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CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SOUGHT
FOR BIG CHARITY DINNER

There will be Christmas cheer
and a-plenty for the poor OF
Brownsville this year.
Following the annual custom for
many years, plans r being made
for the Christmas dinner for needy
OF the city and inmates OF the Char
ity Home, and patrons Of the in
stitution r asked to remember the
event BY donations. The di- .er has
become almost an institution in
Brownsville, Mrs. volney Taylor
having had charge OF arrangements
for the past nine years II stands
out as an event IN many lives other
wise unhr!ghtened the year through
except for the festive dinner serv-
ed through the kindness OF Browns
vile citizens.
Many Things Needed
IN the past, from 500 to 1900 have
partaken Of the Christmas bounty,
da@ending upon labor and indus
trial conditions throughout the COM
munity. Tickets are issued to the
matron of the Charity Home and
city health nurses. who give them
TO families they deem unable 70
procure Christmas dinner in any
other way.
Meats OF all kinds. vegetables,
fruits, fresh and canned, preserves,
cakes. pies. breads. and all articles
included in an ordinary Christmas
dinner are need for the occasion.
and donors are asked TO commune
cate with Mrs. Taylor or sign their
name and contributions at Wilman's
Pharmacy.
Action Requested
In addition to the scores who will
come from needy homes or the
city, inmates Of the Charity Home
itself form a large group for the
dinner. In the home for aged wo-
men are q number OF destitute and
crippled. A group in the old mans
home is In the same condition;
across the street In the old Provid-
ence hospital are found the desti-
tute children Of the city, all OF
whom depend upon the generosity
Of the populace for their support
and are included in the charity din
ner list.
Charity subscribers are urged to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10
By HARRY L. SEXTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 New
crops for South Texas, which will
replace in part the production OF
staples in that section and reduce
imports Of agricultural products
from foreign lands. are being sought
by the experts Of the plant intro
duction division of the Department
Of Agriculture.
The department has completed q
general survey of climatic and soil
conditions throughout the South
west. and expeditions are searching
through the Orient for plants, trees
and fruits OF economic Importance
which will prove adaptable to South
Texas.
Mespotamia, the seat OF the old
est known civilization, where con-
ditions are very similar To those
in many parts OF South Texas and
other Southwestern territory. Is ex-
pected to prove the most prolific
field for this research. 1t was from
Mespotamia that date offshoots and
seeds were brought last year with
the object OF establishing the date
industry In South Texas and even
tually reducing the heavy importa-
tons OF this highly valued food
product.
Considerable attention Is being
devoted to the pistache coming into
general use in this country and OF
which large quantities are being
imported. These nuts are produced
principally In Sicily, Palestine and
other Mediterranean countries. and
a few OF an snferior quality are be-
ing grown In California. DR.. White
house. In charge Of an expedition
now in Persia for the plant intro
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
SEEKS SOUTH TEXAS CROPS

a new and larger variety Of the pIs-
tache. and a large consignment of
the seed and bud wood will DE
brought ito this country when he
returns In January.
The newly discovered variety Is
not only larger and Of better quality
than the average commercial vari-
cites, but also. when ripe, cracks
open, a characteristic peculiar To
this variety alone. Smelling or PTS
tache nuts is one of the major items
OF production costs, which runs
high, especially with the smaller
varieties. The sheIled nuts sell In
this country at slO0 10 $3.50 a
pound. and are used principally I'm
the manufacture of Ice cream or
are sailed and sold as a CONNECTION.
Another objective Of the plant in
PRODUCTION division * 60 secure
drouth-resistant grass which would
be adapted to the South Texas
ranges. The search for this grass
has been extended into NH semi
arid regions. and while numerous
varieties have been located none
have proved adaptable to South
western conditions. The experts OF
the division are confident that the
proper variety eventually will be
discovered and transferred 70 the
semi-arid sections.
Dasheen. a tuber resembling the
sweet potato, with a high starch
content. was introduced In the
Southern states a few years ago by
the plant introduction division. and
Is expected to become one Of the
principal tuber crops. Tung oil
nuts. also introduced through the
activities Of this agency. are being
produced commercially In Florida.
These were brought to this country
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10

from the Orient and efforts are new
being directed tcSard locating vari-
cites best adapted 70 South Texas
conditions.
There are q myriad OF medicinal
plants and herbs. many of consider
able economic importance. which
woulr be profitably grown In South
Texas, experts Of the division state.
and they are now investigating
various varieties with IN view OF In
Producing them and promoting pro-
duction upon a commercial scale.
Officials or the division realize
that South Texas, with les almost
tropic climate and with a soil OF
high fertility. offers an u~nsurpass-
eel field for plant introduction They
point out that production OF staple
crops in that section places IL in
competition With all parts OF the
United States and that introduc-
ton OF agricultural products now
imported from foreign countries viii
result In the gradual reduction of
acreage devoted 70 staples and an
increase in the production Of high
value crops which will reduce inn
ports and add materially 90 the
agricultural wealth or the country.
I'VE realize that South Texas pos
sesses wonderful opportunities for
plant introduction" an official OF
the division stated. ct believe that
section eventually will become the
principal producer of many Of the
agricultural products this country
Is nov importing. This viii reduce
the volume OF staple production and
add 10 the agricultural wealth OF
the country"
Among the agricultural products
introduced through the activities
OF this division are the soy bean,
now grown extensively in the South;
hardy varieties OF alfalfa. which
are being grown In seni-arid areas
where soil conditions are satisfac-
tory: durum wheat. a r~ust-resist-
ant variety which has replaced hard
wheat IN many sections or the
Northwest. and a great number OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10
IS
IDEAL PRESENT
Inexpensive Remembrance
Serves Double Valley
Advertising Service

Grapefruit. and other citrus typ
ical OF the Valley are suggested by
many as Christmas gifts.
For the inexpensive remem-
brance, few gifts would be more
appreciated by friends in the north
than a box Of choice juicy tree-rip-
ened fruit sent by some one living
In the home OF the grapefruit. And
for something a little more unusual,
there are the Foster pinks. kum-
quates, and the lesser known kinds
of citrus. A nice selection Of these,
prettily packed, have the greater
charm Of novelty"
Then, too, such a gift. bearing
as it does an intimate touch Of the
sunny south, will be welcomed along
with a more valuable present which
q person may be sending away"
Grapefruit. with US, is some
thing like the apple with people In
the north. Sending citrus as gifts
Is just another way of killing two
birds with one stone. because Ii can
work as advertising too"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10

B. R. Coad, Arm charge or southern
field crOp insect Investigation for
the Department OF Agriculture. ar
rived by plane Sunday 10 spend
three or four days I'm the Valley
studying varieties Of bugs I'm this
section.
VALLEY grapefruit is the best x
ever tasted Coad declared Mon
day. I'm fact. " IL the only kind
that I can eat"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10
New Show Manager
Comes To Harlingen
Especial 20 The Herald)

N0PCCAaA W 4AAC A1CAdAuf
HARLINGEN, Dec. 10 J. c.
King, formerly OF Miami. Florida,
has been appointed as the new man
ager OF the Arcadia Theatre, popu-
lar Harrington show house. Mr.. King
arrived here six days ago. and i'm
mediately assumed charge Of the
Arcadia.
The new manager has had a
wealth or experience with Movie
tone and Vitaphone sound machin-
es and pictures. as he was one OF
the pioneers In this new field. He
was In charge OF the Hippodrome
Theater. in Miami, when sound was
introduced.
Mr.. King has been with the Pub
Tx shows, Of which the Arcadia Is
one, for more thai five years.
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citrus and other fruits, each OR
which make 1t adaptable TO con-
ditions in certain sections OK this
country.
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turn In their donations in cash or
food rs early as possible, In order
that the materials available for the
dinner may be checked in time for
its preparation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10

BELGIUM GUSTS WHITES
BRUSSELS. - The last railway
employees in the Belgian Conso
have been replaced by natives.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10

S DROWN IN MOTOR CAR
LAIg5ANNE.-Five members Of
two rich Swiss families we're drown
ed when their automobile went off
a bridge into the river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-10

KILLED AT BRIDAL ALTAR
MISUNDERSTANDING struck
church here while a marriage cere-
mony was being performed killing
the pastor and two guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
to be produced only BY vibrations at

to be produced only by vibrations at
about ESQ second.
In all musical notes there are other
harmonic vibrations besides the funda-
mental. and these harmonics have high
err vibration frequencies. Experimenting
with middle G, DR.. Fletcher removed the
harmonics of lower pitch. until there
remained only the harmonics above
frequency of 500. But still the pitch
stayed at that of middle G. The pitches
Of other musical notes remained con-
slant under similar tests.
Sounds Are Traced.
Tracing these sounds into the ear, DR..
Fletcher found that there Is a modu-
lating effect In the middle ear, which
transmits to the inner ear stimulations
quite different from those impressed
upon the outer ear.
The inner ear, receiving part OF the
vibrations that are harmonics Of given
pitch, vibrates at all or at most Of the
points which would vibrate If it received
the full tone.
These inner ear vibrations pass to the
auditory nerves as sound. So the sound
heard is determined by the manner of
vibration of this inner ear, and a sound
which sets harmonic points in the inner
ear vibrating is heard as the sound of
that pitch, even when some of the es-
sential vibrations belonging to the pitch
are missing at the sounds point of
origin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
BYRD DISCOVERIES
CREATE PROBLEM
International Commission to
Settle Ownership of Area
May Result.

Creation of an international arbitra-
tion commission to settle the question
Of how far ownership is established for
a nation by the setting up of its flag
In uninhabited territory. may result
from Comdr. Richard Byrd's discoveries
IN the Antarctic region.
This was indicated yesterday by an
nouncement that vast new territory in
the Antarctic had been claimed by
Condr. Byrd Monday for the United
States.
Records in the State Department left
the question ha2y as international law
cited was to the effect that discovery,
such as Comdr Byrd's. established a
claim for his nation, but not a per-
nanent right to the country.
How far the mere discovery of a
territory which is either unsettled or
settled only by savages gives a right
to it," one authority declared, sis a
question which neither the law nor the
uSages of nations has yet definitely
settled" But another source asserted
that "the ground taken by the British
government, that discovery made by a
private individual, in the prosecution of
a private enterprise, gives no right,
cannot be allowed.
There is nothing" this authority
continued, Ito support it, either in the
reason Of the case or in the law and
usage Of nations. To say the least of
1t, If a discovery SO made confers no
right, 1t prevents any other nation
from acquiring a right by subsequent
discovery, although made under the
authority Of the government, and with
an express view to that object"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
PROXY FIGHT MARKED
BY new EXCHANGES
Rockefeller Group Repeats It Has
Lost Confidence in Col.
Stewart.
~ the Associated Press.


NE1g YORK, February 22.-New YER
bal exchanges today marked the cam
paign being waged by John D. Rookie
teller, jr., to put Col. Robert W. Stewart
out of the Craftsmanship of the Standard
Oil Co. of Indiana.
The Rockefeller committee made pub
lie letter to an unnamed Midwest
banker in which it was asserted that
I'VE can grasp the truth Of all Col.
Stewards almost incredible story and
still, on his own admission, we must
come to the conclusion that he has lost
the right to our confidence"
Albert L. Hopkins. Col. Stewards per-
gonal attorney, issued statement say
ing that thu Rockefeller committees
document "repudiateS the 72-page docu-
ment issued by Mr.. Rockefeller's
brother-in-law, for IN it he frankly adj
n1its that the effort of Mr.. Aidrich to
involve Col. Stewart with Teapot Dome
and Secretary Fall in that document
was unwarranted by any facts known
to any one"
The letter to the Midwest banker"
sums UP the Rockefeller position in four
questions regarding whether the stock
holders can have confidence In a chief
executive who has conducted himself as
the Rockefeller committee charges Col.
Stewart did IN the Continental Trading
Go. transactions.
The anSEger from the Stewart con-
tingent declared that the main issue is
whether Col. Stewart is the right man
TO head the company, and concludes
that he Is on the showing Of his record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22

Experiments are under way In italy
with the use of the rotor principle In
the propulsion of aircraft, the rotors
being filled with gas for buoyancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
MRS. THOMAS E. BROWN
AGAIN HEADS Y. W. C. A.
Chosen President for Fourth Con-
secutive Term at. Election Of
Officers for 1a29-lp3o.

Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown was
chosen president of the Young Women's
Christian Association for the fourth
consecutive term at the 1929-50 cleo
ton Of officers, held at the associations
administration building yesterday.
Other officers elected are: Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker, first vice president; Miss
Estelle Foster, second vice president:
Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Robert Lansing, correspond
ing secretary, and Miss Margaret r.
Fox, treasurer.
Miss Helen Hudson, Mrs. Mary c.
Stevens, Miss, P. Edna Thoenssen and
Mrs: Ben Temple Webster, newly-elect-
Cd members, also were officially received.
Miss Greta Finley, president of the
Young Women'S Christian Association
Of Montreal gave report on the Buda-
pest conference last Summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
POLICE READY
FOR COLD OR MODS
Get New Fleece-Lined Helmets and
a Store Of Tear.Gas
Equipment.

The United States park police are
row prepared for Jack Frost or mob
action in Washington's parks.
New, warm, aviator like helmets, lined
with fleece, were issued yesterday to the
% motorcycle members of the force
for use during "the wee small hours of
the morning" between midnight and
dawn. Capt. M. H. Parsons, the Army
Coast Artillery officer who is superin-
tendent of the park police, explained
that similar helmets are in use in Mary
land, Virginia and other communities
Motorcycle men testify that it Is ex-
tremely cold riding after midnight in
Rock Greek Park and Potomac Park,
and they welcome the helmet.
While the park police do not antici-
pate any disturbance of major rsscs:-e
IN Washington's parks, they have now
laid in a store of tear gas apparatus
calculated to quell mobs. This consists
OF two gas "billies." 33-caliber gas shells
and tear gas bombs.
Capt. Parsons declared that their use
entails no harmful after effects, but will
subdue crowds without force of arms or
clubs. Tear bombs have been used by
the metropolitan police in gambling
raids here with good effect, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
FORD ASSEMBLING
COLONIAL VILLAGE
Magnate Brings Relics oil
Past Days to Dearborn
Collection.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, December 14.-A twen-
tieth century traveller CHANGING into
village under construction near Dear
born, Mich. would probably feel much
as did the Connecticut Yankee when he
burst in upon King Arthur's Court.
Within sight of the most modern in
dustrial center in the world Henry Ford
is building there his early American
village, where everything is to be as
things were hundred years or more
ago. One may peek through window
and see a woman by the hearth at a
mildly -noddy spinning wheel. She will
be in the costume of another age of
American history. and the furniture Of
the house will be the envy of collectors.
Museum to Edison.
Here industries will be carried on
with the same tools and devices as when
the Middle West was the American
frontier. Mr.. Ford, whose reputation
as a collector Is well known, has
gathered from New England, Maryland
and Virginia and what was the Weste-
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Matchmaking Marvel.

There has Just been put into opera
ton in an English matchmaking fac
tory a new machine capable Of making
100000 matches in an ordinary work.
ing day. In one chain Of operations a
green unseasoned log Of bass or aspen
straight from the forest is transformed
within an hour into matches counted
in boxes with printed covers, and pack
ed into cases ready for shipment.
Each match is square. with advertise.
ment on two sides-printed as part on
OF the productive process.
One million match-books per day are
produced by another machine. Strips
of veneer are fed automatically into
the machine, which cuts, prints and
turns out the matches in booklets In
side an advertisement cover. There Is
an advertisement on each match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22

Speeding cars are stopped instantly
at the viii Of the driver through wheel
clocks" new substitutes for auto brakes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
Insure against Skin Troubles
BY daily use of
Cuffcura Soap
Assisted BY Cuticura Ointment
Sold Everyvvhere 400. each
BLOOD PRESSURE!

Do you have difficulty in breath.
ing, headaches, dizziness, heart
palpitation? Are you easily tired
lack vitality? These are serious
symptoms - they may point to
over burdened kidneys and a
poisoned system, which puts you
in danger of High Blood Pressure
or Bright's Disease. Mountain
Valley Mineral Water from Hot
Springs, Arkansas, has assisted
thousands back to health. This
natural aid to relief is prescribed
by physicians in the treatment
Of High Blood Pressure. You use
Mountain Valley Water at home
just 40 you would at Hot Springs,
Arkansas. Phone for additional
information and booklet. You
have everything to gain.
Mountain Valley Water Co.
IL Colorado Bldg. Phone METROPOLITAN 1869
We Deliver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22

ern frontier the objects to form living
picture Of AmericasS progress.
A feature of the village Is to be
the Edison Museum permanent rec
ord for the world of the achievements
Of Thomas Alva Edison, from his
friend Henry" The museum includes
the Fort Myers, Fla, experimental
laboratory of Edison, purchased by
Ford and transferred to Dearborn. Edi-
son also participated in the corner
stone ceremony marking the first actual
concrete he walked over the still wet
surface, leaving his footprints, and
drove Luther Burbank's spade into the
block to remain. The spawe, q part
of Ford's collection. in its new location
links the work of two of the most
important contributors to American
science.
The museum. model of Independ-
ence Hall In Philadelphia will contain
the models of Edison's inventions, his
notes written during experiments and
the tools with which he worked.
Inns to Be Brought.
Near the village the inventor Is to be
further commemorated in the repro-
duction of Menlo Park, the little place
III new Jersey WneTe he nfSC amazed
the world with electric lights and work
ed out the monograph and moving
picture.
But the colonial village will be as
interesting as the Edison section of the
125-acre project. 1t is expected that
buildings purchased by Ford. in many
sections of the country will be brought
to Dearborn and reasSembled. There
are to be old inns, such as the Way
side Inn of stored fame, now owned by
Ford, and old windmills.
Life will be lived actually In the
colonial fashion. and people will earn
their livings by the performance of
tasks in the manner of another age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
COMMUNITY CHEST SEEN
AS MODERNIZED CHARITY
Age-o1d Spirit in Twentieth Gen.
fury Guise Pointed Out by
Elwood Street.

Elwood Street, director of the Com
munity Chest, last night told the Lay
mems League Of All Souls Unitarian
Church that Social work as practiced
by the agencies which make up the
Community Chest is the age-old spirit
Of charity In modern guise."
I'VE have found, however," said Mr..
Street. that these agencies cannot be
effective If each goes at its work by
itself. We have learned that we must
have cooperation and teamwork If
these agencies are to work effectively
and economically and serve the COM
munity adequately.
THE consequence of our seeing the
community as a whole and of our reali-
cation of the need of unity in social
planning and action has been the Gre
alton of our Council of Social Agencies
for effective planning and for the i'm
provement of methods and of the Com
munity Chest as a means Of Joint
finance with resultant economy in
money raising and efficiency In money
spending"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
Union Jack Appears on Eggs.

To identify eggs laid in England or
Wales, all such hen fruit Is being
stamped with silhouette Of Great Brit
ain, with Union Jack, In a circle,
and the inscription Produce of Eng
a national marketing scheme which
has Just been started, and nearly $50
egg associations are cooperating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22
TELLS WHY MUSIC
|SPLEAS|NG TO EAR
Scientist ExpIodes Belize
Pitch Depends Wholly on
Frequency of Vibration.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. December l4.-An ex-
PLANTATION why music is pleasing to the
ear has been found. as far as possibly it
can be discovered. by DR.. Harvey
Fletcher, member Of the technical staff
Of Bell Telephone Laboratories.
This is In the manner that the ear
sorts out vibrations after they pass into
its interior for delivery to the auditory
nerves. The ear does not translate the
sound vibrations exactly as received, but
registers them in accord with a system
OF its own. Most music, transmitted as
received, probably would not be as pleas
ing as 1t is under this arrangement.
New Pitch knowledge.
knowledge of this system came part
~ from DR.. Rletcher's discovery that
musical pitch is not what for many
years 1t was supposed to be. The belief
was that pitch depended wholly upon
the frequency of vibration. Thus, mid
die G In the musical scale was supposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-22

The Village smithy'' viii stand beneath
the spreading chestnut tree" and show
young America how men used to do
with Drawn what machinery does today.