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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Faces Week
of Speech Making

ORANGE. Virginia. June SIP
President Hoover prolonged his
stay at his Rapidan camp until to-
day to obtain as much rest as pos
sible before resuming the arduous
work OF writing three speeches 10
be delivered a week hence.
BY remaining over Sunday night,
the chief executive avoided a drive
to Washington through n heavy
rain storm that caused mishaps 10
many motorists.
Over the weekend. he was adj
vised by Secretary Adams the navy
department would be able TO save
about $3.50 1000 out Of the annual
appropriations for this ard the
next fiscal year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Cunfight Results
In Injuries to Two

TEXARKANA. Ark. June SIP
Jim Collins, 80. tenant farmer.
"a ~ a hospital here today for
treatment OF shotgun wounds and
q Mexican farm laborer known as
Mexican John" was In a critical
condition at his home near Bradley.
Ark. from three revolver wounds.
Officers were looking for the Mex
leans son. whom they charged with
shooting Collins after his father
had been shot. They said they did
not know the origin OF the trouble.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Rio Hondo Girl
Out of Danger

HARLINGEN. June 5-Conditinn
Of Bernice Lee Waters, 10. Rio Hon
DO girl injured while swinging from
an inner tube In the home garage.
vas reported as not serious this
morning BY officials OF the Valley
Baptist Hospital.
The tube was suspended from a
rafter In the garage. fixed by a
spike which tore loose and hit the
girl on the head inflictinE injuries
at first thought to be critical.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
DUPLEX FEUD
ENDS In SHOTS
Argument Over Hot Water
For Shaving Puts
Man In Hospital

TULSA. Okla. June s-OP-
Charles Wilson, 40 years old. was
II a hospital today with three
bullet wounds as the result OF a
ieud over the use OF a bathroom
In a two-famlly house.
The trouble started a month ago
when s. M. Damf. q. moved into
the house which Wilson long had
occupied. As the bath was located
in re side Of the house occupied
by Wilson. he ordered Damf not 10
use IL. Both men, employed al a
nearby industrial plant, went to
work early. and Wilson complained
that after Damf moved In. he never
had hot water for shaving.
Danf continued using the bath
room. and wilson's wrath grew.
Finally he obtained heavy tirnbers
and nailed up the bathroom door
70 prevent Damf from entering.
The next morning. Damf pounded
on the t!mbered door in vain.
When Wilson returned home that
night. the situation had been re-
versed. The timbers we're gone and
Damf was s~plashing away at his
bath.
Biding his time. wilson succeeded
on Saturday in mailing again the
door. When Damf discovered this.
according to the story told police,
he got his gun and began firing
through the barricaded door.
Last night the final chapter was
written. While the wilson's were at
a show. Damf nailed Wilson'S door.
When Wilson tried TO enter the
bathroom. the door held firm. he
got his gun and fired four times.
Damt returned the fire. TIVE .of
the four shots hit Wilson,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
WILL CONSIDER
SALES POLICY
Mercedes, M'Allen And
Brownsville Co-ops
Plan Marketing
(By Staff Correspondent

MERCEDES, June g. Definite
recommendations OF a sales policy
to be followed during the 1882
season by the McAllen, Mercedes
and Brownsville ~cooperativeS Is ex-
pected 10 be made at a meeting OF
the committee appointed for the
purpose to be held Tuesday morn
ing.
All OF the three co-operatives are
affiliated with the Rio Grande
Valley Citrus Exchange. first form
ed az Mercedes some years ago.
Thos. O'Neil, president Of the
California Vegetable Union, which
agency has marketed the output OF
the Mercedes exchange since Its
organization. will arrive in Mercedes
Tuesday morning and viii attend
the conference, IL was announced
here this morning by Harry Rouse,
Mercedes member OF the commit
tee.
Other members OF the commit
tee are q. l.. Crowley Of McAllen,
Paul Usher OF Brownsville and Z,
@. OrbFt Of La Feria.
Two possible recommendations
are open to the committee, Mr.,
Rouse stated this morning. The
affiliated exchanges may either
form their own selling agency. or
they may contract with the Cali
fcrnia Vegetable Union 70 market
the output of their plants.
II IS considered likely that the
latter course will be adopted, as
the marketing organization has OPP
Grated in the Valley for a number
Of years. maintaing an office al
Mercedes where Frank Hall has
been In charge OF sales operations.
recommendations reached by the
committee will be reported back 70
the three organizations for action
the latter part OF the week. Mr..
Rouse stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Woman Killed in
Automobile Crash

PORT ARTHUR. June S.-lP-
Mrs. G. 3. Rogers. -. Of Bunkie,
La. was dead today and her hus-
band was in a critical condition
from injuries received Sunday in an
automobile accident north Of Port
Arthur. Mrs. J. d. Rogers OF Port
Arthur. their daughter-in-law. l..
N. Hatfield and d. MOSS of Port
Arthur. and D. A Coincon OF Ham
burg. La, received minor injuries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Boy browns Trying
To Swim Channel

HOUSTON. June S-iPi- Jack
Edward Trimble. IS. vas drowned
IN Cypress creek. near Houston,
Yesterday. He had told his colnpan-
ion. Alvat Myers. 10. that he would
try to swim the widest part Of the
stream and was exhausted before
he reached the other side He Is
survived by his parents. Mt. and
Mrs. Charlie J. Trimble az Spring,
three sisters. and q brother.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
King George Gives
Audience to Germans

LONDON. June S-P-Chancel-
Tor Heinrich Bfuening and fUreign
Minister julius Curtius OF Germany
were presented TO King George at
Buckingham Palace at noon today
by Ambassador Won Neurath.
II was the first time a member
Of the German government had
been received BY the British mon
arch since the start Of the World
War in 1914.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Miss Earhart Makes
Autogiro Journey

Los ANGELES. June SIP
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam. is
the first woman 10 complete a
transcontinental flight in an auto
giro.
Navigating her craft through
rain and fog whcih caused other
plans to be grounded. the aviatrix
arrived here late yesterday n "
Oakland. Cal. she planned b. "
part today on the return trim 10
Philadelphia by OF Phoenix.
Ariz.. and Fl Paso. Tex.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Local Airport Is
Becoming Famous

The Brownsville Pan-Americal
airport BY virtue Of its Al rating
Il receiving notice throughout the
United States
The latest request for a photo
graph of the airport was received
"a the Chamber Of Commerce I re
~ from Southern Aviation. a
widely circulated airport puhlics-
ton.
An illustrated article on the air.
,,ort Is being prepared for the maya
zine by the publicity department Of
The chamber,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
THO Weslaco Men
Held in Death Of
GMatRioRico, Mex.

Two WeSlaco men and Il Rio Rico
policeman we're to be given q pre-
liminary hearing this afternoon by
Special Investigator Guadalupe
Gonzalez and Judge Jesus Rojas OF
MatamoroS in connection with the
death OF pretty Miss Nina Clark
OF la Feria. IS. who was shot at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
A INJURIES w

S~WEETWATER. Tex. June g.
P-Robert Fitzgerald. g. and Row
Stubblefield OF Texon were in a
hospital here today for treatment
Of injuries received Sunday when
a plane plotted by Fitzgerald crash
ed near the municipal airport
Physicians said both would recover
Fitzgerald Is manager OF the air
port.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
B. q r. Committee nIeet

An executive meeting of the local
Business and Professional Women's
club has beer called BY the pres
ident, Miss Zona Taygart. for this
evening. The meeting Is 10 BE- he'd
At the home CT Miss Julia OBrien.
lo1 Levee street. at 9 o'clock. AL
Officers are urged 10 attend
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
EIGHT KILLED IN RIOTS

ALLAHAbAD, INDIA. June 6-tPf
Eight persons were killed and
several others wounded in a clash
between landlords and tenants In
the village OF Bhatwaria last night
over the collection OF rents,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08

PYOTE. Tex. June S.-P-E.
O. James. 80. a fireman. was fatal
II burned Sunday when several
stills exploded az the TonksTa gas
oline refinery here. he died In q
Pecos hospital
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
NEGRO PAYS PENALTY

BELLEFONTE. Pa, June 6.-F
Alexander McClay williams. 10
year-old negro. Of Delaware county,
was electrocuted az Rockview pen
itentiary today for the murder OF
Mrs. Vita Beatrice Robare. matron
IT Glen Mills reform school, near
here. on last October 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
Poison Victim
Is Recovering
fBv staff CorresDondent1

Fby Staff JorrespondentJ
HARLINGEN. June 81. w. Gar
dner. Harlingen photographer seri-
ously III as a result Of taking poi
son tablets b. mistake for aspirin.
was reported In good condition al
the Valley Baptist Hospital here
this morning,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
browns IN TUB OF WATER

AMARILLO. June 6F@Serv1ces
were to be held today for Francis
Franks. i0-month-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Franks Of Am
arillo. who drowned yesterday In a
tub az water at her home. The baby
fell from the back porch into the
tub.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
WERE
AT ATCHISON, KANSAS

he Said he and Gomez attended
- Benedict'S College MI Atchienn
Kansas. and that Emilio had been m
sopohmore az the RolIa, Mo, school
Of Mines.
Deputy Sheriff Guess. last Janu-
ary a. Estelline, Tex. shot 10 death
Pat ODay. alias Ebert Hart. aplrhh
LOT the Staying OF Buddy Moorehead.
Ardmore police officer.
NO action had been taken aaainaa
either officer today pending W -
suit OF the Investigation. Dnnutu
5heriif Crosby told the Associated
freSs today he and Guess informed
the youths az once that they were
Officers and that they read every
word on my Gold Star before any-
thing happened"
He looked down. ne said. and saw
that n Of the youths who had
emerged from the car had an auto
matte.
I wrestled with him. said Cross
nv. and dlsarmed him. Then Guess
came around the end of the q and
me other boy drew on him. He shot
him.. ] had turned 10 the third boy
who was standing by the radiators
OF the car when we came up and
when 4 turned back. the boy II had
disarmed drew a pearl handled re-
volver from his pocket. Guess fired
and shot him"
BOYS DID NOT
SHOOT, CROSBY SAID
Crosby said neither he nor the
boys did any shooting. Guess could
not be reached Immediately FOR A
direct statement but was quoted AN
saying he decided 70 take no chances
When ne saw the display or arms.
Marvin Schilling. county attorney,
was taking a statement from the
surviving youth this forenoon.
We first said we are officers OF
the law and asked them what they
were doing" said Crosby. They
looked az my star. and said they
were returning home from college.
! looked down and saw the ons
gun and said are YOU going 70 COLI
lege with that gum Then I disarrn-
cd him"
The shooting. Crosby said. occur
red beside a main highway, II. g
ROLLA, Mo-. June 3. R-Ofn-
Gals ny the Missouri School "
Mines here where Emilio Cortes
Rubio. -. shot to death az Ard
more, Okla. today, had been a stu
dent expressed surprise when they
learned of hts death.
Rublo completed his second year
In mining. and left here May e.
presumably for his home ~ Morelia,
Mexico. I'm the school here he had
a high scholastic standing.
He Was "a son or Manuel CorteH
Rubio, a merchant, and as far aa
II known here was not closely re-
lated TO President Ortiz Rublo.
ATCHISON, Kas, June " LF-
Emilio COrtes RuhiO. 90. cousin of
President Ortiz Rubio or Mexico,
who with another Mexican student,
Manuel Gomez. 20. was killed at
Ardmore. Okla. early today LEFT
Atchis0n yesterday TO drive to Mex
leo City.
Fernando Ortiz RubIo and CUFF
lermo Ortiz Rubio. sons or the Pre-
sident. left IN a second car at the
same time but were believed W
have outdistinced the other stu
dents because they drove q moro
powerful machine. They were 5e-
lieved 70 Be somewhere In Texas
today.
Salvador Cortes Rubio. 74. another
cousin or the president, who was a
companion of the two BOYS slain,
telephoned authorities of &C. Bene-
diets College here that they had
mistaken the Oklahoma officers CON
bandits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
SUPPORT RALLIES
BEHALF FORT

MIR. wErzbach Is Of course in
terested first in his district, and re-
allies that the troops would DC
transferred probably to that dis
trict If Fort Brown is abandoned,
Mr.. Wagner said.
However. he sees our viewpoint
and appreciates 1t, and I feel that
we will get his unqualified support
CONGRESSMAN Wurzbach has a
lot OF close personal friends n the
Valley particularly among the olo
timer2 IN this section. and is inter
ested IN the welfare Of the Valley
as a part Of South Texas. ana an
important trade territory OF ms
district"
The local delegation was sent "a
San Antonio and Seguin by the
brownsville Chamber OF Commerce
Strong support from other sour
ces in the fight for Fort Brown was
now in communications received
today at the Chamber Of Commerce
office.
A telegram was received from
Senator Tom Connally stating tha'
he has communicated with the wa
Department office.
Senator Morris Sheppard wrote
that he sent a wire to Secretary OF
WA Hurley while the latter wa
i'm brownsville last week.
A letter from Congressman JONI
N. Garner says he Is keeping II
touch with the situation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
See WURZBACH
SUPPORT FOR
FORT BROWN
Committee Returns
From Interview
At Seguin

Il feei that we can count abso-
lutely on the support Of Congress
man Harry M. Wurzbach in our
fight to prevent abandonment OF
Fort Brown"
These were the words Of Grover
G. Wagner. vice president OF the
First National Bank OF Brownsville,
upon his return this morning from
Seguin and San Antonio, where he
and a delegation Of other Browns
vile men went 10 confer with Con-
gresham Wurzbach.
Former Mayor A. B. Cole was
with Mr.. Wagner, and returned TO
the city today. G. c. Richardson.
secretary Of the Chamber OF Com
merce, went on to Houston, where
he will confer with Congressman
Stanley Garrett of the Houston
district, who is a democratic mem
Der of the military affairs commit
tee of congress.
CONGRESSMAN Wurzbach. the only
republican congressman from Tex
rs, is a member OF this committee,
which will have much TO say about
the abandonment of Fort Brown
when matters come up for a fipal
decision in the form Of approprla-
tons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-08
THE T

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy Monday night and
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
appeared the O
Building Where Civil War President Was
Shot, Now Being Restored, Will House
Celebrated Oldroyd Collection and
Other Famous Lincoln Relics and
Become a National Shrine.

and Edwin Booth G833-1893) OF his father
it was said that his eccentricities sometimes
bordered on insanity" and later there were
many to testify that in all three brothers there
were traits of serious arrangement as well as
eminent artistic genius.
The Booths widely and very favorably
known In Washington. john Wilkes Booth had
played at Ford's Theater as recently as March
18, 1865. He had interpreted the role of Pescara
in The Apostate," benefit performance for
John Mccullough. A person of strikingly hand
some appearance he was considered to resemble
Edgar Allan Poe, but his friends deemed him
by far the more attractive of the two. He had
jet black hair, inclined to curl" black eyes
and heavy black eyebrows For a generation
or more after the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln
stage villains deliberately made themselves up
to look much like the Presidents murderer
possible.
Booth was notoriously in sympathy with the
South Born at Bel Air, Md, in 1893 he was
irregularly educated and pathetically INDUCED
and spoiled" by a mother who adored him.
Always intensely popular among those who
came within the radius of his personal &C
quaintance, he was widely praised for his
courtesy, gayety, carefree generosity and chiv-
alrous bearing. He skilled athlete horse
man and fencer, and esteemed one of the
best pistol shots in the country. Making his
professional debut at IT, at the St Charles
Evening star., 1931-12-06

Theater, Baltimore, he was star in 1860, and
the South was allotted to him as his province
when his brothers mapped out their careers
Booths mind was medieval He belonged to
the Italy OF the Middle Ages. Psychologically
he was unadjusted to the modern world Even
his virtues were out of date. He sincerely be-
heved that slavery (was) one Of the greatest
blessings that God ever bestowed upon a
favored nation" He felt the intensely.
Handicapped by promise given his mother not
to enlist in the Confederate Army he spent his
time in brooding over the story of the struggle
it came to him through the public press and
his own personal experience. The final COL
lapse Of Dixie destroyed whatever balance he
possessed. He planned to avenge the lost cause
scheme to capture the President and deliver
him into rebel hands failed. Booth then began
to plot veritable massacre. AS the details of
his invention evolved, his insanity and COIN
cidentaly his cunning, increased Always
hampered by swollen sense OF his own ca
pacty he actually believed that with two or
three aides he could terminate the lives of not
merely Mr.. Lincoln, but Vice President John
son, Secretary Seward, Gen Grant and other
military and executive chiefs as we'll The as
sociates he selected were persons of the hum
blest and most rudimentary intelligence They
were easily duped into obeying his orders Only
after the plot had borne its dreadful fruit did
Evening star., 1931-12-06

NTHER arrangements also were made dur
~ ing the day-arrangements intended TO
advance the wicked purposes of an insane plot
formed against the Presidents life Later in
vextigation disclosed that at some unknown
time during the afternoon a man entered the
thAeter and quietly made his way to the box
he knew Mr.. Lincoln and his party would oc-
.cupy. There this intruder placed ready for
instant use heavy wooden bar with which he
was later to obstruct the passage door into the
dress circle. There, too, he cut small hole in
the box door, directly behind the Presidents
chair, a device by which he was later to have
secret view Of his victim rs he sat enjoying
the play. The penknife with which this open
ing was made was found after the commission
OF the crime.
! The plotter was John Wilkes Booth He was
'bne Of a famous family of players second son
OF Junius BrutuS Booth G7s6-1s52) and
brother Of Junius Brn Us Booth, I'd, Q821-lSS3)
Evening star., 1931-12-06

8 8 : : : : :: :; : : : :: ]: :
~ DON after the first of the year the old
I Fords Theater, on Tenth street will
be re-opened as Lincoln Museum. 1t
will house the relics of the celebrated
Oldroyd colection and other souvenirs
of the life and death Of the martyred
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
Harry Thaw Decides
To Quit Farming;
Doesn't Pay

WINCHESTER, Va, March
19.-Harry K. Thaw is going to
quit farming in Virginia, he let
1t be known today by a sale
bill advertisement. The owner
Of Kenilworth Manor, one of
the famous old Colonial estates
near here, which he bought
several years ago has given
practical farming a thorough
trial and has decided he can
not make it pay, so he has ad-
vertiSed a disposal sale for
March "a.
However, it is Thaw's inten-
ton to retain Kenilworth as q
country home. Instead of the
fields being plowed for grain
crops, they will be planted to
grass, clover and alfalfa and
the crops sold.
Thaw has posted large bills
announcing the list of livestock
and articles to be sold at public
auction on his premises.
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
OUAKES SHAKE
PHILIPPINES

MANILA, March 10 GN.SD.
Two sharp earthquakes rocked the
Philippine Islands today. Several
persons were injured and prop
erty was damaged but no deaths
we're reported.
The town of Bacarra, in the
Province of IlOcOS, was BADLY dam
aged. Many buildings were re-
ported to have been knocked
down by the shock. A tall church
tower also tOppled into the street.
Several persons were injured by
falling debris.
Minor damage was aso reported
from the provincial capital of
Laoag.
The earth shocks were felt only
slightly in Manila.
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
down
IN CHINA SEA

NEW YORK, March 10 G.N.SO.
An SOS from the pilot of a
plane who said his ship was dis
abled in the China Sea some
where between Hong Kong and
Manila" was picked up by the
Mackay Radio Company opera
tor at Sayville, N. Y, at $40
a. m. today.
The operator said the signals,
received on short wave, were very
weak and he could get no fur
there information.
The flier is believed to be G. w.
Brophy, American, who hoped
off from the port of Macao early
today.
MANILA, March 10 GN.S0
Apprehension was felt for the
safety of Pilot Glenn Brophy to-
day when he failed to arrive here
after he was six hours overdue
from the port of Macao. His air
plane was not equipped with pom
toons, and Army aviators believed
he had fallen into the sea and
periShed.
Brophy, representing the Gale
Aviation Company, began his
flight from Shanghai to Manila
on January % and met with
many obtacleS and delays.
Two weeks ago Brophy's wife
came to Manila in order that she
might greet her husband at the
finish of the flight.
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
MOTHER TAKES
LIFE WITH Gas

Out of work and despondenT.
Mrs. Pauline Fowler, 26. mother
of three small children. ended
her life today in her apartment
at 1448 Girard st. N. W., by
inhaling gas.
Mrs. Fowler, who is separated
from her husband, police said,
left a note addressed to her sis
ter.
One of her children, June, 9,
lives with her mother. She was
at school at the time. The
other two children are in the
country, police said.
Mrs. Ethel Howell, mother of
Mrs. Fowler, lives in the same
apartment house.
The fire rescue squad was
called and worked over Mrs.
Fowler for some time, but was
unable to revive her.
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
EASTER F|NERY
. IS YEGGS' LOOT

Burglars broke into a woman's
clothing store at 929 G St. during
the night and made off with
cloaks, dresses and suits valued
at several thousand dollars, Mrs.
Dina Gaffin, proprietor, reported
to police today.
The robbery was discovered
when Mrs. Gaffin went to the
store this morning and found
the thieves had broken the glass
in the front door, reached through
and turned the latch.
All of the new spring stock of
women's clothing Mrs. Gaffin had
purchased for the Easter trade
was stolen.