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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

the city gusher field we're blocked
and train traffic in the vicinity Of
the well was restricted.
Roar Deafening
Taking personal charge or the
derrick crew at daylight. Fred Nor
gan. president Of the company, di-
rected efforts to control the gush-
er. Efforts were being made to re-
move valves ripped open last night
and cut away by sand preparatory
to installing a Christmas tree"
that would control the monster. No
night work could progress. due 70
the strict no-light rule.
The wells roar could be heard
nearly everywhere in the city. At
times 10 was almost deafening
downtown and on the east side and
the knocks of firemen awakening
residents south OF Seventh street
added to the restlessness in vir-
tually every home in the affected
area.
Negroes living in the river bot
tom flats fled their homes as the
crude from the gusher. unstemmed
by earthen dykes, poured into the
river. The wind shifted southwest
early today, adding to the hazard.
Schools Close
Five city schools were closed to-
day, liberating also pupils until
Monday. Great pockets OF gas
lurking close to the ground in the
southwest part OF town led to the
closing. city superintendent Of in
struction. j. r. Barton. said.
Streets and roads for a mile
around the well were closed.
With only q slow wind, which
shifted southeast after sunup. low
clinging gas clouds intensified the
dire danger. AS the wind changed
from southwest to southeast, the
business district received a light oil
spray. A wind strong enough 10
sweep away the gas was hoped for.
A foundry worked all night max
irs the Christmas tree" huge iron
tool. which. through q series OF
tates and valves. should hold the
well. 1t will be ready about noon,
IL was believed. The tree" mus.
be lowered from the derrick top
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
HOLE in ONE

r. 3. Creager. political leader and
prominent business man, added O
new leaf from the golfers tree 70
his laurels Thursday afternoon by
qualifying for the hole-in-one Glib
with an ace on the ninth Of the
country club. He was playing with
@. G. Richardson and Jesse Dennett.
Mr.. Creager's hole-in-one was the
sixth that has been made on the
local course In the past 20 years.
according to George Desha. chair
ma Of the golfing committee Of the
Brownsville country club
The ninth hole Is 1873 yards. Most
of the holes-in-one have been made
on what used to be the third hole
but Is now the seventeenth.
Mr.. Creager signed several cards
after returning to the clubhouse,
and will receive golf balls. cases Of
ginger ale, and many ether prizes
that have been offered BY national
concerns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
SLAIN WOMAN'S
RITES TODAY
Especial 10 The Herald.)

tSpeCldl 10 Inc heIalQ.J
SAN BENITO, Oct. 31.-Funeral
services for Cipriana Salazar. who,
according TO the story told by her
brother, Guillermo, was slain by
him early Wednesday morning,
are to be held here Friday after
noon.
Guillermo SalaZar Is being held
In the Cameron county Jail pending
a preliminary hearing which will
probably take place Friday after
noon or Saturday morning.
The body Of the woman, who vas
about 80 years old. was found wrap
ped In blankets and thrown into an
clubhouse about noon Thursday. She
had been brutality dubbed and
stabbed to death.
Guillermo's arrest came as a re-
suit OF hints dropped by the 10-year-
old son Of the dead woman, who
was sleeping in the room ad1oin-
ing the one in which the killing
occurred. The child mentioned the
name OF his uncle when questioned
by officers
Salazar was taken into custody at
once. When first questioned he
stated that he had only been a
forced witness to the crime, but
had not participated.
Officers then confronted him
with the man whom he accused OF
the deed. and he broke down and
confessed his guilt. Angry because
his sister had scolded him for bum
ming around. and believing that
she had money. he dubbed her
with an iron bar and stabbed her
in the throat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
RUNAWAY AIR
PLANE STIRS
LOCAL PORT
Men Bruised In
Shutting Door
Of Hangar

A circling airplane, which sent
airport attaches scurrylng. some out
OF the way and some to attempts
TO step the machine, ended its
cruise this morning with a crash
into a hangar door which slightly
injured two men.
The two men injured we're Park
err Mitchell, and Fred Heath. me-
chanics, the former with what was
thought 10 be a broken toe, and the
latter sustaining a bruised face.
They were injured when on Sec
ing the machine headed toward
the hangar, after spinning around
like a top. Mitchell took the lead
IN cool headed work of slamming
the door in its course. The ma
chine crashed into the door.
The accident was said TO have
occurred when one or the visiting
Mexican filters got out Of his plane
on the landing field with the en-
CINE running. In some way the
gears shifted and the unnamed
machine started moving. 1t was
said to have made several circles
before it decided TO enter the
hangar.
The machine was that which
recently made a forced landing in
Mexico and for which search IA
carried on for two days. 1t was
brought here for repairs and later
came three other filters from the
Mexican side who had had a part
In the search.
Those forced TO make the land
Ing IN Mexico were Col. Gustavo
Leon and Capt. Jose Yanez. Those
later coming into the field were
Capt. Oton Hernandez Amaral.
Bernardo G. Hermosillo. and Ri
cardo Gonzales.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Police Guard Against Reds

SACRAMENTO. Oct. 3l.-uF1-
Extra police, manning machine
guns and carrying tear gas bombs,
guarded the downtown district here
today as a precaution against the
threatened bombing OF employment
agencies by communists and job
less men.
Seven communists, including Nike
Daniels. district organizer. were ar
rested last night and accused of in
timidating employment agency pro-
prietors and forcing them to return
money they had collected from men
applying for jobs.
The entire police force was call
ed on duty at headquarters after
several travis had occurred IN the
streets and reports were circulated
that q group Of unemployed men
would march on the city hall.
Twenty-Five officers. armed with
machine guns and tear gas bombs
rushed to the jail. but no march
ers appeared.
Arrests OF the seven followed q
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

series Of visits on a number Of en-
ployment agencies by groups Of
communists and unemployed men.
Agency manager said the men had
forced them to return deposits
placed by job applicats. Arrests
we're made after the agency man
ayers identified the seven men as
those who had threatened to bomb
them.
Four Of the prisoners were taken
In q raid ON the local communist
party headquarters. The raid vas
accomplished without violence.
Other threats 10 blow I'D EN-
ployment agencies were said TO have
been made after the raid.
A meeting Of the city council vas
held under guard Of policemen. No
trouble developed.
1t was said at communist head
quarters that a new meeting place,
including a large hall. had been
rented and would be used begin
ing today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Governor Changes
Border Visit Time

Governor Castellanos Will rot
visit Matamoros Saturday. 1t was
learned today. The Tamaulipas ex-
ectuive was obliged to remain In
Ciudad Victoria. the state capital.
by administration problems.
1t is said that the Governor viii
leave for Tampico. lamps, Saturday
will remain In the port city over
Sunday, and will take the plane 70
the Brownsville international Air
port Monday afternoon.
Els visit to Matamoros will lie
to look over business conditions In
the border city. 10 was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
FORMER CITY
MANAGER dies
EARLY FRIDAY
Masonic Services
Will Be Held
At 4:30

Frank Fl. williams. formerly con-
nected with the Brownsville water
and light plant. later city manager.
ard In recent years owner Of the
williams Radio Parlor. died at his
home here at 2 o'clock Friday morn
Ing.
MI. williams Is well known In
the Valley. having come to this sec
ton in 1909 from Greene. New York.
He was employed by the city several
years. and was superintendent Of
public utilities until his resignation
in 1874. He built the La Feria, Los
Fresnos. Villa Nueya. West Browns
vile and District ) pumping plants.
He vas born in Smithville Flats.
New York, and before coming to
Brownsville was manager OF the
city water and light plant Of Greene,
N. Y. He vas also manager OF the
telephone company there. and served
as municipal court judge for seven
years.
Mr.. williams was the author OF
many geological writings on New
York state. and has made several
Of the electrical inventions In COM
mon use In telephone and light sys-
TENS.
He is survived by his widow, one
son, @. o. williams Of Oklahoma
City, n brother. Raymond l.. VIII
liams. Norwich, N. Y, and two
grandchildren.
Masonic ceremonies will be con-
Quoted at Hinkley Mortuary at 4:30
o'clock Friday afternoon. and the
body will then be shipped to San
Antonio for burial, IL was announced
late today.
He had been Ill for almost O year,
f.iends stated Friday morning. He
had been In the radio business here
for several years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Post Troops To Give
Exhibition Drill

An exhibition drill Is to be staged
at 4:30 p. m. Friday by Troop B.
18th Cavalry, with Captain Cliff
ford A. Eastwood commanding. on
the parade ground at Fort Brown.
Promptly az 4:30 p. M the exhibit
ton platoon under command Of
1t. Charles ". Barnum. TO the &C
compartment Of music from the
regimental band.
A variety Of stunts and unusual
drills will be given by the troops.
showing the excellent training Of
horses and riders. Feature stunts
worked out by the troops them
selves will also be presented.
The general public is invited &c
attend the drills, and ample park
ing space will be set aside for cars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Texan Is Drowned
When Boat Overturns

WICHITA PALS. Oct. 3i-Pl-
Dad Sutton. aged caretaker for
Walter K. Campbell at Lake Kemp,
was drowned today when the out
board motor boat in which he was
plotting four passengers tipped over
about 800 yards from shore.
The other four swan 10 shore
but Sutton "a unable 10 make the
distance. even with the aid Of a
life preserver.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Norther Not Coming;
Warmer lis Prediction

The cold wave that Is reported
sweeping the state viii not affect
the lower Valley. according to
weather bureau chief w. J. Schnur-
busch. who Friday morning pre-
dicted warmer weather for this &C
ton Saturday and Sunday.
The Rio Grande. the river report
shows. Is almost al flood stage here,
having risen two feet during the
night. III viii remain stationary for
the next "a hours, and then start
to fall slowly. IL was said AZ Sat
Benito. the river vas exactly g.
food stage. or a. feet. early Friday
morning. III had begun 10 fall at
Rio Grande City and Mission
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

the hats near g ChlCa, bTOWnS-
ville's favorite hunting spot. being
inundated. However, 1t was said
Friday that the most popular hunt
ing spots were accessible by au-
tomobile-
The resacas In the northern end
OF the Valley are full, and the res
ervoirs and drainage canals also
favorite duck and geese hunting
spots, will afford nimrods from
that section unusually good sport
In past years. when the resacas
and bitches have dried up, ducks
and geese continued to the flats
ear Boca Chica. forcing hunters
in Hidalgo county to drive down
here. It Is thought that this will
be unnecessary this year.
Turkey I'm Two Weeks
Those spoTtsmen who are for
tunate enough to have permits TO
hunt in Tamaulipas. issued prior
10 Oct. Is. will doubtless take their
first days hunt In that section.
Roads out OF Matamoros are rough
and badly torn up. but ii was said
today that they were passable.
Sporting goods dealers in Browns
vile Friday reported that sales on
guns. ammunition, and camping
equipment have been unusually
heavy.
The duck and geese season,
which opens tomorrow. remains
open until jan 81. y. III. Batsell.
Brownsville sporting goods dealer.
said today that the limit on quicks
was Is per day, 80 a week, and
that the limit on geese vas 4 a
day. and 8 a week.
Turkey and deer season opens In
two weeks. or Nov. IS. and quail
Dec. l.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
New Brazilian Chief
Given Big Applause

RIO DE JANIERO. Oct. 3i-tP1-A
special train sped this morning over
the route from Sac Paulo to Rio de
Janeiro. bearing Getulio Vargas
toward a frenzied welcome In the
federal capital.
Word came from along the line
that everywhere the train stopped.
the new provisional president OF
Brazil. designated for that office
following the fall of the Washing
ton Luis government Just a week
ago. was greeted by thousands Oh
admirers.
Although a drilling rain fell here
this morning. plans were made TO
give the new executive a hero's
reception on his arrival late today
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Eagles Set For Win
Over Cotton Pickers
Especial to The Herald.J

tOpeCldi 10 lie
ROBSTOWN, Oct. 3i.-A brood
Of Is Brownsville Screaming Eagles
settled down here at noon today
to find the city plastered with
signs that exhorted the Cotton
Pickers TO beat Brownsville"
Coach Red Irvine brought the
Eagles here from Kingsville where
they underwent a workout Thurs
day afternoon. With the exceptions
Of Benway and Bolton. who are
suffering with bad knees. the
Eagles were up to full strength at
game time.
Although they were entering the
fray underdogs. the Eagles were
determined to make a staunch
stand against the Pickers.
Robstown has not forgotten the
$40 defeat the Eagles handed them
last year and Rocky Rundells boys
are out for revenge today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 81.
-tPl-Adjutant Gen. Charles
Z. Barrett said today that he
was prepared to order out Okla
homa National Guardsmen, If
called upon 10 TO so by civil
authorities, to assist in re-
moving negroes and other res
idents Of the danger zone Gre
ated by the wild flow Of the
well
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Ready for First Day
Geese Reported To Be Plentiful With Ducks
Not Up To Record But Numerous

The "quack-quack OF ducks and the "honk-honk" Of geese will de-
crease in volume Saturday night after hundreds OF Valley nimrods have
finished their first days hunting Of the season and return with their
daily limit Of wild fowl
According to reports here. geese ire more plentiful in the Valley than
they have been in many years. and the number OF ducks Is highly sstsfac-
tory.
Heavy rains recently and floods In the Rio Grande have resulted IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Life Sentence Given

DALLAS. Oct. 81. -tPl- w. A.
Schafer was assessed q sentence Of
80 years In the p~enitentiary late
yesterday by a jury which convict
ed him OF murder in the shooting
OF Mrs. Dorothy Jones the night Of
April 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Valley Ships l6
Carload Of Fruit

Sixteen carloads Of fruit moved
from the Valley Friday morning.
bringing the total for the season I'D
10 $40 carloads. against 500 for last
yeHr. Eleven cars moved over the
Missouri Pacific. and five over the
Southern Pacific. distributed as fol-
lows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Fair to partly cloudy and warmer
tonight and Saturday. Light 70
moderate northerly 10 easterly winds
on the west coast.
For East Texas. Fair tonight:
slowly rising temperature in west
portion and on the west coast: frost
ir interior OF east portion; Satur-
day fair and warmer. Ligh- to
moderate northeast To east winds
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

IL hours.
Oil men said that because Of its
location the gusher was far more
dangerous to the city than the
Mary Sudik. which attracted ma
tional attention last spring by
blowing wild for IL days.
Every fireman in the city was on
duty, roads in the north end of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
Sooners Flee Huge Gusher
Schools Closed and Residents Homeless AS
Untold Wealth Floods Capital

OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 3l-pP-Increasing its flow Of oil to an esi-
mated $4,000 barrels daily. a wild gusher threatened Oklahoma City
today. Hundreds of families in the southeast part Of the city went
breakfastess as fire authorities enforced strict no-fire rules from Sew
enth street south
The we'll Number c. E Stout OF the Morgan Petroleum company.
on the Canadian river bank just east of the city limits, also was making
an estimated iOOO6OOO0 cubic feet Of gas daily. 1t had blown wild for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
and Rum Big Issues
Last Days of Political Campaign Find Only
Two Outstanding Questions In Picture
BY BYRON PRICE.
Associated Press Staff Writer

True to It's early promise Of infinite variety. the political campaign
continues an ever-changing picture. revNng old associations and pro-
ducing new issues almost within sight OF election day.
Raising a once-familar voice from his political retirement, Calvin
Coolidge counseued a radio audience Of his ferow-countrymen last night
to stand by the republican administration at Washington, and avoid
rash experiments In troubled times.
simultaneously q member Of the Hoover cabinet. Secretary Hurley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31
RIVER FORECAST

The river win come to N stand at
Brownsville. begin falling slowly nc
San Benito. and continue I'd fall
from Mission up during the next "a
70 SO hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

n. q. CREAGER has joined the
n hole-in-one club. He did 1t on
- the ninth hole at the country
cl,,b. Guess he thinks he viii help
sssfore confidence In the present
r~suuhlicaza administration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

FOLKS. when you 90 hunting to-
morrow, do not be IL too much
y. haste to fire. II others are near
hr. Let's not have any funerals or
reporters writing of hunters blinded.
n injured. Every gun is still al
vravs loaded. and every bush that
moves or shadow that falls l. not
necessarily game.
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TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE M
High and low tide nc Point VI
tomorrow. under normal mr. e
ogical conditions:
High .....- i-l6 a- mi. IT,.
Low ........ sos a. H.: 6.4
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MISCELLANEOUS

Sunset today ..........r
Sunrise tomorrow s...sx
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the wild goose. and the fast fly
ing duck comes winging by.
Many a load OF shot will be hurled
ST both and as a result Valley din
ner tables will blossom with game.
Baked apples, pumpkin pie, ducks
and geese, cranberry sauce-if the
man Of average means in any other
nation could sit himself down on
an ordinary day to a feast like that
he would think the millennium had
ecme. And America has been con-
stantly talking Of hard times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

TIP in Hidalgo county a bitter cam
paign is coming to an end. A.
Raknr has retffrnad 70 fhP
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

90 II a black cat crosses your path
y today, tip your hat and spit yer
your left shoulder. And tonight
II you light the fires the evil spirits
viii pass over you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
PLANS FOR Church
SESSION OUTLINED
Disciples of Christ From
Many Nations to Convene
Here Next Week.

Further plans for the joint national
and world convention of the Disciples
of Christ, which is to be held in Wash.
ington october II to % we're mapped
out last night at meeting of the
chairmen of committees in charge of
arrangements at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. The convention
headquarters will be at the Washington
Auditorium and Constitution Hall.
An outstanding feature Of the con-
clave, at which delegates from overseas,
many of whom are missionaries, will
attend. will be the dedication at sun
rise on Sunday, october 10. of the new
National City Christian Church at
Thomas Circle.
Problems relative to reception, direc-
ton, transportation, sightseeing, Red
Cross service, hospitality and accommo-
dations were discussed at the meeting
last night under the direction of Maj
w. w. Kirby. general chairman. Spe-
cial facilities, pertaining to parking,
handling of delegates mails, etc. have
been provided for during the course
of the convention, 1t was reported by
committees. The Committee on Ban
quet Arrangements reported that more
than 80 special breakfasts, luncheons
and dinners had been arranged for the
convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
HUSBAND OF MARCO COUZENS
BEGINS DUTIES IN HOTEL POST
William Je&ries Chewing, Jr., Doesn' t
Object to IL Hours Work Daily as
One of Managerial Staff.

he attended the weekly meeting Of the
hotePS officials, held every Monday
morning. There he was introduced to
most of the other hotel employees.
/ got quite a good idea of hotel man
agement out of that conference this
morning." he said. "Of course, I've
plenty to learn. I'm new at this game,
but in this new position I've got a
chance to look at broad SIDE of the
business every. time I direct my atten-
tlon TO 1t, and, believe me, I'm looking
over every broadside can find"
A little while longer young Chew
ming was ION the lobby" with the rest
or the frock-coated assistant managers,
and then 1t was lunch time.
Goes Out on a Run"
After lunch he went out on what
he described as a run corresponding
to that of the reported on daily news
paper
This is position I'm being espe-
cially worked in Onto get out and see
the men who handle the functions of
the foreign embassies and legations, to
establish contact with them and hold
myself in readiness to serve them with
any facilities of the hotel they might
be won't to use-and pay for" he said,
Until late in the afternoon he was
all about town, meeting people and re-
newing old acquaintance among the
embassy and legation stats.
Then back to the hotel he came, just
as most of the working people of WASH
ington were returning home from their
work. There was another session OF
ION the lobby" for young Mr.. Chew
ming, however, no home and fireside.
Stays Late on the Job.
Until most of the guests had COM
pleted their meals and until most of the
night arrivals had been checked in ano
tucked away as comfortably as possible
in their rooms, he stayed on the job
meeting the guests, arranging for theil
comfort and attending to numerous de-
tails for them.
He went home at about 9 o'clock ir
the evening, declaring he was just a.
enthusiastic as when he started worl
in the morning.
Chewing left a position in a stocE
brokers' office to take up his new post
Senator CouZens, multi-millionairC
father-in-law of the young assistant
manager of the Mayf1ower, at the time
of the sensational elopement of hi.
daughter with Chewning-then clerl
in Washington bank-let 1t be known
that the youthful Mr.. and Mrs. Chewn.
ing, especially the former, would have
to make good on their own before they
can expect any help from me-"