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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
UTILITY HEADS
In CONFERENCE
Hoover Calls Meeting To
Further Business
Progress Plans

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27-F-
10 determine what public utility
corporations can do to advance
president Hoover's plans for busl-
ness progress, officials Of electric
power. gas and street rain wav
companies from many sections ~
the nation were called into confer
nee today BY the Chief Executive.
Among them were such well
known figures as Owen ID. Young
u the General Electric company.
Samuel insult Of the Common
Eealth Edison company and George
q. Cortelyou OF the Consolidated
gas company. In all, thirty-one men
prominently identified WITH THIS
Phase OF business were summoned
q. the White House.
President to -aIk
Today's conference followed a
general meeting Of public utility
leaders IN New York, at which Mr..
HooverS plans were discussed and
those attending were PREPARED 10
report to the President on what
had been done.
The President will deliver an ad-
dress on December S, at a meeting
OF more than $50 representative
businessmen, called together By the
Chamber TO organize a continuing
committee on business conditions.
establishment Of this agency was
one result Of the Presidents con-
terence last week with numerous
leaders Of the industrial and manu-
featuring world.
Industry Active
A summary OF business condi-
tons published today by the Fed
eral Reserve board revealed a high
er industrial activity during the
month of October last than in the
same period Of 1923. although there
was a decline in both j dustrial
production and factory employ
ment, as compared with the pre-
ceding month. The report said the
decrease in production was confin-
ed largely TO steel and automobiles.
although there was also q drop in
daily average output OF shoes,
leather and flour. A further re-
duction in steel and automobiles
was indicated for the present
month.
At the same time the American
Railway association reported freight
loadings for the week ending Nov
ember is last, TO have totaled $685.
323 cars. a decrease Of 66.152 cars
as compared with the preceding
week and Of 72,797 r as compar-
ed with the corresponding week Of
last year.
The figures. however, were not
entirely comparable. since Arm
istice Day was included in the
week Of November IS falling on
Monday whereas last year it came.
on Sunday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
Company Voting
Power Held Flexible
Isnecial tc the Heraldl

AUSTIN, Nov. 27-Voting power
Of stockholders in building and loan
associations maye be increased or
diminished in the bylaws Of the
concerns. subject to the approval Of
the state banking department. AS
sistant Attorney General L. c. SUIT
ton held IN an opinion TO Banking
Commr. James Shaw.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

To clean nickel on stove which
has become discolored from rust
and fumes, polish It with a fine
sandpaper and then wash well In
hot soap suds. Wipe dry and apply
furniture polish. Rub well.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
TEXAS
--Muttonless
Plea Of Guilty Lawyers
-TaIlest Man In Glover
Operate Name

Sheep growers who met I'm West
Texas TO organize a million-dollar
wool marketing organization, were
shocked to find they'd have to eat
beef instead of mutton. An educa-
tional campaign among the but
cher shops Is now IN progress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Tic takes tall clover for y. A.
Tarver. a former East Texas farm
boy. but apparently he is in It..
This ex-farmer. who stands eight
feet and four inches high. ambled
into the ownership OF land in Van
Zandt county, and now the Oil
town OF Van Is booming near him.
His holdings promise i'm m
wealth for the giant. Recently Tar
yer, tired Of humping his head on
all the door Sills, nas taken to the
big tent OF Ringing Brothers cir
Gus In order 70 find comfortable
room to get about.
When his oil millions roll I'm, he
Is to build a house whose size will
be In proportion to his own.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Dallas Negro woman. sa-ing she
could get those plea or = guilty
lawyers" for a much lighter fee.
declined TO plead guilty because
she had hired herself a good law
yer, she said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
NIoTHER.S BODY SAVES RARY

KINGSTON. Elg=Nrs. Elizabeth
Tribbeck vas killed by a falling wall.
but her body protected her two
year-old child from injury.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
Menus
qMe

BY MRS ALEXANDER GEORGE
MENUS
Breakfast
Chilled Orange Juice
Wheat Cereal and Cream
Butteerd Toast Coffee
Luncheon
Oyster Soup and Crackers
Dill Pickles Celery
Sugar Cookies Tea
Dinner
Macaroni and CHEESE Baked Squash
5lScult Honey
Head Lettuce and Russian Dressing
Grapes Spice Cake
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Mint favored candy strings give
zest TO the chilled fruit cocktail.
They also add color. Use one candy
for each serving.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Uncooked cranberries, nuts. rails
ms and grapes al be scattered
over the Thanksgiving table to ado
color.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Boiled or candied apples, colored
red, serve as an effective garnish
for roast goose. Candied cranberries
also can be used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
BODIES UNDER AND q DAYS

MANCHESTER, Eng. - Ether
Gatesand Joseph Willis. aged & and
z. were found dead under q Sandslids
after being missing for y days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

went for help. but he woke up In
her absence and decided there
were more enjoyable spots else
where.
Harry Willis &C Il Paso. claims
that someone. maybe hundreds or
miles away, Is ~hexing" him by
sending out electrical waveSAto cast
a spell over him, he told officers.
He says the waves are the same
that cast spells over other people,
causing them to do strange things.
He went to FL Paso. trying To get
OF reach or the waves. he said.
One or those few students &C the
University or Texas who was elect
ed 70 Phi Beta Kappa this year II
Mr.. Tallant. "a Waco singer has the
truly operate nams OF Tina Piaz-
Ta.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Marguerite Riley, 16-year-oId
nurse. Is Irish. and seems TO en-
joy q scrap. When a bandit came
into her house at Port Arthur and
pointed a gun at her. the girl pick
ed up a stool and crowned him.
While he was unconscious. she
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Someone remarked there Il mon
ey in poultry" There is. when TAX
en- in connection with a recent
solid trainload of Texas poultry be-
ing shipped east. The cargo was
worth 100000. shippers revealed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

To keep celery crisp. thoroughly
Vish il and cut for serving. Place
IN a cheese-cloth bag and store II
a cold place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

Spiced peach salad Is delicious for
a holiday meal. Serve chilled. spic-
ed peaches in lettuce cups and top
with French dressing. The flayors
blend well with roasted fowl.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27

A cloth rinsed out Of warm wat
er and placed over the roasting
fowl will produce a tender. well
Drowned skin, delicious in flavor.
Rinse out the cloth 4 times in warm
water during the roasting period.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-27
LAST MINUTE THANKSGIVING
HELPS

The cranberry sauce served IN
glass cups and arranged at each
place adds color to the Thanks
giving table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

there in a drizZle that had tendency
to tinge the day with sadness.
In a rather cold reception room we
were served with the customary small
cups of green tea, and then taken of
to inspect the station. In a very few
minutes we saw what a vitality impor-
tant work is being conducted at this
place Silk is Japan's greatest staple
of export and manufacturing use. It
is to this country what cotton used
to be to the Southern States of our
country If the silk worms do not
thrive, if a parasite gets at them and
infectS them, or if the mulberry trees
are blighted or frosted things go bad
in japanese finances. On the other
hand if the mulberries thrive and yield
large crops of leaves and if the worms
are sturdy and prolific of silk and the
quality is good Japan prospers. and
smiles.
So it is that the sericulture station
is working at a problem that vitality
affects Japanese welfare. It is study
ing methods of improving the null
berry bush," around and around which
Japan circles indllStrially 1t is graft
ing and experimenting, hunting down
the evil bugs that blight the buds, seek
ing to find counter pests that prey on
these wicked ones and testing out soils
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ing Japan's silk industry. He promptly
replied that 1t was helping it.. Rayon,
he said, is educative, getting women to
wearing near-silk first and then desir-
ing the real. article. Japan is herself
producing rayon goods In large quanti-
ties and Is exporting them to compete
with foreign-made rayon products.
= Silk Industry Prospers.
I'll not give any export figures, Later
I may get down to statistics, but for
the present 1t must suffice to say that
Japan's silk industry is'in good condi-'
ton, despite recent wide fluctuations In
the price of raw silk, which is the
staple. It is felt that there is steady
general improvement.
So much for silk. Fascinating as the
subject is 1t must yield to other mat
tiers. At Yokohama today we saw the
upgrowth of the new city, q better city
than the old one that was SO completely
swept by the fire of September, 1928.
In order that the people of the harbor
city shall not forget that visitation a
museum has been established in. which
relics and scenes of the disaster are
shown. Today was a very gala occa-
sion In Yokohama, 1t being a saints
day. of note and a half-holiday had
been given to the people, who swarmed
in the streets, thousands of them going
to the earthquake museum and gazing
at the grueSome mementoes and the
graphic panoramic representation OF the
catastrophe. / do not know just what
they got out of this show that was of
any particular value to them, but they
seemed to enjoy it, young and old.
We also went to see a commercial
museum, which showed samples of
Yokohama's and Tokio's products, a
showing that gives substance tn the
claim that Yokohama will In a. few
years, when its new breakwater is fin
ished, be one of the worlds most i'm
portant ports.
Our social schedule during these two
days has included a garden party given
by the vice minister for foreign affairs
and Mrs. Yoshida at their official resi-
dence. formerly one OF the detached"
imperial palaces. That was yesterday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
to find the best possible growing con-
ditions for the food-supplying plant.
Heavy Toll Taken by Frost.

to tnd the pest possible growing con-
ditions for the food-supplying plant.
Heavy Toll Taken by Frost.
Just id passing it may be mentioned
that severe frost that hits the null
berry may cost Japan heavily. For
example, on the nights of April "A and
as, 1928, frost did damage to the null
berry crop estimated at more than
twenty-five million yen, or about $12,-
100000. Rather a high price to pay
for a couple of nights of chill.
If the mulberry leaves are not forth
coming In sufficient quantity the silk
worms can not get sufficient nourish-
ment. So the problem in Japan Is to
up to mark. On the latter side the
sericultural experiments are of high
value, A constant effort is being made
to improve the quality of the worms, to
increase their SturdineSS, in order to
make them more immune to disease, to
increase their silk-producing capacity
and to improve the quality of the fila
ment.
Much has been done in the way of
cross breeding, between the Japanese
and the Chinese worms, the former
being more hardy and the latter pro-
ducing better silk. Thus hybrid stock
has been created, that approaches the
ideal Of strength and quantity and quail
ity. But the Japanese experimenters
are not satisfied. They must 60 on,
not merely to maintain the high stand
ard, but to improve 1t.
After view of the exhibits in q
small museum which told this story
graphically, we went to another section,
where the worms were being fed Actual
ly we were shown only the baby worms,
just Matched, and already at work nib
bling at chopped mulberry leaves. These
were four days old and were squirming
about on the piles of green fodder" In
lively manner. They were about three
sixteenths Of an inch in length. Even
tually they grow to about three inches,
or three and a half. In this nursery
the temperature was kept to a good
pitch, to prevent the chilling Of the
worms, which are sensitive.
See Filaments Spun.
Time did not permit us to follow the
worms to the point of their final fail
ure of appetite, when they are ready
to spin. We had to jump across the
process to see the testing work, in
spinning the filaments from the CO.
coons, which are immersed in basins OF
hot water and when their outer coats
melt sufficiently their tiny threads are
gathered and carried by most In
genious method to winding reel.
l Girls with the most deft OF ringers
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attend these and other machines. They
keep close tab on the records Of
strength. They are experts, whose
clevernesS evoked our sincere admira-
tion.' To our eyes the Spider-like
threads were practically invisible. To
these young women they We're as clear
and distinct as ropes. pass. .,ee
Strength, uniformity, evenness, purity
these are the objects of experimental
ton at this important outpost of the
silk industry. The government finds
the very best worms and the best food
for them and supplies the silk growers
with this raw material" But it does
not stop there. It insists upon q high
Standardization of the product, and to
that end has enacted law governing
the silk trade and establishing a plant
to insure that all raw silk offered for
export shall be graded according to
the rigid standards. 1t was to visit
that establishment that our party went
today to Yokohama. e
It takes about forty minutes by cleo
trio train to pass from the capital to
the port. We were just little late
this morning, less than usual. A re-
ception committee of Yokohama busi-
ness men awaited us and fastened us
to the silk conditioning house." where
the system of inspection and testing is
conducted. After the usual cup Of tea
in large and imposing reception room
this new building, splendid example
of the requirements that have already
brought Yokohama out of the ashes to
state of high prosperity, has another
reception room, reserved for the en-
peror when he visits the establishment,
in which he Is greatly interested-we
went forth to inspect the plant, under
the guidance of Mr.. Miyazaki, one of
h. foFT
| thuSiaStic guide, with excellent English
and thorough knowledge of the silk
business.
Pass Through Tests.
made good many notes as we went
along. It will not be possible to tran
scribe them, for the processes they re-
late to are rather too technical for con-
densed statement. Sufiice it to say that
the law requires all silk proposed for ex-
port to be examined and tested and
/ CONDITIONED" before going forth. The
exporter pays the actual cost of the
tests, the government conducting them.
The silk passes through no less than
eight different tests, for weight, for
fnenesS, for evenness, for strength, for
cohesion of the filaments, for certain
defects. five Of them minor" and six
major"
Machinery of almost unimaginable
delicacy and intricacy, manipulated by
girls with perfection OF touch, consti-
tutes the mechanical equipment. But
back of these remarkable machines,
/ which deal with silk f1laments as read
lily as other machines deal with steel
beams, lies a profound knowledge and
a marvellous skill. And all. this is TO
the end that japanese silk, when 1t
reaches the foreign user, shall measure
strictly up to the standard, so that
Japan will continue to hold the mar
kets it has won in the course of the past
few decades.
asked our guide If rayon was hurt
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and the rain generously ceased and the
sun kindly shone for the occasion,
which was o brilliant affair in a gar
den of extreme beauty and was attend
ed by the elite of Toxic. We were
guests of honor, and two Of us treated
the capital society with vision of high
hats, one of which was not myself.
Japanese Dinner Guests.
Last evening we were entertained at
a Japanese dinner" at the Maple Club
by the officers Of the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha,' or japan Mail Line, on one Of
whose steamers We came to Japan.
There were about so present, including
ourselves. We sat as before on cush-
ions, crossed our legs as best we could,
and made the best possible use Of our
chop sticks. And we had as before the
attendance Of q number Of attractive
geisha girls, who waited on us. and
danced for us and sang for US and made
the place very gay with color and
laughter, and bade us good night with
the grace Of queens.
have forgotten to mention that our
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luncheon yesterday was rendered TO Us
blythe America-Japan Society at the
Toxic Club, very handsome affair, at
tended by some Of the most active
members of the business and profession
al community at the capital. And just
so today at Yokohama we were enter
tanned at lunch by the business leaders
OF that city, with perhaps hundred
and fifty present. This affair was held
in the clubhouse maintained by the
Yokohama Specie Bank, one Of the
largest financial institutions In the East.
And SO have passed two more days,
filled with information, filled with en-
tertainment and replete with valuable
contacts with the men who are making
Japan grow In stature as nation.
Mote: Another of Mr.. Lyons letters
will appear in The Star tomorrow
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IL had been given
to us, called for
visits to factories"
But there was the
usual delay in get
ting of, so that We
went to only one
factory and that
was really not a
factory at all. 1t
was the Imperial
Japanese Sericul-
tural Experiment
S ia tion. That
sounded rather dull,
but it proved to be
far from dull. The
station Is situated
away out beyond
the present city
limits and wp drove
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Queen Marie Plans Visit.

BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 20
CO.-Oueen Marie will leave early next
week for Jugoslavia to visit her daugh-
ter, Queen Marie, who is awaiting
accouchment at Bled. She will be gone
about 20 days, In. the course of the
trip visiting zagreb and the Dalmatian
coast.
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TOXIC, May 1889.


r NASMUCH as on two successive days
we have been given closeup view
of what the Japanese government
4 is doing to promote the silk in
dustry and trade, 1 am going to
combine the two reports into one, so
that this letter will cover the happen
ings of both Tuesday and Wednesday.
That will enable me to catch in my
correspondence from Japan, and when
I retire tonight, in an hour or SO.
will have a perfectly clear conscience
on the score of my diary"
Yesterday morning our schedule, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
RELIEF FROM CURSE
OF CONSTIPATION

A. Battle Creek physician says,
Constipation Is responsible for more
misery than any other cause"
But immediate relief has been
found. A tablet called Rexall
Orderlies has been discovered. This
tablet attracts water from the system
into the lazy, dry, evacuating bowel
called the colon. The water loosens
the dry food waste and causes a
gentle, thorough, natural movement
without forming a habit or ever
increasing the dose.
Stop suffering from constipation.
Chew a Rexall Orderlie at night.
Next day bright. Get "a for Csc
today at the nearest Rexan or Liggett
Drug Store. Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
GLIMPSINC THE FAR EAST
BY GIDEON A. LYON.

Touring Orient Guest OF
Endowment for International Peace
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-10
WATER HIGHER AND ICE RUNS HEAVY, REPORT
High Water and Heavy Ice
 Runs Accompany Inter- TOT River Breakup

Although unusually high water and heavy runs of ice have marked the breakup of in interior water courses, only one item of serious damage has been reported to roads and bridges, according to word re- ceived at local headquarters of the Alaska Road Commission. This entailed the loss of two 50-foot spans across Moves Slough on the road north of Fairbanks leading to the adjacent creek settlements.
 An ice jam in the Cinema River diverted the water and ice through Moves Slough and the ice swept out the bridge. A temporary pile structure is being driven to take care of traffic there for the sum- mer This will be used for the falsework of a span that will be erected late next Fall, it was said.
 Reports received at Commission headquarters indicates the rivers have been unusually high this spring. Ice was abnormally thick and the runs heavy, but the dam ages reported to date have been less than normal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-10
Authors and Artists
 Oppose Prohibition

| WASHINGTON, May 10.-Forma- tion of an authors and artists com mittee of PIP writers, cartoonists and illustrators to cooperate in it's effort to obtain repeal or modifi- cation of the prohibition law has been announced by the Association Against the Prohibition Amend ment. Invitations to join the new committee are being sent to more than 1000 others.
 Among the more prominent the association listed the following as members: Samuel Hopkins Adams. George Adc, Zee Akins, William Beebe, Irving S. Cobb, .Vina Del Mar, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Montgomery Flagg, Rupert Hughes, Sinclair Lewis, Anita Loos, Christo- pher Morley Maxfield Parrish, Clare A. Briggs, Percy r. Crosby, James Branch Cabell and Edgar Ice Masters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-05-10
BOXING BOARD ISSUES FIRST
 PERMIT HERE
Local Fair Athletic Associa- ton Gets First Permit
 to Stage Fights

The boxing show to be staged to- morrow evening by the Fair Ath- letic Association in the Fair build ing, will be the first held under the official sanction of the Alas ka Boxing Commission as we'll as the first to be held since Congress passed the law permitting boxing contests in the Territory. And tho Association has the distinction to hold the first official permit is sued by the Boxing Commission.
 This was issued by cable, being received this morning by J. F. Mul- len, who is representing the Asso- citation in the show tomorrow night. It was signed by J. A. Talbot, Pres ident of the Commission.
 The advance sale of tickets has been in progress for the past two days and considerable interest is being manifested in the bouts. Re- served seat tickets can be obtained at Butler Mauro Company's and the Alaskan Hotel. A special rate is being made to school students.
 Some minor changes have been made in the bill, Mir. Mullen an- nounced today. The go between Sam Nelson and Jack Costello has been cancelled and the latter fight CT is substituting for Harry Lang in the scheduled match between him and the Texas Flash" Lang found it impossible to get into condition for the fight.
 A novelty feature has been in- serted in the bill to replace the Nelson-Lang mill. This will be a battle royal with three contestants in the ring.