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THE WEATHER t" (By C. S. Weather Bureau) Brownsville and the Valley: Fair to partly cloudy and warmer Mon day night and Tuesday. FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 239 vai*, vm BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935 TEN PAGES TODAY • * 5« A COPY ■ -- 9 QnOuh, I VALLEY • ^ By RALPH. L. Bl ELL THIS IS SPRING FIRE PRE tention-Cleanup Week. That fact may mean much or lit tle in your young life— But what does mean something m your lile. Is the fact that the fire depart ments of your various Rio Grande Delta cities— Are on the job all the time. And are endeavoring throughout this week to Impress upon all of us, That proper precautions will cut down still further the fire hazard, And give our Vafley cities still lower fire insurance rates than they now enjoy. property owners, tenants, are the who get the ultimate benefit out of Fire Prevention Weeks— In renewed safety for life and property. So give a thought to the week and He observance. • • • AND THIS IS STILL ANOTHER week— , „ • Be Kind to Dumb Animals Week. Newspaper offices the nation over ire expected to be showered with flowers! m m • HAS the valley had one tust one. -wet” norther lurmg the feast fall winter and spring? We cannot remember it, if we have had it, and if such is the case, some kind of a record has been set. Wonder what has become of the old fashioned wet norther that used to linger on for days, and even weeks with its miserable drizzle? That is, the drizzle was miserable at the time, but how thankful we ail were when its fruition came about in fast growing fields of cotton, corn and vegetables. • • • THEY TELL US THAT VALLE'l people are themselves Importing plenty of corn for home use from Mexico. And the AAA goes merrily about its program of cutting down com acreage here in the Valley and else where. and limiting the production of hogs along with it. t We never did produce enough hogs down here, and of late years we have been missing a fair bet in not plant ing enough com for our own use. There probably is some sense to all this, but it's over the head of a mere scribbler. • • • t VALLEY FARMERS SHOWED their opinion of too mnrh govern mental regulation of crop produc tion and sale when they smothered the proposed tomato marketing pact in the election of Saturday. Our tomato growers have shown themselves amply able to take care cf the tomato situation in years past, and are content to let It go at that. • • • ALL KINDS OF CONGRATULA tions to the public spirited citizens who were Saturday elected to school boards of the Valley districts. Plenty of responsibility, plenty of hard work, await them. May they prove equal to the load they have assumed; may their la bors be crowned with success; may our school* continue to grow and unprove, and may.the general pub lic back their efforts with hearty cooperation. • • • MANY AND VARIED ARE THE honors gained by Valley students at the various institutions of higher learning throughout the country, and great the credit reflected on their home schools. Latest honor to come to a Valley student is that gained by Mis* Gail McD&vitt of Brownsville, and proud indeed is Brownsville and the Val ley over her election as -Sweetheart of the University of Texas.” Those who know her commend the txcellent judgment displayed by her *'Uow students as they cast their ... Ti TEXAS ADVERTISING agency recently made an investiga tion of the grapefruit sale In De troit and found, on consultation with retailers and Jobbers that— On a very conservative estimate the sale of Texas grapefruit in that city could be increased approximate ly 200 carloads a season— By the Judicious use of advertis ing to the cost of approximately |2, 000. In other words, by the expenditure of approximately 2'*c a box, sale of Valley grapefruit in Detroit could be increased by roughly 7,200 boxes. And still the Valley lags and dilly dallies and does nothing. You figure it out, we re bogged down. Aboveboard Circulation—Only Member in The Valley of Audit Bureau of Circulations 7-Year-Old Girl Kidnaped, Slain ■ — ^ - - - - - - - — ■ - .... - ' ■ 11 — ' » YOUTH ADMITS HE HIT CHILD WITHSTONE Mentally Deficient Boy Says Girl Wanted To ‘Go To See Her Dead Mother* DRUMWRIGHT. Okla.. April 8 (JP>—Jay Williams. 20. described as mentally deficient, ha* been ar rested and confessed he beat Kath ryn Cline. 7-year-old daughter of a Crow oil field worker to death with a large rock ' because she wanted to go to her dead mother.” Chief of Police Jack Ary said Mon day. Williams was arrested at his home, a short distance from a bam in which the girl’s body was found. He confessed killing the girl. Chief Ary said, immediately after his ar I rest. A large rock was found near the city. It was covered with blood, the chief added. Head Crushed Her body, the head crushed was found in a barn a half mile from her home by neighbors and offi cers who started a search for her a'hen she was reported missing from her home for more than an hour. A possee of citizens and county officers started a hunt after the i girl's body was found. Doctors, meanwhile, were making a com j plete examination. ! Deputy Sheriff Vergil de Shan said the girl had gone early to the iContinued On Page Two> ‘AUTO DEATH’ TRIAL BEGINS Brothers Charged With Killing Man By Use of Car Gregorio and Guillermo Tijerina, Brownsville brothers, went on trial in criminal district court here Monday morning charged with the murder of Pablo Saldana, Jr., em ployee of a Brownsville furniture concern. Saldana died Jan. 27, 1935, after being run over by an automobile allegedly driven by the Tijerina brothers near the Paloma (fence hall, situated near Brownsville on the Southmost highway. The defendants, represented by Major H. B. Galbraith, entered pleas ol not guilty when the indictment was called and most of the morning was devoted to selecting a Jury to hear evidence. At preliminary hearings, the Tije I rina brothers claimed that they had , no intention of running over Sal dana with their car. The state will attempt to prove that Saldana was knocked off the car’s running board by one of the brothers, and that (Continued on Page Two) first :arload of NEW POTATOES IS SHIPPED BY CITY McDavitt Brothers, the Valley s oldest produce house, once more shipped the first solid carload of potatoes of the season, rolling a car out of Brownsville Saturday night to start Texas’ 1935 potato deal. A number of small shipments by truck had gone out already. Po tatoes in the solid car were dug from the farms of Carl Huffaker and Moncur Brothers southeast of Brownsville. The car was rolled to Dallas, and brought an unusually good price, according to W. E. McDavitt. Carlot movement of potatoes will be fairly steady by the end of the week. -— Philippine Typhoon Kills 25 In Samar MANILA, P. L, April 8. (/TV-Be lated reports reaching here Monday said Saturday's typhoon killed 25 persons in the town of Borongan on the east coast of the province of Samar. Virtually all the buildings In the town were destroyed, the reports added, and It was feared the death toll would be Increased as later ac counts arrived. HAMILTON FINALLY NABBKD Here is Ray Hamilton, notorious bank bandit and deith house fugitive, who was captured Friday night in Fort Worth. He is pictured with R. A. "Smoot' Srhmidt, Dallas county sheriff, who made the capture. The scene is the Dallas county jail. DISTRICT MEET PLANS MAPPED 200 Scholars, Athletes To Gather Here FricOiy And Saturday More than 200 of the best high school scholars and athletes in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties will gather here Friday and Saturday for the annual inter scholastic league meet for District 28. In addition to the Brownsville entries who qualify automatically through scholastic population of the school, the following from the Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr county meets will be eligible (Continued on Page Two ; New Plane To Go On Exhibit Here Brfcniff Airways new Lockheed Electra plane was scheduled to ar rive at the Brownsville Pan Ameri can Airport about noon Monday, and to be on exhibition Monday after noon at the airport. A communication to the Browns ville Chamber of Commerce stated that T. E. Braniff, president of the line; and Paul R. Braniff. general manager, were making the trip. The new plane is expected to be put in regular service in the near future, greatly speeding up time be tween Brownsville and Dallas. This is the iirst of several of these planes to be delivered to Brainiff Airways, with others to be put in service as soon as they can be turned out by the factory. T obacco-Chewing Boy It Arretted DENISON, April 8.—Chew ing tobacco nonchalantly, a 10-year old boy was arrested Monday for robbing a small Denison girl of a wrist watch. The boy recently fled to the pro tection of relief clients at Sherman, a few miles from here, when his ; father was arrested on a charge of assault to murder there. < Police here did not know what to do with him Monday. VALLEY MAN ON ***** TRAIN LOOTED BY ***** GANG OF BANDITS <Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. April 8—Fred L. Flynn of Harlingen returned to the Valley Sunday with a tram robbery’ added to his list of ex periences. Flynn was a passenger on the train that was robbed as it sped through Illinois Thursday night, when a group of bandits robbed the passengers in the style of the old West. The car in which Flynn was riding, a chair car near the en gine. was overlooked by the bandit gang, who, shooting and shouting warnings, robbed the train from the parlor car back through the Pullman cars. Flynn said that the first knowledge he and his fellow passengers had of the rob bery was when a terrified negro porter raced through the car shouting that the train was be ing robbed Flynn said that all those in the car hid their money and valuables, but w’ere unmolest ed. Passengers m other cars, how ever, were robbed and one man was shot by the bandits. PRIEST BLASTS BRUNO’S ALIBIS German Studied Blueprints Of Lindbergh Home, Says Churchman MILWAUKEE. Apnl 8. (AV-Fed eral authorities Monday considered a new chapter in the life of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a chapter pur ported to blast much of the Bronx carpenter's defense alibi to the kid naping of Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr. The Rev. Michael J. Kallok. 48 year-old Catholic priest, told gov ernment agents that Hauptmann studied plans of Lindbergh’s Hope well. N. J.. estate even before it was constructed, and that he had seen (Continued On Page Two) Importance of Port Here Is Seen by Iron Works Official ine Brownsville seaport win develop into an important gate way for commerce between the United States and Mexico In the opinion of £. a. Holmgreen of San Antonio, president of the Alamo Iron Works, who Is a vis itor In the city. Mr. Holmgreen was accompan ied here by his grandson. Wrather Holmgreen. and was accompanied on his visit to the chamber of commerce and other points In the city by H. R McKay, manager of the Brownsville branch house of the Alamo Iron Works. In addition to its development as a gateway for International commerce, the Brownsville port will result In important agricul tural developments in the opinion of Mr. Holmgreen. "Your present average rate on perishables to points on the east coast Is around $40 a ton,” Mr. Hoimgreen saia. ' vxmir&si un» with $12 to $18 a ton rate that you will have with water transporta tion. and you see the possibilities of agricultural development." Holmgreen said that one factor which would enter into the deal upon completion of the port here is the need for a marketing agency at the receiving end. This agency would load the produce out of the boats and prove it on out to various points, distribut ing it in such a way as not to affect the markets. The San An tonio man expressed the belief that development would be steady after opening of the port. Holmgreen is the second gener ation of his family to operate and continue building up the Alamo Iron works, and saia that he has now practically retired from active work, leaving the management to the third generation of Holm greens, including his son. WEST TO PAY VALLEY VISIT Congressman Says Will Aid In Battle Agaiinst High Freight WASHINGTON. Ajpril 8. W — Representative West <D-Tex> was enroute to Texas Monday to assist shippers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in their campaign to obtain lower freight rates to northern and eastern markets for citrus fruits and vegetables. The alleged discrimination, those shippers claim, is involved In what is popularly knowm as the Robs town freight rate case. West's office said he probably would stop in Austin. Tex., on the way to Brownsville. Tex, arriving in the latter city Tuesday or Wed nesday. A telegram from Congressman West, quoted in Sunday's Laredo Times, stated that the congressman was leaving Washington Saturday night “to assist in differential rate fight, hearing for which Is set for San Antonio on April 17”. Belief that Fort McIntosh would be rehabilitated out of PWA money was also expressed in the tele gram The Times estimated that the new structures and repairs proposed for Fort McIntosh will run between $200,000 and $500,000. YOUTH NEAR DEATH AFTER COLLISION; DRIVER IS SOUGHT — .- . (Special to The Herald! EDINBURG, April 8.—Valiev of ficers continued their search for a hit-and-run truck driver Monday as the 11-year-old victim. Timothy Hay. entered the third day of un consciousness as a result of injuries sustained in the collision. The truck in which the youth and a younger brother and sister were riding on the highway near here was sideswlped Friday night by an other truck. The youth sustained a concussion of the brain when a piece of the rear mirrow, broken in the collission. struck him. The driv er of the other truck sped away. Soviet Recognition Fight Plans Made WASHINGTON. April 8. UO — Rep. Tinkham (R-Mass) disclosed Monday that he plans to carry to the floor of the house his fight to put congress on record as favoring withdrawal of recognition from Soviet Russia. “The recognition obtained in 1933.” he said. “Was obtained on specific promises—a series of prom ises in writing. AH of these have been violated, particularly the one regarding agitation and overthrow of established government” Auto Is Wrecked A light roadster driven by Efee quiel Cisneros of Harlingen was (badly smashed early Sunday morn ing when It turned over as it was making the turn Into Brownsville at the Mercy hospital. Although the car was badly wrecked. Cisneros escap ed with minor injuries. HIDALGO GETS 2 ADDITIONAL PRODUCERS Three Other Tests Set Casing And Prepare To Make Attempt At Production (Special to The Herald) MISSION. April 8 — Two new flowing producers were completed In the Samfordyce field of south western Hidalgo county this week end to bring the total number of flowing wells in the area to 53. In addition three new testa had set and cemented casing on top of sand, one of them Indicating an extension of production 1.000 feet to the east and passing an old dry hole. Four new tests were under way in the field proper and other tests were drilling. Wildcats in Hidalgo county as sumed a new importance this week as they steadily made hole, the most Important being the Union Sulphur Company's eastern Hi dalgo county wildcat which is in process of completion. Two Completions The completions were: Lucky-Blocker - Bishop's No. 3 Francisco Guerra. 630 feet from the west and 165 feet from the south lines of the southeast 30 acres of tract 254. porcion 39. about 1.500 feet northeast of discovery, made an estimated 10 to 12 bar rels hourly through H-inch tubing choke under tubing working pres sure of 240 pounds and closed-in casing pressure of 125 pounds. The test Is midway between an oil pro ducer and a gasser and is pro ducing from saturation at 2.753-63 feet. The second completion was Hi ram M. Reed's No. 1 C. E. Smith, in the west end of the south 10 acres of the northwest 46.29 acres of tract 3-B. porcion 41. about 5.700 feet southeast of discovery It is making Its dally allowable through H-inch tubing choke under tubing working pressure of 280 pounds and 320 pounds closed-in casing pres sure. The test had saturate at (Continued on Page Five) Montgomery Ward, NRA Fight Begins WASHINGTON. April 8. i/P) — NRA and Montgomery Ward and Company were engaged in a bitter dispute Monday over removal of the company's Blue Eagle. The recovery administration ad vised the firm Sunday that it no longer could use NRA insignia to be certified as qualifying for gov ernment contracts. Failure to pay its assessed share of the coat of administering the retail code was given as the reason for this action. In Chicago, Sewell Avery, presi dent of Montgomery Ward, prompt ly replied that administrative mach inery for the retail code was "Ille gal and unfair". Posse Hunts Blacks CAMDEN, 8. C.. April 8 (/Pi National guardsmen and a posse of several hundred persons combed the Wateree river swamp district Monday for six armed negro con victs who wounded one guard and overpowered two others in escaping from the state prison farm near here. Gilbert Mahaffey, 28-year-old guard, was wounded seriously In a gun battle during which he shot three fleeing convicts, one of them fatally, as they broke from De saussure camp Sunday. Southern California Cities Flooded by Heavy Downpours (By Tbe Associated Pressi Spring storms left an erratic pattern of death and destruction in the south Monday while on the west coast torrential rains brought threats of floods. The list of known dead as the result of tornadoes, lightning and flood waters stood at 31. Most of these were killed or drowned as a result of a tornado which ripped through sections of Louisiana and Mississippi Other deaths were in Texas and Florida. Heavy rains flooded cities in both northern and southern Cali fornia and more downpours were forecast. In the Montrose-La Cres cents and Long Beach areas, near Los Angeles, men were ordered to patrol duty as the section was deluged by torrential rains. In northern California motorists were marooned by high waters and rail* road and airplane service disrupt ed. A snow storm marooned 350 automobiles overnight on the mountanious Lincoln highway near Bedford. Pa. Many of the cars carried persons who had visit ed Washington s Cherry Blossom Show. Rain and snow brought joy to the farmers of the mlddlewest. Rains fell In the eastern two thirds of Kansas but missed the western third where severe dust storms raged in March. Snowplows were in action in northeastern Missouri Sunday after a 6-inch snow fall. Near Kansas City, the mercury dropped to frees ing point, causing apprehension among fruit growers. Parts Of Three States Struck By High Winds 200 Persons Injured; Damage Estimated At $300,000 GL06TER, Miss.. April • (/P)—A tornado which blew out of the west over parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama during tha week-end left 26 known dead, more than 200 injured and property damage esti mated at $300,000. The storm did a hop, skip and jump over the area, striking first at Lake Providence, La, Saturday night. When it crossed the Missis sippi river moving southeast it struck three times with added fury at Dolorosa. Gloster and Glllsburg, Miss, and spent its force by dipping down around Mobile, Ala, Sunday. Every House Damaged The maw fury of the wind was felt in this town of 1.500 population, be tween McComb and Natchex. Not a house escaped some damage and 760 inhabitants were affected di rectly by the storm. Mayor Louis Kahn said 87 dwell* tags were blown to splinters. 41 so badly damaged that they will have to be razed. 28 other dwellings and 20 business houses partly damaged. Even the cemetery did not escape, tombstones being blown down and shunted from grave to grave. The landscape was stream with timber, metal roofing, uprooted trees and general debris. Pour white persons and four neg roes were killed here and 150 injured. The property damage was estimated at $250,000 by the mayor. Prom Gloster the storm struck next outside ol the village of Gills burg. 25 miles southeast of here, w’here six persons were killed, a score (Continued on Page Two) 800 ACRES OF TOMATOES LOST Hail Damage Confined To Section Around Harlingen fSTvc'iil to The Herald) HARLINGEN. April 8—Loss of approximately 800 acres of toma toes in an area beginning at Mitchell's Switch and extending through the Wilson Tract section, and east almost to Rio Hondo from Saturday's hail was revealed in a survey made Monday. Extensive damage was also done in that area to cotton, and to some com and bean crops. Cotton was being replanted by (Continued on Page Two) TOMATO PACT IS VOTED DOWN BY CAMERON 468-51 Cameron comity voted 468 to 51 against the proposed Texas Tomato Marketing agreement, a canvass of last Saturday s votuig revealed Mon day. The vote represented a total of 45.544 acres of tomatoes in Cameron county. The poll by towns follows; Brownsville. 12 for and 28 against; Harlingen, 2 lor and 51 against. La Ferla. 2 for and 73 against; Los Pres nos. 4 for and 48 against; Rio Hondo, 22 for and 80 against, San Benito. 10 for and 61 against; Santa Rosa, none for and 106 against. The vote was tabulated by P J. Kretz of Los Presnt* and Denver Hance of San Benito. MURDER COUNT RETURNED BY HMMffl JURY Pair Held Without Bond In Slaying Of Salesman Near • Edinburg < Special to Tha Herald i EDINBURG. April 8 — Four in dictment* charging Richard A. Pal mer and James D. McAllister with the robbery and murder of Percy A. Calkins, Houston salesman who waa shot to death near Edinburg March 30. were returned by a grand Jury in 92nd Criminal District court court shortly after noon Monday. The four indictments charge both defendants with murder and with robbery with firearms. The grand Jury, empanelled Mon day morning, did a fast job in re turning the indictments against Mc Alister. a 36-year-old ex-convict, and Palmer. The state has indicated it will press for a speedy trial. The two defendants are in jail, having been denied bond after signing confes sions to the slaying The grand Jury is made up of O. E. Britton of Pharr, foreman; W. E. Stout of Pharr. Ramon Guerra of McAllen. C. F Archer of Mercedes, D. A. Purvear of Donna. Fred Daw son of Alamo. J. A. Cardenas of Linn, Harry D Bowers of Weslaco. 8 H Collier of Mercedea. Alfredo O. Garza of Progreso, Roy Conway of Mission and M T. Hutto of Donna. Calkins, a well-known Houston salesman, was shot to death near Edinburg March 30. Sheriff J A Goolsby of Cameron county, through a tip. picked up Palmer at a Rio Hondo carnival Tuesday afternoon, and on lnform iContinued On Page Twoi Youth Admit* He Slew ‘Girl Friend* FORT WORTH. April 8. — James Elree Parsons 23. who told officers that he killed hit "gill friend.” Mrs Mildred Eva Mc Adams. 21. after a drinking party early Sunday, waa held in city JaU Monday awaiting the filing of charges. Parson^' friend. Raymond Field house. 21. remained in City-County hospital suffering from cuts and bruises and possible concussion of the brain. He was beaten by Par sons. In a statement to officers. Par 1 sons related that he struck the wo man by accident while swinging the handle of an automobile Jac* with the intention of hitting Field house. Richardson Returns With Deep Port Data O. C. Richardson, manager of th* Brownsville Chamber ol Commeret, is to return to this city Monday evening from Monteirw. where he has been the past 10 days on wort In connection with the Brownsville port. Richardson has been gathering data to be used in the brief of th* Brownsville Navigation district In support of Its application to have the government increase the depth ol the Brownsville port to 30 feet. Administration Slate Defeated In Write-In VICTORIA. April 8. (iPV—A write ' in campaign Monday had defeat ed by nearly two to one the ad ministration slate in Saturday’* school trustee election Complete returns showed C. O Durham. Wil liam Offer and P. H. Keefe had won over Dr. J. V. Hopkins, Dr. J, H Tolson and C. C. Kerlagon. Rear Admiral Dies WASHINGTON. April 8. '**) — Rear Admiral Arthur L Willard died Sunday at his home here aft er a brief illness. He was 85 year* old. Born In Kirksville. Mo., and ap pointed to the Naval Academy in 1887. Admiral Willard had a long and distinguished career. During the World War he wma ! superintendent of the naval gun factory in Washington, and for j this service was awarded th* navy ! cross. _— Fall Kills Man WASHINGTON. April 8 /?*)—A ' man Identified by a companion aa William R. Dooley of Bedford. Vir ginia. treasurer of Bedford county, was killed early Monday in a fall down a flight of steps at Jimmy Lake's night club. .. Accompanying him at tha tima of the accident was a man listed as John B Oliver, also of Bedford, and a member of the Virginia house of delegates. TONIGHT’S MOVIES OVER THE VALLEY Brownsville! The capuoi-Clsrk Gable and Constance Bennett In omce Hours," The Queen—"Ls Cucara cha M The Dlttmann— Chu Chin Chow. San Benito: The er and Anna Sten in The Wedding Harlingen: The Arcadia—Dick row'll and Gloria Stuart in "Oold Diggers of 1935.'' The Rialto—Oreta Garbo and John Bole* In "The Painted Velfr La Feria: The Bijou—Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Roberta ' Raymondvllle: The Ramon—sand Grey's "Home On the Range ' Donna- The Plaza- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "Roberts'' San Juan The San Juan-Dick Poweii and Ruby Keeler in Dames" Mercedes The Capitol- Id ward Cl Robinson In "The Whole Towns Talk ing" _ Weslaco: The Rita—Dick Powell and Gloria Stuart In "Gold Diggers of 1984. McAllen: The Palace-Dick Powell and Olorta Stuart in ' Oold Digger* of 1934." The Queen Shirley Temple and Jamed Dunn in "Bright Eyes '* Mission' The Mission—Myrns Loy sad Cary Orant m "Wings in the Dark.