
Improvement and McAllen, in sec
ond place and present holder of the
cup, can be counted upon to at
tempt to overcome the 57-polnt lead
of this city. San Benito in third
place also can be considered a con
tender. • Many of the other towns
are sufficiently near the leaders to
constitute a menace in the race for
the cup.
TO GIVE RECITAL
The music pupils of Prof. Lean
ardo Bolado will give a recital at
the J&dght of Columbus hall at 8
p.^ Monday.
Vt pupils have been at work on
the recital for seme time.
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Mexico Bathing Beauty Shoots, Kills Husband
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FAILS IN TRY
TOENDLIFE
BY SAME GUN
Bigamy Suit Against
Mate Cause of Mur
der and Attempted
Suicide by Girl.
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 26. (/P>—
Senora Teresa de Landa de Vidal.
"Miss Mexico," in the 1928 Galveston
beauty contest, was in a prison cell
today, having shot and killed her
husband. General Molses Vidal.
After reading in a newspaper that
she and General Vidal were to be
arrested for bigamy, she procured
his heavy army pistol and turned
it on him. finding six shots which
killed him almost instantly. She
then turned the gun at her own
head but its magazine was empty.
Police arriving found her prone
on the body of her husband crying
hysterically:
“I loved him dearly."
She told them the newspaper
article was the first intimation she
had Vidal was married already when
he won her heart after she had
failed to win the Galveston contest.
The first Senora De Vidal. Maria
Teresa Herrejon. lived in Cosama
loapan. Vera Cruz with their two
daughters.
Examinations in
Shooting Sept. 5
Eximlnlng trials in the liquor
and resisting arrest charges filed
against seven Mercedes residents as
a result of the wounding of Prohi
bition agent A. C. Graf Friday
morning near that city, have been
set for Sept. 5 by U. S. Commis
sioner E. K. Goodrich. This was
done in order that Graf might be
present at the hearings. If he is
not able to make the trip from the
Mercedes hospital at that time, the
hearings will again be postponed, it
was announced.
All seven of the persons held, in
cluding six members of the Lon
goria familv. have been held under
$2,800 bonds. All are in jail here.
Graf was wounded in the hip
when he revealed his identity as a
prohibition agent as he received a
consignment of liquor early Friday
morning on the Hidaleo-Cameron
county line to the north of Mer
cedes.
Tenant Parmer T*
Held in Killing
COLORADO. Texas. Aug. 26. (IPs
_A 70-vear-old tenant farmer was
held in the Mitchell county Jaill here
today in connection with the death
of Charles Scuddy.
Scuddy. who resided 25 miles
south of here, was killed Instantly
when a pistol bullet passed through
his right arm and into his bod*.
The shooting was believed to have
followed a disagreement over the
proceeds of a bale of cotton.
Scuddy is survived by his widow
and an adopted child. He had re
sided in Mitchell county over 40
years.
Sinclair Comment#
On Merger Report
NEW YORK. Aug. 26—m—Harry
F. Sinclair, in a statement made in
the District of Columbia Jail and
issued today through the New York
offices of the Sinclair Consolidated
Corporation, said in response to a
rumor »f an impending merger of
his company and the Prairie Oil
and Gas company:
"There are many obstacles to be
overcome before any merger or pur
chase can take place.”
ONE KILLED IN
COAHUILA RIOTS
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26—(AV
Torreon dispatches to Mexico City
newspapers today said rioting was
reported yesterday from various
parts of the state of Coahuila,
where gubernatorial elections were
held. One person was killed, two
perhaps fatally wounded, and more
than a hundred wounded to a less
er degree.
CORSICANA SOLON RESIGNS
AUSTIN, Aug. 26 —<AV-Resigna
tion of Representative Ernest C.
Cox of Corsicana, member of the
legislature from Navarro and Hil
countie* was filed with Mrs. Jane
Y. McCallum. secretary of state
today. Cox is a candidate for state
commander of the American Legion
1 now in convention at Port Arthur.
CO-PILOT
Lieut. Bernard S. Thompson.
Kelly Field. Texas, will be co
pilot in the transcontinental
shuttle endurance flight.
BRITISH STUDY
NEff PROPOSAL
Estimate Offer Covers 75%
of Amount Asked at
Debt Meet
THE HAGUE. Netherlands, Aug.
26.—VP)—Philip Snowden, British
chancellor of the exchequer, today
had under consideration a new of
fer of France. Italy. Belgium and
Japan designed to fulfill British de
mands for an increased share of
German reparations.
Experts of the four powers esti
mated the offer represented 75 per
cent of the amount which Mr.
Snowden had been demanding, al
though in British quarters there was
some doubt as to whether it repre
sented that high a proportion. In
French circles it was made known
the offer was regarded as the last
concession toward the British stand
the four powers would make.
The new proposal, delivered late
last night in writing, was assumed
here to have been found worthy of
close examination by the British
chancellor at least, and this has
given rise to renewed hopes among
"die hard" optimists at the confer
ence.
THE HAGUE. Aug. 6.—UP>—Philip
Snowden, British chancellor of the
exchequer. Informed the other four
creditor powers today their new
proposals did not satisfy British
claims and in their present form
were unacceptable.
HOLD TWO SUSPECTS
IN JEWELRY THEFT
AMARILLO, Texas, Aug. 26.—(A*)
—Six prominent Canadian. Texas,
residents who collectively lost sev
eral thousand dollars in money
jewelry and clothing in burglaries,
held some hope for its recovery to
day.
Two suspects were held by the
Canadian authorities yestreday.
The theft victims were W. P.
Isaacs, president of the Canadian
State bank: W. H. Hopkins, cattle
man; Ben Tepe. lumber yard man
ager; E. H. Brainard, city commis
sioner; Mrs. Thomas Jones, and H.
E. Hoover, a lawyer.
ARABS MURDER
12 AMERICANS
IN JERUSALEM
Rioting Over Right to
Worship at Wailing
Wall Spreads Over
Wide Territory.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. <*>>—
Secretary Stimson today Instructed
Ambassador Dawes to express to
the British foreign office the earn
est hope that the British govern
ment would take immediate ind
comprehend”* measures to protect
American lives and property in
Jerusalem.
Secretary Stimson described his
action as the normal course for
the Washington government to take.
The secretary added that his in
structions to Ambassador Dawes
were only sent after a considerable
number of Americans had been
killed.
JERUSALEM. Aug. 26. UP*—Among
the students killed at Hebron yes
terday wer» the following Ameri
cans:
Messrs. Wexler. Oreenbuurg and
Epstein of Chicago. Berman and
Hurwitz of New York and another
student named Scheinberg. Two
brothers named Arbater were
wounded. The American consul
motored to Herbon today to
gate conditions there.
f By the Associated Press >
Severe fighting between Arabs and
Jews over rights of religious worship
at the Wailing Wall spread today
into remote quarters of Palestine
after terrarizing Jerusalem and its
environs with three days of blood
sh*d and violence.*
Twelve American Jewish students
were on the death rodd which auth
orities of the Bibical land of peace
vainly attempted to estimate as re
ports of new clashes came In.
Refugees escaolng from Palestine
to Beirut. Syria, in French man
dated territory, said the Arab at
tacks against Jewish commuunities
had assumed the character of an
open revolt against the government.
British warshins and troons were
rushed to Palestine from all strate
gic points in the Mediterranean.
From Cairo Egypt it was report
ed the casualties on both s^*s dur
ing the fighting since Fridav had
been much greater than was in
dicated in news dispatches by way
of London.
A government censorship on news
and private dispatches from Pal
estine cloaked actual progress of
events in Jerusalem.
British Arrive
Several contingents of British
troops, numbering 650 men, arrived
here from Egypt late Sunday and
began to patrole streets, giving rise
to hope of improvement in con
ditions which had become worse
steadily during the preceding 24
hours.
Three British warships arrived
from Malta at Jaffa, principal Pal
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Mexico Opens Border
To Texas Air Party
MEXICO CITY. Aug. L6.—(^P)—
The department of the Interior has
Instructed border officials at Nuevo
Laredo and Matamoras to exclude
from immigration and other re
quirements the party of American
tourists to visit Monterrey Septem
ber 1 aboard 50 commercial planes,
from San Antonio.
No information as to such a party
has been received here.
TEXAN CHARGES FRAUD IN
OIL RECEIVERSHIP CASES
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.—C<!P)—|
Charges of fraud in receivership (
proceedings against Texas oil com-1
panies were laid before the senate;
patronage committee today by Fred
D. Strang of Fort Worth. Texas,
upon the committee's resumption of
its investijation of federal appoint
ments in southern states.
Strang said he had known of
many such cases and had been in
dicted In one himself. He told the
committee “some men were arrested
and thrown Into receiverships and
fined.” while “others were not.”
Strang charged that “so-called
prosecutions against oil men were
carried to the point of conviction
and that then their properties dis
appeared.”
ft
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He added that through the
"manipulations of politicians and
lawyers.” it cost $292,805.61 to col
lect a claim for $316.3101 of one oil
company against the interior de
partment.
DALLAS, Texas. Aug. 26.—(A7—A
denial of charges made before the
senate patronage committee ir
Washington today was issued by
Col. W. E. Talbot of Dallas.
"With reference to testimony ol
Fred Strang.” Col. Talbot said. "1
do not know this man and have
only heard of him indirectly. Some
time ago he brought suit againsi
the Better Business Bureau of Dal
las and about 15 of our leading citl*
tens."
Officers Seek Valley Man
Believed Able to Identify
River Drowning Victim
Efforts to establish communica
tion with a Hidalgo county citizen
who believes he can identfy the
body of the man taken from the
Rio Grande here Friday, proved un
availing Monday morning.
Late Saturday night the man
came to the Brownsville police sta
tion and sought information on the
drowning. He said the description
of the drowned man coincided with
that of a friend of his who came to
the Valley with him recently from
Houston and who has been missing
for some time.
He said that he had established
in Matamoros that his friend had
visited that city and was turned
WOMEN EIERS
ON FINAL HOP
Louise Thaden Apparently
Holds Victory in Main
taining Lead
.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Aug. 26.—
(/Pt—Still in the lead in the
women's transcontinental air
derby, Mrs. Louise McPhetridge
Thaden of Pittsburgh appeared
over the Cleveland municipal air
port at 2:14 p. m.. today, complet
ing the last leg of the air race
from Columbus where she had
taken off at 1:30 p. m.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. 26. UP>—
Fourteen contestants in the women's
national aid derby hopped off from
Columbus on the last lap of the
race from Santa Monica. Calif., to
Cleveland, scene of the national air
races, with victory apparently in
the grasp of Mrs. Louise McPhet
ridee Thaden of Pittsburgh.
The take-off from Port Columbus
for the non-stop flight to Cleveland
originally was scheduled for noon
today, but the women pilots post
poned u un*'.l 1:15 p. m.. at the re
quest of airport offic'als. The lead
off position went to Mrs. Thaden.
Following is the standing of the
contestants in elansed time:
Heavy planes (D. W. classi:
Mrs. Louis McPhetridge Thaden,
Pittsburgh. 19:35:04.
Gladvs O'Donnell. Long Beach.
20:32:25.
Ruth Nichols. Rye. N. Y., 21:15:45.
Amelia Earhart. Boston. 21:17:37.
Blanche Noyes. Cleveland.
23:45:51.
Ruth Elder. Beverly Hills. 25:27:17.
Mary Von Mack. Detroit. 28:28:52.
Neva Paris, Great Neck. N. Y.,
28:33:36
Thea Rasche. Germany. *0:01:55.
Opla Kunz. New York. 32:26:53
Vera Dawn Walker. Santa Moni
ca. 35:34:41.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Aug 26.—OF:
—The scheduled close of the first
women's derby ever flown marked
the second day's events at the na
tional air races today while the
giant checkered pylons at Cleveland
airport again became the markers
for crack pilots of the country
banking their planes to the
straightaway in the closed course
races.
From the south the men's derby
Miami Beach. Florida, reach
ed Birmingham and the all-Ohio
derby, quartered for the night at
Columbia, pointed < northward for
the landing today at the close of
a swing through the state starting
yesterday afternoon. A fifth major
derby of the races begins tomorrow
at Philadelphia. Four others will
be held during the races, among
them the non-stop dash from Los
Angeles, which may be flown singly
or in groups, as the pilots wish,
and at any time they desire to
start.
Believe Foul Play
In Woman’s Death
ARLINGTON. Texas. Aug - 26.—
tiPj—A theroy that Mrs. J. H. Vic
toray. 47. found lying fatally Injured
on the Texas and Pacific raliroad
tracks near here, was murdered
gained some credence today.
Mrs. Victory, who told her daugh
ter of severe head pain aod walked
from her home out into the night,
1 was removed from the tracks yes
i terday. She died two hours later.
A physician who examined the
body doubted the woman had been
struck by a train, saying there was
no mangiad condition.
back by immigration authorities at
the bridge. Evidently, he said, the
man had drowned while attempting
to regain the American side of the
river by swimming.
His companion was a large man
with a gold-capped right front
tooth. This coincided with the de
scription of the missing friend.
The Hidalgo man was referred to
Justice of the Peace Fred Kowalski
who held the Inquest. Neither hi.'
name nor the name of his friend
was ascertained. Up mitll Monday
noon he had not t ?n Kowalski.
The Justice of the peace :ild he
would have the body exhumed and
returned to Houston if the identity
PROBE SIGNS
OF ARSON IN
FIRE AT GIN
On the statement of witnesses
that tjiey saw evidences of oil
burning on the concrete floor of
the Combes gin that was destroy
ed by flames Friday, the sheriff's
department is conducting an in
vestigation.
The ginning establishment was
almost totally destroyed when
flames of unknown origin burst
forth near midnight. The crew
declare that everything was
cleaned up and put Into order
when the gin was closed for the
day and they could not account
for the blaze.
BLALOCK OPENS
LEGION MEET
I -
Voices Plea for American
Ideals* Explains Stand
on Armament
PORT ARTHUR. Aug. 26.—</P)—
Jack Blalock, assistant attorney
general, made an impassioned plea
for his fellow veterans to rededi
cate themselves to the American
Legion ideals at the opening gen
eral session of the legion and aux
iliary here today.
“We stand four-square for pre
paredness," Blalock said. “That
does not mean a large standing
army or a colossal navy, but an
adequate reserve and citizens
schooled in the rudiments of war
fare.”
Wilton D. Hood of Harlingen, past
state commander and national vice
commander, and George E. Slaler,
executive secretary of the Texas
Federation of Labor, were other
speakers.
AUSTIN. Aug. 26.—K—Governor
Moody changed his plans at the
eleventh hour last night and decid
ed to defer his visit to the American
legion convention In Port Arthur
until tomorrow. He decided to at
tend a meeting of the state canvass
ing board, which will check the vote
on the two proposed consitutional
amendments submitted in a special
j election on July 16 and declare the
I result.
GRAF PREPARING FOR FLIGHT
FROM LOS ANGELES TONIGHT
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LOS AN- I
GELES, Aug. 26.—(A*)—The Graf
Zeppelin having completed the
third leg of its round-the-world
flight in 78 hours and 58 minutes,
and anchored to the mooring mast
here at 5:11 a. m. Monday, prepera
tions were being rushed to start on
the final flight, from here to Lake
hurst, N. J.. late Monday night. The
first non-stop flight across t..c Pa
cific becomes history with the
ship here. *
Refueling will be completed by 8
o’clock and passengers have been
ordered to be .t the field to em
bark early in the evening.
A well organized ground crew
made short work of the landing.
The first noo-aiop air flight
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was established positively. The body
was in a bad state of decomposi
tion when found and was buried
shortly alter being taken from the
river.
Kowalski was seeking to com
municate with the Hidalgo man
Monday.
A Matamoros man. who has been
missing for some time, was dismiss
ed as a possibility in the identifi
cation by Kowalski Monday. Friends
have reported him as missing and
talked to the Justice of the peace.
The fact that he was short of sta
ture procluded the possibility of the
drown man being him, Kowalski
stated.
COUNTYTAX
RATE IS CUT
Commissioners Reduce Levy
8 Cents When State Rais
es Ad Valorem
The Cameron county tax rate this
year will be reduced 8 cents from
$1.50 on the $100 assessed valua
tion to $1.42. County Judge O. C.
Dancy announced Monday.
This will result in a combined
state and county taxx rate of $2.10
a net reductioon of 4 cents under
the $2.14 rate assessed last year.
The commissioners previously had
announced the county would absorb
the increase state tax rate and at
that time the state rate was ex
pected to be boosted 8 cents. Since
the state rate is to be increased
only 4 cents, the county rate will be
reduced 8 cents, as at first promised.
The state rate for this year is
68 cents, compared to 64 last year.
The ad valorum rate was hiked from
22 to 30 cents, but the school rat**
was reduced from 35 to 31 cents. A
levy of 7 cents for pensions com
pleted the state levy.
Judge Dancy exnlalned that all of
the state ad valorem tax except
10 cents had been remitted to Cam
eron county bv the state legisla
ture to help pay cost of constructing
the flood control project in this
countv. Whereas the county re
ceived 12 cents from this seource
last year, it will receive $20 this
year, which is more than is requir
ed to pay the interest and create
the sinking fund for the flood con
trol bonds. However, this money
cannot be used to further reduce
the county levy- , . .
The county levy this year includes
a 20 cent tax for the fourth mil
lion or road bonds. Judge Dancy
explains. ^ . .
"If we could only get the dean
lock in the commissioner court
broken and our remaining $2,000.
000 road paving program launched
before the end of the year so as
to get Increased valuations. It, would
heln us tremendously on 1930 taxes.
Judge Dancy said.
Water Hearings for
Valiev Groups Reset
AUSTIN. Aug. 26 —Applications ol
Edward Rook of New York for irri
gation of 2400 acres of Cameror
county land and of A. F. Parker
San Benito, to irrigate 7.000 acres lr
Cameron county were reset foi
hearing by board of water engineers
today for Sept. 30.
across the Pacific achieved in three
days and seven hours was less than
one-third the t‘ le the fastest
trans-Pacific liners cross the ocean
between Jap n nd Seattle, /ash
Sixty persons made the voyage
forty-one in the crew and nine
teen passengers. The final leg o
the world voyage will be to Lake
hurst. N. J., some 2,500 miles, anc
will be started within thirty-six 01
forty-eight hours.
After circling the city for nearl’
five hours waiting for the sunri*
to light a way to the mooring mast
the ship nosed gently down, anc
her spider lines were seized by i
contingent of marines and sailors
Troops of the California nations
» (Continued on page 2.)
HYDE WOULD
CONTINUE TO
WAR ON PEST
Huge Sum Needed for
Fight to Eradicate
Mediterranean Pest
In Florida Groves.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.—VPh
Secretary Hyde today said he would
ask the special session of congress
to appropriate $26,000,000 to con
tinue the campaign of eradicating
the Mediterranean fruit fly in Flor
ida.
DALLAS. Aug. 2fl.—0P>—There is
no evidence that would indicate the
Mediterranean fruit fly. which for
a time threatened the Florida fruit .
and citrus crops, would invade Tex
as, in the opinion of D. A. Blan
kenship and C. V. Holley, agents of
the United States department of
agriculture, who have made a sur
vey of the fruit and citrus crops
of Texas.
• While some of the fruit shipped
into Texas did contain larvae and
eggs of the Mediterranean fly. wa
did not see any of the actually de
veloped flys." Blankenship said.
“The pest resembles the house fly.
only that it has distinct markings
of yellow stripes on its wings and
is smaller.”
Texas citrus growers, In the Val
ley. at Laredo and around the Win
ter Garden district, have united in
an appeal to Secretary Hyde for a
$1,000,000 fund to be used in guard
ing the Industry in this state from
infestation by the pest.
Fee Probe Starts
In Travis County
AUSTIN, Aug. 26.—The legislative
committee investigating the Texas
fee system to ascertain the maxi
mum incomes of county and district
officals, resumed its work here to
day, calling Travis county officials
to testify.
Senator Parrish endeavored to
get a bill through the legislature
limiting county officials to $10,
000 annually but failed. Later, he
sponsored the concurrent resolution
calling for an Investigation to de
; termine the amount of remumera
J tion officers were receiving.
Kansas City Woman
Wins Golf Title
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Aug. 26.—GflP)
Just when it appeared medalist
honors were captured by Virginia
Van Wie of Chicago, Mrs. O. 8.
Hill of Kansas City, came in to
edge her out by one stroke with a
sparkling 77. five under par, in
the western womens golf cham
pionship today.
Beaumont Radio
Station Licensed
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.—lAV
The federal radio commission has
issued a license to the chy of Beau
mont. Texas, to operate a radio sta
tion. using 100 watts on 1,712 and
1.596 kilocycles. It was under
stood by the commission the city
wanted the station for communica
tion with police and fire depart
ments.
! i THE WEATHER
t .. • - ■- —
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy or fair tonight and
Tuesday. Light variable winds on
the west coast, mostly northerly
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight and Tuesday. Light north
! erly winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
Water in sight at Rio Grande
City this morning (10.5 feet) will
cause a moderate rise in the river
from Mission down during the next
15 to 30 hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.9 -0.2 * .00
- Laredo . 27 0.2 +4L5 .00
• Rio Grande . 21 10.5 45.0 .00
f Mission. 22 5.9 +0.1 .00
• San Benito . 23 10.5 +0.4 .09
1 Brownsville . 18 49 -0.7 2.35
TIDE TABLE
r High and low tide at Point Isa
• bel tomorrow, under normal meteor -
, ological conditions:
l High ... None
> Low.,.3:08 p. nv
I MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .6 34
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