McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 215, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 27, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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McALLEN, TEXAS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1929.,
WAR DEATHS NUMBER 600 IN JEW-ARAB RIOTING
rill Furnish Fuel for Zei
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The large tank ear seen below contains 500,000 cubic feet of helium
gas that is to be used by Graf Zeppelin when j»he lands at Lakehurst,
N. J., to complete round the world flight and then begin her fifth
trans-Atlantic crossing; The gas is produced in Texas and shipped
direct to Lakehurst, naval air base, and Langley Field, Newport
News, Va., army air center.—I. f. N. Photo
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EDIXBl’RO REVIEW lias begun <i
very worthwhite editorial column
—one irhirh should be watched by
other Valley newspapers ujith
match interest. .The column is
headed Ibusly: "Down With The
Knocker." At'F. Parker, veteran
Valley real estate dealer of. I,a
Ecrla, told officials and. directors
of Valley chambers of commerce
recently that. "Knockers are driv-
ing people away from the Valley
faster than they can be brought
in." He, suggested that Valley
newspapers begin IV campaign to
educate residents of the Valley to
the opportunities and to suppress
the habit of knocking which, he
stated, lists haring a serious effect
on newcomers' in this section. ’
There is no reason why this hahit
should be allowed to exist, and it
is logical to suppose that if certain
persons make a business of this
detrimental talk, results of such
unfavorable jrropaganda, will be
seen in decreased tourists to the
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REM EM HER THIR: if you knock
the _Valley, its dpor of opportunity
trill forever remain closed to you.
Think before you knock!
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VALLEY CITRVR CENRVH has just
been made public by the^off,ice of
iV thc^ United Stops ' Department of
Agriculture located, at Harlingen-
0 Valley 'now has a total of
$,118,981 citrus trees growing in
\ ffaoTpn:"^TtmVlirn and Willacy
counties. .Of this number. Hiaal-
gg county has a^total of 3.271.7J3
trees set out and growing, a# com-
pared with 1.778.113 in. Cameron
I 89,155 in WflTary court
Big Saving Made
by Helium Plant
in Texas, Report
Gas Now Produced for $20 per
Thousand Cubic Feet '
Near Ft. Worth
AMARILLO, Aug. 27 (INS)-When
production costs are coirputed It is
believed that the helium produced by
tlie neve government plant at Soncy,
near! here, will lie "xOitUin the’previous-
ly estimated costs of $20 per thousand
cubic feet of helium. Authorities state
that helium has never been- produc-
ed at such a low figure before, point-
ing out that the cost of production at
Fort Worth plant in 1926 averaged
approximately $34 per thousand cubic
beet. Comparing the two costs a sav-
ing of about $36,000 is effected in the
filling of the - dirigible Los Angeles
alone
The new plant is regularly ship-
ping helium to the naval base at Like-
hurst, N J., and Langley Field, New-
port New’s, Va., the army air baie.
The gas is .shitped in specially con-
structed tank cars.
.Rome idea nf the saving effected in
the production of helium since tTie
Lite wai» may be gained by comparing
the present lost of $20 per thousand
cubic feet to the cost of $2,000 per
cubic foot then. It will cost approxi-
mately $91,000 to fill one of the lar-
ger dirigibles now being constructed
by the navy at the present rate of $20
per thousand cubic feet. The cost at
•$2,000 per cubic foot, when helium
was secured, in rare/quantities and
tHore. as a curiostiy "Before the war,
would^of course, nwke the coeYs of
REPORTED LAST
ABOVE ARIZONA
SPEEDING EAST
-Crait Seen-Over Red Sockj
Near Tucson, This
Afternoon
IS BOUND FOR LAKEHURST
Final Leg of Rapid -Flight
Around Globe Is
Under Way
RED ROCK, Ariz:, Aug. 27, (INS> -
The Ciraf Zeppelin, flying at an altitude
of 1,000 feet, passed over this little
Arizona city at 9:53 a. m. mountain
time today, 12:53 p. in. Eastern Day-
light tim|e.
Red Rock is 33 miles west of Tucson
and is on a slightly southerly route
through the southwestern stfajtes which
is being followed by Commander Ecke-
ner on his last dash of the dirigible's
round the world flight from Lakehurst
to Lakehurst
Wisconsin Girl Missing; Found Dead
Inset below shows Mary "Kreszenski of Kenosha, Wis., who had
been missing from her home for three weeks and whose lifeless body
was found beside roadway jiear her home city. Betow is seen spot
where girl’s body was discovered. Police believe she was victim “of
chance escort.—;I. I. N. l^hoto. . •*
Hague Delegates TOLL MOI
Convene Today to ! AS TROOPS ARE
Break Deadlock .SENT TO SCENE
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27. (IMS)—'The
Graf Zepelin flew over Mohawk. Ari-
zona,, at 6:30 a ni.. today, mountain
time, and 7:30 Central Standard time,
according to wireless reports received
here from the giant craft.
Mohawk is 59 miles east of 'Yuma.
The dirigible was apparently following
the.course of the Gila river, wih'ich
flows past Yuma on an almost straight
westerly course from Phoenix. The
latter city was expected to be passed
late this morning
Representatives of Six Nations
______ Called into Session to--
TaHc Payments
Londen Newspaper Reports
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THE HAGUE, Aug 27 (INS)—A i
meeting of the six-power group in The!
Hague reparations and post-war pay-1
ments conference— England, France, j
Japan, Italy, Belgium and Germany—
was summoned for five o’clock this
afternoon in dn effort to break the [
conference deadlock, which hinges on I
the English demands for reparation
payments and tightened by that na-
tion’s refusal to'accept the other Al-
lies’ "final” proposals.
Philjip Snowdem. BritiRh chancellor
of the Exchecqtier. Whose persistent
demands have not yet mef his sayg-
ifaction, said that the meeting sched-
uled for this afternoon would give
delegates from the other five nations
involved In the dispute an opportunity
to "state.their cases to the world.”
— It is expected that this session will
settle finally the long-st,%ndlng dead-
lock that at times has threatened to
cause the utter collapse of the confer-
ence.
in hundreds
VILLAGES SaTd BURNED
Bedouin Tribesmen
Fighting in Sympat
With Moslems
LONDON, Aug 27. (INS)— The French
foreign office hete today announced
that OOP .Tews and Moslem* bar* baan
killed in i’ulest^e since lent Friday,
when fighting,betweefc those tWb ra-
liglous factions broke out with tar-
ions intensity. The report waa made
public according to advices received
from Paris which were printed tu Lon-
don evening newspapers this after-
noon.
Bedouin tribesmen have bead re-
ported increasingly active In the bant-
ing of villages in support of the wNw
which Arab Warriors are maklag
against Jews In the Holy land.
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FACULTY FOR McALLEN SCHOOLS
DURING COMING TERM OF WORK
HERE IS ANNOUNCED BY GREGORY
Non-Stop, Refuel
Transcontinenal
Flight is Begun
NEW YORK. Aug. 27. (INS)—TOc
Graf Zeppelin expects to leave Lake-
hurst for FYiedrichshafen, Germany,
four days after its arrival at the New
Jersey airport, according to telegraphic
advices received today from the Pa-
cific coast offices of the Hatnburg-
Xmeriean line. Which is handling book-
ings for passage on the zeppelin.
Number of passengers on the dirigi-
ble when it Returns to its home port
53 Instructors Signed for 1929-30; Only Tentative Assign
ments Are Made by Superintendent ; Schools
to Open September 1 1
Complete list of faculty members shortly before the date for opening
for McAllen public schools during the , of local schools, now scheduled for
1929-30 term of work were announced , Wednesday, September 11.
here today by Supt. John H. Gregory j . The list of faculty members, ac-
aft^r u~^e?ord smashing dash ar,h.Wr|*>»^ ^ “eetiug of the fording to> .chooto. is.asi folios:
* McAllen schools board of trustees Senior high school": Marv:
Monday night ,%» its offices in -the j ker, principal, Anna. C. Burtlesa, Mrs.
the globe is not expected to he very
large.
I.OS ANGELES, Aug. 27. (INS)—Un-
daunted after two narrow escapes from
possible disaster, the Graf Zeppelin
was'flying ^swiftly, and serenely over
Arizona, apr.roarhing New Mexico late
this morning. . T
The dirigible took oft at 12:16 a. m
this morning, 2:16 o'clock Central
Standard time, to complete the fourth
by Supt," Gregory but these are are
tentative at this time, he said. Per-
manent assignments will be made
such dirigibles-as are now in use TtTiW’ ifcttd final leg of ItiCelfochal' rottnd the __
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• . 9ID.' McAllen somes eighth in the,
list*of Valley cities and tommun-
-»* itiex with a.total of ’300,198 trees.
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THE CEKfWH SHOW* tluU the Val-
ley has planted 1,699,824 trees
sijtce the last census taken
July f, 1928. a total of 3,419,157
trees having been registered, at
that time. Grapefruit trees lead
'all other classes Of citrus with a
’ • total of 3/
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1,320,614, while otdier cttrics p*rmt-
ings reach 75,618. included in
■ “other citrns'' are the. following
rt’ — • classes: lemops, limes, kumquats.
’ mandarins, safsumas, tangerines,
• •’ • tangeloes and sour oranges. Of the
.total number of trees planted, their
ages ore as follows: planted dur-
ing 1928-29 season, 1,699,824; $927-
- 28 season, i;020,270; two -years old,
845,949; three years old, 463,441;
- four years old, 894,944; five years
or older, 712,358.
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. THIS CiTTiVS CEX8U8 is an excel-
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tinker construction absolutely prohib-
itive. ' If zxte* cares to exercise his
-arithmetic it will be dearly spparept
that, such’Is the ca«e whstwil-la con-
world flight from Lakehurst to Lake-
hurst.
After tv careful survey of-weather-
map? late last night. Commander' Ecke-
Harrison building. Fifty-three im Orpha Dougherty,' Victor Fields,
structors will begin work at the open- Maxine FYistoe, Bernice Hufstuttler,
ing of local schools. | R. F. Ogan, Gladys Sedwick, Newman
Assignments were also announced | Smith* Julia Taylor, D. D. 'Uzzell, .Mrs.
A. M. Weir, Terry Ferrell, Hulda Wal-
den, Elsie Edwards, W. N. Payne.
* Junior high school: J. W. Taylor,
principal, Elizabeth Alley, L. T. Callt-
cut. Gladys Cowan, Martha Dickey,
Victor Fields, Maxine Fristoe, Bernice
Huf^uttler, Maurice -Kidder, Eliza-
beth Pritchett A. M. Weir.*' T
Lihcofn-elethentary school: Gertrude
Lottise Ellis,
Fields,
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug 27. (INS)—
Roaring down the runway at the Oak-
land airport near this city to the pull-
of a 560-horsapowe^ motor the alrmiail
plane, “The Shuttle," hopped off at
8:33 a. m. today for its nonstop re-
fueling transcontinental rotmrt trtp
flight to New York to Oakland to New
York to Cleveland.
The plfttne Is piloted by Capt. Ira
Eaker, famous army aviator., and an
artniy captain, also a noffed birdman..
The flight will take the men to New
York and back to Oakland, thgnce to
New York again and return to Cleve-
T5”TJ5-1 land, where' the remaTh'Ief oT
flight will be spent in Boaring over
the municipal airport pa the national
air races take place.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 27. (INS)—With
more than 100 Jews and an undeter-
mined number of Arabs
ipd ial rioting' between Moslem
Hebrew religions faction*
unabated today even in tbe preeenee
of a large force of British troove, which
have l>egun Ineffectual attempts to
quell the disturbances.
The situation Is becoming more •
ions hourly as Moslem hordea are i
parently anafifected by the
of British'soldiers and are contlnatam
their attacks upon Jewish resident*
of viUtfaes surrounding Jeruealena
AithougJi several attacks have been
reported today in tho Holy City, five
situation In Jerusalem proper. Is said
to lie more or less under control. It
was also learned that the warfare pre-
vailing in scattered villagee| through
out Palentlne is presenting a
Itlsh authoritiee.
Depository Bids
Requested Here
Notice for bids for the city daro- i
tory for the. period beginning Shl'teth-
Board ConVenes to
Canvass Ballots in
Amendments Vote
'AUSTIN, Aug. 27. (INS)—The State
canvassing board met here Monday to
canvass the election, returns of th* two
efty of McAllen during the Irtdepsn- ^nstlkntlonal amendments, detsp^, of
To Mount Trophy
in McAllen Park
Materials to be used in the construc-
tion of an ornamental base tor the
German machine gun, presented to the
September Blanche
Brown, WiHte.Eargla,
Loijne Bl^qre, Mrs. Victor.
Football Season Opens Here as.
Embryo Squadmen Respond to '
- First Call of New Grid Mentor
McAllen high school's football sea-
son began Monday afternoon — two
and#one-half weeks before the sched-
opening of city schools-. *
Coach R. F. Ogpn, new athletic
mentor for this city during the coin-
ing term, met 14 embyro’ athletes who
responded to his first call of ^ the
1929 grid season yesterday tor their
first workout at high school athletic
park. Only short drills and prema,
ture training points were Indulged In
by the boys under the direction of
Mentor Ogan, familiarly known as
“Cowboy.”
Suits werg given to those who re-
ported for the first ^pmsctlce session
year in" ■pTeparnHon for the grind
.ahead. '
Those reporting were Captain
Eugene Cox, Burgess Stutzenhaker.’
Charles Modest, Frank AYlen, Roy Mc-
Camey, Fred Webb, Dick Turn%feJehn
Cavazos. SWtth,
Salvador Calife, Harold Earnest, Jim
Walsh and Charles Petersen. ’ Of this
group* Cox, Stutzenbaker. Modest, Al-
len, davazos, Earnest and Walsli are
lettermen oT 1928 and previous years.
Smftfi and Petersen are ••squadmen of
last year. McCamey, Webb and Call-
(e come i up after a year or more of-
service each 6n the Junior high school
team here. All were star player8 of
Greenwood,. Irene Haralson,
dence Day "celebrations here in July
by Loyal Service Post No. 37, Ameri-
can legion, have been moved to city
park and. work of building tlio base
•will begin-shortly, Jerry. Hudson, city-,
Soffit
-which havtfeJoip since been eonfcedX
t>y proponents of the amendments. Tha.
^|> amctulqtepts would have Incrtsssd
the number of members of the state
supome ('onrt from three to nine and •
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rvVhtchr .notice was made here today. •
.^.he sot iYe stipulates that, all bids
from banking cot^tofations, associa-
tions or individuals must be in -the
hands of (*fty Secretary G. C. So'iwell
at city hall on dr before 8 o'clock p.
m. September 16
Announcement of the site chosen
for* depository for the two-year period
will begin shortlyT Perry .Hudson, city
for snbmlttanoe of
Bess Jones,' principal, Ethel Myers,
primary supervisor, Mary Elsie Beas-
ley, Era Harper, Gnlda B. Mickle,
Winnie Owen. *•' *.
"Roosevelt elementary- School' .Miss
Zara Thigpen, principal; Mrs. BernlCh
^Bailey, Mildred Dodlllet, ClarayDolla-
hlte. Teletha Echols, R. H. Elder,
Mary E. Lane, Marie, Nordmeyer,
Mrs. F. P. Phillips, Mrs. A. T. Ray,
bide by mejnhers h-orralne Watson. • *
at the,city commission, it was learned, j Dther fAculty member^ employed by
Bond in the amount of $l,0no is.re- *he schools for'the coming term are
qutred of each bidder . Miss Hattie Lee Ellis, secretary. ahA.
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♦THE WEATHER .| A two-day institute for all Instruct-
HAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy with ors had been scheduled for Septem-
probabie showers. on west, coast and s and 10. This Institute, It was
near Rio Grande Vplley tonight and |sn*^’ wl’* serve as a short prepara-
Wednes<l,'iy; generally fair weather **°n term of work for the . facult:
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f/>r’Interior of" Valley; fair and con- vnemhers. Schools will open for
United warm
Wednesday
WEST TEXAS:
hehtral East Texas Rlstratlon of students the day follow-
ing, the close of'the institute.
Partly cloudy to- SivpL Gregory .win assume the duties
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Citrus Trees in Valley Number
-5,118,981 Survey Conducted by
Agriculture Department Shows
A Total of 5,118,981 citrus trees are
now, growing in the Ldwer Rio Gran-
de Valley of Texas, according to fig-
ures released late Monday^by United
States debarq^Jlellqws Mission, 873,919; Phi
flCesinHarlihgeii? TWr total h(; as of
July 1.F1929.
This figure represents a gain of
1,699,824; trees over the total for 1923;
wht$h showed that 8,419,157 trees had
beeYi planted up to July 1, 19^8.
Hidalgo county leads the other two
counties included ta this citrus cen-
sus with a total of 8,871,718 trees, a
gain of 1.149,771 trees over 1928.
night and Wednesday with scattered of chief school executive for .the first Cameron county is given second-place
and late In the afternoon the- squad that eleven last year.
had worked up its first “sweat” of the
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showers predicted for extreme West,,,me here when the schools,open. He
Talcott -and Teaes and southern portion •« Nertfc elected shortly afUr the dose of
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with a total eff 1.775J13, showing a
gain of 588,604 over the preceding
year. Willacy County brings up tfie
rear with a total of 69,188, a gain *C
22,549 over 1928. .
The various communltlea
out the Valley ate listed In order a*
hiirg. 859.906: Donna.
Feria, 51T.336; Harlingen,
Sau Benito, 503,294;
McAllen, 300,f98;
085; Mercedes, 231,207; and
vilie, 69,155; grand total, 5418J81.
Of the total number of tine*
dtcatlpg the preference of Vi
growers for this class of fnitt w!
has afforded the VaRey h mom
break with competition from
and CsliRu-jila than any other cl
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