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HOW ABOUT IT?
j No one would invite either
X War or business depression, but
U £rom them may come some new
inspirations.
—President Hoover.
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Too many authors m to be
indulging in n free-for-all race
for bigger and better im
mortality.
—G. K. Chesterton.
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God must find the United
! States a rather difficult country
!; to pi«*is° .
—Lord Melchett.
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I suppose the dogmas of the
church were slogans.
—Dean Inge.
WITH the election of Brownsville
navigation commissioners set foi
December it has been founc
that many in Brownsville have noi
a clear conception of the situatior
with reference to handling the pori
and other navigation projects.
The present commissioners hole
office by appointment, following
their appointment stafe legislatioi
was enacted requiring that such
officials be elected by popular vote
The Lime has now rolled arounc
to comply with that new law anc
the election da .e set What remain.'
is for the disirict voters, included
in the adiertis-jd formal call, to give
a full vote of confidence to those
undertaking this task foi the city.
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BROWNSVILLE has been fortun
ate in having had the represen
tation she has had on this com
—. mission. It is a big undertaking re
^ Quiring hours and days of time in
work for the community. There
is no compensation and sometimes
when certain obstacles are confront
ed the commissioners have some
rights to feel that it is a thankless
task. A big vote will make them
feel better for this work of helping
better the community. Speed in
the project has been had through
some of the members being bankers
and in a position to advance funds
end save time which otherwise would
represent a waste.
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HfHEN the actual work on the port
W will start cannot be definitely
pointed out. but Major Milo P
Fox. government engineer on the
matter, in f. recent visit here, re
marked that the best progress he has
ever seen on such a big project Is
being made.
For the sake of time as well as
other considerations the same men
who have served in the past should
certainly be re-elected.
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A FEW diys ago the engineer of
this co.umn broke out with a
noise of disappointed duck hunt
ers because of so much water. That
very night i neighbor sent over four
ducks “just, to show us how wrong
we were.”
All right if that is the way to cor
rect a wrong we hear the turkey
season is going to be simply terrible
when it opens Sunday.
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AFTER living in the Valley under
such circumstances Animated
Annie says she believes the boot
iJHeggr: is the one guy who has to
jtttt until his ship comes in.
SOME folks may criticize our ethics,
but it gets such wonderful re
sults. Ethics at times is flexible
and rightly should be so.
But not to the extent of the man
who asked what in the world busi
ness ethics is. He was told that a
definition could not be given for it,
but that ,t could be explained as fol
lows :
A man came into a store owned
bv two partners and purchased $8
worth or! goods from one of the
partners. He tendered r ten dollar
bil’ in pfivment. On the way to the
cash register the store owner dis
ccvered that two ten dollar bills
were stuck together.
•Now.” it was explained, “the
question of ethics was should that
owner tell his partner about it?”
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ALETTFR from San Benito today
signed “A reader’ asks that at
tention be called to Valley well
wishers not to permit the beauty of
the Valley to be maimed with sign
pcst:
A clipping wis enclosed calling at
tention to the fact that while Europe
drives the billboards from her hills
ar.d highways American landscapes
are being made hideous.
Signs ar.d billboards constitute one
form of advertising American man
ufacturers and restaurants, or what
not, are willing to ape each other
in. In some localities it is coming
to the point where the scenery of
ferds the autoists not a view of the
outdoors, but only an opportunity to
d( cide which cigarette ad offers tire
prettiest girl, or the most effeminate
joking man. There must be ten
thousand ’’Last Chance” filling sta
tions signs, and so on and so forth.
4 m*. the landscape begins to pre
J A the appearance of b*ing enclos
P i a wall running the length of
the highway. This extreme has not
come to the Valley yet. but we want
to keep it so that our orchards and
gardens will be visible from the
roadside.
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AT last Valley shippers are about
to form an organization with
one object in view that of stab
ilizing the price of Valiev fruits. At
% meeting last night in Harlingen
a committee was appointed to plan
the association.
When the Valley gets organized
like California with the growers
working hand in hand with the
shippers, the fruit quotations list
will not so much resemble fire sale
CH-.di. and consuraen wtt!, net be
mistaking our early grape fruit and
oranuea far lemons.
COAST CROPS
ARE DAMAGED
BY SNOWFALL
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California In Grip
Of Winter; Sun
Shines On Rio
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14—<B*—
Snow, wind and rain combined to
day to give California end the Pa
cific northwest sharp warning of
winter's approach.
Beginning of the weather distub
ance yesterday brought reports of
damage to crops and small water
craft.
At Monterrey a fishing boat w-as
torn from its moorings and two
barges loaded with sardines were
swamped. Ram at Modesto dam
aped drying beans while ir. the Fres
no cotton district growers were
troubled.
Snowfall closed Tioga Pass and
Big Oak Flats roads m Yosemite.
Tuolumme Meadows near the sum
mil of Tioga Pa;s were buried un
der a loot of snow. Nine inches fell
at Crane Flat.
Portland. Oregon, experienced the
first snow of the season, as did Salt
i Lake City, Utah.
At Dawson, Yukon Territory, the
last open spaces of the Yukon river
were frozer over, and thf stream
was ice-covered from Lake Laber
age, Y. T., to Norton Sound. Alaska.
Ram in central and southern
California put an abrupt end to
h:gh temperatures and reduced to
normal the fire hazard
In Montana a snowstorm swept
down from the north driving tem
peratures to below f eezmg. Fifty
automobiles, belonging chiefly to
tc urists. were snow bound near Great
1 Is. There was a possibility drift
ing snow would impound the cars
until next spring. Ten women oc
cupants of the stalled automobiles
walked six miles through the drifts
to shelter. A group of twelve men
sought refuge in a cabin.
A drop in temperature of 37 de
grees at Helena brought the mer
cury to 14 above zero last night.
Anaconda reported 13 above.
Rio Hondo Litttle
Damaged by Rain
(Special to The Herald.)
RIO HONDO. Nov. 14—After
about eight days of almost steady
precipitation the major portion of
the farmers in this locality are out
in their fields in boots, draining
their fields, where it is practical.
The unusually heavy rains of
this Fall have held back citrus
shipments here. Only six cars of
fruit have been shipped out of this
district this year, some fruit how
ever was trucked out to San An
tonio and other markets. The
tomato, beans and other light
truck are materially damaged
farmers say.
Cabbage is thought to have
survived the rains better than
other vegetables The bright side
of the crop situation as seen by
local farmers is that in view of
the fact that there is little demand
for Valley truck, they are saved
further expense with the crop,
also, the rains have put a wonder
ful seasoning in the ground for
the spring crops. Clear skies and
a few days of drying weather will
see the bulk of the citrus crop
begin its annual trip to the markets
of the world.
Southern Methodists
To Battle Liquor
EASTLAND. Nov. 14—OP—South
err Methodists, from the individual
congregations up. are to be organiz
ed for an educational campaign for
p-ohibition and against repeal of
the 18th amendment Dr. A. D. Por
ter. secretary of the central Texas
Methodist conference and a member
of the general board of temperance
and social service of the church,
said here last night.
“When the 18th amendment was
passed we went to sleep, but now we
ate going to get off the defensive
and become the aggressors for pro- j
hibition.' Dr. Porter said "And if
the democrats nominate Al. Smith
:r a man like him. which it looks
like they might do. we are gomg to 1
beat him.” Mention of Bishop Can-!
non's name was the occasion for
mild applause.
Other speakers at the night ses
sion of the central Texas conference
v.ere Mrs. F. P. Culver of Fort1
Worth, who addressed the women. !
and Dr. Cole of Dallas, editor of the
Texas Christian Advocate.
DO-X Called
BORDEUX. Nov. 14.—.-P—The
Le Bourget Airfield today urgently
called the German giant seaplane
Do-X by wireless, broadcasting
"have some important meteorol
ogical advice for you.*’
The Do-X did not answer and
has not signalled since passing
Cherbourg.
HELLO! GOODBY!
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LOS ANGELES—Bernice and Mary Ellen Py le. Los Angeles sisters,
do so much traveling to see their parents that they don’t see each
other much. C. G. Pyle, their father, has to spend most of his time
in Honolulu for business reasons: Mrs. Pyle is compelled by similar
reasons to live in Los Angeles. So the two daughters commute back
and forth across the Pacific, on staying with the mother while the
other stays with the father. At the right in the above picture is
Bernice, snapped as she sailed for fionolulu on the liner Calawali; at
the left Is Mary Ellen, shown arriving simultaneously in Los Angeles.
Baptists Elect Valley Men
Brownsville, Harlingen and Edinburg Pastor
Placed On Executive Board
AMARILLO, Tex . Nov. 14 fP~—So-called "hard times" did not prov»
any obstacle to Texas Baptists in their year's work, but on the otter
hand not only was the financial goal set attained, but $165,517 was ap
plied on the bonded indebtedness.
Turning from spiritual things to discuss money matters, the Bap.Lt
General Convention of Texas, m its final dav s session heard the an
nual report of the executive board, presented by Dr. W. R. White of
Dallas, secretary.
NEW BUILDING
CONTRACT LET
Contract for a building to house
Piggly Wiggly Store No. 2 in
Brownsville to be located on West
Elizabeth Street opposite The Ter
race, has been let to R. E. Ewing,
Harlingen contractor, acccording to
an annoucement made Friday by
H. E. Butt of Harlingen, presiucm.
of Piggly Wiggly-Butt Company,
Inc.
The lots on which the building is
to be located are owned by Mrs.
James La Gro of Brownsville, who
has closed a five-year lease with
the Piggly Wiggly company for the
store space. Cost of the building
was not made public.
The structure is to be of tile and
stucco construction. 59x80 feet and
set back 30 feet from the street in
order to provide plenty of parking
space for customers, said Mr. Bua. 1
This parking space will be concic- j
ted so that ii will be usable in all
weather.
It is hoped to have the building
ready Jan. 1, at which time a big
formal opening will be held.
There will be a market in con
nection with the grocery depart
ment.
Glenn E. Herman, at present
cashier at No. 1 store, will be man
ager of the new place. S. M. Har
vey is in charge of Store No. 1 and
is an experienced man. having been J
in the business in Brownsville eight
or nine years.
Brownsville is the first Valley
town to have two Piggly Wiggly
stores. Others are located at San
Benito. Harlingen. Raymondville.
Mercedes. Weslaco. Donna. Pharr.
Edinburg. McAllen and Mission. The
present ownership has been in ef
fect three years. It started with
three stores. Another store was de- |
cided for Brownsville because
the business thef? demanded it. Mr.
Eut» safd. The new store will have
a more suburban location than the
downtown piace. and will be more
convenient to shoppers from outly
ng parts of th* city.
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Russian Peasants in Revolt
LONDON. Nov. 14—nT—Fighting
between peasants and communists
forces resulting in raucn bloodshed
in the regions of Ostrov and Optok
ha near the Lettish Russian frontier
was reported in Reuters dispatches
flam Riga today.
The population of a number of
’Tillages was reported in the Riga
pi ess to have revolted after attempts
Itad been made to enforce the sell
| urc of corn and collectivization of
I fatms.
The villages of Jelrno and Dubki j
were said to have been destroyed
by bombardments from an armored
tt&in while other villages were partly
destroyed.
A number of peasants were report
ed to have been executed and many
families imprisoned.
( xnr wiiuru liiu^uwC’unra^ ui tile
convention was reduced from
SI.000.000 as of May 1. 1928. to
S750.000 at the present time, two
thirds of the reduction ha\ing
been made this year.
The budget receipts of the year
amounted to $522,406. but in ad
dition to this there were many
other special offerings for objects
fostered by the State and South
ern Baptist Conventions.
Dr. White said the board had
pursued a policy of paying cash for
all its current operations and
making reductions on its indebted
ness.
Texas Leads World
Dr W. W. Melton of Waco, chair
man of the committee on T-ptist
young peoples’ unions revealed
that Texas with its 4 648 B. Y. P.
U s with a combined membership
of 122.774 led the world in this
phase of church work.
The report of Dr. I. E. Gates of
San Antonio, chairman of the com
mittee on Evangelism revealed
there ' was a favorable atmosphere
in the State for the promotion of
Evangelism'' the past year.
The State Mission Board main
tained a staff of seven Evangelists
who conducted Evangelistic cam
paigns in many of the more needy
sections of the state. Eighty-one
revival meeting- were held. 2.487
sermons preached. 3068 persons
converted and 2377 baptized and
admitted to church membership.
The Executive Board was chosen
as follows
Expiring 1931
O S Lattimore ot Austin: R E
Bell of Decatur: Marshall Craig.
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Oklahoma Family
Burned to Death
MUSKOGEE Okla . Nov. 14 — '&)
—The charred bodies of Bill Ham
monds. 45. his wife and their two
children, a boy and a girl, were
found in the smouldering: ruins of
the Hammonds farm home near
Creekola. late last nieht.
Sheriff Fred Hamilton said the
position of the bodies led him to
believe Harr tends killed his fam
ily. set fire to the house and com
mitted suicide.
However. Jerrv Hammonds, bro
ker of the dead man said an exam
ination reveal'd th* skulls of all of
hem had be-n crushed
Fu "era1 Service*
For Local Attorney
Funeral ceremonies for John A.
Jones, local attorney who di'd of
heart failure Tuesday nizht. were
held at Morris mertuarv Thursday
afternoon, the Rev. Sterling Fi'her
of the Methodist church
Ceremonies were held at 3
o'clock, and the bodv was interred
in the Buena Vista cemetery
although it was first planned to
ship the body to Jacksboro. his
fo—r>er home, for fc’t*daV
Ps’l b^a^ers were w A.
*le:k Champion. Thos O. Pat
teson, H. D. Seago, O. P. Brenner,
and Lee R. Vane*.
PORT BOARD
FILING TIE
IS PASSED
Three Commissioners
Candidates For
Re-Election
With the election of three navig
ation commissioners facing the
voters of the districts of the
Brownsville area, three names have
been filed for re-election to that
board.
These are John G. Fernandez. Z.
A. Rosenthal, and John Gregg.
This is done in conformity to the
legislation requiring that such com
missioners be elected by popular
vote, oassed since the appoint
ment of these commissioners some
time ago.
The election date has been set
for December 2. and while it is said
that some little opposition has
been heard, mostly expressions jf
personal individual feeling, it is
generally concede*-’ that a large
vote will be piled up for these three
men. if voters will remind them
selves to go to the polls on that
day.
Names for the office are re
quired to be filed twenty days be
fore election and It is said the
time limit has now expired.
John Gregg is present chairman
of the board, succeeding Z. A.
Rosenthal when Mr. Rosenthal be
came city manager. Others have
been connected with the board in
the capacity of employes.
For a number of years this bodv
has had before it the great labor
of the deep water port for Browns
ville. How it has worked hand In
hand with the San Benito and
Port Isabel districts to gain, chiefly
through John Garner, the ap
propriation for a Valley port is
now well known history in the
Valley.
It was said todav that the pro
gress of securing the right-of-wav
and lands required by the govern
ment for the Brownsville project
is proeressing in a most satisfact
ory manner when the enormous
details of the project are consid
er d.
All three of the men who have
filed a-e candidates to succeed
themselves.
Four Negroes Die
In Electric Chair
LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Nov 14—
■T — Four negroes were elctrocuted
at the state penitentiary early today
for two murders committed in rob
beries last year. They were James
Turnage and George Washington,
convicted of killing W. H. Roberts.
Little Rock filling station operator,
and Eddie Long and Willie Joe Dav
is convicted of fatally wounding
Jnhn Weed. North Little Rock
grocery store proprietor and city
alderman.
The executions lasted 32 minutes,
starting at 7:13 a m. and ending at
7 45 a. m.
LTnassisted, the four men walked
the few paces separating their cells
f”om the death chamber and pray
ed in low murmurs. Davis went
first, followed by Long. Turnage and
Washington.
Hunters Must Pluck
Imported Fowls
Under the new tariff act. residents
of the United States hunting in
Mexico are allowed to bring their
game bark to the United States duty
free. Deputy Collector of Customs
William Neale stated Friday.
However, customs regulations pre
vent the importation of feathers
which makes it necessary that hunt
ers pluck their fowls before cross
ing the Rio Grande with them.
This new regulation allowing the
return of wild game duty free is
proving popular with American
hunters
Assassination Plot
GENEVA, Nov. 14—The ex
change telegraph teday said that
the Swiss police have been observ
ing great secrecy connection with
h plot discovered yesterday to as
sassinate members of the Soviet
delegation to the preparatory dis
armament commission
ATLANTIC AIR LINE
IS ASSURED AMERICA
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HOOVER STARTS RED CROSS DRIVE
“I trust that the Red Cross membership drive this year may be more
successful than ever before. The Red Cross is our national insurance
against the suffering of disaster in any part of our country. It is not
charity in the normal sense of gift without obligation . . . . " Thus
said President Hoover, who is president of the American Red Cross,
at the opening of the annual membership drive. And here you see
him being enrolled by Judge Barton Payne, right, chairman of the
organization.
Miller Pleads Valley Canal
Extension From Corpus Christi To Border
Urged By Speaker At New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Nov. 14.—<.*P—Completion of a national inland
waterway system in time for the present generation to use it, by the is
suance of bonds, xl necessary, was advocated by Roy Miller of Corpus
Christi, active president of the Intra-Coastal Canal Association, at the
opening session today of the organization's annual convention here.
Miller said a nation-wide waterway construction program would con
tribute its part to the relief of the business depression. He pointed out
that in a statement issued on July 3, when the last rivers and harbors
100 BURIED
Frenzied Workers Take Out
Fifteeen Persons Alive
LYONS. France. Nov. 14 —•.$* —
I Fear of further landslides led to
day to evacuation of a wide area
about the section where yesterday
upwards of 100 persons were buried
as they slept when their houses
collapsed.
Foundations of the entire district
are believed to have been under
mined by ex:ended rains and the
Antiquaiile hospital and even the
famous old Cathedral of St. Jean
itself are threatened. Reinforcing 1
of the weakened area is said to be j
impractical since the undermining
appears to be too widespread.
Firemen, police and volunteers a*
dawn resumed excavation of the
ruins of the ten or twelve houses
which were caught in the landslides
for the bodies of those who were
buried beneath the tons of masonry.
Only five bodies thus hav# been ,
recovered, and only three of these J
have been identified Of 15 persons j
taken alive from the debris sev
eral are seriouslv injured and
probably will not live.
Estimates on the lass of lifp
range from 50 to 100. with possi
bility that the real to*ai never will
he known So hazardous is the
work of excavation that it may be
days before many of the bodies are
reached.
Reds Blamed for Cuban Riot
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Troop* Parade Street* of Havana Following
Clashes in Which Six Have Died
HAVANA. Nov. 14——The mailed fist of the Cuban military was
poised today above Havana and its environs, prepared to strike hard In
defense of the administration of Gerardo Machado, threatened with a
growing island-wide unrest.
Troops carrying rifles patrolled the city's streets, with mounted de
tails here and there. Student assemblies were forbidden and house
holders remained in their homes.
A censorship was imposed on all outgoing cable dispatches, and upon
Now She’ll Be Catty
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 14.—<*»>—
Mitzi, 18-year-old persian cat, has
come into possession of her $15,000
estate through probation of the
, will of Mitzi’s late mistress Dr.
Maude F. Cain.
Dr. Cain died October 18 leaving
a $500,000 estate. By terms of the
will Mitzi was bequeathed $15.000
cash and Dr. Cains San Gabriel
home ‘ for the prrpose of provid
ing upon said premises a home
and proper care for my cat Mitzi,
ao long aa she shall live."
gine c&puai 5 vww w
which, El Pais and Diario de la
Mar.na, suspended publication rath
j er than submit to governmental
supervision.
Desuitory minor rioting by unor
ganized bands of students lasted
Into the night, with one student re
ported dead and a small number
wounded in clashes yesterday.
An investigat.on is being conduc
ted into the wounding of Arturo
Tagle y Soria, a relative of former
1 Preside* Mario Menocal. who has
) worked [with the Nationalist union
in oopc-li.ion to the Machado ad
ministration. Tagle. ho is 24 years
old, and) a native of Key West, *'ia.,
(Continued on page 10'
win approvru, riwiucm xiouver
declared: "In aggregate, this in
land waterway undertaking repre
sents a larger project than even
the Panama Canal. It will provide
employment for thousands of men.
it should be fruitful of decreas'd
transportation charges on bulk
goods, should bring great benefits
to our farms and to our industries.'
The great Mississippi river sys
tem, which embraces the intra
coastal canal, will not be available
to the American people within the
days of the present generation if
present methods and policies con
tinue, the speaker stated.
Two Suggestions
Either annual appropriations
must be substantially increased ana
p.ouably doubled, or, if mat is not
leasioie, tne project must be fi
nanced in its entirety by bond is
sue and tne work placed under con
tinuing contracts so that comple
tion may be realized withm a reas
onable time.
"When it is considered that ap
proximately $l8,uoo must be al
loted each year for maintenance of
existing projects, leaving only a
little more than $30,0a,000 annual
ly tor actual construction, the ut
ter inadequacy of the past policy
of . $50,000,000 annual appropria
tion is at once apparent.” He add
ed it appeared that an annual ap
propriation of 5100.000,000 consti
tuted the “Irreducible minimum.”
“Under ordinary circumstances a
pay-as-you-go program undoubr
ed v constitutes sound economic
policy. Such a program, however,
can only be projected and carried
out upon the basis of adequate
current revenues.
Reserve F und Use Urged
Just now we are in a position
nationally’ w-here income both to
the individual and to the govef-n
mcnt has been curtailed. Notwith
standing that fact, we have amass
ed tremendous reserves in national
wealth.
“If our curtailed Income will not
permit us to do this tremendous
job of completing our national in
land waterway system on a pay
as-vou-co basis. Is It not perfectly
sound that we should utilize some
of the reserves in a financing pro
gram in order that we mav not
onlv stimulate present conditions
but also guarantee our country’s
future progress?”
Good Progress
The speaker pointed out that
'spiendiu progress" nail been maue
on the intia-coastal canal, wmcn
is authorized for 600 miles lroni
the Mississippi river west and south
through the coastal sections ol
Louisiana and Texas to Corpus
Christi. ‘Ten dredges are now at
work in Southern Louisiana and
a completed waterway with a nine
foot depth and 100 foot bottom
width, via the PI quemine route
from Morgan City to the jabine
district in Texas, is . anticipated
within two years. In Texas, all
rights cf /ay covering the section
from the Sabine district to Gal
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NAIL SERVICE
TO BE OPENED
WITHIN YEAR
Panamerican Airway*
And English Co.
To Operate
WASHINGTON. Nov 14——
Plane for an Anglo-American air
trail line across the Atlantic today
were said by W. Irving Glover, sec
ond assistant postsnaste- general to
be settled.
‘ Pan American Airways, Inc., and
Imperial Airways. Ltd . of England,
will operate the line, which has been
planned to beein within another
year." Glover said.
"Everything has been settled with
the exception of equipment, spread
ing of weather facilities, and loca
tion of landing fields both in the
States and other points.
"The postoffice department, which
has been aware of negotiations be
tween the two companies for some
time is prepared to give mail to the
line, whenever it is ready.”
He said Charleston. S C., may be
the American terminus of the line
because of Us location below the
bad weather belt.
Little Light Thrown
On Man Found Dead
Efforts to identify the body
found in the Arroyo Colorado
Wednesday as that of Paul Beck,
Houston prohibition agent missln?
since June, had met with no suc
cess Friday.
The body was caught in the Ar
royo about a mile south of tho
railroad bridge by fishermen WTed
nesday.
Claude C Towers, pressman at
the Bishop Print shop, said t
body might be that of his brother
in-law. Paul Beck, who ha.' be*a
: mii-sing. Towers said the descrio
j tion fitted his brother-m-law.
Beck was last seen near Shreve
port in June tvhile on duty as %
prohibition agent. Towers wir-d
relatives Thursday to determine
whether Beck had been located vjt
had received no answer at noon.
The body was brought here Wed
nesday and decomposition had set
in so badly that it was buried im
mediately by the Marcelo Garza
undertaking establishment.
A. L. Pickens of Edinburg Thu:s
dav said the body might be that
of Will Brummitt who disappear
ed from Portia. Ark. Oct 22. No
check had been made in this ca^»
up to noon.
Registration Night
For Tourists Opens
To aid tounsts to better enjoy
their visit to Brownsville, and 10
help new residents get acquainted
witn each other, each Thursday
evening has been devoted to whut
will be known as Registration Nignt
at the tourist 100m of the local
chamber of commerce, according
to Mrs. Ralph A. Warden, hostess.
The first Registration evening is
scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 18. at
7:30, and all tourists, visitors and
those residents who have moved
here within the past year are in
vited to be present.
••You would be surprised at the
number of winter tourists in
Brownsville at present," Mrs War
den said Friday morning. "And
the number of new families, es
pecially in the El Jardin district,
is amazing. We t ’ant to make the
tourists’ visit here as pleasant as
possible, and when they leave *e
want them to carry away with
them a good impression of Brown:—
ville and the Valley.”
PLAINTIFF WINS
A Judgment for the nlam'tff
was returned in the Cameron
| county court at law Frldav morn
ing in the case of Texas Develon
| ment. Inc. vs. P W. Perkins, et al.
The case was a suit on contract.
ji WEATHER j
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday; not much change in tem
perature.
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Saturday with occasional rains;
cooler in northwest portion Satur
day.
Moderate to fresh southerly wind*
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
In the river during the next 24 to
43 hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Br
Stage Stage Chang. Rain
I Eagle Pass 18 3.7 0 0 .11
- Lcredo 27 0.9 0.0 .29
R'o Grande 21 9 4 +0.1 .14
Mission 22 10.0 40 4 .05
San Benito 23 18 6 -f01 J02
BrowTisville 18 12 1 +0.1 .07
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorol
ogical conditions:
High.12:13 a. m.; 11:12 a. m.
Low .6:47 a. m; 3:53 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
8tmM| today . 3:41