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THE WEATHER
(By t S. Weather Bureau)
.Brownsville and the Valley: Mostly
| elputy Friday night and Saturday.
\ gfcuahly with local showers.
Paid Circulation over 8000
Daily 10300 Sunday
1 1
A. a C. Circula-
tion la Audited
Circulation — Of*
; fered in the Valley
only by The Her*
I; akL
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR_No. 63 «» VaXte* run-ru* u u>* vaii«j BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18 1936
• EIGHT PAGES TODAY fie A COPY
HOW TO MAKE MONEY BY
borrowing a couple of millions or so
might be made the theme of a song
about our Valley Irrigation district*.
There's Hidalgo No. 2 for instance
watering the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
territory.
A loan of $1300000 from the RFC
and another one of *1342.500 from
the PWA—
And a consequent saving of near-
ly $50000 annually in interest alone
Is shown on the books of the district.
* • »
THE RFC LOAN WAS USED TO
retire outstanding bonds to the
amount of $2.561000-
While the PWA loan to which
must be added a grant of $426500—
Is making possible the concrete
lining of the main canals on the sec-
ond lift and the installation of con-
crete pipe water carriers over a great
part of the system.
The government loans total $2642 -
500 against a former debt of $2561-
000
But they bear lour per cent inter-
est as against six per cent.
Hence the saving.
• • •
THE DISTRICT IS MAKING ITS
•wn concrete pipe—
At o so far the cost has run far
below ytiw estimates so that it ap-
pears that the PWA loan commit-
ment mav be reduced some.
• • •
WHILE CHATTING ABOUT
these things with C. B Cramer man-
ager of the district—
Who should walk in but Charlie
Btarlm since May the water super-
intendent for the district.
"It’s a fine job." says Charlie.
"Just a little matter of being on
call for twenty four* a day."
And then we both grinned—
Thinking back to the days of the
Old Louisiana Rio Grande Canal
company—
When the water superintendent
was on the job twenty-four hours a
day—
But could very rarely furnish
water within a couple of weeks of the
time requested.
"Being water superintendent sure
was a job in those days" Charlie
reminisced.
• • •
"TIN CAN TOURISTS. AND
there ought to be another name
evolved right quickly for them—
Will be no orphans in the Valley
this winter.
Brownsville is preparing a park for
them with light and water and prop-
er sanitary arrangements.
San Benito has made arrange-
ments with a local filling station to
care for a generous number of trail-
ers.
Mercedes Chamber of Commerce
will take care of twenty or so on the
lots Immediately in the rear of the
community building.
• • •
WALTER WOODUL. LIEUTEN-
ant governor of Texas is a man of
forward ideas thinks on a state
wide plane.
He wants Texas to raise a $5000.-
000 advertising fund to tell the world
of the opportunities of the Lone Star
state.
With conditions as they are in the
reat of the country with the popular
interest centered on Texas as a re-
sult of the Centennial.
Now is the time say* Woodul.
Right he is.
E. L. Tanner new Cameron coun-
ty agent and a newcomer to the
Valley-
(Continued on Page Two)
Alcazar Shaken by First TNT Explosions
SOLDIERS PUT
IN TO WORK
ON LEM GAP
Loiterers Rounded Up
Armed With Spades
To Fight Flood Back
From City
The tug levees which Mexico built
along the Rio Grande from Mata-
morofi up the river were "backfiring ’
on that city Friday when water waa
pouring through a 100-yard gap
where the railroad crosses the big
levee forcing water Into the lower
part of the city.
More than 1500 men. many of
them rounded up on the streets by
soldiers worked frantically to plug
the gap. and engineers expressed
the belief they might be successful
by late Friday afternoon
Water In Houses
Water had backed up five feet
deep in the Garcia Gin No. 2. cov-
ering about 100 bales of cotton
there. It backed on up into the
Incensed by the fact that
Urey had been forced by sol-
diers to work on the levee
breaks in Matamoro*. a group
of workers there made a dem-
onstration when two report-
ers and a photographer for
The Herald showed up with
a camera and started to take
photographs.
Only interference of sol-
Iters prevented the workers
from smashing the camera
with shovel*.
The workers also urged the
scidiers to make the newspa-
permen shoulder shovels and
help them fight the overflow.
floor of the Anderson-Clayton cot-
ton null had covered the floor of
the bullring and had gone into
many houses in the lower part of
the city.
Water was overflowing aiong a
considerable stretch of river bank
in the eastern part of Maiamoros
J but flowing on out toward the
j Arroyo del Tigre It was flooding
part of the old city cemetery in that
part of Matamor s but otherwise
was not threatening damage
Meanwhile some relief was in
sight as tne river began falling
from Mercedes on down. This re-
lief may be oi .ort duration since
the river is rising again al Rio
Grande City and more rains are re-
ported in the Monterrey section
according to the U. S. weather bu-
reau here.
To Rise .At Rio Grand'
1 The bulletin issued by the weather
bureau here states "the river will
fall slowly at Brownsville and Mer-
cedes. probably change little a’ Hi-
iSce MATAMOROS on Page Tw o*
HISTORY’S VOTE
WEIGHT PROBED
MACHINEGUNS
ANSWER LOYAL
ARMY ASSAULT
—r —
1700 Determined To
Die In Cellars
Beneath Anc i e n t
Fortress
(Copyright 1P36. The AP)
MADRID. Sept. 18—The fascists
of Toledos Alcazar withstood the
tremendous explosion of a ton of
TNT Friday and. from the cellars
of the ruined castle manned ma-
chine guns to hold off charging gov-
ernment militiamen.
Even as the government earned
out the first part of its "terrible de-
cision" to blow up the Alcazar pow-
erful syndicalists in Madrid in an
eight-point program which they de-
clared was the only effective means
of crushing fascism demanded con-
scription of all able-bodied men and
sweeping administration reforms.
Explodes With Roar
The first of three great mines laid
under the turreted Toledo castle
where 1.700 men. women and chil-
dren have withstood shell fire for
two months exploded with a terrific
roar at 6:15 a. m.
Most of the southwest tower and
the west facade crashed down in an
avalanche of rock and masonry and
government troops stormed the ruins
to plant the flag of the republic and
i rake the cellars.
From the underground vaults vi-
cious machine gun fire answered the
charge.
The initial blast one of three laid
| as the result of the government's
l “terrible decision" to blow up fhe
iSee REBELS on Page Two)
BANK OFFICIALS
DUE TO VISIT
I
Flood Refugees
Saved In Trees
Near San Angelo
i $2000000 Damage Is
Done; Waters
Receding
SAN ANGELO. Sept 18. i/P*—The
rescue of seven refugees marooned
In trees near the Hood-ravaged
Plum Creek community cheered
residents of this devastated city as
receding water of the Concho river
enabled them to start rfhabilita-1
tion of damage estimated at more
than S2.000.00C.
Worst in History .
Saving of the stranded refugees
brought hope that residents of this
city of 26.000 and its surrounding
area had weathered the worst Hood
in the area's history without loss
of life.
The only death reported in all
the rain-deluged parts of Texas
was that of Ralph Stephens. 6-
year-old son of a farmer living
near Del Leon 150 miles northeast
of San Angelo. The boy drowned
in swollen Copperas Creek.
A horseman whose name could
not be learned immediately risked
his life to carry the refugees from
their tree perches to safety. Rescued
were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Weaver
their two children. Robbut. 2. and
James. 4. and two boatmen. Henry
(See FLOOD on Page Two>
Seduction Charged
Harlingen Salesman
HARLINGEN. Sept. 18—A well-
known Harlingen automobile sales -
i man waived preliminary hearing
and was bound over the grand jury
on $500 bond on charges of seduc-
tion filed in the Justice of the peace
court of Arthur Klein Friday morn-
ing.
The complaint was filed by a 24-
vear-old woman and is the third
such complaint filed by the same
woman against three Harlingen men.
j The first two cases never came to
trial.
LEAGUETHROWS
ETHIOPIA OUT
Port Isabel Leased By
Corporations Claimed
New York Interests to Control All Facilities
Is Learned
CHINESE AND
JAP TROOPS
MEET. CLASH
_
One Man’s Slay i n g
Endangers Peace
Of Orient; Tokyo
Makes Issue
SHANGHAI. Sept. 18. <API—A
' Doinei (Japanese) dispatch from
j Peiping Friday night said Chinese
and Japanese troops had clashed at
Fengtai. strategic rail junction a
few miles southwest of Peiping.
For many weeks Fengtai has been
the scene of Sino-Japanese friction
growing out of the stationing there
of military forces of both nations.
The Chinese maintain Japanese
are attempting to expel them from
the area and take over permanent
Chinese barracks to quarter their
own troops.
Japanese sources repeatedly have
asserted belligerent anti-Japanese
sentiment by Chinese in Fengtai
culminated recently in the bayonet-
ing of a Japanese officer by Chinese
soldiers.
Strike Called On
L. A.&T. and L.&A.
GREENVILLE Sept. 18 iJP)—T.
J. Dryer local chairman of the
Bi otherhood of Locomotive Engin-
eers. announced Friday that some
500 employes of the LA. Ai T. and
the L A A. railroad had been called
to strike at 6:30 a. m. Saturday.
! The LA. A: T extends from Mc-
Kinney. Texas to New Orleans. La
and the L A: A. from New Orleans
to Hope Ark.
Engineers conductors firemen
brakemen and switchmen are af-
fected by the walkout order which
Dryer said had been approved by
executives of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive engineers the Brother-
hood of Railway Trainmen the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers and the Order of
Railway Conductors.
PARKING LIMIT
WILL BE SET
Violent Winds
Lash Carolina*
No Lives Lost
High Waves Blot Out
Island; Inhabitants
Are Saved
(Copyright. 1936. By A»*ociated Pre*M
NORFOLK. Va.. Sept. 18—Four
hundred persons trapped on Ocra-
coke Island. N. C.. emerged safely
Friday from a night of hurricane
terror while the great windstorm
swept northward along the east
coast battering the Carolina* and
the coast of Virginia.
A nine-foot tide driven by the
terrific winds swept completely
across the island which lie* 20 miles
from the shore.
Rrd ( r©*« Ready-
Coast guardsmen said they un-
derstood the inhabitants had taken
shelter in the famous Ocracoke
lighthouse a sea beacon since 1798
From elsewhere along the coast
where communications were wreck-
ed and seaside communities flood-
ed the same encouraging reports
came in from wireless amateurs:
“No loss of life.'*
Nevertheless the fast moving
hurricane center with its attendant
winds of from 60 to 90 miles an
hour wus causing national and local
officials the utmost concern.
The Red Cross was standing
ready to hurry relief into stricken
communities while national guards-
men were reported acting as res-
cue workers at some points.
The cheering news about Ocracoke
transmitted to the coastguard by a
5mall wireless set. also included the
information that the settlement at
Cape Hat teras. around which the
storm swept with its worst fury was
also free of deaths. Most of the
residents of both places are fisher-
men.
Vessel* Need Help
A United States lightship the
vessel which guards the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay. was adrift while
one coastguard cutter stood by in
a battle with the storm and asked
for aid irom another government
ship.
The spreading area ol the hurri-
cane was demonstrated by reports
from New York that high winds had
hit the metropolis early in the day
although the center at that time
las near here 300 miles away.
The weather bureau ordered the
display of new storm warnings all
the w ay to East port . Me.
Dangerous gales it warned
would strike the Maryland. Dela-
ware. and New Jersey coast* Fri-
day.
.Kb the center of the hurrican*
neared Cape Henry and the mouth
of Chesapeake Bay. the winds thun-
dering over Norfolk shifted from
northeast to northwest.
National guardsmen and police
went out on Willoughby Spit tc
evacuate forty families remaining
there.
The Coastguard Cutter Mendota
reached the side of **e drifting
Chesapeake Light vessel off Cape
Henry then stood by awaiting ad-
ditional aid from the cutter Dione
which was reported on its way to
help.
The SB Monarch of Bermuda
with 69) passengers reported sh«
was r.ding out the storm at anchoi
off Charleston. S. C. She was to
have reached New York at noor
Friday.
Winds of sixty to ninety mile:- ar
hour flailed the coastal seas cities
end villages as the great whirlim
storm area moved m Trom the Wesi
Indies.
Cozens of small towns were cut
off from comm unication with tht
interior as telephone and televrapl
wires were ripped away.
High waters swept in from thi
Atlantic flooding the street* o
many coastal areas.
_
Rio Hondo Makes
Trades Day Plani
i Special to The Herald i
RIO HONDO. Sept 18.— Cham
ber of Commerce officials and bus!
ne&s men met here Wednesdaj
night for a round-table discussioi
of the Saturday Trades Days.
W. Reed Lang secretary' of th
chamber of commerce said tha
beginning Saturday week a regu
lar free entertainment feature wll
be staged each Saturday evening.
Post Orchestra To
Play At Ringgold
The Fort Brown orchestra unde
the direction of Eddie Sanford t
scheduled to play for an enlist*
mens dance at Fort Ringgold Sat
urday.
The orchestra will leave early Sat
urday morning and is expected t
return Sunday afternoon.
Three corporations formed in New
York state for the purpose of grow-
ing. packing and shipping Valley
fruits and vegetables to the Eastern
seaboard have leased the entire fa-
cilities of the Port Isabel harbor for
a period of three years for handling
fruits and vegetables according to
information received in theValley
Banks L. Miller of McAllen is
listed among those identified with
the enterprises.
. Denial that any facilities of
the Port Isabel port had been
leased to any corporation was
made Friday morning by Judge
James Q. Louthan of San Ben-
ito. general manager of the
Port IsabeJ-San Benito Navi-
gation district. “If any such
lease ha« been signed. I know
nothing about it. and I think
I would." Judge Louthan told
The Herald.
The facilities leased by the New
York corporations include accord-
ing to claims made “the only pre-
cooling plant in the South of Texas
which they are now building for us
at a cost of approximately fifty
thousand >150.000' dollars and a
packing house at a cost of approx-
imately a further twenty-five thou-
sand <$25.0001 dollars."
Promoters of the corporations have
stated that “three of the largest
citrus exchanges in the Valley are
cooperating with us and you will
appreciate the cooperation we are
enjoying from growers and the ex-
changes when we say that we will
carry' their fruits to the eastern sea-
board at fifty (50c cents a box as
against one dollar and thirty four
cents $1.34) by raiL"
Ted Mrlden sales manager
of the Texas Citrus Fruit
Growers exchange Friday told
The Herald that "We have
made no combination or con-
nection with the deal."
“We have made no connec-
tion of any kind along this
line." was the comment of J.
V Hager general manager of
the Rio Grande Valley Citrus
Growers exchange.
The three corporations formed
under the laws of the state of New
York are the Texas Rio Grande
Corporation the Texas Refrigerator
Steamship company and the Texas
Valley Packing corporation. All three
have 1CO.OOO shares of capital stock
with a par value of $1.
Additional financing to the amount
of $100000 is being sought. Con-
servative book values are claimed
for the corporations as follows:
Texas Rio Grande Corporation
$400000; Texas Refrigerator Steam-
ship company. $150000 and Texas
Valley Packing corporation $50.0 0
or a total of $600 000.
Miller Chairman
Estimated net earnings are figured
as follows; Texas Rio Grande corpo-
ration. from 504 acres of citrus
$50000; Texas Refrigerator Steam-
ship company. $100.00) and Texas
Valley Packing corporation $50000.
a total of $200000
Present and proposed officers and
directors of the three corporations
are given as follows: Banks L. Mil-
ler. McAllen. Texas chairman of the
board of the Eutex Trading com-
pany. member Chicago Board ol
Trade etc.
Michael Charles consulting en-
gineer. 70 Pine street. New York.
Loren Williams secretary. South
Texas v trus Growers League. Mis-
| sion. Texiis.
Lee Aiken president. Riona Can-
ning company. McAllen. Texas.
Samuel L. Miller president. City-
State Bank and Trust company
j McAllen. Texas. •
Lee M Green president. Security
State Bank. San Juan.
Henry M Gooden investments
119 West 57th street. New York.
Thomas V. Gould. Investments. 119
West 57th St.. New York.
The several corporations are de-
scribed by a promotion letter as
covering "the entire field” of the
Valleys fruit and vegetable deal
from “growing and distribution by
individual operating companies each
In charge of specialists In their par-
ticular line of activity and embrace
growing packing canning shipping
j marketing and distribution."
| •
Estimate Income
A $10000 unit participation In
the three corporations would return
an estimated "come of $5500. it is
claimed.
This estimated income is fgured
as follows:
Texas Rio Grande corporation on
5 000 shares. $2 500: Texas Refrig-
erator Steamship company on 1.000
shares. $1000; Texas Valley Pack-
ing corporation on 2.020 shares
$1000; citrus orchards five acres at
$200 per acre. $1000; total $5500.
Another company recently Incor-
porated by the Miller interests is
the Eutex Trading corporation or-
ganized to engage in the import and
export business. This company is
described as being the "sole Euro-
pean distributors for the Texas Fruit
Distributors of Texas.”
Officers of this company include
Alexander Gruff. New York presi-
dent; Joseph M. Marrone New
York vice-president and Max G.
Luft. rice-president secretary and
treasurer.
Barks Miller is chairman of the
board of this corporation with
George Boochever listed as an ad-
ditional director.
The Eutex Trading corporation is
described as also representing a
number of Polish firms.
PREXY DEFENDS
BAN ON PRESS
Students Don’t Own
Paper’ Says
AUSTIN. Sept. 18. uP>—Dr. H. Y.
Benedict president of the University
of Texas asserted Friday the Daily
Texan the student newspaper was
not an ordinary publication "whose
owners are entitled to the liberty of
the press."
His statement wa* made at a meet-
ing of faculty and student represen-
tatives to discuss control of the
Dally Texan over which the school
j regents recently placed a supervis-
or with instructions to "kill" ob-
jectionable editorial matter.
A controversy over the "censor-
ship" developed reaching the floor
| of the state democratic convention
1 which after sharp debate refused
j to ask the regents to rescind their
action.
Legislative cognizance has been
predicted. .
Dr. Benedict requested the student
body to recommend chances in rules
(governing the newspaper which
"would obviate the creating of sit-
uations such as caused the recent
action of the regents."
"The regents or faculty or student
body have no justification or author-
ity to publish a newspaper containing
i political and personal criticisms." he
said. Still less has the staff of The
1 Texan which does not own The Tex-
an. the right to do so.
"The public rightly and generally
holds the regents responsible for
what appears in the student publi-
cations. Every time a serious breach
of propriety occurs in them letters
and complaints come in to the re-
gents president and dean of student
I life.
• Everybody knows that apart from
I the university these publications
I have no reason at all for their exis-
1 tence. They continue because of the
university and are interlocked with
(it in many ways. Usefulness to the
university is their function and the
regents are judges of what is useful.'
Scores Drown When
Nile Vessel Sinks
CAIRO. Egypt. Sept. 18. [JPf—
Forty-five Egyptian workmen theti
wives and children were drownec
Friday in the collision of their out-
ing steamer with a sailing boat in th<
flooded river Nile.
The tragedy occurred just at th<
outskirts of Cairo.
Only four of the holiday part]
were saved. Rescuers were hamperet
by the swiftness of the current sinci
the Nile now is at full flood stage.
Wreck Kills Two
CARTHAOE. Sept. 18. UP>—Allei
McMurray. son of Mr. and Mr*
Ralph McMurray of Henderson am
Bill Young 23 also of Hendersoi
died Friday morning shortly afte
they were Injured In an automobile
accident on the Center highwaj
three miles south of here.
Miss Marie Powderill. 17. of Centei
a pa/senger in the youths' car. salt
the party left Henderson short!
after midnight for her home in Cen
ter and the accident happened * hei
they were en route.
Valley Association To
Hear Financiers
(Special to The Herald *
MISSION Sept 18. — Members
of the Valley Bankers association
have been asked by H. L. Starr
president to meet at Edinburg at
the Palm Cafe on September 25 at
I 7:30 o'clock.
All bankers and bank employees
are urged by Starr to attend the
called meeting at which the re-
I organization of the Rio Grande Val-
ley chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Banking will be considered.
A number of prominent speakers
will appear on the program includ-
ing T. E. Graham of Port Worth
who will represent the American In-
stitute of Banking of New York
City and H. C. Burke of the Con-
tinental Bank of Fort Worth. Frank
M. Law. past president of the Amer-
ican Bankers association is also ex-
pected to be present.
C. L. Skaggs vice president of
the First National bank of Weslaco
will be toastmaster.
Recent changes in state and na-
tional laws and the upward trend
of business generally make it ad-
visable to offer bank employes the
training afforded by the American
Institute of Banking it was point-
ed out by leading bankers of the
V3lley.
The A nerican Institute of Bank-
ing is a part of the American Bank-
ers association and conducts a
series of courses in banking fi-
nance. economics commercial law
and currency problems through lo-
cal chapters over the United States.
The courses are prepared by a
trained New York staff and present-
ed by approved lecturers through
local chapters. Certificates are
awarded those who complete the
prescribed courses.
Townsendite* Hear
Debates On Plan
A decision in favor of the affairma-
tive was given by judges who heard
members of the All-American Town-
send club here debate Thursday
night on the question. ‘ Resolved
that the Townsend plan is work-
able.”
Fifty members f the club attended
the meeting in the parlors of the
chamber of commerce.
Next Thursday night the club will
l>ear a debate on the question. "Re-
solved that this club adhere strictly
to the national Townsend policy.”
Humble Oil Strike
Call-Off Is Voted
HOUSTON. Sept. 18. Harmony
was restored at the Baytown plant
ol the Humble Oil and Refining com-
pany Friday after union workers vot-
ed unanimously to call off a strike
scheduled for Saturday.
Recent pay advances and the possi-
bility of strike violence were given
as reason*.
Duce s Favor Courted
By Powers
GENEVA. Sept. 18 tJt**— Big Euro-
pean powers convening in Geneva
amid new war fears over Europe’s
•’instability” have found a formula to
bar vanquished Ethiopia from I Ion-
day's assembly meeting and to ob-
tain renewed collaboration of Italy's
Duce league officials disclosed Fri-
day.
The officials said they expected
Haile Selassie's delegation of three
due in Geneva Sunday to be refused
seats at the assembly table on the
grounds they do not represent an ef-
fective government.
They added however the league is
not prepared to recognize the Italian
conquest of Ethiopia which it tried to
stop or to declare an independent
Ethiopia non-existent or even out of
the league.
The officials expected Italian dele-
gates would remain absent until
Premier Benito Mussolini is satisfied
minor powers will raise no objection
when the Italians come to present
their credentials on behalf of the
king and emperor.
Pension Hearings
Held At Harlingen
i Special to The Herald t ’
| HARLINGEN. Sept. 18—Judge A
| W. Cunningham chairman of the
Texas Old Age Pension board was
holding a hearing here Friday morn-
ing conferring with persons whose
pension applications had been
turned down or who registered com-
plaints regarding the allotments
received.
Approximately fifty were on hand
to confer with Judge Cunningham
at the city hail. Individual confer-
ences were being held and the
hearing was not open to the public.
Alleged Slayers Of
Three Apprehended
SACRAMENTO Calif.. Sept. 18.
j —Coke and John Brite who had
been sought for weeks in Siskiyou
county for the alleged slaying o?
three men were lodged in Folsom
prison Friday by District Attorney
James Davis oi Siskiyou county.
Will States Go Back
To Old Positions?
By ARCHIBALD M. C ROSSLLV
(Copyright. 1936 King Features
Syndicate. Inc.i
With the final answer to the com*
ing election reposing today in a score
of states shown by the latest poll
figures to be In the “doubtful" class
political history was recalled for its
possible bearing in declaring in the
last analysis which way the pivotal
or undecided ' vote is likely to Jump.
Two rival possibilities presented
themselves. One is. that old line poli-
tical habits are so far disrupted in
these doubtful states as to have no
further effect upon voter-trends. The
other regarded as statistically more
0 (See POLL on Page Twoi
TONIGHT’S MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY |
. > Brownsville: The Capitol — dinger
Rogers »si Fred Astaire in "8w
[Time.1 The Queen— Larry Crabbe in
1 "The Arizona Raider* " The Dtttmann—
' Ben Lyon and Joan Marsh In "Dancing
f Feet."
San Benito: The Rlvoll— Fred Mac-
Murray and Jean Parker In "The Texas
Ranger*."
Harlingen: The Arcadia— Fred As-
taire and Omger Rogers m "Swing
Time " The Rialto— William Boyd and
Jimmie Elliaon In "Heart of the West”
La Ferla The Bijou- Lionel AtwtU
• and Irene Hervey in "Absolute Quiet **
Donna: The Plaza— Ann Shirley and
' John Boles In • M’Llss."
San Juan: The San Juan— Oeorga
O'Brien and Irene Ware in "O'Malley
of the Mounted"
Merced** - The Capitol- Fred Mac*
1 Murray. Jean Parkea and Jack Oakte
• in "The Texas Rangers"
1 Weslaco The Rita— Oary Cooper and
Madeleine Carroll in "The Oeneral Died
at Dawn."
Pharr: The Texas— Frances Dee in
"Half Angel.” _
McAllen The Palace—rredrlc March.
Olivia DeHavtUand and Anita Louie*
tn "Anthony Advene" The Queen—
r Larry Crabbe In "The Arizona Raiders "
I Edinburg: The Valley— Marlon Davie*
i and Dick Powell tn "Hearts Divided"
. The Aztec— Bon* Karloff and Mar-
guerite Churchill in "The Walking
(Dead "
Mission The Mission— tphfcy
and Henry Araetta la "Let's Bing
Again."
4
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Merchants In Favor Of
2-Hour Period
Thursday night the city eom-
mivtion discussed:
New parking regulations with a
committee of merchants.
Continuance of the WPA sew-
ing rooms hearing Rev. O. C.
Crew on the subject.
A bus franchise offering 10-
lo 15-minute service.
A two hour parking law In the
business district of Brownsville will
be worked out by City Attorney J.
T. Canales following a meeting of
the city commission Thursday night
with a merchants' committee com-
posed of George Aziz chairman J
T. Hunter. Sherwood Bishop arid
! Howard Reed.
"The existing one hour parking
law seems to be unworkable and has
long since been in the discard.'
Mavcr R B Rentfro. Sr. said. “It
appears that the entire law. includ-
i ing the penalties will have to be
revised.”
Against Meters
The merchants committee after
canvassing business houses on Eliz-
abeth street reported that parking
meters were not considered desirable
in Brownsville and that satisfac-
tory. results could be obtained
through a two-hour parking limit.
(See PARKING on Page Two)
j Sheriff Hunting
Child Threateners
ATHENS. Sept 18. fA*—Sheriff
Jess Sweeten sought two men Friday
i in connection with a kidnaping
. threat against his three-year-old
1 daughter.
> Mattie Pearl Austell. Eva Lee Mon-
r roe and Margery Green school girls.
i all about 14. told Sheriff Sweeten the
I men forced Miss Austell to write the
extortion note. They said the men
. accosted them and dictated the
1 threat.
y The note told the sheriff his
• daughter would be abducted unless
l he placed *1 000 at a designated
tree in the Athens cemetery.
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