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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
TAXES LESS
New Law Aids Districts
In Brownsville

Relief OF taxes amounting to sew
eral thousand dollars per annum
are today reported for Victoria
heights and Summit Place under
the new law relating 70 lands or
drainage districts which are taken
into the city limits.
The law was sought by the
Brownsville city administration and
was passed after II was made TO
read for lands lying In counties OF
not less than 1924 square miles
and not more than 1896 square
miles. and cities OF not less than
ten thousand population.
1t was passed in such manner
as TO make ii a law almost especial
~ for Brownsville. and members Of
the city commission say 1t fulfills
an election promise. 1t was explain
ed today as eXempting from main
tenance taxes. but such districts
are still subject to sinking fund
PAYMENTS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
RAYMONDVILLE
GOES TO FETE
Six Business Men Plan To
Attend Celebration
At Jiminez

Raymondville will send six bust
ness men to the Jiminez celebration
April 1918. the Brownsville Cham
Der OF Commerce announced Wed
nesday.
The RaymondvilIe men will &C
\. company the Brownsville represen-
tativeS, who plan to leave here Ell
ther Friday evening or early Sstur-
day morning. travelling by automo-
bile.
"A large number OF Matamoros
citizens will also journey to Jiminez
leaving there Saturday at 4 a. m
approximately 20 viii make the
trip.
a telephone message from j. Z
Bell. San Benito secretary, disclosed
that possibly a group from that city
will travel to the celebration.
The Raymondville men are Edgar
L. Bull. Roger +. Robinson, Ernest
j. Sanders. Eugene II. Jamison, d
z. Carroll and Rex 3. Baxter.
From Brownsville the following
will leave for Jiminez: VIM 8. West
Ed Mockbee, Alfred Putegnat, Drew
Patteson, @. G. Richardson and A
Wayne Wood.
Everyone in the Valley is invited
to make the trip and participate ir
the celebration" Mr.. Richardson
said. The Matamoros presidentt
municipal informed me that the
Mexican officials will attend 90 al
passport regulations, and that there
will be no trouble along this line
All that is required Is the persons
name, age, place Of residence, auto
mobile license number and engine
number. Photographs and other
usual requirements will be eltmina-
ted"
The affair is in celebration Of the
opening Of the Victoria-M atamoroS
strip Of highway, which is completed
as far as JimineZ.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Dead After Car
ColIides With Truck

ABILENE, Tex. April 9-Ff-Vir-
gil White. %. OF Snyder. and Miss
Thalma Hash. 20. OF Roscoe, were
dead today after the automobile in
which they were riding collided with
a truck parked nc the side OF the
highway near Roscoe. so miles west
Of here. The accident occurred last
night. John and Margaret Hash.
brother and sister Of the girl killed.
were slightly injured. and a man.
also an occupant OF the car. whose
name was not learned. White died
almost instantly OF head injuries,
and Miss Hash'S neck was broken.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

WHOM M III NASAAOO Civ 0AS1t
are represented by III. B. Galbraith,
local attorney. They are nieces
and nephews or the dead woman.
The contestants are Margaret X.
de la Chica, Pedro A. de la Chica-
her husband; Henry Kingsbury,
Martin Kingsbury, Adelaide Kings
bury Lopez and her husband: Ge-
ronimo Lopez. Mary Kingsbury Du-
ran and her husband. Jose Duran.
Emilia K%ingsbury Timber, Blanche
X. Branon and her husband ID. U.
Branon.
Mrs. Forto's will was 70 have
been probated Wednesday.
The contestants petition alleges
that the dead woman lacked tesla
mentary capacity by reason OF raw
ages Of age and the still greater
ravages or disease. to which she
had been subjected for many years
For many years, the deceased had
given evidences III the form OF un-
reasonable outbreaks and unreas'
enable demands Of mania OF perse-
cution and OF enmity which show
II NtlC N1o AAANAA ~ 4@ANN $50
cholic, in other words q person Of
unsound mind lacking testamentar1
capacity
The petition 70 the Judge fur.
Their alleging that Mrs. Forto wa
"unduly influenced in the making
Of same by the principal legatee On
devotee. Jean B. Frigon. a man o.
fine education and great intellec'
tual force, indominable will. pens'
trating and persuasive personality
a prominent citizen or the com
munity in which deceased had he
home, the dominant and forcefu
head OF the church or which Mrs
Forto was a member. the deceased
being almost fanaticaIly religious
for years and had received he.
spiritual ms well as temporal ad.
vice from said Frigon and had al
most completely fallen under tn
domination and control I'm matter,
temporal as well as spiritual o
said Father Frigon who exercises
his superior win 80
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
LONG DRESSES
New Styles Show Skirts
Touching Floor

NEW YORK, April o-F-Shirts
and shorts for tennis and floor
length evening dresses mark the
two extremes Of women'S fashions
for the summer OF 1880.
A parade Of 40 mannikins dis
played the styles last night at the
summer fashion show Of the gar
ment retailers Of America at the
hotel Aston.
The materials are silk. satin and
cotton fabrics. lace and fur. The
cclors are pastels: caprice tan. a
sort Of beige; caress blue; charm
pink, and coQuette green.
Skirt lengths are not martialy
changed from last season, nor IS
there any change ir silhouette. The
garments shown were described as
"wearable," being a modification OF
the high waist line and other ex-
tremes Of design Of last autumn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Amarillo Gets More
Airway Connections

AMARILLO, April e.-tP-Air
plane passenger service tying ANA
rillo in swift aerial jumps with
Oklahoma City and Tulsa; Pueblo.
Colorado Springs and Denver:
Wichita Falls and Dallas. and with
Los Angeles and Kansas City was
the prospect today.
Daily air passenger service IN the
five directions. radiating from
Amarillo. was announced yester-
day by w. D. Peck. Jr.. district
passenger agent for Western Air
Express. as elective today.
The Colorado connection Is op-
Grated by the Midcontinent Air
Express. affiliated with the w. E,
and will use Fokker six passenger
planes. The Dallas and Tulsa lines
viii Use tri-motoret Fokker planes.
carrying IL passengers. as are now
used on the regular east-weSt run
from Kansas City 10 Los Angeles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Liquor Shippers Are
Called Conspirators

WASHINGTON. April g-F1-
Attorney General Mitchell urged
the supreme court in a brief filed
today to hold that q person order
ing liquor shipped TO him Is guilty
OF conspiracy to violate the nation
al prohibition law.
The brief was filed in an appeal
brought by the government attack
ing the decision of the circuit court
OF appeals which held that Alfred
T.. Norris. New York banker. was
not guilty of conspiracy 10 violate
the prohibition law IN having liquor
shipped to him by Joel %. KeTper,
from Philadelphia
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

vile. was standing in the station
when train No sic suddenly APP
peared out Of the fog.
Engineer Raiford was said Ia
have slammed on his brakes but
the distance was too short and the
train could not be stopped.
The heavy locomotive ploughed
into the last Pullman for a distance
Of several feet. Practically every
window In the standing train was
broken.
Many Passengers In the
diner at the time Of the collision,
One Of them said that he had just
sat down to breakfast.
There vas a sudden jerk. Every
thing I had in front OF me moved
into the lap Of the man cro the
table.
II had ordered Jam with my
toast. and some Of II was thrown
into the face Of my fellow passen-
ger"
Most Of those injured were cut
by flying glass or bruised when
they were thrown to their feet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

in our schools. In the evolution the
Parent Teacher association has its
greatest work, that Of educating the
parents Of our Mexican boys and
girls, as their homes often wieldta
greater influence on their lives
than do ours. Some organizations
already have the vision and have
accepted the challenge by urging
the attendance Of the Spanish
speaking mothers. Interpreters are
provided so important parts Of the
program can be repeated to them.
Supt. Gotke also gave a brief ?
sumo Of the National Education
association recently held in Allan
tic City.
Exhibits Attract
Lively interest was shown
throughout the day in the publicity
exhibits. and also the reports from
the local associations. PriZ-5 are
to be awarded Wednesday for the
best Scrapbooks and also for the
best report. Seventeen organiza-
lions have compiled scrapbooks
this year showing an increasing in
terest In this phase Of the pub
Continued on page I'D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
8-Year-O Old Murder
Mystery Cleared

LOS ANGELES. April 9-tF1-An
eight-year-old murder mystery was
believed partially solved today.
with announcement that Otto San
huber. alias Nj. Klein, had confess
ed shooting Fred Oesterrelcf.
wealthy garnet manufacturer. IN
the latter's Los Angeles home.
After the shooting. IL "a de-
clared. Sanhuber retired TO "a secret
compartment OF the house. which
he had built. and lived there for
eleven months, while police Tn
vestigated the Staying. Sanhuberp
IS. said he "Aad become peculiarly
attached" TO Mrs. WalburFa Oester-
reich. widow Of the victim. when
he was III years old and the prin-
cipals in the case lived In Milwau-
kee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

everything did not look so bad. Re-
member how those mighty men used
to sweat and labor. How they would
grunt when the pillow hit a root and
the handle hit them-where they
lived. They had to be mighty men,
or they could not have lived over 1t.
THEN. We began to think really
how up-to-date and modern ev-
erything Is in the Valley. How
hey have land without any roots
in II. and how a farmer down here
mounts a tractor and sails along
with a supercilious air, knowing that
he is up against the best thing on
earth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

Right out OF the sugar maple tree
1tsc'S Began to feel awful, remem-
bering IL all. until we began 10 re-
member how we would walk three
miles through the mud to get some
"sto bought candy Now. let no
one laugh. There are a lot Of you
readers. who have done the same
thing. but won't Tess up.
nUT then, when We began TO re-
II member how hard the people
used TO work. not being equipp-
ed with farming implements there
like we are here, things began TO
change a bit. Looked outside and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
.SOLON FLAYS
CHURCHBOARD

WASHINGTON, April e.-PNA
statement requesting the senate
lobby committee TO investigate the
Methodist Board Of Temperance,
prohibition. and public morals and
the federal council OF churches was
issued today by Representative
Tinkham. republican. MasSachu-
sets. as he took the witness stand
before the lobby committee.
The statement given to newspa-
permen said the Methodist board
for some years has attempted 70
influence and direct the legislative
and executive branches Of the fed
eral government and 70 influence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Second Murder Trial
Ending i'm Linden

LINDEN, April 9-tPHCounSel
for Cader Barfield. %. of New Bos-
ton. expected today to present his
defense in his second trial on
charges OF murder in the fatal
shooting OF Ray Palmer in 1928.
The state. seeking the death penal
ty. rested yesterday.
State witnesses related the same
story which brought Barfield a Is
e a prison sentence In his first
trial at New Boston, exas. In Feb,
1929. This sentence was later re-
-ersed. Barfield claimed self de-
Tense.
Mrs. Lily Gholsten. Palmer's
mother. testified that her son best
ed Barfield in a fist fight and that
Barfield left the house. obtained a
gun and shot her son as he lay on
a couch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Texan Faces Trial
For Wife Poisoning

PITTSBURG, Tex. April 9-Pl-
Charged with first degree murder
in connection with the poisoning
OF his 2~5-year-old wife, v. r. Mel
son. IS. Camp county farmer, to-
day faced trail for his life in dis
trIct court here.
The body Of Mrs. Nelson was
exhumed and examined. The viscera
were sent TO Austin for analysis by
chemists, who reported finding
poison.
Nelson Is the father Of two small
children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

He complains less than any lar
mer on earth. but If he did not COM
plain he would not be a farmer. II
n teller doesn't complain at all he
is satisfied and has no ambition.
and if he complains too much he
Is a knocker-and there you have
Il.
nut taking it all In all. we all talk
IS about the good old days. but by
far and wide. if we were really
confronted with them. you couldn't
paw any OF us 10 60 back 70 them
and live our lives ver again.
So what Is all the racket about,
anyway?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

ITO ALL cash and carry customers:
The engineer Of this column
today feels that spring has come.
The sign that told him this was that
OF inconsistencies. Yessir. something
started rising up in us, and we be-
gan 10 long for Ole Arkansas. Can
you imagine that?
ONLY realized that ii was spring
fever after a brief glance back
over the years showed us how
much better things have become for
Us since we came to the Valley.
You see we got TO thinking about
how mother used to treat all our
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Committee Fails To
Agree on Hoover Plan

WASHINGTON, April Ut
The house judiciary committee to-
day again failed 70 reach q decision
on the Hoover Law Enforcement
commissions legislative program
and the Stobbs bill 10 amend the
Jones law. he committee adjourned
until next Wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Valley Girls Honor
Students of College

Three Valley girls are on the
March honor roll In the high school
department Of Our Lady of the Lake
college, San Antonio. They are
Marie Workman and Harriet Pat
tee, Brownsville; and Elizabeth Cat
ii. San Ben:tc. All are third rear
students Of the school.
There were Is girls on the honor
roll.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
New High Priced
Metal Il Found

ATLANTA. April g=P-The
age Of machines and metals has
a new scientific toy-metallic
uranium at $500 a pound.
II was announced 10 the Amer
lean Chemical society today IN
the discovery or q new method
to produce this hitherto price
less. Steel-grey metal. one OF the
90 elements, and the heaviest
IN atomic weight.
The discovery brings the
metallic form within reach OF
experimenting 70 increase its
uses. now confined mostly to
measuring ultraviolet light and
to x-ray work. Heretofore 1t has
been made In small quantities
in laboratory bombs"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Man Confesses Part
In Robbery of 1922

CHICAGO. April e-(P-Confes-
sion that he participated in the
$4,000 robbery at the country home
OF Arthur w. Cutten, multi-million-
aire grain dealer. in 1922 Tas made
today. Police Commissioner Russell
said. by Simon Rosenberg. alias
Charles Davis. Rosenberg was ar
rested at Cleveland last Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Colleen Moore May
Be Seeking Divorce

LOS ANGELES, April 9-(P-
The Examiner today said that COL
leen Moore. film star. and her hus-
band. John Mccormack. motion
picture producer. had separated and
that Miss Moore was expected TO
file suit for divorce within the next
two weeks. probably alleging in
compatibility.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
FUNERAL

ROME April e-tR-Funeral
services for Queen Victoria OF Swe-
den we're held this morning In the
German Evangelical church here IN
the presence Of her husband, King
Gustav. Prince william and Primo
ess Ingrid OF Sweden. the king and
queen OF Italy and Premier Mus
c0lini
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

ills. How we used 20 put absolute
dependence in her. knowing that
no matter how i'll we were that aw-
ful tasting medicine would cure us.
THEN next we thought how up
there just below Missouri. dNi
used TO get the sugar for our
homemade candy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
NAY DIE

GALVESTON, April 9-R- One
Of the victims Of the Alvin train
wreck was brought to St. Mary's
infirmary here. He was believed
to be Buck Raitord, injured engi-
neer. although neither the hospital
nor the ambulance driver knew his
name.
He was suffering from a fractured
skull and was badly scalded. 1t is
doubtful If he will recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
BIG OIL LEASE
POINTS TO PAY
Nine Million Dollars Involved in Leases
Which May Bring Search To
Upper Valley End

What Is seen to be the foeunner OF one OF the most intensive ON
drilling campaigns ever known in Southwest Texas 4 o. document FLED
at Rio Grande City covering leases In four counties, and which brings
the proposed campaign TO the upper end OF the Valley.
Special dispatches ~ The Brownsville Herald today say that leases
covering several thousand acres In these four counties have been made
involving nine million dollars. The telegram follows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
LOCAL PASSENGERS ESCAPE

Thirty : five passengers left
Brownsville last night on the
Missouri Pacific passenger train
which was wrecked this morning
at Houston. According TO early
reports from the local office.
no one from Brownsville was
among TIE injured.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Brownsville Train Rams
Standing Cars at Houston
Brakeman Killed, Dozen Injured in Wreck;
Kingsville Engineer Scalded
In NJ. p. Accident

ALVIN. Tex April 9-GP-A negro brakeman was killed, an engi-
neer injured probably fatally and a dozen passengers slightly hurt when
a Missouri Pacific passenger train rammed another in the station here
today.
The brakeman was Mack Brazier Of Houston. His body was pinned
betw7en the two trains The engineer, Buck Raiford OF Kingsyile, was
rushed to a Galveston hospital DR.. r. "A. VIM Of Alvin said he had
a fractured skull and was terribly scalded bv escaplng steam. ]. B Bees
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Frigon Hit in Forto Will
Catholic Priests Influence Alleged; Lack OF
Testamentary Capacity Claimed

Charging Father Jean =. Fr1gon OF the Catholic church with using
undue influence over Mrs. Mary X. Forto In making hr WI "mch
,rortdg Give some 100000 for the education Of Catholics for the priest
hood eleven relatives Of the dead woman filed a contest to the Will
wednesday.
The contestants also anege that Mrs. Forto, who died here FEB. o.
~ - nossasst p<tamentary capac ny at the time Of her death and be-
cause AZ this that the will was not hers. The contestants most "a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09

fireman, was thrown from the win
dow Of the engine and bruised.
Two OF the passengers, who were
injured slightly. were from Hous-
ton. They were Mrs. r. c. Craft
and Charles Joekel.
Railroad officials blamed a heavy
fog for the crash. They said that
train number 5i4, from Browns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday
not much change in temperature.
For East Texas: Fair tonight.
somewhat warmer I'm northeast and
southwest portions; Thursday In
creasing cloudiness.
Light 10 fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Gotke Addresses Meet
Parent Teachers at Kingsville Discuss School
Problems of Rio Grande Valley
Special to The Herald.)

KINGSvILLE, April 9-Among the outstanding features of the sec
ond day Of the district Parent-Teacher convention was the address of
Supt @. w. Gotke OF Brownsville, on Our Americanization Problem"
Supt. Gotke said our foreign population cannot be made loyal citizens
by some mysterious change. The process of AmericanKaion which in
cludes the love of our country. our ideals and our institutions must be
a gradual development. Not only should we show a friendly interest in
our Spanish speaking population. but " must grant them equal rights
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
IN OUR
VALLEY
ANSWER
. By HALL

IES1 EbDA1 ms WEh
The explanation of the man
who could not change a dollar
bill, but who could change a five
dollar bill and keep ten cents is:
He had a two-and-a-half gold
piece. two one dollar bills and
four dimes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Mexican Federals
Closing on Bandits

MEXICO CITY April 9-fPA
Dispatches from Topic, Nayarit, to-
day said federal troops continued
TO close in OIL bandits In the noun
famous region near the Jalisco
border who kidnapped J. f. Bristow.
oil man OF San Angelo. It was said
Bristow's release was expected soon.
No mention was made OF reports
that Ransom money had been paid
TO secure his freedom.
SAN ANGELO. April 9-Pl-The
San Angelo Times today said j. Z.
Bristow. San Angelo Oil man, had
not returned TO Ahuacatlan. Nay
art. Mexico. despite the payment
OF 5000 pesos gold ransom to an
emissary Of bandits who had held
him captive since March 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal metecrul-
oEical conditions:
High ...... 1885 a. m: 2:24 p. IT.
Low ........ T:50 w. I'M; S.l4 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN

There win be no material change
In the river during the next Few
days
New Britain herald., 1930-08-19
zUTA SAFE YIELDS
 DAMAGING CHECKS
Drafts Payable to State Senator
 Revealed Today

Chicago, Aug. 19 CP,-Two checks signed by the slain gangster, Jack Zuta, each for s2O0 and each made payable to State Senator Harry W. Starr of the thirteenth Illinois dis trict, were dug from the Zuta strong box today and made public by the states attorney.
 One check was dated October ,, 1926, and the other October Is of the same year.
 Starr was elected to the state sen- ate in November of that year. He is candidate for reelection on the re- publican ticket at the approaching November election.
 Senator Starr was chairman of the legislative committee which last year investigated the "whoopee"
New Britain herald., 1930-08-19
TEXTILE WORKERS
 PANHANDLE SUPER
Are DiSsuaded From Attack by
 Their Own Leaders

Bessemer City, N. C, Aug. 19 (P) Striking employees of the Ameri- can Mills, local textile plants, today attempted to drag George R. Spen- cer, general superintendent, from his automobile, but were dissuaded by strike leaders.
 The workers said they held Spen- cer responsible for a wage slash in the mills, which precipitated q 0alkout yesterday,
 The mills are owned hy Frank, Max and Robert Goldberg Of Gas tonia.
 The strikers are not union mem hers.
 Mir. Spencer. confirming reports that workmen had laid hands upon him also said girl who had wish ed 10 continue at work had been roughly handled by pickets.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-19
FIRE IN AUTO TRUCK

Damage estimated at approXi- marely Sl0 was done by fire in an automobile truck owned by the Gen. eraI Roofing Co. Of 374 East Main street this afternoon at the Rack life filing station at East Main and Stanley streets. An alarm was rung at o:02 o'clock from Box 49. but the ire apparatus returned at once, only an eHtlnguisher being needed 10 1ueu the blaze which was caused by the electric wiring.