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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
Freight Receipts
For Mercedes AT
Record Standing

MERCEDES. May 17.-Durng the
month Of April the incoming freight
receipts for Mercedes. over the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines amounted to SIG
cars, breaking all records for a single
month "A this station. Shipments this
year. are nearly three times as much
as they were in 1897, being a total
Of 1929 cars against 7SS airs up to
the end Of April last year.
No let up in freight receipts rs
expected during the summer months,
as materials to he used IN the paved
roads north and south of Mercedes
will begin 70 arrive within the next
few weeks. officials say.
With sand and gravel leading all
single commodities the incoming
shipments for the month of April for
commodities are: Gas and oil, So;
lumber. %; groceries s; cement,
brick and lime 20: fruit and vege-
tables, s; flour and feed, 16; live
stock 4; agricultural implements
and vehicles. Z; machinery 2; shook
IL; plaster z; asphalt 35; fertilizer
4: ice 49,; e~arthcnware 8; wall board
2: pipe 2; tile ?; steel /; furniture,
g; merchandise set out in cars S.;
all others 149; Sand ard gravel. i2e.
One thousand seven hundred and
twenty four cars Of vegetables and
fruits have been forwarded from
here this season, making a total II
1858 cars of freight handled al this
station for the season. Shipments
Of tomatoes and corr will begin
soon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
Houston Ready To
Entertain Throng
During Dem Meet
CSpeciaI to The Herald)

HOUSTON. Tex. May 17.-Hous-
ton. prepared today for democracy's
q%uadrennial gathering. now only ~
awaiting an influx Of democratic
party delegates. but is poised TO en-
terrain thousands OF Texans, Okla
Romans and Louisians. who. IL is
pointed out by Jesse H. Jones, Hous-
ton capitalist and chairman of the
committee on arrangements, will
pour into the city throughout June.
Democrats in the eastern section
Of the United States had their chance
TO see a national convention in opera
ton when democracy met in Madi-
son Square Garden. These on the
west coast had their chance when
the gathering took place in Califor-
MIA. Now with the meeting at Hous-
ton IL Is considered the Southwest's
very own neighborly event. Literal
ly thousands Of persons from the
three states are expected TO troop
into Houston.
And these thousands will find the
city prepared 20 take care of them.
More than 800 H~oustonians have
paved the way. They are parts OF q
smooth running machine thst has
completed arrangements TO care for
all visitors attracted to the city by
the democratic convention in. June.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

that, thew will be materially benefit
ted BY water transportation and OF
fer substantial cooperation. In view
az the large local benefits such coop
Grafton appears equitable.
"It appears TO the board that q
~dependable channel can be obtained
only by lefty extension In addition
10 dredging. II believes, however,
that a less extensive project han
proposed b. the district engineer may
afford sufficient facilities for the
DEVELOPMENT Of water movement Of
commerce. The estimated cost OF
providing a channel with existing
nroiect depths. but with q reduction
In width Of the entrance channel and
a reduction in the length Of the jet
ties. is 81, 1000. with Sl50.0OO an
nually for maintenance.
Project Recommended
"The board recommends modifica-
ton Of the existing project, so as 70
provide a channel Is feet deep and
400 feet wide through the entrance,
and Is feet deep and 100 feet wide
from Brazos Santiago pass to Point
Isabel. with a turning basin 500 feet
square at that point, to be obtained
By dredging and lefty construction
al an estimated cost Of s~l,6O0,OOO,
with si50.000 annually for mainte-
nance. subject to the provisions that
local interests shall contribute $780,
900 to the cost. furnish suitable
terminal facilities at Point Isabel
open to all on equal terms, donate to
the United States the north end or
Brazos island from a due east and
west line 1000 feet south OF the old
coast guard station and the south end
Of Padre island from a due east and
west line 500 feet north Of the quar-
antine station. and a satisfactory
piece Of land approximately 200 feet
square on the Laguna shore at Point
Isabel convenient To the terminal.
Local Cooperation
Local interests have expended .
large sum Of money in meeting the
conditions Of local cooperation. The
district engineer believes that there
are therefore only three courses
open to the government: CD To
! continue dredging with the aid OF
the short dikes already built; (2)
"a construct %jetties Of standard de-
sign t. provide an entrance channel
Is feet deep and 500 feet wide; go
to provide a channel of greater d.
mansions BY jetty construction. He
is satisfied from experience with the
existing project that continuous
dredging when weather permits
would be necessary for maintaining
a channel Of is feet or more. The
present estimated cost of construct
ing jetties adequate 10 provide n
channel depth of Is feet. together
with dredging the outer channel and
bar and dredging the inner channel
and turning basin, is $1,000. 900, with
$4,000 annually for maintenance.
ut il estimated that the cost of
maintaining the inner channel and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

turning basin to a depth OF is feet
will be SIS, 10000. In view Of the large
local benefits which would result
from the improvement, the district
engineer believes that local interests
should contribute an equivalent
amount. which he fixes at 100000.
II is understood that this require
ment meets with local approval"
Predicts Future Tonnage
B%rigadier General Herbert Des-
kyne, assistant chief Of engineers. IN
a report 10 General ~a,Isxvin on the
Valley port project states that ton
mage from the Valley may be ex-
pected to increase rapidly. He also
called attention to the Mexican ton
mage that may be developed. Com
menting upon general conditions in
the territory the harbor would serve.
General Deakyne says:
The territory directly tributary
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70 the BRACES Island harbor at the
present time, though small, has IN
dergone enormous development in
recent years. Further extension of
the cultivated areas and increased
development seems assured. Because
Of high freight rates and the dis
lance 70 eastern markets, the ter
ritory is under severe hsndicaps.
Tonnage In immediate prospect, al
though small, has a high value, and
may be expected 70 increase. The
harbor has some military value.
Mexican commerce Of bulk commcd-
titles. If developed, vii! tend to in
crease the value Of the port. Add
tional tonnage. no matter from what
source secured. would cause an in
crease in water transportation facil-
tiles serving the port. with corre-
spending benefits to all concerned.
1.-THE further development of the
territory, the movement by water OF
its must 20 hand in hand.
The board does not believe that
deeper channels than those provided
for BY the existing project can be
justified at this time. The provision
of channels alone will not build up
the port. Local interests must d.
rect their efforts toward securing
service by coastwise shipping. The
project is intended TO accommodate
light draft vessels in this service.
Proper terminal facilities must be
provided and the adjuncts Of q
coastwise port built up.
Experience has demonstrated
clearly that dredging alone a not
be depended upon to secure n de-
pendable channel in the entrance.
Even though a dredge we're continu-
ously on the work. the sand move
ments are such there would be times
when the project depth would not be
available. The existing dikes must
be extended. not necessarily to the
full length proposed by the district
engineer. but sufficiently to insure
the success of dredging operations.
II is estimated that such reduction
in length with a reduction in width
~ the channel entrance will decrease
the first cost of the project 81 .000,-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
PORT GROWTH
IS PREDICTED
BY ENGINEERS
Army Chiefs Urge De-
~velopment Of Har-
Dor on Past Record
And Future Outlook

THE benefits which would result
from water transportation would Be
large and Of considerable interest"
was the epinion expressed by Gen.
eral Edwin Jadwin, chief of L. S.
army engineers, in his report on the
Point Isabel harbor project, submit
ted to the Ho,, s. Wallace Dempsey,
chairman Of BE rivers and harbors
committee offthe house.
The report and recommendations OF
1.-THE englEieers or the Valley harbor
Fo!eetE copies of which were r~eceiv-
N members Of the Valley port
%mittee Tuesday, cover every
#2nase OF the proposed construction.
commenting upon the conditions OBJ
tainlng IN the Valley. the report says:
inere has been in recent years
~ q territory directly tributary TO
the brazos Island harbor an enor-
nous development. Further extern
tion OF the cultivated areas and in
creased development seems assured.
Inc high cost of rail shipment to
eastern markets is a severe handicap
70 the Rio Grande Valley. The bene-
fits which would result from water
shipments would be large and of con
siderable general interest.
approximately $1,000. 900 was cut
from the original estimate Of con-
Struction costs, the board Of en-
gineers taking the view that by re-
ducing the length of the proposed
J~etties, decreasing the width Of the
entrance chanel from 400 10 800 feet,
and providing an additional $4,000
per year for maintenance. no diff
Guilty should be experienced in main
tanning the project depth of rs feet
IN the outer channel and 16 feet in
the inner channel.
The present jetty from Padre island
- 100 feet in length and the Brazos
island jetty 1900 feet. The district
engineer. Col. j. L. Schley. recon-
mended that the Padre jetty be ex-
tended 1900 feet and the Brazos Jet
~ 1900 feet, entailing 400 feet of
new construction. The board. how
ever, deemed it unnecessary 70 extend
the jetties this distance. While no
estimate is contained in the recon-
mendations Of the board, IL 10 un-
derstood that approximately 5000
feet of additional jetty will he con-
structed. and sufficient funds have
been provided 10 assure proper main
~tenance.
Government Committed
Relative TO the connection Of the
federal government with the Valley
project and the improvements pro-
posed, General Jadwin states:
The federal government is com
mitted 10 the improvement OF this
harbor. II should complete the ex-
listing project depths to provide =
trial Of the project for a period OF
years, leaving the question Of con.
%tinuing or modifying the improve
ment to be determined by the devel-
T-ment Of commerce. Deeper chan
Us than those authorized by the ex-
isting project are not considered ad-
visable at the present time. Should
the development of m and
Nonomic savings justify a later mod
arEtfoh OF the improvement. con
VIBRATION might AZ that time he
given deeper channels.
Local interests are convinced
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17

until a friend advised me to take
S.S.S., which I did. This was
some time ago. Now / feel well,
and I am getting along fine:
S.S.S. stopped the itching and
it cured me Of boils. I advise all
weak and rundown people to
give S.S.S. a trial. It clears up
the skin and makes you strong
and fills you with energy
Mrs. J. W. Barker, 1887 Walnut
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
All drug stores sell S.S.S. in
two sizes. Get the larger size
II is more economical.
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900, and increase the annual main
tenance cost $4,000. The details as
to location and design Of the dikes
or ~jetties should be left to the dis
cretion Of the chief OF engineers"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
VI. P.'s sHUN PoRRIDGE

L0ND0N.-Porrige is TO be strick-
en- from the menu Of the house Of
commons because only three nen-
bers eat IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
TOday's Radio Featues

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WFAA wHAS WSM VINO WSB
s.Sc-Ampco Hour; Schubert Musc-wJz KDKA wLw WIZ XIV
KWK WTMJ WRHM
7oo-Maxweu Hour: Carnival MusLc.wJZ KDKA- wLw wJR XIV
WTMJ KSD WRHM woo WHO WOW WDAF kVOO WBAP
KPRC wHAs wSM VINO wSB WAX KoA -
sOo-MicneHn Program; orchestra-wJz KDKA wLw wJR XIV
sso-nsnee Music-wEAF weY wGR wwJ Kvoo wFAA KsD WHO
WOW WEBB VINO
THURSDAY
KwWG-valley Radio Station
Brownsville
l0s0 kc-277s meters)
II m-Weather forecast and market new service.
4 .. m--Weather forecast; market Jews service; reports of missing
men; news dispatches from The Associated Press and The
Brownsville Herald.
1880 9:3O-Muscal program.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
Skin EruptiOns
successfully treated from within

- KILLED physicians recognize
- the appearance of pimples,
boils and other skin eruptions as
being an indication Of an alb
normal condition Of the system.
This is why so many thous-
ands have been enabled to free
themselves Of these unsightly
blemishes and painful skin an
noyances by taking a course Of
S.S.S.
You owe il TO yourself and
friends to give S.S.S. a trial. 1t
helps Nature build rich, red
blood-those vitslizing elements
in the blood that build and sus-
tain the body.
In building rich. red blood
cells, S.S.S. improves the proc
esses by which the body is Jour-
ished.
u suffered from impure blood
was weak, and ] had lost so
much weight, ! didn't look nat
ural. ! had pimples and was
also bothered with q breaking
out that itched terribly. ! also
had boils one after another. l
tried different kinds of remedies.
but nothing did ME any good
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-17
AIRPLANE FALIs on CHILD

BELFAST.-An airplsne fell on s.
year-old Daphne Fox az Dunmurry.
crushing her 70 death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Police Disperse Farmers.

KANSAS CITY, June Ia. The
mornings session of the national con-
vention of the republican party open
ed with empty seats, there being not
more than one-fourth of the delegates
present. Outside the hall were seated
on the streets curbs the farmers and
farmer delegates who yesterday were
elected from the hall and dispersed
by the police.
The order of business was the re-
port of the resolutions committee.
the chairman of which was Senator
Smoot of Utah, who made the ma
jority report. After patting the re-
publican party on the back with the
usual demagogy he spent the rest of
his time apologyzing for the marines
being in Nicaragua, and handing out
the usual bunk about a free and i'm
partial election being the purpose of
the convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
ADD PIECE WORK
TO CRAFT IN ACW
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Continued from Page Qne)
ures whereby the system of piece
work would be installed in all the
shops of the inside manufacturers
Due to the intense resentment of
the membership against the grating
officials of the Beckerman machine
and the imminent installation of the
piece-work system, Hillman may ask
for the resignation of one or two
minor agents of the three gratis
whom he was compelled to dismiss.
He refuses, however, to take cog
nizance Of the fact that the graf
ring in the knee pants trade board
could not have existed without the
knowledge and active assistance of
the higher-ups in the Beckerman ma
chine of the Joint Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
MINE LEADERS TO
BUILD new UNION
Conference Concludes
It's Tasks
lContinned trom Paae One )

Continued from Page One)
deal any longer with the autoc4atic
officialdom. Others described how
locals had been thrown out of the
union because they supported pro-
gressive policies.
In summing up the work of the
conference, George Voyzey, president
of the Illinois district said, "Now is
the time for decisive action. Under
the Lewis administration, we would
be forced into open-shopdom or COM
pany unionism. We have been be-
trayed by these false leaders too
many times. Now we must all unite
to unload these misleaders and build
a real miners union; powerful, pro-
gressive organization of miners who
will fight as we did in the old days
before the Lewis machine split it into
fragments and expelled those thous-
ands of militants locals-who
dared protest against his union
wrecking policies"
According to John ]. Watt, the
greatest task confronting the pro-
gressive movement, is the organiza-
ton of the non-union miners in West
Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and
where the union has disintegrated.
"This. has been one of Lewis most
serious crimes to the union, his stub
born refusal to draw the morgan
lied miners into our union. We will
undertake this task with all possible
vigor"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15

Labor Sports Union
To M1eet July 1929

The second Labor, Sports Union
Olympic meet will be held Saturday
and Sunday, July % and 90, at Lune
Athletic Field, Detroit. The meet is
open for members of the Labor Sports
Union in good standing and for those
athletic organizations that are being
invited to compete. The program
will include events for men, women
and juniors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
TRAIN WRECK IN JERSEY.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., June A.
Two men were severely injured and
ten others badly bruised and lacerated
yesterday afternoon when a locomo-
tive and work train of the Jersey
Central Railroad overturned.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Painter Dies in Fall as
Flagpole Snaps

William Scallag, a painter, of 106
West 83rd St., was fatally injured
yesterday when a flagpole, extending
over the sidewalk from the second
floor of No. 1 Broadway, broke as he
crawled toward its tip and precipi-
tated him to the street below. Scallag
died in Broad Street Hospital
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
REPUBLICANSDEFY
FARM DELEGATES
Police Dispense Western
Politicians
Continued from Paae ONE ]

IOVFJUtFtWOW yIVHJ Z UVt UWt
SIT to 267. Having rejected the de-
mands of the more liberal elements
the convention today got down to the
cut and dried task of picking a run
ming mate for Herbert Hoover who is
almost certain to receive the nomina-
ton for the presidency.
Indications are that some middle
western candidate will be picked for
the vice-presidency as sop to the
farm populations which may not be
contented with the enormous "con-
cession" of a federal farm bureau
written into the majority report Of
the platform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Funeral of D. Lawrence

The funeral of DR.. Benjamin y.
Laurence, member of the Workers
(Communist) Party, who died yes
terday morning, will be held at 1 p. m.
today from 8 E. 10th st. Comrade
Laurence will be buried in Mt Le-
banon Cemetery, Long Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Friends of Nature.

The Junior Section OF the Friends of
Nature will hike Sunday, June II, to
Aline and Roman Bath. Adolph Matthes
will lead the hike. The mixers will
meet at 242d st. and Van Courtiandt
Park at a. m. Fares will amount to
20 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Welcome ne Kate GitIow.

Kate Gitlow is back from Russia
To greet her, the United Councils of
Working Glass Women will hold a
banquet in her honor, on Saturday
June 23rd, at s p. m, at the Manhat-
tan Lyceum, Sc East 4th ST. AdmisI
sion will be IS cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Council Is MorISIngcIass Women.

under the auspices of Council is of the
United Council of Workingclass Women
today at 8 p. m. at 1873 43rd ST..
Brooklyn. The entire proceeds of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15

The Sacco and Yanzetti Branch of
the International Labor Defense will
hold Strawberry Festival and June
Dance on the evening of June % at
1347 Boston Road, for the benefit of
the class war prisoners now in jail in
the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15

Saturday, July % Freiheit Picnic will
be held at Ulmer Park. foot of 25th
Ave, Brooklyn. Organizations may or
der 500 tickets for $40 with the organ
izations name on the tickets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
DR.. d. Liher TnIIkk.

DR. B. Liber win give a health talk
at the Cooerative Colony, Bronx Park
East and Allerton Ave, Sunday, June
II, in English only, For children, at
10 a. m. on What Health Means" For
adults (Bnglish) on Sexual and GEN
eral Upbringing of the Child" at II a.
m. Outdoors 4 the weather permits.
Otherwise in the Auditorium
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15


Women's Conference.
| Delegates from shops and unions
have been called to conference of the
Working Women's Federation at the
Labor Temple, 242 E. 14th St, Room
l42-4' at 100 p. m. June 21.
WOmen's Mass Meeting.
| A mass meeting for organizing an
other more English speaking branch
Iof the Womens Council will be held
Monday at the auditorium Of the CO.
operative House, 200 Bronx Park East
Rebecca Grecht. who just returned
from an extensive trip to the miners
district, Ray Ragozin, secretary of
Women's Council, and Pauline Rogers,
secretary of the Women's Federation.
will speak.
Workers Theatre Hike.
The Workers Theatre has arranged a
hike to Silver Lake, Staten Island, on
Sunday. These wishing to go should
meet in front of the Cooperat tive Cafe
terra, 80 Union Square, at $50 a. m.
Hungarian i. l.. ID.
The Hungarian l. L. d. No IS of
forkville is having an outing June IT.,
this Sunday, at Edenwald There will
De out of door cooking of all kinds
Route to the grounds: Take 3rd Ave.
l. to 133rd Street, there you get off
and take the Westohester r. r. White
Plains train to Dyre Ave. Get off at
Dyre Ave, walk blocks west and you
are with the crowd Or take the
subway TO Huntspoint and take the
train to Dyre Ave, Walk 2 blocks
west
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15

The National Miners Relief Commit
tee will hold an interna tional fair and
carnival on Sunday, August 5, at Pleas
ant Bay Park, Bronx. Organizations
are requested to keep this date open.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Workers school lIike.

The students of the Workers School
will hike next Sunday, June II, to
Kensico Reservoir, White Plains. All
intending to participate should meet
at E. 1S0th ST., Lexington Ave. line at
$50 a. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
WORKERS PARTY
ACTIVITIES
NEW YORk-N Jew JERSEY
Agitnron Meeting.

a joint meeting Of all agitprop and
literature agents of District win be
held I g h at the Workers Center,
1928 Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
section 3 Agltnrons.

subsections of Section viii meet to-
day. Z p. m. at 101 West 9th Street.
From there the meeting will be trans
ferred to the district agitp-op conrer-
ence
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15

The upper Bronx Section No. ] Of the
Young Workers Communist League
will hold hike on Sunday The meet
ing place will be announced later. All
sections and clubs are invited to at
tend
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Bakers Council Concert

Bakers Council l of the Bronx will
hold a concert and vetcherinka tonight
lat 1887 Washington Ave. The entire
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15

a dlstflct agitprop and literature
conference will be held today at 500
p M, 1928 Union Square, 5th floor.
Subject viii be: Meeting, Study and
Discussion Circles" All unit, section,
subsection, and literature directors and
agents must be present
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-15
Labor and Fraternal News
Women,s Conferenre.

night at $40 BY sylvan A POllack.