McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 302, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 9, 1928 Page: 1 of 16
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King George Still
Suffering Strong
Attack Of Fever
Monarch’s Temperature
Is Still Above Normal
International News Service
LONDON, Eng., Dec. 8.—Through-
out the entire day, King Georgie suf-
temporary quarters at
camp.
The bodies will be shipped to Troy
Alabama, Sunday night, • at the re-
quest of relatives, it was stated at the
mortuary.
followers” and is massing his forces '4
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Christmas Liquor
Adams Admits He
Saw Check of Bet
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SAYS SMUGGLING OF
NARCOTICS CONTINUES
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Dee. I.—
A political crisis involving a strag-
gle between Provisl
The McAllen High School Bulldogs
lost the Valley high ’ school football
championship to the Broiwpsville
Eagles Friday by a score of 27 to 0.
It * is unfortunate that rain should
have marred the game, because thou-
sands of Valley fans were anxious
io know just what the well-nigh im-
pregnable Eagle line would have done
under the vicious aerial attack the
Bulldogs boast on a dry field.
Hoover,Landing,
Hears Of Battle
h&s seen since 1923.
Hudson.
of
Main,
C. D. Weeks Is charged with vio-
lating the liquor law in connection
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Bulldogs Falter
Before Eagles
To Lose 27 to O
Three Killed, 5
Injured In Port
Arthur Oil Blast
International News Service
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Dec, 8.—The
____1.1 federation of labor of Mexico was
ward, and from the opening whistle * hiegthened today by the announce-
ment from the labor party’s head-
quarters that a proclamation Mil be ,
throughout theeeunWto ffleiS-
ta readiness "far a rise to a
to arms.**
The labor unions
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This information was obtained from
the niorning bulletin posted this
morning at 11:30 by the royal .physi-
cians.
International News Service
LONDON, England., Dec. 8.—Al-
though King George had a prolong-
ed. and restful sleep last nigtit, his
temperature was above normal today
WKing to the lung infection with
which he has been bothered for the
past three days.
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The Queen Theatre is being remod-
eled and will be one of the most mod-
ern playhouses in the Upper Valley
when completed. The lobby will be
finished in such a manner as to re-
mind one of the larger city theatres.
A balcony will be added.
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trial of Judge Augustus McCloskey,
charged with alleged election irregul-
arities in connection with his contest
with Congressman Harry Wurzbach,
Republican, for the election to the
United States Congress from the 14th
congressional district, was today set
for January 7 by the county court of
Bexar County.
The trials of McCloekey's secret-
ary, Charles Ramirez, -and
Warnette, city employe,
set for the same time.
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McAllen’s network of new paved
roads are rapidly being completed,
and compliments are heard on every
aide from tourists and others who are
in the Valley for the first time on the
efforts the Metropolis of the Upper
ValW makes to keep one jump ahead
in Progress.
and Parks Perry
soon complete the work
new traffic lights along Main, in ! tion bet dispute,
which he is being aided by City Ins-
pection Engineer V. J Eckelkamp.
The new lights are a decided Improve-
ment. over the' big turning posts which
formerly were, located tn the center
of each corner in, the downtown busi-
ness section.
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rlous wounds. The killing of
two hoM-up men was attributed by
authorities to the unerring accuracy
sisting him tonight, although a most
favorable report was issued on the
sovereign’s condition this morning. *
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the smuggling of "
Tbs Valley lost five new residents
a,t one blow Saturday when a -family
of five' buntons Was found dead In a
' tourist camp in Edinburg. Lumber
had been ordered for their new hams,
and they were preparing to help
build and boost their new -land when
the' Grim Reaped gathered them to
Hiaunlf.
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Whatxhe rcaU to arms” may prhm—j
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call a nahon-wide strike qf the work-
ing classes and the labor union. .
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Facing, aa he does, a most serious !
crisis but a few days after bls Inau-
guration as provisional leader o< the
government, Portes Gil Is said to he,*:
making ready for action in case an
outbreak or strike occurs.
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.WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. —
Efforts to curb t—---_---
narcotic drugs into the United States
this year have proven futile. Prohibi-
tion Commissioner J. M. Doran an-
nounced in, his annual report here
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Roy -O. West, secretary of commerce
-by repeat appointment by President
the senate public lands committee
relative to his knowledge of the r*
newal of the Salt Creek oil lands and
government contracts, the commit-
tee decided today.
Hubert Work, former secretary of
the Interior, Ernest Patterson, solicit-
or for the department, William j.
Donovan, assistant attorney general,
and Senator Capper, of Kansas, also
will be quizzed, It was learned.
Ruling England In King George s Stead
While King George lays desperately ill, these members of the royal
family and high national leaders were constituted acetate council to1
administer the affairs of the throne. Above, left to right: Prince
of Wales, Queen Mary and Duke of York; below, Lord Chancellor
Hailsham, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Premier Stanley Bald-
win.—international Newsreel Photo.
ADAMS CASE JURY
TO OPEN MONDAY
season I,
ty, fell ’before the mfghly. onslaughts
of ttye(powerful, battering machine thlait
Coheh Douglas Fessenden has prom-
ulgated at Brownsville high school,
and lost their last chance at the Val-
t ley high school grid championship
when the Eagles of Cameron County
won a ; game In the -mud on the
Browmeville field Friday afternoon by
a wore-of 2? to i). |
International News Service
PORT ARTHUR, Tex., Dec. 8. —
Three men were killed and five in-
jured in an explosion on the Gulf-
Lander, an oil tanker of the Gulf Re-
fining Company here today. The ex-
plosion was plainly audible fdr miles
around.
The dead are: . ’
R. SEANDE,
A. H. WAKASCH,
FRED DfCHLEI.
The five men Injured by the ter-
rific blast are <Benjamin Roderick,
Thomas Milton, Ernest Dignana, Tho-
mas Milton Jr., and William Hart.
None of the five were injured
either fatally or very seriously. They
•were struck by flying objects hurled
into1 the at/* by the explosion.
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Fight Looms In-
Mexican Crisis
ation of President-elect Alvaro Obre-
gon, and although he was supiposed
to have Ued from the country when
public sentiment was at its height.
Today for the first time “The City
of Palms” makes its appearance as
a parts of the McALLEN DAILY
PRESS. Its efforts will be construc-
tive. and Its space, we hope, worth-
while.
, iuc m»w« mmivuw — - - under the
■ leadership of Luis Morones. former
secretary of industry, commence and
labor, who to a candidate for the
presidency in next year’s election. It
* was he who believed to have, been
! active in bringing about the assassln-
L—V. Ray
Adams, on trial here for the murder
of Orville Mathews in connection
with a slaying here following an
election bet dispute, admitted under
cross-exemination today that he salwi
the cancelled cashier's check that
was put up for the amount of the
wager on the Friday preceding the
killing..
The check was signed by a mysteri-
ous Clyde Vest, who has figured
the case.
McCloskey Trial
Date Set Today
Wales Arrives At
Cairo, Egypt, Port
International News Service
CAIRO, Egypt., Dec. 8.—The Prin-
ce of Wales arrived here this morn-
•ing after an overnight trip from Suez.
He is enroute to London and the
bedside of his father, King George
V., who is suffering from an infec-
tion of the right lung following a
severe cold contracted over two weeks
ago.
Arriving here today aboard the Elng-
lisfh ship Enterprise, Prtnce Edward
completed a 2% day trip from Adeno,
on the east coast of Africa. . From
Qalro. he Iwjill proceed to 'Brindisi,
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International News Service
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Dec. 8.—A
large quantity of Christmas liquor, in-,
eluding 93 quarts of bonded
and 20 gallons of grain alcohol, were
seized tn a dry raid here today by
federal prohibition agents.
of their new house, and had obtained
The round of holiday functions are
again assuming jhe spotlight for the
present, and twtith them comes the
realization of another year that is
almost past. The Valley has seen a
continued development during the
past year, which no doubt will be
accentuated during 1929.
today.
, The deud bandlta are Otto Price,
ed in the skirmish were Lieutenant >
Roy Pbpe and —.'2.. 1...
Fletcher.
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Press Sport Editor. 1 team turned towards tliem. Three pas-
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Dec. 8.— aes were completed during the fray,
Playing before the most brilliantly Riving virtual proof to the sogginesa
, ... ..... ...__i H of tlje field and the terrible condi-
functloning high school tootball team
> .tlons under whAcb the mre was play-
that the’Lower Rio Grande Valley | wlth th?lr
most .baffling- offen-
h$s seen since 1923, tjia tyc/Ulen ; taken from them, |he Bulldogs
high -Khool Bulldbgs, .uittraten this cnij not withstand the fleet runs —
and champe of Hidalgo Court- of the backs, and the game wks
won by the homb boys long before
the third quarter was ended.
Nevrt- before did McAllen fandom
witness such team play or suqh> heady
maneuverings as the attack of the ,
Brownies brought . forth. Newman,
Wellet, Perez and Barnhart formed
the most destructive set of backs that
Valley football has known In decades.
Nothing could hold them. They
line that the [ *ere often stopped, by Jfcg Plucky
defensive time only. They were headed, goal-
rwara wail ward, and from the opening whistle
bulwark of they kepfcAip a steady tramp, tramsx |
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Palm I through
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Last year’s production wss 12k.55O.-, of their school, they were stopped and | CB^‘°
:000 bales. The increased production entirely. Professor Jupiter Pluvius &very r#gnUr gtartlnr
Both of the policemen were tot this year was due to a wider plant' broke up the ’Dog earial attack and Hne_up piwe<i thelr hearts out to
in the hand and did not suffer no- mg in the Southern states of the O’Brynn, Monsees. Burns, Crowe, Oor-. .. ’ . r__ OUarter-
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CORPUS CHRISTI — Now Grande living the proteges of Mentor Dykes
T^eatrr on Leopard Street opened. helpless before the bamming, biffing,
day, December 18, the Edition this
year comes off the press earlier, to
meet the needs of the advertisers ,
who desired to have their stocks pre-
sented to the many readers of THE
PRESS through its advertising col-
umns earlier than in previous years.
International News Service
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, Dec. 8.—
Just as the U. S. S. Maryland, with
the Hoover American goodwill party
aboard, was coming to anchor off the
harbor at pis clfy, startling news
was received concerning* an out-
break that had just taken place.
The report stated that 29 Bolivian
soldiers had been killed In a fight
with Paraguayan troops in a territory
situated bettwteen the two countries.
The general outcome ttf the battle
was not known. - s ..
Two Bandits Shot,
Killed In Gunfight
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bandits worn shot and killed and two, CKUr to I IMA 1 tD A1
officers ot thls city, were wpunded In11 .... RALK&
Much work in the realm of city
beautification'is being done under the y.
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EDINBURG, Tex., Dec. 8.—Mr. and Mrs. Lonza Boutwell,
ages about 35 and 32, respectively, of Troy, Alabama, and their
three children, Helen, », Gerald, 7, and Doris, 5, were found
dead in a house in the Redwing Tourist Camp in Edinburg
about 11:5O a. m. Saturday by Mr. Montgomery, owner of the
camp, and Mr. Caulley.
It is believed that the cause Of the^--------------------------- '
deaths was asphyxiation, as it was
stated that a gas stove was found
burning in the room, and all openings
closed. The room had attained an
nnumially high heat, it was Stated.
The Boutwells had been in the Val-
ley for about ten days, having pur-
chased land near Edinburg, on which
they intended building a home, ac-
cording to information obtained at
the Edinburg Funeral Home, where
the bodies were taken. They had
ordered lumber for the construction
International News Service
DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 8 —The defense
, rested its case today in the trial of
Ray Adams, Bartlett farmer
direction of Superintendent ot Streets ' charged 'Wilth murdvr in connection
He will ( with the slaying of- Orville Mathews
placing here in September following an elec-
dn. in I H/tn rfianiit*.
The court has recessed over the
weekend. Clyde Vest, mystery man
tn the case to whom It was stated
the bet money had been paid, sfflT fered from a fever which U still per-
remained unidentified, althqugh of-
ft< lais are making an effort- to dis-
cover his whereabouts.
Adams said that Mathews broke
an agreement In paying Vest the
money supposed to have been "put
up” in the bet.
The bulletin posted late tonight
stated that the king had passed a
“quiet day." «
dogs were placed on the
from start to finish. A forward Wall
WASHINGTON, D. G . Dra. 8.—The (hat proved to be a 1
ptted Stotoe wUl have a cotton cropstrength both. Ph the offensive and, trtuqp, until
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partment of agriculture announced Dykesmen, and although thle I —
Detective Herbert' Herm today. . j City boys gnve^th'lr all to the glory
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