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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
TEXAS PAIR
DROP TOKYO
HOP PLANS
Fliers Return
After Failures
At Prize

FORT WORTH, Aug. 8. -P-
Reception plans were taken by
surprise tonight when Reg. l.. Rob-
bins and Harold S. Jones landed
their white monoplane here two
hours ahead OF schedule, as they
returned from two unsuccessful at
tempts TO make a nonstop refuel-
ing flights from Seattle TO Tokyo,
Japan.
Beat Time
The unexpectedness Of their ar
rival, at 1850 p. m, found only
airport attendants and a handful
Of chance spectators there TO greet
them. Sheriff j. r. CRed) Wright,
who had jokingly telegraphed them
he would arrest them and place
them in Jail when they arrived, as
punishment for their failure TO
reach Tokyo, also was absent from
the field. He hurriedly was mott
fled and taking the prisoners into
custody. marched them 10 a down
town theater and commanded each
flier to make a speech.
Robbins said they did not plan
another attempt to make the
SIS, 900 prize offered by a japanese
newspaper. At any rate, not before
next spring when weather condi-
lions could be expected TO be more
favorable. The l,755 mile nonstop
flight was made today from Ed
monitor, Alberta, in IL hours IS
minutes.
Wife Arrives
Robbins wife an small son, Jack
and Mrs. w. A. Hudson, wife Of
Jones business partner, reached the
airport while the fliers we're super
intending storage Of their plane.
Robbins son Immediately tool
charge OF the husky pup Nome
which the filters brought back.
Rain forced them 10 land yester-
day at Edmonton and spoiled theil
plans for a nonstop refueling flight
home from Fairbanks, Alaska.
The auxiliary ~refueling ship, 9
tri-motored plane manned by J. J
Mattern and Nick Greener. was ex-
pected TO reach Fort Worth to-
night from Edmonton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
III Duce To Visit

ROME. Aug. 8. Up Premier
Mrssolini today accepted Chancel-
Tor Bruening's invitation to 90 TO
Berlin to a return visit with Ger
man officials at q date yet TO be
determined.
1t will be the premier's first
formal visit outside Italy since he
went 10 London in 1922 shortly
after he became head OF the Italian
state. He himself will fix the date
for the trip to Berlin
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Prize Winner Broke

CALCUTTA, India, Aug. 8.-yPl-
Rich in the currency OF the
learned, Sirchandrasekhara Raman.
43, holder Of the Nobel prize for
physics, Is too poor to carry the
fruits Of his research TO the Oc-
cident which honored him.
An invitation to 60 to California
and lecture about his discoveries
in light took its place today among
others from many parts OF the
world. regretfully declined because
OF lack OF funds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
632,95O MORE
CITRUS TREES
NOW GROWING
Grapefruit Shows
Greatest Gain
In Valley
BY HARRY III
Herald Staff CORRESPONDENT

HARLINGEN, Aug. 8.-There are
in the Valley 6,634.O51 citrus fruit
trees, a net gain since April ! last
year OF 632,950 trees, according TO
the annual census released by the
Morelos fruit fly quarantine head
quarters in charge OF M. III. Ford Of
the u. S. Dept. Of Agriculture.
The same date last year there
were 6,001 .101 trees.
The gain was not as large as the
preceding season when there was an
increase Of 8S2. 100 trees. Some OF
the trees listed that year died later
Que TO the cold weather and the
loss was not shown.
Loss Explained.
The loss is shown in this years
census in this way. total paintings
were s69,389 during the past year
whereas the net gain in trees was
only 632,950, a difference OF 1885,
439. This loss Of a little more than
four per cent was not altogether
due TO the cold, Mr.. Ford stating
that there also were losses from
seepage and from natural causes.
One Of the paradoxes OF the CEN
sus is the fact that the gain IN
grapefruit trees Is greater than the
net gain OF all citrus fruits. The
gain in grapefruit trees is GOT, 284
whereas the net gain Of all fruits
is but 632.950. This is due to the
fact, Mr.. Ford says. that a large
number OF sour orange trees for
meTly listed under the heading Of
other fruit were budded TO pro-
duce commercial citrus varieties.
The "other fruit" division Of the
census shows a loss throughout, the
Continued on Page Sixteen)
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Shooting Probed

CORPUS CHRISTI. Aug. 8. Up
Officers tonight were investigating
the fatal shooting OF Mrs. Allie
Heard Beasley and the wounding Of
her uncle, John Heard, at Refugio
today.
A bullet from an automatic pis-
toll struck Mrs. Beasley killing her
almost instantly. The same bullet
inflicted a wound In Heard's hand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Actress Sued

Los ANGELES. Aug. 8. OMAR
lene Dietrich, one OF Hollywood's
leading foreign born motion picture
stars, was the defendant today IN
libel and alienation Of affections suit
brought by the divorced wife OF the
noted director. Josef Won S~ternberg.
The name Of Miss Dietrich, wife
OF the German director. Rudolf Sic
Der, was brought into court records
late yesterday in a copy Of the $780,
900 libel complaint filed under seal
in New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Valley Woman Is
Named Commodore

FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. 8-tF-
The Rio Grande now has a CO :
modore and the commodore Is q
woman duly appointed by Gov.
Elem d. Sampson OF Kentucky.
Mrs. II. G. Dawson, Of Mission,
Texas. was commissioned an aide
on the governors staff today with
the rank and grade OF commodore
OF the lower Rio Grande. State
boundaries have never restricted
the governor In granting naval IT,
ties 70 newly appointed aides.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
4 Die i'm Crash

LYNCHBURG. Va, Aug. 8. Up
-Four men burned TO death tonight
when a cabin monoplane crashed IN
a thicket at the edge OF Preston
Glenn air port.
The known dead are:
G.. II Clarkson. pilot OF the Lynch
burg flying service and Lieut.. Met
tee. Baltimore, a parachute jumper,
who had been in Lynchburg the last
three months.
The other dead yer identified as
Willis Carroll and Jack Adkins, both
OF Lynchburg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
400 Men Fight Fire

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8. Up
Sweeping down San Francisquito
canyon. scene OF the disastrous 1928
St. Francis dam break, fire today
left in its wake charred cabin
homes, burned hay fields and black
ruin over a stretch Of several miles.
Approximately 400 men were bat
Ting the flames.
The blaze originated near Eliza
beth lake. Since the dam break,
which caused a loss Of more than
400 lives, many summer cabins have
been constructed in the canyon.
Several ranches also were In the
path OF the fire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Farmers Asked To
Plow Up Cotton

BIG SPRING. Aug. 8. Up At
the insistence Of business men and
farmers Of this district. editor
Wendell Bedichek. Of the Bly, Spring
Daily Herald, today suggested to
Gov. Sterling that governors OF all
cotton producing states be requested
TO issue proclamations asking
farmers to pillow up half o. their
cotton crops.
Farmers were today. hearing Of
the break in prices which followed
issuance OF the government crop
estimate declared they were anxious
to Join such a movement If they
had any assurance that 1t would be
practiced generally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Governor Ousted

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 8.-lPI-
President Ortiz Rubio last night
upheld removal by congress OF
acting Gov. Jose Ramon Valdes Of
Durango on charges Of violating
the religious law and appointed
Lorenzo Gamez, congressman from
Durango. TO succeed him.
Valdes was ousted on charges
that he had violated the law al
lowing a very suspicious meeting
OF bishops to be held in Durango
City and by permitting 200 priests
to perform their offices in the state
while the law allows only IS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Ocean Hop Rumored

BURBANK, Calf, Aug. 8.-tR-
Rumors hereabouts indicate there
may be another air race across the
Atlantic-but this time OF a dis
tinctly feminine character.
Carl Squier, general manager OF
the Lookheed Aircraft corporation,
said last night that Elinor Smith,
fomer holder OF the women's alti-
tude record. perhaps" plans TO
span the ocean by air with the
purchase Of a fast ship equipped
for distance flying.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09

TYLER, Aug. 8@Pl-W. z. Nc
Kinney announced tonight that
operators controlling a daily output
of between $4,000 and $4,000 bar
rels OF oil daily had agreed to
-hut down their wells.
Mckinney is a member Of the
steering committee for a mass
MEETING which Is to be held here
Aug. Il at which time IL IS planned
TO formally declare a ehut-down in
production.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
400 Killed When
Hospital Collapses

HANKOW, China. Aug. 9. Up
Four hundred patients and attend
ants persisted today when a wing
OF the Hankow Union Mission hospl-
tai collapsed as the result OF floods.
The hospital is maintained in n
native section OF Hankow by the
London missionary society and the
Wesleyan Methodist missionary
society, both British organisations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
100000 Bale
Surplus Looms

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. -tF-
Government ~foreststs Of a cotton
crop almost 100000 bales larger
than the average trade estimate
rounded out a set of bearish factors
probably unequalled In the Amer
lean market.
1t shapes up a situation which,
on the face OF 1t, would indicate
that by the end OF 1881 the United
States may have $4,000. 900 bales Of
cotton no n anywhere IN the
world wants.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Baylor University
Head Considered

WACO, Aug. 8.-lFJ-Discussion
OF possible candidates for appoint
ment as president OF Baylor Uni
versity, to succeed the late Dr.
Samuel Palmer Brooks. was re-
ceived today after members Of the
board OF trustees were called 10
meet August II to choose a man
for the position.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09

11Ah%AA1AA 1AAGA A9AA1EA NAAA0n bAAf
finally passed the substitutes and
through parliamentary maneuvers
made ID impossible 10 bring UP the
action for reconsideration.
The bill killed tonight would have
given the state railroad commission
authority TO regulate oil production
10 prevent physical waste and would
have set up machinery for speedy
litigation OF any resulting actions
at law. 70 eliminate the practice II
operators in continuing 10 violate
p~roration orders while their litiga-
ton IS pending.
The first bill which met defeat.
yesterday. would have set UP a new
conservation commission TO enforce
conservation regulations.
PROBATION Prohibited.
Tonight's substitute bill. by Sen.
Frank Rawlings OF Fort Worth and
others, specifically declares against
any consideration OF market demand
by the commission, and specifically
prohibits any p.oration.
The administration bill was pass
ed in the house under the signature
Of Rep. r. NJ. Wagstaff. Wagstaff
said tonight it's failure in the sen
ate meant the END OF any con-
structive legislation" Sen. Walter
Woodward. who steered the losing
bill in the senate. declared the
house "rever would swallow the
substitute. Gov. Sterling himself was
out or the city.
Broad Definition.
The Rawlings substitute. defining
waste broadly, does not carry pro-
vision, as did the WOOdward-W ag-
staff bill, requiring operators COM
planning OF railroad commission Or
ders to post bond pending the litiga-
ton to insure their neighbors against
damage incurred in too rapid or
disorderly Withdrawals Of OIL.
Woodward charged the Rawlings
bill would leave the chaotic situa-
ton in East Texas, which generally
has been accused Of d-emoralizing
the nations oil market, materially
unchanged, Lecause il was essential
IL the present law, which the COVER
ror has declared inadequate.
The prospect was for a free con-
ference committee. Of course, but
Wagstaff and others said they
thought ii would be futile. so FAR
as the administration desires were
concerned.
Request Denied.
AS the situation stood tonight
both branches Of the legislature had
disagreed with the governor about
the necessity OF a new commission
and had denied the request. The
two houses had parted company
there. however, the house enacting
essentially the conservation bill the
governor wanted; the senate refus-
ing ID.
The preliminary moves OF Raw
ling's proponents IN the senate were
Somewhat complicated but amounted
to the perfuncto-y tabling-by tnC
proponents-of a motion 10 recon
slider the vote by which the sub
stitute was passed. The motion be-
ing tabled. II cannot be brought III
again apd the bill stands passed fol
good.
There were a few scattered shout:
in the chamber as the final vote
was put.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09

Funeral services for Leopoldo
Ledesma. "a. who died at the fam
ilv residence. jefferson and 10th,
FRIDAY evening. will be conducted
at 4 p. m. Sunday.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Rosa p. Ledesma. two sisters,
Mrs. Lucinda L. Preciado and Juana
Ledesma and one brother, Leon
Ledesma.
Funeral arrangements are being
conducted by the Morris MortuaTy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09

DALLAS, Aug. 8. Rl-Thomas B.
Love, former state senator, today
petitioned members Of the Texas
legislature t. defeat a proposed
amendment that would raise the
free school age from six to seven
years. He said such a measure
would make 1t necessary for l4O,-
90 Texas school children to pay
tuition or case attending school.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Bus Station Bandit
Decides Vacation

CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-tP-For
two hours yesterday a man
wandered around a bus station,
studying travel literature.
Suddenly he walked toward
the bus line clerk, Harry Lucas,
drew a pistol from his pocket
and said:
II guess Ill take my vaca-
ton. It's a holdup."
He then forced eight travel
ers, including three women.
into adjoining rooms, took $3.50
and left TO start his vacation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Charges Assailed

SEATTLE. Aug. 8-P-Reports
from washington. D.. C., Of a cen
sorshipr allegedly imposed by Pres
ident Hoover on official news
sources were characterized here to-
day by Sec'y. OF War Patrick j.
Hurley as "the work OF pair char
acter a~sSaSSins."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
PHYSICIAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. ~
The promotion of DR.. Joel T.. Boone
President Hoover'S personal physi-
clan, from the rank OF lieutenant
commander 10 commander, has re-
ceived executive approval.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Staying Probed

CONROE. Aug. 8. P-District
court officials today considered con-
vening a special term Of court TO
investigate the fatal shooting Of r.
j. Beyett, constable. and the wound
ing Of B. II. Dulaney, justice Of the
peace.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
Youth Charged

MCKINNEY, Aug. 8. pPl-Three
charges were filed by County Attor-
ney G. Dowdy against Martin
Vance, .. Of Sherman, IN con-
nection with the death OF Douglas
McCarley. 3, Of Blueridge. who was
fatally injured by a car Wednesday
night in front Of his home
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Fleet Arrives

GALVESTON, Aug. 8. GPl-Aver-
aging more than 2.lO0 miles III 90
days. the fleet Of ten coast guard
picket boats which left Buffalo July
] arrived at their destination III
Galveston Saturday morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
BODY RECOVERED

LAREDO. Aug. 8. Pl-The BODY
Il Michael Willis was recovered
from the Rio Grande last night Mt
a point five feet from where he
drowned while fishing Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09
in OUR
VALLEY


Farmers have said so.
It's been unanimous.
And yet-the sneaking suspicion
fingered in the minds Of many
a V~alleyite that there would DC
good money in summer truck.
Not for export from the Valley.
Just for local consumption.
We have toyed with the idea
ourselves.
And Saturday afternoon we hao
our convictions strengthened.
Not by a farmer.
Not by a seed dealer.
Not by a produce man.
But-by n Of these "agricul-
turalists'.
An "agriculturalist" being one
who makes his money in the city
and spends 1t in the country.
This business man-farmer tolo
us this story.
Made little money in the spring
on the farm for which he puts up
the operating money.
He does not do the work.
oh. My mol
All he does Is furnish the money
and have ideas.
So he had this idea about sum-
mer truck.
The man who does the work
planted the seed along about the
first Of June.
The seed grew into radishes and
mustard. peas and okra, corn and
turnips.
Some OF which have been har-
vested, some Of which are getting
no the harvesting point.
Returns? One half acre Of turnipS
crossed $3.50.
lRadishes are bringing soc per
deGen punches.
why they should bring anything
we don't know.
Mustard is bringing 4oc per dozen
punches.
Ditto above about radishes.)
The peas and okra are flourish
ing as the tabled green bay tree.
Roasting Ears will soon be ready.
The little farm is bringing in cash
returns at the rate OF from So TO
SIS per day.
Practically all OF the crop is
being sold right here in Browns
Vile to local stores.
Very little is being shipped out
of the Valley.
Not that the produce men would
not take 1t all.
They would.
But-the local demand is too
great.
Now this may have been an I'M
common year.
Maybe the average year would
not have furnished conditions
which would have resulted so salts
factorily.
We're frank to say we don't
know.
One man took a chance and is
making some money.
He may have exploded the theory
that vegetables will not grow in
the Valley in the summer time.
He may have been just pain
lucky.
whichever he was, there's the
staSy.
I've know It IS true as far as this
year is concerned.
CITRUS CENSUS Of the Valley
as of April /, 1881, appears in this
issue Of The Brownsville Herald.
Just a casual glance at the
totals is enough.
That glance reveals total plant
tngs Of 6,634,051 trees.
Thank goodness all Of them will
not bear a crop during the com
ing season.
They will all be bearing SOM
time.
Enough are bearing this year to
make the marketing OF their crop
a serious problem.
And that problem will be with us
to the end.
Bigger all the time.
II is time to stop worrying and
to DO something about this citrus
marketing problem.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-09

Legislators Split
On Oil Conservation

AUSTIN, Aug. 8|PD-The destruction Of Gov. Ross s.
Sterling's oil conservation legislation program, accom-
plished early tonight by the Texas senate, was made ir-
revocable at $50 p. m.
The senate, having voted to substitute the last surviving
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THE

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair Saturday night, Sunday part
ly cloudy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

THE address on the envelope had
Il been typed. One swift glance
told Norma the letter had been
posted in Marlboro. She tore back
the nap and drew out folded
sheet.
m"Why-there's no signature
Look, Christ"
There were two paragraphs on the
typewriter page. The unsigned let
ter read:
Dear Miss Travers This is to
warn you that If you tell any more
to the newspapers you will be out
Of the picture. You are being
watched night and day.
''If you go to the Wellington in
vestigation you'll never live to get
out Of the courtroom. Watch your
step and keep your trap shut and
nobody will hurt you. If you dis
regard this warning you'll regret
it,"
The rest of the page was blank.
Norma raised startled eyes as she
read the last words. "Who-who
in the WORLD" she began.
Chris put hand on the other
girls arm. Lets go upstairs!" she
exclaimed. up to the apartment"
They went up the two flights of
stairs. Chris put her key in, the
lock and turned the knob. 1t was
not yet o'clock, but the apart
ment was dusky
Chris pressed the electric light
switch at the side of the door be-
fore entering. She gave a quick,
searching glance about the room.
There's nobody here" she said
. almost as though she had suspected
there would be.
Norma closed the door and put
the packages she had been carrying
on the table. She held up the let
ter again.
But isn't this strange, Chris?"
she asked in a puzzled voice. who
on earth could have written such
a thing?"
did you lock the door," the other
girl said sharply.
why, of course not! You don't
mean-you don't think there's any
thing to be frightened about?"
Quickly Chris crossed the room,
turned the night lock on the door.
She turned and faced Norma de-
fensively.
II don't know what to think, she
said, land anyhow thinking isn't
safel Don't you realize that three
fourths of the corruption of MARI
boro is linked in this thing?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

Tarzan of the Apes, dangling helplessly and
facing death in the shape of the advancing
saber- tiger. heard the jungle silence
disturbed by the sudden sound. The great cat
heard it also, for 1t stopped in its tracks and
gazed up into the foliage. And then Tarzan
heard rustling in the branches directly over
head. Looking up he saw what appeared to
be gorilla glaring down upon him. Two
more savage faces showed through The foliage
and then in other trees he thought he saw
similar shaggy forms and fierce faces
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

CHAPTER FORTY-FIvE Con
tinued)
Chris put her arm around the
other girl We're all going to
stand by you, honey But Bob s
right. You couldn't refuse to go on
now"
NORMA turned away. When she
' she faced about a moment
later she said unsteadily, "I'll-Ill
try to do It'll"
Public indignation. manifested by
protests from civic groups and
women's clubs, denunciations from
pulpits and platforms. swelled into
rising tide during the next seven
days.
The onrush broke about the heads
OF certain city officials. 1t crashed
against the Marlboro police depart
ment.
The agitation was responsible for
unprecedented promptness in
launching the official investigation
LaIe tlynn was not alone among
city politicians to see the possibili-
ties OF such a scandal.
Apparently F1ynn's opposition -
assured that the affair could not be
hushed wanted it cleared away
and forgotten as soon as possible
before the fall election.
Norma went back to her desk in
Stuart's office on Monday. She
evolved the formula OF answering
all questioners with II have moth
ing TO say" 1t was a hard and try
ing week. but she managed to live
through it.
When this is over" Norma told
herself repeatedly, they'll have to
let me have Mark" That was the
litany of all her prayers. They'll
have to let me have Mark"
Thursday evening she and Chris
arrived at the apartment at che
same time. Chris was ahead and
opened tie door. She picked up an
envelope from the table in the hall
"A letter." Chris said. Its fer
you, Norma"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10

The figures Tarzan saw were like gorillas and
yet unlike any such creature he had known
upon the other earth He caught glimpses
of great clubs welded by hairy hands. He
the huge saber-tooth tiger had hesitated
in its advances and was snarling and growing
angrily as it watched the savage beings glazing
down at its intended prey. But only for mo-
ment did the cat pause. Still snarling as
though in angry defiance it moved forward
again. Then several things occurred at the
same time.