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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
LOCAL GIRL IS
CRASH VICTIM
Three Held On Intoxication
Charges After Wreck;
Lucy Ruth Celaya Hurt

Lucy Ruth Celaya. l7-year-old
aughte ter Of Joe Celaya. Jr,
Brownsville banker, is in the Mercy
hospital suffering from cuts, bruises
and possibly other injuries. and
three men are III the county jail
as a result or an accident near
Olmito about 10 O'Clock Sunday
night.
The Celaya car. a green sedan.
hurtled into a ditch and turned
over several times. according 10
re of the occupants. An old model
Il i IN coupe. which had previously
collided 18th a large Chrysler
sedan seveIa. hundred yards away,
was the cause o. he accident. ac-
cording to deputy sheriff Henry
Gordon. The driver of the coupe,
Juan de Ia Cruz, was arrested on
charges OF driving while intoxicated,
and his companions. Porfirio Mares
and Eugenio Gonzales, were also
arrested on charges Of being drunk
in a public place. Their hearing
will be set for Tuesday. probably
before Justice OF the Peace Fred
KowalSki, ID was said today.
Porfirio Mares was seriously cut,
it was explained.
In the car with the popular
young Brownsville school girl were
her brother, Fred Celaya, and
Lencho and Santos Ceyanes. the
last named a former football star.
All were cut and bruised, but not
seriously.
Hospital attaches said early Mon
day morning that Miss Celaya was
resting easily. and that an X-ray
would be taken during the day 70
determine the fun extent Of her
injuries.
The car in which the four were
riding was badly damaged. every
glass in the car with the exception
Of the ~shatterproof windshield be-
ing broken and scattered over the
interior. The top was smashed. the
radiator telescoped. and one entire
side Of the automobile vas prac-
tically demolished where il had
struck the cement highway in turn
ing over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
Wife Gets Fortune
Won On S~weepstake

~SELFAST. Northern Ireland. Nov.
L,70P-Matt Prescott, who won
STOUT 100000 IN the Dublin hospital
sweepstakes on the Manchester No
vember handicap. resigned his Job
IN the Ulster ministry Of agriculture
today and announced h would set
tie his winnings on -f.-. Prescott.
I'm giving ii all to my WIFE he
told the Associated Press. for she's
Try best pal and worth every cent OF
Is"
Prescott shared the winning tic
ket on Glorious Devon with two
Belfast bartenders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
BREAK In DAM
STIRS CORPUS
LowlandS Secured Warned
To Warn Hunters And
Save Corpus

CORPUS CHRISTI, Nov. 24-P1-
Sheriff's deputies and citizens today
were endeavoring 10 warn duck
hunters and to clear all persons
from the Valley Of the NueceS river
above here. after a 50-fooE wide
break occurred yesterday III the
Mathis dam at LovenSkiold lake, 40
niles west Of here.
Cowboys combed the lOwlands IN
hurried efforts To drive out more
than 1000 head of cattle In danger
Of being swept away by a rushing
wall OF water loosed by the crumb-
ling of the dam.
p. G.. Lovenskiold, mayor Of Cor
pus Christi, for whom Lake Loven-
skiold was named. said a court o.
inquiry would be organized Is quick
II as possible and consulting engi-
neers would be called III.
Early today. the water level Of
the lake had fallen six feet and the
stream vas rushing Through the
gap in the dam with great force.
An approach TO the Southern Paclf-
ic railway bridge at La Frulta was
washed out and highway traffic dis
rupted.
City officials expressed the opin-
ion that the crest Of the flood would
be high enough 10 keep debris II
the wall Of water from damaging
intake pipes Of the city water supply
system, upon which more than So
600 Dersons depend for water.
Reports from Fort Worth quoted
8. w. Freese and Marvin @. Nichols
who with John b. Hawley comprised
the firm that supervised the con-
struction Of the dam. az advancing
the theory that a slight shifting ol
the earth's surface may have caus-
ed the break. They secuted a sug-
Pestion that dynamite may have
been used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
Double Shooting

HOUSTON. Tex. Nov. 24-F-
Malcolm Owens. 30. was believed
mortally wounded and his wife was
in serious condition as q result Of
a double shooting early today a.
the woman's home. The couple had
been separated some time owens
told officers he fired at his wife
with a shotgun, then turned the
gun on himself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
Increase In Taxes
Latest Prediction

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-.H1-
Prediction that the one per cent
tax reduction would not be CONT
nued was made today BY chairman
Smell OF the House Rules Commit
tee.
we are liable TO have an in
crease in taxes if We are to meet
all Of the present demands on the
Treasury" Smell said.
The prediction came in a discus
sion on the short session outlook,
in which the Rules chairman said
every effort would be made to eX-
pedite passage OF appropriation
bills 10 prevent a special session OF
the newly elected Congress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
Valley Nurserymen
Meet At Harlinpen

A meeting OF Valley nurserymen
Is 70 be held in Harlingen at the city
hall at 8 o'clock Monday night. 1t
was announced here today.
The object Of the meeting is TO
discuss the proposed Valley Better
Business Bureaus campaign to raise
$4,000. and to determine whether
o. not the Valley nurserymen are
Wiling to aid in the campaign.
approximately sixty-five men from
all over the Valley are expected TO
attend the meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24

.SpokeSman-Review building. Both
newspapers are published by w. II.
CowleS. one Of the directors of the
Associated Press.
Admitting. police said. he knew
all about" the previous bombing,
Use denied direct knowledge Fl
last Saturdays attempt. He blam-
ed both attempts on two political
gangs which he said had been fight
irg Spokane for years. Investigat-
ors said he limited at plots SO large
that two United States senators
couldn't start an investigation"
Tells Nothing
He refused TO mention any names
or explain records which police say
indicate the battery hsed in the
bomb belonged to him.
I've been all through this be-
fore" he said. I'll say nothing
His arrest came less than 36 hours
after the huge bomb, which experts
said "a capable of wrecking both
the Chronicle and the Spokesman
Review buildings, had been discov-
cred by Cleveland Williams. Spo-
kane correspondent OF the Associ-
ated Press.
Trunk Leaked
Williams became suspicious when
he was unable to place the sender
and the trunk began TO leak. A
locksmith opened the trunk reveal
ing the internal machine. which
Williams immediately disconnected.
1t a timed to explode at 4 p. m.
yesterday. shortly after most or the
ACrntlnucd From Page Onel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24

ithe drive believe that not only will
Brownsville be much improved in
appearance, but that the unemploy-
ment situation here will be solved.
Mrs. Emma Leonard, proprietor of
he Matamoros cafe was the first TO
check in for Improvements 10 BE-
made at her Brownsville home. ana
the U. S. employment bureau sent
her a man the first thing Monday
morning to begin work.
Many Pledges
Other pledges were received Mon
Cay morning as follows:
Henson-Loraax employed u adj
ditional men by pledge.
W. A. Velton pledged for 3 extra
men.
Matthews and Elias pledged and
pa. : extra men TO work.
L. w. Bounds pledged for improve
ment expenditures.
Knight Douglas pledged for inn
provements.
NJ. a. Bansbach pledged for i'm
provementS.
Barnes and KENNY put 3 adj
d!tlonal men to work.
Ben Y. Proctor pledged work this
week on his new home, totallinR sev-
eral hundred dollars.
Carl c. Linsey, president OF the
tlrestone Service Stores. pledged
and put 10 work this morning 2
extra men.
Sam Perl Of the Fashion pledged
ior expenditures Of $40 or more.
Idea Grows
Inc campaign was started BY the
Brownsville Civic League, and has
been rapidly taken up by other or
CARNATIONS, the city officials. and
others interested in developing
Brownsville and providing work for
the jobless.
Property owners are being asked
TO do now any Improvement or re-
pair work needed on their property.
by this means providing employment
for skilled and ~unSkilled labor, It'd
ing the workers over the present
depression. A formal pledge 10 be
filled out and mailed 70 the u. s.
employment bureau. promising $40
worth of work. and men will be sup
piled to do the work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
L

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy or fair and colder to-
night with lowest temperature in
the forties il clear; Tuesday fair and
continued cold.
For East Texas. Fair and colder
tonight: frost 10 the coast except
the Lower Rio Grande Valley; Tues
day fair.
Moderate 10 fresh northerIy winds
on the coast diminishing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
VISITORS

Three Indianapolis WOMEN WlII
arrive here within the next few
days to spend the winter, including
Mrs. Lee Hadley. Mrs. G. S. Thorn
son and Mrs. Eugene Benkler. an
announcement appearing In the
indianapolis Star states. II Is not
known where they will reside while
here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
Arrest Made in Bomb Plot
Nightly Waterman For Bank Is Ap~prehended
After Attempt To Wreck Press Office

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24-P-Traced by the number on a battery
in a 200 tck-dynamite bomb delivered Saturday at the Spokane, Wash
Chronicle building, Henry A. Use, night Waterman of a San Francisco
bank. was arrested here today.
The bomb, in opinion of officers, was intended to wreck the Chronicle
building. 1t was contained in an old trunk and was addressed and de-
nvered to the Associated Press office in the newspapers building.
Two years ago Use was acquitted of planting a bomb in the Spokane
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
Bullets Fly on South Coast
Chicago Cangsters Slip Into New Orleans
But Meet Reception Of Hot Lead
Associated Press Photo

NEW ORLEANS, Nov 24-PHPatrolman William BIumstein, A, shot
by a negro gunman he was trying to arrest as a robbery suspect here
Saturday died today from his wounds
His death brought the total to six dead in Louisiana and Mississippi In
the weekend wave OF crime which included a daring night hohup OF 4
branch 81 The Canal Bank and Trust company by Chicago gangsters with
bullets whLzzng in all directions with casualties and lesser robberes and
gunpLay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
City Improvement Move Grows
Many Pledges For Work To Be Done Arrive
In First Mail Monday Morning

Brownsville citizens turned in with a will Monday morning in response
to the cleanup, paint-up and general improvement campaign, with thr-
teen individuals and firms pledged to put on extra men for this work
up TO noon Monday.
Many Of these went far over the $40 being suggested in the campaign
the lively response proving that confidence in the civic spirit Of Browns
vile has not been misplaced. Many jobleSs men are benefnting by the
movement. and al the present rate Of employment. those in charge Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24

Only 100 homeseekers arrived
over the Missouri Pacific lines.
this being an off week. with 100
more expected in Tuesday. Figures
from the Southern Pacific were
not available early Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
RAILWAY CHIEF DIES

ALTADENA. Calf. Nov. 24-'P-
Charles II Markham. chairman Of
INC Board Of the Illinois Central
Railroad. died AZ his suburban
home here early today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24

AS a result OF the series OF hold
ups and killings u LaF0urche Par
ish. La. merchant died with a
slashed throat. two policemen were
shot and seriously injured. a civilian
wounded in the bank robbery was
reported dying. nearly a dozen ar
rests had been made in Louisiana
and three escaped New Orleans con-
victs we're captured in Chicago and
held there in ahalf hundred rob
berries.
Police in New Orleans arrested
Oscar Bright. a 25-year-old negro
who was identified as the killer of
Officer Blumstein. who was shot by
a negro he sought to arrest on a
street car.
Battle After Robbery
III the robbery OF the Rocheblave
branch Of the Canal bank the ban
dts obtained q satchel OF money in
excess Of $1,000 and fled, firing AZ
policemen. bank employees and cItI-
1ens IN the busy market section
They retreated To q house In st.
Claude avenue and were pursued
by a hundred police who poured at
least two hundred bullets from pis-
tolls. rifles and machine guns INTO
the building until the gang sur
rendered and some of the loot Was
recovered. One bandit was slightly
wounded.
The Wounded
Those wounded in the bank rob-
berry battle are. Raymond RizZo,
So, a grocer. shot in the chest and
not expected TO live.
Patrolman Fred Wilson. Is, shot
i'll the right side and chest and
critically wounded.
PatrOlman Louis q. Alberts. 50.
shot through the chest. neck and
right arm and critically hurt.
Corporal Thomas J. Herman, lip
cut by a bullet
Many Arrested
Those arrested and charged with
shooting ut with intent to murder
and assault and robbery are:
Edward Taylor. alias Austin Hart,
-Ds - SAA&AnE0r 4NDA 81 DAy so
Of Chicago and St. Louis. Donald
ROylich. n, with several aliases.
Ito Jacks. or JacGuee. 20. of New
Orleans. and one woman. Edna
Harte. 70. Of Ottawa, Ill. who said
she was the wife Of Taylor and was
held only on a charge Of being All
accessory.
While the Chicago gangsters were
carrying out a reign OF terror and
shooting 10 Kill III New Orleans, the
Windy City police sent word here
that they had arrested William
Woolfarth. Willie Dupont and An
drew Sanchez, New Orleans bandits
who escaped from the Angola pc
nal farm hospital a month ago af-
ter drugging a guard and a prison
steward.
Other BloOdshed
Tom Sheppard. a Nty-yiar-oId
farmer. was slain near CouShatta.
La. in a fight over the division OF
the money from two bales OF share
crop cotton. Three young MGR
were arrested i'm that case.
A. n. Horn. r. 6f-year-oid night
Mon.ln4ed on page a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24
RIVER FORECAST

The river Will continue 10 fall
slowly from Rio Grande City down
during the next "a to AZ hours.
FLOOD present z4-kr. 14-ar-
Stage Stage Chang. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-24

MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today ............ 5.39-
sunrise tomorroE LIZ
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Other Blo0dslled

Tom Sheppard. a Nty-yiar-oId
farmer. vas slain near CouShatta.
La. In a fight over the division OF
the money from two bales OF share
crop cotton. Three young mon
we're arrested i'm that case.
a. n. Horn. n 6f~-year-oid night
CONTINUED on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
CABBY PRAISES
CEROME DEAN
Dizzy OF Houston Fame Is
Hailed AS a Walter
johnson Second

ST. LOUIS, Sept. ll-tP-An-
other Walter Johnson" has joined
the Cardinal pitching staff. accord
ing to word today from Manager
Gabby Street to officials OF the club
here.
The latest Walter Johnson is
Jerome Dizzy Dean. 8 feet. 4 inches
tall and only 19 years old. with q
displacement of 185 pounds. Dean,
who pitched for Sc. Joseph In the
Western league and later for Hous-
ron in the Texas league. joined the
Cardinals In New York yesterday.
Gabby had heard OF his work. o he
lost no time in warming him up.
after which he had nothing but
words Of praise for his stuff.
Dean won rs games this year. ll
with st. Joseph, 3 with Houston.
while losing only ten. His record
i all the more impressive because
the st. Joseph club was q basement
aggregation.
Tony Kaufman, another Hous-
ton finger, who has been pitching
Ill the majors and minors for several
years, also joined the Cardinals
yesterday. With Houston he won
seven while losing two. His arm
came back this year after having
gone dead" a couple of years ago.
Street plans 70 use Kaufman as a
relief hurler
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
SAINTS HAVE
new MENTOR
Wright, u. Of II. Trackman,
Is to Assist
Reynolds
Especial 10 The E-eraIdl

SAN BENITO, Sept. LA new
member has been added 10 the San
Benito high school coaching staff
He Is Fred Wright. u. or r. track
man. The newcomer received his
e. A. degree in 1928. He will assist
Reynolds In football and baseball
and will have complete charge OF
track. After looking over the mate
rial. Wright expects 10 put a strong
field-and-track combination in the
field this spring.
Not satisfied with downing the
strong Beeville Longhorns in a
three game series over the last week
end. the San Benito Saints have
decided to take Oh another aEg ga
ton Sunday. A nine OF All-Stars
will come here Sunday from Corpus
Christi.
Old Snake Waitman pulled ar
Alexander on the boys SUNDAY
when he hurled the Saints % a ia
win Over the Longhorns - the op-
ener and then relieved Wallace In
the second game and finally wor
out 1913. Waitman was In his old
time form such as he displayed IN
1927 when he rot a trvout with the
San Antonio Indians. He threw hts
arm away that year. but says II
has come back strong now.
The San Renito Greyhounds viii
see their first action Of the year
Friday when thev journey to Rio
Hondo for a scr.mmaFe. Little Is
expected in the vav OF fireworks.
The 'F1tnds will have one Or
the scTapp.@st elevens OF It's history
this year. Their probable STARTING
lineup will be as follows. Bowie and
Ballue ends. Pace and Banks tack
les, Gay and Butler. guards. Cooke
center. Sloan quarter. Burgess full
and Roberts and Smith halves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
Southwest Conference Squads
Begin Season With Hard Work

getting down TO business. after O.
selected squad OF so players report
ed to training camp. Within Is min
utes after roll call, the Mustangs
were hard at work, running plays
against a set Of dummies suspend
ed from wires In the positions OF
an opposing team. The Ponies have
a hard season ahead. with games
scheduled against the United States
naval academy, Notre Dame and
Indiana.
D.sregarding usual preliminary
training, coach Matty Bell sent So
Texas Aggie grid candidates through
the first signal drills Of the season
a. College Station.
Every member OF the Baylor
football squad reported for duty z
the first call. at Waco. and quite
evidently. the thing uppermost ir
the minds OF the fifty youngsters
was the game October 4 against
Purdue University.
Attired In track toys. 65 aspiring
Rice Institute candidates az Hous-
ton went through two practice Pc
ricds. The squad was the large
and regarded as the most prom!s-
ing In Rice's football history.
Thirty-five men reported 20 coach
Thomson at Fayetteville yesterday
to start the treining season at the
University OF Arkansas. Four letter
men and q number OF last years
varsity and soohomore reserves
were not there for the initial roll
call but were expected before the
end Of the week. I.
II was a tough day for the Texas
Christian University gridsters, Coach
Francis Schmidt hustlinE them
through nearly five hours OF train
ing exercises that melted away sur
plus flesh at a surprising rate.
More than half a hundred Uni
versity OF Texas athletes started
their training grind at Austin.
preparatory to the opening az the
Lcnghorn season Sept. 81. TIE hope
fuls appeared without the conven-
tional jersey and moleskIns and
put through their PAGES in
track outfits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
Pedley Shines
In Victory OF
u. S. Poloists

wESTBURY, ". ", Sept. LIP
America. her supremacy In the
polo world for years BUILT around
the talented aristocrats OF Meadow
brooks classic school. today can
bestow a large portion OF the credit
for her latest triumph over Great
Britain 70 the sharpshooting son or
California-Eric Pedley.
Six wears ago this square iawed,
hard-riding and hard-hitting horse
mar galloped In from the far west
TO become a sensation on eastern
fields but the best they conceded
him that year was a substitutes
role when international competition
rolled around.
This summer. Pedley. now "a.
came on again to thrust his way
through all opposition and clinch
the all -important No. | position on
the new American Big Four" Yes
terday, in the second and deciding
match Of the international cup Sc
ries. he was the outstanding star
and scoring ace In the spectacular
closing rally that gave America a
IA to 8 victory from another period
or three years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
Singer, McLarnin
Bout Set Tonight

NEW YORK. Sept. ll-P-Witn
nothing but his reputation At stake
All Singer. youthful king OF the lgnt-
weights. takes on Jimmy McLarnin,
tcuSh two-fisted welterweight, IN a
Ten round bout at the Yankee sta
dunn tonight.
Despite the fact that MeLarnin
viii outweigh Singer BY six pounds,
the betting marts refuse 70 oiler
better than 7 to 5 on McLarnin, VINO
las knocked out such to~pnotchers as
Jackie Fields, Sammy Baker. RUDY
Coldstein. Louis Kid Kaplan and
Sid Terris. Singer sought the bout
and will have no alibis II laid lew
OF outpointee. by Jimmy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
Little Change In
y Southern League

ATLANTA. Ga, Sept. ll-VPl-
The Southern association draws 70
a close this week and If the games
continue 70 come out as they have
lately. there is not likely to be much
change between the standing OF any
OF the clubs.
Memphis won the first game OF
their series with Mobile 10 70 2, but
the Bears put over a big inning n
tie nlghtcap which Melted five runs
and gave them a nose out, , 10 l.
The leading Chicks have ALREADY
won the pennant and New Orleans
has a lead which should bring them
through with second place honors
without any trouble
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
CUB FANS TIE
UP TELEPHONES
Calls of Encouragement
Swamp Superior
Exchange

CHICAGO, Sept. l1-tP-The de-
feat by Brooklyn Of the Chicago
Cubs yesterday In the nerve-wrack-
ing National league pennant race
precipitated the Superior exchange
OF the Chicago telephone system into
one of the worst tangles of ITS ex-
perience last night.
The reason was a notice appearing
In the early editions OF the Tribune,
announcing that n telegram or en-
couragement was to be sent to Man
ager Joe Mccarthy and members OF
the Cubs team. and inviting sup
porters OF the club TO telephone TX
they desired their name signed.
"A few moments after the paper
hac reached the street, the phone
calls began pouring into the Tribune
office. An hour later the Superior
exchange was reported l5 minutes
behind on incoming calls. Later an
official OF the company teiephoned
TO inquire If there had been a great
catastrophe.
Every exchange In the city II
swamped." he said. What's the
trouble?r
When IL was explained 20 him, he
said. That's all right. Put my am
down."
Many persons. unable To get tele-
phone calls through, sent their
names by telegraph. and some car
ried lists Of names to the Tribune
office personally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-11
'LUQUE SHUTS
OUT CHAMPS
St. Louis Defeats Giants
With BottomIey's
Home Run
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON.
Associated Press Shorts Write


"A squadron Of traffic police is
needed along the road to the Ma
tional league pennant. All the ef-
forts Of the teams from Chicago.
st. Louis. Brooklyn and New York
TO get TO the championship only
have resulted in Of the greatest
jams that highway eve has seen.
Yesterdays contests brought the
Brooklyn Robins and st. Louis Car
dinals a game closer TO Chicago's
league leading Cubs. The New
York Giants in fourth place re-
NAMED only three games behind
the top. With Adolfo Luque shut
ting out the National league cham
pions with five points, the Robins
made 1t two straight over the Cubs
by a 6 to 0 count. St. Louis retain
ed It's one-point grip on second
place as Jim Bottcmley's eighth
inning home run gave the Cards q
) to 3 victory ove the Giants.
The standing