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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 200 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1930 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
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IN OUR
'VALLEY
1 — - By CHARLES HALL mm*
DOINGS OF PAST WEEK
shown In bank deposits.
Tuesday—Boca Chica road pros
pects take moro definite form.
Wednesday—British market open
;d for Valley grapefruit.
Thursday—Million dollar feder
al loan for citrus growers move
definitely started.
Friday—Brownsville plans for
deep water port lor Valley an
nounced.
Saturday—Freeze hits Valley.
/iLANCING over outstanding events
12 of the past week, it seems that
generally the Vailcy is in full
step with the march of progress,
and If she ever gets out of step it
will be to get a few paces ahead.
As this is written Saturday, the
effect of thl freeze could not be de
finitely determined. At that time
from Mission to Brownsville reports
gave the hope of most of the fruit
and vegetables being saved. But
Cch of that hope was hinged on
at the weather gods would dish
Saturday night.
*n many instances where the
truck crops were killed, replanting
will still give the growers time to
reach the spring markets.
w • •
WHILE doubtless a blow was hit
by this weather, which gripped
Texas in record low tempera
tures, there Is no country in the
world which stage a ••comeback,'’
big or little like the Lower Rio
Giande Valley. The spirit here is
indomitable and with the richest
toil in the world, the Valley will be
there with bells on, as soon as the
weather gets through beating all
records, of eleven years.
9 9 9
PEOPLE living m the Valley aim
at the highest and the best in
everything. As a result nothing
but the very best will satisfy them,
and it is astounding how they have
obtained it in so many respects.
It reminds us of reports out of
London yesterday by the Associated
Press which read to the effect that
the fur coats, silk stockings, and |
snappy remarks of stenographers
who have gone to England with
American delegations to the nava;
parley are startling London.
A girl reporter on an English pa
per writes that the English girls
arc less smart and well groomed,
but they still have then complex
ions. She added that every Amer
ican typist she saw was made up as
though for the stage.
Another Journalist asked one of
the American girls if she expected
to find a husband in England.
I hear the Prince of Wales is out
of town, ’ she replied.
That is the spirit that makes
America great, and because the
Valley has more of it than any
where else, it is just all there, that
is all.
• • •
WHICH reminds us of newspaper
accounts to the effect that rust
of twenty centuries on Roman
and Egyptian coins has been erased
in a year. Professor William Camp
bell of Columbia has restored coins
of the Ptolemies and Caesars to their
original state.
'That is about the only method
of making money Valley people have
not thought, but at that they would
probably want to make it faster than
in a year.
• • •
f | call to John Shary at Sharyland
yesterday, borught forth no lit
tle hopes from that quarter that
the citrus fruit would escape in suf-}
licient quantity to continue doing
business as heretofore.
In fact Mr. Shary said plans are
etlll going on to erect his bottling
plant at Donna, which will need
grapefruit to bottle.
Mr. Shary plans a plant there
which will offer an entirely new in
dustry to the Valley. It is to cost
about $30,000, but the most impor
tant part Is that it will offer arv
other citrus fruit market.
Sooner or later Brownsville hopes
to offer Mr. Shary a deep water
pert through which to send his
grapefruit juice to England. They
will probably shake it into cocktails
there. Mexico might also be asked
to take note of how England is re
cently employing grape fruit Jolce
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NOTHING has yet been heard from
the deep water port evangels
The big meeting will probably
come off about Monday, There can
little doubt but what Browns
ville now has the best chance to ob
tain the port ever before presented.
• • •
Anew vegetable for profitable
growth In the Valley Is now In
troduced by V W. Liles, who
lives between San Benito and Har
lingen.
This plant seems to do well In
the Valley. It was the good luck of
the engineer of this column to take
a bunch of It home with him. He
can verify the statement of Mr
Liles that it is sweet and is free
from •‘strings’’. What a pleasure to
get something these days without a
string attached to it.
His experience may bring Florida
further competition in the Valley.
• • •
THE latest on long skirts is that
they are approved by Weslaco
school teachers, because they
tend to keep the teachers from get
ting confused with the pupils. Wes
laco is said to be noted for its good
ttoklng school teachers, and no lit
V fear is entertained that toe
firhelor world will lose anotfher
n.ember in S. M. Patterson, secre
tary of the Weslaco Chamber of
Commerce.
LAW TO GUARD
SANCTITY OF
MAN’S HOME
Officers Are Warned
Against Invasion
Without Warrant
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18—«*J—
Emphatic instructions to respect
the sanctity of the home were re
iterated today in a lenghty mon
ograph distributed b" the Treasury
department a ion- federal of leers
charged with enforcing the Vol
stead act.
Prohibition c nmls* ler Doran
made public v j 53-page document
as the first move by his bureau in
a campaign to educate the public
as to the duties and difficulties
faced by the agents. Th' monograph
which will be distributed as well
through other official channels, re
called that the courts have always
held a persons home “should not
be invaded except i strict com
pliance with the law.55
nome auu a t asue
"A man's home has been describ
ed as his castle and sh . be
guarded by the law, the Ins ac
tions said. “As to t’ search of
places other lan private dwellings
the courts hive been considerably
more liberal In construing the pro
visions of the law. It ha be*n held
by the supreme court of 3 United
States that the const; on only
provides against unreasonable
searches and seizure and not all
searches and seizures If a sc:- '.1
is reasonable, except probably in
case of a dwelling, 't is not viola
tion of the constitutional provision.
“The thought that you should
have i mind at all times in refer
ence to search warran's is that the
rights of the person igainst whom
the warrant is directed are par
amount to Lh: success of the search.
Do not u eceuarllv to
harsh means or tactics in *he dis
charge of your duty.
Court Tendency Rules
"You must remember that when a
search wg rant *% being appl.ed for
and In its execution and return, you
are handling one of the most tech
nical instruments k:.own to the
law. It is the one thing In the law
that the courts have been Inclined
to dismiss on technical g.cunds.
while the general tendency of the
courts is to do away with techni
calities.
“You are admonished at all times
to keep in mind that a search war
rant is an extraordinary *vr and
should be deal; with accordingly.
While t is perfectly obvious that
in the course of events and chang
ing economic conditions, law’s have
been pas:cd ly which it has be
come necessary to issue search war
rants almost in every case arising
under these laws. ; .e warrant has
not lost its dignity.” ,
$12,000 Warehouse
To Be Erected Here
Plans for a $12,000 warehuose to
be erected on Fronton street have
been practically completed, and it is
expecttcd that contract for the
structure will be let in the near fu
ture. The building is being erected
by Andreas Cisneros, and will be
used for a wholesale grocery ware
house.
It is to be located at the corner
of Fronton and Palm boulevard.
Plans call for brick and stucco con
structtlon; the building to have 50
by 120 feet of floor space.
Cisneros is also considering the
building of a $15,000 residence on
St. Charles and First.
Plans for the two structures are
being prepared by F. H. Trimble.
Ice in Harlingen
(Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. Jan. 18 —As late as
noon Saturday'a small pool of wa
ter in the shadow of the Reese Wil
Mond hotel was coated with xce.
Small pools of water scattered over
the city were likewise filmed with
brittle ice as long as a protective
shadow covered the from the sun.
Coal Rate Reduced
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Jan. 18—^
—Reduction of freight rates on coal
from Arkansas to Texas amounting
to $1.10 per ton and scaling down
ward to 75 cents a ton were an
nounced today by the Arkansas
railroad commission following a de
cision of the Interstate commerce
commission at a meeting in McAl
ester, Okla.
PoD Tax Payments Drag
Approximately 8,000 poll taxes will have to be paid within the next
11 days, if Cameron county's voting strength reaches a total of 10.000
which various political leaders estimate it will. Up through Saturday
all available reports showed that only 2.083 had been issued. This did
not include a number of substation reports, however.
Officials in all parts of the county have Joined hands in urging citi
zens to obtain their poll taxes. They point to the fact that the cominp
pear will be very active politically.
i\usn increasing
J. J. Fox. county tax collector. Is
aiding In the drive to get the voters
out by establishing substations
over t>* county. He reports that
the last minute rush is beginning to
'Nomi'totrm and is expected to
be In full swing before the week
j is out. The tax collector states
more than half of the poll taxes are
usually paid In the last week. He
still feels confident that between
8.000 and 10.000 viters will be quali
fied In the county.
Precinct 16 Leads
Precinct 16 has qualified the
1 most voters so far. Some 138 have
paid for their slips, while 37 ex
emptions have been issued. Pre
cinct 21 is hecond with 114 voters
and 33 exemptions. Only nine poll
taxes have been Issued in Precinct
32. To date. 1895 have qualified and
188 have otabined exemptions.
One of the chief reasons people
do not pay their poll taxes is to
avoid Jury duty, county officers
say. Jury lists are compiled from
the tax roll. If a person's name is
not on this roll, there is very little
likelihood of his being called for
Jury duty.
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His Death Asked—
—For Her Murder
* * * * * *
Brady’s Death Sought
Trial of Former Austin Judge for Murder Of
Stenographer to Open Monday
AUSTIN. Jan. 18.—(/Pi—District Attorney H. H. Brooks announced to
day he would ask the jury to send John W. Brady, former judge ol the
court of civil appeals, to the electric chair for the murder of Miss Lehlia
Highsmith, supreme court commission of appeals stenographer, stabbed
to death here Nov. 9. He said he did not anticipate a delay in tfc“ trial,
scheduled to start here Monday.
The slaying occurred at midnight of Nov. 9, in front of the rooming
house in which Miss Highsmith lived.
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13 ENJOINED
Thirteen injunctions restraining
various parties from occupying pro
perty on the La India ranch, four
miles east of Sebastian, were is
sued by Judge A. M. Kent in the
civil district court Saturday after
noon late.
The injunctions were granted
Francisco Armendaiz. §ucrs., who
claims ownership of the land In
question. The other parties are ex
pected to contest the claim. Final
hearing on the Injunctions will be
held Feb. 17.
The injuction orders the defen
dants to refrain from disturbing
the plaintiff in his po:rssion of
said land.
The defendants named are: Ad
elina Chamberlain, Isidoro Cham
berlain. Augustin Martinez, sr.,
Augustin Martinez. .* .. Herminia
Chamberlain, Calixt-* Chamberlain,
Tlmoteo Casanova. Gumersindo
Casanova. Alberto Cha berlain
Bland Chamberlain, u. M. Ball, W
C. Ead and W. H. Wheaton.
• She died a little more than an
hour after the knife blade entered
her breast and never was able to
shed any li~ht on the attack.
Likewise nobody else has explain
ed, and, aside from the prominence
ol the defendant, the trial will hold
wide Interest fo: the prospects of
the expuanatlon.
Statements Withheld
Brady, white-haired and ageing,
has remained in jail with state's
attorneys opposing the granting of
bail and his attorneys making no
effort to force his release on bond.
Brady has made no public state
ment but he was reported to have
said he remembered nothing the
night of Nov. 9 other than “having
a difficulty with several persons"
alter attending a drinking party
with friends In celebration of the
University of Texas’ annual home
coming.
Defense Mystery
Both sides have spent much time
working on the case but the testl
miny w*hich they will seek to adduce
remains a mystery.
The large and Imposing array of
defense council has Indicated that
the defense plea may be temporary
insanity, occasioned by periodic and
excessive drinking. Henry Brooks,
district attorney, spent four days
developing his case before a Travis
county grand Jury and some 30 wit
nesses were called.
Brady's friendship with Miss
Highsmith was said to have b?en
of long standmg. Friends said he
had used his influence to help ob
tain her positions at the capitol af
ter the girl, an honor graduate frlm
Bastrop high school, came to Aus
! tin to make her own way.
It will be a strange role Brady
will begin to play In the old Travis
countv courthouse Monday when
for the first time he will rppear as
a principal before the bar of jus
tice where he has stood almost In
numerable times as county attorney,
as:-: tant attorney general, attor
ney for the banking department, as
council In civil law suits as a de
fense lawyer.
Mr*. Brady Loyal
Probably nearest to Brady when
he sits wlthm the bar of the court
room will be Mrs. Brady, whom
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LAW MINIONS
HELD IN BIG
BOOZE RAID
Federal Troop# Take
Seventeen At
Richmond
HOUSTON, Jan. 18—{if*—Seven
teen person including Sheriff H.
Wyatt Co' Ins of Fort Bend county,
his Jailer and four deputy sheriffs,
were arr ted tonight when a squad
of 30 federal r."en* a *ooped Joyn
on Richmond, 40 mil: > from here,
and made 11 simultaneous raids on
alleged resorts in “Mud All y.”
The raid was < aracterized by
federal prohibition er'orcement of
ficers and attaches of the l ilid
States district attorneys office here
as one of th most important ev.r
made in South Texas. It was led by
C. D. Cooper, of Fort Worth, pro
hibition administrate for Texas;
Paul Jackson, his assistant, also of
Fort Worth, and Raymond Wise
heart, assistant United States dis
trict attorney, here. \ ..a for the
past month has been directing
activities of investigating officers.
Form In Houston
The officers gathered in Houston
early tonight and planne the raid
When they reached Richmond they
separated Into 11 groups and the
rads were sta~ed cimultaneously.
Those arrested were charged to
day before United Stat-s commis
sioner Brandlev Harris at Galves
ton. Th* charges agr nst them al
leged that “the defendants did or.
or about January 17. 1930. at Fort
Bend county conspire to violate the
national prohibition act and did
maunfacture, sell an i possess in
toxicating liquor."
Mv t Charged
Those charged w e:
Sheriff H. Wyatt Coli ns. Deputy
sheriff and Jailer r ue Lincecum.
chief deputy F.-nl. Bell, deputy R
L. Wheaton, deputy Joe Bingham
Crawford, deputy Tom Davis. J. W.
Fendley, Homer Howard. Sam W
Smith. Bob Haggard. Bill Goodman,
Tom Daniels, one Flore-. Til’ Brent.
Bob Johnson and Cha.-lie DcJd. all
of Richmond, r.nd on: - liller of
Fairchilds, near there.
The complaint w’i filed , pro
bation agent H B. Hamilton.
Anti-seining Law Yet
Not Decided in Fight
GALVESTON, Jan. 18—T—A le
gal batt’e over the injunction suit
filed against enforcement officers by
local market fishermen, had not
been brought to a decision tonight.
The fishermen would permanetnly
restrain the fish, game and oystter
commission and local officials from
enforcing provisions of the new an
ti-seining law.
The suit was filed on Dec. 24 and
a temporary restraining order was
granted by Judge Dibrell. Fisher
men clai mthe closing of Gulf wa
ters to seiners will mean the death
of their business. The anti-srining
law went into effect on Jan. 1.
Half-Minute
Interviews
DR. H. K. LOEW: "This question
of the extension of the city limits
is one which should be receiving
serious thought from the citizens of
Brownsville and from the residents
of the sections to be included in the
proposed extensions as well. It has
been hanging fire for several years.
A. L. OATMAN. Washington:
"Cold weather amounts to nothing
when the warmth of friendship is
present.”
RAUL LOPEZ, Matamoros: "Yo
quiero cacahuate. pero no ‘cachuate*
en la cocinu"—which is. "I like pea
nuts but not "peanuts' in the kit
chen.”
JOHNNY FRANCIS, football fan:
"The season ought to be longer.
Here I am waiting for next fall with
no sport that I like until then. ’
E. MORROW, contractor: “There
is no labor shortage in the Valley,
and we don't need any workeis im
ported from the north. If a lot of
men come down here looking lor
employment, the first thing we know
we will be swamped with unemploy
ed. That's a condition wc want to
avoid.”
MRS. C. C. LINDSEY: "I know
I am going to like Brownsville.”
J. G. PHILEN. JR.. Brownsville
customs broker: "The Valley need
have no fear of the parrot disease
as none is being moved from Mex
ico at present. This is the off sea
son for the importation of parrots.
As I understand it, only South Amer
lean parrots have been found in
fected.”
R. E. GREENE, attorney: "I ex
pect 1930 to be a banner year in
Valley Masonic circles.”
A. A. BROWNE, Brownsville cor
poration judge: “Motorists are not
careful enough with their driving.
Case after case comes before me
growmg out of wTecks which could
have been avoided by the use of a
little discretion. People also show
a surprising Ignorance of the law,
also.”
.
Insure Her Winter Furs
Rio Grande Valley Trust Co.—Adv.
KY. BEAUTY
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*4 i „ 4 4 *4 ili? fc W i>l/ U * Jf Ul CU4 *
bln. Ky., was selected as the most
beautiful girl at the University of
Kentucky.
LEGION MEETS
IN VALLEY
District 15 Is Coming To
Harlingen Next
Sunday
'Special to The Herald*
HARLINGEN, Jan. 13,-The an
nual convention of the American
Legion Dist. No. 15 will be held here
Jan. 26 with State Commander
Earnest Cox and Adjudant R. C.
Whiteak.r of Austin present.
The conventio Is expected to be
one of tiie best attended ever held
as the two state oflicers will con
duct a caravan over the district be- '
ginning Wednesday. Other Legion- ■
naires will join the motorcade as it
pushes on toward Harlingen.
A resolution passed at the last
convention, held in McAllen, re
quires each i*ost commander to ap
point a committee of five to attend.
The Brownsville committee is com
posed of W. R. Kit-kei. H. Skeiton.
Jr., Harbert Davenport, F. E. Mc
Manus and Floyd L. Smith.
The motorcade will leave San An
tonio 10 a. m. Wednesday and will
travel through Devine. Pearsaii. Da
iry, Cotulla. spending the night at
Laredo. Stops will be made at each
Legion post and short talks made.
Thursday the Legionnaires will
travel from Laredo to McAllen be
fore stopping for the night. Pharr.
San Juan, Alamo. Donna, Weslaco.
Mercedes, La P’eria, San Benito, and
Rio Hondo will be visited FYiday
and a stop o" night will be
ode at BowmvlUe. An entertain
ment prop—a . . ins forma- !
laved or the vifsitors at Brownsville.
Lyford. Raymondville. and Har
lingen are on the program for the
visitors Saturday. Sunday the con
vention will be held at Harlingen.
The motorcade will depart by way
of Edinburg. Faifurrias Kingsville.
Ishop, 3an Diego, and Alice. 1
TEXAS COLDEST
IN 31 WINTERS
Damage to Rio Grande Valley Not Known
Late Last Night—Clothing Freezes
On Houston Firemen
With thermometers haunting the low thirties throughout the day Sat
urday, and running lower still Saturday night. It remained for the pre
dicted rlsln tgemperature Sunday to tell the story of Valley leases from
the freeze.
Thousands of boxes of citrus were cut Saturday to save them from
cold during the night, and It was believed that damage to greater part
of the crop would be comparatively light. Fully two-thirds of the 1929
30 crop had already been moved out and growers and shippers expect
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CONTRACT IS
NOT UPHELD
Appeals Court Justice Rules
Against Clause In
Order Blank
A decision expected to be widely
used as a precedent in suits for
debt has been handed down In a
Cameron county case by Edw. W.
Smith, associate Justice of the court
of civil appeals at San Antonio.
In this case. Justice Smiith ruled
that the Southern Equipment com
pany of San Antonio was entitled
lectrlc company of San Antonio
rnly to judgment for debt and 6
>er cent interest after Jan. 1. fO28
i its suit against the Hallman
lectrlc company of San Benito,
despite a clause in a contralt whtth
provided for 8 per cent Interest
and attorney's fees.
Large concern frequently use an
order blank which contains a con- j
tract tothe effect that the buyer j
is to pay 8 per cent interest on
the principal and 10 per cent for
attorneys fees in case legal
measures have o be taken for col
lection. This contract reads for
‘orders heretofore and hereafter." j
The Hallman Electric company
made one order from the Equip
ment companv and paid. A second
order W3S made some months after
ward. The equipment company took
legal action to collect.
Aisfifie Bm‘*h held that the con
tract In the first order was too re
mote and did not allow claims for
a nar cent interest and attorney’s
fee. pe pnohed *he regular open
account*. J'*w jn the c*»se which al
ters only *1 op’* cent beginning the
T*»nuarv following the year the
order is made.
Wpt<* ^ -o ^J «o«4
Bv Confident Drvs
WA SHTNOTON. Jan. 18.—OP'—
'lonv'nrert th«t thev are invincible.
drys in the house of reoresent
atives methodically repulsed re
oeatdly attemnts made today by
the wets to alter the administra
tion pirns for snendlng $13,000,000
mi prohlbi'ion enforcement during
th*» next, fiscal year.
Tnmulatous debate preceded each
-f the decisions In regard to how
*he Volstead act will be financed
under the peniine treasury-post
office appropriations bill.
Christians To Build Church
$40,000 Structure Will Be Started Within Next
Few Weeks After Year’s Drive
—
A beautiful modern structure to house the congregation of the Cen
tal Christian church will be started within the next few weeks. Last
services are to be held in the building now' occupied by the congrega
tion on Jan. 26. with Dr. S. K. Hallam, who organized the church here,
filling the pulpit.
Razing of the old structure is ti begin Monday following, and work
on the new building will go forward as rapidly as i>06sible.
The new structure is to be oi modified Gothic architectural type, m
PALM ROW?
Planting of palms along El Jar
din boulevard out to the airport
and a border of the tropical trees
around the airport Itself is sug
gested in a letter to the Civic Lea
gue beautification committee, writ
ten by A. D. Dickinson. Jr.
The suggestion was made by
Dickinson after the palm-planting
activities of the com’ lttee had
come to his attention, and was ac
companic by an offer to a $100
donation toward purchasing and
planting of the palms if the work
is to be done by contribution.
"This < ive is rapidly becoming
one of the most travelled thorough
fares in the • 'rinitv of Brownsville
and is travelled Jby practically all
visitors to the ae on. as well as
passengers to and f. t' e air- 1
pot. I believe that this would be
a highly worthwhile p oject,” Dick- i
mson said L i.is communl ration.
"I do not know how y« are hand
ling the paln-p nt.ng drive, but
I hope to see some scheme can be
worked out so that the planting
be done either by c.-itrlbuhon, by
the cooperation of the city and
county or other means. If the con*
( trlbution method is isued. I per
! tonally would be f'ad to contribute
$100."
Relief Bill Passes
j WASHINGTON Jan. 18——
I The House today passed the sen
; ate resolution recommended bv
President Hoover to appropriate
$3,000,000 fo’- the Porto Rican hur
ricane relief commission. The
measure now goes to the White
House.
a dignified style appropriate to a
house of worship. It will occupy
the lot at the comer of Levee and
Fourth on which the old building
now stands, with the main entrance
on Levee.
To Seat 350
The main auditorium is to have a
seating capacity of 350. while the
Sunday school rooms will be so ar
ranged as to care for approximate
ly 400 students. Plans for this sec
tion of the building are drawn In
conformance with the system ap
proved by the church extension
board. The buildtrg Is puanned in
L shape, with the main r.uditorlum
in lront and the Sunday school
rooms forming the L; it is to e 90
feet wide and 150 deep with a lawn
space In the comer. A feature of
the structure Is an open-air audi
torium on the roof of the Sunday
school roms
Cat $40,000
The exterior of the building is to
be of tapestry brxk in soft shades.
Estimated cost is approximately
$40 000.
Plans for the building were drawn
by F. H. Trimble, local architect,
with A. F. Wickes. of thee hurch
extension board, as consulting ar
chitect.
Drive Going On a Year
An energetic drive to raise money
for the new church has been going
on for the past year. Dr. 8. K.
Hallam is chairman of the bord.
It has not yet been decided where
meetings will be held during the
construction of the new church.
The present structure, which is
about 60 years old. was purchased
bv the congregation on Its organiza
tion 19 years ago. and converted in
i to a church and Sunday school.
uiai me trim cut Saturday can Dt
marketed to an advantage.
Growers Saturday found that »
much larger acreage of tomatoes
had escaped the Friday night freeze
than had first been believed, es
pecially In the lands along the riv
er.
Hihegst temperature Saturdav
was 37. occurring during the after
noon. The greater part of the dav
the thermometer hovered close
around the freezing point, and
Valley residents ruddled in theli
warmest overcoats as they hurrie i
about their business.
With the persistent low tempera
tures. it will not b • possible to es
timate actual damage to truck crops
for several days.
Clouds still blanketed the sky \
a late hour Saturday night, prem
ising escape from the predicted
frost.
<By Associated Press.)
Texas Saturday took toll of the
most severe cold wave this southern
state has known since 1899.
At least two deaths, several criti
cally ill from exposure, hundreds ol
cattle frozen to death, garden truck
crops and citrus fruits damaged in
the Rio Grande Valley, grain crops
hurt, roads blocked by snow in the
Panhandle, snapped telephone cir
cuits. and delayed traffic over the
state were disclosed in a prelimi
nary check.
Deaths of A. Parks from automo
bile Injuries and exposure, and C.
r. King. 81, whof roze to death In
his cabin in the Texas Panhandle,
previously were reported.
Baby Near Death
A five weeks old infant came near
freezing to death at his home In
Nacigdoches this morning. He had
kicked off his covers. When his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whit
aker, went to the baby’s room, he
was stiff from tlie cold, and was
Death from freezing or starvation
wlrked over him for an hour,
revived only after a physician had
faced several families who went to
Shamrock In hopes of obtaining
work but found none.
Firemen In Houston, fighting a
blaze in near zero weather, had to
be thawed out. Their clothes were
frozen to them. A railroad line
man was in a critical condition at
Worthaip after working all night
repairing lines In sub-zero tempera
tures. A negro at Corsicana was
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Officers Killed In
Search for Liquor
WEST PALM BEA'T. Fla.. Jan
18—UP)—Two federal prohibition
agents were shot and killed here
late today when they attempted to
search a residence for liquor.
F. R. Catterson, who came here
from Fairfax county. Virginia. wa.s
killed Instantly and Robert K.
Moncure, of Washington. D. C., died
en route to a hospital.
Sheriff Robert Baker arrested
“tJeorge G. Moore a* the scene of
the shooting and h*'d him on a
blanket charge.
The prohibition agents were con
ducting the rrid alone.
End of Reparations
Problem in Sight
THE HAGUE. Jan. 18—.T—Final
wiping off of the World war repa
rations problem from the slate oi
European diplomacy depended to
night upon acceptance of the pro
tocol to which the principal credi
tors already have agreed
Some of the smaller ixiwers have
not y-‘ .solved the eastern repara
tions problem, but their difficulties
were believed to be only temporary
Several of the leading delegates
have left the Hague and as soon as
signature is completed the rest art
expected to journey home
Hatcher Takes Plank
DALLAS. Jan. 18.--P.—W. Gre
gory' Hatcher, 6tate treasurer and
candidate for the democratic nom
ination for governor, issued a state
ment today containing a prelimin
ary outline of liis platform and ^
nlea to party votes to support of
j flee seekers on “Issues, not isms
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’ THE WEATHER 1
For Brownsville and the Valley
! Fair with rising temperature.
East Texas: Fair, warmer Sun
day; Monday, Increasing cloudiness,
j Light to moderate winds on the
t coast becoming easterly to southerly
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
i in the river during the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Chn« Ram
Eagle Pass ..16 2-6 0-0 0®
i Laredo .37 0 6 0 0 .00
i Rio Grande ..21 4.1 0.0 .01
| Mission .22 4 4 -0.1 .00
8an Benito .-23 9 7 r0.2 .00
j Brownsville ..18 3.4 0 0 .00
MISt ELLANEOl» DATA
Sunrise today . 7:18
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