Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-29
I'm OUR
VALLEY

NV VI, broWnsfiite. recently
The station went on the air again
Saturday night. after haTng been re
built. 4
Have you noticed th8t. thus far a.
least, IL you do not want 30 keen
station KWWG on your dial. u u
easy to get away from 10 and 70 re-
eeive from distant stations?
4 That's one or the results of the
rebuilding, although the station
operators admit that AZ any time
I something may 20 wrong, and alter
that situation.
But in the meantime u is doing
just that, which vas not the case
when the station was on the alr
some months ago. That brought
howl from radio fans.
Station KWWG. President J. N
GILLIAN will tell you. means 70 give
such programs q. will keep the fans
interested. More than that, il pro-
I,oses to 90 out over the country.
(which has been one Of the prime
reasons for station KWWG.
w ILL hOdLhE tETAE n lHAA. NAfa~
saEe to a large number Of news
fpapers over the country.
When he flew over tire Lower Rio
,Graade Valley recently he was evi-
IDENTIFY impressed.
He told the readers IN his daily
message, Il flew over the Lower Rio
sfrande Valley today. It's wonderful.
he only thing wrong IL. ! under
Stand the republicans are about 70
lake it,"
Anyhow that little line about the
.Nalley is worth something 70 the
/, Nalley. Among the papeFs that
printed il was the New York Times.
The Times paid , GERS for that
fkentence. If anyone else had said
II, the one who said IL would have
had to paw mighty good money e
get it into the Times. And Z
wouldn't have gone on the first
page. either.
: THE RIO GRANDE II being bridg
"a. again at Brownsville.
Asslsework has been pushed across
= ~ 'Ner and pile drivers are now
at work on the Mexican side Of the
stream.
Something like a hall million DOL
lars Is the amount 20 be expended
IN putting a general traffic bridge
across the border stream.
No doubt good streets will he
built on the Mexican side Of the
river, connected with the city a.
Matamoros proper. with a good road
and sidewalks.
Perhaps there will he other de-
veIopments. A bright, up and going
bridge company will do things 10
increase the use ~ the bridge.
The next important facility is
telephone exchange in Mstamoros
connecting with Brownsville. That
will hc'n n facilitate business be
tween TIE two cities.
COLONEL JOHNS0N'S field Al
Fort Brown continues "a be the most
popular landing field for airplsnes
arriving in and leaving Brownsville
on international Journeys.
The result of the post command
sr's work in developing his drill
field has been we'll demonstrated in
the fact that even in wet weather =
giant twelve-passeneer plane found
10 difficulty in landing or taking
eff
That comes from the particular ~
y tention given the matter az drain
age. no doubt.
But a mach larger field is reoes
sary II Brownsville becomes the in-
ternational air gateway that il hoPe'
fc be.
A tract ~ ~ least $50 acres Il
declared 10 he needed.
FxperfS in army air circles aur
other governmental departments Sas
II should he back from the Ric
Grande. not more than five or IS
miles from Brownsville. ard Located
on n paved road.
There are said 70 Re several avail
able sites.
And the city n preparing 70 aci
on the proposition.
STANLEY COPELAND, ex-Nalley'
ite was a member of the Lindbergt
party that passed through Browns
Vile Wednesday en- route q Detroit
STANLEY Copeland handled Fore
automobiles II the Valley some fif
teen wears ago. Lived a. Ssn Re
nito.
Later went "a Lsredc/ Then IN tt
Mexico City.
Pioneers in south Cameron county
win remember Stanley Copeland.