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there the other Nigh. The cash
register Of a service station was
pllfered Of SGT. The cuIprit left
a calling card-ten quarts Of liquor
and an arrest has been made.
Evidently the till pilferer was
n OF those WreJched rum runners
we read about. He was running
ten quarts Of Mexican liquor into
Texas and came across the gas sta
ton. 1t is no wonder he did. One
can 90 hardly anywhere without
seeing an oil station to the right or
the left, or directly in front Of him.
To stop in the dead of night and
remove from the cash register
whatever may have been left in
there IS not more reprehensible in
the sight Of a rum-runner than
finding money in the road. For to
be a r~um-runner, ethics has no ap-
peal. Being a rum-runner is to Be
q law ~viOlat0r, just as to be a thief
is to violate an older. but not more
definite law. The Ten Command
ments forbid theft, but they do
not forbid rum-rUnning. This does
44OG 6ACuSe JLe runner, Tor doses
did not intend that his code should
be final. He did not oppose amend
ment. 1t required a larger and
more complex civilization to add
additional commandments. Moses
legislated for people who for the
most part could not read. He gave
them no more laws than they could
conveniently remember. But the
few he gave them were q%uintessen-
tial, and have never been improved
on by later lawgivers. If Moses had
known of whiskey he doubtless
would have outlawed it. If he had
known of rum-runner5 he would
have forbidden them. We may sur
mise this from the simple fact that
the Children of Israel could not
have reached the Promised Land
had they been subjected to the de
structiveness of whisky and mo-
tor cars It took them forty years
to traverse a couple Of hundred
miles of terrain. What would have
been their fate had they mixed up
with rum and gasoline!
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SEEK SEVEN
RAIL PERMITS
Interstate Commerce Com
mission And State To
Hear Applications
CSpecial to The Berald)


HUSTIN, July 24.-Seven appli-
cations involving railroad construc-
ton and operation in Texas, will be
heard by the interstate commerce
commission and the Texas railroad
commission jointly at Fort Worth
July %, according to notices re-
oeived By the Texas commission.
These involve seven of 10 proposed
railroad extension ana operating
projects now awaiting disposition.
Chmn. Clarence E. Gilmore and
other members of the railroad COM
mission will be in Fort Worth to sit
in on the hearings. The T.. c. G. ap-
plications include:
st. Louis. San Francisco and Tex
as railroad, for authority to extend
its line from Vernon to Seymour.
42 miles in Wilbarger and Baylor
counties, and for trackage rights
over the G. r. I. & @. from Jacks
boro to Fort Worth, II miles.
st. Louis and San Francisco, to
acquire control and the Gulf and
West Texas by lease of its prop
critics.
St. LOUIS and San Francisco, to
acquire control of the Gulf and
West Texas by purchase Of stock.
Application Of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Gulf for certificate to
permit future construction Of lines
in Wheeler. Collingsworth. Chill
dress, Hardeman, Foard and VIII
barger counties, 108 miles total
length.
Application Of the st. Louis. San
Francisco, and Texas for authority
to operate owe a line proposed from
Quanah to the other proposed line.
connecting at Beaver creek, in
Hardeman and Wilbarger counties
35 miles.
Application of the Fort Worth and
Denver Northern for authority for
construction of a line from Chill
dress, CollingSworth, Wheeler and
Gray counties.
Application of the Clinton, Okla
homa Western Riaro1ad company
Tor authority for construction from
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county in the past have been ar
rested on liquor charges, none
have ever been convicted here,
officers said.
Shortly afterwards, Tomas Tor
res, charged with arson, waived
examining trial and was bound
over to the grand jury under
bond of $3.50, which he made. He
is alleged to have set fire to a
small building in north Browns
vile.
A third case resulted in Mar
celino Avillar being bound to the
grand jury under $3.50 bond.
which he made, on a charge n
violation Of the Dean Act. He
was not represented by an attor-
ney.
H. L. Yates represented Torres.
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Mrs. G. M. Wilds Of San Benito
took second honors by forming 229
word, after discovering the key
words, Rio Grande." Her prize is
tickets TO the Capitol theater. Third
prize, tickets to the Dittmann the
alter, went to Mrs. John Hunter,
Brownsville, who formed 100 words.
Mrs. John H. Sample placed among
the winners with 189 combinations.
For taking fourth in the contest she
will be given tickets to the Texas
theater.
Honorable mention is given to
Mrs. F. A. Taylor, Harrington; MIS-.
Lee Martin, Brownsville; Mrs. w.
w. Cotton, San Benito; Mrs. P. ".
Samuels, Brownsville; Mrs. Harold
Pugh, Weslaco; E. l.. Schostag, San
Benito; Inez Brulay, Brownsville;
Mrs. w. w. Underwood, Browns
vile; Mrs. B. White, San Benito;
and Mrs. j. w. Bell, Brownsville.
Special mention is given to Mrs.
NJ. J. EaSterWood of Brownsville.
Had originality of design and draw
ing ability counted in the contest
she surely would have topped tbs
field. She designed and drew a
twelve page booklet on the contest
that would have done credit to a
commercial artist. She made draw
lngS OF the ads in a snappy style
and IN addition made a long list Of
words from the key word.
Each Wednesday nine display ad-
vertisementS in The Herald will
carry stray letters. These charac-
tiers will be taken from some word
distinctive Of the Valley. Such words
as Rio Grande," Grapefruit" etc.
Will be used. The object Of the con-
test is to determine this KEY word
from the stray letters in the adver-
tIsementS and then to form as
many good English words as pos
slble from the characters.
The response to the first contest
was SO hearty that it was found ne
ceSsary to add several new rules
The fans, evidently whetted up by
crossword puzzles, displayed sharp
perception in the contest dealing
with words. Their answers rolled IL
IN such numbers that it has become
necessary to lay down the bounds Of
the event more clearly.
The rules follow:
No foreign words, proper nouns
obsolete words, authorizations, suf-
likes, prefixes, contractions. Use
one side Of paper only. Number
words and arrange alphabetically.
Must send clippings of each adver-
tlSement letters appear in. Letters
cannot be used more times than
they appear in key word" ONLY
one word Of same spelling but jif-
1erent meaning accepted. Write
plainly as any doubtful words viii
pc counted out. All words must be
found IN any standard dictionaru
II clippings are not incIosed Or
wrong key word is submitted, So
Iutlon Is out Of contest. The contest
VIII close Friday at 6 D m Solu-
IlonS N mail Saturday morning will
De too late.
The same person cannot win tbe
prize more than one time, bur
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Bogie Lays Trying
To Beat Record of
Robert E. Lee Trim

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 24.-(P-
The Snag filled, hazardous channel
Of the upper Mississippi reaches
and the WEAKNESS of long sleepIess
hours consp1red today against DR..
Louis Leroy of Memphis in a race
against the long standing New Or
leans to st. Louis record of the
Robert z. Lee.
Casting off from the bank op-
poSite Memphis at @ minutes be-
fore midnight the Bogie wa two
hours and 26 minutes behind the
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should he or she be high, they will
be given second place.
The second of the contests is in
Wednesdays paper.
So successful was the first con-
test that additional prizes have been
secured for the second.
They are: First, So by The Her
aid; second, two adult tickets to
Capitol theater; third, two adult
tickets to the Dittmann theater:
fourth, two adult tickets to Texas:
fifth, sixth and seventh, two chill
dren tickets to Capitol.
The prize winners should call at
The Herald for their awards.
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time of the packet which in 1870
made the trip in 90 hours and IA
minutes-a record DR.. Leroy has
tried three times to lower. Drift
wood and engine trouble have stop
ped him before.
DR.. Leroy intended to install his
second new propeller today and
with it to increc his r speed
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Heaton to near the north fork Of
the Red ricer, and II miles west of
the east boundary Of Gray county, a
distance of 81 miles in Gray county.
Other pending railroad construc-
ton propects include the Yates and
West Texas, Rankin to Iraan, Yates
pool. which has been submitted for
an 1. @. G. permit.
Proposed extension of the Abilene
Southern from BalIenger to San An
gelo.
Extension of the Gulf and West
Texas from Fredericksburg to Brady
and from Eden to San Angelo. 113
miles, set for a date and place yet
to be fixed.
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NO ETHICAL APPEAL
FOR RUM RUNNERS

State Press Of the Dallas News
comments on an item from In Our
Valley as follows:
Brownsville Herald: Roma, on
the Rio Grande, many miles west
Of Brownsville, has a reputation
for being law abiding-and guards
that reputation +ealously. The third
robbery in ten years happened
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REYOLT. SAN RENTTO

1t is bromide to say again that
not beauty alone, but personality,
brings fame. That indefinable
composite known as personality,
must, Of course, be amplified by in
telligence and q working knowledge
Of the technique Of stage or screen.
Miss Dolores Costello is an out
standing illustration of what may
be accomplished by this combina-
ton. In "Noah's Ark" in which she
plays a dual role, her personality
suffuses both into that loneliness
which she alone can create.
The absorbing heart interest Of
"Noah's Ark" center5 in the loves
Of Dolores Costello and George
OBrien-who plays the part Of a
modern dOughboy and of Japhetl,
son Of the patriarch. Through IN
genious treatment of the story the
interest is never lost despite the
passage Of time. Michael Curtiz
directed the super spectacle.
"NOah'S Ark" is now at the Rivoli
theater, San Benito for the last
day.
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from 18 to about 20 miles an hour.
Upon that two mile an hour mar
gin he hoped to dodge driftwood,
stray sand bars and innumerable
other hazards, and travel the 400
odd miles from Memphis to st.
Louis by midnight tonight. Ar
rival then would givl e rec
ord with some u hours to spare.
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play In making the production
ready for the screen.
Much Of the genuine b.; mvs-
ferrous glamour of the Lama's ceTe-
monlals has been transpIanted
faithfully and audibly t the plot
OF the film, which gets its title from
a symbolic painting representing
TIE wheel Of life, the philosophy Of
tie living, which Is found in every
Buddhist monastery.
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AT THE CAPITOL.

Inc same production personnel
responsible for the filming Of THE
King OF Kings" Cecil B. De Miles
remarkable biblical picture, handled
the production Of 1.-THE Codes,
Girl" Mr.. De Miles first director
ial effort since he filmed "The
KING of Kings" in 1927. which will
be the attraction at the CAPITOL
theater for the next two DAYS.
Frank Urson. assistant to De
Mile on many of the latter's out
standing features, assisted the di-
rector on The Goddess Girl" hav-
ing just completed Chicago"
which he directed for De Mile
Peverell Marley. who photographed
The King of Kings" was entrust-
cd with the photography of The
GodlesS Girl" The important work
OF cutting was done by Anne Bau-
chens. who edited the film on ev-
cry Cecil B. De Mile production
during the past ten years. while
Roy Burns, who was responsible
Tor the thousands Of properties used
N The King Of Kings" was in
charge Of properties for THE Cod
less Girl"
The art direction Of Mitchell
Lessen, which played an import
ant part in the artistic success Of
the biblical feature, was secured bv
LIE Mile once more for The God
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Paving of State
Highway No. 96
Nearly Finished

Pouring Of concrete on highway
No. SO will be completed about
April Is, according to estimates of
the contractors, and the highway
is expected to be open to traffic the
entire length shortly after May /.
On the Fourteenth street extension
northeast from Brownsville rapid
progress has been made and the
concrete work is expected to be
completed by April 20.
Pouring Of concrete on the ex-
tension Of highway No. 100 from
Los Fresnos east to Esoes junction
was completed last week. and the
pavement will be open to traffic by
April Is. The Puente Guadalupe
road, completed three weeks ago, Is
open to traffic, and that section
within the city limits, extending to
Lincoln street, is expected to be
opened Sunday or Monday.
The Dodds and Wedegartner
crew is now working on a paving
project for the city of San Benito.
which will be completed in two or
three weeks, and their paving plant
viii be moved to Rio Hondo where
they will pave the Rio Hondo east
road and the East Bourne Tract
boulevard.
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HERRICK BODY
;EN ROUTE Home
Two French Sailors To Stand
Guard Until New York
Is Reached

BREST, France, April 5.-(P-
The body Of Myron T. Herrick,
American ambassador to France,
babe goodbye to French soil today,
and aboard the Tourville, finest Of
French cruisers, started the long
trip back to America.
u Commandant j. M. G. Atrial,
captain of the Tourville, accepted
his charge with moving military
~tersenesS:
I'm the name of my country I
salute the body of a friend OF
France. He is now in my charge
and will reach America safely"
The reception of the body aboard
the cruiser was brief but impress
sive. A salvo of nineteen guns
the ambassadorial salute-shook
Brest roads as a small crane car
Tied it to the Tourville's deck
from that Of the gunboat Dolmen.
The Tourville'S band changed
from Chopin's Funeral March to
the Star Spangled Banner. Then
six husky French sailors lifted
the coffin shoulder high and bore
it into the ardent chapel" where
two French sailors will stand guard
without interruption in watches of
four hours until New York is
reached.
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War DECLARED
ON RUM KINGS
Sheriff Redoubles Efforts
To Get Gang Who Slew
Deputy

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April s.
(P-Declaring ~unrelenting war on
the worst rum and murder ring
in Florida" Sheriff w. B. Cahoon,
on whose head ~bootleggers are re-
puted to have placed a price OF ST.
900, today redoubled his efforts to
find the slayer of Joe Haywood. his
former deputy, shot to death We'd
nesday night.
Haywood, a former federal dry
agent at Birmingham, Ala, since
coming to Jacksonville as a deputy
sheriff had become known as the
terror Of bootleggers." He, too,
had a price on his head, authori-
ties were Informed.
In the fourteen suspects in jail
today, the sheriff believed he had
the slayer.
The sheriff announced the shot
gun wit (which Haywood was kill
ed as he sat in a car at a grade
crossing waiting for a train to pass,
had been found, and it was the
property Of the sheriff's office. The
gun with which Haywood was kill
OgleSby.
Meanwhile Dan HySler, bootleg
king, was expected to surrender.
The sheriff expressed belief Hys-
Ter was the brains" behind the
killing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
FINISH FLOOD
CONTROL WORK
Engineers Making Final In
spection of North Flood
way Levees

County Engineer w. o. Washing
ton, accompanied by County Judge
0. c. Dancy left Friday morning to
make final inspection on the north
floodway, the dredging crews having
completed construction of the levees
the first of the week. This marks
the final work on the Cameron
county flood control system with
the exception of additional levees at
various points along the Arroyo.
The total cost Of the system will
be approximately SLABS, 900, this
covering construction, rights Of way,
engineering and incidental expenses
on the north floodway, the Arroyo
Colorado, the Rancho Viejo channel
and the Rio Grande levees.
The south levee of the north
floodway extends to a point in
Willacy county approximately seven
miles east of PaSO Real, and the
north levee approximately five miles
east Of that point. This will dis
charge the waters onto the King
pasture at a point less than eight
feet above sea level.
The flood control project was fl
nanced by remission Of part of the
state taxes which provided the
basis for a bond issue in the amount
of 81, 900. Work was started in
1926, nearly three years having been
required to complete construction.
The north floodway is designed to
carry $4,000 second feet, the Arroyo
z 10000 second feet and the Rancho
Vieio floodway, 5000 second feet.
Heavy levees have been constructed
the entire distance along the Rio
Grande from a point three miles
below FL Jardin district to the Hi
dalgo county line where they con-
meet with the Hidalgo county river
levee system.
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VALLEY SHIPS TOTAL
OF 255 CARS IN DAY

Shipments of Valley vegetables
and fruit continue heavy, the Mar
ket News report of today showing
255 cars rolled out Of the section
Thursday.
Shipments included mixed vege-
tables "a cars, beets 18, carrots 80,
beets and carrots 20, cabbage 80,
onions 80, potatoes AZ, string beans
6 freight and 8 express; parsley 3,
and grapefruit IL.
This brings total shipments to
date to 5000 cars compared to 49,
036 arse on the same date last year.
Fruit shipments this year total LIT
cars, compared to LAS last year.
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; MOnE ;
HSlDELgGHTSG
COMING TO

THE Broadway Melody" Metro
goldwyn-Mayer's first all-talking,
all-singing, all-dancing picture,
which will open at the Capitol
theater Saturday, is interesting
because its makers are reported to
consider it the best possible adj
vance messenger for their other
all-dialogue films.
Those whose ears are close to the
tickings of the hidden machinery
Of motion pictures have heard re-
ports about this particular film
for some time. First there were
the usual conferences. Would a
stage play or musical comedy be
translated to the screen? Then
there was word that Edmund
Goulding had written an original
story with Tin Pan Alley" and
the stage, both behind the foot
lights and behind the scenes, for a
setting, and that Harry Beaumont,
who did Our Dancing Daughters
would endeavor to get motion sig
nificant to the eye and sound not
entirely unpleasing to the ear, out
Of a cast headed by Charles King,
Anita Page and Bessie Love.
Apparently on the theory that
too many crooks can not spoil a
meal, when each is engaged upon
his special dish, James Gleason,
author Of rs Eat SOP" and This
ShannonS Of Broadway" and Nor
man Houston, were given the Job
Of writing smart dialogue; and Ar
thur Freed wrote the lyrics and
Nacio Herb Brown wrote the music
for the songs, which include
Broadway Melody" You Were
Meant for Me-" and Love Boat"
A sprinkling of Technicolor was
adde, and a musical comedy chorus
was called upon freely. Then the
word sent out was that the COM
pany was more than ordinarily
pleased with its first all-talking
film. That their satisfaction was
well founded has been proven by
the overwhelming reception and
enthusiastic reviews given the pfc
ture on its premiere at the Aston
Theater IN New York City and It's
opening night at Sid Grauman's
theater in Hollywood. Wherever
the picture has been shown it has
been accorded unlimited praise.
pronounced the greatest talking
fllm ever made.
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BLACKMAIL IS
MURDER MOTIVE
Investigators Get Warrant
Charging John Doe and
Mary Roe

TULSA, Okla, April 5.-LP)-A
warrant charging John Doe" and
Mary Roe with the murder of
William S. McCray, wealthy Tulsa
oil man, in their hands, county in
vestigators today prepared to take
further steps to solve the mystery
surrounding the oil mans death.
McCray died last Saturday, a week
after he had been beaten by an
unidentified man, in a hotel.
Several theories have been adj
vanced by investigators in connec-
ton with McCray's death. The be-
lief that he might have been in
volved in a blackmail plot has at
tracted attention of the officers,
who have traced one woman to an
other state, in their effort to I'M
ravel that angle of the case.
dissatisfied with the progress
made in questioning in some wit
nesseS, Byron Kirkpatrick, county
attorney. has said he intends to APP
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ply to Saul wager, district judge
for court authority TO subpoena wit
nesses for questioning, In connection
with the case.
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less Girl" Theodore Dickson sup
ervised the set dressing.
The Goddess Girl" like THE
King Of Kings" was written and
Scenarized by Jeanie Macpherson,
who worte The Ten Command
ments,' Joan the Woman" and
umerou other Cecil B. De Mile
productions. Lima Basquette was
selected for the title role, while
George Duryea. Noah Berry, Marie
Provost and Eddie Quillan have i'm
portant roles in this drama Of
youth.
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SEEK WALTON
LEAGUE HERE
Resacas More Valuable Than
Citrus Groves, Asserts
State President

"Resacas of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley if properly developed will
earn a larger cash return than al
the citrus orchards of the section"
C.. A. Wheatley, president OF the
| Texas division, IZaak Walton league
of America, told those who attended
a meeting here last night called to
organize a local chapter.
Ed A. Monsees was named chair
man OF a membership soliciting
committee and another meeting was
called for next Thursday night at
the same place.
Members of the committee are
John Coffee, Charles Burton, Bob
Wells, Joe Putegnat, Hart Batsell,
G. Emmett Dodd, and w. l.. Pen
dergraft.
More than 5000, 900 automobile
tourists crossed the borders OF their
home state in 1928 and a like num-
Der toured within their own state,
according to figures compiled by the
census bureau" MI. Wheatley said,
These automobile tourists spent
more money than the combined val
ue of all agricultural products OF
the United States for the year.
IF Illinois, Iowa or any OF the
states in the midwest had your re-
sacas they would make a national
park of them and attract millions
Of tourists to them annually.
1T would require comparatively
little work to make of them the
beauty spots they deserve to be.
Dredge them, plant trees along their
shores. seine out the undesirable
fish and stock them with fish native
to this country.
Then in no time at all they would
be earning a larger annual return
than all Of your citrus orchards"
Mr.. Wheatley. who serves the
Izaak Walton league without salary
and pays his own travelling expenses,
told Of the fight made in the last
Texas legislature to pass thu Hol-
brook bill closing bays on the coast
to seineing. This bill alone within
a few years will so portect the fish
ing in the gulf as to add a valuable
attraction to tourists, he declared.
THE Izaak Walton league pro-
notes any move which will conserve
any phase Of outdoor life" said
Mr.. Wheatley. "ReinforeStation IS
practiced in sections where needed.
Streams are freed of pollution. Laws
r secured to change open seasons
on game where they are needed,
and many other such activities are
;@,I,,lnl ~ thn nrNOrQm
An effort will be made to COM
plete the Brownsville chapter OF
the organization in time Tor Mr..
WheatIey to carry the applications
to the national convention in Chi
cago in the middle or April.