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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
TO QUARANTINE
FLORIDA FRUIT
Expect to Make Regulations
Today to Eradicate
Fruit Fly
(Snecial to The Herald.)


WASHINGTON, April 24.-Quar-
antine regulations covering the en-
tire state of Florida and designed
to eradicate the Mediterranean
fruit fly, are expected to be signed
by the secretary late Wednesday
and will go into effect Immediately.
All fruit within areas where in
festation has been discovered will
be destroyed.
Fruit in adjoining areas will be
permitted to move under rigid In
spection, and fruit from al other
sections of the state will be care
fully inspected and shipped under
certification, in refrigerated cars
only. Truck and bulk movement
from the state will be prohibited.
The host free period has not been
definitely determined but is ex-
pected to extend from April to
October L. The same as in the
Valley. The quarantine will be the
most drastic ever established in the
United States. Hundreds of in
spectors will be placed in the or
chards, and all highways and rail-
ways along the state boundary will
be carefully guarded.
Only firSt-class fruit will be per-
mitted to move from any point in
the. state. Florida representatives
state there are approximately 5000
cars, mostly Valencia oranges. re-
naming on the trees, and that it
will be impossible to clean up the
crop before June !.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
HOOVER GETS
STRIKE REPORT
Mediation Board In Texas
Row Reports Findings
To President

WASHINGTON, April 24.-(P)-
The findings of the emergency board
created to investigate threatened
strike on the Texas and Pacific
railroad were presented to President
Hoover today by James r. Garfield,
chairman of the board.
The board was established by a
proclamation of President Hoover
March 90, after he had been advised
the impending strike threatened a
serious interruption Of interstate
commerce in the Southwest. Under
the railway labor act the board had
80 days to complete its investigation
and report to the president, that
period not expiring until the end OF
this ewek.
After leaving the president, Mr..
Garfield said that more than two
weeks had been spent in gathering
information regarding the strike.
He declined to reveal the purport OF
the boards findings. but said he ex-
pected the report would be made
public shortly by the White House.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
WORK ROADSIN
Is COUNTIES
Commission To Let Con-
tracts For $1,5OO,OOO
Construction

AUSTIN. April 24.-(P)-Contracts
for about$1 ,500,00 worth of con-
struction work in Is counties will be
let by the highway commission to-
day. Awards yesterday we're made
for 10 counties, aggregating $1,463,-
355.
Counties affected by today's elt-
tingS are as follows: Cottle, high
ways % and 4, Montgomery, high
way 10; Jones, highways 80 and 4;
Dallas, highway Is; Hall, highway.
S; Galveston, highway ga; Uvalde
highway 55; Dimmit, highway IS;
ChildreSs, highway 4; Hardin and
Jasper, highway 8; Lavaca, highway
109; Falls, highway IA; Gillespie,
highway 9; Austin, highway 73-A.
Contracts were let yesterday in
counties as follows: Archer, high
way 70; Hale, highway g; Freestone,
highway 80; Ward, highway 82;
Jones, highway 55; Arkansas, high
way 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

neSses, however, if their testimony
conceded and offered no new ma
terial.
The petition asked that the Ar
royo parksite be purchased at a
price not to exceed $4,000. The
city commission has entered into a
contract for the purchase of the
site and has issued $4,000 in war
rants for this purpose. The plain
tiffs allege that too high a price
was paid for the site and that this
constitutes legal fraud upon the tax
payers.
A large part of the testimony
Wednesday revolved about valua-
tion Of the land involved.
Few were in attendance in the
court room outside of counsel, jury
and court attaches. The trial was
livened up by several brisk word
battles between the attorneys ana
numerous objections by both sides.
Among those placed on the stand
Wednesday morning included H. r.
Maxwell, former city attorney of
Harlingen, who told of going over
the abstract on the Arroyo park
cite. He stated that he believed the
land to be worth from $40O to $500
per acre.
H. z. Looney, Harlingen real es-
tate man, testified from the stand
that he believed $540 per acre was
fair price for the land.
c. B. Woods, who owns interest
in the Finwood addition just across
the road from the Arroyo park site,
stated he believed the land to be
worth from $500 to $500 per acre.
On cross examination, H. L. Yates
attempted to show that Woods
would be benefited by the eStab-
lishment Of the new park and air.
port. This he admitted reluctantly
and rushed on to add that the en-
tire city of Harlingen would be
benefited.
Judge Yates stopped him and
asked that he only answer the
questions and not to make a
Continued on page SevenD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
HOUSE DEBATES
LONG CHARGES
Accuse Louisiana Governor
With Misuse of Pub
lie Funds

BATON ROUGE, La, April "a
P)-The Louisiana house of repre-
sentatives, investigating charges
against Governor Huey P. Long, to-
day debated charges Of misuse of
public funds by the governor.
The charges up for discussion
were:
That governor Long embezzled
$4,000 Of the $4,000 borrowed for en-
tertainment Of a conference Of gov
ernors in New Orleans.
That the governor caused to be
paid his cousin, w. 0. Long of
Winfield, $728.25 as chauffeur and
mechanic and for repairs and equip
ment for his automobile, 5000 Of this
amount being for hire as chauffeur
and mechanic, $56.25 being for the
purchase of tires and $72 being for
gas and oil, and in addition had paid
to himself an allowance of 10 cents
a mile for the use Of his own car.
That the governor bought from
the West Publishing company, law
books costing $1,11240 and paid for
them out oft he state house and
mansion repairs and maintenance
funds, the books not being necessary
for the repair or maintenance Of the
mansion or state house, but for the
use of the governor personally.
That the governor paid to John
Messina from the same fund $500,
alleged to have been paid him as
body guard to the governor.
That the governor caused the
state colony and training school to
pay to two different employees the
salary Of secretary, amounting to a
net of 5.400 to the sttae, the money
being paid for the same period OF
time to F. D. Richardson and D. F.
Eubanks.
That the governor caused the
Louisiana Highway commission to
rent at a monthly rental of S138.4O
the offices being used to care for the
governors private law library.
That the highway commission un-
der the governors direction and over
the protests of the engineers as
signed to the work paid $4,000 to a
contractor for defective bridges.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
700 FEDERALS SAID
KILLED OR CAPTURED

NOGALES, Ariz., April 24.-(P)-
Scores of Americans, caught on the
Mexican side of the border when
revolutionary officials closed the
internationa' line abruptly about
midnight, were permitted to return
to American soil at 8 a. m, today.
The Americans were in the cafes
and other amusement places Of the
Mexican tryn when the internation-
al gate was closed. Mexican author
tiles at first rCf' I'd to permit pas
sage Of anyone into Sonora from
American soil but later allowed a
young woman relative of General j.
Gonzalo Escobar, revolutionary
commander -in-chief, to re-enter
Mexican territory.
Shortly afterward General Fran
cisco Borquez. commander of the
garrison, announced the border
CONTINUED on page seven.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
POLICE FIND
GUN CARRIED
BY SLAIN MAN
Stanner At Point Of
Death In Mercy Hos
pital; Bale Halls
Closed Up

Almost inevitable death was slow
ly descending on Deputy Constable
Frank Stanner today as he lay in
the Mercy hospital. PeritonitiS has
set in as a result of wounds he re-
ceived in a gun battle Saturday
night at the Las Prietas dance hall
on the old Military highway. He was
reported as in much worse con-
dition than on Tuesday when Symp-
toms of peritonitis were first dag
onised.
Stanner, oblivious Of his fate, de-
clared Tuesday that he felt much
better and expected to fight his way
back to health. He told officers who
came to take a death bed statement
that he would soon be up and no
statement was taken. Officers kept
within call Of the special nurse to-
day.
He was preceded in death by Dep
uty Constable r. d. Brown, who
succumbed shortly after the shoot
ing. Brown was taken to the Mercy
hospital conscious to the last.
A gun carried by Deputy Brown
on the fateful night has been re-
covered, officers announced. 1t was
turned over to them by a person
whose name they refused to give
and who found it where it had been
hid in the grass. The gun had not
been fired.
Six men have been lodged in the
county Jail to be held for investiga-
ton. The sheriff's department, aid
ed by others, is continuing a probe
begun shortly after the battle on
the scene of the shooting.
Among those held for investiga-
ton are two Flores brothers, Antonio
and Manuel, who were wounded in
the fight Saturday night. They
were removed from the Mercy hos
pital Sunday noon upon advise OF
the attending physician that they
Continued on page seveno
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
EMBARGO ON
FLORIDA FRUIT
TO Be ASKED
Committee Named To
Outline Bill; Full Co.
operation Pledged in
Fly Fight


HARLINGEN, April 24.-Full CO.
operation was pledged in meet
ing here last night to inspectors
seeking to eradicate the Morelos
fruit fly, arrangements were per-
fected for appointment of commit
tees in each town to aid the gov
eminent representatives, and a
committee was named to ask the
Texas legislature to pass a bill de-
claring a permanent embargo on
Florida citrus fruit in the Valley.
p. A. Hoidale, inspector in charge
of the plan quarantine control and
administration project in the VAL
ley for the United States depart
ment of agriculture, announced
fruit in cold storage, now held un-
der an embargo, could be shipped
to points north Of the cotton belt
after inspection and certificat.on
that it is free of the pest and that
it does not come from infested or
chardS.
AIl-pf1ascs- of the situation were
discussed by more than a dozen
opCdhClo, II OC1l6 i1lC OPl1AlOil Va
the majority of those expressed
that the present danger to the VAL
ley lies in the possibility of otlBr
states declaring an embargo against
Valley fruit.
Belief that too much publicity
had been given to the presence of
the fly in Valley orchards uas ex-
pressed by several men. but the
campaign of information was de-
Tended by others
Amend Motion
Supporting a suggestion which
had been made earlier in the eve
ming by H. H. Banker, John Shary
offered a motion empowering
Chairman Richardson to name q
committee Of three to prepare and
present a bill to the legislature de-
claring an embargo in a zone oi
three or four counties in the VAL
ley against California and Florida
fruit.
An amendment to this was Of
fered by L. E. Snavley that Cali
fornia be omitted and that the en-
Continued on page twelve)
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Antonio, Sonora, where the rebel
army of 5000 to 1000 men was last
reported entrenched, but whether
this mystery was Of Chapultepec's
making-with an eye to awaiting
more favorable reports-or actual
lack Of information was not known.
There were no recent messages
from General Gales, believed to
have advanced northward out OF
San Bias with his troops. The last
received from him told of move
ment of three federal columns
against the rebela earthworks, with
a force of 1000 federal cavalry un-
der General Talamentes consider
ably in advance of the main army.
These last dispatches told Of an
attempted rebel thanking movement
under General Rabatte, who had
left Masiaca in the direction of
ChoiX, northeastern Sinaloa, in a
seeming effort to get to the rear
Of the federal armies. General
Gales said a force had been sent
to engage the rebels and thwart
their plan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
Rome Ambassador
VIII Retire After
Is Years Service

WASHINGTON, April 24.-tR)-
Henry P. Fletcher, after more than
a quarter of a century Of diplo-
matte service, is to retire as am
bassador to Rome.
While he has communicated no
final decision to his friends as to
his future, there are suggestions he
may enter the race for the United
States senate from Pennsylvania
and he may also be considered for
appointment as governor general
of the Philippines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
Banana Peel Racket is
New Discovery In Chicago

ard Hayes, he slipped on about
As banana peels.
Slipping on banana peels, how
ever, Is a young mans game.
William, now II, realized it too
late. He faw down and go boom
in station of the Shore Line
Motor Coach company, and when
he started talking damage suit
they had him arrested.
Judge Hayes could not resist
mentioning that banana peels
had finally been Hoke's down.
fall, and he sent him to jail for
six months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

CHICAGO, April 24.-P)-The
business Of fawing down and 60
ing boom has gone blooey Tor
William Hoke, negro.
William had pretty good
racket. 1t consisted of slipping
on a banana peel in front Of or
inside some prosperous business
place, and then Stimulating great
pain. Subsequently he would
threaten all sort of law suits and
eventually would settle for sums
ranging from $50 to $3.50. Alto
gether, william told Judge How
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
800 WESTERN WHEAT
GROWERS FORM POOL

LINCOLN, Neb.. April 24-(P)-
Wheat raiseers of Nebraska and
Wyoming to the number of 300 have
effected organization Of wheat
pool giving it the name Of the Mid
west Marketing association, nom
stock, non cooperative The pool
was said to represent $4,000 grain
raisers in the two states. and was
declared the largest in existence in
the middlewest. Directors were
elected last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
ORDER INQUIRY INTO
LANDING OF 2 PLANES

CANBERRA, Australia, April "a
R)-The commonwealth government
today ordered an extensive inquiry
into forced landings in the Austral-
ian wilds of both the plane South
ern Cross" and the "Kookaburra."
1t was understood an independent
board of experts would conduct the
inquiry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
TATE TO TAKE DALLAS
MAYORS CHAIR MAY l

DALLAS, April 24.-(P)-J, Wad-
dy Tate, apostle of the plain peo-
ple", will take office as mayor OF
Dallas May !, succeeding r. Z. Burt,
who did not offer for reelection.
Complete returns from yesterdays
municipal election gave the 'hot
dog" candidate total of 1909
votes, to 1857 for Temple Houston
Morrow, supported by the United
Dallas association.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
20 MAROON Ed BY FLOOD
Six Now Held in Killing of Deputy Brown
NEW FLIGHT
MARK SET BY
YOUNG GIRL

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y,
April 24.-(P)-Elinor Smith, IT
year-old pilot, today set new
solo endurance flight record for
women. At 9:43:56 o'clock she
passed the mark Of % hours,
three minutes and II seconds and
was still in the air. The old rec
ord was held by Louise McPhet-
ridge, of California.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
REJECT GERMANY'S AIR
CRAFT WAR PROPOSAL

GENEVA, April 24@tP)-Ger-
many's proposal for prohibition Of
aircraft bombing in wartime was
rejected today by the preparatory
commission on disarmament of the
league of nations. Out of Is ma
tional delegations at the confer
ence only five countries supported
the project.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
Defense to Put
All Signers of
Paper on Stand

Possibility of a wholesale exodus
from Harlingen to Brownsville was
seen here today when Volney w.
Taylor, council for the defense in
the Harlingen park site row, an
nounced that he intended to call
to the stand all Of 506 signers to
a petition circulated in that city.
1t was thought probable that the
state would call a halt on the wit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
TWO FACING MURDER
CHARGES TO BE TRIED

SHERMAN, Texas, April 24.-(P)
Dennis M Dixon and Robert Ma
son, indicted here on charges of
numbering w. L. EcholS, night
watchman of Van Alstyne. will be
tried here during the week begin
ming May 6, it was announced to-
day.
Mason and Dixon also face mur-
der charges at Coleman for the
death of a filling station operator
a fe wdays after the Van Alstyne
killing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
20 TOYO KUNI MARU
SURVIVORS RESCUED

TOKYO, April 24.-[P>-Twenty-
nine more survivors of the sinking
of the Toyo Kuni Maru yesterday
off Southern Hokkaido were res
cued today by vessels searching the
section. Those still missing mum.
bered go. There were 200 aboard
the bessel when it struck some
rocks
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
WOULD MAKE OUTLINE
FOR DISARMAMENT

GENEVA, April 24-(P)-It was
understood shere todayq that AM
baSsador Hugh S. Gibson, Ameri-
can spokesman at the preparatory
disarmament conference, would pre-
pare a memorandum outlining
American disarmament proposals
and hand it to delegations Of the
great naval powers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
AGED MAN AND CHILD
LOSE LIVES IN FIRE

NICHOLASVILLE, KY, April "a.
-(P)-Dr. John Thomas WEIGH, 20,
former state Eenator, and Katherine
Wolf, II, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wolf, lost their lives in a
fire that destroyed the physicians
home today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
KILLED IN
HYDROPLANE CRASH

VENICE, Italy, April 24.-tP)-A
hydroairplane crashed into the Lido
canal from a height of 300 feet to-
day killing Mechanic Aurelio Obino
and injuring Pilot Guido Argenton.
A number of American visitors wit
messed the accident.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
TWO TRY TO BREAK
NONSTOP FLIGHT MARX

CRANWELL, Eng, April 24.-(P
(Aplasquadron Leader A. G. Jones
Williams and flight Lieut.. N. H.
jenkins, flying a royal airforce
monoplane, left Cranwell this morn
ing for Calcutta in an effort to es-
tablish worlds nonstop long dis
tance air record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
BALDWIN ANNOUNCES
SEAT NOMINATIONS

LONDON. April 24.-(P)-Premier
Baldwin today announced in the
house Of commons the prorogation
and dissolution Of parliament for
May 10. nominations for seats in the
house Of commons on May 20 and
polling on May 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
2 KILLED; II INJURED
IN INDIAN TURMOIL

BOMBAY, India. April 24.-Pl--
Two persons were killed and II in
jured last night in communal rict
when Moslems rushed Hindu pro-
cession near their mosque. A sill
yer idol was being carried in the
procession
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
CHARLES CHAPLIN HAS
HIS HAIR DYED BLACK

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April a
P)-Charles Chaplin had his hair
dyed at a beauty shop here yester-
day. The graying streaks about the
temples were made black. He said
it was necessary because Of imme-
|diate film work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
GRAF ZEPPELIN GOES
OVER LISBON AT 1O:3O

LISBON, Portugal, April 24.-(P)-
The Graf Zeppelin, giant dirigible,
passed over Lisbon at 1890 a. m,
local time (4:30 z. S. T) In con-
tinuation OF its three-day eastern
Mediterranean cruise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
ONE DIES;13 INJURED
IN $4,000 BLAZE

LOUISVILLE. KY. April 24.-(P
One fireman lost his life and 13
of his fellows we're overcome by
smoke and otherwise injured fight
ing a $4,000 fire that swept four
story building occupied by a shoe
store last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
LOS
ANGELES GOES HOME

LAKEHURST. N. j., April Pap
The naval dirigible Los Angeles
returned to her station here at 5;l5
O'Clock this morning after an all
night cruise along the coast
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point ISa-
bel tomorrow. under normal met
geological condition:
High 5:44 a. m.
Low 1924 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
FederaIs BelieUed
Engaging Rebels in
Battle at Masiaca

MEXICO CITY 2-Undiguised prevailed today
awaited from General Gales in
bitter fight with rebels believed to have
48
mystery the situation at Masaca and San
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to fair tonight and
Thursday; not much change In
temperature Fresh soLtherly winds
on the west coast today and to-
night, probably shifting to north
erly Thursday.
For East Texas: Generally fair
and colder in west, probably show
e45 in south and east portions.
Moderate southwest to northwest
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
RIVER FORECAST

RIVER FORECAST
The river will rise slightly at
and below Brownsville and continue
to fall slowly at and above San
Benito during the next "a hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
G+aCa Gfrra Ching Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

Lawn Mowers

sefoet w. III. Putegnat Company
pan Brownsville, Texas
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
PARENTS, TEACHERS REFLECT KOSSW|G City Bmploys Heads Sm,Hsy
 School Association

Walter c. Kosswig, charity de- partment investigator. was reelected president of the smalley school Par ents and Teachers association at the last meeting of the semester held last evening. He will be assisted by the following officers: Vice lent, John J. Coyle; secretary. Miss Flor ence Dougherty; treasurer Miss Mar garet McGrail. 4s The following program was car ried out:
 Orchestra selection. sch ool orches- tra: play. "Persephone". Grade Six; Clown dance. Grade Six boys; vocal selections. "The Broad Highway" and Mother of Mine, Frank Me- Grath accompanied by Miss Rese Swarsky; address. Home and School Influence on . Child. Judge NJ. D.. Sake: address, MT. Vibberts: .orches- ira selections: vocal selections, Frank McGrath; closing remarkN, President kosswig. Y *e
New Britain herald., 1929-05-17

wssk with . hmitsl fsrcs wsrs net Aindsssl by tls dynamiting as tAs pteats fsll back on n auxiliary va ter sysesa. The plants were fercsd ts c!on April IS by . strike of S,eee workera,
 The severed water line left EHxa. 0sthton wtthout . water supply. schoee wsrs forced to close. Drink ing water was hauled from Johnson City. II miles away.
 dcerse Crow. who Sheriff ]. 1T. Aoreiand said he had boon inforn- ed was responsible for he dynam,t. . ing. still was being held.