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Evening star., 1928-11-06

Recognizing the superiority of
electrically controlled oil heat over
all other methods of heating, we
decided months ago to offer COM
plete, automatic, all.electric oil
heating service to the home owners
of Washington and its environs.
Accordingly, our engineers set
out to find an All-Electric, Entire
ly Automatic oil burner that would
meet our requirements. After a
searching investigation they chose
Electrol, the oil burner with The
Master Control.
The selection of Electrol links
the facilities and resources of the
Potomac Electric Appliance Go.
with one of the foremost oil
burner manufacturers in America.
Evening star., 1928-11-06
FLYERS BURNED TO DEATH
Watch Fobs Identify Texas Pilot
and Jeweler-Passenger

ELECTRA, Tex, November LP).-
G. L. Spill, jeweler, and j. S. Phillips,
commercial pilot operating between
here and Amarillo, were burned to
death when the gasoline tank of their
airplane burst and caught fire as they
were landing 1t at the municipal air.
port here late yesterday. Both were
burned beyond recognition, being iden-
titled only through watch fobs they
wore. Both men lived here.
Evening star., 1928-11-06

Wiry kangaroos from Australia are
now contributing their tendons to Amer
ican surgery. Eight or ten cases of
these fine strips of muscle sinew come
here each year on ships from the Orient
for distribution to American manufac-
turers Of surgical supplies. They are
used by surgeons to take stitches in
human gasheS
Evening star., 1928-11-06
GIVES ST 900 FOR AVIARY.
Donator Wants Bald American
Eagles Better Cared For.

DETROIT, November 6 GP).-Inaugu-
rating what he described as a national
campaign to better housing conditions
among bald American eagles, Warren e.
Ellis, wealthy local business man, ten
dered 81 900 to the director of the De-
troit Geological Park yesterday for en-
largement of the aviary there.
"The eagle, particularly the bald
American eagle, is our symbol of free
dom" he said Zoos persist, however,
In caging them. I want to assist in
building bigger cages, where the eagle
eau have more freedom"
Evening star., 1928-11-06
FEDERAL POSITIONS OPEN
TO COMPETITIVE TESTS
Civil Service Commission An
nounces Examinations for APP
plicants for Various Posts.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces the following open
competitive examinations:
Junior educationist, Bureau Of Edu-
cation, at $4,000 a year.
Senior specialist in cotton CHASING at
$4,000 to 5000 a year, specialist in cot
ton CHASING at $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
and associate specialist in cotton class
ing at $4,000 to $500 a year, Bureau
of Agricultural Economics.
Botanical artist, Bureau of Plant In
dustry, $4,000 to $500 year.
Physiotheraphy aide, and physiother-
Apply pupil aide, field service of the
United States Veterans Bureau and
United States Public Health Service.
Information and application blanks
may be obtained from the commission,
1924 F street.
Evening star., 1928-11-06

Since the establishment of the air
service in Alaska, there have been 300,-
900 miles of flying, 1000 passengers
and 10000 pounds of freight carried by
air without loss or injury.
Evening star., 1928-11-06

Bottles are now being made by the
thousands, but the invention which
made this possible dates back only to
1908 and was not generally used until
1913. This machine, invented by Mi
chael Owens. gathers. blows and fin
ishes the bottles ready for the cooling
nVPI1
Evening star., 1928-11-06
Oil Heat at It's Best

Positive automatic electric ig-
milton is time-prOven principle
which has always been an impor.
tant feature of Electrol.
Electrol mploys electricity
throughout. An economical elec-
trio motor furnishes the power.
An electric thermOstat regulates
the temperature. And over all
The Master Control stands watch,
timing the ignition, regulating the
flow of oil and governing combus-
ton, like a living sentinel always
at your furnace door.
Electrol will keep your home at
any temperature you like. Never
too cool. Never overheated. AL
ways delightfully."- comfortable.
Here, truly, is oil heat at its best.
Your Satisfaction Guaranteed
Each oil burner purchased from
the Potomac Electric Appliance
Co. is installed and serviced at any
hour of the day or night, under
the following guarantee:
Evening star., 1928-11-06

'If, at any time tUithin ninety
days of use, the customer is dis.
satisfied for any reason tUith the
performance or serUice OF the
EIectrOL Oil Burner, the Potomac
Electric Appliance Go. iUiH remore
the entire equipment, placing
boiler in its original condition and
refunding all moneys paid thereon,
proUiding all payments due hare
been made in accordance ,Cith the
original agreement"
Convenient Terms If Desired
You can purchase ElectrOl out
of income on our attractive Budget
Payment Plan. A small initial
payment places Electrol in your
home Immediately. The balance
can be paid monthly on your elec-
trio bill.
Made in sizes for all types and
sizes of buildings. Operates eff
ciently in any type of heating plant.
Can be installed in coldest weather
without discomfort. A demon
stratiOn Of ElectrOl will give you a
new conception of how depend
able electrically controlled auto
matte oil heat actually is.
Evening star., 1928-11-06

A family of II were found occupying
house with only two small bedrooms
at Claycross. England. recently.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Paying For Nothing

The information ELECTED by the federal investiga-
ton Of the so-called power trust, to the effect tina.
ss4,40O is expended annually in the preparation Of ed
itorial matter which is sent free to newspapers of the
country Is not sufficiently startling to warrant the in
depreciation placed thereon by certain politicians.
Practically every newspaper in the United States
receives the editorial propaganda emanating from the
press bureaus of the power interests, but that does not
signify the newspapers use that propaganda. AS a
matter Of fact, in many newspaper offices it is con-
signed to the wastebasket unopened along with the
great mass Of propaganda every daily newspaper re-
ceives from a multitude Of sources.
No harm has been done by the propaganda the
power interests have attempted to disseminate through
the newspapers. In fact, the power interests have been
victimized more than the public by the shrewd pub
licity men who have given the impression they had
entree to the principal daily papers Of the country and
could put over" the propaganda. A check-up Of Amer
lean newspapers has revealed that only an infinitesimal
number have used any part Of the propaganda, and
that used has not been of an Objectionable nature. The
propaganda such rs the federal Investigators has
brought to light has almost invariably been consigned
to the wastebasket.
The newspapers Of the United States are conducted
by men who are able to distinguish between news and
propaganda. They realize that when they open their
columns to propaganda Of any kind they are ~betraying
their readers, curtailing the influence of their paper
and setting the stage for a steady decline in revenues.
Publishing a newspaper today is strictly a business
proposition, and the publisher who permits his columns
TO be used for the dissemination Of propaganda of any
kind or character is in much the same position as the
merchant who tries to pass off shoddy goods on his
customers.
The row raised in regard to the power interests
newspaper propaganda is mostly a tempest in a tea
pot" The news editor Of practically every American
daily will bear out the assertion that il the power in
terests paid out such sums as the investigation indi-
Gates, the money was practically wasted SO far as IN
fluencinc the public through the newspapers Is con-
cerned.
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READ THIS FIRST: . ....-.-..
A tender and thrilling romance
was woven into the marriage Of
Byrd Hamilton, the beautiful, I'M
spoiled daughter Of Jim Hamilton,
president Of the Jacksonville Saw
ings and Loan company, and Law
renee Browning, a young and sue
cessful investment broker from
Byrd felt a little uneasiness owe
Larry's ~glamourous personality that
had won him success so easily; but
her fears were dispelled by sheer
faith and deep love. After the
goodIbys had been said, her father
gave them a check for five thou
sand dollars. with no strings TO H."
tNOW co on WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER II
They were on their way to Gin
cinnati, spinning along under the
~starlit sky. They were to spend
the night at the Blackstone hotel,
and the next evening they were
leaving for White Sulphur Springs.
As they sped through the black
ness, Byrd had the sensation that
they wer flying through space with
an unfatoitabl sea all around them.
She felt rs II Jacksonville had been
blotted out. as if. in fact, the entire
world had dropped into oblivion,
leaving only Larry and herself tie
survivors of the universe.
wasn't it bully of father to give
us the check?' a.;ed Byrd. with a
little thrill in her voice. "Shall we
buy a cunning little house, or put
il in the bank?"
Byrd felt. rather than saw, the
teasing smile that illuminated Lar
rvs face. Larry's smile, no matter
whether 1t was ronical or gay. grip
pd her like 4 den lightning. with
its shattering magnetism.
You've got the same illusion that
most people have about money in
the bank. Why. il doesn't mean a
thing. Say, did you ever know n
bank president who kept his money
in the bank" he smiled triumph
antly.
Byrd nurlrrrd her straight. dark
bfows. that lifted her face like a
pair IF outstretched wings. All her
life she had been taught the wis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
Muzzling the Press

sunpression Of the Minneapolis Saturday Press by
an Injunction secured in the district court and affirmed
by the supreme court OF the state, has aroused eonsld'
cradle interest throughout the United States. Colonel
r. r. Mccormick, publisher of the Chicago Examiner
has become SO greatly interested that he has ordered
the attorneys Of that newspaper TO take the case to
the supreme court of the United States to test the
constitutionality Of the law under which the Minnesota
paper was suppressed by injunction.
The Editor and Publisher" discussing the Mime
sofa case, says: at is difficult for a newspaper man
to understand why honest and fair public officials Of
any state would want such q law as that which the
Minnesota Legislature Of 1925 enacted, or why that
states courts could uphold a measure which substitutes
autocracy for the checks and balances Of the estab-
lished jury libel system. 1t must be plain to all that
Minnesota has been fully protected b. libel laws IN
reference to the publication Of malicious. scandaloua
and defamatory matter injurious 10 persons or instr
tutions. II must &c plain that existing laws protect
the society Of that state against obscene. lewd ans
lascivious publications. The Minnesota laws were
modern. The penalties were severe. Why was the 1925
law wanted?
"This Is a tremendous power t. hand over to-the
public officials who. including judges, arc after all
mere men and subject to the %frailtics Of human nature
We know how prone men are % abuse public power
We know how dangerous TO public institutions IS any
restriction of free criticism. The Minnesota Law Is 80
obviously hostile to the principle Of free press handed
down by the fathers OF the federal constitution, and
rctraced III the constitution Of every state, and Mime
sofa stands to lose so much and gain so little from IT,
that we confess our bewilderment concerning It.
Thought on the subject among legislators must
have been very sketchy, or public officials of Minneso-
4. must have dark reason for fearing a free press, CT
the 1925 law must be explained as ju-t another instance
Of freak legislation. The United States supreme court
without question. will declare the law unconstitutional
The process will take time and money
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
The World and All
ANCESTORS

The tendency to worship ones ancestors is as old
as the human race, and / don't know how old that is.
When a people lives thousands of years in one locality,
of course the tendency to an-cestor-worship grows into
religion and more. 1t becomes a social custom, a DO
litical creed and a business necessity. In China, for
instance, where the first families have been carving
on in the same locale for six or ten thousand years. Il
is not surprising that the body sociale is rather op-
pressed by ancestor-worship. 1t is practically impossi-
bic there for anyone to undertake any new custom or
mode of action, since the Chinese ancestors didn't do t.
America has had almost none Of this ancestor-wor-
ship, and hence has made vast progress. Americans
are all immigrants or children Of immigrants who
landed on this continent not more than a few years
ago. Those whose ancestors came over with Captain
John Smith haven't much Of an edge on those whose
fathers arrived this morning, since the difference in
time is negligible.
There has been soms effort, or perhaps merely a
tendency, to set up the Puritan eolonists who lived at
Plymouth as our national ancestors, and to do a bit OF
worshiping at their shrines. Naturally, this tendency
has not gone far, since the Plymouth colony was really
only one of many that contributed elements to the
original nation that was called the United States, and
those elements have been blended through the years
with other elements, equally respectable and honorable
coming in from all parts Of the world.
Americans have such a pleasant sense Of humor that
they are apt to be spared the paralysis Of ancestor
worship for another thousand years, at least. Ances-
tors naturally are somewhat funny, because they hap
pened so long ago, before a good deal Of today's light
was available. And Americans have n way Of laughing
at the funnyisms of remote ancestors, not disrespect-
fully. but go~od-humoredly.
There is a book called 1.-THE Not-Quite Puritans," re-
Gently published by Little, Brown & Co, which directs
some interesting light upon the foibles and oddities OF
the Plymouth folk. It's harmless, but it helps to keen
US from falling into a Chinese attitude toward the
founders who lived at Plymouth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

! Then she looked ~enviously ut the
bottles and laughed recklessly.
Teaching you all his little tricks.
| oh 2" she said, bitingly. Il hope
| you're thrilled 10 death with this
great big brute of n mani"
Larry's lips smiled N forced smile.
but his eyes were very disagreeable.
Then he seemed to realize that In
| dia's eyes were n little glazed, and
she swayed ever so slightly.
aMay | introduce you TO my wife, -
asked Larry, gravely. "This in India
Campbell"
a mist, like early morning dew,
| appeared n midas eyes.
III hope you'll both be very happy
| she said in n low tone. Lets drink
a toast to Mrs. Lawrence Browning"
Browning"
To Byrd Larry seemed just the
least upset. but he poured out three
cocktails in silence. This time Byrd
could refuse IL. The tears started 10
plunge into her throat and burned
there like molten steel.
She walked ahead OF them, out or
the door. down the corridor toward
the elevators, a strange. unfamiliar
emotion tearing her, stabDlng her so
that her heart seemed to knock about
unsteadily. Something seemed to be
clawing at It like a live thing, like
a crab. gnawing. gnawing.
Angrily she denied to herself that
| she was jealous.
Then she was aware that India
and Larry had stopped n moment N
little part Of n moment, before he
banged the door, and Byrd thought
she heard a whispered word and n
caress.
She walked proudly on, refusing 10
turn her head.
ITO be C~ontinued.)
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mineral water and now. from the
bottles he had taken out Of his bag,
he dcftly mixed a cocktail.
"we can't go down there with q
deficit" he said smilingly. well
begin al the bottom and work up.
Like my career. From gin to presi-
dent, eh?"
Byrd was embarrassed. They had
always been warned at home against
the evil consequences Of liquor. Her
mother continually quoted passages
from the Bible.
"Look not upon the wine when II
Ia red at last IL biteth like n
serpent and stingeth like an adder"
Byrd shook her head. Larry con-
tinued, coaxingly:
This is our special celebration.
Just think dear. this may be the last
wedding well ever haveI Be-
sides, being married IL such a strain
on ones nerves IL you're not
used to i'll Look at me. I'm a
! perfect wreck Come on. dear
be just n little reckless, just this
once, Just tonight Our wedding
night"
She drank the tiny glassful slowly,
gulping n little.
Suddenly the door was thrust un-
tremendously open. "A yellow cloud
swirled into the room, dancing,
laughing. swaying this way and that,
ms If blown by a breeze. lt was
India Campbell.
az wanted TO be the first to well
come you." she said, running up to
Larry; but she stopped uncertainty
in front Of him.
Her swift eyes darted around the
room and rested on Byrd. as III she
were measuring her, weighing her.
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Other Papers
MAR ANn Tue BED CROSS
lsnrinEfield Eepublicanl.

Springfield Eepublican1.
The failure IL the International Red Cross confer
.nce AZ The Hague, which closed its labors Friday, 20
reach suy solution Of the problem of protecting civilian
populations from gas attacks confirms the impression
left by last years unsuccessful conference that the
Red Cross is attempting something beyond its powers.
Furthermore, il may be seriously questioned whether
such work falls within the proper scope Of the organi-
ration. Il il net for the Red Cross to devise technical
means for defending noncombatants against violence
Of any sort, and to assume any such responsibility
would be n great mistake.
To find ways to defend cities from all the agencies
u attack which perverted ingenuity can devise wou'c
be n perfectly hopeless undertaking, and, as was
,rought out at the conference, defense against poison
! u ONLY part or the problem. The same ~airplaneS
rhich could gas a city could be used equally well fof
dropping huge bombs Of high explosives, not to speak
81 the possibility, which receives increasing notice.
that IN a future war water as we'll as the air may be
poisoned, and disease germs used for spreading terri
bic epidemics. To foil such dsvilish attacks is outside
the field Of the Red Gross, which may. however, prop
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

dom u thrift and economy and saw
ings accounts.
But fathers run a bank all his
life. and it's a rule he practices
as well as breaches" began Byrd.
with spirit.
"Sure. he has 20 preach thrift 10
his depositors. People have 10 save,
or how could he run his bank2"
Larry laughed outright at Byrd's
discontinue But let's not worry
our heads about money tonight"
Byrd had such a firmly round and
deliciously soft, little body, that
leaned against him 20 closely. 80
disturbingly. that he was almost on
the point Of saying: Anything to
make Q happy, darling." But he
didn't.
"All those Cleveland people who
came down for our wedding are
snending the night at the hotel.
they're giving a little party for us
IN their rooms. Remember their
ramcs?" asked Larry.
No. nor their facs. either
laughed Byrd. "That reception line
seems rs hazv 10 me now as the
Milky Way. Who are they?"
We'll. there's Fred Oberman
who's giving the party. and his wife
Tiny. Nice people. He's in reaI
estate. in investments, in politics
Everything. He's taken quite /,
shine to me. and IL I can get in some
Of these deals with him. I'm made
Then there's Chef Everson and In.
da Campbell. He's been crazy about
her for years. but she's a little spit
fire and treats him like mud. AnC
Jack Duncan. q member Of the firm
and his wife. Marcy"
Byrd. always fell overawed by the
~elegancy Of large hotels, and suffer
Cd. as she thought. in contrast X
the women. elegantly g0wned, who
moved with an air Of being thor
ouglhy accustomed 10 such magnifi'
cence. Now trOtting behind Larry
her heels clicked self-consciously
along the marble floors Of the
Blackstone hotel.
Bellhops were crowding around
them. like flies over r jar 81
honey. and larry singled nut TIVE
to carry their bags. Byrd thrilled
~ tho air IF indifferent assurance
with which Larry managed things
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Timely Views
o~vERPRoDUcTIoN IN L. 5. INDUSTRY DEcRIED
BY JOHN +. EDGERTON

President, National Association Of Manufacturers.
John Emmett Edgerton was born in Johnson
county, North Carolina. Oct. .. 1879. He is a grad
uate Of Vanderbilt college. He was the co-founder
and president, for seven years, of Columbia
(Tenn) Military Academy. He has been president
Of the Lebanon Wooden Mills since 1912, and is
now president Of the National Association of Man
nfacturers. In 1921 he was a member Of President
Hardings conference on unem ployment. He is a
democrat and his home is in Lebanon, Tenn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

Who am 1? What is my profess
sion? What famous character did
/ originate? What IL my native
country?
What baseball club won the World
series in 1926.
Locate. roughly. the differential
housing or an automobile.
What great explorer was known in
Spanish as Cristobal Colont
"Let US not therefore judge one
another any more; but judge this
rather. that no man put a stumb-
ling block or an occasion to fall
in his brothers way" Where is
this passage found In the Bible.
TOday's Horoscope
Persons born under this star are
Of a fiery, determined and persist.
ent nature. They often are strange,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06

erly use its influence to promote international agree
ments for the protection Of noncombatants.
The distinction is important because IL the Red
Cross we're to succeed, for example, in providing places
OF refuge for the population Of a city the city would
to that extent become a fortified place, and the exist
ence OF the defenses would DC q plausible excuse for
attack. Every large city has some military Importance,
so that bombardment might be defended il the legiti-
mate results were not overbalanced by the harm done
to noncombatants; to provide for their safety would be
inviting the bomb squadrons to do their worst.
1t may as well be recognized to begin with that
there is no possible means of protecting the swarming
populations Of great cities from the terrible agencies
Of destruction which can be used against them, and in
so far as the two Red Cross conferences have empha-
sized the impossibility of q solution they may be of
use. But having demonstrated this, the Red Cross
might as well let that side Of the question drop, and
use whatever influence it possesses in favor Of new con-
ventions for the control Of bombardment, whether from
the sea or from the air, and whether with poison gas or
with high explosives. Here the International and hu.
manitarian spirit Of the Red Cross can be useful, but
the responsibility for eivilizing war rests with the gov
ernments Of the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-06
The Grab Bag

In cheated and taken advantage or,
however. They are great az plan
ming and scheming, though not al
ways successful.
Today in the Past
On this date. in 1908. the Repub-
lie of Panama was recognized by ths
United States.
A Daily Thought
"We do not despise all those who
have vices. but we despise all those
who haven't a single virtue."-La
Rochefcucauld.