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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
INSTRUCTS IN SPEAKING.
Southeast Community Center Ar.
ranges Glasses for Beginners.

The Public Speaking Club of the
Southeast Community Center has ar
ranged, under the Community Center
Department of the Public Schools,
short instruction course in the proper
placing of the voice and in the art of
making extemporaneous speeches.
Six lessons will be given. beginning
tomorrow night at o'clock and con-
tinuing, once a week, through the
middle of May, at the Southeast Gen.
ter, Hine Junior High School, Seventh
and G streets southeast, under the in
struction Of Ruth Kentzler, University
of Wisconsin.
The president of the Public Speaking
Club, Mrs. Reid K. Middleton, explains
and that the course will be Of value to
any one In business or In social work
who desires assistance In the use Of
the voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
DR.. Peabody to Address Club.

DR.. J.. winthrop Peabody, superin-
tendent OF the tuberculosis Hospital OF
washington. will speak at the weekly
meeting Of the PrObus Club, to be held
at the Hamilton Hotel, Wednesday at
1890 pm. Dr. Peabody will speak on
tuberculosis Prevention"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09
COLLEGIATE" WITH SLOPPY SOX,
SHAGGY COAT, Barred AS FREAK
Average College Student Is Serious, Dresses
Neatly, Shuns Liquor and Necking,
Deans Declare In u. S. Survey.

The average college boy Of today is
a serious young man who dresses neatly
and inconspicuously, minds his own
business, leaves liquor alone, and acts
nnxaklnrannra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09

The QUESTIONABLE also was designed
to show any connection between at
tempts to be collegiate" and drinking,
'necking," neglect of class work, dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-09

A new plant for the manufacture Of
railway signal apparatus in the Neither
lends employs 1850 people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
FRIENDS HERE ARE
HAPPY OVER SUCCESS

New found friends of d. S. (Bar-
ney) Zimruerley in Brownsville were
rejoicing Monday over the success
full nonstop flight of this young pi-
lot from the airfield here to Win
nipeg. Canada.
The weather was disappointing
and engine trouble almost put an
early end to the flight, kilograms
received here said.
Zimmerley wired to Major Ber-
nard A. Law that he flew a greater
portion Of the 1700-mile flight
through fog and rain.
Harry Num-, manager of the Ho-
tel Ell Jardin, who acted as repre-
sentative Of the National Aeronaut-
ical Association of Texas, installing
the barograph which made the rec
ord official, was first to receive
word Of the success of the flight.
His message from Zinmerley ar
rlVe1 a few minutes before 8 %. m.
Sunday.
Earlier in the afternoon The Her
aid had received a message from
the Associated Press that thinner
ley had dropped message as he
flew over Bow Bells. N. D., at 3:45
p. m. and that he had broken all
existing records at that time.
Nunn's record of the take off has
been forwarded to Washington
This record contains the informa-
ton that the plane is a Barling
NB-3, low wing, monoplane, that D
?. Zlmmerley was the pilot. that the
Paragraph was sealed with Wells
Fargo Express Co. seal No. 2o16
that the Paragraph was wound. in
stalled in the shiu and started at
2:l6 a. m. July z. 1929, and that
the takeoff was at 2:44:4O a. m.
The report is signed by Harry Num-
as official starter, Leon Perl and
VIM. Egan, witnesses. The report
was signed before zona I. Taggart.
local notary public.
Zlmmerley had so carefully plan
ned the storing of supplies which it
was necessary to take along with
III mthat be could not carry the case
IN which the barograph was to be
returned to Washington and it was
necessary to forward it to him by
air mail.
One of the field attendants Of
fered the pilot two packs of cigar
cts. but they were declined with
the explanation that room to carry
them was rot available. Every inch
Of space inside the cockpit was
utilized.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
Two Tax Collector
Assistants Added
To Cameron Staff

Doubling of the ex-officio salary
for Sheriff Frank Brown from $500
to $1,000, addition of two more dep
uties to the office of the tax COL
lector, and approval of the county
treasurers monthly report, reveal
ing cash balance of $478, 10000,
featured the Monday morning meet
ing of the Cameron county commits
SionerS court.
The ex-officio salary, it was ex-
planned, is used in contingent ex-
penSes, such as transferring pris-
oners and other necessary duties Of
the Sheriff's department. The court
ordered $3.50 additional paid for the
first half of 1929, and $500 for the
remainder of the year.
Increased work on the tax rolls In
the immediate future was the rea-
son given for the enlargement Of the
tax collectors staff. With the ad-
ditional members there will be sew
en- deputies in that office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
RITES FOR TOT
TOBE TUESDAY
Sylvia Cripe, Four-Year-Old
San Benito Girl, Killed
In Automobile Wreck

SAN BENITO, July 8.-Funeral
services for Sylvia Cripe, 4-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Cripe, will
be held here from the Baptist church
at 10 a. m. Tuesday.
The body of the little girl, killed
in an automobile wreck in which
other members Of the family were
injured, arrived Monday morning
from San Antonio, and is being held
at the Thompson mortuary.
1t was accompanied by MIR. Grippe,
his wife and their daughter, Alice,
the latter two also having been
painfully injured Saturday on the
Corpus Christi road, IL miles south
of San Antonio, and three other
daughters. Eta Mae, Danola, and
Flora Belle.
Mrs. Cripe and Alice were report
ed to be out of danger.
Mr.. and Mrs Cripe and their chill
dren had been visiting relatives in
Illinois. While en- route to Sall Be
nito, Cripe stopped over in San An
tonic, where he is employed by the
Central Power and Light company.
Mrs. Cripe and the children con-
tinued on the trip when the acci-
dent occurred.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
BREAKS MARK
FOR NONSTOP
LIGHT PLANES
Flyer Took Off From
Brownsville Early
Sunday, Landed In
Canada At Night

WINNIPEG, Man, July 8.-P9-
A new worlds nonstop long dis
tance record for light aeroplanes
was established yesterday when
Dwight S. (Barney) zimmerley flew
from Brownsville, Texas, to Winni-
peg.
zimmerley, holder of altitude
records for light planes, landed at
Stevenson Aerodrome at GAS
o'clock, completing Ehe 1725-mile
flight in 16 hours to beat the pre-
viouS distance record by 758 miles.
Last year, Harry J. Brooks in a
plane weighing under TIL pounds:
flew 972 miles.
Zimmerley'S monoplane, equipped
with a 60-horsepoWer motor, weighs
726 pounds.
Fog and rain were encountered
shortly after the start, Zinlmerley
ran into fog, the engine started
to miss, and he could reach an alti-
tude of only 400 feet, but the motor
became adjusted and from then on
it worked perfectly.
From Brownsville, the most
southern point in the United States,
to the town of Wilson distance Of
600 miles, there was no sight OF
land" said the pilot.
The route then swung to Cogs-
well, N. D., zimmerley's home town
where a message was dropped. Over
Kansas, Nebraska and a part of
South Dakota the weather was
clear but rain was encountered in
Northern South Dakota and North
Dakota.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
iron WORKER
May RECOVER
FROM INJURIES
Was Lying on Track,
Slow Freight Passed
Above Him; Has Bad
Head Wounds

SAN BENITO, July 8.-Mangled
bruised and gashed by string of
box cars which passed over him as
he lay between the Missouri Pacific
tracks Sunday, Marcus Lopez, 21, is
in the Valley Baptist hospital, not
expected to live.
Friends told officers investigating
that Lopez had been to bale, until
an early hour Sunday morning. He
apparently was walking home and
had stopped to rest on the tracks q
short distance from the Central
Power and Light companys ice
plant here, they said.
A slow freight passing above him
would not have hurt him, railroad
men declared, offering the opinion
that he attempted to raise himself
a number of times, and each time
was struck by rods under the cars.
The wheels apparently did not
pass over him, Physicians said.
His most serious injuries are said
to be severe head bruises and pos
sible internal injuries.
Lopez is employed here by the
Southern Iron and Machine COM
pany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
SHOT VICTIM
GROWS WORSE
Valley Mans Condition
Critical: Pound Mas
ter Is Held
Especial to The Herald)


MISSION, July 8.-Eph Deckard,
held in the city jail here on a
charge Of assault to murder in con-
nection with the shooting Saturday
of Clyde Latham, was to be taken
to the county jail at Edinburg
sometime today.
Latham, meanwhile, was in the
McAllen hospital, where doctors de-
SPARED Of his life. Latham was
shot at close range with shotgun,
the full charge entering the abdo-
men. The victim Sunday was said
to be resting easily, but Monday
physicians held slight hope for his
recovery.
A statement signed by Latham
alleged Deckard shot him at the an
imal pound near here in an argu-
ment over the price charged by
Deckard for the release Of stock
owned by Latham.
District Attorney Aldridge SAID
examining trial for Deckard will be
held up pending determination OF
the extent of Latham's injuries.
Deckard was not allowed bond.
Deckard, who also made a state
ment shortly after he had called
officers to the scene of the shooting
where Latham was found, alleged
Latham was about to hit him with
an iron bar just before the shooting
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
Labor Body Would
Send Valley Men
To Gather Cotton

The Texas Negro Business and
Laboring Mems association, with
headquarters in Houston, is plan
ming to cooperate with farmers in
securing cotton pickers, it has been
announced by G. w. Rice, head Of
the association. This labor body has
membership of several thousand
and has assisted Valley farmers in
obtaining pickers for the past sew
eral years.
The association discourages pick
erS from Jumping transportation,
Misrepresentation of prices and 9TH
er bad practices frequently encoun-
tered between the farmers and pick
ers, Rice states.
Special railroad rates for pickerS
in parties of Is or more have been
obtained by the body. The associ-
alton may be reached at BOT IL
Prairie avenue, Houston. A sub
station also is maintained at 608 IL
E. Commerce, San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08

The start, in contrast to the other
two, when the plane Green Flash
was damaged and finally wrecked,
was made in a fog which caused
poor visibility. Williams, however,
took the heavily laden ship from
the sands after run of little more
than O mile, cleared steel amuse-
ment pier at an altitude of 100 feet
and swung east in wide circle.
While still within sight Of watch
ers on the beach he circled to gain
more altitude and at o. height of
500 feet headed towards Cape Sable,
N. S.
The first report as to the planes
progress came from Lieutenant l..
M. Melka, pilot of a coast guard
amphibian which was to accompany
the Pathfinder for the first 100
miles.
Twenty five minutes after the
start, Melka messaged the coast
guard station at Gloucester, Mass.
The Pathfinder was making good
progress"
The flight was to be not only
long distance attempt but readings
were to be made by Yancey to aid
DR.. James H. Kimball, New York
meteorologist, in forecasting wealth
er conditions over the Atlantic. Or.
Kimball has been the unofficial
starter of all transatlantic flights
fliers waiting for favorable report
from him before taking off.
Mrs. Yancey, worn by the many
nights Of little sleep preparing for
the hop off, returned to her room at
a hotel here Immediately after the
start and left orders she was not to
be disturbed.
Favorable winds will aid the
Rome bound plane although some
fog will be met until it is 1000 miles
out, according to DR.. Kimball. Re-
lying on these favorable tail winds
Yancey and Williams had their fuel
load cut from 500 to 45o gallons just
before the start.
Charles Ramsgate, New York at
torney and Williams business man.
ager, said the flier, just before the
Continued on Page 10)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
MATE SLASHED,
| IN HOSPITAL;
JAIL HUSBAND
Browne Tract Farmer
Says Man Had Lived
With Family Since
He Was 8 Years Old
(Speciar to The HeraId)

SAN BENITO, July 8.-One man
Is in Jail, his wife is recovering
from knife wounds and close
friend OF the family is in the VAL
ley Baptist hospital in critical
condition as the result of cutting
affray on a Browne tract farm near
here Sunday.
Crescencio Herrera, IS, Is in the
hospital, with a fighting chance for
recovery, according to DR.. V. 0.
Monger Of San Benito, who treat
ed him for knife wounls in the neck
and body. Gonzales wife was
treated for knife wounds in the
shoulder and returned to her home.
Federico Gonzales, 56, who has
been farming for many years, told
Constable Joe Hofling of San Ben
ito, who arrested him, his story OF
the affair.
Gonzales story is substantially as
follows:
Herrera has bene living with the
Gonzales family since he was a
C1llQ OF elSIlG. OOIlAd1Co A4dA "a AOASAAO
him up and had given him work
on the farm. Early Sunday morn
ing Gonzales went out to feed his
cattle. Upon returning to the
house, he found the door locked
and went to the side of the house.
Peering into the bedroom window
he found his wife and Herrera In
close embrace. They refused 70
let him enter. He got max and
chopped the lock from the door and
drew his pocket knife.
Neighbors who heard shouting
and screaming called for police.
Gonzales was arrested and the
Herrera and Gonzales wife were
taken to the hospital.
Deputy Sheriff s. NJ. Jester, m
vestigating the affair, said charges
to be filed will depend on whether
Herrera lives.
The two men were reported 10
have had disputes previously over
Herrera's alleged attentions to Con-
zales' wife.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
Mercedes, Weslaco
Boy Scouts to Hold
Joint Rally Monday
Especial to The Herald)


MERCEDES, July 8.-Accordlng
to w. E. Perry, scoutmaster, a Boy
Scout rally will be held here at 3
D. m. Monday. Three Boy Scout
troops from Mercedes and the three
troops from Weslaco will take part.
The scouts will set up camp at q
vacant lot in town, where they will
cook supper. Following supper at
z o'clock an hour will be given to
scout stunts and games.
At 8 o'clock the Elks' band will
give band concert at the city park.
A Joint court Of honor between the
Weslaco scouts and the Mercedes
scouts will be held at the park fol-
lowing the band concert. At this
time the court will pass upon the
application of Glenn Commons Of
Mercedes for an Eagle Scout badge.
Other awards Of merit will be made
also.
T.. G. Mcconnell Of Weslaco Is
chairman of the court of honor in
that city and John Herndon OF
Mercedes Is chairman Of the local
court of honor. The public Is in
vited to attend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
Edinburg State Bank
Resources Placed At
S2,419,5O2 In Report
Especial to The HeralO

EDINBURG, July 8.-Total re-
sources of the Edinburg State Bank
and Trust company, as shown py
its statement Of June 29, amounted
to S2419, ,5O2.1 with deposits Of
$2,084, ,458.68.
Under resources of the bank are
listed loans and discounts S1,2l5,-
1872: bonds, stocks and other Sc
curities. $459, ,49101; banking house
and lot, $79,872.41; furniture and
fixtures $25 ,689.71; other real es-
tate. S25 ,987 A; and cash on hand,
and due from other banks, $613,-
273.87.
The CAPITAL stock of the bank Is
100000, surplus $125,000 and undi-
yided profits, $91, ,827.80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
WONANCHOKES HUSBAND.
BURNS HIS BODY ON ROAD

TOULON, Ills, July 8.-(P)-Lau-
ra Weave, 21-year-old woman OF
great size and strength, was held
today for the torch murder Of her
common law husband, Wilmer T.
Kitselman, 50.
Six feet tall and weighing $50
pounds, the young woman told of
Strangling Kitselman, wrapping his
body in a quilt, rolling it down.
stairs, lift it into an automobile and
driving into the country where she
dumped it by the roadside, poured
naphtha over it and then touched
a match.
Since Kitselman himself weighed
200 pounds, her signed confession
would have been less plausible were
it not that she is large and muscu-
lar. For several days after the
burning body was found by two
farm boys July /, it remained un-
identified A brother finally made
the identification.
After two hours questioning, the
woman detailed the story of her
affair with Kitselman and its end
ing. Her confession told of her
growing disgust with KitSelman'S
drinking.
HE came to our room over the
gambling house at Wyoming, ILL.,.
Sunday morning (June 3d." the
confession said. "He had been
drinking. He grabbed a chair and
tried to strike me with it. I got
away from that. Then he tore a
mirror from the wall and brought
it down on my head. It smashed
in a thousand pieces and almost
stunned me.
Chokes Him
Finally I got him on the bed
and sat watching him an hour. He
got up, drank some more and fell
back on the bed in stupor.
"I took off his belt and punched
more holes in it so I could draw it
lighted Then pulled it around
his neck until he got blue in the
face Then I hooked it.
"It was about 1870 a. m. Sunday.
Most Of the folks in town were at
church. I pulled the old patch
work quilt from under him and
threw it over his head. 1t seemed a
long time that he continued moving
under the quilt. Finally he was
still.
"I got some fish line and tied him
up, bending him so his chin rested
on his knees. rolled him off the
bed and wrapped the quilt around
him.
Il went down and drove the
couDe up to the door. Then I went
back. I didn't want to carry such
a load down. SO I rolled it down
the stairs. At the foot Of the stairs
I picked him up and put him in
the back of the coupe"
Touches Match
She told of driving out of town,
Of stopping to buy naphthn and Of
leaving the main road for little
frequented byWay. Then she con-
tinued:
Il took the bundle out and threw
it beside the road in some weeds.
/ poured naphtha over it, threw the
jar away. and touched a match. 1t
was blazing hard when I drove
away"
The Wyoming landlord from
whom the woman and Kitselman
had rented became suspicious at the
protracted absence of his roomers.
An investigation which ended with
Laura Weave..'s arrest was begun.
The girls father, Henry Weaver,
is a prosperous Fox valley farmer.
Until short time ago she had been
living in Peoria with KitSelman,
their common law relationship hav-
ing extended over period of about
two years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
Freight Train Hits s. BenitO Man
Flyers
Hope to End Rome
Trip in so Hours

OLD ORCHARD, Maine, July S.-QP0-The mono
plane Pathfinder with Pilot Roger O. Williams and Navi-
Lewis A. Yancey aboard took off from the beach
here with Rome its destination S:49 m, Eastern
Standard Time
The fliers expected make the 400 miles flight in
from As to so hours.
The plane took off after a Of about mile and
headed due south gaining altitude of about 100 feet
it left the beach
The ship then made wide swing and headed east ON
her until lost in the haze.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
STEAMER and
CUTTER CRASH
Passengers Safely Moved
From Big Boat After
Collision

BOSTON, July 8-tP)-The steam
ship Prince George, bound from
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for Boston
with 249 passengers, was in collision
with the coast guard patrol boat
Agassiz in a dense fog IS miles east
of Boston light yesterday.
All passengers were safely trans
ferred from the Prince George to
the AgaSsiz, and only one, Miss
Seretha Nickerson of Greenwich,
Conn, was injured. She was slight
ly bruised.
Two members of the patrol boats
crew were severely hurt. Orlo D.
HoWsker. seaman, at the wheel
when the ships came together, and
Alfred r. Johnson, boatSwain's
mate.
Johnson, although suffering from
a severe cash across his forehead,
refused medical attention until all
the Prince Georges passengers had
been safely taken aboard the Agas-
Siz.
The Prince George was struck on
her port bow by the coast guard
boat. The impact ripped a jagged
hole in the liners steel side. six feet
wide and extending below the water
line. The stem of the Agassiz was
crumpled but she did not take much
water. The liner, on the other hand,
suffered flooding of her No. hold
and came into port down by the
head and with a slight list.
The Prince Georges ten lifeboats
were lowered within Is minutes
after the alarm was sounded, and
the ship put about and came along
side the AgassiZ. Gangplanks were
rugged and the passengers, many of
them with all their baggage, made
their way aboard the patrol boat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
LARGE CROWD ENJOYS
DANCE AT SAN BENITO

SAN BENITO, July IA large
crowd enjoyed the regular Saturday
night dance at the Aztec club here.
Music was furnished by Eddie Wer-
ner and his Boys, local orchestra.
An arrangement Of colored lights
casting their reflection in the re
SAGA, on the banks Of which the
club is built, added to the enjoyment
of those present.
Some noted dance orcheStras are
to play for dances at the club in the
future, the owners said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
UNIDENTIFIED SHIP
SUNK OFF ENGLAND

LONDON, July 8.-(P)-Identity
of a vessel reported by Lloyds to
have been sunk by an explosion
near Smithknoll Lightship, off the
Norfolk coast, has not been estab-
lished.
The Danish ship Arneberg, which
wirelessed the information YES
sci unknown to it had foundered,
was cruising in the vicinity, and
the minesweeper Selkirk and other
craft joined the search, but without
finding a trace Of the vessel or
those aboard 1t. The explosion was
supposed to have been about Sc
miles off Great Yarmouth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
HARLINGEN REALTOR
is DEAD AT TEMPLE

DALLAS, July 8.-(P)-The body
of Robert d. Lightfoot, "a; promi-
nent realtor of Harlingen who died
yesterday at Temple, was received
here today to lie in state pending
funeral arrangements.
Gane Lightfoot, a son, today was
enroute to Dallas from his London,
England, home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday.
For East Texas: Generally falr
tonight; Tuesday partly CLOUDY;
unsettled in northwest portion.
Light to fresh southerly winds ON
the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteor
oIogical conditions:
High .............s..... Gl5 a. 1T
Low ,.............. 11:48 %. m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset TODAY T.2h
sunrise tomorrow .......... 5:44
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08

RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue to tall
slowly during the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-HrI