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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-03-19
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
LEANING FROM
BUS, STRIKES
Head ON POST
Inspection Of Rice
Mill Has Fatal
Aftermath

HOUSTON June q. -Pl-One
girl was killed and two were injur-
cd today I'm "a bus accident nc the en-
trance of n rice mill I'm the indus
trial section. The children were
members Of the Boy and Girl
Builders clubs who were being IN
tertained with the bus trip BY the
OptimiSts club.
LYDIA Bell Moulds. II. was killed.
Companions said she thrust her
head out w the bus window and
struck II against a gate post.
Velma Morris. ~. and Mary R.
Gilley. rs, were bruised, but were
reported not seriously injured. The
Gilley child fell from the bus. How
the third victim was hurt was not
Immediately learned The police
began all investigation.
Three buses. loaded with children.
visited the rice plant. The mishap
occurred III the first vehicle 10
enter.
The buses were chartered by the
club a. n part OF the entertainment
being given the builder clubs this
week.
L. Jack Clark. director Of activ-
tiles OF the boy builders. was sitting
beside r. Hendrix. bus driver, al the
tale Of the tragedy.
IL heard a commotion from in
side the bus fust as we were enter
III, the rice mill gate said Clark.
II looked back and saw a little
girl falling cut az n window. She
appeared 90 w. trying 70 hold on
10 the girl sitting beside her"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
NANCY CARROLL
SEEKS DIVORCE
Action Is Filed In Mexico
Against Jack
. Kirkland

NEW YORK. June 3--P,-Jack
Kirkland. playwright. today con-
firmed reports that his wife. Massey
Carroll, screen actress. had filed
suit in Mexico for divorce. Today
was the seventh anniversary OF
their wedding.
The action. kirkland said he
understood. was filed in Nogales.
Nancy and I have parted the
best OF friends" he said. Neither
OF US wanted this TO happen, but
ID was unavoidable. We hold each
other in admiration and respect.
Nancy Is genuine. unspoiled and
entirely worthy Of the place sh@
has won for herself.
Somewhere along the line ro-
nance lust went out the window.
we both came to the realization
that to continue being happy we
must respect each others indie
pendence.'
The divorce grounds we're re-
ported here as "incompatibility."
Nancy Carroll. rcd headed cinema
star. came TO the screen along the
hard road that starts up from
around Tenth avenue and led
through the drudgery Of the chorus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
CANNON FILES
SUIT AGAINST
REP. TINKHAM
Half Million Asked
BY Bishop For
Alleged Libel

WASHINGTON. June 3. tP-
Bishop James Cannon. Jr. filed
suit in the District Of Columbia
supreme court today against Re-
preventative Tinkham. republican.
Massachusetts,, for $500, 900 for al
legged libel.
Cannon based his charges on the
charges Tinkham made IN conncc-
ton with his 1923 Anti-Smith cam
paign activities.
The Southern Methodist bishop
alleged Tinkham had written and
caused 10 be publisher, June Is.
1880. an article charging him with
violating the federal corrupt prac-
tees act.
The article, the bishops suit
said. accused him Of falling TO ac-
count for s48,30O of a fund Of s55.-
SEQ received from r. G. Jameson.
a New York capitalist. for use in
opposing the candidacy of former
governor Smith for the presidency
Bishop Cannon's brief said he had
always complied with all laws iii
all activities in which he was con-
cerned, including the 1923 election.
and had only refused 10 subject
himself to unjust and unscruPul-
GUS attacks.
His brief said he had been great
~ injured in his good name ans
fame as a citizen. churchmal anc
moral leader by the statements AL
legged 10 have been made BY Tlnk-
ham IN the newspaper article. Fe
asked S25O.0O0 compensatory and the
same amount as punitive damages
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
CHIROS TO GO
ON TRIAL SOON
Six New Cases on Call In
Local Court For
June Is

Cases against six Harrington and
San Benito people. charged with
illegally practicing medicine with
out a state license. will be called IN
tic Cameron county court at Law
juno Is.
Defendants in these cases are
Mrs. A, g. Anderson, A. G. Ande.-
son. Edw. Milligan. A. E. r. Burton
and Domingo Gonzales. all of Har-
lingen: and J. NJ. Perry of San
Rpnit0
Charges we're filed as the result
Of operations in this section BY a
special state officer. Chiropractnrs
especially felt the brunt of these
Investigations.
Only one surh case has been
tried before a jury in this county
50 far. w. S Hamel Of Brownsville
VAS convicted and sentenced % 81
DAYS in jail and fined $3.50 on char
geS of practicing medicine without
a license. Motion for a new trial
was denied and he has given notice
Of appeal 10 the court Of criminal
appeals al Austin.
This case was followed closely.
the courtroom being crowded with
chiropractorS and their ATTORNEYS.
Defense counsel for Hamel con-
tended he was not. nor did he
purpose 10 be, practicing medicine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
BROTHER OF
BROWNSVILLE
MAN KILLED
Judge L. S. Kinder Is
Accident Victim
In New Mexico

PLAINVIEW. June 3. -LPl-
Former District Judge L. s Kinder
OF Plainview was killed instantly
last night near Melrose. N. M, when
the automobile in which he was
riding with Fred Lowe. Plainyiew,
struck the trailer of a truck park
ed on the highway. Lowe vas not
seriously lurt.
Lowe said the truck and trailer
were without lights and his
machine struck the trailer in at
tempting to pass another car. Kin
der's neck was broken. Two men
were reported TO have been sleeping
in the truck when the crash occur
red. An inquest was to be held this
afternoon.
Kinder came TO PlainvicE in 1889
and VAS active in development OF
this section. He served as the first
district attorney and as first dis
trict Judge in several West Texas
counties.
Survivors are his widow and a
brother. T. A. Kinder, Brownsville.
Judge I. A. Kinder has left for
Plainview BY automobile to attend
his brothers funeral. He was &C
companied by Frank Pierce.
The dead man was known in To-
cal circles. He came to the Valley
with his family several years ago
and spent his vacation here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Testimony Heard In
Fatal Shooting Case

AMARILLO, June 3-lP-Test-
imony Of two eye-witnesses to the
fatal shooting Of Mont CPetel Moore
New Mexico cowboy. vas heard to-
day, at the trial or Will Moore,
negro hotel porter, charged with
the Staying.
The witnesses we're companions
OF the victim when he was shot
March 4. Allen Mitchell of Can
yon and Thurman Dobbins Of
Amarillo testified to virtually the
same fact, that they had gone to
the hotel TO seek a companion and
that the porter brandished a knife
without any apparent cause. that
he then reached for a gun and
shot Moore 10 death when Moore
asked that they BE- permitted 10
awaken their friend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Chief TO
Be DELAYED
Major General Fechet and
Ira Eaker to Arrive
Thursday

Major General j. z. Fechet. head
Of the Army Air Corps, and Capt.
Ira G. Eaker, internationally IA
nous pilot. will not arrive IN
Brownsville Wednesday afternoon as
scheduled. but will arrive at z
o'clock Thursday morning.
The filters will stop here only FOR
refueling their plane taking off as
SOOn as possible after land-.g
This was revealed in a telegram
from Gen. Fechet from Montgom-
cry, Ala, 10 r. ID. Sundell, Of the
Pan-AmeriCan Municipal airport
here.
The two are flying in a Lockheed
Orion plane. and explained that an
unexpected delay In Montgomery
caused the change in schedule.
A delegation Of city officials and
others will be on hand tomorrow
morning % welcome the afr chief
and famed pilot. Entertainment
plans are also being arranged.
Major General Fechet was born
at Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Wire Flashes

HOUSTON. June 3-fF)- The
Humble OIL and Refining company
today announced IL would dis
continue posting prices for crude
oil in the east Texas fields. AT the
same time. Humble met price re-
auctions In Texas put into effect
yesterday BY the Texas Company
to meet id-Continent reductions
begun by the Stanolid Crude Oil
purchasing company and followed
by other purchasers.
CARNOUSTTE. Scotland. June 3
-tPl--Johnnv Farrell. United States
open champion in 1928. today led
his eight fellow Americans into the
second round OF the British open
golf championship. but was forced
TO share the lead with two British
professionals, Henry Cotton and w.
II. Irvine.
Farrell, Cotton and TTine got
par T2s 10 lead the field OF 100
picked professionals and -nateurs
from all over the world. gathered
here to seek the crown Bobby Jones
won last year in his triumphal
march.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Arguments Ended
In Assault Charge

CORSICANA. Tex. June 3. tP-
Arguments OF attorneys were COLI
Guided shortly before noon today
In the trial OF Currie Caldwell on
charges Of assault upon q person
while masked or In disguise. in
connection with the KIDNAPPING OF
Robert Cert. son Of a CorsIc1na
banker.
The case was expected TO reach
he Jury this afternoon.
Young Cert. son Of Isaac y Cert,
president Of a Corsicana bank. was
abducted from a Corsicana street
the night Of December 10 and was
taken TO Dallas. where he was held
captive IN an apartment house until
n representative of his father paid
$4,000 for his release.
Caldwell Is the first Of five men
indicted in connection with tho
affair 10 be tried.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03

Fort Brown al Brownsville and
Fort Bliss at I'll PaSo.
Secretary OF War Patrick y.
Hurley WILL come 10 Brownsville,
probably tomorrow, according W
communications today 10 r. ID.
Creager OF this city.
This announcement was greeted
here with considerable satisfaction
BY local interests. as 10 Will give
Brownsville a chance to present It's
arguments against the abandon
ment Of Fort Brown III person I'd
Secretary Hurley.
Mr.. Creager a short time ago,
when announcement was made
that Secretary Hurley planned a
trip TO Texas, coming as far south
as san Antonio. wired the seCre-
tary. inviting him to come to
Brownsville as his guest
He received a telegram last night
from Secretary Hurley stating that
he will come to Brownsville. but
did not know just when. Later Sec
rotary Hurley telephoned Mr.. Creag-
err from Fort Worth, and said he
would be in san Antonio today, Wis
iting Fort sam Houston, and would
telegraph from there.
Mr. Creager said he expects Sec
rotary Hurley to arrive tomorrow.
The secretary said that ne will
spend the night here as Mr..
Creager's guest.
No formal entertainment has
been planned yet, and will not be
until Mr.. Hurley arrives.
The Brownsville Chamber or
Commerce also wired Secretary
Hurley an invitation to come TO
Brownsville on his trip.
Local interests will confer this
afternoon ON plans for placing the
Valleys case before Secretary
Hurley on the Fort Brown stu
alton.
we believe that once the sec
rotary or war sees the situation
here. looking over the Valley and
its development. that he will Be
more inclined to agree In the con-
tentions Of this section that Fort
Brown should not be abandoned"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Stocks Rise AS
Shorts Take Fright

NEW YORK, June 3.-tPl-StockS
surged upward under an outburst
OF frightened short covering In the
afternoon trading today and the
market closed strong with net gains
or 3 to 6 points common in leading
shares. The rally started coincident
with the announcement that leading
banks had reduced margin require
ments on collateral loans to brok-
ers. and this demonstration Of con-
fidence in the markets position
put the bears 10 flight.
u. s. Steel, American Telephone,
Westinghouse. American Tobacco
B" and Atchison rose ) to 8. Amer
lean Can, National Biscuit, North
American and Borden A. and Cen
eral Motors. General Electric and
New York Central 3. Auburn shot up
20 points. Sales exceeded 100000
shares.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
DALLAS FORD
PLANT ROCKED
BY z BLASTS
Nine Injured Result
Of Assembly Plant
Explosions

DALLAS, June 3-tPl-One mar
vas dead. another seriously IL
jured. and eight more either suf-
fering from injuries or gas today
as the result Of two sewer gas ex-
plosions in the Ford Motor Com
pany's assembly plant here yester-
day.
w. L. Cory. engineer. died today
OF injuries received In the first
blast yesterday. He was a brother
in-law OF Mrs. Paul Woodall whose
husband, Paul Woodall met a tragic
death In an airplane wreck at
Sherman, Tex. three weeks ago.
William Schumacher was SER
iously injured in the second blast
when. in company Nth eight 9TH
er workers. he was seeking the
cause of the first explosion.
The gas which caused the ex-
plosion was believed to have &C
cumulated in a shallow waste vel
which drains water and soft refuse
from the plant to the sewers.
"A small fire caused slight dam
age, and damage to the plant
machinery also was reported COM
paratively light.
Jack Thompson, city fire mar
shall. and Ford plant officials an
nounced later today that waste
gasoline in the well Of the pump
system. ignited from a spark, caused
the explosion.
The fire marshal recommended
installation OF a suction fan II
dispose Of fumes of the well anc
to cut off and arrange for other
disposition OF inflammable mate.
rails from all departments now 60
ing into the pump system. to pre-
vent further explosions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Dissolution OF
Clubs Ridiculed

ROME, June 3.-tPl-In a speech
TO the College Of Chaplains of I'm
migrants reported today III the
newspaper Observatore Romano.
Pope Plus last night hcaped ridi-
cule on official statements by the
Italian government IN connection
with the dissolution Of all the
Catholic youth clubs In Italy.
That dissolution. he said. violat-
cd the right Of the church to form
and guide young people and wolat-
cd the natural law. made for the
good Of SOULS under which men
form themselves into associations.
He ridiculed and denounced the
governments official communique
asserting that Catholic societies
not directly connected with the
nationalist fascist party had been
dissolved without the slightest in
cident.r
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
American Mayors To
Visit In Rheims

STRASBOURG. France. June 3.
R,-After a tour Of this quaint old
city the party of visiting American
mayors today departed for Rheims.
where they r due tonig-t.
During their stay here the ex-
ecutives did not meet Strasbourg's
communist mayor and aldermen
and there were no representatives
Of the municipality at the station
10 bid them adieu. They were
given a sendoff. however. by tour
ist representatives and function
aries OF the central government
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Davis Cup Player
To Be In Fl. Worth

FORT WORTH, June 3.-lPD-
Wilmer Allison. former Davis Cup
player, will arrive here Saturday
tor the annual tournament of the
Texas District Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation slated for the Meadowmere
ana +. c. U. courts June s to Il.
Ted Hackney. who is in charge OF
the tourney. was advised today.
Allison Will come here from Aus
tin where he has been visiting re-
lativeS and will get In two days Of
practice.
With entries o the tournament
pouring in. Hackney estimated to-
day more than 100 Of the best court
stars Of the section would compete
for the eight titles this year. The
tournament is divided in four divi-
sions-men. juniors. boys and wo-
men-and singles and doubles will
be played In each division.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Urges Formation Of
Huge Corporation

DALLAS, Tex. June 3. tPf-For-
nation Of a huge corporation to
take over operation Of the new East
Texas oil field was urged today
by Robert r. Penn OF Dallas in ad-
dressing the production division OF
the American Petroleum institute,
in session here. Penn is vice-pres:-
oent Of the A. p. T., in charge Of the
production division. and member II
the Texas State Central p~roration
committee.
His proposal was made after a
group Of leading oil men toured the
new field yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Warning Issued In
Clothesline Thefts

A number of clothesline thefts
have been reported TO Brownsville
police, and people are urged not 70
leave their washing on lines after
nightfall.
1t is practically impossible TO
prevent such thefts If clothes are
left on lines at night. officers state.
In a recent check, officers found
s. lines Of clothes out one night.
Several clothesline thieves we're
arrested sometime ago and given a
month in jail. After being released
they were deported.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Gambling Houses
Not To Be Reopened

MEXICO CITY. June 2-lP-The
government newspaper iii Nacional
said today the department of the
interior had no Official report Of
the reopening of gambling houses
III towns along the northern border.
but that II the unofficial reports
are found to be true. the depart
ment will proceed 70 close the es-
tabllshmrnta.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
Trainmen Refuse To
Join Federation

HOUSTON. Tex. June 3. p
Tic brotherhood Of railroad tram
men today had formally refused q
unite with the American Fedora
ton of Labor. as invited by VIII
liam Green. president Of the fcder-
alton. a short time ago.
The action was taken late yes
terday by adoption OF a report from
the committee Of joint relations
The report. while expressing ap-
probation OF the federation's CO.
operation in various matters and
promising the aid OF the brother
hood in projects For the advance
ment of labor. advised against
union on the ground that IL would
limit the brotherhood's powers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03
River Rises a Foot
Here Tuesday Night

The Rio Grande river rose more
than a foot here during the past
"a hours, 10 was reported today by
weather chief W.. j. Schnurbusch-
Spring flood Is long overdue this
year, II was explained. The rise last
night brought the river up TO lc8
feet. flood stage being Is feet IN
Brownsville.
tershed, there will be no material
change In the river during the
next "a 10 90 hours.
Weather prediction FOR Browns
Vile and the Valley is. partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday. with
moderate temperatures"