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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
RASKOB IS A SURPRISE
AND PUZZLE AS FOE

10 n III RISE
AND PUZZLE AS FOE
WASHINGTON, July 24.-If AL
Smith proves to have been as good
a guesser on John J. Raskob rs his
manager, and on the rest Of his party
organization, as he's appeared TO be
on other preliminary details OF his
campaign, DR.. Work, Herbert Hoov-
er's generalissimo, can look for trou-
bic any minute.
"A presidential fight isn't supposed
regularly TO open until both candi-
dates have been notified. but there's
no real sense in waiting for that
Herb and AL, alike, undoubtedly have
heard rumors Of their nominations.
Doc Work and his bunch have been
taking things pretty easy hitherto.
They could afford to. They're like
a crowd sitting in a bomb-proof. I'm
less somebody rushes il, and tries 70
crack it open. there's no reason why
they shouldn't keep on sitting there
indefinitely.
But it's time for the other fellows
to be up and at EN-
Right at first AIS choice of John
hdohOb as HIn Nu1AAAHdu certainly
did "listen" a little peculiarly. A
mighty able man. to be sure!-but
an able politician? However, AL
probably considered himself politi-
cisn enough to go around for his en-
tire outfit.
Yet hat pacifistic statement that
John issued directly after he'd taken
oyer his chairmanshipi
IL ever a campaign looked like re-
quiring plenty Of high explosives on
the challenger's part. this one does.
And here we have John J.. Raskob
effervescing Alphonse : and : CASTOR
laughing gas!-about as poisonous
as the kind that m bubbling up
out Of soda water.
What the heck'S the idea?
How's this las IN possible expla-
nation
Few Of Us can have failed 10 notice
that AL had a chat with Senator Jim
Reed the same day he made John
Raskob his chairman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Washington Letter

And-you remember Just about
the same time when John was de-
claring for n campaign Of wild roses
and lilies Of the valley, Jim was tell
ing the world that he'd rather vote
for the Prince Of Wales than for
Herbert Hoover-"an organized po-
~litical appetite"
Jim probably had quite rs distinr
a notion what AL expected him
say, as John did concerning the way
he was slated 70 express himself.
Can IL be that, while Raskob is
furnishing all the democratic cam
paign gentlemanliness, Jim's 10 be
serving out the other stuff? At any
rate. it's a thought that will bear
consideration.
John talks about a Constructive
campaign to sell" somebody some
thing.
Mercy!-does he figure that he
can sell some INT 70 the folks in
the b~omb-proof, 70 blow the contrap-
ton up with, by arguing with EN-
constructively?
But suppose it's just a c~amouflaEe.
Suppose Johns simply trying To
keep the bomb proof crews attention
occupied. while Jim tunnels under
meath, planning to plant his INT
there and overcome their sales re-
sistance that way-with a slow match
or q clockwork attachment.
Now, hat would be strategy.
7 can see how n position can be
held in the most gentlemanly way
IL nobody attacks IL. For the life OF
me | can't see how II can be "car.
ried" by anything but rouRhneck tao
tics. OF course the defenders aren't
going 20 lie down and "take it,
they're going to scrap back with any
thing they can ay their hands on
and IL can't possible be gentlemanly.
The only question is
Have the Smith-ites get the nerve
for n desperate drive, with all their
ugliest shock troops7
/ surely would think they Mad
coolies Of il.
Whoever can forsee a gentlernanly
J fight in il is welcome to. / can't.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
CHAPTER XIX

When she was called to do hei
number the director was amazed az
the ease with which she sang il. He
thanked his stars that there was one
person in the show who wouldn't
have % he worked with until he darn
near dropped. IL seemed that every
year they got dUmber and dumberl
He told them Several times. But
they just stood around and didn't
even change their expressions.
Janet sang the number through,
slowly. and made no mistakes. He
noted that she read perfectly. His
manner showed that he was pleased.
He explained a little OF the routine
10 her, and she did il without being
told twice II was a hot number.
She popped up and enjoyed doing it
immensely.
He called the chorus and gave
them a routine. They were to come
on after the second chorus. While
the pianist was playing ii for the
little girls, Janet turned to the
stage director.
THAT would be wonderful, done
in French, wouldn't it?"
He slapped her on he back.
"Can you do IL hat way? Great.
Why didn't ] think Of that? Red
hot wild French stuff. II you can
put it over like that-boy! Hot
pupsi"
HIT stopped the chorus and told
the pianist TO play IL for her. ia
net was in her glory. She loved to
do numbers as she pictured her
French mother would have done
them.
Her red-brown eyes flashed. Her
every move was one OF the French
comedienne. She was wonderful
The director could hardly restrain
his enthusiasm until she was
through. Boyl That was q WOW.
IL would be the hit number of the
showl
She finished. b~reathless and
laughing. Corinne clapped enthus-
iastically, and two or three Joined
her family. But they hadn't &C.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Massachusetts, example. 1t is indeed strange that uni
formity~ has not been established long ago. Ameri-
ca is now the land Of the motor car and the expanding
highway system and many millions Of people are now
driving back and forth throughout the country.
yet practically every municipality in the country
has its own peculiar code Of traffic regulations and
its own peculiar system Of lights and signals. II the
authorities had started out with the firm intention Of
making travel confusing and rendering it impossible
FOR the motorist to avoid violating some law, they
could not have achieved their purpose any better than
by formulating the confusing policy that now exists"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

cepted Janet-and so the majority
merely sat and stared stupidity.
There ~ always a Patsy In 4 show
and it looked as though she were
going 70 be ~.
Janet rode down TO the village
with Corinne in the subway that
night. and insisted that she 60 TO
the studio with her. She bought a
few things at a delicatessen and
they cooked dinner. Corinne was
unstinted in her praise of Janet.
She could hardly believe that she
had no experience.
Janet learned her address. and
that night BY messenger, sent $50
IN n large square, plain envelope
with instructions that under no con-
ditions was Miss Mallory 70 be told
who sent it.
Five weeks CT nerve racking re-
hearsing brought the opening night
Of The Farce Of 1928"
Janet did not have a chance TO go
horne the evening OF the opening
show. They had rehearsed until the
last moment. She was disappointed.
for Ballard had told her he would
telephone her AZ $50.
He had been so busy she hadn't
seen him for "a week. II seemed a
month. Every day it seemed to her
she grew to love him a little more.
Every day that she did not hear
from him was a lonely one.
She insisted upon Corinne eating
dinner with her. Corinne begged
her not 10 ask her any more She
felt terrible about il. All she would
say was that she was not hungry
and didn't van a heavy meal and
was just going somewhere to get a
sandwich. But Janet was adam
ant. IL broke her heart TO think that
Corinne might be hungry. They had
grown to be very dear friends in
the month they had been paling
around together.
Janet had a surprise planned for
Corinne that night. She knew that
Ballard would send her flowers. And
she wanted Corinne to have some Of
them, too. 1t would make the 9TH
or girls envious. And she didn't like
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
July q, 1928

July "a, 1928
Who am i? Who Is my eldest son +?
Whom did he marry?
Name the second smallest state in
the United States and the second
largest state?
A French engineer started the
work on both the Suez and the Pan
ANA canals. What was his name?
Who composed Madame Butterfly?
"For what Is a man profited. IL he
shall gain the whole world. and lose
his W soul? or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul? ="
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this date. in 1901. Detroit,
Mich, was settled by Cadillac.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
The World and All
N ON
By Charles +. DriseoIl

Kansas City is to have a steel mill, according to
recent news stories. There are no large deposits Of
iron ore near Kansas City, but this circumstance has
not discouraged the enterprising western business men
who think the great railroad center Of the southwest
needs a steel mill.
The Kansas City steel mill will get its raw mate
rails out of discarded automobiles. There is an enor-
nous accumulation Of good scrap steel and iron in the
back yards Of western Americans, and along the city
dumps and country ~roadsides. Kansas City's new steel
plan will be a magnet to draw this good steel into the
crucible.
The scrapped automobiles will emerge in the form
of new steel plates and bars, and these will be made up
into farm machinery by other factories.
This is just one example Of what a city can do to-
ward making itself important and useful. Since there
are no iron mines near Kansas City. the enterprisinr
citizens Of that town will take advantage Of the un-
recognized mines that are going about on rubber tires.
or rusting away in heaps after closing lives Of useful
ness. This big city couldn't move to the steel sup
ply, but it has found that the steel isn't all in the
ground by any means. 1t is running about the coun-
try, WANTING for somebody to melt it down and make
it new again.
Akron, Ohio, is the worlds best example Of a city
that was built upon enterprise and determination to
disregard the source of supply as a determining factor
in a city's growth.
Akron was built on rubber. It is just as far from
a rubber tree as ny town in the world, I suppose. II
isn't even a seaport to which the rubber boats maze
their way by force OF geographical circumstances.
But the men who started the rubber business in Ohio
mad sufficient enterprise TO build the business in their
own town and then hold it there.
Watch some comparatively unknown town blossor
out as the center Of ~airplane manufacturing. Here is
q business that can be built without much regard "a
tidewater and freight facilities. Of course, the air
plane town will have to have good railroads and some
little water and some level ground. But there are d
thousand towns in this country with all Of these assets
AFTER all what makes a town is character and eu
terprlse' and 4 you chief business men have a goodly
supply OF these assets, the holding Of advantage is not
difficult. And almost every town has its chance ~
one time or another. The town that lacks leadership
IN character and enterprise allows some other town %
take It's chance away from it. for there is great COM
petition in this business Of building cities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Many years ago the Filipino people turned their
faces from the Orient toward the west and accepted a
western civilization. With the progress Of time. their
tastes have become more firmly set upon the ideals
Of the 0ccident.
Not only in their material surroundings are they
grasping after and becoming dependent upon the COM
forts and advantages peculiar TO a western civ:liza-
ton. but in their political ideals and in their educ
ton they are vigorously cultivatinR a mental-atitude
desire for such advantages.
The Filipino people today constitute a community
in the Orient filled with eager western desire and
hunger for the mental and material good things Of
this life, but are held back from qualification of this
desire by their failure thus far to acahieve the ma
chanical and economic progress BY which alone such
desires can be %gratified.
At the same time, the Philippine Islands contain 4
wealth Of natural resources which, under proper devel-
opment, could be made to satisfy these unfulfilled de-
sires Of their people.
In spite Of this demand for material comforts. IL il
pointed out by experts that great masses Of the popu-
lation are today under-nourished from lack Of a proper
food supply and suffer from diseases arising from lack
OF nutrition and that all Of this could be controlled or
eliminated BY a wise expenditure of money if their
government only had that money to expend.
While there has been much criticism and mutual
suspicion and hostility between the Philippines and the
United States which tend naturally to make capital
amld and to discourage it to second operations in this
neighborhood, yet I do not think that in such causes
can we lind any principal reason why capital has been
lacking and our development backward. On the ,on-
trary, compared with some countries in Central and
south America where American capital has freely and
ana aoundantly eentered. the disposition Of the Filipino
people as a whole is not merely political and conserva-
tive but friendly and hospitable toward American can
itai; and, indeed, in the recent election they have given
unmistakaole evidence Of their favorable attitude on
this question.
believe that American capital has learned the I'M
WISDOM and the danger Of attempting unfairly 70 e.
Piolt the land IN which it enters. | believe that il i
ie@uS 10 come mere and 1t certainly will be permitted
20 come here only upon terms Of fairness with respec.
to the treatment of its Filipino partners and its Fill.
pino labor What capital demands, and what il has
. right to exepect, is safety for investments and the
~eertaisty Of fair treatment under the laws Of the conn.
try, waiting for somebody to melt it down and make
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
LIQUOR CHARGE

SAN BENTTo. July 2~4.-Juan Val.
dez is being held here on a charge
Of selling liquor in violation of the
Dean Law, the man having been ar
rested by Chief Of Police J. G,
Goolsby.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. King Albert Of the Belgians;
Crown Prince Leopold; Princess
Ingrid OF Sweden.
2. Delaware, 2.S70 square miles;
California. 15s,297 square miles.
3. Ferdinand de Lesseps.
Z. Giacomo Puccini.
8. St. Matthew, xvi, 2s-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
Timely Views
USE OF AMERICAN CAPITAL BY FLTPTNos URGE
BY HENRY L. STIMSON
Governor General of the Philinnins

Governor General of the Philippine.
(Hnry L. Stimson was born in Nv York City in
1857. He was graduated from Yale university in
1888, Harvard Law school in 1889. and was admit
ted to the bar in 1891. stimson became a member
Of a law firm in New York City and practiced law
for several years. He served as u. S. attorney in
the southern New York district from 1906 to 1909
and was secretary Of war from 1911 to 1918 under
President Taft. He was appointed governor gen
eral Of the Philippines in 1920.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Now that a successor has been nominated, Presiden,
Coolidge is at liberty to use worms if he wants to-
San Diego Union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

II hope did not spring eternal in the human breast,
Wall Street would soon be forced to close up.-Louis-
Vile Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Guns Guard IS Books on Way to Harvard" Who
says we aren't an intellectual nation ?-New York Eve
ming Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
The Grab Bag


Persons born under this sign are
intense in their likes and dislikes.
They stick by a friend through thick
or thin. They are generous, and will
assist those who appeal TO them, al
ways. Foreeful, active, passionate
and combative, they fight for their
opinion against a whole town. But
they are generous foes and do not
trample on their enemies when down.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

When desperate ills demand a
speedy cure, distrust II cowardice,
and prudence folly."-Samuel John
son.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

ACTRESSES IN RETREAT
LONDONDERRY actresses enter
ed n convent nc Stamford Hill for n
: 2-month stay.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-07
ITALIAN EFFORTS TO RAISE SUB

The United States navy might well
send observers to the Adriatic to
witness the work Of salvage on the
Italian submarine Fla which was
sunk in collision with a destroyer
one thing and that is in all probabili-
IS the Italians will have succeeded
in raising the craft before the OBJ
servers arrived.
With the history of the S-4 and
the attempts made to salvage it in
the progress OF operations in the old
world with considerable interest.
Naturally all OF us hope that the
lives OF the imprisoned men will be
saved and wish the Italian salvagers
all speed in their work. The horror
under the waves of the sea lives in
all OF us, whether we have ever seen
"A submarine or not.
First news reports from the oper-
atoms now under way are reassuring
indeed and seem TO promise that the
Fla will speedily be back upon the
surface.
1t appears that the submarine is
smaller than the S-4. 1t was hit
aStern rather than amidships as our
undersea ship MAS. Otherwise con-
dltions are nearly parallel with our
own experience, excepting there may
be a little more water over the
/ Italian than MAS over ours. reports
indicating that she lies in 1870 feet
or so OF water
Yet today's a ssociated Press dis
: patches state that there is already a
I pipe line into the huh to supply air
TO the men and that chain has
been attached to il despite rough
weather, Comm unication with the
crew has been established and re
assuring messages received from the
Ir.son"rs on the ocean floor. Judg
ing from the speed at the start II
viii not be long before the disabled
ship is at the surface. An
extraordinary series of lucky acct
New Britain herald., 1928-08-07
Observations
On The Weather

Washington. Aug. forecast
for Southern New England: Show
ers tonight Wednesday partly
cloudy: rising temperature except
on the southeast coast; moderate
southeast and south winds.
Forecast for Eastern New York;
Partly cloudy. preceded by showers
in south portion tonight: Wednes-
day partly cloudy. rising tempera-
ture followed 10y showers in central
and north portion: moderate south
east and south winds
Conditions: Pressure is high over
the Maritime provinces and "a ritge
of high pressure extends from
northern New England southwest-
ward over the Atlantic coast states
to the central Gulf districts.
Some clcudiness persists in tie
north Atlantic states and showers
continue in the east coast sections
of Southern New England. The
heaviest thunder shower reported
was @.S6 inches at Kansas City, No.
Temperatures continue cool in the
north Atlantic states but are rising
in the interior east of the plains
states.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
cloudy weather with slightly higher
temperatures
New Britain herald., 1928-08-07
PAIRING THE DEDICATION
NDs

Some progress is reported from
the storm center OF the proposed
celebration" incidental to the dedl-
cation of the World War memorial
on Walnut Hill park after meeting
last evening. We are assured that a
few OF the appropriations at least
will be cut. notable among which is
the promise that fireworks will be
eliminated practically entirely. there
being only enough spent to purchase
some flares for lighting the park.
hundred dollars worth of badges also
threaten TO go by the boards, as well
as highly expensive souvenir
program" which was to be sold on
the ground under the assum ption
that there would be enough twenty
five cent pieces forthcoming to pay
for the printing thereof All OF
which, if it carried out, is a step
forward.
Incidentally it was announced
that the funds for the affair would
have to be raised by popular sub
scription. This is news indeed-sup-
! pose We are going to have drive
to pay for the Roman holiday, if it
goes through. 1t is certain that the
committee will have extreme difficult
ty in raising the money for such
purposes as We originally proposed.
Popular sentiment against cele-
braton is too great, though it is
more than possible that everyone in
town would be willing to contribute
their bit towards a showing of re-
spect and veneration for the dead of
the World War soldiery.
The way to achieve purpose, we
have often been told, is to keep
everlasingly at it. 1t is distinctly the
duty Of mitteemen, from now on
to keep at an effort to reduce eSti-
mated expense. instead of planning
ways and means to spend more
money
; Again we say, let US have a
memorial and dedication service, not
! a celebration.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-07

coming d drag upon the Canadian
government 1t would be different if
the industries in Canada We're great
ly developed, but the Dominion re
mains primarily an agricultural ma
ton and needs farmers above every
thing else, especially farmers with a
little money. Such British immi-
grants as it is contemplated to send
over lack this capital.
British coal miners and ship
building workers, realizing the Stu
alton. rarely care TO make such d
change. They prefer to remain in
England, hoping against hope that
there will be an Improvement in in
dustrial conditions. That such an
Improvement is far distant there
can be little doubt, due to post war
conditions which have changed the
compl, Mon OF the industrial world
overseas,
Ii Great Britain We're willing to
part with 1.5o0,ooo people, and the
British colonies We're willing to re-
celve them and provide land and
capital, then something tangible
might result. Some OF the British
colonies possess laws that immi
srants must possess a certain
amount OF capital though they
might he Wiling to forego such rules
in order 20 assist the London govern
ment in Its emergency
A British workman makes a good
workman elsewhere, but that isn't
saying he can adapt himself to farm
Ing And most of the British colonies
4 where white men can live are
primarily agricultural lands.