McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 16, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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"" “THERE’;, NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRENDS”
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1929.
McALLEN, TEXAi
The City of
Palms
By Brad
REINSTATED
Vote Here On Amendments Light
52 BALLOTS CAST
THIS AFTERNOON
AT CITY’S POLLS
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Mag-
ruder has been recalled to duty
as commander of fleet base on
Pacific coast after having been
relieved of naval duties for two
years, following attack on de-
partment affairs.—t, I. N. Photo.
Forced landing on island of Grucioaa In Azores group resulted ln
set. and - Injury to Kaslmtr Kubala. lower inset, while pair were
Citizens Fail to Show Much
Interest in State
Voting
proposalsTfavored
■Sto. jm
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... I.IJ'TLH INTEREST loas mrnifest
by McAllen citizen* in thk elec-
—Hen which is beiny held over the-
• state today. Two questions are*
'’•being presented for the. vote of
the people, — the increase, al the
governor’s salary from 14000 to
$10,000 per year, and the increase
of the nuiQber of state supreme
court justices from three to nine.
Only d light vote was pulled
the single box- in McAllen, and
neics dispatches seemed to assure
only a light vote throughput the-
■ state,
MAIX STREET BUILDING comes
to the fore today with the begin-
ning of work on the old Texan
Theatre bnililinfltinhich will make
of this old structure three modem
store rooms. E. D. Mathis, con-
tractor,- has been awarded the con-
tract for the remodeling of the
building, and when the work is
completed, it- is expected to vie
with other A fain Street buildings
in the point of attractiveness. Ac-
cording to Mathis, the entire build-
ing will be remoulded and cl new
front installed. Plate glass win-
dons ten feet deep are to be set
and ttje entrnnres are to be fin-
ished in tile, as are the posts now
supporting the ceiling of the lobby.
nun
A CONCRETE SI^AB. rommemorat-
ing The planting of the Oregon red-
mood tree) in the Pity Park last
week, is to be set Wednesday by
kujterinJewlent of Streets and
Parks Perry Hudson. Copies of
the McAllen Press, and Monitor,
a new $1 bill, and other articles
are to be placed in the small vault,
which according to present plans,
will not be opened until July 4,
1939. The redwood was donated
by the Southern Pacific Railroad,
and lias planted during ceremon-
ies /nrticipa/cd in by city, cham-
ber of com iherre and Southern Pa-
cific officials last week.
500-Bale Mark
Is Neared Here
15 McAllen Gins Report 491
_____Bales as Season Total
Today
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Ballots Here Show Slight
Popularity lor
Measures
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McAllen's Cotton ginning tothl was
rapidly approaching the 500-bale mark
today as gins of the city hid resumed
their itsual fast working schedule fol-
ipwitig a short letup period of two
days late last week.” '.
A total of 491 bales had been turned
out at the threp plants here by ,2
o’clock thiS morning, indicating that
the 500th hale would be ginned before
work was completed this afternoon.
-ThBiilatloPfir * TV»day-_ Total-
Farmer’s Ohi . . 9 217
Franc is. (Hit.....10, 204
Valley Gin -. ........... •« 70>
425 LIVES TAKEN
AS INUNDATIONS =
STRIKE TURKEY
A total of 52 votes, said by Flection
Judge Fred N. ■Oantner In he extreipe-
ly light for this city, had been polled
up until 2 oclook this afternoon at the
election being held here on the two
proposed amendments to the state
constitution.
The votes were running in favor of
both amendments, it was announced,
with neither expected to receive a very
large number during the remainder
of thC day..
One.amendment deals with the sal-
ary to be paid the governor of the
state. It would raise the amounbfrom
$4000 yearly to $10,^00. At its pas-
sage in the, state legislature, where the
bill proposing the election being held
today was introduced, It was explain-
ed that many state employes are nowjfpi
receiving much clarger salaries than
does the governor and that an increase
was believed necessary. The eonsitu-
tidn which now governs the chief ex-
ecutive's salary was formed, half a
century ago.
The other proposed amendment to
the constitution ask#, for an increase
in the number of justices of the state
court.— tf voted upmr aftii- Workmen Remove Debris From
Death Toll Mounts; Devas-
tation Said Con-
tinued
MORE VILLAGES-HURT:
River Areas Terrorized by
Cloudbursts and
Rumblifigs
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LONDON. July 16. (1NS>—Widespread
havoc continued to lie wrought in var- lwu
-fan»^ .arcUrcrc*
today by earth qua Res and floods, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Gonstartti-'
nople received this morning by (he
London Daily Express.
being, paid ,,
the ’ ””
mwragefs.
It w’as indicated In the -announce-
ments of 'day .and season totals thpt
steadily increased operatiritA are fore-
seen for the^near future. With other
Midalgo county ginning. plants 6per-
ating under .full force, and several of
them already past the 500 and 1000-
bale marks,- glnners here today were
predicting a rapid rise in bale totals
the. number of justices would
he nine instead of three.
Few additional ballots were expected
to he cast here this afternoon, it was
stated. Indicating that citizens of "Mc-
Allen, in keeping with the general
condition ovew-the state, it id not deem
the two proposed amendments of great
popular interest.
Election officials who served today
were: Fred N. Oantner, election judge;
George, Palmer, Harvey Hixson and
Guy Bradford, election clerks.
Balloting was conducted at Gity
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DALLAS, July 16. - (IMS)—Voters of
Texas went to the polls todajT to vote"
on two' piftpoagd amendments to the
constitution,- both of
which w'el'e Voted passage , by 'the
state legislature. * ■ •
One amendment would inorease the
humber of justices ih the state sup-
reme court-from throe to nitre, while
cawpwar-"**'*' - ■■**' ng - •«- iMf
$10,000,000 BILL IS PASSED
Damage $200,000
SPECIAL SESSION
as Stores Crash NEARING END AS
WORK IS CLOSED
Montgomery’s Main
Street
MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 16. (IMS)
—Montgomery’s main business block
presented a yawning, gap today as
workmen continued to remove debris
from the collopsed structures which
Monday housed two of jhe.clty’s lead-
ing establishments. ..........
More than 50 employes of the two
stores escaped miraculously due to the
plainly audible cracking iu the two
buildings before they crashed to the
ground/ • .
Property loss will total $200,000,
it was estimated -this morning by ol-
•fictals-of the two concerns whose loss
mounted highest. +
~'tin one whs seriously hurt-In the ac-
cident, an ..extensive checkup revealed
todgy.
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Both Houses Pass Depart-
mental Money
Measure
COLONS HARD'AT WORK
" Claims and Accounts-3ill
Okehed in House
Today
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AUSTIN, July -16. (INS)—The “Texas
state Legislature neared the comple-
tion of work at the present special
session today with the passage in both
houseidf tin departmental appropria-
tion bill. The measure totals $10,-
432,883 and in $409,000 less than the
free conference report at the second
called session, which the governor ve-
Skip Brings Body
of Polish Airman
to City of Horta
Jdajor Kubala, Critically Injur-
ed, Accompanies Remains
of Comrade
HORTA. Azores, July 1$. (IMS)—The
body of the Intrepid Polish. airman,
Major Ludwig Idzlkowskt, who was
kilted In the crash of his trans-Atlan-
tic plane, Marshal Pilsudskl, Saturday
night, arrived here today aboard tha
Polish sloop Iskra,
i i.
ook a tremendous
propertT-
The affected area hat* -been. terror-
ized for three days by incessant light-
ning, clqudbursts and subterranean
'rumblings^ * ^ i
The death toll was placed in the
dispatch today at 425.
Details ol^the disastrous happenings
revealed the terrible circumstances tn
TUB
spread damage c.aused ^y the lpferno-
like condition over a wide area.
The dispatch today stated that the
death toll was mounting steadily w*th.i VALLEY CJXY SMALLEST
no signs of cessation on the part of”
erally predicted this morning. - „
More interest’ was expected *to be
taken in the vote, on the amendment
concerning the-governor’s salary than
in the other, if voted affirmatively,
the amendment would hot go Into
effect until the next term of office
begins, thus giving Dan Moody, pre-
sent governor, no increased compen-
I. OH DON, July 16 (IMS)—King GeCrge
V passed a favorable night and his
g^ieral condition was entirely satis-
factory ’ following an operation made
Monday to expedite the healing of an
abce^s ip his right chest, statements
made by attending physicians this
morning indicated.
The British ruler rested well all
-
Slogan Copyright
Opposed in Valley
Cbamber Executives Ask Pat-
ent Office Not to Grant
Patent Requests
'* Valley Chamber of Commerce exe-
cutives’ attention has been called to
the fact that a San Antonio printing
company hi seeking To obtain a eopy-
right 'on a slogan used foi; commer
ctal advertising purposes Which deals
with Valley grapefruit, according to
Whit Rogers. McAllen chamber sec-
retary.
It is understood that the Maveriok-
Clarke Lithographing Co.-is seeking
to have the United States patent of-
fice at Washington copyright for the
*
company a slogan worded along the
order of “Eat Rio Grande Valley
Grapefruit”.or words to that” effect.
Chaniber officials, it was sa Id here
today,'have wr^n or will wrlteTTel-
tefs to the patent office requesting
that the copyright nott be granted, due
to the fact that such a Valley slogan
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HOSTILE SHOWS
IN STREETS ARE
MADE BY MANY
Move Spreads
Soviet Groups
Today
COMMUNISTS PARADE
Anti-Chinese Demonstratita
• Made at Moscow
Legation
MOSCOW, July 16. (D8) —
War fever today was spreading
like wildfire ^throughout Rus-
sia.
Thousands of laborers
office employes,- headed by
brass bands, made anothev^T
anti-Chinese demonstration on'
the streets of Moscow tbia
afternoon.
The demonstration followed-
an earlier hostile display ^y
young uniformed communists
before the Chinese legation
here, in which officials of
China on diplomatic business to
Russia are housed:
No word was made public
concerning the threatened war
with China at Soviet
ters this afternoon.
^ WASHINGTON. July IS. (IMS^-TS* •
situation is tense, but I cna scnfesijr
iieiieve that it will eventuate In W,"
Senator King of Utah said
in summing up the RusaIa»Okifnaa
controversy which arose over the* sei-
zure by Chinese officials of ths Sea
Rian-owned. Chinese Eastern Rail Way.
King, a student of interaatlsasl af-
fairs, has given considerable i
to conditions in the Y*r Bsslaat-^ps
spent nearly-a year in Rudsla, study-
ing conditions of that nation.
He has reiterated hie belief
war will be averted.
Houston Airmen
Taking Crack at
World Hop Mark
G. L, Loomis, Jo«cG1m$ Aiofl
in Billion Dollar City
Today
sure, on
briattng.
a- ropyrtRlit.
era whose losses mounted high dur-
ing several slasons of infestation of
both crops /and airinials.
nighty it was learned, and no cause
for'eoneem is now apparent- The lm
clsion was made while the kihg lay
on hip bed at Windsor castle, near
London. - . v
HOUSTON; - July 16. (IMS)—TeznM-
today had well under way
ond attempt within as many
to 'shatter the worid’a endurance to-
fueling flight racord
one. ' '*
The record established by Rag Rob-
bjfls and James KeUar jrhen they Hms
HfvTtFtwt^nsTre today waa aloft‘In
use to Valley crtnrernrt and should not fwvutempt^"to regain the world'a title
for Xexas. . t >
The Billion Dollar City,
O. L. Loomis and Joe
hfrdmen, had been
-hours at. 8 o'clock this
attempt to set a new mark
ued flight. ' '
A successful refueling was mad* la-
day The first operation of thia kind
be copyrighted by any .firm.fi
merdial purposes. ’
Credit Bureaus
/•Meet Postponed
Valley A^anciatinn
cDtives
cm
would win at
measures
the
polls
nvo
the state.
the elements. *• •-
Work- on New $50,000 V
Canning Factory Begun
SAN PERLITA, July 1«., (Sp)—
Work vm San Perllta’s new 950,000
canning factory was begun this weak
when officials of an Austin brokerage
company arrived bare, accompanied)
by San. Perilta Development Gompany
officials. Order to Mgln
work was mada by them.
building
TOWN IN WORLD WITH
PAVED STREETS, IS CLAIM
“The smallest town in the world
with paved streets” is the -title claim-
ed by Sap Perlita, new Valley set-
tlement,' following signing of a con-
tract between the Sap , Perl IU Devel-
opment company and the McElwrath
Construction company for paving a
buslnsss black M0 faat long.
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4B _ —KL.*-
Who Place Body on Rail Tracks
Where Alin, Legs Are Severed
DALLAS, July 10. (IMS)—After toll-
ing policy of the fiendish work of as-
sailants who sluggsd him on the head
and left J)(m on a railroad track In
front or ah upcoming train, which
badly mangle^ him, John O’Keefe, SB,
Hutchins, Texas, cltisen, died atTRofr.
pital here today. '
He was unabte to give police suffi-
cient Information in order that they
might identify his
O’Keefe’s legs and his left arm were
by the train. He waa in an
hopeless condition when he
was brought to a hospital here.
He was discovered' tying on the
tracks by a bpggaga crew of an inter-
urban train w hich'was using the rail-
road tracks on a abort run to Denton
from Dallas. -ijr*-- ----
He lived bat’d abort time after betas
The regular monthly meeting, of the
Valley Credit Bureaus ’ association,
scheduled to have been held tonight,
has been postponed until next week,
according to communications between
Mary A. Combs, secretary of the Mc-
Allen Resell ^Merchants association,
and. Mrs. W. C. Gilbert of Raymond-
vllle, president of the credit bureaus
Announcement of. the date 'for the
session nex(, week will ha made later
this week, it was indlCdtBd ; Conflict
lag dates wan given at the chief rea
aon for postponement of
The refueling ship is hMpw rrmnasd
by Lieutenant Earl Sbowalter and A.
H. Billstron.
Test Flyers
Up 78 Hours
ST LOWS, July 1$..
Louis Robin. Curtiss-Robin i
now on a refueling flight to taat ft
nes air-cooled engine, had haaa la tha
air nearly 7$ hours at « o’clock thia
ttiqrnlng.
The plane la powered with hat a
the meeting sing is motor, a aaw
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