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■HUMS w iSnuunsuillf Slcr&lO : ■TT 1 --' THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-UP) ! tain»fc-H«*» ■*• ' . . ■— ; - - , THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 68 NOOII Edition BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929 • NOOII Edition ’ 5c A COPY EN OUR VALLEY VALLEY! SMS: The Valley is a vortex of vita mins. where the wise thrive In health, wealth and happiness.— Frank J. Anderson. Frankfort. Ind. • • • A USE has been found for the knocker. The Lions club of San Benito launches a Knock-the-Knocker week. What this organization plans Is a sort of a homeopathic treat ment. Usually bitterly opposed to "weeks.' this is one special week In Our Valley can heartily recom mend. The San Benito club has suggest ed a perfectly logical and easily workable method for carrying on the campaign of knocking the knocker. The suggestion is that all luncheon clubs—Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions—during the week of Sept. 16-23 put on appropriate programs and secure ample publicity for all the programs. + • • This is easy to do. There are hundreds of sincere speakers throughout the Valley who will be glad to volunteer to deliver ad dresses on the indisputable out standing, advantages of the Valley. Every newspaper in the Valley will welcome an opportunity to pubUsh the speeches. M’lhls way a wealth of inspir IngUBformation will be presented in an educational manner that will be certain to supply the chronic grouch with a more cheerful topic of conversation It is to be hoped every civic elub In the Valley will follow the sug gestion. The date—when tourists are just beginning to arrive for the winter—is timely. • • • FOR A COUPLE of corrections: C. L. Milner, assistant postmaster mt San Benito, referring to our item In this column several days ago about the card addressed to Los Ebanos which is a subdivision of Brownsville. This Los Ebanos is situated on the Rio Grande in Hidalgo county and is aerved by a star route out of Sam Fordyce We make due apologies to Los Ebanos, Hidalgo county, Texas, and express thanks to Mr. Milner for the lesson in geography. • • • AGAIN. In Our Valley the other day spoke of how the concrete pipe industry is thriving in the Valley. Enumer ated a number of the plants sup plying this material for irrigation, drainage and sewer work. Purely through oversight failed to mention the large plant of W. T. Liston at Mission, which is supplying pip* for the Man in Goodwin project, the North Mission tract and other large developments in that section and thereby doing its share toward providing efficient and modern aystems This omission is called to the at tention of this column by Border Bolts, page one column in the Mis sion Times. • • • MATAMOROS residents plan three days of elaborate festivities, beginning next Saturday and end ing on the night of Monday, Sept 16, in celebration of the 120th an niversary of independence of that republic. The program will include elabo rate pageants, parades, balls and speech making commemorating the “Fourth of July" of Mexico, called Diez y 8eis A kennesse or carnival, musical programs, fireworks displays and a great variety of entertainment will fill the hours of the three days. To permit residents of the United States to join m the merry-making, arrangements have been completed to keep the international bridges open all night, officials of the fiesta announce Several thousand pesos raised by sales of votes tn selection of the festival queen will be used to re model the modern school building in Matamoros. thus providing a permp.ypt memorial of the event. ! A FLYING CARAVAN— And the next day an aerial derby. Brownsville will have aviation i activity aplenty on Sunday and Monday. Sept 22 and 23 On Sunday about 4 p. m. 25 to 40 8lanes of the second annual Fort forth Association of Commerce aerocade will arrive at the inter national airport. Then on Monday up to 20 planes! pil led by men ami women of note In the flying world will pause here for a time in the international air derby from Mexico City to Kansas City. Possibly the Fort Worth aviation (Continued on page 8) * v v v v ♦> ❖ <* ^ ♦> ♦> ♦> ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + + 4 + + + PLANE STREWN IN BITS OVER MOUNTAINSIDE Pitiful Sight Is Re vealed As Res cue Party Removes Bod ies From Wreckage By ROBERT W. REDWINE. Associated Press Staff Corres pondent (Eye witness at T. A. T. Plane Wreckage) GRANT, N. M, Sept. 9.—(JPh Funer&l preparations today marked the final chapters in a story of eight lives snuffed out in the crash of a giant air liner against a mountain sides as a pilot battled blindly lor a haven of safety against a raging storm. With five passengers, one a wo man, and a crew of three dead, cause of the crash of the City of San Francisco, Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc., plane on Mount Taylor. 20 miles irom here, may never be known. A searching par ty of fifty men. insluding an Asso ciated Press correspondent, was led by Sheriff Bob Roberts up preci pitous sides of Mount Taylor, which thrusts its jagged peak nearly 12,000 feet into a sky once the lane of the ■Mistress of the air.” Xnl a little canyon, heavily wood ed with giarit pine trees, the party of fifty suddenly came upon the scene where charred wreckage marked the final resting place of the huge ship. Over a space of 150 yards the plane was strewn in bits, the largest piece a wing section about ten feet long. TThree motors that roared their challenge to the elements when the City of San Francisco left Albuquerque. N. M.. last Tuesday at 10:22 a. m.. were shattered and strung along a path cut by the plane. Pitiful Sight What was once the luxurious cabin of the plane was a mass of melted and twisted metal, and witnin were the pitifully broken bodies of the passengers and crew—burned be yond recognition. On one arm of a pilot, a wrist watch loomed as a single telling remnant of the wreckage. Its hands were stopped at 11:01. Sher iff Roberts examined a watch of one of the passengers. It! showed 11:04. It was grim, 'but certain, proof the plane was wmglng Its way westward on time on its cor rect course to the next stop, when tragedy intervened. The huge sky liner skimmed close to the tree tops, and her under car riage slashed off the top of one huge pine. A few feet further on ; the left wing motor chiseled off a fifty foot section of a pine as if the tree had been a reed. From then on for a distance of more than 100 yards, the ship carved a verit able runway in the heavily wooded canyon. As she carried her fatal course through the pines, she caught fire and left in her wake a perfect- ! ly marked trail of charred trees. Bodies on Stretchers She came to earth, and as the forward motor crashed into the lava-studed bed of the canyon, the force was so terrific that the nine cylinders of the big motor were 1 | literally torn from their supports and hurled back into the fuselage. OOnly the scattered bits of metal and the one large piece remained of the wings—and on that piece was identification, number 9649. the planes mark. The searchers lift ed the twisted and fire-blackened cabin roof, from all that remained of the party of eight. Quick in takes of breath ran around the circle of searchers as this operation was completed. A coroner r jury was drawn with \ Justice of the Peace J. F. McBride acting as coroner District Attorney Fred Nichols representing the state. The jury examined the wreckage and the bodies and reported—The victims came to their death, “as the result of an airplane accident." No opinlnion was given as to the cause of the crash ThTen the slow, treacherous trek j down the mountainside began, with ' deep canvons and thick underbrush ' making the trip difficult. Eight bodies on stretchers were borne sev en miles by the party; then thev were taken by ambulance to Grant: Three Identified Three bodies identified as those of Mrs. Corine Raymond of Glen dale. Calif . N. M. Harris Liver more of Boston, were made ready for removal to Albuquerque. Mc Caffey’s body was identified bv a bit of m-lted silver—the remnant of (Continued on page Cl WELL-KNOWN SAN BENITO JUDGE IS MARRIED SUNDAY Judge A. V'. Logan Weds Mrs. Mary Griffin Of Los Indios; Ceremony Is Performed By County Judge O. C. Dancy (Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO. Sept. 9.—Judge A. V. Logan, Cameron county commis sioner of the San Benito precinct, and Mrs. Mary Griffin of Los Indios were married at 9 a. m. Sunday at the Logan home here. County Judge O. C Dancy performing the ceremony. Witnesses of the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, Mr. Sims. 6 TEXANS DIE IN ACCIDENTS — , Couple And Baby Drowp In Colorado River; Others In Wrecks Sunday's pleasure Jaunts cost at least six lives in Texas. At Austin, F. J. Bryant. 24. his 22-year-old wife and their baby. James, 3. drowned as their motor - boat capsized on the Colorado river. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bryant were saved by Prank Gullette of Austin and Bob Campbell of Hillsboro. Harry H. Patum, who had been a business man of Denison for half a century, was killed and his wife was injured perhaps fatally, their automobile plunging over an em bankment near there. Two young people were killed and four injured, there seriously, when an automobile in which they were returning from a dance plunged down an embankment near Clodine early today. Inin Rollins. 21, and Miss Annie I “• Cox* of Houston, were oinned beneath the wreckage and killed Monroe Soape, 22. of Eureka, driver his companion, Miss Jackie Romia sunJuL ,Hou*on and Mrs- Juanita Smglteary, 17, of Houston were sefl Hm LlnJUred W E Bryant. 20. of Houston was slightly hurt. £ heavy /og env oped the rQad Other persons were injured in numerous accidents. Five wer#» seriously injured near Nacogdoches Last Rites For Boy Gun Victim Are Held i.JSTS1 8ervic*s for Amoldo Vil if' son,of Mr and Mrs. Teo £nii 8or<^a '/b0 was *ccidental Jy killed Saturday by a bullet from a ,,, e }? hands of Manuel G. Esca milla. 14. were held at 5 p m. Sun day from the Immaculate Concep tion church. Interment was in the Buenna Vista cemetery. Manuel, son of Mrs. Julia Kowal ski. had just arrived from Laredo when the accident occurred. He came here for the express purpose of visiting the Villarreal boys. They were unpacking an automo bile for the purpose of going to Martin's swimming pool together when the gun was discharged The dead youth was riding up the drive way on his tricycle at the time He lived several hours before dying from a wound over his left eye. Passengers Saved As Liner Grounds VIGO. Spain. Sept 9.—<X>h-All passengers were saved uninjured when the Nelson liner Highland Pride, from London for Buenos Aires, grounded near Vigo at 2 a. m. todav In a foe. The ship was apparently onlv slightly damaged, and at noon todav tues were at tempting to null her off a rocky bar Forty four passengers were aboard. LES MAULDIN VISITOR; HE’S A FATHER NOW Les Mauldin, former manager of the Brownsville international air port and now instructor of the Tex as Air Transport tralninar school In San Antonia was in Brownsville Monday He announced that he now is the father of a fine daughter, who was horn on Auaust 18 at a San An tonio hosnitat Tn,*» hsKr h«« h*er named Juanita Winifred. Mother and baby are doing well. is « KMrs. Otis Adams and daughters and W. O. Washington, county engineer The bride is the widow of Levi Griffin, prominent L06 Indios farm- j er, who died two years ago. Mrs. Logan has been dead about the same length of time. Judge Logan has two children. Tom Logan of San Benito and Mrs B. P. Newton of El Paso. Judge Logan now is serving his fifth tenp as commissioner from the San Benito precinct. He came to the Valley in 1914 and before coming here was county judge of Mills county. Texas. After coming to the Valley he practiced law at 8an Benito. The Griffins came to the Valley from Wyoming several years ago. Insane Juror Hatls Strike Murder Trial CHARLOTTE, N. C , Sept. 9.—OP) —The trial of sixteen Gastonia tex tile strikers and strike leaders on charges of murder growing out of the death of O. F. Aderholt came to an abrupt end here today when J. G. Campbell, a juror, became vio lently insane. Judge M. V. Barnhill declared a mistrial. European States To Create Solidarity GENEVA, Sept. 9.—(A*)—A con ference of the leaders of European states, meeting after luncheon un der the chairmanship of Premier Brland of France, today decided it was wise to create ties of solidarity among themselves such as might be described as a European confedera tion, or “United States of Europe." Republicans Hear Hoover’s Message WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.—— President Hoover has prepared a message to be delivered today to the j republican national committee call ed into session here to select.Claud ius H. Huston of Tennessee as chairman to succeed Dr. Hubert Work of Colorado, resigned. Will Case May Be Tried This Term Attorneys in the $50,000 contested Mary E. Blackerby will case recent ly decided in favor of plaintiffs by Judge O. C. Dancy, are making an effort to get the case into the Sep tember term of the district court here. The defendants have given notice of appeal already. Judge Dancy held Mrs. Blackerby to be of unsound mind at the time she willed all of her possessions in 1 Cameron and Eastland rounites to i a nephew and niece. He reappor tioned the $50,000 to seven brothers and sisters or their heirs BATHS FORBIDDEN TIVERTON. Eng —Owing to a shortage of water baths are for bidden to the townspeople. TOWN BLAZES AFTER SECOND AERIAL RAID Panic Stricken R e s idents Rush to Cel lars As Troops Re turn Fire _ TOKYO. Sept. 9.—(£*)—Renewed and more serious fighting at both eastern and western termini of the Chinese Easter railway In Manchu ria were reported today to Aengo. Japanese news agency, in dispatches from Harbin. Manchurian railway center. Messages to Harbin from Pogra nichnaya. eastern border point on the Chinese Eastern railway, said I Soviet ari bombs Sunday afternoon set fire to the railway station and surrounding houses there, burning1 them down. A considerable section was burned. Second Air Raid It was the second air attack of, the day. the Russian planes having appeared over the small city in the morning and launched bombs against the railway station, killing one Chinese soldier and wounding 20. Shortly afterward Soviet infantry advanced to the frontier under pro-; tection of their artillery fire. Chi nese troops defended themselves and returned the fire with machine guns Residents were panic stricken ' and hid themselves in cellars. It was believed there were many casualties from the day’s encounters 1 and damage would be considerable.1 Telegraphic communication between Pogranichnaya and Harbin was in terrupted during the fighting, but later rc tored. Train Derailed Chinese sources also said the Chi nese defending forces repelled a “Russian invasion” Friday morning. Saturday night the Chinese Eastern trai nwas derailed three kilometers j from Pogranichnaya. Russian sab otage was charged. Rengo said it had learned also 1,000 Soviet soldiers attempted an invasion near Dalainor. near the western terminus cf the railroad Thursday evening. "Hard fighting with considerable losses on both sides" was reported of the resulting clash with Chinese defenders which lasted 20 hours. The Russians fi nally withdrew. 550 Cases of Liquor Seized In Rum Fight DETROIT. Sept 9.— (TP) —Rum runners and coast guardsmen met in the Huron river today and en gaged in a pistol battle, leaving the government forces in possession of two obats loaded with 550 cases of liquor. No casualties were re ported. PUPILS SALUTE * * * FLAG EACH DAY * * * AT SCHOOL HERE Four hundred youngsters stand- > ing at attention with eyes on the j flag and repeating the oath of allegiance may be seen at the Washington park school, 8:30 a. m. each school day. Mrs. Annie Putegnat, veteran Brownsville educator, now princi pal cf the Washington park ! school, has made this part of her program. The fag is run up just before the opening of classes each day. The boys gather on one side and the girls on the other. They give the oath of allegiance and sing •‘America’ before going to their j class rooms. I TREVINO DIES I FROM WOUNDS Shooting Grows Out of Liquor Debt; One Is Held Isidoro Trevino, 22? who was brought to the Mercy hospital early Saturday with two bullet wounds, in his stomach as the result of a fight on the Browne Tract, died Sunday morning. Preparations for burial were being made Monday. Matias Hernandez, 22. made a voluntary confession at San Benito Saturday to R. L. Longoria, deputy sheriff. The shooting grew out of a debt of $3 that Hernandez owed Trevino for liquor. Longoria said. Trevino was under indictment in the federal courts here on liquor charges, local federal officers state. ELKS TO TALK SITE FOR HOME AT SMOKER Selection of a site for the pro posed new Elks lodge building is to be discussed at a smoker to be held* at the lodge rooms at 8 p. m. Wed nesda. R. R. Colley, secretary, an nounced today. The lodge has been planning a new building for some time and some developments concerning the site are to be told at this gather ing REBECCA ROGERS GOES TO TRIAL THIRD TIME ON 1926 BANK ROBBERY CHARGES NEW BRAUNFELS. Texas. Sept 7.—VPt—'The machinery of justice is to continue its slow grinding here today as Mrs Rebecca Brad ley Rogers, for the third time in nearly three years, goes to trial for robbing the Farmers' National bank at Buda. Texas, in 1926. Mrs. Rogers' plea, attorneys have said, will be dementia praecox— temporary insanity, a defense under which she drew a 14-year sentence in her first trial at La Grange. Mrs. Rogers, .hen known as Miss Rebecca Bradley, on Dec. 10. 1926. was a stenographer in the office of Attorney General Dan Moody. now governor. On Dec 11. a young woman, posing as a newspaper re porter. asked to use a typewriter in the Buda bank. She busied her self at the machine a few minutes and then pointed a pistol at oank officials and escaped with *1.000 The next day she was arrested. Since her arrest she also has been charged with arson at Round Rock. It was alleged she fired a building there in the hope bank of ficials would be attracted and she could loot the bank. A trial on the arson charge resulted in a hung Jury. In the fall of 1927 a Fayette jury I sentenced her to 14 years for the Buda robber?', but the conviction was reversed When a second trial was called at La Orange an attempt to obtain a Jury failed, and the case was transferred to New Braun fels. About a year before the robbery, i Rebecca Bradley, then 20, and Otis Rogers, young attorney, were mar ried When Rogers heard his wile had been arrested he rushed to her aid, Already in ill health, he suf fered a breakdown and developed tuberculosis. Mrs. Rogers worked as a waitress to pay hospital bills while he was ill. j CUSTOMS DELAYS HOPE HAMPTON ’ Hope Hampton, former motion picture star, was delayed when she landed in New York from Europe while customs agents made a four hour search of her luggage. Officials announced that nothing was found that was not declared. It was rumored they acted on a tip. -— -—............ Miss Pumarejo Wins Fiesta Queen Race Miss Carmen Pumarejo. popular Matamoros society girl, won by the overwhelming majority of 17,243 votes the election for queen of the fiestas. The total number of votes cast for Miss • Pumarejo was 100.053. All her backers worked desperately during the end of the contest to elect her. She was being backed by the Matamoros customs Oificials. t Miss Oralia Castro, was elected grand duchess. The total number of votes cast for Miss Castro was 82.810. Her ! sponsors were the Partido Socialist a Fronterizo and the Matamoros civil; authorities. Miss Consuelo Serna, Rotary can-, didate was elected princess of the, fiestas. The semi final count was made1 at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the result announced. Miss Castro was leading at the time. Votiing was closed and the ballot boxes were again installed at 8 o’clock, the voting beginning anew. No re sults were announced from 8 until 110 o’clock when the final count was made, making the affair a secret one. At 10 o'clock the final count i was made and announced at 10:30 from the balcony of the Palado municipal. Thousands cheered as the result was announced The final count was made in the presence of the fiestas committee. Dr. Alfredo (Pumarejo. president. General Julio [Hernandez Serrano. Esteban Gon zalez Ancira and Jesus Cedillo Juan ! S. Cross, chairman of the finance j committee was highly pleased with the financial returns of the contest. ! Presidente Muncinal Guillermo i Shears supervised the counting of j the votes. Miss Pumarejo. Miss Castro and Miss Serna all remained at their homes during the final counting of the votes A committee notified | them of the results of the race. After the election was over a parade was held in which the three con testants participated. Miss Pumarejo occupying the leading place A band played as the parade wound through j the streets of Matamoros People cheered as the queen of the fiestas passed by. Mias Pumarejo received many congratulations from her | friends in Browmsville this morn ing, especially from her schoolmates At the Villa Maria academy. She is the daughter of Dr. Alf redo Jumarejo and Mrs. Maria C. de Pumare jo and nrominent in Mat amoros social circles. DONNA P.-T A. HONORS TEACHERS AT PARTY DONNA. Sept. 9.—The Donna 1 Parent Teacher's association gave an entertainment Friday evening in the auditorium of the new ele mentary school building. The en tertainment had as its purpose the introduction of the new teachers to the parents and at the same time the renewing of friendships between the older instructors and the fath ers and mothers. ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ONE (tf SLAIN Deputy Sheriff Held On Murder Charge; Another Dies In Kansas Hospital ASHLAND. Ala.. Sept. 9.—</Ph Deputy Sheriff Cecil Guthrie was : held today on a murder charge for I the death of Clarence Bailey, 18, Ashland high school football star, who was shot to death ms Guthrie sought to arrest him on liquor charges. Bailey, the son of a Clay county planter, received a bullet wound through the head during what offi cers said was his flight through a pasture five miles from the Bailey farm near here. Guthrie, committed to jail short ly after the shooting, told investl gating authorities the fatal shot was accidental. He said he fired two shots in the air as he pursued Bai ley and he stumbled, discharging the pistol the third time. It was this last shot, he said, which struck the youth. The deputy sheriff and W. Z. Alexander, chief of police of Ash land, were patrolling a road when their attention was directed to shouts coming from the pasture. They saw several boys, who fled Guthrie told Sheriff J. H. Allen he saw Bailey pick up a gallon jug, and he fired. The Jug. officers said, contained about one half gallon of whiskey. WICHITA. Kas., Sept. 9.—<AV-J. D. Ellsworth. 30, died In a Wichita hospital today from a wound in his chest, received last night near Howard. Kans., at the hands of Sheriff W. P. Brown of Elk county who said Ellsworth resisted arrest when he and two other officers halted his motor car on suspicion he was running whiskey. Fifteen gallons of liquor were found in Ellsworth’s motor car Sheriff Brown said. He declared the man had reached for a gun when he was stopped. Air-Rail Schedule Now In Operation Brownsville was tied into an in ternational air-rail schedule Sun day that makes Mexico City as dose to New York as the Texas border was formerly. The new hook-up places the two large centers 48 hours apart. Here tofore it has been 48 hours ride by train from Brownsville to Mexico City alone. The schedule, skid to be the larg est ever made in the U. S.. hooks on to the Pacific coast and the Great Lakes regions as well as the Atlantic seaboard. Tri-Motored Plane Returns to Airport The Mexican Aviation company tri-motor which left here to partic ipate in the hunt for the Transcon tinental Air Transport plane lost in the Rockies, returned to the local airport Sunday. It had made El Paso when word of the discovery of the crashed plane came through. Orders for it to turn back came from the New York offices of the Pan-American. (THE WEATHER ( For Brownsville and the Valley: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday Light to fresh southerly winds on the west coast. For East Texas: Partly cloudy to night; showers and cooler tn north portion; Tuesday cloudy; showers except on the west coast; cooler in northeast portion Light to mod erate southerly to easterly winds on the coast. RIVER FORECAST There will be no materinl change in the river during the next 34 to 49 hours TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point Isa bel tomorrow, under normal meteor ological conditions: High . None Low..3:06 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS DATA Sunset today . 6:41 Sunrise tomorrow . 6:14