Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-01
| N OUR r
VALLEY

But don't become excited over
the fact.
It's lust that Uncle Sam has de-
rided to discard the one dollar. rive
dollar. ten dollar and other cur
rency he has been using in favor
OF a new and smaller type OF
currency.
The new bill will be about the
size OF the checks commonly used
by banks for pocket checkbooks.
and much more convenient than
the present size.
They will reach the Valley banks
sometime early in July.
And the old currency will be re-
tired as fast as possible.
UNITED STATES secret service
men operating on the border have
IN the past had much trouble with
pen artists" who find it profitable
10 raise the denomination Of one
dollar and five dollar bills.
The new currency VIII be so con-
structed that raising bills won't be
easy. if at all possible.
All bills will be similar in de-
sign. with the exception that eacn
will carry the photograph Of a diff
ferent person.
The one dollar bills will carry on
their face a picture OF Washington.
Two dollar bills will portray
4 Jefferson. five dollar bills will have
Lincolns likeness: while the tens
= will show Hamilton and the twenties
Jackson's picture.
What the fifties, the hundreds
the five hundreds. the one thou
sands. the five thousands and the
ten thousands will carry won't con-
ern most Of us. But II you want
know. they will show. respect-
ively: Grant. Franklin. MCKINLEY
Cleveland, Madison and Chase
MIAMI Is the principal airport
sor air mails between the United
States. the West Indies and the
Eastern coast Of South America.
What II is doing in an air way
Is. therefore. OF interest here.
Hollis Bush of the MunicipaI
aviation Board Of Miami estimates
mat by the end of 1929 Miami
district will have invested IN air
ports and fields something over
100000, mot including approxi-
nately so planes that are ouartered
n Miami. repaired by Miami me-
cnanics and buy supplies from
Niami dealers. and which are VAL
led at over $2.000.O00."
Further. during the first quarter
1929 an average of 35 planes
ON two TO IA passenger capacity
ere flying on an average of soon
lies per day in and from the
strict.
approximately 1900 pounds Of
II and baggage were handled
Zs ekly and the Pan-American Air-
" handled $500 passengers in
nruary and about 1900 in March
average payroll on account of
'lation activities in the district
nee January l has been - 5o0
any. VIII not continue through
|'ut year. but total for wear is g.
pected TO be about S4OO oOO
Miami has recently added ahou,
q acres to the 16O-acre airport for
aoditional buildings and to provide
additional area. saws the Manufac-
turers Record. The field is eouip-
ped with hangers. machine snops
ana lighting equipment. giving "a
nnfIE e.. III
WHICH FACTS indicate that the
Il fMiami municipal airport does not
compare with the Brownsville porr
IN some respects.
IL Is used more, there is more
activity.
But the Brownsville field is ,I-
most three times larger than the
enlarged Miami port.
The Brownsville port investment
teemS 70 be more than half as
much as all the Miami fields and
ports referred to by the Manufac-
turers' Record.
And Bush told the Miami XII
wants club:
We feel that the situation IS so
important and is developing 20
rapidly that 1t deserves our very
pest tnought and attention. ana we
feel that the most important and
significant thing Is not the reE,al
situation at the present time bur
tne tremendous opportunity that Is
offered to this district TO become
the greatest international airoorr
~ the western hemisphere"
4 Brownsville should personally in
Y |estigate the Miami situation ro
BSee what It has and does that Is Nor
z found or done in the Brownsville
port
1t might set our minds at rest
on some important questions.
FREIGHT DIFFERENTTAIs s-e
lgain receiving attention IN south
Texas. S''
Proposals out to raise a fund NJ
10000 to carry on a fight
Of this amount about $4,000 is
expected from the Valley
Which recalls the differarti.,
Tight OF some eight years ago With
Houston railroad rate attornev
handling the case for the Valley
Brownsville, San Benito and
continued On page seven.)