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THE WEATHER
Brownsville and the Valley: Pair
Monday night; Tuesday partly
eloudy.
FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 29
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY AUGUST 6 1934
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‘Hindenburg Lives On1 Hitler Declares
NEW NAPOLEON
PAYS TRIBUTE
TO WAR CHIEF
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Dead Leader Innocent
Of Battle Cause
Hitler Says
BERLIN. Aug. 6—vPt—From the
rostrum where on July 13 he defend-
ed his killing 77 revolutionaries"
anti declared he was Germany's
Adolf Hitler Monday paid
solemn tribute to the late Pres
Paul von Hindenburg and prayed
lor the peace freedom and honor
of Germany.
“Deputies oi the German reichs-
tag men and women of the Ger-
man people;" the chancellor-leader
apoke. “I implore you al) now to
look beyond this transitory moment
into the future. Let the strong
realization enter our hearts: The
Herr Reichspresident Field Marshal
General Von Hindenburg is not
dead
'innocent In War’
He is living. For in dying he no*
wanders above us amidst the im-
mortals of our people surrounded
by the great spirits of the past as
an eternal patron and protector of
the German reich and the German
nation."
Hitler declared the late president
was “as innocent to the beginning
of the war as anybody in the world
could be" pointing out that when
the conflict began in 1914. Von Hin-
denburg was living in retirement
having taken his discharge from
the army at the age of 64 on March
18. 1911.
The ntw leader of Germany
praised Von Hindenburg as a mili-
tary commander and declared:
“Had the political leadership of
our people during this period been
congenial with the military. Ger-
many would have been spared the
greatest humiliation ever to go
down in history.”
Chokes With Emotion
He said that the World aar broke
upon a German people "sacredly
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Cuba Fights
Rum Runners
HAVANA. Aug. 6 i/Pi—’T*n air-
planes. equipped with bombs. and
se en warships engaged Monday in
a^N: ve by the Cuban government
rum-runners
Col. Fulgencio Batista com-
mander-in-chief of the army led
the campaign. He said he believed
the smugglers taking whisky to the
t « States were returning with
arms and dynamite for Cuban
revolutionaries
Three Americans were arrested
w a alter the drive opened. They
gave their names as Frederick Will-
cox. Arthur Walter and Bagtl Ar-
r thur.
Market Price* Are
Higher Than In ’33
CHICAGO. Aug. 6. (/TV-Market
prices of the four basic American
agricultural commodities produced
this year under a government spon-
sored program designed to benefit
farmers averaged Monday at Chi-
. cago 21 per cent higher than a year
ago and 83 per cent higher than
t years ago.
The steady and sometimes sharp
- improvement in domestic grain
> prices since May has accounted for
the bulk of the percentage increases.
The quotations howe er. still are
far below the all-time peaks which
belong to the war and post-war era.
I Exports to Soviet
1 Russia Show Hike
'WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.—UPv—
American exports to soviet Russia
were shown by department of com-
merce figures Monday to have been
more than seven times as great in
June this year as in the same month
ia 1933. amounting to 11.765.000 as
•gainst $242000. Imports from that
country increased only slightly
» Exports from the United States
to other countries continued gen-
I erally to expand although Frencn.
) Italian and German purchases were
j somewhat lower.
Dresser Drawer Baby
Loses Fight to Live
TEMPLE. Aug. 6. (4*1—The cry
of ">a Nadine Locke one pound of
perfect baby has been stilled
Fiftv one hours after it was
born the infant perfectly normal
in every respect except for size died
in the "dresser draper home” Sun-
day night that had been provided
for her
Eva was active squirming in true
bat* fashion and even attempting
to ut her ttn.v fist * her mouth.
She crLJ in a reasonably strong
rcica.
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Wales Saves
Boy From
Drowning
BIARRITZ.. France. Aug. 6.—
•£*i—The prince of Wale* refused
Monday to play a hero's role for
aiding in the rescue of a lad
from drowning Sunday.
The small boy was caught by a
huge wave which lifted him from
the beach into a swimming pool.
The prince was one of those who
plunged to the aid of the choking
lad and pulled him to safety.
Prince Edward pointed out that
he was only one of a number
surrounding the pool at the time.
Many persons crowded about to
congratulate him.
Shortly after the incident the
prince returned to his villa. He
arrived several days ago for a
vacation.
CANAL LEADERS
MAPPING WORK
100 Expected At Wealaco
Rally to Discuss
New Action
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Aug. 6.—Arrange-
ments are being made to accoramo-
d&te a hundred civic and business
leaders of the Valley at the Cortes
hotel in Weslaco at 8 o'clock Mon-
day night. N. I. Koppel Harlingen
has anounced. The meeting will be
held to further plans for a cass
meeting to be conducted in Harlin-
gen Monday. Aug 13 to honor Roy
Miller acting vice president of ihe
Intracoastal Canal association ol
Louisiana and Texas. Every Valley-
city ha* responded to the invitation
to attend the Weslaco meeting.
Koppel said.
Objectipe at the Harlingen meet-
ing will be discussion of plans for
preparing facts and data to be pre-
sented to Gen Markham Washing-
ton. chief of the bureau of army en-
gineers. Gen. Markham will be in
Galveston in September to attend
the meeting of the Intracoastal
Canal Association of Louisiana and
Texas. Inc. and will visit the Val-
ley following the convention.
According to plan* being worked
out a Valley delegation will at-
tend the Galveston convent ion in a
body making the trip by boat from
Port Isabel. It is planned to in\i>
Gen. Markham to make the trip to
the Valley by boat with them In or-
der to obtain first hand knowledge
regarding the route for the pro-
posed extension of the Intracoastal
Canal from Corpus Christ! to the
Valley.
Court to Pay Half
Of Costs on Radio
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The Cameron county commission-
ers' court Monday agreed to pay
half the cost of Installing and main-
taining the police radio system to be
placed in operation soon by tne
Brownsville police department..
The sheriffs department is to
have full use of the station and will
; use it extensively in communicat-
ing with deputies at San Benito.
Rio Hondo. Harlingen. La Fcna and
Santa Maria.
City and county officials have
been dickering over terms of the
joint contract for the past month
The police department already
has secured necessary- license and
construction permit for the station
Wreck Injures Four
KERRVILLE. Aug. 6. (yPi—Four
persons were injured seriously Mon-
day when an automobile driven by
Joe Wilkins. 35. hit an oil spread-
ing truck on the outskirts of Kerr-
vtlle. In the car with Wilkins were
Vemie Foster. 18. tils nephew from
Clarendon. Ark. Wilkins’ daughter.
9; and Viola Denwiddie. 18. of Cen-
ter Point. All four were cut badly
and Foster and Miss Dmwiddie were
taken to a hospital in an unconsc-
ious condition The party was re-
turning from Calredond. where they
had been visiting relatives.
Medcalf Returned
•Special t oThe Herald)
EDINBURG. Aug. 6 ^Sheriff Tom
Gill returned late Saturday from
Louisville. Ky. with Joe Medcalf of
Weslaco who is charged with theft
by bailee of over $200 from tiie Jit-
ney Jungle's Weslaco store where
he had been employed. He was orig-
inally charged with theft of $392.
but officers recovered all out $205.
Young Medcalf was amstrsd by
Louisville officers upon Sheriff
Gill's request and the sheriff im-
mediately went to Kentucky for the
prisoner.
Citrus Men Meet
'Special to The Herald)
WESLACO. Aug. 6.—The Texas
Citrus committee under the national
citrus organization to control the
industry met in Harlingen Monday
morning to consider data to be pre-
sented at a hearing to be held in
Weslaco Thursday by the Arsrit ul-
tural Adjustment Administration.
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ANGLERS ARE
ARRIVING FOR
TARPON RODEO
Indications Are Ideal
Weather Will Greet
Fishermen
(Special to The Herald)
PORT ISABEL Aug. 6.—Fine
fishing weather has at last blessed
this section and the Valley's rodeo
committee is praying that it will
uoia through the week and msu*v
success of the Valley's lirst fishing
rodeo which starts Wednesday.
The good weather and fishing
conditions generally resulted in the
landing of five tarpon Sunday.
They were all caught just off the
mouth of the Rio Grande by fish-
ermen who went down in boats tro;c
Port Isabel. Muddy water from the
Rio Grande has Interfered with
fishing north of the mouth of tne
river.
Other Kinds Caught
A number of other kinds ol fish
were caught. Fisnermen reported
several large redlish landed in the
surf on Podre Island while many
trout were caught in the Laguna
Madre
Monday morning the Gull water
was calm and clear and if the pres-
ent conditions hold weather will be
ideal by the opening of the rodeo.
Meanwhile the advance guard is
arriving and preparing for the rodeo.
Forty or more tishermen from as iar
north as Cleveland. Ohio arrived
over the week-end. and some of
them have established camps on
Padre Island while others are stay-
ing at hotels here and at other Val-
ley points.
The bulk of fishermen from other
sections who are to take part in
the rodeo will arrive Tuesday and
by Wednesday it is expected that at
least 300 visitors will be here along
with as many Valley people to in-
augurate the first rodeo.
Arrangement# Completed
Arrangements for entertainment
have been practically completed ac-
cording to Dr J. A. Hockaday gen-
eral chairman. *
The program committee ansounc-
ed there will be nothing but fishing
and the noon-day fish fry on Wed-
nesday and Thursday but Tburs-
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Young Woman
Beaten Dead
HOLLISTER. Calif.. Aug. 6. (AV-
State police and local authorities
sought Monday to establish the
identity of a young woman about
25. whose battered body was found
on a little used road near here.
The woman had been brutally
beaten police said then carried in
an automobile to the old Rocks road
two miles southwest of San Juan
and thrown onto the rocky ground
Refinery Blast
Injures Eight
HOUSTON. Aug. e.-HiP)— Eight
men were seriously burned or in-
jured In an explosion at the Shell
Refinery on the Houston ship chan.
i.al Monday morning. The men were
working around a cracking unit
Three ambulances rushed the vic-
tims to a Houston hospital.
The injured workers were Robert
Graham. ‘ F. C. Waggoner. Louis
Cloutier. W. Domaschk John Man-
ning W J. ‘ Par Rhynes L E.
Jordan and Alec Vincent.
Riot Battle Costs
25 Persons’ Lives
ALGIERS. Algeria Aug. 6.—<A>)—
Twenty-five persons were reported
killed and hundreds hurt in two
days of rioting in Constantine.
The reports reached here Monday
through a censorship which made
it difficult to get complete details
Pompelmousse* Gives Way |
To Valley Grapefruit On
Best French Hotel Menus
♦Special to The Heraia i
McALLEN. Aug 6—Roger Cap-
gras. leading French fruit importer
of Paris arrived here Saturday for
a 10-day inspection trip of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley s 1125-
000.000 citrus industry. Capgras ex-
pects to place orders for a consid-
erable amount of both fresh and
earn ed citrus frui' juices and by-
products.
Grapefruit is now •grapefruit” in
France and not ‘ pompelmousse”
the correct French term. Capgras
was quid: to explain to newspaper
men. ‘ The French have already
learned that the most succulent
grapefruit come from the Lower
Rio Grande Valley of Texas.” Cap-
gras asserted ‘and when you get
your port built and can ship fruit
direct i us we will use more and
more of it. Your farmers will not
appreciate what a rich market
France affords until you are able
to ship us your fruit py water. I
see a great future for both fresh
fruit and grapefruit juice in
France.”
Capgras has made comparatively
small purchases of canned grape-
fruit juice from Valley concerns
during the past two seasons
through Alfred Pelanden. former
HORSE KILLS
RAN HAND
Lead Rope Becomes Tangled
About Man's Throat
Strangling Him
Dionicio Alivar. 62. a ranch hand
for the Cueto interests for many
wars was killed by an unruly
stallion Sunday near the Cueto
ranch 12 miles east of Brownsville.
Funeral services were to be held
Tuesday morning in Brownsville
with interment in the Old City
cemetc. j.
Alivar and Matias Garcia were
handling a group of horses when
the stallion became unruly and * it
Garcia on the shoulder Alivar
told Garcia to take the remainder
of the horses to the pastur^and he
would lead the stallion back to the
corral. They parted there with
Alivar leading the stallion on an-
other horse.
Garcia found Alivar dead on the
road afterwards wnth the stallion
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France Want* Navy
Better Than Italy*!
PARIS Aug. 6. typ)— French of-
ficials indicated Monday that a
lapse of the - Washington naval
t / of 1921 would conform to
French desires.
France they said has always
b -u dissatitsfied with the treaty
feeling that the French navy was
not granted sufficient prestige in
relation to that of Italy
‘Ma* Free! Eight
AUSTIN Aug 6. (jP—Gov. Mi-
riam A. Ferguson Monday ordered
the release of eight Texas con-
victs.
Full pardons were granted four:
W. D. Brent convicted in Harris
county of assault to murder and
sentenced to two years; Horn at
Pence. Harrison county violating
liquor law. one year; John Milner
Terry county violating liquor law.
one year convicted in March. 1934;
and C. I Gathright. Potter county
violating liquor law two years
convicted in June. 1933.
Conditional pardons were granted
Robert Barnard convicted in Free-
stone. Navarro and Palo Pinto
counties in July 1924. of burglary
theft receiving and concealing
stolen property and robbery and
sentenced to 30 years; Henry Jones.
Fannin county March. 1919. mur-
der and robbery 40 years; Eddie
O’Brien. Harris county. September.
1932 theft from person and theft
seven years ;and James Slade. Deaf
Smith county driving an automo-
bile while intoxicated one year.
pans oroKer ana now a rewoem oi »
McAllen. His firm buys fruits and
vegetable from nearly every part
»f the world for French markets
including apples from Washington.
x>ars from Oregon citrus from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley pine-
ipples from Hawaii bananas from
Central America. In addition to
fiults one of his specialties is sal-
mon from the American and Can- 1
sdian northwest. \
Long a proponent oi lower tariffs
to encourage trade between France
and the United States. Capgras ex- *
pi ts to spend some time in Wash- i
Ington immediately before return- 1
Ing to Paris to discuss the present <
Franco-American tariffs Ijis father i
was a member of the French J
chamber of deputies and a leading
believer in lower tariffs between the ]
two countries. i
Capgra said the wii . and cham- j
pagne makers of France and the i
citrus growers of the Lower Rio (
Grande Valley should learn the
same rule concerning quality j
‘French wines and champagne have i
not sold well in this country be- i
cause of the inferior quality of (
many shipments.” he declared “and (
I suggest that you send your best
fruit to France to insure a regular (
market.” ]
HUNTER GETS i
FERGUSON AID;
‘Crown Prince* McDonald
Says Is Instructed By
His ‘Supporters’
AUSTIN Aug 6. uP>—C. C. Me- J
Donald defeated democratic candi-
date for governor said Monday his
suporters had instructed him to sup-
port Tom F. Hunter in the run-off
campaign.
McDonald said a poll of his sup-
porters showed 1016 favored sup-
port for Hunter and 31 for James
V. Allred high man in the first pri-
mary- Five wanted McDonald to re-
main neutral.
“The jigs up with Jimmie because
its time for Tom.” McDonald said.
In the first campaign McDonald
said arrayed against us was money
influence and political power and
yet we were runners up in the mem-
orable contest. I will now answer
your call and follow your flag in
Mr. Hunter’s campaign. We have
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Second Party
Hunting Byrd
LITTLE AMERICA. Antarctica.
Aug. 6.—UP)—K second tractor par-
ty has set out from Little America
on another attempt to bring Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd back from
his lonely - Ice - encased observation
post 123 miles to the south.
The expedition left Saturday
shortly after word by wireless was
received from Byrd.
Dr. Thomas Poulter. in charge of
the party which was foced by howl-
ing Antarctic storms recently to
turn back after reaching only the
half-way mark was In command of
the group of four.
Broom Corn Growers
Set $200 Ton Price
Setting a minimum price of $200
per ton. members of the Rio
Grande Valley Broor. Corn Pro-
ducers association have announced
they will not sell until their price
demand is met ani have requested
other growers of brow corn to re-
fuse offers of less than the agreed
upon price.
Means whereby growers may ob-
tain loans to enable them to hold
their crop will bt discussed at a
meeting at Weslaco Wednesday
night. Aug. 8. Leo V. Pyle man-
anger for the Valley Production
Credit t sociation. w . explain in
deta!’ provisions coverin': the loans.
FEDERAL AIR
CHIEFS VISIT
BROWNSVILLE
Frio Complete Trip
Of 4500 Miles In
Inspection
Completing an inspection trip of
I 500 miles which covered routes
rom Miami to the Panama Canal
lone and return by way of Browns-
rille three members of the Fed-
ral Aviation Commission arrived at
he Pan-American airport at 12:30
Monday afternoon and were greet-
'd by a large delegation of Browns-
rille officials and leaders. The visit-
ng officials were Edw. P. Warner
former assistant secretary of war
FYankling K. Lane son of the tor-
ner secretary of the interior and
Ubert J. Berres. formerly a rep-
resentative of the motion picture in-
iustry in labor disputes.
While no official comment was
forthcoming on the result* of the
urvey Warren who is vice chair-
nan of the commission stated that
•verythlng went according to sche-
lule. Juan Tnppe wno also was a
nember of the party inspecting tne
Central Amer caa routes sent to El
»aso from Mexico City to inspect
Lirways over a different route.
Accompanying the party from
Mexico City to Brownsville were E
E. Balluder.‘manager of the Mexi-
:an Division of Pan-American Air-
ways. and D. G. Richardson opera-
ions manager.
About 30 were in the party greet-
ng the officials including Col Guy
Sent post commander and other
jfficials from Port Brown City
Manager Rosenthal. W B. Clint
aresident and other members of the
aoard of directors of the chamber
jf commerce members of the eit:
jommission. Herndon W Goforth.
J. 8. consul in Matamoros; Ale Jan -
iro L. Trevino. Mexican consul in
3rownsviile. and other civic and
lerved under the direction of Mrs.
3. W. Johnson at the Pan-Ameri-
:an airport prior to their departure
it 2:30 for San Antonio.
The Inspection trip was continued
In a tri-motored plane flown from
Rayton Wright Field. Dayton. O.. by
Lieut. D. L. Putt. An escort of two
planes from Kelly Field piloted by
Col. Claggett and Captain Nutt ac-
companied them on the flight from
Brownsville to San Antonio.
Minister Facing
Abduction Count
CATSKILL. N Y.. Aug. 5 <*V-
iis marriage plans with a 17-vear-
old Catskill girl prevented by
Bndegport. Cain.. authoriti-*
Frank Clough 31 of Columbus O.
whom police said described hunaeit
is a Methodist minister was back
here Monday to face a charge of
ibduction.
Meanwhile the bride-to-be Evan-
gelyn Edson. found registered with
Clough at a Bridgeport hotel was
at her parents home.
Ex-Supreme Court
Justice Threatened
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 6 .-Pi-
Two read-haired bandits and their
burly captain were sought by fed-
eral agents and police Monday In
connection with an apparent at-
tempt to kidnap Robert A- Hefner
Sr. former Justice of the st^te tu-
preme court.
The oil wealthy and socially prom-
inent jurist police said probably
escaped the plot because of a tele-
phoned warning which came just in
the nick of time.
VET MEET POSTPONED
Meeting of the Federation of Vet-
erans. scheduled for Tuesday night
has been postponed until Thursday
night. W. A. Schultz secretary an-
nounced Monday. The meeting will
be held at the court house.
DIVIDEND VOTED
CHICAGO. Aug. 6. (AV-Directors
of the Standard Oil company of In-
diana Monday vote da dividend of
25 cents a share payable Sept 15
to stockholders of record Aug lb
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
Washington by George Durno — New York by James McMullin
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FOREIGN SPECIAL
AUSTRIA—Five weeks ago this
column reported that arms were be-
ing smuggled Into Austria from
Germany and that the Increase in
Nazi terrorism was "a barrage pre-
ceding an outbreak against Doll-
fuss." When 20 Nazi youths beat
and shot the Austrian Chancellor
leaving him to bleed to death for
three hours without medical or
priestly attendance the storm burst
whose repercussions no man can
foretell
For several days preceding the
outbreak an indefinable restless-
ness hkd been growing among the
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people of Vienna. The government
had lost ground even among the
non-political elements of the pop-
ulation which were beginning to
feel the increasing weight of finan-
cial difficulties. Of the politically
minded groups 40 per oent could
fairly be classified as Nazis. 30 per
cent Reds and 30 per cent govern-
ment supporters.
Very few Nazis bad dropped their
allegiance out of disappointment
over the Hitler fiasco in Germany—
and those few were mostly Reds
who returned to their own under-
ground organizations.
Vienna has been much excited by
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its first murder done in movie
gangster style. “The Nazi gangster
murder” the press calls it. A secret
Nazi chief pressed for funds and
inspired by the government’s at-
tractive reward offers gave infor-
mation on the location of various
bomb and ammunition depots. The
police agent to whom he gave the
information however was also a
secret Nazi of a different clan and
though forced to pass the informs
tion up to his superiors he immedi-
ately tipped off the Party. A “firing
squad” sent to the traitor's apart-
ment shot him as he opened the
door. TO the “gangsters” there lent
a clue except that they were 18-
and 19-year old boys obviously
picked so that they would fall under
the minors' law If caught.
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GERMANY— Hitler's speech be-
fore the Reichstag “explaining” the
events of June 30th raised a storm
of protest all over Europe. The press
unanimously condemned the Chan-
cellor's “mania of might" unscrup-
ulous brutality and clumsy lying
some papers giving stupidity others
insanity a* the reason for this un-
paralleled blurb. This takes a bit of
explaining. Although Hitler was
never able to finish school and cuts
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a sorry figure next to Barthou and
Mussolini in training and native
statesmanship he Is a man of tre-
mendous personal magnetism and
shrewdness with the inborn talents
of a demagogue. He is an agi: -tor
and not a ruler—Incapable of ruling
except by agitation.
The Reichstag speech was design-
ed for domestic consumption only.
The outside world knows that
Roehm didn’t plan a revolt that
Schleicher hadn't made a dicker
with Prance that Goerin^ duped
Hitler and used his absence t re-
move everybody who could bee ie
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_A. P. Wire~
CHICAG.O— Grain prices swept
upward to new high marks for the
year Monday as a splurge of spec-
ulative buying on reports of in-
creasing damage to corn and
Canadian wheat poured into the
market.
ROME.—Leandro Arpinali. for-
mer undersecretary of the interior
was sentenced to fire years <m
Italy's prison islands Monday for
alleged efforts to sow discord in
the ranks of the fascists.
He has been under arrest since
July 25 when the charges against
him first came to light. Two days
previously he had been read out
of the fascist party.
NEW YORK.—The inflation
bug bussed into the stock market
Monday and checked a rather
sharp decline which had depress-
ed several issues to new low* for
the year. Most of the early lost
was regained as non-ferrona
metal issues rose I to 5 points Is
a quiet market. The close was Ir-
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PLANE CRASH
CLAIMS LIFE
Two Ship* Crack-Up In
Texas; Three Fliers
Badly Hurt
(Special to The Herald)
Two Sabbath day plane crashes
in Texas took a toll of one life and
left three persons in critical condi-
tions.
Wayne Bickerstafl. 19-year-old
Houston plane mechanic was .atal-
I ly Injured when a plane struck a
wire cable and fell Into the Brazos
river near Bryan The pilot. E. V.
Gaither t9 also of Houston was
bruised and cut but expected to re-
cover.
At Gladewater. a plane piloted
by Howard H. Pidgeon of Wilming-
ton Ohio plunged to the earth from
about 75 feet a~ It attempted a take-
off from an airport. Pidgeon and
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Three Shot In
Beer Joint Row
HOUSTON. Aug. 6 —(AV- Three
persons were wounded in an ex-
change of bullets in a beer parlor
here early Monday.
They were Maurice Brennen. Clar-
ence Rhodes and J. L. Bames.
The condition of Brennen and
Rhodes was said to be serious.
Officers were told that the three
men were wounded when J. B Jor-
dan. operator of the beer parlor
quarreled with a man and the two
began shooting Jordan was charged
with assault to murder.
Lighthouse Tender
Anchors Off Coast
(Special to The Herald)
PORT IS ABET.. Aug. 6. — The
U. S. lighthouse tender ‘Sun-
flower’' anchored off the coast here
Sunday and sent in equipment for
the U. S. Coast Guard here in-
cluding a motor boat to be used in
taking care of beacon lights on the
ship channel.
This boat a 22-foot power craft
will be used to handle the three
big beacon lights towers for which
have been constructed. The lights
are at the coast guard station now.
and will be installed within two
weeks.
The "Sunflower" Is a 185-foot
boat with a 12-foot draft. She
could have put in through the pass
here b * being unfamiliar with tl*
water her captain decided to anchor
off the bar and send the equipment
In on a smaller boat.
Snake Kills Farmer
LAREDO. Aug. 6.—(A*)— Rattle-
snake poison injected when one of
the deadly reptiles sank its fangs
twice in the calf of his left leg.
Monday had caused the death of
Jose Cruz 26. farmer living near
Encinal.
Walking through the brush Fri-
day night. Cruz was struck by the
rattler. He went home and was
treated by his family but his con-
dition became gradually more crit-
ical and he was brought to Laredo
dying Sunday night in a hospital.
ATTORNEY IS
SHOT DOWN ON
BUSYJTREFT
Woman Say* Financial
Matter* Led To
Shooting
SAN ANTONIO Aug. <FV—
Judge Ben H. Kelly. M. well known
attorney was shot down aa ha
stood at the Intersection of Navarra
and Houston streets Monday.
He died at a hospital a half hour
later.
Woman Has Pistol
A woman giving her name aa
Mrs. Gladys Rice about 40. was
taken into custody Immediately af-
ter the shooting a smoking J*
caliber pistol in her hand.
The woman said she was a wMosr
and that financial matters had led
to the slaying. Further police In-
vestigation disclosed she waa a
seamstress
Two bullets struck Kelly aa ha
stood about three feet from the
curb apparently Intent upon creas-
ing the busy intersection.
The woman opened fire withmH
warning witnesses said the first
bullet striking Kelly in the leg Aa
he wheeled to face his assailant
witnesses said two more shots were
fired at close range. One went wide
the other crashed into Kelly's left
arm and ranged through the hmg
end down into the right thigh.
No Other* Hit
Although pedestrians crowded the
street none was hit. A moment af-
ter the shooting as a traffic officer
rushed toward the woman an un-
identified woman dressed in while
stepped up to Mn. Rice and deed!
her a stinging slap in the face.
Persons nearby seized the strang-
er. but released her when Mm. KIN
said:
"Let her go. She doesn't kmw
what this man has done to me."
Police questioning Mrs. Rio*
failed to obtain her address immedi-
ately.
Convict Dies In
Escape Attempt
JEFFERSON CITY. Aug 8—MV-
Manual Rinker 32. convict in tha
Missouri state penitentiary serving
50 years from Lawrence county far
bank robbery was shot t death
early Monday when he and John
O'Brien convict from St Louie
county attempted to escape. O Brten
was wounded and taken to tho
prison hospital.
The men were discovered on tho
roof of the prison warehouse by
A W. Bender a guard who opened
fire on them when they refused to
surrender.
Mine Blast
Kills Nine
i
BIG STONE GAP. Va Aug. 1—
/P—The known death toll from aa
explosion m the Derby number 3
mine of the Stone ga Coke and
Coal company stood at nine at
noon Monday.
Two men had been brought out
alive and were taken to the Stonega
hospital for treatment. Bcvwral
other bodies were believed to bo
still in the mine. Seventy-five work-
ers escaped after the explosion at
7 a. m.
Man’s Nude Body
Taken From River
The unclothed body of a young
man who had been shot In the head
twice and once In the 'jack was tak-
en from the Rio Grande Monday
morning opposite La Roslta about
six miles up the Military Highway
from Brownsville
The unidentified victim a reared
to be about 2$ yuan of age waa
small but stout and appeared to to
of La tin-American extraction al-
though fair skinned.
Investigating officers estimated
that he had been in the river wm
Friday or Saturday. . *
Man Shot Dead
GAIL. Aug. 8.—(JFV—F. L- Burra*
about 48. was shot and instantly
killed at Treadway in northwest
Borden county.
Johnnie Koff. about 28. operator
of a community store was arrratoi
and taken to Snyder for saie-ktoF-
Stelvtn Burrus. 18 son of tha VM*
tim. was said to have bean liMM
target of three bullets fired frail
a pistol as the son walked into Che
store followed by his father.
Quake Recorded
WASHINGTON. Aug «. *4P>—An
earthquake of slight intensity was
registered on the seismograph at
Georgetown University Monday
momtoif. Beginning at 7:14:13
a. * Eastern Standard time. Uu
tmmor* reached a muiunum at
7:r and were still i* progress
the • -ords were changed at 7 40
a m The distanc from Washing-
ton was 2.400 miles to a northern
direction.
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