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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-24
new YORK GIRL
Wins MARATHON
Martha Norelius Shows She
Is Real Star to Win
Toronto Event

TORONTO. Ont. Aug. 24.-CF-
Victory In the Wrigley ten-mile
marathon swim made Martha No
relius $4,000 richer today and
provide beyond question her right to
front-rank position among women
swimmers at almost any distance.
The New York girl who turned
professional earlier in the year out
swan a field OF IS women from the
United States and Canada in the
annual Wrigley event yesterday. a
little more than a year after she
won the 400-meter Olympic cham
pionship for the United States at
Amsterdam.
Hitherto regarded as much better
at shorter distances. Miss Norelius
surprised experts by her stamina as
much as by her speed. She covered
the 10 miles-five times around a
two-miie rectangular course in Lake
Ontario-in 5 hours. "a minutes. q
seconds. nearly 10 minutes faster
than Ethel Hertle's winning time In
the first Wrigley marathon for
women last year.
Second place and 5000 went to
Ruth Tower CMrs. George Corsan)
Of Denver: third place and $1,000 70
Mrs. Evelyn Armstrong of Detroit,
mother Of two children, one of them
only six months old. Seventeen
year-old Leah Riley of K%eansburg,
N. j., won $500 for finishing fourth
and Miss Herlthe $40o for fifth
place. There was only one other
finishc-, Dorothy Widmer of Seat
tie, Wash. The first five to finish
automatically qualified for the Is
mile ope. marathon TO be held here
next Wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-24
TAX RATE IS
liked 4 CENTS
Combined County and State
Rate For Cameron
Remains Same

AUSTIN. Aug. 24.-P-Texans
will pay four cents more on the
500 taxable values this year as a
result of the automatic tax boards
action yesterday in fixing a state
rate H SO cents. 1t was 81 cents
last year.
The levy was computed as fol-
lows: Ad valorem for general fund
purposes. 80 cents: school fund, 81
cents and Confederate pensions sew
en- cents.
The general fund drew % cents,
the schools IS cents and the pen
sions seven cents last year.
The ad valorem for general pur-
poses was increased to meet de-
mands made by appropriation bills
passed by the 4ist legislature. Al
though appropriations were less
than two years ago. Governor
Moody said the bulk Of the expen-
ditures would be made during the
first year Of the Fiennium. neceSsi-
tating the eight-cent increase for
that source.
The school levy was decreased
from the maximum permitted by
the constitution for the first time
in many years. 1t had been IS
cents since 1918, when the consti-
tutional limit was raised from 20
cents. The 81 cents, together with
the So, 900 surplus in the school
fund and its share Of the four-cent
gasoline tax, will give each child
Of scholastic age $l7.50 for the
year.
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MO1E \
aSlDEllGHlSE


william Haines, gravitating be-
tween a college campus, as the scion
Of aristocracy. and the prize ring,
as middleweight champion, plays an
exciting and romantic dual role in
The Duke Steps Out" Metro-G Gold
wyn-Mayer's filmiZation Of Lucian
Cary's famous Saturday Evening
Post novel, which comes Sunday to
the Texas theater.
On the campus he's a debonair
student from a famous family, care
fully hiding his other identity as
Duke" Wellington, the fighter. The
result Is a blend Of college and prize
fight drama that offers many a
thrill, a deal Of clever comedy, and
a pretty love story to bind it all to-
gether. Joan Crawford is the hero
Inc.
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Galveston Attack
Planes at Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Aug. 24.-(R-
Eighteen army attack planes and
one transport plane hoped off from
Bowman field here at 9:35 a. m. to-
day for maneuvers over the city be-
fore leaving for Dayton, Ohio.
The fliers plan to stay over night
IN Dayton. They are on their way
20 the national air races at Cleve-
land.
The squadron is In command OF
Major John H. Jouett, and arrived
here from Galveston. Texas. yes
terday. Maj. Jouett, while here. Wis
tied a cousin he had never seen. z.
8. Jouett. vice-president Of the Lou
isville and Nashville railroad.
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MERCEDES TO
HAVE BICDAY
American Legion to Stage
Rodeo and Barbecue
On Labor Day


MERCEDES, Aug. 24.-P-The
J. A. Garcia post of the American
Legion Of this place viii stage a big
barbecue and rodeo in Mercedes on
labor day, according to Herman
Sugg, post commander, plans Tor
the big entertainment are nearing
completion.
It Is understood that the enter
tainment will be held south OF the
city at some point near the river.
Crack broncho riders, bulldoggers.'
and rope throwers OF southwest
Texas are expected to be here 70
compete for the prizes. Present
plans call for ! big barbecue at noon
time, the rodeo to follow from z
to 6 o'clock. Efforts are being made
to secure Capt. Bill Sterling. Texas
ranger, and famous master OF cere-
monies, to direct the event.
AS an added attraction the Rio
Rico Kennel eli will stage special
greyhound races at the track across
the river Labor day night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-24
SPOKANE HAS
MENACINC FIRE
Dozen Houses Burn Before
Fire Department Con-
trolls Blaze

SPOKANE. Wash, Aug. 24.-Rl-
A mass Of glowing embers covering
damages estimated variously from
s350,O00 to 100000 was all that re-
NAMED here today Of q dozen dwell
ing houses. an apartment dwelling.
a sanitarium and the storage and
fuel yard of the McG oldrick Lum-
Der company. They were destroyed
when a blaze started last night In q
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q TAKE RESERVE
OFFICERS X A

-Four Valley men took Reserve Of
ficers Corps examinations Friday at
the office OF the Boca Chica Beach
company's offico in the Merchants
National bank. The examinations
were conducted by Col. Sam Rob-
ertson and other reserve officers.
Three Of the men were making
application for admittance, while
one was seeking promotion.
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Senator Tyson Dies
In Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 24-P-
United States Senator Lawrence d.
Tyson, democrat. Of Tennessee, re-
cipient Of the Distinguished Service
me al for "c--ceptionally meritorious
and dist lguished service" during
the wo war, died early today in
the Manresa Manor sanitarium,
Stafford, near here, at the age OF
So years.
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Freight Rate Slash
Causes Wheat Loss

CHICAGO, Aug. 24-tP-Slash-
ing Of ocean freight rates on south
ern hemisphere wheat destined for
Europe led to an early setback of
wheat values today. However, gen.
eral buying Of future deliveries en-
larged on the downward swing Of
the market here. and a brisk rally
ensued.
Opening Ia to ala cents down,
wheat later recovered fast. Corn,
oats and provisions tended upward.
with corn starting at IA cent de-
cline to IA cent gain. and subsequent
rising all around.
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MARKETS
COTTON OPENS
LITTLE CHANGED
Business Chiefly 10 In Eve.
ming Up Old Com
mittments

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-tP-The
cotton market opened steady at q
decline Of / points to an advance OF
4 points and wc5 quiet during early
trading. There was continued I'M
ples sant->5s with reference to wea-
Their in tire southwc-4 and business
was attributed chiefly to evening UP
OF old commitments. Prices work
ed off under liquidation with De-
cember selling down TO 1870 by the
end OF the first half hour when the
market showed net declines OF 8 10
{ points. :.
FUTURES closed steady 3 20 10
points higher; spot quiet; middling
1870.
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Premier Mach onald
Flies To London

ELGIN, Scotland, Aug. 24.-lP-
Prime Minister Rar- -ay MacD Donald
left here by airplane at $40 a. m.
for London. where he was expected
to arrive at 8 p. m. 90 a. m. e. s.
To Unexplained important business
was the cause of the trip.
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tCOQIlIu6Q EIuul EabC ShCf
pondent Of the Berlin Vossiche lei
tung.
The assault came as the climax
to a day Of unrest in which there
had threatened continually a clash
between the Jews, firm in their
conviction Of right to use the Wall
ing Wall for worship, and Arabs,
assembling by the thousands for
their Friday prayers at the Mosque
of Omar.
Arabs previously stoned a group
of aged Jewish worshippers who
assembled at the Wailing Wall, and
assaulted the Jews, M near the
American colony and another al
Motza. "A Russian Christian, who
was mistaken b. the Arabs for a
Jew, was severely beaten UP in the
old city.
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My brother is the best fellow IN the world" she
said. Hes made quite a success at things you
know. has a big factory and . big payroll and a fine
big house beautifully furnished, and a couple Of cars,
and a nice yacht Of his own.
Hes a member Of the two slnartest clubs In ST.
Louis, he's on the board Of directors Of this, and the
board of directors of that. his wife is always among
those present at the best social affairs.
His son is succeeding to the business. He mar
ried the prettiest girl In St. Louis, and my brothers
daughter Is married and happy.
I'VE all think brother has done pretty well.
But last spring two cousins from California came
to visit at his house, and my brother and his wife
took the California cousins here, and they took them
there and they took them everywhere.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-24

With the state tax rate definite
" set at So cents. the Cameron
county rate for this year Is set at
S1.46 on the 500 valuation, q reduc-
ton Of four cents over the rate
for last year, which was $3.50.
Cameron county commissioners
announced August 10 that the COM
bined state and county tax would
remain at $2.14 for this year, tie
same figure assessed last year. At
that time an increase Of eight
cents in the state ate was expect
ed.
The commissioners announced
they would absorb any increase In
the state rate by reducing the coun-
ty rate the same amount and hold
the combined rate at the ..-me fig
ure.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-(R-For-
eign exchanges irregular.
Great Britain. demand 4s4 SO:
cables 4.84 1916; 60-day bills on
banks 4.79 1-2.
France, demand 3.91 Ia; italy
$40 Ia: Belgium 1890; Germany
1919; Tokyo 1855; Montreal 99.32
1916.
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug. "a
LP-It was understood here today
a battalion of troops was being dis
patched Immediately TO Palestine IL
connection with rioting about the
Wailing Wall at Jerusalem.
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LIVERPOOL SPOT

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 24.-tP-Cot-
ton-spot quiet; higher; American
strict good middlnig 11.l6: good
middling 1916; strict middling
1886; middling 1896: strict low
middling 10.11: low middling 0.6l;
strict good ordinary 9.4i: good or
binary 9.01. Sales 5000 bales. 2.400
American. No receipts. Futures
closed quiet and steady: Otober
9.93: December $50: anuary 9.91;
March 997; May 1000: July 1000.
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lumber pile and soon was whipped
into q conflagration by o gale-hke
wind.
Every piece or fire-fighting equip
ment In the city, but five, fought
the blaze for six hours before II was
brought under control.
Industrial property. including fac
tories and warehouses, worth sev-
eral million dollars, was menaced.
Three firemen were treated for in
jurles.
Twenty patients In the Payne san
ltarium, RACED soon after the fire
started. were taken from their beds
just as the first tongue Of flame
was licking the sides Of the build
ing. Children In a nearby orphanage
were taken to safety but q shift in
the wind saved the building.
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City Briefs

LINGERIE PLASTTQUE by Bon
Ton, four different styles. Mexican
drawn work. The Corset Shop, 1927
Elizabeth. Adv. n
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First figure lowest temperature
last night; seconl, highest tempera-
ture yesterday: third, wind velocity
at ga . m; fourth, rainfall past "a
hours.
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HE NEVER WILL
LIVE IN CALIFORNIA
Famous Writer Tells How Boosting Cousins With Their
Belittling Comparisons Turned the Missourisn
Against the Golden West
BY WTNTFRED LAC

NO" said the woman from Missouri. MY brother wouldn't 90 70 Gall
fona with me-he never will go to California, not unless somebody car
res him there when he Is unconscious"
And then she told us about ii.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-(P-Gov-
eminent bonds: Liberty 3 Ia, 81
AZ. $97.16; LIST 4 IA, 1881; 4th, 4
IA, $685..
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"The hotels we're not right, the boulevards were al right for-St. Louis
the residence districts were well enough-hut they were not Los Angeles
My brother has a magnificent black walnut tree in his side garden.
THAT tree is one Of the sights of St. Louis; it has stood through the
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NEW ORLEANS OPENING

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 24.-tR-
Cotton opened steady. Jan. 1871;
March l8.93-bid; May 1901: Oct.
l8.43; Dec. 1865.
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STILETTO IN HER BRAIN
LYONS. France.-Henri Durevier
killed his wife by driving q stiletto
into her brain as she slept.
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NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 24--R-
The cotton market opened quiet,
first trades showing advances OF !
to 3 points in response TO relatively
steady cables. Continued absence
Of rain in the drought section slim
ulated buying. but 1t was absorbed
by realizing at a small net gain.
Profit-taking persisted throughout
the first hour, carrying OCTOBER
down to 1886, December 1883 and
January 1872, or z to 8 points be-
low the previous close. At the end
Of the first hour the market con-
tinued quiet with operators await
ing weather developments.
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pnTuTRY

POULTRY
CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-P-Poultry
steady, unchanged.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Aug. z4.-HI-OUV-
ton opened steady: Oct. 1915; Dec.
1874; Jan. 1881; March 1899; May
1909.
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jews CLASH

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San IN

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GRID RULES
ARE CHANGED
New Regulations Regarding
Fumbles, Try for Point
Are Set Forth

A ball which has been muffed or
fumbled and then recovered by the
opponents after striking the ground.
may not under these rules be ad-
vanced but is dead automatically at
the point of recovery. This has
been covered under Rule VI, Section
Is Id; Rule XIII, Section II. and
Rule XVII, Section l (b), and has
permitted the elimination of former
rules relative to the protected back
ward pass.
The previous rule which restricted
players of the kicking side from al
vancing the ball in case they sub
sequently legally recovered it, ha;
been extended to also cover kick-offs
and free kicks and kicks which dc
not cross the line of scrimmage
Reference to this change will be
found in Rule VI, Section IS 81.
and Rule XVII, Sections 4 and 5.
Rule XIII, Section 8 (a), revertS
to the 1927 wording and no longer
covers kicked balls which are act
ually caught by a player and Their
fumbled.
Rule XVI, Section 3 ea), has been
amplified so as to prohibit So-called
passive" interference beyond the
line Of scrimmage by players who
are ineligible to recover a forward
pass.
The try-for-point after touch
down Rule X Is to be made from,
the two-yard line instead Of the
three-yard line, as formerly.
In Rule II the specifications o.
the ball have been amended with
respect to measurements, and the
limits of pressure have ben speci-
fled.
Amendments have also been made
in Rule III, Section 3, Equipment
of Players" and in Rule XXI, Sec
ton 5 (a), Conduct Of Players"
School teams are allowed to waive
certain provisions Of Rule III, Sec
ton 2. covering subStitutions, pro-
vided they arrive at a mutual un-
derStanding before the game.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-26
Hoover May Hold Up
Ship Construction

WASHINGTON, July 26.-GP-
Under President Hoover's inter-
probation of the Is cruiser law, he
is empowered to hold up the con-
Struction of any of the vessels auth
orized by that measure until June
80, 1881.
This was announced today at the
White House. A section of the bill
was pointed out as Mr.. Hoover's
authority for this stand. After Stip-
ulating that five cruisers each shall
be laid down in the fiscal years Of
1929, 1880 and 1881, the measures
makes the following proviSo:
Provided, that if the construction
Of any vessel herein authorized to
such construction may be under
be undertaken in the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1929, or 1880, is not
undertaken in that fiscal year, such
construction may be undertaken in
the next succeeding fiscal year"
This announcement came after
statement that the laying of the
keels of three cruisers of this years
building program would be deferred
until there were opportunity for
consideration of their effect upon an
agreement or final parity with
Great Britain, which Mr.. Hoover
said, he expected would be reached.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-26
SHELTERS
SHOW FORM
Wade Continues Perfect
Scores, Others Shine
In Thursday Shoot

Breaking 90 flying Skeet targets
out of a possible 100 and obtaining
another perfect IS, Bob Wade con-
tinued his strong shooting streak
Thursday afternoon at the regular
meet of the Brownsville Skeet and
Gun club. Wade got off to a flying
, start for the afternoon by breaking
| g perfect Is. He a the string
of successive hits up to 80 before
he missed. The lank lead sprayer
followed his perfect round with
scores of "a, % and "a.
Jimmy George, the only other
Brownsville Skeeter TO achieve the
inner circle of Is scorers, mace
scores Of %, 20 and 20.
Sheriff Frank Brown furnished
the upset of the day. The LETT
handler demonstrated excellent
form, breaking q, % and 10. DR..
Eisaman's shooting showed inn
provement and he got a pair Of
2ls and a 10. Harry Richardson
got a % and a %. Dave Young
and Vincent Stevenson made
scores of 20.
Tl11 ,1~1z Fa1IzUrs
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INSTITUTE SET
FOR AUCUST 29
Visual Instruction And Con
solidation Of Districts To
Be Discussed

Visual instruction in all rural
schools and consolidation of dis
tricts for high school purposes will
be topics of paramount interest be-
fore the Cameron county rural
teachers institute, which will be
held at Los FresnoS, Thursday and
Friday, August 20 and 80, it was in
dictated at a meeting Of rural super
intendents in the office Of Mrs.
w. r. Jones, county superintendent,
Thursday afternoon.
Plans were made for an attend
ance of $50 teachers, and a program
committee, composed of w. r.
Bowles, Los FreSnoS, J. P. Wagner,
Santa Rosa, James Scaief, Highland,
Mrs. M. s. Jagou, Nogales, and E. E.
Frasier, Villa Nueva. were appointed
to complete preparations.
The finance committee is j. 8.
Rasco Of Olmito and ". H. Tumlin-
son of Point Isabel. The program
committe will select a number Of
subcommittee from over the coun-
ty to aid in holding the institute.
To Aid New Teachers
Another one Of the principal
topics for consideration at the insti-
tute is the old problem of assisting
new teachers in becoming acquaint-
ed with the best methods Of teach
ing Spanish speaking upils.
In regard to visual instruction, 1t
was revealed that some schools al
ready are being wired and machines
installed for projecting motion pic
lures, and it is one of the goals of
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Negro, E~lectrocuted,
Maintains Innocence

HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 90
P)-Maintaining his innocence of
an attack on Mrs. Vada Roberts OF
Greenville last October, Willie
Grady, 20, negro, went to his death
in the electric chair at the peniten-
tiary today.
Referring to the person he de-
clared committed the crime for
which he went to the chair, Grady
said:
III pray to the Lord to have
mercy or his soul. I hope you will
catch him some day"
The negro praised the Hunt coun-
ty sheriff and the Greenville chief
of police and shook hands with
them as he was being strapped to
the chair. He asked the sheriff to
look after his mother and said he
hoped that officer always held his
office.
BE brave" was the parting. ad-
monition of Juan Flores, whose exc
cution has been stayed ten times
and who is to die Tuesday.
Il am, JUAN" the negro replied.
God bless you"
AS Grady walked to the death
chamber Marshall Ratliff, condem-
ed Cisco Santa Claus bank bandit"
again struck up, when the Roll Is
Called Up Yonder," on his portable
phOnoCraph,
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Lawyer Refuses To
Seek Missing Mate

SAN ANTONIO, july s5.-(P-
Not every deserving husband Is
sought by the law, even though
wife abandonment now is a felony
in Texas.
Sometimes there are mitigating
circumstances.
This week one deserted wife
came to the office of Fred N. Cow
Aen, assistant district attorney in
charge of wife and child abandon
uent cases. and sought to have the
law chastise her lost husband.
After she haf talked for many
minutes without CoWen having a
chkhce to stop her, she finally
stopped to catch her breath and he
got in his first words.
Madame, if you were just half as
disagreeable to your husband as
YOU have been r. here, I don't
blame him for '~eaving." he said.
And the law refused to take any
action in the matter.
She had enough money to get
along on, and the only way she
could have sworn out charges
against him would have been false
"" he explained.
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the superintendent, she said, to
ultimately have each school equipped
with a modern, first class radio, in
order that prominent lecturers may
be heard as q part of each child's
education.
Holidays for the year were agreed
upon for November ii, Thanks
giving Zone or two days as decided
by the superintendent Of the school,
and March 2. These dates are sub
iect to the approval of the county
board which will meet In August to
make plans for the county's school
year.
Transfers Discussed
Superintendent were urged to as
siSt transfers in filing their appli-
cations before August /, in order to
facilitate matters in the office of
the county superintendent.
The following superintendent at