McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 4, 1926 Page: 1 of 4
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Only Afternoon Daily Newspaper Published in Hidalgo County,
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McAllen Daily Press
SAYS
VOLUME SIX
McAllen, TexasTTuesday, May 4, 1926.
'Number 107
SPANISH
that
GOVERNOR THMCHCT
and I.
SEVEN BURN IN
TODAY & TOMORROW
Y & TOMORROW
Tom Mix
W ON THE
financial status.
United Press.
BEEVILLE,
ther and six
responsible for the G. O. “P. leaden
state of trepidation over the U. S.
Finances. The democratice are un-
able to find a suitable issue, state
the republican leaders and Ere turn*
United Press.
The mcallenpress goes
INTO EVERY AMERICAN
work on.
The cemetery is something that all
should take a pride in and help with.
The public should not sit back and
res-
in o-
M. Perkiiis, President.
• W. N. McGee, Vice-Pre-
the story book finish. They
afe honeyinooning in Europe
Carroll College Meeting
Starts New Movement
Pmuiss Astrid.of -SwclIcil Ls mentioned as the future brute
of tl.e Prince of Wales in continental court gossip. Doing!
Willard, president of the B. mid O. Railroad wjls elected chair-
man of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins University.
Governor Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, told tjt^Senale Judici *iy|
Committee that his.Stale is steadily and surely being dried t.;i
by prohibition. Bi i/iidier-Gcneral Charles H. Sherrill saileii
for Lisbon, Portugal, Io represent the United States at the
International Sports-Comm iHee meeting.--------------------——v'J
tn The story books there is aL
>-ays a, rich admirer who
\voofs and Wins the poof little
Working girl. In the life of
Miss Ethel Archer, twenty-
eight, New York hotel tele-
pltone operator, there came
^William Hedgecock, fifty-one,
millionaire St Louis steel
to eliminate church.- denominational
lines. • , . .
Constitution and by-laws ha-ve beeh
adopted and; plans are progressing to
make the new order nation wide in
scope. John T. Bryant, former post-
master and active lodge Worker,, has
worked with other townspeople for
more than a year in perfecting details
UNITED PRESS
The McAllen Daily Press is
a member of the United Press
news service- and receives this
telegraphic report of the World’s
events every day.
We have had to suspend writing
anything today—taking a day off to
get the dirt out from under our fin-
ger nails, getting ready for tbe Flo-
rida real estate sharks _
Brownie Zachery, Treasurer.
Riith Clark. Secretary,,,
board of directors w.w as
TEXAS MEN BEING
TRIED IN KANSAS CITY
The McAllen , Cemetery Associa-
tion held a meeting lajjt night at
eight o’clock at the Methodist Church.
■TW- ni.csiluu wan Hiu uhnmii elee-
TEACHER MISSES SCHOOL
AFTER A-YEAR RECORD
les purporting'to show that the na
tloh was Happier, healthier and more
yrosperfus than before prohibition.
NO CHANGE tN ASSESSMENTS
United .Press. , •
AUSTIN, May 4>—No ) change in
the amount of 'asfifiKtnehts "mi'' aijy
tangible assets Of railroads operat-
ing in Texas is expected this y£ar,
according trr ~twT'WftiHHSfion^e'r Ed-
ward Eda ward s.
BRENHOLTS * LANDRY
Jewelry and Drugs
The I louse of Smiles and Service
United Press. ‘
-WASHINGTON. May 4.—Dry lead-
ers in the Senate today launched an
offensive against efforts to modify
the prohibition law^ Senator • Fer-
ris -of,''Michigan charged that the
Old Mummies X-Rayed
To Discover Method
Egyptian Embalming
PITTSBURGH, Pa,, MltyT (United
Press).—Mddirrn science may disclose
A bill to prepare for the ’•ale of
government land for cultivation lias
just been passed by both Chambers
of the Riksdag, and another to permit
the sale or exchange of church pro- not fail to cooperate-with -ihd asso
party is pending. elation. . A.
possibly the secret of the Egyptians'
method of bYirial.”
, -^he most powerful electrical-ar-
rangement obtainable has been as-
sembled and work will start as soon
as the equipment can be put iif 'Work-
ing order. Stewart said.
. ---—OO—.——— •
JestiB’ Name”—Holden.
Benediction—Rev. Grady Timmons.
UNION OF PROTESTANTTSTO---—
NEW BROTHEHOODS AIM
aiding taw breaking and educating
American youth to drink. Senator
today the following list of countries
J^hich It has agreed to complete abo-
lition of non-immigrant visa fees:
Costa Rica, Denmark, Esthonla,
Finland, Germany Guatemaly. Hon-
duras Liberia. Mexico, Niearagna,
Panama. • Salvador, Sik'm. Syrcaan,
swftzerlan37 Persia.' r~’
J We have a
brance cards,
selections now
To say that Tom Mix
in town is null sed.
FABLES
Church. A
there.' ~
new move-
the raising
| Mrs.
In order to,.indent
Miss
Miss
The
THE QUEEN THURSDAY. Also a local Charles
ton contest. Enter and win a prize.
QUIET TODAY *’
IN STRIKE CITY
United Press,
LONDON,
• DALLAS, Texas, May 3. .(United
Press).—Illness-has forced ,Mrs. Grace
Hypier* to break* her ,”<» year record
of continuous service as school
teacher. . ” . -A
Mrs. Hymer lost a Week from the
classroqm dtje* to an operation. Prior
to her illness, she. had a record of
scholastic duties ■ ,,^.<81
Smith, and M. M.
MS«5_^.Ll:;no, Texas, who are .charg
ed with the ' misappropriation of the
ftuuU of the Commonwealth Bank of
Kansas City are being tried here* to-
day.- The Smith Brothers and Moss
were indicted at St. Joseph. Mo., in
1924.- ' '
In die News Spotlight
■***--* - -—:--------------------------------
M RS. CARTER~Z5TVEN POSITION
United Press. -■'
> AUSTIN, May 4.—Mrs. Sam' Carter,
Widow of Chief clerk Carter of .the
State Board of Controy, who recently
died, was given a clerical position Jag longing eyee toward the naUon’i
in the boards offices yesterday. " ‘ * —1
p. m.------
"■"Processional, “The Pilgrim", —
Wellesley. High School Orchestra.
Welcome,— Maaoa .Garrett.
Song, M. H.-S. — The School.
Class History — John Wray.
Piano Solo — Helen Buckworth. *
Prophecy — Clyde Allen.
Song — Henry Erdman, -C •
R (‘jilting —4
Will and Dohnor •— Bradford
Smith. Presentation °f Trophy—Se-
nior President, Mason Garrett.
Acceptance—Junior President, Ho-
rold Leavell.
Cornet Solo,— William Bdrmgn.
Class Poem (Written by Alvie Ban-
rett), Mary Beatty. . W
Class Song^JWriUen by Martha
TTolt), Vite Class.
COMENCEMENT SERMON
Sunday May 9, 1926.—3:30 p. m.
Processional "The.. Pilgrim”—High
School Orchestra.
Invocation—'Rev. Jewell Matthews.
Hymn ^Holy, Holy, Baty*’—Dykes.
Quartette "Festival Te iJeum No.
7 ’—Buck. Miss West, Mrs. Doster,
-Rev, - Fj&ster -and- Mrs: Kimbrough. —
Scripture Reading—Rev. E. C. An-
derson.
Offertory “Repent Ye”—Orchestra.
Announcements,
Sermon “The Accumulation of
Life’s Virtues” — Dr. Judd B. Holt.
or peace In Morocco, hMs been poat"
poned until next week, when repre-
sentatives of Spain. France..and the
Kiffian leader Emir Abdi Krim will
meet again.
United Press.
KILLED BY LIGHTENING
U nil edPress—,--——■——;—*—
IJROWNWOOD, May 4 —E. B. Kib-
ler, farmer, Uvlng-neu* Blanket, Tex-
as was killed 6y a lightening bolt
during an electrical storm Bunday
night.
■ai-.m1 <*)■' ——w
United Press.
WASHINGTON.. “tp -V-
been expressed' that the Treasurer's
deficit will be used as Deagocratic
i eduction—oi—aoii-liiiiji|greht,U^re——■
ArnnTU- 'Y]je 'important tou-its coun-
tries in this list are Germanp, Aus-
tria, Switzerland, Spain and Sweden.
Negotimions are now tp progress for
similar agreements with Great -Bri-
tain, France,. Italy and other* eoun-
>tries which still charges $10 for such
tourist cisas.
A shniiar fee of $10 is charged by
this government to nationals of coun
tries which habe noL. made the new,
reciprocal agreements.
Tlje State Department announced
CROWN AND CHURCH LAND
T<? BJE BOLD FOR” FARM
Unfied Press. ; "
PARIS, May S.—The government %
prepared for May- <1 nv rtots but all
sections have been reported as; quiet,
good weathemided in the ^tesetva- * .
JEmu* aC.'peacer ewr
Douglas Stewart; director of the Car-
Yiegie Museum • here, attempts to re-
move the coberings from an Egyptian
mummy by using the X-ray.
A tightly wrapped body OF’aMtaby.
BEEVILLE FIRE |f£und in a tom which had long been]
‘buried and on which another tom-had
been built, was brought here by Stew-
art from Egypt.
.. Ttmjmuihinj’7"".wai'<nsco'Ve'r«d“liy
Prof. EwPuard Noville at Abydos hnd
dates back to the early days of the
Ptolemaic period.
' By taking, X-ray pictures of the
munjtpy, Stewart belie.ves the secret
.ofthe, ancients’ burial and preserva-
tion of the body will, be disclosed.
'"With the X-ray examination we
hope to ascertain the age of. the
child,’’“Stewart told_the_Upjted; Press.
“By discovering the' arrangement of
the body in the wrappings, the peribd
United Press.
v HONG KONG, May 4.—Brtlsh war
ships have joined the search for Cap-
tain Lorlga, the Spanish Madrid-Ma-
nila flier lost near Hanoi. His com-
panion. Captain Gallarza arrived
REDUCED THIS YEAR
BY TWENTY COUNTRIES
WASHINGTON, ‘ May 3. '(^nited
Press).*—The American tourist who
goes. abroad this summer will have
at least one* less expense to grumble
about.: ’
The -STaTe"Bepa,rtment b e ■ nifi lw~
tTEfocal ijraument with iwentfcoS
United Preu. •,
HOUSTON, May 4,—A state wide
search for the bandit when unaided,
hekT up Che Wetngaten store on
M<ln street Saturday, night while 250
customers jvere there, hvas still
without results today. The. man ar-
rested here as the bandit's compa-
nion was still held today, Although
no charges were filed against him.
The trustees of CKrroll College met
in regular monthly meeting yester
day at tbe First Baptist
full representation was
. By common consent a
mont was launched tfor
of funds for Carroll, College.
-----Di. J. M. Uanoll by lesolution was
..efretfit' President Emeritnw;- without
•salary, antLIhe salaries of all em-
ployees were stopped.
A resolution was passed to have
a committee appointed whose duty
would be to select and propose a
man for the raising of funds for the
college out over the state.
The committee consisted of J. M.
Tucker. J. B. ifolL C. H. Riddle, W^,
W. ,Loe_amLFrank Londos-.—The crinr
mitten'is expected to srlrri h jll'tilDT
■man l()l» this w'ru:k~:Vri7ri-.-L...|I,u,4, -T1
the Baptists of Southwest Texas to
match the money that the people of
McAllen- and the Valley have put
up.'dollar for dollar
The money that was raised'in Mc-
Allen In the last drive< for funds is
/dill intact in the- bank and 'will nqt
be jised IQI...aux., purpose uwfH "Utera
is sufficient money raised from Other
sources to make thezbuilding of Car-
roll College possible.
It 1s--believed tliat this movement
w+H result fn Thucti gopd and that
new enthusiasm will result and that
the work,of sammg-mbjVey^,onL..ov^K.:
IM state will- go on;
. Beautiful asf
Make your selections now,
Army Red Tape Cut
By Secretary Davis
■By New Arrangement
tlorT of officers.
■_The officew-ejected were
Wise
MONROE, La., May 4. (United
Press).—Ttic Prtestant Brotherhood
of America,, has organjyd here
Ll A tentative program for the exer-
Reises preliminary to the closing of
• .the McAllen Public school has been
’ drafted. " ''
The senior class day exercises will I
. be held at the High School audito-!
. itum. Friday", evaaiag May 7th at ftj
O'clock, while the Commencement -ser-
mon will be preached Sunday after-'
' noon May 9th at 330 o’clock.
| Holding this service in the after-
noon is quite a departure from the
usual time, according to some of
I school officials, but gave as the
I son, that Sunday. May 9th being
Jther’s day, many of the pastors
not desire to give up their regular
I Mother’s day exercises and as several
[features .congicted with the gitgfrt
hour, It was dWldgd to hold tha aer-
.Vlces inThe afternoon. ‘
,»hort’,£Uts la■ affMdeWey*-------— “—“
Here is a sample given by Davis
today of what he calls "cutting off
more feet of red tape”.
“Our new gytstew, provides
when a Chief of Branch asks
money in his preliminary estimates
and the Secretary of War, the Direc/
.lor W the Budget.' anti ('ongr-as hay,1
ail concurred to the extent of making
the necessary appropriations, it is as-
surned that the contemplated expert
diture -Js justifiable, and of .Chief- of
Bnthfih. can get his money , x>f the
Treasury without proving his cas^ gll
over again; * •'*[.„- '
’.‘The old system for a complete reT
Waiting. Ilf tlu* mlmxr (a <|)e pg
, tlmates at every step in their' prepa-
ration. In addition, even after Con-
gress gad-appropriated the money, it
was necessary for a Chief of Brant It
to submit a new requisition., every
time he wanted an allotment made'
out of a particular appropriation —
United Press.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 3.'—Detectives
dlscdyered Charles P. Marsh.. age
thirty-five, was wanted in Dallas,
Texas, on charges of tampering with
the United States mails, after re-,
leasing him.
They Immediately hurried, to the
hotel and .rearrested htn}.. A reward
of five hundred dollars is, offered for
his arrest.
United Press.
STOCKHOLM, May 3
appease the land hunger of Sweden’s
surplus population, no longer satis-
fied by emigration, c movement to
s^ltt up .the Government‘p owh Janu.. follows:
the church domain J and the historic! Mrs.
<)■***** 11 . ' l*tll'J " Frisby. Mrs. Geo
headway in, the-Rftsdag.. ' I Ally, Mrs., G. E. Langfot J.
Sweden is still a relatively thlufy . The association wishes to announce
settled country and since the normal1 that everyone's dues are" how due and
population outlet of abon" 20,060 a'payable The -amount of member-
year has been cut down by the A'.tw- ship is. $3.00 per-year and the1'ladles
lean quota law to lesS than one half of the association are anxious to
bread must be found for the remain I get the dues in right away so that
der within the- eettatof. its sit.- j .. *■ itiny .iiihV tin -pwwiwfaw 'ft rarjv far
United Press.
WASHINGTON, May 4.—Secretary
of Wan> Dwight F. Davis, who is a
business man, has declared war on
army red tape.
A-group of represeirtattve busT-'
ness men fiuiii . various tiurT'oT the
country ..haye;
at W8 Inyitatlon t.o show officials -wjjrrn’Tn>ar
This Is a rainy day. and there is
nothing that funcions on a rainy
day but your rent and electric bill.
United Press. ”
OUDJDA, jlorroqco, May- L—Final
‘leejetow of whether ft AtHI-be" war
workepndn the world’s largest City,!DRY' LEADERS LAUNCH M
are “walking work"- today, ah a te-( ' — ' OFFENSIVE
suit, of the general strike that was
called at midnight. Four and one
half million men are out of employ-
ment. There have been slight dim
-vyders-ttp—ttr dale; The" labor . leadl
.trs ixave iss-nrd. a proclamation, plac-
WkRlg the strikers to ‘be -ealm' ahd
rave no violence. The government . * .
is ot Texaa-‘ Preseated statls-
Jhe citizens in*order to keep trans-
;>ortation .facilities in operation.
.: i” *—•——:—oo— — " .
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE
TO SQON BE COMPLETED
vmrgtruction workmen the interna-
tional bridge ak Hidalgo and Reynosa
Js heing ruehwl. aH- TnatertaT flow be-
ing on. the ground. It is said yiat
the bridge wHl be completed____and
ready for. tile' by the. twentieth of
this -month"”’”™"''
Worky, has been delayed somewhat
Texas, May £—A fa-
fo his ten children
burned to death when -their home
caught fire here today.' The mother
Mrs. John Haas, and hed Infant were
carri&TIo safety.
United Press.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The ggv-
ornmenf’s fifty year lease for Muaela
Shoots to thirteen associated. povgr
companies, will be voted on by the
S. irnlc ”ri?xT week. SehatbF "HMIBPr’
fight against the bill ie being arbft-
MAY9th JT .
iutiful asMirtmeiy o( rertiewH”
lies ancpfrinkets. Make your
APPROACHING '
^ent of gifts always in stock.
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McAllen Daily Press (McAllen, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 107, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 4, 1926, newspaper, May 4, 1926; McAllen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1199192/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McAllen Public Library.