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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19

shine. heat waves reflected from
cement pavements and the tortur-
ing still air. The brown hair which
should have been a soft. waving
frame about her young face was
curled into damp wisps showing
below the brim of her cheap straw
hat. The blue linen suit, so fresh
and crisp that morning, was limp
and crumpled.
Worst Of all Cecilia had not no.
ticed this) was . runner all OF
three inches long down the back
OF one Of her precious silk hose.
Celia turned a corner, pausing
beneath an awning to wipe trickling
beads Of perspiration from her
neck.
"Whewl" she sighed. and seemed
TO find relief In the sigh.
In the window before her we're
pasted half a dozen stickers: Try
Our Special Sundae," Cool Of
With Clover Club" Fresh Fruit
Freeze" and others Through the
door ar electric breeze came. blow
ing Celia's skirt back.
Girls In pretty pastel dresses
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to that address to apply for a Job.
She had to have the job-she had
tol
Celia was repeating this to her
self firmly as she hurried along the
hot sidewalk. 1t was a fact she did
not need to be reminded Of, but
the habit had been formed during
these long days Of JOB hunting.
The office just ahead might be
the Big Chance, but so far none
OF them had been. So far Celia
Rogers, who was III going TO be Is
next month";, a graduate Of Western
High school, possesscr OF q two
weeks'-old diploma and recon-
mendations from her commercial
instructor. had visited one bu-i-ass
place after another without vail.
That was why she was spending
the afternoon OF this hottest July
day on record" trampIng the down
town streets OF Baltimore answer
ing advertisements.
Celia looked out OF place In such
surroundings. Her flushed cheeks
we're slightly moist. but the little
silver vanity case which had been
opened a dozen times could not re-
pair the damage Of burning sun.
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Richardson late Friday morn

c. Richardson late Friday morn
ing.
In coming to Brownsville. Presi-
dent Rubio is granting this city
a decided favor. and appropriate
entertainment program viii be
worked out Immediately. In obtain
ing permission from his cabinet TO
leave Mexico, President Rubio. 1t Is
suggested, established a new record
for speed In getting this. 1t took
him but a few hours. for the tele-
gram Of invitation was sent him
late Wednesday.
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Schools Close For
Circus Performance

Circus day. Elephants. camelS,
lions. The blare OF brass bands.
Excited shouts from excited chill
dren.
For today the Al q. Barnes cir
Gus arrived. with plans for two
performances. afternoon and night.
The circus leaves Brownsville for
McAllen Friday night, for a show
ing there.
II was announced by G. w.
Gotke. superintendent or schools.
that the entire school system would
close at noon In order TO allow all
who desired 10 attend the afternoon
performances. He also said that
the entire Blalack school. consist
ing OF a student body or about IS
poor children. we're to attend the
circus In a body as guests on the
Barnes circus.
The large tents have been erect
ed at the corner OF North Fourth
and st. Charles.
The evening performance here
will start at 8 o'clock. Tickets are
on sale at Cisneros drug store.
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with yesterday and two
months ago.
Randall Is nineteen years old and
has been an employee OF SINNERS
mortuary during the three years or
his residence In Edinburg. His pa
tents. who formerly lived at Ed
inburg, have removed To Mission.
Last Seen At 1880 O'clock
The missing man was last seen
about 1880 O'Clock Thursday. Pri-
or to that time he had delivered a
coffin about 4 o'clock yesterday at
ternoon and had returned about
$50 o'clock. Nothing is known of
his activities except that he was
engaged in routine work at the
mortuary.
10 was said that he took his en-
ployer'S car, Frank Skinner. and
drove 10 the garage at the back III
the place late last night. The
finding OF the car about half way
In the garage and a small pool or
blood led friends To 60 to hts room.
There II was discovered that his
bed had not been slept I'm.
Believed Stabbed
Officers advanced the opinion
that he has been stabbed to death
and the body carried away in an
attempt 10 hide the crime.
The only sidelights obtained up
until shortly before noon today
were that Ted Skinner. son or
Frank Skinner, said that he heard
a bump az the garage last night.
IL was thought that this might have
taken place in driving the car into
the garage.
y. r. MCGEE. in business near the
mortuary. said that Randall had
asked him what he would take for
a pistol MCGEE owned, saying that
he feared trouble with IA man OF
Mexican descent.
Edinburg today Is stirred over the
search in a manner not experienced
here In years.
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CIRCUS AGENT
INJURED WHEN
CARS SMASH
Canton and Dairy
Truck Crash At
Intersection

A purchasing agent for the Al
G.. Barnes circus suffered a frac-
tured leg and several serious cuts
about his scalp. and two other men
were slightly injured as the result
Of an accident that occurred at the
intersection OF West Levee and
Sixth streets at about 7 o'clock
Friday morning.
The badly injured man was JOS
eph McColIum, OF the Barnes circus
He was Immediately rushed to the
Mercy %'spital and given medical
attention. Authorities said this
morning that 1t was thought he
would be confined to the hospital
for about Is weeks.
Mr.. McCollum was riding TO the
circus grounds in a cannon driven
by Luis Colunga when a dairy truck
driven by Jose Fernandez collided
with them. Both cars, one OF them
practically new, were badly dam
aged.
jose Fernandez and Luis Colunga
were slightly cut but not seriously.
Fernandez. the driver Of the dairy
truck. Is under $50 bond. accord
ing to Lieut.. Of Police John Arm
strong. Judge A "A. Browne said
Friday corning that the trial would
come up next Tuesday. the hearing
to be with reference to alleged care
less driving
In addition TO o. leg fractured In
several places and a badly lacerated
scalp. internal injuries are feared
In the case or Joseph McCollum.
The cuts In his scalp. according 70
Pete Bouts. police clerk. were deep
and wide enough to place a mans
two fingers in.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19
Ontario Trippers
MAY Visit Valley
Especial TO The Herald.)

Especial 10 Inc
EDINBURG. Sept. l9.-Invita-
ton TO include the Lower Rio
Grande Valley in its itinerary OF a
proposed trip to all Of the promi-
nent cities of the United States
has been forwarded the publicity
commis5ion Of Hamilton, Ont, from
the Edinburg Chamber of Com
merce.
The commission plans to begin its
lengthy tour Of the United States
early IN February OF next year.
Every city Of Importance In the ma
ton will be visited. according 10
tentative plans outlined In a let
ter received by the local chamber
Of commerce from Officials OF the
commission.
Berry Hudgins. secretary Of the
Edinburg Chamber OF Commerce,
has communicated with other VAL
ley secretaries regarding the plans
Of the commission and has urged
the secretaries ask the commission
to include the Valley in the timer
airy OF the proposed trip.
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THE Port Isabel company Thurs
day evening had As its guests al
the club house on the Box ranch
a host OF friends and Valley boost
EN-.
NJ was the purpose Of the company
10 gather together a number d
their friends and show them what
great development is in progress BY
this company and the procedure o.
its directors In building the Valley
both in citrus groves and the town
site OF Port Isabel.
But the meeting was taken away
from company's family TO bubble
over In general discussions Of many
things for the good OF the Valley
Over one hundred were present anc
speech making was affluent and
spontaneous.
The result was that a section OF
Valley men representing its entire
length came together exchanged
ideas. had their YES opened on a
number of matters, and became
mere closely welded together in the
idea of what is good for n sec
ton is good for all. AS a result
Mission went away feeling closer &c
Port Isabel and ~Raymondville 70
Brownsville. Such affairs act as a
potent clearing house for the good
Of the Valley, once in a while.
UNOW your Valley might be said
IA 10 have been the keynote Of the
meeting. if there vas one.
With a similar idea the Browns
Vile Chamber Of Commerce has in
~augurated a move here to know
your city.
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Another Oklahoma
Bank Is Robbed

RIPLEY. Okla. Sept. i9-P-
Two unmasked young men robbed
the First State Bank OF Ripley,
Payne county OF about $4,000 today
and escaped in a gray sedan after
locking the cashier and assistant
cashier in the vault.
Residents Of Ripley saw the rob-
bers leave the bank, but were I'M
aware Of the robbery until Austin
COON the cashier. and his assist
ant released themselves from the
vault ten minutes later and gave
the alarm. Posses from Ripley
Saltwater and other nearby towns
Immediately were formed.
The Ripley bank was the seventh
Oklahoma institution robbed in
four weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19
Man Hunting Wife
Leaves Brownsville

G. r. Yates OF Mayfield, Ky.
who came to Brownsville in search
Of his wife and two children. miss
Ing for a month. left Friday morn
ing after an unavailing search.
Yates went to San Antonio and
requests that any information con-
corning his wife and two children
be forwarded to police there.
Yates became separated from his
family in Corpus Christi Oct. 20
and has not seen them since al
though he has made a search all
over South Texas. He fears foul
play.
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Grand Jury Bills
Expected FRIDAY

The criminal district grand jury.
recalled for It's second session two
days ago. was expected TO return
a number OF bills 10 Judge "A. w.
Cunningham by noon Friday.
Nothing was done In the court
Friday morning.
Sherwood Bishop OF Brownsville
T. foreman or the grand jury.
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Gotham Jury Probes
Office Selections

NEW YORK, Sept. 19-F-The
New York World says today that
two former magistrates are under
investigation by state authorities
who are conducting an extraordinary
grand jury inquiry into the appoint
ment Of a former magistrate.
Also the activities OF every Tam
many district leader believed TO be
responsible for the appointment OF
magistrates and the nomination OF
judges In the higher courts are
being scrutIniZed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19
Brownsville Woman's
Brother Passes On

According to a telegram received
here by Mrs. G.. W. Gotke, s. T..
Henningsen. 49. OF Cedar Falls,
Iowa. her brother. died at his home
Wednesday morning. Funeral SER
vices we're expected TO be held to-
day.
Mr.. Henningsen IS survived by
his widow. two children. his sister.
Mrs. Gotke. and his mother. Mrs. II.
L. Henningsen
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Electric Power To
Be Weak Saturday

Owing to some repair vo-@ az
the Brownsville downtown stb-
station, the electric power will be
off In the business section for two
or three minutes about 0 o'clock
Saturday morning. and the voltage
viii be low for about arr hour and
a half to two hours. or from 8 to
8 o'clock a. m. City MANAGER z. "A.
Rosenthal announced today.
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Noted Filler Foresaw Death
Ruth Alexander Left Letter to Husband
Graphically Painting F~orebodings

SAN DIEGO, Calf Sept. ls@P-Farewen letters indicate that lore
bOdngs OF disaster rode with Ruth Alexander, a secret bride, when she
met death on a fog-shrouded hillside yesterday at the outset OF a pro-
jected one-stop transcontnental flight.
One was addressed to her parents requesting a quiet funeral In case
of death. The other a to her husband. Robert A. Elliott, a reserve
naval pilot and her former flying instructor. Together with the letters
found IN her hotel room was q marriage certificate which showed they
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19
Rubio to Visit Brownsville
On Trip to Mexican Border
Telegram Received by Chamber of Commerce
Says President Accepts Invitation;
Due at Reynosa Oct. 6

President Ortiz Ruhio Of Mexico. after rapidly securing permission
from his cabinet to visit this country. wired the local chamber Of COM
merce Friday accepting Brownsvires Invitation to cross over The boundary
line and visit here with officials.
The acceptance followed a invitation wired him wednesday which
asked the president and his accompanying state and federal officials 20
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PRESIDENT HOST
To PRIvATES

MEXICO CITY. Sept. l9.-tF1
Generals and privates alike sat
down with President Ortiz Rubio
at Chapultepic Castle last night.
The president played host to one
soldier from each regiment
brought to the capital for the In
dependence day parade.
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BANK LOOTINC
EPIDEMIC HITS
Sixteen Farm Belt Banks
Robbed Since First
Of This Month

CHICAGO. Sept. i9-tPY- An
epidemic OF bank robberies is sweep
ing, like a September storm, across
the American prairieS.
Sixteen farm belt banks have
been looted at the point Of guns
since September 3. Sums totalling
more than $4,000 have been
taken. There were four bank hold
ups yesterday alone.
The robber bands have moved by
motorcar and even airplaneS over
the same territory as that worked
by the James boys half a century
ago. From Missouri TO the Cana
dian line they have drawn suns
on bank cashiers and roared away
with their loot.
Yesterdays bank robberies we're
at Wesley and Hardy, Iowa: Gif-
ford. Mo, and Hay Springs, Neb.
The Hay Springs robbery gave
authorities their first intimidation
that bank robbers may have re-
sorted to airplanes. A plane landed
in a field near that northwestern
Nebraska village yesterday morn
ing. Shortly after noon 1t had dis
appeared. In the interim the First
National Bank had been robbed by
five men of $4,000.
The robbery was the fourth in
Nebraska within a week. with loot
totalling 9 $500. The greater part
Of the total loot was taken Wed
nesday. robbers holding up the
Lincoln National Bank and getting
away with $4,000.
Small Sums Taken
Mostly the bank robbers have
had 10 content themselves with
small sums. Except for the Lin
coin. Nebr., robbery, the loot has
not exceeded SIS 900. and mostly IL
has been greatly under that. The
Clifford. Mo, bark robbers yester-
day got only $500.
The state OF Iowa. dotted with
small towns. each with its bank or
banks. has been the chief sufferer
from the lawleSs forays. Five bank
robberies have occurred in that
state within a fortnight. Minnesota
and Nebraska each have been Wis
tied four times. while single bank
holdups have occurred in Missouri,
Illinois and North Dakota.
investigation Of the Verdi, Mimi,
state bank robbery September 3
has brought the arrest of two men,
and three r held in connection
with the holdup Of the Kramer. ".
D., First National Bank September
Is. One man Is under arrest for
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were MdTTleQ AZ uHldy AIl1f VuLlt
q. She wrote:
TO my husband. Bob:
life Is strange, honey. If I have
preceded you do not grieve for me,
but be content. Finish your work
down here and make me proud OF
you, as / ever will be at yoie side
And when you come / will well
come you. Always i will love and
wait for you. And. sweetheart
keep my pretty wedding ring always
with you. Ruth"
Pansies Wanted
A wedding ring. a tiny silver
circle set with small diamonds. was
in the flier's jewel box In her hotel
room here. Nearby were the notes
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. I.
Blaney. Of Irving, Kas.
The fatal flight began at the
Aqua Caliente. Mexico, airport al
/ a. m. yesterday. Soon after Miss
Alexander landed at the Lindbergh
field here for checking reporters
gathered around the 24-year-old
aviatrix, and TO them she remark
ed:
IF I should crack UP, please send
me purple pansies, as | like them
best"
Although heavy fog was rolling
In from the ocean, Miss Alexander
believing she could rise above 1t took
off at 1923 a m. for Wichita. Kas.
her only planned stop in q flight
70 New York.
She climbed 500 feet above the
field and then flew in the direction
Of Point Iona. a few minutes lat
er a terrific crash was heard and
when Searchers reached the spot
four miles north Of the airport they
found her broken body, with that
OF her tiny terrier mascot, IN the
shattered fuselage. Parts OF the
plane were scattered over a wide
area.
Held Altitude Record
The accident ended a flying ca
reer which the young woman en-
barked on with money earned as q
waitress and manicurist. She won
her coveted wings last year r..
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MURDER
AT EDINBURG
William Randall Believed Stabbed to Death
While Running Car Into Garage; Hunt
Opens for Slayer and Body
Especial 10 The HeraId.l

EDiN6uHG' sept ls-The discovery OF q pool Of blood at the ga
rage door, and the disappearance OF william Randall OF Edinhurg. today
opened a search at this end Of the Valley which deepens in mystery as
IL grows In intensity.
That he has been murdered and the body secluded was the conclusion
OF officers this morning and every available man or the various depart
ments Is searching for further light. At the same time a hunt has open
ed for a man with whom young Randall Il supposed 10 have had an
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For II. ownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. not much change Tn
temperature.
For East Texas: Mostly fair in
west. increasing cloudineSs In east
portion with showers in extreme
cast portion tonight and Saturday:
cooler In extreme northwest portion
Saturday.
Light To moderate northerly winds
or the coast becoming variable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-19

GENEVA. Sept. 70. ~ The
League Of Nations assembly COM
mittee today received the accept
ance OF hts election TO the world
bench OF Frank 8. kellogg, former
United States secretary Of state.
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From day to day one outstand-
ing fact concerning Brownsville.
which all really should know. but
probably may not know, will DC
offered for digestion and assimila-
ton through the columns Of The
Brownsville Herald. Here Is one in
S6rted which should not only
20 remembered, but passed on 10
others.
MINATED Annie says that as you
~ can sicken a ma by continually
telling him how bad he looks
SO can you build up q person BY con-
tlnually telling how fine he looks.
THE circus is in town today. One
can feel IL. There are two
things which change the at
moSphere Of a town and cause an
exhuberance Of feeling In its people
This is when the circus comes TO
town. and a big football game Is
scheduled.
ONE statement was made at the
meeting referred to above. which
left an impression on the engi-
neer OF this column. This was to
the effect that the average man IL
purchasing property in the Valley
now, which fifteen years from now
only mlllionaireS carr buy. This re-
minds us OF a problem which con-
fronts us as every other city is con-
frcnted with from the beginning,
bit from a money saving stand
point probably no more $ with ref
eTence 10 Brownsville.
This IS to obtain our park sites
while the land IS cheap We do not
like TO advocate too many things
that cost money. But this propo-
sition developments into a simple
che OF whether the city Is now able
to buy its park sites and develop
them as needed. or must wait a few
years and pay dearly for waiting.
THREE years from now. people
living in the Valley will be re-
ferring to those that have been
here for one year as old timers. BY
that time those who read this will
have become pioneer settlers.
nIRE rumors of unrest are heard
from West Brownsville sections
since the city raised the water
ave. Many are expressing them
selves In no uncertain terms. and
there is talk of meetings for this or
that purpose. TO make a short story
longer they do not seem TO like 1t
a bit. They claim IL unfair.
One man told us he had figured
1t out where he could buy bootleg
beer five cents a gallon cheaper than
he can water at the trebled rate and
le Is now wondering If it will hurt
the grass 10 water his lawn with IL.
MINATED Annie says that she
N does not know about the grass.
but that resident will find many
animals wallowing on his lawn, and
some Of them will not be ~fourlegged.
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TIDE TABLE

High and l~w tide nc Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteorolo-
giral conditions:
High ...... 3:03 "a. m; 1881 r. IN
Low ........ sos a. m; SOS p. m
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BOILING BLOOD
STIRS NAPLES
Phenomenon Which Science
Cannot Explain Brings
Joy to People

NAPLES. Italy. Sept. ls-tR-
The phenomenon OF the boiling up
Of the blood Of st. Januarius. In
its receptacle in the Capella del
Tesoro Cathedral occurred this
ofrenoon. with all Naples church.
bells ringing and the people shout
ing with JOY.
The occurrence, for which SCI
ence has provided In the past no
explanation, came at g:43 a. m.
while q tremendous throng filled
the cathedral chanting prayers for
the supposed miracle. The phen-
omenon occurs generally at stated
periods. When II fails TO materialize
the people Of Naples fear that q
new eruption OF Vesuvius Is COM
ing or that an earthquake, plague
or other calamity impends. Its
naturalization today was taken
as an omen that shocks such as oc-
CURED on July % or cyclones like
that OF August IL will be spared
to the city for q considerable time
From early morning the cathe-
dral was filled with an anxious
throng waiting for the clergy to
bring out the reliquary with Its
two phials, the larger. shaped like
a flagon four inches high and
about two and q quarter In dia-
meter, supposedly containing the
blood OF ~Januarius, bishop OF Vene-
ventum. who suffered martyrdom III
the year sos.
Fiasks Closely Guarded
The dark. solid mass In the
flask rests within a second or in
ner phial and presumably IS but
little affected by outside temper
atures. The bottle Is firmly sealed
py some hard, gummy substance
For more than 400 years liquifica-
ton OF this substance has taken
place at frequent intervals. The
relic Is SO guarded that to expose
1t TO view. IS was done July 25 o.
this year at the public funeral o!
earthquake victims in Naples, re-
QuireS the permission OF both civil
and ecclesiastical authorities. In
4OO years no person has been able
TO discover what causes the phen-
omencn. OF the two TASKS one
contains only what seems 10 be a
smear. This is not concerned in the
happening.
Eighteen times In each year a
silver bust believed to contain the
head OF st. Januarius Is exposed
upon the cathedral altar. This was
done today as a part Of the Ger
emony. At tie same time the phia,
vas brought out and held bv the
officiating clergyman In view of the
assembly. In the congregation
usually are a group OF poor women
characterized as the "zie III San
Gennaro' CAunts Of st. Januartus)
Iney pray more loudly than all
the rest.
Wprshipers kiss Flask
The custom requires the offIciant
70 hold the reliquary by its ex-
tremitieS without touching TIE
glass and from time to time turn
" upside down to note whether
any movement Is perceptible In the
enclosed substance. After an in
terval, sometimes but two minutes
at other times more than an hour.
the mass II seen to detach itself
gradually from the glass. TO become
liquid and Of a more or less ruby
TINT and, In some instances. 70
roth and bubble up, increasing In
volume.