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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
Won PORAT CRITICS
MUST EAT WORDS
Knockout of Gagnon Bellies
Charge Norwegian Has No
Fighting Heart.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
)HICAGO, May 2e.-Otto Won
Porat, long ridiculed as a fight
~ ing man without o real fieht-
ing heart, has bounded back
as one of the outstanding candidates
for the heavyweight boxing champion
ship.
The angular Norwegian regained his
standing and completely belied his soft
hearted reputation at the Chicago Sta
dunn last night by battering Jack Gag
non, knockout conqueror of Tuffy Grit
fifth, to the canvas after six slashing
rounds.
The knockout victory was perhaps
the most impressive turned in by Won
Porat since his invasion Of America.
Aiming heavy right-hand smashes skill
fully at his fast-moving target, the big
Norseman was as relentless in his at
tack as he had been mericiful in pre-
vious fights. Six times he felled the
Boston Cob before he put him down
and put him out for the count. The
more courageous Gagnon became in the
face of the heavy attack, the more furi-
Gus became the barrage of punches.
Has Weight Advantage.
Outweighing his rival Tx pounds,
Won Porat spared leisurely during the
first round, found his range and opened
his attack In the second. In that round
he floored Gagnon for counts of eight
and nine with terrific punches to the
head and body. He repeated his knock
downs, once in the third and three times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
CAMP0L0 is ALTERNATE
FOR JACK-MAX BATTLE

NEW YORK, May 20 GP.-Vittorio
Campolo, Argentine heavyweight, has
been named by Madison Square Garden
as the alternate for the Max Schmeling-
Jack Sharkey title bout at the Yankee
Stadium June IL.
In the 10-round Semi-final Arthur
De Kuh, italian giant, is to meet Wal
ter Cobb of Kansas City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
HEAVY SCORING MARKS
WEEKDAY LEAGUE TILTS

Heavy scoring marked games I Dis
trict weekday base ball leagues yestc--
day. There were two ties.
The results:
Terminal " League-Southern Rail-
way, 8; Express, (tie).
Government League-Interstate, q;
@. p. o., (tie).
Departmental Lsague-Commerce, IL;
q. p. o., IL.
Georgetown Church League - Ed
brooke NJ. E., 10; First Baptist, /.
Industrial League-T1le Settlers, 1e;
Hibbs, IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
MAS0NS BOOST DUCKPIN
CIRCUIT TO AZ LODGES

Forty-two teams, the largest number
in the history Of the big Masonic Bowl
ing League, are expected TO enter the
circuit next season, 1t was announced
last night at meeting at Convention
Hall.
William Drye Of Takoma Lodge was
elected president Of the loop for next
season. Carl Heinzman Of Congress
Lodge was chosen vice president, Ar
Vile Ebersole Of Albert Pike ConsiStory,
secretary-treasurer for the eighth con-
secutive time, and Ray Cross Of Hope,
official scorer and publicity man for
the fifth season.
League games will be bowled at Con-
vention Hall again next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
MIKE GIBBONS BoBS UP.

ST PAUL, Mimi, May 90 (P).-Mike
Gibbons, once the phantom" of the
middleweight boxing ranks. is training
today for another fight. This time In
the political arena. Gibbons weighed
in" by filing for Ramsey County
sheriff, one Of nine candidates for the
office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
COLUMBIA NATIONALS
WIN IN TENNIS LEAGUE

Columbia National racketers downed
Commercial Nationals team, to 0, in
a Bankers Tennis League match.
The summaries:
Singles - Yeatman (Columbia) de-
feated CHASER, rs, Ga; Cairncross
(Columbia) defeated Harris, 60, Ga.
Doubles - Yeatman and Casrncross
(Columbia) defeated CHASER and Harris
81, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
WESTERN LICKS EASTERN
TO KEEP TENNIS TITLE

Westerns tennis team today holds
the public high school championship
for the second straight season follow
ing its 40 win yesterday over Eastern.
Much of the credit for the success
of the racketers from the west end
school is given Coach Charlie Bish.
Since he came to the school five years
ago its tennis teams have won the title
three times, tied for it once and finished
second to Central once. Bish, it seems,
knows tennis and how TO teach it.
Summaries Of yesterdays match:
Lynham (W.) defeated Hunt, Ga,
Is, 6-1; Nicholson (W) defeated
Resnick, 6-1, 6--3; Classic (W.) de-
feated Bernhert 81, Go; Wilson
(W.) defeated Hart, 6-3, ga.
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TURNER TACKLES CYCLIC.

Joe Turner, veteran District wrestler.
will be after revenge when he engages
Mario Giglio tonight in the feature
bout of the weekly mat card at the
Gayety. Bobby Mainfort will face Pete
Zebriskey in another match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
KAPLAN.MEDILL BOUT OFF.

HARTFORD, Conn., May 80 (P.--
living to rain, a 10-round bout between
Louis kid Kaplan and joey Medill
OF Chicago scheduled for last night was
postponed until Monday, June 3.
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him with the winner of the Jack
Sharkey-Max Schmeling fight for the
heavyweight crown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29

door crowd, but it also placed him In
line for bigger game. The stadium
matchmaker Is now seeking q bout for
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nar Finds That Shnehg Don to Real Work Battle With Sharkey

whatever chances he had of getting a
match with Grif1th, match that prob
ably would draw large indoor or out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29

The King Of Spain recently presented
the Maharajah Of Patiala with seven
ponies.
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in the sixth, before he finally finished
his opponent.
Won Porat's victory probably blasted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
CENTRAL CADETS SCORE.

Central Cadets took a I1-1O diamond
decision over the Ambassadors yester-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29

A pure petroleum product.
Contains neither f1llers nor soaps.
Will not harden or separate.
be refilled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
ROBBERS HAUL
SAFE OF
VALLEY HOUSE
Credit Papers And
SIG Cash Are
Missing
(Special DO The Herald)

wESLACO. Aug. THE Thou
sand-mile-loop service station and
garage opened for business Thurs
day minus the company safe.
<. G. Brashier. owner. upon open
ing the shop this morning. found
that robbers had entered during the
night and had carted off the firms
heavy safe. The front door was
broken down.
The robbery Is thought TO have
taken place around HAS Wednes-
day night, but up TO noon Thurs
10 police had no definite clue
10 which to work.
All -redit accounts and books be-
longing to the company were lock-
ed in the safe. along with about
SIG in cash. Mr.. Brashier said.
An antique Ford touring car was
noticed parked in the vicinity Of
the station late Wednesday night
and 1t is thought that the burglars
probably used this car. although
how an old car OF this size coulc
carry off a heavy safe Is puzzline
officers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Financial Writer
HurIs Self to Death

NEW YORK. Aug. 7.-tP-Edwin
j. Clapp, former financial writer
and Olympic hurdler, more recently
employed by william c. Durant,
automobile manufacturer. commit
ted suicide today by jumping from
the 18th floor of a Fifth avenue APP
artment hotel where he had until
recently been a tenant.
Ciapp, who was 40 years old. left
a note reading: Good bye. Sue. I
have killed myself. Nobody Is TO
blame but me. I am crazy"
Clapp was a Yale graduate and
In 1915 was a member OF the Olym-
pic hurdling team. He was author
OF THE Port of Boston" and sew
eral books on economic and finan-
cial subjects. Until two years ago
he was a financial writer on the
New York American. Since then,
an official OF Durant Motors said.
he had been employed by Durant
and gave some of his time to Will
liam Randolph Hearst.
Clapp was we'll known in West
Texas newspaper circles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
MEXICAN film
STAR Welded

SANTA BARBARA. Calf. Aug.
-R-Dolores del Rio, Mexican
film star, became the bride OF
Cedric Gibbons. studio art Director,
before the altar Of the 150-year-old
Franciscan Mission yesterday, after
obstacles threatening TO postpone
the ceremony we're dissolved.
The wedding vas as simple as
the old adobe church they chose
as a setting.
While the couple knelt at the
altar and the Rev. Father Augustine
pronounced the ceremony, the
brides mother. Mrs. J. Il. Asunsola
and Ben Glazier. the best man,
stood by. The only other members
OF the party. Mr.. and Mrs. Don
Alvarado. John Risso and Mrs.
Sidney Tolla, mixed in the chapel
with several dozen tourists. who
were visiting the historic building
and watched, not recognizing the
couple.
As the newlyweds left the Mis-
sion they were met by photograph
ers. Visitors in the patio asked
each other who they were, and
someone whispered why, she
isn't wearing stockings"
AT the marriage license bureau
the actress gave her age as "a. and
stated It was her second marriage.
Gibbons is 40 and also had been
married once
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
NEW RECORD
Captain Hawkes. Weathers
Storms to Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Aug 7.-P-
Frank Hawks, Los Angeles aviator
today held the record for the QUICK
est east-west crossing Of the Unit
es States.
Flying at an average speed OF
179 miles per hour, Hawks yesterday
drove his low-winged monoplane
from Curtiss Field, New YORK, &c
Municipal Airport. Los Angeles, IN
IA hours, so minutes and As Sec
onds. IT was the first time a trans
continental flight had been made III
full daylight. The Travelair plane
touched the ground here at 4:50:4s
o. m. Up. S. To after leaving New
York at S a. m, &c. s. To
Hawks lowered by three hours
and 81 minutes the recent east
west record set by Roscoe Turner,
Hawks made refueling stops at
Columbus, Ohio. st. Louis. Wichita
Albuquerque and Kingman, Arlz
Turner made but n stop on MS
flight.
Hawks encountered stormy wealth
err during most OF the $500 miles
He flew through rains between
Pittsburgh, Pa. and Terre Haute,
Ind. and severe storms from Albur-
queque to the Arizona-California
border.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
BUREAU CHIEFS
ENROUTE HERE
Detroit Committee Will
Tour Valley Seeking
Better Light

Headed by Kenneth Barnard, De-
troit, president Of the Affiliated
Better Business Bureaus Of America,
a parry of four prominent bureau
officials will arrive in the Valley
some time next week to conduct a
personal investigation Of this sec
ton, it was disclosed by 8. Finley
Ewing, Harrington, Wednesday.
Following attacks on Valley land
by various bureaus, Mr.. Ewing. while
on a trip TO the East. conferred with
Harry w. Riehl and others promi-
nently identified with the organi-
zation, and interested the officials
in q personal inspection tour OF this
portion OF Texas.
Better Business bureaus do not
want to damage the Valley" an Of
fetal is said to have informed Mr..
Ewing. If our facts are incorrect.
then il Is up to lis 10 mitigate our
recent Statements
While here. the four officers Of
the bureau will make a complete
tour of the Valley, from Rio Grande
CITY TO Port Isabel, from Raymond
Vile to Edinburg. Entertainment
programs ale being outlined for
the visitors. /.
MI. Barnard Is the Detroit head
with whom the Brownsville Cham
Der of Commerce has been CORES
bonding relative TO a statement IN
their booklet recently which de-
scribed resaca land as unfit for cul-
fivatinn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07

n general primaries
Tamm and Maxwell are 10 make
their report at a meeting OF the
commission next Wednesday.
The commissioners issued orders
to advertise for bids on a canal
~underpass on Kemp street. They
also took up and discussed at
length the installation Of electric
traffic signals az several street cor
ners, and 1t is likely that bids will
be asked on the lights in the near
future.
They authorized the police COM
missioner to investigate and work
out plans for several police phones
at various points In the city TO be
readily accessible. and granted tenn
porary permission to the Missouri
Pacific bus lines to change their
route to make a stop at the Moore
hotel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
IN OUR
HOW ABOUT 1T?
BY G. NJ. HALL

HOW ABOUT 1T?
Il don't believe that everything
that IS new Is bad. ! only object
TO the modern view that every
thing that Is old is stupid"
Sir Ernest Benn.
ITO an American everything Is
either lousy or marvellous"
-Odette Myrtil.
There is not a man In the city
of New York who has any quar-
rel with Jesus. The skeptics
merely don't like what you and l
have done with him."
Bishop John Poyntz Tyler.
"Ail politics is the rivalry OF
organized minorities."
Will Durant.
'Death-bed promises should be
broken as lightly as they are Sc
riously made. The dead have no
right TO lay their clammy fin
gers upon the living"
Edna Ferber.
If American ideals are deter
mined by the strongest passion,
we cam be sure that our ideal Is
money
Clarence barrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Especial to The Herald.)

NCDFtIdI % TIC EIt4 dIII
RIO HONDO, Aug. Everything
is set for the opening of the boy
scout camp Friday morning. accord
ing to those in charge. and rs boys
are expected to arrive on that day
for the first session Of the season.
An even larger registration is expect
ed for the second term Of the camp,
ii is said.
A number or pieces Of new equip
ment have been installed, Q. K.
Van Berg. president of the Valley
council. states. including an out
door water heater which will assure
an adequate supply Of hot water,
and shower baths for the boys
Arrangements have been made
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Scouts Ready to Open Big Camp

for the scouts to swim at Midway
pool, between San Benito and Har-
lingen. and transportation to and
from the pool will be furnished.
A cordial invitation to parents
and friends Of the scouts. and 70
everyone else interested, TO visit the
camp has been issued. but officials
especially request that visits be made
only on Sunday afternoon. visitors
day, and calls at any other time
disturb the routine of the program.
T. E. Murray. Valley scout execu-
tive, has charge of the camp. He
assures parents that their boys will
receive careful supervision and en-
Joy q real outing II they attend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Spain Rivals Valley
In Fish Captured

VIGO. Spain, Aug. 7.-tP-Sar-
dimes today temporarily solved the
unemployment problem Of this fish
ing port.
Vast schools of them suddenly
appeared on the coast, swarming
for miles in almost solid masses
more fish at one time than the Old
est inhabitants could recall.
Half a million baskets have been
taken. The canneries have reopen
ed and are operating at capacity.
All of the jobless people either are
catching or packing sardines and
making the most of the opportun-
itv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
jackson and O'Brine
Nearing Own Mark

ST. LOUIS, Aug. lT.-tRl-DaIe
Jackson and Forest O'Brine today
were near their former worlds
record for refueling endurance fly
ing or 400 hours, Fl minutes. es-
tablished last year. and were ready
to point their monoplane. Greater
St. Louis. toward the present record
of 554 hours held by the Hunter
brothers.
AT Gil a. m. &c. 8. IT, Jackson
and O'Brine had been up 410 hours
and gave no indication that either
they or their plane were weakening.
A firworks display is planned at
Lambert-St. Louis field tonight,
when the fliers' old record Is pass
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
CO. Op Membership
In Valley Grows

VI luc 11cAd40J
HARLINGEN. Aug. Member
ship from the Valley In the Tefas
Cotton Cooperative association
passed the 1000 mark in the VAL
ley Thursday, L. W. Weber.
manager of the Harrington office
announced.
The Valley has been turning over
TO the cooperative pools 20 per
cent OF the cotton grown here.
estimated at between 10000 and
Is, 900 bales, Weber said. This is
nearly twice the original estimate
Large advances have been made
TO participants have been made,
the staple has been holding up
well. and the quality 4 excellent,
weber said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Two Die in Street
Fight Early Today

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7.-(Pl-
Frank Mullen. identified by author
tiles as q former convict. and
"Rube" Chisolk shot each other to
death early today in a gun fight at
a residential street intersection.
Chisolk as identified by nearby
residents who said they were awak-
ened by five shots and the sound OF
a woman screaming.
A search was begun for the wo-
man and authorities advanced the
theory that one of the men at
tempted to hold up the other and
met with resistance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Heflin Injured In
Automobile Crash

DECATUR, Ala, Aug. 7.-dPl-
United States Senator j. Thomas
Helm Of Alabama, suffered bruises
and cuts and a spraiped wrist and
three members Of his party were
cut and bruised today as their
automobile crashed into a tele-
phone pole to avoid striking a heav-
lily laden log truck that drove onto
a highway from q side road. near
here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Disposal of Whale
Puzzles Md. Town

OCEAN CITY, Nd. Aug. 7.-(Fl
What TO do with the carcass OF
a 52-foot whale. washed ashore
near the north beach coast guard
station, was a problem facing city
and county officials today.
The last time a whale came
ashore near here several years
ago disposing Of the carcass was
a big job. Dynamite first was used
but this method scattered the
mammal over the roofs or houses
and had to be abandoned.
Finally the creature was cut into
pieces which could be towed TO
sea going motorboats and then
we're taken 10 sea and sunk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Mexican Railway
Chief Kills Self

ST. LOUIS, Aug 7.-Pl-Geo. B.
Aleman. 40, general agent in ST.
Louis for the National Railways OF
Mexico. committed suicide late yes
teday in a hotel here by shooting
himself. +. p. de Hoyos, general
agent Of the railway in New York,
said an audit would be made OF
Aleman's accounts.
In a note found by police. Aleman
said 1t was impossible = settle his
problems and was taking the only
way out Of them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
SINCLAIR OIL
PLANS OFFICE
FORCE HERE
Field Headquarters
For Mexico And
Valley Loom

Oil operations in southern Mex
leo and the Valley, with Brownsville
as headquarters. loomed today with
the announcement that a major oil
company will open offices in this
city.
1t was said here today that the
Sinclair oil company will open an
important branch in this city with
in the next sixty days. From the
same source Of information 1t was
said that a large office force will
soon be removed TO Brownsville,
with biologists and field men 70
assist the various experts.
Sinclair Is known TO have extens-
i've holdings in northern Mexico
but Just what divisions of the great
company will be quartered in
Brownsville could not be definitely
aScertained.
But 1t Is held to mean that a
drilling campaign may be Owned
on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande, If not in the Valley.
Several prominent officials Of the
company passed through Browns
vile a few days ago. AT that time
they would give no information OF
the import Of their visit. but since
then 1t has been learned they in
tend to open a large office here
At that time they said they were
looking after their interests In
Mexico. They were travelling by ali
and did not say when they expect
cd to return from their visit tc
Mexico.
Those from whom this informa-
ton was obtained would not say
where the offices would be. but II
vas definitely stated that the com
pany forces will work out Of this
city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07

first known death, was washed
across the international lire at the
heighth of the flood.
Confusion was so widespread at
the climax Of the flood that reports
Of missing persons could not be
checked. Screams or women. caught
In buildings OF the lower areas.
arose above the roar Of the flood
water. Both cities were dark as
power lines went out Of commission.
Telephone service stopped.
At 3 a. m. the chief Of police or
Nogales, Sonora. made his way to
the American side and said he had
received reports Of nc least two dOz-
en- deaths but could not confirm
them. He said 25 children had been
reported missing in the Mexican
city.
From three TO eight feet OF water
poured through the streets or the
border cities apparently from a
nearby cloudburst.
Don Phillips, an American aviator,
who had been visiting on the Mexi-
can side, managed to reach the
American city and said he had seen
several small children swept away
when am adobe building collapsed
Excited citizens flocked 10 the po-
lice station here and told OF see
ing persons, mostly children. being
swept along by the raging rain Wa
tiers.
The Nogales, Sonora. chief OF po-
lice said the torrents OF water,
sweeping through hts city, had
cracked sidewalks. uprooted trees,
and flattened adobe buildings.
The Nogales, Sonora, hotel OF
adobe construction, collapsed. IL
was not known how many persons
we're in the building. Mexican
police said they feared similar &C.
currences and that many lives
might be lost IN collapsing build
ings.
Aid Modified
Physicians and nurses were
mcbiiized on the American side
and all space in hospitals here was
made ready. Rescue work was made
difficult because OF darkness and
the heavy rain. At four o'clock the
skies still we're pouring down
sheets Of water and there was no
~perceptible receding Of the flood
Several persons from the resid-
entail section or the American
city reported they had seen baby
cribs floating down Morly Avenue.
but were unable to reach them.
They said they heard the babies
crying.
Police declared the flood waters
had struck both cities before rain
had fallen and that many inhabit-
ants must have been trapped in
their beds.
Water From 3 Sides
Situated III the neck OF a great
bottle-shaped valley. the twin
cities felt the sweep OF flood waters
from three sides. The Mexican
city for the most part Is on higher
ground than its American sister
but its buildings generally are OF
poorer construction.
The population OF the two towns
is approximately 1900 with the
Mexican city slightly larger. Cnly
a barbed wire fence separates the
two.
SCREAMS Add 10 Confusion
Originating from n heavy rain i'm
CONTINUED on Page Tenl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Matamoros Man Is
State Game Warden

Appointment as state fish and
game commissioner was received
this morning BY ST.. Luis Sierra II.
Matamoros resident. The appoint
ment was made by the Secretary
OF Agriculture.
According 10 information avail
able: Sr. Sierra has been game
and fish commissioner for a num-
Der Of years for the district COM
prising Matamoros and vicinity.
ST.. Sierra was duly sworn this
morning and will assume charge
or his new post az once.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-07
Republican National
Chairman Resigns

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7-tPl-
Claudius II. Huston Of Tennessee.
resigned today as chairman OF the
Republican national committee and
In a formal statement asserted no
man in political life has ever been
subject tc more unjust and unwar-
.ranted attacks"