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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-24
CLUBS BARRED
BY MUSSOLINI
Duce Claims Catholic
Society Illegal And
Anti Fascist

ROME. June 24-lPl- Premier
Mussolini took a firm stand. against
the Catholic Action clubs IN the
Italian reply. delivered at the Vat
lean today. 70 the recent note from
the Holy See.
The premier insisted. Ii was
learned on excellent authority, that
tn. dissolved clubs were anti
Fascist and illegal, and he Jaw no
reason 70 renew discussions on
measures taken against the Iuven-
lie association
The church, il vas explained. had
only itself TO blame for violence
melted BY alleged Catholic political
activity.
The formal apology which the
Pope demanded and later modified
somewhat waS met in the note with
the statement that a severe inquiry
is proceeding regarding the insults
70 the Pope and damage to church
property and in the assurances Of
prosecution OF the guilty there rs
implied the idea that these oc-
~currrences are "deplored."
The note declared that Italy still
waited to hear the Vatican ieplore'
serious demonstrations in Jugo-
slavia allegedly authorized By
church authorities there for which
Italy asked the Vatican several
months ago.
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PREPARATIONS
REPLY MADE
BY FRANCE
Document Given Edge,
Will Reach u. S.
Wednesday

PARIS, June "a. P-The French
reply 70 President HooverS propo-
sails for a years suspension OF war
debts payments and reparations
was handed 70 Ambassador Edge
by Premier Laval this afternoon.
Accompanied BY J. Theodore
Mariner, counselor OF the embas-
sy. Ambassador Edge discussed the
document for half an hour with
the premier.
The French government trans
mitted the reply this afternoon TO
Ambassador Claudel at Washing
ton who was expected 10 turn ID
over to the state department late
today.
Premier Laval was understood 10
have given Ambassador Edge de-
tailed explanations OF the contents
which will be given out Friday.
Usually weI-informed quarters
this afternoon stated that the
French reply agrees with President
Hoover that something must be
done 10 aid Germany and thus
Europe, but diSagreeS with the
presidents plan OF carrying out the
proposal.
PARIS. June "a. Pl-The news
paper Intransigeant today saws
that the main points OF the French
reply 70 President Hoover's war
debts and PREPARATIONS suspension
are:
U-Respect for the frame OF the
Continued on page ~
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Aircraft Program
Nears Completion

WASHINGTON. June "a. -tP-
Busy days at the Anacostia Naval
air station presage the end on
Tuesday Of the five-year aircraft
program.
Six pilots of the flight test sec
ton and a corps OF enlisted men
are rushing 10 completion trials
0 n experimental planes which must
be accepted within the remaininr
week II existing funds are TO be
utilized.
The end of the five-year program
means the Navy will have 1905
useful ~airplanes on hand or o.
order after crash and obsolete vast
ages have been deducted.
The program vas authorized :
1926 10 give the Navy. so far a.
aviation is concerned. nearly it.
proper development as compared
with other powers in accordance
with the $3.50 ratio of the confer
ence on limitation OF naval arm
amert.
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GUESS JURY IS
CHOSEN TODAY
Severance Obtained BY
Oklahoma Deputy In
Rubio Murder Trial

ARDMORE, Okla, June 24-P,-
A jury was selected this afternoon
20 try w. z. IBID Guess on muir
der charges for the killing OF two
young Mexican college students.
The jury was chosen 3 IL hours
after Guess was granted a sever
ance from Cecit~CEoSby, his Co
defendant in the killings or Emilio
Cortes Rubio. cousin OF the Mex
lean president and Manuel Garcia
Gomez. his college companion.
Three new defense witnesses. r.
B. Albro. Howard McKinsey and
Earl Benton. were on hand. They
said they were driving within half
a block OF the shooting Of the
young Mexicans here the nigE< Of
June z and Albro has said he saw
a gun in the hand OF the dying
Rubio.
Guess. who has taken full res
possibility for the actual slayings
on a residential street here June Z.
sat beside Cecil Crosby, another
erstwhile deputy sheriff charged
with the murders.
Guess testified al the preliminary
hearing he shot from the hip. kill
ing Cortes Rubio and Gomez at their
parked motor car. because they
pulled a gun on me-
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Olo5l BY NEA SERVICE ING

brow drama playing that week at
the New Art Theater. far uptown.
Cass was IS years old. still slim.
still family elegant. III a kindly
light she could pass for IS. Not al
this exact moment. perhaps, in her
faded blue dressing gown with her
hair screwed up on top Of her head
so that the roots showed da-l and
the ends unnaturally golden. No
today CaSs looked all OF her IS
years. But the light was harsh and
Cas- IA tired, beset by many wor-
ries. The summer. bane OF the
players life. yawned emptlly ahead
OF her. Always before this she had
managed somehow 10 pack Lane
of TO the country. But there was
no such prospect this year. Now
Lame was out OF school. out or that
Continued on Page Fopr)
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PREDICT MORE
HEAT FOR West
Oklahoma and Kansas Are
Sweltering Today In
der High Temperature

KANSAS CITY. June 24-P-
After a siege Of high temperatures
yesterday which broke many heat
records for the date ~ an area
extending from South Dakota and
Iowa 70 the gulf. more OF the
same was forecast for today by
government weather observers.
one death and six cases OF heat
prostration we're reported IN Okla
hOma and Missouri. oscar Stehr.
20. died yesterday after ii lapsing
in a wheat field near Clinton Okla
tWJ men who fell victims 90 the
heat while AZ work we're IN an
Oklahoma City hospital, and four
persons were IN Kansas City hos
pitfalls as a result OF the unseas0n-
able temperatures.
Temperatures IN Oklahoma rang
ed 70 100 and above. IN Kansas CITY
the mercury climbed 10 80 degrees.
Salina, Kas.. reported a maximum
OF 1903, NeOdesha. Ras.. i02. Con-
cOrdia. KaS.. 100. Maryville. Mo
100. Ct. Louis Of. Tulsa. Okla, 90,
North Platte. Neb., 100. Rapid City,
8. %, 100, Omaha 100. Sioux CITY,
Ia, a.: San Antonio. Tex. ~. Dali
las % and Houston 80.
The forecast for Kansas and
Missouri was for mostly fair and
continued warm weather. FIR Iowa.
Nebraska. Arkansas. Oklahoma and
east and west Texas. government
reports indicated scattered thun-
derShowers and partly cloudy 70
cloudy skies. may be expected to-
day or tomorrow.
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Fire RACES O0er East
Texas OHFields- THO
BurnedusF zamesR Rise

ed when the Frank O'Quinn well
spurted oil and fire simultaneously.
Another man. unidentified, who was
thought TO have gone 70 a private
home for treatment. was known TO
have been burned. Allison was burn
cd about the head. face and body.
Workmen az the Bell ~ Grady
Stumpff No. ] Daniels ? - miles
west or Kilgore. ran for their
lives IN time 70 escape death when
they saw a streak OF flame shoot
from the boilers toward the well,
soon after the well was brought in.
IL vas the first oil well fire " which
men had not been either seriously
burned or killed.
Hundreds OF spectators flocked 20
the scene today as the we'll spurted
flames 200 feet into the air. II was
estimated TO be burning az the rate
OF 1000 barrels Of OIL hourly. Dwell
Continued on page y
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TO PROBATE
BOND ISSUE
$4,000 Indebtedness To Be
Divided Between
Districts

The old bonded indebtedness OF
Cameron county common school
District No. 4 will be prorated be-
tween Wilson Tract. and Stuart
Place by the Cameron county
school board at a meeting TO be
held here 2:30 p. m. Thursday, II
has been announced.
The $4,000 bond issued OF the
old district has been hanging fire
almost 20 years.
When Dist. 4 was divided into
Wilson Tract and Stuart Place. the
legislature made no provisions 10
care for its bonded indebtedness.
II Is expected that the issue will
be prorated between the two new
districts, with Wilson Tract as
Stunning the major portion OF the
bonds.
The school board also Is expected
TO act on a petition asking that
Briggs-C Coleman be converted from
a common district to an independ-
ent district.
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GIRL DIES In
MOTHER'SARMS
Trapped In Ravine For
AZ Hours, Motorist
Hears Cries

NEWHALL, Cal, June "a. tPl-
"A mother trapped IN ar isolated
ravine 48 hours with her dying
daughter, II, as a result Of a mo-
tor car accident was in a hospital
here today.
The mother, Mrs. Theodore Tour
neur. %, OF Birmingham. Ala
watched her child die In her arms
Of injuries and exposure yesterday
a short time before a passing mo-
torist heard her cries from the bot
tom Of the 200-foot cut.
Mrs. Tourneur. who reported she
and her husband were driving sep
arate machines. said hers was
crowded over the embankment BY
another al Sunday. She suffer-
ed a fracture or leg and other
injuries.
Tourneur. in Fresno, Cal, said
his belief that motor trouble had
delayed his wife and daughter had
caused delay II reporting their
disappearance 10 authorities.
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CHAPTER I

CHAPTER I
The pavement in West 68th street
burned under the soles Of Lame
Barrett's thin shoes as she crossed
in the direction of the apartment
building she called home. Tall II
was. its dirty yellow brick facade
laced with the unimaginative de-
tail Of innumerable fire escapes.
Lame carried a limp paper bag in
one hand. In this were the rolls
for lunch. The curve Of her left
arm embraced a package contain
ing lettuce. a few tomatoes and a
jar Of prepared salad dressing.
Up in the box-like room which
served the Barretts as combination
living and dining quarters the air
had a dead. sitting quality. One OF
those much discussed early heat
waves has descended on the city
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To Be Added
In Sheriff Office

The sheriff's office Is 10 be re-
arranged in the neal future so as
10 allow for more space. Sheriff
Frank Brown was authorized 70
have this work done early IN the
week By the county commissioners.
The present partition is 10 be
moved further out 10 give more
office space.
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W0RL D FLYERS Land n BER
World Flyer
Is Native
Of West Texas

ABILENE, Tex, June "a. tPl-
West Texas lays claim to Wylie
Post. who today was speeding
to Berlin on a projected world
girdling flight. His wife. May
Lame Post. whom he married
in 1928, also is a West Texan.
Post. some 20 years ago when
he was a barefoot lad. lived with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Post on a farm four miles
south Of Caps. near here. and
May Lame. when a l6-year-old
girl. moved with her parents
from East Texas 10 the Divide
Community in Nolan County.
about 20 miles southeast OF
Sweetwater.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D Lame.
whose daughter married Post.
heard the news OF their son-in-
laws success as they worked in
their garden.
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BASEBALL
RESULTS

NATIONAL.
BROOKLYN. June 24-P-In a
free for all smuggling match. the
Brooklyn Robins defeated the Pitts
Durgh Pirates 6 TO 4 in the opening
game OF today's dOubleheader.
Grantham, Suhr and ODoul hit
home runs.
The score
Pittsburgh .... 100 300 000-4 9 3
Brooklyn --.... ITO ITO O2x-6 ~ 3
French and Phillips. Shaute and
lombard.
PHILADELPHIA, June 24-P-
A ninth inning rally IN which the
St. Louis Cardinals made three
runs gave them a 4 To 2 victory
over the Philadelphia Nationals in
the first game OF a d~0ubleheader
today.
The score.
st. Louis ..... 00I 600 003-4 Z o
Philadelphia .-.. 100 0i0 000-2 6 O
Hallahan. Lindsey and Wilson:
Benge. Fallenstein. Elliot and
Davis.
NEW YORK. June 24-P-Carl
Hubbell gave only two hits and
struck ont nine men as the New
York Giants defeated the Chicago
Cubs 2 70 0 IN the first game or
today's doubleheader.
The score:
Chicago ...... n10 600 600 z q
New York ... 600 10i OOx-2 5 4
Smith, Root and Hartnett: Hub
bell and OFarrell.
BOSTON. June 24-fP-Cincin-
natl made N three straight By TAX
ing the first game OF a double
header with the Braves today s 70
). Ed Brandt was knocked from the
box III the fifth when the Reds
made four runs. Johnson. Reds
pitcher. got two singles vld a
double.
The score.
Cincinnati no n42 0o0-s Il I
Boston ...... i0i 300 Oc0-5 III 4
Johnson and Sukeforth. Brandt,
Had. Cunningham and Spohrer.
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Heart fLi11Q % u,!HfA4!R{ E!7

rain had wreaked a certain havoc
on II.
Lane. Is. tall and lissome as a
young Venus. now threw her red
hat upon the disguised cot bed. her
bundles on the drop-leaf table and
herself into a wicker chair. She
then announced, I'm dead" IN a
voice surprisingly vital.
Indeed the girl looked amazingly
alive on this exhausting day. Her
~bronze-gold hair, allowed 10 grow
shoulder length, was caught in an
engaging knot az the nape OF her
neck. II curled and scalloped itself
about a face the color OF a sun
kissed peach. Her thin dress fitted
her charmingly and since il was
sleeveless. lent an air OF fictitious
GOODNESS.
I'm dead" Lane continued,
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catching UP her parcels. and going
into the kitchenet. Here she survey
ed with some distaste the sink. the
tiny cupboard, the stove with its
three burners, the battered oil
cloth on the shelves. She longed
for the Ritz and attentive walters.
for cool drinks In tall glasses-and
she had this instead
Her mother. sitting al an old
fashioned sewing machine IN r
corner OF the living room. looked up.
sighed, and did not reply. Yards Of
sleazy yellow material beloved
around her and as she pressed her
foot with energy the motor hum
med and the yellow stuff resolved
itself into a costume. Cass Bar
rett's costume. in fact. for The
Mark OF Man." a so-called high
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before Park Avenueites had ever
contemplated sending their down
comforters TO the cleaners. The
women's magazines were already
printing plenty Of information
about lending that summary ap-
~pearance" 10 the city apartment bu:
the Barretts had neither the time
nor the money TO %squander on such
refinements Of living. The three
room flat which Lame shared with
her mother was sketchily furnished
with tables and chairs bought at
auction rooms. most Of them now
disguised with a gallant coat OF let
tuce green paint. 1t was a brave
little place. The chintz at the win
dows hung rather d~ejectedly like
a flag at half mast. but 1t was easy
10 see that. when new. its birds and
butterflies had been gay. SCOT and
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OUR
VALLEY

WHAT THEY WANTED We don I
know, but they certainly wanted "a
know and they certainly were polite
about 1t.
The two visitors from the Pan
handle country who invaded our
den Tuesday afternoon were inter
ested in the Brownsville port. They
asked questions about the Browns
vile port. and what they wanted 70
know covered the history Of the
Brownsville port from inception Of
project down TO yesterday.
rs the port really going 10 be
built?"
Are the people OF Brownsville
squarely behind the porc?'
And so On, and 80 on.
We lust cite the incident to show
that all over Texas. and no doubt
all over the United states and Mex
leo there are those who are keenIy
concerned IN this port project OF
ours.
II would be idle to attempt 70
estimate the number OF men who
are today figuring on this, that
and the other thing IN connection
with this port Of ours when once X
is actually under way.
HOLD EVERYTHINGl Gene
Howe, the Tactics Texan Of AM
arillo fame, was forced 70 renig
on the proposition OF eating a quail
a day for 80 days after the 2lst day.
We have no intention of starting
ANYTHING we can't finish, and here
with and hereby announce that we
are most definitely not In the pa
paya eating business
We like 10 look at them. We
even lie 10 cut them open ana eat
a spoonful or two, but when II
comes 70 devouring a whole papaya
a day al iniinjtum, We quit before
we start. !.
This outburst was brought about
by a visit from a most delightful
gentleman, one who knows his pa
payas.
d. K. Upton. 1929 Lincoln St..
brownsville. Texas. is the man.
He brought us, and we still have
q decidedly odd. 70 us. looking pa
nava. raised. he states, from SEED
sent from Hawaii.
shell of this specimen Is as hard
as a rock. AT least it is as hard as
a soft rock. In hardness II Will
qualify alongside the outer cover
ing II a squash or a pumpkin.
Tas variety ian be shipped any
vheH. any time, so Mr.. Upton
state4
Tvou want some seeds from this
Hawaiian fruit. he will be glad 70
furnish them If you will call BY
his home.
UP IN HARLINGEN there Is a
IAN engaged in the proSaic bust
ness Of selling tires who Is n OF
the few who has been able 10 de-
sert the newspaper game for p OF
tha higher callings Of life.
Tsadore Moritz. TOY of Harlingen'
lately of Raymondville. McAllen'
Mercedes and other points north
and west. made the grade.
He started the first paper 70 De
published in the Valley outside OF
brownsville with the publication OF
the mercedes Enterprise.
Then he in~augurated an Edinbure
weekly. finally going 10 McAlen
ube-a he became publisher OF the
Monitcr o. thct city.
F-orr NcAilen he journeved 70
continued on zee ID
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Tax Collectors In
Amarillo For Meet

AMARILLO, June 24-P- Tax
collectors from all sections OF the
state yer registering this morning
for the annual convention OF the
Texas Tax Collectors association.
More than 200 delegates we're ex-
pected 10 be on hand by noon
The first session was set for 10
o'clock with President Toy Law or
Cameron presidin. Hon. George r..
Sheppard, state comptroller. was
listed as the first principal speaker.
The convention will continue
through Friday.
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NOTES CALLED
FORGERY BY
STEPFATHER
Lett Tell How
Dead Girl Tired
Of Living

NEW YORK. June "a. (P-Let-
tiers in which Starr Faithful indi-
Gated she would take her life be-
aus Of unrequited love we're sub
mitted today to handwriting ex-
perts.
II the writing in the letters cor
responds to the writing in her
diary, District Attorney Elvin N
Edwards OF Nassau county, will
declare her death a suicide. The
grand jury inquiry has been con-
tinued until Friday.
DR.. O. Jameson Carr, Cunarc
line surgeon, went before the grand
jury yesterday and submitted three
letters from Miss Faithful.
Stanley E. Faithful. the girl!
S%tepfather. branded them as forg.
cries. He charged there was a plot
TO end the inquiry into her death
Detectives who examined both the
letters and diary said the writing
correspondent.
a. AGNANAo NGAG hA&NbtA4 GEkNCt
May 80 and the time Of her dis
appearance, June 5.
One Of the letters was made pub
lie several days ago. II was ar
apology for being intoxicated or
the Franconia May 20. She was
put off the ship.
SAYS AFTER LIFE"
WOULD BE DIRTY TRICK"
The other two letters follow:
June 4. 1881.
Hello Bill. Old Thing
ITS all up with me now. Thi.
is something I am going 10 put
through. The only thing thai
bothers me about 1.-THE only thine
I dread-is being out with it anc
prevented from doing this. which
i the only possible thing for me ID
do.
II one wants 10 get away with
Continued on page 81
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Visit Cancelled
By Claim Adjuster

w. s. Goode. state service Of
ficer for the American legion, will
no. be able 70 be here this week
10 adjust claims, he has wired from
Corpus Christi. He was taken III
there and will be unable to come
10 Brownsville thS trip. he stated.
Numerous claims were TO have
been adjusted here,
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MARKETS
AT GLANCE

NEW York;
Stocks. strong: U. 3. Steel
crosses par.
Bonds: strsng; Liberties re-
cover. N
Curb. strong. oils buCyant.
Foreign exchange. heavy;
German mark steady.
Cotton: higher; firm stock
market. active covering.
Sugar: higher: improved spot
situation.
Coffee: higher; Brazilian
support.
CHICAGO:
Wheat. firm: higher stock
market. export buying.
Corn: firm: bullish Iowa re-
port. high temperatures west.
Cattle: irregular.
Hogs: steady TO lover.
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Small Damage Done
By Dirigible Fire

WASHINGTON. June 2i-tP)-A
fire aboard the navy dig " Los
Angeles while she was II her
hangar at LakehurSt. y J.. was
reported 70 the navy K 'ay.
Commander A. II. Dresel said in
his telephoned report that the fire
was small and that II caused
Slight damage" 10 the outer cover
Of the dirigible. He sal the craft
would be in flying condition again
a. the close Of working hours to-
morrow Repairs were undertaken
at once.
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Wiley Post. round the world
flyer who landed In Berlin this
afternoon, lis a former employee
Of the q. "A. IT. Lines. local
representatives or the company
stated here this afternoon. ana
has flown in and out OF
Brownsville several times.
He was or the FL PaSo-Mexico
City run. according 70 Jiggs
BanSbach, but made several
trips 20 Brownsville.
His last trips 10 this city
were made on May ~ and May
70, 1880, according 10 MI. Bans
bach.
Harold Gatty. the other mem
Der ~ the duo. Is also a friend
or BanSbach. and was once as
ISOLATED on n projected trans
Pacific flight with Harold
BROMLEY. @. "A. IT. pilot now
IN Mexico.
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CAT'TY,
FINISH FIRST
LEG OF FLIGHT
Stop In England, Once
In Germany Be-
fore Arrival

BERLIN, June "a lF-Wiley Pos
and Harold Gatty. American round
the world fliers completed the first
Lap ~ their world Eirdling fliaht
Ar $50 p. N. $3.50 d. M. X. s. t.,
landed al TempelhOf airfield after
making stops mo Chester, Eng. and
Hanover. Germany.
The airmen circled the field IN
a round ~ honor" before descend-
ing on the field where Clarence A.
Chamberlin and Charles Levine