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New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
GROVER ALEXANDER FINED
 S15o ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Former Idol of Baseball Fans Ac- cused of Drunken Drivin tn 
 Grand Island, Neb.

Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 26 (UP) Grover Cleveland Alexander, once the idol of the worlds baseball fans, pleaded guilty in police court late yesterday to charges of drunkenness. driving while intoxicated, possession of liquor, and attempting to leave the scene Of an accident. He was fined s150
 "Old Pete" was arrested six miles from the scene of minor crash be- tween his own automobile and one driven by Mrs. Roy Brown of Grand Island.
 Since his retirement from base ball. Alexander has spent most of 1 his time in St. Paul, a rural farming community in the sandhills near Grand Island. He was born there.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26

shots rolled to rough.
 Both were on in two at the 18th but Seaver was closer to the cup in 3 Romans made his seven foot putt good for par 4 and Seaver followed suit from four feet for the half, leaving Seaver up.
 The cards, morning:
 Homans, in 346 344 544-39-79 Seaver, in 465 434 444-3S-75 Scaver five up. After the 18th was halved in par fours, Homans won the goth with a par five and was only four down. Seaver took 4 shots to get on the long 20th, and two butts. Romans was we'll on in 3.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
POLICE BAG GANG
 OF YOUNG CROOKS
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It was on August 90 that the first The sum of S15 in bills and coin was taken during the night time. and there was no way of deteEmin- ing how the break was made or how the money was taken.
 On September ?. the store was again relieved of s6 in cash, and on September another $6 was taken. On September 8 $5 was taken. On the same date discovery was made that small coin bank had been taken, between the 9th and Sth, the bank containing about sS. Between September 12 and 13 a fountain pen. valued at S10 was taken. The big haul was made on the night of Sep tember 14.
 Up to this time the store owners had not complained to the police. for 1t was believed by the owner that somebody connected with the store might be the thief. On Sep tember IS the police were notified, the loss on the night before being large, and no publicity was given on the break because the police were waiting and watching near the store and did not want the thieves to know that their work had been dis covered.
 The last haul resulted in loss of seven gold watches. one mans wrist watch valued at S22.50; one mans wrist watch valued at S14.50; one mans wrist watch valued at s22.5O; one mans wrist watch valued at $25; one mans wrist watch valued at S22.50; one mans pocket watch val ued at s9.S5, and one womans rib- bon watch valued at s9.75. The to- tai value of the loot was s126.50, which with the cash previously taken made a loss of more than $175.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
Wet Plank Offered

Albany, N. Y, Sept. o6 P)-A platform in which the principal plank called for repeal of the eigh teenth amendment was put forward today for adoption by the republi- can convention of the state of New York.
 The repeal declaration, reversing a dry policy adhered to by the party for many years, was the certain center of contention on the floor oi the convention, but the vets were in the saddle and confident of theil ability to secure it's adoption on the first ballot when the convention re. sumes it's session today to pass upor the platform and select stat, ticket.
 The plank coincided with the anti. prohibition attitude of Charles H Futile of New York, federal distric attorney, and it's approval early to. day by the platform committee added to the certainty that MT. Tut. tie would be named today on the first ballot as the party nominee fol governor.
 Embodies Futile Views
 The repeal declaration came be. fore the platform committee in { resolution by Meier Steinbrink 9 Brooklyn, embodying the views 0 Mr. Futile. It calls for repeal witt the understanding that the repealar
 
 substitute amendment, outlawins the saloon. forbidding private traf fic in intoxicating beverages fo private profit, and guaranteeing fed eral assistance to prohibition states
 The committee placed the planl in the platform by a vote of thirty nine to twelve, choosing 1t iron
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26

of green, while Bobby was we'll on in ?. 15 feet from cup. Sweetser came out we'll but missed a 22 foot CT and Jones' 4 won the hole mak- ing Bobby up.
 Card:
 Sweetser, in 464 344 445-3S-79
 Jones. in .. 555 343 434-36-73 (Jones 4 up).
 1000 Follow Youngsters The two youngsters in the semi
 final, Gene Romans and Charley Seaver, started with a gallery of l. 900 persons.
 Romans had to sink a 30 foot putt to get a half in par fours at the first hole after his second was trap ped. Seaver went one up at the sec
 ond with par 5 to for Homan. Gene took 3 puts. Halve Third Hole Gene and Charley each drove the short three and holed in par threes forthe hclf. Seaver just missed a six foot putt. They took six butts be- tween them at the long fourth and halved the hole in siXes.
 The fifth brought another half in par although Seaver had to make a good putt for his four after an over strong approach. Seaver went up at the sixth where his par four was good enough to win when Romans took 3 butts for a five.
 Gene won the 7th hole with a par
 4 when Charley sent his second to a trap and took five Seaver was now
 only one up.
 A six foot putt by seaver for a birdie 3 at the eighth when Genes
 ball was on the lip of the cup for a par four again sent the Californian
 up. Seaver went 3 up at the short ninth with a par 3 when Romans took butts for a five. Seaver Four Up
 Seaver went four up at the 10th where Romans was trapped on his second, and finished in five. one
 over par. Charley made neat pitcher to the green after a drive to
 the rough and got his par. Seaver
 put his second shot in a brook at
 the 1ith and could do no better than six Romans had an easy par four and reduced his deficit by one
 Snavcr was now 3 up. Seaver won the 12th with a five
 to Genes six and again was up.
 The Jersey boy was trapped with
 his second and over the green with | his third.
 The 125 yard thirteenth was halv-
 ed in uneventful 3s. Long Jim" ! Barnes, former American and Brit ish open champion. was in the gal ! lcry at this hole
 The 1Hh was another half. This time in par fours and Seaver still | was 4 up.
 Both drives at the 18th found | rough and two extraordinary second 1 shots placed the balls on the green. 1 Romans 25 feet from the cup and
 Seaver only two feet, The Calfor-
 nian then missed the puny putt and | |. was a half at four. 1 Seayer Wins 18th At the 18th Romans reached the l edge of the green with his second 1 and Seaver was well on. Charle ,
 left Gene with a partial stymie and
 he missed his four, taking five to : Seaver's par 4 Seaver up,
 The short 17th was halved in 1 fours, one over par when both tee
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
Big Oil Gusher Saves
 Family From Poverty

Oklahoma Sity, Sept. 26 (UP) A 75,oOO barrel oil we'll, believ- ed to be the largest in the Skelly Oil and T. B. Slick companies field, has solved the problem of existence for John Hurt, his wife and their two daughters.
 The mammoth gusher was brought in yesterday behind the barn on the Hurt farm, where the family has for a number of years been fighting drought and crop failures to keep themselves in food and clothing.
 In the first hour, the we'll flowed 3,115 barrels and later it flowed 5.717 barrels in an hour and AZ minutes. The royalties will make the Hurt family. i'm mensely wealthy. /
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
JONES LEADS JESS
 SWEETSER AT END
 OF FIRST EIGHTEEN
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sank 8 six-footer, started Jones off on another rampage. He narrowly missed birdies on both the 17th and 18th, but pars were enough to lead Sweetser
 Romans bad putting cost him four holes, but Seaver too failed several times with his butter in a pinch, notably when he missed a two footer at the 18th for what seemed to be sure birdie three. The Californian was consistently longer from the tee.
 The Jersey boys putting lapses started early in the day when he took three puts on the second green.
 Scores Only Birdie
 Seaver scored the only birdie ot the round when he sent a niblck pitch six feet from the pin at the eighth and holed the putt for g three.
 A partial stymie enabled the Los Angeles youth to win the 18th after both had reached the green witt second shots over the deep quarry guarding the hole. Two bad tet shots at the shortest l7th and { home hole perfectly played by each resulted in halves at the finishing holes.
 Course still SOggy
 When Jones and Swcetser tcet off the course vas still soggy from yesterdays downpour. Jess sliced his first drive into q trap exploded into another sand pit and then over shot the green Bob was straight
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
NANCY HOPKINS HOPS OFF

Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 26 P)- Nancy Hopkins of Washington, D. C., took off first from the airport here today when the flight of the National Air tour was resumed. She left at 10:O1 a. m, C. S. T. bound for Cincinnati.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26

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New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
NEW YORK STATE i. O. ?. DELEGATES
 VOTE WET PLANK
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income by writing and tutoring and upon graduation. entered Columbia where he took the law course. He became successful as a practicing lawyer, but until his appointment as federal attorney, by President Cool iGge, had not held public office.
 His only previous public service was a member of the reorganization commission at which Charles Evans Hughes was chairman.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26

(on request ssnt with stamped ad- dressed envelope. Nr. Ripley will furnish proof of anything depicted by him).
 (ReG. U. & Pat On.)
New Britain herald., 1930-09-26
Seayer Wins 16tll

At the 18th Romans reached the edge of the green with his second and Seaver was well on. Charle,- left Gene with a partial stymie and he missed his four, taking five to Seaver's par 4 Seaver up,
 The short 17th was halved in fours, one over par when both tee
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17

senate finance committee.
The Texans announcement
aroused immediate interest at the
capitol. 1t was regarded In some
quarters as indicating he would at
tempt to line up the 165 democratic
votes for the senate reviSions, most
of which have been effected by SEN
ate democrats in combination with
independent republicans.
Some foresaw that ever If Garner
were unable to obtain any republic
can support a militant democratic
minority would strengthen the hand
or the senate coalition at the con-
ference table at which committees
of the house and senate will meet
in an effort to compose differences
between the two chambers.
The house in sending the tariff
bill to the senate approved a rate
of 2.40 cents per pound on Cuban
sugar and a Scent rate on World
sugar. The senate finance commit
tee recommended as a substitute
tariffs Of 100 on Cuban and ATS
on that imported from other ma
lions. The senate yesterday voted
70 maintain the present rates Of
l.76 on Cuban and 100 on World
sugar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
ROTARY CHIEF
SPEAKS HERE
DIR. Sam Thompson Honor
Guest at Special
Meeting

Interpreting in detail The Six
Objects Of Rotary" d.. Sam Thorn
pson Of Kerrville. governor Of the
47th Rotary District, was honor
guest held Friday night at Fl Jardln
hotel. DR.. Thompson, who is making
a tour OF the Valley and speaking
before each Rotary club he visits,
left Immediately after the program
to continue his tour and is TO be
in Edinburg today as guest Of the
Rotary club, according to the pres
ent schedule.
World peace was held by the
speaker as the ultimate aim OF Ro-
tarians. based upon their coopera-
ton with all movements pertaining
TO its realization. Rotarian ideals
and incubation OF Rotarian training
through the international organi-
cation was advanced by Dr.. Thomp-
son as the most valuable contribu-
ton which the clubs could make to-
ward the PRONUNCIATION Of the peace
movement.
About IS members OF the Rotary
club, including several out-of-state
Rotarians, and guests were attend
ants at the meeting. which was pre-
ceeded by a dinner. Mrs. Fritz Sch
midi sang several vocal selections,
with Mrs. j. l.. Abney accompanist.
The meeting was closed with the
singing OF America by the assem-
blage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
Huntsville Prison
Break Frustrated

HUNTSVILLE. Jan. l7-H]-
Illustration of a carefully planned
prison break at the Wynne State
prison farm today had resulted in
a hunger strike among several
score prisoners.
The planned delivery was discov-
cred by Dave Wright, who recent
~ took charge al the farm. Told
OF an attempt about thee months
ago, in which a long tunnel was
dug with its ultimate terminal an
oats field past the high farm fence.
Wright's first official duty was 70
inspect this tunnel.
When discovered. officials had
ordered blocks OF cement poured
into it at several points along It's
length. Wright discovered the pri-
soners had resumed their tunnel
ing al NC the old route, dctouring
when they came TO one Of the
cement blocks, and had reached a
point Just short OF the projected
end of the passage.
He Immediately ordered a search
Of every prisoner, AMI q motley
array OF knives. shovels, daggers
and digging iml--mt is Of every
kind were brought to light. The
strike followed when several pris-
oners declared they would refuse
to eat unless their k YES YER re-
turned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
VALLEY AGAIN
DODCES FROST
and FREEZES
Floods and Billiards
Bring Suffering In
Other Sections

Again the Valley misses a freeze.
King Winter spared this section the
brunt Of his wrath Thursday night,
and the Lower. Valley remained the
one portion of the state escaping
ice and frost.
Truck growers were happy that
early paintings had escaped the
predicted frost. Lowest tempera-
lures reported in the Valley for
Thursday night came from Mission,
80; Brownsville had a minimum OF
SO.
Frosts and freezing weather were
predicted for Thursday night
should the skies remain clear, but
clouds appeared in the upper VAL
ley during the afternoon, and by
morning Friday the curtain had ex-
tended over the entire section and
on into the central part of the
state; Austin reported light rain
Friday morning.
Minimum temperatures Of 81 TO
40 are forecast for Friday night.
with continued cold Saturday. ana
moderate to fresh northerly winds
along the west coast.
A large acreage Of early tomatoes,
some beans and other tender truck
crops we're endangered by the
threat of frost.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
CAL WRITES

KEYSTONE, 5. d., Jan. l7.-PJ
Upon the face OF the lmperlshaDle
granite OF the Black Hills, CALVIN
CooIluge viii chronicle in letters Oh
stone the history OF the nation.
The MT. Rusnmore National Me-
moral ASSOCIATION has announced
Mr.. Coolidge's acceptance OF its IN
vitation 10 provide the historical
data TO be cut in letters five inches
deep. beside the rock-reliet figures
OF Iour oUner p-resldents-Wasnlng-
Ton. jefferson, Lincoln and Roose-
welt.
The life Of the country from the
declaration of independence until
the present will be related in 500
words or less, and the inscriptions
may be read miles away. The his
pOry Will be embossed upon a tab
let 100 feet in width and 80 feet
high.
Should expectations Of the sculp-
tor, Gutzon Borglum, be met, the
figures OF washington and Jeffer-
son will be ready for formal un-
yelling July 4.
The memorial is being cut upon
a granite face rising 1000 feet.
Biologists estimate the history viii
Withstand the elements half a mil
lion years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17

Although fully approaching that
Borah's support would be purely in
cidental 50 far As the senator him
self IS concerned, those who oppose
the Hoover program pin their hopes
OF making him a valuable, II par
tial, ally upon two circumstance
the nature Of his recent criticism
OF enforcement conditions and his
habitual and insistent application
OF constitutional principles TO all
legislation.
To date the principle fault that
has been found with Mr.. Hoover's
proposals has been that the sug-
gested broadening Of the powers
or the United States commissioners
70 enable them 10 try minor viola
tons Of the dry laws may posi-
bly, be unconstitu' ional, or threat
en- invasion of the constitutional
right OF trial by jury.
Prohibition today was launched
upon the second decade Of its
existence. Its tenth anniversary
marked by speeches OF other COM
ment from nearly a dozen members
Of the senate and H. 5e, including
senator Sheppard OF Texas and
representative Cooper Of Ohio, the
one a democrat and the other a
republican, but both veterans OF
the struggle which brought the
eighteenth amendment into being.
Among the days Developments
was the introduction Of q resolu-
ton by senator Blaine or Wiscon-
sin. under which the eighteenth
amendment would be repealed, and
OF another BY representative La
Guardia Of New York, declaring the
eikhteenth amendment invalid for
faulty ratification. He asserted that
although the necessary 80 states
had ratified the resolution creating
the amendment. only ten had act
ually ratified the amendment itself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
OF FLOOD
SUFFER FROM COLD

CHICAGO. Jan. i7-tP)- Zero
carved its name upon the snow
covered chest OF middle America
today.
Rivers that had run wild earlier
IN the week skunk back TO their
beds, but the cold that checked
their rampages brought little cheer
10 persons who had been driven
from their homes by high waters.
Many places -;ere drifted high with
snow. and in the urban centers
sheets Of glass carpeted the boule-
wards.
Coming out OF the Rockies, the
cold descended upon virtually the
entire central and northwest, but
It was upon the Mississippi river
banks Of Iowa. Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri that II trod heaviest.
At Minneapolis 1t vas II below;
Keokuk, Iowa. wa --umbed with
6 below and at Quincy. Ill. 1t was
only one degree higher. Down the
river. the blast tempered itself; at
ST. Louis, the thermometer wavered
around 5 above, viii at Cairo. Ill,
1t was IS above. Zero was predict
ed for Chicago today, accompanied
By snow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
OF LABOR
PUBLICITY HIT
Unemployed Hordes May
Cause Much Mischief
To Valley
Especial 70 The Heraldl


HARLINGEN. Jan. i6-The pub
Lefty given the labor shortage in
the Valley is unnecessary, and may
result 10 the disadvantage Of this
section, Is the verdict OF q promin-
ent Harrington citizen, who does not
wish his name used TN connection
with the statement.
When the hordes Of unemployed
hear that the Rio Grande Valley
IS confronted with a labor shortage.
they will swarm II this part Of the
country III alarming numbers" he
said. I'VE will be unable 70 &C.
comodate them, and they will
be scattered all over the country,
out OF a job and getting into mis-
chief. In addition. they will return
north and circulate { report that
prosperity In the Rio Grande VAL
ley Il a myth. and advise their
acquain.ances 20 keep out OF here"
He continued and stated that
there Is a shortage OF only one type
OF laborer, and that this shortage
was exaggerated. One packer in Nc
Allen had IS position open. he dis
closed, and during a period Of one
month, had apprt -imately 100 APP
plicationS.
1T should be emphasized that
skilled laborers are not needed, and
that the Valley Is well supplied with
professional men"
In his estim- IL the Valley =
inviting trouble. Bec-I-- Of excess
sive publicity hosts Of undesirable
characters Aill be attracted here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
LAREDO Halls
REOPENINC OF
PORT TRAFFIC
Numerous Gay Parties
Celebrate Trade
Resumption

LAREDO, Jan. l7-CPl- Laredo
and its sister city across the Rio
Grande were the scenes Of hustle
and hustle today. as businessmen
and government officials contem-
plated the release Of the floodgates
Of commerce closed a month ago
by the Mexican government.
Citizens Of the two Laredos were
jubilant that the paralysis which
had spread over the business life
Of the communities since closing Of
the Mexican consulate was ended.
Reopening Of the consulate was set
for 9 O'Clock. and a full staff of Of
ficials and employees vas on hand
to care for the unprecedented bust
ness which had accumulat' ! dur
ing the period Of idleness.
Many carloads Of commodities for
export we're entering Laredo, or
were en- route here. after lifting OF
the embargo railroad lines declared
against the city; beyond the river.
officials Of the Mexican national
railways completed arrangements
for quick movement Of the $50 or
more carloads OF freight on hand
as soon as they could be cleared
through the custom house. Special
trains we're pressed into service 70
speed the goods TO their destina-
tons in Mexico.
American business men, however,
we're not the only ones rejoicing
over termination OF the controversy.
In Nuevo Laredo, thousands eager
ly anticipated trips TO Laredo TO
make purchases Of things they nov
could bring back into Mexico with
them. a privilege denied them since
December Is.
So elated were some Of the La
redo business men that they gave
parties for their friends last night
on the neither side Of the river,
preparatory to getting down 10
business today and the restoration
Of old-time business relations be-
tween the two countries.
The dispute between this port
and the Mexican government WAS
precipitated by the threat OF John
A. Walls. district attorney, to arrest
ex-president Elias p. Gales OF Mex
leo, on an indictment charging
completely in the murder Of Cen
eral Lucio Blanco and another Mex
lean officer. Bodies OF the officers
were recovered from the Rio Gran
de In 1922. Apparently they had
been shot while h~andcuffed TO-
gether and tossed into the stream,
General Gales passed through La
redo on his way to Mexico City
from New York In mid-Decemberr
but Walls did not arrest the Mex
lean officer after the State depart
ment had granted him diplomatic
immunity and announced It would
protect him from m~olestation by
force OF arms II necessary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
COWS SICK
Bang Disease Discovered In
Texas Herds

FORT WORTH, Jan. l7.-Pj-
Shipment Of dairy and breeding
cattle into Texas was under re-
striction today after discovery that
many dairy cattle In the state were
afflicted With contagious abortion,
or Bang disease.
Tests made over a years time by
veterinarians Of the live stock Sanl-
1ary commission disclosed that l7is
per cent Of dairy cattle In the state
we're infected. that not a single
large herd was free Of the disease,
and that dairy profits we're being
lessened as a result.
The quarantine. ordered by Gov
ernor Moody. went into effect yes
terday. Under its terms, all dairy
or breeding cattle, including calves
six months old, must pass blood
tests q days before being permit
ted to enter the state.
So far as known here, there is no
certain cure for the malady. which
Is believed to transmit undulant
fever to those who drink milk from
diseased animals.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-17
FERTILE ARKANSAS
LAND FLOODED

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. l7-(F-
More than 10000 acres Of fertile
Arkansas farm land lay under from
two to three feet Of water today
as engineers fought to prevent the
further breaking OF levees along
swollen lakes and rivers.
Big Lake in Mississippi county
crashed through a levee yesterday
flooding 10000 acres. In northeast
Arkansas the st. FTancij river
poured over a levee and flooded
10000 acres. The government n
gineers office here said = also had
advices that lowlands In other parts
Of the state had been flooded.
The break on Big Lake opened a
creyasse 800 feet wide which soon
had three feet Of water In the small
er villages throughout the county.
Engineers said they did not believe
it would rise farther.