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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-06

1t by sending out to every large
bank and bond house In the country
the report Of an investigator who
recently spent several weeks In the
Valley investigating it from every
angle. Several Of the larger clients
Of his company. he said. have been
brought to the Valley for personal
tours OF inspection and all Of them
have left entirely satisfied" with
their investments Mr.. Hill ad-
vanced the suggestion that the rail-
roads invite officials Of every one
of the fcrty-five Better Business
Bureaus to come TO the Valley for
tours of inspection.
w. c. Brumley. department store
owner Of Harrington. declared that
as q merchant he was heartily In
accord with the idea of affiliating
with the national Better Business
Bureau organization. After he had
concluded speaking. a motion was
passed unanimously 10 form such
q body.
Members
Members Of the special commit
tee to discuss this move with Mr.
HuSSer and those who viii come 10
the Valley with him are:
Brownsville. q. c. Richardson. G..
r. Tyrrcll: San Benito, Jim Ward,
Joe Bell: Harlingen. B. M. Holland,
w. -. Hood; Los F~resnos. Cleve
Tandy: Point Isabel. S. I. jackson:
Rio Hondo. j. Z. Porter: Lyford, g.
z. Craig; Raymondville. Lamar Gill:
Ia Feria, AL Parker; Mercedes, John
Phealan, al Prince: weslaco, Ed
Couch: Donna. r. y. Knapp: Alamo.
G. H. Swallow; San Juan. I. ~.
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should have an organization" he
declared, which would include all
interests Of the Valley" He ex-
pressed the belief that. o fund OF
Sc. 900 would be needed 10 start
the anti-propaganda activities Of
interests arraigrcd against the
Valley.
This view was shared by G. II.
Swallow OF Alamo. who asserted,
we r not going TO get anywhere
until there is an organization which
viii include every business and
farming interest In the entire VAL
ley" II was Mr.. Swallow who in
sisted that when the conference
with Nj. Husser and other Better
Business Bureau officials Is held
next Monday that each and every
section Of the Valley be represented.
gill Offers Aid
Lamar GU, Raymondville, gen.
eral manager Of the Rio Grande
Valley, Inc, offered the cooperation
OF his organization "All this trou-
bic and all this u~nfavorable pub
Lefty the Valley II getting" he
declared. lis directly traceable TO
the land companies themselves. Too
many, far too many unreliable land
statesmen have invaded the country
and there has been too much back
biting among even the agents OF
reputable operating companies"
Ben Johnson and d. NJ. johnson,
Harlingen bankers, both asserted
that one OF the greatest mistakes
land men have made Is to operate
with insufficient capital. They in
dorsed utilization with the national
Better Business Bureau o~rganizN-
tien and urged a housekeeping
among landmen. When this is done.
they declared. banks will be In a
position TO back l~and-selling COM
panies to the limit.
Again taking the floor, Mr.. Me-
Coll defended absentee ownership
Of orchards. He declared that a
five-acre orchard adjacent TO his
clubhouse which produced 47,004
acres OF citrus last year, was de-
veloped for him while he was an
absentee owner.
A. Bowie. prominent San Benitc
realtor, asserted, These people are
not fighting just the land men,
they are fighting all of us. every
man, woman. and child. This meet
ing is called and this organization
Is being formed not TO save the
landmen but to save our Valley.
Our bonds and our progress are
threatened. Tell nothing but the
truth and YOU won't need any land
men to bring the people here.
Z. @. Farmer, feed dealer, Harlin-
gen. told Of a visit here incognito
OF a prominent Wisconsin manufac-
turer, who visited many farms and
talked with many farmers. He left,
said MI. Farmsf. convinced OF the
worth Of the Valley and with the
advice that a Valley-wide chamber
OF commerce or some similar or
ganiEation be formed to sell the Val
ley to the world. Nothing could
stop this country If you did this. I"
Mr.. Farmer quoted him as saying.
Situation Critical
Nose Hill. representative OF 4
large Chicago bond house. told OF
the critical situation with respect 10
sale OF Valley bonds resulting from
u~nfavorable publicity being circulat-
ed throughout the East and Middle
! west. His firm Is trying 70 combat
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make their homes in q new terri
tory.
Valley Victorious
Mr.. McColl called attention to
the fact that the Valley has been
thoroughly investigated time and
time again by the most thorough
and capable private and federal
agents. Every time the Valley has
come out guiltless." ne said, be
cause OF the intrinsic merit of its
lands and the courage and honest
hard labor OF its colonIzers.
But this Is No land mans or
colonizer's problem" he added. 1T
Is one which affects every man,
woman. and child in the Valley.
The whole future OF this great,
fertile section 1t az stake. The Bet
Der Business Bureaus picked out a
time when business was at one OF
It's lowest GIBBS, q great psyche
logical moment, To spring their
propaganda. the Valley cannot at
ford 10 let them get away with IT,"
Asserting that the trouble with
wisconsin started three years ago
as the result of the activities of
INSCRIPTIONS land men, Mr.. McColl
declared. Maybe We landmen have
a little house cleaning OF our own
to do before we can go TO the coun-
try with clean hands. He pledged
the efforts OF himself and others
to see that this Was done and ex-
pressed the belief that reputable
land men OF the Valley would form
an organization to aid the one re-
sulting from the meeting today.
whether II be q Valley branch OF
the Better Business Bureaus or
another Valley-wide organization.
There should be a comfy of
Valley interests" he said. "All petty
jealousies should be done away with
and we would sweep the people OF
the north down here il this were
accomplished, II there were nc un-
reliable land operators, II all OF
those REMAINING worked together
and every Valley town worked with
every other Valley town toward the
common end Of common good"
Circulars Distributed
Nj. McColl pointed out the fact
that millions OF antl-Valley cir
culars are being distributed by Bet
ter Business Bureaus throughout
the east and middleweSt and ex-
pressed the belief that the report
upon which they were based was
made before any investigation was
undertaken.
IF we don't combat this IN
founded and damaging propaganda. =
he added, "a thousand home-seek-
ers will visit the Valley this win
ter. II we do, at least twenty-gi five
times that many will come"
We must kill a lie by telling the
truth" ne continued we must kill
these falsehoods by telling the
facts. We have been charged with
beng criminals ano we must de-
fend ourselves"
Mr.. Ewing then interjected the
remark that there are unethical op-
orators in every profession. "AII
we have TO do here in the Valley"
he added. is to sell and tell the
truth"
Bureau Suggested
Capt. Jack Tyrrell, Brownsville
the next speaker, suggested that
the formation OF a Valley Better
Business Bureau might clear the
way for the quickest action. I'VE
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Brownsville; u. ~. johnson, BANKER
Harlingen; Whit Rogers. secretar
chamber or commerce. McAllen: IA
A. Bonneau, - and ID Realty Com,
pany, McAllen: Y. III. Schottis. Jane
Advertising Co, Mercedes: R. ID
Meeker, James Advertising Co, Mer
cedes. W. W.. Houser, real estate
Harrington.
r. WI. VIM. real estate, MERGED
Is; ID. 7. Farris. Edinburg Securitiei
company EdinburE. r.. III. Bell. real
tor, Edinburg; Lloyd =. Bloodworth
H. n. Bell company, EdinburE: LloyC
+. Stiernberg attorney. Harrington
%. n. Storm. farmer. Harrington: ~
A. Palmer Jr.. M. D.. Harlingen
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A 32-story building, the larEesi
and tallest III Oklahoma. Ia 70 be
built az Oklahoma City this year.
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Situation Critical

Nose Hill. representative OF 4
large Chicago bond house. told Of
the critical situation with respect 20
sale OF Valley bonds resulting from
unfavorable publicity being circulat-
ed throughout the East and Middle
west. His firm Is trying 70 combat
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make their homes in q new terri
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
In the Stock Market
tBy Thomson g. McKinnon)


NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Optimism
over the business outlook, predicated
on the steel industrys activity, ex-
banding automobile production,
generally improved sentiment and
the strength of the stock market, Is
voiced by one of the best known
middlewestern bankers in his
monthly digest of conditions.
Further, he finds that the available
evidence amply justif1es the con-
clusion that the decline in business
is over and that improvement Is
denitely indicated. 1t is significant
that the week end trade reviews
again are encouraging, pointing to
the extent of the recuperation in
most lines Of business. They stress
the fact that the deliberate recovery
now occurring probably Is sounder
than one marked by spectacular
gains which might prove transitory
In nature. We find ourselves in
hearty agreement with these senti-
ments and am distinctly encouraged
because the constructive reports of
business activity which comes to
hand. Accordingly we maintain
our conviction that commitments in
sound stocks are warranted, both by
present conditions as well as by the
future outlook, and particularly
when such issues are available at
temporary price concessions. We
feel investors should not hesitate to
undertake purchases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press staff COrrespoNd dent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-Assur-
ances that the tariff bill will be
passed by the senate within two
weeks were given today by Repub-
lican Floor Leader Watson.
Under agreements which have
been made, Watson said he expect
ed the measure, which has occu-
pied the senate to the exclusion Of
most other business since last &C.
tober could be passed within two
more weeks
There is no evidence whatso-
ever of a filibuster," Watson said,
and there is every indication that
the various groups are joining to get
the bill passed and into conference
with the house"
WatSon'S assurances belied any
suspicion that the Republicans In
tended to hold up the measure which
has been changed SO vitality against
their wishes. It was pointed out
nearly all the important issues con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
Opening Markets

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Week-end
proft-taking brought the majority
of prices on the Stock Exchange
down fractionally today.
Trading was fairly aticve featured
by block of 1890 shares of Pack
and Motor at 1875, off Is; 5000 AL
leghany Corporation at 341h un-
changed, and 5000 United States
Steel at 1881, off Il.
Strength was exhibited by Amer
lean Machine and Foundry, up q,
at 259%; Purity Baking, up 2A, at
1871; Stone & Webster, up /, at SO:
Lima Locomotive, up 15s, at ASH.
Fractional advances were scored
by Moon Motor, New York Central,
North American, Montgomery Ward,
Continental Baking A, Standard
Gas, Yellow Truck, Westinghouse
Electric, Westinghouse Air Brake,
United States Industrial Alcohol,
Allied Chemical Public Service and
American Can.
Fractional losses were recorded in
General Motors, Radio Corporation,
Texas Gulf Sulphur, Anaconda, At
lantic Refining, Radio Keith Or
pheum, Standard of New Jersey,
Fox, Vanadium, Gold Dust, Sin
clair and New Haven. Sears Roe
buck declined 1as to 80.
During the early trading many is
sues moved forward. Steel common,
however, met prof1t-taking that
brought 1t down to 1881. However,
Kennecott advanced more than a
point and demand developed for
such issues as youngstown Sheet
and Tube. Republic Iron and Steel
and several of the railroad equip
ments.
Gillette opened at 81 up 2 points
and then moved UP another point
as shorts were driven to cover.
Buying and covering in the issues
were started by statement by the
management that runors concern
ing heavy competition for the COM
pany were erroneous and circulated
merely to do harm to the issue so
that it could easily be depressed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
GARY senator
RESENTS SLAP
At EDUCATOR
D. A. R. Confront Danger of
Becoming ReaCtiOnary,
Asserts Holmes.
DEFENDS OMAN STAND
Cites Mexican Oil Situation,
Recent Bread Riots by
Unemployed.

Danger of the d. A. r. becoming
the Daughters of American Re-
action" under leadership of such
super patriots" as Mrs. Electa
Chase Murphy, Muncie, was pointed
out today by State Senator c. Oliver
Holmes, Gary, in commenting on the
Murphy Oman controversy.
Mrs. Murphy has asked Attorney
General James M. Ogden to prevent
DR.. G. Bromley Oman, De Paw
university president, from making
addresses similar to the one de-
Ilivered at the Indiana state reforma-
tory last Sunday on the grounds
that the speech tended to make
prisoners disloyal anarchists and
communists.
She objected to Oxnam'S sugges-
ton of making America first"
mean America first in world service
and not in theft of Mexican oil
lands"
Came Close to War
"Dr. Oman could have dug up
the records of some years back and
showed how close we came to going
to war with Mexico because of her
Oil laws and to make Oil holdings
there safe for American million
aires" Holmes declared.
1.-The true patriot will want to see
his country right and do what he
can to put it right, rather than de-
fend an indefensible position. 1t
was the pressure of enlightened and
patriotic public opinion which
brought the administration to
change It's Mexican course and pre-
vented a purely col nercial con-
flict.
1T wish that Mrs. Gurphy could
have been with me is week at a
Methodist conferen held in
Cleveland.
Stage Bread Riots
while the conference was in ses-
sion there were bread riots of the
unemployed in that city.
"Soapbox speakers read from the
Wall Street Journal accounts OF
various American manufacturers de-
claring the largest dividend in their
history. Yet here in this land of
plenty were people rioting for want
Of bread.
Surely there is some remedy for
such system of absolutely inequit-
able distribution of the bare neces-
isties of life.
"These facts remain facts and
should be faced, whether they are
brought to public attention by COM
munist or Christian.
Surely the way to save our coun-
try and our governmental system is
to remove just cause Of criticism"
Opposed d. A. Il. Bill
Holmes was one of the few sena-
tors who opposed the D. A. r. bill
requiring all teachers to take oaths
Of allegiance. He pointed out that
it was an insult to one of the out
standing groups of patriotic Hoo
siers, the teachers in the schools.
The measure became a law, but
the 1929 legislature did turn down
the D. A. r. plan to tie supreme
court decisions with red, white and
blue ribbon. They still are tied
with just plain red.
Mrs. Murphy is chairman of the
national defense council of the In
diana society, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
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out amending the Constitution, at
torneys' opinions to the contrary.
There is no possible solution
without a special session." he de-
clared. THE legislature can enact
an income tax, a sales or excise tax,
or any other tax it desires"
Lindley advocated placing church
and fraternal property back on the
tax duplicate. BY removing the tax
exemption from all property other
than that owned by the federal,
state, county and municipal govern
mental units, the total taxable prop
erty list would be increased approx
mately Is per cent, Lindley said.
The school aid commission was
created by act of the 1929 legisla-
ture Investigation of finances of
school corporations in the state aid
counties of southern Indiana indi-
cate scores of schools must be closed
unless relief is Forthcoming. APP
proximately s1G00,000 already is
owed the state aid units by the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
Snow Coats Section
BIZ [ nited Press

BIZ nitcd Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-A heart
shaped blanket of snow coated the
middle west today as frigid blasts
swept down from the Canadian sub
arctic and sent temperatures plung-
ing in the Mississippi valley.
The mercury stood at the 18-de-
gree below-zero mark at Duluth,
MINI, Friday, while snow covered
the area from the Rocky mountains
almost to the Alleghenies and then
tapered out to point in the Mis-
sisSippi valley.
The heavy snow caused the death
of 7O-year-old man at st. Cloud,
MINI. He was killed when a snow
plow crashed into the automobile
in which he was riding. The driver
of the car was injured seriously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
TARIFF
DEADLINE Is SET

nected with the tariff now have been
acted upon by the senate.
Another fight will be staged over
the retention of the 1.76 cents a
pound duty on sugar and upon the
brick and cement schedules, but
there is disposition on the part
Of all factions to vote rather than
talk
One more case will be permitted
to intervene next Tuesday when the
senate takes up the contested nomi-
nation of Hugh M. Tate, Knoxville
(Tenn.) attorney, to be member Of
the interstate commerce commits
sion.
It is understood some OF the in
dependent group, including Senator
Black Dem, Ala0, are planning a
fight against the nomination similar
to the contest over confirmation of
Chief Justice Hughes. The indie
pendents claim Tate was railroad
attorney while he recently testified
before the senate interstate COM
merce committee that the only rail-
road business his firm conducted
was in connection with damage
suits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
HOG PRICES END WEEK
UNCHANGED AT YARDS
Not Much Trade in Cattle Market
Sheep Are Steady.

Hogs at the close of the weeks
market today at the Union stock
yards were holding steady, prices
for the bulk, 100 to 300 pounds,
ranging from $1115 to $I1.5O. Top
price paid was $11.60. Receipts we're
1000: holdoVers, 242.
Cattle receipts were 100. With
tie small number of new arrivals
not much trade was forthcoming.
Calf receipts we're $50, steady at SIS
down.
Sheep were quotably steady with
receipts numbering 300.
Chicago hog rece, pts were $4,000,
including 10000 direct. Holdovers
we're 5000 Todays market was
slow with a few early bids steady
10 10 cents lower than Fridays av-
erage. Choice 215 tc 225 pound
weights brought s111O to $11.15;
around 235 pound averages, Sl0.85.
Cattle receipts we're 800; sheep,
1000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
WOUNDED
YOUTH AS BANDIT

battle with two motorcycle officers
Wednesday. One companion, Ros-
coe Parsons, 10, of 719 Lord street,
was shot and killed in the gun duel.
Police say Henry SchekelS, 20, of
1922 West Vermont street, arrested
here Thursday as a companion of
~. two in filling station holdups at
GIerre Haute Wednesday night, con-
feSsed to four holdupS, two here
and two at Danville, and to bur-
glary of the Em-Roe sporting goods
store on West Washington street
here. He also admitted many car
thefts and implicated three other
youths who we're arrested, according
to police.
The reported positive Identified
zion Of photograph of Facconi by
Newcomer and his office workers
today led police to believe the gang
of youths was involved in many
unsolved crimes here. Facconi will
be questioned at Terre Haute with
in the next few days.
Burglars entered the Newcomer
office again Friday night and bat
tered the combination off a safe,
but failed to force the door.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
FUND CAMPAIGN
OF CHAMBER IS
TEST FOR CITY
Second Division of Sales
Army Leads Drive for
$4,000.

Division No. 2 of the "SaleS
army" with j. ]. Fitzgerald as
colonel, still holds the lead in the
Chamber of Commerce Forward In
dianapolis campaign. It's subScrip-
ton total for the first three days
of the $4,000 drive was 1922 Fri
day noon. The total for the sales
army and the activities group at
that time was $41,569.
In an address at the report
luncheon Friday, Paul Q. Richey,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, said that this campaign was
a test for Indianapolis.
He poined out that as the "For-
ward" drive largely is for the pur-
pose of fostering industrial activity
and employment, the closer Indian
apolis citizens come to reaching
this goal, the less will be needed in
future Community Fund drives, the
result of poverty and want through
unemployment.
The next report luncheon will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce
Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
Lacked Technical, Execu-
tive Requirements, Finding
of Probe Body.
II LIVES DISASTER TOLL
No Charges of CannibaIiSm
Are Laid to Survivors
of Italia Crash.
BY THOMAS B. MORGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent

ROME, Feb. 15.-Umberto Mobile,
who led the dirigible Italia polar ex-
petition to the north pole in 1928,
was found by an official Investigate
ing committee today to have proved
himself, by his conduct, to have
limited technical ability and to have
lacked the ability to command"
The Italia crashed in the Arctic
ice fields on its return from the pole
and the lives of eight members of
the expedition and nine reScuers
were lost. Mobile, who was rescued,
later resigned his rank.
The committee of investigation,
which today issued its story of one
of the most disastrous Arctic ex-
petitions in history, excluded any
charges of cannibaliSm against the
survivors of the wreck to the dirig-
ible.
The official report said:
Mobile, after the catastrophe, in
saving himself first on Captain Einar
LundborgS machine, abandoned his
companions on the ice pack to a
fate which might have been mortal,
failed in his duty as a general and
a commander"
Referring to the manner in which
Mobile handled the airship and the
crew in the face of disaster, the re-
port took up his qualifications, say
ing:
During the investigation it was
learned he was invaded home from
the front and then succeeded in be-
coming competent in plotting dirigi-
bles with the simple license OF a
tester"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
BELIEVE BYRD
COMING BACK
Radio Call Reports Final
Message From Party.

BIZ United Press
SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Mass,
Feb. 15.-At conclusion of a con-
versation Friday night, the radio
operator Of the Byrd Antarctic ex-
petition informed the MaSSachus-
ettS Institute of Technology's re-
search station here that 1t would be
the last time we will talk to you
from Little America"
The local station had been In
communication with the Byrd party
for the past month, exchanging
messages for about thirty minutes
each evening. Friday night, the
radio conversation lasted more than
q half hour.
The south pole party was ex-
periencing 10 below zero tempera-
ture, the expeditions operator re-
vealed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-15
DRY RALLY IN
LAW DEFENSE
House Is battle-ground for
Prohibition Warfare.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Reply-
ing to the current clamor for modi-
fication or repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, prohibiitonists, both in
and out of congress, rallied their
forces today for a vigorous defen-
sive campaign.
In the house, which has become
the principal battle-ground of prohi-
bition warfare, Representative
Reedy Rep., Me- and Representa-
tive Sproul (Rep., Kan.) took up the
fight for the dry cause. Both were
allotted time for lengthy speeches.
Representative La Guardia (Rep.,
N. " was given fifteen minutes to
make the rebuttal arguments for the
vets.
Meanwhile DR.. E. C. Dinwiddie of
the National Conference of Organi-
cations Supporting the Eighteenth
Amendment, met with unofficial dry
leaders to outline plan of action
for the house judiciary committee
wet hearing to be resumed next
Wednesday.