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450 AIRCRAFT
i TO TAKE PART
IN MANEUVERS
U. S. to Put Mighty
Air Armada Into
Action in Mimic
Warfare
HONOLULU, limy 11.—</Ph-Hint#
of even more amazing aerial oper
ations came from high naval sour
ces Saturday while the navy’s
great armada <rf 46 seaplanes con
tinued its unprecedented secret
maneuvers somewhere In the Paci
fic west of Hawaii.
Reports were that 450 aircraft
would take part, but amplification
was not forthcoming here, nor
would naval officials of Washing
ton comment.
The aircraft are aboard surface
vessels of the fleet now maneuver
ing under simulated war-time con
ditions in a great triangular area
in the Pacific bounded by the
Aleutian Islands on the north, the
western seaboard of the United
States on the east and Hawaii on
the south.
Sketchy preliminary announce
ments concerning the maneuvers
indicated that planes aboard tftfee
huge carriers would figure conspi
cuously in the war games.
Honor Students At
McAllen Are Named
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN, May 11—Principal A.
M. Weir of McAllen Senior high
school Friday announced the names
of 14 students as charter members
of the McAllen Society of the Na
tional Honor Society for Secondary
Schools. They became members by
reason of their high scholastic
standings.
The students are Annabel Adam,
Chauncey Black, Carrol Brown. Ra
fael Garza, Ruth Griffin, Dorothy
Hawkins, Rowena Humphries, Don
ald Knudson, Buddy McElroy, Re
fugia Mora, Jean Paye Samson. Alice
Mae Seawell, Marian Stoffer and
Gloria Ysaguirre. Five members of
the junior class will be added to the
membership next week after indue*
tton of the 14 seniors.
A McAllen chapter of the same
society for junior high school stud
ents wss also organized and its
charter members included Billy
Holmes, Jim Hill, Myrtle, Wolfshohl,
Ruth Unnard, Richard Rowe,
Frank!yn Glendenning, Alicia Gon
aalex, Rubin Kappler, Vivian Pet
erson, Coylie Wheelberger, Isabel
Grimes. Lotus Doty. Margaret
Nordmeyer, Edith Smith. Gretchen
Campbell. Lois Hawkins, Marian
Jones, Violet Gray, Lucille Ehling
er and Adele D is brow.
Mission Lions Club
Committeemen Named
<8peclsl to The Herald)
MISSION, May 11.—Members of
committees to serve the Mission
Lions club have been appointed by
F. W. Dooley, president of the club.
Committees, with chairman named
first, are as follows:
Attendance—Leo Marcell, flam
Bennett, F. W. Dooley; member
ship—Merle Polhemus, J. Q. Henry,
flr„ Clell Solether; no-drop—Ray
Landry. Roger Ray. J. Q Henry,
JT.; consltution and by-laws—H.
L. Starr, Leon Brown, B. F. McKee;
Lions' education—E. E. Marburger,
Paul Ord, C. O. Sargent; publicity—
Joe Cook, E. F. K lock man, Paul Ord.
Program—W. E. Welch and S. R.
Greer co-chairman; reception—Jack
Wilson. Arthur Hayes. Merle Polhe
mus; playground—Ray Landry, Sam
Bennett, Roy Hooks; athletics—
Grady Walker. Richard Bull. Jack
Wilson. J. F. Brumley; major acti
vities—J. F. Ewers, H. L. Starr, Leon
Brown. B. F. McKee; boys’ and
girls' work—Julius Frankl, Joe Cock.
C. O. Dunbar; civic improvement—
L. H. Ramey. Arthur Hayes. J. F.
Brumley; health and welfare—H.
C. Jeffrim, Loyd Brasher.
Weslaco Piano Player
Wins Tourney Honors
(8peclal to The Herald)
EDINBURG, May 11.—Henry
Klassen of Weslaco won highest
honors in the South Texas District
of the national piano-playing tour
nament held here Thursday and
Friday under auspices of National
Plano Teachers' Guild.
Young Klassen. 17. played 30 com
positions. Second place winners were
Misses Mae Hamme of Edinburg and
Lois Damron, who were placed on
the national honor roll with red
stars and high honors. Mis6 Mil
dred Clark of La Feria was next
with national honor roll ranking and
red star. Misses Eva Bowden of
Falfurrias and Mary Virginia Polk
of Pharr also placed on the nation
al honor roll.
Three other Edinburg pianists
placed during the tournament. Miss
Margaret Butler received district
honors with blue star. Miss Ella
Beth Melton was given state honors
with red star and Miss Virginia May
Maddux received district honors with
blue star and high honors.
Professional Women
Name New Officers
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION. May 11.—Mrs. O. R.
Stephens, society editor of the Mis
sion Times, has been elected presi
dent of the Mission Business Sz Pro
fessional Women’s club. She will be
Installed at the Valley Federation of
Business & Professional Women's
dubs in Brownsville on May 16.
Other officers elected fere Mrs.
Lyndall Lehman, vice president;
Mm Angle Stroud, treasurer: and
ICtas Ruth Urban, secretary.
Death Strikes Home
3rd Time In Year
(Special to Tha Herald)
SAN BENITO. May 11. — Death
Struck In the Harvey Parmer home
Of Los Fresnos for (the third time
wtthin a year as another child.
Louise, five years old, died at mid
night Friday in the Valley Baptist
hospital. Harlingen. The body is
being held at the Markham A.
rhompson chapel and probably will
M taken to McAllister. OUa„ today.
Valley Oil Men Prepare For
Week in Samfordyce, Starr
And Mercedes Area Fields
(Special to The Herald)
MISSION, May 11. — Pour new
producers in Hidalgo county’s Sam
fordyce oil Held, 20 miles west of
Mission, extended production in
three directions during the past
three weeks as two more comple
tions are scheduled for the week
end and four new tests are getting
under way. Two new locations were
made during the week. The field
now has 62 flowing wells.
Three wildcats In Hidalgo prob
ably will draw a large amount of
attention next week and completion
of a wildcat in southern Starr for
an important extension of the Bar
bacoas pool Is expected. Another
producer loomed in the Rio Grande
City 1.400-foot pool fur a promised
extension asd considerable activity
seems assured for Starr within the
next few weeks.
The new producers In Samfor
dyce were:
Skelly oil Company's No. E-2 Sea
bury et al, in the southwest corner
of the west 24 acres of the west
48 acres of the north 72 acres of
the southeast 166SO acres of tract
256. porcion 38, about 4,200 feet
northwest of discovery, Is making
its allowable through 1-8 Inch tub
ing choke from sand at 2,802-08
feet under tubing working pressure
of 120 pounds and closed-in casing
pressure of 280 pounds. The test ex
tended production 600 feet to the
northwest.
A southeastern extension of 300
feet was proven when Cortes Oil
Corporation completed Us No. B-l
C. E. Smith, in the northwest cor
ner of the south 99 acres of tract
3-B, porcion 41, about 5,800 feet
southeast of discovery, in sand et
2.754-58 feet. Production is through
1-8 inch tubing choke with tubing
working pressure of 275 pounds and
closed-in casing pressure of 750
pounds.
In the eastern section of the
field. Ben O. Barnett s No. 1 Mis
souri Pacific railway, on the rail
way right-of-way and 500 feet east
of the west line of porcion 41, about
5,500 feet east of discovery, gauged
27 barrels in 12 hours through 1-8
inch tubing choke with tubing
working pressure of 175 pounds
and closed-in casing pressure of
200 pounds from saturation at 2,
752-56 feet.
Rogers Ail 4 Gas company's No. 4
Francisco Guerra, near the center
of the southeast 25 acres of tract
254. porcion 40, about 4,500 feet east
of discovery, became the fields
62nd flowing well Thursday. It is
making its allowable through 3-32
inch tubing choke with tubing
working pressure of 200 pounds and
closed-in casing pressure of 400
pounds from saturation at 2,759-61
feet.
Two more completions were due
in the field this weekend and a
third test is making hole.
Another southeast edge test, H
J. Porter et al's No. 1 C. E. Smith,
in the north end of the south half
of the northeast 34 43 ni
tract 278, porcton 40, about 5,500
feet southeast of discovery, drilled
plug Friday and is attempting com
pletion this weekend. Casing, set
and cemented on bottom at 2,766
feet, will be gun-perforated be
tween 2,752 and 2,763 feet, the
sand section shown in the low in
seeking production.
On the west edge of production
and showing for another extension
of about 300 feet west and south,
9 „E- Frank Dayvault's No.
1 Sea bury et al, in the northwest
corner of the south 22.90 acres of
the west 42.90 aires of the south
east 13170 acres of tract 256. por
cion 38, about 3,750 feet northwest
of discos ry, was slowly cleaning
prtday After casing perforation at
.813-15 feet Wednesday, the test
wMlubrlcaLed with oil and Jetted
with gas Thursday. It is showing
considerable oil while cleaning
through 1-8 inch tubing chose
with no pressure showing.
w*st€rn section of the
“55: 'Y F- No. l Eusebio
riores, in the north end of tract 66
portion 38, about 1,200 feet west of
discovery, is making hole in hard
lime below 1,500 feet.
. 14818 wi^ get under way
in the field within the next few days,
two of which offer both northwest
and southwest extensions.
On the northwest, Skelly Oil com
pany’s Nc. A-l Seabury et al, in the
southeast corner of the east 12 acres
of the west 42 acres of the north
120 acres of the south 263.80 acres of
tract 256. porcion 38. about 4.500 feet
northwest of discovery, spudded In
Friday. It will seek a 400-foot exten
sion to the west.
On the southwest. E. A. Davis et
al s No. 1 Tomas Flores, in the north
312. porcion 38. about
3,300 feet west of discovery, is due
to spud in Sunday on location which
is expected to prove an extension
of about 800 feet south and west.
In the eastern section of the field,
Rogers Oil and Oas company's No.
3-B Francisco Guerra, near the cen
ter of the northwest 12.5 acres cf the
south 75 acres of tract 254, porcion
40 about 3200 feet east of discovery
la rigging up and is expected to get
under way next week.
On the eastern edge of the field.
Cortex Oil Corporation’s No. C-l C.
E. Smith, in the northwest corner
of the northeast 40 acres of tract 33
porcion 41. about 6,900 feet east of
discovery, is rigged up and ready to
spud during the weekend.
In wildcat territory of Hidalgo.
completion of one test tn a new 4,
100-foot sand will be attempted dur
ing the ooming week and two Union
Sulphur company tests In the new
Mercedes field of eastern Hidalgo
will be plugged back and sidetracked
In efforts to pick up the 7,500-foot
sand from which the Union No. 3
American-Rio Grande is producing
in Farm tract 2.028, block 88, North
CapisaUo district. A new wildcat and
an abandonment were announced
during the past week.
In the Mercedes field. Union is
completing rigging up on the No. 2
American, about 200 feet southwest
of the discovery well, and probably
will get into the hole during the
week. Derrick la being completed
over the No. 1 American, in farm
tract 2,297. block 59. North CapisaUo
district, about one and a Quarter
miles northeast of discovery. The
No. 2 was temporarily abandoned at
8.044 feet when drill stem twisted
off and the No. l was temporarily
abandoned when drill stem stuck
at 6,431 feet.
In western Hidalgo. D. M. C. Oil
company's (same as Downey A
Morton) Na 1 Osca jn the
eut half of block 34. porcion 46.
Ancient Jurisdiction at Reynosa,
about four miles northeast of the
Samfordyce field, will be completed
under direction of Frank Dayvault,
who has completed several wells in
Samfordyce. Casing probably will be
set early this week, the test having
cored sand and streaks of shale at
4.090-4.102 and oil sand at 4.102-4.114
feet. Schlumberger test verified the
leg
Bluff Petroleum company is mov
ing In derrick material and machin
ery for its No. 1 Porcion Land Com
pany. 150 feet from the south and
150 feet from the east lines of the
south 500 acres of share 14. porcion*
49, Ancient Jurisdiction of Reynosa.
about three miles southwest of Mis
sion. This teat was previously re
ported located on land owned In fee
by Mrs. L. E Knowles but the Por
cion Land company holds the prop
erty. A block of 3500 acres has been
secured around the well In porciones
49 50. 51. and 52.
The only abandonment of the
week In the active Hidalgo area
was E. L. 8mith Oil company’s No.
1 Alejandro Flores d* Flcres, In
the northwest corner of tract 250,
porclon 39. about S.100 feet due
north of the Samfordyce discovery.
It had nothing but dry, red sand
at 2,830-38 feet and was abandon
ed temporarily at 3.004 feet.
Starr county reported a number
of tests active, a probable new pro
ducer showing for an extension of
300 feet south In the Rio Grande
City pod. an effort to complete
an important southern extension of
the Barbacoas pool and a number
of wildcats under way.
In the Rio Grande City pod.
Sioux Oil Corporation-Heard 8c
Heard's No. 1 Goodrich, previously
listed as Sioux Oil Corporation’s
No. 8 Goodrich, cored the Rio
Orande City sand at 1352-59 feet
and set and cemented casing at
1352 feet. Location is 150 feet
from the north and 150 feet from
the west lines of block 5. tract 5,
porclon 81, Ancient Jurisdiction of
Camargo, about 2.000 feet southwest
of the discovery.
About 2300 feet northwest of the
pool, Hiram M. Reed's No. 1 Block
Bros., in block 4. tract 28-A. por
tion 80. Ancient Jurisdiction of Ca
margo. is to resume shortly at
1.500 feet. It has been standing for
the past two weeks.
Nearly 2.500 feet southwest of the
pod. W. W. Zimmerman's No. 1
Doyno & Chatfield is drilling at 300
feet on location 150 feet from the
north and 150 feet from the east
lines of the northeast 20 acres of
block 7, tract 21. porclon 80, An
cient Jurisdiction of Camargo,
about 2300 feet southwest of dis
covery.
About two miles north of the
pod. John H. Clopton’s No l Dl
onlcio Tijerina, in block 4. tract
14-C. porclon 81, has started cir
culating preparatory to deepening
from 1.750 feet, where the hole has
been standing for the past three
weeks.
Nearly five miles east of the
pod, Hughston Oil Company’s No.
1 Wood. 1382 feet north of the
Missouri Pacific railway and 162
feet from the west line of pore ion
84, Ancient Jurisdiction of Camar
go, is reported fishing for a bit lost
in the hole below 900 feet.
An important deep wildcat got
under way during the week when
Sun-Hilmble’s No. 1 Mentor &
Briggs, in the northwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of Survey 53,
about 16 miles north of Rio Grande
City began making hole. The test
is now drilling at 640 feet and
probably will go to 5.000 feet.
Another new wildcat in southern
Valley Postmasters
Attend Conference
i Special to The Herald I
McALLEN, May 11. — Six Lower
Rio Grande Valley postmasters have
been in attendance this week at
the annual convention of the Texas
Postmasters' association in Galves
ton. They are Harrt Mevts of Mc
Allen. Billy Burnett of Brownsville,
A. C. Oyler of Edinburg. Jack York
oi Pharr, Miss Myrtle Hatch of
Mission, Alex Bowie of San Benito
and Miss Mary Lovely of Weslaco.
Baylor Law School
Organizer Expires
WACO, May 11. UP)—Allan Oilbert
Flowers, 66, dean and organiser of
the Baylor law school, died Satur
day at his home here.
Funeral services will be held at 10
a. m., Sunday, at Waco Hall of
Baylor University. Rev. J. M. Dawson,
Rev. W. W Melton, and Rev. Gas
tan Hart&fleld will officiate.
The widow, two brothers, Hampton
and Thomas, of Sumter, 8. C„ and
two sisters survive.
Dime Store Princess
Divorce Is Drawn Up
RENO, Nev., May 11.—(*>—Prin
cess Barbara Hutton Mdivani's for
mal divorce complaint against Prince
Alexis Mdivani was drawn by hei
attorneys Saturday and Is ready for
filing at an unannounced hour
Monday morning.
The paragraph containing the
cruelty allegations reads as follows:
“That since the marriage of the
parties, defendant has treated the
plaintiff with extreme cruelty.'*
Woman Is Executed
For Axe Murders
ARCHANGEL, U. 8. S. R.. May
11. (A*)—A 50-year-old woman.
Udoxla Chemakova. was executed
Saturday for committing a double
axe murder. *
The woman, who was formerly
employed to sweep out the military
barracks here, was convicted of
murdering a woman friend and the
latter’s seven-year-old daughter,
then rifling their apartment.
TOOLANS ON VISIT
SAN BENITO. May 11. — Mr
and Mrs. Dick Toolan, formerly of
Milwaukee, are visiting Toolan's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Toolan
Dick states that the Wisconsin cli
mate is too cold in winter and that
he plans to locate in Texas.
We Honor Our Mothers
•Today
For Mother's Day Dinner Dessert
She'll Like Kree Mee Ice Cream
WEEKLY WINNER
Betty Yates—Harlingen
GRAND PRIZE
Betty Yates, Harlingen
Ann Miller, McAllen
Aledoe Speer—Mission
Ruth Hulsey—San Benito
Topsy Collier—Edinburg
BROWNSVILLE
Jessie Lm Bowen
BUlle MoC&rty
Myrna 8Pm men
Bob Sylvester
Clifford Day
MISSION
Mary Walsh
SAN BENITO
Rath Hulsey
Jack Ttpplt
June Duncan
Jeanne Miller
Horace House
WESLACO
Georre Pierce
Robbie Jana
McCants
Georye Bradford
Lucille Rohr
Peyton Liyon
HARLINGEN
B®tty EeUo
Hwtet *H»m«
Aileen Moore
EDINBURG
Topay Collier
Bill Sapp
Elf ranees
ArefOod
Rath Wilson
Deo Stockton
MeALLEN
Edm Erickson Muiaret Hersh L. W. WllkhM
Valley Ice Cream Co.
Miiffli of Km Moo let Crenaa
Plant and Main Office at Harlingen
POLICE HUNT
MISSING MAN
Member of Pioneer McAllen
Family Disappears
From Home
joilri;
(Special to The Herald >
BURG, May 11.—Ths HI
dalgo county sheriff's department
has been requested to akl In s search
for George Allen, 38, member of
the pioneer E. 0. Allen family of
McAllen- He disappeared Wednes
day after * $20 bill at a
to in
Sah Juan hanlr __ __
formation given the sheriff's office.
The department Is investigating
reports that the miming man was
seen in Victoria. Texas, late Wed
nesday.
Relatives and friends state that
the missing man had been despond
ent since the death two weeks sgo
of his hrother, Cadet Lawrence Al
len of Randolph Field. The young
cadet was killed In a crash.
The Valley man was deeply In
terested In his brother. He assisted
in his education at A. & I., and aise
aided in qualifying him for Ran
dolph field.
The missing man has been en
gaged in a produce shipping busi
ness at Pharr. Tuesday he cashed a
telegraph money order at McAllen
for a small sum and he is believed
to have had between $75 and $100
when he disappeared. He was driv
ing a black 1934 sedan, license num
ber 567-351.
Allen has a wife and four chil
dren
Alien is the second man to dis
appear mysteriously recently from
Hidalgo county. Charles Tuttle. Ed
inburg cafe man. has been missing
since May 1, when officers were
asked to by members of his family
to search for him.
PATROLMAN KILLED
COLUMBUS, O.. May 11. (g*y—
Patrolman E. J. Murphy. 39, was
shot and killed early Saturday while
searching for a burglar in a down
town office building and Patrolman
Kenneth Watte shot and wounded a
negro fleeting from the building.
Patrolman Peter Gordon, who ar
rested him, said he believed the
negro did the shooting.
500-Pound Jewfith
Landed by Hamlink
The huge heed of e 100-pound
Jewflah caught on the South Jetty
Friday vae on display in Brownsville
Saturday at the BaUell-Wells
Sporting Goods store, and created
considerable oomment.
The fish was caught by Jack
H: aHnk, Jr., of Brownsville and
*'Jettyvllle.N The youth was n«ing
a throw line with a mullet when ho
hooked the huge fish.
Another Jewflah was caught Fri
day, this one being brought in by
Mrs. J. O. Thompson of FoQ
Brown. Mrs. Thompson was using
a regular redfish rig and hooked
and landed a 150-pound Jewflah
with it
Two-Score Hurt
Battling Army
Of Policemen
I
ST. JOHN'S. N. Fid.. May 11. (JPh
Rioting hoodlum*, driven to cover
by the baton* of 300 reserve police
men, Saturday left in their wake
two-score broken, looted store front*
and a badly crippled light and pow
er system.
It was impossible to estimate im
mediately the damage wrought by
the crowd of more than 900 jobless
who scurlred through the city's
main thoroughfare* Friday night
Scores were believed Injured a*
police used their batons freely In
their battle to clear the streets.
The angry, disorderly crowd was
drifting gradually from the city late
Friday night when the entire com
munity was plunged Into darkness
The mob had been rioting sever#
hours and the regular police force,
augmented by 200 reserves, had
about gained the upper hand when
the current from the city’s electric
power plant was suddenly shut off.
Vandalism and thieving began
again, under the cover of darkness,
and It was nearly midnight before
the united towns subsidiary power
system was cut into the lines of the
city plant and a semblance of or
der restored.
EARLY PIERSON
TRIAL IS SOUGHT
Insanity Plan to Ba Used
In Youth** Defense,
Is Hinted
AUSTIN, May 11.-h*V-Possibility
of an aarly trial for Howard Pier
son, confessed slayer of his parents,
William Pierson. Associate Justice
ol the Texas Supreme court, * and
Mrs. Pierson appeared Saturday.
District Attorney James P. Hart
said he would oonfer with District
Judge Charles A. Wheeler, in whose
court Indictments charging the youth
with murder were returned, and ask
for a setting some time in June.
Judge Wheeler said the oourt
could not set bond, and the question
of bond could be raised only through
application for a writ of habeas
corpus.
Bank Robber Slain,
Loot Is Recovered
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. May 11. £JV
FOur minutes after three bandKe es
caped with $3,945 In a payroll rob
bery at the Andersen-Tully com
pany. lumber manufacturers. Sat
urday. police shot one of the rob
bers. arrested another, and recov
ered all the money.
A third man. until a week ego an
employe of the company, wee tak
en Into custody an hour later for
questioning.
IN
MEMORIAM
George Wilfrid
Johnson, Jr.
May 12, 1932
Armstrong Scores
Perfect Skeet 25
Another perfect IS in skeet was
scored at the Batsell-Wella Skeet
Field here in s practice shoot Fri
day afternoon. Prank Armstrong
hanging up the perfect score. Sev
eral good marks were made in the
practice Shoot, J. H. Batselljmor
Ing a 23 with a .410 the fliffBtia
he ever shot one on the skeet Mid.
Plans are under way now for a
special shoot for beginners, at
which the regular shooters will not
shoot, and Instructors will help the
neophytes get onto the game.
Appeal Is Filed
AUSTIN, May 11. UPy-An appeal j
on behalf of Cliff Clybum. sentenced
to 12 years Imprisonment from Smith
county for the murder of Willie Be- 1
Iter, October 27. 1923, was filed with
the court of criminal appeals Satur
day.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I take pleasure in
announcing my
connection with
the Patteson
Motor Company
in the capacity of
salesman.
ED. S.
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