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-cameraS and equipment. 1hey nov
cred over a third plane, waiting for
a stunt man" TO drop toward the
water with his parachute. They
were to make a thrilling sequence
in a story based on disappearance
of Captain Alfred LowenStein, Bel
gian financier. from e. plane cross
ing the English channel on July 5,
1923.
Cameras Grinding
The cameras were grinding and
nerves were tensed for the final
swoop when either a pilot erred. a
flashing sun raw blinded, or a va
grant air current played a role as a
messenger OF death. No one lived
to tell what IL was.
Suddenly the planes whipped to-
gether almost head-on. Wings
splintered. crumpled and folded
back. Cabins ground together,
~teleScoped. Gasoline tanks burst
and flared. In the twinkling Of an
eye the interlocked wreckage shot
seward.
Three bodies were catapulted
from the blazing hulks during the
plunge. and fell into the water
away from the fountain Of spray.
fire and smoke which marked the
crash Of the planes on the surface.
Wreckage Sinks
Within a few minutes only a thin
film Of oil bore evidence Of the
tragedy. No more bodies appeared
and no wreckage came to the sur
face.
The dead:
Kenneth Hawks. 80. Hollywood
motion picture director. Husband
of Mary Astor, film actress. Body
not recovered.
Max Gold. HOLLYWOOD. assistant
director, married. Body recovered.
Conrad Cells. 81. HOLLYWOOD. ca
meraman, married. Body recover
ed.
George Eastman. 20. Santa Mont
ca. cameraman, unmarried. Body
not recovered.
Ben Frankel. 20. Hollywood. as
sistant cameraman, unmarried.
Body recovered.
Otto Jordan. 26. Hollywood. as
sistant cameraman, unmarried.
Body not recovered.
Tom Harris. 25. Hollywood. prop
erty man, married. Body not re-
covered.
Hank Johannes. "a, property man,
unmarried. Body not recovered.
Ross Cook. %. Santa Monica,
pilot, unmarried. Body not recov-
cred.
Hallock Rouse. %. Santa Monica.
pilot, unmarried. Body not recov-
cred.
Jacob Triebwasser, parachute
Jumper. who had expected TO risk
his life in a leap into the sea. had
not entered the scene. He and his
pilot, Lieut.. Col. Roscoe Turner
and two COMPANIONS. Fred Osborne
and Bert White. motion picture
technicians. scared away unscathed
Triebwasser "a posing for his
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Death Grabs Movie Thrills
10 Moviemen Die When Planes Crash in Midair
Only 3 Bodies Yet Recovered

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Jan. 3IR-The placid Pacific rolled gently
today over the sepuchre Of seven of the ten men who yesterday met a
flaming death three thousand feet above the sea The charred and SHAT
tered bodies Of the other three were in a morgue.
They were making a motion picture thriller. Had they succeeded the
world would never have seen or known them; for they we're behind-the-
scenes-m en directors, cameramen, property men and airplane pilots.
Yesterday. they SCARED out above the sea-two plane loads OF men and
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Philippine Group
Comes for Hearing

Philippine independence commission
arrived here today 10 prepare for
congressional committee hearings on
various independence resolutions.
The first hearing will be held before
the senate territories committee.
January Is.
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Cotton Agency To
Vote on Charter

DALLAS. Jan 3-tP-Action on
adoption Of charter and bylaws CT
the new $50. 900 900 cotton marketing
agency will be taken by the incor-
porating directors in Washington
January 8, Harry Williams, general
manager Of the Texas Farm Bureau
association said today.
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Lizards. who with George Co.'S
'tello and William OBrien, was
sentenced 10 Gle for the Staying OF
William McFarlin. bank teller, dur
ing the robbery, awaited his hour
without evident nervousness. while
his mother. vainly urged him to &C
cept spiritual consolation.
Stokes spent considerable time
writing to his mother, who lives IN
Austin, Texas.
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Borah May Head Dry Probe
Idaho Senator Suggested for Post Following
Alcohol Permit System Attacks

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-QP-Prncipal critic OF prohibition enforce
ment conditions, Senator Borah OF Idaho, has been suggested if inc
Craftsmanship OF the proposed Joint congressional committee y S"uS
legislative means Of strengthening the liquor laws
Ths ca vas advanced by Senator Fes, republican, Ohio upoa ms
return 70 the capital Ii was based upon the belief the alcohol permit
rvsten, uould furnish ore of the chief problems of the committee and
porob, s,owiedpe Of this subject fitted him for the Craftsmanship.
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Rubio in Chicago

CHICAGO. Jan. 3-fF- Pascuai
Ortiz Rubi0. president-elect nv Mex
leo, arrived IN Chicago today fcr
a tWo-day visit.
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Children Burn

LONDON. Jan. 3-tP-Three chill
dren were killed and six injured here
today by explosion Of a barrel OF
petroleum in a railway freight sta
ton. and police believe they set fire
10 the barrel.
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Tax Roll Shows
Record Increase
s1,376,52S Gain Mostly Attributed to Building,
Says City Assessor Rates
Remain Unchanged

An increase Of sl37s52s, the largest for the past three years. Is shown
by the tax roll which will be presented to the city commission for ap-
prevail at their Saturday meeting BY Hubn Sterling, city tax assessor
and collector. The total for the year + sl6l6252s. a compared with
s147s5B23 for 1928.
Property valuations for the past three years have shown IN increasa
of about a million each year, having been ST. 226S66 in 1927, and sl2ll 272
in 1928.
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Temple Store Burns

TEMPLE, Jan. 3-(PEThe Roddy
Brothers department store IN the
center OF the business district here.
Quilted by fire today with al
estimated loss Of $1,000 00. Cause OF
the fire was unknown.
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Death Faced Calmly
Texan Spends Last Hours Writing to Mother
Condemned Men Ready to Die

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3-tPr-Three men awaited execution u
California prisons today. All refused services Of clergymen ana inoica'eo
they were ready to die.
one was Louis Las rus, Oakland bank robher. accorded me dubious
title Of the coolest man EVER TO occupy the death cell in San Quentin.
Anthony Brown and Roy z Stokes, rtngleaders in a riot In FOLSOM
prison in 1927 which cost the lives of eleven men. we're resigned to their
fate on the ganows there
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RIVER FORECAST

There will no material change ln
the river during the next few days
Fl1od Present z4-Hr. 14-Hr-
E+nrn STAGE EnnE. rain
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
Eivh and low tide no Point Isabel
odav under normal mete0roio-
gical conditions.
High B.03 ID m.
I1T ll.59 a- I'M.
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IN OUR

By CHARLES HALL

THAT rain We had last night "a
i gladly welcomed by many resi-
dents of the Valley.
Only yesterday morning a number
of truck men were heard TO say they
had many seed potatoes in the ground
~and II we could only get a rain"
The frost Of a few days ago came
o little too early to do any appre-
ciable damage to spud growers, but
ever since then knives have been
busy cutting up many a carload Of
old potatoes, in order TO make new
ones out OF them.
Accompanying the rain comes
cooler weather. today which in turn
is running up the grocery bill a bit,
but If 1t wasn't tax time no one
would worry a bit.
Which reminds us that now is the
time 10 pay that poll tax. We had
a hard time getting down TO it. in
this column, but why put ii off? II
is just like putting gasoline in the
car. Might as well fill it up at one
you never fool the al on whether
1t is empty or not.
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THE poorest hands at figures on
earth seem to be golfers. Djevsr
notice how there Is so often IN
uncertainty about how many strokes
one is on the other. and how these
two men can still 60 back over the
play and call off the shots OF both
on every one Of several holes,
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
LETTUCE CROP CONDITIONS FINE
TN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND
SHIPPING BEGINS NOVEMBER |

The Santa Cruz county 1ErUuG@
cg2gp this year will be success AND
if The marEsU is favorable at the
tinle Of shipping early in November
trs far1nersos,f this county who have
been experimenting with th2is crop
Will make a good profit.
This was the opinion expressed
by ]. L. Taylor, expert III lettuce
Cult ure foryears and who r4Ow has
18B acres painted to this vegetable
near 1Tubsc-
while intSne city on ba7STuesS, MIR.
TTGstor reported that his crqp which
he N5danted 7pl August is developing
very satisfactorily and he expects
to lkeginsshinoing about November Il.
Adjoining93xis farm'iS another con-
ststiY1g of 250. acres which is planted
entirely to itttuce and MIR. Taylor
rerGfted thag this crop also is in
very fine condition.
Gounty Blaas Broad Market
Lettuce from Santa Cruz county is
nOw marketed aall over the Taitteti
States and the crop natures at the
time of the year when little ur lno
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lettuce rs produced IA other SECTIONS,
not even the Salt River valley or
California, so the Santa Cruz farm
ers have an open market without
competition.
Further information on the lettuce
situation and the present condition
of the crop in this Tounsy was Civ
en- by u p. Sexton, county agent,
who stated that on September /,
$50 acres had been planted to this
crop ard since then $50 acres more,
making a total Of $50 acres in the
entire county this year. The lettuce
in the Palo Parade ranch, he said,
is in excellent condition and there
is practically 100 per cent stand
Further reviewing the agricultural
situation in Santa Cruz county at
the beginning of october, Mr.. Sex
ton said:
Many OF the farmers in the il
'rigated 7section are quitting up their
hay sa11d sSilage. The hay crop is of
an excellent grade and the 'Silage
was quite heavy. ,NGst of the dairy
men have produced considerable
amount Of hay this year and are
cSbsting it fax<ay for lviIy1ter use. MANY
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z1 Register ldn
County To Vote

Since the primary election 1Sa
voters &ave registered with MRS.
Ada Jones, the county recorder, ac-
corG1ing to the Incomplete list COM
piled by her up to last rxlight.
Mrs. Jones stated that more reg
iStratians came In the mail Mon
day hslt had not lhaen ~couzlted and
still more VIII come in rtodas's mails
from the various Outlying lpGecincts.
The total Gp to lest night showed
ST democrats, 40 republicans and Is
miscellaneous voters had registered
since the primary Before the prl-
mary the registration was: 1863
democrats, 554 republicans ana So
miscellaneous. The total APP to hast
night, therefore, was 221O~
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
Il Students In
High School Band

The Nogales High School Band
.ade it's first public appearance OF
his school term Saturday when it
leyed at the Nogales- Mesa foot
ball game under the direction OF
oof. C. E. Gaylord, the director.
There are ~ students this year
taking up music and they have all
been enrolled in the high school
hand. The band will now play for all
school festivities.
Following is the personnel of the
bal1d this term:
FLUTE: Louis Ibarra, Raoul Sa-
ba.
CLARINET: Robert Vidal, Man
l Il Gotta, Leslie Doan, Gaynor Hath
away. Gerald Austin, John Under
wood, Mickey Walker, James Hus-
sey.
SAXOPHONE: Jack Robes, Con
zalo Puchi, Eva Aubrey, Anna Au-
trey. Alberto Manuel, John Briggs,
Moses Valdez.
TRUMPET: Don Farrior, Everett
Pavne. Alfredo Puchi, Richmond
Bailey, Mark Wuerschmidt, Douglas
Cumming, Hector Urquida, Bud
Shelton.
BARITONE: Jose Garcia, Enrique
Robles Manuel Valencia.
TROMBONE: Charles Chamber
lin, Oscar Roberts, Hector Urquida,
Edgar Garcia.
HORNS: Carlos La Rosa, Gallo
Gourdin, Armando Yslas, Jose Vas
co.
BASS: Robert Seger, Jose Gas
tro, Max Wamer.
DRUMS: Fred Collins, Edmundo
Puchi, Madeline Noon.
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
CRACKERS OPEN
NEW STORE
AT TUCSON

Another large NogaleS mercantile
company, the Bracker Stores, Inc
have branched out and established
a store at Tucson.
The company erected a hand
some, modern building at 1896 West
Congress street in Tucson and was
elaborately furnished. 1t was form .
ally opened Saturday and great
throngs of people visited the new,
store and complimented the heads
of the firm on the attractive appear
ance of the store and on the high
grade merchandise in stock
Charles Bracker, president Of the
company, will have active charge OF
the Tucson store. Joseph Bracker-
vice president, will continue in
charge of the Nogales store. Sann
Bracker is secretary-treasurer OF.
the firm.
The Tucson store carries a COM
plete line of nationally advertised
merchandise, including mems aCH.
bays clothing and furnishings.
Spaulding sporting goods, outing
supplies of all kinds, and work
clothes.
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
Can,bee Candidate
For School Trustee

DR.. NJ. A. Wuerschm1Gtt, president
OF the board Of school trustees of
District NO 1, Hogales, states there
will be an election for trustee on
Saturday October 25.
The term of DR.. Wuerschmidt eX-
pires Dec. 81 and he will not be a
candidate for reelection, despite the
earnest solicitation of his many
friends.
Increasing amount of work in his
duties as eyesight specialist FOR the
S. P. de M. railroad as well as at
tention to his own practice makes
this decision necessary, he said.
Nomination petitions for the Of
flee of trustee must be filed before
October Is. L. r. Gambee an
nounced his candidacy yesterday for
the post. Gambee is proprietor of
the Purity Bottling Works, and is
one of Nogales' best known citizens.
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
Former Judge of
City Drops Dead

"A few minutes after 'fse alighted
from the train at 11:30 o'Giock Sat-
Iurnay morning, D.. G. Underwood,
73 years old, resident Of Nogales
for .35 years, at one time city police
judge and for mary years a mine
generator, engineer and )rYSmoter,
dropped dead in front of the garita
on the Mexican side at the Grand
:avenueu international gate.
He Was alone at the time. He was
carried into the Mexican railroad
station by border inspectors but was
dead before a doctor arrived.
MI. Underwood had been at Nor
emo where he operated silver-zinc
mines and also had visited the va
oui river section ana Orls to inspect
1ainirg properties.
His wife has been visiting her
brother in Los Angeles. She was
notified by telegraph Saturday al
ternoon. The body was brought to
the Carroon undertaking parlors.
Mrs. Underwood arrived from Los
Angeles Sunday and the funeral viii
take place at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Services will be conducted al
the Episcopal church by Rev. Jane!
l.. Patton and interment will follow
at Nogales cemetery.
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persons were ;aSleep.
He Was ALSO -ringleader of 1fae
burglars who -Dobbed the Harry
Renshax and ftssur other NOsaLlas
homes IL 1927 and that year WAS
captured i'm ,Nogakss, Sonora, wear~
ing Renst.awls Shirt and was turn
ed over tr Officials on this side OF
the line aaal sent ito prison.
When Chief OF Police j. J. Lowe
last fall Giksd five out of eight
charges against 'NlSla the chief
tthought that would hold him for
q while and is at a loss to know
Why the Republican Officials of the
state prison have given him his
liberty before be had even served
one year.
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
TO Be OPENED This Week
0verton Named Head To Aggressive
Battle Now Under Way
In Earnest

Frank j. Duffy, chairman, Gannoun-
ced itnat it would he an open meet
ing and it soon took the form of a
democratic rally. 3Most of the ccounty
candidates and many Other demo-
cratic leaders were present
Reporting on his trip to Phoenix
tc gattend the ~StaTe democratic CEN
trail committee, Of which he is a
member, Mr.. Campbell declared that
it had been "a great meeting and
mach enthusiasm was manifested.
Everyone agreed" he declared,
that this is a democratic year in
hrizona and tnat the democratic
ticket, from governor down, would
be victorious. We all left there with
the determine ton to make our
county democratic from hborder to
shorder and Il ,*1ow that we will be
successful in Santa Cruz county if
Im7e will not go to sleep on the job
but will work diligently from now
until the time of the election"
Mr.. CamY9ptlls remarks were re-
kcgived with a 9Storm Of applause.
In another stirring address Mr.
rOverton told h1e gathering that the
democrats aGf Santa Cruz county
must win this year. He called at
tention to the returns of the cleo
ton two years ago ARID ddeclared it
was a disgrace that the republican
EsnpervisorS carried the three pre-
rciglcts in NpgEa9es when the regis
tration prior to the eiesaion show
eft there were almost ttgree deuIo-
Gratis registered to one republican.
Charles l.. TEfgroy, chairman OF the
cuunty committee the last two years
IVES given vote Cof thanks ''fOT the
service remterad the democratic
party"
Democratic campaign Treadquart-
eg,s will be located cat Il Morley
iavenue in the 1btiding formerly oc-
cupaed by tine coffee Potacafe, the
use of which wsasl la1oT1ated'Jgy George
B. Marsh, Inc This conTany was
giyaa a rousmlg yWcte Cof thanks and
appreciation.
C. G. Crensflaw caennocraHsc nOnl-
inee for Sena7or; Senator ANDREW
IBeteEy and a. r.. Saxon 'wsre ap-
pointed as a committee to get the
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RINGLEADER OF NOGALES BURGLARS
GIVEN FREEDOM BY PRISON OFFICIALS

-HiipeHo Villa, TnlgleatbsrCofaa g8ang
af ;burghrs who stole $4,000 ,wRrth
Of merchandise from aeig11t Nosales
homes less than a gear ago, wasftie-
ported ito Mexico 81 WogGles Wed
nesGay by state prbsan Officials tcf
Florence after Villa had served cct,sy
a few months of a sentence <of >orae
to ttree ,yesrs imposed >on him by
Superior Court Judge wv. A. o.
Conner.
Just why Villa has bean BeAeased
from Grison before completing his
sentence is unknown here.
Villa aud his gang were the bold
burglars who, garry last winter,
broke Into the .Nogales homes while
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9 Prisoners Are
AIKEN To Tucson

Nine prisoners arrested for aE1eg-
ed violation of the immigration laws,
who. have been held in the courty
jail for some time, were turned ov-
er by Sheriff Pat Patterson sunday
to Deputy United States Marshall
Tom Mills, who took them TO Tue
son.
They will be tried this week IN
the federal court at Tucson and
those found guilty will be brought
back to Nogales to serve their terms.
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
MASCARENAS Says COUNTRY
WILL RETALlATE With BIG
DUTY ON AMERICAN IMPORTS
Believes Our Tariff Does Not Reflect
Sentiment OF People OF
United States

towards the new American tariff
which places a heavy duty on i'm
ports into this country from Mex
leo. 1t was his opinion that the tar
iff did not reflect the sentiment OF
the American people and he was
very emphatic in the statement that
Mexico will undoubtedly retaLiate
with measures inflicting a heavy
penalty on all American goods i'm
ported into Mexico.
1--WE will encourage our people TO
use as little American goods as
possible and to buy those things
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Enthusiastic endorsement was
given the state democratic plat
form, a committee appointed to
draft a county democratic plat
form: location was selected for
the county democratic head
quarters with w. F. Overton as
county campaign manager and
rouSing addresses were made by
Mr.. Ovefton and Robert A.
Campbell at the weekly meet
ing Friday night of the county
democratic central committee
The session convened as conaw1t
tee meeting but as Zs5oon as the re
gifnr 'fornEllities were gone thrulg
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Mexico will use as little Am
erican goods as possible and un-
doubtedly Mexico will place
heavy duty OH American i'm
ports as a retaliatory measure,
in the opinion of Alberto Mas
carenas, pesident of the BancO
de Mexico, at Mexico City, who
arrived here yesterday.
Mr.. Mascarenas is the fore
most figure in Mexican finan-
ciaI affairs. He was born and
reared in Nogales, Sonora, and
spent over thirty years here. At
one time he was manager of
the Bank of Sonora and has
4 served as Mexican consul gen.
eral at New York, San Fran
cisco and London.
He organized the Banco de Mex
leo six years ago and has been it's
president ever since In addition to
the main bank at Mexico City, there
are 27 branches, incl the one
in Nogales, Sonora 3anco de
Mexico is to Mexico w..>-- the Fed
eral Reserve Bank is to the United
States.
The distinguished visitor freely
discussed business conditions in hi;
native country. He said the new
Mexican mining law which -beears
effective October will undoubted
ly bring about speedy resumption O.
mining activity by American ane
other foreign interests. Already, n
declared, this is becoming apparen
throughout the mining districts.
The silver situation, he said, mus
and will improve. He pointed ou
the scarcity of gold in the worlt
and declared that silver will al
ways be the chief medium OF eX
change, but at present the silve'
situation is deplorable.
AS to the agricultural situation IL
Mexico, the prominent financie
said crop conditions are very favor
able. Rains have 4been plentiful, h
said, and the production Of the prin
cipal crops will be good this year
Mr.. Mascarenas was very bite
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
Athletics Lead
In World Series

Winning the fifth game by a spec
tacular home run in the last inning
yesterday, scoring two runS the
Philadelphia Athletics took the Iea6
in the world series over the St,
Louis Cardinals. The Monday game
was scorless until the last inning
and judging from the way the news
came over the radio at the Inter
national office, Graham McNanlee.
the famous announcer, was not the
only one stirred up to fever heat,
in Sportsman Park, st. Louis, where
more than 10000 fans were watch.
ing the game. 1t was by far the,
greatest game of the series
The teams will play again We'd
nesday at Shibe Park in PhiEadef--
phia, starting at 11:3O, Nogales time.
and again Nogales fans wilE nave
an opportunity to hear the returns,
play by play, over the radio at the
International office.
After the Athletics had WON the
two opening games at Philadelphia
last week, the Cardinals came back
Saturday by shutting out the world .
and again defeated them,
Sunday, making the score two
games to two, but Philadelphia a.
gain took the lead yesterday.
Scores of The last three games
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Hunt .ToTurry
Muricopa County :
BY Big Majority

Reporting thatfdemocratic leaders
,dsaim Ossorge w. Up. Hunt Will GEAR
ry MaricOpa coua1Ty by a MGaJ0fiMy
,df Itoetween 5000 aand 5000 ON Nc
ven1ber 4, UIl0e'Sheriff HaY6N
Brown, accompanied by Mrs Brown
returned Sunday efrom a b1sines;
t1ip ITO rPinaenix.
During his stay in Phoenix, Mir
Brnwn conferred with G. e. Ad-
tIamS. chairman 10ft1ohe state demo
cratic central cconaRaittee, wtN de
claned that Hunt asnd the entire
democratic Eicket Wal be elected jbS
a gxeat majority.
Nogales international., 1930-10-07
Attorney Arrested
By Patrol Officer

Jose Jesus Morales, NogaleG
Sonora, attorney, was arrested
g o'cluck Sunday mornine by Bor
der Patrol Offners Jake Farrar ant
George Parker, Jr., charged with
smuggling a woman alien into tho
United States a few days ago.
The arrest was made at Morales
home on Rodriguez street in No
gsEes, Arizona. lending trial Nor
aies is out of jail on a $2,W0 bond.