The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 190, Ed. 2 Wednesday, January 8, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 190 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8 1930 EIGHT PAGES TODAY Se A COPY!
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I IN OUR
I VALLEY
J 1-By c HAKLLS HALL mmmit
AS pen in hand was taken thi*
morning a norther was report-
ed as having already reached ;
Ban Antonio and moving southward j
toward Corpus Christi. A still fur- .
Iher slump in mercury standings was
expected but not enough to do
much damage to growing things.
With the northern part of the
country in the grip of a cold wave
all yesterday the Valley basked in
sunshine with the lowest tempera-.
ture last night at 68. 1
This is not written Just to talk
about the weather or because there
Is nothing else to tali: ..bout but be-
cause the weather is so wonderful
down here we want the whole world
to know about it.
In a spot where roasting ears and
new potatoes and strawberries and
a list of vegetables too long to men-
tion. can be eaten right out of the ;
garden at New Year's and Christ- 1
mas the Canaanites just got mixed
up on which was the land flowing
with milk and honey.
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IN fact the people in the Valley
seem so pleased with their lot
j in life that they are even satis-
with their own wives.
Now compared to some places
khat is not so out of place as it may
geem at first glance. Take Holly-
wood for instance where the lar-
gest salaries in the world are made.
Fallow living out there when he
wakes up in the morning they say1
has to stop and think which wife he
U> living Wltu.
But records coming in from the
various counties and towns up and
•own the Valley show that the peo-
ple here are using good judgement
In picking their partners and really
Inean to make a life deal of it.
Cameron county shows a prepon-
derance of first selections being the
best. Even Hidalgo county troubled
with 60 many disagreements finds
nothing wrong in its nuptial ar-
rangements. Figures there show that
only S3 were divorced while 1.152
stayed hitched. That is a vote of 12
to 1 in favor of abiding by the vows
the contracting parties solemnly
took.
Up Dallas way this year thing*
dre more peaceful too. Not half so
many wives killed their husband.-
last year. Personally we prefer di-
vorce to murdering a husband but
both are big blots on the escutcheon
•f America.
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SUNDRY folks have been writing
to the papers about the gram-
mar of Nicholas Murray Butler
president of Columbia University.
He is charged with the heinous
crime -for a college professor—of
r .king the statement while broad-
casting over the radio that: "Neut-
rality don't involve breaking your
obligation."
Whenever an editor makes a
grammatical error he always slinks
Vo and skulks behind the apron of
the printer. "Typographical er-
ror" has covered a multitude of
writer's grammatical sins. But people
ought to be also considerate of the
speaker before that little micro-
phone disk which hides a million
ears. It certainly gives an entirely
pew form of stage fright. Ask us
we know. Even President Hoover
you will notice when speaking be-
fore it. as he is often shown on the
screen is always following his notes
Xt looks like the more brains you
have the more that little disk ter-
rifies you.
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rvRESS dispatches from Madrid
■ show that barbers in Seville and
m elsewhere in Spain are suffering
terribly over a slump in business. Ii
seems that too many people are
wearing their whiskers long or
are cutting them themselves.
This must be a deplorable condi-
tion. First thing you know we will
have a new organization formed in
America and people calling on u^
“out of headquarters office” asking
for donations for the Spanish re-
lief from long beards. It also might
be said to give a new form of the
barber's itch.
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NOW that we have had our little
spell of attempted punning
which at best is cheap stuff w*:
have got to get down to more ser-
ious business.
The Valley accident list as car-
ried in yesterday’s Brownsville Her-
ald. resembled a casualty report dur-
ing the war.
A continuance ol such a list over
the nation will in time make the
war only a picnic outing in the
maimed the crippled and the dead
Many have been heard to suggest
ISiat something more should be done
in a legislative way. State laws fully
cover automobile accidents practi-
cally if not theoretically. Legislators
can legislate until they are blue in
the face and only scratch the sur-
face of the automobile accident pro-
blem.
The remedy seems to be purely t
Batter of education of the drivers.
we can get it firmly implanted in-
io the mind of every human being
th t a Tying automobile trawls
with one wheel in the grave and
lhat at every’ corner broken legs and
arms lurk maybe we can get a lit-
tle relief from this awful pressure
•n the gas. That and that alone will
nave the situation.
(tit
A bank call has been issued and
within a few days we will know-
how much money there is in
ill the banks of the Valley. Peoplj
cl the business world always hold
lhat a matter of great moment. We
iuppose it is. but our greatest wor-
m is the small proportion of that
^-t sum credited to our owrn Be-
ak un i*
BITTER COLD
WAVE DUE TO
HISS VALLEY
Icy Norther Roars
Through Other
State Towns
The tip end of a norther is sche-
duled to arrive in the Valley some
time Wednesday or Wednesday
night. Wintry blasts which have set
the northern part of the state shiv-
ering under a blanket of snow and
sleet will Jiave spent their f/ry be-
fore reaching the Lower Rio Grande
and temperatures are not expected
to remain in the neighborhood of
45.
While fruit growers of California
are using smudges to protect or-
chards threatened by the cold Val-
ley citrus growers are resting secure
on predictions of mild temperature
Rain and unsettled weather is fore-
cast for the Valley Thursday.
Brownsville and Corpus Christ!
were the only Texas towns with
weather bureaus reporting south
winds at 7 a. m. Wednesday. The
norther already had hit San Antonio
at that time.
CALIFORNIA GROWERS
USE SMUDGES
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8—OP)—
The Pacific coast today remained
In the clutch of cc'.i weather. Snow
fell in many parts of California
even in citrus belts and on the
Mojave desert.
Drifted snow in mountains east
of Stockton Calif. caused appre-
hension for at least one couple be-
lieved in a cabin. Search parties
tried to force a path to the aid of
Mr. and Mrs. Nightengale.
Orchardists used smudges in
many places. Riverside fruit grow-
ers had been warned of a low tem-
perature of 25 degrees. At Ven-
tura where a five-minute snowstorm
was reported yesterday cold con-
tinued today.
WET COLD WAVE
MOVES SOUTH
(By The Associated Press)’
Ice gripped North Texas today as
a wet cold wave moved south and
east from the Texas Panhandle.
Sleet and drizzling rain which
clung and froze to everything it
touched covered highways and
streets. Air channels were fog
filled stopping nearly all airplane
traffic in northern areas and mo-
tor traffic was hazardous on
treacherous slippery roads.
Temperatures ranged from 10 de-
grees above zero in the Panhandle
to freezing as far south as Waco.
Beond Waco disagreeable rain and
threatening skies presaged the
coming of the cold predicted to
advance farther south tonight and
tomorrow.
Livestock suffering was reported
from Sweetwater in the Staked
Plains area where the mercury
stood at 18 degrees. Sleet snow
and rain falling at intervals through
Tuesday and Tuesday night had
left a thick blanket of ice over the
region. Big Spring reported similar
conditons.
A fine mist was falling as far east
as Corsicana and temperatures there
dropped to a low of 30 degrees.
Sleet fell intermittently over North-
ern Texas from Gainesville to Lub-
bock with temperatures ranging
from 17 at Wichita Falls to 20 at
Gainesville.
The cold wave had not reached
the coast predicted as its next
goal. Skies were overcast and
threatening at Galveston Beau-
mont. Houston and Port Arthur
with misty rains falling at Houston
and fog enveloping Port Arthur.
Leslie Denied Rehearing
Attorneys for Hidalgo Judge Announce Case
Will Be Taken to Supreme Court
AUSTIN Jan 8.—(JP^Applicatlon of Judge J. E. Leslie for a rehear-
ing In the suit brought against him by Gordon Griffin for the district
Judgeship of Hidalgo county was denied by the third court of civil ap-
peals today.
Attorneys for Leslie said they would carry' the case to the supreme
court.
The court held returns from Weslaco precinct should have been In-
cluded in the canvass of the general election of 1928 They had not
LAVA FLOWS
Violent Eruption Of Volcano
Is Reported
NEW YORK. Jan. 8——A dis-
patch to the New York Times today
from Captain E. R. McCullam of the
steamship Western Ocean off the
coast of Martinique French West
Indies said Mont Pelee was in vio-
lent eruption and lava was flowing
down the mountainsides.
The Western Ocean was due at
Martmique late yesterday but it
was believed the eruption might
have prevented her making Fort De
France. As recently as November 2.3
last year observers said they were
certain a violent eruption was im-
minent.
rbeen included because the envelope
was unsealed and on account of
other alleged irregularities. The
vote at Weslaco swung t'nc election
from Judge Leslie Incumbent to
Griffin independent candidate.
Judge Leslie indicated tn a tele-
phone conversation with The Her-
ald today that application for a
writ of error would be filed by his
attorneys within a period of fifteen
days. The action will be filed in
the State supreme court-
The Judge had no further com-
ment to make concerning denial of
his application for rehearing.
Secretaries Meet
Valley secretaries will meet In
Brownsville Thursday at 6 p. m. in
the El Jardin hotel. About 10 sec-
retaries are expected to be here.
A business session will be held in
the chamber of commerce building
after the dinner at the hotel.
Belgian Princess Becomes
Bride Of Italian Prince
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5 Kings and 5 Queens Present at Ceremony—
Colorful Costumes Lend Brilliance—
Royalty Turns Out En Masse
ROME. Jan 8—(/Pi—Princess Marie Jose only daughter of the King
and Queen of the Belgians this morning became the bride of Prince
Humbert of Piedmont heir to the Italian throne.
The ceremony was performed at mass in the historic Pauline Chapel of
the Quirmal Palace scene of four conclaves for the election of popes and
six years ago of the wedding of Humbert's sister Princess Yolanda to
Count Calvl D1 Bergolo.
Cardinal Maffi. Archbishop of Pisa noted astronomer and friend of
‘PERNICIOUS’
Cortes Descendant Deported
By Mexico
MEXICO CITY. Jan 8—up>—An-
tonio Aragon Cortes prince of Pig-
natelli. who traces his linage direct-
ly to Cortes the conqueror of Mex-
ico has been ordered deported as a
1 “pernicious foreigner."
The government charges that Pig-
natelli. whose title is derived from an
Italian house dating to the twelfth
century has disposed of family ar-
chives of intense historical interest
to Mexico to American millionaires
and universities.
The newspaper Excelsior said
i some of the archives had been found
i in the library of the United States
congress.
Sudden Death Takes
I Ft. Worth Attorney
FORT WORTH. Jan. 8.—P —
R. G. Johnson prominent member
of the Fort Worth bar for 30 years
died suddenly here today. He was
a brother-in-law of Dr. Joe and
Goodall Wooten of Austin. Judge
Johnson had participated in a
civic meeting last night as one of
speakers
fihe Italian royal family performed
the ceremony. He was assisted by
the royal household who had bap-
tized the bridegroom and had been
his spiritual mentor through hi*
youth.
Five kings five queens. 28 prin-
ces and 26 princesses of the blood
were among the guests who cons-
tituted one of the most brilliant
assemblages seen at any European
court since the war. King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth of the Bel-
gians and Leopold and Astrid Duke
and Duchess of Brabant and
Charles. Count of Flanders came
from Brussels for the wedding.
Hoover Represented
King Victor Emanuel of Italy
Queen Helena and other members
of the Italian Royal Family were
present. King Boris of Bulgaria.
Prince Cyril and Princess Eudoxia
of Bulgaria and Prince Paul and
Princess Olga of Jugoslavia were
among the other royal guests.
The Duke of York represented
his father. King George of Great
Britian: Marshal Petain. Saviour
of Verdun and M. Beco de Fou-
quieres director of the Proctocol.
were present for France. Ambas-
sador John W. Garrett and Mrs.
Garrett represented the United
States. The infante Don Ferdinand
was sent by his cousin King Alfonsc
for Spain. Premier Mussolini his
cabinet his secretaries and their
wives were present.
The bride a tall girl entered the
chapel on the arm of her father
who was garbed in the full dress
of a general. The wedding march
! was an old Sardinian hymn sung
j by the Daoal choir lent for the oc-
casion At the altar rail waiting
stood the Crown Prince resplena-
ant in the full dress of a colonel of
infantry and wearing the collar of
the Annunziata Italy's highest ae
lwhuuu.
Colorful Figure
Of high stature and handsome he
1 represented a colorful figure in his
gray green uniform relieved by sil-
ver epaulettes with their long
fringes the plaques and medals
and the long purple shoulder easn
caught up Just under the sword at
his left.
The bride tvore a cream white
velvet gown at ankle length with
a mantle of the same material
seven yards long and embroidered
with ermine. The queen of Italy
wore cloth of gold with pearls and
a golden mantle five yards long.
Princesses Yolanda Mafalda. and
Maria wore regal mantles of house
of Savoy blue bordered n gold.
Cardinal Maffi. smiling ap-
» preached the couple as they went
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MOODY WAITS
—
I AUSTIN. Jan 8—UP)—Governor
Moodv today read to J. P Cotton
assistant secretary of the state de-
partment over the telephone press
dispatches quoting the Mexican
foreign office to the effect the Unit-
ed States had not requested the
opening of the Mexican consulate
at Laredo.
Governor Moody would not di-
vulge Secretary Cotton s reply oth-
er than to say Cotton had asked
him "to wait another day'."
NAVAL PARLEY
MAY CONTINUE
MANY WEEKS
U. S. Delegates Told
Patient Plodding
Necessary
WASHINGTON Jan. 8—As
viewed from Washington the Lon-
don Naval conference presents a
picture in historic contrast to the
memorable outlines of the gather-
ing of the sea powers here in 1921.
President Hoover as well as the
delegates who are to sail from New
York tomorrow sees a pathway be-
set by difficulties to be traversed
only by patient plodding. All give
every evidence of confidence in the
ultimate result; but they recognize
fully that the circumstances and
the methods of 1921 are not the
circumstances and the methods of
1930.
Speaking a word of farewell yes-
terday to members of the delegation
the President adjured them to be
patient and called upon the coun-
try to bear with confidence and pat-
ience the ordeal of a diplomatic dis-
cussion which may last for many
weeks from the opening session on
January 21.
Tactics Different
He said no ‘'hurried conclusions
were expected but predicted that
eventually the spokesmen of the
United States Great Britain. Japan.
France and Italy would find a com-
mon basis for ending naval competi-
tion and permanently promoting
peace.
The contrast between London in
1930 and Washington in 1921 runs
deeply into the diplomatic fabric of
the world's quest for universal un-
derstanding on the sea.
At the Washington conference
secretary Hughes stirred the emo-
tions by the forceful manner of hb
diplomacy from the first session op-
ened. He laid before the astonished
delegates of the other powers a
sweeping proposal for reduction of
naval armaments running from the
biggest to the littlest ships of war.
Not all of It was accepted In the
end but it furnished an accelera-
ting impetus to decisive progress.
No Fireworks
At London secretary Stimson pro-
poses a course of quiet persistent
effort wholly devoid of diplomatic
fireworks. If the expectations of the
chief American delegate are born-
out none of the other powers will
begin the negotiations by talking in
detail of what they must have for
national security or by sounding
any other note which might jar th*
sensibilities of any of the conferees.
Mr. Hughes in beginning saw an
opportunity to smash through ob-
stacles by the sheer weight of an
aggressive attack. Mr. Stimson dis-
cerns in the present circumstances
no such possibility; he depends
rather cn the force of undemonstra-
tive personal contact and the rule ol
try and try again.
Meadows Elected By
Reserve Officers
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Jan. 8—The Valltf
Reserve Officers' association held
its regular meeting Monday evening
in the office of the Chamber of
: Commerce Harlingen. During the
meeting Myron F. Ward tendered
his resignation as secretary-treasu-
rer of the association in view of the
fact that he is leaving Harlingen.
Resolutions of regret were made
in accepting the resignation of Lieut
Ward. B. E. Meadows of Harlingen
j was unanimously elected secretary-
' treasurer of the association to suc-
ceed Mr. Ward.
The next contact camp was dis-
cussed and committees appointed to
w'ork out the details to report at
the next meeting January 20.
Half-Minute
Interviews
BEN C. CLARK architect: Wo-
men will be wearing skirts down
to their ankles on the street by
next winter I saw one woman with
hers almost that long at church
Sunday. But they won't ever go
back to the street-sweeping kind
j they used to wear. I like the longer
ones though.”
DORIS PAULK: ”1 do get the
biggest kick out of sleeping. It's
more fun and is one of the best
; things I do.”
DR. S K. HALLAM. who was
chairman of the committee which
drafted the present city charter:
‘ With the appointment of Mr.
i Rosenthal as city manager the
commission has for the first time
carried out the real intent of that
section of the charter. When we
drafted it we had in mind the
employment of a capable executive
who could secure men with tech-
nical experience to handle the
various departments.”
JOHN B EOLY. post office clerk:
| “It's the regular grind now. But
i we get used to the b:g rushes and
take them rather as they come.
You can only wait on one person
at a time you know”
JOE WING cafe owner: * It is
already a good year and we expect
it to get better”
PARLEY HOST
Premier Ramsay MacDonald of
Great Britain who Is host to the
delegates to the London naval
parley.
HI-Y OFFICERS
CAMP PLANNED
Harlingen Brownsville And
San Benito Clubs To
Be Represented
Officers of Brownsville. San
Benito and Harlingen Hi-Y clubs
are to attend a training school over
the week-end at the Girl Reserves'
camp at Rio Hondo and all mem-
bers of the clubs are invited and
expected to be present.
C. D. horniou. associate state
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. was mi
Brownsville Tuesday visiting the
local club and making arrangements
for the camp which will have as
conference leader Grover C. Good.
State Bovs’ Work secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. Thornton will be in
the Valley a week or ten days'
longer inspecting club work. Mr.
Good's address is to be on the sub-
ject “Some Things Hl-Y Ought to
Know."
The conference is to open Friday
night continuing through Satur-
day and Sunday morning. Saturday
night's program beginning with
supper Includes a series of de-
monstrations by the different clubs
of special features of Hl-Y work.
The Brownsville club is to conduct
a regular model Hi-Y meeting. A
glee club from the San Benito or-
ganization is to furnish several
musical numbers and Harlingen
members are to stage induction
ceremonies for new members.
Following the close oU the con-
ference proper a special meeting Is
to be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
for a group of representatives from
the Hi-Y clubs sponsors school su-
perintendents. one minister from
each town and two representatives
from each local Y. M. C. A. com-
mittee. Plans will be made for the
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Crash Victims Recovering
Operation Upon Galbraith Is Successful—
Martin Complains of Chest Pains
Five persons in Valley hospitals as the result of an epidemic of au-
tomobile smash-ups Monday night were reported as recovering Wed-
nesday. Funeral services were held at San Benito Tuesday for O- H.
Polly financier who was killed outright. The body was forwarded to
Center Texas for burial.
Polly accompanied by H B. Galbraith Brownsville attorney was
driving north on the highway near Olmito late Monday afternoon when
the fatal accident occurred. His car met another driven by Callan Mar
CHANCE YET
Wilcox Tell* Love Hit Fate
Is Undecided
GEORGETOWN. Tex.. Jan 8 —
i/P)—Whether the names of Thomas
B. Love and others who supported
Hoover will be placed on the bal-
lot for the democratic primaries
next summer will be decided at a
meeting of the democratic state
committee this month or early in
February. D. W- Wilcox chairman
of the committee ha sannounced.
The committee has authority to
determine who shall be placed on
the ticket. Wilcox said yesterday in
an open letter addressed to Love
after receiving the latter's applica-
tion for a place on the ballot. Wil-
cox said Love's filing fee would be
held until action was taken by the
committee.
"If the committee.’’ wrote Wilcox
‘‘should decide that those who voted
for the republican presidential elec-
tors at the last election are not
eligible to become candidates In the
coming democratic primary then
you and others who may be ruled
out by such decision will have
plenty of time in which to take the
matter to court and get a final de-
cision before the names of the can-
didates are certified."
91 School Heads
In Meeting Here
Ninety-one members of the Val-
| ley Superintendents and Princi-
pals association met in Brownsville
for r.helr fourth session of the year
Tuesday evening. Representatives
from practically all the larger pub-
lic schools of the Valley vrere pre-
sent at the meeting.
The visitors enjoyed a dinner in
the school cafeteria preceding the
program which included talks by
E. A. Poteet. Mercedes superintend-
ent: Geo. E. Baer. Donna: and G.
G. Gotke. Brownsville.
The next meeting will be held In
February at McAllen.
rtin. Constable John Martin iathei
of Callan. also was In the car.
Galbraith was knocked uncon-
scious. his left foot aimo6t severet
and his left leg badly slashed. H<
also suffered other cuts anc
bruises. Galbraith was put on th<
operating table Tuesday and hi
wounds carefully gone over. The at-
torney was reported as consdoui
and recovering Wednesday.
Constable Martin had both leg:
broken one above and the othei
below the knee in addition to i
chest injury. The constable com-
plained of his chest but says hi;
broken limbs were causing him lit
tie pain. Both Martin and Gal-
braith are at the Mercy hospital
Callan Martin escaped injury.
Mrs. Ilomer Morrow and Juai
Tobias who were Injured in i
head-on collision near Stuar
Place were reported as recoverinj
at the Valley Baptist hospital li
Harlingen Tobias' Jugular veil
was cut but not severed. Both ar<
residents of Brownsville.
Mrs. Juliana Delgado who wa
injured in a smash-up near thi
Brownsville Country club Monda:
evening also was reported as lm
proved at the Mercy hospital. Shi
suffered a fractured arm and othe
injuries of a lesser nature.
Classes to Honor
Board at Dinnei
Members of the school board wi
be guests of the domestl
i science classes of the high scho<
on Thursday evening. Dinner wi
be served by the girls of the secon
year class under the direction <
Miss Myrtle Jennings head of it
department.
Guests for the occasion are to t
Dr. and Mrs. O. V. Lawrence. M
and Mrs R. B. Creager; Mr. an
Mrs Harbert Davenport; Mr. an
Mrs. Sherwood Bishop; Mr. an
f Mrs. Jas A. Graham: Mr and Mr
I Cleve Tandy: Ike Dudley; Mr an
Mrs G. W Gotke: Mr. and Mrs. I
j S Caldwell; and Mr. and Mrs. Fre
Starek.
The dinner for the board Is a
j annual event given by the domesi
1 science classes ✓ - *
CITY WILL VOTE
ON EXTENSION
Increase of 4000 to Brownsville Population T6
Be Decided by Election Some
Time in March
An election to extend the city limit* »o as to Include the larger sub-
divisions now outside and which will increase the population by ap-
proximately 4000 people will be called some time In March.
Decision to this effect was reached at a meeting of the city commis-
sion Tuesday evening. A public hearing on the question of territory to
be Included by the new line has been set for Feb. 3.
Revision of property valuation* for city taxes was also decided upon
and a board of equalization composed of H- M. Skelton. W. O. Wlllman.
' GENE SECONDS IN AUTO-
GRAPH FIGHT
NEW YORK. Jan. B.-iJPb-
Sundry women have books auto-
graphed ‘Gene Tunney—for no
reason whatsoever.” Mr. and
Mrs. Tunney attended a lecture
by Hugh Walpone British writer.
;! on "the art and immorality of
the novel." There was a rush to
the platform for autographs.
Mr. Tunney acted as second to
mis friend in meeting demands.
MOCKBEETALKS
ON TELEPHONES
Universal Language May
Develop to Carry On
World Trade
How telephone calls circle the
earth was the subject heard dis-
cussed by members of the Browns-
ville Rotary club Wednesday noon
when Ed Mockbee told of the prog-
ress made in this form of commu-
nication since 1876.
Announcement was made at the
meeting that the next meeting
of the club will be held on the eve-
ning of Jan. 16. when the district
governor will be present. A meet-
ing of. the board of directors was
called for 6 o'clock that afternoon
at the chamber of commerce.
Coach “Red" Irvine of the
Brownsville high school called at-
i tention to the many basketball
games now being played by the six
teams of the city.
Mr. Mockbee in speaking of the
telephone system showed how the
human voice is amplified to reach
around the world until today one's
voice can reach across the ocean
in one fiftieth of a second. He said
that a toll charge of $54 for rh<
first three minutes and $18 for
(Continued on page eight*
*inaKe me revaluation. Meetings
will begin at an early date and the
new schedule of valuations will be
ready for reference when renditions
are made by property owners.
Lines Defined
Beginning on the cast the new
line will start from the river at the
east boundary of a 65-acre tract in
the name of F. J. Combe and con-
tinue north along the east boundary
01 share 5 including Fort Brown
and the remainder of the East
Brownsville addition now outside
the city limits. After crossing the
Southmost road and continuing
northwest the proposed line will
fohow the main ditch of Water
Improvement District No 2 for «
short distance then turn north-
west again till it strikes the bound-
ary of Cameron County Water Im-
provement District No. 7 thus
I b2J#ng ln the half of Los Fbanos
j addition not now included in the
city. Continuing west the new
boundary would bring in that por-
i ll°n of w«t Brownsville now out-
side. Colonla Mexicana and the
Guadalupe addition will also be in-
cluded. as W'ell as fhe r^fmalnder
of Riverside addition. The new
line has been extended to the center
; of the river Instead of running
along the north bank.
Populous Districts
Among the sections to be brought
1 in by the proposed extension are
some of the most populous and
highly improved residential dis-
I tricts.
The election will probably be held
early ln March so that the dty
will get credit for the larger pop-
I ulation ln the 1930 census.
Some discussion of Radio Station
1 KWWO was had but no official
I action was taken.
_
Mrs. Fritz Lanham
Dies in Austin
AUSTIN. Jan. *——Mrs. Fritz
Lanham wife of Congressman Fritz
Lanham of Fort Worth died here
this morning.
Mrs Lanham had ' een here since
last May at the home of her moth-
er. Mrs. C. W. Rowe She suffered
with Hodklns disease a rare afflic-
tion of the throat glands.
Congressman Lanham had re-
mained here with his wife since
they came from Washington eight
months ago. They were married 21
years ago In the home where Mrs
Lanham died. Both were graduated
from the University of Texas
Congressman Lanham is^a son of
the late Governor S. W. T. Lan-
ham
Brigadier General
Will Arrive Today
Brigadier General Edward L
King of the war department ger.-
' oral staff is expected to arrive at
1 Fort Brown this afternoon. Major
R. W. Grow publicity officer of th"
12th Cavalry has announced
General King Is assistant chief
f of staff of G-3. plans and training.
I He Is expected to arrive by air-
. | plane from Fort Ringgold and leave
. Friday for San Antonio.
i 137 Cars Shipped
* By 2 Lines Tuesday
Shipment* of fruit and vege-
I table* loaded in the Valley and
' : forwarded Tuesday totaled 137
cars. Missouri Pacific lines hauled
100 of the cars and Southern Pa-
cific 37 cars
Total fruit shipments were 52
{ cars vegetables 85 cars
; * THE weather
; For Brownsville and the Valley:
Cloudy and unsettled with occasional
rains tonight and Thursday; much
» colder with lowest temperature to-
"r night 40 to 45 degrees. Moderate to
. tresh northerly winds on the west
> coast.
r j For East Texas: Rain In south
sleet or snow in north portion to-
night and Thursday; colder near
I the coast tonight. Light to moderate
winds on the coast.
r RIVER FORECAST
II There will no material change in
c the river during the next few’ days.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
Stage Stage Chug. Itgin
j Eagle Pass ..16 2 6 0 0 .00
Laredo .27 -h5 0.0 .00
„ Rio Grande . 21 4 3 0 0 -00
Mission .22 4 6 00 .00
e San Benito . 23 8.7 .00
r Brownsville ..18 3 7 -0 4 .00
5 TIDE TABLE
d HiRh and low tide at Point Isabel
today tinder normal mefeorolo-
rt gicai conditions;
i High . 12 50 p. m.
Low.4:53 a. m.
n MISCELLANEOUS DATA
c Sunset today . 5:55
. i Sunrise tomorrow . 7:13
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