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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17

stendered an offer from Valley land
companies TO represent them in N
legal manner in hts state, upon his
dismissal by the Wisconsin Real Es-
tate Board. He has made the trip
70 the Valley in interests OF this
proposal, TO study the situation fur
Their. and IL Is thought likely that
some connection with the Valley
land interests will be formed during
his visit.
May Become Political Issue
Newman stated this morning that
the action OF Wisconsin regarding
sale Of Texas land in the state may
take the form of a political issue In
the next election. There is enough
unemployment In the state at the
present time, the former Badger
man declared. without adding to the
ranks by further provoking Texas
to cancel industrial and business
orders with Wisconsin companies.
In his opinion, Newman said, the
Wisconsin board exceeded its juris-
diction at times. in riding too rough
shod over Valley land companies
applications and refusing them
without studying the cases In de-
tail. Newman has differed with
the board for some time In matters
OF this kind, he stated.
Offers Suggestions
The board was appointed In 1927
at which time WiscOnsin's old real
estate law was abolished and a new
one adopted purpoSely 20 prohibit
operation of out Of state land COM
panies. During the three year term
OF the present board. not q permit
has been issued 70 foreign real es-
tate companies according to New
man.
Newman expressed the hope that
some Valley land company would
present its case against Wisconsin
BY filing a new application with de-
tailed information as TO its status
and the Valley situation in general,
and insist upon a hearing Some
good might result from a test case
OF this nature. he predicted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Sinclair Manager
Due Here Tuesday

Walter +. Schudin. manager Of
the Mexican Sinclair Oil company,
with headquarters at Tampico, Is
due 10 arrive in Brownsville from
the north Tuesday. officials stated
Monday.
MI. Schudin has been in the Unit
ed States on business and will re-
turn 70 Tampico BY plane tomor-
row.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Big Opening Games
Planned by Towns

ESPECIAL 20 The
HARLINGEN, March l7-Botn
San Benito and Harlingen plan 70
observe their big league" baseball
openings with much TODD. An at
tempt will be made by each city 70
set a record attendance al the OPEN
ing anne Of the Des MONIES and
Denver baseball clubs. training IN
San Benito and Harlingen.
The two teams play IN san Ben
ito Tuesday and IN Harlingen Wed
nesday. Harrington plans 10 close
up for the Wednesday game, and
stage a parade 70 the background
headed by the high school band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Brownsville Couple
Still In Hospital

Mr.. and Mrs. o. ]. Hicks, injured
in an accident near K%ingsville when
their car overturned. are still In the
hospital at Kingsville but are rest
ing easily, according to relatives
Monday.
Mrs. Groer Wagner and Edgar L.
Hicks drove TO Kingsville Saturday
morning to visit them. and reported
that both Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks are
doing as well as can be expected. and
that they will be released probably
some time this week.
No bones were broken. and the
two local people suffered nohing but
bruises and several decorations,
painful but not serious.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
New World Record
For Bull-Dogging

FORT WORTH, March 17-tPl-
With a crash Of falling beef. what
was declared a new worlds record
for bull logging a steer, has been
established here at a rodeo per-
Torrance of the Southwestern ex-
position and fat beef show.
RUDE Roberts Of Fort Worth last
night put his steer down In four
seconds flat. The unofficial record
IS said 10 have been set at as sec
ondS q number Of years ago in
Florida by the late "Slim" Caskey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Potato Growers Ask
Dealers to Banquet

Seventy-five Valley potato deal
ers have been invited TO attend .
banquet as guests of the Rio Grande
Valley Potato Growers association
Thursday night at 1880 at Stone
wall Jackson hotel, San Benito.
From As to so OF the invited group
are expected to accept invitations
Another meeting Of the potato
growers association Is announced 20
be held Friday night at the Los
Fresnos school al Q o'clock
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
McAllen Scene OF
Colorado Picnic
Especial 10 The Herald

McALLEN, March i7-All Colo
RADIO tourists and former residents
OF the state are called to attend
a Colorado picnic TO be held Sat-
urday. March %. at Swallow club
grounds on the main highway one
mile west or Alamo.
The day Is TO begin NJ 10 a. m,
with basket dinner az noon and a
program In the afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Car Demolished in
Highway Collision

Clyde F. Caudell, a driver Tor
the Port Isabel Development COM
pany, collided with a small car
driven by an unidentified man az
6 a. m. Monday near what Is known
as the Niger Bridge" on the state
highway.
Neither driver was injured, al
though the small a was demolish-
ed. The large sedan belonging 20
Mr.. Caudell was not seriously dam
aged, but had 20 be pulled 70
Brownsville for repairs.
The accident occurred In front
OF the ID. s. Harrison home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Solons Patching Up
Program for Prison

AUSTIN. March l7-tP- Gov
ernor Moody having admitted his
plan to reform the penitentiary
system had been dealt a death
blow, the legislature today-on its
last legs-planned to take up the
matter OF renovating and bolster
ing prison properties until such
time as some subsequent legislature
laid out a program of reconstruc-
ton on a permanent basis.
The bill agreed TO by the con-
ference committee, calling for ex-
pendite Of $3.50, 900 TO meet emer-
gencies Of the present and i'm
mediate future, was ready for sub
mission TO the houses probably to-
day and not later than Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17

eral manager OF the Houston Cham
Der Of Commerce no his arrival here
Monday.
He was interested in the Hug
the Coast highway. saying that
would mean a great deal to this
section when It was completed
Tourists arriving in Houston and
cities in that locality may then
be routed to the Valley direct by
northern chambers OF commerce,
he said.
The growth and progress in
Brownsville during the past three
years Is astounding" Mr.. Blanton
continued.
Mr.. Blantoii arrived In the VAL
ley Monday morning, coming 70
Brownsville first. He Is TO be In
Harrington at noon today for q
dinner to be given there, and is
scheduled TO appear in Raymond
vile Monday night TO attend q
meeting. He will return to Houston
from Raymondville tonight, he said.
Il was a visitor in Brownsville
three years ugo, and predicted a
bright future for the Valley and
this town" NE said during an in
terview. However. when I looked
the town over this morning I was
astounded at the growth that has
been made"
He said tie local port project
is the best thing that could be
done TO insure a prosperous future
and pointed to Houston as an ex-
ample OF what a channel could d.
for q city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17

The women, he had been informed,
were wearing the "hootch" under
skirt.
The women denied this. Collins
said: Il can't search you, but ]
will take you to Brownsville where
an ~inspectress will" At that, the
women admitted their guilt, and
~discretely retired. They soon re-
turned with the skirts in hand,
loaded with liquor.
Above the skirts are shown by
Priscilla Stevenson, Brownsville in
spectress. and Roy Collins. inspect
or.
Jimmy nabbed the hootch, but
Roy got into the picture.
Big brothers are like that" jim
my says.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Bullets Scatter Dancers
Two Are Shot When Pistol Fire Opens In
Matamoros Cabaret; Many Jailed

Saturday night dancers in a Matamoros cabaret were N culrsm
to cover, one woman was struck by a stray bullet and a man : ~ ~
bos,stal y \ result Of a. ARRAY between Alfonso Vasquez Sancnez ~
a mechanic arrived recently in Natamoros from Tomca' Mexico ana
Fernando Cara. Matamoros resident.
sanchez " being held in the Matamoros jail pending an investigation
-. the sbootinO. and Cara is in hospital "Higia" reported to be resting
well after treatment Of wounds in his face which II not CONSIDER IT
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Hootch Skirts River Fad
Customs Inspectors Find Fancy Baggage
When Four Women Are Searched

Who said Paris had q corner on the dress designing industry? Look
over these latest creatons-the "hootch" underskirt, which was designed
and modelled in the Valley.
The idea is this: No matter how suspiciously bulky a woman's dress
may appear nor how how the bottles rattle mounted customs inspectors
cannot search them.
Jimmy Collins, inspector. solved the problem recently. He came upon
a man and four women coming from the direction of the Rio Grande
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
THE T

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy and unsettled tonight and
Tuesday. probably with local show
ers; not much change IN temPera-
ture.
For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with local showers:
somewhat colder In north portion.
Moderate to fresh southerly winds
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Driller Killed

BIC SPRING. March 17@P,-
Joe Costutter. As. oil well driller,
was burned % death in a residence
fire here today. Two brothers. John
Costutter and Mart Costutter, both
Of indianapolis, were notified.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
Newman Arrives
To Aid Land Men
Discharged Wisconsin Secretary Offers Valley
Suggestions for Fighting Ban
Against Texas Business

HARLINGEN. March l7-John 7. Newman, former secretary of h-
Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers board, discharged recently because of his
purchase Of Valley citrus land during the Wisconsin Goodwill tour, r.
rived here tEs morning TO be the guest OF Earl Bacon. Valley land man
who sold him the ten acre tract near La Fena, for q week or ten days.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Newman.
Newman, until now q leading figure in Wisconstas refusal 70 permit
Valley land companies 70 operate in the Badger state. was tmmediately
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
In the river during the next few days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 74-Hr.
Stage Stage Ching. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide nc Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal mete0rolog-
teal conditions:
High ...... T.06 a. m. 800 ~ nl.
Low l-@U ~ ms
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17
HOUSTON WILL
AID VALLEY
PORT PLANS
Chamber Chief Says
Bayou City Holds
No jealousy

Apparently Valley citizens, as
well as others, are under the i'm
preston that Houston is antagonis-
tic toward cities attempting to OBJ
tain ports OF their own. This Is
absurd. In connection with your
Valley port, Houston is delighted
and will cooperate in every
way. Houston is interested in
Brownsville" This was the state
ment today Of W. N. Bianton. gen.
! PORT ACTION EXPECTED
We are expecting a telegram
any day now from Congress in
! forming us on port progress" z.
A. Rozenthal, city manager. said
| Monday.
The report, we feel sure, will
be favorable" he added.
The expected telegram will
possibly have some bearing on
the outcome Of the 81 500 900
bond issue 70 be voted some time
in April. ground the 20 or Is.
1t Is said.
The Washington times., 1930-06-10
=
NpORTORlAL
b. KIRK MILLER~

ORANGEBURG, N. Y, June
1O.-Should Jack Sharkey fail
to fall heir to the worlds
heavyweight championship day
after tomorrow night in Yam
kee Stadium, New York, he
may attribute and trace his
Shortcoming to the fact his
sparring partners, in these pre-
fight days, are nothing more
than stationary targets and not
much more than doddering
imbecileS physically.
This Is a serious and fore.
boding situation. insofar as
Sharkey's chances for the
greatest and most golden gift
within the powers of fistiana
to bestow upon one of its sons.
King Solomon and Johnny
Crosse. constitute the only re-
naming members of a very
poor lot of spar mates with
which the sailor surrounded
himself when he commenced
about three weeks ago to pre-
pare for the biggest battle of
his career, his other mainStay
in this respect. Paul Cavalier,
having broken up his right
hand slamming it away-at the
Boston jack tar.
King Solomon is about as
goofy as a man could be and
still not be incarcerated. That
is speaking from q strictly pugi.
listic standpoint, of course, for
in other pursuits he might be
quite as normal as the man is
supposed to be who is writing
these lines. In his latter work.
outs with Sharkey, the King
has done little less than cover
up to protect his head and
face from more punishment
than it has already taken. On
several occasions Sharkey stood
with his hands down by his
side and made faces at the
King, inviting him to take a
poke at his jaw
How can Sharkey train for
a title fight, the effort of his
lifetime, on a jaded has been
like King Solortion-how can
he-we ask you. and we. only
hope you can find a plausible
answer.
Johnny Crosse is little better
than King Solomon, so far as
being able to bring Sharkey
around to a proper fighting
edge and q competitive state Of
mind for the go with Schmeling
which is only 48 hours away.
GroSsco, the man whom Marty
Gallagher licked and the man
who has faced Gallagher three
The Washington times., 1930-06-10
7 TRENDS
SWAPS To MAX
BY DAVIS J. WALSH


NEW YORK. June lO.-Fight
sentiment Is nothing more than an
unseen pendulum, which. having
swung one way, must, in time,
swing the other. and so today
there is q decided trend away from
Sharkey and toward Schmeling as
the winner of the worlds heavy
weight championship on Thurs
day night.
A week ago, there seemed to be
only one man who thought the
German had O chance. His name
was Schmeling. Today. those who
were strong on Sharkey are weak
ening; those who were weak are
tottering. Human nature is like
that. It can't believe its own
mind over any sustained period of
time.
At that, Sharkey has given them
no great comfort. His attitude at
Orangeburg frankly says that he
already has won the fight and
title, which means that he has
given himself almost too much to
do. He has placed himself in the
untenable position Of defending
something he hasn't won.
They call him Champ" around
the camp. That's bad. Tell a
man that he can't 60 wrong, and
he is liable to forget to go right.
They have blandished him, too,
with fair words about the Ger.
man being a fathead fighter and,
Of the many known ways In which
a man can. be sent in to take a
licking, this is the most success
full.
The odds haven't changed ap-
preciably, at that. They still were
better than s to this morning.
this being due, not to the fact
that the betting favored Sharkey,
but that there Is very little bet
ting at all. For one thing, nobody
wants to bet on Sharkey because
Of his whimsical tendencies when
placed in a position Of import.
ance, whereas Q possible Schme-
ling gambler always winds up by
asking himself the question that
has no answer, who did he ever
lick?"
Another thing that keeps the
boys off until the absolute dead
line is the modern tendency to
bet the odds and not the fighter.
Everybody nowadays is waiting
for that 3 to / stuff and, when
they get it, they win bet on a
coxswain against q shot putter.
For the writer's part, he con.
tlnues to hold only one view Of
Sharkey: That the only way he
can lose this fight is to do it be-
fore he gets in the ring. On form,
he Is q stand out. But what is
form to q man who can't guaran-
tee just what his mind viii make
his body do?
The Washington times., 1930-06-10
JACK BAT 7 TIERS
CROSSE

ORANGEBUSH, N. Y, June
10.-In the camp Of the Amer
ican champion here no worries
can be detected for Jack
Sharkey's condition when he
steps into the ring with Max
Schmeling on Thursday night u
the Yankee Stadium in the bout
which will determine new
world champion.
There are also no worries as 70
whether Sharkey will face
Schmeling with all his boxing
skill and punching prowess in
tact.
This afternoon the ex-gob is
putting in his final days stunt
for the all-important battle. His
work will consist Of tee or forr
rounds with the gloves and about
as many sessions Of floor
exercises.
sharkey will probably rest here
tomorrow and On ThurSS~ ?
morning viii depart for New
York about two hours before
weighing in time.
There is no worry concerning
Sharkey's condition md fistic
skill because Of events which oc-
CURED here yesterday.
For in four rounds Of work
with the big mittens the SharkFJ J
man convinced all onlookers that
he will be ready in every way to
produce the fight of his life.
The Washington times., 1930-06-10

Once more Frank Bruen, gen
eral manager of the garden
looms up as killjoy.
Schmeling had set his heart on
making the trip by air. mostly
because he wanted his usual
nights sleep in a familiar bed on
Wednesday night.
The Junkers Plane Company
had agreed to have one of their
big passenger machines here
Thursday morning, but warned
Jacobs that there would be no
flight if present muggy weather
prevailed. Then Bruen called him
on the long distance telephone
and begged him to give up any
thought of a dangerous air trip
to New York.
"Tunney got away with it
at Philadelphia but you and
Max might not be SO fOrtu-
nate. 1t is too big a risk. We
sold $4,000 worth Of tickets
Saturday and our gate is now
over 100000. I'm asking you,
please not to fly" said Bruen
over the telephone.
Jacobs tried to put over his
big idea but Bruen finally got
him to agree that the trip would
be made by rail and not air.
If there could have been any
guarantee that the weather
would have been perfect Jacobs
would have gone through with
the most spectacular flight a
fighter has ever made. Every
newspaper man in camp was to
have joined out in the condor.like
trip to New York and there was
gloom and Joy. too, when Jacobs
finally called off the trip.
Schmeling is an old air dog.
He has made many flights in Eu.
rope and was keen for the thrill
The Washington times., 1930-06-10

Of flying to the scene Of his
battle.
Jacobs explained afterwards
that, because of the uncertain
weather. he couldn't take the
chance of being late for weigh
ing in on Thursday.
Schmeling worked like a
streak today. He belted all
Of his sparring partners
around with plenty of zip in
his blows. Charley BeIanger,
with whom he warmed up,
was the only one Of four Of
sparring boys who OutbOxed
Max.
Belanger has tantalizing left
hand and he ts 1ted the German
a plenty. Max couldn't get away
from Charley's piston-like jab and
he was quite annoyed by it. He
got hunk in the second round
when he broke down Belanger's
left-hand attack and landed sew.
eral Smacking good rights to his
jaw. Once he had Belanger on
the ropes not doing so well.
The Washington times., 1930-06-10

times and has never knocked
him out, is no whet stone on
which to hone Sharkey dp to
the fineness in which he must
be to face a 4. man Of the
meticulously scientific and math-
ematically precise German, Max
Schmeling.
Some other factors, indeed,
may lick Sharkey, but if he
falters In his next big chance.
it is only reasonable to blame
some of his faults to the fact
his spar mates don't figure so
per cent as good as the Charles
Berlanger, the big Canadian
champion up at Endicott. and
the likes of him with whom
Schmeling has been doing prac.
tice-Secret and otherwise.
Yes, Sharkey is hitting: he's
hitting brad, but the men he's
hitting hard, but the men he's
their forearmS and elbows up
in front of their faces to save
what God-given features they
still have remaining.
Yes, Sharkey looks great in
his workout. who wouldn't
against. the bunch of bananas
he has bringing him up to his
most important fight?
Sure. Sharkey makes his men
look like monkeys, and who
couldn't show up the type Of
spar boys who are so punch
drunk and who are so far back
on their heels right now they
don't know whether they're
training with Sharkey or Schme-
ling. At that, ! saw Sharkey
miss several times when his
target happened to be falling
to one side against the ropes.
and the whole thing sort of
made us a little sick at the
stomach to see half dead men
being mauled up by a very
alert and very much alive man.
Against such as he has with
which to 60 on parade. Jack
Sharkey looks and acts more
like fighter than he did be-
fore meeting either Dempsey,
Stribling. Loughran or Scott.
Indeed Jack didn't train at all
for Dempsey. outside of O few
afternoons in Stillman'S gym.
naSiurn, New York. and even
in his half prepared condition,
He almost took Dempsey in the
first four rounds.
!, But what we are trying to
get. at Is that Sharkey is 60
ing to fight so much smarter
and active, and aggressive a
man Thursday night than any
Of his present sparring mates
could ever dream Of being, that
1t makes one wonder just how
Jack viii look when he isn't
fighting corpse so to speak.