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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
PAY TAXESOR
GET OUT TAXI
DRIVERS told
Mayor Denies Request
Of Bus Owners For
Peaceful Parade AS
Guards Watch City

PAY the taxes or leave
the country" was the ulti-
matum handed to the Chauf-
feurs Union and sympath-
izers this morning by the
city commission of Matamo-
ros after a strike had been
in force for three days pro-
testing a big increase in state
levies.
The Mexican city ross the bor-
der here had become an armed
camp with all places of business
closed tight and armed guards, re-
cruited from the agrarians, posted
in great numbers about the city.
AS a result of conditions there
tourists and other visitors were
asked to stay away from Matamoros
by Roberto Gonzales, president of
the chauffeurs' union. Gonzales
explained this would aid in winning
the strike, but added that those
visitors who did come to the city
would be greeted with every cour-
tesy.
The ultimatum was delivered by
an officer to Gonzales this morning
in the hall occupied by the drivers
during meeting which was attend
ed by more than TOO persons, mem
bers of the union, their families and
Matamoros business men. The order
was contained in a manifesto is
sued by Guillermo Shears, presi-
dente municipal (mayor), in which
permission for peaceful parade by
the strikers was denied.
The BUSINESS men who have ocsled
their establishments explain that
their action is in protest Of levies
against them, made by the new
state government.
At the meeting this morning
members of the union became en-
ragged and demanded that demon
stration be staged without the per-
mission of the mayor but the presi-
dent, Gonzales councelled them to
remain peaceful.
Remain calm, stay in your homes
or in the lodge hall and do not con-
gregate on the Streets" was the ad-
(Continued on oa1e ten.D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
LOST MAIL IS
FOUND IN WING
3 Pouches Located In Gre
vice of Plane Making
1st Hop From Here

Solving a mystery that has been
causing a furore of indignant let
tiers from stamp collectors to the
local postoffice, @. w. bennett,
postmaster, has received a letter
from the postmaster at Mexico
City stating that three sacks of
mail forwarded from here on the
opening Of the airmail has. been
located deep in one of the wings OF
a Ford tri-motored plane.
The mail was discovered in its
hidden recess recently at Merida,
Yucatan, and is being forwarded to
proper addresses. The letter states
that evidently the sacks were jost-
led into the crevice and were not
noticed when the first airmail was
unloaded at Mexico City.
The three sacks contained ap-
proximately 5000 letters, 1t Is esti-
mated.
The first mail was composed
primarily of self addressed letters
forwarded by stamp and cachet col
lectors. Due to non-delivery OF
Continued on Page Ten)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
Bill CARRIES
PROPOSAL FOR
.DEBENTUREUSE
Measure Differs From
House Plan In That
Farm Board Be Com
posed Of IL Men

WASHINGTON, April 18.-(P)-
A farm relief bill embodying a pro-
poSal for the use of export de-
bentures to handle crop surpluseS
was introduced in the senate to-
day by Chairman McNary Of the
senate agriculture committee.
Except for the debenture proposal
and a provision that the federal
farm board be composed Of IL men,
bers rather than six, the senate
measure differs only in minor de-
tails from the house bill.
The senate measure Immediately
was referred to the agriculture COM
mittee, where approval is expected
Discussion is to begin Monday.
The measure provides for estab-
lishment of farm board with $780,
100000 revolving fund, commodity
councils to advise groups Of the
multitude of problems which enter
into farming and stabilization cor
porations to buy, store and sell sup
plies with the aid of stabilized
prices.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-(Pl-
The new farm bill will be taken up
in the house under an agreement
Continued on page ten.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
ROBERT BLAKE
MUST Die IN
CHAIR TONIGHT
Mother Hysterical AS
She Leaves Moody's
Office After Plead
For Sons Life

AUSTIN, April 18.-(P)-Gover-
nor Moody will not stop the cleo
trocution of Robert F. Blake, SEN
fenced to die in the electric chair
at Huntsville tonight, he said al
noon.
Two brothers, the mother and
wife of the condemned man, plead
ed with the governor for more than
an hour When they left the gov
ernor's office the women were al
most hysterical and the brothers
were greatly agitated.
Governor Moody was SO moved
by the appeal that he refused to
see any one after the interview. He
sent word to newspapermen
through his secretary, Pat Dough-
erty, that he would not commute
the death sentence.
L. M Blake of Dallas, Roberts
Continued on Page TenD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
Strike
Situation Tense
After Early Raid

GASTONIA, N. c., April 18.-tP)
Strike headquarters Of the Ma
tional Textile Workers union, from
which union organizers have been
directing a strike at the Loray
mill, was demolished today by a
band of masked men.
A relief store, established by the
union next door to the headquar-
tiers building, also was destroyed.
So far as could be learned, no.
body was injured. although reports
told of several fist fights and the
firing of scattered shots.
County and national guard Off
GERS, who are guarding the mill
property, said they had no clues as
to the perpetrators. Union leaders,
including Fred Erwin Beal, organ
iZer for the National Textile Work.
erS' union, who called the strike and
who has been directing it, and Geo.
Pershing. staff employee Of the
Daily Worker, New York commun-
ist organ, could not be located.
Persons who saw the crowd of
men make kindling wood of the
two buildings said they numbered
several hundred. All wore white
marks.
The strike at the Loray mill,
owned and operated by the Man
Vile -Jenckes company of Paw
tucket, r. T.. was called three weeks
ago. On the first day disorders,
which threatened to turn into Sc
rious riots, caused national guards
men to be ordered to the scene.
The attack started without warn
ing about 2 a. m. The headquar-
terS building and the grocery store
were located just off the property
of the mill company. National
guardsmen at the Loray mill five
blocks distant were awakened by
the crash of axes and hammers,
breaking plate glass windows in the
store and hacking down walls of
the headquarters.
For short time after the attack
started the guardsmen could not
locate the trouble. A number of
shots were fired about the mill, ap-
parently to give the alarm.
Major Paul r. Younts. executive
officer, and Captain E. G. Boyette
Jr., commanding the Hornets Nest
riflemen, were the first officers to
reach the scene. They sent an ur-
gent call for guardsmen to Major S
B. Dolly, in command of the troops
Ten persons who said they were
sleeping in the union headquarters
at the time of the attack were ar
rested by the troops. Later three
others were arrested, but two soon
were released.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
Woman Cries Tn, Shot!!' as
Clothes Hanger Hits Her

discharged. At the same instant,
a swinging coathanger struck Mrs.
Bamberger in the back.
She cried, I'm shot!" and faint
ed.
Her husband taking her word
for it, called police. Their records
show it was an hour later before
they determined that noise and
a closehanger had caused the mis-
understanding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
McAllen Mayor To
Call Airport Bond
Vote On Petition
Especial to The Herald. }

McALLEN, April 18.-In answer
to a petition submitted to the city
government by the board Of devel-
opment of the chamber of COM
merce, Mayor F. e. Osborn stated
today that a city election will be
called to vote bonds for a municipal
airport as soon as a petition Show
ing the desire of the people to that
effect is presented as is required by
law.
A. A. Hughes, acting for D. W.
Webber, chairman of the airport
committee of the chamber of COM
merce, presented the plans for a
municipal airport in keeping with
federal regulations for an ALA
rating. Canassers are expected to
begin Immediately to secure the
necessary number of names on a
petition asking a bond election.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
SCHOOL TEACHER
COMMITS SUICIDE

NEW YORK, April 1S.-(P)-Lu-
cille Martin of Valley Stream, Alb
ingdon, Va, 26-year-old elementary
teacher at the Packer Collegiate In
stitute, a girls school in Brook
lyn, was found dead in her room
at the z. w. G. A. today. She
had slashed her wrists with a
paper cutter and hanged herself
from the transom. She left no
note to explain her act.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
Smith Declines To
Attend jefferson
Day Demo Dinner

NEW YORK, April 18.-tP)-The
New York World said today that
former Governor Alfred E. Smith
had declined to attend the annual
jefferson day dinner Of the Ma
tional Democratic club here on
Saturday. His decision, said the
newspaper. was due to a desire TO
KEEP in the background Of the
political picture.
Smith, however, was expected to
attend a joint meeting tomorrow OF
the executive and advisory COM
mittees Of the democratic national
committee, called by John J. Ras-
kob, national chairman, to discuss
ways to wipe out the party's deficit,
amounting to approximately ST.
100000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
r. NJ. A. To Consider
Regulation At Meet
Here Thursday Night

The Brownsville Retail Mer-
chants association will hold a
meeting at p m. at the chamber
of commerce building for the pur-
pose of considering a constitution
and bylaws recently approved by
the board of directors.
Other important matters to come
before the organization, as an
nounced by President Sam Perl,
are the questions of itinerant ped
dlers, fake advertising schemes and
better cooperation between retail
credit men.
The usual constitution and by
laws of the organization have been
amended somewhat so as to apply
to the local situation, Perl states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
BUS CHANGES
HEARING HELD
Harlingen Protests Discon-
tinuance of 6:O5 A. NJ.
East Bound

Testimony in the hearing grant
ed the Missouri Pacific Transpor-
tation company on their applica-
ton to use regular M. P. depots for
the bus line and to discontinue two
runs, was completed before Mark
Marshall, director of motor trans
portation for the state railroad
commission, here at noon.
The meeting was Harmonious
with one exception. Myron F
Ward, manager of the Harlingen
Chamber Of Commerce, protested
the discontinuance Of the 6:05 a.
m. westbound bus out OF his city.
Ward wished to be allowed time to
go into the matter more fully. At
the suggestion Of Marshall, 1t vas
agreed that Missouri Pacific Off
cials should confer with the Har-
lingen secretary in an effort To
reach an agreement.
The other bus the company wish
ed to discontinue was the Cos east
bound bus out of Mercedes. These
two runs serve only a few people
it was stated in the testimony, and
are losing money.
The bus company also set forth
its wishes to change from the ole
stations established by the Black
Diamond to the regular M. P. de-
pots. = The customary runs anc
-
continued, however.
The bus line was represented by
Judge w. M. Streetman of Hous-
ton, George w. Winsor and H. L
Fitch, officials in the M. P. con.
Germ.
Others present at the hearing
were Myron Ward, secretary of the
Harlingen Chamber of Commerce
j. z. Bell, secretary Of the San Be
nito chamber; G. G.. Richardson
manager of the Brownsville cham
Der, and H. D. Mahaffey, reporter
for the railroad commission.
The testimony will be Forwarded
the commission Immediately, anc
an early decision, is expected, Mar.
shall stated.
Among matters brought befor,
the body was the question OF spe
cial rates agreed upon by the Blacl
Diamond Bus lines for the Stat
Medical association convention t,
be held in the Valley. Winsor Sait
that the line would be glad to co
\ operate along that line and Mar
shall said he felt sure the railroa'
commission would sanction tn
rates when agreed upon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
LONG COTTON HAUL IN
RUSSIA ELIMINATED

NEW YORK, April i5.-(P)-The
American Polish Chamber of Com
merce received cable advices from
Warsaw today that an agreement
had been concluded with steamship
companies for direct transportation
of cotton from the United States to
Danzig and Gdynia at rates which
have been covering similar ship
ments from the United States to
Bremen.
The arrangement will eliminate
to the Polish textile mills. Cotton
for the textile industry in the Lodz
district accounted for about SAC, ,0OO,-
900 of Poland's purchases in the
United States last year.
the long railroad haul from Bremen
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

CHICAGO, April 18.- up =
Chief No Flesh, 88, and Chief
Eagle Thunder, somewhat young
er, have developed weakness for
baths and silk underwear. The
Izaak Walton league is con-
cerned.
Bert r. Bell Of Rapid City, s.
D., who is looking after the. In
dians, is perplexed, too. The
chiefs were brought from the
Sioux reservation to beat TOM
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

CHICAGO, April 15.-tP)-It
was half an hour before Mrs.
Marian Bamberger found she had
shot herself with a clothes hanger.
Mrs. Bamberger, whose husband
DR.. Arrie Bamberger. is a Chicago
surgeon, stepped into a clothes
closet and fumbled around in the
dark for a dress. In the course
of her fumbling, her hand clutch
ed q pistol, and the weapon was
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
Big Tom Ton, Mer, from
West Like Baths, Silks

toms and that sort of thing for
the Izaak Walton league show
now going on.
Since coming here, they bathe
two and thre times daily" Bel
said. "They would rather recline
in shiny white tubs than eat. We
don't mind that so much. The
trouble is they want new suits or
underwear after every bath"
Something. said Bell, has got to
be done about 1t.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
PACIFIC FLIERS BACK
AFTER TWO WEEKS

SYDNEY, N. s. W., April 18.-(P)
The airplane Southern Cross
landed at Derby today after more
than two weeks on a mudflat near
the mouth of the Glenelg river,
during most of which time Cap
tain Charles Kingsford-Smith and
three others were objects Of wide
spread search.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

DIVORCED PERJURER JAILED
PARIS.-Two years after she
won a divorce Nine. Luisa Frach-
cite was sent to prison for perjury
committed during her hearing for
charges against her husband.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
McNary Introduces Farm Aid Measure IN Senate
Thorough Cleanup
In Valley is Urged
AS Fruit Fly Found

a
citrus sounded following
fruit fly Florida the growing
Valley and the discovery renesaon here the Morales
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
FISTS UPSET THEORIES

CHICAGO.-James Torren told
Frank Agnew he was mo man be-
cause Mrs. Agnew wore the family
trousers" Agnew threshed Torren
and willingly paid SIS fine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa-
bel tomorrow, under normal met
geological condition:
High ..s.........-- 1-11 H. na-
Low ..... 6:37 a. m, $40 p. m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday;
not much change in temperature.
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Friday; not much change In
temperature.
Moderate to fresh Southerly
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue TO fall
very slowly practically all along
during the next few days.
Flood Present 24Hr. 24-Hr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

BOLTS.

SCREWS - NUTS - WASHERS
Large Well Assorted Stocks
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
Lawn Mowers

w. II. Putegnat Company
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18

Alamo Iron Works
Brownsville - Corpus Christi
San Antonio - Houston
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
New Ambulance Chasers'
Worry Liners in HarbOr

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 G.N.SJ.-
Waterfront ambulance chasers" are
causing ships entering and leaving
New York hsrbor to proceed with
utmost caution.
These Ambulance chasers," ac.
cording to liner masters, are owners
of old barges and scows tied up
along the waterfront After the
passing of liner they find dam
age" caused to their property by the
swell of the passing ships.
They then appear at the office of
the owner of + 9 liner and present
their claim for damages.
AS a result liners in New York
barber seldom exceed a seed of six
knots,
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
BEST PROSPECTS

SEQ y. m.-WOL and 8;55 D. M.
WMAL, Community Chest Talks.
6;4b-p m.-"The Inauguration. +"
talk by Commissioner Proctor L.
DOuEherty, WMAL A16).
lO;S0-RadiO play by Toy Thea,
&; ts's,. Players Atlantic CITY, "f'
II p. m.-Anniversary party di-
rected by Art Perkins, Baltimore.
WFBR (236).
CHAIN PROGRAMS
10 a. m.-Ida Bailey Allen, In
Columbia program. WMAL, WABC,
WCAU, WFBL. WKBW. WCAO,
WADC, WGHP, WBBM. WOW0,
KNOX, KSPD. WIKI, WNAC,
1880 a. m.-Rit Fashion Talk
program, in Columbia program.
WMAL, etc. =,
Warrington, III %ETi wRc, {; AJ2, AtRy TaHS, %5S.
! p. m Talk by Emella Ear
hart, aVlatrix. New York, WIZ,
WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, WHAM,
KDKA, WLW. WJR. KYW,.
1915 p. m.-Hotel st: Regis Or
chsstra, New, York-WJz' WRC'
1880 y. m.-Coward Comfort Hour,
New YOrk-WEAF, WEEI, VITO,
WCSH, WAR. WTAG.
$500 p. m.-Forhan's Song Shop,
New YOrk-WEAF, WRC, WEEI,
VITO. WJAR; K0A, WTAG.
WTTAIM, gTI WV; W.T. KYW; WV WTM%; MRsP ESP
MMfFAA, MMfFIAA TKPPRRt. WH1s, "RSG. WsM..
KGW, KOMO, KHQ. KPO; Lehn
and Fink Serenade, WIZ, WBZ,
WBZA, WBAL. WHAM. KDKA,
WLW, WJR, KYW, KWK, WREN,
WFAA, WHY. KPRC, WOAI; United
Opera; in Columbia program
$3.50 p. M Hoover SentineIs,
New YOrk-WEAF, WRC, WEEI.
VIII, WGY, WCAE, WTAM. WWJ,
WGN, KSD, WHO, WOW. WDAF,
WFAA, WHAS,, WSM. WSB, WHIT,
WKY; Champion Sparkers. WIZ,
WBZ, WBZA, WBAL, 'VHAM,
KDKA' syPNA' WLW' WJR' kXW. KWK'
.. m.-SeiberlinE Singers. New
York-WEAF, WRC. WEI. NTIC.
WGR. WCAE, WTAM. WWJ, KYW,
WTMJ. KSD, KSTP, wow, WHO,
WDAF, WFAA. KPRC. WHAS.
WSM, WSB, WBT, kOA, KGO.
KFI, KGW. KOMo, KHQ. KPO.;
NNhHuN . "oAt "
KDKA. WJR, KWK; Aunt Jemlma.
in Columbia progranl-WMAL. etc.
$3.50 p. m.-Rapid Transit New
YOrk-WEAF. WRC. VITO, WAR,
WCSH, WIFI, WCAE. Maxwell
House Hour, WIZ, WBZ, WBZA,
WBAL, WHAM. KnKA. WLW,
WJR, WTMJ, KSD. WOW. WHO.
WDAF KPRC, WHAS, WSM,
WSB WBT. WAX. KSTP. WEBC,
KOA, WBAP; Sonora hour. In CO.
lumbia program. WMAL. etc.
10 y. m.-Halsey, stuart hour,
New YOrk-WEAF. WRC. WEEI,
VITO, WAR, WTAG, WCSH,
WI. WGY. WGR. WCAE, WWJ.
KYW WTMJ. kSD. WHO. WOW,
KVOO, WFAA. KPRC. WOAI.
WHAS. WSB. WHIT. KOA, KSTP;
Los SevillanOs. with Dolores Gas.
sinelIi. WIZ. WIZ, WBZA, WBAL.
WHAM. KDKA. WLW. WJR,
KYW KWK. WREN; Columbians,
in Columbia program. WMAL, etc.
10:30 p. m.-CIOsp-uDs, In CO.
Iumbia program. WMAT.. etc.
II p. m.-S'umbeF music, New
YOrk-WJZ. WRC.
DANCE MUSIC
10 p. m.-Dance programs
VOL (229).
1881 p. master Orchestra
WRC (3l6(.
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
Enforcement League
Protests Benefit Show

A protest against the underworld
show staged at a local theater as
a benefit for the wives and children
of four imprisoned gamblers will be
registered at mass meeting of
the National United Committee for
Law Enforcement next Sunday at
the Luther Place Memorial Church.
Clinton n. Howard will speak on
Washington, Jackson, Line In,
Hoover, and the Constitution" and
Representative Franklin Menges of
Pennsylvania will make an address
on THE Church and Prohibition"
The Washington times., 1929-01-31

DIR. Woods Hutchinson, noted
medical adviser. has written
most valuable and timely article
for next Sundays Herald. Don't
miss il.
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
AVA TR|X Will |
TALK ABOUT
FLYING

Amelia Earhardt, the first woman
to fly across the Atlantic Ocean,
the first woman to be granted an
international air pilots license-and
the first woman not connected with
broadcasting to learn to talk through
microphone in an entertaining and
instructive manner-will be the chief
feature of loud speaker productions
talk about Every Day Flying" and
will be heard through WRC at Z
o'clock.
Otherwise the Thursday programs
appear to be just Thursday pro.
grams. both hither and yon. Com.
missioner Proctor L. Dougherty will
give variation to the WMAL output
by speaking briefly regarding the
inaugural program at 6:45. Perhaps
many listeners will be patriotic and
polite and tune Mr.. Dougherty at
that hour-but we have strong
hunch that VOL will be the Oh
jectiVe of most experience tuners
at that hour of the evening because
at 6:45 Florence Jane Adams de.
liVers her weekly entertainment fea.
ture, and Miss Adams is a special
feature that few radiotics will miss
If they can help it.
The Song Shop, Hoover, Seiber-
ling, Rapid Transit. Halsey Stuart
and SIumbcr outbursts have their
usual Thursday evening places on
the WRC schedule and wMAL will
provide it's customers with it's regu.
| lar fNn1Ipnhio
Guiding this evening a production
at $40 of Carl Maria Won Weber's
opera, Der Frieschuts.'
HYMNS TUNE
FROM OPERA
This particular opera is very
much worth hearing as a repre-.
sentatiV, of the formal opera
school, for one reason. and because
Won Weber put into it some of
the l'reatest mu.: he composed.
Church goers will recognize in one
# it's arias a very well-known
hymn, the music having been lifted
bodily from the tcera by the
author of the words to the hymn.
The opera itself dtals with Free,
shooter who l ade a compact with
|
most majestic of Won Weber's pro-
duotions is found in the conf. It
and storm that arises near the end
of the opera when the evil spirits
ara about to enforce the completion
of the compact-which, happily, Is
not permitted to be completed.
There win be the third INSTALL
ment of the motion picture bur-
lesque, "Close-Ups," and quite a
variety of dance tunes on the
WMAL outpourings. The Cham.
pion Sparkers and Maxwell pres.
entail is are the chief items Of
interest from WBAL and the WIZ
circuit From Atlantic City the Toy
Theater Players will broadcast a
play at $3.50 and at II o'clock an
anniversary party will be started
by tie artists who have enter.
tained from WFBR, Baltimore.