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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1-(P)-Show-
ing no effects Of the grind OF IL
and a half days in the air in the
st. Louis Robin. Dale Red" jack
son and Forest O'Brine were
through the first day OF feting
with another in sight before they
return to work as commercial
plane pilots. The airmen, whose
record OF 400 hours q l-2 min
utes aloft set a new world mark
for sustained refueling flights,
were ready TO fulfill the demands
of the St. Louis public to acclaim
them today.
A parade, ending at the city
hall where scrolls attesting TO
their triumphant aerial conquest
waited them. was set for this
morning. The route was similar
to ones marking the return OF
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from
his New York-Paris flight, and
the Bremen fliers who made the
westward crossing Of the Atlantic.
Life Time Passes
This afternoon. the st. Louis
Robin fliers were TO watch the
Cardinals and the Brooklyn Rob-
ins at Sportsman park and dur
ing the ceremonies receive solid
gold life time passes to the park.
Tonight they make their only
stage appearance-at .he NUM-
cipal opera in Forest park, when
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Find Body of Man
Robbed Last Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Aug. l.-(R
The body of Charles L. Stanley, so,
retired Frisco railroad engineer,
kidnapped and robbed here last
Thursday, was found near Lynn
Lane, near Tulsa, Okla. according
to word received early today. There
was a bullet wound in the head.
Stanley, with his wife. came here
to visit last week and on Thursday,
while standing by the Frisco gen.
eral offices, was asked the direction
to JG1lin. Approaching the ma
chine. occupied by q man and wom-
an, Stanley was forced into 1t when
the man drew a pistol. Stanley
was blindfolded and taken into the
country where he was robbed Of ST.
200 cash, a diamond stickpin and O
watch.
Held prisoner SO hours, Stanley
was released and made his way here
Saturday, where he reported to pc
lice. He later returned to Tulsa.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
BOMB RING IS
Barred In RAID
Organization Supple d
'Pineapples' to Rack
eteers; IL Jailed

CHICAGO. Aug. i.-tPl-A bomb
ing syndicate that had supplied and
used ''pineapples" in Chicago and
other cities for years was believed
crushed today with IL OF the al
legged ring leaders In jail and the
arrest Of others expected soon.
The arrests. in spectacular raid
on the gangs headquarters last
night, constituted the first major
attempt to stop one of the city's
most notorious evidences Of lawless-
ness. long series Of bombings had
increased until this year the aver
age has been about three bombs a
week.
The raid was executed through
the efforts of an under-cover agent
who had worked his way into the
gangs confidence.
The agent, James Altmeier, had
purchased one bomb and for three
months had been accepted as a
racketeer. Last night he arranged
for the purchase Of a larger ship
ment.
Gives Marked Money
With one police squad hidden
nearby and another surrounding a
house that served as the gangs
headquarters. Altmeier completed
his deal. He received a package
containing four bombs and paid
over $500 in marked money and d
cheek for S24O.
The police signal was sounded
and all or the men in the car that
had delivered the bombs as vel las
those in the house nearby were ar
rested.
Lieut.. George Barker. head Of the
police bomb squad. said the most
important men in the bombing in
dustry were under arrest. They in
cluded James BelcaStro, believed to
be the head of the gang, who was
charged with a Staying a year age
but never prosecuted, and Angelo
Lucci, recently acquitted OF murder
Would Also Toss
The syndicate, Lieutenant Barker
said. preferred only to supply explo-
sives but. for an extra payment
Continued On Page Ten)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
$27S OF SCOUT
GOALHRAISED
Systematicc Campaign To
Gather $500 Is Now
Getting Under Way

With a systematic campaign or
ganization gradually getting into
motion, some $278 Of the $500
sought for the Brownsville Boy
Scouts had been raised through
Wednesday night. according TO fig
ures in the office Of Ed Mockbee,
chairman Of the drive. 1t is hoped
to achieve the goal by August z,
the date set for the opening Of
Camp Perry on the Arroyo Colo
RADIO.
The major portion of the fund
would 60 into the local budget for
the coming year. Part of 1t would
be used, however. for a Browns
Vile Scout hut at Camp Perry.
Brownsville has Jagged back in con-
tributions for the past two years
and its quota was not raised. This
year, they are proving liberal and
Mockbee. q newcomer here from
Edinburg. states he believes the
fund will be raised. Mockbee has
been interested in Scout work for
many years.
Houses Visited
The campaign Is being conducted
Systematically and it Is hoped 70
canvas every house in the city. The
town has been divided into l3 dis
tricts and committees are now
working in most of these. Distric.
No. / is composed OF Fronton, St.
Charles and st. Francis out from
Palm boulevard. The committee as
signed to this district is w. 4. Col
lins. George Hillyer and G. 4. ClegG.
No. 2, Levee. Elizabeth and WASH
ington from Tenth to Eleventh, is
being handled by Charles Stuart
and Lawrence Olmsted.
No. 3. Elizabeth and Washington
from Tenth to Fourteenth, Cleve
Tandy. Emmitt Dodd and A. A.
Hargrove.
No. 4, washington. Madison.
Tenth to Fourteenth, w. o. Wash
ington and Ed Monsees.
No. 5. the State Naticnal bank
block, Aziz block and FL Jardin
Continued On Page Ten)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
8 MORE NILES
TO COMPLETE
.COlJNTY'S ROAD
Work to Cost $175,OO0
Authorized BY State
To Shorten Distance
For Points North III

Paving Of WilIacy county's high~
way frcm Raymondville north 70
the ReneGy nunty line was authcr~
lied by iht state highway commih-
sion Wednesday afternoon, accnrd-
ing to a telegram received here py
County Judge o. G. Dancy from
Nat Wetzel, chairman Of the Will
acy county good roads committee
Grade and structures for this
road. which As about eight miles .n.
length and which will complete A
north and south concrete highway
through the county, we're completed
more than a year ago. Willacy'
county officials have repeatedly Pc
titioned the highway commission 40
order the stretch paved. but this
was refused on the grounds the
highway did not connect with any
road through Kennedy county.
Orders TO pave the Willacy coun~I
ty road now are believed to indi-l
cate that a road through Kencdy'
comfy soon viii be opened. Tho
state highway commission has been
spending considerable time and ef-l
fort in trying to get this road cp-
ened.
Building of the highway north
from Raymondville and construc-
ton Of a road through Kennedy
county would shorten the distancm
to all upstate. points by about 5q
miles, engineers estimate
Money to pave the WiEacy highH
way already is available 9rocee
from a bond issue voteo two years
ago. 1t is estimated the paving win
cost approximately S175.000. Tho
county viii pay all OF this sum bun
the state will reimburse the county
SO per cent OF the cost nc a later
date. The work viii be supervised
by the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
iii Woman Juror
Halts Shook Trial

COURTHOUSE, COLUMBUS o.
Aug. 1.--(Pl-The sudden Illness o4
Mrs. Helen Lunsford, only womani
on the regular jury In the trial oG'
DR.. James H. Shook for the killing
OF Theora HiK. forced a recess cN
court today until IL O.. m, when ad-l
ditional members Of an excused
venire were recalled in order tu
qualify new jurors.
DR.. and Mrs. Melvin II. Hix. par-l
cnts OF the slain coed, win attend
no more sessions OF the trial. Boyd
Haddox. their attorney, said the de-
cision was reached because OF the
physical condition Of DR.. Xix AMI
the strain he had been under dur
ing the first five days OF the hear
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01

tDAtch OF fU communists WCIc Ga
rested last night. Forty foreign
agitators were put across the
frontier. Twenty-Five thousand
soldiers and policemen guarded the
city.
The most serious preliminary dis
turbance was reported from Sara
jevo, Jugoslavia, where In 1914 were
fired the shots which precipitated
the World war. Two workmen were
killed yesterday and several others
wounded wnen police fought with
communists who set fire TO the
railroad shops and tried to ignite
other buildings.
Reports from 1Z.:=.greb. capital OF
Croatia, said communists distributed
dynamite bombs among the workers
of that center Of the Croatian
separatist movement. A police fight
with communists growing out OF a
raid on printing plant at 6nraJevo
resulted in the death OF the estab-
lishment's owner. Revolutionary
documents were confiScated.
Beta Kun Arrested
At Budapest, Bella Kun, COM
munist leader and former dictator
OF Hungary, was arrested with q
number OF other leaders Of the
party as a government precaution-
airy measure. At Prague, Czecho-
slovakia, the government took ex-
treme measures, importing 1000
additional gendarmes and occupying
important buildings with armed
troops. The communists advertised
extensive demonstrations.
IN Berlin the Newe Berliner
Zeitung said communists had re-
ceived orders from Moscow TO mo-
bilize for guerilla warfare which was
to break out at 100 different points
simultaneously in order TO keep the
police on the jump.
Orders were issued throughout
Germany prohibiting communist
demonstrations OF any nature, al
though despite this an assembly was
called At Berlin for $50 p. m. Po-
lice OF Munich. Nuremburg. Ham
burg and many other places were
reported particularly watchful.
Machine Guns Ready
Rumanio. Bulgaria. Greece. Fin
land. Switzerland and Turkey were
among countries affected by the
communist demonstrations threat
In all precautionary measures
against disorders were taken, these
principally consisting OF prohibitory
DEGREES. arrests OF leaders and con-
centration Of troops. In some
places cordons of machine guns
were said to be drawn around To-
calities where outbreaks were
feared.
Britain apparently expected les
In the way OF disorders than any
other European country, nothing
more than mild demonstrations
being forecast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Fire Destroys Six
Ouinlan Buildings

QUINLAN. Texas. Aug. 1.-tRl-
Six business buildings. two brick
and four wooden structures. were
DESTROYED by fire of undetermined
origin here carly today. Loss was
estimated at 100000.
The buildings housed three gen.
eral merchandise establishments,
two cafes and a warehouse. Ancth-
er building was damaged. Fire de-
partments from Greenville and
Terrell helped combat the flames.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
RIBS BROKEN,
MAY Be HURT
INTERNALLY
John Wear, Mule Barn
Manager, Knocked
Unconscious By Ami
NAL Wednesday
Especial to The Herald

Especial to The Herald
PHARR, Aug. John
s. Wear, As, manager or
the Gurinsky mule barn,
was reported in a critical
condition Mt his home
Thursday morning after
having been kicked by a
mule just above the heart
Wednesday night. Ac-
cording to DIR. J. w. Con-
ard, of Pharr, attending
physician, he is suffering
from shock of the heart
and possibly broken ribs,
and internal injuries.
Wear was helping load 4wo mule:
on a truck when he was kicked, anc
was unconscious for some time. III
had stepped up to help fasten tht
end gate upon the truck when thu
mule kicked him. The mules were
to be taken TO Raymondviile. where
Wear was scheduled TO hold an auc-
ton sale in a few days
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Mexican Amnesty to
Rebels Is Extended

MEXICO CITY. Aug. l--(Fl-The
time limit for the surrender of re-
bells through Mexico. which expired
Wednesday night. has been extend
ed "a hours to enable insurgents In
the more isolated sections TO learn
of the proposed amnesty. To COM
ply they must turn over their arms
to federal headquarters and be CIV
en- a safe conduct home.
Fully 5000 rebels have surrender
ed since the government announced
its amnesty and 1t Is estimated only
a few bands remain in rebellion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
MAINTENANCE SUIT
FILED BY SINGER

LOS ANGELES. Aug. l.---tPl--
Mary Lewis, opera singer. yeSter-
day filed suit against her husband.
Michael Franz Bohnen, asking sep
arate maintenance. BOhnerl also ir
an opera singer.
The singers. often termed the
Ideal theatrical couple" were mar
ried in New York In April, 1927.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
No HOPE FOR EARLY
STRIKE SETTLEMENT

MANCHESTER Eng, Aug. l.-tH9
Lancashire entered its fourth day
OF thetextile mills stcppage with
hardly a gleam Of hope for early
resumption Of negotiations looking
TO settlement Of the sfe.ke.
Notices affecting 5000 operativeT
have been posted by the Cos
waste spinners and manufacture
association for a wage reduc
This association met today
slider the general sifu@4ao
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Senate Passes Gils
Proposed Labor Code

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1.-tP1-
The Mexican senate has passed By
a vote Of 48 to / the recommended
ton of its committee on constitn-
tional points seeking amendment Of
the federal constitution to allow
passage OF the new labor code OF
President Portes Gil.
The house Of deputies must adopt
a similar resolution to endow the
legislative body with power to
promulgate the labor code. subject
to the sanction Of two-thirds the
same legislatures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
LOG OF THE
GRAF ZEPPELIN
(By The Associated Press
Time is Eastern Standard
wUas4w mUlnw

(By The Associated Press
Time is Eastern Standard
Wednesday
9:29 D. m.-Left Friedrichsha-
fen.
9:55 D. m.-Sighted over Kon-
stanz, Switzerland.
Thursday
1905 a. ni.-Sighted over Ba-
sic. Switzerland.
1:30 a. m.-Passed over Galen-
tigney.
las a. m.-Heard over Beau
court. France.
400 a. m.-Sighted near Be-
SancOIl.
$40 a. m.-Flew over Lyon.
asking weather conditions Bor-
deaux region
5:s5 a. m.-Reported over Va.
lence.
GAO a. m.-Passed over Mon
telimar. France.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Home In San Benito
Is Damaged BY Fire

SAN BENITO, Aug. l.-Fire Of
undetermined origin about ! a. m.
Thursdeya caused damage Of from
$1,000 to 5000 at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. ID. Cannon in the 200
block CT South Austin street.
The fire truck answering an
alarm found the blaze well under
way with flames lashing through
the roof. The fire started in a
clothes closet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
San Benito Extends
Fireproof District

tSpecial 70 Inc aeLaiuJ
SAN BENITO. Aug. i.-Extension
OF the fireproof building zone IN
the busicess section Of the city was
approved at the regular meeting Of
the city commission here last night.
The extension will bring about ID
blocks into the zone.
Purchase Of special police car
Eas authorized .
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01

CHESTER. Eng. = Fifteen year.
old Raymond Steven. who lost his
mind as the result of an accident
caused by negligence. was award
ed 81. 500 damages.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01

TWO KILLED AS
EUROPE POLICE
ANDREDSCLASH
Communist Leaders Over Continent Being
Jailed to Prevent Further Outbreaks on
Anniversary of Soviet Revolution

LONDON 1Euopean capitals adopted most strenuous
of haded demon
Of the Soviet aniwar day.
Paris armed despite most OF It's
being safely under police lock and key last
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01

THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valleys
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
Light I'd fresh southerly WINDS cff
the west coast
For East Texas. Partly CLOUDY
tonight and Friday. probably show
ers on the east coast. .-i
Light 10 moderate easterly WINGS
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be a slight 10 moderAt1-
rise IN the river from above RIO
Grande City down during the nexu
few days.
Rio Grande River
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High ana low tide tPoint Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteuruin-
gical conditions:
High ..........s........3:24 .. IN.
Low ....................I.16 p. M
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
CHICAGO BOMB ring RAIDED

Dynamite -- Powder
Caps - Fuse Wire
Blasting Machines and Supplies
Alamo Iron Works
Brownsville - Corpus Christi
San Antonio - Houston
New Britain herald., 1929-06-14
Friar1 Ban Women
 From Club Building

New York, June 1T tR-The mon- Aofery Of the Friars. Or in other words the club house of that actors organization. has closed it's doors to woy1en after 3 two-year trial.
 Not that the Triars ever were free ana easy in their hospitality to the iaiiss. bur for the last two years they have permitted them the use of small reception room at the en- tra.ce. New even that privilege is "a t,A withdrawn and the women wi: have To park in their cars. or. as Janes !. Corbett suggested, remain At home.
 " wasn't that the room matter eG." said Gentleman Jim. but there Isn't any gentleman's club that likes to have ladies dropping in. And who ever heard of ladies in a monas- tery:'
 The ban does not tend to enter- tAiners taking part in any function within the club.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-14
I|IS FEAR S()l
 Is ABOARD PLANE
0J llldhs VIII 1l II "Id.
 hI Hld" HW StoIlTly

Portland. Ne.. Juns II N- Whethsr the Yellow Bird carried | fourth pasesnger-an uninvited per ssS constituting excess baE1ate-as sAe was out over the Atlantic on the way to PAria awaited the land iax .: ths plano for determination.
 As. ani Ms. NJ. R. schreiber of PeYuaaI wers convinced that their son Arthur. ... was aboard.
 They received letter from him wr;tfea | 1sw days aso and which He rsQues.ad | frisad to turn over to his parents after the take.off Of the Green Flash. Another com- p&nion told Mir. and Mrs. schreiber that there was no room to stow away in the Green Flash and that hs and Schreiber dipped a coin to see who should attempt to get into the French bound plane.
 He said schreiber won. Two resi- dents ot Old Orchard said they saw . young man. whom they later iden- tified from photographs as schreib- er, ente. the door of the cabin while the motor was being warmed up.
 Aviators expressed doubt whether Jean Asso!ant could have mado such . good take-off if a stowaway AAd ooen in :hs tail of tho fuselaga, the only place where there was place to hide.
 TAers WAS little hope that any in- formation concerning Schreiber would be learned by radio from the plane. Armeno Lotti, Jr.. spon- GOT and radionaan. on the flight said tat he would content himself with 1ending only tho call letters FAX" from the plane.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-14
FRANK NEk0LA ID
 PLAY WITH TANKS Holy Gross Pitching Star Barred
 From College Baseball

Boston. June II R,-By a strange turn ce the wheel Of fortune yester- dAy. which saw Frank Nekola of Holy Cross barred from further par tietpAtton in intercollegiate baseball, aseo eaw the return to the mound ex another great college pitcher, who jnst Ss years ago found himself in tAe same plight of the Crusader teythAnder when it became known he Nad accepted terms with tho New York Yankees.
 Al the Harvard varsity and alumni hines took the field yesterday for their annual game on the Crim- Aon'a diamond. Walter clarkson, one of the Ereatest .wirlers in college baseball history was on the slab for the graduates. His old skill was gons but he was trying hard to muster came of the mastery which he pos- eeesed in the early days Of the pres snt century.
 CiArkson was captain of | great Hart1gd team in 1905 and vas re. slect4 fpr I saf; but :. As the: big e4m0 drew near that year. he lis- tsMs4 even as did Nckola to the wAisDars of the New York scouts. TheE< one morning Harvard men Awolsa 10 face the shock Of the dis qualification - of their inyincibls moun11aAan. ss@ 1 And now quarter Of a century afteSw9f01 comes the news that No. kela, lAa4lNG seuthpaw college pitch- sf of thA country, has signed with the YaAks. Although r4fusing to dis. cssss tho terms of his contract it was eensrally believed at Worcester tha. he had been guaranteed bonus of approximately S17.000 with a salary Of 5000 for the remainder of the present season.
 In addition. 1t was understood that Nskoia had been promised that should hs prove to need seasoning he would he farmed out to a league no lower than Class A standing. No such terms tempted the college ath- lste in Clarksoh's days.
 Nskola, junior, has won Il straight games this year and closes h,s collegiate baseball career with out tasting defeat in ! varsity game. One of his most recent victims was Aarvard, last Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02

students from 80 States, including
the District of Columbia, and IS foreign
countries. At the commencement last
June 227 received degrees.
THE most notable development in
the professional schools this year. says
the report, has been the Inauguration
of full-time three-year day school of
law with 20 students registered in the
first-year class"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
STUDENTS SWAMP
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Applicants for Admission Ex-
coed Capacity for Training
at Howard University.

Pressure for admission to the school
of medicine of Howard University for
the year 1928 far exceeded the schools
capacity" and there has been a notable
increase in the caliber of entering stu
dents" says Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur in his annual report to Congress
made public today.
Three hundred aid sixty students
enrolled in the School of Medicine
235 in the College of Medicine, IS in
the College of Dentistry and Sc in the
College of Pharmacy.
There were 287 applicants for adj
mission to the School of Medicine"
says the report. This number far ex-
ceeded the schools capacity. Those of
maximum preparation we're selected.
There is notable increase in the
caliber of entering students. OF the so
students entering the School of Medicine
this year, 80 held bachelor degrees and
% had done three years of college
work.
The total enrolment of Howard Uni
versity for the year 1928 was 2,671
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
EXPANSION URGED
FOR DEAF TRAINING
Enlargement of Vocational
Training Work Asked,
Wilbur Declares.

Enlargement of the vocational train
ing work in the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf in this city is urgently re-
quested by the heads of schools for the
deaf and teachers of the deaf through
out the country" says Secretary of the
Interior Wilbur today III his annual re-
port to Congress
ITO provide this and better auricula1
and oral instruction three new instruc-
tors are needed" the report states.
A new building to house vocational
work and claSsroomS is declared to be
another important need of the institu-
ton. An increase of Is free scholar
ships in the advanced department Is
also recommended to take care of the
expected increase in attendance.
Enrolment in Schools.
This institution is supported mainly
by congressional appropriations and. IN
part, by tuition fees. During the year
that ended June 80 last, in the advanced
department, known as Gallaudet Col
lege, 129 students were under inStruc-
ton, representing 35 States. the Dis
trict of Columbia and Canada. In the
grammar department, known as Kendall
School. So were under instruction, 81
being from the District of Columbia.
During the year the power plant was
remodeled and a 300-horsepower steam
boiler installed. Additional space for
coal storage was provided and new re-
frigeration installed in the main kitchen.
Six hundred square yards of old asphalt
roadway was replaced by new asphalt.
Degrees Conferred.
On commencement day there we're
conferred one honorary degree, four de-
grees of master of arts in the course of
the normal department. two certificates
of graduation from that department.
three degrees of bachelor of science and
eight degrees of bachelor of arts.
The receipts during the year were
9l69. 1892, and the expenditures $167, 1876.