McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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Automobile
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LEADER DIES
MATE HUNTED
DEATH LIST IS 28
AS WINDS ABATE
IN EUROPE AREA
Viola Brennemflii. alias Dane, alias
! Church, alias need, Wlro lived wlttL'
T Fred Burke, alleged handif Und gang-
ster, who is being hunted throughout^
the nation by authorities. Smirch'has
centered In Arizona " •
Miles? Poindexter. wife of the
OFFICIAL PROBE
I. I. N. Photo.
Norwegian Vessel Goes Down
With 26 When Coast Is
Raked by Gales.
RertiHon Measuremi
PUSH NXTION-
kales-swept The British #sies ami the
Chicago Authorities Aiding in
Renewed
western roast of Spain
cfiiistrnas- day, taking a
least '2S lives, rheck-ups
today revealed. This i
winds - were f8<^mewhat abated hut
shipping was still endangered bv
strong gales and mountainous seas
-which"Im?erlled all sorts uf staf^rjng'
craft. ■ ' .
thronchout
the {Norwegian freighter Asiag
was pounded to pieces on the shoals
of Fallenes. Two persons were killed,
their deaths^attributed to the storms,
ami store*
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Vol. X
TENNIS STAR WEDS CALIFORNIAN
Helen Wills, world's champion women tennis player, as she appeared with
her husband, Frederick Moody Jr., after the coujdn had been .married at
nuainl 8L flgpient’s chapal in Clarepont, Calif,—-T... 1. IQVpholo:
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THE
CITY of PALMS
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“THERE’S NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS”
Palm City Tire <
For Tiro A Battery
Tho Battery with an Identity -
McALLEN, TEXAS, THURSDAY.DECEMBER 26, 1929.
Number 1
BURKE CLUE IN AREONACT
TAKES PLACE IN
CITY OF PALMS
Visit of Santa Delights Young
Tots During Annual Gift
- . Season. *
WEATHER WeKCEUMT
died while 'visiting her son at Orange,
California’ Mrs. Poin®xter' was for
many- years known as''*Jt«r * "stormy
petrel" of society circles Jt Washing
ton.*—I- l- N, Photo,
Unusual Holiday Reverence
‘and Lack of Traffic Acci-
dents Mark Day.
McAflen’s celebration of the 1929
i Christmas day passed in reverence
and. quiet. —-------11____yx
* IAttle activity was seen over -the
BUSINESS MEN OPEN DRIVE TO
ASSURE BALL TEAM TRAINING
• __
Move to Bring Major-Leagues Nines to Valley and McAllen
Gets New Boost at Meeting; Funds Campaign Starts.
. J if c A LLES CITHVS ASSOCIM inX
closed it* pool for the so ond half UT
Socenihfr and mail' d' checks to m<n).
Vers on peermber 20, according lo .V.
f, Donelxgu. set rctary-madugrr .of th
association. Despite etdiiges- nV lie.
citrus market and Jl e filet thatf Innit.
was so‘d to cash hujf-rs at line Iain's
the assftt tation teas able to pny.tenfl
return of 3 cnils per .pound on last
grades and larger slt-s of grapefruit.
’Thd amount was "paid' after ileTlue
n made,.. An oarage
•ice o.
on all fruit
handled, bp the assacia
•ftrmrrfriT*:
.Tin move, to tiring major league
loano io MrAllen fill- their
winter training season was given
new liooSi tottay when .representatives
Mi Atfen < 'hainliei'~7it Commerce.
American L“£ii5h fust 'uud other or-
ganizations met at tliej cl amber build-
ing, for tlie impose of^ compiling <1 list
of i rosiitt tivf guii’aiitors f ir the pro-
ject. '('Joins Into confer gee'early this
-,rOi-Htiig, tire regresvsttituves 11, moon
bad e impleted- a -survey- of tlit? litisi
,!• ss ,mc4n of ti.e city from whom it. is
l-irdTfd*-the- necessary .guarantee .of. 1.3,-
1 jtilO ettii- lie. obtained.
It is proposed jo bring 1 lie _D<*
Mornt.a,. Iowa.' Lent er. Color olo, Otna
at ‘ NebrasUa. an'd, Wichita. Kansas.
> nscin. A series of games w ill be
entire eily throughout the day as--the
wheels of Industry were slowed
preserve the-inOdest and sincere spirit
of the season. *■ .......
-Only ’ one—reUgiouB -service was
sc heduled. during the day." Throngs
gathered Wednesday morning at St.
Paul's Lutheran church to heat a pro-
gram or Christmas readings and slng-
Juug_iilte£d by children of the congfCi__
g^fttion. This was the only Christmas?
service rendered during the dayw^??'
Unlike all other holidays of the
year, the day saw neither boisterous
celebration nor undue heavTnefc oT
pleasure seekipfe. Citizens spent Wed-
nesday withjn -the quiet confines of-
their homeland as a result no traffic
disturttances were' reported, although
several automobile , crashes occurred
Christmas..eve, when the entire com-
munity was in a busy stir in prepara-
t-irm—tor—tho day following,__^____
Excellent weather prevailed for Mc -
Allen and its territory although the
faint hopes of some that possibly
(lie weather would give the city* a
"white Christmas,” similar to that
enjoyed by other sections of the state,
continued until the last. Warm sun-
shine played over the community Uptil
-a laie hour -Wednesday afternoon,
when nfter^ sundown cooler worlds
hromtlit back the semi-cold atnios-
CITY POOLED BY
ZIPPING BREEZE
AS FROSTS END
New Warm Season in Store
for Local Community,
Forecasts Prodict.
*’ A »imiLog smitlienslfrl’v wind today
sutler' ••A-— . ’*"**» i f
wvhippod .over the city and hr ought
back
4.
Alien
tbe sensation . of
were, injured at various
points In (treat Britain. Shipping
was disrupted and property damage
mounted Jo high figures.
Extending from the Orkney's to
Spain and covering hundreds of miles
of west and southwest Europe's sea-
coast, the galea continued from early
in tbe morning until a late hour at
night. The first intimation of the
storm came in the hourb Just before
dawn when steamers and other craft
in south British waters scampered to
the safety of harbors when winds sud-
denly^fese at sea and the weather be-
came exceedingly-rough.
IneTsYid as well a; England suffered
Jrom the wind .lashings. Winds at
times rciytied the velocity of hurri-
canes and threatened" to send Shipping
into ports, there to remain fqr hourp,
causing many delays. A number of
freight vessels were reported in dis-
tress during the dayjmt no lost of lifk
at sdSl other than the Aslaug’s sink
ing Was known to have occurred. .
London itself was hard hit. Rising
wafers of the river Thames inundated
a number of lowtylng districts of the
phere experienced during days earlier
in tbe week.
The fact that Santa Claus' did not
fail'to gladden the hearts of the city's
young folk was plainly *, discerifthle-
LiUl'e tots fn every portion of Mc-
Allen early Wednesday moriiing were rVr 1,1 tujuig ■
dressed in their new Indian,- cpw j We ther tons asts* this
boy and other suits that old Kris HTin- ; ware that continrted
gle hud given 4hem and toys were- wuubl l^r .felt .here' throughout Friday,
seen fn abundance. Nearly every home , notwithstanding. UTt. fai l that practic-
ln the city -was the center of gay ac-’ ally Mie' ettiire East Texas se.tion, in
tivtiy at noon when ' Christmas din-!. w hji ii Uie Valley, is iiicluded the
ners were served. Families separat- | weather- tr. ij of the siafi . is fat ing an-
ed amUQditlt^Jjif11^1'?-0^!1 witXP- i'jnrtiy eloudy
rsrr
spring Weather, untelt here in-several
days. Temperatures hive risen 'since
$UUddy and tlie ciimmuhllj'« latest
->■ e* 1 r 1' w;ive. frigid In its inlenSiiy, is
apparently elfectnally broken, at leiist
i tier noon
cdoler winds
iqg loss of valuable goods. London
aulhorfties early today were goitig a-
bout, a systematic surve.y in an effort
to determine the exact amount of pro-
perty loss sustafned throughout the
section. r . ........
- Withi mor? favorable weather—re,-
ports haying been made early Joday. commupity
info the teierfe. fund /o*far tin.
biff packing .plant1 Hid• been madek
THE jiftSTYCTATWX'tf PhAM ledl
reopen on Decemhn* iuTaftrr haring
shut doifn for the koliitag season and
tci'l employ night and dap shifts. A
capacity of *B0' to 75* ears of citrus
fruits can be, handled, hTT. lignclson
pickrd, pricked
; of the mgm^s.t'U.'iOn's
-■s'ev-
four
itles ;M#which the teams would train
yon 111 be San Benito, McAllen, Harliu
eti amr BroWflsvltle. K--eh. must
make a guarantee of $3,009. In re-
urn the city is to be returned its
guarantee 'from the gate receipts at
'he games and is-ftey the amount is re
paid in this- manner the city and the
remainder'hi. the week and little ruin-
, | ■|| I faH iniv wb^'pe Hip? sei t yyi'd
indications w.ere that the gaJes wSuld
continue to decrease in. .vnl.ociiy dur-
ing the day and'that the. coastal see,
tions of Europe Would SiiffjT little
added dafnage •
weu
to life movement 6f produce rrom thl?
ShfrimtmTfy’' TU-bdris Iroih 7flher*ser
irer
woH Hgalb under juay .thtfi. mumlng
after the Yule spason had completely
passed. ; * ... , »
it i-ments,
k to Chi-
CROPS IN LOCAL
SECTION SUFFER
LITTLE DAMAGE
Recent Cold Wave Took Only
Light Toll in Produce
Shipping. *
The opinion, .that fear* of local cir-
rus fruit and truck groweus in connec-
tion with the recent light freezes' and
£JiUS= -frosty weather —of tho Tsiley wer
founded when damage to crops of the
Valley was considered was expressed
here today by marketers who were de-
lighted with the new turn of the w.ea-
Hjer whii b brought about an entirely*
season for the McAllen
CHICAGO, Dec. 26—(INS>-—The coun-
try wide manhunt for Fred Burke.
sought as a machine gunner in the 8t
Valentino's day massacre of 7 guns-
sters here this year, ^ well ge for •
merlin of murder- and, bank
throughout the Middle West,
newed today with the releaBe^t
pect at^^aieerTTrizona. y J.
—Bertillon meaHurementa
forwarded To Nogales from Chicago
■■after, telegraphic requests had been
sent to this city for Burke’s finger-
prints and other data" pertaining to
The huntedF man. The measw
according -to word f lashed beck to
cage today, aoavinced authoriUee
working under thw-tfirectlon of tho
sheriff at Nogales,that the man they
had on the suspicion that he was tho
fugitive bank bandit was not 'Burko.
The alleged .killer and gfmgstor,
who fled St. Jdsephs, Michigan, oyer a-
week agp -after the fat^l shooting-of a
policeman, w:as"formerly charged with
the murder of .two of the seve^ “Bugs”
Moran gangsters slain in The Et. Val-
entine's day episode here. Ballistic
science today pfoyed that two of tfco
machine guns found in Burko's homo
iit St„ Josephs tellz-fT at least two^of^
the StaliTgangsters. On the basis of
this evidence the charge of murdet1’
was filed agikinst the man for whom
nation wide search has now boom
/4’
new warm
It -was' learned from authoritative
sources that ^ very little loss in crpps
was sustained throughout the Your
day cold period and that shipping. wa£
going forward rapt<Ujf.th*is 'mprnfng.
The winter*. Weather‘failed to bring a-
— ■ Jt
instituted.. ?.
Authorities would not divulge othor .
clues they have In connection' wllh
cated- that detectives end' other offi-
cials working on the case see an ar-
rest of the man shortly.
Russians Aid *
Efforts
Missing Aviators
MOSCOW,
spouse to theAaj)peals.of Senator BO;
^ujT^nrgatr- ‘
thm(y;U nlght3 hcr(i rent it In very- cool
midday warmth is
suSnmer weather.
alpiosl .like early
X
^*shi..the rect::i1ls,,4^L!l
city taking
AX APPEAL 1ft MADE t» eitrx-'
growers of *he Ah'Alien territory to
bold their fruit for the high prices
that are sure to come later in
• ton, or at least place their frufl in
hands orm association tchyhe co-ope-
v rotloiv**^ a‘l the °r0lCer* ■
MghrPrioef^ Mr. Done it
there is no reds on why fruit should
be *<'’■' at 1 to '1V4 /ent per pound
\ trice*' jktiToe those amount*
_______________nh tainea* £.’/
the
n demand
on declared
cent, the __
figure ’ ' V* •
Indications were* That the move
would gel under way at once here to
obtain the nefesswry guarantee. Let-
ters- were mailed late today to the,
prospective men trony whonrtt Is hop
~e3TTuntUTwiTF'be (ititrflired. * Followtnw
this m(mberB.of the Chamher of Com
merie;" ' American Legion and other
cbrrhiUtee? wijl make personal' calls
on tlie men in'ah effort to gain the.
necessary sum- * - - -
ReporTs "reaching here today frt
-EMEU
b, rciEwn
art, <» Tampa, (Florida) Tri-
bune quoting the Florida citrus clear-
. ^ housy,shoumd that only 7000 ear*
of c\tru* remain in Florida orchards
.0HCILA RDfl have theVttlier three Valley cities were to
r*"' K i.'jjrgwl tbe effect That Intense- Interest has.
been stirred by the proposalW
Harlingen, San Benito-end Browns
vjile business man will back the mat**
ter fully Indications here at?> that it
will go through with little delay*
—___.4 - *
Earthquake Felt
/ At Italy Sector
FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 26-RNS)
—An otirtluittahe ktmric wwa. felt, liena.
atT 6:30 - o’clock' th itC moYnlng,; Reel-
dents of the city- ran into the streets
in terror but; the quake did no dam-
age and was not followed Immediately
by any other shqdfi D /' r£
.-Cause of the tremor could not .be
determined although selsmologfets
were busy jfc an effort t to trace the
qnake'f *erfgln..
San AntonW-Banfcer
^IJMtnrw City
Harry II. .Roftrai. San Antonio bank-
McAllantgUia.
Palmas
iJotel this morning. IT was not learn
eg. how long the visit
■teflon would continue.
iMili
• McAllen and tbe Valley'* cold sea-
«- 7
son win proTtHhly* trot end before Urn
close of Jpnji,.iry or the middle of-Feb-
ruary this year, but citizens here hold
hopesuthaf the cold waves ^ill only be
intermittent, as has b?en the case in
the phst. - . .
-Grave fears were felt here today for effect.
search for Cart;Ben
Kiel sou amf EafT
the" safety trfWht f^hgkHta'who left '" Griiwers -exprewsed the predmtfon -Borland, fly^s^ w hq hava^bajsn
ctoriT
an S
Stamboul Wednesday in an Italian
imerdal BlaffC which- Iqter sent-dut
SOS and has not been heard from
since that- time. The airplane is ode
at tlie huge transport ships operating
regularly between Italy and Turkey.
Attempts to locate the c>af( have
proven futile. *
this moTtllrtg that another roT<fJ wave
should not hit the Valley section until
about January 1 and that before that
time preparations could he. made to
^ave the crops from any damage by
future freezes. At the same time a,
large amount of1' produce w ill he
marketed. ' *■-
Doctor. Firemen, NursesQuietlyisaxt
Hospital Patieiits from X-ray’Blaze
doctor, five nurses, three fire Officials
and an orderly whose -bravery“ and
levelheadedness averted a Christmas
hifeht disaster in the Edward W. Spat*,
row hospital here were suffering today
from the deadly fumes generated by
burning x-ray film* ity the hospital’s
baitement. 4-l~~ ■ ' \
The -nurses;
realizing the dam
gases, risked their own lives and
quietly went -up and down the. corrl-
wards and private rooms. Dr,; Milton
Shaw, chiff of staff of the St. Law-
rence hospital, was -a vtffifltr at the
Institution when the^xoay ftlm start-
ed to smoulder eqrly Christmas night.
He is expected to die, it is reported
’ Investigations by the* fire depart-
ment and thw hospital staff are under
way.
worked
dm jors find -fffemen, The tenginyte'«m1 flrWT>U TW
lunger, of tlfe deadly so quietly during the threatened
BE CUT TO AID IN ms
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CHURCH’S' FUNDS, DRIVE
T.nrxnART. me-
—Dike the considerate wife who
asked the husband th - cut her
monthly allowance, Rev. W. A.
Knight, pastor of the First Bapt-
ist church, here, has asked his .
followts* to reduce hie salary^
demonstrating he is preaching fo<
love pf service afid npt for money.
He requested his salary bn'cut
ing in the arctic wastelands off
Siberian coast for more than
weeks. :
Three of the -soviet’s best plane*
[have been ordered to begin Che search
for the two missing Americana. Sem-
|hon Shestakov, regarded as the beet
aviator la Russia, 1* in command of
Ithe new rescue expedition.' ' J- . : \fi
Groups of planes and flyere sent out
dnrlng fhe-irt* weeks luteseel tjTlkP'
crican aviation, comijanlee and offi-
cials have failed la their effort* to
locate- the men, due greatly to th*
woathcr conditions at this time of th*
year. Hopes are held that th* Ru*- .
slab- alikbii will1 be
lyje arctic fast nenaea and locate th*
two men.
THE WEATHER
cloudy
EAST TEXAS:
extreme east
gggglgr’-*
north portgjn tonight;,
and colder in northwest, ,
rw
dea-
ths
aster th*t patients ;wers un^wars of
thkJtr*-
I-,' ■■■'••. ’■
of
Velley
financial
tbe
church.
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