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i “OSS" HA Modernised by Traub. ‘ * tMW Mil Genuine Orange Bios- LINK •rork. ! ' fiae — Low Priced B^pwont I tag Alamo Iron Sfab ■_' | the VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN the VALLEY—LEASE D WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(ff) |_, SSSSSmSSmmmlmSmmSSlmSSSmm!^^ *ggSgg^MMj^iSiMwMMWMZIlSLwJMKMLJllZI55!SS!!5!S«JlMiS!l^^ ■■■■■■■'"■■'■ i ■■ i ■'■!■'' " i""~'i —■ ■ iiir!TTlMm!T!rT!?rJlMMLMJlM!HJ!!lJ!I5!!!!!!!SSSSS555S5!5555B5ES^ THIRTY-EIGHT YEAR—No. 90. NOOII Edition BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1929 _EIGHT PAGES TODAY _8c A COPY! I I ■ II i,, 1 1 11 ..—....,: IN 0U1 VALLEY j|L|" 1 BUSINESS and Professional Wo-j men of Mercedes plan to make their town the Valley's most beautiful— and incidentally to win the rose cup being offered by Monty's monthly to the city making greatest progress in beautification work. Elaborate plans for this organiza tion were announced last week. Committees have been named to carry on city and yard beautifica tion. an annual cleanup, shade tree planting, highway beautification and financing of the complete pro gram. Mrs. H. E. Sugg, Mrs. John L. Bruce. Mrs. John Rouse. Mrs. Flora * Mills Carter and Miss Myrtle Jones are in charge of the various phases of the work. Financing is in charge • of Mrs. R. J. Meeker. * aa * ' This is a continuation of a pro-, gram which has been carried on at , Mercedes by the same organization idor' several seasons. And results are showing in that town. Its an ideal situation. The women, Who 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 .becoming famous as an authority on his specialty. The Texas section of the Amer ican Association of Civil Engineers will meet in Corpus Christl October 17 to 19. There Washington *!.’■ «cidate on what he has earned But the peculiarities of concrete his several years of experience. k Then next February at Atlantic City the American Association of Road Builders is scheduled to hold • nations 1 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 rc centy was received from headquart ers of the organization. • • • This makes two experts on road Jjuildtng the Cameron county pav ing program has developed. Countj judge O. C. Dancy is In great de jntnrt wherever highways—either financing or building—are to be dis cussed. '• • • t HERE'S ONE from the Mission VRmsa: “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, ani it seems to make an ideal mixer, people are using it where they form erly used ginger ale. “The question' is being asked. %ben is the Valley going to get into this new business and bring new ^capital and industry to the section?" A * * This is a question In Our Valley has been asking with great regular ity for the past several months. Grapefruit juice is becoming one the most popular beverages of the country. The demand for it far exceeds the supply, according to re ports. This offers a splendid outlet for culls—it means larger profits from each crop. Somebody is going to make a good thing of bottled grapefruit Juice in Valley. . • • • THE MUCHLY advertised —and worthily so— climate of Miami, Florida, is no more pleasant than that of Bsownsviile, in the Lower Bio Grande Valley of Texas, If chamber of scohvmerce literature from the Florida city is correct. About the only difference is that Miami averages a few degrees hot*, tar fa- the entire year and lacks variety, which It has truly been -aid to be “the spice of life." Jlere are comparative figures for average temperatures taken from records of tfce United States weath er bureau at Miami and Browns Miami Brownsville , \ January . • ' JJ b*b [ iFebruary . JJ g-J % i £ jSm . -g g* August 82 . 83.7 asr s g November g ill December 69 81.4 The annual mean temperature for Brownsville is U degrees; for Miami 75.3. The principal difference is that the climate has been made famous by hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of advertising. The Brownsville climate still is unknown to the thousands who would come here to enjoy It summer and win ‘*The answer Is “advertising." v v v v v v v Path of Gulf Storm RESCUE CRAFT SPEED TO AID SHIPSAT SEA Key West Checks Up Damage Done as Fur ther Word Awaited From Nassau WASHINGTON .Sept. 30— (AP)—The weather bureau to day issued th: following warn ing: “Advisory. Storm warn ings changed to hurricane 9 a. m., a Alabama and Mississippi coast. Tropical storm Central 8 a. m.. about 75 miles south east of Pensacola moving north westward ten to twelve miles per hour. In absence Apalachi cola report indications are cen ter will cross coast line near Pensacola this afternoon at tended by winds hurricane force.” JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Sept. 30.— OP}—Northern Florida and the tiny strip of Alabama coast on the Gulf of Mexico prepared today for the advent of the tropical storm which swept northwestward after rounding the Florida peninsula from the Ba hamas islands. Predictions from the government weather bureau that the storm would strike with hurricane inten sity somewhere between Apalachi cola, Fla., and the Mississippi coast, caused the populace to take pre cautions. Rising winds and falling baromet ers were noted along the shore line from Apaachicola to Pensacola, afod communications were disrupted in to the Apalachicola area. Unoffi cial estimates said a 40-mile wind was blowing, with occasional rain squalls. Distressed Shipping Meanwhile, distressed shipping, left in the wake of the Behaman hurricane, held a prominent place m the spotlight, with rescue craft speeding thnJUgh the stormy At lantic. Their destinations were the Italian steamer Salina, aground off Manzanillo reef,-the Danish steam er Scandia. a wreck off the Ba hamas. and the British freighter Domlra, which ran aground off great Abaco last Tuesday. Wireless messages related the rescue of 28 men from the steam ship Wisconsin bridge near Great Abaco, and said five men had been taken from the Scandia before rough water compelled a half until daylight. Other messages told that the steamer Bahamian, first believ ed lost, was safe in Nassau and that the tanker Garnet Hidings had been extricated by the tide from Shoals near Gun Cay. There was no word of the isle of June which left Miami the day before the hurricane for Nassau. * No distress was reported from ships In the Gulf of Mexico as the storm center moved up from the tip of Florida. Minor uamage Minor damage was Inflicted to the lower west coast as the gale from the storm center at sea swept a gradually diminishing blow from Cape Sable north. Citrus fruits in the section below Punta Gorda suf fered some losses. - Key West remained isolated ex cept for boats, both the overseas railway of the Florida east coast and the overseas state highway be ing out. The railway was washed out above Marathon and the high way broken at Pine Key. A wrecking crew reported there was one'death from the storm at Harathon. but reports that a wo man and her two ' children had drowned could not be verified be cause of lack of communication and transportation. Debris littered many of the keys that lay in the path of the storm, but Key West escaped with little losses. Nassau Lashed At .homestead, 30 mile* below Miami, water i loaded the streets and the Sheriff took charge of the sit uation. together with relief work ers who took food and water into the city. Florida city and other set tlements were reported in the same conditions as homestead. There was no further word from Nassau. Bahaman capful, where the hurricane apparently halted its center and lashed the city for more than two days, causing enormous destruction and taking many lives. Tampa and St. Petersburg, large west coast cities, escaped with mod erately high winds when the storm center passed them about 135 miles at sea. No serious damage was re ported. Curtis Waives Right Of Sister At Dinner WASHINGTON. Sept. 30—WV Vice-President Curtis has waived the rights of precedence for his sister and official hostess. Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann at the sUte din ner to be held at the Whitehouso in honor of Prime Minister Ram say MacDonald. BULL MONTANA AT THE WEDDING • * Hall Montana, film heavy, and his bride, Mary Fanlson Montana, just after their marrtaye at Ball's Hollywood home. CALL SHEARER BEFORE BOARD __ • Asked to Tell Committee His Actions at Geneva Parley as “Observer” WASHINGTON. Sept. 30.—<*■>— William B. Shearer, big navy advo cate, was called today by the sen ate investigating committee to tell what he did and what he intended to do at Geneva while employed by three American shipbuilding cor porations as their “observer and reporter” at the unsuccessful tri partite naval conference there in 1927. Ahead of Shearer, Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves, naval expert attach ed to the Amerclan delegation at the conference, was given an op portunity to present a statement bearing on testimony he was often seer, with Shearer and "frequently expressed the hope the conference would not succeed.” To Reeves and Shearer the sen ate lnvestigaotrs looked for their first insight into the back-scene workings at the conference, called by President Coolidge in a futile attempt to obtain a limitation upon cruiser construction by America, Great Britain and Japan. 50,000 Assemble As Legion Meet Opens LOUISVILLE. Ky . Sep t 30.—W —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 Indiana. 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. Funeral Held For Relief Fund Quota Funeral services were held from the Sacred Heart church Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Joe A. Garza. 35, who died at her home in Wfest Brownsville Saturday evening. In terment was in the Buena Vista cemetery. Mrs. Garza is survived by four children and her husband, all of whom live here. She had been ill a number of years before her death. The funeral arrangements were conducted by the Morris mortuary. TRUCK PARK WITHOUT TAIL LIGHT CAUSES AUTO WRECK A truck parked on the highway near the country dub without tail light Sunday evening is said to have been the cause of a wreck that re sulted in a heavy car going into the ditch and turning over several times. One of the two occupants of the car suffered the loss of several teeth The names of the parties in the au tomobile were not ascertained. > According to reports, 'there was a 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 dose upon It. He cut sharply to the left to avoid it and struck the left rear wheel of the camion. The auto con tinued into the ditch sharing a tele phone post off smoothly and rolling over several times. ^Police were^wwrktag on the case ST. LOUIS GIVES * * « DRUM AND BUGLE * * * CORPS BIG HAND < Special to The Herald) ST. LOUIS. September 30— —The drum and bugle corps of the Brownsville American Le gion post had a big day here Sunday—and when it was over most everyone in St. Louis knew they were in town. Arriving at Union Station early in the morning, the or ganization staged a demons tration and drew • applause from a huge crowd. In the afternoon the 17,000 patrons of the National league, out to see the St. Louis Car dinals meet the Pittsburgh Pirates, were entertained with a drill staged on the di ime r.d before the game started. This second demonstration was photographed by a news reel cameraman and pictures and stories were run in the St. Louis newspapers. Members of the drum and bugle corps were guests of Cla rence F. Floyd, secretary of the Cards, at the ball game. ELPASOPLANE SERVICE DAILY C. A. T. Inaugurates New 10-Hour Schedule to Bor der City Monday Daily service between Brownsville and El Paso and Brownsville and Mexico City over the central line of the Corporacion Auronautica de Transportes was instituted Monday morning. The new schedule brings Browns ville and El Paso, at the extremes of the Texas border, within ten hours of each other. Previous to this time the plane service has been available only cn alternate days. According to the schedule, El Paso passengers leave here at 7:15 a. m., arrive at Torreon at 11:45, end af ter a wati cf cne and one-half hours take the El Paso ship, which lands at 5 p. m. The same schedule holds for Mexico City. Four new Lockheed Vega planes have just been delivered to the company, and vill be used on the lines. These are seven-place ships, powered with Wasp motors, and have a cruising speed of 150 miles an hour. Twenty-one og these ships have leen purchased by the company, and will be delivered within a short time. Officials expect to put on a daily service between Torreon anc* Maza Uan within r. short time. POSSE IK CONVICTS WHO ESCAPED PEN Recapture Three Sun doy;. Follow. Leads With Bloodhounds in Bottoms HUNTSVILLE. TE.. SEPT. SO AP—Offiers searched throughout east Texas todav for convicts who escaped from the State Peniten tiary last Friday. Three were recaptured yesterday, two in. a vacant house at Madison ville, 30 miles north of here, and one at Palestine, about 100 miles north of Huntsville. Lloyd Davidson. Serving a 09 year sentence for murder from Navarro County, and Leander Gaines, a negro, serving eight years for burglary from McLennan County, wehe caught at Madison ville. Jack Lebo. serving 50 years for murder from Shelby county, was retaken at Palestine. Numerous trails were picked up in the vicinity of adlsonville and in the bedias creek bottoms, north of the Farm, but bloodhounds had difficulty following them. Libel Suit Against Publisher Dismissed (Special to The Herald) RAYMOND VILLE, Sept. 30.— The $50,000 libel suit filed against Mrs. Julia Montgomery, publisher of Monty’s Monthly. Rio Grande Val ley magazine, was dimissed here Saturday afternoon by Judge A. M. Kent following its presentation in civil district court The suit was filed after a letter had been published in Monty’s Monthly relative to a disagreement over the route of a highway to Red Fish Bay. It was alleged the letter contain ed libelous statements concerning the county judge and the county court. Notice of appeal was given. Young Men Organize League at Mission MISSION. Sept. 30.—Permanent organization of a Young Men’s Business League of Mission was per fected Friday evening, when an en thusiastic crowd of 125 men met at the city hall hen;, with Harry Starr acting chairman, the organization starting with 65 paid members. Much enthusiasm prevailed in the gathering, and it was with dif ficulty that the age limit was put at 45 years, some of those men whose age had crept beyond that seeming rather disappointed because they too, wanted to be in on this new or ganization. which has for its motto “Cooperation in every way possible with all civic organizations and all other movements for the better ment of Mission.” It is to be “ab solutely devoid o fany political, re ligious, color. Marvin Goodwin, develope of the Goodwin tract west of ton, A. B. Ewing, secretary of the local Cham ber of commerce, E. H. Whitehead of the South Texas Chamber of Commerce of San Antonio, and W. E. Toland. formerly of Dalas, were among those who made talks. A board of directors was elected. E. B. Sydnor, Geo. Brooks. Jr., Jos Martinez. Jr., W. E. Toland. Ray Landry'. Jack Lair and Heber Mar cell. From this number the officers will be elected at a meeting called for Thursday evening, Oct. 3. Motor Traffic To Mexico Increases MEXICO CITY, 8~pt. 30.—Tour ist travel now constitutes the major Ite mover the International bridge over the Rio Grande at Laredo, and the Influx of tourists from the north to points in Mexico s steadily in creasing. according to reports re ceived here. Two thousand tourists, it is re ported, availed themselves of the new highway connecting Laredo and Monterrey between June and August. The highway was complet ed in June. Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo Leon, are the principal points visit ed by the majority of American and Canadian motor tourists. Increasing motor traffic from the northern side of the Rk> Grande is from all appearance des tined to be an important factor in the economic development of the state of Nuevo Leon. In 1930 the highway will be extended to Mext*o City. The importance of the tourist trade was visioned early in Texas, with the result that two large bus companies, the Union Bus line of San Antonio and the Pickwick cor poration of Las Angeles, are oper ating daily between 8an Antonio and Monterrey, and plan to extend the service soon to Saltillo, capital oI the state of OoahullA, I BAD BREAK FOR BEAUTY JUDGES Here arp three young entrant* In the ftrst annua! beauty contest to be held in Lo* Angeles in October who are going to make it difficult for the judges to say who's prettiest. Left to right: Nancy Castle, June Blossom and Betty CurL SOVIET FLIERS REACH ALASKA Seattle Next Goal of Russian Plane Enroute to New York City _______ SITKA. Alaska, Sept. 30.—OiP>— The Russian monoplane. “Land ol "he Soviets." was sale here today niter lighting its way through heavy log for the greater part of its 600-mile flight from Seward. A cheering throng greeted the four iliers on their arrival at this his rxjric city, capital of Alaska during Russian occupatoin. The monoplane, which Is attempt ing a 12.000 mile flight from Mos cow to New York, took off from Seward at 10:11 a. m. (Pacific Time) yesterday and landed here at 5:45 p. m., negotiating the distance in 7 hours and 34 minutes. Pear was felt for the safety of the fliers yesterday, owing to mis interpretation of radio messages sent out while in flight. The mes sages. Chief Pilot S. A. Shestakov explained, were merely information they were about to change their course in an effort to dodge heavy fog banks. They were interpreted however, as 8 O S signmals. and preparations were made to rend coast guard cut ters to the aid of the supposedly stricken plane before it was sight ed passig Cape Spencer, less than 100 miles north Sitka. The Russians began preparations fo rrefueling at once and anounced they probadly would take off for Seattle, approximately 700 miles distant tomorrow. Mrs. Garza Buried Sunday Afternoon HARLINGEN. Sept. 30—Funeral services for Mrs. Tomasa Villareal Garza, wel known resident of this city, were held at 3 p. m. Sunday in the Mexican Presbyterian church here, with the Rev. R. Torres, pas tor, officiating. Remains were in terred at Rancho del Muerto. the family home, three miles from Har lingen. | The deceased was 51 years old. I She died at 5 p. m. Saturday. Sur viving are one son, Catarino, who has been studying international law in New York; two daughter, Mrs. Oscar Garcia de la Garza, and Mrs. Miguel Flores Villar; three brothers, Julian, Placido and Gua dalupe Villarreal; a half-brother, Justo, and two half sisters, Grego ria and Fldela Perez. Mrs. Villareal was widely known for her charities, and for her edu cational work among the poorer classes. She has placed a number of boys and girls in Tex-Mex. at Wingsville, and the Girls’ school at Phar. ELEVATOR BOY LEADS TO 4 . ARRESTS IN TEXAN’S DEATH HOT 8PRING8. Ark., Sept. 30 UPt—An elevator boy's story today bad caused the arerst of four men whom authorities questioned In connection with the murder of P. R. Austin of Victoria. Tex., wealthy cattleman, in a hotel room here. Three of the men. Earl Well, Cla rence Walx and oJhn Reyer, who said they lived In Dayton, Ohio, were held at Booneville, and the fourth. Joe D. Hawkins, W, of Fort Worth, Tex., wax in custody here. Police asserted all of them ans wered description given by the ele vator boy of threew who he said left the floor where Austin’s room was situated on Thursday night J. R. McCate. a deputy aherifl and filling station operator near here, took Hawkins In custody, he said, when the latter returned to claim an automobile he had pawn ed Friday tor |fi. ALIBI ARTIST IS * * * GIVEN LESSONS * * * IN CAR DRIVING The police car "tailed" a sus picious looking auto early Sun day morning as it slowly moved down a dark street. The car ahead came to halt in a “though” neighborhood. The police car followed and halted beside it several mo ments later. A man got out of the car and opened the alibi season with: “We Just run wit of gaso line, could you tell us where to get some?” "That’s all right about the gasoline—crank up and get go ing." he was told. "Honest, we're out of gas,” the man re plied. "Crank it up,” was all he got for an answer. He got out the craAt and gave the engine several vigorous spins. No result. "I tell you we’re out of gas, cant you see?” he insisted. A man stepped from the police car stepped up on the running board of the other auto and deftly turned on the ignition. One twis and the engine kicked off. "The spark always help a lit tle.” the alibi artist was re minded. MAN FOUND ON ROAD SLASHED Dairy Employe Confesses Friend Caused Severe * Gashes in Head Juan Enriquez, dairy employee, was found on the Southmost road late Saturday night with several severe gashes on his head. He wai picked up by members of the sher iff’s department. Enriquez at first declared that the cuts were caused by a kicking horse but later admitted that a friend had attacked him. There was a deep cut across the top of his head, one to the right side of the head and one over the right eye. The cuts were evidently made by a bottle, it was said. Enriquez is being held for In vestigation. STATE TROOPS TO SUPERSEDE i COUNTY HEADS. Moody’s Prodamatkffl Names Wolters Heal of Government Witfl Rangers Under Him 1 BORGER, Tex.. Sept. SO—Wh* ■ Brigadier General Jacob F. Watt* ] era, commanding a detachment of I National guard troops brought here M from Fort Worth on a special train, ■ officially declared Borger under ■ martial lav at 9 a. m., today. Cine H minute after Wolters alighted from v the troop train, he read the procla- 1 matlon of Governor Moody which stated martial law had been de« dared for Borger at 1:90 p. bl, Sept. 28. The general carried twa proclamations from the State ex* ecutive. uuniuur inuuuy uiveivu »u w* fleers suspended except the mayor, the city attorney, the city commis sioners and the Justice of thf peace, and pointed out the lawless ness that has existed in Barger. M Soldiers Arrive Eighty-four soldiers of the Tsxaf National guard were on the train, 14 of whom were officers. The proclamations named Gen** ral Wolters, executive general; Capt. John W. Naylor, executive officer; Capt. Fred W Edmlston, adjutant; Col. Louis Davidson, Pro vosA Marshall; MaJ. Clarence X. Tarker, assistant provost marshal; MaJ. Harry H.. Johnson, assistant to the provost marshal; Lieut. Col# Taylor Nichols, quartermaster and finance officer; and Capt McCord Mclntire, adjutant of the provost marshal. The official proclamation ordered the captains of all state ranger con* j tigents in the Borger territory to 1 report to the commanding officer ' immediately. In a general order Issued toy Capt. Naylor, possession, selling or ex changing of firearms and ammuni tion are prohibited within the af fected area except by permission of the military authorities. Orders Issued Another order prevents state rangers and the district attorney from Interfering with the calling of persons before the military pro vost court. Any person arrested for vagrancy will be turned over to the civil courts or the military pro* cost court for trial. The orders said business property would not be disturbed, but any place found selling intoxicating liquor or where gambling or any other law violations are allowed will be closed and the name of the proprietor turr_.d over to civil authorities. Another order warned HtJmf: against using language, either writ ten or spo-en, that would be damaging to the affected area be cause of the declaration of martial law. No debts were to be contracted by officers, soldiers, state rangers or any other perrons connected with the enforcement of the law except Lieut. Col. Nichols. Immediately upon arriving, the troops, consisting of throe rifle detachments and a machine gun detachment, left the train and stood at attention while General Wolters read the proclamation de claring martial law and his own orders. Afterward the general was driven to the Black hotel 'There he went Into conference with state rangers and other officers. Cloudy weather greeted arrival of the troops. A large number of Borger citizens drove through a heavy mist to the railroad station after word had spread that soldiers would arrive this morning. Valley Resident Is Dead in San Antonio Special to The Herald SAN ANTONIO, Sept, 30.—Mrs. George Duff at San Juan died here Sunday afternoon following an operation at the Santa Rosa In firmary Tuesday. She was well known In the Tal ley and was prominently Identified with social and welfare activities at San Juan. Her husband and four children survive. --- -* CHAMBER RECOMMENDS RAISE IN ARMY PAY SAN ANTONIO, TEAS. SEPT. 30—AP.— An increase In pay for officers of the United States Army Is urged In a resolution adopted by the Son Antonio hamher of com merce. The resolution set forth that many of the efficient officers of the army leave the service each year because of opportunities of fered them In private life ■ | THE WEATHER For Brownsville and tha Valley: Fair tonight; Tuesday Increasing cloudiness and cooler. Modsrate to fresh northerly winds on the west frcunit For Boat Texas: Not received M 2. ^1 1 ' ' ' ' , ' j* .? i