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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-06

WIFE TALKS IN HER SLEEP
HULL. Eng.-Robert Mawler was
arrested for libel because her spread
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-06

gossip about a neighbor based on
things said by Mrs. Mawler In her
sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
DISTRICT RED CROSS
SENDS AID TO REFUGEES

Clothes for sufferers and refugees in
the Alabama food area were being
packed for immediate shipment today
by the District Chapter of the American
Red Cross. Responding to appeals from
national headquarters, the chapter drew
from its emergency equipment and
made quantity of women's dresses
and mems shirts available for imme-
date use.
Red Cross headquarters at 821 Six
tenth street announced that request
had been received from the Children's
Hospital for two secondhand type
writers for the use Of children learning
to use their fingers after infantile
paralysis. It was said headquarters
would be glad to communicate with any
person or firm that would make the
typewriters available.
Volunteers in sewing and the max
ing Of surgical dressing are needed. i,
was announced. Sewing Is done Mon
days and Fridays and surgical dressings
are made Mondays, Wednesdays anc
Fridays at headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
TAMMANY HALL LOOKS \
TO WALKER TO NAME
OLVANYS SUCCESSOR
Continued From First Page.)-

elevation of Mr.. Olvany nearly FIVE
years ago.
Nearly a dozen names were being
mentioned as possibilities. and the adj
herents of several district leaders. rota-
bly, John F. Curry of the fifth Assem-
bly, district, and Edward j. 1Ahearn OF
the fourth. were stirring in~their behalf.
Outstanding among the more pron1i-
nent Tammany figures mentioned were
former Justice jeremiah T. Mahoney
of the Supreme Court and John F. Gill
christ. The reaction against them was
all but unanimous on the part of dis
trict leaders because of their close al
filiation with former Gov. Smith.
The names of both Mahoney and
Gilchrist were advanced within few
hours after Mr.. Olvany's resignation
became known Friday evening. IL was
generally accepted that the suggestions
came from pro-Smith sources. The
sentiment against any attempt upon the
part of the ith-Prokauer-M oskowitz
influence in Tammany Hall to assume
charge of the new leadership has rap
idly intensified.
1t is expected that the former gov
ernor will undertake to make his voice
heard in the selection Of new leader
and that he undoubtedly will exert
SOule ulllufIlCc, UuJ tIlc ldCk lIiat IlS ID
out of office and has no patronage to
offer and that he has just led Tam
many to defeat in a campaign for the
greatest goal the Wigwam ever sought
to achieve are said to have left him
without appreciable power to overcome
a deep-rooted luminosity which has
grown toward him in the rank and file
of Tammany in the last several years.
There is every indication that many
committee members are waiting for an
opportunity to overthrow any candi-
date who bears the stamp Of the Smith
approval.
The suggestion that the resignation
of MIR. Olvany might precipitate g. fight
between the adherents of ex-Gov. Smith
and Mayor Walker for whom the for
mer governor is said to harbor small
political affection. was not regarded i'll
a serious light Aside from the general
belief that Mr.. Smith cannot now exert
the power to elect his selection. 1t was
pointed out that both he and Mayor
Walker are far too astute and regular"
Tammany politicians to inject serious
disruption within the Hall at SO crit
ical juncture as the eve OF mayoral-
ity election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
A|RPLANE CARRIERS
CALLED PLUMBERS
La Guardia Describes Sara
toga and Lexington as
100000, 900 Waste.
BY Gable to The Star.

BY Gable to The Star.
PANAMA CITY, Panama, March 18.
Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia,
Republican, of New York, just prior to
his departure for home yesterday on the
steamer Cristobal with his bride and
the other members of the congressional
party, which has been visiting here
since Wednesday, criticized vehemently
two phases of United States Army and
Navy activities.
Mr.. La Guardia branded the aircraft
carriers Lexington and Saratoga as "a
500 ,000, 900 blunder," and declared that
the Army was using obsolete aircraft in
defense Of the Panama Canal. He as
serted that the Navy aircraft here was
superior to the Armys equipment, al
though the Army's air personnel was Of
the highest quality. He said:
Calls Army Motors Obsolete.
although both have had equal OPP
portunities, the naval Canal Zone air.
craft equipment, especially motors, is
far ahead of the Armys, and as soon as
get back to Washington am going to
find out why. The motors which ere
being used in Army planes here were
obsolete years ago."
Speaking of the part played by the
aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington
in the recent Panama maneuvers, La
Guardia said:
1.-The two big carriers showed their
peculiar vulnerability in the maneuvers.
Location of either ship by the enemy
Nnf 11Vr hn e1p AyJt nf
commission. but would mean the de-
struction of its large personnel. all its
planes and its purpose. The Lexington
and Saratoga should be decommissioned
because of their inefficiency and not -
cause of their excessive cost of opera
ton, although that is as good an ex-
cuse as any.
Criticizes Navy.
"The Navy knew their operation cost
before the ships were commissioned and
the Navy knows their inefficiency was
revealed in the recent maneuvers. but
won't acknowledge the fact. The Nays
report OF the maneuverS was not a
frank statement of what happened.
The Saratoga and Lexington are a
costly example of the Navy, not recog
nizing aviation as a new defensive and
offensive weapon of war. This blum
der has cost the United States more
than 100000 600, and have the figures
to prove it,"
La Guardia insisted that the maneu-
vers did not reveal any necessity for ad-
ditional cruisers, but instead for more
air defenses. adding that the carrier
provided in the cruiser bill-namely, of
10000 to 10000 tons-was the type
that he favored.
While the others in the congressional
party of 3 Senators and 16 Rep
resentatives followed the prescribed
itinerary La Guardia bolted the party
and browsed around in Panama and
the Canal Zone, observing conditions
and expressing his opinions for the
local daily Panama American.
La Guardia declined to discuss the
possibility of his running for mayor of
New York, but his demeanor indi-
Gated that he was seriously consider
ing such action. All the Representa-
tives departed yesterday afternoon ex-
cept Senator Burton K Wheeler, Demo-
crat. of Montana, who is to fly to
Nicaragua on Tuesday.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
OTHER CRASHES RECALLED.

NEW YORK, March Is P.-The
alrpiane accident which cast IA lives at
Newark. N. j., recalled the crash of an
alrplane into the harbor at Rio Janeiro
November 4 last, when IA were killed
The plane. which was flying out to
greet the veteran Brazilian aviator, AL
berto Santos Dumont, went into tall
spin and plunged into the waters of
the harbor. Thirteen persons were car
ried to their deaths in the plane, while
the fourteenth was flung out of the
machine and died after he had been
picked up by launch.
The death of another person re-
suited indirectly from the crash when
diver who was attempting to recover
bodies died when his airlines fouled
while he was under the water.
On January IL, large Fokker Army
transport plane crashed at Royalton,
near Harrisburg, Pa, resulting in the
loss of eight lives.
In September of 1927, a sightseeing
plane crashed at Handley Field, N. j..
killing seven persons. The plane had
taken off in bargain day" flight and
crashed near Dunellen, resulting in the
deaths of the pilot, H. Y. Chandler.
and six others.
Other airplane crashes in which five
or more persois were killed included:
April IL, 1926. five killed in crash of
two planes at Folkestone, England.
July 3, 1926-Five, including two Chi
cagoans, killed at Rossaupt, Czecho-
Slovakia.
August ., 1926-Five spectators killed,
seven injured. as plane plunged to earth
at Heydenheim. Germany.
October 3. 1926 Seven lost lives as
plane crashed on shore of English
Channel.
July 20, l927-Five killed when plane
exploded following crash at Bremen.
Germany.
September "a. 1927-Six dead in
crash of Lufthansa plane near Schleiz,
Germany.
November 90, 1s27-six Frenchmen
killed In Morocco.
October II. 1e27-W. w. winburn
and four others lost lives in San An
tonic. Tex, crash.
March 5, 1928-Five dead In crash of
homemade plane at San Diego, Calf
May S, l928-Seven killed in crash at
Toxic, Japan
September S, 1928-Seven killed in
mail plane crash at Pocatello. Idaho.
November Is. 1928-Six killed, one
injured, at San Antonio, Tex, when
wing snapped off plane.
December 2, 1928-Five burned to
death in crash at Spur, Tex.
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GRAVES RADIOS APPEAL.
s250,000 Urgently Needed, Alabama
rouo-ror SavS Nyor xyAuC

Sa50,000 Urgently Needed, Alabama
Governor Says Over WABC.
NEW YORK, March 18 H).-An ap-
peal from Gov. Bibb Graves of Ala
bama for immediate funds to aid the
food sufferers in that State was broad
cast from WABC over its nationwide
hook-up of AZ stations last night by the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
A message from Gov. Graves was
read. 1t said:
Fifteen thousand Alabama sufferers
are In dire distress; $250,000 minimum
amount urgently needed for immediate
relief. Those who desire to share in the
saving Of these imperiled lives may
send contribution to Gov. Bib Graves
at the State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala,
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of Colonial Always, said he was at a
total loss" to explain the disaster.
Plane Had Made Several Trips.

The plane, which had a carrying
capacity of IA passengers and 2 pilots,
was one of fleet operated by Colonial
in daily flights over New York Harbor
and Manhattan. 1t made several trips
Yesterday before the crash. The owners
announced it had been found in per-
feet condition before the fatal flight.
The plane was handled safely Sat-
urday in a freak wind and rain storm
by Capt. Edwin Weatherdon, with a
full load of passengers.
Yesterday. was the first time six Of the
victims had flown.
Mayor Jerome T. Congleton called a
conference this morning in an effort to
bring together governmental and other
agencies which will investigate the
disaster. A group Of officials went to
the scene of the accident for an inspec-
ton before joining Mayor Congleton at
the City Hall.
Among those the mayor invited to
confer with him we're Gen. John F.
Organ. president of Colonial Always,
Inc, owners of the Inflated machine !:
Dudley Rowland operations manager of
the firm; Inspector Boggs of the aero
nautical division of the Department of
Commerce: Reid Chambers of the
United States Aviation Underwriters,
Edwin Weatherdon, chief Colonial pilot
here, and Lieut. Richard Aldworth,
manager of the airport.
OPERATORS ISSUE STATEMENT.
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FEAR FOR TWO BRIDGES,
Mariana, Fla, May Suffer II Spans
Are Swept Away.

MARIANA, Fla, March Is P}.-
Fears were expressed here last night
that part of the span of the Victory
Bridge, at Chattahoochee, near here.
would be swept aside by the roaring
waters Of the Chattahoochee River
within the next "a hours.
River men also felt that the Louisville
d Nashville Railroad bridge over the
same stream would be swept aside.
Both the Chattahoochee and Chocta-
watchee Rivers were rising rapidly.
Mariana, situated on high hills mid
way between the two rivers, is believed
safe, but is facing a shortage of flour
and sugar and should the bridges be
damaged or destroyed an acute situa-
ton could result
No reports of death had been re-
ceived, but many farmers and their
families in the fiat, low country now
covered by water were unaccounted for
Refugees generally were being cared
for at Chipley and Bombay.
Plans were laid here for distributing
food and clothing to the other towns.
The city has an ample supply of canned
goods, meats and other staples, except
flour and sugar.
No traffic can go north or west
Pensacola, which distributes much of
the food supplies and other commod-
tiles to this section, is cut off.
Red Cross workers at Chipley and
Bombay were reported to have started
their relief work.
A relief Office has been opened here
at the city hall and all churches sent
out committees to assemble clothing
and food for distribution by the Red
Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
WRECKAGE FILLS ELBA.
Muddy Masses in Streets Show Fury OF
Raging Water.

Muddy Masses in Streets Show Fury OF
Raging Water.
ELBA, Ala, March 10 (P.-Muddy
masses of wreckage, portraying the
blasted hopes, wrecked homes and
ruined ambitions of several thousand
Inhabitants of this little capital of Cof-
TODAY to the fury of the floods that
swept this section.
AS the flood waters receded the full
import of the damage they had caused
became visible for the first time. Havoc
was on every hand. The town was
wrecked almost completely, and no
property owner escaped sharing in the
loss.
Relief Workers Founder i'm Mud.
Relief workers were fioundering knee
deep i'll ooze and slime as they made
their ways through the scattered mass
of wreckage and debris that once was
a town. Streets were Uttered with
carcasses of live stock. Great trees
were llprooted. Automobiles had been
hurled into buildings by the waters
fury.
Conditions in the business section
we're worse. Merchandise in stores had
been scattered and buried under inches
of slime. Piles OF brick marked the
places where stores once had stood.
Native Son to Help.
native son of Elba. Thomas K
Windham. now an Atlanta home build
err, announced plans to rebuild his
| home town as soon as the flood waters
subside.
Mr.. Windham stated that the relief
work of the Government and Red Cross
will deal primarily with food and sani-
tary supplies and that the task OF re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
TROOPS GUARDING
FLOOD-H|T TOWNS
Military Rule Is Established
at EIba and Geneva, in
Stricken Alabama.
Continued From First Page.)

Bombay and Chipley in need of cloth
ing to prevent suffering.
The floods in Georgia conferred at
Newton. which had been deserted by its
400 residents for the second time in two
weeks. Water covered the entire village
MonteZuma, situated near Newton on
the Flint River, saw its business section
inundated by river stage Of more than
81 feet.
Main highways through Georgia were
blocked by the flood waters. The Dixie
highway, main road from the North to
Florida, was impossible near Albany
which was isolated by the floods.
The Mississippi River at Memphis to-
day continued its steady rise. APP
parently headed for stage of 40 feet
here, or feet above flood level. No
alarm is felt, however.
Cairo Stage Passes 50 Feet.
Cairo stage today had passed sos
feet. A falling stage on the Ohio from
Pittsburgh to Pahucah was the basis of
crest prediction of 81 to SO feet there
by Thursday. Rain was reported in the
upper Ohio Valley, however
Hickman, KY, perennial flood vistim,
today continued its business with water
over part of its business section. The
higher residential section was not reach
ed by the flood. This was the only
town along the Mississippi seriously
affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
Buses to Be Detoured.

Announcement is made by the Wash
ington Rapid Transit Co. that. begin
ming Tuesday. March 10, all buses now
being operated by way of Columbia road
between Thirteenth and Sixteenth
streets will be temporarily detoured by
way of Irving street between Thirteenth
and Sixteenth streets. because of sewer
construction work being done on Column
bia road between Fourteenth and Fiji
tenth streets. This change will be in
effect about month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Marine Band
this afternoon az O'Clock at the Ma
rine Barracks. Program:
March, Tell 1t to the Marines"
Branson
Overture, "Tannhauser" ... Wagner
Victor Herbert's Favorites" .. Sanford
Cornet solo. Sweet Mystery of Life, y
from Naughty Marietta. .. Herbert
Musician John P, White.
Suite, The Children's Corner
Debussy
"Serenade for the Doll"
1.-THE Little Shepherd"
"Colliwogg's Cake Walk"
Carnival in Paris. Svendsen
Marines hymn, The Halls Of Monte
yuma
'The Star Spangled Banner"
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NEW SHIP is TESTED.
Reliability of Speedy Craft Is Object
of Flight.

COLON, Panama, March Is P).-
Capt Ira c. Eaker, pilot Of the record
breaking plane. THE Question Marx" y
took off from France Field at am,
Eastern standard time, on a dawn-to-
dusk flight to Brownsville, Tex.
On the trip South Capt. Eaker en-
countered head winds and was finally
forced to acknowledge failure when he
climbed 10000 feet without surmount-
ing a thick cloud formation. He at
tempted to fly around the mass, but was
unsuccessful. Finally flying to height
of $4,000 he reached fair visibility and
was able to continue, but had been so
much delayed it was impossible to keep
his schedule.
This fast new Army plane is on
trial" he said THE idea is to see if
one-day communication with the Canal
Zone is possible for express dispatch for
military purposes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18

building homes damaged or destroyed
by flood waters will be left to the in
habtants of the town.
Mr.. Windham said he planned to
send his entire construction force to
Elba to render emergency service In
getting houses which have been swept
from foundations back to original posi-
ton and in .bracing them up for tenn
porary use when the refugees return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
Northwest Florida and Southeast Ala.

Northwest Florida and Southeast Ala
| bama.
Thirty-five seaplanes from the naval
| training base here yesterday flew over
| Brewton, Flomation, Geneva and Elba
carrying food and clothing, and four
Coast Guard patrol boats. with pro-
visions, put out for the Choctawhatchee
| River area.
| Local Red Cross units were prepar-
| ing to send typhoid serum into the
stricken area to wage a battle against
outbreak of the disease, and the Saliva
ton Army left with truckloads of sup
plies in an effort to reach the inhabi-
tants of Milligan, who fed their food
swept homes.
The Frisco Railroad announced that
its first train since Thursday would be
sent out tomorrow as far as Atmore,
Ala, but the Louisville g. Nashville
service still was suspended.
The Frisco train will carry supplies
to be sent by truck to Brewton and Flo
nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
FLORIDA CONDITIONS IN DOUBT
Wrecked Communication Lines Block
knowledge of Damage.

BOMBAY, Fla, March 10 @.-
Wrecked communication lines left the
full extent of the ravages Of floods over
wide area of Northwest Florida in
doubt as the racing crests of Alabama's
swollen rivers poured through Florida
on their brief route to the Gulf Of
Mexico.
Caryville. lumber town on the banks
Of the Choctawhatchee River 10 miles
west of here, was deserted, all inhab-
itants having been evacuated to this
place and Chipley or to refugee camps
on high ground.
Spectators and relief workers return
ing from the banks of the river reported
that Caryville was a wreck. Basin
Kenney, general manager of the Brown
Florida Lumber Co., which virtually
owns the town, said damage at Cary
vile was conservatively estimated at
half million dollars.
The Choctawhatchee River reached a
crest of nearly 20 feet, feet higher
than any previous crest recorded.
Houses we're torn from their founda-
tons and sent floating down the river
toward Choctawhatchee Bay, 60 miles
to the south. Great piles of lumber
were whirled away, cluttering the river
with debris.
Twenty-Five persons, white and col
ored. were taken from the roof of q
dwelling near Caryville.
Little was known here Of damage to
the section west of the Choctawhatchee
River to Pensacola.
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Prisoners Driven
To Second Floor
OF Jail by Flood
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TROY. Ala, March 18.-Nine
prisoners who stayed in the Cof-
fee County Jail at Elba from
Thursday to Saturday without
food were locked up in Pike
County Jail here today.
Water rose to the second floor
of the Coffee County Jail and
Sheriff o. F. Lightner remained
with his prisoners until they
were taken out yesterday. He
said there was no disorder and
no attempts made to break for
liberty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
|EAKER HOPS Off
| ON TEXAS FLIGHT
Army Captain Hopes to Reach
Brownsville From Pan.
anna by Dusk.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 49,
Capt. Ira C. Eaker, who is speeding to
Brownsville, Tex. from Panama on a
Northward bound dawn-to-dusk at
tempt, arrived at Managua at 1922 am.
and hoped off 10 minutes later for
Guatemala City.
The captain, who gave up South
ward bound dawn-to-dusk attempt on
his arrival here Saturday, said that he
was confident of reaching Brownsville
before nightfall.
The American flyer, who left Panama
at 4 o'clock this morning made his
first stop at David, Panama, at GIL
and required only IL minutes to refuel,
hopping off for Managua at 6:22.
NEW SHIP is TESTED.
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Man With Baby Robs Movie.

CHICAGO, March Is P).-A father
ly young robber, carrying bundle that
appeared to be baby wrapped In pink
blankets, stepped up to movie 'theater
cashiers window last night and while
bystanders thought he was buying
tickets for the family he pointed gun
ut the woman cashier and took $l25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
Floods ScOur River
Bottoms of Georgia,
Washing Out Stills


MACON, Ga. March 10. -
Boilers and barrels, riding the
receding waters of South Geor-
gia floods, today told. the story
of q huge prohibition cleanup in
which neither Federal nor State
officers participated.
Literally hundreds Of riverside
stills, which because Of their in
accessibility had been compare
lively safe from internal rev.
enue men, were swept away by
the high waters.
Three times as many Federal
officers as there are on duty here
could not have done the work so
WE'LL" one officer said in comment
ing on the foods clean sweep OF
the Illicit liquor industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
IOWA RIVERS SPREAD
SUFFERING OVER STATE
Scores Driven From Homes as High
Water Floods Power Plant
and Blocks Roads.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, March 10 @.-
Rivers throughout Iowa were still at
high points today-the most serious
flood conditions existing along the Cedar
River in the Eastern part of the State.
At Vinton, the city water and electric
power plants we're put out OF commits
sion and scores of families living in
lowlands were forced from their homes.
Railroad tracks west of Vinton we're
washed out, and highways were inn
passable.
Similar conditions were reported at
Keokuk, Waterloo and Des Moines.
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OPERATORS ISSUE STATEMENT.
Tanks Had Four Hours Gas and Motors
In Good Shane. Say Officials.

NEW YORK, March Is L4)-Colonial
Always, which operated the plane that
crashed at Newark yesterday, issued this
statement today:
Edward Weatherdon, regular pilot of
the plane, who inspected it before it
started on its fatal trip, reported there
was enough gas in the tanks for four
hours of flying"
THE Ford Co. states these tri-motor
ships can carry load. of $500 pounds
and climb to 5000 feet with two motors.
The load yesterday was IA passengers,
at approximately $50 pounds each. max
ing total of 2,100 pounds and the
pilot.
The normal life of the motors is
1900 hours, and up to yesterday the
motors had run ISL hours