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for q months vacation.
He added that he would stop over
here for a few days while two COM
panions fished at Port Isabel. Gre
dence was given his representation
as he spoke newspaper language
and especially after he had written
one or two signed articles praising
the Lower Rio Grande Valley in
comparison with California and
Florida.
For the past few days Of his stay
in Brownsville Grinstead has been
driving q rent car belonging TO w.
"A. Ross. When the a was not re-
turned yesterday ard a check given
that company was returned unpaid,
MI. Ross started inquiry and could
out a warrant for Grinstead's ar
rest.
Following notification broadcast
10 be on the lookout for the car.
information was received from
Bishop, Tex, today that 1t had been
located there but that the driver
had not been located. IL was said
to be the same recently reported
stolen and found in Louisiana.
When The Herald was asked for
further information Of Mr.. Grim
stead, a telegram to the Kansas
City Star brought an answer that
he had never been with that paper.
Further information here disclos-
ed that while in the city Grinstead
had wired to Kansas City 10 a wo-
man supposedly his mother. He was
recognized BY one brownsville young
woman who reported that she had
known him as a basketball coach
AZ a college In the Midwest.
Armed with a description given
when the warrant was sworn to,
South Texas officers today are on
the lookout for the man wanted
here.
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Forty-seven Failures
In Texas in June

AUSTIN, July i2-tP- Forty
seven business failures were re-
ported in Texas during June, &C
cording 10 q report issued by the
Bureau of Business Research Of
the University of Texas The lab
ilities Of the 46 concerns that fall
ed III May, being S705,000 as COM
pared 70 Sl.509,000.
In June, 1929, there were 80 bus
mess failures with liabilities OF
S564,O00.
N the first half OF 1880. 3l2 COM
mercial enterprises, having ! iabil-
tiles OF $685. 900, were placed III
the hands Of receivers. This COM
pares with 266 failures with liabil-
tiles Of $4,734,000 in the first half
Of 1929 and 3I3 defaults with
liabilities OF S8,O52,000 in the first
six months Of 1928.
Five Texas banks failed during
the first half or 1880 as compared
with only two in the same period
in 1929.
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Austin Boys Body
Is Found In River

AUSTIN. July 12-(Pi-The body
OF John Henry. %, son Of Judge
Stanhope Henry, member or the
state board OF pardons and paroles.
was found In the Colorado river
near here today. The youth had
been missing several days. The body
was found by fishermen.
Henry was a student at the Uni
versity Of Texas and was a member
Of the track team, having been a
dash man.
An immediate investigation OF
the death vas started by Justice OF
the Peace Frank Tannerhill. There
were no boats reported missing from
the houses along the river and Off
Gals were at a loss to account for
the body Of the youth being in the
stream.
The body had been IN the water
about five days, officials said.
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Boys Burned
In Oil Field Fire

OWENSBORO, KY, July I'D
Three boys were burned TO death
and three men were burned prob
ably fatally when an oil rig caught
fire on a farm near Haynesville, 20
miles south Of here last night.
The dead:
James Grove, Il.
Matt Grove, Il.
Elmer Fuqua. 13.
Probably fatally hurt:
The father Of the Grove boys
(First name not known.
James Mattingly. WhiteSville. KY,
truck driver.
Harold Cornell, Whitesboro. one
of owners of rig.
Two other men are in the Ovens
boro hospital suffering from serious
burns.
The rig caught fire after the well
IVES shot and the oil began flow
ing. 1t was believed a spark from
machinery ignited the gas and oil.
The boys, whose homes are in
Haynesville. were watching opera
tions near the rig ard were caught
In the flames before they could es-
cane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-12
GANG WAR
Detroit Records Another
Victim of Underworld

DETROIT. July l2-P- Gang
warfare claimed another victim here
today.
Sam Cilufo. who police say was
a veteran bootlegger and racketeer
was killed in a gun battle on East
Jefferson avenue about 1890 a. m.,
Cilufo and q companion we're rid
ing In a small coupe. Another car
followed. and its occupants opened
fire. Their bullets pierced the tires
Of Cilufo's automobile. forcing him
10 stop. His companion leap4d out
and escaped on foot.
Cilufo gave battle but several
bullets entered his body. One shat
tered his arm AMI silenced his pis-
toll The assass-ns drove away. Po-
lice who arrived a few minutes
later found the MORALLY wounded
gangster in mis- car still .clu.ciY.ng
a revolver. He died without speak
ing.
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PATHE SUED
Big Sum Asked by Parents
Of Texas bankruptcies

BEAUMONT. July 12-(Pl-Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Perricone. parents
Of bankruptcies, all boys now eight
months old, today filed suit against
the Pathe sound news, based on the
alleged failure Of the company to
incorporate an appeal for financial
aid for the babies in a picture OF
them. Damages aggregating Sll5,-
600 we're asked.
The plaintiffs claimed the COM
pany told them Premier Mussolini
Of Italy was interested in the babies
and would send valuable gifts TO
them and also presents would be
forwarded by the general public
after the picture was exhibited.
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IA. this gave him a As hole figure
OF 1T and leadership at that stage
of the battle for the United States
Open golf championship.
Jones, on nine holes, had gained
exactly nine strokes on Charles
Lacey OF Philadelphia. who was
tied with the champion &c the end
OF the second round. Lacey elimin-
ated himself with an outgoing AZ.
AT the As hole mark. Bobby also
was six strokes IN front or Johnny
Farrell, or New Yor Tho made
the turn in 81.
Lacey. sensation % the second
round, when he scored 10 and tied
with Bobby Jones and Henry Coop
err for second place, evidently shot
himself out OF the contending pic
ture today BY taking A.. 6 over par,
for the first nine holes OF the l.. "a
round.
Walter Hagen rounded the turn
IN 38, two over par. and was eight
strokes behind Jones for a. holes.
Mac Smith made the turn III ST.
and was five strokes behind Jones.
Tommy Armour was four stroke
behind Jones AZ the turn OF the
third round with l91 for IS hole
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-12
Virginian Buys His
Tablecloths Here

DR.. d. p. Devine lives in Ballston,
Virginia, but he buys his table
cloths in Brownsville.
r. L. Marques Of this city. who
met Devine while he was on a va
cation in this section. received a
letter from the doctor asking the
name and address of a Browns
vile store as he wished TO purchase
a table cloth.
Il bought a table cloth while there
and wish more like It." the doctor
wrote. Il have been unable to find
another like II although / have
searched stores from Brownsville TO
Virginia"
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u Negroes Whereabouts
Are Sought by Mob

SHAMROCK, july l2.-Pl-Peace
officers told conflicting stories to-
day as TO the whereabouts OF Jesse
Lee. negro, hurried away from a
mob that socSht 10 Inch him for
the alleged Staying or Mrs. Henry
Vaughan, a white woman, yeSter-
day.
Sheriff Claude Mckinney, who
sped from the scene Of the Staying
with the negro, said he had taken
him to Hollis, Okla, to be sent to
the state reformatory at Granite.
Okla, for ~safekeeping.
Granite Reformatory officials in
sisted the negro had not been plac-
ed in their custody.
Mrs. Vaughan was found slain In
the yard OF her farm home. Her
head had been crushed by a heavy
iron pipe. A three-year-old daugh-
ter was witness TO the Staying.
AS Sheriff Mckinney was fleeing
toward the Oklahoma line with a
mob following in automobiles. he
discovered two Shamrock men in
his q He forced them out at the
9oint Of a pistol.
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Bessie Ends Battle
Between Two Armies

WASHINGTON, July l2.-R-A
COW which chewed a telephone wire
today had disrupted a war being
fought at Fort George O.. Meade
Maryland.
Reserve students laid the wire
from the fort TO various field posts,
for carrying on the war game be-
tween two "Armies".
The telephone system would not
work for the battlers. They found
the yellow covered wire had been
severed by COW teeth q mile south
east OF Ardwick, Maryland.
New wire was strung on tree tops
out or reach or cows so the game
could 60 on.
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Former Brownsville
Man Dies Saturday

Funeral services for James NJ.
Lomax, manager Of the mems dep
artment Of The Bollack Store, who
died this morning at Legion, Texas,
will be conducted from the Hinkley
Chapel at 4:30 p. m Sunday.
The services will be conducted by
John Hanson post OF the American,
Legion. The body will be inferred IN
Buena Vista cemetery. The body.
accompanied by Mrs. Lomax, VIII
-arriye here Sunday morning.
Lomax was widely known over the
Valley.
He died in a veterans hospital at
Legion, near Kerrville. Lomax had
been in i'll health for some time and
recently left Brownsville for Legion
when his condition became critical.
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10 climb more than 1000 feet before
it hit the ceiling.
The last thing I noted was a.
600 feet" said Miss Alexander. MY
oxygen was pretty low and T was
still climbing.
Then I looked at my altimeter
and It showed $1,000 feet. I couldn't
realize what was wrong and thought
something was 'haywire' with the
instrument.
II looked at my oxygen. / still
had the tube between my teeth and
was holding the stick In my
hand, but the oxygen was gone.
Then ! realized that I had been
:out.'
THE plane was In a gentle left
bank slowly settling. II didn't feel
80 good, without any oxygen. 50 !
dived pretty sharply TO about 1000
feet and then came down more
slowly"
The girl brought her 90-horse-
power low winged monoplane to a
safe landing. She was still dazed
when attendants lifted her from
the plane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-12
SEA SOLDIERS
CHIEF SOUGHT

WASHINGTON, July PIP
Four outstanding soldiers OF the
sea. m Of them among the young
est Major Generals In Marine corps
history. were under consideration
today 10 succeed Major Genaral
Mendell O. Neville, as commandment
or the corps.
The four officers, in the order or
their rank, were: Major Generals
Smedley Darlington Butler ard
Logan Feland and Brigadier Gen.
erals Ben Hebard Fuller and John
Henry Russell The highest ranking
officer. General Butler. also was the
youngest. He will be 40 at the end
or this month.
All four have had service I'm the
turbulent Caribbean. and All have
enviable war records and numerous
decorations and citations.
General Fuller rs row acting com-
mandant. His experience and rank
and his familiarity wits the duties
or the post. since he was assistant
70 General Neville. who died Tues
day, were considered strong -ea-
sons for his selection. AT n time
General Fuller was secretary or
state. police. war. interior and navy
for Santo Domingo.
As director or public safety or
Philadelphia, General Butler set out
TO clean ND" the city. He now
commands the Marine barracks 1T
Quantico. VIRGINIA.
General Feland II I'm command OF
the Marines I'm the Pacific. He is "a
veteran or service in Cuba, Porto
! Rico. Santo Domingo and Near
aqua. ne. Ike General Fuller, would
be retired In 1888.
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Hanson Post
Presented Gayel

A gavel made in a veterans hos
pital during the World War was
presented the john Hanson post Of
the American Legion BY Arthur w.
Piggett at the regular meeting Of
the post Thursday evening.
The gavel was manufactured from
a billiard cue and a bowling ball.
Post Commander w. q. Washington
will use the gavel in the future.
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OF investigation.
After his arrest he issued a state
ment through an attorney in which
he said:
Il. John Mcdonald. aged So years.
residing in Baltimore City, testi-
fled as a witness for the State Of
California VS.. Thomas Mooney and
Warren X. Billings. I never saw
Mooney until taken to the Hall OF
JUSTICE in San Francisco and was
told by ar officer that this is
Mooney pointing him out to mel.
My testimony in the various cases
was untrue and false. / desire to
undo the wrong done by me IN send
ing Mooney to prison regardless of
personal consequences. The au-
thorities got me to testify that |
identified Mooney but this IS an
absolute falsehood."
Five years after the conviction Of
Mooney and Billings Mcdonald
made an affidavit at Trenton, NJ. j.,
in which he said he was not posi-
tive Of his Identification of either.
The affidavit was used in an ef-
fort to obtain pardons.
In refusing to grant the latest
pardon petition a few days ago
Governor G. G. Young Of California
indicated his decision might be re-
versed II Mcdonald were produced
to repeat his Reputation before
the governor and the supreme court.
Mcdonald cannot be compelled to
return to California. His appear
nee before officials there would be
voluntary as there are no charges
against him and he cannot be ex-
tradited to obey a subpoena from
the California supreme court.
Mooney was sentenced to death
but the sentence was communted.
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Rancher Kills Self
In Fl. Worth Hotel

COLORADO. July IL. -CP-
George r. Conrad. as. Fort Worth
and Colorado Ranchman, was found
dead in q hotel room here today.
His body was on the floor in a pool
Of blood and a bullet wound in the
head. A revolver was found near.
Indications were the shot was
fired while Conrad was sitting on
his bed. The body was face down.
Justice Of the Peace Kirk Taylor
rendered a verdict OF suicide.
Persons IN the hotel recalled they
heard a shot early last night.
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Juvenile on Trial

A juvenile. arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Henry Gordon at Olmito
Friday, was to be tried in the Juve-
nile court before Judge o. c. Dancy
Saturday afternoon. Confessions
from the youth. and a friend who
has been in jail for some time. have
been obtained. according to word in
the saeriffs office.
The boy who has been In jail has
already been ordered to reform
school. The youths are charged with
kseveral minor burglaries.
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Six Arrested On
Pilferinp Charge

In an attempt to clear up q Sc
ries Of pilferings. the sheriffs de-
partment has made six arrests IN
La Feria.
Preliminary hearings for the men
were scheduled to be held in La
Feria Saturday afternoon
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La Feria Youth Is
Placed Under Bond
Especial 70 The Herald)

IoptCIdI % TIC 1ItLdIUI
LA FERIA, July I'm. Cortinas,
youth, was bound over 70 the grand
Jury in $3.50 bond here today fol-
lowing a preliminary hearing before
Justice OF the Peace Ben Noblett
on charges of raising a check.
According to the testimony
brought out by Assistant District
Attorney Milton West, a 81 check
on the Gunnite company was raised
TO SIC. The youth failed TO make
the bond at the time.
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New Aviation Record Set
Unconscious Girl Flies Plane Till Ceiling
OF Sky Is Hit at 26,600 Feet

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 12-R-An unconscious girl, slumped in the
cockpit OF a tiny monopane as It scared five miles above Lindbergh
Field was believed today to have achieved q new altitude record for
women.
The planes instruments showed that the pilot, Ruth Alexander, had
bettered by $500 feet her mark OF 10000 feet set July l.
In relating her experience Of yesterday the girl said she became un-
conscious when the aHimeter showed $4,000 feet, her plane continuing
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Especial 70 The Herald

'1PCSAdA ~ 4AC
HARLTNGEN. July i2.- The
United States Department OF Agri-
culture office here is daily ex-
pecting word from Washington 10
release the complete figures on the
Valley citrus census.
The tabulation in detail has been
finished for some time. and viii
be released for publication short
".
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CHAMP TAKES
LEAD IN RUSH
FROM BEHIND
s G ational Three
Under Par Shot
Going Out

INTERLACHEN CLUB. Minnea-
polls, MINI, July l2zP-Bobby
Jones shot a spectacular 80 2
der par, today. for the first hire
holes OF his third round. Follow
ing his previous 36 hole total of
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PORT SITES
Commerce Chief Inspects
Places for Airport
Especial to The Herald.)


HARLINGEN, July 12.-Marshal
Hoppin, Of the aviation section,
United States Department Of Com
merce. is inspecting sites for the
proposed Harrington airport in COM
pany with a special committee. IT'S
members are Claude Carter. Mayor
Sam Bolts, Commissioner T. Z.
Harwell. B. M. Holland. Ben f.
johnson, j. NJ. Moshershead, and
John T. Floore.
The committee Is 10 confer with
Mr.. Hoppin after the inspection and
decide upon the most likely site. II
Is understood that the selection OF
a site will be announced before the
bond election Tuesday. Option has
been made with owners OF the ia
vored spots 70 purchase the prop
erty at reasonable prices.
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Warrant Issued for Writer
Car Is Reported Found in Bishop After
Search Opens for j. c. Grinstead

Returned checks marked mo account" and a missing automobile. to-
day reported found at Bishop, Texas, late yesterday afternoon caused
a warrant to be sworn out for the arrest o. J. c. Grnstead. who has
been in Brownsville the past few days posing as a staff writer OF the
Kansas City Star.
About q week or ten days ago a man giving the name Of J. Q. Grin
stead walked into The Brownsville Herald office and introduced him
self as q police reporter on a Kansas City paper. enroute TO Monterrey
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Mooney Witness Retracts
Pardon of Man Convicted of Bombing Many
Years Ago May Now Be Forthcoming

BALTIMORE. July 12-P-John Mcdonald, principal prosecution
witness against Thomas Mooney and waIen K. Billings, serving life
sentences for the preparedness day parade bombing in San Francisco
in 1916, said today he had pertured himself at the trial and now desires
to undo the wrong"
Sought In connection with efforts OF the Mooney defense league to
obtain pardons for the two men Mcdonald was taken into custody here
after being recognized by a neighbor. He a held on a nominal charge
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Bobby Shoots
Four Under

INTERLACHEN CLUB. Min
neapolis, July l2.-gP-Bobby
Jones. the champion, shot q
spectacular 90, four under par.
and a new competitive record
for the course, To take the lead
IN the third round OF the Unit
ed States Open Golf Tournaments
today. II gave him a 54-hole
total OF 2l2.
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The Cameron county commission
ers' court will hold a regular meet
ing Monday. Little other than rou-
tine business is expected TO come
before the body.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
FAR TO partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday.
For East Texas: Mostly fair and
continued warm tonight and Sun
day.
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BEE CAUSES WRECK

BEAUMONT. July 12-tP-A bee
stung Mrs. II. w. Held OF Port Ar
thur yesterday and the automobile
she was driving went into the ditch
near here. tnjuring four persona
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RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
days.
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Heat DEATHS
RISING UNDER
BLAZING sun
Little Relief From
Suffering Seen;
Valley Cool

CHICAGO, July 12.-P-Again
today the weather news for middle
America read: continued hot and
bothered"
The "hot" part found no contra
dictions from the millions who have
sweltered.
Weather reports would indicate
that the ceaseless sun had an eye
on a new heat endurance record.
Today's forecast for Illinois, Mich
igan, Indiana and Missouri said
warmer. In the burning north
west, slightly cooler.
The number OF deaths directly at
tributable to the weeks heat in the
middle west was "a early today. In
GLIDING drowninxs as well as deaths
resulting from prostration. In Iowa
alone there have been IS deaths IN
the past three days and in Mis-
souri, "a in the same period. Illinois
Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and
Minnesota also reported deaths due
TO the heat.
Temperature readings Of 100 or
above have become usual rather
than the exception in most Of the
middle American states.
st. Louis was the hottest metro
polls of America yesterday, having
an official 104. Sikeston, Mo, re-
ported 112, the highest mark in the
present wave.
South Swelters
Atlanta, July I2.-CPy-The south
continues TO swelter under a blazing
sun.
A record temperature Of III at
Jonesboro, Ark, and a reading OF
ITO at Monroe. La, represented the
peak Of the present heat wave yes
terday.
In Memphis, Tenn, where l03
degrees was recorded, heat was a
contribution factor in four deaths.
-Four others sought relief in Ala
bama streams and drowned.
A negro succumbed to heat where
A 81 degrees was reported.
A farmer and his mule were
killed by lightning at Dawson. Ca.
Two windstormS. n between
Cuthbert, Ga, and Eufaula, Ala.
and one near Boston. a village in
Thomas county Georgia. felled trees,
interrupted communication and
damaged several farm houses.
In Brownsville everyone Is COM
Portable with the thermometer only
at 80, the highest.
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Before the Crash, Insure
BIO Grande Valley Trust Cos-Adv.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorCl-
ogical conditions:
High T.02 r.. TRY.
Low il.09 r. H.
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In Brownsville everyone Is COM
Portable with the thermometer only
at 80 the highest.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
MANOR PARK CENTER
PLEDGE IS RECEIVED
Col. Grant Assures Citizens Recrea-
ton Area Soon Will Be
Developed.

Assurance that the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission viii
soon start development Of the proposed
recreation center In that section was
given members Of the Manor Park Citi-
zens' Association last night in q letter
from Col, u. s. Grant, Sd.
The center will extend from Third
street TO Fifth and from Sheridan street
to Whittier street. Only few rough
base ball diamonds have been COM
pleted in the center so far. When COM
plete, an association committee report"
that the park will contain a swimming
pocl, tennis courts and other facilities
for sport.
The association passed resolution
declaring that the group would appear
before the Commissioners some time In
the near future and request that work
be started immediately to pave and
open Peabody street from Eighth street
70 Georgia avenue. This street has
been closed for some time, 1t was
pointed out and many residents Of the
street complained Of the inconvenience
afforded them by the condition OF the
thoroughfare.
The associc ton will also send letter
TO the Director Of Traffic, requesting a
more strict enforcement of the regula-
ton regarding the use Of the hand
signal by motorists. This resolution
was proposed by John d. Smoot, former
president Of the organization.
C.. G. Hutchison was admitted as q
member.
c. Fl. Brown presided at the meeting,
which was held in the Whittier School,
Fifth and Sheridan streets.