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p. HARPER, assistant fire chief.
Dallas: i an agreeably surprised
with the Brownsville fire depart
ment. 10 Is one of tbs res In the
state, and I am certain the best of
its size in Texas. On my first trip
here. the Valley has lived up ex-
pectationS."
w. c. WALKER, captain, fire
department: The people Of Browns
vile are rapidly becoming accus-
toned TO using the fire alarm sys-
tenn. Fully g0eo Of the alarms are
turned In BY this method. This
system usually betters telephone
calls by about three minute"
J. =. BLANTOr-, traffic man
ager OF the chamber on commerce.
Everything PORTS to q IA. py day
tomorrow.
w. L. pENDE4GRAFT, publicity
director OF Brownsville chamber
OF commerce: About all have time
TO think Of Is the coming Battle
of Grapefruit.
G.. VERA, assistant traffic sgent,
CorporaciOn Mexicana de Aviacion: !:
Air traffic will COW with the con-
Meeting link from Brownsville TO
the Canal Zone.
y. L. CAIN, justice OF the peace:
There is a mo y INT on foot 70
abolish fee payment Of officers in
favor OF a .strE-.ht salary. This
would mean less persecution and
more prosecution II put over"
J. J. BISHOP. county auditor and
former teacher: Teachers have
more TO do with correction of bad
characteristics In children than do
the parents themselves. The educ
ator is in a position TO Judge the
child whereas parents are blinded
by their own feelings for the
yuungs ers."
w. F. BROWN, sheriff, Cameron
county: Get your man" was rec
emily changed 10 Get Frank q tur-
key by members OF the sheriff's de-
partment. A couple or the boys
brought me In q turkey but refused
to tel where they got it. An In
vestigation Is pending"
G. w. GOTRE. superintendent oi
city schools: There is TO segrega-
tson between Chi iren from k..slisEl
speaking and Spanish speaking
homes In schools here. no matter
what the general condition over
the state may be.
ANTONIO ORTIZ, director oi
the Beethoven Musical academy.
Brownsville Is becoming more
aware OF the beauties OF music.
q. w. DENNETT, postmaster:
Our Chr, tmas mailing was the
heaviest yet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
Gay Sees First
Snow In 20 Years

Border patrolmen are always
running into something new. For
once 40 was SNOW.
ID. p. Gay. chief OF the border
patrol, is called by duty to do
rather extensive travelling in this
section. But he had not been out
OF the Valley In winter time for
20 years.
So when he went to San An
tonic for a conference with the
district director Of immigration,
WV. "A. Whaler he got the sur
prise OF a score OF winters.
The snow looked good" re-
ports Mr.. Gay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

spent about an hour going into the
financial condition Of the city, and
familiarizing themselves with the
various phases CT income and out
60.
Funding OF the 1892 Of unpaid
bills for operating expenses now on
hand, as well as the remainder for
the month Of December which Is
expected to bring the total up 70
$4,000. will be one OF the first
steps toward Strengthening out af-
fairs. Several methods for handl-
ing this debt were suggested but
no action was taken. Issuance OF
warrants to cover the lump sum
was dismissed by Mayor r. 3.
Rentfro as impracticable.
Warrants, theoretically. can be
issued only for permanent I'M
provements," he declared" and q
number of the Items could not be
so classed. It win be necessary for
the city attorney TO pass on this
question"
In disposing OF this debt. Com
missioner II. L. Thomas urged that
the commission not work with this
alone in view, and come out In the
same shape at the end OF another
month. but rather work toward q
general program.
A budget which will include some
allowance for unexpected expenses
was a suggestion on which all the
commissioners indicated agreement.
City Secretary A. z. Munday ex-
planned that the 1922 debt now
under consideration arose original
ly from the Runyon copyright case,
the airport cele' ration and other
unexpected expenses for which no
provision was made in the budget.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
ETHER BUM
Faulty Anesthetics Seized
BY Dallas Officers

DALLAS. Dec. 24-tF,-Below
standard and mis-labelled ether
shipments to several Texas hospitals
and clinics from an Ohio manufac-
turing company have been ordered
confiscated by district court here.
Shipments confiscated included a
72-can consignment 10 the Ledford
baby clinic at Wichita Falls and a
43-can shipment to a Brentwood
hospital. Consignments to an Abil-
enc hospital and to the Dallas med
ical and surgical clinics were taken
up by the manufacturer when in
formed the ether failed to meet U.
S. standards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

Three directors for Cameron
county water improvement district
NO. 5 will be chosen at an election
which has been called for jan IA.
The polling place is to be at the
Gulf Breeze tourist camp on FL
Jardin boulevard, and George
French As to act as presiding Judge
other officials are 70 be j. 7. Nc
Clintock, Mrs. w. w. Underwood
and Mrs. j. F. Adams.
T.. j. Wells is president OF the
district, and w II. Huffman Jr-,
secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
Baseball Plans Up
For Discussion Here

Further plans for getting q team
OF the Western league 70 do its
spring training In Brownsville will
be worked out at e meeting Thurs
day IN the chamber OF commerce
offices, G. c. Richardson, chamber
secretary, said day.
Ben Proctor is working on plans
TO form q baseball association here
and to lease a tract CT land 70 be
used for training purposes by the
visiting club. After that It could
De used for games here by other
teams.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
American Ambassador
Received mt Court

MADRID. D. 24-tFf- Amid
the traditional .J0mp characteriB-
ing the Spanish courf. King Alton
so today received Irwin B. Laugh
LIN nc the royal palace and accept
Ell hts credentials as American arn-
bassador.
The King and ambassador Laugh
ling exchanged ncitations between
the two countries and expressed
hope they would continue.
The ambassador presented Pres
ident Hoover's compliments 20 the
King which his majesty cordially
reciprocated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
BROKEN
SENDS TRAIN
into DITCH
Woman Injured When
Brownsville Cars
Are Piled Up

HOUSTON, Dec. 24-tF)-The
crack Missouri Pacific passenger
train. the Pioneer. running between
Houston and Brownsville. was wreck
ed near Angleton late last night.
One woman. Mrs. James E. Po-
wers Of Lufkin. was removed to a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-tP-
The body OF mt. Col. Luther r.
Ware, who die here last night
will rest In Arlington National
cemetery. Col. I-are. Indian fight
er, veteran of lie Spanish Amer
can war and T. former Texan, Is
survived by a brother, Judge Siias
Hare OF Sherman, Texas.
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and join you In your fun and OBJ
Servance OF the day.
Now II there be any who
still do not believe in Santa
Claus we wish to refer you
to an editorial written in the New
York Sun in 1897, when Virginia"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

what would thai
prove2 Nobody
sees Santa Claus,
but that Is no
sign that there
.s no Santa Claus.
The most real
hings IN the
world are those
hat neither chill
clren nor men
an see. Did you
ever see fairies
iancing on the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

NEW YORK, Dec. 24-tR-
The Yule spirit will have an in
ternational exchange by air on
Christmas day. Holland III send
a program at noon eastern time
for rebroadcasting in America,
Berlin viii send at 12:45 p. m,
and England at 2 p. m. Ameri-
.an programs will be sent at IL
.. m, to England and Holland
and As minutes later TO Germ
any.
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Turkey Shoot on

The American Legion turkey
shoot continued in full swing Mon
day. Twenty-four birds were award
ed in the shooting Sunday. and
there is possibility that the shoot
viii continue 10 rart of the day
Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

With the St. Cotton Stock
ings" ending today on Thursday
The Herald will offer 70 its read
ers a new serial in For the Love
o. Pat"
It viii be worth while for all
readers to start this little story.
which gives a further insight into
the war days in Fra e, besides
carrying q neat little love thrill,
which win be enjoyed.
Tt win begin In the next issue
Of The Herald. no publication Of
the paper being made on Christ
mas day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
City Employees Paid Early
Vouchers Passed Out For Salaries Through
First Of New Year

Getting city running viii be the first Of
the commission the meeting Tuesday morning indicated
Tuesday meeting called primarily for the OF
arranging payment Christmas
found the fund for this
passed Tuesday afternoon covering the
payroll up to 81
payroll occupied few minutes. and the city fathers
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love, romance
can push aside
that curtain and
view and picture
the supernatural
beauty and glory
beyond. Is 1t al
real? All. Vir-
ginia. IN all this
world there IS
nothing else real
and abiding.
mo san { a
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Bright Business Outlook
Foreseen for Coming Year
Postoffice Setting New Record In Volume
Held as Criterion of Better
Things To Come

bankers and the
valley today opinions prospects coming
year.
Generally the future bright to
Potatoes citrus things grown Valley
well margin growers
In 1880
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Brownsville Ready for Xmas

With the usual shopping round parties happy
homeongs Brownsville prepared today the
by tomorrow the gaety the Christmas spirit
reach their height Wdeed kids will exam loudly what
brought Nonchaant pout young
Will groan grin.
viii be Christmas The pun
gent. fullest bitterest
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except IN sense
and sight. The
eternal light with
which childhood
fills the world
would be gone.
Not believe In
santa Clausl You
night as well
lot believe In
airtes You
night get your
apa TO hire men
D watch IN al
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the cfimneyS on Christmas eve %
catch santa Claus, but even II they
did not see Santa Claus coming down
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the united strength of all the
strongest men that ever lived. could
tear apart. Only faith. fancy. poetry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Fair and warmer tonight and We'd
nesday. Light 70 moderate northeast
to southeast winds on The west coast.
For East Texas: Fair and warmer
tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy
warmer in east portion Light td
moderate easterly 70 southerly winds
on the coast.
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wrote IN to ask
about the matter.
IL follows:
Virginia. your
little friends are
wrong. They have
been affected by
the skepticisrn Of
q skeptical age
They do not be-
lieve except they
see. They think
hat nothing can
oe which Is not
ON p rehensible
oy their little
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24
IN OUR
VALLEY
; BY CHARLES HALL
ERRY Christmas

Year to all. Read
the initial letters
down the column
and you will see
we are wishing
you the same
both ways.
We are wishing
you a merry
Christmas today
because tomorrow
we are going 70
| close our office
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the wonders there
are unseen and
unseeahle In the
world.
You tear apart
the baby S rattle
and see what
makes the noise
inside, but there
Is a veil cover
ing the unseen
world which not
the strongest
man. nor even
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

RIVER FORECAST
There win no material change iia
the river during the next few days
Flood Present 14-ar ae-kr.
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and you know
that they abound
and give to your
life the highest
beauty and JOY.
Alasl how dreary
would be the
world II there
were no Santa
Claus! 1t would
be as dreary as
~ there were no
|Virginias. There
win be no child
like faith then,
no poetry. no ro-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteoroio-
gical conditions:
High .-... 1:AB I'D. m li.08 p. nlu
Low ..-... 6:l0 a- m.; 7.3T p. nl.
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lawn? OF course not, but that's
no proof that they are not there.
Nobody can conceive or imagine all
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tie. In this great
universe Of ours
man is q mere
insect, an ant. II
his intellect, as
compared with
the boundlesS
world about him,
as measured by
the intelligence
capable Of grasp
ing the whole o.
truth and know
ledge.
Yes. Virginia,
there Is a Santa
A-ln -
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why Fur Insurance?
RIo Grande Valley Trust Cos--AdT.
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minds All minds. Virginia. whether
they be mems or children's are lit
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Claus. he exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist,
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years from now,
he viii continue
to make glad the
hood"
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Godl he lives, and he lives for
.ver. A thousand years from now.
Firglnia, nay. ten times ten thousand
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ANTONIO ORTIZ, director of
the Beethoven Musical academy:
Brownsville Is becoming more
aware OF the beauties OF music.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

q. w. BENNETT, postmaster:
Our Chr. tmas mailing was the
heaviest yet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-24

G. w. GOTKE. superintendent or
city schools: There is 70 segrega-
tion between chr iren from k4.slish
speaking and Spanish speaking
homes In schools here. no matter
what the general condition over
the state may be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
MILD-MANNERED
KING RULES WITH IRON HAND
Alexander, Jugoslavian Monarch, Estab-
Ished Stern Dictatorship to Bring Order
Out of Chaos and Preserve Unity.

sinated three prominent members of
the Croatian Peasants party, including
Stephan Raditch, its leader, in open
Parliament.
This act precipitated such a grave
crisis between the Serbs of the old king
dom and the Croatians of the former
Austrian provinces that it threatened
the very unity and existence of the
kingdom. 1t was at this point that King
Alexander. distinguished alike for his
| fairness and fearleSsneSS, stepped in
and, scrapping Parliament, the consti-
tuition, all existing political parties and
most of the present laws. set up mod
ern dictatorship as the only means OF
bridging the crash. This absolutist
regime. says Gen. Peter Zikovitch. its
head. will endure until the King feels
! the people are fitted for return to real
parliamentary government.
| What manner of man is this young
King who had the courage to tear down
the existing political ediflces, built at
the cost of SO much blood, toll and
money, and prepare the way for bet
ter, more unified and enduring struc-
ture, which may serve as a house in
which all the quarreling units in his
kingdom will at last live in peace? The
Associated Press correspondent had the
privilege recently of seeing King Alex
ander at the royal palace in Belgrade
and conversing with him for an hour.
1t is from that conversation, held in
| formally over coffee cups and cigarettes,
that the following impressions of the
sovereign are based:
| The great-grandson of the famous
peasant warrior, Kara George ("Black
GeorgeD, who could neither read
nor write, but who led the Serbs in
their war of independence against the
Turks, King Alexander inherits the
courage and independence of his hum
BILE but sturdy forbear. In addition to
this he inherits. on his mothers side,
| the boldness and dash of the fearless,
patriotic mountaineers who upheld Ser
bias independence In her days of great
est adversely. for Alexander is the
grandson of the doughty King Nicholas
of Montenegro, who with his predeces-
sors kept the cross of Christianity shin
| ing above the mountains of his rock
bound country instead of the star and
crescent of Turkey.
The King is of small stature and is
! not of robust physique. He possesses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

answered. None knows whether fate
will give the Bourbon dynasty q sue
cessor, and 1t is not clear how new
branch of the royal family could be
enlisted to carry on. In addition. the
death of Queen Mother Maria Chris
tina broke one more tie between the
Spanish people and the historic dy-
nasty. BY an almost cruel fate a series
of events over a considerable period OF
years have developed SO as to make the
problem of the dynasty increasingly
confused and increasingly dificult.
Conservatives Lose Regard.
In such a complicated situation the
dictatorship of Primo de Rivera has
done nothing TO enforce the monarchy's
position. Even though the dictator him
self has probably not wished 1t, his
continuance in power has been a new
tax on the high place which monarchy
once held in Spain. Today, 1t is said,
even a portion of the powerful Con-
sentative party has lost its former de-
votion to the monarchy. This section of
opinion places the return of parlia-
mentary government to Spain as first in
importance and the perpetuation of the
dynasty as secondary.
1t is not to be assumed that there
is widespread and active sentiment
against monarchy in Spain at present.
Thus far, this sentiment seems re-
stricted to the Republicans and the
sectional but fiery Catalan group along
the northern border. But the seeds of
discomfort with the old order and of
clamor for a new one are present in
Spain and should not be ignored for
too long period.
That is what prompts men like the
Count de Romanones to hope for and
ask for a new show Of strength on
the part of King Alfonso. They see
in a protracted dictatorship Of Primo
de Rivera dangers as genuine for the
monarchy as for personal liberty. They
say that the moment must soon come
when a parting of the ways between
Primo and the King will be as essential
to the well-being of the monarchy in
Spain as to the welfare Of the people
themselves. Perhaps for this reason,
more than any other, there is justifi-
cation for the view that Primo de
Riveras dictatorship has entered Its
final phase and that the present small
breach between King and dictator is
certain to widen during the coming
months.
fconvrfeht In2nl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
BY JAMES A. MILLS,

BELGRADE, March 8. 49, eprawled
along the Adriatic Sea foT $50 miles and
sewed In between Austria, Italy, Hun
gary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and
Albania, like square IN crazy Oreln-
tai patch quilt, is the Balkan kingdom
of JugoSlavia, whose diverse racial ele-
mentS would furnish flrst-claSs material
for an chronological museum. This het-
erogeneous mass, which Is mostly OF
Slavic origin, Is composed Of Serbians,
Croatians Slovenians, Dalmatians, Bos-
mans, Herzegovinians, Macedonians and
Montenegrins, who at one time or an
other were vassals either OF Turkey or
Austria Hungary.
They vary as much in mentality and
religion as they do in costume and ap-
pearance. For instance, the Croatians
of the north, who are the most en-
lightened. educated and progressive ele-
ment in the entire triune kingdom. are
Roman Catholics, while the Serbs of
the old kingdom, who have more politi
cal experience, but far less culture, are
members of the Greek Orthodox Chuch
Again, while most of the people in Dali
malta, Montenegro and Macedonia are
Christians, those in Bosnia and Her.
zegovina are Moslems, their men wear
ing the Turkish feZ and the women the
veil.
Since 1919, when the old kingdom of
Serbia, as a reward for its services in
the World War, was doubled in area and
quadrupled in population, the medley
of races composing the newly formed
kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
have quarreled among themselves for
political power. In that period Jugo-
slavia has had 81 governments. AS the
country produced no statesmen Of SUI
ficient popularity and sagacity to bring
permanent peace among the peop;eN OF
the various provinces. King Alexander
himself was called upon constantly to
arbitrate their disputes and pour SOW
ereign oil upon the troubled political
waters.
King Successful Until Recently.
The youthful Slav King had measur-
able success as peacemaker among his
100000 subjects until few months
ago, when half-crazed member of the
dominant Serbian political party assas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
CONSTANTIN0PLE LINKED
WITH ANGORA BY HIGHWAY
Isolated Capital of Turkey Brought
Within Five Hours of
Metropolis.

ANGORA, Turkey (P).-Turkey's re-
mote, isolated new capital city is to be
brought more swiftly and closely in
touch with Europe through the Turkish
governments construction of an asphalt
speedway connecting Angora with Con-
stantinople.
This first automobile boulevard In
Turkey will bring the Asiatic fortress
capital Of the new republic within Ave
to six hours distance by motor to Con-
stantinople, Turkeys metropolis and
European outpost.
Modern Turkey will speed over the
same road in American and European
high-power cars, but at Ada Bazaar it
will swerve from the old holy trail
toward the north, for It's Mecca Is now
Angora.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

The World Association for Adult Edu-
cation, London, publishes bulletins on
the movement in the United States, Eng
land, France, Germany, Switzerland,
Holland, Spain. Denmark, Norway, Swe-
den, Czechoslovakia, Russia. Finland,
South Africa, Australia, China and
Japan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
ACTRESS GETS GUARDIAN

Los ANGELES, March o 1p).-Sally
Phipps, "Wampas Baby" motion picture
actress. appealed to Superior Court yes
terday for the appointment Of a guard
ian. charging her stepfather. A. S
Beupler, with "dissipating" her earn
ings and cruel treatment. Roger Mar
chetti. an attorney, was appointed tenn
porary guardian.
Miss Phipps, who said she was II
years old and was earning 1928 week,
stated she had supported her mother
and herself for four years and had been
the main support of her stepfatller since
his marriage to her mother insI922.
Auto fines collected In New York City
last year totaled $1,030,543. -