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AS TIME GOES ON the canning
Industry will play an increasingly
important part in the economic
position of the Valley.
More and more fruit and vege-
tables lor which there is no profit-
able market in the natural state
will go into cans and bottles and
be shipped over the country for
consumption during the “off-sea-
son.”
A canning plant means an in-
creased pay roll in the town where
it is located and more prosperous
farmers in the surrounding terri-
tory.
• • •
Everybody benefits.
Realising this to be true a group
of Brownsville men have secured
services of an expert in that line
and have secured subscriptions for
more than one-fifth of the total
sum—$20000—to be raised.
It is a step in the right direction
and one which likely will net very
handsome returns to the investors.
Canning factories in the Valley in
the past where properly managed
have made some money. Several
factors will contribute to greater
profits in the future.
H. H. Banker is circulating a sub-
scription list. He hopes to complete
his financing in a few days.
• • •
THE BROWNSVILLE American
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps is
going to the national convention at
Louisville Ky. leaving here Friday
night.
All dolled up in their bright red
white and blue uniforms the 32
members hope to attract attention
Which will rebound to their credit
and to the benefit of Brownsville in
an advertising sense.
^Vlkely they will lead the Texas
v legation in the parade and there
£ hope of walking away with some
of the prise money being offered.
Brownsville will be watching
them and will be proud with them
• • •
THE FORT WORTH AEROCADE
Is come and gone; the international
Mexico City to Kansas City air
derby has passed on—with the ex-
ception of Col. Fernando Proal—
and the Mexican Aviation Co. offi-
cials can breath a sigh of relief.
That company from last 8 unday
morning to Thursday was con-
gtanty seeking some lost flier.
First It was the Texas company
plane then Col. Fierro and then
Col. Proal.
No word of complaint from the
company but it was a service for
which they should receive thanks
pf both Americans and Mexicans.
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EXPRESSIONS of praise for the
Greater Valley edition continue to
reach The Herald. Here are a
couple in the general tone:
“I wish to congratulate The Her-
ald on the special Sunday edition
The resources of. the Valley were
portrayed In an exhaustive and in-
teresting manner. The publication
of that number gives valuable pub-
licity to the Valley that could not
be obtained in any other way.
“In reviewing this number it re-
flects stupendous development in
the Valley that when considered as
a whole is a surprise even to those
of us who are here taking part
In It”
That one was written by C. H.
Swallow pioneer developer of the
Valley who now is launching a
huge project south of his home.
Alamo.
• • •
Whit Rogers secretary of the Mc-
Allen Chamber of Commerce also
liked the edition and says so:
“I have Just finished looking over
the special edition of The Browns-
ville Herald and I want to congrat-
ulate you on the splendid paper you
have put out. It is surely a credit
to the entire Valley that such a
paper can be gotten out by any of
Its good cities. I believe it will do
Brownsville and the Valley a great
amount of good and for my part I
am grateful for the effort that has
been put forth on it by your or-
ganixation.” # # .
These men have caught the vi-
sion of what The Herald was at-
tempting in publication of that edi-
tion—to issue a piece of literature
which would be authentic in infor-
mation to the stranger and insplr-
* - '■ -eople who are living m
nul section and who art
.ccomplish the wonder-
hich are being accom-
Million Increase In •
Valuations Apparent
An increase of one million I tax
valuations of city property is indi-
cated declares . ulon Sterling city
tax collector and assessor. Hear-
ings by the aard o. equalization
began Tuesday morning and most
of the wholesale houses have been
eonstdered •terling said. He«.r lgs
were held Tuesday morning and
afternoon «nd^ “n^Wednosday
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Brownsville to Get New Canning Plant
$5000 NOW
OBTAINED I
STOCK DRIVE
Business Would Give!
City Increased Pay-)
roll And Be Profit-
able Enterprise
With more than one-fifth of the
necessary money raised and two
sites available it appeared Thurs-
day a modern canning plant would
be erected In BrownsvUle in time
to make use of surplus fruits and
vegetables during the coming sea-
son. '
H. H. Banker seeking stock sub-
scriptions. reported $5000 of the i
$20000 already in sight and work
Just started. James and Elskinson
had offered to provide a cite for
the plant on the Southern Pacific
tracks near the Fidelity Bonded
warehouse and accept payment in
stock. Another site was available
near the Texsun packing plant.
Oswalt to Operate
C. V. Oswalt formerly oj>erator of
the canning plant at Olmito. who
is highly recommended by manu-
facturers of canning plant machin-
ery and also by manufacturers of
cans has been secured to operate
the plant. Oswalt has had several
years’ experience . 1th Valley prod-
ucts and has been highly success-
ful In his canning.
Grapefruit will be canned as will
several vegetable* the leaders prob-
ably being tomatoes beans turnip
greens and spir.och. It is planned
later to bottle grapefruit Juice an
industry whi.h Is gaining a firm
foothold in both Florida and Cali-
fornia.
Increased Payroll
“A canning plant in Bn. -nsville
will mean increa.. _ payroll for the
city and more prosperous farmers in
the territory” Banker said. "While
we expect to ke money for the
stockholders we also expect to be I
able to materially add to the pros- j
perity of Brwnsville and the sur-
rounding ten Itory.”
“A reduction in freight rates to
a large area in the United States
will enable ^alley canning plants
to operate at a profit ” said J. F
Blnton traffic manager of the
Brownsville r* amber of Commerce
New Rat.-
Tariffs carrying the lower rates
which are a reduction about 18
per cent are new being published !
and should be out on.
Some examples of the ate re- I
ductions being c' \ined were given I
by Blanton. The old rate ta Chi-
cago was $1; the new rate will be
and a hr If cents. To Council
Bluffs the rate is educed from 95
a« dm * cent to 77 cents. The
I2fa* rai« is reduced
from $1 to 8! and a half cents. J
Flood Leaves Onlv 3
Building* In Town
ALBUQUET.QUE. N M s.nt i
Muddy waters 0fth?%H
Grande today sloshed about thre"
MArcST’ N remaln«* <* San i
1 400 cnee a town of
£2* *2 SL-h*
“larcUIbrtrereU’wfWh dlk! *l 8111
iuarciai were refugees. som» nt
mtymfourdJhft b*f0r® the flood and j
d^by boTi' W"'re Tt*ned ye8te^
Spettigue Manager I
Mercedes Gas Office’
'Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. Sent. 26—J T
Spettigue. for the past levemi
months in the employ of the Rio
in the
capacity of service man in Wesla-
co* has assumed active charge of!
the local gas office.
Mr. Spettigue succeeds J. K. Eng-
]*nd- wh° has been transferred to j
the Harlingen office. Mr. Spettigue
will move his family here in the
near future.
. PORT WORTH. Sept. 26.-<AV-
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antedated by four years of Rang
has been presented
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U^rslty by J. p. Shannon of Fort
MARVELOUS RECOVERY OF EDISON '
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Thomas A. Edison. 82 noted inventor. In recovering from pneumonia
has shown a vitality much younger men don't possess. He is shown
above and his home at Llewellyne Park. West Orange N. J.. 'below.
Mrs. Pantages Guilty
Collapses in Court
LOS ANGELES Sept. 26.—(.P)—Mrs. Lois Pantages. convicted of man-
slaughter in connection with the death of a Japanese gardener after a
collision of their automobiles was under the care of physicians today. The
theatrical magnate’s wife fell to the floor in the court room where the
jury's verdict was read last night and was carried screaming from the
LEAL GIVEN 5
YEARSnPEN
Former Constable Guilty of
Smuggling Liquor and
Aiding Runner
Fernando Leal former deputy i
constable at Harlingen was con- j
vtcted of vlolati n of the Dean act |
and was sentenced to five years in j
the penitentiary Wednesday ir. the j
criminal district court.
Leal was charged with having
smuggled liquor across the Rio
Grande and with aiding another
man in running some liquor. Of-
ficers alleged that he was acting
as a look-out of the second man
when he was apprehended near the
banks of the Rio Grande.
Much of the testimony hinged on
the reason why Leal waved his hat
when the officers approached. The
defense maintained that this mo-
tion had no significance but the
state held that Leal was warning
the other man com'-~j with liquor.
This took place at 4 a. m. and the
state ridiculed the idea that he
would remove his hat at this time
for no particular reason.
Police Quell Negro
Unrest In Chicago
CHICAGO. Sept. 28.—(AT—Fear of
trouble in the densely populated
negro quarter of the South* Side
was quieted toc'ny by the presence
of several hundred policemen and
national guardsmen stationed there
following the slaying of a police of-
ficer. William Gallagher and John
Stephenson a negro.
; Duumng.
The five women and seven men
who heard three weeks of testimony
concerning Mrs. Pantages’ alleged
intoxicated condition at the time
of a fatal collision June 16 and the
subsequent death of Juro Rokumoto
found her criminally responsible
within 28 hours after the case had
been placed In their hands.
Sentence Tomorrow
Superior Judge Carlos Hardy set
2 p. m. tomorrow as the hour of
pronouncement of sentence which
is fixed by California law at from
one to 10 years imprisonment. He
permitted the woman her freedom
under a $50000 bond posted prior
to the trial pending action on mo-
tions for probation and a new trial.
Alexander T. Pantages. husband
of the convicted woman who him-
self faces trial October 1 on two
statutory charges brought by Eu-
nice Pringle dancer sat through
the final episode of the sensational
trial with teers rtreamlng down his
face.
Contempt Proceedings
One of the outgrowths of the sen-
sational trial was the beginning of
contempt of court proceedings
against the Rev. Dr. R. P. (Fight-
ing Bob) Shuler pastor of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church south
in Los Angeles and the Rev. Gus-
tav Briegleb anofh~.r prominent
pastor here. For many years the
Rev. Schuler was pastor of churches
in Texas.
The Rev. Dr. Shuhr and the Rev.
Mr. Briegleb were accused of de-
liberately ca ting reflections upon
the integrity of the jury which con-
victed Mrs. Pantages.
MISSION. Sept. 26.—The Mission
public schott? will observe the fol-
lowing holidays this year: Nov. 11;
Thanksgiving recess Nov. 28-29:
Christmas vacation. Dec. 20-30:
Jan. 1. All other holidays that fail
on a school day will be fittingly
observed by appropriate school pro-
grams in the general assembly.
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PROALFORCED
DOWN DUE TO
FAULTYMOTOR
Ribirosa Arrives A t
San Antonio; Davis
Goes Back to Soto
La Marina
Lieut. Col. Fernando Proal. Mexi-
co City-Kansas City air derbylst
who was found 'Wednesday after-
noon in a dazed condition on the
Mexican beach 90 miles south of
Brownsville returned to Tampico
Thursday morning at 8:15 by plane
to make plans for rescuing his ship.
J. P. Squire Mexican Aviation
company pilot who found Prcial
and brought him to Brownsville
also returned to Tampico with the
Mexican army filer.
Proal who had been missing since
leaving Tampico Tuesday on the
Mexico Ctty-BrownsviUe leg of the
derby was located by Squire who
left Tampico early Wednesday aft-
ernoon to search for him. He was
wandering on the isolated beach
stretch and was hungry and ex-
hausted when he reached Browns-
ville with Squire who spent some
time searching the beach vicinity
for Proal’s plane but was unable to
find it.
Engine Went Bad
Proal declared that his engine
went bad and that he picked a
landing spot which proved to be a
marsh. His plane turned over and
the propeller was smashed but the
flier escaped without injury. He
I said the landing was made about a
mile from the beach and that he
believes he will be able to locate
the wrecked plane from which he
had wandered when found by
Squire.
Lieut. Carlos Ribirosa reported
missing Wednesday afternoon turn-
ed up at the San Antonio field
later after he had at first over-
shot his mark. He was the third
and last Mexican flier to be report-
ed missing since the derby began
Monday.
Davis Off Again
Jim Davis. Southwest Air Service
pilot took off from the airport Wed-
nesday at 3:45 p. m. to go to the
plane of the Fort Worth Aerocadc
forced down last week at the Cha-
mal ranch in Mexico. He was ac-
companied by a second ship pilot-
ed by J. F. Aldrich with W. H.
Pennington mechanic. carrying
necessary parts for repairing the
Lockheed plane.
Two days will probably be re-
quired to repair the ship which
will be brought back to Browns-
ville by its pilot Bert Pidcoke.
With him in Mexico are Mrs. Pid-
coke and her sister.
Crew Abandons Ship
But Captain Remains
MIAMI Fla. Sept. 26.—(API —
A message from the British
freighter Domira aground at
Abaco bland Bahamas to Tropi-
cal Radio at 10 a. m. today said
the crew was abandoning ship in
its lifeboats bat that the cap-
tain radio operator and one other
were staying aboard.
Houston Gets 1930
W. C. T. U. Meet
INDIANAPOLIS Sept. 26.—fcP)-
Houston Texas was selected as the
1930 convention city of the Wom-
an’s Christian Temperance Union
at a meeting of the national execu-
tive committee here today. Denver
Colo. also sought next year's meet-
ing. __•
Funeral Late Today
For Thomas Russell
Thomas Benjamin Russell died
at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
R. B. Rentfro. at 3:15 a. m. Thurs-
day morni»!f after an illness of
several weeks.
Funeral services are to be held
at the family residence at 5 p. m.
Thursday with the Rev. R. O.
Mackintosh rector o fthe Church
of the Advent officiating. Burial
will be in the family plot at the
city cemetery.
Russell waa T> years old.
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' SCREEN BEAUTY SOON TO BE WED
Loretta Young one of the newer screen stars In Hollywood is to
marry Grant Withers screen Juvenile in “a month or so" she says.
MILITIA MAY
GO TO BORGER
Citizens Promised ‘No
Raff* By General Jake
WolE^ri
BORGER. Sept. 28.—<AV-Decl-
sion as to whether the state mili-
tia should be sent here to take con-
trol of ths town while the murder-
er of District Attorney John A.
Holmes was sought was expected
to be made in Austin today by Gov-
ernor Moody.
Brigadier General Jacob P. Wol- j
ters dispatched here to conduct an
investigation of conditions and to
make his recommendations to the
governor left last night for Austin.
Mr. Moody had Indicated he would
adopt any suggestion the general
made.
General Wolters starting back
with his report would not say
whether he would recommend mar-
tial law. but. asked if he would
come back wtih his soldiers re-
plied:
“I hope not.”
The officer went about his task
quickly yesterday. He interviewed
Clem Calhoun special state prose-
cutor. and Texas rangers all in-
vestigating Holmes' assassination
which occurred on th enight of
eSptember 13. Then he talked to
business men. calming their fears
and telling them that in the event
the military comes their commer-
cial affairs would not be disrupted.
He also promised that if he
brought any soldiers back there
“would be no riff raff or bums"
among them.
Meanwhile the ranger force
strengthened yesterday by the ar-
rival of Capt. J. W. Aldrich of Aus-
tin ordinarily an “office" man ex-
pected its chief Capt. Prank Ham-
er. back soon. Hamer telegraphed
his subordinates to meet him at
Claude Texas this afternoon.
San Benito to Issue
$35000 In Warrants
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Sept. 25.—The
San Benito city commission voted
to issue $35000 worth of warrants
and set the tax rate ta $2. the same
as last year at a meeting Wed-
nesday evening.
The site for an airport will be
paid for with $19000 worth of the
warrants and $16000 will be used
to pay the contractor for doubling'
the capacity of the sewage disposal
plant.
Eruption Threatens
In Western Hawaii
HILO Island of Hawaii Sept. 26.
—(gp>—Suspense and excitement
gripped the populace of western
Hawaii today after residents had
been frightened. from their homes
by a violent earthquake believed to
be the forerunner of eruptions from
three big volcanoes nearby.
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar govern-
ment volcanologist a few hours be-
fore the most violent shock was felt
asserted the frequent quakes por-
tended an eruption of one or more
of the three large volcanoes on the
western half of Hawaii. He de-
clared all three. Kiiauea Manualoa
and Hualalai might erupt simul-
taneously.
STATE PROMISES MAN TWO
YEARS; JURY MAKES IT 5
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Catarino Lerma's faith in the milk |
of human kindness probably is|
somewhat shaken today.
He was promised a two-year pen
He was promised a two-year pen-
itentiary term by the state if he
would plead guilty to a charge of |
horse theft. This he agreed to. He
signed a written confession.
Wednesday when the case went on
trial in the criminal district court
the state carefully told the jury of
the two year term it had promised.
George Westervelt. district attorney
n his argument recommended a two
year term.
The jury marched out and after
a short stay returned with a verdict
of guilty and assessed his punish-
ment at five years in the peniten- ;
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The horse was stolen May 22
from Ralph E. Turner who lives near
Combe. Lerma told of two Mexican
men coming across the river and
asking him to aid In stealing the
horses promising t o pay him $10.
Lerma said he aided. The Mexicans
would not pay him when the horses
were crossed the Rio Grande how-
ever. he said. Lerma was appre-
hended several days later by R. L.
Longoria deputy sheriff at Har-
lingen. after crossing the river in an
effort to ge the $10 promised him.
Lerma confessed.
The other two men involved have
not returned to the United States
according to testimony.
Turner s horse was recovered from
a ranch am r Matamoroa.
BOBBITT MADE
DEFENDANT IN
VALLEY SUIT
Petition Charges Buy*
ing American Co.
System Would Be
‘Travesty on Justice
WEWOKA. Okla. Sept. tC—
(AP)—Captain Feliciano Flores
Mexican aviator took off from
the Wewoka airport at 8:55 a. m..
today on the final leg of the Mex-
ico City t« Kansas City air race.
Captain Flores was followed
seven minutes later by Captain
Luis Verdeja. Following at two
minute intervals were Col- Rob-
erto Fierro and Col. Arthur C.
Goebel.
(Special to The Herald)
AUSTIN Sept. 26.—One hour aft-
er he qualified as attorney general
R. L Bobbitt Wednesday was made
official defendant to a suit by A
E. Martin Hidalgo county in 53rd
district court seeking to enjoin him
for approving a $3500.000 bond is-
sue of Hidalgo county wale rcon- w
trol and improvement district No.
9 voted September 7.
The American Rio Grande Lam!
and Improvement company ol
which Harry L. Seay Dallas. wa«
stated to be president was named
as a joint defendant and the suit
asked cancellation of the bond Is-
sue It claimed vm illegal rnd fot
forfeiture of charter and water per*
mits of the company and condemn-
ation of Its system as “public am
private nuisance''
No Action Taken
No action was taken by the court
on the injunction plea. The cast
later will be set for hearing.
Numerous grounds were alleged
for the attack upo: the bond elec-
tion. The suit charged the forma-
tion of the district was “A travesty
upon justice/* and made through
misrepresentation to the vote* .
It made personal charges against
two directors of the district alsc
asserted that large numbers of
Mexicans not citizens were voted
in the election that the election
failed to carry by a .-equired two-
thirds vote. and. that it was in
excess of the tax limit.
‘Waterlogged*
It asserted the company over 12
years had operated a system by
wasteful methods and had “water-
logged'* and ruined 15000 acres of
land. It asserted the report of
Henrici-Lowery Engineering com-
pany. Recently made said the
company's system to be taken over
by the district “had no value'* and
that this information was withheld
from the voters.
Protest of the Hidalgo county
good government league to the bond
issue recently telegraphed to Gov-
ernor Moody was to be referred by
him he said to the new attorney
general for investigation.
SNYDER Texas. Sept. 26.—(AV-
I TheThe 9-R ranch west of Snyder
boasts wobably the largest air des-
ignation sign in the country. Each
letter in the sign is 25 feet in width
and 30 feet high. The ranch is the
property of the Reynold Bros Cat-
tie company.
The new field gives Scurry county
j four good stopping places for air
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j THE WEATHER {
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair tonight and Friday: not much
change in temperature.
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight and Friday.
Light variable winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to fall
slowly practically all along during
the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Cbng. Bain
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.9 40.1 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.4 0.0 .00
Rio Grande . 21 7.0 -0.7 .00
Mission . 22 99 -0.2 .00
San Benito 23 150 -19 .00
Brownsville . 18 11.0 -0.4 iW
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteor-
ological conditions:
High..1:13 a. m.
Low .. 4:54 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today ...8:22'
Sunrise tomorrow f:||
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