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FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 173 n. mm nm-nm ■ BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1935 TEN PAGES TODAY * * * * ** A C0P*
By RALPH L. BL’ELL
AND ANOTHER BRIGHT SIDE
to the freeze which the writer who
covered the weather story In Mon
day's Herald forgot to mention—
It is fine hog killing weather in
the Valley right now.
Which is one thing about the Val
ley climate—
We seldom get really good hog
killing weather.
But we surely had it Monday.
• • •
FEED AND SEED LOANS TO
farmers will undoubtedly again be
authorized by congress.
One bill providing for such loans
for this year’s planting or next year’s
harvesting, passed the house Mon
day while a similar bill was passing
the senate.
Conditions imposed by the house
Jt&l are slightly more liberal than
flSase under which the feed and seed
loan set-up Is now operating, ac
cording to Congressman Milton
West, who expresses the opinion that
the house bill will pass the senate
within a few days.
• • •
FROM REPORTS IN MONDAY S
Corpus Christ! Times It appears that
I Valley representatives who met with
shippers and farmers of the Robs
town-Corpus Christ! area Monday—
And talked about the price of
cabbage—
Rather carried with them the
difference In the argument.
The flat statement that in event
that territory did not cooperate in
holding price
Valley growers would dump their
cabbage on the market Just as fast
as it could be harvested.
And then see where your price
win gol
That statement credited to the
Valley's emissaries.
Put sense into the Corpus Christi
situation, and put it there in a
hurry.
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AT ANY RATE, THE WEATHER
man gave his full cooperation in
settling the cabbage price argu
ment
IN ALL THE FUSS AND FU
rora over price of cabbage, how to j
market citrus fruit, the cold weath- i
er and the differential.
We beg of you not to forget that |
in ail probability you have not paid 1
jour poll tax.
£&nd without a poll tax receipt, we j
Hardly need to remind you, you are
in no position to act as a full time
citizen of your community.
In fact, without a poll tax re
ceipt you do not even have the
street comer right to argue and de
liberate and criticize.
So better pay up!
CITRUS GROWERS OF THE
Valley are primarily interested in
but one thing, writes Jerry 8tug&rd.
secretary ol the Texas Citrus
Growers League.
That one thing, you will not be
surprised to read, is how they can
get higher prices for their fruit.
At the present time, Stugard
writes, the grower is getting “what
the little boy shot at."
He makes the query—“Would a 60
day extension of our marketing sea
son help to solve the problem?”
Frankly, we do not know.
We do believe, however, that the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and
P. A. Hoidale. in charge of the de
partment’s fruit fly activities, will
give all serious consideration to
such s proposal.
And if possible to grant the ex
tention. will grant It.
• • •
MEN WHO KNOW. AND WE
are not Including ourselves in that
. category, are telling us that our
Valley growers one hope of coming
out the freeze damage is to replant,
and to replant quickly.
Oet the seed In the ground, they
say. even use some fertilizer on
plantings, and hurry the stuff along j
and we can still beat competing sec
tions to the market.
In spite of the cold, our ground
is warm, a whole lot warmer than
in other sections, and crops plant
ed now will scoot right tip
One thing sure, if there is any
chance of sahagmg anything out
Pf the situation, let's salvage.
Bruno Identified Again as Lindy Estate Lurker
FAMED LADD R1
AT LAST GETS
INTOJPJRE
Plaster Cast Made Of
Footprint Found In
Cemetery, Brought
Out By Defense
(Copyright, 1635, by the AP.)
FLEMLNGTON N. J, Jan. 22 —
UP)— Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Tuesday was identified for the sec
ond time as a man seen lurking
near the Lindbergh home before the
kidnaping and murder of baby
Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr.
Millard Whited, a logger of the
Sourland country surrounding the
Lindbergh estate, testified he saw
Hauptmann in the vicinity on the
18th of February, 1932. and again
between the 25th and 27th of Feb
ruary, the same year.
The Lindbergh baby was stolen
on March 1, 1932.
Before Whited’s identification,
the state succeeded finally in lta
fight to get the kidnap ladder into
evidence, and the defense brought
out that a plaster cast has been
made of a footprint which It claim
ed would show Hauptmann was not
the man who collected the 850 000
Lindbergh ransom in St. Raymond's
cemetery, the Bronx, April 2, 1932.
Cast Enters Case
Edward J. Reilly, chief of the de
fense staff, said he hoped to get the
plaster cast Into court for com
parison with Hauptmann’s foot,
and hoped as well to play a phono
graph record which a witness said
Dr. John J. Jafsie Condon made cl
his conversation with the man to
whom he paid the ransom. A de
partment of Just'ce agent, Thomas
H. Sisk, said both were at Wash
ington.
Whited testified he knew every
person of the vicinity around his
farm, which was separated from
the Lindbergh estate by a ten-foot
strip.
“Did you see any strangers," the
attorney general asked him.
“Yes.”
“Did you see Bruno Richard
Hauptmann?”
“I did.”
Lewis J. Bommann, state police
detective, was the first witness call
ed and sworn.
The attorney general produced a
chisel and the witness said he
found it at the Lindbergh Estate
near where the ladder was picked
up early in the morning after the
kidnaping. March 2. 1932.
“We offer the chisel in evidence,"
Wilentz announced.
Associate Defense Counsel Fred
erick A. Pope objected to its ac
ceptance because it had not been
linked with the defendant or with
the crime of kldnaping-murder. but
Justice Trenchard admitted it.
Chisel Admitted
“Mr. attorney general, I am sat
isfied it should go in evidence,” the
justice said.
Wilentz directed the witness’ at
tention to the ladder upright which
had been cut through for purposes
of wood analysis, and investigation.
The detective said he himself had
sawed the upright through at the
state police headquarters.
Q. So detective, these three sec
tions of the ladder are the same as
when it was found, with exception
of the numbers put on and the cuts
made in the investigation.
A. The same
Wilentz then offered the ladder
in evidence. Previous attempts had
been unsuccessful.
Pope immediately objected, "for
the same reason as before."
The ladder was taken apart, he
argued, it was in possession of!
many people and “in many parts of
the country.”
He named Dr. E. W. Hudson, of
New York, a criminologist, who made
a report that more than 500 finger
prints had been found on the ladder
aa one of those who examined it. He
mentioned the states' expert. Ar
thur J. Koehler, wood technologist
also.
Pope said the defence would not
object If the court could be satis
fied that the ladder was in the same
condition as when found.
He asked that each person who
had custody of the ladder be pro
duced to tell what he did with it.
“We submit” Pope concluded,
“that the history of this ladder has
not been told ”
“No one has ever suggested.” Pope
added, "that this defendant had
anything to do with this ladder.”
Wilentz rose to address the court
in reply, but Trenchard interrupt
ed.
“I wonder whether Mr. Pope re
calls the testimony of an old gen
tleman hat on March 1st I think It
was that h* saw a ladder tn the de
fendant's cat “
Hears Other Side
The jurist # reference was to the
testimony of Amnndua Hochmuth,
who placed Hauptmann near the
Lindbergh estate the day of the
kidnaping.
Pope renewed his argument, as- j
aerting he bad never known a crim
inal case in the state in which an
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Ladder Finally Admitted as Kidnap Evidence
FRENCH TROOPS
AFTER NOMADS
Planes Sent to Put End
To Tribal War In Which
97 Lives Lost •
PARIS, Jan. 22. UPy— French
forces including camel troops and
airplanes were ordered to the south
west frontier of French Somali
land Tuesday to put down tribal
wars which already have cost the
lives of 97 members of the French
colonial administration.
The French action followed a bat
tle Jan. 18, Just reported to the
French capital, in which M. Bernard.
French chief of the Oobad region,
16 native soldiers and 80 natives
were slain in the Lake Abbe region.
Bernard and his men had gone
to investigate a battle reported rag
ing between the rival Als« Amaras
and the Issas tribes of nomads in
that region.
French authorities described it as
“a purely local fight between tribes'*
not involving the Ethiopians, on
whose border the action took place.
The Ethiopian government, how
ever, will be asked to help pursue
and capture the battling tribesmen.
Hidalgo Red Cross
Unit Names Chiefs
(Special to The Herald >
PHARR, Jan. 22.—Lee D. Rowe,
of McAllen, weli-known Hidalgo,
county Red Cross worker, has been
elected chairman of the county Red
Cross unit for 1935. He took office
at the last meeting of the chapter
here Friday.
Other officers named included E
E. Mar burger. Mission, vice-chair
man; Rev. M. A. Travis. Alamo,
treasurer. Retiring officers are J.
P. Ewers. Mission, chairman; W. C.
Jones. Jr.. Edinburg, vice-chairman;
Rev. J. N. Janes. San Juan, treas
urer; and Miss Myrtle Hatch. Mis
sion, secretary.
Reports filed at the meeting con
cerned the large amount of public
health work done in the county by
Miss Gayle Isensee and the activity
of Ed Lange. McAllen, in conduct
ing official Red Cross first aid
schools in a number of cities.
J. C. Paxton of McAllen has been
named director for the Hidalgo
County chapter and Mrs. E. D.
Mathis of McAllen was named
branch chairman.
Vera Cruz Struck
By Gulf Hurricane
VERA CRUZ. Mexico. Jan. 22
(Jf)—A lashing hurricane which par
alyzed sea and air traffic and left
the city In darknes- struck Vera
Crux early Tuesday.
It blew off house tops, uprooted
trees and tore down electric and
telephone wires. Many outbound
steamers were held in the harbor
and passenger planes in their
hangars.
Fugitives Cauyht
OREENVILLE. Jan. 22. <JP\—Three
youthful Jailbreakers were held here
Tuesday for Libeny. Texas, offi
cers after their capture by Police
Chief Prank Wolfe and other offi
cers on a downtown street late
Monday.
The youths. Harold Roberts, 19.
his brother. Bbck Roberts, 18. and
Lee Cude. 21. admitted to officers
they slugged Jailer M. 8. Maynard
and Marshall Kirkwood, a trusty,
and fled from the Liberty Jail Sun
day.
IT’S SNOWING IN
*****
PENSACOLA, ALSO
*****
AT NEW ORLEANS
Snow at Pensacola. Florida, and
at New Orleans were reported
Tuesday by the Associated Press.
The temperature had dropped to
28 at Pensacola at noon Tuesday
after touching freezing Monday
night, and a hard freeze was pre
dicted for most of Florida for
Tuesday night.
Rooftops were covered by snow
at New Orleans, Associated Press
reports stated.
Florida growers were Just recov
ering from the effects of a hard
freeze last month, when Tuesday’s
predictions of another freeze were
Issued
TAX PENALTIES
ACTION URGED
Legislature Asks Allred To
Make Remissions Bill
Effective At Once
AUSTIN, Jan, 22. (JP>— The Tex
as legislature Tuesday sent to Gov
ernor James V. Allred a concurrent
resolution to make effective Imme
diately a law passed at the last
special sfesslon remitting penalties
and Interest on delinquent taxes.
The resolution was adopted in each
tax collectors to accept delinquent
taxes without penalties and interest.
As originally passed, the law would
not become effective until Febru
ary 9.
Sponsors of the resolution assert
ed it would result in immediate
payment of thousands of dollars in
delinquent taxes, highly desirable In
view of the badly overdrawn treas
ury.
The resolution was adopte din each
house by more than the two-thirds
vote necessary to make the law ef
fective without further delay. When
the tax penalty remission bill was
before the senate It evoked bitter
debate and fell three votes short of
the majority required to make It
operative at once.
Five Children Die
In Residence Fire
LONGEUIL. Que., Jan. 22. <**>—
Five children burned to death early
Tuesday when washing hung on a
clothes-line over the kitchen stove
to dry caught fire.
A roomer and six other members
of the family of Emile Gadbois.
four of them children, were taken
to a hospital suffering from burns.
The dead were all children of
Gadbois, their ages ranging from
11 downward.
Suspects Escape
HOUSTON, Jan. 22.—m- Three
robberr suspects who shot their way
out of a police trap, seriously wound
ing two detectives, eluded searchers
Tuesday.
City Detectives J. O Broussard,
36. and Owen Martin. 32. each
wounded in the hip as they com
manded the trio to surrender at a
tourist camp here Monday night,
were reported recovering. The de
tectives gave detailed descriptions
of the men and the automobile In
which they fled.
One-Year Duck Hunting Ban
Favored by ‘Little’ Hunter
NEW YORK. Jan. 22. (AV-It
was the little fellow pitted against
the big fellow Tuesday as the 21st
American game conference took
up the “loaded" question of wheth
er a one-year moratorium on
duck shooting should be declared
in the United States and Canada.
The nt?N fellow Is represented
by hunters who have makeshift
equipment and can get out for only
one or two days a season, while
the big fellow is the one who oper
ates a club for a profit or belongs
to an exclusive private club.
Far in the background, support
ing the latter variety, are the man
ufacturers of arms and ammuni
tion, who would feel most heavily
the effects of a one-year ban. *
For five years sportsmen have
been putting off action on tba
steadily diminishing population of
waterfowl.
Amateur statisticians estimate
there are approximately 1.00,000
duck-shooters In the United
States, with the “little fellow" in
the majority to the extent of 80
or 90 per cent. While It would de
prive them of duck shooting for
a year, they are represented as
being in favor of the prohibition.
The National Association of Au
dubon Societies Is expected to
present a resolution requesting
endorsement of a closed season.
Whatever decision is reached,
however, may be nullified or aid
ed by the action of Representative
William Berlin of Pennsylvania,
who plans to appear at the con
ference in defense of a bill intro
duced in congress calling for a
closed season from July l, 1985,
tp July l, VUL
GEN. CERVERA
IS WELCOMED
Commander of Matamoros
Garrison Says Port to
Bring Progress
General Gabriel R. Cerveras re*
turn to the command o! the Mata
moros military sone, after an ab
sence of more than five years, was
•he occasion for a cordial welcom
ing dinner at the Double X ciuo in
fuatamoros Monoay nigrn. Hosts for
uie ooca&lcn were olilcera ana mem
bers 01 tne Matamoros Cnamoer 01
Commerce.
box* seventy-five guests were ss
semoied lor the occasion, includ
ing Coionel Guy Kem, commanding
officer at Fort Brown, Colonel b.
W. Winfree of Fort Brown, A.
Wayne Wood, representing the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
and several others from Browns
ville.
Welcomed to Border
Messages of welcome in behalf of
the Fork Brown military were ex
tended by the fort Brown army of
ficers, colonel Kent speaaing in
cmgllsh and Colonel Winiree in
bpanian. Mr- Wood eutendea the of
ficial welcome in behalf of Browns
ville, speaking in bpamsn, and re
.ernng to tne long time acquain
tance of these border cities with
General Cervera. and the high re
gard in which he is held on this
oorder. General Cervera was sea
soned at Matamoros from 1925 to
1929, being transferred in the latter
year to Juarez, opposite El Paso.
P. Garza, Uribe, president of the
Matamoros Chamber of Commerce,
extended the welcome on behalf ol
that organization, and other speak
lContinued on Page (190)
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Licensing Law Is
Urged By Growers
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Jan. 22—Passage
of a shippers licensing and bonding
act by the state legislature was urg
ed by the 8tuart Place association
at a meeting Friday night at its
packing plant on W. Jackson SL
here.
The resolution was addressed to
the representatives and state sen
ator from this section.
Talks were made by Jack Hager.
C. O. Miles and C. H. Jandt on a
wide variety of subjects including
marketing, proratlon, legislation, etc.
Members of the Stuart Place, San
ta Rosa, La Feria, Combes, Ray
mond ville, and San Benito units
which pack at the Stuart Place as
sociation plant here, were present.
Dredging Of Arroyo
Progress Is Made
(Special to The Herald)
8AN BENNTO, Jan. 22 —Dredging
on unit number one of the Arroyo
Colorado rectification program is
approximately one-fourth completed,
according to J. L. Lytel, flood con
trol project engineer for the Inter
national Boundary commission.
The electric dredge is at work on
the largest of three units, elimin
ating a long bend in the arroyo.
Lytel also reported excellent prog
ress on the Reseca Rancho Viejo
floodway and inlet. The floodway
is being enlarged to carry more wat
er and a structure la being built at
its mouth to control the flow.
Venue Change For
Kennamer Sought
TULSA. Okla., Jan 72. VP)—A de
fense petition for a change of venue
tn the murder trial of Phil Kenna
mer was filed Tuesday with District
Judge Thurman Hurst here Tues
day and probably will be argued not
later than Thursday.
Tom Wallace, assistant county at
torney, said the state will combat
the petition either with affidavits
or witnesses He said he would like
to argue the matter Wednesday but
probably will not.
Poll Tax Payment*
Continue To Be Slow
Cameron county poll tax pay
ments through Monday totalled 870,
according to figures in the office
of Tax Assessor-Collector Ralph T.
Agar.
Only eight more office days re
main in which poll taxes can be
obtained with the sale dosing out
Jan. 31.
A heavy rush will likely develop
this week and next with around
8,000 Cameron county residents
qualifying as voters.
MAN AND WOMAN
*****
ARE GIVEN TAR
*****
AND FEATHERING
ELKINS. W. V*. JUL a. UFt
Masked men forced their way into
the Elkins city Jail early Tuesday,
seised two prisoners—man and a
girl—and covered them with tar
and feathers on the outskirts of
town.
The couple were ordered to
leave town but they were return
ed to Jail later, apparently hav
ing suffered no 111 effects.
They were serving terms on
charges of drunkenness, disorder
ly conduct and resisting arrest.
KIDN APED MAN’S
BODY IS FOUND
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‘Tri-State* Gang Member
Directs Police
To Find
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22 —(*V
The body of William Weiss, kidnap
ed and slain night life character,
was recovered Tuesday from Nes
hamlny creek. Just northeast of
Philadelphia.
The body of the reputed victim of
Robert Hals' notorious "trl-state
gang" was found near the spot to
which authorities were directed by
a member of the band Monday.
The discovery ends a three-month
hunt for the reputed wealthy man
who was “snatched'* by three men
at fete drove up to his suburban
home one evening last October.
Harlingen Jayceeg
Present Minstrel
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Jan. 22—Every
thing is all set now for the Dixie
Minstrel to be presented Friday
night, Feb. 8. under auspices of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce for
benefit of the Day Nursery.
Ray Byfield, secertary of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, will di
rect the production with Dan Mur
phy as Interlocutor. H. H. Schan
der's orchestra will play and Mrs.
8. R. Jennings will play piano ac
companiments.
Some of the entertainers lined
up include Misses Frances Jen
nings will play piano companl
ments.
Some of the entertainers lined
up include Misses Frances Jennings
and Iva Weed in a tap dance, C. E.
(Happy) Henderson doing his Inter
pretation of the Louisiana clog
dance. Polk Hcrnaday Is an inter
pretation of a negro preacher and
Mrs. W M. Drlskill with eight lit
tle pickaninnies, and Mrs. Schan
der In negro spirituals, and Miss
Doris Bell in a dance.
Fugitive Believed
Ditvuited At Woman
HOUSTON, Jan. 22—MPV- Fed
eral agent* hounded another of
their listed ranking fugitives here
Tuesday—Thomas H Robinson, Jr.,
youthful accused kidnaper believed
masquerading as a woman In a
“long, dark coat.
The 26-year-old Nashville, Tenn.
resident, charged with the 150.000
abduction of Mrs Alice Stoll, weal
thv fouisian* -vdety matron last
October, was tne mysterious “wom
an." police believe, who eluded them
by seconds after alighting from an
automobile.
EFFICIENCY OF
CAVALRY I
Motorized Escort Allows
Wider Movement
By Troops
Drill teste now being conducted
show that the efficiency of the Fort
Brown cavalrymen at a fighting
unit it considerably increased by the
addition of four armored scout cars,
ten trucks and a light repair truck.
The trucks, 1 1—too six wheelers,
replace the horse-drawn escort wa
gons. making It possible to move
supplies to fighting units over great
er distances In fast time. The motor
laed escort system, which Is being
adopted generally by the cavalry,
tends to make the fighting units
much more mobile. With motorised
escorts, the unite are able to move
further away from their base of
supplies than was possible with the
wagon escorts.
The scout cars, which use a crew
of four, carry machine guns and
am protected by light armor In
the future it Is expected that the
cars will be equipped with two-way
voice radio sets. Two of these scout
cars have been assigned to the cav
alrymen at Fort Ringgold.
Both the trucks and the scout
cars were manufactured tor the
army by the White company which
is well known for Its commercial
trucks. .
The new equipment J® being
regularly In training drills at Fort
Brown. _
Perdbii!* In Texa»
FORT WORTH. Jan 22. m—
General John J. Pershing, former
A. E. P. commander, was here Tues
day en route to Arizona to spend
the winter months.
Cold weather caused a delay in
the trip, the general saving he
would continue the trip by auto
mobile If the temperatures reached
higher levels or by train, other
wise. ^
Fall Kills Woman
MINEOLA, Jan. M.—i'fV- Mrs.
Willie May McLemore of Dallas, feu
to her death from an eastbound
Texas ft Pacific passenger train
eight miles west of Mlneola Mon
day night. .. . t ..
A doctor who waa called to the
case when her body waa brought
Into Mlneola sail he was Informed
that the discovery of an open
vestibule door on the trahi led to
the finding of her body beside the
tracks.
Crew Rescued
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan Tl.—UPy—
Its crew of 45 men saved In a dra
matic North Pacific rescue, the
sinking Japanese freighter Hoku
men Maru was a “ghost-ship" Tues
day. drifting 200 miles off the
Washington coast. „
The coast guard cutter Chelan
put out from Seattle and was ex
pected to retch the abandoned ship
for Inspection some time during the
day. _
Wreck Hurt* Fata!
LONGVIEW. Jan. 22. (Ab—O. B.
Bryant, 8hreveport drilling con
tractor. died In a Longview hospital
Monday night from the effects of a
skull fracture received In an auto
mobile accident Dec 26. on the
highway near Longview. Pneu
monia developed.
Funeral services were arranged
for Tuesday in Shreveport. He Is
survived by his widow. Mrs. Mar
garet Bryant; and a son. O. B
Bryant. III. i.
U. S. Senator Was Timekeeper
At Dempsey-Willard Classic
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. (*V
Nona of hi* adventures in con
gress or ss national amateur
heavyweight boxing champion
brought Senator Warren Barbour.
New Jersey republican, the thrill
ha tot as a belligerent timekeep
er during the Willard-Dempsey
fight.
The young and tigerish Demp
sey rained damaging blows on the
body of the champion under
broiling sun that day at Toledo
18 years ago. Old Jess fell to the
floor. A slightly deaf referee.
Pecora. began counting the fata!
10. The bell rang, ending the first
round but Pecora didn't hear it
Thousands of fans were on their
leet yelling sad shouting their ap
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proval of this youth who had cut
down the massive Willard
"No one paid me any mind as
I signalled frantically that the
round had ended — that the bell
had saved Willard" Barbour re
called.
"The crowd was In an uproar,
handlers had sprung into the
ring to dance Joyously around
Dempsey. I might well have hush
ed and let the bout go down in
the records as a one-round knock
out. hut 1 was determined Wil
lard should have the advantage
the bell had given him.
“I kept yelling until I caught
Pecora's attention. There was a
loud squawk from the Dempsey
bunch but I stood by my guns and
tho right fu continued. ’
VALLEY LOSS
ESTIMATED AT
40 PER CENT
Cabbage Hurt Slight;
Tomatoes, Potatoes,
Peas And Beans Are
Badly Damaged
Report* to W. D. Goof* of th*
Market New* Service here from
the Rotwtown-Corps* Christ! ina
mid Tuesday morning that all
vegetable* in that section wars
“flattened" by Monday night's
freese.
J. G. Carrie* and J. D Hard
wodrke. both prominent Rebs
town shippers, mid that cabbs<*
there wa« froaen “throsgh and
through." Carrots and onions may
come ost bat will be of lower qual
ity. the shipper* mid.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
Tuesday was checking an damage
to its fruit and vegetable crops from
the worst frees® in five years, and
early Indications are that the dam
age to vegetables will range from
H to 40 per cent.
Valley citrus fruit apparently wae
not damaged.
Heaviest damage from the free*,
which sent temperatures down to
from 23 to 26 throughout the Valley,
was done to tomatoes, potatoes,
beans, and peas, while the damage
to beets, carrots, and cabbage will
be largely to grade, judging from
early reports.
Som; snippers estimated the to
tal vegetable crop damage will be
between 40 and 50 per cent.
Expert Better Prices
The prospects for better price*
for such produce as cabbage, beets,
and carrots, and for tomatoes In
the event the Valley can replan!
and beat competing sections to the
market, brightened the outlook some
in the face of tne heavy damage to
the sections* vegetables.
The mercury dropped to the
freezing point at Brownsville short
ly after midnight, and remained
there until 9:30 Tuesday morning,
figures compile! by the U S. Wea
ther bureau here, and announced
by W J. Schnjrbuach. meteorologle!
in charge, show.
The low of 26 at Brownsvill* was
reached about 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
Low temperatures at other South
Texas points were: lAredo 20, Car
nzo Springs 23 DiUev 20. Falfurria*
20, Edinburg 23. Corpus Chrietl 28,
Harlingen 25. Mercedes 24. Ray
mondvilie 24. Los Fresnos SS,
Brownsville airport 26. Mission 24,
San Benito 24 (unofficial).
It was practically certain that the
freeze, followed by bright sunshine
earlv Tuesday. kLled most produce
such as tomatoes, beans, peas, and
potatoes that were not protected.
Check of the situation through*
(Continued On Page Severn
Damage Suit Filed
As Result Of Wreck
Damages totalling 658.166 are
sought from Mrs. Shannon New*
man of Edinburg and Harold Pear
son of Mission in a suit filed Tues*
day in 103rd District Court here by
W L. Pickens. Dallas oil man.
The suit grows out of an automo
bile accident neat here Sept 26 in
which Pickens suffered a broken leg. .■
Plaintiff's petition alleges the! hie |
leg had to be amputated above the ■
knee when gangrene set up. J§
The oil man was en route to Me- »
Allen In Pearson s car when the
accident occurred at the internee* ft
tlon of the Los Fresnos highway jfj
and the extension of the Boca Chios ■
highway. Mrs. Newman was driving ■
the second car in the collision, ae- Re
cording to plaintiff* allegation*.
Pickens, who deals in oil leases, fo:;,
arrived here by plane from Dallas ■
shortly before the accident occurred. I i
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY ':i
Brownsville. The Capitol—Blag OIOS
by and Kitty CarUal* in "Hers la M» l§§|
Heart." The Queen.-Dick Powell sad ■
Joan Blundell In Convent!*® City “ I f
The Dittnann- Binnte Barns* an*.
Prank Morgan la "There la Always If;
Tomorrow."
San Benito: The Rlvotl—Oloria Btuarft |?.
and Rose Alexander la “Maybe It'S If:
Love." _, __ V
Har'.'.nsen The Arcadia—Carats loss- m
bard and Cheater Morris la "Tbs Oaf I 4
Bride " The Rialto—Shirley Tempi* SKI ■
James Dunn m “Stand Up and Cbesr." ■
La Perta: The Bijou-Quy Klbbte |
“Big Hearted Herbert." ., .1
RayasoaevtU*: The Raman-*wetta gH
Toun* and John Bolea in "TB4
Parade." nsss ttItTW jtgafc*
Joeephine Hutchinson to ”6kMPMNMBy-;
Ahead." mj:
«San Juan: The Baa Juan—
Armstrong in “Flirting with DangW. _ ^ n**
Mercedes' The Capitol—Paul MWtM.-f
and Bette Da via in Bordertawa." f
Waslaoo The- Rita—Joan
Clark Gable and Robert Maotgoroerymfe
in "roreakini All Othera** ■
McAllen: The Palace—Shag <*—pfcte
and Kitty Carl I ale In • There li MWi
Heart " The Queen—Will Ro«*v« »y
"Judse Prteet^
dovemnteal picture* at "Th* ntifKt
World Wsl." '&V
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