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'"FORTY-FOURTH YEAR—No. 32 «. ih-im i. tk. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1935 FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY • • k A COPY
(By a Staff Member)
CREDIT FOR A LOT OF ORIG
lna' thinking goes to the people of
Weslaco, that progressive young
II)c-Valley whose annual birthday
party attracts so much attention.
Weslaco's vegetable and fruit
style show has attracted note In
many far away parts of the nation.
The show has originality. It shows
thought on the part of the men and
women who have built that city In
a brief sixteen years.
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NOW WESLACO COME8 FOR
wsrd with another idea—
And It Is a good one.
That Spanish Village Idea Is
flbmethlng that the Valley might
ktfe thought of years ago to her
cfffi benefit.
If there is any part of the country
that should have attractive semi
tropical buildings to set apart as a
winter resort. It is the Valley.
Still we find right along with out
Spanish style homes the steep
pitched roof of the New England
home, built to shed snow—yes.
snow.
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SO HERE’S OUR HOPE THAT
Weslaco's effort meets with success.
And that other Valley cities, and
Valley people individually will keep
the idea in mind, use it when pos
sible
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UP AT SAN BENITO FRIDAY
Bight Valley Chamber of Commerce
' Baer will talk over what might be,
•ailed some pet projects—
Pet projects are those that every
body wants, but that seem to be a
tang ways off in the future.
Lighting up the VaJUey highway Is
ant that has engaged the fancy of
Valley people for years, and which
the chamber of commerce men will
try to put over, now that the State
is going to get a lot of money for
road work—
And those much-talked-of indivi
dual tourist rates are with us again.
Our private hunch is that we will
get the tourist rates soon. The rail-'
pad? want the business and If they
are shown that an Individual tour
ist rate will bring It, they can be
depended on to favor the rate.
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IF BUILDING IN THE VALLEY
can keep up with Billy Miles, the
d' namlc young man who heads the
FHA In this section.
&hen business will be travelling
some
Billy Is here, there, and elsewhere j
explaining the FHA. encouraging
people to remodel, rebuild, and build
He’s getting results.
Bis latest report shows close to
forty new homes.
Forty homes will mean probably !
$150,000 spent, will mean 400 people
g*ven work for s month or six
WE WONDER WHAT HAS HAP
pened to the dime letter craze—
Probably all the people who took
pan In it are out talcing a vacation
on the profits.
Oi maybe thinking up a new way
to get rich.
• • •
A Brownsville businessman Just
back from Laredo mentions the
fact that the brokerage business
means millions annually to that
•tty—
He tells about brokerage offices
with IS to 25 employes.
And Mexican National Lines of
ficials here this week looking at the
Btownsvllle port work.
It means there will be nonage
moved through the cities of Browns
vUe and Matamorot,
That brokerage concerns will
•per offices here, and hire large
itaffs
In fact, some of the largest Laredo
•cameras have made arrangements
to open offices here with the open
ing of the port.
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JAPAN RAISES A BIO OBJEC
ttan to a humorous cartoon of their
emperor—
booking back over the newspaper
•Writes and cartoons the past few
■fioths we gather they don't mind
• little Jibe now and then at their
poppet ruler of Manchukuo.
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Scouts Washington-Bound Turn Homeward
BIG JAMBOREE
CANCELLED AT
LAS TMOMENT
F. D. Fears Youths Of
Nation May Come
In Contact With
Dread Paralysis
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. (jP>—
Boy Scout officials sought Friday
to turn homeward hundreds of
Scouts already en route to their
international jamboree, cancelled
Thursday night by President Roose
velt because of infantile paralysis
in this area.
The jamboree, scheduled to be
held on the shores of the Potomac
here August 21-30. was called off
a'ter a presidential conference with
public health officers and Scout
leaders. The chief executive is
honorary national president of the
Scouts.
Already On Way
Temporary encampments with
accommodations for 3.500 Scouts
had I 'en completed and foreign
contingents were already in the
country or on the high seas when
the cancellation was announced.
Prevalence of infantile paralysis
(Continned On Page Ten)
QUICK PIPELINE
ACTION SOUGHT
Official* Ask Hearing On
Injunction Be Set
For Monday
Hearing on the temporary injunc
tion gran Id the state highway dep
artment here Thursday by Judge A.
M. Kent restraining the Valley Pipe
line company from laying pipe on
state highway right-of-way is ex
pected to be held Monday, instead
of Sept. 3 as originally set, it was
made k:* wn Priday.
Officials of the pipeline company
asked for the hearing Monday.
H. H. Hensley, rice president and
general manager of the Fredell
Construction company, stated that
the pipeline company applied to the
state highway department for a
right-of-way. but that it was re
fused.
The company proceeded with
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Man Attacked By
Bull Saved by Dog
(Special to The Herald)
LOS FRESNOS. Aug. 9—P. C
Peterson, 70. of Los Fresnos was se
verely gored by a bull here Thurs
day afternoon, and prcbably would
have been killed had it not been for
a police dog.
The dog attacked the bull as it
was goring Peterson and drew its at
tention away from the inert man.
The aged man was gored in the chest
and back but is expected to recover
completely.
He was taken to Brownsville in a
H ink ley ambulance and was treated
by Dr. T. A. Kinder.
FIRMS ALL OVER
U. S. INTERESTED
IN PORT CONTRACT
Inquiries are being received from
mcny parts of the United States
fzom contractors figuring on the
msjor facilities at the Brownsville
port turning basin, on which bids
are to be opened August 21 at the
Brownsville Navigation District of
fice.
The structures on which bifis have
been called are the two wharves and
docks, two transit warehouses, oil
dock, and railroad terminal facili
ties
It is estimated cost of building
the structures will be close to
$500,000.
Some Inquiries for plans are com
ing to the navigation district of
fice here, and others are going to
R J. Cummins of Houston, consult
ing engineer for the navigation dis
trict.
BRINGING THE SEA
TO BROWNSVILLE
Position of the dredges cutting the
Brownsville ship channel on Friday,
August 9, was:
Orleans, Station 77 plus 250 |r to
tal advance of 64,250 feet.
Texas, Station 59, or total advance
cf 46.000 feet.
The Orleans is now 2.03 miles,
and the Texas 5J miles from the
Brownsville turning basin site.
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Social Securities
Bill Given Final
Action, Goes to FD
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (AP)—Senate approval Fri
day completed congressional action on the administration
social security bill, regarded by President Roosevelt as
the most important of his entire legislative program.
The bill contains provisions applying to the aged,
THOUSANDS ARE
I r HOMELESS
Damage In Worst Ohio
Flood In 22 Years
Is $3,000,000
ZANESVILLE, O., Aug. 9 —UP)—
The toll of destruction from Ohio’s
worst flood in 22 years mounted
higher Friday as the crest of the
swollen waters here moved on
toward the Ohio river
With two persons known to have
drowned, another missing, and three
dead as indirect results of the flood
and the series of storms that pre
ceded it, unofficial estimates of
property damage ranged upward
Friday from $3,000,000.
More than 1.000 persons who re
sided in the path of the flood now
are homeless and other hundreds
are under orders to flee for safety
to higher ground.
All Thursday night the raging
wates of the Muskingum river
swirled against levees protecting
Zanesville, constantly threatening
to break through, while national
guardsmen stood watch to give an
alarm should a break occur, and CCC
workers labored to strengthen weak,
ened sections.
Wire Flashes
WASHINGTON —<7PV— Contin
uation of the 12 cent a pound loan
to cotton growers in their 1935
crop was recommended to Pres
ident Roosevelt Friday by Sena
tor Bankhead (D-Ala). He pre
dicted an early decision.
NEW YORK. (API—The stock
market, as measured by price
avenges, surged up to new high
levels for 1935 in the broadest ad
vance since June 21 Friday.
Advances of $1 to S3 a share were
registered throughout the list, and
trading in the New York Stock Ex
change aggregated 2.186,800 shares,
the largest since Mfc.v 28.
WASHINGTON. (API — This
year's wheat crop (winter and
spring wheat combined) was fore
cast Friday by the Deoartment of
Agriculture at 607.678.000 bushels
and the corn crop at 2,272.147,000
bushels, as indicated from August
1 conditions.
Showdown Near On
Holding Companies
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. An
other peaceful session of the sen
ate-house conferees on the public
utility holding company bill Friday
brought them nearer to a show
down on the “death sentence” pro
vision but consideration of this
controversial point was deferred
»robably until next week.
FUGITIVE SLAIN
HOUSTON. Aug. 8. —A negro
ccnvict was killed when three negro
convicts made a break for freedom
at Darrington Farm in Brazoria
county, it was learned Thursday.
J. D. Johnson. 25, serving 10 years
from Harris county for burglary
was killed by a shotgun charge fired
by W. B. McKellars. guard.
.•the blind, the jobless and the
handicapped child. Here’s what it
would do:
Aged: Create a nation-wide old
age pension system to which em
ployers and employes each would
i contribute eventually three per cent
of the workers pay up to $3,000 a
year to provide pensions ranging
up to $85 a month for those retired
at 65 years. Authorize federal
grants up to $15 a month, to be
matched by the states, for needy
agea not covered by the other pen
sion system.
Blind: Authorize $15 a month
Sieral grants to needy blind, to be
matched by the states.
Jobless: Tax all employers of
eight or more persons, except agri
cultural, governmental, domestic or
casual workers, three percent of
j their oayrolls by 1938 unless they
paid that much into state unem
pio.\ ruent systems, the benefits of
which would be regulated by the
state laws.
Handicapped children: Appro
priate more than $30,000,000, to be
increased in future years, for aid
to dependent children, maternal
and child health, crippled children
and child welfare. Also appro
priate $8,000,000 for public health.
HUEY REVEALS
‘MURDER PLOT
Long's 'Sensational' Story
Fails to Stir Interest
In Senate
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. (Jfy—
Senator Long (D-La) read to the,
senate Friday what he said was a
dictaphone account of a conference
of anti-Long forces in Louisiana in
which it was proposed that he
rhould be shot down on the senate
floor.
He charged that participants in
the conference were congressmen
and federal officials, preparing a
ticket to beat him in Louisiana.
The affair represented "blackmail'’,
he said.
“You have heard about the Rhode
Island election,’’ Long shotted to
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the senate, “but wait until you hear
about the elections in Louisiana
next January.
He said Louisiana would never
stand for “blackmail.”
(Cc-ntinued On Page Ten)
TWO SHIPS BRING
CARGO TO VALLEY,
DOCK AT ISABEL
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(Special to The Herald)
PORT ISABEL, Aug. 9. — Two 1
ships arrived here Friday morning,
and were discharging cargo during
the day
They are the SS Fairport. return
ing after taking the first cargo out
of port and the SS Jean. Bull
ane steamer which called with pipe
for the Valley pipeline company.
The ships were piloted through the
pass and channel by Pilot Joe A.
Kelly, who is official pilot for the
port.
The Fairport brought 75 tons of
fertilizer and lumber, and will take
a cargo of com out.
‘Fun-Loving Americans’ Ire
Japs by Burlesque Fox Hunt
SEATTLE. Aug. 9. —Spokesman
for the Japanese consulate tock a
serious view Friday of the old capi
tol hill fox hunt in which the spon
sors planned to have a "Mikado”
draw a gun laden "Ethiopian Em
percr” along the course in a gin
ricksha.
The spokesman said he had for
warded no protest to the Japanese
embassy at Washington because
he ‘ understood they were not go
ing to use the Ricksha and Mik
ado."
But as the hour neared for the
burlesue hunt—which, by the way.
was for coyotes—the spokesman
expressed surprise the members
of the Capitol Hill Improvement
Club, the hunt sponsors, were go
ing ahead with their arrange
ments.
"I don't know yet what we will
do," he said.
Robert O. Jones, master of the
hunt, said shortly before the hour
set for starting the event that he
and other members had received
“many telephone calls protesting
the Japanese touch.” but had no
Intention of changing their plans.
Jones said he could not remem
ber the names of persons who
telephoned him because “they
were strangers, some of them en
gaged in Japanese-American
trade."
"We started out to use the risksha
to carry back any coyotes be bag
ged and the idea of having a
Mikado followed—I guess from the
Vanity Fair cartoon that raised
such a row,” Jones said. "I ex
plained to those who called that
the ricksha and the mikado were
not intended to offend the em
peror of Japan or the Japanese.
They didn't seem satisfied,
though."
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TAMAUUPAS
CHIEFS MEET
IN VICTORIA
Action Is Expected In
Attempt to Remove
Governor Villarreal
And Others
Interest in the Tamaulipas poli
tical situation was heightened Fri
day when it was learned that Mayor
Rafael Munguia C, mayor of Mata
moros, left Thursday night for Vic
toria at the call of Governor Rafael
Villarreal.
It was learned in Matamoros that
Villarreal has called a conference to
be attended by the maonty of muni
cipal mayors in the state, most of
whom are friendly to the Villarreal
government.
Matamorcs observers were inclin
ed to believe that recent reports
Villarreal will ask for a leave oi ab
sence are true. Under the procedure,
the leave of absence would be grant
ed the governor, and then the legis
lature would select his successor.
In that event, Villarreal would leave
office without formally resigning,
and he has declared from time to
time that he will not resign the gov
ernorship.
In the meantime, the opinion
grew that, with Villarreal out of of
fice, the recent agitation by agrar
ians over the state for the removal
of mayors friendly to the Villarreal
government would not be renewed. It
is the belief that in most instances
the uprisings against municipal gov
ernments were directed against
Villarreal with the idea of weaken
ing his support by depriving him of
favorable municipal governments.
With Villarreal out, the mi in pur
pose would be accomplished and
agitation against mayors may die
down.
NAVALACADEMY
PLANS PUSHED
Valley Seek* School For
Training Youth* To
Become Seamen
Plan* for seeking legislative au
thorization of a state naval academy
on the Brownsville ship channel are
being formed by the Valley Navy
Club following acceptance of a site
donated by the Brownsville Naviga
tion District
Realizing the proposed academy
here is certain to be fought by
legislators from other coastal coun
ties. the Navy Club is planning as
strong a fight in the legislature as
possible.
Representative Augustine Celaya
of Brownsville and Homer Leonard
of McAllen, chairman of the ap
propriations committee, are en
thusiastic over the proposed state
school and Governor James Allred
a-so has shown interest in the
proposal.
These schools, and there are four
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Here and There
By Garvin Elrod of Harlingen
FISHING GOOD IN VALLEY
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It is an ESTABLISHED fact
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That our VALLEY WATERS
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Afford a CLASS of fishing
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NOT EXCELLED in Texas;
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SURPASSING manv places
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Highly ADVERTISED as being
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A FISHERMAN’S PARADISE.
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The different VARIETIES of
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Our salt & fresh water
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Fish and METHODS of fishing,
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Are INVITING enough to
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LURE sportsr | n for Miles
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Beyond the Valley BOUNDARY.
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The annual FISHING RODEO
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Has, and will CONTINUE
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To ATTRACT sportsmen who
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Enjoy the TRILL of success
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In the ART of KNOWING HOW.
—ADIOS
Intensify Hunt for Utility Wizard
The Senate lobby Investigating committee would welcome noth
ing more than the sudden entrance of the genial figure pictured
here—Howard C Hopson, president of the vast Associated Gas
& Electric Companies which spent nearly $800 000 fighting the
holding company bill Hopson Is pictured during the Senate
Stock market probe in October 1933 when his sudden appear*
ance ended several week a burn
TORRID WAVE
GRIPS TEXAS
High Records For Year
Established At Several
Points
(By The Associated Press)
No relief from the heat was In
sight over Texas Friday, as the ther
mometer continued to climb toward
the high marks of Thursday, when
records for the year were establish
ed at Sherman, Pans, Tyler and
Longview.
No prostrations were cepcrgd.
Sherman and Paris reported read
ings of 105. Longview of 1044 and
Tyler of 104. The Tyler reading wrs
the second highest on record there,
the thermometer hating gone to 1C5
last year.
One hundred degrees were report
ed by Dallas. Abilene. Austin, Pales
tine, Port Arthur and San Antonio.
Fort Worth was two degrees hotter,
and Houston two degrees cooler.
Del Rio reported 96. and,Amarillo,
Brownsville and El Paso were in the
“comparatively cool” of 94.
ARMY ENGINEERS
INSPECT VALLEY
PORT PROJECT
Brigadier General George B. Pills
bury. assistant chief of U. 8. Amy
engineers, and Colonel Francis B.
Shelby, division engineer from New
Orleans, were on an inspection trip
of the Valley Friday, looking over
the flood control system.
General Pillsbury and Colonel
Shelby arrived at the Brownsville
airport Thursday at noon and will
leave at 5 p. m. Friday by plant on
the return trip.
They inspected the Brownsville
and Port Isabel ports Thursday, and!
also spent some time at Fort Brown.
It is expected that the visit of
the army engineer official will have;
some bearing on pending decision
of the board on application of the
Brownsville and. Port Isabel ports
for five foot additional depth on
these projects
Accompanied by G. C. Richardson,
manager of the Brownsville Cham
bit of Commerce, the army engi
neers went as far as Mission Friday
looking over the Valley and survey
ing the flood control works.
The engineers were greatly pleased
over progress cm the Brownsville
port
Farmer Shoots Man
Caught In Wagon
HARLINGEN. Aug. 9 —fi. B Law.
farmer residing about two miles
north of Harlingen, was released on
his own recognizance here Friday
after he surrendered to officers In
connection with the wounding of a
man cm Law’s farm Thursday night.
Law. who had been missing cotton
from his wagon where it was left In
the field each night surprised a man
in the wagon 'Hiursday night and
opened fire with a shotgun, wound
ipng the man In the back with bird
shot. The wounded man was given
treatment here and then taken to
i Brownsville to Jail.
WELL SPACING
HELD INVALID
Railroad Com m i 11 i o n’l
Order It Killed By
Attorney General
AUSTIN. Aug. 9. UPy—Ttoe attor
ney general Friday ruled that an or
der of the Texas Railroad Commis
sion suspending exceptions to gen
eral oil well spacing rules was in-*
valid. The commission recently an
nounced all applications for permits
to drill under exceptions to the rules
would be held in abeyance pending a
supreme court decision.
Suspension was ordered by the
commission until the supreme court
passed on a mc.tjop for rehearing in
a case involving validity of the rule.
Archie D. Gray, assistant attor
ney general who uTote the opinion,
held a Judgment of a court dispos
ing of issues is final although a
motion for a new trial is made and
is pending.
“The judgment rendered by the
supreme court in Brown against the
Humble Oil and Refining company
was a final judgment from the date
of its entry.” Gray stated. “The fact
that a motion for a rehearing was
filed and is now pending does not
disturb the finality of said judg
ment.”
Gray said the only order the com
mission could enter was one com
plying with the decision of the su
preme court, irrespective of any mo
tion for rehearing.
The opinion was asked by Railroad
Commissioner Lon A. Smith who
stated if the order was held invalid
he would withdraw his name from
It.
All railroad commissioner; were
absent frcm the city. Commissioner
Smith was reported to be in Dal
las. Commissi :ner C. V. Terrell in
Fort Worth and Chainnan Ernest O.
Thompson on vacation.
8trong representations have been
made by the state board of educa
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THERMOMETERS
OVER THE NATION
Friday noon
At Brownsville,
89 degrees
Thursday com
parisons:
Brownsville 9 4,
(ties high mark
for season);
Abilene 100;
Amarillo 94;
Austin 100; Chi
cago 80; Corpus
Chrlsti 90; Dal
las 100; Del Rio
96; Denver 88;
El Paso 94;
Houston 98; Loa
Angeles 90; Mi
ami 88; New Or
leans 98; Okla
homa City 102;
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BOY AND GIRL
STEP OFF IN
DEEP RESACA
Two Other Tot» Found
Clinging To Weeds
By Group Attracted
* By Screams
A double tragedy struck the C. O.
Schubert family here Thursday aft
ernoon when two of Its children,
Cecil John. 9. and Marilyn Louise. 6,
were drowned in a resaca north of
the golf course and two younger tots
barely escaped death.
The children drowned In 10 feet of
water when their cries for help fail
ed to attract attention of passers
by in time to save their Uvea
Had Girl On Back
John, who was wading across the
resaca with Louise on his back, ap
parently stepped off a ledge Into
deep water caused by recent dredg
ing. None of the children could swim
and had been warned repeatedly
against wading in deep water, ac
cording to members of the family.
They were playing along the re
saca where John was fishing about
two blocks from the Schubert resi
dence when the tragedy occurred
at 4 p. m.
Accordlng to the younger children,
Verabelle, 4, and Iola May, 2, they
were following behind John in the
resaca when he suddenly disappear
ed from sight about 15 feet from the
bank. John and L&ulse came to the
top struggling and crying for help,
and the younger tots also began
screaming. The tots vere in water
about two feet deep clinging to
weeds when help arrived and the
other two had disappeared.
People living nearby finally wart
attracted by the youngsters’ cries,
and took Verabelle and Iola May
from the water. They gathered from
their Incoherent stories that the
other two children had drowned.
Diver Gets Bodies
Mrs Schubert was called and at
her request a diver went Into the
deep water and recovered the bodies
almost immediately. Firemen under
Chief T. P. Sarran used a pulmotcr
for almost an hour but were unable
to revive them.
The resaca where the tragedy oc
curred is located about two block*
j from the highway a short distance
north of the golf course.
Funeral services for the children
: will be held at the Darling Funeral
Home at 5 p. m. Friday with Rev.
! O. C. Crow in charge. Interment will
be in the Buena Vista Burial Parte.
Pall bearers are Kenneth . errlge,
Tom Ward. Paul Bellings, Richard
Stramma. Louis Needham and Wil
liam Earle.
The Schubert family Is well known
here, having lived in Brownsville for
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San Benito Accepts
CP&L Rate Slashes
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Aug 9 - The new
schedule of rates for larger cities of
the Valley being submitted by the
Central Power and Light Co., was
accepted by the city commission of
San Benito this week.
Company officios submitted the
schedule which had been previously
approved by Harlingen, Raymond
ville and a number of other towns.
Repeal Forces To
Gather At Rally
Cameron county repeal forces will
launch their drive for repeal of the
prohibition amendment here Friday
night with a rally at the courthouse.
C. D. Guerra, who announced the
rally, said that music and speeches
by well-known county citizens will
feature the rally, which will begin at
8 o’clock.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY
Brownsville: The Capitol—Dick Powell
and Joan Blondell in “Broadway Gon
dolier." The Queen—Karmlt Maynard
in ''Wilderness Mall." Ths Dittmann—
Nell Hamilton In "Fugitive Lady."
Sen Benito: The R1 veil—William
Powell and Lulee Rainier in "Escapade.**
Harlingen: The Arcadia—Spencer
Tracy and Virginia Bruce In "Murder
Man.*’ The Rialto—George O’Brien la
, "Hard Rock Harrlgan.'*
La Ferta: The Bijou—Sally Ellers and
Ray Mill and In “Allas Mary Dow.**
Raymond vtlle. The Ramon—Alias
Brady and Douglass Montgomery In
“Lady Tubbs."
Donna: The Fleas—Boris Karloff la
“The Raven."
San Juan: The San Juan—Patricia
Ellis and Buster Crabbe In “Hold *Sta
Tala."
Mercedes: The Capitol—Shirley Tem
ple. John Boies, and Rocbslls Hudsoa
In “Curly Top."
Weslaco: The Rita—Grace Moon la
"Love Me Forever.”
McAllen: The Palace—William Powell
and Lulse Renter In “Escapade.” Th*
Queen—Buck Jones In "Silent Valley."
Mission The Mission—Boris Karloff
In “The Raven."
HomedDelivered Circulation of The Brownsville Herald Is More Than Double That of Any Other Valley Newspaper
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