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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
INVESTMENTS
in VALLEY Are
SOUND '-INSULL
Utilities Magnate Ex-
presses Amazement
Over Development
After 2-Day Visit

Investments of millions Of dollars
in the Lower Rio Grande Valley By
the Central Power and Light Co.
are justified, in the opinion of Mar
tin j. insult, utilities magante OF
Chicago, who Saturday night COM
pleted a two-day stay in this Sec
tion.
With Mrs. insult, he is to leave
San Benito at 8 a. m. Sunday en-
route to Laredo and the Winter Gar
den district, e. B. Neiswanger, pres
ident Of the Central Power and
Light company with headquarters at
San Antonio and j. G. Kennedy of
Dallas, director, are making the
Texas tour with MIR. and Mrs. In
sull.
The patry made a tour Saturday
Of Cameron county under the di-
rection Of F. G. Ludden, general
manager of the Valley properties
Mrs. Ludden made the trip with
them.
The power plant and distribu-
ton system at Harlingen, recently
purchased by the company was in
Spected and after a visit to the GEN.
tral plant at San Benfto and a
drive through that city the party
drove to Point Isabel and had lunch
at the Yacht club there.
Later they drove through the
Bay View Citrus GarGens and came
to Brownsville. After a short visit
to Matamoros they returned to San
Benito- for dinner.
II was astonished at the devel-
opment of the Valley" Mr.. insult
declared. ''This is my first visit
to the section in two years and the
progress made is marvellous.
when I was here before, devel-
opment of the agricultural area
seemed to be in the early stages.
Practically all the citrus orchards
appeared to have been just set out.
You had number of thriving towns.
This time the towns have become
stabilized. Many of the orchards
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new LIQUOR
PROBE LOOMS
Rigid Investigation of Cali
fornia's Grape Juices
Part Of Plan

WASHINGTON, April 13.-(P)-
Commissioner Doran announced
today that an investigation of all
commodities that bear on the ma
tional liquor problem will be made
by the federal prohibition bureau.
AS the first step he said he al
ready had written to the two prohi-
bition administrators in Calofirnia
to ankle a survey of the juice grape
situation to ascertain the amount of
California grapes grown and what
happens to them after they are
produced.
"We are going to investigate every
commodity that bears on national
prohibition" the commissioner said.
He declined, however, to say what
other commodities he planned to in
veStigate or how many surveys
would be made. He said the others
would begin "as fast as we can get
to them"
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SAUNDERS TO
OPEN MONDAY
New Chain Store Is One of
Best Equipped In
Valley

Numerous special inducements
will feature the three day opening
Of the new Clarence Saunders store
at Elizabeth and Ninth streets be-
ginning Monday morning.
The store is part of the chain eS-
tablished by Saunders which oper-
ates in 19 states. Customers will be
given the advantage of the large
buying power of the chain.
A full line of groceries, vegetables,
meats, etc., are to be carried by the
store. The quarters here are en-
tirely new and the store has been
outfitted with regulation equipment
colored in green and orange. 1t Is
especially well lighted through
many windows and is known as a
daylight store"
A new departure not used before
in the Valley will be the vegetable
spray. This apparatus keeps the
vegetables sprayed through the day
with a light stream Of cold water.
This will keep them fresh and crisp.
All employees in the store are
Brownsville residents.
The store has three ice boxes.
The meat market, handling only
choice products, will be in charge OF
II. +. Bauer, well known butcher
|pf this city,
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COMBINATION
TRAVEL TOBE
SOLD BY M. P.
Passengers To Arrive
30 Minutes Earlier
For Connection On
Ships For Mexico
Especial to The Herald.) }

ST. LOUIS, April Embarrassing
popularity of air travel between the
border and Mexico is seen in the
announcement made here today by
the Missouri Pacific Lines of a new
and faster passenger train sched-
ule, effective April 81, and planned,
it is said, to afford Mexico City,
bound passengers ample time to
make connections with airplanes at
Brownsville, Texas.
The new schedule will make pos
sible a saving of more than 80
hours via train and plane, from
points in the United States to Mex
leo. Because of atmospheric con-
ditions in Mexico 1t has been found
advisable for passenger planes to
reach the city not later than 1:50 p.
m which neceSsitates a departure
from Brownsville at $3.50 a. m.
Under the new train schedule the
Missouri Pacific Lines, 1.-The Pho
neer," from Houston and San An
tonic will reach Brownsville at 7::30
a. m. instead of 8 a. m. This will
allow ample time for passengers en-
route to Mexico to reach Browns
ville's new municipal airport and
complete immigration and customs
arrangements before time for the
planes departure.
The announcement said that Mis-
Eouri Pacific Lines representatives
are prepared to issue combination
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stunt FLIER
CHEERED HERE
ADJUDICATION
Wing Walker Falls
1900 Feet to Instant
Death Before Large
Crowd

PRATT. Kan, April 13.-CF)-E.
E. Radack, 81, Of Dallas, Texas.
professional parachute jumper, fell
to his death here tonight. He
leaped from an airplane at an alti-
tude Of 1900 feet and the rope hold
ing him to the parachute broke.
The man dived head first from q
tri-motored transforming plane
which had been flying passengers
here. His body fell into a wheat
field as hundreds of spectators
looked on.
Operators of the plane said the
parachute had appeared in perfect
condition. The rope snapped be-
tween the opening ring and the har-
ness about Radack's body.
His address at Dallas, according
to papers in his clothering, was 4O9
North Harwood. "A card asked that
in case of accident Mrs. A. j. Kielh-
bauk, South Dakota, be notified.
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Bob Silver, After Eluding
Chair 3 Time S, Facing
Death Again After Escape

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, April 13.
-(P)-Bob Silver, who escaped
the electric chair through the
clemency of a governor and sawed
his way from prison, along with
four other convicts, in an attempt
to evade the live sentence to
which the death penalty had been
commuted, tonight still was at
large with new charge-pumish-
able by death-against him.
Before the end of Silver's first
day Of freedom after the escape
from Wynne state prison farm
near Huntsville, the new COM
plant was filed against him as
many officers sought to appre-
hend Silver and three COM
panions.
Robbery with firearms charges
were filed against Silver, Robert
Hill, Marvin w. AZbell and John
Reid at Huntsville in connection
with the holdup of a young
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tiary at 10:30 last night. Suggest
you pardon him before he is
caught and commute Leahy's,
McKenzie's and Pill Smiths
sentences"
The message was signed by A.
T. Mckinney, Jr, district at
torney, r. T. Burns, county attor-
ney, and r. j. Camp Of Walker
county.
To this Governor Moody re-
piled: your wire has been re-
ceived. Am advised that Silver
and his confederates who escaped
from the Wynne state prison farm
last night by the use Of a deadly
weapon placed the owner and oc-
cupant Of an automobile in fear
Of bodily injury and took the
automobile for use in making
escape. Am also advised this oc-
Cured in your district and am
wondering If steps have been tax
CONTINUED on page eight.)
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TEXASSHOCKED
ASBAILEY DIES
Former Senator Came To
Texas In 1885 Where He
Had Brilliant Career

SHERMAN, Texas, April 13.-(P
Joseph Weldon Bailey, former
United States senator for Texas and
one of the last of the old-time
Silver-tongued orators, died sudden
ly in the district court room here
today in the midst Of lawsuit.
The echo of the former great
statesman'S last words hardly had
died when his head was seen to fall
to his chest.
A hurried examination revealed he
was unconscious. Physicians and a
pulmotor quickly were summoned
but their efforts were unavailing and
within few minutes he was pro-
nounced dead.
DR.. A. H McElhannon, one of
four who examined the former SEN
ator, said death had been caused
by a clot of blood in the heart.
Funeral arrangements were held
in allegiance tonight pending the
arrival of relatives.
Picturesque Figure
Marked by his picturesque dress
as well as nationally noted for his
oratory, Mr.. Bailey was at one time
the United States senate's out
standing opponent of prohibition
and woman suffrage. He held out
against them, he frequently said,
not because he regarded them as
evil in themselves but because he
saw in them an encroachment on
states rights, his fundamental po-
litical principle.
Southerner born and bred, SEN
ator Bailey dressed the part of a
typical southern statesman-dull
black frock coat, flowing tie and a
big black, slouch hat-and was cas-
lily distinguished in any assemblage
After several terms in the lower
house of congress and two terms in
the U. S. senate, his last political
maneuver came in 1920 when he
sought the Texas governorship only
to be defeated in the democratic
primary by Pat M Neff.
His anti-prohibition and anti
woman suffrage activities peculiarly
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: He demanded equal protection OF
all lines Of industry in the nation
urging that rate fixing be put or
business basis instead of being
horse trading practice, and asked
that the tariff commission be made
only a fact-finding body with al
power to fix rates being in the
house.
Mr.. Garner regards action rela-
tive to the tariff commission one of
the most important possibilities in
the tariff legislation of 1929.
Mr.. Garner's radio talk in full
follows:
The proposed tariff bill which
VIII be reported to congress next
week will have three outstanding
features in which the public gen
orally will be interested.
First: The rates to be levied in
the various schedules and to each
OF the paragraphs, covering thou
sands of different productions.
Second: The basis Of valuation
upon which these rates will be
levied,
Third: The future administration
OF the So-called flexible clause
which is identified with the tariff
commission.
The republican members of the
committee on ways and means have
been In labor for the past month
or more preparing rates to oe ap-
plied to the various schedules and
Items, and nothing will probably be
known as to what those rates will
pc until the report is made the
latter part of next week.
the president has advocated q
limited" revision. Chairman Haw-
ley has stated that he expected a
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couple, students of the Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers college here,
and theft Of their automobile aft
er the convicts forced the two to
drive them to Houston. A rob-
berry with firearms charge car
ries with it a maximum death
penalty.
Aside from the possibility that
Silver's life again will be in
jeopardy If he is captured, his
case brought sensational develop
mentS.
Among them was a heated ex-
change of kilograms between law
enforcement agencies of Walker
county, where Silver escaped, and
Govrnor Moody.
The following telegram started
the exchange and finally was
followed by filing of the robbery
with firearms against the fugi-
tiveS:
Bob Silver escaped peniten-
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. The space occupied by the con-
fectionery was ablaze all over when
the fire department arrived, after a
passerby had turned in the alarm.
The stock appeared to be total
loss at first examination and all the
fixtures were almost completely
ruined.
G. F. Lerma, proprietor. said his
loss was partially covered by in
Surance.
The blaze was discovered few
minutes after midnight and soon
was under control.
The cause of the fire had not
been discovered early this morning
but it appeared to have started
near the front of the establish
ment. probably behind the cigar
counter. Fixtures on the west side
of the. house were more badly
damaged than those on the east
side.
Firemen still were watching the
building to guard against a new
outbreak of the flames an hour
after it had been brought under
control.
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TEXAS YOUTHS
HURT INBLAST
Pair May Die After Explo'
sion; Another Injured
Less Seriously

BALLINGER, Tex, April 13.-(P)
An explosion Of gasoline that had
leaked out Of tank into a water
well at Maverick, near here, caused
serious injury to three youths to-
day.
Weldon Lee, II. and Willie
Thomas, 16, we're brought to a hos
pital here, where their condition
was pronounced critical. They were
burned about the face. Ewell
Frazier received less serious in
juries.
Report of the explosion, which
occurred when one Of the boys
dropped match into the well, was
heard eight miles away. The
youths were looking into the well
when the flash came.
1t was feared tonight that all
three Of the youth might be blind
ed.
It was believed the gasoline had
drained into the well from a nearby
filling station.
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SCOUT KILLED IN
FALL FROM PKECIPICE

CHEWELAH, Wash, April 13.--
R)-Four Boy Scouts, their scout
master and his elder brother, were
returned safely home today after
clinging ten hours to cliff, staring
down at the dark death that claim
ed the life of the seventh member
Of the party.
Harold Steffensen, II, was killed
when he fell down the precipice-
The four other youths and their
two adult advisers were marooned,
hanging like flies to the side Of
the mountain when they attempted
to recover his body.
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TWO KILLED AS PLANES
COLLIDE IN MID-AIR

DETROIT, Auril 13.-(Pl-Two
monoplanes locked in mid-air over
Detroit today and, crashing from a
height of about 500 feet, brought
death to two aviators and serious
injury to third.
A. H. Kreider, president of the
Kreider Reisner Aircraft company
Of Hagerstown, Md, and Captain
Alvan Z. II. Bruce, chief test pilot
of the all-American Aircraft COM
pany Of Akron, we're killed.
William G. Naylor, chief engineer
ing laboratories, Detroit, suffered
serious injuries.
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SHORTY RADACK
WELL KNOWN HERE

Shorty" Radack was well known
here, having participated recently
in the airport celebration. He made
several parachute leaps and did
several wing walking stunts.
Shorty also thrilled a large
crowd about year and a half ago
at an air circus staged by the Amer
ican Legion. He got off a plane
without aid of parachute. hanging
on rope and jumping off as the
plane flew low over the field. The
plane was piloted by Les Mauldin,
manager of the Brownsville airport.
Radack had been jumping from
the Kenyon tri-motor plane that
was here for some time and it was
thought by pilots here Saturday
night that Radack made his fatal
leap from the tri-motored Ford.
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THE WEATHER

West Texas: Cloudy Sunday and
Monday; cooler Sunday.
East Texas: Unsettled Sunday
and Monday; probably local rains
In east portion Sunday. Fresh
southeaSterly winds on the coast
Sunday, probably shifting Monday
and diminishing
Oklahoma: Cloudy with local
rains in east portion Sunday. Fresh
southeasterly winds on the coast
Sunday. probably shifting Monday
and diminishing
Oklahoma: Cloudy with local
rains Sunday; Monday probably
cloudy and unsettled
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CHURCH TO RECOMMEND
RIGID DIVORCE LAWS

ATLANTA, April 13.-tPi-A rec
ommendation that only one ground
for characterization of the sew
enth commandments recognized
by the Presbyterian church in the
United States win be made to the
69th assembly next month in a re-
port of the denomination sad in
terim committee on divorce made
public today,
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BRIDGE TOLL CASE AT
SHERMAN POSTPONED

SHERMAN, Texas, April 13.-(P)
The case of the state against the
Red River Bridge company. oper-
ating a toll bridge across the Red
River from Denison, Texas, to
Durant. Okla, was postponed indef-
initely here today because of the
sudden death Of j. W. Bailey, for
mer United States senator and at
torney for the bridge company.
Texas sought to enjoin the COM
pany from collection of tolls on the
ground that the charter of the
bridge company had expired.
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DALLAS GROUP WINS
LITTLE THEATRE PRIZE

HOUSTON, April 13.-P)-The
Dallas Little theater won first place
in the annual state Little theater
tournament held here this week, the
judges decided after the final pre-
sentation tonight.
"They knew what they wanted"
by Sidney Howard was the prize
winning production.
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FATHER OF HARLINGEN
MAN DIES AT DALLAS

DALLAS. April 13.-(P)-H. F.
Priest, 86. said to be the last sur
vlvor Of General j. r. Fagan's bri-
gade band Of the Confederate
army, died at his home here late
today. N.
Among survivors is a son, w. r.
Priest Of Harlingen.
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SOUTHERN CROSS CREW
FACED STARVATION

SYDNEY, N. S. w., April 13-{R)
starvation" was the word used
today by c. p. Ulri1. pilot Of the
airplane Southern Cross, to de-
scribe to his wife the sufferings of
the crew of four from the time
they were forced down in western
Australia on March 81 until they
received provisions from q relief
plane
"Au o. T., but still very weak
from starvation" read his message
to his wife.
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WALKER TRIAL SET

TRINIDAD, Colo, April 13.-(P)
District Attorney Erickson an
noupced. today that the cases of
Floyd Jarrett and Whitley Walk
er. accused of four murders COM
mitted during and after the holdup
of the First National Bank Of La
mar last may, would be set for trial
at the April term Of court in
Prowers county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
JOINT HEARING ON
FREIGHT RATES CLOSED

DALLAS, April 13.-(P)-After a
session lasting six days, the joint
hearing on the application of 125
southwestern oil companies for a
reduction Of freight rates before the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and Texas railroad commission was
closed late today. Attorney-Exami-
ner Burton Fuller for the I. G. c.,
announced the hearing would be re-
sumed Monday at Kansas City.
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REED FLAYS JONES
LAW IN ADDRESS

KANSAS CITY, April 13.-tP,-
The Jones law, the volstead law,
and nearly every recently-enacted
federal statute again felt the lash
OF former Senator James A. Reeds
relentless fiery tongue today and
tonight.
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ROY SENTENCED

DALLAS. April 13.-tP)-A g.
year-old Dallas boy was unabashed
today when he received sentence
Of three years in the state reforma-
tory as an habitual pickpocket.
Small for his age. the boy took
a professional pride in his exploits.
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RESIGNATION ACCEPTED

DALLAS, April 13.-(P)-The res
ignation Of Mrs. Ealy j. Moses,
Dallas, as president Of the Texas
department Of the and 40, Amer
ican Legion auxiliary, was accept
ed at a meeting of the executive
board here tonight.
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nENTISTS no CONYENE

AUSTIN, April 13.-tP)-One Of
the largest conventions in many
years Is expected at Beaumont
April 16 to 10 when the Texas State
Dental association meets in 18th
annual session, according to DR.. z.
g. Berwick, director Of publicity.
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COLORADO CAR CRASH
FATAL TO TEXAS BOY

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-CP
Private Oscar Runfield, Is, Of
Coleman, Texas died today from
injuries received in an automobile
accident shortly after he had de-
serted from the military post at
Fort Logan Colo
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on
Elizabeth Street
Destroyed in Fire

The Olympia Confectionery, 1113 Elizabeth street,
destroyed by fire early Sunday morning and the Of
fces Of E. A. Monsees reator and Thos G. Patterson,
attorney on floor of the structure badly
damaged by fires smoke and water
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AIR PLANE SPEED RECORD

OAKLAND, Calf, April i3.-(Rl-
Mrs Louise McPhetridge Thaden,
%, today established worlds air.
plane speed record for women OF
156 miles an hour, officials at the
Oakland airport arnouncsds
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DALLAS MAN DIES

DALLAS, April 13.-(P)-N. w.
Motley, so. secretary Of the Dallas
cotton exchange for the last a
years. died here today. -
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Garner Over Radio
Asks Power Cut Ii,
Tariff Commission
Especial to The Herald)

WASHINGTON April 13-Appealing radical
ganzaon OF the United States tariff commission of the
tariff legislation John minority
network Of radio stations his the Of the
New Britain herald., 1929-12-09
WOMAN BEGGAR
 PROVES WEALTHY
Police Find She Has Maid, Four
 Police Dogs, Etc,

New York, Dec. 2 (rrl-E Edna Townsend, a leglcs5 woman who says sine is 23. has been coursiug up and down Broadway in a wheel chair for many months. exchanging pencils for alms Promaturcly aged. she seemed $ pitifuI figure as two youths pushed her along the gay thoroughCaro.
 Then the youths, Alton Tolsou. lG. land Theodore Burns 17, were pick ed up by police on 3 charge of beg GinG. They wore bitter against Miss Townsend. She made SEQ a day, they said. but wouldn't Zjvo them money 10 get back to Baltimore, where they all came from.
 Police found the woman maiutatn- cd q comfortable four-ro0m apart mont in a far-from-chcap district and kept maid and a ratinuo Of four police dogs. \ magistrate or'er- cd her 10 leave town.
 Last night Miss Townsend was found 10 he still in the city. Brought to court again. she asserted Shc did not have sufficient funds to set back 10 Baitimorc
New Britain herald., 1929-12-09
.ICE 0N STREETS
 CAUSES CRASHES
One Death Laid to Unreasonable Sunday Weather

Boston, Dec. CUP)-At least one death and many accidents trailed a cold northwest wind across New England yesterday.
 Comparatively warm rain. follow cd by freezing wind made streets perilous for all kinds of traffic.
 James Sheehr. 5S, of East Wey- mouth, was fatally injured when a truck skidded on King Oak hill and pinned him beneath it. He had been sanding the slippery street surface.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Garvin of New Haven was injured when her hus- bands auto tried 10 avert collision with a slldding New York bound bus.
 Nine collisions were reported in Cambridge. Peter Mcdonald, e. of East Boston, suffered a compound skull fracture when struck by a skidding automobile in Cambridge. Robert Hervon. 40. of Cambridge. was found unconscious after he had been struck by a hit-and-run driver who apparently had skidded.
 Margaret Nenezia. 15, of Revere. and Leon Laurendeau Of Chelsea, 6. were victims of q coasting acci- dent when their sled crashed into a tree.
 Fair weather with soasonable temperatures were predicted for today.