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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-22

wILLACY COUNTY farm lands
for sale. Choice Victoria loan
soils, cleared. $50 per acre and up,
on easy terms. No trades. II in
terested write or call on Isadore
Moritz, Raymondville, Texas.
N1s2
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Buy or Exchange

WILL TRADE $40 acres at Hope,
Arkansas. for Valley land. 100 in
cultivation. half rich black land;
houses. large barn. fine water. A. II.
Andres, 228 West Davis, Dallas,
Texas. N-206
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FOR SALE BY OWNER-Sixteen
acre farm with eight room house,
five and q fraction miles from
Brownsville, near good school, about
200 yards from concrete highway.
Reasonable price and terms. Address
2. o. Box e31, Brownsville, Texas.
N64.
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FOR RENT: Groom apartment and
bath, gas and lights. Call at 247 st.
Charles or phone 90. NIB.
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MODERN 5-room house with gas,
garage. Phone ell. M2s.A
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FOR SALE-By owner, 90 "a acres
fine irrigated citrus and truck land
adjoining Edcouch and paved road.
All cultivated, good drainage. wa
ter and improvements. Will divide;
priced low; no trades. Geo. r. Car
ter, Edcouch, Texas. Mil
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

FOR SALE
Fire insurance local agency In
Harrington. doing good business.
Reasonable cash payment will
handle. Address N-l91, care Her
aid. NIel
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SHERIFE,S SALE

Attest A. W. Mcdonald, Secretary.
2-S-15-22-2S-4t-3324.
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FOR EXCHANGE: Citrus land near
airport for city home. Address N
1873, are Herald. NIB
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
,oldiers scooting around in automo-

Soldiers scooting around in automo- piles can cover considerable territory and bombing planes are even more distressingly effective.
 In Syria, where the French have the mandate, the situation is said to be threatening. But the French have had considerable warning and will not be caught unawares. General opinion in France seems to be that not much of a rumpus will be start ed in Syria.
 The success of the military, how ever, has nothing in common with the distress of Palestinian inhabi- tants who are suffering from the general breakup of agriculture and trade. In Jerusalem itself there is now lack of food and several thou sands, especially in the Jewish quar- ters, are in dire straits. They prob
 
 ably must rely upon their brethren in other lands for help but this help cannot be forthcoming over night. Efficient Jewish farmers have been forced to flee into the cities, aban- doning their acres to vengeful Arabs. The farmers in the main are now safe from bodily harm, but the pro- ducts of their soil have been destroy ed by raiding tribesmen. The cities must be fed with food from else where. Distribution of food must precede rehabilitation.
 Throughout the world there have been mass meetings and Jewish as well as Gentle opinion seems to be that there has been laxity by Great Britain in carrying out it's mandate. This laxity, however, is not likely to continue. The outbreak, tragic as 1t has been, will teach it's lesson.
 Great Britain has endeavored to carry water on both shoulders. De- string to yield nationalism to the Arabs it also has fostered the Jewish Zionist movement. The Arabs, oppos- ing Jewish immigration from the beginning. could have been expected to cause trouble if not held within bounds by the government. The British were not Johnnies on the spot when the trouble broke and now face a greater problem than they had at the beginning.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
Observations On He Weather

Washington, Aug. sO.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy tonight; Saturday fair; slow ly rising temperature in the in terior; fresh north winds this aft ernoon and early tonight, diminish ing.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy rising temperatures; boder- ate north winds.
 Conditions: The area of high pressure is centered this morning over the lower Lake region. Cloudy and unsettled weather prevails however on the Southern New Eng land coast and light rains were re- ported southward along the coast to portions of North Carolina.
 Pressure is relatively low along the Middle Atlantic coast with cen- ter at H-tteras. Except for the showery weather along the Atlantic coast the country has enjoyed pleas ant weather in nearly all districts during the past "A hours.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy weather followed by fair and slightly warmer.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

Q. What does the expression T will meet you at Phillipi" mean?
 A. The plain before the city of Phillipi in Macedonia was the scene of the battle in which Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Augustus and Anthony. It was one of the great battles of history. Hence the expression, T will meet you at Phillipi' has classical reference and means, I will meet you on the battlefield Cor in battle).
 Q. What is the largest inland city in the United States, and in the world?
 A. If by finland" is meant mot on the coast then Chicago is the largest inland city in the United States. If London is considered an inland city then it is the largest in the world. If London is not classed as finland" then Berlin would hold the rank.
 Q. What is ''fallowed" land?
 A. Land left uncultivated for a year or more after it has been titled or plowed; also land broken up, or plowed up and narrowed, and left to become mellow. or to rest.
 o. What college degree is D. D. S.?
 A. Doctor of Dental Surgery.
 Q. Does the United States exer- else control over Cuba?
 A. Cuba is an independent na- tion but in some respects it is a protectorate of the United States, because this country can intervene in Cuba at any time to preserve it's independence. The rights of the United States in Cuba are defined in the Platt amendment which forms a part of the Cuban constitu- tion
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
RAISING THE AUTO RATES

Gaining increased experience with its compulsory automobile insurance law, ssachusetts has announced the new rates for the coming year. Citizens of the Bay State, with an eey toward saving money in operat- ing cars if possible, seem to be shocked over the fact that the rates are slightly higher" than the year before. The rates, however, are not so very much higher as to making automobiling less of a general sport in Massa chusetts.
 That the state is learning is evil
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
A FINAL AGREEMENT

There have been so many dis agreements regarding separations that it is pleasure to discover that what appears to be final agreement has been reached.
 After Great Britain won most of it's points regarding the division Of reparations money complaint last ing 12 hours was heard from Ger many which objected to carrying the cost of the Rhineland occupatien after September 1. and such other details that added costs to the Ger man agreement previously reached. Dr. Stresemann pointedly declared that the agreement over reparations division should not affect Germany, saying his nation had nothing to do with it.
 Another conference was in order and the new difficulty was promptly strengthened out It is now a gen. erally expressed hope that no other disagreement will eventuate.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
GIRLS AND AUTO RIDES

The average young lady does not stand herself on a sidewalk and solicit rides from passing Lotharios in automobiles. It is in distinctly bad taste, lowers the standing of a girl in the community, and frequent ly leads to evil results.
 But there are girls who are not average, They wish the thrill of a good time and accept the incidental risks. They think they can judge the risk by the appearance of the youths who are willing to furnish the auto mobile trip. Perhaps they realize that girls sometimes woo trouble when thoughtless, but when that happens it is always the other girl.
 The incident the other day when Chief of Police Hart saw two groups of girls soliciting rides and told two officers to go forward and warn the girls, has attained some publicity throughout the state.
 It will be remembered that the officers were not in uniform and themselves hailed the girls from an automobile. When the girls got into the car they were given a we'll merited lecture.
 A few minutes later the sleuths saw several other girls solicit a ride and enter a car. Forcing the car to stop they began to ask questions and delivered another lecture.
 All this happened within a few minutes. Perhaps an effort lasting several hours would bring oppor- tunities for more lectures.
 The police are hereby encouraged to do a little more effective sleuth- ing of this nature. Preventing trou- ble and heartaches Is the public business which can be well looked after by it's police servants.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

the Sovereign Trading Co.,, held last evening, it was decided 10 tn- corporate with a capital stock of S5O,00O,
 According to the new directory ls- sued today, the population of this city is 3G,032. This makes New Britain the fifth largest city in the state.
 Alderman George NJ. Landers an" ex-Mayor George W. Corbin have been selected as delegates at-larg2 to the republican state convention.
 The New Britain Bartenders Union will hold a clam bake at the German Rifle club park on Septem- Der 10.
 Superintendent Stuart announce today that the schools will reopen for the fall term on September 6.
 At the meeting of the w. .. T. U. yesterday afternoon, the members expressed pleasure over the drlte of the police against dealers who are selling cigarettes.
 The New Britain Turner society will resume it's class work on next Tuesday.
 Harry c. Brown will represent New Britain and Connecticut at the national convention of the letter carriers association in St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
us. NAVY RADIO
 PROTECTS SEALS
Post on St. Paul Island Main
 tained for Months

Washington, Aug. 30 P1On St. Paul Island, where only the bark of seals and breakers of the Boring Sea disturb the stiffness of 'the top of the world" radio binds small community to the outside.
 An isolated outpost, ice -boun1 for many months and even without cable to join it to the mainland, it's only connecting link is the ra- dio station maintained by the U. S. Navy.
 The radios mission is to enable strict government surveillance of the seal herds whose only land home lies on the islands of St. Paul and St. George, 40 miles dis tant.
 By wireless. representatives of the bureau of fisheries keep in con- tact with the revenue cutters which police the waters, and with the other government stations in Alaska and the United States.
 From the primary function of guarding the seal herd. the station has assumed further importance as the only link binding the bleak community to the world. It is an outpost of military value to~con- meet Siberia to the western hem;- sphere, and has been equipped to give compass bearings to vessels.
 Thirteen men, under charge of q chief radio operator, run the sta- tion.
 The station has two transmitters, one of two kilowatts, operating on medium frequency, and one of a single kilowatt, operating on high frequency.
 Press news is copied by the oper- ators and programs broadcast by commercial stations are easily heard.
 Reception is good, with little trouble from static.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
POSTAL DEFICITS

Postal clerks in preparing plans for an improvement of their condi- ton of servitude, have advised the country that the deficit of the U. S. postal department Is largely ficti- tious;" that if the costs of free and policy services were deducted there would be less of a deficit.
 The claim has been made before and not without a show of reason. But the post office department is not necessarily business institution, and certain policies benefiting the nation need and ought to be carried out.
 The men are right, however, in their claim that they should not be penalized for the costs of such poli- cies. Such policies, when they bene- fit the public, should be paid for by the public, not the men.
 The so-called deficit of the postal department depends somewhat upon the system of bookkeeping. Experts in the past have divided upon the manner of coming to decision. For instance, should franked mail be charged to the postal department or written off as a gift to the govern ment; and so forth. Under the pres ent system 1t is added to the cost of operating the department.
 One of the improvements the post al department needs is system oi bookkeeping as is bookkeeping.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
PROPAGATION OF PALESTINE

There can be no doubt that the British will thoroughly investigate" the warfare in Palestine. AS a be- ginning, according to dispatches, the British Tommies are disarming both sides and after only a few days of this mode of investigation Palestine is again in fair control of the British military. Indeed, Brig. Gen. Dobbie. commanding the British troops, has announced that there are now enough troops in the affected areas to control the entire country-and he probably doesn't mean perhaps.
 Obviously strict military control will not bring back to life the 150 or more who have been slain. and it does not answer the charge that the British failed to insure proper protection in the first place. But it does mean that from now on casual ties will be slight and will probably be confined to those who get into an argument with the soldiers and refuse to abide by orders.
 The first step toward solving the difficulty thus has been taken. What is to be done in the future will de- pend upon the policies Of the British government as represented by the labor chieftains in London. These have been virtually the only people of consequence who have refrained from making comments. Probably they are too busy thinking to talk.
 It is to be expected that tribes Of Arabs in various parts of Palestine will attempt raids and thus vent their anger at conditions they don't happen to like. But raids against superior gunnery have never yet achieved an important end. In a few more days or weeks even the isolated raiders will be discouraged,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
Passionate Letters to Public
 Utilities


 Utilities
 (Found by Hugh F. Greenfield) Dear Milkman:
 What have I done that you won't read my letters any more?
 Every day for six days I've left a not for you stuck up against the door of the apartm very hard it is too, to get a foothold for pin in that door, Every day I've written you on different paper so that you won't think it's the same note. I've written on paper bag paper. I've written you on French blue and even hand pressed Italian linen in an effort to appeal to your national pride.
 Sometimes they are left sticking in the door, sometimes they are crumplcd on the floor, but for all the good they do, 1 feel that you never read them.
 I'm afraid you aren't interested in me any more. Please tell me if am beginning to bore you. Rather than do that I'd much rather break everything off nt once and get my milk from the grocery store.
 This is my last letter. And this is the last thing I shall ever ask of you. Please stop leaving me Grade B milk and leve me halt pint of cream.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

Along with the remainder of the city's population, we have waited in vain for another explanation by Highway Commissioner Macdonald as to why nothing is done about inn proving the Cat Hole road, author- ized by the Legislature. Perhaps the commissioner is busy figuring on the cost of a new road down in the southwestern part of the state. Some day there will be no more unimprov- ed highways in that section and something may be done to improve the outlook of our kitty highway.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

advise cannot be given. nor can ey- tended research Hc undertaken. All othe- questions will receive per sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are confidential.
 c. What is the optic nerve?
 A. It carries the impressions formed on the retina of the eye to the brain.
 A. Does the state of Illinois touch Kentucky?
 A. Illinois touches the north western part of Kentucky.
 Q. What does the name Ueitz mean?
 A. It is a form of spelling of a Teutonic name meaning mind spirit. The English is Hugh.
 Q. What is a Jinnee?
 A. Jinnee (plural Jinn) accord ing to Mohammedan mythology, is one of an order of beings said to have been created 2,00O years be- fore Adam. Elbis, their chief, was cast out for refusing to worship Adam, as made of earth. There were good and bad spirits among them, who assumed the forms of animals, giants, etc The Jinns are represented in Mohammedan myth ology as being more or less under the control of Solomon, who con trolled them by means of a magic ring. Jinniyeh is the female Jinnee, or Spirits of the wilderness.
 Q. What was the full name of General Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal?
 A. George Washington Goethals Q. Where did the phrase Big butter and egg man" originate?
 A. It is a slang phrase originat- 1 ing in play in which one of the | characters was dealer in butter and eggs from a smaller city, who 1 came to New York and was induced to put his money in a losing thea trical venture. The phrase has 1 come to mean a well-to-do "sucker" 1 c. Who is the ambassador to the United States from Sweden?
 A. The rank of the head of the diplomatic mission from Sweden is that of minister. W. Bostrom is the Swedish minister. Q. What is a chronometer?
 A. An instrument in the nature of clock Or watch, for the very accurate measurement of time. It is a ships clock which is set to the time of some first meridian. Chro- nometers are fitted in their cases on gimbals by which means horizon tai position is always maintained.
 Q. What nroportior of the total area of the United States is in Texas?
 A. The area of continental United States is 3,026,7S9 square miles. and Texas has an area of 265,s96 square miles. o. When did Ty Cobb enter the Major baseball league? Was he ever a nitcher?
 A. He began his Major league career with the Detroits in the American league in 1905. He was playing with the Augusta club oi the South Atlantic league at the time of his sale to Detroit. Cobt was never a pitcher in professiona' baseball. He played in the outfield exclusively, with the exception of 2 few games at first base.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
The Gas Company
 Dear Gentlemen:

Dear Gentlemen.
 Tn the first place I want to thank you.
 When I wanted to rent that ugly gas plate for two dollars it was you who showed me how wrong I was and how happy I'd be if I took the little stove with the beautiful white bosom. Peerless" was her name, but I always call her Pearl" You said she was worth the extra four dollars and she has been. You said her lovely white chest wouldn't chip off-and it hasn't.
 What I feel I must ask you is, has she had q fair test? For she has never felt the breath of life behind If.
 She is dead, cold. Just beauti- ful statue. an ornament but never companion.
 Now, once and for all: Will you turn the gas on?
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
70 YEARS OF OIL

Petroleum had been known for centuries before its actual birth as a commercial asset occurred in Aug ust, 1859. Petroleum had been used for medicinal purposes and for crude species of illumination for centuries. Prior to 1859 nobody thought it ever likely that petroleum would be widely distributed.
 It was then, of course, that Colonel E. L. Drake of New Haven had charge of drilling the first oil well near Titusville, Pa. One Sam uel Smith and his brother and few other men sponsored the well by fur nishing the capital. The general opinion in the neighborhood was that the men were mentally derang- ed.
 The hope expressed that the smelly land in the vicinity might produce some sort of oil which might be a substitute for whale oil, which was growing scarce.
 After the first well "came in" at 70 feet wells in that section of Pennsylvania were producing 5000 barrels of petroleum a day. and rush of prospectors came to the vicinity.
 Gasoline, which had to be distilled off the crude oil before kerosene could be obtained, was the first nuis- sance that confronted the new in- dustry. People did not like it be- cause of its highly explosive nature, and the custom was to spill it down the streams.
 For a generation or so kerosene lamps were common throughout the nation. Then in the cities gas lamps appeared, and modern dwellings were not complete without gas pipes and gas lamps Then Edison invent ed the incandecent lamp and elsc- tricity became used for that purpose. By that time the use of kerosene for lighting purposes had dwindled to such low ebb that the oil con- panies, in order to obtain market for kerosene, had to jockey the l Chinese into its use. China today is the worlds greatest market for kerosene.
 The latest invention respecting petroleum has been the cracking process, which produces more gaso- line from given quantity of petro- leum.
 And in the last ten years more petroleum has been taken from the ground than in all previous history combined. Still. there is a surplus but how long that will last in this country no one knows.
 In 70 years the oil industry has developed from virtually nothing tc one of the worlds greatest, and ir some respects to the worlds most important industry. It is hard tc imagine what would happen If the worlds supply of crude oil would suddenly end. It would be calam- ity of the first importance to civil. iZed nations, although substitutes fol gasoline-higher in prce-perhap. would be developed.
 Today we take gasoline filling sta. tions and plenty of oil for granted No one knows, however. how Ions natures vast stores of crude will las in view of the prodigious demand With 25,000,O0O automobiles ant trucks consuming the product in thi. country alone. and with steamships locomotives and oil heaters joinini in the tremendous consumption there is at least possibility that tn
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

denced from the placing of Chelsea and Revere in a different class from most other cities. Chelsea, 1t has shown, has the highest accident per centage of any city in the United States, while Revere likewise has a high accident hazard.
 It is significant that with the highest accident record, Chelsea under the state law has a lower cost rate than New York or Philadelphia
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

The grapevine news service from Washington, or wherever the vice president happens to be at present, informs us that nothing hurt MT. Curtis so much as the statement re- gently that the vice presidency was a symbol. When Mir. Dawes had the job, however, it was sometimes in the nature of a cymbal.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

It is said that Al Smith got more per word for his autobiography than Gal Coolidge got. This must be con- sidered another blow to the premise that a college education is the foun- dation of earning power. Cal has had the college training while Al got his education down among the fish trucks.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
AVIATION IN THE NEWS

Readers can scarcely help noting the large percentage of aviation news in the public prints this sum- mer. Most of it scores on Page One.
 In addition to the flight of the Zeppelin there has been a perfect barrage of endurance flights, refuel- ing flights, trips back and forth across the continent, and just ordi- nary flights.
 It seems that everybody with an itch for excitement is trying to break a flight record.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

The fellows who have voices which can be heard for miles must be the actors in the talkies. During a love scene, when the smitten swain says "I love you," it is done in way to advertise it to the whole world. No lover, to our personal knowledge, ever said it that way.