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, 1935-05-19
ATTACKER OF
2 WHITES IS
Held IN JAIL
Negro Badly Beaten
BY Mob Before Lone
Man Rescues Him,
Rushes to Safety

DALLAS, May IS. R)-A negro
fs- hand was rescued from an
angry mob Of 10 white men ON the
public square at Richardson Satur-
day and rushed to the Dallas coun-
ty Jail for safe-keeping.
The negro. Allen Samuel. 81. was
reported by Justice Of the Peace
v. s. Blewett TO have engaged IN q
fist fight with q white man named
Jack Holland earlier In the morn
ing. The two we're separated. and
Samuel left, only to return in ten
minutes with a knife in each hand.
He attacked another white man,
w. T. Jones. cutting him about the
face and arms.
A crowd Of white men gathered
quickly, disarmed the negro and
started beating him, Blewett said.
The negro vas badly cut and bat
tered when the justice Of the peace
succeeded in rescuing him.
Blewett took the negro TO his Of
flee. and Deputy Sheriffs Bob Al
corn and Fred Bradberry were
summoned from Dallas TO get the
negro. Richardson is in Dallas
county.
Samuel was charged with assault
t. murder both Jones and Holland.
The deputies said they could find
TO one at Richardson who could ex-
plain why the negro went on a ram
page
, 1935-05-19
Improvement Is Noted
I'm Malaria Situation

Improvement In the malaria sit
uation in Cameron County was re-
ported Saturday by DR.. w. 4. Spivey,
in charge Of the county's health
unit.
Screening is being placed In win
dows d doors In sections where
malaria mosquitoes are particularly
abundant and sanitary toilets are
being built fer schools and indigents
with PWA labor.
DR.. Spivey has addressed prscti-
cally every school in the county on
malaria control and has also ap-
peared before many Of the counties
Parent Teachers associations in the
interest CT his work. Thousands Of
circulars tell what TO do 10 correct
malaria hazards have been distribut-
ed by DR.. Spivey.
He stated Saturday an announce
ment would be made about Friday
OF a new malaria project which
will soon be started in the county.
, 1935-05-19
San Perlita Graduation
Exercises To Be Held
INV Staff Correspondrnt)

NbN otAIt COIIt&D1nQNuAl
SAN PERLITA. May Is. BAG
ealeaureate services for the grad
uqNing class of the San Perlita
sehool will be held Sunday morning
ut IL o'clock at the First Methodist
church here with Rev. B. P. Jaco
delivering the sermon.
Commencement exercises will be
held Thursday night. May %, In the
school auditorium at 8:i5 o'clock.
President Of the School Board r. P.
Ward, will deliver the address with
Marie Pruett delivering the saluta-
tory address.
Complete program for the Bacca-
laureate service Is as follows:
Professional invocation; Scrip
ture reading, ". M. Tumlinson;
male quartet, walk in the Light"
announcements; glee club. Praise
Yt jehovah" sermon. Rev. B. p.
Jaco; benediction; occasional.
Program for the Commencement
exercises is as follows:
Invocation, Rev. j. w. Alibritten;
salutatory address, Miss 'Pruett:
scripture reading. Rev. Allbritten;
song. May Morning" senior class:
valedictory. Virginia C~andelaria;
address, Mr.. Ward; awarding OF d.
piomas, Mr.. Tumlinson; benedic-
ton, Rev. Allbritten.
, 1935-05-19
Australia Sends Expert
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Here to Find Pest That
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Will Eat CockLeburs Up

Fifteen thousand miles for an in
sectl
Sixty million acres Of prickly pears!
Some people will travel many miles
to escape from a pest but L. +.
Hitchcock. an entomologist for the
Australian government. is travelling
thousands Of miles to find a pest
to eradicate Australian cockleburs
that are over-running millions OF
acres Of fertile Australian land.
Hitchcock, a member Of the Com
monwealth Prickly Pear Board OF
Australia, arrived in Manhattan,
Kansas, two months ago and has
been browsing southwark. TO the
Valley. investigating fields of
cockleburs and searching for an in
sect that Is a natural enemy to the
clinging bur.
Imagine picking cockleburs from
the wool OF a sheep.
Cockleburs in Australia reduce
the value of sheep considerably and
the sheep raisers OF that country
have asked the governmnt to find
insects to eradicate all the cockle-
burs in the country.
The same service was rendered
in the l920's when the Prickly Pear
Board imported insects from Texas.
the Argentine and Mexico to eradi-
cate prickly pears which, in some
localities. grew 40 feet tall and with
the density Of wheat.
In 1912 a royal commission was
named by the Aust allan govern
ment to travel over the world and
, 1935-05-19
Laredo Mexico City
Road Opens June Is

In a bulletin issued by the Laredo
Chamber OF Commerce and just re-
ceived at the local chamber date
for opening Of the Pan-American
highway from Laredo TO Mexico
CITY Is definitely set as June Is.
This is the first time the Laredo
organization has set a definite date
for the opening Of this highway as
an all weather road. John II. Yea
man. manager, states in the COM
rn~unication.
The log shows the ala miles from
10 Wales asphalt paving with a H.
mile gap OF first class gravel. From
Wales to Tamazunchale Is a 66-mile
stretch Of first class gravel; from
Tamazunchale to La Palma. AZ
miles. Is provisional gravel. but full
width; from La Palma to Tasquil-
10. first class gravel for 10 miles;
and from Tasquillo to Mexico City,
ITO miles Of asphalt paving.
Those who wish TO drive to Next
co City between June is and Sep
TENDER / should be prepared to
camp out one night each way. the
.rep18rt states.
, 1935-05-19
Graduation Exercises
Observed BY School
nav Staff -Correenondentl


RAYMONDVILLE, May 10
Graduation exercises for Raymond
Vie grammar school studends were
held at the school at 8 a. m. We'd
neSday with Rev. B. P. Jaco de-
livering the address.
Certificates for attendance, writ
ing, spelling and scholarship we're
awarded with Frank Dodd and Mar
garet Ellie Corbett winning cash
prizes for outstanding records in
spelling. The prize was donated by
Mrs. W. v. Pittman.
The following students composed
the grammar school graduating
class:
Dorothy Readman, Altha Fuller,
Lorell Caygo, Billie Grayson, Hugh
May, Albert FonSeca, Ola Fay
White, Alma Stafford, Minnie Dee
Gregory. Alelia Gomez. Malvina Ca
sasos, Jimmie Lowe, Zoma Harlin,
Carmen Arndo, Rudolfo. Bertha
Hansen, Edward Koerlin. Ruth
Rivers, z. M. Arnold. May Belle
Stallings, Kenneth Wilson, Charles
Kennedy, Lorene Stages. 10 Juana
johnson. Mary MUTT. Lyman Hail
CIV. George Klein. George H%enninger,
Thomas Burnett. Marcelle Owen.
Mary Jeanne Burton, Junior Page,
Margaret Ellen Corbett, Juanita
Starns, Anna Lou Roberts. Cathe-
rine Cole. Inez Galloway, Melba
Cotney. Media Galloway. Pauline
Phillips. Jean Richey. Eva Mae
Brownfield, Frank Wilson. Glad
gtone Allison. Dick Archibald. Fred
erick Rodriguez. and Frank Dodd.
, 1935-05-19
Farm Rentals Aired
By Willacy Farmers
In staff Correspondentl


RAYMONDVTLLE. May 49,
Representatives of owners of ap-
proximately 10000 acres OF Willacy
land met here the past week to dis
cuss a proposed increase in farm
rentals.
Under the revisions OF a contract
now being drawn for the property
owners approval, cotton percentages
would not change. remaining the
same with the landlord and tenant
sharing In the ginning.
The provisions now under discus
sion nov call for a landlords share
OF one-fifth Of onion crops II the
farmer harvests the field and a
fourth If the farmer sells in the
field; one-fourth Of the vegetable
crop would 60 to the landlord II
the crop is harvested in the field
and one third II the crop Is sold
in the field.
, 1935-05-19

planned here Friday by w. J. Sch
nurhusch. m~eteoroloeist In charge
Of the Brownsville weather bureau
station.
With this service In 1888 / be-
lieve we could have traced the Sep
TENDER hurricane (Which hit the
Valley all the way across the Gulf. .
Schnurbusch said.
There Is no possibility OF N hurri-
cane suddenly appearing off the
coast without warning. although q
hurricane may at any time change
its course and strike some point
where Ii is not expected TO strike.
Many Valley people however, are
frequently alarmed about purely
local squalls, and the weather man
pointed out that there Is no reason
for concern until q hurricane Is in
the Gulf. and when one LIS In the
Gulf the people will have from "a
TO 48 hours warning.
There was ample warning on the
September. 1888 hurricane. except
that the slow method OF communi-
cation and forecaSting at that time
resulted in the forecast out OF
Washington that 1t would go inland
above Corpus Christi. Under the
present system II would have been
apparent many hours in advance
that the hurricane would strike near
enough to the Valley to cause SER
ious damage. and much earlier warn
ing would have been given.
The key TO the new system. Sch
nurbuSch pointed out. is faster and
more frequent reports Of conditions.
The weather bureaus will all main
tain "a hour service when a hurri-
cane enters the Gulf.
In the past reports were received
from ships In the Gulf only twice q
day. Under the new system they will
be received four times q day. SCH
nurbusch said.
All airway service In the nation
is now on a six-hour basis. with
weather maps made four times daily
instead Of twice as In the past. and
IL Is likely that the general weather
f~orecasting will be worked cut on 9
similar basis in the near future.
When a storm enters the Gulf In
the future. all the weather bu-
reau stations will send sommunica-
tions frequently by the most rapid
methods Of transportation. and
forecasts will be issued for this Sec
ton out OF New Orleans. instead oi
New York as in the past.
All methods available locally for
sending out warnings. includinr
radio. newspapers and others. viii
be used. SchnurbuSch said.
There Is no chance for n hur1-
Gene 70 come into the Gulf without
immediate detection" he said. "anc
with our new system OF protection
the weather service win assure peo-
pie OF the coastal section ample
warning OF any disturbance ap-
preaching any section of the coast
, 1935-05-19
Waterplant Job
In Full Swing;
Get New Pumps

Major phases OF rebuilding
Brownsville's waterworkS into one
Of the finest in the state Is now in
fun swing on the Rio Grande. just
below the plant.
The concrete pit, or foundation,
for the three pumps which viii be
installed to pump water from the
river to the new reservoir. has been
completed by Dodds and Wedegart-
ner, Inc, Of San Benito. Work is
being pushed by the Valley Gunnite
Company on grading and excavation
for the concrete lined canal which
will run from the river to the new
reservoir.
Pumps capable Of boosting 10000
gallons Of water per minute through
the new canal and into the new re-
servoir viii be installed by the Day.
ton-Dowd company Of Houston.
These pumps will be II, is and 20
inches.
Other improvements at the plant
include replacing OF the old root
with a new fire-proof roof Of con-
crete slab, building Of smoke
stacks and ~enlarging OF the plants
floor space.
Of the $780, 900 fund which will
be- spent on the project, 80 per cent
VS. received as a grant from the
PWA, the balance being a loan.
Part of the fund will be used for
rebuilding the city's electrical dis
n fbution lines and in the building
OF a drainage system from the reSaca
70 the river. just east Of Fort
Brown on which construction has
already been started.
Rebuilding Of the distribution
system will be done on force &C.
count. Contracts having been let for
equipment and the city will do the
work.
, 1935-05-19
LEONARD PUTS
BILLS THROUGH
Representative Doomed For
Speakership Finishes
Busy Session

AUSTIN. May IS. - During the
session Of the state legislature which
has Just concluded, Homer Leonard
from McAllen was one of the busi-
est men in the house. having been
chairman Of the committee on ap-
preparations as we'll as pushing sew
en- bills through 20 final passage.
He was aided in the passing Of the
bills by Augustine Celaya and 4. ID.
Dunlap In the house and Jim Neal
In the senate.
Leonard. serving his third term In
the legislature, is being mentioned
as possible successor TO Coke Stew
enson as speaker Of the house In
the forty-fifth session.
Among the bills he has been in
strumental in obtaining passage
was the grapefruit shipping bill
which raised the maturity require
ments; II. 3. 40, which corrected
absentee voting laws, was aided N
the senate by Senator Neal, who
substituted a new bill which per-
mitted voting by those who are III
or so physically incapacitated as
TO prevent their attendance at poll
ing places. Senator Neal introduc-
ed the newly written bill after Leon
ards had been amended TO make 1t
the same as IL vas prior TO 1891.
A bill for firSt-time voters was
also introduced by Leonard but will
not be effective for the August "a
election on proposed constitution
al amendments.
A bill enabling political subdi-
visions with taxing power to proceed
under the Sumner Wilcox bill was
also introduced by him and passed,
A companion bill authorizing sale
Of bonds or certificates OF indebted
ness to the RFC, also was passed.
Another bill required weighing Of
citrus fruits on a public scale when
purchased by weight. A fee Of 10
cents for each completed certificate
Is permitted.
II. B. No. 800. permitting pledging
by banks Of Home Owners Loan
Corporation bonds as security for
deposits Of public funds also was in
troduced by Leonard
, 1935-05-19
Hurricane Fear Departs
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With New Warning System
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Effective on Gulf Coast

The Lower Rio Grande Valley
should cease being hurricane consc-
ious this summer, with a vastly i'm
proved system Of hurricane warning
row being put into effect which viii,
in the opinion Of weather men, make
IL absolutely impossible for q major
disturbance TO strike any section OF
the coast without rom "A to 4S hours
warning.
Details OF the new service were ex-
, 1935-05-19
AIRPORT'S new
OFFICES OPEN

Pan American Always new S10.-
900 office building was opened for
use Saturday. and all employees OF
the company and OF other lines do
ing business here gathered FOR IN
informal observance OF the occasion.
From II noon Saturday until u
p n. open house was held for Pan
American Always employees and
others at the airport, with "a buffet
luncheon being served. The airport
employees danced To radio music.
The new building * really two sep
arate structures linked BY ar ar
cade.
In the south wing is the division
al engineering force, headed by r.
ID. Sundell. There As an office I'm
this part OF the building for Erwin
Balleuder, division manager, who
has his headquarters IN Mexico
City.
This part Of the building also has
an office for the communications
manager for the division.
Ii n nOTIn part Ct n puilcinR
are officers Of the auditing depart
ment, headed by &. w. Johnson.
with a file room. vault. and offices
for the personnel. There LS also an
office for Chief Pilot George Rraigh-
er.
The building Is built CT brick, tile
and stuccc. or Spanish design match
ing the other buildings at the air.
port. II was built by Blythe and
Stats OF Harrington.
The building Is especially design
ed for GOODNESS. with many windows
and halls so that the prevailing
southeast winds viii sweep through
H. The plan OF air conditioning. con-
Sidered for N while. has been drop
ped. at least fer the present.
, 1935-05-19

locate prickly pear enemies. The
commission investigated various in
sectS until the world war began.
the search hating until 1921 when
the Prickly Pear Board was organ
lied and actual eradication started.
Laboratories were established in
several countries Of the world to
study different insects. One was
started in Brownsville under the di-
rection OF j. G. Hamlin. Hitchcock
played an important part in the
experiments. travelling to many Sec
tons Of the globe conducting ex-
periments with numerous species Of
bugs.
In 1929 the situation looked very
favorable" according to Hitchcock
and at present about 5000. 900 acres
OF prickly pears are being cleared
every year. More than so, 000, 900
acres OF prickly pears were infested
with the cankerous growth when the
eradication begun.
Hitchcock stated II took about four
years for the complete eradication Of
the prickly pears as several doses"
OF the bugs had TO be given to the
plants.
The entomclogist stated Friday
that he had located several insects
that eat on cockleburs but he did
not know whether they would eradi-
cate the burs or not. He states no
cockleburs In any quantities were
located south Of Alice. He plans
TO tour through the eastern states
and TO Florida before establishing a
laboratory in some section OF the
United States to study the selected
insects.
Care will be taken with the in
Sects that are taken to the Anti
podes as insects that eat cockleburs
may also devour profitable farm
crops. Adjustment of living hab-
It's Is also necessary as the bugs
VIII probably be taken to Australia
when the seasons Of the two coun-
tries are exactly opposite.
The most important insect In the
eradication Of the prickly a
tor prickly wattles) o. Australia was
found In the Argentine. and IL Is
possible Mr. Hitchcock will have to
return to South America to find an
insect to eradicate his cockleburs.
, 1935-05-19
athry-Lac

Announcement vas made Satur-
day Of the marriage Of II. L. Lackey.
BROWNSVILLE, and Miss Merle Meath
~, Farmersville. in the First Pres
byterian church in Galveston Thurs
day.
Mr.. Lackey is the case supervisor
Of the Cameron County Relief
Board. Mrs. Lackey has been do
ing social service work in Calves
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lackey arrived In
Brownsville Friday night and are
making their home in the Nebras-
ka Apartments
, 1935-05-19
Certificate Exchange
Speed Is Being Urged
fS-ec'nl 70 The Heraldi

SAN BENITO. May 1s.-since the
exchange Of 1884 Gotten tax exemp-
ton certificates under the Bank
head act for 1885 certificates must
take place through washington
thereby requiring much time. those
with certificates 20 exchange should
bring them in Immediately. accord
ing 10 Henry Alsmeyer. county agent.
J Only those legally entitled to the
1884 certificates may exchange them
4ur new one&
, 1935-05-19
Examinations To End
In Schools Thursday

Final examinations in the Browns
vile high school will be concluded
about Thursday. 1t was announced
Saturday by Frank A Bortle. prtn-
cipal.
Examinations began last Thurs
day. Mr.. Bortle also announced he
expected a large enrolment Cabout
300 Studentsl In the Brownsville
summer school and arrangements
for additional teachers would prob
ably have TO be made In the near
future.
, 1935-05-19
Lug of Tomatoes To
Be Sent to Alfred

RUSK. May 1872 Governor
James v. Alfred was expected to
receive Saturday Cherokee county's
first lug of 1885 pink tomatoes.
which earned for their Dialvflle
grower. Virdie King. a $40 prize.
The priC will be presented during
the National Tomato Festival to
be held shortly.
, 1935-05-19
CITY SECRETARY NAMED

topcClhA 70 Inc hcAald'
SAN BENTTO. May l8.-G. n,
Grain. formerly Of Port Isabel, has
been named city secretary to sue
coed Leigh Stanley whose resigna-
ton will be effective about June ]
after v years in the office.
, 1935-05-19
Sistie and Buzzie Hear BYRD"

Hands tightly clasped TO
their ears NJ guns doomed
for Admiral Byrd at
Washington. Sistie and
Buzzie Dali, with their
mother, Mrs Anna Dali
Boettinger, daughter OF
President and Mrs. Roose
welt are shown helping the
grown-ups welcome Byrd
back from the Antarctic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
Connecticut College
 To Probe Homone Greenhouse on Campus to Offer Best Scientific Equip- ment for Study-Research Enthusiasm Manifested

Arboretum has the interest and ac- tive support of many of the gar- den clubs and D. A. R. chapters in the state. The achievements of the college in the field of botany are indicated by the fact that a European student, awarded an in- ternational fellowship, chose Con- necticut College as the place for her graduate study in the United States. It was, perhaps. partly be- cause of the attitude of the coi- lege toward botany that the Rocke- feller grant was made possible. The foundation usually confines it's research grants to the larger unl- versailles.
 President Katharine Blunt sees in the botany courses at Connecti- cut College an opportunity for con- tribution to better citizenship in that young women can find in such instruction much that will enable them to be of service to their communities. Through such courses, she believes, students are enabled to become alert to scien- tific investigation, if thy are so minded, or to prepare themselves for advisory service to garden clubs, and for participation, pro- fessionally or as citizens, in the many activities incident to con- servation and civic Identification through Knowledge and wise se- lection of plants. The college while giving due emphasis to the liberal arts, continues to meet the vocational and avocational needs of its students.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17

MARTIN J. McEvoY, Inc. 51 West Main St. Phone l-511s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
DEVICE GRADES
 SCHOOL TESTS Tiny Press to Cut Correct ing Paper Time
 l,OOO9o

New York (UP).-A tiny press 1-2 by II inches, heralds the ap- parent death of the old system of correcting examination papers.
 The aluminium press. covered with 28S squares and LAO tiny pins. will slash by 1000 per cent the time to correct papers, accord ing to its inventor, Hardin Lucas.
 Lucas, 57, high school teacher in. Brooklyn and formerly of Paris, Ky, spent more than $7,000 and 4 1-2 years to develop his inven- ton.
 Ut works on the principle of q stereotype plate," Lucas said. "A few hours are needed to set ur the plate, then corrections can be made as fast as papers can be slipped into the press"
 Wide Use Held Possible
 The press is particularly ap. plicable In true-false. multiple choice and matching-type exam. nations, but there is no limit tc it's adaptability, Lucas asserted.
 Use is simple.
 A standard sheet of paper, call. ed lucogram is covered with squares dotted to resemble clock faces.
 The pupil then signifies tho proper answer by drawing an houl hand on the clock. If the state mt is true, he draws a line or one side of the face; if false or the other.
 In multiple choice he draws ar hour hand pointing to the mum. Der he believes is the right an. swer.
 Speedy Check Possible
 Soon as he is through he in. ts the paper into the marxem press. Pressure forces tiny pins through the paper exactly where numerals usually are placed or clocks.
 But only one hole shows on each face. This hole signifies the right answer.
 The pupil merely checks his own paper and in two or three minutes he knows his own grade And the teacher prepares more ex. aminations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17

IN THE UNITED STATES DIS- CONNECTICUT. In the Matter of SAMUEL J. BEAR, Bankrupt - In Bankruptcy 161S3.
 This Is To Give Notice, That Samuel J. Bear, of Waterbury, Conn. having on the 7th day of June, 1885, the above entitled cause, has filed his petition for a discharge as a bankrupt, and the same will be heard by said court on the 14th day of October, 1895, at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, at the County Court House, Waterbury, Conn. at which time and place all creditors and other persons in interest may ap- pear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said peti- ton should not be granted.
 WALTER F. TORRANCE.
 Referee in Bankruptcy. Waterbury, Conn, Sept. 14, 1885. 9-17-1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
IN THE UNITED STATES DIS-
 TRICT COIJRT. DISTRICT of

Waterbury, Conn, Sept. 14. 1885. 9-17-1t