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Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03

Potts Has Recovered Tom Potts,
well known lIoltville resident, and
candidate for sheriff, who was ser
iously injured in an automobile ac-
cident February IS, has recovered
sufficiently to be around again with
the aid of cane. At one time lit
tie hope was held that he would sur
vive his injuries.
Wooda Blesy saoo, OF Dancing-
723 Orange. Phone 733-W.
adv
Asks For Jury Trial-M. X. Ivcy,
-, charged with being drunk in
public, pleaded not guilty to the
charge in police court this morning
and elected a trial by jury. Judge
Perkins set April II as the day for
the trial. This was the only ease
coming up in police court this morn
ing.
Natural Permanent. Wave $1,000.
Parisienne Beauty Shop. 518 Main.
Phone 793. adv
Japanese Woman Buried--Kimillo
Sakaniwa, 36, the wife Of kurao
Sakaniwa, passed away in the Ell
Centre hospital yesterday. Funeral
services were held at b. Z. Lemons
funeral parlors and the Buddhist
church this afternoon with burial at
Evergreen cemetery.
Permanent wave season is here.
Phone 227, Newkirk Beauty Shop.
22tf
New shipment of children IS
dresses. Variety of styles, sizes
to II years. Polka Dot Shop,
Theatre Bldg. 31tt
Births Almost Double Deaths
RI Centre and district maintained
rather high health record during
the past month, according to figures
obtained at the city cler. s office
this morning. In the month of
March, 81 births were recorded for
The city proper with Is deaths, while
the district had 13 births as against
: deaths for the same period, making
a total of 40 births and % deaths.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03
DR.. A. 2. Ransom, Dentist, Davis
Bldg Extraction specialist. adv

Building Permit Issuod-A permit
was issued yesterday by the city
engineering department to C. +, Pit
ger for the construction of a hay
barn at First and Broadway, The
Fl Centre Lumber and Trading com
i'anv are the contractors for this
work which will cost approximately
500.
Permanent Wave $3.50. Ruth's
Marcel Shop, 4th and Wensley. adv.
Gull Grapefruit In large Durlar
sacks. 1. V. Grapefruit Growers
Brighton, near 4th. adv
Church Secures Property-Waltel
d. Pollard aud Ivan NJ. Herr have
conveyed to the First Baptist church
lots Is, 10 and %, in block 53 of
the townsite of FL Centre. This
property is at the corner of Seventh
street and Orange avenue and will
be the site of the new church build
ing to be erected by the congrega
ZION.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03

New Shipment of linens, printed
and pastel shades at popular prices.
Polka Dot Shop, Theatre Bldg.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03

Wooda Blesy suoo, OF Dancing
1913 Orange. Phone 733-W.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03

Natural Permanen: Wave $1,000.
Parisienne Beauty Shop. 518 Main.
Phone 793. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03
Rahu Born To Triuletts-Mr aud

Baby Born To Tripletts and
Mrs. Hubert Triplett of Imperial
became the proud parents of a baby
girl early this morning, the baby
weighing 81 pounds upon her ar
rival at Mrs. lie Blanc's Maternity
cottage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
BOASTS
BIGGEST AIR
SIGN OF ALL
Airport Wonder VIII
Be Turned On
Next Week

The worlds largest airport neon
sign has been completed at the
Brownsville Municipal airport. and
viii be turned on some time next
week. according to Col. T. Z. Gil
more, Pan American manager here.
The sign, according to Col. Gill
more. Is probably one OF the largest
neon signs in the United States, and
Is unquestionably the largest airport
sign in the world OF this type. II
measures 100 by 8 feet, and Is lying
fiat. elevated one foot OFF the ground,
-We-rcally have nc idea how Tar
this sign Is visible" the airport
manager said Friday morning. but
planes flying at ar altitude OF 10000
can see and read It,"
Peter Heinze, Brownsville, con-
trructed the sign, and the idea was
originally Col. Gilmore's.
we are looking into the future
he said. When large passenger
ships pass over this route. flying
high and fast, a sign OF this nature
will be imperative. IN time all
other airportS will use neon signs,
! believe, as they are undoubtedly
more efficacious than the signs
painted Oh the roof OF q hangar. !
predict that our sign will receive
national publicity IN aviation maya
zines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

taxicaps Is the old-fashioned sound
Of horses hoofs. Clatter-clatter
trotS a gay caballero." And you
may be sure that ne is riding a sad
die horse not merely for the eXer-
else. Clump-clump trudges a drav
horse before q creaking cart - many
Of these and every n a strange
sound 20 modern ears.
On the other hand. we hear in
marked contrast TO this primitive
mode of transportation the modern
humming Of airplanes and the grind
Of powerful tri-motored machines
looming overhead. While speaking
of unearthly sounds. we cannot re-
frain from Just mentioning In a
whisper some other ones. Although
not IN the least pleasing to the ear,
they are nevertheless unacceptable
night and day: the 8:15 whi-h
screeches numerically its farewell
each evening at every mesquite post
up the Valley, and the prolonged
shrek Of the siren in Harrington
which whines the midday hour.
The first. a state law to insure safe
ty and the latter. q city institution
we will saw no more about them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

a hook about three inches long, and
a number 30 line 90 pound test. II
the fish had been small and young
er and consequently had put up
more Of a fight. experts claim that
1t would never have been beached
with a hook and line Of this size.
A small shark was found in the
mouth OF the junefish, and appar-
emily the prize had just finished
feeding when IL was hooked.
1t was on display several hours
in front OF the local sporting goods
store. and attracted large crowds
throughout the morning.
Mr. Young said that his party was
fishing at the BraZos Santiago pass
when the huge fish was hooked.
AS a result Of the success or this
trip. a large number OF local anglers
have announced fishing trips In
the immediate future.
A fish Of this type is one OF the
best for eating purposes. having
few bones. Large steaks can be cut
from II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Chi Most Goddess
City Saws Minister

CHICAGO. July l8-R-Chica-
60, says Rev. Sam Stegg Of Manila.
P. l., is the most goddess city in
the world, and he adds. Il have
been IN Shanghai and Paris, too"
The fault lies not in flaming
youth. said Mr.. Stegg, attending the
Chicago Methodist church camp
meeting, but with citizens in their
foolish. fat forties''.
Even in this wicked city" he
said. 40 per cent Of the high school
girls disapprove Of petting. That IS
better than they did in my day
all Of 80 per cent better
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Texan Riding Blinds
Hurt In Trai2 Wreck

TRINIDAD. Colo. July 1872
Removal Of a rail from the Colorado
southern tracks caused the derail-
ment Of the locomotive and three
cars OF a passenger train near here
last night and serious injuries 70
two men riding between the loco
motive and baggage car.
The injured are Carl Bloch. Gin
ton. Okla, internal injuries de-
scribed BY physicians as probably
fatal, and Pete Lee. 10. Paducah,
Texas, right foot amputated and
left leg fractured. Dan Herman
negineer. and Jim McAuley. fire
man. escaped serious injury al
though the engine rolled $50 feet
behind the removed rail and then
overturned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Here We Haze 1t: Rub 1t In

COLD SPRING HARBOR. n. Y,
July l8.-tP1-If men respond to al
cohol like frogs, barnacles and pla-
maria worms, then grain alcohol
should be about three times more
stimulating as a rub than wood al
cohol.
BY the same scale Of measure
ment, grain alcohol Is less stimulat-
ing than several OF its lesser known
botherS, propyl. butyl and amyl, all
of them primary alcohols. Propyl is
nine times as stimulating as wood.
butyl n and amyl 81 times
These comparisons come from dis
covery OF a method to measure &C
curately the chemical stimulation
Of alcohol and other compounds re-
ported TO the biological laboratory
here by DR.. w. II. Cole. professor
Of physiology and biochemistry at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
YOUNG KNOCKS
STERLING PLAN
Candidate in Valley Adds
Voice to Chorus Now
Heard Over State
Especial 70 The Heraldl

HARLINGEN, July 18.-Making q
strong plea for establishment OF
unity and organization in the Dem
ocratic party. Jim Young. candidate
for governor, spoke to a large crowd
In the municipal auditorium here
Thursday night. He was introduced
by Judge Volney Taylor OF Browns
vile.
Young tore into Tom Love as the
enemy Of the Democratic party.
called Love a carpet bag politician
from Missouri and a professional
politician" He said: IF Tom Love
Is a Democrat. I'm not, and finally
answered Loves recent assertion
that the Democratic lead in East
Texas in 1923 was due to the negro
vote by declaring that In Kaufman
county. where 5000 votes went
strongly Democratic. only four ne
groes voted, and they voted Repub-
lican. "This shows the character Of
Tom Loves much-advertised cons
cience" said Young. "It permits
him 10 make any sort OF uncons-
cionable and false statement that
he thinks will advance his political
fortune" He said that Tom Love
was ill-advised to talk about negro
CONTINUED on page ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
OT'WANTED'

NEW YORK, July l8-tPl-Police
Of New York and Chicago are en-
gagged in a manhunt that is differ
ent.
If they find Joe Ferra, AZ, of
RoSebank, Staten Island, they Hill
assure him he has committed no
crime and will urge him to 20 back
to his family.
Ferra, a night Waterman at a
building in the course of construct
ion, was busy filling the little red
danger lamps out in front one night
when he heard a scream within. On
the floor he found the body Of
a young boy who. ~sneaking into the
building with his playmates, had
fallen through the steel frame Of
the second floor.
Nobody accused Ferra. But that
night he quit his job. For ~ days
he stayed home debating with him
self his responsibility and waiting for
police to come for him. Finally, on
June 80, he kissed his family aood-
bye and went to Chicago TO escape
the disgrace"
His wife, fearful he might take his
own life, asked police 10 send him
home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

Rutgers University. His experiments
were upon frogs, barnacles and
planaria. He devised a tank in which
they could be kept under a cons
tant flow Of pure water along with
means Of recording normal rates Of
motion, such as the jumping Of the
frog.
He tainted the water with various
alcoholS, obtaining a precise record
Of the amounts necessary TO slim
ulate the animals into more than
normal activity. In ADDITION to
showing effects somswhat similar
to those Of a rub down, the animals
have been exhibiting also the equiv
alents OF intoxication. DR.. Cole be-
lieves his experiments show how
chemical stimulation starts in any
part Of the body touched by alco-
hol or other compounds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

THE miniature train to Port Isa-
bel blows a gentler, toy-like horn
as IL winds its way through
Brownsville. And regularly each
Monday evening may be heard the
familiar. stirring rat-a-tat-tat of the
American Legion drum corps. Then
there are the traffic signal bells IN
the larger Valley towns. Although
perhaps a bit annoying TO persons
living or working near them, GER
tainly they are indications Of met
ropolitan progress. The prosperous
sound Of scores Of hammers pound
ing new nails Is at present quite
audible In new additions. And who
does not look forward TO the alluring
whistles of steamboats, TO be here
in the near future?
A FEW OF the Valley sounds which
"a are unusual to the ears or the
many northerners are: Tapping
wings Of sea gulls on Laguna Madre,
swishing branches of tropical palm
trees, friendly parrots laxative in
two languages, and the soft musical
harmonizing voices OF Latin-Amer-
leans filling the balmy night air
with their native songs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
One Man Is Killed
In Attempted Wreck

TRINIDAD, Colo, July l8.-PE
One man is dead, another seriously
injured and several persons shaken
up and bruised as result Of an at
tempt to wreck a Southbound Col
orado and Southern railway paSsen-
ger train eleven miles south OF
Trinidad last night.
Carl Bloch, IS, Clinton. Okla, died
In q hospital here today from in
ternal injuries and Pete Lee. 10,
Paducah, Texas. was In a serious
condition. suffering from loss OF his
right foot, and a fractured left leg.
The train was deliberately de-
rallied, railroad officials said. One
length OF rail had been removed. II
was found lying near the right of
way. Bolts, spikes and an angle bar
were near the track.
Dan Koran. Trinidad. engineer,
had a narrow escape from death.
The engine tipped over on the right
side. Conductor j. K. Staley OF
Trinidad was in charge or <he train.
which carried so passengers. The
train included eight coaches.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
e * Loses 2,496
Acres to New Mexico

DALLAS. July 18.-tR)-A special
dispatch to the Dallas News says
the FL Paso Country club remains
n Texas, but the FL Paso Electric
Company's plant falls in New Mex
leo and Texas loses 2.496 acres to
New Mexico. as a result Of a re-sur-
vey Of the boundary between the
states In the region OF Fl Paso.
A report to this effect was made
at Washington by Samuel S. Gan
nett Of the United States Geological
Survey. acting as commissioner FOR
the United Stalls Supreme Court.
The courts decree directed that the
boundary be established and mon
umented marking the Rio Grande
as II ran IN 1880. Only in one place
does the Gannett line lie IN the
center Of the present bed OF the
river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Crowd Hears
Candidate Speakers

Getting away 10 a dull start at
San Benito Thursday night when
only q handful " voters turned out.
Cameron county politicians will
swing down the line again tonight
In a speaking at Santa Rosa.
Monday night they will appear at
iRo Hondo, at Harlingen Tuesday.
Santa Maria Wednesday and FL
Jardin Friday.
Eighteen candidates Including
all incumbentS in county and dis
trict races-spCEt at San Benito.
The entire list is expected TO stump
the county In accordance with the
above list Of speaking dates.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Prison Dash Ends
With Bloody Trail

ADELAIDE, South Australia, July
l8.-P-Two convicts were killed.
n wounded and two police injured
in a dash OF prisoners TO escape
from a jail quarry today AZ Yatala.
-Four prisoners suddenly produced
shotsunS with sawed of barrels.
forced the guard tO stand Oh the
running board OF a motor car. ran
the machine clear of the jail pre-
cincts and pushed the guard Off a5
they sped along.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Sounds, Noises,
And Echoes
BY c

VTTHAT was that you heard upon
awakening this morning? If
you slept in the vicinity OF Fort
Brown, no doubt you first heard
the report Of the cannon and rev
ellie. Then the cock crew in your
neighbor'S yard and aroused all the
dogs for blocks in the distance who
IN turn barked q lusty and lengthy
good morning TO you. From the
nearby Latin American neighbour
hood their beast OF burden. a funny
burro. squeaked like an old pump
handle and all the birds chimed
IN with chirping and chattering -
the fussy, scrapp!ng mocking birds
and the jack-daws uttering that
rasping rusty hinge noise. II Is
dawn in an old Mexican garden.
We say this with apologies to Bea-
trice Harrison and Dawn In An Old
World Garden, a photograph re-
cording or the natural early morn
ing sounds on her famous estate IN
Surrey, England.
Silence Breakers
QUITE naturally. If the things you
see and do in the Rio Grande
V Valley are different from else
where, why not the things you hear2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Children Die
In Farm Home Fire

WHITE CLOUD. Mich. July 18.-
LPl-Two children were burned to
death early today in the farm home
Of an uncle, which was destroyed
by fire.
The victims. Richard Rieger. -:
and his sister. Marion. 9. were trap
ped in bedrooms on tire second floor
hv flames
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Policeman Killed, |
Hurt I'm Chi Robbery

CHICAGO. July I8.-tP-A po-
liceman was killed and another
wounded early today when they at
tempted TO halt the robbery OF a
filling station.
Entering the place with drawn
revolvers. Officers John j. Guilt
name and Anthony Wistord were
met by a volley Of shots from the
robbers guns. Guiltinane was killed
and Wistord wounded SO badly he
may die.
The killers escaped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

Yellow and wrinkled. with a
hawk-like nose, bristling grey
moustache. and lively, curious eyes,
wierdly -live in their deep-sunken
sockets, FARO Agha sat in the sun
on the deck of the steamer Sinkia
and talked Of and women, and
his third set Of teeth. He said in
Turkish to his great great grand
son. who repeated 1t in French to
his patron, ASSim Redvan:
mot very good teeth, more like
baby teeth, and they lasted only
Is years"
Says Wives Okeh
FARO Agha has been married
twelve times and had SO children,
all of whom are now dead save
n daughter who was born when
he was 90. He has lost all track OF
the number Of his grandchildren,
great grandchildren and great great
grandchildren.
My first wife I married when ]
was 20" he said. II always got
along with all my wives very nicely.
"Of the descendants through my
later wives that / married since ]
moved TO Constantinople 100 years
ago, ! have some record. I know
that before the World War I had
% great grandchildren living in
Canstantinople.
But 1 was married first in the
land Of nv birth in Asia Minor,
Continued on page -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Former Texan Held
On Bad Check Charge

CHICAGO. July 18-tP-Walter
o. Pfiefer, 40. former Dallas. Texas,
radio manufacturer. was held by
Chicago police todav for extradition
to Texas in connection with charges
OF passing worthless checks. Two
policemen here yesterday recognized
him from reward circulars and ar
rested him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Drunken Father Dies
While Attacking Son

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July ID.
-R-Walter Garbarczyk. 80, drop
ped dead today as he swung an axe
az the head Of his stepson, John
Jarosik, whom he had cornered IN
the rear yard OF q neighbor.
Police said Garbarczyk attacked
the boy In a drunken fury. He had
struck several blows during q chase
which started in their home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
WOMAN SLAYER
THOUGHT FOUND
Ghosts of Dead Mems Farm
May Have Pointed
Accusing Finger

JACKSON, Miss, July l5-tP-
Sheriff Tom Moore today Dispatch
ed a deputy to a residence near
Gulfport. Miss. to arrest a 70-year-
old woman whom he believes TO be
Mrs. Belle Guinness. reputed In
diana slayer Of Is TO 20 men in
1908.
The sheriff refused TO divulge
details. but his message 70 Indiana
authorities said the woman. living
under an assumed name had been
identified as Mrs. Guinness by q
man who knew her In La Porte,
Ind. The sheriff said she was liv-
ing in a small town and was we'll
liked by her ne'ghbors.
LA PORTE, Ind, July l8-tP-
Belle Guinness. reported found after
% years In Mississippi. has been
called BY the law and the press the
most notorious murderess Of the
century.
Various Porter county prosecutors
have charged her with a mania for
murder. Their investigators said she
lured them to her farm By promises
OF marriage and then killed them.
IN 1908. authorities digging on
her farm found a private cemetery"
In which the bodies or bones OF IS
persons were found-all alleged by
the investigators to be Belle Gun
ness victims.
The investigation showed the wo-
man had inserted a matrimonial ad-
vertisement in Scandinavian news
papers and the authorities believe
the men who Is said to have been
killed were all Scandinav!ans. One
Continued on page l2)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Huge Junefish Is Caught
Display of Catch Sends Local Waltons In
Hot Search of Fishing Tackle

A huge junefish weighing 4O pounds, doubtless the largest catch this
season by a local man, was landed by VIM. j. Young early Friday morning
and was brought to Brownsville and placed on display at Batser-wers
on Elizabeth street.
The fish was landed after a fight Of approximately an hour, accord
ing to Mr.. Yollg. Martin Garcia a member of the fishing party, was
with him at the time. They had spent the night.
The unusual feature of the catch was that the fish was landed with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Man Hunt On

SAUGUS. Mass. July l8-tP-
Search was under way today for
Bernard Thompson, % year old
nephew OF Mrs. x. Edith CThomp-
SOM Wright, woman detective,
whose battered body was found in
her home yesterday with a bag OF
diamonds valued az $1,000 missing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair to partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday.
For East Texas. Generally fair
and continued warm tonight Igrd
Saturday.
Light to fresh southeast TO south
winds on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Man 156 Years Old Lands
Yellow and Wrinkled Turk Of Many Moons
And Many Wives Wants False Teeth
BY LORENA A. HICKoK

PROVIDENCE, r. l., July l5-P-zara Agha, who said he is 1856
years old, and that the first 100 years were the easiest. landed here from
Turkey today to get himself a set of false teeth. and for a consideration.
to let American scientists have a look at him.
The date OF mis- birth. Us given o. his passport, was February is. l774,
and this was based, said his great great grandson, Ahmet Mussa, who
accompanied him, on an actual record in the possession Of the Turkish
government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

While we cannot
say about all the
other Valley towns
we have noted
these a c tual
sounds IN and
around Browns
vile.
Pause a o
ent and listen.
Antique and al
most foreign to
the people who
have spent their
lives in larger cit
les amid I h c
Changing trolley
cars and speeding
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
City Water Bond
Issue Is Argued
City Fathers Call Attention to Time Element
Causing Low Supply If Present
- Plan Is Not Adopted

Discussion Of Brownsvines proposed bond issue or $4,000 70 increase
filtration facilities for the city is beginning to reach the argumentative
stage on the streets. and ideas both for and against are being heard.
Members Of the city commission nave issued a call for "a N election ON
THE subject on August g. The city commissioners hold there is inn
perative need for immediate action, If the city supply is TO he kept
adequate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
FISH DIVER BROWNS

NEW CASTLE, July l8.-tP1-E.
B. Mullins, manager Of Alumber
company here, was drowned last
night while diving for fish under q
huge rock in the Brazos river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

All OF these sounds play their
parts in the fast developing Rio
Grande Valley and each shares in
singing the praises of a spot unique
In these United States. In fact.
this Valley song OF praise Is the one
thing which you a hear above all
other sounds, noises, and vibrations
Of the air. In accordance with this,
the Valley even offers you sound
investments.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
RIVER

There will be q very slight rise
In the river from San Benito down
and no material change from Mis-
sion UP during the next "a TO 40
hours.