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--- THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IX THE VALLEY—LEASE D WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE.-S
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THIRTY-NINTH YEAR—NO. 294 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 12. 1931 TWELVE PAOE> loDAf III
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I> OUR
VALLEYi
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HAUSMAX BROS- of Laredo
packers mao nave done arc.
tr* slJ btxag busajesa a the Val
id. plan to do stfll more fc-jsaes.
m jectMD. ** wanes the an
aMOBOBCm ir 1a* yesterday that
tins well iacvt fma would eskab
L*i a packing plant -n Brcwni
sl3e.
• • •
Ills. •_ trey axe coming to the Val
ley as we grow anc as our growth
mace: the establaoment of these
aacostnes profitable. We cannot
expect, w if me do expect we are
open to disappointment any man or
any company to enter business
where be cannot see a profit.
• • •
. MThe mere fact that new indus
\ncs are daily coming to every city
tn the Valley » evidence enough
that the men managing these in
dustries see a prospective profit
And me all know that a profit can
ned coroe from any community not
financially- prosperous.
• • •
COMMEMORATING the name of
the late Fred C Booth by engraving
it on ace of the San Benito public
schools win serve to remind count
less hundreds of school children of
the present and future of the life
of that man mho did so much for
the pubhe schoo! system of the Re
saca City and mho >?: his imprint
on every phase of the cmc life of
that city
• • •
The oamir^ of schools, parks and
ether public places after Valiev
men who rare gone ahead is a mest
praiseworthy idea anc one which
should endear itself to the public
authorities of our city, school ana
county entities- In years to come
ear residents will be ah.e to reac
and learn their csvx and Valley
bstcry !rm our public jyii jfiightv
m m m
ty other named fer Val
ley nsec and woceen.
• • •
4' TAT UP Oi CASPER Wjaogf
■wr* a a newspaper that knows
war of tie Casper Triae-HraiS
the rape* nseif i*»rsed the free
g-ft at three BIG. JUICY. TEXAS
GRAPEFELTT wrb each wans ad
placed 2 tie Sunday edr.jce.
• • •
Wa®*T i«b that ««?▼ rat. w&
mmmm, * -** "efcjd reader at the Tr-c
■oe-BeraM win tad ever tasted
Trias grapefruit piared «aas Rasa
nd and pAred ™ m
three want ads.
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A paper that knows a erne thasg
wtoateced-v has readers win know
a good thing
• • •
A S3W.JW HIGH SCHOOL wtiacb
rrstinre* ot ntry school dsarxt at
WiBacv ceoKj tocid at'.ersd is tie
latest project advanced aifc* eds
caumal inti a the Vile*.
a • •
Ai we aiiif.Karti the propjs*.
the children moEtjd attend rat
seboofe of *Jnr rof«tT» <s*mrj
throogh tie eighth grade as —~
;ihnf thear tax ft*ar rears sx tie
ccesniadated Ingfe schooL
m m m
Tb»* aiaa has its advantages Cn
diuiRedlj a hagti iciwot ss^jwrted
toy tie entire' coectj would he able
to Oder a gli aTlj broadened car
IPrscpirte labora'cry awi tubes
▼ef .pBwr.t tiiC Use scaools «f arr
eral ssxaCer cat nets co®d afford
A '»«»» complete teaching staff
tent job gives to detail than » now
• • •
Is respects overhead could
b» cat don nd a scene a would
be rased nciuiv by the necesssty
rtf fgrate: ,ng traMporutwc to stu
dent* fcvtcj at the cchnz districts
from the poem obese the central
hgb school was located
• • •
We imagine that educator' wi2
be able to star up seme real ire
argMsmt* on tbe prapoml.
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VALLEY FARMERS has* beets
pounr-r the valer to fro*: tetter
beans and tomatoes and potatoes
Ldurrtg the pas? few days, and a
row looks as it at least some of the
snrkn crops will be saved by such
• • •
Ore thing certain. there fe
enough prospective casa on the bar
pel head in sigh: for such track
crops that can be earned through
to osUrty to warrant the tak-ng
cf any steps which bold oat the
]em bit otf hope.
m • •
WOSCDER WHATS become of m2
the agnation m favor of a Vtl>'
several months since a new rail
road was bmlx into the VaUer****
*ewf imce a miZwe <5c2ar hose! was
both in any ehy~**Or sace a new
ccacry or state was formed.
m m m
Can S be pwsatee that oar Ya3ey
serthes are loss* the- rose for
new*, or is their inreeme pemuf
an a short vacation—or are they sc
hasy *iwwMr?»rwr what really hap
pen* Hint thrr % -.* oat u&e lor
dK*ht?al past-ma] |
U. S. GUNBOATS
ATTACKED BY
BANDIT GANGS
Yangtse River Patrol
Has 37 Skirmishes
With Pirates
BLUEJACKETS
Exact Heavy Death Toll
From Chinese River
Brigands
SHANGHAI. Mar 12 tAV-Seven
gunboats comprising the United
States Yangtse river patrol have
been the targets of not less than
thirty-seven bandit attacks since
iasi July. American naval authori
ties here revealed today.
During the same period armed
American guards aboard commer
cial vessels were attacked eighty
seven times. M
Not once did the roving bands of
river shore brigands, with their an
cient, rusty, muzzle-ioading cannon
emerge vwrtonoos from the many
battles a-ong the liKM tortuous
miles of the Yangtse between Nan
tang, raprtal of China, and Chong
lung. deep x the interior
Scores at bandits fell dead be
fore the fire of gxm »rwi
three-mch rifles manned bv Amer
ican bluejackets. Countless others
were wounded, but an accurate
check of the dead and injured nev
er was made because surviving bri
gands invariably carried off the
The American patrol did not wea
ther the last eight months un
•f Brooklyn. K. Y, sea mar on the
gunboat Guam, was killed Last Jah
S m a battle between a ba-^rr
shore battery and the Gas
three British gunboat* rear Yo
ebow Two Bmsh sailors were
Parrot ships of ocher eating j.if
Srred a vrar.lar unprecedeuied ms
tar af attacks a the eay>»
a*r_".?. More fait oer Japtr V
Bsr.ii?.- or Chinese warohsp josaec
Aas«van mvSs bs biasufi; t»
a shcre battery.
TALKS. FREED
FROM CONTEMPT
DkJUi Reporter Released
From Ja»l By Judge i
Thts Morning
DALLAS Mat 11 p—Eddr
Barr seporter lor to* Dallas Dis
patch. wiled vessel day for cawaay
today mid Judge Grmer Adams tha*
Sonran Register. an assay art m the
affices of DHtnct Attorney WxSas
McCraw. first toid hw of the kid
napeng of Lewis Hurst sad C I
Coder rw—f orgaaaen. last
ThursdiT. McCraw Is coodactia;
the grand jury mvestigaiaoc and 11
was ins question which resulted m
the reporters sentence (or contempt
Judge Adams ordered Barr s re
lease from jail and remitswc of a
lie® fine. The reporter was taken
before xhe grand jary.
P>r.*v; denied grrgag Barr the x
fermat-cn McCraw instructed
to appear before the grand jury.
RegliSer mid newspaper men that
be leases a d-iicing to the Ka KXax
K^^but dechoed to say if be u a
Barr s original rtorr auntered
the fiownog and iodnapmf of Hark
and Coder to the bi**
New Industry Opened
Now In Brownsville
A near aad onanal txaH iszrr ba«
opeaec in Dmianilr ani^f a
tno»r. w the Valirr Utuk Drinks
Coo^iaay. 60S W Eiraabctii it a
operated by E L Hollar
The company mixes and d;s
UiLitff rahms drinks, nduibof
root beer . Special wands are tm
mshed dealers and aprrie winch
aiZ serre the iced dnaks in f«—
cs
It b for stores wtnefc do not eat
U2 fountain;
The factory i« aireadr ta oper
and egtfct persons hare beer
- It a hoped that expan
- wiE enable a iarprr number
The ettapanr »C operate in *be
Yal>* aad sense the entire terri
tory sotsa of San Antocnc Ass
ist addnrej v ecld drinks. dJK;
Shades of
Buffalo Bill!
FARGO. K D. Mar II F—
How the might? hath fallen
For a ter time it ha* been
knees that dnenifianor at
craps in! other factor* bare been
fort sag the coabo* to stake fc_*
last stand m the bad lands, bu:
no one has erer thought he would
be called upon to fill a request
Use the one a woman m a mani
ad in a North Dakota newspaper.
It read
“Wanted—A good cowboy to
herd tinker*."
A A A A A A A A ^ A_
VALLEY CITIES
RADIO FIGHT
San Benito Radio Owners
Ask Ordinance Against
I nterf erence
'By Staff Corresoondent •
SAN' BENITO. March 12—Seek
ing a ary ordinance to eliminate
radio interference from electrical
appliances, a petition signed by 200
local ca»ns mas presented by
John Betts so the city comau*
stooers in meeting Wednesday
night.
Mr Betts a radio dealer explain
ed that he could get a; least UK
■sore names if necessary
It **s pointed oat that electrical
machines. like x-rays. etc. mere
eau*tng unnecessary interference
Although the orthnar.ee vis not
passed Wednesday night the com
sasseners instructed the city at
torney to retain a competent elec
trical engineer and work ou; a
system of grwnahng mhxh will
Possihh^be made campaisory by
_ Other Va^ry towns are thsnrj
similar actions, and Brownsville
eommisgt-mers fcaTe been aponmei
by swrioiB radre owners
X-ray machines noirt ray au
chhaes. and ocher eiecrrtca: aaoE
aoce*. when, tm properly grounded,
owce ssatac mfeaefe interferes wish
radio reeepcaoe.
Wallace Irwin, on Visit To
Valley, Lauds State Pride
"We ci** to spend zwtt days *a
Ttenas cat* aeea Isese too meeto
mm* Poe t «uk so ever lease''*
Tfca* dad WaSace iraae. astoar
oC toe " Letters at a Japanese
8eix*Li*y*r - pesmt* tane£? auc
P Jk't has t» prmr^M of toe f
Star State »tis* hreakfast^iac a
DOCKET MOVED
UP TO MONDAY
Grand Jury to Moke Final
Reports , Here On
Friday
Da* w *at itsng j-ary in the
■aider case against Juan Raaagu
whirls cue dew a me numoer of
jurymen s stio.* rases set for
Taurida** Fncay and Saturday 31
tnami; OKnc; ccert were
reset lor Monday aj Judge Geo. C.,
We«-ter*ei*. Tisaacar rurarg
The grand jary ai recocreae ax
I* a a Fr.la> for me purpose or
mas ng its ftaa; repoc: There atm
rwaami a sacal. porjoc of cn
ficashec »u«me*s 'jo be taken up by
tise grand jury County Attorney
U a Hail has been aiding me
toxr. a:tome? § office with me
eraad jury. A number of bu-s are
scheduled to be returned Friday
There are two nacre murder
charges to contract the court this
ter® of court. They are again*; R
E. Sharp of La Ferta and Vicente .
Va_ejo of Edmburg Sharp a
charged with the s-ayrag of his
brocner. who was a co-worker a
the kitchen of a La Peru cafe
He is represented by John Ar.*—«
The Val>jo case wa* brougn: here
ob a change of wbj» by agreement
of aticrnn« The defendant a rep
resesned ay J. T Canales of tins
ecy
Bxh of these rases *> schedu>d
lb be tried Wedaesdar of nex*
week
Man In Custody
After Shooting
LITTLE ROCK Ark . Mar 12 >
—W. C McCabe repreaentanre
from Baxter coon*? be the Arfcar
* scale legislature, was shoe and
aencmiT wounded by a bcQet
which passed through tie door of
fa* hotel room early today H G
lanstb e an A:ar.» Go . tme
tody after the shocking. 1
Be
a tom off the Valiev
"It* so dam us Lius scale ©f
ywcrs. aad jo rnmmerfal. n® saue
wca; TOW you rsae.
-Prctebiy a acted bruer am
the msesvsss off -Jbe slate mere * to
be broken up a&> free seymra"#
«aies, tel yossr state price mow;
nrser pcrai*: thai
There b more iu> patrjccuJHs
today than an? ocher irry
may. Let a man froen Cuacsc ynp
ap m a Xew York n~-y*tr ch*a anc
socaid the rallying cry for hs -fat*
and sunecAfff'y cherry rJL go up
freer, ail pans off the roost
"11 sonae-bady were to Jump up
aad yea. -Asaes-scans sfeos «- *~
erytedy acted wonder whrr. wax
had been declared and agaaM
"Since vWttag Tex*- I can un
derstand may the state a 'uumi
the lead in atans development
Ton hate to hate planes to g*
mer the suite. I ic ar anaucc
enthusiast '
And Togo’s creator jefft with Mar
ry S'xan off the E3 JartLn to new
the local airpor*
Before he left. howe~er be car
ried back to hs theme off state pa
tnccggi rtralac th* Starfv-d
Army rant* n Mem York wr» year:
*1 looked around me and saw
that the men mho wer* doaag !iy
<Continued an page 2*
Hidalgo Law All Wet, Say
Visitors Who Lost Wine
EDINBURG. llarrn 12 — Two
prousmen; produce asm of Bate
«»: that Haca_go count? s la*
enlorremen; officers, aarrta* nose
are aL. wet. and tan don't sear
maybe And amen they nseaa we
they mean sorry gij. ans, cr>
*sraj*ni laced, and all Use xrer
poire terms they sugar t.-_r* ot
and why act ’
Werent they haras* a *rarv.
time ndtc* rouac and round anc
hither and thither and roc about
the campus of the Mercedes schools
Wednesday afternoon us a hs*h
powered e:*h: *y..ndrr car. lakin*
two procnment Weslaco produce
men with them for the nde-*
And the airing bad to stop when
John Pace. stB,gsgra:.sa officer
happened aloe* and halted them
x then- sonde, whereupon he took
the* to task rather srrerefc lx
harm* federal bottle* of
ssxed champazne and actnaTr
was unhospetahie encash to take
erery bot:> away frao: them.
And that wasn't all
They made a Cj_z* xtp down, so
Rio R-co. lac were |p tiarir Mam
back. lim officer* a*i*Om| Race,
hr-a fbrai "liar NteRhfeng the*
realr cittnt «sot ar care pus
*fcK- bat thej 'were (nped coc
*adrr*fc^. and before tnr> krarw
what n *» mk: C A Rj<.
Man-r nan. deputy aorriff arr-.-.ed
aac took the* aader bit cron was?
What in opened after tie: an •
a^ fanrhad bo; it kb far as tbe
Robstown riitan are
The drr-er paid a fine a Jaesace
of the Peace R O Caaahe com
b> jnrcadaj for reckless driitek
and the fre vmi * to
boot, rsae tad coat*
And tbe Wesiaao fnese&s the* had
taken for a mdr mm bate to an
swer i» Jasfx* W D Center*
coair sa Mercedes aroordcay ta
Maaadan. who sad a teiephoae
eacmitjaB wfKb Otter,. £ aerx:
36c- wrade- tbe Babrowa awn
thank :,.be Hidalgo count* law forte
b ar we: when they ha 1 :o - sack*
*ahb a bearr paear of if soowbal*
k :br ead £ thesr fcasL jarf*:
boudaj.
WICKERSHAK
REPORT WET
SAYS HEAD
Commission Chairman
Says Holds Comfort
For Antis
IS SURPRISED
That Wets Should Have
Criticised Report
So Severely
BOSTON' March 12,—<*}—<Chair
man Wickers ha rr. of the lav en
forcement roanusWan today in:
preted the rroiwwlnh ~i profcib:ti»ir.
report as holding more comfort u
the “wets* than to the "drrs .
He expressed surprise \ha: the
most vehement criticism’ had come
from anu-pcohibitior. aources ad
ding he thought “the wets" would
have derived more eocGuraccm*- it
tram the report and the separate j
statements of the commissioners at
tached to It than the “drys".
The 72-year-old commi&sior. chair
man included this statement m ■»
loncheoa address before the Boston
Chamber of Commerce.
Hr.u^ out u vinous cntacuci
of the prohibttioc report. Waeker
sharr, asserted it was tintrts* that
the commissaoc s cmdusnaDs and r»
ctmmecdau'rns "were utterly at va
riance vuh the report.*
He den-ed flatly statement* t.« «■■
the dry law study bad cost S50U*!
or' “upwxrcs of 15 s word ' The tors.
amcniTt expended cpce a. he said
was SStf joi 33 add*:*® of owerhex.
gwpecses leaves the cart befits^
Bry* lie Friendly
The time spent apoc rL hr sail"
“has left m with too short a pen M
at what* to compart* with satu* -
*Goncmaed ec page T
ELEVEN Dlfe IN NORTH C AROLINA PRISON FIRE
Eleven negro pnwnm «ere tra-jped and hxoH to orair m • praaBB aftac**** to* an fc.-.. ,.
atacve w list one m »tun tlae prisoners died.
LONDON MAN
LAUDS FRUIT
Gilbert Floyd of Ea*l*nd
Says Valley Frail
-Sr Staff Oarro’wod's*
SAX BEXTTO Mar 11—Ta5«f
por^ ■ * I
of Gilbert F5o*4 of
oraaponlpat of Ttar
It • irter to R E
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CAPONE CLUB
RAIDED TODAY
CHICAGO. Match 12—Jb—Fed
eral jjratxiHKMB a«eau early today
raided :ar Cwaon da* of Rju-*
Gapeese m saharbaij. Cicerc a*>d
caiie-d for acetylene torches » as
effort to opes the sale as as filer
to abeam rewrdi for tar SB taeji
JBTestaEauoc of Jae juj-arar tra!!ar
The raid Bartf a as the upshot ctf
a pmma ssas lo the c-ato toy Rw
Buct asc Das Copt-’ - federal pro
hhczaon cdlaom
federal officer* aaso the dub TV?
repertod they .'amC a half hoars
B»u the charm an* astf orches
tra watserad aw the dot The
goesls proepdy broke a ban doors
bodies of b*uyr ob the floor, bx
WHERE MEN ARE
#■ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
MEN AND WOMEN
& + * * »
ARE THE RULERS
POTATO BLIGHT
AGAIN SERIOUS
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Of PWu
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—Oy tin Ift*
^wrurif writ
s*» field Iat !..J
K*d*aJ neat mint hr tnfcm wr:,tu
rn tto* *r tea «ta»s to aavr li»r
¥alir? ■ |huu. crop Mr Atoaarari
s**fi Ttor trait tor swat, m itOe*~
t**B te flat tmnttm to i 4* tear r*
ndtoa It 1 to d i *r nt of
tbr crop al*ntt amartotig to a
Marf*-.-Of V» - B_r«*». rtt^uir
Hr eariuM to urg^t tfcnr a
ttermvh dOVtadM af eitnrr *gra j
or due to time
A special'll aowppad
ara£ arm* **1 lAr Vi-e>
mfuanaan. and mtft 1
mg (Jar Tandr tirid
CSrw Taac 1 : to*
a a* top tar Ctor
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atoms tturt? 1 to
pi*re can cflleianfjp tom appraa.
Downward Trend In
POULTRY FARMS
MAKE PROFITS
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