The border vidette., 1929-09-21
THOUSANDS WITNESS PARADE
Mondays 5 Herald)

Mondays Herald)
With airplanes soaring over
head aud with thousands of peo
pie packed at the International
boundary line separating the
United States from Mexico, the
Mexican Independence fiesta and
the Interns tional Aerial celebra.
tion parade was reviewed this
morning.
In the reviewing stand stood
Governor John G. Phillips of
Arizona and Governor Francisco
Elias Of Sonora. They were &C
companied by Colonel A. M.
Shipp and staff of the 25th U. s.
Infantry and General Juan Rico
and staff of the Mexican troops.
The soldiers Of two nations
paraded on their respective sides
of the border. Following the
military parade was = succession
OF gaily decorated floats, school
children, boy scouts and mem
bers of various unions.
The parade was considered
one of the largest ever held in
Nogales. It is estimated that a
thousand people took part IN the
procession and fully 10000 peo.
pie Witnessed it from various
points of vantage.
Three bands played stirring
patriotic airs of America and
Mexico and drum and fife corps
paraded through the streets.
The float bearing Queen Ma
tide and her king escort, Julio
Pima. was elaborately decorated
and presented wonderful spec
tacle. y
The float of the La Vile de
Paris. represented q tri- motored
airplane and the floatof the La
Reforma store pictures an air.
plane on which was inscribed
the "Spirit OF Nogales."
Many other floats were id the
parade. Long lines of school
children marched through the
streets and the two cities of No
gales were in festive attire.
The parade was the final major
event of the fiesta and it follow
ed two previous days of celebra
tion which included exercises at
the international line Sunday
morning when the governor of
Arizona met the governor of
Sonora on q stand which span
ned the border, while the armed
military forces of United States
and Mexico lined up opposite
each other and presented arms
while Mexican band played the
Star Spangled Banner" and the
25th U. S. Infantry band played
"Mexicanos al Critic de Guerra, )"
national anthem of the southern
republic.
Herminio Ahumada, former
president of the Nogales. Sonora,
chamber of commerce, gave the
principal address of the day fol.
lowed by short talk by Mayor
Harry J. Karns Of Nogales. Ari.
zona.
In the afternoon the Nogales
international airport had the
largest crowd in it's history and
hundreds of people took advant
age of the opportunity to take
airplane rides over the city.
Early this morning q salute of
81 guns bespoke the dawn fol
lowed by calls of the bugles and
the roll of drums. Hundreds OF
people focked to the Sonora
sports park where the 10th bat
talon of the Mexican army went
through military maneuvers.
The celebration will close to.
night with a round of balls at
various cabarets in Nogales, So
nora. and revelry among the
populace.
Billy Cutter, plotting a plane
of the Aircraft Holding company
of New Mexico, was awarded
first prize for the aerial derby,
Cutter making the flight from
Albuquerque to Nogales in four
hours and five minutes. Larry
Thnm of Santa Monica, Calf,
plotting an Arrow Sports plane,
won the stunt flying prize.
International street, recently