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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-21
SICNERS SEEK
TO DIG own
WATER way
a b { + Financing
Plan Is Raped
In Petition
Especial u TIRE Heraldl

HARLINGEN. July 2I-Names of
seventeen citizens or Harrington are
attached 70 a circular distributed
here advocating the dredging OF the
Arroyo Colorado to It's mouth. then
across Laguna Madre To Padre Is
land. The handful. headed ~Ad-
vancement versus Letharuy and IN
ertia, attacked the proposal "
chamber of commerce directors To
lend one-half million dollars of the
navigation district funds TO the gov
eminent Cd be used i'm dredging the
Harrington sector OF the proposed
extension or the i~ntra-coastaI canal
TO Port Isabel and this city. The
circular IN quoted as follows.
Since the ". s.. government re-
fused TO grant a permit w put Padre
Island in our proposed Arroyo Colo
RADIO development, ii seems that n
vast majority of people OF the Ar
royO Navigation district favor dredE-
ing the arroyo from the Southern
Pacific railway building. east OF Har-
lingen down to the island. making
q channel nine feet deep and as wide
as the money permits. leaving a
little reserve in the bank II possible
for emergencies.
Pleasure Factor Sonught
This would give the navigation
district and people TO the north and
west Of us "a channel Of unusual
beauty for boating, bathing and
fishing and other aquatic sports, as
well as open up the finest beach ON
the Gulf coast, q beach eight miles
long and superb as a summer re-
sort. II will place US IN q position
10 connect wit hthe intra-coastaI
canal If ID Is extended south from
Corpus Christi 70 the Rio Grande
Valley. With our matchless natural
facilities and money already Inf the
bank. theer is no reason why An
cannot be done.
There has been some very un-
popular agitation on the part or
Harrington Chamber or Commerce
directors and a few outsiders to
loan money to the ". s. government
TO be used IN dredging a nine-foot
channel from BrazOs Santiago Pass
north OF Laguna Madre and as far
as money Will go toward the mouth
OF the Arroyo Colorado and Harlin-
gen. II n who thinks and is open
TO conviction this would be a fool
hardy thing. for the Arroyo Navi-
cation district TO do as our money
would doubtless be exhausted be-
fore the mouth or the Arroyo IS
reached. and we would be left sit
ting high and dry unless we voted
more bonds to complete the channel
up the Arroyo, a vote no m wishes
10 cast just now"
Chambers Report Asked
The circular bears the names OF
J. w. Rohne, =. Il. Thompson. j. "A.
Palmer. Jr, J. r. Wilcoxon, O. X.
Kleaners, s. A. Ingram, 8. G. In
gram. J. NJ. Longfellow. J. l.. Dun
lap, Hugh Ramsay, Gerald McKen-
ma, n. ". Ewing. w. T.. Ewing, George
e. Phillips, o. y. Worm, w. RI.
Broughton and Homer R. Maxwell.
Blanks are provided on the cir
culars for the signature OF those
agreeing with its sentiment. j. ID.
Chambers, SIR. chairman of tha
boad OF the navigation district, and
other officials have been requested
to make a report on their activities
at Wednesday nights meeting OF the
chamber of commerce.
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HOUSEKEEPING Series
Is Thought Solved

A series OF house breakings IN
Brownsville has ceased following
the arrest of a suspect by 1t. Of
Police John II. Armstrong.
Due to the fact that the house
breakings have stopped since the
man has been in jail. police feel
that they have the right man.
The house breskings continued
Dor a period Of some three weeks
in the western part Of the city.
Nearly every lob" was Identical
with the mes that preceded II.
Only houses near vacant houses
lots we're entered. The loot.
which in most cases was recovered,
vas secreted nearby. The break
ings occurred between 5 and 6 p. m.
when the housewives were away.
A police dragnet was thrown out
In the section In which the man
operated and Lieut.. Armstrong
captured the man in a vacant
house as he surveyed a nearby
home. The suspect has been in
Jail for a week.
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Death of Family
Is Laid to Wife

GENEVA Ill, July 2i.-P-Three
persons were found slain with axes
early today in the home OF Charles
A. Anderson. one Of the victims. His
io-year-old son had also been hack
ed to death while his wife, thought
by police TO have slain her husband
and son. was found on the floor with
her throat and wrists cut with the
sharp edge Of a handax. The home
had been set or fire. but the flames
we're extinguished by neighbor&
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Chamber Postpones
Action or Air DERBY

A meeting Of the board Of direct
ors Of the local chamber Of COM
merce was held Monday morning az
10 o'clock. 70 discuss plans for the
national air derby which is expect
ed to S Brownsville as a starting
point.
No action was taken IN the mat
ter, IL is reported. but definite plans
viii be made by committees and re-
ported upon at a later date, possibly
some time this week.
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ways. so that counties and road
districts might retire bonds, there
by tightening tax burdens On prop
erty.
The plan Is TO authorize, say
$500, 900 900 in state highway bonds.
OF this amount between SIS. 900 900
and 500, 000. 900 would be refunded
TO the counties for money already
expended on state highways. The
remainder. together with federal
aid. would be expended IN the COM
pletion Of the states system OF
highways. The bonds would be is
sued in amounts as needed and in
sums which could be spent eff
GENTLY and economically in con-
struction work.
Highway Users To Pay
The bonds would be retired by a
tax on gasoline or other motor fuel,
thereby placing squarely on the
shoulders OF users Of the highways
the burden Of paying for them
MultltudinouS county and district
highway bond issues would be re-
placed with state bonds, which could
be marketed to better advantage
and at lower interest rates. County
property taxes, levied to pay bonds
for road purposes. would be replac-
ed by a state gasoline tax. paid only
by those who use the highways.
The effect of the plan. briefly. Is
this. In theory 1t says TO the coun-
ties OF Texas that their burden Of
building lateral roads is sufficient
for them to bear and that the state
Of Texas will assume the full res
possibility Of building and main
tanning state roads. Mr.. Sterling
declares that his experience as state
highway commission chairman. dur
ing a period when that body &C
complished more than any previous
commission. has convinced him that
only through the bond plan can a
connected system Of highways be
completed for the enjoyment Of the
present generation.
Gives State Initiative
At present the highway depart
ment Is dependent on aid from the
counties in constructing its high
way system. Some counties are n
willing, or unable 70 vote bonds for
state highways through their Dor
ders. Unless the present pay-as-you-
60 plan the highway department is
powerless TO build roads through
these counties. Gaps which seriously
lessen the usefulness Of through
routes result.
The bond plan would enable the
state TO relieve the counties Of
their financial responsibility in this
respect. 1t would make possible the
linking up Of every road in the
state within a comparatively short
time. connecting up the gaps in the
present system and rushing to com
pietion a network Of highways which
would connect every part of the
state.
To illustrate the workings OF the
bond plan, a figuratiye county may
be used. Suppose a county has is
sued S2,000,000 in bonds which has
been used 70 construct state high
Continued or page 81
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Man Robbed
OF Cash, Diamonds

SAN ANGELO. July 2l.-tP1-J.
D. Jones. Manager Of a local Thea
ter. was slugged and robbed of
$500 cash and $4,000 worth OF
diamonds yesterday.
Jones was counting the money
when three men enetred his office
on the second floor OF the theater
building. leveled guns on him and
forced him to hand over the money
and open a wall safe. He was then
slugged and bound. his lips having
been sealed with tape. He was able
to get loose 80 minutes after the
robbers had gone.
Officers took fingerprints from
the cash box and Jones gave a good
description Of the men. A reward
Of s 1900 has been offered for their
arrest.
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Valley Farmer Grows
Corn IL Feet High
Special rs The Herald)

Especial 70 The Herald.)
HARLTNGEN, July 2l.-Several
stalks Of corn - feet and more In
height were brought here today
grown by G. A. Tenberg. farmer
living on the highway north or
Primera. He has lived In the Valley
seventeen years. arriving here when
there was only one citrus orch-rd
in the county. Mr.. Tenberg origin
ally came to the Valley from Wis
consin.
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BODY UNIDENTIFIED

CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex. July
2l.@LP-Justice B. @. Moffett was
holding an inquest verdict open to-
day. pending outcome Of invest
igation into the death Of an un-
identified man whose body was
found floating In Corpus Christi
Bay with a 52-pound rock tied to
his neck.
Fishermen discovered the body
Saturday. IL was badly decomposed
and apparently had been in the
water about ten days.
Officers expressed the belief that
the man had been murdered by
gangsters engaged in liquor snug
Cling from boats in the Gulf.
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Weslaco Lions Club
Installs Officers
SPECIAL TO me Herald.

A0E&AAaA ~ 800 4@&A -
WESLACO. July 21.-The Wesla-
co Lions met for the first time in
the city hall Friday, and installed
the following officers: President.
Tom Bruton; secretary and treaSur-
err. E. B. Guthridge; tail twister."
Knox Kyler, lion tanner" and re-
porter. A. B. Wren; board of direct
ors, Al Edison. Tom Langford. r. d.
Macintosh. NJ. P. Wimberley. Mr..
Dowell was admitted as a new
member.
The club voted to help other civic
clubs Of the city to furnish the
kitchen and dining room Of the city
hall. Brooks Buckelew had the
honor Of wearing the horse collar"
for being late but was later relieved
by r. d. Macintosh. j. H. Christ
ner. who has Just returned from a
visit to Fort Worth. gave a short
talk on how cool IL was in the Va
ley compared 10 Fort Worth. A
number of the Lions and their fami-
lies attended the banquet given at
the Stonewall Jackson in San Be-
nito Friday evening. The club had
IS per cent attendance.
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FOUND ON TIE WIRES


nUENOS AIRES - Because OF the
n heavy snow in the Andes there
has been no railroad service be-
tween Argentina and Chile for a
week. And much Of Argentina has
been shivering.
NEW YORK - Plans for the
highest thing ever built by man
are announced by Alfred E. Smith.
The Empire State building. now un-
der construction on the site Of the
old Waldorf Astoria hotel, Is 70 have
an observation gallery 1922 feet
above Fifth Avenue. The building
will be l02 stories. Smith Is chair
man of the corporation.
NEW YORK - Washable wall
paper is on view at a convention
OF the National Wallpaper Whole
salers' association. Green. peach.
ecru and yellow are the latest in
color modes.
OTTAWA - Clarence s. Darrow
and Clarence True Wilson are tour
ing Ontario separately and at the
same time gathering ammunition
about government sale Of liquor.
NEW YORK - "A beauty. the
wife Of the mayor. invites American
women 10 visit Mexico City. Sem
ora Marie-Elena PUG Casaurano.
here on the way to Spain. had this
recommendation for her home town:
Our shops are lovely. like Paris.
Our hoStesses are charming. like
New York. Our children are watch
ed carefully, like Boston"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-21
Weather Is Burning Issue

CHICAGO July 21-P-The ma
tons weather today remained a
burning issue.
Excepting only the ocean favored
New England and Pacific Coast
states. every section OF the country
had loo-degree temperatures facing
il again. following a sun-seared Sab
bath. Each section, too. counted
the cost in lives lost. crops destroy
ed and in the millions discomfort
ed.
A survey Of the 48 states amount
ed. IN essence. to the simple gram
matical job Of comparing an ad-
%lective - hot. hotter, hottest. Col
umbuS, o., with az official 10 de-
grees, rated the superlative. vir-
ginia, Maryland and West Virginia
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Tuesday Last Day
On Absentee Voting

Tuesday will be the last day for
absentee voting in the office OF the
county clerk.
Voters who will be absent on the
day Of the election are strongly
urged TO get their ballots in the
office Of H. D. Seago by Tuesday.
Otherwise they cannot be counted.
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Six Are Killed In
London Plane Crash

LONDON. July 2l.-P-Siy per-
sons. including Sir Edward Ward
and Lady Ednam. daughter-in-law
Of the Earl OF Dudley. were killed
this afternoon when a junkers air
plane Of the Walcot Air Lines
limited. crashed al Meopham, four
miles south OF Gravesend.
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Hum in Many Contests
Former Endurance Champions Take OFF With
Competition; Race Is Started

ST. LOUIS, July 2l-VP-Forest oBrine and Dale Jackson, former
holders OF the worlds endurance refuenng championship. took to the
air at TIL a m. &C. 5 t. today in an attempt to regain the title,
now held by the Hunter brothers, who remained in the air 54 hours at
Chicago.
More than 500 persons saw the takeof from Lambert st. Louis field
The ners. should they succeed, will be the first to lose the endurance
Championship and then regain il. Their old mark Of $40 hours. set here
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LIONS DEyOUR TWENTY

NAIROBI. British East Africa,
July 2l.-F-Lions. which fire.
quently menace parts Of Uganda
have become unusually bold. devcur-
ing 20 natives IN the Ankole end
Masaka districts III the last three
weeks. The government has sent
hunters after the beasts.
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saw red in their thermometers at
los or better.
Official readings Of 100 degrees
or higher were taken in the states
Of Ohio, Michigan. Maryland. West
Virginia, Kansas. Wisconsin. Indiana
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska. Missouri,
Arizona. California and in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. II readings Of
% were included. 1t would add the
states Of Pennsylvania, Texas, Ten
nesSee. and Oklahoma.
Deaths were reported from widely
separated sections. There were
many drownings. Prostrations, too.
were numerous.
Brownsville and the Valley re-
NAMED comfortable.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night; thunderShoWerS and cooler
in northwest portion: Tuesday part
ly cloudy; thundershowers and cool
er in north portion.
Light to fresh southerIy winds OH
the coast.
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Taxes Due
Especial TO The Herald.

Especial TO The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. July 21.-Remind-
ers are issued tax payers that al
city taxes are due on or before
July 81. Payments are coming IN
slowly. officials state. and they are
anxious that payments be speeded
up 50 that q rush a. the last minute
may be avoided
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Alexander Released
By Dallas Ball Club

DALLAS. July 2l.-lP-Grover
Cleveland Alexander, veteran major
LEAGUE pitcher. was given his out
right release today by the Dallas
club Of the Texas league. Failure
10 keep in training after he had
promised to do so several days ago
was given by Bob Tarleton, vice
president Of the Dallas club, as the
reason for Alexander's removal from
the roster
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BURIED

WEATHERFORD. July 2l.-tP-
Funeral services we're set today for
Sam Shade, IS. attorney, who died
Sunday from effects OF a stroke Of
apoplexy suffered Friday. He had
been the law partner here Of r.
3. Hood for 80 years. since his
graduation from the University Of
Texas IN 1900.
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Wierd Banquet Ends Club
Last Man of Minnesota Company Drinks
To So Empty Chairs to Paw Pledge

SALTWATER MINI, July 21-CP-Thrty-hree vacant chairs. draped
IN black stood as silent sentinels around a banquet table today, witnesses
|~aO Ohariey lockwood carry out the covenant Of the Last Mans club.
lockwood 81 years old. Is the last man and today the clubs only law
required q MN what he considered the hardest task Of his life. the dra-
mau0 iAoor OF drinking a toast 20 SO Civil War comrades who died before
MIN and left him with the honor he has found empty.
Before each chair stood a bouquet OF flowers. Before Iockuocds rh.e
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HOUSTON. July 2i.-P-Verd.ct
OF Justice J. I. Flowers OF goose
creek at a coroner'S hearing
awaited today IN the death or a
man. believed identified as Frank
NJ. ColeSant. 80. whose body was
recovered yesterday from the waters
Continued on page 81
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X FLIER LEADS

BUFFALO, n. "a July 2l.-tFl-
Lee Gehlbach. Of Detroit. flying a
low-wing Commandaire. led the 10
entries OF the all-American flying
derby into Buffalo today, landing
at the municipal airport here.
The official ship or the derby was
caught IN q sudden gust or wind
and noSed over IN front or the ad-
ministration building as u landed
at T:05 "a. m. CE. 8. To. The propel-
Ter was broken and the ship was
badly strained. but Luke Christoph-
er, secretary Of the National Aero
nautical Association. and Charles
Mclean, official timer of the race,
escaped with a severe shaking up.
Robert II. Quinby Of Moline. Ill.
flying a Mono Special. was the Sec
ond to land. with an elapsed time
or ! hour and 9 minutes. Two min
utes later. Herman Hamer Of Chi
cago in a Laird biplane dropped 70
the field.
The o-ser planes IN the derby
landed In the following order:
T.. r. Bales, Springfield, Mass,
time: | hour, 4 minutes: Charles
Meyers. Cleveland, ! hour. 80 min
utes; Stanley T. Stanton, Blackwell,
Okla, l hour 36 minutes; Basil d.
Smith. Portland, Ore. / hour, Al
minutes.
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A 300-pound June fish was taken
Saturday near the point by a party
OF fishermen headed by Fred Ko-
walski. This was one OF the Iarg.
est catches Of the season.
IL was taken on a throw line.
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Home Brew Deadly

CHICAGO. July 2l.-tP-A bottle
cf home brew exploded in the hands
Of William Hayes last night, killing
him.
An artery in his arm was severed
and he bled 70 death.
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Sterling's State Bond Plan
Explained to Valley Voters
Money Already Expended Would Be Returned
To Counties for Improving Lateral
Highways or Other Uses
Especial to The Herald.)

HOUSTON. Tex July 21-In its essentials, although It deals In large
figures, the Sterling bond plan Is a S simple as the details OF financing
a home on the deferred payment plan, thus enabling the purchaser to
enjoy the comforts Of the house while paying for it.
Its basic principle is that state highways should be financed by the
state of Texas, without aid from the counties. in order that the counties
might use their funds and their taxing power to build lateral roads.
1t would return to the counties money already expended for state high
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FUNERAL FOR RANCHER

LAREDO, July 2i.-P-Funeral
rites were held here yesterday for
Charles Harrison Clifton. SO. Webb
County ranchman for the last 50
years. He died Saturday night OF
a heart attack.
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c O TRIAL STARTS

ROOSEVELT FIELD, ~. ", July
2l.-tP-The crews OF two endur-
ance planes-the Red and the
'Green"-chatted with each other
by radio over Roosevelt field today
as they idled through the first
hours Of their efforts TO exceed the
554 hour record of Chicago's Hunter
brothers.
The two planes went up last night
within fifty-five seconds OF each
other and each had its first re-
fueling this morning.
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NECK Is BROKEN

HOUSTON. July 21.-P-John
Porter. "a, was believed TO have
suffered a broken neck but was still
alive early today after an auto
mobile collision in the outskirts of
Houston.
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TEXAS DEATH
LIST GROWS
Few Highway Accidents
Are Shown in Weekend
Casualty Report

BERTRAM. Tex, July 21.-LF-
Arthur Miller, %, was instantly
killed yesterday when struck BY an
automobile as he stood beside the
highway. He was talking to ano-
ther motorist when a passing
automobile struck him in the back.
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RACE OK

DETROIT. July 2l.-LP-Eighteen
airplanes left municipal auditorium
here today and started eastward on
the first lap Of a $500 mile race
around the United States.
The planes left at intervals be-
ginning at 7:0l a. m. The pilots are
competing for $4,000 in prizes.
Buffalo was the first scheduled
stop and the racers we're due in New
York this evening for an overnight
stop.
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a year ago In a flight that focused
nation wide attention on Ct. Louis,
was shattered June % by the Hunt
er brothers. who then remained
aloft until July 4.
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RIVER


There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.