McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 94, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 8, 1928 Page: 1 of 10
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McALLEN DAILY PRESS. THE FASTEST GROWING NEWSPAPER IN THE VALLEY .
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“THERE’S NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS”
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McALLEN, TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1928
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TOKIO, April 7.—Grave fears
felt today for the safety of the Prince
liner “Asiatic Prince” in the service
between New York and Yokohoma.
now a week overdue at the Jatter port.
The Bllerman liner "City of East
bourne” reported Svhen it arrived here
i that it picked up an S. O. S. call from
; the Prince liner March twenty fourth
1 in the midst of a terrific storm off
Honolulu but that it was unable to
locate the ship owing to the severity
ot the storm.
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Kansas at the morning observation, I Mission
an<T moderately heavy rains occurred San Benito
also in the southeastern states with-
in the last 24 hours. —-;-------
• W. J. Schnurbusch, meteorologist.
Dean
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men and others, present listened to the
most' beautiful tribute* to the Valley
ifiat ;1«rs etbr been duUvered in the
' Valley by a visitor. His tatk on JEVur-,
. naltem was, both intertaHiing und ii-
structlve, tilled wth humor* and ferae
■ vity. Dean Williams 'after spending
ultra
morning tor Brownsville and the .low-
’ .er part of 4)»e ViiMey. He will after-
wards ■leavut'fbc ' Sun Antonio and
other cities Tn Texas «hgt ha will
, ‘ address newspaper men and gather-
tn|n rf >41*gnnriaaa..
The Dean declares tffat he is going
' to return to the Valley iu airoftt a
year aud-’at that tlmp will bring Ills
. ‘ wife. -He also'deciares J hkt it is his
“ intention to spend a part of each year
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. ■ The' entertainment of the Dean
wab an all day's program.. Which cul-
minated'last night in the above ban-
quet at the" Casa de Palmas. A
basket picnic was spread at the High
School grounds where former , Mis-
I . sourtans renewed, acquaintances. A
fine hour was also spent in the High
School Auditorium, where a fine talk
by the renowned journalist was made,
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the meeting was the presence of Mrs.
H. C. Groom and daughter Mary Jane
‘ Groom, formerly of Lexington, Mis-
souri. Mrs. Groom claims the distinc-
tion of owning the oldest land grant
dollars
demoiselle Mlller-Verfly; f^manian
poetess and literary collaborator of
Queen Marie as damagesHkir injuries
sustained in a mptoi* accident nearly
six yea.rs ago. . - «
Mddemoisell^ Miller-Verfly l||s be-
jeome nearly blind and unable to eon-
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NEW FURNITURE FOR
H. S. HOME MAKERS
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. The furniture for 'the dining room
ot the Home Economics Department
In the new High School building has
recently arrived. The suite is of
walnut and consists of a table, alxjpAtof hit time to acquire the da to,
chairs and a buffet. The department
has also been supplied wUh new
linens.
b Goya^ Masterpiece;
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PARIS, April 7.- Wjiat to aow be-
lieved t<f be a Goya watorpJtoe
was . discovered, four years ago
jrion worked out plans for the Legion national convention in the Alamo City October
12 and for side trips to the Mexican Border following the convention.
Barton is shown in the upper group, second fro nileft, laying out the route for the great
Legion parade, which with its 100 bands ana drum corps, its massed flags and its marching
hosts is the most~memorable event of a Legion national gathering. He ils seen on top of
the Milam Building at San Antonio, with, left' left to'right, Philip B. Stapp, general conven-
58- tion director; Frank E Samuel, assistant to the national adjutant; Mrs. Barton and Mrs. Wal-
82 ton D. Hood, executive chairman for the Legjon Auxiliary convention. ''
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b;,;.. invitation for the Legion to visit tjie cities^along the Rio Grande. Trips to Browns-
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Fair and considerably, cooler, tonight1 - pj.’L RIO, April' 7..—Border patrol inht‘^?W^btts<'d In tfijstouffi'
and Sujjday. Mbtfprate to fresh north ' m’f jce.rs Sehzed six huhdreef-quarts\pf To'Vn' Hall. Many tit the villagers
'^To’iuh® an4’,"Oognac^ln. a raid hWe no<\ sjlclu* when 'some'very' bright
today and are holding two Mexicans, youngster^ TecUeg tlic^ poem *of the
It Is the largest hauE made here In Smithy and the strength pf his arms,
years ' I Nornaan Canedy.'village sriWthy,
' who plled hts trade tjcneath a spread
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State ■ Bailee of selling moonshine
(jeond, the height of the river at <.as BtronK as'Iron bands.” »He was
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Strawberries At $6.50
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.00 IXJNDON, April 7—Strawberries-
.00 out of season and costing about |6,50
.00 per portion- were hmong the delica-
.00 cles served to the King, and Queen
>_of Afghanistan during their recent
M’HIGH WINS SECOND PLACE AT KINGSVILLE
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This report as of Saturday, there
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DAY ENDS WITH BANQUET AND TALK TO
NEWSPAPER MEN OF THE VALLEY I
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iu the state of Missouri. She declares |
that her family has held a parcel of|
land near Lexington since 1835, and j
that the grant was signed by Presi |
dent Andrew Jackson himstlf. The;
daughter represents the fifth genera-!
ration.
Mrs. Groom also claims lineage from
warriors who participated in every
war that the United States has ever
fought, going back even before the;
nation was formed to 1753.
Mayor Frank B. Freeland welcomed j
the gathering in the High School audi-
torium this afternoon, following the1
basket lunch on the lawn in front of
the Faculty Club, “lie confessed dis-!
appointment in th® slight turn out of;
members of the society declaring that.
he was convinced, that there must be
25,000 Missourians in the Valley.
Mr. Stockton Fountain, graduate ot
the’ University of Missouri of the[
Journalism and friend of Dean Wil-j
Hams, acted, as toastmaster at the;
afternoon meeting, also. ‘ , j.
Miss Virginia Hale, daughter of the ,
late Judge Hale, of Cameron County J
Missouri, accompanied Bon Walker |
who sang. . - ;
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lowa^r Michigan this morning, attend-'. 8:00 a.,m. today: the third, changes tried,' convicted' and
'* » w*"*« siucp vesterday: the fourth, amohnt Of ohAnra
~ Tor less precipitation thrOiighdnt • the areclpltatinn th vac-dei* "" ' ' ' ™
region of the Great Lakes and the11' ----- !
Ohio Valley. Rat^r high barometric
pressure prevailed throughout the
great Northwest this morning, attend
e<L by generally ^fair and rather cold
for the season. It was snowing in
the Te.^is Panhandle and western
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has-put their value at ten thousand flier, and ntjted throughout the. world: /
— - - • ’—'one 6f the iqost akfiful pf tbe air
men, hai been'retained by the United
Sates Rubber fofopany as a’consul-
tant in the dpvelopement of “airplane ,
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Tbc - Company has embarked on an Wa8 ul8foVere<i, roar years ago
airplane tire program which has fpr by Ara^rlcan re.ldeBt « <-
. its object the development of airplane a duaty antique-shop on the I rift
j ilrep. constructed on the n^ost scion- - —
' tlfip^lnes and aq active sal« effort
tion on the market.
Joseph A, Faucher, another well
known flyer, has been appointed
Manager of Airplane Tire Sates.
Mr. Chamberlin's first active work
, 4 will be the use of V, 8. Airplane Tires __
on the long tour about the UniJed and inspected it, finding that the
Saes he is now making. This tour
will take him to every State in the
Union. He will devote a considerable
(The first column of number's shows
temperature registered at 8 a. m. to-
(day; second column shows lowest last
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pleasure of studying
under Dean 1
a short jup|irvwi*z«.w .«»«. j
further introducing the guest of hon-' , . •*
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‘i being none issued Sunday.
NVilliams.was xat this lime call- Amartllo. snowing
tfte Vail y newspaper BROWNSVILLE clear 63
Chicago, raiding
Dallas? jrldy. ,
Deaver, pt. cjdy
Miami, cljlt
New..Orleans,’clear
New York.lcle.'ft-
Si, Louis,' clpuhy
McAllen High School won second
place in the district music meet held
at Kingsville Friday and Saturday
under the auspices of the Music De-
partment of_the South Texas State
Teachers’ College, of Kingsville. Mr.
A. H Engle, of the Teachers’ College,
is director of the meet. In the indi-
vidual contests, Miss Hester Leavell
and Tom Overstreet placed first in
the violin and boys’ voice contests,
respectively. Mr. E. G. Villen, prin
cipal of McAllen High School, accom
panied the McHigh entrants to the
meet, and he is also director of the
McAllen High (School Orchestra.
McHigh tied for first place with Har-
lingen in the girls’. glee chib contest,
and won four second places. The
allround championship was won by
Harlingen with a total of 80 points,
McAllen taking second place with a
total of 66 points.
Hundreds of entrants from the
southern part of Texas participated
n the meet, more-than fifty enter-
ir,- from McAllen alone.
Cecil Overstreet won second place
with his tuba in the brass band divi-.
sion, the boys’ xiee clpb, tinder
direction of Prof. WiM N. Payne, won
second place, the McHigh orchestra
won second place In the orchestra
division, and when all points were
tabulated, McAllen High School held
second place in allround champion-
ship rating.
Mr. Villers stated to the PRESS
last night that all McAllen entrants
performed in a most creditable man-
ner, and that the school was well re-
presented.
Most of th© McAllen entrants re-
turned to this city last night, leav-
ing Kingsville immediately after the
tabulations of pointe were made
known.
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Weather Bureau,
All Obesrvatidns Taken at 8 a.
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In the lower Kroup. Barton (second from* the left) is receiving from a group of Mexican
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“There are a few places in the world
that the tourist is not disappointed in
when he wees them, says Dean Wal-
ter Wil) ams, “and these are Mount
Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of
Japan, the sunrise at Darjilim, in the
Himalayas, the view at Nizhni Nov-
gorod, in Russia. Sydndy Harbor,
where it s ems that some great hand
has scattered islands as tiny green
emeralds, he famous Taj Mahal, in
India, perfect poem by moonlight
and the scene ot the National Capitol
in the evening as the lights come on,
represents the greatness and
America," conjinued
“1 think that I may safely say
of wonderful and
pleading Hights which never disap-
point the traveller,’ may be added the
Magic Rio Grande Valley”, he conclud-
ed. ,
Valley newspaper men and former
students of the University of Missouri,
together with people who are from
Missouri, participated in a welcome
banquet which was spread at tfae Casa
De Palmas Hotel last evening. They
gathered in honor of Dean Walter
Williams, dean ot Journalism of the
University of Missouri, President of
the World Press Association, former
president of the American Press As-
sociation and founder, of modern
journalism.
After the banquet at the famous
round table, Mr. Stockton Fountain,,1
who is a graduate ot the University of |
Missouri and personal triend of Dean;
Williams, acted as toast master and I
delivered a very fine introductory
talk, calling on Miss Barbara Payne
of Brownsville, on the Brownsville
Herald. Miss Payne had the dis-
tinction and 1
. ’ journalism
She made
Williams nlttht. and third column shows hlgh-
jmpromptu talk,|««t temperature registered yesterday).
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LOCAL FIRM REPORTS
BIG BUSINESS
The Maytag Shop, ^located in the
Barclay Building on 16th and Main
. Streets, one of McAllen’s ne w busi-
ness firms, being only , seven weeks old
reports a wonderful business on the
famous Maytag Aluminupi Washer, as
they expect to unload their third com-
plete carload of machines Wednesday
of this week according to an announce
ment made, yesterday.
All of these machines have been dis-
posed of to Valley buyers, and accord-
ing to reports their Multi-Motor ma-
chine has found great favor with the
farmer who has no electricity avail-
able.
The sales of the local store are con
siderably better than those of similar
located in all the principal
cities of Texas, which reflects the;
genera] prosperity of this part of
Texas an official said.
At the present time this firm em-
ployes six salesmen and expects to
double its employees shortly, McAllen
hfcause ot its .“importance as a strate-
.glc center" wasz fayored with the
estaMishmeftt ot the Valley headquar
• ters of this National firmf
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CLARENCE-D.'CHAMERLIN, <7au8tin. April 7 The cMh bal-' > ’
——“ — — —— — - ance in the 'State Treasury April lat'
J*ito $26,811,195 .the largest in ♦ the
[State’s history. Treasurer W. Gregory
J Hatcher announced todav» This sum was granted to Ma- *8
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McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 94, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 8, 1928, newspaper, April 8, 1928; McAllen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284468/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McAllen Public Library.