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Evening star., 1928-05-28
"AUT0-GlRO" CRASHES.

Spanish Airman and Passenger Es-
cape in 3o-Foot Drop.
HAMBLE, England. May % lp).-
While giving a demonstration with his
"auto-giro" at an air pageant here to-
day, Juan de la Cierva, Spanish air
man, crashed The machine fell a dis
tance Of 30 feet and was considerably
damaged, but "a Cierva and a passen-
ger. Art Fowler, an American. escaped
without injury.
Evening star., 1928-05-28
HELD FOR CAR THEFT.
Man Attempting to Pass Checks
Charged With Stealing Auto.

Arrested here by Headquarters De-
tectives Ira Keck andsB. w. Thompson.
after he is alleged to have attempted
to pass two checks on local merchants.
Robert Henry Smith, % years old, of
Grenada, Miss, will be turned over to
answer charge Of stealing the car
he was driving, it was revealed today.
The detectives say that they were
called after Smith presented a check
for $3.50 to a local jeweler last Thurs
day
Evening star., 1928-05-28

my father, - said
the chubby nine
year-old, thrusting
his hands deep in his
pockets, mas q new
car and a radio
n'eyeything.
That's nothing, .
seofed his compan-
ion. my dad smokes
yorktown Ciga-
rettes. -
Inc son ana her
was proud Of his dads
excellent taSte-but
that is no longer a
distinguishing mark.
Smokers everywhere
have learned TO ap-
Weciate the satisfac-
tory qualities Of
Yorktowng. Blended
from seven friendly
tobacc0g, they assure
q m ellow, wholly
plGaglEaDIE smoke.
Have you bought
yours?
Twenty for iG.
-. EssExHEfs SgK.n,4
Evening star., 1928-05-28
FIELD HOUSE CEREMONY.
Dedication Tomorrow on Virginia
Avenue Fairgrounds.

of the Virginia avenue Fairgrounds,
Ninth and Virginia avenue southeast,
will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon
at $50 o'clock The ceremonies will be
held in conjunction with the annual
May party given under the direction OF
Miss Thelma e. Smith. in charge Of
the grounds, by the children Of the
community.
The tentative program today calls
for the presence of the Commissioners
at the dedication ceremonies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
Hidalgo County
P~ostponey Call
For Paving Bids

fDINBURG. Oct. Call for bids
on road paving which was formally
set for October Is. p. and 20 has
been extended until November 2. IL
and 10. respectively, according 20 L.
Z. Tinker, county auditor. The bids
will be for the paving Of GO miles
in district No. 3. IS miles in district
No. Z. and 20 miles in district No. /
Paving in district No. 3 will cor
sist in the paving Of all but s miles
Of the Alamo territory while the
bids for District No. Z will call for
the paving Of all ~roadways in the
Donna section. Bids fer District
No. 4 will be for work in the Hi
dalgo district and will consist az
: six miles Of paving over the old
! military road and IA miles Of paw
ing over the Pharr, Stuart, West Me
Allen and Mission roads.
Hidalgo county road districts have
voted a total of l1.50o,0 900 in road
bonds 10 care for the extensive I'M
provement program of which the
above proposed projects are a part.
Under the present plan, all feeder
roads in Hidalgo county are 70 be
paved and a main upper road is
now under construction connecting
Edinburg with Mercedes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
POWER HOUSE
CHANGE MADE
Ford Remedies Steam
Boilers to Double
Plants Capacity

Remodeling Of the boilers in the
Fordson power house Of the Ford
Motor Company, With a resultant
doubling Of the original capacity,
has now reached the point where
three units have been completed and
the fourth is ready TO go on the line.
The units thus remodeled are Nos.
2. 4, s and s. They serve the four
Ford-designed turbo-generators which
! ow furnish the bulk of the power
p oduced at this point, and also the
two additional generators.
At the time the boilers were in
stalled at Fordson. beginning in 1919
they were the largest steam gener-
ating units ever built. Nevertheless,
the growth of the industrial plant
soon gave rise to demands for more
steam than they could supply. kddi-
tional boilers would have required q
heavy investment in buildings and
equipment. Accordingly, the engi-
neers tackled the task of remodeling
the original units.
After n thorough investigation, one
unit was rebuilt and the original ca
pacity was more than doubled. The
success Of this experiment led TO the
remodeling Of three other units. the
last Of which has just been complet-
ed. The completion Of the remodel
ing is equivalent TO the concentrat-
ing Of two large power houses in a
single building. when the building
was largely occupied by units which
were among the largest in the world.
The Fordson power house is now
supplying the Highland Park plant
with much Of the power used by the
latter. Out Of the approximate con-
sumption Of 100000 kilowatts daily
at that plant, only about 10000 are
being furnished by its own power
house. The rest comes from Boston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
WILLYS Wins
SIX CONTESTS
Unusual Performance
Shown by Product
In Australia

With the Willys-Knight Standard
Six setting an outstanding perform
ance record in this country. which
is reflected in the wide public de-
mand for this lowest priced knight
engined six, comes word from Aus
traiia OF the signal success Of the
same car in the annual automobile
contests staged under the supervision
Of the Royal Automobile Association
of Australia.
The Willys-Knight Standard Six in
the Australian contests made an out
standing record by winning five Of
the events in which il was entered
and finishing second in the sixth-s
veritable clean sweep for the Stand
ard Six.
The contests, which were open to
all stock cars Of the world. included
hill climbing, a~cceleration, speed,
slow running, economy and RELIABLE
ity. In the three various classes
there were 40 competitors represent
ing automobile manufactures Of
Great Britain, Continental Europe
and the United States.
Compared with the records estab-
lished in contests held in previous
years, the performance Of the WHY'S
knight in 1923 Australian events has
never before been equaled by a car
Of any other make.
In a recent campaign in Brazil un-
der the auspices Of the Good Roads
Association. eight cars were entered
over the difficult 200 kilometer route
from Sac Paulo to Campos do Jardao
and return as a manifestation Of that
country's demand for better high
ways.
In this gruelling drive over an al
most impossible road, a WHY'S
knight Great Six was one Of the only
two cars that reached Campos do
Jordao and the only car Of the eight
that made the return trip to Sa Paulo
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07

WALKS 500 MILES FOR WORK
LONDON.-Frank Hepburn, aged
is, walked 500 miles from Dundee
10 get work here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
Would Give $40 For
Motorcycle Muffler

WACO, Texas, Oct. 6.@tP1-
Deluged with reports from irate
Waco residents that they had been
unable to sleep at night because Of
the ceaseless "pop-pop" Of motor
cycle exhausts. City Manager L. T.,
McAdams has offered a $40 reward
for a noise eradicator that will solve
the problem.
"I1l dig down in my own pocket
and pay the amount" the city man.
ager declared.
Though a drive has been conduct
ed against motorcycle owners who
operate machines with open ex-
hausts, little relief has been given
Waco's complaining c~itizenry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07


Ell PASO. Tex, Sept. 2S.-Mrs. N.
A. Monroe Smith ~ one Of the veal
thiest women in the world, but she
is rot the happiest.
She owns 1850 acres Of land in
Pecos county. Texas. Sixty produc-
ing wells flow wealth for her every
day. Experts estimate the value of
production on the property at 500
600. 600.
Mrs. Monroe Smith. however. re-
grets the day that oil was discover
ed on her land. To the oil she lEys
an ar her troubles. and they are
many.
Involved in SIS Suits
She j. " years old and feeble.
One eye is sightless and the other
failing. Her children have had her
declared insane in court. They
seek to have her royalty contracts
with the oil companies cancelled.
There are So suits on file regarding
her sanity and obligations. Doctors
and lawyers pursue her day and
nirht.
Until the oil boom. Mrs. Monroe
Smiths life vas comparatively IN
eventful. Originally from Nissis-
sippi. she came west rs a girl and.
when 10 years old. married Joe
Monroe AZ Austin, Tex. They went
farther west and started a sheen
ranch. small at first and larger as
they prosPered. There we're eight
children.
In 1913. when Monroe was kil,ed
IN a train wreck. % sections Of the
fecos county land had been amass-
ed. BY his will. the land was di-
vided between the widow and the
eight children. The children were
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1AAA atEN - IN
grown and had little interest in the
property. Five we're glad 10 sell
their shares 70 the widow. She also
bought other land.
With her children grow and mar
ried. Mrs. Monroe was lonely so. in
1917. she married VI. A. Smith, one
of her ranch hands, a man p years
her junior.
This did not please the children.
They talked of having the ceremony
annulled. a suit was filed. but
nothing done.
Nine years later. however, oil was
discovered On the Yates property,
near the Smith ranch, and the
Smiths awoke one morning 70 find
representatives Of a score Of oil
companies on their front porch.
Wells were brought in and royal
ties began to pile up for the
Smiths.
Then the Monroe children went
into action.
They had their mother declared
insane By the district court az Fort
Stockton. Tex, and a receiver was
named for the properties.
The receiver Immediately filed
suits asking cancellation Of all
leases on the Smith ranch on the
ground that Mrs Smith was incom-
petert when she signed them. The
oil companies countered with some
80 suits TO remove cloud from title.
In the aggregate. lawyers say, the
suits are the greatest civil action in
the history Of Texas.
Hearings nave been held at FL
Paso. Fort Stockton and san Angelo.
Half a dozen more are scheduled and
the case will probably require years
for settlement. y~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
FALCONS ARE
PROVING HIT
Fall Buying Season
Under Way; Inter-
est Displayed

With the fall automobile buying
season under way. dealers in Falcon
knight skies throughout the country
report an added interest in these
knight engined skies with q result
ant increased sales, executives Of the
Falcon Motors corporation report.
This increased interest in the Fall
con-knight is attributed TO the out
standing performance Of the car and
to the statements recently made by
company officials that these cars are
so designed nd built that the owner
may reasonably expect year-in and
year-out trouble free service far and
beyond that usually obtained from
cars using another type Of power
plant.
Selling IN a new low price field
for q ear using the knight sleeve
valve engine rs a power plant. the
Falcon-kuight Six has opened a new
and wider field OF buyers. Prior 70
the introduction Of the Falcon-Knight
Six il was impossible 10 buy a car Of
this type in the lower price ranges so
the field of buyers was restricted
TO those who purchased only in the
price brackets above Si.loo. The
presentation Of the Falcon-knight in
a lower price classification thus in
creased tie selling field and il partly
responsible for the decided trend
on the part Of buyers toward those
automobiles employing the knight
sleeve-valve engine.
In performance rating the Falcon
Knight has won a conspicuous po-
sition. Its speed and owe de-
velopment, ability to run at high
speeds hour after hour. economical
operation and remarkable stamina
have given owners a new conception
Of trouble-free service together with
comfortable riding qualities and
serviceFhility at all times.
Executives Of the company declare
that the closing months az the cur
rent year will see a continued de-
mand for these knight enFined skies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
Sells Gasoline But
Uses Horse, Buggy

BRADY, Texas, Oct. 6.-tP-Al-
though he sells thousands Of gallons
Of gasoline. c. A. Yoas. local filling
station and tourist park proprietor,
still drives q horse and buggy. He
is the only Brady citizen who has
not discarded this ancient mode of
conveyance.
Yoas. once a prosperous ranchman
near Sonora and now a successful
business man. could well afford an
automobile, but claims that he has
no desire for one. His distrust in
motordriven machinery dates back
TO his ranching days when he used
a gasoline motor for pumping wa
ter, which gave him plenty Cf
worry"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
Mexico City Builds
Place For Weddings

MEXICO CITY. Oct.-(By Trens
Arency).-In order that judges who
nsrform civil marriages may not
have 10 20 to the residences Of the
contracting parties or that the cere-
monies be performed in the restrict
"A and unattractive quarters now oc-
rnpiad BY these judges. a special
Lnildjng Is to be conditioned IN
wexico City which will be used for
such purposes.
The commission council Of Mexico
c;tv will then require that all cere-
monies of this nature, regardless Of
.be social status of those involved,
hs performed there. 1t Is expected
NAT the new building will be ready
u 4 few months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
MOVING DAY
OAKLAND JOB
Machinery Being Put
In New Plant at
Pontiac, Mich.

Moving day, that bane Of house
wives forced to plan the transfer Of
lhelr effects from one apartment to
smother, has particular significance
IN It's application to a great automo-
bile concern.
Approximately zoo machines weigh
ing upwards of $4,000 pounds each
are the principal effects which
maintenance engineers of the Oak
iand Motor Car company are now
moving the old Oakland engine plant.
at Pontiac, Mich, to the new Froap
Oh Oakiand-Pontiac buildings on the
edge Of town.
Flat cars are being used for the
transfer. Eighty millwrights, cleo
trlcians. steam filters and carpenters
are busy on both ends OF the moving
llne-one group %dismsntling ma
chimes and the other fitting them
INTO place in their new location.
seventy flat carloads viii be moved.
This transfer is in accordance with
company plans 70 centralize manu-
featuring operations in the recently
completed Oakland and Pontiac fac
tory buildings. which are said 10 be
the most modern and best equipped
IN the industry. Gordon Lefebvre.
vice president. stated.
The machinery being moved Is
used 10 build engines for all Oakland
All-Americ7n Six models. About
1000 workmen are affected by the
transfer.
AS soon as the old engine plant is
vacated. it will be completely re-
modelled and equipped with new ma
chinery for the manufacture Of chas-
SIS parts, according to Mr.. Lefebvre.
This vii provide work for 1900
additional men, he said.
Under the new arrangement. the
Oakland and Pontiac engine manu-
rtacturing operations viii he carried
on side by side. Increased efficiency,
due TO the elimination Of inter plant
Transportation costs. will result.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
Mexican
Prints Another Organ
(By Trens Agency

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 6.-Under the
title Of Mexico, National Review
the department of communications
and Public Works has started the
publication Of n monthly magazine
which will be the official organ OF
that department.
The publication will fill an i'm.
p%ortant place in the long list OF Of
fetal publications now issued in
Mexico and will give this depart
ment a m~outhpiece which il row
lacks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
BANKER ACQUITTED OF KISS

DoNCASTER. Eng.-Albert Pick
ering. a banker, was acquitted Of
the charge that re kissed the wife
of his banks janitor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
NrrnF FATHERS CAUGHT

NICE-Thirty-seven men and wom-
:, members Of a back-to-nature sect
-.re caught bathing nude at 5 q. m.
I'd all were heavily fined
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
HITRRAH FOR IATI.

CHICAGO.-"Hurrahi" cried Mrs
Elsie Janiver when sentenced TO
jail for seven days for assaulting a
policeman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-24

time if it is to continue to exist.
Comparatively few comrades realize
the terrible daily struggle for mere
existence that the poper is compel
led to wage.
Special Meetings.
Glow shall the units go about aid
ing and leading the greeting cam
paign? Every unit should call
special meeting for this purpose. AT
the meeting as substantial a dona-
tion as possible should be decided on
for the unit and sent in at once with
the greeting to the Daily Worker.
Every member of the unit should
also be asked and fele it his duty
to send in his own greeting and do
nation and should solicit greetings
from his shopmates, friends and
sympathisers as we'll as from the
organizations he belongs to.
"The members of the Workers
Party must show the way to their
workers in putting the greet
ing campaign over the top and every
Workers Party unit must organize
its members in this task and show
the way to other workingclass or
ganizations. Greetings and more
greetings is the great need now."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-24
Big Concert at Phlla.
"Daily" Birthday. Fete

Especial to the Daily Worker)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-What
will undoubtedly be the most elab-
crate event of its kind ever held by
the workers of this city viii be the
celebration of tn fifth anniversary
of the Daily Worker, to be held Fri
day evenin, Jan. II, at the Labor
Institute, Eighth and Locust SITS.
Preparations for this celebration
are now going ahead full blast, with
many workers participating. Thus
far only small part Of the pro-
gram has been arranged, but it al
ready indicates the unusual charac-
ter of the celebration.
The workers Of this city will for
the first time be given an oppor-
tunity to hear the revolutionary
music of the Soviet Union. ].
Fisherman, well-known pianist, who
has just returned from the Workers
and Peasants Republic, has brought
with him a number of the latest
compositions of the leading Soviet
composers, including the famous
October" and 1877" These COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-24
RAVITCH URGES MORE
GREETINGS FOR DAILY"

"The units of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party must be the leaders
in the campaign for greetings for
the fifth anniversary edition of the
Daily Worker" declared A. Ravitch,
business manager of the Daily"
last night.
Ravitch stressed the Importance
of having every unit of the party
throughout the United States rep
resented in the special anniversary
edition on Jan. 5.
Greetings From Every Member
"The Daily Worker is the spokes-
man for the entire American work
ingclass," he said. "but we must not
forget that it performs this func-
tion as the central organ of the rev.
olutionary vanguard and leader of
the workingclass. the Workers
(Com-munist) Party. Unless every
unit of the party and every men,
ber of the party has failed to recog-
nize the Daily as list direct repre-
sentative.
II want to also emphasize" Ra-
witch continued, "that birthday do
nations are absolutely indispensable
to the Daily Worker at the present
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positions created a stir when they
were played recently in New York.
At the Philadelphia celebration of
he Daily Worker anniversary Fis-
cherman will also play number of
pieces never before heard in this
country.
Arrangements are being made to
secure a singer from the Metropol-
itan Opera Company and there will
also be a number of other features
on the musical program.
Speakers at the celebration will
include Robert Minor, editor of the
Daily Worker; NJ. ]. Olgin, editor
of The Hammer; Michael Gold, Cd
itor of the New Masses, and Her
bert Benjamin, district organizer of
the Workers (Communist) Party.
Many workers organizations are
electing special delegates TO repre-
sent them at the celebration. In
addition, working class organiza-
tions, as we'll as individual workers,
are preparing to send greetings for
the special fifth anniversary edition
of the Daily" which will appear
Jan. 5.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-24
HOLD BIG SILK
WORKERS PARLEY
Plan Drive to Organize
Paterson Industry

Especial to the Daily Worker)
PATERSON, N. j., Dec. 23.-
Ninety shop representatives from
the silk mills here, and delegates
chosen to represent unemployed
silk workers, held an all-day con-
ference in Oakley Hall today for the
purpose of mapping out the plans
for unionization drive in this city.
At the conclusion of one of the
most hopeful gatherings of silk
workers held here in years the con-
ference of the Paterson Local of the
National Textile Workers Union
adopted series of resolutions
which are to be taken for endorse
ment to membership meeting on
Saturday afternoon, after which
they will be before the Union for
aersecution.
Before the resolutions were put
to a vote, Albert Weisbord, secre-
tary- of the N. T. W. u,
in mastery speech, gave the work
ers clear picture of the silk and
dyeing industry in their city, called
attention to the need of concentrat-
ing on the large shops, and told
the workers that, although difficult.
the job of organizing Paterson and
building a powerful union there
could be easily overcome by deter
mined fighters. which the silk
workers have proven to be.
Weisbord laid great stress on tie
task of organizing the dye work
ers, who make up 5000 of the Pat
erson $4,000 silk workers.
"This, too," said Weisbord, "can
be successfully carried out, since
so per cent of the country's silk
dyeing is done right here"
In his speech he pointed out that
all the dye plants can be modified
on "a hours notice into full-fledged
chemical plants for war products.
"That is the meaning of the intense
justification of this industry at the
present time" Weisbord stated.
Chernenko Reports.
After the election Nof a chairman
and secretary, Organizer Lena Cher
nenl1o reported on the organizational
condition of the union now and pro-
posed plans. /. Russak was chosen
chairman and Martin Russak was
elected secretary of the conference.
Martin Russak is the young revolu-
tionary poet and writer whose work
has appeared in the "New Masses"
l. Russak is his father.
The organizer explained, i'll her
report, the purpose of the confer
ence. Her proposal to postpone the
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REICH BANS MILITANT
WORKERS FROM ARMY

BERLIN, Dec. 23.-The effective
ness of the German Communist
Party and the defense organization
of the left-wing workers, "The Red
Front Fighters League" in explain
ing to soldiers in the German army
the imperialist aims of the Reich
and its social-democratic supporters,
has led the government to prohibit
the enlistment of revolutionary
workers in its army.
According to the new decree ap-
plicants for the enlisted army of
100000 must furnish proof that they
have never engaged in any activity
against the state and that they are
not active members of the Commu-
mist Party or of the Red Frontiers.
This action has followed the asser-
tion by military chiefs that some of
the soldiers are 'leaning towards
Communism" and that in case of a
movement by revolutionary workers
they would desert the German i'm
perlallstS and JON the workers
forces.
Members Of the Red Front Fight
ers League and of the Communist
Party consider the new decree as a
follow up on the recent police de
cision that the Red Frontiers would
no longer be allowed to hold demon
strations in Berlin and aimed at the
eventual suppression of the militant
workers defense by the German gov
ernment.
In answer to both these suppress
sive moves it is reported that revo-
lutionary workers will hold a mass
demonstration of protest in Berlin.
where open-air demonstrations and
meetings have been forbidden.