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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 57 ’ BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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Lady Mary Heath Critically Hurt In Plane Crash
IN OUR
VALLEY
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V VALLEYISM:
Valley grapefruit is the best
grown; the trees bear younger
than in other citrus growing sec
tions and the yield averages heav
ier. Select Valley grapefruit ,
commands a premium.
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FOR PURPOSES OF THIS col
umn a “Valleyism” is a short
statement of a true fact about the
Valley which is known and recog
nised by all loyal Valley citizens. I
but which needs restating for the
benefit of those who need boosting
material.
“In Our Valley” proposes to use
ons Valleyism each day in the in
terest of a better understanding of
the outstanding advantages of this
section over any other part of the
United States.
Contributions from our readers
will be appreciated.
There are thousands of good
things to be said about the Valley. I
By pointing out one of them eacn
day, In Our Valley hopes to supply j
conversational material for the per
son who has been prone to Knock
the Valley and thus change him
from a knocker to a booster.
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Contributors of Valleyisms will be
given credit in this column.
Make your statements short,
truthful and to the point. And send
them in.
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NORTH TEXANS. Oklahomans
■pH all and sundry who attend th*:
Texas State Fair at Dallas in Oc
tober are going to get some educa-1
tion of the right sort about the
Valley.
" Lloyd Blood worth, secretary of
tkfe Edinburg chamber of com
mlrce, has made arrangements fori
space in the exposition grounds;
where what is expected to prove one;
of the most attractive exhibits will
be displayed.
The Valley in miniature will be
transplanted to the Dallas fair i
grounds.
People who attend that exposi
tion. after viewing the display will
have no uncertainty about thir be- j
lng the premier fruit and vegetable
growing section of the Southwest, j
There will be information about
our wc. derful climate, about the;
opportunities for hunting, fishing
and all outdoor recreation.
There will be literature which will
tell the story of the growth and de
velopment of the Valley.
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“SCHOOL DAY8. school days, |
dear old golden rule days—”
They are just around the corner
for thou: onds of Valley children.
Valley school buildings, the finest
in the land, have been renovated ]
repaired and brightened. New i
b'Uldings have been provided where
gr wth of the district has necessi
tated additional room.
Faculties have been strengthened
—new courses have been added.
Monday is opening day for many
of the schools.^ # #
“THE BROWNSVILLE schools
are opening in better shape this
year than ever before," Fred Starck
board of trustees secretary, de
Cl* ywtf when the old grammar
school was condemned and had 10
be vacated, the distri was handi
capped considerably for space.'
“Two new buildings have been
provided—one on the site of the
old gra mar school and the other
in Victoria Heights— and there
will be ample room on the open
jpg day to care for the increased
enrollment.” # # ,
CENTRAL AMERICAN republics
are expecting a deep water port to
be developed in the Valley and are
watching developments with great
These countries realize that they
can transact business in the Valley
with a minimum of inconvenience
because of the fact that practical^
all business firms can carry on cor
respondence in the Spanish lan
guage—the language of the Cen
tral American Republics.
Guatemala already has named a
consul to be located at Brownsville
_W. E. Edmundson of Brownsvili?
has been appointed to the post.
Mr Edmundson has lived in
Guatemala and is acquainted with
c .editions there.
Guatemalan ‘business firms see
th5^s»-bllit>' of developing an
•noff'-ous business between the
Valley and their country. Other
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NOTED WOMAN
FLIER MAY DIE
OF INJURIES
Distinguished Visitor
At Air Races Nose
Dives Into Factory;
Mechanic Also Hurt
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 29. — **»>
Lady, Mary Heath, famous Bnti.'h
aviatrix. was injured critically here
today in the crash of an airplane
through the roof of a factory.
Rushed to emergency clinic hos
pital, Lady Heath was found to
have probably a fractured skull, a
long cut in her scalp, other cuts ou
many parts of her body, and prob
ably numerous broken bones and
internal injuries, doctors said.
Riding High
Irwin Kirk, 28, a Cleveland air
plane mechanic, who was riding
with Lady Heath, also was injured
but not seriously.
Lady Heath and Kirk had been
riding high above Cleveland when
for some unexplained reason, the
plane nose dived into the roof of
the Mills company, on Clevelands
east side, a two-story factory build
ing. The plane burst through the
roof and came to a stop inside the
building, a twisted piece of wreck
age.
Kirk, with a broken ankle and
other injuries was able to extricate
himself from the plane, but Lady
Heath was dragged out by workers.
Took Part in Races
Lady Heath was one of the dis
tinguished visitors at the national
air races here and had participated
in one of the closed course race
e ents for women.
There were no workers In the
room when the plane struck as the
accident occurred during the lunch
hour, but many of them rushed in
to aid in rescuing the two victims.
Illegal Use of
Grapes Protested
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29.-^.
Grape growers and shippers of Cal
fomia today had under considera
tion a recommendation by Dr.
James M. Doran, federal prohibition
commissioner, that the organiza
tion adopt some sort of policing sys
tem designed to prevent their prod
uct from being put to Illegal use
after it leaves their hands.
Addressing leaders of the industry
here last night >r Doran reaffirm
ed that the : rohibltlon department
would not interfere with the pur
chase by householders of grapes for
“grape juice purposes” in the home.
He declared ruch purchases were
legal so long as the Juices were ex
clusively for home use and \ ere not
sold.
BELIEVE GAS FUMES
CAUSED MAN’S DEATH
SEGUIN. Texas. Aug. 29.—</P>—
A. T. Gentry. 50. believed to have
been gassed while working on a
tank, was found dead yesterday in
the Darst Creek oil field, 10 miles
east of here. He had been dead
some time when his body was dis
covered.
CONTEMPT TRIAL OF
ATTORNEY DELAYED
FAIRFIELD. Texas. Aug. 29 —OF)
Owing to the absence of court pa
pers demanded by John P. Gano.
counsel for Larry Melnert, boxing
promoter, the contempt trial of
William McGraw, district attorney
of Dallas county, was delayed until
this afternoon.
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W. E. EdmundsonNamed
Resident Consul Here
By Guatemala Minister
Because it lorsees development
of important trade relations be
tween Brownsville and Guatemala
at some time in the future, the
Guatemalan g o v e rnment has
named W. E. Edmundson. local
real estate dealer, consul to re
side here.
Notification of his appointment
has been received by Edmcmdson
from Eduardo Egulrre, minister
of foreign relations.
Guatemala and all central
Amertcrwi republics are intesely
interested in developmnet of a
deep water part in the Valley, ac
cording to Edmundson, who has
spent several years in Guatemala.
He predicts that all the central
American republics will soon
name consuls to reside in Browns
ville.
People of that part of the con
tinent realize that the Spanish
language is used more freely
along the border than further In
the Interior of the United States,
Edmundson said, and for that
reason they desire to transact
business with this section. He
believes a big export and import
business some day will be devel
oped between Central American
and the Valley.
132 TEACHERS
AT INSTITUTE
Brownsville Superintendent
Principal Speaker of
First Day
(Special to The Herald)
LOS FRESNOw, Aug. 29.—One of
i the largest Cameron county teach
ers’ institutes ever held got under
way here Thursday morning with
132 educators In attendance. Prac
tically every teacher in the county
system was presen when the two
day institute was opened with sev
eral musical numbers by a group
of Xos Fresnos people.
The principal address of the
morning was delivered by Supt G.
W. Gotke of Brownsville who spoke
on the problems presented by the
Spanish-speaking pupil in this sec
tion. He felt sure that with a little
additional study, the teachers could
make better progress with students
cf this type.
C onducting Survey
Superintendent Gotke is especial
ly interested In this subject and has
been conducting a survey in the
Brownsville public schools designed
to test out the abilities of the
younger pupils o overcome their
language handicap. In the past
it has been customary to hold all
Spanish-speaking pupils in the first
grade for two years. The Browns
ville educator has found that one
fourth of the students are able to
keep apace with English speaking
beginners.
After a short intermission, dem
onstration in Mexican primary
work and in geography were given
by Mrs. L. A. Jagou and E. J. Vlil
ers, respectively. Mrs. Jagou has
spent many years in teaching Mex
ican primary grades and she is con
sidered one of the best educators
of this type in South Texas.
Cousins Speaks
The principal address of the aft
ernoon was to be delivered by Dr.
R. B. Cousins of the Kingsville col
lege. Dr. CouJns was to talk on
industry and fine arts as taught
in present-day colleges.
Friday morning, .he meet.ng will
be addressed on the grouping of
high schools *nd on intersrholastlc
league work. J. u. Bramlette will
make the first talk. A substitute
will have to be found for J. W. Ir
vine in the second. 8upt. T. J.
Yoe of San Be to will speak In
the afternoon on special high school
problems.
OFFICERS WANT MAN
HELD IN COLORADO
DENVER. Colo_ Aug. 29.—(/TV
Four Borger. Tex., officials have
arrived here to seek from Gov. W.
H. Adams the extradition of Wil
liam J. (Whitey) Walker, wanted in
the Teas city on several charges.
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RULE GIVEN ON
BANKS’ TAXING
Part of Assessments Will Be
Placed Agrainst Share
holders
Cameron county banks will be
taxed in accordance with an opinion
handed the commissioner s court by
the attorney general's office holding
that a portion of the assets should
be assessed against the banks and
the remainder against the share
holders. it was decided at a meet-,
Ing of the commissioners Thursday
morning.
The banks and the tax collector
differed as to how the valuations
should be charged off and M. R
Hall, county attorney, asked the
attorney general's office for a rul
ing. It was delivered by Grady M
Chandler, assistant attorney gen
eral, and read In part:
Like Other Corporations
“Our state has chosen the method
of taxing the shares of stock in both
national and state banks against
the shareholders, but in determin
ing the value of the shares, the
state has authorized a deduction of
the assessed values of the real es
tgte,
“The law authorizes the taxation
of banks in the same manner as
any other corporation, taxing the
real estate owAed by the bank
against the bank itself, and taxing
the value of the shares of stock
against the individual shareholders;
in cases of ordinary corporations,
the corporation pays all the taxes
on both classes of property.
Warrant* Sanctioned
“The state seeks to tax all the as
sets of a bank, state and national,
and seeks to reach all fo the assets
by taxing a portion of the same
against the banks and the remain- ;
der against the shareholders. ’
The court also authorized the loan
of $12,400 from the permanent im
provement fund to the interest and I
sinking fund for protection bonds.
It also sanctioned payment of war- ;
rants Nos. 2209 and 2222, amount
ing to $2,056.95. drawn on the road
fund out of the road and bridge
fund. * ,
Major L. O’Bryan will be paid $15
a day for his assistance in the txa
; assessor’s office while the valuation?
are being worked up, it was decided.
DAWES KEEPS UP
NAVAL PARLEYS
LONDON. Aug. 29.—(^—Ambas
sador Dawes, smoking his famous
pipe, strolled over to Downing street
today for a further conversation
with Premire MacDonald on the
question of naval affairs.
MEXICO SEEKS
IMMIGRATION
LAW CHANGES
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 29—^
—The press was Informed by the
department of foreign relations
that the government is negotiat
ing with the state dpeartment at
Washington for less drastic ap
plication of immigration regula
tions as regards Mexican citizens.
According to reports here, thou
sands of Mexicans have been de
ported from the United States
recently for not having com
plied with the immigration re
quirements.
HAGUEAGREES
ON COMPROMISE
Germany And Creditor Pow
ers Save Deadlock At
Reparations Meet
THE HAGUE, Aug. 29—<A>>—The
creditor powers and the Germans
reached an agreement on the Young
reparations plan at The Hague
conference this afternoon.
A full session of all the power.
represented at the conference will
be held at 10 a. m., tomorrow to
conclude officially the business for
which they met on August 6.
The agreement came after weeks
of arduous negotiations w’hich many
times seemed on the point of fail
ure. It wa: only by tenacious bar
gaining that the “conference to end
conferences,’* as The Hague rep
arations meeting was originally de
scribed, escaped deadlock and dis
aster.
The agreement meant the “Big
Six" powers, Great Britain, France
Italy, Germany, Belgium and Japan
1 .1 finaly made the great step of
approving the Young plan, devised
by the conference of experts at
Paris m June,
Boy Breaks Arm
While Playing
Louis Fernandez, 9. fell and
broke his arm Wednesday after
noon as he was playing with a few
companions on the high school
grounds.
The youngsters were chasing one
another when young Fernandez
fell. His arm was turned under
him.
Nearby people picked him up and
rushed him to a doctor's office
where the arm was set.
RUTH ELDER MARRIED TO
WALTER CAMP, JR. IN N. Y.
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NEW YORK. Aug 29.—UPh-'Wal
t:r Camp, Jr., president of Jnspira
tlon Pictures. Inc., and Ruth Elder,
flier, and motion picture actress,
were married at noon today In the
municipal chapel by City Clerk Mi
chael J. Cruise. . _ . .
Only two members of Cruises
staff, a clerk and a stenographer,
were present as witnesses.
In their joint application for a
marriage license. Miss Elder de
scribed herself as tfee defendant in
an action for divorce granted in
Panama in June, 1928. She did not
not give the name of her former
husband. Lyle Womack.
She drew a line through the space
where the applicant's occupation is
described, gave her age as 24 and
her address as Beverly Hills. Calif.
She was born in Anniston. Ala.
Camp’s age is 38, and his birth
place New Haven. Conn. He is the
son of the late Waiter Camp, fa
mous Yale football coach. In his
application he wrote he has been a
widower since 1928.
Miss Elder arrived here yesterday
from Cleveland, where she had par
ticipated in the women’s air derby.
In a brief interview she said Camp
had asked her to quit flying because
it was too much of a strain for her,
and she said she had promised to do
little flying in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. Camp will spend
their honeymoon touring the United
States—by automobile. They met
this summer in California and
Camp proposed at Santa Monica.
Calif., at the start of the women's
air derby in which she was a con
testant. She gave him her answer
that night by telephone at the end
of the first day's derby lap.
GUATEMALA TO
BE SOUTHERN
AIR TERMINUS
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Mail Service to Cen
tral America Will
Be Inaugurated On
September 2
Beginning Sept- 2 the air
mail route south of here will
be changed and extended
three times a week so as to
go to Guatemala City in
j stead of Mexico City, as has
been the practice in the past, j
The Mexico City service will I
operate four times a week.
When the plane does not go to
Mexico City, air mall for that point
will be placed on a train at Vera
Cruz.
The BrownsvUle-Guatemala City
mail and passenger service wUl
touch at Vera Cruz, San Geronimo
and Tapachula. This information
is contained in an order from W
Irving Glover, second assistant
postmaster general, to G. W. Den
nett, local postmaster.
No Special Cachet
The local offices of the Pan
American Airways. Inc., said they
have received no definite orders as
to the change ut knew' that one
would be affected soon.
There will be ro special cache! 1
for the inaugural BrownsvUle
Guatemala flight. Glover stated in
his communicatio:.
With the establishment of this
service the Pan-American company
will achieve Its objective of put
ting in a one-day service between
Brownsville and Gua ‘mala City.
The concern has been working on
this project for some time, estab
lishing new elds and shops along
the route.
Fruit Fly Group To
Meet Twice Friday
iSpecial to The Herald)
Harlingen. Aug. 29 —The vai
ley committee on the precautions
against introduction of Mediterran
ean fruit fly into this section is
to meat twice Friday afternoon.
The first meeting will be here
at 2 o'clock, and the committee will ^
meet later at BrownsviUe at 4
o'clocV
A meeting is to be held later with
the Laredo and Winter Garden
committees, according to chambers
of members of the local committee.
$20,000 Damage Done
By San Antonio Fire
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 29.—<i<P)—A
fire of unknown origin damaged
the Rubia Bedding company of
San Antonio, to the extent of ap
proximately $20,000 and threatened
adjoining buildings today.
A passenger train was delayed 20
minutes on the Southern Pacific
tracks when flames swept across
the right of way.
BOARD PROMISES TO
AID GRAIN FARMERS
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—(^—Imme
diate financial relief for grain
farmers through loans by the fed
eral farm board on unhedged grain
which has already been used as col
lateral for loans from federal in
termediate credit banks was the
promise made today at the close
of the grain marketing conference
by Alexander Legge. chairman of
the farm board.
Legge asserted the board would
loan 10 cents a bushel on ' such
grain to members of fanners’ co
operatives.
THINK CLUE TO SAFE
BLOWING DISCOVERED
WICHITA FALLS. Aug. 29.—(API
A perilous blow x Uh a weed hoe,
the authorities believed, may Inad
vertently have dug up a clue lead
ing to a series of safe bowings
here.
A laborer whose name was not
announced, cruck six pounds of
hldded dynamite yesterday. There
was no explosion but Chief of Po
lice Frank 3urns said there might
be a repercussion in connection
with the safe cracke %
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Why Gamble?—Insure
Rio Grande Valley Trust Co.—Adv.
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| STUDENT HELD j
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Police In Montgomery, Ala,
charged J. D. Choate, 26. former
Georgia Tech student, with
killing R. C. Wright and wound
ing W. W. Smith, Montgomery
patrolmen.
HEARING SET ~
FOR SLAYER
Youth to Face Court For
Murder of 33-Ycar-Old
Sweetheart
WOODVILLE. Texas, Aug. 29.—
uP>—Details of Tyler county’s mo6t
gruesome slaying were expected to
be unfolded here tomorrow at the
preliminary hearing of Jud Peck.
19-year-old farm hand, charged
with the murder in connection with
the death of Emma Womack, the
youths 33-year-old sweetheart.
The women’s body, stripped of
nearly all clothing, was found last
Sunday night In a wooded ravine
near Fred, a community not far
from Woodville. The head had been
crushed from the blows of a pine
club.
A search for the woman was in
stituted after she had disappeared
August 16. and it had been rumored
Peck had quarreled with her.
Shortly after the finding of the
body, the youth was arrested at the
home of Allie Jeffcote. for whom
she worked. At first, according to
Sheriff H. B Ogden. Peck denied
knowledge of the crime, but later
confessed killing Miss Womack aft
er she had broken a marriage con
tract with him.
The woman, who was employed on
a farm near Fred, had no relatives
in this section, as far as could be
learned. Beside his mother. Peck
neither had any kin residing here.
Power Industry
Probe Foreseen
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29—OPV
Prospects of a widespread inquiry
by the senate interstate commerce
committee into the power Industry
as well as into all forms of com
munication is foreseen in terms of
a resolution adopted by the sen
ate shortly before adjournment last
June.
The resolution authorizes the
committee to inquire into the
transmission of power by wire ot
wireless.” On the basis of that au
thority. Chairman Couzens is con
templating a thorough going in
vestlgation.
VICTIM WALKS
INTO DITCH
AS HE SLEEPS
Brothers Hear Door
Slam But Do Not In
vestigate; Body Dis
covered Later
(Special to Th« Herald*
SAN JUAN. Aug. 29.—
Evidently stumbling into an
irrigation ditch as he walk
ed in his sleep, Leonard
Levermann. 23, was drown
ed here late Wednesday
night or early Thursd^:
morning.
He was sleeping In the Lever
mann home with his two brother!,
Joe and William. Wednesday eve
ning. The brotne were awakened
about 11 p. m. as they heard a
door slam. When Leonard did not
return they became suspicious and
began a search. Alter enlisting aid
of several neighbors, the missing
boy’s body was found three hours
later in an irrigation canal just to
1 the rear o fthe Levermann home.
Justice of the Peace A. A. Mar
tyn of San Juan held the Inquest
and returned a verdict of accidentsl
drowning.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Levermann.
parents of the dead youth, are on
a vacation touring through the
northern portion of the United
States.
Funeral arrangements are being
held up pending their notification
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Recommend Change
In Tax Collection
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 29.—(AV
Drastic and prompt reorganization
I of tax collection bureaus through
out the country is recommended in
a report by the government com
mitttce which has been studying
ways and meads of improving the
nation's financial situation. The
committee is headed by the secre
! tary of the treasury and has beeu
meeting at the treasury depart
i ment.
i THE WEATHER
t.
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday.
Light to moderate northerly to
easterly winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
from Rio Grande City down during
the next few days, and remain
practically stationary elsewhere.
Flood Present 24-Hr 24-Hr. *
Stage Stage Cbng. Rain
Eagle Pass . 16 28 -0 2 .00
Laredo .27 -0.4 -0.1 .00
Rio Grande .21 5.7 -13 JW
Mission . 22 6.8 -1.4 .00
; San Benito . 23 13.2 -1.9 .00
Brownsville .18 8.8 -2.5 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
oel tomorrow, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High . 2:20 a. m.
Low . 6 08 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA ■
Sunset today . 6:53
Sunrise tomorrow . 6:09
TWO PRISONERS RIDE DUMB
WAITER TO FREEDOM WHILE
SHERIFF IS GETTING SHAVE
ALBANY. Texas. Aug. 29.—(JFi—
Thot><? service elevators that bring
up butter and eggs through a goa
sJp-ladcn shaft aren’t always
“dumbs.'’
One of them—it was in a Jail
helped a couple of prisoners to es
cape from the Shackleford county
bastille last night.
The sheriff’s wife, after sending
up the prisoners’ supper, retired to
the yard for a breath of fresh air.
Her husband was away, getting a
shave.
Arthur Whitehead and Pedro
Fernandez removed the tray, rode
it down, one after the other, Into
the kitchen and made a clean get
away.
A third prisoner, Charles Mc
Bride, under a 25-year sentence and
awaiting action on his appeal, want
de to spread the alarm, but was too
large to ride the elevator. So he
awoke a fourth, who was in for a
plain drunk, and the latter followed
Whitehead and Fernandez out.
Rushing uptown, he found a dep
uty and broke the sad intelligence.
The men had not been found.
Whitehead was serving a 90-day
misdemeanor sentence, and Fernan
dez was awaiting grand Jury action
on a complaint charging him wit'
criminal attack.