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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28


Garner gave it some consideration
Mrs. Gamers gray eyes twinkled
Right there" said she, would
end the question OF precedence
I've been too busy, these 20 years
as my husbands secretary. to worry
over the fine points Of official or So
cial distinctions, such as have been
discussed, pro and con, in the So
called Gann-Longworth contro-
verSy.
MY only criticism on official So
cial functions is not a question of
precedence. II they'd just serve
'frijoles' and corn bread. those state
dinners would be delightful"
Up With Sun
Whether or not that Texas fare
q corn bread and beans will ever
be served b. a republican president
to a democratic speaker Of the
house need not concern official
circles, at least for another twelve
month, as regardless OF the cleo
ton results, Speaker Longworth
will remain in the chair all this
= inter-.
However. those who are closest to
Mrs. Garner declare she can be de-
rended upon to uphold the dignity
Of any position her husband may
attain, as she has hitherto actively
aided him in bearing the duties OF
his entire official life.
Up with the sun, Mrs. Garner in
variably is busy at her secretarial
work in Mr.. Gamers capitol Of
fices by z a.. m. A full two hours
before most offices on Capitol Hill
are opened.
Every letter that arrives is ans
wered, or acknowledged, on the day
1t Is received. BY noon, however,
much OF her work is cleared away,
permitting the long afternoon
rambles through Washington parks
which are Mrs. Gamers favorite
diversions.
AT home In Uvalde. Texas, Mrs.
Garner says. she and her husband
lead a simple country life on a s.
acre tract In the heart OF the town.
They have their own cows, chick
ems. gardens and fruit, and Mrs.
Garner usually gets busy at her
gardening at sun-up. Her son,
with his wife and little daughter,
live next door. And she SAYS she
would not care TO make any mark
ed alterations In her schedule Of
living. even should she become the
wife OF the speaker OF the house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
SECOND COOL
WAVE ON Way
TO VALLEY
Ten Degrees Lower
Temperature Is
Predicted

Another norther Is predicted for
Tuesday night or early Wednesday
morning. the temperature TO drop
approximately 10 degrees. according
to Ralph II. Desmond, temporary
weather chief.
October has been unusually hot
and unusually wet, 1t Is revealed BY
weather bureau records. To date,
there Is an accumulated excess OF
As degrees In temperature. or In
other words the present October
when compared with the normal
temperatures for that month. has
been about 2 degrees o day above
the average.
Rainfall for the first "a days in
October has totaled 7.20 inches or
4.58 inches above normal.
The drouth has been definitely
broken" Mr.. Desmond said Tues
day. up until this month. there
has been an accumulated def
iciency for the year. but this has
been overcome by the October ex-
cess, so that now there Is an excess
for the entire year Of i.99 inches"
The prediction for the next "a
hours IS continued cloudiness and
scattered rains. and colder. 1t was
announced. The local weather chief
said that the temperature viii
drop, In all probability, TO about
the same low as last week, when
the seasons first norther struck
here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
CITY ERECTS
TOURIST SIGN
Big Illuminated Billboard
Placed In Heart OF
San Antonio

Brownsville viii be advertised In
what Is considered San Antonio's
most prominent location. II was
announced by the local chamber
OF commerce Tuesday.
A large illuminated billboard
measuring IS feet by so feet. will
be erected in front OF the st. An
thony hotel Immediately. A con-
tract has been signed with the
Sunset System to erect the sign
and maintain ii for three months
December. January and February
The time limit may be extended
later IL deemed advisable
The location chosen Is said 20 be
one Of the best In the Alamo city
and viii be seen by large numbers
OF residents Of that city and thou
sands OF tourists.
The sign Is multi-colored. anc
carries a picture OF a beautiful Mex
lean senorita. In native costume. Ir
large letters the sign tells tourists
that "It's PlaytIme All the Year Il
Brownsville" and adds that the
city Is only eight hours from Sar
Antonio by either automobile OF
train. Matamoros is also advertised
on the billboard, and attractions
offered are golf, bathing, fishine
and excellent hotels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Edinburg Boy Hurt
In Houston Game

HOUSTON. Oct. 25-F9- Lou
HaSsell Of Edinburg. star tackle and
largely responsible for Rice In
stitute's 60 victory over the Uni
versity OF Texas here last Saturday,
was In a hospital today with a
ruptured blood vessel, suffered In
the game.
Hassell. physicians said. probably
would not be able to play against
Sewanee next Saturday. The In
stitute. however, was cheered some
what by the return OF Herman
Conklin, Amarillo. a tackle. and
Percy Burk OF Houston. a guard
Conklin had been nursing q bad
knee and Burk had influenza.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Pro Report to Make a Book

sideration by President Hoover and
congress before the end Of the year.
The marked fluctuations are
among the surprises encountered IN
the commissions long investigation.
Some OF the members concede
privately that their views on prohi-
bition conditions have changed
although none says whether this
change has been for or against the
ten-year-old dry law. Moreover
they concede their views change
back and forth a. new reports shed
new light.
The members are spending their
recess period digesting these prohi-
bition reports. The reports are SO
v~olufninous that the index alone
consumes l46 typewriter pages. On
November 5. the day after the con-
~gressional election, the commission
reassembles and the adoption or 3
report on prohibition Is the order
Of business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23=R-
The variance Of conditions pre-
vailing under the prohibition law
in different sections Of the country
Is proving a problem TO President
Hoover's law enforcement commits
sion.
Not only do the multitudinous
prohibition reports now In the
hands Of the ten men and one wo-
man on the commission show vary
ing results In scattered sections OF
the nation but they reveal fluct-
autinE conditions In the same
localities.
Despite the problems besetting
them. however, there Is evident a
determination within the ranks or
the commission members 10 get
the Job reaching q decision on the
prohibition question over with as
early as possible. There Is every
expectation here that the report
or reports-wil be ready for con-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

land disagreement was expressed by
only four members. Two on these
stated they were willing to do any
thing the majority desired.
Judge West explained To the
meeting that the city OF Brownsville
had invited West Brownsville into
the city, and had offered proper
fire and water protection. garbage
service. police protection, care OF
streets and additional paving as
soon as possible. and a fair proper
ton Of civic improvements as the
city progressed.
Petition In Los Ebanos
The city commissioners, Judge
West said, have also offered imme-
date reduction OF water rates In the
West Brownsville citizens will come
into the city. The raise In water
rates to consumers outside or the
city limits was the cause or the in
itial discussion.
10 was revealed today that Los
EbanOs citizens were anxious To
ter the city, and had circulated On
petition signed by all but one Los
Ebanos citizen urging and request
ing that the suburb be allowed 10
vote separately on entering the
city. This petition was filed within
the past few days.
At the meeting Monday night q
committee composed OF II. II. Bank
er, chairman; Chauncey Reid,
T. w. Neck, w. G. Craig. Sr-
and j. II. Batsell was named 10 90
into the matter with city commits
sioners md discuss means Of COM
ing into the city. and also to dis
cuss the proposed boundary.
The proposed extension will
square off the city limits. the lire
extending from north or the Bank
e. addition. east I'd the resaca. sc
IL 70 include Los Ebanos. and to a
point on Fourteenth street known
as Four Corners, and thence to the
river.
Mass Meeting Looms
Immediate steps are 70 be taken.
II is hoped by West Brownsville
, residents. The committee named
last night is to meet today for fur
Their discussion, and a mass meeting
is 70 be Gated in the very near
future. at which the committee will
report the steps It has taken.
According TO a local attorney
Tuesday morning. the earliest pos
sible time for the additions 90 vote
upon entering the city Is some time
in December.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
VALLEY COUPLE
TAKES PLUNGE
Rio Hondo Man and Wife
Swim Out OF Ditch
After Car Sinks

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Dick OF
Rio Hondo went swimming Monday
afternoon. So did their sedan.
Driving along State Highway No
II about $3.50 p. m. their a hurt
led into a ditch across the highway
from the Southwestern Concrete
Company. The ditch had eight
feet Of water In 1t. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick were forced 10 swim out
Their sedan was almost submerged
According to Traffic Officer Z
K. Sadler, the accident occurred
when q car coming In the op-
posite direction forced the Dick car
TO drive on the shoulder. Mrs
Dick was at the wheel, her husband
having had hts eyes treated in
Brownsville and was sitting with
them closed. When he felt the jolt
as the car drove over the shoulder
he grabbed the wheel and the cal
jumped into the ditch, Officer Sad
Ter said.
Neither occupant OF the car was
injured. The sedan was pulled out
OF the ditch by a local wrecker, and
brought to Brownsville, where the
water vas drained from the gaSo-
line tank and cylinders.
The accidBt occurred at ex-
actly 1923, for Mr.. Dicks watch
stopped at that time when he took
his plunge" the officer said.
The water was fine" the swim
mers said. Next time we 20
swimming, though, we are going
without our car"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Mother Witnesses
Naval Fliers' Death

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Oct. 28ZP)-
An accident during Navy Day
maneuvers here resulted In the
death OF Ensign Glenn Desch. on
active duty on the u. $. :. Idaho
and In probably fatal injuries to
Ensign Z. w. Anderson.
Their plane. catapulted from the
battleship's deck. veered sharply
naval officers said, and plunged m
to the ocean. Desch's body was re-
covered after a search Of an hour
Anderson was found in the wrecked
plane.
Mrs. Edna May Desch. Long
Beach. Cal, mother OF the dead
officer and Mrs. Anderson. wife OF
his companion, we're aboard and
witnessed the fatal accident.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Wife Takes Trail
OF Missing Banker

GALVA, ILL.,, Oct. 28-tP- The
fate Of Earl Yocum. kidnapped bank
er. rested today In the hands o.
his wife.
The bankers wife announced
that she had called of all outside
help In the search for her husband
who disappeared Saturday, and
that she was handling the matter
herself" She termed speculation
that her husband was held in Chi
cago for $4,000 as all guess work
and added that no one. except her
selft. had any knowledge OF the
supposed ransom demand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
IN DUE
VALLEY
HOW ABOUT III?
BY G. M. HALL

HOW ABOUT 1T?
III husbands were clever they
never would let US see them III
the morning because that Is the
time a woman thinks.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce.
The aristocracy Of birth does
not count for much; there is
only the aristocracy Of wealth.
William Lyon Phelps.
We already know how TO break
depression when II comes.
Secretary of Labor James j.
Davis.
We have a stage that Is reek-
ing. reeking with filth.
Cardinal Patrick j. Hayes
The average play on the New
York stage today might be pro-
duced without offense in 0
church.
Owens Davis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Ten Thousand Price
For Aiello KILLING

CHICAGO, Oct. 2s-tR-A bonus
OF $4,000 was paid to the assassins
OF Joe Aiello. wealthy gand leaders
slain by machine gunners last
Thursday, detectives believed today
S%ergeants Rocco Feletti and vii
liam Balzano. said they had facts
to support their theory that the
killers were kept on a gang pay
roll at 500 a week, and received
the bonus after the Staying.
Pasquale Prestogiacomo. from
whose home Aiello stepped into the
fire Of machine gun nests. was sub
jected to a long questioning last
night. in the belief he knows more
Of the Staying than he has thus
far revealed. He was surrendered BY
his attorney yesterday and locksd
up after last nights questioning for
further examination.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Army Gets Big
Alcohol Supply

Over 300 gallons OF pure alcohol
we're turned over to the army here
Tuesday by the customs service,
and the clear white fluid will
eventually be made into anti-freeze
fluid for use In automobile radia-
tors.
The alcohol was taken IN several
large seizures along the Rio Grande
Evidently. large bootleggers were
transporting the liquor to UP state
points where the alcohol was to be
"cut" and manufactured into q
wide variety OF drinks.
The alcohol was taken from five
gallon cans and dumped into large
gasoline tanks in order to make
transportation simpler.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Cameron Co. Plans
Harrington Warehouse

especial 10 Inc hfTAil.l
HARLINGEN. Oct. 28.-Plans are
being drawn by Stanley Bliss, local
architect. for a warehouse 10 be &C.
cupied v William Cameron Co..
Inc, wholesale, II was announced
here b. D. E. Ewing, MANAGER OF
the Valley office.
The new warehouse Is TO be $50
feet long on one side. l56 on the
other and 80 feet wide with a floor
space OF 1900 square feet.
This building Is TO be constructed
OF corrugated iron and viii be To-
Gated on Iissouri Pacific trackage
on an extension or Monroe street.
ri will be ready III 80 to 40 days.
The company ~ located In
The old H. III. Hardin lumber ware
house here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Low Valley Rates
Not To Be Granted

SAN BENITO. Oct. 2S.-Popular
rates to the Valley over the South
ern Pacific. Missouri Pacific and
MKT will not be granted, prob
ably due 10 opposition from land
men In the Valley, according to
information sent the chamber OF
commerce by u. :. Pawkett. traffic
manager for the South Texas cham
Der.
Such rates for January. Februar-
and March were sought by Valley
chambers or commerce
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

legality Of proposed business COM
binations in advance Of their for
nation; abolition Of the capital
gains and loss tax; appointment OF
tariff commission members for life
TO take tariff-making out Of poll
tics, and employment Of caution by
congress to have all its legislation
square with good economics"
rs there any dry Sc stubborn
asked Raskob. that he would in
sist on the country being dry IL the
people by referendum abolished the
eighteenth amendment. or is there
any wet so bigoted that he would
refuse to abide by the decision /:
a referendum showed the country
to be dry?"
The democratic chairman. who Is
a director Of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, said il
was q sorry plight indeed" TO see
ministers and other good citizens
"unconsciously working hand In
hand with bootleggers and rack
eteers In an effort to deny the
people Of the United States an OBJ
portunity to vote o. this great So
cial experiment after a ten-year
trial."
Together with the five-day week
proposal. Raskob suggested the cele-
bration OF legal holidays on Mon
day TO give three continuous re-
creation days. The shorter week,
he maintained, would result in
sufficient savings TO enable indus
Continued on page 3D.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Col. Ludden Offers
Editors Banquet

wESLACO. Oct. 25.-Col. r. c.
Ludden, district manager Of the
Central Power & Light Company
has advised the Weslaco Chamber
OF Commerce that his good COM
pany will be very glad 70 tender the
Texas Editorial Association q din
ner La Matamoros. This invitation
has been accepted by the Weslaco
Chamber OF Commere. The Texas
Editorial Association meets In Wes-
laco November ~. 20. and 20. for
its annual convention. The session
will be held at the Cortez Hotel
These Editors will come from all
parts or Texas. "A program i beinr
worked out for their entertainment.
during their three day stay In the
VALLEY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Brazilian Rebels
Left Without Head

PFRNAMBUCO, Brazil, Oct. 28--
R-The Brazilian insurgents four
cornered fight for control OF thu
government, left without a head b.
deposition OF DR.. Washington LuiI
was believed here today to have been
settled finally with selection OF DR.
Getulio Vargas to lead the new
regime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
CITY ADDITIONS
PLAN TO VOTE IN
Committee Meets Today to Discuss Proposed
Boundaries and Details for Los Ebanos
And West Brownsville Ballot

II present plans materialize, two heavily populated suburbs. West
Brownsville and Los Ebanos. will come into the city limits In the near
future.
A meeting was held in the chamber Of commerce Monday night. ap-
proxhmately so West Brownsville citizens attending and discussing the
feasibility Of extending the present city limits SO as to include that section.
VIM. s. West, local attorney. presided.
Those present were almost unanimous In their desire TO enter the city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

WHILE Carlos Watson Is out
Smelling the woods down on the
border to defeat John Garner for
congress. Mrs. Garner up in wash
ington is just worried to death over
the outcome of the election.
She got TO dreaming a little day
dream about serving Mr.. Hoover and
a lot Of foreign diplomats f~rijoles
and cornbread at the dinner to
the speaker Of the house.
With the exception Of the am
bassador from Mexico. we do not
know how the beans and c~ornbread
would 90 with the other foreign
representatives. But chances are
there will be a lot Of solons and
their wives from other parts OF the
United States who will thoroughly
enjoy II. We will be willing TO
wager our last summers straw hat
that II they will add a big glass OF
buttermilk, 1t would make things
perfect.
Now. II IL were the Arkansas
legislature and we and the Mrs.
were hosts and wanted TO make q
hit. the menu would be turnip
greens, corn bread and buttermilk.
You know. with a few turnips lying
around loose In the greens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
WORKERS QUIT

McALESTER, Okla. Oct. 2S-
R-Coal damp today drove
rescue workers from the lower
levels OF the Wheatley No. 4
mine. tomb OF 20 miners since
an explosion last night, and Of
ficials virtually had abandoned
hope that any would be found
alive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Mystery Surrounds
Death of Witness

MILLBURN. ~. j., Oct. 2S.-R-
Joe Hamley. who police said,
talked too much" about the shoot
ing Of Jack Legs" Diamond In
New York three weeks ago, was
found dead In a ditch In South
Orange Avenue today with q bullet
in his head.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Is Miners Still Entombed
Oklahoma Rescuers Crimly At Work While
Weeping Women Stand By Hoping

McALEsTER, Okla, Oct 25-R-Bodies Of four Of the 20 men trapped
by an explosion in the wheatley No 4 mine OF the Samples Coal COM
pany near here last night. were found In the sixteenth level OF the mine at
six o'clock this morning. With finding OF the bodies. the death toll
mounted to five William Donley, working at the mouth OF the mine,
was killed instantly.
The explosion, occurring near the mouth Of the mine. which slopes
back some $500 feet into the ground. choked the shaft with rocks and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Demo Chief Asks Pro Poll


NEW YORK, Oct. 28-P-Just a week before election, the chairman
Of the democratic national committee last night suggested a national
obtains power.
John j Raskob advanced the proposal as one OF six points in a cam
paign address carried by radio all over the country. Taking first place
in his program was the five day week for working men. His other suV-
gest;ous included DISCRIMINATION hx b federal trad nraraiss.o, e. -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
Mrs. Garner Breaks Silence
On 'Frijoles and Cornbread'
Now If John Should Be Speaker of House
President and Solons May Get Taste
Of Texas Border Fare
BY BESS FURNIAN

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2s@QF-Upo the White House social calendar.
with its dinner to the vice president" and dinner to the speaker Of
the house" Mrs. John N. Garner OF Texas, today gazed with a mild but
unmistakahle interest.
The thought struck her that II the November elections should bring
a democratic landslide. avalanching her husband into the speakers chair,
she might become the honored feminine figure In that dinner to the
speaker Of the house" at the next social season. A purely hypothetical
= nSAAratAn- - .e--a-L 80 -1 A.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

Numbers Tor an undeterrllned DIS
lance.
The mine, although on the prison
grounds, Is worked by civilian Ia
Dor.
The blast, Of unknown cause, was
exceedingly violent. Donley. who
was working on the surface. was
caught by its force and hurled
against the tipple, which was dam
aged. The explosion was heard two
miles away.
Rescue workers had no commu-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

f,,se to pick up the hitch mixers,
they will quit walking. or 60 back
~ riding the rods. II is hard at
sirnes to pass up a fellow man
t-,,dqing down the highway when
~, are seated in your car all alone.
art while there are many more
bo,est men on the highway than
riiackers, the danger of the latter
- Getting too great to take the
-;sk Of picking UP someone who
III stick q gun IN your ribs for
voslr trouble.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy and colder tonight:
Wednesday generally fair and cool
er.
East Texas: Partly cloudy. cold
er. frost IN northwest portion to-
night: Wednesday generally fnir,
colder In south portion.
Light TO fresh northerly winds on
the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

WITH THE ADVENT OF many
newcomers 70 the Valley seeking
work hitch hiking Is said to be on
the increase. Incidentally. more
automobiles are reported stolen.
These things come with such waves.
but Of the two. hitch hiking Is the
easier stopped. Laws have been
passed against 1t with little effect.
But If the driving public will re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28

1T IS LITTLE over ten years
since the whole world ended the
greatest conflict ever staged, and
still it seems that war Is getting in
the air everywhere. How quickly
even the same generation forgets
the blood and the horror OF shoot
ing men. and soon wants to be at
IL again. War may be necessary at
times. and one should be ready to
defend his own. But sometimes we
wonder If there is not too much
!. glamour cast about the bloody con-
2 uuering hero for the good Of man
I kind as a whole.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-28
DID YOU KNOW :

A citrus tree in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley will come
into bearing in four years, in
stead OF in seven or eight, as
in California and florida.