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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
Street Fight Staged
With Rum Runners

CHICAGO, July l0.-fR-Two
motorcycle policemen and two rum
runners with an automobile load OF
alcohol engaged In q spectacular
running fight along % miles OF state
highway btween Joliet and Aurora.
suburban cities, early today. The
ARRAY ended on the outskirts OF
Aurora with the perhaps fatal
wounding OF one OF the officers,
Henry Schelling.
Officer William Burke stopped to
aid Schelling and the rum runners
escaped The officers c~onfiscated
the b~ootleEgers sedan and the in
toxicants.
The shooting started on the out
skirts Of Joliet when the pair in
the sedan opened fire on the Of
ficers without warning. The mo-
torcycle policemen returned the
fire and the battle continued as the
sedan and cycles sped up to SO miles
an hour at times. One shot from
the patrolmen pierced a tire OF the
sedan on the outskirts OF Aurora
and the runners left their ma
chine. They continued the attack
afoot, but fled when SchelIing fell
with bullet wounds In the neck and
shoulder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
DEATH CLAIMS
San BENITO
WAR VETERAN
Nathaniel Craig To
Be Buried This
Afternoon
Especial to The Herald)

'0RCNt1A W 4AAC 4CA1AAJ
SAN BENITO, July i0-Nathaniel
Craig. 81. Confederate veteran OF
the Civil War, died here last night
at Ills o'clock. Funeral services
are to be conducted this afternoon
at 8 o'clock from the home OF his
son. Nathan Craig. with the Rev.
G. z. Marshall OF the Methodist
church officiating. The body will
be forwarded tonight to Pauls VAL
ley. Okla. for interment.
Mr.. Craig served the length OF
the Civil War, enlisting in Alabama.
He was wounded In the battle OF
Peachtree creek. He had been a
resident Of San Benito the past II
years. coming here from Mexico,
where he was q rancher for some
time.
His survivors are five sons, Ma
than and j. NJ. Craig Of San Be-
nito; Z. =. Craig Of Paul's Valley.
Okla, A. c. and w. l.. Craig OF
Wayne, Okla. a daughter, Mrs. J.
l.. Brady of Elmcre City, Okla, and
a stepson, j. NJ. Abel Of Browns
vile.
Pallbearers for the funeral are TO
be NJ. +. Benson. Judge A. v. Lo-
gan, B. NJ. Young, Judge L. NJ. VAL
detero, Dr.. w. j. Binsant and Roy
Kellog.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
Cuban Monsees Will
Head Labor Bureau

The local office of the employ
ment bureau of the department OF
labor will open as soon as furniture
and other necessary equipment has
been purchased and moved into the
offices In the Brownsville Chamber
Of Commerce. it was announced
Thursday.
g. w. Woodman, Texas chief Of
the bureau. stated today that the
Brownsville superintendent will be
Cuban Monsees. local man. Secre-
tary will be Miss Lee Kowalski.
In addition TO the above officials.
there will be n or two field men,
to be named later.
MI. Woodman and Francis !.
Jones, Washington, chief Of the en-
tire department. are expected TO
leave Brownsville either Thursday
night or some time Friday. II was
said today. They have been here
since Tuesday completing final ar
rangements for the Brownsville Of
flee. San Antonio and Fort Worth
are the only two other towns In
Texas with similar bureaus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10

The hottest spot officially was
Miles City. Mont, with 1Os degrees.
Huron. S. D., had a reading Of 102,
while the fahrenheit went also to
three figures in Omaha. Kansas
City, Sioux City, Ia, st. Lotus, Mo,
Evansville, Ind, Nashville. Tenn,
Shreveport. La. Emporia, Kas., and
Birmingham. Ala, to name a few
widely separated places.
There were unofficial readings Of
l06 degrees in places. 8. Dam, and
Sioux Falls. Wheat, oats rye, bar
ley and flax have begun to show
the effect of the hot weather. "A
South Dakota crop bulletin also
called attention to the effect the
heat was having upon farm work.
Chicago, surrounded by heat,
benefited by its Lake Michigan To-
cation, a northeast breeze tanning
thankful thousands.
Milwaukee and other Lake Shore
cities also enjoyed comparative iso-
lation from the heat blanket.
FcrecaSters offered little relief
They did venture that II would be
mot quite so warm" in the north
west tomorrow. but Illinois and
some other middle western sections
were warned to prepare for even
warmer weathr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
FIGHTS THUGS

CHICAGO. July IO.-PEThe war
business, which Pierre La PaSse
thought he had done with when he
put away his World War uniform,
resumed last night. Pierre got hurt
bullets in one hand and in the
hody-but two tough talking young
hoodlums knew today they had been
In q fight.
Pierre Is z grocer. The two enter
ed the store and each pointed a
pistol at him. demanding money.
The veteran OF the Princess Pat
regiment looked down the muzzles
Of the automatics a fleeting second.
then leaped forward. One hand
grasped the wrist OF the gunman
nearest him. but he could not reach
the other. There was a shot and the
bullet scared Pierre's hand.
Then he really got angry. He
grappled with the man who had shot
him. The other stood off, trying 10
get an open shot without hitting
his companion. The scuffle moved
out Of the store and across the
street to the robbers waiting auto
mobile.
Pierre stumbled and fell. The rob-
Der broke free. Before the grocer
could arise. the mar he had held
shouted Let him have IT," The
other robber fired, the bullet strik-
ing Pierre In the groin.
The gunner fled. leaving Pierre
where he had fallen. Doctors said
he would recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10

AS n EeSu4t, TWO Mexican govern
ment engineers visited the border
city a few days after the food and
made notes Of the weak spots on the
leveeS drawing plans for the i'm
provement Of the flood defenses
that protect MatamoroS and the
surrounding territory.
At q mass meeting that will be
helq this week by the farmers and
business men Of the border city, a
committee will be elected TO take
care Of the funds that will be con-
tributed by all farmers OF the vi
cinity. The contribution will con-
sist In the payment at the office
Of the Colecturia de Rentas del Es-
tado Estate Tax Collectors Office
c. one centavo for every two and
one sixth pounds of cotton picked,
At a meeting held during the latter
part Of last week all the farmers
agreed in the manner described
above.
The money will be used exclusive
" for the building and mainten-
ance OF the leyeeS that are now In
existence. Also a system Of flood
control is under consideration by
the State Governor Sr. Francisco
Castellanos, Jr. Under the new
system the waters Of the ravo will
Continued o. page 81
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BOY o. MINE
Father Carries Dead Son
To Morgue in Blanket

MILWAUKEE,. July 1O.-P-Gas-
paro Muccio walked through the
crowds downtown last night, eyes
forward vacantly. In his arms he
carried. wrapped in a faded blue
blanket, the body Of his infant son.
There were tears in his eyes as
he moved forward. No one paid him
heed-Gasparo Muccio walking with
his dead.
Up the steps OF the morgue he
walked. That was where people took
their dead when there wasn't money
enough to pay for burial. If he
could Just leave his baby boy there
until he could get more money.
But Gasparo Muccio need not
worry. The county has a heart and
a pocketbook.
They told him everything would
be taken care Of; and GaSparo Mu-
ccio. still bowed with grief. knew
everything would be all right as he
walked slowly out Of the building,
leaving the faded blue blanket
and his little son behind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
Chamber of Commerce
Gets Port Bill Pen

A common black pen With a cork
grip, any a stub point splotched
with ink. will be carefully enclosed
in a glass cas- and displayed Promi-
nently in the Brownsville Chamber
OF Commerce. 1t is TO be preserved
for posterity.
The pen receiving such signal
honors Is the n that Speaker
Longworth used in signing the riv-
erS and harbors bill that gave the
Valley her deep water port.
1t arrived in Brownsville Thurs
day morning. addressed to G. @.
Richardson. secretary of the local
chamber. and he said today that ID
will be on display Immediately af-
ter the necessary case has been OBJ
tanned.
Put II on a gold pedestal" City
Manager z. A. Rosenthal suggested.
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Saturday Rites For
Cardinal Vannutelli

VATICAN CITY. July l0.-Pl-
Funeral services for Cardinal Van
nutelli. dean of the Sacred College,
who died yesterday Of uremic poi
soning. have been fived for Satur-
day at 10 D.. m. at the Church Of
St. Ignatius. Repairs which his own
titular church. St. Mary Major, Is
undergoing. made fitting obsecuies
there at this time impossible.
The new dean of the Sacred Col
IeEe, Cardinal Granto Pignateli di
Belmonte, will preside, and impart
benediction.
Cardinal Vennutelli's body has
lain in state in the throne room Of
his apartment In the D'Ataria pal
ace since his death.
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try with q view TO working out q
program whereby more American
fruits can be sold in the markets OF
Continental Europe.
At present, he told those with
whom he conferred. Valley grape
fruit virtually is unknown III the
European markets. Shipments are
being received from Florida, Porto
Rico. Jamaica. Egypt and elsewhere
but the Europeans are far from be-
ing grapefruit-minded.
Since Others areas also are going
in for extensive development OF
citrus. he said in reply TO questions
from growers the wise thing for the
Valley to do is to grow the best va
riety possible and capitalize on the
fact.
Port To Aid
With deep water and the pr.ler
sort Of fast boat schedules, Mr..
Motz asserted, according to those
who talked with him. that a lucra-
tive market in Europe can be de-
veloped.
He was careful to point out. how
ever. II was said, that citrus Will
have to be delivered in Europe at
a price which will not be too high,
that II must be a first class, mar
ketable product and be well pack
ed.
Mr.. Motz was quoted as saying
that grapefruit Is the least adver-
tiSed OF all fruits and therefore or
fers the best possibilities for mar
ket expansion. But he warned
growers that prices must be lowered
and the world educated 70 like and
use grapefruit.
Another statement attributed %
the federal economist was that even
should there be an overproduction
Of citrus. if the Valley produced a
superior product and advertised Il
properly. II should be able to mar
ket it without difficulty.
Those who conversed with Mr.
Motz gathered that II was his be-
lief that the Valley should start al
once, II possible, to capitalize on the
superior quality or its product. q
advertise 10 In q big way through
out the world; that he considered
this the only sure way in which
IL can always be assured Of a ready
market for It's grapefruit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
YOUTH SAVED
Texas Student Buried In
Well for Three Hours

BUCKEYE, Ariz., July i0-P1-
Paul Simon was alive today as the
result Of a three-hour battle waged
for his life yesterday by half the
population or this town.
The young man. reported to be a
student at Simmons university, Alb
ilene, Texas, crouched at the bot
tom Of a 22-foot well. buried under
eight feet OF rocks and dirt. for three
hours before he finally was taken
out.
After breathing through small air
passages in the debris which caved
in on him while cleaning out the
well. he collapsed wen taken from
the hole.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
FEAR TURNS
RACE SALVO
ON STERLING
Candidates Attitude
Divulges Opinion
Of Houstonian
CBy The Associated Press


Candidates for governor were
keeping the political trails hot over
Texas Thursday, denouncing each
other and in particular Sterling and
his proposed $780, 900, 900 state road
bond issue.
Just two weeks remained In which
they might expound their arguments
before the deluge of oratory would
be stopped by the solemn scratching
Of pencils In voting booths.
Some were calling names of their
opponents and some were not.
Lieut.. Gov. Barry Miller was
among the group refraining from
mentioning his opponents. However,
in a speech last night in San An
gelo. he did 90 so far as to say he
was not running for governor ION
the last presidential election" and
didn't give two whoops for Tam
many halls"
Il want to do something for the
people Of Texas" he said. suggest
ing the unemployment problem as
something IN which a governor Of
Texas might take a hand.
Fergusons Fire
San Antonio, and in particular. a
hotel lobby there. yesterday con-
tanned for q time potential causes
for political combustion In the per-
sons Of former Governors James z.
and Miriam A. Ferguson, Senator
Thomas B. Love and Earle b. May
field. The four mingled In the
lobby a short time with their local
supporters grouped around them.
Each spoke at mass meetings and
over the radio during a one-day
period.
Senator Love told his audience he
would use the full force of the state
TO enforce the lawS-"In Bexar
county or any other county" He
reaffirmed his intention OF boiling
in the event Mrs. Ferguson was the
democratic nominee this year. He
was booked for four speeches today
at Denton. with one tonight at the
College OF Industrial Arts.
MayfieId Too
Mayfield conferred his fire on the
candidacy Of Sterling. in a radio
address. and a speech before a mass
meeting last night. He said he saw
'the sinister hand Of Standard OIL
and big finance" behind the Ster-
ling candidacy. as well as behind
the prison relocation proposal and
the proposed statewide bond issue.
He planned to speak at Lockhart
this afternoon and at Ausin to-
night.
Jim Young Of Kaufman charged
Sterling. in a speech last night at
Beaumont, with using the power OF
his office as chairman of the state
highway commission ito gain an i'm
preston Of strength which in fact
does not exist"
Young was booked for an address
tonight at Galveston.
James K. Ferguson, speaking for
the candidacy Of his wife. spoke last
night at Corpus Christi. flaying the
proposed read bond issue and advo-
eating tax reduction and combining
the offices of tax collector and as
SCISSOR to save counties money. The
Continued On Page 81
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Fort Brown Opens
Formal Guard Mount

The first formal mounted guard
mount this year will be held at the
post Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
on the main parade ground, With
Troop A.. Lieut.. John Fl. Stodter
commanding. composing the guard.
The band. with all its white trim
mings. will also be mounted and
Will play during the ceremony. This
will be q regular weekly ceremony
and is considered a dress-up" affair
creating keen competition between
troops.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
La Palorna Man Dies
While Pushing Truck

% TIC
LOS FRESNOS, July i0.-Maxim-
iliano Benavides. 7l-year old res
ident OF La Paloma, dropped dead
near here Thursday morning when
he attempted to push his stalled
truck from a mud hole. He was rid
ing with a relative at the time.
going from La Paloma 70 a home
near Los Fresnos.
Justice OF the Peace Fred T.. Kow-
alski, who was called from Browns
vile, returned q verdict or death
by natural causes.
He will be buried at La Paloma
Friday, relatives stated.
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MIGHT BE GOOD HERE

SAN FRANCISCO, July l0.-F-
Gasoline retailed as low as 5 cents a
GALLON. including a Scent state tax,
as the price cutting war ragged on
the Pacific Coast today. Predictions
were widely made the price would
be- pounded down. to the state tax
of 5 cents in California.
The price reached the ) cent level
In Fresno yesterday.
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Harlingen Seeks New
Road from Edinbure
(Special DO The Heraldl

} HARLINGEN. July 10.-Busi-
ness men Of Harrington have started
a drive TO work out some means Of
completing construction of the
highway from Edinburg to this city
by way Of Edcouch and Santa Rosa.
The unfinished stretch is between
Santa Rosa and Valencia, about
three miles.
Construction Of the unpaved
stretch Is being advocated by here
or the grounds that 1t will help to
relieve congestion on the highways
and will bring more business 70
Harrington 1t Is &C ended that the
route TO Edinburg gsould be short
ened by at least six miles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
Packers Ask More
Data from Valley
Especial to The Herald

" Lit AANl~ILJ
SAN BENITO. July 10-Reports
that several large packers are look
ing over the Valley with the view
OF establishing plants was strength
ened by the receipt OF a request to-
day by the chamber OF commerce
asking additional data on the
amount Of meat consumed and
packed in the Valley now. The re-
Quest was made b. w. z. Dickerson.
director Of the department of indus
trial development Of Central Power
and Light company.
He did not mention specific pack
ers who might be contemplating a
Valley location.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10
Matamoros to Tax Cotton
River Protection Fund Will Be Raised For
Levees and Flood Control Gates

The damage done BY the flood waters Of the Rio Grande TO the cotton
fields in Matamoros and vicinity. and which kept hundreds Of men on
the levees for several days and Matamoros in fear Of the rising waters.
will soon no longer trouble the residents and farmrs Of the old border
city, It was sad today.
Costly lessonslearned through heavy losses in crops during the past
years led the citizens Of IN atamoros to appeal to the State Governor
and the Federal government for aid in controlling the unrulv Bravo
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T

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Partly cloudy to occasionally UNI
settled tonight and Friday, probably
with local showers. Light To- mod
crate east to southeast winds ON the
west coast.
For East Texas: Fair TO continued
warm IN north, partly cloudy in
south portion tonight and Friday.
Light variable winds on the coast,
mostly easterly % southerly on the
west coast.
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Ginnings Since Last
Saturday 300 Bales
Especial to The Herald.

N0PNCA1A " 4A4C I1CAdAQ.l
SAN BENITO, July l0-Three
hundred bales Of cotton have been
ginned in the Valley since last Sat-
urday. r5)orts issued today by gin
officials show. This b. ings the total
to date TO 500 bales. Heaviest pick
ing IS expected to begin in the ir-
rigated section about July %.
Cotton growers are meeting here
tonight to join their efforts to 9TH
ers in the Valley TO fix 75c as q
price for cotton picking. pickers 10
furnish their own sacks.
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Bobby Jones Beats
Old Man Par Again

INTERLACHEN CLUB, MINNIE
APOLIS, July i0-RI-Followed by
q gallery OF 5000 sweltering In over
100 degrees or terrific heat. Bobby
Jones today shot his first nine holes
In "a. two under par. Of the national
open golf championship.
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Edinburg to Raise
Fund for Airport

EDINBURG. July 10.-A young
Mems Business League smoker
Tuesday, July Is, the feature Of
which will be q wrestling match
headlining Chas. Eastman, Valley
favorite, will be held here for the
purpose Of creating an airport fund
for building an aviation field in Ed
inburg.
Cigars will be given free, and mu-
sic viii be played throughout the
program by the Edinburg Red Shirt
band under Prof. George Hurt.
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Middle America Swelters
Twenty Die as Heat Wave Drives Workers
From Fields; Valley Cool, Thanks

CHICAGO. July ~l0-0P-Midde America willis under a mercuess sun
Twenty have died. The grain nelds-save for corn-suffer. Farm work
fatGs, the baking sun a check-rein to man and beast.
Indeed two OF the heat deaths occurred in the fields. An Iowa farmer.
Frustrated BY a temperature high in the nnetes, fell dead at his plow.
A Nebraska farmer died the same way.
There vere temperatures Of 100 degrees or hotter a far north a s Mon
tana and North Dakota. and south to Louisiana and Alabama.
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European Fruit Mart Seen
London Representative Offers Suggestion
Following Survey of Valley Orchards

HARL1NGEN, July lO-By properly packing and grading its grape
fruit and by concentrating on one or two outstanding varieties the Valley
la a. opportunity to achieve an enviable place in the markets OF the
world. This was the most important advice given to shippers and pack
Of this section BY Frederick A. Motz, London representative OF the
day tour Of the Valley.
Mr.. Motz is visiting every important fruit producing area in the coun-
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Earl Bacon's Father
Dies In indiana
(Snecial to The Hernldl

Especial 10 Tie HeTaId.D
HARLINGEN. July l0-Reports
have reached here advising the
death Of the father Of Earl c. Bacon,
Valley land man, in Indiana, Mon
day night.
Mr.. Bacon Is at present in Chi
cago.
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MULE KILLS MAN

CORSICANA. July i0.=PD-J. Z.
Red. So. Of Kerens. died here today
Of injuries received Sunday when
kicked by a mule.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10

Insure Parcel Post Packages
MI Grande Valley Trust Company
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RIVER FORECAST

There will probably be q very
slight rise In the river from Mission
down during the next "a TO Al
hours.
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MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Sunset today Us
] Sunrise tomorrow .........,.. 5.45
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorol-
ogical conditions:
High 6.24 a. m.
Low 9:55 % m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-10

Beaumont Enterprise watch
ing commercial development of
a the Valley recently had this TO