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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-12
The World and All
THE FLYING G
By Charles r. Driscoll

THE FLYING AGE
For some reason or other we have been led TO be-
lieve that flying is a young mans game. Fairly ma
ture folk may 90 as passengers, we've been told, but
they shouldn't have very many gray hairs at that. And
pilots, of course. should be under % if possible.
l was surprised, therefore, to learn that one Of the
best pilots in the marine corps was over 40. OF course
he was killed recently when his ship, which was on
its way to scatter peace and goodwill among the Mica
ragusns, crashed. But ! don't think the age Of the
pilot caused the ship to 90 down. How many young
sters Of 20 to Is have crashed before one man Of over
40 went that way,
ii. L. S. Grey Of Dallas and Los Angeles, is one Of the
most enthusiastic aviators Of the southwest. He Is
GO years old.
Mr.. Grey has just bought his third plane, a hand
some Swallow of the latest design He started flying,
a few years ago, in one of those after-the-war Jennies.
/ did some flying in one Of those old crates myself,
and now / consider myself quite a hero for having done
so. They creaked in every joint, and the wings flopped
like an elephants ears when they hit the ground.
Those who flew in the old Jennies may begin to feel
like regular Wrights now, for the present-day planes
are as far ahead Of them as the 1928 automobiles are
ahead Of those first Fords that you occasionally see
in the pictures.
But this man Grey learned to fly a Jenny, and as
soon as he had learned he bought the ship and used It
to commute between his two homes in Los Angeles and
Dallas. When he began TO grow ashamed Of the ap-
pearance of his creaky old crate, he bought a better
boat, and now he blossoms out, at the age Of 6s, with
a really snappy carriage.
Do you remember when we used to believe that only
a young daredevil could drive a horseless carriage ?
Do you remember when the newspapers used TO devote
a whole page on Sunday 70 pictures Of and stories
about local women who could drive their own cars?
Well, if you are old enough 10 remember these
things, you are still plenty young enough to learn to
fly. There is q certain ~hesitancy about starting out,
because it's so far to the ground. but that will pass
away when the flying public learns how easy it is to
stay aloft.
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TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
AdvertisinV REPRESENTATIVE
The Battle in the East

To Senator Moses is credited the statement that
the Atlantic coast states, from Maine to Maryland will
be the Flanders field Of the presidential campaign"
Just what the republican leader intended to imply
is not clear, but apparently he is convinced that the
main battle in the presidential campaign will lie in
the states Of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
Jersey and the New England states, all of which are
normally republican.
Democratic leaders are asserting that the majority
of the Atlantic states will fall into the Smith column
at the November election, and the republican leaders
in those states frankly admit they will have to wage
a strenuous battle to hold the voters in line.
Many leaders of both major parties state that for
msr political leanings Of the various states, especially
in the East and Northwest, are no indication Of what
may be expected at the November election. So many
issues have been injected, many Of a purely local ma
ture, that political observers are at a loss to snalyze
the situation, declaring that in many Of the states, and
probably including some Of the solid South" there
will complete "upsets," so far as political alliances are
concerned.
In the East, as in the South, prohibition is the
main issue. with the East elamorirg for repeal or mod
ification and the South demanding adherence to and
rigid enforcement OF the eighteenth amendment and
Volstead act. Eastern republicans are endeavoring to
make their party appear in its "wettest' garb, whereas
in the South the G. o. P. leaders are endeavoring to
wiring all vestiges Of anti-prohibition sentiment from
their party and its candidates, apparently with some
success.
Experienced political forecasters assert that the
South will probably remain fairly solid" sufficiently
so at least to prevent a heavy G. o. P. gain, and that
the democrats will not make extensive gains in the
West or Northwest. But so far as the Eastern states
are concerned they admit that any prediction would
merely be a wild guess, stating that no one should be
astonished if many Of the Eastern states perform po-
litieal gymnastics heretofore never exhibited.
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Other Papers
REPLENIsHING THE CAMPAIGN CHEsTs


Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas expresses the
pious hope that individual contributions 70 the 1928
campaign Of the republican party will not exceed
1000. The senator has been accused of ~harboring
visionary ideas, and maybe this is one.
The senator would have the republican chest lined
a good word that-with small contribution from the
rank and file Of the party. The republican who gives
so cents or 81 20 elect Messrs. Hoover and Curtis will
not think that he is entitled TO a federal job. The
republican who has more means at his command and
donates 500 will not be in a position, on that account.
to tell Mr. Hoover where to get off. Even q $1,000
donation will place no burdensome obligations on the
administration.
The captain of industry or the business leader who
gives S or rs times $1,000 is running into money and
he naturally feels that he has q right to expect some
thing in return. Harry Sinclair expected to be remem-
bered when be gave Will Hays q total of $4,000. and
Mr.. Sinclair was remembered by the obliging Fall.
Had it not been for the senate investigation con-
Quoted By Senator Walsh Mr.. Sinclair might still have
in his possession, in return for favors he did the re-
publican party and q little personal assistance rendered
Mr.. Fall. property worth many millions of dollars.
Senator Capper, we fear, is in for another disap-
no,ntment. The senator will never live to see the re-
nphlican party financed by small contributions, for the
REASON that it cant be done. The righteous Senator
Rorab failed lamentably when he tried to raise a fund
,or returning to Sinclair the money he gave to Will
u.vs Even the democrats will admit that national
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TAINTED FAMILIES

NHUukLVH LINNsJF
A Los Angeles court certainly started something BY
deciding that a Nevada hree-months'-old residence d.
vOrce is no good in California, which will be news to
hundreds Of remarked couples.
In effect, the decision is that three months Of resi-
dence in Nevada, solely for divorce purposes, is not
bona fide residence. It is simply a temporary proceed
ing to, beat the laws of the party's home state. Prob
ably, not two in one hundred Of such residents"
would reside in Nevada a day longer than three
months, if they could possibly avoid it.
As to parties renarrying after such worthless d.
vorce and the children from such remarrisges, their
misery, doubt and, possibly, shame are to be charged to
the lack Of national divorce Legislation.
Nevada is entitled to her states rights. But a
states rights end where the rights and common good
Of the country begin. 1t is pretty faulty government
which permits one state to broadcast husbands, wives
and children who aren't legitimate everywhere.
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Washington Letter
By CHARLEs p. STEWART

Smith stands for another settle
two sets as opposite as :he poles.
Herbert Hoover Ia the genius of
Standardization.
Al Smith is the spirit OF individ-
ualism-
The Rotarian versus the Bohs-
milan!
Hoover wrote a whole book on
American Individualism, but his
notion Of the promotion OF individ-
ual welfare is through incubation
of the doctrine Of efficiency, eff
cheney and still more efficiency, for
the benefit of all-and let each indi-
vidual take his share. His book re-
veals IL In every line,
Smith never has written a book,
not read many, but il is impossible
TO talk with him long without get
ting his slant that il is better TO give
the individual his full rights and
then let him shape his own life TO
suit himself-that maybe efficiency
can be carried To excegs-that it's
leading TO over-production now-that
perhaps there are individuals who
can be happier without quite 10
much of ii. and, if so. that that's
LLclE oNH affair anu not NntAE gov
ernment's.
Hoover's model is a first-class
hand-me-down. Smiths preference IL
for "a tailor-made, and he doesn't
even care If il isn't quite so good
a fit, provided ii has a style OF its
own.
Hoover is a product OF our pres
ent machine age.
Smith hasn't caught up with IL.
or has taken q different road, or
has passed this age BY. and is some
where on ahead.
Hoover has an eve strictly for
utility. Smith can spare at least an
occasional glance for the beauty and
good fellowship OF life.
Hoover lis a mathematician; Smith.
In his way. a poet.
Hoover doubtless can beat Smith
as . cold. scientific reasoneE, but Al
Is inspired off and On.
Hoover rs no aristocrat, but he ~
intsllectual-rather coldly 50. Smith
isn't aristocratic or intellectual. eth
er one. but he knows human nature.
hei-C effervescently human him
self.
Ought government 20 he mechan-
ically perfect and unde rating or
ought Id 70 be elastic ard adaptable
Well know mex. November what
the voters think about ID.
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NOMINEES PRESENTED IN VIVID
CONTRAST

WASHINGTON.-This Is going 10
to be a remarkable presidential CAM
paign-a test between two great
PHILOSOPHERS Of life.
The party platforms don't indicate
it, but the candidates do.
We've all known for a long time
that a realiEnment Of our two major
political groups was urgently need
ed. The old ones had ceased to be
representative. There were s~o-called
republicans who really were demo-
Gratis; professed democrats who act
ually were republicans.
That how they met at Kansas City
and Houston and that's how their
leaders meant them TO stay.
They adopted their platforms &C
cordinEly. Neither one meant any
thing. The managers didn't intend
them tom either side. The typical
politician is afraid Of genuine is
sues. He doesn't want to give the
electorate anything to vote on. for he
doesn't know how il will vote. He
trusts TO the superiority or his bunk
owes his rivals bunk to win.
Yes. the platforms both were rig
ged up strictly according to political
Hoyle.
But the nominations get out Of the
old-line "fixers' hands.
It's extraordinary that they both
got out Of the fixers' " hands al the
same time. but they did. Probably
the time was ripe; the psychological
moment had arrived. The rank and
file of republicans and democrats
felt the gripe OF nausea az their
ancient bosses piffle and trickery
all at once.
The two nominations we're popular
nominations.
As they said at Houston. Al Smith
IL his own platform. To heck with
the one the bosses fixed UP for him
II doesn't amount to shucks.
They didn't say il az Kansas City
but il was as true there as il was
a week later. at Houston. Herbert
Hoover il his W platform. too
The platform officially adopted a.
the *. O." convention doesn'
amount 10 anything, either, anc
Hoover does.
Herbert Hoover stands for one Sc
OF principles. or beliefs, and A
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selves. others with girls. Janet
laughed Eayly.
"My goodness. it looks like war.
II thrills me-
Ballard shook his head and Eazed
out over the river with serious
eyes.
"No. nv dear. If this were war
time these boys wouldn't have to
sit on Riverside drive. or hunt
around for some place to amuse
themselves. They'd DE welcome any
where. They we're heroes then.
Now thy're only sailors. Rough,
uncouth men Of the sea"
Were YOU q Eob?" Janet tried to
picture him in a uniform
Il was a W doctor
He chuckled and slowed the ear.
Watch, I'm going to drive slowly
and let YOU sec how the hungry lit
tie girls dress up and N. cut here
TO pick IN dinners
Janet looked at min in amaze
ment.
"Pick ap dinners? How silly"
"Nait. here's a good spot. Wen
stop a minute. Sec those two keen
looking girls sitting over there, all
dolled up? Watch a lot of big cars
slow I'D when they 20 BY"
At that moment a biz. new, shiny
car crawled By. and q dark. small,
moustached man leaned out and
smiled at the two girls. They look
ed on impassively a moment, then
one OF them smiled ever so slightly.
He drove up TO the corner and
backed w 10 the curb. A moment
later the girls slowly strolled over.
One did all the talking. The other
appeared indifferent and a trifle
embarrassed. Then they got in.
Janet Gasped:
"Oh. why. they're getting in q
car with a strange mani"
Ballard threw back his head and
laughed:
"You haven't seen anything yeti
And / dare say. they are nice little
girls. too. Just hungry. They come
out here and sit az the dinner hour,
waiting for someone to come along
and take them to dinner. They IRE
broke-probably trying 10 get into a
show. They are almost always in
two-saf-ty in numbers stuff"
Janet. puzzled:
Aren't they afraid? Aren't they
in d~anEer?"
ooh. il isn't very often that any
thing happens. considering how nan
girls pull that trick in New York"
Janet looked al him from the cor
ner Of a mischievous eye
Have 0 ever had mercy upon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-12

On May Is, 1918, the first air mail plane ,startsd
from Washington to New York City. Assembled At the
flying field at that Inauguration Of 4 service that ~
revolutionizing the fast mail transportation Of the
country was a distinguished gathering. including Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson. That first flight was in
suspicious. The young pilot lost his way and finally
came down with his load OF mail in Virginia. From
that beginning has evolved the most extensive air mail
service in the world.
Ihe planes carrying the United States mail, are
lying every day more than $4,000 miles. The volume
OF the mails carried in the United States in this wsv
= douole that SO carried in all the rest Of the nations
q the earth together. Government operations gave
way 70 the contract system under the original air mail
law, which ! introduced in 1922.
The bill passed by the last session Of eongress an
signed by President Coolidge public Law 41o) mo-
vdes Tor the 8 cents per ounce rate and also provides
ior adjustment Of present rates that are being maid 70
contractors. ! am certain that this lower hostage rs+.
VIII triple the volume Of air mail within three pon.b.
ai'er the new law takes effect, which is August /.
The main difficulty has been that the con.ractor,
could not secure capacity loads. The expenditures ara
the same for carrying one thousand pounds of mail a.
Tor carrying two hundred pounds. BY increasing The
volume Of the mail, we reduce the unit cost. tins
maHing 1t possible for the contractors to operate more
~proftably even at the lower rate per pound.
ALREADY many large industries and business firms
are planning to send all their letters for destinations
exceeding a thousand miles by air mail. For instance
some Pittsburgh establishments will send all their CO..
respondence for points west of the Mississippi rivsr
by air mail service.
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y

CHAPTER =
Ballard led Janet into the flower
shop.
Little white rosebuds made into
q corsage for the young lady,
please
"Oh. how lovely. How did you
know white roses are my favorite
flowers"
Il didn't. Princess" He bent low
over her hand. You remind me Of
them. That is why / wanted them.
To 20 with your rose setting
Janet flushed. How romantic he
was. Suddenly she found herself
feeling q trifls self-conscious. She
dreaded going TO q restaurant with
him. Where would they 20? Maybe
she wouldn't know just row TO act.
She found that she wasn't quite SO
conscious Of him when she didn't
look into his face and thought she
was very silly. For Janet had never
been sel~f-conscious in her whole life
before.
As for Ballard. he called her
Princess and treated her with the
%Rallantry due the title, because he
felt she would enjoy feeling grown
up. He pictured her sitting wide
eyed. lips parted. reading Of a prince
in brilliant attire, with a snow
white horse. riding up 20 steal the
lady Of his heart
He knew enough about ONE 70
know they all enioved being placed
on 4 pedestal-and feeling they were
being worshipped. IL appealed to
his imagination and his sense of
humor to thrill Janet with the role
Of princess. He could see how ter
ribly she wanted 10 be n woman.
Janet exclaimed with pleasure
when they stopped besida Ballard
Riley's long. shiny sport roadster.
II was the most beautiful car she
had ever seen. He smiled as he
helped her in.
ut is a real pleasure 70 spend an
evening with someone who enjoys
everything like you do. Miss James.
Really. | feel quite flattered. II is
only a little after six. and | have
the tickets. Let's take a little spin
I'D Riverside drive before dinner"
Janet had heard a great deal about
Riverside drive. But she hardly ex-
pected il TO be as fascinating as
il really was. II was a glorious ave-
ming. quiet. and with a gentle breeze
blowing over the Hudson. The At
lantic fleet was in and. as far as
they could see. giant battleships
stretched 10 the river.
The drive was lined with sailors.
some sitting talking among them
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Why suffer TiM
RheNMAttSmS
You know it cannot
be rubbed a7r1y

A RE you one Of those unfor-
N Inmates who suffer with
pains in your muscles and joints,
commonly called rheumatism,
making you miserable, less eff
ficient, interfering with your
working hours, running your
sleep?
You may have tried many
things without relief. Why not
try S.S.S.?
For more than 100 years
S.S.S. has been giving relief in
thousands Of cases, as testified
to in unsolicited letters Of graf
itude.
81 suffered with rheumatism
for a good many years. At times
my joints would swell 50, I
couldn't walk. / tried almost
everything. Went to Hot Springs
49,. then finally decided to try
S.S.S. / took a course. In o
short time the rheumatic pains
entirely left me. / am now in
perfect health, and want to add
that / have tried all kinds Of
medicines but I think S.S.S. is
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cannot be financed with small contributions.
So it looks as II both parties viii proceed as usual
this year, in the matter Of raising campaign funds, but
the old free-and-easy days are gone forever. The scan
dals OF 1920 will not be repeated. Both parties this
year will hold their campaign expenditures within yea
sonable limits.
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Who I'm /? With what i~nterna-
tional event was / connectedt Who
were my companions on this coca
sion?
Who has been appointed national
treasurer Of the republican party.
What was the family name Of
% Romeo, ~ Juliet?
A Russian empress was originally
a peasant girl. What vas her
name,
whatsoever hateth his brother IL
a murderer: and We know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in
him." Where does this passage APP
pear in the Bible?
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Timely Views

By NJ. CLYDE KELLY

Y. s. Representative from Pittsburgh, Pa
N. Clyde Kelly was born in Bloomfield. Musk
ingum county. Ohio, in 1883. He was educated AZ
Muskingum college, az New Concord, Ohio. Kelly
started his career in the newspaper field and serv-
ed as city editor Of the Daily News, Braddock. Pa,
from 1901 TO 1908. He founded the Braddock Lead
or IN 1903 and purchased the Daily News in 1905,
and Evening Herald in 1907. He has been pub
Usher Of the Daily News Herald at Braddock since
1907. Kelly served as a member Of the Pennsyl-
vania house of Representatives from 1910 TO 1918.
and as a member Of the sixty-third and Sixty
fifth congresses from the Thirty-third Pennsvlva-
MIA district.
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The best."-Earl G. Campbell.
1l5 West Main Street, johnson
City, Tenn.
S.S.S. is extracted from tina
fresh roots Of medicinal plants
and herbs and gives to Nature
what she needs in building YOU
up 50 that your system throws
off the cause.
All drug stores sell SIS. in
two sizes. Get the larger size.
It is more economical.
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1t Is not understood that Mr.. Tunney has invited
PROFESSOR Phelps to officiate at his next pugilistic
party put u does seem as if they might get harmon
iously together somewhere, sometime for a study Of the
Ring and the Book-Providence Journal
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whenever an anti-war pact is framed which will
SUIT all nations, we should like to be informed
Charleston Mail.
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Today's HnroEcope

Persons born under this sign are
inclined to be quiet and think deep
~. but they generally exhibit N high
temper and act On ~in-advised inn
pulse. They are critical and can Be
burning and crucial In their criti-
cism.
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BACHELOR LEAGuE

LEIGH, Eng.-Twenty young men
have formed a club all members of
which are pledged not to marry.
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Inc man who takes a nap while holding a steering
~heel usually wakes up holding 8 hap instead-Louis-
willie Times.
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The Grab Bag


On this date. in 1918. the Mis-
souri, Gazette. first newspaper west
Of the Mississippi, was first issued.
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Answers 70 Foregoing Questions
/. Amelia Earhart; transatlantic
flight from this continent 70 Wales;
Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon.
?. j. r. Mutt.
g. ~ Montagu, (2) Capulet.
4. Catherine i.
5. I John. iii. Is.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-30
Commend Paper
FOR AMERICAN|SM
Governor and Other Officials
Praise Polish Publication

This weeks edition OF the Polish
Catholic Leader. Z weekly publica.
ton edited by Rev. LucyaA Bojnow-
ski. pastor of the Sacred Heart
church. came out In seven sections
Of eight pages each. and the entire
edition is designated a. the TWEEN
ty-hrst Annual Americanization and
National Safety Number"
The secon% section contains Z
proclamation Of Americanixatio ION
signed by the governor, the mayor.
leading citizens Of the city and Z
number Of firms. The proclamation
reads: Approaching the fact that
ever since its esta blishment and
conduct under the same manage
ment In every issue Of your repre-
sentative American newspape
printed In the Polish language. you
have commendingly advocated the
doctrine Of true Americanism.
And further realizing that thers
are existing in our country certain
active agencies who arc endeavor-
ing to carry on = nefarious work
OF intoxicating bolshevism In the
people Of foreign birth or sxtrac-
ton, and firmly believing that no
other agency u 70 we'll able to COM
bat this communicate propaganda
and exterminate It from the minds
Of the people. Therefore, We heart
lily commend and endorse your
course in presenting to your read
ers an entire issus devoted to Amer
ANIMATION. Your calling the atten-
ton OF your readers to this most
important subject should result In
stimulating 4 deeper interest in the
principles and ideals Of citizenship.
Therefore. we heartily endorse your
work and take pleasure In contri-
buting to the success of this great
enterprise and attaching our sigma
lures to this proclamation of Amer
icanization."