Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-22
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THE BIGGEST NEWS in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley today was
the appearance on the streets Of all
towns Of the first issue Of The Ed
inburg Valley Review.
The first edition comprised p
pages, and the liberal patronage
given the newspaper by advertisers
in Edinburg and other Valley cities
gives great promise for the future
Of The Review.
Marshal McIlhenny u publisher
of the new morning daily paper.
which is an outg-owrn Of the week
ly newspaper Of the same name.
The weekly staff has headed right
into the daily field. with gentry
Dugat as managing editor and Wal
ter Allan Wood as advertising man
ager- G. +. Smith Il city editor.
The Review is we'll equipped 10
publish daily newspaper. II has
four typesetting machines and
new press that will print $500 pa
pers or more an hour.
The Herald hastens TO congratu-
slste its new morning contemporary
and to forecast for il successful
career.
THE WOuK THAT the Browns
Vile Chamber Of Commerce is do
ing in issuing passport certificates
10 tourists visiting Matamoros is
exceedingly valuable
Il supplies an easy method Of
checking up on whether the city and
Valley are really attracting visitors
from other states
These passport. indicate that such
is really the ease. On last Sunday
the Brownsville chamber issued sos
passports to perons representing 81
different stptcs.
Here Is The list of states repre-
sented Sunday: Texas. Ohio. Kan
sas. Pennsylvania. Illinois. Iowa.
Missouri. Arkansas. oklahoma. Lou
4 isiana. Nebraska. New York. Wash
ington. California. South Carolina.
Florida. Minnesota. North Carolina.
Colorado, Indiana. Idaho. New Mex
leo. Rhode Island. Georgia. Ten
nessee. New Jersey. North Dakota.
4 South Dakota. Michigan. Massa-
chusetts. Oregon and Mississippi.
That's n likely list Of states. Just
n few more would have covered the
Union.
The work Il more than the money
ttime and trouble that il involves.
1t " one mighty good way Of prov
a ing the fact that tourists are at
ltracted here.
THE CITY OF Brownsville j.
lnreparing 10 start a program of paw
ing on 1876 city blocks.
That ~ equal 10 distance Or
about IA miles. And that Ia miles
will give brownsville something like
tdouble the amount Of hard paving
THAT il now has.
In addition to which the ALLEYS
en the business district will he
tpaved. relieving as of the terribly
bad condition that has existed in
lthose alleys.
With the bonds sold il is 10 hs
hoped that work on this elaborate
n,rogram will be started at an early
State. Now that we have the money
let's get at the benefits OF il.
HEARD STATION KWWG last
night for the first time since "
kxent into new quarters on top Of
he town. Hotel III Jardin.
Announcer James Strong and ST.
kion Director W. L. Pendergraft arc
Working on plans having for their
purpose the enlargement Of aetiyi.
fies az the station. II likely will e.
On the air every night.
The station is coming over much
tlearcr than IL did AZ the old loca-
lion. and there Is every reason 90
selieye that Il will be the means 81
BONE splendid publicity for The
.owcr Rio Grande Valley.
\ BROWNSVILLE Is rapidly becom.
ing city Of splendid church edi-
iees.
J The latest contract awarded !:
that of Our Lady of Guadalup'
fhrine
II viii represent total outlay a
100000. and VIII he located in Vie
oria Heights
Work j. now underway on the
new Church of the Advent. Frisco
bal. near the hirh school. which "
10 be of new type of archit ,ctnr,
for this srction.
And house is now being moves
aff the site of tho proposed Pres.