The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 173, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 1928 Page: 2 of 30
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ASK CITIZENS
TO DECORATE
Federation Committee
t Suggests Xmas
Trimmings
A second call for cooperation in
fhe decoration of the city for the
holidays has been issued by the City
Federation of clubs committee
through Mrs. W. R. Jones chairman.
"The movement has been endorsed
by the city commission but o»ving to
the late date it will be impossible
for the mto give us more practical
aid" Mrs. Jones declared. ‘If any-
thing is to be done we must depend
upon individual effort and the assis-
tance of the chamber of commerce.”
The committee especially solicits
the help of the business men to give
a festal air to the down town dis-
trict by the decoration of their
ulaces of business and the placing
of trees. They also suggest that!
••wherever citizens have trees grow-
ing in a suitable place in their yards
-hat these be trimmed and lighted
und any other ornamentl lighting
would be'helpful.
“It has not previously been the
eostom to have any particular out-
door decorations in Brownsville and
we would like to get the thing start-
ed.” Mrs. Jones added.
Others on the committee which
was appointed at the recent meeting
of the city federations of Women’s
clubs are Mrs Sherwood Bi*hop and
Mrs. Willie K. George.
SOVIET TYRANT MURDERED
MOSCOW — Alexander Shalman.
soviet official sent to rule several
villages near Odessa was murdered
because of his brutality to peasants.!
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Brownsville Tilt
The air at Tucker Stadium Fri-
■ day was permeated with music dur-
j ing the Brownsville-DePaul football
j game and there was a reason.
Not only whs Brownsville's own
1 American Legion drum and bugle
] corps on hard to do their bit but
they were abetted by the high
j school bands of Harlingen and San
Benit j.
Never before in the history of this
city since the time that footbau
took a strangle hold on the larynx
of football fandom has such a
i quantity and variety been heard at
a game.
Not only did they piny before the
game and at intermissions during
the contest but they to_>k part in
the demonstration between the
halves which was probably the most
elaborate ever staged here.
In addition to their music and
parading during the half the drum
and bugle corps led carriers with
a banner boosting the $2000000
navigation district bond itsuo that
went over with a resounding bank at
the polls Saturday.
OFFICERS OF
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car. police sounded an alarm
throughout the Valley but no arrests
had been made early Sunday morn-
ing.
The only clue that might lead to
the party believed responsible for
the accident would rest in the
amount of damage done the automo-
bile which it sought officers said.
Valley police were requested to
hold any motorist found driving a ;
car showing evidence of having been |
in an accident recently.
Rev. Martinez father of the acci-
dent victim is pastor of the Mezi-
can Presbyterian church Jefferson
street and Washington park.
FIVE DAYS OF MARRIAGE
CHICAGO—Five days after her
marriage Mrs. Joseph Gumbin ap-
plied at a police station for a di-
vorce.”
NORWICH. Eng.—Miss Mabel
Clarkson has been elected sheriff
the first woman to gain this post in
England. j
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SLAYING CASE
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Clues Connect Bell-
boy With Death of
School Teacher
—
I CARMI 111 Dec. 22.—(*-*—A
negro ex-convict «u the < bject of a
widespread search tonight in the
claying of Miss Anna Preher middle
aged school teacher whose body the
head nearly severed was fourd in
her home yesterday.
Tho negro Hoyt “Mack" McMur-
ray 28. was a bellboy in a hotel and
authorities began a search for him
after it was learned he was missing
and a bloodstained coat was found
in his home.
The motive of the crime was be-
lieved to have been robbery after it
was learred that !!ir* Preher as
treasurer of the White county
teachers’ institute had collected
$84. missing when her body was
found.
The slayer of the teacher left
bloody finger prints on a scarf and
a piece of lattice work.
Police said they had given up
: other clues in the slaying and were
coneertratlng on the search for Mc-
j Murray.
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13 PRECINCTS
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lieved to have cast between 15 and
20 votes and is expected to bring
the total for the port project to
over 1500. The return* from that
precinct are not expected to be avail-
able before Monday.
'1 be next move in connection with
the navigation district will be the i
appointment of three members whs
will function as a board of direc-
tors. This commission will be ap-
pointed by the county commissioner*
and it is believed that action will be
taken at an early date. The com-
mission will have full charge of the
affairs of the district including all
matters in connection with the fed-
eral government and contracting for
construction of the ship channel a d
port.
Commend Work «f Women
The work of the various women’s
committees received unstinted com- |
inundation from the port committee
Saturday night.
“The fact that Brownsville polled
over 1000 votes may be attributed
to their efforts” was the statement
of H. L. Yates chairman of the
campaign committee. “In several of
the precinct* the women’s commit-
tee* worked energetically to get eut
the vote and in this r..:;pect they
• proved far superior to the men.
j “I can say for -he port commit-
; tee that we greatly appreciate the
overwhelming majority rolled up for
the district and the $2000000 bond
issue. It proves beyond question the
interest the residents of the
Brownsville navigation district in
‘ the proposition of securing deep
water and it also proves they are
willing to put up their money to se-
cure this project which will be of
incalculable benefit to Brownsville
and the entire Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
“We appreciate the efforts of the
! committee members and especially
■ the w linen who worked so energeti-
cally and efficiently.”
LOWER RIO
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ing to supply a public tree Christ-
mas Eve. The churches there also
trill have Christmas trees. Har-
lingen’s >utdoor Christmas tree
decoration program was put into
effect Saturday night when all the
lights wtre turned on.
Other cities of the Valley wit!
observe Christmas in like manner.
In all of them the Salvation Army
charity board or some similar or-
ganization aided by the churehe-.
will see that those who can not
i afford a Christmas dinn r will re-
ceive one as a gift.
Every office practically every
business establishment throughout
the entire Valley will be closed
t'hristfas day. Tt is the one da”
of the year when The Herald does
not publish a paper. It is the most
generally observed holiday oi th®
year nrd this year in the Valley
the observance will be more com-
plete than in past years. It is in-
dicated.
Announcement was made hero
Saturday that the offices of all
county officials will be closed
th-oughout the day Monday. Many
other officea in the Valley will be
closed that day. although stores
throughout the Valley will re-
main open for the last day of
Christmas shopping.
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Which will bring the total re-
’ eoipts for the year to arourd $93.-
Wrt which is the largest fn the
| history of the Brownsville office
and represents an increase over 1927
! of about ten per cent.
And Postmaster Dennett he* *n-
■ noucced that he will plug for an in-
crease In 1929 of twenty per cent so
that the figures for that year will
go to $75000 or above.
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FRANK HAGGERTY special ama-
teur sports writer *.-r the Chicago
Daily New* accompanied the PePa-:!
school teaem to Brownsville and wa
ari official of the game.
This was rot Mr. Haggerty's firs'
visit to Brownsville. He wa« here
twenty rears ago as attorney for
Los Ancele* elierta in a land ease.
Those client* were the Gearhart
family. w> * own lnnd down the river
from Brownsville. So Mr. Haggerty
looked up old friend* of the Gear-
harts.
"Tt If not the Brownsville that l
visited twenty years ago." declared
Mr. Haggerty.
IMPERIAL DESKS
Imperial Wood Desk* are mr.de to
-ire long hard service. Handsome-
lv finished in mahogany oak or wal-
nut; flat or roll-top desks for execu-
tives stenographers deals and aide-
nedeatal typewriter desks. They add
~.*Tvelon«!v to the nrpearance of
i year office. Delta Office Furniture
j Co.. Harlinrer Thone S22 collect
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NEW YORK GREETS BOY AVIATOR
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Richard E. Jame». li-year-old ooy flyer of Flushing Long Island re-
ceives the greetings of Charles Han 1 Mayor Jimmie Walker’s aecretary
at city hull. New York on his arrival at Gotham after a transcontinen-
tal flight from San Francisco.
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CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS IN THE
BROWNSVILLE CHURCHES
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SACRED HEART CHURCH
Regular service* will be held to-
day.
Monday. 7:30 p. m.—Christmas
• party will be held for the children
. of the church at the St. Joseph j
college auditorium. There will be a
Christmas tree.
11:40 p. m.—Solemn High Mass.
The Sacred Heart church choir
will sing W. C. Peter’s Mass in D
and also Christmas hymns at tha*a
i midnight services.
Tuesday 10:00 a. m.—Solemn
| High Man and Benediction.
Christmas hymns will be sung by
the church choir.
FIRST METHODIST C1ICRCH
Regular services will be held to-
t day.
I Sunday. 10:R0 a. m.~Christmas
solo by Mr*. E. T. Pierce. Christ-
ina* h>mns by choir and congrega-
tion.
7:30 p. m.—Christmas hymns will
be sang by the choir
j 8:15 p. m.—Christmas tree for the
. children of the church.
No services will be held Tuesday.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Regular services will be held to-
day.
Sunday. 10:55 a. m.—Christmas
hymns will be sung by the choir.
7:30 p. m.—Christmas hymns will
be sung by the choir and congrega-
tion.
Monday 7:30—Sunday school will
present a cantata “Good Time With
Santa Claus." and will have a
Christmas tree.
— CHURCH OF THE ADVENT
Regular services will be held to-
day.
Monday 7:00 p. m.—Christmas
services.
i :30 p. m.—t elebration ball will be
held at the parish house.
11:30 p. m.—Midnight celebration
of Holy Communion.
Christmas hymns will be sung by
the church choir.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Regular services will be held to-
1 day.
i Monday 6:30 p. m.—Christmas
i program for the children of the
church banta Claus and a Christ-
mas tree will be had.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Regular services will be held to-
day.
No service* will be held Monday
or Tuesday.
i Postpone Date
For Presenting
Of‘The Messiah’
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(Special to The Herald)
i SAN BENITO. Dec. 22.-Definite
I dates for pqresentation of the “Mes-
siah” in San Benito and Harlingen
still were undecided Saturday al-
though it is expected the oratorio
will be given twice on New ear's day
it was stated here.
It will probably be presented in
i San Benito in the afternoon start-
I :ng a 2 o’clock and at Harlingen in
i the evening.
Plans to present the “Messiah" in
j San Benito Monday night have been
practically abandoned due to the in-
i ability of the basso the only import-
ed musician to reach here before
Monday night at 9:30. He is Card
G. Elliott of Houston and appears
in a similar production in Houston
Sunday night making it impossible
for him to catch the night train out
of Houston for the Valley.
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DEPAUL
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first time that I have had an oppor-
tunity to see and meet t’hcm end I’m
telling you now that they've got
heir northern sisters tied to a post."
‘iordnn Frederick. Chicago New*
-ports writer declared before he
boarded the train or the trip back to
his own “city room."
“They are simply the prettiest
things I ever had the pleasure o
[ looking at.” he continued. “They'se
j sure got IT in capital letters.’'
And so it goes on and on.
“Viva Brownsville viva this and
viva that ad infiitum.”
I Carload of Fruit
On Way Jo Waco
For Orphan Homo
) A full carload of citrus fruit ••on-
tain ing 320 standurd boxes the \al-
! b v’s gift to the Methodist orphans’
i home ct Waco was shipped from
Mercedes Friday night.
Arrangements were made with the
Missouri Pacific which is trans-
porting the fruit without charge to
rush the shipment and it will arrive
in Waco Monday night and the
fruit will be ready for distribution
Christmas day. Part of the ship-
i ment will bo placed in cold storage
for later use.
Donations of fruit were received
from every Methodist congregation
i.i the Valley the contribution* from
the various towns ranging from one
and five to fifty boxes.
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DONATIONS
ARE NEEDED
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Supplies for Charity j
Home Xmas Dinner
Inadequate
Only two days remain for dona-
tions to the Charity Home dinner for
the poor which ia to Lo held at 11
o’clock Christmas morning.
Although some donations of cash
and Jjod have been made much more
is needed and must be in by 4
o’clock Monday afternoon according
to Mrs. Volney W. Taylor.
Additional donations of meat po-
tatoes vegetables and fruit must be
made in order that the dinner may
be a success.
Tickets have been issued to 100«
in addition to the inmates ef the
charity home and it ia estimated
that $150 in rash in addition to
bountiful donations of edibles will
be needed to prepare the meal.
Only $74 had been donated in cash
Saturday and only about one fifth
of the necessary food stuff Mrs.
Taylor stated.
The Charity Home dinner f.i the
poor has become a Brownsville in-
stitution and every effort is to be
made in the remaining t*o days to
secure sufficient to carry it for-
ward to success this year.
WASHINGTON
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for the week ending December 15-
tiro hundred per thousand popula-
tion—continued throughout the year
the annual percentage of cases would
be 10000 per 100000 population.
They had no indication however that
the rate would continue to increase.
Comparisos between the number
oi cases this year and during the
1918 outbreak was impossible of-i
ficers said but added it was their
opinion the 1918 outbreak wus con-
t-iderably longer.
Officers were still puzzled at the
great number of cases in this out-
break and the relatively negligible
mortality. Reports from 78 large
cities showed 1145 deaths from in-
fluenza and 5008 from pneumonia
during the period between October
28 and December 15. There were
500000 deaths from influenza and
pneumonia it was stated during the
1918 epidemic
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ADVERTISING USED
TO CHECK THIEVES
WATFORD CITY N. D.. Dec. 22.—
UP)—Advertising today was being
used as a method of preventing cat-
tle rustling.
When cattlemen operating on the
Fort Rerthoid Indian reservatior
found they were losing animals in
raids they held a conference and
■ decided that advertising might stop
denredathms.
The local weekly newspaper for
two weeks has carried a notice by
twenty-two stock men that they will
pay 91000 for the arrest and con-
viction of any person stealing or
unlawfully butchering cattle on the
reservation.
Woodman Finds
Buried Fortune
Hidden By Thief
PRESTON. Minn. Dec. 22.—
Liberty bonds and other securities
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valued at $4000. stole* from th fl
J. Larsen store in Mabel near here
in Aurust. 1921 today were held hert
by Sheriff Inglebret awaiting ar»
rival of an officer fro*n the state
department of criminal apprehension.
The bonds were found buried .n
a tin bo* by Jol‘«» Bjorgunj. wl»
vras cutting timber on the Georrs
Stroud furm near Mabel.
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