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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-16
Valley Exhibit
Car Trip Proved
Very Successful

HARLlNGEN, Feb. 16.-Thc trip ot
the Valley exhibit car over the Mis-
souri, Pacific system was a success In
every way, according TO John IT.
Floore. manager Of the Valley fair,
who has returned here after accom-
panying the car on it's trip.
Mr.. Floore said that the trip was
especially successful IN reaching the
buyers OF Valley produce, and that IL
created q favorable impression wher-
ever Ii was shown.
"A meeting Of the fair directors and
stockholders Is expected 70 he held
soon, with the return Of Mr.. Floorc.
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You can take the Rent sign down when you put it up in the WantAds.

moved into one OF the tenement flats
Of what was then known ms ~Hell
Kitchen" and lived there six months.
He tcld mpny interesting agles oe
the lives OF these people, the code CO
honor among the thieves and mU-
derers. and how they lived and how
they eiuded the officers.
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Ex-Students To
Elect Officers

San BENfT0, Feb. 16--0fficsrs
Of the Cameron County E~x-students
Association Of the University OF
Texas will be elected st q meeting
TO be held Monday night, In the Of
fees Of Bowie At Trent
As soon as officers are elected.
clans will be launched for the annual
March 2. banquet. which Ia 90 BE-
held In San Bertto this year The
banquet was held I'm Hnriinren last
year. ard in Brownsville the pre-
wfous year.
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Fine Citrus Land

Ten acres, all in cultivation. located
near ~s;igger Bridge" fronting on
concrete highway ard resaeas beau
tiful building site, adjoining beau
tiful bearing grove which was sold
~ q Tmucn higher price than ] am
asking for my land. OWNER. y. o.
Box i6s, Brownsville, Texas MOI.
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REAL ESTATE

FINE l2-ACRE tract on Banker Road
half mile from Brownsville. Con-
crete canal and good drainage. $3.50
per acre. Carlos G. Watson. owner.
Mel
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WOULD BE INTERESTED in 1928 or
1929 model light sedan car. Must be
. bargain for cash. Phone 50s-J.
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SUMMIT PLACE

Brownsville's new business and
residential subdivision. Just oue
mile from Elizabeth Street, on
Fourteenth Street.-The busy thor
oughfkre leading 10 the proposed
ship channel and turning basin
through the rich farming sec
ton Of Fl Jardin-to the ru-
nicipal airport and on to South
point. Easy terms. Investigate
TODAY. Office l4th and Hays
Sts- j. J. Dallas. Sales Manager.
phone $50. Brownsville. Texas.
Mess
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cHfCAG0-Arrested for stealing
$500. Henry Larson said h. had
taken the ncney 70 bay feed. He
had spcrt only -
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REAL ESTATE

REVENUE bearing property for sale
cheap; small investment; call quick.
Box N65, Herald. E65.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received ad-
dressed to the Honorable A. 3. Cole,
Mayor. uD until 1000 a. m. March
|, 1923. for the LAYING of monolithic
concrete floor at the Airport. Speci-
ficatins r on file ut the City
Managers office.
A certified check TO the amount OF
2 per cent Of the bid will be re-
CURED.
The city reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
CITY Secretary.
A. r. MUNDAy,
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AUTOMOTIvE

CHRYSLER Sport Roadster; perfect
condition. Room Ill, Del Walt no.
tel. Moi
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NOTICE no CONTRACTORS

NOAANE ~
Sealed bids will be received adj
dressed to the Honorable A. b. Cole.
Mayor, I'D until 1000 n. m, March 1,
1929. for 1900 sacks of cement de-
llvered to the Municipal Airport.
A certified check Of 2 per cent Of
the amount will be required. The
City reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
A. Z. MUNDAY.
City Secretary.
3 10 Is inc. 10t-3326
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cash. balance in M two. three a
four years: or monthly payments
If preferred. B. E. Huxley. Bro :
vile. H-60
FOR SALE-Improvtd % Of lots 8
and 10, block %, Adams I'LL. J.. o.
Hoyt, Box PSI, Monterrey, N. L.,
Mexico. M-25e
REM AIS
FOR RENT-store rooms in Steg-
man building. Bert Cromack. MSS.
DON'T WAIT for opportunity to
knock. Meet IL in the classified
ads.
FOR RENT-3-room house. 4-room
house, 5-room house, Groom house, a
fine apartment on Palm Blvd, and
a duplex in West Brownsville. South
ern Realty Co, phone ola. MO
FURNISHED HOUSE, every onven
fence; OF pavement; five rooms,
sleeping porch, garage. Also two
room house, sleeping porch, garage.
Also two single sleeping rooms.
Phone I32S-W. N62
WANTED TO RENT-Modern 10 Of
Broom house, close in, furnished
or u~nfurnished. Responsible people.
Must be reasonable. Address Misc.
Herald office. Misc
Apartments
FOR RENT-4-room apartment. also
bedroom; all modern conyeniences.
Mary d. Collins, 1872 W. Levee.
N-153
FOR RENT: Two furnished apart
ments. i400 Adams. phone 274.
LOVELY FURNISHED apartment on
paved street; includes garage. Phone
1892, Miss Gentry. INST
NEBRASKA APARTMENTS - Fur
nisheds every convenience, frigldaire.
and gas ranges. Jefferso. and Four
teenth Streets. Phone li.G WA
FOR RENT-Four-room apartment
equipped with gas range. ~Frigidaire.
automatic water heater and modern
plumbing. Garage. Apply on prem
Uses at Fourteenth and Garfield.
M-39
TO ELDERLY CoUPLE-Rent Of 4
room furnished apartment and ga
rage in exchange for giving meals
to business woman. Tenant to pay
ww~Aaw 1tmhAm aud vmm phnnn RQ0-W
N-l52
ROOMS and apartments 70i St.
Chsrles Tel 1917. Ell
FURNISHED apartments and duplex.
Phone ISL. Y-3.
TWO SMALL apartments at twenty
dollars and one 4-room apartment nj
thirty-five. Clean; close in; on paved
| street. Phone ITS. N-3g
FURNISHED APARTMENT In new
Duplex, lila West Elizabeth street
Every convenience and garage. Tele-
phone -0iS-W. N-37
FOR RENT 70 couple: Newly fur
nished apartment In duplex, phone
1871. Ma.
NICE -FOUR ROOM unfurnished
apartment with garage. also 4-room
furnished apartment. d. l. Weleh.
| phone 4To. MI
FOR RENT: 2-room apartment and
bath. gas and lights. Call at 24I St
Charles or phone 80. Nl23.
NEW APARTMENTS and rooms. ev-
crythirg furnished. 1922 West St.
Francis, phone SSH MIL
SWEENEY APARTMENTS - Nice
apartment vacant; completely fur
nished: modern, cool, electrical re-
fr~igeration. garage. maid service.
Phone i03s-W, First and Adams.
N-I3s
| SOUTHEAST APARTMENT for four.
Gas. hot water; two blocks from
possoffiee. zoos ST. Charles Phore
l340-W or 342. MISC
Furnished Rooms
BEDROOM With gas. $500. Phone
s95-J. LI62.
ROOMS. one block from p~ostoffics
one block from Il Jardin hotel:
large. southern exposure: reasons
bic. Phone l226W or 1917. M-2i5
SLEEPING ROOM and apartment
f022 St Charles. phone 92s-J.
MISS
FOR RENT-One OF three big far
nished rooms; gas. electricity. east
front. double garage. Call It'll or
1052-J: So Washington or $40
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A UNIVERSAL MARKET for every
thing-the Classified Section.
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LINCOLN

bue to zero weather in north, ! will
return by train, and will sacrifice
nv LINCOLN touring car in next few
S.vs. excellent condition with new
tires Mrs. Fred l.. O'Hair. Stone
wall jackson hotel, San Benito.,
Ts~a Nib
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$4,000 CASH and $1,000 easy terms will
buy one Of best 40 acre tracts in VAL
ley: cultivated; irrigated: fine soil.
Owner. Box 1s23 EdEnburg. S-Ts
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Farms For Sale

FOR SALE, by owner, S3.5 acres Of
fine citrus land. Cleared. well drain
ed, water available. Quarter mile
from paved highway, seven miles
from Brownsville. Inquire Of @. A.
Burton. Brownsville. Texas. Ms
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOM. Cali
At Delta Hotel. sos I-2 Elizabeth St..
me block from postoffice. Phone s04.
mss.
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FOR EXCHANGE - San Antonio
apartment house for Brownsville
property. J. $. Ford & Sons. Mai
FOR EXCHANGE-Sixteen acre
farm, fair improvements, s 10 miles
from Brownsville near good school
end pavement. Want residence in
Brownsville or Olmito. Phone sac.
Ni20.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
BOND BUYERS LURED AWAY
BY SPECULATION IN STOCKS.

were not up to the standards set
by the city ordinances.
Municipal bonds
According TO q compilation
made by Dow Jones and Com
pany. new bond issues sold In
the American market in the first
eleven months Of the last three
years compare as follows:
1929 .......... 80, 957. 293. 900
1928 .......... 4,603, 1855. 900
1927 ...... 6,O64, 1888 900
American municipalities re-
ceived the largest portion Of the
new funds loaned through the
bond market this year, with utii-
ity corporations second and in
dustrial concerns third. The ap-
portionHnentS for the first eleven
months, with the percentage Of
the aggregate, are as follows:
Municipalities. $T55. AZ, 900, 25.5
per cent.
Utility corporations. $592, 241.-
600, 20 per cent.
Industrial corporations, $685.
283, 900, 1913 per cent.
Canadian. $sls. sos. 900, 100 per
cent.
o. s. railroads, $2s1.1O1. 900. rs
per cent.
Real estate. s16s, 495, 900. Sc
per cent
Miscellaneous (including invest
ment trusts), $211.585, 900. IA per
cent.
Calculating all Of the proposed
financing in sight at this time.
It Is not likely that the total
1929 new bond output win exceed
s., $50, OOO, 600. which is only
slightly more than half Of the
1927 flotations.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
PROFIT TAKING.
HALTS STOCKS
ADVANCE
BIZ W. S. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 GNS.J,
"A wave Of ofittahng and
short selling passed over the mar
ket IN the first hour today and
wiped out q good part Of. the Fri
day-Saturday upturn In industrial
and railroad stocks. Though bust
ness and industrial news over the
weekend was generally favorable.
including the contemplated ex.
pansion Of U. 8. Steel Corpora
ton, stocks received little support
from bulliSh quarters.
Wherever paper profits had &C
cumulated the exit from the mar
ket was most pronounced, though
trading in the first half hour ,ag-
gregated only $4,000 shares.
u. s. Steel started the new
week. unchanged at 174, but
broke to 17O1a in the early trad
ing. WESTINGHOUSE slipped off
3 points to 1856; General Electric
3h; Bethlehem Steel q: Katy
Railroad common, 2M; Standard
Gas 4. Because of the small
VOLUME Oh SG114UB O1QCk6 4OICcu
into the market the bears were
afraid to carry their cOmpaign
very far and a moderate rally
was In order at the end Of the
hour.
Steel manufacturers reported a
better inquiry for automobile
steel and an increase of 10 per
cent in actual orders placed. This
is the long-waited news which is
expected to play such an import.
ant part in the toning UP Of the
steel industry In early 1880. A
better demand developed for the
oils and Specialties as the fore
noon wore on, but on the whole
the market was dull and feature
less, with stocks being churned
around at the WhimS Of the pro-
feSsionals.
Call money was unchanged at
AZ per cent.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
CAPITAL BANKS
PLANNING
MERGER

Consolidation Of the Com
mercial National Bank and the
Continental Trust Company,
looms, it was learned from
authoritative sources today.
Wade H. Cooper, president Of
the latter institution, when
Queried regarding the matter, de-
clared that the merger was III
the process Of negotiation and
that at any time it might be
eliminated, with himself as presi-
dent of the combined banks,
which would operate as 1.-The
Z Commercial National Bank"
The negotiations are under
stood to be the first steps in q
series Of like mergers. 1t is
understood that several other
institutions will be added II the
pending action is approved.
Approximately 100000 In
deposits is registered in the pend.
ing merger, the Commercial Ma
tiona1 Bank showing deposits Of
about $4,000, 900 on October 4,
when the bank call was issued
by the Comptroller Of Currency,
and the Continental Trust Com.
5000, 900. s
It was learned today the de
posits Of both institutions have
changed very little since the time
of. the call.
Cooper, president Of The Con
tinental Trust Company, Is also
president of, the United States
Savings Bank In the 1000 block
of Fourteenth st. N. W.. which
Is regarded as one Of the best
dividend paying institutions in
the city. Whether this inStitu-
ton win play any part in the
merger is not known, although 1t
is q matter Of speculation in IL
nancial circles.
Both institutions affected by
the pending merger have been
In business here for q number Of
years.
The Commercial National Bank,
of which r. Golden Donaldson
is president, is located at Four
teenth and g SITS. N. W., and
has been established for IS
years. 1t occupies its own build
ing on the same site where the
institution started business. On
last October 4 the assets Of the
institution were announced as
being in excess Of $4,000, 900.
The Continental Trust Com.
pany occupies quarters at Four
tenth and II Streets Northwest,
and has been in business for
more than II years.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Motor Ship Gas Kills
5000 Christmas
Canaries

PHILAD EIPHIA, Dec. is.
The voices az 5000 canarieS,
destined to bring Christmas JOY
to Philadelphia homes, were
forever stilled when the birds
were suffocated by gas fumes
on the trip here from Ham
burg Germany.
The Ha m bur g-American
motorShip, FTiesland, which
took the birds aboard with d
general cargo Of Christmas toys
to be distributed among local
dealers. arrived without g
canary.
All were killed on the even
ing Of November a, when the
holds became filled with fumes
from the engine room.
The cause Of the accident Is
unknown. "A thorough exanain-
alton Of the vessel win be
made.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
BY MUNROE ROBERTS

NEW YORK. Dec. l6 dN.s).
Under competition from the
stock market for the greater part
Of the year. the bond market
established few If any creditahle
records ii 1929. Financing Of
governments and corporations
fell off IS per cent as compared
with the previous year and more
than SO per cent from the banner
year 1927, which witnessed fIoasa-
ton of six and q half billion dol
lars In new and foreign bonds 10
the home market.
The spirit Of speculation was
abroad In the land this year.
Thousands Of individual and
corporate investors, with billions
Of dollars Of resources at their
command, were won from the
channels of strict income invest
ment to try their hand at what
they were pleased to call specular
tive investment.
The purchasing Of securities
which offered the double lure Of
j satisfactory income return and
q likely prospect Of an enhance.
Tnent of market value took the
ulace az scientific bond buying
ii most ~ the important ii,
nanciAl centers and common
stocks replaced bonds as the most
nnnIIIar form az investment.
Less BOND FINANCING
I The results Of this important
evolution In investment circles
were seen In the lessening Of
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO. Dec. I6

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; market
1Oc lower. Top, SO 40; bulk, So. 80
09.35; heavy weight, $9@9.40:
medium weight, $9:10@S.4O; light
weight, $9@9.35; light lights,
$8.6O@9.25: packing sowS, $3.50
$3.50; pigs, 1909; holdovers.
1000.
Cattle Receipts, 10000; mar
ket 15sto Csc higher. Calves Re
ceipts, 1000; market steady. Beef
steers Good and choice. $3.50 Is;
common and medium, 500 1850;
yearlings, 500 1915. Butcher cat.
tie E1eifers. $7.50014.50; cows,
$6@1O.5O; bulls, $7.50@1l; calves,
$IO014.5O: feeder steers, 500
i1.5O; stocker heifers, $500 IL:
stocker cows and heifers, SGD 10.
sheep Receipts. 10000; market
steady. Medium and choice
lambs, $12.50@1375:. culls and
common, $9@11.50: yearlings, So
01O.5O; common and choice ewes,
$3.5005.50: feeder lambs, $11.5OQ
1875.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Dec. is d.N.So.--
T'he cotton market was quiet here
today, with prices easier. Sales
tOtaled 5000 bales. Receipts were
4 900 bales.
Middling fair was at 10.67d::
strictly good 1niddlings, 1022d;
GOOD rniddlings, 9.82d: strict mid
dlings, g.62d; middlings. 9.A2d:
strictly low middlings, Slid; low
naiddlings, 8.87d; strictly good or
binary. 8.52d:: good ordinary,
S.l2d.
Futures were steady. January
was at 9.12d; March, 9.12ds May,
0.S1d; July. s.36d; october, 9.31d.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
FOX THEATERS
CONSOLIDATE

NEW YORK, Dec. i6QNS.) -
All Of William Fox's motion pic.
ture properties, including Loew's,
Inc, win be consolidated into q
new holding company and the
dividend rates Of the affected
companies maintained without
interruption, according to q story
current In New York film circles
today.
The decision to create q new
holding company, 1t Is said. was
made recently BY the three trus.
tees appointed by Fox to control
his interests. Letters announcinR
this plan are said to have been
mailed to the majority Of the
holders Of the short term obliga.
tionS Of the Fox Company.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
49, Story Skyscraper
TO Replace HippOdrOnae

NEW YORK, Dec. Is lIN.S.l.-
Fred F. French Operators, Inc.
today announced purchase of the
site Of the old Hippodrome The
alter for 81, SOC. 900, and plans for
the erection Of an 83-Story sky.
scraper costing $2S. O0O, 900.
Hippo drome towers according
to the announcement. win be
about loo feet high, topping the
ChrySler Building, now the high
est structure in the world, by
some 20 feet. The projected Empire
State Building. including 200
foot mooring mast fors dirigibles
win rise 1,300 feet above the
street.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
PRODUCE SHIPMENTS

Car-lot shipments reported for the
entire United States for Friday, De-
cember 10:
Pennsylvania, IL; Virginia, S.; wash
ington, liz; others, IS. Total, 2s4.
Lettuce-Arizona, lss California, g.
Florida, S. Total, 102
Onions - Colorado, "a; Indiana, IS;
Michigan. II: New York, Is; Ohio, 9l
Oranges - Alabama, s; Arizone, I;
California, 1885,, Florida, 214; Louisiana
z. Total, 1854
Potatoes - Colorado, a.; Idaho, 75i
Maine, 225; Minnesota, Sc: New York
"a; others, 1873. Total. sal.
Prices represent sales in large lots to
jobbers and other large buyers on
stock Of good merchandise quality and
condition.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
PAIR WAR OVER
FOX PELT

WESTPORT, Conn, Dec. Is
UNS) Prank Ludlow. steward
at Westport Country Club, shot
a silver fox on the links the other
day and took it over to his neigh
Dor, William Hills, who has q fox
farm. Hill claimed the fox as
one that had escaped his pens
and promptly attached the car
casS.
Some one told Ludlow the peIt
was worth at least $1,000, and
Ludlow retained counsel In an
effort TO keep the pelt.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
GRAMS Higher

CHICAGO, Dec. is (I.N.S.) -
Grains opened higher today.
wheat was up 70 to lac; corn,
u to sc and oats unchanged to
5zc higher.
Opening prices:
wheat December, 1877: March
1901 1861; May, 1900 1904.
Corn December, none; March,
g3Ia: May, 9534@96; July 9714.
Oats December, 443s: March,
47IIa; May, 481s.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
McCRILLIS APPOINTED

CLARENDON, Va, Dec. 16.--
The board Of directors Of the
Arlington Hall Association at its
meeting last night accepted the
resignation of Thomas s. O'Hal-
loran as superintendent Of the
building. The vacancy was filled
By the election Of George II. Nc
CriIIis. In submitting his resigna-
tion O'Halloran gave as his rea-
son III health.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Arlington Fairfax
Firemen Win Elect

CLARENDON, Dec. 16.-The
Arlington. Fairfax Volunteer Fire
mems Association win elect off
GERS tomorrow night at a meeting
with the Herndon fire depart
naent at its firehouSe.
The association will complete
plans for the annual memorial
to be held in January.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
Fredericksburg Mayor
viii Plan Legislation

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
JIG. Mayor Jere M. III. Willis has
been named as q member of the
legislative committee Of the
League Of Virginia municipalities.
The committee win meet short
" to map out q program Of leg
islation to place before the Vir-
ginia General Assembly in jan
uary.
The Washington times., 1929-12-16
British DirigibIe R-1OO
Ends Successful Test

CARDNGToN. England, Dec.
16 GN.S.) The new British
dirigible Rr1OO was berthed at the
mooring mast here this afternoon,
after an apparently lcceESful
test flight Of SIX hours.
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
we have reared a
monume ent Of our
appreciation to those
Chevrolet Owners of
Southeast Washington
whose patronage OF
yesterday played so
big a part in making
our success of today.

-inUites your personal inspection of its beauti-
fM nev Sales and Service Building-and the
NeU 1929 Outstanding Chevrolet of Chevrolet
HistOry-a six in the price range of the four!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-22
Judges Decide Who Gets
Times Indiana Theater
Prize Awards.

Winners of the news tip contest
conducted by The Indianapolis
Times and the Indiana theater in
connection with the recent shQwings
of Gentlemen of the Press" have
been decided. Three men of The
indianapolis Times staff acted as
judges.
It required hours Of work check
ing the information given and try
ing to decide the best or the most
novel tip submitted out of hundreds.
The judges announce the follow
ing winners:
First prize, a check for $40, to Mrs.
Gibson Adams, BAIT Park avenue,
indianapolis
Second prize, a check for $40, to
Mrs. H. H. Huntington, Cumberland,
Ind.
The following ten will receive
checks for 81 for submitting the
next ten best tips:
Mrs. Grace Meek, 306 Harris ave-
nue..
Mrs. George j. Schafer, 815 North
Delaware street.
r. r. Wolfe, 1852 College avenue.
Mrs. Louella Parks, 220 East st.
Joseph street.
Robert E. A. Crookston, Burnett
Binford Lumber Company, Thirtieth
and North Harding streets.
Crystal Mcfarland, 20 South Ire
mont avenue.
Miss Margaretta Fuchs, R. R. IS,
Box 674, city.
Harry Cooper, 3454 North Illinois
street.
DR.. Joseph S. Fancher, IA West
Ohio street.
Mrs. Margaret Cosand, $50 South
New Jersey street.
For obvious reasons, the judges
will not announce the nature of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-22
Suspect Seeks Indy

By DHltcd Press
ROCKLAND, Me, May 22.-Rob-
ert Tondera of Mexico City, who
was arrested at North Haven last
night after trying unsuccessfully to
see Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
was released today from the Rock
land jail.
High Sheriff Frank Harding of
Knox county said he was convinced
Tondera was harmless and had only
intended to discuss q, business prop
osition with Lindbergh.
7'ondera, who said he was an in
ventor and aviation mechanic, told
authorities he wanted to interview
Colonel Lindbergh in connection
with an important matter, because
he considered the transatlantic
fller "the biggest man in the bust
ness"
lie was arrested by a local con-
stake after the North Haven board
Of selectmen had visited the private
home where he was staying.
Following closely the disclosure
that Ambassador Dwight w. Nor
rows 15-year-old daughter, Con-
stance, a student at the Milton
academy in Milton, Mass, had re-
ceived death threet demanding
$4,000, the midnight arrest caused
tremendous excitement.