Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-10
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the early hours Of Tuesday was the
first moisture worthy of the name
to fall here within four months
and there has not been a really
hard rain in the section since Nov.
9, 1928, when more than 3 inches
fell.
Other portions. of the Valley had
Jared better than the Brownsville
area for some reason, good rains
having fallen a week before over
the dry land section and in many
parts of the irrigated area. Maybe
they pay the preacher better.
The rain Tuesday was worth
millions of dollars to Valley farm
srs and was especially thankfully
received about this city.
On Decs25 a rainfall of 80 inches
was recorded at the local weather
bureau by w. j. SchnurbuSch.
From that time until April 9 the
rain guage at the station was not
overly worked as only slight pre-
cipitation was recorded during that
four months period.
COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
sees no reason why the country
should become alarmed when he
fails to arrive at some certain point
at just the hour when the populace
has estimated he should arrive.
"All this stir is SO uncalled for, -
he says. when a person sets out
for an automobile tour he does not
notify someone at the other end Of
his journey to be on the lookout
for him. Why should we who use
the air do so?
"One mode Of travel is as safe
as the other"
All this after he had arrived at
the municipal airport here this
mornif e. sst as the army and pri-
vate ill1E Nuals were about to put
searching parties into the air.
He had left Mexico City at noon
Tuesday and had not been seen or
heard of until he arrived here at
$50 a. m.
The Colonel fails to see any
reason why such stir should be
raised when he is out of touch
with the world for few hours.
'I likely in the future will be out
of touch with telephone and tele-
graph for two or three days at a
time.
There Is no reason then, when
fail to appear at some airport
where the people think I should
land, to send out searching parties, -
Col. Lindbergh said.
II regret very much that the
press has seen fit to cause all this
r unnecessary excitement by sending
out unauthorized dispatches. When
left Mexico City at noon Tuesday
d had no intention of flying be-
" fond the borders of Mexico.
II IF press dispatches had merely
id had left for an unannounced
itination, there would have been
81 cause for alarm"
HE FIRST complete telephone
Hctory of Cameron and Hidalgo
tiles combined are being deliv-
q in the Valley this week.
III kr the first time the book in
es liStings of the Weslaco and
Ia Feria exchanges and also sep
ties listings on Edcouch and Elsa
.hanges.
.N The book, as has been the custom
q the past three or four issues,
a bound with the exchange listing
~ the town where it is distributed
laced in front. That is, in Browns
= lie the Brownsville exchange list
s's1 lg comes first; in Harlingen the
xp larlingen listing is in the front of
"a he book.
e The new directories are to be
distributed in Brownsville during
= his week.
~ PAUL E. USHER writes from III,
z II GAiC AlAl1o VI L ICllllSylNdlIld IIldI
lie wishes he was back in the
ALLEY. From Meadville on April ?
~ wrote:
Yesterday was one of the worst
fys of winter here. The roads
ere so covered with ice as to be
angerous. Spent two hours get
ng over icy pavemnets on the
ills last night.
II ME for the Valley"
THE MISSION ENTERPRISE be-
mes a member of a chain of
wSpapers being organized under
b g Turner Schmidt banner. The
h m has headquarters at San An
nio.
(.obert Lowry. who has been
lding the destinies of Missions
vest newspaper almost from the
II inning. has retired and Moulton
" -, University of Texas school
..rnalism graduate. : has been
ain charge.
Il same interests also have
krcilased the San Juan Sentinel
Ed the La Feria News. No an
houncement is forthcoming regard
sg editors of these publications.
lbb announces there will be a