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VALLEY SrUTDAY STAR—MONITOR—HERALD '
'siD/iay. March 26. 1939
Vinal Results OS Valley Citrus Referendum Are Announced
OBITUARY
FOOT
SPECIALIST
DR. J. KRUZE
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Jail
$10.00 Srto^s $7.50
Fourteen fed
Anna Mac
7.50 Shses $5.50
Miss Newell
Mrs
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109 N. 1st
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POTATOES
BOUGHT TODAY
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US No. 1’s—1 7-8” & Larger . $3.00 cwt.
Texas Ones (70% 1 7-8”) . . . $2.85 cwt.
. . . $2.50 cwt.
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But just look
Packed In 50 lb. Bags
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LOGAN DRYE MOTOR CO.
SCHMOKER-PRICE MOTORS
WELLS MOTOR CO.
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YOU GfT A BETTER
USED CAR
FROM A
BUICK DEALER
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Van Buren and "F"
Harlingen, Texas
All Valley Potato Shippers are invited to join this
co-operative movement for benefit of potato growers.
The undersigned shippers will pay not less than the
following prices for—
It had ciitht eager cylinders in a
mighty Dynaflash engine—and they
could make a scared jack rabbit eat
dust whenever the word was given !
LEGION GROUP
MEETING OPEN
llth and St Charles
Brownsville, Texas
CHARRO FILM
TO BE SHOWN
Eleven-Minute Reel
Booked In Area
It comes complete with equipment
that's extra in many another in-
stance — yet the figures still read
lower than on Buick of a year ago.
FARMERS HDW. BLDG.
SAN BENITO. TEXAS
PHONE 84— RES. 812
LITTLE VOTE
DIFFERENCE
IS REPORTED
1020 Ash St.
McAllen. Texas
NO OTMia CAR IN TNI
WORLD HAS ALL THIS! FtATURtS
11 PRISONERS
ARE REMOVED
McD.AVITT & LIGHTNER, Inc.
BROWNSVILLE
ASSOCIATED GROWERS. Inc.
BROWNSVILLE
PORTER & WENTZ. Inc.
BROWNSVILLE—LOS FRESNOS
HEALTH SPOT SHOE STORE
Harlingen
Hidalgo Jail Loses
U. S. Funds
A. N. TANDY & SONS
LOS FRESNOS
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5:45
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SAX B'MTO
cd word Friday
Rieds-
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JUST ONE MORE WEEK TO GET YOUR
HFALTH SPOT SHOES AT THE CLOSE
OUT PRICES OF -
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t’-..ng would ••
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••Now
KyiRST time we saw the blue-
JT prints for this Buick thirty -
nincr we knew we had something
pretty special for folks who like ac-
tion in their travels.
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k and up
* DYNAFLASH VALVf ■ IN - HEAD STRAIQHY.
EIGHT ENGINE * BUI COU TORQUIFREE S Pt ING-
ING * GREATER VISIBILITY * HANDISHIPT
TRANSMISSION * ROOMIER UNtSTItl BODY
BY FISHER * TORQUE TUBE DRIVE * TIPTOE
HYDRAULIC MAKES * CROWN SPRING CLUTCH
★ * CATWALK COOLING-* * OPTIONAL REAR
AXLE GEAR RATIOS * FLASH-WAY DIRECTION
SIGNAL* SELF BANKING KNEE-ACTION
FRONT SPRINGING
F.ay nn the eye — fair /• huy —
rn C'tneral Motort ifrnti ! ^t^
Voice Students Will
Be Presented
those taken last year, and shows
our annual celebration to advant-
age.” Faxon said.
The film shows the Children’s and
Grand parades, scenes around town,
the dance at the El Jardin Hotel,
the Court of the Brush, street
scenes, and many other shots.
1 Edward Mc-
I "ash. Los Fresnos; 2 Henry Her-
ren. La Fena; 3. Roland McAlister.
Santa Rosa.
Extemporaneous Speech:
Boys: 1 Robert Scott. Santa Roa;
Tom Ammermann. La Feria
Girls: 1 Lillian Rack. Santa
2 Mary Louise Magee. La
Lee
Ernest •
ITALIAN COLONY
CLAMOR IS SEEN
(Continued from Page It
went so far as tn say Madrid’s un-
conditional surrender already was
arranged and that Franco’s forces
$12.50 Shces S9.75
HORACE WADE PRICE
EDINBURG — Funeral services
for Horace Wade Price, three-year
nld son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H
Price. Corpus Christi, will be held
Sunday in the coast city.
According to testimony at an in-
vestigation conducted by Justice of
the Peace J. L. Ramseur the baby
died accidentally when run over
by a truck north of La Blanca.
The funeral arrangements were
tentatively arranged hers by the
Kreidlcr Mortuary.
'tj/h 1.1 i
dflirered at Flint.
5!>rX. •Sul^t to
thongs without
Transpor-
tation, st at a and
tar ra (if
ang), optional
equipment and ae-
eessorieo—astro.
It had a view, a gorgeous view, from
windows and windshields as much
as 412 square inches bigger—and it
had style that has already altered
the pattern on many another car-
stylist's drawing board.
other foot” and raised a point nf
order against a $190,000 item for
Dutch elm disease control
Tarver subsequently withdrew
the point nf order but Represen-
tative Lambertson <R-Kan* coun-
tered immediately by raising the
same point and it was sustained,
eliminating the fund
TO OCR OLD CUSTOMERS: If you need any
t» pr of service on • our eld shoes be sure to rnme
in for it v.e will move our Harlingen store to
Houston after th < w -rk. Then it will hr necessary
that you send lh"ir to Hous'nn for any tvpe rf
built up work v. h»ch we will gladly do for you
there. THANKS.
rccsiv-
thr death in
Miss Loma
It had a ride we promptly dubbed
“full float”—its stout coiled springs
arc now 15% softer in the rear, and
hooked up, in front, with Knee-
Action that banks curves for you.
San Benito Pushes
School Collections
BROWNSVILLE—Seventy delin-
quent tax suits were filed in 103rd
District Court here recently by the
San Bcnitn Independent Schoo! dis-
trict. and ten similar suits were
filed by th" Santa Rosa Indepen-
dent school district
The San Benito filings were the
heaviest for any one district in sev-
eral years.
tli1!' baa Buick!"
LXIMPLAI Of GENERAL MOTOU VALUE
Acreage and Tonnage
Ballot Is Given
DON’T FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
FINAL WEEK HALE AS YOU WILL NEVER
GFT TICS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
MARY I.OI EI.LA MAEL
McALLEN — Funeral services
for Mary Louella Mae). 79. w ho
died Friday night at the home of
her daughter. Mrs G. W. Wagner.
Pharr, will be held at the K"?idl?r
Funeral Heme at 3:30 pm. Sunday
with ihe Rev. Hokanson. pastor nf
the Christian and Miss nnary Alli-
ance tabernacle off rial mg.
Mrs. Mael v ho has lived in Phan
for the past ten years is survived
by Mrs. Ed Fish. Centerville, la,
and Mrs Grace Mael, Sn-?"::ie Mo,
oaughusrs and eleven grandchildren.
Th" bony will be shipped to Sar-
coxie for interment there.
SLAYER TELLS
OF MURDERING
SOCIETY WIFE
(Continued from Page 1)
sport sh-»es and tan swagger coat,
was lifted into a hearse.
Story Is Told
Cunningham told a reporter how
he strangled his wife after a year
of domestic discord in which she
criticized him for working too much
and giving her little attention.
Hu temper, he said, ro?" tn tever
pitch as they sat in his car on the
fatal night and argued.
“I lost all sense." he murmured. “I
got out of the car and stood in the
ditch and when she stepped out I
l-'t all sense. 1 don’t know what J
did.
I
So we looked it all over—and went a
step further. We decided a car so
plainly meant for action needed to
have a price that would get action
for it!
US No. l’s-1 J” to 1 7-8"
(Size B. or Texas No. 2's)
Navv Mnfbers Club
VV’ll Meet Sunday
MERCEDES — Th? Rio Grande
Valley Navy Mothers Chib will hold
thei- retuter meeting in the Mer-
cedes C ty Hall Sunday, at 3 pm
All parents of boys enlisted in the
Navy are urged to be present. Visi-
tors are welcome.
BROWNSVILLE — An eleven-
minute reel of the recent Charro
Days Celebration, taken by Pat
Regers. Brownsville photographer,
will be shown at the Capitnl Thm-
tre here Tuesday and Wednesday.
April 4 and 5. accordinc to an an-
nouncement Saturday by Kenneth
Faxon, president of Charro Days.
Incorporated.
The film will b" reviewed by
Faxon end other City and Charro
Dfiys office’s Da’? fnr the show-
ing was set h-re Saturday.
is far superior tn
around, match up the price tag*, and
you'll find that this great straight-
eight lists for less than some cars
with two fewer cylinders!
POWELL. Wye. — >P—Officers found Saiurelay
within three miles of Powell a hideout in which
Earl Durand, raw meat-eating renegade killed by
his own hullet. stayed five days while posse men
hunted his trail.
While the 26->ear-old Wyoming Tarran was
dressed for his burial in a trimly-fashioned brown
suit. Sheriff Frank Blackburn reported discovery
of the hideout in which Durand had left a quarter
of raw beef and a leg of veni«on.
Slayer of four men. the desperate fugitive died
Friday, shooting up his home town bank at t'ie
end of a bloody nine-day flight from Ihe law. The
bank teller was killed in the wild holdup battle.
Durand's mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Durand, a respected ranching couple, arranred a
private funeral for their son. probably Monday.
Coroner Ray Easton said no inquest was neces-
sary for the dead fugitive gam? poacher.
Easton said he probably would hold an inquest
Monday in the death of John Gaw throe. 79. the
bank teller Durand pushed before him as a shield
against the fir? of townspeople.
Gawthrop probably was killed by a bullet fired
Santa Rosa; 3.
Fresnos.
Ward School Girls: 1
Grotzinger. La Feria: 2 Ruth Marie
Skrove. Port Isabel; 3. Katherine
Patterson. Los Fresnos
Sub-junior girls: 1 Loretta Gn ’-
zinger. La Feria: 2. Betty Jane Led-
better, Santa Rosa; 3. Cornelia
Rasco, El Jardin.
Sub-junior boys:
the house often
was heated Party lines were disre-
garded
Democrats fought among
selves over a
sentativ? Kleberg <D-Tex>
$460 000 to the fund for pink boil-
worm control It finally was de-
feated by a 138 to 66 vote
After Republicans succeeded in in
knocking out provisions for $160.-
460 for Mexican fruit fly control
and $13,485 for citrus canker erad- dean
ication on the ground the expendi- committee, charged Britain with
authorized, couraging Germany’s expansion and
mad? clear he saw no reason for the
United States to aid the European
HOUSE DEBATE
BLOCKS VOTE
(Continued from Page II
because, in recommending even
half that sum the house appropria-
tions committee ignored President
Roosevelt’s request for a 30 per
cent reduction in benefit payments
tn farmers
Behind ihe scenes an active bloc
of urban members was jockeying
for support frnm ihe farm group
for th? pending request for $150.-
000.000 additional for WPA in re-
turn for support fnr the $250,000.-
000 parity fund
The debate in
In the barrage leveled by th? townspeople when
Durr.nd tried tn escape. Easton said.
Sheriff Blackburn said Durand evidently holed
up in the w illow-covered bottom of Bitter Creek
from the night. March 16. when he shot two officers
at liis parent's ranch, until he kidnaped a ranch
couple la«t Tuesday night.
Durand shot down two officers w bn pursued him
to the ranch after he slugged a d-puty sheriff to
escape frnm the Cody jail. Officers found no trace
of him until he forced Mr. and Mrs. Arch Thorn-
burg Tuerday night to drive him to the ( larksfork
Canon in which he stood off 100 posse men, killing
two more officers.
Durand saw his parents for the la«t time Friday
morning. He drove to th? ranch hnm? with Harry
Moore, air.'trur radio operator he had kidnaoed a
mil- from the ba’? ramn of a posse he had eluded.
"Earl. 1 hardly know you,” said his mother,
v erping.
• I just cam? to say hello.** replied the son. shaggy-
bra-ded and unkept after nine days of flight.
Durand’s “hello" was his “goodbye."
Forcing Moore out of th? car. Durand drove into
Powell, fnr his fantastically bold attempt to rob
the First National Bank.
can nf Sin B mhIo.
kors said died Th tired y and funeral services
wfre tn be held Sunday.
Now it isn’t easy to build such a
traveler—rich in reliable Buick qual-
ity clear down to the metals it's
made of — and
still <ive it a
price that rubs
elbows with the
sixes.
Committees Perfect
Dairy Day Program
SAN BENITO—Chairmen nf com- uiea in go tn Budapest Monday to
mittees in charge of th? coming fix the border between German-
Dairy Day celebration met Friday protected Slovakia and Hunganan-
at the chamber nf commerce office annexed Carpatho-Ukraine.
to perfect plana. I In Tokyo an authoritative source
The celebration will be held in reported the possibility of a Ger-
the vacant lot opposite the Stone- man-Japanese defensive pact against
wall Jackson Hotel, with speeches Soviet Russia. He said Tokyo ve-
to be made from the platform near- fused to line up with a Japanese-
by. German-Italian military alliance but
Dinner will be served free to spe- might enter a pact to aid the Nazis
cial guests and speakers Com- if they were attacked by Russia,
plete plana will be announced later, j "without provocation.” 4
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/ 1* /
.a '
tures had not been 1
Representative Tarver 'D-Ga> pop-
ped up with the announced inten-
tion of "putting the shoe on the Democracies. r
"What they (the European demo-
cracies* are contending for is the
realization of their imperialistic
scheme and not the destruction of
Nazusm." Borah said.
Fighting Continues
Fighting continued on the disput-
ed Carpatho-Ukraine-Slovak fron-
tier despite an agreement by the
Budapest and Bratislava govern-
ments to settle their differences by
j negotiation.
A Slovak commission was sched-
uled to go to Budapest Monday
TRAIL OF 'TARZAN' ENDS IN GRAVE
bJ’
WINDS. RAIN
SWEEP STATE
(Continued from Pag? Il
Mexia. Haltnm City near Fort
Worth, and scattered communities
in the Lubbock area. At I’r.nret n.
Collin county. Cherter McCraw. 35.
was killed when lightning struck
his home early Saturday.
The First Methodist church at
Palestine was set I re by ligh’.n ig
during a he. vy afternoon down-
pour Two inches of rain fell there
I during the day. and forc'd cancella-
t >n of the county track and field
m"?t.
In C ntrol Texas, McLennan.
Bril. Coryell. Bosque. Fails. Lime-
stone and Hill counties had much-
needed moisture Good rains fell
near Jacksonville and Athens in
East Texas, and the rainfall was
general over N »rth Texas. Wichita
Falls had 181 inches, breaking a
long drouth and reviving hope for
a wheat crop of at least "0 per
cent normal Precipitation extended
to portions of the Texas and Okla-
homa wheat area
Reports were received at Do! Rio
Saturday night of damage to truck
farms and fields of alfalfa by hail
storms Friday which followed a
badly needed rain.
Truck farmers in the Rusk area
welcomed a rain of one and three
quarters inches Saturday.
Pans, with more than an inch of
rain, and Tyler, with a light fall,
r ported crops would be benefited
Houston had lieht showers and San
Antnnio hgh* ram with some hail
„ them-
pmpocal by Rcpre- bas shown nn disposition to join
to add anti-Hitler bloc.
Borah Hits Action
British political quarters were
growing more restive at the delay
1 Prime Minister Chamberlain’s
fruitless efforts.
In Washington Senator Borah,
of the senate foreign relations
1 en-
LA FERIA WINS
COUNTY CONTEST
l( inimurd frnm Page 1)
Frances Evelyn Hcnnessee, I.a Fe-
ria; 2 Jo Ann Holley. Santa R sa;
3. Mane West, Wilson Tract
Ward School Boys: 1. Jesse Whis-
nant. Rio Hondo; 2 J Tom Holley.
Dan Ed Cook, Loa
Su nd a v.
H:tlcr meanwhile took stocic nf a
fortnight of accomplishments which
advanced him to the drivers scat
on the European continent.
Tie Nazi lightning was expected
10 strike next in Poland, which has
been maneuvered into a precarious
position by the empire-building
Fuehrer.
Troop* Massed
Germany heard reports more than
jC iWi Polish troops had been mov-
ed quietly into nositinns in the Pol-
ish baltic port of Gdynia. They were
said (r have traveled in small groups
through th? Polish corridor which
separates East Prussia from the rest
of Germany.
Britain's efforts tn throw up a
ring of stc«l around expanding Ger-
many marked time pending Sun-
day’s developments in Rome and a
decision from Poland which sn far
an
So when you see this Buick you not
only see the car, but the one bid
value of the year. That’s why we're
anxious to have you try Buick—it’s
a car with a winning way about it,
and a winning price tag in the
bargain!
owned by Waite- Word Of Relative’s
Death Is Received
Relative
of
of
DONNA—Two-dr.y district con- 5
vention of th? American Leg. >n. |
Forty and Eight and th? Amen- I
can Legion Auxiliary’ opened h?r*»’|
at th? P'aza Theatre Saturday with I
registration. ?nd a banquet Satur- E
dav night at the Donna Legion I
Hall. |
Many of th? delegates from scat- £
terrd parts of Congressional Dis- S
trict 15 were not cxpec'.ed until I
Sunday. Th? convention proper I
will get under wpv h"r? Sunday
at 10 a m. with registration at the
theatre.
Principal speakers at the Sunday
sessions will be Dr W. J. Dan-
forth. Fort Worth, nayonr.l ?x?u-
tiv? committeeman: Mrs. Danforth.
Fort Worth, past state president of
th? Auxiliary, and Mrs. William
Wyatt, San Marcos, state president
of th? Auxiliary
Saturday schedule was climaxed
by a dance at Club Royale. Mc-
Allen.
Duncen left several weeks
ago for Keithsburg to be with 'vr
sister during her illness, and
present at time of death
Newell h: d been critically ill for
several months.
rtegrets Slaying
“It was ’ ■: until I war in Jail and
the days wo*e on that 1 could be-
1'tve what an horrible thing 1 had
done.
“When I knew I was going to be
relay. I realized I had no-
mt go home—home to
s? where rn’nodv wait-
? wou’d b? nothing
I k tew th? awful
igh on me and haunt
?w I must tell of the crime
that it's over rnd i have
told all. I tee! bet*?’', but I shall
nrv *r have the mental peace 1 knew
before.”
PROWNSVILLE
oral prisoners have been transfer-
red he”e from th? Hidalgo county
jail following recent visits of a f?d
"ral inspector to th? Edinburg jail
Th? inspectors considered tn" jail
inadequate to house federal nrieon-
crs. and th? V. S M rshnil for this
district M F Hnmmond of H« :s-
t >n. ordered th? prisoners removed
The Hi
cr’s court is considering a request
from ihe rheriff for . ” enlarzcm-nt
to the jail which would cost ap-
proximately $25 COb
Th" Cnmcron county jail test f"d-
eral pr soners some time a^n but
regained them after complying v th
U S. regulations The nnmners
mean an income of about $10,000 pe:
year to the county.
HARLINGEN—Results of the cit-
Fus referendum held last Saturday
were not materially different by
acreage and tonnage from th** indi-
vidual ballot count previously an-
nounced. it was revealed by tabula-
tions completed this week which
showed a majoritv of grove owners
opposed to the federal marketing
agreement and a large majority in
favor of th? slat? marketing agree-
ment and price fixing
Tabulations by acreage and ton-
nag? were comnlcted Saturday by
H"rbert L. Wade. Torn Vates and
other employes of the state depart-
ment nf agricultural and forwarded
to J E McDonald, state commission-
er nf agriculture. L E Pratt, who
was in charge of the referendum
for McDonald, was in Austin Satur-
dey
Valley employes said the'’ were
not in a position to speak for the
commissioner and would not pre-
dict what his action might he nn
th? basis of th? referendum results
but it was presumed by Valley lead-
ers thrt outcome of th" election
would be transmitted tn Henrv Wal-
lace. U S secretary of agriculture.
Th" individual vote count previ-
ously announced was little changed
by a check-up completed by de- j
pirtment employes The final tabu-
lation revealed a tnta! of 3.760 resi-
dent ballots cast hv Valley citrus
grove owners representing 71.143
acres nf citrus and 331 747 tons pro-
duction ’about 11.000 cars*.
There were 2.421 grove owners or
64 p<*» "ent nf thus" participating in
the referendum who were opposed
to th? federal agreement and 1.166
grov? owners or 31 percent in favor
of the pact This left five per cent of
th? total number participating in
the referendum who did not vote
on his particular Question Ry acre-
age. th? voting on the federal agree-
ment shoved 41.347 acres '58 1 per
cent* opposed and 19.867 acres <27 9
per cent* favorable The tonnage
voting showed 226 978 tons .68 4 per
cent' opposed ard 96.600 tons *291
per cent* favorable.
The balloting on th? state mar-
keting agreement was as follows:
3.339 individuals <88 8 per cent* for
and 346 <9 6 per cent* opposed: 54-
811 acres <77 per ent* fnr and 14.-
498 tons <13 4 per cent* opposed
In regard tn price fixing on citrus
inn’s, the results of the "tection
were as follows: 2 720 individuals
<72 3 per cent* favorable. 792 <21 |
per cent* opposed; 46.299 acres '65
per cent* for and 15.781 acres *22 1
p?r c"n** onposed: 224.507 tens *67 6
per cent* favorable and 82.831 tons
(24 9 per cent) opposed.
One Valley shipping organization
has interpreted th? results nf th?
referendum as a demand by the
grove owners that the Growers In-
dustry Committee and Shippers
Marketing Committee, which ad-
minister both the state and tedcral
marketing agreements, resign A
statement has been issued bv J C
Connell. manag"r of the Hidalgo
County Citrus Association, demand-
in’ resignation nf the committees
Word is being awaited from
Washington to determine whether
th? federal department nf agricul-
ture will act on the basis of th" state
sponsored referendum or will hold
an election of its own. Tn" state
election did not conform with the
referendums held nrevinusly follow-
ing which the marketing agreements
and amendments were declared in
effe"^ according to observers
Next move is still believed to he
up *o the stat? commissionr of agri- .... u . ,L ,
cul’ure ard federal secretarv of - 1
agriculture.
McALLEN Ann Kathryn
wards will present several of her
pupils in a voice recital Thursday.
March 30. at the First Baptist
Church here at 8 15 p.m.
Those on the program are Jean
Cragon. Annette Ctesnrr and Mar-
garet Butler of Edinburg; Dorothy
Belle Adkins ard Blanche Austin
of Mission and Jacqueline Fertner
c McAllen.
Anna Faye Butler of Edinburg
will be the accompanist
VALLEY CRIME
WAVE BROKEN
(Continued frnm Page I)
of the articles stolen had been sold
B’edsoe said.
oe was tipped Friday night
was to b? stolen, and at
m dnight th? car was sighted at
Donna. Officers cruised about for
1 he stolen car. *
nrr';*"s. and learned that the car
had run out of pasoline on Mite 8
near the"?. They entered the
room’te hous* at 5:45 am. and
found the three men counting Keithsburg. Ill .
money. i Newell, sister of Mrs. Frank Dun-
Confessions Obtained
Chief Deputy Sheriff V’
be h-d obtained w ritten confessions
f -om th? arrested m"n. which list-1
cd 19 robberies and burglaries, and
’5 atiterrohite thefts since February
6. when $70 in cash was taken from
Cole's Grocery Store. Edinburg
Of the ten cars which th? m"n
said they tn"k to far litate the
burglaries, and then abandoned, four
v "re taken at Edinburg, three al
Dorna, two at Mercedes, and the
Perkins car at Weslaco
Burglaries Tnld
Some six burglaries oecured In
Cameron county, th? confessions
:-"id. In Hidalgo, they said they
"ntered the Garza grocery at Edin-
hurg. th? Wilson cafe at Pharr.
Wo cafes, two service stations and
one citrus supply h"use in Donna:
other Donna cafes, two bu.«i-
housc' at Mercedes and two a’
La Feria. three in Sa"ta Fosa. and
the Combes entrv Friday night
Burglar-"s In Cameron county
inc’tidcd T B Washman. general
rr.'rchand e?. th? Diggs Texaco sta-
tion. ard Kenneth Norlander's gen-
eral store, al! at Santa Rosa; John-
sons at Combes; the O. E Steger
Cafe and Wiggams Pool Hall at
La Feria.
Works On Cases
Deputy Sheriff Boynton Ftem-
ing had charge of investigation in
Cameron county, and had been call-;
ed to the Combes burglary when
patrolmen working in th? upper
Valley arrived to confirm what th?
arrested men had said Fleming
Saturday w as clearing up the Came-
ron county cases.
Footprints of th? men were
were chocked through a peculiar
diamond-shaped design which was
seen at several •jobs.” officers
said, and that the men had on
such shoes at the time entry into
the rooming house was mad? by
arresting officers Th? ring, thought
to have contained at least three
other men now in Arkansas, had
been operating in the Valley about
r.ix weeks Some 15 suspects had
been checked before the three were
apprehended Saturday morning
Fnr a time after burglaries at
Edinburg. Pharr and Donna, the
wave subsided. Vickers said Sat-
urday. while Charley Jackson was
confined to the county jail at Ed-
inburg fmm February 20 tn March
9 on a misdemeanor charge
Deputy Sheriff Vickers said Sat-
urday he “felt sure” the men would
waive examining trial.
Rosa;
Feria
Spelling: 4-5 grrdcs. 1 Wilson
Tract; 2 I.a Fen.*; 3. Santa Mar a;
6-7 grades. 1. Los Fresnos and La
Feria; 3. Rio Hondo
High School sp"lling: 1 Santa
Rosa; 2. La Feria; 3. F.1 Jardin
Class A Ready Writers; 1
Cisneros. La Feria; 2.
Bandy. Rio Hondo
Ctess R Ready Writers: 1. Robert
Scott. Santa Rosa; 2 Robert
Schaffer. Los Fresnos, 3. Billy Bow-
ers. Stuart Place
Ward School Ready Writing 1
Maxine McOsker. La F r.a, 2 Max-
ine Foelker, Rio Hondo, 3. Medina
West. Wilson Tract.
Picture Memory: 1. Santa Mana;
2. Los Fresnos; 3 La Feria.
Music Memory; 1. La Fena
default.
Number Sense: 1
Los Fresnos: 3. Santa Rosa.
7’ »ys Debate; 1. El Jardin by
fault.
Girls Debate: 1. El Jardin by de-
fault.
Story Telling. Primary: 1. Robert
Schwab. Santa Maria, and Betty
Sue Pickens. Rio Hondo, and Eug-
en? Smith. La Feria
Typing: 1 Port Isabel; 2 La Fe-
ria; 3. Santa Rosa.
Shorthand: 1. Los Fresnos by de-
fault
Individual students who qu alified
in tvping were Elaine Alderson.
Li Peria: Johnn; Mai
Port Isabel; and Marian Baumteld-
cr. Port Isabel
teced Sat
to de
nty h
Tiicr
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