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Belfast - Miss Irene Ferguson
took IN fatal dose OF poison. tnEn
iighted q cigarette and lay down &c
die.
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Donna Junior Band
In First Appearance

DONNA, Dec. 6-The Junior Hrgri
band IS to make us first public
appearance Friday. December 8
from ten to eleven a. m. The band
Is composed OF sixth and seventh
grade pupils who started practice
the last week In September. The
program includes a concert by five
members OF the band, a cornet sole
by Melvin Terveen, a brass quar-
tette with Howard Lott. trombone:
Oils Wharton. bass; George Bird
alto; and Melvin Terveen. cornet
Two numbers Of by a reed trD;
Douglas PIryear. clarinet with Har-
old Ekrut and Menzies Turner sax
ophone. Trumpet solo bv Thomas
Moore. The concert will be con-
cluded with the pep songs BY the
student body.
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LEE SERVICES
PLANNED TODAY
Valley Resident Succumbs
To Accident Injuries
Of Week Ago

Funeral services for Ole Knutsen
Lee. viii be held Friday afternoon,
December 8 at A D. m. at the
presbyterian church at Pharr, Tex
as. Mr.. Lee had been III one week
following an automobile accident
on the highway between McAIlen
and Pharr. He was not considered
seriously i'll but later it was realized
that he had suffered internal M
JurieS and his condition continued
steadily worse until he passed away.
Al the time Of the accident. he, III
company with others was on his
way TO attend Bible Study Glass
at McAllen.
Ole Knutsen Lee was born at
valders, Norway in 1847 and died
December 8. 1929 at 3:42 a. m. aged
81 years, 5 months and 3 DAYS.
He came TO the United States at the
age OF 2 years with his parents in
a sailing vessel and upon arrival
IN this country the family located
ut Mount Eoreb. Wisconsin where
Mr.. Lee grew TO manhood and mar
ried Miss Mary Lee in 1867 About
1877 Mr.. ard Mrs. Lee moved west
to Iowa and located in Soldier VAL
Icy. Iowa where they engaged IN
farming and the breeding Of fine
stock. Here also they reared their
family coming to the Rio Grande
Valley 10 make their homo Novem-
Der 1st. 1919.
While on q visit back TO Iowa
this past year at the home Of their
granddaughter at Onawa, Iowa, MI.
and Mrs. Lee celebrated their Goth
wedding anniversary.
he Is survived by the widow Mrs.
lee and four daughters: Mrs. Clara
Lee Carlson, Onawa. Iowa; Mrs.
.Tohn KENYON. Sioux CITY. Iowa.
Mrs. Robert Grant Fritz. HOLLYWOOD
Calf. and Mrs. Josephine White
head Of Pharr, Texas. with WHOM
he wee r1akin0 his home az the
time OF his death. He Is also sur
vived BY one brother John Lee OF
Fe,rar. Rtirn. Mr.. ice was Dre-
coded in death by five children.
JuAlla and Edward Lee who dice n
infancy; Laura Christine agee Z
Minnie. ared - and Frank. who
rassed away last February, aged
SO.
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Day In Congress
CBy The Associated Press
Friday:


Friday:
Senate:
Continues debate on Ware resolu-
ton with vote at noon.
Interstate Commerce committee
takes up bill TO continue Federal
Radio commission indefinitely.
Public Lands committee holds
hearing on Mexican land grants.
House.
Consideration OF Interior depart
ment annual supply bill begins.
Hearings begin on Hawley bill 70
ratify agreement between Unite
States and France on four billion
dollar var debt.
Thursday:
Senate:
Debated Ware resolution and
agreed to vote at noon Friday.
Bill TO ratify French war deb.
settlement was favorably reported
DO Senate Finance committee.
Tax reduction resolution was TAX
en- up by Senate Finance commit
tee, but action was deferre |.
Senate leaders discussed eligibi-
lily OF Patrick Sullivan appointed
to succeed late Senator Warren Of
Wyoming.
Senate Lobby committee decided
to resume hearings Tuesday with
testimony on sugar tariff.
House:
Passed administrations $160, 000,-
600 income tax reduction plan.
Interior department supply bill
reported by House appropriations
committee.
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FAKE PASTOR DTPES MANY
Brighton. Eng.-PoSing as a min
5ster 'akin9 the rest cure" Rob-
ert o. Prideeon defrauded. more
then ioa htisiness men during his
six months STAY here.
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M'ALLEN SIGNS
PORT CONTRACT
Deal Brings Three Years
Efforts For Field
To Close

MCALLEN, Dec. 6-Contract be-
tween the city Of McAllen. Fl. +.
Rhyme, owner Of a 200-acre tract
south OF the city which has been
purchased By the city as a NUM-
cipal airport. and j. 4. Pate and
other Hidalgo interests was signed
late this afternoon at the First Ma
tional Bank at a conference between
city officials, representatives Of Mr..
Pate and MIR. Rhyme.
Signing Of the contract brought
to a close more than three years OF
work on the part Of the McAllen
Chamber OF Commerce which has
been under the direction Of two sets
Of officials during that time.
o. p. Archer. former president Of
the local chamber Of commerce, and
w. r.. Mccarthy, former secretary
Of the same organization. proposed
q McAllen airport shortly before
their tenure Of office came TO an
end In 1926. Their work was taken
up by J. a. Frisby. president Of the
organization and Whit Rogers, pres
ent secretary or the body.
Assisted by ID. w. Weber. chair
nan oI the aviation committee Of
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Altar Society Sale
Meets With Success

Generous patronage OF the Christ
mas sale being conducted by the
Altar society of the Sacred Heart
church Is announced by those in
charge OF the affair. which opened
Thursday TO continue through Sat
urday. A beautiful array Of hand
made articles and Christmas gifts
IS on display, in the Bestiero kuild-
ing.
A Mexican and chicken dinner IS
announced for the menu to be serv-
ed for Saturday luncheon.
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Lutheran Services
Planned Sunday

The Rev. N. Scheffer, Of Harlin-
gen. held services Of the United
Lutheran church here Sunday after
moo The services were held ut the
Episcopal parish house through the
courtesy OF the Rev. r. O. Mackin-
tosh, rector. The Rev. Scheffer IS
to hold services here again az $3.50
D. N. Dec. Is.
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the local commerce organization. d.
rectOrs and Officers of the local
chamber have spent much time,
money and energy in assuring the
establishment OF a modern airport,
Upon the return from Mexico City
within the. next week of Mr.. Pate,
" Is expected that official designa-
ton BY the Mexican govrnment Of
the airport as an international port
VIII be made.
Improvement work on the site
win begin Immediately In order TO
permit the landing of planes ms soon
as possible. Caliche runways will he
constructed within q very short time
this being one point In the agree
ment between the city and Mr.. Pate
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Aviation Field For
Pharr Is Assured
fSpeclal to me Heraldl

PHARR, Dec. 6-What ten days
ego was q dream among the mem
bers of the Pharr Kiwanis Club. has
now developed into q reality and a
deal has been closed assuring the
city OF Pharr a first class location
for an aviation field. Land has
been secured from Otis Pelt for this
purpose and the final negotiations
have been made.
The airport win be located one
mile south Of Pharr just TO the left
or the Pharr road. The COMMITTEES
consisting Of George Fleming,
George Langford, and w. wv. Woody
worked out the details and their
action was passed by the Kiwanis
Club.
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Edinburg Laboratory
DESTROYED By Fire
Especial to The Herald

A0BEN-d4 " AAA~ AANA1AAS
EDINBURG, Dec. g. Fire which
broke out in the office Of Or. A.
L. Litton during the moor hour
Thursday destroyed laboratory
equipment and supplies valued at
several hundred dollars. The vclun-
teer fire department made a quick
run and extinguished the blrze with
chemicals. Origin Of the fire Is un-
known.
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Fisk Officials In
Harrington For Visii

tSDeClaI 70 Tie .
HARLINGEN. Dec. 6-AssiStant
district manager Il. F. Foley and w.
C. Burgess. office manager Of the
san Antonio branch OF the Fisk Tire
Company, are in the Valley on bus
mess connected with the Harlingen
branch.
Mr.. Foley and Mr.. Burgess arriv-
cd ii Harrington Tuesday morning
and conferred with MI. r. M.
Browne. local Valley distributor.
They intend to leave for San An
tonic Saturday.
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League To Sponsor
Series OF Meetings

League or the Donna church viii
DONNA. Dec 6-The Epworth
League OF the Donna Methodist
church win sponsor "a series OF
meetings for the young people "
the community. The first Of these
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will be held Sunday night and WILL
continue through Thursday. Inc
meetings will start promptly at
seven-thirty each night and an IN
teresting program has been pre-
pared.
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Avenue Christian Church, where Mrs
Shelton belonged many years.

Avenue Christian Church, where Mrs.
Shelton belonged many years.
The principal speaker of the evening
was T. b. Jarvis of the Citizens Service
Association, who spoke of the work of
that organization and also announced a
meeting to be held this afternoon in
Foundry M. z. Church, when United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover, Repre-
sentative Gale A. Stalker and Bishop
Cannon will be the speakers. Miss
Rebecca Rhoads, national director OF
sailors and soldiers. told Of her visit to
many camps, distributing comfort kits,
Bibles and afghans, and reported re-
quests for many more of these articles.
Mrs. F. Scott Mcbride, wife OF the
National Anti-Saloon League Superin-
tendent and director OF flower mission
and relief work here spoke of June 9
being set aside for visits to the hospitals
and assigned special work for this
union.
Mrs. E. C. Stanton. District director
Of international relations. told OF round
table discussion on Uruguay and OF the
proposed plan of study OF the Philip
pines. Mrs. Margaret Wright Schultz,
District secretary for young peoples
work. urged all young people to sign the
Youth Roll Call" and thus prove to
President Hoover the interest young
people have in the eighteenth amend
ment. Two readings will given by pu-
pills Of Miss Hester Walker Beall-Miss
Virginia Rutty and Miss Edith Bruce.
The District officers present were
Mrs. N. M. Pollock, president, and Mrs.
James M. Doran, vice president. Mrs.
Anna B. Windle. District director of
child welfare, and Mrs. BERTHE Farmer,
District director OF white ribbon re-
cruits, were also present 1t was an
nounced that the next District quar-
terly convention would be held on June
5, in the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church Mrs. Wiley read greetings
from two MEMBERSHIPS. Lille Ebert.
who has been confined to her room for
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many years, and Mrs. M. J. Murph
who is also an invalid.

many years, and Mrs. M. J. Murphy,
who is also an invalid.
The May meeting Of the Mount
Pleasant w. c. I. U. was held at the
home of Mrs. All Oftedal, Blair
Takoma. on Tuesday. May 81. Devotion
al exercises were conducted by Mrs.
Helen Edgar Minutes Of the April meet
ing were read by the secretary. Mrs.
Charles Hall. after which the report Of
the treasurer. Mrs. A. NJ. Bennett, was
presented. Mrs. N. M. Pollock. president
of the District w. c. T. u, brought
before the meeting several items of
business from the recent meeting of
the District executive committee, among
them being request that the union
make q contribution toward q memorial
to be erected to Frances E. Willard in
Indianapolis. which was acceded to. A
request was also made for q contribu-
ton to a memorial volume now being
Sanford Shelton by the church to
which she had belonged. A generous
response was made. A donation was
also given to the Daily Vacation Bible
School conducted by the w. c. T. u.
Mrs. E. c. Stanton gave an account Of
the three meetings held at headquar-
tiers building in the interest Of peace.
The exercises were concerned with our
relations with Uruguay. An interesting
audience with the Uruguayan Minister,
DR.. Varela, was reported.
Mrs. B. w. Andrews, corresponding
secretary, offered her report for the
past month. Mrs. Lucy Swanton urged
all present TO use their influence TO-
ward having the Sixteenth Street Res
ervoir converted into public swimming
pool stressing the need Of such an ad-
dition TO the recreational features Of
that community. Miss Rebecca Rhodes
introduced her friend Mrs. r. l.. Wes-
ton. a member Of the Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Union. Miss Rhodes then told OF her
tour of a number OF Army, Navy and
Coast Guard stations and asked that
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TWO CASES OF TYPHUS
REPORTED BY FOWLER

Two cases of typhus, one of them
fatal. had been reported to the District
Health Department, DR.. william C.
Fowler, health of1icer, announces yes
terday.
Robert Lee, 40. of Annandale, Va.
died at the George Washington Uni
versity Hospital Friday night from the
disease. He was taken i'll May %.
Martin Minnix. 81, of 212l F street,
employed in the laboratory OF heigiene,
United States Public Health Service,
contracted the disease May "A, and is
now quarantined in the hospital.
DIR. Fowler said that there have been
only a few cases of typhus in the Dis
trict during his long service as health
officer and none at all for several years
past until the present. He said that
the Health Department Is not alarmed
at the report of the two cases and that
he does not believe the disease will
spread here. He said 1t takes q large
toll of life annually in Russia and Mex
leo.
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The Anna A. Gordon Union held its
monthly meeting at the home of Mrs
Charles T. Windle. 1901 Fourteenth
street northwest, May %. The regular
business meet was preceded by q lunch
con. 1t was an unusually well attended
meeting and great interest and en-
thuSiaSm was shown In the work
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years and also build an automible fac
tory, under the direction OF Ford en-
gineers, was signed yesterday by Henry
Ford and representatives of Russia. Ac-
cording to terms OF the agreement. the
Ford Motor Co. Is to furnish technical
advice and assistance in the erection
and equipment of an automobile fac
tory at Nishni-Novgorod. with a pro-
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all continue their diligence In providing
for the comfort and recreations of "our
boys" Mrs. A. B. Carly. director Of
Flower Mission, spoke OF her plans for
Decoration day. Assisting the hostess
in the dining room were Mrs. B. w.
Andrews and Mrs. Daniel Bride. The
next meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. r. T. Stout, on June Is.
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FORD MOTORS AND RUSSIA
IN $50, 600, 900 CONTRACT

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June An agreement
between the Ford Motor Co and Rus
sia, by which the Soviet government
is to purchase $30,000.o00 worth of
Ford products during the next four
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Defistion in Denmark is believed TO
have run its course and the country is
looking forward to an era C; improve
ment
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duction capacity of Zoe, 900 cars O year
The Russians also are to be instructed
in Ford production methods.
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ALEXANDRIA CAN'T
HEAR RADIO ENTRIES
Stations on Same Wave Length
Make It Impossible to Vote
for Artists in Contest.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, october l.
The close proximity Of this city to sta
ton WMAL at Washington and the fact
that that station operates on the same
wave length as station WRVA at Rich
mond, Va, where the State contests in
the Atwater Kent addition are to be
held on october 10, may cause the
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce to
discard its plans to conduct local au-
dition this year to select two repre-
sentatives for the State contests.
The winner of the addition at Rich
mond Is determined by the votes cast
by the radio audience after the au-
dition has been staged. Last year two
vocalists were sent to Richmond by the
Chamber of Commerce and local radio
listeners were unable to receive the
program because of the interference
created by WMAL and WRVA broad
casting on the same wave length. Con-
sequently the local entrants suffered,
for they could receive no votes from
this city, Alexandria radio fans being
unable to cast ballots for their rep
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The Automatic Teapot.

Englishmen, who are great tea drink
ers, are very much interested in an
automatic apparatus for making their
afternoon beverage. The kettle differs
little from the ordinary pattern, but
has no lid in the usual sense of the
word. Where one would expect to find
the lid there Is o circular plate on
which squat teapot is placed under
the handle.
Here the teapot is warmed as the
water is brought to the boil The plate
forms the end of a trigger, which trips
a switch on the side Of the kettls and
SO turns of the current when the tea.
pot has been filled.
When the water boils steam pres
sure Is produced in the kettle. This
pressure forces the water up q pipe
which projects downward into the
water at one end and at the other rises
through the top and curves over into
the spout Of the teapot.
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CHEATHAM TO WEAR
LATEST SUMMER GARB
Senior Cotton Technologist to Offer
Solution for Dress Problem
at Convention.


at Convention.
r. j. Cheatham, senior cotton tech
nologist of the Agriculture Departments
cotton marketing section. is on his way
to Memphis, Tenn, and the National
Cotton Show with what he described as
the solution to at least one phase of the
males Summer dress problem.
The problem he had in mind was the
cost of laundering cotton suits, and his
solution consisted Of cotton "gabar-
dine" coat Of light tan and trousers of
a new cotton flannel with fine pin
stripe. Mr.. Cheatham and other Gov
eminent experts plan to wear the suits
ITO furnish evidence OF new practical
uses of cotton. The garments were or
dered from the Cotton Textile Institute
especially for the cotton show.
Arthur w. Palmer, chief of the cotton
marketing section, and his associates
learned during their study that mans
big difficulty in Summer wear is not
the cost of lightweight clothing, but
the cost OF having the garments laun-
dered. With that in mind they set
about designing apparel that would not
require so much labor in laundering.
The result, Mr.. Cheatham said. was a
suit with the minimum of tailored
lapels mandatory creases and padded
shoulders.
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RADIO HEARINGS
SET BY D. C. COURT
Appellate Tribunal to Sit as
"Super-C Commission"
Next Month.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
When the Court of Appeals of the
District starts hearing score of radio
cases in october it will be sitting as a
sort of super commission.
In addition to determining such pure
" legal questions as the constitutionality
of the radio act and the authority OF
the commission, 1t may decide admins
trative issues involving the engineering
principles of station ALLEGATION and the
problem of service to listeners.
Section l6 of the radio law empowers
the courts to set aside any refusal OF
the commission to grant licenses speci-
Subject Of Criticism.
This vesting of administrative power
in tribunals whose members may not be
expertly familiar with radio problems
has been the target of considerable
criticism.
Among those attacking the provision
Of the law is the radio committee of
the American Bar Association, chair
man of which is Louis G. Caldwell,
former chief counsel for the commission.
The committee urges that the section
be amended so as clearly to restrict the
jurisdiction of the reviewing court to
judicial functions. such as those exer-
cised by the Circuit Court of Appeals
with reference to orders by the Federal
Trade Commission.
The chief purpose, says the commit
tee, of placing the regulation Of radio
under commission is that specialized
subject be in the hands of persons de-
voting their entire time to it and thus
able to become experts in its peculiar
problems. 70
Protection Of Rights Sought.
Congress. in providing for an appeal
to the courts from decisions of the
commission, wanted to insure protection
of the rights of broadcasters and appli-
cantS for licenses.
The question of whether the courts of
review were granted too much authority
has never been threShed out in the
periodical surveys of the radio situation
by Congress.
1t now promises to become an impor-
tant issue in the consideration of Sem
ator CouZens' bill to create communi
cations commission regulating both wire
and wireless.
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sentatives when they could not bring
In the addition on their sets.
An effort was to have been made to
change the wave length of one of the
stations so there would be no such
conflict again this year, but the situa-
ton remains unchanged, it is claimed
by members Of the local chamber.
Discussing the situation at their
meeting last week, members of the
Civic Bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce, according to Secretary j. T.
Preston, spoke in opposition to staging
another addition here this year, be-
cause there is no incentive to spend
money to stage an addition and to
send representatives to Richmond
when they cannot be heard here and
as a result have no chance to poll
large vote, because they cannot be
heard in their own city"
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completed, officials said, and the fourth
wing will now be fixed. Several of the
noors In the Navy Building have been
renovated under this program, and a
great amount of work remains yet to
be done in both buildings. The floors
in the southern sections of the NAVY
and Munitions Buildings have been
Iound 70 settle appreciably, due to the
fact that the land on which these strlc-
lures are set is largely made ground.
formed during the construction of Po-
tomac Park.
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OPEN BIDS FOR STEEL,
Material will Be Used in Building
Munitions Building Floors.

The ONCE Of Public Buildings and
Public Parks will open bids on Saturday
for II tons Of reinforced steel, as an
other step in the program of building
up the floors in the Munitions Building
that have settled since the structure
was erected during the press Of war
time
The Office is now at work on fixing
the seventh wing of the Munitions
Building and new concrete floors will
be put in. The eighth wing has been
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PAUL BLOCK BUYS
MILWAUKEE, SENTINEL
Chain Owner Adds Oldest Daily
Newspaper to Be Published
in Wisconsin.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, October 1.-Sale
of the Milwaukee Sentinel, oldest daily
newspaper in Wisconsin. to Paul Block
was announced last night.
The Sentinel, which is the only morn
ing newspaper in Milwaukee, was es-
tablished in 1887.
Mr.. Block Is owner and publisher Of
the Pittsburgh PoSt-Gazette, the Toledo
Blade, the Newark Star-Eagle, the
Brooklyn Standardization and the Du-
luth Herald.
No announcement was made as to
change in personnel.
For the past five years the Sentinel
had been operated jointly by William
Randolph Hearst and the estate of the
late Charles Pfister. Milwaukee brew
ing magnate. under an agreement which
had several years to run.