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FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 257 tw mw »-m to to. <w BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 29,1985 SIGHT PAGES TODAY_-_— -
VALLEY
By RALPH L BUELL
THESE TIMES IN WHICH WE
live!
Brownsville the picturesque, nest
led on the banks of the Rio Grande,
A quaint city with the touch of
a foreign land—
And all that sort of thing as
Sherwood Anderson would point out.
But show us a city anywhere near
the size of Brownsville—
In which the city commission has
felt it incumbent to take steps for
the working out of a special electric
rate—
Applying to air conditioning
equipment
We may be quaint and all that—
Have the touch of the romantic—
But we are up and coming, on
our toes.
And ready to take advantage of
the very latest In everything.
■IBS
,k REAL DRIVE 18 SCHEDULED
take place all over the Valley
by dealers In air conditioning equip
ment. seeking to place this section
In the lead In the use of this mod
ern method of assuring equable tem
peratures and equable working con
ditions the year round.
• • •
HOUSEHOLDERS WHO TAKE
pride In keeping up the appearance
of their residences during the sum
mer months—
Will thank the Brownsville city
commission for the special summer
water rate determined upon.
Under the schedule for the sum
mer—
We will pay the average bill, fig
ured from the past winter months—
Plus a charge for only one-half
Uie water we use over that amount
A more generous use of water for
lawn and garden purposes—
With a consequent further beau
tification of our city premises—
Should be the result.
• • •
WITH WATER TRANSPORTA
tion assured, A. A. Laughlln. Los
Fresnos canner, tells us that he is
expecting to sell 150,000 cases of
canned grapefruit hearts and grape
fruit juice In and around New York
City next season.
A That's lots of cans and lots of
Ffrapefrult
• • •
AN ALREADY FIRM FAITH IN
the powers of advertising was re
affirmed Sunday when a neighbor—
He Just lives two miles across the
clty
Presented us with two of the
finest, fattest, meatiest flounders
that ever graced a skillet.
And to Sid Eidman we are fur
ther indebted for a tightening o<
our fast disappearing faith in the
ability—
To say nothing of the veracity—
Of our Brownsville fishermen.
• • •
VALLEY WHOLESALERS
whose mails bring most regularly
broadsides showing the effective ad
vertising campaigns being put in
motion by the California citrus fruit
interests, must get sort of a weak
and hollow feeling when they scan
the attractive promotion.
That s the way these broadsides
affect us, and as we read them we
wonder how in the world the Valley
expects to sell grapefruit and
oranges in the face of competition
like that.
The answer is, that we don't sell
them against that kind of compe
tition, not at any sort of a fair price
to the grower.
A million dollars spent in adver
tising sells a whole lot of fruit, and
when the cast is split up and pro
e’fcied against each case of fruit
Shipped, Its cheap at twice the
price charged.
• • •
SOME DAY VALLEY SHIPPERS
and growers are going to realise
that the selling of grapefruit is a
business—
Just the same as selling Fords or
Chevrolet*.
And they are going to realise that
the day of the hip. hip hurray is
past—
That talking to themselves does not
convince a man In New York City or
Chicago that he ought to be eating
Valley grapefruit.
When they reach that realisation
they will begin talcing directly to
the man In New York and Chicago
and Oshkosh—
And will also begin selling fruit
•t a decant price.
„ And more of il»
Valley Steers Clear of Road Routing Fight
KINGSVILLE
AND CORPUS IN
KENEDY FIGHT
Confidence In State
Highway Dept. And
Its Judgment Is
Expressed Here
The Lower Rio Grande Valley was
taking steps Monday to see that the
controversy which has burst out be
tween Kingsville and Rob6town on
the one hand and Corpus Christi
on the other over routing of the
Chapman Ranch road does not af
fect the Kenedy county highway.
Meanwhile a Kleberg county de
legation headed by County Judge
Ben F Wilson and including C. M
Allen, chairman of the highway
committee of the Kingsville Cham
ber of Commerce, was in the Valley
Monday, conferring with various
people.
While the storm at Corpus Chris
ti against the re-routing of High
way 96 through Bishop and Kings
ville gathered momentum, various
groups in the Valley were passing
resolutions expressing confidence
in the state highway department,
and stating that the Valley wants
the Kenedy county highway built,
and will leave matters of routing it
beyond Riviera to the highway com
mission.
The Cameron County Comm is -
soners court in session Monday
morning authorised County Judge
Oscar C Dancy to send a commu
nication to the state highway dep
artment expressing confidence in
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OIL OFFICIAL IS
UNINJURED, PLANE
FLIPS ON BEACH
Walter Eschudin, official of the
Sinclair Oil company with head
quarters at Tampico, Mexico, es
caped uninjured when his plane in
which he was coming from Tampico
to Brownsville Saturday, overturn
ed as he made a forced landing on
the beach.
The plane flopped over on its
back when Eschudin was forced to
land when the motor stopped.
Pan-Amre ican Airways sent a
Fairchild plane dowm, but could
not land the large plane on the
beach, so sent Les Maulding down
with his small Curtis plane &nd He
brought Eschudin back here about
dark Saturday.
Eshcudin left immediately by
motor car for Houston where his
wife was to undergo an operation.
The propeller of the Waco is be
ing repaired here, and the plane 1*
expected to be brought on here
shortly.
Dismantling Of Union
Sulphur Rig Continues
iCp«ciai to The Her»>di
MERCEDES. April 29. — Dis
mantling of the rig over the Union
Sulphur American Rio Grande’s
No. 3 well was being continued
Monday, with the prospect that the
rig would be moved to a new' loca
tion by Wednesday or Thursday.
Officials of the company could not
tay just where the next drilling
operation will be started, however.
The well was continuing to flow
around 240 barrels a day under a
tubing pressure running from 800
to 875 pounds.
Entire output of the well is being
purchased by the Valley Refining
company and will be marketed by
the Federal Petroleum company, it
has been announced
KILLER ESCAPES
LAREDO. Tex.. April 29. Of
ficers Monday abandoned the
search for Teodolo Arambula. who
killed one man and wounded two
others In a sudden fit of violence
Saturday.
Officers believed the fugitive had
escaped into Mexico by swimming
the Rio Grande after he was near
ly captured by Deputy Sheriff V.
Zepeda of Laredo.
Mrs. Alice Taylor
Dies At Mercedes
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. April 28.—Mrs. Alice
Taylor, 50, a resident of Mercedes
for a number of years, died at the
Mercedes General Hospital early
Sunday morning, following a short
illness. Decedent is survived by
her husband. Captain F. A. Taylor;
a daughter, Ruth; two sons, Madi
son and Wilbur; the father, James
B. Madison, all of Mercedes; a
daughter. Mrs. Clifford Senterfitt
of Port Isabel, and a sister. Miss
Dorothy Madison, of Edinburg. A
brother. F. B. Madison of Detroit,
Mich.
Fu..eral services were to be held
at the Stotler mortuary here Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, the ser
vices to be in charge of Rev. W. E.
Harchett pastor of the Christian
churches at La Feria and Mercedea
SUBPROGRAM
GIVES CONCERN
Nazi Government Give*
intimation* Of Ship
Construction
(Copy’t, 1935, by The A. P.)
LONDON, April 29 —Sir John Si
mon. British foreign secretary, told
the House of Commons Monday:
The German government has in
timated that orders have been given
for the construction of 12 subma
rines of 250 tons each. This matter
is uder consideration.”
Although Sir John did not am
plify this statement, it was defin
itely stated m other quarters that
the German construction was
understood to have been under way
lor some time.
Reports reaching informed quart
ers here from Berlin said that Ger
many was planning the immediate
expansion of her fleet with the
intial construction of;
Five to eight battleships of 35,000
tons;
Six battle cruisers;
Twenty-five to forty large and
small cruisers;
Fifty to seventy-five destroyers; j
Forty to fifty small submarine:;
| Several aircraft carriers.
_._
Japan Still Fears
War With Soviets
TOKYO, April 29. t/P>—From high
quarters in the Japanese army
came indications Monday that the
military leaders of Japan are de- j
termined the Japanese people shall
continue to consider war with So
viet Russia a possibility in the
coming years.
They issued a series of state
ments designed to prevent a soft
ening of the martial spirit and to
dispel illusions that perfect peace
; broods over the Manchoukuan-Si
berian border as the result of Rus
sia’s surrender of the Chinese East
ern railway March 23 and Mos
cow's preoccupation with European
war clouds.
Centennial Sketch
Given Committee
McALLEN, April 29.—Gordon
Pierce, McAllen architect, has sub
mitted a preliminary sketch for the
proposed Valley exhibit at the Tex
as Centennial Exposition in Dallas
at the request of Harry Hill of Mc
Allen. Hill is submitting various
plans to the Valley Centennial ex
hibit committee.
Hill was in Weslaco Saturday for
a conference with C. L. Skaggs,
chairman of the Valley finance com
mittee. W. R. Montgomery of Edin
burg is chairman of the planning
committee. Both groups are wel
coming suggestions on both financ
ing and planning.
Body Of Missing
Boy Found In River
CHICAGO. April 29. (A1)—‘The body
of Richard Max Perrot. 4 year old
child, missing since April 4. was tak
en from the Chicago river near his
home Monday.
Grimly, Max Perrott had urged the
search for his boy. a little red-head
who had been speechless all his
life. Perrot has one other son.
Countless "clue” letters had de
luged the Perrot home, three of
which contained threats and de
mands for $150 ransom money.
King’s Coach Features in
Runaway, Ballast Is Shaken
LONDON. April 29. (JPt—Eng
land’s gala jubilee season was un
officially opened Monday with a
good, old-fashioned runaway.
King George’s famous Windsor
greys, bolting down Park Lane,
smacked the royal coach into a
bus and jhen into a coster's bar
row.
The ancient and honorable ve
hicle scored a clean victory in
each instance, emerging with
only one slight scratch on its gilt
frame. #
The royal equipage was sedate
ly rehearsing its part in the May
6 procession when a double-deck
er bus clipped one of the Windsor
greys on the flank. Then things
started to happen not as rehears
ed.
With the tophatted coachman
clinging on for his life, the king's
horses bolted. Before they could
be brought under control by the
outriders, the heavy coach took
a parting swipe at the bus and
slugged the coster's fruit-laden
pushcart Into complete submis
sion.
Beyond the severe shaking-up
the king s coachman received,
there were no casulties and the
coach was trundled back into the
Buckingham palace stables under
its own horsepower.
There was no king in the back
t lift -nlr
L
A. L DUPONT
SUCCUMBS TO
HEARTATTACK
Head Famous Family,
Founder M u nitions
Business, Ends Long
And Varied Career
JACKSONVILLE. Fla . April 29
(JP)—Alfred I. DuPont. 70, organizer
and former head of the DuPont
Denemours and company, explosive
and chemical manufacturers, died
unexpectedly early Monday at his
estate, Epping Forest, just outside
Jacksonville.
DuPont suffered a heart attack
last Thursday but had rallied. His
physician said he appeared to be re
covering but he was stricken again
Sunday night and died a few hours
later.
In 1902 DuPont purchased the
DuPont Company and organized it
in its present form. He retired from
that company a number of years
ago.
In 1926 he came to Florida. At the
time of his death he was one of the
largest landowners in the state and
was active as president of the Flor
ida National Bank of Jacksonville.
He was a native of Wilmington,
Del.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Jessie D. Ball, a son, Al
fred Victor of Wilmington, five
daughters, Mrs. Herman Rouff of
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DREDGE EMPLOYE
CRUSHED, IS SAID
BADLY INJURED
R E. Roberson, employe of the
Standard Dredging Company, was
badly crushed late Sunday after
noon when he was caught between
an oil refueling barge and the wharf
at the Port Isabel turning basin.
Roberson is in the Mercy Hospital
here.
An X-Ray examination revealed
several fractures of the bones of
his hips. Dr. T- A Kinder, attend
ing physician, said he is seriously
injured, but from observation so far
will undoubtedly recover.
The oil barge was coming in to
the dock from the dredge Orleans,
and Roberson was standing on the
edge of the barge helpmg to moor
it when he slipped and was caught
between the barge and the dock.
The injured man lives at 17th
and Cleveland Streets, with his wife
and children.
Wait Bass Season
Valley people will start fishing for
bass Wednesday, May 1, as the 1935
season opens at that time.
Dozens of fishermen are expected
to be at the various lakes and re
sacas in the section to try their luck,
and the bass fishing this year should
be better than in many years.
Lake Olmitc, which was practi
cally ruined for fishing by the hur
ricane in 1933 has been restocked by
the state fish hatchery, under Roy
Linn, superintendent, and will of
fer fine fishing this year.
Many of the larger lakes and res
ervoirs in Hidalgo county and the
big Willacy county reservoir also of
fer fine bass fishing.
SPEAKING OUT
IN MEETING
Parliamentary law provides a
number of occasions for the in
terruption of the speaker. Do you
know when and how you may take
the floor? A parliamentary blunder
may delay or defeat your cause.
Through our Washington In
formation Bureau. The Brownsville
Herald offers a compact and au
thoritative digest of the whole sys
tem of parliamentary law. It tells
how to organize a new club or
business association, provides a
model constitution and by-laws, of
fers hints for presiding officers.
The public business of the world
moves only through organization.
And organization can function only
under parliamentary law. Send for
your copy of this handy 32-page
service booklet today, enclosing ten
cents to cover co6t, handling, and
postage.
Washburn, Santa Rosa
Settles Oil Argument
To The Herald:
To settle the argument as to
which town the new oil field should
be claimed, I wish to call your
attention to the following facts:
The idea originated at Santa
Rosa.
The leases were blocked by San
ta Rosa people.
The deal was financed by Santa
Rosa money.
The preliminary tests were secur
ed by Santa Rosa people.
The lease reaches within one mile
of Santa Rosa.
The lease was sold to Union Sul
phur by Sant Rosa people.
Furthermore, it is my opinion
that the heart of the pool is'in and
around Santa Rosa.
Now, besides having the best oil
pool, we have the best land, the
best people and the best place for
a good town at Santa Rosa.
T. B. WASHBURN.
Santa Rosa, Texas.
ROOFING CODE
TO MEET HERE
Assistant Code Authority
Johnson to Address
Contractors
Local code committees for the
Valley division of the roofing and
sheet metal industries will be elect
ed at a meeting here Thursday
night to be addressed by P. E.
Johnson of San Antonio, assistant
to the code authority in the San
Antonio area.
The meeting, which will bring
contractors here from Cameron,
Hidalgo. Starr and Willacy comi
ties, will get under way at the
chamber of commerce at 8 p. m.,
it has been announced.
Mr. Johnson will give a thorough
explanation of the roofing and sheet
metal code, dwelling in particular
on its bid depository phase.
After Johnson's address and
round-table discussion, individuals,
firms and corporations doing sheet
metal work, roofing, water proof
i log, caulking and all other types of
composition work on roofs or sid
ings will be registered with the
code authority.
After this registration, the code
members will form a Valley district
organization, selecting committees
for local administration of the
code.
Johnson, in a letter to local mem
bers of the industry, urges a full
turn-out of firms and individuals
doing this type of business. In
addition, special Invitations are be
ing addressed to lumber dealers and
general contractors who are inter
ested in this line of work.
Palmer Venue Change
Still Being Argued
(Special toTb** H*raldi
EDINBURG. April 29 —Last de
fense witness called to testify re
garding the chances of Richard A.
Palmer, accused as Joint slayer with
James A. McAlister o! Percy Calk
ins, Houston salesman, finished
Monday morning, and the state was
expected to finish with its testi
mony shortly after noon.
Orville Stites of Donna is the
lone juror selected in the case. His
selection came about in order that
the trial might be considered as
legally under way and a special
term of court continued to finish
the trial.
Attempt Assault
Charge To Be Filed
Charges of assault with intent to
rape were expected to be filed
against a 25-year-old San Benito
man Monday afternoon as the re
sult of a story told officers early
Monday morning by a young Har
lingen woman.
The man. said to be a federal
empolyee. was arrested about 3 a
m Monday on the highway near
“Nigger Bridge." Deputy sheriffs
immediately placed him In the
county jail after hearing his com
panion's story, and the defendant
was attempting to arrange for bond
Monday afternoon.
People residing near "Nigger
Bridge" called the officers about 3
a m.
Chevalier Leaves
Movies High And Dry
NICE, France. April 29. UP)—Mau
rice Chevalier Monday signed a con
tract to return to the French music
halls which he quit five years ago for
Hollywood.
The star, who left Hollywood in a
huff over his roles, will resume his
stage performances May 3 at Nice
in the singing-dancing act In which
he started his career and which at
tracted the notice of Mlstinguette.
she of the “million-dollar legs."
She and Chevalier are being seen
together often again.
THREE DROWN
DURANT, Okla., April 29. CPV
Three persons were drowned when
a bridge collapsed plunging their
car Into the flood waters of Wolfe
Creek. 16 miles south of here, Sun
day night.
MEXICO RATE
OF EXCHANGE
NORMALAGAIN
Situation In Capital Is
Pleasing To Mexico
Official, Has Confab
With Morgenthau
Banks over Mexico were open for
business as usual Monday morning
and the financial worries of the na
tion seemed to be over as the rate
of exchange was pegged at the rate
prevailing between the recent rise
of silver.
Dollars were being bought in Mat- |
amoros Monday at 3.59 pesos, and
sold at 3 60 pesos.
I. Martinez, manager of the Mata
moros branch of the Credito Indus-1
trial de Monterrey told The Browns
ville Herald that the new paper
money had not yet been received,
but that he had been informed in a
telephone call from Monterrey that
the new currency would be on the
border within the next two or three
days.
AH silver individually held must be
turned in to the government within
30 days. New coins with a lower
metal content will be used for de
nominations lower than one peso.
For a peso and above, paper money
will be substituted to be issued
against the silver reserve held by
the national treasury.
MEXICAN OFFICIAL
PLEASED WITH OUTCOME
WASHINGTON. April 29.(7P>—The
Mexican official who came here
post-haste when soaring silver
prices caused monetary troubles be
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‘Holiday’ Farmer*
Want Third Party
DES MOINES. Ia.. April 29 (A*)—
Hie National Farmers Holiday as
sociation was definitely on record
Monday in favor of a third poli
tical party, but a minority group
rejected the proposal, saying such
a party would be “only another
capitalistic” organization.
Formation of a new national
r litical party “expressing the de
sires of farmers and laborers” was
advocated by the holiday group in
resolutions adopted at the close
Sunday of its annual convention.
The action was taken in the face
of a speech before the group last
Saturday by Senator Huey Long
who disclaimed any Intention of
third party alignment.
Vatican Warns Hitler
Of Continued Hostility
LOURDES. Prance, April 29 (>P)
—The colorful three-day prayers
for peace were ended Monday with
a note of warning widely inter
preted as the Vatican's admonition
to Reichsfuehrer Hitler and ex
ponents of communlsn that the
Catholic church will remain hos
tile to them as long as they “per
sist in philosophies contrary to the
Christian faith.”
The warning was contained in the
final prayer of Eugenio Cardinal
Pacelli, Vatican secretary of state.
The Catholic church, hf said, will
never make peace with “enemies of
the church possessed by supersti
tion of race or blood.” He desig
nated as the church’s enemies many
peoples “massing around the flag
of social revolution.”
MOR&, DUST DEATHS
SPRINGFIELD. Colo.. April 29
UP)—Two additional deaths from
pneumonia occurred Monday in
the Baca county dust country as
the American Red Cross rushed
masks into this section and took
other steps to halt the spread of
sickness believed aggravated by
dust.
To Supreme Court?
Ben G. Oneal of Wichita Falls
gave Jimmie Allred his first job,
one that started him on his latf
career that led to the governor
ship. Now Allred may appoint
Senator Oneal to Texas supreme
court as successor to the slain
Judge William Pierson.
HAMILTON PLEA
IS PONDERED
Stale Pardon Board Says
Thumbs Down, Governor
Reads Record
AUSTIN. April 29.—(P)—Govern
or James V. Allred disclosed Mon
day that the state pardon board
had recommended that the death
sentences of Raymond Hamilton
and Joe Palmer be not commuted
The two desperadoes are scheduled
to be electrocuted May 10.
The governor usually follows the
pardon board's recommendation.
He stated, however, that he would
withhold a final decision until he
completed a careful study of the
board's report and the records ~t
the cases.
Hamilton and palmer were con
victed of slaying Major Crowson
Blast ham prison farm guard, in an
ecsape early in 1934.
TOMATO YIELD
HIKE FORECAST
BY GOV’T BUREAU
AUSTIN. Tex., April 29. (/TV-The
United States Department of Agri
culture today forecast 1,280,000
bushels of tomatoes would be pro
duced from 16,000 acres planted in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Last season 700.000 bushels were
harvested from 10.600 acres. The
per-acre yield was estimated at 78
bushels, compared to 67 bushels
lats year. Texas acreage outside
of the Valley was placed at 23.900
acres, 1,000 less than last year, with
several major producing counties in
East Texas indicating considerable
reduction.
Acreage in cucumbers was esti
mated at 20 per cent above last
year, with production forecast at
87 per cent greater. Several major
counties in East Texas indicated
considerable reduction.
Rain Floods Santone
SAN ANTONIO. April 29. UTt—
A heavy rain, accompanied by a 38
mile wind, flooded streets and
drowned out automobile motors here
Monday.
At Alamo Downs Raymond Rus
sell. president, reported a “small
twister.” partially unroofed eight
stables.
Precipitation recorded at the
weather bureau was .40 but in the
suburbs it was much heavier. A light
hall also fell.
Send a Dimers Swamp Denver
Postal Workers as Craze Holds
» *
i ~.—
DENVER. Colo.. April 29. (**)—
One hundred extra clerks and
carriers went to work at the Den
ver postoffices Monday to handle
the flood of mail resulting from
the “send-a-dime" chain letter
craze.
The volume of week-end mail
increased five times the normal
Sunday load, 110,000 pieces of
first class mail being sorted in
the main office.
And are the postmen angry
about the craze that is making
their mail sacks heavy?
Not at all. they are surprising
ly pleased with the whole thing,
because, they say, they find more
happy people awaiting their ar
rival.
Hugh W. Osborne, president of
the Denver Postal Carrier's
Union, is authority tor this.
"The carriers are getting a big
kick out of this," he said. “You
can notice a different atmosphere
along the routes. Psojtfe are
happier and that Is worth some
thing."
Meanwhile, Postmaster J. O.
Stevie and postal authorities
wondered how to make their next
attack on the frenzy. All their
efforts so far have backfired—
increasing the dime chain mail
vdlume tremendously.
The postmaster started by
threatening arrests. His pro
nouncement was first class ad
vertising. apparently, because a
lot of people had not then heard
about the fun they were miss
ing.
Then he tried pleading. But
fans of the dime game—bankers
and bootblacks, relief workers and
sch' A children and everyone else
—were not to be balked by ap
peals to patriotism and the good
of the postal service. Many of
them had raised rabbits when
they were young and knew
something about progressive
AMBASSADOR
FROM ITALY
THREATENED
•
Police Seize Gun From
Man About To Fire
On Rosso In Boston
Hall Of Flags
BOSTON. April 29 What
police interpreted as an attempt to
assassinate Auguste Rosso. Italian
ambas&sdor. was frustrated in the
Hall of Flags at the state house
Monday with the arrest of a sus
pect, who carried a dirk in his hand.
The arrest was made just as tha
ambassador was entering the hall
after visiting Governor James M.
Curley.
Detectives noticed the weapon in
the man’s hand and sprang ahead
of the ambassador's party to snatch
it from him. The knife was unopen
ed at the time, but was of the type
which would spring open with the
pressure of a button.
The suspect gave his name as Eu
genio Camini. 42, of Boston. He was
taken to the detective bureau at
police headquarters
The ambassador is here for a two
day visit.
New Baptist Pastor
Coming To Harlingen
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, April 29.—Rev. S
Ekrut, who is visiting a sen at
Donna, was the last interim preach
er at the First Baptist church sinoa
resignation of Rev. W. W. Lee be
cause of Illness. Rev. Mr. Lee is ill
at the home of a son. Rev. Dallas
Lee. at Edinburg.
Rev. Mr. Ekrut, who has preached
to German-American congregation*
for years, filled the pulpit both
morning and evening.
Rev. Douglas Carver, the new pas
tor who comes here from McPher
son. Kans.. will preach his first ser
mon next Sunday.
Postal Clerk Shoots I
Self, Wounds Another 4
AUSTIN. Tex.. April 29. (/P>—If.
B. McCulloch. 45. money order
clerk In the Austin post office. «u
shot and critically wounded Mon
day at the postoffice. A .45 calibre
pistol was found nearby.
Mark Williams, a postal inspector,
was struck but not seriously injur
ed by a bullet which passed through
McCulloch’s body. Williams’ home
is in Dallas.
Carl Besserer. Inspector for the
Austin division, said the bullet Just
missed McCulloch’s heart. It knock
ed off Williams’ glasses and bruised
his right eye.
ONE MORE RACKET
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, April 29.—A young
fellow peeing as a newspaper corres
pondent has left a trail of worth
less watches in the Valley after
leaving them in hock for loans with
various persons. A local filling sta
tion man became suspicious when
the young fellow drove away rapidly
after leaving the watch to cover a
$6 loan He said he was in the Val
ley covering the murder near Mata
on oros and showed neatly typewrit
ten credentials but when he was
stopped by A. Lawson Anglin, coun
ty traffic officer, at Harlingen on
complaint of the San Benito man
he was found to have a number of
the worthless tickers in his posses
sion.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
JOLIET. 111.. April 29. POUT
prisoners escaped from the diag
nostic hospital of the state peni
tentiary early Monday after rip
ping bars from their cell window
and scaling the prison wall. Thre#
of the convicts fled in the dark
ness but a fourth, both legs shat
tered in dropping over the wall, was
captured.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
Brownsville: The Capitol—Jeanette
MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in
“Naughty Marietta." The Queen-Joan
Crawford. Clarke Oable and Robert
Montgomery In "Forsaking All Oth
H| n
San Benito: The Rlvoll—Oeorge O’
Brien and Dorothy Wilson In "When
a Man’s a Man.”
Harlingen. The Arcadia—Claudette
Colbert. Joan Bennett and Joel Mc
Crea In “Private Worlds.” The Rialto—
Janet Oaynor and Warner Baxter in
"One More Spring."
La Perla: The Bijou—Janet Oaynor
I and Warner Baxter in “One More
Spring.'* _
Raymond vllle: The Ramon—Zana
Orey’s “Rocky Mountain Mystery."
Donna The Plaza—Oeorge Raft and
Carole Lombard In “Rumba."
San Juan: The San Juan—Oeorge O’
Brien and Dorothy Wilson in Whan a
Man’s a Man."
Mercedes: The Capitol—Oraca Moore
U> ’’One Night of Love.”
Weslaco: The Bits—Ann 8othern
and Maurice Chevalier In "Pollee Bar
**McAllen: The'Palace—William Powell
Jean Harolw and Franchot Tone In
R. . kleee." The Queen -WiU Rogers In
"The County Chairman."
Mission: The Mlaelon—Wallace Beery,
Robert Young, and Maureen O Suiilvaa
Ir "Wart Vdsl at Air."
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