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FRENCH PLANE OVER ATLANTIC
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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 345 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THURSDAY JUNE 13 1929 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY
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VALLEY
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NO WEDDING BELLS for three
days—Thursday Friday and Satur-
day in the Valley or anywhere in
Texas.
But there was a rush of pros-
pective brides and bridegrooms on
the last days preceding the date
cm which the new lav/ became |
effective.
There were two advantages to be
gained by those intending to enter
the wedded state. By securing a
marriage license under the old law
a tedious wait of three days was
prevented—and three days are a
lifetime to those contemplating ;
matrimony.
The other advantage was a sav-
!ng In cold cash of something
like $5.
Under the old law the license
cost $1.50 and the ceremony could
be bought for $3.
Under the new law the license
has increased to $2 the physician
must be paid $3 for a health cer-
tificate affidavits will cost $1.50
and $3 for the ceremony.
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There long has been complaint
about the high cost of living. Now
listen to the wails about the h!gn
cost of getting married.
Still—what lover would balk at
spending $9.50 for a bride?
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EDINURG and Mission rivals for
first bale honors in 1928; Edcouch
and Mission In 1929.
Edinburg sent her bale to Hous-
ton by auto driven by A. Y. Baker
i Jr.. In 1928 and won the race from
Mission by a margin of a few
hours the Mission bale having been
sent by express after an airplane
had failed to lift the load.
Tills year Edcouch ginned a bale
at 1 p. m. and shortly thereafter
started it to Corpus Christi by
truck.
Mission ginned a second “first
at 5:40 p. m. and again ship-
ped by express to Galveston.
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Two years In succession Mission
loses by a close margin but In years
past that town has won the honor
and likely will win It again.
The fact that Houston Cotton
Exchange apparently has definitely
turned Its collective back on the
first bale auction takes the keen
edge off the annual competition.
If the race for the honor of
picking the first bale ever Is to
regain its lost prestige it will be
necessary for some organization to
promulgate a set of rules name a
body to enforce them and arranc«*
for Judges to pass on the qualifica-
tions of entries for the honor.
The Valley Ginners association
would take this matter up. Mar-
keting of the first bale of Valiev
cotton could be made an important
Valley event.
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THE VALLEY Is going to get
some valuable publicity as a result
of the American Association of
Railway Superintendents conven-
tion being held in Mexico City this
year.
Robert J. Eustace. Industrial
ag?nt of the Toledo Ohio. Cham-
ber of Commerce noted as a lec-
turer on Mexico attended the con-
vention.
When the association returned to
the United States through Browns-
ville Wednesday he announced that
I In the future he would suggest in
his talks that tourists visit Mex-
ico. driving their automobiles into I
the southern republic through La -1
redo and return through Browns-
ville. He said he would urge them
to stop a few days in Brownsville
' and see the Valley.
He is to speak before the Boston
Chamber of Commerce next week
and has 60 other addresses booked
in the North and East.
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ALL OF THE SEVERAL hundred
rail officials who had attended the
convention in Mexico City praised
the hospitality of that country and
predicted that even larger conven-
tions would be held there in the
r Tuture.
J. J. Franco superintendent of
the Mexican National Railways
was elected president of the asso-
:iu ttor\.
:As was a gesture of apprecia-
t.uoJfor the Mexican people and
of the ability of railroad executives
of that country.
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THE VALLEY today tSds another
modern theater to its growing list
of amusement places.
The Rialto at Harlingen a Dent
theater is to open its doors to-
night after being closed several
weeks during which it was exten-
sively overhauled and remodeled.
Now it takes *ts place In the
first rank of playhouses in South
Texas.
An attractive lobby a fine new
organ soft carpets and expensive
draperies have been added to make
• the theater an asset to Harlingen
and the entire Valley.
Jack Pickens the manager and
Dent Theaters the owners merit
congratulation*.
CALL FERGUSON. MOODY
IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
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San Antonio Bandits Get $18000
PLANE AND FLYERS IN FIRST 1929 U. S.-EUROPE HOP
CHANNEL GROUP
LEAVES TONIGHT
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Committee Will Appeal En-
gineer’s Report on
Water Project
A committee of Brownsville men
will leave tonight for Washington
where they will appear before a
board of army engineers June 18
relative to dredging a channel from
Brazos-Santiago Pass to a point
approximately four miles east oi
Brownsville.
The Brownsville committee is go-
ing on an appeal from the partial
adverse report submitted by M'lo P.
Fox. United States district enrineer
on the proposed channel to Browns-
ville. Other Valley interests are
opposing the Brownsville plan.
The committee named to make
the trip consists of R. B. Rentfio
John Gregg. H. L. Y«ites. G. C. P.ich-
ardson. manager of the thnuioer of
commerce and J. F. Blanton traffic
manager chamber of commerce
This same committee w.ll also
present a petition signed bv
Brownsville citizens along with a
brief and photographs shewing why
Brownsville asks that $500000 be
apnropriated for a new federal
building. Government officials had
planned to allot $90000 for repairs
to the present building constructed
in 1887.
Z. A. Rosenthal member of the
Brownsville navigation commission
will Join the group in Wash nrton.
W E McDavitt also is to Join the
committee in Washington.
GIRL ACQUITTED
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn . June 13.
—fiipt—Eva Cofer Georgetown
Tenn. farm girl charged with slay-
ing Lee Atchley. 35. merchant with
a wagon spoke after an alleged In-
sult was acquitted by a Jury today.
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Late Bulletins
I MIM ■■■Hill II..
MURDER SUSPECT HELD
CENTER Texas June 13.—t £7—
Joe Cobb alias John Jackson 64
wanted in connection with the
murder of Deputy Sheriff James
Walker of Woodville Tyler county
Texas last October was arrested
here yesterday. The arrest was ef-
fected when Cobb sought a mar-
riage license at the Shelby county
court house and was recognized.
SENATE APPROVES CENSUS
WASHINGTON. June 13.—<AV-
The senate today approved the cen-
sus-reapportionment bill and sent
to the White House the first of the
major legislative proposals of the
extra session.
FIREMEN ELECT
GALVESTON Texas June 13.—
(.•Pi—John Parker San Angelo was
elected president of the State Fire-
men’s association at the closing ses-
sion here today of the fifty-third
annual convention.
FEDERALS TAKE MICHOACAN
MEXICO CITY June 13.—<**>—
Dispatches from Michoacan today
said Gen. Lazaro Cardenas with
7.000 federal troops had occupied
Coalcoman Michoacan. without
fighting. No details were given but
yesterday rebels holding the city
were said to be entrenching them-
selves to defend it.
HEAVY FINDS WITHDRAWN
DALLAS. Texas June 13.—uPt—
While large sums of money have
been withdrawn front the Dallas
district of the Federal Reserve bank
for loans on the New York Stock
Exchange there remains ample
credit in the territory for legitimate
needs Gus F. Taylor of Tyler pres-
ident of the Dallas Federal Reserve
bank Stockholders’ association de-
clared in an address at the annual
meeting of the stockholders here
todaj.
rhc three Frenchmen who took off Thursday morning for Europe to retrace the course of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's ' Spirit of St. Louis’ are shown above. They are. left to right: Armeno Lotti Jr. who is
backing the flight and is co-pilot; Jean Assolant and Rene Lefevre. At left is their plane the “Yellow
Bird.” in which they hope to better Lindbergh's time by three hours It is a Bernard monoplane Be-
low are the American flyers. Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A. Yancey and their plane “Green Flash”
which nosed over in the attempted take-off.
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4 Bales Ginned In1 ralley;
Brownsville Registers 1
MESSENGER OF
BANK TRAILED
IN CITY BUS
Bold Bandit Makes
Escape In Auto
Driven By Aide; Po-
lice Hunt Men
SAN ANTONIO June 13 —(A1)—
Following a messenger of the First
State Bank of South San Antonio
into a Public Service company bus
a lone bandit today rode with him
to South Laredo street held him
up and robbed him of approximate-
ly $18000. He forced the bus
driver to let him alight and then
! made his escape in a car driven
by another man.
The messenger. Herbert Flack
had secured the money at a bank
in San Antonio and boarded a bus
at Main Plaza. He thought noth-
ing of the entrance of another man
j close behind him. When the bus
reached a point on South Laredo
street the man suddenly produced
a gun and forced him to hand over
the money.
The bandit then approached the
driver of the bus and forced him
to stop. He dismounted from the
bus and climbed into another car
standing close by with motor run-
! ning and a man sitting at the
wheel. As soon as the bandit had
climbed into the car the driver
speeded away.
Reports of the holdup were made
; to police and the sheriff’s office
and emergency squads from both
j departments were dispatched to
work on the case.
WELLS SLATED TO BE
EXECUTED THURSDAY
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AUSTIN June 13.—<&—Unless
Governor Moody acts today to give
him a stay or commute his sentence
to life imprisonment. O. C. Wei's
sentenced to death for the alleged
murder of J. A. Mif».he)l of Cole-
man. will be electrocuted tonight in
Huntsville it ate pris>n.
The Governor gave Wells a re-
prieve from May 31. origtnnl date
for his execution.
MOODY SIGNS FLY BILL
AUSTIN. June 13.—<Pi—Gover-
nor Moody today signed the Horna-
day house bill allowing the state
department of agriculture an
emergency appropriation of $15000
for the salary of inspectors at-
tempting to prevent the spread Into
Texas of the Mediterranean fruit
fly.
$1-A-WORD MAN
SAYS WRITING
HAS NO APPEAL
NEW YORK June 13.—UP)—
Calvin Coolidge in an InMr’iew
published in the New York
World today discloses that writ-
ing as a career has no appeal
to him.
“I don't like to write” he said:
“Oh. I don’t find it so difficult
to sit and write about some-
thing that I know very well.
>uch as my own life but a ca-
reer of writing—"
He left the sentence unfin-
ished.
Mr. Coolidge carried his left
hand bound in a black silk
handkerchief as a result of a
sprain he suffered while on a
fishing trip last week.
IOWA SENATOR
FLAYS CREAGER
Say* He Uses Coercion
Among Appointees to
Texas Post*
WASHINGTON June 13.—(A*i—
Chairman Brookhart of the senate
patronage committee resumed his
attack on R. B. Creager republi-
can national committeeman for
Texas in the senate today by call-
ing attention to “newspaper re-
ports’* that Creager was collecting
$100000 campaign fund in his state
this year
Brookhart declared that “this
I referee named Creager who selects
federal appointees in Texas" col-
lected notes amounting to $66000 in
1921 and $38000 In 1925. This he
said was developed in testimony
before his committee.
“Now newspaper reports" he said
“declare that he is collecting $100.-
000 this year. There was no presi-
dential campaign in 1921 or 1925
and there is none now but this
man is putting on a campaign of
coercion not only among postmas-
ters. but among all federal office-
holders.”
Creager. Brookhart declared
“practically warns all these office-
holders that if they don't contrib-
ute there will be no more office.”
SOX BUY CONNALLY
DALLAS. June 13.— UP) —An-
nouncement of the purchase of
George Connally veteran right-
handed hurler of the Chicago
White Sox. was made today by
Fred McJunkin. president of the
Dallas Steers
DOLLAR A POUND
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas
June 13—(AP)—The first bale of
cotton of the 192.9 season in this
section brought >1 a pound at an
auction here today. It came from
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
BULLETIN
(Sperial to The Herald I
MISSION. June 13—The fol-
lowing telegram was received at
1:39 p. m. today by the Mission
Times from Frank Dudley Mis-
sion ginner who went to Galves-
ton with the bale of cotton gin-
ned here Wednesday afternoon:
“We w:n In the contest over
first bale with Rio Grande City.
The board of directors of the
cotton exchange lGalveston) de-
cidrd In Mission’s favor. Will be
offered at 3 p. m.”
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
Wednesday and Thursday broke out
with an epidemic of first bales cf
cotton practically all sections being
represented in the ?arly winnings.
Brownsville was the only place to
report a bale ginner Tt ur.>day. but
three had been ginned the day be-
fore. according to tabulation cf the
latest reports reaching Tne Drowns-
ville Herald.
Edcouch ginned the first bale at
1 p. m. Wednesday and Mission nnd
Roma both today were claimind
honors for ginning the second bale.
The Roma bale seemed to have won
this honor it being reported from
that place that the bale was ginned
[at 4 p. m. whereas Mission renorted
' the bale at that place ginned at
: 4:30 p. m.
The first bale had been spnt to
Corpus Christi to be auctioned cn
the floor of the cotton exchange
there: the Mission and Roma bales
were sent to the cotton exchange at
Galveston and early in the after-
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TORCH SLAYER FOUND
GUILTY; MUST DIE
ELIZABETH. N. J.. June 13—
(API—Henry Colin Campbell to-
day was found guilty of murder
in the first degree in the torch
slaying of Mrs. Mildred Mowrry
his bigamous wife. The verdict
contained no recommendation for
mercy and made a sentence of
death in the electric chair obli-
gatory.
GIRL IS FOUND SLAIN
BESIDE KANSAS ROAD
INDEPENDENCE. Kas. June 13.
—</p»—The body of Margaret White.
20. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry
White of Caney. Kas.. 25 miles
southwest of here was found last
night beside a road west of Caney
apparently the victim of a slaying.
Officers said they found evidence
which they expected to lead to the
early arrest of a suspected slayer.
The girl had been dead but a
short time when her body was
foun<L
t
t.
VILLA MARIA SENIORS |
—Photo by Holm
Graduates of the senior grade at the Villa Maria college. Browns-
ville are: Seated left to right: Margarita Garate. Maria Calderonl
Sophia B. Kowalski. Standing left to right: Lilia Pumarejo Cath-
erine Morton Alcine Morris Lucila Garza. Margarita Dc Leon Zolla
Vera.
Yellow Bird Takes
Off on Ocean Hop;
U. S. Plane Fails
OLD ORCHARD Miane June 13.-—(/P)—One of two
transatlantic airplanes got away to a good start today for
Paris but the second destined for Rome crashed before
she left the ground.
The Yellow Bird huge French monoplane manned
ROBISON TRIAL
BEFORE HOUSE|
STARTS TODAY
House to Decide If
Commissioner Of
Land Office Must
Face Indictment
AUSTIN. June 13.—UP)—Hear'ng
on Impeachment charges against J.
Robison commissioner of the gen-
eral land office will begin in the
house of representatives late today j
A delay followed drawing of rules
to govern the taking of testimony.
AUSTIN June 3.—Hearing on
impeachment charges preferred in
the house of representatives against
J. T. Robison commission of the
general land office was begun to-
day. The house resolved itself Into
a committee of the whole to listen
to testimony on the allegations and
determine whether it should vote!
Indictments against the veteran of-1
flclal to be tried by the senate.
Robison known by hundreds of
frequenters of the land office as
“Uncle Jim" is serving his 21st year
as commissioner and his 34th year in
the department having been a clerk
(Continued on page 13.)
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ONE KILLED AS
PLANE DROPS
i 10-Passenger Pan-American
Cabin Plane Forced
Down In Cuba
HAVANA. June 13.—W—An
American radio operator name not
given was burned to death at San-
tiago. Cuba today and General Tay-
lor air line official severely burned
when a 10-passenger cabin plane
of the Pan-American Airways
crashed and burned after a take-
off from that city this morning.
Miss Taylor and two other pas-
sengers Lyman Johnson and Earl
Graham both from Havan. were
silghtly bruised.
The plane was destroyed
CADET KILLED
IN CRASH
SAN ANTONIO. June 13—<**'—
Flying ^adet L. H. Troup. 24. stu-
dent in the advanced flying school
at Kelly Field was killed and Fly-
ing Cadet Floyd Bernard Wood. 21
escaped death by taking to his par-
achute. when their planes locked
wings over Kelly Field today.
toy a crew of three young
Frenchmen made a beauti-
ful take-off and sped away
to the east accompanied by
a coast guard amphibian.
The Green Flash. American
plane with an American crew
nosed over on the beach and swerv-
ed into a ground loop about mid-
way of her run. The loop turned
her nose directly about.
Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q.
Williams of the American plane
were not injured.
The Green Flash nearly dupli-
cated its accident of two weeks ago.
At that time one of the wheels
dropped into soft sand and caused
it to ground loop but only the
wheel and a few stay wires were
damaged. The plane was traveling
at a much higher rate of speed to-
day.
Second Trial
The French plane got away two
weeks ago buf was forced to return
aft 20 minutes because of a leak
in the main fuel tank.
The Yellow Bird today used a
mixture of benzol and gasoline The
benzol was put in the fuel to reduce
the detonation and vibration which
caused the leak on the first take-
off.
The mixture will be about 40 per
cent benzol for the first two hours
of flight it then will be cut to 30
per cent and later to 20 per cent.
The crew of the Yellow Bird- were
Armona Lottl. Jr. sponsor and co-
pilot: Jean Assolant pilot and
Rene Lefevre navigator.
Assolant a 23-year-old pink
cheeked youth was married three
aP° to Miss Pauline Parker
or New York. She accompanied
him to the beach this morning
and was very grave as she hade
him good-bye and saw the plane
roar down the hard parked sands
of the beach.
The Frenchmen carried two au-
tomobile inner tubes for use as life
preservers. Lotti ordered a rubber
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i THE WEATHER
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For Brownsville and the Valley;
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
Light to moderate variable winds
mostly southerly.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday. Light to moder-
ate variable winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
slowly practically all along during
the next few days.
rtocxl Present 24-Hr. 24 Hr.
Stasre Staste Chng Rain
Eagle Pass .. 16 3 0 +0.4 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.5 -0.1 00
Rio Grande . 21 5.0 -0.3 .00
Mission .... 22 5.2 -0.4 .00
San Benito . 23 10.4 -0.8 .00
Brownsville . 18 6.0 -0.7 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteor*
ologlcal conditions:
High.10:22 a. m.; 10:50 p. m
Low.3:16 a. m.; 5:29 p. m.
MISC ELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today.7:22
Sunrise tomorrow . 5:37
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