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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Washington Letter
BY CHARLES r. STEWART

WASHINGTON, March 23.-For Inability ct first
sight, Postmaster General Walter F. Brown Of Toledo,
Ohio, has few equals and no superiors among cabinet
members.
Another thing
The new postmaster general already discusses his
department like a veteran. at a time when all the
other recent appointees to cabinet posts are begging
to be excused from saying anything until they have
been a good deal longer in office.
#*&
NV guess is that Walter Brown could take pretty
much any Job under the government and make good
at it from the minute he walked into his office and
took his coat off.
He has the air Of a man it would be hard to
%f1uster.
bert Hoover picked Mr.. Brown to be his first assist
ant late in 1927. MI. Hoover was supposed to be gun
ming then for the G. o. P. presidential nomination.
1t was also supposed that he wanted the Ohioan IN
his vicinity, to manage his pre-convention campaign
for him.
1t may be so. However. 1 fancy that Mr.. Brown
gave the taxpayers their full moneys worth in his
official capacity at the same time he was looking
after Mr.. Hoover's political interests-if that's what
he did do. incidentally.
Anyway, when he made the appointment ,Secre-
tary Hoover expressed his opinion that Mr.. Brown
had a greater knowledge of the federal machinery
and its functions than any other man in the United
States"
I am prepared to believe it, from the ease with
which he fits, right from the jump, into the COM
plicated duties of the postmaster generalship.
Back in the early 1905, a joint congressional COM
mittee was appointed, to plan a reorganization of the
government departments, and Walter Brown was its
chairman. 1t probably was a very educational in
vestigation for Mr.. ~Brown-though the departments
never were reorganized. One of President Hoover's
ambitions Is to 60 ahead with it. If 50, MI. Brown
is the ~country's most appropriate expert to help him.
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A TEXAN ON THE SHIPPING BOARD
beaumont Enterprise)

Endorsed for appointment to the United States
shipping board by the state senate, the Texas dele
cation IN congress and a number Of civic organiza-
lions, w. z. Lea Of Orange has support is seeking q
place on the shipping board that cannot fail to make
a good impression on President Hoover. Mr.. Lea was
received at the white house, where he was strongly
by Senators Connally and Sheppard.
There are three excellent reasons why Mr. Lea
should win this appointment. The first, and the one
that will have more weight with Mr.. Hoover than any
other, is Mr.. Lea's fitness for the position. He has
a thorough knowledge of port conditions in Texas
and the south. He has long given of his time and
effort to port Development and waterway expansion.
He would make a patriotic and useful member of the
shipping board, devoted to the welfare of the south
ern, or gulf ports, and watchful of their interests, but
free from hurtful sectionalism in performing his
duties.
Mr.. Lea viii be able, as every member of the ship
ping board should be, to view shipping problems both
in a national and a sectional way. No member of
the shipping board should try to give undue advan-
tage to the ports in his own district, or to advance
their interests at the expense of other American
ports.
The second reason why Mr.. Lea should be appoint
ed is that Texas is entitled to representation on the
shipping board. Texas is the second largest export
center in the United States, with a port business that
is rapidly increasing. Texas now has nine seaports
and will soon have ten. The tonnage handled by the
Texas ports last year is an indication Of the business
they may be expected to do in the future.
All signs point to a great increase in the tonnage
Of all the gulf ports of the United States, by virtue
of their proximity to the Latin Americas, the growth
of Panama canal business and the improvement Of
inland waterways connecting the Gulf of Mexico with
the Great Lakes, the twin cities and all parts of the
Mississippi basin.
A third reason why Mr.. Hoover should appoint Mr..
Lea to the shipping board is that by selecting an out
standing democrat from southeast Texas for an i'm
portant place in his administration Mr.. Hoover will
place merit above political consideration.
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Texas Record Of the Years

Those who are said to be qualified to speak are
certain that the life blood of the Wirtz bill will be
let out by the veto knife Of the governor. There is
a record Of all the years behind the governor. There
are many precedents.
Richard Coke was ushered into office in 1873. For
years and years after his Inauguration 95 per cent
Of the white men of Texas voted the regular demo-
cratic ticket. Then came the statewide prohibition
election of 1887. The ants won; the pros were over
whelnned. There were ants who said that a prohi-
bitionist could not be a good democrat just as there
are pros today that insist that an anti prohibitionist
cannot be a good democrat.
Well, the anti leaders or the more ultra Of the
leaders insisted that the defeated pros should be
barred from the council of the party in coming cleo
tons. Harmony. instead of discord, came.
Pros were not barred. They we're invited to re-
main in the big democratic wagwam. All the fac
tons smoked the pipe Of peace.
Then came the Hogg era and in 1892 the greatest
bolt of democrats in Texas history occurred. They
backed George Warwick Clarke. Then the boilers
were to be barred from the party conventions and
the party pie counter.
An olive branch was extended. All the boilers re-
turned to the household of jefferson, with James
Stephen Hogg the acknowledged leader of the united
organization.
Charles A. Culberson picked up the flag when
Hogg laid it down. Thousands Of democrats. known
as populists, bolted the Culberson nomination. Gull
cI4CCA AOo-AAO NNO "a 4ACAA ACbNo1lO Ia
The deserters returned to the democratic camp.
Sayers and Lanham had their day. There was no
discord. Thomas M. Campbell came in. H invited
the diehards of the populist party to return to the
faith of their fathers. Cyclone Davis led the die
hards to the door of the wigwam and Governor
Campbell gave them a hearty welcome.
This is the record behind the governor.
Another page of the record is the bolt to Butte
and the last page written is the bolt of 10000 demo-
Gratis, men and women to the Hoover and Curtis
camp in the memorable campaign of 1928.
Hogg accepted the olive branch and invited men
who fought him to return to the fold. Culberson
walked in Hogs footsteps. Campbell invited Cy-
clone and his cohorts to the pie counters. Colquitt
was for new recruits all the time and this was the
record that he made as governor in bygone years.
Hobby was for peace. Neff always waved the
olive branch. Ferguson was ousted and organized a
new party. He failed and his followers returned to
the party of the Jetfersonian and Jacksonian faith.
Now Moody, leader Of the regulars, in many po-
litical skirmishe or battles that required dash and
brilliancy and courage will add another chapter to
the history of political precedent and practice which
have prevailed in this commonwealth since the fated
day when Richard Coke drove the followers Of E. J.
Davis from capitol hill.
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ing much matters after this. I have
been living in a fools paradise for
six months. I have hardly got my
bearings yet. We will see about
it all when I get back"
He moved as though to start the
car.
"Oh, Andy, won't you please kiss
me?"
Silently he reached over and put
his arms around her and kissed her
fiercely again and again. He shan't
have you, damn him! You are
mine. You can't get away from
mel"
Betty put her arms arund his
, neck and kissed his lips, his face
and his throat. She pushed his
head back and Caressed his face
with her hands. Holding it be-
tween her palms she kissed him
again on the lips.
we better go now, Andy"
He stepped on the starter and
drove home silently. In front of her
house he stepped out and opened
the door for her, without offering
to kiss her again. AS she stepped
down on the sidewalk he said:
Good night, Betty"
Goodbye, Andy" she replied
feeling that she was not likely tc
see him again. In the house she
sat for hours by her window, star
ing out into a night which seemed
to her no blacker than her future
CTO BE CONTINUED.D
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! he Valley Highway Problem

GGiilure Of the legislature to submit the proposed
I beyay bond resolution indicates that at least two
SogHi will elapse before additional highway connec-
tiofis between the Valley and Central Texas can be
financed unless some action is taken by the various
counties interested.
Paving Of the gap across Kennedy county, compile
ton of the Brooks county highway now topped with
caliche, and paving Of the military road west through
Laredo have for years been the cherished ambition of
Valley good roads proponents. In the proposed state
bond issue the Valley saw the means of financing
those projects that traverse counties which lack suf-
ficient valuations to construct highways.
The future development Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley depends to a great extent upon highway con-
nections with Central Texas and the upper coast re-
gions. One highway does not suffice. If the Valley
is to secure that volume of tourist and homeseeker
traffic to which 1t is entitled additional highways
must be provided, and every year their construction
Is delayed means the loss of millions in revenue and
retardation of Valley development.
The state highway commission, which has been
very generous with the Valley, is cognizant of this
condition. The members realize that the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Is one Of the states greatest assets,
and thy are anxious to provide the necessary high
way connections. However, to do this they must have
funds, and 1t Is apparent they will not have suffi-
cient funds unless new sources Of revenue are pro-
vided.
Had the legislature taken favorable action on the
proposed road bond amendment the Lower Rio
Grande Valley would have been provided with at
least two additional outlets within two years, and the
Valley counties would have received large amounts
of additional funds with which to complete feeder
road systems. AS the matter now stands there can
be no hope for immediate relief unless in some man
ner the Valley counties could be combined in financ-
ing this construction. While this, unquestionably
would be an investment that would yield the entire
Valley large returns in the shape Of revenue from
foIIpict - Ffic aoJ +ho rantL loye10pr,o0| ~
Valley resources, it would be next to impossible to
accomplish 1t.
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a sad day for him when he remarked to grand jurors
who were investigating Aimee, Better go slow"
OF course, the judge may be acquitted by the high
court of impeachment. If this happens he will carry
the scars to his grave and his office holding days will
be brought to a close when his term Of office shall
have expired. 1t never pays for a judge to toy with
love offerings of a financial nature.
1t never pays for a public servant to toy with fl
nancial offerings Of any nature or kind.
These offerings are trouble-makers. If you do not
believe it read the records in Texas and elsewher.
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StarLOre
By Arthur Dew. Carpenter
Which WaY Is I'm?

In the days when man believed
the earth was flat, the directions UP
and down were considered fixed.
The heavens were seen to rotate
around the world, but the world on
its eternal foundations remained
right side up. BY sticking an apple
full of erect pins all the way
around, under and over, one may
produce a vivid illustration of how
erect human beings stand vertical
to their particular square fokt of
ground on the rotund earth, while
no two heads point to the same
zenith in the sky. Up in China is
down in America.
more Tomorrow
Answers to Foregoing Questions
|. Richard z. Byrd, Jr.; two;
Bernt Balchen, Floyd Bennett, Bert
Acosta.
2. Herodotus.
3. Idaho.
4. st. Matthew xiv, n.
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OIL CUSTER ROUT

AMARILLO, March 23-P)-The
oil industry looked on today as
two factions prepared to grip over
control of the $4,000, 900 johnson
ranch royalty company properties.
Dr.. Mary E. Bates and E. K. White
head Of Denver seek to GUST Ed
r. Hayer of Amarillo, president ana
organizer Of the company. DR..
Bates and Whitehead fill two
places on the directorate, Mayer
the third.
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By RICHARD G. MASSOCK

NEW YORK, March 23.-Every
season a few talented and fortunate
players are applauded into stage
prominence. This season Broad
ways finds are three and include
one youngster of 16 years.
The first flash up was Zita Jo-
ham, as the Ruth Snyderish he
roine Of "Machinal." The play, al
though enthusiastically received by
the critics, failed to last, but the
star is still shining, just now in a
movie studio where a talkie version
of her first big success is being
filmed.
In musical comedy, the accolade
goes to Lillian Taiz, primma donna
of Spring Is Here" and George
Gershwin, who discovered her out
side the theater world, is respon-
sible.
STAGE YOUTH
The local fame of Junior Durkin,
Janet Beecher's 16-year-old co-star
in Courage however, is a rarer
instance Of recognized talent. Fur
thermore, considerable credit for
the plays run is given the boy who
on the stage is a lad Of about IL.
And his story is all the more inter-
esting becaues it represents a moth
er's ambitions gratified.
Juniors mother Is a widow who
worked as telephone operator in a
producers office. 1t was only ma
tural, therefore, that she should
take home to her four children some
of the glamor that attaches to the
rialto and its people. and that she
should send them to a school Of
acting to complete their education.
Thus was Junior prepared when
opportunity came to him at the
minimum legal age for child &C
tors in New York.
1t is not unusual, of course, for
children to follow their folks across
what used to be called the boards"
Just the other night I saw Owen
Davis, Jr., son of the prolific play
wright, at a premiere-in the au-
dience. He has had a season-or
maybe it's two, SO fleet is time-in
several productions, and yet could
easily be mistaken for a college boy
Of the class of 80 home for a holi-
day.
1t is obviously more difficult to
make an impression on the stage
than in the motion pictures because
of the comparatively limited field.
1t hardly can be said, for instance,
that Times Square had any appre-
ciable part in little Davey Lees
rise to eminence, which was all the
more noteworthy because it was
made against the brilliance of the
~Super-Star Al JolSon.
There is one exception, however,
in the case of an obscure player in
the first all-negro feature to reach
Broadway. He was unmentioned in
the first billings and Stepin Fetchit,
an obvious pseudonym, still hides
his real name, whatever it is. But
his performance stood out, ever
above the pictures novelty, and the
metropolitan critics said 50. Now
not only is his non de cinema fea-
tured in advertisements, but he has
acquired a tag as the LATEST man
in the world"
HISTORY
The telephone number Of the
knights of Columbus hotel is Col
umbuS 4192 and an office building
on Broadway bears, because of its
street number, the sign Spirit OF
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Hardy Must Face Trial

And now the state senate of California, sitting as
the high court Of impeachment, has voted that Judge
Carlos Hardy must face trial on ire charges pre-
ferred against him by the lower house of the Califor-
MIA legislature.
1t was q sad day for the Judge when he accepted
The $500 from Aimee as a little love offering. 1t was
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an, ~ About 7AEaes
QlIkAHl New York l.E1E

1776." They make use Of perhaps
the two most easily remembered
dates in American history, a con-
tributing factor no doubt in the
exploitation of one and the appro-
pirate selection Of the other.
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TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives

Dallas. Texas. 512 Mercantile Bank Building.
Kansas City. Mo, 3o6 Coca Cola Building.
Chicago. III, Association Building.
New York, $50 Madison Avenue.
st. Louis, 500 Star Building.
al Grant Building, Los Angeles. Cal.
318 Kohl Building. San Francisco, Cal.
5O7 Leary Building, Seattle, Wash.
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The amount Of setting-up exercise that a frail
eye can get in the subway is positively bewildering.
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Who am /? How many sisters
have I? Who were my fathers
companions on his transatlantic
flight?
Whom did Cicero call the father
Of history?
What state has used a likeness
Of a potato on its automobile license
plates?
For as the tightening cometh out
Of the east, and shineth even unto
the west; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be-" Where is
this passage found in the Bible?
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are
likely to be wary Of marriage. Any
interference with the details OF
their plans discourages them and
they seek to abandon the whole
project.
HorOSr01e for Sunday
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Moving pictures that think are now being per
fected, and after that something may be done about
making producers, directors and film stars do as
much.
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PRINCIPALS
ARE ALL REELECTED
Especial to The Herald.)

MERCEDES, March 23.-All prin-
cipalS of the local schools were re-
elected for the year 1929-3O at a
regular meeting of the Mercedes In
dependent school board Thursday
night.
They are Nelson w. Gay, senior
high school; w. E. Perry, junior
high school; Leon Graham, South
Side grammar school, and Joe r.
Day, North Side grammar school.
PEASANT WORKS AT 104
BERLIN-Gottlieb Huschke, a
peasant OF S~choeneich, worked I'M
TIL the day Of his death at the age
of 104.
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Today'S Horoscope
Horoscope for Sunday

Persons born on this day r
domineering though not extensively
so. They are warm-hearted.
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The Once Over
Nv II T pHTTTDS
EYE EXERCISE
BY H. I. PHILLIPS

Il E1ALEsO1SE
Failing eyesight can be restored by proper exercise
of the eye muscles. the New York State Optometric
Society says. If the eyes don't get enough exercise
on our streets these days they never will.
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THE MARKET

MARKET
Customer ~Cexcitedly on phone)-Is it true that
Secretary Mellon issued a statement saying that now
is the time to buy bonds?
Rroker-Yes. sir.
Customer-There'5 no doubt about It?
Broker-None at all.
Customer-Wel1, put me aboard a dozen stocks
right avayi
Fred Wesson reports that when he left Miami he
could get all the rooms he wanted in any hotel by
stopping in front and letting his auto backfire.
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HISTORY

HISTORY
The telephone number Of the
Knights Of Columbus hotel is Col
umbuS 4192 and an office building
on Broadway bears, because of its
street number, the sign Spirit of
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. ID.

progress. A year ago I knew Of only
three or four doctors who were tlstng 1t
In their practice, now know OF .
score or more who are finding 1t very
satisfactory. Some of these at first
scoffed at the idea. too.
Theoretically the injection treatment
would impress almost any good doctor
that way. In practice 1t does not seem
to produce the imagined embolism.
The injection treatment does not
confine the patient to bed. It is readily
carried out in the doctors Office with
out more than short rest there for
the patient. This is tremendous fac
tor in its favor, for the greatest suf-
ferers from varicose veins are people
who cannot afford to lie in bed for
weeks even II the surgical treatment
promises relief.
Some physicians find that varicose
ulcers do not bar the victim from the
benefit Of the injection treatment and,
indeed, obliteration of the vein supply
ing the liberated area greatly aids the
healing of the ulcer.
Physicians doing much Of this oblit-
Grafton work use a simple test to de-
termine the potency or capacity OF the
deeper veins to carry the circulation.
They bandage the leg firmly from toe
to knee, then send the patient out 70
walk 10 blocks; II he complains OF
violent pain after walking short dis
lance the deep veins are probably not
capable of carrying on the circulation
and the patient Is denied treatment.
If he returns smiling and comfortable
and with the bandage intact, then he
is entitled to have the varicose veins
obliterated.
tCopyright. 1922
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Varicose Veins.

A survey of 4,607 cases of surgical
legation or removal of varicose veins
in 81 hospitals in various parts Of the
country showed that the treatment has
mortality Of in each $50 cases.
That is to say, fatal complications
have ensued in / Of each $50 cases so
treated
A study of nearly $4,000 cases of OBJ
liberation of varicose veins by 1njec-
ton, method that has only recently
come into very wide use. shows that
this treatment has mortality of in
1000 cases.
The question of recurrence of trou-
BILE after treatment gives an answer
even more favorable to the injection
treatment. Recurrence Is as high as
80 per cent in surgically treated cases;
it Is only per cent in injected cases.
Our profession Is noted for conserva-
tisrn. Sometimes this ultraconserva-
tism makes us rather foolish. but on
the whole we're rather proud OF 1t and
would not change 1t for anything;
This is a pretty tricky old world, and
II the doctors ran after every new cure
or accepted every new discovery with
out suspicion or investigation, our pa
tients would not fare as well as they do.
The profession at large Is still hold
ing out against the novel injection
method of treating varicose veins. /
know, for get funny rejoinders every
day - readers have read something
about the method here; they ask their
physicians about It: the doctors dis
miss the matter with vague hint that
injections are dangerous, likely to pro-
duce embolism, or something like that.
Still, the method seems to be making