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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27
FRIED BRINGS
INTO PORT 32
RESCUED MEN
First Mate Manning,
Who Captain Calls
Real Hero, Tells of
Battle With Seas
BY W. w. CHAPLIN
ASSOCIATED Press Staff Writer.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-(Pl-The
liner America came steaming home
today with the 80 Italian sailors il
had saved from the oceans fury, and
full details Of the actual rescue were
told for the first time by harry Man
ming, diminutive chief officer in COM
mand Of the lifeboat.
Half-coated in ice and her high
flanks smeared from the gale
whipped seas thta had battered her
during the rescue, the America
dropped anchor at quarantine at noon
and u hundred reporters and camera
men swarmed aboard.
After Capt. George Fried had been
welcomed by his wife and Manning
by his mother, they met newspaper
men in a saloon on the boat deck and
Capt. Fried smilingly pointed Man
ming out as the real hero of the oc-
caslon.
Manning Small Man
Manning is less than average
height and weighs $50 pounds. Seeing
him there in the luxurious saloon.
his face the fresh color Of a boys
and his dark hair curling from a
placid brow, it was hard TO think Of
him as the man who had flung HIM
self into the face Of almost certain
death TO save the crew of the Italian
tramp steamer Florida.
"How did you select the eight men
who went with you in the lifeboat?"
he was asked. "Did you call for
volunteers
Everyone volunteered" he said.
"I could have filled 30 boats. l chose
eight whom / had worked with and
knew.
g. most Of them, Florida's men,
had taken off what clothes the storm
had left them 50 they could swim bet
ter. Some OF them were badly in
jured and you could hear them
groaning as they crawled along
Continued on page eleven.)
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Convicted Bank
Robber Attacks
Guard; Escapes

CILMER, Tex. Jan. 2s.-tP)-As-
saulting his guard. Harvey Blassin-
game. serving a term for bank rob-
berry, made a spectacular escape TO
day. The guard had accompanied
Blasxingame here from Stute prison,
the convict having obtained leave
on q plea that his mother was I'll at
Bette. near here.
Sympathy with his guard caused
the guard to relax his vigilence. As
he started to crawl through q wire
fence near the Blassingame home
he was pounced on and left hanging
in the strands unconscious.
Blassingame was sent up from
Upshur county about a year ago
fo- robbery OF n bank at Ore City.
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Members Of the Western Fruit job
bers association, who will arrive at
Mission at $3.50 Sunday morning for
two-day tour of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, will receive a well
come from all vegetable and fruit
shippers, according to plans an
nounced Saturday by w. 7. Hodge,
Harlingen dealer, head of the Valley
entertainment committee.
Practically all Valley shippers will
be assembled at Mission to greet the
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all Central and South America as
well. and it is up to the citizens Of
your town to see that the proper
authorities are advised OF the splen-
did airport you are building here.
- great volume of air business
will develop through Brownsville in
q very short time, am sure, because
this is the logical flying route, and
am glad to find that such splendid
preparation is being made for the
business TO come.
But let me say that in spite of
your splendid location. service to
the airmen who some this way il an
absolute essential IL you are TO be
entirely successful In making this
the aerial gateway % all South
America After q man has saved
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27
BROWNSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT CAPABLE OF RATING,
INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION AERONAUTICS INSPECTOR DECLARES

Captain n. y. Rentz. pilot of the
Universal Air Lines tri-m0tored mon
oplane nov here and extension man
ager Of his company. joined Mr..
Bner in praise OF the port, its To-
cation and its manager.
"You have the location, the air
port and the manager TO make . sue
cess Of your venture" Captain Rentz
said. "Your people have q united
will 10 become the aerial gateway 90
the nations 10 the south and / see
great things ahead for Brownsville.
Securing Of the air mail route is
merely the beginning OF this port.
The Universal Aviation Corp, the
holding company OF Universal Air
Lines and Air Transportation, Inc,
are looking forward 20 the establish
ment OF several lines I'D this section
OF the world"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27
'Utes Hold Debate
On Making Homes
Like Palefaces

DENVER, Coyo., Jan. 26.-tPf-ln
southwestern Colorado where Ute
patriarchs gather around their coun-
ell fires. thees long winter nights,
a new subject IN being solemnly de-
bated, as Indian ancients puff at
pipes and null over the days long
gone.
The Utes, living on reservation
under conditions almost exactly as
their forefathers lived for genera
tions, are trying to decide whether
Ia continue their half-nomadic tepee
life. or become house dwellers as a
concession to palefaee culture and
ideas Of comfort.
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two or three days by flying here
from some northern point he will
object seriously to losing q large
part OF that time while waiting for
his plane 70 be refueied or over
hauled or for necessary passports
or clearance papers.
-In Les Manldin you have man
who is thoroughly equipped TO handle
the MANAGEMENT Of such an airport
a. you are building and 70 care for
the volume Of business which soon
will be flowing through your port
in both directions
"He is a trained aviator and can
understand the needs and desires Of
the flying public. his temperament is
such as to fit him for the response
5ility which will rest upon the nan
ager Of such an enterprise
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The Bro~nsville municipal air
port can easily attain an "AlA"
rating. the highest made by the u.
5. department Of commerce.
Designation Of the local field a
an international airport rests en-
tirely with the citizens of Browns
vile.
Les Manldin airport manager, In
unusually well equipped Tn handle
his Job and the city is fortunate
in securing the services Of a man
with such training.
Service will do more 20 make q
success Of this airport than any
one other feature.
These are the conclusion Of Pau
r. Baer, inspector OF the aeronautic.
branch Of the department Of com
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merce. who. with H. B. Pentland. su-
pervising inspector. spent Friday in
Brownsville and at the airport.
Baer's headquarters are at Houston
and Pentland's at Dallas.
Every little additional equipment
will be required on your airport TO
attain the highest rating" Baer said.
while IL Is not my duty to give an
airport n rating. ! can easily see that
most Of the requirements for an
Ala classification already have been
met and there will be little TO do be-
fore the rating Is merited.
"Your location Is ideal and the
field is far ahead Of the average
throughout the country. This is the
logical location for an international
airport to serve not only Mexico, but
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Cunningham In
Austin; Mission
Is Kept Secret

AUSTIN. Jan. 26.--lPl-Judge A.
W. Cunningham. criminal district
Judge, and George c. Westeryelt,
district attorney, of Corpus Christi,
were here today in conference with
Adiutant General r. i. Robertson.
Neither Cunningham, Westervelt or
Robertson would divulge the nature
Of the business.
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SLAYER OF OBREGON
NOW FATHER OF SON

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 26.-tP1-Fhe
wife Of Jose De Leon Toral gave
birth to a son. The father, who as
sassinated President-elect Obregon
last July. has an appeal pending in
the supreme court for an order TO
prevent the death sentence being
carried out.
Baptism Of the infant is being ar
ranged for an early date in conform
ity with the wish of Leon Toral of
knowing that his child is baptized
before he faces a firing squad.
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PAIR Held IN GIRLS DEATH

ALBUQUERQUE. y. n, Jan. 20
Ri-Miss Bertha Lips. former SUPER
intendent. and Or. Evelyn Frisbieg
former medical adviser. at the New
Mexico girls welfare home. were
held on second degree murder and
manslaughter charges, for the death
OF Helen Haskew. Is. inmate OF the
home. at the conclusion Of a prelim-
mary hearing here today.
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MAN DIES IN CAR FIRE

FL PASO. Jan. 26--ll<9-PArtial
paralysis rendered r. II. Tease. for
mer president Of the Goodyear Rub
Der company Of California. helpless
20 save himself when fire broke out
in his closed automobile here yester-
day. Papers on the floor II the ear
were ignited when Pease dropped
a iirhtei m.trh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27
WOOD DENIED SMALLER BOND

DETROIT. Jan. 26.-(Pl-Refusal
Of authorities to agree to a reduc-
tion in the bonds Of Ralph A. Wood
and Cecil I. Holt, held on charges
OF robbing the Sturgis. Mich. Ma
tionsl Bank. brought from Woods
lawyer today an intimation that be
may appeal to the state supreme
court.
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ATLANTIC CITY PIER BURNS

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j., Jan 70
Rl-Ending n day Of six fires,
flames tonight took their heaviest
toll by destroying the central pier.
Loss was estimated at $780, .000-
Eight firemen were taken to the hos
pital and others were less seriously
injured.
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LFAPEn TO SAFETY

DAYTON, Jan. 26.-tPp--Lieut. ].
B. Haddon, flight test section
Wright Field. became a member OF
the famous Caterpillar club" late
today when he leaped 10 safety from
his burning plane near New Carlisle
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PEREECTS AIIRI

COLORADO SPRINGS. Jan. 26.--
dP-~Whitey" Walker sat in jail
here today and busted himself with
nians 70 perfect what he termed an
air tight alibir in the Lamar bank
robbery
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NoRTHCOTT MAPS DEFENSE

RIVERSIDE. Cal. Jan. 26.-iEf--
Gordon Stewart Northcott scribbled
notes in his Jail cell here today as he
struggled 70 break down the evidence
the state has put against him in his
trial for the staying Of Lewis and
Nelson Winslow. brothers, and an IN
identified Mexican boy.
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Gas - Steam - Electric Driven
Built for long hard service
Fine-Low Priced Equipment
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DR.. Bisch's Daily Health Hint

An infant develops the Of seepsness It be caused
by Indigestion either little food but usually too
much there danger in overlooking infants than
underfeeding
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little for any Of them to do.
Colonel Simpson came
back with Eddie Drink
water; his trousers pulled
over his pajama suit, his
hair disheveled. But looking
none the less the professional
man called in an emergency.
He had seen service on
Flanders Field.
He found the frightened
group standing about the
unconscious little form, lying
SO quietly on the rough
cabin bed. He ordered them
all from the room-all save
Eugene, who was washing
away the red stream of
Ruth's blood with the clear
mountain water.
Afterwards, when he had
made his examination, he
shook his head sadly.
"This is serious, Mrs.
Nahuli," he reported. II
doubt she~ca stand the long
ride back. But we must take
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the body of AL Harding.
But from Jimmy, sitting
huddled on the ground out
side, came never a sound.
1t was Eugene S clear
thinking mind which finally
got the little group organ
lied. Everyone else seemed
to be running madly about
lost motion everywhere.
She awakened Colonel
Drinkwater land asked him
whether any of his fellow
officers knew anything
about wounds.
Lordll This is awful ;
terrible. The damn old
witch. It never would have
happened if it hadn't been
for her warning, That poor
it'll girl. " He looked very
grotesque in~his long white
nightshirt as he bent over
Ruth.
Something must be done
quick!'' he urged. "Her
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A Romance Born
of q Song

by George, Patsy was
right" he said to himself,
when she told me the girl
was good to look at. She's
sure the girl Of my dreams. "
"And now, he sal d
aloud, tell me what you've
been trying to do in little
old New York. "
He listened attentively
while she talked; he liked
her voice and the way she
used her hands,
When she had finished he
nod d ed sympathetically,
"It's a hard road" he said,
"but it's worth it long be-
fore you reach the end. j m
sure Patsy can help you and
now how about a little
music -
He gave her a. friendly
glance and walked over to
the radio.
Softly out of the instru-
ment came a song and "Just
Be a Builder of Dreams
echoed through Sally =, m
seriousness.
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heart is beating ever SO
slightly. /"
Eugene stripped the girl
of her blood-stained gar
ments, attempting to stop
the flow of blood from a
gaping wound below the
heart.
Don't stand there,
Colonel. If any Of those Of
ficers know the first thing
about surgery, awaken him
and bring him over here i'm
mediately."
"God bless my soul; I'm
that stupid TO be sure, old
Simpson is an army doctor.
Retired, but a dam fine sur
geon even now. I'll run
over and drag him out of
bed. God bless my soul!
That poor little gel!"
Eugene and Eleanor were
doing everything for Ruth
that was possible before
Colonel Simpson arrived. But
there seemed so pitifully
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small lanai of the cabin,
putting at his pipe.
Suddenly Jimmy was
standing before him, with
the quiet body of Ruth in
his arms, and Jimmy's life
less voice was saying:
II have shot the only
human being I have ever
loved. II think | have
killed her"
Don Carlos heart stood
still at his words.
"A-a-auwe! A-a-auwe!"
He recalled the warning of
the old witch! And it had
come to pass.
He rushed madly forward,
took the burden in his own
sturdy arms. Jimmy col
lapsed at his feet.
Lights shOne forth every
where, suddenly from dark
ness and silence.
But the silence was no
deeper than the silence into
which Ruth had seemed to
have gone. Broken only by
the dry sobs which shook
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the chance. An operation
may save her life. The bull
let is imbedded just below
the heart. ~
"She has a chance7"
Eugene asked.
"A fighting one. But order
the trip back to Waikiki at
once. Phone ahead for
preparations for an emerg-
ency operation"
1t was a nightmare-that
trip back to town. Ruth had
been put under an opiate by
Colonel Simpson, but ever
and anon her muffled means
tore at the hearts Of those
beside her. &,
She looked so tiny and
white, her dark hair out
lining the frail little face
lying against the pillow, life
less. Al, sitting beside her,
where they had improvised
a bed for her holding one
of the small hands in his
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GIRL OF HIS DREAMS
TOday's True
Story

Make your tuml led dopn
cottage your. castle,
Make your rickety rocker
your throne
Just be d builder of
dreams"
OAILY WINTERS got
- up and closed the win
~ dow to keep out the
sound, and the words that
pictured so accurately what
her life had been. The voice
was a plaintive tenor, rem
dered across the areaway on
somebody's radio. "Oh, of
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Paul Howells drove slowly
over the rough mountain
roads Of Maui in the eerie
dawn, racing with Death!
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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Publishing coJ
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own bronzed one, whispering
softly to ears that might
never again hear his endear-
ments.
Sweetheart / Little Sweet
heart! Don't leave me, my
ownl You'r my whole ex-
istence!"
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These--and the crumpled,
silent, bleeding figure of
J Ruth Harding.
I He never knew anything
of that lonely ride back to
the cabins with the uncon-
1 scious body of that wounded
I girl beside him. Don Carlos
twas the first person he met.
He had been unable, to sleep
and was standing on the
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gulped IL down ana soon
warmth and feeling of well
being crept over her. Then
she sat up and looked at her
host.
CT must have tainted, "
she said alphabetically. II
am awfully sorry to have
troubled you"
Yhe man did not pay any
attention TO what she had
said, but went out into his
kitchenette and soon brought
back a well-laden tray and
set it down before her.
Then he put up a card table
and laid it for two.
Speeches. he remarked
after a bit, should be made
after dinner. It sort of CO.
incides with the Business
before Pleasure idea, you
understand. So dig in, and
well have the story later. "
At this point, just as Sally
was starting her first good
repast in many a day, the
door opened and Saity's
friend of -across-the- areaway,
the girl with the cheerful
apartment and troublesome
radio, came in. Her host
looked up and nodded with
a Hello, Sis, how'd you
make out
"Fine-everything is all
set. If you can fix it up
with her, Wen move her
things in tonight Then
turning to Sally, she smiled
and said, eve re sort of old
friends, aren't wei" Sally
blushed, and answ d
Well. sort of. But it's
sort of window friendship. "
cit is never too late to
start gadding. We know all
about each others personal
affairs any how. Then
turning to her brother she
said, "Think I'll run along,
Art, and you can bring
Miss Winters over after din
ner." She blew out just as
suddenly as she had ap-
peared.
"Now, young lady, you
finish that dinner, and do
not say a word" he carried
on a whimsical chatter dur
ing the meal, and Incl
dentalIy told her much about
herself, including a trip to
Paris to study art and his
development into a cartoon
list, "and as for you, )" he
said, II know a lot about
you. After you had tainted,
when you bumped into us ON
the square, and Patsy--she s
my sister, you knOw-and l
brought you up here to my
quarters, I got a doctor. He
told me that the only thing
wrong with you was that
you seemed to have been on
a fast for the past month or
two. So if you'll be nice
and obliging you'll go over
to Patsy's apartment, and
stay there with her for
awhile. F"
Sally was speeches..
Finally she managed to ask,
"Why are you doing this
for me, or what can l do to
pay it back?"
"In the first place, I am
not doing it. It's Patsy's
idea. She IL be back soon
and you can talk things
over with her"
He sat cycling her. Now
that she was warm and COM
Portable the color had come
back to her cheeks and the
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radio never nau enough
money to buy one of my
own" she thought bitterly.
&c" A builder Of
dreams 80"
But if one had nothing to
build on or withG If one
met rebuffs at every en-
counter; failure at every
new enterprise, no matter
how enthusiastically it was
undertaken SO?
%" ." Make your rickety
rocker your throne :"
The sound seeped in even
with the windows closed.
Sally looked around the mar
row, dingy hall room that
housed her and all her
worldly possessions. The
only thing in the monk like
cell that shone and looked
modern was her typewriter.
"And | thought | could
write 80 earn my living
with my literary ability!
What a joke" With a
leaden heart she gazed out
her dark window across the
courtyard and into the
bright living quarters Of a
girl whose life, she fancied,
was far happier than hers.
The gaily decorated room
seemed to radiate cheer and
luxury. Sally could see its
occupant, dressed as if for
, the evening, adjusting her
hat to go out. She was a
quiet, sunny person, ap-
parently, and Sally wished
she might know her. Two
or three times in the month
she had lived there this I'M
known neighbor had smiled
at her through the window
and once when her window
was omen, had called a
CHEEKY Hello. y
Now, with disgust for the
world aid herself in her
soul. Sally got up and
started pulling on her coat.
She might as we'll go out
and eat. Such a foolish
and expensive-habit, she
unused. She looked in her
purse; 10 cents and a sheaf
of pawn tickets were all
she found. 1t was soup and a
doughnut for. hers, and her
stomach was crying for beef
steak.
A fine drizzle was falling
when she reached the street,
so with head down she
walk e d into the rain,
scarcely seeing where she
was going. As she passed a
cabaret the strains of an
orchestra filtered out:
"Make your tumbled down
cottage your castle" Sally
hurried on by.
81 hate that song. - Sally
said aloud, almost sobbing.
She felt weak and wanted
to sit down and rest. Then
she bumped something and
fell to the sidewalk. She
knew she was falling, but
when she tried to catch her
self, everything turned black.
When she opened her
eyes she was lying on a
couch in a strange room. 1t
was large, dimly lit living
room, and a fire was burn
ing on an open hearth. A
man was leaning over her
with a glass in his hand.
Here sister," he said,
drink this. 1t will make
you feel all comfy" He
pressed the .hot tea and
brandy to her Iips. She
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Story of a Hell-Cat Wife
Who Couldn't be Good I
By Aileen De Vilbiss
CHAPTER XXXIV

the echoes of the shots died away sanity broke
4 n through Jmmys drink-crazed BRAIN
- .'Ruthl RUTH he called. What have done
Help me dear Godl But the gods OF Jimmy Adams-and
his to to his aid there at the edge
ofsthe world 3 greatest crater -.
Fear-stark, naked abiect-and terror--were the only
companions which rode beside him he went back to the
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This Day in Our History

Congress declared United
States and Great Britain 49, 1872 1t declared that
England forced the United States do this by not allowing
American ships to have the freedom of the -,
Milford chronicle., 1929-11-15
ARE SHERIFFS OBSOLETEY

In New York state there is a fight
TO abolish the office of county sher-
Han office which has been de-
cIared obsolete. There is a state
constabulary there with divisional
headquarters from which police SER
wee and protection can rapidly and
efhc1ently be extended to all rural
communities, it is asserted.
This contention sounds yerv nIaus-
IDLE. Anyone who has lived far back
IN the country and has had to de-
pend Tor protection on a county sher-
III Iar away, and a local constable
VINO is usually neither findable nor
dependable in case of emergency.
knows that the present general sys-
tenn can be greatly improved. In
TACT, such people have usually relied
on themselves, keeping guns handy
1or their own defense. Those not in
cllned to be combative are often as
sailed with feeling of uneasiness
Tor themselves and families.
A system of state constabularv. in
which county lines are no barriers.
with uniformed officers showing
themselves in the most remote set
Elements, representing the authority
OF law, would certainly be a great
Improvement over the sheriffs, depu-
ties and constabIes of the present
general systematic Pathfinder.