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THE WEATHER
For Browisn3e tad the YiErr
Partly ek»dy or lajr and cotter.
kms toapesattn near 43 <Jr
ervw tf aeatlaer dean: pr^aiaiy
taxe and wanner.
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR—NO. 297 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 16. 1931 EIGHT PAGES TODAY *• A COPY
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^STATE CHECK
ON OH GAS
IS SOUGHT
Gov. Sterling Declares
Commission Is
Necessary
SMALL
Companies At Disadvantage
Blinder Present Plan
He Asserts
AUSTIN March 16 — P—Predict
ing that unless immediate remedial
action is taken to relieve the situa
tion of the oil Industry, an econo
mic disaster would follow that would
involve all the oeopie of Texas.
Governor Ross S Sterling today
sent a message to the legislature
in which he urged enactment of a
law to create an oil and gas conser
vation commission
The message climaxed three days
of argument between the governor
and the railroad commission, now
charged with supervision of jxl and
gas production Last Friday Sterling
criuciaed the commission for failure
to prorate the east Texas oil field
saying unrestricted production in
this area was having an important
effect on the entire oil industry.
Rea*»m For Slack
Ste.-.-ng toid the legislature the
oil industry was suffering from a
general condition of overproduction
and slack demand refilling in de
pressed prices for crude oil and
distress among all engaged m the
industry, particularly crude cil pro
ducers He x&jtt the situation threat
ened great unemployment. waste of
made oil reserves and abandonment
«f thousands of small wells, precia
# *. ig recovery of many anfhans of
mtarreis at «L
* Ee also declared that unless ttet*
were taken, a would result :| ~tfae
eiamnatjnr. vtrtua2y. tf not entirely.
of the army Of small or independent
«I producers m tfca coun'ry. with
the survival of only a few of the
great mayor cnmpan»e= thereby re
auh;nw m aaoraopohscac control of
the entire industry. rather than in a
deseed state of reasonable competi
Texas has on its sta* ue bocks
which reguiatier.? can be prescribed
for the prodsactum arid the waste of
o£ and gas The laws are cnespSete
and adequate The muraad coenmas
aaoe a: present a charged wah the
f*T of enferesag these laws.
Tw Mark Mark
Hoc only m. bet the croaug-.x
Is charged with the duty cf regulat
ing rates of railroads motor busses,
and trucks and a seems eertaas that
under bOs row pending before the
lrglriar a the farther regulation
of trucks and busses wtH be requir
ed thus putt mg cn the camaasKXK
a heavy burden a the admmsscra
taoc cf :.hese various (tbits and ren
dering a practscaBy gaposg-ibfe for
the to grve our present
artuation the attention wtacfc a sc
urgently needed '
Sterling poented out the creator:
the cobbrisskri setg not aa
Iftgs. e the puhLc expense Knee the
T te Ime mnpsr « now pay a tax
that would provide adequate funds
MARKETING TO
I
Head of State Farm Bureau
To Talk Wednesday
At Harlingen
GBt Staff Cosr*~=rsr<eder* »
HARLI?GEX March 1C Market
ing will be discu^w; at a w.'z .
uiey Firm Bum members i
re. and other bustse-g men j
CmaiM persona at the Bar
citT haH at 2 39 o'clock Wed- j
neada? afternoon by J- E Mocteo
gjcry of Tynan. Bee County. Tinas,
state farm bureau president ae
cording to George B Warren of Rio
Hoodc president of the Cameron
tuBtr farm bureau and state three
tor of tins d:street
Mr Montgomery is not rrakmg a
tour, bat is coming her* for the es
pecial purpose of making a talk on
marketing with the idea off being of
aernce to Valley growers and others
Farm Bureaus of the Valley are
bttngir-g hue here There ire about
499 members 21 Hidalgo eocstr and
aa egnal ■Umber in Cbmesan com—
ty. eairaur tins arse of the stracg
est organised parts of the state.
Dr. Jobs Ascsoc of Mercedes, ed
itor of The Valley Fanner. wi3 pre
Theie also mill be ocher speakers
Mr. Montgomery * an experienc
ed m farm bureau work, this
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Dallas Flogging
To Be Probed
DALLAS. March lf—e—At
tention of a Da...as county grand
jory mas turned agaua today to
an njQ-xry into the reported ted
nap-ng and nagging March 5 of
C J. Croder and Lett! Hurst
cotr.aransst organisers.
Word -mas amaited from Hurst
and Coder, nov a* Kansas City,
whether they mould acoepc Gor
eraar Ross Sterling s offer to
send rangers to the state line to
escort them to Dallas should
they are* to return to testifi
before the grand jury.
SHOOTING OF
i OFFICERS IS
UNDERPROBE
Two Slain as Florida
Deputies Stop
Truck
WILMINGTON N C, March Ifi
| —..*»—a coroner s jury attempted
today to untangle the confused de
tails of a Sunday morning pistol
battle in which a mail truck driver
and a deputy sheriff were slain as
five deputy sheriffs sought a nun
runner
The victims were Leopold Roberts.
29. of Dudley. N C a driver under
government contract, and W. P
Starling. 3S-year-old New Hanover
county deputy sheriff
Beginning tu investigation yester
day. the jury was told by the offi
cers that the mail truck stopped on
a bridge and Roberts opened fire
on them as they approached after
halting another machine There was
no whiskey m the truck, nor was,
Roberts suspected of being a rum
runner, they said. ■*
Two bulleu struck Staring who
did not wear a twtfona. and hm
fired twice as be JeH. The other of
fice-* one in a uniform, then open
ed lire and Roberts toppled over
wtth four buBer —.U Both men
died before they cotzki be taken to
a hospital
Prom three young Wilmington
acoen who rode with Roberts on
the track fro® Goidsboro to Wil
nnng-on as passenger*, the jmr
heard a sightly different wtnen of
the scooting
Exzabeth Hines said she took the
wheel when Roberts complained of
a severe headache at Tin Cay. «
ciks from Witmuagtaii aye xas
drr.i3g when they reached the
bridge
Rc'htrtf told her to stop when he'
saw ihe men on the bridge, she
testified. Several men ran toward
the track, she said, and the sboot
*n* ****** She •*3<f nog know the
»R« officers or wfco fired the
Cm shot, she added
Betty Ghuc who testified she
was- a relative of darling, otf the
officer ran jp wtth a gun So iss
hard, and that Roberts said
■Daci yo« gnis get rarilwi. j
wr.; take care of this
' Mr Rater-# rx out of the car ’
she concussed. ‘"and Mr.
rar «g> unci they were right to
gether. arc the shooting organ.
Drainage District
Bill Is Signed
nor Sterling today agnad • MO vai- ,
idataag drainage ostneta. He aho
improved the bt3 by representative
Pope of Corpus Christ! allowing tK«»
city to pledge the assets of :t* gas
punt to rebuild the Mafius dam
UNCLE TRIAL
OPENSTODAY
IN CHICAGO
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SL Louis Man Accused
Of Killing
Reporter
DEFENSE
Hopes To Prove Alleged
Slayer Was In Hotel
When Jake Died
CHICAGO March 16— F—End
to the mystifying Jake Lxn;]e mur
der mystery may be found m the
trial, opening today, off Leo. V.
Brothers, fit. Lows, accused of be
ing the man who fired a bullet
from: a snub-nosed pistol into the
back of the Tribune reporter's head
last June 9.
As the preliminary skirmishes got
under way. the fit Louis gangster,
whose name had never been linked
with Chicago gangland activities
until after his arrest December 21.
calmly awaited the outcome which
included the possibility that he
would be led to the electric chair.
Both the prosecution, which has
closely guarded the basis for its
charge, and the defense were con
fident of the ouicome Other than
saying Brothers was identified as
the slayer, the state has revealed
none of the details of tts charge
“We have an air-tight case." said
Charles F Ra totem, special as
sstan: state's attorney.. "We are
positively going to send him to the
eieczne chair ~
Defease AJabi
The defense pssaed its main hope
in an attempt to establish an ahte
for the cold-eyed St. I^u-san—that
he was in the Rrrierm Hotel at the
oar hour Lxge was un In
addition. Brothers lawyers were
hoping to use two aaaaaalawa stta
atMBs m xs behalf—the arrest off
Franije Foster a gamester who
was held wader a technical mdset
anent for the Soling, and a volun
tary confesKoc by Frank Be.1 that
be participated is the Lmg> mur
der. Regar£ess of the truth or
falsity of the mdirmaret and coe
Sessaois. defense counsel said tfcev
planned to present both to she
jury foe its* cac®derasim
Brothers, arrested m Si Louis
SB times aad wasted there for a
taxi war spying, has never been
eanxtef of a crime. He wm* ar
rested tn the I_ng> case a^.er
awmttwi of inquiry winch led inves
tigators to tarings parti of the
Indxar.vo* the case wsouk* be
faoeht knob loomed before the
work of .selecting the jurors was
wider way.
Bi* a--.de from Brothers' gun: or
innocence the big question that
awaited as answer was:
“Why was Lmg> tiled’’
Ship's Crew Floats
To Sea on Ice Pack
ST JOHNS X F March i®— F
—Marooned oo a loose ice pack in
the Xartfc Allan*sc. surviving mem
bers of the crew of an unidentified
vessel, believed to be the sealing
ship Yik-ng. were drifting .seaward
with the Hors off White Bay.
messages reaching the rover nment
from that point said today. The
vessels had burned to the water’s
Instigator of Scopes
Trial Visits in Valley
—
The argsnatar of the world*
b_czest pubhrtty fits: is spending
a lew days m Browasv Je He a
Doctor George W Rappleyea who
five yean ago codckw! Hat idea of
testing the Tennessee Antt-evoissjoc
law and induced tis fnend John
Thomas Scopes, a school teacher, to
srsnd trial
Doctor Rappleyea swore out a
warrant for the school teacher and
then raised S30JJQ0 for his defense
The scheme was originated to bring
Pwixitt to ha home town and
was backed by the Dayton Pro
gressive club an organization of
bosines* men. Doctor Rappleyea
hired the lawyers on both sides of
the case and irmted Bryas. Ma
lone. Ha*'*, Colby and other na
tionally known lawyers to take
part The result was the greatest
debate m recent year*, and the
2xme2ght was turned an the htt>
city of two thousand popcbctioc.
wiaec than three hundred
newspaper men spent three weeks
there and sent owl more tha* ;wo
Xi^oa Tortk of pres matter *a
tec day*
The fitfie town of Dayton. Ten
nessee profited by RappCeyea's pob
httty stan: by saowtas intrma
aaaal note and as a wnX thej
tabLshed there vnfc a five blZxki
dcklar fsbwxfn: fund and has
smce become the mecca of tourms
to the Cumberland mountains.
Since the trial Doctor Rappleyea
has been engaged in writing mag
adne and newspaper articles and
pob-icxty wort. "I hate heard a
great deal about the Lower R»
Grande Valley and had planned to
ran: here m July 1926 bat the
hearing for the Scapes case before
the Supreme Court was set far the
same week and I bad to call off
the trip," explained Rappieyea to
a Brownsville Herald representative
today “I was deLghted when it
Genii asced me io come down and
handle the publicity far hie Sa.n
Juan Sale and I found the Valley
to be all that I have been told and
mope Of course folks a the north
have been laid abou' your wonder
ful Qtras groves but They do sot
know about your progressive clean
lm> towns and splendid concrete
manways. ~
Doctor Rupp>yea is m Bnrts
r^e ac puiLxny work far the Sac
J im Binnda £sc*> Auction Sa>
which wiZ be enmfarted by The
Gertb Realty Expert* of Sew Or- j
leans next Tuesday Wh£> here he
rl gather material for gtva!
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IN “LOVE MA RKET” PROBE
These two jrirte. AJhce Blake and Hr>a IWbp«. are topjfl te
technical custody m Las Az.z»jn aiule iirreKwauoB. » mawk of aLeg* s
partxipa::oo of Alexander Pinai^ ns the -"love markes” sud to bare
been maintained to provide say young cmpcr^cs tor wealthy »»*
! Pamages. wealthy theater proprietor. ar toctrc fta*: arrtleawut «f
charges against inns by Eunice Prtngk. a darcer.
Revolutionary Method
Of Making Anti-Knock
Motor Fuel Discovered
STATE COLLEGE Pa. Mar !«
— E—Ifecmery that d~-tojct
gawLz.# can lx ray ay a are
process wharfs &ten% porks the
knocks or of 'Jjp ns wa= ao
pocraord at Ptaa State CtoGege to
day
The discovery introduces a rero
SONS OF. ; j
ARE ALL SET
2,000 Irishmen Expected To
Gather at Point
Tuesday
There r. be mere :$ rafted in
Brownsville and For* Isabel Tues
day. when an anesumated out
large number of Valley and Souta
Texts Insis gather to celebrate St
Paindcs Day, than ever before
Pxns bare beer completed for
Oie largest celebration of its irmrf
ever held m South Texas* and It
» thought that aim*; two ihou
sand Iran wG respond and be pce
aet: at the fad fry. street dance,
and speeches that are included on
the program.
The Irish will attend mass Tues
day morning, and prompciv at II
odock a parade rZ farm m front
of the Cathoiac church on Eliz
abeth street. A real Irish Cag.
brought to the VaZey from Ireland
by tue lax Dave O Br en, rJ
lead the parade.
At 1:30 the Sons of Ena w:Z
continue to Port Isabel where a
fish fry will be given ire*'' of
charge An elaborate entertainment
program has been outlined, and it
includes contests of various kinds
Speeches wG also be delivered by
prominent rttiams of Texas Prom
inent churchmen wtll be present,
and John Boyle, campaign sar
ag*r for A1 Smith m 192*. wiB
deliver one of the principal ad
dress** Mr. Beyle Is from Sa
IXwiin
The city of Port Isabel X giving
the celebration, a ad donating the
fish and other food.
A szree* **1 tc» X scheduled ftr
TV***? n#ht._
Negro Suspect Is
Closely Guarded
MARSHALL. Tex March !«—-?*
-Cloy guard was kept by officer:
today w a nefro inspect beM te
JaiI here m cncaertlan with the
stabbing and wounding Saturday
._ *3. ^Ae^s— f
ogrmofcer as she was ec rwase acme
■he fcrjtfh* off her assailant ant
httaneaarT pawtplr the asro-thesj
of preserr. anti-knock fads wharp
are mad* by adding a fames **ab
stance to slow down them exuk.
Feansyfvasia exudes. The aaMwmoe
ones: r*j made by Dr. Franc C
Whnncre. dean of tie achn&l of
chreoti-T and pfayacs. as the re
sult of ntessif research oaosact
ed by Dr. M R Fraser and bis
staff with aid of aa appropraraap
trees, the Prsnsvlrama legislature
Dr FvzaNut found that knackjog
m FenBFvfraBta a cue to
earn rypyosnrar#* of cmly oertar:
fraetjom of the fuel The case : s
snmrwhat Use a a*:pec candy
cane, with the red stripes repre
senting the knocks
By remorsjg the red stripe*, only
white candy would remain Thf'
gas a safari sngiy like the candy
cane a one respect—ms knock
aanes esse at an Sereia. They are
as sharply defined as the red and
white snipes.
For example one fraction whirts
can fag obtained rr dksttllBfian at
11CI degrees knocks almost four
tunes worse than anorher mot
which both at only s-a-tenths of a
degree cooier
At 171 degrees the wortd s rec
ord big knock was d-scorered a
“fraction" knocking so hard ft
blew the steel padow of it* test
engine into elliptical farm Sample*
only S degrees lower were almost
Peoaiylraab mra-aht-run gas
oline. said Dr- Fault, for rears
of |geaiMa quality. recessed a set
back wrta (In i lrgM STi of high
toijmsa engine* and discovery
off the knock m motor fuel
Bat now. said Dr lMfe
there is prospect of ewwxrrcasf
about & to an per cec* off Rns«rl
nca gasoline mt© ant:-knock ft*ef
Some f racisms are exec ber.er thac
starve »*/
Tintinabuiation
Proves Too Much
CHICAGO March 16 — * —~ I
were far too mane be2s m the mar
riage of Mrs Strife M Webber che
toad Superior Judge John J. Sulli
van throogh her attorney First
there were the weddmg beISs when
<be mamed John Weber aa «Jec
these. but when John ragged ap a
«Sevsee by wfcwte he could annoy her
toy rrgaf fcf- *e «%j9aeaes -jsre*
door bells pi her hone at the aame
thpe. 2 was too w-srts tad the acted
Ur a divorce
She got x.
CAUTION IS
CHARGE TO
GRANDJURY
Hidalgo Judge Warns
Against Unfair
FEELING
For and Against Outgoing
Administration Si41
Strong, Hr Soys
(Snrrial to TV Hera.4 *
EDtk'BL'RG Man* M -
prtuuri wtt* <ac hate this ausm*
mr to hear Judge Hood Bwar g*ee
has charge to tine grate jury «* the
mh cfestract oasrt oka* caancted
at Mik So far as thr apnrtaur*
scre: 0*0*10 tte rtuef item a *
«tas: Judge Maaar amM has* -a
cay regareng caa&mwag the
wm the tmazxml affairs at the pant
The judge charred the grate Jar
to go into tte tear. ta. affairs ct
tte past a*Ur:?..:;m«g.gal*m. taut ta
uncr a8 momer can-fitO?
“Feelaag h hi*h * tti* e. jet?
hr ate “There * a gnaap at peopw
oka have keep spnotkng jrnpa
as fond, ar aaat. There is aisc a
The •***
wm a hhrJor i
part ate that te had
it kesukes tte f cassia*: .to
te 10 stners
theft*
Be further taped tte grate •«?
to harp secret aS matters Shat casta
hrfeae at.. A gtame jicryaHoai a t;
takes utauadr the jur? me k aaat
sorts? ad has peer, the Judge wuc
A letter Srosc tte pas* ter*. at tmar,
tan am tiered over to the an
grand jury hr the team aanart
da? Esemaxe of Than anas hao»>
ed foraaac t£ the graaid -xy ate
tte foiiosmg .otter mra mrr* man
ed ta tte mc-Jtsnona.' hoc- C K
leuern tr kirAire, C W Corner
Alamo. E T Conpdrai Mmomk,.
Harr? L. Bwite Oaaaa J L
Bfione *»b Juan., CraeaK On§kx . In
Villa. H C Woatatekr Pharr %
C Dciaiter Eha Fraud Damon
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Alaska Epidemic
Believed in Control
FOIxr BARROW Aten Maret
M—J*»—Dr. Bear? Gnea ate te
small star: taa tone
cptdrouf in tte
tec tote? tte crtu» had
A seek-cad anrteica’i
ever? igloo as tte vacates?
Ik the daaoaonr? at too te
»>« •m total of TS oft** s«»
aenou.- Or. Gmail .saad. te found
abiar *»«if tte native ;**;.» hat,«*.
af Ik eat afferiad
WMh •
da'* ■PdMakl
tered to tte err ire ttesae iariud
rsr tte doom whale mduu
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REPUBLICANS
ASK CLEANUP
OF N. Y. CITY
Pulpits Ring Afaifist
Adimnistrslftoit
Walker Talks
Ttar lia* taa*'
I* «ia* awfiffa a »*? ta an*
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urn \ m t «<
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Xiuama Stain. a
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A. C. Hipp Re-elected As
Head, of Post A, T P- A.
A C Kipp at KrwnsrilM wm r*
etec**>e praoAesi «f Pun* A T P
A aciMS' off'* lam mr Bunaa
aBHvMr- PHBrBMMPMMa '■* 1 *MPP> “ Ml*11" Mr" ^P* T Mr Mr aMPPPT'iMr Mr M* "mmM
a* a <2mmaal ——tiny brig at ttaa
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1. ** acr> . fwTw , xit^ip
baa acn'cd a* pmodrmt WT
tbr World War. Hr «at*au*«* yin£
ident lor aor yrar
CXnrr cChtiaJs aa*w*l «er* H &
Dobirc! La F**na, Uni w*o*-pr
CD. WALKER
AND DAUGHTER
ARE VICTIMS
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