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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Mission Man Shot
Fighting For Life
In Valley Hospital
ESPECIAL to The Herald

McALLEN, July 10.-Clyde La
than, AZ, was in a critical condi-
ton at the hospital here Wednes-
day morning with death imminent,
attaches said, as the result Of a
gun shot wound.
Latham was shot last Saturday
when he engaged in argument with
Eph Deckard, pound master at Mis-
sion over the price to be paid for
the release Of a dog.
Latham was rushed to the hos
pital here and Deckard was arrest
ed and confined in the Mission city
jail on an assault to murder charge.
He was taken late Monday to the
county jail at Edinburg and Dis
trict Attorney Aldridge said further
developments awaited the outcome
of injuries sustained by Latham.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
DALLAS MAYOR WOULD
PROTECT CAR WORKERS

DALLAS, Tex, July 10.-tP-The
knitting Of an operator Of a one man
street car, and a recent hijacking
Of another here recently, led Mayor
j. Waddy Tate of Dallas to an
nounce Dallas street a men would
be empowered to carry pistols or
otherwise be put into position to de-
fend themselves. He also said he
would take steps to do away with
one man operation of street cars
where feasible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
FILM EXTRAS PLAN
TO ORDER STRIKE

LOS ANGELES, Calf, July TO-
R)-The Times today said talking
motion picture extras who are mem
bers Of Actors Equity association
have planned a preliminary strike
which may be attempted tomorrow.
The newspaper said that equity
officials, who are trying to force
talking motion picture producers to
refuse employment to all but paid
up members Of the association, have
set tomorrow as the last day in
which members may appear as ex-
tras with non-members, without de-
flying the organization.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
as Well as Brains Needed
To Make a Successful President,
Senator From Montana Declares

trial, as well as agricultural rates
and he says nothing to discount
these arguments"
Possibly the senate Will scale
down ONE Of the representatives
highest industrial tariff figures. It
may do its best to help the presi-
dent in spite Of his ~reticence.
But ven so, there will have 10
be a conference over the bill then,
between the senate and the repre-
sentat1ves; and the conference cora-A
m1ttee will write into the measurd
whichever rates it chooses.
Some folk predict that the presi-
dent will veto it, IL it's final form Is
too extravagant. 7 venture the
guess that, rather than risk a fight
inside mis- party, he will sigr what
ever bill Is put up to him"
yes, the politicians we're right;
the president has a senate MAORI
ty," concluded the Montanan, when
congress met.
Having lost it, never again with
its present lineup can he make Il
dependable.
Courage is as indispensable as in
telligence in the White House"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
SEIZED
TODAY

A light sedan and a truck, seized
by customs officers, we're to be auc-
toned off Wednesday at the fed
eral building.
The sedan was taken with 232
quarts of liquor June ID by mount
ed customs inspectors after a fight
near Los Fresnos. jim Collins took
the truck with a load Of liquor
north Of here on a river road.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
X Y DIES
IN AIRPLANE CRASH

QUINCY, Mass, July 10.-(P-
Second Lieutenant George B. Ste
phens, "a, u. S. marine corps. and
Gunnery Sergeant Ernest D. Jones
81, were killed here yesterday when
their plane plunged from an alti-
tude of nearly 1000 feet into the
waters of Squantum Bay, directly
off the Squantum naval base.
Both men we're dead when extri-
Gated from the cockpit.
Jones, unmarried, was a native Of
Maypearl, near Dallas, Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Two Men Arrested,
48 Quarts Mescal
Seized By Deputy

Captured just as they were coming
out Of a boat, according to the Of
ficer's report, two men were arrested
and 43 quarts Of mescal seized, by
Deputy Sheriff S. NJ. Jester below
Los Indios Tuesday afternoon.
The liquor was in sacks and the
men, unarmed, offered no resist
ance, Jester said. He was alone
when he came on the men moving
the cargo, Jester reported.
Charges of violating the Dean act
we're filed against Francisco Cannas
and Porfirio Matas.
Preliminary hearing has not been
set.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Bleacher Section AT
State Fair Collapses;
$50 Spectators Hurt

FARGO, ". D., July 10.-P-
More than $50 persons were injured,
IA seriously, as a bleacher section
collapsed at the North Dakota State
fair last night.
Twelve hundred persons we're in
the stands that fell, and it was es-
timated one-third Of them were
precipitated into a heap. Fair Of
ficials said rotted timber supports
were responsible for the accident.
Police and volunteer workers aid
ed in extricating the injured from
the wreckage and in calming occu-
pants Of other stands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
WOULD BAR ARMS

MEXICO CITY. July 10.-P0-
Chief of Police Valente Quintana
has asked President Portes Gil for
authority to "~depistolize" Mexico
City.
He would deprive the inhabitants
Of their right to carry pistols, knives
or other weapons, a privilege the
public in general has not failed to
take advantage Of.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
MINE IN
WALES KILLS FOUR

BLAENANON, Wales, July 10.-tP
-Four men we're killed and several
seriously injured today in an eX-
plosion at the Milfraen mining pit.
1t was feared the death list would
reach eight. as in addition to the
four recovered dead, four men were
still in the pit where poisonous gas
made rescue work most difficult.
Doctors. undaunted by the fumes,
descended the pit with the reserve
brigade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
REPORT REBELS TAKEN

MEXICO CITY, July 10.-P)-A
band of 43 rebels Of the forces for
merly commanded by the late Cen
eral Enrique Gtroztieta, killed in
combat in June, has surrendered to
federal troops at Arandas, Jalisco.
says an announcement by the war
department.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
FETED
BY FRIENDS, BROWNS

JENKINS. Kas., July 10.-P-
David Hughes, 23-year-old bride
groom, was drowned last night
when a party of friends threw him
in the lake after serenading him
and his bride at their newly estab-
lished home here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
UNTITLED TONNAGE OF
u. S. STEEL DROPS

NEW YORK, July 10.-(P-Un-
filled tonnage Of the United States
Steel corporation decreased 47,257
tons in June, the monthly statement
revealed today. The June 80 total
Of untitled orders was 4,256, go tons
against 4,304,1 tons on May 81;
4,427, 1853 tons on April 30; 4,410.-
718 tons on March 81, and 3,637,009
tons on June 30, 1923.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Lighted Candles Are
Blamed In McAllen
Fire; Damage 500
(Snecial to The Herald)

McALLEN, July 10.-P-McAllen
volunteer firemen answered the
third alarm since Sunday night at
II o'clock, when they were called
to extinguish a garage fire Tues
day on property belonging to Can
non in the Leslie addition.
The fire, said to have originated
from lighted candles with which
children played in the garage, de-
stroyed one end Of the structure.
with damages estimated at 500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
LONDON Y N
AT FIELD

CROYDON, England, July 10.-CP
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith.
completing a fast flight between
Sydney, N. S. w, and England, ar
rived at the Croydon air field this
afternoon from Rome.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
SANDING SENDS v

MEXICO CITY, July 10.-R-A
dispatch to Excelsior from Vera
Cruz says Constantine Gonzales
sailed for Europe as special envoy
Of the Nicaraguan rebel chief Au-
gusto SANDING to the second world
congress of the Anti-Imperialistic
league, to be held in Frankfort.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10
Die When
Landslide Sends
Village Into Sea

TOKYO, July 10. -P)-Thirty
deaths were reported today from
Kagoshima Prefecture where there
was a landslide during the night
which precipitated an entire fishing
village into the sea-. 1t was due to
excessive rains
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10

SHEEP BUTTS CHILD TO DEATH
JAMESTOWN, N. D.-Eight-year-
old Ruth Gallen was butted to death
by a sheep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
NEW PICTURES.
A Word or Two About the Latest
Hollywood Products.

MARY PICKFORD'S newest effort,
- "Coquette," seems to have created
quite an impression on Broadway, where
it was given the first showing. And
Mary is no longer a little girl with
curls: she is the real motion picture
heroine. The picture has dialogue, and
was directed by Sam Taylor.
DR.. Paul Fejos, who directed the new
picture Broadway" was once bac-
teriologist in his native Hungary. Now
he ranks among the leading directors
out Hollywood way.
Marilyn Miller, who recently signed
a First National contract, will have the
leading role in the screen version Of
sally" Naturally, the picture will
have plenty of singing and dialogue.
What is to be the fate Of the new
Gloria Swanson picture, Queen Kelly?
According to all reports from the West
Coast, Erich Won Stroheim, the direc-
tor, is meeting another bit Of hard
luck, as certain portions Of the complete
ed film failed to pass the censors and
it was found impossible to cut the pic
ture.
"The Dessert Song" starring John
Boles and Carlotta King In dancing and
singing roles, had brilliant premiere
in Los Angeles q few evenings ago.
Others In the cast are Louise Fazenda,
Johnny Arthur, Edwin Martindale and
Myrna 10y.
Wilma Banky's first sound picture,
This Is Heaven" Is said to be q sat-
isfactory result. James Hall does most
of the talking.
"Alibi," produced by United Artists,
is termed triumph for Roland West. .
It is q crook picture, with plenty OF
sound-shots, screams and police sirens
Emil Jannings, the German actor
Is crossing the Atlantic for a vacation
in his home land. The Paramount
organization holds his contract. and
denial is made of the report that the
star will not return to the United
states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Direction
LEON
BRUsILoFF-
Fox f,
Scene To, =
bROADWAaWELOD
Columbia
Honored With An Open
House"

DAVID PINsKI. noted dramatist and
author, will be the guest Of
honor at an "open house." to which
the public Is invited, at the Jewish
Community Center, 10th and @ streets.
tonight, when the center will present
q one-act play by Mr.. Pinski, For
gotten Souls" and the author will
speak on 1.-The Jew in Drama" giving
including 1.-THE Treasure"
The Little Theater of the local Jew
ish Community Center achieved a ma
tional reputation in Jewish circles by
its production of 1.-THE Dybbuk" last
year, which 1t repeated several times
in Washington and other cities. Mr..
Pinski is coming to Washington espe-
cially to personally view the local dra-
matte presentation of the play For
gotten Souls" according to Louis E.
Speigler, chairman Of the educational
committee of the center.
David Pinski Is ranked as the most
conspicuous playwright of the gifted
Jewish group. Among his works are
THE Treasure" adapted by Prof
George F. Baker Of Yale for his course
in the DRAMA king David and His
Wives, 1.-THE Last jew" Isaac Shelf
tel,' THE Dumb Messiah" and numer-
Gus other plays and stories. Born ir
Russia, the author came to this coun.
try i'm 1899. Previous to that time ht
lived for several years In Germany ant
made an intensive study of German
literature. 1t was in this country, how.
ever, that he made his best records.
The public is invited to attend tn,
open house" at the Jewish Community
Center tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
ON THE NEW YORK STAGE
ew of Theatrical Affairs Along the White Way
By Percy Hammond.

his rich royalties from a florid melo-
drama of the type that he despised.
May he be fed, like Mr.. Archer, by the
hand that he has bitten.
X X X
THE first nighters were in a dilemma
Monday evening as to which of two
shrines they should worship at. Miss
Barrymore was to play serious comedy
of Balkan life written by one of Buda-
pests brightest women-of-the-world L.
I. Harctuy. who is to Hungary what
Miss Dorothy Parker, Miss Ruth Hale,
Mrs. Alice Duer Miller, Miss Zoe Akin
or Miss Rachel Crothers is to the
Western Hemisphere. Reckoning them
to another cathedral was the Theater
Guilds offering of THE Camel Through
Needles Eye" at the Martin Beck.
All the major dramatic critics went to
see Miss Barrymore, leaving their under
lings to praise or to lambast the guilds
entertainment. So 1t seemed did most
of the playgoing upper set. although the
guild show was not without full-dress
audience.
Those Of us who attended the cere-
monies at the Ethel Barrymore theater
were thrilled even more than we ex-
pected to be by the stars radiant imper-
sonation of a lovely, fascinating, humor-
Gus, gay and melancholy lady engaged
in troublous romance. The awkward
manner. in which her story was written.
however, Invested it Of much Of its
| interest, and THE Love DUE" was
therefore more or less Of blank,
excepting the fine mesmerics Of Miss
Barrymore.
Since it is bad form to refer to Miss
Barrymore's beauty and charm, re-
frain reluctantly from doing it again.
But I call your attention to just a
minute of her hours of subtly obvious
acting. 1t is little scene upon the
telephone, and in it, although 1 struggle
not to say SO, that is all there is and
there isn't any more. In that and
numerous other interludes she proves
herself the merriest and the gravest of
the actors. Throughout a shambling
and inconsequential play she kept the
best of the drama lovers until its tardy
close just before midnight, which is
too late an hour for the ending of any
comedy to be happy. THE Love DueP'
is Miss Barrymore at her best and the
drama at something similar to its worst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Dads Birthday Gift.

CONSIDERING the present high cost
Of cement, there are not many
21-year-old youths who can present
Dad with q swimming pool as a birth
day remembrance.
Russell Gleason Is one of the excep-
tons. The pool is being built on the
new Gleason estate in Beverly Hills
and Is to be entirely paid for by checks
which young Gleason has received since
he has signed as q contract player at
Pathe Studios. The birthday ami
versary Of Jimmy Gleason, Russells
father, will be celebrated May 4 in
bathing suits by the well known Glea-
son trio, the third member of which
Is Lucille Webster Gleason (Mrs. James
Gleason).
"The pool is going to be a miracle
as well as q place to swim, chuckled
Russell. "The contractor took one look
at the topography and suggested wa
terfall!"
Russell's father and mother are at
present co-starring in Tee for Two"
and Russell will begin work soon with
William Boyd In The Flying Fool"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
THE BEDRACCLED MUSE
BY FREDERICK oECHsNER.
Or Music With the Motion Pictu1

signed Hollywood contracts. In this re-
lation the theme song looms large. For
those who do not already know 1t, the
theme song Of a picture Is q compost
ton written particularly for the pro-
duction which features 1t, and 1t Is
often sung by the star. In some in
stances the title of the theme song Is
the title of the picture itself, as in
Weary River" or, again, 1.-THE Broad
way Melody"
It is interesting to examine the vari-
Gus devices designed to push these
theme songs into public favor. The
outstanding fact Is the extent to which
"the picture plugs the song and the
song plugs the picture" people who hear
the song wanting to see the picture,
hear, play, sing and dance to the melody
again. Many movie companies have
merged with or bought large interests
In song publishing houses, radio chains
and photograph companies. The latest
catalogues Of the two major photograph
housI-; list no less than IS and rs
theme songs, respectively, as having
been recorded on discs thus far.
AS far as the popularizing of musical
hits Is concerned, we have had for some
time past radio and monograph and
sheet music reproduction OF musical
comedy successes, but such propaganda
has never had nearly the elements Of
giantism which mark the talking pic
ture phase. A thousand times more
people see and hear successful pic
ture, with its attendant theme song,
than could ever see q Broadway musical
comedy. What New York musical COM
edy season ever gave forth so or more
widely disseminated popular songs to
correspond to the number Of theme hits
listed in these photograph catalogues?
One sound film now in production Is
announced as the vehicle of eight
original songs, to be rendered by an
actor famous on two continents. There
is a good chance that every one of these
eight numbers will be sung or whiStled
or hummed or played subsequently.
From the writer's viewpoint, the mat
ter ceases to be so much phenomenon
as menace. In the rush Of production
which marks the present state of the
talkies 1t Is absolutely unavoidable that
scores and scores of theme songs will be
thrust on the public.
In extenuation 1t must be said that
the photoplay magnates have made an
honest effort to get fair or the best
talent to write and direct their music.
Broadway has been decimated of her
song writers, who, with their confreres
from the stage, has entrained for the
West Coast. But even proven talent
may well fail In the face of an order to
Give me q theme song for my star by
tomorrow morning" or Fix me up two
minutes Of music for this picture" How
can the integrity of music as a separate
art be maintained under such circum-
stances? One might as well plan to
bear it until the pictures and poor, be-
draggled music regain balance Of some
sort. Perhaps some optimist can even
see education for the public" In sight
II he looks far enough ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Identity Still Hidden.

G S. VAN DINE. the mysterious au.
thor OF detective stories, who thus
far has shielded his identity behind his
nom de plume, was persuaded by Para
mount officials to appear before mos
ton picture camera.
Van Dine is seen on the screen for
the first time in The Canary Murder
Case" his famed mystery story.
At first, loath to give the world an
opportunity to discover his identity, the
author, whose name has become a by-
word in the world of detective stories
during the last three years. finally cons
sented to step in front of the camera
lens.
The exact manner in which the au-
thor appears when the picture is shown
on the screen will not be revealed; that
is for the fan to work out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Thornton Freeland Honored.

HONORED as the first assistant ever
L 1 promoted to full-fieged director at
the United Artists studios, Thornton
Freeland, former aide to Roland West
and other film makers. has been given
zone of the years outstanding talking
picture assignments" according to an
Considine, jr, general production mana
ger at the United Artists studios.
Freeland, who has been right hand
man to West, to d. w. Grif1th. Frank
Lloyd and other famous directors dur
ing the past few years, Is to be intrust-
ed with the direction of an all-dialogue
comedy drama tentatively titled Three
Live Ghosts"
'.Three Live Ghosts" is an adapta-
ton of the Max MARGIN play, and Mar
Gin is now In Hollywood working with
Freeland on the story, and rehearsals
will start as soon as the director ana
playwright complete the script and dia-
logue. An "all-star" cast Is being
assembled. >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
. ROM the distressing clamor Of
those mechanical pianos which
used to lend their esthetic
cnunternart to the early motion


- those mechanical pianos which
used to lend their esthetic
i counterpart to the early motion
pictures, to the present domi-
nance Of grand-scale harmony in movie
palaces, the appropriate relation Of
music to the moving picture has been
debated in theory and in practice. With
the deluge of music that the sound film
has brought, new impetus. new excite
ment, Is given the discussion.
A good many critics, such as DR..
George Goehler of Germany, have re-
peatedly attacked the use of music In
conjunction with moving pictures, say
ing that good picture was complete
artistic form In itself. needing no as
sistance from music. Such is the policy
Of many theaters in Russia, where the
movie is "absolutized," with silence as
the ideal of achievement.
Nevertheless. since Western audiences
continued to demand music with their
movies. the "co-energizing" Of film ac-
through successive phases from the me-
chanical piano to the piano soloist (who
introduced the system of playing selec-
tions which augmented the emotional
effect of different scenes and sequences
in the film) to the trio and quartet, to
the small orchestra and then to the
large symphonic groups.
The talking picture brought, too, Its
own mesh Of problems In relation to the
combination of movie action and the
musical accompaniment thereto. So
important did music become that pro-
ducers were unwilling to let an instant 60
by in the progress of the film without
sandwiching in some sort of music to
keep the attention Of the audience
riveted. Thus music was made hand
maiden subservient to- the movie more
than had ever been the case before.
Producers ordered, and still order, music
according to the measure Of the lapse,
minutes or two minutes worth at a
time. Such "potpourri of stolen melo-
dies" had never been witnessed before.
Many have been outraged by this i'm
perious sacrilege, but the talkies have
prospered apace.
Music became the very crutch upon
which some of the early talking pictures
made their way to popularity. From
| the debut of 1.-THE Singing Fool to the
present time, some of the outstanding
popular audible pictures have been mus
| zeal productions. There is no likelihood
of any immediate change in this situ-
alton. One prominent producer de-
clared very recently that music Is the
greatest attraction Of the talking film";;
another announced his intention Of
, making singing or talk-with-muSic
picture every week In the coming year,
while third stated that his company
would concentrate upon the production
of 80 such features In the next IL
months.
Can there be any doubt that the talk
| ing pictures have allied themselves with
music on q tremendous scale? The
very word 'talkie" has come to connote
the use of music, even films Of q strictly
dramatic nature having, In many in
stances, q synchronized musical en-
broidery.
This brings up the matter Of music
produced especially for the picture II
accompanies, IN connection with which
popular composers and directors have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
The Screen Twin Beds. "

ttyTsWTN BEDS the stage farce
= comedy, Is to be made into an
elaborate musical screen comedy, with
spectacular scenes, q Vitaphone orches-
ira Of so and dancing chorus Of so
girls.
Jack Mulhall wiz be the star, with
Patsy Ruth Miller as leading woman.
It's theme song will be IF You Were
Mine" to be sung by Arrnari Kaliz.
@The Chicken Walk" will be an out
standing number and wee Bonnie
Jean win be one Of the song hits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
Popular Beach.

MALIBOU Beach is one Of most
AZ favored spots along the California
Coast for picture folS Innumerable
Summer cottages dot the stretch Of
beach. Wilma Banky. Alfred Santell,
Louise Fazenda, Marie Provost and
Ronald Coleman all reside within
stones throw of each other.
Farther down toward Santa Monica
Beach Summer residents include
Marion Davies, Norma Taimadge, Mary
Pickford, the James Gleasons and
Dorothy Dwan.