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The Washington times., 1931-11-11

Choosing q Wife from the
Baby-Parade
According to the marriage sta"
tiSticS, England is no longer a
Flapper's Paradise. The ripper
bride is now the Englishman's
choice.
One first class ticket to Liver
pool, please!
EngliShmen always did prefer
their women ripe and SophiSti-
Gated. And now, after a post
war fling they seem to have dis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
POPPY SALES
STAGED SAT'DY
Legion Auxiliary Will Make
Annual Effort For
Disabled Vets

Annual Poppy Day sale OF the
Brownsville American Legion Aux
iliary vii be conducted on Satur-
day Of this week. according to an
nouncement today by Mrs. 0. w.
Washington. chairman OF the COM
mittee in charge.
Peoples 10 be sold by the auXil-
iary on Saturday are made by dis
abled ~e2-service men, Mrs. Wash
ington stated. and the proceeds
Of the sale 60 10 help provide fur
ther luxuIies and comforts for
these men who are still in hospitals
throughout the country as a result
Of their service IN the World War.
The sale is usually conducted BY
the auxiliary on Memorial day. but
this year will be staged one week
in advance OF the national holiday.
A good response 70 the sale has
always been met in Brownsville.
Auxiliaries in other Valley cities
are also conducting the poppy sale
on Saturday.
Last year sl58 was raised through
poppy sales in Brownsville. Mrs.
Washington states. The auxiliary
will have LOO 10 dispose Of on
Saturday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
TWO CHANGES
ANTICIPATED
St. Louis Meet Important to
Valley Growers And
Shippers
by Staff Correspondent


HARLINGEN. May pa hear
ing is TO be held in St. Louis June
2 on two matters OF vital import
ance to Valley shippers and grow
ers, according TO a telegram re-
ceived by c. ID. Wallace. secretary
Of the Valley Shippers Association
of this city from f. A. Leland,
chairman Of the Southwestern
Freight Bureau.
One OF the matters is a proposal
to change the top icing rule so as
to permit cars to be shipped with
top ice and initial icing Of dry
hunkers.
The second matter Is to eliminate
entirely the present tariff on
clipped-top beets. carrots. turnipsr
etc, and TO substantiate the pres
ent rate on full top beets. carrots.
turnips. etc.
The advisory beard Of the Valley
Shippers Association will meet early
next week to make arrangements
to send a delegate to the St. Louis
meeting. according TO Louis White
San Benito, president OF the organ
ization.
In his ts,eEram 70 Mr.. Wallace.
Leland explained that 1t would be
impracticable 10 hold the meeting
in Harrington as requested.
+. H.. Vahlsing. Ne WORK. Is 70
send his traffic manager to the
St. Louis meeting to fight for the
icing charges. il was said here to-
day. Mr.. Vahlsing is sending the
man az his own expense.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
West Texas Swept By
Rain and Hail Cold
Record for May Set

acroSs the central portion Of West
Texas Thursday night.
Two churches were demolished,
houses were unroofed and gardens
damaged at Purves. six miles south
OF Dublin. and at Dublin the rain
amounted 10 2.35 inches. Nearly
every roof in the city was damaged.
The heiviest hailstorm Of the
year in the area about Abilene
started In Haskell county and
swept eastward making a swath
10 miles wide across central
Shackelford and eastern Stephens
counties. Rainfall ranged from
half an inch to an inch and a
half. Grain crops in the path OF
the storm we're badly damaged or
destroyed. The temperature drop
ped TO "a AZ Plainview. giving that
city It's coolest May weather on rec
crd.
Practically every business house
in Albany suffered damage from
the hail. the storm %centering there
Automobile tops were riddled and
their bodies dented. Fair weather
Friday succeeded the storm, the
temperature dropping 10 as.
At Vernon. hail and a hard rain
battered gardens and grain. ruined
automobile tops and flooded the
business section Of the city. Hail
stones more than an inch IN dia-
meter perforated many automobile
Continued On Page Six
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
CARRIES
CONVICTION TO
HIGHEST COURT
Former Cabinet Head
Carries Appeal To
Supreme Court

WASHINGTON. May %. al
bert B. Fall will carry TO the Sup
rene court his conviction OF ac-
cepting a sl00. 900 bride while he was
Interior secretary under President
Harding.
One OF his counsel. Frank j. 10
gan, announced last night tla;
friends and counsel Of the 69-ysar-
old former cabinet officer had Sue
ceeded in convincing Fall that the
case should not stop short Of the
Supreme Court"
Hence. Hogan said. Fall. from his
Three Rivers. New Mexico. h0Ihe
has instructed his attorneys to petit
ton the highest judicial group tc
review a District Of Columbia ap-
peals court decision upholding the
conviction, a years prison sentence
and a 100000 fine.
After the District Of Columbia
court announced its decision ias;
month, Fall said he no longer would
contest the case charging he &C
cepted the bride from Edwasd l.
Doheny. wealthy oil man. Dohe1y
has been acquitted on giving the
money.
Il am an old man and for the
last eight years have known Little
but trouble" Fall said last month.
L am a poor man and / have 10
money for further legal defense"
Hogan ~annJinced the petition fog
review would be filed with the Sup
RENE court before next Thursday,
which is the last day 1t may be ire
Sented.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
HEGIRA TO
VALLEY seen
Florida and California
Lead In Number OF
Inquiries

Half the people Of the country
want to move to Brownsville. the
mail which comes into the Chamber
Of Commerce office here daily would
indicate.
And most Of those wanting 10
come here are from Florida and
California.
The show in those states must be
slowiry down. and they are turning
to the Valley as the most logic1l
successor" one official Of the Ch2rl-
Der said.
One days mail brought the follow
ing inquiries, one from Terrell. Tex
as. one from California. one from 4
Niagara Falls man who wants 10
move here. a request from New o.
leans for information on the port. a
Miami letter asking information. one
from a doctor in Aures. Iowa who
wants to move here, an Oklahoma
City letter. a New York shipping
man letter about the port, a request
for information on Brownsville from
a prospective tourist at Ranger,
Texas. tourist requests from Quit
man. Ark, Dallas. Kansas City. Mil
waukee. Pasadena. Calf. Evansville,
Ind. Oakland. Cal, and Marshall,
Mo.
Inquiries are coming In steadily
from Texans, and residents OF near
by states. in to the tour 81
campaign advertisements.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
TOMATO MART
CONTINUES FIRM
Price Stays At &c, Ship
ments Show Slight
Decrease

y AlthouGla the demand for toma-
toes continues firm. shipments from
the Valley have been falling off
slightly during the past few DAYS
Total carlot shipments from the
Valley Thursday amounted TO .2S
cars. This was a slight decrease conl-
pared with Wednesdays shipments.
and Fridays are expected TO be low
er thar yesterdays. according 70
w. d. Schoolcraft. marketing news
expert.
Total Texas shipment Thursday
was la cars.
There has been no change In
prices. and growers are receiving :
cents. This price has not altered
for over a week.
The blight is a thing of the past"
w. z. McDavitt said Friday morn
ing. 1T IS bothering Valley crops no
longer" he continued.
Il is thought possible that the
resent unsettled weather accounts
for the decrease in carlot shipments
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
500 PLANES
ON Way TO
DEFEND EAST
Refueling Points Are
Reached AT Noon
From Dayton
MANEUVERS
Reach Climax With Oper-
atoms Around New
York City
MANEUVERS
CBy The Associated Press.)

Army airplanes which took of
from Dayton, Ohio. today with the
GAVIN, swept, by separate routes,
toward New York for tomorrow's
war game maneuvers. Perfect
weather smoothed their way.
At noon the more than 500 planes
had reached the refueling points
Buffalo. Rochester. Washington,
and Middletown, and Butler. Pa
without an accident. except that
n plane was slightly damaged
when 1t nosed over in landing at
Rochester.
The planes. which compose the
first provisional air division or the
United States army. we're due at
flying fields in the New York area
by midafternoon.
Army air men described the take
off from Dayton as perfect and
expressed satisfaction with the
machinelike precision with which
the movement of such a large num-
Der Of planes was progressing.
FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT. Day.
ton. o, May 2l-Pl-Prepared to
defend the Atlantic coast as the
climax Of the annual maneuvers,
500 army planes began taking off
from Fairfield for eastern points at
4:05 a. m. Central Standard Time)
today.
The first 10 leave was the l0lst
pursuit group. Daylight was Just
breaking in the east when the
cadets Of Kelly Field left in threes
for Buffalo. Immediately after re-
fueling there. they take the air
again for Valley Stream. N. Y.
The eastward flight is 70 dem
onstrate the feasibility OF moving
large bodies of airships and Ia
protect the sector from Maine Il
washington. with New York City
as the concentration point.
The jump Of 400 miles indicated
many of the ships would be on the
move from eight TO ten hours and
that the pilots and mechanics would
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
THREE KILLED
In COLLISION
IL Months Old Baby ls
Expected To Recover
From Injuries

LONDON. O.. May q. pP,-Three
persons were dead and an III months
old baby was in serious condition
in a Columbus hospital today rs a
result Of an automobile train COLI
son here last night.
The dead we're:
Mrs. Ralph Bennett, q, Denver
Colo.
Beverly Bennett. three year old
daughter of Mrs. Bennett.
Miss Mary Kelley, 80, Memphis,
Tenn. a nurse.
Barbara Jean Bennett. il-months
old, suffered body bruises and shock
Physicians said she would recoyer.
Ralph Bennett. husband OF hrs
Bennett. was notified Of the acct
dent at a Louisville. KY, hotel
where he "a playing with his or
chestra. The Seven Aces" which
had become prominent In radio
broadcasts from Fort Worth and
Denver during the past winter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Brownsville Legion
To Offer Resolution
Protest Fort Removal

gion Of Brownsville. Legion OFF,
Gals stated today.
The resolution will call attention
to the fact that garrisonS are nee
eSSary in both the Mexican and
United States sides OF the border
in order TO prevent any OUTBREAK
OF banditry similar to that Will
occurred in 1915 and 1916.
If passed by the district conven-
ton the resolution will be forward
ed to the Texas headquarters OF
the legion for action. and II given
favorable consideration tllCN' will
be sent to the national headquar-
tiers OF the legion for action there.
OF the ten border posts. seven
are located in Texas as follows:
Fort Brown. Fort Ringgold. Fort
Mcintosh at Laredo. Fort Clark al
Bracketville. Eagle Pass Camp, Fort
ID. A. Russell at Maria. Fort Bliss,
az FL Paso.
There are also two posts in Ari-
iona and one in California.
Committees were working today.
collecting data and putting 1t in
shape to continue the fight against
abandonment OF Fort Brown. fol-
lowing a meeting Of Brownsville
citizens held al the chamber OF
commerce here yesterday afternoon.
Local people we're more optimistic
following the meeting. and express
ed the belief that II Brownsville
Continued on Page Six
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Federal Receipts
Not Equal to Outgo

WASHINGTON. May %. p
How to adjust governmental expen-
ses to receipts is pulling the trea-
sury.
UnGerSecretary Mills is convinced
some changes r necessary, bu. he
also thinks the 1884, 268.5l7 fsticit
that existed Tuesday is not a fair
basis for consideration Of the pro-
tlems.
He prepared 4 speech outlining his
views for the National association Of
Mutual Savings Banks Convention
yesterday and since he was III. As
sis:ant Secretary Ballantine read the
address. At the same time, the in
ernal revenue bureau announced is
collections for the first ten months
Of the 1891 fiscal year were $780,
346 .403 less than the corresponding
period a year earlier.
Mills indicated the December on
gress would be asked TO make read
luStmentS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Woman Wards Off
Workers With Gun

CHICAGO. May %. tP--New
lights are going to shine for the
farmers in Wells Township. about
zen miles East Of Joliet. III. and
fer the worshippers in the congre-
gational church.
For three days. however. II look
ed as though they would have 10
go on using oil lamps. because
Miss augusta Hank. w.h a shotgun
by her side. stood guard TO prevent
workmen for the Public Service Co,
Of Illinois from runnirI an electric
light line in front Of her place
On one occasion she fired the gun
in the air just to prove il was load
ed. members Of the line crew report
cd.
But the trouble is all over now. as
a result Of an agreement reached
yesterday between the woman and
the company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Pat Neff Arrives
In Valley Today
IBy Staff Correspondentl

SAN BENIIO. May 22.-Pat M
Neff. state railway commissioner
and former governor. arrived In
Sen Benito Friday morning. and
will address the graduating class OF
the local school during commence
ment exercises tonight. Mr.. Neft
will address the Pharr graduates
Saturday night.
The following committee met him
at the train: DR.. c. NJ. Cash. mayor;
Frank 6. Robertson: Or. r. K. l.
Mewshaw. president Kivanis club;
Walter Housewright. president Ro-
tary club: Carl Hamilton. pres
ident Lions club: j. <. Bell, Sec
rotary OF the chamber Of commerce
and a delegation from the Junior
League.
Mr.. Neff was TO address a joint
gathering of Lions. Kiwanians II
Rotarians at noon Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
SENATE VOTES
TO CONTINUE
TIL TUESDAY
Upper House Wants
To Get Work Done
Without Call

AUSTIN. Tex. May q. H9-The
senate today voted, % to 5. to eX-
tend the regular session Of the
legislature until next Tuesday noon.
Concurrence Of the House void
be necessary for the extension.
Adjournment had been set for
II o'clock today. The houses stop
ped Or turned back their clocks so
that hour would not be reached un-
III they were ready.
Both branches adopted the free
conference report on the cement
sulphur-peddlers tax bill. the
House, 50 to 50 and the Senate Is
TO 2. The bill carried a five cents
a barrel levy on cement. an in
crease in the sulphur tax from S.
70 Is cents and revised the gen.
eral occupation taxes.
Both houses adjourned for lunch
The eleemosynary appropriations
committee Of the senate reported II
was deadlocked and a new COM
mittee was named.
The House adopted the free con-
HIbnlG IGDULh Oh Vic cAApAAAA ~
ment-peddlers tax bill. Senator
Hopkins Of Gonzales, author Of the
cement tax. which was causing
most of the controversy. predicted
the Senate would do likewise.
Administration leaders predicted
a special session unless the appro-
priations were kept within the re-
venues.
Returning this afternoon, the
Senate began discussing the S.
100000 rural aid free conference
report, which the House had adj
opted. and the House approved a
few small emergency appropria-
tions.
Included in the appropriations
was an allotment Of s2,l00 TO the
auditor to continue his investiga-
ton OF forged witness fee certifi-
Gates.
The first eleemosynary free con-
ference committee could not agree
on establishment Of a psychopathic
hospital at Dallas. Senate men,
bers held out for ar appropriation
while House conferees felt bound
by the action Of their body 10 make
only a paper" establishment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Overflow Suit Is
Back Under WAY

Hearing OF the Norton-Barreda
suit continued in the federal dis
trict court here Friday after a one
day intermisSion which allowed
Judge Randolph Bryant % sit on
the oil proration hearing in Hous-
ton Thursday.
Counsel for the plaintiff con-
tinued TO call witnesses Friday and
and It Is likely the case will take
another day for trial.
The plaintiff, Dan Norton OF
New York. is 5eeking damages
caused by the Rio Grande over
flowing his lands below this city.
He alleges G. p. Barreda. Browns
vile capitalist, and others erected
a dyke across the floodvay causing
the river 10 overflow below the
citv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Plans Being Drawn
For Matamoros c. c

Plans for the new Matamoros
Chamber of Commerce building are
being drawn by VIM. d. Van Sic'an.
Brownsville architect.
This was announced here today
by Ruben Martinez. secretary If
the Matamoros Chamber Of Com
merce. IN discussing the matter with
the Brownsville Chamber Of COM
merce.
The building Is 70 be a typical
Mexican style structure. Mr.. Van
Siclen said. with a thatch roof. tile
floor and fireplace. and other typi-
cally Mexican features.
The exact location OF the build
ing has not Yet been decided. but
It Will be announced in a few days.
The tract OF land on which II is
10 be located will be beautifiel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22

When camping out I always circle
my bed with a hair hope"
This Is the captains first visit
10 this section since 1903.
This country surely has develop
ed" he said. Wasn't much OF any
thing back in o.
The captain is here on a routine
visit. He Is high in his praise Of
Bill" Sterling. present Lead Of the
rangers who is well known over the
Valley. Bill is a good executive. and
lie knows mat the Rangers are I'D
against by having come up through
the ranks Capt. Metz said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Starr, Cameron And
Hidalgo Stay In
18th Dist.
SENATE FIGHT
On Bill Is Predicted a,
House Vote Was

AUSTIN, May 22-iP-The house
today voted 70 accept the free con-
ference report on the congressional
redistricting bill. Debate on the
report was short and while sev-
eral expressed disapproval with the
arrangement or the counties they
voted to adopt ". The vote was %
70 81.
The impellinE motive for many
o. the favorable votes was that
few willing To leave the state un-
rediStricted which would force the
election OF three conEressmen-at-
large. Texas being entitled 70 u
instead OF l5 congressman under
the 1880 census.
Under the report. South Texas
will receive one new district and
West Texas and the Panhandle
the other two districts.
The bitter fight on the report
In the senate was predicted.
The report did not place two
incumbcnts in the same district.
The suggested redistricting fol-
lows:
First: Bowie. cas-. Marion. Up-
shur. Camp. Morris. Red River,
Titus. Franklin. Hopkins. Delta.
and Lamar.
Second. Nacozdochcs. Shelby. san
Augustine. Sabine. Angelina. Tyler.
Jasper, Newton, Hardin. Orange
and Jefferson.
Third: van zandt, smith, Gregg.
Harrison. Henderson. Cherokee,
Rusk and Pamela.
Fourth: Grays0n. Fannin. Collin,
Hunt. Rockwall. Rains, kaufman
and Wood.
Fifth. Dallas.
Sixth: Ellis. Hill, Navarro. Lime
stone, Freestone. Anderson and
Leon
Seventh. Robertson. Brazos,
Grimes. Madison. Houston. Walker,
Trinity. Polk. san Jacinto, Mont
Eomery. Liberty. Chambers and
Galveston.
Eighth: Harris.
Ninth: Fayette. BastroD. Austin,
Colorado. Lavaca. De Witt. Vic
toria. Jackson. Wharton. Fort Bend.
Calhoun. MataE0rda and Brazoria.
Tenth: Caldwell. Hayes. Travis,
Williamson. Milan, Lee, Burleson
and Washington.
Eleventh: Erain. Hood. Somer-
veil. Hamilton. Bosque. Coryeli.
McCiennan. Bel and Falls.
Twelfth: Johnson, Parker and
Tarrant.
Thirteenth: Denton. Cooke. Non
taEue. Jack. CLAW. Young. Archer.
Wichita. Throckmorton. Baylor
and WilbarGer.
Fourteenth. Bcxar.
18th District
Fifteenth. Uvalde. Medina. Ia
vala. Frio. Dimmit. la sale. webb,
Duvall. Zapata. Jim HoEg. starr.
hidalEo. Cameron and Brooks.
Sixteenth: r. Paso. Hudspeth.
Culberson. Reeves. Jeff Davis. Pre-
sidio. Brewster. Pecos. Terrell. Gro
ckett. Loving. winkler. Ward. Ector.
Crane. Midland. Upton, Howard,
GlaSscock. and Regain.
Seventeenth: Fisher. Jones,
Shackelford, Stephens, Palo Pinto.
Mitchell. Nolan. TAYLOR. Callahan,
Eastland. Brown and C0manche.
Eighteenth. Dallam. Sherman,
Hansf0rd. Ochiltrec. Lipscomb,
Hartley. Moore. Hutchinson. Rob-
ertS. Hemphill. Oldham. Potter,
Carson. Gray. Wheeler. Deaf Smith.
Randall. Armstrong. DOnley. COL
linsworth. Farmer. castro. Swlsher,
Briscoe. Hall. Chiidress. Handeman
and Foard.
Nineteenth: Bailey Lamb, Hale.
FLOYD. Motley. Cotrle. Cochran.
Hockey. Lubbock. Crosby. Dickens.
King. Knox. Yoakum. Terry. Lynn,
Continued On Page Six
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Ranger Circles Bed
With old Hair Rope

Captain J.. Metz. veteran Ranger,
places strong faith in the old hair
rope defense against snakes.
While in the brush west OF Browns
vile Thursday night waiting for a
bootlegger. the captain recalled old
times when the Rangers rode horses
and camped along old trails for
weeks az a time.
Il always have been afraid Of
snakes" he said. That reminds me.
! want TO stop in Donna and get a
hair rope. A snake or a rock tar
antula Just won't cross a hair ro3s.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
CONFESSIONS
CLEAR SERIES
BURCLARIES
Brownsville Boys Ad-
init Harlingen, Los
Fresnos Thefts
S. BENITo COP
Gets Clue; Local Officers
Nab Suspects Here
Thursday
S. BENITO COP

A series Of burglaries in Browns
vile. Los Fresnos and Harlingen
was cleared up here Thursday night
when confessions were made by two
Brownsville youths to city ooli-e.
The boys. Angel Perez, Is. and
George B~ejarano. 81. confessed to
burglarizing the Rutledge hambur-
ger stand. the MarkoSs Tailoring
shop. the Buckwater home in Bel
vedere addition. a garage just out
sice Harlingen, and the Los Fres-
nos home Of w. II. Patterson. A
large portion Of the loot was recov-
cred. and police also took other
articles from the boys which were
not accounted for.
Sale OF approximately 500 worth
Continued on page Sd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Archduke Given
Gate In Austria

VIENNA. Nav % fP-Arch Il.ke
Leopold Salvador. a member Of the
former ruling house Of Austria
Hungary. must leave Austria.
He has been Informed By the
Vienna police that his application .
remain here has been refused. He
has been seeking the aid OF church
dignitaries in obtaining a dispe $
ton from Pope Plus XI which would
enable him TO divorce Baroness Mi
comitch and marry Mrs. Alicia Co.
burn. a Canadian.
The archduke did not file his
application until after he had o-ea
here several weeks. il was said,
which is contrary TO regulation. His
only recourse now is TO appeal the
police decision 10 the courts. remain
ing hero for the verdict.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22

"A resolution protesting the aban-
donment Of any army posts now
located on the u. S.-Mexico border
will be offered the 18th District
convention OF the American Legion
which convenes at Laredo on Sat
urday and Sunday by the John
Hanson Post OF the American L.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
Electrocuted For
Staying OF Agent

MILLEDGEvLLE. Ga. May p
Rl-Borley Adams was electrocuted
today for the Staying OF Walter
Tolbert. a prohibition agent, IN
Columbia county in February, 1923.
The execution ended a three
years legal fight by Adams alter
reys 10 save him from the chair.
The case was carried to the state
supreme court three times and once
to the United States supreme
court. Three times he had been
denied clemency By Governor Hard
man.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
MARKETS
AT GLANCE

NEW YORK:
Stocks irregular. chemical
and mining shares az new
lows.
Bonds steady: rails advance.
Curb irregular. cities service
steady.
Foreign exchanges irregular;
Spanish pescsa weak
Cotton easy. favorable wea-
ther forecast. -
Sugar SrEadY. commission
house buying
Coffee Steady: trade buying.
CHICAGO;
Wheat firm: frost Kansas
and better export demand.
Corn firm: forecast frost
Iowa.
Cattle steady "a weak and in
sect damage Illinois.
Hogs lower.