Laredo Times (Newspaper) - November 1, 1931, Laredo, Texas BORDER VIEWS Era ' Women Facts Give Answer are about the usual of complaints that and universities put too emphasis on All the grumbling not offset the roars of the old fhen their alma mater is debut it is possible there is some Hist improvement in the opinion of those who fancy education should be the principal purpose of tions dedicated to higher Chicago for is insisting on a higher scholastic standing for its and there are that that school is beginning to take a certain In the fact that it - hasn't a Chinaman's chance of winning a Big i. HOME EDITION First in- Southwest Texas The 52ND YEAR No. 143 14 PAGES NOVEMBER 1, 1931 PRICE 6o Differential Hearing Sides Line Up For Monday MAY CLOSE BRIDGE AT 6 P. is Missouri university in the Big there may be a bit of the campus if it refrains from winning a conference if the old grads groan at the themselves l refuse to be unless they wagered with poor Perhaps the Carnegie foundation t dulled the glamor u- the gridiron tor those nearest but those who sense its financial are still disposed to clamor for bigger and better A Industrial current economic are going to face an entirely sort of problem during the next decade than they have faced in For the past quarter-century markets have been expanding at an amazingly rapid with Immigration cut the birth rate lower and the development of the country largely they will expand at a much slower As one economist pointed task of industry is going to be one of organization correlation ' rather than one of limitless It is a task that will require the utmost in business All of this means that the man with real brains is going to prosper exceedingly during the next few The the high-pressure will find the going rather CLARENCE TRUED HlU secretary of the Methodist Board Prohibition and lie is a man of great ability and undoubted Yet when he he did in an Interview at Cleveland the other smoking woman on earth would have been a drinker in our if the saloons were it is a little bit hard to believe that he means precisely what he it is hard to see just what the connection between smoking and drinking is. the practice of smoking has gained many feminine adherents in this country during the past yet the places i where a woman who smokes is re garded as a lost soul are very remote and hard to find To assume that very woman who enjoys a cigaret would also spending her spare time in the corner if she had the is to make a rashly unqualified SUPPORT of Gov. Murray's industrious campaign for a presidential nomination It is being asserted that he has reduced the price of 10-ceni loaf to 5 that he has increased the price of crude petroleum to a that he has solved the unemployment problem completely and given every worker a Facts may not be wanted in zealous political but the bald facts are that the 10-cent loaf is still with Oklahoma crude is not bringing a and more than 10,000 unemployed persons have registered in Oklahoma City since the campaign to register all of the unemployed It is one thing to give the governor full credit for trying to reduce the price of increase the price oi and furnish jobs to the but it quite another tiling to say that he has succeeded in what he set out to IN. KEY HITMAN of Nevada believes that the abandonment of e gold of coinage by Great Britain may lead to a solution of the world silver England's move will probably result in a silver conference among the world's great with th purpose of stabilizing the price of the metal at a normal Many economic authorities are of the opinion that the present depression was largely brought about by the decline in buying power of such countries as India and which have the silver When the value of silver went their purchasing power dropped DEL CURTO FOR LIFTING BAN Quarantine that has existed for several years against bringing in of Florida grown and other citrus fruit nursery stock into the Laredo district will in all probability be lifted or modified at the meeting of the commissioners court of Webb county as a result of - the visit to Laredo Saturday of J. M. del entomologist of the state department of and who recommended modification of the He said all trees brought in would undergo the usual rigid Mr. del Curto appeared before a called meeting of the commissioners court and explained that all danger of infection introduction of citrus fruit nursery stock from Florida and other states was now passed and in his opinion the quarantine should be lifted or modified so that citrus fruit trees needed to supply demands could be brought in. No action was taken on the recommendation by the but at their regular monthly meeting Nov. 9, unless to such action is made to justify averse it is expected that an order modifying the quarantine will be In the meantime commissioners court will be open to suggestions and from citrus fruit growers and other interested parties in Webb county before anything in writing is passed by These recommendations can be pro and con and Inasmuch as about 85 per cent of the citrus in the orchards in the Laredo area are from Glenn Mary and other certified orchards of it is not believed there will be any protest to the modification of the Many growers in the Laredo district have withheld expanding orchards until they could get Florida and other citrus fruit nursery and it is believed that if the quarantine is as is that thousands of additional citrus fruit trees will be set out around Laredo during the coming winter and SMASHED CAPONE RING SAM With the sentence of Al to Uncle Sam's income tax agents now have won convictions of all five leaders of his Chicago big is in jail at pending outcome appeal to overthrow a sentence of 11 years and a his of the beer got three but jack head of the gambling and vice got five and also Sam slot machine pleaded guilty and is now serving a a in pleaded guilty and is serving 18 months in All were charged with income tax ASK DEATH FOR SHERWOOD IS MRS. JUDD Hallowe'en Is Observed The spirit of Hallowe'en dominated Laredo last night as carefree in some instances abetted by grownup staged less If there was any diving for apples or ancient maidens looking over their left shoulders into mirrors see a visage of their future nobody let the secret Groups of children attired in festive garments paraded the streets Saturday night making their melee ring with reinforcements of noise while some hoisted garbage cans from their moorings and perhaps a few gates and the like will be found missing Sunday Goblins that strutted about scared some youngsters who were of timid none of the merrymakers were as no casualties were reported by the police this American Deported An American named Humphries was brought to the border Saturday morning from by State Policeman Matias Chacon and delivered to the American side of the international It was reported Humphries was deported under article 33 applying to pernicious foreigners applied ta and put out of No details could be Norther Hits Oct. 31-(Spl.>- A cool norther struck this section Thursday night which sent the mercury tumbling Wednesday was extremely Many people donned their coats for the first time this Oct. 31. - Attorney Lloyd Andrews said a charge of murdering Miss Hedvig Samuelson will be brought against Mrs. Winnie Ruth i on a charge of murdering Mrs. Agnes He plans trial of each charge asking the death so if she is acquitted in one case they still have Mrs. pale and was brought to the Maricopa county jail here from Los Angeles where she was arrested after the bodies of her two whom she asserted she shot in were found in trunks at a railroad Although informed that death penalty in this state is inflicted by Mrs. Judd was not aware that she faced the possibility of two The trip from Los Angeles was made by automobile in 1G During part of the Mrs. Judd is reported to have A crowd of about 3000 persons was on hand near tile county jail when her automobile There was no dis Following the car of Mrs. Judd and the officers from Los Angeles was another machine which contained her Dr. William C. He has arranged for her which was reputedly financed by stories sold to Privacy was denied the woman when she was placed in the county In her cell are three other negress charged with slaying a white another negress in custody ' in connection with a knifing affray and a white woman held on a check Rubinstein To Leave for Temple Postmaster Sol Rubinstein will leave Laredo Sunday morning for where lie will enter the Hospital for examination and possible medical Postmaster Rubinstein has been indisposed for some weeks past and hopes to be restored to perfect at from the A. P. Wire Charge of murder against Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd for killing Miss Hedwig will be state will seek death penalty in both started In Fort Worth into explosion and wrecking of cleaning plant General Allred rules law allowing highway department to purchase employes pay warrants saves employes at Galveston still hunting for bodies of two men drowned when boat capsized in William L. Edison plans attacking only that part of his father's will handling the bequest left killed and one badly injured when auto plunged over cliff near Draper of Clarksville confessed he slayed three men Thursday night near Ultima senior law student Texas killed near Hillsboro when auto collided with truck while he was en route with two companions to attend M. game at begin in Houston in the trial of F. L. charged with murder of W. L. Oil company sent oil industry into greatest flurry since Governor Murray closed Oklahoma oil wells by martial law by boosting oil to top price 85 cents per others followed - EXPECTED Russell T. said to be an assistant to Mayor James Walker of New York and who is wanted to testify before the lative committee delving into New York municipal was expected to pass through Laredo -on the early Sunday morning Mexico en route to He was discovered honeymooning i Mexico City after sought since Oct. 10 by the legislative His bride was the former Miss Eleanor B. Sherwood readily admitted his but he be He is charged by Samuel who is directing the legislative of staying out of the committee's Sheriffs Ordered To Seize Property NEW Oct. 31-(JP)-As Rus sell T. Sherwood traveled back to the United States sheriffs of four counties in the metropolitan area orders to seize his property up to the value of because of his refusal to come here and testify before the legislative investigating The orders include the safety deposit box in a downtown which witnesses have testified he shared with Mayor It was issued to the sheriffs of New Westchester and Rockland The order was obtained yesterday by Samuel chief counsel to the investigation has said he wants to talk with Sherwood before he questions the mayor about his business It was announced recently that the committee's investigation had indicated Sherwood figured in 51,000,0011 worth of brokerage Two Killed When Auto Plunges Oct. 31-WP)-Robert C. 25, William Wallace 20, and Virginia 18, were killed and Mrs. Paul Houston was critically injured when an automobile left the plunging over a 90-foot They had been participating in a city wide Hallowe'en Some of party were in RAILROADS TO OPPOSE LOWER FREIGHT RATE A quarter-century old will be renewed here Monday morning when the Texas Railroad commission holds a hearing here to receive evidence aimed at removing freight rate differentials on incoming and outgoing Laredo The hearing will directly upon a petition of the Netzer Truck Lines for removal of the differential on shipments south of Devine and east of Corpus Should the railroad ' comission recommend the removal of the this would automatically apply to all freight shipments and mean an annual saving of thousands of dollars to Laredo Railroads Oppose The hearing will start at D a. m. in the auditorium of the Hamilton hotel on the top Whether the entire or only a member or a rate expert will hear the had not been announced Saturday It is doubtful whether the entire commission will be on hand as other hearings are scheduled elsewhere for On one the Laredo Chamber of The Netzer Truck tones and a large number of individual merchants and shippers will fight for removal of the On the other the Texas Mexican railroad and the Missouri Pacific Lines are expected to vigorously removal of Bulk of the opposition testimony of the railroads is expected to center around their contention that in and out section to warrant removal of the They are also expected to plead that such action would disrupt entire rate structure of this territory and will adversely affect all railroads in the United Community Held Back testimony will hinge around the annual and around the contention that a cony munity such as Laredo cannot dc with unfavorable freight Gordon Gibson will present testi mony for Chamber of Certain definite rates have been lowered from time to time to encourage certain For the rate on antimony was lowered to 51 a ton from Laredo to Corpus and the rate on was lowered to 13 cents hundred from Laredo to Corpus Christi to encourage shipments through this port. A large number of witnesses arc expected to appear at the Laredo Officer Is Buried Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for 25, suspended New who was shot Friday afternoon in front of the New Laredo municipal Salome police officer of the Nuevo Laredo police charged with the shooting was Bodies of Drowned Texans Sought Oct. 31.-(/P)-Coast guards continued hunting for the bodies of W. K. Phillips of and John H. of believed when a motor boat capsized in Trinity They were missing since Thursday while on a fishing Body of Mrs. Phillips was found yesterday wash ed up on the Her boat was found floating upside down in the Purchase of Road Warrants Approved Oct. 31- Attorney General James V. Allred ruled that the law allowing the highway de to purchase 53,000,000 worth of state employes pay warrants so as to save loss in discount by banks and merchants was continuing in Thus the department can keep on saving their employes The slate treasury reported of the original purchase already Wormser Car Stolen Car of Ed J. which was stolen from in front of the Sanitary Grocery at about 3:30 m. Friday has not been located by the police despite diligent search Mr. Wormser had parked the car near the Convent and while he transacted when he returned to where the car had been left no truce of it could be Fugitive Arrested Fred Baker alias Jimmy arrested in Laredo Friday afternoon by Chief Deputy Sheriff R. W. Carrejo a warrant from Hamilton will be delivered to the sheriff of that county Baker alias Jones is wanted in Hamilton on a charge and after his arrest Friday the sheriff of that county started for Laredo to get h's who was held in the Webb county BAR SILVER HIGHER MRS. MAUCK WINS CAR Mrs. Grace Mauck last night was declared winner of a Plymouth sedan as first prize in the Booster club campaign which has been in progress for five She was nearly three million voles ahead of Miss who received a Norge Mrs. Mauck had a total of 76,060,000 Miss Angelina Farias won third a living room Cecilia a Majestic Miss Raquel G. a wrist and Miss Ernestina a wrist Each of the other candidates either received or will receive a A large at the Booster club headquarters on Salinas Avenue when the winner was finally announced shortly after 10 p. m. Final votes for the candidates were as 1. Mrs. Grace 2. Mary 73,426,000 3. Angelina Farias 4. Cecilia Garcia 5. G. 6. Ernestina Garcia 8. Aurora Trevino 9. Elena Gonzalez Rebecca Avila Chita Zertuche Marjorie Guernsay Elizabeth Kellcy Marin Elisa Richer Mrs. C. J. Josephine Minona Elvira Madrid Asuncion Bruni Sara Bruni Josephine Irene Deal Matildo Loyer Ernestina Lopez Mrs. W. C. Ancira 28. Thelmu Lafon 29. Estela Palacios 30. Mrs. Charles Read 31. Josephine Loos 32. Adela Gonzalez 33. Mickey 34. Judith Garza 35. Maria Wolf Judges who finally counted the votes were Rev. Bruce N. C. Dave Paul C. F. Garcia Moreno and T. S. Over six hours were required to audit the Two Laredo Men Committee Malcolm manager of the Laredo Chamber of and Hal Brennan were named members of the South Texas Chamber of Commerce committee on international relations by Frank W. The selections were made at the annual meeting in San Antonio Other members of the committee are J. E. San E. K. Del Tyre A. A. Joe Tim Howell San given an examining hearing Saturday According to details given at the Sandoval had been taken to police station Oct 28, by the police charged with being At the police Sandoval had attempted to shoot It out with one of the regular policemen on duty Sandoval had been forcibly disarmed and had been sent to Jail at the order of the chief of On arrival at the Sandoval had again tried to beat a guard and the guards had found it necessary to beat him over the head with a billy in: order to subdue Sandoval waa released from jail Friday and he had to an saloon where he had drunk much to Police Station From Sandoval had forced Mauro a Nuevo Laredo to take him to the police On arrival at the police Sandoval refused to pay the taxi who was inside the building and who had heard the dispute had upon a balcony facing the street and had asked both men the reason for their loud it is turned around and told Garcia that neither he nor any one of the whole police force in Nuevo Laredo talk to him and away with it Garcia had interior of the police station to see If there was any had heard what Sandoval Four Shots Find Sandoval then cursed Garcia according to the testimony and accused him of having taken a part in Sandoval's arrest and daring him to come out like a With this challenge Sandoval took out one of two automatics he had and had pointed it at Garcia stepped back a pace and also had taken out his gun and fired four times at a distance of about six or seven Sandoval fell to the ground two bullets of a 38-40 caliber piercing his The chauffeur who had seen the whole thing rushed to the fallen man and seeing that Sandoval was told who turned into the police station and surrendered Following the Sandoval's body removed to the Dominguez where an autopsy was Two bullets were taken from the both 38-40 Bouknight Freed In Murder Trial Oct. 31 F. L. charged with the of W. L. Edwards who was allegedly taken for a ride and shot to was acquitted tonight by a jury that reported at 7:07. It had been out since 5:37 p. m. Long arguments preceded the charge to the Three others are under indictment for the 5 Children Have Tonsils Removed MIRANDO Oct. 31 C. B. Hastings has returned from Laredo where five children underwent tonsillectomies at the Frost Hospital in Mrs. Hastings reported the for the five children were performed in 55 Oklahoma Oct. 31.-vT)- The Continental Oil Company sent the industry into the greatest flurry since Governor Murray closed the wells by martial law by announcing * top price of 85 cents a barrel for 40 gravity crude effective The increase is 15 There will be a two-cent differential per one degree The bottom price Is 61 cents on 29 The Oil company and H. F. Wilcox Oil and Gas Company met the and others are expected to Part of Edison Will Protested Oct. 3H/P)-William L. one of two sons of the inventor by his first who announced yesterday he would contest the will of his said today he would not attack the entire but attack only the provisions regulating the handling of the bequest left In a formal statement yesterday he said the will was unfair and undue influence was brought by his stepmother and half brother he It was not announced when he will file the NUEVO LAREDO AWAITS NEW ORDER An Associated Press dispatch from Mexico City to The Laredo Saturday stated that the international bridge that connects Laredo and Nuevo Laredo would be closed from 6 p. m. until m. by Mexico as a reprisal against the United States for keeping the bridge closed from 9 p. m. until 7 a. m. the following Every available official Mexican source was combed Saturday in an effort to or repudiate but no Mexican had received any official communication on the Saturday night bridge was open on the Mexican side as usual and on the American side until 9 p. m. Persons to cross the bridge into Mexico at all hours of the American authorities ordered tha Laredo bridge and all other International bridges between and including Brownsville to Del Rio closed after 9 p. m. several months and a constant fight has been staged by Laredo business men since then have the order Plaintiffs Rest In Haynes Suit Plaintiffs in the case of Mrs. Doran Haynes vs. Santiago suit to clear title to about 20,000 acres of ranch land in Zapata which has been before the 49th District Court for the two rested Friday afternoon and the defendants began introduction of ' It is believed the case the greater part of the third week and that th may back with rebuttal are gone into and eluded and the case is given into thai hands of the jury by District J. F. Sellers Held for Fraud W. Palmer and A. S. arrested on a charge of to defraud as a. result of selling of sawdust for given an examining hearing Justice of the Peace Leo Villegas Saturday and held in bond of 5250 In default of bail they were ed to The two men were arrested police Friday afternoon and held after it was learned thai they were supposed to be selling but when their were examined were found mostly to contain sawdust Bombing of Texas Plant Is Probed FORT Oct. 31-{IP)-Detectives began investigation of explosion and wrecking of the rest wall of the National Cleaners and Dyers plant last Property nearby was It was the fourth time the property of M. E. operator ' the plant had been Another attempt failed when dynamite fuse went have been arrested every but officers were never able to pin blame Student Killed On Way to Game Oct. 31-W-Bab of senior law Student of the University of was fatally injured three south of Hillsboro while en to Dallas to see the Methodist Football game when cotton truck and automobile Two companions were slightly He died in a hospital at His body was sent NEW Oct. 31-(/P)-Bar that they are well on the ver was higher today at 30%c. road to Confesses Triple Murder Oct. 31. 29, today confessed to a triple slaying near Ultima a few days He said he killed E. E. Chappell and an intending robbery when he was riding on a truck with He shot Jack 18, when the latter came to the woods to Draper and a half brother whose name was not were arrested on a farm near Clarksville this Bodies of the trio were found in the | Man Beating Wife A man was arrested by the police department Friday night on a charge of being drunk and disturbing the peace and beating his was tried in corporation court Saturday morning and Puig Promoted Baldomero A. Puig Jr. has just been promoted to first lieutenant in the He Is graduate of the University of Dayton R. O. T. C. of the class of 1925. He was also a member of the rifle team that won the National Rifle contest held among the leading R. O. T. C. schools in the country in Indicted Man Found Dying J. J. indicted by the last Webb county grand jury on a charge of swindling by means of bad is reported in a dying condition in San He was located in San Antonio by the sheriff's department there and a telephone message to Sheriff Condren announced that McMillan was critically ill and not expected to according to report made by the attending Money October 31, 1931. Silver pesos were buying for 37c and selling for 38c. Gold pesos were buying at 49'.i and selling at 50. 2%'&. 9.20 Hong 24:80.
