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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-27
BODY OF SAN BENITO
WOMAN SENT TO IOWA
Especial to The Herald)

Especial 10 The Herald
SAN BENITO, March 27.-The
body Of Mis-. Annie E. Ferguson,
who died here Tuesday morning,
was forwarded last night to Ames,
Iowa, the family home, after brief
services by Rev. G. z. Marshall,
Baptist pastor, at the Mittanch
funeral home.
Mrs. Ferguson was the mother of
A. G. Elliott of this city. and had
lived at Mr.. Elliott's home for the
past year.
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MAN PUT UNDER $3.50
BOND IN LIQUOR CASE

Upon pleading guilty. EstanIaso
Rodriguez, arrested by Customs In
spector James Collins at Los Indios
Sunday on a liquor charge, was
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First figure lowest temperature
last night: second, highest temrera-
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 q. m; fourth, rainfall past "a
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Valley Society
Phone
Phone z
THURSDAY CALENDAR

City Federation of Women's
Clubs meets at the Baptist church
at $3.50 D.. N.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-27

Carter Visits Valley. G. Carter,
assistant president Of the Southern
Pacific lines, arrived in Brownsville
Wednesday morning. He expects to
remain in the Valley several days
in connection with business Of his
lines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03
Four Claim Possession
of Pen Lincoln Used

The recent sale at auction of a pen
purporting to be the implement used
by President Lincoln when he signed
the emancipation proclamation has
brought to lightsthree other pens for
which the same honor is claimed. One
Is owned by Mrs. Stuart Pritchard of
Battle Greek, Mich. Another was sold
in Philadelphia a few years ago. The
third one, recently offered for sale,
is backed by the affidavit of Louis
Bergdorf, who was White House
messenger at the time, and he says
he held the precious document while
the President signed it, and week
later he was given the pen and the
table upon which the signing was done
by the President. The fourth pen eN-
lists somewhere in the western part of
this country. The Philadelphia pen
referred to above is said to have been
given by Charles A. Sumner of Lin
coins cabinet to James Wormley,
negro who owned and operated the
Wormley hotel in Washington years
ago. The history Of the Pritchard
pen seems to be just as authentic as
the others, but Mr.. Lincoln could not
have made use of more than one pen,
and which is the right one is an open
question
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03
"Pan" in His Stomach
Not Culinary Utensil

They had a real laugh at the re-
ceiving hospital the other day. A man
had been brought in who apparently
was more frightened than hurt. He
kept crying over and over again that
he had swallowed a pan. At first the
attendants thought he had been drink
ing or was out of his head. but as
neither was the case they began to
question him.
"You say you swallowed pan?
What kind of a PAM"
"A pan. Yust a pan Az bane swal-
low, py yimminy r.
Bdf what kind OF pan? You
mean frying PAM"
mo You bane make fan off me.
Ay swallow fountain pan wen Ay
bane busy t'inkin'." = Los Angeles
Times.
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zens North and South. :. He
has invaded field poisoned by more
than half 9 century Of defamatory
Propaganda and emerged triumphant"
While there can be no justification
for John Wilkes Booths crime, there
can be- an explanation of it. There
is no doubt that Booth was morbid
minded fanatic who believed himself
actuated by a high and noble pur-
pose in planning his deed. That
deed, incidentally, Wilson's book re-
veals was originally planned as one
of abduction rather than assassina-
tiOn. Booth, strong southern SYM
pathizer, believed that if he could alb
duct the President and hold him a
captive, he could dictate the terms
for his release-an abrogation Of
Grants order forbidding the ex.
change Of prisoners ian important
factor in the war as the South's man.
power dwindled), strengthening of
the cry of the northern Democrats
that "the war is a failure" an. &C.
acknowledgement of the independence of
the South and an end to the war.
He had been planning the abduction
for several months, as shown by a
letter written in November, 1864, to
John S. Clarke, his brother-in-law, in
which he said, Nor do deem it a
dishonor in attempting to make for
her (the South) a prisoner Of this
man to whom she owes so much mis-
cry" But when Lees surrender
marked the beginning Of the end and
Booth heard Lincoln speak to the
crowd that gathered before the White
House upon his return from the
front, suggesting enfranchisement of
negroes who had served as soldiers,
more dangerous idea was born in
his mind. "This is the last speech
he will ever make" Booth muttered
to Lewis Payne, his companion, and a
fellow conspirator in the plans for
the abduction Of Lincoln.
The details of the assassination it.
self and the pursuit and capture of
Booth is so familiar to most Ameri-
cans as to need no repetition. One
Of the services of Wilson's book is
to correct some of the erroneous ideas
about both. The usual story has
Booth leaping to the stage from the
box in which the President sat, after
he had shot Lincoln, brandishing a
dagger and shouting "Sic semper ty-
rannis!" The fact is that Booth
shouted those words before he fired
and that he did not speak after leap
ing to the stage. The commonly ac-
cepted version of Booths death is
that he was shot down in the burning
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03
OLD FOLKS SAY
DR.. CALDWELL
WAS RIGHT

The basis of treating sickness has not
changed since DR.. Caldwell left Medical
College in 1875, nor since he placed on
the market the laxative prescription he
had used in his practice.
he treated constipation, biliousness,
headaches, mental depression, indigestion,
sour stomach and other indispositions
entirely by means of simple vegetable
laxatives, herbs and roots. These are
still the basis of DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin, q combination of SIENNA and
other mild herbs, with pepsin.
The simpler the remedy for constipa-
ton, the safer for the child and for you.
And as you can get results in mild
and safe way by using DR.. Caldwelps
Syrup Pepsin, why take chances with
strong drugsi
A bottle will last several months, and
all can use it. 1t is pleasant to the
taste, gentle in action, and free from
narcotics. Elderly people find it ideal.
All drug stores have the generous bottles,
or write Syrup Pepsin," Dept. BIB,
Monticello, Illinois. for free trial bottle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03
Crank Held Car

Due to rainstorm and its effects,
a woman driver at Plainville, Conn.,,
rammed tree head on with her
car. She was not badly injured, but
when she attempted to back out from
the tree, the car wouldn't move. She
called for wrecking crew, and they
found that the car was held fast by
the crank which had been left in
the front of her car. 1t had been
driven into the tree as far as the end
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03
Holds Enduranee Record

The record for continuous flying has
been bestowed upon flying boat built
in 1919. Operated for years on the
mail route between Seattle and Van
couver, B. c., the ship still scars over
Puget sound. She has worn out seven
engines.
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of the board of governors. He told
him what had happened and demanded
that some sort of action be taken.
"My good fellow" said the governor,
who was not one of the more dynamic
governors, show fortunate that you
were not playing quoits"
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me on Doctor Pierces Favorite Pre-
scription and two bottles was all had
to take to become as strong and we'll
as any girl could wish to be. / am able
to work every day and haven't the
slightest pain like l had before. MISS
BERTHA SWORTZEL, 137 S. Cherry
ST., Richmond, Va.
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Mad

A bridge player about town was
playing at a very nice club when his
partner, for reasons we shall not at
tempt to go into, threw all his thirteen
cards at him. This insulted Mr.. Jones,
as we shall call him, and he left the
room. Flushed and nervous. he paced
about, and in so doing came upon one
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03
No Help for Il

Mrs. A.-You say you were up half
the night with the baby. What was
the trouble?
Mrs. B.-My husband was away ON
a trip.
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Within the Reach

of every woman-health and
strength. They're brought to
you by Doctor Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription, which is
sold by druggists. 1t will
build up, strengthen and in
vigorate the rundown"
nervous, or delicate woman.
One who has used it re-
marked: II am certainly
gla d to recommend the
'Favorite Prescription Until
two years ago I was ailing
all the time, had such intense
pains in my side that a physi-
clan ordered me to the hospi-
tai, but my mother started
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years later seems likely to
echo down through history
for all the years to come.
For 1t was the shot which ended the
life of one of the greatest Americans.
just at time when the nation need
ed most of the wisdom, the patience
and the sane moral courage which
were his, and the leaden missile which
cut the thread Of his life at the same
time shattered the hopes and happi-
ness of countless thousands of his
cOuntrymen. So the tragedy of the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln by
John Wilkes Booth has sorrowful
fascination about it which makes it
unforgettable.
The story Of that dark deed and
the retribution which so speedily
overlook the perpetrator is familiar
one to most Americans but it is one
In which fact and fiction became in
separately interviewer in the years
which have passed since it took place.
That this should be so is not difficult
to realize if we can reconstruct the
atmosphere of hatred, suspicion and
political vindicativeness which pre-
vailed at the close of a great civil
conflict. In such an atmosphere it is
not to be wondered at that facts
should be distorted and that the
story of Lincoln's assassination which
has been handed down to us should
contain as many half-truths and no.
truths as truths.
Recently there has appeared book
which sheds much new light on that
famous tragedy and from which it is
possible to know what actually took
place on that historic Good Friday
and during the days of wild excite
ment that followed. It is -"John
Wilkes BOoth-Fact and Fiction Of
LincOln's Assassination" published by
Houghton Mifflin company, and writ
ten by veteran of the stage, Francis
Wilson, who knew many of the men,
bers of the cast who played with Miss
Laura Keene at Ford's theater that
night as well as members of the
Booth family, notably Edwin Booth.
Wilson, according to one reviewer Of
his book, "writes not in justification
of murder, much less in justification
Of that monumental crime. His task
is the thankless but important one
of telling the truth to his fellow-citi-
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Various fantastic tales have been
told about the disposal Of Booths
body but these Wilson sets at rest by
telling Of his burial in the peniten-
tiary grounds in Washington and the
subsequent positive Identification of
his remains when the body was ex-
humed in 1869 for reburial in the
Booth burial plot in Baltimore. But
more important still this book lays
for all time the "ghost" Of John
Wilkes Booth which for the last fifty
years has bobbed up at various times
and in various places in the forms of
different persons who claimed to be
Booth. There have been number of
these fake "John Wilkes Booths" but
perhaps the most famous one was the
central figure in a book written by
a certain Finis L. Bates of Memphis,
Tenn. Bates became acquainted with
a house painter named John st. Helen
who confessed to him that he was
John Wilkes Booth who had survived
the pursuit by the soldiers after Lin
coins assassination. st. Helen was
living under the name Of David e.
George when he died in Oklahoma.
Bates discovered that the embalmed
body of George was in Enid, Okla.
He took charge of it and carried it to
his home in Memphis. He then wrote
his book to prove that George really
was Booth and made repeated at
tempts to collect the reward of $780,
600 which the federal government
had offered for the body Of Booth.
after the assassination.
AS late as 1925 another fake Booth
showed up in Minneapolis, where. &C
cording to the story, he called upon
Blanche de Bar Booth, daughter of
Junius Brutus Booth, the younger, a
brother of Edwin and John Wilkes
Booth. Knocking on her door at the
hotel and speaking from the outside,
he said: blanche, don't you want to
see Johnne?" Believing that it was
the work of some practical joker, she
refused to see him, and after leaving
a card bearing the name Of John
Wilkes Booth, he departed, saying that
he would call again. He did not show
up again, however, and although some
newspapers made much Of the incl
dent, nothing further ever came of it.
For the truth is, as Wilson's book
proves conclusively. John Wilkes
Booth died in the burning barn, prob
ably by his own hand. and all who
later claimed to be the assassin were
rank imposters.
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rLEADINGss-.-.-..-....-.--'-..-..- -
| RADIO PROGRAMS

(Time given is Eastern Standard:
subtract one hour for Central and two
hours for Mountain time.)
N. 3. c. RED NETWoRK-May s.
1900 p. m. Dr.. Stephen S. Wise.
800 p. m. DR.. S. Parks Cadmari.
$50 p. m. Dictograph Hour.
600 p. m. Chicago Symphony Orch.
$40 D. m. Major Bowes' Family Party.
$500 D. m. David Lawrence.
3:15 p. m. Atwater Kent
s:15 D. m. Studebaker Champions.
NJ. 3. c. BLUE NETWORK
1900 p. m. Roxy Stroll.
200 p. m. Young Peoples Conference.
$3.50 D. m. Mckinney Musicians.
4:3O p. m. DR.. Harry Emerson Fosdick.
5:30 o. m. Whittal Anglo Persians.
1900 D. m. Emma Jettick Melodies.
f7:15 o. m. Golfers Radio Hour.
8:15 Q. m. Raythean Mfg. Company.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
800 D. m. Symphonic Hour.
$3.50 D. m. Richard Hudnut program.
400 p. m. Cathedral Hour.
$50 o. m. Services-Tenth Presby-
terrain Church, Philadelphia, Rev.
d. G. Farmhouse.
500 p. m. La Palma Concert.
$3.50 p. m. Sonatron Program.
$40 p. m. Majestic Theater of the Air
1000 o. m. De Forest Audions.
1880 p. m. Around the Samovar.
N. 3. C. RED NETWoRK-May g..
5:45 a. m. Tower Health Exercise.
1915 a. m. Radio Household Institute.
7:00 p. m. Voice of Firestone.
1880 p. m. A. & P. Gypsies.
500 D. m. General Motors Family Party.
$3.50 D. m Empire Builders.
N. 3. C. BLUE NETWORK
800 a. m. Copeland Hour.
100 D. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1.15 p. m. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
1870 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
$3.50 D. m. Roxy and His Gang.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
1890 D. m. Kansas School Daze.
1880 o. m. Coco Couriers.
900 D. m. Physical Culture Magazine.
1880 D. m. Warner Bros. Vitaphone
1000 p. m. Robt. Burns Panatelas.
1880 D. m. United Choral Singers.
II. 8. c. RED NETWoRK-May 2.
9:45 q. m. Fleischraans Yeast. 80
1915 a. m. Radio Household Institute
500 p. m. Voters Service.
$50 D. m. SECONDHAND Sketches.
1880 p. m. Prophylactic.
500 p. m. EVereaQy HOUR.
500 p. M Clicquot Club Eskimos.
l10:00 D. m. Radio Keith Orpheum Hour.
N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK
800 a. m. Copeland Hour.
100 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1915 p. m. U. S. Dept. Of Agriculture.
1870 D. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1880 D. m. Michelin Tiremen.
$3.50 o. m. Dutch Master Minstrels.
$500 D. m. Williams Syncomatics.
$3.50 o. m. Charles Freshman.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
1U:0O a. m. Ida Bailey Allen, National
Home-Makers' Club.
1880 a. m. Jewel Hour.
1850 o. m. Mobo Entertainers.
$500 D. m. Political Situation in Wash
ington. Speaker. F. w. Vile.
As.00 p. m. Old Gold, Paul Whiteman
Hour.
EOtO0 o. m. Curtis Institute of Music
program.
yl.0O .. m. Wrigley Program with Guy
- Lombardo Royal Canadians.
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W. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. 1s--1s2s
Light Diet

Romantic Young Thing-When I
come out onto the front piazza after
dinner and gaze at the moonlit sea,
feel too full for words.
Practical Youth-You wouldn't feel
like that if you stayed at our board
ing house.-Vancouver Province.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03

of the handle and the wrecking crew
had to saw off the handle before
they could separate the car from the
| tree.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-03

Much damage has been caused in
Australia by "bush," or forest fires.
Only a change of wind saved many
towns.
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hEn NlE;I.l!XQR.Iz..=Al8la; 8

900 q. M National Home Hour.
i0:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute.
$3.50 D. m. La Touraine Tableaux.
7:so B. m. Happy Wonder. Bakers.
500 D. m. Ipana Troubadours.
$3.50 o. m. Palm Olive Hour.
$3.50 o. m. Gold Strand Orchestra.
N. 3. C. BLUE NETWORK
$500 a. M Copeland Hour.
100 p. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1:15 o. m. U. s. Dept. Of Agriculture.
1880 D. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
GAS D. m. Political Situation in Wash
ington. .44 st+4.
1880 0. m, Sylvania Foresters
1000 D m. Chancellor Dance Orchestra.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
10000 q. m. Ida Bailey Allen, National
Home Makers Club.
500 o. m. Hank Simmons Show Boat.
900 o. m. Van Heusen program.
$3.50 D. m. La Palma Smoker.
1000 o. m. holster Radio Hour.
1880 D. m. Daguerreotypes.
N. 3. c. RED NETWoRK-May 9.
1915 a. m. Radio Household Institute.
400 D. m. Grennan Cake Club.
$3.50 .. m. Yeast Foamers.
$3.50 D. m. Coward Comfort Hour.
1880 p. m. Hoover Sentinels.
$500 D. m. Seiberling Singers.
500 D. m. Halsey Stuart Hour.
$3.50 D. m. Iso-vis Entertainers.
N. B. c. BLUE NETWORK
$500 a. m. Copeland Hour.
1900 p m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1915 D. m. U. S. Dept. Of Agriculture.
1880 D. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1900 D. m. Lehn and Fink Serenade.
$3.50 D. m. Maxwell House Hour.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
10000 a. m. Ida Bailey Allen, National
Home-Makers' club.
1890 a. m. Rit Fashion Review.
$500 p. m. Sweethearts.
$3.50 D. m. Then and Now.
$3.50 D. m. Sonora Hour.
1890 o. m. The Columbians.
1880 o. m. Musical Episode.
N. 8. C. RED NETWoRK-May 10.
$500 a. m. National Home Hour.
1915 a. m. Radio Household Institute.
400 D. m. Florida Citrus Growers.
1900 .. m. cities Service Hour.
500 .. m. An Evening In Paris.
$3.50 D. m. Schraedertown Brass Band.
N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK
1000 a. m. RCA Educational Hour.
1900 .. m. Montgomery Ward Hour.
1915 p. m. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
4soU " 11Oht6Ob'SAJ "1AN AAOAAs
6:15 .. m. Squibbs Health Talk.
ESQ D. m. Dixies Circus. HT+4'
7:s0 D. m. Armstrong Quakers.
500 o. m. Wrigley Review.
$50 D. m. Philco Hour.
300 D. m. Hudson-Essex Challengers.
1000 D. m. Skellodians.
COLUMBIA SYSTEM
1000 a. m. Ida Bailey Allen, National
Home Makers Club. gel
1900 M Radio Home Bazaar.
GAS D. m. Emma Jettick Melodies.
$500 .. m. Temple.
500 o. m. veedol Vodevil.
900 D. m. True Story Hour.
1000 D. m. Kodak Hour.
1890 .. m. Night Club Romances.
N. 8. C. RED NETWoRK-May IL.
S:45 a. m. Tower Health Exercise.
l0:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute.
$40 o. m. White House Dinner Music.
500 q. m. Nat. Orch with Damrosch.
500 .. m. Lucky Strike Dance Orch.
NJ. 3. C. BLUE NETWORK.
also D. m. RCA Demonstration Hour.
6.BO Q. m. Gold Spot Orchestra.
7:bO D. m. Pure Oil Band.
S;10 .. m. Packard Electric.
Isl COLUMBIA SYSTEM
po .. m. National Forum from Wash
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barn by a sergeant named Boston
Corbett. Wilson states that when the
barn was fred Booth determined to
rush out Of it and try to shoot bis
way through the Gordon of soldiers
surrounding it. He had gone but a
few steps when he realized the fulfil
ity of the attempt and, preferring
death to capture, he determined to
end his own life and shot himself.
For policy's sake, Boston Corbett was
permitted to have the credit for hav-
ing shot him. Secretary Stanton hac
but one purpose in regard to B0oth1
and that was to deprive those
might applaud Booths deed
thought that he was MAD
had cheated the avengers d
law %Asv,rr
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zens North and South. He
has invaded field poisoned BY more
than half q century Of defamatory
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~ c1pzW2E F1007NF-
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

fired near Concord bridge
In Massachusetts one morn
ing in April Of 1775 was
Aheard round the world
then It IS equally true that
a shot fred in Ford's the
ater in Washington. D. G.,
one evening in April 90
years later seems likely to
echo down through history
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-05
STREETS TOUR.
PLANNED

A special subcommittee, com
posed Of members Of the traffic
ana streets ana avenues committee
81 the washington Board Of Trade.
viii conduct personal tour 81 IN.
yestigation of traffic and street com
ditions in the Capital tomorrow.
4 large bus win leave at 10 O'Clock
from the corner Of Eleventh and
Pennsylvania avenue Northwest. and
4 circuit Of the city win be made.
The committee viii view especi.
ally the 'bottle,necks caused by
the placing Of loading platforms
and other obstructions on some
streets
Among those who win so on the
tour are Traffic Director Hariand,
cant. II. G. Whitehurst. District
coordination; IL ]. Murphy, presi.
dent Of the Washington Board Of
Trade. and II. i. Coftrell. executive
secretary Of the organization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-05
PnRlTAMlSM IOPlC

"Pufltanism n THentieth ptury
Anne IA . viii be the topic Dis ssed
At the weekly meeting u the wash
Ington Chapter Of the American A.
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
A tie a. Inc, 500 block Tenth Street
Northwest, tomorrow night at ;
O'clock. Norris Talpaiar viii be
chairman Of the meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-05

Paige victory over all entries in
the international Monte Carlo tour.
and its perfect performances IN the
more recent Paris Nice race. the
Paige success IN the Tour
de France hes given this make.
which was virtually unknown IN
Europe one year ago. d top place
in the motoring public's esteem.
Roads Were bad
The Tour de France this year
was unusually difficult. Cold
weather and bad roads IN the
western and northern REGIONS.
added to the hardship of the conn
petitors but enhanced the honor Of
finishing without penalty.
The contestants were on the road
16 days--nire days on the route be.
tween control points, and seven
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-05
GRAHAM PAIGE
WINS TROPHY

PARIS, June {. Graham Page
won the challenge trophy Of the AlI-
toinobile Club OF Paris, scoring high
est in It's particular class, In the
3 .7s0.fille Tour de France, classic
French motoring competition. under
the auspices Of the Motorcycle Club
of France
The Graham. Paige entry, four.
speed six.cyIinder cabriolet. strictly
standard. finished without penaliza.
ton Of any sort. despite the strict
schedule that imposed loss Of
points for the slightest delay due to-
mechanical trouble.
Tour Is Unique
The Tour de France Is unique In
its arrangement. The route covers
an the principal cities Of the coun-
try. ana at the end Of each days
run. averaging over 800 miles, the
oars may compete in regional con:
fests In hill climbing, acceleration-
r6ld starts. etc. In these events
Graham. Paige carried Off three
REGIONAL cups, those OF Alsace. Pro
veT1ce ard the Mediterranean. The
hiIi-climbing contests required a
start from q standStill and q stop
~ the finish mark, thus testing &C.
celebration. power and braking.
IN addition, the Graham- Paige,
driven BY Roberts, q famous French
racing pilot. also won special pre-
Rniums offered locally.
Coming on top OF the Graham.