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Evening star., 1938-12-30

ported, rapidly becomes generalized
over the whole body of an animal
It also applies to other ticks Of re-
lated species. During the past five
years the dog tick, previously con-
sidered only as nuisance, has be-
come a creature of nightmares to
millions of American families be-
cause it is the carrier of the deadly
spotted fever and twice q day de-
ticking of children is routine pro-
cedure in most homes.
Not to Innoculate Humans.
Tests have shown that the danger
of infection is slight unless the tick
has been engaged in its blood-suck-
ing for several hours and apparently
this danger increases in almost di-
rect proportion to the amount of
blood engorged by the insect. It
is not proposed, however. to innocu-
late human beings-at least until
a great deal more is known about
the procedure.
A more immediate field is veteri-
nary medicine. American farmers
are put to enormous expense an
nually in de- ticking cattle and sheep
and further research may show the
possibility of innoculating them in
stead.
Growing brains in an incubator
was reported to biologists by Nelson
r. Spratt, jr., of the University OF
Rochester. He told of removing tiny
bits of hen eggs just starting to in
cubate, transferring them to clots of
blood plasma in tissue cultures
placing them in an incubator, and
watching the development Of chick
en- brains entirely separated from
the chickens for whom nature in
tended them.
The unmatched chicks, through
mysterious potentitalities in the pro-
toplasm out of which their bodies
are formed, got new brains In ex-
change.
Incubation Had Started.
The operation was performed
within about 20 hours after an egg
had started to incubate when the
protoplasm was just starting to be-
come organized. Previous expert
ments had shown that from spe-
cial minute area. the chicks eyes
develope. The eyes, in chick as well
as man, are outward extensions of
the fore-brain which, in its great
development at higher stages of evo-
luton, is the seat of the mind.
Mr.. Spratt removed bit of the
forming embryo chick which in
cluded this eye-forming area. I'm
der his incubation process he found
that it developed steadily into a
1orebra1n from which extended
optic vesicles," or embryonic eyes.
Then, he said, IF this eye-forming
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Y. N. c. A. Open House
Broadcast Arrunqed

Several of the artists on the Gen.
tral Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons open house program on Janu-
ary 2, were scheduled to broadcast
at 5 pm. today over Radio Station
WMAL of the National Broadcast
Ing Co.
Included in the radio program
were to be piano selections by Ger
trude Troutman, 10 years old; a solo
by Edwin L. Rogers, baritone, and
vocal selections by the Sentinel
Quartet, consisting of Fred Den
niston, David Manley, Sam Cotton
and George P. Gum, all OF whom
are to appear on the January pro-
gram, and vocal selections by Justin
Lawrie, baritone. Leonard w. De
Cast, general secretary of the Y. M.
c. A., will speak.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Gillette Calls Hopkins
Backing Of Wearin No
Confirmation Barrier
Iowon Takes Flat Stond
Against Third Term
For Roosevelt
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Senator Gillette, Democrat, of
Iowa said today that political differ
ences with Harry L. Hopkins would
not cause him to oppose Mr.. Hop
kins' confirmation for Secretary of
Commerce.
Mr.. Hopkins, while w. P. A. ad-
ministrator, fannounced he would
have voted for Representative
Wearin, Democrat, of Iowa for the
1888 Democratic senatorial nomina-
tion had he still been a citizen of
Iowa. Senator Gillette won nomina-
ton and election.
The Senator also came out flatlv
against third term for President
Roosevelt.
II do not believe that any man
IN this country is so big that there
is not some one who can take his
place" Senator Gillette said, answer
ing a newsmans question about the
third term.
II would not abrogate the prece-
dent that the judgment of the Am
erican people has formed over 100
years"
Regarding the Hopkins appoint
ment, which requires Senate ap-
proval, Senator Gillette said he
would vote for any cabinet selec-
ton by any President unless the
person appointed was morally unfit
or held subversive views in relation
to basic American principles"
The White-haired Iowa Senator
said he had been "resentful of any
attempts of the executive depart
ment to invade the legislative or
judicial branches of the Govern
ment."
Il think it is equally unfair for
the legislative branch to attempt
invasion of the executive field" he
declared.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Science
(Continued From First Page)

che same. The potassium naptha-
lene-acetate seems to function as a
bud inhibitor throughout nature
and the antagonistic chemical as a
bud aWakener. Details OF the
method remain to be worked out, but
1t appears possible either to prevent
the appearance of buds on trees or
shrubs, or, once the buds have ap-
peared, to control the rate OF their
development into flowers.
First successful immunlzatlon OF
animals against insects, potentially
opening an entirely new field in pre-
ventive medicine, was reported to
biologists of the association today.
DR.. William Trager of the Rookie
feller Institute told of producing
Immunity in rabbits and guinea
pies to attack by the common dog
tick which, because Of the number
of human diseases 1t causes, mas
been called "the most dangerous
wild animal in North America" )"
The immunity, he said, seems to be
In the form of an antibody in the
blood stream, of precisely the same
sort as that formed in the blood
of persons who have recovered from
such a disease as parrot fever-the
presence of which protects against
another infection. This protection
can be transferred to others.
Discovers Immunity.
DR.. Trager first found that when
an animal once had been attacked
by ticks it was relatively free from
other attacks for two or three
months. The blood-sucking insects
which lurk in grass and low bushes
would attack themselves to its ears
as frequently as ever but they were
unable to engorge themselves with
Its blood. Following this clue, he
found that the same relative i'm
munity could be produced by innoc-
ulating an animal with an extract
made from the bodies of larvel ticks
or from the salivary glands of adult
ticks. In such cases the protective
antibody was formed in the animals
own blood-a process known as ac-
tive immunity.
It was then found, he reported,
that when guinea pig was innocu-
lated with blood serum of another
in whom the active immunity had
been built up it also was immune
process known as passive immunity
where all the work of creating the
antibody is done by the blood cells
of another individual. When a tick
bites such an immune animal, he
found, the effect of the antibody
is to cause violent reaction almost
Immediately around the site of the
bite. Hosts of soldier blood cells
surround the mouthparts- of the in
sect and the skin thickens under
meath them. In this way the tick
Is prevented from getting any blood.
The immunity. DR.. Trager re-
Evening star., 1938-12-30

situation yesterday the Washington
Terminal Co. went into District
Court here to test a decision of the
First Division of the National Rail-
road Adjustment Board in Chicago,
which would require the Terminal to
use switch engine crews to back
trains of empty passenger cars be-
tween the passenger station and the
storage yard. Heretofore, the en-
gine crew bringing the train over
the road performed this task.
The Railroad Adjustment Board
award was made in behalf of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen and the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. The
Terminal Co. contends it would i'm
pose an unnecessary expense.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Miss Nina Ruskob
To Wed Student
the Associated Press.

6y ClIe ASbOCI3Ceu FreSS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Mr. and
Mrs. John j. Raskob last night an
nounced the engagement Of their
daughter, Nina Barbara, to Charles
Wesley Lyon, jr., son of Charles
Wesley Lyon of Los Angeles. He is
finishing law course at the Uni
versity of Virginia.
The date of the wedding has not
been set.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Grown Stolen

Among the articles stolen from
the home in Cairo, Egypt, of the
ex-Crown Princess of Ethiopia were
gold crown inlaid with diamonds
belonging to the ex-empress and
medal bearing the portrait Of the
Queen of Sheba.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Kites Rare

Kites, one Of Britains native birds
OF prey, are becoming so rare that
there are believed to be only five
nesting pairs left in Wales.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
SLAYING OF TRACY BIRD NOT
RESULT MISTAKEN IDENTITY
SAYS KILLER IN JAIL CELL

and the proprietor Of Everybody's
were the same inasmuch as 1 had
been asking Saturday night the
name of the owner of Every
body's," Conner said
The Negro also added that he
first conceived the idea of staging
a holdup after arriving here from
Huachuca.
Asked Where
r.. j. Bird Lived
Notwithstanding Conner's asSer-
ton that he did not hold up Tracy
Bird through mistaken identity,
there is every reason to believe he
did.
On Saturday night, a few hours
before the Staying, Conner ap-
preached James Lynch of the
Southern Truft Company in front
of the Owl Drug Store and asked
him # he knew a man named
Bud" and where he lived.
Lynch replied no" During the
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Nogales international., 1938-10-22

United States Senator Carl Hay
den and party of state Demo
cratic nominees will campaign
through Santa Cruz county today
speaking in Patagonia at 2:30 in
the afternoon anc at the Elks Hall
in Nogales at 8 o'clock tonight.
A week from tonight, Sen. Rob-
ert r. (Bob) Jones, Democratic
nominee for governor. and Rep.
John r. Murdock and another
party of state candidates will
speak here.
Accompanying Sen. Hayden into
Santa Cruz County will be Chief
Justice A. G. McAlister, Harry M.
Moore, candidate for secretary OF
state; Attorney General Joe Con-
way, State Auditor Anna Frohuil-
Ter, and Wilson T. Wright, cor
uoration commissioner All are
seeking election November 8.
Last night Sen. Hayden and
party addressed large Cocalse
County audience in Lowell. Their
appearance in Nogales will con-
clude the party's campaign tour
of southern Arizona, as next week
Sen. Hayden and his fellow candl-
dates swing west to Parker and
across northern Arizona.
To Meet Senator
Senator Hayden and party Will
be met at Patagonia this afternoon
by Democratic National Commit
teeman Writ C. Bowman and
other prominent local Democrats,
also by Collector of Customs Frank
j. Duffy and committee of Gus
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Bird Slayer
.Unafraid


Frank Conner, slayer Of Tracy
Bird, was unafraid of lynching.
He said so ct the county jail
Tuerday night.
There we're shouts of lynch
him." when Conner was led out OF
the city Jail late Sunday afternoon
to go with officers over the trail
he had taken following the murder
and to re-enact with Ben White
acting the part Mr.. BirO the slay-
ing in the Bird apartments.
Crowds all day long Sunday
fingered about the city Jail, and
the office of the Nogales Interna-
tional where bulletin board ex-
tras" were posted every few min
utes.
"I wasn't afraid of being lynch
ed, it didn't matter to me, but
what I was scared about was the
safety of my friends from Hua-
chuca who had been placed in
Jail pending investigation of the
case" Conner told representa-
tive of the Nogales International.
when I heard rumors after I
CTurn to Page Four)
Nogales international., 1938-10-22

Up to yesterday noon no judge
had been found to preside in the
Lucy Mitchell-Mary Bettwy elec-
ton contest.
Judge William G.. Hall of Tue
son, whom it was thought would
serve, sent word Tuesday to Miss
Helen O'Keefe, clerk of the Su-
perior court, that he would be un-
able to come.
Since the law provides that bal
lots must be on hand ten days be-
fore the. November 9th general
election, only six days yet remain
before the ballots are due here.
An order sent to Phoenix for the
printing of the ballots is being
held up until it is known whether
the name of Mrs Mitchell or Mrs
Bettwy is to appear as the Demo
cratic candidate for county re-
corder.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22

Husky Frank Conner. 22-year-
old Negro trooper, slayer Of Tracy
Bird, branded as untrue the reports
that the holdup of Mr.. Bird was a
result of mistaken identity.
Talking through the heavy bars
of the county jail Tue day night
Bird was asked the following ques-
ton by a representative of the
Nogales International:
isn't it a fact that you came
here from Fort FIuachuca Satur-
day for the purpose of holding up
r. J. Bird, proprietor of Every
body's Placer"
"I did not" the Negro quickly
replied.
Then why were you inquiring
where r. j. Bird lived?," he was
asked.
"I didn't ask such a question,
what I aske d was r. j. Birds
name, knew him as Bud I was
curious to know his full name. It
was g. strange coincidence that the
last names of the man killed
Nogales international., 1938-10-22

Phil Herold, 63-former city
clerk and treasurer under four
Nogales mayors-dropped dead in
the Cavern Cafe at $40 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, victim of a
heart attack.
Mr.. Herold, who served as clerk
and treasurer for a total of about
10 years under Mayors James A.
Harrison, Duane Bird, Harry j.
Karns and j. E. Wise, had gone
to The Cavern for lunch with
Major George Macdonald, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce;
E. F. Bohlinger of Patagonia, and
j. Melvin Goodson of Phoenix.
Just as they prepared to dine,
Mr.. Herold arose and walked out
of the north room of The Cavern.
A few moments later fall was
heard and Major Macdonald, his
bosom friend for years, rushed out
into the south room of The Cavern.
Helping Mr.. Herold up from the
floor the dying man exclaimed,
I'm SICK" then sank into un-
consciousness. DR.. j. S. Ganzalez
was called and pronounced him
dead.
Eduardo Morales, Nogales, So
nora, undertaken, was called and
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
= Witnesses
Subpoenaed For
Conner Trial

Twenty three persons we're sub
poeriaed by the sheriff's office
wednesday as witnesses for the
trial of Frank Conner, charged
with first degree murder in con-
nection with the Staying of Tracy
Bird.
The twenty three are Chief OF
Police j. j. Lowe, Policemen j. M
Soto, Jr., Jarvis Gorham, Dawes
Karam, Louis F1eischer, Jr., De-
putty Sheriffs Rudolph T. F1ei-
Scher and Harry Drewien, Night
Merchants Policeman Zack Nc
Kinney, DR.. Zenas Noon, Mrs. vi
centa Davenport, Mrs. H. M. Clag-
gett, Bert DeVaughn, Miss Sadie
Martin, Miss Magdalena Espinosa.
Sam Capper, Eugene Siddell, r. j.
Bird, Mrs. Mangun, Francisco Pc
gueros, Ventura Rodriguez, Rodolfo
Rodriguez and Craig Pottinger.
The trial opens on November
End.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Bird Slayer
Enters Plea
OF Not Guilty
Not Guilty"

Not Guilty"
That was the plea entered by
Attorney G.. A. Little for his client,
Frank Conner, % year old Fort
Euachuca Negro soldier, charged
with the Staying of Tracy Bird,
city clerk and treasurer.
The plea was made shortly be-
fore noon Wednesday when the
prisoner, handcuffed, was brought
from his cell in the county Jail to
the superior courtroom by Deputy
Sheriff Harry Drewien.
Sitting next to the young de-
fendant waC his mother, Mrs: En-
ma Belle Campbell of Prescott,
and his two attorneys, Little and
N. Karam, both of whom were ap-
pointed by Judge E. r. Thurman
as Conner's counsel. A court order
compelled the two attorneys to
represent the Negro.
Attorney Little then asked for
two week. to prepare the case and
County Attorney James v. Robins
insisted that the trial be held as
soon as possible. Judge Thurman
said two weeks would be reason
able for preparation of the case
and that Conner was entitled to g
fair trial, then he set 9 a. m. Wed
nesday November End as the time
for trial. The judge also announced
that an order would be issued fol
jurors.
It is believed that Judge Thur
man will be disqualified from
presiding in the case and that af
ter he is disqualified, the slayer
will change his plea of guilty ane
throw himself on the mercy of tht
court.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Former City Clerk Phil Herold,
Pioneer Nogalian, Drops Dead

removed the body in his ambul-
ance to the home of Mr.. Herold's
brother, Otto Herold, on Marsh
Heights, where it was kept until
a representative of the Riley Un-
dertaking Company arrived from
Tucson and took the remains
there to be prepared for interment.
It is expected that burial will be
made in Nogales.
Born In Kansas
Mr.. Herold was born in Seneca,
Kansas, April 10, 1875, and besides
the local brother, who is president
of the First National Bank, he
leaves another brother, Ed Herold,
of Seneca. Mr.. Herold's wife died
several years ago.
Settling in Arizona in the ZOOS, }"
he served under former President
Theodore Roosevelt in the Span
ish-American War as a member
of the Rough Riders, famous Ari-
zona regiment.
Here About 80 Years
In his early days at Phoenix he
was employed on the Arizona
Gazette, afternoon paper. He
located at Nogales about SO years
ago and was a. member for years
CTurn 70 Page Ffve)
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
THERE WAS A SCUFFLE, THEN A SHOT RANG
OUT" "SAYS TEACHER TELLING OF TRAGEDY
Miss Magdalena Espinosa Describes Noise Heard
During Holdup And Murder Of Tracy Bird
In Apartment House Building

"There was a scuffle in the dark,
then shot rang out and I heard
moaning"
Thus Miss Magdalena ESpinosa
local teacher, told police early
Sunday morning of the holdup and
murder of Tracy Bird, 48, popular
city clerk and treasurer, and a
resident of Nogales for almost one
half century.
The shooting occurred at 1:16
a. m. as Mr. Bird was returning to
his home in the Bird apartments,
207 West street, from Townsend
Club dance at the Firemen-Legion
hall.
The exact time of the shooting,
which occurred in the downstairs
hallway of the apartment house,
was established by the fact that
Mr.. Birds watch had stopped at
l:16.
Hearing the noise and realizing,
from the low prolonged expression
OF pain that someone had been
shot, Miss Espinosa. who had been
awakened from her sleep, quickly
dressed and opening the door of
her apartment which leads into
the hallway, leaped across the feet
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
a man.
Calls Mr.. Bird

Fleeing from the building she
began shouting MIR. Bird, Mr..
Bird" whose apartment was on
the upper floor directly above her
apartment. There was a light in
his apartment, he had a habit Of
leaving it on when he went out
for the evening.
Miss Espinosa, getting no re-
sponse to her cries for help, rushed
down to the police station and
told Patrolman Jarvis Gorham
someone had been shot. The two
has tened back to the apartments
and there Mr.. Gorham found that
the victim, who was then dead,
was Tracy Bird.
Chief of Police j. j. Lowe and
County Attorney James v. Robins
were Immediately notified and
with other officers, including De-
putty Sheriffs Rudolph T. FIeischer,
and Harry Drewien, and Policemen
j. M. Soto, Jr., Gorham, Walter
Noon, and Dawes Karam, F,iremen
Clyde Baldwin, AL Camerlin, and
others, began the job of solving
what then seemed very mysterious
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Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Local Girl Leads
u. OF A. Band

Miss Dehlia Holler, daughter OF
the late Charles F. Holler, left
Thursday afternoon for Los An
geles to act as mascot of the Uni
versity of Arizona band and drill
team at yesterdays Arizona-Lo-
yola football game.
She will return today to lead the
Nogales High School drill team
during tonight's Nogales Bisbee
High School football game on the
local field.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
200 CCCBoys
Arrive Here

Two hundred CCC boys from the
Philadelphia and Baltimore dis
trict arrived on the noon train
Wednesday to spend the winter at
the CCC camp in Pena Blanca
Canyon, a few miles west of NO
gales on the Ruby road.
The youths spent the summer
in the Holbrook district in north
ern Arizona.
annual banquet of the Cutoms
Association at 7 o'clock tonight.
The public in general is invited
to tonights speaking at the Elks
Hall. They will find the hall com
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Author Victim
OF Heart Attack

Funeral services for the late
Jorge Ainslie, 48 year old Spanish
author, who died in local hotel
Wednesday evening, were held at
the Carroon Mortuary yesterday.
Death was attributed to heart
attack.
Mr.. Ainslie and wife arrived
here Wednesday enroute to their
home in Los Angeles from Mexico
City where they spent two months.
The parents of the author live in
Hermosillo.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Frank Conner Own Story OF How He Killed Tracy Bird
GOES INTO DETAIL OF HOLDUP, SHOOTING,
I'M INTERVIEW WITH r REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL; SAYS SMOKED ''WEED"
Maintains Shooting Accidental; Says He Smoked
Marihuana Cigarettes, Drank Mescal, Prior
ss',~.~ To Tragic Death Of Mr. Bird

EDITORS NOTE: The No
gales international presents to-
day Frank Conner's own story,
as follows, of how he killed
Tracy Bird and the develop
ments leading up to the hold
up and Staying at the Bird
apartments Sunday morning.
It was told by the prisoner to
Craig Pottinger, publisher of
the Nogales International,
while Conner peered through
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
Hayden To
Be AtBa.nIlquet

Unite States Senator Carl Hay
den will address the annual ban
quet of the Arizona branch OF
the National Customs Service AS
sociation (U. S. Customs employ
ees) at the Methodist church at
z o'clock tonight.
The Senator will leave the ban
quet at 8 o'clock to speak at the
big Democratic rally at the Elks
Hall.
Enroute here Senator Hayden
will speak in Patagonia at 2:30
this afternoon.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
&C. Nominating
Body Named

President c. B. Wilde of the
Chamber of Commerce appointed
a nominating committee of three
Thursday night for the annual
election of officers to be held
shortly. Members of the committee
are John Jund, H. R. SiSk and
William Macgregor.
At Thursdays meeting of the
chamber plans for the fiesta to be
held near the Tumacacori Mission
next spring were discussed.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
SENATOR Hayden SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT
AND 5 OTHER STATE
CANDIDATES WILL ADDRESS
RALLY AT ELKS HALL 8P. M.
Senator Speaks In Patagonia This Afternoon; VIII
Be Met By Committee; Bob Jones 10 BE Here
Week From Today

toms men who will escort the
Senator and party to the Meth
odist church where Senator Hayden
will he the guest of honor at the
Portable. It is steam heated.
County candidates will be in
troduced at the rally.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
No Judge Yet
Found To
Hear Recount

BULLETIN-5:30 p. NJ.
Attorney S. ID. MOnahan an
nOunced at $50 o'clock last
evening that Judge Frazier of
Phoenix would be here Monday
to try the MitchelI-Bettwy
election case.
Nogales international., 1938-10-22
NOGALES

Where summer spends
the winter
Evening star., 1938-10-11
UNION TRAINING
FOR YOUTH URGED
Psychiatrist Suggests Il
Catholic Parley the Need
for Preparation
By the Associated Press.

By the Ass0ciated ffeSS.
!, RICHMOND. Va. Oct. IA Buf-
falo psychiatrist suggested at the Ma
.tional Conference Of Catholic Chari-
ties. today that vocational training for
young people should include some
preparation for their inevitable ex-
posure" to INDUSTRIAL conflict. RI
"A few elementary, simply presented,
principles Of unionization. the Chris
tan concept OF labor and the ideal
relationship between employer and
worker, would be helpful in equipping
them with an. unprejudiced, inquiring
attitude toward the whole situation,
said Miss Clara Ball
The speaker. supervisor Of the stu
dents for the Buffalo Bureau of Chari-
ties, declared In the address prepared
for the committee meeting on social
and economic problems that the
church's protective institutions
should leave vocational training to
"the regular school systems. which are
far better equipped with finances and
personnel to handle it,
Being relieved of this response
bility," she said. "the institutions could
specialize in short terms Of intensive
study Of the needs of each individual
delinquent"
The conference, for which more than
100 persons had registered by this
morning. moved today through round
table discussions toward the night
general session to be addressed by
United States Solicitor General Rob-
ert H. Jackson. Arthur j. Altmyer,