The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 337, Ed. 2 Wednesday, June 5, 1929 Page: 2 of 10
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PAN-AMERICAN
(Continued from cage one.)
advisory committee first read to
the the city commission a prepared
statement to the effect that the air-
port was being operated at a fi-
nancial loss to the city and appar-
ently would continue to lose from
$1200 to $2000 per month for several
years; that the committee and rep-
resentatives of the air mail and pas-
senger line had unanimously agreed
on a lease contract which they be-
lieved would be fair to ooth parties.
Creager Reads Contract
The contract then was read by
Creager. At the conclusion of the
reading of this document of several
typewritten pages two or three ques-
tions were asked by members of the
commission to clarify certain terms.
"That contract suits me." said
Mayor Cole after a few minutes.
"I move that we approve the con-
tract as read" said Commissioner
Hinkley.
"Second the motion”—Commis-
sioner Starck and a second later—
"Second the motion'—Commis-
sioner Htpp.
*7 vote aye." said Commissioner
Cobolini. and all other members
voted the same way.
The fact that the controversy
which had been going on for almost
two months was settled did not
seem to excite any enthusiasm
among those present the crowd
numbering about 20. A few moved
over to where Morrison was seated
and began to express satisfaction
that an agreement had been reach-
ed as the commisison adjourned.
Those present gat lured in little
groups and exchanged expressions
of good will and happiness that the
contract had been agreed upon.
Proposed April 15
Pan-American Airways on April
15 asked for an operation contract
with the city of Brow nsville and a
proposal to lease the new hangar
and an acre and a half of ground
was submitted. An alternate pro-
posal to lease the entire airport and
operate It also was suggested by the
air mall and passenger line oper-
ators No contract on this latter
proposal was submitted however.
The contract submitted contained a
clause requiring the city to give
Pan-American a preferential option
should the field be leased or sold at
Girl Too Nervous
To Sleep— Now
She Dances
"Nervousness kept me awake
hights and I felt awful. After one
bottle of Vinol. I go to dances and
eat and sleep fine.'—Almeta Hingst.
Vinol is a compound of iron
phospahtes. cod liver peptone etc.
The very FIRST bottle makes you
sleep better and have a BIG appe-
tite. Nervous easily tired people
are surprised how QUICK the iron
phosphates cod liver peptone etc.
pep. Vinol tastes delicious. Eaglet
Pharmacy. San Benito. Palace Phar-
macy.—Adv.
anytime. This clause proved a
stumbling block.
When the airmail operators and
the city failed to reach an agree-
ment McAllen and Edinburg people
made nroposals to provide the neces-
sary facilities for the Pan-American
and later Harlingen also took up
the matter.
Clause Added
A chamber ol commerce directors
meeting was held and a clause was
added to the contract requiring the
Pan-American to take over the en-
tire airport on request of the city
paying a rental computed on a per-
centage basis. This clause was pro-
posed as protection for the city in
return for the preferential option.
This clause was rejected by Rflil
and later by J. T. Trippe. president
of Pan-American Airways Inc. in
New York City.
A lease of the new hangar was
granted to the airmail contractirs
on April 24 for $3000 for one year.
The advisory committe was named
on April 27.
Morrison conferred with Har-
lingen citizens on May 5 wi’.h ref-
erence to a contract for removal of
the terminal there On May 24 Har-
lingen city commissioners through
Myron F. Ward manager of the
chamber of commerce there an-
nounced they had an agreement
with the Pan-American for removal
of the terminal from Brownsville.
San Benito then was asked by Har-
lingen to join in securing a site for
the port between the two cities. A
few days later it was announced
that San Benito would aid in secur-
ing the site and on Saturday of last
week Harlingen announced the site
would.be secured by that city alone.
HARLINGEN IS
OPTIMISTIC
(Special to The Herald'
HARLINGEN. June 4.—Members
of the Harlingen airport committee
and the city commission appeared to
be optimistic today over the chances
of this city securing the northern
terminal of the Pan-American Air-
ways. although they said they had
no announcement to make.
A conference was held between W.
L. Morrison representative of Pan-
American. and the city commission
late Tuesday. Myron F. Ward
manager of the chamber of com-
merce also was present.
The airport committee composed
of Mayor Sam Botts. J. C. Myrick.
chamber of commerce director and
R. B Hamilton city commlssioiitj.
said they would have a statement to
mnke on June 12.
NEW TELEPHONE
TO AIRPORT OPENED
A direct telephone line to the
Brownsville municipal airport was
put into operation Tuesday. E. E.
Mockbee. local manager for .he Rio
Grande Telephone company an-
nounced Wednesday.
The airport in the past has been
served by a party line and the di-
rect line is expected to furnish bet-
ter service between there and the
city.
A cable of handling 25 separate
telephone circuits is to be installed
and possibly will be working in 30
days Mockbee said. The poles and
wire to support the cable already
are in place. The cable is being
made special and is to be shipped
soon from the factory.
AT CLOSE OF RECORD SOLO FLIGHT
Lieutenant Herbert J. Fahy. of Los Angeles snapped at Los Angeles
airport after setting a new world's record for solo endurance flight of
36 hours 56 minutes and 36 seconds. He Is shown with Mrs. Fahy
who was on hand to greet him when he came down.
EDINBURG TO
(Continued from page one.)
system and that the salary reduc-
tion were made as part of a re-
trenchment policy of the school sys- 1
tern.
The teachers In question however
declared they were dismissed be-
cause of activity against the admin-
istration in recent elections school
i board and municipal and county.
' They interpreted the "disloyalty to
the school system" as referring to
voting against the administration
i school board.
A check of those who were offered'
salary cuts—most of whom resigned
! rather than accept the cuts—has re-
vealed that practically all of them
slther voted against the adminis-
tration. or did not vote. #
I “Although nothing official was
told us about political affiliations. It
was generally understood that the
j teachers had to support the admin-
istration to hold their positions.”
one departing teacher said. This
: teacher left voluntarily.
Rome Don’t Vote
“Some of the members of the
school staff made it a point to be
out of town on the day of elections
desiring to take no part in the po-
litical difficulties .
“It has been rumored again and
again during cecent months that
those who did not support the ad-
ministration in elections would not
! be offered positions again with the
J schools here."
t Practically all of the teachers in-
' terviewed in connection with the
j -natter stated the school system has
been Invaded by politics.
Careful recheck of the total num-
ber of teachers who have been dis-
charged. resigned or left for any
other reason substantiates the orig-
inal estimate of 50 or more. This
means that less than half the school
teaching staff will return to Edin-
burg next fall.
The fact that there Is a "ten day
| 'iausc" In the contracts with the
local system stating In substance
j (hat a teacher may quit the system.
I or be discharged with only ten days
| notice. Is taken as an Indication
.that many of those who have al-
ready signed will send in a notice
instead of making a personal ar*
I trance when school starts next
fall
Lack of Equipment
That a retrenchment policy in the
affairs of the schools here is needed
! ;s indicated forcefully In the Infor-
mation secured from departing
I teachers that the schools have been
seriously handicapped in almost
every department during the past
year bv lack of equipment.
Although elaborately outfitted
with the initial instruments and
housings the various science de-
partments. in particular had prac-
tically nothing to work with In the
way of materials during the past
vear. It was revealed. Other depart-
ments had a similar shortage of
: equipment and material.
The last of the group of teachers
left early this week. E W. Schu-
man science teacher resigned and
went to Austin rather than accept a
cut in salary. F. E. Tutt had pre-
viously accepted a teaching position
in Abilene and had notified the
school authorities here of his In-
tended * change before hts name
came up for re-electton. Walter
Schulte has left to enter school.
These and many others were In-
cluded in the list of (TC teachers an-
nounced by Mr Baker recently as
having been re-elected. They were
r-elected. or told that they would be
re-elected but some at lower sal-
aries.
Nc More Gas
In Stomach
and Pjwels:
If you wish to be permanently re-
lieved of gas in stomach and bowels
take Baalmann s Gas Tablets which
are prepared especially for stomach
gas and all the bad effects result-
ing from gas pressure.
That empty gnawing • feeling at
the pit of the stomach will disap-
pear: that anxious nervous feeling
with heart palpitation will vanish
and you will agatn be able to take
a deep breath without discomfort
That drowsy sleepy feeling after
dinner will be replaced by a desire
for entertainment. Bloating will
cease. Your limbs arms and fin-
gers will no longer feel cold and "go
to sleep" because Baalmann's Gas
Tablets prevent gas from Interfer-
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Always on hand at W. G. Will-
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3 ON TRIAL IN
MURDER CASES
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Testimony Starts In Adams
Trial; Witnesses Dis-
agree at Amarillo
CORSICANA. • June 5 —
I' Testimony in the trial of V. Ray
Adams. Bartlett farmer was started
j here today.
Adams charged with murder in
the death of Orville L. Mathews
Dallas banker entered a plea of
‘not guilty.”
H. C. Vogel. Dallas rent car driv-
er. was the first witness called.
The shooting followed Adams’
payment of a $2000 election bet to
the wrong man after Adams as
stakeholder received a message and
a telegram which afterwards were
shown to have been spurious.
The Jury was completed yester-
day after 175 veniremen were ex-
amined
Vogel testified he heard four
shots three of which he saw fired.
He said he was in his car waiting
for a traffic light to change at the
time of the shooting. He testified
he saw Adams fire one shot at the
running man and two shots into the
man’s head after he had fallen cn
the sidewalk. Vogel said he did na»
hear Adams say anythin? following
the shooting.
AMARILLO. Tex.. June
With conflicting testimony as to the
scuffle that preceded the fatal
shooting of Mrs. Grace Morrison
May 13 here already in the record
the court room was filled with gos-
sip hungry listeners today.
Mrs. Levi P. Stallworth was
charged with shooting Mrs. Mor-!
risen to death and the conflict in
testimony revolved on whether Mrs.
E. M. Stallworth her mothcr-in-
'aw held Mrs. Morrison Just before
| the shooting.
One witness testified the two
women scuffled and that Mrs. Mor-
1 risen never recovered her balance
from the time the elder woman
pushed her away until Mrs. Mor-
rison crumpled on the walk shot to
death.
i CALDWELL. Tex. Jun- 5.— dr<-
Efforts of Ed Goerner’s attorneys to
have previous testimony thrown out
on grounds their client was held in
undue suspicion before any charges
were filed had faded as the trial
continued here today.
1 Goerner was charged with shoot-
ing his wife and beating her to
death at her Bastrop county home
in April. 1937.
A purse found in the attic of the
Goerner home by a newspaper re-
porter was held by the judge as the
turning point from which time the
defendant was held in suspicion by
the officers. Conversations with
Goerner which occurred after dis-
covery of the purse will be barred
the Judge said.
GRAIN EXPORTS DROP
GALVESTON. Tex.. June 5.—f/Pi
—Grain exports for April totalled
822.266 bushels as compared with
1 654.7846 for the same month of
: 1928. The April. 1929. figures were
slightly lower than during the prev-
ious month however when over a
million bushels jrere lifted by sea-
going* vessels.
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Valley
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buildings some of them dating
back sixty and seventy years ago
Age is weakening thjun.
The city building department
should carefully examine all these
old buildings to determine whether
or not they are hazards to public
safety.
ISSUEAPPEAL
(Continued from page one.)
ing the legislature to Increase the
appropriation for enforcement of
fruit fly protective regulations in
Texas.
The petitions sent out to cham-
bers of commerce throughout the
Valley by J. E. Bell of this city are
being sent to the legislators from
this section and to Governor#Moody.
They ask an increase in the fruit
fly enforcement fund from $12500
to $20000.
Bell announced he has received
reports from Harlingen. Brownsville
San .Juan Mission. Mercedes and
some smaller points in the Valley
stating that the petitions have al-
ready been circulated or will be cir-
culated during the present week.
Need Co-operation
J. M. Del Curto state plant path-
ologist. while In the Valley this
week stressed the importance of'co-
operation of everyone In helping to
prevent introduction of the fruit fly
in the state. He announced while
here the screening regulations
which go into effect Thursday.
Del Curto also declared that
housewives can play an Important
part.
Most Florida fruit will go Into
homes for consumption and house-
wives concerned in the preparation
of fruit for the table are well able
to detect infested oranges or grape-
fruit. which are especially subject
to attack.
Fruit Softens
Indications of infestation are ths
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softening of fruit as a whole. Del
Curto explained or bleeding under
slight pressure from exit holds made
In the rind by larvae.
All fruit found to be infested
should be destroyed without any ef-
fort at selecting the particular or-
anges or grapefruit showing signs 1
of attack. Del Curto has urged that
all fruit suspected of containing Iar-
vae be turned over to state inspec- ;
tors.
Contrary to the usual belief the
wormy fly does not render fruit poi-
sonous if eaten Del Curto said.
MOODYMAY
(Continued from page one.)
the Texas Highway club this week
has advocated the idea of Gov.
Moody seeking a third term on the
statewide highway bond plan as a
campaign issue.
Miss Katie Daffan president of
the Texas chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy has
Just entered the governor's race.
Former Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe
of Houston and Former Senator R.
G. Senter of Dallas are in the race. 1
Barry Miller Also
Lieut. Oov. Barry Miller is re-
garded as a certain candidate. Men-
tion of his "open secret" by Speak-
er W. S. Barron at a Joint session
this week & ought a mild ovation
from the house itnd senate mem-
bers.
Former United States Senator
Earle B. Mayfield of Austtft has
developed as a definite prospect In
the race. His friends are known
to be organizing for his entry even
this early Senator Mayfield has
said ‘ If I get in the race it will !
be early.**
Senator Thomas B. Love of Dal-
las. leader of the Hoover democrat
bolt is regarded as the "other ma-
jor prospective candidate" believed
more than likely to gefr into the
1930 sweepstake?
Miller. Love and Mayfield may be
counted definite factors in the race
until they declare themselves out of
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