Brownsville herald. [volume], March 15, 1931, Image 1

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THIRTY-NINTH YEAR—NO. 296 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. SUNDAY. MARCH 15. 1931 THIRTY-POUR FACER TODAY At A DOTV
NAMED IN ‘LOVE MARKET INQUIRY
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MARKET LIST IS
HOISTED BY ONE
TO THREE POINTS
aad after srZsaf down so 10.19 for
May aad 1039 fee Oc-ooer. prices
raZied So XGJ3 tot May and I9J8
for October. The census bnxeau re
ported ^braary consumption of
Amerxan cotton a: 0510 h»>«
compared with 494J9C as February
a year ago wir> stocks m cea
saaoxa* emahZjnmeats were ! 347 759
at the end of February ny»«-.K
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Cables from Liverpool said the
drchne these wa» dae so
local and Mm*-*- seZsg aad
hqhxtatsan bet added that the doth I
demand waa expanding atitfc
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was eg^aauad* at llAOT^biSes
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Man On Trial Six
POLICE LEFT
IN DARKNESS
AS TO CLUES
Gems Are Taken From
Branch of Jewel
iocai taraarh of Chariton rcan
J*BJ, Tam York Jewelera. IteCher
Otto Wegener, joau manager; D.
HL CMcbbl aigh; watrhanaa. nor i.
Scha ier, jaepipye a* the firm. rave
The burglary apparently orraned
at 'the one boor of the day when
ao watcnman was on duty
Wegener told the :a-ncstigatflrs
be was kidnaped by four men
Thursday eight who forced him to
deliver the keys and comfraiatian
aader threat of his life
Sheriff R. CL Baker, released
Wegraer. Odom and Scha^r after
be had interrogated them.
Odom. wno^ieft the store at 7
before the day watchman came on
doty, told the sheriff the place had
bees unmolested up to the tune be
G A Peacock, member of the
firm who is here for the season,
based a portion of the missing
Jewelry, as follows:
Pearls S230J00.
Diamond brooches fltoJOO
Diamond bracelets SlQOjDM
Diamond rises *73 TC®
Two pear! necklaces valued af
STS JO* and *30 TOO and a diamond
ring wor n flSJOO
Peacock said he had fan confi
dence in ’Wegener, a trusted em
ploye off the firm for 20 years.
Divorce Business
Bill Not To Pass
^OKLAHOMA^ CTIT. March 14—
^ To Face Music
DOMINATION
IN POLITICS
IS EXPECTED
GANGSTER IS
GIVEN TERM
FOR SLAYING
Convicted In Death
Of Policeman In
Chicago
CHICAGO March 14—A*—WZ
ham "Three Fingered Jack" White
robber and gangster, was cacrraned
today of the murder of policeman
Edward PDuat ot Forest Park
The jury find the penalty at 14
sears In prsscn.
The panishment was lighter than
’ that assessed at his first trial
Sentenced so death for the murder
Use years ago. he woe a reversa*
in the supreme court which held
it had not been proved that of
ficer Pfiasme and Ms conspaaaans
had the ruth: to arrest White. The
case angered on the docket anal
White mas hated by the Chicago
crime eommarton as one of the
a “public enemies.' sad the mur
der charge was revived in the
Express Car Held
Up By Lone Bandit
HZKMECGHAM. AX- March 14—
i A*—A jane bandit held up the «
WOMAN THROWS 3
CHILDREN IN SEA;
DROWNS HERSELF
SKELETON IS
SOLUTION TO
OLDMURDER
Warning Is Found In
Gun Shell At
Bosses
MEN. WOMEN
VICTIMS OF
BUCK GANG
Jewelry Stolen, Many
Left Bound By
AN ACTVESS IN
A MILLION:
Walker Charges
Are To Be Filed
With Roosevelt
GUARD SHOT;
JOLIET BAS
NG MUTINY
MARKETS
AT GLANCE