The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 302, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 2, 1926 Page: 7 of 20
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»nd Pilot Ben Hudson hopped off from Fairbanks Alaska. April 10
for Point Barrow mid whose failure to reap|>eur or get word bark
to civilisation caused searching parties to start out 10 davs later.
The plane is taking off the tundras throwing ice and dirt into the
air Ia>wer photo shows Wilkins beside the plane "Alaskan" being
used by the Detroit expedition.
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GIVEN BLAME
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WHUTEMORE
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Prefer* Murder Trial
in Maryland; Can
‘Beat Case’
Hy Thy AtwiaM Fry**.)
MM YtlKK N. Y. May
In iz.* i.' ruiitra-t to hi* *avagr.
Marling nit Iron* thy ray on his
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. rs the benefit to the country could
but be estimated.
- Powerful for*e# are attempting
to destroy the coami- ..on and it
. -al ! be b*-*t« r to destroy the whole
commit on rather th n let it.* d<*gra-
at*«m continue.” h- a.J. "I’nder
President • oolidye this highly rig*
i ifirant »i|ef merit. demanded by
tl.e |eo;»le. ha been alr.iost destroy- j
ed. Politic* should he taken out of
| the tariff and the tariff should he
taken out of pollies." '
way to Buffalo just a month ago
B « hard Keese Whittemore swag-
gered laughing aboard a flrain for
Baltimore today to face*a second
jury empowered to seinjyjt^m to the
death chamber. M^yL
“I can beat any mut i «lhe they
bring against me” he w.usled out
ing the day. “I’d lather go on trial
in Baltimore for murder in fa ct.
than Slav here and stand a rap for
fust degree rul.be>. I’ll beat the
ease and I know it.”
Whittemore is under ind'ctment
here for a series tof robbeues in
which he and his t »nfederates stole
$1.OOO.WMI worth of jewels. But in
Baltimore he is wanted for the mur-
Jet of a guard killed when Whitte- j
more escafed from pr.son Bst year i
and New \ork waived its prior ]
claim that be might face the graver
charge.
Cueto to Dispose of
Ford Parts Stock
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Th_* Cueto Auto Sales Company an-
nounced Saturday that the company
will dispose of its entire stock of <
K*.rd parts in a sale to he opened to-
morrow. The company hereafter will j
pive its entire attention to the dis-
tribution of Nash and Ajax cars. j
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ANNOUNCEMENT
25% Discount
- ON -
enuine Ford Parts
On ev«*ry Gish Purchase from oui stock of
CVfMWtK Ford Parts amounting to $1.00
or more we will give a discount of 25%.
Bern in mind that these are Genuine Ford
Parts purchased by us direct from the
Ford Motor Company.
This is an opportunity never before given the public to
boy Genuine Ford parts at a discount; the reason for this
is tk^t we are now devoting our time exclusively to our
Nnsb business which has grown to such an extent that
we do mot have the time to give to other interests.
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This is Your Opportunity
Ford Parts at a Discount of 25%
Beginning May 3rd
Auto Sales Co*
Phone 62ft
SOCIALISTS!
ANNUAL MEET
World Court League
Resolutions Over
to Next Year
iNv Ihr AiiMUIrd Pr«M I
PITTSBURGH Pa. May 1.— Reso-
lutions dealing with the world court
and the leagues of nation* were
tabled until the neat convention by
the so* .alist party of America al it*
national meeting here today. The
resolution* were laid as ue to per
■nit members to study further the is-
sues.
The resolutions declared “that
whether the United Sttaes joins the
world court and the league of na-
tions at this time are of no immedi-
ate concern to the working class of
the Unite.) States."
Our ng the debate that preceded
the action un the league of nations |
i sue Morris Hillquit socialist at-
torney of New York defended the
league against attacks that it would
strengthen the power of “capital-
ists” and “ imperial.sts.” while
('ongressman Victor L. Beiger of I
Wisconsin asserted there was "more i
militarism and more men under arms •
today than ever before.**
The (on.«■ ntion adopted a resolu- j
tion affirming the party’s “solidar- j
ity with the Uhinese workers in their !
strugle to obtain a higher standard j
of living” and denouncing “the use
of American gunboats to overawe the
Shanghai strikers.*1
Another resolution approved de-
nounced “the continued atempt of
«.ur government to bully the govern-
ment of Mexico.” and affirmed the
puity’s bei ef that “the Mexican
people have a right to rontrol their
own natural resources :n the way
they see fit.”
STATE PROBES
MAN’S DEATH
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Inquiry Broadens Into
General Inquiry of
Convict Camps
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(By The Associated Press.)
RilRMJNGHAM Ala. May 1.—The
Jefferson county grand jury which
started out this week to investigate
the death of James W. Knox a Flat
Top convict recessed today ufter a
week's effort that had broadened the
inquiry into a general survey of con-
ditions in all state convict camps in
this county.
Authoijties said the Knox case
was one of the five deaths under
scrutiny. Most of these cases were
said to have been reported from Flat
Top and were recorded withm the
last two years.
The investigation b’gun several
months ago by Attorney General
Harwell G. Davis has taken account
of charges that men had been killed
beaten-and forced to" work under
conditions that were inhuman. Auth-
orities said that convicts at Flat
Top and other prison mines who
; hitherto had refused to talk concern-
ing conditions att he camp had “op-
ened up” during this hearing the
testimony of the 70 men appearing
j this week being described as “full
and informative.”
3 BOYS WASHED OFF
! ROCK INTO OCEAN
—
I SANTA ROSA. Calif. May 1.—
Three San Francisco youths all of
th em from prominent families were
drowned today while fishing off a
rock in the Pacific ocean near
Wright’s Beach Sonoma county.
They were Jack Davidson 21 step-
son of Timothy Healy nttorney;
George Boschlce 19 son of Georg*
Barrett 1.9 son of Charles Barrett
I W. Boschke chief engineer of th*
1 Southern Pacific company and Ted
1 an official of the Faeific Gas and
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OPEN BIDS FOR
ROAD SUPPLIES
Oil and Gas for Equip-
ment Division to
be Bought
(By The Associated Press.)
AUSTIN Texas. May 1>—Bids were
opened today and tabulated at the
state board of control office for $500-
000 worth of oil gas and grease for
the equipment division of the state
highway department. There were
nine bidder# offering first and sec-
ond orade lubricating oils. Award
will) be made by May 10. Roy 1. Ten-
nant member of the board of con-
trol said following receipts of recom-
mendations from Ed Estes equipment
engineer.
This is the second time bids have
been received for these contracts.
Because of a three cornered fight be-
tween bidding oil companies all prev-
ious bids were rejected and the
Pierce Petroleum company which had
the 1925 contract was permitted to
continue for four additional months.
The 1925 contracts were worth
A number of Texas companies pro-
tested the specifications of the 1926
contract charging that they could '
not supply paraffin base lubricating j
oils us demanded. Some of them sub-
mitted bids on oils with asphaltic i
base.
fates was out of the city today und j
could not make his recommendations.
TO CAMPAIGN
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. May 1. —
Better rural schools and maintenance
of prison farms on “more than a
paying basis" were advocated by Mrs.
Kate M Johnson of San Antonio in
her formal announcement today of
her candidacy for the democratic
nomination for governor.
Mrs. Johnson will soon begin a
speaking campaign- addieasing vot-
ers in all principal cities of the state.
She declared frankly against the
prohibition laws and the Ku Klux
Klan She said she disapproved of
prohibition although she has never
taken intoxicants. Because it had
proved "an utter failure.” She did i
not however say she would attempt .
repeal of the state law.
FILM EXPLODES CHILDREN DIE
ORAN Cl7 N. J. May 1 - Louis Le
long aged 14. and his sister Mary
aged 3. of South Orange died in
memorial hospital tonight from burns
received when a motion picture film
exploded as it was being exhibited
to a group of children by the boy.
Soo Line Official
Dead in Minneapolis
(By The Associated Press. I
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. May 1.—
Edmund Pennington chairman of
the board of directors and former
president of the Minneapolis St.
Paul and Saulte Ste Marie (Soo
Line) railway died from heart dis-
ease at his home here late tonight.
He was 77 year3 old and had been
critically ill for a week.
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Baylor won the' nect front
Mustaecf 04 1-3 to 52 1*3.
This is Baby Week
But baby won’t be a baby all
the time. That’s why we
suggest that you have its pic-
ture taken this week. We
specialize in making baby
pictures.
Holm’s Studio
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