The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 297, Ed. 1 Monday, March 16, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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THIRTY-NINTH YEAR—NO. 297 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY. MARCH IS. 1921 EIGHT PAGRB TODAY *" A 1«<CY
STATE CHECK
ON OIL GAS
IS SOUGHT
Gov. Sterling Declares
— |
SMALL
Companies At Disadvantage
Under Present Plan
He Asserts
AUSTOC March 1A—*»—Prediet
but disaster amid follow that wosdd
imohe all the people at Texas
Governor Rocs 5 Sterfehg vxU~
oast a TiTBiTg* to the legislature
K which be urged enactment of a
law to create as otl and gas cooser-
vtoon commtJRm
The message domed three dan
of argument between the governor
and the railroad exxsmmoc no*
charged with suaemsiop of otl and
gas production Last Friday Sterling
to prorate the east Texas ad field
aaymg unrestricted production m
this area was havmg as important ]
effect oe Che entire ad tnchstry
tuna Far Start
Sterling told the iegxdatcre the
ad industry was suffering freer a
general condition of overproduction
acd slack demand resulmg in de-
pressed prices for crude oil and
industry particularly crude ad pro-
ducers He slid the situation threat-
ened great unemployment too of
crude ad reserve? acd abandonment
of thwaarrtt of sasaH wells precis- ?
d._g rni?m> of many mi_hon* of
W* eis of OSL
w J- also declared that liras ste^s
ware taken a wevid resiit "the
eiBr-catioc vmua2y. a not entirely
of the army Of anaS or sotSe-pendent
«1 producers m this country with
the wrii—I of only a few of the
great major companies thereby re-
acting m monapohsne control of
the entire Indf iy. rather than ® %
desired state of reasonable coerpes-
'Teui has on as atkii^g books
aderr-*te ooroerratiec 'an under
wfarfc regu-atiocs can be prescribed
for the production ird ihe w.e of
sd and gar The laws are rompieie
and adetpaaie The ra^rowd ccmisns-
sOon at present 3 charged with the
duty at enforcing these laws.
1*ot only so. but the rs&sns
is charged with the duty of regsht-
and trucks and a seems certain that
sneer bis now pencmg before the
jesss-ature. the further regulatass
of trucks and busses c_I be reqsir- |
a heavy burden tot the atemstn-
tSoc of these various dimes and res- ‘
derag K pcurricafhr unpoasihv for
the ooanamsaon 10 give our present
Kin.it'x: the attrstaon which la so
MARKETING TO
BE DISCUSSED
—
Head of State Farm Bureau
T. Talk Wad^Jay
At Harbft.
e-'w e e e n n we w w w*
Dallas Flogging
To Be Probed
DALLAS Marts 1C—jP—At-
««’«b otf a DaZaa ooustj grand
P«I «* toned i«ois today u>
aa 05337 mzo the reported kid-
Taping and Gaggnf March S of
C J. Grader and leva Ham.
Word was a*a.ted froa Hire
and Coder now to Kim»i Ctr?.
whether they wookJ accept Gov-
ernor Ron Sterling** offer to |
toad ranger* to the cate fen» to
escort then to DeZa*. shoold
they agree to return to tes£fy
before the grand Jury.
^ Ja a a e
SHOOTING OF i
OFFICERS IS
UNMPROBE
Two Slain as Florida
Deputies Stop
Truck
WILMINGTON N C- March SC
——A coroner i jury attempted
today to untangle the confused de-
tails of a Sunday mcraiag pseto!
ba::> la wfcicfc t mail track dmer
and a deputy sheriff were dam as
fzve deputy sheriffs sough* a rum
rortaer.
Th enctuns were Leopold Roberts.
B. of Dudley. N C- a driver wider
goenmnt contrac*. and W. P
Starling. 3S-year-old Sew Hanover
county deputy sheriff
Begtnzung its investigation Tester-
dav the Jury was told by the offi-
cers that the mail track stopped or
a bridge and Roberts opened Sre
on them as they approached after
halting another machine Ther- was
no whiskey m the truck ter was
Roberts' suspected of being a nan
muter. they saad
Two Smarts struck Starting who
<Sd tax wear a mufors. and ha
fired twice as he feU The or her of-
ficers one x a uniform then ooesa-
ed fire and Roberu topped over
with four bu3ec wounds Bceh tw
dted before they could be taken se
a bospstal
Front three young Wihrmgtor.
wixnei* who rode with Roberts on
the track from Goldsboro to Wfi- j
iningtap as passenger* the jm~
heard a slightly efferent version of
the shoeing !
Flraabeth Hines said she took the
afiffei when Roberta mn~ pli reV of
a severe headache at Tin Cay. go
mues froes WUmmgtoei. and was
drmaw when they reacted the
bridge
Roberts to£d her to stop when he
aaw the men on the bridge ahe
t«ifwL Several men rac toward
the truck she saad. and the shoc*-
fa***"- She did cot know the
were officer* or who fired tl»
first shot she adeed.
Betty Gibatm. who testified «h*
was a relative of Sorrig. mhf the
cfficer ran sg? with a gwi m his
hand and that Roberts are
ytn gjris get excited I
will take rare of tfejs.**
“Mr Robes-s got oat <* the ear.*
she roctmaed -and Mr. OtaeSmg
ran amtii they were right to-
gether. and the ahoocmg vp-
Drainage District
Bill Is Signed ;
AUSTIN March If — F—Gorer- f
nor Sterhng today ggaed a ME val-
idating draasagr districts He also <
Ftape of Corpus Chran afjowasg -*»• ‘
city to piedee the a«ets of its gas
plans to rebuild the Mt’Jia dam -1
UNCLE TRIAL
OPENSTODAY
DIOOCAGO
St Louis Man Accused
Of Killing
Reporter
DEFENSE
Hopes To Prove Alleged
Slayer Was la Hotel
When Jake Died
CHICAGO March i< tod
to the mjxufyag Jute Iingie mur-
der mystery stay be found a the
trial. opening today. of Leo V
Brothers. St Lome. accused at be-
ing the mar. who fired a bullet
from a sztub-noMd pistol mto the
back at the Tribune reporter s head
au June I.
A» the preliminary ccmshes got
under way. the 3c. Loins gangster j
whose name had never bees asked
wuh Chicago gangland snmues
until after ha arrest December 21
calmly awaited the outcome which
included the possibility that hr
would he led to the electric chair.
Both the prosecutaoc. watch has
eSasely guarded the basis far As
charge and the defense were coo-
Qdest at the outcome. Other rHan
saying Brothers was identified as
the Layer Use state has revealed
none of the details of ha charge
“We hove an aJr-tjgfct ease" atm
Charles F Ratfabun. special as-
Mtant stair* attorney “We are
positively going to send han to the
ciocsn^ clmii ""
Defense AIM
The defense penned its mam hope
in an attempt to establish an ajbt
for the cote-eyed St Louisan—kha*
he was a the R.—era Hotel at the
exact hour iactfi^ was « a~ is
addition. Brothers Jawyerw were
hoping so 'use two anamakros scru-
aoocs m its beha^—the arrest of
Frwntoe Faster a gangster who
was held tnder a toctokal tndxt-
flBRt: far the Ailing and a vo&sn-
My confesses by Frank Bell that
he participated m the Laagle mur-
der Regard:*** off the train or
falsity at the indictment and con-
Sessaoc. defease ten*: said Sher
planned to present both to the
jury far ns cocsfderaaoB.
Brother*. arrested a St Loon
■ times and wanted there for a
axi war vlaytc* has never been
emmeted of a ertase H* was ar-
rested m the Iiag> case after
month* of mousry which led arres-
UMMn to vumoqs parts oe the
country
Indications the ease would be
fenaht nctterly loomed before the
work of selecting the faros* ww«
made* way
Bat aside from Brothers guilt an
maoee=ae the tdg qraessxm that
awaited an answer was:
“Why ww* Lmgfe kt3ed»“
Two Die In Fire
BAGVELL Me. March II— j>—
At least two people met* burned
to death m a fire winch deeuroyed
Mag.
The bodies at two an sitaubed
wn wrr- recovered from :be rums
if roomrag bouses and firemen
•ere eearchaog for otheri Tup
feared *hw also had perMed m
the Haases
Instigator of Scopes
Trial Visits in Valley
Tb» ar*ama.tar of -■*» «aeitfs
pC3i_CIty SCU2X A
a !<a ii** a BroranCe He ts
Doc* rr Geers* W H»pc-e*ea -wise
fts» years i*» ^rsaoemrd -J» jsea at :
~g«! 3aaqp«a «a tea jait^aff
—-1
IN “LOVE MA RKET" PROBE
_ __
These two girt*. Alsce Bbie mod Heto are heM ir
tecfcsaca! custody is Los Asrejn xinje jEwciiatacei » ndr of aflnrei
parzxipaiaoc of Alexander Panta-ws in the “ioar aasrfcct' mag to bate
bees mamtajcns to proeale fay jobb* oaengasiar lor weal'Jay mm
Flotage*.. wealthy theater propraetor. s rtS Same fwmi wm^tmeat of
charges agairs; irasrc by Eneace J*rfcz> a dercer
Revolutionary Method
Of Making Anti-Knock
Motor Fuel Discovered
STATE COLLEGE Pa. Mar 14
gratae car. be z*Ce by a sew
peaces* which ZrteraZy jwcfcs rise
tasocics ots of the pu «? an-
nounced at Pen* Kate Gol>s» *►>
day
The dacowir aarrodjeet a nexuv
WORLD OIL
MEET ASKED
Session Would Be Held In
Washington About
Mar. 30
WASHINGTON March If _ F—
Cicero Msrray cbatnsac of the oil
esrarr. to Secretary Wi2rm. today
appeal to the federal oft conser-
vation board far a ftsT. beans* of
the o. world s prutaescj amoad
March »
Murray who acv-sed WiAur that
the ad states advhory cxmsree
would meet a wasfrrmgMc. March
3*. drearw: that m^ of the
group wanted the hearts* to deve-
lop ^4 for fUar~g tie rdj-
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CAUTION IS
CHARGE TO
GRANDJURY
Hidalgo Judge Warn#
Against Unfair
Indictments
FEELING
Alaska Epidemic
Believed in Control
POfXT BAR30W Ajuu SU fc
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REPUBLICANS
ASK CLEANUP
OFN.Y.CITY
Pulpit* Rkf Af*m»t
W.lkrr Talk*
A. C. Hipp Re-elected At
Head of Post A T P. A.
CD. WALKER
AND DAUGHTER
ARE VICTIMS
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YOUNG GIRL
COU) WEATHER
IS PREDICTION
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The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 297, Ed. 1 Monday, March 16, 1931, newspaper, March 16, 1931; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1393337/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .