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THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair Saturday night; Sunday fair
to partly cloudy.
FORTY-FIRST YEAR—No. 286 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS SUNDAY. JUNE 4 193S EIGHTEEN PAGES TODAY. fie A COPT
WHY DOES SPRING COME SO
much later to the ebony—
Than to other native trees of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
* • •
CHANCES ARE THOUGHT TO
be better then good that Ft. Brown
will gain by additional appropria-
tions for additional improvements.
That’s the word that comes from
Cong. Milton West.
* • •
HAVE COME TO THE CONCLU-
sion that the desire of most of the
fond parents we have run up
against—
To have their children see the
Century of Progress at Chicago—
Is akin to the desire of all dads
to have the kids see the circus
Or to go fishing.
* * *
ROBERT STILWELL BROWN S-
ville high and junior college grad-
uate comes home from his first
year at the university.
Shows a report for the year of
17 A’s and one B.
We cannot understand the “B*’
and are afraid the general impres-
sion will get out that Robert is
wasting his time!
• * *
BY THE WAY IF BY ANY
chance you did not partake of the
most excellent Mexican supper
served at the Washington Park
grammar school last night—
Tonight is another night and
the supper will be just as good.
Friends of the Public Health
Nursing Association are sponsoring
these suppers—
In an effort to raise funds for
the Milk Fund and if there is
anything more important right
now than that fund we have not
heard of it.
Litlfle babies are being kept alive
bj Me milk the fund buys.
recipient tuberculars are being
brought back to health by that
milk.
Puny kids are gaining flesh and
muscle and parent’s hearts are
being made glad.
Take the family and saunter
down tonight and have the double
pleasure of doing a right good deed
and gaining a right good supper.
• • •
AND THE RAIN HELPED THE
watermelon crop of Willacy county
Along with the cotton crop of the
entire Valley.
Sixteen cars of melons have roll-
ed to date
With prospects that 50 will cons-
titute the season's output.
* • •
BEEN NEARLY FIVE DAYS
now since we have heard any new
name mentioned—
As candidate for the senate seat
occupied by Archie Parr.
Volney Taylor H. L. Yates and
Rep. Augustin Celaya all _>f
Brownsville—
Are the only names on the lips
and tongues of the populace to
date.
• • •
JIMMIE ALLRED. ATTORNEY
s General of Texas is going to run for
governor.
Which may tell you why the state
highway commission was ready to
go to the bat
And condemn a right of way
through Kenedy county
With Jimmie Allred as attorney
general doing the condemning.
• • •
GET YOURSELF A MAP OF
the United States and Mexico and
be surprised when you see what a
straight line it is from Corpus
Christi to Brownsville to Victoria
Mexico City.
It's the logical route folks the
logical route.
(Continued on Page Two)
Cut Costs
And balance the budget by
shopping through The Herald
Classified ads. They are the
bargain counters of the Val-
ley.
Phone No. 8
DONNA MURDER
PROBE UNDER
ffAY BY JURY
25 Witnesses Called
In Latest Quiz
On ‘Plot’
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG June 3.—Hurriedly
convened late Friday afternoon the
Hidalgo county grand jury Satur-
day examined 25 witnesses from
the Donna territory subpoenaed by
Dist. Atty. Sid Hardin and began
a thorough investigation of the
latest so-called “Donna murder
conspiracy case.”
The grand jury was convened at
the request of the district attorney
to act on evidence uncovered by
; Ranger Jim Shown of the head-
i quarters company at Austin who
I came to the Valley some time ago
and worked in conjunction with
I Harry Ridgeway of Donna mana-
I ger of the water district who about
| six weeks ago reported to Austin
that a conspiracy to take his life
I was being fomented at meetings
; of farmers of the Donna commun-
I ity.
Previously Investigated
The first investigation was made
by Rangers Joe Oseb aand Byers of
j the headquarters company who
: came to the Valley to investigate
the flogging of two cash buyers at
1 Weslaco. No evidence worthy of
submission to the grand jury was
: uncovered by them they told Dist.
1 Attorney Hardin.
Later however complaint was
made to Austin that Hidalgo county
authorities were not prosecuting the
i case and Ranger Shown was
sent to the Valley. Shown report-
ed to Ridgeway it is understood
and worked on the case with
Ridgeway for about two weeks.
Evidence which he unearthed
was displayed by Shown to the dis- !
trict attorney but w-as taken with
the Ranger to Austin.
Additional complaints that the
alleged conspiracy was not being
seriously taken by Hidalgo county
authorities w'ere made to Austin
according to reports reaching the
fiunty seat and last Wednesday |
Dist. Atty. Hardin went to Austin |
and demanded that evidence un- 1
covered by Ranger Shown from the
adjutant general.
Evidence Turned Over
According to Hardin that official
at first refused to show him the
evidence and when Hardin threat-
ened to subpoena the evidence the
adjutant general held a lengthy con-
ference with Gov. Miriam A. Fer-
guson and with her husband the
former Gov. James E. Ferguson.
The evidence was made available
to the district attomev following
that conference and Hardin then
announced that the Hidalgo county
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Lunge at Car
Fatal To Man
QUANAH June 3. (/Pi—Clarence
McNeese a as injured fatally late to-
day near Quanah when he leaped
against the side of a moving auto-
mobile.
He died at a Quanah hospital
without making a statement. No in-
quest was held.
The sheriff was informed by a
man named Small driver of the
car. that McNeese had been stand-
ing in the center of the pavement
and as he drove by lunged at the
car.
‘Shut In Day’ To
Be Observed Here
Every person in Brownsville who
is confined by illness or injury will j
receive flowers Saturday when local i
florists observe “Shut-In-Day” it '
has been announced.
The florists ask the cooperation
of citizens in locating persons to
whom the flowers should be sent.
Florists and private growers tak-
ing part include Bowyer the Florist
Pixie Flower Shop. Mrs. Mclnnis’
Garden Los Ebanos Greenhouse
Co. Mrs. Albert Smith Eureka
Nursery and George White.
Pay Rolls In Texas
Show Job Increases
AUSTIN. June 3. (/P)—The Bureau
of Business Research of the Uni-
versity of Texas reported today that
the long awaited upturn in the num-
ber of workers on pav rolls in Tex-
as finally occurred in May.”
The Bureau’s report show’ed the
908 establishments covered in its
monthly survey had increased em-
ployment 3.1 per cent during the
period ending May 15 as compared
to the previous month.
■i- .
Buildings Razed
SHREVEPORT La.. June 3. (/Pi-
Fire which threatened to destroy
the entire business section of
Vivian. 30 miles north of here to-
day reduced three buildings on the
main street of the town to ashes
and caused a loss of several thou-
sands of dollars*
Around The
World With
Mattem
(By the Associated Press)
The pilot: James Joseph Mat-
tern 28 commercial flyer from
San Angelo Texas. Born in Free-
port 111. Mattem played foot-
ball in high school drums in a
dance orchestra quit before grad-
uation to enlist in the army air
corps and is a second lieutenant
in the reserves.
The plane: The Century of Pro-
gress a 600-horse power mono-
plane bullet-shaped body and
wings “pants” over the landing
gear and dappled with red white
and blue.
Proposed route: The Lindbergh
route to Paris across Germany
and Russia to Moscow across Si-
beria to Alaska down to Edmon-
ton Canada on down to Chica-
go and back east to New York.
Distance: Some 15000 miles.
First scheduled stop: Paris
Then to Moscow.
Fuel supply: 700 gallons of gaso-
line capable of 28 hours aloft.
Speed: Cruising 150 miles an
hour. Capable of 170 with favor-
able winds.
TRUCK BRINGS
IN $10000000
1932-’33 Shipping Season
Officially At Close;
23000 Cars Move
Although tomato shipments will
probably continue for a week yet
and scattering cars of other produce
will probably roll the Valley’s 1932-
33 shipping season was “officially”
closed Saturday night when the
market news bureau here closed.
The total movement for the sea-
son stands at about 23000 cars in-
cluding sljipments by truck and
express.
Saturday the Valley rolled 17
cars of tomatoes two cars of green
corn and a car of watermelons.
Some shippers said they will op-
erate during the coming week but
others were closing sheds Saturday.
Tomatoes which were shipped were
bringing a cent a pound generally
to the growers.
Meanwhile canning plants over
the Valley are running full blast.
The plants are paying mostly $7 a
ton for tomatoes.
The season which is just closing
has been a successful one with a
total of approximately $10000000
gross return to the Valley.
San Benito ended the season In
the lead with shipments having a
total of approximately 1800 car-
loads as against 1750 for Weslaco.
50000 Get Jobs
In Forest Project
WASHINGTON. June 3. —
More than 50.000 young easterners
and mid-westerners today were or-
dered to forest work projects in
the Rockies and Pacific Coast
ranges.
The orders were issued by the
war department after conferences
with Robert Fechner director of
conservation work. They cut al-
most in half the number origin-
ally intended for the western
assignment.
Sabotage Feared
At Muscle Shoals
WASHINGTON. June 3. -(/Pi-
Visitors have been barred from the
power house at Muscle Shoals.
Ala. by order of Maj. Gen. Lytle
Brown chief of army engineers be-
cause of recurring reports of in-
tended sabotage there.
Gen. Brown asserting that no
such activities had occurred as yet.
tonight expressed concern lest
they take place and ordered that
none but known and recognized in-
dividuals be admitted.
Humble Shows Profit
HOUSTON June 3. (JP)—Net pro-
fit of $14896613.23 for 1932 was
shown in the annual report of the
Humble Oil and Refining company
issued here today.
The report showed a gross operat-
ing income for the year of $113709-
830.80. and operating charges ag-
gregating oevr $98000000 .
The report showed also that prac-
tically six million dollars was paid
out in dividends during the year.
SENATE PUTS
APPROVAL TO
BAN ON GOLD
Contracts Payments
Permitted in Any
Legal Tender
WASHINGTON June 3. (/P)—
Amid cries of “bad faith” and “re-
pudiation” the senate today gave
final congressional approval to the
administration’s resolution permit-
ting payment of all contracts in le-
gal tender money.
An overwhelming coalition of
democrats and western republicans
drove through by a vote of 48 to 20
the measure requested by the ad-
ministration. eliminating the gold
payment requirement from all con-
tracts public and private either
present or future.
Ready for White Hcuse
This means that war debts mort-
gages and liberty bonds as well as
all other governmental and private
obligations may be settled in legal
tender money obviating the require-
ment that gold shall be used.
The resolution already had pass-
ed the house and needs only the
signatures of Vice Pres. Gamer
and Speaker Rainey before going to
the White House.
Two attempts to modify the meas-
ure by eliminatnig its retroative
features and to exclude governmen-
tal obligations were rejected dur-
ing a long day of debeate 48 to 21
and 38 to 26 respectively.
To protests that the resolution
would call for repudiation of gov-
ernment obligations defenders re-
plied that the welfare of the major-
ity was supreme and that the gov-
ernment had the right to brogate
contracts in carrying out its consti-
tutional function of regulating
money.
Attacked by GOP
“For generations Americans will
grow red around the ears when they
think of the dishonest and dishon-
orable thing this congress did” the
Pennsylvania republican Reed told
his colleagues.
In reply Sen. Borah <R„ Ida.)
said “we must cease to pay tribute
to the gold standard at the expense
of the American people.”
“It has been said that this res-
olution is repudiation” Borah add-
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Dry Vote Draws
Little Interest
INDIANAPOLIS June 3. Up)—In-
diana voters today seemed indiffer-
ent toward the special election to be
held Tuesday which will decide the
state’s stand on the question of re-
pealing the 18th amendment.
The apparent apathy was discon-
certing to both wet and dry organi-
zation workers but they hoped in
the days remaining before the elec-
tion to arouse interest.
Hartzell Is Free
On $15000 Bond
Oscar Hartzell Drake estate “big
shot” is at liberty at Sioux City la.
on $15000 bond pending hearing on
several motions and demurrers As-
sociated Press dispatches to The
Herald Saturday stated.
Hatzell recently was arraigned on
a charge of using the mails to de-
fraud but was given addtiional time
to appear and enter his plea.
Three Iowa men are sureties on
the bond.
Truck Kills Child
ARP June 3.——Noble Wayne
Reed. 5. was killed late todaiy when
he was struck by a truck driven by
Joe Perskv of Wichita Falls. Wit-
nesses said the boy dodged from
behind an ice truck into the path
of the oncoming vehicle. They ex-
pressed opinion the accident was
unavoidable. The boy was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Reed.
‘Sandwich’ Fish
Duke Smith. Brownsville barber
adds another unusual fish to the
list caught in the Valley section this
season. It is a “sandwich fish.”
Smith insists that its real name
is sandwich fish. He caught it on
the jetties. The fish a small fellow
is wider than long and has bright
black stripes.
West To Don
Ball Uniform
For Dems
The Valley’s congressman Mil-
ton H. West of Brownsville is go-
ing to be one the hurlers for the
democrats in their coming battle
on the baseball diamond with the
republicans in congress.
Photographs of Congressman
West warming up in his new uni-
form as democratic pitcher have
appeared in papers of the nation
recently.
West was at one time an out-
standing minor league pitcher
and turned down a chance to go
into the majors.
QUAKE FELT IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Two Distinct Shocks Are
Reported; No Damage
Results
SAN FRANCISCO. June 3. UP)—
An earthquake of considerable in-
tensity was felt by residents in the
outlying sections of San Francisco
at about 6:45 o’clock tonight while
persons in the downtown section
observed a slight shock.
There were no reports of damage.
Residents in the districts border-
ing the ocean said there were two
distinct shocks one of slight mo-
tion and second of severe intensity.
The shocks apparently were of
local character as nearby cities did
not feel the disturbances.
Tourist Hotel At
Victoria Planned
Agitation for a fine tourist hotel
in the city of Victoria Mexico to
prepare for the large influx of tour-
ists expected there has been start-
ed both in Victoria and Matamo-
ros according to a letter received
at the chamber of commerce here.
The letter states that a recent
communication from the Matamo-
ros C. of C. to Gov. Villarreal of
the state of Tamaulipas. stating
that several persons recently have
announcii plans for such a hotel
and that one is badly needed in
Victoria.
Boys Charged With
Burning U. S. Flag
NORTHAMPTON. Mass. June 3.
UP)—Five 19-year-old Amherst col-
lege freshmen appeared in district
court today and pleaded not guilty
to “publicly mutilating and treat-
ing contemptuously the flag of the
United States.”
The youths were arrested yester-
day after complaint had been made
that they had burned a flag during
a communist meeting on the cam-
pus. They were permitted to remain
under bail of $200 each.
Two Men Are Shot
By Bank Robbers
CULLOM. 111. June 3. (fP)—Eight
robbers held up two banks here to-
day shot and -wounded two persons
and escaped with about $2500 from
each bank.
The robbers rode down Main St..
| in two automobiles firing right and
left. The two wounded. Frank Kopp
and Doris Ccalsamh both business
men. were standing in the doorways
of their stores. Kopp was wounded
in the right leg. A bullet grazed
Coalsamh’s head.
Jefferson Davis
Honored by South
BEAUVOIR. Miss.. June 3. (IP)—
The south paid tribute today to
Jefferson Davis only president of
the Confederacy.
The 125th anniversary of his
birth was celebrated officially in
some states as in Georgia where
the capitol was closed. Some banks
took a holiday.
Return of 2-Cent
Postage Is Seen
GROVE CITY Pa. June 3. (/pi—
James A. Farley postmaster gen-
eral. today forecast the return of
two-cent Dostage on letter mail
“within the next few weeks.”
Speaking at the dedication of
Grove City’s new federal building
Farley said he expects Pres. Roose-
velt to sign the postage cut bill in
a few days.
KIDNAP PAIR
FACES DEATH
ON GALLOWS
McElroy Abduction
Confessed By
Leaders
KANSAS CITY June 3. — (£>)—
Facing possible death on the gal-
lows under Missouri law Walter
McGee 28. former Oregon convict
and Clarence Click 27 of Kansas
City today confessed the kidnap-
ing of Miss Mary McElroy police
said. The developments came as a
federal grand jury indicted them
and six others in the plot.
The abduction of the 25-year-old
daughter of City Manager H. I.
McElroy her safe release on $30-
000 ransom the arrest of eight
suspects the return of five from
Amarillo. Tex. and the indict-
ments and confessions were the
events of a single week to the hour.
Tells ‘Everything’
As Thomas J. Higgins chief of
detectives started to question Mc-
Gee upon his return front Amaril-
lo today the former convict re-
plied “I want to tell everything
and get it over with.”
Admitting he and Clarence Stev-
ens boldly entered the city mana-
ger’s home a week ago and forced
Miss McElroy to accompany them
McGee said “we did not intend to
harm the young woman.
“We didn’t even give the conse-
quences a thought. We just wanted
an easy payoff. We thought McEl-
roy would be an easy pay off too.”
McGee’s confession came soon
after the city manager entered the
I room at police headquarters where
i the prisoner was questioned.
“We’ve met before” McElroy said
loking intently into McGee’s eyes.
McGee rose from his chair and
extended his hand. McElroy shook
hands with him.
(Continued on Page Two)
SLATS RODGERS
HURT IN CRASH
j Valley Stunt Flier Injured
In Forced Landing Near
Edinburg
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. June 3.—F. H.
(Slats) Rodgers stunt flier and
operatior of a plane spraying ser-
vice received painful injuries near
here early tonight when his plane
nosed over after a forced landing.
Rodgers was returning after dust-
ing a citrus grove with a poison
spray when his motor stopped ap-
parently because of lack of gasoline.
The flier was forced to bring the
ship down in rough country and the
plane nosed over. It was damaged
considerably.
Rodgers was treated for cuts and
bruises at a physician's office here.
He was not considered seriously in-
jured. The accident occurred about
five miles west of Edinburg near
a highway.
Rodgers was piloting the ship
from which William Gaylord Swan
parachute jumper bailed out early
in April over the Gulf of Mexico
and lost his life.
8 Valley Youths
Graduate at A. & M.
(Special to The Herald)
COLLEGE STATION. June 3 —
Eight Valley youths received de-
grees from A. & M. College at
graduating exercises here Saturday
morning.
Those completing work from the
college are:
T. M. Melden Mission honor
graduate of the department of mil-
itary science and tactics; W. L.
Sigler. La Feria. B. S. degree from
the school of agriculture; W. M.
Simpson Harlingen B. S. degree
from the school of agricuture;
Spencer B. Apple Jr. B. S. degree
in agricultural engineering; Willis
Nolan. Santa Rosa. B. S. degree in
agricultural engineering; W. P.
Ragsdale Jr.. McAllen B. S. degree
in agricultural engineering; H. W.
Haas Mission. B. S. degree in civil
engineering; and T. M. Meldon Jr.
Mission B. S. degree in civil en-
gineering.
I ■
Mattern To
Buck Bad
Weather
MOSCOW June 3. (JP)—James
Mattern who set out today from
New York for a world flight is
likely to encounter very unfavor-
able weather and landing condi-
tions at the outset of his passage
across Russia.
The Moscow airport today can-
celled until further notice all air-
plane service out of the soviet
captal because of recent hard
rains and low clouds.
It has been raining continuous
ly for seven days at Moscow and
in its environs with an accom-
painment of chill winds and som e
fog.
Airport officials 6aid tonight
however that the present condi-
tion of the Moscow field would not
prohibit Mattern from landing or
taking off. The fact that all air
trafic out of Moscow is temporarily
discontinued would indicate nev-
ertheless precarious if not actual-
ly dangerous conditions for the
American’s arrival.
Temperature of one degree
above zero centigrade was pre-
dicted tonight for Moscow.
PROPERTY TAX
PENALTY COT
_
County Land Owners Now
May Save Third Of
Million
Cameron county property owners
can save themselves a third of a
million dollars by paying their de-
linquent taxes now according to
figures in the office of B. Frank
Hardin tax collector.
There are approximately $1000-
000 in delinquent taxes on the
county books and Hardin estim-
ates that penalty and interest will
average one-third of the principal
on this sum.
The recent “moratorium” on pen-
alty and interest passed by the
legislature is broader in scope
than the previous "moratorium.” It
even remits the dollar delinquent
“line cost” which has not been
done heretofore.
For delinquent taxes paid be-
tween now and Sept. 30 the pen-
alty is only one per cent; from
then until Dec. 31. the penalty is
two per cent; from then to March
30. 1934. the penalty is four per
cent; and from then to June 30 it
is six per cent.
Under ordinary conditions the
penalty is 10 per cent and it car-
ries six per cent interest annually.
How fast these costs amount up is
seen from the fact that delinquen-
cies in 1918 now amount to ap-
proximately 100 per cent.
Hardin will facilitate payment
of these delinquent taxes by fur-
nishing statements by July 1.
The information set out above is
State Comptroller Geo. H. Shep-
pard's interpretation of the new act
as explained to the tax collector
here.
This remission of pgnalty and in-
terest is on state and county taxes.
It is believed that other taxing agen-
cies will follow the state’s lead and
declare similar “moratoriums.”
Finance Control
Ban Bill Studied
WASHINGTON. June 3. UP)—
Legislation to prevent the concen-
tration into a few hands of control
of industry and finance is being ser-
iously studied by members of the
senate bankin? committee as a re-
sult of the disclosures in the inves-
tigation of J. P. Morgan and com-
pany.
While the committee itself has
taken no formal action individual
members said today it would be con-
sidered and that meanwhile they
were giving thought to ways of set-
ting up limitations.
Fire Kills Boys
NEW YORK. June 3. (JP)—'Two
brothers 15 and 11 years old. per-
ished today in a fire that swept a
West Side tenement house.
I Firemen smashing into the burn-
ing building found Walter and
Bobbie Hunt dead. Two youth and
! a 12-vear-old girl suffered serious
burns.
Mattem Now Attempting Hop Around World\
Made Home in Brownsville for A bout a Year
“Jimmie” Mattern might almost
be considered a “Valley flier.”
While here Mattern engaged in
a unique occupation—that of haul-
ing fish by plane from Soto la Mar-
ina fishermen’s paradise about 150
miles down the Mexican coast to
Brownsville for that ill-fated com-
mercial venture known as the Tex-
Mex Fisheries. He came here with
a free-care wild-flying crew that
was ia the game for tie adventure
of it.
Jimmie and his wife resided in
Brownsville for about a year and
made numerous friends over the
lower Valley.
The Tex-Mex Fisheries came in
from Houston first using nonde-
script crates in its “fishing fleet of
the sky.” Later it purchased Stin-
sons which were specially equipped
with compartments for the fish and
“dry ice.” Several of .them later fig-
ured in endurance flight attempts
after being re-motored.
In this happy go-lucky crew Mat-
tern soon distinguished himself with
his steady flying ability. Although
his experience was somewhat limit-
ed at the time he showed that he
was perfectly at home in the air.
Jimmie constantly made efforts to
improve his flying technique
i The Tex-Mex outfit was flying off
the pioneer field located where the
Pan-American airport now stands.
There were only one or two wood
shacks on the field at the time. It
was a far cry from the A-l-A inter-
national airport now on the site.
Flying with Mattern at the time
were “Hoppy” Hopkins. Ralph Stone
Audrey Durst and others. The fish-
ing end of the industry at Soto la
Marina was handled by “Red” Con-
i dit. Durst and Stone are now flying
for the Pan-American in Mexico.
Durst makes his home here while
Stone shuttles back and forth be-
tween Tampico and Tuxpan.
After the Tex-Mex ceased opera-
tion-flying fish proving too expen-
sive and operation—Mattem return-
ed to San Angelo. For a while he
flew on a private line between San
Antonio and San Angelo returning
to the Valley for occasional visits.
YOUNG PILOT
OFF ON SOLO
TRY AT TIME
4 l V . - ■ ...
Paris First Goal Of
Flight; Due There
This Morning
.
NEW YORK June 4. (Sunday)
(AP)—Following the Lindbergh
trail across the perilous Atlantic
Jimmy Mattera Texas birdman
presumably was nearing the coast
of Ireland early today on his solo
globe girdling adventure.
At the rate he flew through
the daylight hours after lifting
his plane from the earth here at.
4:30 a. m. (EST) yesterday dark*
ness should have met him almost
half way across the open sea with
the greensward of Le Rourget
Field Paris under his wheels for
lunch there today.
NEW YORK. June 3.—(ff)—Bound
around the world alone. Jimmie
Mattem soared over Newfoundland
and headed out over the open sea
today seven hours after he lifted
his monoplane Century of Progress
from Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn
at 4:20 a. m. E. S. T.
With the wind behind him and
fair weather all about the 28-year-
old Texas aviator was sighted at
11:30 a. m. E. S. T. over Lewis-
porte N. F. some 1200 miles to the
north of New York.
Gains Four Hoars
The roar of Mattem’s motor was
heard ever Musgrave Harbor N. F.
about half hour later. Soon after-
ward. Mattem sped over the Wad-
ham Islands—and it was then fare-
well to land.
By not landing at Harbor Grace
—the customary stopping point for
flyers before they attempt the Atlan-
tic—Mattem gained almost four
hours advantage on the round-the-
world record of 8 days 15 hours and
51 minutes set by Wiley Post and
Harold Gatty in 1931.
Following the Lindbergh route
Mattem's first scheduled stop is
Paris which he expects to reach
within 27 hours. Then after six
hours sleep straight on to Moscow
dipping over the Tehplehof airdrome
in Berlin en route.
But first there was fog and rain
along the Irish coast to battle.
The bullet-shaped plane resero*
bling a mighty eagle with its wings
dappled in red white and blue car-
ries no radio and further word of
Mattem's progress east from New-
foundland must come from ships at
sea until he noses over Ireland.
Only at Clare regarded as a likely
spot for Mattem to strike the coast
were weather conditions fair for
flying along the east Atlantic coast-
line. Elsewhere there was rain and
bad visibility.
Irish officials early in the day or-
dered civic guards along the sea-
board to maintain a close watch.
“Back in Week*
“I’ll be back in a week” the San
Angelo trap-drummer-tumed-avia-
tor cried out to a small crowd of
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800 Get Degrees
From University
AUSTIN. June 3. <&)—Baccaluai-
eate services for the 1933 graduat-
ing class of the University of Texas
will be held tomorrow night.
The Rev. Umphrey Lee pastor of
the Highland Park Methodist
church Dallas will preach the ser-
mon.
Commencement exercises for the
800 graduates will be held at 8 a. m.
Monday.
Two departures from the custom
observed at former graduation exer-
cises have been announced by the
faculty committee. Candidates for
degrees will not be required to at-
tend either the baccaulreate ser-
vices or the commencement exer-
cises and those who choose to at-
tend will not be required to wear
the traditional cap and gown.
Valley Fruit Buyer
Is Found Stabbed
BATON ROUGE La. June 3. (P)
—Harry Zelko 65. Columbus O.
fruit buyer was in a critical condi-
tion today after being found badly
injured apparently with a knife by
a roadside near Livonia 20 miles
west of here. Authorities of Ponite
Coupee and East and West Baton
Rouge parishes jonied in search for
a negro believed to have been his
assailant.
Zelko was found by passing mo-
ons ts after he left Baton Rouge
last night driving toward Opelousas.
His head wras almost severed.
Partly conscious he said he was a
fruit buyer operating between here
and the Rio Grande Valley and
gave Oolumbus O. as his home.
Mill Record Set
SHERMAN June 3. MV-Pour
Sherman flour mills set a record for
the city and perhaps the state In
the year ending May 31 when they
ground nearly six million bushels
of wheat into 1249373 barrels at
flour.
The city’s previous record was
987000 barrels set last year. Heavy
future orders are keeping three mills
running near capacity production.
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