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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
FEDERAL RULE
ASKEDONROAD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s-tR-A
study on the possibility or federal
regulation OF railroad holding COM
parIes was demanded today BY
chairman Couzens or the r ate
interstate commerce committee. as
q preliminary 10 any legislat IN 10
put into effect the recently an
nounced consolidation plan OF the
terstate commerce commission.
Senator Couzens said he .ught
an Investigation should be made
into the influence exerted on rail-
road management by holding and
investment companies.
AS chairman or the interstate
commerce committee. the wishes
of the Michigan senator are ex-
pected to 90 a long way and there
was speculation whether consolid-
alton legislation, as proposed BY
senator Fe.5 republican, Ohio.
could be acted upon at this session
IN view OF the demand OF q study
81 the holding companies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
Venerable Martina
Released by Steers

DALLAS. Texas. Dec. 2S.-tHE
)Oyster( Joe Martina. the vener-
able hurler who was brought into
the Dallas Texas League fold last
season, today was morally and other
wise free 10 60 his way, to sign with
any other club in baseball or to do
whatever he wanted 10 do-so far as
Fred McJunkin and the Steers are
concerned.
Oyster Joe has finished paying
for his release-the purchase price
being two barrels OF oysters.
They arrived today. McJunkin and
company are set for q feast.-and
Oyster Joe tonight wears no mans
collar.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

~SwEETWATER. Dec. 2S-lP-
representatives OF a. least five
West Texas colleges and universities
viii meet here Tuesday for the
avowed purpose Of founding a new
athletic conference.
Texas Tech OF Lubbock: Texas
College Of Mines. El Paso; Simmons
university, Abilene; Howard Payne
college, Brentwood; and West
Texas Teachers. Canyon, are the in
situations known to be sending en-
voys. There Is a possibility that
Mexico Military institute also will
have faculty representatives on
hand.
Plans for the new circuit. tenta-
lively known as the Staked Plains
conference, we're revealed at the an
nual Southwest athletic meeting az
Dallas three weeks ago. With the
exception Of Howard Payne, all Of
the schools named have indicated
they will join.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
FRANCE VOTES
MORE DEFENSE

PARIS, Dec. 25.-tR-The cham
Der Of deputies today appropriated
1900, 600. 600 francs (about sll6.0O0.-
000) to fortIfy the frontiers and to
increase the navy. More than one
third win be available during 1880.
In debate IL was stressed that
evacation OF the Rhineland made II
imperative to complete the defenses
along the northern border. The
naval program calls for construction
or seven submarines, more than III
any other categ0ries despite the re-
cent talk i'm international circles OF
limiting or doing away with that
type Of war vessel.
The program Is a continuation Of
the plans laid some years ago. Land
dcfenses were made necessary In
part part by the new frontiers given
France by the treaty of Versailles
The plans have been studied for the
past nine years and while naturally
surrounded by the greatest secrecy
are supposed by military critics out
side the French army and govern
ment to comprise a series of work;
based on the experiences or the last
war.
Therefore IL l. supposed that there
will be a good deal Of underground
work with less masonry visible al
q target for hostile artillery. Anti
aircraft defense also bulks large ii
the plans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
LIGHTNING IS
MIND HAZARD
No Record of AirpIane In
Flight Struck By
Electr >ity


DIES MONIES. Dec. 2s-R-
lightning to the aviator. like a
waterhole to the golfer. was de-
scribed here today as only a A.
tai hazard"
The description was given before
meterologists, meeting with the
American association for the adj
vancement Of science, by Wesley L.
Smith, Chicago flier and superin-
tendent Of Nat al Air Transport,
Inc.
Il know OF no case on rec.s r."
ne said. where an airplane in
flight has been struck by light
ming. If electric storms were the
pilots only worry, he could be en-
thely indifferent to weather"
Ice formation was described By
Smith as THE great hazard 10
aviation" Solution Of the ice prob
lem. undertaken by the Guggen-
helm fund for the promotion OF
aeronautics In cooperation with
air lines. was predicted "for the
near future"
Radiators IN the sky" which
keep the northern and southern
ATTITUDES warm, were described be-
fore the session by DR.. w. j. Hum
phrey, president Of the meteorol-
ogists.
The radiators he said. "are
formed by a thin blanket Of ozone,
that form s-c-l oxygen which gives
air It's fresh odor after a thunder
storm. Perhaps thinner than a
sheet OF cardboard and many miles
above the highest altitude reached
by man. IL exerts a tremendous in
fluence on life.
without the blanket. the sun
would be so Strcng that we would
all go blind. with a ECKER b.
ct. we would all have ricketts,. for
the layer holds back the rays OF
the sun we need"
The layer a. as q radiator be-
cause It absorbs radiation from the
earth. I. gives off as much as Z
gains, half going TO the outer air,
and the remainder back TO the
earth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
Brings Down
Nine-P Point Buck

II. d. Seago, Cameron county
clerk, brought down his second
buck Of the season this week in the
neighborhood Of Raymondville. II
had nine points.
Seago's first kill was a 15-prong
buck and was hunted down in the
same neighborhood. The c9unty
clerk reports the running" season
seems to be at its height.
DR.. C. w. Letzrich, Of Harlingen,
a member Of the same party, OBJ
tanned a buck also. Senator Patten
Of Crockett completed the group Of
hunters.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
EAGLES SHORN
Continued from page u

be only 10 years Of age and that
he was not al fault J the matter"
In his briefs w-ch were pres
ented before the committee. the
local school head made it plain that
Brown lie wished to abide by the
regulations Of the league.
He stated that Ia his opinion
there was doubt as 10 whether Til
erina was w the age limit. but
that he was unable 70 produce any
proof dating back beyond the birth
certificate. The superintendent pro-
duced communications from Roy
=. Henderson, league director and
Ernest Poteet, director Of District
No. 20. which tended to show that
there was no willful violation Of
the rules.
Poteet OF Mercedes wrote as fol-
lows: This protest seems TO be
based Oh the Supositlon that Juan
Tiierlna is over age. Il may be Of
Interest to know facts on record IN
my office. 7 have only one eligi-
billty blank which was filled out
by Juan. IL Is dated oct. 3. 1927
and gives his birth date as Jan. 2,
1911.
Please let me take this oppor-
tunity to express my confidence in
you and your associates In Leep-
ing your boys eligible for football.
While you we're playing class = and
I was connected with the commit
tee. I found you to be especially
anxious to see that your men we're
eligible.
IF Il Is possible for anyone TO
prove that Brownsville has played
an ineligible man this year. I, for
one, am sure that It was done
unknowingly, and that the olrit or
the law was not violated"
Henderson wrote that his rec
ords indicated Tiierina 10 have
been born Jan. 2, 1911.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
ARTISTRY CHARACTERISTIC
OF BEETHOVEN CONCERT

Of a mechanical performance and
into the feaIm or art. Her rendl-
ton OF LISTS Dance or Gnomes"
brought out the weird and prankish
twists OF the number. while Chopin's
Walls. No. Is. was handled with a
delicacy Of style and clarity OF touch
which showed the best or the COM
position. The Twelfth Rhapsody
List. which closed the group. was
so enthusiastically received that the
audience insited on an encore. 10
which she responded with q study
for the left hand.
Second on the program appeared
MRS. Eva Leyraud dc Ortiz who sang
several numbers written BY Profess
S0r Antonio Ortiz, closing with WI
chela." by Tosti. and the aria from
Lucia" Though her vocal equip
ment is rather small, she displayed
a finish OF training and a dramatic
sense which made the selections
highly satisfactory.
Professor Antonio Ortiz Is already
well known In Brownsville and was
greeted with enthusiastic applause
Vitality OF tone was an outstanding
characteristic OF his presentation Of
a group Of violin selections. OF
these. perhaps, the best received
was the Ave Maria" by Schubert
Wuhelmi, and he was recalled for
an encore.
Little Oralia Ortiz Leyraud, dress
ed in Mexican costume. was an
event Of the evenings entertain
ment. with her Mexican songs. Her
clever subtle handling carried the
meaning Of these over even to those
unable TO understand the language,
with surprising effectiveness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
WEATHER FOOLS
WEATHER MAN
Even Men Working Over
Instruments Tricked
BY Elements

DIES MONIES. Dec. 2S-F-An
unexpected source for the well
known exaggerated weather story
has been discovered by Eric G. Mil
Ter, meteorologist Of the u. S. wea-
Their bureau. Madison, wis. He re-
ported II today to the weather Sec
ton OF the American association
for the advancement Of science.
When the oldest inhabitant tells
OF the worst storm way back when
and Is matched BY a taller tale, liars
license Is not necessarily the ex-
PLANTATION. Both narrators may be
exhibiting one Of the great peculari-
ties or observation which Miller
found In studying years OF statistical
weather record remarkable inc0nsis-
tencies In rainfall statistics kept BY
hundreds Of trained and uv0lunteeE
observers. Records kept in the same
places disagreed. He was somewhat
startled to find that such things al
the lunch hour. the period when met
start the rush Of the days work ano
later hours when their minds are
more at leisure, al appeared In some
Of the weather statistics. They APP
peard in fairly uniform difference:
Of e~xactness in recording which de-
pended on lunch hours and numer-
Gus other personal preoccupatioas.
The explanation Is that the wea.
Their goes on all the time. but mans
watching is intermittent. He may
fail to catc.l the high point the
ether fellow saw. Some are more
careful than others in reading thS
split fractions Of an inch III preci-
pitation or the spit degrees of tenn
perature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
BITTER DRY
Continued from page i

NGGAAAA&A6L4 AVN E4EC
cent demand by Borah for a clean
ing I'D Of enforcement officials from
top TO bottom" and came after an
nouncements earlier in the day by
Attorney General Mitchell and
chairman Wickersham OF the Hoover
law enforcement commission.
These developments combined tc
provide the most bitter day yet In
the ~intensifying controversy which
promises to receive some early az
tention when congress reconvenes
on January s.
The attorney general made public
a letter sent to all federal distric.
attorneys reminding them Of an Old
order which requires that the de-
partment must be consulted before
any cases. including prohibition pro-
~secutions, are nolle pressed.
Report Prepared
Coincidentally, chairman Wickers-
ham announced that the commission
has had ready for some time past
certain material and its conclusions
respecting administration. reorgan-
ization and relief to the courts in re-
gard to certain Of the most urgen.
questions Of law enforcement, which
may be useful to the joint commit
tee proposed to be created by con-
greSS to consider legislation r.
strengthen law enforcement"
Along with these developments
the word was passed at the Capitol
that both assistant secretary Low
man Of the treasury department, ii
charge Of prohibition, and prohl-
bition director Doran, were under
the critical eyes OF some Of those
who would demand reorganization.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
Rancher Takes Life
DespairinQ Of Help

GILLETTE, Wy0, Dec. 28-(Pl-
With his horse standing nearby and
a smoky lantern that burned itself
out Christmas eve by his side. the
body OF a Wyoming rancher was
discovered yesterday. victim OF an
accident Of the plains.
Guy Burr, %. shot himself to
death after his ankle had been
crushed by his horse. "A farewell
message he had written in the dim
light Of his lantern told the story.
My horse slipped and fell on my
left ankle. ! can't stand the pain
any longer. Goodbye. Guy" Then
Burr took his 80 calibre revolver
from his holster. placed Ii in his
mouth and pulled the trigger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
Troop Four Plans
Basketball SQUAD

Plans for the formation of "a
basketball team we're laid at a meet
ing Of Boy Scout troop No. 4 Sat-
urday evening. The session was
staged at the Baptist church, spon-
sor Of the organization.
Leaders saw possibility Of form
ing two teams but definite arrange
ments were deferred TO : future
date
Troop four officials are going TO
make an effort to form q basketball
league from the various troops In
the city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
HUNTER TOPS
EAST METERS
Mrs. Mallory Places First
Among Women For
Ninth Time

NEW YORK, Dec. 28-H9-With
the familiar r--.me. Of Francis T.
Hunter and Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory again topping the lists. the
1929 rankings c Eastern Lawn
Tennis association CO.. prising play
ers Of the metropolitan district
were announced today.
Mrs. Mallory now has been plac-
ed first nine times, having held
the No. / positios ever since the
Eastern association began ranking
is players in 1921. Hunter has led
the men for the last three seasons.
Although nearing he end If their
careers, the veterans were able 70
beat out a pack NJ younger players
who offered keen competition this
year.
The first ten in each list:
Men:
Francis r. Hunter.
John Van Ryn.
3.-Cregory Mangin.
4.-Fransis X. Shields.
Sd. Gilbert Hall.
6.-Juliss Seligson.
Herbert L. Bowman.
8-George "A. King.
9.-Jerome Lang.
l0.-Edward ~. w. Fiebleman.
Women:
Mrs. Molla 3. Mallory.
miss Eleanor GoSs.
3.-Miss Dorothy 3. And-uu.
4.-MiSs Gle Greenspan.
5.-MiSs Alice Franciu.
6.-Mrs. Bernard F. Stem.
Mrs. Lillian s. Hester.
8.-Mrs. A. j. Iamme.
9.-MiSs Charlotte Miller.
10.-MisS Norma T-anheIe
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
New Site Proposed
For Austin School

DALLAS. Dec. 28.-lPJ-Another
proposed site for locating st. Ed
wards university, now in Austin.
will be rendered officials Of the
school within 80 days by the Oak
Cliff Dallas commercial association,
d. l.. Irwin, chairman Of the COM
mittee for selecting the site, said
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

Finished artistry was the out
standing characteristic OF the con-
cert given Friday by the faculty Of
the Beethoven academy of music.
The concert was presented In the
Junior College auditorium TO q small
but highly a~ppreciative audience.
Miss Aurora Ortiz Leyraud opened
the program with a group Of piano
numbers IN which she displayed
splendid technical equipment. as
well as a touch Of something which
lifts piano-playing out Of the class
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
C.'s Meet Monday

The Brownsville Knights OF Col
umbus viii hold their regular meet
ing 1880 p. III. Monday 90 the X. 9.
Hall.
Several important matters are due
for consideration, according TO Of
ficers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

Nuptials of Mrs. C0rrine Ren1rn
and u. wv. kaufman. both o.
Brownsville, we're solemnized % inc
Presbyterian manse At . p. H. sat-
urday. with the Rev. r.. u. Day, pas
tor or the First Presbyterian church
officiating.
Boah are Brownsville residents
and expect to make their home here
In the future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

DR.. and Mrs. =. Y. Milliken OF
Dallas are in Brownsville visiting ~
the Il. "A. Rosenthal home. This is
DR.. Milliken's second TIP 10 the
Valley and he expressed himself as
highly pleased with II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
Royal Arch Meets

The Royal Arch Masons will hold
a regular meeting 1880 p. m. Mon
day evening.
Several items are TO confront the
session. according to w. w. Ball
secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

"A. E. Lmmlnn hm@ haRHed perhMHn'
the prize buc'- CO the season ln tilla
vicinity. lie brought lu ~ Ig-p1rt
buck Saturday which ha killed lu
Mexico about 15 miles west ut
Brownsville.
The buck wei9hRd &c pou
Laulun was hunting turkey ar4
brought down the big burt WITH WV
small lohd ~ BD shot. It was hlt
in the heart.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29
Kerosene Fatal

PARIS. Dec. 28-fF-Nina Fay
f6-month-old daughter Of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Luther Davidson Of Broadway
south of here. died "a hours after
drinking kerosene from a a thai
had been left on a stove. Burial was
at Charleston. Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

Due to depletion gf itB rpsteF f1r
various reasons, me HarErnrh rulHl
OF Brownsville, which plans tr tn-
ter the Valley Amateur Baskatni
league. IN w need ct W ~r1aserisi.
George 0abbert, manager, has l-
rrlnd "A call fur more h~nHkttemmM
Anv interested party should in
touch with him ~ the RagEro.e
Book store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-29

The American Legion Boy Scout
committee viii meet soon after jan
! with the object Of forming q troop
70 be sponsored By the legionaires,
Enough boys have already signi-
fled intention OF joining to ill out
a troop according TO members Of the
committee. The troop An expected
to be fully organized within ten
days.
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The Washington times., 1929-02-13
" A R MOTHERS
To VISIT SONS
GRAVES

Cold Star mothers throughout the
land have virtually been grant-d
their plea to be Uncle Sans guests
on a pilgrimage to the graves OF
their sons in American military cem-
eteries abroad.
This vas strongly indicated yes
terdav at a hearing before the sub
committee of the Senate Military Ar
fairs Committee on two bills author.
izing this tribute to the mothers OF
| America who lost sons in the world
war. A similar bill passed the
House unanimously last session.
The Senators present expressed
themselves as being in sympathy
with the principle back Of the bills
and were anxious to report out such
| a measure as would not be blocked
in the Senate.
VIII Be UnOppOsed
They d. clared there undoubtedly
would be no opposition except per-
haps in the matter of procedure.
Most Of the testimony before the sub
committee concerned those phases of
the bills which dealt with the ma
thinery of the pilgrimage.
Representatives of the Gold Star
Association of America and of the
American War Mothers presented
their organizations Endorsement of
the movement. leaving the actual
mechanics of the pilgrimage to the
lawmakers.
One of the bills, that introduced
at the last session by Senator Wag'
ner (D.l, of New York, Is practically
the same as the House bill, spon-
sored by the late Representative
Butler, of Pennsylvania.
1t provides that the mothers and
unmarried widows of American sol.
diers. sailors and Marines buried
abroad be taken to the graves of
their dead in groups of 500 at the
expense of the Government and
under the management of the
American Red Cross. The expenses
would be disbursed by an Army
officer designated by the Secretary
of War.
Bureau Proposed
The other bill, introduced short
time ago by Senator Reed R.l, Of
Pennsylvania, at the request OF
the American Legion. would estab-
lish a United States Gold Star Pill.
grimare Bureau with a director at
a generous salary for the working
out of the innumerable details OF
the trip.
This director, appointed by the
President would have full power
and authority to make plans and
to audit all accounts and disburse'
ments. 1t was this phase Of the
Reed bill that was the subject OF
most discussion at the hearing.
Col. John r. Taylor, of the legis'
lative committee of the American
Legion, explained that the plan
laid down in the Reed bill embodied
the essence of experience learned
by the legion when it took thou
sands of persons to Paris Tor its
reunion two years ago.
This is a serious business, TAX
ing the mothers and widows of our
dead soldiers to the graves Of their
loved ones" he said.
"Fhe pilgrimage should be in the
hands of persons who are sympa-
thetic and have the time to give
the mothers the iyldividual atten-
ton they viii need. The Quarter
master Corps of the Army or the
Red Cross might manage the pill
grimage efficiently, but they are
too impersonal."
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
'Airplane to Pygmy Land
Is Subject of Lecture

"By Airplane to Pygmy Land"
will be the subject of an illustrated
talk delivered by DR.. Matthew
Sterling, curator Of Ethnology Of
the Smithsonian Institute at a
teachers institute to be held in
the Central High School Thursday
afternoon. DIR. Sterling is one Of
the foremost authorities on the sub
iect in America.
His address was announced by
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools in a recent
circular letter to all teachers in
the District Public Schools.
The lecture will be repeated at
3 o'clock the same night In the
Armstrong High School for the
benefit of the colored divisions.
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
Speaker to Discuss
Economics of Slavery

Slavery and the economic effects
of it's abolishment by Abraham
Lincoln is to be the theme Of an
address by Karl Phillips Of the
bureau of cohciliation, United States
Department of Labor, at 8 o'clock
tonight at Metropolitan Baptist
Church. r Street between Twelfth
and Thirteenth Streets Northwest.
Frank Wells, president Of the
Blaine Invincible Club will preside.
The public is invited.
The Washington times., 1929-02-13
Question Mark Flies
To Repairs DepOt

The Question Mark, the Army
transport monoplane and winner Of
the worlds endurance flight record
over Los Angeles, Calf, the first
week in January, left Boiling Field
yesterday for the Air Corps depot at
Middletown. Pa, where it will be re-
stored to it's original condition before
b ing returned to routine service at
Boiling. Field.
Major Carl Spatz, who directed its
record flight; Lieut.. Elwood r. @.
Quesada, one of the flights night pi-
lots; Sergt Roy w. Hooe, flight me-
chanic, and Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, who
piloted the refueIing plane in the
record flight, were members of it's
crew on the Middletown trip.