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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-02

cousins of Mrs. Vie. were guests a,
the q. NJ. Vic home over the week
cnG.
Miss Ida Swanson. who has been
attending Valley City state college,
returned home Friday.
Miss Esther Harth, Of Durnstad.
was visitor ut the home of A. ].
Piers this week.
The Braddock Study and Civil. Club
met ut the home of Mrs. A. j. Kocnig
wednesday evening. Twelve Nom
bcrs were present. The evening was
devoted to the transaction of bus
mess. Lunch was served by Mes
danes kocnig and Lcshcr. Friday
afternoon, Sept. End the annual club
picnic will be held on the lawn Mt
the {. T. Barton home. At this
picnic the ladies are inviting their
entire families for the 6 O'Clock
dinner. The next regular meeting
OF the club year will be held Wcdncs-
day evening. Sept. lith, ut the home
OF Mrs. +. NJ. Long. Mrs. o. X. Bauer
and Mrs. VIM. Robinson are new
members for the coming year.
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Wilson Twp.

The large fields Of grain arc being
rapidly put into shocks and thrcsh-
ing will soon be in full swing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wagner and
little son Clifford were visiting
friends and relatives in Goodrich
Sunday.
John Berg is rebuilding his gran
ary.
Miss Florence Nelson returned
from Minot Saturday morning where
she has been attending normal for
the last three months. She will
spend short vacation at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Just were dinner
guests at the Fred Just home Sun.
day.
Mrs. John Bcrgqucst spent Tues.
DAY at the home Of her parents,
Logan Emery was business caller
in Wilton Monday.
- Wagner had his ear repaired in
Wilton Saturday.
Emil Nelson's spent Sunday at the
John Bcrgquist home.
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BraddOck

Rev. Fred Myers preached Il splcn-
did sermon in the Methodist church
Sunday morning. Services will be
held next Sunday evening ut
o'clock.
Mrs. Lula Swanson and Mrs. Keith
Hamilton drove to Bismarck Monday
where Mrs. Swanson entered a local
hospital for few days.
Art Myers brother and other rel
atives from Iowa visited with him u
few days this week.
Kirk Batter went over to HazcltOn
Wednesday to visit for "A few days
at the home Of his uncle, H. o.
Batter. Kirk will leave about Sept.
Bird for Virginia, Mimi, where he
will again enter school for another
year. He will be accompanied by his
aunt. Susan Batter, who is one Of
the teachers in the Virginia schools
and who is now visiting with her
mother and sister at Lebanon, Ore.
Rasscn Aarvig. who has been laid
UP for over y week, took charge Of
Route No. = Monday morning.
Mcsdamcs Piers, Junge and MUIR
ply, also Misses Alice and Gertrude
Piers m0torcd to Linton Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Jennie Bucn and mother Of
Plankinton. S. Oak, arc visiting their
sisters. Mrs. +. J. Kinney and Mrs.
{. L. GOsncy. Miss Bucn will return
home this week while the mother will
remain over for longer visit.
Mrs. Emma Surfing arrived Satur-
day to visit with her daughter, Mrs.
&. Dexter, and family.
Mrs. +. J. Thompson and daughter,
Grace, went to Bismarck Thursday
to consult the doctors about Grace's
broken arm.
Mrs. Jake Bowers received the sad
message Thursday afternoon that her
mother, Mrs. Kaz. Of Napoleon. had
died in Bismarck hospital, although
Mrs. kaz had undergone an operation
yet death came very unexpectedly,
as the family had every hope Of her
recovery. Mr.. and Mrs. Bowers went
to Bismarck that evening. The re-
mains were taken to Napoleon Friday
to the family home and Sunday were
inferred in the cemetery there. Those
from Braddock who attended the
funeral were John Mcicklc, Mrs. Mary
Fercho. Mr.. and Mrs. Thco. Zattnick,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Allen, Mr.. and
Mrs. JAS. Murphy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Sorcm and MIR. and Mrs. f.. r.
Savage. Mrs. Kaz was "a sister Of the
lat. Gottlieb Fcrcho.
Art Button and l.. NJ. Doerschlag
motOrcd to Bismarck Sunday to spend
the day with Nick Granas, who is
confined at st. Alexius hospital with
4 broken shoulder.
H. NJ. Sherwin m0torcd to Steele
Saturday morning to meet Mrs. Sncr-
win, who has been visiting some
weeks at her home ut Eau Clair, Wis.
Mrs. Sherwin will teach in the
primary room in the .Braddock school
again this year.
The Braddock school will not open
until Monday morning, Sept IL,
sinstcad of Sept. 5, us previously
announced. This will greatly help
out in the farmers having the help
Of their children for another week.
Mrs. +. +. Savage m0torcd to Kim
tyre Thursday evening to be present
at farewell given to Mrs. Frank
Simon, previous to her leaving for
her new home in Cedar Rapids, Ia,
where her son Vernon will enter
high school in that city.
Chris Sk00g returned to Braincrd,
Minn., after a ten days visit with his
grandson, Robert Skoog at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Campbell Of
Pilot Mound. la, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Campbell Of Boxholm, Ia,
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Moffit vicinity visited friends here
Sunday.
Mrs. Olaf Felthcim of Braddock
visited relatives in Wild Rose luN,
week.
/ A large number Of the young peo-
pie Of the ncighborhoods gathered ut
the John Stanton home south d
Braddock Sunday afternoon. An in
and an appctizing lunch was served
b. Mrs. Stanton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Saville enter
Mrs. Lloyd Gosncy and children and
Buen. and Miss Jennie Buen of
stiekncy. $. d.. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Kinney and daughter Isabel Of
kidder county.
Sunday guests at the W. H. Brown.
Char Snyder and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Snyder Of Bismarck and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Brownawcll,
Miss Avis Carlisle and Miles Benz,
Clarence Smith and Harry koenig.
Wild Rose schools will open the
forc part Of next week with the same
teachers as last year. but high school
work will be given IN school No. 2.
taught by Miles Stanton, instead Of
school No. 1, as pupils passed and
will 60 to Braddock next year.
Quite number of our girls will
take high school studies this year,
including Misses Ada Saville. Lillian
and Ellen Peterson and Martha and
Bcrnice Gosncy. who will attend high
c.shunl su nruIAnCI. nu,~
Pugh. Avis Carlisle and Helen
Brownawell. who will go to Bismarck
year work at school No. >.
Orrin Lee and son Max from west
of Braddock were business visitors
here the fore part of the week.
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Wing

Lila Boss returned home Saturday
after spending a few days with shIr
friend Clover Johns north Of WIKI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Weber aud
family visited at the John yGuell1r
home Sunday. al ,.,s.f eIt T. -
Ed Kraemcr motored to Driseo oil
SATURDAY ..a. evening III bringing Harold
Jack Gage and Maynard ,Ledoux
arrived here Monday night from
Tower City.
Mr.. and Crs. T.. r. See made asbusi.
ness trip to Bismarck Friday return.
ing Saturday evening.
Lille Mueller is assisting Mrs.
John Weber with her heusework..
Philip Lively Of Iowa is visitinx
with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bond.
Esther Glandvillc and Emma Web
er returned home Friday after spefid-
ing the summer in Valley City At
tending normal.
Mrs. Eta Wilkinson was called
to Portland, Ore, Saturday on ac-
count of the serious illness of her
mother and sister.
Edna and Arthur Graves and John
Buskenus of Woodwork we're v,aeSts
at the Mueller home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Rise and son
Glenwood were shoppers in Wtag and
Regan Saturday.
Selma. Olga, Joseph and :larenee
Rise. Edna and Arthur Graves. J6hn
Ruskenus Ella. Edith and Clara llnei-
ter were picnicking 1t the sReekt'
Sunday.
John Harty attended OFT slk,anerss
funeral which was held IN N1{tle
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Hass and dsuih.
tcrs, and Mr.. and Mrs. Axel &66er
and daughter motored 10 JamestoSa
Sunday. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Ynowles. M,
Harry Knowles and heonard metorGd
to Minot Tuesday.
Some friends Of Grahams ~
Huntington Park, Calf, on reute IS
Flasher. n. D., stopped IA Wipgafn-
Mrs. A. E. Kopplins cousin ~ mn.
Aessta stupped here iMouday. = fslHt
en- route to Sykestoh, N. D.
Mr.. B. F. Lawyer sas1d SON SfSi1ev
we're business callers d vvinnel rl1av.
Mr.. Jim Little Of DeRan jnG $
shspper in Wing SMturaay.
Iva skarlGy siss1p estfinK ! fow1Afha
with her aunt. Mrs. Albert Ho0aoe.
Wallace Andersen il busy shaaiine
grain for Jake sWaeaex.
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Wild Rose

Smith Engleman threshed for o. l.,
PETERSON last week. Grain turned
out pretty good. He is threshing for
Jens Jensen this week.
Mike and Jake are thrcshinr ut
the home place before starting out
with their machine.
y. b. Swanson and sons heiped Sam
flooding, who has been i'll, finish his
harvesting last week.
George Staff Of Baker, Mont. ac-
ccompanicd by his brother. John
STAFF. and nephew. George Olson.
from Minnesota, visited several DAYS
with relatives and friends here while
on their way back to Baker from
Minnesota. George Staff is Mrs.
Howard Brownawcll's father.
Miss Avis Carlisle spent last week
visiting Miss Marion Barton Of Brad
dock.
Tom Marks of Braddoek was out
last week delivering gas and oil to
the farmers here.
Miles Benz and Clarence Smith Of
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FOK SALE

FOK SALE
NEW FIVE ROOM AND BATH
stucco bungalow, full basement,
garage. east front, full lot, good
location. Price 100000. Terms.
SEVEN ROOM STUCCO HOUSE,
modern, and in good condition,
screened porch, garage. Price
$4,2O0.OO. Terms.
EIGHT ROOM BRICK HOUSE. ALL
modern. splendid location and a
real home. Oak finish. French
doors. two fire places, hot water
heating plant, full basement, lawn.
garage. Priced to sell.
NEW FIVE ROOM BUNGALOW, ALL
modern, garage in basement, an
ideal home. Immediate occupancy.
Price $4,8OO.OO. Terms.
SEVEN ROOM STUCCO HOUSE, A
real home, built-in features, French
doors. sun parlor, full basement,
four closets. Fine location. Price
&7,25O.OO. Terms.
FIVE ROOM BUNGALOW. ALL
modern, splendid condition, nice
lawn. shrubbcry, garage. Price
81, $4,000. Terms.
WE HAVE OTHER EQUALLY AT
tractive propositions. If you are in
terestcd in acquiring HOME, SO
that you may enjoy the independence,
freedom, and comfort of YOUR OWN
HOME, see US. We write every form
of Insurance in good reputable COM
panics. Also make loans on City
Property and can finance any reason
able proposition.
Phone 1873
INVESTORS MORTGAGE SECURITY
COMPANY, INC.
Office with First Guaranty Bank.
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MISCELLANEOUS
FOR SALE-Cabbagc, solid heads,
per pound cents. Others at 1Ms
cents per ID. Call John Bashara,
40 Third street.
FOR SALE-Onc Wheeler 4 Wilson
Sewing Machine. $4,000. Fruit jars,
quarts and pints, Soc dozen. 81
First street.
FOR RENT-The hayland on the
south :. Of Sec. 22-138-79 Apple
Creek township. w. A. Ziegclmcy-
err. DEBORAH. Iowa.
FOR SALE-Kcith pipe furnace. good
as new. A bargain. Art Bauer.
715 Sixth street. Phone 6l9-J.
FOR RENT-Wcll furnished cafe.
Cheap if taken at once. Killdccr
Hotel, Killdeer. No. Oak.
FOR SALE-Ncw bed. mattress and
spring. Very reasonable. Apply
Home Bake Shop, 2l2 9th st.
FOR SALE-Onc milk cow and 40
hogs, different sizes and ages.
Joseph coghlan.
PEOPLE desiring school students to
work for board and room kindly
call 066-M.
FOR RENT-Garagc opposite post Of
flee. POS Third street.
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Garfield

Visiting at the j. F.. Little home
Sunday evening were Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Little and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brccn and son, Mrs. Katie Kolb, An
drew kolb, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kolb
and family. Mrs. Monroe and family
and Mrs. Hills.
Sunday visitors at the Joe Kcifer
home were Mr.. and Mrs. John Kci-
fer. Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Of Wilton
and Lynn Granting.
Those that spent Sunday ut tht
river were Mr.. and Mrs. J. Howe and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Wilkcn-
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs
O'Bricn and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
"A. F. Ghylin and son Gerald.
Burnett jacobson, Pete Jacobson,
MIR. and Mrs. Ole Olson visited ut
Pcttibone Sunday.
Misses Strand and Knudson Ut the
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Lair Motor Sales Co.
APARTMEkrs

APARTMRkrS
FOR RENT-Furnished apartment in
hot water heated home. Private
entrance. Close in. Also large
nicely furnished sleeping room
suitable for two. Gentlemen pre-
ferrcd. With or without board.
2l7 Eighth street. Phone SLID.
FOR RENT.-Vcry nicely furnished
modern apartment including piano
aad friSida;rc. Clean, warm, hot
water always. A good home for
three lady stcnographcrs. teachers
or couple. SO7 Fourth street.
FOR RENT-One five room strictly
modern apartment. For sale: Majes-
tic range at farrell Hardware. Call
at 222 Second street or Phone sos.
FOR RENT-Thrcc room furnished
Apt. on LIST floor, outside entrance.
Also sleeping rooms furnished.
Phone 457-J. Sll Ave. {.
FURNISHED apartment on ground
floor, everything furnished. Across
from William Moore school. Call
$50 Furth street.
FOR RENT-Furnishcd light house
keeping Apt, suitable for two
adults. Call at 422 Fifth street.
FOR RENT-Thrcc room Apt. ground
floor, beautifully furnished. 12O
Rosser Ave. West.
FOR RENT-Modcrn apartment. Z.
X. Thompson. Phone $50.
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HOUSES AND FLATS

MVOS0S AMI FkATS
FOR SALE-Fivc room modern bun
galow, hard wood floors, hot water
heat, fifty foot lot, on Eleventh
street, $1,000. 500 cash, balance
$500 per month. w. {. eastman,
51B Ninth street.
FOR SALE-My house at 6l3 Third
street. Price very low and at rea-
's0nablc terms, as quick sale is de-
sired. Write for terms to c. w.
McGray. Garrison, N. Oak.
FOR RENT--Fivc room partly mod
ern house, close in, for $23 per
month, and room partly mdcrn
house, close in. for $25 per month.
Geo. M. Register.
FOR RENT-Six room modern house
located on South side Of N. p
track. Call at 511 Second street.
F.. J. S,hsltz.
FOR SALE-Modern house, located in
best part Of city. 5Oxl50 foot lot.
Phone sos or call ut AS Mandan
street.
C1TY-HEATED flat, also light house
keeping rooms, single or connected.
College building. Telephone 1873.
FOR RENT-Modern. furnished two
room apartment at 9y4 Fourth
street. Phone 543-W.
FOR KENT-Modern house. 515
Sixth street. Inquire Richholt's
store.
FOR RENT--Six room modern house.
Phone 905.
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WORK WANTED

WOnh WAN III
WANTED-Grain hauling jobs want
ed. Have good truck. Call 6l9-J
or see Art Bauer at Bismarck ho-
tel.
WANTED-Grain hauling jobs. Have
first class trucks. Bismarck Auto
Parts Co. Phone l54. ITO Main.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and rcmod-
cling. Prices reasonable. Phone
1921. 423 Second street.
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HOME LAUNDRY

HOME LAUNDRY
THE BEST address for washing your
blankets, bed spreads. family and
finished washes is Maggucrit HUI.
TENS Home Laundry. No injury to
fabric. No chemicals used. Every
thing dried in fresh air. Mems
shirts q specially. We call and de-
liver. Call Ut 203 Ave. A. or Phone
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FOR RENT - Two furnished iiRht
housekeeping rooms in modern
home. Nice and clean, warm in
winter. Onc-half block from Broad
way. Private entrance. 2l3 Eley-
cnth street.
FOR RENT-Rooms in modern home
with or without board. Nice large
rooms with two large closets.
Want good girl for general house
work. 6l3 Third street. Phone
1850.
FOR RENT-An attractive, newly
furnished room in = new modern
home in western part of city. Suit
able for one or two. Ladies pre-
fcrred. Call SPILL after 600.
FOR RENT-In modern home. Fur
nished room with clothes closet.
suitable for two. With or without
board, near high school. Phone
457-M. GA Eighth street.
FOR RENT = Two or three light
housekeeping rooms on ground
floor or upper floor. Also sleeping
rooms. All modern and newly dec
grated. Phone 637-J. 113 sMandan.
FOR RENT-Larkc front room in
modern home. Comfortable for
winter. One block north Of post
office. Phone 12l8-R. Call at
3O5 Third street.
FOR RENT-Clcan modern sleeping
rooms or light housekeeping rooms
in good location. Close in for bus.
mess and school. Call at 223 Thay-
or Ave. W.
FOR RENT-Warm, comfortable
room, with board, three blocks
from Richholt school. Also single
or double garage for rent. Call
872.
FOR RENT-Comfortable room ia
modern home. Reasonable, close
in. Phone 1851 or call at sos
Third street.
FOR RENT-Clean furnished light
housekeeping rooms in modern
home. Gas cooking. 622 Third
street. Phone l32-W.
FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. Gas
for cooking. Private entrance.
Apply Tribune Ad. No. SO.
FOR RENT-Nice furnished room in
modern house. Also nice garage.
%" NC HCntcu. vAo ". mayer.
Phone 689-W.
FOR RENT-Furnished room in mod
crn house. one block from high
school. Phone S53-I. I'll Ninth St.
FOR RENT-Threc. rooms for light
housekeeping. One block from st.
Mary's school. 1922 Broadway East.
FOR RENT-Nicc front room in
modern house. Close in. Call
544-W or at $50 Second street.
FOR RENT-Nice room in modern
home. Close in. Gentlemen only.
Ais Fourth street. Phone il52.
FOR RENT-Furnishcd rooms for
light housekeeping. Mrs. Ada
Rohrcr. 6l6 Sixth street.
FOR 'RENT-Furnished room, city
heat, upstairs. 3l4,. Main. Kath-
crime Griffin.
FOR RENT-Furnishcd sleeping
room. strictly modern. Call at SIS
Second street.
FOR RENT--Double room suitable
for two gentlemen. Call ut 222
Third street.
FOR RENT-Nicely furnished rooms.
Call at 3l4 Ninth street. Phone
COLIN.
NICELY furnished room. suitable for
one or two ladies. 410 Fifth street.
FOR RENT-Furnishcd room in mod
ern home. $40 Ave. b. Phone 1906.
FOR RENT-Modern rooms at 422
Fourth street. Phone LOSER.
FOR RENT-Comfortabl furnished
rooms ut 522 Second street.
FOR RENT-Rooms at 40G Sixth St.
Phone 43l. \
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LOST-Whitc police puppy. Findc,
please return for reward to 314 w.
ROsser. j. +. Kilcy.
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ROOMS FOR R8Nr

FOR RENT---Largc sleeping room
next to bath in modern home. Suit
able, for two. Close to Richholf
and high schools. Meals If desired.
Ladies' or girls only. 1902 Ave, C..
Phone ANl.LM
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AUTOMOBILES
FOR SALE-Ferd Coupe in Al shape
Call aftcr six ut 917 S. Seventh
street or Phone 456-R.
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Tribune Classified Advertisements
p O II E 81
TIE MUSIC SCHOOL

REG ULAR classes in Piano. Violin,
Vocal. Harmony, Theory eartrain-
ing. etc., will be resumed Sept. lst.
Call at .203 Ave: A'West or Phone
1nl7
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MISCELLANEOU3

FOR RENT-Modcrn apartment.
X. Thomson. Phone 100.
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FOR RENT - Two furnished iirht
housekeeping rooms in modern
home. Nice and clean, warm In
winter. Onc-half block from Broad
way. Private entrance. 2l3 Elev-
anth strent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-27
HOTEL BUILDER
TOURS VALLEY

T II. Baker. owner Of the we'll
known chain of hotels that are seat
tered throughout Texas. was in
Brownsville for while Tuesday
while on a trip 10 decide upon fav-
orAble place 70 locate ore ~ his
hotels in the Valley.
IL il certain that there viii he a
Baker hotel erected some time with
~ the next year. according 10 Mr.
Baker. but the exact location has not
As yet been decided upon. With tins
purpose in mind. hc has been visiting
various points IN the Valley and has
expressed much surprise in the rap
III growth.
The hotel viii follow the same
plan of architecture a. the Others of
its kind ard will he located al one
# the three largest towns IN the
Valley.
The plans Will b. 80 that kostelry
can be enlarged ~ as to accommodate
the growth of the country II II s.
su needed.
Mr.. baker has been In California
recently and came 10 the Valley
from San Antonio by automobile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-27
WAITER KILLED
ON NJ. ?. TRAIN
Negro Cook Sought in
Case Jumps From
Diner

Anthony Phillips. waiter in a din
ing car on train No. II on the Gulf
Soast Lines was shot and killed in an
alteration al Y point between
Brownsville and Olmit0 last night.
according 70 meager information
available at various sources on the
affair.
X. y. Simons, negro cook who
jumped from the train before il
reached Harlingcn. N sought ~ or
ficers in connection with the shoot
ing of the waiter. The only clue the
shcriff's department had 10 work or
was that he was a tall negro.
The train - one running between
Brownsville ard Houston and san
Antonio. Railroad men and county
officials here were liable to give
any details as to how the trouble
started
The body was taken as far as Har-
linEen where phone call was pnt
IN for Sheriff ". I. Nann. He ordered
the body taken on the kinEsvillr and
that an inquest be held there. This
WIS done and the result Of the in-
quest phorcd back ~ the office here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-27
IS
DESPERATE IN
DELTA AREAS
Plight of Refugees In
Many Towns Is
Extremely Serious;
Death Toll Mounts

MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 2T.--fPi--
While Louisiana authorities were
preparing for the unprecedented ex-
pedIent of deliberately cutting the
dikes and flooding almost all Of two
parishes 70 have New Orleans from
the mighty flood tides sweeping
down the Mississippi, situations lit
tie short of desperate were pre-
sented in southern Arkansas and the
Mississippi delta section.
Nearly two score Of towns within
q radius of less than 100 miles in
the two states were under water with
the plight Of thousands of refugees
described in official reports 20 Red
Cross headquarters here as serious
in the extreme.
With the racing waters battering
at their homes or the levees and
knobs upon which they had sought
refuge, those in the devastated dis
tricts were sending out piteous calls
for boats. clothing. food and other
supplies. Directors Of Red Cross re-
lief moved as speedily as possible
To render aid.
Almost hourly new groups of refu-
gees<sire being found By relief work
ers as they move by steamer. motor
boat or plane over the dcsolate re-
gion. One such group was found last
night on the Mississippi north Of
Helena. They had been without ade-
uuat food for days and had little
shelter on the levee perch.
An intrepid woman. Nell Williams,
4 Red Cross worker from ST. Louis,
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-27
GRAY BLAMES
MRS. SNYDER
Confession States He
Was In a Daze When
Snyder Slain

NEW YORK, n. y. april 26.-glPp
Henry Judd Gray agreed to kill
Albert Snyder because Mrs. Snyder
bounded me and rot me in n whirl
with her love making" re-aSserted
IN hi confession read in court today.
The confession related how Cray
met Mrs. Snyder and stated that she
told him Of half dozen attempts
she had made on her husbands life.
He told her he thought shsa was
terrible" the confession cDntin-
ued. hut he played me pretty
hard and finally he agreed 10 help
her.
Ke got the wire. chloroform and
sash weight at her orders, he said.
but never really thought he would 20
through with the scheme until he
found himslf actually striking the
sleeping husband.
Gray said IN the confession that
he WAS in d daze throughout. and
his description ~ himself was that
IF man In a hypnotic trance. un-
able I'D Withstand the commands 0f
the hypnotist.
lie asserted that Mrs. Snyder di-
rected him III his every action and
when the husband seized him after
the first tlow she took the w sh
weight and beat the already stunned
man unconscious.