Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-14
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As]AANA oOOOrLlOf1, WHO Is
senior in law at the University OF
Virginia, doubts if the people of
Brownsville fully realize the extent
Of the favorable publicity the city
is deriving from its airport.
In a letter to his father, E. K.
Goodrich, he says:
II doubt if the people of Browns
vile realize how much favorable
publicity they are getting out of
the airport.
Almost daily articles appear in
all the eastern papers, naming the
port, and some have carried de-
scriptions of it.
Several of my friends have ask
ed me about it, and those inter
ested in air travel undoubtedly have
watched its progress closely. It
seems to me that the port will bene-
fit the city more than any other
single factor.
VALLEY RESIDENTS want bet
ter connections with the air mail
lines out of Brownsville.
They propose a change in the
mail bus schedule to bring the
Valley mail into Brownsville al
noon instead of 1:30 p. m.
Air mail brought in on the Val
ley bus arrives too late to go out
on the northbound plane, and re-
mains in the Brownsville poStoffice
nearly "a hours.
The postal department can be
depended upon to take cognizance
of this situation The department
is interested in development Of the
air mail and doubtless will make
the necessary changes in the bus
schedule as soon as possible.
4 ONLY TWO WEEKS of the cit
III fruit shipping season remain.
, According to the ruling of the
a S. department of commerce al
8Iit must be off the Valley trees
a March %.
a. ~ sich indicates that in some
hA-Wls of the Valley the coming
tN1 weeks will be replete with hare
labor for the fruit growers.
Over $500 carloads of fruit have
been shipped this season. This
does not include shipments other
than straight cars. And when the
final check-up for the season is
made it will show around 1000
carloads.
Part.of the fruit now on the trees
will go into cold storage and will be
marketed locally. But the major
part will go onto the northern
markets.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC Lines
on Sunday will inaugurate a new
fast service between the Valley ano
up-country points. More than ar
hour IS to be cut from the running
time Of the train between Valley
points and Houston and San An
tonic. Through sleeper service Is
to be inaugurated at the same time
to st. Louis and other points east
This train, while serving terri
tory between the Valley and the
two cities, is to be a distinctly
"Valley train" John t. Monroe
assistant traffic manager OF the
Southern Pacific. explains.
AS it is to be a Valley train he
desires a Valley name for it ano
is offering a prize of $50 in cash
for the best suggestion. The con-
test opens March Is and closes
April Is. The name must not be
more than three words in length
and must be suggestive Of the en-
tire Valley.
Name suggestions should be sub
mitted to MIR. Moore, in care o.
the lines, Houston.
ALOT OF BOQUETS have been
handed out to this and that per-
son for the part they played IN
making a success of the air mail
airport celebration. but there is one
pair to which the newspaper boys
still are saying thanks.
They are Les Mauldin, airport
tnanager, and his right bower, M
e3, Weller.
ishtThese men probably had more
y sontsed duties than anyone working
NJ he success of the airport yet
I'D time to give information
freely the boys who were striv-
ing to get as much publicity fol
Brownsville and the Valley as
possible.
Weller probably added miles to
his daily record going from his
desk to the press box to call one
or another reporter to the tele-
phone-and never a frown.
The boys of the press daily pay
tribute to the uniformally courteous
attention of this pair.
BASEBALL Of the organized va
riety for the Valley during the pres
ent season seems to hinge upon the
action of Mercedes and Harlingen
Workers believe if those two towns
line up a league will result-if they
fail to line up?
VIM. T. Burnett. Brownsville, and
L. B. Winans, San Benito, are
spending Thursday and Friday in
these two towns seeking to awaken
Latent baseball enthusiasm known