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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Mattingly Rites

Interment for Miss Mary Mating
II. 40. who died Sunday at IL D.. m.
1T the home Of her sister, Mrs. Stron
Brassell in Los Angeles. Calf. Will
be held in Glenwood cemetery in
Beeville Friday at Q e. m. with
Catholic ceremonies.
Miss Mattinglv was we'll known N
Brownsville. having resided here
several years until 1929 when she
returned to Beeville where she was
born. Miss Mattingly was connected
with the county clerks office in this
CITY for two years.
Survivors are her mother, Mrs
Ben Mattingly of Beeville. three
sisters. Mrs. Louie Neslonie OF Tyaa:
Ms. w. r. Jones. Beeville and Mrs
RraSsell Of Les Angeles: three
brothers. Gustie Of Engleside, Ben
RE az Beeville and Pat OF New York.
Friends from Brownsville who are
leaving Thursday to attend the rites
are Miss Title Lauer. Mrs. Alberta
Kirby and Mrs. Gus Belitz. Mrs.
Mike Wise Of Harrington will also %
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
City Briefs

Visitors from Houston are II. Lew
ensOn and A. M. Rengel.
vi. VelIaIangie Is spending several
days IN Brownsville. He arrived from
Mexico Wednesday.
II. G.. Mckenzie OF Oklahoma
City is a visitor here.
William Sterling and Arthur ].
Meng OF Dallas have arrived for q
short stay in the city.
Henry +. EIrod and son of Hous-
ton are spending a few days in the
Valley
ID. a. Carney Of Dallas is another
visitor here.
:. VI. Kuml2e Of Toucon has arriv-
cd in Brownsville for a stay OF sew
eral days.
MIR. and Mrs. Hal Lewis Of Shreve-
port are in the city on a short visit
J. VI. Nasil. Fl Paso: J.. Heard.
and Z. w. Heath OF San Antonio:
II D. Hughes and 0. A. Dehart Of
Dallas and J. r. Barry and w. +.
Teaford or Arkansas Pass are local
visitors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
BANK RULING
Is CLARIFIED
Especial to The Herald.)

EDINBURG, Aug. 20.--Ordering
proceedings against the old Edinburg
State bank not to include the Ameri-
can State Bank and Trust Co, by
the commissioners court early this
week has caused confusion, County
Judge Z. G. Couch said yesterday.
A complete text OF the order will
clear up the matter. Judge Couch
said. making a special point of the
clause which states that the claims
will first be pushed against the old
Edinburg State bank. but in event
resources OF the old depository are
exhausted, consideration OF steps rs
r. whether the new depository, the
American bank which absorbed the
old bank Oct. II. 1880. is liable, will
be taken. Judge Couch pointed out.
The order as recorded on the ain
utes Of the commissioners court,
passed by the vote of B f. Byers.
willard Ferguson, and Judge Coucn
over the negative votes of w. II.
Atwood and f. l.. Calhoun follows:
1T Is therefore ordered that all
attorneys representing he said Hi
dalgo county and its said political
subdivisions. or any OF them in any
pending or anticipated litigation be.
and they are hereby instructed with
respect to said claims against the
said Edinburg State Bank and Trust
Company. TO dismiss said American
State Bank and Trust company from
any and all pending litigation with
respect 10 said claims, and be further
instructed not 70 proceed against the
said American State Bank and Trust
company in any future litigation
with respect to said claims until
and unless so authorized to proceed
against the said American State
Bank and Trust company by further
orders Of this court.
But that said dismissal as we'll as
this order be without prejudice 70 the
| rights OF said Hidalgo county and its
political subdivisions TO in the flu
lture. proceed against the said Ameri-
can State Bank and Trust company.
az the law and the facts subsequent
In developing shall authorize and
Justify in the Judgment Of the cou (
10 pursue these remedies against the
Edinburg State Bank and Trust Co,
suretieS on the depository bonds Of
the bank. and stockholders Of the
bank.
said remedies to be exhausted
against said parties before any
action shall be taken Or instituted
against the American State Bank
and Trust company"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20

Mrs. Il. l.. Gilmore, wife of Col.
Gilmore at the airport, suffered .
fractured knee cap when her car
Skidded into a ditch on the Military
Highway the early part Of tie week.
Mrs. Gilmore underwent a painful
operation but IS now resting well
at Mercy Hospital.
Joseph v. David Of Washington,
ID. O.. Is spending several days IN
Brownsville and the Valley.
From San Antonio. visitors are
G. Fox Clarke and John 5. Ryan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Kilgore and
Mr.. and Mrs. B. II. BroOkins are
alsa spending a short time in the
city. They are from San Antonio.
Ed Estes Of Dallas is a visitor
here.
Charleston Wakefield and Glory
Enkhuizen cabbage eighty five
cents pound postpaid. Phillips
Hardware, San Benito, Tex. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barry J. Holloway
Of New Orleans have registered at a
hotel and are spending several days
in the city.
J. :. BOyles and ID. ID. Orr Of
Houston have arrived in the city
for a short stay.
Small electric band saw grinders
lathe ike new at half price Auction
Sales. Harrington. Adv.
A. ID. Coleman az San Antonio
was in Brownsville Wednesday.
l.. J. Penn has returned 10 the
city following a short absence.
John CIosner, who is iii at his
home on Levee street, is still con-
fined 10 his bed but, is slowly inn
proving.
Genuine Mexican dinners Post
Office Cafe. Adv.
W. H pdbtC vi SDAAAA
Wednesday in Brownsville.
Corpus Christi visitors are J. ].
Cara and I. A. Carreras.
We have a few vacant cottages.
Del Mar Inc. Adv.
Carl C. Brown of Birmingham.
Ala, is spending several days in the
city.
ID. A. Gaddin Of Orange is reg
iStered at a hotel.
Mrs. II. Berry Of PORT Isabel spent
Wednesday in Brownsville.
W. A. Van Hosgenhuyzer and G..
A. Nalott or San Antonio have
arrived in the city on a short visit.
L. ID. Roy of Dallas and e. r.
Womack also of that city are in
Brownsville.
From San Antonio. visitors arc
I. NJ. Human and d. A. Grover.
Mr.. and Mrs. =. Il. Jackson Of
Wichita Falls are in town.
Miss A. Il. Maclin cf Fort Worth
was in the city Wednesday.
From Mexia are vi. r. Roger and
A. j. Williams.
III. r. Young Of Fort Worth Is reg
istered at a hotel.
From Shreveport are Gordon l..
Cooke and Mrs. S. A. Cooke
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20

SHANGHAI. Aug. 20. ga death
toll estimated at 10000 persons IN
the important LII Ho river towns Of
Teechon. Neikiang and Fushun was
reported today by ruo Min. official
nationalist government news agency,
as floods similar to those which
have devastated parts Of Hupeh,
Anhwei. Human and Honan pro-
vinces swept through Seechwan. The
most densely populated province IN
China.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
FASTEST WAR PLANES

LONDON.-England lays claim
e having the fastest fighting
lanes in the world. The speed or
ibis country's fighting craft has
been increased 80 10 so miles an
hour during the past year. One or
the fastest planes OF the Royal Air
Force is the Hawker Fury" a
tiny craft TO be used rs an Inter
oeptor fighter for defensive oper-
alton about London. Ii is capable
or PA miles an hour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Graf Over Belgium

FRIEDRICHSH AFEN. Aug. 20
PD-Flying over Belgium for the
first time. the Graf Zeppelin came
home from England in a pouring
rain today TO complete a cruise
which marked the initial landing
OF a German airship on British soil
since the war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Show Attached

WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. GP-The
10i ranch wild west show today was
resting on a siding on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in nearby Maryland
with 101 attachments against IT,
Ate two weeks Of trouble here
Raere !. went broke and left ages
cue about 300 employees. the show
RULED out last night for headquar-
tiers in Oklahoma. IL travelled about
two miles in Prince Georges county,
where the sheriff tagged the tram
and submitted claims amounting 70
$4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
81 Oil Seen

OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 20-tPl
y prediction for a 81 per barrel
crude oil posting here by tomorrow.
with the resultant opening of the
Oklahoma City field 10 those buy
ers offering the price and taking
oil ratably from all wells Of the
same producing sand was made
today BY Cicero +. Murray. oil
representative OF Gov. Murray.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
New Code Effective

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20-Pl-A
maximum penalty Of 80 years inn
prisonment for murder was es-
tablished for the Federal District
and federal territories in a new
penal code just put into effect.
Capital punishment va abolish
ed by a code promulgated in 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Girl Is Held

NEW YORK. Aug. 20. CP-Ruth
Lavne Cranmer was ordered held
another - hours without bail today
in connection with the shooting Of
state Sen. Roy +. Yates Of New Jer-
sew III her apartment last Friday.
The girl tainted while her counsel
was arguing vainly for her admission
TO bail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Florida Rates Cut

WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. LP-The
Interstate commerce commission TO
day ordered revision downward or
freight rates on potatoes and othe-
vegetables from Florida to destina-
lions throughout the United States.
Previous findings of the commits
sion on rates on oranges and grape
fruit from Florida to eastern points
Awere found to be proper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Mercedes Sued

EDINBURG. Aug. 20.-A suit for
the ~collectio.. OF si,048.45 against
the City OF Mercedes was filed by
the Germalene Chemical company
o. Houston, alleging that the bill
covers purchases made in January,
1890. during the administration Of
Mayor J. <. Haynes.
DR.. Z. II. Kasey became mayor
OF Mercedes IN April, 1880. Pur-
chases in the bill include zone
paint and d~isinfectantS, according
to the petition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Buys Interest
fBv staff CorresDondent !

SAN BENITO, Aug. 20.-Walter
w. Housewright has purchased the
stock OF II. q. Marshall in The
San Benito Bank and Trust COM
pany. AMI has assumed his duties
as active vice-preSident. Mr.. Mar
shall will remain with the bank
until September /. 1t was announced
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Hawks After Record

ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. ". Aug.
20@Pl-Frank Hawks took off at
a.57 est this morning for Fort
Worth. Texas, planning to stop al
Evansville. Indiana. He hoped TO
beat his previous time between
New York and Texas cities OF 8
hours and 30 minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Plan Wheat Sale

WASHINGTON. Aug 20.-CPl-
The Farm Board has replied to the
Chinese government that the gra n
sterilization corporation would be
glad to enter negotiations for the
sale Of 1000, 900 bushels OF wheat
70. relief Of flood sufferers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Pioneer Dies

STEPHENvILLE. Aug. 20-P-
c. Z. Ferguson. 78-year-old pio-
neer. died at his home here today.
He had lived in Erath county Y
years and was the father OF five
Texas college officials.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
To Junk Ships

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (P-Two
old German ships which have serv-
Cd Americans In war and peace to-
cav appeared destined TO be with
drawn from Transatlantic service
and relegated TO a shipping board
boneyard on the James river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
Oil Merger Looms

NEW YORK. Aug. %. tPl-Ne~-s
72pers forecast today hat five large
WI companies would soon announce
their mercer. with assets IN excess
OF $1,000. 100000. The name will be
either the Associated Petroleum
Corp, or the Commonwealth Oil
Co.
The companies participating in the
merger are the Sinclair Consolidated
Oil Corp. the Tidewater Associated
Oil Co. The Prairie Oil and Gas
Co. the Prairie Pipe Line Co. and
the Rin Grande Oil Co. The new
0-~~~a''-~ will ies'Ie $4,000, 09O
shares OF no par stock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20

The population OF Scotland has
decreased eight per cent in the
past 10 years.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
MERRITT CLEAR
Of KILLING
Photo by International

John w. Merritt, "a, of North
Chevy Chase, Nd, was today
cleared by Judge Charles w.
woodward, in Rockville Police
Court, of all blame in connection
with the death of Mrs. Charlotte
Powers. 40, Of IA Hesketh St.,
Chevy Chase, Md, who was
struck by his machine the night
of June %.
Mr.. Merritt was represented
by Attorney Joseph Cissel.
Every witness said Mr.. Mer-
ritt had not been drinking and
had not been driving in a reck-
less manner.
With Mr.. Merritt was Miss
Murray Hume, 2235 @ st. N. W.,
who said Mrs. Powers dashed out
into the path of the machine
without looking around.
A motorman and a conductor,
who were standing near Chevy
Chase Circle. said Mrs. Powers
came from behind a clump Of
shrubbery. which obscured Mr..
Merritt's view. He is the son. of
DR.. E. A. Merritt, X-ray spe.
cialiSt.
Judge Woodward said there
had been no evidence of any
negligence on Mr.. Merritt's part.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
z CAPITAL GIRLS
. HELD FOR RUM

Two young Washington women
are free on bail today pending
their arraignment in Hyattsville
Wednesday on liquor charges.
They are Miss Ann Miller, of
1910 Calvert st. N. w., and Miss
Mary L. Crowley, of 1928 Irving
st. N. w.
The two women were arrested
Saturday night after a search
of their car is said to have re-
vealed five gallons Of alleged
liquor.
The complaint of his wife that
he was always drunk and dis
orderly and that he had. too
much beer around the house led
to the arrest of Landy Watts,
of Tuxedo, Md, on a charge Of
illegal possession yesterday.
Raiding officers combed the
little city of Laurel, Md. over
the week end but their luck was
bad for they arrested only a man
and woman. both colored, on
LIQUOR charges,
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
Week Is Set Aside
For Bicenten11iGL Fete

Tentative plans of the Arlington
Bicentennial Council will include
setting aside of an entire week
for the observance of the two
hundredth anniversary Of the
birth Of Washington.
During the week a pilgrimage
will be made to Wakefield, Wash
ington's birthplace, with transpor-
tation provided for every child in
the county of school age. Another
day will be designated as music
day." during which the music Of
Washington's time will be revived.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
BLUE LAW FOE
/ SEEKS BENCH .

! Hugh N. McCaffrey, for the past
eight years justice Of the peace
for the Arlington district of Arl.
ington county, Va and q resi-
dent for 20 years. today an
nounced his candidacy for the
post Of trial justice of the county
court, q position created by the
legislature, effective January /,
1882. His entry is the fifth for
this position; the others are wal
ter U. varney, w. Thomas French,
Bryan Gordon and w. H. Doug
Jas.
!: Justice McCaffrey is State chair.
man of the Virginia Association
Opposed to Blue Laws. He
achieved prominence a year ago
when he successfully won q re-
versal of the conviction and fine
of $14 against c. B. Rosenberg
for painting his house on Sun
day. His candidacy is indoTSed
by directors of the National As
sociationH Opposed to Blue Laws.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
81 CITIES SHOW
SUBSTANTIAL
DECLINES
Decrease in Staples Over 1890
Is 20 Per Cent; Only Three
Towns. Show Slight Rises

The retail cost Of food in 81
cities Of the United States de-
creased more than 2. per cent. in
June as compared with May,
while the decrease amounted to
about 20 per cent since June a
year ago. the Bureau OF Lsbor
statistics announced today.
Potatoes, with a decrease Of II
per cent, topped the list Of COM
modities declining in price. Plate
beef dropped 6 per cent, chuck
roast and lard, 4 per cent; rib
roast, oleomargarine and cheese,
per cent; Sirloin and round
steak, pork chops, sliced bacon
and ham, leg Of lamb, hens. fresh
milk, butter, cornmeal, navy
beans, cabbage. canned corn and
peas. prunes and bananas, 2 per
cent.
There was a, drop Of 1 per cent
on canned salmon, bread, naaca.
roni, rice, pork and beans, canned
tomatoes, coffee and oranges.
Three food articles increased
in price-fresh eggs and onions,
per cent; and raisins, ger cent.
Washington showed a 3 per
cent decrease in average cost Of
food.
Three cities showed Increases:
Salt Lake City, l per cent; and
Butte and Portland (OreO less
than five-tenths of / per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
HARMFUL TICKS
|NFEST BRUSH

= Washingtonians who go into
the country are warned to be-
ware of wood ticks which lurk
In underbrush and any place
where small wild animals are
fond. The bite Of these small
pests causes q kind Of fever, and
it can be serious or even fatal,
1t is reminded.
DR.. John CollinSon, acting d.
rector Of the Maryland State
Health Department, and DR..
Charles H. Halliday, epidemiolo-
giSt, have traced a dozen cases
Of this fever over Maryland to
bites of the wood tick. DR.. M.
c. BiShopp, in charge of this
study division for the department
Of Agriculture here. also warns
that the small pests can do Sc
rious damage.
They are similar to the dog
tick, related to the spider family
and live on animal blood. Chill
dren are often victims, says DR..
Bishopp. Horses, cows, rabbits
and dogs often carry the pests
In their three stages Of seed,
nymph and adult ticks.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
COUNTY BOARD
WELCOMES
AUDIT
Montgomery Officials Want
16-Year Accounting to B.
Thorough and Impartial

Making no distinction between
past and present regimes, Mont
gomery county officials today
contemplated an audit that will
take in all office-holders during
the past 16 years.
They said this audit must be
complete and unbiased in every
way, and for that reason they
have no criticism of the action
Of the Montgomery county bank.
ers committee in naming IL &C.
counting firms from which one
will be named to conduct the
audit.
The audit, by ordinance, must
take into account the affairs Of
the county back to 1915, when
the late Circuit Court Judge Ed,
ward c. Peter, father Of Edward
Peter, the present anti-adminis-
tration leader, and Vinson Peter,
who was defeated in the 1880
primary for county commissioner,
was in the saddle.
Present administration leaders
said that during the six years
Of the Peter administration, there
was no change in the plan Of
county administration and that,
up to the present, every session
Of the State legislature has been
asked to, and did pass, measurc5
to improve county government.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
LAWS EXPENSE
UNDER PROBE

BALTIMORE, July 2O.-Ex-
haustive special studies, rs in all,
of administration Of justice in
Maryland and Ohio have been
launched by the Institute Of Law
of Johns Hopkins University.
The judicial councils Of the two
States, and bar association COM
mittees, are cooperating with the
institute.
The inquiry is financed by the
institute, the State Of Maryland
and groups Of citizens and corpo-
rations of Ohio. It is under super
vision of Professors Walter w.
Cook, Leon C. Marshall and He's
sci z. Yntema, of the Institute OF
Law Of the university.
The surveys are expected to re-
suit in suggested remedies for the
unnecessary expense, slowneSS
and uncertainty said to exist in
the operation Of legal machinery
In many States.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
a FACE COURT
IN FIELD RAID

Fourteen Alexandria men were
arrested in a field south Of Alex
andria, by Fairfax county police
and charged with gambling and
with being drunk yesterday. will
be given a hearing today before
Justice Of the Peace John B.
Dowden, Baileys Cross Roads.
Those arrested were lodged in
the Fairfax county Jail last
night. They gave their names
as Henry Groves, %: Hubert
Probey. "a: James Harrison, 20:
J. E. Kidd. SO: Alex Morriss, %;
Clarence Garland, IS: Wade Po:
land, 27: Norman Fitzgerald, 20:
Lewis Price. Is; N. o. Fitzgerald,
so; P. F. Mcconnell, So; William
Morris, 81, and o. J.. Dc
Planta. so.
According to police, several Of
the men were down on their
knees shooting craps" while the
others were sitting on the river
bank drinking home brew. About
two dozen bottles of alleged home
brew were seized.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
CuLUert .Widenings
On Pike Planned

Bids for the widening of two
culverts on the Rockville Pike,
one near Merle Thorpe's property
and the other about 200 yards
north of Grosvenor Lane, will be
opened in the office Of the State
roads commission In Baltimore,
July %.
The widening of the shoulders
Of the road in these spots is neces-
sary before work on the widening
Of the Rockville Pike can be car.
ried out.
The safety measures to be
taken at these places mark the
elimination Of nearly a years
efforts by the Bethesda Chamber
Of Commerce to have these dan.
gerous locations remedied.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
Friendship Heights
Starts Road Work

Within the next week or 10
days Friendship Heights, which
lies west Of Wisconsin Avenue in
suburban Montgomery County,
Md, will have all Of its streets re-
surfaced and new cur5s and
cutters put on two streets.
Work has already been started
on this project, which is Spon-
Sored by the Friendship Heights
Citizens Association. Friendship
Heights is a special taxing area
and the money for the resurfac-
ing work comes from the general
tax, while the cost of the curbS
and cutters will" come from a
front foot benefit tax which will
be paid by the abutting property
owners.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
Three Wash Windows
Of Court in Lieu
Of Fines

"You must wash the windows
of the police station, pay your
fines, or go to JAIL" Police
Judge Alfred L. Wilson told one
man and two women culprits,
all colored, who had been ar
rested on drunk and disorder.
ly'' charges.
The judge said they are all
good colored folks, and got
mixed up with "a little too
much corn" and he tempered
utility" with justice.
So, Joe Ross, Helen Ross,
and Mary Day, in lieu Of fines
of IS each spent the day wash
ing the windows of the police
station, which had not been
washed within the memory Of
man.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
Dispute on Milking
Blamed In StUbbiHl0

How COW should be MIXED
would ordinarily evoke but
mild discussion. Yesterday, how
ever, it led to bloodshed, causing
Frank Waters, jr., Of German
town, Nd to be taken to the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital at Sandy Spring, Nd. and
bringing the arrest Of his colored
farmland, Warren Forman, VINO
it is said stabbed him.
Montgomery county Policeman
John Butts and Frank Soper
arrested Forman and booked him
for investigation. At the hos
pital this morning it was said
Waters condition is not serious.
The Washington times., 1931-07-20
JEWISH RALLY TOMORROW

DR.. I. Chipkin, Of New York,
head of what is described as the
largest Jewish education agency
Of its. kind, will be the main
speaker tomorrow at q mass meet
ing in the Jewish Community
Center. when policies of the new
Jewish Educational Association of
Washington will be discussed.
This association embraces all
existing agencies here for Jewish
education. Rabbi Solomon H.
Metz of the AdaS Israel congre-
cation is one Of the sponsors Of
the group.