Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-25
IN OUR
VALLEY

- BY CHARLES HAIL.
As q result Of the hail storm m
IA McAllen yesterday, citizens to-
day r busy hunting glass TO
Iepair damaged windows and wind
shields, while automobile top re-
pairing and manufacturing COM
panles have work piled up for days
to come.
It was @ freak affair and II one
account Is TO be taken literally.
stones measuring one to two feet
were found around the edges OF
houses and cutters"
some awful tales have been told
Following cyclones and the like, but
~nen II comes TO hail stones two
leet thick, we Join the farmer at
lne circus and declare there amt
no sich animal" Evidently refer
ence was made to the fact that indi-
Nluual stones were piled up two feet
luck. 1t was said that McAllen
citizens were shoveling ice for many
14urs Some OF the cars returning
sHonl there appeared as though they
? been through German shrapnel
fire.
ATTN America and Texas will
Ia soon be joining hands in bust
ness. Through airmail service
has been established, which places
those nations and this state in close
communion. When the port IS open
ed Mexico viii be using it as a gate
way for oil, ore and products too
numerous 70 mention. It's a double
business handshake.
THE Brownsville airport manage
.ment Is on the qui vive. and as
time goes on it Is going to rank
more and more as one Of the de-
Gliding business factors. S. w. Pap
ert, Of the Texas Daily Press League
and ri w. Brown with the same
company flew to Brownsville the
other day on business. They in
tended to visit Harrington first, but
could not land, so they came on TO
Brownsville then drove back to Har-
lingen.
Harlingen's proposed airport viii
stop such as that along with many
other civic benefits.
A MEETING was planned by the
IA Brownsville Chamber Of Com
merce for this morning. with
the idea in mind of appointing q
citizens committee Of business men
TO aid the census takers.
That is exactly what is going to
have TO be done II Brownsville is
goin to show full count. 1t has been
unofficially estimated that between
$4,000 and 10000 have been counted.
IL is now doubted If that number has
been turned in, judging from the in
complete district reports that are
being returned. When The Browns
vile Herald posted its offer of ten
cents q name for those that have
been missed in counted districts
Brownsville people suddenly got in
terested and chamber Of commerce
circles now realize that some very
definite step must be taken TO get
the full count, which Is so greatly
desired. The situation is no fault
OF the enumerators. Some are prone
10 telephone The Herald in tones
blaming the counters for missing
Athem . IL Is an enormous task and
ne enumerators are laboring at
", not working, laboring II is our
business to help them.
FTsHe San Benito Light Thursday
editorially said that The Browns
= Vile Herald had prematurely an
nounced that the Oklahoma capital
ISIS had virtually decided to locate
in the county seat" and that such
IS regarded as decidedly prema-
ture."
Editors should read closely before
commenting. The Brownsville Her.
AID said possibility of a big pack
inr plant for Brownsville and the
valley today took on q more definite
form. when a group OF ~financiers
visited the Valley yesterday"
The Herald was premature COM
uered to other newspapers when II
anunsxnced the visit Of n member
N that party some two weeks ago
"a the Valley on the same mission.
brownsville wants that plant. If il
can get IL. but IL not. it wants 1t
somewhere in the Valley. Is there
nv controversy to be found there?
TuHE only pLaer IIie Brownsville
Herald erred vas IN not publish
y ing their names - at the re-
ouest OF the Brownsville Chamber OF
commerce - when at the very time
a was writing the story. John II.
F,nore. secretary Of the Harlingen
chamber Of Commerce was taking
them fishing, or where to. please.
TUT the san Benito Light Is click
X inr IN To get all in San Benitc
~ counted. and we are certainly
for the editor there.
FOUND ON THE WIRES
wm0SCOW - It has become more
M difficult to get married and di-
I'VE vorced in Russia. Hitherto
.s.her has been free. Now there is
hnNDoN - A barber In Brixtor
Zsnaes to bob hair because he
slsrrs the Bible forbids Il. In his
Nm Is a sign from Corinthians.
sTs 4 woman have long hair 1t IS q
alory to her"
while the volunteer fire depart
s asrt of Wheaton college, led BY
nN.s.ance Campbell Of Grand Rap
~ nrich., Is on the Job. The town
80 tr1Ick broke down and a bunch
Ia mem showed no initiative when
=. home OF DR.. Clarence Davis got
IL Rnt tha girls removed q