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THE WEATHER I fBj O a We»th«i Bnr^o, f«Bd to the VaU* Brownsville and the Valley: Part- j °Tliy b rn<5 Hfr' y c,ou(Jy *****n[**t *nd Saturday. | - »*•_ _ - -. „ llllll———T FORTY-FOURTH YEAR_No. 2 na v*n*y nm—nm ta om t»u*j BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1935 FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY * 5« A COPY QnQuk I VAUEY I ^ By RALPH L. BUELL CUTTING OF THE SAMFORD yce field allowable production from 3.241 barrels a day to 2,793— Was not an act of petttshness on the part of the Texas Railroad com mission— According to the wording of the order making the cut. Rather was it an act designed by the commission to cut down the daily production of Mirando crude over the entire state. In its order the commission sets forth that more Mirando crude was being produced than could be sold. The daily market for Mirando crude was estimated by the com mission at 28.554 barrels— So total production of all fields was cut 6.000 barrels to reach that figure. And Samfordyce suffered along j With 9 other fields, all producers of Mirando crude. Mirando crude, by the way. Is defined by the commission as oil ranging in gravity from 20 to 26 degrees according to the standards of the American Petroleum institute. • • • MALLE N SEEmSJ TO HAVE established its right beyond all permdventure of doubt to stage the Valley's formal Fourth of July oelebration. For the past three years the City of Palms has staged its celebration, and It has been a good one. without competition from other Valley cities. Much better that way, for one city to take these things at a time. No use in competing. There's mom for one real good and big Fourth of July celebration, one Valley Fair, one Onion Fiesta, one Citrus Fiesta, one Tomato Fiesta, and so on down the line. But when we all try to stage one. the chances are that none of them will be any good. • • • ON SATURDAY, JULY 6. VOT l«rs of the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation district— Will once more compliment Col. Ed Downs. W. H Pattee and Davis Wade by returning them to office as commissioners of the district— The office they have held since the formation of the diatrict. This trio of commissions' assisted by Judge J. Q Louthan. as attorney and general manager— Have administered the Port Is abel harbor project from infancy, nurtured It through the trying days of preparation— And brought it to the adolescence ol the nearest port on the Atlantic seaboard. W * • • WE LIKE THIS IDEA OF Giv ing dinners and that sort of things to representatives of new industries. Weslaco Chamber of Commerce is the latest Valley organization to thus recognize new residents. Nice thing, extending the right hand of welcome, and probably will do the community and the new residents much more good— Than a dinner and a gold medal presentation when they leave! Sort of on the order of a ‘ flowers for the living" proposition. • • • BROWNSVILLE'S POSTAL RE eeipts for the fiscal year ending June 30— * Show a 20 per cent increase over the year ending June 30, 1934. Practically every other Valley poet-office will show the same or better rate of Increase. Postal receipts the nation over are considered one of the best pos sible Indices as to business condi tions When business is good, postal receipt* are up— When postal receipts are down, you may write it In your little book— That business is down. So with Valley postal receipts climbing back upward, you may also write H in your little book— That business is getting better ever the Valley. New Town to Be Developed at Laguna Vista . .■ ■ ■■ ■ - ■ - -■■■ - --■ a*. - CCC CAMP TO BE PLACED ON TRACI ALSO Dr. S. K. Hall&m To Build New Town As Soon as Water Is Supplied Dr 8 K. Hal lam of this city, who at 90 is probably the oldest man actively engaged in business in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, has an nounced that he is going to build a new town for this section. To begin the development of a new tcwn in the doctor's opinion is a fit ting undertaking for a man of his age, who should not wait around for younger men to start new things. Dr. Hallam announced that a con i tract has Just been signed with Cam eron County Water Improvement District No. 5 to furnish water for I the townsite of Laguna Vista, on the Laguna Madre about seven miles up from Port Isabel. He said the development of a town there will be undertaken as rapidly I as possible after water Is obtained. To Develop Tract • We could do nothing in the past because of lack of water.” Dr. Hal iam said. “But now we will proceed w.th development of the townslte and of the entire tract. Dr. Hallam. who came to Browns ville almost 30 years ago. and showed his keen vision by backing a Browns ville pert project more than 25 years I 2go. and an oil drilling project near here shortly after that, has been ac , »ve in the civic and business life of the city throughout his residence here. He frequently has served as I»a?tor of the Christian church here v.hen the church was without a pas tor. Dr. Hallam is vice president of ! the Laguna Vista club, which owns the 10,000 acres of land in the tract. H. F Stephenson of Brownsville is president. Another concern, the Laguna Vis ta Corporation, is headed by C. J. Webster of San Antonio, and this concern is to develop the townslte. 1 development has been held up both a> lack of water, and by the serious Jmess for six weeks of Mr. Webster. Dr. Hallam said that the com pany has sought for seme time to tbtain water, but that its plans heretofore did not work out. and it has Just signed contract with the El Jardin district. A canal about 63.000 feet will be built from the forth - eastern end of the El Jardin system ♦o the Laguna Vista tract, where a resaca will be used as a reservoir. Water for the town, for two lakes j which are to be filled and beautified, and for irrigation when farm de velopment starts in the section is called for in the contract. “There probably will be no irrtgat (Contlnued on Page Two.) KIDNAP JURY TO BE PICKED Mrs. Waley Goes On Trial In 'Snatch’ Confessed By Husband TACOMA. Wash.. July 5.—bP>— The important but usually prosy first act of a criminal courts drama —selection of a Jury—engaged tfcfl principals in the George Weyer haeuser kidnaping trial of Margaret Thulin Waley here Friday. Immediately after the jury is completed Federal Judge E. E. Cushman will recess until Tuesday, when testimony will be taken. U. 8. Marshal A. J. Chitty and ias aides obtained subpoenaes for about 75 government witnesses. The list has been kept secret, but some are believed to be from Salt ! Lake City where Mrs. Waley and her 34-year-old ex-convict husband 1 were arrested June 8. a week after George was released near Issaquah. between here and Seattle. Against this array. Mrs. Waley will have but herself and her hus band. her chief counsel. John F. Dore. former Seattle mayor, an nounced. Waley, who sought to exonerate his wife In a courtroom statement, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment. He is in McNeil Island prison near here BRINGING THE SEA TO BROWNSVILLE .. I II ——* Position of the two dredges cutting the Brownsville ship channel on Fri day. July 5. was: Orleans. Station 70 plus 300, or total advance of 57300 feet. Texas, Station 48 plus 300, or total advance of 55300 feet The Orleans Is now 33+ mile*, and the Texas 73 miles from the Browns ville turning basin site. Annulment Suit Ends Elopement Four days after she had eloped with James Dent Slack, 21. of Huntington, W. Va., Mary Ann Hughes Freeman Slack, above. 19-year-old Huntington and Cin* ' einnati heiress, asked that her marriage be annulled, charging that the license was “Illegally and fraudulently obtained,” and that she was “Improperly and fraudulently urged to go through with the ceremony.” Her father was the late C. II. Freeman, oil and gas millionaire. DUEL BULLET WOUND FATAL Men Quarrel Over Woman, Meet In Road And Fight It Out JOHNSTOWN. Pa., July 5. Two middle aged men were found unconscious Friday on a country road, victims of a duel which police said was fought about a woman. Louis Marconi. 4G,»dled four hours later and Thomas Scatara. 43, a neighbor, was not expected to live. State police said they were told the two quarreled a month ago about alleged attentions Scatara was paying Mrs. Marconi, mother of four children. The two met on the road early Friday. Reconstructing the scene, police said they believe Marconi fired his shotgun at Scatara, who was wounded in the abdomen, be fore his own skull was fractured by the same weapon. Germania Club Group It Pleated With Fete Committee members in charge of arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration at the Germania club at Rio Hondo have expressed satisfac tion with the way their plans were carried out, especially thanking merchants of San Benito, Rio Honr do, and Harlingen for support and donations. A number of prizes in the different contests in the all day pic nic were awarded, and the dance which concluded the day s activity j was well attended. John Twinn and his orchestra beginning at 10 o’clock will play for a dance at the club Saturday night. Sunday afternoon there will be a meeting for members of the club and their friends, music starting at 2:30. People who are interested in the club have been invited to attend. Ex-State President Of Dentists Dies CORSICANA. Julv 5.——Dr H. M. Davison, prominent dentist of Hubbard and past president of the Texas Dental association, died at Hubbard Thursday night and the funeral was planned for Friday afternoon. Surviving are his wife, a son. Dr. Hugh Davison. Jr., surgeon. Cairo. HI., and two daughters. S;* Are Killed In German Plane Crash BERLIN. July 5. A pilot and five mechanics, were killed Friday when a rtial plane crashed through the roof of a house at Brlta. a Ber lin suburb near Templehof air orome The cause of the crash was not determined. HOLIDAY TAKES LIVES OF 195 OVER NATION _ Firecracker* Kill But Two; Car* And Drowning* Claim Other Victim* (By the Associated Press) The nation counted at least 195 dead Friday, with thousands more injured, as the cost of celebrating its 159th birthday. The total of accidental deaths cm Independence Day compared with 177 recorded last year, the fewest in six years, and 483 killed on the Fourth of July, 1931. the costliest holiday for the same period The midwest with 79 holiday deaths was far ahead of other sec tions of the country. The mountain states reported only nine deaths. New England had 10. Autos Kill Most Other sections recorded: Mid Atlantic, 27; South, 28; Southwest, 28. Pacific. 14. . Only two deaths were directly attributed to fireworks, an Asso ciated Press survey showed The majority of lives lost were due to automobile accidents and drowning as the "safe and sane Fourth' ap peared more generally in vogue. (Continued on Page Two) BAM DEPOSITS HOLDING STEADY Increase of 1934 Reveals Healthy Condition Of Valley Business The twenty banks of the Lower Rio Grande Valley showed a total of close to $10,000,000 In deposits at the last bank call as revealed In tabulations made here, this condi tion representing a healthy Increase over the condition at the same time in 1934. The June bank call, In the Val ley comes at an offseason In the Valley, before cotton picking starts and after the Valley vegetable deal Is over, so the deposits of most banks showed a slight decrease under the peak of December and March, In the midst of the shipping deal. The total In the Valley in March was $11,978,000 In deposits, highest since the Depression hit this sec tion. Cameron county showed deposits as of the June 29 call of $4, 631.187.92, or about $390,000 less than in March, but almost the same as in October, and $300,000 more than last October. The total Is more than $500,000 greater than the figure for June of last year. Condition of all the 20 Valley banks showed excellent in the re ports. and the deposits from now on through the cotton and winter fruit and vegetable seasons are ex pected to increase rapidly. Deposits of individual banks are: State National Bank of Brownsville. $2412.980 58; First National Bank of Harlingen. $1,050,073.53; San Ben ito Bank & Trust Co.. $862,075.54; First National Bank of La Feria. $3C6.046 98; Los Fresnos State Bank. $50,017.29; Hidalgo County Bank of Mercedes. $450,811.50; First Na tional Bank of Weslaco. $316408.03; First State Bank of Alamo. $173. 50479; Citizens State Bank of Mc Allen. $836,045.19; American State Bank of Edinburg. $519,192.81; State Bank of Raymondville. $223446.48. Mystery Shooting Case Is Probed SOUTH BEND. Ind., July 8.—UP) —Edmund E. Prentice. 50. purchas ing agent for the National Discount Corporation, mysteriously wounded In his home here shortly before midnight, died Thursday. Authorities who questioned the widow. Mrs. Annie Prentice, and Neville Prentice. 15-year-old son of the slain man. said they were un able to determine definitely the cir cumstances surrounding the shoot ing. They said it was possible Prentice may have been shot by a prowler. burglarToots JEWELRY STORE Small Man or Youth Sought In San Benito In Two Robberies (Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO. July 5. — Police Friday were on the lookout here for a very small man or a youth, want ed for the robbery of the McFad den jewelry store Wednesday night and the robbery of the Brown Dili shoe store last week. Both robberies took place In the same block, and under the same circumstances. The McPadden Jewelry store was entered sometime Wednesday night but was not discovered until Friday morning because the store was not opened during the Fourth of July holiday. Entrance was made by a small person who chipped a small hole, probably with a chisel, in a lower panel In the rear door, and crawled through. The manner in which entrance was gamed led authorities to be lieve the robbery was done by a man. although the type and qual ity of articles stolen pointed to a child as the burglar. Police said that although the missing articles are valued at about $200. the bur glar passed up many sterling sil ver articles In favor of "Mickey Mouse * sets and similar articles. Every fountain pen in the store was taken, although merchandise much more valuable was not touch ed. A number of rings also were taken. Including some of cheaper quality, pointing further to the fact the burglar knew little of the value of Jewelry. One window was almost cleaned by the burglar, and this fact led to the belief the store was entered Wednesday night. The manager of a nearby store noticed Thursday that the window was disarranged, he told police Friday morning. The Brownbilt shoe store, situat ed in the same block, was entered last week by a burglar who gained entrance by chlptng out the lower panel of the rear door. A number of pairs of shoes, mostly size five and-a-halfs, were stolen, giving further strength to the belief the burglar is of small stature. Scarcity of fingerprints at the scene of both robberies led police to believe Friday the burglar is a man. although they were not over looking the fact many articles stolen were those that might be ex pected to be taken by a youngster. Work Projects Will Be Resumed Monday All work projects under the di rection of the Cameron County Relief board will again start Mon day morning following a temporary shutdown of approximately one week. This announcement was made following receipt of the county's July allotment from state head quarters Friday morning. Officials jointed out that work would be resumed as efficiently as pctsible with the recently received limited allocations. With certain steps in reorganization of the relief program recently confusing the entire set-up temporarily, relief of ficials were compelled to close down projects here until funds for op eration In July were received. Shipments from Mexico Via Brownsville to Start Early The beginning of commerce through here from Mexico for boat shipment to foreign ports will probably be observed this summer, in view of arrangements now be ing completed, although the com merce may move through Houston, Galveston, or some other large lexas port. Arrangements are being com pleted to move practically all of the cotton crop of the Matamoros area, which includes land as far up as Reynosa. through here, and out through some Texas port to t> foreign nation, probably Eng land. Announcement was made that the necessary permits have been received, and that it is now prac tically certain the Matamoros cot ton will be handled In this man ner. which will be the first ocean bound commerce from Mexico to move through here. The Matamoros crop is expected to be from 15.000 to 20,000 bales. It will be fumigated here, then started on Its way, and will prob ably be compressed at the plant at Harlingen in transit. The port of port Isabel Is mak ing a bid for the cotton, although it is not certain whether satis factory arrangements can be made because of the rail and compress ing connections. A cotton oompress is to be built at Brownsville before next season, on the Brownsville port turning basin, and officials of the local navigation district expressed the belief that the cotton will be moved out through a Valley port by the 1936 season. This cotton will be shipped in bend and moved on to some for I rtgn nation. U. S. ‘ON SPOT’ FROM APPEAL !Y ETHIOPIA America Mutt Act In Italian Situation Or Be Accuted Of ‘Side-Stepping’ WASHINGTON July 5 Con fronted with a situation which ap parently must be handled with gloves. American officials were sil ent Friday on Emperor Halle Selas sie's plea to the United States to invoke the "Pact of Paris’* to avert threatened Italo-Ethiopian hostili ties. Secretary Hull awaited official confirmation of the Emperor’s ap peal. Because of delayed telegraphic communication with the mountain capital of “the conquering Lion of Judah'* and the holiday here the Ethiopian appeal had not reached Hull. It Is expected, however, that Wil liam Perry George Secretary of the Legation In Addis Ababa, will com municate with the state department soon. Officials expressed the opin ion that Hull will take no hurried action. V. S. On Spot* Observers here believed the em (Continued on Page Two) GIANT OOPS VISIT M’ALLEN _ Brownsville Entrants In ‘Fourth* Horae Show , Win Cups (Special to The Herald) Me ALLEN, July 5—The Lower Rio Grande Valley's only Fourth of July celebration to be staged this year came to a brilliant finish here late Thursday night when the an nual fireworks display dosed one of the best attended celebrations in many years. Officials of Loyal Service Post No. 37, American Legion, sponsors of the annual affair, estimated the crowds at 20.000 to 25,000 persons. They thronged the city from early mom mg to late at night. Probably the biggest crowd cf the day assembled to watch one of the longest parades in the history of the celebration. Packed tightly on the sidewalks, the crowds gradually overflowed into the street to witness the decorated floats as they wound through two miles of the city's streets. Band Gets Prate One of the most colorful units In the parade was the Alzafsr Temple Shrine band from San Antonio. Their gaudy uniforms and excellent music attracted large crowds at their Irequent appearances during the day. Winners of parade prises were as follows: Patriotic section—Navy Moth ers of the Valley, McAllen, first; McAllen American Legion auxiliary. second; McAllen Veterans of For eign Wars, third. Civic section—McAllen Rotary club, first; McAllen Business and Professional Women's c!ub, second; McAllen Kiwar.is club, third. Business advertising section—Oil lam Broomcorn Shed. McAllen, first; Hilton Taxidermy 8hop, McAllen, second; Palm City Motor Oo., McAl len. third. Business entry section—Valley Auto Supply. McAllen, first: Spec ialty Baking Co., McAllen, second; Lynn Spraying Co.. McAllen, third Chamber of commerce section— Mission Chamber of Commerce, first. Special mention was given McAllen Chamber of Commerce, whose entry was not considered for Judging. Stunt section—McAllen Fire De partent wen both first and second places with their “bucking" fire truck, equipped with off-center wheel*, and their bucking donkey and cowboy. Verne Miller, Earl Ziebel and Jess Watson manned the fire truck, while Raymond Vlrdell attempted to ride the donkey. The annual terrapin derby at Mc Allen high school athletic field at tracted 115 entries and hundreds of persons. A "dark horse” galloped heme ahead of a number of well known speedsters in this race, W. W. Dodd's “Rusty" winning by several lengths. “Southwestern life,” enter ed by I. A. Patton of McAllen, lop ed in to get second honors, while Fire Chief C. H. Britton's Chief” ran third. P. E. “Monty" Montgom ery, publisher of the Rio Orande Herald at Rio Orande City, sponsor of “Hill Billy.” which carried the number. “711,” said his “steed" was among the “also-rans.” “Hill Billy" was the most widely publicised en (Continued On Page Two) The Simple Life Is Semple Goal Not a wild girl of the road la this fair damsel, but Roberta Semple, daughter of Aimce Semple McPherson, pictured In the rustic garb In which she is setting out to hobnob with Ozark hill-billies In her search for book, magazine and radio material. "Thar's atmosphere in them lhar Arkansas hill*," is Roberta's motto, and she In tends to bathe Hi H. FORMER KING HURT IN WRECK Alfonno of Spain Suffers ' Head Injuries When Car Overturns FOLLONICA. Itsly, July 5. (AV Former King Alfonso of Spain was ■lightly Injured Friday when the automobile which he was driving turned over while en route from Rome to Leghorn. His injuries were confined to bruises on the forehead. His aide de-camp suffered a fractured col larbone Their injuries were dressed on the spot with the assistance of pass ing motorists. The former monarch and his aide were given a lift by a motor ist and were driven to Follontca where they were given medical treatment. The accident took place near the Fecora bridge on the ancient Via Aurelia. The cause of the over turning was not immediately de termined The injutfed ald«-de-camjt Is Conte de los Andes, former minister of finance of Spain. Wire Flashes WIMBLEDON. Eng. /F—Fred Perry, dashing British star of the court*, captured the all-England tennis championship for the sec ond successive year Friday, de- i f rating Baron Gottfried Von Cramm of Germany, l-t, 6-4, 6-4, in the final round. Father Accused In Sweetheart’s Death EL DORADO Ark., July 5.—<AV A 38-year-old father, arrested as he drove through the country in a confiscated taxicab with the body of an old sweetheart beside him, was accused by officers Friday of kl’ling the girl and a holiday com panion as a climax to many quarrels ever her affections. The accused man was listed as Clyde Qulley of FarmersTiUe. mar ried and the father of two children. Officers said they arrested him following a dual shooting at a high way sandwich shop near here. Rail President Dies WASHINGTON. July 5. GW)—J J. Bernet. president of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Fere Marquette rail icads. died at his home in Cleve land Friday morning after a brief tllncf* Mr. Bernet was the chief operat ing officer of the Van Swerlngen Railway Properties In the East. He was 87 years old, and had ris en in the railway business from a minor employee during his early ycuth. _ CRACK ENGINE AND 8 CARS JUMPJRACKS Rain Washes Out 1000 Feet in Path Of Transconti n e n t a 1 Passenger BAINVTLLE. Mont, July 5.—<F>— The Great Northern Railway’s Empire Builder, transcontinental passenger train, plunged Into a washouts and was derailed early Friday, injuring 24 persons, at least two seriously. Eight cars of the 16 coach train jumped the tracks, four rolling over The engine remained upright* The accident occurred at 2:20 a. m. shortly after a cloudburst wash ed away 1.000 feet of track. First reports were that a wall of water swept down a hill. Just ahead of the westbound flyer, preventing the operation of the block signal system The train, traveling at a moderate rate of speed, lurched to a jolting stop, according to passengers. Many persons, sleeping at the time, were hurled from their berths. The Injured were taken to Wil lis ton, N. D, about 60 miles from here. Doctors there said the more seriously Injured included a 12 year old boy and the brakeman. PIPELINE bids ARE DELAYED Contractors Ask For Moro Time to Make Study Of Right-of-Way (Special to Tba Herald) McALLEN, July 5.—Opening of bids on the Fhrdyce-Port Isabel pipeline were delayed here Friday when contractors asked additional time in which to view the proposed nght-of-way for the line. The entire project la expected to ec&t in the neighborhood of $700,000 with about $325,000 going for the pipeline, $200000 for a refinery and $150,000 for terminal facilities. All of the contractors submitting bids were on hand Friday, but sev eral of them asked additional time In which to view the right-of-way. Question Youth In Oklahoma Robbery NEW YORK. July 5 (F)—A youth In a tall western hat was ques tioned In the police line-up Friday in connection with an Oklahoma bank robbery and murder. He said he was Lance Boyd SlpUn ger. 19. Detectives said the youth told them he was wanted In Oklahoma in “the It.abel National bank hold-up of Ap ril 15. In which a cashier Samuel O’Day. was killed.” Siplinger said he was innocent. Sheriff Department To Get Bloodhounds The Cameron county sheriff’* de partment will obtain two blood hounds from the Suyarland state farm for use with the Jail road gang. Sheriff J. A Goolsby who will attend the second annual short course for peace officers at A AiM. July 8-13. plans to pick the animals up on the return trip from College Station. The department has two hound* at preeent but they are not ex* peneneed man-hunters. TONIGHTS MOVIES OVER THE VALLEY —■—.... .■" . Brownsville: The Capitol—Joe K. Brown In "Alibi Ike.** The Queen—Tam Tyler In the "Unconquered Bandit." The Dtttmann—Jamee Dunn and Claire Trevor in ' Jimmy ana Bally." San Benito: The RlvoU Edmund Lowe. Jean Dixon and Matt McHugh la • Mr. Dynamite." Harlingen: The Arcadia—Lionel] Bar y mo re. Jean Arthur and Cheater Morris tn "Public Hero Number One.** The Rialto—Tom Tyler and Helen Dahl in "The Coyote Trail." La Faria The Bijou - Spencer Tracy in "It's a Small World." Raymond'tile; The Ramon-OUbert Roland and Mona Barrie la "Lediee Love Danger.** Donna: The Plasa—Jamee Dunn and Mae Clarke in "The Daring Ybtaag Man." Ban Juan The Ben .Lien—Shirley Temple. Roeemary Ames and Joel Me Cree tn "Our Little Otrl.” Mercedes The Capltcl—Lionel Barry more. Chester Morris attd Jean Arthur tn "Public Hero Number one." The Rio —Oary Cooper Richard Cromwell and Pmnehot Tone In "Lives of a Bengal Lancer.1* Weslaco: The Ritz—Richard DU Ml ‘“The Arizonian" McAllen: The Palace—Richard Arlen and Virginia Bruce in "Let *m Hav* It." The Queen—Tom Tyler in “Bon* to Battle." Mission The Marion—Paul Lukas sad Madge Xvans in "Age of IndlacrottBM." Hone-Delivered Circulation of The Brownsville Herald Is More Than Double That of Any Newspaper m the Valley • ■" :!" ^ ^ i.*