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-No. 284 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934 TWELVE PAGES TODAY fie A COPY. ^
BO RIOTERS AGAIN FI6HT TROOPS
MACH GUNS
DISTRIBUTED
IN MOB. SAID
! 1,000 Soldier* With
Armored Car To
Guard Factory
TOLEDO. O.. May 25., t/i*)—A
crowd of 1.500 strtkrg and tvm
pathiaers, bringing more bricks and
assorted missiles, gathered at tha
plant of the Electric Auto-Lite Co.,
here at noon Friday and reopened
the bombardment of the buikiintf
and troops which already had cost
the lives of two men
With rifle fire and tear gas. Ohio
National Guardsmen had gained
control Friday of a riot-scarred fac
tory district where two men have
met death and 150 have been injur
ed in strike disorders.
The militiamen. 740 strong, repell
ed brick-tossing strike sympathiz
ers in nine hours of desperate fier
111a warfare Thursday at the plant
into the Jeering, taunting rioter*
of the Electric Auto-Lite Co.
Hard pressed, the soldiers fired
Thursday afternoon, killing Frank
Hubay 27. and Steve Cyigon, 20,
and wounding several.
Stopped for a time, the rioter*
strengthened their forces and re
turned to battle Thursday night.
Two men were shot and three oth
ers were injured The crowd num
bered 6 000 at the height of th*
riots.
S3 Are Arrmted
Prospects for peace negotiations
were complicated by new develop
ments toward a general strike in
Toledo.
Fifty-three persons were arrest
ed by the militia for civil authori
ties and charged with rioting.
Quiet was restored shortly after
midnight in the area of machine
gun sand bayonets just five blocks
northeast of the cl y hall.
Scores of injured — including
many women—were Included in th*
cassalties. In previous rioting dur
ing a three-day period approximate
ly 100 suffered minor Injuries from
clubs, stones and tear gas.
Four more companies of guards
men. an armored car and trucks
loaded with gas bombs were order
ed into Toledo to tighten the -hold
of the military authorities, bring
ing to nearly 1.000 the foroes of the
militia. ,
Near Heart of CMy
The rifle fir* and the popping of
gas bombs, the clatter of rocks and
other missiles, the screech of am
bulance sirens, and the shouts and
Jeers of the rioters were raided
Thursday night only eight blocks
from the heart of downtown Toledo.
Theatergoers reported ihey could
smell the gas.
That some of the rioters wer*
armed with guns became apparent
in the early fighting. At Held head
quarters in the damaged factory,
outposts reported snipers were fir
ing into the plant.
At central labor union headquar
ters there were unconfirmed reports
that rioters would be armed vlth
machine guns brought In from De
troit.
Valley Lions To
Visit Monterrey
'Special to The Herald >
HARLINGEN May 25.—A large
number of Valley Lion club mem
bers is expected to attend the cele
bration to be staged at Monterrey
Saturday night when officers of th*
newly organized Monterrey club will
be installed.
A special train for Valley Lions
Is being run out of Reynosa at II a.
m. Saturday, and arrangements have
been made for a low round trip
rate, according to J L- Head who 1*
in charge of hotel accomodation*
and other arrangements.
11 Return date on the special rat*
being offered by the Mexican Na
1 tional Lines Is unlimited, according
> to Head.
i .......
Bigamy Charge It
i Filed on Woman
(Special to The Herald>
HARLINGEN, May 35 -Charge o|
' bigamy was filed by R. E. Patterson
: in Justice of the Peace Will O.
Fields' court Friday morning against
I Gladys Strube who made bond of
$250. Patterson was placed under
bond of $250 following chargee by
C. P. Strube that Patterson had
threatened him.
Patterson declared that Gladys
Strube had lived with him for seven
years as his wife, four years of the
period having been spent near Stuart
Place. He stated that C. P. Strube
leased land from him and JJved far
a time on the same farm. He ghar
ges that his wife married Strube
without first divorcing him.
Strube appeared in court gnd
charged that Patterson had threat
ened him. 2*ie lifter then was pul
under a bond of $250.
SOLON UNDER KNIFE
SAN ANTONIO. May 25. C/P>—Rep.
W. E. Pope of Corpus Christ! wag
doing well Friday after undergo
ing an emergency abdominal opera
tion at a local hospital. The Texas
legislator was operated an Tburs
II day nlght|
IN OUR
VALLEY j
-- I —
the best cotton crop in
rears, barring acts of nature,
Is expected in the Matamoros area
his season.
Predictions are now that ap
proximately 50.000 bales will be
tinned—
Which is the same figure as set
o* the entire U. s. side of the
*>wer Rio Grande Valley.
Bill Aldrich of Brownsville went
k>wn the line as far as San Fem
indo the other day,
Cornea back to report the nicest
ooking cotton he has seen any
where.
Says the grass is green and the
ivers full of water.
At 6a n Fernando they are using
i ferry to cross the Conchos,
With the water belly deep to a
aorse.
m A m
CONDITION OF THE VICTORIA
road Is not so good. Aldrich reports.
Washouts which are almost gui
les are to be lound in several places
is result of the September storm,
ind little or no attempt has been
made to repair the damage.
Brownsville regrets the lack of
iccess to Victoria, for Brownsville
folk like to visit the capital city
>1 the State of Tamaulipas.
Sincerely do we all hope that the
Dontract for the Kenedy county
oad will be let In the near future.
:or when that contract is let, Mat
imoros and Brownsville will be in
jcdtion to show Victoria and the
■est of the state tiow greatly All
will benefit by the Matamoros
Ifictoria highway.
• • •
DOC OSBORNE. SPORT COL
imnlst extraordinary, horns into
his perch argument—
Apparently under the impression
hat it Is a public quarrel.
Not only that, but he accuses us
>f being no fisherman.
To which we would say—
kThat we are a “retired” fisher
nn.
That we were catching blackfish
ind cunners and bluefish and tinker
nackerel off the New England
oast.
While Doc was still getting sore
oes kif.ing tne slats of his cradle.
• • •
JUST ABOUT ALL OVER BUT
he shouting is it for the sweet girl
ind the manly boy graduates of
he Valley.
Out they go into the world of,
fiisery and woe. sunshine and hap
liness—
TO sink o*- swim.
Somehow or other we feel that
lost of them are going to swim.
nd swim w'ell
Our young folk of today may be
hit and may be that—
But put it down in your little
ook that they are a self reliant
nd confident group.
And that their attitude is well
iistifled by their works
It may be trite to wish th°m
Fell, but we do give them that
ish.
Sure that their pa*t scholastic
ccomplishments are but the fore
irnners—
Oi tne ouiiaing oi cnaracierisuc
mericans. useful citizens.
JAMES W. M CLENDON. CAN
idate for Associate Justice of the
upreme Court of Civil Appeals.
In Brownsville and the Valley
riday and Saturday %
Present Chief Justice, court of
vil appeals. 3rd judicial district,
Judge McClendon impresses one
i being—
A human being, which i& more or
ss of a rare impression for these
igher up judges to leave.
And a Jurist of rare ability.
Incidentally, the judge shook
inda with hfc fellow classmate In
ie University of Texas.
Mayor R. B. Rentfro.
For the first time in some 30 odd
•ars.
• • •
WHICH LEADS US INTO SOME
al political gossip. Interesting if
ue.
We hear that Duval county's 3.000
Id votes will break the habit of
tars, and will not be cast en bloc
r any particular gubernatorial
ndidate.
Rather they will be spit some three
four ways.
Seems that Duval county, mean
g Sen. Archie Parr, has not yet
>dded definitely on the winner,
id will play safe, rather than sorry.,
Only time we can remember a
nllar situation is back in 1920 or
22 when Elmer Pope ran for gov
oor
4^ we remember it, Duval county a,
(Continued on Page Six*_‘
More BloodSpilled in(Get Dillinger ’Hunt
TWO OFFICERS
FOUND SLAIN
IN THEIR CAR
■ ■" — .
Blame Is Pinned On
Dillinger But Cops
Not Certain
_
EAST CHICAGO, Ind.. May 25 —
—Two more police officers were
dead Friday in the bloody game of
“get Dillinger.”
In this city where Policeman
William P. O'Malley wa* slain Jan
uary 4 by a man definitely identified
as John Dillinger, two officers, j
Martin O'Brien. 44. and Lloyd Mul- j
vihill. 28. were machine-gunned to
death late Thursday night.
Flashes From
A. P. Wire
PRESTWICK. Scotland—George
T. Dunlap, Jr., amateur cham
pion of the United States, was
eliminated Friday in the semi
final round of the British ama
teur foil championship by James
Wallace, an unemployed carpen
ter. Wallace won by two and one.
PRESTWICK! Scotland.— W.
Lawson Little, husky San Fran
cisco youth, Friday gained the
final round of the British ama
teur golf championship by de
feating Leslie Garnett of London,
by one up at the 19th hole.
W1LM1NG1 ON, Defr- Kam '
Friday caused a postponement of
the doubles tennis match between
the United States and Canada ‘n
the first round of the American
rone play for the Davis cup.
FORT WORTH—Judge George
E. Hosey of criminal district court
told attorneys Friday that if Mrs.
Billie Mace. 21, is identified in
court Saturday as the woman who
shot Highway Patrolmen Murphy
and Wheeler on Easter Sunday
he will deny bond.
PARIS—Louis Barth^u, French
minister, Friday bluntly proclaim
ed a French policy of “no im
mediate disarmament of France
—no immediate rearmament of
CHICAGO BANK
ROBBERS SHOT
BY EMPLOYES
Raid Fails As Guards
Turn Machine Gun
Loose On Pair
SOUTH HOLLAND, III.. May
tS.—'Two bank robbers were
shot to death and a third mem
ber of the band of six wounded
probably fatally Friday when a
veteran bank guard, teady to
avenge his son's murder by ban
dits three months ago. met them
with a rifle in the South Holland
Trust and Savings bank.
CHICAGO. May 25. One
bandit was killed and another
wounded perhaps mortally Friday
in an attempted robbery of the
South Holland, 111., Trust and Sav
ings bank.
Bank employes fought it out with
the Invaders in the bank and killed
one outrieht.
Crime Never Pays—End of Bonnie and Clyde
•>o fiur to Identity
There wa* no clue to the identity
of the killers. Dillinger. fugitive
from the Crown Point Jail where he
was held for trial for the murder
of O'Malley, was suspected, but it
was only a suspicion. The only two
men who might have been able tq
say positively as to the identity
of the killers were the policemen,
and they died instantly.
Policemen Mulvihill and O Brien,
veteran officers who knew Dillinger
by sight, had been assigned to guard
a road along which it was believed
Dillinger might travel Thursday
night. The road patrol was establish
ed following word from Indianapolis
that a man believed to be Dillinger
had been there Thursday.
Travel at High Speed
An automobile believed to have
carried four or five men approached
at high speed. The two officers,:
traveling in a police squad car. ap
parently decided to halt the car
and investigate.
Just what hapiiened is not clear.
iCununueu on Page Six)
Old Age Pensions
Debated By Council
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., May 25.—
/P—Bringing to a close a week- |
.ong program featuring a new deal
in policies, the council meeting of
the general Federation of Women's
Clubs Friday took up public ok
age pensions and unemployment
insurance and prepared for pres
entation of candidates for offices
Friday night.
Old age pensions was the third
controversial question to face Lhi
gathering unuei the new policy al
lowing such piocedure for the first
time in the history of the feder
ation. Mrs. Iiene Sylvester Chubb
of Missouri took the affirmative
anc. voel Sargent, secretary of the
Na 4 V Association of Manufac
ture. spoke against the plan.
U. S. to Share In
Navy Parley Plans
LONDON. May 25.—<-P>— The
United Slates government. It was
learned authoritatively Friday, nas j
instructed Ambassador Robert W 1
Bingham to inform Great Britain
that the United States is prepared
to carry on preparation for the
1935 naval coherence through nor
mal diplomatic interchanges anc
discussions.
Ambassador Bingham has in
loaned the British government uf
Washingtons attitude which wa: ,
'eported as being ready for a broad
ening of the conference to ques- 1
uons of technical naval aspects if
such broadening should seem ad
• .sable
Clyde Barrow went to his death grabbing lor a sawed-off shotgun, but before he could bring his weapon
into play effectively he went down with approximately 60 builet wounds in his body. This picture show*
him being taken from the death car.
Here is the car in which Clyde and Bonnie rode to their rendezvous with death. More than 70 bullet hole*
are shown in this picture, and it was through this window the six officers poured their stream of lead in
to the desperadoes.
Near Killing Scene
The proximity of South Holland,
a hamlet south of Chicago near the
Indiana line, to the scene of the
killing of two East Chicago police
men Thursday night gave rise to a
report the bandits might have been
the assailants of tb* Indiana offi
cers.
Four men and two women were in
the bandit gang.
While the two women stayed at
the wheel of the car. the quartet of
robbers marched into the bank at
10 o'clock, the moment the time
locks released the vault.
Machine Gun ITaed
Guards had been posted m the
balcony for the bank, alert for just
such a raid. A machine gun was
turned loose on the fibers below
and two of them fell.
The other two raced for the door
and scrambled into their car. speed
ing away while vigilantes already
gathering around the bank riddled
the rear pf the automobile with
bullets. The fugitives sped north
ward toward Chicago.
Japan Will Confer
With U. S., Britain
TOKYO. May 25. UP)—'The Japa
nese government was understood
Friday to have accepted a British
invitation to carry on diplomatic
talks with the U. S. and Great Bri
tain separately preliminary to the
1935 naval conference.
High foreign office authorities
said Ambassador Matsudaira. who
represents Japan in London, was
invited by Sir John Simon. British
foreign secretary, to ask his gov
ernment whether It would enter into
frank preliminary talks on the sub
ject of disarmament.
LEAD—MACHINE GUNS .
TOLEDO. May 25—4 —Nation
al guard troops opened fire with
pistols at 3 p. m. Friday as they
pursued a mob of rioters between
houses and down alleys in Elm
street near Michigan street.
A crowd of 2.000 was congregat
ed in the vicinity when the shoot
ing was begun. The guardsmen
»lfo were using gas bombs. The
mob was hulling stones, bricks,
bottles and other missiles.
SCHOOLYEAR
COMES TO END
Gotke to Deliver Address
To Seniors At College
Auditorium
G. W. Gotke. former head of the
local school system who now Is sup
erintendent of Alamo Heights in
San Antonio will deliver the prin
cipal address ol the comencement
program for Brownsville high school
and junior college students nere
Friday night.
The commencement exercises will
set under way at 8:15 o’clock with
processional by the high school or
chestra which is under the direc
tion of Mrs. Anita K. Colvin.
Following the invocation by Rev.
D. C. Crow, a clarinet solo. Ber
ceuse’ composed by Benjamin God
ard. is to be played by Raymond
riswold. He is to be accompanied
by Miss Lorene Strem.
Gotke is to be introduced by E. C.
Dodd, superintendent of schools and
president of the junior college. \lt
er the former school head's address.
Tnvictus" by Bruno Huhn, will be
sung by Alvis Barrier.
Presentation of the graduating
Masses and the tanouncement of
honors is to be made by J. W. Ir
nne. dean of the college and princi
)al of the high school.
Dr. O. V. Lawrence, president of
he board of education, will pre
sent the graduates with their cu
ilomas.
In closing the exercises. “Auk!
jmg Syne" will be sung by the
lasses of 1934, and recessional will
w played by the high school or
hestra.
NOISY CROWD
VIEWS BODIES
Clyde Will Be Buried At
Nightfall; Bonnie’s
Rites Sunday
DALLAS. May 25.—The
bullet-riddled bodies of Clyde Bar
row and Bonnie Parker lay in the
noisy atmosphere created by thou
sards of morbidly excited spectators
Friday while families of the out
law lovers planned private funerals
.o end the spectacle.
The Souths t st’s No. 1 gunman
will be burFd at sunset In thr
West Dallas cemetery, close to the
grave of his brother. Marvin (Buck)
barrow, after what the family plans
as a private service.
The body of his 23-year-old. red
headed consort will be taken from
a funeral home Friday night and
wll’ be placed in the home of her
mother. Mrs. Emma Parker. Burial
probably will be held Sunday at
the Fishtrap cemetery, less than a
mile from the spot where her
marauding companion of two years
will be laid to rest.
Officials of the two undertaking
establishment* where the bodies
-ao lain fo~ 24 hours estimated
hat SO.fOO persons will have view
ed the bullet-torn bodies beiore
jurial. Mobs took over both homer
rhursday night trampled the lawns
»nd shrubs ax.o ruined the carpets
if the parlors before they dispersed
ibout midnight.
Clyde, attired in an expensive
ud and a stiff collar, lay in a
wood casket, battleship gray with
(Continued on Page Six.)
C. P. & L. Win* In
Suit For Damages
An instructed verdict for the de
fendant was ordered in federal dis
trict court Thursday afternoon in
the -a 4 of Helen Johnson and oth
ers against the Central Power &
Light Co.
The suit grew out of the death
here May 12. 1932. of G. W. John
son. Jr, who was electrocuted acci
dentally when erecting a radio an
tenna. The antenna strand came in
contact with a pow’er line carrymg
11.000 volts.
In sustaining the motion for an
instructed verdict, the court in ef
fect held that Johnson's death did
not result from negligence on the
part of the defendant.
This was the second time the ca^e
had been tried, first resuH*ig In a
mistrial.
Hidalgo Murderer
Liberated By ‘Ma’
AUSTIN. May 25—Hilario Leal,
convicted in Hidalgo county in
October, 1931. of murder and t»iv»n
a five-year sentence, Friday receiv
ed a genral parole from Gov. Mir
iam A Ferguson, it was reported by
The Associated Press. 1
Eight other convicts were liberat
ed by “Ma'' Friday morning.
ifl
Living by the gun. Bonnie went to a violent death by the same rout*
with her hand-picked partner in murder and banditry. Like Clyde,
she grabbed for a gun; like Clyde she went down with half a hundred
bullet wounds Above she is being taken from the car in which she
took her last ride.
Transatlantic Fliers i
Make Difficult Hop i
HESTON AIRDROME. London. '
May 25. (JP)—Capt. George Pond and
Lieut. Cesare Sabelli landed here
at 12:30 p. m. Friday after a chart
flight from Cardiff. Wales.
After the iliers had climbed out
Iron-, behind their smoking motor. ,
Sabelli said the hop was "almost :
as tough as the last part of our .
transatlantic joumey.M I
Lead Industry Code >
Sets 40-Hour Week <
WASHINGTON. May 25.—i*P)—A «
10-hour work week was established I
n the lead mining industry by | 1
lit code approved by Hugh S •
'ohnson Thu*sday night. The work
will be restricted to 5 days of f '
•vurs each.
Young Dems Meet
The Young Democrats of the
Brownsville commissioners' precinct -
will meet at the courthouse June 7
at which candidates within the pre
cinct will be invited to speak, it was
decided at a session held Thursday '
night. I (
The regular constitution and b>- i
laws of the Young Democrats cr- i
ganizmon were adopted by the body c
at the Thursday meeting which was
presided over by Dan Ford. e
James Abney who was interested t
in formation of the Young Demo- 1
crats in this section, spoke on the
ideal.s and objectives of the non- p
partisan political group which is v
sponsored by the national executive d
committee at u* Democratic party, o
I
Body Missing Man
Is Found in Tank
MEXIA. Mat 25—The body!
>-f John L. Adams, missing sin-ie
Monday night, was found in a tank
one mile south of Groesbeck Fit
day There was a bullet hole in
hi- temple, a handkerchief about
nis mouth and a belt pulled tight
around his neck. Officers believe
he wat murdeied and thrown into
the tank.
The 50-year-old victim’s pockets
had been turned out by his slay
ers evidently in a search for val
uables.
Taxes Cost Young
Heiress Million
BEAUMONT. May 25. **>—Mia
Mildred Yount, 13-year-old heirea
of more than $4,000,000 from th<
estate of the late M F. Yount, hei
father, must turn over more thai
$1,000,000 to the state and fedcra
governments for Inheritance taxes
The state inheritance tax returr
filed showed the total value of th<
estate to be $4,000 072 The state taj
totals $221,254 while the federa;
government will receive $853,340, al
payable In cash.
-ow Bid of 8 Cents
Made For Airmail
WASHINGTON. May 25. P>
jow bids for airmail contracts by
independent operators challenged
he supremacy of major airlines
Tiday a*> Postmaster Gen. Farley
nd his aides opened 61 bids for 13
tirmail routes covering 8.229 miles.
American Airlines. Inc., reputedly
ontroUed by E. L. Cord. bid. how
ver. as low as eight cents per anr
tlane mile for the contract on one
oute.
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
Washington by George Durno — New York by James McMullin
WASHINGTON •
By George Durno
DISCRETION—The sudden def
ence frith which our upper house
i treating the Louisiana kingfish
i part of the session's entrance up
in its final stretches.
Only a few weeks back it appear
d his colleagues were ganging up
a squelch Huey Long from several
r.portant angles.
Today the irrepressible Bible ex
ert is Just about having his own
ray again. Leaders have decided
ucreUoa is the better part of vai
Ct
The combination of a high-pres
sure soap salesman and the parlia
mentary privileges devised by gen
erations of leisurely gentlemen is a
hot one.
• • •
Word has been passed from high
quarters, so the cloakroom word
runs ,to lay off Huey for the mo
ment.
The White House and ranking
democrats are reported to be leery
that Long will mess up the remain
der of the administration's program
If he is crossed further.
They fear one-man filibusters
and al lthose annoying parliamen
tary tactic* an irate senator has at
his command to get the parade out
of step. From past experience their
fears are Justified.
• • •
SHIFT—Deprived of his patron
age rights Long was waging a dog
ged fight against two Louisiana ap
pointments the administration made
without consulting him. One was
Rene A. Viosca to be U. 8. attorney
at New Orleans. The other was
Daniel D. Moore to be collector of
internal revenue for the state.
Failing back on a final senatorial
prerogative the kingfish declared
them to be personally obnoxious to
him. In all past history this sel
dom-used point of personal priv
ilege has been sufficient to block a
nominee's confirmation.
Ignoring precedent the senate
started to approve V lose a and Moore
regardless. Leaders had planned a
24-hour session if necessary to
overwhelm Long's objection to the
V lose a nomination.
• • s»
Then, overnight, everything chan
ged. Pres. Roosevelt withdrew
Viosca'a name. Moors'a nominal! jo
Is still before the senate but there
are indications it will be rejected
after a fairly acrimonious fight.
Meanwhile charges of the lady
voters of Louisiana concerning
Long’s fitness to hold office are
languishing before a Privileges and
Elections committee without much
hope they will be pressed hard
enough to make a dent.
The Insurgent Huey had served
notice in Just the right plaoes about
what he would do to this bill and
to that nomination II the adminis*
tration didn’t let up on him. He
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