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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Des MONIES Firm
Says Valley Fruit
Is Best Available

MeALLEN. Dec. 29.-Valley grape
fruit is again boosted. and this time
the boost from Des Moines,
Iowa. and from a wholesale house at
that. The boost was contained in a
bulletin issued by the Des Moines
Grocers' Wholesale company. The
bulletin WIS sent to Glasscock and
Jones or this city. wner OF the
McAllen Pigely Wiggly store. who
are stockholders in the Des Moines
company.
To quote the bulletin: ct will sur
prise you to know that We are send
inr out 90 boxes OF Texas grape
fruit 70 every one box Of Florids's
fruit. We have only W sizes Of
the Florida fruit-the 96s and the
126s-while Texas fruit is available
In six sizes"
The bulletin goes on TO state that
the jobbers have had a remarkable
business on Texas grapefruit and
that il is the best ohtairable. Texas
eos arc quoted at $500 rer box
while the same size from Florida Is
offered at Si.25.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
s350.00O DIAMONDS SEIZED

.CAPETOWN-A shipment OF snug
gled diamonds from the Namaqua-
land fields valued at s35o,000 was
captured at Pretoria.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
RARY SHIPPED IN TRUNK

SOUTHAMPTON, Eng William
Culver was sen to prison for ship
ping his 3-year-old son to London in
a trunk.
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house take steps to have shipments
or immature fruit curtaileC.
The method Of selecting samples
for tests should be changed, Mr..
Mayo said. 50 that inspectors might
obtain fruit anywhere in the packing
house instead Of only from the siL-
ing bins. as is now the ease. He
said that his department should be
given power to close a packing house
IL il could be shown that unscrupu-
lous methods were being used in get
ting green fruit past testers. He
also urged a change in the method
Of employing inspectors SO that prac-
teal fruit men could be obtained.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Movie Cdledndr
Sunday-Monday

sundsy-Mouday
CAPITOL-Dolores Del isio in ere
venge." Mother" color classic,
and Pathe News and Topics.
QUEEN-Bebe Daniels In what d
Night" Christie Comedy, MGM
News. and Aasops Fables.
TEXAS-"The Cossacks," with John
Gilbert and Renee Adoree. "A
Fiery Fireman" (0swald) and In
ternational News.
DITTMANN-"The Cavalier Rich
ard Talmadge, and Educational
Comedy.
T~uesday-Wedresday
CAPITOL-"Two Lovers" Donald
Comedy. and Pathe Review. Also
Thursday.
QUEEN-Not announced.
TExAS-"West Point" with William
Haines. Comedy, "Swesties" and
Western.
DITTMANN-"Marriase BY Contract
with Patsy Ruth Miller. Fox News,
Tuesday. Theater rented Wednes-
day.
IhurSuay-f TfudN
CAPITOL-"Two Lovers" Ronald
Colman, Wilma Banky, Thursday,
Friday. William Boyd in "The
Cop, Mack Sennett Comedy, Pathe
News and Spotlight.
QUEEN-"Beware Of Bachelors
with Audrey Ferris and William
Collier, Jr. Comedy, "She Beast
and Paramount News.
TEXAS-"The Tempest" John Barry
rymore. Comedy, Second Hun.
bred Years" and InternationaI
News.
DITTMANN-"Lingerie" with Mil
! bred Harris. Educational Comedy
! Saturday
CAPITOL-william Boyd In THE
Cop" Mack Sennett comedy, Path'
News and Spotlight.
QUEEN-Rin Tin Tin in "The Land
of the Silver Fox" Comedy.
TEXAS-"Hound Of Silver Creek
"Tarzsn the Mighty" number 10
Comedy.
| DTTTNANN- Dangerous Friends
II. Roy Barnes-Arthur Hoyt. Edu'
cational Comedy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
s1s.oco.ooo LOOT IN TOMB

s~lo.UuU.OVO LOOA - AO1AD
PFKIN-It Is learned that WHEN
the tomb Of the Empress Dowager
was looted the robbers got s15,000.-
900 worth Of treasures buried with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Weslaco Hotel
To Be Formally
Opened Monday

WESLACO, Dec. 29.-This city's
new hotel, the Cortez, was used for
a banquet and ball the first time
Thursday night when the Weslaco
Rotary club held a ladies' night ban
quet there, and ii will be formally
opened Monday night with q dinner
and ball.
The hotel Is owned by the Argen-
tum Development company Of San
Antonio, and is operated by the Bea-
con Hotel company, operators of the
Blue Bonnet hotel in San Antonio,
and other hotels in the state.
The hotel has employed an orches-
ira. known as the Cortez orchestra,
which furnished music for the dance
Thursday night. and which will play
for the New Years eve affair, when
the structure will be formally open
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
AcED WOMAN SUICIDES

AGED WOMAN SUICIDES
CHICAGO, Dee. 2e.-(P1-At the
of 81 Mrs. Anna Laumsn felt she
was "in the way"
Last night, at her sons house, she
climbed the stairs 10 the attic and
hanged herself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
SEEK CHANGE
IN FRUIT Law
Florida Wants Action
On Immature Citrus
Shipments

WINTER HAVEN. Fla, Lee. "a
HD-A meeting will he held here
January - hy citrus fruit arricul-
tural and legislative agencies 70 lay
plans for securing new w revised
state laws % control the green
fruit situation. Attending the meet
ing will be members or The advisory
committee Of the clearing house COM
mittee of so, clearing house 9ffi-
eials. state legislators. Commissioner
Nathan Mayo and other representa-
tives Of the department az cgricul-
ture and the citrus committee Of the
state legislature.
Plans for the mass meeting are In
the hands Of n committee CT the
clearing house advisory board. J.
Curtis BJbinson. Manager Of the
association. will outline its needs in
protection bv law TO make its opera
tions effective.
ARCADIA. Fla. Dec. 29.-The adj
visory committee Of 50. If the Flor
ida Citrus Growers Clearing House
association. at their meeting here
last week. appointed = committee Of
three to represent them, 10 cooper
ate with clearing house officials. the
state department OF agriculture and
the citrus committee IF the state
legislature IN making TIE green fruit
law effective and enforceable. The
recommendation va contained IN a
resolution adopted.
Action on the resolution followed
an address by Nathan Mayo. commits
sioner Of agriculture. in which
methods used by some packing
houses in getting green and lmma-
ture fruit through the inspectors
we're exposed. Mr.. Mayo denounced
shippers who thus violated the law
ard said that without god grading
and inspection growers would be I'M
able 20 obtain proper returns.
Mr.. Mayo told Of the numerous
difficulties experienced by his de-
partment in seeking 70 enforce the
inspection law. He said that since
the close Of the inspection seeson on
December I. two chemists had con-
tinued making tests and that imma-
ture fruit still was being found. He
advised extending the insnection sea
son and suggested that the clearing
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Steady Growth L
Shown IN Rece; s
San Benito Office

SAN BENITO. Dec. 29.-Receipts
OF the San Benito postoffice during
the year 1923, including actual f.r-
ures up until n week ago, and an cs-
innate up TO December 81. were
placed at between $4,000 and s34,-
900 by Postmaster Floyd Worth.
This represents an increase Of cp-
proximately $1,000 over last year,
when the receipts we're approximate
~ $32,500.
Mr.. Worth said that the receipts
showed a large increase the latter
part of the year over the early part
of the season. indicating that there
will be q large increase during 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
AIRPORTS

Jackson, Miss, with a population
of $4,000. now has an airport built
through a $4,000 public bond issue.
The new port, which Is we'll equip
ped and laid out. was dedicated No
vember 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30

Jackson, Miss, with a population
of $4,000. now has an airport built
through a $4,000 public bond issue.
The new port, which IL well equip
ped and laid out, was dedicated No
vember 10.
New Orleans Is laying plans for a
combined land plane and seaplane
airport, with a tentative site on Lake
Pontchartrain already selected. The
site is of ample size for land planes
and provides an excellent anchor
age for seaplanes. IL is situated on
a paved road leading into the heart
u the business district.
Atlantic City is preparing to re-
develop Bader Airport as the first
step in attracting the establishment
of a regular air line between the
New Jersey resort and the lar~er At
lantic seaboard cities. City officials
claim the new air line will be started
as soon as the airport Ia ready.
Matamoros. Penn. located In an
area lacking airport facilities or
emergency landing fields, IS planning
a municipal airport 20 be named for
Merrill and Rome. tvo Dung avia-
tors who crashed to their deaths q
few miles from the new field.
Believing that air traffic will IN
crease ut a rapid pace within the
next few years. officials Of Okla
homa City are considering an extern
sive enlargement OF the city's air
port.
Twenty-Five cities in southern
California, working in cooperation
with the Southern California De
v~elormcnt association, are having
preliminary studies made OF their
cities preparatory to establishing
~airports.
The Newark municipal airport at
Newark. y. j., Is fast becoming the
center OF New York City's air traf-
fic. The new field, which Il the
closest n 81 Gotham, has already
been named by post office officials
as the New York terminus for air
mail.
D~anville. III. is contemplating
the establishment Of a municipal air
port in the hope that Danville will be
designated as an air mail stop on
the Chlcago-Atlanta airway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
BIND FAMILY; ROB HOME

CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-PJ-Binding
four members OF Samuel Blisky's
family and two ~ervants with adhe-
sive tape, robbers took jewels and
v%aluables worth $4,000 from The
Blisky home last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Park Question to
Be Placed Before
HarEngen Public
(Snecial to The Herald

HARLiNCEN, Dec. 29.-Directors
OF the Harrington Chamber Of COM
mcrcc at their meeting Wednesday
Of next week are expected to call 4
public mass meeting ~ which the
park question will be discussed
members OF the board Of directors
said today.
Several sites are under %oonsidera-
ton by the city. and p number OF
proposals for improvement Of any
site which the city may purchase
have been submitted.
A general discussion Of the various
sites and projects Is expected 70
take place at the public meeting,
which probably will be held around
January Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-27

one; three episodes in the career of a
diamond. In Africa 1t is mined-and a
native miner sacrifices his life to steal
1t for the woman he loves. In society
1t launches a scandal and breaks up a
home In the underworld it precipitates
a war in which police batter their way
with machine gun bullets through the
hauntS of the gangsters. The story
moves with a sweep and range of re-
sistless fate further carrying out the
central theme of human greed.
The cast is notable. including Law
renee Gray as the lover and Sam Hardy
as the gang leader. In the social Sc
quence are Gwen Lee. Conrad Maggie
John Roche and. Lena Malena. 1t is an
M-G-M picture, directed by John
Mccarthy. Sc
Additional attractions include The
Fight Pest" new Charley Chase
comedy the M-G-M Newsreel. selected
short subjects. an organlogue and the
Columbia Orchestra under the direction
of Claude Burrows.
FOX--"A Thief in the Dark"
The new william Fox production, "A
Thief in the Dark" will be the screen
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GIN newsreel an organlogue and Sc
lected short subjects.
EARLE-"Three Ring Marriage"

EARLE-"Three- Ring Marriage"
Mary Aston and Lloyd Hughes will be
the co-stars OF 'Three-Ring Marriage,
a First National attraction which will
be the screen feature next week at the
Earle Theater, beginning Saturday.
On the stage will be seen Jack Pep
per in a new Stanley Co. revue. "All
Aboard" in which Pepper is assisted
By Barr. Wiley and Schell Kirke and
Lawrence. Eight Ada kaufman Girls
Bert Lewis, the Three Rah-Rah Girls
and the Earle Stage Band.
''Three-Ring Marriage" offers some
thing distinctly new and modern in
circus story plots and screen romances.
Adapted from Dixie wilson's magazine
story, Help Yourself to Hay" it deals
with the pursuits of cowboy hero by
a cowgirl heroine. right up TO the time
she ropes and ties him with wedding
She follows him from her ranch to a
circus and travels with the circus as a
performer in order TO win him. The
entire film troupe travelled with the
Al G. Barnes show in order to take
every phase OF the colorful life they de-
pict Moreover. circus performers. side
show freaks and other regular attaches
of the show have important parts in
the picture. Included in the support
ing cast are three screen favorites-
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attraction at the Fox next week with a
cast including george Meeker. Marjorie
Beebe. Doris Hill and Gwen Lee.
On the stage Producer Manager s. j.
Stcbbins will present Borrah Minevitch,
with his group of street urchins, whom
he has trained as artists par excellence
on the much-belttled but still very
musical mouth organ.
Other features will include another
Steb)ins creation in the way of pro-
logue concentrating Independence
day, and In this same spirit the Fox
Grand Orchestra, under Leon Brush
loft, viii present as the overture THE
Evolution Of Yankee Doodle" Fox
Movictone News. the talking news reel,
also remains feature.
LITTLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
Starting Sunday, the Motion Picture
Guild will present for It's first WASH
ington showing Surrender" a spectac-
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observation-disclosures Handouts"

Eleanor Boardman In Diamond
Handouts" Cosmopolitans drama of
love. diamonds and secret haunts of
great city, comes TO Loew's Columbia
Saturday.
Primarily the story is one of human
greed, with great diamonds sinister
shadow launching intrigue. theft, war
fare and deceit Miss Boardman plays
the girl OF the underworld, torn be-
tween infatuation for gangster ruler
and the true love of young cigar
clerk. The desire for the diamond,
which runs like a nemesis through the
story, plunges her into the center OF a
CANISTER war.
The picture Is literally three plays In
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ular and dramatic story of the opening
days of the World War in small
Galician town near the Russian border.
1t is taken from Alexander Brody's
Viennese play, Lea Lyon and Mary
Philbin In the role of Lea, the rabbits
daughter, is co-starred with Ivan
Mosiukine. who makes his debut in an
American-made picture. The role OF
the tragic rabbi is played by Nigel De
Brulier.
The story is the romance Of peasant
Galician girl who meets Russian
prince travelling incognito. Her town is
captured in the early days Of the World
War, when the Russians and Austrians
were wing for supremacy, and Prince
Constantin demands Lea as the price
of saving the people from destruction.
Directed by Edward Sloman. it is said
to be csc of the most gripping stories
Of the Russian oppression ever screened.
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RIALTo-Gaia Revival Week.

Starting Saturday, the Rialto VIII
offer gala revival week" affording an
opportunity for picture patrons to view
some of the great screen productions of
the past. This idea originated in Chi
cago recently, and rapidly spread to
other large cities throughout the
country, and. it is said, has proved a
tremendous success.
The management of the Rialto. be-
lieving that there was an equal demand
existing here on the part OF picture
patrons for this revival of some of the
classics of the screen, will offer diff
ferent picture each day during the
week
The list Is as follows: Saturday,
Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark OF
Zorro: Sunday. Mary Pickford in
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"Pollyanna":; Monday, Dorothy and
Lillian Gish in D. w. Griffith's
orphans Of the Storm: Tuesday.
Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood:
Wednesday, Mary Pickford in Tess of
the Storm Country; Thursday.
Richard Barthelmess and Carol Demp-
ster in d. w. Griffith's The Love
Flower; Friday, Douglas Fairbanks in
The Three Musketeers."
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PALACE-"A Certain Young Man"

FALAAE- N &CIhdAh AVuhS EA0h
Wesley Eddy. master of ceremonies at
Loew's Palace. will celebrate his twen-
ty-sixth birthday the week of June 80
and during that time he has planned
many novel and pleasant surprises for
his patrons.
The screen offers Ramon Novarro in
the Metro-G oldwyn-M Mayer production
"a Certain Young Man The story
concerns the adventures of a young
boulevardier whose flirtations are the
talk Of staid old London. When he
goes to Biarritz and other Southern
Fairgrounds of southern France the
real romance begins. Marceline Day is
the heroine. and Carmel Myers and
Renee Adoree play the rival charmers.
Euntley Gordon. Bert Roach and others
OF note are in the cast
On the stage Wesley Eddy'S Birthday
Revue viii hold forth. Mr.. EDDY viii
present Main Street to Broadway"
novel Frank Cambria production. The
presentation includes four scenes, the
Billboard on Main Street. In the Old
Orchard. Back Stage on Broadway. the
Ftlturistic Cabaret. The cast includes
Ruth Witmar, six feet of comedy; Joe
Besser, the village fashion plate: Calm
and Gale, eccentric pantomimists: BERTHE
and Norway, dancemaniacs: Barnett and
Clark. Steppers from the Sticks: Almira
Sessions. Broadwav's Hometown Girl,
and the Felicia Sorrell Girls and Boys,
dancing yokels in white-wav struts.
Added attractions include the Palace
Orchestra under Harry Borjes. the NJ
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Lawford Davidson, Alice White and

Yola D'Avril.
The added attractions will include a
new comedy. a new issue of the Earle
News. selected short-reel subjects and
music by the Earle Orchestra, Daniel
Breeskin conducting.
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Attractions i'm
Washington Theaters
NATIONAL Observation-Disclosures,

Next week the National Theater Play
ers viii present, the first time in stock,
Interference" an English melodrama
that ran all this season in New York.
Written by Roland Pertwee and Har-
old Deerden, Interference" gets away
10 an unusual start and ends with the
most talked of last line uttered on the
stage in many years. Surprise is in
store for the followers OF the National
ThCater Players when the curtain goes
IN next Monday night on this unusual
plav. II starts off as ii it were to be
the common, ordinary run of English
drawing room comedy Before three
speeches arc made ii develops itself in
mystery Almost Immediately thrilling
n,eiodrama gets under way. and the
characters are swept along with it.
Four outstanding parts. all equally
important give unusual opportunities to
the players, and Miss Leneta Lane,
leading lady. John Warner. leading
man. Mrs, Hibbard Charles Hampden.
Edward Arnold. Helen Wallace, Karl
Neilsen-all hands in fact, will be kept
busy
London liked Interference" so much
II ran III the English metropolis an
entire year, the biggest hit of the Brit
isr capital The local management has
reproduced the original SettingS-the
scene laid in a doctors oflce-with i'll
finite care. Wednesday and Saturday
matinees will be given.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Betsy"
Dolores Costello in Glorious Betsy"
A Warner Bros. talking picture. will be
seen at the Metropolitan Theater next
week. beginning Saturday Of this week,
Conrad Nagel plays the leading role and
the cast includes PaSquale Amato and
Andre de Segurola. former Metropolitan
Opera stars: John MILAN. Marc Nc
Dermott. Michael Vavitch, Paul PanZer
and ClsrisSa Selwynne.
Glorious Betsy is a screen version
81 the Rida Johnson Young play 1t
was directed by Alan Crosland. who pro-
duced the Al Jolson picture, The Jazz
Singer"
The story is that of love affair be-
tween Betsy Patterson of Baltimore and
Jerome Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon.
During dramatic high lights of the
drama the characters speak. thus add
inc thrilling veracity to the scenes. and
in interiudes the throbbing beauty of
the symphonic orchestration takes up
the mood Of the play. carrying II on
until Aa1e voices again take up the
theme Miss CoStello'S voice on the
screen is said TO prove as lovely as her
presence.
Several specially selected vitaphone
short reel presentations and a new issue
of the Metropolitan News. with music
for the short reels by the Metropolitan
Orchestra, Alex Podnos, conductor, are
added attractions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-27

FUN-A IhIeI IN the DaFK.
The new william Fox production, "a
Thief in the Dark" will be the screen
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-28

AS rule answered by men think
ing only of the Big Money promised
and NOT interested in rendering
any service to the customer.
AS usual he calls on his friends
securing all possible business on
the friendship and sympathy basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-20

Sport Dresses of striped tub silk
with plain silk bottom. georgette
dresses with embroidered sleeves and
top; all high grades; sizes Il to 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKY
CORPORATION has acquired the
rights to distribute the French picture,
THE Soul of France" for the United
States and Canada.
The picture. which is announced as
the first ever to be made on the actual
battlefields of the great war, will be
synchronized with music and sound
effects. Paramount already has dis
tributed the picture in France. Belgium,
Switzerland Egypt and Holland and
has obtained the rights for its dis
tribution in Australia, New Zealand,
Dutch East Indies and Brazil.
Distribution of Soul Of France in
America" says Adolph zukor lis a
striking example of the manner in
which our company intends to coop
crate with the French film industry.
l consider this picture one of the
greatest that has been made in France,
and in giving it widespread distribu-
ton we are indicating to French and
TO any other European film producers
that when they make good pictures
they need have no fear about reaching
the American market"
The Soul of France" which already
has been widely acclaimed in France
and England under the title. La
Grande Epreuve," was produced by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
1.-THE Soul of France"

jacques Haik and directed By Alex
ander Ryder and A. Duges With the
cooperation of the French government.
more than 10000 French troops Of ali
branches of the service we're used in
many scenes of the production, which
we're photographed on the actual battle
fields of the war, such as Verdun. the
Marine. Mount Cornilley. Tahure. Mailly
and others. Military experts in Paris
and London who have viewed The
Soul of France" declare that its battle
scenes are the most authentic OF any
picture produced to date.
The episode Of the tragic trench OF
bayonets, where many poilus were
buried alive at their posts. forms an
interesting feature Of the picture, and
was produced under the direction OF
Lieut.. Foucher. one of the three sur
vivors. The first bugler in the arn1is-
tice episode is Corpl. Seller, who
actually was the man who blew the
first armistice bugle. at the command
of Marshal Foch. Another interesting
sequence shows the cadets at st. Cyr,
the famous French military school.
The leading roles in the production
are taken by NJ. Desiardins and Nine.
Desiardins of the Theatre Comedie
Franchise. Jean Murat, George Charlia
and Michele Verify.