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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06

the highway 70 Monterrey. which IL
time will furnish a connected high
way all the distance from Nfata-
moros to Mazatlan on the coast.
The chief Of the committee su-
pervisirg the building Of the new
highway stated today that InEenierc
CorteZ Herrera has laid out the
plans for the new highway and
that work Of clearing the roadway
has started. He also said that the
work that has now started will be
carried through. The state OF
Tamaulinas is bearing the heaviest
part OF the expense connected with
the building Of the new road. the
other part is being borne by the
municipality.
Many at Work
Eighteen men and n corps OF en-
E!neers are already at work blazing
the trail for the new road.
A force of about 100 men Is fol-
lowing the engineers. "As the work
progresses more and more men will
be employed" Sr. Jesus Cedillo,
Matamoros city secretary said this
morning.
The state Of Tamaulipas has APP
propriated $4,000 pesos for leveling
and grading work alone. III a con-
tract that Is being considered is put
through the new road WI be finish
ed by December. IL is believed. The
new road will follow the course OK
the Rio Grande.
Gives National Highway
The new road will link with the
Nuevo Leon highway at China. Nu-
evo Leon. and then connect with the
network OF national highways. 10 lis
20 be built OF dirt and caliche rock.
After the 'caliche' is scattered over
the dirt base il is then smoothed
with heavy steam rollers, leaving a
surface that Is both lasting and
waterproof. II Is believed that once
the road Is finished, the Secretaria
de COmunicacioneS will have it
topped with Tarvia like the Monter-
rey Nuevo Laredo road.
The road from Reynosa TO Mon
terrey nearly Is ready. Bridges are
the only part or the roadway that
are under construction. Several
persons. who have journeyed 90
Nuevo Leon. say the road is In ex-
cellent condition. and that once the
bridges are finished 10 will rank as
. scenic highway in northern Mexi-
co.
The Matamoros Mazatlan high-
way will link several important
cities, most OF them aviation VI
tiers. Matamoros. ReynoSa, Mon
terrey. Saltillo. Torre0n, Durango
and Mazatlan are the most import
ant cities along the new road. III
Is reported that the scenery along
the proposed route is a sight worth
seeing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Oil Kings Enroute
To Mexico Capital

"A party OF Oklahoma milliOnaires
was expected TO arrive in Browns
vile by plane Wednesday morning
at 1890 on their way to Mexico City
on business.
The party consists of d. J. Moran,
Ponca City. president of the Con-
tinental Oil company: z. 8. Nick
olas, also of Ponca City and vice.
president of the same concern; p.
Messenger and j. L. Tatum. oil
operators from Monterrey; and
Frank Hover. pilot and A. j. Frese,
co-pilot and George M. McJach,
mechanic of the plane.
They are expected to continue 70
Mexico City Immediately. and while
in the southern republic contem-
plate visiting Monterrey and Tam
pico before returning to the United
States
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Scout Troop on Hike
To Beach; Take Tests

Troop six Of the Brownsville Boy
Scouts returned here Wednesday
after an overnight hike 10 Boca
Chica under the leadership Of AS
sistant Scoutmaster RE. Gonzales.
The Scouts took tests in distance
judging and cooking in addition TO
enjoying games and swimming.
Scouts who made the trip were:
Fermin Cuellar. Guadalupe Zapeda,
Alberto Barrera, Joel Lopez. Alfonso
Saralito Pedro Gonzalez. Guadalupe
Luna. Roberto Luna, Miguel Luna,
and Luis Cueller.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Friends of Creager
Silent or Visit

With representations concerning
the possibility OF r.. 3. Creager sue
ceeding Dwight Morrow a ambas-
sador to Mexico. frien6s OF Mr..
Creager today said he left no in
timation of that being hts present
mission to Mexico CITY.
1t was said he went 10 the capt.
tai city on a personal visit to Mr..
Morrow and would return Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Australian Filler
Is Lost on Flight

BATAVIA. Java, Aug. 6-CPp-A.
T. Cunningham. Australian ANA
teur airman who left Sydney Aug.
l on a solo flight to England IN an
attempt TO beat Bert Hinkler's Is
day record has not been reported
since he left Wyndham. North Aus
tralia. for Bima at dawn yesterday,
The Wyndham Bima stage IN
wolves several hundred miles over
sea. and Is one or the most danger
90 sections Of the flight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
EOINn on Tile WIRES


DITTSBURGH. Pa. Eugene c.
Grace. president Of the Beth
lehem Steel corporation. started
his career as a crane operator. Now
his son. Charles Brown Grace. a
recent Princeton graduate. us TAX
en- a Job as a clerk with he Jones &
Laughlin steel corporation.
NEW YORK Free band con-
certS 70 lure Long Island 'esidents
away from ~Speakeas es have been
started by Bishop Charles Nelson
Of the Unites Christian Church Of
smerica. A ten-piece band has Of
bred its services gratis.
CAMDEN. N. j. - This looks IKE
a record Of some sort. Miss Cor
nelia L. Jones. i7-year-old daugh-
ter Of a Philadelphia banker. made
her first solo flight in an airplane
after only four hours instruction.
HERKIMER. N. Y. - Here's an
endurance tree-sitter who cashed in.
ANNOYED neighbors paid James Wat
son. IL. S25 70 come down from his
perch after 81 hours OF annoyance.
NEW YORK 80 Passengers on the
incoming Majestic described a novel
5 ght. Twice a day the Maharajah
OF Pithapuram. an Indian prince.
would Inc up his wife. two sons, a
daughter N law. four daughters. a
lady n waiting. a secretary and sew
en- servants and march them about
the d ok. They r here for a
months visit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Engineer Expected
To Examine Waves
(Snecial To The Herald.)

tSpCIIdI 70 4It
HARLINGEN. Aug. Ct. w.
Bailey. division engineer for the
state highway commission at Cor
pus Christi. will come to Harrington
the early part of next week to eX-
anime the proposals for removing
the permanent wave and
STRENGTHENING the stretch Of road
between San Benito and Harrington.
He will also consider the project
TO build an additional road into
San Benito.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Oil Men Are
Injured In Wreck

COLEMAN, Tex, Aug. 6.-pPl-
Pete Pollard, Tom jameson and
r. Brooks. well-known oil men
OF west and central Texas. were
seriously injured today when a
truck overturned with them on the
Coleman-Santa Anna highway.
Brooks was cut on an arm and
hand, jameson was cut on his
head and Pollard was believed To
have internal injuries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
ISABEL
OPENS WORK
ON BUILDING
Modern Apartment Of
Two Stories Is
Being Erected

Construction has started on the
$4,000 Alta Vista apartment build
ing being erected for the Gaskill-
Hodgson company by the Bayview
Construction company in Port
Isabel, according to architect w.
ID. Van Siclen, Brownsville.
The new building Is being built
on the corner Of Polk and Gomez
streets, and according to plans
will contain nine modern and COM
plete apartments, and be two
stories IN height.
The Alta Vista apartment Will
undoubtedly be one OF the most
attractive and modern in the en-
tire Valley Mr.. Van Siclen said
Wednesday.
The exterior is designed in mod
ern Spanish renaissance, with mis-
sion title roof. screened arcaded
porches on first floor and colondeo
porches on the second story, and
with separate entrances for each
apartment.
One Of the interesting features
is a large patio at the rear,
secluded from the street with an
arcade with mission tile roof.
Entrance gate will be of wrought
iron Of a unique design. A lily
pond viii be in the center Of the
patio. and semi-tropical flowers,
plants and shrubs have been
ordered by the landscape artist.
The entire apartment will be sur
rounded by a large lawn.
Hollow tile will be used through
out. and the various apartments
will be absolutely sound proof.
Bath for each apartment will be
Of tile floor and wainscot, and all
floors are to be Of oak.
The owners, GaSkill and Hodgson,
are formerly OF Indiana.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Endurance Flight
Threatens Record

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 6-(R-Dale
Jackson, co-pilot with Forest
O'Brine Of the endurance monoplane
Greater st. LOUIS. today was suf-
fering from a cold. but did not re-
gard it as anything wrong"
Jackson said over he planes
short wave tranSmitter late yester-
day that he didn't feel good but
said he would "let you know If any
thing is wrong"
Since the plane continued TO func-
ton smoothly today attaches at the
airport were more convinced than
ever that the flight would not end
before the record OF the Hunter
brothers Of Sparta III. had fallen.
The Hunter brothers remained aloft
554 hours at Chicago last month.
AT TIL today (CST) Jackson and
o Brine had been in he air 384
hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Robbers Injured

WICHITA, Kans.. Aug. 6-Pl-
Two robbers were captured in front
or the vault or Golden's Diamond
Shop here today as they we're
preparing TO flee with jewels
valuel az $4,000.
They gave their names AZ Jess
Dever. and Charles Lindsy. both
Of Oklahoma City. They were cap
tured when detectives answered a
burglar alarm sounded by Henry
Renzick, owner 70 the shop. as he
was being marched TO the rear OF
the store at the point or a gun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Forest Fires Follow
Electrical Storm

MISOULA, Mont. Aug. CIR
Fire fighting crews faced a fresh
outburst Of forest blazeS in this
district today caused by a severe
electrical storm.
The storm concentrated In the
Lolo forest. where 10 fires were
reported yesterday. Two blazes
were discovered in the Missoula
forest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Bureau Chiefs Are
Expected in Valley
Especial to The Herald

toptCIdI % TIC I1tIdIuJ
HARLLNGEN. Aug. 6.-Informa-
ticil is being expected at any time
from officials of the Better Bust
ness bureau as to when a commit
tee will visit the Valley to organize
a branch bureau in this section.
The committee is coming here
only on condition that they will not
be asked to 60 into any controver-
sial matters. IL is stated.
Kenneth Barnard, president Of
the national bureau. will head the
delegation. which is expected 70 ar
rive either next week or after Sept.
1. when the national convention
will be over.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06

BIG SPRINGS. Tex. Aug. e.
Rl-Howard County supporters OF
Ross S. Sterling OF Houston.
candidate for governor, have org
anized with James r. Brooks chair
man. "A reception was being plan
ned for the candidate when he
speaks here August Is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Valley Towns
Get Four Patrolmen
Especial w The HeraIdl

Especial 70 The Heraldl
HARLINGEN. Aug. 6-HarlinFen
and Weslaco are 10 be stations for
four additional highway patrolmen
to operate In the Valley. The ad-
dition to the force is to be per-
manent. Hill Foreman. n former
biz league ball player. will he I'm
charge OF the Harrington office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Meeting Postponed
(Epe 'ial TO The Herald.)

NGpG ldl I'd 1uG
HARLINGEN, Aug. 6.-The reg
ular meeting Of the Harrington
Chamber of Commerce directors. 10
have been held Wednesday eve
ming, has been postponed until
next week because OF the absence
or John TT. Floore. secretary. Floore
Is attending the Coast
highway meeting at Palacios.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06

showing corn prices up during the
last two weeks.
Wheat, which has been below the
price Of the cOarser grain for some
time also went up as much as five
cents a bushel, September option
nearing 90 cents a bushel while De-
cember equalled May corn and
March wheat went through s1.06.
Around midday corn was going
up at the rate Of a cent a minute.
The pits were crowded to overflow
ing while brokers fought for even a
toe-hold on the rim of the rostrum.
During this melee September corn
bounded up TO a dollar and even
more.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Grain Scars in Wild Pits
Corn Goes Up at Rate of Cent a Minute While
Buyers Struggle for Place

CHICAGO. Aug. 6-Corn hit a dollar a bushel today on the board Of
trade for the May option, while the other months were close to that
figure in a rampant bull market that also carried wheat up sharply.
May corn touched SlO1 IL a bushel or s 1-2 cents above the opening
figure. At the outside sale, December and March corn were up Z cents
from yesterdays close. The pits we're wild with excited buyers, who
paid whatever the sellers demanded. Many Of the scramblers were
shorts who had failed to cover as reports Of damage from drought kept
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Harlingen Catholics
Plan New Church
lSnecial fn the Heraldl

HARLINGEN. Aug. 6.-Members
CT the Catholic congregation are
making plans for the building of
a new church and a committee to
work out ways and means has been
appointed. At present there is only
one Catholic church in the city.
and this has long been inadequate
to the needs of the congregation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
BROWNSVILLE Roy DIES

Luis Jose LaMadrid, two-year-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jose La Ma
drid. died at the family home on
St. Francis street In West Browns
vile at 5 p. III. Tuesday. Services
will be held at 4:30 p. m. Wednes-
day at the Mexican Baptist church.
with interment In the city cemetery.
Funeral arrangements we're made
iS Cara.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Negro Is Returned
On Theft Charge

Deputy Sheriff Henry Gordon
returned here Tuesday from
Corsicana, bringing Feliz Jackson
negro charged with theft. with
him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06

ne SdlQ the dulIlOIlLleS
were making no progress in appre-
hending the slayer OF his wife, and
welcomed an inquiry by newspaper
men.
Howe Immediately t~elegraphed
the Kansas City Star and asked
that A. B. Macdonald be aSsignd
TO the case. Macdonald and Howe
started their investigation Monday
morning and yesterday afternoon.
Macdonald put the evidence they
had obtained before Mayor Ernest
o. Thompson and <. w. Thomerson,
district attorney.
Payne Arrested
Payne was arrested soon after
ward and Miss Verona Thompson.
Payne's former private secretary.
was detained as a material wit
ness.
Payne To Pampa
AS Payne was taken from ANA
rillo under heavy guard for the trip
TO Pampa he mumbled "frame-up."
District Attorney Thomerson and
Chief Of Police Mcdowell left here
early today to question Payne fur
Their.
The accused was faced by Miss
Thompson before his departure
from the local Jail and her appear
ance apparently confused him, as
most OF his answers to questions
after she appeared were mumbled.
You did. you know you did," she
countered
Miss Thompson In a signed state
ment said she and Payne had made
numerous trips TO nearby cities and
That Payne was so desperately in
love with her that he had planned
TO divorce his wife to marry her.
On June n Payne had left his car
al home and walked to town to
his office. several miles distant. ac-
companied by his small daughter.
He told officers afterward that he
left the a at home for his wife
70 use while shopping. in prepar-
atson for a vacation trip the family
planned.
Mrs. Payne and her son started
from home in the car, several hours
later.
Boy Manned For Life
They had driven eight blocks
when smoke suddenly began to fill
the coupe and a few second later a
terrific explosion blasted the auto
mobile to bits, tore Mrs. Payne's
body to shreds and cast the bows
mutilated figure on the lawn OF a
house nearby.
The boy fingered near death for
many days but finally recovered.
He was badly manned, one arm
having been almost torn from his
body by the explosion.
Detectives who investigated the
case found bits Of metal scattered
about the scene of the explosion
which they declared were fragments
Of a nitrogiycerine or INT bomb.
They also expressed the opinion that
ignition wires on the car had been
tempered with and that the ey-
plosive machine had been placed
directly beneath the drivers seat
in the car.
Payne insisted at that time that
he knew no enemy who would have
made an attempt upon his own life
or the lives Of members of his fam
lily.
Payne Questioned
When Macdonald began his IN
Continued on page ten.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Filtration Plant
Nears Completion
Especial TO The HerHld)

HARLLINGFN. Aug. 6.-Harlin-
gems new filtration plant will be
ready within a week or ten days.
according to Charles Pyatt Of the
international Filter Co. who Is
in charge Of the work. The plant
Pvatt say will be the most modern
in the Valley. The cost is si40,-
mn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Bomb Charge Stirs Texas
Husband of Murdered Amarillo Woman Is
Held After Investigation by Reporters

AMARILLO, Tex, Aug 6-F-Amarilos model husband a. ID.
Payne. attorney. today faced the prospect Of murder charges prepared
for filing against him. after two newspaper men by swift investigation
uncovered evidence to explain the explosion June 81 which demolished
Paynes automobile, killed his wife and manned his l0-year-old son, A.
D. Payne, Jr.
Payne called last week at the office Of Gene Howe. editor Of the ANA
rno Nevs-Globe. and requested that the editor make a personal in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Matamoros- Reynosa
Road Work Opens
One Hundred Men Start Clearing Way For
Highway to Link Lower Border
With Interior of Mexico

A new road connecting link for the Rio Grande Valley and the IN
terror Of Mexico Is now promised in the near future.
Work OF clearing the right-of-way for the highway from Matamoros
to Reynosa has opened, and 1t was said today that this section Of the
highway Is expected to be completed IN four months.
The sum OF $4,000 pesos has been appropriated for the preliminary
work. This roadway when completed will give tourists a drive down
both sides Of the Rio Grande. The road will connect AZ Revnnsa with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
WEATHER

For r wnsville and the Valley.
Partly cloudy to occasionally un-
settled tonight and Thursday, pos
sibly With local showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday: thunder
showers In south portion.
Light 70 moderate scutherly winds
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
KILLED BY LIGHTNING

LIBERTY. Tex, Aug. ~6.-l
Paul Damek, %. Liberty County
farmer. was struck BY lightning
and instantly killed yesterday as
he was picking cotton IN a field
near Dayton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
In the river during the next few
DAYS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-06
Flood Present 2f-Hr. a. Hr.
Ewmwm ENmwm RwNmr Rmfw
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal metecrol-
oEical conditions:
High o.Ol a. m
Low o.J0 p. M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
John Masefeld Speaking.

When the world was younger and
when people led simpler lives one of
their greatest pleasures was that of
listening to poets reciting their verses,
telling OF wars and loves, of the herosm
of men and the beauty of women. The
bards spoke to their hearers directly,
in the field, in the great chambers OF
palaces Then, said John Masefield,
poet laureate of England, yesterday, in
his transoceanic broadcast, poetry was
part of the lives of people, and the
rapture of hsaring beautiful words and
lines and inspiring thoughts expressed
in the form most effective to stimulate
and to be remembered was part Of the
Joy Of life.
When printing came, said the poet
laureate, it was thought to have assured
great benefit to the poets, but shortly
after the printing press came other
improvements, which complicated life,
and with the at first slow and later
swift development of modern facilities
of existence the poet fell from his place
Of teacher and mental and moral leader.
because he lacked an immediate audi
c-ro
.,,os tae .15--. --y. Mr.. MsssAeld,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

traffic in this country is not of recent
origin, said that aS-early as 1777 be-
fore there was a Nation known as the
United States of America the Cont
mental Congress passed resolution rec
ommending the passage OF laws to pro-
hibit the manufacture of distilled
liquors
The wooden sword" incident, which
caused the first fist fight in the House
of Representatives, is related by A. r.
Newsone, secretary of North Cardinals
Historical Commission, somewhat as
follows. Matthew Lyon. a hot-tem-
pered, uncouth, fairly able Democrat
from Vermont, had made himself a
veritable goad to the Federalist Con-
gressmen. He had had the misfortune
TO be unjuStly cashiered during the
Revolution, but soon was completely
indicated In the House Roger Girls
void of Connecticut, repeatedly SLAM
dered Lyon by sneering references to
his wooden sword" and Lyon, instead
of slapping GriSwolds face, spat in it,
Denunciations and indecent characteri-
cations followed, and Lyon failed of
expulsion only because the Federalists
could not command a two-thirds vote.
Later Griswold attacked Lyon at his
desk with a heavy hickory stick Lyon
retorted with a pair of tongs. They
clinched, rolled on the floor and were
separated by colleagues In 1899 the
Federalists succeeded in making Lyon
victim Of their persecution. He was
arrested, tried, convicted and impris-
oned for criticism of the Federalist
President.
(Copyright. 1900