Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-16

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THE BROWNSVILLE Junior
College has laid the groundwork
for an institution of which the
community can be proud, in the
opinion of Alfred H. Nolle, exam
fner for the american Association
OF Colleges.
Mr.. Nolle, on regular inspection
trip here, writes that "the tone Of
the whole institution had been
greatly elevated generally"
The Junior College, among the
earliest started in the state, is
working this year for the first time
with adequate plant and equipment
and the faculty has been increased
and bettered from year to year as
the enrolment and finances of the
school system would permit.
The college has done and will
continue to do increasingly worth
while work. Many students whose
educational opportunities otherwise
would stop at high school gradua-
ton now will be enabled to secure
the first two years Of college work
ut home.
And the fires Of ambition win be
kindled in many during that two
year period to such an extent that
it will drive them on to higher edu-
cational attainments.
The junior college is destined
one day to become one of the lead
ing assets of Brownsville and that
day is being hastened under the
capable direction of Supt. G. w.
Gotke and Dean A. S. Caldwell.
WILD RUMORS of bandit raid
which stirred people in the Mission
section Sunday night probably re-
called desperate times to many
''old timers" people who lived
along this portion Of the border a
half century ago.
But the rumor proved to be just
xhat-and future like rumors are
likely have as little or less
zound.ult4e. in. fact
OffiAlgokvho are "in the know
saw the .iibility of such a thing
happenDf ttnywhere in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley is very remote.
No bands of outlaws are known
to be operating in the state OF
lTamaulipas and if there were the
leaders would be sure to know how
unhealthy it would be for them on
this side Of the Rio Grande.
The arrival at Mission within an
hour of the time the alarm was
sounded of five trucks loaded with
trained men, equipped with modern
arms and machine guns Is fair
demonstration Of why there will be
no real bandit raids.
saThose days are gone forever"
AIR TRAVEL between Browns
Vile and Mexico City is due for
further increase on next Sunday
when combination tickets are to go
On sale all over the Missouri Pa
cific system.
The Missouri Pacific's fast train
in here, "The Pioneer" is to be
further speeded to make connection
with the planes.
Under the new arrangement IL
will be necessary to go down to the
depot at st. Louis, Houston or any
other city touched by the Missouri
Pacific lines and buy ticket to
Mexico City which is good fer q
ride on the through sleeperS OF
that railroad to Brownsville and
from here on the modern planes OF
the Mexican Aviation Co.
The train will arrive here at 7:30
a. m. instead of at p. m, giving
Mexico City bound passengers
plenty of time to have breakfast,
60 to the airport and make neceS-
sary customs and immigration al
rangements and board the plane
which leaves at $50.
More than 300 persons were car
ried between here and Mexico City
during the first month Of service.
The new method of travel
should materially increase this
traffic.
BROWNSVILLE PEOPLE who wit
messed the hair-raising stunts of
e. E. (Shorty) Radack here during
the airport celebration on March 8
and 10, feeling a special interest in
him. are grieved by the accident
which cost him his life at Pratt,
Kans., last Saturday afternoon.
The airport celebration was the
second appearance here of Radack.
and while many considered his
! feats foolish, all admired his nerve
and daring.
He had been performing aerial
feats for many years and those
who are acquainted with him and
his record say that he always was
extremely careful to thoroughly in
spect all the apparatus used in his
stunts.
The rope which bound his har-
ness to his parachute parted when
the safety device opened into the
breeze, probably because it had
been SUBJECTED to the strain too
many t5kas or because of flaw.
At any rate, it broke and he fell
1900 feet to instant death.
FARMER DRIVEN TO ARSON
BRAINTREE, Eng.-Made bank
r,Iut by farming losses, Henry Wa