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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
Jim Wells Votes
Bonds For Short
Highway to Valley

ALICE, April 1.-Voting Of $780,
900 in bonds Saturday for a high
way from this place to the Live Oak
county line assured the closing Of
the last gap in a new and shorter
route between the Valley and San
Antonio.
The route will be shorter by u
miles than the present route by
way of Skidmore and will reduce
the distance between the Valley and
San Antonio by way Of Corpus
Christi 68 miles.
The new highway already is
paved through BeXar and AtaScosa
counties to Brookton, a distance Of
So miles. Eighty miles which are
yet to be paved in Live Oak and
Jim Wells counties to connect with
the present Valley highway at Alice
already are financed and it is an
nounced work is to begin within 80
days.
State and federal aid to two
thirds of the cost Of the project has
been assured by the state highway
department and surveys already
have been made.
This new highway will provide
the shortest route between Fort
Brown here and Fort Sam Houston,
its proponents point out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
EDINBURC WILL
HOLD ELECTION
Two Commissioners And
Mayor To Be Chosen
Tuesday

EDINBURG, April 1.-Edinburg
Tuesday will go to the jolls to elect
a mayor and two city commissioners
to ill the places of three officials
whose terms expire on that day.
Two tickets are in the field for
the offices. The first, headed bv
Mayor A. j. Ross, includes also the
two incumbent commissioners. z. M.
trESyeritt and w. R. Dyer.
t%rhe opposition candidates are.
1Tr mayor, DR.. H. c. Schaleben. and
bIg commissioners, Otto Kusel and
,pcf ntlago Guzman.
will cast their ballots at
'GHe old Edinburg theater building
across the Missouri Pacific railroad
tracks.
Election officials named to con-
duct the election are:
L. A. Gannaway, presiding Of
ficer; Jack Roberts, E. w. Hill and
J. D. Turner, judges: and Tom
Miller, Juan de la VIVA, Jose A.
Guerra, M. A. Vela, E. c. Cara and
Jose de la Vina, clerks.
G. G. Rougeon and j. Loy Ram
sour have been named supervisors
of the election.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
Hoover Facing New
Diplomatic Problem
In Herrick's Death

WASHINGTON, April 1.-(P)-
The death Of Ambassador Myron
r. Herrick at Paris has forced upon
President Hoover and Secretary
Stimson a number of problems in
the selection of a successor which
they had hoped not to have to con-
slider for some time.
The nature of the tasks which
the new ambassador will be called
upon to perform has led to the
suggestion that former Vice Presi-
dent Charles @. Dawes, most prom
inently mentioned for the highly
priced London post, may be
asked to go to Paris instead.
At the same time, consideration Of
Dawes in connection with the Lon
don assignment has led to the sug-
gestion that former Secretary Frank
3. Kellogg might be asked to go
to Paris.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
ENGINEERS RETURN
FROM AUSTIN MEET

w. o. Washington, county engi-
neer; T. C. Davis, assistant county
engineer, and A. H. Pollard Of the
county engineering department,
arrived home Sunday from College
Station where they attended the
annual highway short course March
q to %, inclusive.
The short course was attended by
yer 800 engineers and others en-
gagged in highway construction,
practically all engineers and super
intendents Of the state highway de-
partment attending.
w. 0. Washington was on the
program with a paper on the water
cement ration and its application
in construction of concrete high
ways in Cameron county. the pio-
neer county of the state to adopt
this system which has resulted In
reducing construction costs from 8
to III per cent.
The Cameron county representa-
tives report the ohort course the
most instructive and interesting
ever held in the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
lAs 1870
PYLE : J BuEIon
DERBY GOES ON

ELIZABETH, NJ. J., April L.
R-The second edition Of Chas.
G. Pyle's cross country ache and
pain parade Is off to a good and
apparently profitable start.
With a crowd that dwarfed the
best they could collect last year
gathered to see them start and
many thousands more lining the
course of the first days run, rs
runners made their first days
.iaunt Of 81 miles. Today they
continue with a longer run to
Trenton, the last stop in New
Jersey, thence on their 80-day,
3,5O0-mile journey due to wind
up in Los Angeles June Is.
Ed Gardner, Seattle negro who
finished eighth last year, turned
in the best performance of the
day, leading the pack home in
one hour, SO minutes, 80 seconds.
Another veteran, Sam Richmand
OF New York, came in Is seconds
behind. The Goods brothers of
Belgium, Karl and JUL, took the
next two places.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
METHODISTS TO
MEET THURSDAY
Session Will Elect Eight
Delegates To State
Conference

Delegates and pastors from all
the Methodist churches in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley are ex-
pected here Wednesday and Thurs
day Of this week for their regular
district conference. The meet,
which is to be held in the First
Methodist church, will open at y
q m. wednesday.
The most important business to
c. le before the conference at this
ii e, according to Rev. j. e. Lovett,
10 ! pastor, will be the election OF
eis It delegates to the annual state
con ference.
Rev. H. E. Draper, presiding ell
der Of the Corpus Christi district,
will be here for the conference,
and will make an address at II T.
m. Wednesday in the interest OF
the superannuates. Wednesday
evening will be given over to the
young people, Epworth leagues OF
the Valley having charge of the
program. Rev. L. H. King will talk.
Thursday will be given over to
routine business and the election Of
annual conference delegates.
Counties included in the district
are Cameron, Willacy and Hidalgo.
Luncheon and dinner will be
served at the church wednesday,
by circle number one and the
young n~latrons' circle of the mis-
sionary society, and luncheon on
Thursday will be served by circles
number one and three.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
Highway Building
Finance Program
To Cause Trouble

AUSTIN, April 1.-tP)-When
the legislature meets the latter part
of this month principally to enact
the appropriation bills in order to
support the government for the
new biennium beginning Septem-
Der 1, it will find that much OF
it's time will be occupied in an
effort to finance the highway build
ing program.
1t will be obliged to fix the
license fees owners of automobiles
shall pay and levy an occupation
tax on gasoline. The two PROPOSE
tions are certain to stir up a con-
troversy.
A called session Of the legisla-
ture can not be of more than 80
days duration. At the expiration
Of that time it automatically term
mates. In the event the session
converting this month does not
dispose of the registration fees and
gasoline tax measures, the COVER
nor will he forced to call an extra
ordinary session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
TULSA POLICE ROB
DEATH OF SALESMAN

TULSA, Okla, April 1.-CP)-
Tulsa county authorities today con-
tinued an inquiry into the death
here last night of w. P. Smith, A,
Wichita, Kans., salesman, who died
shortly after he was found uncon-
scious on the floor Of his hotel
room.
Physicians said they found moth
ing indicating foul play.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
YOUNGSTERS HUNT
EGGS AT WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON. April 1.-(P-
The White House grounds were
thrown open today to a crowd Of
laughing youngsters for the annual
Easter Monday egg rolling.
Although rain threatened, several
hundred children gathered within
an hour and scrambled about the
lawn. AS an unusual feature of the
event, Mrs. Hoover had two May
poles to present to the youngsters
IN person.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
ECO POUND JUNE
x * y
FISH CAUGHT AT
X X +
MOUTH OF RIVER

Fishing season is on!
The king Of them all so far, has
been caught!
A 20O-pound June fish was
hooked this morning by Ernesto
Garcia, of this city, at the mouth
Of the river.
Ernesto proudly relates that
the huge fish was caught on a
hook and line, attached to a reg
ular cane pole.
"And he is good to eat En-
nesto declares. Fine meat"
The catch is on display at his
home, and a large crowd viewed
the finny specimen today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
NEW M. K. CHURCH AT
DEDICATED
Especial to The Heraldl

EDCOUCH. April 1.-The new
Methodist church was opened here
Sunday with special services which
was participated in by Presiding
Elder o. C. Grow of the Browns
vile district and Rev. G. G. Baum
CARTEL, pastor Of the new congrega-
ton.
The church was we'll filled ard Il
new members were added. bringing
the enrolment to about 40.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
FINISH PAVING
HIGHWAY 100
Smile Section To Be Open
By Mid-April: Old Pt.
Isabel Road Opened

Pouring of concrete on the five
mile extension on highway No. 100
from Los Fresnos east to Esos juno
ton was completed Saturday, and
the paving machine has been moved
to San Benito where Dodds & Wede-
gartner have the contract for some
city paving.
AS soon as the San Benito work
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
RAILROAD COMMISSION
TO HOLD STRIKE MEET

LONGVIEW, April 1.-(P-The
Texas railroad commission will hold
a meeting here Wednesday in con-
nection with the removal of a di-
vision point Of the Texas and Pa
cific railway from Longview to
Mineola.
Removal was a reason for the
strike vote having been taken re-
Gently by Brotherhoods of the t.
and P. The men sought reimburse
ment from the road fo~ homes III
which they had invested. =
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01

is completed the mach
moved to the East Rio
to pave approximately
that road and On the IN
boulevard.
Paving on the Puent
from Brownsvilie,f 81
for traffic as G. Hoz
and will be exfez<
street within the a4lti
the wee. The paw
have been completed
tenth street within thB city
the machine has been moved On
the extension OF Fourteenth stress
half of the project having bed
completed.
on which approximately 3J5 mile
will be paved.
In the northern part Of the count
excellent progress has been made Oh
highway No. 96 from Combes to thi
Willacy county line, approxin1atelI
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
WINSLOW
BENCH

NEW YORK, April 1.-(P)-Fed-
eral Judge Francis A. Winslow,
against whom articles of impeach-
ment were recently read in con-
gresS, announced his resignation
from the federal bench through his
ATTORNEY today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01

Note: This bulletin short on ac-
count of much static, ETC., last
night and this morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01

First figure lowest temperature
last night; second, highest tempera-
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m; fourth, rainfall past "a
hours.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-14
SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY

been explored for minerals, it was stated by the executive assistant to lthe Secretary of the Interior, Ernest
 Walker Sawyer.
 Known coal fields comprise l2. .- 1867 square miles, he said with l,- POP square miles believed underlaid
 by workable coal. One-fourth of these 1,202 miles has been surveyed to date, he said, while little Is known of the other 900 miles. Types of coal found in Alaska wary from peat to the best grade of anthracite. One of the mines of the Matanuska fields, near Fairbanks, lis producing a very high grade of blacksmith's coal which is being shipped in increasing quantities, Mr. Sawyer stated. Several grades of coal found in Alaska also pro- duce excellent coke of a high grade which on the Pacific coast will per haps replace some of the imported coke, he declared.
 MT. Sawyer pointed out that SUD- plies of fuel oil and natural gas have been historiaccly variable so we can expect the present low price
Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-14
DEAD
 SECURITIES NAY
 BE WORTH MONEY
NEW YORK MAN SPECIALTZES IN DEAD STOCKS AND BONDS
 SOME ARE VALUABLE

NEW YORK, Dec, 13. [F)-There
 are some men who deal in worth less securities and call them by oth-
 er names. But there is only one per- son who will sell you beautifully en-
 graved stocks and guarantee. on ms professional honor, that they lare worthless. He is Roland M. Smythe, dealer in stocks and bonds ot the dormant or dead variety. For i45 years he has occupied q tiny of- Ice at 92 Broadway, and in that time has built a profitable and highly specialized business from his original hobby of Investigating
 worthless" stocks and bonds.
 Here, in dusty old tombs, done largely in private code, are the obit- uaries of 100000 dead corporations Scrap books with yellowed news paper clippings marked by strange footnotes form part of the library. Smythe cares little about successful i7sues, and their records usually are missing. But the failures s-and there are enough of them-are there in full detail.
 ON STOCK EXCHANGE AT B
 Smythe was born in Ireland "A years ago. His father was a ship broker and provided an excellent education for his son in this coun- try. He was out Of college and in the brokerage business before he was 20, and at g he was a member of the stock exchange.
 Naturally gifted as a statistician, Smythe collected data on various stocks and bonds and soon was be- sieged with inquiries from other brokers regarding certain issues. ITO discourage this drain on my time, Smyth said, 1T started charg- ing fee for advice.
 T should have known better. This immediately set me up as an ''ex- pert" and increased the number of calls Finally I had to surrender my brokerage business and give all my time to tracing these cases"
 DEAD COMES TO LIFE
 Smythe has made money from forgotten mining and oil stocks that have risen like golden ghosts to become revenue producing SCH 1urities. But when he purchased them they were 4dead'' and ne had ao reason tO believe they would sver live again.
 But he made more money for other people. Several times he has an issue dead only to lind signs of an awakening years ater- Immediately he notified the holders of the issue, and delights 5hem with information that they nave come into possession of new wealth. And he has a considerable market for this knowledge of loca- jon of lost issues.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-14

|of fuel oil in California to be re- placed by prices materially higher Coal then, he added, will come back stronger than before.
 Alaska anthracite coal has excel lent chances for sale on the Pacific coast cities, said MT. Sawyer, and coke likewise has big possibilities due to the various iron and copper deposits of Oregon and southern California. The big opportunity presents itself ir the distillation or use of coal by the various new methods which have forged ahead in the past few months, he said.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-14
ROLLING IN WEALTH

Tn an article. appearing in a recent issue of the Seattle Times regarding a number of oldtime Alaskans who are now on farm in King County, Kid" Brown, erstwhile dancehall proprietor at Valdez, a one time inmate of the home, is now said to be in Wyo- ming and worth a quarter of a million dollars made from oil stock he had purchased years ago
Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-14

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ALASKA DEPOSITS OF GOAL ESTIMATED AT
 15Q BILLIONS TCNS

Alaska's known coal resources may De conservatiVely estimated at 15O,O0O,O00,00O tons anu il is possi- ble that much larger supplies will be discovered when geological sur veys are extended to the four -fifths of the country which has not yet
Seward daily gateway., 1929-12-14

tF YOU hANEN-1 TRIED FRYE BRUHN'S BABY BEEF, you are Nrrtainly missing something.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

Lights on the La Crosse Twin Cities
Airway will be turned on within a few
weeks to aid night flyers between Chi
cago and the Minnesota cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
1000 WILL ATTEND
A|RPORTS MEETING
First Convention in United
States TO Open In Cleve-
land on May 10.

More than 1000 municipal ofieials.
architects, engineers and aeronautical
people are expected to attend the flrst
airports convention In this country,
to be held in Cleveland for three days
beginning May is, under the auspices
of the National Aeronautical Chamber
of Commerce.
Col. Harry H, Blee, chief of the
division of airports and aeronautfcal
information of the Department OF
Commerce, will deliver the keynote
address of the convention and Capt.
c. M. Knox, vice president OF the ma
tional chamber, in charge OF the organ
nations airport section, will outline
The address of welcome will be deliy-
cred by Maj. John Berry, manager OF
the Cleveland Municipal Airport, one
of the largest and busiest commercial
fields In the country.
MacCracken to Speak.
The feature of the second days
session will be q banquet at which
william p. MacCracken, jr,, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics,
will be one of the speakers.
Speakers and their subjects during
the three-day sessions, as announced
by Harry Schwarschild, chairman OF
the program committee, follow:
Mai. John Berry, manager Cleye-
land Municipal Airport, Development,
Operation and Management OF the
Cleveland Airport"
Gavin Hadden, civil engineer, "Air-
port Planning"
Francis Really, staff member of the
school of architecture, Columbia Uni
versity, Architectural Treatment of
Airport Buildings"
C, r. Stevenson, management engi-
neer, Scientific Management and
Modern Business Methods for Air
ports"
w. r. Gregg of the Department of
Agriculture, weather Service Essen
tial to Safe and Effective Operation
of Airports"
r. q. Hingsburg, chief engineer, air
ways division, Department of Com
merce, "Field Lighting, Radio and
Inter-Field Communication"
e. X. Smith, assistant manager of
highways and municipal bureaus of the
Portland Cement Association, "Perma-
nent Improvement for AirportS."
w. E. Rosengarten, traffic manager of
the Asphalt Association, airport Paw
ing"
ADDRESS on LegaI aspects.
Prof H. j. Freeman, director Of the
legal and legislative research service
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Legal Aspects of Airport Establish
ment and Operation"
George E. Martin, consulting engi-
neer of Barrett & Co.. Economic
Traffic Facilities for Airports"
F. Fl. FARMLAND, manager of techni-
cal service for the American Institute
of Steel Construction Institute, per
manent Airport Structures
Wendell P Miller, drainage engineer
Soil Drainage and Its Effect on Air.
port Safety"
THE airport convention Is not be-
ing confined to members of the aero
nautical industry" Mr.. Knox said.
Every one who is interested in the
development and establishment of air
ports is welcome"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
AIR POSTAGE ERRORS
OF PUBLIC COSTLY
No Extra Stamp Required When
Regular Scent Charge Has
Been Met, Officials Say.

Misconception Of the air1nail postage
rates is costing substantial loss to the
American public, postal officials have
announced. Airmail postage, they
pointed out, covers ordinary postage
as well and when the the 5-cent air.
mail stamp is placed upon g letter
no other is needed for ordinary purposes.
I'VE still receive an amazing amount
of letters bearing both the airmail
stamp and the ordinary 2-cent stamp,
a postal official said. I'm the aggregate,
this amounts to a substantial loss to
the users. A large part Of the public
apparently does not know 1t, but the
airmail rate includes everything-it is
not surcharge.
"Then, too, many users of airman do
not mark their letters adequately. Many
complaints have reached the postal
authorities concerning late arrival of
airInail, and we find in many cases that
this is due to inconspicuous marking for
airnaail or no marking at, all. Many
classes Of mail other than airmail take
Scent stamps and the rapidly moving
hands of the mail sorter are likely to
miss the poorly marked envelope.
Mark your letters ''Via Airntail, -
and mark them plainly, when using this
wonderful new means Of quick business
and social communication"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07
AKRON WILL BOAST
|0F LARGEST HANGAR
Building Under Construction
Now Could House Navy Plane:
Carriers and Monument.

The Navy airplane carriers Saratoga
and Lexington, with their masts low
cred. could rest side by side, with the
Washington Monument and the Statue
OF Liberty end TO end beside them, in
side an airship hangar now under con-
struction at the municipal airport ct
Akron, Ohio.
With these two ships and the Nations
two largest monuments inside the ham
gar there still would be room for the
public to move around and look over the
assortment OF exhibits.
win Be Like Tunnel.
The hangar, which is one of the larg-
est buildings in the world and which is
the largest without pillars or posts TO
support its roof, will be used by the
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation to house
the construction of the first of two huge
dirigibles for the United States Navy.
The hangar will be 1900 feet long, $50
$2,5O0,0O0
The structure will be in the form of
a tunnel and will have the worlds larg-
est single unobstructed floor area, total
ing $780, 900 square feet. It will be large
enough to house six miles of freight
cars. The floor will be Of wood on a
special foundation.
Each Door to Weigh 500 Tons.
One of the most interesting features
Of the building will be the great doors at
each end. Each Of the four doors viii
weigh 800 tons and will run on 40
wheels when opening or closing.
In spite of their tremendous weight,
equaling that of IL average passenger
locomotives, a child will be able to
control their opening by pushing a but
ton, it was announced by General Elec-
trio Co. engineers, who are to build
them. Once started in either direction,
the doors will slow down and stop auto
matically at the end of their travel.