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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-05-31

upravene bolo 69S KIN. ciest, je-
dnako dlazbou, jednako betonom,
asfaltom a inymi vhodnymi
hmotami.
Tohoto roku tomto programe
bude pokraccovane. Ma nedavnej
schodzi cestovnej rady boil vylice-
ny plan pre- tohorocnl upravu
ciest. V snahe, ably co najskor
stav nasich ciest bol uvedeny ma
mieru, bliziacu sa urovni v ze-
mich inych, hlatne V Nemecku,
zvysene boly polozky na dpravu.
SilnicnE fond bude mat tohoto
roku k dispozicii 203 mil. Kc, co
.e skoro o polovinu Wac ako VIA
nj. Bude mono preto podnikn1t
rekonstrucne prace vo vacsom
meritku a tedy tiez S vacsim 1spe-
chom, lebo bude mono pre-
vadzat' prace siistavnejsie.. We'd
Ia nprav ciest statnych napoma-
ha silnicny fond tiez 1pravam
ciest nestatnych, tym, ze povoluje
subvencie Wy vyske dvoch tretin
stavebneho nakladu.
SiInicny fond kona dielo dobre
a kona no bezvadne. Z jeho prace
budu znovu vybudovane nase
cesty tax, ako toho ziada nasa do
ba, ako toho ziada zaujem mo-
dernej dopravy, cudzinecky ruch,
poziadavky turistiky i inc slozky
moderneho zivota. Nebude pri
tom zabudane ami ma zvlaSt ne
utesene pomery, akych sa ma
chadzajd 9O8o cesty slovenske.
Ruslme 81 ovsem uvedomit', ze,
ako to uz bolo povedane, problem
j sloyenskych ciest je predov-
setkym problemom financnym a
ze statna sprava velikymi ma
kladmi lieci nielen tuto, ale i
mnohe inc dosial bol'a pro-
blemy slovenske.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-05-31
PROBLEM NASICH CJEST

Me je tomu este tax davno, co
cesty bolv pokladn6 "a pretty
komunikacny prostriedok a dl'a
toho bolo IS mimi nakladane. Cesty
boly vytlacovane zeleznicami a
pred vojnou obecne vyznam ciest
bol podcenovany. Peclivost' o
cesty vycerpavala sa preto len
najnutnejsimi upravami, usilova-
10 sa len o to, ably cesty dostaco-
valy slabej celkOve frekvencii vo-
zov, bez toho, ably sa ziadalo, ably
ccsty boly prvotriedne. Tiez ne
boly k dispozlcii moderne pro-
striedky ku stavbe ciest. Posy-
panic Strkom a valcovanie Ga to
este ME vzdy) boly skoro jediny-
mi prostriedkami k uprave ciest.
Ale rozvoj automobilovej do
pravy ozivil znovu cesty a vracia
i'm starn slavu, starry vyznam do
lezitej komunikacie. S rozvojom
AUTOMOBILE priSla i nutnost' mat
dokonale moderne bezpraSne ce-
sty. Objavene boly move sposoby
stavby a upravy ciest, ktore zaru-
ocvaly, re cesty takto vypravene
budu lepsie vzdorovat' 1cinkom
motorovych vozidiel, a pri tom
budl pokial' mono prost6 pra-
chu. Je samozrejme, re tieto dpra-
Wy boly a sd d'aleko nakladnej-
Sic, ako sp6soby stare re tedy
problem ciest je predovsetkym
problemom financnym. Pri zist o.
vani potreby sa poznalo, ze bude
treba rekonstruovat' 1922 KIN.
rciest statnych a 1868 KIN. ciest
nestatnych; k tomu treba pripo.
cltat' stavbu niekolko sto kilo.
metroy ciest novych. To je pro.
gram pre- dobu najblizsiu, ktory
nevycerpava uplne cely 3tav ma
Sich ciest.
Uhrada nakladu opatrena bola
zakonom 0 silnicnom fonde r.
1927 Zakon tento zaistil pre- po-
treby j silnicny liver | miliardu
ma dobH 10 rokov okrem toho
opatrf silnicnemu fondn rome
prijmy vynosu silnicnej dane a
ella ma mineralne oleje. Tym dany
bol spoPahlivy zaklad k riadne.
mu silnicnemu hospodareniu a
vysledky toho sa prejavily ul
vl'ani, kedy prevedena bola npra.
va niekolko 100 KIN. ciest. v 70.
ku 1923 bolo zvalcovane zoos
KIN. ciest statnych v cechach
61.3 KIN. ma Morave, 6O.3 " Sliez.
sku, 81.6 KIN Il mas ma Slovensku
a Sc KIN. ma Podkarpatskej Rusi
Tieto zvalcoyane cesty boly '
dixie s0.7 KIN. opatrene poyrcho.
vymi natermi. Vedra toho povo.
lene boly prlspevky obciam ma
1pravu ciest; Y celku moderne
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-05-31

yer ST., Lockwood, O.
Jan Pavelka z NadoSian u Ko-
stel. Moravcu, posledne S611
Rondo St., Detroit, Mich.
Frant. Pintera, posledne 4731
Broadway, cleveland, O.
Jan Samuel Sterpko, POSI-. ma
91st a Buckley, Cleveland, O.
Adalbert 10th Mukaceva, DO
sledne 4120 Woodland Ave. Gle
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-05-31
KoNZULAT res,
3O8 Euclid Ave-, Cleveland, Ohio,
hl'ada tieto osoby:

Matej Pisny 70 stubnianskyeh
Teplfc, posledne 1926 7th' ST.,
Akron, Ohio.
Max Fleisihner, posledne 1856
3. Goth ST., Cleveland, Ohio.
Frant. Jagelka Dolneho Ku-
blna, Gravy, posledne 1905 Plo-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-05-31

veland, 0.
Jan Vais (Veis) Kladna, bliz-
Sia adresa neznama.
Jeno Weiss (White), snad' z
Kalniku Mukaceva, posledne
1907 Woodland Ave-, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Alexander Weiner, Mnesic u
Nov. Mesta n. Vahom, posi-. IA
Watson St., Detroit, Mich.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1929-05-31
70 starej vlasti
iZpravy prebrane 2 krajovych
casopisov.)
BOZ o SLOVENSKO RoKU
1919.


10 sice vsestranne pripravovane
ale preyedenie celkoveho planu o
svobodzovacieho vyzadovalo mno
no namah, obeti ztrat. 0 Slo
vensko bojovalo sa vojensky Via
stne stale az do dina, ked vlada
mad 'arskej l'udovej republiky
nariadila 1stup svojich oddieloy
porazenych na viacerych usekoch
a vyckavajucich vtedy uz od pri,
meria 20 "a. jdna uzkost'ou
svoj osud. Tento den je pamat,
nym, patri spomienke hrdinnych
obrancov Slovenska od prvej
chvile vyhlasenia nasej neodvis.
losti a slobody %. oktobra 1913.
Rovnako patri al 'obetiam z ra-
dov obyvateTstva, ktore vrazdily
mad 'arske oddiele hned' po pre-
vrate a potom pri vpade j1ni
1919. .,
Po tomto dni trval uz len di-
plomaticky boz, skonceny prija-
tim mierovej smluvy Nad'arm a
jej ratifikaciou 13. novembra
1920. Ma poll medzinarodneho Ii
vota obranili SINE skvele to, co
hrdinsky uhajily V najhorsich ca
soch nase vojska.
V Rusku, Italii vo Francii
bojovaly nase legie a r. 1918 vse-
tky spojeneck6 vlady vyhlasily
slavnostne tieto oddiele "a samo-
statne sbory jednotnej armady
neodvisleho Statu ceskoslovensk6-
ho. Uznaly tedy nasu samostat-
most bez oslobodeneho uzemia.
Vo vojsku nasho naroda uznaly
mas narod, jeho pravo a narod na
samostatnost' Vo Francii b0la to
jedna divizia, V Italii dive, V Rus
ku sbor troma diviziami
Donna vSak bolo treba vojska a
to hned', &C prave Sokolstvo, te-
locvicne Jednoty a dobrovof fnicke
sbory uz prvych dnoch po pre-
vrate konaly vojensku sluzbu slo-
bodnej vlasti. TAX mali SINE uz /.
novembra 1918 vrchne velitel'-
stvo naSej brannej moci, TO- no.
vembra vrchne velitel 'stvo vojsk,
operujucich IA SlovenSku a CO.
skoro bola sriadena nasa armada.
Ma Slovensku bolo vsak voj-
ska vel mi malo. Zaciatkom roku
1919 prvych dnoch januara len
/. a III. brigada so 4 plukmi, me-
dzi mimi T. dobrovol 'nickym
I" slovenskym plukom slobody",
ktory vznikol ma Morave a S dvo-
ma plukmi Moray. V tel dobe
mala nasa republika vojska len
115 praporov; V marci r. 1919
sriad'uje sa nase vojsko V sile II
pesfch divizii. Ale tato ohremna
praca nebola este ukoncena a
Mad 'ari mas uz prepadli. Tito
mali uz koncom februara 1919
~ praporov vojska staleho a ked
q. marca 1919 prevail moe ko-
munisti, zacaly provokacie a Il
toky ma nasieh hraniciach. Do
yaesej srazky dostali sa Rumun-
mi, ktori obsadzovali svoje hrani-
ce %. aprila zacina ntok Ma
d 'arov ma celej fronte proti Ru-
munom. v kritickom okamziku,
ked' Rumalni "a tyzden rozprasi-
Ii mad 'arske vojska, nariadila
vlada v Pesti vseobec-
MI mobilizaciu. V polovici maja
mali Mad 'ari uz Ease 10000 vo-
jakov, toho $4,000 dobre W.
zbrojenych ma slovenskych hrani-
ciach. Dina 20. maja zacal utok
mad 'arskych oddielov ma Sloven-
slzo.
Bolo to zakerne prepadnutie a
napor Dol vel Ky nahly. Y tel
dobe neboly este JUNE hranice
definitivne stanovene.
Bola tn len demarkacna clara al
nase vojska staly 10 %. maja ma
dzemi dnesnelo Mad arska, bojo-
yalo sa ma Clare Salg6tarjan-
Miskovec. v druhom obdobf bojo-
u
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
CALIFORNIA T r
BELT HAS FREEZE

KANSA SCITY, Feb. s.-PJ-The
southwest and Rocky Mountain
states today anxiously awaited some
relief from the worst blizzard Of the
winter, felt as far west as southern
California where frost threatened
the citrus districts.
The storm heading southeastvard
after spreading a new blanket of
snow over Colorado, further hinder
ing railroad transportation in some
regions. dashed Kansas and Oklahoma
with all its fury, dropping the mer-
curry 10 the lowest marks OF the
season at some points. Highways
IN the two states and in Nebraska
we're blocked by a three TO five-ineh
snow, and operations in the oil and
mining districts halted.
A heavy snow also was reported
in the Texas Panhandle with rain
in the southern section OF the state.
In Missouri from orc TO three inches
Of SNOW fell.
In the wheat belt tho snow was
greeted as a benefit to growing
grain crops.
Temperatures dropped to as low as
rs degrees in the California citrus
districts but it was believed no Sc
rious damage was caused by frost.
Tonight, however. the mercury was
expected to 10 even lower resulting
10 q heavier frost. and citrus grow
ers were prepared for smudging.
Southeastern New Mexico report
cd It's first snow OF the winter. New
zero temperatures prevailed in Ne
vada. Utah and Idaho.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
FREEZE
Continued from cage one,

CONTINUED from page one.)
awaited the beginnings Of the cold
wave.
The weather man continued to con-
tradict the grounding. who forecast
al early spring, by predicting in
creased cold throughout the state
tonight and tomorrow. and advising
that stockmen be warned to protect
their stock.
Cloudy skies with rain in the
south and snow in the northeast
portions OF the state, with minimum
temperatures of from 10 to 80 de-
grces, were in store for east Texas
"A cold wave-since il already wasn't
cold-was promised FOR the extreme
east portion.
West Texas, too, was to have
cloudy and colder weather with min
imum temperatures Of from zero to
% degrees and a cold wave in the
southeast portion tonight.
Snow, slcet, or both. were report
ed today in Pampa, with q tempera-
ture Of . degrees below zero; Bor-
ger, zero; Amarillo, 5 degrees; Lub-
book, Y; Sweetwater and Brecken-
ridge. 9; Vernon, Cisco and Colorado
10; Wichita Falls, IL; Brentwood.
y; San Angelo, 16; Fort Worth and
Waco. Is; Dallas, 20; Greenville, %;
C~orsicana, 20.
Other temperatures: Austin SO,
Brownsville 81. Corpus Christi So,
Del Rio 40, FL Paso So, Galveston
81, Houston 4S, Palestine 80, Port
Arthur 80, San Antonio SO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
new Store IS
OPENED HERE
Piggy iggly Says
Business Fine On
First 2 Days

Record crowds attended formal
opening of the new Piggy Niggly
store az Eighth and Elizabeth streets
Friday. From the opening Of the
stcre 40 Z o'clock In the morning,
the new headquarters OF the serve
yourself concern was taxed TO capa-
city.
"We are well satisfied with the
attendance and business on our for
nal opening day" said ~. M. Harvey.
manager Of the store. 1T was we'll
up 10 our expectations and we were
the recipients Of much praise from
many or the customers. On Satur-
day, which usually IN trade day. we
expect TO set a record In attend
ancc.'
While Piggy iggly held formal
opening OF It's now store Friday
morning. the store was opened for
business Thursday and good crowds
that days also were reported.
Tho enlarged store space and the
more commadious Aislcs afforded By
the new store proved tSeir worth
tho first day, ii In said. the large
crowds being accommodated without
difficulty. and at no time was there
any delay. a often was experienced
IN the Oh quarters.
Together with its enlarged quar-
tiers Piggly-W iggly here also has
added n larger stock. making the
Brownsville store one OK the best m
the VALLEY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
CELEBRATION
MEET TODAY
Aviation Committee to
Plan For Opening
Of Airport

Preliminary plans for the eele-
bration ID mark Inauguration OF the
BrcwnsvilIe-Mexico international air
line will be considered nc a meeting
Of the chamber OF avia-
ton committee az 1850 o'clock Fri
day afternoon az the chamber.
This committee. Of which Charles
Burton Is chairman. has 4 mass OF
arrangements 20 take up. according
70 G. E. Richardson, manager Of the
chamber Of So many
problems incidental TO the ceIebra-
ton have arisen that the committee
is in danger of being swamPcd.
The assistance OF all civic clubs
OF Brownsville will be necessary and
cooperation OF business mes will be
essential il n successful celebration
is held. Richardson said. Invita-
tins TO attend the celebration have
been sent out to various officials Of
this government rs well MS that OF
Mexico and one Of the largest
crowds eve gathered here Is ex-
pected.
Assistance Of soldiers at Fort
Brown to maintain order mt the field
probably will be requested. as Il l.
believed policing OF the field dur
ing the celebration will prove a big
problem.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
wall STREET
CLOSES WEAK
Sales For Day Approx
imately 100000
Shares

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-P-Retcn-
tion OF the 5 per cent rediscount
rate by the New York Federal Re-
serve Bank more than offset the in
crease Of s1ie,nn0,0 900 in brokers'
loans as a market factor. and stock
prices opened 5tiCng today. Kennc-
colt Copper shovel an initial gain
OF 8 points and international Har-
v~ester. Johns Manville, Radio new
and U. S. Realty opened 2 or more
points higher. Pennsylvania Rail-
road was one OF the few soft spots,
opening n point lower.
A few new soft spots developed IN
the early trading. Midland Steel
Products preferred dropped nearly 8
points and Union Pacific, Kroger
Stores, A. NJ. Byers and Western
Diaries yielded = points or more
Coppers pointed upward again in
reflection Of the rise in export
price yesterday. Calumet and Ari-
zona. Gerro de Paseo and American
Smelling all mounted 2 points or
more. Steels also displayed firm
~undertone on reports of heavy auto
mobile and railroad buying. Johns
Manville extended its early gain to
6 points. General Electric to 8 IL
and Mexican Seaboard TO 8 with
Packard Motors, Wright Aeronauti-
cal, Consolidated Gas, Marine pre-
ferred and Goodyear selling 2 or
more points higher before the end
OF the first hour.
Foreign exchanges held firm, with
sterling cables slightly higher At
Sass 25-32-
The closing tone was weak. Total
sales appropriated 100000 shares.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
.CARNES OFF
FOR PRISON
Defaulting Head OF
Church Board To
Begin Term

ATLANTA. Ca. Feb. S.-ff-Clin-
ton s. Carnes. erstwhile treasurer q
tho home mission board of the
Southern Baptist convention. who
faces n seven year prison term, was
expected TO start for the state pri-
son farm It Milledgevillc today or
tomorrow Carnes was being held
here to help the board straighten
cut Its books but the board decided
his services will not be needed.
An explanation or why the board
consented TO such n short sentence"
for Carnes. after he had pied guilty
10 one Of twenty indictments against
him. was offered BY the boards
president, Or. Luther Rice Christie.
last night. Dr. Christie said the
board had consented ~ chviate the
legal necessity OF obtaining convic-
tion totaling 100000 of Cagrcs' At
legged shortage to enable tho board
to recover Carrcs' personal prop
crtv.
In agreeing u the consent verdict.
Carnes agreed that ait hia property
shonld be given the board % make
un in part. his d~cfacntiors. which
are expected 70 total close n. ST.
D0n. 900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08

RICHARDS ON

Continued from page one.)
quentiy. he said, MEyfield telephonCd
him, told him TO get $500 from n mar
named Wynn" 60 TO the Republic Ma
tionsl bank and place a $1,000 bet
with Adams.
After y discussion, Adams and
Richards gave $1,000 eaeh 70 Math-
ews, who suggested they post
cashiers checks IN the bet. That
done, the two 81 600 checks we're re-
turned 10 Mathews, Richards de-
dared. and IL was agreed that thc
bet was 10 be paid in the presence
Of both betters a week after the cleo
tion. which was on Saturday.
The next Wednesday, Richards
said, he returned to his office after
lunch and found a telegram pertain
ing TO the bet. Shortly afterward,
nc added, Mathews telephoned that he
had received y similar telegram and
asked II Richards would come 20 the
bank. The kilograms authorized
Mathews to give the bet money TO
"Ciyde X. Vest" aud after a short
discussion, Richards said. Mathews
decided well. we'll Just wait and
see"
Meets Mr. Vest
Mathews telephoned again the next
day and persuaded Richards 10 20 20
the bank. Richards testified, and
when he arrived there, the stakehold-
or said: "Mr. Richards, meet Mr..
Vest"
"He was in the crowd when the bet
was made, but I did not remember
him." Richards said.
Mathews then told him that West"
had come to collect the bet money in
behalf OF W. Tom Ramsey and Adams,
Richards said. While they were talk
ing. "Vest" told Richards he belonged
to Odd Fellows Lodge 1880. Richards
said that since he vas an officer IN
the Odd Fellows he knew there was
no lodge in Texas numbered more
than 100, and when he said "you
must be mistaken" Vest replied: u
mean the Elks."
Richards said that he had not seen
west st that time.
Mathews put the checks IN the
counter and said, Richards testified:
call right. just sign these cheeks"
Denies Identification
Richards said he signed them and
left the bank 70 continue a trip 20
Creenviile. where he participated IN
LAYING 4 cornerstone nc the new court
house.
The Monday after the cornerstone
laying. Richards said Tex Monroe
te~Iephoned him and told Richards
that Fit Gems like there's been some
mix 10 over this election bet. and w
Tom Ramsey and ". Ray Adams viii
be up there in a minute"
When Ramsey end Adams arrived
I Richards said. Monroc told him III
seemed like Mathews had paid ihs
money 70 the wrong man."
Mathews had told Monroe, Richards
testified. that Richards identified
-ycsts when the bet money was paid
but after n visit 20 the bank and :
conference with Mathews the stake
holder said: That's right lot
didn't"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. s.-gg-Thc
cotton market opened steady at an
advance Of I point 10 a decline Of
q points. Early offerings were alb
sorbed by trade buying and cover
Ing. Active months were about net
unchanged 10 3 points higher at the
end or the first half hour.
After selling up TO 1889 for May
anc 1886 for the new October con-
tract, or about = TO 3 points net
higher. the market met renewed IL
4Rnidation and prices ssgged off late
IN the morning. Offerings were not
heavy but there was not a great deal
Of buying after the early demand
had been supplied. Prices at midday
showed net declines Of about 5 to
z points.
Futures closed steady. , TO S points
higher. Spot quiet: middling 2O.c5-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
De Valera Given
Month In Prison

BELFAST, Northern Ireland. Feb.
s.-Eg-Eamon Dc Valera, noted
Irish republican leader, was SEN
fenced to one months Imprisonment
today for attempting to enter North
ern ireland in cortravention Of an
order OF sever years standing.
The magistrate in sentencing the
leader or the opposition in the Irish
Free State. said De Valera was real
" trying TO fIout the Law Of the
Ulster.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
SCOUTS TAKE
Oath TONIGHT
Anniversary Week To
BE Observed Here
For 7 Days

All members OF the three BOY Scout
troops OF Brownsville Will rc-takc
their oath as Scouts nc their various
headquarters tonight, marking the
beginning Of Boy Scout anniversary
week. the celebration Of which Is -
continue until February ~.
Scout mobilization call Is 10 be ons
Of tho features ~ the program during
this week. The date for this call has
not and will not be announced. When
the signal Is issued. however. the
Scouts will gather ~ some central
point in the city, probably the cham
Der OF ommcrce. IL is understood.
They will come prepared for cny
emergency. IN ful uniform and with
first aid Kits the same Is IL there
we're some real emergency, disaster II
.-re nature to contend with.
Zach day Of the week a special pro-
gram has been prepared and Saturday
will be home day. when each Scout
will be required 10 do a gooS turn
az his home. On Sunday he Scouts
will attend church. arrangements
being made for a sermon 4. y al
the churches. For Monday no definite
has been arranged. Tues.
day. however. will be school day ard
Tksyrsday Scout day. On Friday night,
d0 gaated "a parents day. IL IS pro-
roscd TO hold a ass meeting ~
Scouts ana their parents.
Brownsville now has three troops
while two others are being organised.
frne program being observed here vii!
Re carried out throughout the United
States NJ practically the same time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
Johnston Plans
Reply To Charge
Voted By House

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. s.@Rl-
While house members prepared 20
plod along in their investigation Of
departments Of state government to
day. they were discussing what, IL
anything. Is in the political atmos-
phere. The resignation Of Mrs. o.
o. Hsmmon6s, confidential secre-
tary TO Henry S. Johnston, suspend
cd governor, led TO the conclusion
Of many legislators that the gov
ernor is recognizing his board %
stra~yy, as the time for his ap-
p%enrance before a senate court Of
impeachment, 10 answer IL charges
voted against him by the house, APP
proaches.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
FIRE COMPANY OFFERS
CHALLENGE TO RACE
Especial 70 The Heraldl

MISSION. Feb. S.-A business
meeting OF the Mission Volunteer
Fireman's association was held on
Tuesday with one hundred per cent
membership present. The report OF
President d. c. Decker showed af-
fairs OF the organization 10 be In
excellent condition with "a active
members, eight OF whom are on duty
every night.
Finances Of the association were
reported to be in good condition and
morale high. Two new members
were taken into the organization,
Robert Shirley Jordan and Herman
Evins.
A challenge was issuel iv COM
psny number one TO company num-
Der two for N race and hook-up Of
tracks TO plugs, the losers 10 fuv.
nish a feed fer the winners.
-Four weeks have been set aside
far practice, the race 40 be held
within five weeks after the accept
arcc or the challenge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-08
N. O. COTTON
OPENS Quiet
raSlight Advances Made
- In Early Hours
Of Trading

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. s.-H9-The
so1ton market opened quiet but
steady In response TO relatively ia
Norabie Liverpool cables. First
trades showed advances of 2 points
70 a decline Of one. There was a
Hurry OF covering after the start
probably inspired by the outlook for
u~nfavcrabls weather in the belt.
On the subsequent bulge March
advanced 70 10 p. May 1880 and
July 1871, or I points up from yes
terday's close. At the end OF the
first hour the market was quiet and
: points down from the highs.
There was a renewal Of covering
later and May rallied to 1881 and July
19-55, or 3 TO . points above the lows
and . to 6 points over yesterdays
close.
AZ noon the market was steady and
~ the highs.