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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-25

star. II had a floor Of black and
white tile, buff colored wainscoting
special wall paper depicting sea
scenes, and a built-in bathtub in
an alcove. The bathtub on legs is
going out of style even in the lower
priced house.
I'm some rapidly growing COM
and Flint. We found that lower
priced houses are being built than
in most Of the other citiec, prob
ably because there is not so Great
a supply of secondhand houses to
meet the needs Of families in low
income groups" says Taylor.
The lowest priced houses now be-
ing built in quantity in the larger
cities today are of five and six
rooms, with one-story construction
apparently predominating for the
five-room, and two-story for the six
room size.
The SiX-room, two-story house Is
favored nor in eastern cities
whereas in cities Of the middle and
far west, the fiye-room bungalow is
in the lead in the lowest priced
groups. In the latter cities. how
ever. the two-Story house usually
has six rooms.
Newspaper Have Helped
The architects small house serv-
ice bureau. an offshoot Of the Amer
lean Institute OF Architects, has
done a great deal to set higher
standards in the small house field.
Its work, together with that OF ma
terlal manufacturers and some Of
the commercial plan services, has
interested more architects in the
design OF small houses a speciality in
itself. This has all been encour-
aged by the wider publication and
use OF stock plans. Building trade
papers and home building periodi-
Gals. which have lad a striking in
crease in circulation during the past
few years, and the home building
pages OF newspapers have done
much to encourage interest in good
design and TO cultivate public taste.
The front porch. a more or less
distinctive American institution. is
rapidly going out of style. Fewer
and fewer people care 10 watch end
less streams Ot passing motor cars,
and the rear Of the house Is coming
more and more into its own.
Dining Room still Here
Some prophets foretold the pass
ing Of the dining room in the small
house, arguing that, being used only
two or three times a day, IL was the
most expensive space in the house.
A good breakfast nook. and well
planned arrangements for serving
meals at one end Of an enlarged
living room, so they said. would suf-
flee. but there is no proof yet that
they were right. In u survey We
found many small houses where a
breakfast nook was added but al
most none where the dining room
was omitted.
Ceiling heights are usually great
or IN the south than in the north.
presumably because they are more
comfortable in warmer climates and
on account Of custom.
The radio 80. Is doing IS part
TO Keep people at home. and ray
nave some connection with the fair
~ frequent provision Of sunparlors
ana sun porcheS, which can be used
as a second-staifs living &c I'm
What such an addition can in the
life OF a family containing young
people is hard to over-estimate. 1t
can tone up the entire atmosphere
q me home. develop individuality
IN Children, and determine whether
or not the parents will have the OPP
portunity to know their children's
friends.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-25

expanding brakes. powerful six-cyl-
inder engines with maximum flex-
Utility. finger tip steering, and sim
plified controls that r to : great
degree autoSatic. have made pres
ent day driving the easiest and SAT-
est possible"
Riding qualities have also come
in for their part in the evolution
Of the motor car. Fifteen years ago,
a drive of 100 miles was a Gays
work. Now 800 to 400 miles and
more Is ar accepted days journey.
and the driver .rrives at his des-
tination with little fatigue. Form
fitting cushions. flexible springs.
hydraulic shock absorbers. balloon
tires and proved roads have
brought about this transformation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-25
HOURS In AIR COAL FOR
PILOTS AS ENGINE ROARS

much more time, Brown said. And
headw.nds. which lengthen Sched-
uled flights. are robbed Of more
than half their sting in the mind Of
the pilot because they mea extra
minutes, he declared.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-25
PEPPER IN wOMANs EYES

CHICAGO.-A bandit threw pep
per In the eyes OF Mrs. J. NJ Ga,
son, grabbed her purse and escaped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22

thing. The horizon was bad. There
! was no sun and it was cloudy. To
make matters worse couldn't get into
radio communication with the base.
I'VE couldn't climb the mountains
that day. All we could do was sit
around and look at each other, al
though the sun came out for Is min
utes in the afternoon and Larry Gould
got position shot.
I'VE were sure We could take off the
next day. but the visibility was worse
than before. 1t cleared bit at $50,
but in strange way.
We could see things far off. but
could not see things close to us. There
was no horizon at all-clouds and snow
just blend together-but the distant
peaks were sharp and clear.
so, after fooling around a while, We
decided that we would climb the noun
tains. because we could see distant
objects, and take some position shots at
different points. We got % In all. so
that the day was not altogether wasted.
About 4:30. while we were on our
second mountain, it began to clear and
the wind began to pick up. We got
back to camp and got into comm,lni-
cation at 1880 and got word to come
back. So that night We figured we
would get away in the morning and
loaded the plane.
When We got up at o'clock the
Continued on Page 3, Column o.
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TWO DEAD, Il HURT
IN
Two Missing. Three in Hos
pital, Eight Others Treated
After Tornado.
By the Associated Press.


ANNISTON, Ala. March ga tor
nado struck the village of Merrellton,
north of here, today, killing two colored
school children and injuring IL others
when the Baptist Church in which they
we're taught was wrecked.
Two other pupils are unaccounted for,
three were brought to a hospital here,
two of them seriously injured. Eight
others were treated in an emergency
hospital set up in Nixon's store, near
the scene
One colored man, John Henry Lee.
was blown half mile by the force of
the winds He is not expected to live
The church building was leveled, parts
Of it having been scattered half mile
by the wind.
The tornado swept through the out
skirts Of Maxwellborn, two miles from
Merrellton, damaging buildings but
causing no loss of life.
At about the same time a cloudburst
occurred four miles east of Pell City, 20
miles west of Admission. Six inches of
rain fell within a few minutes but did
no material damage The downpour
was mostly in field between Pell City
and the Coosa River.
At Lincoln, across the river from Pell
City, a sleet and hail storm broke at
the same hour. This lasted for only
a few minutes.
The section generally was visited by
heavy rains and an electrical display.
1t has been raining in this territory
since yesterday morning.
The Coosa River empties into the
Alabama River near Montgomery.
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NEW RED UPRIsINGs SEEN.
Communists Order Arrest Of America n
and Closing Of Mission.

Communists Order Arrest Of American n
and Closing Of Mission.
BY the Associated Press.
The Communist uprisings in Southern
Kiangsi, China. are believed in WASH
ington to be revival of those of last
January when the Rev. Edward Young
of Smithtown. N. Y. a Catholic mis-
sionary of the Vincentian Order, was
captured at Nananfu and held for $40 =
900 tMexican) as ransom, but later re-
leased.
The Communists operating in the
Tayu district of Southern Kiangsi are
headed by Chu TIE. who designates him.
self commander of the 4th Red Army,
and Mao Use Tung, as party repre-
sentative of the 4th Red Army Their
order for the capture of the missionary
set forth the object of the Hung Chun
or Red Army, as the overthrow of i'm
perialism and resistance to civilized ex-
ploitation
THE United States Of America is an
imperialistic country which conspires
with the revolutionary Kuomintang
government and lends considerable
sums of money to the latter to Cypress
Chinese laborers and peasants" the
Red Army's order said. Further, she
takes advantage Of the missions anc
uses them as organs to further her
interests by means Of civilized exploita-
ton of China. These organs serve as
vanguards of the capitalists and spies
OF the imperialists.
1T is now understood that an Amer
ican by the name Of Wang Ko Al
edward Young is maintaining a
Catholic church at the Ia Yu district.
Upon arrival at this place this army
was highly indignant upon repeatedly
receiving reports from laborers and
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RAIL STRIKE BALLOTS
BEING RECEIVED HERE
Southern Railway Shopmen vot.
ing as Result Of Failure to
Obtain Pay Raise.

Sealed strike ballots from shopmen oi
the Southern Railway System are arriv-
ing at the Office of william H. Baldock
member Of the unions general shop
craft committee here.
The 5000 shopmen are voting as the
result of the failure to obtain a wage
increase. The ballots will be opened
on March 81.
A letter explaining the purpose OF
the ballot was sent to the workers last
Saturday. it was learned today. The
raise request was asked May 10, 1928
The plea eventually reached the Rail-
way Board of Mediation, from which Ii
was withdrawn early this year.
At the general offices of the railroad
here today it was said that while off,
cials have held wage discussions with
representatives of the workers, the
question is now In the hands of the
board and the railroad does not plan
any further action.
The railroad spokesman refused to
discuss the refusal to grant the desired
increase. explaining that inasmuch as
the matter is in the hands of the ofi-
cial Government agency. any comment
from them might be prejudicial to the
satisfactory adjustment Of the difiiculty
by the board.
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Ownership of Vehicles Is De.
clared Not Essential,
However.
DIPLOMATS MAY IMPORT
LIQUOR FOR OWN USE
Orders Issued to Prevent Interfer-
ence With Embassy Beverages,
Assistant Secretary Confirms.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury issued an order today
setting forth that diplomats here may
import liquor for their personal use
without interference by police or other
authorities, but that the trucks bring.
ing 1t to Washington from Baltimore
must be accompanied by diplomat
bearing proper credentials.
Seymour Lowman. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury, confirmed today
that the orders have been issued to
prevent interference with diplomatic
liquor, although the Treasury maintains
that under the law diplomats do not
have the right to transport liquor, even
though their personal effects are not
subject to interference under the laws
of the United States. Any peace officer
who arrests diplomat after he has
been properly identified while trans
porting liquor or who disturbs the
liquor would be liable to severe penal
ties under the laws regarding diplo-
matte immunity.
Must Come by Baltimore.
Under the regulations, all diplomatic
liquor for Washington must come
through the port of Baltimore Through
applications to the State Department, the
diplomats involved will be provided with
the necessary credentials through the
Treasury Department to pass the liquor
through the customs duty free and to
identify the shipments If police should
attempt to interfere. 70
Heretofore. Mr.. Lowman said, the
chief trouble experienced was due to
the fact that peace officers who stopped
liquor shipments had no way of identi-
flying the diplomat or the liquor.
Diplomat Must Go Along.
The Treasurys order stipulates that
some person having diplomatic status
must accompany the liquor trucks be-
tween Baltimore and Washington and
that servant will not suffice. The Of
ficials take the stand that, while the
head OF an embassy or legation need
not accompany the liquor, some person
connected with the embassy having dip
lomatic credentials must accompany It,
Ownership of the transporting truck
was held to be not essential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
COL. C.. B. HODGES is APPOINTED
MILITARY AIDE TO PRESIDENT
Commandant of Cadets at
West Point Will Sue.
ceed Latr0be.
Graduate of Academy, Has
Served in Islands, Mexico
and Over Seas.

Lieut.. Col. Campbell B. Hodges was
designated by the War Department to-
day to be the military aide of President
Hoover. He succeeds Col. Osmun La
trobe, who was the aide of President
Coolidge.
Col. Hodges is graduate of West
Point, has served in various posts In
the Philippines. in Mexico and served
with the 3lst Division overseas during
the World War. He holds the Distin-
guished Service Medal.
Col. Hodges is commandant of cadets
at West Point, and his duties will be
taken over by Lieut.. Col. Robert C..
Richardson, jr., executive officer at the
Academy.
Latrobe Picturesque Character.
Col. Latrobe was appointed by Presi-
dent Coolidge little more than year
ago. While at the White House, he
served also as assistant to the chief of
Cavalry and divided his time with the
two tasks. He was in command of the
4th Cavalry at the time President Cool
idse appointed him his aide.
Col. Latrobe probably was one OF the
most picturesque military officers to
hold the ONCE of White House aide.
Throughout his loHg service In the
Army, which dated back to the Spanish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

VA Robert D5l.ar Co.'S Mussel Rock. San
francisco, Radio Station, to The Star and
New York Times
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctics. March
20.-"We looked the situation over and
decided that we had better go home
the next morning and not to take
any more chances of losing the plane" :"
June went on. but when We woke up
it was showing hard.
1T just seemed that everything was
wet. The tent was wet and full of
steam from cooking. and remember
holding a mitten over the stove for an
as wet as when started.
The next day we couldn't see a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
ia PERISH AS FIRE
RAZES FILM THEATER
Wooden Russian Building Burns,
Trapping Scores-Many Children
Are Orphaned.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. March 22.-One hundred
and fourteen men. women and children
were dead today after blaze in q fire-
trap movie theater in the village of
Igolkino. Vladimir Province, 400 kilo-
meters northeast of Moscow. Eleven
were injured severely and six slightly
hurt
The theater was of wooden construc-
ton and had but one exit. The filn
caught FIRE and the flames spread
rapidly through the frail structure.
those inside jamming themselves In the
single doorway. Some attributed the
blaze to a drunken projection operator
When the fire engines arrived the build
ing was already nearly consumed.
Because so many Of the victims were
parents, the department of education
has taken steps to care for their or
phans. The state department appro-
priated $4,000 rubles for the bereaved
families and will adopt further relief.
An oficial commission already hAs
begun vigorous investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
LIBERALS SCORE
IN BY-ELECTI0NS
Conservatives Suffer Further Losses
in Two New British
Contests.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 22.-Two more by
election results announced today were
losses to the Conservative party. Labor
captured the North Lanark division
when Miss Jenny Lee, young Labor
candidate. defeated Conservative peer
and a woman Liberal opponent and
thus the tenth woman member of the
House of Commons. The Liberals cap
tured the Holland division of Lincoln
shire when James Blundell was elected
in a four -cornered contest. Both Labor
and Liberal victors had substantial
majorities over the nearest opponents.
No more by-elections will be held be-
fore the general elections, on May 80.
The week just finishing saw a whirl-
wind close, flve by-elections being held
in three days. All five we're Conserva-
tive seats, but the Conservatives re-
tanned only two. The Liberals, spurred
on by David Lloyd Georges campaign
cry of National Development to Solve
Unemployment" captured two seats
from the government-Holland and Ed
disbury. Labor took the fifth in North
Ianark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
MEXICAN REBELS
STORM MAzATLAN,
WESTERN KEY CITY
Federal Reinforcements Are
Rushed to Besieged Town
at Gales Order.
CHIHUAHUA BATTLE
LINES BEING DRAWN
Government Attempting to Drive
Revolutionary Forces Into
State of Sonora.
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
The storning of Ma5atlan. important
federal city on the west coast was re-
ported by the rebels today, but definite
outcome of the battle was in doubt.
Col. Carrillo federal commander, had
about 1000 troops strongly intrenched
and the insurgents about 1000 men.
Federal reinforcements of 5000 men
were en- route to Mazatlan. but it will
be several days before they will be in
q position to relieve the city.
Mazatlan is important as a key city
on the Southern Pacific Railway lead
ing into the heart OF Mexico and to the
capital itself.
Gen. Gales, meanwhile, is hard at
work repairing the railway out OF Tor
reon in order to permit pursuit OF the
rebel forces in Chihuahua. He will
send a force of $4,000 men shortly.
A battle is expected at Bachimba
Pass. south of Chihuahua City, where
the rebels are concentrating.
The government strategy at this
stage is to drive the rebels into Sonora,
centralize the revolt there and then
gradually destroy it.
An expected attack on Naco on the
American border has not materialized
and government troops still are firmly
er1trenched there.
Six of the highest officers of the
Mexican navy have been arrested and
will be court-martialed for their con-
duct of the feet at the time OF the
outbreak of the revolt in Vera Cruz,
where they were anchored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
COMMUNISTS BURN
MISSIONS IN CHINA
Church Workers Near Kan.
choWki Unable to Re-
sist Reds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANKOW, China, March 22.-Dis-
patches from Kanchowki today stated
Communists had burned several mis-
sions in the southern part Of Kiangsi
Province, near that city. The mission
aries were said to be helpless in oppos-
ing the Communists.
CANTON. China, March ~ LP).-
Telephone communications with Kan
chowki, Kiangsi. were interrupted this
morning and it was feared the situation
there was grave.
The commissioner of foreign affairs
at Canton told the American consul
general here that the Chinese govern
ment was planning to dispatch troops
to Kiangsi, but due to the absence of
higher officials at Marking, where they
we're attending the Kuomintang con-
vention, the action had been unavoid-
ably delayed
The detention of Marshal Ii Chai-
Sum, governor of Canton, by the Ma
tionaliSts at Marking, is most deeply
resented here, where 1t Is believed the
Kanchow outbreaks were connected
with the Nanking South China impasse.
HoNGKoNG, March % Up.-The
local headquarters OF missions repre-
sented in South Kiangsi Province.
where Communist uprisings have oc-
CURED, said today they had been unable
to get any word from that locality.
Nrxxy DEN u,pnucr~,CS sn~~,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22

American War, he always has been in
the field and never has held what is de-
scribed as a desk assignment.
He was recognized in the service as
typical Cavalry officer and served with
distinction in Cuba and the Philippines.
Prior to the entrance. of the United
States in the War with Spain, Col
Latrobe was captain of Artillery in
the Cuban Army. He Is native Of
Baltimore.
There was considerable interest sur
rounding his selection by President
Coolidge. During the latters visit to
the Black Hills of South Dakota in
1927 he had occasion to meet Col.
Latrobe while the latter was in COM
mand of his /outfit and was so i'm
pressed that he asked him to cali at
his Summer home on several occasions
and later brought him TO washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
l9 DEAD IN ALABAMA.
Governor to Ask u. s. TO Aid In Relief
Work.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY Ala. March a.
Reports of two additional deaths and of
a new and indefinite rise in the Ala
bama River and tributaries we're de-
velopments in the Alabama flood situa-
ton today. The condition of the rivers.
Government observers said, is very un-
favorable.
Sheriff r. r Hammer, at Selma was
advised of the deaths of two colored
men at Cahaba, near Selma, in the
backwater of the Cshaba River. The
bodies have not been recovered. The
deaths brought the oficially reported
total in the State to 10.
P. H. Smyth, Government meteorol-
ogist, reported heavy rainfall over
nte entire watersheds of the Coosa,
Tsllapoosa and Alabama Rivers today
The forecast is for continued rain
Floodgates on two major hydro-electric
power dams on the Coosa River above
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
AGAINST POGROMS
Christians Accuse Moravian Rabbi
of Killing Girl for Rituals.
tic Purposes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. March a..
Police guarded residences and stores
in the large Jewish colony at BoscowitZ,
Moravia, today as a precaution against
possible pogroms growing out Of ritual
murder scare.
A part of the Christian population
has charged the local rabbi with having
killed his Christian servant girl for
ritualistic purposes in connection with
the approaching Passover festivals.
The rabbi himself swears the girl
died of gas aSphyxiation, but MANY of
the tncensed populace insist he killed
her in order to use her blood in mat
soths. or unleavened bread disks.
Crowds Of angry Christians stormed
che rabbits house. forcing him to seek
: krotectinn OF the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
PARACHUTE LEAP SAVES
LIFE OF AIR MAIL PILOT
Plane Is Destroyed by Fire, but
Most of Cargo Is
Undamaged.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March Pills airplane
catching fire while flying to Chicago
with the night air mail, Paul j. Kaniut,
pilot on the Chicago-Kansas City route,
made parachute leap from his plane
and landed safely near Harmon, Ill, 100
miles southwest of Chicago, early today
am. and about 20 minutes later the
plane caught fire. He joined the Cater
pillar Club by jumping from the cock.
pit with his parachute.
The pilot found the plane several
miles from where he landed. 1t was de-
stroyed, but only a portion of the 40C
pounds of mail had been burned. II
was turned over to the post Office
authorities at Harmon.