Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-05
HOUSING said
TO Be BIGGEST
PROBLEM HERE
1000 Expected to At
tend State Medical
Society Convention
May FL, 22 and 23

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association convention 20 be hFid
here May q. - and q. eoncern Ire
problem Of housing the vnltnFs-
Every spare room. both in private
homes and hotels. have been tn
dexed by the committee on Arrange
ments in conjunction with chamber
OF commerce officials
The problem CT be- nc from i@pn
TO 1000 vit.turs I'm IN city rf CO
900 IL not mn easy one. ~ iE sad.
but can he done with hearty rn-
operation by the citizens A large
volume OF correspondence ~ pnufAHAW
I'm from NIL parts uf tine rfntH Am
regards 10 rooms. Most uf thn hk-
ters are the result uf being informed
by the leading hotels in tlnn ciNW
that All reservations CTR tAnm rmHn-
ventiOn already have been tmMNMA.
Ample other Accommodation mrm
available. members Of the @urmmiA-
tee on arrangements HtmtE. Am mNH-
dition 90 all the indrxed rooms Am
this c.1trflDw lr tAH@ IN care
OF by San Benito anG HarllnRrn nc
tells. All inquiries have been hmHl-
died thoroughly = far and there
are still n large number of ruufiH
available.
Booklets Tell az City
A drive 70 impress the advan-
tageS OF Brownsville as n cunsen-
ton city was tnaugurated hy an IL
Illustrated article in the April txs1e
OF the Texas Journal Of Medicine.
It covers six pages with a doEtB,e
page layout OF pictures IL was
written by @. c. Richardson. nan
ager OF the Brownsville Chamber az
Commerce. The photographs nhaT
OF interest. including he gun-
Tor college. high school buiiEinr
which viii be headquarters s1r thn
convention The layuutH also ahnw
the leading hospitals and hotels uF
this section One page ~ devoted
20 MatamurCS.
This article. which reaches each
OF the 1900 members uf thR mEHprAm-
ton. will Nv followed up With m
illustrated 54-pmM@ hruKlWH
which will be mailed from hnrn tn
each individual. The honklmE mMAM
forth the advantages offered hw tMm
Valley and minimizns tine objections
to Brownsville ns a convention cAtw.
Erroneous Impressions
Local physicians are working hare
to down the two main objections tn
ms d convention city.
One or these in that no In not CEN
trally located and the ether in Ehn
feeling that II Is extremely hot here
the summer months Doc
tors point 70 the weather reports
in r~efutation Of the latter ana DE-
clare that with the gulg breeze blou-
ing In summer. temperatures are
here than IN the central and
western portions Of Texas. Out
know Brownsville a. the
southernmost city on the mainland
OF the United States and aaIl=sS NJ
naturally follows that IL is rhn hot
est city I'm the United States.- Phy-
sicians here are seeking % correct
that impression
The committee Cn transportation
H. seeking 10 overcome tEln other
~off-center location. hw nh-
tanning special rates ard prlFKtknw
out the advantages nK paved himh-
60 the Valley. Ore and rnm-
half fare for the round trip from
any point I'm Texas Inns been un-
from rail companies The
Missouri Pacific transportation CIV.
has agreed to favor the doctors eth
half fare while I'm the Valley. Nn-
are also under wmw win
air lines operating into here nz M
is believed that quite IN number uE
the doctors will usH this mc5T nf
travel in order 20 minimize the tiFan
lost from their practice.
Side Trip Into Mexico
Due 70 inquiries and Developments
while going into the matter az
transportation. Il vas found likely
that a side trip into Mexico VII
develop from the convention. A
number OF doctors win make TIRE
to Mexico City BY plane. = -
believed.
other arrangements getting rap
idly into movement are those fnr
a golf tournament. boxing mafrhnAr
commercial exhibits. talks tn Val
ley churches and other bodies h#
prominent physicians. memorial e.
ercises.
Although the convention h tn
open formally Tuesday morning ml
the school auditorium twD Gays uf
prelimInRries will precndE thtA-
Health Lectures
The committee un public hRMlth
lectures, on which nr- JAIL J- POI
lard or Harrington iS tine Chairman.
lectures NV distinguished members
is arranging for VA series rf puhlAE
and guests Nd he delivered fruna thr
pulpits or the cities uf the Waller
Sunday. May TO- The following WV
a list OF the speakers and the pHl-
pits from which they VIII speak
Brownsville. DR.. A. c. Scrtt,
Temple. Presbyterian. DR. w. h
Russ. San Antonio. Episcopal pF.
X. II. Aynesworth. waco. Methodist
DR.. II. n. Dudgeon. Waco. Baptist
San Benito: DR.. Joe + CLAY.
Brownwood. Baptist DR.. = D
CruchfIeld. San Antonio. Methodist
DIR. A. II. Elckwir, Houston. Pres
byterian: DIT. S. =. Thompson. Kerr
vile. Christian.
Edinburg: Dr. J. w. Turhelt.
Marlin. Methodist: Wcslacn. ~. N.
ID. Buie, Marlin. Methodist mnh
Baptist. morning and evening" Mr-
Allen: Dr. wv. ia. ThurnlnE. HrAlA-
ton. Baptist. Mission. Dr. A- PhEAm
Howard. Houston. Methodist HM#~
linFen: Dr. Thomas IVA. DurkmrKAt.
San Antonio. Baptist Dr. MAmmAM
H.. Mmffett. Dallas Methodist mwu
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