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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
The G. 0. p. Combine

The announcement Of Lowden. Watson and Curtis
managers that a coalition had been formed to prevent
the nomination of Herbert Hoover by the republican
national convention has not been the cause of much
worry in the Hoover camp. Combinations of this char
scter have been formed before, Hoover leaders said.
and when the test finally came in the convention bal
loting they went to pieces like q house OF straw be-
fore a tornado.
Ipwden, Curtis and Watson have one interest in
common-farm relief. But that issue may not be suf-
ficient to prevent a stampede for the band wagon when
the break in the convention comes. In fact, MANY
Hoover adherents predict that the break will come be-
fore the balloting begins. and that on the second or
third ballot Hoover will be declared the nominee.
Andrew Mellon, secretary Of the treasury, will be
the real power in the Kansas City convention. AS head
Of the Pennsylvania delegation, the largest block Of
uninstrueted delegates, he will be in position TO either
lock. with the probability that a dark horse will lana
the covetet honor. That Mellon ant the Pennsylvania
delegation might support any enc az the trio forming
the coalition against Hoover IL declared impoSsible ~
the Hoover champions. They point out that the Penn
sylvania leader is the right bower Of President Cool
idge and that he could not consistently support a can
didate who has taken issue with Coolidge on the farm
relief issue. Opposition TO the McNary-Hauren hill il
regarded as the fixed policy Of the Coolidge admins
traticn, two vetoes having thoroughly convinced the
proponents Of the measure that Coolidge Il adamant n
his opposition to the equalization fee. ans the Iowdeo
Curtis. Watson combine propose to make the eoualiza-
ton fee an issue in the convention battle.
Failure of President Coolidge to sign the Muscle
Shoals bill, thereby notifying the act Of congress. baz
further incensed the agricultural elements supporting
the coalition candidates and is expected TO further weld
the farm bloc. However, their power in the conyen-
tion Is not great. as compared with that Of the large
industrial sections Of the East. and while it NAV serve
TO strengthen The coalition with a few sta- delera-
tions, il is not regarded as a serious menace to the
Hoover candidacy, according to Hoover leaders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
The World and All
WHO is RESPONSIBLE,

Many parents spoil their children for life b,
relieving them Of all opportunity to develop a sense Of
responsibility and a talent for initiative.
The spoiled boy or girl il Mt a great disadvantage
in life. The spoiled girl is likely to stay spoiled unit
she Is mature, especially II she is pretty. Men will not
try to discipline her-unless they marry her. Almost
any man is too ehivalrous to say 10 a pretty girl, "oh
run on and meet the world! You're spoiled You arc
not at all important. Somebody told you something
false. Somebody said you were the light Of life, ana
you believe i'll"
No. the men will gallantly keep on spelling her
They will bear with her foibles because they can &c
and join another party at any suitable hour. But ons
OF these men viii marry the spoiled girl, and then see
what ~happensl
Life turns out to be a business that is full Of re.
sponsibilities. The spoiled girl won't take on h.,
share. She will continue to expect her husband u
PICK up everything she carelessly drops, and in return
will give him a tired countenance.
That means that husband resigns, and the lob i
soon taken over by another. The spoiled girl revsls
IN a succession OF husbands, until she gets wrinkles in
her neck, eyestrain and a slight stoop. What Their
Well, sometimes a sour old age. Sometimes n hpshsrd
who will continue to hold down his job If properly
cajcled. Sometimes a tired disillusionment and suicide
The spoiled boy is more likely to have his dotine
mothers i~ll-advised work undone before he becomes
thoroughly mature. The other boys at school will bea:
" = Ateque"liS' can MN names, tease him, and may
be make him ashamed Of his rearing.
But If the spoiled boy stays spoiled unit, !. 49,.
INTO the business or professional world. he's likely u
oe awakened to the interesting knowledge that ne Il
not worth spelling any more. Employers and business
associates haven't time to keep on spelling him. Hen
not survive as the spoiled boy long enough to spoiI :
iamiiys welfare unless he has financial support and
more or less secluslon from the world guaranteed BY
parents.
Initiative Is the quality that Is most in demand /.
tne world Modern schools are beginning to pay some
attention to this demand for initiative, and are trviny
to give their pupils opportunity to develop, instead Of
spelling them by leading them around and around in a
well-worn path called education"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
The Market News Service

Lower Rio Grande Valley growers and shippers viii
receive with approval the announcement Of the Browns
willie Chamber Of Commerce that an effort will be made
to induce the United States Department Of Agriculture
to extend its leased wire from San Antonio to Browns
VILE. thereby giving the Valley the full market news
reports on winter vegetables sent out by the depart
ment in cooperation with the state department of ag-
riculture.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley now has a limited
service from January l to May 81, part Of the report
received at the San Antonio office being relayed BY
army radio to the naval radio at Fort Brown. Approx
imately 1000 words in code are received daily during
the heavy movement Of winter vegetables, and while
these reports have been of great value to Valley ship
pers and growers, they do not sufficiently cover the
markets.
The reports received over the leased wire at San
Antonio are complete, covering practically all the
principal markets Of the United States, but the reports
are curtailed BY the necessity Of relaying them to the
Valley. Another feature is the fact that reports which
would be received over the leased wire early in the
morning are not available, under the relay system, be-
fore noon. and this delay renders them Of far less
value to the Valley interests.
Were il not for the fact that every agency connect
ed with the dissemination Of this market news-the
representatives Of the state and federal departments
Of agriculture, and the army and naval radio opera
tors-are greatly interested in e~xpediting the service,
it could not be handled in time to prove of practical
benefit to Valley shippers. 1t is largely through the
energy and cooperation Of these federal and state
employees that the service has been handled 80 expe-
ditiously under the most trying conditions.
Winter vegetable shipments from the Valley this
season will exceed 10000 cars, and these products IF
the Valley soil are shipped into every state in the
Union. Vegetable production has become big busi-
ness" in the Valley. having attained a volume that de-
mands every possible facility for the marketing Of the
crop. The present market reports cover only a COM
paratively small area, and while they serve as a gen.
eral index 10 the market trends they are not suffi-
GENTLY comprehensive to fill the requirements Of the
Valley, and these requirements viii become more press
ing as the development Of the Valley progresses and
production increases.
The movement inaugurated by the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce deserves the cooperation Of
every interest in the Valley. 1t is a move that will
secure for the Valley the recognition that is its due
as the premier winter vegetable shipping section Of
Texas. Compliance with the request by the u. s. De-
partment Of Agriculture will result in the establish
ment Of a service that will maintain close contact be-
tween the Valley and all marketing centers in the
United States, assuring wider and more profitable dis
tribution Of the Valleys products.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10

Valley. He was known for his fear
lossness. and had participated in
scores of raids. recently being re-
in this section.
He was born in Fisher county,
and lived in West Texas until the
outbreak Of the World war. when
he enlisted in the army at Sweet
water. He was assigned to the
1llth Engineers. Company c, and
spent IL. months in the thick of the
fighting on the western front in
France.
Peace Officer Nine Years
When he returned he came 70 Har-
lingen, nine years ago. and soon
after he reached that city he mar
ried Miss Ella Willis. formerly Of
Waco.
He has been a neace officer all
the time that he mas lived in Har-
lingen. being a city policeman for
a time. later constable. and for the
past year a deputy sheriff.
johnson was a member Of the
Masonic lodge in Harlingen, and was
a member Of the Forty q Eight vol
ture Of the American Legion.
He is survived BY his widow, ard
cne son, w. III. Johnson, Jr., his
father, r. H.. Johnson, chief Of 20
lice Of Harlingen, and his mother;
four brothers, all younger and all
living at H~arlingen, Luther, Willis,
Robert and Ross; and by six sisters,
Mrs. X. S. Lyle. Mrs. J.. Dawson,
Mrs. Pete Harrison, all Of Harrington.
Mrs. !. G. Bull Of Austin, and Misses
Roselle and Fay May Johnson, also
cf Harlineen.
Burial at 4 r. vi.
Funeral services will be held at
a o'clock Sunday afternoon. at the
First Baptist church in Harrington.
The funeral sermon will be preached
b.. Rev. W. ". Lee, pastor of the
church, and the services will be in
charge Of the Masonic Lodge.
P~allbearers are all members Of
the Forty 4 Eight, and are "A. Il.
Montgomery, Bert Epstein, Bobby
Works. Dick Collins and Leslie
Polling, all Of San Benito, and Jimmy
Howe Of Mercedes.
Arrangements were being made
late Saturday to have the drum
corps of the Brownsville Legion post
take part in the funeral services.
and a firing squad from Fort Brown
will take part. The fire trucks OF
Harrington, manned by the fire
boys, will turn out. and all officers
Ct the city. and practically all Of
ticers Of other parts Of the Valley
viii be on hand.
Many Grieved
The interment will be made at the
Harrington cemetery. and will be un-
Ger the direction of NJ. A. Thompson.
Friends Of the family throughout
the Valley were sending expressions
II their sympathy and regrets Satur-
day, and many beautiful floral Of
ferings were being sent.
The two officers who were with
Johnson at the time of the shooting
are veterans Of many border battles,
and are two Of the best marksmen
along the border. Harrell, not more
than five months ago, waged a sin
gle handed U battle with the MUIR
derer OF Jess Billings. La Fcria rom
stable, and killed the smuggler.
The darkness. and confusion Of
horses and men were responsible for
their failure TO get into the thick Of
TIE fight in time to possibly save
Johnson, or at least 10 prevent es-
cape of any of the smugglers.
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Kellygranns
BY FRED c KELLY

but he did not try. Watson did II
tefore him n hundred times, occa-
tionally wen taking the handle OF
the rake in his own mouth. to show
the possibilities OF the scheme, but
though the dog had been considered
smart, he offered to initiate
fis teacher.
Thorndike performed similar ex-
reriments. He would open q certain
box before unframed dogs to show
them how. But they never profited
by seeing it done. One dog had been
trained to jump on top Of a box,
then sit on its hind legs and "beg''
ter food. Thorndike had him do this
ITO times in the presence Of an IN
trained animal, but the latter never
tried to initiate the act He just
locked on in bored fashion as II he
thought the series of capers utterly
silly. II never dawned on him that
ne was supposed 10 act that way
himself.
How much has your dog learned by
imitation?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
w Washington
Letter

ARCTIC OCEAN DEFIES SONIC
DEPTH FINDER
By CHARLES p. STEWART

By CHARLES p. STEWART
WASHINGTON. June s.-How
deems the Arctic ocean? scien-
lists are asking all = returning
explorers now.
Formerly-is there land at the
north pole was the query.
Recent reports answer that ques-
ton pretty definitely in the mega
tive-or. if there's any land, there
isn't much.
So now-what's the depths the
new puzzle.
The scientific folks say II really
j. very important.
II they can find out they'll know
more about the tides-and weather
and ashland possibly radio-and
lots of tnings-they're not sure ex-
actly what-but probably, whatever
it is. it will prove TO be extreme
~ valuable.
Anyhow, they're curious.
Why then. don't some Of our north
polar tourists investigate?
Certainly there are enough Of EN-
these times Gen. Mobile. Capt. viii
kins. Commander Byrd, Capt
Amundsen-not to mention old-tim-
ers. like Admiral Peary ard DR.
Cook.
Well-explain these authorities
its mighty chilly. boring a hole
through six or eight feet of ice
and taking ~soundings in the polar
sea.
That's how the sonic depth finder
happened to be suggested, as q
means of speeding matters up.
But unfortunately il won't work
The naval engineers, who special.
lie on the sonic depth finder, have
been giving the idea their best az.
tention. and they regret TO advise
that the schemes n. =.
The sonic depth finder Is a bel
in the bottom Of a ship.
Ding, dong, ding-It goes, as the
ship steams along, as fast as il
likes. Down goe the noise to the
bottom Of the ocean-and back, N.
an echo. the scaled returning ii "a
the ship. An expert on board clocks
il. and knowing exactly how fast
sound travels through the water
reads the depth right off. by ear.
It's accurate. rapid and easy-in
all Of which respects il differs from
the old way Of sounding with a lead
and up to four or five miles OF
wire.
The north polar plan was 10 fiji
one Of these c~ontraptions onto the
bottom If an aircraft and fit around
for awhile over the Arctic ocean.
charting the whole thing.
IL seemed so simple that the
scientific brotherhood fell for it in
lob lots.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
DOES YOUR DOG EVER IMITATI
YOU7

DOES YOUR DOG EVER INITIATE
YOU7
Do dogs learn by imitation?
That is a disputed question among
experimenters. Many would answer
yes, because when a young dog sees
another dog 20 and chase q rabbit,
sniff at a rabbit hole, or peer into a
crack, il is likely 10 initiate the older
deg. But this is instructive imita-
tion-that is, doing something that
il would soon have done anyhow,
even if it hadn't seen il done. That
IS probably not what n can by
imitation. The real question is
whether a dog, after seeing its mas
ter or q trained dog perform a GER
tain act, will catch the idea and try
himself. Tests by DR.. John ID. Wat
son, famous psychologist, al Johns
Hopkins university a few years ago
ell indicated that a dog totally lacks
this kind of initiative faculty, and in
this he was confirmed by the ex-
feriments of Professor Z. L. Thorn
dixie and others.
Doctor Watson put e dog on q
leash about one foot too short to let
him reach a bone. Previously he had
trained him to carry in his mouth a
little rake with a wooden handle.
Doctor Watson took the rake in his
hand and pulled the bone toward
MIN. Then he gave the rake TO the
dog. He took il in his mouth and
could then have reached the bone,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10

The motion picture industry today represents an
investment Of two billion dollars, en- annual expendi-
ture IN production Of pictures alone Of SIPS. 10000
The industry directly employs more men and women
than Ford and General Motors combined. One hundred
million paid admissions in the United States alone each
week testify to its touch with the public.
We in America supply a great majority Of all the
pictures made and shown throughout the world, and
other nations combined have one and one-half times
as many motion picture theaters az the United States.
Therefore the product is sold and resold each week t.
nearly & quarter of a billion consumer twenty-five
thousand miles Of film are handled each day in the
exchanges of this country alone.
That is a gigantic enterprise. big enough to talk
about, and It has grown to what it is in the fraction Of
q mans life. without presidents and without charts.
We have long since come to regard our newspapers
and magazines in America as the common treasure OF
the republic, a leaven in the spread Of ideas and edu-
cation, and a most potent aid, through selling, to every
other industry.
Motion pictures today are a selling agency as much
as the great acreage Of white space on printed pages
which tells the story Of your individual brands and
trademarks. We do not sell a certain type Of car, or
a certain make Of furniture, or a brand Of ginger ale.
But. by putting before 100000. 900 theater-goers every
week the drama Of the possibilities in American life.
by showing every American the comforts he can have
if he combines work with thrift, We launch a sales i'm
pulse that seems to me incalculable.
With the motion picture we are selling America to
itself. We are building buying habits, through the mo
ticn picture. We have kept our pictures as unpur-
chaseabe as the editorial columns Of Americas news
papers. But nevertheless we have been selling goods.
The government of nearly every country in Europe
has taken som kind of legal steps to help the nations
motion picture business. This grows out of their real
ization Of the value Of the motion picture as a national
asset and expresses their determination to foster and
protect it. In some countries il amounts to a subsidy.
All this il d perfectly proper purpose and we take no
exception to it. The motion picture has indeed be-
come such an important factor for any country that
any government does well sympathetically to encour-
age it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10

NEW YORK. June ss-Battery
rark best reflects kaleidoseopirally
the color of a great city. 1t is the
place where all sightseeing tours
ought to begin. On Two sides are
waters carved to and fro BY ships
Over there IL Governors island, and
out there the Statue or Liberty, and
W. yonder Ellis island. Up in the
park Is the aquarium. From the
piers one may sail away at small
cost to Staten island. or Coney ISL
and, or Statue Of Liberty, or all
around Manhattan island.
In the background there are the
thousand eyes of the great sky
scrapers of lower Broadway, with a
pleasant stretch OF Rreenness, n few
trees and flowers. beween you and
them. Sit down. and you see the
world 20 by. Sailors. newly arrived
emlgrants. worn-out men. budding
women. financiers out for a walk,
shoe clerks out for romance, happy
children. sad children. people who
want to sec the city and others who
van 10 escape Ii. sellers OF ~statuet-
tes, hot dogs corn pIasters. peanuts,
remnants, Bibles. dice, newspapers.
Battery park rests and IL tires.
IL suggests the mystery Of the ocean,
the f%utility Of the city. the pleas
Sntness Of the countryside.
A man who makes a business of
going around after weddings and
buying up the duplicate or superfIu-
Gus presents. made q rich haul mt n
certain Park avenue address. Among
the gifts the bridal couple got we're
~ silver cocktail shakers. each with
IL glasses or goblets. seven clocks,
and II gold fruit bowls.
ITS a good idea to marry your
daughter off in a rising market"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
New York Letter

says the father. a broker. regarding
the many expensive gifts.
A ~silverware salesman in Fifth
avenue shop tells me that cocktail
shakers seem 10 BE- the most popular
gift for any occasion now, inclua-
ing Mothers day.
BernArr MacFaddsn- who adds
much 70 the raicty az the nation,
Is now engaged In aboliAhing war
BY petition. He's having readers OF
his Graphic. the famous cosmophoto-
graphic tabloid. enroll their anne in
a campaign against Mars. Folks
hereabouts are wondering how the
petition ~ going 70 M presented
N
The famous war ar two Denver
newspapers. which led 70 the dona-
tion by each Of threH gallons ~
gasoline with each 25-cent classified
advertisement. has a parallel in the
price fight Of two New York depart
ment stores. One Of them has m
advertised policy Of sclIin~ every
thing at least q per cent under &C.
N@mfIAAhpA# WHEH lN5 HGLL@nb HEAMH-
Dor began selling "A certain national
IN advertised article at "a cut price,
~ cents. the first store vent down
70 ~. The other retnliated with a
cut.
OF course the second store re-
duced again. This continued until
one store was selling the article NJ
a penny. The other shop. "a adj
here 10 It, q rer cent below policy.
promptly began selling the things
two for "A cent.
The battle has extended "a other
articles. much % the joy Of bargain
hunters. whom IL keeps out Of breath
trooping from one store to another
to watch the price barometer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10

June q. 1928
Who am III What business am II
connected WITH What was ms con-
nsction with Lindbergh's transat-
lsntic flight?
What is the capital of Denmark
A famous dramatist is known for
being a strict vegetarian. What is
his name,
A certain country In Europe n
known TO possess half Of the mules
IN the continent. Name the country.
as not my word like as a fire?
saith the Lord; and like a hammer
that breaketh the rock in pieces"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
Other Papers
INCORPORATING THE BAR
dallas News.

The suggestion that the bar of Texas be ~incorpor-
ated with rights to sue, to be sued, own property and
50 on will not be wholly clear to the public until GER
tain matters have been further explained by the pro-
ponents Of the measure preached at the sessions OF
the Texas Bar Association in Dallas. It appears from
the discussion that one Of the aims is TO rid the pro-
fession of those denounced as crooks" There are
dishonest lawyers in Texas, and the state would be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
Timely Views
~NFLUEN OF THE MOTION PICTURE
INDUSTRY STRESSED
By WILL II. HAYS

~ VII n. AA4S
President Of the Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors.
VIII H. Hays was born in Sullivan, Ind, in
1879. He attended Wabash college. Indiana, and
was admitted to the Indiana bar il 1900. Hays be-
came city attorney of Sullivan in 1910. and also
associated with private commercial interests in
that city. He served as chairman of the republic
can county commission, Sullivan county, in 1904
and steadily began to advance in his political pur-
suits, and in 1917 he became chairmsn Of the re-
publican national committee. Hays served as post
master general Of the United States BY appoint
ment Of President Harding in 1921, but resigned
from this post in 1922 to become president Of the
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Of
America.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-10
WAR ON SEX FILMS

BIRKENHEAD. Eng-The council
has forbidden the showing Of NOV
ing pictures dominated by sex APP
PEAL"
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the Bible?
Horoscope for Sunday
Persons born under this sign have
a pronounced love Of justice. They
mrs good conversationalists and make
strong and deep, but their hnrirarr
talent is rather small.
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
1. Raymond 0rteig; hotel business.
my offer Of $4,000 as prize to the
A'r : New fork-Paris nonstop flyer.
z. Copenhagen.
3. George Bernard Shaw.
4. Spain.
q. Jeremiah, xiii, 15.
JIMMY JAMS
ASKED Pop WAO~AAfALETT
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JIMMY JAMS

u ASKED Pop WHO AAfALET'
IWAS 49, AE'S 6UST
IookWEi IT Up M THE
lblelE FOR ne RIGHT j.
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The Grab Bag

Where does this passage appear
the Bible?