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There were some indications Of
slight disturbance IN the Gulf of
Mexico off shore from the Valley
Friday morning. mt at p. m there
had been no Official warning issued
by the weather bureau either from
Washington or locally.
The indications included large
ground swells. IS to 20 feet high,
which were rolling in at Padre
Island, a low barometer and high
tide.
The weather bureau at Washing
ton had asked w. j. Schnurbusch.
local meteorologist for two special
reports today, one sent at II a. m.
and the other during the afternoon.
This also was an indication OF a
disturbance in the gulf.
The weather forecast for the next
"a hours was mostly cloudy and
unsettled tonight and Saturday,
probably with local showers"
Several automobiles were caught
in the large swells as they broke
over Padre Island during the worm
ing and we're stuck fast in the sand,
CAPTAIN Wallace L. Reed, of the
Coast Guard station reported. No
one was injured when the cars were
trapped and a number Of persons
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WOMAN HOLDS
UP CASHIER

TOPEKA, Kas., June 28.-lPl--A
woman today held up w. L. Stalons,
cashier of the Security Benefit as
sociation here. and escaped with the
associations payroll estimated at
approximately $4,000. after kidnap-
ing A. J. Perlich. Kansas City, and
forcing him TO drive her to the
scene Of the holdup.
Stalons, accompanied by Louis
Strict. an employe. had returned 70
the association offices from the
Central National bank. When Mr..
Stalons stepped fro mhiS motorcar,
carrying the money in a satchel. he
was accosted by a woman holding
a handkerchief over her face.
Believing she was a patient OF the
association hospital. Mr.. Stalons
stopped TO talk with her. The wom-
an pointed a revolver at the cashier
with the command:
Drop that package, or Ill blow
your insides out"
Mr.. Stalons attempted TO throw
the satchel to STREET., but the woman
caught it.
She returned to re-enter Mr.
Perlich's motorcar. in which she
had ordered him 10 wait at the curb,
but he had driven to police head
quarters TO report the robbery.
The woman then fled on foot.
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COMMANDER
SDUE TODAY
General Lassiter Coming
To Fort Brown For
Inspection

Major General william Lassiter,
commander Of the eighth corps
area, United States Army, was
scheduled to arrive at the inter-
national airport about p. m, to-
day. 1t was announced at Fort
Brown.
Gen. Lassiter will be met by
Lieut. Col. Stanley Koch, COM
mander Of the post here. who will
take him to Fort Brown for an in
spection of barracks and various
buildings.
1t was planned to have a review
Of troops, but a wire from the gen.
eral said that In view Of the late ar
rival and early departure tomorrow,
he did not thing 1t advisable.
Gen. LaSsiter'S area. including
Texas and extending into Colorado,
New Mexico. Arizona. Wyoming,
Oklahoma. was approximately one
fourth Of the nations available
troops.
His headquarters are at San An
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DEFENSE IN
LAREDO TRIAL
BEGINS CASE
Proprietor OF Hot el
Says Slain Youth
Had Left When Of
ficers Returned
Especial to The Herald

LAREDO. June 26.-Defense tes-
timcnv in the trial Of Raymond
West and Tomas Hernandez on
charges Of numbering Harry VIII
liams. Laredo newspaper reporter
opened Friday after the state had
rested.
Defense counsel asked for an in
structed verdict. but the motion
was overruled by Judge j. F. Null
ally. The defense then asked that
the state be made to show which
count it would prosecute. This mo-
tion was also refused.
Maria Alatorre. owner Of the
Commercial hotelin which the state
contends Williams met his death
on tire night cf January Is. was the
first witness for the defense. She
said the accused men made two
trips 10 her hotel on the fatal night
Continued on page 90
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romance Of a pageant already work
ed out to the minutest detail.
i can say only that she is one
Of Brownsville's prettiest and most
popular girls Of the younger set
However, almost all people whom
! have heard try to guess her name
are going to be surprised.
The maid to the queen will be
Miss Francis James. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee B. James Of Los
Ebanos.
Il have been assured by prin-
cesses from all the Valley towns
that they have almost completed
their costumes for the event. We
sent each girl. who will represent
an oriental country. plans for her
costume, and no two Of them will
be alike in design" Mrs. TAYLOR
said.
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Identity of Queen
To Reign at Fourth
Pageant IS Secret
Who is the Queen?

Who is the Queen7
Who will reign at the Court Of
the Far East?"
These are two questions which
members of the pageant committee
refuse TO answer as plans near
completion for the presentation at
Fort Brown of a Fourth of July
show which for beauty and color
has never before been equalled
here.
The identity Of the Queen posi-
lively will not be divulged before
the night Of the Fourth" Mrs. v.
w. Taylor. chairman Of the COM
mittee, said.
We have created a great deal of
interest by keeping the identity Of
the Queen secret. and TO let 1t out
now would detract from glamor and
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GULF STORM
IS INDICATED
Ground Swells, Low Barom-
eter and High Tide Re-
ported At Coast

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-lPl-
The weather today authorized the
following storm warning:
Hoist northeast storm warning
2 p. m, Galveston TO Corpus
Christi, Texas. Probably disturb
ance OF unknown but probably
moderate intensity central about
latitude q north longitude $3.50
west apparently moving north
ncrthwestward. Will cause strong
shifting winds probably gales at
times on the Texas coast between
Corpus Christi and Galveston to-
night"
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Birdmen
Missing for Week
Picked Up at Sea

MADRID, June 29.-(AP)-After
being missing for more than week, the
Spanish transatlantic aviators, Major
Ramon Franco and three companions
have been picked up at sea by the British
airplane carrier Eagle and today were be-
ing brought to Gibraltar.
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BROWNSVILLE
BRIDGE FIGHT
EBROUCHT IN
Mention Of Garner In
Probe Draws Fire of
Tennessee Senator
On Committee

SAN ANTONIO, June 28-LPl-
Senator McRellar. in the investiga-
ton Of alleged patronage III Texas.
today said that r. B. Creager, re-
publican national committeeman.
viii have an opportunity TO defend
himself by testifying.
This announcement came follow
ing statements made by Henry M.
Wurzbach that the republican or
ganiZaticn attempted TO assess him
$500 To put his name on the ballot
in 1926. WurZbach was "a repre-
sentative to congress for several
years. losing last year 20 Augustus
McCloskey. democrat.
WurZbach declared he had heard
that Creager got $50 900 in retainer
fees from Sanger Brothers OF Dali
las, Carl Hoblitzelle OF Dallas. and
Lutcher Stark Of Orange. for rep
resenting them before the treasury
department.
L was informed that the national
committeeman name would not ap-
pear on the records since he was
working through a Houston mouth
piece, George Hill" WurZbach said.
SAN ANTONIO. June 2S.-tPl-A
threat by Senator Kenneth Nickel
lar. Tennessee. 10 jail Republican
National Committeeman R. B. Crea-
ger Of Texas for contempt OF the
senate" today drew apologies for
questions attempting TO connect
Congressman John N. Garner. DEM
ocratic minority leader in the house,
with the political machine I'm Hidal-
60 county. at the senate patronage
investigation here.
The threat came during the inter-
rogation Of Mrs. III. o. Schaleben, re-
called today. When she told OF a
reputed combination Of Creager and
democratic forces in HidalgO county.
Continued On page 80
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CANDIDATES IN
SPLIT ON PLAN
FOR DREDGING
Chambers States New
Candidates Propose
Killing Deep Water
Project at Harlingen

HARLINGEN. June 28.-G. c.
Howell and H. J. Goetzke, candi-
dates for commissioners Of the
Harrington navigation district. en-
tered the race 10 GUST J. 3. Cham
bers and J. r. George. and thus kill
the proposal TO construct a deep
water harbor near Harlingen on the
Arroyo in the opinion Of Chambers,
who is the present chairman OF the
commission.
Tyre II. Brown is the third mem
Der Of the present commission and
the election is being held July 6 70
comply with a law recently passed
BY the Texas legislature requiring
navigation commissioners to be
is being held July to COM
ply with q Law recently passed BY
Continued on page 90
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WALL STREET RUMORS
vi. K. T. TO BE SOLD

NEW YORK, June 2S.-LP)-The
New York Herald Tribune says to-
day that rumors are current in Wall
Street that the Allegheny Corpora
ton. new securities company OF the
Van Sweringen interests. IS buying
the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad.
Impetus Is given the reports be-
cause the Allegheny sometime ago
acquired blocks Of stock in the Mis-
souri, Pacific renuted to be about
175.000 shares. representing an in
vestment around $4,000, 900.
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NIX VENIRES
NEARING END
$50 Of 500 Prospective Jur-
crs Dismissed After
Quiz

BOSTON. Texas. June 28-fPl-
Difficulty in selecting q jury TO try
Ooie Nix. %. Bowie county farmer,
on charges of fatally poisoning his
17-year-old wife. Vinitia. J l0med
today after elimination OF $50 Of 300
veniremen.
Nix's wife died in convulsions al
the Nix home near here a week ago
while he was working IN a field.
She was buried An investigation
was started. and thesbody was ex-
humed. The viscera were sent TO
the state chemist at Austin who re-
ported he found poison in the stom-
ach.
The state named three attorneys
10 defend Nix. and yesterday tney
filed five motions. all Of which were
overruled. The last was for a
change Of venue on the ground a
fairs and impartial trial could not
be obtained in Bowie county.
NEW BOSTON. Texas, June %
-Pl-One juror had been selected
at noon today for the trial Of Ocie
Nix. @, charged with the poison
murder OF his wife. Vinitia. II.
J. A. Trapp, farmer. was accepted
after declaring he was not opposed
to assessing a death penalty.
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Fight Looms In Arroyo Navigation Election
Pilot Dies In Fall
OfEndurance Plane;
Woman Flyer Hurt

wESTBURY. N. Y. June 28-lPi
A message that she needs blood. to
save her life was sent 70 Roosevelt
Field today after Miss Viola Cen
try. was critically injured when the
plane IN which she and Jack Ash
craft were seeking a new endur-
ance record, crashed.
Who would volunteer?
And as one man the flying and
ground staffs stepped forward.
Pilots whose names are often III the
papers, office executives and their
clerks. CRIME grease balls who oil
and tend the engines, not a man on
the field but begged for the chance
to help Miss Gentry.
Doctors said that as soon as pre-
liminary blood tests were made q
donor would be selected and the
TRANSMISSION operation performed.
WESTBURY, y. Y, June 28-(P)-
Jack Ashcraft. a professional pilot,
was killed. and Miss Viola Gentry
known as the flying cashier" crit
ically injured today as their biplane,
in which they were attempting TO
create an endurance record, crash
ed into a tree.
Ashcraft's neck was broken. Miss
Gentry, suffering from internal in
juries, broken arms and lacerations,
was taken 70 a hospital in Mineola.
She soon regained consciousness and
asked about Ashcraft, but was not
told Of his death.
Their plane took off from Roose-
velt field at 8:49 p. m. yesterday,
with lie gallons Of gasoline. 1t is
believed their gasoline ran short.
and the plane crashed into the tree
near a nursery.
Henry Hicks, proprietor Of the
nursery, heard the accident. He
said there was no noise from the
motor. The gasoline tanks and car
buretor were later found to be dry.
Lands on Nose
The plane landed on its nose, the
motor buried far in the ground.
Ashcraft's body was wedged be-
tween the motor and the ground.
Miss Gentry was found on top Of
the gas tank, with one foot tangled
in the wreckage. She was bleeding
profusely and was hysterical. she
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tonic and he will arrive here from
Fort Macintosh. where he COM
pleted an inspection.
He will be the guest tonight Of
Lieut.-Col Koch. Officers Of the
post will pay the usual calls Of cour-
teSy.
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TWO BADLY HURT AS
PLANE BURNS, FALLS

mitchell FIELD, N. Y. June %
PAN army observation plane
caught fire 1000 feet in the air to-
Gay and fell to the Meadowbrook
Country, club grounds. critically in
Iuring Lieut.. Maxwell Balfour and
Corp. Elmer Berry.
They were taken to Nassau coun-
ty hospital in Minneola. where Miss
Viola Gentry. injured in the crash
OF an endurance plane. lay close to
death.
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TWO FLYERS KILLED

RIVERSIDE, Cal, June 28-IPl
Lieutenant William G. Plum
mer. and Flying Cadet Cyrus ].
Wallace were killed In an airplane
accident az March field today. A
second plane, pilOted by a cadet,
scraped the wing of Lieutenant
Piummer's ship, causing II TO
crash.
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I'm D u r
VAL.lsEY Y

DONNA is to have a modern com
mon battery telephone exchange
housed in its home, a beautiful tile
and stucco structure.
The improvements to be made by
the Rio Grande Valley Telephone
company, owners Of the system,
are to cost approximately $4,000.
And the expenditure was made
necessary by growth of that town,
according to j. G. Paxton, general
manager Of the company.
Donna ranks high in quantity OF
shipments every year and Is sur
rounded by a highly fertile agri-
cultural section which Is witnessing
q rapid development.
THE FOURTH air mail route out
of Brownsville will not be estab-
cished until night flying is practi-
~. a letter to Postmaster G.. w.
nett from the postoffice de-
A-ent indicates.
A route will be by way Of
FEcuston to New Orleans and UP
the Atlantic seaboard. Survey for
Hoeacons every 10 miles and emerg-
tency landing fields every 80 miles.
Arrangements yet to be completed
with Harlingen and Raymondville
for landing sites.
The new route will speed mail 10
north. east and Atlantic seaboard
points.
NEW MEXICAN immigration
regulations bid fair to play hob
with business and social visits
across the border-and to badly
cripple trade Of places Of business
n Matamoros.
The regulations are very similar
D those imposed in the past except
nat all tourists VIII be required to
lisit the consul and pay one peso
or permission to visit that coun-
~.
The same regulations are to ap-
\ BY up at Laredo. Up there off
ktiaIs Of Laredo and groups Of
Y blevo Laredo business men have
len protesting TO immigration au-
lorities that enforcement would
in them. SO far as can be
hrned these protests have been
vain and preparations are going
lead to enforce the new rulings
the end Of a 80 day period Of
race, July Is.
The really new portion CT the
Hing Is to the effect that citizens
hving in Valley towns where there
no port OF entry will be con-
a sidered tourists and Will be required
~ visit the consul and secure a
4 nassport before each crossing of
the border.
when similar passport regula-
tions were enforced more than a
ear ego all citizens residing within
RS miles Of the river were adjudged
l,rder residents and accorded the
bme courtesies as people living in
krownsville and other port Of entry
towns
question which has arisen IN
EIcornection with that ruling is lust
lS,tara are several Of the ports of
Nentry?"
ldslgo.
I'll THAT BATTLE" between the
.o+.oy, growers and the pickers still
Akon county farmers decide 7
Ahev Nv will pay rs cents per hun
gs-s5 as the season starts-after Hi
k5aISo and Wlllacy already had de-
kidsd n lead off with a price Of 81. /
'I and the pickers had indicated \
~ 49, Considered SIPS to Sl.50 would |
lae about right
3crTT FLOWERS from Mexico
- ~ New York City BY air ex-
y Nress. -. g. five u,os,,,,,
80 reel services coming through \
B1s-o9,rsville 1so9 by air from Mexico
tcity. :, .,,o manu- hair,
sndIed through here by Official
--..'1raT - Aerial Express on planes
y The Mexican Aviation Co
y -. -. ssrvice. though in use for
continued on page 80
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Late Bulletins
Won ELM MAKES 20

MAMORONECK, N. Y, June 2s-
LPl-George Won Elm, amateur from
Detroit, scored a sparkling 70 in the
second round Of the national open
golf championship today. 1t was the
best score returned with more than
half the field in ard gave Won Elm
a two DAY total c. 149 and third
place behind Al. Espinosa and Gene
Sarazen.
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PETE TESTIMONY CLOSED

PETE TESTIMONY CLOSED
SAN ANTONIO. June 2S.-lP-
Introduction of testimony in the
sanity hearing for John VI. (Petel
Mckenzie, convicted of Staying
Detective Chief Sam Street, was
completed here today. and argu-
ments were 70 be begun this aft
ernoon. Just before the case was
concluded. Mckenzie was led 10
the jury box where he stood, star
ing straight ahead. while jurors
felt Of a scar on his head.
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THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Saturday, probably with local
showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy TO-
night and Saturday. probabtv
showers in southeast portion.
Light TO fresh easterly winds on
the coast.
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BABSEBALL

Philadelphia at New York CN)
postponed, rain.
Boston at Brooklyn CN), post
poned, rain.
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RESBEL KILLED

MEXICO CITY. June 2s-CP-A
dispatch to Excelsior today from
Durango City said that Alberto de
MoTas, rebel leader. and nine fol-
lowers were killed in combat with
federal troops at San Miguel del
Mezouital, Durango. The rebels were
dispersed.
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide al Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High .....- $40 a. m; 9:34 p. IN.
Low ...... i:55 a. m; 434 p. m
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RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change.
In the river during the next few
days.
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Emerson Fans

VIII Keep You Cool
Guaranteed Five Years
w H Putegnat Company
Brownsville, Texas
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c6scFH1E sM!FH MIXERS

No Equal Every Contractor
Uses or Wants Them
Inspect Our Stock
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
House Madison Used
Is To Be Restored

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.5H9-
The Octag0n, historic building in
which President Madison nee live
ed, is tO he restored and developed
aS IN national center of architecture
and allied arts.
The work. costing 100000. via
be done by the American Institute
Of Architects according 70 Dr. Ev-
eretr Wald of New York, chairman
Uf the building committee XVI the
institute.
The OctagOn was built IN 1900 a.
a colonial residence by Col. John
Tayloe, q friend OF George Wash
ington. III will be restored, ms far
as possible, to its original condi-
ton. lt was an octagonal brick
building, Georgian Colonial III de-
sign. with a central circular hall
and grand staircase. After the
White House was buried by the
British in 1914 At was used by
President Madison a. the executive
mansion.
Since then IL has been used at
various times as a government n.y.
geographic office, for private stu
di0s and drafting rooms and as GA
stOrehOuse.
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Giant Merger Of
Utilities Seen

NEW YORK. Sept. 22.-tR-Bar-
ring the enactment Of restrictive
legislation. Wall street sees in the
recent grouping Of public utility
companies a giant combine.
II ~foresees one company eventu-
ally controlling all the leading pow
er and light producers from Ban
gor, Me. to Pensacola, Fla, within
$50 miles Of the Atlantic seaboard.
Many observers feel that this de-
velopment is likely within the next
five years. While it is still too early
to forecast how this grouping will
be arranged. ii L. considered likely
that either the United corporation
or the American Super-power cor
poration will form the nucleus Of
this combine.
Bankers and others engaged In
these consultations decline TO dis
cuss their plans beyond the I'M
mediate future. probably because
premature publication Of their Ill
innate aim would increase their
difficulties in trying to bring It
about.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
Valley Offers Many Attractions For Sportsn1en
New England
States Favors
Marketing Idea

BOSTON. Sept. 22.-tP-A farm
marketing program sponsored by
the New England council is now
effective I'm every New England
state.
Passage Of enabling legislation by
the New Hampshire legislature and
the signature Of Governor T0bey
introduced the program TO the
sixth state in this region. III pro-
vides for establishment or grades
and standards Of farm produce TN
each state and the use of special
labels. including the New England
Quality Label
The farm marketing program,
meanwhile, IS progressing iii other
states. In 1929 the Vermont maple
products crop will be more highly
standardized than ever before, ac-
cording to T. "A. Cooley. director OF
markets OF the Vermont department
OF agriculture.
Additional hundreds OF egg pro-
ducers are expected to avail them
selves of the grading service next
season in the New England area.
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SCOUTS HOLD
ANNUAL CAMP
Permanent Building Erected
AT Camp Perry or AFRO
yo BY Organization

Camp Perry on the Arroyo Colo
RADIO, the Boy Scout camp Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. Is the
scene of the annual encampment Of
the Valley Boy Scout troops. the
number Of which Is increasing each
year. Establishment Of the Valley
camp in 1927 was followed by rapid
development of interest in Boy
Scout activities, and practically ev-
cry town and city now has its or
CARNATIONS, with Valley headquar-
ters located at Mercedes.
Camp Perry on the Arroyo Colo
RADIO between Rio Hondo, occupies
an ideal site. The huge camp
building and dormitories, construct
ed Of logs, provides ample accom-
modations for the Valley encamp-
ment or for the individual troops
which frequently avail themselves
Of the camp. Cooking places and
dining hall and dormitories are
provided, tents being utilized for
the major part OF the Scouts dur
ing the annual encampment. The
Arroyo provides superb bathing,
boating ana fishing: trails lead
from the camp to the brushlandS
to the east. The entire site is sur
rounded by large native trees. pro-
viding a background very attractive
TO the youthful members.
The site for the camp was donat-
ed by Charles Perry Of Harlingen
and the camp named in his honor.
Each community contributed to-
ward purchase of material for the
camp buildings which were erected
by volunteer labor. Under the VAL
ley-wide organization plan each
community contributes toward
maintenance. The camp Is avail
able for the Boy Scouts all months
Of the year. and during the school
vacation period is occupied practi-
cally the entire time by one or
more troops under the supervision
Of the scoutmaSters.
The first Valley-wide encamp-
ment was held In the summer Of
1927. and proved SO successful that
1t was established as an annual in
stitution. Practically all towns and
cities as well as several rural COM
munities were represented by one
or more troops during the 1929 en-
campment, which was pronounced
by Scout executives n Of the most
successful ever held in the South.
Athletics, tests In woodcraft, cook