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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
I~nterschcdnstic
Officers Elected
Especial 20 The Herald)

RAYMONDVILLE. Sept. 26.-At a
meeting or all of the Willacy county
teachers at the high school build
ing Saturday the organization OF
the county nterscholastic officials
was completed and temporary plans
ae laid for tho functionirz IN that
organization throughout the year
III. w. Standby. superintendent on
the RaymnndvillIe schools, was
elected as director general
Vincent Miller. principal OF the
Ravmondville high school was elect
cd to BE- in charge Of declarations.
Mrs. II. ". Standby will direct the
debates.
Mrs. ". v. Pittman. principal OF
the Raynondville grade schools. was
named 70 take charge Of spelling.
Miss Fowler was elected to direct
the ESSAY writing.
Mrs. McKeen Of Santa Margarita
was made he al OF rural school &C
tivit.es.
Paul Tankersley. principal Of the
Ravmondville Mexican school and
athletic coach was elected to super
wise the athletics.
Miss FARRELL OF Lyford was named
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Volunteers Flock
For Braille Work

WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-lPl-
Painstakingly. with hand stylus. RED
Cross volunteer workers pricked out
175.0C0 pages Of Braille for the blind
during the last fiscal year.
Other Red Cross volunteer work
ers Of the United States and posses
sions shellacked the pages and
bound them III 1870 volumes under
422 titles to be- distributed 70 public
libraries and schools for the blind
The story Of the busT little Red
Cross STYLUS, which has supplantec
the knitting needle rs a spare time
task for these who feel moved TO
do something for Some one was
told in the annual report OF Adeha
M. Hoyt. director Of Braille- 10 Miss
Mabel r. Boardman. secretary OF
the American Red Cross.
The work began in postwar days
In 1929. Miss Hoyt reported.
number Of transcribers totailed
Ills. A score OF Junior League or
CARNATIONS and many groups OF
Girl Scouts ~cooperated. Widely
separated sections sometimes joined
in producing a single volume.
Ranking high in devotion as an
individual transcriber was Minnie
A. Keehn OF Chicago. She trans
lated Ludwig's "NaDoleon' into IS
Braslle volumes totalling i.G4i pages.
I~in|bergh's I'VE" made five vol
umes Of 425 pages.
The wear 1920 marked the cente-
mar Of the development OF the
raised dot system now being spread
BY the Red Cross stylus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
CIVIC GROUP
TOLAY PLANS
HarlinEen Committee VIII
Propose Several Plans
For City Improvement
Especial to The Herald

HARLINGEN, Sept. 25.-A ccm-
mittee Of Is persons. representa-
tives OF every public and civic Or
ganization in the city. was to meet
at 2 p. m. today with members Of
the city commission and organize
for the purpose Of mapping out q
program Of progress for Harrington.
The committee vas named at "a
meeting Of the city commission
Wednesday evening and was de-
signed to bring together various
factions and 10 unite the citizen
ship in n program OF development.
Those on the committee are b. M.
Holland. w. III. Scott, III. +. Looney.
DR.. John "A. Crockett. j.. r. Foster,
w. M. Waterman. s. "A. Ingram.
~. r. Meadows. Jr.. IL. wv. Weber.
Walton D. Hood, "A. Tamm. Mrs. IT..
s. Herrin. Mrs. Myrtle Benedict
Mrs. Bob Hall and Mrs. ChaS. IN
Turno.
The committed will decide ON the
needs cf the city and propose a.
plan for providing a golf course.
more parks, paving and other inn
p~royements. including the Home
States club building AT the fair
grounds. This plan will be present.
Cd at IA city-wide banquet To Tie
called III about three weeks.
This likely will be followed by an
eection at which bonds 10 the
amount of three or four hundred
thousand dollars will ~ voted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
BULLS AGAIN
Hike STOCKS
Raising of Bank OF England's
Rediscount Rate Appar-
emily Discounted

NEW YORK. Sept. 26.=P-The
raising Of the Bank of England dis
count rate from 5 1-2 to 6 IL per
cent today apparently had been dis
counted by the stock market. which
opened irregularly higher. Houston
Oil and Underwood Elliott Fisher
each opened 3 points higher and
initial gains Of a point or two we're
registered by Union Carbide, Mexi-
can Seaboard Oil. International
Business Machines and Republic
Steel. New York Central fell back
l IA and Montgomery-Ward !.
Wide fluctuations again took
place in some high priced special
ties. Columbian Carbon opened 20
Ia points higher at 200. Adams Ex-
press jumped Fl points to 651.
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indeis
preferred moved Up 4 points to a
new high record at 81. Westing-
house electric. WOrthington pump.
American and Foreign Power. "A.
M. Byers and Simmons company.
extended their early gains to 3
points or more.
There were a few soft spots.
Safeway Stores dropped 4 IL points
and Radio, Atchison and North
American yielded a point or so.
Foreign exchanges opened firm.
which cables moving up nearly half
a cen to S4.85 Gle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26

SAN ANTONIO. Sept 26-sH
Five persons we're charged with
murder. four more were under ar-
rest. and five others were question
I'd today I'm connection with the ~
tai ambushing near here Tuesday
night or Charles Stevens. dry afe4t
Joe Hobrecht. Alice Smith, P
and Luisa Guajardo and Lynn
Stevens were charged with murder.
The latter was still al large. but
was believed to have been injured
in the gun battle which took the
agents life.
Police were in possession Of c'1es
indicating Lynn Stevens was hiding
in the city. too critically III from
his bullet wound 10 attempt FLIGHT.
A fire Quilted the home Of Lynn
stevens late yesterday after police
found and destroyed 5000 gallons
Of whiSkey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Wheat Rises Sharply
On Foreign Reports

CHICAGO. Sept. 265GP-Much
higher Liverpool quotations than
looked for. together with greatly
curtailed estimates from Australia.
led to sharp early upturns today in
wheat here.
Opening 5-8c to 2 Sac higher.
Chicago wheat later continued TO
show marked strength. Corn. oats
and provisions were also displaying
an upward trend. with corn starting
Sac to l Sac gain, and subsequent
~ holding firm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
FINANCES
TRIP BY NOTE
Money Borrowed For Con-
vention To Be Repaid
BY Entertainments

A chamber of commerce commit
tee was seeking 80 signatures today
on a note for $500. which will be
used to finance the trip Of the
American Legion Drum and Bugle
corps to the national Legion con-
vention at Louisville.
The decision TO secure these sig
natures and borrow money TO fl
nance the trip was reached at a
meeting held at the chamber of
commerce building Wednesday aft
ernoon between the committee and
members Of the drum and bugle
corps.
The committee Is composed Of DR..
w. Z. Spivey. chairman, r. G. Nor
ris and A. X. Black.
1t Is planned TO borrow the money
for the trip and when the Legion
members return they plan a series
OF entertainments 10 raise funds.
The note Will be for four or six
months. When 1t falls due. the
drum and bugle corps will pay as
much or 1t as possible and the re-
mainder likely will be paid BIZ the
chamber or commerce. members
said.
Florida cities sent more than
one drum and bugle corps 10 the
convention at San Antonio last year
end California sent drum and buale
corps and furnished a carload Of
grapes 10 be distributed III adver-
Using that state" a member OF the
chamber of commerce board Of di-
rectors 81
We feel the need for advertising
and feel this money will be well
spent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Florida Guarding
Against Hurricane

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 26.-tRi-
Southeast Florida today pitted the
ingenuity and the strength Of man
against the probable fury OF a west
Indian hurricane which the wealth
er bureau had predicted would
strike between Miami and Jupiter.
With Nassau, pleasure city OF the
Bahaman island, out of communi-
cation since shortly afternoon yes
terday, Floridans OF the threatened
section were unable to gauge the in
tensity of the wind that had whip
ped the islands.
Baslng their measure Of protec-
ton upon predictions from local.
Washington and Havana weather
bureaus. the populace OF Miami.
West Palm Beach and other storm
schooled communities boarded UP
their homes and business buildings
and turned their efforts to COM
pleting a system of relief work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Texas Girl In Lone
Los Angeles Cell

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 26.-Pl-
Ruddell Heath. 2i, Amarillo girl.
remains in solitary confinement I'LL
the county jai, despite efforts or
her attorney to s,cure her transfer
to other quarters.
Superior Judge William II. Ag-
geler, before whom a writ Of ha-
beas corpus was turned Yesterday.
ruled Jailer Glen z. Peoples was
justified in the disciplinary action.
which he said he had taken after
she had assaulted her cell mate and
a newspaper mar Monday.
Miss Heath was returned here re-
Gently from Tuls Okla, to face
bad check charges. She became
known here last winter upon being
accused of shooting at a Hollywood
youth. She missed him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26

Eugenio Mares vas sentenced 70 q
year in the penitentiary following
conviction On LIQUOR charges the
criminal district court yedrcSday
afternoon.
He pleaded guilty.
Mares was apDrehended il Har-
lInRcn July s w III bottles OF
mescal in his car by n. Il. Lon
g0ria, deputy sheriff. and Cage
johnson. lieutenant OF police.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. SEPT. 26.-tF-
Cotton opened steady nc advance
OF 2 TO 8 ncints on the weather news
and relatively steady cables. Trade
buying and further covering was
reported but the advance was
checked by southern selling. Octo-
Der sold off TO lass right after
the call. or T Doints net lower. and
weakness OF this position had an
unsettling effect on later months
December sold Off 10 1872 and
March to 1904. or within S points
OF yesterdays close. but trade in
terests bought October and the GEN
eral market was steady at the end
OF the first half hour with prices
showing net gains Of / to z points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Quarantine Stray
Dogs In Harlingen

t6peCldl 10 lie HtIdluJ
HARLINGEN. Sept. 26.-The Har-
fingen city commission plans TO
make It hard on stray dogs. fol-
lowing a meeting Of the city rulers
Wednesday evening.
= quarantine was declared against
ell dogs. requiring that they be kept
at home and that a license be paid
on every dog. Also a dog catcher
is to be employed and a pound to be
provided for the CANNES picked UP
On the street.
All dogs captured will be put {
death unless they r promptly
claimed by their owners and unless
the avis are complied with. ,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Bexsr Tax Rate For
Year Is 10c Lower

SAN ANTONIO. SEPT 26.-tH1-
The new Bexar tax rate for the fis-
cal wear 1e29-30 will b. 10-cents less
IN each 500 valuation than last
wear. according TO figures released
bv Walter :. Kendall. county au6-
itnr.
TIE new rate. based on a report
az the board OF equalization. calls
for a levy OF 7-cents on each 500
valuation 70 rthe budget. Is cents
for the general fund. ID cents for
the road and bridge fund, and 81
cents on the hospital. Jury and out
standing bonded indebtedness funds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Heavy Fog Forces
Endurance Ship Down

INDIANAPOLIS. md. Sept. 20
[P9-Fog 50 heavy the refueling
plane could not be seen forced the
indianapolis Flamingo plane down
at $40 a. n. today in its second at
tempt TO establish a new refueling
endurance record. The plane had
been in the air 149 hours and sc
minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
LIVERPOOL. SPOT

LIVERPOOL, Sent. 26-tP-Good
business done: higher: American
strict good middling 11.12: good
middling 1912: strict middling
10.i7: low middling e.92: strict
good ordinary q.52: good ordinary
9.12. Sales 10000 bales. 5000 Amer
lean Receipts 5000, American O.
600. Futures closed quiet: October
$50. December 994: January &94:
March 1901; May 1908: July 1907.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
2gTH DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. w. Cunningham, Judge

EA0u. n. W. G1AAHbA1AA ~11bG
No. SOFT. State Of Texas vs.. Man
uel Martinez, 8 years in peniten-
tiary.
NO. 4e4s. State Of Texas VS.. VIII
Snipes, dismissed.
No. 49z9, State Of Texas rs. VIII
Snipes, dismissed.
No. 1891, State of Texas VS.. Emilio
Perez, Pedro Recendez and Leopoldo
Vega, dismissed.
No. 1899, State Of Texas VS.. Ben
Colandret, dismissed.
No. 50I8, State Of Texas VS.. Emilio
Sanchez and Melquiades Cervantes,
2 years in penitentiary.
Avarado, dismissed.
No. 1888, State of Texas VS.. Pedro
Cortez, dismissed.
No. 1905. State Of Texas VS.. Fran
cisco Lerma, dismissed.
No. SCOT, State Of Texas VS.. Jesus
Cantu, not guilty.
No. SOFA, State of Texas VS. Ra-
mon Vega, 5 years in penitentiary-
No. 5032, State Of Texas vs.. Jose
Alanis, Andres Aguilar and Gle
menta Gloria, 5 years each In peni-
Tertiary for Jose Alanis and Gle
mente Gloria; and 2 years in penl-
tertiary for Andres Aguilar.
No. 1852, State Of Texas VS.. Ern-
este Cavazos, ) years In peniten-
tiary.
No. $50, State OF Texas VS.. Jose
de la Cruz, dismissed.
No. 1898, Bessie Potter vs.. wv. III.
Potter, divorce granted and maiden
name restored to plaintiff.
No. S700. Nicolas "A. Abrego VI.
Genaro de Abrego. divorce granted
and plaintiff awarded custody Of
child.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Mrs. Lomax Selected
Senior Class Mother

10 TIT TItIdINI
SAN BENITO. Sept. 20. Mrs.
John T. Lomax was selected as class
mother OF the senior class IF me
San Bcnito high school. and Mrs.
Z. "a. Aiken was elected class surr-
or.
Other officers arc Bennie Hinkly,
president: Thomas zoe, vice presi-
dent: Eudcra James. secretary:
Dorothy Glyn Ward. treasurer.
Jack Lomax. social; and Claye
Breedlcve, reporter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
TOday'S Markets
COTTON GAINS
ON OPENING
First Trades PRICE, Adj
vance Few Points With
Rally At End

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 2e.-F-
Inc cotton market had a steady
opening and cables were better than
que. First trades here showed
gains OF ; to 2 points. and prices ad-
vanced slightly owing to the hurri-
cane. October traded at 1910. De-
cemoer at 1854 and January at
1874. The market eased off about
Q points on HEDGING and Relating
put near the end OF the first hour
prices rallied again almost to the
highs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
STORM

WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-lP-
The weather bureau today issued
the following storm warnings:
Advisory, 10 a. m. The tropical
disturbance has remained almost
stationary during the last ~ hours
with center apparently short dis
lance northwest of Nassau. 1t Is
likely winds Of hurricane force still
prevail near storm center. It's flu
ture course Is uncertain. but no
rapid movement in anv direction
indicated for next "a hours
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26

CHICAGO. Sent. 26.-P1=Poul-
try: Hens steady: springs weak:
fowls 27c: No. 2 fowls tic: SPRINGS
% 1-2c 70 24c: NO. 2 SPRINGS TIC:
ROSTERS 21c: turkeys 20c to 30c;
ducks 16c to 21c: geese zoe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
BUTTER Y EGGS

CHICAGO. Sept. 26.-tPs-Butter
weaker: creamery extras 45c: STAN
dards 44c: extra ftrsts 43c TO 44c:
Srsts 4Oc to 42c: seconds 38c TO 39c.
Eggs easy, unchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
Cameron Courts

Suits filed in the District Courts:
No. 1906. Colice Dozier VS.. Thelma
Dozier, divorce.
No. 1907. Mrs. Luther Sing vs.
Luther Sing, divorce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26

To have charge OK the music memory
contests.
Further plans will be perfected XIV
the next monthly meeting.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-P-Cot-
ton opened steady: Oct. 1857: Dec.
1873: Jan. 1881; March 1907; May
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26

NEW ORLEANS OPENING
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 26.-dPl-
Cotton opened steady. Jan. is 70:
March 1896: Nav 1911: July
19.06-b; Oct. 1889: Dec. 1852.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26

COUNTY COURT AT LAW
Hon. John Kleiber, Judge
No orders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-26
IO3RD DISTRICT COURT
Hon. A. Nj. Kent, Judge
No orders.

COUNTY COURT
Hon. Oscar Dancy, Judge
Suits filed: No. 1866, In re Estate
II. Steffens, deceased.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Abusing the Suspended Sentence

In presenting his argument in a recent liquor case
before a Cameron county jury District Attorney
George Westervelt took occasion to call attention TO
the widespread abuse of the suspended sentence law
and the affect Of the law in enticing into the liquor
traffic hundreds and thousands of Texas youths who
are used as the distributors by the liquor vendors.
The district attorney urged the jurors not to ap-
ply the suspended sentence provision in cases where
1t was evidently being invoked for the sole purpose
of protecting higher ups" He asserted that it had
become customary for the bootleggers to recruit as
their assistants youths under Is years of age by as
surfing them that in the event they fall into the tolls
of the law they can apply for a suspended sentence
and a soft-hearted jury will grant the application.
Very rarely do such youths divulge the identity of
those who employ them. When one receives a sus-
pended sentence his usefulness to the bootlegger auto
matcally ends and another youth is recruited to take
his place.
That there are times when the suspended SEN
tence serves a very useful purpose is evident, but not
to the extent that it is applied in Texas. In Cameron
county juries do not have the habit of regarding vio-
lation of the liquor law as an offenSe to be disre-
garded, and the suspended sentence IS not granted
every youthful bootlegger who is hailed before the
court and enters a plea of guilty. The records of the
present term would indicate that if the financial
heads of the liquor traffic in Cameron county are to
O4AbAA4OS III 0ADA4ANNo t4ANS NaAAAOO 1tJ
handle the liquor for them.
If the district attorneys of Texas would adopt the
method employed by District Attorney Westervelt in
educating the juries relative to the true conditions
and the menace which turks in indiscrininate grant
ing Of suspended sentences, the liquor traffic in the
state would receive a serious setback. However, SO
long as the law fixes the maximum age of sus-
pended sentences in liquor cases at Is years, there
are hundreds of counties in which the abuse OF the
law will continue and the financial heads OF the
liquor traffice will continue to recruit youths to
carry on their business, trusting to soft-hearted jury
men to refuse to mete out the punishment which
alone can suppress the traffic.
It Is interesting to note that over rs per cent Of
those arraigned on liquor charges in the Cameron
county criminal district court during the present
term claimed to be under IS years of age. Regard
less OF now fragrant their violation Of the law may
have been they do not hesitate to apply for sus-
pended sentences. The juries, however, have not been
inclined to grant suspensions, and the sentences meted
out will be a warning to other youths who might be
tempted to Join forces with the bootlegging and liquor
smuggling elements.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
UNDERGROUND n1s 5Gx5 s ASs
BY J.OEFFERSON fARJECN cprhap @ ycmLp wM@hamhn
By JEFFERSON FARJEcN
THIS FIRST:

READ This FIRST
The plot concerns some weird
noises that no one can fathom. They
are underground sounds, and they
come from beneath a supposedly
haunted house, near the sea. One
day a young, romantic clerk, named
Brown - just plain Brown ate
lunch in a Kings Cross restaurant.
AS he was leaving, he overheard
one Of two hard-looking individuals
say: AFTER her! And-if she's
troublesome-don't be particular
what you do to herl" Brown got a
brief look at the girl. but that o n
WINGED him she was the most beau
tiful girl he had ever seen. He de-
cides to follow the girl and war;
her. He trails the girl to the rail-
way station and spends almost all
Of his pay for a ticket to her des-
tination. He boards the train as
it is moving out of the station.
(NOW co ON WITH THE Story
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-29
Foreign Ministers and Their Booze

Foreign ministers and their booze are having a
rough road to travel in that stately city on the banks
of the Potomac. Foreign ministers are immuned
from prosecution for possession of liquors. Their en-
bassies occupy holy ground. These ambassadors and
their under secretaries dearly love rare liquor. They
serve it at their banquets and dinners and other func-
tons:
Now the Washington police insist that the embas-
sizes must employ their own private trucks and en-
bassy drivers in the transportation of their liquor
from Baltimore. Baltimore is a port of entry. There
the foreign ships land the liquids supplied for these
naughty representatives of foreign governments. II
it is a crime for an American to transport liquor or
to have liquor in his possession, why isn't it criminal
for an alien of high or low degree?
Booze is booze but the embassy booze is said to be
prime old stuff. American citizens who are invited to
embassy dinners and embassy social functions are
said to wet their whistles whenever the opportunity
offers. Of course, an embassy is built on foreign soil,
even under the folds Of Old Glory and the laws of
the federal republic do not have jurisdiction over
foreign territory.
Cross the Canadian border and it is a legitimate
trade. Under Old Glory it is a prohibited trade and
its traffic paves the ways to the nearest penitentiary.
It is a noble experiment just as Herbert Hoover
said it was in his campaign for the presidency and
those who are backing the experiment promise to
make 1t real interesting for ~violators Of the pro laws
in the years to come.