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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-16
BOY SCOUTS
END SECOND
CAMP PERIOD
Especial 70 The Herald.)

MERCEDES. Aug. 15.-The sec
ono session or the Boy Scout camp
at RIO Hondo ended Saturday
night, with 81 scouts among the
ll2 persons registered for the ses-
sion. Price Fittz, Eagle scout and
Junior assistant ScoutmaSter Of
troop IA Of Mercedes. was junior
camp director for the week.
Five Mercedes scouts qualified
for gold honor bars during the
first session, by complying with
camps standard requirement.
They are Emil FosSler. Lawrence
Fossler, Jeff Vining. Don Murray
and Randolph Bennett.
First class badges we're awarded
Lawrence FoSsler, Randolph Ben
nett, Jeff Vining and Ferguson
Hager. A large number Of them
from Mercedes, received merit
badges.
Two national scout represent
atives have visited the camp. max
ing talks. They were l.. G. Pinchot,
OF san Antonio. director OF safety
OF the Central Power and Light
company. and George w. Simpson,
of Houston national field scout
executive.
The following nine cities were
represented at the session: Nc
Allen. Weslaco, Mercedes. Harlin-
gen, Mission, san Benito, Ray
mondville, Brownsville. La Feria.
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CBy Staff Correspondent

SAN BENTTO. Aug. $50 much
interest was manifested at the
original strawberry meeting held
her ethis week that the chamber o..
commerce has called another to -
held Thursday night in the city hal
where additional information on
growing and marketing will be dis
Seminated.
This weeks meeting was called for
the purpose Of determining IL grow
ers Of this community are interested,
according to j. <. Bell. manager.
Now that II has been determined
that such an interest exists. efforts
will be made to provide further in
formation, he said.
At this weeks meeting culture
OF the berries, methods OF market
ing, experiences Of others and prof
its which might be expected were
taken up.
Asks Merger
Mr.. Bell presided and first called
On S. M. Patterson. manager OF the
Weslaco Chambt: Of Commerce, who
has become very interested in the
possibilities of a berry deal. He eX-
planned history Of the current straw
berry movement in the Valley and
called on the two berry associations
to merge 70 control marketing.
c. WAN Matre OF McAllen then
told Of his experience in growing
strawberries last year. He said he
had four and one-half acres and
found them very profitable. He
averaged 262 crates per acre in
berries and Melted $685. an acre In
money. He said that he planted &C.
inch rows and advised at least this
width If the grower desires 10 carry
his plants through the summer. Best
results we're secured with 5-l5-5
fertilizer.
j.. v. Meyers, agricultural agent
for the Missouri Pacific Lines, and
himself a grower. described what a
strawberry fan l.. w. Baldwin,
president Of the railroad was and
how anxious he was to have a straw
berry section developed along the
Mopac.
Hammond. La, shipped 5000 cars
of strawberries during the past seas
on and ii was the only crop in the
United States to make money. Mey-
ers said.
He described history OF various
berry growing efforts in the VAL
ley. There was quite a furry in
1925 when about 200 acres were
planted. They made the mistake Of
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Berry Movement Is
Grouing In Valley

getting the plants late and a dry,
hot and windy season caused a
general failure OF this effort. he
said. Some few growers were sue
ceSsful at that.
You must have good. well-crown-
ed. strong plants. and get them
early" he asserted. Plants should
get their root growth early and one
way to achieve this is to buy SOUTH
ern plants. Those purchased too far
north will come in too late TO dc
you any good.
Save Plants.
You can save one-tenth OF your
plants for the next seasons plant
ings."
Although the Poteet area viii give
the Valley some competition during
the winter months, shipping be-
tween 40 and so cars. quality OF
their berries is not of the best. Mey-
er said. They do not mulch and the
berries get sandy.
The berry deals have been prof
liable there. however. al there IS
a revival Of strawberry growing at
Carrie Springs where spinach sup
planted this crop during the war.
Florida also ships some few hundred
cars.
we will get more for pint crates
than Arkansas and NJ. souri, will get
for quart crates" said Meyers IN
speaking of returns.
Strawberries will grow In almost
any soil which Is we'll drained and
free from alkali. A good seed bed.
mulching and sufficient moisture
a. all times are elements OF sue
cess. Weeds and grass must be kept
out and every grower should learn
TO carry over plants"
He urged that the growers get to-
gether not only TO sell but also TO
buy bedding hay or other mulching
material. II will not do for each
individual grower TO ship here, there
and yonder," he said.
Athel tree sheddings, gin waste
and other material also Is good for
mulch. IL requires about a ton OF
material per acre.
The Missionary berry IS to be pre-
ferred TO the aciduous Klondike. ne
said. The Missionary is a large.
early, prolific berry while the Klon-
dixie, Is sour and does not bear well
in winter.
Constant Attention
j. L. Stambaugh. Adams Gardens
agriculturist. said that strawberry
growing resembles dairying more
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SUMMARY

BarometIic pressure was relatively
10 moderately high practically
throughout the United States this
morning, attended by mostly fair
&c clear weather. Rains occurred,
however. within the last "a hours
in the Atlantic coast states. and at
widely scattered places in the north
western and north-cenral states
Temperatures we're comparatively
low in the southern and eastern
states yesterday and this morning.
but seasonable over the balance Of
the country.
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Urgcs High Quality

c. c. Wentz of FL Jardin urged
that the coop see that every pack
age Of vegetables which goes out IS
OF the highest quality. He said that
superior quality would win the bat
tie and warned that the organiza-
ton should not lean on the feder-
al government which he said could
only advise. He said he had been
trying to organize the vegetable
industry in the Valley for ten
years.
Lucas Kruze OF San Benito des-
cribed how labor unions were strong
organizations formed by appeal OF
man TO fellow man and not by pa.c
organizers. He supported the
thought that paid organizers can
bring membership but not organ
tzation. Some cooperative efforts
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Organize Band

MERCEDES. Aug. 15.-Much in
terest Is shown in the organization
OF a harmonica band here. under
the direction OF II. ". Hagerdon.
Valley land man OF Johnston.
Pennsylvania, and well known In
the Valley.
The first practice will be held at
the city hall Tuesday at 8 p. IN.
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Regular attention to your battery will keep II
powerful. dependable at al, times. Drive In
regularly for inspection. Our modern battery
department is fully equipped for testing,
charging, repairing service.
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MERCEDES SETS
SCHOOL DATE
ESPECIAL TO Tie HeraIdD

- &A&A
MERCEDES, rug. l5.-Accordinp
TO Supt. i. III. Poteet. the Mercedes
schools will open Sept. Z.
A general faculty meeting will be
held sept. 5 and general assembly
tor students and faculty Will be held
once a week.
"A regular school board meeting
VIII be held Thursday evening when
several important matters will be
taken up; one Of which will be the
budget for the coming year.
The school buildings. with the ex-
ception Of the gymnasium and
cafeteria are practically completed.
Six new teachers have been elected
TO fiji vacancies made BY resigna-
tons OF teachers. They are Miss
Beryl Barber Of K~ingsville: Miss
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tSnpcIal 10 Tne HeraldD

Especial 10 The Herald.)
MERCEDES. Aug. Is state
Commander Hal Brennan OF the
American Legion will speak nc the
American Legion club house here
Sunday afternoon At 3 o'clock. as
announced by J. c. Deyo. local
post commander.
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Juanita Flemming Of Freeport; Miss
Mildred Nell OF Mckinney: Miss
Sidney Mansell OF Mineola; hiss
Culwell OF Hedley: Miss Eugenia
King or Austin, and Walter Seatt az
La Feria.
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FSTFNIdI 70 IIi-
MERCEDES, Aug. 15.-Dr. H. r.
Scarborough. president or the
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary az r.. Worth. and pres
ident OF the Baptist general con-
vention Of Texas. will fill the
pulpit at the First Baptist church
Sunday morning.
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Farm Board Representative Meet With Valley Vegetable Association

than anything else since both re-
quire constant attention. II Is not
hard work but combining. he said.
He described a Florida grower
whom 1t costs $500 10 pick the first
quart off each acre due 10 high
fertilizer and other costs on ex-
tremely chalky land but who still
makes a big profit.
Mr.. Stambaugh urged the use Of
pony Tefrigeratorst' in which up
10 30 quarts can be shipped to any
part OF the United State. IL Is a
sort OF ice box in which the berries
al be shipped over a long distance.
The boxes are purchased by growers
and can be shipped back for a
nominal fee after taking berries 10
their destination. Few communities
are able 10 absorb a whole carload
o. berries at the fancy prices which
the Valley expects to get and pohy
-efrigerators for his reason are the
only way out. he said.
Florida plants the first part Of
September and many growers raise
their own plants. buying them in
February and carrying them through
the summer. The advantage OF grow
ing your w plants lies In having
them on your own place ready to
set out at a moments decision or
when conditions are most favor
able.
Ship Only Best.
The plants react quickly 10 cli-
mate but frosts only halt bearing
for a few weeks. Mr.. Stambaugh said
that the Valley could have three
OF four frosts in a season and the
crop still be a success.
Your berries are going TO have
to 60 on the market on a fancy
price basis and you must = ip only
your best. I believe that tile section
can take the bulk Of the strawberry
business In the Mississippi Valley. A
few strawberries in January are
worth more than many in March"
he said.
The question OF loading az a central
point was brought up as an objec-
tionable feature. Meyer pointed out
that Poteet haulS virtually its en-
tire crop 70 San Antonio 30 miles
away due to bad train connections al
home and that II has no trouble.
II was brought out that growers
might expect a net return Of s. a
crate. Mr.. Patterson distributed
government tables showing some Of
the high prices received by original
receivers during the winter I'm prin-
cipal markets.
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BULLETIN

GFirst figures. lowest tempers-
ture last night; second. highest
Yesterday: third. wind velocity at
8 a. m: fourth. precipitation Id
last % hrsl
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
UTLL|T|ESPROBE
MARKS TIME
Photo by International

The probe of the Federal Trade
Commission into the local opera
tions of the North American Com
pany, the holding syndicate own
ing controlling interest in the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, today was held in abey-
ance while Middle Western pur-
chases of the corporation were re-
viewed. "a ~
One Of the subidiaries of the
parent corporation - the North
American-Edison Company-will
be reviewed tomorrow by &C.
countantS of the commission.
The North Americana Edison
Company was one of the inter
mediarieS used by the main syn
dicate that obtained control of
the stock of the w. r. and E. in
1925 and 1926. Its operations in
the local utility field probably will
be set forth in detail.
The final report Of Judson C..
Dickerman, engineer-economist of
the Federal Trade Commission on
the North Americans local opera
ton will not be submitted for for
several weeks to come, it was said
today.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
CYCL|ST KILLED
IN COLLISION

ANNAPOLIS, May 21-Law-
renee Thompson, 20, an employe
of the Odenton (Md) sawmill,
was instantly killed early today
when his motorcycle skidded and
crashed against an automobile
operated by Mrs. Albert G. Brady,
of 1874 East Twenty-fifth St.,
Baltimore.
The accident occurred on the
Craine Highway about 20 miles
from Washington. Mrs. Brady
escaped unhurt. Her machine
was only slightly damaged while
the motorcycle was demolished.
Thompson was brought to the
Emergency Hospital here by
Joseph L. Crosley, a motorist,
but already was dead.
Police Justice John w. Ander-
son, acting coroner, who viewed
the body decided an inquest will
not be necessary.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
GYM TEACHERS
PLAN MEET

A meeting of the recently or
ganized Physical Education
Teachers Association of the Dis
trict will be held Friday night at
the Y, W. C. A. Building, Seven
teenth and K Streets Northwest.
The constitution of the organi-
zation will be voted on. The as
Sociation was formed last week
on call of Prof. Ruth Harriet At
well, director of Physical Educa-
ton for Women in the George
Washington University, and its
officers are:
President, Prof. Atwell; vice
president, Miss Marjorie Webster,
of the Marjorie Webster School:
recording secretary. Miss Irene
Richards, of the Y. w. C. A.; cor
responding secretary, Miss Doris
Wilkins, of the Chevy Chase
School; treasurer, Miss Dorothy
Lindner, of Central High School.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
PATENT In N
SPLIT ASKED
Photo by International

John Wedderburn, 80 South
Carolina Ave. S. E., yesterday in
the chancery courts of Delaware
asked for the appointment Of a
receiver for the assets of the L. F.
Randolph Company, one of Wash
ington's oldest patent firms, and
asked the court to exclude the dl-
rectors of the Victor j. Evans
Company, a rival concern, from
its directorate.
Mr.. Wedderburn says that's ne
once held control of the firm and
still has stock interest. He charges
that Arthur L. Evans, j. S. Irving
King, L. F. Randolph, Merlin M.
Evans and E. Hume Talbert con-
stitute the board of directors.
The late Victor j. Evans OBJ
tanned control of the company in
1914, according to Mr.. Wedder-
burn, and at that time the firm
had a gross income of $18O,976.8O.
The officers of the company, who
are also officials of the Evans
company, have by a course OF con-
duct, attempted to ruin the busl-
ness of the firm, Mr.. Wedderburn
says, and have reduced it's gross
business to less than $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
NJ Nance SUED
BY SPOUSE

NEW YORK, May 81 GN.S0 .
Graham McNamee today admit
ted he was being sued for separa-
ton. The radio announcer said
the action was started several
weeks ago by Mrs. McNamee. The
papers were filed in the supreme
court and were sealed.
Some of the difficulties of a
radio announcer's wife were re-
vealed recently in a magazine
article by Mrs. McNamee. She
said she never knew when to
have dinner ready and often she
had made pancakes for her hus-
band at four o'clock in the morn
ing.
She also wrote of some of Nc
Namee's eccentricities as she saw
them-hiS absent-mindedn his
fondness for practicing golf
putting on the living room rug,
and his inSiStence that one of
the five radio sets in their home
be turned on whenever he was
in the house.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
Tree, 800 Years Old,
To Be D. A. r. Marker

A tree 300 years old in
church burying ground at Falls
Church, Va, has been selected
by the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution as one of the
living memorials of Americas
past and will be preserved. The
D. A. R. has launched a plan
to select and preserve one his
toric tree each year by means
of nationwide referendum
through it's State chapters. For
mer Representative Martin l..
Davey, of Ohio, head of thu
Davey Institute of Tree Surgery,
has donated the services of tree
surgeons.
The tree at Falls Church, a
tulip poplar with a foliage spread
of rs feet, is said to be the only
living thing that was alive when
George Washington, vestryman
of the church. rested in its
shade,
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
CREAM SHIPPER
/ GETS HEARING

A hearing will be given a
Cleveland, o., firm, by Corpora
tion Counsel William w. Bride
this afternoon prior to instituting
prosecution in the Police Court
against the firm on a charge of
violating the District Milk Law.
The Cleveland firm, it is
charged has been shipping
canned cream into the Capital
and has declined to obtain a
permit from the Health Depart
ment for bringing the product
into the city, as required by
regulations governing all milk
products except condensed and
evaporated products.
DR.. William C. Fowler, District
Health Officer, has asked Mr..
Bride to proceed against the
firm.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
Yeggs Carry Radio
Set; Hear Police
Alarm, Flee

CHICAGO, May 81 Il. N. s..
Three modern safecrackers TO-
day demonstrated how crooks,
as we'll as police, may make use
of the latest things in science.
They carried a Short-wave
portable radio set with them
when they sought to open a
safe in West Side branch Of
flee of the Prudential Life In
surance Company.
Neighbors who saw sparks
from the burglars oxyacety-
lene torch notified police. An
alarm was sent out over the
police radio. The cracksmen
heard the warning and made
their getaway, leaving their ra-
dio and tools behind.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
Cabaret Singer
Found Dress Thief

Jean Martin, %, New York
cabaret entertainer, today pleaded
guilty before Judge Gus A.
Schuldt in Police Court to the
larceny of a dress from down
town department store, and the
case was continued until Satur-
day for sentence.
Peggy Hartman, 25, wife of a
driving instructor for a local bus
line, was jointly charged with the
Martin girl but denied all knowl-
edge of the theft. She said that
the girl. a former school mate,
was visiting at her home. The
singer told the court she did not
know" why she took the dress,
and that she could not say
whether Mrs. Hartman knew any
thing about the matter.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
Custody of Child, IL,
StirS ROw Between
Father, Aunt

ATLANTA, May 21.-Fight
between father and aunt over
custody of 12-year-old school
girl, Cleo Jones, will be decided
today by Judge E. D. Thomas
in Fulton superior court.
The father, E. V. Jones, of
267 Glenwood Ave-, a garage
proprietor, filed habeas corpus
proceedings to obtain custody
of the child from her aunt,
Beatrice Wilson, of Browns
Mill Road, with whom she
lives.
Jones lost custody Of his
daughter, his petition sets out,
when he became estranged from
his wife some time before her
death. She left Cleo to the
care of her sister, Beatrice Will
son. Now Jones has remarked.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
Los ANGELES
. CRUSADERS
'ONSPOT'
Beautiful Blond Woman Said
to Have Driven Gunman to
I Office for Double Killing

LOS ANGELES, Calf, May 81
tU.N.S0 The Los Angeles under
world was being combed today
for the slayer of Charles Craw-
ford, prominent politician, and
Herbert Spencer, veteran police
reporter and former city editor of
the Los Angeles Evening Express.
Both men were slain by an
unidentified gunman. He met
them in CrawfOrd's private office,
cOnverSed with them behind
locked doors for more than an
hour, and escaped after the
shooting.
Blonde Accompanied Killer
Spencer, shot twice with .38-
caliber pistol, died almost instant
ay. One bullet struck him in the
chest. another in the stomach.
Crawford died four hours after
he was shot in the abdomen. A
blood TRANSMISSION and a major
operation failed to save his life.
A beautiful blonde woman, fash
aonably dressed and wearing ex-
penSive jewelry, drove the assassin
to Crawford's office, Crawford's
brother, George, said.
After 18 years of service on the
Los Angeles Evening Express,
Spencer, who was As years old,
last February bought half in
tereSt in a local magazine, The
Critic of Critics. The magazine
dealt with the exposure of gam
bling and graft.
Crawford, who was So years
old, was we'll known in Los An
geles political circles. He was a
heavy advertiser in the magazine
of which Spencer was co-proprie-
tor.
Had Threatened Expose
The editors of the magazine
had been investigating gambling
interests that have entrenched
themselves in Los Angeles and
Hollywood and Spencer had
threatened to expose the "Al Ca
pOne of Los Angeles" in the cur
rent issue of his magazine.
Crawford, according to Spen-
GERS friends, was supplying the
magazine with information upon
which the asserted expose was to
be based.
Police believe that both men
were put on the spot" by power
full underworld interests that
feared the forthcoming expose.
That Spencer's life had been
threatened was revealed in the
magazine recently. In its col
umns the following item ap-
peared:
eff any member of the staff
of this publication is mOlested
in any way, it will be the sig
nal for the opening by authOri-
ties-and a certain daily news
paper-Of a well-filled safety
deposit box now repOsing in the
vaults Of q certain bank. In
that bank, among other things,
are described the names, ad-
dresses, hauntS and habits of
all those who would be inter
ested in closing the mouth Of
the editor"
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
HOOUer Motor Boat
Tested on Potomac

Following a trial run made upon
the Potomac River yesterday,
President Hoover's new motor
boat will undergo repairs and al
terations at the Navy Yard.
The craft will be ready for use
within a few days, officials de-
clare, while in the meantime it
will remain at its berth in No. 8
slip in the yard.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
1OlUen D. YOUng's
Mother Dies at 50

VAN HORNESVILLE, N. Y.
May 2 U.N.S0.-MrS. Ida Bran
don Young, SO, mother of Owen
D. Young, financier, died at her
home here today. Young was at
his mothers bedside when the
end came.
Mrs. Young accidentally fell
about six weeks ago and received
a slight fracture of the skull
She had been sinking slowly for
several weeks. At the time she
was taken ill owen Young was
in Arizona, but he Immediately
cancelled all business engage,
ments and returned here.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
Georgetown 'sR.O.T.C.
Unit To Be ReUieLUed

Ranking military and dipIo-
matte officials in Washington are
on the program for the twelfth
annual review of the Georgetown
University R. o. T. C. unit this
afternoon on the campus.
Maj. Gen. Albert j. BoWley,
assistant chief of staff for per-
sonnel. War Department, will be
reviewing officer, with Lieut.. Col.
Campbell B. Hodges, military
aide to President Hoover, senior
judge of events. Staff officers
from the University of MARYLAND
are other judges. Major William
H. HobSon, U. S. A., commandment.
is in charge, and invited guests
include military attaches of vari-
GUS embassies here.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21

Higgins was asked if he wanted
his wife notified that he had
been stabbed. He surprised de-
tectives by replying that she
already knew about it.
The woman in the mystery
car" which, incidentally, bore
New Jersey license plates, could
ncG have been Mrs. Higgins, for
she is a blonde and uses little
rouge.
Arrested IL Times
In Higgins expensive clothing
were found the labels of Halifax
Nova SCOTIA haberdaSherS. The
Nova Scotia city is one of the
important ports from which rum
runners ship liquors to this cOun-
try.
Higgons' record dates back to
1915. He has been arrested IL
times. the charges ranging from
rum-runing to homicide. Only
once, however. was he punished.
That was when he was forced to
pay $420 in fines for driving
while intoxicated and without a
license in Jersey City.
He was formerly pal of
LEGS" Diamond.
The Washington times., 1931-05-21
FIREMEN CONVENE

The Montgomery Volunteer
Firemen's Association will hold
it's regular quarterly meeting in
the fire house at Takoma Park
tonight at o'clock. Walter w.
Dudley, chief of the Takoma Park
Volunteer Fire Department, I'M
der whose auspices the meeting
is to be held, will preside. A
dinner will be served to the visit
ing firemen by the woman'S aux
iliary Of the Takoma tiremen.