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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
Valley Dry Cleaners
Form New Association

W 4hC 44GAo4dS
MERCEDES, Aug. 13.-valley dry
cleaners at a meeting here Monday
night organized into the Rio Grande
Valley Dry Cleaners association,
and elected officers and directors
for the coming year as follows:
Charles A. Allison, San Benito,
president; Claude Smith. Harrington.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Members OF
the board Of directors are:
C. A. Burton, Brownsville; w. e.
McMeehan, McAllen, and @. NJ
Sanders, Edinburg.
Approximately 80 representatives
from Valley cities attended, and IL
was decided in the future to hold
monthly meetings. The next one
viii be held at Brownsville.
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EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-tP-For-
eign exchanges irregular; Great
Britain in dollars: others in cents:
Great Britain. demand 4.84 5-16:
cables 484 $3.50; 60-day bills on
banks 4.79 1-2.
France, demand 800 ga; Italy
B.22 Ia: Belgium 1899: Germany
23.78 10; Tokyo 46.75; Montreal
90.25.
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CALL MONEY

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-LP-Call
money easier; high 8; low Z; ruling
rate 8: close z.
Time loans firm; 80 days 9; 5000
ds&fs g: 40 months 8.
Prime commercial paper 6-6 Ia.
Bankers acceptanceS unchanged.
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BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-P-Butter
firm; creamery extras 43 i-2:
standards a IL; extra firsts IL to
a: firsts 80 % to 40 1-2; seconds
81 to SO 1-2.
Eggs firm; extra firsts "a IL 10
IS; firsts 80 1-2 to "a; ordinary
firsts 80 to 80 1-2.
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MAY EvACUATE RHINELAND

THE HAGUE. Aug. l3.-(R1-
Complete evacuation of the Rhine
land before Christmas was today
practically decide dupon at a meet
ing of the principal delegates of
Germany. Great Britain. France
and Belgium to The Hague repara-
tons conference.
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n. v. COTTONSFED CLOSE

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-(P-Cot-
tonseed oil closed steady: prime
summer yellow 500; prime crude 712-
1-26725. Jf-1. 900; Feb. $40: March
932; Aug. $40; Sent. 908; Oct. 900;
Nov 910;; sales 1900.
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N. O. COTTONSEED n

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 13.-tP)-
Cottonseed oil closed steady; prime
summer yellow 905: prime crude
7l2 1-2@725. Jan. 822; Feb. 822;
Mar. $50; Aug. $40; Sept. $40; Oct.
BIS; Nov. 815; Dec. 800.
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NEW ORLEANS OPENING

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-tP)-
Cotton opened steady; Jan. 1878;
March 1886: May 1870-B; Oct.
1903; Dec. 1884.
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-tPH
Spot cotton closed steady. 81 points
up. Sales 1926; low middling 1854:
middling 1884; good middling 1889;
receipts 294; stock, 40,882.
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POULTRY

CHICAGO. Aug. 13.-CP-Poul-
trH easy; fowls 81; springs 81 to %:
bf1& hers Is; ROSTERS %; turkeys 20
70 10: ducks Is to 81; geese IS:
spring geese 10.
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DOCTOR CALLED
In SHOOK CASE
Rebuttal Witness For State
Tells of Examining
Professor

COURTROOM, Columbus. O..
Aug. 1S.-R-Judge Henry L. Scar
lett today overruled a defense mo-
ton for a directed verdict OF acquit-
tai in the first degree murder trial
Of DR.. James H. Shook, charged
with killing Theora Xix.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-(P-Cot-
ton opened steady; Oct. 1912; Dec.
18.45; Jan. 18.49; March 1871; May
1886.
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n BONDS

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-F9-Gov-
eminent bonds: Liberty 3 1-2, 81
AZ. 1914 first 4 IA $98.16: fourth
4 Ia $98.l9; treasury 4 IA, 47-52,
$106.24.
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NEW SPOTS

opening: Jan. l6S7B; Mar. 1856:
May 1870B; Oct. 1908; Dec. 1884.
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CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO. Aug. 13.-P-Wheat.
No. Z red 1.21; No. 4 northern spring
1.20.
Corn: No. 4 mixed 90 IA; No. 3
white SO 1-2.
Oats: No. 2 white ~ ga to 43: No.
4 white 40 1-2.
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DALLAS. Aug. 13.-fP-Spot cot
ton ITO; Houston 1925; Galveston
1890.
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COTTON FUTURES CLOSE

CHICAGO. Aug. 13.-[F-Cotton
futures closed: Jan. 1870; Oct. 1880;
Dec. 1887.
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Sammy Mandell and Tony Can
zoneri may fight again. this time
in New York, where Tony is very
popular.
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TAKE VACATION

SAN BENITO, Aug. 13.-Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Boiling will leave here on
Wednesday on "a vacation trip. They
will 60 to New Mexico and other
states and take their two children.
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few years at the aeronautical show
at the Public hall. There exhibitors
will display motors. planes, Access
series. airport equipment, aeronau-
teal instruments for the ~edification
of the "airminded."
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n. Y. COTTON FUTURES CLOSE

Opening: Jan. 1871: Mar. 1871;
May 1886; Oct. old 1871; Oct. new
1910; Dec. 1843.
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THE OTHER WOMAN" PAYS
LONDON.-Mrs. Edith Ramsay
Hill. named in the Countess of En-
rolls successful divorce suit, must
pay the costs. 49,
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N. o. COTTON FUTURES CLOSE

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-tPD-
Cotton futures closed very steady at
net advance of 10 to % points:
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30

American newspapers as a class go to much expense and effort to present news that the public must have in order to be well informed. The frequently expressed criticism that the newspapers pander to the lower tastes is simply not true. there being a large percentage of informa tive news stories in every modern newspaper which shoot decidedly higher than the average level of in- tcllgence. The material is there in profusion. only requiring the time of the intelligent to take notice and profit thereby,
 Faults there are also. X good edi- tor is not one who closes his eyes to the slight discrepancies that meet his gaze; rather he is one who con- tinually cndcavors to improve his product.
 Returning to what the judge, or cx-judgc, said. it is merely grati- flying to the newspaper boys and girls everywhere that the gentle man is among that large army of in- telligent Americans who is inclined to appreciate that great institution. the American press.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
\ HUNT IN THE ARCTIC

To be stranded in the Arctic wastes probably is the most terrliy- ing experience that can befall man. The incessant cold and the supreme isolation arouses the imagination to sec aught else but the possibilities Of death by slow torture.
 But Carl B. Eielson and Earl Bor- land are skilled Arctic explorers They are Host" somewhere off or on the Siberian coast, where their plane evidently was forced down. That does not necessarily mean they will be- come a prey to Arctic conditions. Men have lived in the Arctic before this, and it can be taken for grant ed that l1ielson and Borland are well yersed i'll the art of keeping themselves alive by living off such wild ice animals or fowl they may find, or even upon fish, as the Eskl- mos do.
 The hunt for these two aviators' however, goes forward with increas- cd energy, the Soviet government having readily acceded to the request to tender all possible aid. sovle' planes will SCOUT the regions where [ the two Americans are supposed tc be located. and if there are fe" residents of the Siberian ice regions
 with radios they will have hearl
 the instructions from the Soviet gov 1 ernment wireless 10 bunt for tho
 ayiators. In addition, the Soviet gov
 ernmcnt has offered a reward 0
 1000 rublcs for finding the fllnTs i such energy is to be gratefully re cciyed. The American nation VII
 hope that the Sovicts are success ful in their man hunt
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
POLICEMEN IN TUSSLE
 WITH UNGARBED WOMAN
Officers Doty and Licblcr Wrap Her Up and Deliver Her to
 Headquarters.

It's well that policemen are not easily shocked, or Officers David Doty and John M. Lieblcr might still be blushing after their eXper- fence yesterday morning. They went to 519 Burritt street to investigate report to Probation Officer E. c. Connolly that Mrs. Anna kulas was intoxicated, and they found the re- port to be entirely accurate.
 Mrs. kulas was sprawled on q coach with a blanket drawn about her. and her clothes on the floor be- side her. An arrest was warranted and the officers started to do their duty, but Anna had other plans. She had been out all night with her fouryear-ol old son and she was in no condition to be bothered by police men. She wanted to be let alone. The officers started to take her by force, and within a few minutes they found themselves tussling with
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
THE FIRST DEADLY WEAPON

Whether man is relation to the ape or whether he isn't makes no material dent in the evolutionary doctrine. The Darwlnlan theory is merely incidental to the supposition as to how man progressed up through the ages Of time. pr. Henry Fairfield Osborn has repeated the thesis he has clung 10 on former occasions-that man originated in the mists of the past but did not pass through the ape state. Fundamental ists can obtain little comfort from his opinion. The New York scientist thinks an intelligent man evolved somehow more than 1000, ,000 years ago. and that man in some form on the earth dates from 50,- 00O.O00 years ago.
 What Mir. Osborn's theory amounts to is that when the pro- genitors Of man appeared upon the scene they were more intelligent animals than the other animals in the forests and were able to sur vive through the possession of more intelligence than the others. That means that man, comparatively weak physically and lacking the ability to cover ground possessed by many of his animal enemies in the great forests, was able to avoid be- ing devourcd by the giant creatures then existing.
 It is nearly inconceiyable 10 sup pose man could have survived such an environment unless he at that early period had the use of hands. which with a little intelligence gave him an enormous advantage over animals which lacked the powers to seize and hold clubs, stones or such clumsy utensils he was able to fabrl- cate for himself in the caves in which he lived. The ancient cave dweller. though he was a puny per son compared with the animals that roamed near him. could swing a club which probably was the first dead ly weapon in the history of the world.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
KILLING THE RUM RUNNERS

The killing of three rum runners and the wounding of a fourth off the coast of Rhode Island proves 10 have been the most sanguinary bat tie to date between the Coast Guard and the rum running trade. In addi- ton, the capture of three ships and more than half a million dollars in above other episodes of the kind. In the annals of coast warfare it has the appearance of a famous vic tory"
 Public opinion, as is usual in such instances, will be guided almost solely by previous prejudices. Radi- cal drys will regard it as a fitting answer that not enough attempts are made to enforce prohibition and they will claim that it can be en- forced if similar ruthless methods are employed all along the line. Radical vets will call the business plain murder.
 Until all the facts are fully al hand, all viewpoints disclosed, all explanations forthcoming, and the furore sufficiently given over to calm to permit d genuinely dispas- sionate appraisal, prudent citizens will refrain from being too certain about anything Ill connection with the episode.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

A Fundamenta institution for theological tradition is no place for a modernist professor. That again was brought to light with the exodus of Dr. Horace Calvin Day. who was professor of biology at Howard uni versity in Birmingham, Ala.
 Professor Day was speaking about theology in front of a class Of stu dents when he had occasion to re- fer to the story of Jonah and the Whale, and to Jonah's feat in pro- viding an ark for all the worlds ani- mals during the flood. His remarks | seemed to have been very much contrary to the spirit lowering in the corridors of the Fundamentalist col | lege. One student, shocked and em- barrassed at the professors state ments, proceeded to pray for him in loud voice.
 Professor Day. of course, had to resign. It seems he had no difficulty in obtaining a new position. Maybe he was aching for an excuse to get away from Howard university. Any way. he was secured by Leland stanford in California. which was Tn the nature of promotion. It tooN inst a few hours for the telegrams to pass between Professor Day and the California institution, which is not al all particular what brand Of theology it's professors accept. President Hoover, by the way, was graduated om Leland Stanford.
 Everybody concerned ought 10 DC well satisfied. Professor Day will De able to talk about Noah to hli hearts content when he arrives 1T California. while at Howard th' students will in future avoid near. ing the heretical conceptions 0
 iberal- minded professors.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
MIR. TUNNEY NOW HAPPY

Of all the gentlemen who have earned a need of good wishes for the new year, Mr. Tunney, former heavyweight champion, stands somewhere at the top of the list, Even the fisticuffs followers who did not like his gentlemanly ways while he was champion-seeming to prefer the more robust tactics or the John L. Sullivan school-are agreed that Mr. Tunney ought to have a most happy 1880. now that he is through with the ricissitudes of 1929.
 Consider for moment what came to Mr, .Tunney after he got mar ried. Instead of enjoying a quiet, pleasant and happy honeymoon, as befits even celebrities, his wife took to appendicitis while in Italy. It was no ordinary case of the ailment, and in order to insure the very finest of expert medical attention Ceie- brated appendicitis surgeon from Vienna was employed to make sever al trips to the Italian town where Mrs, Tunney was abed. After heroic efforts she was pulled through. Just about that time legal papers charg- ing breach of promise suit bobbed Up in this country and Mir, Tunncy was kept busy hiring lawyers as well as doctors. It was quite a hectic honeymoon, everything considered, |, and only ended few days ago when the breach of promise business col lapsed.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tunncy are not at | home to friends, and the new year promises 10 be better article thar the old, in spite of the fact that 1929 included the ex-champion' $ honeymoon.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
SIMPLY \ GREAT cot NTRY

Various editors in multitude Of publications arc trying 10 figure out how it happened that after the most terrific stock market crash in his- tory in November. Christmas trade in December. considered throughout the country as q whole, broke all records.
 It was the wise editor or editors of the Journal Of Commerce in New York which, after the stock crash. pooh -poohed the notion of Mir Hoover that the business fundamcn- tals of the nation were sound and hat there need be no trade reces- sion. The Journal Of Commerce held that there could not help being a serious trade recession. saying that the folks who had intended spending the money they were making in the stock market would not be able to to so. IL would be a sad Christmas all around, was the reasoning.
 Yet what happened? Statistics show that both the postal depart ment and the express companies broke all records; that q half mil lion dollars more was sent abroad in money orders than the December before from New York City alone; that the number of Christmas greet ing cards sent through the malls in. creased by millions; that virtually every city Of importance. and will very few 'Nrcptions. reported larg rr Christmas trade than cvrr be,ore.
 The oniy explanation is that the !. tt great country. None like 1t cN,rwa known since history began 70 h' written A BriisIer who spent th' pre-holiday weeks in this country declared he Was simply amazed d the frenzied shopping and spending Of money; he marycllcd where i
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Dec. 50.-Forccast for Southern New England. Cloudy, preceded by light rain or snow on the eastern coast tonight: Tuesday cloudy; not much change in tenn peraturc; strong west winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight; Tuesday in creasing cloudincss followed by snow or rain in north portion: slightly colder Tuesday in extreme north portion; fresh to strong west winds.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday.
 Conditions: The disturbance that passed over this section Sunday is central this morning as a storm of marked intensity off the Nova Scotia coast. High winds and gales were reported from coast stations | during the passage of this storm, Pressure occurred southward tC northern Florida.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much | change in temperature.
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
25 Tears Ago Today

The local Y. M C. A. now has a membership of 1000. on New Years day reception will be given to Governor and Mrs. Chamberlain at the "I.'
 There were 976 arrests made by the police during 1904. Of this total, 3SO were for drunkenness and 1l0 for assault.
 The annual meeting of Company F, C. x. G., will be held this evening.
 A. J. Sloper announced today that he would appoint a successor 10 C. r. Smith on the committee m lcstigatins the town finances.
 The annual meeting of the New Britain Medical society will be held this evening at the Hotel l;ussWin. A banquet will follow the business meeting.
 Judge kIett will retire from the office of probate judge this evening and will turn over the keys to his successor, E. r. Gafiney.
 w. W. Leland of Meridcn has pur- chased an interest in the Bessc- Brown Co on Main street and will be resident manager.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30

persons employed by Federal, State and local governments?
 A. The latest estimate is approXi mately 2.SO0,00O.
 c. What is d mirage?
 A. An optical effect produced upon an extended plain or an ocean, when the lower strata of air are at very different temperatures than the higher strata, so that the sky is seen by reflection looking like a sheet of water on the desert, and ships and other distant objects are seen, usu- ally inverted, in the air.
 Q. How many words docs the av- craze novel contain?
 A. The number varies. but a full novel runs from S0.000 to 120,000 words.
 c. How much does the largest anchor on battleship weigh?
 A. 10000 pounds.
 c. What does crime cost the United States annually?
 A. In 1928 the New York State Baumes Commission estimated that general crime, as distinguished from financial crime, costs S13,000, ,000,- 900 a year.
 Q. Can heat be ampified?
 A. Heat may be conserved nl made to flow in a given direction but it can not be increased beyond the amount given out at the source
 Q. How much is spent for adver. Using in the United States annually.
 A. The estimated amount spent for advertising in all media in tn, United States is in the neigh borhoo( or one billion dollars year, ac. cording to Professor Daniel StaroI O. Harvard University.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30

a naked woman. After some diff culty they managed to put some clothes on her and get her to the police station, and ip court today Judge SaXc warned her that unless she stopped drinking she will be sent away. He did not want to fine her because her husband would then be penalized. and he dislikcd to send her to jail because of her children.
 Attorney L. J. Colon appeared for Mrs. kulas and told Judge SaNe frankly that he was nonpulsed by the situation. Judge Sake told him to ask her if she WOnld take the pledge 10 abstain from intoXication and she replied that she would, but | she did not want to go on living with her husband. Judge SaXc or dcred continuance. observing that the woman obviously was not in condition 10 think clearly after be- l ing out all night on drinking party, but the probation department will keep in touch with the situa- ton and unless Mrs. Kulas mends her ways she will be sent to an ln- stitution.
 Her husband told the court he | cannot do anything with her.
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer 10 any question Of fact or information by riting 10 the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue. Washington. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot be given. nor can ex. tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are confidential.- Editor.
 Q. Was Bismarck the Chancellor of Germany in 1864?
 A. There was no Chancellor of Germany in 1864. What was known as "Germany," prior 10 1871 was a group of independent Kingdoms. Grandduchies, Margravates, and Electorates, in which the German language was spoken. The Kingdom Of Prussia occupied a dominant po- stion among the German states. In icof L'OpOid HOll lolDlli1I Ih "cl'1 tlIS Chancellor of Prussia under King William I. When in 1871 the Ger man states united into a single na- ton, known as the German Empire, Emperor William l retained Bis narck as Chancellor. He was Chan cellor under three German En- perors-Wlliam l. Frederick III and William II until 1890.
 Q. What states have laws against hitch hiking?
 A. Minnesota. Maine, New Jer- sey and the District of Columbia have laws against hitch hiking.
 Q. Where is Brown University?
 A. Providence, Rhode Island.
 Q. Do pigeons secrete milk on which the young is fed?
 A. The crop of a pigeon is large and double, and during the breeding season it becomes glandular and SC cretcs a milky fluid upon which the young arc fed in part, or at any rate it moistens the food given to them DN lnelr parents.
 c. Do deer shed their antlcrs annually?
 A. Deer shed the outer portions of their antlers annually. When these portions fall off, a soft velvet like substance remains. which gradually hardens into horn. This shedding usually takes place soon after the close of the breeding sea- son. Ordinarily one new prong de- velops each year, but at times some animals will develop more. e. Do more storms occur in the North Atlantic than in the Pacific
 A. Yes.
 Q. How often should a turtle be fed?
 A. Twice a week is often enough if big feeding is given, but if the turtle will cat every day, it is not | too often to feed it.
 Q. What countries composed the Entente during the World War What countries now compose tho Little F,ntente"?
 A. The Entente formed carly i, the World War consisted of France Russia and Great Britain. The 'lit tie Entente" is composed of CzechO slovakia, Rumania and Jugoslavia.
 c. In a Community Chest ho; much of the amount collected goe for clerical and other expenses, an how is the remainder divided?
 A. The average communit chest expends about 6 per cent fo clerical and other expenses, and tn remainder is distributed in accord ance with approved budgets, to tn various organizations which ar members of the chest.
 c. What is the total number (
New Britain herald., 1929-12-30
Ill came from.

all came from.
 All of which docs not mean that the poor are no longer with us. There are plenty of them; but we have a big population and spotted conditions do not materially affect the general level of prosperity. The country is so big that there can be depressions in two or three import ant industries at a time and the remainder of the people not identi- fled with the sub-normal industries will scarcely notice it.