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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR_NO. 222|_ BROWNSVILLE TEXAS^WEDNESDAY MAY 21 1930 TEN PAGES 5c
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IN OUR ;
VALLEY
tmm' III By CHARLES HALL nrrV
I HOW ABOUT IT?
"It is easy fo- clever govern-
ments to induce men to sur-
render their lives.” ;
—Emil Ludwig
• • •
' Man desires to fill the cup of
life to the brim and modern
I; civilization hast.ns to cater to
his want>.’
S —Sir Arthur Keith. ;
• • •
"Half a loaf may be better
than no bread but half a mind
; is dangerous economy.” I;
—Lord Wakefield. !'
• • »
"Any marriage must grow at
times almost unbearably tire-
j! some to both persons involved.”
—Sherwood Anderson
WITH the organization of the Val-
ley Better Businesr Bureau now
in its early stages. Governor Dan
Moody has consented to come to the
Valley and deliver an address on the
benefits of co-operative organiza-
». tions
“ All through the recent controver-
sies over actions of other states
against the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley. Governor Moody has been ac-
tive In defending the Valley and it
is now said that a great reception
will be given him when he reaches
Harlingen.
Incidentally Dan is a candidate
to succeed himself as a third time
governor The young governor packs
a powerful appeal from the stump
and his talk here will be good to
listen to. as well as offering help-
ful suggestions and direct assistance.
• • •
ELECTION day on the additional
$1300.000 is set for May 29.
John Gamer has wired The
Brownsville Herald to the effect that
it is th% beet of his belief the om-
nibus bill will carry during the
present session of congress and
along with it will be the Brazos
Santiago Pass project.
Bending an ear to the ground
and to the sidewalks of Brownsville
there is no doubt but what the pro-
posed bond issue will carry. There
seems to remain only one thing for
us to do. That is to make the vote
unanimous. That wUl get us the
highest price when they are sold.
In Mr. Gamer's opinion the worst
that can happen to the Valley pro-
ject is for congress not to act until
December but that. too. is now a
matter of second choice it seems.
• • •
WITH th? census of McAllen com-
pleted early this morning and
that of Mercedes expected to
be completed before the day is over
further healthy growth in the Val-
ley is shown.
McAllen's population is 9071 com-
pared to 5331 in 1920. Mercedes it
has been said will also show a big
increase.
The small staff left in the census
bureau office is engaged in wading
through some 7.000 names handed
in by the chambers of commerce of
Valley towns yet to be announced
and it is thought that it will be at
least a week before this work is
completed.
Touts of the Valley yet to be an-
nounced are Donna. Brownsville.
San Benito. Harlingen provided
Mercedes is completed later today.
9 9 •
SPEAKING of populations Anima-
ted Annie says it is not the
cough that carries you off. but
the coffin they carry you off in.
• • •
RECENT rains in the Valley are
going to put no little cash in
pockets which would otherwise
Jnot pack so much. Reports from
7 a puuiuu w ss
i concern ing the
« fall which regis-
cered In some
places over two *
Inches are that it 3
is generally bene-
ficial Sex-era 1 e
oldtlmers have
said that the _
showers are not f
yet over but the ~
little office weath- -
er cat today sayjt-
It aint gor/ia rain
uiwv a umc aim i.riat
the prognosticating oldtlmers are
•11 wet. Personally we have always
banked on the old timers.
• • •
IE are several Valley projects
lich have been left in the off-
ing so to speak which were far
enough along to be breaking out
again soon
Despite a recent denial of more:
canning plants for the Valley thev
•re being planned just the same
Then there is that matter of a great
big packing plant which we really
ought to have.
Golf playing with Monterrey citi-
aens has recently led discussions in-
to various and divers concerns mov-
ing onto the bank of the port chan-
nel. once it is dug . Hot irons should
be pounded into shape.
# • •
SATURDAY is poppy day m the!
Valley and the naton. American
Legion auxiliaries anil that dav
be offering the blossoms on the
street*. This money goes to the
aoldiers. who saw too much of some-
Jiing else besides popples in Flan-
ders fields. At that time it was
generally referred to as h—1. And J
the poppies offered are made by
these disabled vets.
This year while the ladies of the
auxiliaries will be offering the flow-
ers for sale for the disabled gold
star mothers of America will be J
kneeling over graves in cemeteries
near the fields which brought forth
the poppy as an emblem. Both the
living an£ the dead can be remem-
| bered this time.
• • •
’Long about fall we guess we will
get those street signs up.
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Brownsville’s High School Graduating Class of 1930
• .___ ______
Top row: Dale Harrison Baltazar Barrera Harbert Davenport Juan Tijerina Clarence Bennett Wm. Summers Argyle McAllen James
Campbell.
Second row: Lucila Perez Jack Ferguson Paul Love Miguel Hern andez Manuel Rodriguez Geo Dixon Barney Moore Raul Guerra
Mildred 8chultz. I
Third row: Rosario Ramirez Margarlte Orive Virginia Garza Rosa Hinojosa. Rebecca Vera Barbara Bigelow Cherille DeBardleben
Anastasia Bray Jane Moran.
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THREE GIVEN
PRISON TERMS
Reynosa Saloon Man Gets
Sentence In “Test”
Liquor Case
i -1 '
Convicted in the federal district
court of conspiracy to smuggle liq-
uor into the United States three
men felt the lash of the law to the
extent of eight years imprisonment
and a fourth is waiting to be sen- j
tenced.
Two of the sentences however
were suspended for five years. An-
other two-year term was suspended
but the man is tc face another ;
similar charge at rhe Corpus Christi
term of court which opens Monday
Morton C. Campbell Reynosa
saloon operator was convicted of
conspiracy and four other charges1
and was given two straight years i
in the penitentiary. The govern-
ment charged that he contracted
with the other defendants to deliver
liquor on the American side of
the river near Hidalgo and did so.
According to officers this was
somewhat of a ‘‘test" case and was
followed closley by liquor runners
Campbell however was placed
under a $5000 until next Mon-
day in order to clear up his busi-
ness affairs. At that time he is to
reported here to Deputy U S. Mar-
shal Harold Jefferds
M. A Mundav end Loy Pain
who pleaded guilty were given two
year terms suspended for five
years
C W Weeks was given a similar
sentence but is to face another
liquor charge in Corpus Chirsti
next week If convicted he will
have to sene the suspended sen-
tence imposed here
C. D Weeks was found guilty
but imposition of sentence was held
up pending trial of the other case
Craft Liquor Bill
Passes Parliament
OTTAWA. May 21. — (JPi -The
government bill to deny clearances
to craft carrying liquor to the Unit-
ed States today was safely through
both houses of parliament. The
measure was passed on third read-
ing by the senate yesterday with-
out a division. It had previously
been passed by the House of Com- j
mons.
Road Designation Delayed
State Postpones Action Military Highway —
Point Isabel Contract In June
Contract for the Point Isabel highway from Barred a to the famous
oyster bay town will be let in June and the designation of the military
road as a state highway has been postponed.
Briefly this is the information received today by Judge Oscar Dancy.
Information to the effect that the Point Isabel road contract would
be In the next state letting was received a few days ago in a telegram
from Harry Pattee but the Dancy telegram today from R. S Sterling
puts official stamp on the report with reference to time of this action.
NEW RECORD
Shipping Figures Reach
25046 Cars
According to reports issued today
by the local market news service
fruits and vegetables shipped from
the Valley to date this season have
reached 25046 carloads. Of these
3579 cars were citrus fruits and
21.067 cans were vegetables. Water-*
melons are listed among the new
commoditiv ixoving at this time.
Total shipments to the same day
last season were fruit 1.737. vege- j
tables 20 620 or 22357 carloads The
total carlo* movement last season |
for the season ending the latter part
I of June was 24.103 cars.
Air Convention
Delegates Return
Members who attended the first
convention of Pan American traf-
fic managers held in Brownsville
left by plane for Mexico City Wed-
nesday morning.
J. M. Eaton general traffic man-
ager. New York left here Tuesday
for Los Angeles where he will ad-
dress a meeting there.
C. E Penrod. Becero Soto and
V. E. Chenea left this morning for
Mexico City. From there they
will go to yje Canal zone. Mr.
Chenea win return to Miami. Fla.
from there.
Quake Felt
JERUSALEM. May 21—•'*»—Slight
earth tremors were feh in Jerusalem
shortly before 1:00 p m . today.
No damages or casualties were re-
ported.
Memphis Judge Requests New
Hearing on Methodist Bishop
DALLAS. May 21—</P—Seeking
to reopen what mo6t delegates con-
sidered a closed issue. Judge G. T.
Fitzhugh of Memphis today prepar-
ed to file with the quadrennial Gen-
eral Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South his formal
protest to the exoneration of Bishop
James Cannon. Jr . of Washington.
D. C on charges of stock market
speculation.
Fitzhugh said he had new evi-
dence to support his latest attack
on the temperance bishop around
whom most of the controversy of
the Dallas conference has centered.
He considered the actions of the
committee on Episcopacy illegal in
exonerating Cannon after it had
voted to bring him to triaL
This evidence it was learned in-
cluded several telegrams purported
to have been exchanged between
Kable and Company the brokers
and Bishop Cannon while the bishop
was visiting his foreign charges ini
Brazil.
It appeared doubtful that Fits-1
hugh's second attack would be more
successful than his first. The over-
whelming majority by which the
committee exonerated Cannon the
reception he was given when he
publicly acknowledged his mistake
and the second ovation he received
when he presided at yesterday af-
ternoon’s session indicated that sen-
timent had turned in favor of the
temperance leader.
Josephus Daniels .almost equally
prominent as a temperance worker
and one of those who sought to bring
Cannon to trial in a statement in-
dicated his belief that Cannon had
been saved "by the quality of mercy
which drops on erring bishops and
Congoan alike.”
He expressed the opinion that
some laymen "doubted” the gen-
uineness of Cannon's penitence in-
asmuch as It came "after a trial
had been ordered.* ’but added that
the policy of Methodism was to for-
give sin on confession and repent-
ance. followed by the promise to "sin
no more.’ _
< The telegram as received follows:
"Contract concrete highway 100
to Point Isabel will be let In June.
Matter of designating military road
postponed."
Signed
R. S Sterling.
While various wavs and means
to close the gaps in the military
highway have been proposed the
answer with reference to its desig-
nation as a state highway comes
following a move from the Valley
to have the state take over that
road from BrowmsMile to Laredo.
All hope of its designation as
such is not lost in the postpone-
ment. but Judge Dancy today said
the state had done so much for
this section recently he feared that
this proposal would not carry.
HacNider Appointed
Canadian Minister
WASHINGTON May 21 -UP—
Hanford MacNider of Iowa has
been selected by President Hoover
as minister to Canada.
His name has been submitted to
the Canadian government and a
favorable reply is expected shortly.
MacNider Is a former assistant
secretary of war and a former na-
tional commander of the American
Legion. His home is at Mason City.
Twenty-One Take
Rabies Treatment
^Special to The Heraldi
McALLFN. Texas. May 20 —
The McAllen police department
was continuing In its campaign
against stray dogs today while a
total of twenty-one persons were
taking the Pasteur treatment for
rabies.
The ereater Dart of those ex-
posed to the disease are children
one dog having strayed onto the
school campus where he brought
his total to thirteen victims.
Mrs. Lee Concedes
Election to Blanton
ABILENE. Tex.. May 21—UP—
Mrs. R. Q. Lee. who sought to suc-
ceed her late husband as represen-
tative in Congress the seventeenth
today conceded yesterday’s election
to Thomas L. Blanton of Abiline.
who farmerly held the office.
The latest returns compiled late
last night gave Blanton 7.915 votes
and Mrs. Lee 0555. or a lead of
1.360 for the former congressman
Blanton to Return?
ABILENE. Tex.. Mav 21—UP*—
Thomas L. Blanton remembered
as the militant Texas Congressman
who retired two years ago to enter
the Senatorship race against Earle
B. Mayfield today seemed assured
return to Washington as represen-
tative from the 17th Texas Con-
gressional District.
Opposing Mrs. R. Q. Lee. candid-
ate for the place left vacant several
months aeo by the death of her
husband. Blanton Early today had
a lead of 1.360 out of 14470 votes
counted.
GRAF ZEPPELIN
SAILING SOUTH
(By The Associated Press)
The Graf Zeppelin passed the
Canary Islands today and nosed
steadily south west in a line almost
parallel with the African coast
toward the Cape Verde Islands.
Her course was shaped for the
emiator. with little chance how-
ever. of attaining that goal today.
Her last reported position was
500 miles northeast of the Cape
Verde Islands 200 miles due west
. of Villa Cisneros Africa.
The British .steamship Accra
picked her up at 8:20 a m. G. M. T
<3:20 a. m E. S. T > and relayed the
news by the German steamer Sier-
ras Cordoba to the Associated Press
at London.
Dispatches from all sources in-
dicated that all aas well on the
Graf and that following her chart-
ed course as nearly as possible. She
was averaging 50 miles an houi
. toward her destination at Pernam-
buco. Brazil.
t
Murder Seen In
Death of Chi Broker
KENTLAND. Ind. May 21.——
Authorities were undecided today
whether murder or suicide was the
answer to the death of Williams
1 Simons prominent Chicago grain
broker and one-time partner of
former Gov. Warren T. McCray.
The body of Simons. 50 years
: old. was found beside a highway
near here yesterday. Two bullets
had been fired through the back
of the head and a third had enter-
ed the body Just below the heart.
The coroner believes Simons
killed himself. Members of Sim-
j ons family however believed he
! was murdered.
j -
Vice President's Son *
Questioned On Fees
CHICAGO. May 21.—The
i Daily News said today that Harry
1K. Curtis son of Vice-President
Charles Curtis was to be questioned
at the State's Attorney's Office
concerning complaints of Chicago
contractors that they paid fees to
Curtis In connection with public
building contracts.
Patrick Roche chief Investigator
for the State's Attorney said he
was endeavoring to reach Curtis
and admitted that the questioning
would relate to government con-
tracts.
Houston Man Leads
In Bishop's Race
DALLAS. May 21—iVPi— Dr. A.
Prank Smith of Houston showed an
unexpected large gain on the sev-
enth ballot In the voting on a
third new bishop for the Method-
ist Episcopal church south at the
general conference here today. He
Jumped from 20 votes on the sixth
ballot to 112 votes on the seventh.
Dr. T. D. Ellis of Louisville receiv-
ed 190 votes on the seventh ballot.
State Nears End In
Cisco Youth Trial
EASTLAND May 21-i/Pf—Attor-
neys for the state expected to com-
plete their case today in the murder
trial of Danny Leach. Cisco youth
charged in the slaying of a man
found wounded near Cisco In a grav-
el pit. Witnesses testified yesterday
that Leach said he had taken a
man out to rob him. became nervous
and had shot him. The slain man
first was identified as R. C. Hill
and later as Jack Johnson of Gold-
en. Colorado^
PORT ISABEL /
PRAISED FOR
TREE BONFIRE
Valley Organizes
To Back State
Comm. Terrell
(Special to The Herald >
HARLINGEN May 21—The Val-
ley today presented a united front
in it* fight to bar the importation
of citrus stock from Florida where
the Mediterranean fruit fly and
other infestations have been found.
A large organization composed of
cooperating interests and members
from all parts of the Valley now
seems assured and members of the
present association stand ready to
a man to back Commissioner of
Agriculture Terrel in the contempt
action filed against him in in-
junction proceedings against the
Florida stock which he Initiated.
While activities of the organiza-
tion are beng perfected for Harold
8. Hensley chairman of the special
committee the Valley Citrus Pro-
tective organization issued the
following statement explaining the
action of the Port Isabel company
in burning approximately $11000
worth of citrus trees brought in
from Florida:
uangrn tipismra
“In Justice to all concerned 1
desire to make the following state-
ment as acting chairman of the
citizens' committee recently ap-
pointed or pefrfecting the Citrus
Fruit Growers Organization for the
protection of Valley citrus: In order
to comply with terms of a sale con-
tract. the Port Isabel company
recently ordered a large number of
trees from the Q. W. Malone nur-
sery ofl Forida. When It was learn-
ed that the trees had arrived in the
Valley a temporary injunction was
oDtained in Judge Kent's court
restraining William Pattee. C. R.
Tyrrell G. W. Malone and agents
from distributing and planting the
trees in the Valley. The committee
held a conference with Port Isabel
officials and explained the dangers
which might be encountered in
planting the Florida trees in the
Valley. The Port Isabel oflclals
agreed to Inspect the trees and if
insects of other evidence of disease
should be found to destroy all the
stock taken from the express of-
fice and returned the remainder.
Stocks Not Clean
“After inspection the Port Isabel
officials were satisfied that the
stoek not clean and when the
committee returned found a pile of
trees in a safe place with oil ready
the officials waiting for the com-
mittee before burning the stock.
All the trees removed from the
express office were burned and
the others designated to be return-
ed to Florida.
“The committee appreciates the
cooperation of the Port Isabel of-
ficials when they thoroughly un-
derstood the dangers involved and
voluntarily stood a large loss In
destroying the trees."
Porter Case On
The case of J. H. Porter vs. the
City of Weslaco seeking to collect
on warrants which the city holds
are Invalid went into its second
day in the federal district court
here Wednesday.
It was not likely that the case
would be closed btfs.>re late in the
afternoon
Porter is represented by the firm
of Seabury. George <5i Taylor of
this city and Judge L Wiseberg
of Dallas.
Valley Population
Of 150000 Looms
McAllen and Mercedes Census Reports Show
Big Gain; City Count Expected
To Reach Ninety Thousand
Final census totals for McAllen and Mission were announced Wednes-
day morning by L. E. Bennett census chief for district 29. The McAllen
count shows a population of 9071 with Mercedes showing 8488
Both returns show a decided increase over the 1920 census figure*
Mercedes showed 3414 in 1920 and McAllen 5331. Mercedes’ Increase
Is approximately 100 per cent and McAllen’s slightly less. The exact
increase over the 10-year period is Mercedes 3074 McAllen 3740.
The announcement of census returns for these two towns leaves but
HIDALGO OPENS
SCHOOL FIGHT
City Petition Is Circulated
Asking Resignation
Of H. C. Baker
EDINBURG May 21—A petition
is being circulated in Edinburg and
throughout the Edinburg Indepen-
dent School District addressed to
the board of school trustees asking
the resignation of Superintendent
H. C. Baker. Copies of the petition
have been placed in numerous
places of business and are being
circulated by members of the Ed-
inburg Women's Good Government
League among the householders and
business men of the city.
In substance the petition sets
forth that the resignation of Mr.
Baker is desired in the interests of
harmony and promoting a program
of further economy and cooperation
between the officials and patrons
of the schools.
Mrs. H. O. Schaieben for many
years actively identified with polit-
ics In Hidalgo County and at all
times urging and sponsoring the
increased welfare and advancement
of the schools and a prominent
worker in the Good Government
League said:
Old Score Seen
"It was generally understood that
a change in the superintendency of
the schools would be made upon
the election of the "compromise"
candidates last spring. Though
league members are circulating the
petition it is true the movement
should not be considered as of
league origin. There are many
people dissatisfied with the work
of Mr. Baker as superintendent
and the petitions are being signed
bv people in no wav identified with
the League but interested only in
the welfare of the ichools and
efforts to secure his resignation are
not political but made purely in
the interests of a program of har-
mony agreed upon when changes
in the board were made by com-
promise’ Mr. Schaieben said
Tuesday that not sufficient signers
t had been secured to Justify giving
out an approximate number.
Ed A. Brown one of the "com-
promise” trustees said:
"Mr. Baker has a contract made
with the former board and al-
though we are aware there is some
opposition to him we were advised
some weeks ago by the state board
of education that contracts made
by the previous board would have
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Election Holiday Is Asked
Brownsville Navigation District Citizens
Asked To Poll Full Vote
“The Brownsville Navigation district is calling on the citizenship of
Brownsville for their lull cooperaton and support of the additional $1-
500000 bond issue which is to be used for wharfage warehouses and
terminal faculties for the deep water port" John Gregg president of
the Merchants National bank and member of the navigation commit-
tee said Wednesday. The election is to be called May 29.
Mr. Gregg explained that all civic clubs in the city were written re-
questing aid in getting out Brownsville's full voting strength of the bond
FIRST BUMPS
The bigger they are the harder
they fall and experience in flying
doesn't soften the pilot's crash
when a glider decides to tumble.
The Valley's first glider took its
first fall Tuesday afternoon when
it crashed with Burt Hinkley. Jr.
experienced airplane pilot at the
controls.
Neither glider nor pilot were se-
riously injured it is said. Mr.
Hinkley suffered several minor
bruises and scratches and a severe
dent in his pride while the glider
strained a few wires and scratched
off a little paint.
The glider was sailing at a height
of approximately 20 feet when it
dipped and fell to the ground.
French Pack Up And
Evacuate Rhineland
LANDAU. Rhineland. May 21—
—Evacuation of the Rhineland today
was In full swing.
French troops stopped their drill-
ing in the Tendau and other garri-
sons in the Palatinats. They were
too busy packing and shipping army
material back to France on motor
lorries to give heed to matters df
Mia military manual
[issue in order that it may oe car-
ried as near unanimously as pos-
sible.
“We are coming before the peo-
ple with the guaranteed proposi-
tion by the United States govern-
ment that this channel will b«
completed under government re-
quirements. We also have a perma-
nent annual appropriation from
the government of $150000 to as-
sure maintainace of the port.” h«
explained further.
Full Co-opera tior. Asked
Pull cooperation of the citizen-
ship of the entire district is urged
he added. The value and necessity
of a channel here is so generally
known and recog-rzed that Mr
Gregg did not go into this phase
of the question
“We are asking Mayor R. B
Rentfro to issue a proclamatlor
calling on all marchants to close
their doors from 12 to 2 p. m
Thursday May 29 in order to allov
employes to vote” he disclosed
“Our idea in asking them to close
from 12 to 2 o'clock is in ordej
that the proprietors of these es-
tablishments may charge their em-
ployes with the responsibility ol
voting and returning to their re-
spective places of business.
“We believe that in this mannei
everyone will be willing to complj
with this request and I am sun
that it will aid us in getting oul
our full voting strength."
Mr. Gregg explained that the
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i four towns In the Rio Grande Val-
ley unaccounted for. The remain-
ing four are Donna. San Benito
Harlingen and Brownsville. These
will be announced within another
week Mr. Bennett said Wednes-
day.
100900 In Valley Towns?
Twelve Valley towns have been
completed and figures sent to
Washington D. C. for listing there.
These towns added together show
a Valley city population of 41.755
persons. The four remaining cities
estimating Brownsville at 23000
San Benito and Harlingen at 11-
000 and Donna at around 4000 to-
tal 49000 which brings the Valley
city population to 90755. It is es-
timated that the final count will ac-
tually go beyond the 100000 mark.
The addition of the farm popula-
tion will cause the Valley’s complete
figures to soar well beyond the 150-
000 mark it is thought.
The towns completed to date with
their populations are as follows:
I La Fena. 1594; Weslaco 4464;
Pharr. 3150; Mission. oll9; Edin-
burg 4713; San Juan. 1615; Alamo
1021; Rio Grande City 2629; Point
Isabel. 1181; Rio Hondo. 710; Mc-
Allen 9071; and Mercedes 6488.
Enumerators Aided
The 1920 city total for town* com-
pleted to date was 17.002 as com-
pared to the 1930 figure of 41755.
An actual Increase of 24753 names.
"The various chambers of com-
merce turned in better than 7000
names during their rechecking of
; census totals ’ Mr. Bennett jald to-
day. 'These names which fie hav«
to check against those taken by fed-
eral census enumerators are holding
back the announcement of San Be-
nito Harlingen and Brownsville fig-
ures.”
Included In the McAllen and
Mercedes population returns were
9 farms each. Ur. Bennett ex-
plained that any plot of land over
3 acres In size was considered a
farm and that practically every
city had several farms Included in
: their returns.
Gold Star Mother#
See Graves of Son*
ROMAGNE-S O U S-MONTPAU-
CON. France May 21 —Nearly
two-thlrds of the American Gold
Star Mothers looked for the first
time today on their soldier eonrf
graves In the principal American
military cemetery here.
The mothers came In motor eari
from historic Verdun where they
spent the night resting from their
long drive from Parts.
The sky itself was tinged with
sadness and rain cut short the
pilgrimage after an hour. Many of
the mothers had brought evergreen
wreaths some entwined with flow-
ers and others found wreaths ready
for them here.
The mothers almost 200 of them
wnt in little groups to different
parts of the cemetery and there
prayed at the grave of their boys.
There was some sobbing and all
were wet-eyed as they lived over
again the day their sons departed
When after an hour a squall of
rain came the mother* were
hurried by the accompanying of-
ficers to the hostess house where
they had lunch.
All of the mothers arrived at
Verdun last night but many were
tired. Mayor Schleiter and other
officials as well as the French wrar
widows of the region greeted them
Mexico City 968443
MEXICO CITY. May 21—<JF«—
The director of the census taken
on Mav 15 announced today that
the population of Mexico City in-
cluding the suburbs was 968.443.
The Federal District population
was given as 1.112.000.
WEATHER I
For Brownsville and the Valley;
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs-
day.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday.
Moderate to fresh southeast to
south wUnds on the coast.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
The river will rise approximately
3 feet more at Brownsville today.
At and above Mission the river is
falling and will continue to fall In
the absence of rains in the water-
shed.
Flood Present 24-Rr. 24-Hr.
Stage Stage Cbng. Bain
. Eagle Pass 16 15 0.0 DO
’ Laredo 27 -15 -0 2 DO
. Rio Grande 21 6 2 -2.3 DO
> Mission 22 91 +1.3 DO
• San Benito 23 14 7 +0.5 DO
Brownsville 18 5.7 *3.0 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa-
bel tomorrow under normal mete-
orological conditions:
’ High . 11:50 a. m.
i Low.4:48 a. m.; 7:05 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 7:13
«Sunrise tomorrow .9:40
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