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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—No. 290 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1933 TEN PAGES TODAY 6c A COPIQ
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FUMES FROM
MOTOR FORCE
TEXANDOWN
Almost - Unconscious
Flier Damages
His Ship
(Copyright, 1933, by AP)
MOSCOW, June 8.—Fumes from
a leaking gas line, which almost
overcame him in the air, forced
Jimmie Mattem suddenly to land
near Prokopievsk, Siberia, Wednes
day, the American round-the-world
flier told the Associated Press to
day.
“I am still sick from those fumes,”
the Texan said in an exclusive
telephone interview. He spoke from
Belovo, a workers’ settlement near
Prokopievsk where he came down
at 10 a. m. Moscow time Wednesday
<3 a. m. EST) a few hours after he
had started from Omsk, Siberia, on
the fifth lap of his round-the-world
dash.
Fuel Line Leak
"I can't hold any food on my stom
ach, but 1 expect to get off for
Krasnoyarsk in five or ten hours,"
he said.
"I was four hours out of Omsk
when I discovered a leak in the
luel line, and by the time I had
found out what the trouble was, I
was in bad shape from the fumes.”
He added that he was almost un
conscious when he brought the plane
down on a small emergency land
ing lield at Belovo, the settlement.
"When I landed. I broke my stab
ilizer and I cannot make perman
ent repairs here.
"lijL nave helped me as much as
theyIn here, however, and I shall
be alJJe to get off with temporary
repairs within a few hours and run
into Wrasnoyarsk, where there aie
facilities for fixing this stabilizer.
Gets Little Sleep
“I have already fixed the gas line
leak and I am almost ready to take
off as far as repairs are concerned.
“The only thing is that I feel too
sick now, and I think I will wait a
few hours until I get better.”
Asked if he had got any sleep,
Mattern replied:
“Not much. I have been working
on the ship ever since coming down.
But I am not very sleepy and I'll
probably pick up some rest at Kras
noyarsk. How is my elapsed time
from New York now?”
He was assured that he was all
right. In response to a question
about what his own log said Mat
tern replied:
“Hell! I have lost all track ol
time.”
Asked the exact time he landed,
the flier gave the same rejoinder.
“I can’t tell you exactly,” he ex
plained, “but I was just four hours
cut of Omsk when I found out what
had happened and I came down
almost immediately.”
Having left Omsk at 1:10 a. m.
Wednesday, Moscow' Time, (5:io p
m. Tuesday, EST), his landing
would have been some time after
5:00 a. m. Moscow time (9:00 p. m.
Tuesday. EST), or approximately
one hour after he passed over Novo
sibirsk.
Theatmcnt Is Good
“I climbed out of my plane by my
self,” Mattern continued, “although
I was so groggy I could hardly stand.
Before I knew it there were a lot
of people around me but I could
not understand the questions they
were shooting at me.
‘‘They took me into a nearby
house and by that time they found
somebody who spoke English. They
tried to put me to bed but I only sat
down a few minutes and then went
back to the plane.”
‘‘They have been awfully good to
me, giving me hot drinks and food,
but I can’t keep any of it down. As
soon as I get these fumes out of
my system I’ll be all right.”
Mattern’s landing place was five
(Continued on Page Three)
School Cost Per
Pupil Cut $17.25
The salary cost per pupil in
Cameron county common school
districts was reduced $17.25 during
the past school year as compared
to the previous year, according to
figures in the office of Mrs. W. R.
Jones, county superintendent. These
figures are based on average daily
attendance.
The saving was made possible
through salary reductions and in
creased attendance.
The salary-cost per pupil during
the past term was $25.93 as com
pared to a figure of $43.18 the pre
rious season. The percentage of at
tendance was 73.4 with a total ol
11,066 pupils enro’Ied- i
The Winner
The Loser
CONGRESS MAY
END ITS WORK
BY SATURDAY
Vet Pay Compromise
Is Believed
Near
WASHINGTON, June 8.— /P>—
Congress dug in with a will today
to bring the special sessicV to an
end as quickly as possible. Pres.
Roosevelt hopes this will be by
Saturday.
Blocked by GOP
Tlie senate met two hours early
in an effort to reach a vote on the
big industrial recovery bill. Lead
: ers were prepared to keep the sen
i ate in session tonight if necessary.
Republican drives for the sales tax
| and against the industrial licensing
: provisions of the measure were
stiff obstacles.
While the house took up minor
bills, leaders conferred with Pres.
Roosevelt at the White House on
a comprise to end the seething
veterans economy dispute. The
leaders said great progress had
been made and it was indicated a
satisfactory solution soon would
be reached on this, the only other
major issue remaining for settle
ment before adjournment.
Before the house ways and means
committee Major A. V. Dalrymple,
prohibition administrator, favored
legalization of naturally fermented
wines of 10 or 12 per cent, at t,he
same time expressing “unalterable
opposition” to repeal of the eight
eenth amendment. Saying that 312
beer had reduced bootlegging, he
contended that wine legalization
would increase respect for law and
add to treasury revenues.
Relief Agreed On
Soon after the senate convened
It approved a resolution giving the
senate banking committee authori
ty to delve into the individual in
come tax returns of the J. P. Mor
gan banking house partners.
Senate and house conferees
reach agreement on the adminis
tration’s home mortgage relief bill,
another step forward toward ad
journment. The measure is to be
brought up in both houses for
quick action.
‘Ma’ Frees Two
AUSTIN. June 8. (VP)—Gov. Mir
iam A. Ferguson today gave condi
tional pardons to Fan Briggs of
Gregg county, convicted of robbery
in September 1931 and sentenced to
five years imprisonment, and to
Rose Fuller. McLennan county, con
victed of forgery in December 1932
and sentenced to two years.
Woman, Desiring
To Have Another
Baby, Steals Tot
CINCINNATI, June 8.—(.T)—
Mrs. Virginia Rogers, 31, mother
of two children, was held for
grand jury action under $25,000
bond today on a charge of steal
ing a child to satisfy her desire
to have another baby of her own.
Officials said they expected an
indictment would be returned
against Mrs. Rogers for taking
the 6-weeks-old daughter of Mrs.
Madeline Sneed, 21, from its
home May 31.
Physicians who examined the
woman at the direction of the
county prosecutor said the wo
man had believed she was about
to have a child, and that realiza
tion that she was mistaken left
her with a desire to possess a
baby nevertheless.
DREDGEPASSES
2-MILE MARK
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Port Isabel Channel Project
Half Completed; Officials
Well Satisfied
("Special to The Herald)
PORT ISABEL, June 8.— The
dredge Texas has passed the two
mile mark in its task of cutting a
25-foot channel front Brazos
Santiago pass to a point near Port
Isabel, where the turning basin is
to be located. The big suction
dredge is making steady progress
and has completed just about half
the channel project.
Port officials stated that prep
arations for the remainder of the
port work are being made.
It is understood that bids for
the construction of the terminal
facilities at Port Isabel will be
asked as soon as the turning basin
and channel are completed.
Officials of the Port Isabel com
pany today said that all arrange
ments are being made to extend
the railroad to the turning basin
as soon as necessary. About 7,000
feet of railway track must be built
to make this connection, and suit
able railway sidings must be built.
Engineers of the Atlantic, Gulf
& Pacific company, which has the
dredging contract, have expressed
satisfaction with progress made in
dredging.
Valley Net Stars
Lose at Santone
SAN ANTONIO. June 8. (JP)—J
Jones of Weslaco and A. Timlin of
McAllen were eliminated in the
first round of junior doubles of the
Texas Interscholastic tennis tourney
here today.
F. D. AND DEM
LEADERS IN
CONFERENCE
25 Per Cent Limit
In Reduction
Included
WASHINGTON. June 8. (/Pi
House democratic leaders and Pres.
Roosevelt have gone far toward
reaching a compromise agreement
on the controversy over how much
war veterans allowances can be cut!
to aid budget-balancing.
Final Showdown
As the special veterans commit
tee went to the White House for a
final showdown with Pres. Roose
velt, Rep. Byms of Tennessee, tlic
democratic leader, told newspaper
men “surprising progress has been
made toward reaching an agree
ment.”
“Indications are that a satisfac
tory compromise will be reached,”
he added, saying the “remaining
bone of contention is what is go
ing to be done with the Spanish
American war veterans.”
Concessions Made
The president, Byrns said, had
made some “great concessions’’ as
did advocates of the Connally
amendment on the presumptive
World War veteran cases.
The president’s compromise pro
posal includes an agreement that
the compensation of no veteran with
service connected disability shall be
reduced more than 25 per cent, that
is border line presumptive cases the
veteran will be given benefit of the
doubt and that in other presump
tive cases right of six months ap
peal shall be given.
Border Troops
Hunt Bandit
EAGLE PASS, June 8. UP)—Pie
dras Negras, Mexico, military head
quarters reported today that soldiers
had been sent from Muzquiz to
Boquillas, Mexico, several days ago
with orders to capture Candelario
Baesa who held captive for a time
two American ranchmen, Art Han
nold and John Rollins.
S. A. McMillin, American consul
at Piedras Negras. across the inter
national border from Eagle Pass,
said he had received no informa
tion concerning the whereabouts of
the soldiers
Charge Against
Steffens Dropped
^Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. June 8.—An indict
ment charging W. C. Steffens,
Weslaco banker, with embezzle
ment in connection with cashing
drafts on the closed McAllen bank
several months ago, was dismissed
this morning on the state's motion.
The motion stated that t.he twe
most important state’s -witness
es, Roy Carter and M. H. Delong,
were permanently removed from the
state and that conviction would be
impossible without their testimony
The motion also set out that the
bank will not pay for the services
of a handwriting expert.
CRASH HALTS
FLYING PAIS
Mcllisons, Seeking Three
New Records, Wreck
Plane at Start
CROYDON AIRPORT. England
June 8. (.$*>—Disaster overtook Capt
James A. Mollison and his equallj
famous flying wife today at the
outset of their adventurous attempi
to set three new aviation records.
Their large plane, carrying i
three-ton load, crashed at the take
off for a flight to New York, whenc<
they planned to fly to Bagdad anc
then back to England.
Neither of the fliers was hurt
They have performed several bril
liant air exploits individually, al
though this was to have been thei:
first record-breaking trial together
The machine had run about 3(
yards when it apparently struck ;
depression in the field. Its land
ing gear was tom away; the nos<
was dented: both propellors wen
curled up; the lower left wing wa
broken, and both right wings wen
crumbled.
The mishap occurred at 5:50 a
m. (11:50 p. m. E. S. T. Wednes
day).
Premier of Spain
And Cabinet Quil
MADRID, June 8. UP)—The gov
ernment headed by Premier Manue
Azana resigned today.
The resignation came after z
cabinet session and resulted direct
ly from the refusal of Pres. Nice
to Alcala Zamora to make minister
ial changes requested by Premiei
Azana. The premier had asked tha1
a new treasury’ minister be appoint
ed and that the ministry of agricul
ture be split into two parts.
Californian Now in Line
For Chance at World Title
YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, June 8—Max
Baer, free-care Californian, won a chance at the world’s
heavyweight championship here Thursday night by beat
ing Max Schmeling, one time champion, before a crowd
of 65,000.
Baer has been the sensation of the American heavy
weight field for the past year, and he is now in line for
about with the winner of the Sharkey-Carnera bout.
Round One
Instead of crouching and rush
ing. the big Baer moved slowly in
to Schmeling and ripped a hard
left hook into the head. Encour
aged. the big fellow leaped on
Schmeling and smashed to the
ropes, banging both hands to the
German’s body. He did it so eas
ily the crowd leaped to its feet,
roared “rush him’’ and Baer tore
back in again.
He hooked his left behind the
German’s head and smashed
Schmeling across the ring, beating
him with a free right hand. Again
time Schmeling pulled back and
Baer played that trick but this
smashed a terrific right to Baer’s
face. The Californian grabbed the
top rope for support and blood pour
ed from his nose as he covered
quickly. Schmeling drove a right
to the heart and Baer tossed a long
! right as the bell sounded.
Round Two
|
Schmeling was smiling as he j
came out and met Baer in the lat
ter’s comer. Moving in carefully,
bobbing as he came. Schmeling jab
bed a half dozen lefts to the head
but Baer ripped a terrific left to
the head, caught Schmeling on the
ropes, and flailed him wbth both
hands. Left and left and right
after right tore into the befuddled
German’s head as Baer lashed at
hmi savagely. Schmeling pulled
away and Baer grinned confident
ly as he stabbed at him with long
lefts. Schmeling strove to find a
way to get past Baer’s long left
| but Baer piled both hands to the
! body and grinned again as he pull
ed away. A terrific right set
Schmeling up almost helpless
against the ropes as Baer’s huge
fist crashed through the German’s
! ja\v. * Schmeling was protecting
| himself, covering by instinct under
' Baer's furious attack as the bell
;sounded.
Round Three
Schmeling rallied quickly and
meet Baer with a jabbing left hand.
i again came far across the ring to
Baer took his light lefts cockily,
laughing at the German, but
Schmeling kept plugging, lifting a
hard right uppercut to the head.
Baer held the German with his
left and drove three hard rights
under the heart, but the Teuton s
close knit defense blocked off a
hal dozen more swings to the body.
Schmeling board to close quarters
as Baer missed two long rights, and
rocked the Caliornian’s head with
1 both hands inside. But Baer, still
disdainful, pulled away, banged a
long right to the head, then ripped
„ both hands to Schmeling's body
' until the bell sounded.
Round Four
Baer's defense was far more cap
able than any one had expected as
Schmeling moved in and f°^nci
himself smothered by the Califor
nian's arms. They swapped lefts
to the face, then each drove a ter
riic right to the jaw. Both stop
ped short, but Baer rallied quickest
' and smashed both hands in a storm
i of thudding punches to Schmeling s
head. They locked heads and each
1 ! tried to find an opening through
the welter of the others arms. Sud
' i denly they switched to the head
■ with a roaring free handed ex
change that brought the crowd up
' shouting. Despite the terrific phh*
ishment he had taken. Schmeling
! rallied strongly and drove Baer in
to a comer, cuffing the tall Calif
; ! ornian s head with short hooks in
side as the bell caught Baer haul
| ing back his right for a long dis
, tance smash.
Round Five
1 The excitement was so great
around the ringside that fights
■ were breaking out in the rear pews
among the customers. Apparent
ly a bit wearied from the pace,
Baer stod off an dboxed as Schmel
ing moved constantly in on him,
trying to force openings for his
: heavy right and short choppy left
jabs. Schmeling hooked a hard
left to the head and crossed his
right solidly to the jaw but Baer
reached the German with a right
that started his left eye closing.
Baer thundered in with both hands,
whipping them to the head, but
Schmeling merely shook his black
thatch and came back for more.
He got it as Baer held him off with
a left and chopped his right short
to the head. Schmeling leaned back
in again, thumping both hands to
the body, but Baer reached the
Teuton with a long right to the
head and a left hook to the body
as the bell sounded.
Round Six
Baer danced away, meeting
Schmeling's charge 'with a long left
that bounced from the German
eyebrows. Referee Donovan warn
ed Baer for sneaking punches in
the clinches. They swapped punch
es to the head along the ropes and
Baer almost drove Schmeling from
the ring with a right high on the
temple. The German shook his
head and crowded back in, stab
bing his left to the head as Baer
seemed to loaf along. Again Baer
was warned, this time for back
hand punching. They stood in a
corner and shot short right smash
es to the jaw. but Baeh still loaf
ed along, letting Schmeling force
the fighting and set the pace. As
the round ended. Referee Dono
van’s warning automatically gave
the round to Schmeling.
Round Seven
Baer stepped in with two long
rights high to Schmeling's head
but the German ripped back with
a pair of rights that stopped the
Californian short. Again Referee
Donovan caught Baer backhanding
and warned him as Schmeling pin
ned his burly foe against the ropes
an dsmashed his body with both
hands. Baer drove a long left and
r!|ht to Schmeling's body but the
steam seemed to be seeping from
the Californian’s blows.
Schmeling crowded inside, drum
med both hands to the body and
lifted a left hook to the chin. Baer
threw both hands half heartedly
to the head, lifted a right uppercut
to Schmeling's jaw and crossed a
line long right to Schmeling's head
but the German fought back stolid
ly as Baer missed another long
right to the head. Baer smashed
his right to the head as the round
ended.
Rcund Eight
Baer had slowed down consider
1 ably, lost some of his savagery, as
he tried to find the dogged Schmel
, ing off with a long left hand. Baer
ripped a looping left to the body and
i dropped a short hard right on
! Schmeling’s chin but the German
! slipped in close and tucked his
head out of dange ron Baer's chest,
i Baer took a hard right to the head,
i driving Schmeling into the ropes
swinging both fists to the chin, but
' took two short right smashes on the
; chin as they came away. No mat
ter how hard Baer seemed to hit
the German, Schmeling came bor
ing back, his hands working busily
inside. Baer flailed Schmelings
head with both hands and the
crowd booed as the Californian
backhanded again, twisted Schmel
ing around and banged him from
behind with a left as the bell
rang.
Round Nine
Schmeling's seconds changed his
trunks between rounds. The Ger
man. apparently as fresh as when
he started, though there were cuts
over both his eyes, shuffled for
ward into a slash t othe head. Baer
drove both hands to the body, then
measured the German with a vol
ley of right hand slashes to the
head. Schmeling laid back against
the ropes, apparently badly hurt
as Baer reached him again with
another booming right to the jaw,
but once more Baer hurt his own
game by backhanding as the
crowd booed. Schmeling shook
himself and got in close, working
both hands to the body, but once
more he ran into a terrific fusil
lade of short left and right jolts
to the chin. Baer was punching as
short as Schmeling usualy did, hit
ting Schmeling almost at will with
either hand in a neutral comer.
Baer kept slugging after the bell
and Schmeling waved protest to
the referee as he stumbled a bit
going to his comer.
Round Ten
Baer tore out savagely in an ef
fort to finis hthe German, smash
Schmeling's head. A right floored
ing his right three times on
Schmeling after a volley had pun
ished him terrifically.
Schmeling stumbled to his feel
at the count of nine but he was
helpless. Referee Donovan stepped
in and stopped the fight after one
minute, and 51 seconds of the tentft
round.
HEAT, STORMS
TAKE LIVES
Three Score Deaths Caused
By Freak Weather Near
Great Lakes
KANSAS CITY, June 8.-—■*
Blistering heat, tornadoes and
winds akin to tornadoes, hail and
lightning harassed the nation m
much of the area between the
Rockies and the Atlantic Wednes
day. Nearly three score deaths,
most of them due to drowning and
heat prostration, were reported.
Deaths were most numerous m
the states bordering the Great
Lake^f There were ll in Illinois,
eight each in Wisconsin and In
diana, five in western New York,
and four each in Ohio. Michigan
and Pennsylvania. Including Tues
day, there have been 10 deaths
from drowning in Wisconsin.
Bloomington, 111., and Paducah,
Ky., reported maximum tempera
tures of 102.
The western New York deaths
were due to a violent wind, hail
and electric storm. Two, at Lacka
wanna, were killed in a wall cave
rn, one drowned at Buffalo, one
was crushed by a bam in Lancaster
and another stlVick by lightning in
Batavia.
No vessels were reported lost on
the Great Lakes although naviga
tion of small craft was t^tzardous.
Harold Seiler, a farai hand near
Madison, Neb., was picked up by
a tornado, carried over several
trees and dumped, unhurt, in an
alfalfa field.
extreme neat, ana lack or recent
rains, were reported by official
Kansas agricultural sources as un
favorable to wheat, oats, pastures,
potatoes and barley but bene
ficial to corn.
The mercury dropped from 92 to
71 during a brief electrical storm
in the national capital about mid
night. A strong wind uprooted trees
and shrubs.
Mrs. Russell Channon, brought
to a hospital at Stillwater, Minn.,
I with a broken leg after a tree
j crashed into her motorcar during
a storm, was given treatment un
der light furnished by batteries and
a spotlight, the storm having dis
rupted power lines.
In the west a steady rain in
Portland, Ore., on the eve of the
outdoor rose festival. Summer stu
dents beginning classes in Arizona
State Teachers college at Flagstaff
; fcund snow still stretching far
i down the mountains and mild
temperatures.
Donna Irrigation
Directors Quit
____
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, June 8.—Pour new
members of the board of directors
of the Donna Irrigation District
filed sureity bonds with the county
clerk this morning following the
resignation of four directors of the
district earlier today.
New directors are C. E. Holcombe,
W. R. Tomlinson. Fred L. Appleby
and A. W. Weinert. They succeed
Josh Ewing, H. W. Princhard, J.
M. Harbin and L. H. Hinkle.
L. F. Martin, the fifth director,
remains. No reason was given foi
the resignations either by county
or district officials.
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MARKETS
A T GLANCE
NEW YORK
Stocks firm; metal shares
strong.
Bonds irregular; Germans rally.
Curb irregular; textile stocks
strong. i
Foreign exchanges strong; dol
lar at new lows.
Cotton lower; favorable weath
er; lower cables; southern selling.
Sugar higher; trade buying.
Coffee firmer; steady Brazilian
markets.
CHICAGO
Wheat: Lower; speculative de
mand meager.
Corn: Weak; favorable weath
er.
Cattle: Steady; supply meager.
Hogs: 15 lower, slow, top $4®.