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STOCKS DULL
» AS PROFITS
AREJEKED
Many Leaders Show
Fractional Loss On
Day Of Slow
Trading
NEW YORK May 7. (/P)—Stocks
coasted on a profit taking hill in
Thursday’s market although no
great momentum was attained in
the slide.
Analysts ascribed the dull and gen-
erally moderate reactions to techni-
cal factors having to do with the
come-back of the list this week.
While clouds hovered over the for-
eign sector there were few shadows
on the domestic business horizon.
Declines of fractions to two points
near the start of the fourth hour
were shown by U. S. Steel Bethle-
hem Consolidated Edison General
Motors Chrysler Columbian Car-
bon. J I. Case Johns-Manville
Gold Dust. Continental Can Deere
Dome. McIntyre Porcupine Ameri-
can Smelting. N. Y. Central and
Santa Fe.
The oils werfe about unchanged
and Douglas Aircraft Schenley and
Philip Morris were among the few
firm spots.
Corporation bonds were irregular.
U. S. governments improved. Ster-
ling rallied while other European
currencies were narrow in terms of
the dollar. Commodities were mixed.
Gold Dust dropped to a new low
for the year on rumors the dividend
might be lowered. Douglas found a
following as one of its subsidiaries
received a large contract for planes
from South America.
Dou > regarding any nearby solu-
tion of French financial problems
tended to keep many traders on the
fence and in some instances were
said to have induced selling.
At the same time action of the
Bank of France Wednesday in
hoisting its discount rate from five
to six per cent helped to steady the
franc.
London markets appeared to take
a mere optimistic view of condi-
tions with international stocks
turning strong.
On the home front the usual batch
of bright earnings and sales reports
came to hand indicating to recov-
ery proponents that progress is still
under way in most lines.
good to choice 180-290 lb averages
9120-25; good underweights averag-
ing 150-175 lb6 8J50-9.15; feeder pigs
7.75 down or twenty-five lower;
packing sows mostly 8.00 or steady.
Cattle 1800; calves 600; yearlings
and calves active and fully steady
other classes slow and weak; plain
and medium steers and yearlings
5.50-7.00; few good steers 7.10-60;
good fed yearlings 7 25-85; good fed
heifers 7.00-40; beef cows 3.65-5.50;
sausage bulls 4.75 down; common and
medium calves 4.00-6.60; good kinds
6.75-7.50; better grade stock steer
calves 6.75-7.50.
Sheep 5000; spring lambs steady
to twenty-five lower other killing
classes mostly twenty-five lower;
feeder lambs steady; spring lambs
8.00-9.25; medium to good shorn
lambs 7.50-8.00; fed yearlings 7.25
down; 2-year-old wethers 6.00-25;
clipped feeder lambs 6.00 down.
COTTONSEED OIL
NEW ORLEANS May 7. (JPb-Cot-
tonseed oil closed steady. Bleach-
able prime summer yellow 8.55-75;
prime crude nominal. May 8.38B;
July 8.44B; Sep. 8.44B; Oct. 8.14B;
Dec. 7.98B.
B—Bid.
STOCK. LIST
NEW YORK STOCKS
Close Close
Allegh 3% MKT 7%
A1CD 185% Mo P 2%
All Ch 42 Mont Wd 39
Am Can 125 Mot Whl 18%
Am Car 30% Murray 15%
Am Crys 22% Nash 17%
Am Int 10% Nat Bis 33%
Am Rad 19% Nat Dairy 23
Am Roll 27% Nat Dis 29%
Am Smelt 75 % Nat Pow Lt 10
Am Stl 22% NYC 33%
Am T T 153 Vi No Am 24%
Am Tob 91% Nor Pac 27
Am Wat 19% Ohio Oil 13%
Am Win 7% Otis Elev 25%
Wm Win 57 Pac G El 33%
Anacon 33 % Packard 9%
Atch 70 Pan PR 3
At Ref 29% Park Ut 3%
Avia 5% Penney 75
Bald Loc 3% Penn Rr 29%
B&O 17 Petro 13%
Bamsd 17% Phel Dod 33%
Bendix 26% Phil Pet 42%
Beth Stl 49% Plym Oil 13%
Borden 26% Pub S NJ 39%
Briggs 46% j Pullman 41 Vi
Budd Wh 9% ! Pure Oil 19 Vi
Burr Add 25% Radio 10
Cal Hec 10% R K O 6
Can Pac 12% Rem Rand 21
Cerro de 54 Repub Stl 18%
Chrysler 94 Roy Dut 57 Vi
Coca Cola 86% Safe Strs 31
Col Sou 31% St Jos Ld 22%
Col G El 17 Stl SanP 2%
Coml Solv 17% Schen Dis 42%
Con Oil 12% Seab Air %
Con Can 68% Seab Oil 34
Cont Mot 37% Sears 64%
Cont Oil 32 Servel 18%
Com Prod 74% I Shell 17 Vi
Cur Wri 6% Sil King 10%
Doug Air 54% Simms 4%
DuPont 138% Skelly 24
El Auto 33% Socony 13
El Pow 14 Sou Pac 29%
Freep 30% Sou Ry 14%
Gen Asp 24% Sperry 17
Gen Elec 35% Std Brnd 15%
Gen Food 39 >4 SO Cal 38%
Gen Mills 61% SO Ind 36 Vi
Gen Mot 63 SO Kas 25
Gen P Svc 4 SO NJ 59%
Gen Real 2% Ste Warn 17%
Gillette 15% Stone Web 16
Goldust 16 Studbr 11%
Gdrch 19% Tex Corp 34%
Gdyr 24% Tex Gulf 35
G Nor Ctf 17 Tex P C&O 9%
G No Pf 35% Tex P L Tr 9%
Houd H B 23% Tide Wat A 16%
Hous Oil 8% Transm 12%
Howe Snd 51% Un Carb 78%
Hudson 14% Un Oil 23
Hupp 2 Un Pac 124%
111 Cent 19% Unt Air 22%
Inso Cop 10% Unt Carb 72 Vi
Int Harv 80% Unt Corp 5%
Int Nick 45% Unt Fruit 71 %
Int T 13% Unt Gas 14%
Johns Man 91 US Gyp 82%
Kelvin 19% US Ind A1 46%
Kenne 36% US Rubb 23%
Kresge 21% US Stl 56%
Libb O 50% Vanad 18%
Lig&My B 104 Warner Pic 9%
Loews 46% west Un 75
Lorillard 22% west E1 M 105%
Lud Stl 24% White Mot 21%
Mid Cont 20 Wilson 8
MKT 20 Wool worth 48%
NEW YORK CURB
Close Close
Am Cyan B 34% Humble 61%
Am Mara 1% Mount Prod 5%
Am Super 2% Niag Hud 8%
Ark Gas 6% St Reg 3%
Cit Svc 4% Shattuck 6%
Cosden 2% SO Ky 17%
East C5as 6% Sunray 4%
El Bond 17% Texon 6%
Ford Ltd 7% Unt Gas 7%
Gulf Pa 82% Unt Lt P A 5%
VALLEY FRUIT
FIRM FORMED
Million Dollar Concern To
Enter Citrus Deal
Miller Says
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN May 7.—The ‘Texas
Fruit Corporation.” a million dollar
concern to handle Valley citrus has
been organized in New York with H.
O. King president and Banks L.
Miller of McAllen vice-president*
Miller announced here Thursday aft-
ernoon on his arrival from New York.
Offices have been opened in the
New York Fruit Exchange building
Miller stated.
A separate organization will han-
dle vegetables from this section.
The fruit corporation is to make
its first shipment of tomatoes from
Port Isabel next Monday and its
first car of tomatoes was to be ship-
ped Thursday by rail Miller stated.
The fruit corporation will handle
tomato shipments at present and
shipments are to be made both by
boat and rail. ‘‘We will stay in the
tomato deal until all are sold and
delivered and we expect our move-
ment to lengthen the season”
Miller said.
‘UNDER TWO FLAGS’ REAL SCREEN ROMANCE
*
KARPIS
(See DEMOS on Page Two)
his wife and Sam Cokar a minor
gangland figure were captured by
federal agents early Thursday at
Toledo Ohio.
Hoover said the capture was ef-
fected without the firing of a shot.
Campbell was taken to St. Paul
Minn. by airplane to face charges
in the Edward Bremer kidnaping
he said.
0 Last of Gang
Campbell showed what Hoover
termed a “little resistance” when
the agents apprehended him Hoover
said.
“We have the last of the Karpis
gang” Hoover said.
Federal men surprised Campbell
and the woman in a Toledo
apartment.
On Campbell’s person the agents
found a .45 calibre revolver and six
clips of shells Hoover said.
Agents said the girl claimed to
have married Campbell at Bowling
Green O. in 1935.
Hoover said that when Karpis and
other members of the former
Barker-Karpis gang escaped from a
trap here in 1934 “they were tipped
off by two Cleveland politicians and
we are now investigating eyery de-
tail of this angle.”
The bureau chief said members
of the Karpis gang had face-lifting
and finger print operations per-
formed by a Cleveland surgeon.
Doctor Later Killed
“That doctor probably is dead
now” Hoover said. “We have rea-
son to believe he was killed after
performing the operations. We be-
lieve his body was dumped into
Lake Erie.”
Hoover said that Campbell was
married under the name of “Robert
Miller-* and that his wife did not
know anything of his criminal
career. She probably will be re-
leased he said.
Hoover flew to Toledo Wednesday
night to take personal charge of
the federal men. He said he would
fly from Cleveland to New York
late Thursday.
Hoover said Cokar probably will
be held for Oklahoma authorities as
a parole violator where an un-
finished thirty-year sentence for
bank robbery still stands against
him.
Rites Are Held For •
Dr. J. N. Goodwin
(Special to The Herald) *
McALLEN. May 7. — Services for
Dr. J. N. Goodwin. 63. who died
Tuesday after a short illness were
field Wednesday evening at the
Kreidler chapel and the body for-
warded to Bryan for burial.
Dr. Goodwin came to McAllen
eight years ago and established an
office for the practice of medicine.
He was active in the social and civic
affairs of the city. The doctor was
a member of the Centennial com-
mittee of one hundred and through
his effort a natural resources ex-
hibit was held here recently. 1
The Rev. M. D. Council and
Rev. H. W. Shirley had charge of
the services.
Mr. Goodwin is survived by his
wife his mother Mrs. S. A. Good-
win one daughter Mrs. J. C. Bar-
ton of Longview and a sister Mrs.
N. A. Stewart of Bryan.
RITES HELD FOR
RIO GRANDE CITY DOCTOR
(Special to The Herald)
RIO GRANDE CITY May 7.—Dr.
Crisoforo Solis long time resident
of this city died at his home here
Tuesday night after a long illness.
Born at Camargo Tamps Mex- .
ico on April 20 1869 he was edu-
cated at the Medical College Mont-
errey from which he received the
degrees of M. D. and Doctor of
Pharmacy in 1896. Shortly after
this he came to this city where he
settled and built up an extensive
practice.
In 1902 Jie married Miss Marie
Cecile Lacaze. He had belonged to
the American Medical association
The Rio Grande Public Health So-
ciety Knights of Columbus. Service
Veterans of the U. S. and at the
time of his death had been County
Health Officer for over thirty years.
During the World War. he served
as Medical Advisor on the Selective
Draft Board for Starr county and
on Red Cross committees and Lib-
erty Loan drives.
He is survived by his widow four
daughters. Alicia Emma. Sylvia and
L«ah; and two sons Gaston and
Rene the latter being a practicing
physician in this city. Funeral
services were held Wednesday even-
ing at the Church of the Immacu-
late Conception in this city.
Pour stars Ronald Colman Claudette Colbert Victod Saturday at the Capitol theatre Brownsville.
Two Flags” with a cast of 10000 showing Friday an r McLaglen Rosalind Russell in the new hit “Under
‘MYSTERIOUS AVENGER’ AT QUEEN
MARKETS AT A GLAM E
New York
Stocks weak; leaders lose one to
more than four points.
Bonds heavy; U. S. governments
steady.
Curb lower; oils under pres-
sure.
Foreign exchanges mixed; ster-
ling higher.
Cotton steady; trade and Wall
Street buying.
Sugar quiet; Cuban report.
Coffee higher; trade buying.
Chicago
Wheat lower; May liquidating
sales.
Corn higher; good shipping de-
mand.
Cattle ten to fifteen lower.
Hogs—steady to weak; top $10.35.
GRAIN CLOSE
CHICAGO. Mav 7. (IP)—
Open High Low Close
Wheat-
May 96%-% 96% 95% 95% -96
Jlv 87%-% 88 87% 87%-%
Sen 86%-% 86% 85% 86-86%
Corn-
May 63%-% 63% 63 63%
Jly 61% 62% 61% 61%-62
SeD 59%-% 60% 59% 59%-60
Oats—
May 26% 26% 26% 26%-%
Jlv 26% 26% 26% 26%-%
SEen 26% 27 26% 27
May 51% 52% 51% 51%
Jly 51% 52% 51% 52%
Sep 52 53 52 52%
Barley-
May .... . 36%
I Jly .... . 39
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. May 7. (/P)—Led by
May delivery wheat prices averaged
lower early Thursday. A bearish
influence was the fact that the
Liverpool market made but a poor
response to Wednesday's advances
here
Opening % off to % up May 96 %- i
%. July 87%-% wheat soon sagged
all around. Corn started unchanged j
to % up. May 63%-%. and con-
tinued firm.
FORT WOITH GRAIN
FORT WORTH May 7. (/^—De-
mand for grain was slow here
Thursday. Estimated receipts were:
Wheat two cars corn nine oats four
sorghums four and cane seed two.
Delivered Texas Gulf ports. Do-
mestic rate: Wheat No. 1 red winter
11.131 ■ -141 _■.
Delivered Texas Gulf ports export
rate o - Texas common points: Wheat
No. 1 hard according to protein and
billing 1.13-17. Barley No. 2 Nom
52-53; No. 3 Nom. 51-52. Sorghums
No. 2 yellow mi’o per 100 lbs. Nom.
1.12-15; No. 3 milo Nom. 1.10-13.
No. 2 white kafir Ncm. 1.11-13: No.
3 kafir Nom. 1.09-11.
Delivered Texas common points or
group three: Corn shelled No. 2
white 85%-88; No. 2 yellow 78-85.
Oats No. 2 red 38%-39%; No. 3 red
37 1-2 to 38 1-2.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. May 7. (IP)—>Old
crop months held up well at the
opening of trading on the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange Thursday
while the more distant positions
showed small net losses.
May opened at 11.48. up a point
and July gained two points to 11.11.’
The October option opened at 10.22
While Dec. changed hands at 10.23
at the first call.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS. May 7. UP)—Cot-
ton futures closed very steady at
net advances of six to eight points.
Open High Low Close
May 11.48 11.51 11.48 11.50B
Jly 11.11 11.15 11.10 11.15
Oct 10.22 1031 1032 1030
Dec 10.23 10.32 10.23 10.32
Jan 10.24 1033 1034 10.33
Mch 10.26B --10.34B
B—Bid.
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH. May 7. (/P>—
(USDA)—Hogs 1200; mostly steady
with Wednesday’s packer market;
Scout’s University
Sessions to Close
The regular monthly meeting of
all adults interested in Scouting
will be held at the Ye Olde College
Inn Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Each
Scoutmaster is to submit a report
of the number of boys his troop is
going to take to the Camporee to
be held in Harlingen Friday and
Saturday. This is necessary so trans-
portation can be supplied. It is ex-
uected thru seventy-five will at-
tend from Brownsville.
The trucks will leave the high
school at 5:30 Friday evening and
return at 5:00 p. m. Saturday.
‘Food for three meals is necessary”
it was announced by District Chair-
man C. C. Stewart. Thursday.
Other plans will also be dis-
cussed at the meeting.
The third session of Scouting
University will be held at the high
school Thursday with Dr. L. R.
Olmsted in charge of the Scout sec-
tion and Dr. B. M. Works in charge
of the Cub section.
Special instructors will be Rev. O.
C. Crow of Brownsville R. L. Lyons
of Edinburg and W. E. Perry of
Mercedes.
Parents of Cubs mothers and
fathers are especially invited to at-
tend this meeting.
John L. Leslie of Mercedes. Val-
ley Scout executive will also be
present.
Visiting Lions To
View Progress Here
SAN BENITO. May 7.—Approxi-
mately 200 Lion club members here
attending the District 2-A conven-
tion will go to Brownsville in a
motorcade Friday afternoon to view
the airport deep water port and
other points of interest.
The motorcade will form here at
2 p. m. and will reach Brownsville
about 3 p. m.. according to plans
made Thursday.
Between thirty and forty cars are
expected to be used in making the
trip.
Truck Markets
(By 0 3. Market News)
Carlot shipments for entire United
States reported Wednesday May
6:
Beans: Fla 32 Ga 2 La 25 Tex 1
total US 60.
Beets: Tex 10 total US 10.
Cabbage: Ala 10 Calif 9 Fla 5
La 4 Mis 43 SC 51 Tex 5 Others
6 total US 133.
Carrots: Ariz 11. Calif 45 NY 6
Tex 4 total US 66.
Cucumbers: Fla 13 Tex 19 total
US 32.
Mixed Vegetables: Calif 38 Fla
30 La 10 Tex 24 others 22 total
US 124.
Onions: Calif 9 Ore 1 Tex 175
total US 185.
Potatoes: Ala 141 Calif 37 *Fla
107 La 155 Tex 4 total old and
new 666.
Tomatoes: Calif 3 Fla 141 Tex
19 total US 163. Mexico 9.
Lower Rio Grande Valley ship-
ments forwarded Thursday morn-
ing May 7: «
Mixed vegetables 10 cabbage 2
tomatoes 19 onions 3 potatoes 4
beets and carrots 7 carrots 4 beets
7 beans 1 parsley 1 total 58. Total
58. Total to date this season—Cit-
rus 4608 vegetables 16795 mixed
citrus and vegetables 87 total 21-
490; to the same day last season—
Citrus 4585 vegetables 7263 mixed
citrus and vegetables 34 total 11-
882.
Shipments other districts Wed-
nesday May 6:
Coastal Bend: Onions 27: mixed
vegetables 3 cabbage 3 cucumbers
19 beets 3. beets and carrots 1.
Laredo District: Onions 97 mixed
vegetables 3.
Winter Garden District: Onions
36.
Representative prices to truckers
foi Valley vegetables Wednesday
May 6:
Beans: Bushel hampers Stringless
best 75c-1.00.
Beets: Per doz bunches 12t2-15c.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton 10.00-12.50.
Carrots: Per doz bunches 12Vi-
i 15c.
Cucumbers: Bushel baskets 1.75-
2.25.
Dry Onions: 50-lb. sacks Yellow
30-35c. Wax 35-40c.
Parsley: Bushel crates bunched
75-90c.
Potatoes: 50-lb sacks Bliss
Triumphs US No Is 1.15 No 2s
65-75C.
Squash: Bushel baskets White
35-50C Yellow 40-50C.
Tomatoes: Lugs green wrapped
1.75-1.85.
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO. May 7. </P)— (USDA)
—Potatoes 91; on track 296; total
U. S. shipments 666; old stock slight-
ly weaker supplies moderate de-
mand very slow; sacked per cwt.
Idho Russet Burbanks U. S. No„ 1
2.00-25; Louisiana Bliss Triumphs
U. S. No. 1 2.50-65; cobblers U. S.
No. 1 2.65; Alabama Bliss Triumphs
U. S. No. 2 1.60-65; Texas Bliss
Triumphs U. S. No. 1 showing heat-
ed 2.80; U. S. No. 2 1.90.
J. Ward of Houston is in the city
on business.
C. J. Thompson of McAllen is in
Brownsville.
Miss Billie Nuckois is recovering
?.fter several days illness.
C. E. Hare is a business visitor in
j the city from Jackson Mississippi j
Walter Serrom is visiting in the
city from Austin.
W. F. Kelley of Washington D.
C. is in Brownsville.
H. P. Brady will spend several
days in the city from Laredo.
Cut flowers plants and designs.
Los Ebanos Greenhouse phone 1588
-Adv.
M. M. McCarty of Pearie Illinois
will be visiting in Brownsville for
few days.
W. R. Alfred of Galveston is in
the city on business.
H. C. Brown of Corpus Christi is
in Brownsville.
Paul Nicklos is visiting in the city
from Dallas. .«
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Reese of San
Antonio are in Brownsville.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Zepp from
Chicago are visitors in town.
C. J. Wendel is in Brownsville on
business from San Antonio.
China covers one-quarter of Asia
from the Pamir mountains to the
Pacific and from Siberia to India.
Georgia with an area of more
than 59000 square miles is the
largest state east of the Mississippi
river. Florida ranks second.
FIESTA
(Continued from Page One)
test set for 12:30 o’clock in a roped-
off inclosure on Main street.
In preparation for the big Fiesta
merchants are washing up and
painting their store fronts and are
cleaning up generally.
Red and green street lights have
been strung all over main street to
give a festive air to the Arroyo City
which expects to be host to many
Valley cities during the two-day
celebration.
The dance for the queen follow-
ing the coronation will be in the
form of a street dance in a roped-
off inclosure on Main street. Byrl
Hollon and L. B. McMurtry are in
charge of dance arrangements.
Jap George’s carnival shows al-
ready are in town and concessions
including a ferris wheel merry-go-
round and other riding devices are
being set up.
Bicycle Races
Bicycle races in which cash prizes
will be given are open to both boys
and girls and are under the super-
vision of Key Merchant and Jack
Freshour. They will take place on
Saturday from 1:30 until 2:15.
The Harlingen Drum and Bugle
Corps which won praise here during
'ast year’s Tomato Fiesta will again
visit Rio Hondo staging a parade
which is scheduled on the program
for 2:15 to 2:30 Saturday. At 2:45
Saturday afternoon a ball game be-
tween the Mission 30-30 Rifles and
the Sebastian Cubs will be staged on
the Rio Hondo ball diamond. The
ball diamond has been put in first
class shape for both Saturday’s and
Sunday's game between the Browns-
ville Tigers and Sebastian. The lat-
ter game is scheduled for 12:30 o'-
clock.
From 4 to 5:30 o’clock Wm. Gart-
land’s American Legion junior band
of McAllen will play in the high
school auditorium giving a forty-
five minute program and featuring
the following members of the band:
Nina Jean Cox five-year-old acro-
batic dancer; Dick Smith and Walter
Maurer winner of the state trumpet
championships; Frank Crabtree of
Alamo trombone soloist; Bruno
Hunger five-year-old cornet player
and singer.
Following Gartland’s program the
school play “Blue Bonnet Land’’
staged by some 200 school children
again wTill be presented. The play
was such a success when it was pre-
sented May 1 that chamber of com-
merce officials requested teachers
to present it again during the
Tomato Fiesta.
Elaborate Coronation
Gartland’s band will present a con-
cert from 6:30 to 7:15.*
The elaborate ceremonies of the
aoronation of Queen Marglo II Mrs.
Ellen Knight Earley will take place
at 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening on
an especially constructed platform
on the high school campus.
The stage is built directly against
the building housing the auditorium
-tage and will be in plain view of the
hundreds who are expected to attend.
Chamber of commerce officials have
made arrangements to seat all who
come.
Stage decorations feature the
tomato the quarter century birth-
day of Rio Hondo and the Centen-
nial.
The queen’s throne carrying out
the tomato idea will be a large
tomato upon which her throne will
be placed a large arch directly oyer
the throne will be entertwined with
tomato vines and red tomatoes. On
steps down each side will be the six
duchesses who are; Misses Sarah
Lee Saner Josephine Yeoman Er-
cell Ticer May Lee Mixon Martha
Lou Davis and Nola Taulbett.
Handsome gowns of red and green
will be worn by the duchesses while
the queen will be dressed in red with
a long green and silver train silver
crown and scepter.
A bevy of little Blue Bonnet girls
will accompany the queen. Her Maj-
esty’s train bearer will be Rosie
Knight and Doris Ruth Freshour in
beruffled blue bonnet dresses with
blue bonnets. Tiny Betty Mallemee
will be pillow bearer carrying the
red satin pillow upon which the
queen will kneel when she is crdwn-
ed. Janie Yeoman will carry a red
satin pillow with the crown while
Peggy Sue Carpenter will carry the
red pillow with the scepter.
Miss Ada Reid Alderdice head of
the music department of the schools
will play the processional and reces-
sional marches.
TO W. Reed Land “Father of the
Tomato Fiesta’’ and secretary of the
chamber of commerce has been ac-
corded the honor of crowning Queen
Marglo II.
L. D. Todd master of ceremonies
will open the coronation ceremonies
with a talk on the coronation the
Tomato Fiesta the twenty-fifth
\3ESL - ■ / ^ ^WS8B*sr«L-.
Charles Starrett and the villain of the western hit “The Mysterious
Avenger’’ showing Friday and Saturday at the Capitol Theatre
Brownsville.
birthday of Rio Hondo and the Cen-
tennial.
A loudspeaker will be arranged or
the stage and floodlights will play-
on the scene.
After Lang has crowned the queen
and escorted her to the throne a
special program of theatrical dances
will be staged before the queen and
her royal court by the Garri-Brant
Studio of Dance. Several dsnces have
been especially prepared for the oc-
casion.
Following the coronation cere-
monies merchants of city will give
away $30 in cash prizes.
The queen’s ball will then begin. !
starting about 9 o’clock.
On Sunday May 10 a ball game
will be held at 12:30 followed by
motor boat races on the Arroyo Colo-
rado beginning at 3 o’clock.
Committees who have worked in
cooperation with Secretary Lang
and Carpenter president of the
chamber of commerce are:
Coronation committee chairman.
Mrs. Jack Freshour Mrs. W. Reed
Lang. Mrs. W. C. Gi:bert Mrs. A. C.
Goode Mrs. A. C. Garret Mrs. Rus-
sell Rose and Walter Foelker and
B. T. Bullis.
Street lights and window decora-
tions J. R. George W. H. Miller and
Arthur Hartzog.
Ball game Arthur Hartzog and A.
H. Pickens. Street dance Byrl Hol-
Icn and L. B. McMurtry. Water
events Harold Mallernee. A. C. Gar-
rett Frank Sizer and Russel Rose.
Publicity W. Reed Lang chairman;
Mrs. W. C. Gilbert and Mrs. War-
ren Galloway.
Valley Union Will
Unload Cargo Here
“No longshore labor will be im-
1 oorted for unloading the first
freighter into Port Brownsville May
16.” Gilbert Philen of Philen &
Miller shipping agents announced
Thursday.
“We expect to depend upon
Brcwneville-Port Isabel U*ion No. 1.
the membership of which includes
only white labor to handle the long-
shore work. So long as that union
can supply us with the necessary-
amount of labor there will be no
other calls” Philen said.
The statement was made as a re-
sult of rumors circulating that negro
labor would be imported according
to Philen.
Texas Kidnaper Is
Resentenced to Die
MUSKOGEE Okla. May 7. (/Pj—
Arthur Gooch first man doomed to
die under the Lindbergh kidnaping
law was resentenced Thursday to
hang June 19 for abducting two
Paris Tex. officers.
Federal Judge Robert L. Williams
pronounced sentence and accom-
panied it with a statement criticis-
ing efforts of Oklahoma club wom-
en to save the former Okmulgee
butcher boy.
“I cannot understand why these
women hr.ve done what they have”
Williams said.
“I brand these women as irre-
sponsible and dangerous citizens.
This man had fair fc-ial.”
Truck Recovered
A two-ton 1931 truck stolen from
H. C. Cowart of Santa Rosa at
Raymondville Sunday morning was
recovered near Lee Indlos by the
In Bond Theft Trap
Bernard Klein (top) a Hungarian
and Jacob Schwartz (bottom) a
Czechoslovakian are under arrest
in Paris France as salesmen for
the international syndicate involved
in the theft of $1462000 in nego-
tiable American securities from the
Wall Street banking house of C. J.
Devine & Co.
(Central PressJ
sheriff’s department. The* truck was
returned to Cowart Thursday.
People living near the Carrecitos
graveyard where the truck was
found say they saw a young man
get out of the truck there Sunday
afternoon and walk toward the
river. The vehicle was out of gas-
oline. No attempt was made bo
“strip” the truck.
24746^Tons Of
Fruit Processed
AUSTIN May 7. {If)— The United
States Department of Agriculture
reported Thursday citrus processing
plants in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley utilized 24746 tons of fresh
grapefruit during the 1935-36 har-
vesting period.
An average price of $10.78 per ton
was paid growers. Juice production
used 23.730 tons and canning 1016
tons. Consumption this season was
compared to 15302 tons of fresh
grapefruit in the 1934-35 season for
which the average price was $4.71
per ton.
HIGHWAY
(See VALLEY on Page Two)
A tentative location of the pro-
posed road is as follows:
Branch east off main highway No.
ninety-six between Harlingen and
Combes and go through or skirt the
east city limits of Harlingen on
through San Benito across the Port
Isabel highway between Barred a and
Los Fresnos and on to the Browns-
ville port.
This highway would relieve the
heavy traffic to come from the
Brownsville and Port Isabel ports
officials say and also would cross
numerous feeder highways leading
! to Harlingen Rio Hondo Port Is-
abel Los Fresnos and Brownsville.
ALLRED
(Continued From Page One)
ance of the pageant” Stokely
st&tcd. *>
Judge Yates also stated Thursday
that within a short time he expected
to be able to make definite an-
nouncement of the list of speakers
who will attend the dedication
ceremonies Qn Saturday May 16.
“It is practically certain that Con-
gressman Milton H. West will at-
tend and we are expecting word
from ethers within a very short
time” Judge Yates said.
LIONS
(Continued from Page One)
past district governor of Lions had
charge of the model program. Spe-r
cial “Tailtwisters” for the session
were Joe Taylor of San Benito Jack
Wilson of Mission and Dr. Paul
Maxwell of Harlingen. The songs
were led by C. E. “Happy” Hender-
son of Harlingen.
The welcoming address was deliv-
ered by Dr. John A. Crockett of
Harlingen past district governor of
Rotary.
A mock nomination and installa-
tion of officers for the San Benito
Lions was well received. L. R. Baker
of Harlingen had charge of the
nominations and James Roark of
San Antonio conducted the installa-
tions. Lions from Sonora to Browns-
ville were named “officers” of the
San Benito club.
Accompaniment for the musical
numbers was played by Mrs. Jos-
ephine Pollard Huntley of Harlin-
gen.
Brcwn announced that courtesy
cards would be furnished -11 visit-
ing Lions on the Harlingen golf
course Thursday through Sunday.
The Thursday afternoon program
included a golf tournament at Har-
lingen and Thursday night open
house was to be held at the Stone-
wall Jackson hotel.
The opening day's activities were
to be largely social and the after-
noon’s entertainment included a
golf tournament over the Harlingen
course. The visiting Lions were to
hold open house at the Stonewall
' Jackson hotel Thursday night.
The convention will be formally
opened at 10 a. m. Friday at the
San Benito Baptist church with
James C. Bowie president of the
San Benito Chamber of Commerce
delivering the address of welcome.
District Governor Stokes will re-
spond.
Visiting Lion officials who are
expected at the three-day session
include J. Earl Tanner of El Dorado
Kan. director of Lions Interna-
tional; A. E. Baird past district
governor; and a number of deputy
district governors.
McAllen Shipment To
Come in Port Here
McALLEN. May 7.—A barge load
fifty of Electroluxes will be shipped
to the Valley by boat and come
through the port at Brownsville on
May 16 R. N. Clark Electrolux
dealer of McAllen announced Thurs-
day.
The shipment is being made from
Evansville Ind.
FLOOD
(Continued from Page One)
sion flood control set-up will be
resumed in the Valley. This organi-
zation worked on the flood control
system until about five months ago
when operations were suspended
when the old appropriation was
exhausted.
County authorities have feared
that the floods would prove serious
this season due to poor condition of
the American river front levees and
construction or new levees on the
h bank.
faring that the federal govern-
ment would not resume flood con-
trol work in time for the spring
floods. Cameron county has been
repairing river front levees during
the past month. The county’s
work will be continued until the
federal authorities get into action
according to county officials.
Congressman West who has de- a
voted much time to the flood cor*\
trol appropriation has been as-
sured that the president will sign
the bill within the next ftw days
according to wires here.
Robertson well known San Ben-
ito water expert who has been in
Washington for the past two
months also wires that the appro-
priation should be available soon.
Robertson jointly employed by
Cameron and Hidalgo counties has
devoted all of his time to the flood
control measure in Washington. He
planned to leave Washington
Thursday driving back to the Val-
ley with his family.
Congressman West in his telegram
urges that the Valley present a
united front in its efforts to obtain
Valley-wide drainage.
A meeting of water boards mayor*
and others interested in inaugurat-
ing a Valley-wide plan for drain-
age has been called May 15 at San
Benito. ‘Unquestionably this is
the most imports nt thing in the
Valley today’’ Congressman West
states. Robertson who aided in the
flood control lobby at Washington
will return to the Valley in time to
ulend the San Benito drainage
meet.
Congressman West also plans to
attend as he will return to the
' alley to attend the Brownsville
port celebration.
QUEEN
(Continued From Page One)
“Saga of Transportation* and the
court will reign during the three
nights of the celebration.
Duchesses are Evelyn Wharton.
Port Isabel; Blanche Taylor San
Benito; Dorothy Henderson Harlin-
gen; Evelynann Hamilton Browns-
ville; Beverly Wittnebert Donna;
Mary Moilenauer Edinburg; Patsy
Campbell McAllen; Mary Jane
Waite Mission; Harriett” Kidder
Mercedes; Elizabeth Gilliland Wes-
laco; Amy Lou Billeu Los Fresnos;
Thelma Perkins Raymondville; Mar-
tha Rose Hageman La Feria; Norm*
Brittan Pharr-San Juan-Alamo;
Minnie Hart Moore of the Browns-
ville Junior College; Martha Louise
Bell of Corpus Christ!; and Joan
Thompson of Fort Brown.
Hundreds of costumes to be used
in the Brownsville historical pageant
“Saga of Transportation” are now
arriving from headquarters of th*
John B. Rogers Producing Co. fn
Ohio's rehearsals for the big spec-
tacle enter the final stage.
The pageant is to be presented
each evening of the three-day cele-
bration. May 14. 15 and 16.
Pat Gorman who is rehearsing
the 880 dancers in the various acts
of the big spectacle called attention
to the fact that the pageant is com-
plete in each presentation.
“Some people have the impression’*
he said "that there are three sep-
arate parts to the pageant one to
be presented each evening.
“This is not correct. The pageant
is to be presented in its entirety each
evening and the three production*
will bf the same.”
The nistorical pageant is to be giv-
en at Tucker Field and arrange-
ments are being made to seat at least
10.000 persons. The pageant will de-
pict the development of the boMer
country from the earliest days to tn«
present.
Rehearsals are being held at th«
high school auditorium here daily
with each group being rehearsed for
about half an hour.
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