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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 65 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY ^1
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Three Brownsville Men Badly Hurt In Car Wreck
EM GUI1
VALLEY |
BUSINESS MEN of Monterrey,
Mexico, need educating about the
possibilities of Brownsville and the
Valley.
A salesman for a Brownsville
fum recently made his first visit to
that city. Sold a nice bill of his
wares and then the passenger re
vealed his ignorance of Brownsville
and Matamoros.
“What about the freight from
Brownsville to Laredo?” this Mon
terrey dealer asked
It took considerable explaining to
convince him the shipment would
not go by way of Laredo.
Apparently a course in geography
Is needed.
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PORT ISABEL CO Thurs
da^night opened its fine new club
house located on the Box ranch
north and east of Los Fresnos.
More than 100 guests were pres
ent from points in the North and
East and from the Valley.
The club house is one of the most
beautiful in the entire section, hav
ing been erected at a cost of $50,
000. It includes 56 bedrooms, each
equipped with bath, in addition to
large dining room, kitchen and an
enormous lounge.
Following the sumptuous banquet.
# all of the hundred guests gathered
in this lounge and heard Wm. Clen
denin, public relations director for
the company, tell of the wonders
of the Valley.
Mrs. C. R. Tyrrell told of the
dream which was realized in com
pletion of the club house.
And such a dream as it was.
The low one-story structure lo
cated in a clump of trees on
grounds which have been beautified
with shrubbery and flowers native
to this section, formed a picture
which long will live in memory of
those present.
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NOTHING, animal nor plant, can
refuse the lure of the Valley. At
Olmito. a Spanish iguana, two and
one-half feet long, with lacey frills
and everything was found perched
in a tree. So far as is known, it is
the first of the species to stray so
far from its usual tropical haunts.
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YOUNG STUDENTS of the Val
ley are leaving for colleges through
out Texas and other states. Each
year, hundreds from this section
begin the great migration north at
about this time.
But many will remain in the Val
ley to do freshman and sophomore
work at the Brownsville and Edin
burg junior colleges, both of which
are taking rank with the best in
the state.
This is as it should be. The
saving in money comes secondary.
The thing that counts most is
keeping young people in easy reach
of their homes. All too soon do
they break away from ties that
bind'.
Professors of the University of
Texas all advise freshmen students
to attend junior colleges for pre
paratory work before going to ma
jor institutions of learning. They
say individual attention received
there gives the student a much
firmer groundwork for the courses
he must pursue during his last two
years.
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IT IS HARD to guage the value
of schools to a city. Think of the
publicity Brownsville would receive
should the football team of this city
win a district title, and then, per
haps. M bi-district title. That would
meaii^pe city would be represented
in the quarter-finals for state
honors.
All that is only conjecture, of
course, but Brownsville nevertheless
should support the young grid as
pirants to the limit. They carry
Brownsville s banner and citizens
cn do much to keep it hoisted in
victory.
Oregon Doctor In
Amateur Golf Lead
PEBBLE BEACH. Calif, Sept. 6
—.AP)—Dr. O. F. Willing of Portland.
Ore., was five up at the turn on his
fellow Oregonian. H. Chandler
Egan, in their semi-final match of
the national amateur golf cham
pionship*
SAN BENITO
POLICE WERE
CHASING CAR
Officers Will File
Charges In Case;
Victims Brought To
Mercy Hospital
Three local men. Ernest Zrubeck,
operator of The Terrace, Russell
Rent fro and A1 Miller are in the
Mercy hospital following a crash on
the highway three miles south of
Barreda at 12:15 a. m. when they
were being chased by Lt. of Police
John Cowart of San Benito.
Cowan states he was called to the
Stonewall Jackson hotel Friday
morning to quell a disturbance.
When he arrived, the Brownsville
boys had just left. He drove after
them, averaging 60 miles an hour.
Cowart was a mile behind when the
boys’ car when it ploughed Into the
rear of a truck, completely wrecking
their light automobile and upsetting
j the truck.
Both San Benito and county offi
cers expressed intention of filing
charges in the case.
Miller sustained an injured knee,
a cut lip and lost a tooth. Rentfro's
right knee cap was crushed.
Zrubeck s collar bone was broken,
his right knee fractured and two
ribs were broken
Jury Completed To*
Try Mrs. Pantages
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 6. (&\—
Chosen only after 62 talesmen had
been questioned, a jury of seven
men and five women today faced
the task of trying Mrs. Alexander
Pantages. wife of the wealthy thea
ter operator, on a charge of murder,
growing out of an automobile ac
cident.
The state will attempt to prove
the theater magnate’s wife was
driving in a reckless manner - hile
under the influence of liquor on
the night of June 16. when her car
collided with a machine driven by
Joe Rokumoto, the victim.
State Violation Of
Labor Law WatcHed
AUSTIN. Sept. 6. (^—Holding
to the belief that all laws should
be enforced, state labor commission
er Charles McKay said today viola
tions of the statue prohibiting wom
en from being em;’eyed in ele
emosynary institutioas longer than
nine hours daily would be brought
to attention of county or district
attorneys as rapidly as they are
discovered. (
Fort Worth Man
Stabbed By Two
FORT WORTH. Sept. 6 GPh
Twenty-five - year - old Lawrence
Moser followed two young sisters
in-law out for a ride with men com
panions last night and attempted
to talk to them. Their escorts set
upon him. stabbing him perhaps
fatally. The attackers had not been
arrested early today.
150 MASONS MEET
TO CONFER DEGREE
(Special to The Herald>
WESLACO. Sept. 6—Approximate
ly 150 Masons of the Valley gathered
[ here Thursday night and conferred
.the degree on a local candidate.
Ten certificate Masons of Browns
ville attended. The degree was con
ferred by Sgt. Wm Ball of that city.
GIRL AND YOUTH DEAD IN
PLANE CRASH AT MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS. Sept. 6.—(P>—Miss
Ruth Greer. 18. of Woodward, Okla..
and Fnnis Douglass. 17. Memphis,
were killed instantly and Frank
Hays, aviator, was believed fatally
injured in the crash of Hays’ air
plane here at 10:15 a. m. today.
Miss Greer was en route to Bir
mingham. where she is a student
at Birmingham Southern college.
She stopped here,for a few days*
visit '.ith the Douglass family, and
Ennis Douglass and she decided to
fly over Memphis as an outing.
Something went wrong with Hays’
ship over Park field and Millington.
Memphis suburb, and it dived. Miss
Greer and Douglass were dead when
taken from the wreckage. Hospital
attaches said Hays’ chances of re
covery were slim.
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[ textile strikers go otTtrial for murder ]
Stxtec 1 striking tex'iir workers (top left* were called to trial m Gastonia. N C.. charged with the death of
Police Chief Aderhold of Gastonia, killed in a fight between police and workers. The other pictures show
a court room scene, the court house at Gas tonia. and M. V. Barnhill, presiding judge.
MAN GUILTY IN
DEATH OF BOY
Draws $1000 Fine On Neg
ligent Homicide By Wil
lacy Court Verdict
(Special to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE. Sept. 5.—
J. E. Ladd was found guilty of neg
ligent homicide in the county court
of Willacy county Thursday and
was fined $1,000 on charges in con
nection with the death last spring
of Joe Wynn, 14-year-old school
boy near Willamar.
I add testified that he. with four
companions, was driving on the
highway from their work with the
McElwrath Construction company,
when the Wynn boy rode on his bi
cycle from behind a buggy directly
in the path of the car driven by
Ladd. Before he could turn aside.
Ladd stated, his car had hit the
boy, who died instantly. He further
testified that the boy was not more
than four feet from him when he
first saw him and that he did ev
erything possible, so far as he could
remember, to avoid hitting him.
The accident occurred in front of
the home of the Wynn boy, who
was turning into his drive when he
was hit.
The grand jury, in its meeting
several weeks ago. investigated the
case and bound Ladd over to the
county court on $750 bond, classing
the charge of negligent homicide as
a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
Ladd was defended by Judge A. B.
Crane. Roger Robinson, county and
district attorney conducting the
state s case. Judge R. S. Dorset
presided.
Judge Crane gave notice that he
would file an appeal on the verdict.
Commission Orders
Warrants Published
Complying with a request of the state health department, the city
commission today instructed City Manager A. E. Munday to compile a
list of specifications for additional equipment at the city water plant, to
secure approval of the state board and to advertise for bids.
The commission also passed a motion instructing the city manager to
compile and present to The Browns
ville Herald for publication a list
of outstanding city warrants along
with a statement of the purposes
for which they were Issued.
Commissioner J. A. Cobolini made
the motion which was seconded by
Commissioner J. G. Starck after all
members of the body had expressed
willingness to have the list com
piled.
"They are saying on the street
that this commission has issued
$900 000 worth of warrants and that
the money has been wasted," Cobo
lini said in asking that the list be
published.
Mavor Willing
Mayor A. B Cole expressed will
ingness to have the list published,
but said the books were open for
inspection and that anyone interest
ed could obtain complete informa
tion concerning the city's financial
condition at any time.
The commission checked and or
dered paid bills amounting to $9.
852.59. and also passed the chamber
of commerce statement for $2,000
and ordered it paid.
A board of equalisation composed
! of W G. Willman. M Bcsterio and
H. M Skelton was named to fix
city property valuations for the
coming vear. on suggestion of Cobo
lini. „ ..
A letter was read from the
American Legion drum and bugle
corps thanking the commission for
a gift of $1,500 with which to pur
chase uniforms A letter also was
read from J. E. Jarratt and Co. San
Antonio, saying a representative of
that firm would like to appear be
; fore the commission on Sept. 19 to
discuss a refunding plan.
License Issued
A license as operator of bill
boards was ordered issued to A
Dittman on application from him.
and a permit was granted to the
Rio Grande Valley Gas Co. to cut
paving in the alley at the rear of
the new Thelan building for the
purpose of making a gas connection.
Material to be bought for the wa
ter plant includes a laboratory for
testing the wat. % modem devices
for applying chemicals in treatment
of the water supply and a pre-chlo
rinating device. The city also agreed
' to accept services of a trained state
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ONEBONDED IN
ILLEGAL ENTRY
Defendant Testifies On How
Two Alien Women Were
Brought Across
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Jose G Duarte of this city was :
bound over to the federal * grand !
jury Thursday by U. S. Commis
sioner E. K. Goodrich following pre
liminary hearing on charges of con
spiracy in connection with the en- j
try of two alien women into the
U. 8 illegally.
Duarte told of meeting Juau
Arias at the Missouri Pacific de
pot here and arranging to bring
his wife. Carmen, and a step child, j
into the U. S. from Mexico. Arias
gave Duarte a watch as security for
$30 which was to come later, the
| man under arrest said.
The testimony revealed that
i Duarte went across the Rio Grande
| and arranged with a nephew to
I cross the woman and child near
the Brulay plantation. This was
j done, and the pair brought to
i Brownsville, Duarte said.
Both the husband and the wife
testified The evidence they gave
1 coincided with Duarte's story.
New Orleans Normal
After Lon? Strike
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 6. (^—Be
cause an agreement had been
reached between union anc public
sendee corporation officials, in New
York, the city returned to normalcy
today after a two months car strike.
Announcement of the agreement
was reflected favorably .* the city,
street cars which have oven ted on
regular schedule , with only meager
patronage, immediately being load
ed.
Insurance Makes a Difference
Rio Grande Valley Trust Co.—Adv.
CHARGES WERE
DISMISSED IN
PRIMARY TRIAL
Case Attracted Wide
Attention When Of
ficer Was Charged
With Forgery
Charging forgery and
passing of a forged instru
ment, the criminal district
grand jury has returned an
indictment against S. M
Jester, deputy sheriff, as
the result of re-opening a
case which had previously
been dismissed for lack of
evidence by Justice of the
Peace B. L. C »in.
Jester, who ran for sheriff and at
one time was criminal investigator
for the county, is accused of forg
ing and passing two checks which
amount to some $105.
According to the evidence admit
ted in Cain s court. Jester obtained
checks from a Brownsville butcher
for the purpose of paying a "Mrs.
Smith" of San Benito for cattle al
legedly sold to the butcher by a
third party without her consent.
The Mrs. Smith is alleged to have
placed her cattle in the third
party's pasture.
Butcher’s Testimony
The butcher stated at the hear
ing that Jester came to him and
told him that he would be indicted
if he did not pay ;Mrs. Smith,” al
though he had already paid the
third party. He gave Jester two
checks totaling $105 to be handed
to "Mrs. Smith," he said.
The checks were later cashed.
; Mrs. Anna Smith of San Bemto
took the stand and asserted that
! the cattle in question were hers and
that she had never received nor
i had known of the cheeks purported
to be for her. The third partv had
paid her for the cattle, she said.
Papers Lost
After the case had been dismiss
ed, papers in the affair were lost
from Justice of the Peace Cain*
desk.
The case was brought to the at
tention of the grand jury by Jus
(Continued on Page 9.)
Four Named In
Election Rumor
R B. Creager. mayor.
John Fernandez.
John Gregg,
Joe Celaya. commissioners.
A pocsistent rumor has been talk
ed on the street that these four men
will be candidates ft>r office in the
coming Brownsville city election this
i winter.
Jesse Dennett is being mentioned
as the fifth man to complete the
ticket but he denied this morning
that this was true.
Creager and Fernandez are out of
town and could not be reached.
Gregg and Celaya would neither
confirm nor deny that the ticket
I would run.
STORE ROBBED
DALLAS. Sept. 6.—<VP>—Fur coats
| valued at $9,000 were stolen from a
department store In Abilene last
night, Dallas police were advised.
BAN LIFTED ON
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CARRYING GOODS
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OVER OLD BRIDGE
The ban on the transportation
of goods into Mexico over the
St. Louis, Brownsville and Mex
ico bridge will be lifted Saturday ,
morning, according to A. S. Gim
ble, after a conference with
Mexican officials.
The bridge has been open to
pedestrian and vehicular traffic
for the past week, after having
been closed for a year. No pro
visions had been made for an of
ficer on the Mexican side to
handle goods taken into Mexico,
however, and it has been neces
sary to carry all goods purchased
on this side across the Gateway
bridge.
An officer is to be stationed
on the Mexican side, and 'both
bridges will be operated under
like regulations.
EXAMINEFARM
BOARD GROUP
Several Senator# Opposed
To Personnel Of
Committee
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6— <JP) —
The senate agriculture committee
decided today to call the members
of the federal farm board to exam
ine their qualifications for office at
open hearings.
Chairman Me Nary of the com
mittee sent word to the board mem
bers to appear at their convenience,
probably late next week.
There have been signs of opposi
tion to several of the board mem
bers. Several of the senators from
the Northwest are displeased over
the policy announced by Chairman
Leffge that the farmers and cooper
atives must have exhausted other
means of credit before applying to
the board for loans.
A provision in the bill to require
such a policy was stricken out in the
senate and therefore some senators
feel Legge and the board are going
contrary to the expressed will of
congress.
In addition, a number of senators
believe the board should make avail
able its $500,000 000 fund at the four
per cent interest rate without requir
ing farmers to borrow all they can
elsewhere at higher interest rates.
Judges Trade Benches
For Trial of Co-Ed
LOCKHART. Tex.. Sept. 6.—W—
District Judge M. C. Jeffrey has
exchanged benches with Judge J.
C. Watson of Cameron, who Mon
day will preside at the trial of Mrs.
I Rebecca Bradley Rogers at New
Braunfels for the robbery of the
Farmers National Bank of Buda,
he announced today.
SHF.RMAN WOMAN WINS
GIRL SCOUT AWARD
OM*HA, Neb.. Sept. 6—<£>—
Mrs. Mita Hall of Sherman. Texas,
mother of three sons and no daugh
ters. has been awarded the Grace
Harriman silver medal by the Camp
Fire Girls' national council, in ses
sion here, as having accomplished
more this year for the organization
than any othej Camp Fire Girls'
group leader in the United States.
PLANES IN INTERNATIONAL
AIR DERBY WILL LAND HERE
II -
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 6.—-(iPV—An
international air derby. Sept. 23 to
26. between Mexico City and Kan
sas City became a certainty today
with announcement officials both
the United States and Mexico ap
proved the flight.
The derby, limited to 20 women
and men fliers, will be held in con
nection with the international air
circus and pilots' reunion in Kan
sas City Sept. 21 to 29.
Pour aviators from the United
States who already have entered
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including Art Goebel, Kansas City.
Charles Holman. Minneapolis. Capt.
Frank Hawkes, Los Angeles, and
Mrs. Florence Barnes, Wichita. Kas.
Night stops in the derby will in
clude Tampico. Mexico. Ardmore.
Okla.. and Springfield, Mo. Second
day stops will be made at Browns
ville. San Antonio and Fort Worth.
!Texas: Third day halts will be made
at Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Musko
gee. Okla.. and Joplin. Mo.
No stops are scheduled for the last
day of the derby, the contestants
being expected to fly direct from
Springfield to Kansas City.
WHITE SHIRTS
WAVED BY MEN
AT TOMLINSON
Navy Ace Says Men In
Distress; Ships Are
Dispatched To Area
With Supplies
WINSLOW, Ariz., Sept. 6.
—(/p>—Hope that at least
four men of the seven men
and one woman aboard the
lost air transport City of San
Francisco were alive was
brought here at 10:42
o’clock this morning by
Lieut. D. W. Tomlinson,
chief pilot of the Maddux
air lines and fermer navy
ace.
Tomlinson reported finding four
men on a high mesa of the northern
Arizona desert near Waipi. 100 miles
north of here. The four men were
waving white shirts as distress sig
nals and he flew as low as his tri
motored plane would permit, an
swered their signals and raced back
to Winslow, one of the strategic
centers of the search.
Within a few minutes after his
landing here, planes capable of
landing in the vicinity of the four
men took off with food supplies and
water.
On Right Course
Two factors which raised high
hopes that these might be survivors
of the City of San Francisco were
that this would be on the probable
course of the missing ship if re
ports of Tuesday were true it had
been seen over Old Fort Defiance.
Ariz, and the other factor was that
it was unlikely any persons would
be on this forlorn section of the Ar
izona deiert with white shirts un
less they had landed in an airplane.
Tomlitfson reported he was un
able to find a landing place near
the four men. and as his fuel was
running low, he thought best to re
turn tto Winslow immediately and
dispatch aid to the four men. He
did ntt believe it would be possible
to land an airplane any nearer to
their location than the Waipi Mesa,
some 26 miles distant from them.
Need Park Animals
There were but four airplanes
here besides Tomlinson's ship and
following their departure, plans
called for dispatching all other
planes which arrive here to the
Waipi area.
Four observers were aboard Tom
linson's ship when he sighted a hut.
The men were dressed in dark cloth,
ing. the observers reported.
No roads extend into the wilder
ness at that point, and it will be ne
cessary to use pack animals to reach
the spot.
LINDBERGH OFF ON
SEARCH FOR LINER
ROOSEVELT FTELD, N Y., Sept.
6.—/El—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
I took off at 2:05 p. m. Eastern stan
dard time, today to Join the search
for the missing plane of the Trans
■ continental Air Transport in the
west. He was accompanied in the
fast plane he had borrowed from
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Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and
Saturday, possibly with local
! showers Saturday. Light to fresh
I southerly to easterly winds on the
' west coast.
For East Texas: Mostly cloudy
tonight and Saturday with local
thundershowers. Light to moder
ate easterly to southerly winds on
I the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next fe*
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.5 -0.1 .00
I Laredo . 27 -0 6 -02 .00
! Rio Grande .21 4.6 0.0 .00
Mission. 22 5.2 0.0 .00
San Benito . 23 8.3 -0 5 .00
Brownsville . 18 3.9 -0.5 .00
TIDE TABLE
; High and low tide at Point Isa
; bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions:
High.5:35 a. m.: 7:31 p. m.
Low.12:11 a. m.; 12:17 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .6:44
Sunrise tomorrow .% 6:13
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