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®ljf ronmstntle HcrnlD I THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLE Y—LEASE D WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(/P) ■ - - - — — -— .- . ■■ --■■■' z^r~—— —-^3 THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 52 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1930 TWENTY PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY . .. —.. ~ •—f IN OUR VALLEY >—i BV C. M. HALL «=* SUNDAY — a day of rest. How fine It feels after this heat of deciding for ourselves; what man we will have for this of- j fice or that. So peaceful and quiet except in 1 spots where judges and election tab ulators are busy counting the votes dropped in the ballot boxes Satur day. Soon the only thing that will be left to be done will be to bow to the will of the people,” and vote again in November and then “bow to the will of the people” again. The engineer of this column is still of the opinion that Ross Ster ling of Houston is the better man to be governor of Texas. • • • NOW that we have cast our ballots the results of which will prob ably elect the next governor of Texas and all the other .Democrat ic nominees, let's talk about some thing else for a while "What will we talk about?” * Let's talk about the world's ser ies. Anything except politics. Looks like Connie Mack and his Philadelphia Athletics will win the next world's “serious" over Connie's oldest rival John J. McGraw and his New York Giants. Incidentally this brings together two of the oldest figures la base ball. Those two men were present at the birth of both leagues and probably that is the reason we would like to see them tangle up again. Hal Eustace has not told us a thing but in the Texas league it will probably be Houston and Wichita Falls in the play-off. with the West Texas city the winner. • • • THEN if we are declaring a truce on politics, we might draw our chairs a little closer and talk about — let’s talk about Judge Osc$r Dancy. Judge Dancy is about as virile a worker as It has been the privilege of the engineer of this column ever to know. But Judge Dancy Is also the greatest suppressor of the news we have ever known. Now if any body ever tells the Judge we said it we mean it this way. When the Judge gets something real hot he takes the press into his confidence. He writes the editors all about it and marks the letters “confidential.” Then when he has sent out about 200 of these letters on the same subject he has matters pretty well In hand. But we are for the Judge even he - does handcuff us every few minutes. Other people wise to the fact that the press can be confided in say: “I’ll tell you this but you cannot print it." Judge Dancy takes no chances. He writes a letter aad keeps a copy as a matter of record. • • • ANIMATED Annie says column writers are always getting to talk about somebody else and that somebody or those somebodies do not have the same chance to get back at them. Well, let's talk about the column writers. A column writer is a man who comes down in the morning wondering what he will write about today for the good of the commun ity which furnishes him his bread and meat. He considers the public activities cf the day before and takes his pen in hand. When he is through and the paper is out he at first feels mighty good about it un til he finds where an entire line has been dropped which makes him say something other than he intend ed or that a printer who knows bet ter has made him say “couple are” or what have you in grammar tech nic. He has one sure way to get rich but never does. Words properly lined up on paper will certainly bring wealth. And the dictionarv offers him every word used in the English language And still so few of them go there and get them and put them together in a manner to get rich. • • • ris just like playing golf. All you have to do is shoot the little tall in the hole to make a hole in one. • • • NOW let's see what else wc will do to keep out of politics. Oh, yes. Let * talk about the mos quito. He is a terrible bird we have heard. Let s all sing it like they 1*0 at the Rotary club: A Queer Gazabo Is The Mosquito He Looks so Harmless And Not So Charmless But WTien He Sinks in His Billo For ps it is St. Peter Hello. The engineer of this column start ed out there to make step poetry of two lines in pyramid form. We really think there is no help for the thing we finally got. • • • SO you see we did not talk politics. Now’ we can all go to church. • • • FOUND ON THE WIRES NEW YORK. — The approved waltz has a smooth wavy gliding motion because of long skirts. The steps arc longer and the tempo slower. It has been adopted as a standard by the convention of the Dancing Masters of America along with the slow fox trot, the fast fox trot and the novelty dance. PARIS.—Appropriations of $45. 000,000 to encourage targe families Is sought by a number of deputies. Under a pending bill parents would receive $20 for the second child and 130 lor each additional with pen- | lions at the age of 00. Last year .‘he excess of deaths over births in france was 12,000. «*ERLIN.—In his 83: d year. Pre it Von Hinder.be: g i_-’>e'S w:*h vgun. puts on a much-w orn wa costume with green cap to fh and sallies forth to hunt j wild boar and the like in | ivarian mountains. He on ; vacation. DERBY PILOT WRECKS SHIP, SAVESLIVES Livingston Winner Of Brownsville Race CURTISS-REYNOLDS AIRPORT, Chicago, Aug. 23—<£*>—A flier who chose to peril himself rather than endanger the lives of massed spec tators lent a touch of breath-tak ing drama today to the opening of the tenth national air races. He was Fritz Loose. Germany’s leading stunt pilot. His Junkers plane stalled, then crashed, after he had maneuvered it so that Imperiled spectators and a score of pilot* were saved irom possible injury Loose received only minor hurts. To a salvo of cannons, the r!se and fall oi excited cheers, and a sweeping exhibition of aerial might, i the air spectacle swung to its open ing. while in a far corner of the' field lay the wreckage of Loose's1 plane, mute evidence of quick think- f ing which might have turned exult ation into tragedy. Loose had taken off at the east end of the field. As he reached the west end at a low altitude the motor of his plane stopped. He fac ed the prospect of crashing into the bleachers, striking a squadron of civilian planes or smashing his own ship. He chose the latter and wheel ed In a quick turn, the right wing of the ship ploughing into the ground. Bruised and Tearful Bruised and tearful, he crawled from the wreckage and directed workers in removing it. Race offi cials endeavored to placate his grief by announcing that they would ob tain another plane for him to fly during the races. The first racing event on the pro gram over a 30-mile course for 1000 cubic Inch displacement was won by "Jimmy” Haizlip, of St. Louis, in a Travelair, his time was 9:49 min utes and his average speed 183:36 miles per hour. A short time later spectators wit nessed the finish of the first of the derbyists from all parts of the na tion. Jack Livingston, of Aurora, 111., was the winner of the men’s class B derby from Brownsville, Tex as. W. G. Moore, only other en trant in the event, landed a few minutes later. Senator Hiram Bingham of Con necticut, president of the National Aeronautical association, was prin cipal speaker at the elaborate cere monies opening the air classic. The others were Earle H. Reynolds o! Chicago, president of the air race* corporation and Clifford Henderson. , manager of the air races. As planes were being tuned up for the civilian open plane race, the first on the opening day program, army fliers soared over the grand stand in maneuvers which brought cheers from the thousands of specta tors. Plenty of Stunting CURTISS-REYNOLDS AIRPORT, Chicago, Aug. 23—(/pt—America’s aviation carnival, the tenth annual national air races, proved at the opening today to be a stunt flier’s holiday. A trio of Navy pilots and Captain Marcel Doret,. Prance's acrobatic ! ace, shared high honors in throwing (Continued on page 3) Sterling Humbly Grateful Declares Primary Victory Not Personal But Of the People HOUSTON, Aug. 23.—(/P)—Ross S. Sterling of Houston late tonight Issued the following statement: “Returns to the Texas Election Bureau indicate that I, have been nomi nated to the governorship in today’s democratic primary by a substantial majority. “I am deeply and humbly grateful for the support accorded to me. and I wish to thank every citizen who contributed to the success of the cause I represented. ALLEN ILL FORT WORTH. Aug. 23-.^— Traveling in a special railway car enrouie from Mexico City to his home in Wichita. Kansas. Senator Henry J. Allen and three New Yorkers spent two hours here to night while waiting for the departure at 10:10 o’clock of the train to which the car was attached. The Alien party arrived over the Missouri Pacific railway, reaching here at 8:10 o clock. Accompanying Senator Allen were Albert Ottinger. former attorney general of New York: Clair Maxwell. New York publisher of •’Life” and Richard B. Scandrett if New York. Senator Allen said the party had been guests in Mexico City of Ambassador Dwight Morrow, Scan drett's uncle. They wiil reach Wichita at 9 a. m. Sunday. Other members of the party will continue to New York. Senator Allen, who Is publisher of the Wichita Beacon, said he had been ill in a hospital in Mexico City but that his condition was improved TRI CK CRASH CAUSE BRYAN. Aug. 23—(A*)—Mrs. Frank Mazzie of Denison was seriously injured today when the automobile in which she was a passenger was sideswiped by a heavy truck which skidded in loose gravel on the highway north of Bryan. She suf fered a fractured skull, broken arm and bad cuts. She was brought her% i regard uie outcome ^t as a personal victors* but as a triumph of the people of Texas enlisted un- : der the banner of good government. "It is my hope that any animosi- j ties created by the heat of the cam- i paign may be forgottm and the people of Texas united in a con structive era of progress in gov ernment. "For my part. I shall strive to the utmost to justify in the fullest the confidence which the people have placed in me.” FERGUSON IS SILENT AUSTIN. Aug. 23.—(/ft—Ex-Gov emor James E. Ferguson was silent tonight as his wife. Miriam A. Fer guson. candidate for the democratic 1 nomination for governor in oppo sition to Ross S. Sterling of Hous ton. continued to trail the Hous tonian by more than 50.000 votes. While Ferguson said he had no I comment to make on the result of balloting so far. he indicated he would issue a statement tomorrow j which woulc^ be based on more com plete returns. Mrs. Ferguson, too. had nothing to say but both appeared cheerful and Ferguson apparently had not lost hope that the rural sections ofi the state wo*a?d come in strong to run up his wife's total. He did not concede Sterling's nomination. Both ex-govemors were resting at : their home in Enfield at 10 o'clock j t“*iight. They were surrounded by a small group of friends and were j chatting casually. MOODY IS JUBILANT AUSTIN. Aug. 23.—(JP)—His voice Contnued on P»g» Tenj 1 Valley Ships 28,113 Cars Of Fruits and Vegetables Official Tabulations Completed Saturday Show an Increase of 4,000 Carloads Over Previous Season During the past shipping season, which closed recently, the Lower Rio Grande Valley shipped 28,113 carloads of fruits and vegetables, ac cording to figures compiled by J. F. Blanton, traffic manager of the Brownsville Chamber of Comm'1 ?, final tabulation having been made Saturday. This Is an increase of 4 000 cars more than the record 1928-1929 sea son, and the largest number of carloads ever sent out of the Valley. It is estimated roughly that the shipments resulted in a gro:^ return WINNING, TOO Leading his opponent Sterling P. Strong by a comfortable mar gin. Edgar Witt of Waco, last night was being considered the next lieutenant governor. BULL RING Concession Sets November Time Work Begins Work must be started on the Matamoros buil r ne a project which involves approximately $25u, 000. by the first of November, ac cording to the terms of a conces sion granted Pedro Gonzalez by state authorities. Included m the concession was permission to erect a large hotel, which, when added to the expenditure on the arena, will bring the total outlay to about half million dollars. A company is being organized at present, preparatory to starting construction on the bull ring arena, It was announced, in Matamoros; Saturday. A million pesos is to be spent ! immediately on materials. The arena is to be of fireproof cons truction throughout, constructed of steel, stone, and cement. These conditions are Included in the con cession granted Mr. Gonza’ez. The exact site for the develop ment has not been chosen to date, and the selection of this will be left up to the city and state of ficials. It Is said that it will be outside of the city limits of Mata moros, and that the road leading from the city to the arena and hotel will be paved. The company behind the move ment Is to be known as the “Monte Mexico.*’ or approximately *^,wu,wv, al though Mr. Blanton would not say definitely or express an opinion. The $22,000,000 estimate is based on dally market reports during the season. An increase of 500 cars was noted in mixed vegetables, which topped the list of total shipments during the past season with a total of 5. 700 cars. Mixed vegetables have been increasing annually with but one exception, this in 1929 when it fell short of the 1927-1928 season. Cabbage Leads Other shipments are as follows: cabbage. 4836; lettuce. 30. potatoes. 2991; onions. 760; beets and car rots. 3922; dill. 2; hymisher, 1; green corn. 1191; spinach. 246; green beans, 604; tomatoes. 2272; turnips. 69; cucumbers. 48; escarole, 11; watermelons. 243; anise. 7; broccoli. 38; dandelions. 17; endive, 2; parsley, 217; radishes. 2; shal ots, 5; eggplant, 5: grapefruit. 4622; other citrus, 195; parsnips, 2; mustard greens, 14; squash. 16; tur nip greens. 45. A comparison with last year's figures reveals that the increase in shipments of beets and carrots was phenomenal, from 1509 to 3922 cars. It is pointed out that the con sumption of Valley carrots in the manufacture of canned soup by na tionally advertised concerns may be the cause of this. Big Potato Jump The Jump in potatoes was from 1662 to 2991. The increase in to matoes was not as marked, being ' om 1906 cars in 1923-29 to 2272 in 1929-30 season. 7 '■* greatest increase during the past season .however, was in cit rus, which more«tiian doubled. It was pointed out that crops were shipped not only by freight, but that 609 earloads of citrus went out in trucks. 532 straight cars of vege tables by express, and equivalent of 300 cars of potatoes shipped In mix ed carlot shipments. Less than carlot shipments were not available. The return from cabbages was much greater than the previous season's crop although the total shipments dropped slightly from 6253 to 4838. An excellent price was paid for 1930 cabbage. Increase In Parsley Parsley, a minor crop, made a re markable increase from 151 last year to 217 this year. The Increase In this crop has been steady, as a pe rusal of the statistics on the sub ject reveals. In 1924, the first yew parsley was shipped In carload lots, 4 cars left the Valley. The follow ing year, 1925. the total dropped to one car. but the following year jumped to 33 carloads. In 1927 the shipments Increased to 38 cars, and the next year Jumped to 93. The season just closed showed 151 cars of this crop. In commenting on the large va riety of commodities shipped from the Valley. Mr. Blanton said that there are few other sections, if any. which showed such a wide variety of produce. The statistical* chart compiled by Mr. Blanton is being copyrighted by the chamber of commerce, and is to be distributed free of charge, ac cording to Secretary G. C. Rich ardson. Anyone requesting the charts may have them. Included on the charts are other statistics, including the latest census figures. Pendergraft Better, Late Reports State A slight change for the better was perceptible In the condition of W L. Pendergraft late Sa'urday night, according to reports from Mercy hospital. He has been In a very serious condition for the past week, fol lowing an emergency operation for appendicitis last Saturday evening, followed by complications Pendergraft. formerly editor of the Herald, and at present man ager of the Port Isabel Yacht club, is one of the most popular business men of Brownsville, and his condl- ! tion has been wstched with great interest by his friends. Body of Suicide Being Sent Home HOUSTON, Aug. 23—<4*— The body of Charles H. Steding, who committed suicide late yesterday, win be sent to Little Rock. Sted ing's former home. Steding. a native of Germanv. had been In the cot ton business In Houston for 10 years. A verdict of suicide was re turned. Anguerra Awarded $70 for Port Land After a hearing extending over a two-day period, the Jury In the Brownsville Navigation oistrict con demnation suit returned a verdict todav of 570 per acre for the land, and that the district could condemn land for a distance of half a mile cm either side of the proposed chan nel. The suit was against E G An guerra in the county court-at-law. f DORSETT WINS JUDGE’S RACE IN WILLACY County Keeps Ship j With Valley In Other Races (Special to The Herald.) RAYMONDVILLE. Aug. 23 —Com ing out step for step In votes cast | for state candidates Willacy county gave Sterling. Bobbitt, Witt and Neff healthy leads and then turned to the selection of its own county . officers. For county Judge Dorsett defeated Thompson by a vote of 279. while in the county attorney’s race Robin son had a lead of 312 over Edring ton. his opponent. Kev.ie ran off with the office of county treasurer with 25€ votes above Phillips. Runoffs for the office of county commissioner were held in two precincts. Earle win ning over Chrestman In Precinct one. and Gilbert over Lynn in pre cinct number two. Voting ran as follows: Governor R S. Sterling, of Harris Co 792 Miriam A Ferguson, of Travis j County 427 Lieutenant Governor Sterling P. Strong of Dallas Countv 517 Edgar Witt of McLennan Co. 523 Attorney General Robert Lee Bobbitt of Webb Co. 718 James V. Allred of Wichita Co. 348 State Treasurer John E. Davis of Dallas County 533 Charley Lockhart of Travis Co. 489 Commissioner of Agriculture J. E McDonald of Ellis County 431 A H. King of Throckmorton County 385 State Railroad Commissioner Pat M. Neff of McLennan Co. 610 W. Gregory' Hatcher of Dallas County 444 For District Attorney of the Criminal District Court C. K. Richards of Cameron Co. 691 D. S. Purl of Nueces County 455 County Judge Dorsett 78! Thompson 502 County Attorney Robinson 786 Edrington 474 County Treasurer Keene 750 Phillips . * 494, Commissioner. Precinct Vo. 1 Earle *65 Chrestman 1731 Commissioner. Precinct Vo. 2 Gi’bert 233 ' Lynn 276 j Florida Man Opens Business in City A trip to the Vailey has made another convert and has brought Brownsville a new business. The convert is W. H. Boggs, formerly of Miami, Fla., and he Is now on business at 536 Thirteenth Street, where he will carry a tile j stock valued at $30,000. Mr. Boggs came to the Vailey to do the tile work in the Dean Porter home. On deciding to re move to the Valley he arranged lor three masterpieces to be displayed here. One is by Teziano from Spain and is valued at $5,000. one by Orce is valued at $1,100 and the third is from Tunis and valued at $1,500. The Brownsville business man, will represent the 13 manufacturers! In the National Tile Manufactur ers Association, and also the Call-, fomia Art Tile company. WADER IS DROWNED TULSA, Okla.. Aug. 23.—OPi—Zel la Coffey, 15, Oilton, drowned today In a coal pit near Dawson when she waded Into deep water. Joe Anderson, her half brother, at tempted to rescue her and nearly lost his life when the girl clutci ed him about the neck. Hidalgo Co. Goes Sterling Travis Smith Leads George Magee in Onlv Run Off in the County —..- W <Special to The Her*d.> EDINBURG. Aug. 23—With returns In from all except two small box** Santa Rita and San Manuel. Hidalgo coimty^ot on the Stirling band wagon in Saturdays runoff, giving the HousUnlan a neat lead of 1 171 over Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson. In the only county runoff, that of county atwne , Travis Smith led ' George Magee by 224 votes. In the other state races Edgar Witt led Starling P. strong for the ! office of lieutenant governor by 420; R. L. Bctfaitt held his own well ! Cotton Ginnings Hit 75,000 Bales Cotton ginnings for the Valley to date^ are 75.000, according to estimates made by H. P. Boyd of the Valley Gin company. Cotton picking in tlie Valley has material ly slowed down, and it is now estimated that the 1930 production will be approximately 90,000 bales. Dies in Crash LAWTON. Okla.. Aug., 23.-{JPy— Ramond McGraw, 28. of Dallas, was Killed and four members of his *amuy seriously Injured in a high way collision near Cache. 12 miles today- McGraw is sur who suffered es* tTO six-year old ^ broken, mjurieaf h° escaped wlth uunor • against jariFs V. Allred with 192 lead; for attorney general, other leaders wereUohn E. Davis over Charley Loctiart. 100; J. R, Mc Donald over A H. King by 1096. artel Pat M. Neff over W. Gregor Hatcher by 905 Voting for thi various candidates was as follows: Governor—R. S. Sterling, 1812, Miriam A. Fergilon 701. Lieutenant Graemor-Sterling P Strong 949; Eci^v Witt 1369. Attorney Genial — Robert Lee Bobbitt 1293; Jar*>s V. Allred 1101. State Treasurer^John E. Davis 1160; Charley Loclhart 1069 Commissioner ot Agriculture—J. :v McDonald 1654; H. King 558. State Railroad Conmissioner—W. Gregory Hatcher 711; Neff 1624. County Attorney—Travis Smith, 1,198: George Magee 974. Before the Crash. Insure Rio Grande Valley Trust Co.—Adv. ROSS STERLING SHOWS BIG LEAP OVER JIM STERLING BEING CONGRATULATED Congratulations from all over the state were pouring into Ross Sterling last night. Governor Dan Moody was one of the first to wire the Houston candidate. eThe big lead Sterling showed early this morning is causing many to definitely concede him the race. Cameron Backs Sterling Bishop Defeats Scanlan in Close Race While Purl Beats Richards Cameron county went to bat again for Ross Sterling In the run-off and with 6.036 votes cast in that race stacked up 4.623 for the Houston man against 1.413 for Mrs. Ferguson, or a majority of 3.210. An analysis of this vote, when it is considered that Sterling, in the primary, polled 3.265, or a majority over all the other candidates of 1,040, show; that the Houston man split the uncertain vote. The hottest contested race in the county was that between J. J. Bishop and John P. Scanlan in which Bishop won by 108 votes in a count of -*3097 to 2989. COUNTIES NOW COMPLETED Zapata Governor—Ferguson 2, Sterling 83; Lieut. Governor—Strong 2, Witt 83; Attorney General—Allred 3, Bofrbitt 82; State Treasurer—Davis 59, LurJchart 27; Commissioner of Agriculture—King 2, McDonald n4; Railroad Commissioner—Hatcher 2, Neff 85. Swisher Governor- -Ferguson 5S2, Sterling 962; Lieut. Governor—Strong 672, Witt 793; Attorney Genertw.1—All red 964, Bobbitt 408: State Treas urer—Davis 609, Lockhart 686; Comx missioner of Agriculture—King 657, i McDonald 585; Railroad Commis- | sioner—Hatcher 537, Neff 814. Nacogdoches Governor—Ferguson 2728, Sterling 2378; Lieut. Governor—Strong 2475, Witt 2274; Attorney General—All red 2701. Bobbitt 2155; State Treas urer—Davis 2931, Lockhart 1745; Commissioner of Agriculture—King 1938, McDonald 1818; Railroad Com missioner-Hatcher 1848, Neff 2946. Tom Green Governor—Ferguson 1851, Sterl ing 3655; Lieut. Governor—Strong 2545, Witt 2793; Attorney General— Allred 2453. Bobbitt 2906- State Treasurer — Davis 1591, Lockhart. *652: Commisisoner of Agriculture —King 2822, McDonald 2195; Rail road Commissioner—Hatcher 2073, *f; 3297. Henderson Governor—Ferguson 3436. Sterl ing 2087;; Lieut. Governor—Strong Witt 2695; Attorney General— _fContinued on Page Ten) In the governor s race Ferguson carried only three boxes in the county. These were Rangerville 36 to 31; Villa Nueva 61 to 36 amf No. 20 in Brownsville, which gave Fer guson 71 and Sterling 27. The banner Sterling box in the county was box No. 27 in San Benito, which gave Ross 415 and ' Ma ' 21. Purl Wins Incomplete returns in the race of . C. K. Richards against D. S. Purl I showed Purl a probable winner with | over fifteen hundred votes favoring the Corpus Christi man, with three boxes to be heard from in Corpus Christi and Kennedy county out. It .▼ ..▼ ▼.V T V W W FINAL OX DISTRICT Fnal returns from the district this morning showed that D. S. Furl had won over C. K. Richards of Brownsville by 1446 votes. The Ct^unt follows: County Richards Purl Camerdta .3,861 2.009 KenaedjV..^ .>4 52 43 Willacy ..}» .... 455 Kleberg . 6« . 858 Nueces . 760 X 189 Totals .6.008 7.554 A r4-v4- ^ A A A was doubted If the complete returns would change the leadership. Cam eron county gave Richards 3,861 to 2,009 for Purl. In canvassing the returns last night all records of the county made by The Brownsville Herald vere broken when the complete <~>unt was in by 9 o'clock. Cameron county gave Robert Lee Bobbitt a nice lead but early last night it appeared the form- r La redo man would lose in the state. In the precinct races Logan, Rob erts. Estes. Noblett and Jackson were easy winners In Cameron county all candidates in the state race recommended by The Brownsville Herald won. Be sides those already mentioned Edgai Witt defeated Sterling Strong 2 999 to 2.4S4. and Neff v m over W. Gregory Hatcher by a toun. of 4 - 080 to 1,425. Hearing Waived In Murder of Tenant WORTHAM. Aug 23—Hav ing declined to m. ke a statement and w aiving preliminary hearing. W. C. Butler, prominent farmer of this community, was ;nder $7,500 bond today charged with murder in the fatal shooting yesterday at his farm of Oscar T. Harrison, 29, his ten ant. There were 10 witnesses to the shooting. / Mrs. Harri gr widow of the ten ant. testified at the inquest that her husband 1 -3d lier l,1»t But ler telephoned <*etton men and seed buyers at Wortham ” buy cot. ton nr Hen-180” and not tosr’.ve nun a check Publisher Appeals Liljel Conviction MIAMI. Fla Aug. H. Wendler, publisher ®* two local ! weekly paper was a Jberty under $1,000 bond todjy P»!”Jn8 appeal of sentence parse* <g -V^terday , s-s-'sSHS2 i 5StSijfi5WB i. late Glenn H. e-™* i 1 / ’<v . HEATED RACE SETS RECORD TEXAS VOF Many Concede Race To Houston Man • By Texas Election Bureau* DALLAS. Aug. 24—On the basis of unofficial returns. Ross Ster ling of Houston appears to be gov ernor in Saturday's democratic run off primary by a majority that promises to reach 100.000 when the comparatively few outstanding votes are heard from. With approximately 800.000 votes taL«'.ated he had a lead of 91 With 241 counties reported, ninety nine of them complete, the pros pect was that there are Insuf ficient votes outstanding to upset the result. The vote tabulated election night was the largest ever tabulatedi in one night in Texas and the total 1 already reported is larger than ever cast in a nuj-off primary in the history of Texas. The total promises to be the largest of any in the history of the state, topping the previous high vote of 833.000 set In the July primary Second Hour Showed Trend vv'T ▼.t rrw."xr Tabulation* For tabulations on county race j see page 10. *~+.**M, A dk, A -O- JL AAj Reports were received from 3S more counties than ever before I reported on an election night. The j number of counties reporting com plete on election night is 29 In excess of the previous high report set dn August 1928. j All the minor races were disposed ! of by safe majorities early In the night. Returns indicate the follow ing winners: Edgar Witt for lieutenant gov ernor over Sterling P. Strong. James V. Allred for attorney general over R. L. Bobbitt. Charles Lockhart for state treasurer over John E. Davis. Mc Donald for commissioner of agri culture over A. H. King. Pat M. Neff for railroad com missioner over W. Gregory Hatcher. Twelve Counties Out With exception of the attorney generals race, the relative posi tions of the candidates was not changed after the beginning of the tabulation. Bobbitt led by a slight margin the first hour but this disappeared at 8 o'clock. The per centage of majorities varied with the count but the 8 o'clock tabula tion Indicated the same result as the final tabulation of the night. Vnreported counties are: Ballsy, jlansford; Karnes: Kennedy. King. Live Oak. McMullen. Moore, Reagab. Refugi^s»nd Victoria. DALLAS, Aug. jJ^Retums to the Texas Election FM-nTlm* Jii3L* m from 241 out of 253 counties. incKMi^ ;ng 99 crmplcte, accounting for SOsTwR 25a vob s, give the following total-, foi car didates in Saturday's Demo cratic run-off primary: - Governor . 358.463 sterling . 449.792 Lieat. Governor ®*r ;n* . 339.10a Attorney General . 443.993 Bobbltt . 220.839 State Treasurer ... 335.130 Lockhart ... 4Q2 595 Commissioner of Agricultu-e Ki,ig . 29> • 02". McDonald . 41«^76 Railroad Commissioner J**lfher . 314.810 Jumper Die» DENTON, Md., Aug. 23—(TP)— Walter Jewell, 32. professional parachute jumper, was killed late today when the chute he was using failed to open and he fell 700 feet Into Market street. ' WEATHER | Brownsville and the Valley: Part y Cl°Udy U?nl*ht an«* —■WMmhmMMW * river forecast * in tK?*iwin ** no material change « hStr, " <lu™e next 24 ” Z1***1 24-Hr. 24-Hr Eagle Pass 1« 8u*#b Chant- Rain * Laredo 27 H “2* •<* Rio Grande 21 gn ~2f *** Mission 22 as f 00 San Benito 23 13R '* -00 Brownsville 13 39 ™ TIDE TABLE High and low tide at Point r, omorrow. under normal Slrf? . * Weal conditions* mpteorol . 4 50 a. m; 2 25 n **.9_^ m ; VS l s. *m.™5KAi*s'0DS mta Sunrise tomorrow ***.’*.2 *•••••••• itwl t