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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
COURT HAVING
BUSY SESSION
Next Week To Be Voted
To Condemnation Suits;
Judgments Given

In five cases taken up IN the
Cameron county court-at-law Tues
day and Wednesday, two judgments
for plaintiffs were returned. n
case was reset, one case dismissed
on motion Of the plaintiff and a
plea Of privilege sustained IN the
fifth.
The suits were as follows:
Walker-C Craig Co. VS.. Art Baugh-
man, ct al. suit on promlssory note.
judgment for plaintiff; Louis Gomez
vs. j. L. Gavito and J. 3. Lozano.
suit on promissory note. judgment
for plaintiff; Homer Gray v. Les
lie B. Ward, suit for wages, both
parties given leave TO amend and
case reset Nov. 8; +. L. Gay vs.. w.
=. Hinkly, suit, on promissory note,
dismissed on motion Of plaintiff; III.
Z. Barnes VS.. Knapp Motor co. et
al, suit for damages, plea OF priv
ilege sustained.
Next week will be devoted to con-
domination suits and the following
week to the criminal docket.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15

dry laws.
The findings will be made public
later In the form OF a monograph
analysing the replies received This
publication Is planned as n OF a
series, for the issuance Of which
the bureau will draw upon q $4,000
appropriation which congress made
for conducting ar educational cam
paign in favor Of the dry laws.
Some other educational campaign
plans, proposed before the trans
fer & . prohibition unit from the
treasury to the department Of JUS
t-,e. met with various opposition
and did not get far. One Of these
involved posters for use In schools.
The QUESTIONABLE TO the news
paper specifically asks the editors
TO express themselves on whether
they favor the eighteenth amend
ment and the national prohibition
law, whether they are opposed To
the law. or whether their editorial
position Is neutral
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15

Garden City, Kas., be rushed to his
side.
The wounded outlaw found suf-
ficient strength to plead with II. D.
Harper, chief Of police Of Colorado
Springs. to do something for
Fred" his brother. on trial for a
Larned. Kas.. bank robbery. Fred,
he said. was innocent.
Three physicians performing q
major operation on the bandit,
found the bullet had struck below
the ribs on the right side, ruptur-
ing a blood vessel. They said
Fleagle's chances Of recovery are
slender.
Throughout the night, officers
questioned the rapidly sinking man
about scores OF bank and train rob
berries with which his name has
been linked in a dozen states.
Trailed Through Mail
Postal inspectors. searching re-
l~entleSsly for the desperate In the
belief he had a hand in the rob-
berry OF a Southern Pacific mail
train at Pittsburg. Calf, traced
him to the Ozark country through
letters he had mailed on trains in
that section.
An impressive array Of officers
assembled in the region and secret
ly combed the countryside for the
outlaw. Although a trap had been
set for Fleagle. the meeting yester-
day was by chance.
Five officers noticed him on the
platform at Branson, although they
had expected TO encounter him far
Their south. AS Fleagle boarded tile
train he was covered by the Of
ficers. Instead Of obeying COM
mand TO raise his hands. the ban
dit reached for his revolver. One
OF the officers fired. wounding him.
After a tigerish fight. Fleagle was
subdued and admitted his identity.
A telegram to Los Angeles detective
headquarters indicated Lieut.. Har-
ry Wilde Of that department fired
the shot which may end the ban
dts life. Officers, however. refus-
ed 10 say who shot Fleagie.
In the holdup OF the Lamar bank,
A. N. Parrish. president OF the
bank, and his son, john, cashier,
were slain.
Z. Z. Kessinger. a tellsr was kid
naped. used as a shield by the han
dts and later slain. DR.. William
Wineinger. Of Dighton, Kas., who
treated one Of the wounded rob-
bers. was shot down, to prevent
Identification OF members OF the
gang.
Ralph Fleagle. brother OF Jake,
George J. Abshier and Howard
Royston were executed at the Cello
RADIO penitentiary after ~confessiry
participation In the robbery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
FOREST BURNS

HALIFAX, N. s. Oct. i5-T-
Acre on acre Of standing timber
vas falling today before the rapid
advance Of forest fires blazing or
4 score OF widely separated fronts
in Nova Scotia.
IN Queens and Lunenburg coun-
ties. where more than thirty houses
and scores Of timbered acres were
destroyed last spring, came reports
OF a situation rapidly growing Sc
rious. A dry growth and a shortage
Of water added to the difficulties
of hundreds Of fire fighters.
IN the Lake Rossignol district OF
Queens county. the largest fire
bIazed on a five mile front. al
most surrounding inc Ts=s o.
Middlefield
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arrived IN response to newspa-
per advertisements and correspond
ence with Kaufman were identifi-
ed In q telephone conversation
with her mother. Mrs. r. K. Corkin.
The bones were found Sunday az
ternoon by Albert Ericsson near the
nursery In the park.
Kaufman. arrested a few days
after Miss Woolery's disappearance,
was convicted and sentenced to two
years imprisonment for seduction
Of a ID year old girl.
Held and Questioned
Believing he knew something
about Miss Woolery's whereabouts.
the county prosecutor refused 10 al
low him to start serving the 2
year sentence and questioned him
at length about the missing girl.
The exc vict then said ne had
met the girl at the union station
and accompanied her 10 q park
near the downtown section, where
ne revealed that the promise OF
employ 'ent would not be kept. AT
that time he told police he had left
the girl alone on a park bench.
Later a search was conducted in "A
park in Kansas City. Kas., to which
II was believed Kaufman had TAX
en- the girl.
Kaufman. who Is 81 years old
said he was intoxicated at the time
he met the girl. He said he had i'll
formed her she would be given q
job caring for q young child mt his
mothers home.
Later they went by street car "a
s 1ope Park, hts confession con-
tinues. and stopped to rest near the
park nursery, where the bones were
found.
Details Related
AS they sat on the grass, he said
he made advances, which she re-
sisted.
Kaufman said they talked on
wild parties and other things be-
fore he found he was stranglinE the
girl with his elbow pressed against
her neck.
According to his confession,
Kaufman then stripped off her
clothing. buried the body and threw
away her suitcase and clothing.
Kaufman declared he had knot
ted her hose about her neck. He
said the Staying was premeditated
and that he had acted because OF
drunken passion and fear OF the
law"
The body was identified late last
night by the hair, dental work and
a tiny bow OF crepe ribbon that had
adorned the front of her dress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Weslaco Officer Is
Indicted BY Jury

EDINBURG, Oct l5-C. 7. Boul-
ware, Weslaco officer, has been in
dicted by the Hidalgo county grand
jury on a charge of assault with
intent to murder as the result Of an
alteration between him and O. Z.
Thompson. Weslaco attorney, the
afternoon or August a.
Boulware's bond is $500.
The alteration began after
Thompson had successfully defend
ed several youths arrested. II j. said,
BY Boulware and arraigned in ccr-
poration court al Weslaco.
When Thompson walked out OF
the court room onto the sidewalk.
the alteration began. The attorney
was badly beaten and bruised and
was confined to his bed for several
days as a result Of the alteration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
McAdoo Tests Speed
Of Airplane Travel

WICHITA. Oct. l5-P-William
Gibbs McAdoo. former secretary Of
the treasury. who is making a cross
country flight to determine how
fast an average business man"
can fly from Los Angeles 10 New
York, took off here at 1920 a. m
for New York. He flew here yes
terday from Los Angeles In 7 hours
and 50 minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Sentence Of Death
Affirmed By Court

AUSTIN, Oct. i5-tP-The SEN
tence OF death IN the electric chair
assessed against Clyde Thompson tor
the murder OF A. L. Shook in East
land county was affirmed by the
state court OF criminal appeals to-
day. Shook was shot TO death Sep
tsmber 7, 1928. He was an OIL
field worker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Lee New Moderator
For Valley Baptists

SAN BENITO, Oct. l5.-The Rev.
w. w. Lee Of Harlingen was elected
moderator at the annual convention
Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Baptist Association 10 in session
at San Benito. Other officers are
the Rev. J. Ernest Stack. La Feria,
vice-moderator; the Rev. c. H
Riddle, San Benito. clerk, and =
c. Couch, Of Weslaco, treasurer.
Approximately 800 delegates and
church members were present at the
session Wednesday. and heard the
annual sermon delivered by the
Rev. w. Y. Pond, Of Waco. super
intendent OF ~eyangeliStic work for
Texas.
The convention will last through
Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
OTHER WAY. O

BURBANK. Calf. Oct. l5-P=
Winging away into a slightly over
cast sky, the airplane making the
eastward flight inaugurating the Los
Angeles-Atlanta air line got under
way or schedule at 5:35 a.. m. psf,
today. The freight. passenger and
mail plane Of the American Always,
Inc, carried four passengers.
Eight boxes Of California garden
las were aboard. consigned to the
presidents Of chambers Of commerce
at Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.. FL
Paso, Fort Worth and Dallas, Tex
as. and Atlanta. Two boxes will 20
to Havana and Mexico City through
other connections with the line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Police Quiz Dying Gangster
Fleagle Fought Like Tiger At End Of Two
Year Old Trail of Dodging Detectives

SPRINGFIELD. Mo- Oct. l5-P-Jake Fleagle, leader OF a bandit
gang which obscured its trail by ruthless murders, today was fighting
for his own life, jeopardized by a wound at the hand Of the law he had
long defied.
The gunman was wounded dangerously and captured on a Missouri
Pacific passenger train at BTanson, Mo, yesterday by a group OF officers
His capture ended a nationwide man hunt begun when his band OF des-
peradoes looted the First National bank Of Lamar. Colo May 1928. in a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Life Sentence

ALTUS, Okla. oct. l5-LF-
George II. Robson vas found gu-sy
today by "a jury OF the murder 81
Deputy Sheriff Elmer Carter. slain
In a gun fight with rum runners
laVt summer The jury fixed Rob-
sion's penalty at LIE Imprisonment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Washington Honored
By Road Builders

w. o. washington, Cameron coun-
Nv engineer. has been nominated for
q vice presidency In the County Or
ficers division OF the American Road
Builders association, according TO
information received here.
In the past, nomination has been
the equivalent Of election in this
organization.
The Cameron county engineer de-
livered a paper before the Atlantic
CITY convention Of the organization
last wear.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Especial to The Herald)

McALLEN. Oct. IS We are
ready to go to the polls on the
issue OF whether or not the re-
organized democratic party is
Baker-controlled' challenged Judge
S. ". McWhorter Of Weslaco from
the speakers platform at the op-
ening meeting Of the campaign OF
the democratic party here last
night.
McWhorter who is opposing &c
c. Couch OF the Good Government
Party for county Judge was the
main and concluding speaker Of
the evening, making as the pur-
pose Of his speech the convincing
OF hts hearers that the democratic
party is no longer Baker-controll-
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Miss Ingalls, Takes
Air On Record Try

AMARILLO, Oct. i5-tPl- Mis-
Laura ingalls,, St. Louis flier try
ing to establish a new west-to-east
transcontinental record, left here
at 8:l1 a. m. (CST) today for
Wichita, Kans. After flying here
Sunday from Los Angeles. Calf.
she had TO stay In port until nov
on account Of unfavorable weather
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Press Stand on Rum Asked
Prohibition Bureau Would Know How Papers
Vote On Eighteenth Amendment

WASHINGTON. oct. ~i5-OF-whether newspapers OF the country as
a whole are predoninanty wet, dry or neutral on the subject q na-
Jonal prohibition, is to be learned by the prohibition bureau.
Three thousand newspapers have been sent questionnaires prepared oy
the division of research and public information Of the bureau Along
with the forms went a letter informing the editors that the prohibition
rrveau wished to get the attitude OF the press Of tn enation upon the
subject Of the eighteenth amendment and the administration q the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
CONVICT TELLS
GIRL MURDER
Fiendish Crime Explains Finding of Bones
Of Seventeen Year Old Avis Woolrey
In Kansas City Park

KANSAS CITY, Oct l5-CP-Paul Kaufman. former convict, con-
fessed to police here today that he killed Avis wooery, II, otter Turing
the girl to Kansas City last August II from her home nj Webb city,
Mo-, upon a promise to employ her a q nursemad.
Kaufman said he srangled her to death with her stockings and
buried the body In "a pit in Swope Park. where human bones we're found
IN a shallow grave last Sunday.
Personal effects worn DIV tie girl when she dsannsarsd tire dax "
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
1880 Valley Cotton
Ginnings 83,348 Bales

Lower Rio Grande Valley gin
nings for the season Just past are
about $1,000 bales less than the
preceding season, according 10 fig
ures released by the Bureau Of the
Census including ginnings up 20
Sept. 16. The figures are very
nearly final for ginnings have been
over for some time In the Valley.
The total was given as 83.346
bales.
By counties the ginnings were:
Cameron-23. 722; Hidalgo-37. 448;
Willacy-15.930 and S~tarr-6.246.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Australian Reaches
India In Flight

RANGOON. Burma, India, Oct
i5-tF-Wing Commander Charles
Kingsford- Smith. flying home to
Australia from London to meet his
fiancee and. II possible. to lower
Bert Hinkler's Is l-2 day record over
the route, arrived here this eve
ming, four days ahead OF Hinkler's
time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Long Airmail Route
Opened Wednesday

ATLANTA. Ga. Oct. 15-CP-The
first Of three tri-motored planes
inaugurating the Atlanta-Los An
geles mail passenger service, took off
for Jackson, Miss. Shreveport, La,
Dallas and Fort Worth. Texas, at
$50 a. m. today. carrying eight pas
sengers and a full cargo Of mail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
Socialist Elected
Head of ReichstaR

BERLIN. Oct. l5-P-The So
cialist Paul Loebe. with 226 votes
on the first Reichstag ballot, today
assured his reelection 20 the office
Of president Of that German leg
isiative body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
A ENDS CAREER

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Oct. IS
-lPl-Jake Fleagie, notorious
bank roboer and murderer,
shot yesterday at Branson, Mo,
when captured by a posse OF
officers, died in a hospital here
today at 9:55 a. m.
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deaths.
Fleagle was rushed to the Bap-
list hospital here ard placed on the
operating table where it was be-
liey-d he was dying. He asked that
his mc.her, living on a ranch near
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair tonight; Thursday generally
fair.
For East Texas. Fair tonight;
Thursday generally lair.
Light TO moderate winds on the
coast, mostly southerly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
TIDE TABLE

High and lrw tide at Point ISABEL
tomorrow under normal meteorolo-
g1ral conditions:
High 1.03 a. N.
Low 4.5l 70. m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15

Every German. like myself, is
anxious for Germany's return TO
her lost place IN the sun. which
is due her on the basis OF her
long. proud history.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
RIVER FORECAST

The river will rise during the next
"a TO 36 hours. reaching stages APP
proximately two-thirds bank full
from Rio Grande City downstream.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-tir.
Stage STAGE Chang. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15
IN "
VALLEY
HOW ABOUT 1T?
By c. NJ. HALL

HOW ABOUT 1T?
Sounds of a cork being pulled,
Of beverage running into a glass.
have been used by radio broad
casters in Canada in attempts 10
educate United States listeners
to the advantages Of Canada.
Armstrong Perry Of the Depart
ment of Interior. quoted IN The
Golden Book.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15

TNSULL interests. organized into
bodies which consider millions
about like the average man con-
siders a weeks wages, are showing
they believe the so-called hard times
OF recent date are over.
Their leaders are putting their
money where their mouths are. TO
the tune OF some $780, 600 900 for ex-
pansion. Mr.. Insul might find the
Valley a good place to expand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15

nut probably the champion opti-
n mist Of the day Is Fred Pabst.
ST., head OF the Milwaukee
brewing company which bears his
name. Mr.. Pabst Is TO install about
1000, 900 worth Of machinery for
making pFe-Volstead beer on the as
sumption that beer will again be
manufactured in the United States
al an early date.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-15

open season on tourists has
now come 10 the Valley.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
TOMORROW-W Weighed and Found Wanting

Potenza province lost 232 dead and 535 injured; Foggia, 120 dead and 1,557 injured and Benevento A dead and S7 injured. All of these figures are official, and it is believed that the number will increase with the arrival Of additional reports.
 The little town of Nillanova prob ably was the hardest hit. Nearly every house was demolished, as were the palace of the Marquis of Villa nova and the church.
 Soldiers Help Villagers
 Surviving inhabitants were cared for by soldiers last night. First they were marshalled into a rations line and then taken to open spaces to spend the night in tents and blanket shelters. No one was permitted to reenter the town. Similar steps were taken in other devastated villages of the region, among them Aquilona, Lacedonia and Ariano.
 In all of the areas stricken the military was in control. Many of the survivors were unable to give aid, wandering disconsolately and mourn ing for lost relatives and friends. They were fed from relief supplies , and provided with places to sleep. Mass funerals, meanwhile, were held in all places where there was a large number of dead.
 Persons who were injured were cared for in hastily established tent hospitals or in buildings requisition- ed by medical authorities. Precau- tions were taken against epidemics.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
Hurricane Adds Damage

Rome, July 25 fP-A hurricane in the north Of the kingdom added to- day to the bewilderment caused by disastrous earthquakes Wednesday in the south. Storms, floods, heat. and snow have affected other parts of the country.
 To the 1893 officially recorded as dead from the earthquakes. a hur- ricane last night at Trevison. near Venice, added 12 victims. That put the official figures for both above 2000, with the number of injured reported officially as nearing 5000.
 Reports Of the dead still were tricklng in today from places un- checked heretofore because Of in- accessibility, more and more bodies being taken from the ruins of build ings which were dissolved into debris as the earth trembled.
 Unofficial estimates placed the number of dead at 5000.
 There were indications, too. that more dead would be found in the wake of the Treviso storm. Heavy damage was wrought over a region of 25 miles, with many buildings
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
GERMANS CAPTURE
 NOTORIOUS CROOK
Herbert SandoWSki, Jail Breaker,
 Brought to Berlin

Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25 C1 Sandowski, notorious u- ternational crook and jailbreaker, has been recaptured here and is be- ing brought to Berlin under strong escort. He was caught breaking into a villa here.
 He denied that he was Sandow- ski but the police are satisfied that he is.
 Sandowski disappeared June 20. when he escaped for the second time from Tegel prison, Berlin, where he was serving a three and one-half year sentence for melting a prison rebellion pending his ex- tradition to the United States, Sandowski was said by the police to have stolen hundreds of thou sands of dollars worth of jewelry in New York, Palm Beach and else- where.
 He is still under indictment for grand larceny in Westchester coun- ty for a s10.000 jewelry robbery at the home of the late Moses Taylor which occurred in 1925.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
Personals

MT. and Mrs. Edward Burke of kensington avenue have left for Oak Bluffs, Mass. where they will spend the next two weeks.
 The Misses Alice and Margaret Carlson of 2S5 East street are spend ing their annual vacation at Atlantic City.
 Rhoda and Lois knebel of Bel den street have returned from a visit with their uncle and aunt, Mir. and Mrs. L. T. Bachand of Collinsville.
 The Misses Alice and Margaret Carlson of 2S5 East street are spend ing their vacation at Atlantic City.
 Miss Gertrude Hartshorn of Hen ry street is spendng-a few days at Diamond lake.
 Miss Helen Daly of Fremont street and Miss Mary Balog of Per cival avenue. Kensington, sailed on July A. on the s. S. Contessa for 6 two weeks tour on the Caribbean sea.
 Miss Jennie A. Burns and Miss Marjorie Stowe of Cleveland are guests of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Galpin of Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
GILLESPIE RESIGNS

Detroit, July 25 P>-John Giles pie, storm center of the uadministra- ton of Mayor Charles BoWles, who was recalled Tuesday, resigned to- day as commissioner of pubic works. eliminating himself from the fight BoWles will make for re- election.
 It was Gillespie's appointment by Mayor Bowles to head the depart ment of public works that resulted in the dismissal of former Police Commissioner Harold Emmeons and ultimately brought about the move ment for the mayors recall.
 Gillespie today said he was Sick and tired Of the whole mess and that he was retiring from politics forever and probably also from business.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
Police Saw Off Limb
 Tree Sitter Occupies

Chicago, July 25 P) - Tony Cerceo. 12 years old, has discon- tinued his tree-sitting.
 His sudden descent was precip- itated by police, who have taken determined aversion to the new national pastime.
 For while last night Tony dehed the law, refusing to come down. The officers then sawed away the limb on which he was sitting.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-25
BELIEVE FIGURES 0N UNEMPLOYMENT
 HERE ARE TOO LOW
(Continued From First Page)

employed on a curtailed schedule.
 According to the bureaus figures there are 5,505 persons unemployed in Hartford, 714 in Bristol, and 174 in the borough of Southington.
 The announcement from the bureau points out that the figures are preliminary and subject to cor rection and will be supplemented later by data for other classes of persons not at work at the time of the census, such as those who had jobs but were sick or temporarily laid off. The class included in the report is made up of those persons who are usually working at a gain full occupation, who were reported on the unemployment schedule as without jobs.