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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

maintained at the local airport by
Pan-American Always. Scholars
in one Of these schools are apt
Mexican mechanics. who are being
given instruction in inspection and
repair work. When their course OF
training is completed they will De
sent to shops in Mexico and other
southern countries.
Only the best men obtainable are
given this training.
Experience Essential
The other school is for pilots who
will be used on extensions Of the
lines and on new ships put on the
present routes. All Of these mel are
transport pilots with more than
1000 hours in the air before they
enter the school. Their course Of
instruction here = intended to IA
miliarize the pilots with the coun-
try over which they will fly in the
service Of Pan American and TO ac-
quaint them with special condi-
tons to be met.
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Thos. J. Quinn is in charge of
the motor repair and rebuilding
shop, one Of the finest outside Of
the factory. This shop Is equipped
with thousands Of dollars worth OF
special machinery and tools. In this
shop an engine can be completely
overhauled and reconditioned.
r. J. Roberts Is responsible for
final inspection Of all planes for
flight and sees that ships are ready
for flight on scheduled time.
Z. j. Snyder Is flight superintend-
ent on the Brownsville to Mexico
City line.
r. 8. McCaleb Is communications
engineer in charge Of the radio
equipment on this division and J..
J. Cushman is in charge Of the To-
cal broadcasting and receiving sta
ton.
ID. J. Mallett Is flight mechanic
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SYDNEY. Australia. Sept. a.
lFl-An effort To substitute pas
senger and freight carrying sea-
planes frf schooners on some or
the inter-island services Is being
made BY w. o. Austin. general
manager or the Compton Francois.
IA seaplane. Mr.. Austin says.
would d. invaluable for flying be
tween the trading depots In the
South Seas. and the lagoons. which
are everywhere would afford splen-
did facilities for alighting and TAX
ing off.
Mr.. Austin has spent most OF his
adult life In the New Hehrides- I'll
served III the French air force LII
the war and speaks English. ser
man, Italian, French and four pa
tive dialects
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and F. Q. Willy is plane dis
patcher.
All of these are employees Of the
Mexican Aviation company. In adj
dition there are approximately go
mechanics and helpers stationed at
Brownsville.
Col. T. z. Gilmore is manager OF
the airport and has q corps OF as
SistantS.
pilots are x. ". Beer. L. G. Ball,
Antonio Cardenas, r. Torres. Rico
w. II. Kennedy is Photographic
pilot.
Everything aumanry possible to
be done TO provide safety and COM
fort for u passengers Is done.
Buckley. the general agent. said
The finest planes manufactured,
tri-motored Ford monoplanes, pow
cred with Wasp engines were
bought and these are maintained ir
perfect condition"
This statemen: IVES oorne out by
Roberts and Quinn. in charge Of
inspection and repairs.
Roberts explained how every
plane as soon as 1t lands in
Brownsville is taken into the shop
and first thoroughly cleaned with
compressed air. 1t next is inspect
ed in every part and the motors
are thoroughly gone over.
Keep Motors Perfect
Quinn, in charge Of the motors,
showed parts which had been dis
carded as unfit for service which
were worm SO slightly that the no
vice could detect nc imperfection.
Many thousands Of dollars worth
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teresting recreation Of the Valley.
INCORPORATING has increased In
popularity and the Point Isabel
Yacht clubs regatta in August at
tracted some of the fastest speed
boats III the South. The boy with
the SIS homemade skiff and a sec
ond-hand motor may have almost
as much fun on the waters Of
Point Isabel as the man with the
$4,000 yacht.
"A playground preparing 10 BE-
come q pcrt-that Is Point Isabel
now and the citizens feel that they
are living in what is really the
whole Valleys town.
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POINT ISABEL
CONTINUED from Page lo)

Continued from Page l0)
Isabel. Navigation district have
been formed In the Brownsville and
the San Benito-Point Isabel terri
tory to back harbor development.
In preparation for building a har-
Dor city. the Port Isabel company
has carried on extensive develop
ment. "A water company was form
ed and a water system built TO
bring water from the Rio Grande
and distribute 1t through the town.
site. Great hills were pulled down
and low ground filled in. Streets
which were laid ont on the old SUR
veys as far ago as 1856 were located
and graded. A commercial chan
mel and boat basin was credged
around Point Isabel by the com
pany and is being used now by
fishing craft and two industrial
concerns. "A series of yacht chan
nels and q yacht basin were dredg-
ed and Valley people organized the
Point Isabel Yacht club and built
a beautiful clubhouse.
The big utility company Of the
Valley, the Central Power and
Light company, built a transmission
line from the central plant in San
Benito to Point Isabel and has
built an extensive distribution sys-
TEN.
The Rio GraEde Telephone COM
pany built new lines to Point Isa-
bel, established an exchange and
has been constantly extending ser
vice. A common battery system will
be installed in the new telephone
building TO be built this fall.
Point Isabel has ranked first or
second for many years as a COM
mercial fishing center of the Texas
coast and fishing is still an i'm
portant industry. There is a shrimp
cannery representing an investment
of $4,000 with q dozen deep water
craft operating from the plant.
There Is also a marine iron works
plant on the commercial channel.
While the port and industrial
program of Point Isabel Is slowly
gathering Roadway. the town has
gained new fame as a seaside play
ground.
Point Isabel has been rediscov-
cred by Valley people as a summer
playground. Scores of Valley fam
lilies have spent their summer vaca-
tons in Point Isabel instead Of &C.
ing TO the resort country around
KerrviIIe or farther north outside IF
Texas.
Coolest place in Texas has been
the claim made for Point Isabel
this summer by many visitors com
ing down from Dallas, Fort Worth
San Antonio and other inland
cities.
Point Isabel IS not merely a camp
ground. Il is an incorporated city
with 1900 permanent residents AMI
as many as 10000 visitors over q
weekend. There Is a remodeled
ana rebuilt hotel. Summer cottages
and tourist camps with all conven-
fences are available. There is a
beautiful yacht clubhouse open.
There are restaurants and drug
stores. There l. a hotel across the
bay.
Within the past year fishing ia
cilities have improved. Profess
sional fishing guides are available
to take sportsmen after tarpon or
sailfish or to the banks for red
snappers. Boats of all sizes up t.
40-foot schooners are for charter
for sailing and fishing parties.
Tackle and bait can be secured day
or night at fishing piers. Fast boats
ferry visitors to Padre Island where
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Of motor parts alone have been re-
placed in the first six months of
operation. Every motor in service
TO-DAY is in as perfect condition a.
the day it left the factory.
An additional safeguard is pro-
vided in the radio equipment.
Broadcasting stations are main !
tanned at Brownsville. Tampico and
Mexico City and are being installed
on the line TO Guatemala City. All
planes are being equipped with
compact sending and receiving ap-
paratus as rapidly as IL can Be
purchased. All planes will be radio
equipped by the first of the year
1t is. possible for passengers on
any of the planes carrying the
radio equipment. while flying over
Mexico to dispatch a message to
any part of the world and messages
also al be sent to passengers on
the planes.
A message being sent from o
plane first Is received at either
Brownsville or Mexico City and
there is put on regular Geographic
wires for its destination.
During the flight the radio oper-
ator on the plane is constantly in
touch with b~roadcasting stations
either at Brownsville or Mexico
City sending position of the ship or
receiving reports Of the weather. In
cas OF a forced landing at any
point it would be possible to give
the position Of the plane and to
order any repairs necessary for con-
tinuing the flight.
Two training schools are being
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KILLS 4

CHICAIO.-Three members Of
the family Of Henry Abrams were
burned to death when an explosion
occurred while he was taking flash
light photographs.
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WORK STARTED

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sites ranging from n acre to sew
eral. all carrying riparian rights.
On the lake will be constructed
lighthouses and fishing piers. The
island will be connected with the
mainland by a wide viaduct high
enough TO permit the passage 81
beats underneath. The water course
Is expected TO affc.d a pleasure
boat trip OF about 80 miles. Waters
will b. stocked with all classes oI
fish.
Construction on the club house IS
to be rushed. Delta officials state.
to be ready for the coming tourist
season. The proposed scheme Will
develop a fertile section or the Rio
Grande Valley. traversing a scope
about 80 miles from east to west
and about half that distance north
and south in both Hidalgo and VII
lacy counties. Several thriving
Valley towns viii reap much bene-
fit when the project materializes-
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f.243D BIRTHDAY

Observation-Disclosures OF persons
walked 20 miles to attend an early
morning service marking the 1.243d
birthday Of Allahallows church.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
WIFE's ~CHANGEABLE MIND

CHICAGO.-Mrs. Robert Felsner
failed in her efforts to compel her
husband to support her because
she asked him 10 leave home twelve
years ago. Since that time Felsner
has become wealthy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

IL CLAIM MISER'S WEALTH
HEXAM, Eng.-Twelve relatives
here lost their claim to the $250.000
accumulated by Mrs Isabella Hop
per who lived as a miser here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
Call World Youth to
Fight Against Reds

MERLIN. Sept. 22.-P1-A call to
the youth OF the world to fight both
FasciSm and Communism has been
sent out by the central committee
of the German Young Democrats.
in the shape Of an invitation to an
international Congress OF Liberal
Youth In Berlin Nov. Is TO II.
Declaring that both FasciSts and
Bolshevists are exploiting the post
war poverty or Europe. the Young
Democrats invitation reads:
Wherever we look in Europe. the
parliamentary institutions OF demo-
crazy are hard pressed BY Fascism
and Bolshevism. In such "a situa-
ton democracy can no Longer
merely defend the position II has
won. 1t must attack"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
VIA NAVAL RADIO STATION

California, l Louisiana. ? Mississippi,
5 Texas. Supplies moderate. de-
'mand slow. market slightly weaker.
Texas crates ~s2.00-225: bushels
$100-l.l5. bushels cut Sl.50-1.75.
Reports by radio from important
markets. This mornings sales to
.cbbers unless otherwise stated.
Tomatoes: Philadelphia: Cloudy.
IS degrees. Arrived l6 Florida. 3
Mexico. 3 Texas. on track 43 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand rather
SLOW. market about steady. Flor
ida skies originals ripe and turn
ing wrapped S. .50-4.25. poorer low
IS $500, choice $2.00-3.o0. Texas
Tugs originals ripe and turning
wrapped medium to large $500.
Mexico Tugs ripe and turning wrap
red firsts and circles ~Sl.50-2.50.
few S2.75. poorer T5c. Pittsburgh:
Partly cloudy. S. degrees. Arrived
] Florida. 4 Texas. on track 10 cars.
Supplies moderate. demand moder-
etc. market steady. Florida skies
originals ripe and turning wrapped
fancy best ~S3.50-400. few S4.25. fair
condition s3.00-3-25. poorer low as
Sis; choice best s2.50-2.75. poorer
sl.50-225. Texas Tugs turning
wrapped originals medium to large
s~3.00-3.25. Kansas City: Partly
cloudy. ca degrees. No carlot ar
rivals. on track l car. Supplies
moderate. demand improving. mar
Iet firm. Texas Tugs originals
firSts and best circles turning
wrapped S2.50-2T5. few $500. Mex
leo Tugs circles ripe wrapped S2.75.
Fepacked. Texas and Mexico hugs
firsts and best circles ripe wrap-
ped s3.50-4O0: SKIES fancy $500.
choice $3.50. Boston: Clear. IS de-
grees. Arrived 10 Florida. 8 Texas.
4 Mexico. or track Is cars. Sun
plies liberal. demand moderate.
market weak on Florida stock.
slightly weaker on Texas stock.
Texas Tugs originals creep ripe
and turning wrapped 6x7 and 7x7
S2.75-3.00. Mexico Tugs ripe and
turning wrapped gems poor to ordi-
nary 5~Oc-s175. Florida skies rine
and turning wrapped poor 20 ordi-
narv choice best so.00-2.50. poorer
s1.O0-1.75: PIGS best s~1.50-I75. poor
or Sl.00-i.25. New York, Clear. So
degrees. Arrived 80 Florida. 6 Tex
as. Supplies moderate. demand
moderate. market steady. Florida
sixes ripe and turning wrapped con-
siderable fair TO ordinary fancy
s3.o0-4nn. few high rs $3.50. poorer
.Si.75-275; choice s2.25-300. poorer
S~i.50-2.00; gems. splits and crooks
100000. Texas Tugs ripe and
turning wrapped medium To large
s2.50-3.25. few higher. some poorer
lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
STOCK MARKET
FINDSSUPPORT
Opening Prices Disclose
Strong Undertone On
All Sides

NEW YORK. May 23.-tP-
Strong buying support came into the
stock market overnich- and open
ing prices today disclosed n strong
undertone. New York Central op-
ened 4 points higher. Allied Chem
teal 2. Westinghouse Electric 2 3-8
and Y. s. Steel common. Anaconda
and International Nickel advanced
a point or so. Transcontinental Oil
opened with a block Of S0.050 shares
at Is 3-6. up la. end radio with
a block Of a.OoO shares at 90. no 2.
Some scattered liquidation came
into the market. presumably In re-
Spouse 20 margin calls sent out last
right.
I~ngersoll Rand and Burroughs
Adding Machine each dropped 4
points. Bohn Aluminium. Atlantic
Coast Line and Pere Marquette 2
points or more. and a dozen or sc
others yielded a point or so. incluo-
Ing Baltimore a. Ohio which sank
to within a small fraction of the
years low.
The recovery in the general list
was stimulated b. unconfirmed re-
ports that no change would be made
made in the New York federal re-
serve %rediscount rate today. and by
expectations OF a substantial drop
i'm brokers loans.
Packard Motors. which announced
a s for l split-up last night. quick
ly ran up 4 points. as did Cdrtiss
Aeronaut.cal. General Electric raj
lied 3 points. American a. Foreicn
Power 2 and more than a score Of
others, including General Motors.
Nash, Goodyear. WRIGHT. Sears Roe
buck and Woolworth advanced a
point or more.
Foreign exchanges opened steady.
with sterling cables still quoted
around S4.54 1916, or below the
general accepted gold import"
point.
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Hoes. Cattle And
Sheep Are Stes1v
On Chicago Mart

CHICAGO. Nav 23.-P-Hogs:
25.0O0: steady, top sii05; packing
sows 5000 1900.
Cattle. 1900: calves. 5000:
steady 10 strong; slaughter steers.
good and choice 950-l 500 lbs. Sl325
OI500: COWS. good and choice S9T5
MI2O0: vealers Cmilk-fedl good and
choice sI0.500 1900.
Sheep. 1900: steady 10 strong
on spring lambs: slow and barely
steady on others: spring lambs
SIS 75N 1878: lambs, 81 lbs. down.
Sf2.35Gl3.50: ewes s575T7.59.
FORT WORTH. May 23.-F-
Hogs. 1900: l0c to l5c higher: top
$1,000: medium To choice I70-221
pound rail hogs Si0.50n 1915; pack
ing sows S875N925.
Cattle and calves. 3T00: steady:
slaughter steers s1O.25 nl200. choice
fat yearlines up 10 Sl4.25: good fat
cows Sc: butcher sorts sT.O0N7.T5:
desirable heavy slaughter calves
Sll: choice light vealers up to Sl4.
Sheen: 300: fat lambs sll.501
1900; steady.
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title and possession or said land,
premises and hereditaments. for his
writ Of restitution. and ether re-
lief. special and general in law and
IN equity
Herein fail not. but have you be-
fore said court on the said first
day OF next term thereof this writ
with your return thereon. showing
how you have executed the same.
Given under my hand and seal
of said court. at office In the city
Of Brownsville. this the 23rd day
Of April. "A. ID. 1879.
Witness. Jno. n. Seaman. CLERK
OF the District Court In and
for Cameron County. Texas.
A true copy ! certify.
JNO. p. SCANLAN. Clerk County
Court, Cameron County. Texas
SEAL
E-i6-13-10-6-3f3a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-23
THE A OF y

To the Sheriff or any Constable OF
Cameron County. Greeting.
You are hereby commanded IN
cause to be published once each week
for a period Of twenty days before
the return day hereof. I'm a news
paper Of general circulation. which
has been continuously and regularly
published for a period of not less
than n year in said Cameron
County, a copy OF the following no
tice.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To all persons interested IN the
estate Of Ignacio RODRIGUEZ. De-
ceased.
Jesusa Moya de Rodriguez. Admin
lStrator has filed in the County
Court OF Cameron County an appli-
cation for an order to sell the follow
ing property Of said estate. situated
IN Cameron County. Texas. to-vit.
The South 3285 feet az Lot No n
Block No. 8 in the Town Of San Be-
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nito. Cameron County. Texas whieh
viii hc heard nt the next term UE
said Court. commencing nn thr FNM
Monday In juno. 100. the Aanan kn-
Inc the 5-d day cf Janr JAW INV inI rt
the Court House thereof. ln Eruw .
Vile. Texas. A. uhlch tine ati rs-
Sons interested TN aHlH rstatr Nr
required tn appear and Karnm nAWW
why such sale should rnt - manr.
should They choose tn rn Nn
Herein fail nnl. hlt haaN SOFA hn-
fore said Court en- the fl-gt caF rF
the next term thereof thAa VIII mlrh
your return thereon. hhnnArr hnm
sou have executed yhr samc
Given under r-r hand hna tHr
seal or said Court NO offirn m
Brownsville. Texas. thls fhr en- a.
of Nav IA. IN. fr-a.
SEAL
wi ~. SEACO Clerk CO.
Court Camrrrn County -rrnN
5-s-i5-c3-34-7
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THE STATE or TEXAS

To the Sheriff or Any Constable OF
Cameron County. Greeting
You arc hereby commanded NV
summon all persons interested I'm
the estate OF p. M. HuSon. dcceag>d
TO appear at the next regular terri
cf the county court OF Cameron
county. TO be holden ~ the court
house thereof I'm Brownsville. Texas.
the first Monday in June. 1929. the
same being the third day of June
1929. 20 contest. should thew desire
10 do SO. the application OF Fannie
.. Huson. filed IN said court en- the
18th day Of May. 1929. which will
then and there by such court BY
acted on. for the probate or the
last Will and testament of said ~
MI. Huson. deceased. filed within said
application. and for letters tesla
ment2Ty.
Herein fail not. but have YOU be-
tore said court. on the first day of
the next term thereof. this writ. with
your return thereon. showing how
you have executed the same.
Witness: II. ID Searo. clerk OF
The county court OF Cameron county
Given under my hand and the
seal Of said court. at office In the
city OF Brownsville. this the I4th day
Of May. 1929.
X. u. SEAGO.
Clerk of the County Court. Cam
c-on County. Texas.
Issued this the l4th day OF Nav.
1923. BY o. +. BRENNER. DEPUTY.
n D.. SEAGO.
Clerk or the County Court OF
Cameron County. Texas.
BY @. +. BRENNER. Deputy.
CSEhL) 5-~I6-23-3431.
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Selling Of Wheat
BY Buyers Sends
Price Downward

CHICAGO. May 23.=F-Sellinp
bv yesterdays buyers turned wheat
values downward here today. Sell
ing was based on reports from rail-
road sources indicating Canadian
moisture gave no reason for alarm.
Opening unchanged 10 3-Sc off,
the vhee. market later underwent
decided sethacks all around. Corn
oats and provisions were easy. with
corn starting unchanged to $50
dow. and r%onfirninr TO sag.
Wheat closed irregular. LAC net
decline To on equal advance. corn
Ia To i-2c up. oats Id 10 3-8c adj
vanced. and provisions unchanged
to n rise Of z cents.
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CALL MEET ON
CITRUS BOXES
Railroads Suggest Valley
Adopt Di5tirc. We
Fruit Package

A suggestion that shippers Of VAL
ley citrus fruit adopt a standard and
distinctive box has been made BY
the Missouri Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroads and a meeting mas
been called in E~arlingen June 10. 70
discuss this suggestion.
Letters have been sent to all in
terested parties urging them "a
have representatives at the meeting.
The letters were sirned hv 8 @.
Reed. a..sistant traffic manager o.
the Southern Pacific and G. ID.
Bordelon. assistant general freight
agent Of the Missouri Pacific.
The communication was addressed
10 r.. w. Bennett. secretary Of the
Standard Container Manufacturers
jacksonville. Fla. r.. M. Mcclure.
secretary Of the Wirebound RoX
Manufacturers Association. Chicago,
Robert w. Davis secretary Of the
American Veneer Package Associ-
elton. Washington. Paul w. Grady
secretary Of the National Associ-
alton Of Wooden Box Manufactur-
erS. Chicago. r. Fl. Morehouse. man.
ager Of the Pacific Coast division
of the above organization. Walter
Verhalen. Dallas. Silvers Box Corn.
Harrington. Valley Box and Crate
Factory. San Benito.
Copies we're mailed r. interested
railroad officials and Valley ship
ners of grapefruit.
The letter said:
The shippers NJ citrus fruit N
the Rio GTande Valley have never
adopted a standard type or box
but have hccn experimenting with
several types. some of which have
been IN use in other states.
1T would be cf obvious advantage
to the shippers. carriers and re-
ceivers to adopt a box OF standard
distinctive size and style for Texas
citrus fruit. To that end. the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Southern Pacific
Lines will he pleased to cooDerate
with the other interests in bringing
about the desired result. which we
think should be done az a meeting.
Since there is IN be a meeting at
Harrington. Texas. = June 10th. 1929.
In connection with vegetable pack
ages general. ii has been concluded
to take up this question at that
time. Please. therefore. accept this
as a definite call for the meeting at
Harrington. Texas. June 10th. 1929. at
the -Wilmond hotel. The SER
vices Of the Freight C~ontainer Ru-
reau are available and they will be
represented bv competent engineers.
<. I'VE earnestly hope that this mat
ter can be worked out at the meet
ing and trust tAat you win be rep
resented