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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-04-25

An additional price reduction
Of two cents. initiated BY the
Community station. has brought
the price down to a figure that
leaves the Montana refiner con
fronting a serious situation.
Imported Product
The Community company's gas
oline is being imported from one
OF the big-production states,
where refinery prices long ago
lost ali relationship to the cost
Of production as a consequence
Of the existing huge surplus.
In the mld-southern and south
western states there is no gAso-
line that is not distress gasoline
and the Butte Community sta
ton is shipping this in and put
ting the retail price down to
point that leaves the independent
Montana refiner confronted with
the necessity OF doing business
in Butte under a most serious
handicap.
Important Outlet
Butte Is an important outlet
for several Montana independent
refineries IN the southern part
OF the state and the dumping
process that is going on there
now through action taken by the
so-calIed Community station Is
raising havoc with their BUSH
ness, Lee Thurston. executive
secretary OF the Independent on
association. said here this week
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-04-25

Montana landowners thru
their royalty interests. are al
SO benefiting aud as further
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Brown Levee
Protection Talked

The question Of making perman-
ent arrangements for levee protec-
ton 1t Fort Brown, under supervi-
sion OF rivers and harbors engi-
neers. was discussed at a rect
meeting Of engineering officials
and Fort Brown officers. according
to announcement today by Col.
Francis w. Glover, commanding Of
ficer Of Fort Bro n.
Present at the meeting we're Col.
VIM. B. Ladue. engineer Of the
Eighth Corps area. Col. S. F. Gre
celius, representing the information
al boundary commission: Major Milo
p. Fox, OF Galveston. district army
engineer and Col. Glover.
Col. Glover IN announcing the
meeting said. for some time ID
has been necessary 70 do levee pro-
lection work on the ~N>lperties at
Fort Brown. This has been done
piece meal under the supervision OF
various commanding officers.
Some time ago I recommended
70 the war department that the
matter be taken over BY the rivers
and harbors engineers and a per-
manent levee protection program
worked out. This meeting was the
resulN'
Col Glover said he could not an
nounce the results OF the meeting
until action on the matter was
taken by the war department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
SPEED KING
PLANS SHORT
VISIT here
Ace To Leave Mexico
Tomorrow For
St. Louis

Major James CJimmy) DoolIttle,
former army ace. who disapp lted
Brownsville watchers Tuesday when
he crossed the Rio Grande az 4
point not visible from the city. will
land at the Brownsville .irport
Thursday. Associated Press dis
patches from Mexico City declared
this morning.
I'm Mexico City
Dolittle la N In Mexico civ
resting up after establishing a new
speed record in hil three-stOp flight
from Ottawa, Canada 10 Mexico
City Tuesday.
Airport officials said Tuesday that
the famous flier will land az the
airport and remain In Brownsville
for about an hour. One OF Doc
Titles former war huddies and a
close friend MI the speed flier rs n
Brownsville airport CificIa4
To Make Three stops
Wednesday he plans 10 fly from
Mexico City 70 BroWnsvlL. and
make other stops lt Corpus Christi
and Shreveport. La, en- route 70 ST.
Louis.
Doolittle flew the distanc- from
Ottawa 10 Mexico City I'M ~ hours,
80 minutes Tuesday, making stops
az Washington. Birmingham. Ala,
and at Corpus Christ. remaining mo
each place only long enough 10 re-
fue.. He averaged about 235 miles
an hour over the long course.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Killer Bandits
Hideout Known

MENOMONIE, Wis, Oct. q. up
Sheriff Ike Harmon said the
machine gun bandits who 9 $780,
600 IN the Kraft state bank robbery
which resulted in the deaths Of two
persons, today had been located at
Web Lake, near Webster, Wis, 100
miles north OF here.
The body OF James Kraft, ~, as
sistant cashier in the bank headed
by his father. w. H. Kraft. was
found on the highway six miles
from here where 10 had been thrown
from the bandits car. The slain
bandit. whose body also was found
along the country road. was identi-
fled through fingerprints as Frank
Weber alias Frank Smith, who was
captured in a Salt Lake City bank
robbery IN 1919.
Sixteen persons we're forced 10 lie
on the bank floor By the three ban
dts. The leader scOoped IT'D rn es-
timated $4,000 in cash and securi-
ties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
TOURISTS TO
BROWNSVILLE
ON INCREASE
Chamber Commit [ e e
Plans Relief Work
For Needy

Discussion OF the steady increase
in the tourist traffic to Browns
vile, and the beginning OF plans
TO take care OF unemployed and
needy persons III Brownsville this
winter featured the meeting OF
chamber OF commerce directors last
night.
A committee consisting Of r. B.
Creager. "A. "A. Hargrove and q. @.
Richardson was named TO meet with
the city commission soon and dis
cuss plans Tor relief Of any Browns
vile people who may be in need
this winter.
Visitors Increase
"A report on the tourist business
showed that during the past sum
mer there was a great increase in
tourist traffic in Brownsville over
the previous summer. and that dur
ing the period since September
me beginning OF the winter season
there has been a corresponding
increase In tourists over the same
period last year.
Further plans for entertaining
tourists and encouraging their trips
TO Brownsville were discussed by the
directors.
The unemployment question was
discussed after a report by Mr..
Richardson on preliminary investi-
cation IN the matter. He said that
he has conferred during the past
month or two with heads OF the
Volunteers of America and other
charitable organizations in Browns
vile and has also communicated
with other cities in order TO get
the benefit OF their method OF
handling such matters.
The secretary said the general
suggestions from other cities is that
such campaigns should be handled
with as little publicity as possible
in order 70 avoid encouraging buns
to come in.
Cleanup Urged
Asurvey OF conditions Is 70 be
made and such steps as are neces-
Sary takenn it "a indicated at the
meeting.
The directors urged Brownsville
people TO have their lawns moved
and other odd jobs done frequently
to encourage employment, and to
improve the appearance OF the city.
r. 3. Creager reported on the
water conservation situation and
the work that has been done. He
also suggested continued activity IN
seeking removal Of the freight diff
ferential on Valley produce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
GIRL DENIES
MURDER PART
Father Faces Trial For
Staying or Her
Companion

COLORADO SPRINGS. oct. FL.
-(P-Glenda King has pleaded
not guilty to a charge OF completely
in the murder OF Lewis J. Palmer,
IS, and thereby left her father 70
defend himself in court against her
purported assertion that he was
the slayer.
The father. a former church
deacon, was on trial for the fatal
shooting OF the youth as he sat
with Glenda in a parked motor car
the night OF July 20.
Mss King entered her plea yes
terday, denying she was an access
sory to the crime and was return
ed 10 jaIl. Attorneys indicated a
jury would be completed today Tor
the trial OF her father.
The motive for the shooting has
not been made clear. King named
BY his daughter in the last OF a
series OF stories as 10 the identity
of the slayer, has denied a state
ment attributed TO him by police
that he killed Palmer after he came
upon the couple Unexpectedly.
Both King and his daughter as
sert the purported confessions
we're obtained under duress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
SERVICES FOR
INVENTOR Are
SET FOR 2:3O
People Asked To Cut
Off Lights One
Minute Tonight

Brownsville and the Vale will
Join a national tribute TO Thomas
A. Edison tonight when Pres.
Hoover has asked that electric
lights, conceded the wizards great
est invention, be cut off tonight at
10 o'clock Eastern Standard Time,
8 o'clock Valley time.
Although power plants will not be
shut down the president has re-
quested that lights be shut off for
one minute as tri-ute 10 the dead
Edison.
Employees throughout the south
and southwest Texas Of the Central
Power and Light company will
cease activities at ? p. m. today Tor
one minute III silent tribute, (. b.
N~eiswanger, president. announced
today. Street car. and BUSES oper-
ated by the company will come TO a
full stop for one minute and COM
pany flags will be placed at half
mast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
THREE ATTACK
SUSPECTS HELD
Girl Assaulted, Companion
Robbed By Bandit
Near Dallas

DALLAS, Oct. 81. (R-Three men
were under investigation here today
for the criminal attack Monday
night OF an l~8-year-old Dallas girl
and the robbery Of he escort,
Robert Brown.
The couple was accoStcd on 4
well-travelled road near Dallas while
seated in front OF a sandwich stand
by a man armed with a pistol. He
forced them to drive him % a de-
serted spot. in the country. where he
attacked the girl and robbed Brown
Of SO.
Brown and the girl were TO
examine the suspects in an effort
10 identify n of them as the at
tacker. The three suspects were ar
rested near the spot where the at
tack occurred.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21

AUSTIN. Oct. 2l.-P-Highway
contracts aggregating 81 $4,000 for
projects in % counties were let by
the highway commission al its
October meeting which terminated
yesterday.
About 240 miles OF new construc-
ton and seven bridge Jobs we're
contracted. the bids in almost each
instanc ebeing far below the esti-
mated cost compiled BY state high
way engineers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
General Brown To
Visit Brownsville

Preparations for the entertain
ment of Gen. Brown, chief Of u.
S. Army engineers, who will visit
Brownsville the week Of Nov. g..
are being made now, following dis
cussion Of the matter at the cham
Der OF commerce directors meeting
here last night.
Gen. Brown is to be the ~pr~.-cipal
speaker at the I~ntracoaStal Canal
association convention at Corpus
Christi. Nov. 6 and z, and will come
here after that.
He will be shown the Browns
vile port and a complete program
will be worked out for his entertain
Efforts will be made to have a
large number OF Brownsville people
go to the I~ntracoastal canal con-
vention in Corpus Christi. and these
people will accompany General
Brown back to the Valley.
General Brown succeeds Gen.
Deakyne, who visited the Valley
earlier this year, looking yer the
ports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
ELECTRIC LIGHTS ARE
E OF TRIBUTE
tBy The Associated Press

&AA&
Americans made Thomas Edison's
electric lamp today a beacon OF
tribute to his memory.
One minute OF darkness at 10
o'clock. E. S. r., tonight-an hour
when night will have EMBODIED all
America between the two oceans
was suggested by President Hoover
as "a solemn tribute TO the memory
Of Thomas Alva Edison"
II suggest" the president said.
that all individuals should extin-
guiSh their lights for one minute
Wednesday evening, Oct. d. at 10
o'clock (. S. T. II Is my undef-
standing that b~roadcasting COM
panieS will undertake a brief pro-
gram In respect TO Mr.. Edison's
memory at this moment
Dependence A Monument
Mr.. Hoover said the turning of
Of ELECTRICAL current az generating
plants. as had been suggested.
would constitute a great peril TO
life throughout the country"
This demonstration or the de-
pendence Of the country upon cleo
trical current for its life and
health" the president concluded
is in itself a monument to Mr.
Edison'S genius"
Augmentng the presidential sug-
gestion were gubernatorial procla-
nations. mayorial calls on The
people and announcements by great
public utilities of special tributes
In Ohio. birth state OF the in
ventor. Gov. White called upon cit
liens 70 pay their respects TO Mr..
Edison's memory during the hours
o. his funeral-between 2.3O and 4
p. m. AT Milan. where he was born
all business was 10 halt for an ur
at 3 o'clock, with memorial SER
vices in the public schools.
The great plants of Henry Ford.
among the closest friends or Mr..
Edison. were ordered closed
throughout the afternoon.
Movie Cameras Halt
In Hollywood, where an Edison
invention-the moving picture
camera-has given work and wealth
70 thousands, all operations were
ordered halted for three minutes
at noon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Cabinet Gets Power

MADRID. Oct. u. tJ-PreSi-snt
Manuel Azana'S new government to-
day stood clothed with special au-
thorlty 20 use extraordinary meas
ures 70 deal with labor, political and
religious disorders.
The national assembly last night
approved a special defense law
which grants the cabinet power Ia
dissolve any organization IL deems a
menace 10 public order IN suppress
offending newspapers and to dis
miss any public official found lax
IN enforcing the law.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21

supply the machine with water and
soap and lift the clothes in and
out.
Water in the kitchen tap Is used
as power for an egg. mayonnaise or
whipped cream beaten. The contrap-
ton Is attached 70 the tap by means
OF a hose.
When the baby cries for a 2
o'clock morning feeding. there IS an
electric milk warmer that can be
kept by the mothers bedside and
save a trip to the kitchen TO warn
the infants bottle. Also there is an
electric egg cooker that turns out
one-minute eE.s tn one teaspoon
ful Of water and a two-minute egg
with two teaspoonsTul. 1t boils them
hard with but little more water.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Canned Biscuits Perfected to Ease
Young Brides Divorce Court Fears

CHICAGO, Oct. 2i.-Pl-For the
bride who fears she's paving the
way 70 the divorce court with bis
cuits-canned blScuitsl
They were exhibited at the Ma
tional Food Exposition today as a
solution 10 her problem.
These biscui:s-Sou.aern variety
come already mixed, rolled and cut.
All that Is needed. SO the demon
stratorS said, is a can-opener, a
l1ot oven and two minutes time.
And speaking Of can-openers.
there was one among the array OF
ultra-modern kitchen convenienceS.
that folds down the edge OF cans 10
eliminate cut fingers and ruined
manicures.
Among the Housekeeping short
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21

cuts was an electric stoye that
will turn itself on, start cooking
dinner in the late afternoon and
have 1t ready when the housewife
comes home from work or bridge.
Its sponsors said II stops just short
OF putting the roast on the table.
There was an ironless ironing
equipment that. when not On duty
as such, serves as a white enamel
kitchen table. When opened I'D
this device resembles a pressing
outfit In a tailor's workshop. II Is
operated by means OF levers and
dials.
Nearby stands a washing machine
which washes clothes in one bin
and gets them almost dry in an
other. The housewives Job Is to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Garcia On Trip

Mayor Roberto r. Garcia Of Mata-
moros left this morning by auto for
Ciudad Victoria. Tamaulipas.
According 10 information avail
able IN the border city today Mayor
Garcia Is making the trip in an
official capacity. He win remain at
the state capital probably a week.
Mayor Garcia is making the trip
BY the Brownsville-L o-Monter-
rey-Ciudad Victoria highway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Storm Kills Texan

BORGER, Oct. q. LPl-A violenu
wind storm struck a residence as
Sunray last night. hurting It 100
yards and fatally inIuring AT ocCu-
pant Aubrey 3. Dempsey, 20, a boil
ermaker.
Dempsey was pulled out of tha
~wreckage with his neck and jav :
broken. He died while being move
TO Borgeg IN an ambulance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Richard Dix WEEDS

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. oct. q. -
Pi-Forsaking a pretentious Hol-
lywood ceremony for one in the
small desert town OF Yuma. Ariz..
Richard Dix. film actor. yesterday
married Miss Winifred Coe. daugh-
ter of a retired San Francisco
grocer.
The couple today were reported
honeymooning in Southern Califor-
mia. but the place was not ascer-
tanned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Business Improves

WASHINGTON. oct. Fl. HT-
Business edgcd forward last month
in both England and Germany.
Germany's trade balance, gained
through increased exports and de-
cllning imports. broke all records
during that month.
The United Kingdom had n larger
unfavOrable trade balance than in
August, but there were increases III
both exports and imports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Mexican c. c. Asks
Ban On All Gaming

MEXICO CITY, Oct. n. ~
Commercial organizations Of Mex
leo. acting through the medium OF
the c~onfederated chambers Of COM
merce. will ask Pres. Ortiz Rubio to
put az absolute stop to all gambling
in Mexico. ii was announced today.
They viii tell the president that
In addition 10 affecti the nations
commerce. especially along the Dor
der. gambling does not benefit Mex
leo. because the principal conces-
sions are held by foreigners. who
remove the profits from the coun-
try
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Jefferds Returns

II. r. Jefferds, deputy u. S. mar
shall. has returned after escorting
DR.. Jose PUG C~asauranc. newly ap-
pointed Mexican ambassador, from
Nuevo Laredo TO San Antonio on his
Journey to Washington to take up
his duties there.
Jefferds and G. A. billiard. dep
uty marshal at Mission. were or
dered to Nuevo Laredo as an escort
Of honor by U. S. Atty. Gen. Mitchell.
The. new ambassador was accom-
panied by his secretary. Enrique
Jimenez ID.
DR.. Casauranc has been active IN
educational circles as well as being
one Of Mexico's outstanding psysi-
clans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Engineer Arrives
lBV - CoIrEED0ndrnfl

10y GAdll LOAEtApOnleltl
SAN BENTTO. oct. 2I-Earl r.
Keeler Of Ill Paso. associate n
gineer TO the American section OF
the international Water Commits
sion, arrived IN San Benito Tues
day 70 check surveys being made III
the Valley.
He conferred here with w. z. An
ders0n. consulting engineer 10 the
commission: Col. S. r. Crecelius.
In charge OF flood control AMI dam
site surveys. O.. q. Commons. In
charge 81 water duty surveys. Y. s.
Robertson. secretary OF the Lower
RIO Grande Conservation Assn.
executive committee and others.
Flood control surveys are nearing
completion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Rites Held Up

TWT WT|"T N-T"T"T"TTT"TTT
HARLINGFN. Oct. 2i.-Funeral
services for ID phcn Bates Pondill,
AZ, who died suddenly at Santa
Rosa Monday light. have not been
set pending arrival Of relatives from
Kentucky.
He ~ survived by his widow and
two children.
Harrington Funeral home IA hold
ing the body.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Shoots Wife, Self

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn, Oct. q.
1P-Wrapped in a bed sheet. George
+. Brown, farmer, shot himself to
death at his home near here today
after firing three bullets into the
body Of his estranged wife. Mrs.
Brown was taken TO a hospital
where she was not expected to re-
cover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Martinez Rites

Funeral services will be held Wed
resday afternoon in city cemetery
for POrtfiro MARITIME. 9. who died
Wednesday morning at Mercy hosri-
tai following an illness OF a w-ck.
Survivors r his parents and f0 "
brothers. Arrangemen hts were
handled by GarZa's undertaking
parior.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Court of Honor Is
Set Friday Night

A court Of honor will be held by
Brownsville Boy Scouts az the
Methodist church Friday night.
Homer Fitch. chairman az the
court Of honor, will have charge of
the meeting az which numerous
awards will be given local scouts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21

HOUSTON, Oct. I'll. H9-GeOrgn
+. Conklin, %, was convicted by ~
jury today for the murder KY
Adolph Kolesnikevic. 20, and was as
sessed a five year suspended sem
tence. Kolcsnikcvic was slain out
side q dance han last october.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
CHINESE-JAPS
RENEW BATTLE
Japanese Garrisons Are
Reported Fighting
Against Odds

TOKYO, Oct. 22.-CThursday) -
PA Mukden dispatch today said
Japanese g~arriSonS we're fighting
under difficulty with 1000 Chinese
soldiers near Tiehling on the
South Manchurian railway south OF
Mukden.
The dispatch added reinforce
mentS were rushing from Mukden to
aid the g~arrisons. Tiehling is about
IS miles north OF Mukden. A train
from Changchun, about the same
distance north Of Tiehling. was
halted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Mine Toll Mounts

HERNE. Westphalia, Germany,
Oct. 81. E,-The death toll of Mon
days mine explosion at Mont Cents
Collieyv was raised 70 II today when
five more Of the victims died.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
MARKETS
AT GLANCE
NEW YORK

NEM YORK
Stocks Irregular: other groups
recover after break I'M rails.
Bonds irregular; rails decline;
foreign rise.
Curb irregular; rally follows
early decline.
Foreign exchanges Irregular:
Sterling gains.
Cotton higher: trade buying,
firm spot market.
Sugar barely steady; Cuban
selling.
Coffee lower: commission
house selling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Officer Returns

r, L. Longoria. deputy sheriff has
returned after taking a sequestered
automobile to San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
CHICAGO

Wheat firm; mills buying,
large exports.
Corn steady; bullish govern
ment weather reports, steady
cash markets.
Cattle Irregular.
Hogs lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
GATHER
FOR LAST TRI..ETE

WEST ORANGE, N. j., OCT. Il.
Rl-Thomas A. Edison's family and
his friends-among whom we're
numbered two grey-haired citizens
OF the middleweSt almost as wide
ly known as he himself in this age
OF mechanical neutrality-suspicious.
today in his roomy. old-fashioned
home in Llewellyn Park to bid him
GodSpeed on his last long journey.
Body Removed
His body was removed early this
morning from his workroom in a
little one-story building just off the
main street, where it had been
viewed by thousands as 1t lay in
state Monday and Tuesday, ID the
SecluSicl OF his l6-acre estate, Glen
mont.
AS far as possible. the brief and
u-noStentiouS funeral schedule was
kept private. Mounted police pa
trolled the borders Of the estate,
and admission was by card only.
But even so, those who gathered
there today numbered more than
400. 1t was said the house had
been equipped with amplifiers SO
all could hear.
Mrs. Hoover Present
Henry Ford and Harvey S. Fire
stone both had arrived from the
west. Pres. Hoover had planned TO
come himself, but was unable to
leave Washington, and Mrs. Hoover
arranged 10 -cpresent hirn. arriving
just before the funeral at 1850 p. m.
c. S. T.
BY mid-forenoon a stream Of
cars, bringing relatives and friends
Of the Edison family had begun to
roll into the estate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
THE

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy Wednesday night and
Thursday; not much chang, in tenn
perature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-21
Dan , II Planned.

The observance of the opening will
extend on into Friday evening. when
q dance will be held for all employees
Continued on mage g.