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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
DODGE SHOWS
SALES hike
Production For Next
Six Months Will
Be Increased

Sales Of Dodge Brothers passenger
cars to consumers in domestic and
foreign territories from the first OF
the year TO the week ending June 20,
show a gain Of 20.2 per cent over the
corresponding period OF 1927. A like
total Of passenger cars delivered last
year was not reached until the week
ending August 9th.
A gain Of 81 per cent in retail sales
was registered for the week ending
June %. compared to the correspond
ing week in 1927.
The summer slump often expert
enced in the trade appears to be
out Of the picture as far as our deal
ers are concerned" said John f. Lee,
general sales manager Of Dodge
Brothers, in commenting on this re-
markable sales record. dealers
throughout the country are optimistic
on making continued substantial in
creases for July and August. Ac-
cordingly. we feel certain the second
half Of this year will surpass produc-
ton Of the first six months. a most
unusual situation in automotive
building.
In making this statement. we are
taking into consideration the fact
that we will have a full six months
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15

sand dollars Is % equiPPed-bring You
TO an instant stop with least pressure.
Never before has a car of this price pos
sessed such d~istnctiveness Of body de-
sign. Swagger style. Smart new slender
profile radiator. Sleek, trim silhouette
In short, never before has there been
such a ar. Only the engineering genius
and manufacturing skill of the Chrysler
organization, through its principle of
Standardized Qualify, could produce
such a low-Priced car, embodying the
quality and the value Of the finest
We are eager TO place a Plymouth at
your disposal. Ride in il, drive il and We
know you, too, will be ready 10 acclaim
it Chrysler's crowning achievement m
the IoSest-Priced field. Es
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
Would Teach Care of
Children In School

MINNEAPOLIS. July-(R De
velopment Of courses in child care
in the public schools TO equip girls
and boys to meet the problems of
homemaking and parenthood, was
advocated before the Home Econom-
les association here today by Anna
E. Richardson of Washington, field
worker IN child care and parental
education.
"Many of the children in the
schools she said, "come with no
ideal Of the kind Of home which
should be preserved. or the kind Of
home which is worth struggling and
working for.
statistics show that there are
now 200, 900 girls who were married
below 16 years OF age, and hat mar
riages Of students completing he
seventh and eighth grade produce
three to four chilSren; marriages
from high school graduates. two
Shlldran"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
UPKEEP
FEATURE OF
FALCON Line
Is Establishing
Notable Reputation
For Fuel Economy,
Reports Show

Reports coming to the executive
offices Of the Falcon Motors corpor-
alton, at Elyria, o., from Falcon
knight owners, indicate that this
knight engined six Is establishing
a notable reputation for fuel economy
that rivals that Of Ears employing
but 4-cylinder power plants.
From the scores Of letters received
from Falcon-Knight owners and SER
vice station managers, it would APP
pear that an average from 10 to -
miles TO the gallon is the rule rather
than the exception for these cars.
This is said to set a new high stand-
ard for fuel economy in the six
cylinder classification.
A further outstanding tribute Is
paid by many of these Falcon-knight
owners who report that maintenance
and upkeep cost Of the Falcon-knight
six is remarkably low despite the fact
that many Of these cars already have
been driven well over 10000 miles.
In commenting on these letters
from owners, officials Of the Falcon
factory state that the economical OPP
Grafton Of a car employing a knight
SleeNe-NalFe engine - a
Of this type Of power plant. The tal-
con-Knight s~leove-valve engine, like
other engines of this type is Of the
high compression variety and has
been for nearly a score OF years. II
is so designed, however, that the
combustion chambers are ideally
suited for high compression perform
ance and thus there is an absolute
minimum of wasted fuel.
The ability Of a a using the
knight sleeve valve engine TO travel
year after year without the necessary
expense that is characteristic Of 9TH
er type engines, such as valve grind
ing and etc, is another factor that
provides unusual economical oper-
alton for a knight engined car, II Is
said. It is pointed out that III some
instances Ears using the sleeve-valve
engine are still in operation after
more than n half million miles. while
il is common 10 find them in service
after more than 100000 miles. This,
il is claimed is due to the inbuilt
stamina Of the knight sleeve-valve
engine. such Is is used in the Falcon
knight skies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15

TN THE new ChrysTer built PLYM-
IL OUTH you ger results that you
simply won't believe possible in a car of
such price, until you actually experience
them for yourself.
Never before, at such low prices, have
you expected, much less realized, such
speed, such power, and such smooth
ness-not a vestige of vibration through
out its entire speed range
Never before have you enjoyed such
comfort. Full adult size bodies. Fine
uPhoIstering and appointment you ex-
Pect only in cars costing far more.
Never before have you experienced such
braking power. Internal expanding by
draulic 4-wheeI brakes with moulded
brake Iining-no other car under a thou
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
SAVING MADE
BYCONVEYOR
Ford Engineers Fine
System Good For
All Body Types

Through combining into a single
system the two oven and conveyor
systems formerly used in the produc-
ton Of open and closed bodies, Ford
engineers have taken another import
ant stride forward in efficiency,
economy and in the use of advanced
methods in motor car production.
Coming at the same time as the in
PRODUCTION Of the Model A, this
change signalizes one more improve
ment which was ushered in with the
new Ford car.
Formerly, open and closed bodies
each had ovens, conveyors, flow sta
tions, sash Enclosures and suction
systems Of their own. When Ford
began the use Of pyroxylin. the use
Of sash Enclosures was unnecessary;
flow stations were replaced BY spray
booths, and experiments indicated q
single system OF oven and conveyor
would do for both types Of bodies,
and that minor changes only would
be necessary to acc, lodate them.
With the model A, the operations
differ but little in the painting Of the
open and closed bodies, and difficulty
was encountered in merging the sys-
TENS. The same ovens could be used
for either open or closed types. And
the saving was remarkable.
Quality Maintained
In less floor space than was for
merly needed 70 turn out 100 Jobs
under the old method in eight hours.
a branch now can produce $50 cars.
This does not mean that the quality
Of the work is being allowed to de-
teriorate. Four coats of pyroxylin
and one Goa Of solvent are given the
body in addition to the prime and
surface coats; the quality Of colors
and Of painting is better than ever.
Some idea OF the mount Of saving
made possible by this change can be
CLEANED from the statement that the
average per branch Is somewhere
near $4,000 during the first year.
Subsequent years will not produce
such a large saving, Of course, al
though there will be some. One big
economy is in the reduced cost of the
labor.
Another good point Is IN the in
creased efficiency which the ~innova-
ton permits. The entire lob is CON
centrated in one system, making pos
sible closer supervision and giving
the employees greater versatility. The
one system produces more cars than
formerly went over the two-testi-
flying to the increase in efficiency.
The evolution Of this merger was
caused by the continued growth Of
some Of the branches. More and vet
more floor space was needed. Final
~ one branch requested additions
which. had they been made, would
have cost 100000. Fhen it was that
the Ford engineers took up a study OF
the conveyor systems used in produc-
tion. The discovery that both open
and closed body lines could be COM
bined was q natural sequence. In the
particular branch which originally
caused this study, the adoption Of the
new plan enabled it TO dispense with
$4,000 square feet OF additional floor
space which otherwise would have
been required.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
Per Capita Wealth
OF Japan Increases

TOKYO GPl-The latest cabinet bu.
reau statistics relating to Japan's
national wealth, the taking Of which
started in 1924. disclose a valuation
or approximately 102, 300. 200, 900 yen
(the gen is valued at less than SO
ceuts). This gives per capita wealth
of 1881 yen.
The national wealth is shown "a
have increased about 10000, 900, 200
yen since 1913. At that time the
per capita wealth was estimated at
SOC yen. The biggest items OF the
recent estimates are land, valued at
some $4,000, 100000 yen, and build
ings, valued at around $1,000, OO0, 200
ven.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
Family Serves Line
Total of 200 Years

SYRACUSE CPl-The New York
Central railroad is a family enter
prise-and il is not the Vanderbilt
family-in the Syracuse division.
An Irish immigrant named Welch
began extending and rebuilding the
road in 1852 as a member Of a sec
ton gang. He was drowned p years
later, leaving six boys and three
girls to carry on the work.
Three of the six sons and two
grandsons are still carrying on. two
sons have retired after serving
about a quarter century each, and
one gave his life in the service.
j. II. Welch. conductor Of the En-
pire State Express, has served SO
years; Richard. another conductor, IS
years, and Matthew, also q conductor.
SO years.
One of the girls served for a time
as flagman. and one IS a widow Of
another railroader who lost his life
in action. The Welch family's total
service is ESQ years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15

for production Of each model, where
as We were only in partial production
on two Of our lines during the first
period when our change-over was
taking place.
"In addition, the recently announc-
ed open models in the Victory six
lines are filling a seasonal demand.
while the next six cylinder line OF
Graham Brothers trucks, from pres
ent Indications, give promise Of set.
ting new production records as com.
pared TO restricted production during
the first six months when changes
were being made"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15

IS CHANGING
ARCHITECTURE
Amazing Changes Are
Already Apparent
As Result of the
Gasoline Vehicle

|
Is the automobile destined to
change the architecture Of our Amer
lean cities?
Already, according to H. Fl. Brooks,
general sales director of the Marmon
Motor Car company, there are indi-
cations of the radical and amazing
changes eventually to be brought
about BY the gasoline-propelled We
hicle.
"Chicago's anti-parking experiment,
necessitated by the congestion Of the
loop" says Mr.. Brooks, has placed
the downtown merchants Of that city
face TO face with no inconsiderable
problem. Business has fallen off be-
cause Of parking restrictions and re-
tail trade has reached out into the
outlying neighborhoods.
The great obstacle to the enforce
ment Of anti-parking laws in this and
other cities is the opposition of the
merchants who maintain that their
business will be ruined unless motor
lists can have access to their estab-
lishments. IL the motorist cannot
park his car while shopping, he will
naturally prefer 70 spend his money
- 80 80 &4A9AG AVANEAaAGlLAN AuA1NEut
Should this tendency remain uncheck-
ed the retail districts Of our cities.
instead Of being concentrated, will
spread out yer a vast territory. The
huge department stores Will yield
gradually to small speciality shops
and develop more and more into
wholesale establishments.
THE automobile already has done
much TO spread out our cities. Every
metropolis today is made up of many
small communities. Suburban lie
has become more general and coun-
try homes, once accessible only by
rail. are easily reached by motor
car"
Mr.. Brooks is inclined to believe.
however, that the suburban expan-
sion has about reached its limits.
The motor car. he points out, still
has a restricted cruising radius and
until the airplane comes into general
use, our cities will remain more OF
less as they are.
"Double-decker streets" says Mr..
Brooks, streets such as Wacker
drive, Chicago, will be the next rad
ical change in city architecture. The
lower levels will be devoted 10 heavy
traffic, while retail will be
elevated TO ar upper level.
But this is only a bginning OF
what we shall eventually see. In
Boston, a department store rising
twenty odd stories into the air, and
occupying an entire block. is being
constructed 10 provide garage space
for 5000 cars in the basement.
The proprietors, of course, will
assume a loss on many Of the cars
parked on their premises. as the own
ers OF these vehicles may do their
shopping elsewhere. and until every
large building provides such garage
space. somebody will have to make q
sacrifice.
With the construction OF setback
and tower building, the possibilities
OF ramps, sFiraling the structures
and leading across 70 other buildings
by means Of bridges, loom up in the
not distant future.
Imaginative artists have thus pic
tured the metropolis OF 1850. nor are
their visions Of the future city 70
Impractical as they might seem. In
my opinion, architects would do we'll
to give serious study Of the possibili-
ties Of bringing the automobile up
from the street to the very tops Of
U skyscrapers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
LABOR TROUBLES INCREASE

BERLIN. up - Wage disagree
ments. principally in the textile.
mining and tobacco industries. caus-
ed an increase in labor troubles In
Germany last year. There were also
disagreements about working time in
the machinery and ceramic indus
tries. Days lost by strikes totaled
S2.442.694 compared with SOL 500 in
1926. Almost as many days were lost
BIZ lcckouts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-15
MAKE OWN CARS

SYDNEY, tP-Australians have
decided they can make their own
automobiles. This smallest continent
has been entirely dependent upon
the foreign market for is cars, but
a factory with a capacity of 50 a
week will begin operations before
1929. The first ears will resemble
the American medium-priced ma
chimes.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24

SedanS and touring ears as wei M
small eOupea and FSads5ers can BE- con-
veRiently located through tOday's Times
and Herald classified used car adsi
The Washington times., 1928-04-24

1923. came from Continental bonds. "
THAT may be-" Stewart replied.
IT don't know"
Mrs. Myrtle Norton, q bond ex-
pert from the Treasury, then told
of examining Liberty bond coupons,
sent in to the Treasury by the
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank I'm
June and December, 1922. She said
she found coupons for 371 81, 600
and three $500 bonds, which were
original Continental bonds. The
coupons, she said, represented
bonds valued at 1912, 500. She said
an examination OF the coupons sent
in from Chicago in 1923 was now
being made.
Stewart Back on Stand
Stewart then returned to the
stand.
"You have just heard testimony
that the $13,S03 of Liberty bond
coupons you deposited in the Cont.
mental and Commercial Trust Com
pany in June, 1922. were all Con.
tinental bonds" Walsh told him.
II heard nothing of the Sort"
Stewart replied. II think you're
40 rows Of apple trees from proving
that"
Walsh attempted to show that
Stewart had deposited Continental
bond coupons in June, 1922, but
the oil man wouldn't admit it.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
LIFE
IN BALANCE
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
is a very sick man. His tempera-
ture is 103 and his pulse 124. do
not expect the crisis for two or
three days and have made arrange
nnents to stay here for several days
at least"
Bennett is receiving oxygen treat
ment. DIR. Barach brought two
tanks from New York with him and
Immediately after his arrival tele-
phOned for five more. He also
asked A. Anthony, his technician,
an expert in administering oxygen
to pneumonia patients, to come
here to help save Benefits life.
Mrs. Bennett was allowed to stay
with her husband only for a few
minutes. She kissed his hands and
cried a little and then was taken
to an adjoining room and put to
bed. She also is i'll. She is suffer
ing from a severe case of tonsilitis.
COnIInan- ~ Byrd is expected at l
o'clock this afternoon. He missed
the train which would have brought
him here from Boston last night.
Bennett left a sick bed in Detroit
to pilot the Ford relief plane to
Greenly Island. He collapsed after
the plane landed at Murray Bay
and was rushed here.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
THREE HELDFOR
CAFE DEATH

PHILADELPHIA, April "a
Three youths arrested in the
investigation of the attack and sub.
sequent death of Charles Seger, IS,
former featherweight boxer and
proprietor Of the Brown Betty" a
night club, were held without bail
by Magistrate Holland in city hall
The youths held for a further
hearing Wednesday are Bernard
Clearly, 20. who informed police his
father is a division political leader
and employe in the office of the
mercantile appraiser; Alexander
Green. 90, and William Ward, q.
All three were arrested after a
chase which began when police and
detectives answering a riot call in
front Of the night club. where the
attack on Seger took place, learned
that the youths had taken part in
the fight in which Seger was in
iured along with several others,
who are being sought by detectives
of the City Hall murder squad.
The exact cause of Seger's death
will not be determined until a post
norton on the cafe proprietor'a
body has been made by a coroner's
today.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
SEEKS
FULL DATA on
ACCIDENTS
--Ia,.raational Nsv.rs.l Photo

Incomplete and inaccurate police
reports of traffic accidents have
often secured official exoneration
for auto drivers who should have
been held for the death they
caused. Coroner j. Ramsey hewitt
said today in commenting on a re.
port submitted yesterday by the
Cor0ner's Jury to the District Com
mfsSiOnerS.
The report asks that q special
police traffic squad be created with
the object Of making immediate
and detailed investigations of all
serious traffic accidents.
Reports from some of the pre-.
cincts have been especially bad"
Coroner hewitt said. They have
been obviously hastily secured. not
from witnesses with first hand
knowledge, and sometimes they
conflict with the testimony Of wit
nesses at the inquest
'The resulting confusion leads TO
the acquittal H. of many guilty
drivers"
A squad of experts could obtain
diagrams and pictures which would
expedite the inquiries of the coro-
neT's office and make them much
moro efficient, he said. He pointed
out that many cities now have such
squads.
The report was drawn up yes
terday following the inquest into
the death of Mrs. Maine Cooper,
40. waitress. who was killed while
riding in an automobile driven BY
Carol p. CNubby) Nuckols, last Fri
day in Rhode Island Avenue North.
east. The inquiry into this case
was hindered by poor reports. the
coroner said. After a lengthy in
vestigation NuckolS was ordered
held for the grand Jury.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
Scientists Take Up
"Cannibal Bug"
Research

BERKELEY. Calf. April a.
The "cannibaI bug win be =
special object of study at the
fifth annual summer session in
subtropical horticulture at River
side, July : to August II.
The name lady bird" is q mis-
homer, according to Prof. Harry
Smith, authority on cannibalistlc
bugs Of value to California agri-
culturists. The lady bird In q
business like insect and disposes
Of aphis or mealy bugs like no.
body's business except its own, it
is claimed. But science has made
the lady birds business its own.
Millions Of bugs are Matched
out in insectaries in Southern
California every year for liberia.
ton in the orchards.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
PARENTS ELECT
MRS. RAF TER

Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter was re-
elected president Of the Parent
Teacher Associations of the Dis
trict at it's fifteenth annual con.
vention at the Raleigh Hotel today.
The other officers elected for the
year are: Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders,
first vice president; Henry G. Clark.
second vice president; Mrs. E. r..
Kalmbach, third vice president;
Mrs. F. D. Morris, fourth vice pres
ident; Selden Ely, fifth vice pres.
ident; Mrs. Louis b. Castell, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Walter
B. Fry, recording secretary: Mrs.
z d. Blackstone, treasurer: Mrs.
l.. H. Brown, historian, and Mrs.
H. 8. Parsons and Frank Merritt,
delegates to the Federation of Cit
liens Associations.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
Net Match
To Be Played Aug. Is

The annual Arnay-Navy tennis
match for the Leech tennis trophy
will be held in this city August Is,
instead of in June. as in previous
years, according to an announce
n1ent today by the Bureau Of Nav
igatiOn. The matches will be played
on clay courts. The Navy won the
match last year by score of TO.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
Church Debt Drive
Gets $1,000 to Start

With more than $4,000 raised in
five minutes, the drive being made
by officials Of the Church of the
TRANSPORTATION, Fourteenth and
Gallatin Streets N. W., 10 reduce the
rectory debt is off to a flying start.
The campaign will be pushed
throughout the week and it is
freely predicted the entire debt will
be Nquidated by that time.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
D. c. Merchants Plan Big
Booster Tour to South

Plans for the booster tour of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation will be made at a meeting
at their headquarters tomorrow
afternoon. The tour is scheduled
for June 8, 8 and 10.
The itinerary will include the
Bethlehem Steel Company plant,
Sparrows Point, Nd. the Naval
Academy. Old Point Comfort and
Norfolk.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
turtle" Fails to Put
Friends SIS in Bank

The mythical tortoise that bested
the hare in a race had nothing
on a local colored man known as
Turtle" according to Nick Fillah,
of the 100 block Florida Ave. N. w.
Fillah gave Turtle" SIS yesterday
to deposit in bank at Seventh
and Florida Avenue Northwest. He
failed 10 do 80, and FiIlah suspects
he has left for parts. unknown, he
told police.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
DlRORDERS HALTED

BOGOTA, Colombia, April "a
The Venezuelan government has
closed the National Military Acad-
envy as a result of recent disorders
by the students according to a
dispatch received today from Cara
cas-.
The Washington times., 1928-04-24
by International News Service
Iimdbergh Nav Welcome Filters

NEW YORK. April 24.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh may take
part in New York city's official re.
ception to the Bremen filters on
their arrival here from Greenly
Island.
Americas premier aviator flew to
Curtiss Field FROM Washington and
announced he hoped to greet the
German and Irish transatlantic air.
nen when they land.