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THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY’—LEASED WIRE SERVIfHE ASSOCIATED PRESS—W
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 19}
t&o ^rti% {Hy ro&klufg ^umtfftt progress
sS^Hwssi
ej®' jjj dmrge of tlio various phases
• • •
This is a continuation ol a pro
gram which has been carried on at
Mercedes^by^the^same organisation
Mu know About beautification, in
command and the men doing the
work-some of it at least.
• • •
w. O. WASHINGTON. county en
gineer and right hand man to Coun
ty Judge O. C. Dancy in the con
struction of Cameron County's ex
tensive concrete highway system Is
ixiawmtng famous as an authority
The Texas section of the Amer
ican Association of Civil Engineers
will meet in Corpus Christi October
\ ly? to 19. There Washington will
JKucidate on what he has earned
1 about the peculiarities of concrete
In his several years of experience.
Then next February at Atlantic
Road ^BuUdenTh^scheduled to hold
a national convention. At that time
Washington will be nominated as
first vice president and nomination
is equivalent to election. Word that
his name ras to be presented re
centy was received freon headquart
ers of the organisation.
• • •
This makes two experts on road
building the Cameron county pav
ing program has developed. County
Judge O. C. Dancy is in great de
mand wherever highways—either
financing or building—are to be dis
• • «
HERE'S ONE from the Mission
"Popularity of fruit juice drinks
appears to be sweeping the country.
Vernon Hill returned last week from
Chicago and said that everywhere he
found orange and grapefruit drinks
being served over the counters.
They serve grapefruit drinks now
from fountains in syrup form, and
it seems to make an ideal mixer.
People are using it where they form
erly used ginger ale.
"The question Is being asked.
When is the Valley going to get into
thi* new business and bring new
capital and industry to the section?"
This to a question In Our Valley
has been asking with great regular
ity for the past several months.
Orapefruit Juice is becoming one
of the moat popular beverages of
the country. The demand for it far
exceeds the supply, according to re
PtTMg offers a splendid outlet for
culls—it means larger profits from
each crop.
Somebody to going to make a good
thing of bottled grapefruit Juice in
VaUey.
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THE MUCHLY advertised —and
worthily so— climate of Miami.
Florida, to no more pleasant than
that of Brownsville, in the Lower
jUo Grande Valley of Texas, if
chamber of commerce literature
from the Florida city is correct.
About the only difference is that
averages a few degrees hot
ter for the entire year and lacks
variety, which it has truly been
•aid to be "the spice of life."
Ilere are comparative figures for
‘ taerace temperatures taken from
■cords of the United States weath
btoeau at Miami and Browns
Miami Brownsville
68 50.5
88 63.7
71 681
74 73.8
78 78.3
80 82.3
82 83.6
87 83.7
81 80.2
78 74.7
73 67.2
68 61.4 ^
^j'rbeptocipal difference to that
fammif by hundreds of thousands of
CHECK SHOWS
BDT5KILLED
IN BAHAMAS
Alabama and Missis
sippi in Storm’s Way
As It Moves Slowly
Westward
PENSACOLA, Fla.. Sept. 30—UP)
—Wind velocity at Pensacola reach
ed 90 miles an hour for a period
of two minute., shortly before 1
o’clock this uteraoon, the Pensa
cola weather bureau announced.
Velocity for a five minute period
was 68 miles an hour. The baro
meter at 12:30 o’clock had fallen to
29.23 and was still falling.
The West Indian hurricane, with
estimates of its intensity lowered
by revised reports of damage to the
Bahamas, whirled northwestward
across the Gulf of Mexico today
and caused moderate gale winds to
be felt as far inland as Tallahassee,
Florida's capital city.
The Washington weather bureau
placed the storm at 8 a m., about
75 miles southeast of Pensacola
and warned that indications were
the disturbance would cross the
coast line near that city this after
noon attended by winds of hurri
cane force. Storm warnings were
changed to hurricane warnings
along the Alabama and Mslsisstppl
coasts.
A wind which attained a maxi- |
mum velocity of 53 miles an hour
was reported at Pensacola at 8 a.
m., today, but absence of telephone
or telegraph communications pre
1 vented the transmission of news
regarding conditions at Apalachi
cola, fixed as the eastern terminus
of the hurricane warned area in
thee weather bureau's advisory of
yesterday. Bales, however, were re- 1
parted at Apalachicola as early as
midnight.
The Miami Dally News announced 1
receipt of a wlriess dispatch from
Nassau, capital of the Bahamas,
saying property damage wrought by
the high winds of last week which
were experienced over a 48 hour
period, was not as severe as was i
first thought and that there were i
only six known deaths in Nassau !
instead of 20 as previous msesages |
had said. Nassau utilities again ;
were functioning normally, it was
said.
NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 30—
(AKBY Radio)—CP)—A final check
up of storm casualties on New Pro- I
vldence Island this morning re- ]
vealed five persons lost their lives ]
in the tropical hurricane that rag
ed for nearly 30 hours over the
capital of the Bahamas beginning
Wednesday.
Property damage tc the tourist
hotels was not great.
WASHINGTON .Sept. 36—
(AP)—The weather bareaa to
day issued the 'oil owing warn
ing: "Advisory. Storm warn
ings changed to hurricane 9 a.
m., a Alabama and Mississippi
coast. Tropical storm Central
8 a. about 75 miles south
east of Pensacola moving north
westward ter to twelve miles
per hour. In absence Apalachi
cola report indications are cen
ter will cross coast line near
Pensacola this af ternoon at
tended by winds hurricane
force.”
Hearing on County
Irrigation It Set
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN, Sept. 30. — {ft—Applica
tions of Edward Roos, New York, for
water permit to irrigate 2400 acres
in Cameron county, and of A. F.
Parker. San Benito, to irrigate 7000
acres In Cameron county, today
were reset by the State Water Board
tor hearing Oct. 28.
Alleged Box Car
Looter on Trial
The trial of Pedro Garcia, char
ged with looting box cars, began in
the criminal district court Monday
morning. The case had not gone
to the jury at noon.
The trial of Santiago Casares,
charged with the murders of
Frank Stanner and Bob Brown,
deputy constables, will probably get
under way Tuesday, it was said.
Wants Air Commerce
Federal Controlled
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 30.—OP)
—Senator Bratton. Democrat, new
Mexico, announced in the senate
today he was preparing, and would
shortly introduce, legislation to
place at rcommerce under super
vision of interstate commons
* “RANKING LADY” '
Vice-president Curtis has
waived Drecedence of his sister.
Mrs. Dolly Gann, in favor of
Ladv Isabella Howard, wife of
the British ambaaador, to be
hostess to Prime Minister Mac
Donald and his daughter Ishbel
when they arrive in Washington
She will be ranking British lady
at the state dinner to be given
in MacDonald's honor.
FALL TO SLiK
HIS DISMISSAL
Former Secretary of Interior
Says Double Jeopardy
In Charge
WASHINGTON. Sept 30 —<*V
Former Secretary of ^Interior
Albert B. Fall, who faces trial Oct.
7 on the charge of receiving a bribe
in connection with the Elk Hills.
Calif, naval oil lease will ask the
district of Columbia supreme court
to dismiss the indictment as one
constituting double Jeopardy.
Fall will appear personally before
Justice William Hits on Wednesday
to make the motion, his counsel,
Frank J. Hogan, said today.
The indictment charges Fall re
ceived a bribe of $100,000 from
Edward L. Doheny for negotiating
the Elk Hills lease to the wealthy
oil man. Both fall and Doheny
were acquitted at their Joint trial
for conspiracy which was based on
the $100,000 transaction between
them.
Hogan said today the acquittal on
the conspiracy charge should carry
with it of the bribery in
dictment as it would be a violation
of his constitutional rights to be
again subjected to trial for the same
thing.
Trial of Hamilton
Is Set For Oct. 28
WEATHERFORD. Tex, Sept. 30.
CPI—R. H. Hamilton, attorney of
Amarillo, will go on trial here on
Oct. 28 on a charge of slaying his
son-in-law, Tom Walton, Jr, on
May 4. The date was set today by
District Judge J. E. Carter, who
ordered a special venire of 150 be
drawn. Walton who had secretly
married Hamilton's daughter, was
shot to death In Hamilton’s office
in Amarillo.
HELEN HICKS LEADS
WOMEN’S GOLF MEET
OAKLAND HILLS Country Club
Birmingham, Mich, Sept. 30.—(P)—
Breezing over the championship
Oakland Hills Country Club course
with a record-fracturing 36. five
under Par, Helen Hicks, Long Island,
N. V, star grabbed the lead over
the field at the half way mark of
the 18-hole flight for medalist hon
ors in the National Women’s Golf
tournament today.
HEARING ON RAIL
APPLICATION OPENS
SAN ANTONIO. Sept. $0. —UPh
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion hearing on an application for
a permit of convenience and neces
sity to construct the Gulf and West
Texas railroad at cost of $5,552,665
was opened today in the Pan-Amer
ican room of the Punter.
Was For Program
Shearer said he himself Was for
the American program for parity
with the British navy; that if he
had not been, he would have been
with the Brtiish, who wanted 750,
000 tom of cruisers.
Shearer testified that after he
had made a speech at a “marine
dinner” in November, 1926, he was
“approached by all of the chipping
industry.”
On November 30, he continued, he
received a letter from a Mr. Hornor,
whom he described as a “handy
man of Wakeman, vice-president of
the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration.”
Shearer said Charles M. Schwab
had referred him to Horner. Wien
he was before the committee Mr.
Schwab said he did not recall the
meetings which Shearer said took
place in the Ritx Carlton and that
be did not even know Mr. Homer.
Then Shearer said he saw Fre
derick P. Palen, vice-president of
the - Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Corporation.
Did Publicity
Shearer said he was employed
for $7,500 for tl.e marine publicity
work and to cover the period of the
short session of congress. He ad
ded he did not recall how he was
paid.
The witness said he was hired for
the merchant marine campaign and
cruiser program in December 1926
by Palen, Wakemar. and Henry C.
Hunger, counsel for the national
council of American shipbuilders.
He said “it wasn't necessary to con
sult Bardo for it was understood
his New York shipbuilding corpo
ration would trail dong and share
its third of the $7,500.”
After the $7,500 Job was over in
March, 1927, Shearer related, he
met in Hunter's office with the
shipbuilders and arranged to go to
Geneva. He said Hunter, Palen,
Wakeman and Bardo were there.
100 GOLFERS OPEN
SAN ANGELO COURSE
SAN ANGELO, Tex., Sept. 30
(Jp)—More than one hundred Texas
golfers teed off today on the new
19-hole course of the San Angelo
Country club, opening the first an
nual invitation tournament.
Dennis Lavender. State Amateur
champion, was a slight favorite, al
though A1 Badger of Abilene and
Ossie Carleton of Houston, former
state champions, were considered
dangerous contenders.
50,000 Assemble As
Legion Meet Opens
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Sep.t 30 —UP)
—The eleventh annual convention
of the National Amercian Legion
was called to order at the Jeffer
son County Armory here today by
Commander Paul V. McNutt of
Tmllint
Approximately 50,000 Legionnaires
members of their families and visi
tors were assembled In Louisville
as the convention opened, and ad
ditional thousands continued to
pour into the city.
TRUCK PARKED WITHOUT TAIL
LIGHT CAUSES AUTO WRECK
light Sunday evening is mM to hate
camion traveling south just this side
of the parked truck. The driver of
the large car, traveling north, did
not see the truck until he was does
upon it. Be cut sharply to the left
to avoid it and struck the left rear
wheel of the camion. The auto con
tinued into the ditch shaving a tele
phone post off smoothly and rolling
over several times
^PoUoe were working on the ease
‘-HOW"preTO STORMS SWEPT FLORIDA |
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^ - vim-id*, (tm which suffered from September hurricanes^ in
Danger now «« ih* We«t coast around Pensacola was being watch
1018 and 1828. In _ '<*}■ Tbf wea on the west cm^arouno^
ed today as the storm >ulf of Mexico toward the Alabama coast.___
M. P. GRAN
BUS manda|
Injunction Prohibit* i
Lines Operating Untv
Hearing Oct. 4
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN. Sept. 30.— Injund
restraining Joel Johnson and .
Baker f om oper ating motorbusi
in the Rio Grande Valley wit
state transportation permits. |
hearing of their cases Oct 4 >
granted Monday by District A
J. D. Moore. Injunction suits agt
these and five other Valley *
a tors were filed by Missouri Pd
transportation company.
Student Improving
At Mercy Hospl
Thurman Marque, Port Art,
medical student who was fount
a critical dazed condition on)
highway Sunday night a week)
is continuing to improve at Ml
hospital and officials state that
may be able to leave by the enf
the week.
He has been in touch with >
tives and friends in Port Art;
and will probably return tfc
within a few days.
Marque’s identity remained a n>
tery to police here for some tt,
his name being ascertained thro
telephone calls to physicians wk
names he mumbled in sub-conscs
talk.
Chambers to Hear
Publicity Repos
A special meeting of the VSP
chamber of commerce secretes'
association Is being called for Frty
evening In Sebastian by O. C. Rj
ardson, president.
Whit Rogers, McAllen, chalrm
of the radio advertising comrade
will give a report on their worto
regard to a program and the p
rating of expense in the 13-wk
campaign to be put on over WtT.
Cincinnati.
Richardson la to report on the k*
migration meet held recently InB
Paso.
It Is probably that a new presidd
will be elected at the session. I
Richardson’s term expires wlthtrt
*bort“D,j_
REGENTS STUDY PLANS
FOR T. U. BUILDING
AUSTIN. Sept. SO—UP)—T3
board of regents of the Unlverslr
of Tens met today to consid'
plans for the proposed 1900,00
chemisrty building and to bear i
committee report on the advisa ■
lllty of constructing boys' dome •
lories.
CHAMBER RECOMMENDS1
RAISE IN ARMY PAY
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Seit.
30.—An increase in pay far
officers of the United 8tates Amy
is urged in a resolution adopted ty
the San Antonio Chamber of Com
merce. The raaoluUon set forth
that many of the efficient officer*
of the army leave the service each
| year because erf opportunities of
them in private itfe »
WOMAN ARRIVES
* * *
FROM HOLLAND
* * *
IN TWELVE DAYS
Twelve days by boat and
plane from Amsterdam, Hol
land, to Brownsville that was
the time made by Mrs. V. V.
Smits, of Amsterdam, who pas
sed through here 8unday on her
wav to Mexico City. She arriv
ed on a T. A. T. ship Sunday,
and took passage on a Mexican
aviation company plane lor ner
destination. The object of her
trip was not learned, but it is
understood that she expects to
remain there only a short time.
This is her first trip to the
United States._
Elk* Begin Plan*
For Benefit Show
Preliminary plans for a benefit
minstrel were l*d by the Elks club
at a called meeting Sunday after
noon. Approximately 30 tag” 1
Elks were present at the meeting.
John Fanning, wno will direct
the minstrel, outlined plans anddis
tributed several parts. xt
that rehearsals will bebegunw.Ui
in the next ten days. The bodyjrtfl
meet again next Monday evening at
be for the beorflto'
the Elks’ building and site f
— " .. * eg- •"
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Curtis Waives Kight
Of Sister At Dinner
WASHINGTON, Sept. 36—<£>■—
Vice-President Curtis has
the rights of precedence for hw
sister end official hostess, Mrs.
Dolly Curtis Gann at Restate din
ner to be held at the White house
in honor of Prime Minister Ram.
say MacDonald.
GERMAN PRESS CLUB
ASKS VALLEY PHOTOS
That fame of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley is spreading over
continental Euwpe.is e^denced by
a request from the Prease Photo as
sociation of Berlin. Germany, for
photograph of
i que types, and anything
journalistic interest in ti\t> section.
A collection of photopapha will be
sent bv the Brownsville chamber oi
commerce. _
CHARGE CO-ED
* SLEW HUSBANDi
Dellas Girl, Former Student
Of S. M. U., Keep* Si
lence in Jail
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 30. —tfj—
Mn. Marjorie McCormick. 23, *tu
i dent at Southern Methodist Univer-1
| aity last year, maintained silence in j
SwntTjail here today whUe officers
endeavored to piece together ai
ipoed facts in her story of |
which led to the fatal shooting
b<T1he^Sg woman was charged
with murder, and District Attorney
William McGraw ordered h« heM
without bail while investigators
Sight to locate another man and
*few hours:
3'fe.
SttSei.?’ftMreP8M?cSiSicknu>ld
Ifeo^re^ejr^
of her parent*. Toe 5^p]?0^2™by
rt«d in Denton on Oct. 30, i»so, y
to £v Fred Galbraith, accordh*
to the woman. Officers said
Cormick apartment had the appear
rr!r „rr rtP,nerate Struggle, the
furniture walls and floors being
furniture ** Playing cardi
£JS» kSSS «« » hall J*r P«t
ly filled with liquor. *
Attorney’* Illne** #
Halt* Woman’* Trial
GEORGETOWN •fT^ASineJePof
30.——Because *
STtfSSSS: —
SBkWJiW*
til November 4.
CATTLEMAN dies
DALLAS. Sept. 80.—m—In ms
JwTSrtr. to which hcrrtom
ed after making an outstanding
success in the cattle operations of
west Texas, John William Chalke
died here yesterday at the age of
64.__
Persecuted Camion Leads
Enemies to Police Station
"If your enemy persecutes you. let
him—hut retreat around in the di
rection of the police station.”
This piece of home-spun phfloao
I phy was evolved here Sunday by a
camion driver, and as a ««uB four
San Benito men paid a fine of tie
Monday morning altera tr^lbefove
Justice of the Peace Pred Kowauun
Sunday four of the men, Bwnon
Eziquiel Hernandez, Jews
Pena Hilarlo Noyola in a San
Benito car, began following*
camion, ramming Its rear at every
opportune and eapreesing their
jMdsgs canataUy, The camion dzhr
er drove around to the police station
with the San Benitana continuing
1 to ram the rear. 80 ebiortedwere
they to ttidr task that ttwy failed to
note where they w«e
They were arrested oy dty officer*
who found a pistol under the seat «
the car. The men were then turned
over to the sheriff's department who
placed them in jail. .
Trial on charges of dnmkeness
followed Monday mosning. it »
probable that charges <* canylnflf a
butol mu be filde In the county
court* attkom*
ENEMY OURS ■
SAYS WIRE TO ■
GOV. MOODY if
Stinnett, County Sent
Also Taken Over by
State Troopers Urt
der Gen. Wolters 4
BOROHER. Tcx., Sept. SO.-'*!—
-The enemy are ours" was th%way
Brigadier General Jacob Welters
described the advent of martial law
in Hutchinson county today In a
telegram to Governor Dan Moody.
The terse message was fexA the Jfc:
chief executive after th* j.ftneral
and arrived in Borger early W»f
with three rifle detachment* *pd a
machine gvm detachmej* W too »5
Texas National guard to make ef- I
fective the governors prodamauon
of martial law for Hutchinson coun
Enter Stinnett, Ala® *
Immediately upon arriving, the
guardsmen detrained, were given
orders and started out to ridth® H
county of lawlessness, climaxed Sept.
13 by the assassination of District
Attorney John A. Holmes. _ *
While one detachment of trapper*
went to the Borger city haa ana
took cliarge of affairs there, another j
detachment of 10 followed Coy. U
3. Davidson of Dallas to Stinnett,
the county seat of Hutchinson coun
ty 12 miles away, and relieved civil
officer* there of their duties.
Ranger J. W. Aldrich waa ap
pointed acting cWef J* ppMg of 1
Borger- while Ranger Ser|ent»y. m u
Whcatifiy was named SherHI pro
tem at Stinnett. ,
Pace Waive*
Mayor Glenn A. Pace of Borger.
arrested by rangers on a chaff* MV'
which it was alleged he caiaed a
state witness In a murder case to
leave Borger. waivedjjjpreluw»ry
hearing before CauntywUdge T». M- *
Hood at Stinnett and vmt continued *
at liberty under gSABfebouf.
Although law enforcement gffte*P
and other officials were bdSJedlf
their duties for the present w*n t»
arrival of troops, the county* judi
cial system continued to .function.'
General Wolters announced toe
would form a work gm ao that
any law violator arrested and un
able to pay hia fine might wbi» n
out.
The first duty of the troops was to
co to the city hall and disarm all
civil authorities. The fttit «ma if- j
rested was Clint Melhollnhd, police- j
man. who was held for investigation.
General Wolters established Ms
headquarters at the city hall build
ing, which also housed the city Jan
and a fire station.
Shortly after the troops took over
the seat of the city government, con
stable Sam Jones arrived and a pair
of brass knock* was taken from him.
Ranger M. B. Gaut then accompa
nied the constable from the city hall
to get his guns. Ranger J. W. Aid
rich was appointed actlnf chief of
police of Borger. Six guardwnen were
detailed to police duty and placed
on main street.
Valley Resident It
Dead in San Antonio
(Special to The Herald)
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 30.—lira.
George Duff of San Juan died here
Sunday afternoon following an
operation at the Santa Rosa In
firmary Tuesday.
She was well known in the Vju
Icy and was prominently Identified
with social and welfare activitUwat
San Juan. Her husband and fw*
children survive.
Fear for batety of
Coste and Mecliswcf
PARIS. Sept SO. —
was ff/t in some quarters today for
Dleudonne Coste, French aviailoot
ace and his mechanic, Jacques
lonte, missing more ihan.
alter leaving le Bourgetln an at
tempt to reach Vladi vistocR*
eria. _____
j THE WEATHER 1
Lm i i i 11111 ———— 11
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
slowly practically all along during
the next few days. _
Sunday, September sstra.
Flood Frwwsnt 34-®.
bu«« #«•§• can*. *•“
Eagle Paea ..1« « 2 ? 2
Laredo .27 -JJ ®*°
Bio Grande ..21 J O 4j»l
Mission .22 7.1 -60
San Benito ..23 120 -60 OO
Brownsville ..1® 7.7 -6J 60
Monday* September ww
Eagle Pass ...16 20 -0.1
Laredo.27 -60 -0.1 60
Rio Grande ..21 0.4 06 60
Mission ... .*22 7.1 OO
San Benito ...2* 126 -66 M
Brownsville .*16 76 *6J JO
tide table _ . !
High and tow tide at Point toahel
tomorrowt iixmIci* ^ xicwtiemm
i oloilcftl conditions. 4 M
High.....2:5# a. m.*. »:» P* »•
Low.*:» »* “-i 8:51 * *•
MISCELLANEOUS DATA ,
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