The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 7, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 20 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
[i&| COie Smumsmllr Herald f3£|
I Brownsville Texas | VO ^ FIRST_FIRST IN THE VALLEY-LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-flF)_ gw Antonio — Hon»to«
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 4 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS SATURDAY JULY 7 1928 SIX PAGES TODAY_5c A COPY
ft
Quiet Reigns About Fundamentalist Tabernacle
WOMEN FAIL
TO RETURN TO
JOB IN DALLAS
Lone Deputy In Pos-
session of Structure
f Which Has Been
Center of Strife
3 DALLAS Texas. July 7.—<AV-IU
smooth tin roof bare of paint re-
flecting heat waves from a blazing
tun and the region about it as siient
as the vaulted precincts of some
ancient cathedral the half finished
Fundamentalist Baptist tabernacle
stood huge and gaunt under guard of
one deputy sheriff today.
The scores of overalled bonneted
women who for two days slaved to
complete the gigantic sprawling
structure failed to return to their
hot hard work despite their threats
to dare jail under an injunction re-
quiring the halting of construction.
Vigilance of the officers was di-
rected in the main against some
two-score women members of the
congregation of the Rev. Earl Ander-
son who persisted in working on the
structure after Judge Towne Young
issued an injunction enjoining "men’’
from completing the tabernacle until
a hearing on whether the injunction
shall be made permanent can be had
next Wednesday .
Charges of property owners in the
vicinity of the site of the tabernacle J
that building ordinances of the city '
were being violated led Judge Young!
to issue bis first injunction and -
when the Rev. Anderson failed to
obey the court's orders to desist work
Judge Young fined the minister $10C
and costs and remanded him to jail.
vyhen deputy sheriffs went to the
tabernacle yesterday they found
about fifty women many .in overalls
laying the roof and asserting that
Judge Young's injunction against
“men” did not apply to them. The
officers retreated to the courthouse
and Judge Young issued a second in-
junction restraining “men. women
or persons” from continuing the
work. By the time thsy returned the
women had knocked off for tTie day
but promised to return today.
The Rev. J. Frank Norris pastor of
the First Baptist church of Fort
Worth preached in the partly con-
structed tabernacle last night. He I
^ has been active in promoting the
w building of the tabernacle and in
scathing terms has denounced Judge j
Young's action in “preventing the j
building cf a church ”
The Rev. Mr. Anderson said be
would remain in jail until his protest
against Judge Young's injunction
had been heard throughout the coun-
try.
Baroness Former U.S.
Girl Dies In Crash
NICE. Franc*. July 7—Ba-
reness Heckscher. 85 born Paddie
Manuel of Newark N. J. and her
English companion Mrs. Annie Scon-
cia. were killed last night when
their automobile fell 350 feet Into *
ravine near Apremont.
Sidney Rusinow of Fredericks-
burg. Ohio the driver was serious-
ly hurt but is expected to recover.
He was trying to turn on a narrow
foothill road when a rear tire burst
and be lost control of the car.
Texas Socialists To
Nominate Full Slate
DALLAS. July 7.—{/P<—Texas So-
cialists and sympathizers will meet
here tomorrow for the purpose of
nominating state candidates and
adopting a platform.
“There are indicatiors of a revival
of interest in socialism over the en-
tire United States since the nomina-
tion of Norman Thomas of New Y’ork
for president and James M. Maurer
for vice president.” said W. M. Tay-
i lor. state secretary of the party.
The Stock
Market-
Fluctuates just as much during
the summer as at any other
time of the year. While you
are on your vacation there
may be important changes that
will be vital to you.
The surest and safest wav of
keeping track of the local
market and the entire world of
business ia to have The
Brownsville Herald follow you
whether you go away for a
week or all summer.
Rates:
75c per Month
Before you leave telephone or t
mail your order to the Circu-
lation Department.
The Brownsville
Herald
PHONE 8
L
BRITISH CRUISER RUNS AGROUND ON WAY TO PORT
View of the British cruiser Dauntless which steamed onto the rocks off Tribune Shoal on her way
into port at Halifax Nova Ecotia. Salvage men have reported that they do not believe that the
vessel can be refloated. Canadian cruisers aided in removing the crew. The scene of the disaster is
the same place where the British cruiser Tribune was wrecked years ago with many casualties.
-•*-—- '
TAKE MAN OFF
ROCK I RIVER
Stranded Canoeist Res-
cued After Night
In Stream
WASHINGTON July 7.—<>P>— Her-
bert Lugenbeel marooned upon a
rock in the Potomac River rapids
when his canoe overturned yesterday
afternoon was rescued today after
having spent more than twelve hours
clinging to his uncomfortable perch.
fast upon the rock at 4 p. m. yes-
terday Lngenbee! clung to it until
after 5 o’clock this morning. When
taken off he wes apparently none
the worse for his experience going
directly home and to bed.
With J. H. Angel. Lugenbeel set
out in his frail craft searching for
the body of a canoeist drowned early
in the week. The swirling waters of
the rapids capsized their canoe and
each after much buffetung by the
swift running current was cast upon
rocks protruding above its surface.
Others engaged in looking for the
body attempted to rescue the men.
but helpless before the fast water
called the fire and rescue squad from
Washington. After many failures
the firemen succeeded in reaching
Angel with 8 rope. This he made fast
to the rock and pulling himself along
the line reached safety suffering
several injuries on the way.
Similar eforts to reach Lugenbeel
were unsuccessful and shortly after
dark operations were suspended un-
til dawn today.
Throughout the night he was
forced to siL in a cramped position
upon his rock unable to communicate
with the rapidly growing crowd on
shore.
HELEN WIUS
HOLDS TITLE
Spanish Girl Forces
American to Extend
In Order to Win
WIMBLEDON Eng July 7.—
Helen Wills American tennis star
retained her championship in the
women's singles at Wimbledon today
defeating Senorita Elia de Alvarez
brilliant young Spanish player before
a huge crowd which included the king
and queen. The score was 6-2 6-3.
The Spanish girl made a wonderful
effort in the second set and had a
three-love lead before the champion
steadied and ran out six straight
games.
Senorita Alvarez who has been suf-
fering from an attack of laryngitis
seemed anything but a sic girl as she
extended Miss Wills to a greater ef-
fort than she has been forced to ex-
ert before this year.
The challenger exhibited a fault-
less backhand and sent many low.
raking shots skimming past the nets
until the middle of the second set
when her game suffered a collapse.
Mrs. Holcroft Watson and Miss P.
Saunders won the women’s doubles
championship by defeating Misses
Ermyntrude Harvey and Eileen Ben-
net 6-2 6-3.
Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon
French Davis cup pair won the men's
doubles championship in straight sets
from Gerald Patterson and .1. B.
Hfcwkes Australian veterans 13-11
6-4. 6-4.
Elizabeth Rvan California now liv-
ing in Engalnd. and P. D. B. Spence
of South Arica. won the mixed
doubles championship by defeating
Jack Crawford and Daphine Akhurst
vouthfu! Australians in straight sets.
6-5. 6-4.
VETERAN JOURNALIST DIES
TOKYO July 7. —Douglas
Adam. 68 first correspondent of The
Associated Press in Japan and a vet-
eran journalist died today of heart
failure. He has recently been an
editor of Rengo a Japanese news
service.
Disappearance of A
Loivenstein Still
Puzzles Europeans
LONDON. July 7.—Discussion
of the mystery of Captain Alfred
Lowenstein’s death by a fall from his
airplane into the sea went on apace
today.
Efforts to find his body at the
point where the crew of his plane and
its other occupants assert he fell into
the English channel through acci-
dentally opening the exit door of the
plane have been futile. The pilot
and mechanic of the plane spent sev-
FIRE STATIOF
WORK IS BEGUN
New Station Will Be
Equipped to House
Alarm System
Construction work has begun on
Brownsville's new $30000 central fire
station and laborers were tearing
down the oid public library Saturday
in order to secure additional space
for this new building according to
Fire Chief R. H. Weller.
The station is to be equipped to
house the latest fire alarm system
but the system will not be completely
installed at this time it is said.
“Brownsville needs this system
more than anything else in this de-
partment” Weller said. “We are con-
stantly being given the wrong ad-
dresses and are being sent to one
side of town when the fire is on the
other.
“The fire department is not to
blame for these wrong runs though"
he continued "because we have to go
where ever we are sent even though
| it does carry us away from instead
I of to the fire. All these mistakes in
direction would be eliminated with
a central alarm system.''
Marriage Illegal
Over Golden Gate;
| Couple Is Sought
ALAMEDA. Calif.. July 7.—
Blissfully ignorant of the fact that
they are not legally married. Miss
Esther Warren and H.. Milton Heron
both of Oakland were motoring
somewhere in northern California on
their honeymoon today while their
friends made frantic efforts to com-
municate the startling news to them.
Miss W'arren and Mr. Heron ob-
tained a marriage license here yes-
terday. The wedding party boarded
an airplane. The pilot. Major Liv-
ingston Irving steered for the sea.
In a few minutes the plane was cir-
cling the Golden Gate. The Rev.
J. B- Orr. pastor of an Oakland Con-
gregational church read the cere-
mony.
When the plane landed they left
at once on their honeymoon keeping
their destination a secret.
As the news of the aerial cere-
mony spread some one recalled a
state law which provides that mar-
riage licenses are good only in the
county in which they are issued.
The Golden Gate is in San Francisco
and Marin counties. The license was.
issued in Alameda.
Bolivia Passenger
Plane Falls; 3 Die
LA PAZ. Bolivia July 7.——
Three persons were killed yesterday
when a passenger plane of the
Lloyd Aero Boliviano company
crashed while en route from Santa
Cruz to Cochabamba.
Those killed were Scnora Raquel
De Flores wife of a member of the
Bolivian congress; F^ot Bernt and
Mechanic Schwab.
\
eral hours cruising about the spot in
a tug in a fruitless search.
Tests made at a Le Bourget air-
drome France to determine whether
it was possible to open the door of a
plane in flight showed it was not
easy to do so. Two mechanics using
a plane similar t® that from which
Lowenstein disappeared with the
motor running at full force found
that the air pressure was so great that
the combined strength of the two
men was jest sufficient to open the
door wide enough to permit one of
thenr to pass through it. Yet friends
of Lowenstein maintain he often
opened the door of his plane to look
out over the sea and the landscape.
Rumors that the whole affair was
a hoax were circulated in brokers’ of-
fices and other concerns interested
in dealings of the stock exchanges
of London Paris. Berlin and Brus-
sels. One suggestion was that Low-
enstein never left Croydon. Another
rumor was that he landed with the
plane somewhere between Croydon
and Dunkirk where it was first seen
to land and disappeared or that he
vanished in a motorcar after landing
at Dunkirk.
Newspapers recalled that mys-
terious deaths of pYomment persons
had always been followed by such re-
ports.
The London Daily Mail commenting
on the rumors of a disappearance
said that the captain of the Titanic
was reported as having been seen in
New York after the sinking of that
vessel. It was also recalled that for
a long time the belief had persisted
that Lord Kitchener lived after the
torpedoing of the Hampshire in the
World war.
The Daily Express quoted an un-
named intimate friend of Lowenstein
as saying the Belgian was subject to
sudden heart attacks due to an ab-
normal blood pressure of more than
200 millimeters instead of the normal
150. The discovery of his collar and
tie in the plane suggested to the
friend the posibility that Lowenstein
had ripped these off to gain relief
from a sudden attack. Finding this
insufficient he was thought to have
forced open the door splintering the
wooden frame to get fresh air col-
lapsed from the exertion and plunged
to his death.
Reliability Flier*
Land Safely at Waco
WACO Tex. July 7.—{IP)—Led by
a Lockheed monoplane piloted by
Robert Cantwell all 24 planes of
the national air tour landed safely at
Rich Field here today having com-
pleted the 100-mile hop from Fort
Worth without mishap.
The planes and their r«**en«ters
will remain here until 2 o’clock this
afternoon when they will take off
for San Antonio approximately 200
miles south.
Earthquakes Felt
In Central Mexico
MEXICO CITY. July 7.—UPi— New
earthquake shocks were felt in cen-
tral and southern Mexico last night
where there have been frequent tre-
mors recently.
The shocks were strong at Salina
Cruz but no casualties were report-
ed. Slighter shocks which did no
damage were felt in Mexico City.
NORTON IN TITLE MEET
SAN ANTONIO July 7.—(>Pv—
Brian I. C. Norton former South Af-
rican Davis cup ace. and Bob Ryan of
Fort Worth defending champion
were scheduled to settle the battle
for 1928 supremacy here in the an-
nual Southwest Texas tennis tourna-
ment. m
HLRLS 2 FULL GAMES
GREENVILLE. S. C. July 7.—
Deacon Joliff Greenville pitcher in
the Eastern Carolina league yester-
day pulled an "iron man” stunt in
pitching two victories against Fay-
etteville. 15 to 8 and 7 to 1. Be-
sides he got five hits out of seven
trips to the plate three of them
1 home rune.
TREATY AMS
OF CALIFORNIA
OUTLINED
_
Wiling to Concede to
Mexico Ample Wat-
er to Irrigate Pre-
sent Development
That the Lower Rio Grande Valley
is not opposed to the Boulder Can-
yon dam project providing the inter-
ests of Mexico are properly protect-
ed. was the assurance given Ira Aten
director of the Imperial Valley ir-
rigation district at a meeting of
water district managers and water
users at San Benito Friday night.
Mr. Aten made a plea for Valley ]
support stating that the Boulder
Canyon dam is necessary to the Im-
perial Valley. He discussed the aims
of that section in regard to the pro-
posed treaty with Mexico on water
distribution stating that the Im-
perial Valley was willing to concede
to Mexico sufficient water to irrigate
the 200000 acres now under cultiva-
tion.
“The Lower Rio Grande Valley and
the Imperial Valley are mutually in-
terested in the proposed treaty with
Mexico” Mr. Aten said. “There
should be no conflict of interests.
Every drop of water in the Colorado
falls upon American soil but we are
willing to concede sufficient water
to irrigate the present development
on the Mexican side. However we
will oppose the use of Colorado water
for the irrigation of additional de-
velopment.”
Relative to the statement attribut-
ed to Judge Childers attorney for
the Imperial Valley irrigation dis-
trict at the Denver conference last
autumn he asserted that Childers
had been misquoted and had not stat-
ed that the Boulder Canyon dam
would cut off the Mexican water
supply. He had testified that it
“could” cut off the supply not that
it “would” Mr. Aten said.
Americans Own Land
“Americans own all the land un-
der cultivation on the Mexican aide
of the border” the California said.
(Continued on pare two.;
HOOVER SEES
G. O.P. CHIEFS
Secretary Rushes Cam-
paign Plan Before
Making Trip
WASHINGTON. July 7.—UP—James
W. Good of Chicago was named west-
ern campaign manager for Herbert
Hoover today.
WASHINGTON July 7.—f/P)—
Members of the republican national
committee from eastern states were
invited to confer today with Secre-
tary Hoover and National Chairman
Work upon establishment of a reg-
ional campaign organization.
Several of the committeemen re-
ported they were unable to attend
but some of these sent proxies and
enough were on hand to go into a
discussion of the political situation
in the east and to map out a plan
of campaign.
Secretary Hoover is anxious to
perfect his campaign organization
before leaving the capital and to this
end a similar gathering of national
committeemen from the west has
been announced for next week.
One of the early arrivals for to-
day's conference Earl S. Kinsley of
Vermont has accepted a campaign
post as assistant to Chairman Work.
He will be located in the Washing-
ton office.
Wisconsin Dems Not
To Approve Dry Plank
MILWAUKEE. July 7.—UP>—Wis-
consin democratic leaders went into
state convention today determined to
endorse Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New
York for president but not to sup-
! port the dry plank in the party’s
' Houston platform.
* The platform committee decided to
recommend to today’a convention that
in the opinion of the Wisconsin dem-
ocracy the party's prohibition plank
■ was defined in Gov. Smith’s telegram
j to the national convention.
St. Louis Heat Wave
Fatalities Now 16
ST. LOUIS. July 7.-r4/P>—Total
fatalities attributed to the heat here
since Tuesday mounted to sixteen to-
day with reports of two additions!
deaths. A waitress and a glass work-
er succumbed to heat exhaustion.
CARNIVAL RIDE FATAL
DALLAS. July 7.—UP>— Miss Thel-
ma Ray Weeks. 19. who was fatally
injured when she fell from a riding
device at a carnival in Mount Pleas-
ant Thursday will be buried today
at Corsicana. She was a former stu-
dent at Bryan high school her*.
Italians Broke
Own Endurance
Mark In Flight
RIO JANEIRO. July 7.—*&)—Cap-
tain Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo
P. Delprete in breaking the world's
distance flight record bettered their
own duration flight record by 25 min-
utes.
Bernardo Attoclico. Italian ambas-
sador to Brazil announced today aft-
er a telegraphic interview with the
airmen that they had been in the air
for 59 hours before they landed at
1 SHOT DEAD
ACROSS RIVER
_
F. Salinas Dies With
8 Wounds; Seeking
Norberto Garza
Felix Salinas aged about 38. was
riddled with six .38 pistol bullets in
nearly all parts of his body^and
died almost instantly at his Tuata-
moros home at 10 o'clock Friday
night. As a result police on both
sides of the river were conducting a
search for Norberto Garza who is
alleged to have done the shooting.
Salinas is survived by a wife and
two young children.
Garza was a brother-in-law of Sa-
linas.
Salinas is said to have attacked
Garza’s aged father Ramon Garza
several days ago and the shooting
ia believed to have been an out-
growth of this incident. Other fam-
ily troubles also are said to have
existed between the two men.
Garza about 20 years of age lived
on the American side of the river
and had been working for the
Bollack dry goods store for
about six weeks previous to
the shooting according to reports.
He also has worked for the Coytce-
vich Supply Co.
Salinas formerly resided in San
Bemto but removed to Matamoros
about two years ago.
Funeral arrangements were being
made Saturday by the family of the
dead man.
-i
Had No Dress Of
White So Giri Is
Shunned By Class
MILWAUKEE. July 7.-Hj<P>—Grace
Soldt who had looked forward to
sitting with her classmates on the
platform and receiving her public
school diploma missed out on the
climax of her school year because
she didn't have a white dress. To-
day the school board was asked to
do something about it.
An affidavit states that Grace's
mother purchased a colored drers
for her a month before the date of
graduation. A few dayt later the
' school principal. Miss Sarah J. Car-1
roll announced the girls should
wear white dresses.
The family was not in a position
to purchase another dress the affi-
davit says and the girl wore her
colored gown. She was asked to
j leave the room the girl said and
! was given her diploma privately the
next day.
World Racers In
Moscow In Plane
—
i MOSCOW. July 7.—UPV—John H.
| Mears and Charles G. D. Collyer at-
I tempting to set a new around the
world travel record arrived here by
plane from Berlin at 10:15 a. m.
today.
The Americans who left Berlin at
1:35 p. m. yesterday stopped at
j Koenigsberg at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon leaving there at 2 o’clock
this morning.
Mears said he was leaving today
! for Kazan instead of Ufa as he had
j planned originally. He asserted he
j was seventeen hours la(e on his
schedule owing to the tact that he
j came by way of Berlin and that he
was delayed at Koenigsberg and New
| York.
—
MOB ATTACK DENIED
SPOKANE. Wash.. July 7.—UP’*—
Sheriff Shafer of Adams county to-
day informed The Associated Press
by long distance telephone from
Ritzville Wash. that no mob bad at-
tempted. as reported to storm his
jail to remove Ellis Williams negro
porter suspected of attempting to at-
tack a white woman passenger on a
Northern Pacific train. The negro
is lodged safely in jail the sheriff
said.
WOMAN 102 DIES
SAN FRANCISCO. July T.—</P)—
Mr*. Eleanor Martin a leader in so-
cial and philanthropic affairs here
for years died at her home here last
night She was 102 years old.
Touros 50 miles north of Natal and
4377 miles by airline from Monte-
celio field Rome. They hold the
duration flight record at 58 hours.
34 minutes and 25 1-2 seconds. It is
unlikely that they will be credited
with the 59 hour record since the
previous mark must be bettered by
at least one hour to be recognized.
Fog the Ambasador said blocked
their attempt to reach Rio Janeiro
which they would have made without
difficulty in the elapsed time. In-
stead of landing at Point Genipabu.
10 miles north of Natal as reported
at first they flew so low as to make
it appear that they had touched the
ground. Then they continued on in
the fog and darkness searching for a
suitable landing place for their large
plane. Finally they came down on
the w-et and sandy beach at Touros
damaging the wheels of their plane.
The men were not hurt.
At times the fog was so dense
that they flew only 30 feet from the
ground. The flyers told the ambas-
sador that during their flight from
Rome they had encountered all kinds
of adverse weather fog winds rain
and even hail. They managed to fight
their way through this however and
only when their fuel began to run
low did they think of landing. For
three hours they flew back and forth
in the blackness skimming the water
in search of a safe-landing place un-
til they decided to come dow-n at
Touros. There the heavy plane sank
into the sand damaging the_ wheels.
The plane will be taken to Natal for
repairs.
The French air mail company
placed one of its planes at the dis-
posal of the Italians. Acting or in-
struction from Rome however they
declined the offer and will continue
1 their flight to Rio Janeiro in *heir
own plane when it is repaired.
LEAPS OFF OF
SHIP: RESCUED
Prominent Washing-
ton Man Regrets
Leap He Says
NEW YORK. July 7.—</P)—The
steamship Rochambeau. due here
Monday front Havre has among other
passengers Morton Hoyt member of
a socially prominent Washington
family who jumped overboard off
the Grand Banks and was rescued in
twenty minutes.
At 8 o'clock last night when the
ship was plowing its way through a
dense fog the cry “man overboard'"
was raised and it was learned that
Hoyt had plunged into the Atlantic.
The vessel immediately turned in a
complete circle and started back
along its course with Captain Leon
Rollin directing the search from the
bridge. Within twenty minutes Mr.
Hoyt was located ond heard crying
for help. A lifeboat was lowered and
he was picked up completely ex-
hausted from his struggle writh the
waves.
He said he regretted jumping over-
board and asked that he be allowed
to sleep. The jump and the rescue
were described in radio advices to
The Associated Press.
Mr. Hoyt is the son of the late
Henry M. Hoyt who served as so-
licitor general of the United States
in the Taft administration. Eleanor
Hoyt Bennett and Nancy Hoyt
Wynne are his sisters. Mr. Hoyt
married Jean Bankhead daughter of
the late Senator Bankhead of Ala-
bama. A brother Henry M. Hoyt Jr.
a portrait painter committed suicide
in New York in 1920.
Make Tentative
Dedication Plans
For New Airport
Tentative plans were begun Satur-
day relative to a formal dedication
program for the city's municipal ait
field which will probably be com-
pletedy and ready for opening by
September 1 according to G. C. Rich-
ardson manager of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce.
Richardson declared that promi-
nent officials of both Mexico and
the United States would be asked to
take part in the ceremonies.
Louisiana Girl Dies
When Auto Overturns
ALEXANDRIA. La.. July 7.—(.'Pi-
Miss Violet Scott. 18. daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. S. M. Scott of Oakdale La.
was instantly killed last night when
the car in which she was riding turn-
ed over twenty miles north of Oak-
dale.
Miss Scott her cousin. Ora Scott
and Stanty Gates were returning
home from Alexandria.
A flat tira caused the accident.
THIRD SHERIFF
MISSING; HUNT
FOR SLAYER ON
Men Had Been Called
To Death in Anony-
mous Message; Mo-
tive Is Unknown
HARLAN. Ky. July 7.—Rifle*
larked near here early today and
when the echo of the last shot had
faded away in the heart of Ken-
tucky's mountains famous as th«
scene of countless feuds two men
lay dead and a third was missing
and believed killed.
The dead:
FLOYD BALL. 32. sheriff of Har-
lan county and father of six chil-
dren.
JOHN HENSLEY 45. a deputy
sheriff.
Missing:
Tom Holes 48. a deputy sheriff.
The sheriff received an anonymous
telephone message late last night
at his home here reporting that a
man was terrorizing passersby on
the Mayo Trail twelve miles west
of Harlan. Sheriff Ball had Hensley
and Holes join him and left to in-
vestigate. At 3 o’clock this morning
persons residing near the scene of
the tragedy heard a fusilade of
shots. Investigation revealed the
bodies of Ball and Hensley each
had been shot three times in the
back.
A large posse was organized here
in the middle of the night. Several
hundred men were expected to be
scouring the mountains for the
slayers before a dozen hours had
elapsed.
Though the officers had been ac-
tive against moonshiners no motive
for the killings was agreed upon
by the first investigators
German Aviators
Set Durance Mark
DESSAU Germany July 7.—(jP)—
The German aviators Risticx and
Zimmerman. established a new
world's record for a duration flight
today. At 3:34 o’clock this after-
noon they had surpassed by an hour
the Italian record of 58 hours 34
minutes and were still flying.
After they had been in the air
more than 60 hours the two pilots
dropped a message stating that they
intended to continue untij darkness.
At the 60-hour mark they had even
passed the Belgian record estab-
lished on June 5 of 59 1-22 hours
which was of doubtful recognition
since the Belgian plane had been re-
fueled while in flight.
Miss Earhart Sells
Flag; Throws In Kiss
NEW YORK July 7.—Charles
Winnenger star of the musical com-
edy “Showboat” paid SOSO for a small
silk American flag that Miss Amelia
Earhart carried to Wales aboard the
monoplane Friendship. And Misa
Earhart threw in a kiss free.
The flag was sold at public auction
at the Palace theater and the money
will be used to help defray expense*
of the American delegation to the
Olympic games at Amsterdam. The
kiss delivered on the stage drew *
howl of applause.
4 MEXICAN REBELS SLAIN
MEXICO CITY! July T.—m—Dia-
patches from Guadalajara today said
that four insurgents had been killed
and several wounded in battle with
federal forces at San Cayetano. Th*
band was dispersed.
WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to unsettled tonight
and Sunday probably with local
showers.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Sunday; probably occa-
sional showers near the coast; show-
ers and cooler in northwest portion
Sunday.
Light to fresh southerly winds oa
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24 Hr. 24 Hr.
Stage Stage Chng. Ram
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.4 40.1 .00
Laredo . 27 -1.(1 0.0 .00
Rio Grande .. 21 4.2 0.0 .00
Mission ..... 22 3.5 -0.5 .00
San Benito 23 6.4 — 20|
Brownsville . 18 1.2 -OB .64
Note: The river stage* in th* Val-
ley are apparently affected more or
less at present by pumping for irri-
gation purposes.
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteorologi-
cal conditions;
High ••**.... 8:2< a. m.; 6:53 p m.
Low . 12:35 a. m.; 5:38 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 7:26
Sunrise tomorrow.... 5^4
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 7, 1928, newspaper, July 7, 1928; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1380329/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .