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- - THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY— LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(JP) L 11 .
VOL. XXXV No. 227 ESTABLISHED 1892 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18 1927 SIX PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY
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¥ ALLEY
THE TIFIXAS HIGHWAY Comm is- |
sion is scheduled t<* visit ( amt-ran
county sometime in April.
It will come upon the invitation
of a committee consisting of Coun-
ty Judg • Oscar C. Dancy County j
Commissionei J. F. Ka.ighn of llnr-
lingcn and Mayor Finley Ewing of j
k H.iriingen
- Th** state body was informed
about the 96000000 road bond « -ue
- that has been approved by the v*.t
ers of Cameron county.
So large an issue was certain to
challenge th * administration of the
state highway commi sioi*
So they derided they should visit i
the county. There may In* a i|ue»-
tion of state and federal aid to con-
sider later.
Hcrlingtn is particularly intercut-j
•d in aid on extending the concrete
from a point about four miles north
of Harlingen t*» the W illacy county i
line.
The San Benito and Los Fresnos-
Point I .sal.cl precincts want aid on
the Barreda-Point Isabel road.
The Brownsville precinct will ask!
for aid on what is known as the!
military road extending from the i
mouth of the river to the Hiidnign '
county Um.
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JUDGE ELY OF the stale coin-1
mission has never vi*ii**d the Low-
er Rio Grande Valley. He is anxious
to mme here.
Chairman R. S. Sterling paid his
last visit on the occasion of th-j
visit here of the Houston naviga-
tion commission ami other civic
leaders some months ago.
p Cone Johnson of Tyler ha* M* *n
the Valiev hut not in a great many
years. He has some surprises in j
store for him.
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COMMODORE LOUIS Cobolini **f
. Biownsvill *. who ha* been engaged
for several months in the work of
compiling certain data necessary t<»
establish the groundwork looking
toward the deepening of Point l*»-
Hel harbor tj thirty or more feet
has been placed on t hr- salary roll
of Cam**ron countv at $5»<ud> a year.
The hoard of county commis-
sioners views th* harbor a» a coun-
ty pi eject and is w :tlit„* to n sist
in that mportant »u**lt.
In addition th* court appronri
4 ated $'J4©tl a vear for Roy Miller
end tK* Intra- onslnl Canal As-
sociation feeling that the prelim-
inary work looking toward extend
ing the intracoastal canal from
Corpu Christ! to th** K o Grand*
“ rn«l up th • Arroyo Colorado t« Har-
lingen. should be assisted by the
* If
county.
r The Point Isabel harbor i« n*»w in
i-r«»« **s* <*f dfvetooment- It needs
! further fact.. looking t*i further de-
velopment.
The intraeoa-ital canal needs ton-
nag* surveys rod recommendations
hv engineers There is much pre-
liminary work to be done.
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THK BOARD OK county rommis-
sioner* today tat engaged in the
tak of aelceting the most favorable
hid for something like 177*00**0
worth of flood control work in Cam-
eron county.
The city commission *ya of Browns-
ville at th>- aame time were con id*
ering bid* for $500000 worth of city
of Brownsville rnv ng and general
improvement bonds.
Considerable public money to
he turned In** e in the- porta dur
in* the coming year in addition to
something like $-i*00.mt0 worth of
county muds.
The tide of development i mi-
ning high in Cameron county at
this time. And there i no reason to
heliev* there will b« a let up. for
several year* at lc»i»t.
tCOUNTY JUI»01? Oscar C. Dan y
“hoofed it” the other dav throurh
r.n undeveloped part oS the county
ta learn some things about a pro-
posed road.
The country was too thick with
undergrowth to permit passage of
un automobile.
So the eyuntv judge used r*w
paths where they were available
•fend plunged through the under-
growth w hu e they were not.
The walk was not a few blocV*. It
was quite a larg * number of real
mile*
Now the county judge ha* the in-
form:* ion th.it h»' wanted.
American Flier*
Arrive in Chile
\!KJIL1.<>> s. Chi.e. Feb IS. <4*>
“-The four plane* of the V. S army
Rood will H«|ua«lron left here short
ly before right o'clock thi« itornit'tl
lor t Oi|uiinh«n bM ni.les to the
south.
TEMPERATURES
ttty— llifhsit Lowest
Brow^svl^le^ ^ ***
Farm Relief Measure Up to Presidenti
HOUSE PASSES I
SENATE BILL
36 MAJORITY
Ccolidfire Veto Would
Kill Measure Pro-
ponents of Farm Re-
lief Assert
WASHINGTON I>. < Feb. lH.-bP> '
'I he Mi Nary-Haugen farm relief J
bill today is squarely up to President j
< ‘oolidge.
Three years from its inception in j
the hull of congress the measure J
with its widely debated equalization
lee provision for price stabilization
now mu.-t he passed upon by the na- j
ttor's chief executive.
Final action at the rapito] came
last night when the hou.-e by a vote
of 214 to I .’M approved tile bill in!
exactly the form it passed the senate j
and sent it to the White House for j
either enactment into law or flat’
rejection.
Previously approved by the senate I
47 to 'it* or eight vote to the good.!
the house gave the bill a margin of i
only M*5 votes inure than needed and !
chieftains in the McNary-Haugen
camp made in effort to deny the con-j
tentimi of opponents that strength.’
at least in ibe mi use chamber would |
lacking to muster the two-thirds i
necessary to pass the bill over a I
presidential veto
< uiigti mi ml opinion was divided!
on t>age (no.)
Declare Unions to Pre-
sent Solid Front in
Controversy
MEXICO CITY. Fell. IK. A
rtncral railway strike* went into ef-
fort in Mexi o at midnight It was
called by the Federation of Transpor-
tation Workers ir» sympathy with the
strike of shopmen whose demands for
higher pay and reinstatement of
ono* dtsini .-od workers were not |
granted hy thi National Hallway
Lines.
The strike has keen declared ille
gal hy the iKpai tnu*nt of Industry.!
and officials of thi* National Railway
Lines ay traffic will continue to
move about as usual because some
unions do not approve of the move-
ment and will not stop work. The
K< deration of Transport Worker*
howe.cr. declares the unions will
pi ' r.t a «>i d if one.
The govern n« »»t will hold the exec-
utive com an tee of the Transport
Worker# F'tderation responsible for
any dr .rder.. ai ding from the strike.
The department of industry and
commerce hr# notified the federation
that thi.- attitude is being taken «*i
account of the refusal of repreaonta-
*vcs of the ederatron to confer with
the repre>♦*: tntive# of the National
fan;*: to seek a :olution of the dis-
pute.
There will l-c no strike of trainmen.
.»r •■liter rail workers on the Muta-
j inoro# Monterrey line according to
information received from Mata*
i more# thi* ri|orn*ng. The railway em-
ployes though member* of the Fed-
eration. are not <:■ sympathy with the
strike movement they state.
Tourist Night Is
To Be Held Later
Organisation of th tourist club
originally scheduled far tonight has
| been called off due to the fact tnr.t
ihe Civic la ague has conic forward
with 4M offer to the fhanibt r of
I i enuncr > to entertain th Valley
j viMtor.i and the league's program
\ w i| not take place until next Tues-
da> mcht.
The league will entertain the
tourists in the tourist room of the
i hatnber of Commerce and then
j supervise the organisation of a
I ti mist club. They will act as >pon-
i or* for this club after its organ-
i i station.
Secretaries To
Meet Tomorrow
Seer tar f* of Valiev chambers of
11'< tntnt*rt r "ill ituet ivt Hrownsvilif
• *it 4 o cl'u’k 14.5mod f <» v* iiftrnioon a ini
then will adjourn to niret with \ al*
l«-y rhipiers who wall take dinner at
j Hotel i J::rdin t* • a or row evening
i it is maotincwl hen*.
I The M*>Tftari<i*R and ubipjofs wall
| discus* I'Uai for euicrtsj.nmjc the
' 1 earns VI .loKnale h r*jit*and V rentable
! |m alets As see cat ion wVn it holds
J ita eonventioii here neat swnuner.
Aw attempt wUl be made to bring
Ed budmwit of benuNtonU president
i hero for tomorrow » gbt'o mooting.
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Recommendations Offered
by Marketing Committee
HARLINGEN Tex. Feb. 18.- The
marketing committee appointed at
the marketing meeting held here
Monday afternoon met last night and
max* the following recommenda-
tions: that there he no loading or
shipping of straight ear lots of cab-
bage until Wednesday. Feb. 23. or
mixers ears of vegetables containing
otter 75 per cent cabbage; and that
prices to the grower be $'» or better.
Strict observance of these recom-
mendations is requested by members
of the tom nut tee for the bene Ft of
all Valley interests. Further in-
structions as to shipping will be an-
nounced Tuesday according to mem-
bers of the committee.
Tin- marketing committee is com
j posed of nine me inhere; three ship-
' !•» rs throe growers and three bank-
fere. They are t'. Wonts. San Be-
nito; Miller Harwood. Harlingen;
and Burt Schroeder Donna growers;
Lloyd Thompson Harlingen; E. C.
Couch Weslaco; and M. K. Benson
‘San Benito bankers; W. E. McDavitt
Urowruville; li. H. St.;nl. Wesisc ;
'and Hubert Hoyt San Benito ship-
I per*.
This committee of nine has for
i its duties work on the present ntar-
i keting assoc.ation to derise wnys
i and means of raising the price of
i rodurts principally cabbage and
the formulation of plans for the or-
ganization of a marketing union in
the Valley.
BONDS OF CITY I
ARE BID IN AT
GOOD PREMIUM
Purchase Made By A.
C. Allyn & Co. of
Chicago; Five Bids
Entered
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In a keen coii'iiettf liwi at n city I
. nimik.ini Himilinu L /* l» .1. 1
room with hun I tiuvers Friday morn- I
ing. Brownsville's issue of]
improvement in>mi« brougnt a record I
ori* f of onr ulus accrued interest i
from November 1 i■*.!< u t • rniiuiu of j
fIy27.50 and the r;>st of printiof find ]
A C. Allyn and t om puny of Chi-1
cago. were the successful bidders. j
Lon Hill. Jr. as their representative)
deposited i forfei* ehe I of t‘J5 ‘’W.
with A. K. Mundav. city secretary.
but i nch bid represented the offers ■
of from one to four associated inves- j
tori. Other bidders besides the Al-
lyn and Company were James h. Jar-
rat! and company of San Antonio;
Blanehet Bowman and Wood of St.
Louis; The White Phillips * ©mpany
of Davenport. Iowa; and S. L. Austin
and < oinpnnv of Austin Texas.
Motion for sale of the b nds wn> |
made Lv Commissioner J. C. StarrlM
and seconded by t ommisnoner Burt j
K. !I inklev.
of the commissioners and prior to the!
owning of bids. Mayor A. B. Cole an-
nounced that a meitaife bad been re-
ceived from the attorney general ap- !
proving the entire of b Huis of*
riii* bond issitt1 st'iu t riday include*
for liirht inf %*.»«. itnurot^nirnts I
The b Mid* are issued in denomina !
interest and dated serially to mu-
ture in from one to 25 years.
Beside* M#u»r l oir Commission-;
or* Hinkley Starck Ford and Hipy»j
were i?ii < n? Annot* cement wai j
was to be taken at another meeting!
of the communion thi* afternoon.
UNITE IN PR01 '
AGAINST NER W
hollowing up the general protest#
ftyu.nst a recently jji*omulj£iiie(i I a*
iMulipa# luw requiring all title* to
iran^ier ineir propcrij tet vrus
larger cities of the Stale will be
held at Monterrey in the near future.
out by official* of the Matamoros
Chamber of t umttierce.
Telegraphic invitations have been
sent out to all these commercial
b 4 > t.* tes a* k n g their a 11 a® da nee at the
genera! conference which will make
plans for a united protest against
the law. Several cities have already
answered expressing their willing-
* u * l . l . \laif »
tnoros chamber «ti the move.
Making Survey
S. P. Extension
HARLINGEN. Texas. Feb. IS.- ^
—Reports ctrculat- d here said that
one survey of the proposed South-
' ern Pacific railroad extension route
from this city to BrowimiUe is
being made.
Mean white surveys for the ex-
tension from Edinburg have reached
Harlingen and are pregrt sing
1 toward the business section. Sites
for the passenger and freight sta-
tions are i-eintf cleared
i It is under tood that three routes
front this city to Brownsville are
being considered m anticipation of
Interstats Cemmhret ( on:mis* or.
i permi«tits to construct the
siwn r
r !:T* . I f 4 fc l]i * '
* ' Jilt! * * *; • - a.
Two Aviators Are
Reported Missing
MITVITKL HKLJ) Feb. 18. —
Lieutenant Willard J. Harris and
Ifirigible i'lloi William A. •■ray both
of Langley Field were missing today
after leaving here by air for their
home field yesterday and the likeli-
hood v as being investigated that an
airplane wing found by coast guards
at Forked Liver. NT. J. was a shat-
tered remnqr.t of heir plane.
HOUSE PASSES
GASOLINE TAX
Three Cent Tax Bill^
Approved After
Hard Fight
AUSTIN Texas l eb. 18.—r4*.~Thc
Wallace bill to increase the tax on
gasoline from one to three rents a
gallon was finally passed by the
hoi; e today after an attempted
amendment to compromise on two
cents was killed.
RepresentItire J. f. Wallace of
Teague author of the bill informed
the two cent advocate 4 that he weald
not accept a:i amendment. He ex-
plained that his three cent bill with
his companion bill to repeal the
horse power tax on automobiles and
give counties tne rcgistiation fee* on
pleasure ears would assure $14000-
000 yearly for the state highway de-
partment and yearly for
the counties. The highway depart-
ment'* revenue from ail sources now
totals only $14000960 he said.
I’a.-sng vote wa< 11* to ;i. Rep-
resentatives A' il. Beck and Jacks
voting •‘no."
The amendment by Representa-
tives Kieholron and Jack* to cut the
proposed tax to two cents was
"snow d under” by a vote'of 112 to
11 cutting short what promised to
he an ext nded fight based largely
on Governor Moody's recouimenda-
t on of u tw> cent tax in hi* mea-
sure to the legislature.
The house then took up the com-
panion bill which would repeal on
the h<>r*e power systsmi of motor
1 leers taxat'en and allow counties
to retain their registration fees
from pleasure cars and tractors.
License fees would he reduced six-
tv p -r cent thus compensating for
the increased gallunage tax pro-
ponent* declare.
WILL ELIMINATE
SWITCHING CHARGE
The Missouri Pacific will make ep-
plieatioa to the interstate Cmuntrrc
'ommission for permission to elimi-
nate the switching charge of fll.oO
per car on all cars handled on what
i» known a. *he Piper Plantation
switch extending from Brownsville
to the South mot Plantation. This
.witching charge? has been in effect
[Over since the building of the short
line (luring the period when large
quantities of sugar cane were shipped
:»mi« by the lower river plantations.
Large shipments of truck and tv ta-
toes are now bandied over the line.
;and the switching charge amounts to
several thousand dollars a year. The
elimination of the charge will place
the lower river skippers upon the
same basis as those in Brownsville
land other Valley points.
Announcement was also made by
Missouri Pacific officials that the
{company would ballast r.art of the
i track and place the entire line in
'nod condition to handle the heavy
shiotaents which will go out this
spring.
Hold Three On
Liquor Charges
LAUKDO Tex** Feb. 1 -A*-—
Two ts.en and a woman riving the
nano of I*. E Bailey Clark Mar-
tin and V-dlie \T. Holer of Wer*»
were arrested he-e Friday charged
j w »h w-jt*>**>•»« lienor Polio** *ad
thsy found 2»5 ptau a< w biwhey in
their automobile. Thev -were bold tn
'Jftli yibdu.j «xtmi.\in« trial.
COUNTY WILL
SEEK HARBOR
PROJECT AID
Cobolini And Miller
Retained To Go To|
Washington and Ask
For Federal Aid
' arceioti county yesterday after-
noon took first steps towards secur-
ing a deep water harbor at Brazos
Santiago and the extension of the
Intraooiistal Canal from Corpus
Christi up the Arroyo Colorado to
the Missouri Pacific Bridge near
Harlingen and up the Kio Grande to
Brownsville.
A court order was passed retaining
Louis Cobolini of Brownsville and
Roy Miller of Corpus ( hristi for the
»'M>. pose of securing the facts and
figures substantiating the county’s
request for a harbor and extension of
the canal and presenting them to the
proper authorities at Washington.
Both men are to use their own
judgment as to what time they will
spend in Washington conferring with
the proper committees and bureaus
and m working up -tneir data with
which to support their request for n
deer port ard ian«l extensions.
They have stated their willingness
to accept such a proposition.
The commissioners court acted
with the endorsement of the Browns-
ville Chamber of Commerce which
stnt a letter backing the movement.
The port at Point Isabel will be
only 18 feet deep at law tide over the
bar under present plans and agitation
was begun some time ago to have a
(Continued on page two.;
VALLEY WILL
ESCAPE FROST
Weather Forecast In-
dicates Little Dan-
ger of Freeze
There is little prospect for frost in
the Low r Rio Grande Valley ac-
cording to the report of the local
Weather Bureau today which states
that a minimum of 32 to 36 is very
probable. However the wind which
has been blowing from the north
all day is not expected to abate and
if this condition continues there
will be no material damage to crops.
The “norther1* which struck the
Valley this morning sent the tem-
perature tumbling to 50. At noon
the mercury had r;«en to 55. Reports
from northern and western Texas
indent? a rising temperature which
nrobably bring weather conditions
back to normal in a day or two.
WIND DAMAGES SAN
ANTONIO FLUNG FIELD.
SAN ANTONIO Texa.-. Feb. 18.—
bfb Accompanied by showers a
norther which at times reached a
velocity of S3 miles an hour struck;
San Antonio last night and at h ;
o’clock this morning had brought ;
the mercury down to 32 degr«e«.
A miniature tornado which cen-
tered its attack on Simpson a com- j
(Continued on page two.)
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Dog Dies After
Rescue From Cave
WOODRUFF. S. < . Feb. 1*.—yp)—
Ring the prized fox hound taken'
from a cave here yesterday after the
whole countryside had worked day!
and night as rescuers died today of
rmetjnionia brought about by his 1101
hour imprisonment.
j WEATHER
..-.-.
For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Probably fair to-
night; much cold* r with the lowest
temperature 32 to 36 degrees; Friday
fair hud continued cold. Strong nor-
therly wind* on the west coast de-
crea injr Saturday.
| For East Texas: Probably fair
tonight; co! ier in east and south por-
tions; cold wave in the immediate
coast with freezing to the coast a-.d
below freei ng in the interior; tem-
perature 32 to 36 for the Lower Rio
Grande Valley: Saturday fair; ris-
ing temperature in west and north
portions.
- Dailv River Bulletin
flood Prevent 14 Hr. 24 Hr
Eta** Stage Chat- Rai”
Del Rio . 10 .00
Eagle Pass .. 16 3 0 -0.2 .00
Laredo .. 27
Rio Grande .. 21
Mia*Pm ..... 2* SJ -0.2 .00
Nan Befit to .. 23 10.2 - 03 .00
Brownsville . 16 b£ -0J .00
River Foreea*t
• Thera will be no materia! change
|w the river. t
T
Alamo Doctor Shot;
Bullet Fired in Self
Defense Wife States
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COUNTY LETS
CONTRACTS ON
FLOOD WORKS
_
Trinity Farm* Co. of
Waxahachie Lowe*t
Bidder on Floodway
And On Arroyo
Contract* for both th? Division]
“A'’ and Division “BM portions of \
the Cameron county flood protec-1
tion i rojects were awarded today to '
the same company the Trinity
Farms Construction Company of
Wuxahacbi* Texas for an aggre-
gate of over $600000.
This is the cheapest work of its
kind in the United Stalaa in the
opiuion of the engineers bidding on
toe flood protect.on work in this
county i he> attribute this to the
tart that liter* strong compe-
tition. with six firms bidding on
Division “A” and six on Division
"B” and the tact that climatic con-
ditions are so ideal for construc-
tion work that men and material
are not tied up for long periods
every year. There were only four
b.dders on the river levees now
unuer construction.
The Trinity Farms Company got
the contract on Division “A” which
is known as the North Floodway on
n bid of $467457. The work is to be
don? in 300 working days with the
exception of the gruooing of the
floodway.
W. fc. Callahan of Dallas bid $513-
428 on Division **A” McWilliams
Company Inc. of Memphis bid
$641403.10 J. D. (reorge Construc-
tion Company of Beaumont bid
$484/>65. Ballinger and Crawford of
San Benito bid 576035 and D. A.
Foley Construction Company of Los
Angeles bid $585146.05.
The Trinity Farms Construction
Company was awarded the contract
on Division “B” on a bid of $154500
with the work on the south sid? of
the Arroyo Colorado from the coun-
ty line to the Harlingen canal to be
done in 135 working days. The con-
tract of Unit Seven on the north
side of the Arroyo and Unit 6A at
the lower end of the arroyo were
let on the condition that the right
of way b* secured w-ithin 60 days.
The condition was jn erted on ac-
count of the difficulty encountered
in securing the right of way. N?go-
tiations for right of way have been
going on for over a year but it was
decided that if they were not se-
cured within the next 60 days that
the work on the north side of the
arroyo which will protect the La
Ftria and adjacent territory would
rot be done.
W. E. Callahan bid $175204.50 on
Division “B” J. D. George Con-
struction Company bid $163103 Mc-
Williams Com patty. !nc. bid $181.-
520 Ballinger and Crawford bid
$1731(37. Ennis Construction Com-
pany bid *162 737.55 and D. A. Foley
b rl $184428.45.
Claim Kellogg’s
Figures Wrong
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 18.—The
Mexican department of commerce and
industry challenged the accuracy of
Secretary Kellogg'* recent report to
the American senate on the Mexican
oil situation in a declaration pub-
lished today.
While the department'* statement
is made it «sys with the intention
of *• rectifying error* contained in
pres* dispatches from the United
or’f-iTtaiiug perhaps from vi-
rion* information spread by u group
-1 4* •>*e«t» opposed to the Mexican
laws." the main points dealt with are
those made in Secretary Kellogg’* re-
port.
-It has Wn ata*ed ** the
»*on begin* “that oot of fo-ty Amer-
ican companies owning oil land* in
Mexico only four have applied for
.•oefirmatory concessions in accord-
ance with the law. Th^rc are six
♦een. not forty such proprietary com-
panics of which half have rolicited
I confirmations.
* !t is said .that the Penn-Mexican
1. nd Texas oil companies are iot *ar-
1 rying on actual production. Neither
«f these companies ha ceased to pro-
j duce petroleum. ~
CAR STRUCK BY TRAIN
DONNA Texas. Feb. 18.—A liftht
cxr cm -n by Carl Soiloway of this
city was struck by a train at the
Seventh street crossing: lute Thurs-
day* afternoon. The driver escaped
without serious iuiury but the cur
WhS budl wreck'd.
ALAMO Tex. Feb. IS.—Ur. R. R.
Hudson of this city was shot and in-
stantly killed at his home here at
6:30 Thursday night and his wife
who asserted she had fired the fatal
shot in self defense has been rcleas- ;
ed on $500 bond-
According to Mrs. Hudson’s ver-
sion of the tragedy. Ur. Hudson was
under the influence of liquor when
he cunie home in the evening. He
threatened her life she asserted anil
then choked her. Sh * escaped from j
him and ran into the yard. Remem- i
Lering that h«- had an automatic pis- j
tol In one of the rooms she feared i
he would secure it and shoot her.
Returning to the house by a rear en-
trance she secured the gun with the
intention of secreting it. but as she
was leaving the doctor saw her and
threw a chair which crashed through
one of the windows. He again at-
tacked her she asserted and she
lifOd two shots one of which struck
the doctor in the heart killing him
instantly.
Mrs. Hudson then ran into the
yard streaming “IV** killed him.”
and was in a hysterical condition
when neighbors atracted by the shots
and scream* arrived at the scene
of the tragedy.
Mr*. Hudson stated to neighbors
and officers that she had fired the
shots .asserting that she did so to
save her life.
Dr. Hcdson had been a resident of
the Valley several years. He had
practiced in Alamo a year moving
her* from Pharr where he had con-
ducted a drug store three years.
Prior to that he had practiced at La
Feria. and was well known in the
northern part of Cameron county.
Neighbors of the Hudsons corro-
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BATTLE NEAR
IN NICARAGUA
1600 Additional Ma-
rines on Way To
Republic
•
WASHINGTON. D. < .. Feb.
—Anticipating that a.i impending
clash between Diaz and Sacasa ar-
mies at Matagalpn will jeopardise
American lives and property the gov-
ernment is concentrating additional
forces in Nicaragua.
A force of 1 600 marines is being
dispatched from four bases to the
Central American republic to be
placed under the command of Rear
Admiral Julian L. Latimer in charge
of the special service squadron in
Nicaraguan waters. .heir arrival
will augment the marine troops in
that country to 2(Kb». a detachment of
400 already being on duty at Man-
agua the capital.
Among the units ordered is a full
regiment 1200 strong from the
Quantico Va. marine base and 200
from Farris Island S. C„ while an-
other 200 is to be tal.cn on the Cruis-
er Trenton from Guantanamo Cuba.
Under previous orders 200 marine*
and a division of six airplane* are to
be sent from San Diego.
FLOOD THREATENS
IMPERIAL VALLEY
LOS ANGELES. Cal. Fab. 1».—«*’
—Southern California today was
practically eliminated from the
threat of danger ms the five days
storm abated leaving 22 dead a».d
uropertv loss unofficially estimated
at f2„f*C00lW) but imeprial Valley
at t2.5OO.0OO. but Imperial Valley
threatened with flood conditions and
northern California coast cities
awaited an approaching storm center
from the Pacific.
Men and horses were thrown into
the fight against high water along
the C dorado river near l -lexica to
protect that district from a flood re-
ported coming down the stream a*
►the result of the reseat unprecedent-
ed rains.
P'srtwgrg seif *itmj r-redte*
that the benefit to crops by the soak-
ing rains arfll overshadow the pro|-
eity damage in thei” aren.
Story Hour Will Be
Broadcast By KWWG
Mr*. Pant T. Vi* ker*. a reader of
considerable note has been added to
1 the Pit of artists who will broad-
cast over radio station KWWG atop
! Hotel El Jardin. Mrs. Vickers will
conduct e story hoar for children
from 41:dO until 7 p- m. each Bator-
i day evening- The prorcaw will eon-
i slat of stone* for children and the
. ^ oday school lesson in a'-ory form.
There will also he musical numb rt
* oo these children'* programs.
fe*..' ilil' fSilji urKiHlil'i;■itl'llHsKBI; I ' -!1
SCORES HURT
AND PROPERTY
LOSSES HEAVY
Several Parishes In
Eastern Louis i a n a
Feel Effects of Ter-
rific Windstorm
NEW ORLEANS La.. Feb. IS.—(API
—Tornadoes that swept through
parts of Louisiana and Mississippi
last night kilted at least 33 persona
and injured scores as well as leaving
s trail of heavy damage.
The heaviest toll of dead was taken
nt plantations south of Newellton in
Tensas parish. Louisiana where four-
teen pet sons were killed and scores
injured with prospects of the total
fatalities being increased as othrer
neighboring plantations were heard
from. Eleven persons lost their live*
and 18 were badly hurt near Pleasant
Hill. Sabine parish Louisiana and
eight were killed and several others
injured near Rosehill Miss.
The storm apparently swept into
Louisiana near Shreveport and trav-
eled eastward across the northern
sections of Louisiana and Mississip-
pi.
. ...He » ■■ -Then the
storm struck Newellton near the
Miseistippi-Louieinna line. Many per-
son a were injuieit .here.
Eight persona died and oilier! were
mju.ed as the tornado swept across
Mississippi with abating fury. The
deaths occurred at Rosehill where
seven members of on# family were
killed and six other members of the
same family were injured.
The Met of identified-dead at Pleas-
ant Hill included Mrs. V. 0. Hicks
80 Keys Hicks 33; Mrs. Jsctr Ash-
by 40; Opal Ashby 16; Charles
Warren and Willard Aihby small
hoys; Mrs. J. J. Bird well and Annie
Hirdwell.
Three injured are believed to be
dying at Pleasant Hill and twenty-
five or more were injured there.
The known dead at Rosehill Mist.
include; Mr. and Mrs. (". Boyd and
five children and oJhn Lewis Jr.
Two other Boyd children were se-
riously hurt and the three remaining
children less dangerously hurt. John
Lewis. Sr. also was injured.
Most of the dead in other places
were plantation negroes.
One storm struck first near Pleas-
ant Hill. Sabine parish on the Louis-
lana-Texas boundary. Pleasant Hill
which is in a newly discovered oil
field reported 11 known dead one
missing ami two expected to die with
more than a score injured. This
storm next was reported near St.
Joseph Tensas parish on the line
between Louisiana and Mississippi.
Seven negroes were killed on planta-
tions at Lake Bruin and scores in-
jured.
Nachitorhes on a direct line be-
tween the two points reported only w
slight storm. Wires were down at
many points along the supposed path
and a complete check could not be
made.
Another storm was reported at
Leaf and Rosehill Miss.
Several houses were demolished at
Leaf and 8 persons reported killed it
RovehilL 33 miles southwest of Me-
ridian
At pleasant Hill it was reported
that fifty houses had been levelled.
| One five year old boy was killed
when the wind lifted him from the
! ground then hurled him back crush-
ing him.
Three plantations were hit at Like
Bruin. A negro was killed whun her
house was klonn into the lake.
E. A. Davis manage of the Lellin-
Mack plantation in Tenana pansh
sa;d that his small son was lifted
four feet in the air by th“ wind and
that it wan with great difficulty that
; ha dr evented the boy fro n being
'blown a wav.
Baton Rouge reported th.it the
| Amite river was. rising and thm it
was probable that all roads would be
' flooded.
TRUCK MARKETS
By Naval Radio to Tha Herald
from II. 8. and Tessa Agriculture
Departments
CaHot shipments for entire Unit-
ed States reported for Thursday
Feb. 17:
thtbage: Alabama 4. Florida 14
Louisiana 6. Michigan 1 Naur York
27 Pennsylvania Z South Carolina
1 Texas 49. Wisconsin 5 total U. 8.
119 cars- Un reported Feb. J«—Cen-
tral Calif. 2. Louisiana 2 total 4
cars. -
Spins »h: Louia ana 1. South Caro-
1 na 16. ex-s di total U. S. 8S
cars. ■ Un reported Feb. 16—Norfolk
?eetion 1.
Beets: T«xa *. Parrot*: Texas 3.
Be**ts and Carrots Mixed. Ttsns 14.
Primary destination of Texas
movement reported for Thursday
Feb. 17:
Cabbage: Houston IS. Chicago 4;
2 each Memphis Detroit Pittsburgh
Dallae. New York Cleveland. Nash-
ville. St. Louis Waco; 1 each Bos-
ton St- Paul Brooklyn Providence
Kansan City Rocky Mount New Ha-
ven Wercesfr. Clarkedale. Ma»«B.
City Little Rock. Hungerford.
Beet*: Pittsburgh 2 New York'!
Poston 1
Carrot*: 1 etch Jersey City. 8t.
Louie. Chicago. - ——
Mixed Beets and Carrot* i St
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