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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
By STEPHEN WILLIAMSON

DONAGHADEE, ireland -tP-De-
prived OF official recognition in T.
fast swim across the English Chan
mel. Miss Mercedes Gleitze has set
her summer goal as the spanning
NJ the Irish Sea between this Irish
fishing village and Portpatrick, Scot
land,
Miss Gleitzc. a 24-year-old London
typist. conquered the English Chan
mel last October, beating Gertrude
Ederlc's time. but because NJ recog-
nized swimming officials OF newspa-
permen were present she was denied
official credit for the feat. Miss
Gleitze also has swan the Straits
" Gibraltar.
III the young swimmer succeeds IN
her difficult assignment, she will
receive the pioneers crown in q
venture which calls for = GG-miie
swim through cold. tricky waters.
Her initial attempt on June % failed
when she was forced 90 quit after
seven hours.
The direct distance across the
Irish Sea over the old royal sailing
cute. which she plans ~ follow,
is only % miles, but treacherous cur
rents would force "a swimmer TO
swim three times that distance, de-
clared Hugh Muir. an expert on tidal
conditions. who viii act rs Miss
Gieitzc's pilot.
Ia is recognized that the turbulent
freak NJ water offers 4 swimmer
much greater handicaps than even
the English Channel. and. although
nm the IRISH Sea the distance appears
temFtingly short, where the swimmer
is concerned ID must be multiplied
many times when taking into con-
sidcration the zig-zag course that
must bc pursued while fighting dan
Eerous tides and currents in pierre
ingly cold water.
P|o-tpatrick and DonaEhadee, SCI
lected hy Miss Gleitze as her objec-
tive points. were originally the mail
packet stations for Great Britain
ana ireland. Each has 4 govern
ment-cquippCd harbor. and the dis
tancc between the two is Fl 1-2 miles.
IN the days az old when windjam.
mcrs had no mechanically propelled
rivals on the sea English monarchs
crossed this way on their state visits
~ Dublin. Incidentally il was be-
tween Donaghadce and Portpatrick
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
Valbuena Closed
To Civil Planes


MEXICO CITY. July 3O.-tBy
-Trens Agency).-In view OF the fact
that the wo4k on the airport has
progressed satisfactorily, orders
have been ISSUED BY the war depart
ment closing the Balbuena airdrome
to civil pilots. The use Of the field
by the air mail will be continued un-
al the airport has been completed
but other commercial flying will not
be permitted from there.
II was found by the military au-
thorities that the increased interest
taken in flying was resulting in the
continued presence Of large num-
bers Of spectators az Balbuena and
that this made il necessary to main
tain a large guard at all times and
often resulted in danger and incon-
yenience to the army pilots.
Several Of the army flyers have
recently been forced 70 land outside
the field because OF the presence Of
crowds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01

ness men rubbed shoulders with day
laborers and well dressed women
poke 70 those not 40 well dressed
Children Of all classes played about
seeking permission from their par
ents for q chance % take lust ono
peek
As fast as one customer had finish
ga his tIrn IN the instrument. there
we're others 70 tale his place and this
constant cbh and flow OF "moon
gazersn continued until the object %
their interest had begun its descent
in the western sky.
This observation was made on only
one night but the incidents have re-
pcated themselves ever since the JIM
strument was first set up.
They come and 90. apparently we'll
satisfied with what they saw. Whcth-
~ they come back another night, who
can say?
The little man who operates the in-
strumcnt and, through its attraction
70 the masses. owes his livelihood to
il. does not particularly interest him
self in types.
They are an the same 70 him, tho
people who come nightly TO moon
gaze.
What ne viii a. TN the dark ~ the
moon no one can say and ID is an
even bet that he even might refuse
TO answer.
The telescope ~ probably nut away
during those periods and the little
man probably looks elsewhere for the
where-with-all to buy his daily bread.
Business ~ good now though, Sc
why worry about the morrow?
"The moving finger writes and
having writ moves on so quoth
Omar and the little vendor Of 'moon
pceks' seems satisfied 20 let well
enough alone.
Tomorrow IL another day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
INDIANS MAKE
SPECIALITY OF
DOUBLE PLAYS
P~eckinpaugh's Crew
Seems to be Headed
For Record; Batters
Held BY Hurlers

CHICAGO. June 3O.-CR-Peck's
Bad Boys" may establish a new
American league record for double
and triple play mischievousness this
season IL nothing else.
Pivoted about the flash and speed
Of ]. Sewell and Carl Lind, Manager
Roger Peckinpaugh's Cleveland In
dams so far have turned in two
triple and So double killings and the
season is not half over. The triple
play record Of three stood since 1911
when Detroit made the mark. IL
was duplicated by the Red Sox in
1924. In double plays, the league
record. established BY Washington
in 1928, Is lS2.
Unofficial averages for games in
Guiding last Wednesdays show the
Indian infield has made % double
plays IN two weeks alone. Last week,
they made II and were but three
behind tho Cincinnati Reds, who
seem headed for a National league
record.
Pitchers generally had the Indian
sign on the leading batsmen Of the
American league during the eleventh
week, unofficial averages disclose.
Goose" Goslin, Washington out
fielder, slumped the least and still
retained his lead in the hitting race.
as he dropped only one percentage
point. Reeves Of Washington sui
fered the most, his average declining
% points and dropping him from
sixth TO twelfth place. The leaders:
Goslin, Washington, .425: Gehrig,
New York, 1855: Kress. ST. Louis.
.347; Lazzeri, New York, .3i3; Du-
gan, New York, .343; Fothergill, De-
troit, $3.50; Msnush, st. Louis, .337;
koenig, New York, 1888; Easterling,
Detroit, $50, and Z. Miller. Phila-
delphia, .32s.
George Grant. rookie right handler.
who came 20 Cleveland from the
Southern association, went into the
technical lead for pitching honors by
turning in two more victories during
the week. He has won six and lost
none. Alvin Crowder of St. Louis
was second with seven won and one
lost, while George Pipgras was gen
orally conceded the leader with Is
victories and two defeats.
New York dropped eight points in
team batting. but held the lead with
a BOG average. Cleveland was sec
ond with .29i. In team fielding.
Boston led with an average Of .g7G.
while st. Louis was second with two
percentage points less.
Other leaders: Runs. New York.
$50; Fewest opponents runs, New
York. 25S; assists. Cleveland. 93l;
individual runs, Ruth, IL; and stolen
bases, Sweeney, Detroit, 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01

Four great values-for every purse and purpose
offered to you right at the time of the season when
every car owner wants to replace his worn tires for
holiday driving. Take no chances on getting there
safely, quickly, economically - and getting home
again.
No matter what experience you have had with other
tires-remember this: there is only one tire that is
Gum-Dipped and that is the Firestone Gun-Dipped
Tire. Firestone saturates every cord in the carcass
in a rubber solution and i~nsulates every fiber Of every
cord with rubber, which minimizes internal friction,
heat and wear. That is why Firestone Gum-Dipped
Tires are setting new mileage records on hundreds Of
thousands of cars, as well as on fleets of taxcabs
and motorbuses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
BOZ
|.
d NEWS OF PHARR
By JOHN II. WILDER

The Boy Scouts az Troup ] met a
the Presbyterian manse for their
regular meeting Thursday evening.
The meeting vas opened with the oath
and laws and the first stanza az
America
Scoutmaster Reed gave " short talk
and IL was decided ~ elect the IN
ficers Of the city OF phar. The cleo
tion was by secret ballot. Dalton
Van Dresser was elected mayor with
Joe Ginoca and Willis Akin as com
missioners. Ice Vernon was elected
chief Of police with Carol Conquest.
Jack Fortson. Ben Warmeldorf. Cecil
White. Twin Gilbert, Johnnie Maurer
and Woodrow England as policemen.
John Wilder was elected fire chief
with Leon Mottcsheai, captain, and
Rurnett Faris. Elihu Wahlcrs and
Bill Goldberg us lioutcnants. The
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01

You will be amazed to hear about our low prices on
the famous Oldfeld Tire. For more than four years
these tires were sold as the foremost quality tire.
securing higher prices than for any other high grade
standard tire. Now Firestone has taken them over
and you will find our prices less than any others, for
such quality.
Courier Tires and Tubes are other great values
which Firestone manufactures and distributes direct
TO us. "A very small investment will place a set OF
these tires on your car.
Airway Tires are our special Firestone-built bar-
gain offer to owners of small cars.
All the service Of applying these tires on your car
and of taking care Of them later-is included in thee
money-saying prices. Come in today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01

their duties at $3.50. AT $50 Friday
evening. Fire Chief Brown had ar~
ranged for mn alarm 20 be turned IN
and the fire departments response
was almost inssantaneous. The
Scouts who were on duty until about
l0:30 o'clock made several arrests
when the fire department went out
the trucks and were fined 4 dollar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01

Scouts of Pharr were to govern the
town the following day, Friday.
The Scouts were addressed hy
Chief OF Police X. G. Bales who IN
structcd them on the traffic rules
and regulations. Fire Chief Brown
also gave n short talk on fire fight
ing and prevention. He gave the new
fire department their duties for the
next day. At about $3.50 the troop
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
Amsterdam Letters
Posted on Trolleys

AMSTERDAM-QP-The foreigner
visiting Holland is at first bewilder-
ed 70 note that mail boxes even *
downtown arc emptied only
a few times a day.
The explanation is to be found in
the fact that the native Amsterdam
err does not throw his mail iato the
ordinary mailbox, but deposits II in
boxes attached 20 all street cars that
pass by the chief railway station and
the main post office.
AS che car stops. the mail can con
veniently be deposited in the assur-
ance that il will reach the main post
office or the railway post office not
later than half an hour thereafter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01

was dismissed with the Scout bene-
diction led BY Dalton Van Dresar.
Friday the new city officials met
at the city hall for their orders from
the mayor. The Scouts we're set 20
work and il wasn't long before they
had a citizen up for cutting a corner.
The Scout funds jumped about ny
that morning. The cops were called
off about 1880 o'clock and resumed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-01
New Unit Sanctioned
For Harvard Stadium

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, R-Hhe Har-
Yard Stadium. the first Of americas
great stadia. is going TO be smproved
"a AT least approach In size the mod
crn college athletic amphi-theaters
erected in It's wake.
Its $4,000 seating capacity. dwarf
Cd By comparison with the great
structures which have sprung up
about the country, the Harvard plant
years ago became inadequate.
So the Harvard Corporation has
authorized tentative plans TO in
crease the permanent seating csps-
city 70 $1,000 ~ closing IN the cpsn
end Of the big horseshoe.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
Kiwanis Club Formed
Mr.. Olive President of New Organi-
cation in Chapel Hill

A Kiwanis club for Chapel
Hill was organized at a dinner
in the social rooms of the Bap-
tist church Monday night.
The officers are: Rev. Eugene
Olive, president; J. M. Saunders,
vice-president; O. F. Richard
son, treasurer; f, j. Woodhouse,
district trustee.
The directors are: DR.. ]. P.
Jones, P. l.. Burch, Charles
Maj Nj if.ttiiiiedia4Ie DR.. G. If. ffem1phiif,
T. M. Johnson, Frank Graham,
G. H. Paulsen.
Other members of the club
are: w. s. Robertson, w. G.
Privett, B. A. Stevens, Eugene
Andrews, J. l.. Alderman, Jack
Lipman, G. M. Hill, T. E. Hinson
S, S f f. + lloyd; q. Richardson
r. r. Benson, /. Montrose Tull
J. M. Johnson, G. w. Shields, j
E. Burroughs, r. B. Fitch, w
M. Pugh, James w. Foister, DIR
B. B. Lloyd, H. A. Whitfield, T
S. Howard, John Norwood, w
M. Adams, r. w. Foister, w. o
Lacock, George Livas, Robert
Fowler.
There will be a big celebration
when a charter from the nationa
Kiwanis organization is present
ed to the Chapel Hill club a few
weeks hence.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
Summer School Bulletin
JULY 27 - AUGUST 3

FRIDAY, july 27
Those registering today will required to pay
an extra fee of $3.50 for late registration
Wallace the Magician will give an entertainment at 500
Memorial Hall tonight under the auspices of the "Y" Ad-
mission so cents-Chldren under fifteen Is cents
Candidates for degrees the of the Summer School
should before August st they already done so
noy their Dean that they expect complete the require
ments for their degree this summer
SATURDAY, JULY %
Regular classes in all departments today Afternoon classes
scheduled to meet Tuesday will hold meetings today
Written examinations in Education for the Masters degree
VIII be held in Room 2l Peabody Building beginning
THE next written examination will be held Aug 18l
SUNDAY, JULY 20
MONDAY, JULY 30
Those registering today tomorrow will be required pay
an extra fee Of 500 for late registration.
TUESDAY, JULY 81
Registration for credit win not be permitted after today
cept by special action of the Administrative Board
Graduate Students in Education invited with
Education l4O at 1880 o'clock tonight Room % Peabody
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
PLAN TO DEVELOP
AVIATION CENTER
Training School in Prospect and
This May Be Station on
an Air Mail Line
SPACIOUS LANDING FIELD

George Noah and Yawger
Pickell, who own the airplane
which has been flying over
Chapel Hill recently, and Charles
Martindale, who owns the land
ing field, and leases it to them.
have ambitious plans for de-
veloping an aviation center here.
Thus far the carrying of pas
sengers has been the main ac-
tivity; but there is to be a train
ing school, and it is hoped that
an east-west air mail line will
be established for North Caro-
lima and that the field here will
be one of the regular stops for
planes between Wilmington and
Asheville.
Mr.. Martindale has done a
great deal of clearing and grad
ing since he bought the land
from H. H, Williams, and has
built a broad road leading to the
field from the old Hillsboro road
about mile and half north
of Chapel Hill. Access by auto
mobile is convenient, and will be
made more so when the county
authorities improve the public
road
There is now a runway of
about 1,400 feet. This may be
extended to about 5000 feet by
the use of land lying to the
west of the present 50-acre tract.
If this extension is made, the
field will be ample for the land
ing of the tri-motored passenger
planes like those which ply be-
tween Detroit and Cleveland.
Henry Ford has begun to adver-
tise these planes for sale, and
within a few years they will
probably be in service all over
the country.
"We expect to start start seeenH seeenH eli Gil
Continued on page si1)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
Second Term Begins
About $50 Students Registered; First
Term Attendance was LISP

The first session of the Sum-
mer School has ended. and the
summer student body has dwin-
died to about half its former
number.
Some of the students finished
their examinations Monday, and
the exodus began. There was a
stream of outgoing students on
every road-to Durham, to Hills
boro, to Sanford. By Wednes-
day night the village had lost
approximately 800 of it's student
population.
Registration for the second
term was completed Wednesday,
and classes began yesterday.
1t is estimated that the attend
ance will be around $50.
There were 1,752 students en-
rolled for the first session. AL
most every state in the Union
was represented.
H. F. Conner announces that
the dance program for the re-
mainder of the Summer School
will be slightly modified. The
weekly Thursday night short
dance will be cut out, and there
will be a short dance every Tues
day evening from 1920 to 8:15,
and long dances Friday and Sat-
urday evenings from 8 to 11;S0.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
Olives Get More Heat
Steam Courses through Radiators on
a TOrrid Summer Day

1t was last Saturday, one of
the hottest days of the year.
The sun beat cruelty down upon
the roofs of the houses, upon
yards and porches. Waves of
heat poured in through the win
dows. The village sweltered and
gaSped.
Mrs. Eugene Olive told her
negro maid to go down into the
basement and make a fire in the
stove SO that they might have
not water. The woman came
back up and reported the fire
made; but later, when Mrs. Olive
turned the faucet, the water was
as cold as ever. So the maid was
sent back to the basement to put
on more coal.
Presently Mr.. Olive, who had
been down town, came in. On
that day the inside of a house
was cooler than outdoors, but
when he crossed the threshold
Mr.. Olive found an unexpected
contrast: instead of less heat, he
found more. In a moment he
discovered that the steam was
coursing through the radiators
The servant had made the fire
in the furnace instead of the
small stove, and it developed
upon examination that the sec
ond supply of coal had gener-
ated about the degree of heat
needed for zero weather.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
William d. Carmichael, Srd

William Donald Carmichael,
Bird, was born in New York
Tuesday, July 3. He is the son
of the Billy Carmichael who six
years ago was a star Carolina
basketball player and is grand
son of the Billy Carmichael
who was graduated here in
1897 and is now vice president
of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco
Company. The father exhibit
ed originality in sending the
news to the family's friends.
From a pasteboard replica of a
stock-ticker a piece of ticker
tape is drawn, and upon the tape
appears, in characters exactly
like those used in the tickers Of
Wall Street, this line: New
York. Stork Exchange; the Car
michaels announce a new issue
of Preferred stock, William Dom
aid Carmichael, III; 8 lbs. II
ozs.'
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
Coffin Attaches Tire
madry Yields to Professor When Jack
Has to Be Operated

Oscar Coffin, professor of
journalism in the University,
gave another proof of his yer versa sssat-
tility late Friday night when he
put a tire on r. w. Madry's car
in double-quick time.
The two newspaper men were
coming home from the press
convention at Sedgefield, a
suburb of Greensboro. Mr.
Coffin had played 36 holes of
golf during the day, and so he
anticipated with extraordinary
relish about ten hours of repose
in his Chapel Hill home. On the
western outskirts of Greensboro
tire went flat.
It was Mr.. Madry's car, and
he was quite willing to play the
good host and labOrer. The
trouble was that Mr.. Madry had
not been playing golf or doing
anything else to maintain a
slender figure. Nobody would
ever mistake him for a famine
victim. His shape prevented
him from getting under the car
and operating the jack, and SO
this task devolved upon the pro-
fessor of journalism. He per-
formed it skillfully, but it con-
sumed pretty nearly his last
ounce of strength.
They proceeded on their jour-
ney without further mishap,
reached Chapel Hill toward mid
night, and Mr.. Coffin embarked
upon a long period of slumber.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
Henderson Fires
Engine Makes Three Trips to Home
of Professor of Mathematics

There were more fires at the
Archibald Henderson home this
week. Just before church time
Sunday morning the fire horn
beloved, the engine came roar
ing down the street, and the
usual throng followed along by
motor and on foot.
An oil stove in the basement,
used for heating water, had
taken fire and the blaze had
spread to the flooring overhead.
Firemen entered with chemical
apparatus and put the blaze out.
The next call to the Hender-
sons came Monday morning at
about ten-thirty. The wood
work in a wall had caught from
electric wires. Once more the
chemical extinguisher was
brought into action with good
effect.
Half an hour or so later the
municipal below was heard a.
gain, and again the engine went
roaring and changing to the Hen
derson home. The insulation on
the wires had begun to smoke,
but this time there was no real
blaze.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27

tie copse, where the branches
met over the narrow road, and
issued forth into a second
meadow, quieter and more Sc
questered and indeed more
beautiful. Here the road end
ed, but Mrs. Elliott drove on
across the greensward while
she and her companions utter
ed exclamations of delight. All
was serenity and happiness
when of sudden the car sank.
All four wheels went over the
hubs in the soft ground. The
car wouldn't bulge, either for
ward or backward.
Brother Robert was des-
patched to the nearest telephone,
at Jack Sparrow's, to summon a
wrecking crew from a garage
lin town. The darkness descend
ed rapidly. 1t was the baby's
bedtime, and he let the assem-
bled company know it. And just
then an army of mosquitoes dis
covered the MacRaes and swoop-
ed down upon them and feasted
numerically upon their blood.
The cheering sound of the
wrecking truck was heard. 1t
came slowly up to the rear of
the car-and sank. There were
now two helpless automobiles in
stead of one.
The men recOnnoltered
through the darkness, search
ing for beugghEass his eff of trees to put
under the wheels. They came
upon a haystack, and toted large
armfuls of hay with which to
form dry bed under the cars.
All this while the women and
children occupied themselves
with a frantic and futile con-
test against the mosquitoes. AS
fast as one mosquito was slap
ped dead, scores of reserves
were ordered up to take its
place.
After a while-a long while
triumph crowned the labors of
the men. They had provided a
firm footing for the truck, and
the truck pulled the passenger
car out of the mire.
Weary in body and soul
mosquito bitten and disillusion-
ed, the company left the beauti-
full valley and came back home
and now Mr.. MaCRae is looking
about for another ideal spot.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-07-27
THUMPnNG NOISE
MAY BE STIFLED
University Plans Installation
Which Will Relieve Ears
of Chapel Hillians
ECONOMY AT SAME TINE

Charles T. WooIlen, business
manager of the University, is
trying to work out a plan to end
the loud humping noise made
by the engine at the power
house.
This noise has caused con-
siderable distress to citizens of
the village and particularly to
guests at the Carolina Inn Just
across the highway from the
power house. One Sof these
guests wrote a letter to the
Weekly not long ago to express
his Indignation at having his
sleep disturbed.
The project now under con-
sideration is the installation of
condensing equipment. This
will not only eliminate the
humping sounds but will in
crease the efficiency of the en-
gine and thereby save several
thousands of dollars a year for
the University.
A mechanical engineer who is
familiar with the plan explains
it in this way What makes the
noise is the sudden condensa-
tion of escaping steam. The
new apparatus will condense the
steam in a confined space by the
application of a cooling device
The fact that the steam will be
condensed at a constant rate
and in the confined space, will
prevent the pulsing. The eff.
cheney of the engine will be in,
creased by the reduction of the
back pressure of the steam"