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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Probing Committee
Hold Secret Meet

AUSTIN. June 9.-P-The SEN
ate committee 20 investigate stats
and county departments and ferret
out any irregularities was meeting
in secret session here this week.
Or. j. w. 4. II. Beck OF DE Raln
is chairman OF the committee.
other members are Senators George
Purl 81 Dallas. Joe Moore Of Green
vile. Tom DeBerry OF Bogota and
Carl Hardin or Stephenville.
The committee was appointed
after Investigations had disclosed
forgeries OF witness fee certificates.
One OF the committees duties was
TO help complete the inquiry. Loss
es to the state may have aggregate
cd "a half million dollars or more
Is was estimated. The first session
was postponed because or the alb
sence Of two members.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

ing by Special Investigator Valdez
before Judge Rojas.
No charges have been filed against
Woodrow Gound. also held in con-
nection with Miss Clarke's death.
and Mexican authorities announced
this morning that he would pro-
baby be released by one o'clock
this afternoon.
In his statement made this morn
ing Ham stated that he remembered
little OF what had happened on he
night Of the fatal shooting otter he
had entered the dance hall.
He told OF meeting his brother.
Clyde Ham and a friend. Harvey
Mitchell. Both testified for young
Ham, as did another friend, Dslmar
Stancill.
Ham stated that he did not know
Miss Clarke, and that he never car
ried a gun Of any kind. He stated
that he and Gound had gone TO
Rio Rico many times, and that no
trouble of any kind had ever oc-
CURED on any Of their previous
trips.
OlIlcer de "a Rosa, also held IN
connection with the affair. stated
that his gun was taken from his
holster. and that as he attempted
to regain 1t the fatal shot was fired.
Hearing was continued this morn
ing before Judge Rojas OH the homl-
eide charge filed against Ham
In event Judge Roias decides the
charge is not justified. he will be
held ~ hours and then released.
it was stated in Matanoros this
morning. .
The body Of Nina Clarke was
shipped to Cameron, Texas. at 100
a. m. Tuesday. accompanied by a
Mr.. Naples of La Feria. a nephew.
Miss Clarke's parents reside in
Cameron, and she will be buried
there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Four Men Held As
Result Of Shooting

especial TO Inc HERALD
McALLEN, June 9.-Four men
are In jail here waiting transfer
10 the county Jail as a result Of a
shooting in a west McAllen home
last night. A man employed as a
vegetable packer at Mission re-
turned 10 his home last night and
found three men in company with
his - year old wife.
He ordered them to leave. and
two obeyed. The third visitor Is
reported to have drawn a gun. but
left when the woman interviewed.
According TO the story related to
local police. he left the house. walk
ed to the rear. and shot the hus-
band through a window wounding
him in the side, the bullet coming
out Of his back.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Police Investigate
Girls Queer Death

LONG BEACH, ~. Y, June g.
Rl-Police today were awaiting the
findings OF an autopsy in connec-
ton with an investigation OF the
death OF Miss Starr Faithful. 20,
stepdaughter of a New York chem
ical Manufacturer. whose body was
washed ashore at Long Beach. Long
Island yesterday.
Cursory examination showed no
signs IF violence. but Assistant
Medical Examiner Schulz OF Nassau
county said he would examine the
organs for traces Of poison
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
MARKETS
AT GLANCE

NEW YORK-Stocks: heavy
leaders sag / TO 4 points.
Bonds. irregular; rails and
foreigns advance.
Curb: Irregular; realizing re-
duces advance.
Foreign Exchangesf BteadvF
Sterling firm.
Cotton: Easy; Southern SELF
ling.
Sugar: Steady: trade buying.
Coffee: Higher; steadier Bra
lillian markets.
CHICAGO - Wheat: Easys
rains Canada and beariHh winter
wheat estimates.
Corn: Barely steady; benefi-
cial rains Kansas
Cattle. Weak to lover.
Hogs: Stead TO lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Gen. Butler Says
Marines Nav Go

BEVERLY, Mass. June 9.-tPl-
Majors General Smedley ID. Butler
believes that the United States
Marines. first defenders OF Amer
lean citizens rights throughout the
world" NAV soon be abolished as
a unit of the armed forces.
The general, commandant of the
Marine headquarters at Quantico.
Va. expressed his belief in a speech
before the Beverly Chamber of
Commerce last night. The general
r~etires from active service within
a few DAYS.
He declined to enlarge upon his
statement in regard TO the Marine
Corps other than to say. Il want
you to think well Of our corps. for
we're likely to be abolished. II You
have a chance. say something good
for us"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

WASHINGTON. June 9. -tPl-
Governor Murray OF Oklahoma in
formed Secretary StimsOn today
that he had ordered a complete in
vestigation Of the shooting Of Emilio
Cortes Rubio and Manuel Gomez
mt Ardmore, Okla, yesterday.
simultaneously, Ambassador
Clark at Mexico City advised the
state department he had transmit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Police Sergeant Is
Killed In Gun Fight

NEW YORK. June 9. Rl-Police
battles with holdup men in Harlem
early today resulted in the killing
OF a police sergeant and the wound
Ing Of a detective.
SGT. William II. O'Shoughnessy
on the force for IS years was killed
in a Harlem Cafe when he inter-
rupted two negroes. who had lined
30 patrons against a wall and we're
robbing them.
Several blocks away. Detective
Ernest Rice. "a. walked into. a res
taurant holdup and shot Ii out with
the two gunner His wrist was frac
tured by q bullet, but he managed
70 wound both and capture enc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
LAving For a
Week or For
All Summer?

You will find that your ia
vorite newspaper will help make
your vacation pleasanter.
You VIII know definitely
everything that happens back
home Just rs though you had a
priyate secretary write you a
complete daily report. As YOU
know, the Brownsville Herald
doesn't miss a thing and you
can depend upon il TO keep you
thoroughly informed while you
are away.
Rates: 75c per month.
Before you leave. telephone or
mail your order to the circula-
ton department.
The Brownsville Herald
Phone IL
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Officer Under Bond
Following Shooting

GLADEWATER, Tex, June -. #1
-. M. Mcmillan was under 5000
bond today. pending Investigation
into the shooting Sunday night or
Walter H. Black. who was slain
when Mcmillan and other officers
arrived at an oil camp near here
to investigate reports that drink
inE was In progress.
The bullet passed through Blacks
leg and he died from loss Of blood
shortly after reaching a doctors Of
flee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Ten Minute Delay
Caused Ships Loss

LOS ANG-JES. June Q. R-
Second Officer John p. McVicar.
by his own testimony. could have
saved the coastwise liner Harvard
from destruction off Point Arguello
MAJ 30. had he acted Immediately
after he received a radio report
that the ship was III danger.
McVicar testified before the fed
eral steamboat inspection board
yesterday he waited ten minutes 10
verify radio compass bearings from
shore before calling Capt Lyle p.
H~illsinger at 3;le q. No
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Are Killed AS
Still il Hiiacked

DENVER. June o. R1-At least
two men we're dead and two wounds
ec today Az the result or what police
said was a gunfight between a party
Of hijackers Nd the operators of M
liquor still ON a ranch east OF Den-
yer.
The dead we're identified as Lave
renee Jackson and Winnie DECKER.
both Of Denver, who police said wer5
h~ijackers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Law Commission In
Important Meeting

WASHINGTON. June 9. -tPl-
Only one OF its eleven members.
Miss Ada l.. Comstock. was absent
today as the law enforcement com
mission reassem5led for one OF its
few remaining sessions before ad-
journing finally July /.
Although only three weeks r
left before its official existence ex-
pires. il was indicated the commits
sion expects TO complete all of the
studies which IL assigned itself
when first organized.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Dee Ham Is Charged
With Homicide Before
Judge Today

Hearing in the case Of Dee Ham,
weslaco youth charged with homi-
eide In connection with the shoot
ing Of Miss Nina Clark OF La Fe-
ria at Rio Rico Sunday night. was
scheduled to begin before Judge
Rojas in Matamoros at 2:30 this
afternoon.
The charges were filed this morn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Scattered Showers
Are Forecast Here

Cloudy and unsettled weather.
probably with local showers, Is
predicted for the Valley Tuesday
night and Wednesday.
No heavy precipitation Is expect
cd. however.
The Rio Grande River IS sloTly
falling. and will continue to drop
slightly during the next "a to 80
hours.
Heavy rains have been reported
IN northwest Texas and In the
midwest during the past "a hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Kills Wife, Indian
Commits Suicide

PONCA CITY, Okla. June 8. Up,
Returning at daybreak 10 his
home near Washunga. where last
night ne shot and killed his wife.
Toby Farnsworth. a Kaw Indian,
committed suicide today.
Sheriff Joe Cooper OF Kay coun-
ty was at the home investigating
the Staying Of the woman when
Farnsworth returned. peeped in the
window and asked II his wife was
dead. The sheriff said he replied In
the affirmative and that the In
dian then shot himself
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Supreme Court Says
Governor IL Wrona

OKLAHOMA CITY. June 9.-LPl
The state supreme court held
today that Gov. w. II. Murray was
without authority to remove Prem
tiss Rowe. Ponca City. appointed
special judge Of the criminal court
Of appeals by Ex-G Governor Hollo-
way. In the Sam Ingram tax ferret
case and name j. +. Dickerson.
Edmond. in his place.
When Gov. Murray took office.
he ordered Rowe discharged rs
special judge, giving no reason, and
appointed Dickerson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Fortune In Jewels
Taken In New York

NEW YORK. June 9-tPl-Two
armed men entered the shop OF. the
Lido Jewels. Inc. in Madison Ave-
nue. today. bound and gagged the
proprietor. Morris Levine. and es-
capped with $4,000 in jewelry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
OFFICIAL IS
ACCUSED OF
INSINCERITY
Former Administrators
Prefers Charges
Against Lowrnan

NEW YORK, June 9-F1-Ma10R
Maurice Campbell, former prohihl-
ton administrator for the New
York district, disclosed today that
he had. some weeks ago, filed
specific charges with President
Hoover against Seymour Lowman.
assistant secretary OF the treasury
accusing him or instncerity with
regard 70 prohibition enfoTcement
and OF "derellction in office"
Major Campbell made public his
charges, which included cores
pondence between himself, Presi-
dent Hoover and Andrew w. Mellon,
secretary o. the treasury, written
last month
In a statement today Major
Campbell SAID:
Il have waited before taking ac-
ton myself In the hope that SONS
OF the ardent prohibitioniSts, whom
II might be supposed desired rigid
enforcement, would press for an
investigation.
However. as this had not hap
pened I decided to make she
charges against Seymour Lowman
myself and 50 filed with the Pres
ident on May Y, last. eight specific
chargcs which I said I was pre-
pared to prove"
WASHINGTON, June 9-tFl-AB-
siStant Secretary Lowman declined
today to comment on charges which
Maurice Campbell. former proh1hi~
tlon administrator In New York.
said he had filed with the presi-
dent accusing Lowman OF in
sincerity In enforcing prohibition
and dereliction In office.
Other treasury officials also
declined 20 comment. taking the
attitude all or CampbeIl's charges
against Lowman and the treasury
had been gone into and disposed
OF long ago and that there was
nothing new In them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
*. r. OFFICIAL DIES

W~EATHERFOND. TEX, June y vt
Henry Miller. 81. grand keeper If
records and seal Of the knights OF
Pvthias. Grand Lodge OF Texas. for
43 consecutive wears. died early to-
dav in a hospital at Fort Worth.
He had been In declining health
for several years and underwent an
operation several days ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

IN OUR
VALLEY

MAY HAVE TAKEN the Valley
some little time to become beach
conscious" but the four or five thou
sand who enjoyed the surf at Boca
Chica and Padre Island Sunday will
tell the world It's different now.
Rev. j. A. Reed on the streets of
Brownsville Monday. Am going TO
take my vacation in the Valley this
year. and fish, Watch out"
And why not? Can you think off
hand OF any cooler placer Or a
place where more diversions offer
themselves at a more moderate
cost?
Trouble with the average vaca-
ticn spent by the average Valleyite
Is that we wear ourselves u get
ting there, take the hole vacation
to ecover, and then wear ourselves
out again coming home.
HOOVER FACES week OF speech
making said Mondays headline.
Somebody Is due for some pity. for
this Is no time to either make or
listen to speeches.
JOINED AN OLD fashioned
~chinning bee" yesterday. Gave our
views on what this country needs"
Listened to views Of four or five
others.
Consensus of opinion seemed TO
be that our politicians are trying
TO make things entirely too COM
plicated. Theories of economy, poll
teal or otherwise, are just as SIM
pie today as they we're in the time
Of Adam Smith. we decided. ana
our office holders are taking US for
a ride when they get off into the
lbstruse.
Somexwere even mean enough to
mgeesE that is the only way they
1old their jobs. Make the job look
1ard. and their constituents think
they are the only ones who a
hold them down.
At that, there might be something
70 it, We don't know.
PROMISES OF SUPPORT to
Brownsville and the Valley in the
FIGHT to keep Fort Brown off the
retired list continue TO roll IN.
Fort Brown means much to the
Valley. We want TO keep Fort Brown.
Efforts in its behalf must not relax.
CITRUS MEN. growers and ship
pers and exchange members. are
preparing for the next season.
And this column hunbly suggests
hat right now. while the experien-
res OF the present a are fresh
N mind, is none too soon for grow
srs and shippers of tomatoes 10 be
finding out things.
Cold-framing tomatoes for m ear
n start may be bunk. Fertilizlng
Tor carrying qualities may be more
bunk.
But. not a shipper. not a grow
pr. but who should be willing TO
lgree that the subject of tomatoes
IS worthy of some careful study.
Markets don't just happen.
The birds who are making money
with what they sell TO the public
didn't Just stumble on a magic conf
bination Of article plus demand.
Day OF hit and miss marketing
Is gone.
There are too many misses and
not enough hits" The target Is
there but our trajectory Is of. Our
cone of fire is not being properly
placed.
Our firing data needs TO be re-
visei. The calm before the battle
presents the best opportunity for
checking u figures. not the hectic
days up on the firing line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
THE WEATHER

Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy and unsettled Tuesday night
and wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

MAY HAVE TAKEN the Valley
some little time 10 become beach
conscious" but the four or five thou
sand who enjoyed the surf at Boca
Chica and Padre Island Sunday will
tell the world It's different now.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

JOINED AN OLD fashioned
rchinning bee" yesterday. Gave oul
views on what this country needs
Listened to views Of four or five
others.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Supreme Court Gets
NeUU GOOse-QUiH Pens

A fresh supply Of gooSe-quill
pens, eagerly sought by souvenir
hunters, were on hand when the
Supreme Court reconvene today.
The old-fashioned pens, a part
Of the precedent that envelops
the high court, are distributed
upon the counsel table for the
use of lawyers. Occasionally an
attorney uses one Of the cuills,
but )fter each session Of the
court many of them are missing.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
CLeUeLGnd Pastor
Heard Qt HOLUnrd u,

The Rev. Miles H. Krumbine,
minister Of the Plymouth Luth-
eran Church, Cleveland, was the
religious speaker at Howard Uni
versity yesterday. DR.. Krumpine
was graduated from the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettys-
burg, Pa, and the University nf
Wisconsin.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Disgruntled Milkmen
Turn Town Into
Pigs Paradise

HOLMDEL, N. j., April 13.
Milk is flowing like water here
into the pigs troughs and
down the brooks-by the hun
dreds of gallons. Nine dairy
men in this township, near
Red Bank, are throwing their
milk away daily Unable to
sell or use it, they offer it to
any who will bring their own
containers.
Edward johnson, spokesman
for these farmers, said that
renewal contracts offered by a
Red Bank dairy were unreaSon-
able. Meanwhile, the pigs and
The calves are the only bene-
ficiarieS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Blue LGLOS' Scored
BIZ Dean Wilkinson

Sunday blue laws in many
States now, are in effect nothing
but mingling of church and
state, according to DR.. B. G..
Wilkinson, dean of theology Of
the Washington Missionary Col
lege. DR.. Wilkinson said last
night at the Mt. Pleasant Audi
torium, 1913 Columbia Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Guild to Present
GGLsIUOrthy Play

Windows" by John Galsworthy,
will be presented by the Commun
ity Drama Guild as its spring
offering at the Mckinley Audi
torium, April % and "a.
Rehearsals for the play, which
Galsworthy has described as "a
comedy for idealists and others" I"
have been in progress for the past
several weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Dog and 10 CGnGries
Are Killed in Blaze

A dog and 10 canaries were suf-
focated In a fire yesterday that
did $1,000 damage to the home Of
Clayton Baus, 6019 Fourth St.
N. w.
The fire started in the cellar Of
the house. No one was at home
at the time. t
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
QUOTA SYSTEM
FORNARCOT|CS
IS PROPOSED
Opium Board Reveals Plan to
Check Purchases Of Every
Nation; Three Are Warned

GENEVA, April 13 U.S0 -Evi.
dence that several European gov,
ernmentS have accumulated ex
ceSSive stocks of narcotic has been
unearthed by the Permanent Cen.
trail Opium Board, Universal Serv-
ice learned yesterday.
At its meeting, starting here
today. the board will consider
what action to take against coun-
tries from which dope escapes into
the illicit. traffic. The board has
already given warnings to Turkey,
France and Japan.
American on Board
An American, Herbert L. May.
Of New York, is on the board No
member is permitted to have gov
ernmental affiliations.
Preparing for the International
Narcotics Limitation Conference,
next month, the board will draft
a series of recommendations for
combating the dope menace.
Under plans already projected,
the boards powers would be
enlarged so it could administer
the international regulations for
narcotics control which it is
hoped the May conference will
adopt.
Would Fixe Quotas
II the plans carry, one of the
boards duties, for instance, would
be to pass on all orders for
narcotic drugs before they could
be filled by the manufacturers.
Each country would submit es-
Inmates of narcotic needs to the
board, which, if the figures were
found to be excessive of medical
requirements. could revise them
downward.
It would also be left to the
board to determine when an eco
nomic boycott should be invoked
against country which catered
to the illicit drug traffic.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
OPTOMETRlSTS CONVENE

DR.. Edwin H. Silver, of 141O G
st. N. W., is attending the three
day congress of the Southeastern
division of the American Optic
metric Association, in Birming-
ham, Ala.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
DR.. g. F: BOLDernIGn
Heads Librarians

DR.. George F. Bowerman, u
brarian of the Public Library Of
the District, was elected president
of the Columbian Library AsSO-
citation at the annual meeting Of
the association at st. Johns Col
lege, at Annapolis, Nd. it was en-
nounced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
EDUCATION MEETING

The next meeting Of the Board
of Education will be held at the
Franklin Administration Building
The Washington times., 1931-04-13

Do not deny yourself the pleasure Of
owning your own hOme-turn 10 the
Classified Real Estate Ads In tOday's
paper.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15
INDIANS,
}, WHITES
 STUDY TOGETHER

Indian children of Oklahoma will attend the public schools with the white children in the future, it was announced by the Indian service of the interior department recently.
 This step is taken in the be- lief that the Indians will learn more rapidly and advance quick CT toward normal citenzenship through contact with tn e whites.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15
ONE MILLION AND
 A QUARTER

Without raising the revenue in any wise or making any pro- vision for same the tenth Alas ka legislature appropriated one and a quarter million dollars. The governor signed the appro- p,'iation bills. When the time comes the fools who would donce must pay the piper. And we expect to help furnish the music, umph-hump!
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15

I wish the Biological Survey, -. ..... The BIO, the B-I-O the BIO Survey; =. =. ..
 could then do what to do cared to do toodleoo And do it in the night by the light of day. I'd hunt the village pooch would, I Woud,I would you bet would; I'd track him through the forests far and near; I'd leave to rot where they shot, right
 spot, And that'd teach the pooches Not to chase the deer I'd have my bag of poison pills, Deadly pils Strychnine pills And iberally I'd pant them here and there. I'd SOW them in the village streets So everything that walks could eat, And there'd be bones o dead things everywhere. And when the cold and deep I'd take my kodak and I'd creep To where the crows and ravens fought and croaked. While humane folks placing feed To help the deer in time of need I'd take their pictures starving, joked. By such act as this, ween, I'd prove my conservation thoughts were keen; I'd show Aaskans I something of a tough In every way and any day And if they didn't like it, I'd get rough
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12
Adjutant Simons Appeals To Public
 For Big Response
Organization Needs Approximately S3OOO to Put Annual Campaign Across ,OOO Needed to Finance the Work During Next Twelve Months

officials of the Salvation Army an- nounced to-day that there will be a tag day tomorrow In an attempt to put the annual drive for $6,945 over the top. Al are requested to aid ill the tag day which will officially end the drive for funds to finance the work for the coming year.
 There has already been subscrib- sd about $4,000 so that the tag day vii have to net the Salvation Army about $3,000 to make the campaign go over with success.
 Salvation Army taggers will be on the streets from early morn until late at night" said Adjutant George Si- mons. who pleaded please do not pass them by
 If all do their little bit, the cam paign will be successful and the work will be conducted for the ensuing year with no curtailment of sched- ule.