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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

those sections which a few years
ago were virtually isolated from
market centers r now producing
as p~rolifically as those which for
merly had a more favored location.
One Of the primary reasons for
the present prosperity Of the Low
er Rio Grande Valley is the fact
that there has never been an effort
to launch a boom. While the pop
ulation has doubled in the past
five years, and millions of dollars
have been spent in the erection of
business houses, hotels, schools.
churches and rural and urban
homes, the development and ex-
pansion has been based upon the
actual wealth production and the
attraction which equable climate.
fine golf courses. fishing and hunt
ing provide for the tourists and
sportSmen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
AUSTRIA BOUND
With RED TAPE
Country Is Bureaucratic De-
spite Reforms After
War

VIENNA, Sept. 22.-tP-Defeat
in var changed the whole political
and geographical structure of the
old Austro-H Hungarian monarchy,
but red tape, an inheritance from
the imperial regime, has survived.
Austria Is. indeed, often called the
most bureaucratic country of Eu-
rope.
Although the little state with its
100000 inhabitants is admittedly
the poorest country Of Europe, the
number Of Is civil servants. as COM
pared with before the war, has al
most doubled. This paradoxical
situation was referred to the coun-
ell of the League of Nations. Aus
tria promised to apply the axe and
thousands OF government officials
have been fired"
Yet the "Neues Wiener Journal
says that m the Federal Chancel-
lor's department alone there are
100 ministerial councillors, as
against half that number when
Austria held sway over the large
dual empire before the war. The
treasury is similarly over-staffed.
All the other departments employ
more "high-salaried- officials than
the old monarchy had on its payroll
for the administration of q coun-
try ten times the size of the pres
ent Republic of Austria, the paper
says.
The Journal further states that
each of these c~ounsellors has an
army OF minor officials and typists
under its jurisdiction. This Is con-
trasted with the sad plight Of pro-
fessors and school teachers, who.
in consequence Of low wages, de-
sert their calling. 1t follows that
the country is in the grip of a real
nf teaching gtaffs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
KEEP Nj HISTORY
OF COMPANY PROGRESS

NEW YORK. Sept. 22.-tF)-The
American Telephone and Telegraph
company maintains a special de-
partment for preservation OF its
human history"
The company's record OF mechan-
ical and scientific progress Is COM
plete and detailed from its organi-
zation in 1885 until the present
time. Until eight years ago, the
personalities responsible for this
progress were remembered only
casually.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
PLEA FOR ORANGE cor

LIVERPOOL-BuSiness men have
united to save Policeman Alexander
Henderson. sentenced to prison for
stealing an orange.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
KISS WRECKS AUTO

WILMETTE, ul.-While driving
his auto Ralph Cotton kissed the
girl at his side and the machine
ran into a ditch, injuring both SER
iously.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

January, will give the first one for this
season on Monday. December 2, at the
Hotel Astor. This years events will
take place as usual on Mondays in De-
cember and January.
The dowager Mrs. Vanderbilt will give
her first large entertainment in years
on December 3, when she will enter
tain at dinner for the Misses Szechenyt
of Washington, daughters of the Hun
garian Minister and the Countess
Szechenyi The Countess Szechenyi is
the daughter of Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs
Vanderbilt used to be a frequent enter
tainer at her mansion on Fifth avenue,
which ran from Fifty-seventh to Fifty
eight street, and which has been de-
molished. The dinner will be given at
Mrs. Vanderbilt'S new home, East
Sixty-seventh street.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Towar Bates of 1876
East Seventy-fourth street announce
the engagement of their daughter. Miss
Bertha C. Bates. to Albert Lee Halves,
son of DR.. and Mrs Albert Sidney
Halves of Elberton, Ga.
Miss Bates is a graduate of Miss
Spence'S School and made her debut or
New Year day 1925.
Mr.. HaweS is an architect and is a
graduate of the Georgia School of
Technology and the University Of
Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
North Carolina Society
Sponsors Special PROGRAM

The North Carolina Society of
Washington will honor Duke University
alumni and alumnae at its first Win
ter meeting on December IL in
the auditorium of the National Press
Building, Fourteenth and F streets
northwest. Founders day for the edu-
cational institution at Durham. N. c.,
will be observed on that date through
out the country. All Duke alumni and
alumnae as well as Tar Heels in Wash
ington are invited.
DR.. William MacDougall, head Of the
department of psychology at Duke, will
make an address and the Duke orches-
ira will render musical selections. A
dance for the younger set will follow
the reception in honor of North Caro-
lima members of Congress and DR.. Mac
Dougall, a scholar of international note.
DR.. MacDOugall is a modern day pSy-
chologist, being quite human and a
pleasing speaker.
The North Carolina Society Is plan
ming varied program of events for the
Winter months. Army and Navy night
will be observed on the night of Janu-
ary 20. Capt. Percy w. Foote, now
attached to the navy yard here, and
Maj. E. P. benson of the War Depart
ment will be in charge of the program.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Alabamans Sponsor
Reception and Dance

The Alabama Society Of Washington
Will entertain with a reception and
dance Thursday evening at 2400 Six
teenth street.
The honor guests will be the members
OF Congress from Alabama and their
wives.
Mrs. H. O. Sargent. who is in charge
OF the reception committee, has asked
Judge and Mrs. E. K. Campbell, Judge
and Mrs. r. v. Taylor, Col. and Mrs.
z. G. Foy, Col. and Mrs. John Elmore.
Maj. and Mrs. T. v. Walker, DIR. and
Mrs. I. w. Hill. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar B.
Kay and Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil A. Beasley
to assist the president Of the society and
Mrs. w. F. Sykes in entertaining the
guests.
Mrs. John Foscue has charge Of the
entertainment and has arranged a pro-
gram Of dances by Miss Kathleen Yer
ger OF Mobile, who is in Arlington Hall
this Winter. The program will be
given during the intermission.
All Alabamans and their friends will
be given cordial welcome.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Democrats Sponsor
Cause of Lectures

The Woman's National Democratic
Club is having course of lectures on
American Foreign Policy" by DR.. w.
S. Holt, assistant professor at the Amer
lean University. The next lecture will
take place December and the last one
on December Is. DR.. Holt remains for
luncheon after the lectures so that
those who desire can ask him questions.
The lectures are open to non-members.
Mrs. Hare Lippincott is a subscriber to
the lectures, as are Mrs. David Reed,
Mrs. Richard Oulahan, Mrs. Frank S.
Bright, Mrs. William E. Brock, Miss
Anna Connolly, Mrs. Frederic A. De-
lano, Mrs. George M. Eckels, Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman, Mrs. Cordell Hull,
Mrs. Rose Yates Forester, Mrs. Fred
eric Keep, Mrs. Adolph C. Miller. Mrs.
Charles Michaelson, Mrs. Hugh T.
Nelson. Mrs. Harry N. Hickey, Nine.
van Kaathoven, Mrs. Charles Warren,
Mrs. Frank West, Mrs. Stephen Bonsal,
Mrs. Henry Leonard. Miss Ruth Oberly
and Mrs. Edward Burley.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Neff,
at their home in Chevy Chase.
To discuss and organize a Little The
ater movement in Staunton an inter-
ested group met in the Y. M. c. A..
auditorium Tuesday, November 26, with
the Staunton Players to enlarge the
membership, to develop a keener ap-
probation Of better drama, to encour-
age the writing of original plays and
to discover and develop latent talent,
and thus make it a real community
project, in which every citizen of Staun-
ton may share
Miss Sarah Jane Van Lear, president
OF the Staunton Players, presided. Mrs.
Allan M. Paul. director of the Staunton
Players, made very enthusiastic ad-
dress for the future of the movement;
Mrs. H. N. Hills, principal of Stuart
Hall, spoke of the value of such an
organization to the community, and
Maj. l.. B. Steele of S. M. A. spoke of
the Educational Value of the Little
Theater."
A one-act play, ''Minnikin and Man
nikin," was presented, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Najah c. Taylor, Miss
Estelle Hartshorne taking the part of
Minnikin and Miss Ann 10th of Man
nikin.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Plan Gard Party to Aid
New Casualty Hospital

Mrs. Martha ]. Vaughn. president
Of the board of lady managers of the
Casualty Hospital, announces the an
nual card party for the benefit of the
new hospital to take place on the after
noon of Friday, December 6. from 2
to 4:30 in the large ballroom of the
New Willard. The object of this card
party is the raising of funds to eouip
the children'S ward Of the new hospital.
Mrs. Frederick Yates and Mrs. j. Edwin
Reid will be in charge of fancy-work
table. Mrs. Frank Bengler and Mrs.
George Williams will have the apron
table. Candy table by Miss Margaret
Forbes, assisted by Mrs. William T..
Carmichael. Homemade cakes will be
in charge of Mrs. Charles A. Edwards
and Mrs. Cornelius Barber. Prizes, Mrs.
Edward Wilson and Mrs. w. w. Grit
fifth; tickets, Mrs. w. j. Brewer; tallies,
Mrs. r. E. Thompson.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Gard Party for Benefit of
Convent Due Tomorrow

A card party for the repair fund of
the Convent of Work for the Poor
Churches will be given at the Carlton
Hotel, Sixteenth and K streets, tomor-
row at 2:30 O'Clock. Lady Isabella
Howard, Princess de Ligne, Nine.
Claudel, Nine. Debuchi, Nine. Alfaro
and Viscountess dAlbe are taking great
interest in the party.
The officers of this association are
Rev. Cornelius j. Dacey spiritual direc-
tor; Lady Isabella Howard, honorary
member of the board; Mrs. william
Kearney Carr, president: Mrs. George
Reid, vice president; Mrs. Thomas H.
Carter, secretary; Mother Martin, aSso-
citation treasurer.
This convent is the center for the
making and distribution of vestments
and sacred articles used in the service
of the church, which are sent to poor
churches and missions not only here but
to Alaska, China, India, Africa and all
over the world.
1t is necessary for the board of lady
managers to meet the repairs for the
convent.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Mount Rainier Church
Supper Wednesday

The annual December supper, St.
James Catholic Church, Thirty seventh
street and Rhode Island avenue, Mount
Rainier, Md, will be given in the audi
torium Wednesday. A delicious sup
per will be served from 4:30 to $50
O'Clock pm. Several hundred people
are expected to attend this annual sup
per, the proceeds of which will be
turned into the fund being raised to
reduce the indebtedness on the church
and school.
Mrs. Octavia Yeomans, chairman, is
being assisted by Mrs. Frances Schatz,
Mrs. E. M. Edwards, Mrs. Grace E.
Killers, Mrs. Charles E. Monninger,
Mrs. Lillian M. Greene, Miss Gertrude
Wedemeier, Mrs. w. H. Beagle, Mrs.
Helen Howatt Mrs. Lillian Berry, Mrs.
]. L. Padgett, Mrs. Mutzler, Mrs. Daniel
Campbell, Mrs. Mary M. Gehardt, Mrs
Ellen M. Robicheau, Mrs. ]. Messenger,
Mrs. c. C. Longcor, Mrs. Mary Bailey,
Mrs. A. H. Bernabo, Mrs. Rose Graves,
Mrs. Blanche Magill, Mrs. John Klein,
Mrs. Hastings, Mrs Patrick Casey, Mrs.
Plummer, Mrs. Clare Speake, Mrs.
Barnard, Mr.. A. G. Whelan, Mr.. Greene
and Mr.. A. Shields.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Society News of Interest
In Staunton Chronicles

STAUNTON, Va, November 30.-Mr
and Mrs. E. w. Wells of Washington
and DR.. Guy Coulter of New York Cit?
visited friends in Staunton en- route to
Craigsville, where they will spend over
night with Mrs. Mary Kyle and leave
for Hot Springs, Va, Sunday.
Mrs. Stella McCorkle Pierce, who is
spending the Winter at the Kalorama,
City, where she will be with her son-in
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Kiser for Thanksgiving.
Miss Elizabeth Rawlinson. accompa-
MED by Mrs. Cameron Clarke of Fair
field, Conn, with whom she has been
visiting. have been spending the week
in Washington before returning to
Staunton.
Mrs Charles w. Warden has returned
to her home in Washington after visit
ing old friends in Staunton for a month.
Capt. and Mrs william P. Yancey,
U. S. A, and children, who were i'll
the Panama Canal Zone, where Capt
Yancey was stationed for three years,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Timber
lake in Staunton. Mrs. Yancey is
sister of Mrs. Timberlake and formerly
lived here.
Miss Olive Timberlake arrived Mon
hoy ALOhl 4OIOAlOO, NdLtdOd, anu lS WIS.,
iting her sister, Mrs. Thomas HogSilead,
on Madison place.
Mr.. Thomas w. Atkinson and sister,
Miss Elizabeth Atkinson, of Staunton
are house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land K. Smith for Thanksgiving at
their home in Washington.
Miss May Young of washington and
Mr.. James Young of Richmond are
visiting their sister, Mrs. Duncan Curry.
on East Beverley street, Staunton.
Mrs. j. Lewis Gibbs, accompanied M.
trip to Washington and Baltimore,
where Mrs. Gibbs will visit her sister,
Miss Margaret Ridgely.
Miss Julia Waite of Culpeper, Va.
is house guest Of Miss Frances Gibbs
at her home in Staunton and will at
tend the Thanksgiving dances at Staun-
ton Military Academy
Misses Mary and Helen Cover, stu
dents at Arlington Hall, arrived
giving holidays with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Russell Cover, on Edge
wood avenue
Mrs. E. F. HigginSon has returned
to Staunton after spending some time
in Unadilla, N. Y, and several weeks
with friends in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Payne and little
son, Pnlnp, IT., OF New YORK City, are
visiting the formers parents, Dr. and
Mrs. M. j. Payne, on West Frederick
street, Staunton.
Miss Carrie Danner, who spent the
Fall season here with her brother, Mr.
Walter N. Danner, and Mrs. Danner, at
Woodland, their home near Staunton,
left yesterday for her home in Balti-
inIlT; Mrs. Henry S. Eley of Suffolk, Va,
president of the Virginia State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, was the speaker
Saturday afternoon before the Tuesday
Club, which was entertained at the
home of Mrs. F. E. Mower who, with
Mrs. John H. Gilkeson, was hostess for
the meeting.
Mrs. Hampton H. Wayt has returned
to her home, Orchard Hill." in Staun-
ton, Va, after visiting friends in New
York, her daughter, Miss Katherine
Wayt, at Port Washington, N. j., and a
few days with friends in Washington.
Mr.. Hampton H. Hawpe of Washing
ton motored to Staunton Sunday and
spent few days with his brother, Mr.
Emmett T. Hawpe.
Mr.. John Dabney Neff left this morn
ing for Washington, where he will visit
Evening star., 1929-12-01
"Booklovers' Hour" Listed
As Y. w. c. A. Attraction

OF the almost countless events hall
during the months of each Winter by.
with and in the interests of women at
the Young Womens Christian Associa-
ton, none is perhaps more delightful
than the booklovers' hour, which is held
twice each month on Monday evenings.
under the personal direction of Miss
Alice Hutchins Drake.
Every first and third Monday eve
ming for number of years, an ever
increasing group Of women assemble for
IAN informal little talk on a large sub
1ect," to quote Miss Drake herself, who
established these meetings away back in
October 1913
So long have they been held that many
interesting habits and traditions have
sprung up among them, and one is that
the subjects, though widely varied
throughout the years, are always con-
cerned with the fine arts, on which Miss
Drake is an authority. Tomorrow
night the subject will be contemporary
poetry. and then on December I6 a
Christmas program will be in order.
blending the poetry and prose of the
holiday season and including the STORY
OF Christmas" beginning with the love
romance OF st. Anna and including old
legndS OF the Hebrews and the Persians
and the Gospel according to Luke.T
But there is something more in these
'booklovers' meetings" than appears on
the surface, for in the Spring of 1918
1t was in March--the only son of Mrs
William Hamilton Bayly, who was then
president Of the Y. w. G. A.. died in
France, and in his memory the Y. w.
G; A. booklovers decided to adopt a des-
tltute boy OF Washington and support
MIN for the years of his dependence
And so 1t was that the Louis Hamilton
Bayly fund started, and although the
f1rst boy has long since been succeeded
by other boys. the booklovers' interest
In the fund continues to this day un-
abated and strong.
The fund is kept alive by voluntary
contributions and in various other ways
devised by the loyal group of women
who originated and who carry on the
work, with Miss Anna Pinnock as treas
urer, post she has held since the fund
was started In 1919. Once each wear
Mrs. Bayly, upon returning from her
trips to foreign countries. makes It a
point to give travel talk to this group.
which, with the special Christmas and
Easter programs, are the high points in
the booklovers' season.
The women of Washington are IN
vited to join the "bookloVers" OF the
Y. w. G. A. There are no dues and
no tuition fees-but there is a welcome
for themselves and their guests
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Jewish Juniors Planning
Gard Party and Dance

Plans are we'll under way for the
supper and card party for members of
the Council of Jewish Juniors to be
given at the Egyptian Tea Room Thurs
day, December IL, at $50 o'clock pm
Miss Edna Mae Lewis, chairman of the
committee, assisted by Miss Beulah Hess
and Miss Bessie Weinberg, accounce
many surprises are in store.
Evening star., 1929-12-01

Special Notes of Interest
In Society Chronicles.
Albert Morris Bagby. whose morning
-ousicales at the Waldorf Astoria have
been fixtures of the New York social
%eAson for years during December and
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Minnesotans Honoring
Secretary Goods Memory

The first meeting Of the Minnesota
State Society of this season, which was
to have been held last Monday evening,
November IS, at the Willard Hotel.
honoring newly appointed Government
officials from Minnesota at a reception
which was to have been followed BY
dancing, was postponed owing to the
official mourning for the late Secretary
of War, James w. Good.
Although the new date has not been
announced. the meeting will be held III
January at the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
West Virginia Society
Announces Annual Party

The West Virginia State Society will
give its annual apple cider and ginger
bread party Wednesday evening, De-
cember 4, at the Washington Club. Sew
enteenth and X streets northwest.
A program of entertainment is being
arranged and a large attendance is
expected.
Evening star., 1929-12-01
Illinoisans to Honor
Memory of Secretary Good

The executive council of the Illinois
State Society met in the Offices of Sem
ator Charles S. Deneen, president of the
society. and passed a resolution to post
pOne the December meeting on account
of the death of Secretary James w.
Good.
The January meeting will be held on
the evening of the 9Th at the Willard
Hotel
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09

Airpiane Envelopes, e5cts. per dozen at Nugget OMce.
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09
MISSIONARY KING
 SUED FOR $15,ooo

was also an Alaska teacher.
 The complaint recites that let ter was sent the Bureau of Edu- cation from Alaska, requesting the woman's removal. The woman s lawyer declares that King owns considerable Seattle property. but Kings lawyer says that his client is only poor missionary.
 The complaint recites that the controversy began in Noorvik where she was asked to speak be- fore the Eskimos in Kings church After the meeting, King, with the elders framed" a letter asking her removal as teacher. The let ter charges: "She took charge of the church and preached the g1l. a .kind Of doctfine, advising the Eskimos that they could play cards. dance and commit adultery"
 King Is Identified with tho Friends Mission. which is said to be an of shoot of a quaker organ. ization in Los Angeles.
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09
NOVELTIES ARRIVE
 IN SEATTLE TO-DAY.

SEATTLE. Feb. g. tP- After travelling in airplanes. trains and steamships, three Alaskans, Alfred J. Lomen. of the Lomen Reindeer Corporations; G. R. Jackson. presi- dent of the Miners and Merchants Bank of Nome: and T. A. Peter son of the Teller Commercial Co.,, Teller, arrived today on the steam CT Northwestern. The trio made the trip from Nome to Fairbanks by plane in eight and one half hours. A. E. Lathrop. republican national committeeman. was also an arrival on the Northwestern
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09
N0RIHCOTT JURY
 FINDS HIM GUILTY

COURT ROOM, RIVERSIDE. Calif., Feb. 9. (P-The jury re- turned verdict of murder in the first degree with the death penalty last night. after deliberating for three hours and fifteen minutes. with an hour and a half of that time spent at dinner
 The jury found Northcott guilty as charged in all three counts in the indictment. He was charged with the staying of Nelson Wins low, Lewis Winslow, and an un- identified Mexican boy.
 Judge Freeman asked Northcott if he wished to poll the jury Northcott arose and said in a steady voice: "A poll is entirely unnecessary, your Honor I wish to thank the jury for the attention it has given me" Northeotts iron
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09

SEATTLE, Feb. 9th, R-The fiery controversy between a mis- sionary il Alaska and a beautiful twenty-one year old woman of Renton, Washington. who taught school in Alaska, burst into flames here this week when Mrs. Eleanor D. Fortson entered suit for fifteen thousand dollars against tDelbert B King. a preacher at the Friends Mission, at Kotzebue, North of Nome.
 King accused her with having been cabaret dancer, which state ment resulted in her loosing her school job. King is strict Qua ker and disapproved of the wo- mans aetiyikies in Eskimo villages tut $kotzebue and Noorsik. .whsre she taught.
 The local officials Of the Bureau of Education denied that the wo- man had been removed. stating that she quit the service on ac- count of i'll health. Her husband
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09

SEATTLE. Feb. g. R-A weak radio message for assistance yes terday sent the freighter Koyi Maru racing in the North Pacific to aid the freighter Alloway. which is drifting helplessly with disabled engines in a Southwest gale. The Alloway is believed to have been in a distressed condition for sey- eral days. She carries crew of thirty-four men. Two other ships in the vicinity are reported stand ing by The first word of the plight was received at Bremerton Naval Radio station from the steamer Montauk early yesterday morning. The Montauk reported the trouble of the Alloway and ap- proximated her position as three hundred miles Southwest of Dutch Harbor.
 The coast radio stations were unable to communicate with the Alloway direct, either because her batteries are entirely down or very weak. Later Bremerton ra- ceived a message from Dutch Har- bor that the Alloway was heard there asking the Koyi Maru for assistance immediately. The Koyi Maru is reported to be thirty miles away from the Alloway.
 Dutch Harbor said that the freighter Yogem Maru was in the vicinity. as was the Montauk. Add ing to their plight, the Montauk reported that she had learned the All0way was out of fresh water and short of food. This Is the second time that the Ailoway has been in gdistress in recent months. She sailed for Japan from Seattle
The Nome nugget., 1929-02-09
FORMER SECRETARY
 DENBY DEAD

DETROIT, Feb. 9, (P-Edwin Denby. former Secretary of the Navy. and one of the figures whose political career was abruptly ter minated by the Tea-Pot Dome Scandal, died at his home yester- day morning. While he was in poor health in recent weeks. the announcement of his death was a distinct shock to his friends here.
 Although he was virtually com pelled to resign from the cabinet as a result of the Tea-Pot Dome affair. Denby did not attempt to place any responsibility charged to him upon the shoulders of any one else.
 Denby arose at eight yesterday morning and complained of feel ing i'll. A physician was summon ed, but before he could arrive Denby died.