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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
SLAYER'SHUNT
ATSTANDSTILL
Lone Hand Method Of Muir
dered Attorney flinders
Clues to Killing

BORGER. Tex, Sept. 20.-F9-
The hunt for the slayer Of District
Attorney John A. Holmes appeared
10 have settled into a process Of
elimination today. and local Off
GERS feared the ambushed prosecu-
tors reticent habits Of life would
serve to hamper them In seeking to
avenge his death.
Holmes policy OF keeping to him.
self his intentions. his hopes and
his evidence. they felt, had been
partly responsible for the paucity
Of clues.
Meanwhile Governor Moody's
chief representative in the investi-
CATION. Glenn Calhoun. a special
states attorney, planned to confer
with Holmes young widow. who be-
moaned the heavy sacrifice she felt
she had to make 10 awaken q
community" which she charged had
been lax in aiding her husband In
law enforcement.
Calhoun, here to advice Texas
rangers in addition TO his other du-
ties, made a terSe denunciatiOn OF
the assassination, which occurred
last Friday night, as he took UP his
work at the head Of authorities
searching for the killer.
The cold blooded murder he
considered was "a direct challenge
to law and order in Texas"
Some Of the scores of officers
from points over Texas who came
here to aid in the inquiry were
leaving for their homes. Two Dal-
las officials. one an assistant dis
trict attorney, departed feeling,
they said. the search had become =
matter Of elimination and the
rangers are determined TO learn the
identity of the slayer If il is hui
manly possible to do so"
Mrs. Holmes broken-voiced in
dictment OF the citizenship was
made after she had corrected a for
mer statement to the effect that
city and county officers had been
afraid to help her husband. She
blamed the county at large, she cx-
planned.
In answer 70 q question as 70
whether she didn't think Holmes
death would have a far reaching
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
WESLACO FILLS
c. OF c. POST
Experienced City Builder
VIII Act As Chamber
Secretary
Especial to The Herald)

&SkSAA0A W AAAC AAEl oAAf
wESLACO, Sept. 2O.-S. M. Pat
terson. formerly OF Taylor. Texas.
has been named secretary Of the
Weslaco Chamber of Commerce, it
vas announced here today by Lu-
Their Hughes, president Of the or
ganlzation.
Patterson is an experienced city
builder. having been in chamber OF
commerce work several years,
Hughes said. He recently attended
the national school for secretaries
held ut Evanston. Ind. Patterson
has spent considerable time in agri-
cultural work and dairying. and 1t
Is likely that he win lay stress on
those industries In his work here,
according TO Hughes.
Weslaco has been without a Sec
rotary for almost a year, since the
resignation OF T.. 4. Bailey. The
organization now Is supported in a
two-mill tax on city property
owners.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
COTTON PICKING
= = y
PARSON MARRIES
= ~ -
COUPLE IN FIELD

N-ACOGDOCHES, Sept. 2J.-F-
With a contemplating preacher
performing the ceremony and two
cotton pickers serving as wit
nesses. a Mount Enterprise couple
was married IN q cotton patch
near here.
The principals OF the cotton
patch wedding were Clifton
Johns and Miss Elsie Conner.
who drove up to the roadside
near where the Rev. O.. w. Mel
son, Caro- preacher. was picking
cotton, produced a license and
asked to be married then and
there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
STORM WARNING

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20.-tR-
The New Orleans weather bureau
today issued the following storm
warning which II was explained hac
no connection with the tropical dis
tlrbance reported by the Washing
ton bureau north of Porto Rico:
Small craft warning ordered at
$40 a. m, Mobile 10 Apachicola,
Fla. Fresh, possibly strong north
easterlv to eastery winds Friday
and early Friday night
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
BOYS LOVE CAUSES SUICIDE

LEEDS. Eng.-The unrequitted
love Of l6-year-old Alfred Mason.
son Of a rich manufacturer. for a
married woman As years old caused
his suicide. For a year he had sent
her gifts of flowers. together with
many letters begging her to elope
with him. Finally the lads family
was notified. and after his father
warned him to stop his "foolishness"
Alfred went to his room and drank
poison that he had secretly secured
several weeks ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
San Benito Sewage
Contract Awarded
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITO, Sept. 20-Contract
for the addition to the city sewage
disposal plant was awarded here
yesterday to the Dallas Construc-
ton company on a bid Of $4,000.
It was the only bid on the project
received.
Work will be started soon on the
project, which will double the pres
ent capacity of the plant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20

effect in arousing the Hutchinson
county citizenship she choked and
answered.
Yes, but It's hard to lose a mem
Der Of your family TO awaken q
community"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
Mission Streets Get
Electric Signals
fsnecial "a The Heraldl

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MISSION. Sept. 20-The Missouri
Pacific this week started work on
the erection Of electric signals on
Lomita boulevard. Mission has long
needed signals at the important
points.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
IS
 DECIDING FACTOR
Spirit Of Adolescence Crucial
 Point in Development

St Louis, Sept. 2S tUP)-Environ- ment during the adolescence period is the chief factor in determining whether an individual develops into right or wrong, a good or bad adult, according to the conclusions of pr. Sidney L Schwab and Dr. Borden s. Necder.
 pr. Schwab, professor of nourol- ogy. and Dr. Necder, professor Of clinical pediatrics Of Washington University of Medicine here, are the joint authors Of The Adolescent just off the press.
 It is not the first five years Of a chld's life. as has frequently been stated by the bohavioristic school Of psychology, which leaves the most indeHble impressions that influ- cnce all the rest of life, but the per iod of adolescence, they set forth.
 Tn adolescence are laid down the future patterns of personal con- duet, the kind and variety of in tollectual acquisition, the receptive NtIldCllN u lutdS anu llltf llbSSll'lIl- ties of a spirit of tolerance, of a sense of justice and fair treatment" 1t is argued.
 "Thesc are few Of the building stones Of character and of future personal possibilities. It is the we'd ing together of these potential per sonal assets which end in the estab- lishment of the completed personal ity of the adult. It is true that some of the threads lead far back into the pre-adolescent period. but it is believed that they are not firm ly grounded there. but that they arc susceptible Of modification anl strengthening at the adolescont per iod If they have had no chance earlier to become rooted in the character soil of the child. they or their equivalents have at the adol- escent phase a chance 10 be once more planted"
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

A. The brain of the average white woman weighs 1900 grams or 45 ounces, while that of the average white man weighs about 51 ounces, The largest brain. of which we have record, is that of Lord Byron. the English poet. whose brain weighed f pounds 14.94 ounces. The small est brain of any well known person is that of Helen Gardener, woman leader. which weighed pounds S.S6 ounces.
 @. Where did the city of Buda- pest, Hungary, get it's name?
 A. Budapest as a single city was formed in 1872 by the uniting of the ancient city of Buda on the right bank of the Danube and Pest on the left bank.
 Q. How many men did Canada lose in the world war? How many were wounded?
 A. Canada lost 56,625 men in the world war and had 149.7S2 wounded.
 Q. How many Indians were in America when Columbus landed?
 A. There is no authentic figures regarding the number of Indians in America at the time of the landing of Columbus. Q. Who is the chief of the |. s. Weather Bureau at Washington, | D. C.?
 A. Dr. Charles F. Marvin.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
PLASTER DUMMY
 AIDS MANS PLOT
Prisoner Tells Of Picturesque
 Escape From Prison

Philadelphia. Sept. 2S (UP)-An escape from Folsom prison, Califor- nia, reminiscent of that in Alexander Dumas Count De Monte Cristo.' was revealed 10 police here today,
 Arraigncd as a suspicious charac- ter, William Burke, 32, alias Bob Miller, explained to local authorities how he m0reuvercd his escape from Folsom by making plaster dummy of himself and leaving it in his bed while he sawed his way through bars of his cell window. dropping 50 feet to the river below.
 According 10 Burke's story. he re- ported sick several days proir to the day he made his gctaW2y was con- fined 10 his cell and visited only once day by the prison doctor and the orderly who brought his meals. Using the time between visits. he said he made q life-sized dummy of himself with materials stolen while working in the jail as q plasterer.
 Then, aftor the doctor made his morning visit, he told the orderly he didn't want any food all day, as he was feeling worse. He placed the dummy in bed with nothing but the hair he had taken from his mat trcss exposed to view and cut his way out His escape was not dis covered until the next day.
 He was held without bail for ex- tradition at the hearing today.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

You can get an anSWer to any question of fact or Information by writing to the Quo"tlon Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York Gvrrue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two eel Is in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot } : g:Nen nor can eX- tended research tp :"idertaken. All other questions N2n receive a per sonal reply. Uls;gr cd requests can- not be answered Ali letters are standardization.
 Q. What does one gallon of gasoline weigh
 A. The weight of gasoline per gallon depends on the gravity Of the gasoline. Ordinary gasoline with a gravity Of 5S to 59 weighs about 6.2 pounds per gallon.
 c. Is castus ever used as food for cattle?
 A. Spneless castUs is used for cattle food in the southwestern part of the United States CTeXas, New Mexico and Arizona).
 Q. Who said "i'or friendship it.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

self a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity"?
 A. Dryden.
 Q. How wide is the Pacific Ocean at it's widest part?
 A. The Pacific Ocean in it's widest part, at the equator (which divides it into North and South Pacific) is 11,O00 miles across
 Q. How long does it take a letter to go from the United States to Hungary?
 A. From ten to fifteen days
 O. When was the Heinz company Chat sells pickles and canned foods) founded? How many plants have they?
 A. The original Heinz business was founded in 1889 and the pres ent company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in 1905. The company has 25 finish ing plants in addition to it's main plant in Pittsburgh and factories in England. Canada and Spain.
 Q. Is strong brine good to use on the face to toughen the skin?
 A. No Brine is good for this purpose when used on the hands. However, for the face pure alcohol used regularly will tougher it with out harm to the skin.
 Q. Where in the Bible does the following quotation occur: But tbOSp thi,ooc u-ers oro;,, to p,a tboeo I counted loss for Christi?
 A. Philippians, Chapter 3, verse
 Q. Where did Louis Wctzel. the famous scout, die and when?
 A. He died at the home of a relative about 20 miles from Nat chez, Mississippi, in 1908.
 Q. Does the Atlantic Ocean touch the coast of Italy?
 A. The Mediterranean Sea Is sometimes defined as an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and Africa, In this sense therefore. the Atlantic Ocean touches the coast of Italy by way of the Mediterrane- an Sea. But the Atlantic Ocean proper does not
 Q. What is the population of Brazil and Argentinao A. Official estimates of Decem Der 31, 1926 place the population Of Brazil at 3S,S70,972 and that of the Republic of Agcntina at 1O,300.000.
 Q. Has Russian paper ruble any value in the United States?
 A. No.
 A. From what is the word radio derived?
 A. From the Latin word radius which means "ray".
 Q. How old is the breed of goat called Angora goats Are there any in the United States?
 A. The Angora goat has existed in Asia Minor from earliest times These goats were introduced into the United States by a gift of nine from the Sultan of Turkey in 1S49 Little increase followed, and all dis. 1 appeared during the Civil war 1 Other importations were occasional l ly made until 1881. when the Sul l tan prohibited any further exporta. tion of the animals. Several were nevertheless obtained for Califor nia breeders in 1901. There are nc 1 large herds in the United States.
 Q. What is the average weigh l of the brain. What is the smalles and the largest brain on record?
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
Governments Merchant Marine
 Work Already Shows Results

Washington. Sept. 2S lP)-The governments effort to build up and restore the prestige of the American merchant marine through the opcr- ation of th" Joncs-W act is al ready bringing extensive results, al though the quarter billion construc- ton loan fund it set up has been available for only short time.
 Year Sinrc First Loan
 Less than a year has passed since tho first loan was made, but the shipping board already has appor- toned nearly one sixth of the fund to mal" possible the construction of modern passenger and cargo yes sels. And a much greater demand for construction funds is expected by the board as soon as difficulties growing out of obscuritics in the acts language in regard to mail contracts are adjusted.
 Tho construction plans of the United States Lines. Inc. operators Of the Lcviathan. call for the early building Of two $50,o00.C0 "supcr- Loyiathans"-ships which it is hoped will challenge the present supremacy of the German liner Brcmon-and two cabin ships that will cost seven or eight millions each.
 The Dollar Lines, which have just received more than $10,U00,U0o for the construction of two fast com bination assenger-cargo ships con- template the construction of five more similar ships, and the Watson Navigation company wants 10 build three speedy passenger ships for the San Francisco to Manila run. These ships alone. if approved by the board. would involve construction loans Of moro than $S0,oO0.0O0.
 |. S. Lines Plan Work
 The United States Lines have an nounccd that they eventually cX- pcct to build still more ships, and other applicants are in the offing
 Many of the companies. however, have indicated that they have no desire to proceed with construction plans unless the full suhvention Of
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
By R. A. J. MAILING

suicide has come to life and has made fortune in a night. Neither Mir. Redslade nor Pell suspected him then. They didn't connect him with Marling. Mr. Redslade had good luck and bad. It was gooi luck to leave the money in safe custody. That euchred the Dover plan-Fotherbury' plot. It was bad luck to have given the false names and tried to carry it off with the police at Dover, because that threw them back into Fotherbury's arms. So you perceive that when Pell had wormed out the story of Smithins, he had Fotherbury in a cleft stick
 Redslade smiled with the gria expression I had learned to look for in Cousin John.
 "I was only allowed one letter a month in prison." he explained, but it became plain from PelIS second letter that both Marling and FOtherbury had recognized him and feared him like the devil But what they couldn't make out was whether Pcll knew Fotherbury and linked him up with Smithins and the Do- yer affair. But he never squeaked. He was game gambler, Foth- erbury."
 And even Pells search for the abbot's little pile didn't put him on to it?" Somerfeld asked.
 He was never quite sure that Pell knew anything about that yarl Pell had found him puzzling over the book and plan. Fotherbury could make nothing of it but would ask for no advice. Pcll got hold of the book, had q translation made, and worked out a theory of the plan.'
 And dug accordingly"
 'Well he led Fotherbury on to dig close to the place indicated When he was ready to help m. break prison he collarcd the abbots book. If our affair broke down, then Fotherbury's chance of q clew tO lue secret WOulO De BOnp-WI didn't mean him to have arr the stuff, if it existed '-.>n We struck it that ,nt, while LaXton and ~noten were watching, in kind of rough stone cache where it had been concealed in a hurry"
 'We?" I exclaimed. Was Pell with you then?"
 Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.
 Veronica and Tom find fulillmen, of their promised happiness ill Mondays installmont.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
STRIKERS LAWYER
 GIVES PHILOSOP
Says He's Baptist Unless t Is
 Fishing Season

Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 2S UP)
 An Al Smith democrat who is d Baptist and insists he is a "cop- sorvative" rather than a 'liheraI' in his social and economic beliefs, will head the defense of the l6 men and women accused of responsibili- ty for the death of Chief of Police Adcrholt of Gastonia, \. C., who was killed in the textile mill strike disorders of last July.
 His clients number among them at least some who politically and socially are ayowcd communists and, cn the subject of religion. are atheists, The trial starts next Mon day.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
DEATH TREASURE
 By R. A. J. MAILING

SYNOPSIS: The keyhole murder theory blows up!" Redslade, the "ghost' whom Pell was about 10 produce. stood outside the library door and saw Pell fall dead. But Rcdslade did not shoot his dearest friend by aCcident-no shot was fired from the corridor-the mur- dcrer is one of the seven men who watched Pell die! The slayer hated and feared Pell. Laxton tells his 2Wed listeners. Marling? No, LaXton declares. Marling was merely the tool, the murderer was in the background Suddenly LaXton leaps at Fotherbury, aims blow at his hand-a tinkle of glass on the Otherbury's heal falls forward. Laxton picks up the vial: "Hyocene." Dr. Eastley shouts: HyoCene-mean sudden death.' Fotherbury has made his tragic confession.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

Frank Flowers, aged 45, of large build, gray haired, square jawed and always carefully dressed in gray is the attorney. He has been named successor to Tom Jimison as chief of the defense counsel.
 T am a Baptist and a democrat" said Flowers when asked his re- ligion 'I supported Al Smith for president"
 How good d Baptist are you?" he was asked
 "Wcu, l don't go to church every Sunday" he answered. Maybe twice month. It depends on the time of year. II might be fishing season, you know"
 Are you liberal?" was the next question.
 "Well. mo-" he said after some thought
 I'd say I'm conservative"
 He was asked how he rcconcjlod his political, religious and social views with his present position.
 Free Speech Guaranteed
 "Wcll," he started, as he does most of his answers, now my un- dorstanding of the law is that the constitution provides for free speech and man may have any religion he desires and he isn't even com pellod to have any religion at alI.'
 And what do you think Of the menace of communism the cor respondent inquired.
 Well, about the menace Of com mnnism," he answered, The way I feel is that it takes two or more people to overthrow the government. As for myself l am only interested in the activities Of the international labor defense as q citizen. l do not represent th"m in any way except ing to dotcnd the 13 mon and three women who are charged with the killing of Chief of Police Adcrholt."
 He expressed the opinion that if the state reduces the charges in the Aderholt case from first to second degree murder as it is expected to do fl will be sign of weakening and a big advantage to the de fenaa."
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

ferrd hy mail contracts payable on a mileage basis is forthcoming, Mail contracts were given 10 shipping board vessels. and the purchasers Of government ships insist that con- gross intended that they should re- ceiyc th" postal aid. Tine act how ever, provides that the contracts shall be let on a low bid basis, so that in recent instances operators of ships not purchased from the government have received them. 4 commission appointed by President Hoover 10 study the matter has ask ed that congress clarify it's intent.
 The loans so far approved by the board, amounting to about $4o.0uo.- GOO will furnish three quarters of the construction cost Of sixteen ships.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
|. <. TOURISTS IN SOVIET

Moscow, Sept. 2S (Up)-Of 4,o0o foreign tourists in the Soviet Union this summer by the end of August, at least 3.600 were Americans, ac,. cordng 10 NJ. Khozalyn. vice presi- dent Of the Soviet travel organiza- ton, "Intourist.''
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

ZINE Of the foremost Iiv- O ing masters Of detec- Give fiction writes with deep insight on the ir- .triguing subject Of "Wiaen Is a Detective Not a De- tective" - and no one knows better than t.le au- thor of "The Bishop Mur- der Case" and a score Of equally famous thriI!er5.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

Music is part of the course Of study in South Dakota public schools this year.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28


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New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

E. E." VERY susceptible I young woman who has eyer heard Rudy Va!- !e, croon has wondered what kind of a spouse he would choose. lie tells you in This Is the Girl Tn G ping to Marry" Read ie and sec what ti7e pular entertainer thinks of tne fair sex.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

"A SHREWO observer of
 t h ings screenWiss takes us b a k of the sce7es in MovieIand and tells us what sharp-witted directors do when their highest priced stars stut- ter or lisp. He calls it "The Voice Double in HolIywood," and every taIkie fan in the country will be interested.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

Veronica and Tom find fulfillment of their promised happiness in Mondays installmont.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-28

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