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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
ROOSEV i T..
SMITH SPLIT
over MEASURE

ALBANY, ". Y, OF. 2S. pa
perfunctory off-year state election
has attracted countrywide attention
because two nation.l democratic
figures. Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt
and former Gov. Alfred T.. Smith,
differ over a constitutional amend
ment dealing with trees.
The other phases Of the Nov. 3
election. the choosing Of a Brook
lyn congressman. selection or $50
asSemblymen. naming OF two state
senators. election OF 20 justices OF
the supreme court and the referen-
dun on five other constitutional
amendments. we're pushed into the
background by the difference over
the third amendment, a reforesta-
ton project.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
FEDERAL-STATE
SERVICE GROWS
CBv staff CORRESPONDENT

&E@
HARLINGEN, Oct. 28.-The num-
Der of firms using federal-state
shipping point inspection service for
grapefruit Is increasing and conse-
quently the percentage Of inspected
iruit Is constantly rising, according
to Hart II. Longino and S. II. Oil
phlnt Of the service. About 60 per
cent Is now car inspected.
An additional service being given
Is the issuance of lists Of inspected
cars which are sent to 40 receiving
market inspectors. Since certificates
Of inspection must 60 to Washing
ton first the fruit usually arrives at
its destination ahead Of them and
the list Of inspected cars Is OF great
assistance al the receiving market.
The service also has furnished
these receiving market inspectors
with a list Of Valley firms asking
shipping point inspection on all fruit
which they ship. Each firm has
two or more brands corresponding
more or less TO the standard grades
such as u. S. No. ! and u. S. No. 2,
etc.
The receiver Is required by law to
give information regarding his
knowledge Of shipping-point inspec-
ton Of any car OF fruits and vege-
tables which he requests inspected
in the markets.
Valley firms asking shipping point
inspection on all OF the fruit which
they ship are: Alamo Fruit and
Produce Co. American Fruit Grow
ers. Inc. Harrington: J. j. Beal,
Alamo: Bolts Produce Co, Harlin-
gen; c. G. Bowman e. Sons, Stuart
Place: Carl Bressett. Alamo. Burk-
hart g. Williams. Alamo: Palm City
Packers. McAllen: Thomas-Morris
Produce Co. San Benito: Texas Cit
rus Fruit Growers Exchange. Mis-
sion: Wade a. Newton. San Benito;
John Morris. r.. Harrington; and
ToWnes Fruit Co, Donna. Others
are being added from time to time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Teachers Get Paw

CHICAGO. Oct. %. R-Chicago's
$4,000 payleSs teachers, who have
been using promises for money since
April. may receive checks for a
month and a half's work today or
tomorrow.
And another month and a half's
pay was In immediate prospect. II
"a announced by City Treasurer
James A. Kearns. This will paw the
teachers for their work I'D until
last June. school board officials said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

BEAUMONT. Oct. %. tP-The
date for hearing the Brocklee OIL
company's suit for a permanent in
junction to restrain enforcement Of
proration against its wells in the
east Texas oil field was left for
determination at a conference to-
day between Federal Judge Ran
dolph Bryant nd attorneys.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S-P-
The might OF Pres. Hoover's half
billion dollar private credit pool will
be thrown within a few days
against the nations economic OBJ
Stacle OF frozen bank assets.
With subscriptions pouring in
from all parts Of the country, the
chief executive has been informed
the credit extension plan already
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Church
Found in GdHlee

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct. "a. Up
The University Of Michigan Insti-
tute Of Archaeological Research an
nounced today that an expedition
directed by Prof. Leroy Waterman
had discovered remains Of what
was an early Christian church at
Sepphoris, ancient capital Of Galilee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
DIR. JUDD WE'D
TEXAS GIRL

MENARD. oct. 28-lPl- DIT.
William Judd. husband Of Mrs.
Winnie Ruth Judd. who Is charged
with the murder OF two Arizona
women. married Lillian Colwell. IT
year-old daughter OF Mrs. Dollie
Colwell of Menard. at Junction.
Tex. in 1920. Mrs. Colwell was a
witness TO the ceremony. Judd had
practiced medicine in Menard.
The couple went to Phoenix and
within a month the bride died. DR..
Judd was reported to have told Mrs.
Colwell in a letter that the young
wife died Of acute indigestion and
heart disease.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Texas Justice Dies

HOUSTON, o. q. Rl-Justice
OF the Peace b. J. Wade. 81. or Port
Arthur. died IN a hospital here
early today.
He had been III for several weeks
and recently his leg was amputated
in an effort to save his life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
Train Kills Texan

DENISON, Oct. g. Rl-Otto
Braudigan, S., mail carrier, was
killed by a passenger train here
last night. He was struck while
walking beside the Missouri. Kan
Sas and Texas railroad track. He
had been a mail carrier al Denison
80 years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

JACKSON, Ga. Oct. %. UP1-
Bodies Of four men who started
across Ocmulgee river lake in a
small boat Sunday have been recov-
cred and their deaths attributed BY
a coroner's jury to accidental drown
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28
THEY CAN'T
GET ANYWHERE
ON that ONE

LOS ANGELES, oct. 28.-lP-
With Winnie Ruth Judd, confessed
slayer Of two women, reported un-
der observation in the county Jail
by a psychiatrist, Arizona author
tiles here seeking her return to
Phoenix said they would welcome
an insanity plea in event the in
dicated one OF self-defense was
dropped.
May Return Today
They can't get anywhere with
an insanity plea" said County At
torney Lloyd Andrews OF Phoenix.
Mrs. Judd tried TO conceal her
crime and that indicates she is
capable OF distinguishing between
right and wrong. 1t is this ability
which is the determining factor"
Despite announced plans OF Mrs.
Judd's attorneys TO take every step
within their power to prevent her
haSty return 10 Arizona 10 stand
trial for numbering her two former
friends and n time Toommates,
Hedvig Samuelson and Agnes lie
1tOAs AAA1OAAd dubAAOAAAACc NNAO AOPN-
full they might start for Phoenix
with their prisoner late today.
Papers Signed
~Extradition papers were signed
by Gov. Rolph yesterday. Mrs.
Judd's attorneys said they would
claim an error was made In the
issuance OF the extradition papers
and, falling in that. would seek
action on a writ OF habeas corpus.
Police held for questioning a man
giving the name OF Fred Williams,
a transient. He walked into the
police station and said he aided
Mrs. Judd In Staying the two wo-
men whose bodies were sent to
Los Angeles in trunks. Police placed
little credence in his story.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. %. Up
Oklahoma City's voting majority
wore a smile Of victory today as the
result OF the defeat Of the Okla
homa Natural Gas Corporations
bid for a 25-year franchise renewal
Yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
TEXANS URGE
EXTRA SESSION
McDonald Says Ste 9
Will Act Within
Few Days

AUSTIN. Sept. 4.-fPf-J. K. Nc
Donald. Texas commissioner Of ag-
riculture. said today he confident
" expected a call for a special ses-
sion of the legislature in the next
few days to pass a cotton acreage
control Law.
Mcdonald. who stumped the state
urging farmers and bust SIS men
TO express themselves to the gov
ernor on the matter of a special
session for cotton. said Gov. Ross s.
Sterling had received the greatest
response ever accorded on a public
question and that between 10000
and 10000 persons had replied
to the newspaper QUESTIONABLE sent
out by the governor.
The commissioner stated last
night that 18 members Of tn sen
ate had agreed to ask or had asked
the governor 10 call the session. as
surfing him they would vote for a
cotton acreage reduction bill.
Mcdonald said yesterday the gov
ernor promised a sps:ial session
would be called when II members
OF the senate had been placed on
record favorable to the reduction
plan.
In a statement today. Mcdonald
said the people of Texas were be-
coming impatient.
The people of Texas are express
ing their impatience in Gov. Ster-
ling's delay in calling a special ses-
sion Of the legislature in an effort
to relieve the cotton situation and
to save the state from bankruptcy"
Mcdonald stated.
Through the press, he asked the
people Of Texas for an expression
and stated that If the farmers OF
Texas evidenced 4, him that they
wanted a special session he would
call IL and name IL the farmers
session. Then, as a matter or pre-
caution, the governor asked for
the attitude OF the legislature and
more than II representatives and Is
senator's expressed themselves ia
yorably.
II have gone over the state as
surfing the people that Gov. Sterling
was as anxious to aid cotton farm
ers as he was to aid oil produc-
ers, and sine the people and the
legislature both have expressed
themselves in Inmistakable terms
l cannot conceive or our governor
refusing to cal a pecial session as
per promise"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
COUNTERFEIT
RING BROKEN

DALLAS, Sept. 4-4J- The
Tlmes-Herald said today that it
had learned secret service agents
were holding a o OF suspects in
jail at Tyler and about five at
Dallas for alleged manufacture and
distribution Of $40 Federal reserve
notes. which they had been issuing
IN Dallas. Tyler. Corsicana. Amarillo
and other towns in the southwest.
The Times-H Herald clais.-ed that
the counterfeit ring was one Of the
largest ~ TO operate III the south
west.
Among the arrested persons we're
said TO have been several Dallas
business men.
Conflicting stories about the
place of manufacture Of the bills
were issued. one source said they
yer manufactured in Mexico.
brought to Dallas and distributed
from there. Another report said the
bills were counterfeited in Texas.
II was understood that United
States secret service agents worked
with members or the ring. both as
manufacturers and distributors for
se7eral weeks before ~-aking the
arrests.
Secret service agents we're re-
ported TO have purcha d, at a farm
south OF Dallas. about $500 worth
OF counterfeit bills in constructing
the case.
Several members of the counter
felt ring, the Times-Herald said,
have agreed TO turn states evidence.
or to aid the government IN press
ing its case.
Airplanes have been used fire.
quently by secret service agents in
moving prisoners and gathering
evidence AT times agents hurried
across the width OF the state TO
check reports that counterfeit bills
were being passed.
The federal reserve notes were
exc,ilently made and only the
closest scrutiny revealed that they
were not genuine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
PAIR
Ties UP MAN,
Gets MONEY
Arnulfo Correa Victim
Of Bold, Daylight
Robbers

AccoSted by two men. ono OF
whom fl0urishcd a drawn pistol,
Arnuli0 Correa. proprietor of "a
printing establishment ON the
corner " 18th and Jackson, was
bound, gagged and Int office safe
looted 81 more than S400 I'm cur
rency by daylight yeggs who held
him up ~ he returned from lunch
M l.Jo Friday afternoon.
Still slightly da1nd by IA blow ON
the back Of the head. Correa told
police that he waS unable Md recOg-
nize his asSailants. other than they
were roughly dressed. wore dirty
Clothes and straw hats.
al they held him up. the men
bound their victim with IN short
rope and gagged him with Ills own
handkerchief. leaving him face
downward on the floor with orders
not tO move.
The pair evidently was well
acquainted with THE establishment
and the habits nf the proprietor.
az they rii.ed the - Immediately
after binding COrrna
As they fled they ripped the
telephone connections loose from
the wall.
Within n Few minutes after they
leit Currea had worked himself
free and ran across the street K
a telephone spreading the alarm.
IT,. of POLES John Armstrong
answered tine call and put W Gordon
Of police on the trail which led into
the fourth ward territory. accord
ing t0 neighb0rs who saW the men
run from the building.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Valley Stores To
Observe Labor Day

III will be Height OH for tina
beaches and the fishing banks and
The white wing grounds ON Monday.
Tor Brownsville and the Valley viii
observe Labor Day I'm the time
honored fashion, giving the tired
business man UnC Of the few
chances he gets during the year ta
observe "A double holiday.
Banks in Brownsville and othcf
Valley cities VIII be closed all day
Monday. and Brownsville stores
belonging to the Retail Merchants
association will follow lead Wy the
banks.
Practically every valley city has
announced that stores will be-
closed.
Following "a custom of years, en-
ployees Of the Herald Will take one
Oh those ail too rare half holidays.
and when the Valley edition is off
the press Monday about noon, the
force Will take OUT f0r "a brief
half holiday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
GANG MURDERS
AIRED BY JURY
Three Texas Sayings Are
Investigated At
Houston

HOUSTON. sept. 4-P-A Har-
ris county grand jury today started
an investigation into alleged gang
activities believed responsible for
three Sayings during the past
week.
Chester A. CKeggy) Jones. oil
man and former convict, and his
WIFE we're shot TO death Monday
in their expensive apartment. Wed
nesday morning, the body Of John
Cherris, sought for questioning in
the Jones case. was found floating
IN the Brazos river near EaSl
Columbia. Apparently he had been
sh~- SO hours before the Jones
killing and his body thrown from
an automobile into the river.
Three men and a woman were
held IN the city jail here for ques-
tionlng- Sam Lewis. assistant dis
trict attorney. said one OF the men
was j. NJ. Johnson, Dallas oil man,
who was brought to Houston last
night under a grand jury attach
ment issued BY Judge LangSt0n
King. Although officers we're silent,
reports from Dallas said Johnson
was not believed TO have direct
connection with the case and was
held only for questioning as to what
he might know Of the background
OF the investigation.
Neither OF the men most promin-
emily mentioned in connection with
the Investigation, w. .. (Shiloh)
Scrivenor and Dell McCabe. has
been captured.
GierriS and two other men were
under indictments in connection
with a bank robbery last May 4 in
Memphis. Tenn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Celebrate Victory

WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.-P-
The celebration Of the l5Oth n
n~iyerSary OF the surrender OF Lord
CORVALLIS at Yorktown. virginia.
October 10. will be attended by
President Hoover.
The chief executive will deliver
an address or the site where the
commander or the red coated
British forces surrendered his sword
to George Washington. terminating
the war Of the revolution.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Graf Over Ocean

PERNAMBUCO. Brazil. Sept. 4
tPl-The Graf Zeppelin, ending a
two-dav visit TO Brazil. dipped in
farewell today and started home
ward for Germany on her ninth
crossing OF the Atlantic ocean
DR.. Hugo Eckener pulled her away
from the airport mooring mast,
eight miles from the CITY. nv 1.40
a. m. fi.40 %. m. Thursday CST)
and five minutes later she scared
over Pernamhuco. riding high and
brilliantly illuminated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
City Fights Rates

BORGER, Sept Z. RI-Borger's
fight for "a reduction i'm gaS rates
reached a hearing before represen-
tatlves 0f the state railway COM
mission here today.
The Panhandle Power and Light
company appealed I'D Che commis-
sion after the Berger city conmis-
sion reduced Eas rates from I'D to
80 cents per 1000 cubic feet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Rubio Assailed

MEXICO CITY. Sept. A. tPl-The
newspaper EXcelsiOr's correspondent
AZ chihuahua City SAYS repeated re-
fusal hv Gov. Ortiz to grant gamb-
ling concessions al Juarez has led
10 attempts 10 have him removed.
The correspondent says II Is
understood "a person interested il
the concession offered four Chihua-
hua members or federal congress
$500. 900 TO obtain II for him with
the condition the money would BE-
used i'm furtherinG educational faciii-
ties or Chihuahua.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Church Meet Set

The organization formerly known
as the Rio Grande Valley Epwo-th
League Federation will meet IN
Brownsville Saturday and Sunday as
the District Methodist Young oeo-
pies meeting as a result Of recent
legislation OF the general confer
ence uniting various young peoples
departments.
Over 800 persons are expected to
be in attendance and some Of he
business 70 be taken up will be elec-
ton Of officers. adoption OF a new
constitution and adoption OF q bud
get.
DR.. II. M. Ratliff. west Texas con-
ference educational director. and
Rev. Richard X. Heacock. director
OF young peoples work. will be
among those present
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Kdcouch Mayor Dies
\ After Long Illness


EDCOUCH, Sept. Mayor j.
M. Palmer died at a San Antonio
hospital Thursday morning follow
ing a long illness. Services will
be conducted at Normangee. Tex
as, Friday at 2:3c p. m.
Mayor Palmer was a World War
veteran and for the past three
years has been in the drug business
in this city.
He is survived by his widow and
one child.
Business houses OF Edcouch viii
remain closed for 10 minutes Fri
day afternoon in respect to Mayor
Palmer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Strikers Fight Troops

BARCELONA. Spain. Sept. "a. IL
Machine runs ratified i'm the streets
today and pistols were used in Y
dozen encounters between strikers
and soldiers as disorders accOmpany-
Ing the cltys general strike runtinu-
ed.
Since Yesterday at least four men
have been killed and a score OK m0zs
wounded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04

DALLAS Sept. W E-AftOrnFyH
representing Pres. A. &. Ainsworth.
OF the Public Pipe Line company,
filed suit nc Lonrvicw Yesterday at-
lacking the legal right Or Gov.
Ross =. Sterling t0 declare martial
law IN the east Texas OIL field.
The petition asked damages Of
500 a day dating back 10 the date
martial law was declared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
CITY FATHERS
SEE ARRIVAL
OF new PLANE
Brownsville Air
Is Praised By
Officials

Inauguration or another i'm
proved service In airport connec-
tons between Brownsville and the
rest Of the country was celebrated
at the Brownsville Pan-American
airport today.
City officials, chamber OF COM
merce officials. officials or the
American Always, and hundreds
of other Brownsville people gather
ed at the airport to observe the
arrival or the big new 9-passenger
plane of the American airways,
which went into commercial service
this afternoon at l.25. carrying
mail and passengers north.
Three OF these new Pilgrim
planes. manufactured by a sub
sidiary OF the American Always,
have arrived at Dallas. where they
have been tested for the past few
days.
Give Free Rides
The plane arrived here shortly
after 8 o'clock this morning on the
first trip TO Brownsville. and from
10 O'Clock until noon Brownsville
people were taken for free rides
over the airport and the city.
Among those who gathered at
the airport were Mayor r. B. Rent
fro, City Manager. z. A. Rosenthal,
w. II. Aldridge, II. L. Thomas. and
George Desha, members Of the city
commission: q. G. Richardson,
manager Of the chamber OF COM
merce: w. B. Clint. George White,
chamber OF commerce directors; A.
A. Hargroye OF the chamber OF
commerce aviation committee and
others.
Representing the American Air
ways was Ike Sewell, assistant gen.
eral traffic manage IN charge OF
traffic on the Brownsville line. S.
c. Ward. assistant general super
intendent or maintenance, NJ. IT.
Stallter. terminal ma ger at Dali
las, Kenneth Force. Jr., Publicity
director. Otto Kirchner. Pilgrim
factory representative. Gus Sober
ling. Pratt a. Whitnev factory rep
reSentative. makers OF Hornet mo-
tors used On the Pilgrim ships. and
Andy Burke, regular pilot. all from
Dallas. and local officials Of the
company. headed by Fred Ball.
The new plane, a red, single
wing, single motor affair, is the
largest single motor plane in COM
mercial service in Texas.
Plan Reduced Rate
The three planes will all be used
on the Dallas to Brownsville. line,
all Of them going into service Sept.
10, when a reduced rate will be an
nounced. officials here said.
The planes have commodious
quarters for passengers, accom-
modating nine persons. The mail
and baggage are carried in a COM
partment under the passenger
compartment.
II has inside ventilation, lavatory
and other equipment, including a
two-way radio set.
Postmaster wilbur bennett plan
ned 10 be on hand at lbs this
afternoon to load the first mail on
the new plane, inaugurating mail
service on ii.
Two passenger planes have been
used on this line heretof re.
Dallas officials OF the company
praised the Brownsville airport.
4 wish We had an airport like this
at Dallas" one of them said. There
are few like it,
Mayo- Rentfro and CITY Man
a. r Rosc< hal confessed 10 taxing
their first airplane rides this
morning. Both looked over the city
water and light plants. and other
objects Of interest 10 lem as they
flew over Brownsville for the first
time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Rubio Asks Powers

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4-tFl-
President Ortiz Rubi0 today re-
quested congress TO grant him
extraordinary powers to make i'm
portant administration changes
which he said were necessary to
avoid further increases in taxation.
He did not mention the nature or
the changes but il Is understood
that some government departments
will be eliminated and some merged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Boys to Aid Police
Check ON Speeders

School boys are MD aid officers
this year ln enforcing the u mile
an hour speed limit I'm the vicinity
81 schools.
Boys Will 1e designated to watch
for speedcrs during tine rush hours
and Will report reckless drivers u
the police.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Wheat Pact Near

SHANGHAI. Sept. 4. R-With the
principal items OF the u. S. farm
boards latest wheat offer approved
by the nationalist government. Off
Gals have expressed confidence that
an agreement will be signed in a
few days.
The major points OF the farm
board proposal were inc orsed yester-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Church Set Fire

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 4.-LP-
Soledad Catholic church in Vera
Cruz City was badly damaged by
a fire alleged TO have been started
by anti-clericals yesterday, press
reports said today.
Dispatches said burning waste
was thrown into the church. set
ting fire 70 the woodwork and
furnishings. most or which we're
destroyed before the blaze could be
exttnguished.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
New Cotton Plan

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Sept. a an
Sen. Joe r. Robinson of Arkansas
today proposed that Inc III. 8. de-
partment or agriculture and the fed
eral farm board cooperate In set
ting uD county organizations which
would enter into agreements with
farmers to cut cotton acreage fifty
per cent each year through 1886.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
Woman Flees Razor

DALLAS. Sept. 4. ITO escape
being slashed with a straight-edEe
razor. Mrs. Johnnie Hobson. 81.
jumped from a second-Storv vim
dow al her Dallas home TODAY. re-
ceiving severe internal and spinal
injuries. She fell about % feet.
Mrs. HobSon said she argued with
a man and that he threatened to
cut her throat. The man escaped be-
fore police arrived.