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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
SOUTH TEXAS
TO FIGHT FLY
All Territory Below San
Antonio Will Be Asked
To Quarantine
Especial to The Herald.)

SAN BENITO, April 26.-Prac-
tically all the territory south Of San
Antonio will be included in the dis
trict which is to ask a quarantine
against Florida citrus in order to
prevent possibility Of introducing the
Mediterranean fruit fly into this
section, it was indicated in COM
munications received by members of
the Valley committee previous to the
meeting here this afternoon.
Members Of the committee, Ted
Melden OF Mission. T.. <. Snavely Of
Harrington, and J. Z. Bell. secretary
of the San Benito Chamber Of Com
merce. gathered here this afternoon
to draft a bill to be introduced in
the Texas legislature, providing fol
a quarantine against the movement
OF Florida citrus or other host
fruit into this section.
Mr.. Bell announced today that he
has received communications from
KingsvilIe, Falfurrias, Laredo, and
other sections south of San An
tonic, asking to be included in the
quarantine district. All sections de-
string to be included will be placed
in the area designated in the pro-
posed bill, 1t was indicated. This
probably will result in the quar-
antine line being just south of Sar
Antonio, If the bill Is passed by the
legislature as it will be drafted and
introduced.
Members of the Valley committee
were to be assisted in etleir meeting
this afternoon by lawyers from sew.
eral Valley points. in order to draft
the bill correct legally. and it will
be introduced in the legislature al
the earliest possible moment.
Several Valley men probably viii
go to Austin when the bill Is in
troduced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
TOM FINTY, JR.
PASSES AWAY
Was Well Known Among
Newspaper Men After
Serving Long Period

DALLAS, April 26.-CP-Thou-
sans OF newspaper readers through
out Texas and the southwest felt a
personal loss today at the death of
Tom Finty, Jr., member of the staff
OF the "A. II. Belo corporation for
81 years, at his home here last
night. He had been seriously Ill for
many months.
Although his articles in the Dali
las News, Dallas Journal and Gal
weston News had been widely read
and reprinted for many years, Mr..
F1nty was perhaps most affection
ately known as the originator of Col.
Bill 5. Crooge, the well-known Mel
son county cowman." Through this
medium he delighted readers Of the
state with his whimsical discourses
on politics and community life. His
intimate acquaintance over the state
enabled him to write with rare in
sight.
During the 81 years with the Belo
corporation Mr. Finty rose from a
correspondent in a small East Texas
town to an executive Of the cor
POA 6VAOAA o4AA 0I tlAC J4AlAC VI las
death vas editor Of the Dallas Jour-
nal. He had been a director Of the
Belo corporation since 1919. He gave
largely Of his time to the construc-
tive endeavors of the three papers
owned by the corporation. Many
of his articles were reprinted in book
or pamphlet form. One of his best
known was The Farmer and the
Mule a treatise on agricultural con-
ditionS in Texas.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Saturday from a funeral
home here, where the body was rest
ing today. Burial will be here.
PallbearerS will be G.. B. Dealey,
j. F. Lubben, E. B. Doran, Ennis
Cargill of Houston, w. NJ. Thorn
ton of Austin, j. w. Gormley, w. A.
Dealey. Z. M. Dealey, Clarence Gus
ley and George Waverly Briggs.
Surviving Mr. Finty are his widow
and a daughter, Miss Evelyn Finty.
Mr.. Finty was 81 years old.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
Hundred Thousand Women
Want Locks Shorn by Own Sex
BY ROY J. ID
Central Press Staff Writer

CHICAGO, April 2ss-One hun
dred thousand Chicago women viii
petition the general assembly of IL
linois to amend the law SO that they
may have their locks shorn by wom-
en- hairdressers instead of mer
BARRIERS.
If there are any doubts about the
innate modesty of modern women
let this action speak finally for
them.
Local barbering and hairdressing
circles n in an uproar that threat
ems to bring on a hair pulling match
unequalled in the history of wind
blown hobs and boyish shingles.
Attorney General Rules
On one side are the master bar
bers, who demand that the state law.
which says that not a hair on the
human head may be cut by any but
a licensed barber. be upheld rigidly
by the authorities. Heretofore
beauty shop operators with appren-
tice barber licenses have been per-
bitted TO bob hair, but by a recent
ruling of Attorney General Oscar
Carlstrom the legislation that per-
mitted this has been declared null
and void.
Women. unless they are lady bar
bers, may not bob, according to the
present status of affairs. The poeti-
cal version of the master BARRIERS is
1T takes a man to handle shears,
Or regulate the view of ears.
No woman would be asked to clip
The brush from off mans upper lip
There is more. to the effect that
beauticians, therefore. shouldn't take
over the job of bobbing, but it isn't
important.
The battle cry of the beauty op-
orators. all of whom are members OF
various hairdresSing and beauty
schools, is Numerically opposed to
this thought:
Haircut, shave, SINCE. shampoo!
We're the girls Of Beauty U.
Licenses and prohibiting laws
Only makes us show our claws!
Raw Raw! Raw"
But the hairdreSsers, faced with a
large dimunition in their incomes as
a result of the ruling, have gone far
Their than COMPOSING campaign yells,
Columbus d. Behan. of the Chicago
and Illinois Hairdressers' associ-
alton. sent out petitions to deter
mine the extent of womanly mod
eSty.
How many women would refuse to
go into a barber shop, he wanted to
know, if they could have their hair
trimmed in a curtained beauty shop
He sent out petitions to Chicago
women to find out.
I'VE, the undersigned, all citizens
Of Illinois. do hereby request the
general assembly to amend the pres
ent beauty culturistS' law so that
registered beauty culturists may
trim women's hair" the petition
reads. 2
we feel that the trimming Of a
woman's hair is a part of a hair
dress and that q woman should be
allowed to have her complete hair
dress by a woman. although we do
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
Better Telephone
Service To Airport
Soon Is Promised

Improved telephone service to the
municipal airport here is promised
within three weeks from Friday by
E. 4. Mockbee, local manager Of the
Rio Grande Valley Telephone COM
pany.
Poles for the cable line, which is
to De extended to the airport, we're
expected to arrive today and work
OF installing them. will start i'm
mediately. AS soon as the poles are
up as many wires as are needed to
provide first class service will be
strung and put into operation,
Mockbee said.
Gable has been ordered for the
line to the airport and is now being
manufactured. AS soon as this ar
rives it will be installed to replace
the wires which I to be installed
for temporary relief.
Service TO the airport has been
over a party line and the facilities
have been entirely inadequate to
meet the demand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
HOOVER WANTS
BETTER HOMES
President Has Not Related
His Keen Interest In
The Movement
BY M L. WEST

WASHINGTON, April 26.-(R--
President Hoover is understood to
be seeking the services OF Associate
Justice Harlan Ffske Stone of the
United States Supreme Court as
chairman Of his national law en-
fercement commission.
Information in some quarters IS
the former attorney general is re-
luctant TO retire from the high
court to undertake the task which
the chief executive has ANNOUNCE
ed will be entrusted to the com
mission - that of eXhaustively
studying the whole federal judicial
and enforcement machinery and
submitting recommendations for its
reorganization.
Some friends of Justice Stone
have been urging him to accept the
appointment. They believe the
work of the commission will be the
most important of its kind in the
history of the nation and the
recommendations made should con-
stitute an enduring monument to
its authors.
Efforts of the president to have
Justice Stone form the arch around
which the commission personnel
will be built are believed to ac-
count in the main for the unex-
pected delay in announcing the
members.
Justice Stone is intensely inter-
ested In the problem Of law n
forcement. and while attorney gem
eral made several addresses before
bar associations and law enforce
ment committees urging the neces-
sity for the observance OF all laws
and their rigid enforcement. He
also proposed jail sentences for
vioiators of the prohibition laws as
the only deterrant to bootleggers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26

SPOTTED BLACKBfRD
LONDON.-A blackbird, spotted
white on wings and body, Is max
ing its home on Lord Harlech's
Shropshire estate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
ERVICE HELD FOR
AUTO CRASH c r

MERCEDES April 26.-Funeral
services were held here at four
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
Stotler Mortuary for c. H. Boucher
who died Wednesday morning at
the hospital here, folding an auto
mobile accident Sunday night.
Rev. Mcneil Of Harrington and
Rev. Q. p. Owen, pastor Of the
local Presbyterian church had
charge of the services with the
American Legion Of this place as
Sisting. The body was forwarded
to Bristow, Okla, for burial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
START WORK ON
PASSION PLAY
First Rehearsal For Chorus
To Be Held Sunday AT
Harrington Church
Especial to The Herald).

VSpeClaI % n q
HARLINGEN, April 25.-An-
nouncement was made today that
first rehearsal for the chorus Of the
Passion Play, which is to be present
ed at the municipal auditorium here
May 10 to Is, inclusive. will be held
at the First Baptist church here at
3 p. m. Sunday.
Mrs. S. r. Jennings, Mrs. A. B
Waldron, Mrs. Floyd Smith, Mrs
Cary and Mrs. r. L. Grown have
been selected to direct this portion
Of the production.
Members Of Valley church choirs
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and all singers throughout the sec
ton have been invited to take part
in the production. Enrolment viii
be made at the church Sunday aft
ernoon.
BY rendering the Messiah, sing
er sof the Valley have established
their loyalty to and love for good
music" said Fred j. Hardisty, who
Is here experimenting the produc-
ton.
The music is beautiful and not
difficult for those accustomed to
chorus singing, being composed of
the following numbers: For God So
Loved the World; The Palms; see
The Conquering Hero Comes: Ave
Vcrum; Chorale No. So (Bach); In
flammatuS (Stabat Mater; Cruel
fixion Chorale From Redemption);
Beside the Cross (From Redemp-
tom; The Lord Is RiseN4 hi the
glorious Hallelujah Fromla Mes
siah).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
SECOND CARLOAD OF
is SHIPPED

SAN BENTTO, April 26.-The sec
ond carload Of green wrap tomatoes
to be shipped from the Valley this
season went out Of San Benitc
Tuesday night. The carload was
made up OF tomatoes grown by e '
eral local growers and it was des-
tined to a marketing firm in Mime
apolis. The tomato movement is
expected to gain momentum by the
MIDDLE OF next week, according to
members Of the Alexander Market
ing company here.
The Valleys first shipment of to-
matoeS this season was sent Mon
Gay oy A. N. Tandy & Sons OF
Brownsville out of La PaIoma
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26

not criticize. now or hereafter, wom-
IN who wish to have their hair cut
or trimmed in a barber shop"
Fifty thousand women have al
ready signed the petition and as
many more are expected to sign.
Behan announced. With 100, 00C
names. he will invade the legislature
and seek an amendment to the pres
ent law, under which beauticians
would have to learn to shave and
trim moustachios before they dare
put scissors to a woman's head.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
ANNUAL BANQUET TO BE
HELD AT HARLINGEN

The Peoria Life Policyholders an
nual banquet is scheduled to be
held at the Reese w hotel,
Harlingen on May Q. The banquet
has been arranged for ali the policy
holders Of the Peoria Life Insurance
company.
Among the speakers will be some
of the company celebrities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
TEXANS HEAR
is MISSING

GAINESVILLE. Tex, April %
lP)-Captain Harry c.. A. Timmis,
70, Of the British freighter British
Justice" has been missing from his
snip since Wednesday morning, &C
cording to a cablegram from the
captains wife to his brothers. r. J.
and Walter Timmis, Gainesville
cotton merchants.
The message gave no other de-
tails. The captain has been sailing
for more than so years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
14TH STREET ROAD
NEARING COMPLETION

Completing the road work in
Brownsville precinct under the
present appropriation. the last gap
in the 18th street road rapidly Is
being closed. The concrete high
way has been extended from the
point where it joins the FL Jardin
boulevard to the proposed turning
basin Of the deep water port.
Only a small gap remains. Lack
Of material has held back COM
pletion during the last few days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
GYPSIES JAILED
= = =
AFTER BOY SAYS
y = =
MAGIC USELESS
(SpeciaI To The Herald

lcpeclal 10 Inc HeralQ)
SAN BENTTO, April 26.-Three
gypsy women r in jail here
charged with swindling a local
boy out of SIT.
The boy entered q fortune-tell-
ing booth established here by the
gypsies who arrived several days
ago. He was told, he said. that
two Of his relatives were sick, and
that If he did not give the gypsies
SIT. two of the boys enemies
would kill him. The boy turned
over the money to the gypsies,
sonly to find later that none of his
relatives were i'll, upon which he
complained to local police author
tiles Of false necromancy" being
practised by the restless gypsies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
PLACES $500, 900 ON
HIS BLUE LARKSPUR

CHICAGO, April 26.-P)-Ed-
ward r. Bradley, veteran turfman,
will win approximately 100000 in
side bets if his blue larkspur cap
lures the fifty-fifth Kentucky derby,
May Is, his friends estimate.
Last winter when odds on his
horse ranged from 10 to l and 5 to
l, Bradley made so many bets. his
friends said, that a victory will net
him that sum-.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
COLLEGE WOMEN PICNIC

The American Association of Uni.
versity Women has invited all col.
lege women and friends to a picnic
at the Chamberlin shack at Thrift.
ton, Va, tomorrow at p. m.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
HOOVER GREETS
ROME FL|ERS

Piloted by Major Clarence Young,
director OF the bureau OF aero
nautics, Department OF Commerce,
Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A.
Yancey, the Rome fliers, today
visited President Hoover at the
White House.
After being received by Mr..
Hoover, the transatlantic fliers paid
an informal visit to Rear Admiral
Frederick D. Billiard, commandant
OF the United States Coast Guard,
to thank him for courtesies shown
them by coast guardsmen at Old
Orchard, Me.
Two Coast Guard patrol boats
escorted the fliers far out to sea,
and the international ice patrol boats
were on the lookout for the men
as far as 1000 miles from shore.
During the afternoon the men
are scheduled to call upon Signor
Mobile Giacomo de MARITIME. Italian
ambassador, at the embassy.
Williams and Yancey are staying
at the Mayflower Hotel. They will
leave tomorrow for Chicago, where
they will stay three days. They ar
rived at Boiling Field at 9 a. m.
today. flying from Wilmington, Del,
in a sister ship of the Pathfinder
they flew to Rome
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
PRISON REVOLT
NOT FEARED
IN D. c.

Officials of District penal
institutions fear no such out
breaks here as have taken
place recently in several pris-
ons and penitentiaries.
No extra precautions are being
taken here despite the epidemic of
revolts. Guards are being main
tanned the same as in the past.
A. c. Tawse, acting superintend
ent of the reformatory at Lorton, in
the absence of M. M. Barnard, who
is on his vacation. said this morn.
ing that everything Is quiet at that
institution.
There has been no trouble said
Mr.. Tawse, "and We do not expect
any"
1t was pointed out that there are
few really bad men" in the Dis
trict's institutions and few long
time prisoners. The chances of
any trouble at the Jail are even
more remote than at the workhouse
and reformatOry and Major William
l.. Peak, superintendent of the jail.
Is felt to have his group of men
we'll in hand.
Prisoners in the District institu-
tions are well treated. it was de.
clared, and have not the cause for
revolt which has precipitated most
of the clashes in the other prisons.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02

Wade, colored man, is one of two
erstwhile informers who were re-
tanned as special agents following the
discharge of informers and decision
| to seek other methods of dry en-
forcement. The other is John A.
Lund. a white man.
Testimony Varied
Wade's testimony in court yester-
day contradicted that of s. F. Gra-
vely, a detective of the Third pre-.
cinct, who had preceded him on the
| stand.
Grayely, the first to testify
against the Mills woman, said he
gave Wade S. bill on July Is, to
make buy at the Kings Court
address.
Wade, who had been outside The
| court room, was then called in and
! ordered to the stand
He testified that Gravely gave him
a 81 bill with which to make the buy.
Questioned by Judge
"Are you sure about that?" asked
the court. IF the officer said he
gave you IS bill would you say he
was lying?"
"Well?" stammered Wade, "he
gave me S5 bill the day before,
but that day he only gave me a
| dollar" .n..
"The case is dismissed" said the
| court loudly. .
Judge Mattingly later explained
that he thought II Wade did not tell
| the truth about one aspect of the
| case, he could not believe any Of
| his testimony. Detective Gravely
/ was asked how much change he re-
1 ceived from the SIS bill. He told the
judge he had only given Wade one
bill, and presumed he used the rest
| of the $5 in making buys in other
| cases.
Assistant District Attorney r. F.
| Camalier following the judges de-
| cision, nolle pressed a charge OF
1 sale of liquor against John j. Mad
| den, 2400 block of Nichols Ave.
s. E., in which Wade alleged he
| made a purchase.
Madden was only charged with
| possession and was fined $50 on the
lesser charge.
Disliked Appearing
Wade had objected to testifying
against the Mills woman. He told
prosecutors he thought it would be
bad policy for him to appear on the
stand, because bootleggers who fire.
quent the courtroom would see him
and remember him in the future.
J His objections were overruled.
| He stated that he is paid $3.50
a month by the Department of JUS
tice. When he was employed as
an informer he was paid for each
arrest, at the rate of So buy.
Judge Mattingly, who occupied
the Traffic Court bench for a week
during the absence of Judge Gus
A. Schuldt. told a Times reporter
that he felt publicity shy be-
cause of stories published regard
ing some of his actions in that
court.
You can say, however, that ]
feel my opinion of police informers
has been fully demonstrated by my
actions on the bench, when they
have not adhered to the TRUTH the
J judge added.
/ He said, that from mis- experience,
he believed they seldom adhered to
| the truth
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Girl Bursts Into Tears
At Bar of Justice

Miss Ruth Anderson pretty defendant in charge of false
preenses involving purchases she is said to have made
department store burst into tears Police Court today Just
after she had been arragned before Judge Robert Mat
&c.,
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
DQCTORED AUTO
SALES BANNED
Times staff Photo

Through cooperation between
reputable automobile dealers and
the Washington Better Business Bu-
reau ''hoss trading" in secondhand
automobile is being eliminated,
Louis Rothschild, director OF the
bureau said today.
Numerous complaints received at
the bureau against several dealers"
in secondhand automobiles resulted
In ain investigation by bureau Off
cials. In a number OF cases 1t
was found that the automobiles had
been doped or doctored so that they
would run for several days and
then fail completely.
The aid of reputable dealers was
asked and with their support the
bureau was able to stop the activi-
ties of a number of the dealers in
doctored cars.
Probably the most prevalent
methods used are the placing of
silencing mediums in the transmits.
sions, rear ends and axles and pep.
ping up the batteries and other
parts Of the decrepit machines,
Rothschild added.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Civil Service Wants
Radio Shop Inspector

Uncle Sam wants an assistant
inspector in the radio test shop at
the Washington Navy Yard, and the
Civil Service Commission win re.
ceive applications until August "a.
The duties are to supervise the
installation OF radio and sound trans.
mitting apparatus. calibrate, adjust,
and test such apparatus and radio
compasses, make service measure.
ments of various circuits and pieces
of apparatus. and make routine ma
terial inspections. Entrance salary
is $7.04 a day.
Competitors will not be required
to report for examination, but will
be rated on their education, training,
and experience.
The Washington times., 1929-08-02
Wilbur Scores Indian
Exploitation By
Showmen

Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
does not believe in Indians dis
playing themselves in their color
full costumes and dances; he claims
it is harmful to them.
TOO much is being made of the
Indian as a Snowman cast in
aboriginal roles said Secretary
Wilbur yesterday, prompted by a
petition from the Episcopal con-
vocation of the Sioux Indians Of
South Dakota protesting against
such exploitation.
"Showmanship does not lead the
Indian toward establishing him
self on an even keel of self-re.
specting independence" according
to Secretary Wilbur, who promised
that 'the department will do all
it can to discourage this show.
manship as distinct from the
natural celebrations OF the Indians,
carried on among themselves"